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E?NGI Story of its Signing by Li Bone as War M< July St. h "It had got to be mids?mmer, 1862," Mr. Lincoln. said,*, in telling an artist friend the history*of his most famous official act. "Things luid'gone on from bad to worse, until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing^ that we had about played our last card, and must change cur tactics or lose the game, I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy, and without, consultation with, or the knowledge of the cabinet, I prepared the original draft of tho proclamation, .and after much.anxious thought called a cabinet meeting upon the subject. I said to the c?hmet that I had resolved upon this step, and had not called them + together, to ask their advice, but to lay the subject matter of a proclamation before them, suggestions as to which would be in order after they had heard it read."'.? "It was on July 22 that the president read to his cabinet the draft of this first emancipation proclamation, ..which after announcing that at the next meet ing<of congress he would again offer. itt compensated emancipation to such States as chose to accept it, went on to order as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of tlio ^United States that the slaves in all States -.vhieh should be in rebellion against the gov ernment on January 1, "1863, should "then, henceforward and forever be free." Mr. Lincoln had given a hint of this -intended step to Mr. Seward and. Mr. "Welles, but to all the other members of . the cabinet it came an a complete sur prise. One thought it would cost the Republicans the fall elections. Anoth er preferred that emancipation should be proclaimed by military commanders in their several military districts. . Sec .. ' . rotary Seward, while approving the measure, suggested that it would better - .be postponed until it could be given to the country after a victory, instead of ' issuing it, aa would bo the. case *hen, upon the greatest disasters of the war. "The wisdom' of the view of the Secre tary of State struck rae with very great force,"*Mri Lincoln's recital .continuea. "It was an aspect of the cast, that in all my thought upon the subject, I had entirely overlooked. The result, was . that I put the draft of the proclamation aside, as you do your sketch for a pic turo, waiting for a victory.M ? The secrets of the administration '? -were well kept, and no hint came to the public that thc president had pro posed such a measure to his cabinet. ' > As there: was at th? moment little in the way of news to attract attention, newspapers and private individuals turned a sharp fire bf crit??ism upon ..V^'Mr. Lincoln. For tbistheysejied Upon th? ?ver-us?ful text of . tba slavery truestion. Some of .them protested in . dlgnantly that the president was going too fast; others clamor?elas loudly that be had been * altogether too slow.. His ;i y^decisinn, as "we know, yf8s:unalte ' rtak?n; although he washot yet ready' to announce it. Th?reforey while wait ing for.a victory he had to perform the ?f?fficult task of restraining- the impa tience of both sides; This he did in very positive language. To a man in ? LouislanaV who eomplamed- that tJhion " feeling was being crushed out of the army in that State he wrote : : , < I if? am a patient man, always wpUng torforgiveen the.Cm^stiah terms of re pentance. Still; I must save . thl*gtr;~. ernment if possible;, What : I car?i )t do; of course -1 will not do| butvit may as weil be understood, price for all? that I shall pot surrender this ' game Jeavmg arpr, available card, unplayed.'' Tyi^dayl^ X^ouisiar?a '^t\c*\-'^^^t. would :you do . r ;?r? py pos?t?ont >%??ld y?l?t drop the \f^,^^,y^io:it is? Or Woul4 ^ou pr?se etiyc^in^turewith ?ld?r-^?lk squirts charged with ^se-waterf -'WouW you . deal lighter blows rather;than h^v^?s? ' Would you - g;v? up the coht^ ieavihg any^ avaiUm?? m?ari^ ray swomduty, ns'-weX^^V$f? v'im'oTiwi?^^i shall do riothuig. mmal What^t ?deal With is top vast for] ions-dealing; " ./'"'%? , ^e;;abus? of .h?^|f^ ;^?^^aM^|ad,'to.mee^^ of ?vet^ea??us R^?#icaj? '?Wm?^^^ editor, Horac la?p^rVtbe ?Mr^Lmc?%&il l?ct mt?y army officers * %3$^:$B0ttt?b?g?h a?kindty feeling7 fo>i: v. I \;;v ; <*ABvt?.^ '?bey slavey. Jt, i corfd save the un PBOGUHIC?. Hcoln that Shows it was easnre Simply. iicholap. because I do not believe it' would help to save the fttion. ? F,hall do less whenever I sha*; fc4?ifcv? vhat I arn do ing hurta the ev? ?o. and I sha.1.: do more whenever ? SLAU . believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to cor rect errors when shown to be ?rrors, and I shall ad*, pt new views s'j fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of officia* duty, and I intenO no modification of my oft-expressed! personal wish that all men everywhere I could be free. " He was waiting for victory, but vic-1 tory was slow to come. Instead the] union army Buffered def eat at the sec- j ond battle of Bull. Run on August 30,. 18S2. After this the pressure upon him j to take some action upon shivery be- j came stronger than ever. On Septem- ] ber 13 he WSB visited by a company ofjj ministers from'the churches of Chicago, who came expressly to urge him to free the suives at once. In the actual con- j dition of things he could, of course, \ neither safely satisfy them nor deny them, and his reply, while; perfectly courteous, had in it a tone of rebuke that showed the state of irritation and high censitiveness under which he was living. "lam approached with the most op posite opinions and advice, and that by, religious men, who are equally certain that.they represent the Divine will I { hope it will not be irreverent for me to , say thc-- if it is probable that God would reveal His will to others on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly so me. What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do no', want to issue a document that the whole world will see must neces sarily be inoperative, like the pope's bull against the comet. Do not misun derstand me. I have nob. decided against a proclamation of liberty to the slaves; but hold the matter under ad visement. Andi cain assure you that the subject i 3 on my mind by day and night, more than any other. Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I will do." Four days after thia interview the battle of Antietam was fought, and when, af ?er a few dayB of uncertainty it was found that it could be reasonably claimed as iv Union victory/ th? presi dent resolved to carry out his long-ma tured purpose. Secretary Chase, in his diary r?c?v&'i? very fully what occurred on that eve c-memorab 1 e September 22, 1862. After some playful talk upon other ma tters, Mr. Lincoln, taking a graver to) ie, said : ."Gentleman? I have, as you are ? war 2, thought, a great deal about the relation of this war to slavery, and you \ all remember that several weeks ago I i read to you an order I had prepared on ! this subject, . . wh'iCh, on account of ob jections made, bj some of you/ waa??ot issued. , Everaftee then my' mind has been .much, occupied with this subject, and I have thought all along that the time for acting on it might probably come. I think the tune has come now. 1 wish it - was a better time; '; I wish that \ye were ' in. a bettor ; con dit i on. The action of the. army against the rebels haB nbt; baeri quite what I should 'have best liked. But they have been driven out of Maryland, and Pennsyl vania is no longer, in danger, of iny? sion. When the rebel arr^x^^iras at Freder^cksb^^^ as it should be driven out of Maryland, to issue a proclamation of ?mancipa ?on,' auch as I thought roost likely tc be usefu'u I said nothing to any oiW, but. I.made the pmrjita? to myself^ and - (hesitating a "Uttte) -te my Maker. TTio rebel array?is now driven ..Oat?and :t ..atti:going: to : fulfill that pTorni^^;. I have got" you together to hear w$?fc;? have ^vritten dewn. I do not wish yoW^ |jf^:j?-,;have determined. for. inyjwlf. I aay? - witho?t mending a.ny^gti? respect for any One of you. But I ahr?ady kxtowHhe viewe of such ori.ihia question. I .have considered themas thor^^ly^'and carefully ; ;as\C'I;??^t?,; : ^!p?t X haVe written whicft'my tft&?re'?s anythlng;iii* the, expressions i;'use,--Tor in any minor matter which any one of you thinks .had best be changed, I ^ to receive/ the j&fes. ;i: -Orie'., othe^ observation I ; will|;rn^kei I ' know ; yery!; well ; that Wfc&, beers' ;'mi?EtyV'm';':th??' n^ter na ^^^^^better1 t?ian;I: carii ar^if I,waa aatisfieduthat tb> in?&? ile^^mor^? rni?;t? cf Hule is Highly Praised. (New York Herald.) Southern horsemen visiting New York and other Northern cities fre quently express surprise at seeing so few mules on the streets and in the market, compared with the great num ber of horses. And to those who are familiar with tho strong points and good qualities of this much misunder stood animal it seems strange that in a city where nearly 100,000 horses are sold every year there is not a single i dealer, so far as known, who makes a business of trading in mules. Jersey City has one mule dealer, and in New ark there is another who keeps a few in addition to his big stock of horses, but when a resident of New York wants to buy a mule he must go out of town or go without. In the Southern States the mule ranks with the horse as a beast of burden, and in some sections of the J cotton belt outnumbers thy horse as a stands. *d work animal. Of the three million mules in America more than two i.-dilion are owned in eleven South ern States. Texas tops the list with 391,000, but the proportion of mules is ! larger in South Carolina, Georgia and I Alabama. In each of these States there are many more mules than ?horses, South Carolina having 107,000 mules and 74,000 horses, Georgia 201, 000 mules and 128,000 horses and Ala bama ^62,000 mules and Alabama 162, 000 mules and 147,000 horses. In the New England States there are so few mules that they are not enu merated in the statistics compiled by the department of agriculture, New York State has only 3,800 'miles, OB compared with 650,000 horses. Mules have advantages over horses which have come to be recognized by men who work Xhem side by side. In the first place the mule is healthier than the horse. He is subject to com paratively few of the horse diseases and is nc likely to haye any of the blemishc which destroy the marked value of so many horses. Besides, a blemish hardly ever affects the selling price of a mule. If he goes sound no questions are asked. In buying a muk no one ever thinks of demanding s veterinary examination. In point of intelligence and also in muscular strength and endurance thc mule excells the horse. He is not sc nervous or high strung He has a saner instinct of se If-preservation. His vitalito is greater. He can stand more hardi,hips, is. surer footed, and when properly trained is steadier and more reliable in work harness. To Charles Darwin the mule alway ? appeared "a surprising cr?ature." '.That a hybrid," he said, "should pos sess more intelligence, memory, oh stinacy, social affection and power ol muscular endurance than either of itt parents seems to indicate that art hat outmastcred nature." It is well known that the brain of the mule ? heavier than that of the horse. Breeders find the mule more rr.ofit abie than the ordinary work horse, be cause he can be put on the market c year or so sooner. He *s nat ? ex pensive to raise c* co keep and he is ir condition for light work before thc hor?e is old enough, to be broken tc harness. Mules are often sent to thc field when two years old and kept thew until old age overtakes them, v*; It is not generally known . thal George Washington was the . first breeder of high grade mules in Ameri ca and that: he made the mule popular mth? South. On Washington's first retirement, ir? I783,;he devoted himself to farming et Mount Vernon and soon became dissatisfied with the work horses at his command. Casting about for something better adapted tb South ern 'agriculture, . he decided to try mules. . . , ~ / .^ Boon ??'. bis_ , intention became knoww the King of Spain sent him a present of a fine jack and two jennies selected from the royal stud at Madrid. The jack was called "Royal Gift," and . was said - to -be '?lQ$h?n?&:;high, which ts an extraordinary height even at this day. Lafayette also presented to Washington a jack and several jen nies from the Island of Malta, which had long been noted for tbs superiority of the . breed;. This jac?, which Wash ingtohcalled ''Thc Knight pf Malta?M is said to have been a splendid animal, V with the form Of a ' stag and; the fe rosity of a tiger,'.' as a writer, of that period put it. * By' the ju^iciotls use . ^ ?nd the native ma d?cc4va fine i?tjbfCsup?rio'rl:.tnules;' ei?ht;;pf; ~whi?h?sold for; $300 ? piece af^r^hiadeath in 17^9. ?Before he began h:?8 breeding operations the only mules in the ebunt^ a few of diminu tive .aiise-.; and inferior : quality imported from the Weat Indies. When it comes to - marketing mules :t^/;t^.;ye^^.';?^yed ;-.inr' feeding and handling thom mean o big profit to the |;b?^ervV ^CJ?; too, mules are . atways .:?&&ble^^^ up with the demand. The av<? ?valu? bf M':iiiti^i^ StJit^ nearly SS p?r cent, 'gr?, worked daily. Take a mule out of a pen and tie him up in a stall and he will almost certainly grow thin and pine away. On the other hand, take a thin horse out of a stall and turn him in among a pen full of mules and he will take on flesh so fast that one can fairly see him grow. Race horse men often resort to this expedient with a thoroughbred or trotter of nervous temperament that refuses to eat ur fret? - imself thin. Ask a dealer in horses why he does not sell mules, or inquire among truok men, contractors and others why more mules are not used in New York and in all probability no satisfactory answer will be forthcoming. Perhaps the most plausable explanation is that mules are slow and everybody in New York is in a hurry. With all his good points in the matter of health, strength, endurance and ability to stand hardships on light rations the mule, like his sire, is undeniably a sluggard. Mules are at a disadvan tage, also, on the smooth asphalt pavements of the city streets, their small i* ? and comparatively light weurVt ms lng it difficult for them to get a hold ^en asked to move a heavy load. ^ Training the Deaf and Dumb. Prior to the establishment of the pri vate school for the deaf by N. P. Walk er, at Cedar Spring, it was a rare thing for one to see a deaf person in the tounty. There was only one, so far as the WTiter knows, in the town. In the eastern part of the county now a part of Cherokee, there were no deaf mutes. In the forties there was a short, stout, elderly man by the name of Tol leson, who had been deaf from birth. His brother, Alfred Tolleson, and other members of the family cared for him. He was known by the name of "Dum mie." He had quite a contempt for the work done by the elder Walker at Cedar Spring, and indicated that it was all foolishness. He used a few signs by which he communicated his wants. Some of them were very significant. He was'a great fisherman and he would frequently bring in a fine string. That is about the only work he did so far as we knew. The boys about town would tease him now and then ?and he would show a tfolent temper. He had a.fair mind ana could have accomplish ed much good if he had received such mental training as may be received now at Cedar Spring. This incident is mentioned to show by way of contrast the great benefits of the school for the deaf and the blind. The boys that finish their courses there are now prepared to make their way in the world. Some of them take take up mechanical trades, such as the making and repairing of furniture, broom mak ing, working with leather and type set ting. They generally get jobs as soon as they leave school and some of them work in vacation. The girls are- taught needle work and they becorow helpful members of the family on their return home. Best of all, they are able to communicate -^ith the world. They use the pencil rapidly and can soon "rive and receive needed information. T;.ey "learn to use the eyes much better than people who can talk. They may not hear as much, but they see much more. For sane people all. conditions have some compensations. No one, unfa miliar with conditions, *can imagine how much foolish and platitudinous oratory these "unfortunates," as they are er * roneously called miss. They never know whether a preacher is Hammering away on the atonement or eternal, pun ishment. They miss all the straddling Speeches of candidates and the empty promises of reformersf The State generally does hot under stand fully thi work done for the deaf and the blind. It requires a visit to the Institu?e in order that the difficul ties besetting the teachers, the contin ual patience requir?d, the awaking minds and the ultimate results as knowledge reaches them by slow de grees, may be fully understood. 'lhere is'rio cause in the State for which ap propriations should b? more readily and cheerfully made by the legislature. Carolina Spartan. .': . " .'-: 9 ?a? ---' A Wife's Reproach. Admiral Capps, in ari address to a temperance society, told how drink had once caused the downfall pf. a brave soldier- v . , In. the, course of the sad story he said: ' " ;.. . ; "Sometimes, after a. debauch, the man would bo repentant, humble. He would promise his wife to do better,, but .eke, the years* taught her the barrenness of nil such promises. "And pile night, when he waa get ting to be; an old man-a . prematurely old mar., thin linked, stoop-shouldered, with red-rimmed eyes-he said to his 'Wifeaa^ry?'-../ :':;;:;.v ? ; ? ;\i/"/You^re.:' a clever woman Jenny; a courageous, active good woman: You should have married a better than than lam, dear/ ? v/'She looked ai bim? and, tanking of ?iBt he had once: been, abe answered m a quiet voicer f li^s??y^ ???sv?? and pr?iapity ?O?ed by Br. Drummond's L?ghtoing ,fema*tt^ tn%o?aet8 immediately, does Bot disturb digefition, and is for rheumatism otfy in/all Ha t^rtarf? JpjNf ; stiff joints, drawn cords and hardened muscles. If y?to druggist bas not thea? remedies io atoek, do not Uko anythba else. Seed $5 to the -Drifaimbnd. Medicine Cf*,, New 'JZlm&W&fr* treatment of two larga bottfee trill .;^;Writ?:0'':yo?n*''^?' Holle?! Tobacco In Hothead, (From Carolina Sparten.) Superintendent Frank Evans, of the city schools is preparing a South Caro lina appendix to a school geography. He desired some information in regard to marketing tobacco a hundred years ago. The Spartan asked for facts and traditions. Mrs. Albert Gilbert, of Abbeville County, has sent us a very interesting letter which is given below: Mrs. Gilbert, who was Miss Helen McMakin, says: "I have heard my father tell how his father rolled tobacco from McMakin's Tavern" (also put down on Mill's Map, which is in my possession.) to Charles ton. The driver walked most of the way, but rode the horse down the hills. My grandfather also carried indigo to Charleston, S. C., audit was as good as gold in trading. He had his own in digo vats." k Willing ton, S. C., July 4, 190G. Dear Mft. Gilbert: At your request I will endeavor to furnish you with some facts connected with the early local history of this section of the county of Abbeville, but more espec ially as relates to ?ome of the ' Dead Towns" of the same. About six miles due west from here, on a high hill commanding an extensive as well as the course of the Savannah and Broad rivers for several miles, was situated the town of Vienna. Just across the river in the fork was the tow? of Petersburg, and just below the mouth of the Broad was Lisbon. The first named was in South Carolina and the last two in Georgia. These towns were the trade centres of the counties of Wilkes, Elbert and Lincoln in Georgia, as was Vienna the trading point for the western part of Abbeville, Anderson and Pickens Counties in this State. These plpces all contained a considerable number of stores. Vienna had 13, Petersburg 25 and Lisbon several. The principal commercial commodity of the country at that time was tobacco. My father, who was raised 13 or 15 miles above here, told me that he had seen one ol I his near neighbors, who raised a quan tity every year, pack it up in hogs heads and roll it down the road tc Vienna. These hogsheads had felloes pinned on the outsides at each end and a tongue fastened to pivots attach?e to end of same and drawn by horses ti. market. The hogsheads contained about 1,000 pounds of leaf tobacco ir the hand. There was an inspector ai Vienna whose" duty it was to confiscate all false packed packages by burning the ??me in the streets of the town, All the .stores were constructed ir those days with cellars and the excava tion which marked the former sites oi the stores can still be seen in places This town had the unique distinction o: being the largest and almost the onlj town in the country marked on "Mill'i Map" of the State which was author ized by the Legislature in 1820. Thii was before the days of any railroads The river Avas the only means of cheai transportation by. means of small boati carrying but three hogsheads of to bac co. The river was \ dangerous ant the demand for larger craft was noi sufficient to induce any one to put ii larger boats until the introduction OJ cotton culture and the invention of th< cotton gin. These small boats provint; insufficfentj Capt. Charles Goodman in augurated the present style of boat! now in use, known as Petersburg boats. This proved a great blessing t< the rich planters, along the river, ai Hamburg was the principal town anc market for cotton and tobacco, whicl is another one of the "Dead Towns.' Once a strong rival of Augusta, it ic hardly known now as having a history, yet some \ stirring scenes have beer enacted in ita streets. Hamburg owes its decadence to the constructor of the Augusta Canal; the other'town: to th*? construction of the Greenvilk and Columbia and the Georgia Rail road respectively. Yours respectfully, . 8*3. McBride. They Had Escaped That. A. young desciplG of Blackstone whe had worked his way through college ar V taken a full course in the study of .lav/ besides was making a trip through the southwest in search of an eligible location for the practice of his pro fession. A thrifty, young city, with a considerable body of ?-ate? on one side of it and a forest on tue Other, attract ed bis attention, and he decided to make a few days' stay there and in vest?gate. A "Putting uv ' at what seemed to be the best hotel, he ate his dinner, then strolled into the office and proceeded in a careless way to rnterrogate the clerk. . "There is a good deal of business done bi* this town, isn't,there?" he asked. '"Yes, sir," answered the young man. ; "In one way and another tiiero's a good jag of business going on here." "'Healthy place, isn't it?" 'idling.". ' "Ie thar? much litigation here?" ?,y'^ttot 1 haven't heard of any eases of ?hat,, but there s a lot of chills and fever and occasionally a pretty bad case of the grip." , .; 0^!3VOnSia,. . Clearance Sale of Buggies, &c, for nexb'30 Bays Wc will begin Stock-taking OD September 1st, .md have a few Vehicles of several different lote that wc have deoided to offer ai SPECIAL PRICES to make them go. Do not fail to look them over if you want a BARGAIN. Hore is a description of a few of them : Ono Canopy Top Phaeton, very roomy.. $?!7 50 One Extension Top Phaeton. ?'>7 50 Regular prices on ahove are $85.00 each. Ono Rubber Tiro Canopy Top Two-Seat Surrey. 75 (JO Ono Rubber Tire Open Surrey, two-seat. 35 Ul) Ooo Two'Seat Station Wagou. 75 00 One Rubber Tiro Open Park Wagon. t?5 00 One Opon Slat Oil Wagon. lill 00 One Open Kun-o#About. 50 00 Four Top Buggies, e*ch.50.00 to l?O.OO Thc above are as good .Vehicles as we have in stock, and the prices uame? arc for Vehicle only. We hnve a large line of assorted Goods, io different makes, at prices to please any purchaser. We sell for Cash or Good Paper. Harness and other accessories in great variety of styles and prices. SEE US OOW. _FRETWELL-HANKS CO., Anderson, 8. 0. This Establishment has boon Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty year*. Daring all,that time oompetifcori have come and gone, bat we have remained right hore. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have not had one dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes oceur, and if at any ..timo we found that a customer waa dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made him satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has mado us friends, true and last ing, and wo oan say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence of tho people of this section. Wo have a larger Stock of Goods this season than wo havo over had, and wo pledge you our word that wo have never sold Furniture at as closo a margin of profit as we are doing now. This is Sroven, by the faot that wo arc selling Furniture not only all over Anderson ounty but in every Town in tho Piedmont section. Come and see us, Your parents saved money by buying from us, and you and your children oan save money by buying hore too. Wo .carry EVERYTHING in tho Furniture line, ?>? F. TOLLY & SON, Depot Street. Tue Old Reliable Furniture Dealers MASTIC MIXED PAINT. We Want to Sell You Your Paint. Come in to see us, and let us tell you all about it. We have sold this Paint for many years, and all have been pleased who used it We haye a fine selection of colors, and will gladly give you a card showing them if you will call in and request same. Also, a fall line of-? Varnishes, Steins, Floor Faints, ?V ; Furniture Folish, Faint Brushes, Etc. . ORR, GRAY & CO., Next to Bank of Anderson. Reliable Druggists. Braes OO Now is a good time to buy a new ?uggy and Harness and we want you to look at our large stock of the latest and best up>to-d?te styles? audit wiU be nr trouble for you)to make a selection. Oar work is all sold under guarantee. W? have extra bargains to offer. Give us a trial. Our prices are low and terms to suit. : * THE J. S. FOWLER OOMPA??Y? F. S.-We have a few Inst Fall's Jobs to go at Cost. THt? SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM! Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Carson all Trains.? S Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. WINTER TOURIST RATES are now in effect to all Fkiida JPointa For fall information as to rates, routes, etc., consult neareit Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agenl/ Charleston, S.aTf BROOES MORGAN, Atst Gen. Pas. Agent, Atlanta, Qa. fe 0. ? i OG H O W M & Q Q O OQ H > 0 ? P3 ?4 CQ B w ?sj ?cs ?ZS W o -S M O ? N! m] ea M r. O a ONE GAB OF HOG- FEED. HST? joaft received one OM? Load o? HOG FEED (Shorts) at veiy close prices. Come beforelthey'ar? all gone. Now ia the time for throwing- . Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or some other diserw, that will cost yon very much more ,'.'.:< than the price of a barrel of Lune (?1.00.)' ? We have ' ? - a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad to aend^?u some, If you contemplate building a bara orjuaty : other bui?ding, eeo us before buying jon*- : 4 ? ' CEMENT and LIME,! ? wm i -1