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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1877. NO. 9. VOLUME XXV.
My Mother's Door.
I met in the mist one summer morning
A girl whom I bad known from a child.
And whoso bright self was her best adorning But
that dark morning her looks were wild.
'Stop, littl? Xorah !" She did as I bade her,
' Why are you here alone on the moor V"
I was sad last night, to-day 1 am sadder,
Because I go from my mother's door."
'Why do you go, then, and what is youi
sorrow ?
Tell an old man who has known you so long.'
" Soggath Aroon, you will know to-morrow,
And be first?but don't?to say I was wrong,
I used to be glad?no girl was gladder?
I never remembered that we were poor;
I wan sad last night, and to-day I am sadder,
Because I go from my mother's door."
" What has she done to you?" "Broken my
heart, sir."
" And what-have von done to her now,pray V"
"Nothing but love him, and take his part, sir.
For the poor fellow hasn't a word to say."
" Then she cot mad, and you pot madder,
And didn't you stamp your footoa the floor?"
' I was sad last night"? "And to-day you
are sadder,
IJccauBe you go from your mother's door.
' Yon will go back, No rah. Give me your hand
now."
"I would rather not, sir." "I nay you will.
You will fetch him to see me. You understand
now."
' Your reverence knows him. It's only Phil.
She locked me up, and he brought a ladder.
He loves me." " You told me that before.
*T;ut your mother is sad." " She shall not be
sadder?
I will not go from my mother's door!"
A Blight in Summer.
I was not the regular doctor?for the
practice at Blurney belonged to Fred
Garnet, an old hospital friend of mine,
who had taken to a simple country practice,
while I had been roaming about the
world as a surgeon in emigrant ships
during the Franco-Germnn war. We had
met after seven years, when I wanted a
month's quiet in the country, and h? had
asked me to attend to his practice while
be came up to town to pass a degree?for
be was a hard studying, ambitious
fellow.
A man at the door desired mo to come
over and see his master, who was "dying
of gout." This was the announcement
by the servant. Saving that I had been
consulted about a " terrible wherrtlin"
pain" in the back of a:1 old lady of
seventy-five, this was my fust call.
"There's Miss Kate a-w^tching for
us."
I could see the flutter of a white dross
by the gate as we drove in; but my attention
was now too much taken tip with
the prettiness of the place* and I was
gaping idly about thinking nothing of
" Miss Kate " and her cares, when the
gig stoppea, ana i jumped uown.
" Here he is, uncle dear !" she cried.
" Time he was here!" exclaimed some
one, with a savage roar.
After giving various little orders, I
placed the tender leg in an easy position,
the patient breaking out into furious exclamations
the while. Then by some
hoops from a small wooden tub I made a
little gipsy tent over the limb, so that
the coverings did not touch the exquisitely
tender skin. At the end of haif-anhour
T had the pleasure of hearing a sigh
of su'isfaction, of seeing n smile steal
over the face, which was now smooth and
bedewe.l with a gentle perspiration; and
directly s.fter,. in a drowsy voice, my
patient said:
"Kitty, mv darling! he's a trump!
Take him into the next room and apologize
to him, and tell him I'm not always
such a beast."
He was half asleep already, while I?
even iu that short hour?had fallen into
a dream?a dream of love?I, who had
never loved before, uor thought of it but
as sickly boy and girl stuff, unworthy of
busy meu.
T i. A -11 1 11. ..L 1 1
x cumiut i?u vuu now uuu, uuy pu?M:u,
only that Kate Austev hud implored me
not to leave her uncle yet; and I?I wa?
her slave, and would have done her bidding
even to the death.
He was soon better; but my visits to
the farm were more frequent than ever.
I went one day as usual; but instead of
Kate being at the window, aud running
out to meet me, the old gentleman stood
at the door, looking very angry, and he
at once caught hold of my coat and
dragged me into the kitchen.
"Is anything wrong?" I asked,
trembling.
"Yes, lots!" said the old nan. "What
do you come here for ?"
"For mercy's s:ike, don't keep it
back!" I said?for the rooir seemed t<>
swim around me. "Is Kate ill?"
" Yes; t think she is," lie said, gruffly.
"But look here, young man! vhat does
this mean?"
"Mean?" I said. " Oh! Mr. Brand!
if she is ill, let me see her at once."
"She don't look very bad," he said,
peering through the crack of the door
into the parlor, where I could see her
l.'i. .1 I i 1 i. T t
wiuie lire us ; uui x say, young raau !
you'd better not come any more. She's
prow-ing dull, and I can't liavo my
darling made a fool of."
" Made & fool of?" I stammered.
"Yes!" he sai.., gruffly. "Whatdo
yon come here for ?"
I was silent for a minute, with a
wondrous feeling stealing over me, its at
last my lips said?I did not prompt
them?" Because I love her with all my
heart!"
" And you have told her so?"
"Not a word!" I said slowly. My
hand was being crushed as if in a vise
the next minute.
'I'm not a gentleman, doctor, but I
know one when I meet one. There, you
may go and talk to her?if it's as you
say; for if it's true, you wouldn't make
her unhappy. But, my lad, the man
who trifled with that girl's heart would
be the greatest scoundrel that ever
stepped on God's earth!"
The whole of this part of my life is so
urcamy mat it is au line some goiueii
vision. But I was at her chair, I know;
and that glorious evening I was content
to watch the soft, dreamy face beside
me, as she sat there, with hands folded
in her lap, watching the sunset.
At last we rose and walked together
through the wood to stop at last beneath
an overshadowing tree, and there
in low, broken words I told her I loved
her; and, in sweet, girlish simplicity,
she laid her hands upon my shoulders,
looked up in my face, and promised to
be my little wife.
I went home that night riding in a
wonderful triumphal chariot, instead of
a gig. To my great surprise, on reaching
the house there was Fred Garnet.
" Back alreadv ?" I stammered.
**'1 Already ? Why, the month's up !"
he said, laughing. "You must have
hud good sport with your fishing, Master
Max."
' t I
It came upon me like thunder, this
return ; and I lay that night happy but
miserable?for this meant the end of
my visit. And what was to come in the '
future? I had not thought of that.
! I put it <>ff for the time ; and, having
obtained -willing permission from Gar- :
net, I went his round the next morning,
and of course found my way to the farm.
I fancy the servant looked at me in a
rather peculiar, constrained way, as she
said her master had gone to the off-hand
. farm. ,
" And Miss Kate," I said.
" rlmrn in t.lip wriml sir !" said
the girl.
I waited to lieai 110 more, but ran
along the garden, leaped the gate, ,
crossed two fields, went through the j
i wilderness and over the stile into the '
wood. |
" My darling !" I kept repeating as I
hurried on, expecting to meet her at
j every turn ; and then I stopped short, <
with a horrible pang seeming to catch
my heart. I was dizzy, faint, raging 1
with anger, and mad in turn ; but that '
all passed off to leave a bitter, crashing i
sense of misery, as I held on by a young ' i
sapling and peered at the scene before <
me. There stood, with her back to ]
me, Kate, false, false Kate?with the :
arm of a tall, handsome military-looking i
man, encircling her waist, her head; <
resting upon his shoulder, and even as I
gazed he bent his head down and she i
raised her arms?her face?her lips?to
meet his kisses, as he folded her tightly
to his breast. I saw no more, but stole :
o Ti-n Trnnf +r\ fV* cf oKlrt earlrllo/1
i and bridled the horse in ft dreamy '
fashion, mouuted and rode back to Burnlev,
threw the-bridle to the man, walked 1
straight to the station without seeing i
Fred Garnet, and went off to London. : i
Six months glided l>v, and then I : '
was once more called upon to take;
charge of the practice of a friend in the i
suburbs. i
It was one dark night in winter. 1 '
was just going to bed, half wishing that.
I had had a call when the surgery bell1
rang sharply, and the summons I wished :
for came. It was a policeman with a
hausom cab, and his oilskins shone
wet and vividly in the red light over the ;'
door.
ii "Axiden' case, sir!" he said; "Dr. j
; Barker in the next street's got in, sir, i
, j and he wants help." 1
I learned from him that a gentleman . i
j had been knocked down by the very same 1
1 cab we were in, and trampled upon by i
, the horse before the wheel went over, !
and broke his leg.
We were there in a few minutes, and I 1
elwvrrr* nnvlnv />f ii mm.
fortably furnished house, where tlie suf- 1
feror hud been laid on a mattress. A j 1
i brief conversation with my colleague en-,
j p*ied. and he told me what he feared and i
; bow lie was situated?another important :
i tv.ll demanding his presence. The result
| was that I agreed that we would examine
i the patient, and then I would stay until11
i Dr. Barker's return: A faint groan from ;
the mattress saluted us as we turned to ]
our patient; and as I held the lamp over
| his face and the light fell on the fair 1
hair and the long, drooping moustache, . I
I nearly dropped it. "Nemesis!" I
thought. " Mine enemy delivered into i
my hand! Kate's lover lying bruised
aud broken?crushed like a reed?at my : I
j feet! And now I need not kill him to be i
I revenged for all his cruelty to me, but I
only stand by supine and he will die !"? ]
for a few brief moments told me that I i
possessed greater knowledge than my >
colleague, and that,if I withheld mine, | <
I nothing which l)r. liarker coma do would j '
save the flame oven now trembling in the ,'
! socket of life's lamp. f
The scene in the wood flashed before !1
| me once again as I stood there?Kate's i'
sweet face upturned, asking for this , <
! man's kisses?and all so vivid that my j ]
' brain reeled and a mist floated before my i
! eyes. '
i "What do you think, Mr. Lawler?" f
' said a voice at my elbow, and I started <
l back into the present. > f
j " That he'll be past saving in an hour," ' i
I said, quietly. j t
" I fear so !" said Dr. Barker, shrug- J t
glng his shoulders. ' I
J ."Unless?" <
Here I unfolded my plans, as 1 said ^
1 bitterly to myself : "And heap coals of 1
tire upon his head. Ivnte, take your 1
lover?and G d forgive you !" ! >
"Excellent!" exclaimed Dr. Barker, ; i
who was a frank, gentlemanly fellow, i
! without professional jealousies; aud in on
lirmv'c timn ti-a ltarl ilnnp nil flint. w<ic P
| necessary, our patient was breathing ;
easily, and Dr. Barker was shaking my j
, hand. |
" He's saved, Mr. Lawler. You've i
i saved his life. Now, I'll be off and get!
j back in an hour's time. " You've given j
me the greatest lesson in surgery that I !
; ever had in my life."
And then I was alone, thinking bitterly
of what I had done.
" Kate?Kate?darling!"
i These words, feebly uttered, brought
me to myself, and I was the cold, hard
man once more as I rose, and taking:
the lamp, bent down over my patient,
whose eyes now opened, and he stared
; at me.
"Where's Kate?" he asked; "and
! where?what"? He stopped short.
"Accident? Oh, yes ! I remember.
I was going to catch the night train for
Burnley, when that confounded cab "?
" You must not talk," I said, fighting
hard to contain myself. " You ara seriously
hurt."
That last was not professional, but
there was a grim pleasure in giving him
bUIUl* [Jill 11. i
" That's bad, doctor," be whispered? :
" for I was going down to see my darling
i ?she's very ill."
" 111!" I exclaimed, starting.
! " Yes," he said, speaking with pain, ,
nud I eonld not stop him now. " Consumption,
they say; broken heart, I think.
i Some scoundrel?"
I almost dropped the lamp as I caught
. his hand and gripped it, and said, in a
I hoarse, choking voice?for I was straggling
to see the full light: ;
" What do you wish me to do ?"
"Telegraph, at my expense, to myj
brother-in-law. T;ike it down, or you'll
; forget: From Christopher Anstey to
' John Brand, Greenmcad, Burnley. Say
; Kate is not to fidget. You know best." i
" Yes?yes !" I stammered, my hands
trembling as I took out a pencil and prej
tended to write. "Miss Kate, then? .
| then," I faltered, " is?" i
" My darling child !" sobbed the poor
i fellow; "anil she dying."
' He was too weak, too faint to lieed me,
; as with a bitter groau I turned away
! stunned?mad, almost?at my folly,
i For I saw it all now?poor,weak, pitiful,
' jealous fool that I was. I had seen the |
j girl that I worshipped, petted and
caressed by her own father; and,without
seeking or asking an explanation, I had ;
rushed away, leading her to think me a
: scoundrel?nay ! worse.
When I turned once more to the mattress
my patient had fallen asleep, anil I
stood there thinking. In a few minutes
I bad made my plans; then, watch in
hand, I impatiently waited for Dr.
Barker's return.
He was back to his time, and in a few
words I had made my arrangements.
"Doctor," said I, "you said y*ou were
in my debt for this night's work."
" My dear sir, I'll write you a check
for twenty guineas with pleasure," he
replied.
" P'iy me in this way," I said, "see
that these patients whose names I have
written on this slip ?f paper are attendod
to well for the next two days, and tell our
friend here that his message has been
seen to."
He promised eagerly, and the next
minute I was in the street, running to
the nearest cab-stand. I was just in
time to cr.tch the early morning train,
Find half mad, half joyous, I sat impatiently
there till the traiu dropped me at
Hurnley, where the fly_slowly jolted me
over to the Four-Mile Jb'arm.
It was n bright, clear morning, and
the sun glanced from the river upon the
trees; but I could think of only one tiling
us I kept urging the driver on, and he
must have thought me mad as I leaped
jut and rushed into tlie well known
parlor.
" Kate !" I cried, as half blind, I ran
toward a pale face lying back in an easy;hair
by the fire.
" You scoundrel!" was roared at the
same moment, and the Bturdy farmer had
nie pinned by the throat.
"Yes! all that," I said; "onlyhear
ine."
His hands dropped as Kate uttered a
low cry and fainted.
"Quick!" I Baid; "water and some
brand v."
wA ? 1 - e 1.1
\Y nil u low growi 01 rage aj_) uiu pucui
for gout obeyed Die, and in a few minutes
I had her head raised on my arm.
"Have you come to say good-by?"
she said feebly; and there was such a
look of reproach in that poor, wan face,
that I only answered in a whisper:
. " No ! 110 !?to ask you to give and
bless me with your love?to ask you to
forgive me for my cruel weakness?for I
must have been mad."
A deep groan made me turn my head
to see that the farmer's head was down
upon his arms, and his broad shoulders
were heaving.
"I thought you would never come
ugain," said Kate, feebly; " but I didn't
give up hope. And now I shall got well
soon."
The Torpedo Boat's Construction.
One of the torpedo launches used in
ilestroyiug the Turkish monitor near
Matchin, on the Danube, wns recently
L-arefully looked over by a correspondent
of the Loudon Daily Newt*, who minutely
describes it. The launch was only
about twenty-five feet loug with about
[our feet beam. The torpedo spars, of
which each boat carried two, were about
thirty feet long. They were placed on
each side of the boat in large iron rings
[ore and aft, which maintained them in a
horizontal position when not being used.
The torpedo is attached, of course, to the
forward end of the spar. The torpedoes
themselves were about twenty inches in
length by eighteen inches in diameter,
mid were covered apparently with wood.
When used, tha torpedo-bar is thrust
forward through the riu?s until it is only
supported by one, and the torpedo on
the end of the spar may then be hoisted
up and down as on the end of a lever. It
is known that the force of a torpedo only
lets within a radius of ten feet, and as
the spar is thirty feet long, the boat is
ill us at a saio distance from the explosion,
except th*1 danger of it being filled
lud swamped by the column of water
(vliicli the torpedo inevitably throws up.
rhe launch is an oulinary wooden one,
covered ove with a wooden deck, supported
by very slight wooden or iron up:ightp.
The sides from a little above
lie water are protected by plates of iron
1 quarter of an inch thick, loosely fasten:<1
on to the uprights, and sufficient to
itop a bullet, leavirig exposed about four
in at. hplnxr tlift ilp^k for thfi er^w
o Ore through in case of need. Neither
;he bow nor the stern, however, were
)rotected in this way, and the launch
soming 011 would be exposed to be trarersed
from 8tem to stern by the enemy's
mullets. Ah is well known, not a single
Millet has ever penetrated the boat or
vounded a man, although the launch
mist have been for several seconds with11
twenty feet of the monitor, and the
Purks had fired probably more than 100
.hots at her at that distance. The reason
vas, that it had not occurred to them to
ire down through the deck, which was
>uly of wood, and all their bullets had
jeen expended on the iron plates, which
vere of course impenetrable. The torpedo
is made to explode by contact, and
nay also be exploded by an electric hatcry
in case the shock slioud not have
jeen sufficient to explode it.
Summer Evenings.
There is an all-Dervadintr and diffusive
:liarm about a summer evening anvvhere.
In the country, where the air is
ragrant with the breath of honeysuckle
ind rose, and perfumed, besides, with a
rhousnnd sxibtle scents too transient and
lelicate to be separately defined, tlieeveling
is the climacteric of the day. Not
norning, with its wondrous sparkle and
shine, its glistening pearls suspended
roru myriad branches, its evanescent
slouds, and its chorus of song; not uood,
vith its hush of spell-bound splendor
md its lovely languor of stately repose;
lot even late afternoon, when the long
shadows creep down the velvet slopes,
md the haze hangs tremulous on the distant
hills?isso fair as twilight. Through
the faint ethereal glimmer of brightness
which lingers in the west, through the
jlory oi the golden moonrise, there come
rague questionings and thoughts to our
minds, not clothed upon with speech,
though they wear the color of heaven.
From unseen haunts in the orchard, or
from the dark belt of firs which girdles
the ravine, there falls now and then a
silvery note, the vesper eong of the robin,
^r the last warble of the thrush, ere he
tucks his head beneath his wing. Tranquilly
and tenderly the night approaches,
like a gentle mother whose protecting
irms gather the tired children close and
'old them to slumber on her breast.
Railroad Statistics.
Advance sheets of Poor's liailway
Manual,soon to be issued, show that the
mmber of miles operated In this country
ast year were 73,508, against 71,750 in
1875. The gross earnings amounted to
i)An nnn KnQ inn nnn in
UVUjXUVjVUU 1U vuv
Drevbus year, while the net earnings were
?18G, 400,000, against $185,500,000 in 1875.
rhe increase in net earnings in the face
)f the large falling off in gross earnings
s attributed to the spirit of economy
ivhich has characterized railroad managenent
during the past year. The
lividends paid in 1876 amounted to
508,000,000, against 874,300,000 in
1875, the falling off being due to the default
of several corporations, notably the
ioal companies.
TEA. AND COFFEE.
11ow Tliey nrc Adultet-ntctl nnit !Ic\v to DIh? !
rorer the Delotcrion* Mubntnnceot | y
A writer in the New York Evenhu) 11
Pott describes the manner in -which tea I 1
and coffee are often adulterated, and I A
what he says will be read with interest j QUI
in every household where these articles i f?'l'
are found on the table. The writer says: I E
The sophistications practiced upon tea ! ^ve
are large in number and often harmful! boy
in character. The greater part of the day
adulteration occurs in China, but the wec
English and Americans appear to have Prot
become skillful imitators of the Chinese Gre
in at least some branches of this nefarious
industry. Mineral and organic sub- ner
stances are used to increase the weight P0^
and bulk of the tea; fictitious strength is j18 1
imparted to it by the addition of certain | f"ot
vegetable substances ancl pigments are iliM
employed in order to produce a desire- wor
able color. A preparation rejoicing in the nn<^
very appropriate name of " Lie tea," was In?
formerly and is doubtless still used as an ^
admixture with genuine tea, particularly was
with gunpowder. "Lie tea" consists ^ie
of the dust of tea and other leaves, which aud
is mixed with various mineral substances Pu^
and agglutinated into little masses by a "r
means of starch or gum; it is then treat- Cli?
ed with mineral p-gments. But the ope- no^
ration which is most generally earned on "wafl
is the artificial "facing " qr coloring of ne.c
teas. This practice is almost entirely
confined to green teas, of which, it is
said on high authority, but few grades PftlJ
reach the consumer in a pure state. ?
Green tea differs from black only in its ?* ^
method of manufacture, and unless arti- '
ficially colored it should not present the
decided bluish-green appearance so often we
noticed, but should possess a pale olive i
color. Green tea is also converted into ! *
black by chemical treatment; in fact, cou
these metamorphoses have given rise to *cn<
a special and regular branch of business, ?ne
notably in this city and Philadelphia, but
The pigments most u^ed for coloring
green teas are Prussian blue, indigo, ^ie
i ?j ? ?i? ii__ 1: kee
turmeric uuu euuju, umy \ me peuuuui -?
glossy appearance they frequently pre- 1
sent being produced by means of black v *j
lead, talc and soapstone. Other and far car'
more dangerous substances, such as me
arsenide of copper, chromate of lead and * w
Dutch pink, are said to be sometimes UP.
employed. When hot water is poured ?ig.
upon a faced tea, the coloring matter * 6C
present often becomes detached and ^er
either rises to the top or sinks to the e
bottom of the liquid, forming a sediment *?nl
which can be readily recognized as a
foreign body, especially by aid of a magnifying
glass. In many instances this ".ee
test will 1 o sufficient, but the safer plnn nv(
is always to avoid the use of teas posses- c^of
sing a metallic luster and a bright green "m
color. bin
Coffee is very extensively adulterated.
When sold in the ground state it almost "
invariably consists of a mixture contain- tre*
ing little or no coffee and a great deal of
chicory and roasted grains, such as peas, r?d'
beans, rye and wheat. The addition of
cliicory is frequently defended on the w'n
ground that it improves the teste and the
qaality of the coffee, but owing to its ou *
comparative cheapness fchreo is a great W()l
temptation to use an undue quantity of ^or
this substance, and unless the amount of ar01
the addition is specified on the packages j FV1J
(as is required in several European conn- j
tries), it undoubtedly constitutes a true | 8C;C(
adulteration; moreover, chicory itself is ! n,z<
very often mixed with foreign subtauces. j ft^ (
Professor Snarples has recently exam- I
iued several varieties of package coffee, j j3'"
including the "first quality Mocha and ! j111"
Java coffee," an " extra quality French | kori
coffee," a "French breakfast coffee," an j P??
" English breakfast coffee," and " pure : ('lc"
roasted and ground Cape coffee," but; j1011
was not able to detect the presence of the '
veritable bean in any of these prepara- ! ^ "
tions. A very popniar and, in compari- i ?v?:
son with the above, superior brand of j
" prepared Java coffee," received by the j
writer for analysis, had the following ! * *
composition : Coffee, thirty-seven per I co?
centum; peas, fifty-two percentnm; rye,
two per centum; chicory, eight per "lot
centum. A simple method for detecting
some of these substances consists in j ^
slightly stirring the suspected sample ?
with cold water and observing the color
of the liquid and |he gravity of the pow- "
der. Pure coft'ee will remain floating 6ftJf
upon the surface of the water for some
time, and fails to impart a perceptible ^0l]
color to it, whereas chicory and beans !?o
(especially the former) at once sink to m v
the bottom and color the liquid decided- j ,r0(?'
lv. Other substances which also rise to ! "'uJ
the surface of the water can be easily j wafi
distinguished from coffee by their ap- j wo*
pearance aim taste, anotner simple test j
is to spread the coffee out on a slip of ' J
glass, slightly moisten it with water, I *or
and then touch the layer in different j wll?
parts with the point of a needle ; in this i ?reI
way the presence of soft non-resisting \
foreign ingredients can be readily de-'
tected. If on opening the package the ; 8^'(
contents are caked, or sliow a tendency ! ?llic
to cake, the presence of chicory is indi-; di?,o:
cated. '
i - trul
Vindictive to the Last. j -^e
I cabi
A horrible story of man's inhuman | ^hei
hatred for a fellow-creature comes from j wa^
Maysville, Ky. Levi Ball had furnished , that
the family of James C. Owens with sup- i ^1
plies to the amount of $200, and, finding ;
it impossible to collect, he levied on ! froE
Owens' property, which was released on ; j h,
a claimant's bond, and on that Ball also j jje ;
secured a judgment. These various ! ker
proceedings aroused Owens to a pitch of j Qpe
madness, and he swore to kill Ball, i nea]
Every insult he could devise he cast! rjfle
upon his prospective victim to win some i hea]
provocation, and finally he solemnly as- ;
serted hiB intention of pouring the con- j
tents of his shot-gun, which he had ;
charged with forty slugs, into Ball's sys- j ^ou
tem. A few days ago he met Ball and ft {|c
commenced his abuse again, whereupon ^
Ball fired four shots, mortally wounding jjaE
his vindictive enemy. On his deatli-bed ^ wag
Owens went into convulsions at the sug- 1 w]ie
gestion that he must die before killing ' n00]
the object of his hatred, and when he I ?0jr
recovered he exacted with his dying i
breath a solemn oath from his seventeen- j
year-old Bon tliat he would never rest
until he had sent Ball to his grave. ! 0f j
Upon the trial of Ball for the shooting, j pOXV
he was promptly acquitted. thei
1 sev<
Gray's Elegy in a Churchyard. rem
i com
Two stanzas have been added to Gray's 0>ci<
famous elegy, in order to do away with exc{
its one reproach of having 110 woman in ;0jn
it except "the busy housewife." They ; a Hft
are to appear after the fourteenth stanza ipjie
of the original and to take precedence of : je^H
the men altogether. Here they are : ^
Here sleeps some fair, whose unaffccted charms stoc
Bloom'd with attraction to herself unknown, leffc_
Whose beauty might have blessed a monarch's ' fQr '
arms, MoT
Whose virtues cast a luster on a throne. ' DfUI
wat
Whose modest beauties warm'd a Humble heart, 1 thir
Or cheered the labors of some homely spouse; i <<
Whose virtues form'd to even- duteous part, j
The healthful offspring which adorned her I j1 9.
bouse. I bell
DAVID GREER'S SAD S^ORY.
itlnK for Ten Hours in Vain to 8a
Vlfe and J<lttlc Children from the ln<
nn*-A Urate Wotnfcn'a Defense of ft
loine and a I'nlhcr'h Vttivi
. correspondent of the Cincinnati E
rcr writes from Jackson, Mich.,
ows:
>avid P. Greer, a man about fort
years old, and his son Charles,
of ten, reached this city two or thr
s ago, intending to remain here for
k or so among relatives, and thi
seed to Bennington, Vt., where M
er has two sisterB and other relative
h father arid sou are in a weak ai
vous condition, and the reader w
wonder when it is stated that the bi
partly Fcalped and has a tomalia^
md in the shoulder, while the fath
a rifle bullet in his shoulder, a bull
md in the leg, a stab in the che<
a bad wound on the head where i
ian clubbed him with a rifle.
fp to a few weeks since Mr. Gre
a citizen of Idaho, having a cabin <
Cottonwood river, near its mout
just where the hostile Indians ha
in their most savage work. He h
Lfe and three children, and the b
irles is the only member of the fami
r left to him. The pioneer says ]
comfortably situated, having all t!
cssaries of life and saving up sorr
ig. He had a sort of trading-pc
nected with his cabin, and was w<
ronized by Indians and hunters.
Phen asked to detail the particuln
he first outbreak, Mr. Greer said :
1 Well, I was ready, and yet I wasn
-.1- i.- i i f?.
3 reus IIUU uccu Divumiug uiuuuu iuj
ik, and every one entering the sto
ited ammunition and nothing elf
id overhauled the house as -well as
Id, knowing that I would have to <3
1 them until help could come ; ai
morning I didn't open the store at a
set out to bring in three hors
ch were grazing about a mile do\
river. I gave my wife orders
p all the doors fastened and not
any Indians in, no matter how frien
hey appeared. She had a Spenc
bine and a revolver, and I took wi
a Henry rifle and another revolve
as in a hurry, having my mind ma
that there would be no trouble befo
bt. Having a good horse under r
ion reacbed4the valley, but my hors
e gone, run off the day before 1
Indians. I didn't wait around the
as I feared an ambush, and I w
ut half way home when I heard she
orwl I'Motr fltaf. mv nnaf. Vii
Jtno ?uu ?J r-~- "
n attacked. The trail was along t!
>r, and I couldn't see the cabins t
ie on them. While I was ridh
t half mile I heard the Spencer ci
e growling away, and I knew th
wife had not been taken by surprit
Well, >ir," he went on, his voi
nbling, "there were at least for
,ing fiends around the place, and
e right into the crowd before th
me. My wife had all the doors ai
dows secured and was firing frc
loop-holes. I saw two dead India
the ground as I dashed up, while
inded one was crawling away. A
se was perfectly wild, but, sir, I ro<
und the post at least five time
ping at the Indians, calling to n
;, and being shot and struck at eve:
rnd. I don't think my wife reco
;d my voice, as all of us were yellii
>nce, and when I found that s]
ddu't open the door I made for t]
(F half a mile away, followed by ov
: the gang, some 011 foot and somo <
seback. While riding around t]
11 got this stab in the cheek, but
a't even fcel it for a quarter of i
r. While galloping for cover tl
tes put a bullet into my leg here, b
idn't know it until I was runnii
r the rocks to find a sheltered plac
opped among some bowlders after
and it wasn't over a minute befo
nocked over two of them. Th
led the pursuit, but they surround*
got secure positions, and I w
skaded."
And your family ?"
t this question the little boy begi
ry and the father could hardly co
his emotion as he answered :
It was awful, sir. The boy he
- T??1inrtt? ni\rtAnvA/T an/
S tllUli flic iuuiuuo dv?
r I left and asked for powder. SI
ildn't open the doors, and they got
and were going to batter their wi
rhen she killed the two I saw ne
3 up. Then they eurrounded tl
[ding, and the battle opened. The
n't a better wife and mother in th
Id, sir, and I never dreamed that si
such pluck. When I think?wh<
ink, sir, of how she must have look<
me back, and how she wonder<
,t had become of me, and how despn
)t into her heart, I?I wish I w
:1. The other two children we
s, one aged twelve and the oth
;n. The boy says that Mary, tl
set, used the revolver from one of tl
L's while her mother defended tl
jr, and that little Clara carried ca
ges to both of tliem from the close
re was a half-story chamber to tl
in, and the boy was stationed x
e to look through the crevices ni
sh for me. "When his mother kne
. part of the Indians had sudden
ldrawn, and when she heard tl
ig on the bluffs, she called him don
a his post and gave him a rifle wliic
1n,M ftttrnTT In an 11 frt cnmo Tu/llfll
HI 1U1U ttj IV UV.il I,\J UU1UV xuvtilt'
Bays that she was very pale, anil th
hands trembled, but she kept tl
ncer going. Lying among the rock
:ly a mile away, and with an Indie
i popping at me every second,
rd that carbine above all the di]
post couldn't stand an Indian attacl
I knew it, as there were too mar
lows and doors to defend. Tl
se and store-room were connected I
orway, but there were no loop-hoh
le end of the store-room, and the Ii
is could gather there and be safe. !
about eight o'clock in the mornir
n I took to the bluffs, and whe
q came I could still hear that carbii
ig. I was wondering all the tin
' the fiends didn't set fire to the pos
they had other plans. I had thr<
3 of powder, lots of lead, two barrfe
lour, twenty pair of blankets, fifl
-Ttrnrinna nf.linr nrnnrla i
UCi'llWlUO IIUU VMAftvruv VWMW* Ov '
:e, and they wanted them. Tlu
>ral times called upon my wife to su
ler, but she kept up the fire and ei
raged the children. About 01
ack all the Indiana surrounding m
jpt about half a dozen, drew off ar
ed those around the post. I was i
fe place, and yet it was a bad plac
y couldn't reach me with their bu
, and yet they had positions fro:
ch they could 'have killed me had
k1 up or moved six feet to right <
, 5 he excitement kept pain awf
an hour, but after that I was pretl
ly used up, having not a drop <
er to wash my wounds or quench n
st.
About one o'clock," he went on, aft
liort rest, "all firing ceased, and
eved tlia^he post had been capture'
Half crazy with anxiety and distress I
rose np, determined to dash out, but the
Ve bullets came so fast that I watffrightened
li. under coter again. TW men ever put
er in sttch an afternoon as I did there. Pain
and thirst were terrible enough, to say
H- nothing of my mental distress. I hadn't i
as the least hope of getting out alive, and j
along toward night I got reckless as to
y- consequences. I should have made a
a dash for the river, which was in plain j
ee sight and not over half a mile away, and I
a was just on the point of rising up when j
en veils and shots from my cabin held me j
j. back. For about five minutes there was I
is. a lively roar of fire arms, and above all
id other noises I could hear that carbine
ill going boom ! boom ! boom ! The Inoy
dians who had been left to watch me no*v
vk opened fire and began yelling, and it
er wasn't long before I suspected the truth,
let You see, as I suspected, and as the boy
jk afterward related, the murderous fiends
an found they couldn't capture the post by
assaults on the doors. That brave little
er woman and those poor children were too
an much for forty or fifty Indians. After
h, losing nine or ten killed and over a dozen
ve wounded, the reds collected at the west
nd end of the store-room, out of range, and
oy went to work to tear out the logs. Tliey J
.ly were three or four hours getting things |
ae rendy, but when the time came nearly j
be all the end of the building went down at
le- once. My wife and children were ready
>8t for 'em. They defended the doorway for
jll full fifteen minutes, or until all but this
boy were shot dead. When the Indians
.rs finally swarmed in he was the only one
i. ?i .??? rm,? 4
ieit mj wreutt. veuycuuuc uu. j-ucj iuiua- ;
't. hawked him, started to scalp him, and he !
r a was the same as dead for hours. He is
re sure the others were dead before the Inle.
dians got through the door, and I praise
I God for that consolation, while it nearly
le- drives me crazy to think of it."
ad There was a period of silence, the boy
11, weeping bitterly, and then Greer braced
es himself anew and continued:
vn "And what did I do? God forgive
to me ! but I couldn't do anything. I was
to wild with excitement, and while I was
d- trying to plan something the reds made
er a dash at me. They poured down at me
th as if there was no end to tho number.
sr. They were right on me the first I knew,
de shooting, stabbing and striking at me
re with their guns. I got this rap on the j
ae head then, and also this bullet in the !
,es shoulder, but they didn't finish me. 11
by fought 'em, but how long I don't know,
re for I was crazy. I remember of them
as dodging around me, of striking at them,
its and of feeling the rage and strength of a
fid wounded lion. It was long after dark
he before I cooled down and knew my situaill
tion. I was then carrying this boy in
ag my arms to the liver. Where I found
ir- him I don't know. After plundering my
at post tho Indians set fire to' it. This
:e. child must have crept out and hid in the
-- i 1? ii,? i??<
CH UUHliUH, WUIIU IUC UUU1CD Ul LUC ucuu
ty were burned. He says he tv as conscious
I when I crept upon him, and that when
ey he begged for water I took him in my
id arms and started for the river. Well,
un wounded as I was, I felt better in the
ns cool night air. I wanted to save the
a boy, and that helped nerve mo up. The
[y cool water eased our hurts and refreshed
ie us, and between ten o'clock that night
is, and daylight next morning I walked
ly twenty-two miles, carrying the boy half
ry the time. You wonder that we are not
g- dead, but it wasn't to be. The boy has
ig been pretty tenderly treated, bnt I
lie haven't fooled with the doctors much,
lie 1 hey dug out some of the lead, bandaged
er me up, and I'll soon be all right igoin.
an I'm going to take Charlie to Vermont,
16 nud then I'll go back to Idaho and kill
I (Indians as long as I live. I've made a
in vow?I've sworn by all that's good and
lie sacred?that I'll enter into no other
ut business and have no other plans but to
ig kill Iudinns whenever and wherever I
e. can find them ! I'll shoot down old and
a young 1 I'll keep right on killing through
re war and peace !"
at i i
1
I Something in the Bed.
Judge Pitman has a habit of slipping
j his watch under his pillow when he goes
vn ! to bed. The other night somehow it
n- j slipped down, and, as the judge was restless,
it gradually worked its way downre
ward toward the foot of the bed. After
jn a bit, while he was lying awake, his foot
ie touched it, and it felt very cold; he was
, a surprised and scared, and, jumping from
iy bed he said :
I "By gracious, Maria ! there's a toad
ie or snake or something under the covers,
re 11 touched it with my foot."
is Mrs. Pitman gave a loud scream and !
ie was out on the floor in an instant.
;n "Now don't go to hollering and wak?d
ing up the neighbors," said the judge.!
;d J "You go and get me a broom or some-!
,ir j thing, and we'll fix the thing mighty '
as ; qnick."
re ! Mrs. Pitman got the broom and gave j
er j it to the judge, with the remark that she
ie i felt as if tnakes were creeping all up and :
ie 1 down her legs and back.
ie j " Oh, nonsense, Maria! Now you turn j
r-1 down the covers slowly, while I hold the
it. | broom and bang it. Put a bucket of j
ie ! water alongside the bed, too, so's we can |
ip j shove it in and drown it."
ul' Mrs. Pitman fixed the bucket and 1
w j gently removed the covers. The judge
iy ' held the broom uplifted, and as soon as j
ie ! tho black ribbon of the watch was re- ;
11 j vealed, ho cracked away three or four j
>h : times with his broom. Then lie pushed
u. the thing off into the bucket. Then they
at took the bucket to the light to iuvesti-1
ie gate the matter. When the judge saw 1
s, what it was, he said :
in i "I might've known that. Just like
I! you women, to go screeching and fussing ;
a. j about nothing. Who's going to pay mo
k, for that watch ? It's utterly ruined."
iy "It was you that made "the fuss, no
ie me," said Mrs. P. You needn't try to
iy put the blame off on me."
3s " Oh, hush up, and go to bed. I'm
a- tired of hearing you blather. Blame me
It if I ain't going to get a divorce and emi-1
ig! grate." J
in 1 And the judge turned in and growled
ie ' at Maria until he fell asleep.?Max Ad- j
ie i clcr.
t. I ? "
J A Thunder Storm in London.
is j There was a terrific thunder storm in i
1 Tlonrlnn nn .Tulv 5. Three nealsof tliun
in ! der were heard in quick succession at
>.y ! Kilburn, and a sheet of fire flashed iu j
r- I the street. The thoroughfare for some 1
a-: distance seemed to be in flames, and a ,
ie ! material similar to molten metal dese,
j cended, leaving behind clinkers from an '
id j inch to six or seven inches in circum- j
in i ference. The street for a distance of ,
e. I fifty yards -was covered, something like ;
;1-1 a couple of bushels having been picked
m ' up by persons in the neighborhood. A
I child named Frost, who was running
3r from one house to another, was struck
iy with some of the liquid and severely
ty burned. The fire-ball then struck a :
of telegraph wire, which passed over the 1
iy street, completely burning it up for a ;
distance of 500 yards. For ten minutes i
er after the fall of the thunder-bolt the '
I whole neighborhood was enveloped iu a j
d. thick blue and yellow fog.
BARGAIN HUNTERS.
How flomt Women Itfnke farrlinnen la New
York.
Says a New York correspondent:
Some of the Broadway dry goods men
say smuggling has had scarcely any
effect on tlieit trade; Others think it
has hurt them a good deal. TJhey tell
some queer yarns about the bargain
hunters who spend their days runlliU#
about, like Mrs. Toodles, in quest of I
something cheap. Paid one the other j
day: "Give a regular sllCpper a hint ,
that there are some smuggled goOdo in
the market, and she'll spend a week
hunting for them all over town. Ten to
one she hasn't the slightest use for anything
in the lot, but that's neither here
nor there. If goods are smuggled they
must be bargains, and she's bound to
have something out of the lot, anyway,
want or no waut." One of tbo walkers
in a Broadway store tells this story:
Do women, prefer smuggled goods ?
Well, not all, but a pretty large number
do. Let me tell you what occurred in
our silk room not long ago. A lady who
spends five days in the week shopping
came in fls usual and wanted to see a
piece of silk. She hod been in almost
every day, and of course nearly alwavs
went off without buying. This time the |
clerk who had to wait on her turned I
round when he had a chance and offered |
to bet five dollars with another clerk J
that he'd make her buy enough silk for j
a dress. The bet was taken on the spot. I
Then the clerk got down to work. He
took down piece after piece, spread them
out, piled them up in heaps till a dozen
shelves were emptied, and talked till he
began to grow hoar je. But it was no
use. She objected to one piece after
another, now the quality, now the shade,
now the price; but still the young man
kept on. He was at it fully an Lour
when she got up to go. Then his strategy
came into play. Leaning over the
counter he motioned to her to come near,
and then said in a whisper:
" Madam, can I say a word in strict
confidence?" She nodded, and he went
on.
"You would like a real bargain,
wouldn't you ?" She nodded again.
"Wfill. this is iust how it is. That
young man," motioning -with his head to
the clerk with whom he had made the
bet, "has a fine piece of smuggled silk
that he will sell very low. Of course he
can't say anything about it himself, but
I can show it now, if you want to see it."
" Well, I wiU look at it."
Putting his hand under the counter
he brought up a piece of silk that he had
slipped down when she was gettiug up
to leave. She examined it and asked the
price.
" Three dollars is the regular price for
the same goods, but you can have this
for two."
" You say it is smuggled ?" >
" Yes, ma'am, but don't speak so
loud."
"Well, I will take twenty-five yards."
" Very well, ma'am; it's the greatest
bargain you ever got." She was greatly
pleased, but the silk was the same that
elm lin/l rpipr?terl fifteen minutes before
atsf.75."'"
A person hearing this story said: "Do
you allow clerks to do business that
way ?"
"Not at all; when it became known the
young man lost his place; but the incident
shows how ready some women are
to pick up imaginary bargains if there is ]
any liiut about smuggling." .
A Curious Family.
The Time* and Despatch of Reading
says: Albany, the township of snakes
and catamounts, possesses one of the
most curious families in tho jeounty,
whose history is quite remarkable.
Kunkel is the name of the family, which
consists of fire persons, four old bachelors
and one old maid, brothers and
sister, who are bound together by the
most affectionate ties and refuse to be
separated. The sister is in her seventieth
year, and is noted for her excellent management,
wielding a great influence over
her younger brothers, who range in age
from fifty to sixty-five years, the
youngest being upward of fifty years
old. Thev are all over six feet tall, possessed
of herculean frames. The farm
upon which they live has been handed
down over a hundred years, and was acquired
by their ancestors over a century
ago. Their house was erected more than
one hundred years ago, after the style
of the first settlers, split logs for a floor,
f'-i ?*il. -1? Tl? An oil lioii.
JLllifcU U|j Willi UlllJ. 1UCJ V4\J l* A A vuvu
own work, and are neat and clean in all
tliev do. Their farm is in excellent condition,
and produces annually large
crops. They do not have their horses
shod in the winter, only in the summer.
Iu winter the shoes are removed, and
the horses are uot taken further than to
water. They carry all their grain to the
mill and back on their shoulders, never
using the horses for this purpose. The
barn roof, and a number of the outbuildings
are thatched with straw. The
family is much respected, and is reported
to be wealthy. A sister, who married a
number of years ago, has been utterly
discarded, her singular brothers and
sister having paid her the portion to
which she was entitled out of her father's
estate, and will have no further intercourse
with her. This curious family
resides near Wesnesville, in Albany
township, and have never been out of
the county, and it is believed never out
of the township. They are said to have
relatives in Philadelphia whom they
have never seen nor visited.
Trying to Starve to Death.
Six months ago a gentleman and his
wife registered their names in the best
hotel in Souora, California. They made
fow acquaintances; they seemed to court
seclusion; they wandered up and down
the grassy hills; occasionally they were j
kppti sittini? under a tall pine, anon the i
man carried a pick-ax 011 his shouluer
and had the air of a miuer who was hunting
for a pocket vein; they were eccentric
and mysterious. On June 30 they
disappeared, niul after their fellow-boarders
had gossiped about them for a day or
two search was made for them, The
queer couple were fouud on the top of
Bald mountain not far from the town.
They had been out doors about ninety
hours; they had not lost their way; they
had gone out into tbo woods with the
deliberate purpose of starving to death;
they had eaten nothing; they had a fourounce
bottle filled with, water, with
which they had moistened their parched
lips; they were dying by inches. The
neighbors carried them to a cabin, and
induced them to eat something. The
husband is a graduate of a Pennsylvania
medical collegc, and owns a homestead
"VT/vTrr Tm-on-n Dnw lin u-ns verv
Ill 11UW UVIOUJ# ?? tf
wealthy, but he lost everything in stock
speculations in San F. ancisco. He had
been waiting for remittances from that
city; his last penny had gone; be was in
debt to the hotel proprietor; he resolved
to go up the mountain and starve, and
his wife went with him.
Items of Interest.
Gold is an eighth of a cent lower.
Now is the time to get your teeth filled.
Jenny Lind says that her husband is
her truest friend. Every woman's ought
to be.
The empress of Austria is said to be
the most beautiful royal lady in the
world.
Ferik Azid now commands the Turkish
artiiyi That is, he tells the boys when
to retreat.
" TheTurks," says an exchange, " are
amply supplied with arms." " Yes, and
with legs, too.
A woman in Baltimore has been fined
$100 and costs for sending scurrilous
postal cards to ladies.
In the United States about three-fifths %
of the cereal production is Indian corn,
while in Europe oats predominate.
" Are these soaps all one scent?" inquired
a lady of a juvenile salesman.
" No, ma'am, they are all ten cents," replied
the innocent youngster.
The fashionable male shirt collar is
gradually decreasing in height. A young _
man can now pass under rf telegraph
wire without ducking his head.
A man who had practiced twelve years
With a revolver, and who could drive a
nail at sixty feet with a bullet, was killed
by a club in the hands of an Arkansas
man who couldn't shoot a barn.
We suppose that when the entire Bus
| Diau niLuy wcut nirai vmug viw ?MV
toon bridges it didn't moke one-half the
clattering that a ten-year-old boy does
when he walks down one flight of stairs.
A little girl, where a minister had been
invited to dinner, was privately placed
on her good behavior. Finding a lull
in the conversation at the table, she
folded her hands and said: " Ob, God,
please pass the bntter."
When a small boy with a prejudice
against yellow dogs observes an old
oyster can in a condition of inactivity he
at once begins debating the question
whether it was created to point a moral
or adorn a tail. The dog gets the flnt
news of the decision.
Just because Western hucksters stick
their thumbs into the measures on gelling
berries and then withdraw and retain
M i <11..: _x?
laose portions ux [incur nuo VU4cago
Journal asks in a towering rage:
"Shall we, as American citizens, pay
for thumbs by the pint and quart and
not get them ?"
A child charmed by a black snake in
Jefferson county, Tenn., fed the snake
daily for over a week. The father discovered
the snake coiled up in the child's
lap and killed it, whereupon the little
one went into spasms of grief and refused
to eat food of any kind. She cries almost
continually, except while asleep, and
physicians state that she will live but a
short time.
There are hearts that beat quicker
when the strawberry season comes; there
are spirits that brighten when the raspberry
puts in his gentle claim; there are
sou! 9 that gladden when the pineapple
slices himself up; there are eyes that
glisten with joy when the watermelon .
moves in; but the average small boy's
delight dosen't reach its climax until it
has tackled a fresh tomato.
A rheumatic old gentleman, whose son
was careless about shutting the front
door after him, called out to him one
oold day, when he had left the door
swinging wide : " See here, young man,
you leave that door open too much!"
"Do I?" was the response. " Then how
much open shall I leave it ?" "I mean
you leave it open too often 1" thundered
the old gentleman. " Oh, well, how often
shall I leave it open ?" politely inquired
the son. The father did not dare
trust himself to reply.
Here is a classification of kisses in
rhymes :
"There is a formal kiss of fashion ;
And a burning kiss of passion ;
A father's kiss,
And a sister's kiss to movo.
There's a traitor's kiss for gold,
Like a serpent's clammy fold.
A first kiss,
A stolen kies,
And the thrilling kiss of love.
A meeting kiss,
A maiden kiss,
A kiss when fond heart's sever.
But the saddest kiss
On earth is this?
A kiss to part for ever!"
Pearls of Thought,
He who surpasses or subdues mankind
must look down on the hate of those below.
We every day sacrifice principles
which we esteem through fear of being
blamed by people whom we despise.
Out of suffering have emerged the
strongest souls, and the most massive
characters are seamed with scars.
Our love is inwrought in. onr enthusiasm
as electricity is inwrought in the
air, exalting its power by a subtle
presence.
When the million applaud you, seriously
ask yourself what harm you have
done; when they censure you, what
good.
"We must not contradict, but instruct
him that contradicts us; for a madman is
not cured by another running mad also.
Abuse, like other poison, when administered
in too strong a dose is thrown
off by the intended victims, and often
relieves where it was meant to destroy.
The transmutation of meals is a small
affair compared with changing shame to
glory, reverse to success, sorrows to
pleasures; yet true wisdom can do air
this.
Bashfulness is more frequently connected
with good sense, than we
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find assurance; ana unpuueuue, uu me
other hand, is often the mere effect of
downright stupidity.
Many new years, indeed, you may see,
but happy ones you cannot see without
deserving them. These, virtue, honor
and knowledge alone can merit, alone,
can produce.
The Credit Business.
After having inspected a pile of calico
iu one of the Detroit stores, a somewhat
rusty looking man blandly remarked to
the clerk before him :
" Credit must be given me "?
"No, sir?we don't trust," was the
1
" I was going to remark that credit
mast be given me for "?
"We couldn't do it, sir. The rule
applies to every one."
" Couldn't do what?" asked the man.
" Couldn't give you credit."
"You are very uncivil, sir, very, but
yet I will say before I go out of here
that credit must be given me for being
honest and impartial, when I say that I
never saw three liitching-posts look
nicer than them out there. That's nil.
sir, and I wish I htidn't said that much.