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Aw A Family Companion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Markets, &c. Vol. XlIII. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JIUNE 20, 1877. No. 25. THE HERiALD IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNYING, At Newberry, S. C. BY THOR. F. GRRNRKR, Editor and Proprietor. Term s, S,-a,-0 per vinumr, Invariably in Advance. 73 The paper is stopped at the expiration of time for which it is paid. ~7The Nmark denotes expiration of sub scription. as~ PAPA'S LETTER. I was sitting in my study, Writing letters when f heard, "Please, dear mamma, Mary told mue Mamma mustn't be 'isturbed. "But I'se tired of the kitty, Want some ozzer fing to do. Writing letters, is 'on, mamma? Tan't I write a letter, too?" "Not now, darling, mamma's busy; BuD and play with kitty now." "No, no, mamma, me write letter Tan if 'on-just show me how." I would paint my darling's portrait, As his sweet eyes searched my face Hair of gold and eyes of azure, Form of childish, witching grace. But the eager face was clouded, As I slowly shook my bead, Till I said, "I'll make a letter Of you, darling boy, instead." So I parted back the tresses, From his forehead high and white And a stamp in sport I pasted 'Mid its waves of golden light. There was a wonderful atmos phere of freedom, of purity, of brav ery about her. And Leonora was a worker. Much as she despised shams and hypocri sies she despised idleness. 'Day dreaming ! I don't believe in it,' she would say. 'Do your dreaming at night and work during the day;' and while she talked, in a bright, cheerful way, each word clear and distinct, she busily plied her needle making little dresses and jackets and aprons. 'For whom?' 'Oh, for some poor chil dren around the corner. I had no thing else to do.' It was while thus occupied one afternoon, early in September, seat ed on the old-fashioned porch, shaded by a heavy grapevine, that Clifford Cameron sauntered in and threw hiLnself in an easy chair be side her. 'Cliff.' had been a chum of Harry Lonsdale's since early boy hood, and for just that period had alternately tried to teaze and make love to Harry Lonsdale's sister. He was a good looking, sweet tempered, generous, lazy young fel low, with no end of money. Grand father had died and left him money. -father had died and left him money-uncle had died and left him money, and lately an old great aunt, whom he had never seen, had departed this life, away off in some obscure corner of the globe, and left him more money. He had very fair hair and big, very blue eyes, beautiful hands and feet, was rather stout than slender, short than tall -was one of those infatuated men who thought the slight cast in Leo. nora's left eye perfectly charming, and who had said they would die of joy if she'd only graciously per mit them to devote the remainder of their lives to her. 'Well, Bee,' said he, taking up a small apron and leisurely surveying it. 'Well, Butterfly,' was the reply, 'what brings you back from New port so soon ?' 'You.' 'Oh ! you've come here to talk nonsense again,' says the young lady, holding another small apron before her, her head on one side like a bird's, as she ponders on the effect of a bow of green ribbon she has sewn on the pocket. 'Right, as you always are, my darling.' 'I'm not your darling, and I'll take that apron if you're quite done with it.' 'Deuce take the apron, say I. Stop sewing I beg of you, Leo-it makes me quite tired to look at you.' 'Clifford !' 'Leonora !' 'Aren't you ashamed of yourself?' 'Don't think I am. Ought I to be?' With decision--'You should. Were 1 a young man in good health, not maimed or crippled blessed with the average quantity and quality of brains' 'Thanks!l' '.'d do something besides loung ing at watering places in the sum mer and club houses in the winter -something in the shape of work -yes, if five hundred uncles, and grandfathers, and aunts' 'Couldn't any way in the world, thank Heaven ! my dear girl, have so many relations.' 'Left me five hundred fortunes. And if I fell in love with a girl, I'd prove to her before I proposed marriage, that I, myself 'Myself ! Behold me!l' quoted Clii. 'Could, if an emergency arouse, and life is full of them, support her, and that I was not entirely dependent upon the income flowing in from the coffers filled by my an cestors.' 'Bravo ! Leo ! 'You're a splen did fellow ! That last remark about the coffins of my ancestors was extremely fine. I'd like to have any one, in the glow of my present admiration for you dare to hint that you were the tiniest speck long-nosed. He or she'd repent in haste. But, most admirable of your sex, what would you do if you were a male fellow, so unfortunate as to know nothing useful, and wanted to propose to the girl you loved and all the rest of it ?' 'I'd learn a trade if I hadn't tal ent enough for a profession.' 'The average quantity and quality of brain is scarcely suffieient for a profession, and I'm too old to be taken as an apprentice. If I were not and could be converted into a shoe-maker, or brick-layer-or-Or --plumber, I think I'd prefer being a plumber, they only come and 'look at things and go away again. I couldn't give you a house like this, where you could sit on the porch with a peach tree in front of you and a nice grapevine over you, making clothes for horrid children around corners.' 'Nonsense ! I don't mean that.' 'What do you mean, then?' reaching up and plucking a grape from a low-hanging branch. 'Cliff Cameron, you know what I mean as well as I do,' and yet she explains with great slowness and jamhais 'I mean that a lman should be able to support the wo man he marries either by his head or hands whether he is ever obliged to or not. Go away, yoi are put ting me out of temper.' 'Putting you out of temper? You're mistaken. 1 never saw your dimple so angelic in my life. But I say, Leo,' he continued more se-! riousiy, 'if I prove to you that on an emergency-that is, if you with your luxurious tastes and general extravagance should waste'my sub stance in riotous living after we were married-if I prove to you that in that case I should be will ing and able to give you bread with an occasional bit of butter-would you name the day ?' 'That emergency never could arise. 'Well, imagine any emergency you choose, only answer me. Would you name the day .' 'What day?' 'Leonora!l' 'Yes, I would.' 'You would-fair and square now?' 'I would. Isn't that enough ?' 'Quite enough. But it must be an early one.' 'Must ?'. 'Will, my blessed.' 'Yes.' Cliff Cameron arose deliberately, took away the sewing, deftly con verted it into a ball and tossed it up among the grapes, made both small hands, little gold thimble and all, prisoners, and kissed her upon the dimple, upon the left eye, and lastly upon the warm, red lips. 'Mr. Cameron, this is premature,' said she, her cheeks glowing like two pink roses. 'Not at all, Miss Lonsdale, you are mine. To-morrow I will take my place among the workers. It will be a humble one, but sufficient to prove to you that I am compe tent to earn the bread and butter of which I have spoken.' 'But Cliff'-dropping her eyes for the first time. 'Well, Leo'-clasping the bright face between his hands, and mak ing her raise them again. 'Are you sure-you know how you admire pretty women, and I'm not pretty.' 'But you're good-and to me the loveliest and sweetest girl in the whole world.' One Thursday afternoon, two days after the dialogue on the back porch, Miss Leonora Lonsdale, as she was wont on Thursday after noons, being the executive ability of some charitable society that met on that day, stepped into a some what crowded street car, looking neither to the right or left, but straight before her, in her usual manner. Once seated, she abstracted her pocketbook from her satchel and took from it the inevitable five cents, when she became aware of a. hand stretched out toward her-a man's hand, a handsome hand, a familiar hand. Her eyes rested on it an instant and then traveled up the arm to which it belonged until they met the face-half hidden by a slouched, broad-brimmed hat-of the conductor, Cliff Cameron ! She demurely placed her fare in his hand and, her enemies would have said, the cast in her eye beams more impish than ever. 'The day ?' said the conductor in a low, firm, business-like tone, not a gleam of intelligence lighting up his big, blue eyes. 'Six months from date,' replied Leonora, in the same tone, as she dropped her pocketbook back in her satchel. "MAYBE."-"Yes, sir, it makes me awful mad," a man was saying on a Michigan avenue car yester day. "I ordered the meat at 8 o'clock this morning, and it never came up at all. My dinner was spoiled, my wife vexed, and T'l give that butcher a blessing." "It is a great annoyance," re marked his friend. "Yes, it is, and I'm mad enough to fight. I gave the butcher the order myself, so that he has no ex cuse. Oh, I'll go for him !" "Maybe you forgot to put down the cash," said a man with very long legs who sat opposite. "I used to. beat them that way during the war, but I can't do it now." "Maybe you are an impudent scoundrel!" reared the first, grow ing very red in the face. "Yes-maybe," sigiaed long-legs, and he sank back and said he mere ly threw out his remark as a sug gestion.-.Detroit Free Press. A young female traveling accord-' eon-player was observed sitting on a doorstep last Thursday evening eating a raw onion. As the gentle aroma ascended heavenward and passed a pair of sweet blue orbs over which brown lashes fell in deli cate fringes, the accordeon angel was observed to drop a tear. Two things a man should never be angiy at-what he can and what he cannot help. The commentary of a severe friend is better than the embellish ment of a sweet-lipped flatterer. ACTS PASSED BY THE GENE RAL ASSEMBLY AT THE EXTRA SESSION OF 1877. AN ACT to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of the State Government for the fiscal year commencing Novem ber 1, 1876. SECTION 1. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by the author ity of the same, That the sum of $143,100 be, and the same is here by, appropriated to pay the sala ries of the executive and judicial officers of the State, and the clerks and the contingent expenses of the executive and judicial depart= inents for the fiscal year corn mencing November 1st, 1876, that is to say: First. For the salary of the Governor, $3,500; for the salary of the Governor's private secreta ry, $1,275; for the salary of the Governor's messenger, $300. Second. For the salary of the Lieutonant-Governor, $2,500. Third. For the salary of the: secretary of State, $2,100; for thd salary of the clerk of the secretary of State, $1,275; for the porter in the office of the secretary of State, $100. Fourth. For the salary of the eomptroller-general, $2,100 ; for clerical services in the office of the comptroller-general, $2,550, if so much be necessary. Fifth. For the salary of the State treasurer, $1,875; for cleri cal services in the office of the State treasurer, $2,475. Sixth. For the salary of the ad jutant and inspector-general, $1, 200; for the clerk of the adjutant and inspector-general, $900. Seventh. For the salary of the attorney-general, $2,100; for the salary of the clerk of the attorney general, $1,200. Eighth. For the salary of the State superintendent of education, $1,875 ; for the salary of the cek of the State superintendent of edu cation, $900. Ninth. For the salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, $4,000; for the salaries of the two associate justices, $7,000; for the clerk of the Supreme Court, who shall perform the duties of librarian of said court, $1,000 ; for the State reporter, $1,000 ; for the attendant upon tbe library and the rooms of the Supreme Court, said attendant to be appointed by and removable at the pleasure of said court, $100; for the purchase of books for the library of the 5S1 preme Court, $300, to be paid on the order of the Chief Justice. Tenth. For salaries of the eight circuit judges, $28,000 ; for the salaries of the eight circuit solicit ors, $12,000. Eleventh. For the salary of the keeper of the State House and State librarian, $500 ; for thbe sala ries of~ two watchmen for the StatE. House and grounds, $300~ each. Twelfth. For the salary of the superintendent of the State Luna tic Asylum, $2,000; for the salary of the superintendent of the State Penitentiary, $1,600 ; for the sala ry of the physician of the State Penitentiary, $500. Thirteenth. For the salaries of the county suditors, $20,300. Fourteenth. For the salaries of the county school commissioners, $9,750, if so much be~necessary. Fifteenth. For the salary of the healthb officer of Charleston, $1,000; for the salary of the health officer of Georgetown, $400 ; for the sala ris of the health officers of Hilton Head nind St. Helena Sound, $500 each ; for the expenses of main taning quarantine, $1,000 ; for the keeper of the Lazaretto, $400. Sixteenth, For ~the contingent fund of the Governor, $10,000 ; for the contingent fund of the State treasurer, $200 ; for the contin gent fund of the secretary of State, $200; for repairing and rebinding certain books in the office of the secretary of State, $300, to be paid o2t of any monley in the treasury not otherwise disposed of ; for the contingent fund of the State su nntendent of education, $200; for the contingent fund of the at torney-general, $200; for the con tingent fund of the comptroller general, $200; for the contingent fund of thbe adjutan t an d inspector (eneral, $100; for the contingent fund of the State librarian, $200 ; for the contingent expenses of the Supreme Court, $450 ; for the ex penses of litigation in the office of the attorney-general, $5,000, to be paid upon the warrant of the comptroller-general, uponl the ap plication of the attorney-general; for printing books and blanks for the county treasurers and auditors, and all other papers necessary for the collection of taxes, $2,000, to be isursed upon the order of the conptroer-geeal; for the pay ment of accounts for publishing t.he State treasurer's monthiy statement for the fiscal year 1876, 1877, $500. SEC. 2. That the sum of $101, 300 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the support and maintenance of the penal, charita ble and educational institutions of the State, exclusive of common schools, for the fiscal year com mencing November 1, 1877, as follows: First. For the support of the State Penitentiary, $25,000, if so much be necessary, to be paid on the warrants of the comptroller general, on the application of the superintendent, approved by the board of directors. Second. For the support of the State Lunatic Asylum, $50,000, if so much be necessary, to be paid on the warrants of the comptroller general, on the application of the superintendent, approved by the board of regents. Third. For the support of the State Orphan Asylum, $1,500, in addition to the amount already paid for the present fiscal year, to be paid on the order of the board of trustees; for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum, $5,000, to be paid out on the warrants of the comptroller-general, upon the ap plication of the chairman and sec retary of the board of commission ers of the deaf and dumb and blind. Fourth. For the Catawba In dians, $800, payable on the war rants of the comptroller-general, on application of the agent. Fifth. For the salary of the li brarian of the State University, who shall have charge of the buildings and the grounds, 8500 ; and for insurance and repairs of the buildings, $1,000, to be paid on the warrants of the comptrol ler-general on application of the librarian. Sixth. For the payment of in terest on bonds of the State Agri cultural College and Mechanics Institute, $7,500, to-be paid in ac cordance with the law establishing the same. SEC.- 3. That the sum of $10,000, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the public printing of the two houses of the General Assembly for the regular session of 1876, and the special session thereof that was begun to be holden April 24, 1877. SEc. 4. That $100,000, inclusive of the amounts of the proceeds of the poll tax, for the support and maintenance of public schools, be, and the same is hereby, appropri ated, $1,000, if so much be neces sary, of which shall be .expended in printing blank forms for the nse of said schools, to be disbursed on the order of the State sulperin tendent of education; and the State superintendent of education is hereby authorized and directed to apportion the amount so appro priated upon the basis of school attendance, in the several coun: ties of the State, for the scholastic year ending June 30, 1876; and the school commissioners of the several counties are hereby in structed to apportion the school funds of their respective counties upon the basis of school attend ance in the several school districts of their respective counties. Pro. vided, This act shall not be con strued to repeal an act to provide for thbe payment of past due school claims in the several counties in this State, approved March 3 1874. Provided further, That ic other tax shall be levied or col lected for the maintenance of free schools in any county or townshir: in this State. Thbe count.y treas urers of the vaious counties are hereby authorized and required tc pay school claims arising from de ficiencies out of any surplus f'unds in their hands in the order in which said claims arise. SEC. 5. That the sum of $50,000 be, and the same is hereby, appro. priated to pay deficiencies of sala ries for the fiscal year ending Oc tober 31, 1876, said salaries to be paid pro rata. SEC. 6. Tfhat the sum of $1,000, ii so much be necessary, be, and the same is here by,appropriated for thbe purcharse of one hundred copies of each of the sixth and seventh vol umes of the new series of the Su preme Court Reports; for furnish ing statio nery for the Executive de. partments under an act relative to contracts for the Executive depart ments of' the State Government, and for the General Assembly, the sum of $2,385, if so much be ne cessary ; said sums to be paid iupon the warrants of the comptroller general. SEC. 7. That the amounts ap propriated for- the payment of sal aries, in the first and second sec tions of this act, shall be payable ontly; and the amount appro. priated for contingent funds as required on the warrants of the comptroller-general on the appli cation of the various officers enti tled to the same: Provided, That the amounts and vouchers upon which such app)lications aro mtade shall be filed with the comptroller nal, before he issues his war rants upon the State treasurer for the payment of the same. SEC. 8. 'That the moneys herein appropriated to be used as con tingent funds, and for other pur poses, by the various officers of the State Government, shall be duly accounted for by said officers, who shall make a detailed statement of the disposition made thereof, to the General Assembly, at the next regular session, on or before De cember 1, 1877: Provided, That no officer authorized to make con tracts or draw funds from the said appropriations, shall expend or make contracts expending more than has been appropriated for any purpose by this act. SEC. 9. That the sum of $4,000, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the balance of per diem compensation and mileage due the members of the last General Assembly for the regular session of 1875-76. For payment of war rants of the comptroller-general issued for stationery for Senate committee rooms and clerk's of fice, regular session 1876, $800, to be paid out of the phosphate roy alty, or any other funds not other wise appropriated. SEC. 10. That the sum of $6,000, if so much be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay the balance of per diem and salary compensation of officers and employees of both houses, due for the reguiar session of 1875-76, to be paid out of the phosphate royalty or fees of the land com mission. SEC. 11. That any balance of specific levies heretofore made and not needed for the same, shall be subject to the draft of the comp troller-general, by the approval of the Governor. to be used in pay ment of deficiencies in appropria tions. SEc. 12. That all acts and parts of acts, inconsistent with this act, be, and the same are hereby, re pealed. AN ACT to carry into effect the fourteenth section of article 4.of the constitution relating. to the_ judiciary. Whereas the constitution of this State provides: "Judges of the Circuit Courts shall interchange circuits with each other in such manner as shall be determined by law :" SECTION 1. e it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in Gen eral A'.sembly, and by the author ity of the same, Thbat to carry the said constitutional provision into effect within sixty days after the #assage of this act, the Chief Jus tice of the Supreme Court, or, in case of his death, resignation, ill ness or absence from the State, the presiding Associate Justice, shall cause to be made a roster of the Circuit Judges of this State, and shall assign each of the said Circuit Judges to hold the fall terms of the courts of one of the circuits for the year 1877, com mencing with the First Circuit, and the Judge assigned to hold tbe courts of the First Circuit shall continue to be assigned to the other Circuits, in regula.r or der. as the Circuits stand in their n-uimerical series; and the other Circuit Judges shall be assigned to hold the terms of the courts of the other circuits, as the Chief Justice may select them, in the numerical order of the circuits following, so that the Circuit Judges shall reg ularly rotate in holding the terms of the courts in all circuits of the State. SEC. 2. That between the first and fifteenth of December, 1877, and during the same period of each succeeding year, the Chief Justice or presiding Associate Justice from the said roster shall make the as signment of Circuit Judges to hold* the various courts in all of the circuits for the whole of the suc ceeding year, in such order as will effeet a constant interchange of circuits; and immediately upon any such assignment, as provided in this and the preceding section of this act, the Chief Justice or presiding Associate Justice, shall cause official notification to be given to the Circuit J udges of the order of their assignment, and shall cause a notice to be inserted in two daily newspapers, one in the city of Charleston and one in the city of Columbia, for two weeks, of the order of such as signment ; and said notification shall be sufficient notice to the said Circuit Judges, and they shall proceed to hold the terms of the courts in the circuits to which they are respectively assigned, at the times appointed by law for the various Circuit Courts therein to convene. SEc. 3. Whenever any Circuit Judge, pending his assignment to hold the courts of any circuit, shall die, resign, be disabled by illness, or be absent from the State, or in case of a vacancy in the office of Circuit Judge of any ircuit, the Chief .Tustice. or Dre siding Associate Justice, may as sign any other Circuit Judge, dis engaged, to hold the courts of such circuits, or to fill any ap pointment made necessary by such vacancy. SEc. 4. No Circuit Judge shall absent himself from this State without leave first granted in writing by the Chief Justice or presiding Associate Justice. SEc. 5. Any Circuit Judge who shall fail to neglect to hold the term or terms of any Court of General Sessions or Common Pleas in any circuit to which he may be assigned until the business of said courts shall have been disposed of, or the end of the term or terms arrive, or shall fail to recognize and obey the order of the assign ment of the Chief Justice or pre sidi Associate Justice, or shall violaTe the 4th section of this act, upon any reliable notification of the same, the Attorney General of the State shall, by official com munication, bring such violations of this act to the notice of the General Assembly at its first ses sion, and such Circuit Judge shall be held amendable to proceedings for neglect of duty, as provided in article 7, section 4, of the consti tution. SEc. 6. That section 26, titlp 3 of the code of procedure, chapter 122 of the revised statutes, and all other acts or parts of acts conflict. ing with the provisions of this act, are hereby repealed. Approved May 31, 1871. THE MAN WHO GREW. One day last week a Detroit mechanic was going down Michi gan Avenue, and became favora bly impressed with a pairof pants hanging in front of a cheap cloth ing store. The price was low, the goods seemed all right, and he made up his mind to purchase. "I gif you de word of Andrew Shackson dat dose pants are shust like iron," said the dealer; "I warrants dem efery dime." After three or four days' wear the purchaser found the bottoms of -thae trons rcrawing. lowardv his knees. It was a bad case of shrinkage, and he got mad and went back to the store and said: "You swindled me on these pants! See how .they have shrunk 9" Thbe dealer looked him all over, pulled at the pants, felt his head, and finally said : "I shall gif you one tousand dollar a month if you will travel mit me." "Hlow-what ?" "You are shust growing rigbt up at the rate of two inches a day, and I dakes you aroundt der goun-. try on exhibition. Dose pants are shust as long as efer, but you haf grown oudt off dem." "I don't believe it !" shouted the man ; "I am forty years old, and quit growing long ago !" "I gif you de word of Andrew Sbackson dot you vas growing." "I don't care whose word you give ! I say these pacts have shrunk nearly one foot !" "Has de top of dose pants shrunkt down any ?" softly asked the dealer. "Why, no. "Shouldn't de vaistbands shrink down shust as quick as dose bot toms shrink up ? If it's in de cloth, one part should shrink like de odder, eh ? When I sold you dot~ elegant pair of pants for three dollar, I don't suppose you vas growing so fast, or I1 shall haf put zum strap)s on der bottoms." "Well, I don't like this way of doing business," said the pur chaser. "Shust like me. If I sells sucb elegaLnt pants as dose to a man, and he grows oudt of dem, it dam ages my trade. You baf damaged me five hoonered dollar, but I haf low rent, pays cash for mein goods, and can make you dis fifty cent tie for five cent." The man walked out to the curbstone, and turning around shook his fist and said : "You ai'e a liar and a cheat, and I dare you out here !" "Such dings sink deep into mein heart," sighed the dealer, -as he took down his pipe. "I dinks I sell out dis peesness and peddles some vases aroundt. Den when I sells to somebody it makes no dif ference how much dey grow." [Detroit Free Press. On one occasion when Henri Monnier was acting in the prov inces a terrible storm came up just before the hour announced for the performance to begin, and when the curtain rose the audience was found to consist of one soli tary man. Nowise disconcerted, Monnier advanced to the foot lights and addressed the public: "Excuse me, sir, but would you mind coming up here and sitting on the stage ? It will fatigue my voice less if you are close beside me, and you can see just as well. Or whbat do you say to our closing the theater and going to the cafe~ next door to play dominoes?"' AtDVRTISING R.ATES.; Advertisements inserted at the rate of S1.00 per square (one inch) for first insertion and 75 cents for each subsequent insertion. Double column advertisements ten per cent. on above. Notices of meetings, obituaries and tributes of respect, same rates per square as ordinary advertisements. SpceialN~~c in Local column 15 cents per line. . Advertisecments not marked with the num ber of insertions will be kept in till forbid, and charged aiccordingly. Sp'ecial contracts made with large adver tisers, with liberal dedclncions on above rates. JOB PRIXrTI.1W DONE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCHH TERMS CASH. BUYING A BRIDAL "TROS. 'One day last week a powerful young man, to whose right arm was linked a tall, thin girl of' eighteen, with a sharp nose, pale blue eyes, and hair the _color of an old knife handle, entered a Lake Avenue store with both eyes full of business. As the pair took seats the clerk intimated that he was ready to make bottom prices on any goods in the store, from the finest silk to the glaziest cal ico. "This is kinder delicate business for us," replied the young man, casting sheep eyes at the girl. '"That is to say-that is-yes, ahemn!" stammered the clerk. ",But I guess we'll live through it, Molly, and so here goes. What we want is a trossy for this gir a bridal trossy I believe they call it." ""That's exactly what they call it," replied the clerk. "And, if you please, tell me what article you want and I'll give you the lowest figures." The pair looked at eachote