The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, June 26, 1884, Image 1
HY E. B. MURRAY & CO.
ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 5, 1884.
VOLUME XIX.-NO. 47
IN TlUS ?Alt.
COSTUMES OF WAR TIMES.
j- Franklin, of Augusta, Gu., in
I h orielton Weekly Kew?.
L t'irne8 ! War days ! How long ago
J appears, after the lnpne of years
If recollection and reminiscences I
fr back, it seem*, those days so
ful then, and so historic now, must
keir birth from eternity. Yet often
]ry brings back very vividly all the
tuous emotions of tho::? exciting
and even yet, often in social .neet
frietids who eulTercd together in
anxious years will converse liuger
over the war and its manifold ex
Ves- i i .
?rc arc many whoso glowiug pens
porlrav strange and Bad events,
*? histories replete with pain, denth,
(ion, wrong and exile. Homes lost
a leaf in the storm." as Ouida calls
isolation of a village during the
ol' the Commune, to hundreds in
DUth, eau never again be seen, save
luive dreaming. Noble lives given
crimson heida have left that tender
e upou hearts that held them dear,
i must ever bring back, mos', sor
||y and thought of war, and to
willera a vivid reality in descrip
nust be given, as the ablest writers
loso who feel most deeply.
:ould write of Sherman's march,
g of Atlanta with her blackened
leys standing like grim sentinels
be ruins beneath. I could tell of
City hy thc Sea," looking over the
5?rs with ruin in her wall?, and picture
??ious dava and months with the
y encamped about the islands near,
j after the shells had ceused to star
be alarmed air I stood upon the
ry alone, and in the peaceful Bilence
et evidence of war. In the moon
al wandered by the mined Cathedral,
[saw the Circular Church wreathed
creepers, all silvored by the light,
i softened but revealed tho ravages
urstiiig shell. The ocean dimly
lured far away with an unquiet roar,
the troubled waters could sing in
itone a Btory of the sorrow bone
the foaming waves in those blocd
lays, tho days of hatred and of strife,
ne bring back some other themes in
Action with Confederate life less
Iwful.
ill do I remember, though but a
slip of a girl, the wild excitement
secession, when all fierce, rebel
lens wore the badge of sympathy.
Icbool books were never taken unless
ladge adorned the left shoulder for
itreet. On all sides nothing was
issed but the subject of secession,
.e was a feverish excitement pervad
ive atmosphere of the school-rooms,
I remember a rebel concert- given
hieb every pupil wore a distinctive
ime of Confederate colors, Bongs of
bern zeal and full of battle spirit
Bung to the roll-of a drum, which
[supported by a child who was draped
a banner. The wildest enthusiasm
railed when the two hundred girls
; in chorus of their love for the
hem land, for ber brave Boldiera and
iheir valor, yet to be proven. Gen.
I. H. Cobb was present on this occa
!, and was at the time full of field.
TUB 8EUIOU8 SIDE OF WAB.
ears after I saw ono memorial day a
session of young girls placing upon
soldiers' graven laurel crownB and
?lem? of a warrior's deathless fame.
_ interest became more intense when
jjjgn in my widowed mother's face ? look
:h rested there for years. Her boys
irly rushed to the battle call, and
re came a day when in every home
leave-taking was universal. Often
I recall the going of our soldiers far
i home and tender love to battle and
leath, and imagination cannot create
lore gallant picture of the soldiers
our Southern youths afforded. It
marvellous how bravely they bore
lifo of danger and exposure. Among
letters I read with unabated interest
the details of fight, akirmisbes and
[ties, in which those dear td me bore
ive part, and amazement fills mo to
?rvo there was never one murmur over
.ation and wounds.
'he battles of Sevon Fines and around
ihmond brought anguish to many
oes, and in my own home anxiety be
id wordy filled ?B, when, after a long si
Ice, a message waa brought, summoning
1! from home to those who lay Rt death's
tr, from terrible wounds. Never can
forget the history of that journey
ich a loved one took. The fight wes
;ing near Richmond, and hourly hun
;<Js of the wounded wore brought
?hin the limits. AU day long, outside
(building, which waa filled with dead
ti dying upon the floors, could be seen
b collins in construction, and the rude
Anmering filled the air. The food at
is time of panic consisted solely of
tiennilL- and blackberries, in this es
tai building, and the sufferers were
lost perishing for water. Fortunately,
ibtance waa soon rendered. Experi
?pea full of Buffering were endured by
Ambers of my family, in following the
Ray? to join tue wounded, and to render
[wing attention. But these aro stories
horror, and I will Instead give some
mp8cs of home life in those demoral
d times.
By this time the Confederacy was filled
th battle songs, breathing the very
nt of music, and overflowing with
itiment and pathos. "We'll conquer
we'll die," "When this cruel wsr is
sr," and "My Maryland/' were the
Bihar household songs, and Father
sn's poems, and those of many others
feely less gifted in this line, were
-tted with a depth of feeling unknown,
re in dava of warfare. Soon "The
??leant Chair" and songs in the minor
W prevailed, for sorrow enveloped the
T>d as a veil. Literary cultivation was
most classical, for few novelists existed
en m our borders, and ancient works
ire re read and borrowed freely. The
?tore of Confederate newspapers was
?'ffifiE marvellous, and the columns
jre filled only with war and rumors of
\ received Once a collection of papers
.d illustrated monthlies from Virginia,
nt me by an officer whose command
'd surprised the enemy's encampment
>d ranted them to take possession of all
'.y precipitately left. The valuables
ere prized very highly? and what made
em especially venable waa suggestions
"gard to fashion. How infinitely ab
?at any interest should have at
coed to style among Southern women.
7 ? ?as certainly true, more partlcu
riy as our prevailing modes were a di
?ootrast. -Individuals in society
we wwi known by their garments, many
axing no ??Vt whatever in regard to
?ange or alterations. Exchanges were,
waver, sometimes made to insure vari
7 and freshness.
QBOTE8QDB BONNFTS ANO GOWNS.
J?S0* the strange articles utilized
^fo Guinea feathers lo the formation of
E.- J' .*. mw one.once, completely
?ered with them, which gave the be
Kl??temI>on^?^KO"-??Ol the Innu
merable spots. *Tho front of thlaraarvel
?.?u m wno twenty camellias made
I saw during the war were the soldier of
Gen. Williams, of Kentucky. Their
ino borees gave an air of invincibility to
tho command, and the men were so stal
wart and splendidly developed. I recall
a young officer who was mounted on a
superb steed, glossy and black as night.
Ihe dashing cavalryman, in his suit of
gray, with boots and spurs and floating
plumes was a young Mars from his gold
en head to his horse's hoofs. They
looked-these Kentuckians-like ideal
soldiers, and were brave and gallant
enough. If our soldiers were brave BO
roro our women in a high degree ? but
to others I yield the graceful task of
eulogizing Southern womanhood.
I know a girl who rodo through the
storm, of a winter's night, many miles, to
give information to our soldiers when
bherman was on his way to Atlanta.
Ibo country far and wide was filled with
soldiers, and skirmishing was of constant
occurrence. By her efforts many lives
were saved, and as she returned home
wards the shot and shell wero falling
thick and fast around her. Later a
desperate encounter took placo in her
father's yard between tho conteuding
armies, and her courage was wonderful
in assisting the wounded and in baffling
inquiries from the Yankee officers, who
made headquarters in ber home. She
still managed to give important informa
tion, and defied detection. This girl is
of an ancient family, and soldier blood
is in her veins. Her grandfather was a
general in the United States service
many years before her mother was
grown.
UNBIDDEN GUESTS AT A FEAST.
A singular evening entertainment was
attended by me late in the war. A
vouDg soldier having returned home on
leave of absence, his parents gave him a
welcome, with all his friends, to enjoy an
evening's dance. Sunerb arrangements
for that time iuterested the family, and
the attendance was unusually large. Just
in the rear of tho house where the enter
tainment was given a Texas brigade was
encamped, and during the day many of
the command in passing back and forth
discerned some excitement was prevail- 1
ing on the premises. 6everal soldiers
announced openly their intention of '
being present, and us the guests com
menced to arrive, including the officers
of the brigade, the astonishment of those 1
present cannot be portrayed, when I say '
the command also arrived. The beauti
ful grounds were filled by the soldiers,
and the entire house overflowed with
them. Their officers could not influence
them, or would not, aud nothing remain
ed for Ibo guestB but to quietly await
their going. Many of them were under
the influence of drink, and the officers
assured the host tho best course to pursue
was simply not to notice them. They
were perfectly respectful to the ladies,
and did not intrude into the parlors at
all, but remained waiting forsupper they
said. The supper room was opened, the
supper vanished, and gradually so did
the soldiers. Among the guests wero a
number of quartermasters, &c. All these
officials walked home miro headed, their
bats being exchanged. Many humorous
things occurred that will at present,
however, be too lengthy to detail. The
Ripper was not even seen by the gentle
men who were guests, but I fancy after
all it was well bestowed. Later this
command was removed several miles out
from the city, and I bad the pleasure of
attending service held at the encampment.
There was something very impressive in
the hymns and prayers rising heavenward
from beneath tbe arching forest trees.
From the earnest listening feces one
would never nave imagined they had
even dreamed of festivities.
I rode some distance during the war on
one occasion to witness a camp-meeting
far in the country, a novel spectacle to
me, and it was in a section where all the
men, all the horses, all the mules had
gone "to the war," as the country people
expressed it. I mention this to give
some idea of how the people managed
some matters when left to their own
devices. In front of me waa slowly mov
ing one of those old-fashioned high-up
carriage.", with the interior steps all
folded up ; the kind driven by our pa
rents and ancestry generally. A near
approach revealed that two little oxen
were harnessed to supply the lack of
hornea, and they leisurely strolled along
in Bpite of the repeated adjurations of
the superannuated daddy who drove
them ; occasionally he would lie down
against the dashboard, to better enable'
hita to reach them with his whip. This
equip ?ge wa? the property cf a worthy
family that had gone heart, and I may
say purse, into the cause, and they es
teemed it all lightly. These small mat
tire Are scarcely worth mention, save for
this reason : They serve somewhat to
give an idea of what were the inconven
iences endured by Southern women, who
freely gave their all to the Cause, and to
provo how ingenious necessity will ren
der us in providing substitutes for what
was once esteemed ab?-'utely indispensa
ble.
PREPARING FOR THE RAIDERS.
Not very long after this an alarm waa
given our town by the report of a near
approach of the enemy's forces. Now
indeed "there was a hurrying to and fro,"
and in every household panic prevailed.
The first night of the alarm a tempest
raged, and in the midst of pouring rain
my r.isior and myself carried a large box
of silver to the remotest corner of our
large garden to secrete it safely in the
earth's deep breast. Well do I recall
how difficult I found the hard frozen
ground to impress, and it was only by the
blinding flashes of lightning we could
see what we were accomplishing. We
alternated in supporting our umbrella,
which was dyed in some Confederate
discovery, and in the toil before ns until
both were exhausted. Upon returning
to the house we discovered the rain bad
BO completely saturated the umbrella the
dye was pouring in inky floods from
every point and had converted both of
us into minstrels to outward seeming.
This dye was a superior article I ascer
tained in my vain efforts to remove the
traces effectually. The morning after
this episode we concluded for some rea
son to remove the silver, and the storm
had so completely obliterated every trace
of our work a week was required to re
gain its possession, as neither of us could
exactly locate the snot We were quite
persuaded for some time that the treach
erous lightning had betrayed our occu
pation, v , ...
A near neigbor came to see us in this
time of peril, and in consequence of hej
having strayed herself in dresses oven
dresses, Jn order to save at least clothing
io the event of a stampede, she found it
impossible to ascend oar flight of step?
from the weight of her garment. Being
conducted to a back entrance near the
Sound she entered, but then discovered
e could not sit down. I accompanied
her borne, a_d then discovered a small
child of her family struggling Ur thi
effort to pull on a second pair of shoes
preparing for flight. I met a lady at thii
time who was wearing a bustle of spooni
and forks, and whose moveuenU we?
considerably impeded thereby. Whee
onr actual rcfugeeing took place we wo?
too much alarmed to enjoy the innumer
able ridiculous things which now coom
of goose feathers dyed. Bonnets of pal
metto were much in vogue, as were those
of ornamental gourds. Tho extremo
weight rendered these dressy articles
more beautiful than comfortable. Yet,
for summer wear the palmettoes were
cool in appearance. A friend of mind
possessed a tarltou bonnet made of six
yards of the cloth, with forty dollars
worth of goose feather flowers adorning
the inside. Once, by some odd chance,
a young lady of my acquaintance was so
fortunate as to have sent ber a bat and a
pair of balmoral boots, willi a skirt to
correspond. These treasures were sent
by a blockade runner, and a reception
was held to display them and to allow
others the privilege of trying them on.
I afterwards often saw the balmoral skirt,
worn very guilelessly, with simply an
antique velvcf jacket.
The moat ingenious dress I remember
iuring the war was a black silk, mode
from the covers of worn parasols, tho
umbrella form being preserved. It was
regarded as being very stylish, and was
lined with a mosquito netting, which had
been presented the young lady by au
jflieer who had been stationed on James
Island. The buttons on tho dress had
jeen in battle, and were much valued by
he owner. At this timo, North and
ibroad, dresses were worn very high in
he throat and the skirts quite gored and
.ight in front. The women of tho Con
"ederney wore their dresses the same
englh all around, a little longer if any
hing just in front, necessitating a slight
?olding up by the aid of one band al
vays. Tho neck was very much exposed,
>eing worn half high often. Once I Baw
i very thin woman rttired ?u thin style,
vearing around her throat a chain and
ecket. Thc latter bad slipped around
ind was half bidden down in tho hollow
if her collar-bone, just beneath her left
nr. In her unconsciousness she was
lelighted with her toilet, and indeed so
'.'an I. The first lady who visited our
own wearing a high dress at the throat,
rilli a ruche abovo, was regarded with
ouch suspicion, it being commonly bo
ieved tho throat was badly scarred, from
icr effort to completely hide even a
limpse of its slender column. So we
lerceive both styles of dress claimed
isadvantngea.
An aunt of mine war, in Europo du
ing the war, and immediately upon ita
lose hastened to Georgia longing to look
nee moro into faces of relatives and
rieiuls. The first Sabbath at church sho
rept unceasingly, and ?miled at times,
faming homo she said no one could
08sibly imagine how queerly everything
inked to ber in point of costume, ear
inn seeming a comic picture and ap
earing almost as it there had been a
i valry in each to excel the other in these
fleets. This impression existed only in
ega rd to tho women. She wept in resi
ding how painful must have been the
ears and anxious months to those so
ear to her, when the effect was evinced
ven in any thing BO paltry ns mere
ress.
MYSTERIES OF TUE CUISINE.
In those days of self-denial there were
ronderful things in the cuisine dn .rt
lents-much that was myaf* - !
Raspberry leaves were '
'ersimmons and black * i
ivorite ingredients for fruit
d with hickory-nuts and ... ;.
Iroundnuta and parched okra . jane
offee, and sometimes sweet potatoes,
nnumerablo delicacies were originated,
.ersi ramona dried in brown sugar replaced
ates and figs. A young friend of mine
a form ed nie that in her home dessert
ras much enjoyed in thin manner :
After dining Bhe would ta!":e down from
la place their cookery book and read
iouQ Borne choice selections," It wa?
ustomary at entertainments for the
?dies to enjoy the repast first ; very ofteu
tie gentlemen left the room until theil
njoyment was over. Once an entertain
ment I attended was elegant in all
rrangements for the feast, and it wat
rhispered around that chicken salad ir
rofusion would be given. The lad ie;
rere first served, and the hostess enid
.ben the less favored onea entered tb?
oom for refreshments, a tall, ungainlj
Didier-boy commenced looking anxious]}
ver the board, and finally, in a disgustec
umner, said : "I believe, in my heart
tie blamed women have eaten all thi
alad I" He was only appeased bj
!on federate fruit cake-strong of molas
es and pepper.
Our town was filled with refugees fron
ll points, and their society was high);
ppreciated in our midst. As a rule the;
rere cultivated and charming addition
0 any society, and represented tb1? bea
inane o?" home Wie from theil ?rcspscliv
ities. As our college buildings wer
iBeless, and furnished many homes unde
ne roof, they were occupied by familie
rho had fled to our wallu for safety
"bo old buildings reverberated to so!
1 era' tread, and to the flying feet c
iouthern girls, in light dancing, often o
ummer nights. The refugees seemed t
ccept their exile cheerfully, and when
ver any soldier came home bis sojour
ras enlivened by merry-making an
heery society. You might see at som
licnic, given in honor of severl returne
old i cm, many yoong girls, clad in nomi
Eun, with faces as coquetish and arch i
ose that are now shaded by rich velve
nd soft plumes.
Among our refngees was a brigl
oung woman from New Orleans, wt
ras so enraged by all her belonginj
icing inspected as she was leaving tl
ity to join ber friends outside of Oe
Sutler's rule, she exclaimed to an office!
'You haven't inspected that trunk, ai
t contains both powder and caps." Tb
innouncement canned much excitemen
ind the officer was mnch chagrined
liscover at the bottom of the trunk i
[uestioo a box containing an old lad]
iupply of caps and innocent face po
ler.
I bad a relative in Mississippi who
ixperiences were annoying and, in SOD
esperta, quite amusing. For two mont
i command of Yankees were stationl
in ber plantation, and every day b
louse waa filled with soldiers. Sho i
brmed me her scant and unfashional
wardrobe was subjected to cutt!
emarks. The soldiers unhesitating
ipened her bureau and wardrobe for fr
nspection.
THE FASHIONABLE PASTIME.
Every Southern woman became inh
?ted in sewing societies, and knitti
?as the fashionable fancy work. I in\
riably knitted the first sock of a nail
lire smaller than the second, ana ?
.hus compelled to always give in t
nix to other's one in order to sect
natches. The military r.dor of
iccentrio woman known to me indue
ier to send to ft certain regiment in V
riola it kind of helmlt for each soldi
uade of tba., gayest? kinds- of figui
?loth. She was ft year manu fae tu ri
these fantastic disguises, and was infor
td siter sending them that they, wi
juoless, and perfectly unnecessary,
was an amusing scene to watch I
carious objects contributed to relievo t
supposed necessities of the soldiers fr*
.Imo to time, and again it was vi
beautiful to note the spirit of self sac
See evident in each and in all. Nothi
?vat too valued or too rare for the OM
HUT loved Eold?cm.
Perhaps the most Buperb body of men
to mo through the mists of years.
A FTES TUE BU BREN DER.
At last there dawned that day co mem
orable to us all, the surrender. We could
not at first accept it as truth ; but I
remember, ono bright and beautiful day,
an officer of tho Confederacy on his way
to the Trans-Mississippi came to my
homo, tolling us much of vital interest
and asserting ho would surrender. I
recall, as we wero talking with that keen
interest which always IOIIOWB any ques
tion of great moment, that a servant
asked if tho Colonel would for ono mo
ment go to our gate, some one desired to
see him? His body servant was in waiting
with two superb horses, and his intention
was to leavo our city in the afternoon,
avoiding the Yankees as best he could
through the country. All his plans were
altered in ono moment's time ; he discov
ered in ono glance the Yankees were
upon us and ho was taken in charge,
with his watch and horses, belonging
nov: to sumo one else. The faithful negro
refused to leavo his master, and next dav
after he bad been to headquarters with
the Colonel decided to follow his fortunes.
This officer left tho United States aud
became very conspicuous in tho house
hold of the ill-fated Emperor Maximili
an. After his downfall ho once again
became a wauderer, aud when I lost
knew of his fate wa* in service promi
nently under the Khedive of Egypt.
In the square next my home, upon the
morning of Yankee domination, an
elderly gentlemau wasiust issuing from
a gato having enjoyed a morning call
upon relatives, lut lo dreaming of tho
consternation all over the entire city.
He was politely accosted hy a mounted
horseman, who desired to ascertain the
hour of day. Most courteously ho re
sponded, and in an instant the watch had
changed owners. It was a fine specimen
of slcigbt-of-band.
At night the neighborhood discussed
many little incidents that bad rendered
thc day memorable. I can see the home
picture still under tho light of Confeder
ate taper;-, which, hy the way, looked
antique. They consisted of yards upon
yards of cotton thread, twisted into
strong cords and wound in pyramidal
form, tho Bummit being ignited, wax, oil,
&c, being freely used in the composition.
In the fading light our circle sat, bearing
within our hearts the knowledge that
our hopes and fears were ended in con
nectiou with our Confederate dream.
Furled indeed was our banner, and wea
rily it rested in silent bands.
Short Talk Willi the Boys.
BY M. QUAD.
Como, now, my lad, but you want to
run away. No boy ever yet reached the
age of 15 without having several times
firmly resolved to leave home. When a
boy bas made up his mind to do a thing
of this sort he ought to carry it out by
all moana. The first step in the pro
gramme is to begin saving up bread and
meat. When you have a bimbel or so of
provisions hidden in the barn or under
the wood-ehed you aro ready for the bat
tle with the cold world. Make your
start at night. This will prevent the sun
from tanning your complexion, and you
will be quite certain of the company of a
tramp or two.
Somo boyu leave a note pinned to the
pillow of their bed. This note goes on
to say that the boy has been jawed, bull
dozed, starved, pounded and knocked
down and dragged out, until he bas made
up his mind to sever the connection.
Ile will never ba heard cf more.
When you have packed up your little ?
buudle Bud are off it will be weil to sot- r.
tie upon some p'an for the future. Per- c
haps you want to be a sailor? . Nothing r
is easier. Make your way to some lake '
or seaport, and most any captain will c
take you. If he can't disgust you with \
the sailoring business in about a week, i
tar buckets, bea-sickness, poor provisions c
and a rope's end will be called upon to ti
assist bim. r
Perhaps you want to become a mighty C
hunter ? Mighty bunters are not made a
in a few days or weeks. You want to t
begin by letting your hair and finger
nailB grow, sleeping in a swamp, and c
wasting $2 worth of amunition to kill a t
ten-cent chipmunk. t
If you have decided to become a bank fl
clerk, well and good. Make tracks for t
the nearest city, aud the first bank you 1
enter will jump at the chance of employ- 1
ing you at a salary of $200 per month. \
If it should BO happen that the bank 1 e
didn't do any jumping as you rrade ap? j e
plication, you eau console yourself with
the reflection that it is about to bust.
But, speaking in all seriousness, my
boy, if I bad a dozen sons I should be 11
glad to have each and every one of them
take bis turn at running away from borne. 11
It is the best cure in the world for that.
disease called "swell-head." There's a j i
heap of romance in the idea of running 11
away. You think of the sparkling sea,
the green prairies, coral strands, robbers' I |
caves and pirates' treasures. You feel
that you know so much more than your t
father that it is a waste of brains for <
both of you to remain in tho same house. '
You have been forced to go to school, and <
have been ordered to split wood and go
to the grocery after butter like a common
slave. Don't stand it any longer I Pick
np your duds and leave the house and
go forth into the world.
What I Come to a full stop in the
road before yon are a mile away ! You've
got a peck or more of sour meat and
moldy bread in a pillow-case, seventeen
cents in your pocket, and just think how
your father and mother have missed you
at home I The romance begins to \ ear
off, eh ? You don't care half as m.'ch
about mermaids and palm-groves at-d
pirate ships as you did an hour ago.
You bate to leave mother after all, and
perhaps father isn't so much to blame for
bossing you around. Come to think it
all over perhaps you'd better return
home and try and stand it for a few more
weeks.
Ah I my soo, but we've all been there 1
All these wrinkled and dignified and
bold-headed old men you meet bo the
streets have had about the same experi
ence. We've had the same period of
"swell-head." and eight out of ten of us
have packed our bundles and slid out to
escape parental tyranny. Eight out of
ten of us have slipped back again, too,
and the experience was the right sort of
medicine for the disease. Any time you
cometo feel that you area poor, over
worked and downtrodden boy, and that
if you only had a fair ahow you'd know
more in a minute than your father does
io an hour, just skip. There's nothing
like it.
- The Rev. J. L. Yass, pastor of tho
Baptist Church at Spartanburg, bas
accepted a call to Amenons, Ga.
- The Bev; E. C. Hall, of Boston,
gave a birthday party for his favorite dog
last week, which was attended by a num
ber of representative people. The dog
sat at the head of the table with a nap
kin around his neck, lapped soup licked
butter, toasted and crunched "candy with
mark cd dignity. It irmly mode one break,
aud that ?waa to kiek ? flea off of its jaw
With lt* left hind foot
?ILL ARI'.
Ile Huuitnatea <;ver Love, Courtship ?ml
Marriage.
A tl'tula Constitution.
Married and gone. It is tho ?amo old
story. Lovo aud courtship. Then cornea
the enpagemeut ring and a blessed inter
val of Youd hopes ana happy dreams and
thon the day ia fixed-the auspicious day
that is never to be forgotteu-a day that
bringa happiness or misery aud begins a
new life. Then comes the license, the
pormit of tho law which says you may
marry, you may enter into bonds. Tho
State approves it and the law allows it
and it will only cost you a dollar and a
quarter. Cheap, aint it, and yet it may
bo very dear. Then comes tho minister,
and the happy pair staud up before him
sud mako some solemn vows and listen
to n prayer and benediction, aud they are
one. In a moment the trusting maid has
lost her name and ber freo will and is
lied faut to a man. Well, he is tied fast,
too, so it is all right all round I reckon,
but somehow I. always feel moro conceru
about tho woman than the man. Sho is
a helpless sort of a creature and takes
the most risk, for she risks her all.
Wo gave him a cordial ?.elcome into
Ibo family, and we kiesed her lovingly
und hado them good-bye, and the chil
dren threw a shower of rice over them
uni an old shoe after them, aud they
svere soon on their way to the land of
[lowers. Sim was not our child but was
ilmost, for Mrs A rp was the only mother
die ever knew and we lovo her.
I sat in my piazza ruminating over tho
I00B8 and I wondered that there were as
many happy marriages as there seem to
L-3. Panner-i foi lifo ought to bo conge
nial and harmonious in so many thing*.
When mon maka n partnership in busi
aess they enn't get along well if they aro
unlike in disposition or in moral princi
ple, or iu business ways and busine&s
tiabits. But they can't dissolve aud sepa
rato at pleasuro and try another man.
A man and bib wife ought to be alike
n most everything. It is said, that folks
liko their opposite, their counterparts, and
io they do in some respecta. A man
.vith bluo eyes goes mighty nigh
listracted ovor a woman with hazel oyes.
[ did, and I'm distracted yet whenever I
look into them. But in mental qualities
ind emotional qualities and tastes and
Habits and principles and convictions
ind tho iiko they ought to class together.
Indeed it is better for them to have tho
mme politics and the nnme religion. And
io I have observed that tho happiest
inions as a general thing aro those where
ho high contracting parties have known
:ach other for a long time and have as
limilated from their youth in thought
md feeling. When a man goes off to
lome watering place and waltzes a few
imes with a charming girl and falls des
perately in lovo and marries her off hand,
t is a long shoot and a narrow chance
br happiness. Why, we may live in the
ame town with people nnd not know as
mich about them as we ought to. I
lever made any mistake about my choice
if a partner for the dance of life, but I've
bought of it a thousand times that if
ilia. Arp had know I loved codfish and
?ot up by daybreak: every morning she
lever would nave had me. It was nip
md tuck to get her anyhow and that
vouhl have been the feather to break the
amel'u back. Well, I'm mortal glad
he didn't know it, though I am free to
ay that if I had known she slept until
he secoud ringing of the first bell for
ireakfast and was fond of raw oysters, it
vould have had a dampening effect on
ny ardor for a few minutes, only a few.
?ul I have seen sumo mighty clever peo
de eat oyHtera raw and sleep late in the
norning. But still a maa and his wife
an harmonize and compromiso a good
nany of these things, and it is a beaut!
ul illustration of thia to see Mrs. Arp
looking codfish for me and fixing it all
ip so nico with eggs and cream, and it
s a touching evidence of my undying
levotion to lier to seo me wandering
ibout tbe house lonely and forlorn every
norning for an hour or two, and forbid
ling even the cat to walk heavy while
he sleeps. That codfish business comes
o me honestly from my father's side, and
ny mother put up with it Uko a good,
lonsiderate wife, and we children grew
ip with an idea that it waa good. I've
leard of a young couple who got married
ind went off* to Augusta on a tour, and
he feller stuck his fork into a codfish
iall and took a bite. He choked it down
ike a hero, and when bis beloved asked
vhat was the matter, replied : "Don't
ay anything about it, Mandy, but as
iure sa you pre born there U somcUtiog
?ead lu Cbc bread."
' Well, we caa make compromises about
ill auch things as habits and tastes, but
here are some thinga that won't compro
nise worth a cent. If a girl has been
nought up to having a good deal of free
born and thinks it no harm to go waltz
ng arouud with every (tay Lothario who
oves to danco, and after she geh) a feller
>f her own, wants to keep at lt and have
polluted arms around her waist, she had
ust as well sing farewell to conjugal love
ind domestic peace, for it is against the
irdcr of nature for a loving husband to
itand it, and he ought not. There is
mother thing that ought to be considered,
ind that is age. A few years makes no
lifferenco. but an old man had better be
:areful about marrying a young wife.
Se won't be happy but about two weeks,
ind then bis misery will begin and it
viii never end. It may be better /or a
.vornan to be an old man's darling than a
i'oung man's slave, but she had better
JO neither. When a young girl msrries
tn old man for his money she has gone
back on herself, for money don't bring
sappiness. Money helps, but money
.viih a dead weight is a curse-an aggra
vation. I was talking one day to an old
man, a Frenchman, who had made a
Hermit of himself and was living all alone
in the woods, and be said : "Mine friend,
[ bsv make one grand meestake. Mine
Srst wife whom I marry ven I vas young
vt3 an angel from heaven, Qod bless her,
but mine last wife vas a devil from-"
ind he pointed downwards. "I vas old
md she vas young. I had money and
she bad none. I marry her in haste and
repent at my leisure. I try to live wid
her for tree years but we were not com
patible. It was against de order of
nature and I find myself a fool and a
prisoner, and so I geeve her half my
monies and run away from ber and hide
ia this vilderness and here viii I live and
here viii I die. and ven I go oop to St.
Peter and tell beem how dat vomau
devil me on earth .de good maa viii open
do garden gate and say come in my
brother for you have had trouble
enough."
Country marrisges are generally hap
pier than those made ia cities among the
families of the rich. Children raised to
work and to wait on themselves make
better husbands and better wives than
those raised in luxury. It is mighty
hard for a mao to please bis wife and
keep her io good humor if she bsa been
petted by hex pare?te and never know a
want aaa had oo useful work to do. She
soon takes the ennui or the conniptions
or the "don't know wbst I want," ?ad
must go back to ma. A yoong lady who
oever did any thing after she quit school
bat dress for company and make visits
and go to the th cat re or the dance will nev
or maleo a good wifo. This wife business is
a very serious business. It i? right hard
work to play wife. Tbc mother of six,
eight or ten children has seen eights.
She knows what caro and work is, and
ono of theso do-nothing-women can't
stand it. If she is not a used up institu
tion with one child, two will ttnish her
and if it wssrt't for condensed milk the
children would perish to death in a
mouth after they we:o born, and sorter
liko tho cows in Florida. I heard a
Florida mau say the other day that a
Florida cow didn't givo enough milk to
color tho cofTeo for breakfast and they
had to raise tho calves on the bottle
Getting married ought to he a consider
ate business. Folks oughten to get mar
ried in a hurry, neither ought they wait
four or five years ; six months is long
enough for an engagement, I don't mean
children. I mean grown folks who have
settled down in lifo and know what they
aro about. There is no goodlier sight in
all nature than to see a good looking,
healthy young man who is making an
houest living stand up at tho altar with a
pure, sweet, ^ood tempered, affectionate,
industrious girl and the parents on both
sides approving tho match. Then the
big pot ought to bo put in the littlo pot
and everybody rejoice.
BIM. Am*.
OLD "HOUGH AM) BEADY."
A Metlcan War Campaigner'* rersonnl
Recollection of Gen. Zach. Taylor.
When our command joined the army
Gen. Taylor was the horo of tho day.
The recent battles which he had fought
and gained had made him famous
throughout the laud. We woro prepared
to iee a warrior with "gold laco and
plume," of noble carriage and fierce
countenance. Our astonishment can be
imagined when wo beheld a plain old
farmer with not the first military insig
nia about him, wearing a wide-brim
Mexican sombrero and ordinary citizen's
clothes. There was not a subordinate
around his headquarters that was not
better dressed, verily his name, "Rough 1
and Ready," was appropriate. He was !
rather short in statue for his size and '
apparent, weight, with a face that indica- 1
tea Btern decision and untiring energy.
His features were not handsome, but by 1
no means repulsive. A pleasant expres
sion seemed to dwell there when ho was 1
off duty. His face gave no evidences of 1
cultivation. Shaggy eyebrows, rather a :
Firominent noso and round face ; if any 1
andmarkB of intelligence were ever there 1
the rough camplife tho old soldier had '
led for so many years had obliterated 1
thom. Gen. Taylor was a clumsy rider, 1
mounting and di -nourning his horse like <
an old farmer only accustomed to horse- 1
back exercise when ho bad occasion to 1
ride to town once in a wbilo. <
Your correspondent is not advised as (
to what were the religious preferences of 1
Geu. Taylor. He nod fallen into the 1
habit so common in tho army, and point- i
edly emphasized bis remarks OB occasion <
required. He had nono of that bombast '
about him that even nonie of his lowest ?'
subordinates manifested. In social con
versation with his officers bo Boomed to <
forgot bis rank, and oftentimes bad a 1
kind word for tho poor private. On one -
occasion we had to cross one of those ?
swift-running mountain BtreauiB, the '
water of which was over waist deep, and 1
a sick and weakly-looking soldier was <
standing on tho bank. I suppose medita- f
ting whether he should take the venture '
or not. Gen. Taylor rode by and saw I
the situation, assisted the poor Buldier up <
behind him and carried bim over the '
water. I saw that, and heard that <
soldier long after the war brag that he <
had "rodo bohind the President." I
Gen. Taylor was always in the thick- 1
est of tho battle, and Beetned to bo BB <
destitute of feor as a rock. He rode a I
milk-white horse-Old Whitey-which <
Beemed as clumsy as its master, and from I
long association Beemed to havo adopted t
some of bis peculiarities. Gen. Taylor <
rode Old Whitey throughout the battles >"
of Monterey and Buena Vista. Ho was t
dressed very plainly * wore a common s
soft hat and an old faded casBimero coat, t
which his old Boldiers informed u? he \
bad worn for many years. This coat re- i
ceived its first wound at Buena Vista, I
where two musket balls, one about threo |
inches below the other, passed through i
both lapels. The writer, though with ?
Gen. Taylor's command l'or nearly a i
year, never saw him dressed In full uni- <
form, except on the occasion of the de- I
??arturo of the remains of our regiment I
.or home. We had struck our tent.", <
packed our knapsack?, and the l&at act f
of our departure, from Walnut Springs t
was taking leave of car old chief. We j
were formed in line, and he came out in i
our front dressed in regulation uniform, I
cap-a-pie. Ho was visibly embarrassed, t
and not a heart in our command but 1
what waa touched. With some awkward I
schoolboy gestures b managed to say
"that bo hoped that in private life wo <
would make as brilliant records as we. t
had in the servico of our country," (or 1
something very nearly to that effect,) and ?
bade us farewell.-Letter in the Fort
Worth, Tex., Gazette.
It Was Sent to Uer House.
A certain pretentious shopper, after
teasing the clerks of a dry goods store
beyond the forbearance limit, pompously
ordered a spool of thread to oe sent to
ber bonne. It was agreed that she should
be made an example of, and a warning
to her kind. She waa surprised and her
neighbors were intensely interested,
shortly after she bad arrived at home. A
common dray drawn by four horses, pro
ceeded slowly up to her door. On the
dray, with bare arms, were a number of
stalwart laborers. They were hoi mg on
vigorously to some object which she
could not see. It was a most puKzleing
affair. The neighbors stared. After a
deal of whip cracking and other impres
sive ceremonies, tbe oart was backed
up against the curb. There, reposing
calmly, end up. in the center of the cart
floor, was the identical spool of thread
I which she had "ordered." It seemed to
be coming all right. With the aid of a
plank it waa finally rolled barrel fashion,
safely to the sidewalk. After a mortal
struggle it waa "up-ended" on tba pur
chasers doorstep. The fact that the pur
chaser came out a minuto later and
kicked her own property into the gutter
detracted nothing from it.-Albany Argue.
- Baby said to his mother, who bad
false teeth: "Mamma, you are very
lucky." "Why, my dear!" "Because,
if all your teeth ache yon can pull them
ri.it at once."
- "Do you know the Jacksons t"
asked a lady of a young man who lived
in their neighborhood. "Ho, I'm not
Gmon al ly acquainted with all ?he mern
ra of the family," he replied, "but I
always speak to tho dog at the front gate
AS I go past."
- Io the town of York. Maine, ia to be
seen a birch.tree, about 40 feet high two
roots of which have lifted a block of
granite computed to weigh 20 tom,
about 12 inches. The tree Is still grow*
log. and the reek continues to be raised
and pushed sideways at the rate of nearly
an inch a year.
TUF SECRET SERVICE CORPS?
Operation* of Ofnolalt who Hunt Counter
feiter?.
A Washington correspondent of the
Boston Traveller visited tho headquarters
of the Secret Kc rv ico officials in the
TIuitcd States treasury building. Mr.
i.night, ono of the officials, said : "The
operations of the corps of secret service
detectives extend all over the country.
Thero is not a city or hamlet in the
United States which is not liable to re
ceive a visit from ono or moro of tho
forty men who aro constantly on the
watch to suppress tho counterfeiting of
tho coin ana paper money. Tho move
ments of our officers are, of course, from
the very nature and danger of the work
in which they aro engaged, kept in tho
strictest secrecy. They" wear no badgo,
nor do they oven carry a document show
ing that thoy are in any way connected
with tho service. Oftentimes months
and months aro taken in tho detection of
a singlo case, and when a man has been
convicted of counterfeiting, or of passing
countcrfoit money, ho never is out from
under tho roach cf our eyes. To show
how successful wo havo been in suppress
ing counterfeits, I cnn tell you that we
havo not seen a new issue of bad money
for over two ?ears and a half. In that
nafo which you see thoro thero are $1,000
000 in counterfeit money and about
$22,000 in bad coin. This sample book,
in which you seo paatod bank and nation
al notes, with tho word "bad" punched
out iu each contains $25,000, and wo
havo here tho hist?rica and photographs
of 2,500 criminals, peibtpa ton nor cent,
of whom aro womon. William E.
Brookway is 'ho most notable person in
tho collection. Ho is called the "king
of counterfeiters," and occupies tho first
Elaco in this album. Next to him aro
is two pals, Doyle, who passed the
money, and Charles F. Smith, the most
expert engraver of "crooked" work in
the country. In all their operations
Brookway furnished the money, laid out
the plans, aud was tho brains of the
gang. Doyle passed the "stuff," and
?junth was tho engraver. Doylo is now
serving a twelvo years' sentence in the
Illinois State prison. Brockway was
captured some woeks ago on the charge
of counterfeiting some railroad bonds,
samples of which wo have hero in this
D?fico, and Smith is living with his faml
ly in Brooklyn, N. Y. Smith engraved
the famous plate from which the $1,000
?evon-thirtv bond of tho issue of 1865
?vas printed, mid $83,000 worth of it were
actually redeemed at tho treasury donart
ment before it was discovered to bo a
counterfeit. Tho Itupressiou was so good
that the exports were unable to deter
mine whether the bonds were genuine or
counterfeit, and tho matter .rr.i only
lecided when tho government issue hear
ne the duplicato numbera came back for
redemption. Smith also engraved what
s known as tho Hamilton $50 greenback,
ind tho $100 note on different banko,
which are tho finest known of these
leries.
Several years ago a very shrewd dodge
was played by one of Smith's confeder
iles on R. H. Wbite dc Co., of Huston.
.V woman entered their stoic and looked
it some very expensive shawls. Finally
?ho mado up her mind to toko one, and
rendered a Ol,000 bill in payment. The
slerk took the money to the cashier, who
tent it to the bank to find out whether it
.vas genuine or not. The auswer came
fiat the bill was good beyond the shadow
if a doubt. Then the clerk said that
he shawl would bb sent to tba woman's
iddreas, but she proceeded to got very
ingry, and said that if they could not
ako her money without question that
?he would go elsewhere, and she flounced
mt of the store in greet rage. About an
lour afterward she returned, and told the
:lork that she bad visited several other
argo firms, but that she had been unable
0 find a shawl which suited her as well
LS the one she left in their establishment.
3he said she would take it with her, and
endered a $1,000 bill in payment. The
?bawl was valued at $200, and the woman
ook it away with her, together with
1 SOO iu chango. The bill first tendered
was genuin?, the Becond was a counter
eit. and tho firm was just $1,000 out of
locket. Smith engraved the plate from
which this counterfeit note was printed;
ind it was so nearly perfect that only a
ninute examination would have caused
letection. Smith also engraved the plate
from which tho $1.000 six per cent,
jonds wero printed, but we captured the
intiro issue on Do-rie ia Chicago,
amounting in ail to $204,000. A curious
bing about his arrest hy our detectives
was the fact that thoy took him, ouspect
ng that he had the old counterfeit $100
jills in his possession, when, imagine
.heir surprise, they found a new bond,
it will be several years before we shall
lave to look nfter Mr. Doyle again.
Next to Smjth, the best ongravor of
counterfeit rooney is Charles Ulrich, who
!er"?'i a term of nine years in one of our
?? .them prisons. He ia now in Germa
ny. George White is another export of
tote. He stands accredited with the
lest counterfeit $5 bank note ever issued
md but few people are able to detect
hem. The counterfeit is OD the Mer
chants' national bank of New Bedford,
Mass. Here is a picture of George
Albert Mason, a noted counterfeiter, who
came from England to this cou ut ry and
engaged in this business. He was ar?
rested, tried, convicted and served nine
/caro in prison, but he is now at liberty
ind has sued the government for $50,000
for false imprisonment. His papers are
in the hands of British Minister West,
bot I wouldn't care to gamble that he
.rill recover anything. Now I wish to
sall your attention to two curious facta.
Counterfeiting runs in families, and
without exception the men engaged in it
ire all poor. For instance, take the
Hilliard family. Thomas, Benjamin,
3eorge and John, four brothers, all in
jur clutches, together with an uuut.
There is JUD brother out of jail, bat we
?e satisfied that be is aa noscjt man.
Thomas Ballard is a wonderful follow.
He is the only person, so far as we know,
who bas succeeded io imitating the fiber
Caper upon which the genuine notes and
onds are printed. At present ho ia
terving a thirty years' sentence as a re*
ward for bis discovery. He is a chemist
of no ordinary attainments, and he in*
vented a p/ocess by which be was able to
take a genaine $2 or $1 bill, and com
pletely remove all the traces of ink from
Its nnrfaco. Then, with a counterfeit
plate of a higher denomination, he would
print upon the genuine paper, and thoa
raise the note. Speaking about raising
notes, here is * check on Uta Third
national bank of New York, which w.ia
raised from $451 to $26,068, and paid,
In 1876. Tho perpetrators worked off
with chemicals ail that was w ritt on in
the check except the Signatare, and I
Xi to say that we have never been
to discover who did it. Here are
three steel plates which were engraved
by Ulrich for a $5 Issue. The engraving
ls done on soft steel, and when complet
ed tho plate is hardened. To give you
some idea of tba amount of labor ti
takes to engrave these plates I eau only
tay that we have, evidence .nat Ulrich
was fifteen roontbs corunleting them.
Perhaps Ula greatest cor.loslt'es la oar
entire collection aro the bills which made
their appearance about four years ago,
executed with a nen entirely by hand.
At Ont we thought that it must take a
great amount or time for the rascal to
turn out one of those bills, but now we
think that ho produces about one a week.
Tho denominations aro fifties, twenties
and tens, and they are turued into the
treasury for redemption from all parts of
the Union."
A DREAM,
Translated from the German by XV. G.
Dosrlag.
After a long spell of sickness I was
sitting, for the first time, at the window
of my room. The ringing of the church
bells reminded me of the Lord's day. I
wished to go to God's house; this was
impossible. I opened the sacred page, I
closed my eyes, and in thought watched
those who wero walking to tue chapel.
Suddenly methought I was at the
chapel door, an unseen hand held me
back. I felt tho presence of a majestic
being. I beard, "Child of man, God's
mercy saved you from death ; stop, think
boforo you enter, how often your inatten
tion has desecrated thor.o walls. Consid
er the privilege of communion with God ;
do not force God to deprive you of that
which you do not prise."
Feoling guilty, I cast down roy eyes
and heard that voice again, "I em the
angel who collects the prayers of Ibo
saints, and presents them before God's
throne. ?. Como, I will teach you how to
distinguish prayers which are occoptcd
from those whiob are not." We entered
the church ; before us was tho worship
ing congregation.
"Remember," remarked the angel, "all
tho unspoken real heart-prayers will seem
to you as uttered in a loud voioe. When
tho attention flags, and the thoughts com
mence to wander, you will notice the
voices losing in volume till not a sound
will st Ike your ear, should they even try
to pray at the top of their voices."
How strange 1 Tho organist ie playing
nt tho full strength of the organ. I henr
not a note. The service opens. I heat
only a faint murmur, every member's
lips move, and all seem attentive. In
many pews the silente of the grave
reigns, a few hearts only voice their
thanks to God. Tho paid choir, tho best
quartet in tho city, arise to sing an an
ti) om ; not one chord comes to my listen
ing ear, I eeo only the open mouths.
Hark I I hear a child's clear voice pray
ing, "Our Father." I look at his folded
hands, his closed eyes. The angel opens
hin book and writes, "Out of the month
of babes and sucklings thou bas perfected
praise."
God's servant reads the twenty-fourth
chapter of Mathew. During the reading
a poorly clad man steps in. His atten
tion is attracted ; he listens, he listens
solemnly. He covers his face and cries
out: "What will my doom be? God
have mercy on me a poor sinner." His
words thunder in my ear, they drown the
preacher's voice, no one elsa heard him.
Now and then I hear ievout, earnest,
Christian voices, then long intervals of
silonce. Where, where are their
thoughts ?
"Are you astonished ?" questioned the
angel. "I will givo you the power of
bearing thoughts."
I heard confused noises, a sound as of
many watore. The congregation outward
ly appears devout. I hear many yolcea
speaking at the same time. For some
time it was impossible to distinguish the
individual words. Listen I "Ia it not a
shume." thought one elater ; "Mrs. Black
is always Iste. What a bad -ex?,renie.
Thank 'God, 1 am always punctual."
Mrs. Black takes a seat, and looks around :
"Ha, another new bonnet. I can't see
how abe can afford it. She baa not paid
for it I'm sure. Even if my daughters
don't dress BO much, we pay our debts."
"Hello, there is Charles H-," thinks
a young man : "he is commencing to be
pious. I wonder how long it will last."
Yonder sits a merchant thinking of his
firoflts, another calculates his possible
oases. I notice a couple whoae heart
voices I had heard distinctly during the
opening s?vices, now the hearts are allent.
They aro engaged to be married. Slowly,
unconsciously the young man forgets
God's house, his eyes glance towards the
face of his beloved. "How good she is,"
speaks his thought, "bow attentive, I
am thankful that I gained her love."
The young woman feels his eyes on her,
her attention is distracted, oho com
mences, "How he loves mel Even in
Church he can't forget my prouse?/'
Suddenly, she atops, she prays to God to
drive away the thoughts of things
earthly.
As the Hermon grew in length the
thought-talk on worldly subjects in
creased. One man is composing a letter.
Another recalls a conversation, and con
siders how be might have expressed him
self in a more effectual manner. Young
men glance around at the young maidens
and think of them. Young ladies dwell
in thought on the last time they saw
their lovers, and long for the next visit.
Saving housewives figure expenses. One
sister concludes to dismiss her maid.
Another settles back with satisfaction;
she knows how to trim her dress. Many
think of husbands and children. How I
wiBhed to aronse the thoughts, how my
heart ached. Are there none who ore
conscious of God's house ? Joy I I see
tears of penitence, tears of tbankfuluess
steal down some cheek. I notice fright
at wandering thoughts bringing como
back to devout attention.
Among the six hundred present the
real worshippers were few in number. I
glance at tue recording angers tablets,
only a few God-thoughts had he noted.
He turned to me, "As these have dono,
so have you; mend your ways," He
disappeared. I awoke.-Wettern Christ'
ian Advoeate.
Selling Eggs by Weight.
There is from twenty to thirty per
cent, difference in the weight of eggs; yet
the custom is almost universal in the
Eastern markets of selling them by the
dozen, at n uniform price. Even ducks5
eggs, which are much larger, and by some
regarded as richer, bring no more thar,
the smallest hen's egg of not half the
weight. In California, eggs, fruits and
many other srtiolee that art) here sold by
the dozen, the bunch, or by the measure,
are sold by weight. The practico ia a
good one, and works beneficially foraU
parlies, especially for the producer. It
operates as a premium upon the cultiva
tion of the most productive var?etela of
frails, vegetables and farm stock. Tho
farmer who is painstaking with his poul
try, and gets the largest might of eggs?
bas a fair reward for bis skill and luaus*
try. The present custom is a premium
to light weights and good layers. We
need a change in the interest of fair
dealing In trade, and, if necessary, it
should be enforced hy legislation. If
tho legislatura is competent to fix the
weight of a bushel of corn or potatoes, it
can easily regulate the weight of a dozen
eggs, and thus pronote justice ?>ciween
buyer- and seller.-Nericon Agricul
turist. . - ? "
~- Samuel J. Tilden was born February