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THEMYSTERIES OF A DAY.
6TUANGB, CURIOUH AND STARTJ.INO
Til UN US OCCURRING ABOUT U?
SpoiMl of the Wind?IJcct 8n#i?r ? In the
Pantomime?1The Kleetrlo Wlre-Wkit u
of LigbtuiDK I)IU, Elc.i Elc>
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An old theatrical manager says that
the memory is taxed more by a pantomimic
role than by an oral one, and" he
instances Marie Zoo, who for,years was
the leading' "French Spy" of the AmeriTk?
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..... p.u^v. iuu |fvuui iuuuui; ui llic
dumb girl was always a hard strain on
Iter. The pantomime, .with its requisite
nicety of movement and expression, was
more exhaustive to her brain than the
heroines of Shakespeare to a tragedienne.
She was compelled a few years
ago to retire because her mind was affected,
and now she has been taken to
an insane asylum. Her shattered intellect
knows nothing but the "French
v, Spy," aud she is almost constantly going
through with its scenes. The combat
with the Arab is fought over and over,
without weapon or antagonist, but with
* zest and vim of pantomime that starties
her attendants.
Agricultural statistics in Ireland for
the year 1884 have been published and
show an extraordinary condition of af
fairs. The area under cultivation has
decreased CH5,9.*57 acres in twelve months
since 1883. At the end of 1884 there
were 79,072 acres less devoted to the
growth of cereals than at the end of 1883,
while even of potatoes, the standard
crop, 7,515 acres less were grown in 1884
than in 1883. So on through the list,
Hiding with the decrease of 8,060 acres
in .cabbage, lt155 acres in small roots,
md also a decrease in twelve months of
-.5,718 acres planted in flax. The area of
woodland has, on the contrary, increased
by 701 acres, while 30,703 acres more
ire devoted to meadows than 1883, and
I "?4,421) acres more are planted in grass.
The ouly encouraging feature of the report
is the reclamation of 90,050 acres of
itog laud during 1884.
In New Orleans a lot of boys, from 18
lo 21 years of age, gathered around the
(vorks of the Electric Light Company
?ud played with the wire. They had ,
seen in the habit of taking a wire from .
v iround a broom, tying a stone to the end (
>f -it, throwing it over the electric wire,
tud making it fast to a gate knob. ,
When the current was turned on, the ^
ooys would take hold of the small wire j
ind feci a 'tingliug sensation. The other j
iveuing liichard Emile Alirens became j
aolder than the rest of Hie boys and put ^
ais tongue to the wire. The shock went f
jhrou<rh and prostrated him. and his
Brother cxclaimcd : "My God, he is
tilled!" At these words Ahrens got up
juid : "No, I am not yet dead." He had ?
iardly spoken when lie fell back a
;orpse. j
They appear to have a matter-of fact 1
oiethod of dissipating religious superst i- i
(ion in Italy nowadays. The peasants of t
Cora no declared they saw the Madonna f
ippear from a bush growing in a place (
?vhere, in the last century, a statue of r
aer had been destroyed. The place was (
won crowded with pilgrims, several of 1
whom, owing to the nea^ and to re igious
excitement, gave such signs of <
mental disorder that they had to be
placed under restraint in the asylum, I
The Syndic promptly had the bush dug
ip. Thirty thousand people were t
present.' * v
A British mechanical newspaper, in j.
giving the speed of the wind, makes a (
gradation from a gentle breeze, at five
?ilcs an hour, to a hurricane, at eighty :
miles an hour. This may be the speed j]
?f a British hurricane, but it is not much a
df a wind when compared to an Aineri- jj
can hurricane, such as has been experienced
on several occasions this sum- v
oner. Our hurricanes have been gauged
?p to 120 miles an hour, but when they v
exceed that velocity the gauger generilly
moves his instruments to a place of j ,
salety, if he can. j ^
* A Manitobian farmer was sharpening i H
\ stake with an axe, when a flash of ^
lightning, accompanied by a single clap :l
of thunder, came from the only cloud ?
visible, a small one immediately over- n
tread. The bo it struck the head of the S
axe, splitting it into two pieces and n
breaking tije,handle. The farmer was
knockcd to the ground insensible, but
speedily recovered, and upon searching
about- found the fragments of his axe
lorded deeply into the grouud. v
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Tub discovery has been made that
Mormon missionaries do not let their ^
foreign converts know of the poly- g(
/'JCatnouM doctrines of the Latter Day
oaintM until arrival in Utah. A full ^
set of Mormon, books and tracts, used in
j'. i^tu-jaud by a preacher, contained no ^
tilClltioil of nllirillifv nf wiiroa tinrl o
* f . ~ " r." "V " | c
marriage service m one publication ineluded
the familiur proviso of one wife ' /
lo one husband. ^
A bavinuh hank in Portland, Oregan, 1<
faaa a twenty-dollar gold piece which 1
was takeu from the stomach of a slauglit- h
cred cow, and found to be worth $1(1.25. b
The milling is worn off the edge, which ri
s smooth and rounded, but the designs ti
upon the sides remain visible. The date
of (he coin is 1870, but how long the o
cow 1'iHiTtfcen digesting the 58.75 no one w
can tell. t]
A 8TOHV is told by the Presbyterian a
of a New York women who was asked ?
to add lier name to a subscription list c
tor a charitable purpose. "1 cannot," n
was t^o reply; "I did all I could afford ^
to do for charity during the winter. I
went ^to the charity ball, the kirmess,
and attended a number of private 0
theatrical entertainments given fur
fconcvolence." '
It in considered so unlucky in Florida 11
to be (he first person buried in a cemetery j-(
flint, thi* frinnH? of llin fln/>iiii(ii?l ?i>riuin
whose body was destincji to meet thut j '
fate averted it by burying a log of wood !
In advance of his interment. In fh? .
tother Slates of the Union it is considered J1
unlucky to be buried at any time.
Fuank Jamics, the Missouri bandit, is
far gone in consumption. He says that ?
he has received hundreds of offers from n
showmen, but that he is too old and k
feeble to lehrn ,l:ow to act in a dr una v
IHustniting hi# exploit?, as frequently fl
proposed, and he. is too proud to be- c
come an oihibit in a museum. ,,
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SAVED BY A CHINAMaN.
Heathen ('IiIiir Leo I)or? a Rlont Tbor.
ouKhly Clirlntian Deed.
[From tho Donvor N<;wa.]
The dark days of the riots came on.
Celestials were hiding in ever}' concciv
able place, some of them breaking for
the prairies and open country or seeking
refuge at the ranches of farmers within j
a dozen miles of the city. Among the
fugitives was Ching Lee, with his place
of business sacked and destroyed and a
howling mob hunting him down. lie
sought a hiding place in the wagon of a
farmer living near Golden. Fearing almost
to breathe, the terrified Celestial
lay flat in the bottom of the wagon until
the barn of Goldsmith, the ranchman,
was readied. The latter, all unsuspecting
of the living freight he had
brought from town, unhitched, fed, and
cared for his horses, and went into the
house. Ching lay very quiet, listening
to the retreating footsteps of the farmer.
These had hardly died away before i
his quick ears caught other sounds evi- |
dently coming from the corner of the
barn. Ching had pretty well mastered
the English language, and understood
only too well the meaning of a whispered
conversation evidently between two men
concealed in the hay-loft.
"Sh!" said a voice, "he is not in the
house."
"Do you think he brought much
money back with him V asked another
voice.
' 'Yob, he took a great dial of stuff in
town, and, besides I heard him say that,
on account of the riots, he would draw
his money out of the bank, as it would
be safer at home."
Cowering down in the wagon, the
Chinaman never moved until he saw in
the dim twilight the figures of two men
stealthily making their way through a
small door cut in the large barn door, 1
which they softly closed behind them. 1
No sooner were they out of sight that |
Ching leaped quickly from the wagon, 1
and noiselessly passed through the little j
wu-K.fl, weeping, nowevcr, in tiie shadow
of the barn; then crawling on his hands
and knees across the open space, he arrived
at a chimp of bushes near the
house. lie saw one of the ruffians slowly
raising one of the lattices, while the
other stood behind him with a loaded revolver
cockcd and with his linger on the
trigger. Lying on the ground near him Ching
saw a piece of heavy wood, evi- J
iently used as the handle of a pump
ivliich was near by. Seizing this witj>
L>oth hands, he rose from his crouching
position and dealt the robber nearest
iim a terrible blow on the head, felling
lim to the ground. At the same moment
there was a flash and a report, and 4
;lie second robber fell to the ground
.vith a groan. For a moment all was
juiet; then the back door of the house
vas opened, and the farmer cautiously
ipproached with the still smoking pistol
n his hand. Seeing Ching in the moonight,
which now illuminated the scene, .
le covered him with the pistol. At this I
noment he caught sight of the two prosrate
robbers. "Who arc you, and what
lo you want ?" he asked, addressing
filing. "Me Chinaman. Ead Melican
nan killec you and take money." said
filing, pointing to the men, who were F
>cginning to show life.
'How did you get there?" asked
3old?niith.
' Me hide in your wagon; come from
)e iiver.
Gradually the situation dawned upon ^
he farmer, and, seeing the club, which jj
bras still grasped by Ching, and its terri>le
effect 011 one of the ruffians, he real- ?
zed that the Chinaman had largely con- ,
ributed toward saving his property, and
crhaps his life, as it was the blow from
lis club and the cry from his victim as
ie fell which had attracted his attention
nd caused him to shoot at the other
mrglar.
With the aid of Ching the two men m
/era securely bound, it first having T
icon ascertained that neither of them -I
as dangerously wounded. They were
nken to the city, and in due course of 1
ime tried, convicted, and sentenced to
en years in Canyon penitcntiay. Goldinith
offered in his gratitude a home to f
hing, who, tired of the persecutions
nd terrors of the city, accepted the
ffer, and is to-day one of the best and
lost experienced farmers and fruit
;rowers in the country, being a penna>
ent fixture at the Goldsmith ranch.
Didn't Go to Get his Faco Washed. ^
At the down- town end of East Broadray,
says the New York Sun. is a larcre
arber shop in which boys, and someiuies
an engaging Italian woman, lather j>j
lie face, and a barber scrapes off the
Dap and bristles. Yesterday all the
hairs were occupied but one, and all the ?
arbers and most of the boys were enaged,
when a man in need of a shave T*
. ent in and threw himself into the empty
hair. The disingagod boy lathered him
npiously, and looked around for a bar- J
er, but every barber was busy. 80 the
oy went over the man's face again, and
nt the soap half an inch thick upon it.
'lie customer ttreailied very hard as the
id looked about him onco more, and
eckoncd to another boy who carefully ^
nbbed all the Boap off with a rough
jwci) anu pui on anouier coat. I <
The shave was apparently as far off as ??.
yer when the woman bustled u^, looked '
ith an eye of indignant contempt at
lie second boy, and in a twinkling had
11 the soap off and a third layer on.
tut still no barber was ready, so she
ailed the first boy, and smilingly
lade a remark in Italian to the victim,
igain the soap was rubbwl <>0* by boyish
and*, and another lull whs about so
;> be put on when the ou.i ,...?< r.struggled
ut. R(
"By thunder." lu-: a;;],?"If you think
ca""? h'-re to < t iny face washed you're
m: . lie wentu:;sh;vve?l into the street,
[? luwco by the protestations of five bar-i
" hiuidculy disengaged.
Chickens.-*-Thc latest charge Against
n v.baior hatched chickens comes from
lie coola of the?Saratoga Hotels, and it "
iiut they are tough and stringy. Th?
icubator brood# are fed upon corn meal """
nd boiled potatoes instead of theii l.
atural diet of grubs and worms, and are
opt in contracted and dirty quarters, T
;hi< h is held to account for the inferior
uvor. Accordingly hen-raised chicken*
onnnand a premium in the Saratoga
mrket.
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Palmetto
THOS. McCETTII
of tho largest SAIjOON in ihj up-conntry, don'
advertisements. Tho half is not mentioned ii
prepared for fall trade. Tho Palmotto House is '
Foreign and Domestic
the beHt the market affords. He has yot
Rye and Corn, Irish an
Apple, Peach, California and French
Poi
He can cheerfully recommend his poods tc
mixed drinks with all the DELICIOUS bEVERA
I'ERATE DRINKS. His specialty is a large sto
GENTLEMEN'S EESOET.NI
and you will not forget again.
A Good Line of Tobacco ai
Beer a Spe
CUNNINGHAM &
HAVE IN S'
Their Large and Well
FALL AND WIN
Consisting ir
Foreign and Dome:
NOTI<
HATS, HATS, HA1]
BOOT
ffAnnwinr. HAflnwi
uauviiaMAJi uauiv ill
Grroceries, Groceries, G
Crockery, Or
At Lower Prices than they were Ever Offcre
PAVILION HOTEL,
CIIRLESTON, 8. C. . EN]
SCE
irst Class in all its Appointments.
PBJ
RATES, 92.09, $2.BO.
Ind
Excellent Cuisene, large airy rooms, Otis ?m
asseiitfer Elevator. Electric bell and lights. Qi
.eated rotunda centrally located. *
Oct. I, V4-tf 21 Be
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CENTRAL HOTEL, ~
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Irs M.W.THOMAS,Proprietress
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. 49
EXCHANGE HOTEL, * <
ll -a
Greenville, S. U. '
he Only Two-Class Hotel
in the World.
W. R. WHITE, Proprietor, f
^EW DINNER HOUSE, Qj
Greenwood, 8. C.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap rates
irst-clnas fare.
June ISth, 1882 tf. Ill i
p. TnOMSON. J. w. THOMSON.
Norl
THOMSON & THOMSON,
Attomeys-at-IjrtW, j
Abbeville, S. C.
^Office in rear Mr. Lee's. I Al<
June 8th. i tSS-tf. 130 . In ff
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1ALHOUN & MABRY,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Saw,
Abbe villi* O. H., S. C.
Peri
ffioe formerly occupied by Judge Thomn.
> tf-60 ?Th
Horn
>bt. 11, nHMPHIHi. WM. P, CALHOUN. ^
TEMPHILL & CAT.HOim
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Attorney s-at- Law,
j'at
Abbkvii.LK, S. G.
. . Aill
practice in the Courts of the State.
M nod
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W. PBRBIN. T. P. COTHBAN j^]
JERKIN & COTHRAN,
Att<
Attorneys0 at-Law,
SI Abbwilia S. 0. 62
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CAN, Proprietor
t intend to dupe hin cnatomerR by fnlso
:i tho throe Abbeville ptipnrs. Hoih w?1[
well stocked with everything in tbo liua of
Wines and Liquors,
Liquors nino years old. Good old
d Scotch Whiskies,
Brandies,
ter, Ale and Fresh Lager Beer.
> the public for MEDICINAL UJSE, nnd
iGESof tlio scvihon. Alao COOL, TE34ok
of PUKE GOODS. Call at tho
9.4 WASHINGTON ST.
THOMAS MoQETTIOAN.
id Cigars. Budweiser
>cialty. 47
TEMPLETON
TORE
elected Stock of
iTrn nnnnct
iicn uuuud,
i l3art of*
stic Dry Goods,
>NS,
rs,
8 -A-ISTD SHOES
LEF, HAEDWABE,
irroceries,
ockery, Crockery.
d Before 1 -fcf-22
3SRSED BY $88 BETTER LD
mum AS CHEAPER T2A
iCTICALLYliipHfe A1T7
estrnctilile STO'uE.
/er 500 SmiVI 8$' Sond foi
>autiful f wMiI Wtt!Price
salens. Circulars
MANUP^CTimKD BY
MONUMENTAL brtONZE COMPANY
BKIDOEPCliT. COKir.
AT TIIE
nntnnninl Onlnnn
siiiGiunai oaiuuiij
For this year will be found
Absolutely Pure Jplrlta,
h Carolina copper distilled Corn, Finest
brands of Kentuoky Rye, from
82 to 80 Per Gallon.
orteft Cognac tranfly a Specialty.
ALSO
38, Porter, Champag nes, &c
ict all the popular and standard goods
that can be obtained. Together with
an assortment of
Tobaccos and Pine Cigars
that can not be excelled in quality.
ons needing: such Roods vronld not be
hnmbngKed by buying from them,
te place is second door from Ooart
?e.
DJHNELL & CUHNWGHAM,
Proprietors,
ABIIEVILLE, 8. C.
i 14-tf 2
liL the new shades in IIa*s ana Bonnet^
with Ribbons, Bird*, Flower*, Hatins
Velvets to malc i.
R. M. HADDON & COJGENE
B. GARY, '
i
3rney and Counsellor-at-Law,
Abbxyllla, fl. C.
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I GOODYE
Carriage Re
CAN F>E FOUND THE LARGEST STOC
I'luofon* Ttono (.'arts, Plantation Waeons fn"
Hnracs* Saddles. Btdtine, Icsithor of nil kinds, Wn
thirty day* I will OFFHR SPECIAL BARGAINS II
GIES :?t loss tlrin Manufacturers' Prices. Those K
em TCikes: wltieh I will sun ran toe eqnnl to the bee
vince yourselves that tlioy ore absolute bargains,
A- H. GOOD
(Succcssor to R. H. May & Co.,) OPP
i AUGUSTA, ft]
DAY & TA^
I Are Now Receiving a Fi
CARRIAGES ANI
I
FOR THE SPRIXv
r
AT 1'IUCES TO SUII
And Never Before Attained in th<
We :\rc enabled to ^ivc our customers every i
at the cicsrs' possible cash prices. Call and be
Children's Carriages i
i :i!? imiv't !. .? >!unci:' cr HANDBAGS and Sj
THI NKS WHIPS :u.?l UMBRELLAS.
TilK WILSON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PHILA. '
'I ICN NESSEE W A (JONS. 1,2. and 4 Horse.
DAY ."c TANNA HILL'S ONT. AND TWO
EXPRESS AND DELIVERY WAGONS.
Avics, Spring, HiiIm. Spokes, &c. Rubber
lloYT'S LEATHER BELTING. The best
LACING, RIVETS, Kir. OAK AND HEMI
CALK AND LINING SKINS. LASTS, TIIR
HARNESS aND SADDLES. WE CALL
OH I; HARNESS DEPARTMENT, IN WHICJ
PRICE.
DAY & T
?3
WHITE BR'
Would cull tho attoiion of buyefrs to a Fe^
up JtC/ 3E3 S3 S5 C
l-i hirirnnnd nltriplivp. They have the c
ti.i\ * otl?r?vi. 'I liny Iiiivm also Home handsome
m?iin.out wf IdiiMk :?nd Colored V ELVETEENS for
a u ?*? Sinn of Wool l.aneR iu all colors, the Intent th
Tlu?ir ?to<"k ?>f IUjACK OASIIMERE cannot be si
cni?> io Hutnoloclioii of lliesn yoods. and are HRcnrei
ijn'iiily iuuI prion. \ irootl line of JERSEY JACK1
li would a-itoninb any one to how very cheap F
*eiiM>ii J?ay?;iH in (his lino would do well to examii
WHITE JBtt
CAR F'KTS mro v??ry obonp to be in the roaol
PETS and ILIM ;s luio l>e found at the storo of WH
Tl.'c n'?ove are only a few lino* in whic Special Bn
Tl.c- Oenoiul Slock of Kail and Winter Goods now
wiiite nit c
8i; 'l.p'lv?-.? ?? ! '?*? ni?-orLed, and more attractive th
flctf in al; jcpa*tnioul?.
k THE HUMAN EYE AN
JOSEPH !
ojptic:
l.i .my <?Mi?r m nun, ofitiftrnntml in ripcorfla
?.( r? in IIim |i/<"iili>u form tif h CIINI'AVIi-Cd
t> . il-< .iijHim i.f i.ij'l.l, ?ii;d |ieififctly natural to tl.e
I^ ft,.. i.?,n. , i-nou fwnr invui.lL'J:
J SILVER ?sa"
\f' l-i <j if tliifl litro fbronshont tho State o
Ljimtrn 11 i? n*i11 at till* sumo lim
l.i:' vpi-cta-^f.- lmvn lifon t*ind thny are Kpokon of in
tOitMtfjriiMix will vorlii'y; iltn original nnd ninny o!
rooiii-1 II'-' :il Mm nil inn tiinn wihIhih lo tin un dors loo
wltn momly s lis you n pnir of ?la??(<s at
iiuvfi Hi*e Mrrain. lie lisii? uHlahlixlifnl in Augusta, at
cus*'you -boohl liappon fo losonr broak your ?Iiissp?
n - 'ill uniiiiriiil miiiiI, a* il im Ins ntinloin to koep a r?
in Uimiw jusi Hh> yon liacn pun-.liasnd iron
Sucti meu ;i? JuJ^O I'oltlo, Govern Culquu, lien. C-iui
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f!T nTTTTira ) rrnTTTTWd
miller Br<
r ? "*vJv . , , y r . -/' -'f- ' * *
??a???????^ i r
jpository.
of carriages, buggies.
sizes, 1 to G ho"flp.) Sin;?lo nnd DonbW
isjon Material. <fcc.. Ac. For tlin noxt
1 A LOT OF 0"EN A.ND TOP BUG
iugP'Oa fire all Fine Northern and East
>t. Cull and examine them and con>"YEA.I?,
Aga^t*
. GEORGIA RATLROAD BANK.
fionnil I FACTORY, 703
jOKuIA. I Ellis Stmt
INAHILL,
ne Assortment of r
9 BUGGIES
ra TRADE,
? THE TIMES!
i History of the Business
idvancltagc by purchasing our good
> rnnvnv?/ul
n Great Variety.
\TCIiELS ever brought to the eit.j
WAGONS, all sizes.
HORSE WAGONS.
Belting nn?I Packing.
in the WorM.
,OCIv SOLE LEATHER.
EAD, CEMENT, Etc.
PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO
rl WE EXCEL IN QUALITY ANE
ANNAHILL,
Augusta, Ga.
OTHERS
' Specialties: Tlioir stock of
S-0013S
iheapest line of BLACK SILKS thej
i Coiered SiJkp. They linve a good u*
Dresses and Trimraiags. They have
iUjj for fine Dross Trimmings.
lrpassed. They have bestowed nuasnal
1 thoy aro all ri-jht in rojjirJ to color.
JTS, choaper than ever before.
'LANNELS and BLANKETS are thii
ue the stock of
OTHERS
i of all. A good assortment of CARITE
BROl'HEUS.
ir^nins cau be had.
r offered to the public by
T II E R Sp t
an they have ever carried- It is com
sey .30,. 88-">-vim
D SPECTACLES.
SILVER.
EiLBT.
wilh the opionce and philosopft)
NVliX KUl'SES, admirably adapted
eye, afloidiutf the best artificial liolf
r \PLI^ITED A
KYK tiLASS EMPORIUM
LTY OF AGUSTA.
f Georgia for the purpose of making
c introdncinjj these Lenses. Wherever
i tho highest terms, ns the following
hers nan be scon and examined at hie
id ihat ho is not one of the traveling
exorbitant, prices and whom you may
present, f>48 Broad Street, where in
i. he will replace the snme for yon at
?ui*ter of all lie sell.?, thereby enables
i bun. These testimonials are from
'.lan and a host of others. Bop.3 J, 188
U! CLOTHING!
I ;OOK at the old gent above in a
ailtix isn't he with his pants all
mggy and no fit? My friends do
o? wish to avoid getting into just
uch a scrapc? Thou -when you
sake op your mind to buy a suit of
lothcs come right along to our
tore and have your measure taken
nd have your clothes made to orIcr
by the very best
TAILORS IN THE COUNTRY.
nd then if they are baggy nnd
on't fit, just say to us "send these
l^tlioc riitVit hnolc Y rbin't. want.
Iicm and wont have them." Morever,
wo would not let you keep
iiem ourselves if they did not fit
on. We are not working for a fall
nde, but a trade we can by giving
ntire satisfaction hold in the fune.
Remember our motto is "no
t no pay.
We are yours truly,
>tliers.
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