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- ?;HMsMsfr(&---* ? ?' -*iT ? j *<r
HV^rrt District of North Carolina
District Court, June 3r* 1873
/? >?>? Jordan, )
Bankrupt j Tn Bankruptcy
In this case it is certified by the
Register, that the fallowing questions
arose in the course of proceedings, were
stated and agreed to by the counsel of
the opposing parties, und presented to
this Court lor adjudication :
1st. "Is 'our present bankrupt law
unconstitutional because not uniform ?"
2nd. ''Can tho Bankrupt-Law huvu
a retrospective effect'without iaipniring
the obiigatioD of contracts aud has Con
gros? such power V
3rd. i'ls the petitioner entitled to
said lands (the homestead.st.t apart by
assignee) as part ot his rightful oxemp- )
tions" as agaiust a judgment rend.-rod
prior to the ruti?ention of the Con-titu
tion of North Carolina upon a contract
made before the pro.-ont bankrupt law
was enacted ?."
dth. I Should not thu lands he sold
by the assignee, and the proceeds arming
from said sale be uistributcd unions the.
on ditors whose debts were made b-doro
tho ratification of our present tato
Constitution V
A written opinion was fi]?d.by II. G.
Fwort, Esq.,, Register in Bankruptcy,
upon the various questions certified.
(Jruvcs & Uymaii, Att'ys for Bank
rupt. Bickens, Attorney for creditors.
l>iCK, J.?1 concur in ihf al>Ki aud
Well prcparod opinion of the Kftgtsfcor
upon the several quesri in
booh certified to this Court TOPfflfnTl
cation.
In re ' /leekcrVord, <L 1$. 11, 59, tho
\'. S. Circuit Cpurt of .Missouri decided
that, "The provisions ol See. lloi'thc
Hunkrupt Act adopting tlx- exemptions
.in_fa\or iir rzucution naLtoxu u.i -.Mi. U i
by the laws of tho several flutes does
not destroy thj uniformity of tho Bank
rupt Act, nur violate any ol tho pro
visions of tho Federal Oouktituti >Q "
'I he question decided was diic-'tly
presented for adjudication, an ! tho->piii
?ion of Miller S: Krekel. .1. J. is positive
and forcible and seems tohivcbccii
well considered.
I feel sale in relying upon any le^ul
decision of Mr. Ju-tie Miller, as there
is no Judge in any country whose judi
rial oj inions are entitled to more con
sidutatiuu, or greater weight of author
ity.
The amendment cf June 8th, lc72.
does not materially vnvy the nncHion ol
uniformity decided iu re Bcckerkord,
as it oidy changes the date when the.
State tximpiious are adapted; aud the
Act of March 3rd, 187:1 deoluros the
true intent and meaning id" the A et. of
June 8th, 1872, and re enacts it with
some alterations rei.d red ne<e:sary by
the circumstances <d the times.
The general policy and purpose of
bankrupt 1 is\i is to uiaka an ttiju.il niS;
tribution of the effects of <iu insolvent
debtor among all of his creditors, and
then discharge an honest debtor from all
prior debts.
Uefbre the ndoptin.i of the Federal
Constitution each Stuto possessed the
general powers of sovereignty and coul i
pk-ss bankrupt laws to operate Upon its
own citizens, but could u<-t allcet the
rights' of. the citizens of other States.
As it was easy to foresee* that there
would be many business transactions
and much Com in or rial intercourse be
tween the citizens of the several States
which woulu necessarily produco eon
s:dcrable individual indebtedness, which
might lcstilt in extensive financial
embarrassments ; it was obvious to the
farmers of the federal constitution that
the benefits of. a wise, humane and
general system of baukrupt *y, which
might, uuder cf/tain exigencies, become
necessary to promote the happiness aud
commercial prosperity of the nation;
could only bo effectually established, by
tho federal government adopted by the
people of- the several Stutes for'general
and national purposes.
To 'provide for any emergency that
migbt urine for a general bankrupt law,
the constitution vested tho necessary
sovereign power in Congress, Vith no
other limitation than that the i.iws up
on snch subject should bo uniform in
thcif operation a uong the several
State*. m . \
Tho uniformity required is a* to tho
general policy ' and operation of such
laws; as fur Instance, that tbecornmou
law ri<;ht which a debtor hist>prefer
* k la-iy ? ...?'-? . ? ' ,""7 -, * Litt.
oho tredilor over another shall be taken
away and his property' be equally dis
tributed among all of bis creditors : tbut
bankrupts who make on honest sur
render of their effects shall be dischar
ged fioui all prior debts? that all ques
tions rolafcing to bankrupts, their estates
and creditors sbttll bo adjusted and
administered in the same courts and by
the same forms and modes of proceeding.
These general purposes ot bankruptcy
uro certainly provided fur in the present
bankrupt Act, und arc every where
administered with uniformity in* the
federal courts ; and this is tho extent of
the uuijbruiity required by the oouseitu
lion to niu.ft such lawn opiate equally,
justly, cffoctnally and bouofioinlly lit
cvory part of the nation.
The Bankrupt Act in soino minor
particular must necessarily operate
differently in the different States. Thus,
the bankrupt law regards ns vaTid tbo
legal and equitable Pens existing by law
in the teVoral States; and as tbo natura,
force and effect of snob liens arc depen
dent upon local laws they will, in eotno
rospecu, be different in the different
States.
The English doctrine of the equitable
Una of a vendor or purchaser of run!
estate is organized in some of our States,
tttid not in others; and where it exists it
is cufoioud in ti e courts of bni-krup:cy
A bankrupt court adjusts tbo rights of
creditors, tnd administers the effect of a
bankrupt, subject t? the charges: wheth
e by Way ol lien or exemption, which
are created by tbo laws of the St iti-s-.in
which such court is held or the property
to be disjoscd of J:- .situated. Thistulc
was adopted to tuako the bankrupt law
as uniform as pc-Ssib c among the States,
by rec<">gnizing local la vs and thus j?:e
serving the huruiottv and spirit of com
inunity which should always exist Wo
t wceu the fedcin! and Stutc government.
? Tbis rulp ddo? not violate but c-'wies
.IoetntrTent'tiTTil1 ] revision of the COOSti
tution whtc.l roauil'da all national bank
re.pt laws, to be ui'ilprui in their opera
ti u among the s vtfrul State-!.
The jniii'Mp'es involved in the sfl-ond
question certo'ted by the Uogistor.are too
ohiviiius-. nnd too well settled by numor
mis adjnd cations, to need any fn th-r
discussion Congress o-vfainly Has the
plenary nnd paramount pov/or, sive the
restriction above considered, to yu->
bnukmpt laws which will not ouly im
pair the obligation of contracts, but
entirely discharge tbo debtor from such
obligation; no matter when or whore
contra -ted. Congress also has the power
in establishing a uniform system 0)
bankiuntcy to do nway with the effects
of liens crca'ed by the judgment of any
court If a judgment can be discharge 1
by n bankrupt ht\v, there is no roaso'u
why a lien which is an incident to a
judgment cannot abia b>.i discharged'. A
Ren by judgcrho it d >es n >t crjate aoy
VMt&l riyfu in the property subject to
such lieu, which tbo constitution protect
from legislative encroachment. It is
neither a right in, nor to su-di property,
but fiiniplo a charge imposed tuorccm by
statute. It is a part of the remedy frhich
tlio local law give.s u creditor in the col
lection of bis Jebts," and u'particular j
remedy is not a vested right. As a
general rule every State lias complete i
control over the remedies which it shall i
afford to parties in its court. . Uorton V |
McCall, U? N. C-. 150; E.uM v. Adams,
ibid, lh'1, Coolcjj Con. Lim., 353,
3bT. , ,
Tbo extent, forco and effect of a lieu
created by a State statute must depend
upon tbo iutorpretation given such ata
fate by the highest court of the State
Wo have seen in tbo cases above cited,
that in this State .i judgment lien is out
u vested rigbt. As u remedy it may be
modified by tbo b gislnture, nnd any
(bailee that does not virtually dostroy
tbo remedy, does not impair the obliga
tion jf existing uoutructs.
Tbo homcHtond laws of this State do
not abolish judgment liens, but merely
postpone tho time of their enforcement.
This modification of a legal remedy m iy
well bo regarded ns reapouuhle by a court
of justice which takes into consideration
the anomalous condition of things exis
ting when tho modification was mado mid
and that it was prompted by a wise and
human policy which must nccessurily
reault in the general public good.
W hile tho States -ire prohibited by
tbo Constitution from impuiritig.the
Obligation of contracts-cither directly
or by virtually abolishing-OKistiog roino
dies- no such inhibition is imposed upon
Congress. Tho \ owor cxprpssly confer
rtd upou Congress to maul unifonu
? vft -? t l ??*t'?
bankrupt Iawa^is mfressarily nu express
powef to do away entirely with contracts
as such a result is the very object nod
essence of bankrupt laws. Hut it is
insisted that while.Congress may have
i this parnmouut po^er over contracts, it
exceeded its authority in enacting that
State exemptions slull be "valid ag tiust
liens by judgment or decree of any State
courts" This is equivalent to saying
that the Contract inav* bo impaired, but
the rcwiltf must n'otLoe interfered with
? the p}.iiicipal may be destroyed, but
incident is protected 'against legislative
There is nothing in the nature ol
Jims Why they should be thus specially
protected, as they are not vested rights;
but there arc strong reasons why they
should uot be recognized aud enforced
by bankrupt laws. The eu'.orcumciiL of
liens is cortaiuly coiHr&ry to the-policy
of n general system of bankruptcy, the
Object of which is to distribute the es
tate of an-insulventdcbtov among all of
his creditors, upon tho principle that
equality is equity. Liens, upon general
principles, ceitainly deserve ii" special
favor; and protection in bankrupt laws. ?
The Bankrupt Act, be furo the amend
mint of March 3, 187M, tn express
term* avoids lions valid Under State
laws and created by tho levy of au at
tuchmcut withiu four mouths before the
commencement of proceedings in bank
ruptoy, aud this action of Congress is
generally conceded tovbe constitutional.
Congress hns -evea: interfered with
t4mtw( fifffttxy for by tho 85th scctiou of
tlie Bankrupt Act, assignments and
uouvoyuncus u.ade under certain uireutn
btuuecs are avoided, although such as
signments and conveyances are valid at
common law and under tho liws . f the
State, and the parties have acquired u
eoniph to title and possessiou of the pro
puty conveyed.
I huve u very decided opinion that
Congress did_ [kit ca^cetijljtho omits of" its
(^institutional powers 'in.'eriactitig the
.\ct of March B, 1S73.%I also think
tin,l Congress, under its g; nerul powers
Over il.o bubjec* of bankrupt y cuuld
iiloid ull liens, whetlitr existing by
statute, by usage, by express contract,
or at eouiuwii law.
TJho Ousc <>l liuun v. JJ.ii ry, rc' untly
decided in tho j|uprcmc Court of the
United States, han been callel to my
attention iu the argument, and is wor
thy of my*Hi?st careful om>sider.itiou( as
it is au cxposiliou of the law by tho
supreme judicial tribunal of the nation.
The opinion is read with great interest,
both by lawyers and laymen, in every
section of the country, aud the decision
may result in serious consequences to
many of our people. The questions of
law involved1 have bc-u frc puc.itly dis.
cussed t?y able counsel, und h ive Loeu
lecided differently in many of the Su
prouie Courts of the St t :.s. The "pin
ion of Mr. Justice Sway tie i> not elabor
ate, and the questions pres.'uted are not
us fully considered as I had supposed
they would have b en, on account o'
their importance and general public
interest, when the homes of tens of
ifuuisauds of our iHifurtuuatc citizen
may . dopend upon the doctsion, and
?heu the action of so many state ou
ventipps. legislatures und supreme
courts may bo overruled.
? The abstract principles decided iu
dunti V. Barry, are aim >uuced iu al
most tho same language to be good law
iu Hill v. Kessler, in the Supremo
Court of this St.to, and the apparently
different decisions iu the two cases may
bo easily reconciled. The decision in
(Juuii V. Harry would have b:eu made
iu Hill V. Kessler under a similar stato
of facts. Tho exemption law of U oor
giu gave a homestead absjlutcly to the
debtor, und deprived tho creditor of all
remedy. To Hill v. Kessler, it is cou
ceded that if a Stute abolish or injurious
ly change the legal remedy existiug at
tho time a contract is made, such action
would be yuid, aa. iu violation of the
Constitution of the 1'niu d States. In
both the cases which wo aro considering
it is agreed that i State muy change
lognl remedies provided such change
does not impair a substantial'right.
Such change's arc usually made to meet
sumo new condition of things, und is
influenced by reasons of public policy ?
The legislature is the proper bo ly to
cousider und act upon quosliuus of pub*'
lie policy, c.ml the legislativ* will, upon
such subjects, gonght to bo rftgnrdod as
tho law of the laud bv the judiciary,
unless it is manifestly in violation of tho
Constitution.
Imprisonment lor debt was a remedy
in this State for the enforcement of oou
>/?iiA >? v ?* ? . . ? ?
tracts. The legislature thought this
remedy n relic of barbarism and ought
not to cxistt in a free, enlightened and
Christian State, and such remedy was
abolished. The constitutionality of this
legislative action would be sustain'-d in
any court, although it impaired existing
and ?ubtlautial rlyhU. Tbo enlightened
legal principles that control this ques
tien will certainly sustain the homestead
laws of this State, upou the grounds of
humanity nnd a wise public policy.
These laws do not destroy vested light?,
disturb specific liens or abolish any
leg d remedy, but only postpone the
time of their t n force in cut.
1 do not regard the case of Hill v.
Kessler as overruled by flunn v. tt.irry,
but T w ill not consider the question fur
ther, as if belongs moro appropriately to
an- thcr tribunal.
The que.-duiu presented fur my deter
tniuation is?bow far does tho case of
uunn and Harry effect the homestead
rights of insolvent debtors in a court ot
bankruptcy. In that case it is decided
thus: -'Congress cannot, by authorization
or ratification, give the slightest offect
to a Si de law or Cunstivution in eouflict
with the Constitution of the United
States. Tlits instrument is above an 1
beyond the power of Congress and
the St. tes, and is alike obligatory Upon
both."
I admit the soundness of the legal
principle so clearly and forcibly ex
pressed. A State statute that is tu vi
olation of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, is absolutely1 void, and no
power in tbo government can give it
vitality or uuthuiiZo ilt> operation - as a
.Stntr. ?MMttMMMi iSMWOnaM
Uut there are so too subjoet apon
which afciatH cuuipjt, rightfully legislate
und )?t Congress mav do so under the
(Constitution. A Stute cannot coin
money, emit bills of credit, make any
thing but gold anil silver coin a ten lei
iu payment of debts, A;c, but Qougraa|
can pass laws upon such subjects, and in
legislating may adopt and enact the
I very principles anl terms df an uneoa
tftiliitioirnl State law. If thi.-> Slate hud
udopu-d tbo present b nkrupt law i:
would have been uoeoustitutioual, u> it
impairs the obligation of coulract* aud
utiiuls the ri^l.t of the citizen* of other
State.-.. Congress, however, could a lop t
the very laiigSiftgo ard prtficlplSa of
such Slate law und cunot it as a na
tiduul law*; and such ucliou would be
couslitution.il, as il would cou.-n.Hulc a
8\Ftoni of bankruptcy uniform among
the States.
The Act of March HrJ, 1373, does
tlol profe s, by '"authorization or ratifica
tion," to uuko valid State exemption
laws which nro uueon.-tilu; ioual, bui
adopts the principles of such laws and
to a certain extent makes tbein a part of
the general Crankrij.t 1 iw. Tho Act
rf?ySi in express terms "that the e.tivnp
tious allowed tHfO bankrupt shall be i\i I
ttniount all. wed by tho Constitution and
law* of,ejach State respectively </? <s.r st
ing iu toe year eighteen, huadroJ aud
seventy- no." It will be observed that
the Act of March 3rd, 1873. makes a
uia'crial change i.i re-enacting the Act
of .Time Sth, 1 S7l\ by siiVtit iling the
words (t* r.rht'vrj in place of the words
in force. It is manifest from the terms
of tbo Act ol March 3rd, lS73that the
object of Congrc.vi was to .1.? away with
a difficulty that nrOSQ under the Act of
June 8th, 1 7'2, by some State court
d' cbtring that exemptions to debtors in
State Constitutions and laws waro not iii
force vs to auteCeJeiit debts, as ?such
part of huch laws were in conflict with
the Constitution ol the Cuited States.
Congress therefore expressly declared
that .such State exemptions should be
valid ngainst antecedent d bts ; arid <v
iiifiu.ilrid substituted the words at rvi'd
oi;/ iu place ol .tbo wonls in/>>?<:<?, and
iuicudcd that the exemptions allowed
under the bankrupt law should be the
amount designated in j,ihe Constitution
aud laws of the States respectively in
existence in the your 1ST I, evon f such
laws us State lays, .-lionId he doolared to
be unconstitutional by tbe Courts. As
tbo power of Congross over the subject
of bankruptcies is plenary au I para
mount aud as its in touts, is so clearly
manifested by its action, wo are o' the
opinion that tfio Act of March 3rd,
1H73 is constitutional aud uiuat bo
administer.d in tbo bankrupt" courts
according to its I rue intent und meaning
unmistakably expressed in its language
The exceptions to the report of the
assignee are disallowed, und said report,
is in all things confirmed.
KOBT. R-mOK,
X- i>\ Pitt. Judge,
:t/v?L.?* ...? si .a _Jnsa ' <
A ?etr Hampshire Farmer.
He is Made Cha/y by IIaiid Work
IN Fl.?lUOA.
A correspondent of the New York
?V?m tells the following story : About
three years agon farmer named Suwycr
came to New Smyrna, Florida, from New
Hampshire. He found a fine hammock
ridge three miles south of the hotel and
pre-empted it. It was situated on the
edge of the Hillsborough river, and
covcrod with beautiful cabbage palmet
tos. The great Turnbull swamp
margined it on tho west. Sawyor went
to work with, "the indomitable energy of
tho true Yankee farmer. He built a
log shanty eight feet square, and thatch
cd it with palmetto leaves. Ho was
ah'uq, haviu? neither wife nor children.
1 p at daylight iu the morning, he
worked until dark, cutting out the thick
tropical undergrowth, and burning oat
the sinewy trees. Tho hot summer days
came, but the New Hampshire farmer
took no rest. Morning, noon, and night
he labored the same os he would have
worked upon u Tarm among the Granite
hills. The climate failed to make him
lazy. His neatest neighbor was three
miles away. Occasionally he paid
him a visit, but always after durk. His
furniture was of the primitive order,and
he slept upon a bed of Southern moss
which he gathered from the cypress
trees in TurHbulI swamp. NY^inter was
the same to him as summer. ' It did not
light, u his laboi, except that the days
wore fchorter. There was neither snow,
ice, nor frost. In fact he could raise |
more in January aud February thau he
could in August or September.
\Vithin a few months Sawyer cleared
up two acre's of ground. He planted it
with corn. bean?, and potatoes, occasion
ally setting o it a bitter swojt o;u:ige
tree... The potatoes aud bcaus turned
out will, but the corn did not amount
to much The orange Jtrees, however,
thrived ^wondor'ully. Sawyer lived up
on the fish aud oysters that filled tho
river aud upon Mho vegetable* that he
had cultivated. Tha Woodi Were, fall oi
game, aud be never suffered ^unless
through want of a rasher of bacon. In
the spring of tno year the beach was
lined with turtles' ?ggs. nod theso were
always easy to get. Wild pluruB and
gruic; us sweet as houcy flourished in
the fvye^Ls, while orauges and lemons
could be picked by the bushel in-nearly
every thicket.
Once in a while a neighbor ca'L-d up
on Sawyer. The latter treated his visi '
tor couitoously. but neror stopped work
to talk with hiui . The Now Euglaud
man wus cautiuqed against excessive
labor, but be insisted that it would
never hurt a m in to work, and paid no
attention to the warning. The second
summer was unusually hot. One day a
i.ativo discovered the Yankee farmer
ijueing corn in the burning suu without
hat or shirt. His t?kiu was blistered by
the heat, and bis face was d ipping
with sweat. Sawyer declared that the
spirits had visited him during the night,
and told him that Adam had worked in
the 'iatde.ti of F.don without shirt or hat,
and that he would fiud it more comfor
table to fpJJow Adam's example. He
, declared that the spirits came to hi ill
' every night, and dictated to him long
I reams of manuscript.
I It ?ras evident that Sawyer was be
I coming crazy. One day ho disappeared.
Ho was gone for a week. Wheu he re
turned he roamed the woods at night
beating a tambourine. But fho.e was i
no let up to his work. He hardly stop
I pel for dinner. I>ny after day he toiled
in the "1 roiling eon uutil his white skin
turned as brown as the hide of an Iudian
and his blue eyes faded through want of
re.-t Ily this time ho had about eight i
acres Under cultivation, but he planted
as he yhnJ planted in New Hampshire,
and the results were not encouraging.
In one of bis insane fits ho started for
home and tho kind people of the neigh
borhood eeut him to his home iu New
Hampshire. IJo recovered his senses
after spending somo time in an asylum,
and his neighbors say that they havo
received letters from liim annouociqg
his intention of returning to Smyrna as
swii as he oan raise money enough to
pay hu faro. As he has not lived apon
his homestead for nine months, the laud,
with all its improvements, is open to the
first' marl mean enough to squat upon it.
Such a perron, however, would rnorit
and receive Jrough treatment1, from poor
Sawyer's neighbors.
Arabian Horses.
. ? Fj ic .M
No Arab dreams of tying up a hone)
by the nock; a tether replaces the halter
and one of tho animal's hind legs is en
circled about the paster a by a light, iron
ring, furnished with a padlock, and
connected with an iron chain two feet
or tbreaboutsin length, ending in a rope
which is fastened to the ground at somo
distance by an iron peg; such is the cus
tomary method. But should the animal
be restless and troublesome, a foreleg is
put under similar treatment. It is well
k nonu that horses in Arabia are -nuch
loss frequently vicious or rofractery than
iu Europe; and this is tho reason why
geldings are here so rare, though not
unknown. No particular prejudice that
1 could discover exist against the opera
tion itself, only it is seldom performed,
because not otherwise necessary and
tending, of course, to diminish the value
of tho animal.
But to return to the horses now before
us. Never had I seen or imagined so
lovely a collection. Their stature was .
indeed somewhat low. I do not think
that any came fully up to fifteen hands
?fourteen appoared to be about their
avorage?but they were so exquisitely
wcll-ehapcd that waut of greater size
seemed hardly, if at all, a defect.
llcmarkubly full in the haunohes,
with a shoulder of a slope so elegant as
to make one, in the words of an Arabian
poet, "go raving mad about it;" a little
?a very little?saddle-backed, just the
curve which indicates springioccs; a
bead broad above, and tappering down,
to a nose fine enough to verify the phrase
of "driuking from a pint pot," did pint
pots exist in Nedjee; a most intelligent
and yet singularly gentle look, full eye, ?
i a sharp, thorn like ear, legs fore and
I biud that seem it made of hammered
iron, to cleao, and yet so well twisted
with sinew; a neat, round hoof, just the
requisite for bard grouud; t he tat! set on,
or rather thrown cut at a perfeot arch;
cnat smooth, shining and light, the mane
lung, but not over grown nor heavy, and
air und steps that seemed to say '-Look
at me, am I not pretty?" their appear
ance justified nil reputation, all value, all
poetry. Tho prevailing color was chog
nut or gray: a light light bay, an iron
color, white or black, were, less common;
full bay, fleabittoo or piebald, nono.
But if asked what are, after all, the
specially distinctive points of a Nedjee
horse, I should reply, the slope of the
shoulders, the extreme oleanneas of tho
shank; aud the full, rounded haunch,
though every other part, too, has a
perfection aud a harmony unwitnessed,
at least by my eyes, anywhere else,
Nedjee horses are especially esteemed
for great speed and endurance of fatigue
?indeed iu this latter quality aoue aotao
up to fcheai.
To pass twenty-four hours on the
j road witbout driuking and without flag
t giug is certainly something; but to keep
up tho same abstinence, and labor con
joined under the burning Arabian sky
for forty eight hours at a stretch, is, I
believe, peculiar to the animals of the
breed. Besides they have a delicacy, I
cannot say of mouth, for it is common
to ride them without bit or bridle, bat
of feeling and obedience to the knee aad
thigh, to tho slightest cheek of tho hal
ter and the voice of tha rider, far sur
, passing the most elaborate manegegives .
a Kuropcan borso, though furnished
with snafilo, curb, aud all. I often
mounted them at tho iu^itation of their
ownors, and without saddle, rein, qr stir
rup, set them ofTat a full gallop, wheeled
(hem around brought them up io mad
career at a dead h ilt, and that without
the least difficulty, or the smallest want
coire;pondcnee between the horse's
movement and my own will; the rider on
their back really feels himself the man
half of a centaur, not a distinct being.?
I'afgravr'i Traveis in Arabia"
__^^mm^mmimt. . , .
"Why, Iohabod, I thought you got
married nior'n a year ago V "Well,
auut Jcrusba, it was talked of, but I
found out that tho girl and all her folks
wore opposed to it, ond so I jest give
'out all the mitten and let the thing
rSUpP*" jr*>. nv.e s*m1 ?
I A beautiful young girl who haa been
traveling in tho West as drummer for a
wholesale grocery houso of Boston, has
just been discharged by her omployor
because she induced the retail dealers to
order more g^ods than thujr were able tu
o of or pay for.
"K no cos of axoion," was the wtnten.
vcidict ot a Mouticello (Iowa) jurv?
