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VOL. II
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ArCONNELSVILLE.
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OCTOBER 24. 1867.
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Vrrte loaitiwa.t lori.er f Public Sqaara
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JIHEPH j IELLT, Editor
PAYING THE DEBT IN GREENBACKS.
How it Can be Done.
Hon. George H. Pendieton's
Speeches.
lhe following extracts from Mr.
Pendleton's hpeeehes, nt Limn nnd
Cleveland, embrace tho substance of
what was said by liim on the subject of
paying the debt in greenback :
[From the Lima Speech, Aug. 15, 1867.]
FEDERAL FINANCES.
Tho rovenucs of tlio Governmer.t do
lived from taxation in 18U6 amounted
to fivo hundred nud sixty millions of
dollars. Thin was u year of peace; tho
army had iiern reduced; the navy had
Ixtou diminished; tho vast military
movement had ceased. Tet, the ex
penditure wart ono riuudred millions
moro 1 11 it ti mat ot Jjnilund, and one
hundred and eighty millions more than
thuCot Iruncc. 'Iho greatest cxpen
l iture of England during tho Nupo
leomo worn, wnen oven luissia wan
stimulated by her subsidies when
largo nrmies were 'c;;t in Spain and
on uie imminent never reached one
hundred nrllionsof pounds less than
live hundred million ol dollars, hn
land has thirty-six thousand millions of
property ns a taxable basis. Franco
has forty thousand millions. Tho
United States have sixteen thousand
millions. i tli less than two-filths of
tho taxable property, our people puv
largely moro taxes. Two years have
elapsed since tho war censed. Two
rcguli r sessions two extra session of
Congress have boon held. lias nny
scheme of cennomy, hns any reduction
jif taxes boen proposed? On the con
trary, has not tho only scheino of
finance looked to tho increaso of the
interest-bearing debt, nnd to tho in
crease of cxpendituro by tho increase
of i uteres'..?
The public debt bearing interest
amounts to twenty-two hundred mil
lions; the interest reachosone hundred
nnd forty-eight millions. When the
Republican party came into power tho
debt wns only oighu millions, in five
years it has grown so muoh, and this
notwithstanding tho vast unnuui reve
nues. Tcough tho principal is consid
erably less, the annual interest is con
siderably "nori than that of Great
Britain; and the highest reach of lie.
publican statesmanship Inn been to
propose tho conversion of greenbacks,
which pay no interest, into bonds which
pn' interest in gold, nnd thus to increase
the number (d thoso who do not pay
taxes, nu J to increase the burthens of
those who do.
The amount of unfunded debt has
been estimated it 8800,030,000. 1 If it
shall bo converted into bonds the in
tcit ill amount to forty-eight mil
lions in gold, and this sum will bo ai
ded to the expenditure. In the mean
time the number of National ba-ks
will bo increased, nnd tho place of tee
greenbacks supplied by bunk currency.
Our Go7ci 'iiiient pays a higher rate
of interest than any in Europe. Fvery
dollar of its indebtedness is to be
made to pay that rate; and no pro
vision whatever is made for its redemp
tion. This process should ccaio instantly.
Tlicso forty-eight millions annually
should be saved. Tho fivo twenties
should bo paid in greenbacks ub they
mature, or as fast ns can bo done with
out too great derangement of tho cur
rency. Nearly lour hundred millions
of them are deposit nl by tho barks ns
security for their circulation. These
can bo redoeincd without adding ouo
dollar to the cur re nay. Tho intorcst
on these bonds lAiounts to twenty-four
millions ot dollars annually. Add this
su n to tho forty-eight millions above
spoken of, and wo havo soventy-two
millions in gold. Creuto this into a
sinking fund, nnd you can pay iho
whole debt in sixteen yours, without
adding ti dollar to your taxes or inert-using
your circulating medium.
But the condition of tho country
could bear tin increase in the currency.
The ravages of war tit tho South -tho
destruction of capital thero, the loss of
houses, h arses, cuttle, agricultural im
plements, the scarcity of provisions,
tho enfranchisement of the nocro, the
importance of setting the wholo popu
lation to labor at once creato a do
maud for more curroncy. livery in
terest there would be more advanced
by the stimulating effect of nn enlarged
currency. As fust as this incfeaso could
be wisely made the bonds should bo
redeemed tho interest should bo re
dueed, and tho amount thus saved be
added to the sinking fund.
This is repudiation I hear somobody
say. Not (it oil I The Hve-twentv
bonds ure all payable at the option of
the Government after five years. Their
verv name shows it. Thev are nnvn
bio by th law under which they were
issued, and according to their face, in
greenbacks. 1 hoy are not payable in
trold. lhe interest is. according to
the provision of law, and th language
of the couvon, to bo paid in gold. Not
so with tho pr-.neipuf. The ten-forty
bonds authorized by tho Act or iwarcn
3, 18G3, are, by tho terms of the law,
made payable in gold. in is is the
only class of bonds of that character;
and its I rend the lastoflicuil statement
of Secretory M'Culloch, very few, if
nny of them, have been issued. Tho
Government m.ij; then, according to
the terms of tho law, and of its con
tracts, pay tbo fivo twenties in green
backs at any time after fivo years from
their issue, and thcro is no repudiation
in doing so. Of this class thero were
outstanding on tho first of . August,
eleven hur.dred millions, nnd they ma
tnro probobly in nonrly equal propor
tion in rath of the next five years.
This will not supercede tho necessity
for high taxes, foi closo economy, for
continuous industry. They nro inovi
table. With them and whatovor other
plans wisdom mny suggest, tho burden
will press heavily on you nn I your
children.
1 have shown that tho redemption
of the bonds will be so gradual, the in
crease of the currency so plow, Hint
values will adjust themselves and busi
ness interests become regulated without
that shock which usually attends grcnt
changes of financial policy.
But if it Were not so, still tho bonds
should lo convened into greenbacks.
They wcrosold for greenbacks, it is tit
ting they should bo redeemed in tho
same currency. This policy would
save the interest, pay tho debt, nnd
bring upon the duplicate for taxation
that immense amount of capital which
is now exempt. And these advantages
would amply compensate tor U-e evils
which are predicted. Tho debt
amounts toono-hflh of the property,
real nnd personal, of the whole country.
Ono-filth of nil tho capital of tho coun
try is exempt from tnxntion. Interest
eats up t he substance of tho people.
Exemption from taxation aggravates
the evil. This state of th.ngs can not
last. It oppresses labor it excites
deep discontent. It ought to be reliev
ed by a fair nnd voluntary adjustment
It will bo rclicvcj at all events. The
bondholder should be prompt, und
wiso. Tho pooplo already believe this
curso is the blight of death; an J wo
know by experience what they will do
to "savo the life of the nation."
From the Speech In rmpnnie tna arreiiailu in
CicvclHiiil Bi'iliiibor is, lh07.J
I shall avail myself of this opportu
nity lo u!lude to a matter in some sense
personal. It touches the accuracy of
an argument winch J made a low
weeks since, in relation lo tho pay
ment f tho fivo twenty bonds ot lhe
United States,
I nndonvorod to sho that those bonds
ought to bo redeemed in legal tender
notes ut the caihobl moment; that
timo and experience would indicalo
low rapidly they could be redeemed
without tho undue nutation ol the cur
rc'iey. 1 asserted that by the terms
of tho laws authorizing tho issue of
tho fivo-twentics by the terms of tho
legal lender law. nnd by the terms of
the bonds themselves, the Government
might legally redeem them with legal
tender notes. The New York Tribune
sud promptly that I hud misquoted
and misrepresented the law; but it so
happened that in a day or two, Soin
tor Shcruiaii, and Mr Bingham both
made speeches, nt different places, prol -ably
without concert, nnd both assort
ed that the law undoubtly wns ns I
hud sli.ted. This silenced tho Tribune.
But nu ublo nnd nctivo and influen
tial newspaper, whoso exertions in be
half of, una whoso influenco in, tho
Democratic party are very greut.whoso
editor always writes us it coutlcmnn
and reasons as n statsman I m can the
World ndinittod that I was right us
fur as I had gone, but asserted that I
had overlooked tin importiuiL section
of tho Act of Febuury 25, 18(S2. That
section provides that the duties shall
bo paid in coin, and that tho coin shall
bo applied as follows:
"rirst, To the payment in coin of
the interest on tho Loud of the United
Slates.
"Second. To the purchase or pit)
ment of ono per centum of tho entire
debt of tho United States to made with
in each fiscal year after tho first day
of July, 18li2, which is to bo cot apart
as n sinking fund, nud the interest of
which shall bo in liko manner applied
to the purchase or payment of tho pub
liodebt. ns tho Secretary of tho Treas
ury shall, from time to timo diroct.
"Third. The residue thereof shall
bo paid into tho Treasury of the Uni
ted States."
The World cluimsthat this languago
in the second clause constitutes a
fruinise to pa' the priucipal in coin,
differ with' tho World. The first
clause provides, expressly that tho in
terest shall be paid in coin, Tho sec
ond clauso contain no such express
provision bb to the principal. Murk
the language of the second section : "lo
tho purchase or payment of one por
cent, of the ontiro debt." If trom
this langungo, an inforonco can be
drawn that th" payment was to be
made in coin at pur. then, as tho same
languago applies to the pnrchaso wns
to be mude in coin at par. The pur
chase or payment, wun to commence
during the year between July 1, 1802
1 ftnJ Jl,b' 1303.- Thli law is tbo lirst
one authorizing the issue of five-twenties.
They are not redeemable by the
Government beforo five years. Not
one of them, therefore could bo redeem
cd until after tho 25th ofFebchry, 18C7.
Tho compound interest notes and tho
seven thirttcs vere not yet duo, indeed,
had not yet boon issued to any extent.
None ot the public debt became due
in that year or tl'o next, nnd therefore
could not bo redeemed.
By tho tcrn'B of tho law then the
amount of ono per centum mast be
purchased. During the first year go'd
went stondily upward, reaching X be
lieve, nearly two hundred per cent,
premium. In a few months tho bonds
were prepared. You remember that
Jay Cooke was employed to sell them ;
that ho made extraordinary efforts to
do so, that be was well pnid by the
Government for getting thorn off at
pur in greenbacks. Now then if tho
interpretation of Iho law put upon it
by tho World incorrect, the cxtrnordin
my spectacle was presented that the
Government wns, by law, paying its
agonts to sell its bonds nt par in green
backs, and by tho snnin law was com
pelled to buy them buck, at the same
time, at pnr in gold, which was then
worth two hundred per cent, in green
backs. It seems to me that I need only
stuto this result, to show that tho in
terpretation is wrong. Tho coin was
lo bo laid asido ; and when the time
for purchase came it was to bo con
verted into legnl tender notes, and then
the purchnso to bo mado at the market
rides. I havo beforo tinted thTit the
legal tender net provides you enn read
it for yourself on tlm buck ol each note
thnt "this note r-hall bo lawful men
ey, nnd a legal tender in payment of
nil debts public nnd privuto, except
duties on imports and interest on the
pubhe debt.'1
Kvery five-twenty bond was issued
after that act passed, was paid fm' in
legal-tender tnolcs,nnd cvjry judder
bought with that provision stunTig him
full in the faco. Can thero remain a
doubt as to the legality of this mode of
payment?
But it is said that this schomo would
inflate the currency, destroy its value,
and thus, in fact, repudiato tho debt.
Not, ut til f These gentlemen seem to
th. uk that they cun go to bed ut night
ana :n lhe morning wake up with ul
the bonds redeemed, and in their stead
twenty two hundred millions of gremi
bucks. Ihcy seem lo torget that tho
process will be necessarily slow, nnd
that it must bo conducted, with skill
and caution, and by men whoso posi
tion will enable them to guard ugains.
any evil which mny bo incident lo the
execution ot so great a monsuro cf ro
lief. Let me slate lo you the position:
Wo have un cnoi ihduh debt. Wo have
a rateot taxation beyond all example
epprossiro. Wo have u system of legal-
teiider notes, and a system of Na
tional bunks. 1 am sorry wo hnvo
them. I did not vote for them, and am
not responsible for them. They nro
great evils. Wo ought to get rid of
them. And if thuy present nny means
of ussisting us in getting rid (Ti them
wo ought to sieze it. Tho non-interest
paying debt, consisting of green
back and unliquidated debt, amounts
lo ubout eight hundred millions of dol
lars. I do not vouch for the exact ac
curacy of theso figures .They ,ro not far
wrong. They servo perfectly well for
illustration. The proposition of tho
Kepublicuns is lo convert tins debt in
to bonds which pay interest in- gold
The interest on thoso bonds will be
forty-eight millions in gold annually,
Tho result will bo to increaso by that
umount tho expenses, to convert nctivo
capital into inactive capital, nnd thus
to increaso the number of those who
do not pay taxes, and to increase tho
burdens of thoso who do pay tuxes.
I maintain that this debt ought not to
bo so converted that these forfy-eight
millions in gold should bo saved.
There are four hundred millions of
these bonds in tho Troasury us securi
ty for the National bunk currency,
'l'hey rjo represented by a nearly
equal amount of bank notes. They
cull for twenty-four millions of dollars
in gold annually as intorcst.
Now I maintatn that these bonds
should bo redeem 3d in greenbacks.
The result would be that the green
backs would titkti tho place of the bank
notes, which would be ca'led -in, and
that twenty-four million dollars of in
terest would bo suyod. If thut twenty
four million were added to tho forty
eight millions of which 1 have spoken,
you have sovonty-two millions in sro'd
annually; and this properly compoun
ded would pay ilu wlulo debt, princi
pal and interest, in fifteen yeurs. And
now observe titit thua far I have not pro
posed ta add one dollar to your tazei, or
one dollar to thr currency. Cheers.
This process of rodemtion cun le press
ed asfiibtus the business and values of
the country will bear an expansion of
the currency . I am satisfied that thoy
can hour moro now. I am satisfied
thut the gold to result will moro than
compensate for tho evils. IIow fur the
expansion may bo safely curriod I can
not protend, with exactness, to suy.
There uro men around me whose
experience and knowledge of business
would enable them to judge. Th
Secretary of tho Treasury ought to be
able to judge. His hand is upon the
pulse ot the country. lie can fool all
the throbbings of the blood in the ar
teries He can tell when it flows too
fast and strong; and then ' the expan
sion should cease. It is a matter of
experience not past but future expe
riencefur the condition of the coun
try after the ravages of the late' war
enables it to prosper under system
which would have impaired it in time
of unbroken peace All that I main
tain is this; that just ns rapidly as the
prosperous condition or tho business
will permit it, the bonds should be re
deemed in greenbacks; for just so fast
will tho interest be paid, tho taxes be
reduced, and labor relieved from tho
burthens which now so heavily op press
it. This is not the nppropnuto
timo to go into mere details. It it
were, I could show you that if the cur
rent expenses ot the Government, in
cluding interest, were recucod to one
hundred millions annually, then upon
an ndditonnl issue of ono hundred mil
lion sonly of grecnbnck8,tho entire debt
could bo paid, and the cntiro amount of
grenbacks could be called in and can
celed in fourteen years.
Our taxation is onormous. The rev
enue Ui 1SUU was S561.000.000. of
which 8U8,000,000 was taken from tho
people's pocket topaj' mtereston bonds
which were exempt from taxation.
The Republican candidate for Lieu-tennnt-govornor
says that tho Dem
ocrats who pay no taxes must (eel bad
ly when they are told about this.
Does he not know that labor pays all
the taxes of the land ? Capital is prac
tically exempt from tax, but tho labor
er mukes the money, and ho, in tho
end, pays nil the taxes, perhaps not to
tho Treasurer and Collector, but in tho
way of provisions i nd clothing, and
other necessaries purchased. Labor
puys nil taxes in tho end.
Tho only man who is relieved from
taxR is the man who holds tho gold
bearing bonds. I would n)t rcpuv'i
alo them. I would uphold fuith to tho
utmost, but I would pay thcin in the
same money thnt was given for them,
and when they nro paid off, our taxes
will come down to 8100,000,000, annu
ally, which is fivo times more thuu
Andrew Jackson spent.
I tliuhk you again, gentleman, for
tho honor you huve done me, and for
tho pntienco with whieh you huve lis
tened to me, and I beg to wish you
nil, good-n'.gnt.
Mrs. Lincoln—Authentic Statement
of Her Possessions at Mr.
Lincoln's Death.
Tho Illinois Journal, published at
Springfield, whoso oditor wns a near
relutivo ot Mr. Lincoln's, in its issue
of October 9, ollu Jing to tho scandal
recently caused by Mrs. Lincoln's con
duct in New York, publishes tho j'ol
lowing inventory of tho estute of Mr
Lincoln, published by Judgo Davis, of
tho Supreme Court, administrator of
tho estate. It was filed on tho 24th of
Novomber, 18C6, by N. W. Mathieny,
clerk, und recorded iu book 4 of In
ventories, page 70 :
Inventory of the estate of Abraham
Lincoln, luto President of the "United
Suites, so far us the same bus como to
my kuowlodgo :
In roistered bonds bearing six
per cent, payable in coin, 857,000 00
Iu temporary loon bearinjr
six por cent, in currency,
In treasury warrunts, issued
to him for salary and not
paid ns follows :
No. 554
No. 826
No. OHO
No. 1,217
J 'raft of the National Bank
of Springfield,
Balance of the salary receiv
ed from tho Treasury of
tho United Stntes,
Claims vs. Iiobert Irwin, of
Springfield, which Mr.
Condtl! paid,
Balance in hands of Iliggs,'
banker, of Washington,
Balance in bands of First
National Bunk, Washing
2,781 04
1.981 (57
1,981 07
1,976 22
1,981 G7
133 00
847 S3
9,041 41
1,373 53
381 GG
ton,
872,482 70
This sum is all invested in United
Stoles securities bearing interest.
Also the following:
N. B. Judd's note, dated,
Sept. 1, 1859, bouring
10
per cent, interest, .or
Thomas J. Turner (Freo
83,000 00
port,) July, 1858, duo No
vember 1, 1858; interest 10
por cent.,
A. & J. Hains (Pokin.) two
notes of 8200 each, ono duo
October 15, 1858, the other
Jan. 1, 1859,
With tho following erodits:
February 16, '59, 850; May
2, '59, 850; July 14, '59,
8100: September 12, '69,
850; August 13, !G0, 850.
M. B. Church (Springfield,)
November 5, 18G4. at five
months, given at Wash
ington, 400 00
400 00
260 0
James II. k J. H. McDaniel
(Sangnmon county,) April .
24, 18G3, 1 dny 10 percent. 250 00
Golden rnttcrson (Vermil
lion county,)April 25. 1859,
duo ono year after date, GO 00
Milton Davis " (Vermillion
county,) November 7. '57,
due December 5, '57, 10
per cent., 50 00
With credit uf 830, March
25, '59.
John l Mercer (Shclbyrille)
Way 25, 1852, 7 60
REAL ESTATE IN ILLINOIS.
Mr. Lincoln's homestead in Spring
field, III . on lot 6. unj part of lot 7, in
block 10, K. lies' addition to Spring
field. Lock 3, in block 19, town of Lincoln.
Logan co., 111.
REAL ESTATE IN IOWA.
Crawford county, Iowa 120 acres
east hnlf, iiorthensl nnd northwest,
northeast section 18, town 81, range .'(9.
luma county 40 acres, description
not recollected. Certificate of entry in
hands C. II. Mooro, of Clinton, Do Witt
county, III.
DAVID DAVIS, Adm'r, etc.
Tho followin is u transcript of tho
oath filed by Judgo Davis on taking
out letters of nd ministration :
Statu op Illinois, )
Sanoamon Countv.)
David Davis, being duly sworn, de
poses and says that Abraham Lincoln,
luto of Iho county of Sangamon nnd
Stuto of Illinois, is dead nnd he died
on or nbout tho 14th day of April, A.
D. 18li5, ihtostateus it is said, and that
his estate will probably amount to the
sum of 885,000, that guid Abraham
Lincoln left, nt the timo of his decease,
Mary Lii.toln, his w idow, nnd Uoberl
T. Lincoln nnd Thomas Lincoln, his
children.
Signed David Davis.
F ubscribed nnd sworn to beforo me,
th's 14lh dny of June, A. D. 1805.
Signed " N. W. Mathexv.
Tho ubovo figures, says tho'Journnl,
spenk for th :inelvcs. To bo added to
Ihein, howevor, is tho 825,000 which
was appropriated by tho last Congross
on account of Mr. Lincolu's calary,
making altogether the total vuluo cf
tho personal estate to bo nbout one
hundred and ten thousand dollars, to
"say nothing of tho real estate described
in tho sccdulo above. So flirt the stnto
ment mndo in the World that Mr. Lin
coln saved nothing and left nothing
from his salary, and thnt Mrs. Lincoln
had no resources b.it wlmt remained
from tho appropriation of Congress,
P22.000 nnd the rents of tho homestead,
returning altogether, but 81,700 per
year, cannot possibly bo true. That
Mr. Lincoln did not leuvo Ins family
wealthy is very evident, but no ono,
iu view of tho nbovo inventory, will
say that they nro in the deplorable con
dition of "want" and "destitution'' in
regard lo which tho public hns, with
so much astonishment, just been in
formed. Wo suy this much not for flio pur
pose oi preventing "personal contribu
tions" from being mncio to Mrs. Lin
coln, if slia desired them, much lose to
deter Congress from making a further
appropriation- for her support, which
we should bo glud to havo it do, but
himply in orderMutt tho peoplo of the
nation may uot suppose that Mrs. Lin
coin is nny thing liko destituto circum
stances, llcr income may not bo suffi
cient to meet ull her wants und neces
sities, but it is certainly largo enough
lo maintain her nt least ns comfortable
ns sho lived before going to Washing
ton .
Very Reasoable Objections
Plaintive Statement of a Man
Who Didn't Want to be either
Married or Murdered.
Iho infelicities and frequented sep
arations of the married at Chicago
seem to huve caused a horror of mutri
monynmong tho bacholor fraternity in
that city, which is wel illustrated by
tho disgracefull meuns taken by ono
Bnrkard to break off an engagement
made whon ho was drunk. Ho told
his own story in court, where ho sp
peured to havo the "bi brothers" of
his affianced one, put undor bonds to
keep the peace towards him:
Until a week ago, your honor, I was
engaged to bo murriod to Sallv, the
sister of the prisoners. 1 wdl not
speak ill of her, though we are enemies
now, for it is owing to my engagement
that 1 took the pledgo and urn u sober
man. You soe, I was drunk when I
proposed and was accepted. Thut
showed me to what liquor could bring
a man, and I at ono took tbe pledge.
I was engaged to her for three months,
nnd during that time I did my dutyj
I visited her daily, took her to places of
amusement, and told her sweet, lies.
In fnct, I did everything required, ex
cept to nnmff the marriage day. In
that I pro craetmatoJ. I told her sho
lid not know me well enough yet; that
tho weather wns to warinjtbnt she had
bettor wait till the season was over;
but it did no good. Slie insisted that
wo should be married at once; sho had
sworn sho would be married before
Mary B , and she would bo. I be-
camo desperate, 1 bad no intention of
marrying her or any one else. I know
what matrimony is; I bavo been whip
ped by my father becauso my mother
has happened tocaress mo. Notkaow
ing what clso to do, I pretended to bo
drunk when visiting Sully eight days
ng. She hnd some friends with her
in tho parlor, nnd thnt pleased me, I
kissed her, and tried to kiss them,
mule and female. Then I told her in
n hic-eoughy way that I had been un
ublotogctthefnlso hair she wished,
thnt thsy cost too much. That did tho
tho business. Indiunnnt at thus an-
parenlly hnving her denrost secrets ex
posed to the young ladies and gentle
men there, she nngrily told mo to go;
thut I must never como near her again.
Believe mo, Judge, 1 was hsppy to
hear it, and Jeft at onto. I did not
visit her , and three dnvs afterwards I
eceived a nolo from her telling me
sho was sick nnd wished to see tue.
Not being a doctor, I stayed away.
Tho next dny I reccivod a similar
note; ni)' answer wns the same. Then
I received a poto telling mo I was a
faithless brute and cruel wretch; ar.d
she bud two big bi others (I know it),
nnd they would nt onco avenge her
wounded honor and bTT!:cu heart by
beating me; I believed, und carefully
avoided the big brothers. I am a law
abiding "man, and do not wish to fight.
They have been to sue mo eight times
already; I mndo the servant tell thorn a
lie mny God forgive mo uud say I
was out. But 1 know they will catch
me, and then I shall feel very bad. To
prevent that I have had them arrested.
I .wish tlteu; bound over to keep the
pence; they tnn also keep their sister
Sully. They have said they would kill.
Justice "ion were right to havo
them a i rested. They must each givo
bonds in tho sum of 8500 too keep too
pence. As for j'ou, your e nduct has
been disgracel'ull. The name of my
first love was S.illy, and no ono shall
go back on a girl of thut narao. You
nro finod 815.''
Fanny, Fern on Farmers' Wives
Funny Fern is eloquent on tho eub-
joct of farmers' wives. Shosin's:
"Next to being a minister's wife, I
should droad being tho wife of a fur-
mew Sometimes, indeod, tho torms
uro "vnoiiynious. liaising children
and chickens, ad infinitum, making but
)or, cheese, bread, and iheommpresent
pio butting, making und mending tbe
clothes for a wholo bouschould, not of
speaking of doing their washing and
ironing; (ukiug cure of the pigs and
the vegetable garden: making wiuter
upple-suiico by the burrel, and picking
myriads of cucumbers; drying fruits
and berbsjputling ull the twins through
tho measles, the whooping iough,
mump!), scarlet lover, and chicken pox,
besides keeping a perpetual river of
hot grease on the Kitchen table on
which to flout potatoes, carrots, onions
and turnips for the ravenous maws of
tho farm baud.
Now, your farmer is a rough, stal
wart, comfortable animal. Ihoro is
no buby wailing at his pantaloons
while he plows or makes fences. lie
lies down under the nearest tree and
rests or sleeps, whoc ho can no longer
work with profit. He comes unto his
dinner with the appetite of a hyena,
and the digestion of arhinocerous, and
goes forth again 16 the hay field till
culled home to supper. There is his
kwi(o, and too often with the same
frowsy hoad 'vith which she roso in the
morning, darting hither and thither
for whatever is wanted, or helping the
hungry children or the farm hanfls.
After the supper is finished comes the
dish. washing and the milk'ng, and the
thought for to-morrow's breakfast; and
ihen peihaps she sleep with one eye
open for a baby or a tick child, and
rises again topurtue the same unreliev
ed tread mill, wearing round tbe next
