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MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30 , 1872 .
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CHEAP
STOUEll
1IA8 Jl'ST JlKCKIVKt) A I.AItnE AJÎD
' Wll.bHRI.ECTBI, STUCK UK UUUIlS
CONSIMTIXU, I!« I'AItT, UK
pRT GOODS,
NOTlOtfU,
G ROC Kill ES,
ROOTS,
fl/IOES,
fiA rs,
cm rs,
Qf/RBXSWAKH,
WOOD ,f- WILLOW WARE.
EARTUES it- STOSE WAUE, j
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FISH, HEATS,
/,7.
UKAIIV-MUMi
CLOTHING,
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A090, AUF.XT Full
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fT^NAMAKER & DROWN,
Aoi in fact everything usu^.ly krj.t In
JFIEST-OLA.SS ÇOÜNTRT STORE
All uf ,pl i«|) w*4u|.l»,U «I* •"«
to lltll.r you
I'ALL ASD E.VA. VISE.
V.,
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#o vtuitut
FOR SHoWIX'l ROODS
TEKMS CASH ! ! !
J. F. ELIASON,
Cheap Store,
Middletown, Del.
iff IT—If
J. TITOS. UUDD.
»rrenuoft
GEO. W. INGRAM & CO.
Broken dc Real Estate ÂgeuU. j
«•Mill or MAI» AMO ( AM STHKXT», {
Middletown, Ueiawarr,
WIU. ATTKSU I'liUMKTt-V TU Till' ( Ul.
LECTION UK
HOTBS, »RAFTS, BILLS, &e. dec . 1
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j/pOOTIATR LOAN«, rb'BCÜASK. A K'-t.t,
STOCKS ON COMMISSION,
Aud offer for «ale
Valuable Real Estate.
CttDimirinc «oroe of tb©tno«t drairiiMc Farms ott 1
th© Peninsula. 1
•I». .
; I
Correopondence l>y mail e^lic^tr^.
Refer by persps^ion to tho following named
■«hONKa: "
* on. R. C. Holiday, Rec. of State, Au^uj. -
W. nT'lwgltolx, Memphis k Ki Paso Pacific
liftllroad, îf. Y
It. Atkinson, llhtiVer f 4l bi»i4'i *■ V.
Hon. Richard Schell, 5W WHÎ! •* V " '
Col. Dlanton Puncnn, Louisville, Ky.
Q«o. Hoir, Adj. Uenrml, Italtinmre, Md.
Boyfert, McManus k ('•. Philadelphia.
A«a. Robert Patterson, "
rxorch IT—tf
THE IMPROVED
FLORENCE.
THE BEST SEWING MACUINK MADE.
1ht**|< nucliluc that malm r.uir itiB'v.cut
•ûlchn I Tbe only nwctiine llmt foalvu. the ehiia
(tie work il,
Th* only maeblne lhst w ill move
*aj direc.iun desire,! ! amt the only nuu-hlne l,i„.
ha* • Mlf-suUuellng leniiun. Tltrse uilvantages
ooabtiMd With ease, rajildity and Iiuielm-s* ul
«aatbm, together with the licsulv and iiuallijr of
H* work with recent tmpruvenien.s render i. the
■loot dairalde, dumtile and twst KsmlljrSew -
iag Hoch las to tho world. p0r- Agents wonted
In every county.
WILSON * PENNYKAUKEII, Manager»,
opr 17-3auf 112.1 Chestnut Bt I'lillad u.
E» T. EVANS,
WH0LK8ALB * llBTAIL DEALER
II FLOUB AND FEED.
Jim
E. T. EVANS,
GRAIN t£»f}HSBION
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
fiwtM
MERCHANT,
*.*
Notice
TO TH E
PUBLIC ! I
i
S. M. REYNOLDS,
Nq. 1, Cochran Square,
OFFEES TO THE
BUYING PUBLIC,!
.TU. r.
I, 1 ' r'*.
/,7. 4 L/C AU
(MS î :
./ ,/• i.v /:.;7 r-n/ i is v
citlt.niiKxs ri>. /•u/-/.E\>
lu.in I tltltS UAt.ll.itK:
.yri: > nr i n r u . ■ Ki-:n*i:rs u
/ !/<//>'i until
:il tv c.a
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A.
v.v t } /; /;/,• »r/: i /.*,
r:n tu/; t /* !
BOÜIS,
4 K 3 .GO to $ 5.00 peU* pair,
__ vn . Ti-r, . T.-v 'nnnrpQ
"St I ü x Taa-iL'Lo,
Mt*ra. .h>hn Ä. /U -I Co ChM^hoi,
I»h. Sim.h : —I Imvc Lccii iiotucol L\ \oiir Agent
.it Middletown. Mi J. It. l oan , id t'n lit.- imr
it« of your I'Annr Ci ami on (oru thi« »|»rin(r, *
II ihwrfutlv u-Mifv tlmt tin* rouit« have fur !
vxvwM in v vkiHA mtiiiii*. t
I rotiMder that your (luimo :* the hint IVrti- !
II-it I Imve used, mid my vx Hrii-nre Im» not
hècu in unv wav limited. *! «hl.ll mukc lit,* ml i
use ot it on future crops, arid shall use it this I
J, It. I IMS î »UK,
>li fillet., «.), Del.
R EOIKTEK'8 IIITICK,
New C'iutlct'uimly,()elo ,,-r ISth, Iv,-!'
Upon Ihs application of Elixu l*,-evrc,tx, Ad
minlurairit of J„„„s Iwereuv. I tv of Saint
Ueure.-s Hundred, in ,.,i,l Cmmiv, U,e,used : it
is order, 1 „,„1 dire,-ted lev tl„- U-gl :,-r that the
Administra.-ii ale,.-said, pi, -el'll-, • era,,
ting uf better? of Admit,istrati,,» „pm, the Ks
I lute uf ihc tk , ri*u«e»l, with the ih»t»* ui grunting
it, siv^uf lie, most put,lie plan,-, of tl„- t'ounty of
New ruHtfi-, u.iuiriuu »II |ht«uii« linvloi? «I©
maud« ugftintt the Ksuie, to |»rc«©nt tli© »«me,
...provided**
loin* inserted wiihiu Hie «»nip jicrtod in ihc
.Middletown Transe-Iipt, u new,pn|K-r puhlislu-il
in Middletown, and la I* vuntlnued then-ln two
; V/> HO, S f \
a/: \rs
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Mt <t. iXS r r »
\j et ».
jjeN'B HEAVY
t,o îti- 1.00 per pair.
• U ( > ^t. .0(1. :
« Un 11. .ivy V, inter
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lu cent*,
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RETTiiNED AND I.Af
K FlIUE't.
And iL-tifL
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HOOTS,
CAM
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El! EN LIT
M . ! • • »
anud.
19 Ter Cent. Dbcop.o
ON l»K!.tVtC
for Casli
ou .7
TO FARMERS.
• lise fiilhtttiiijr
I tli* mt • I |>r--m
We hup«- that
,011 «lud» their
itl. The«!
l-Udl.k' *'
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W
attention
ad. I«V ttti
!... »lit
call \ î
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Mii'DLMtj',.- Pd. July 1 "»tli. 1«T2.
V f - I'/iiliiilcl/ifiio.
M' f '. *. -I"/lit S ft A A
(, nth •
v!t ! •• J It 1 . 1,1
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town, •«
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t'l'iiuj'. -
I «'ti,' hauftill tu
^ I'ruiH three to t
luUllcclt '
i plied it tu mv con: - rat« «
three hills. 1 have t een fa inii
si: hundred
\( r afV, ft.,-1 during ll.al time h;
deal nl T*h( « phalc
» hm» *1
1 without any
1 thuuyh «!„ -
as much cur
- ul land fui tl
|«HNl
(•rent ;
f vhfiutM kinds.
! till:
1
ip to the pr* -■•«
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any ! ever ii i©d. j It It
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Mild ID-1ke tint h
is where I upplh
vou will utilv keep up the stand
liier, I
in ; than
tL*i (itmtiu
nil of your ferti*
ist ainuiitit here.
I. (TH lilt AN
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Yours truly,
mil
tv hen t.
Aug. 2 I—If.
Registei''s Oyder.
-
atildo fiy
and Se«l ofi Office
, at New ('»«tie,
, th© d«v and year
It. (»IMit», Rogister.
(liven under Ihe lutnd
HBJIof the Ucyister nforrsai I
in New rustle county aforesaid,
above written.
NOTICE.—AH persons havir-g claim« ngniiist
tho Estate of tbe d 4 .*(-s>D>ed must present the same,
duly attested, to the .\dministr,»irix,oii or before
October 15th, 1873, or abide thu Act of Assembly
iu such case made and provide»I.
ELIZA PEVKUELX. Adcnr'x.
Addre«)—MtJ Plc.uant, Pel.
Oct. ll>~ -iuos
W. H. Moore
1
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Si COMPANY.
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
Ilavo received a very large and
well selected Stuck uf Gouds,
contesting in part uf
DRY COUDS,
sorm ss,
JIATSAXD VACS,
DiiUfS ASH SHOES,
WOOD ES ,(■ n't I LOW- It. I
i OCEESS-WAtlE,
IIA HD- II I/.'/;,
C HO!' Ell I ES,
run I ISIOSS ,fr
I
ALTY.
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a ,„„i ikuihw steH, ..f
\ ivniui ltrorliu Simula it $ less 1
i; ri " ««• r
Aioll. Also, 11 VCl V hanrlsomo line
of Striai Silk nndtvoolen Slmwln, !
°* " dl,,dl "ill lie Sol<l at 0.\- vi
fiy-<>|]|t>|y low l.|'t.*'*s I
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AGENTS ,
ro* Tin:
GREAT INDUSTRIES
GKJSiAl 1JN D UalKlXiO I
OF THE l'NITEI* STATES; it
AN l„STOBH'AI., l 'MMA,tV UK TUB UllHilX,
ulto" ti, AM. ft u»'t:.T.ov Of mr . Miff ! '
i'l* atrial AKTS ..I 11114 ,.1 vritv.
This work i - :t enmi-l.-n- history „fall bran
du» ot tiidimtry, pn»n**HE of nmnulat tur»*, etc.,
inalluu«-«. 1 1 i> ,» »•«n.plci.* cm-y.-'I u|h-.Ii<i of arb j
i»nd iimnutacturc*, nml u* lliv mont < un r tuning ;
«•»•! . 1 of iuforumiiou on Mil.je t* ot
* pemral int«rc*t (^t*r »»fi.l to the pul-lit. It in h
! iidnpled to thu wftiti« of tin- Merclmul«, Maiiu
t fm tur-r, Mu-hunk, Furiucr, .stud» ut ami Invin
! tor, uiiu ^11 to l oth old nml young of all dus
*»•*, Tin* Ldok t *ohl l.y urcih«, who nre inuk
i in« Inr^i* »..I.« in all part« or the «ountrv. It M
I • Ifen-d a. the lew pi in- of Sj.SU, uud i. Um- ,
; clictttM'iii I k » vit ,*old Ly mih«cri|>tioii. No 1
family should fit- without n copy We want j
Agent« In ©very town ot the I nih-d Stute«, nud j
no Agent can tail to do well with this hook. ,
Our terms ,,ru liberal. IVu give our agents the
,-s, lusive right of territory Ooe of uur ugeitis |
»old lu:t roplcs In eight .lays, :f;lhtl»-r sold :t,ttt in
two »«-Ii*. Uur agent In Hartford »„Id audio
*'" k - ^l 11 " 11 " "* ■ 1 tfiv work n-nl m apeuts ,
| «« reaupt ut stamp fur circular, and terms m 1
it ; „«ettls addrws the publisher.,
: J- «• ju Hit * IIVI.K, ii.Hford t;«.,«.. I
j «l.tr»«.., III., Mr < inriusst <. Uhl...
Ks- I u.-t, 19—:tia
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of j iW.Ä JUJlbHi X j
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ihc ing CAN apply to '
' H. M IIIA ,Ni ii.liS. j
two Middl.-iowa, Del.
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A I.AUCi: ASSOUT M I.NT OF
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AM) COATINGS
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A L«0 A IIKAVY STOCK OB'
READY .MAUL] CLOTHING l'
VT'V. • I'lcnso ntll und oxamitto 1
dur Sh, cl, Ijçlut'c DtirditiKing t,-h-1 1
wltere.
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XVrlttcn tiy i(l ICmliirut Aiitltor«, liir|ii(tt t *R
j JOHN It. Got Gil, LKON » tr t I.DW \HD ID-\\1.,\\D
1 JO* It. LYMAN. Hr v , E t'DV I N It.VJ.L, llliHACK
• HKI'I.KV, 1*1111.11* Hiri-KY. AJ -ILMT It III.«
HANK » . ID HKHKIVS, Kir' ft,
P
Nuv. Hi— If.
00,000 PEACH TREES,
Extra Bizo and Quality.
Other Fruit Trees, Pwarf nn»! Standard.
50.000 Hluid© Trees for Street Planting.
80.000 Evergreens, fbr Lawns and ornamental
Hedges. Address
J. PEItKINR A PONS,
Moorestown, N. J.
I .Nov. 1U—Iw.J
Circular* Froc
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ASSUAGING SORROW.
' .
lit,and ' '
pfifft Çoflr!,;.
TUR ISKXUW« VVTVllK.
1 know not what uinj Wfall uir,
teml hangs n mist oYr my «•»es,
And uofuni.eflvh »tep of my onward way,
He make# new »cour« to i ii© ;
And ©very joy he nctidU me, coined
As n sweet and glad surprise.
I see not a step before tue,
As 1 trace t
Hut the pant is stilt in Cod s keeping,
The futur© His mercy shall ehcer ;
And what looks dark in the distance,
.May brighten ait I draw near.
For |H*rliaps the dreaded future
lias less bitter than I think,
The bord may sweeten the water
Hefore I stoop to drink ;
Or, ifMnrnh must he Mm ah,
lie will stand beside the brink.
It may bo Ho has waiting.
For the coming of
Somo gifi of
joy *
That my life ran only tremble
Uitli the thanks I ninuot sp<*ak.
My heart shrinks back from trials
Which the future may disclose,
Vet I never had a sorrow
Hut what the dear b
'I the coming tears back,
hi."i*©red words, ''lie knows.
tiny «if the year :
feet,
rare tdessedness,
strangely swo«t,
'I,
l rhow ;
And I
With the
So I go in
I would
I would rathe
Than go alone in the light •
I would rather walk with Him by faith,
bv sight.
, not knowing;
, il I might :
walk with Coil In the dark,
T han walk a!
no» mi; ui iti un i-oiii't iiki:iii:i) Ain.it-.;
Tl.l' riMII.IKA.
♦I. Alfred Brimmer, Ksq
1 wb» Iwvc 1,«- Il b r- av-^-.1 of tbeir relative*
Imp., Ill) ngm'l thing to inlrnduci- into hi. '
!
vi Inn! iimcit fi fifty (Cilia worth uf il.-alh
I notice, t«.c e»iabli»liiiii'iil »houhl contribute
j gratuitously half a dollar'« worth of mor
as, his j,ap- i- would not nl
• the must popular v, hii-1 • f--r
particular ...
! mcliiiii holy inlclligi'u'-" I-, the public,
And Mr iiriiiiiu-r lightly estimât.- 1 iffat,
as most in-» spaii- r u-a-fi i s .. I . lake a
,,
' would b»!e bmm ofin ad
«• ia t; \
I I'*nj»Ii«li
, n < 31
j literaturu u:; at taliiiii? character.
i Mr Brimmer s, ell ,-tud an arrange
meut with Ids 1,1. ! v wilt. I. it was
! agreed that Mr (lit : In'uld t ..ko a posi
tion ill the office fur a abort time, and ,
whenever a death notice arrived he should I
, immefiiau ly endeavor to grind out some
vcr.es expresive of the situation.
•• You in, lersl-iu 1 M r (tit " explain- 1
'•«IBri.ter, • that when (he death of an '
I individual is aitnoune.-, I, I want you, a, '
it were, to rl.eer the afflict, d fan,fly with
the resources of u ur noble art 1 ~i«fi 1
J ^
! ' h( , fitun|i „i,„' • v :„ 0 or
two afciit t!„. rorn>** %vlii.-l« will «ccm to
xpn "ion -f tin motion of tbe |
!,»*i r t » uf t !»<• 'i t " "
ne.uL» ui ni» • ' "e
"To lighten the gloom, it. a eertain
sans-'. I suppose." said Mr. OU.
'' ITci'idly ' Lighten the gloom Do |
not inouru over the departed, but rather
|„Ue a joyous view of death, v.Uel., «fier
n m ( u Wt . n . | >u * ...
j 1 ' j if ' Tin rL-f«>r«- I I
; ,r ' u ** L 0 ; l r m liltrilun, I
ot would nd.'lJf V"U to touch tho heart
in h tritiL*M of thu ufllieti*«! With a tender hand,
. i f »r iiM-mo© to divert t » . i »
n,, .' or. m t.imu,, to uiicrt tk ir
miml» from the contemplation of the hor
rors t)f tho tomb.
M •* 1t..f r *iîn fr«»i.nK***nond«nev 1 mi »none
Um- , , tjf, ,h, dr lb, nei.M i, ' PF
No 1 nnu 'I u 11 « • ;, i i
j " d list So . And tit tbo same Unto com
nud j bine elevating m nttnieltt with Mt-prae
, infurnmtion us vou ©•m obici'i from
the , ',! .. ' * ,* ,
| ,,lc aaVertuciuout. 1 urow a giainogr ol
in poesy, for instance, over the common.,
pluco details of everv-day life of tho de
, j I'eople are fond of minuta de
m 1 . . c f , lU .,.p u , f „.
acrtplt n l-u t. ,u ! tuts pur
I po»« may be obtained from the man who
trings tho notice In the office ; other, you
„lay readily supply front your i longiert
I tion **
! •• I'D throw off »lu.ua.,» said Mr. Ott,
j " in »uch a manner that people will want
I their fiicticf » to diu for the sako of the
noi trv "
; " »«» 'r«"** '••»î«'**
' " triku ft bright view of the matter ahvay».
j Make thu sunshine of smiles burst through
j, lu t 0 f ttm l if wu don't
„take lha " Morning Glory" hum around
! among th„ mourners of this town, n.y
name U not liriuttner' 1 '
Ho was rifflit It did hum.
Tho next day Bamington Ott wenf on,
doty, and Brimmer ran down to the sea
shore for a breath of fresh air. All'
through the day dcath-uoticoi canto pour
Ing in, and, when one would roach Ott,
he would »cito it aud study It up to ns
certain particulars Then ho would rush
I tality ©i;tii
• unco hoc
' til»' Cull Vi V ID'''' *■!' tll-lt
■
- pu! -hr:,! r
Ill t
than in itif-oioati fatty , tit. r fiitt !.
- ■ ill -it,tog I!, ■ largest supply
; great,- t numb r of suH
tin- j"it: :i .1
w J ..t
î set iLc î 1 *
' Si Mr.
I Would, :,
! nil
1 *i i » it tn »
1,1 t XJu l
»1 ft : : ; î i : î 1 t L :t t ho
it!, :» t utt y fit f, cu -
-;tu try p »* ! for a short time,
urj < • Iu ffivc him pLnnatu tit
l' riI V'"
cntployiM
ill" J.l.iti r.v'im l tu t liir
itii t!
A " ui liiii'l v Id* «••nl ! *r !
Mr. lb'Diinctuu Utt. •*>iii»trti>*t**r »»f vt*r
»LtriliiPcl t
«.«. who ha 1 f,
jn .'iitly
the columi. '
f what
1
1
poems
•rt-d I • f.»!»ti liuti« 1 1 lid on l
| be the »
up iliira, leck liimacU in bis room, tike 1
down hi« rhyming dictionary, run bis fin- i per,
gera through hia hair, and buck away i;alf (
au hour at n piece of paper until lie con- |
•idcred that he had that poetry in a shape
which would moke the Mriekeo family 1
feel proud of the corpac. When Ilia day's
work was done Ott went home with n eon
riction tli.at the " Morning Glory" lind i
finally robbed death of it* terror*, and j
made life comparatif! j' valuclrii.
In the morning Mr. Olt proeeodud !
enlinly to tlio office for the purpose of cm-I
balniing in sympathetic versés the memo- l ft'a
riea of their departed ones. As lie came I
near the cstablisliuient bo observed a|
crowd of fivo or six thousand people in ;
front of it struggling to get into the door, not
Clitnbing a tree lie overlooked the crowd, pent
and poqla see within the office tho clerks
selling papers na fast as they could handle soon
tbcni, while the tuob pushed, and jammed
and yelled, in frantic effort* to obtain
com. s-thn presses,» the cellar mean- thii
while clanging away like mad. I'pon the
curbstone tn front of him there was tl ,| ie
line stretching down lha street fq t Mr j
sqnares, each man engaged tn reading the „',
" Morning Glory « uh an earnestness Sm
that Mr. ( It had never before seen dis- ,
played by the patrons of ,I,at sheet. The „„j
bard concluded that either Ills poetry hud Tllu
I "! ue,, f d a chord ";p r°P- is
! I l oeeijrred in !" " PP ! 7 T 1
° CCUrred "" m ° 'I ,,ar '* r ° f ,1,c !
' 11. went around to the back of the of
fiec and as. ended to the editor, »I room. 1,a
V the »»m-tum lend ,,0,
.voies were honni w » 1 1 n n. Mr OU de
' . , , . . ,t , t
ternr.m I to ascertain tip* cause heforo cn
, h ». • i » • , , i*o
term*? ilf <iM tin» 'I \ finir m»!, i)inriri£
,v * * , , .il r
it by the m Ic door, ho mounted and peep
' ' uV ' r through the transom
There rat .Î Alfn 1 Hriminer, h'dding i
in both hands.
,rl " 1 '' 11,0 fl ' in B c win,-h grew in
. î«.-! t.i
' s<-nil>le a gignnlic gun-awa'i.
uf liiin *ny ;
"My name is Metlluc, sir—William
Melîluc! lam brother of the late Alex
nndi-r Mctiluc. I picked up your paper
this nioruing ami perceived an ntiiraceau«
insult t > my dccrascd relative, mi l Î have
conte around to demand, sir, what you
m-au by tin following iufuniuus language:
is
his
;
,
1
T1..S ,s simply diabolical! Mv Into hru
theT bad no wait iipon his nose', neither u
I ink wait, not a green wart, nor n cream
, ! v, art, nor a wart uf any olh-r 1
,- -I", It i. « »lender. It is a gratuit..«
insult to my family. -,.d ! distinctly want
you I«; «ay what you .tail by sgeb con
duct i
1 , -ii!- ..i.
*• Heallv* »aid Biimmor, ** It i
- ,,,, . ., . ,, , . 11
» lh, f ,s ''°J r ' We , u
an incendiary miscreant, «lion, 1 trusted (
a, a brother lie shall be puu.sbej by ,,he
, "'J 0 ,"'' b ' md fu . r ,!l,s ra ,j;; •> P'f •
I , A " f "'' 1 , Mr n :, ' vf "' ' ! ,c , ' 1 " nr, l ,ld "
«"""J™,'- tka 1 eu!Tt ' r fjr,l " s; 1,0 «»'"0 j
M 'S
1 " ,low could ' know ' murmured Ott, |
' ',' ut , ! hcro *7. 1 ' i " , ' ,<dr ' " ' l,at , *h« eorp-e j
' 1,aJo ' a I'" 1 , 1 ; "; ,rt ? '. . U! ".' 1 ' u knuw "!
man named Met.Iuu, au, lo find one an 1
1 L tboepht all the Met.Iu * linn. 1 hl» I
e ... Vf irr, gula.iti. . iu families" j
.. And whoi said another man, add res*-1
in»? the . lit »r. " nutliorixcd y«u to print i
| this bMeou» »tuff about my »lccca«o»l ».mV I
lit) you moan U> say that it was not with ;
J . • t ; 1 '
y«ur authority that yonr low comedian
J«--rlcl « H > „> y adver tls. meut «!,-■ f-d
| lowing .caiiJaluU. buile-pie . Listen *° I
Hus:
- Willie hul a purple monkey , limbing mi a
-tick
I I An-l wh.u !»»• -o !.. ! tk jMi.it all utr, it mad ;
I I 'm, .l. uth! v *1» k
Vtl(| jn j lulll> j,,. , 1 ,\ * 1 . -„„ke*
inlii^hml
» \ {1 1 1 „I ,, it , - t-rtli ml rent into n I • t- *
Ant \i •
1 i l
t»!., no moi .■ 'lu II shoot Id« netcr w f.li hi« little
wuod-u ismi ; •
Audio.).. he'll lui.Mlio pus-;'« tail, and
( j„.;k hrr wnvl for ion.
The puss,., si.. stands out straight; the
guu n laid «*ide : J
The monkey doe*n t jump around, -iiiee little
, Willie died.
ol . .
Ihc utlcry a troeiuu, ehnraet.rof
tbls balderdash will appear when 1 say
thaï W illioni was tweutv-yeurs old ; that
, | 10 „ever bad purple monk. y on a sti -k -,
, , . » ck ,1 su 1, -i 1 hin- ■ tlmt
bat be tuur »utk. I su, I. a tl in , that
he never fouled «.111 cals.! that be
dieel of liver complaint "
"Infamous! utterly Infamous !" groan
Ud tic editor, as be cast his eyes m'.-r the .
lito-s. " And the wretch who did this
«till live* ! It is too iitu. li !"
" And yetwhimpered Ott to liinm-lf* '
"j ' ^ w*'". *" '
«liocr ihc atllieted futmly with the r*'s»)ur
cc* of my art; and 1 certainly thought
the idea about the monkey would have
: that' cflc.l, wmebow. Somehow. It i* .
n.y ungrateful."'
' dust then there «ra» n knock at the
! door, and n woman cutered, crying.
on, " Are you the editor?" .be inquired of!
sea j Brimmer 1
All' *• W^-wcll,*? she said* in a voice bro- j
ken hy '.obs, " why, what d'you mean by !
• publishing this kind of poetry ub-bout I
ns- ! Johcny't M-my name is Sui-mith, and j
I wlt-whco l |oo];cfi Ibis ui-morning for tho |
And
tilt; •' Moruilli?
I ! lory"
Wli.
»cnit*
f Li.'* bul l Lead
I
nr
She
Utt heard one
{
" The lie )!h
•;< ' »mult- A l» \ ,udi r Mt (.Hue,
! roira-t. I ..
,t thi'kcd e h î r t mid a NuiiDtt X ;»:■•
II
An 1 ! h-»d;t j.in!; wart
No d u! i he in hupjiier dv
Ovt r Ihe
lliv fiicn !•
hi/» nose.
dlittff
bjure,
the ever jfi-w
I that hi t ftir.i
• info
ivt ly ut (jimrter p.i-t four.
Pi
!
i
1 notice of Johnny!* <1-death in y-yonr pi
i per, I saw this awful, wicked v-v'erio : | face
( •• P«* doctor» tackled Johnny fimHk- I
| They Mistered aud they bled flifo; j
With sou ills and anU*bÏÏl»oua pill« j
ti*" »liiT i tu , j
1 And trEd to move I.!» liter : '
Uni all in sain—nil little rant ,
i Woo »a|M o'er tbe rlrtr." lion
j •• It*a false ! false ! that's what it ia. | °f
Johnny only bad one doctor. And they | If
! didn't try to lu-movc Ilia liver, nud they l°
didn't Id-bleed him lii.i} bl-blister bim
ft'a a wicked falsch cod'd lid yen're a hard
hearted brute f-f-for printing It!"
" Madam I ab»!l go craiy if you eon
; tinuc," exclaimed Briuimor. " Tbia is
not my work. It is tbo work of a ser
pent whom I warmed in tuy boloji, and
whom l will sUy with tuy own hand as
soon as he comes in. Madam, (lie mis
crible outcast Shall die!"
..Staange-atrange !" mused Ott. "And
thii m ,„ ? old me ° t0 oom bi.o elevating
„(.„liment with practical information. If
,| ie information concerning thesquillannd
j no , practical, I hiv. miaunder
„', ood qsc 0 J lhst fford . And if young
Sm - |th didn q lltTC fo.r doctors jt was an
, lutrogo . oug | lt , 0 h «(t j|, cm ,
„„j t g ougbt t " | uv0 excited his liver
Tllu , L'j, t £ oug | (t Ott, ■■ tbit human life
is sacrificed to carele.çgess.' 1
1 At this junr'urc the sheriff entered, hi.
! brow clothed with thunder. II« had a
«W. " M«* 1 »« «««jr*' in hl *
1,a ! ,d '. »I« appro.ol.e4 the editor, and,
,,0, .V hat" 1 ,^, 0 °» "k^y of my
, ,, *
woe. anu tell uic tue name of the writer,
, , ...*,,
i*o tli nt I can chastise in in.
, r ,,
The edit r ree l as follows :
i
will,
this
I
mao
my
for
wo
the
on
We have lost onr little Hannah in
very
painful In inner
asta-d, " How run tier liat.h suf* j
ÄtÄl riporlcil fier aunt go. ! .
, 1(l ,ui,rii-l. I tbe
Wiili ih> grid ilmi slw supported, for It made j
la - it-cl forlorn. j
• her Cither who 1 ,,li
I
If
consequence of this infamy 1 ; t^
withdraw all the couuty advertising from |
A man who could trifle in i
aim r with the feelings of n parent
is # *avngc an 1 a icouadrcl !"
\s the sherilt went out, lit immer placed
his head upon the table au l groaned. p
"Renliv." Mr Utt reflected, "that
; person must be deranged. 1 tried in his
case to put myself in his phtco, and to
1 write ns if 1 was mio uf the family, nc
curding to instructions. Thu versés nre
beautiful. That allusion to tho grief uf
u her auttl parti-iilarly, s.-emed to tue to be
von lia; : y It expresses violent emotion
1 will, a t -dkithms eombinaliud of .waetm-.s
and farce. These ,.« -rdu have no soul -
no appréciation of the beautiful art." ,
While tile poet mused, hurried ** C P* !
weru It curd uihju thu ©tuir», ou I in «1 mo
. »1 » 1 . 1 , î „I,
.„out a nil' lle-nirod man »lashed in ah- »
. 11 , . ■ .» 1
rublly. and, seising Rr.mmei . scatfred
( ha lr , l-omu-l bis pro.trate bead
,,he table three er four time« w i.h onus d
• -rahle force. Having expended the uo
" k-ncc of In. -'loot,on in this manner, he |
j held the editor, bead down w.ib one
hand, .baking it occ.stou.lly by way o
| einphasia, and with tb* other l.*nfi »cued
j ,bi/paper and «aid:
"! "V«f o-J reprobate. Yot,
1 unsy.npalle-tic ml disgusting vampire
I You hoary-IteaiLii uld ghoul. "hat
j d>1l mené by putting such stuff a, this
in your vile »bed about my deceased son
i What d you mean By printing »well awful
I .|o-fr**rt-l a* tl.i«* you depravd nml U»^,
; lut»: ink-«lingor vinbcc»*o old »jui.l-.
' , c v |
drtver, yo
■nl, :
*° I wll ". r 'è 'th* lluîi.t K-lswa l-u.*, and th. vo-d
,. ,i,mer
a And He -, I; .,ddle-l,n r -. I, unhle around
>■. ilmt iu winter. wli- u Hu* *«*•«• and the >lu*h. i
; Ihn . *. M-r-d hi - Ut ImW 1.» I. '
Hi, Lrutlui AMi-iims • an k*»» *»ut w nil J.»nc
And vi it f.u- p'- « with hii fled
.... . , , , , > ... . lril |,
t- * *' 1 - vou ;'h ul Mr.nldii.- |
lhu*»s! HI instruct >•<*« about slush ! Ill
i l *tift'»liten vour insane old intidhet on the
~ ■ . Wi i«„ln. r\ior* ' \YI.»r
• Mibjeet of «ttiKitlff woodpuktr». ^ Hat
y-m know about dann and Arten...,
lU Yvrctclmd buecnnotT. von doBpirahlc
the • , ,, f |.;„„|i,h language! (ir, out
J .. , ,, VM1I nll . „ '
wtth n »b*d . I H carry you u III a
Itenrae, before I'm dun« with you, you do
. „1 ,t,t,, lunalic !" j
! (|ft | lc visilor
r ,
gate llu- c, i, -t » •■; ' • ' 1 " '
-, gainst tbe laid -, W b.-n ihc cxere.se «as
ended Mr Brimmer explained mid ap„l
„.anner, promis
be r -t I»"" «
1 a" B * 'ht* same tut 1 P
a chance tu pummel ' B.
the . "The treachery of the man" murmur
this e, 1 the poet, "is dreadful Didn I he dc
f»iro me to throw a plamour of poetry over
' cmnniouplaco detail«? Hut f«>r that 1
' T"
woodpecker »ml bug« nud other ihildrcn
of nature. The man objects fn (he r„
murk »bout the »led. Can't tho idiot
i* . know that it was necessary to have a '
rhyme for bed? Can h# supposa that l ,
the could write poetry without rhymes? The
man is a lunatic! He ought not to bo at
of! Urge!" , ,
1 Hardly had fl» indignant and cncrg*tie
bro- j parent of Bartholomew departed, when a
by ! man with red hair, and a forocion* glare
I i n hia eyes, entered, carrying * club and
and j accompanied by a savage lookiog dog
tho | "I want to see the editor, be ihoutcfi.
And we «#f »*•
Wli.
a* «nrh î Htilefcvt.11 h, Ik
ii sheriir.
She
•ui to cure if Lu never fit:;ilea
lU'rtlly dm:
t
hu|*c to lic.ivtu, nt the curly
li
wc
K
ttjjc of Seven
{ F u tient I durti off >t eleven. ) where she'll
never mure have jmin.'
•As
yuur paper.
* u r M * . . 7" j "'t
mid'lle-njrotl man »lashed in ab- »,
A ghastly pallor o'orspread
face and lie saidV
"Thc.aditor i* mrlm."
""ell, when will be be Hi?!
••No! for a week—a month—a ym t
forever! lie will
more!" screamed llriii.in-r. "He Ihm
gun* to Mouth America, with the intea
lion of remaining there during the liaUnee
°f hia life. J}e lia* departed—In-ba„ Hmi
If ï ou *•!,» *o ace him yon had Imiter l«l
l° w b' m to the equator, lie will be glad
*® c D'"- I would advise t
friend, to taka the u»xt boat and
HrimnMr'a
na, ■* a
■t*rt at
unco.
"That ia unLrtuuato,.',' aa.fi fi.c
will, Ibc golden I.M-k» ; "I called fin the
purpose of batlaring him up • let r witb
this club." •
"Ho will bo sorry," raid Brimmer.,
aaiwiticalv ; "He will rrgrvt it.l.aing you:
I will write to him, an! meutiiilt (bit y»a
dropped in."
"My name ia MuFaJden," «ail the
"I came to break tho bcaJ of •
min
mnn.
mao who wroto that obituary poetry about
my wifo. If you don't tell iija ^h»» par
petrated the folio win I'll brealt y'*ur«i
for you! Whore'« the tutu w!»j wroto
this? Pay attention:
"Mri. kjcKnddeft has foae from thl* IHb ;
.She has left ujl i|s sorrows and caret ;
She caught the rueuiuatlsm ia troth of her legs
While scrubbing the rdllkr hfaira..
They put mustard plaster* upon hèf in radu,
They bathed her with whiskey and run*;
But Thursday her spirit departed and left
Her body entirely uuntb."
"Tho »lave who held the Into Mm. Mo*
Faddcn up to tho »con; «fut} unsypathetic
wo f |d i; r t|j#t »l^o^jnf? matmer,-- said the
editor, "is nntiicu tteiuiugton OfèV itîî
hoard« iu llank »treet. fourth door from
the corner. 1 would n.lviao you to call
on him, and nvengu Mrs. >leKudduu*»
wrongs with a judicious intermisturo of
elub ali i dog bites,
. ' .1™* •««*»•
tbe door, is the man who toi I me todt
vert Mi-Eaddcii's mind from f-uiti-mpln
tion of the horrors of the tomb.
,,li * W»"»*«' w h-> co.;i|s J.-d |- } i- • mnko
the sunsliina of M -E.id-l-n'k ■-nil «" IJi-is,
through the Icmprst of McFadden'« lea té!
If that sorc-hcadcu monster soul-lu l smile
over that allusion to ohiskoy nul rum: if
those remarks ufiout tbe rheumatism in
lier legs could not divart his min I from
t^ lc horrors of tin- t-'iul*. vv-,s it my f.,u!' ?
Mel'addon growl» . II ■ knows n ' m-iro
about the poetry ihm asp -:l-l -uitio
knows about the ? i 'rt r Catechism. '
I'* 19 P" 1 '! detcruru.-l tj l .ivo before
"».V further criticism- w re male upon his
p- rforiitanees. II ju tipod d-,wn from hia
chair nnJ crept softly toward llie back
staircase. Arriving at tho lauding, lis
suddenly encountered Hi i mn -r, who wa*
moving off in the same dir eti-m. Thu
editor had hardly ..-mgh to utter a
prufauc .jo uLti , and to lift hi, hand! li,
Urtkc the |>uet, t.u.-ii «„old lad
poke-bootiet and silver -poetarlo.au
emerged from tbo ami pinned
lie editor ., tl.a wufi w. I, the f.rul-of
, her umbrella. A fier grind in g h.r lee.l,
! her"weapni^ .. ' "
, r . . , , #
prostrate form, «ho extracted n '»f
» . . . ** '
the ' Morninir Glory from Iter hair, and.
(0 -, h , „./„b;,,,;
lo r „„., it nlouJ
jjj M) It ran iu this fi.hion :
|
an j <0|1 |t| ||lat v Tl|k „ th . 1L -
-' , • ,» ' ....
| vuu sorniut ! O, v«»u y<»u williitou» win
é, you, tryit.' to break alone widder *
heart with *uch scand'lu. lie. as then.'
There, you williu ! 1 keiiiuicro to bamd
\..u well with Ibis hero umbrvllcr
, ^ i<kl . | n -i||i n- v ,„ „„dacioua winor
i J , .. V r
' \ t i' k ° !' '« ' , ' ?"* L? 1 * 0 * ,tt *
docent, dn*gU»tlti wa^ah 'iio ! U li«il yun
ktiow well enough that Aleck «ever hu l
n,i l'nl,- J.rrv u „ 1 „ , r |, .,i llA
| u v N, n.vr lud uo tioolo
in u • **.■■}>ukdirc auyliuw, you wile wrutch
you."
' While »ho nuurd ! the editor llm
! / » U 'V; ! 1,111
groped ht« i way down .MW* aud .merged
tram t lit: front door. h«*ti Bri miner*»
employee* dragged away AleXStlder's
' »»ratid-i? it .*nt and ctirriod h *r «.t r,.rv«rli..^
- k W,]!|
tittel »creaming down tbe slrc-.-t, ihc çiltbiT
j sent for a carriage and was taken hn'mo ,u
bed. from when,ic he arose u weak lalerr
earI , . ,| o,.
-, |,,-r lino of Itilts ,rv t r • ,
pariuit um.ilur line of "hit wry po-try to
, nt,-r the columns ,,f the -Murniiig
Glory.'' Max Adeler, in tbe Now YurS
--I,',,. „..1,." fvl t
IL» Mvmrs Don't spit-m t he floor,
' °u t s|tt at nil, if you can help It. Dont
Inuu hi li your nu:: r.< «ir .out ; don t »it
1 with ymr feet higher than your head i
> J- >» dçi|*t cloail
your nose, curs or teelh In I l,c prctcnc* of
other: ; dot, t eat with your knife; don't
a ' blow your no., at the table i don t m.lj
l , stpp.ug tea or ca.tng soup a vomil .xe f ;
cm ; don t cat f«»t, don t drop orangu
at P cc * or peach »kin on the side walk ; dou*|
(»»"rtipt other* in con veru tion ; don't nsfi
P»ofaoc language; doO t whtoparfactor*
a or at concerta ; don t pull oui jour wot«V
in church ; dou t »leep In atoceb—natot
tho inmUtor I* »»loop ; don I ran fa Mt,
but Ryon do, don t » rg»t to pay ; don't
borrow yonr neighbor* newspaper.
h was
y m u
I'Jenlv
... .... . ... m y. » .. W II
1 neutiii^ lu rseif ^ t» hii
prostrate form, t*ho extraete»! i
», §<M , .
''Little AI«X(
•h r « dead :
him a coffin :
lion t have an pood a cltanc«
Fur a full ral Olten.
Kush his body right around
To the PciiH'tcn :
Prop him iu the sepulchre
Ic Jerry."
Wilh hi* t
At the end »»f every lino the tndtsrnntit
eon-pteror punched the fallen Brim u r's
rib* with h r umbrella, and vxclaiiii»*ft :
• O y»»u williu! I» v*.u hear that,
wretch ! What d'y
y..U
by writiu «»f
mean

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