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Vol. III., No. XXXVI. CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1887._Price 3 Cents
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SEPTEMBER 7. 1887
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' FARMERS AND THE ELEC
TIONS
Copied from Aui. Farmer of Baltimore.
As the fall elections are near a
few words may not l>e out of place
in your paper. I am aware that you
abstain from political discussions.
It is certainly no part of your duty
to champion the cause of cither par
ty, au 1 you might err in even show
ing a preference; but as an agricul
tural journal, published in the inter
est of the farming community, I con
ceive it to be your duty to direct the
attention to the important bearing
these elections have upon our inter
ests.
This important subject is too
much neglected. Farmers complain,
and justly, that the landed industry
is made to bear more than its share
of the expense of government. The
inequality of taxation is dwelt upon
with great earnestness, aud yet the
persons ’who talk most about this
great injustice arc the last ones to
discover a remedy, or at least to ap
ply it. They act as if there was no
remedy, when it is within easy
; reach.
The citizens of each county will
i soon choose persons to represent
them at Annapolis; and in the se
lection of these persons consists the
key to the whole matter. If we are
indifferent in regard to the selection
of our law makers, how can we ex
pect to have proper laws? If the
taxpayers allow the politicians to
name the men who compose our leg
islature, what right have they to
grumble at the result of tlte work
done? It we do not attend to our
own business, who will do it for us?
The politicians will not—they are
looking out for themselves, and are
ever aieri 10 auvauce uieir own in
terests, which are generally at vari
ance with ours, and they generally
succeed. They have brought the
political machinery to such perfec
tion that they are enabled to desig
nate with almost unerring certainty
the men who are to be nominated,
long before their credulous dupes
are notified to assemble at the vari
ous voting places, ostensibly to
choose the nominees, but in reality
to ratify the commands of the boss
es. And what are we to expect from
men thus selected? They may grant
us such favors as are not inconsist
ent with the course mapped out for
them, but when confronted with
questions involving a conflict be
tween their political bosses, backed
up by the individual and corporate
wealth of the State on the one band,
and the inactive and unorganized
farmers on the other, they will not
long hesitate in coming to a conclu
sion.
Now we have our remedy, and it
is simply to elect proper men to rep
resent us; and the first and most
important step towards accomplish
ing this, is to see that proper men
are nominated. Without a nomina
tion there can be no election, and
our present method of nominating
candidates is the most complete
farce imaginable. The leaders, re
lying upon the tenacity with which
voters cling to the antiquated and
absurd tenet of “sticking to your
party,” concern themselves only
about gettiug the men of their
choice nominated, secure in the be
lief that party fealty will insure
their election.
There never was a more miscliiev
ous maxim advanced than this of
“sticking to the old party,” at least
as practiced at the present time. It
may have served a good purpose in
years long passed. Formerly these
primaries may have afforded the
people«au opportunity of voting for
men of their own selection, but if so,
it was before my day. If each party
would get the names of their best
men on the tickets, we would hear
little said about “sticking to the
party,” because there would be no
inducements to not stick, but under
our present method of making nom
inations that is impossible, and we
are compelled cither to adopt some
other system, or vote for inefficient
and unsuitable persons, or commit
that unpardonable shi of “splitting
the ticket;” and even this latter
will not suffice to get what we want,
as it would require about a dozen
average tickets foiu which to select
in order lo sret one irood one.
It is this "clinging to the oid
party” that has checked the advance
of every contemplated improvement.
Men will taik about and work for
some pet scheme with great earnest
ness and zeal, and will spend time
and money for its advancement; but
just as soon as an opportunity is
presented of accomplishing some
thing‘practical by the ballot, they
are prevented by theory of “stick to
your party.”
It is just the same with the farm
ers. We grumble about the situation
and talk loudly about a change. We
assemble in annual c inventions and
discuss our grievances, pass high
sounding resolutions about the no
bilitv of our occupation, denounce
the laws under which we live as op
pressive, demand a more equitable
svstem of taxation, and a great
t many other things, and before the
next election takes place, tliecntliu
siasm has subsided, and the same
old party loaders are allowed to
make ftp the tickets, both of which
contain the names of men who can
be depended upon to vote as their
masters direct.
It may be asked, how are we to
bring about a change and get better
nominations? I answer, by adopt
, iug the suggestions contained in a
resolution passed by the fanner s
club of Cecil, which was substanti
ally this: “That, if neither of the
existing parties nominate a good
ticket, the citizens of the county, ir
respective of party, assemble in con
vention and place before the people
the names of men who are deserving
of support.” It is the height of
folly to continue longer in the pres
ent course.
There is not a business firm in
the State that would retain in its
service incompetent persons simply
because of political considerations.
The stockholders of railroads and
banks would laugh at the sugges
tion of entrusting the management
of their affairs to men whose only
recommendation was that they wore
identified with a certain party, and
why should the taxpayers and stock
holders of the State of Maryland act
with less wisdom?
We are as much interested in
the selection of our representatives
as they are, but we don’t want the
same class of men. The subject of
taxation will occupy a good deal of
the attention of our next legislature,
and it is well known that there is a
wide difference between the views of
farmers and capitalists in regard to
it. We want our taxes reduced by
making them pay their fair share,
whilst they of course will endeavor
to have things remain as at present.
Hence it is important that we send
representatives to the legislature
who have settled eonvictions upon
this subject, and who have firmness
I enough to resist all temptations to
abandon them.
We want men who have intelli
gence enough to comprehend what
1 is needed, and who are not under the
control of bosses, and who have hon
esty enough to resist all efforts at
! bribery. L. S.
Cecil co., Md., Aug. *25, 1887.
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USE OF PAPER IN BUILDING.
It Can Be Molded, Stamped, Cut, Nailed
and Easily Handled.
Following are extracts from pa- J
pers read at recent meetings of the
Illinois State Association of Archi
tects on the present and prospective
uses of paper as material for build- j
ing, finishing-and decorating purpo- j
ses:
When the model cheap house
shall he finally evolved it is proba
ble that paper will enter largely into
I its construction. We already use
the material for outside weathering
and for insulation within. It has
become standard wall decoration in
the house. It often keeps out the
cold of winter and the heat of sum- j
mer. In floors it cuts off the pass
j age of sound, and no material hotter
serves for ice-room walls.
If the fastest passenger trains
i
thunder across the continent on pa
per wheels, exposed to storms, winds
and changes of temperature, why
may not the same material easily
lend itself to use in the construction
of our houses? While already used
for siding, it seems not to have been
thought of for shingles, floorings,
architraves and many kinds of con
structive ornaments. It will stand
the climate under even the severest
tests, and wili scarcely need paint
ing more than pine, anil it can be
decorated to the designer’s fancy. It
can be molded, stamped, cut, nailed,
and handled more easily than any
material we now have.
As in exterior use, so within; each
part may be paper; and sometimes
the wall and ceiling, plain or orna
mental, in relief, the bases, the ar
chitraves, the mantels, even the
doors themselves, will be made of
paper. Recent accounts have been
received of the French use of paper
as complete doors and complete pi
ano cases. The material for this
purpose is very highly spoken of.
Remember that paper, like wood,
may be treated with paints for orna
ment or preservation.
bconomiealiy eonsiuereu. tiie iree
use of paper for lining walls and the
double thickness of glass in windows
will in a very short time pay large
dividends in the saving of fuel. Oue
architect claims for an eight-inch
wall, properly lined with paper, a
greater resistance to the eold of
winter and the heat of summer than
is obtained from a wall built sixteen
inches in the old method.
Another speaker, in prophesying
the future development of such a
material as paper, remarks that we
| class a great variety of substances
under the general name of paper,but
his main idea is a flexible sheet made
of vegetable or other fibre, which
lias been reduced to a pulp and then
spread out and pressed and dried.
Its most obvious qualities are:
1. Continuity of surface. It cau
be made iu rolls of almost any width
and length. It is flexible, or by glu
ing layers tog*ethcr may be made
stiff. It will stop the passage of air
because there are no joints.
2. It has no grain like wood, and
will not split.
3. It is not affected by change of
temperature, and hence has an ad
vantage over sheet metal as roofing
material.
4. Whereas in its natural condi
tion it is affected by moisture, it
may be rendered water-proof l»j' sat
urating with asphalt or by a variety
of other treatments.
5. It is a non-resonant and well
fitted to prevent the passage of
sound.
6. It is a non conductor of heat.
7. It can be made of incombusti
ble asbestus, or rendered firc-resist
ing by chemical treatment.
We can therefore produce large
sheets flexible or stiff that will not
conduct sound, heat or cold, and
that will prevent the passage of air,
moisture and fire.
Paper pulp is now made of such
a variety of substances, each with
its special qualities, that it is reas
onable to suppose that we have not
yet reached by any means the limits
of its usefulness us a building mate
rial.
By combining paper pulp with
other substances and solidifying the
mass by pressure we may produce a
material that will replace wood for
many purposes, and the ease with
which it may be made into sheets of
any width and thickness that will
not warp or shrink from heat or
cold or dampness indicates the su
periority of this material.
The commercial success of the
paper cottage will depend upon the
discovery of some very cheap mate
rial for the pulp, and also a cheap
process for compacting the same and
rendering it waterproof. It would
seem that there was wood enough in
the country to make qheap pulp,but
no compound has }'0t been placed
upon the market t^at will fully
meet the above conditions. It is in
the line of American ingenuity aud
inventive skill, and will no doubt
soon reach a practical stage.
Paper may be used for the deafen
ing of floors. The hurling up of
matched flooring, when |applied to
wet mortar, has its disadvantages,
and when buildings must be finish
ed in a hurry the passage of sound
Uiav be Hfapitrwl l>»*
combined with mineral wood, with
out introducing moisture into, a
building already too damp'. Arch
itects, in the attempt to stop the
passage of sound, through floors and
partitions, try mortar and plaster, !
sand, ashes and concrete between
joints and on the top of them, paper !
and felt, mineral wood, air spaces, i
but who can tell how to stop the
most sound for the least money?
Another architect suggests that
something may be built in the fol- I
lowing mauner: The frames of the ,
houses to be of wood, the siding to !
be of building paper laid to break
joints and weather, the lower edges
to be cut into scallops, waving lines
or other shapes to suit. Around the
openings the paper to fasten into j
rabbits and the joints to be made I
tight. Tha roof is to be made much
the same way, leaving the effect of ,
tiles, shingles or whatever the de- I
signer may choose. Gutters, exte- I
rior architraves or other parts may I
be stamped or molded in paper- i
mac lie, some for ornaments and de- !
tails around porches, bay-windows, :
or to ornament exterior features. ,
The entire exterior may be either j
finished with spar varnish or other !
paint to make the same impervious 1
to weather and to decorate at the !
same time.
The interior features, even the ;
walls and ceilings of a house, to be
much the same as the outside and
decorated in much the same way. j
The floors thus may be made of stiff
pasteboard where carpets are used,
and it is possible even to leave them
bare, if finished with some spar var
nish or other preparation hard
enough to preserve them from the
ordinary wear and tear of the floors, i
All of the above may be done now,
and probably at a saving over the
usual methods. Of course the prac
tical application requires careful
and thoughtfiW investigation, but
perhaps there may be no need of
new material or condition not al
ready close at hand. It may not he
possible to make the sash, stairs or
blinds of paper at present, although
it would seem an easy problem to
solve.
t aper is practicable n*r an parts
of a house except the construction
details. A house thus built can be
erected quicker, cheaper ami in a
more cleanly manner, and moreover
fitter to live in, on account of the
absence of moisture. The decorators
have already shown that there is
more value than the constructional
one. and artists and architects are
obtaining some fine results.
When paper shall come into gen
eral use there will be no more
shrinkage, no more abuse of archi
tects for bad work, of mechanics in
the way bT imperfect joints. There
will be no more ugly nail boles or
other usual wood annoyances. There
will be no more patching or deafen
ing or trouble arising from the wet
floor and walls.
A quiet tongue makes a wise head.
HOW SUMNER WAS STRICKEN.
A Pen-Prcture of a Scene that Startled
and Angered the Nation.
John Hay and John Nieolav, in June
Century.
On the 22d of May, two days af
ter the speech (in which Charles
Sumner had excoriated Senator But
ler, uncle of Representative Preston
S. Brooks) Brooks entered the Sen
ate Chamber. The seats were ar
ranged in semicircles, with a railing
to separate them from a narrow lob
by or open space next the wall; a
broad aisle ran from the main door
to the desk of the presiding otlicer.
Mr. Sumner’s seat was in the outside
row next to the railing, at the sec
ond desk to the right from the en
trance and the main aisle. Occupied
with his work, Mr. Sumner did not
notice Mr. Brooks sitting across the
aisle to his left, and where in conver
sation with a friend he was manifest
ing his impatience that a lady seat
ed near Mr. Sumner did not take her
departure from the chamber. Al
most at that moment she propably
arose and went out, for quickly af
terward Brooks got up and advanced
to the front of Sumner’s desk. The
fact attracted the attention of Brooks’
friend; he was astonished, amid the
bitterness bf party feeling, to see a
South Carolina Representative talk
to a Massachusetts Senator. His as
tonishment was quickly corrected.
Leaning upon the desk and address
ing Sumner with a rapid sentence or
two, to the effect that he had read
his speech, that it was a libel upon
his absent relative, and that he had
come to punish him for it, Brooks
began striking him on the head with
a guttapercha walking-cane of the
ordinary length and about an inch
in diameter.
aurprisou, uunaea ana siunnea uy
the blows, Sumner’s first instinct
was to grapple with his assailant.
This effort, however, was futile; the
desk was between them, and, being
by his sitting posture partially un
der it, Sumner was prevented from
rising fully to his feet until he had
by main strength, in his struggles,
wrenched it from its fastenings on
the floor. In his attempt to follow
"Brooks they became turned and from
between the desks moved out into
the main aisle. By this time,through
the repetition of the heavy blows and
loss of blood, Sumner became un
concious. Brooks, seizing him by
the coat-collar, continued to strike
with his cane till Sumner, reeling
in utter helplessness, sank upon the
floor beside the desk nearest the
aisle, one row nearer the centre of
the chamber than his own. The wit
nesses variously estimated the num
ber of blows given at from ten to
thirty. Two principal wounds, two
inches long by an inch deep, had
been cut on the back of Sumner’s
head, and near the end of the at
tack Brook’s cane was shivered to
splinters.
There were perhaps ten or fifteen
persons in the chamber, and after
the iirst momentary pause of aston
ishment half a dozen started to in
terfere. Before they reached the
spot, however, Mr. Keitt, another
South Carolina member of ( ongress,
came rushing down the main aisle,
brandishing his cane, and with iin
preeat ions warning lookers on to
“let lam alone.” Among those has
tening to the rescue Mr. Morgan ar
rived first, just in time to catch and
sustain the Senator as lie fell. An
other bystander who had runaround
outside the railing, siezed Brooks
by the arm about the same instant,
and the wounded man was borne to
an adjoining room, where he was
eared for by#a hastily summoned J
physician.
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A SEASONABLE KECIPE FOR j
DEVILED CRAB.
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Leisure Hour.
For one dozen deviled crabs take
about eighteen hard shell crabs,
throw them into boiling water, into :
which about two tablesjioonfuls of
vinegar have been poured, boil swift
ly for about fifteen minutes. When
the crabs are cool pick them care
fully, removing every bit of the shell,
etc."; then add to the meat a heaped
cup of dried bread crumbs, a tea
spoonful of yellow mustard, two ta
blespoonfuls of neb cream, piece of
butter size oi an egg, ami sau, aim
pepper to taste. Wash the crab- 1
shells carefully and replace the mix
ture lightly; do not press it. Make
a light hatter ot the yolks of two
eggs, a little dour and seasoning; dip
in each crab, then sprinkle piente
ouslv with fresh cracker dust; have
remfv a deep pan filled with boiling
iard: drop in the crabs and fry them
to a rich yellow brown: eat hot.
The reports of the Holstein-Friesian
Cattle Association shows that 3,000
breeders are connected with it, and
that nearly 6,000 cattle are recorded.
The association requests the Leg
islatures of the several States to
enact laws punishing false registry
of animals.
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A fair exchange is no robbery.
FOR FARMERS.
It is said that the following prepa
ration applied to the surface will
prevent an}' rusting on plows or
any other metal surfaces: Melt one
ounce of resin in a gill of linseed
oil, and when hot mix with two
quarts of kerosene oil. This can be
Kept on hand and applied in a mo
ment with a brush or rag to the
metal surface of any tool that is not
going to be used for a few days, pre
venting any rust, and saving much
vexation when the time comes to use
it again.
In seeding down few farmers use
as great variety of seed as they
should. The consequence is that
meadows do not yield what they
might be made to, aud the pasture
or hay is less appetizing. The best
results of feeding are found by giving
a variety. More will be eaten and
with better appetite. Besides the
traditional timothy and clover there
are many perennials highly estemed
in Europe, but scarcely known to
most American farmers. It is good
sign for our farming that other gras
ses than those heretofore sown are
now receiving much attention.
It is astonishing how easily clover
is kept down by a little trampling.
Walking through it a few times in
one track while young makes a path
plainly visible for weeks or months
after. The grasses are much more
hardy, and on light soil seem to
thrive rather better for some tram
pling, as it presses the soil closer
about their roots. This is one of
the strong argument against pastur
ing clover. It is liked by all kinds
of stock when made into hay, but in
its early growth it has not nearly
so much sweetness as the grasses
whose roots run near the surface.
There is a difference in variety as
to the depth at which the young pota
toes will form and it is not entirely
due to the way in which they are
planted. The Early Rose class of
potatoes set near the surface. The
white varieties, such as White Star,
Burbank and St. Patrick, are deeper
in the soil. This makes the white
potatoes rather less liable to rot, as
the fungus which causes the disease
first forms on the leaves and then is
washed down to the tubers. Thus,
hilling potatoes is a partial protec
tion against rot, and is absolutely
necessary for Early Rose and other
kinds which naturally set near the
surface, and unless artificially cov
ered are very likely to become sun
burnt.
“Cigarette smoking is doing more
injury to the eyes than anything I
know of,” said an optician recentl}’
to a reporter for a newspaper. In
the same journal somebody gives
this advice about caring for the eyes:
Keep a shade on your lamp or gas
burner. Avoid all sudden changes
between light and darkness. Never
begin to read, write or sew for sev
oral minutes after coining from dark
ness to light. Never read by twi
light, moonlight or on clbudy days.
Never read or sew directly in front
of the light, window or door. * It is
best to let the light fall from above
obliquely over the left shoulder.
Never sleep so that on first awaken
ing the eyes shall open on the light
of a window. I)o not use the eye
sight by light so scant that it re
quires an effort to discriminate. The
momentyou arc instinctively promp
ted to rub your eyes that moment
stop using them. If the eyelids are
glued together on waking up do not
forcibly open them, but apply saliva
with the finger, it is the speediest
dilutant in the world; then wash
your eyes and face iu warm water.
A DARKY DIALECT SKETCH.
The Domestic Trials and Tribulations oj
Pottsworth. of Arkansaw.
Opie Read, of the Arkunmtr Trav
eler, ^ts well into negro nature in
the following sketch:
‘•Well, Pottsworth,” said the Gov
ernor, addressing an old negro whom
he met in the State House yard,
where the Traveler humorist wasen
joying a siesta at the time. “I heard
a pretty bad report about you the
other day.”
•‘Whut’s de folk beeu saviu’ erbout
me, Mars Simon? ’Pears like da
ain’t neber gwine ter let de ole man
erlonc.”
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1 uearu iuai you wui|iut<' uiui
wife several nights ago.”
•‘Say ycr did heah dat?”
•Yes.”
“Well, sah. I reckon it’s de.trufe.”
“You ought, to be ashamed of such
an outrage.”
“Hole, hole on, let us argy ’bout
dat, Mars Simon. Ever’body dat’s
eqnaiuted wid me knows dat I'se er
peaceable pussou. It’s knowd all
ober de ’inunity dat I’ll stan’ ter be
trod on er good many times *fo’ I’ll
show mer bristles. Folks has trod
me, sah; white and black has trod on
me, an’ den seed me git up-smilin
like er Christun; an’, sah, de thing
got ter be so pop’ler dat tner own
wife—nle wife o’ dis heah bosom
(striking his breast) thought dat she
couldn’ ’long ter good s’ciety lessen
she tried her han\ Well, sah, she
tried it, an’ furor laung time I didn't
pay no ertention ter her, but artcr
while I ’guntcr feel sorter ’noyed.
Hit me wid er wash-bo’d tutber day ,
—split dc bo’d, an’ it cost er quar
ter—an’ it hu’t me, sah, it did, but
I ’lowed ter merse’f dat I better not
pay no ’tention ter her. Shortly af
ter dat I come home one day sorter
libely. 1 wa’n’t drunk, Mars Simon,
sw’ar ter dc goodness I wa'n’t, bdt
somehow she didn’t look at it in dat
light. Wimin is cuis dat way. Doan
know whether ver hab noticed it er
nht, but it is er fack. Whut ycr
reckon dat lady done, Marso Si
mon?
“Gave you a forcible piece of her
mind, I suppose.
“Huh, ef dat had been all I would
not er paid no 'tention ter hit. Tell
yer whut she done She waited till
I got ter sleep, den tied fie hard an’
fas' in de bed. ’Bout dc time she
got me tied good I woke up. ‘Look
yere, Flavy, whut yer doin’?' ‘Doan
’sturb yerse’f by tryin’ ter talk w’ilo
yer’s so sick, fur I’se erfecrcd dat it
mout hurt yer,’ she ’plied. She weut
ter er bar’l dat set in de corndcr,
tuck cut de carpet rags and de set
tin’ hen, fixed de hen on her aigs in
ernuder cornder, an' den ’gunter far
de bar’l to pieces. ‘Whut ycr ’stroy
in’ dat line piece er property fur Fla
vy?’ says I. She didn’ answer me
er tall, but,takin’ uponco’ de staves,
she cum upioder bed. ‘Ta kere, ta
kere,’ says I, fur I seecLde lady’s
plans. ‘Doan yer hit me wid dat
stave, fur yer do dar’s gwine ter be
some wool scattered roun’ dese yere
premisis.* ’Bout dat time ‘ker-bim'
she took me wid dot stave, an’, de
Law’d er massy, I thought I wuz
gwine ter burn up right dar in mer
own bed, dat cos’ me two dollars ami
er half. Wan,t no use to rare and
scotch, so I thought I’d try’suasion
—and da do say datl’se er fust rate
hau’ at dc mourner's bench. ‘O,
dear sister Flavy,’ I yelled, thinkin'
dat I’d hit her on <lo stranth o’ do
church, ‘let dis cup pass;’ ker-whack!
‘Oh, Sister Flavy, turn ver bright
min’ on dc day o’ dc politicos,.’ ”
“Did ihat cause her to desist?” the
Governor asked.
“Come ergin.”
“Did she stop?”
“Wall, sah, I kaint say dat sho
did tHl slie’d dun wore me bodacious
ly out. Oh. I thought I was gwine
ter melt right dar an’ run out on do
flo’, but I didn't. She got through
finally an’ went away on er visit ter
some o’ dc neighbors.
De uaixt thing I recollecks wuz
lyin’ dar wid de rope oil’. I didn’t,
say nothin, an’ Flavy nebor let on,
but I wuz longin’ ter git well crnutl’
ter han’lc de lady. Day afore yes
terday, while I wuz gwine criming
home, I found er hoop-pole. I took
it erlaung, sorter smilin’ to mersolf.
Flaw wuz out in de yard, an’ know
in’ dat I could outrun her f didn’t,
feel erfeerd.
“Whut yer doin’, Flavy?” says £
walkin' out ter wher she wiiz.
“•Countin’ de young chickens.*
says she.
“‘How is ver feelin’ dis ebening?’
“‘Honey.’ says I, ‘de doctor tells
me dat yer’s gettin’ too fat an’ dat
yer oughter take mo’ exercise like do
white ladies, an’ I ’eluded dat. I d
he’p yer take it.’
“•Oh, yer’s er good inan. Pott ‘
sa\'s she, ’an I’sc nlmo’ sorry dat I
whupped ye dc odcr day.’
•“Is yer, honey?’
‘“’Deed I is.’
“‘Sho, ’nuff?’
“Didn’t I tell yer Meed 1 is?’
“‘Oh, yer ’courages me so much.'
says I. ‘Honey, 1’se dun fetch dc
thing dat’ll gin yer de exercise.’
“ ‘Yer doan’ toll me!’
“‘I dfK*s fur cr fack.’
“Den I stepped fer dc cornder o’
de house whar I had lef de hoop
pole
‘“W’y, dat’ser funuv thing ter ex
ercise wid.’
“‘Ya*,’ says I, an’ ker whop I
wrapped it all eroun' her. She
made at me, but, hull, dat lady wuz
too fat ter ketch me. Kbery time
[ slieM try ter git outen de yard I’d
| fetch her er wallop, an* yer oughter
j hecred dat lady yell. Now ver
knows all erbout it. Mars Simon;
an’ lemine tell yer de lady sense in
kin’ dat dose er medicine is settled
down inter er right ’apectable ’oman.
Good-day. ’Bleegea ler yur fer yer
kine an’ p’lite ’tention, •ah.”
OUR FIRST MAIL SKRVK K.
Magazine of American History.
The fTrst record contained in our
colonial history of any kind of mail
service dates from 1677, when the
Court at Boston n|»|>ointed Mr. Jno.
Hayward “to take in and convey let
ters according t«» their direction.”
In 1810 parliament passed an uel
to establish a general post office for
all her Majesty’s dominions, includ
1 ing North Amerien. New York being
made the chief letter office of thecnl
| onies. The rate* of |wiatage for all
j letters aud packages from New York
to an)’ place within sixty miles wero
as follows Single letters, 4 pence;
' double, 8 ponce; treble. 1 shilling;
an onnee, 1 shilling and 4 pom-o.
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It is unlucky to see the new moon
for the first time through the bot
tom of a whiskey glass.