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Vl PVTISS STORY or TSIE TTSKST KESI3I2HxNSA
f ;: ' t BY THE PRESIDENT-' .I
i V (CONTINUED.) v ."
V It was, no dount, "a novelty, la, the
history of society to see. a great peo-
; tle turn a calm and scrutinizing, eye
. upon itself," as the people of. Amer-
v. lea had doner" "to see it carefully- ex
amine .. the' extent of i thel evil" - into
which ..disunion ' and disorder', had
brought it;, "patiently ;. wait- for two
. years until a remedy was. discovered;"
. and at last voluntarily, adopt a ; new
- Order and government "without, hav-r
Ing wrung a tear or a drop of' blood
. from mankind."
Overcome by - Responsibility.
- But Washington knew that the
j. praise deserved for such mastery and
self-possession" would be short-lived
enough if the new government should
i fail or be discredited.
It was the overpowering thought
-. that he himself would be chiefly re
sponsible for its success or failure
. that shook his nerves as he stood
. there at the beginning of his task;
- and no man of right "sensibility in
. that audience failed to like him the
' better and trust him the more im-
plicitly for his emotion.
'"It was a very touching scene."
wrote Fisher Ames, of Massachu
setts. "It seemed to me an allegory
in which virtue was personified as ad
dressing those whom she would make
her votaries. Her power over the
. heart was never greater, and the 11
lustration of her doctrine by her own
example was never more perfect."
Words of Appeal.
"I feel how much I shall stand In
;' need of the countenance and aid of
every friend to myself, of every
friend to the Revolution, and of every
lover of "good government," were
Washington's words of appeal to Ed-
ward 'Rutledge, of South Carolina;
and he never seemed to his friends
more attractive or more noble than
now.
Turns to New Duties.
The inauguration over, the streets
fallen quiet again, the legislative
business of the houses resumed, Wasb-
- ington regained his old self-possession,
and turned to master his new duties"
with a calm thoroughness of purpose
which seemed at once to pass into the
- action of the government itself.
Perhaps it was true, as he thought. ,
v tha he had been no statesman hith
. erto; though 1 those who had known
him, would have declared themselves
of another mind. He had carried the -affairs
of the Confederation upon his
own shoulders, while the war lasted,
' after a fashion the men of that time
were not likely to forget, so full of
energy had he been, so provident and
capable upon every point of policy.
His letters, too, since the war ended,
had shown his correspondents v-he
country over such an appreciation of
the present, so sure a forecast of the
future, so masculine an understanding
of what waited to be done and of the
means at hand to -do it, that they, at
least, accounted him ,their leader in
peace ho less than in war.
But statesmanship hitherto had been
- only incidental to his duties as a sol
dier and a citizen. It had been only
an accident of the Revolution that he
had had himself, oftentimes, to supply
the foresight and the capacity in ac
tion which the halting congress
lacked. He had had no experience at
all in actual civil administration. He
did not know his own abilities, or real
ize how rich his experience in affairs
had, in fact, been. He went about his
new tasks with . diffidence, therefore,
but with the full-pulsed heartiness) too,
. of the man who thoroughly trusts him
self, for the capacity at any rate of
taking pains. Statesmanship was now
his duty his whole duty and it was
his purpose to understandand execute
the office of president as he had under
stood and administered the office of
. general.
Need for Caution.
.He knew what need there was for
caution. This was to be, "in the first
instance, in & considerable degree, a
government of accommodation as well
as a government of laws. Much .was
. to be done by prudence, much by con
ciliation, much by firmness." "I walk,"
he said, "on untrodden ground. There
. is scarcely an action the motive of
.. which may not be subjected to 1 a
double interpretation. There is scarce-
ly any part of my conduct which may
not hereafter be drawn into prece
dent." - . ' ; .
But, though he sought a prudent
course, he. had no mind to be timid;
though he asked advice, he meant to
be his own master.
: . Washington had, no doubt,' a more
.; precise understanding of what the new
government must be made to mean
than any other man living, except,
. "perhaps, Hamilton-and Madison, the
..men . whom he most consulted. The
; .Confederation had died t In-contempt.
despised . for its want f dignity and
power. ; The new- government must"
deserve and get pre-eminent standing
from the first. V'lts policy -must, make
the states 'a. nation,- must stir .the
people out of their pettiness as col
onists and provincials, and give them
: a national, character, and. spirit 1 It
was not a government, only; that was
'to be created, but the, definite body
of opinion also which should sustain
and perfect it. ; It must be made worth
believing in, and the lest" spirits - of
- the country must be' rallied to its sud--
Dort. ,;-': . 1'"
!'lt -was.not the question . simply of
how. strong the government 'should be.
Its action must, as Washington said,
be mixed of firmness, prudence and
conciliation, if It would ' win liking
and loyalty as well as respect. It must
cultivate tact as well as eschew weak
ness; must ' win as' well as compel
obedience. . ".' . .
v Gives Dignity to Office. '
It was of the first consequence to
the country,, therefore, that the man
it had chosen to preside, in this deli
cate business pf establishing a gov
ernment which, 'should be vigorous,
without being overbearing was a
thoroughbred gentleman, whose In
stincts would carry him a great way
toward the solution of many a nice
question of conduct.
While he waited to be made presi
dent he called upon every senator and
representative then in attendance
upon congress, with the purpose to
she a' them upon how cordial and nat
ural a basis of personal acquaintance
he wished, for his ' part, to see the
government conducted; but, the oath
of office once taken, he was no longer
a simple citizen, as he had been dur
ing those two days of waiting; the
dignity of the government had come
into' his keeping with the office. Hence-,
forth he- would pay no more calls, ac
cept no. invitations. ; - '--"'"
On a day fixed he' wttuld receive
calls; and he would show himself once
a week at Mrs. Washington's general
receptions. He would invite persons
of official rank or marked .distinction,
to his table at suitable , intervals.
There should be no pretense of seclu
sion, no. parade of inaccessibility. The
president should be a republican "offi
cer, the servant of the people. 1 But he
would not be common. It-should be
known that his office and authority
were the first in the land. ' .
Every proper outward form' of dig
nity, ceremony and self-respect should
be observed that might tell . whole1-
arvmolv Hiwin thf imnelnntinn nf tVio
, r
people; that might.be made toserve
as a visible sign, which no man could
miss, that there was here., no -vestige
of the old federal authority," at WhiSh
it had been the fashion tp- laugh, but
Iefn thend ' """ S
est in. the land. . '. . .
Prestige for Government. ..
Some thought him tiffbut oflly the
churlish could deem him republican,
that it was hot hifneelf but hisolnre
that it was not Mr i? ? office
he was exalting. His old passion for
:
success was upon him," and he- meant;
ister to the United States
tes, deeming .
protege of i
America, - no ooudc, a -..protege., o i
France, claimed the , right" to deal di-
rectly with the president in person, :
as if Upon terms of familiar -privilege
when conducting his diplomatic busi
ness; but was checked very-promptly.
It was not likely a 'man bred -In the
proud school of Virginian country gen
tlemen would miss so obvious a point;
of etiquette as this. To demand inti
macy was to intimate superiority, and
Washington's reply drew from the
count an instant apology'.;." .
That the United States had every
reason to hold France in loyal affee
tion Washington gladly admitted with
all stately courtesy; but affection- be
came servility when -it' lost , self
respect, and France must approach
the president of the United States as
every other country did thropgh the
properly constituted department. -. '-'If
there are rules of proceeding,' he said,
quietly, "which have originated ' f roni
the wisdom of statesmen,; and ;'are
sanctioned by the common assent of.
n n 4- 3 n - 1 4. 1 Jl i. 1 ' J . i n
liauuua, it wouiu uui u yruueui iur .a
young state to dispense with nhera al-
together"-particularly a young.'.tate.
(his thought added) which' foreign
states had despised and might' novt
try to patronize." '. -.. .'r"
' These small matters ; woud carry ':
an infinite weight of suggestion with
them, as he knew, and every sugges
tion that proceeded from the president
should speak of dignity and . indepen
dence. - . -Stricken
With Illness. -;
He had been scarcely six weeks In
office when he was stricken with a
sharp illness. A malignant tumor In
his thigh seemed to his physicians for
a time to threaten mortification. - It
was three weeks before he could take
the air again, stretched painfully at
length in: his coach; even his stalwart
strength was slow to rally . from the
draft made upon it by the disease, and
Its cure with the knife, v ; , -
There was dep anxiety for a little
among those who knew, bo likely did
it seem that the life of, the govern
ment was staked upon his life. He
himself had looked very', calmly into
the doctor's troubled ' face and had
bidden him tell him the worst . with
that placid firmness that always came
to him in moments of danger. " -
"I am .not afraid :to .die," ;he' said.
"Whether tonight - or twenty years
:hence makes' no.-.differehce.' I know
that I am. in thehands of a good Pror-
t-idence." '-ir' ; : ' : .'.'V-. '
rnr rni! -nvprnmeni nr wmen np nsn- jwftnvnn imiiisifr lcj rranw. wnpni . - . , .. i ., . . . i
been made the head should have pres-; . Washington's summons called him to ,; licieS a. half-scoref and. that ' the LfS fi'ihrre to
fio-o from the first. - - : , the secretarvBhio of state: and he : ,.. .v... - ...j. 'j'J meir rauure io
, "I " - . 1 , " . t- ' " ' men wuu nerw siauuiag iu us support matter - th
flonnt de Moustier. the'Prenrh rrin- 1 crtr.e cl that rCe of Virslnia statea--- . . ' ,,.:.....:. matter tne
A chain had been stretched across , Bat he wast equally carefurto.flud . out
the street iu front of .-the house where ' In advance of ;evgry. appointment what,
he lay, to check the noisy, traffic that the man whom' he l' wished to. aslc ;
might have; disturbed -hinF more deep- , thought pt the new .government and
ly in his' fevar.- But i .the government, wished its' future to be; ' r ',
the while. ;He had ; .Man'y,'- to.vrhom he-bffered appoint-.
uau UUI, OIUUU ' yr. .
steadily' attended to important ' mat
ters as .he 'could. -.'T was scarcely nec
essary he should be out of bed and
abroad again to make ail who handled
affairs feel his mastery;, and by 'the
time thfe summer was ended that mas
tery - was founded upon knowledge. '
s ';-.' The. First Cabinet.
By the end of . September (1789),
congress' had completed its work, of
organization and Washington " had
drawn his permanent advisers about
liim. 7 The federal courts) too, had
;been erected and given definitive ju
risdiction. 'The new government had
taken distinct shape, and ,was ready
to digest its business, in detail. Wash
ington 'chose Alexander '"Hamilton to
u. sectary oi ..we. treasury, nenry
Knox tOi be secretary, of, war, Thomas j
Jefferson secretary state, and. Ed-.
mund .Randolph Y attorney genera--,
.young . men all,' except Jefferson, and t
he was but forty-six. , - , '
The: fate of , the government, was
certain to turn, first of 'all, upon ques
tions of flnaiice. It was hopeless pov
erty that bad brought the Confedera
tion Into deep disgrace; the new gov
ernment had inherited from it nothing
but a. great debt;, and the first .test
of "character to which the new plan
in affairs would ,be put, whether at
home or abroad, was' the test of. its
ability to sustain its financial, credit
with '. businesslike thoroughness and
statesmanlike wisdom.
Hamilton's Critical Post. V
Alexander Hamilton was only thirty
two years old. He had been a spirited
and capable soldier and an astute and
e'pquent advocate; but he had not had
a day's experience in the administra
tion of a great governmental depart
ment, and had never handled so far
as men knew, had never studied
questions of public, finance. Washing
ton chose him, nevertheless, .without
i a x 1.2 j. t
uesnauon, lor vvimt musi certamiy .
turn out the most critical post in his '
Administration'. . No man -saw more-
clearly , than Washington , . did. fhow
large a capacity for. statesniarship
Hamilton, -had shown in his . masterly
paper8'n advocacy of the " Constitu
tion. ; Ite had known .Hamilton morV
-over, .through all the quick years that
had brought .him from precocious
youth to wise 'maturity; had read his
letters and : felt the singular - power
that moved in. them; and was ready to
trust him with whatever task he would
consent to assume.' - v
i HenTj? Knox; that gallant officer of !
At T" ' 1 -i X, . J X. f J 1 ' m 2
ine.nevoimiuu, xiu uet aireaay rour
viara KffrptarV Of war for thi fnnfoilj-
j , -r -
"eration.- In appointing himr to the
' .'same office under the new ; Const Jtu-.
I. i: tit i.':.4. .. '-.i-
: vwii. asiimsiuu is uui reui mag
,-a raan whomJhe lbved and'tohnm''
i he. had Cor long been accustomed to
hoot for friendship and counsel. ," r 1
h "Jefferson's Wide : Experience;
. Be: chose Thomas Jefferson to handlW
debate questions of:ipreign
,fatr -fikhmust cress unon th mti
-fW
Bresident, there wes.no xnher man M
equal: gavailablw
' nlom-cv Again -and ac-un jlttl-Zif''
. nicy. Again --ana again Jefferson
i Iv i. been chosen for foreign missions-,
. ... -
-under ir the Confederation; he wa3
menfrom whom Washington might
reasonably count upon receiving a sup-.
reason yiy youui upuu lewiving a sup-.
.port ' touched with 'personal : loyalty,
.Richard-, Henry Lee. Patrick Henry
(and George Mason were home-keeping
spirit and. doubted of the . success of.
y"' .rc ' . .
i;though he. had looked upon its making
rrotn "across ; -the :sea, approved, and
was ready to. lend his "aid to its sue-
ceesf ul establishment.
' In appointing Edmund Randolph to"
be attorney general, Washington was
but choosing a brilliant young man
nom ne iovea out or a great, iainny
,of lawyers who had held a sort of
primacy a.t the bar ' in Virginia ever
.since he could remember almost ever
since she had been called theOld Do
mmionu . . . t
Knox was thirty-nine,. Edmund Ran
dolph thirty-six; but if Washington
. , .
. r I . - - . . ui i - fti z- -in in i' i"H fiiir fir m
vv-v uus -ui. w u uia wiutau-. rnateriai interests or tnf country. Sucn I
and guides Ju counsel,, it was but an- j Policy Very man cor.ld comnrehend. I ; J
other capital proof of his own mastery!,4:fl'rHj,.a?rreat-body of energetic and in-
in affairs.
"'focu a ua.uiai icauci. -
he recognized the like gift and- capac-j'
Pf0'
had
1. AfV.rv. n.nn " - f ,V V. n
j " w.uc.a, cicu ,n uru iui muo uau
not yet disclosed or brought them to.iower. not an influehcel and a shadow
the test . : , --V (. thfelj.- -V , "; -
Hard -to . Fill Officts.
It'was;hard, infilling even the freat.ijifo .had'a quiek genius.in affairs; and
er offices, to nd men pf eminence who
.were -willing to leave .tne, .service .otptive.-'with sucb- sympathy and com-'
their, states? oi- the vsecurity. and ease; prehension and support as only a na-
of Private: life, to try the. untrodden ;.. aUy bold ' and equallv original '
paths ; of' federal v government . Tha-ceald have given: Hamilton's meas
stateswere , old and secure-r-so merfi ures 'jumced. with ashiegtem's pur-
ugut-ruio, lemjiiu suYBfuuui
new and an experiment. " The stronger i
sort of men, , , particularly amongst
those bred to the law, showed, many
of them, a great reluctance to identify
themselves with new .institutions set
but five or six'months ago; and Wash
ington, though he meant to make very
liberal allowance . for differences pf
opinion, would invite no man to stand
with him in the new ' service who did
not thoroughly believe in it.
He was careful to seek out six, of:
the best lawyers to be had in the
country when he; made up . the Su
preme; .court, and to choose them from
slb .: many states John ' Jay of New
York tQ be chief Justice; John Rut
ledgefOf . South Carolina- William
Cushing of Massachusetts, John Blair
of Virginia; Jaines Wilson; of Penn
sylvania, and R. H. Harrison of Mary
landff or ' -be' kne w , that : the .govern
meat must draw -its strength from the
men who administered.it, and that the
Sit-inr,.rs
ment declined; minor offices seemed
most to go a-begging "amongst men of
assured position such as It was his
object to. secure.; It needed all the
tact and patience he could eommard
to draw "about him, a body of men such
;as the country, must look up to , a td
revere. -His letters again went abroad!
oy me nunurea, ana, as so oiien. pe
fore, to persuade men to their duty,
" build a bulwark of right opinion-round
about thJ' government, make' his pur
poses cliia r .and his plans' effective.
He would Bpareno pains to maketthe
.government both great and permanent
. ' Tours "Eastern States,
7 In October, i789, . his principal .ap
pointments all made, the government
In full operation, and affairs standing
tm ongresg shoud meet again,
he wenj upon a four week tour
0 the . eastern states, to put the
1)eople mlnd tb'sre; by his own pres.
Wo f th i nd d,Vnirv nf
the federal government, and to make
trial of their feeling toward it. They
received him with cordial enthusiasm,
for1 he was secure of their love and ad-j
mirati6n; and he had, once more a
royal progress from place to" place all
the way to far New Hampshire and
back again.
He .studiously contrived to make it
everywhere felt, nevertheless, by ev
ery turn of jceremonial and behavior.
that he had come, not as the hero of j
the Revolution, but as the president
of the United States.
- ' At " Boston . Governor Hancock
sought by cordial notes and pleas ' of
Illness to "force Washington to waive
the courtesy of a first call from him,
and so give, the executive of Massa
chusetts precedence,' if only for . old
friendship's" sake. But Washington
would v not be. so defeated of his er
rajid; forced the perturbed old patriot
" to come to him. swathed as he- was In
flnnfttis and borne upon men'if shoul-,
dprs Thft RtairB rpoeivrrt him with
Zl T"fln ft Vi
, ( , 0 :
sips of the town once and for all that
precedence .bfiong?a to the teceral
jutci min:JiL dc an laic, bj ivug ao
George. Washington was prrs .lent;
' Having seen liim and feted him, the
eastern towns had sen and done hom
age to ' the v, new authority, set over
. themv Washington was satisfied, and
returned, with' a - noticeable accession
of spirits ' to 'the serious work of fed
eral administration. '; ' '
Hamilton His Support. "
No. man' 6tood closer to him in his
; purpose to strengthen and give - pres-
t, n thft e-nvprnmpnC than Hamll.
. . '. ...
ton; ana na man was aoie to discover
the means with a surer genius. Ham-
ilton knqw who the well-wishers of the
new '' government were whenee its
n
do ' -to WovT itself CTe?t an5
nf ZT'iStS fS
TTnTsl ?itoolfm-Zu
S S Sw Wash.
in?tonknd the seats pf his strength in
44 - : i, -...f
:llSXs thft I
oi tbuntiyuch raen ...
at
th&grezt port at New Y prk-who were
hm,d w gpif-interest to the new e-nv't
pouna cy. seii-intere&c to tne.nevv gov-'
ernrwht,. which r. promised -them a
.Wgh.mlBd.?d desire to secure good gov-;
0inm6nt . un( B nf ;Mn7ioratinn
oWmnfand-a.' nlare nfnsimtmn
: fnr theironntrv amonest the nation.
of the WOrM were jndividuals herein
be found only in Emall groups here
and tnfe whare a 6peCial light hone
ih some minds, . . . , ;.. i -
;,"-f. He knew that Washington, was
loved moit tor his" nstluual character
-and
purpose amongst the observant
middle classes of substaitial people
" i- " i
In the .richer counties- of Pennsylva-
. x XT" T XT -r , . - -
nla. New Jersey,-New -York .and New
- vii . i.- v. v.
: kiiglana, while hir neighbors in , the
! u'.i.-'-.-!!.
south loved him with an individual af.
f.ection only, and rather as their hero
'than as their leader in affairs.
,' He sapv that the Mirest way to get
yboth popular.- support and interna-
tio:nal.re!-oect, was ..to give to the gov-
eiTaroent. at once and. in- the - otrtset-'a
j .nTace of commamrin tho husinMa ani.
' -
ixnonria llltll WQG ( PPrtJim V SIlTinnrt'
.MhVt alone could m?ke the: government
J seein-' rear from' the first a veritable
5eem-r real from ' tne first a veritable
v.f ..'Hero 'was'
a ' man-. nrmi DctiAn'ihlTr
. Washington gave hlm'leave s.nd inlti-
- ' ijo&e: . ran with Washington neroorv
tlcn -.of',, national interests; and they1
were-'-wlth Washington's' aid put into ;
execution with n promptness and de-
cisionwhich must have surprised the'
friends of "the new government no less
than' it chagrined and alarmed its en-
emies. , "' , j
r His Plan of Finance.
- Having done its work of- organiza-j
tion during its first summer session.
the -' congress came together again, i
January 4,' 1790, to attempt the formu-j
laticn of a policy of government, and
Hamilton at Once laid before it a "plan 1
for the settlement of the public dbt"
which he Lad drawn and Washington i
.had sanctioned, v He proposed 'that
provision should be made for thevpay
ment of the foreign debt in full that
of ' course; that the .domestic debt - the
despised promises ttia paper of -the
Confederation,, should be funded ' and
paid"; and that the'deb'ts contracted by
xne several states In the proueciitlon
should
assumed by the - general i govern
ment. as the, debt of. the cation. ;.
No one could doubt that the foreign
-debt'must be -paid fa full; "to. that con
gress: agreed Keartily' and without hes-
nation , Bui; 'there was. much in the
rest of the -plan to. give prudent men 1
pause.' To pay. off the . paper . of :tbe
Confederation would be to give to foo
sneculators. who had bought it up In
the , hope of just sucn a . measure
gratuity of many times what they had
e rf .. - . . . jw
paid for it. To assume tne siaie wui.o
would be taken-1 to , mean that the
states were bankrupt or. delinquent,
that the 'federal government was to
be their guardian and financial provi
dence, and that . the capital of the
country must look only to the govern
ment of the nationnot to the govern
ment of the V states, for security and
profitable employment) This was na
tionalizing the government with a ven
geance, and was a plain bid, besides,
to-win the mpney class to its support
Members whose constituencies lay
away from the centers of trade looked
askance at such measures, and
deemed them, no better than handing
the . government over to the money
lenders .of the towns. But' boldness
and energy prevailed, as they bad pre
vailed in the adoption ( the Constitu
tion itself, and both measures were
carried through the houses the first
at once, the second after a close and
Vmhtfnl Rtrnsre-le bv stratagem and
barters -
Part of Plan Opposed.
Jefferson had been in France when
Washington' called him to assume the
headship of foreign affairs at home;
had not reached NeW York on his re
turn voyage until December 23, 1789;
and did not take his place in Wast ing
ton's council. till March 21, 1790. All
of Hamilton's great plan had by that
time passed congress, except the as
sumption of the state debts. Upon
that question la crisis had been
reached. It had wrought congress to
a dangerous heat of feeling". 'Mem
bers from the south, where trade was
rot much sstir and financial Interests
told for less than local pride and
snarp jealousy of a too great centrai
1 " vw
J,ow' """i.t1""
njasure, iiiubi.. ui iuc uui mciu
bprg were a3 botly resolved upon its
inr,t
adoption.
Mr. Jefferson must have caught
echoes and rumors of the great debate
as he lingered at Monticello in order
to adjust his .'private "affaire before en
tering upoij his duties in the cabinet.
, The measure had been lost at last
in the house , by the narrow margin of
two vote3.v But the minority were in
ho hamor to submit. They declined to
tranpnrt" nay' business at all till, they
should, te yielded to in this matter
There" were even ugly threats to be
heard that some would withdraw from
congre'fcs and. force a dissolution of the
Union rather -than make concessions
upon the one side or the other.
Jefferson's Support Won.
:lt was to this pass that things had
come when fMr.: Jefferson reached the
i rt . A. . j :
'.eat or governmeui; auu uis arrival i
gave Hamilton an opportunity to show
how consummate a politician he could
taT
. be. m b'jpporx or nib siacestnansnip
uthern members wanted the
llZ1 b'
.SSs mfght aV
be rid dt. importunate merchants and!
m0ney lenders clamoring at its doors
mof ey-ieyiI-rs ciamormg at us aoors. ;
f ,m Practicable Quakers with I
: th(l5p n;titlnna 'for the ahntirtn i !
ere almost as hot at ;
get their will in that
northern men were to
find themselves defeated upon the
question' of the state' debts.
Mr. Jefferson was fresh upon the
field, was -strong among the southern
members, was not embroiled or com
mitted in the quarrel. Hamilton be
-ouaht him to intervene. The success
.of the goveitiment was at stake, hr
thi-i desirable' purpose may be adopted
TO?thont ' rlnlav . . Siii - Vi dt-
, 000 -
; t r.,rx , . ; ..
r to pursue against events which it may
. . '
,' not be In outf power to avoid or cori-
. .a .... . . ,
trl yo li ako think of, and lay
v t . . , . .;
thefh before me at my arrivalln Phil-
adelphia. for which place I shall set
out' tomorrow;"
r (TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Ve are looking tor new business and
' wsfnt you to try us when, in need of good
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j" Cottage on 'loberiey Ave. for rent the
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' Deatherage.
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p 50-2t
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FOR SALE Baled Rve Straw John
iR-,Gibson
WHY NOT
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Experienced Men ;
Free- Sta 1 is for Tea rns
m. ... . ' n
Farmers
warehouse
Our Auctioneer is unsur
passed, anid we are in a
position to guarantee sat-
isf action in
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: ,: Executors Notice ; U
All nprsons having claims
?n-t ,he pcfates 6f CvTUS T.
against,tne estaies oi i
r ox are requesieu , i "w:
them to: the undersigned before
January. 1st, properly proven.
Otherwise they will be barrea.
: r Mrs. C. T. Fox,
484t. - .. . : Executrix.
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We keep on hand always the best gro
ceries that money can buy and sell them
as cheap as the cheapest Phone 72 and
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L. & N. Time Table
r.r- South Bound
No. 31 Cincinnati to Atlanta, arrives and
. departs (midnight), 12:10 a. m.
No. 71 Richmond to Stanford, departs
6:45 a. m.
No. lLouisville to Beattyville, arrives
12:10 p. m departs 12:15 p. m.
No. 37 Cincinnati to Knoxville, arrives
1,1:42 a. m., departs 12:12 p. m.
No. 33 Cincinnati to Jaclcsonville, arrives
' and departs 11:31 a. m.
No. 27 Richmond to Louisville via. Row
land, departs 1:00 p. m.
No.
3 Louisville to Beattyville, arrives
6:45 p. m., departs 7:35 p. m.
9 Cincinnati and Maysville to Stan
ford, arrives 731, departs 735 p. m.
No.
IN'orth Bound
No. 34r-Atlanta to Cincinnati, arrives and
departs 4:11 a. m. ,
No. 10- Stanford to Cincinnati and Mays
ville. arrives 620 a. m., departs
625 a. m.
No. 2 Beattyville to Louisville, arrives
7:15 a. m departs 720 a. m.
No. 28 Louisville to Richmond via. Row
land, arrives 12:05 p. m.
No. 38 Knoxville" to Cincinnati, arrives
135 p. m, departs 2:00 p. m.
Nd. 70 Stanford to Richmond, arrives
230 p. m.
No. 4 Beattyville to Louisville, arrives
135 p. m., departs 1:40 p. m. .
No. 32 Jacksonville to Cincinnati, arrives
and departs 5:07.
Nos. 31. 37, 33, 27, 34, 23, 38. 32 are
dailv trains.
Nos. 71, 1, 3 9, 10, 2, 70, 4, daily ex
cept Sunday.
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DEALER IN
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