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VOL. XLVIII. BRATTLEBORO, VT., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1881. NO. 41. The Vermont Phoenix AND VERMONT RECORD & FARMER, United May 1, 1B80) rUDMIUlD ITEM V1I1D1T m lniiiNCir sc w'XMsr.MA.is, ltnirr Xbumian'.llocb, Stuln Ml., U11ATTLE110RO, VT. Tcnyi To Dollats in r jeer lu advance; 42.60lf uot paid within three montha. littu ur ADYEHililKu furnished on application. Births, Dealba sud Marrlagea published gratia ; Unit uiry Urda oflbauka, etc., 75o per inch of 13 line, or less. H Wfd at tin Urattleltoro fVst OJice as ucondlau Miitlvtilttr. O. L. r'UBSCU. 1).I. filEDUill. IWSIA'JMS CAltDS. 1 HI! UMAX V JK.-V-MK, (icncral Inturance and Ileal Bttale Affmti, Representing Companies whoso Assets aremer TENEMENTS TO LET. AgCUtf fur XllUCOCK TlQE ExilSaUItHtllS. Office iu Starr & Kstcy'e New Bank Block, cor. Main and Elliot streets, urattlebuho. vt. .i.iii:n ('u.la.i, .vi.i 1'UiSlClAN AN1 HUROEON, office In Crosby block, over Vermont National Dank. Office hours 8 to 0 A.M., 1 to 3 P.M. KtMdcnco 19 Main at Uhitiluiobo, Vl. UK.llY Il'CUEIl,!, !., MUUULON AND UOMIEOI-ATHIST, Ottlco and residence, No. 3 Green Street. gpeclsl at Ubtlou given tocbronlc diseases. Ui. Hoiroar, .tj.i., , l'UYSIUIAN AND UUUQEON, UBATTLEllOKO, VT. office aud residence corner Main and Walnut Sta At buioe from 1 to 2 and Irom 6 to 7 o'clock 1'. M. IV. NT11A1II, . ATTORNEY ft COUNSELLOR AT LAW, And Solicitor of relents, Bbattlehoro, Vt. 171 J. VX 11 l'i:.YXj;il, Market lllock.EUlot St. JJJ . Dealt r In Toys, Fancy Uoods, llooks.Htatlouery, Newspapers, Megaxlncs k Periodicals. Subscriptions, recehed for tbo principal nrwtpaptrsand magazines, aud forwarded by mail or otberw tse. -117" I4, IIE.H1M, Home and sign I aluter, Or fY namental aud Fresco ralntlng,Gralning, Kal lomtntng, Taper Hanging, etc. li'j (Ireen Street, Urattleboro, Vt. CA. H1IAY, .VI. ., , Elliot Street, Brattleboro, Vt. W.H, A. 1I11TO.V, Dealer'ln Marble-and Brown Stone and Scotch Granite Monuments and Headstones. Brattlb pro, Vt. C. IIOLKTEll, . FIRE INSURANCE AQENT, Office, Putney, Vt. DECKER BROTHERS PIANOS. ESTEY ORGANS. CHAS. W.STEWART, Sole Agent, H AS on hand ft fnlUtock of these celebrated in struments, which may be teen, day or evening at mi New Warerooms, New Bank Block, Brattleboro, Vt. Tbp lckrr llroa. Pluiioi are acknowledged by all leading artists to be the beit pianos made. Tbe makera are practical men, wbo give tbelr per tonal attention to tbelr business. Every part of tbelr Instruments it mide in tbelr own factory by killed Turkmen. They own and control many patents and valuable Improvement a In Piano-fortea. II -t Iter Uroi. I'luuoi atand In tnne much lunger than any other piano. Tbelr tone la the pur est, aweeteat and moat aympatbettc They are the fin eat and moat durable and reliable planoa In the world. La-Re numbers of tbcae planoa have been void In the beet families In Vermont, and in every Instance they hate given perfect satisfaction. They are made la all styles Grand. Square and Upright. "IbeDeck er Upright Pianos, aa now perfected, give Invariable satisfaction. REMEMBER That a cheap piaum irili alieayi prmre a poor piano, and aprnmrplanm it dear at auij price. THE ESTEY ORGANS NeeJ no recommendation In Vermont. They are the most thoroughly made and finished, they contain ev ery deferable improvement, and The World Over They Arc THE BEST. A Urge stock of these plaooa aud organs, together wuh tuoseof other flrat-cUaa manufacturers, constant ly on band at my warerooms where tbey may be seen dJ tented. Tbey will be sold at extremely low prices fur cash or Installments. Piido Stools, Covers, Sheet Music, etc., constantly on hand. Many yeara of experience In the sale of musical in struments enable me to give customers every possible advantage. Call and examine my goods. CHAS. W. STEWART, X. Hunk II lock, Brutllobpro, VI. J. A. CHURCH, UiXCriTUBEB or WINDOW AND DOOR FRAMES, JIOULDINGH, Insido PiniBh & Stair Rails. PLANING-, JOINTING AND MATCHING, SCUOLL SAWING cC turning DONE TO ORDER. LATH, . . CLAPBOARDS, Uulldlaff land Finishing- lumber, SPRUCE EAVE Sr-UTS, Wood Fitted for the Stovo, KINDLIKaS, ETC., Constantly on band. Hoop and Yiard on Fliat Htreeil, opposite "suieuoro Manufacturing Co. iwumce hbuop. Orders by mallorotberwlaepromptlyattended to. J. A. CHURCH, Bratlleboro.NoT.il. 18TT. tmtT FRUIT JARS, JELLY TUMBLERS, ICE CREAM FREEZERS, A.T Van Doom's Crockery Store, For Sale. A FARM of 130 acres, Including a good augsr or f x. cbard, lu Stratton. Price low; terms easy. Ap- ' aiaynto Sbeldon ot btrauou, or 10 a. ... 13.FalrUaTen,V. -" ILcflal Notices. STATE OF VKIIMOJIT, Marlboro 88. Tbo Probate ftonrt fnp ..Id 1)I.I.I. To all hom Itmay concern, Greeting. ii.iir..vlbiuuni:iiiDiu, auiuiui.in.ior 01 me es tate of FlatluaJ, Swift, late of Wilmington In said District, deceased, baa represented tint the amount of debta duo from ssld dpeess.il 1. n u m Tbe cbarges of administration, estimated, 60 00 9 inn nl Tbe Tslue of the personal estate subject to Bigiuucui 10 wiuow la 030 41 Balance of debts chargeable on the realea- 1.1c ui sua ueceaseu, 3,7C8 63 l'ravlns for license la sell tnnpl. lh. k.1mi.i. of said deceased as Is necessary for tbo payment of u.u.. uu u.tk u auaiiui.tr. lion. Whereupon It Is ordered that the same be beard at the session of said court to be held at tbe Probate Of fice In llrattleboro on tbo last Saturday of October, A. D. 1 891, ben and where you may be heard In the premises If you aee cause. E. W. 8TODDARD, Register. STATU O' VElmOXX, Marlboro SS. Tbe Probate Court for said District. To all persons Interested In th f'ai.i nf v. wtfjn PACKER, late of Dratlleboro, deceased, Greeting. Here., en o. n. i-acaer nas presented to tula Court an Initrnmentpurporllng to be the last Will of aald deceased, for probate: You are hereby notified thattbls Court will decide upon the probate of aald Instrument at the session thereof to be held at the Prolute Office In llrattleboro, In said district, on the last Satnrdayof October,A.D,ltl81, when and where you may appear and contest tbe same,ir yon ace cause. 0 K. W. STODDARD, Hcglalcr. STATK Or VKMMOIIT, Marlboro 88. Tbe Probate Contt for aald District, To all persons Interested In the Estate of EMORY PRATT, late of Brattleboro In aald District, deceas- Greetlng. Whrreaa 8. M. cnotlCII lis. tirr.enl..! In 11,1. Court an Instrument purporting to be the last Will of said deceased, for probate: You are hereby notified that tbia Court will decide upon the probate ot said Instrument at the session thereor to be held at tbe Probate Office lu llrattleboro, In said District, on the last Ssturdsy of October, A. D. 1881, when and where you may appear and contest theaame, If you see cause. 40 E. W. STODDARD, ltegister. STATE OF TEIlMOXT, Marlboro 88. The Probate Court for said District. To all persons Interested In the Estate of FLAVICB 1. SWIFT, late of Wilmington in said District, de ceased, arreting. You are hereby notified that this Court will decide upon the application nf Pauny A. Swift, widow of said deceased, for the assignment of personal proper ty from said Estste, at tbe session thereof to be held at tbe Probate Office lu llrattleboro on the last Satur day of October, A. D. 1881, when and where you may be beard In tbe prcmlsis, if you see cause. 0 E. W. STODDARD, Register. OTATE OF VKltntl.XT, Westminster SS. O The Probate Court for said Dl.trlet. To all persons interested in tbe eslate of PHILIP RUTTER, late of Townshend, deceaaed. Greeting. Whereae Pblllp II Rutter, tbecxecutortberelu nam ed, has presented to ibis court an Inalrumeot pur porting to be Ibe last Will of ssld deressed, for pro bate: You sre hereby notified that this Court will de cide upon tbe probate of said Instrument st a session thereof to be held at tbe Probate Office in To. usbend in said District on the 17IU day of October, A. D. 1881, when and where yon may appear and contest the same, If you see cause. 89-U C. B. EDDY, Register. C O.M.niHHlOXKIllV NOTICE. ESTATE OF LOUISA It. BUHNETT. The underalgned, having been appointed by the lion. Probate Court for the District of Marlboro com missioners to receive, examine and adjust all ctalma and demanda of all persons against tbo estate of Lou isa K. Burnett, late of Dammerston In aald District, deceased, and all claims exhibited In offset thereto, hereby give notice that we will meet for tbe purpose aforesaid at the dwelling bouse of Stephen I. Bur nett, lu Dummerston, on the 22d day of October and 23d day of March next, from 1 o'clock until 4 o'clock r. m. each of aald days, and that alx months from the 27th day of September, A . D. J tvfil, la tbe time limited by aald Court for said creditors to present tbelrclalma to ua for examination and allow anre. Dated at Dummerston this 30th day of September, A. D. 1881. JOSEPH M1LLEII.) mlftM 39 41 AUNEltB. BAILEY Commissioners, People's Store, WEST BRATTLEBORO. Just received from Boston, cocal.tlng of Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Boots and Shoes the best line ever kept Paints and Oils, Window Glass, Nails, Axes, Tubular Lanterns, Coarse Salt, Drugs and Medicines, Paper Hangings, big line of Horse Blankets, grand assortment of Men's and Ladies Un derwear, &c, &o. CiTJh irlces we defy competition ! EATON & NEWELL. PATENTS. IR,. ZE31. 3j3D3D!rT, 10.70 Mlialei.l., 0.o.ltei II llbjr, Bbalon, Secures Patents In the United Statea; alao In Great Britain, France, and otber foreign countries Copies of tbe clalma of any Patent furnished by remitting one dollar. Assignments recorded at Waahington. So Ant if) l (As Uniltd .StaUt powtl mrior a ctlttlenuroltatnlni) Pattnta or aneertainlny tin jtt. entalilitll 0 lurrntfons. It. II. EDDY, Solicitor of Talents. TESTIMONIALS. "X regard Mr. Eddy as one of the most rapalU and succeuul practitioners with whom I bare bad official intercourse. Cms. Mason. Commissioner of Patents." "Inventors cannot employ a peraon more trnatwor- tby, or more capable or aecurtng tor inrrn an eariy aud favorable consideration at the Patent Office. KdmuhdBubkk, late Commiselonerof Patenta." Boaton, Oct. 19, 1870. II. II. EDDY, Eaq Dear Sir: You procured for me, In 1810, my first patent. Since then you have acted for and adriacd me In hundreda of caaea, and procured many patenta, relasnea and extenalona. I h.vM ruTOBlnDallv emnloved the best asenclea In New York. Philadelphia and Waahington, but I still give you almoat to. wool. 01 my ousioes. 111 your uur, and advlae otbera to employ yon. Yours truly, GXOIiaB DB4FIB Boaton,Jan,l,1881. 1 MADAME VEQETADLE wwiuiuu nils ItW nave proven a boon to thou- aanda of aullerlng women. TBey ar. prepareu ... cure, me moi oumum . ,r . ., ble. and Chronic Weaknesses, so common to of tbe sex. All letters are answered by elllful Fe me . Physician. Pills sold by Druggists, or mailed ou receipt of price, ,1 per box i six boie.,1 a. 8fJ ' riamoblet and list of cured. Addreea if. F. THAYER Is CO., 13 Temple Place, Boston, Mass. iyeow Health is Wealth I speclfio for Hysteria, Dlitlnesa, Convulsions, Nervous Hesdscne, Mental Depression, fcoaeof Mem ory, Spermatorrhoea, Impotency, Involuntary Emi,. alons, Premature Old Age, caused by over-eiertlon, self-abuse or over-indulgence, which leads to misery, . . ....i. rt- iw. lll eur. recent caaea. Each box contains one month'e treatment. One dol. lar a box, or alx DOiea lor utoumim.., III boxes, accompanld with five dollars, we will send tbepurcbsser our wmim i"" nnifty if the treatment doe. not effect cure, qnar- WSSSSvi JOBN a'wEST C0 .80l.Pro. Smith, DooUHle k Smith, ivholeaale ageots, Boaton. 1 Csstoria,-.'jr,Dosc8 cents. A Mothers tcmedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old l'itclier, Free from Morphine, ana not Narcotic. Formula published with each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Fcvcrishncss, AVorms, and Disor dered Bowels, Cnstorln has the larg est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists. Wei De M ever "WEI SE METER'S CATARRH Cnro, a Constitutional Antidote for thli terrible malady, by Absorption. SPURTS of dlsguatinp; Mnoona, Snaffle., CraoUtna; Palna In the Head, Fetid Breath, Doafnetee, ani. any Catarrhal Complaint, can be exterminated by Wei Do Meyer'. Catarrh Care. Vho moat important Dlaoovery ainoo Vaooinatlon, Other remediea may roliove Catarrh, this onrea at any ataee before Consump tion aeta In. One package generay aullJoea. Dollvered by Drncclate, or by D. II. TJowey & Co 182 Fulton St., N. Y.', 81.00 ooinploto. Treatlaoand re-, rcarkable atatomenta by tho enred nallod free. CENTAUR lifiiment The most I'owcrful, Penetrating and l'lUii-rollcvInir remedy ever devised by man. It soothes l'ain, it allays inflammation, it heals Wounds, and it cures RIinUJIATISM, Bclnticn, Lumbago, Scalds, Uurns, Stlir Joints, C'utn, Swcll inirs, Frost bites, Qiiln.tvy, Salt lthctiin, Iicli, Sprains, Onlls, and Lnnicncss from any cause. Suf ferers from PAiK IX THE BACK, Fever Sores, Kriipllons, Ilrtiken llrcasts, contracted Conls, Nen ruliria, Palsyortllslocated Ilmlis; and owners of horses, planters, me chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in saying, that CKXTAUIt MXIJIi:T brines relief when all other Lini ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca tions have failed. PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER IS A PURELY VEGETABLE REMEDY For INTERNAL and EXTERNAL Uii. A stiro anil spcctly euro far Sora Throat, Coughs, Colds, Diphtheria, ClilIg,Dlarrlica1lryscntcry,Cranips, Cholera. Summer Complaint, Sick lIeadnche,Ncuralgla,lWieumatUm, Ilmlses, Cutw, Sprains, etc. irrrcfy nfe to uae tntfrnaUy or fxfcmofy.and certain to afford relief. Ko famUy can arfonl to be without It. Sold by all druggists at .tic, OOe., and ! a bottle. PERRY DAVIS 4 80M, Proprietor., Providenoe. R. I. FOR SALE! ONE of tbe best bill farms t& Windham Co. Bald farm is situated In tbe west part of Putney, 1 miles from tbe depot, on a good road and In a good nelgb borbood. It contains 130 acres of good land, with good buildings, one of tbe best wood-lots In town, a good an gar orchard of 500 trees, and cuta from 80 to 10 tons of bay ; It la well fenced wltb stone wall, and baa plenty of fruit, and never-falling water at bouse aud itarn. A very desirable farm for a young man to buy ; can aell wood enough to pay for naif tbe farm. Also, two good paaurea one of 30 and one of 30 acres within one mile of said farm. Tbe subscriber being a widow, and baring no one to look after ber Interests, baa made up ber mind to sell tbe above real estate be tween now and next March, at some price. Will aell and give poaaesslon any tlmo to suit purchaser. Will aell wltb or without tbe crops, fanning tooli. etc. Call and see foryourselres ; tbe farm will reccommend liscu ueuer man i can oy writing. Has. U. M. DACON, Tntney, Aug. 15, 1881. 33-45 GEO. A. BLISS, DEALER IN FRUIT. C0NFHCT11Y AND YANKEE NOTIONS. Oyster & Lunch Rooms. New Bank Block, 43 Main St., niiA.TTr,Enono, vt. T7UHM FOU BALE. My farm of 20t acres, I' .lln.t.1 mtl. fvnm flia villas-A flf Wilt Tlnm- mpr.tnn. is for sale. It Is suit at It divided Into til lage, pasture and woodland! I in bigh state of cut Uration; cuts iu 10 ttu ions 01 nay; lue noiiDga are entirely fenced wllh stone wall; there are excellent fruit aud augar orchards; tbe apple crop last y ear waa ITS barrels. My only reason for aelling la a desire to remove to a smaller place, requiring leas work to carry on. Xf-ii i. ii ao. u. j.uci 8hoop for Solo. mitE nnderstcned offers for sale his entire flock of JL Spanish Merino aheep, consisting of 95 breeding ewes, 10 ewe iamos, idiu duck uuim. ahivcuuicv or any one wno wisuea w sir mce uuw. 8. E. WHEAT. Putney, Bept. at, 1881. 39-il $72 a week. t!2 a dav at home easily made. Costly outfit free. Address Tbdei Co., Augusta, Me $66 a week tn vonr own town. Terms k 15 ontflt free. Address II.Uii.litt k Co.,l'ortland,lf. FllOit J 08 TON. AN At'CTION SALE AS A TELL-TALE DEATH OP I1ENBT r. DUniNT, roUMDED or WELLEBLET COLLME AN UNUBUAL 1-EBBONAL lllsioni MRS. WOOLHON'S LICTOllES THE STOD DABD LECTUntR CN WELCOME TI8ITOI1S. )0STON, Oct. 10th. Has it ever occurred to any of you what a revcaler of family secrets and makeshifts tm auction of household goods Is? If I was specially anxious to exposo all the domestic workings of my home, I would most certainly advertise all my furniture at publio sale. This Is apropos of one which was bold in a liouuo in tbe most fashionable quarter ot Dontou a few days since. Outwardly the bouse was el egant, and one would bare supposed It tbe abode of luxury. Inside It was barren i tbo furniture on the first floor was showy and cheap ; on tbe floors above it was cheap with out being showy, and as ouo ascended still higher it became scaroer and scarcer. There were no ornaments or pictures nothing that makes a house cheerful or pleasant. Now, people are not to blame who can't bavo theso things; bnt it seems the very silliest thing In the world for people to deprivo themselves of all the comforts and little luxuries which go to make life pleasant, merely to say that tbey live in a certain portion of tbe town. There are people whom it gives more real uttisfac lion to see a fashionable address on their vis iting card than it would to own the loveliest picturo that ever was painted; and I have known people to live on Inadequate food that they might meet tbo rental cf a bouse in a locality that should satisfy their ambitious souls. That is all nonsense and worse than nonsense. Hut, after all, who expects a sur plus of good sense in this world ? The death of Mr. Henry F. Durantof Wei leslcy, which occurred lost week, was a shock to the community, although from the nature of bis illness it was not unexpected. Yet no one can bear of a man like Ibis passing away without a feeling of genuine regret. In lato yoars Mr. Durant has been oftenest beard of in connection with Wellesley college, which he founded and has supported. To this in stitution be gave not only his money, but his time and personal influence. In hint the cause of education bos lost a true and earnest friend. No doubt there are those among my readers who remember the time when Henry F. Du rant led tbe Boston bar. He was twenty years ago accounted one of tbe best lawyers, not only in tho state, but in tho country. His logio was unanswerable, and his eloquence and Intense personal magnetism could carry any jury. Just at this time, when he might have taken any position of honor in tho coun try, bjy only son died, and he never practiced a day after that. He became intensely inter ested In religious matters, and threw himself into religious and philanthropic work with his whole heart He went down among the poor in the worst portions of New York city, and did tbe work of a dozen men ; and he not only carried spiritaa! comfort, but gave mate rial aid as well, recognizing the fact that peo ple can't bo good Christians on an empty stom ach and with Insufficient clothing. He was known in every good work in Boston, and tbo Young Women's Christian Association of this city owes much of its prosperity to tho advice and material aid given by him and his devoted wife from its establishment to the hour of his death. But the crowning work of his life was Wellesley college, and it is that by which he will be remembered by generations of grate ful women. Ho believed thoroughly in tbo higher education of women, and be believed that along with this should go also a high mor al culture ; and it was to give precisely this that Wellesley was founded. He argued that the morality of the world depended largely upon its women. If they were trained aright, with high principles and correct ideas of life, there was little danger that the other sex would go wrong. The college gives to girls alt the advantages that universities for young men give to their students, and it also gives them an elegant and reflut d home. Architecturally the buildings are among tbe most beautiful in the vicinity of Boston, and they are fitted up with every applianco to facilitate tbe pupils in their studies. It never looked lovelier than on that beautiful autumn day when its beloved founder was carried out of its hospitable doors for the last time. Tbe girls of the school had atrewn green branches along the driveway, and the odor of pine and hemlock came up from them as the slow wheels bruised them in tbeir passage on their sad journey from Wel lesley to Mount Auburn. Lectures bid fair to be as popular a means of morning entertainment this winter as they were last. Mrs. Abba Ooold Woolson opens the ball on the first of November, when she begins a new course of twelve lectures on sub jects relating to English history and litera. ture. Early as it is, all the best seats are al ready taken for the entiro course, and I have no doubt tho Hawthorne Booms will be filled at every lecture, as they were last year at her course on English literature a course, by tbe way, that I wish every one of you could hear. Mrs. Woolson gavo the same course in Wash ington, In Mrs. Claflin's parlors, two years ago, and so much did they please that she was obliged to give them a second time, in the evening, In order that the members of Con gress might hear them. Among her most in terested listeners was tbe late President, who complimented her very highly, not only by his constant presence, but by his appreciative words, lou see, Mrs. Woolson talks because she has something to say that is not true of all lecturers, you know and she says it so well that It is a delight to listen to ber. There is the same charm to her lectures that there used to be to Goorgo William Curtls's and is now when he will bo persuaded to lecture ; they are like a conversation. Each one in the audience feels as though he were in a parlor being delightfully entertained by a most charming and brilliant hostess. Mrs. Wool son is now giving these lectures in Worcester, Dorchester and (I think) one ot tho Newtons. I have never known anything grow in popu larity as they have done, unless, possibly, the Stoddard lectures, which are now a feature of the winter In nearly every town ot size In New England. Mr. Stoddard has a new series also, which he is giving on Wednesday evenings in Musio Hall. This new series takes Scotland, Austria and Hungary, Florence and the Holy Land. Musio Hall is crowded, for the fasci nation of these lectures is irresistible. There is quite an excitement here over the prevalence of typhoid fever, which the warm weather seems to have induced. During Sep tember there was a large increase over the number of coses in tne same month last Tear. Bo rapidly is it increasing that tbe Board of Health have ordered every case to be at once reported, and preventive measures are to be taken against its spread. While it Is what Is known as a "filth" disease, it appears in many places which should be free from it It may be traced, however, I suppose, in the majori ty of cases, to some defect in drainage or Im purity of the drinking water. One entire family was taken ill with the disease a little over a week ago, ana was carried to the hos pital for proper care. This is an exceptional case, however. With typhoid fever in our midst, ana tne promise ot small pox staring us in the faoe. the outlook is not so cheerful as It might be. However, we will hope for tbe abatement of tbe one and the non-appear ance or tuo ouier, anu Keep oneenui. Sallie Jot White. TUB 8TB OB OP Y011KT0WN. "tiie ose oreat sonrnisE or the amemcan revolution' the movements which led to the siege the cclminatino event oct. 13, 1781. Nearlv 100 years have elapsed elnco tbe Continental Congress joyfully voted to erect a monument on tbo field whero the last and tbe decisive blow was struck for American Independence It was on October 2i, 1781, that tbo resolution was adopted pledging tho new nation to this act. The news of Corn wallis's surrender had reachod Philadelphia the night before, almost a wck after the oc currence. Great was tho rejoicing thereat, and although It was near midnight when the courier arrived, not many minutes elapsed before the entire city knew tho glad tidings. When Congress mot, its President, Thom as McKcan, read tbe despatches from Oen eral Washington, and then the members de cided to march in a body to tbo nearest church and return thanks to Almighty Ood. After that the resolution for tbo building of the monument was passed. The subsequent financial difficulties ot the new government lod to the Bllent neglect of the project, and when money wai more plentiful it was entire ly forgotten. Tbo approach of tho centenary of the Important victory led to tbe appropri ation of $140,000 by the last Congress, whorewith to redeem the pledge mode so long ago. On the 10th of the present month tbe mon ument will be unveiled on tbe Yorktown bat tlefield. This is the centennial anniversary of the surrender of 8,000 British troops to the allied Ficnch and American forces, and ar rangements have been made ou a scale wor thy of the occasion by the joint commission appointed by both branches of Congress and tbe committee acting as the representatives of the various states of the Union. It will be not merely a national affair, for another nation shares with us in the glory of tbe achievement, and France will be fitly repre sented both by delegates from its govern ment and by thousands of her citizens, who will cross the Atlantic to do honor to tbe great event which it commemorates. The celebration Is to begin several days earlier, and the festivities are to be prolonged for a full week. Military delegations from various parts of the country will participate, and the display will undoubtedly be the most mag nificent seen in tbe South for many a day. The siege of Yorktown and Its result has been aptly termed the ono great surprise of tbe American Revolution. Bnrgoyne's sur render at Saratoga was not unexpected. His march from Canada through New York to the Hudson was a wild enterprise at tbe best, and its utter failure did not much astonish either friends or foes. Quite different was Cornwallis's grand overthrow in Virginia. He had gained the reputation of being the ablest British commander tbe war had pro duced. His conquest of tbe Oarolinas had shown blm to be both daring and cautious. Lafayette had given him tbe name of "tbe terrible Britisher who makes no mistakes," and both Generals Oreene and Oates, who had commanded tbe American forces op posed to him, had to acknowledge his skill as a leader. How, then, did it coino to pass that he allowed himself to be caught like a rat in a trap 7 The answer to this question has puzzled historians not a little, and the acrimonious correspondence concerning it which In after years passed between Cornwallis and Sir Henry Clinton, his then chief, rather ob scures than illuminates the subject. Three years and a half after the beginning of the actual armed resistance to tbe British domin ation, the effort to overcome that resistance at the North was confessedly a failure. Al though the efforts of tho combined American and French forces to drive tho English from Rhode Island In the previous August had proved unsuccessful, tbe closo of 1778 saw the American cause far stronger than at any time since tbe outbreak of actual hostilities. It was therefore decided to try another plan than that hitherto pursued by tbe British. The war was to be transferred to tbe South, in the hope that after Georgia, tbe Carolines and Virginia had been subdued, the Middle and New England states could be more easily handled. An army and fleet were despatched to Savannah, and afterwards another to Charleston, and in both places success crown ed the movement. Cornwallis's operations in North and South Carolina followed, and Tarieton's troopers ravaged both states. Successive generals who had been sent by Congress to oppose Cornwallis were defeated, and although King's Mountain and Cowpens gave the Americans hope, the outlook at the south especially was dark in tbe spring of 1781. The battle of Guilford Court House was fought In March, and was almost a neces sary antecedent to Yorktown. It was a Brit ish victory, but it was bought dearly, and it ied Cornwallis to decide that before the more southerly states could be thoroughly subju gated, Virginia would hare to be conquered. Hence his march northward in May a march which his superior at New York, Sir Henry Clinton, did not approvo of, however. Before Cornwallis arrived in Virginia, Sir Henry Clinton had sent two expeditions to ravage the coast. To oppose them, Washing ton bad despatched Lafayette with l-W men. On May '10, 1781, Cprnwallis arrived at Peters burg from Wilmington, and there tbe expedi tionary forces were joined to his own, thus giving him a body of 2,000 veteran troops wherewith to operate in the state. Lafayette retreated before him, without fighting an en gagement, to North Anna, where Cornwallis turned southwest and made for tbe Upper James river, there to cover a cavalry raid on some stores at the Point of Fork, which Steu ben was guarding with some COO militia. In tbe meantime Lafayette had received rein forcements in the Bhape of 1000 Pennsylvania infantry under Wayne's command. He fol lowed Cornwallis, and prevented any further destruction of stores. Steuben's troops were ioined to his own, and Cornwallis went to tichmond. He did not remain there long, though, but moved to Williamsburg, closely watched all the time by Lafayette. Exactly why Cornwallis went to this ex treme comer of the peninsula, it is difficult to understand. It was not because be could not hold his own elsewhere, tor his troops greatly outnumbered those of Lafayette. Presuma bly he intended to await further developments and to mature bis plan for completely subju gating Virginia. Whatever his Intentions were, he was given no opportunity to carry them out. At Williamsburg he found orders from Sir Henry Clinton to send 3000 of bis men north, and to establish a defensive post on the coast. Before the troops had actually been embarked, another rder allowed him to keep them, and told him definitely to fortify Old Point Comfort as a basis for future naval operations. He found that the Point could not be defended, and.pnshed on to Yorktown, where he began throwing up fortifications. This was in the first week of August, 1781. Sir Henry Clinton's orders were the result of the junction ot the American and French armies, and the consequent threatening as pect of affairs around New York. The allied army was at least a match for the British sta tioned around New York, the capture, of wbioh city was generally supposed to be its object. When Washington, however, heard that Corn wallis was intrenching himself on tbe Virginia peninsula, he began to entertain a scheme for a movement southward. This scheme was adopted when it was learned that tbe Count De Gr&sse, commander ot the French fleet then in the West Indies, would sail no further north than Chesapeake Bay. It was late in August when, by a dexterous feint, Sir Henry Clinton was deceived about the real plan ot campaign adopted by the al lies. The Americans and French were far on their way to Virginia when the British com mander discovered the truth. It was too late to pursue the allies by land, and the only al ternative was to send reinforcements to Corn wallis by sea. This would take time, how ever, Washington reached Lafayette's camp at Williamsburg on September 14. De Orosse and tbe French fleet and 8,000 French troops that De Orasse had embarked In the West In dies were already there. Washington's arri val was made the occasion of great rejoicing, which lasted until late at night. Tbe troops from the vicinity of New York arrived a few days later, being taken down tbe Chesapeake Bay in transports, while Washington and ltocbambeau had come overland, in order to visit Mount Vernon, which its owner bad not seen for six years. Cornwallis did not find Yorktown a very strong position. He threw up earthworks, which were protected on the right by ft deep ravine and on the left by Wormsley Creek. It was on the morning of September 28 that tho allied French and American army moved for ward from Williamsburg to tbe investment of Yorktown. It was a march of eleven miles, and was made without any incident worth noting. At nlgbt tho troops encamped with in a mile and a half of tho enemy's position, and tbe following morning they advanced still nearer, and had several skirmishes. Corn wallis now evacuated his outworks, much to tbe surprise of the allies, but, as he claimed, In consequence of information received from Sir Henry Clinton that reinforcements would be sent on October C information which de termined him to save all his strength until they arrived. The allied army now began a regular siege. Tbe French took possession on the left from the river and tho Americans on tbe right, thus forming a semi-circlo. Tbe American wing consisted of three divisions of two brigades each of Continentals about fl,000 men altogether and of 4,000 Virginia militia. Tbe division commanders were Lincoln, La fayette and Steuben. Lafayette's division held tbo extreme right of the line. General Muhlenberg commanded tbe First Brigade, General Hazen tbe second. Steuben's briga diers were Wayne and Gist, Lincoln's James Clinton and Dayton. Tho French contingent consisted of seven regiments called by tbo names of Bourbonnaia, Denxponts, Soissonais, Saitogne, Agenois, Touralne and Gatenols, divided into three brigades commanded by Baron Viomenil, Viscount Viomenil and Mar quis St. Simon. This, with the artillery, comprised tbe besieging force, numbering all told about 1G.00O men 7,000 French and 0,000 American. The French fleet lying in the harbor numbered thirty-seven sail. Washington established bis headquarters about the middle of the investing line, two and a hnlf miles back from tbe entrenchments. Tbo first week of October was taken up en tirely with the making of the necessary ap pliances used in siege works. On tbe eve ning of the (th of tbe month tbe operations began in earnest, however. Digging was kept up all night, and by daylight a good sized trench had been excavated. From this time on the life of the besieged was not a pleasant one. The fire of the besiegers was so well directed that by the 13th the British guns were nearly all silenced. Cornwallis had established bis headquarters in the fine mansion of Mr. Nelson, formerly Secretary of Virginia, but be left it on the 10th, and the story goes that be sought refuge in what is still called "Cornwallis's cave." Lafayette's headquarters were on tbe left of bis line and not far from tbe road to Hampton. The most heroic fighting ot the siege was seen on the night of October 14. There were two outer redoubts held by the British near the river, and these it was decided to take by storm. About 400 men were told off from Lafayette's division to take one of these, and an equal number from tho French regiments of Gatenois and Deuxponts to take the otber. It was bravely done on both Bides in less than half an hour, and now the British position was practically untenable. A sortie was made for the purpose of destroying some unfinish ed batteries, but it failed ot its object, and Cornwallis realized his extreme danger. He 'tried, on the night of the lGtb, to gain the op posite side of the river, but a storm which came on at midnight frustrated his design. At last, at ten o'clock on the morning of tbe 17th, a red-coated drummer sounded a parley, and an officer who accompanied him waved a white handkerchief. The officer was met and blindfolded, and conducted to the rear of the American lines. Ilia message from Cornwallis was that hostilities be sus pended for twenty-four hours, and commis sioners appointed to arrange the terms of surrender. Washington's reply was that he would rather have the British Commander's proposals in writing first, and to secure them agreed to cease firing for two hours. Before the two hours had expired Cornwallis had of fered to capitulate on condition that his troops be sent back to England under parole not to serve again during the war against either France or America, unless they were regular ly exchanged. This was rejected at once and tbe messenger sent back with Washington's ultimatum that tbe British army be surren dered as prisoners of war on tbe same terms as the Americans surrendered at Charleston in the previous year. Cornwallis acceded to this and tbe next day, tbe 18th, the commis sioners met to formally ratify the terms. This meeting was held In the Moore House, on tbe bank of tbe York Hirer, a abort distance be hind tbe American lines. Tbe articles of sur render were fourteen In number, and were submitted to Cornwallis at daylight on tbe 19tb, accompanied by a note from Washing ton, intimating that he expected them to be signed before eleven o'clock, and that the troops would march out and lay down their arms at two In tbe afternoon. Washington's request was complied with. At two o'clock sharp the army of Cornwallis marched out. The march was along the Hampton road, on the right of which they found tbe Americans drawn up In tbeir buff and blue uniforms rather the worse for wear, and on the left were tbe French in the clean white affected by the armies of the Bourbon kings. The British bad donned their best scarlet, and tbeir bands played an old march called "The World Turned Upside Down." The next step was the grounding of arms by the surrendered troops. Tbey marched tbe entire length of the Franco-American lines about a mile to a field on the right, where asquadronof French huzzars had form ed a circle into which each regiment marched and deposited their guns and accoutrements. In silence they marched back to tbeir own tents, and American Independence had been achieved. The London Times, commenting on the forthcoming centennial celebration of the sur render at Yorktown, says: "We have quite as much reason as tbe Americans to snare their centenary thanksgiving, since that event only forced tbe government to acknowledge what everybody knew that the war we were waging was hopeless." Intelligent people in England are disgust ed because Miss Braddon, tbe author of 30 or 40 trashy novels has got out a penny edition of Walter Scott's novels "adapted" to the publio comprehension. The Increased cost ot living Is attracting comment and invoking comparisons In all the large cities. Even at Cincinnati, which Is near the source of supplies, both in the West and South, tbe increase in the price of farm products within a year averages 34 per cent. On potatoes, the increase is 119 per cent, on apples 100, corn G8, flour 40, wheat over fiO, and fresh meats 10. The issue with Arthur as collector of the port of New York did not arise from want of confidence in his capacity or ability, but on a question of method in reforming the civil ser vice. Tbe issue having been made and Mr. Arthur declining to yield the point of differ ence, the alternative had to be met and bis removal was ordered, but with extreme reluo Utnsi.Ex.Praldtnt llayt: Milwaukee Sun i A Chicago man visiting Cincinnati was being shown around by a citi zen who said, "Now let's go and see the Wid ows Home." Tbe Chicago man put bis lin ger by tbe aide of his nose and winked, and then he said, "Not much, Mary Ann. I saw a widow home once and it cost me $10,000. She sued mo for breach of promise and pror. ed it on me. No sir i send tbe widows borne in a hack." A little girl in a London Sunday-school, being asked why God made tbe flowers of the field, replied, "Please, ma'am, I suppose for patterns for artificial flowers." Willie's grandma was trying to teach Ijlm the proper way of banding anything to a person, when be asked, "Well, gramma, if you was going to hand a wasp, would you Land it by tbe etingr" A mother left her little boy a few minutes one day. When she came back, he said to her, "I feel just like a widow, without you, mamma." A new color la called "blue chalk." It will be fashionable In tbe families of milkmen. Tn o Plclurra. An old farm-lionse, with meadows wide And aweet with clover on each side; A briffbt-eyed boy, wbo looks from ont Tbe door wltb woodbine wreatbed aboot, And wlabea bla one tboogbt all day! "Obi If I could but By away From this dnll snot, tbe world to see, Ilow hsppy, hsppy, bsppy, How happy I abould be!" Amid tbe clty'a eonatant din, A man wbo 'round tbe world haa been, And, Inld tbe tamnlt and the throng, Is tbinkf ng, thinking, all day long! "Ob I rould I only tread once more Tbe field-patch to tbe farm-house door, Tbe old green meadow could X aee, How bappy, hsppy, hsppy, How bsppy I sbonld Del" A TWO-HEADED FAMILY. A Xrnci Story of Whiet Two Days Dill. Everybody talked, of course, when It was known that Bob Towne had run away, and hod taken his brother Ned with him, and ev erybody said it was a shame. By everybody I mean all the people in the little Mississippi town in which Bob's mother lived. Tbey did not know why Bob had run away, and tbey did not know where he bad gone ; but tbey talked about it all the same. They said it was a shame for him to leave his widowed mother, and worse still to take bis little brother with him, though not one of them could havo suggested any possible way In which Bob could have helped his mother by staying. Bob was "curious," however, and people nev er think well of persons whom tbey do not understand. Bob was fond of books, for one thing, and because ho read a great deal, and did not "sit around" in the village, they said he was morose ; and so when the news spread that Bob bad gone away in tbe night, end taken his brother with him, everybody said, "I told you so," in a tone which indicated that that was tbe very worst thing they could Bay. Bob's mother hod a letter, however, which convinced her that her boy was not heartless at any rate. Bno said nothing about this let terfound In Bob's room but she read it over and over again, and cried over it, and eveu kissed it sometimes In secret. Tbe let ter was brief and simple. It said : "Mi Deib Motbeb, Please don't feel bad ly at my going away ; it is my duty. When I found, after father's death, that the estate was worth so little, and that you bad almost nothing except the house you live in, I made up my mind that I must be the head of the family, although I am only fourteen years old. After a good deal of thinking, I hare bit upon a plan to make some money, I think, and as Ned wants to join me, I'm going to take him with me. Neither of us can earn anything here, but I believe we can where we're going. At least yon wont have us to feed. We shall work for you and for our lit tle Bisters, and if we make anything, it will all be yours. If we don't, we will at least have tried. When we succeed we'll let you know where we are. We hate to go away without kissing yon and little Kate and Mary and Susie, but we must, else you will never let us go. Good. by, and God bless yon, mother 1" That was all the traco Bob and Ned left be hind them, and nobody could guess where they bad gone. Two days after their disappearance tbe boys presented themselves to a gentleman wbo bad been a friend of their father, living fifty miles away, and after exacting from him a pledge of secrecy, Bob introduced his busi ness. "You said last year at our house that yon would let any man who chose to get up your swamp land use it for ten years, or something of that sort." "Yes, I said this : I have ten thousand acres on the Taliahatchee ; part ot it was un der cultivation before tbe war, bnt it has grown up in cane so that it is worth almost nothing now to Bell, and I haven't the capital nor tbe energy at my time ot life to get it up again. It is superb land, capable of yielding three bales ot cotton to tbe acre, and if it was under cultivation again it would sell for fitly dollars an acre. What I proposed was to let young Biwling go there and get up as much as he pleased of It, cut and sell all the wood he chose, use the land rent free for ten years, and at the end of that time receive from mo a bonus of five dollars an acre for all the land brought under cultivation. But what of It ? Bowling didn't accept the offer." Bob explained his own purpose to accept it In a small way, going into the swamp coun try, and making what money he could with his own bands, for his friend knew he had no capital. "But, my dear boy," said the gentleman, "a white man can't work in the swamp, and you have no money to hire negroes with." "Did any white man ever try it?" asked Bob. "Not that I ever heard of." "Besides," said Bob, "we're not white men ; we're only white boys, and we wont be very white either, after we've been at work a few months." After a good deal of explanation and dis cussion, Major Singer consented to let tbe boys try their plan, though he had no confi dence in It. "I'll do this," he said. "You may go into the swamp, cut and sell all the wood you can to steamboats when they come up, and culti vate all tbe land you choose to grub, without any charge for rent I'll give you a mule and a cart, and enough bacon and meal to last yon for a month or two. By that time you'll be tired of the experiment, and you can return the mule and cart on your way home." Bob asked for the privilege of paying for the mule and cart out of the proceeds of his first crop, and, laughing, the Major consent ed, naming one hundred dollars as the price. Fire days later the boys ate tbeir supper of bacon and ash-coke on a log on the banks of the Taliahatchee river. It was a lonely, des olate swamp region, and the log on which they sat was twelve miles distant from the nearest human habitation. Tbey were a tri fle lonely there in tbe wild woods, but they had a camp fire and courage, and those go a long way. The next day they set to work and built a hut to live in, with a rude bunk for a bed. Then Bob "prospected." Much of the land about them had onoe been cultivated, and there were no trees of any considerable size upon tbe parts which had been fields ; but tbe growth of cane and brush-wood was ap palling. "Never mind," said Bob. "It is only Sep tember now, and we'll get a few acres cleared by spring. Our first work must be to cut a big pile of wood to sell to the steamboats when they come up ; if we don't, we can't buy ploughs or food for our farming opera tions." "When will tbe boats come ?" asked Ned. "Late in the fall or in the winter, whenev er the river gets high enough. It Isn't navi gable now, but when it rises, the steamboats come up to get loads of cotton." With brave hearts the boys set to work chopping and hauling cord-wood. They made very little progrers tbe first day, but after tbey bad practiced for a few days they be. came more expert, and at the end ot a week they found by measurement that they could together cut and haul about a cord each day. One grown man would bave accomplished more than this ; but tbe boys were satisfied. They bad brought a grindstone and some iron wedges with tbem, and there was no reason to doubt that they could maintain their aver, age of a cord a day. Tbe mule kept In good condition on swamp grass and young cane. Bob laid out, next tbe river, the little field which he hoped to get ready for cultivation, and before attacking tbe timber land be took care to cut into cord-wood all tbe trees in that little patch which were big enough for the purpose. Then the young pioneers went In to the woodlands a little further up stream, and there made rather better progress. The fall was unusually dry, No rain fell, and the river got steadily lower. Meantime the wood pile had grown by the last ot November to more than sixty cords enough to pay the boys well for their work whenever the steam boats should come. But' when could they come ? This question was giving Bob a good deal of uneasiness, because bis bacon and meal were running low ; and he had spent all tbe money he had for the axes and other Im plements. If the river should not rise before the meat gave out, what should he do f Bob did not know, and the fact troubled him. In one way the dry season served him well. It parched the swamp, and one morning, Ned, who had shrewdly observed this, went out and applied a torch to the dricd up grass and leaves. The fire swept fiercely over ti e projocted field, and when It hod burned out, a f'ood deal more than half the work of clear, ng that field for cultivation was done. But this did not help tbe boys to live through the winter, and that was a perplexity. If they could not manage it, all their work would be thrown away ; and Bob passed many anxious hours thinking and planning, but with no other result than to mako him sleepless. Still it did not rain, but one morning Ned came in from observing his water-marks, and reported that the river bad risen about threo inches during tbe night. This puzzled Bob, and he carefully watched the water. At noon it had risen two inches more. During the night it rose fully a foot Then Bob began to suspect tbe truth. "I have it, Ned," he said. "Well, how Is it? Where does the water come from t" ' "From the Mississippi River. That river is high from rains in the north, and It has broken through one ot tbe passes Into the Taliahatchee. We'll have steamboats here yet." "Well, I hope they'll come soon," said Ned. "I've fried our last slice of bacon, and we have only a few pounds of meal left." "We can eat tho mule," said Bob, "rather than starve; but we'll wait on abort rations and hope." There had been a great crop of cotton grown on tbe Taliahatchee that year, and the dry fall had enabled tbe planters to pick it more thoroughly than usual. Knowing this, the owners of steamboats at Vicksburg were watching tbe reports of the water In the Ya zoo and Taliahatchee as eagerly as Ned and Bob were watching the water Itself, each anxious that his boat should be the first to go up the river. On the 12th of December Ned cooked the last of tho meal. The boys went to bed that night out of food. The next morning they bad no breakfast, and had begun to think of killing tbe mule, or making a journey to the nearest plantation, when about noon a boat appeared. She blew her whistle, and stopped ber engines. "What do you ask for your wood ?" shout ed tbe Captain. "Three and a halt," answered Bob. "Give you three and a quarter, and take all you've got" said the Captain. "Will you throw in a decent dinner ?" ask ed Bob. "Yes." And with that the boat made her landing, and tbe wood, sixty-three cords, was meas ured. Then the boys went on board to din ner. There they learned that in consequence of the prolonged dry season all the people along tbe river bad been too busy picking cotton to cut any wood, and hence the boat had been obliged to send her own men ashore twice to chop wood for her engines. Know ing that other boats were coming, the Cap tain of this one had made haste to buy all of Bob's wood, meaning to take a part of It at once, and the rest on his way down the river. He hod driven a sharp bargain, under the circumstances, but Bob was well satisfied when be received $204. 75 for the pile. His first care was to buy of the Captain a good supply of provisions ; his next to write a let ter to his mother, inclosing a fifty-dollar bill, and, without telling her where be was, giving her news of his own and Ned's health, and promising to write again at the next oppor tunity. This letter the Captain took to post at Vicksburg. The mule was saved, and the problem which Bob and Ned bad set out to solve was in a fair way to be worked out Tbey had money enough now to buy necessary ploughs, etc., which they ordered from Vicksburg by the next trip of the boot and some cash to spare for emergencies. Tbey went to work with a will at their clearing, and before spring opened they had a field prepared which was two hundred yards long and one hundred and fifty yards wide. Its area was therefore somewhat greater than six acres, and it was land of the richest sort. Bob made a journey to the nearest plantation, and brought back a cart-load of cotton seed, together with the seeds of a variety of vege tables, for which beds were made around the hut Tbe Bummer's work was very hard and very hot. The rich land produced weeds as well as cotton, and Ned remarked that "weeds never go to picnics or take Saturday after noons off." In this the boys imitated the weeds, work ing early and late in their crop, barely giving themselves time to hoe out their kitchen-garden occasionally. They bad distinctly over cropped themselves, but that was better than the opposite mistake. In August the balls began to open, and tbe boys to pick cotton. It was not long before they discovered that they had grown more cotton than they could fiick, and that they must either have help or ose a part of their crop. So one day Ned mounted the mule, and rode across the Yala bu8ba River, and out of the swamp into the poor hill country. There the scanty crops were easily picked, and as he was able to offer money wages, he easily secured some half-grown negro boys as pickers. Their wa ges amounted to comparatively little, and their help secured the whole of the boy's crop. Bob had no gin or cotton-press, but there were both on the plantation twelve miles down the river; and when the picking was over, the boys built a raft, and loading their whole crop of cotton on It, floated it down to this neighbor's gin. They had not made the three bales per acre which the land was said to be capable of pro ducing under good cultivation, but they had made twelve bales, worth at the high price which cotton at that time commanded somewhat more than one thousand dollars. Bob and Ned now closed their hut, turned tbe mule out to browse, and took passage for Vicksburg on tbe boat that carried their cot ton. One morning the rumor ran through their native village that "Bob and Ned Towne had come home, ragged, and looking like tramps." But there was one woman and there were three little girls in that town in whose eyes Bob and Ned looked like anything but tramps. Tbeir clothes were worn. Indeed, but tbey were hugged and kissed by tbeir mother and sisters just aa heartily as if they had been the best-dressed youths in the vil lage. "Now you'll stay at home, won't you, you naughty runaway boys?" said their proud and happy mother when they had fully re counted their fifteen months' experiences. "I want my boys." "We can't, mother," sold Bob. "We're the two beads ot this family, you know. I'm one head, and Ned has fairly earned the right to be the other; and we've got property interests now. We stopped at MajorSlnger'g on the way home, and have made a new bar gain with him. We've bought a plantation." Then Bob explained that the Major bad agreed that they should mark off a tract of four hundred acres where their but stood, and take it at five dollars an acre quite all that it would sell for then, because of the difficulty of getting labor for clearing land. Tbey were to bave tbelr own time in which to pay for tbe tract, but they meant to work the debt off within a year or two by hiring one or two hands for their crop, and thus In creasing tbelr force and their earnings. "So you see, mother," said Bob, "we've got to go back to our plantation." "Very well," she replied; "aud we are go ing with you. Tbe family mustn't be separa ted from its beads, and I want my boys, and I think my boys want me too when they are lonely down there In the swamp." "Indeed we do," exclaimed both boys, "nurrah for mother I" Three years later, as I happen to know, the last dollar ot debt on tbe plantation was paid. Tbe boys have built a good house there, which their mother has made a home for them. They have now, after a dozen years' work, a gln-houae, a cotton-press, twelve mules, a good many cows, and Bob has a baby of bis own, having found a wife on one of his business trips. The- people of his native village, when they heard that be had actually bought the plantation, said again that "Bob Towne al way was a curious boy." Warper! Young l'coplc.