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Concert of Vocal Music
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(SEATS FREE TO ALL.l
TN compliance with the expressed wishes
D. of many persons, The Choir, who per
formed the Music on Commencement, Day.
will give PUBLIC CONCERT THIS
EVENING friday al O'Clock, in the
White Church. The most admired pieces
Of the recent occasion will be repeated and
other select pieces perfirmed. A few
pieces will be performed exclusively by the
Juvenile Class, lately under Mr. Prouty';
instruction. A shor'address may be ex
pected on the subject.
Instead Of tickets Of admission. a coll &C
ton will be taken, and the Concert will be
open and free to III who may be pleased tc
attend. August 10.
~ enfunKen us an old eel-skln, you mere
outside of a maui and he accompa Ned the
words with hearty slap on the shoulder.
George Fortescue was leaning care lessly
over he side Of the yacht, laughing the
loudest Of any, at the conversation which
had been carried on. The sudden manual
salula'ion of his brother in law threw him
off his balance. and in a moment he was
overheard. They heard the heavy splash
Of his fall before they could be said to have
seen him fall. The yacht was proceeding
swiftly along-but it was instantly stopped
The utmost CONSERVATION now prevailed.
1t WIS nearly dark, but Fortescue was
known to be an excellent swimmer, and,
startling as the accident was, they felt Ger
tain he would regain the vessel. They
could no: see him. They listened. They
heard the sound of his hands and feet. =
They hailed him. An answer was return
ed. but in q faint gurglng voice, and the
exclamation Oh God!' struck upon their
ears. In an instant, two or three. who
were expert swimmers. plunged into the
river, and swan towards the spot whence
the exclamation had proceeded. One of
them was within an arms length Of For,es-
cue he saw hm-he was struggling and
bufeting the water; before he could be
feached he went down. and his distracted
friend beheld the eddying circles of the
wave just over the spot where he had
sunk. He Owed after him, and touched
the bottom but the tide must have drifted
the body EDWARDS, for it could not be found
They proceeded to one Of the nearest STA
tons where drags were kept, and. having
procured the necessary apparatus they re-
p. cucaII S TatenL Ou,npuu at
Oil for Painting.
A perfect substitute for Linsoed Oil for al
kinds of Painting, is offered 10 the public b.
the subscribers with the fullest assurance Of
its utility. II is now about eight years sine
it was brought 10 its present state Of perfec
ton, and during that has been extensively
used & tested in every way which Lnseed Oi
is used for painting. for inside and OUTSIDE
house painting, on brick and on wood, ant
for coaches, signs. boats &c. As for spread
ing and drying for inside work it is not sur
passed. and for body, and durability in siua
lions exposed 10 the sun and weather, il il
warranted far superior TO the best Linsee'
Oil and being light colored renders it prefer
able for white and all other delicate colors.
One ofthe frs, painting establishments il
this city of more than twenty years standing
say in their certificate " Having used Med
calr's Patent Paint Oil do certify that NOR
surface and better painting can be done pc
gallon. than when mixed with pure Linsee
Oil. This oil forms a combining substanc
when mixed with pure Leads that does no
decompose and rub of'by exposure 10 the sur
and by experience oftwo years, we are war
ranted in saying that painting done with ,hi
oil, will stand the weather much longer, an,
remain unimpaired, when painting done in tn
usual way will not, and for oil cloths, we thin
it surpasses every thing that we ever used"
John N. Fassett has purchased the right I
make and vend the patent Compound Oil
in the following States, viz: Pennsylvania
New York, Massachusetts,, Vermont, Conncc
ticu,, New Jersey, South Carolina, Ohio
Michigan, Illinois and Indiana, and caution
all persons, against any infringement, as ever
offence will be met with rigorous prosecution
The price of the "Patent Oil" will be on
quarter less than Linseed Oil. 1t is warrante
: and sold wholesale and retail by
FASSETT, SELDEN & Co.
Dealers in Paints, Oils, Varnsh, sc. Dol Rive
: street Troy NY. August 5. 1886.