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Strayed or Stolen!

ERoM Nansfeld,s Glover Machine Shop in Ash-
T. land,O on or about Saturday night the 10Th inst,
an old Glover Hulling Machine of no particular use
to any one except the owner, and mot very much
to him , said Machine was very much dilapidated,
being about IA years old, OF there abouts. The con-
cave and cylinder made with nails drove in similar
to IL ose of the celebrated Sutherland Manufacture,
with movable concave. such as never was known
before, and so as to prevent injury. etc.
This Machine is very much worn, the nails very
smooth, etc., and can be readily recognized by any
one taking particular notice to the above descrip-
ton. A reasonable re ard WILDE given for the re-
turn of said Machine, or any information that VIII
lead to the detection of the perpetrators of the above
theft. Don't forget the movable concave
NJ. II. MANSFIELD.
Ashland, Aug. %, 1854. 3wI3
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TERMS.
For the Mercantile Course, Tine unltmited.S 30 90
The same Course for Ladies' ......-.-- IS 90
Twenty Lessons in Practical Penmanship
, W
For full Course In Flourishing, 6tc..-...-.25 co
The Principal of the institution guided by the
wants and experiences OF the Mercantile communi-
ty has hrecently secured some of the ablest men In
the State as Instructors and Lecturers in the va
rious departments of the College
The Prof. of the Science of Accounts, has had
an experience of eight or nine years IN CONNER
err, in the Mercantile Colleges OF Cincinnati, Pitts
burgh and Cleveland, and partly as an actual Book
keeper in the best Business House in the Country
These rare qualifications, yet SO desirable and so
seldom found in our Mercantile Schools, will en-
able this College to impart a more thorough
knowledge of the real faiREtia of Practical and
Theoretical bookkeeping than can be had proba-
bly, in any similar institution in the U. States.
The subject of Commercial Calculations viii
have more prominence in this than in most lnstitu-
lions of the kind, since a separate chair Is to De de-
voted to il besides the usual instruction given by
the the Prof. OF Accounts. The modus eperandi
of Teaching is entirely new and original-pursued
by no Mercantile School-foun nd in no text book,
and may be justly and properly styled 'telegraphic'
in its nature. since it will abridge the labors-o
| the Accountant, more than one half
Penmsnship in addition to the usual methods
pursued, will be taught new and unrivaled Sys'
tenn of Ghirythmo graphy, developed by the Princi
| pal in his extensive experience as Instructor in the
Public Schools of this city and elseW here. This
OF the day, in about half the time usually devoted
to that purpose.
II For further particulars see circulars Just ts
sued and the regular catalogues. Send for them b
mail.
\ Cleveland. Aug. 2. 1854. 45tf
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Aleoieines.
LADIES' INSTITUTE

Penn. Medical University of Philadelphia.
TINE fall term of this new Medical sehoel
for Ladder, wiIlcomme gee on the LIST Mon
day in October, 1884. and continue four months,
The System Of TEACHING, here pursued, u
entirely new, and is more comprehensive
thorough, liberal and practical than shat Of anf
other Medical School in the country. IL 10
based, as far as possible, upon the positive
Sciences, consequently, free from all sects and
dogmas. The branches of study are divided
according to their natural order Of snccessions
and taught in four progressive courses 81 foUs
months each; there are two courses in each
year, thus enabling the students TO pass Guc-
cessively through all four courses within two
years. By this arrangement the study 10 rem
dered easy, and possessed OF daily increasing
interest.
Ladies desiring a thoroughly scientific Medis
cal Education, or any part particularly interest
ing them, have facilities here nowhere else 10
we found.
For Announcements containing Terms, ewh ch
bill always be made satisfactorily list OF On
GERS, Faculty, and other particulars, please I'D
dress JOS. S. LONGSHoRE, M. D.. DEAN,
No. l60 Arch-st., or Box 1853, PhiladeIPhia 20.
Aug. is, 1854. nl2tf
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MEDICAL NOTICES.
REpEAL! wEPEAL!!

Let the 1atekrord of the people be, Repeal When
men become so infatuated with power, either in
possession or expectancy, as to run of after every
new dogma, and at the bidding of their imperial
masters, pass laws in direct violation of the plain
est principles of our republican institutions, it be-
comes the Vox Populi TO rise in their might, with
outdistinction ofparty, and compete our servants to
repeal those obnoxious portions of our laws that
strike at the root OF our independence. So, also
physically ; when men run of after every new
tangled nostrum opened to the public. They not
only cndanger their own, but the lives of their
families and friends. 1t is therefore with pleasure
we again recommend to the aHicted the use of
AcAL1sTERs ALL-HKALING OINTMENT. an old and
well-tried remedy, and almost certain cure for
Burns, Bruises, Cuts, Weavels, Scald Head, Ague in
the breast, Corns, Spinal Affections, Fevers, and
all Febrile diseases, too numerous to MENTION
That by restoring the insensible perspir ations lit en-
ab les the system to throw of all the old worn out
particles, thereby restoring to sound and perfect
health. For sale by J. B. F. sampseI& CO. aud R.
B. chnbb & CO., Ashland ; J. Nicer DRY, Mifhin T
w. Coulter, Perrysville; d. E. Stockman, Loudon-
Vile; l.. Spencer co., Mckay; J. Kinninger &
co.. Hayesyille; Hagerman and Buchanan, Hayes
vile; Coulter and Goodwin, Lafayette; W. spen-
GER & CO., Albion; ]. J. Wright. Sullivan: Michael
Kriege, Orange; H. s. seei& CO., Savannah E. F.
BeaIy, Troy. lynn
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SHERIFF,S SAFE.

Hugh Ast $. In A.a,s.s Common
Benjamin Landis, alias Pleas.
Fl. Fa.
DURSUANT to the commend of a alias FL
Fa. issued in the above case from the Cuur.
OF Common Pleas, of Ashland County and state
of Ohio, to me directed, l will expose to Pub
lie Sale, at the door of the Court House in said
county, on
Monday, the I1th day Of September,
A. D., 1884, between the hours of ten o'loek,
A. M, and four O'Clock, p. M, of said day,
the following described Real Estate. situate
and being in the county of Ashland and Stnte
of Ohio, to wit Lot number twenty-five IN
the first addition to the original surveyed Plat
in village of Rowsburg, situate in the south
west corner of the southeast quarter of sec
ton fifteen, Township twenty-two, Range hf-
teen, being ffty-eight feet in front, by one hun
dred and sixty-eight back, also nine feet ten
inches in front, by one hundred and sixty-cighi
back, and OF lot number twenty three in the
addition aforesaid. Terms of -
- j. D. JONES, Sheriff.
August 9Th, 1864. Its pr S4,l2f
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OARD.


At a meeting of the Graduating Glass OF Bacon's
the Mercantile College, held in the Lecture Room
Of College edifee, Friday; nth March dsSs, }; 5:
mold, Secretary. On motion; q committee of five,
composed of HI. Bowman J. 3: Baker, B. J.
FORSYTH. T. O. Sawyer and Geo. Nichol, was ep-
pointed to report resolutions expressive of the
high opinion entertained by the class. of the mer-
Its of this Institution, and OF the character and
qualifications of the Principal and his Assistants.
Whcreupon, the committee reported the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which were anani
WHERYAs. We, the members of the Gradual
ing Glass of R. S. Bacon, Mercantile College, being
about TO separate, desire to give expression to our
feelings of respect for our esteemed Instructor; land
his corps of able assistants. Therefore,
RcsoEued, That the thanks of the class are due
their deportment toward us while in this ~Institu-
ton at the same time the thoroughness of their
instructions has entitled them to our highest re-
spect and confidence.
ton to all who may desire to acquire q CONNER
eiaI education, as ~aifording the greatest facilities
ResoIUed, That we as a class, afax our names
to these proceedings, and that q copy of them be
in the city papers.
u. A. Bowman, S. Black, VIM. w. Snyder,
e. George M; q NioG6i,, 81. f Hughes, Weston sssae &rhold.
James Thompson, H. II. Kyger, Daniel Bowen,
w Robinson, George Harvic, S. Field.
BAcoN's MERcANTiLE coLLKeE.-"The examine
ton of the students in Bookkeeping exhibited a
degree of proficiency on their part highly credit
able to themselves and Mr. Bacon, their lnstruc-
tor. The most difficult problems IN Double Entry
were as rapidly solved as the most simple, giving
ample proof to the audience that the information
impaired during the session would be of practical
beneft.--CiueiRnGti Enquirer of March 18Th, 1853.
The various COMPLEX questions proposed blythe
Principal and other gentlemen present, were an
swered with great promptitude and conclseness'
which reflects great credit upon the course ofstudy
pursued at this institution. Ctr. Daily Gazette.
Mr.. Bacon is unrivalled as a teacher. A di-
pIoma from this College in Cincinnati, is required
as a Sine guG nOni in obtaining situations in the best
Mercantile Houses in large
ancient Metropolis May Sth, 1853.
Mr. Bacon has constructed the upper portion OF
his building expressly for the purposes OF his col
lege, and without any doubt, it is the most COM
plete arrangement of the kind in the Estates"
-Cineinndti Gazette, Nous, 1853.
s'This whole Institution is undoubtedlyt the most
elegant and finished establishment, for the pur-
poses in the world ."-Enquirer.
Feb. 90. 1854. ni0-tf.
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BAC0N,S MERCANTILE COLLEGE
NORTHWEST CORNER SIXTH AND WALNUT.

DERSoNs DESTROYS of becoming thorough
and accomplished accountants, will find it
greatly to their advantage to call on the un-
dersigned, before engaging elsewhere,as he is
prepared to demonstrate, fully, that his accom-
modations for students, the comprohensiyeness
OF the course ofius;ruction, and facilities for
procuring situations for those DESTROYS of OBJ
tanning them, are unsurpassed, cas- it is be-
lieved, unequaled,l by any similur institu-
ton in the United States.
In addition to the regular course of instruc-
ton, there will be a
SERIES OF LECTURES
on topics of great importance in a CONNER
cial point of view. delivered by Hon. Bethany
Storer, E. D. Mansfield, Esq, Rev. Samuel
W.. Fisher, HenryC. Lord, Esq, Prof Chas.
w. Wright, and other eminent Lecturers and
Business mon. These lectures being a new and
important feature not introduced in any of the
other Mercantile Colleges.
Notwithstanding the great expense atten-
dant upon securing the services of able Lee
turers and Assistants, the Terms for Tuition
will remain as heretofore, viz:
For a full course of instruction in d E
Bookkeeping, Writing, Commercial
Calculation, Lectures, &c.......-.- $40 90
Writing (only) per o %
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MARBIAGBSo

Married, On the 5tE inst, at Rowsburg. by
JoHN VAN NEST. Esq.,, Mr.. JAMES BROWN, and
Miss MARY J. MCKINLEY, both of Ashland coun-
TT, Ohio.
At Church, in RuggIes, Aug. 18th, by the Rev. W.
F. MILL1KAN. Mr., WIN. +. STURTwANT, to Miss
ANNA B. wALCoTT, all OF Ruggles.
And also at the parsonage, Sept. 18th, by the Rev.
W.. F. MILLIKAE, Mr.. HIRAM NJ. KING, of New
London, to Miss PHILER A. daughter OF w. J..
VERMILTA, Esq.,, of Ruggles.
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Livery Stable.

oEA A MOS LEWIS wishes it Distinctly
MA "A understood that he has not quit the
livery business, and that he has just made quite
an addition to his Stable in the the articles OF Bug
gies and $40 horses.
His Stable is now kept Immediately back OF
the Sampsel House.. Customers can always ma
some person to attend to them either at the sta,
BILE or the Sampsei House. Passengers carried from
Ashland in any direction, at moderste rates..
May IL, 1854. 5Stl
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PIrrsTIELD, Michigan.
U-Psee advertisement in this paI er. 4wI4
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YOU CAN'T BEAT THE JEWS!

Sept. 18th, 1854.
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among she passengers was a little ge

Among the passengers was a little gen.
tlenan who had possibly seen five sum
mers. The coach being quite full he,
sat in the lap of another passenger
While on the way something was said
about pickpockets, and soon the conversa-
lien became general on that interesting
subiect. The gentleman who was then
Holding our young friend remarked:
aMy fine fellow how easy I could
piekJour pocket z
ssNo you couldn't" replied he, I've
boon looking out for you all the time
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fee, in the town of Ashland, from the fifteenth
day of September until the twentieth day of
December, to receive the taxes. All taxes re-
naming unpaid at the expiration of that time
Will be sent out for collection. Nothing will
be received, in payment for taxes, but gold and
silver, or notes of solvent Ohio Banks.
Under the law, as it now exists, it is neces-
sary for taxpayers 10 have road receipts.
J. w. BOYD,
Treasurer of Ashland County
TR~EAsuRER's OFFICE, Ashiund,
August II, 1854,
NorE.-The list for several of the School
Districts not being correct, The per centum
could not be given.
Aug. 90, 1854. Avis
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II. CHILDS & CO.,
WHOLESALE SHOE WAREHOUSE,

Nos 1873 d. 1876, Wood Street,
PITTSBURG, PENN,
wv GUILD call the attention of Country MGR
chants to the immense stock of
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS AND LEATHER
Consisting of over 900 cases Bootsand Shoes
of every variety and style for Ladies', Gentle
mens', Misses Boys and Children's
FALL AND WINTER WEAR,
direct from the Eastern Manufacturers. Hav-
ing been purchased at the lowest possible rates.
principally for CASH, with great care in the
selection Of quality and sizes adapted TO the
Western Trade, we can offer superior induce
ments TO purchasers, as we are determined not
TO be undersold by any Eastern or Western
House.
Buyers will find it to their interest to call and
examine our extensive assortment before pur-
chasing elsewhere. Ii. CHlLDS CO..
August 80, 1854. Sml4.
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School Notice.

THE School ExaTainers of Ashland County, O.
i will hold their next Public Examinations, al
follows: .
In Ashland, on the third Saturday of May. Al
Savannah, on the second Saturday OF July. Al
on the second Saturday OF september
Asa4ead, on the first Saturday OF October. Al
so, at334t same place. on the third Saturday o.
October.
Each applicant for a Certificate will be required
TO furnish evidence OF a good moral character.
Examinations to commence at 10 o'clock, A. NJ
By order of the Board,
2 Ashland. May 10th, 1884. stiff
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sCIrHEREAN ILLUsTRAL,
II Great Western Hair Restorative

promotes the growth, s~oftens, makes per-
manent, and restores the natural color OF
the hair. 1t gives health to the skin and to the
glands which form the hair; removes all
Scurf, Dandruff, Eruptions and Feverish Heat
from the scalp. 1t fastens hair. prevents bald
neas, aAd even causes q full growth where the
hair has fallen off. 1t containsno coioring mat
ter, but effects its wonderful changes in the
condition of the hair, by giving health to
the skin of the head, and glands which form
the hair. @
Price 90 cts. per bottle A liberal deduc-
ton made to wholesale purchasers. Address,.
HIGHWARDEN, Ashland, Ashland county,
January, 1Ith. 1853 s4tf
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A FRESH supply of Wrfght's Indian Veg
etable Pills, a standard English Medicine,
for the revention and cure OF disease, to aid
and improve digestion and purify the blood.
For sale at the new Drug Store in Ashland,
by
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AdmInlstrator,s notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undersign-
in ed has been appointed and qualified as
Administrator of Daniel CamPbell, sr, dee.,'
late of Montgomery township. Ashland county.
All persons having claims against said estate,
are requested to present them legally anthem
ticated within one year ffom7this date. Those
knowing themselves indebted must make imme-i
diate payment. DANIEL
August 20, 1854. AVID
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E A New Orleans editor, record
ing the carere of mad dog, says
We are grived to say that the rabid
animal before he could be killed, sever
ely bit DR.. Hart, NJ. D., and several
other dogs
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DHED.-on the 18th of July, at Mimin, Mrs.
JULIA NJ. BEVERIDGE, wife of Mr.. JonN BEvER-
IDeR, andsdaughter sof Mr.. JOHN McK1HAN, former
ly Of brownsville, in this county. Mrs. BEVER-
was 81 year and IS days old at the time of
her death, and was for several years an acceptable
member of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and lived so far as the writer knows, a consistent
Christian life. Her last illness which was severe.
she bore with Christian fortitude and patience, un-
til she breathed her last on earth, and her happy
spiri: went to- join her kindred, and mingle with the
spirits of the Just forever, where Redemption will
be the science, and the song Of all Eternity. With
her,
"To die was what 2 to fall asleep,
To Cease to mourn. and cease to weep
To quit the Shores of time, and fly
Away to mansions in the sky"
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IN TEN MINUTES n

u II NV 4EN MIN 70
DRYAE,s PULMoNIC WAFERs are uniaii-
Id ing in the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asth-
Diseases ofthe Lungs They have no taste of,
medicine; andany child willtake them. Thou
sands have been restored to health that had
before dispaired. Testimony given in hundreds
utesl
Ask for Bryan,s Pulmonic Wafers-the origS
inal and only genuine is stamped "Bryan.p
Spurius kinds are offered for sale. Twenty
J BRYAN & Co., Rochester, New York, Pro-
prletors. Whole sale by J. D. Park, Cincin-
matt, Ohio w. Fiske Cleveland, Ohio
February s, 1851 n38tf.
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NOTICE is hereby given. that the undersigned
In have been appointed and qualified as Admins
traitors of the Estate OF Hamilton Arthur, deceased
All persons knowing themselves indebted to said
Estate, are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against said Estate are
requested to present their accounts legally authen-
tieated, within one year from this date. -
MARGARET
THOMAS ARFRUR
Aug. 29, IeS4.-3w1S Administrators.
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A Wonderful Discovery has recently been made
by DR.. Curtis, OF this city, in the treatment of con
sumption, asthma, and all diseases of the lungs
We refer to DR.. Curtis's Hygean or, Inhsliug Hy
gean Vapor and cherry syrup Within this new
method the DR.. has restored many afflicted ones to
perfect health 2s an evidence OF which he has
nnumerable certificates Speaking of the treat
ment a physician remarks:-It is evident that in
haling-constantly breathing an agreeable, healing
vapor, the medicinal properties must come in di
rect contract with the whole of the erial cavity
of the lungs, and thus escape the many and varied
changes produced upon them when intr oduced in
to the stomach. and subjectto the process OF di-
~gestion. The Hygeanai is for sale at all the drug
gists throughout the country.-N Y. DutehHGH.
See advertisement of Medicated Inhalation in
canother column of this paper 1y2
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MANsFEELD's

CLOVER HULLING & CLEANING MACHINE!
VIZ AS awarded the First Premium at the
w Worlds Fair, in New York, in 1888.
Also at the Ohio State Fairs, Tor three success
i've years; and at all other plsces, whenever
exhibited. Warranted to hull and clean from 20
to 40 bushels per day, or from 2 to 8 bushels per
hour and with a new improvement, (now be-
ing Patentedl to be attached to the Machines
made in 1854, they will hull and clean one fourth
more in the same time,
For sale by M. H. MANSFIELD,
Sole Manufacturer, Ashland, Ohio.
June ID, 1854. n3tf.
N. B. Prosecutions will be promptly COM
menced for any infringement OF the rights OF
he Pattentee. NJ. H. M.
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Sunrssdry Punishment-During the
fnsurrection at Madrid, a young man of
twenty Eve was detected in picking pock-
cts In the crowd. The insurgents seized
him, and led him to a barricade, on which,
-aslon all, was inscribed the words, i"The
punishment of the thief is death" &c an
yeu read2' they asked him. He could
and was ordered to read the inscriPti on
aloud: They then hung FIVE stoler hand
kerchiefs around his neck and shot him.
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NOTICE

II S hereby given, that the undersigned was on
the second of September, 1854, duly APP
pointed Administrator of the estate of George
Murray, deceased, of Orange township, ASH
land county, Ohio. Those Indebted to said
Estate will please make immediate payment.
And those holding claims against said Estate
will present them legally authenticated for
paymeni within one year from this date.
VIM. RALSTON,
Admir- of the Estate of Geo. Murray, decd.
Ashland, Sept, Is. 1854. 3w16
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SWANS REVISED
STATUTES OF OHIO

In force Jan. 1854, NTH references to
prior IauOS, in one large OctaUo JOluem.
FROM THE JuDGEs or THK SuPREME CUoRr.
The undersigned have examined swans Re-
vised Statutes of Ohio, for 1854. This volume
contains a compilation of the Statutes of Ohio
in force on the first of January, 1854. The de-
sign and arrangement of the Book are good,
and carried out with great care and accuracyj
and we think the work OF great utility, and re-
fleets much credit upon the Compiler and Pub
Usher.
JOHN A. CORWIN,
RIP. RANNEY, a. G.
T. w. hartley, VIM. B. CALDWELL.
The undersigned having examined Swans
Statutes, concur in the above opinion.
D. o. MORTON,
Dist Atty. U. S. Court, Dist.o of OHIO.
Gee. w. McCOOK,
Atty. Gen. of State of Ohio.
1t will be found au Indispensable handbook
toeyery Justice ofthe Peace and Constable, as
wei as every Lawyer or public officer. The
book will be sent free ofcharge to any one on
receipt of95.
Address B. co.,
Law Booksellers, Mansfield, Ohio.
March e2nd, 1884. 44tf
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Ejts! EIts!! Fft.!!!

7 EVILS & FLETCHERS' Vegetable Com
4 pound for the cure otEpjIipsy or Fits-a
recently disc overed invaluable Medicine.
purely vegetable, for the cure of this dread
full diseases. Jus; received and for SHY by
r. H. CHUBB & Co.
Druggists, Ashland, o..
July g., 1S5 tf1
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Child Droloned ina Pal Of aOater.-
An inquest was held yesterday by the
Coroner on the body of a child named
Richard Miller, aged six months, who was
drowned in a very singular manner
The mothersof the child was in the habit
of retiring to bed every afternoon after
dinner. On Wednesday she retired as
usual; and went to sleep with the child in
her m When she awoke she missed
the child, and onslooking for it, discover
ed to her horror that it had creeped to
the edge of the bed aHd fallen into a pail
Of water, in which its head was immersed,
its legs hanging over the sides. She haul.
ed the infant out of the pail, but it was
dead.-M. ?. Erening Post.