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MISCELLANY.

10 Prevent Apples from being Wormy.
The apple worm, which is so prevalent
in this part Of the country, without doubt
IS produced by moth or miller, which
deposits its eggs in the calynx of the apple
when it is very small. (When T speak of
apple worms do not mean those cattcrpil-
lars which infest our apple trees.) The eggs
soon become worms, and gnaw holes in the
apples, where they feast themselves all sum-
mer and sometimes nearly all winter. l need
not spend time to describe these worms, for
every man that has eaten wormy apples
knows very we'll what they are.
lsuppose these worms turn to millersein
the spring or fore part of the summer, and
deposit their eggs OH the young apples the
same as the previous year. The damage
done to apples every year amounts to
great sum. Many OF the apples that re-
main on the trees till fall will not keen
more than three weeks after they are pick
ed. Every fruit culturist knows that fruit
will keep but short time after the skin is
broken, so as to let in the air.
Having been troubled with wormy apples
Tor the last fifteen years, | thought I would
try an experiment on one tree this season,
10 see II could not stop these marauders
IN their wild career. I took half dozen
quart beer bottles and filled each half full
+ OF swcetened water; then suspended them
from the branches of tree in the follow
ing manner: ! tied leather straps three
fourths OF an inch wide around the branch
es 10 prevent them from being girdled; to
these leather straps I tied hemp strings, to
which attached the bottles, leaving them
open to allow the millers to enter.
LET the bottles remain in this situation
Z. = hve or SIX weeks, and on taking them down
and emptying them, found the millers had
entered in;great numbers and were drown
ed IN the liquid. In one bottle I counted
htteen, in another forty, and so on. The
Tree thus treated produced fourteen bushels
OF large, fair apples, while the fruit on the
tfees not experimental upon was wormy.
whether the remedy produced all the dif.
3erence or not, | will not pretend to saw. but
nope some fruit culturist will be epterpri-
sing enough to try the experiment next sum
sT1ner; and report their. successto the editor
OF this or some aotherspaper.
Another method that r would RECON-
memo Ior destroying these millers that pro-
q 'oneed 1lus the apple worms, is to take sbav;nos
OF straw and light fires in the orcbard in
tne evening in the month of June. As soon
as the miliers see the light, thew will f,v n.
wards it and beeonsumed in the flames. Mi
hons maybe destroyed every season in this
way. Eihu Cross, Hoosic. Eensselaa, ~ .n,' WI
IN. ~ -S0sford fdEe Democrat. $50 W.
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IMPORTAT TO BEEF KILLERS,

IMPORTAT TO BEEF KILLERS.
hRI HIDES will be taken in Exchange for
- GOODS at KERR'S GROCERY STORE
Persons wishing to sell Dry Hides to the sub
scrlber, are notified that they must Salt them
well in the following manner, viz:
Spread out the Hide on the ground, and cover
it over well with Salt OIL the Flesh Side: then
roll it up, and let it remain in this condition for
- or 10 hours; then hang it out in the shade
to dry.
by the above process. the seller will get more
money for ms Hides, while the tanner will be
able to make the best Leather of it.
HENRY S. KERR.
February lG, 1866. Al sm
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The State of South Carolina.

Abb"riHc District-In the Common Pleas
Administrators Attachment.
rs Thompson & Fair,
Jeremiah Shchanc flaintlfs Atty.
" WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs in this case
" did, on the twentieth day of Novem-
per iSol' lille their Declaration against the
said Defendant, who las it is saidl is absent
from and without the limits OF this State and
has neither wife nor attorney known within
the same upon whom n copy Of the said Dec
laration might be served:
1t IS therefore ordered that the said Defend
ant do appear and plead to the said Declara.
tion on or before the twenty first day of Novcm-
ber in the year Of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-iive, otherwise final and ab
solute judgement will then be given and award
ed against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, c. CP.
Clerks Office, Abbeville District,
November 20, 1854. oly ly
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The State of South Carolina,
A6beUiUc District-In the Common Pleas
as. ! Attachment
james G. Speer.
"HEREAS, the Plaintiff did on the thir-
W tieth day of March, instant, file his
declaration against the Defendant, who (as it is
said) is absent from and without the limits Of
this State. and has neither wife nor attorney
known within the same, upon whom copy Of
the said declaration might be served It is
therefore ordered, that the said Defendant do
appear and plead to the said declaration, on or
before the thirty first day of March, which will
be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and fifty-six otherwise final and alb
solute judgment will then be given and award.
ed against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, CCP
Clerk Office, Abbevillc District,
March 80, 1855. 4s qly1y
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SALE DAY.-The large amount of land
and personal property advertised for sale by
the Sheriff and Commissioner in Equity,
brought an unusual attendance of persons
to the Court House on sale dav. Among
the property disposed Of were pleasant
building and farming tracts, as well as per
sonal effects. The land realized prices
which show steady enhancement in real cs-
tate. But the figures commanded 10y ne
groes were matters of astonishmcnt to all,
rs the following schedule will prove: Wo-
man and 2 children sl,l35; boy Of 4
1891 boy Of 1925; boy OF 6 sG25
girl Of s795; girl of 8 sso5; woman
s5o2; woman of 45 s4OO; girl of -
s705; woman and . children 81 800; boy
of s4s4; boy of 10 s73l boy Of 10
$500; man of 25 S1,O65; man Of IS,
blacksmith, 81, $50; man of 40 s651; man
Of so $500; man Of 90 5000; woman and
? children Sl,22O; woman Of II $1,000
Average for the 26 s6l3.-Spartau.
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The State of South Carolina.
11bbepiNe District-I the Common Pleas
"A. hl. Benson Attachment
rs Thompson d Fair,
VIM. B. Lloyd Plaintiffs Attorney.
NV HEREAS, the Plaintiffs in this case did.
w on twentieth day Of November, 1854 file
their Declaration against the said Defendant
who (as it is said) is absent from and without
the limits of this State, and has neither wife
nor attorney known within the same upon
whom copy of the said Declaration might be
served:
1t is therefore ordered that the said Defend
ant do appear and plead to the said Declara-
ton on or before the twenty-frst of Novem-
bcr in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-tive, otherwise final and ab-
solute judgement will then be given and award
cd against him.
MATTHEW MCDONALD, c. CP.
Clerks Office. Abbeville District J
November 20, 1854. aly 1y
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EXECUTORS. NOTICE.

A LII Fersonsh interested in the Estate of
n Mrs Jane Hairston deceased, are here.
by notified thata final settlement of the same
will be made in the Ordinary's Office, Abbeville
District, on the 18th day of May next Those
persons who are yet owing said Estate are re:
those having demands will present them imme.
diately for payment. ~
DAVID KELLER, Exec'r.
Feb. l4th 1856. q, Al 3m
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A. c.: squier, X
Nos 20S and 2l0t Main street, :,
CoIumbia. 4. 10.

= Columbia, 3. &C..
NfANURAoTURER and gepersle sls3
W dealer in fine and plain. FURffE ET.Tl
f4Nessl lWARLff fAfEk
MATTRAsSEs ID, De- at low prices for cash
md al warranted for one year Or longer.
al kinds Fufniture made to order. and IN
ki3dg neatly and promptly repaired, Also
Wood and Metal Burial cases. rnli26
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Cotton Gins.

VIE Subscribers, having had nine years ex-
Il perience, and given universal satisfaction
to their patrons, being now fully prepared with
good machinery and the best of workmen, feel
safe in saying to the Cotton Planters in general
in this and the adjoining States, that they car
furnish them with the best COTTON GINS now
made. They could offer host of certificates.
but believing the warantee to be sufficient, they
Will say, send on your orders through the mail
or their agents, who will visit the most, if not
all the Planters in reasonable bounds.
S. II. d WM. OGLESBY.
Elberton, Ebert county, Ga.
Feb { 80 ~,
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IRON IRON!l IRON!!!
At the Sign of the Golden anvil,
COJIJMRJA G n

at Prices to Suit the Times.
T>HE Subscribers have now on hand large
Il stock of IRON, 'rhich they are now Offer
ing at greatly reduced prices, for cash.
Their stock comprises complete assortment
of Swedes, Country, English, Oval, Band,
Hoop, Sheet, Rod, Horse Shoe Iron, DC de-
- wholesale purchasers will be supplied at
Charleston prices, with expenses added.
Iron and other Goods delivered ut the Rail-
road Depot free of drayage.
FISHER d AGNEW & co.
April 80, 1856 (jul u-ly
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I'D ~ HtS- IL NA a. III A8ES6Sso
NEW GOODS! NEW GOODS!
WIZARD, BURClIARD d CO., Augusta Ca
w are now receiving, by every steamer,
Large Additions
to their stock, Of all that is
New, Elegant and Useful!
Such as Silk, Silk Barcge, and Lawn Fluunced
Robes, l5arege DcIancs, Rich Challics, Lawns,
Tissues, Bareges, Ginghnms, Calcoes, Lace Bed
Spreads, Wide Scotch Diapers, Linen Damask,
Huek Towelling, Napkins Doylies, II Cotton
and Linen Sheetings. Irish Linens, Farmers and
Planters Linen and Drillngs, Cottonades,
Chambrays, Linen Lustres.
-ALSO.-
Family Mourning Attire, complete assortment
OF all the various fabrics, to all of which thev
respectfully ask attention.
Their prices to cash and prompt paying buy
ers will be such as cannot fail to give satisfac.
uon. Mar 16 If
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WISH to inform my friends and or-xv
l. customers that am still in the fEg9.E
CARRIAGE BUSINESS. in this place and
ready to do my work WELL and as low. as Dos.
sible. New work warranted for twelve
months.)
But wish to be understood that from this
date al! Jobs done at my shop, amounting to
hVe dollars and over, must be settled for either
oy Cdsh or Cash Notes before taken away.
My reason for this is, that my stock is cash,
my hands. nre cash, my provisions are cash, and
E. j. TAYLOR.
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n. B.-I have on hand three secondhand
1Bugg'es, Zone with top,) one light one-horsc
Barouche. one Carry all, first rate to travel
ln,) also two new Buggies, and more q growing
that will sell cheap for cash or cash notes
But bear in mind that you can save ten dollars
Oh every hundred by paying cash, and also
ten cents on every dollar by doing the same.
49,, -, E. j. T.
Abbeville c. H., March 10, 1856
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Notice..

DERsoNs indebted to the Subscriber are
utterly out of the question TO let GROCERY
BILLS run. 1t is to be hoped that this intima.
tion will be sufficiently plain, properly Under
stood and appreciated by, all who, owe me. y
Jan. il, 1855 !. SIS =, t.
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Contrivances to Get Liquor.

A gentleman, returned from Maine, speaks
rs follows Of the contrivanccs restored to for
the purpose Of cvading the Maine Law
"Thesc are various, and some of them curl
ous enough In Portland the seized liquors
are stored in the ola lookup connected with
the police office. visited this place as a
matter Of curiosity. 1t was amusin" to see
the plans adopted TO smuggle liquors into
the State. saw three milk cans which
were packed in trunk, full of the coveted
beverage. A forty-gallon barrel was pack
ed in hogshead of sugar. After it was
selzed the owner made urgent request that
the sugar should be restored to linn, which
Was refused. A ten-galon keg was packed
i'll barrel Of Indian meal another in a
barrel of corn another in barrel of saw
dust. saw eight ten-gallon kegs packed
in four large boxes like merchandise sever
al large, well-made trunks were seized, con
tanning jugs and dcmijohns fulf of the "crit-
ter" saw forty gallon barrel which
was found burierd in Portland, to be drawn
from as occasions should require. A few
days since, a man from the Emerald Isle
went to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, aud
purchased a full load Of liquors. The fact
became known, and Mayor Dow directed
two or three police officers 10 keep a strict
watch and seize the entire load. Before the
man reached Portland, the police officers of
biddctord, Maine, got on to his track. and
when he saw he was about being arrested,
he stove in the heads of all his, casks and
made mother earth drink all his precious
stores"
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FIRE! FIRE! FIRE

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!
fJNHE Subscribers old stand hav- o.,-s,
Il ing been entirely destroyed tsESs.ssstE:. tlESsszssst:
~ fire, he has removed to
No. 1l2, Mcctimg-Sfrcct,
Corner Of Wentworth, the stand formerly oc.
eupied by W. }. Gayer, where he continues his
business in all of lis branches. He can offer to
his friends large assortment of iirst-class
VEHICLES. composed of
BUGGIES. SPA NISH
KI17EREEN.S. B-4ROUCHES,
ROCKA IFA Us, C.4RRLi GES,
SULKLES, &C, 60
He has Just received some choice IA .NLLY y
CiRRLd GES, built expressly for his country
customers. All of which he will sell ch,oD for
cash or City acceptanccs.
GI5 Orders promptly aud ,faithfnUy fUcd
LEONARD CHAPlN.
Charleston, S. c.. Nov. Z, 1854. 21-Gm
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Administrators Notice.

A0mlnISIfatOr2S NOTICE.. =:
A LII Persons interestsdein the Estate Of
n Nancy Brooks, deceased. are hereby no:
tilted that final settlement Of the same viii.
be made in the Qrdinarys Office &t Abbeville
c. H., on the first day oftApriij jnext.s :, : &
STANMOREeB. BReGkB admir-:
January !, 1856. x,, sSs S4s 3m ~
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To become slandcred--edit a paper.
tread On the toes Of squirts and rogues, and
be sure always to tell the truth.
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Executor and Administrators Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given to all parties con.
~ cerned that Final Settlement of the
Estate of CHARLES A. SMITH, deceased.
will De made in the Ordinary's Office, Abbeville,
on the first day Of August next.
PETER SMITH, Ex'or.
"A LSO, That Final settlement of the Estate
"a of Hezekiah F. SMITH, deceased, will
be made in the Ordinarys Office on same day.
All parties concerned will take due notice of
the foregoing appointments. and govern them
selves accordingly. PETER SMITH,
Admir- Estate of H. F. Smith.
April 20, 1855 81 Sm
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ENAHsksOHkbE3HsIES.
HARD TIMES.

We will constantly receive additions through
out the Season, of new and desirable Goods
from New York and Baltimore.
March 81, 1855. 40 If
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHAM ERS g. M RSHALL'S
CUEIp CISU ,STORE.


CHAMB ERS g. MAE RSHALL'S|
CUEIP CISU ,S7'ORE,
AbheyilIe G. EH.
WYE are daily r"ccvinC our New Spring
Stock, comprising the latest styles in
French, English. and American MUSLINS and
CALICOES,
French BRlLLlANTES
Fine Muslin GINGliAMS,
Plain and Fancy BAREGES,
Blk, Coi'd, and Fancy SILKS
Straw BON NETS and Misses FLATS,
GLOVES, HOSIERY, Bonnet RIBBONS,
and PARASOLS.
And an unusually Large and Cheap Stock Of
ENlHsksO1kb kbE3ReIz3S,
Swiss CURTAINS.
Gents Straw HATS, NECK TIES dc.
We most respectfully invite the attention Of
the citizens of this District to the above Goods
We announce, notwithstanding the general
depression in the Money Market throughout the
country, the system of business adopted by us,
more than n year ago, namely, CASII-and 20
which we shall rigidlv adherc-enables us to
offer for the coming season, very large Stock
at prices to suit the
HARD TINES.
We will constantly receive additions through
out the Season, of new and desirable Goods,
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E. j. TAYLO R,

E. j. TAYLO R,
u Undertak kerr
\ have made complete arrangements for
"a the prosecution of tho UNDERTAKING,
BUSINESS, intend to make it prominent
part of my business, and therefore hold myself
ready at all times (by day or nigh y to the ma
king Of caffins, either from black walnut, pine
or poplar, at the shortest possible notice.
E. j. TAYLOR.
Abbeville c. II, Jan 20, 1855 soft.
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!mpatiencs depriyes man of oyan, q, an.
andinapels him to danger q KS 81 .s.psas =
Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-11-14

The CASE WELL STATED.-The st. Antho-
ny Republican sums up the issue before the
country in brief and comprehensive man
ner. 1t says that in one-i.alf the States of
this Union, free labor is declared to be tho
basis Of commercial and political prosperity.
In the other half, free labor is declared to be
impolitic, unnatural and dangerous. n a,t
In one-half the States, the elevation Of the
masses is Systematically sought as one Of
the great ends for which society exists. In
the other half the elevation of few, and
the depression of the mass, is the order of
rh,ngs favored by the government and by
leading statesmen. w. ''s@ 'A, g., s., -
Thus the struggle in our nation is between
two essential hostile elements--D democracy
and Aristocracy. The federal government
must be controlled in accordaoce with the
fundamental idea Of Freedom and Equality
Of Rights, or its energies must be directed by
the opposing principle of Domination of the
Few over the Many. z@s zs,6 90 tsshissas
Which Of these is most agreeable to the
original design of the father Of the Repub-
lie? Which most perfectly realizes the doc
trines of the revolution aaI aasz aa;:
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s9 The Boston Journal noticcsa new
horticultural curiosity, being vegetable
egg, grown by nr. Sanborn, of :Andover,
from seed obtained in the United States
Patent Office. They resemble Shanghai
or goose eggs, and grow on vine which,
if planted by shrub or tree, will run
all over covering the whole with its sin
gular fruit. Whether it is a "good egg"
for culinary purposes, Or merely ornament
al, is not stated. @F't. ',a5 rs 9o''2@rE7 sfl
Some of these eggs have been grown by
Mr.. Kinney Of Augusta. He sent us some
specimens some time since. They resem-
BILE small geese eggs, so exactly as to de-
ceive any one without a close inspection.
They are Of no sort Of use, except for or
nament, being species of gourd. .taaH
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The Burlington Nail AGAIN

We had hoped that Daily mail from
Burlington was secured to our citizens in
perpetuity; but we were yesterday shown
a letter from the Stage Agent at Burling-
ton to our Postmaster, wherein he states
that the Company get no pay for carrying
the mail daily, and that it will be discon-
tinued unless contract is given them.
They have been carrying it heretofore be-
cause the travel demanded daily hack,
and the postal laws will not permit them
to run over the route daily without carry
ting the mail. .si4pa Syfat,F
Renewed efforts should now be made.
The wants Of the community imperatively
demand a.daily mail from the East-we
must have one. pA
os We cut the above from the Keosauqua
Republican. The wait Of necessary mail
facilities, is driving from us many who
would patronize US in many ways. The
want Of these facilities is more especially
felt BY the newspapers of this city. Such
has been the postal ,derangement-the lack
Of necessary facilities, that we have been
much injured in the circulation of our
paily and weekly papers. West of Chair:
ton it is almost impossible to get a news
paper through short Of a mouth or six
weeks. The contractor to carry the mail
vest from Charlton, since the Stage Com
p. = isL5sf
pany. have put on coaches, is unable or un-
willing to fulfil his contract and the con-
sequence is it is not carried. So it is in
other directions. But.here is little use in
attempting to correct these matters. The
evil is radical one. 800 IS ,g 49, \. s.
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A Heavy Loss to 81. Louis.

The Telegraph informed our readers on
wednesday morning last, that the Injunction
suit brought by the city and county Of ST.
LOUIS against the Ohio and Mississippi Rail-
road was dissolved on the day -prcyous.-z-
The decision Of Judge Treat was, that Tho
city and county were ! OF leghlly stockhol-
adcrs In the road, and TINT therefore tlley
could not bring the suit, and the Injunction
must be dissolved. BY this decision the city
OF St.Louis loses $4,000, for ock sub, cri-
bed to the above road ! his stock was
paid in the bonds Of the city hearing six per
cent, and having twenty-five years to rum
How the city 90, herself in so bad 4 scr,,r,
the Republican, explains as follows: 2ls eafs
The Missouri Legislature held Il session in
the winter OF 1852, and the company took
great interest IN securing the passage Of u
law authorizing the city Of st. Louis to SUBJ
scribe for stock to half million of dollnrs.
Tnis law was passed; and very soon there
after, the persons appointed for that Epur-
pose by the City Council actually subscribed
FOR the amount stated, in the name Of the
citv. ~ 1e@8 @a2 'szf. 1sGaIS @fl
Some three days after the passage of the
SPECIAL lac in question, another law was pas
sed reducing into one the various acts for the
charter Of the city of st. Louis. In this law
section was adopted from charter passed
several years previous, which positively pro-
hbited the city from subscribing to stock of
the kind indicated. At the time of its adop.
tion, the effect of this law was not perceived
by any legislator or citizen Of ST. Louis, nor
vast dis. overed for a long while after
Wards. The subscription WIS made in e ood
faith; every installment was raid as IL wns
demanded by the resolutions oil fthe Company;
and in one instance the scity advanced is
bonds, in order to assist the completion Of
the road. The whole amount was paid, and
the cash realized, before the road was finish
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.a 1I In Connecticut the editor of the
New Haven Register is collector Of the
port Of New Haven; the editor, of the
Bridgeport Farmer, is collector at Bridge
port; the editor of the Middletown Senti-
mel is collector at Middlctown; the editor
of Norwich Aurora is Postmaster at.Nor-
wich; the editor Of the New London. Star
is inspector at New London. In Massa-
chusetts, the editor of the Boston Post is
naval officer at Brston; one Of the editorial
corps of the Times feeds at the pnblic crib;
the editor of the Barnstable Patriot is
collector at Barnstable; the owner of the
Lowell Advertiser is Postmaster at Lowell;
the owner of the administration paper. at
Taunton is Postmaster there; the editor Of
the Pittsfeld Sun is Postmaster at Pitts.
iield-and SO on to the end of the chan.
ter. a s9s.ta r. secsi 1I ,#F7v .a srsa5
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.Ta "A VENERABLE CoNGR EGAT1oN Rev
DIR. Emerson Of Salem, now in the fifty.
hrst year of his pastorate, recently preach.
ed to the aged from the text: "1Vhen
am old and rey-headed, 0, God, forsake
sme not. THE venerable Doctor who
claimed the right to address his aged
friends with propriety, stated the remark
able fact, that IN his congregation there
were yet living eighty persons who were
upwards of seventy years of are aA us