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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

4RsFR.aCF s1.sTK.MR.N.T OF TINE
ON condition Of the CITY FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY Of Hartford, january LIST, 1858. -.
NAME AND LOCATION.
The name of this Company is the CRY FIRE In
sURANcE COMPANY OF HARTFORD. The Company is
located at Hartford Connecticut.
The amount of its Capital Stock is one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars. The amount of its Cap
tai Stock paid up is hundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
Cash 1926 0s
Cash in the hands of Agents and other
persons is,465 ~
Bonds owned by tho Company, 10 81 900
ID Mortgage Bonds of the Indiana Gem
trial Railroad Company, paying semi-an
nual interest of lo per 10000 90
gage on Real Estate 81, 90 90
Loans on collateral secured by 39l shares 20
of Bank Stock, and other Stocks and
Bonds in possession of the Company. 81, $50 08
All other securities are 66s Shares Bank
STOCK oil, ooo w
Bills 1853 30
Accrued Interest 4,043 Is
Office furniture Observation-Disclosures. SIT IT
Total assets of the Company. 2,o7s SO
LIABILITIES.
| Losses adjusted and not due. IT'S 90
Losses unadjusteq, and in sas
pense, waiting for further
proof w
All other claims against the
Company estimated. AS 90 s9ls s.s.sss
fetal liabilities sl3,67o 90
The greatest amount insared in any one risk is
5000 5s .5 ~ SIS
The greatess amoant allowed to be insured In any
one City, Town or Village, varies according to its
| size and class of property.
The greatest amount allowed to DO insured i'm any
one block, varies as in the preceding.
No part OF its capital or earnings are deposited
with any State States, security for losses
| therein. % @. b BOWERS, Pfes't.
q. g. WAITE, Secretary. aea
w. b. LoUNSBURY, General Agent.
| Applications received by
~ A. q. HALL0CK, Agant,
aa IL Evansville. Ind.
Losses promptly adjusted and paid with fidelity
and dispatch. ieI4 -6mosd&w
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Ute 2atIg Sailt,tal.
Evansyille Exchange and Currency
Table.

Table.
Corrected b. the Branch BanE
EXCHANGE:
New York, Buying ~ Selling II
New Orleans, Is par
.Uincinnati, /" /" % u
RANKAHLR FUNDS, Or CURRENCY AT PAR.
STATE BANK on INDIANA. lALLEGHENY CRY BANK.
BANK OF THR STATE OF In MoNoNaAHELA BANK, Pa.
DIANA. BALTIMORE. -
STATE BANK OF ONO. Except American Baak.l
KENTUCKY. lPIFTSRUgG-
LOUISIANA PHrLADELPHIA, Except
sPRcIErAYIHa FREE Bank Of Pennsylvania
BANKS OF INDIANA. MISSOURI.
WHEELING CRY.
STOCK BANKS OF OHIo-RxcEPf
Union Sandusky. IS dis. City, Cincinnati 80 dis
City Bank, Columbus, 8 dis Canal Cleyeand....75 dis
Seneca County -...75 dis.
NEW YORK, NEW ENGLAND, NEW JERSEY, AND DELLA
WARE, m GOOD CREDIT.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

WE are now manufacturing Wells Patent Fold
ing Spring Bed, the best and most convenient now
in use, al it can be meved or handled without any
trouble. Call and examine them- JAMES
Phoenix Insurance Comply,
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
Capital (paid up) 600 w
surplus. ZI9,Oof TO
Insures against Loss Damage by Fire,
DIRECTORS:
Z Loomis Nm Waterman, Geo w Moore,
d Crosby, L Stockbridge, Beach,
O Adams Edwin Il Pear, White, y,
Smith, Merriman, d II Arnold, I
J Butler, ID shipman, Smith,
Morgan NJ Jewett. aa
SIMEON T. LOOMS, President
sft4 HENRY KELLOGG, Secretary.
NJ. MAGILL, General Agent, Cincinnati, o.
Applications for Insurance made to ALLEN G.
HALL0oK, Agent for the Company at this place,
will be promptly attended to.
Ha5- Office, ID Story Marble Han Building, Ev-
ansviIIe febl5-ly
EEsT R0AT FOR SALE .E
N. have A No. Wood Boat for sale cheap
jana BABCoCk BROTHERS.
w,aaEU.sREE sT.s.s.gl.aRD WORKS.
" DoBELL & CONJUNCTION, are sole agents
fer Vanderburg county, for all the subscription
Books published by D. Appleton & Co.
Abridgement of the Debates TN Congress, Or
Public History of the United States.
New American Encyclopedia, Dictionary and
Journal of knowledge. Certainly the first work of
the age.
American Eloquence, Collection of Speeches
and Addresses of the most Eminent Orators OF
America.
Encyclopedias of Wit and Humor, by the celebra-
ted Comedian Burton, in 25c. Nos
Dictionary of Machine Mechanics and Engine
Work. The newest and most improved edition in
25c. Nos.
Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and
Mines ~
DOBELL & CONJUNCTION beg to call attention
to their important works, and request their kind
friends call and them; also, the array OF
opinions of eminent men in confirmation of their
importance and value.
Dobell 4 Conygten have samples and specimens
of the various bindings in which these works can
| be procured, from paper to the finest morocco.
mr17
| MBEyt.R SHk.s-GLES.--40o,0 900 No. Pine
- Shingles, for sale low. Also, co. 900 Poplar
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name in part: axIes, springs made Of the best
steel; bands, enameled and of all kinds of leather;
COINS innings Tor carriages, yarnishes, castings of
all kinds, saddle trees English bride feathers bits
stitsups, spurs, names, fine silver names Of ali
Kinds, denny Lind Gig Trees, selfadjusing eads
Taylor's patent hames fly nets shoe threadsY borse
blankets, London Girth Webs, American Girth
and Rein Webs, both cotton and worsted; London
Wet Skins, superior article; ivory, gutta percha
and brass lined martengal rings: sgperior karsevs
Tor horse covers, The best quality of carriage bofs
patent gig trees, &C., &c. ~ - :.
keep IN iact everything appertaining to either
branches thoroughly, We would respectfully invite
your attention before purchasing elsewhere
angn-1&w 9 -
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FByG TINE ksUREEC.
Sam, the little man, has this day
Been opening GOODS both fresh and gay,
He received near every kind
That you in any city can find
Ard as he purchased by ti:a bale,
lie is determined TO RETAIL
For READY PAY, little lower
Than ever has been had before.
He with his brethren means to live,
But rs for CREDIT shall not give,
He wouldn't live to rouse your passion
For CREDIT here is out of fashion.
His friends and buyers one and ali,
TIN pay you well to give call,
You'll always find hlni by his sign.
on Main street, Number 40.
Further more you win bear in mind,
Embrieh takes funds of evry kind,
And broken Banks nj higher rates,
As can be had in other States
The city credit he II defense t5.f
Take their orders at 10 cents
SO il bargains You wish 10 meet
Go TO 40, ON Main street
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

Brookyille Bank, Brook
willie.
Bank of Elkhart, Elk
hart.
Bank of Goshen, Goshen.
Bank of Gospert, Gosport.
Bank of Indiana, Michi-
gan City.
Bank of Monticello, Mon
icello.
Bank of Mt. Vernon, Mt.
Vernon.
Bank of PaoIi, Paoli.
Bank of Rockville, Wa
bashtown.
Bank Of Syracuse, SYRIA
cuSe.
Bank of Salem, Salem.
Bank OF Salem, New Al
bany.
Bloomington Blk, Bloom
ington.
Crescent City Bank, Ey-
ansyille.
Canal Bank, Evaavllle.
Cambridge City Blk, Cam
bridge City.
Central Bank, Indianapo-
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

TWyUTTLE'S PATENT GROSS Gun
-@ Saws, just received and for sale by
nOy17 JACOB STRAUB, No. 40 Main st.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

4 FREE BANKS. &
| Exchange Bank, Green
castle.
Fayette Co. Bank, Con-
ner5ville.
Farmers Blk, Westfeld.
| Hoosier Blk, Logansport.
Indiana Bank, Madison.
Indiana Reserve Bank,
i Kokomo.
Indiana Farmers Bank
| Franklin.
Indiana Stock Bank, La
| porte,
Kentucky Stock Blk, Co
lumbns.
Lagrange Bank, Lima.
Mer. and Mechanics Blk,
New Albany.
NEW York and Va. Stats
Stock Bank, Evansville.
Parke Co. Bank, Rock
vile.
Prairie City Bank, Terre
Haute.
ISouthern Bank of Ind,
| Terre Haute.
Salem Bank, Goshen.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

AIO.4L. CO.aLu CO.SL.s!--VYo have now
" on hand and are daily receiving the best COAL
that has ever been introduced into this market
which We are selling low. Good currency will be
received in payment. Orders left at the store of
JNo. W-'HUGHES, next to the State Bank, will be
promptly attended to. $500.
Janz6-u JNO. W. HUGHES.
OE HE'S. FRESH GROUND CE-
AEeS ment, received and for sale by
ieb7 essasse Is A. NJ. MeGRIFF-s
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W In COOK l. SON
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MISCELLANEOUS.
~fH.2RLEs BABCOCK, IMPORTER
u and Dealer in Coach and Saddlery Hardware,

fer inducements, that
cannot fail to be to
the interest of all en-
gagged in the business
10 Give ll,a a trial
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

0PE-N.x.s-R OFRO.N.a.ETS.S TR.sR
~SGoods, Ribbons and Flowers, on Friday MORN
ing, October Sth, 1858. Permit me to call your at
which have been bought under favorable circum
stances and which for variety and novelty of style
will, trust, be found to surpass anything ever
brought to this city,. f. b. BARKER -
First street, between Main and Locust, opposite
the Pest Ofhce oct6
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

ELyOR S.9LE 1T n R.4RG.fE.s, n
-M House and Lot in N. L. Enlargement of the city
of Evansville Enquire at the r. y. & /. Office, No.
], North Third street, Evansville.
oct1 G. C. COLLINS. s.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-31

WWE.t.E 600 No. 1 Pine
= Shingles for sale low. Also, $1,000 Poplar.
JOHN #. GLOVER,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

EXECUTION IN New ORLEANs.-Iames Mullen
convicted of the murder of James McGlone, on the
18th of July, 1868, and sentenced to death, paid
the penalty Of his crime this morning at IL O'clock
The circumstances of Mullen's crime were these:--
Nc(,lone was in q cofeehousc, with several friends,
Ir;nkina, when Mullen came in. There had been
son,e previous quarrel between them. Mullen came
mn behind McGlone, and passing his arm around
him. plunged knife in his apdomen.-Ne,o Orleans
Picn,,,ae, July 80.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

DISEASED CArrLE.-Public meetings have re-
ceoy been held in Missouri for the parpose Of adestng
prevent the driving OF Texas cae tnsOae
that State TO the North II Ia alleged that these droves
leave malignant diseases along the route OF which many
Missouri cattle have died.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

N.Y.. IoRK STATE FAIR.-The work on the State
Fair grounds, at Albany is progressing WIN al,
Tor the use of the fair are already enclosed, and
the buildings are commenced. The entire ground :
are thoroughly drained, SO that no permanent IN
convenience will result from rain. 1t is arrange
that there shall be public meetings every evening
in the lecture room of the Agricultural Hall; AMI
the executive committee will meet every evening
in their rooms. John A. Dix, ESQ.,, has formally
accepted the invitation to deliver the annual ad
dress-ALbany Journal, A,lqSst 8.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

N,r,ovn HopsE Ssow.-Tbe second national
exhibition of imported blood and American breed
If horses will be held at Kalamazoo, Michigan, on
the 18th, 18th, 18th and Nth of October mex,
The premium list amounts to three thousand aoi
lars.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

rvrs ICE "a .>RlNosIAL ALLIANCE hONohASLY
ssrsU for sea and gentlemen OF AZ ssss "a cry or
co,py IN ,be cst s1rdens teiste and nstng style
address sp oscsoor aud two stamps BuRsAe BROAD
way rost ofse. rev YORK ciiy.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

CvEaY FAMILY GAN HAVE A aoxs-AT EAST NEW
cottage hoasss worfhoos &c coles ssooto 5000 oas
is, 70 nss acres sssy ossmens I'M. ~ Eax ga
AiLLER, Is wlisa 81 sst rOOm4.
ToB sAL!. OR Ex0vsSGE voR CRY rRorsarY--
That spendn cgua1v seat the visse Of ck'aud
ihe vest side Of the 5udso river oopo, obse ery
s.o'y cas ana vssioa. liz: o. frais sss an
excellent .sa the pures. aaoun,a .stsr On se
fourteen walls hard aoisbed double ysrsadsS:
%s *. !.
sSea o vs Sss s.cs: arc ,.sm Offered :.s
Hcdsoe River nsiirosds and ssambos iaaars al Ne
s srs o. plCai.soS corner OF Barclay and West
Uremhes ALssRrW PA3E
N'UsN SEED oouS-ry eL.ce FOs sALs on az.
= sS.nye ssr city ., o~u proasfs gecsanss ~opla
York tie line Of Inc e~ YSrs s may ~ ges t" .rs
I,y sad san.ss s~a sor q e no
.p~ s sssss ,sS are Al o. 400 ss arranged Also
plsmsu, sson a. s.s ito al
dIsey For farhs- particulars quire 4 no sassan rooms
QyoR SALE OR IxosANeg-A LARGE TRACT on.
very % for an earl Of Il. pas .
for web imcroved msoehsn
with particulars, ID b. Co Herald Office
ITO EXCHANGE FOR IMPROVED Oh uEMpsoveD
pror ersy ahnve Seventy GRO street houses
well rents In hroosn address Ex shsnge Herald Office
on EsrEsN LAsDs-Tse ADvsRrlska WISHES
improved shborbood IL ssshsase f drV and msr
chsndise saiabe or the Western market address par
tculsu. loss oox l,6 Gerald Office.
&1d OOO A FEW Bsows STOVE yso.r aousB
.d on rh, Ear s,rss about Sssdrsa rom Si III
sur sO,.s hs' ga s sab cs.r and v.a
Inquire OF TO~NsEHD IS rssess street.
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SPECIAL aur1Cs.s.
NAUrIoN TO THE PUBLIC.

4 lkUElUN ~ fubLic.
Chic hsve obtained p4ent dated Nay 2 1859 for
pyvomont George nNebes no for the pro.econ Ut
the boos and shoes for which etters
AL nps made under Plat srooks patent infringe moor
Mchelfs patent ana no ono hss night u mate them
without license from The under ngned, signecs OF said
Mitchell
Y.s.: Be- S:sa hereby give noss ,ss.
-'-" - ' CEASE, McsfS sEY CO.
EXPLORING PARTY TO THE GOLD MOUNDS OF
II Central America he ecent extensive gi III
H-id Tor research suited t1tn
The mos direct quickest end cheapest ruie To hs
region by way Of 8oco oro lsgnon OF Chr1a
on he Ala.uc sie so1d opDor unit. OF rescans taa
country BY the shoret and u.ott Agreeable The dae CLIP
north liver purchases slater sosern
meut, will sal few d,ys She 70 vel
mamie long enough plrre country The party viii
lsnd the cty " hsirrla Ickes passage
may be procured At the Pacific Eoe AZ Green xch
uyHE ELM Pses PLEASURE GROUNDS Asso ia.
/ ton "A he members Of the Elm kuk Pleasure Grounds
Assocts cy requested TO show their icSes of
1889 thst received ticket
viii plespe 81 the secretary {. BUHNaAA coraer Of
Seventy Dipth street add broadway.
EL5CTION -TEE ANNUAL ELyCrIoN OF d.
held Al bs ece of the 1shsh svenns ana
third ct Wednesday, the 10Th insan the poll viii be
open from e L. BY o'ess q The ssc,...r
Josls NEW ASSEMBLY Rooxs.-Io aALL COM
81 and Associsiona-GhO. W. JONES respectfully
70 his former D.ons and e publ; tss. es &c
the 25 Elizabeth street, ne.r Blocker
! lQUoR DELLHRs, ATyENTIoNl-TIy UNDEy
- saped liquor dealers, with several Others vie Wig
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

LIQUOR. DEkLRHe, ATyENTIONi-TIg UNDER.
- s'fped hquar Dealers with severa oher- the
acton Of the resept socay caculstea
proper dfpos lp 70 protect the interests of Its mebATg
Ger the preee1 oppressive presents respectfully call
all who desCus OF self protection to attend meeting
Bfbernisn Ball AZ Prince street Tuesdav the
9Th mat clock for the OF adopting
msy be eemed necef sary
Thomas Farrell "a NJ street; Joseph Secaely T2 Ninth
street, &C orr ell 7s Mott street Thomas Gelloc "a dull
ing. rs Baxter sTeet slmm, .63 Thirteenth greet a
FIalcbner, l63 bird street
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

rRCMPsoKHoC>s. BROKERS ANo CuxwrKa1y7,
a merehsn's loz Nsau street corner Of Ann, sos@ NJ
second noor sovAnce money from u to o. } 600 d,
watches diamonds swey dry goods segsy snd ali tfnsa
securities or oopgnt Notes stoots bonds It. ne soisei
AL kinds Of sewing macbt6ts toussf IA ~'f ''
- ARfHCkPsON. customer
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07
SUMMER RESORTS,

.SpkNEA ksTAn AZ MOUNT IDA, AT Esw PALTz
landing ~ lalss west Of fcushk esoas Of .e
hesiihy Desirable locstoys the HucsDa hefe
John Apgevtrs. Fo. Wall vtreet New FORK Ad treas
Joshua BrooSs aev Psltz Anding
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07
CLOTHING, DO.
MATRIMONIAL

= vCnya an sTLExA IN CT aoOD POSITION. Qua.
4 rseter and ssb.s with an income saicien, :, support
lsoS * sod sup -araree, wts visw TO ma rmony
no. no. ver.sr susnstr 10 ses Yorx With no nay 40
~, 10, and Ia perreces snesIe ~ W"
au.ssv .nts Actress Tor three days - B., Post
ll,sce nsnrr 'lng pace aud ii,ne oF ~ 'nerseW.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

yPHSLAFs IMPROVED BILLIARD TABrEs
- AND COhBINATION OUsHIONS
Rcr sale only by the patentee and man ufact,ye,s
~, a. OCONNOh 4 COILEEDEx
Nos oS, d, 81 aud So Crosby street. New York
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-07

WAEIED,BoARD FOR A GENTLEMAN Avn wT-,
IN blgbly respectable private family Ybsre WIFE
e,rsncs t would Ike one rooms Ee are
sost ONCE s,sen ana required Address W. e bo@
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p.ALscU UR anaA anSrA 49,

'CNvEaY FAMILY GAN HAVE aOMs-AT EAST NEW
~ York the Honest To 1psny sreeaag
cottage houses work hops Ac cosueg SsO0o 900 with
lot hay ossmens TIL. at csntrs 20.
city raj rosds and properly rapidly Advancing CHA. r.
MILLER, Is WNlisR ma.
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serD. TsUNs xAx'cGU--w .Lns,

N apGLlsH 0ErTLEM AN. SO YEARs OF AGN WHO
n was for several yesrs engaged y sagar planter Ia Die
British India Islsnds. and who has s
upied Ia mercantile trans ac1ns in Sugaad IL deal qua nj
,yocnyiug employment either unan or ~
sugar plantation to the souih The Adverers
nrsly rscopei able With he abolition slaveps
OF the Oldest the ohiast OF tbs AL
India proprietary Fom long practical srqusasncs hs
III asserting that the tbs
the Byitsh ~est india oolones has rairei psrbsos
xsvsby, Of the finest plantations IN world eli
sveus 10 too paan that ths suicidal policy British
eria Legislation hss beggred the Of fac proprietary
by elevated the character uea any kd
Arssa lettara in reply % Alpha boz la3 Enraid naca
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
Sunday School Competitions.

T. w. HIGGINGsoN's article in the Sep
tember atlantic Monthly on "The Massacre
of the Inocents" draws this illustration of
his subject, the overworking of youthful
minds in our schools, from some of the
common practices of the Sabbath Schools
"And the Sunday schools cooperate with
the week days seminaries in the pious work
of destruction. DOlorosus, are all your
small neighbors hard at work in committing
to memory Scripture texts for wager-I
have an impression. however, that they call
/ prize-consisting of one Bible? In my
circle of society the excitement runs high.
At any tea drinking, you may hear the
ladies discussing the comparative points and
prospects of their various little Ellens and
Harriets with shrill eagerness; while their
husbands, on the other side of the room, are
debating the merits of Ethan Ellen and
Flora Temple, the famous trotting horses,
who are soon expected to try their speed on
our agricultural Ground" Each horse
and each girl appears to have enthusiastic
hackers, though the Sunday school excite
ment has the advantage of lasting longer.
From inquiry, find the state of the field to
be as follows: Fanny Hastings, who won
the prize last year, is not to be entered for
it again; she damaged her memory by the
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-09-09
NEW SERIES-NO 1874.

process her teacher tells me, so that che can
now scarcely fix the simplest lesson in her
mind. Carry Blake had got up to five
thousand verses, but had such terrible
headaches that her mother compelled her to
stop, some weeks ago the texts have all
vanished from her brain, but the headache
unfortunately still fingers. Nelly Samborn
has reached six thousand, although her
anxious father long since tried 70 buy her off
by offering her new bible twice as hand
some as the prize one but what did she
care for that she said ; she had handsome
Bibles already, but she had no intention of
being beaten by Ella Prentiss. Poor child,
we see no chance for her for Ella has it all
her own way; she has made up score of
seven thousand one hundred texts, and it is
three days to the fatal Sunday. Between
ourselves, think Nelly does her work more
fairly for Ella has marvellous ingenuity
in picking out easy verses, like Jack Horners
plums, valuing every sacred sentence, not by
its subject, but by its shortness. Still she
is bound to win.
"How isher health this summer ?" asked
her mother the other day.
"Well, her verses weigh upon her" said
the good woman solemnly.
"And here pledge you my word, Doloro-
sus, that to every one of these statements 1
might append, as Miss Edgeworth does to
every particular tough story N. B. THIS
IS fact" will only add that our Sunday
School Superintendent, who is physician,
told me he had as strong objections to the
whole thing as l could have but that it
was no use talking all the other Schools
did it, and ours must emulation was the
order of the day. Besides he added, with
that sort of cheerful hopelessness peculiar
to his profession, the boys are not trying
for the prize much, this year and as for
the girls, they would probably lose their
health very soon, at any rate, and may as
we'll devote it to sacred cause