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Our Common Schools.

Asa matter OF interest to almost every
body, we publish the following synopsis OF
the Common School system of the whole
State exclusive of the city of Philadelphia
In the State there are Ii, ,4s5 schools num-
Der of teachers 13,oS5; male teachers, 8, 1852;
female teachers, a, ,S06; average salaries OF
male teachers per month, S24 SO; average
salaries OF female teachers per mouth Si7,-
10 whole number of pupils in the common
schools SIS, ,257 ; average cost of teaching
each scholar per month, including only
teachers wages, fuel and contingencies SO
cts, including building expenses, rents. re.
pairs, &c; the average cost for each pupil
is SO cents amount expended for purchas-
ing grounds, building school houses, rent
ing, epairs, &c; 53l,4l3, ,s5, which is an
increase over last year of ST. O70,00 aver
age rate OF local taxation, OF mills on the
dollar for school purposes 5,53 average
number OF mills on the dollar for teaching
purposes 81. The State Superintendent
remarks that the "work o. education, under
whatever auspices, always requires large
expenditure of time, and effort, and money.
The common schools are no exception TO
the rule, although less costly by far than
any others The very low average taxation
and cost o. instruction exhibited by the ta-
bles, are such as could Justly be complained
| of by the most parsimonious But while
consoling 10 the prudent and thrifty tax
payer, as we'll as TO the sho!lsighied, who
mistakenly regard school money as an end
( instead of benefcient agent, they at the
same Zine sreak loudly to the hopeful pro.
/ gressiye friends of the cause, OF means thai
are inadequate to the momenious result:
yet to be accomplished. and plead irresisti
bly, for the more rapid development of ou
liberal and expansive educational policy"
. The lale State Superintendent furthe
says that he is "confident Of the practica
superiority of our school system if protect
! ed against crude theories, and rash inova
tons whether originating in individual i'm
| patience, local disturbances. or covert hos
tility-s;eadfast adherence 10 the genera
provisions and essential features of the sys
tenn, has been uniformly and earnestl
recommended. Denunciaiions have bee
visited upon this unyielding ;enacity of puI
pose by friends and opponents alike, an
alike unjust. Time has effectualIy vindici
ted the soundness of the policy. The sys
tenn is stronger TO day. and has been NOR
progressive, because oil it, Its future pros
periiy will be in exact proportion 20 III
maintenance of the same policy hereafter.
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DR lD >

the evening OF The lsi lust, SUSAN, daughter
of David rhilips, Esq. in the 10Th year of
her age
In Irish Valley, September 2slh. PErsR
ScHoLL. Jr.. aged 81 years, months, aud
"a days.
In Irish Valley, on the 9th ult PETrR
ScHoLI, Sr., aged SO years aud 10 days
In DanvIle. on Sunday, the llih lust,
CkTHARINE, daughter of Andrew and Calha-
rine Scroth, aged years, months aud Is
days.
In Danville, on Monday, the 18th in.t
af;er proiracied illness, AsDREw THoMP.
SON. in thu 3Ith rear of his age.
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The SUNNY SoUTH; OR the SourHEREER
At HoME-A very entertaining work from
the publishing house of G G. Evans Phila-
delphia. The work consists of series OF
sprightly and entertaining letters, written by
a Northern lady, while governess in fami-
ly in Tennessee. They give animated and
well portrayed scenes of plantation Lille fa-
miliar 10 every Southerner. A more pleas
ing book Of its kind we havs never read
lis scenes are warmly colored, but not be-
yond The truth, and iIs style has all the adj
vantages Of epislolary writings. It's pages
passed under the able editorial pen of the
Rev. DR.. Ingraham, of Holly Springs, Miss,
which Is guarantee of iis possessing all
the analilies Of highly interesting work
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Bows We,re lot ,Em There.

Fortunate for the country, the next Con-
gress, in both branches, will contain a clear
majority of Democrats. Sufficient returns
have already been received to decide the
political character of the House of Repre-
sentatives. An organization will be effect
ed promptly and without difficulty by super
seding the present Republican officials,
FoRsEv included, and filing their places
with Democrats, backed up by good works
ing majority. The gigantic schemes of
plunder which the adroit and veteran
schemers of the Republican household
have long been planning in view of Lin
coins success will thus be fusirated, and
instead OF Witnessing transfer of the plot
ters and plunderers from Albany and Har-
risburg TO Washington, and the lobbying of
Jobs that would disgrace the country and
bankrupt the Treasury, we shall have vigi.
lance and economy in the public expendi-
lures, aud hold tight the national purse
strings against every appropriation not i'm
peratively demanded to carry on the Gov
eminent With Democratic House, a
Democratic Senate, and Supreme Court. a
majority of whose members are of the
Democratic party, The country possesses
sufficient cheeks to prevent the incoming
Administration from carrying out those
grand schemes OF partisan aggrandizement
that have been the chief, if not the only 10
cenives for the election of Lincoln.
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BEEEFiT OF ADVERTISING lit is often The
case that men come into our Office and in.
quire for the papers published in some par,
ticuIar place. saying they would like to
find somebody's advertisement. They sit
down and look the papers over, and il is
of.en the case that they are unable to find
the desired information. Not long since,
lays Utica paper, gentleman was look
ing Tor The names and address of an Albany
firm to which he desired 10 make consign-
ment. but not finding il in the Albany pa
pers, be made the remark sha. he would
ship 10 firm tha, did advertise, although moi
liking their reputation. This is one Of the
many instances, and proves conclusively
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Proceedings of last Thursday Evenings
Meeting in the Academy.

Pursuant 10 a public CALL number OF
gentlemen met in the Academy on Thurs
day evening OF the 18th ut., for the purpose
of organizing a Literary Society in this
place
On motion. P. n Freeze was elected
Chairman. He briefly stated The objects of
the meeting, and pointed out the necessity
of an organization of this kind in Blooms.
burg. c. B. Brockway was elected Secre-
tary, by motion. The gentlemen then
present expressed their views as TO the
kind of Society needed here and after
full discussion, il was resolved that one
should be organized on the basis Of the
United States Senate. as far as practicable
To further on this resolution, the following
gentlemen were appointed as Committee
TO draw up a Constitution and by laws: P.
John, j. G. Freeze, Wesley Wirt, f II. Lit
tie, and c. B Brockway. No further bust
ness being presented, the meeting adjourned
TO NEE, again on Friday evening. The 23d
inst, al the Academy.
c. B BROCKWAY, Sec'y.
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Auditors Notice.

In the OIPhon's Court IF Columbia CO., Es;sfe
Of Christian SoheH, decd
THE Auditor appointed BY the Count 10
make distribution OF the halancs IN the
hands Of John Mccormick. Administrator,
with the will anneyed, oi Christi all Schsii,
deceased, amongst the heirs and legal rep
resentatiyes of the decedeni, will meet ihs
parties interested tor The purpose of hts ap-
poiurmeut on SATURDAY, The 2iih day OF
November, 1860, at 10 O'Clock, A. Nj. al
the office of K. F. Clark, E-q.. in Blooms
burg. WELLINGTON II. EMF.
Auditor.
Bloomsbnrs, Oct IL, Is6O-4w.
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TIE December number of Frank Lsslis's
1orthly is more than usually rich in fine
engravings and in striking and interesting
novels. stories and other amusing literary
matter. Il is one of the largest and hand
soonest magazines in the country, contain
ing one hundred royal quarto pages and
great number of admirable illustrations
The ladies department contains each month
the Eswest authentic fashions prevailing in
Paris and New York, together with a vast
amount of beautiful patterns of needlework,
crochet, &c, &C., with full and clear in
structions for working them No lady
should be without Frank Lesiis's Monihiy /;
il is library in itself, and an authority, as
regards fashion that may be ihoroughly re-
lied upon. The eighth volume commences
with January, 1861 the subscription pricO
is So year, and should be sent to Frank
Leslie, 10 City Hall Square, New York.
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NOTICE in PARTITION.

Real Estate Of LsUi Beisei, late of Madison
Township, Columbia county decd.
COLUMBIA COUNTY, IS:
THE Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
e. vania TO Levi 2. Bei>el, Sallie r.
Bsisel, intetmarried with Will
- Iison, Robert NJ. Bsisel, Henry Kent
BeIsel, Nauissa Y. B-i>el, ard Su-an J.
Beisel. aud 10 all The heirs and legal repre-
senialives ofthe said Levi Beisel, deceased, =,
greeting You and each OF you will take
notice that an inquest will be held 10 make
PARTITION or vaiu alton, as The case may re-
Qnire, of the rea estale of The above nam
ed Levi Beisel, deceased, situate in the Twp,
OF Madison, and county of Columbia, on
the premesis, on Wednesday, The 2lst day OF
NoUem5er nerf, between the hours OF 10
O'Clock IN the forenoon and o'clock in the
afternoon oil said day, al which lime and
place you may attend if you think proper.
Wuness tie Honorable Warren j. Wood
ward, Esq, President Of our Orphans
Court, al BIoomsburg, the slh day OF Sep.
tembeT, A. d. eighteen hundred and sixty
JOHN SNYDER, Sheriff.
Bl0omsburg. Sept. 26, 1860.
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The sunny SoUTg OR THE SoUrHEREER
AT HoME.-G g. Evans. Publisher. No. 439
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The des-
cripuons contained in Miss Conyngham's
letters of the South and West, Nashville and
its surroundings, plantation life in Teunes-
see, the Ohio aud Mississippi, scenes Of river
lie, Natchsz, New Orleans and Louisiana,
are daguerreoiyped with rare fidelity. A
true picture OF Southern life aud doines the
negro inclusive, is presented in these al.
traciive pages. Nothing is finer than the
glimpses we get of the lilay of America the
beautiful State of Louisiana. A more ro-
mantle spot does not exist on earth Than
the region where the lucky Miss Kate mar
ries and settles down TO be herself South
erner Along the bayous OF Louisiana with
the wonderful exuberance, the temperate
climate and the brllIiancy Of the atmoSphe re
we might imagine an Eden-ihe mountain
left out Those who desire 10 learn what
the South really is should read these letters
The coloring is indeed sunny, out far nearer
the truth than the scandalous reports OF Mrs
Stowe and her school of Northern fanatics
and slanderers. Our Acknowledgements are
due to Miss Conyngham for recalling so
wildly and pleasantly associations of the
glorious live oak and cypress.-Daiiy Nelos,
New York
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A - kk D.

In Berwick, November 4Ih, by Rev. J.
w. Schwartz, Mr.. AMOS B. HoRLACHEB 10
Miss JANE THOMAS, both OF Hazleton.
On The 18th inst BY the Rev. William
Eyer, MIR WILLIAM SAMUEL TAKR oil B ooms-
burg, to Miss SUSAN JANE MATTHEW'S, of
CaItawiSsa Pa
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given ihai letters OF
- Administration on the Estate OF George
Fetlerman, late OF Locusl township, Colum-
bIa county, deceased, have been granted
by The Register of said county, 10 Reuben
Fahringer and Jonss Feuerman, both rest
ding in the township and county aforesaid.
All persons having claims or demands
against the estate OF the decedent are res
guessed 10 make them known TO the Ad-
minisiraiors, and those indebted 10 the es-
tate 10 came forward aud make payment
without delay.
REUBEN FAHEaNtsER,
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The following is The number of iuhabi-
tanis OF Marshal bewilt's district as reported
by him.. 1t was enormously published in
our last by placing these townships 10
Marshal Taie's charge;
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The sunny SoUTH OR THE SoUTHsRSER
AT HoME- the little of a racly written
12mo, volume of over Ave hundred pages
recently published by G. G. Evans, OF Gait
Book Notoriely 439 Chestnut street, Phia-
dephia. OF course, it is not expected that
we can read every publication which II
pleases partial publishers 10 transmit 10 Us;
but we have glanced through the pages OF
this, and believe il will be found 10 be very
interesting book, conveying much truthful
information in regard to Southern life in a
very agreeable aud attractive form.
The volume comprises Sc ries of letters
by Northern governess, and are written
with a refreshing ease which charms and
alures one onward TO the conclusion. The
experience of the writer, and what she saw
and heard and participated in, in true
Southern home, is detailed in q free, con
versational way, calculated 10 win and tC
1 please the reader -Nationnl Ameriean, HI
iantd Geo.
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Flour and Feed Delivered !!
THAN TIE CHEAPEST

fI,hE undersigned has made arrange
Il ments that viii enable hIm to deliver
Flour aud Feed, FOR CASH, about ten per
cent. cheaper than any body else in town.
His prices are as follows:
Flour 81 25; Corn and Oals ChopSi So;
Corn and Rye Chop 81 65 Bran 81 10;
respectfully solicit share Of The public
patronage. MUSES. COfFMAN.
Bloomsburg, June IA, 1860.
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REVIEW OF THE MARKET,
To Persons
OUT OF EMPLOYMEN
AGENTS TAINTED TO SELL
THE
ERIE SEWING MACHINE,

ERIE SEWING MACHINE.
NNTE will give Commission, or wages
w at from S25 TO 500 per month, aud
expenses paid. This is new Machine,
and simple in It's construction that a
Chld OF 10 years can learn TO operate II By
half an hours instruction. Ii Is equal 10
any Family Sewing Machine i'll use, and
the price is but Fifteen Dollars
Eg- Persons wishing al agency will ad-
dress n. B0YLAN,
Secretary Erie Sewing Machine Company,
nov2lw6 MILAN OHIO.
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Census Of Columbia County.

THE following is the number of inhabi-
tanis Of the townships committed 10 the
charge of Deputy Marshal. L Tate:
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PRACTIcAL AMaLGAMATIos IN OHTo Miss
Georgiere Tucker, highly accomplished
white girl, graduate of Oberlin College,
Ohio, and successful lecturer on literary
subjects, eioped. recently, from Toledo, in
that State, with colored barber, and went
to Detroit, Michigan, where they were mar
ried, TO the Infinite disgust of the girls
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CAUTION m-Noae are gsnuins unless
the words Holloway. New York snd Lon
don " ara cl.rernsbl. as Water ,nsrh ~
every leaf al the book OF directions AROUND
each pot or box the same NAV be- p.ainly
-een oy holding the leaf 10 the hight Ahand-
some reward will be given 10 any oas
rendering such information may lead Io
the detection oi any parry or pa,tIrs coua-
trriritIng The medicine. or vending Ihs
same, knowing hem To be- spurious.
- Sold a: The Maunfaciorv of PROBE sar
Hoilo way, so Maiden Lane New fnfk aud
by all respectable D'ugsI-fs and Dealers IN
Medicine, throughout In. ciSi lized world,
in boxes al % cents. 90 ceuis aud 81 ra' h
@ There is considerable saving by ia
king .he larger sizes.
~ B-Direcions for the guidancs Of pa
lienls in every disorder ara affixed ~ esrh
box.
October, II, 1850.
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PErgRsoN's MAGAZINE We are in receipt
o. this popular Lady's Magazine for Decem-
Der. Ii is splendid number. Peterson"
has a circulation of 10000. 1t will be
greatly improved in 1861. Ii will contain
1000 pages of double column reading mat
ter, IA steel plates, IL colored steel fashion
plates, IL colored patterns in Berlin work,
embroidery or crochet, and 500 wood en-
gravings-proportionately more than any
other periodical gives. Its stories and
novelets are by the best writer's. lis fash
ions are always the latest and Prettiest
Every Eeighborhood ought TO make up a
club Its price is but Two Dollars year
or a dollar less than Magazines of lis class
Subscribe for it and save a Dollar. Tc
clubs, il is cheaper stiIl-viz: three copies
for SIS. or eight for $40. To every person
getting up club, the Publisher will send q
magnificent premium. Specimens sen
gratis 10 those wishing 10 get up clubs
Address, posi-. paid, Charles J. Peterson, 800
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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HollOwoy's PHis.-The turn OF Life.-From
the age of forty-five 10 fifty, woman has
arrived a, critical period OF her existence;
the stream OF death flows before her, across
il is a bridge, called, 1.-The turn of life"
Beyond it a delightful garden, the path is
beset with danger and guarded BY the fierce
dragons of disease. Drorsy, Erysipelas,
Hysleria, Nervousness and other disorders
too numerous 10 mention, but armed and
prepared by Holloway's famous Pills, she
will pass with security into those beautiful
regions and enjoy herself till the sun ot life
sells in the serene evening of old age. Neg,
ligence at this season is productive of the
most frighiful consequences and death itself
would be far preferable TO such mockery
OF lie. The nervousness, fiushes and faint
ing fits, the general prostration OF The
system may be all prevented by "a timely
recourse to these incompatible remedies.
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SENSIBLE ADvIcE.-The following sensi-
BILE advice we copy from the last number of
Gody's Lady's Book. Read II
"rAKE YoUR OwE PAPER.-Let rs still
try 10 impress this upon our subscribers
Take your home paper before subscribing
10 any other, il is duty you owe, and one
you ought not TO neglect. II you want The
La1y's Book also, take that in a club with
your own paper. fon will save dollar by
The operation.
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The Sunny South; or the SOutherner at
Iome

A New Book, edited by Prof J r. Ingra
ham, Auihor OF The PRINcE OF THE HOUSE
OF DAVID, PILLAR OF FIRE, &C., containing
a series of letters, purpofted 10 be written
by young Northern Governess, residing
at the home o. Southern Planter-The
design of the work, although, il contains
other valuable historical infor nation, is 10
present in al impartial light, African slav-
cry, as II really exists in the South proving
those revolving horrors taught and cherished
from early infancy in the North respecting
slavery, false and unworthy OF the appro-
val o. candid Northern men The work is
a clear type OF Northern mind as it regards
Slavery: Northern people, both ladies and
gentlemen, who seek their fonuCes in our
midst, witnessing themselves, Southern in
stituions, manners, customs and habits,
invariablyv become identified with aud
strongly attached 10 a Southern life its
wealth. luxures and beauties.
'Tis true, now aud then, an unsuccessful
party, failing TO accumulate, through indo
lence or some other disagreeable qnallfica
lions, Southern wealth, returns North, aud
with exaggerations and extravagant false
hoods msre presents Southern Slavery, but
the sober, industrious and reasoning portion
OF the ten thousand year" from the North
who settle in our midst, are released OF all
sectional preludices and become Jealous
advocates OF southern principles. The au-
thor of the publication before US, we hope,
will accomplish his desired object in remov-
| ing from the Northern mind all undue preju
/ dices as relates 10 Southern planters and
I their properly. We regret that lime ano
1 space afford US no further notice Of the work
al present, but we freely endorse, and re-
commend as truths, the contents of the book
| and hope it will be extensively read-Com
nontceahh, B1drion Aia.
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DISORDERS OF TIE KIDNEYS.

In all diseases s6rriing these organs,
whr;her they sscrsis Ion much or too liti o
wairr; or whether thr; be afflicted with
Stone or gravel, or with srhes and psihs
settled IN The lpiils over The region. oil Ihe
kiin.ya. these Pills should ho Isk-n .rcof-
ding 10 lh- printed INSTRUCTIONS directions,
aud The Oh imrnr should be well rubbed
into the small of he bark at bel ti,n-. This
treatment will give almost immeiIste relief
whsn all other means have Ia led.
FOR STOMACHS OUT or ORrE3.
No medicine will 30 efTretually improve
the iot.s oil the stomach as ihsss Pills; ihsv
rsmovs all acidII,, nccasIonrd ei;h-r by
n'rmprraica or Hnprnp-r diet. They
rearh The liver and reduce Il In hsxIfhy
action; they ara wonderfully effir.ci"u. IL
e~--.-- -, -Ps--rr-iII fa.,-'',-~ tsii Ia
Gu urnIg all disorders ui Ils II rr AMI slomgoh,
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HOLLOW AVS FILLS.
NERVOUS DISORDERS.

What is more fearful than a breaking
down OF the nervon- s, stem 2 To be -xcis
table or nervous in small degree is most
distressing, for where can remedy be-
found There is one :-dtiuk but liiile
wine. beer or spirits, OF FAT better. none
take 10 cofee,--wesx tea b-in. pfeferabIsS z
gel all the fresh air you can lake thrss or
iour Pill. every night; eat plenty of soIidsy
avoiding the use OF slops aud j: these gold.
en- rules are followed, YOU will be- happy
IN mind and strong in body, aud forget you
have any nerves.
MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
II there is one thing mors than anoher
for wtrich these Pills are famous il il
their pnnfying properties, especially their
power ot cleansing the blood from all i'm
purities, aud removing dangerous aud sns-
pended .ecfetlons. Universally adopted as
the one grand remedy tor female complaints
thew never fail, never weaken the system,
aud always bring about what is required.
SICK HEADACHES AND WANT OF
APPETITE.
These feelings which so sadden us most
frequently sri,e from snnoyanres or uonb-
le, from o5s'rncied Precipitation. or from
ealng aud drinking what is ur.fil for Us,
inns disordering the liver and stomach -
These organs must he regulated II you wish
10 be well. The Pills, i. taken according
To the printed instructions, will qnickly rs-
store a healthy ar.ian 10 both liver aud
stomach. whence follow naIural con-
sequsnre, a good appeiIe aud a cIszr he ad.
In ihe Ea.l aud West luhiss SCARCELY any
iher msdiclhr is ever used for these dis
( ofhars
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HlRorny's Piil. are The best remsl ly kaOva ie
Tie tcoTLd tsl the foiioirlns d.s i,es.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-04-13

A SOUTHERN SCENE.-lt is so seldom
that the real truth respecting the social
condition of the Southern slave appears in
the republican press, that we take pleasure
in clipping the following paragraph from
letter to the Newark Id0crtiSer, a re
publican paper:
g remained at Savannah eight days in
sight seeing, and while there attended the
races, few miles from the city. There
were to be found on the grounds hundreds
of we'll dressed negroes, with purse in hand
ready to bet YOU various sums on their ia
vorite nags. Certainly, more happy,
careless set of beings are seldom found,
and l could not help contrasting them
with the almost naked and starving blacks
we sometimes meet at home.
Lastevening in company with number
Of ladies' and gentlemen from the hotel, |
attended negro ball The wenches were
dressed in the extreme of fashion, with
gold watches, bracelets, and other trinkets
cleaning among the folds Of their dresses
in fact, all that goes to make up the
dashing felnaIe-and the fashionable airs
they assumed were amusing to behold.