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HI Ienne--A Guthrie Joseph Brown q
II McDopalds-kArch Rules l6-In this cause, ~ appssAn
that the dsenoaa
the State OF Iennssse
N the nesn
willie Union
Cnaneesy
Monday
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I'm THE CHANCERY COURT AT DRIES.
n den for Weakley County, state of Ten.
.--OriginAI and Injunction B Order Of Publiea
tion-Jeptha Gardner William Hampton and Matthew
Thomas administrator Of Alfred Thomas deceased. From
the sdarit bill this appears Clerk
Master Of said Court that the said Matthew Thomas Ia
said State Of Tennee, and resides in Kentucky
therefore ordered by said Clerk Master that puca
ton Of this order be msde for four successive week. in the Week
ly Union and American, pubshee in the city Of
MEANWHILE said State Of Tennessee commanding the
Matthew Thomas file his plea demurrer TO said
bill before the Of said Chsncery Court,
hello the courthouse said Dresden, the second
Hon1sy Of July next the viii be- in all things, taken
for confessed him. ard for han to him
ssid Of said Court This the 9Th day Of March, 1851
"a true copy from the Order BookD
NATHAN n. EDWADRs, C. q n.
nn13f 6l-Ns tnr'g of said0
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Charleston aud Saya
FREIGHT LINES.

RATES REDUCED AND SPEED N
,1 - freight Trains onall the roads. O
NASHVILLE: 1Ases Hon
ssst Gas, Per 100 lbs, 81 "a Third Class, psr
sseona GAS, do ! IS PourtA CIo..
Hats Caps and Bonnets 2 Is
Tine Iron Savannah aad Chariestoa "a Ns,hv,l
and half and four days y y '''l "a
and nine days '-'--' . 'sH 40
1.nsusrvenlng saboaths cause the absve vrr;a.on
Ne detentions By ice or sDos- a- - = lloe..
csPt dAm2ges occurring at seal promptly ssSjn.,..
fllie and Chattanooga Railroad % deifS.r- -
.eS - r&s "
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I'm THE CTRCUTT COURT. OF HARDIN

County Tenn.---Sussn q. Hutton. Thos Hutton,
Petition for to from the petition,
which and motion Of petition hst The defendants
H1tton resident Of the State Of Tennessee IL
therefore ordered that publication be madein the Onion and
American, Newspaper published in the city Nashville Tenn
weeks requiring said defendant 70 sppesr
by the 9Th day Of the Of the Circuit Court in said
county of Hardn he held in Savannah the 4h Monday
in March next ana then and there 70 plead or deHr
said petition the will be taken confessed AID set
for bearing expsre This Ae hnsy Of February e6l
feb24- wlpr ssfsesS JOHN 8. IRWIN, Clerk
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Valuable Printing Once for Sale.
ITUATEDin wealthy section ofeouny in Tennessee and
- having extensive s1hsc pton list and advertising pat
Thepaper Democratic and WILDE sold
TERMS to one however, but Democrat The paper stab
hed TO sdvoats State Equality, and the proprietor will not lie
Il out Of his hands to be devoted any ether purpose
further particulserquirs ct the UoN OFFICE
octl9-tn t.Tssa
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marI7vztpr'sfees3

OHILIs HAIR and others compainants Larkin Brooks
otkeIsdefendants.- Bill March Rues-0n
complainant by his solicitor and appearing to the
satisfaction G and Master from allegation in
which is to, that defendant Larn Brooks
resident OF the State Of Tennessee, therefore order
"a that publication successive weeks in the
Union and American, Newspaper pubShed in the city OF
Nashville requiring the nonresident defendant 10 appear be-
fore the hancery GAnboro before the second
= onday August 1861, conpIAnaols bill the
same will be taken confessed and down for hearing
parteas 70 him. WILLIAM II. BOLTS, an.
w4torsf eea3
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IN CHANCERE COURT AT DRESBEN.-
III for Weakley County, State of TenneSs
see-s0rginal and Amended Blls0rder Of Publcation-A
ed Byars and his wife Stacy Ann ByArs; Anderson Bgers
and his wife Margaret Bigers SimSsn C. Bowin.
Bovlin Edmund Bown; EnhrsinJ Owen and wife Nancy
Owen Ashmsn Collier administrator OF william Bowlin,
deceasss; William Newhouse and wife Frances Newhouse Mar
gsret Matock Elizabeth BoWn Ezaoh BysTs John Turner
Mary Myzell and Martha KyzelE From the affidavit
the amended bill in this appears the Clerk and
Master OF said Court that the said defendants Elizabeth Bys
John Turner. Mary MyEell and Martha Myzell,
residents OF the said State Of Tennessee and reside in the State
Missouri It therefore ordered by said Clerk and Master
that publication OF this order be made for four Successive weeks
In the Weekly Union and American newspaper published in
the city Of Nashville in said State Of Tennessee commAnding
the said Elizabeth BysTs John Turner Mary Myze and
Martha MyEe to file their pleas demurers TO
said bills before the next Of said Chsncery Court
TO be hea the house in said town Of Dresden, the
second Monday Of July next the will be in all things
taken for confessed against them and hearing
to them, at said Of said Court Th the day Of March,
1851. a true copy from the Order Book
NATHAN n. EDWARDS, G. Il NJ,
spI36l-vstpr Of said Court.
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GKlEaAL FRKIsHT 0YUcE, NASHVILLE DECATUR r. Ri
NASHVILLE Nov nth, Ie60. I
Am and after the Goth inst frights for Decatur all points
Memphis Charleston and all other connecting Roads
will be received and sen. forward without delay
To prompt attention must have plain chipping
marks the destination in full and initials Of last
package. Stock sent through with care and dispatch
JOHN W. RATCLIFFE,
novl8--dln 3 GeHersl A. ent.
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81 CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
E ORA ON AND AFTER
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER I1th, 1850,
Passenger Trains, East West will ran As follows
p + ' GOING EAST.
--+ Leave Eszhvilie At $50 II and JPN.
Arrive At Chattanooga I:5o N and las IN
COMING WEST.
Leave Chattanooga at 7:30A N and 10 PM.
Arrive At Nashville st 5:3D II and n.
Ii rail connson and shortest to Boston New York
"A Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington City, Richmond
Pesersbug, Lynchb1g Enoxvile, Savannah, Charleston
Montgomery, hemF his. New Orleans, &c.
Both Trains connect at Stevenson Trains on Memph
and Charleston Railroad and Chattanooga with Trains on
Esst Tennessee and Georgia Western Atlantic
Through Ticxes be had any hour on application
Ticket Agent at Office Depot, following places
81 the following prices, viz:
Aaah "a NeuY ork via .-f Ta,r A W. X
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IL o I'D TIERS FOE 1851,
At the Fair c. unds.
PRICES REDUCED To 81 HE TIMES.

No. l. Green Mountain Black Hawk.
yKyHIs FIEsT CLASS ROADSTER, will his
1861, at the State Fair Ground Nashville, beginning
March h and closing July the 4h at $40 and SIS
for insurance,
He beautiful black six years DID, rotted at Athens in
1861 in sos aud is certainly handsome and perfect
horse his action that has been brought to the State he
bred in Vermont imported BY E. K. Jennings and by tie
Hatch horse, Lhoo he by Old Black Hawk he BY sher
and he by the Original Justin Morgan Dam by Duroe, G
d. st. Charles Or d. Woodbury. Morgan, and hence
bines four OF the best trotting knewn.
No. 2, Yankee Robin
CAPITAL BAY COLT years old, by Vermont Boy, dam
BY Woodbury. will be let to 20 SIS the season, $40 to
insure. He is very promising.
No. 8, Washington the I'd.
GOOD BAY years old, Old Washington, dam excel
Trong Mare will be let to Is Mares 10 the season.
SIS TO insure in foal. - a.s E
Breeders will please examine the above Stations Coed Blue
Grass pasture the farm Of T. Rannng and grain to kep
mares in good condition, at 81 per week.
e .r..s, ANDREW GREGORY,
Nashville Tenn Part 0vner and Agent for Company
Oscar Kmba will Be ready all tines show the stock
gentlemen -t-t t-----
Refer tO-J.o Owen, Williamson, Col R. Allen Of Sum
ner, 7. tanning Of Davidson Dr. Al T. Goceh, Of Ruthsr
ford. ~ mar5-f
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FRENCH PROTESTANT SCI

NJ ADAAE VALIANT will re oDen her r.,
l..L sor young ladies at l62S Chestaut ,
september Superior instructions IN she -
branches, 70 both Of which equally serious 49,
sAnant with Madame valiant, wiz supsrintsnd
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TUsT received and for sale constantly, article OF Psr
ID me Vsruish Of the best quality in quantities to suit pur
chasers. BENZ y SHIELDS CO.
Also, consignment Of Perunery, gnvelops the
trade l3Ane3-ni B. =. 8. q 90.
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apiss,-.spte.s NATHAN \ hD@ADks al. e court @

I'm TINE CHANCERK COUNT AT DRES.
III den for WeakleY County, state OF Ten~
nesSoe Original Bhl-0Fder Of Pubcatisn-Jacoh Robs
Margaret Johns, James Jones, Henry Jones,
brooks and wife Nancy Brooks Bruce and wife Mary
Bruce; susannah Jones, William Jones and Hiram
Jones' From the adsv the bill in this cause it appears
the Clerk said Court the said Joseph Johns
and wife Margaret ponesdent Of said State Of Tenne
and resdein Missouri 1t is therefore ordered said Clerk
and Master that publication Of this order be made for four
Weekly Union and American newspaper
published in the city Nashville said State Of Tennessee,
commanding tse said Joseph Johns and wife Margaret T.
the plea said Bill before the
m of said ohRncerY Court be held the house.
said town of Dresden the second Monday July next
the will be all things taken for confessed against them
and for hearing expsrte said Of said Court This
the 9Th day Of March, 1861 "a copy from the Order
Becky NATHAN N. EDWARDS, @ Il M,
apt2'60-w4t-p-'sfee 50 OF said Court,
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Successors to Edwards, Gilkefson & Co,
les wholesale Grocers,
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
81 BEAlEas'm
Brandiess wines, Tobaccos. Cigars, sc.
coR8AR ooxEEaEzsD oHDRoH STRxE1S
80 ma NashvIiIc, Tenn.
VEyE ARE IN RECEIPT OF A LARGE AND WELL
W selected stock Groceries Tobaccoss Liquors &C.,
p in part follows, ts which respectfully invite the at
SUGAR, mOLAssEs AND sYRUR.siSa
g haas Lssisisas Sugar; sebSs Coverings powdered
g hi oos Siariasd oo,d sSs15 1oa, sor.r:
bis Psuat Sas No 8 Passss list Louis Golden
sossI. Refined solsssss; sOpSs New Orleans Golden
81 bills Lovering's DIR chrush- Syrup;
Sfs'' $3.50 COFFEE. r&
loo bags Baltimore Rio coee; 50 bags Gid COL Coffee;
oo Daes new Orleans Rio Cof 50 bags Laguira Cofee;
,oo bels Rscthsa Whisky; sOtb Robertson county Rh
isS !" X DD aOs ass' Smiths Old Reserve
spuncbeons Of irish and Scotch whisky.
BRANDIES. WINES, &c.sst ge'Es
losaarter casks seignettes 10 casks Madeira Wine;
Cos Brandy: !. Sweet Malaga Wine;
20 or casks Rochelle Brandy: 10 " Dry y
10 or United Proprciors 50 pks Ginger Winei y &
Brandy; SO baskets Chanpagne;
100 pks American Brandy; IS boxes Claret; l5s 14s
| 100 Ginger IS pks Lemon Cordial =.
1 so Cherry IS Mint g - 2
1 Blackberry " 50bexe bitters;
95 Raspberry g pks Holland Clint
10 casks Rum; $40 $685.
TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
n 500 boxes TiE.iuis TOb,cc0-v.sious brands
/ Is Kegs Smiths Pancake Tobacco; % ~
$1,000 Superior Havana cigars-variors Brands:
| 5000 Domestic
CANDLES AND SOAP.
lOo boxes tar Candles; soboxss stearine Candles.
900 hn" 50 I" Tallow I"
| $50 or /" I50 boxes Soap various kinds;
FLOUR. cues
100 bills extra Family Flour;
4 100 " I" Superfne " 80 "a
100 bags Pennsylvania Buckwheat Flour
/ SUNDRIES. go
1000 sacks fine and coarse Salt 100 dozen Buckets;
| 500 bbls Kanawha Salt; so nest Tubs
| 1000 kegs Nails and Spikes; Is saeks Almonds
500 boxes Glass Ware: so bbs Pecsns and Fi1berts;
| 500 Reels Cotton Rope; 10 bbls English walaHs;
100 casks Soda; 100 dozen Brooms - p -
1000 pounds Bar Lead 100 dozen Zinc Wash Boards;
500 bags Shot, assorted sizes 500 Wrapping Psp
| 100 dozen Fresh Cove Oysters; so bags Pepper;
2Scases sardines, u and \ Is Allspice;
boxes: SO bxs Ground Mustard;
SO bxs Lemon Syrup; so " Fire Crackers;
$50 pks Raisins so bbis Cider Vinegar;
1 100 " Mackerel; so bbls Xxx Ale;
IS chests Green and Black 4etErt -3g
Teas;
na's-tf i'''' . '''' ' EDWARDS. HARRIS CO.
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FFtHk undsrslgDea hzFsnoz on had t7so tsu.
LAKE nins',Sn Zee and Win 80 : snpriy {
70 III an orders Ine depots used al ss.~e, T..
any orders Len st them VIII rscsivs 5,.-s 49, =
OoAkAps cHAHDLE
NB-PsTticuiAr attention given . I;is lin. ". 81
mar26-d2m -4A-As So-'
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Corn. Hnx and 0ats.

lust received large IOt ofCOTu, HAg and Oats al
- sell low for cash. Also,
POTATOES, FLOUB AND ON1<AN )
A large lot for sale cheap, Also,
EXTRA FINE Eff0aMS.
200 dozen very Hne BrOosas. jsstEeeeived on eonsl
are Oeerng very cheap. HsT q yoaT ,as - seed !
, nar1--f churcl
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Gt0VINGToN RAIL MILL eOMPANY.-This Company
~ now prepared with the best and improved ne
fill orders for rerong Railroad Bars shortest no.
tee as the Mill has the capacity to $50 week.
In rerolling Railroad Bars third added to
the old, to Rail that will lamnae and insure per
tect weld
Street Railroad Bars also be furnished Of any pattern %
qued and Railroad Bars Of different lengths and zs
All order shall receive prompt and attention. and
but the best materials will be used in hands Of skfJ
workmen the Company hope give entire SATISFACTION 10
who may Gavcr It with their custom.
r. BUOHANAN Il BON, Agent.
Ci...i-
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Cash system.
EroR the year 1861 our business viii be
. EXCLUSIVELY CASH.
By adapting this system, can msks greatly
tnerest Of our friends TO give their patronage.
- .la.. SNYDER & FRIZZKLL,
ianl-h 81 Public Square,
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Manny's C0mSlnea ReaDd
Mower.

w eeiebrated Aaehine eesived - 49, -
SOLD nE6AL, a. he 6esteonbined Raauinr ~ M
ttns great nifed States Agricultural Fsl-- 80
Az, n September, 1851. The trial cane 81 80,
Ie.k, n July, where all the priL >ipai Maebiss
ss ~ enoFo 1gnly tested. The coaniitiss -
Society, at L0zisville, Ky. - --Aa
- also received he ward as the haas heapsy.
Mower, before tE0 separate soz.nlttes-.
dent OF ne Davidson County AgricrJturai s--;,,
N saiy, 10y, over nest Of the machines rsE RI ~
g.. ~ o.nsf premiums AID awsrdI we're i've
aI.1nB sne iast season, over every kaehinein I,rs
The above machines are for sale 81 t6s
D. =. OHEATHAM, - ---'%-'-' 8
General Agent far the s.sts.
,.As- -. FISHER, WHEELRs
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L -R1FER
W Clement, President Idtds Miami r Co. 8
John Lewis President Coyington and Lexington Co.
road.
LIenmedieu President Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton
90. lparI4-w2t
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-05

Ten thousand horses had also been struck
by the balls. Some were struggling in the
convulsive agonies of death, while others,
in the widest terror, were rushing riderless
over the plain.
1t was now ten o'clock at night, and near
ly one-half of the Russian army was des-
troyed, and all the survivors were exhaust
ed and despodcnt At that hour fresh
division of the French army impetuously
entered the field This decided the day.
But still the Russians, though retiring,
maintained brave and unbroken front
The victors, utterly exhausted, sought such
repose as could be found, shelterless beneath
that wintry sky. Napoleon, according to
his invariable custom, traversed the field of
battle, to minister, with his own hands, to
the wounded and the dying. It was mid
night, cold and stormy. Perhaps never
before did earth present spectacle of such
unmitigated misery. Frightful was the
scene which the dawn of the morning re-
vealcd. Nearly forty thousand men, awful
ly mutilated, were stretched upon the Grim
soned snow. a wall Of anguish rose from
the wounded, which froze every heart with
terror, For eight days Napoleon remained
at Eylau, until all the sick and wounded
were carefully provided for, when he re-
turned to the Vistula In the spring he
again marched forth to the victory of Fried
land and the peace of Tilsit.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-05
Qriglnal 9luetry.
o SPIRIT, BE STRONG.

Why should cherish the smiles that awaken
Sweet visions of bliss in the future of life,
Or dream that the heart, by peace long forsakcn,
Can know but the tempests of sorrow and strife?
Why should my spirits, with thrilling emotion,
Thus welcome the dawning of hopes tender light
Like Mariners wrecked by the storms of the ocean
Who grasp at the bubbles that burst in their sight
Poor heart! dos think that the beams of affection
Will shed on thy darkness sweet sympathy rs ray
That loves gentle tones, with fondcst infection
Will cheer thy lone through life's transient
day?
Alas not for me the radiant pleasures,
llluming the pathway where others may go,
And the coveted joys Of loves holy treasures
Come not where the tides of my life sadly flow.
Ive CHERISHED bright hopes the beautiful vision
Cast brightness and beauty o'er times chan gin O
way,
But pass'd with the storm whose moe king derision
With hues of the midngh cnshroudcd my day
From the wreck Of the past, like night winds trail
ing
In sorrowful cadence through forests of gloom,
Comes voice Of grief, whose tremulous wailing
Proclaims but delnsion in hopes faiicst bloom.
spirit, be strong! Faint not though the sadness
VI sorrow unceaslng encompass thy dreams,
Nor cherish the hope that visions cf gladncss
Will 'circle thy future with beauteous beams
And what, if the hopes of earth and its beauty
Be darken'd by folds of ephemeral wo.
staI faE. n9asz ssreneX Ger the pathway ef
Pomonkey, November 26, 1861. w.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-05
THE BATTLE OF EYLAU.
BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT.

From the fields of Jena and Auerstadt,
Frederick William, the king of Prussia,
fed more than five hundred miles to the
banks of the Vistula, in Prussian Poland,
where he found refuge in the army of the
emperor Alexander. The Russians, amaz-
ed by the disaster which had so suddenly
overwhelmed their ally, opened their arms
to receive the fugitives. Alexander, alarm
ed, called all his resources into reuuisition /;
and from every part of his vast empire troops
were on the march to swell the ranks of his
army.
Napoleon was thousand miles from his
capital, and the SHOWS of winter already
began to whiten those northern hills. If a
blow were not immediately struck, the foe
might accumulate in such masses, as to fall
upon the French in the spring with over
whelmlng numbers In an address to the
troops, which electrified all hearts, the ar
my was inspired with enthusiasm to disre-
gard all fatigue and peril, and again to ad-
vance to meet the foe. Through rain, and
snow, and miry roads, the wheels, of the
ponderous artillery often sinking axle deep,
the earger army followed their chieftain.
1t required q march Of four hundred miles
to pass from Berlin to Warsaw. Upon the
right banks of the Vistula. Alexander had
force of one hundred and twenty thousand
men, whom he was strongly entrenching.
1t was now the stormy month of Decem-
Der. Through dreary country of forests,
morasses, and bleak plains, the French army
pressed on, day by day, occasionally en-
counterlng opposition, which they swept
before them as the gale sweeps autumnal
leaves, until, early in January, the army
entered the black forests which frown along
the Vistula. Here the French troops en-
eamped to prepare for the spring campaign.
Their entertainments extended along the
left banks of the river for distance Of one
hundred and fifty miles. All the passes of
the stream were so occupied as to render
surprise impossible.
. Comfortable huts were built from the
logs of the forest, arranged in regular and
neat streets, and supplied with every COM
fort Immense conveys of provisions were
incessantly arriving, the soldiers being even
supplied with several million bottles of wine.
The sick and the wounded especially were
nursed with the most tender care. Over
each hospital chief overseer was appoint
ed, always supplied with ready money, and
ordered to supply the sick with every need
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1861-12-05
Eeletteh Miscellany.
From the London Packet.
UP IN THE AIR.

Some few months back was called in
I am surgeon by profession attend
Senior Tornades. who, despite lis pane,
was as true an Englishman, by birth and
parentage, as the parish of Lambeth ever
bred and reared. I found him suffering
from extreme debility and nervousness,
brought on by the overstralned tension OF
the muscles pad sinews. He told me that
he was lrope-d dancer, slack and tight; a
tumbLr. stiff and loose; sprite acrobat, and
beotle-equilibrist; and many other things
which have escaped my memory.
His family consisted of his wife-a pale,
sickly woman, somewhat older than himself
and a very handsome little girl Accus-
toned as | was to witness the devotion Of
women by sick bed side, and the irritabili-
ty Of male patients, the self-sacriice of Ma
dame Tornados and the demonstrative graft
tude of her husband for each act of attention,
surprised me. He was under my care for
some months and, as he recovered, grew
talkative and familiar. One evening, as he
sat in an easy chair, propped up by pillows,
he favored me with the following narrative.
[ purposely suppress any professional tech
nicalities and acrobatic aryot which would
be unintelligible to the ordinary reader.
''You see, sir" he began, ''my father
was hawker over in Lambeth Marsh.
never knew my mother. because she died
when l was quite young. l don't know
how it was | learned tumbling. The first
thing [ can remember is standing on my
head close to Westminter Bridge, aud gen
tleman going by giving me shilling =
ANou how , tho nopt1a,non co.J 6
that again. which | did. Now said he
spring ? which I did. and came on my feet
again. Good boy said he, and he patted
me on the head. That gentleman, sir, was
the great Mr. Ducrow. Well, sir, of course,
after such encourag cement from such man,
a tumbler became. | spared neither pains
nor trouble, and practiced till [ became mas
ter of my art and head of my profession
''About seven years ago-I was twenty,
three-I first met with James Ranford, wh.
was also iu the line, and he proposed that
we should work together. [ consented. and
we travelled about and exhibited at town
halls and assembly rooms, and large rooms
at inns; but we did very badly Ranford
had wife and child, SO it fell harder upon
him. l was forced to lend him what little
[ could spare, for I could not see young
woman and little baby 60 without while !
had it, could [
''Well, sir, things got from bad to worse
and my partner, being a man of violent
temper, took to drink-he was always giver
that way-and, [ am sorry to say, he useG
to beat his WIFE Sometimes my blood has
boiled, and have walked away for fear thai
I should interfere. However, I used tt
cheer up the missus as we'll as I could, and
nurse the little girl, and they both grew tc
like me very much.
'One night, at place called Peddle