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The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

c~ Commission and general merchants,
,fll And at the Wholesale drue store of JAS GOuesa
corner Of Common and Magazine strsets. New Or
cans everything belonging 10 the drug trade they
nay require, at prices based on the latest gold quo
tAtious. EES8
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

Nipqsa & .Rtakft, wholesale druggists,
No. 3l8, Main street, Memphis, are he
fore the business public again, otferin"
superior drugs at Northern prices. This
house is emphatically drug msrt for. the
South 80 g..- 49,, sg.,,A
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

JE,Lh, bnDortl il 10 the Travelling Public
-Cantain d. DeHaven, OF the hrm OF
u, Haven, Matthews & Co, Of Mobile
called on us yesterday. Capt. DehsVeb
is ACTIVELY engaged in completing al al
rAncament which is highly important |"
.he tray ling public l. is the 'permN
nent establishment of a line OF steamer
from selma TO Montgomery, forming
Regular and prompt connection oe'"eo"
the Alabam aud Mi,sis ippi RIVERS ran
rod aud the Montgomery ana "es'
Poiat railroad This connection hSN
hitherto been made by lipe OF rlVel
boat, from Mobile to Montgomery, an"
owing to the great distance between these
two uoints, connection with these I'M
portant road. vas seldom made ne
travelling public, both east and west, WI.
thu, liud great central route, with ."
unhrukenInk, from Virgins and me
Carolinas to the Mississippi river and Or
yond. We learn that schedule
shortly 10 be prepared, embracing inc
various connections from east 10 "es'
along this route. The various rAllroao'
constituting this line, rs well as tnoS'
crossing it, are deeply interested ~ tn'
enterprise now being so emerge e@ii!
prosecuted by.Q Capt. DAHaven. = In
Montgomery Mail noticing This enter
prise. saws '.we are pleased TO lear
that he has established fast, daily 4n
of steamers, between this. city and sslra
(totake ne soorl Whereby close Gle et ee GO
injections are 10 be- made with lthe SAr
ca. railroads. For this admfrSbis- o
rancement, the travelling public viii 4
cres,ly indebted % Mr.! DebaRenR Fro
the D.iIy Selma TimeAiEe take the se
lowing notice 10 Tn .nITf
Carr. D.ipl4Qi.tGM hIdlths pseaaasti
1 Dn S'I spp.eiTpiiaSss ssa On
who is on u short visit 10 thlsei iyfroT
short time the Captain VIII have SON
thing in onerahion, with attnead qasareea
near thassxiii. ford 4P'eassfs And e. !
benefit to our Qny. F.EI rIA5iE1h. =
In another eoipplpwin be- t'yTna
card of D. H4ver, xAatthswTEr ~ e -
bic. To such of 6nt cfrize1s apd ousl %
men OF this section Who, have b9sl9
Mobile, We will1 cay caal on enA y
Q~ttAoAS a Co. y - t-s#i 'l'*A :
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RIVE are authorized TO announce 4 ~. Phillips
Is ca1l date b. for. the Legislature for Supernten'
don't * the Pcnitentary. ..ea
- yr are authorized TO announce 0bert t'
MILLER a. a candidate for reelection to the office OF
clerk NJ the House NJ Represen atives.
r~.=wr are authorized to announce ID. II. Porter
a. candidate for collection the Office OF Secretary
II the SeT4te ..z ss u p. 4. - s.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

an LoeWenstine &c Bro, No. 23l, Main Ian
street Memphis, advertise % Wholesale
and retail business in staple and fancy
dry goods Wholesale dealers would flnd
this house rich in fa4sorted. staples and
superior goods. We invite attention 10
their card in our paper, and ask for them
liberal patronage. - ~ II lD4
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Important Notice.

Persons desirous of getting back part
If theyalue Of their cotton sold to the C. s. A. Gov
ernrnect for Bonds invited TO call At the Clarion
Office.
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TERMS {:
BATES OF ADVERTISING.

,f.-.s-..uerts viii be inserted for any time less
,t,r one mouth, at the rate of On DOLLAR
AND FIFTY C.. xTS per square for the hrst in
,.,..a. and SEVENTY-FtVE CENTS PEI
49,. -a for each subsequent Insertion
Advertisements ordered for one month"; viii b..
t-,,. 3. seven Il )'laas and fifty cents per square.
,fva tfsrmen.. of more than two squares in length
-. ne. rub I'd at five dollars per month
,uaiv.rtis,meuts published in the ally, will also
,..,r5risbe in the tr weekly an weekly paper.
Ji1n.r..l deduction will bo made to those whe sd
vests= Dy the year.
All glverse nents must be paid for in advance, 81
,t,5.,ni og each month
separate charge will be made for editorial notices
attic rate Of twenty cents per line.
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nag Jas. CONCEAL. Wholesale druggist,
.orner of Common and MngAxine streets, New Or
aMns isnow prepared TO supply those in want Of
lrugs and medicines, with everything app rt.iniug
o the drug trade, at the lowest market rates.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

To the Farmer.-9Do' you want sgrfcnP
tural imslements and plantation 'machin'
cry! II so, you can get all such thing
from Lewis, Matt hewsaa& Co, at No 206.
Front street, Memphis Tenn. They are
also agents for portable cotton gins, usel
ons, plows &e. Ser their advertisement
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

OFFICE OF SECRETAkI OF SILL.
I. John IL. Ecllols, Secretary OF state OF nv nv
s.a,s Of. Mississippi, do hereby certify thIt the
".sory nrinted bond il true and correct copy
# tie original now file in my Office ~.
Given y under my hand and the Great Seal OF the
Il. s State of Mississippi aa xed at the MY ss @
JOHN H. ECHOLS,
Secretary OF State.
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HAMILTON & POWER, z
ITO, } JACKSON Miss.
Rodnrd

Bond
/ WHERk H. Jones S. Hamilton, of Wilkinson |
county, and 3. IL Power, of Kinds county, pro |
nose to publish aavork TO be entitled a "Docnmen
tary History of the State of Mississippi, from tins
Pre1dentisA Election Of 1860 tn tn 70 n-'Tl','-
| tner propose to publish this work IN TWO l"Ise
I Handsome substantially bound volumes, ~ coe
| 70 subscribers five dollars each volume anu
| whereas from the expense of pubiiehlng sucn
/ ,wo rk. " hich must necessarily be heavy,, VII
be necessary tolinit The edition TO aetual, Ton'
/ Hde aubscribers-tO secure whom from any Loss
tho said Jones s. Hamilton and J. l. Power nay.
i agreed to enter into bond IN tue BUN oAlit'']
| thousand dollars ($5O,OOOl
| Now. therefore, in consideration OF tne prem
;ses we, JonesfS Hamilton and T. rover, az
| ,r;ncipais and H. Hilzheim, E. NJ fer9er, ana
fohn W. Robinson, as. suretles 90 achhGT ou 81
| ourselves to he 1eld and firmly bound to Jonn n
Echols Secretary of State of the state or hlseis-
s;6ni and his successors in ONCE, as trustees Ior
thra Subscribers in the penal sum OF MY tno9
sand dollars ESQ, 900 for the payment OF which
| wv all and truly to be made, we olnu ou[seN CO.
orr heirs executors administrators ana assigns
| Jointly and sevetally, firmly by these presents
EVitaisss our hands and seals this 22d day OF sep
The condition of the above is this Al sane
- Iones S. Hamilton and }. L. Power shall pu9nnsl
the above described work. to be emitted DOC
J. umentary History of the State OF Mlssissippl
from the Presidential election otIooO to the re
. i denomination of the State Government III ioo",
within reasonable time and deliver the same U
the subscribers respectively an the manner an ~
mon the terms set forth in the preulses Or IN tit
avent of their failure to do 80, If they snail pa
and refund to each of said subscribers the armour
pa;d bv him for said work, then this obligation
Be- null and void otherwise TO DC OF 1uli IoFce ah
| viraue Either of said subscribers may lhsuIu'
| srit on said bond for any breach OF the conultlo
-, | rLereof 10 their prejudice and the obhgators
:" said bond shall be liable to each ana every SUI
scrber for any breach thereof until the wqoe PEI
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The Mobile Times.

The MOBILE TINES, on and after the LIST OF
ctOber will be the title OF OF paper "oo puonsne0
lAder the name OF the MO BILE DAILY NEWS one
II the stauuchess and reliable Journals in the
import of In iivi al AMI Constitutional Rights Of
nam ever published in the South and being also .
most popular and widely circulated journal Of News,
commercial Literary, and interesting matter OF all
kinds
4z-7 svEu VoFm1 ..-s =
Quarter,
Sept. 15,df. .@kEa-saE ls-@o 81
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19

H@ Druggists, in the city and country
an now pur, base AMI have the selection OF tnetf
xoods from IN l-.%e%4 Assortment l. 49, =,
aagazne streets, Nav Orleans, T" prepared ~ '<
u goods At the lowest msrEe prices.
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-19
90 ,ma Ana1Omlcal and PTePar
alOry Medical school,,

gw1uE ~nd.rsiRued propose opening an AnatomlcA,
and Preparatory School. she benent o. necaeat
Stpdenia berSrs snterng tnto the more ~
- the Univ4rn ties special Attsntion WI pc
Aid "a tbs NY of Anatomy and )essecsien- aod. e
far ma ntaescs hc TO all the usual braneh,s 8 Meaa
:; - - an faJent nj m Der Of students eaH De en-
A q - w.rr.nt the ~ Ospsei we propose 20 SFocueF
eom,luae laboratory for Chemic Il Lectures; an
-; e,des yor TO make Prrparat3ry Senoei 81
cine as &C IA Lite ssibie Stunenss ~HS I us
,1,ca rourse Il be- chs g-d $50 A.-af-shose ~9S
vrint. or summer course OF nSe months Scv
.nrt nr terred ia a.vAnce to better enAois " 70
or: cure n, e.s sary para as ..:.,,,
hosa wishinR 10 take aavanta 90 Of our pEopos:toi
Ia : irrsa tterFf inmc dia;eiy At Sc ma as
- - as soon Fractea able after she 10
- OAoS~T RUSSELL McCORD, n D.
~a ~~ CT FAHS, n d
.s1quw GG5 tE@lB 81. RIGGS n. ID
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Tbursday, ::::::::::::::: 10, 1865.


-. ,rur DAILY CLARION viii hereafter be
,,ila7.',ed on 4 FULL SHEET, and no labor or ex-
ne spared to make It worthy 'ne p@'ronase Oh Inc
pa. Ill contain the latest news BY TELEGRAPH
II IN ,arts Of the United States information as to
iIo Of markets in the most important South-
TIE - N Il accounts nf the measures now in pro-
en- S,r the rrorgauiIdtion Of Mississippi and other
go States with variety OF interesting reading
"a 80 THE WEEKLY CLARION will be published
q sunday morning and will contain the choicest
e's' fire. IN the Daily together with interesting
- or.ina. or selected
ANNCI' NCEMT:NTS.
TT nou-c5ng aadi iates for State OF Dis
,rict ofitr.-. ---'- w.
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Fer sale or Rent.
-oa ACRES Of Land.foHr miles from Waynccs U,.so
(S2 Depot Mississippi This b the best oH -
Essrr an Ch;ck asaha river From three 20 foar nun
eras alton, 1a1ly lime land has on y
one Of he best cites for Facsery ca fsna~ Srs.
sAat + I'm she State, with water power sGmSiea
.h1y kind III machinery Apply - a. TAylot - - ~
Hopper, Wayne bore, MiSs
rs u...,ar Gour miles rorth Of DeSeto, Atse--
Al, 90. known nm the Li2se NIB Place. OIL ces.es
fsrm~l7s acres Ia cultivation. With 6. nfs's.ols IN
provemeptb The purchaser or rsnie. can ses a.,
n Shubuts or t. shs undersisn NJ ~ EnterP -,
ecGi2dlmR - = -
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n. LoEWENsTINE. g. BROTHERS,
Dealers and Importers OF ..
,.uo9 STAPLE ANDFANGY DRY GOODS
= f-4s a".ez ~ 4s.-. II +'.5 ..,,s.s r

ExTs, aud shoes Ladies aa 81 N,
4 r Jmbrrl Ne
York picWOO 600 pieces Brown Dmescs 1000 S6t r
Bieached Drng
6O00 goo prs d. T4o %
go ioz Boy Hats 2QVo
00dos Children sfhoe7; ue
Gents'Bp ots kOfNotnn
keep n"~a
xsr
D NJ LOENWEN<TINE & BROS
oald3m sseseEz@
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HAV1.IYG! HAULING

ENHE um lersigned 10 prepared to DO All Hnos %
ga M ING in the city aud country at short notice
M ON yeryfemAolRa BILE terms. Can Always DC 9ounc
ext door tosl,nncan and Hdres new atsne, Ofeflon
block. johnson Avenue, MERRIAM M'sS' Docrps
octl3 ct :. -. nv 49,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10
Mazims for Sheep Farmers

Sheep do better 10 small focks than in large
ones. By small focks we mean from thirty to
fifty, and even if the farmer keeps this number
they should be separated-tbe lambs and de-
crepit sheep being yarded by themselves that
they may receive extra care.
1t is better to keep sheep confined in yar6s
at this season Of the year than to allow them
to range at will.
Separate yards should always be provided
for sheep and cattle, when practicable; but II
not 80, they should never be turned into the
yards together, as accident and loss often ro-
suit therefrom.
Convenient and suitable, arranged .houses
or sheds are indispensable in successfully win
tering even small flock Of Sheep Shelter
being provided, the sheep ought never to be
allowed out in a storm Of rain or Snow, nor
in damp wheather.
all houses or sheds for sheep should be
properly ventilated and well lighted. Atten-
tion to the first Of these is Of great impOr.
tance.
Yards should be provided with pure wa
ter, in order that the sheep may NOT be com.
PEELED to seek it at a distance from the build.
ings, nor obliged to eat snow to Obtain mois-
ture. They will eat snow If they cannot get
water, but it is injurious to them.
Racks 10 sheep houses are of great impOF-
tance, as the sheep can be fed therein in
stormy weather without wasting the forage
Yards should also be provided with them, and
also with grain tronghs. Bat in clear, cold
weather, when the snow in the yard is clean,
sheep will eat their fodder better, aud waste
less if fed upon the snow than 10 any rack ever
made.
Give some kind o. root twice week TO the
entire fock-feeding the lambs and weak
sheep barley, corn, or sOme other kind OF prov
ender, every other day.
Feed with regularity, aud treat your Roek
with gentleness and kndness.-Mains Far,
mer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10
the ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.

A letter hom George Saward, Esq. Secre-
tary and General Superintendent of the At
lantic Telegraph Company, to Cyrus W.
Field, after abiding to the absolute electrical
perfection of the cable now being manufacture
ed, states that the amount completed up to the
Both December is $50 miles. The cable il
now being manufactured at the rate of 80
miles per week, without hurry and without
night work. 1t will be finished by the end Of
the first week in June Two tanks are on
board the Great Eastern for the storage of the
cable. The third is rapidly progressing
There is no reason to doubt that the cable
will all be on board, and the great ship ready
for sea with every appliance OF the kind and
in the best order, during the month Of June.
Mr.. Saward has No doubt that the cable will
be successfully laid and worked
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10
NO. 46.

young blood, which during the past four year
has flowed from the nations heart, and write
curse upon this soil ten-fold more witheri1e
than that craven by the Unseen Hand upor
the walls of the Mother of Harlots. Me
| thinks most half million tongues forever
sileDced by this unhoy war would If they
could, join with shrieking emphasis in she
dreadful maledictioD. South Carolina viola
ter Of a naliou's peace fermeater Of gigan-
tic war home Of the sIave-hunIer and the
duelist accursed of States, ruin is thy doom
and this shall be thy epitapb:- "Tbe birth
place of the shareholders rebellion"
Bot let me not speak the language Of ven
geance, for that becomes not mortal lips. Let
me be content that the God-giveu banner Of
the Union once more, through the blessings of
Providence, floats proudly and triumphantly
over the soil OF that State which four years
ago tore il down from the hattemels Of sum
ter. IL has come hitber baptized by fame
and blood, but it is here, aud that is glory
enough. May its thrice hallOwed folds soon
float over the slave-pens Of Charleston and the
prisons which condne our starving felloW-sol-
diers at Columbia. The rain will cease, the
floods will disappear, and the smile of heaven
will again in due time rest upon this army
Then its two mighty wings will be again out
stretched and, portentOus as the pinions of the
Death-Angel, will be seen moving in resistless
fight over the bulwsrks of Southern rebellion
and despotism.
A. 7. SECHAND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10

outbreak OF November 25th-Gppeared M,
only Indifferent to the miserable condition oi
the men, but to be actuated by brutality
aud maligDity towards them that ! could not
reconcile with my ideas Of human nature
They permitted the guards to shoot prisoners
whenever they pleased, without the least pre-
text or explanation, and no mans life was safe
for day or an hour. The air was full of
pain and pestileuce aud all the horrors Of i'm
agined hells seemed realized 10 that most
wretcbed place, OF which shall never think
without a shudder, aud lessened faith in the
possibilities of humanity. -E
The statement of Mr.. A. d. Richardson was
somewhat similar to the above testimony, and
concludes as follows:
The books of all the hospitals were kept,
and the daily consolidated reports made up
under my supervision, During the two
months between October ls and December l9
the average number of prisoners was about
z 500. The deaths during that period were
fully l,5O0, or twenty per cent. of the whole.
brought away the names of more than
twele hundred of the dead-some of the re-
mainder were never reported-the Others
could net procure on the day of my escape
without exciting suspicion. As the men grew
more and more debilitateG the per centage Of
deaths increased. left about $500 remain
ihg in tie garrison December Is, and they
we're then dying at the average rate of twenty
sight day, or Thirteen per cent. a month.
The simple truth is, that the rebel authori-
ties are numbering our soldiers at salisbury by
cold and hunger, while they might easily sup
Div them with ample food and fuel. They are
ioing this systematically, and believe inten-
ionally, for the purpose of either forcing our
to an exchange or forcing onf
prisoners into the rebel army.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10
The Annie Tree.

Il will thrive in the stony lot too steep for
the plow, or grow 10 the meadow, and repay
US for the more abundant nutrition. Where
mullen stalk or bill Of corn will grow, the
apple-tree will contriVe to secure an exist
ence.
The health and longevity OF the apple-trse
are unsurpassed. Healthier than the pear, no
blight disease affects it; worms aod insects
may lodge upon it; but, unbuckling its bark,
il exposes them to the wind and storm. An
acre of potatoes will not produce as much e.
ths same area in orchard, with five times the
labor The grub only is formidable enemy.
but is SO easily exterminated by flexible
wire, that il you have borers you deserve to
be bored. 70.
Farmers never think OF nursing their or
chards And as for longevity, have q tree
now growing on my farm at least five hundred
wears old. Two ladies, now eighty years OF
age, say that in their childhood il was called
the old Apple-tree. At twelve feet from the
ground, it is fourteen feet ten inches in cir
cumference, the fruit sweet and pleasant
though not large. do not expect 10 live to
see my young trees reach that size can
not resist feeling Of respect and awe when
stand in the presence o! this gigantic tree,
which heard the conuonading Of the RSvslO'
ton, underneath whose branches Washington
may have walked, musing upon the great task
to which be was devoted.
The wood of the Appe-tree has usas which
we are not accustomed to credit 10 with. FoE
irewood it is equal to hickory, and for cabi-
neI work it is unsurpassed by any other wood.
NV best bureau is made Of the apple wOOd,
aud resembles cherry. In Europe the roads
are bordered with Apple-trees, and the fruit ia
free to the public, except where wisps Of straw
fastened to a treeindicates that the fruit ia g.
served for the owner Of the lRRd.-Hs VI
RGsehsT,
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no SLAVE BENEATH THAT FLAG.
By GEORGE LANSING TAYLOR.

No slave beneath that starry Tag,
The emblem Of the free
No fettered hand shall WELD the br and
That srnites for Liberty
No tramp OF serVile armies
Shall shame Columbia's shore,
For be who q ghts for freedoms rights
Is free for evermOre
No slaves beneath those glorious folds
That DER our fathers few,
When every breath " as dark with death,
But every heart was true
No serfs Of earth's old empires
Kneh meath its shadow then;
And they who now beneath it bow
Forevermore are men
Go tell she ashes Of the braves
Who at Port Hudson fell
Go tell the dust whose holy trust
Stern Wagner guards 80 we'll
Go breathe it EofLly-sloWly-
wherever the patriot slave
For right has led, and tell the dead
He hlls freemanas grave
Go tell Kentueky's bOndsmen true,
That he who fights Is free
And let the tale I'LL every gale
That floats O'er Tennessee
Let all our mighty rivers
The story southwark pour
And every wave tell every slave
To be slave no more
Go tell the brave Of every land,
Where e'er that nag has flown
The tyrant's fear, the PATRIOTS cheer
Through every cline and zone
That now no more forever
It's stripes are slavery scars
No tear-drop stain its azure plain,
Nor dim its golden stars
No slave beneath that grand old nag;
Forever let 1t fly
With lightning rolled in every fold,
And FISHING victory
Gods blessing breatnes around il;
And when all strife is done,
Nay Freedoms light that knows no night,
Make every star a sun
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10

The report of the Adjutant General Of Ohio
gives, among other valuable statistics, the
following: Number of re-enlistments, 20 07Os;
the 39th infantry, Col. Noyes, furnishing 534
veterans, an excess over any other regiment.
Next followed the 63d, in which 455 men re-
enlisted, and the 44th, which furnished 453
veterans. Since the war commenced Ohio has
sent into the field BAG, 1926 men.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10

Since the fall Of Fort Fisher it is known
that the enemy has made no serious demon-
stratiOn on our works on the upper line of the
river. Between Wilmington and the enemy
are Fort Anderson and all other works.
Everything below New Inlet is held by the
enemy, and the mouth OF the river is efEectu-
ally closed Richmond Examiner
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10

The Richmond Sentinel, Of the 9th, had q
gloomy editorial on the military situation
Only one month of winter remains, and Cor.
gress has done nothing to prepare for the
spring campaign.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-02-10
ALIAS, how easily things go wrong"

Springs and summers and autumbs and
winters had followed one another in monoton-
GUS level, each bearing its burdens Of cares and
isbors; house cleaning and planting, butter and
hay making, harvesting and fruit drying
Shedding and sewing then the same round OF
tOilsome duties over again and again, until
Mistress Puffer was wife of so many years
that she had long answered to her matronly
name with no more bushes and sweet shyness,
but as though she had been born to it until
she went on making her soap and cider apple
sauce with sedateness and JUNCTION, as if she bad
always regarded these cOmmonplaces the des-
tined sphere and elected end Of woman las
mayhap abe had) and as if she bad never, no
never, in her widest days, gone from her
chamber to q merry-making by way OF the
window and shed-rOo instead of the stairs; be-
ing, you see, too generous to disappoint her
fellows, and too thoughtful to run any risk oI
disturbing the repose Of her parents, who,
themselves no longer young, had a straight
laced notion that everybody ought to be sleepy
by 3 o'clock.
But all this time while she was growing
matter-offact and portly, 10 the midst OF the
bakings and brewings, the Washings and stitch
ings, little cloud no bigger than q man,
hand had arisen in her horizon, and was slowly
overspreading the zenith. At least not muel