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The Portland daily press., 1865-02-11
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EV ENING PAPERS.
Items from. southern Sources.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.
Government received the following uispa'cn
this morning:
City Point Feb, 9-Richmond papers OF
to-day say Gen. Farwell of Georgia was Killed
in the fight of Tuesday. ---'-,..---'-.
The rebel Senate by an almost unanimous
vote rejected the bill putting 10000 negroes
into the army.
The Canton Miss, Citizen has heard 1t inti-
mated that it is probable that no further ef-
iorts will be made to hold the country between
tne lazoo and Big Black Rivers, or protect
Inc Miss. Central R. R., but that our lines will
be removed back as far as Brandon. perhaps
further East. The only hope being to hold
the Ohio and Mobile r. r.
Another despatch shows that the Richmond
papers OF Yesterday, announce the death Of
Maj. Gen. Pegram, in the recent battle before
Petersburg.
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u 9. 500 Six Per Cent.
G0LU-BEARlNG B0aDs

These Bonds are now worth premium of nine D.r
cent. including gold interest from November, which
makes the actual profit IN, 7.sO loan. ut eursnt
rates including intere.t. atont len pr cent Der
annum ee'idcs its exemptions from State and mini
ciPa1 taxation, which adds from one 10 three per
cent. more. according 10 the ratio levied on oasr
property he iaterest is aysbls serai-anlualy By
coupons attached to each mole. which may be cut Ga
aad sold to aay bA4k OF la ksr.
Tia in,a,o.. .,,on,,., A.
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SPOKE

Jan 26. lat U.s. Ion 66, the Acacia (urobahI
Acacia, Pinkham, from Port Spain for Boston "
Feb lat 49, lon 70 Sc, brig Thurston. Clark finn
New York for Arroyo. S'~' ~ i"a
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s8-Ifyou are In want OF any kin d fPRINTIN0
al at the Daily Press Once IL
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SEVER-THlRTY LOAN.

These Notes are issued under date of A gust 18th
1861 and ara payable three years from IL at time, in
currency, or ars convertible at the option efihs
holder into Ina 4ln lrs
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AUCTION Sale of Pews.

WEE Pews in tie New Uni sersalist Cbp,oh =.
~. congress Square, win bs sold ut suct, =. n
the evening next, l4ih inst, at u o'ec,,S Z
en- irch wiz be open to visitors on Ayorss,
xrseeed.hg tha day ofsale and on IN, qar ~ i,
rom a Al, to o'clock p II, when persons Del
have n the church or soliciting pews will
Aep1Id HENRY BAILEY a 70 -, t
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Notice.

w nEnEAS my wife, Lydia M. E,rse,, hs
which 1foSandoned my bed and board AMI ~ ho~s
by Ssrt;a provided for her all persons are bsrs
h by sseount a. shall paw no bills cont5so.ed ~
eotnam' Feha, ls65.-feb9dSwlw ---'' III
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promptly furnished upon receipt OF uutseripssu.
This is
The OaIy L0aH ia Mnrke,
sowth'red BY the Government, ana IT Is sopadou.
y expected that iia superior advantages VIII mskei
the LII rf
Great Popular Loan Of the People.
Less than $500 10000 remain unsrId, which wi
probably be disposed OfwthIn the next 60 or % day
when the noies win undoubtedly cOmmane premi
nm, as has uniformly been the case on closing II,
sub eriptions to other loans.
In order that citizens every town and section Of
the country may be afforded ABILITIES for taking tb
Loan the National Banks, State Banks. ami Privae
Bankers throughout the country have VeueraB
agreed to receive subscriptions at Yar. Subscribe
viii select Their own agents, in whom they have ccp
ndense' and who only are to be responsible for II
delivery ofthe notes for which they receive order,
~ ovl ni is JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent, Philaderhl,
,f, Subscriptions viii be received by the
First National Bank OF Portland, Malus
Feb lisd& w3m
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6 GREENS LANDING : Ar 9Th, sch Cape Arm,
Gray, Boston.
Sid 4th, sch Fredonia, (Brl Thompson. iron st
John NIB Tor New York. 3
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Photographic Gallery
ALONZO $. DAVIS, Proprietor, @
80 Middle st., ssi Portland, Me.
Copying done In the best manner dec2stf
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IICH, ITCfI, IICHI ~ 1, -,
Scratch Scratch Scratch I
j.. WHEdTO.NSs q OINTMENT 90
viii Cure the Itch i'm AZ Hours.
Also cures SALT RHEUM, ULCERS, CHrLBLAINs
and all Eruptions of the Skin. Price 80 cents For
sale by all Druggists. IL
By sending so cents to any Apothecary in Port
land, it will be forwarded by mail free Of postage
to any part of the United States.
WEEKS POTTER, Sole Agents, q
( ..Qgst & rs ITO Washington street, Boston
4 - w. W. waIrPLE,
jan26eodSm and e. L. SrANwooD.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.


ATLANTIC COAST -BUoYs AT THE ENTRANCE TO
ri1-si- III NEW INLET, N. O.
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"A can CAM ~ ELAN and lady. or three eontlo,..s
-. -. t'o" feblElv'
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w A R REN's

WATERPROOF and Leather Preserver,
s..ls FOR BOOTS AND SHOES. ~ q.
For saleat Mr.. j. W. MANssIELD's Store, ia
Middle st, Portland, Me. ssaa dec21dSw2m
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MARINE NEWS,
roRr OF PORTLAND.

FRIDAY. s.......,...........EcOru nary ~
~ 81 ARRIVED.
Steamer Franconia Sherwood, New York.
Steamer Lewiston, Knight. Boston.
Brig Fanny Butler, Bartlett. Salt Cay I'll.
Brig Snow Bird, (Br) Guptill, Boston, TO load for
Cuba. - ~
: Sch Belle. Black, Boston for Passport.
Sch Martha Ann, Sargent, Mt Desert for Boston.
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U. S. 7-3O LOAN.

By au hOrity of the Secretary of The TreasuSyMe
undersigned has assumed the General subscriptIou
Agency tor the sale of United States Treasury Notes
bearing seven and three tenth, per cent nteresrer
annum, kaown asths 49,
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SAILING OF OCEAN STEAMERS

SALT CAY IT, Brig Fannie Batler-7ooo bu.h
salt, to Stewart, Bangor. WV DU'"
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BIf a newspaper persists in pursuing tor
tuous policy it very soon becomes its own wind
"a EXP resident Buchanan reports his in
come for last year as having been Sill ill.
Garibaldi, it is said, is about to revisit
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The Late Peace Conference Its Good
Effect,

The New York Tribune has been earnestly
engaged for long time to bring Richmond
and Washington ACE to face, in the vain hope,
as it turns GU, that peace-bessed, holy glo-
rlous, honorable peace would be tile immedi-
ate result Snch comming together, though
somewhat informally, has been brought about,
in ths meeting at Fortress Monroe between
President Lincoln and Mr.. Seward on the one
part, and Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Camp
bell on the other. the result of that con-
ference the Tribune of the 7th inst, speaks as
follows:
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laugh has been going around the Cap
itol at the expense of certain "chivalrous"
librarian to whom Senator Sumner introduced
Mr.. Rock with the request that he-the f. F.
V.-sht uld show him-the colored friend and
brother-all the courtesies due to him as
member of the bar of the Supreme Court
The high blooded" librarian, though perhaps
little austered and overcome by the unex-
pected honor, is supposed to have succeeded
in making himself agreeable. A book being
called for, F. F. v. proceeds to fetch it, while
the irrepressible individual, with polite ac-
knowledgements of the service, sits down and
takes his notes.
Congress, with less than four weeks to sit,
has great mass of unfinished business before
it. The Bankrupt Bill has not yet been taken
up in the Senate, aud the prospect of its pass
ing in any form is daily becoming less In
deed, it is ALMOST certain that no Bankrupt
Law will be enacted by this Congress- The
House holds It's first evening session tomor-
row, for watch the Tax Bill just reported from
the Committee of Ways and Means is made
the special order. The Senate has not vet
fixed upon a time for evening sessions. AS
an evidence that the late peace movement has
not, according to the statement of some,
checked subscriptions to the government
loan, would say that on Tuesday, the S1st
ut., while the movement was yet undeVelop.
ed, the subscriptions TO the "Seven- Thirties'
amounted to only $500. 900, while on Friday,
the Sd inst, when the excitement was at its
height, they amounted to 81, so7, 400, and on
the 9th to $3,24s,S7l. T. s. P.
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ORIGINAL IND sELEUTED.

80 - -
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-15
SEER REg AN,

It was a well kept military secret, that
gallant Phil. Sheridan left Winchester
last Monday week on another expedition
up the Shenandoah Valley, Almost the
first public hint Of it came from Cen
Grants dispatches of Sunday, announcing
the reported defeat and capture Of the
Rebel Gen Early and his army, and the
possession of Charlottesville. SheridaD's S
like Sheruan's and many another, was
oDe Of those operations in the heart of
the enemy's territory. accounts of the
progress of which could reach US at first
from rebel sources only. Gen. Grants
dispatches slow that he expected Sher.
dan 10 accomplish something very much
like the dashing feat Of arms attibuted 10
him by the great number of desorters
that came into our lines on Sunday, and
the concurrence of testimony is SO strong
that we presume there need be no doubt
Of the fact that Sheridan has won q decid-
ed success in the Valley, and that he was
still pushing on for Lynchburg.
Charlottesville is an important station
on the great northern railway line con.
Meeting Richmond with West Virginia.
With GordonsvjIle, it has been made a
great depot Of stores and military materi-
al at different times, and was defended by
works of considerable strength. If Sher-
ldan has taken it now, it is partly because
Of the suddeuuess Of his appearance, bat
still more from the fact that Lee no long
er found himself able to keep competent
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The TEgO Capitals.
4 the New York Tribune.

From the New OrK lrDune.
Tie Inauguration of the President pro,
yokes comparisons which may not be
witout value. The Capital Of the United
States witnesses a spectacle full of moral
grandeur, when after four years Of civil
war, the foundations OF the Government
remain uusbaheu, aud all its machienery
goes on with legal regularity, The Cen
stitution has been tested as fundamental
law is tested only in extraordinary times,
aud it has proved in its beautiful simple,
ity,stroDg enough for the salvation of the
nation. The field Of war tremples beneath
the tread Of retreaung or cofictiog hosts
butin the serenity and the security Of the
law, and with the quiet sanctions Of re,
ligeon, the President of the uited States
assumes once more the robes aud the re.
sponsitiities OF his great Office As he
advances tofresh duties, all good omens
attend him, and his Inauguration is Illus.
trated py recent victories over faction and
treachery. The rejoicings OF hundred
cities are the anthems which wecOm him
to his toll From sea board and from
prairie. from the farm. the workshop and
the pier, from old men in their wisdom,
from young men IN their strength, from
mothers and from wives and from little
children, come the glad cries Of encourage.
ment aud gratitude. The clouds which
lowered upon the Republic has been lifted
and We see once more the glorious Summer
Of peace and prosperity advancing.
Look now at that other Capital doom ed
to ignomiuious surrender, from which mock
Legislators are deeing from self assumed
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TREACHERY AND RETRIBUTION -Af-
ter Sherman had captured Columbia, S. E,
and while Sloeum's Corps vas on its way
through the streets to its temporary bar
racks, the citizens poured deadly fire
upon it from the houses, killing and
wounding many Of our soldiers. The
troops retired a short distance and then
returned aud burned the city to ashes.
This was most unparalleled treachery but
it met with an immediate and Just re.
ward. If the Rebels court retubutjon
tShermau's hands, they are pretty sure
6 get their pay on sight.
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duties and abandoning with the tiuIdity
Of guilt their usurped positions Remon,
strances are iu vain--appeaIs to manhood
are Observation-Disclosures are as lmpotent
as persuasions to arrest the disreputable
stampede Of Confederate law givers. Lee
sees the mora! ruin of the panic, but be
protests against it without effect He is
left q General without a ministry to sane
ton him, aud with greatly reduced army
to follow him No conduct in the field can
compensate for such coWardice at home.
There may be courage left for fight, but
there is nothing left 10 fight for.
Our anniversary orators have sometimes
ventnred upon the assertion that "tbe
eyes Of the word are upon US =" which
may have been hyperbole in happier times
but is now hardly more than the literal
truth. There is nothing in our present
position which should move US to shrink
from the sharpest and most general scruti-
my. We can afford to invite it, and we
can put our prospects and chances and
certainties in two words-W Washington
aud Richmond Rebellion, causless and
criminal, the basely, begotteD son Of Pas
sion end Ambition, ceases to be respect
able when it ceases TO be successful
-Four years have elapsed since 1Ir.Lin.
coin entered upon the Presidential Office,
and how great is the difference twizt then
and now Then State after State Joined
in the unnatural and wicked enterprise
the chief cities Of the South were 10 pos
session Of traitors-our armies and nayies
had not yet recovered from the shock of
treason within and sudden emergency
Observation-Disclosures itself was threat
ened-the President himself was held to
Re in personal dQnger-the Rebellion was
conGdant, and we did not know in how
many channels It's poison was running.
Now-but Why rohearse the glad story OF
high courage, Of reso.ute eudeavOr. of IN
shrinking persistence, and Of measureless
success? ? Upon a day like this, We can
we'll afford to be cheerful, for there is q
record indeIibIy stamped upon the pages
Of history, Of which we need not be
ashamed. The people have earned the
night to rejoice, for they have saved pa,
iion to be their inheritance Of their child.
rou-saved it alike by yalor il tie field,
by Christian justice in law, w,making, by
noble persistence under discouragemert
/ by an open handed generosity, almost
without precedent, and at a cost Of fcount,
less private agonies patiently suffered for
the sake Of our Fatherland! 4 good cause
weIIsped-the chronicles Of the ages
have nothing brighter, nothing nobler,
mother more beneEcent than this We
thank God for our triumph, and We are
not afraid to thank Him, for it is tie
Triumph of the Truth
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WAsHINGToNs BIRTu-DAY- Seldom
if ever, has the birthday of Washington
been celebrated with SO much rejoicing
and such earnest manifestations OF patrl-
otjc feeling throughout The country. as on
the occasion Of the recent Anniversary
"a some Of the large cities the day was
observed as a holiday. This was the case
10 some extent, in Philadelphia aud Bal
timore. Business, in the latter place, was
almost entirely suspended, and the streets
we're gay with flags. In all the principal
cities and tows salutes were fred, bells
ruDg, and buildings, shipping &c, deco.
rated with flags. This was particular the
case in Boston aud throughout New. Eng
land The general rejoicing was height,
ened by the news Of our recent glorious
victories in South Carolina.
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KENTUcKY,-Kontucky remains join
ed to her idols The present Legislature
chosen at time when it was still doubt
fuI whether the State was secesh or only
scmi-seccsh, has rejected the Constitution
al Amendment for the adjustment OF
slavery, though both the Governor and
Lieutenant. Governor urged It's adoption,
as a measure Of State policy. Iu the
Senate the vote on rejection stood 2I
yeas to II nays; and 10 the House IS to
26. This, however IS not ioaI disposal
Of the question; the next Legislature Is
expected to be composed of a majority
holding different views and if SO. this
decision will be reversed, and the State
become, BY her own action, free from the
curse which has SO long blighted her
prosperity.
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RAISING THE FLAG.

The band, after the guests dispersed,
went up to the post office, which IS kept
in ''Wayside Home Rebel "soiGiers'
home" and played Yankee Doodle Ilail
Columbia, aud other popular aud patri.
otic airs A large crowd Of coIored peo-
pie and soldiers attended, and even the
white Rebels Of the female persuasion
peeked through their window blinds to
witness the ceremony.
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force detached irou his naiu army for
the defense OF the Lynchburg line. In
stantly upon the the news of Sheridan's
approach, he had to hurry off four brig
AIDES to Lypchburg, and it is by DO means
sure that Sheridan might not reach there
FIRST. Then if there were anything but a
handful of men in Lynchburg, they might
be able to defend the place till their re
endorsements arrived-but the chances
are even that Sheridan viii either carry
it By assault, or will destroy the railroad
east and south of it.
This movement at this moment has a
significance quite apart from its intrinsic
Importance Sheridan has been held iU
the leash till the hour came when his
blow would fall heaviest on an enemy
whose attention was already distracted by
the rapid approach of Sherman from the
South, the incursioD of strong force into
western North Carolina, the operations
1 from the Atlantic coast upon the seaboard
system Of railways between Wilmington
and Richmond, and by the steadily-threat-
eniDg attitude of Gen Grant before Peters
burg. At such an hour, with a secrecy
and swiftness all his own. Sheridan is
launched against Lychburg, and while
/ Lee is debating, IN the trenches of Rich
mond, whether he shall fall back this
week or the next to the position in Cen,
tral Virginia or North Carolina Of which
LyDchburg is the key, he sees one, rail.
way line Of retreat to that point severed,
and LyDchburg itself SO closely threatened
that whether he can save 1t or not pre-.
sents itself to him as q question of hours.
So much for having one head to direct
aud one hand to WELD the armies Of the
Republic. And SO much, let US add with
all heaFtiness, for having subordinate com.
manders at once Jealous and capable to do
/ the work that is set them. Sherman and
Sheridan, the idols of the hours are equal
/ lY the trusted lieuteuants Of Gen. Grant.
tried by such asperities of fortune as prov
ed their utmost capacity. What they
fail to do, is not likely to be done by any
successor But they do not propose to
/ fail.-LadcDeadeHt
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The Senate yesterday passed bill in
creaSing the ammount of bond to be issued
in aid Of the the Construction of the Pa
cifc Railroad and branches ID 100000
900. That is enough to build those roads
il economically expended The measure
is thoroughly atrocious, and the Committee
that reported it ought TO be indicted =
The Pacific Road, carfully located and
frugalIy built, will pay fair interest on
its construction, from the time it is half
done-.and if Congress had adhered to its
Original offer to aid it BY the loan of the
National credit to the extent Of $4,000
per mile (say S30000,0OO in alp to be
secured by first mortgage on the road
and all its belongings, it would have done
quite enough. We regard this new bill
as naked robbery, and shall ask the next
Congress to repeal it Tribune, Mar.2d
1865.
Maj. RI Dodge has been relieved from
his post as A.AP.MGen. of Pennsylva.
MIA, and Brig. Gen Kinks has been ap.
pointed in his place.
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- - - - .
MEXICO.

There is no longer rcom for doubling
the important news Of the capture Of OAK
aca by the French, and the unconditional
surrender of Gen. PorGrio Diaz and the
garrison. The Mexican papers publish
the the official dispatch by which Gen.
Bazaiue announces his success TO the En-.
peror
Since the capture of the cities Of Pue
bla and Mexico, DO greater misfortune
has beiaIlen the National cause, Oaxaca
was the last great Mexican stronghold
which held the Imperial army at bay, and
the force under Ger. Diaz was the best
and the largest body OF troops which de-
feuded the sinking fortunes Of the Re
public Now both are lost-the last strong.
hold aud the last army The Imperial
rule extends from the Atlantic to the Pa.
ciic, and the Republic can only last TIL
all resistance to the Empire shall be crush
ed out in the southern half of Mexico.
MaZimilian has met with another tri.
umph which is of some importance to
him. He has been recognized by England
with the exception Of Prussia the ouIy
great Europern power which thus far had
delayed doing so. The monarchs of Eu-
rope are agreed in their satisfaction at
the reestabIishmcnt of European instltu
tioDs in a portion of The American Con.
tinent.
In this crici5 of the history Of Mexico
President Juasez acts with frmuess to
which even the merciuary organs of the
Emperor cannot deny their profound re.
spoct He still holds cuE in the mount.
aims Of chihuahua, unshakcn in his hope
that Republican institutions will yet sur.
vive in his unfortunate country. He looks
forward with DO less anxiety than the
people of the United states to the end Of
our Rebellion, hoping that then the houI
Of delivery will dlaw near.
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Enrolment Act.
WAR DEPARTMENT.
PROVOST MARSHAL GEN'LS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON. D. c. March s, i65.

WAsmSGros, D. c., March s, 65. }
CIRCULARl
NO. 3.
The following Act Of Congress
is published for the information and guidance
of all concerned:
An Act to amend the sereral acts hereto
fore passed to pr0ride for the cnrotjng
ard calling out the national forces, and
for other purposes
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1865-03-15

The Crow WITNESSES Luther tells
a story Of a certain German who, in his
travels, fell among thieves; and they be-
ing about to cut his throat, the poor man
esPied fight Of crows, and cned cut,
"Oh, crows. I take you for my witness
and ayougers Of my death" About two
or three days after these thieves, drinking
together at at Inn, a company of crows
came and alightted upon the top of the
house At this the thieves began to laugh;
and, said one Of them. "Look yonder are
they who must ayenge his death whom
we lately The taps,er, oyorhearing this
declared it to the magistrate, who caused
them to be apprchended; aud in conse-
queuco Of their contradictory statements
aud evasiVe answers, urged them SO far
that they confessed the truth, and receig-
ed their deserved punishment.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-26

DoN'T BELIEVE Ira teacher 10 ives :
tern county in Canada, while making his
first visit TO bis constituents, came into
conversation With an ancient "VarmOuuVl
LADY, who had taken up her residence in
the bsCkWOods. OF c0urse, the school and
the former teachers came up for criticism,
and the old lady, in speaking Of his pred
eCtssOF, asked $50 Gi#a
"Wa'Hl, master, what do you think he
larns the schollards I"
"GonldD't say ma'Rm. Pray what did
he teach 2" u-gsa =
"WA'al. he told 'em that this ERE airth
was round, and went areound; and all that
sort of thing. Now, master, what do Vou
think about such stuff Don't you think
he was an ignorant fellsr2"
Unwilling to come under the, category
Of the ignorant, the teacher eVasively re.
marked:
at really did seem strange, but still
there are many learned men who teach
these thingsp
"WN'al," says she, ''if the airth is reouud
and goes rsOund, what holds it up?" ~.
Oh, these learned men say 1t goes round
the sun, and that the sun holds it no by
virtue of the law of attraction"
The old lady lowered her s'specs. % and.
by way Of climax, responded:
"Wa'al, if these high larn't men seq the
sun holds up the aifth, / should like 10
know what holds the airth up sOhen the sln
goes dotvn pa