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way of a regular and constant supply of
Ice in this Island, and the complaints that
have been made here and in st. Thomas
in that respect, not only against the
grantees but also against the Govern
ment, might perhaps have exercised some
influence IN calling forth this final result;
but we feel sure, that this cannot be the
real or sole cause, for then the grant
would have been cancelled long ere this,
while, as already remarked, several re-
quests to that effect have been refused.
Time will now show, whether St. Tho
mas will in the long-run be we'll served
by the withdrawal Of the monopoly. We
must candidly confess that we have our
doubts in that respect, and it may be that
this event will be leading to more frequent
Interruptions in the supply of ice than
those brief ones that have hitherto formed
the subject of SO much complaint and
we believe that a rise in the price Of the
article will ensue, not only above those
fixed since LIST January 1866 viz: 2 cts.
pr. ID. DANISH, and for monthly subscrib-
ers for at least 3 lbs. daily, II cts. pr. To-,
but perhaps also above those that were
fixed prior to 1st January 1866 viz 4 cts.
pr. Id. and for subscribers 3 cts. pr. ID.
With reference to st. Croix, we hope
that the withdrawal of the monopoly will
lead to our getting some of those ma
chimes for c%ongeallng water into ice, which
are used elsewhere,-one such for each
of our towns, and of dimensions suitable
for supplying the hospitals and providing
for the daily consumption of subscribers
and others. If we could get machines Of
dimensions somewhat suited to our re-
quirements, it would scarcely be neces-
sary to pat a higher price on the ice so
produced, in order to cover the interest
on the purchase sum and the other eX-
penses for working the machines, than
8 or A cts. pr. To-, which we believe is the
price of the article in some of those pla-
ces where such machines are in use.
WE beg to remind our readers that the
Bazaar in aid of the funds for rebuilding
st. Johns Church and Schoolhouse will
be held on Friday and Saturday next.
AS the members of that congregation and
the public generally, have already done
so much towards this end, with such
praise-worthy spirit, re do not entertain
the slightest doubt but that the good
work will be followed up to its compile
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AUCTION.

AT the request of Christiansteds
III Dealing Court in behalf of the
Estate of the late Mr.. Alexander
Beatty and surviving widow, will One
publlcAuctlon be held on the property
We. Letter Il. Wcst Street
IN this town belonging to said Estate,
at the Vendue Office, on
TUESDAY THE 9TH MAY NEXT.
10 o'clock, noon.
At the same Auction will be sold
several horses, carriages, furnitures
etc. etc. belonging to different deal
ings.
Christiansteds Vendue Office the
9Th April 1868.
q. Sarauw.
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PYoc1amata,

M LIE og Enhver som MATTE have No
AA get at fordre paa efterf6lgende Boer
nemlig:
Kj6bmand James Monroe Richardson's
FaIIltbo,
Theodore Roy's Stervbo,
Detallhandler Louis Certain's Stervbo,
Skibscapitain Antonio Trilla's Stervbo,
indkaldes herved med 3 Maaneders Varsel
til for undertegnede Skifteret at anmelde
og beviisliggj0re deres Krav.
st. Thom@ Skifterets Contoir, den 3die
April 1868.
ROSenStand.
, 1868-04-14
PROCLAMA.

II LIE og Enhver som maatte have
III Noget at fordre paa Skiftet efter
afgangne B%ogtrykker Richard Hat
chett 90 efterIevende Enke Harriette
Hatchetts F@llesbo indkaldes herved
med 3 Maaneders Varsel til at an
meIde og beviisliggjore deres Krav
for undertegnede Ret som behand-
lende navnte 30. 1o
Christiansteds Skifteret den 8de
April 1868.
q vtrt C.. SarauW.
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FOR SALE

THE House & Lot No. Is in
Kings Street formerly occupied
by Miss L.asale: for price and terms
apply to the undersigned.
X. HEYLIGER.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
01it and 3umor.
Mary Jane and tho G.ecian Bend.

Yuba Dam, the racy correspondent of
the Louisville Courier, says:
Mary Jane has got it that fashionable
curvature of the spine called the " Grecian
bend" She caught it as Saratoga, where
she had been on exhibition during the sea-
son. She has returned, however, bring
ing with her several large trunks of Sec
ond hand clothing. e. garments which
had been worn once.
As / was passing a dry goods store on
Fourth street, Mary Jane was coming out
of the door. She was pitching forward at
such rate, that thought she would
fall into my arms. I held out those i'm
plements of industry accordingly. She
didn't fall worth cent. Regarding not
the example set by our first parents, she
maintained her curvilinear form, and plac-
ing the tip of gloved fore-fnger on my
outstretched palm, she said, in the drawl
of Fifth Avenoodle.
"Aw, Yubaw, is it you? Deloited." +"
She picked up that Internal accent and
language at Saratoga also.
"Why Jennie dear, this is an unexpec-
ted pleasure. Grabbing both of the little
hands and rolling them together.) I was
not looking for you for some weeks. You
are i'll. am sorry. Shall l assist you
to your carriage? !?
She looked something like the half of a
parenthesis, but more like an Interrogation
point. l was sure she had been eating
unripe fruit and was suffering from cramp
collie, and wondered why she did not 60
home and take something. But she said
"Nevaw was bettaw in my loife. was
fawced to leave that sweet place, because
1 had absolutely nothing to weaw."
'Nothing to wear Why, what has be-
come of your clothes! Did you have a
fire, or did you exchange them for flower
vases and plaster paris statuetts of the
Apostles?
Haw stupid I had worn all my
dresses once, and it's nawt the stole to
appeah in the same appawral twice.
Confound the style! But am glad
you came home, if you did come home
almost naked, and SO changed that it is
difficult to realize that 1t is you. You are
among friends now, and I hope you will
shortly recover your speech and your fig.
ure."
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

me by the hand, "I am glad to see you
are safe, old fellow-the more so, as Bill
and Ihave been deceiving you little. You
know we have been trying all the summer
to get you into tunnelling operation, and
you have only laughed at u.s."
Yes" said, wondering what would
come next.
Well. when you got that letter, Bill
and L made up our minds that we would
60 into the job with you not in the hope
of finding any bag, but because we knew
you would work twice as hard with such
an inducement, intending, meanwhile, to
wash excavated dirt. This we have done,
and, my boy, we have never made less
than three hundred dollars any day since
we commenced"
"Then you think the bag humbug, dc
you? ?"
"Why of course" said he.
Well, I don't, and intend to go on
looking for it," said l.
&c Now what is the use Of being foolish?'
Quoth Bill Jennings. We have got as
much dirt as we can wash for sometime
and it pays. can't see the use of con.
tinuing such wildgoose chase as the hunt
for that bag"
" Be that as It may" said I, " intend
to follow it up."
Bill and Jack conferred together awhil,
and then the former said
well, Ned, we might as well tell yor
first as last l wrote that letter in order
to get you to 60 into tunnelling."
"And the blazed tree," said I i" how
about that? The blaze is certainly two
years DID,"
Jack hesitated.
"Why you see," said he, "we founc
that tree, and wrote the letter to suit it. ,
"Then what do you think of this ?"
asked, showing him the bag l had fount
in the cave.
Jack was nonplussed. On opening th'
bag, we found about three thousand dol
lars worth of gold. Jack would neve
confess, but always insisted, that the va
rance between the statement in the lette
and the amount in the bag was proc
enough that there was no connection be
tween the two. don't think so, howev
or, and believe that Jacks assertion o
having written the letter was untrue
We could not ascertain anything abou
Mr.. Forrest, SO we divided the none
among US.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
Setrtt poetru.
o IT r S.

It CHANGED on beautiful summer night,
When the moon was young, when the stars wer
bright,
And the blossoms sleptin the tender light,
And dreamed of the zephyr's sighs,
That wondrous spell in our home was wrought
Of hopes and fears and bewildering thought
By fairy flower that an angel brought
From the garden of Paradise.
The South wind fluttered its perfumed wings,
And essayed the song that the bulbul sings;
And the fire fly sparkled in mystic rings,
Like lamps at fairy ball
The young leaves whispering sweet and low
In tongue that only Dryads know
Made love to the waves that danced below
To the chant of the waterfall.
The cloud ships lay In the far off West,
With their masts and spars and sails at rest,
Or foated along in an idle quest
OF some bright Elysian isle
And fairy gondolas here and there,
Moved down the streams of upper air,
And moored their prows to the shadowy stair
Of some Gothic palace-pile
So the hours of that summer night were told,
The starlight faded from river and void,
And morning, in garments of purple and gold,
Awakened the sleeping earth;
But the cherub form, with his face so fair,
Crowned with glory of golden hair
Like the morning sunshine cleaning there
Still nestled beside our hearth.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
Five Sxweethearts.

In this city certain drug house en-
ploys among its clerks I" a nice young
manW Among his circle of intimate
friends he enjoys distinction which,
though not as enyiable as less festive
youths might ,covet, serves nevertheless as
a wholesome warning to other rash adven-
turers in the lists of love, whose ambitious
aspirations cannot be confined to single
victory over the affections of susceptible
femininity, but are ever strained toward
other conquests. He brought his faseina-
tions successfully to bear upon five fair
damsels of our city, Five several times
did he plight his faith, five several times
promise his precious hand and heart in
marriage to five but too eager and too
credulous expectants. The lovely quintette
were mutual confdants. One lovely day,
when taking notes of each Others feelings,
and divulging the name of the happy gal
liant who had extorted the promise of mar
riage from each, they made the startling
discovery that each claimed the man of
rhubarb and squills. How to punish the
male coquette 7 The ingenuity of the
mother of No. 5 was not long at fault.
louuB ptpeueHFu was poiileIy lhNlCeu 10
tea. He fell into snare. While enjoy
ing tete-a-tete with No. d, ten minutes
later appeared No. 3, and at similar inter-
walls the other victims. There was no es-
cape for the terror-stricken youth and he
quailed before the anger that flashed from
five pairs of the brightest eyes that ever
pierced susceptible heart. He did what
braver men would have done-acknow-
lodged the corn. In extepaatiop, he
pleaded that his feelings changed In spite
Of himself; that he did MT mean to be fic-
kle. but that he loued most the pretty girl
he happened to see last. OF course such
logic had anything but soothing effect
on that awful council of injured loveliness.
Humhly repentant, crestfallen, and bear
ing himaelf like a man with several fleas
in his ear, he left that cozy parlor a sad
der, and we hope a wiser man. There
were hints that suggestion was made by
one of the fair tribunal, looking to the ap-
plication Of q twisted piece of untanped
bovine epidermis to his shoulders, but the
prudent judgement of the dignifcd matror
forbade the infiction Of additional NORTH,
cations.-NashuiNe Union.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
How TIE CHINESE MAKE DWARF TREE

How TIE CHINESE MAKE DWARF TREES.
We have all known from childhood how
the chinese cramp their women's feet, and
so manage to make them "keepers at
home," but how they contrive to grow
miniature pines and oaks in flower pots for
half century has always been much of q
secret. They aim first and last at the seat
of vigorous growth, endeavoring to weak
the preservation of life. They begin at
the beginning, Take a young plant-say
a Seeding or cutting of q ccdar--when on
ly two or three inches high, out off its tap
root as soon as it has other rootlets enough
to live upon, and replant it in shallow
earthen pot or pan. The end of the tap
root is generally made to rest on stone
within it. Alluyial clay is then put into
the pot much Of 1t In bits the size of
beans, and just enough in kind and quan.
tity to furnish scanty nourishment to the
plant. Water enough il given to keep it
in growth, but not enough to excite vig-
orous habit. So, likewise, in the applica-
ton of light and heat. AS the Chinese
pride themselves on the shape of their min
iature trees, they use strings, wires and
pegs, and various other mechanical con-
trivances, to promote symmetry of habit.
or to fashion their pets into odd fancy f.
cures. Thus, by the use of very shallow
pots, the growth of the tap-root is out Of
the question by the use Of poor soil and
little of it, and little water, any strong
growth is prevented. Then, too, the ton
and side roots being within easy reach Of
the gardener, are shortened by his pruning
knife or scared with his hot iron. So the
little tree, finding itself headed on every
side, gives up the idea of strong growth,
asking only for life, and just life enough
to look well. Accordingly, each new set
of leaves becomes more and more stunted.
the buds and rootlets are diminished in
proportion, aud at length q balance is es-
tablished between every part of the tree,
making 1t dwarf In all respects. In
some kinds of trees this end is reached in
three or four years, In others ten or fifteen
years are necessary. Such is fancy horti.
culture among Celcstials. ls.-He 4schaolo-
gist.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A gentleman, on visit to Washington,
one day very coolly opened the Senate
Chamber door, and was about to pass IN,
when the doorkeeper asked "Are you
a privileged member 2" "What do you
mean by that ?" asked the stranger. IA
Governor. an ex-member of Congress or q
foreign minister" was the reply, The
stranger replied that he was a minister
"From what court or country 7" aaked the
official. Very gravely pointing up "Fron
Heaven, SIR" To this the doorkeeper very
waggishly remarked, "This Government
at present holds no intercourse with tina
pawerI"
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
INDEX OFFICE, wARRrSroS, Va.

Moro Phillips, August sth, 1868.
DEAR Sir II wrote you last year in regard
of your Phosphate, and bought a ton, which !
sowed on ten acres of wheat, | also purchased
other Fertilizers, and put the same quantity on.
] have just thrashed my wheat, and delivered it
,at the depot. l hauled with two horse wagon,
.twenty-four bushels at load, and the wheat
with your Phosphate on it, weighed the "a
bushels,) l49 lbs more than the other. The con-
sequence is, you will sell this fall, a large guam
tty in this neighborhood, great many have
come to me for your address. Send me some
pamphlets, and will distribute them for you.
Yours, ]. w. FINKS.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A gentleman was praising the beautiful
hair af lady, when one of those preco-
cious little misses, who always have a
word to say, remarked: 81 guess my hair
would look as well if | took as much care
of it. Mama never sleeps in her hair"
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

II Is said that the last survivor of the
party of young ladies who strewed Aawers
in the path of Washington. o. he passed
through Trenton, in 1889, on his way to
New York to assume the Presidency, is
Mrs. Sarah Hand, now ninety years Of
age, and q resident Of Cape May county.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

Lorenzo Dow, the noted itinerant preach
er once said of grasping, avaricious far
mer, that if he had the whole world en-
closed ln single field, he would not be
content without patch of ground outside
for potatoes.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

When Allen Ramsey, well known
Scotch poet, began life, he was so poor
that he could not meet his first years rent
After it became due he met his landlord
and explained his circumstances, and ex-
pressed his distress at his failure to meet
his obligations. The jolly landlord was
quite kind to him, and said that as he was
a lad of some genius he would give him a
chance to cancel his debt without paying
a shilling. If said the creditor, you'll
give me a rhyming answer to four ques-
tions in as many minutes, I'll quit you
the rent altogether. Allen said he would
try. The questions were What does
God love? What does the Devil love
What does the World love? What do
love? Ramsey wrote:
God loves man when he refrains from SIM
The Deyil loves map when he persists therein;
The world loves man when riches on him flow;
And you'd love me could pay you what owe
The rent is paid" said the farmer,
giving his ingenious tenant hearty slap
on the shoulders.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

" Do you observe how devotional Dea-
con Buffer is p asked o good lady of her
husband. g Yes, my dear, the Deacon is
very devotional. He always keeps his
head bowed in prayer till the contribution
box has passed"
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A young man advised friend not to
marry poor girl, as he would find matri-
mony with poverty uphill work. Good,
said his friend, l would rather go uphill
than down-hill at any time.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

1t is thought that Alaska, now that it
has been annexed to the Union, will pro-
duce some eloquent speakers. for even the
whales are great spouters.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

1t is common nowadays to affix the
words 'no cards" to marriage announce
'ments; the reason is that the parties have
played all their cards before marriage.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A marrying man in Brooklyn has now
his fifth wife and five mothers-in-law in
his house. i" What is home without a
mother"
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A wag lent clergyman q horse which
ran away and threw him. and then claim
ed credit for aid in spreGdiag the gospel,
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

Selling off at COST" is sometimes a
very great cost to the purchaser.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
James IN. Frazer. m. I'D.
GLASGOW. DEL.

GLASGOW, DEL.
AEFERS his professional services to the public,
~ Office at theresidence of r. NJ. Black Esq.
Jan. 4-y.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

A cowskin is now called a twisted piece
of untanaed bovine epidermis.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07

SOLE AGENT, at MDDLETowN, for the KING
of Super Phosphates, viz MORO PHILLIPS,
GENUINE IMPROVED. The BEST Phosphate for the
money in this or any other market. The Price
is not reduced, and neither is the quality of the
Manure. The retail price is $56 per ton-$6 in
ton of Phosphate is a smallitem when we con-
slider that one extra peck of wheat to the acre, at
present prices, will more than pay the extra $6
applying the Phosphate at the rate of 200 lbs to
the acre will guarantee it to make the extra
peek of wheat, over any other Phosphate, and
also to make a heavier growth OF grass after the
wheat than any other. 1t contains more No.
Peruvian Guano-less sand and less plaster than
some others, therefore has more strength.
That all have said in favor of Moro Phillips
Phosphate is true, requires only one trial to con-
vince the most sceptical. | would refer persons
in doubt to John p. Cochran, Esq. who uses fifty
tons each fall, or to VIM. Wood, or VIM.
Cochran, both of whom have given 1t tasr trial
side by side with other Phosphates.
A liberal deduction in price will be made to
cash dealers or consumers of large quantities
Of the Raw Bone Phosphatcs Baughs Com
mcrcal Manures have proved to be the best in
the market. Farmers should use the best and
get their money back with compound interest.
Phosphates delivered free of freight at any
station on the Delaware Rail Road 0r-at any
landing on the Delaware or Chesapeake waters,
in quantities OF tons or upwards.
A liberal deduction to clubs, Send in YOU
orders early. t.#
August 8, lS6S.-3m.
Middletown transcript., 1868-11-07
LIVERY STABLE

TJORSES AND CARRIAGES for hire at the
u Il Stables of L. r. Davis Middletown Hotel
The horses are safe, and careful drivers will be
provided when desired. Terms moderate. Ap-
ply to TH0S. MURRAY
! Jan. 4.-y. At the Stables
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courant Nord entire lignes PARALLELS
tleux cents soi1ante pieds hBit
pouceB, ct borne an NoFd par lee
tegraias az William Meyers ct George
Marshall; Est par les terrains de j.
w Bryan, Al. HebeFt ct Celeste
Augustin; Sud par Ia place publique
ct 4 Quest par "a tsrre ct Am6liOra-
tions de ArYillisn Farque, ct les
terres de Nicholas GarbaFino ct
Louis Lefranc; ensemble avec tOuteg
les Ratisses ct Authorizations qui en-
dependent, contestant principalement
Dune maison. de Charpente q deuK
Etages, cuisine, 6euries, barri6Tes;
Giant "a meme terre ct authorizations
aChet6 par Hilaire Escoubas de Paul
Augustin, pSFe, h IA F6Vrisr 1851,
1861 .sr aCte Notari6s, ct Bnf6gis.
tres en- livre B, pages 24S, 249 ct
$50, dams ls Bureau du Recorder de
cette ParOisse. } Gaa5 Gaa
z5ala TERaEs 81 CoNDITTONs /: 2Ir
Mile piastres compliant, avec huit
pour cent pan. Rint6r8ts sur cling
cent piastrss, a partir du liz Aodt
1867. Ell meme int6ret sur cipq cent
piastres a pattir do ~ F6vrier 1868,
ct Ia balance du prix 3d'adjWdiGation,
l'aCqu6reur paierais une obligation
sousCritea par, Hilaire EsCoubass en-
favour de- Paul Augustin, p6re, on
spouse, dhsle lT-Aodt 1853, aYec hut
pour cent d'inter8t par an de l'6ch6f
ance, et tout autre balance du pfix
d'adiudication jusqua concurrence! de
Ia sOmme de cling cent piastres sera
applique par Pacqu6reur pour payer
ui autre billet de cinq cent piastres,
d1 le II F6vrier 1859, souscrite par
Hilaire Escoubas, en- favour de Paul
Augustin, pere, on spouse, portant
int6l8t a raisOn de hut p6Ur cent
Pan de lGch6ance, ct la sprOyri6t6 CT
haut d6crite restera hypoth6quGe aVec
privilege dU Vendeur, d'apr6sPacte de
vente, en- faveur de Paul Augustin,
p6re, pour garantir le Placement des
dts billets de ciuq cent piaslres
chaque, do lsol7 Aoat 1868, iOlT
F6Yrier l869ao a.l@n0o2 odd nl eLna5
Saisidans l'aGaire aci-dessuB, aVeC
b6n&6Ce destimatiOn.n orL9y3 49,
683-arc.sGd d. M, READ, .Sh&fH. a
Bureau du Sheriff Lac Charles,
P5TUiiBse Ggfcaaieu, ceez 80 20 tA4aiAttt 1868,
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TERma ANn OONBFFE1N8 !:

Twelve months credit, tbe pur.
chaser TO furnish bond with good and
approved security. ain sOlidO," con-
ditiOned 70 bear eight per cent per
annum interest from date, and the
property to be and remain specially
m0ftgaged until fnll and entire pay
ment Of said bond aud interest.
j. M. READ, Sheriff.
Lake Charles, ARgnst 8, 1873.
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STEAM CIRCULAR

8 A w M lI4LS0
machinery, boilers, dwelling house,
out houses, excepting two buildings
belonging 10 wv 81. Haskell.
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Lake Charles Male llf and Fl'i Female
70 ACAD E MY .vIsagos

TaHE present session begans Monday
4 III 23d Sept. 1867, and viii close about
the last Of July 1868, g
Charges in specie or its equivalent ii
currency, payable monthly. Ea
Y Board, lodging and Washing per
month for children. q, q. rs 90
For young men and young ladies, - 90
Tuition in English department =. 200
Students furnish. their own bedding,
lights, toilet soap, table and toilet nap.
kins. EfB8 a36I #1FE sa#5Ea& nEE
5strict attention paid to the moral
instruction of students, a4a3a ssf4 81
I 4mErJ w, BRYAN, Principal.
Feb. is, 1885. -1y. 81 N..13 @t'o 4e
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Estate OR Miles WEIGH. 81
Stats or LoU1aIANA, D.. I, ~, s.sl
Parish Of Caleasiea. : Apo'ssS N1SS Stfl''
HENRY WEICH, ol said Parish,
Il having filed in the above entitled
Court his petiti0H praying 20 be apr
pointed Administra tOr Of the Succe saion
81 his deceased father, Miles Welch;
Therefore, notice "a hereby given that
unless written opposition 10 said appli-
cation Il fledin my oifice, il the Court
House Of gaid Parish, within ten days
from the date hereof, the said apphchnt
win be appointed AdninfstratOr % said
Succession. bl At
Witness ny official signature 80 nv
Ofica in the Court Honaa, ia tae town
~ Lake Charles, IL mid PaFishy this
a8th day al August, IA, U,, 1858.
DAVID u. READ. u.