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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1870-12-09
Domestic.
ColOred Starch.

been introduced in Europe, and is much liked.
1t consists of starch of different shades of
color, by means of which any desired tint
may be impaired to white dress in doing it
up, thus enabling the owner to appear in
sufficient variety of colors without CORES
ponding number of dresses. The dresses are
starched and ironed exactly in the common
way, and the colors, when it is carefully
done, are quite as perfect as in goods colored
at the mandatory.
Cheap Bleaching Material.
Spirits of turpentine serves an excellent
purpose in bleaching white goods. One
ounce of the turpentine should be dissolved in
three ounces of strong alcohol. Mix one
Tablespoonful of the preparation in the last
rinsing water. Wiring the clothes well and
hang them out. vThe bleaching action of the
fturpentine consists in its producing ozone, "a
powerful bleaching agent,) when exposed to
the light and air. In this process the turpen-
tine disappears, leaving no trace behind. BY
this method, unlike those in which chlorine
or sulphur is employed, the fabric is entirely
uninjured.
Granam Cakes
One egg, 4 cup brown sugar, cups sour
milk, l teaspoon soda, sufficient flour to
make moderately stiff batter. Beat the egg
and sugar together, then add the milk, next
a part of the flour, the soda dissolved in hot
water, then the remainder of the flour.
Have ready the biscuit pan creased and
heated, fill the divisions over half full, and
bake in hot oven. Nice for breakfast.
Good Cookies.
lone cup of sugar, cup butter, l egg,
teaspoon soda, 4 cup of milk. Beat egg and
sugar together till smooth and light, add the
milk, and cup of flour, then add the soda
dissolved in hot water, then flour enough to
roll out, cut and bake in a quick oven.
Fried Chicken.
| Cut up the chicken and lay the pieces in
cold water to extract the blood wipe dry,
dredge with -four in which is mixed little
pepper and salt. Fry in lard to rich brown,
take them out and keep in warm place,
skim the gravy carefully, add a small
spoonful of flour and one-half pint of cream
season with pepper, salt and parsley, Cor to
suit the taste.)
| Fried Potatoes.
Boil potatoes the day before using, peel
them and cut them across in rather thin
slices. Have ready your doughnut kettle of
lard, when hot drop them in one by one
putting in only what the lard will cover, fry
quickly to a light brown, take up, salt and
keep hot till sent to the table. This way
prevents the usual disagreeable Odor and the
Embellishments arising from burnt lard, as
the lard after repeated use looks as white rs
when taken from the box.
| Another Way.
Take good shaped smooth potatoes, wipe
them clean, slice them very thin, (say thick
ness of a knife blade,) and fry as above, stir
ing often. This is a good way if wanted
when boiled potatoes are not at hand. Many
also like them better, although not SO digest
IDLE.
Babies on Washing-Day.
There is nothing more likely to bring Sc
we're attack of illness upon II young child
| tl,nn 10 aa, 70 hal ct.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1870-12-09

There is nothing more likely to bring Sc
we're attack of illness upon young child
than to keep it exposed to the heat, steam,
and the opening and shutting of doors in the
kitchen, on washing-day. Iunumerable cases
of lung fever have we traced to this cause. 1t
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-24
CHIvALRY AND sHIRT-sTUDs.
From the N: Y. Tribune.

From the N: Y. Tribune.
If it were not absurd for mere newspaper
writer to question the discretion of live
knight, We should be tempted to ask whether
the fifteen gentlemen in fancy clothes who
have been exhibiting themselves in Brooklyn
as amateur circus riders do not copy the rue
full cavalier who crowned his head with a
BARRIERS basin rather than the doughty oham-
pions who used to smash skulls with real
battle-axes. The sport of fitting at a ring,
while it is neither so manly as a hurdle
race. nor SO useful as target excursion,
is doubtless very pretty game in its way
better in many respects than baseball,
cleaner than quoits, and exempt from emo
tional dangers which beset croquet. We
do not see the connection between doing
battle in defense of the innocent, and
catching little iron circlet on the point
of make-believe lance; but the Colonel
who presided over the Brooklyn tourney ap-
parently sees it. for he addressed the motley
heroes in a strain of high-toned exhortation
such as Don Quixote used to employ for the
edifcation of his gallant squire. ''Sir
Knights" said the Colonel, ''the institution
YOU propose to revive is over thirteen GEN.
| turies old. 1t was ushered into existence by
! the expressions Of those dark ages in the past
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in which the light Of civilization began to
struggle into the portals of the breast, but
had not yet reached the temples of the in
tellect." After which exhibition of elo-
quence on stills, and a declaration that the
proclivity of tournaments as now conducted
is to ''augment the dignity of human nature
and the sum of human happiness" the ring
was hung up, and the Sir Knights went for it.
We regret that the dignity Of human nature
did not suggest to the dashing horsemen the
propriety of appearing in the ordinary cos
tune of Christian gentlemen, and avoiding
the somewhat incongruous mixture of mas
querade tunics, white shirts, felt hats, sashes,
and base pantaloons which contributed SO
much to render the spectacle snowy if not
picturesque. 1t is small matter, perhaps,
but it would also have been a satisfaction to
common minds if Eddie Gallaher, instead of
calling himself the Knight of Shsnnondale,
had been content with the respectable patro-
nymic by which he is known in his father 8
printing office, and if the Knight of the Black
Plume had either adopted q less romantic
title, or concealed the humber appellation of
Jim Walsh, by which he is known at home.
Sir Brackenbrough sounds we'll enough, per-
haps, but Sir Jarboe wont do at all, and ''Sir
DIR. 9. A. Fox" would have driven Froissart
crazy. ...s ..r .-.
The first prize of the lists was fine mare;
the second and third prizes were gold
Watches the fourth prize-shade of Ivanhoe
and Coeur de Lionl-was pair of shirt studs.
We should not omit to add that the winner of
the marc has also the privilege of plaeing
the crown of beauty upon :'the head Of
her whom he esteems beyond all other
women Anybody, therefore, who may be
curious upon the subject of Sir Eddie Gala
hers affections will have an excellent oppor-
tunity of acquiring valuable knowledge with
out the risk of asking impertinent questions.
Probably the dignity of human nature will not
be materially advanced by the ceremony, but
that Sir Eddie's choice will illustrate ''the
proclivity of tournaments to augment the
sum of human happiness" there can be no
manner of doubt. e"
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HIRED WITNESSES.
From the N. T. Sun.

From the n. Y. Sun.
1t is said that one of the witnesses in the
Mcfarland trial, an expert, received fifteen
hundred dollars for his testimony. Patent
lawyers and suitors in the United States Dis
trict and Circuit Courts are familiar with the
fact that experts in mechanics and mechani-
cal and chemical processes, when called as
witnesses in patent cases, invariably receive
fees, which in part represent the value of
their knowledge, and in part the worth of
their time. The customary fee of these ex-
perts is fifty dollars day.
We do not like the system which makes
the payment of compensation to witnesses in
a trial at law to depend on arrangement with
a party to the suit. 1t is not possible to
wholly avoid the relation of hired to hirer
when witness receives money from prisoner
or prosecution, from plaintiff or defendant,
TO testify to the truth Of certain contro yerted
facts. Inevitably he will lean to the side
from which he receives pay. He gets bene
fit from that side, and it is not in human
nature to damage it with the whole of tht
truth that is in him if he has to testify agains
II. nor is it in human nature to hold between
the opposing sides just and even scales o
Testimony. The paid witness inevitably is
partisan.
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These, allowances are samples merely of
scale which comprehends all callings and all
ranks to society, and which. is based on the
value of the witness Of his time and his
ability to earn money. The spirit of the rule
may be fully appreciated from the allowance
of extra expenses made to witnesses whose
age or infrmities oblige them to take nurses
with them to the place of trial, or to travel
by private conveyance if they are unable to
endure the journey by public conveyance.
So, if q woman having an infant is obliged
to take it with her to the place of trial, or if
she is obliged 10 take with her her baby's
nurse, the taxing officers allow her the rea-
sonable expenses of both child and nurse, and
they enter into the costs of the suit. r.
This rule should be adopted in this coun-
try, in both criminal and civil cases. The
allowances to all witnesses should be large
enough to compensate them for the interrupt
ton of their business; to experts it should
bear reasonable proportion to the cost of
their education, or the value of their peculiar
knowledge. Then it should by statute be
made felony to accept money from either
side in trial, as an inducement to testify or
as reward for evidence. 81
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ONE DOLLAR GOODS FOR 95 GENTS,
" Ie I5ftuHI Ola Oks. no. a 5. KIGHTH strsss.
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DEsoL LUTON

DESC UTION
1C Directing Bouvier, Mount Holly, aud
Bancroft Streets to be placed on the Public
Plans.
Resolved, BY the Select and Common Coun-
ellis of the City of Philadelphia, That the De-
partment of Surveys be and Is hereby directed
to place the following streets upon the public
plans VIII
Bouvier street, forty-fve feet wide, to extend
from Master to Jefferson street. at the
distance of one hundred and seventy-iye feet
westward of Seventeenth street, and parallel
Herewith. . -~ s.tastrr q ~~r1~ "a
Alter street, thirty feet wide, between
Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets, one
hundred and thirty feet southwark of Washing
ton street and parallel Herewith. -
Mount Holly street, thirty feet wide, between
Wharton and Reed streets one hundred and
sixteen feet westward of and parallel with
Seventeenth street. ~ -
Bancroft street, thirty feet wide, between
five feet westward and parallel with Sixteenth
street. -r t-- -sr~
All as per deeds of dedication on file.
- LOUIS WAGNER,
President of Common Council.
JOHN EcKsTEIN,
F.t Clerk of Common Council
" ta SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President of Select Council.
Approved this twenty third day of May, Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred aud
seventy CA. d. 1870.
5241t Mayor of Philadelphis.
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o,ry o1ptNANcEs.
DIES oLUTIoN
~ nf Inatruction To the Committee ON HI

ID - " IL u Il Il " ~
III OF instruction to the Committee on High
ways Relative to Paving with Cobble-Stones.
Resolved, By the Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia, That the Com
mittee on Highways be and are hereby in
structed not to approve of any bills for the
paving or repaving of streets with cobble-stones,
unless the Chief Commissioner of Highways
shall certify that the following provisions OF an
ordinance approved June 12, 1868, have been
complied with by contractors for such paving,
viz.:.-"That no stone shall be used exceeding
nine inches or less than six inches In depth, or
showing greater length OF face than seven or
less than four inches, aud which shall in all
cases be set close, breaking joint, with their
greatest length upright. and vertical as to posi-
ton, and which shall be rammed until no further
impression can be made upon them with fifty
five pounds rammer."
0 LOUIS WAGNER,
ul President of Common Council.
Attest rnrs
john ECKsTEIN. arf lf s.f r.r
Clerk of Common Council. .ev
"r" .H 'lr- SAMUEL W. CATTELL,' o
.I i.t President of Select Council.
Approved this twenty-third day of May, Anno
Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy
Ca d. 1870. rrd
sri ...r DANIEL M. FOX, Z
524 1t Mayor of Philadelphia.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-05-24

The law in this country offers a sufficiently
perilous remedy for wrongs TO property and
persons, without having its methods deterio-
rated by engrafting upon them the hiring of
witnesses. AS soon as practicable we should
find an escape from this threatening evil by
adopting the new English system Of allow
ances. The masters of the several courts in
England are the taxing officers therein. In
their allowance of costs, the masters are in
variably guided by the eminence, professional
skill, and full employment of the subpenaed
witnesses. For example, the following fees
per diem are allowed to the different witnesses
who reside in the town in which the case is
triad.
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srtRKs rRou ynr rnLrepApn.

~ lest rail on the MooschcAd Lake Rqilrcad win
he laid to-day.
lesterday's game between the TsymakeIs Of Troy
and the EIpers resulted IN 3 toT the former ald 6 for
the latter
The TheOOcical School OF Bates College In
Lewiston Ne, was formally opened on Thursday BY
0n address by the i.oy, Dr. Cheney.
The steamboat James A. Stevens, sunk alongside
the wharf at West Troy has been onmpei up and hOat
by The wreckng steamer JOhl Fuller.
Mr. Frederick Maggs, q solid citizen Of Canaan.
dalsuA n w. as'Onishod the re- dens Of that town hy
exhibiting n mammoth bnCk bear which he had 40.
tured near seneca FAlls lsAt week.
Women have been employed as clerks at TIE win
dOws Of the II iStOn Post Once As they have had
me TO become familiar with theidutles many stakes
have been made, anl complaints have been made.
During the performance of the Walhaa and Bio.
plastic troupe Ia the Music Hall Ia Worcester. MasA
last evening, Hsrren Ria tll nom trspeze striking
heavily among the iooIlsh". lie was but slightly In
jurOd.
In the Odd Fellows meeting Yesterday the Com
ttce Degrees ol Rebekah reported against Allow.
ing tue daughtors Of Otd Feow, u yesn OF age, to
menDerhlpi asO adversely to TIE prom alton that
membcrs OF tho order Of Iiebkah be elected by bslot
the action Of the Grand Lodge providing Tor tho estI
bhment ofs degroe iof tho iodSe u the order Of Re
LekAA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-24
THE BALL AND BAT.
Yesterdays Game between tho White Stock
ings Of Chicago and tho Eckfords-victory
for the ormer by n score OF ~ TO \.

Yesterdays Game between tho White Stock
ings OF Chicago and tho Eckfords-victory
for the ormer by n score Of ~ 20 y.
The White Stockings Of Chicago whose re-
cent victories over tho Red Stockings, Atlanucs,
have set the Chicagoans nearly mad with JOY played
q game with the teconstructed o. nine OF the Eek
ford Club. and gsye tbem n had tbTashng. The
present trip Of the White Stockings to this city and
Philadelphia has been taken with the intention OF
convincing US poor beLigited Now Workers that
their nine, as at present constituted, Is suong
enou IA TO knock our clubs into "eIarna smlsh " A;
but Lodging from the game yesterday, Int little
visible In provement has taken place In their pl y
since they we're here last II, therefore, they do
tot play better day and Tue'da, noItthey are
Hkeiy to go home shorn OF the laureli they have
recent, obtained. In the game they played yes
tcrlly they did not display tie eNtr1c linary
batting powers so Generally aributed TO thcn ns Of
the twony-two runs they maie thoT only earned
three. There was no Ulloliuninv 81 ianlY ."slinB
tlolr carab les IN q hcid ~ the Erkiurd nine aiS
Int poor antagonists, aud di not put the Wine
stockings on their Tcttle. 1o.IN, however, tley
Will have opponents wC't ~ OF tnelr steel and, tie
bind man sid, "w We will sre What We 5ltl see. -
Duty. tie most recent addition TO Ire White Stock.
ing team led the at the bat, aihough no made
tie fewest runs. On tIo Lokiord side, Clinton, the
srort stop, played extremely WELL as Gi MCAtce az
fret base. MtDsrmOtt pi cled stcllly and well in
the earlier part Of the nne, but he tYerel 10
his old aud useless habit Ol tr,ing to Keep eye
on tue pl yer FIST base aud thc oler the bats
man TIE old result followed, Ia the shave Of over
pitched and badly pitched butts, wmch II was in
possible luT Courtney u catch. Courtney played his
IOstiun behind the lut. ard, with MCDermUtt Ditch
ing that Is sinecuro. The following II the sooro
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-24
CURIOSJTIEs or CRIM n.

Tlomas Hughes. oi 20 Leonard street va. held
YESTERDAY ~ the Tombs for staobng his wife MARY
MhN u rhuc.Anile.
Albert La,ii' lock.mu oqei Is wears, hanged
~ fct bUtctdy In his shop, 50 Atlantic 81 Hr kya
lie Hid been intcnI crate,
John Spesr, IN "a Internal Rcverue Collector VIVA
arrested m la"r"ncc knn,as, on Ihpsdy. on crargs
held ~ ts 05J bnl. v. " narci"S, a deputy e.. leo
Tor Ludci sreer vas alsJ arrested.
On 1hucsiay night two men aecrptei in the First
National bank, ~ Nothumhcrlapd, Pa. Oycruowrrod
contents OF the DrNate boxes belonging 10 depo Ois
TneT failed 10 force tho door ot tnr ihsldo hate
L1wrence Carroll "siouch" burglar, broks
into Peter Mc4iadr's barro1m, go ColuInoia sucrG
BlOOkVn, on TnursdAy uieht, and after Nphtinr thc
gas was proceeding to pAck up some cgArs, Wlrn the
bArkeeper, Barney hcNeY. Ctucnt him AMI gal, nm
IN charge OF an ofhcer. Carroll was COmmlticl.
~ Ton, alias the KID wa. he'd ycstcnN ny Justice
Hogan on the charge OF robbng Ms. E,thtr Schos.in,
&er & o, iS hit., avenue Of raGhase o. L3nd, @ and
while che was riding In Ttifd avenue car
James Regan, Joseph BroSE James Aalov, Ri
ward hokdnn, and John Nct oTl were before Jnstoo
walsh OF broOky1 ytsluday on the charge o. robbiug
on sunday last The won M hcntlrl All lhH pri son'
eDsaye hekldua The hIrsner hearing was adjourned
until Monday.
In the Yorkvlllc Police Court Yesterday afternoon
Mary sched, OF ~ First avenue. accussd her husband
FTsdorcN schie of leOnlOus assault chAr uR that Oh
that he attempted TO strge - ne .-eOnG time nut
vai prevented by his SON. Charles sohied lie Ins.
gann who dehled the cAMgo, 80 - ~ o. doo bail ~
Charles Knight. ftst mate of tue ship HUDSON,
Nh arrested BY speciL oGicef JAmOs n. NOun. NO
SSuiivsyoI's omec. who Sn, acconlDanied by one y
S.t iS S.t Ses aSsG a'S S'GS'
mned that he brought the gools ashore, but assetot
Who was pr present When s os % ,ns ss,p Kpsss ~
looked up In tho PouUs Central Omoe-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-24
PERSONAL INIELLIGESCR.

Nilsson receives a ,sOO night in gold,
Bngnors twins, born last week, are doing well
% is the great tenor hNnscll.
Tie Russian Prince ImDeriai cOnteDlplales visit
TO the United States next spring.
Mr. and Mrs. W. a. Florence have Just played q
very sneeetSful engagement N Cincinnat.
Mayor O'lIall say, ne lGes one thing about pho
tograph every bony looks we'll dressed IN it
BriEnol was last week made the happy father OF
twins lie purrues the even tenor OF hs way
The Grand Lodge of Masons OF Nevada have
Van Beklln Grand SECRETARY,
Nile: Christine Nilsson has accepted an invitation
from Mrs. Scott Sddons. ard viii occupy private UoI
al WOODS Museum next Thursday evening
The Robublican Convention at Troy yesterday
nominated ! 1homus Davis OF IlenhselAet for Con.
grebs' over A II. Tanner the present ioumbcnt.
The Governor Of New Hampshire hss nomin Ated
the Hon. Harvey Hubbard OF Bath 70 the Supreme
Bench, vice Judge hesmth. retired 90 account OF
The BERGEN BE Ormod Church have settled n 800
Ayear for life upon their retiog pastor the Rev DR.
rs. O. Taylor uo bad 20 Of tho oauroh q yeAa
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Meanwhile the Germans wf detsoh two corps TO
Lyons. Hsvrc. and Cherbourg, and send nyipe col.
umns throughout the country in all directions for
forage Seventy ave thousand fresh cavalry for that
service are TOW expected from Germany. portion
OF the programme has already been realised. The
writer afrms further that the Prus.iau Gen. bteip
nets was disgraced because Of the heavy losses In.
hicted on bis army By Marshal Bs,aine.
One Of the journals OF this city states that NJ.
Magne, formerly Minister OF the Finances, vritiar
privately 10 friend. assured him tim, be hsd short
time before the change In the Government paid upon
receipts presented Tor one million Chassepots
and three hundred thousand other guns. As these
guns have never been seen, u shows the extent to
which swindling was carried on under the old 70.
gime.
Effective military measures have been taken for
the protection Of Orleans and Tours. No news Is
received here nom fari, The people and the Jour.
nails seem to sccept Its absence matter OF course
II 10 reported that tile Prussians are withdra win
their forces from other pons 10 concentrate them
around Paris Their cavalry s In incossant motion.
EunBrRL.ss SQUADS OF uuLAss
patrol the country for miles around the capital in
every direction, their main object being TO cut OF
all communications. But Paris will surely hold
out, and will proceed to hold elections the Con.
stituent Assembly, even under the sabres OF the
Prussians. corps OF Spanish guerilss is forming
at Toulouse to assist u the defence Of tie country
sourPEs, Sept IA large Prussian force has
entered Fontsineblsau, and made q .requsltiou for
10000 francs. The Prussians are marching on
Nemours, and . detachment Is going toward Or
leans.
RANBouuLBr, Sept ee-The enemy has dlsap.
peared from Dourdan aud Arpaion, moving to
Limour.
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NEW JERSEYS RIFLE MATCH.

Gov. Randolph among the Sharpsh ootsrs-
Special Trains from New York-Aa In
s~~esssss ksssrtaia.ssa far nIiiitarv m 80.
The arrangements for tho New Jersey National
Guard Tiae Meeting for 1870 are nearly oompietsd.
The contest la, been hIed for Thursday next, as,h
inst, in Clifton Park, on the Erie Railway. Tho
place is very attractive. and has boen selected on
account OF its safety Special trains will TO the
ground during the day on the Erie. and Newark and
Paterson Rail~su. Gov. Randolph will be present
with his stan, and for his headq sarters have
teen engaged Mt the Clifton Grove Hotel. MAJ Gen.
Runyon. President of the Board Of Arrangeme ents
mas general charge oil the details and Is to be
sisted by the members OF his stat
A detachment Of one CAPTAIN, two lieuteusnts, and
siIty noncommissioued officers and privatos. has
been ordered TO report to Col. j. Madison Dske, OF
the Third Regiment, for guard duty, Col. Drake,
having been detailed to act as oficer OF the day {.
Eienewlnt-Culonel- Abraham ID. hcKeon, OF Carl
stadt, Division Qulrtermaster, has been chosen TO
Oil the position OF Umpire.
Tents for the use OF the Board Of Arrangements
are to be pitched on the ground.
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A Young Desperate on Trial In Milford.

IoI ayedr or two past series OF daring bur
'larie,. commiueh al various places nlong the line
~ tho Honcsdlle branch OF the Erie Railway. kept
tie inlautants in almost constant alarm. Finally
susrious circumstances led to the arrest o. George
Avery youn :ster Of Mlyille. and he was cOmmit d.
ted 10 Milford jail. On the 80 OF May last Joan
Hays Of MilVe. aged % years, va, retiring to he'd
with his vi c, when he was shot by somebody out.
slte lie fingered for some weeks, and died In June
LIST No su-piciun tcll Upon any one ut the time,
but In the arrest OF Avery ior the bur Llaries
tain circumstances le to the suspicion tnat he was
also he as Ms in of Mr., Hays ani he rcarrcs TED
yud committed on tho cnarge Of murder. Tie
young desperate was put lriIl on MolncsJ 3.
sod testimony WIS t1ken Yesterday which may
ia-;cG tae murler uaon Young Avery.