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ITO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT A DOLLAR
Il WILL BUY AT
SILVERBERG'S
METROPOLITAN DOLLAR STORE,
Look the following
LIST OF ARTICLES,
And if you see anytime hin yGu want go there and
YOU WILL SAVE FROM 25 TO so CENTS ON
EVERY DOLLAR You BUY.
LADIES DEPARTMENT..
A pair Brown Fleeced Hose, pair Iron Frame
trssan @ LINEN
inner Gnsn Go 6fs Iss oT
CUFFS, set Of Lace Sleeves and Collar, Real Lace
Or Hood, Tucke Skirt, Chemiss or other Garment
or Wallet, covered Work or Travelling Basket, i
handsome Fan or Silk Elastics, besides numerous
Othe articles, including full stock Of Jewelry.
FOR GENTLEMEN.
4pair superstout English Halt Hose, 8 pair super-
sstr% do pair heavy Wool do pair English
% % better do, best est l do eoiored
GS sis:5 LIND sa.ssaasl.
handsome Care, Pipe or Wallet; pair fne Plated or
long all wool Scarf, excellent Merino Shirt or
Drawers. ,,,
a pair Brown Mixed full regular Hose, 3 pair Iron
Frsne s full regular DO; pair fancy all wool Bal
Leggins.
TOYS, &C.
Dolls in about 20 different styles, dressed and I'M
dressed; Doll Carriages, Cradles and Bsdsteads
Tables, Sets of China or Britannia Dishes, Pane
Paints, Accoi deons and ConceItinas, Month Har-
monicas, Trombones Comets, Ten Pins, Bagstelle
snd Tivoh Tables, Trains Of Cars. Elk press agons
Hose Carts with Bells, Punch and judy, Ranges and
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Set OF Chessmen, Dominoes, Brao kets in endless
variety Fancy Wood Mats, in a set; White Piaue
do, W set; Brushes and Combs, Umbrellas, Silver
| Plated Ware, Statuetfes, Vases, Busts, Gard and
Fruit Baskets, Desks, Work Boxes and necess aries
Chess Boards with Men, Lava Smoking Sets, PUT
Boxes with Pufs Hand and Standing Mirrors, I'm
| broidered Slippers and Cushions, Lace and Hand
/ made Tides, &C.
| You WILL SAVE FROM IS TO so GENTS on
| EVERY DOLLAR YOU BUY.
| NEW GOODS RECEIVED EVERY DAY
| B. SlLVERBER9,
| 3lS SEVENTH STREET,
! noq-tr Near Pennsylv ania avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-24

Carl Schurz is making a tour through the
country essay1ng to find fit ground to receive the
seed of new partyism, but thus far without sue
cess. The ground is all stony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-24

The dangerous practice Of erecting wooden
i'uSes I'm cities Is sometimes defended on the
ga mat they are built by poor men who can
"ot anord to use brick. The Chicago Tias
. Aieh Is satisfied with the experiences Of one
great hre' makes two good points agar st this
"Igument- IL shows, first, that brick t.ouses are
more comfortable and far safer, and can n,
ereciSd for a trihing advance g n the cost OF
wooden structures, and, seeo, ID. that not one
fourth of the wooden houS : are Owned h, the
occupants, but are, on ID e contrary. built ON
speculation and to let at Ugh prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-24

Government securftfeA

The New York money market yesterday wa. firm,
account Of the increased shipments Of currency 10
the cotton and pork pack king sections.
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1t i not quite easy Ia see the occasion for the
furry Of ill-temPer shown BY the Britishers be-
cause Minister Sehenck II concerned in stocs
speculati0ns. Very likely this is not the true
reason for their wrath. Possibly our accom-
pIished Minister has been too much for them at
poker
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" POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
" WAsHINGToN, ID. O., Nov. 2, ISL.
. Complaints having been received that the Letter
Carriers at several of the free delivery Offices solicit
donations by means of New Years addresses, and
this practice being considered preudcia TO the ser
vice. and teroeatory to the pect carriers should
at ell times command
1t is therefore ordered that the issuing or any adj
dress or substitute therefor, by lettercarriers in
tended or calculated to induce the public TO make
Them donations, or the soliciting of presents by
me- ans whatever, is forbidden.
JOHN A. J. CRESWELL
nos Postmaster General
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A TM0RE's PHILADELPHIA M1NCE MEAT

Trade supplied at manufacturers prices.
Depct-2O6 9th street, opposite Centre Market
JN0. W. LUMSDEN 4 CO.. Agents
Canned Goods, Beans Honiny, Pickles, Figs,
Dates, Prunes, and all kinds Foreign and Domestic
Fruits and Produce, wholesale no2l- st
lust RECEIVED, 400 DOZEN BEST PARIS
KID GLOVES, at per pair, ar IN ,rst
;. HELLERS. WtfI!lIf
WALKING SUITS for ladies made to or 2lUlll
der. and large assortment on hand. which = W.
will be sold cheap, at 3. HELLERo,
nO24 II us Market Space.
MARINI & BATES DANCING ACADEMY,
WI Street, Between 9Th and 10th streets.
The Second Quarter will commence THURS
DAY. November 80. DAYS AND HOURS "A
OF TUITION:-Misses ard Masters. TUES
DAY, THURSDAY and SATU RDAY, from ~
81 o5 D. m. 1 aides and Gentlemen, MONDAY, L.
WEDNESDAY and SATU RDAY, from to 9. n2t-7t
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"Four murderers in Russia were recently
placed, by way OF experiment- In four beds IN
which cholera pa tents had laid. They did not
know theichaIs eter Of the beds, and did not take
the disease. they were then compelled to sleep
believe NJ d been occupied by persons who had
died OF Inc cholera, when three OF them died
within four hours"
Ibis item is going the rounds Of the papers,
and is cited as a curious illustration of the power
OF the Imagination to produce disease. The
experiment would have been more satisfactory,
however, II the criminals had been Erst placed
the new and clean beds" tE sT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-24

NUTRINAi
A new Preparation Of Food from wheat. For sale
WILSON RAMSBURG,
Sole Agents, los West Lombard St,
nO7-lm Baltimore, Md.
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~ BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
SS DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
WASHINGTON, November ;, 1871.
ordered. that no contractor shall receive, upon al
order from the board for material anything but the
material ordered, exact in quantity aud quality; and
no contractor shall receipt for any material until he
shall have had delivered to him upon the work for
which ID was issued and contractor shall receive
Or1ssue any duebill certificate Of ack nowIedRment
Of material due upon order OF this board
Any contractor violating this order shall have his
coHtract annuled and he debarred from any further
contracts under the board
ALEX. b. SHEPHERD,
no4 Vice PrasideDt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-11-24

Ex-senator Ross, Of Kansas, is about starting
> weekly paper at Coreysviile, in that State, t.
lie called " Ross Paper" The name Is MOI
quite felieitous, but we doubt not the paper viii
be sood one, and that the ex-senator viii
enjoy his eongeBial work in the old editoria
harI'sS better than he ever did his Congress
siOiai career.
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LOAN OFFICES.
MEDICAL, &c.

DIT NE IN MY LITTLE BED-Bes l,e hanged.
See OLD DIR. DARBY on al street, three doors
rooth II the Avenue ne will share you IN in a
week, without change Of diet OF kiEsTGAos from
oussness. nOl-lm
MADAME BOFIN's MONTHLY PILLS n
~ N only reliable remedy for feElale Obstruc-
lions Money refunded In every case OF failure
aasney $40 street ). W., opposite smith
SOhI.h. &C Slim
CONSULT DIR. LEON-He guarantees a speedy
sYPHILiTlC DISEASES without s.lssm or Msy
siy,J ., no Gnt se fne Doctor Is the oldea essab
ms success IN curing such Complaints uneNceled
Ladies and gentlemen consult hn confideHtialIy
ana prNalely al IOIl street, above 10th. OcZ-tr
/ AIDES sJFFkRING FROM IRREGULARI-
their sex should cS1de in DR. peS oqga to
iGottsed and only reliable aud sats Physician max
ing specially OF female Complaints ia the city He
deceived 10y sWindlers. He guarantees a speedy
cure or charge. SEPARATE host1s fov laSg -
.snts. Rooms No. l0ll street, between loan ana
iIeh. ocZ-r
he. GARDNER, LATE OF THE RICoRD is,
from 10 a. m. % 10 .. m, at his once, n W. eornss
OF iiah st aIA Pennsylssnis ayenne sse~Id stotyJ
tween 10th and iith sts. n " Fron III sres, ~
perence In treating 10 90 st the o. 81 W.
nersal Hospital and practice Ct thirty years aronR
eoth male and female, he osa warrant cure In .
N. B;-Upon the receipt Of SIC, advice ana m>at.
cine VIII Dc sent ~ express. BE warrants % cure
nRs MOTIFS FRENCH POWDERS, CERTAIN
.io,.s echh Tor Nervous Debility, seminal Ennis
scrsnnla skin Disease, syphilis, in all It's force.
Ga S'fn IN &sssIS, sss sw dsoa,sa
Druggist corner Penlsyv anis ave and l2th sfrcsf
Price es per box. sent By mail iys-iy
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~ METROPOLITAN PRIsMATICn WOOD
QS PAVING COMPANY.

PRINCIPAL OFFICE, 1881 New York avenue
ENGINEERS % 6I5 Sd street, N. w.
Office hours, from 10 a. m to 2pm
Hu4 I'm SUNDAY ChrOD
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THE INVENTORS EXHIBITION AND PAT
il ENT RIGHT ASSOCIATION,
IL Warren street, New York. p. q. Box 454A.
Patents obtained for Inventors with greater GER
tainty and lees expense than elsewhere also Patent
Rights and Patented Goods boueh, and sold. The
Patent Right Gazette, giving all Information mailed
receipt Of 10 cents
Agents wanted. nof-eoln
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SAVINGS OFFICE-TEN PER CENT. ~
- TERESr PAID.
The PAY of OFFICERS IN the ARMY NAVY
csshed IN advance,
Money advanced SOLICITORS OF CLAIMS ON
ThEAsUk1 DRAFTS and Audi TORS CFRTIpI-
GATES while SECOND POWER or ATTORnEf
10 being obtained.
}. II. sQUIER, MONEY CROKER.
aul5-u 1907 ST., near L. D. Treasure
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LOST AND FOUND.

LUST AND FOUND.
THE YOUNG MAN WHO FOUND A POCKET
Il BOOK on 9TH street, on Wednesday afternoon
and thought II was his fathers had better return it
10 the owner. 1t
STOP THAT THIEF-!rhe person who took
~ ONERCOAT from my house yesterday had better
return the same, as he is well known to WIN.
NOEL. Venetian Blindmaker and Upholsterer, No.
streets west. nO24 -2tf
c. REWARD-Lost from 2OOI I, corner of aOth
.TC street, a black and tan PUP Of about ~
months old and medium size; had on s.9G0X
morocco lea her collar with blank plate.-A
The above reward will be paid on his delivery.
no24 ST.
4 OST-On Thursday noon, a SQUARE GOLD
IL ENAMELED SLEEVE BUTTON. Supposed
t. have been lost on Pennsylvania avenue, between
18th and 2Dh streets, or on street, between 18th
street and Connecticnt avenue. liberal reward If
returned TO No 2OOo street 1T
I OsT-On "wednesday afternoon, November s2i'
IL on 7th street, between l. street and New York
receipts. The finder by returning the slme to the
owner, Mrs. JANE LAWRIE, No. els street,
N W., will be literally rewarded. It,
coz REWARD.-Los., Nov. 10Th, 1871, white
CZC SETTER DOG; legs uea bitten;
nine months old. Apply l4lo Pennsyi-A~
vania avenue no2-3tf
7 OST-stayed from 1929 18th street, Saturday
IL night November 4, 1871, P0INTER,&I
black and white, with brass collar;
reward will be paid II returned to the undersigned.
no6-tf 1929 l2th street.
CERTlFICATE No 90 OF CENTRAL BUILD
~ ING ASSOCIATION OF GEORGETOwN. The
public are cautioned not 10 receive it, oclS
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PERSONAL.

- SIDNEY HOWE.
SLkIRv0YANT, MAGNETTCTEsT MEDIfr,
Call on him at the Continental Hotel, 1913 Pennsy
vaBia avenue. res n
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

The TRUE ORIGIN OF MOTHER GOOsE.-
Dear Cucle Tim: | wonder how many of
your nephews and nieces could tell the origin
Of the famous Mother Gooses Melodies"
| come across it the other day in The Noted
Names Of Fiction. and, as was quite interest
.-l in it, it occurred to me that perhaps others
who had not seen it might like to know about
it. 1t seems by the above work that this
" Mother Goose" was no myth at all, but a
real living Mrs Goose. She was born in BOs-
ton, Mass, and lived there many years-the
child of wealthy parents. Her oldest daugh-
ter, who was named Elizabeth Goose, married
an enterprising and industrious printer by the
name OF Thomas Fleet. The ceremony was
performed by the celebrated Cotton Ma:her on
the Sth of June, Ills. In due time, she pre-
sented her husband with son and heir, and
Df course, Grandma Goose was in ecstasies.
She could do nothing but wander about the
house, singing in anything but a meOdiOus
strain, the songs and ditties of her youth,
which greatly disturbed all the neigEbOrs. and
Mr. Fleet particularly. He tried in every pos
>iblp manner to silence her iOked and ridicul,
I'd her, but in vain! At last, happy thought
struck him. He would collect all her songs and
dittes, and what others he could gather from
various sources, and published them for the
benefit of the world in general, and himself in
particular. No sooner said than done. He soon
brought out book, the earliest known edition
Of which bears the title of Songs for the
Nursery; or Mother GooseS Melodies for Cha-
{ren Printed by 7. Fleet at his Printing
house, Pudding Lane (nOw Devonshire street,
l7l9 Price, two coppers." He adopted this
title to deride his m1ther-in-law, and 1t was in
perfect keeping with his character, as he would
never spare his nelrest friends or relatives, if
he could excite laugh at their expense
Little did Mrs Goose think, when she was
patiently trotting and singing to her little
grandson, that she was composing songs des-
tined to quiet generation after generation Of
children, and prove constant source of de-
light in many household. The children ought
to rise up and call her blessed
But how they have improved on that first
edition Publishers have Wed with each
other in printing and illustrating the dear ole
iingles as beautifully "a possible, while musi
clans have set the words to delightful tunes
which mothers may sing as they rock thei
little ones to seep.-CorrespoAde,t of Heartl
Hnd Home.
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

Mrs. FAIR PREFERS HANGING TO IMPRIS-
ONMENT.-A correspondent of a Chicago pa
per, who visited Mrs. Laura D. Fair, now in
Jail in San Francisco under sentence OF death
for the murder Of A. Z. Crittenden, Esq, re-
ports the following dialogue
Let me ask you a somewhat singular ques-
ton, will yOu?"
Certainly"
Suppose that the Supreme Court refuses
to allow you new trial would you accept
cOmmutatlOn OF your sentence?
How do yO" mean?'
Well, it is lard to say TO a woman in your
position just wnat | mean. 1t is to this effect
Suppose petition were gotten up to commute
your present sentence to imprisonment, would
you accept it?"
"Never!' she answered, with flush creep
ing across her cheek.
What" You prefer the capitalsentcnce o.
" Most certainly -
Why, may ask? Is not life sweet to you?''
:" Ges, it is; but | have daughter who is
now growing up, and should | remain in pris-
on, she would have to stay here and visit me-
She is young, she would grow up without pro-
lection, and then would always rest on her the
stain OF my prison lie But if die, she would
! go away somewhere else, and in time the stain
would be forgotten"
As she spoke of her daughter a mist strug-
ged for moment with the magnetic currents
IN her eyes, but almost instantly disappeared as
if dried up by the heat of the surface upon
which it appeared.
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04
THE PEYSSON POUDRETTE!
Manufactured and Sold for FL Years
PLANTERS',
Farmers Il Gardeners Friend!
For TOBACCO. try it I!

For COTTON, try it! For TOBACCO, try it 4!
For WHEAT try 1T For OATS, try it For CORN, it
For BARLEY, try il, For RY try II :
For Vegetables Fruits and Flowers better FERTILIZER
KNOWN at the present day.
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

A SINGULAR Observation-Disclosures Burke
found himself indisposed, he ordered kettle
Of water to be kept boiling, of which he drank
large quantities, sometimes so much as four
or even five quarts in a morning. without any
mixture or infusion, and as hot as he could
bear. His manner was to pour about pint
into basin, and to drink it with spoon as if
it had been soup. Warm water he said, would
relax and nauseate, but hot water was the fin
est stimulant and most powerful restorative in
the world. He certainly thought it sovereign
cure for every complaint, and not only took it
himself but prescribed it with the confidence Of
Sangrado, to every patient that came in his
way.
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

A Saratoga belle is described by John G.
SAKE, in letter to the Albany Journal, as
poetical selection:
Hark to the music of her borrowed tone;
Observe the blush that purchase makes her
own:
See the sweet smile that sheds its beaming rays ;
False as the bosom where her diamonds
blaze"
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

children, eIgnI1vu
on the occasion.
unnnn gentleman
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

How TO CURE STAMMERING.-Lu A.
Taylor, editor of the LA Crosse Wis Lea.}rr,
who has been an inveterate Stammerer, .tes
as follows about the way to cure the ha1it:
" No stammering person ever found any diff
Guilty in singing The reason of this is that
by observing the measure of the music-by
keeping time--the organs of speech are kept
in such position that enuncation is easy.
Apply the same rule to reading or speech, and
the same result will follow Let the stammer-
er take sentence, say this one : Leander
swain the HellespOnt and pronounce it by
syllables scan it, keeping time with his finger
If necessary letting each syllable occupy the
same time, thus, Ie-an-der- the
Hel-les-pOnt, and he will not stammer.
Let him pronounce slowly at first, then faster,
but still keeping the time keeping time with
words instead Of sylabes, and he will be
surprised to find that, by very little practice,
he will read without stammering, and nearly
as rapidly as persons ordinarily talk or read
Then practice this in reading and conversation,
until the habit is broken up. Perseverance
and attention is all that is necessary to perform
perfect cure.
Smyrna times., 1871-10-04

propressives, consisting Of the working element
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07
Chester.

Paddy" Leonard, of Rutland, la.
borer in the employ of R. n. Patch. on bic
construction train, had bis shoulder-blsde
broken by large stone falling from a
gravel bank, while assisting in loading
stone at Bartonsyille, on Friday.
Under the new arrangement for run
ming trains this winter over the Rutland
road, trains will arrive and depart from
the station in this town as follows -
Mootng South-Bowtelle's passenger z g..
m, mail As p. m. Holden's mixed II
p m, night express 2 As a. m. Moving
Manufacturing mixed $50 a. M, mail
.115 p. m. Bowtelle's mixed 6 90 p. m,
night express 10. Mail train meets at
Gassett's. Cut this out for reference, as
the new time table went into effect Mon
day. Dec. 4th.
WIN. M. Cole has sold his farm to
Fred q. Gibson, for $1,000.
Prescott Head, Egg, our respected
Town Clerk. has recently been dangerous
ly i'll, but is now convalescing.
Among the numerous guests register
ed at the Chester House on Saturday, we
noticed the names of Hon. O. N. Daven.
port and Hon. VIM. n. Pingry, thus prov
ing that Righteousness and peace kiss each
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07
The Emma Mine.

The directors of the Emma Mine, ss
they appear upon the English prospectus,
are placed in the following order:
George Anderson, Esq, M. P, London,
Chairman.
E. Bridges Willyams, Esq, NJ. P, Lon
don, Deputy Chairman.
Percy Doyle. E-q, O. b., London.
Z. Leigh Pemberton, E-q, III. P, Lon
don.
The Honorable Jehn G. Stanley, Lon,
don.
Major Robert G. schenck, Unit
ed States Minister. London.
Gen. 81. Henry Baxter, ex-President Of
the New York Central Railway Company,
New York.
Trenor W. Park, Esq, President of the
First National Bank. North Bennington
Vermont.
The Hon. William NJ. Stewart, United
States Senator, Nevada.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07

We are glad to notice that Dr.. Hob
bsrd, of Boston. IL to give course Of lee
lures upon physiology, health and hygi-
enc next week. Commencing on Tues
day evening at the Opera House. We
are not q follower of itissrsnt medical
lectures and qusck physicisns, who roam
the country, but from the recommends
tions that have been presented to rs, and
the notices of our editorial brethren Of
other sections we believe this to be vslu-
able series of lectures for the benefit of
any community.
DIR. Hebbard comes highly endorsed by
Horace Greeley, B. P. shillaber, PROT. W.
w. Lengfellow, John @. Whittier. Presi-
dent Chsmplin of WaterviIle (Maine)
College as also by the press of the couu-
try, including the North American Re-
0Eeto. The latter publication speaks well
of his literary abilities as well as his
medical proficiency.
In New York. Boston, Brooklyn, Provi-
dencs, Worcester, Springfield and Brat
tleboro, where he has just closed q course,
he has been eminently successful he is
said to be an eloquent and Interesting
speaker and his lectures Of the highest
standard. We hope he msy receive a
good audience and the people be instruct
ed more thoroughly as to the laws and
conditions Of health.
In our advertising columns will be
found the dates and subjects of each leo
ture.
The Doctors brother is already in town
making arrangements for the course.
The price of admission to the first leo
ture will be 10 cent?, and the succeeding
lectures IS cents each. Course tickets
81 90. Private lectures 25 cents each
extra.
Tickets can be procured at Neeker's
Music Store on Merchants Row.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-12-07
10y 1lnrnce FIe,cher. Did.

In the death of Rev. Horace Fletcher
D. OF Townshend. the Baptist Church
Of which he was an boDored minister
Io.es a faithful servant. The community
in which he lived and labored will mlts
the genial manner and Chris'ian culture
Of one who had long been the subject OF
their reverential regard and the S'a'e
mourns the service of one who had done
it service in her councils, and was devot-
ed TO her prosperity.
He disd at bie residence, after linger-
ing iliness, on the morning of November
9th, at the advanced ege of 70 yeara. He
WIS the son of DR.. A4sph and Sarah
lGreerl Fletcher, and was born in CaveD-
dish, October 2Stb, 1896. He fitted for
college under the instructions OF Rev.
Jonathan Going, a celebrated Baptist
clergy man, and Hon. William G. Bradley
Of Westminster. He entered the Uni
Yersity of Vermont at Burlington at on
early sQe and remained only one year,
unyil the college building were occupied
for barracks 10 the war of 1872, when be
went to Dartmouth College at Hanover
v. H.. where be grsdu ted, the valedic-
tori.u of the clsss of 1917. After leaving
,oilege be taught the Academy at New
Salem. Mass one year, and then entered
pnop the study of law in the II, of hi
former instructor, Hon. William @ Brad
Law. After his admission to the bar he
praoticed his profession for fifteen years
az Proctor. VILE. In 1929 he began the
study of iyla,ty with Rev. @. W. Hodge,
in BENIN grop, VT. Hs was ordained
psstor Of the Baptist Church at Towns
bend, January 25th, 1914. and remained
its p.stor TO the time of his death. lie
received the honorary degree OF Doctor o.
Divinity ut Msdison University, Hsmli-
ION. N. Y, 10 1850. He was brother OF
the late Hon Richard FLETCHER of Boston,
and * Governor Ryland Fletcher OF
pro.torsville. He married Harriet, daugh-
ter Of Z, ep ger May, of Westminster, March
10Th. 1928 He leaves a numerous and
highly respectable family of children.
He was a member of the Senate from
Wipdhsm county in 1856 and 1857. and
enioyed the high regard of all his assooi-
atea.
DR. T etcher's life has been that of a
auiet country clergym N, ana he haS
never at empted TO extend his sphere OF
labor on any broad theatre, but to serve
his day and generation by the will OF
God, aud rest with his people whom ne
had 70 long s-rved. He was eminent'y a
gentleman of the old school with deli
cate =. nse OF honor, and uniform courtesy
Of manner, enjoying the esteem and con-
fidsuce of all who knew him. He wa
man of pnrs mind, exalted character an
earnest preacher, Consistent man, resent
Inv rare example of CHRISTIAN manhood
Thus are pass,rg to the tomb the men OF
A former generation. j. a'inx behind II en-
the .x.mpl. of good hf-. the richest
legacy that oan be Transmitted TO future
generation.