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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-04
DEAD.

N. j.. MCPHERSON, Prosecuting At
torney tor the Council Bluffs district
died at st. Louis on the 18th ult. of
Bright's disease of the kidneys, OF
which malady he has bsen suffering
for several years.
He was q man Of fine legal and
oratorical ability and had served
Madison county in the State senate,
aud as o captain and commisssry du-
ring the war creditably, being sta
toned the most part of the timo At
Bowling Green, Ky. He was also a
Lincoln District elector in 1860.
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They say that figures never lie.
This may be so, but they certainly
tell q very big story in regard to the
extent Of temperance in great Brit
ain. II is reported that in 1869 there
were 15O,599 tAverns in the United
Kingdom. In that year over 1884,
0OO, 600 we're spent for drinks. The
amount Of grain consumed to make
the liquor was 62,972,672 bushels.
The correspondent Of the Boston
Journal, who gives us these figures,
states that this amount of grain,
made into bread, would have fur.
nisbed enough loaves TO have a road
ten yards wide and more than 100
miles long. We r not responsible
tor this figuring but if the story is
only half right, il is certainly a
strong argument on the temperance
side Of tho question.
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An elderly gentlemaa was r~ooon,l,

An elderly gentleman was reoontly
'con6dcnced" on q train running in
70 Keokuk, by sharpers who induced
him to buy . draft (worthless) on
Buffalo. for $157.4O, be paying them
two 800 bills, and they paying him
S43 ~ change. The conductor on
the train took the first opportunity
to quietly suggast % The innocent
old gentleman shat he was afraid the
arsft "Well," was the
bland response OF the imperturable
Rreeny, IF it is any bigger fraud
than my two n hundred dollar
notes were, then l am not forty-three
dollars ahead-which l think l am.
| am not in the habit of dealing in
counterfeit currency, but I always
keep q little OF that sort of stuff
about me for the benefit OF that sort
OF customers"
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How A NoRTH AND SoUTH RAIL
ROAD "KILLs A TowN.'-We YER in
Marehalltown o short time on Satur-
day last, and while there learned that
the grain bayers who had their grain
stored in the elevators on the line of
the Northwestern road were hauling
it in wagons over to the Central
Railroad Of Iowa for shipment to st.
Louis. BY this operation, we are
told, thoy realize "ten cents" per
bushel moro for their wheat than
they could get in Chicago, after Ia
king account Of all differences in
storage, commissions, etc. Instead
of having its grain trade cut off by
the Central Road,. Marshalltown, is
now, as y consequence Of this advan-
tage OF a new market, doing a larger
grain trade than ever, farmers going
thcre from points maay taiiesr dis
tafltnena sithoa hand 1t il m~onrnful
to see a neighboring town "k,lled'
by an ~intersecting line of railroad,
but we think we could manage to
bear up under the grief of seeing
Belle PLANE killed off in the Same
way Belle Pkaane Union.
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~ousToM-aoUsE FRAUDS.
New York x~segislaSure altar thu. Tam
manyites.

New York xegislasure altar the Tam
manyites.
NEW York, Jan. 3.
In the Legislature to-day Assem-
blyman Hawkins introduced q bill
legalzing the action Of the anti ring
jury. A bill was also introduced to
remove Mayor Hall, Corporation At
torney Tom Fields, and also to re-
move Fields as Assistant Commits.
sioner.
The Custom : House Senatorial
Congressional Investigating Com
mittee, consisting Of Buckingham,
Howe, Stewart, Casserly, Pratt and
Bayard, met to-day in the Collec-
tors room at the Custom House.
The sessions OF the Committee are
secret, no one being allowed to be
present except Collector Arthur.
A run was commenced on the
Third Avenue Savings Bank this
morning. The Bank officers say the
bank is able to make all the neces-
sary payments.
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New Orleans must be q iolly place

New Orleans must be a jolly place
to live in about holidays. The fol-
lowing is q partial list of the muse
ments they had there last Sunday
and Monday:
John Hampton, first officer Of the
ship Success, was accidentally
drowned. Mrs. Waldron accidentally
caught Ere and burned to death. A.
Busch was shot dead by Joel Gamer
on. Two persons dangerously
stabbed, and two dangerously shot,
during an assault. Five persons
were accidentally shot. Nine boys
were severely injured by a gunpow-
der explosion, two dangerously. The
police made 1872 arrests, for all man.
ner Of offensea, drunkenness FREEDOM.
mating.
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SCOTLAND.
GLASGOW. Dec

GLASGOW, Dec. 80.
While a large road wagon pro.
pelled by steam carrying heavy
boilers was passing through the
streets to day and . surroueded
and followed by a. large throng Of
people, n of the boilers exploded
and five children were killed outright
and seven were SO severely injured
that their recovery is doubtful. Both
the dead aud wounded was terribly
mutilatcd.
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CALIFORNIA.
The Storm in 0alifernia.
SAN FRANcIsoo. Dec.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20.
The storm still continues. Over
nineteen inches OF water has already
fallen. Armed men, who were dis
gniscd, cut the levee near Marysville.
Five hundred feet Of the lovee is
washed away, and a large section Of
country is flooded. 1t IS still rain.
ing, with thermometer ranging from
GO to ~.
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Tho Bedford Taylor County
South West gives an account Of o ter
rible accident to a boy named Will
linn Harris, about fourteen years
old, a few days ago. He was sent
on an errand about two miles dis
tnnt, and becoming cotd got OFF tho
horse which he was riding, tied the
halter strap around his arm and put
his hands into his pockets, and in
this manner was running TO keep
warm when the horse became fright
ened and ran away, dragging the
unfortunate boy over the frozen
ground, mutllating his body in
q shocking manner. He was drag
ged a distance of about q mile
and when found was literally torn
to pieces, a portion of his head be-
ing torn off and nearly every bone
in his body broken.
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WASHINGTON.
WAsBINeroN..J ia

WASHINGTON, JAM
Tho public debt decreased for tho
month of December four and a half
millions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.
The New Year reception by the
President yesterday was the most
brilliant for many years.
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LATH9T
%Ye!egraphio News
NEW YORK.
Goal Fields on ytre u virginiA-Fleri-
da-Twssd-Prince - Walss, 30.
New York. Dec. 80.

& EEMwLEWa - NM&. LN8E
Goal Fislds on Pre- n vixginia-Tlsri-
aa-Twssd-PEince u Walss, &c.
New York, Dec. 80.
A st. Thomas letter mentions that
q rumor 10 current that the American
vessel, Florida, has been captured by
. man.of war and taken to Port Ryo.
The Florida left st. Thomas on the
14th inst. A dispatch received az
terward stated that shortly after her
departure, the, Spanish war steamer
Numez de Balbor, which followed
close behind her, fired into her and
brought her to almost in the presence
of the U. s. sloop Shawmnt. This
same news is confirmed by private
dispatches, though the Tribune thinks
the news should not be fully credi-
ted.
The Herald publishes a London
letter. IN which it is stated that the
writer Is informed on the authority
Of one who is we'll posted regarding
the secret societies Of Europe, that
the Prince was mot suffering from
typhoid fever, but attempted assassi.
nation, by Q person who was . secret
agent of the international Society,"
That organization, it is said, has re-
solved upon the death Of the Prince,
and public assertions Of some of it's
members r urged in coroboration
of the fact. The Herald, editorially,
declines to endorse the story.
A Richmond, Va, dispatch says
that on Tuesday last the Cloverhiil
coal mines in Chesterfield county
took FIRE and still continue to burn.
There was no n in the shaft OF the
time. Seven mules were in the pit
and wcre burned.
The Midlothian coal pit, in the
same vicinity, is also on fire, and in
consequence q coal famine is threat.
ened there.
The Leader, Mayor Halls paper,
has been discontinued.
Tweed's son, Richard NJ, testified
yesterday in tho u Of his exam.
ination as bondsmen of his father,
that ho was worth 1900, 900.
A Nassau, N. p, special to the
Tines, says that the steamer Florida
arrived thore on the Gath inst. with
the loss of her foretop most. She was
towed into port for repairs and coal.
There was nothing in the dispatch
about her being fred into or captured
by a Spanish cruiser:
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Trouble a. Rechsstsr.

KoCHEsTER, Jan. 3.
The city is comparatively quiet
this morning. Four military compa-
MES are guarding the jail, and have,
a loaded cannon 50 placed as to COM
mand the bridges. There is q good
deal hooting At the military.
At halt past eleven O'Clock some
one placed a flag on the steps Of the
Court House with the words aAvenge
your brothers" on it. Brig. Gen.
Clarke, tore it down, and the crowd
rushed upon him, and for short
time his life was IN peril, but he was
released. The sheriff has ordered
out six nor military companies.
More trouble is feared, but the an.
thorities are determined to defend
the jail, although they wish the me-
gro Howard we'll out Of it.
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A nscAPn.
Six Masons Threatened With q Horrible
naa<h.

Va &veoS00D > - 88VAA40AO
Death.
Quite q singular accident occurred
at J. A. Skates new building, corner
Of La Selle and Madison streets on
Saturday afternoon. The gale, as
will be remembered, was blowing
fercely, throwing down many new
walls and several ofthe more promi-
nent ruins in the burnt district. Six
men were at work on q scaffoldipE
in the building specified. The scat.
folding was45 feet from the ground,
and beneath it was a pile Of lumber,
brick and other building material.
The men had kindled q fire in q bra
zier, used to keep the mortar soft,
and this imitation off stove agitated
by the wind, soon set FIRE to tho thin
plank on which the men were work
ing. James Keilson, q Norwegian,
was the first man who saw the dan
ger. He lost his presence Of mind,
and, with a cry of alarm, he gained
the wall and threw himself astirde of
it. His comrades heard the cry and
instantly realized their fearful posi-
ton. There was no time to lose. In
. moment the plank would have been
burned through and five human lives
would have beeu sacrificed. Mr..
Watson, "boss" of the working par
ty, and a man named Silas Knadd,
gained the ladder and descended to
the ground in safety. Two others
threw their legs around the scaffold
poles and held on, while q fifth, An
drew Reardon, jumped for the un-
finished wall and managed to lay
hold Of tho edge, holding on
by his fingers. His position was
terrible. He must have sunk under
the exertion in a minute more, had
not James Keilson crept along the
top of the treacherous wall and pulled
Reardon toa place of safety. The
men below, meanwhile, had exerted
themselves so effectively that two
ladders we're nj up, and the foul
men we're rescued. The burning
plank had parted and fallen long be
fore they reached terra frMa. Had
they fallen with it, scarcely a mar
could have escaped, as the debris BE-.
low must have dashed them to pieces
- Chicago Post.
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Rich of the Dubuque Times has
what he thinks = witty article about
q fellow who went bunting and seeing
something he thought q deer fired at
it, when 10 it was y calf. This be
applies to Senator Harlan. If the
Senator should 20 a hunting for
deer, we are certain he never would
snap bis gnn at the veaIIy individual
who edits, or thinks he edits, tho
Times.
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49, ESs& 1910 o.
Flour-Quiet. $
Whoat-Opcned steady closed
easlor, qaietsat sl.21 cash Or Jan,y
81. 22a4 seller last halfi $l,22i Feb.
Corn-Opcned Arm ana closed
easier; quiet, at 4Osns each ; Al
Feb. 80 aa sae
Oats--Quiet, steady, at 32..9.
Rye--Strong, higher, at 6S4.
Barley-Dull, At 6O3a6l.
Provisions-S.eady.
Pork-Quiot; sales as.sl3.l2 jan;
1890 Feb; S13 So March.
Lard-In moderate demand at 81.
Meats-Dull, and held at previous
pricos. Sales green hams 10 lbs . y
verage 81 Is lbs average 81 30. 3 /.
Dressed Hogs-Inactive s4.90s
bid 81 95a5 asked.
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-------.A
The Governor of California, il
bis inaugural, takes strong grount
in favor Of legislative action reducing
and regulating fares on tho Pacific
Railroad.
Only one-fourth of the land i,
Iowa is under cultivation. Tiilers
are needed for the balance-or for
about twenty-seven million acres.
A. MarshaIltown sncak-thief stole a
coat from a fence, which had been
hung there to become disiuiac,ed by
its recently small.poxed owner
Tho thief should be pi,ied.
The condition Of Jesse L. Grant
has much improved and he is now
considered cut Of danger.
A clerical scamp has victimlze3 his
flock at Reeder's mill, Harrison coun-
~, aud Como 10 parts unknown
Quite a number of cattlo have been
frozen to death near Sioux City ia
the recent cold snap.
The Fourth and Fifth Collection
Districts of Wisconsin have been or
dered consolidated By the President.
Incendiaries tried to burn a bust
block in Dos Moiues, Christmas
morning,
Twenty ieor were recently bro't
Cherokee, in one day, by one
man,
Cherokee county ans three grist
mills, twenty-eight sehool houses, ono
church and 4 r%ailro&l.
T~hejailor at SioDi City allows his
;aptives to go rabtt.hnnting IN the
,eighboring wood That's the kind
If prisoners TO haTa.
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NEW YoRK. ,Jal

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.
The Counsel for the people pro-
pose to object to young Tweed AZ BE-
curity for his father on the ground
that Moveand affection" is considered
an insufficient consideration to give
him a title to the property he holds,
It is said that Tweed will not go to
Albany until his bail isaocepted.
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Nav Yorle naar1rst,

rNEw York, Jan. 3.
Flour-Steady.
Wheat-Steady ~nominallys ct
s1.5Oa55 n sold al 81.59.
Corn-Stcady, at 77a9.
Oats-Firmer, 67aS. -
Pork-Firm s1337a13.b0, now
$14.37a50.
Lard--Quiet.
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THE wnnx OF rRAYnR.

The Evangelical Alliance has set
forth the following programme for
the week OF prayer:
SUNDAY, Jan. 7-SERMoNs: Sub.
jects. The faith once delivered to
tho saints, a universal and everlasting
bond Of union in the Christian
Church. The duty of it's defense
and extension binding on all believ-
ers.
Monday, ian. 9.-THANKsaIvINa (:
Gods "unspeakable gift !" for mer-
cies, personal and relative; for ma
tional mercies; for tho maintenance
and restoration from famine and
other national calamities ; formercies
in the Christian Church; for the
progress of Christ's Kingdom and
the usefulness of the Christian min.
istry.
Tuesday, Jan. 9.-HuMrL1ATIoN -
For personal and national sins, weak
ness of faith. disobedience and world
illness in tho Church. Acknowledge
ments Of Divine Judgments, confes-
sions ofunfaithfulness, and prayer for
the revival Of religion as in past
times.
Wednesday, Jan. 10.-PRAYER lin
tercessory): For families; for the
sons and daughters Of Christian
parents at home and in other lands
also for those at school, at colleges
and universities and for al entering
upon commercial or professional du,
ties; for the increase Of spiritual life
in those who confess Christ ; for the
conversion Of the unconverted; and
for the sanctifying Of a~fliction both
to parents and children.
Thursday Jan. 11.-PRAYRR lin
~tercessory j For kings and all in
authority for nations, especially
those recently visited with the ca
lamities of war for the prevalence
of peace in the counsels of states.
men for righteousness, harmony
and goodwill among all classes
tor the spread of sound knowledge
and for Gods blessing upon specia'
efforts to resist the progress of inf,
deity, superstition, iDtemperance
and other kinds of immortality.
Friday, Jan. 12.-PRAYER (inter
cessory } For the Christian Church
for bishops, presbyters, pastors and
missionaries; for translatols Of The
holy Scriptures into various tongues
for Office bearers, and for commit.
tees, societies, and authors engaged
in Christian work.
Saturday, Jan. 13.--PRAYER Fol
q larger outpouriug of the Holy
Spirit for the increase Of Christian
love and Holy zeal, and the union O
unbelievcrs in prayer and effort fol
Gods glory.
Sunday. vdm. 14.-SERMoNs: "Thy
kingdom come, Thy will be done il
earth ss it is done heaven" Matt
6:10.1
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CHICAGO, Jan. Q

CHICAGO, Jan. ..
Cattle-In better demand at un.
changed prices.
Hogs-Receipts up to ii a. Nj. 16r
600. Active, but a shade easier
extremes S4a4.45.
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ST. Louis, jan, 3.
Nour-More inquiry, but un.
changed.
Wheat-Firm, higher No.
spring, 1.26a7 No. 3 red, fall, LAT.
Corn-Firmer, 4o3a4l, mixed on "a
track. 2s
Oats--Firm, 37A. .
Ryo-No. 2, firm, Is.
Barley--No. 9, unchanged.
Pork Quiet, 1928 cash bacon
UNCLAIMED, only order trade dry
salt meat, qniet, only jobbing and
order sales.
Lard-Held, 81.
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Edward Powers, n civil engineer
Of Chicago, has petitioned Congress
for aid to enable him to tost his
method for the artificial production
of rain. Ho wants to be furnished
with 800 canno Of not less than "a
pound caliber each, and 80, 900 pounds
Of powder. with an electric battery
and other appliances, to enable him
to discharge all the pieces simultano-
ously. 1t will be seon that the ex-
pertinent would be o very expensive
one.
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who were members of the old Board.
At the request Of the Board Mayor
Hall presided and administered the
oath Of Office to the Board.
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The death of ex-Gov. John A.
Wiston, OF Alabama, is announced.
He died at his residence at Mobile,
last week. He was one of the few
prominent men Of the South who
protested against the secession move
ment, but was finally forced into it.
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The %subjoined paragraph from the
Peoria RevieU is too pointed to be
mistaken by any n who is CONVEX
SAINT with the history Of Illinois:
Springfield has just had a sensa-
ton. A former State official, and a
man who has occupied high positions,
not only in the commonwealth, but
in the nation, has been on a pro-
longed spree tor some days in her
classic precincts. On Friday no
visited Bunn's Banking.H House and
demanded $50. 1t was refused him,
~whereupon he abused the teller like
a pick-pooket and had to be elected.
He visited q saloon and asked for u
drink Of whisky. The bar-keeper
told him that he had none, whereup-
on be grew so violent that il WAS
necessary to put him out by force.
Drunken, friendless aud an outcast-
such is the iato Of one who has been
q Senator, aud who aspired TO be
President of the United States. He
is now a perfect wreck, aud even his
friends have to como to the conclu-
sion that the only service he can
render is to die"
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Laborers at SO q day, are scarce
in Chicago.
Frank Mays, who put ratsbane in
his wife's p~orridge, at Grenada, Miss,
was hanged for it on the 23d.
The S~hoshonee indians, not being
allowed to deao.head, have threat
ened to tear up the rails on the Cen.
trail Pacific, and it is feared they will
keep their word.
The latest improvement in . lady's
artistic make df," is to color the
palms and nails of the hand y deli
cate vermilllon, which il o pretty
contrast to the delicate white OF the
outside.
Fifty dollars q plato was tho mod
est cost of a friendly banquet given
10 a few friends, at Boston, BY Alexis,
on Christmas day, and the Duke
found his own wine.
Christiansburg. Va, is in ecstacies
over u venerable turkey gobbler
who builded for himself q . nest and
is now grayely sitting upon tour ap-
pies. II u presumed that bis action
ID intended as a grave satire upon
the woman's rights business.
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Olive Logan was married on the
18th inst, to Writ Skies, who has
been acting as her business manager.
She continued leoturing up to the
time appointed for .the ceremony
when she was compelled to cancel
one engagement, but the night fol
lowing she again appeared on the
rOstrum.
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A. careful and well written CON-
m%uDication found elsewhere on the
Senatorial question will pay perusal.
II the people had this Senatorial
question TO settle themselves, they
would knock the Des Moines Regcn-
cy and the railroad syndicate higher
than Gilderoy's famous kite, and res
elect their faithful public servant
James Harlan by four to ne.
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Tho Constitution aud other Demo
craticpapers are reprblishing Gath's'
abuse OF Harlan and Grant in the
Chicago Tfitune and yet u Allison
journals are still claiming the Iu-
bune as a Republican paper.
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The Charlton Patriot OF the 9th
inst. has a very lengthy and able ar.
ticle in support of Mr.. Harlan for
Senator.
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COMMISSIONER Willis Urumuond
has 'ecidei that an upnaturAlized
foreigner, on p~rescnting an honorable
discharge from tho United States
army, either regular OF volunteer
force, is 10 hs regarded a. u qualified
prc-emptor, 20 far As citizenship is
commemorative same rule being ar-
plicAble TO mining claims.
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The Mc(Ircgor News is for Harlan
yet it says that IL the question OF
locality is to be considered that Gov
erBor Merrill should be nominated
Senator, and gives many excellent
reasons for the faith which is in it.
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New York, Dec. 20.

In further examination OF Tweed's
bondsmen,this morning young Tweed
testified that be owned property
worth Sly1O0,OO0, some of which was
decided to him By Mis- fathsfssfn Aug
USE and some in November, the con.
sideration therefor being love and at.
fcction, and that there was no under
atanding that he should bail his faith
or.
One hundred and thirtG small pox
cases in Jersey City.
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st, LOUIS, Jan. 3.
Hogs-Active higher, 4a4.40, lat
ter for extra heavy receipts, 1914.
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The Knoxville Voter says that Mr..
Michael Slaughterback has a fish
pond, about twenty-five yards across
each way, which hcdrg on his prem
Uses in the southeast part of Knox
vile in the summer of 1870. He
stocked it with catfish, clubs, silver
sides, sunfsh, and some bass, from
White Breast Greek and the river.
All the fish hayeprospered we'll, and
none have died. He thinks there
must be 10000 fish in the pond now;
but few or none. of them are big
enough to be eaten yet. He feeds
them with meal dough. offal of vari-
GUS kinds, and corn but takes no
car of them otherwise.