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Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

DON'T be afraid, young man tew make a blunder once in while; not all the blum derS are made by the cincere and honest. must respect theze I suppose, who never make any blunders, but don't love them. I like them kind Of folks who, if they do weigh out a pound with only thirteen ounces in it, are just as apt to make the next pound weigh nineteen ounces. l love my phailings; it is theze that make me pheel that have that touch Ov nature in me that makes me brother tew every man living Josh Billings.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
bidder for

conveying the mali on route No. -, from
 ---, do swear that I have the ability pecuniarily to fulfill my obligation as such bidder; that the bid is made in good faith, and with the intention to enter into contract and perform the service in case said bid shall be accepted; and that the signatures of the guarantOrS thereto are genuine, and that I believe the said guarantOrs to be pecuniarily responsible for and able to pay all damages the United States shall suffer by reason of my failing to perform my obligations, as such bidder.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

Bids of 5000 and upward must be ac- companied by a certified check, or draft, on some solvent national bank, equal to , per centum on the present annual pay on the route, or in case of new service not less than ) per centum of one years pay pro posed in bid.-(Section 253, Act of June 8, 1S72)
 The Postmaster must not sign the certifi- cate until the sum of the bid is inserted and the bid and guarantee signed by all the parties, and dated.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

. OVER in Tebtown, recently, a girl backed but of her marriage engagement when the minister got to the house. The bridegroom wasn't one of the broken-hearted kind. He
 turned to the assembled ladies and said: l: s'' If there's ary other gal here that'l occupy this vacant situation, Pm her'n. Up jump
 ed the sister of the lady who had declined
 to be a bride, saying: "Count me in. Pro-
 ceeed, old text slinger, with the perform
 ance. l aint' a feard."
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
FORM OF PROPOSAL, GUARANTEE,
 AND CERTIFICATE.
PROPOSAL.

PROPOSAL.
 The undersigned --, whose post-Office address is -, county of
 -, state of -, proposes to convey the mails of the United States, from July tween 1S to tune 5S and d0 on roG1e undeT the ad vertisement of the Postmaster General, Dated October l, 1873, "with celerity, ccr- tainty and security" Jaw of June s, 1872, for the annual sum Of-- dollars.
 This proposal is made with full llnOwl- edge Of the distance of the route, the weight of the mail to be carried, and all other particulars in reference to the route and service; and, also, after careful eX- animation of the laws and instructions at tached to advertisement of mail service; and of the provisions contained in the act of Congress of June s, 1872
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
Bidder.
GUARANTEE.

The undersigned, residing at -, State of -, undertake that, if the foregoing bid for carrying the mail on route No. - be accepted by the Postmaster General, the bidder will, prior to the 1st June 1874, enter into the required obligation or con- tract to perform the service proposed, with good and sufficient suretieS.
 This we do, understanding distinctly the obligations and liabilities assumed by guarantOrS.
 Dated d- "
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

CONTAINING ALSO CONDITIONS TO BE IN
 EXTENT THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEEM
 PROPER.
 1. Seven minutes are allowed to each in- termediate office, when not otherwise spec flied, for asserting the mails.
 2 On routes where the mode of convey ance admits of it, the special agents of the Post Office Department, also post office blanks, mail bags, locks and keys, are to be conveyed without extra charge.
 3. "Way bills" or receipts, prepared by postmasters or other agents of the Depart ment, will accompany the mails specify ing the number and destination of the sev- eral bags, to be examined by the post masters, to insure regularity in the delivery of bags and pouches.
 f. No pay will be made for trips not per formed; and for each of such omissions, if the failure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier, three times the pay of the trip will be deducted. For ar rivals so far behind time as to break con nectiOn with depending mails, and not Suf- ficiently excused, One-fOurth of the com pensatiOn for the trip is subject to forfeiture. For repeated delinquencieS of the kind herein specified, enlarged penalties, pro- pOrtioned to the nature thereof, and the importance of the mail, may be made.
 5. For leaving behind or throwing off the mails, or any portion of them, for the ad- mission of passengers, or for being con- cerned in setting up or running an express conveying intelligence in advance of the mail, a quarters pay may be deducted.
 6. Fines will be imposed, unless the de- linquency be promptly and satisfactorily explained by certificates Of pOstmaSterS or the affidavits of other credible persons, for failing to arrive in contract time; for neg lecting to take the mail from, or deliver it into, a post office; for suffering it to be wet, injured, destroyed, robbed, or lost; and for refusing, after demand, to convey the mail as frequently as the contractor runs, or is concerned in running, a coach, car, or steamboat on a route.
 :. The Postmaster General may annul the contract for repeated failures to run agreeably to contract; for violating the post office laws, or disobeying the instruc- tiOns of the Department; for refusing to discharge a carrier when required by the Department to do so; for runningxAfrlfqrs press as aforesaid; or for transportine pe1-
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

IT is reported that Gen. Crook and his Inspector General, Col A. W. Evans, is out looking at the various posts and will take Tucson ill their round.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

WILLIAM ALLEN, democrat, was elected Governor of Ohio by very small majority at the late election, and all other State officers chosen were republicans.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
CERTIFICATES.

The undersigned, postmaster at -, State of -, certifies, under his oath of office, that he is acquainted with the above guarantors, and knows them to be men of property, and able to make good their guarantees; and that bidder and guarantors are above the age of 2l years.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
FORM OF PROPOSAL, ETC.

OATH REQUIRED BY SECTION 246 OF AN ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JUNE 8, 1872, TO BE AFFIXED TO EACH BID FOR CARRYING THE MAIL, AND TO BE TAKEN BEFORE AN OFFICER QUALIFIED TO ADMINISTER OATHS.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
RESTAURANT AND BAKERY,

|ON MESILLA STREET, BETWEEN
 NJ Main and Meyers. This Restaurant has been improved and renovated. Meals at all hours. A FIRST-CLASS BAKERY ts connected with this house, where, at all hines, BREAD, CAKES, PIES, etc. can be
 had. MAEHOLZ & GILBERT, Proprietors.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

Mss NELLIE SLATER will soon ar rive at Florence ard take charge of the public school there.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
Brother Jonathan.

X LARGE FAMILY PAPER,
 hrs PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT SIPS A
 LI Year. It has been enlarged to 32 long |,olumns, and is now the cheapest paper of The kind in the world. Ten Dollars in |greenbachS given to one out of each fifty hew subscribers. Specimen copies sent
 Eree. Our Book Catalogue sent free. Send cash orders to
 BRO. JONATHAN PUBLISHING CO.,, l-3m AS Beekman St., N. Y.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

Examine carefully the forms and instruc-
 tiOnS anneXed.)
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

NOTE.-When the oath is taken before a justice of the peace, the certificate of the clerk of a court of record should be added, under his seal of office, that the person who administered the oath is a duly quali- fled justice of the peace.
 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS AND
 POSTMASTERS;
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
Tucson to Prescott,

AND SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA. FNHE BUCKBOARD OF THE UNDER II signed, carrying the United States Mails, leave Tucson every Monday for CAMP GRANT,
 FLORENCE,
 PHENIX, and
 .usz.s WICKENBERG, Koi1 slecfIIk with the Stages of the Califor- k3I >,s t1< reekly Line from that place to [ tts <1d Ehrenberg and San Bernar- |351<S El<<pfnia. ff7f r<a<<f& pYer this route can visit the tfs..s. Id Bradshaw mines; also, all k \ 1'I x IF tiil FetfioIlsin the vicinity of ' l|.' e |I eIss erk.- and will. ind
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
ARIZONA.


From July l, 1874, to June 30, 1878. on the routes and by the schedules of de- partures and arrivals herein specified; be- ing routes established at third session of 4lSt Congress, and first session of 42d Con greSs, and others.
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
for the

Sworn to and subscribed before me
 fnr the of thiS-----
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01

day of -, A. D. lS7 and in testimony thereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affiX my official seal the day and year afOrpSaid TSEAJ1
Arizona citizen., 1873-11-01
POsT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

" dNHIIISIUII, NIUIUUtT I, IOI0. PROPOSALS will be received at the Con- tract Office of this Department until 5 p. m. of February ?, 1874, (to be decided on or be- fore March ,, IS74,) for conveying the mails of the United States in the Territory of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-02
The Wheat Field Of America
HeaIlhfGl Climate, free Homes, Good Markets.

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD offers for sale its Lands in Central and
W estern Minnesota, embracing: ] The best
OF Wheat Land. ?. Excellent Timber for the Mill
the Farm and the Fire; 3. Rich Prairie Pasturage
and Natural Meadow, watered by clear Lakes and
running streams-in a Ilealthful Climate, ,chere Fe-
Ter and Agae is unknoic1i
Grain eau be shippedhence by lake TO market as
cheaply as ii ON Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois.
Cars ow run through these Lands from Lake Su-
pcrior to Dakota Price of and close to track a. 90
70 $500 per acre; further away 80 to 400. Sew
en- Years Credit; Warrantee Deeds; Northern
Pacific Z 80 Bonds, now selling par, received
for land at Sill No other unoccupied Lands pre-.
sent such advantages to settlers.
SOLDIERS under the New Law March, 1872,
get l6o acres FREE, near the railroad by one and
wo years residence.
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED
RATES furnished from all principal points East
to purchasers OF Railroad Lands, and to Settlers
Government Homesteads. Purchasers, their wives
and children carried free over the Northern Pacif
C Road. Now is the time for Settlers and Colonies
to get Railroad Lands and Government Homesteads
close to the track.
Send for Pamphlet containing full information,
map and copy of New Homestead Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD, ST. PAUL, MINI,
Or 23 FIFTH AVENUE, Cor. 9th St., New York.
may29- II lyeod&weow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-02

New Goods


Linen Table Covers, Towels, Napkins,
Doylics.
Gents White Shirts, Gents Ovcrshirts, Undershirts
Drawers -Overalls Jumpers.
Berage and Silk Wells, Hair Braids, Hamburg
Edgings.
500 yds. Russia Crash at l2l2 cents a yard.
1000 yds Hamburg Edgings from to 30 cts. yd.
Ladies White Ribbed Hose cts. a pair.
QUAKER BITrERS ONLY 20 CENTS.
Wooden s,Is Yarn Yarn, only cents skeip.
Adamson's Cough Balsan, 25 "
Ladies' silk Neck IIdfs. MUCH UNDER PRICE.
Elasil's Eiastc Cord, only cent yard.
i3 Cakes Good Honey % Soap for as Cents. Ger sen'S
segeisne n;an Jaamaee Bt'ers
Perry Davis Pain Killer only 30 cents a bottle
Cent Gens pn dfs Al line" and ~ smmed 20 cents
Childrens Round Rubber Combs, 10 cents. cents.
Men and Boys Neck Ties and suspenders.
Selling ont our Jewelly Al COST.
Ladies Cotton and Wool Hose, Is cents
Lace Collars cents. Pearl Shirt Buttons > cents.
Kennedy's Medical Discovery only lis
DR.. Schenck's Seaweed Tonic, SlIj
Ayers Pills, 20 cts. box. Ierricks Pills 20 cents.
schenck's Mandrake Pills y. IIoloways Pills, 20.
au other Kinds OF Pills only 20 cents a box.
Halls Hair Remover, is cts Knowles Restorer Is.
Arctusne, (or Canada Bears Crease only 80 cts.
Bupners coeoane for the Hair, IS cents bottle.
Gohs Best Alpaca Brads, (6 yd sticks) cents.
Best 100 yards Machine Spool SILK 10 cents a spool
French Corsets (warranted whalebone) only 30 cts
Kid Gloves (pertect ones) 80
spool Cotton, (warranted 200 yds) 30 cts a dozen.
SGoa S;oa Np Note rapers scents quire'
Nice Tinted Initial Note Paper, 20 cents box.
Nice Perfumery, 10 cents Good Hair Oil 10 cents.
Beat Lily White, 10 cents. Tooth Brushes, 10 cts .
Toys, Bibles, Albums, Playing Cards.
Elmwood Paper Collars linea corered) Is cts a box
Thomas Ailcock's Porous Plastcrs, only 20 cents
Ladies Nets cents.
Miss SawyeI'a sal, e, 80 cent size for 10 cents
Gents Cndershirts aHl Drawers at Low Prices.
Mrs. Wnslow's soothing svrup, IS
Magnolia Balm (ior the complies Nion) 90
Plantation Btiers, only 70 cts.
Ayers Sarsaparla and Cherry Pectoral each IS cts
Peruvian Syrup Preparation OF Iron) G5 cts
sia Sarsaparilla and Iron, Cheap.
Vinegar Bitters, 20 cents. Negetine So cents
% Nice Envelopes for 10 cents.
Ladies' Felt skirts (Best Quality Cheap.
HclnIbold's Buchu, %. Smolandas DucEu, cheap.
Ladies F!eeced Lined Cotton Hose, % cents.
Ladies' Cndervest5 only - cents. Hoyts German
Cologne, very nice Bush's and Batcheldei's Hair
DYES.
READER : Considering the Fact (Which can't be
denied hith fruth) that our store has R6dUce2 the
Prices more Than 25 per cent. on the goods
deal IN, don't you think you ought to pdtroHi.e
our store and LNCoJ RAGE Is 70 KEEP TIE PRICES
DOWN at
COOKS CHEAP VARIETY STORE,
Next Door to Thomas Shoe Store,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-02

Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street,
foot Of Court, by SPRAGUE. OWEN NASH
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-02

These >pectacles manufactured from .'Mi-
mute Crystal Pebbles" melted together, and art
called Diamond on account Of their hardness and
brilliancy.
II is well known that spectacles cut from Brazil
IAN or scotch pebbles very injurious to the eye
because of their polarzing light.
Having been tested with the polarscOpe the dia
nond lenses have been found 10 admit fifteen pei
cent. less heated rays than any other pebble.
They are ground with great scientific accuracy
free from chromotic alterations, and produce 4
brightness and tlistinctness Of vision not before at
tanned III spectacles.
Manufactured by the SPENCER OPTICAL
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, New York. For
ION. 4. ROWSE, Jeweler and Optician is Sole
Agent for Augusta, Me, from whom they can only
be obtained. No pcddlers employed. Do not buy
Il pair unless you see the trade mark ..
;nr1. tend NWIY
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-05-02
Maine General Hospital Fair.
The following Rules have been adopted
by the Executive Committee.

1T fables shah be numbe,ed, and >gned by
lot
2d.-Nothing shall lie sold on commits sion. Every
article brought into the Hall for sale becomes there
by entirely the property Of the Fair, and it must
not be given away or disposed of in any manner
not approved by the Executive Committee
Executive Committee.
ith.-All articles TO be marked and sold at
reasonable prices.
5th.-All responsible parties-whelher indiyidu-
ais. parishes or other oreanizaions-thro the
state desiring space at the Fair, may have tables
assigned them on application to the executive
Committee at their Headquarters l20 Middle street
6th-There shall he general table TO be called
the Portland Table, ," for the reception and depos
al of all articles received by the Executive Com
mttee, and of all other articles not designed for
other tables.
1th-Ihere will also be State table for the dis.
position of all articles contributed without assign
mcnt to any table from outside OF Portland.
aprl6-3wt CIIAS. f. JOSE, Secretary.
, 1873-09-14

and scnt hin, to Brighton. Tho t1roll 1,tt1o chau
has = knack OF Bftting upright In tho water. tas
Which Ia juat doop enough to allow Of lis show.
tion, bis head nnd shoulders md as A. much neb
Of his nook as = lady dlaplnys In =
ballroom whom ehe Ia not too locollotco, VILE
lis aftor-ntppers tuokoa under him, Ike lob
ntor's tail, aud Hpyoad out III front. ho balancoc
l,imsolf on his hind-qunrtors, aud looks inquisi-
tivoly at everybody, and lihtons attcntivoly to
everything within slght and licarlng. Whom ho
Ia satisfied with tho condition OF things In gen-
ho half closoa his boantifll soft eyos and oithap
oontontedly pats and atrokos bis little ~
atomaoh with his right 1ipper, or flaps both i,
thom acrosa his broaas In n1oat ludioroua man-
fingo1s on vintry day by swinging his arna
vigorously acrosa hlH chest and stirling his
hands against his body on eithor side. At preH-
ont he In Yory woll-bel!ayed, tnkos food from the
young seal should do,
, 1873-09-14

brsal hls okullj but, failing in thia he stopped
to ons side, and. giving tho boar powerful blow
on tho CAT, knocked him completely down. N,eor
aftor cheer Erooted Fam AZ he steppei from the
ring, and tho men Who had bot on lilo boar really
began to fear thoy would lose their money. Fiyo
minutes were Allowod bsswaen rounds and the
bAttore poked tho boast vigorously all tho time,
30 that, when Bam came up ngain, ho waB In i
towering rage,
recognized him, md bounded tho full length Of
the chain* 30 Ereat waa tho rage Of the boaat
that the people drcw back in horror, and even
and. taking his ohan in Lis paws, attempted to
broAk It. For timo It roaiatod Ill LIS offorte,
but at length
and the sfrrghted people lod terror-strloken
from tho plain. This boar dashed upon Sam,
who brave1yatood bis ground, aud actually sue
ccodod In fe1ling Tho bast to tho oayth; but, In
doing no, Lost his balance, and, beforo ho could
oscape, tho bear caught him With one claw, aud,
hitting him on tLo face with tho othor,
broke the poor follows jaw. Still Sam
fought on, with his jaw hanging down
upon his breast. and blood sPlrtlng from a dozon
wounds. It WAS \ terrible confliot; but, Of
course, tito boar NON, knocking Sam down final
olaws. by this time. tho people had got guns
and returned to tho flold, whore thoy frod yolloy
after yo'ley into poor Bruin. until hc lay quito
still aud doAd.
SAN WAS DEAD, TOO,
and thoy took up hts body and tho carcass Of the
bear, aud buried them both. And thus entlod
Bruaer Sam and Ills grizzly-bear fight, Which
.raa perhaps tho only pr1zo bcar.lght ever
fought in the world"
, 1873-09-14

Not hundred milos from this city, aayn
Kingston paper, lived q family who owned dog.
Tho dogs nanc was Colonel" He uas how-
ever. less military than theological in his tastes.
In respect Of the latter subject he made e1ton-
siTo researches. Whom neighboriug church,
nol would howl in unison with it. On one or
two occasions ho visited tho Baored odifico itself,
and, after listening to tho Bormon for awhile, he
emitted short yelp OF dihapprobatiou,
dropped his expressive tail, and went
homo in . fit Of deep detection. We should
hayo mentioned that Colonel waH Of tho Now
founalnnl breed, and his inmonso size, COM
golemnlty to hiH appearance and manner. Ons
day the family were abBont, aud "Cotonel Was
unintontionally locked in tho house. Ho rocog-
ntzod his opportunity, Rnd, walking into lilo
parlor, he removed tho big Bible from tho tab!e
and began stulious perusal Of that holy vol
ulne. Fearing Lost ho Should read the came part
more than onco, he carefully tore out tho leaves
heap Oh the floor. When the unsuspccting
family returned thoy walked iuto tho parlor,
aud those saw tho canine commentator
ongaged in hls labor Of love. Lie had dipped
Into Exodus, bnt nothing moro. The Old Ics-
tasnlont wasn't to his taste. But he llud been
fascinated with tho Epsto OF St. Paul. Tho
letter to the Romans II Colonel had swallowed
gians, who 1levor could got it down. Tho Gospel
by 6t. John ho had also tlosourod 1Io likou it's
loving flavor. The Revelation waB too tough
for hlm. l{o Ind disposed Of two chapters, but
Ind stuck OIL tho beaHt with aoven headH an1 tho
horns. When his admlring proprietor lod him
ons OF doors pieco Of scripture hung to his eyo
tosth, OH which was printed the at!lnonition,
could lnvc but ono result Oh dog: " Coouol'
iH dead now.
, 1873-09-14
a MyAtcriostu Hspi1tlc.

~, IN Friday csentns last u young lady of this
Village received LITTER out Of lilo Post Oflico.
Hastl'y oIe:s 1t, aho attempted to read ITS con-
tehts, ~ It waH n puzzle, I'D she found 1t M
'mpnsklbilsty to acclplsr many Of the words aud
soi.tet!eeH; nnt! fhone tlnt eho did accmea to
conway llo intelligence or to llAye the sliEltcat
particle Of aoliso III them. Bio askod 4 youn.
Etutonan FREUD TO a4s'ht her III reading It. liz
looked at tho lnybtofioua mishlyo and smiled.
ilor curiosity WAS aroused, and al!e snatohol tho
and Bnilo. but It WAS OF no uso. Bho hautled il
bnuk to him. lIa gazod at 1t and amiled little
broader, but aaid nothing. Now she was vcxod,
and thought 1t was real mean In him to laugh
and not tell her what about. After laughing
till he grow nd In the face aud bis sides shook
and ached, he handed 1t back to her saying,
Why, that's your own letter returned from tic
Dead Letter Office"
, 1873-09-14
A sonts, American HIcthnsclah.

The very oldost OF living ulortals ilah ns laat
beon brought to light BY tue A,!qlo- brazilian
born ut saquayo,na. May 90, 16oi, anl the father
OF forty-two children, from whom liavo do
seendcd IN tho four successive gsn,orations las.
10, 20, and 20 othors, making 294 individuals
in hie logs il tho only physical marx which Lis
l7D years Of lfo has p(acol upon Mr.. Coutnho
an his mental powers arc Btill auch ~ to enable
him to digast Tic "uown from slain," which he
eagerly reads eaoh day without the aid OF
glansos. Ho likos to tell the story OF his fights
o9aInet the Dutch ut Peruambuoo, = century and
. half ago, aud 10 talk about tho reigns Of Don
john Y. Don jose, and Donna Maria I. Unlosa
ocean again aud give bin services to tho Car
Lists,
, 1873-09-14
FOUNTAINS or 10Y.

There fountains Of Joy In tho heart over anrinRnR
Yhero love is The guide that leads life on ia way;
Thou why should you cl!de me, bid cease sing
ing7
On why ahould you lingsr, or Wish for aolayf
Let those who haye liyod LII thor hearts hayo groyn
sour
Withdraw from the pleasure that friendship testovs
Dut, for liz, lot liuRur In Loyu's sacred lower
And receive from tlis llfo all lhu Lessn,,s i: owes
J. +, CLARK,
, 1873-09-14
WAITING.

+ am seated by window,
III my study'a shaded gloom,
Vtewing lone aud s1cnt 1ncadows,
Lighted By tho waning moon.
AL alono, sit and ponder,
In pcneive, thoughtful mood,
Struggling bravoly with my torrowg,
VIII tho thoughts that will intruds
Whom with sadness ono Ia burslened,
When with cares hc IL oppressed,
When hc neeka for consolation,
When lie strlycs to DO ut rest.
Through my latticed window, shaded
DeoIs with Bombre, grating bou8hs,
Cooling xeplyra, aWeet1y lhden,
Wait tho knen Of dying hours.
From tho moon-llt, cross-toppctl steople,
Jutting proudly toward the sky
6hadoWy guardian DER the city,
OF tha lovod ones gouo on high.
Once used to ait and listen,
With loved one BY my side,
To tho echoiug sounds that told nj
Tint somo flceting hour had died;
That the whitcd, yawnin8 portals
OF tho drcary, dreaded tomb
Had received HOMO weary mortal,
Fatod huR to Wither 6oon.
Now, alasi my loved ones faded,
Faded like the Woodland-lowor
Brought from out tho tltckets, shaded
Thus in Naturo's coolest bower :
And her scat Is now vacated
Where she not in by-goue days,
Watching tho Ilitting shndowa
OF tho ovsr-yordank bays.
Her vacant ncat atands Just - when
She loft 1t for the tomb,
And bsdo mo wait, e1pectnnt,
For thotime 70 soon to come
That time to reunite us
In stronger ties Of 1ove,-
In 1ealma Of bliss eternal,
Where heavenly beIng1 move.
For that timo look expcctant,
As, IN my study'Y gloom,
I an thinking, low and Al1cnt,
OF my darling In the tomb.
I long again to meet her,
To clasp her to my breaAt,
Just 10 fondly pressed her
When aho sunk to blissful rest.
CHICAGO, Sept. s, 1879. ALpH
, 1873-09-14

Mr, HenrJ Ioe writos In Land and Water TINT
ono OF tho funniest lttlo "ouABes" evsr turned
out Of natures Workshop, in tho shape Of aoal,
made his bow to tho publio at tho Brighton
{Engand) Aquarium = few days ago. lie wa.
brought into Yarmouth by some Qshermon, aud
Dr. Norman, OF that town. kindly purchased him
Of tho boAohmon, On account Of tue company,