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believe, that he had done wrong, that his
memory had failed him, and in the latter
period of his life showed desire to
make a proper atonement. Such is the
conclusion of the career of Cakes Ames,
like that Of many other men, an inaffec-
tive repentance. -Harper's Weekly.
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"Us Two. '-"One of the most capa-
BILE editors in Vermont, Albert Clark, of
the St Adams. Messenger .
That's what the Springfield RepuM-
can says.
"Mr. F. B. Sanborn, a journalist of
great ability and one of the principal
editors of the Springfield Republican,"
And that's what the St. Adams Mes
senyer says.
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promises to be good one in all respects.
A premium will be given to the best ba-
by, and the successful baby is to ride
around the course at least once. The
Hon. L. P. Poland is orator of the day.
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The Lamoille Valley Fair Ground
Co. will hold its first Fair at Morris
town on the 18th and 18th of Sept.
Large premiums are offered, and the fair
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A TELLING HIT.

The recent death of John G. Tucker
calls to mind speech which he made
in the house Of representatives some
years ago-a speech that was full of
tinkling wit and delivered in the hap
piest manner.
General Banks had been elected gov
ernor by combination between the
free-soilers and the nothings, and
it was naturally supposed that in his
inaugural address there would be some
reference to the issue Of the campaign.
But the adroit governor omitted all
mention of the anti-salary question, as
well as of the native American policy.
A member arose and moved to print ten
thousand copies of the address; when
instantly DIR. Tucker got the floor and
spoke as follows:
II rise, Misther SPEAKER, to second
the motion of the honorable gentleman
to print tin thousand copies of his ,ex-
cillency's speech. You may wonder,
Misther SPEAKER, why |, who am nather
personal nor political friend Of his ex-
cellency. should do this. 1t is we'll
known that his eyeillency has risen to
power by a coalition between the anti
slavery and native American parties
or as they are sometimes called-free
sellers and -nothings. And this
puts me in mind of little story.
There was a bishop in Dublin who
engaged panther to make large
picture for the caythadral. The subject
chosen was the crossing of the Red Say
by the Israelites. After suitable time
the picture was completed and hung in
the caythadral,- covered with broad
and heavy curtain. A great crowd Of
people assembled to see the picture un-
yelled. The priests entered in process
ion the organ sounded and the singers
sung. All faces were turned in anxious
expectation to the great curtain. Wher
it dhrawn aside, nothing could be seer
but vast expanse of wather-reddlsl
green wather. The bishop in grea
rage turned to the panther and said
81 thought I asked you to paint
picture of the Israelites crossing tn
Red Say %
"Thrue for you, that's jist it, sal
the panther,
..But where are the Israelites ~ aske
the indignant bishop.
They've gone over, said the pair
Their.
"Well but where are the pursuin
Egyptians p
They've gone mader,'' said tt
panther.
4 "With similar disappointment tt
friends OF ms excilicncy stand now.sasl
they ask What has become of the ma,
erg ?''the answer is '.He's gone over,
Mr.. SPEAKER, If they ask, then, VIII;
/ has become of the know nothings
why they've gone under Misthe
SPEAKER.
The roars of laughter from all par
/ of the house made the rest of the speec
. inaudible.
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Portland, Oregon, is the latest sufferer
by an extensive confagration, and a Sc
rious blow it must prove to that enter
prising place. Our experience with dis
asters of this kind is too extensive, how
ever, to permit US to believe that it is
irreparable.-There will be some tempo
rary inconvenience, perhaps, but Port
land, like Chicago, Boston, and its name
ashes and be ready to burn down again.
We have marvellous aptitude in building
cities so that they may afford ready
food for the flames. Perhaps in the
remote future, when we have less money
and more caution, we will take ordinary
care to prevent these great CONGREGATIONS,
which have become so common as to ex.
cite little remark. But, with the unread
lessons of Chicago and Boston under
our eyes, it is too much to hope that
this calamity on the Pacific slope will
cause an immediate reformation. After
the destruction of few more cities AND
towns, we may hope for a discussion O.
the prevention and control of fire so in
telligent and earnest that it will serv.
some good purpose Watchman.
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CoUNTERFElTs.-A new counterfeit
fifty cent scrip is out. It can be detect
ed in a moment by the least close in
spection, as the imitation of the silk
fibre is very weak there are minor
points of difference in the engraving,
which, however, would scarcely be no.
ticsd, save on studious comparison.
A counterfeit half eagle of the coinage
of 1872 has also made its appearance at
New York and Boston, and which so
closely initiates the genuine as almost to
defy detection. In weight and color it
corresponds with the legal coin and is
made of S4S-10OO gold alleged with
copper and minimum Of silver. The
intrinsic value of the coin is S4.7l. The
outlines Of the letters and eagle on the
counterfeit are not as sharp, square or
angular as on the genuine. The govern
ment offers reward of $4,000 for infor-
nation leading to the capture of the dies
from which the coin is made, and to the
arrest and conviction of the parties
guilty of making and putting it on the
market
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tFrom To-day.]
Manufactured DWarfs.

The bus siness of manufacturing dwarfs by
mutilating children, unhappily, was at one
time followed as profession by body Of
villains who had reduced it to system. in
the preliminary chapters to "L' Homme Qui
Rit," Victor Hugo gives an account OF the
operations OF these persons which is full of
painful interest. They called themselves
''Comprachicos," and they labored to supply
the demand which existed couple OF cen
turies ago, in almost every European country,
for dwarfs and distorted human beings fol
the royal palaces and for the homes OF the
wealthy nobility. The king must have his
misshapen jester; the fine lady her fantastic
page or footman; the nobleman his huncA-
back lackey; and even the Sultan his gro
tesque buffoon for the seragio. The demand
was far greater than the supply afforded by
the freaks Of nature, and the Comprachcos
undertook to make god the deficiency.
They fabricated monsters upon large scale
The headquarters ot Ibis irfamous fraternity
were in England, but its ranks were recruited
from all countries, and its operations were
extended to other countries. The organiza-
tion had its origi, we believe, iu Spain.
Ire Comprachicos procured children Ior
tneir purpose in vari'us ways. Sometimes
there was an heir to an estate VINO was III
the way of somebody. and h wouiu pe SOU
into the hands OF the osder 10 oe "utna'eu
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TERMS $500 PER ANNUMI In ADVANCE.

oro,a oroonu rec rec gntion. Sometimes pauper and
- -" In''dren would be DISPOSED OF by rel
. Co VIZ ulu not wish TO take care of them;
anu 80, igah, when the rtg material was
pi.e wv ~ .',a -, I,aaincient quantities, The Gem
prachlcos would kidnap children fou, their
purpose. once III tneir hands, there w6 na
possibility that child could be r.scues sstb-
out mutilatioi. Taken when yery @{d,sgS
they were as Victor Hugo expresses il. .TtercsS%.
ed up so that their parents would not recoo-
nze them" Sometimes the Compracbcos
would operate on the sDi 1e in such a gay that
the child would have a hunped back or they
would leave the dorsal column straight. and
alter the countenance. They would cut the
muse es so that the little ore would wear a
perpetual and diabolical grin, or would have
its face set permanently in some fantastic
shape. BY peculiar process, the growth OF
anothe. would be stunted so that the ch ID
would be a dwarf, while in other cases the
joints and muscles of tine limbs would be so
treated that they would acquire unnatural
suppeness. Thee patients would be sold to
showmer, who trained them as gymnasts,
Sometimes, also, the throat would be mahip-
u!ated for the purpose of giving the child pc
culiar vocal powers. Charles III. bad being
thus mufllated, whose uffice IL was to move
around the palace at night signaling the hours
by Growing like cock. A certain DR.. Con-
quest, OF London, wrote a volume upon this
kind of surgery, in which lie describes the
processes as if they had a rightful place among
the practices of science.
The Comprachicos were suppressed by stat
ute under William and Mary. Their coun-
terparts are said, however to exist at this
day 10 China. The Chinese operators take a
child of two or three years old, and put it in
porcelain vase of some odd shape, but with
out Ind or bottom, so that the head and ieet
are exposed. In the daytime the vase is kept
upright; at night, it is laid upon its side, 50
that the child may sleep THIS the child
grows, filling up the spaces in the vase with
its compressed flesh and twisted bones. This
growth in the bottle laits for several years.
At a given period it is without remedy. When
the mould has taken, and the monster Is
made, they break the vase, and the child
comes out of it.
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The Man OF Many Misfortunas

10 brgln wi b, he was born of poor parents
.wnicn misfortune was enough to make
him wish he had never been born-apd his
troubles commenced very sotn after that sad
event. At SIX weeks of age tho wbct pino-
cough seized him, and, after days of pain
ana sorrow, he apparently died. His moiber
"iald him out, and told her neighbors he
was Dead They all wept over the pretty
little corpse, when one OF them, of a meddle-
some disposition, thought from hi, looks that
there might be lite in hiri, and commenced
blowing breath into his lui gs, and TOSSING
him in her arms. He came blck 10 life
again. When he was six months old Lis
sister rocked him out Of the cradle nto an
old fashioned fireplace, and left him under
the "forestck' in hot bed Of Goals, while
she went out to call her mother, who was
picking up chips in the dOoryard He was
so badly burned that all the flesh came off
his arms, leaving the bones bare. One side
OF his head was full OF live Goals when ne
wa picked up, and his eyel.ds were so
burned that when they healed they grew -
se'her, closing the eyes. A wear la.er, the
doctor severed the lids, found the eyes all
right, and the eyes:ght was good. Life
with this subject, was not unuSuaIly rouob
again until he was six years old, when he was
seized with rheumatic fever, and 1t ended in
fever sore on his right leg. The bone de-
cayed and passed away from the knee to the
ankle, and Insulation of physicians was
held ON the subject of amputatl n. 1t was
decided thaf he was too weak to stand il. aud
so the limb remained upon the trunk.
Months afterward it bsean to heal, and after
three years OF cIutch gymnastics he was well
again. Hardly had he thrown aside the
cru'ches when he fell from tree, b eaking
bis right arm. 1t began to heal promptly,
but one night he thrrshed il over the head
oil his bed, made new bi ieak, inflammation
got into it, liberation followed, and at er six
months lying in bed he had it amputated at
The shoulder. Atler that he bad the measles
and typhoid f-ver. which caused all eighteen
month illneSs-but after all, with onlv one
arm, with one leg shorter by three inches
than the other, and one ankle ,lntless aud
stiff. this nan follows chopping as business,
and can put up a cord aud half of wood a
day.-Berkshire County Epgle.
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Ianinese Dentistry.

in an off;ca orpameuted with dread-inspIripr
instruments of polished steel, waiting for the
uniortnnates whom his shiDgle on the outer
walls invite to come into his parlor. He trav-
Of; around with brass ornamented hox in
which are some l'ttle r1aiets and wedges.
And the way in which h. performs the func-
tions OF his craft are very SIM le; more simple
than the civilized way, perhaps more severe.
He drives his wedges in between tooth and
gum, forcing them down with his maIlet, un-
Til the tooth is loosened sufficiently tn be TAX
en- out by fhe fingers. Sometimes Jaw is
broken, and sometimes the patient dies. We
think We wonld be almost willing to die.
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CAYENNE pepper. mustard or ginger can
with great benefit be added to the food of
fowls, to increase their vigor and to stimulate
egg productions. This apparently artificial
diet will. he seen to be natural If we remem-
ber that wild birds Of the gallinaceous spe-
berries and buds, articles that give the .ssame
flavor" to their flesh. The ordinary food of
the domestic fowl is not, indeed, entirely
without some such addition, since there Is
more or less OF an aromatic principle in
wheat, Indian corn, and all other grains.
Nevertheless, it is, not sufficient in quanti-
ty to supply the place of stronger spices, a
taste Tor which is part of toe fowls Inherit
,di constitution. A moderate quantity Of
cayenne, etc., added to the ground grain is
always productive of heath and Thrift in
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T HE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING. DEC. 4. 1878
Stated Meetings

Stated Meetings.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
The regular meetings of the City Council take place
ne hrst Monday evening Of each month.
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday eve
ming Of each month.
MASONIC
At Masonic Hall, No. 95 Exchange Street.
YORK RITES.
BLUE LoDGEs-Anciert Land Mark, first wednes-
day; Portland, second Wednesday; Atlantic, third
W Wednesday,.
CHApTERs-Greeneaf R. A. c., first Monday; Mt.
Vernon, K. A. c., third Monday.
COUNcIL-POrtland C.. r. & s. Masters. second
Monday.
day: st. Adams, second Thursday.
GRAND BoDIEs-Grand Lodge, first Tuesday in
May; Grand Chapter, first Tuesday evening in May;
Grand Council, Wednesday p. M; Grand Com
mandery, Wednesday evening.
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITES.
LoDGE-Yates Grand Lodge of Perfection, first
friday.
CoUScIL-Portland Council P. of j., second Fri
fay.
Friday.
CoSsIsroRY-Maine Consistory, S. P. r. S., fourth
friday in Mach, June, September and December.
I.O.O.F.
At Odd Fellotcs' Hall, No. So Exchange Street.
LoDGEs-Maine, on Monday evening"; Ancient
evenings; Beacon, on Tuesday evenings; Ivy, D., Of
T., second and fourth Saturday.
ENcAMrMESrs-Machigo first and third We'd
lesdays; Eastern Star, second and fourth Wednes-
days; Portland, first aud third Saturdays.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION Livery third Tuesday In the
month.
TEMPLARS OF HONOR.
at Templars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Mondays in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. 1. every Wednesday
evening.
MAINE CHARIrABLE MECHANIC ASSOCIATION
Corner of Congress and Ca co streets. First hurs-
day in each month.
YoUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION Corner
Congress and Casco streets. Every evening.
PORTLAND FRATERNIr--No.3 1854 Congress street
Every evening.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs-Dramball Lodge, No. 8,
rhursa!a, evenings; Munjoy Lodge, No. 6, Mon
day evenings. At their Hall, Clapps Block. Market
Square.
PORTLAND ARMY AND NAVY UNION Corner
Congress and Brown streets. First Tuesday in each
month.
Sons OF TEMpERANcE-Portland Division, No 95;
Sons of Temperance Hall. Friday evening. %
cana, Monday; Mission, Wednesday; Forest City
Saturday-in Williams block, Congress street. Mys-
tic, Thursdays Atlantic, Tuesday ;-at Sous Of Tenn
peance Hall, Congress street. Iron Glad, Thursday
at West End.
PORTLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL Union, No. 75-Cor
Congress and Casco streets. Second Saturday IN
each month.
PAYsoN LITERARY socIETY.-Meetings ever,
Monday evening, Browns Block, cor. Brown ant
Congress streets, at u O'Clock.
BoswORTH Posr G. A. R.-Meetngs every Fri'a.
evening in Mechanics Hail. corner OF Congress an
Casc0 sheets.
PATRIOTIC" RIDER SoSs OF AMERIcA-Couvene
at Arcana T. A., Williams block, corner Of Congres
and Chapel Sts., Tuesday evening.
MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, Corgres
Hall Bio k. Second uonday In each month. Deliv
cry books, 10 6, 7 to 9. day and evening.
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Gossip and Gleanings.

Ohio has 10000 Grangers and Utah has
250,000 head of sheep.
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lady in New Hampshire. Several young
men are anxious TO join her.
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COASTlNG IN THE STREETS.

CITY MARsHAL's OFFICE.
Portland, Nov. 10. 1873.
FTyHE following streets have been designated on
u which boys can coast with sleds during the win
ter, and on none others. If detected in coasting
other public streets, the penalty Of the law will be
forced:
On Anderson, from Cumberland to Munroe.
On Boyd street.
On Fox, from Washington to Back Bay.
On Chestnut from Oxford street.
On New High, below Cumberland street.
On Melen street.
On Pleasant to Centre street.
On Atlantic to Fore street.
On Fore, from Atlantic street.
On Grove, from Congress to Portland street.
On Clark, from Salem to Summer eet.
no2Otf GEO. w. PARKER, City Marshal
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What Is the difference between Niagara
falls and Queen Elizabeth The first is WON
der and the other was Tudor.
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How has the II tlr busy moth
Improved our winter fursl
From eating NUTS and sealsk m hats
No camphor it deters,

A Sunday school came very near being Or
ganized in Bfownvile, Texas, lately, but Two
men, who wanted to be superintendent, got
into a rough-and-tumble-ish and the
meeting adjourned.
Vice is a monster of 30 fightful mien,
As to be hated. needs but 10 be seen;
Yet seen too oft, famililr with her face
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
But where th'extreme Of vice was meier agreed
Ask, wnere's the north? York tits on the Tweed.
ropes Essay on Nan.
There are many excellent reasons for not
sleeping in church. Here is a new one. In
North Adams somnolent young gentleman
upon awaking found his false teeth lying
upon his bosom, with many hearless neigh
bors enjoying the spectacle.
Never put muth confidence in such as put
no confidence in others. A man prone to
suspect evil Is mostly looking in his neighhor
for what he sees in him SELF As to the pure
all things are pure, even so to the impure all
things are impure.
A philosopher remarks that there is some
thing peculiarly instructive in standing upon
street corner in alargecity, and watching the
men all rushing around trying to make mon
ey, and the women floating around to spend
it..
On a recent Sunday 500 convicts in the
Georgia State Prison man tested their dislike
for the chap ain of the institution, by striking
up SWELL all drink stone bind during the
delivery Of his sermon in the chapel. They
had to be marched to the'r cells.
At Chat6eld, a few evenings ago. a spir't tn
alist lecturer observed lady in deep mourn.
in costume leaving the aal during bis lee
ture. He called her hack, saying the spirit
of her husband wished to communicate with
her. She replied ''she knew it, as he was
waiting for her at the door 70 escort her
homc.'
When the King of POI tugal addresses his
wife pnblicly, he is obliged 10 say: .sVery
high and very excellent Princess d. Maria
Pia Of Savoy. Queen of Portugal, my dear.
well-beloved and highly esteemed spouse,
may our Lord hold your majestys person in
his holy Keeping But in the seclrsion of
their majestic. very high and very excellent
private life, his majesty is very apt to run
after this style: ID you, Maria, where
have you put r1y suspenders?"
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Teach child to lie, and then b ope that be
will grow up honest; better put wasp in
tar barrel and wait till he makes you honey.
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Books Cheaper than Ever.

AkGESI STOCK in the State and lowest prices,
IL All our real estate in Maine las been sold eycent
two small farms which We will almost give await
"Old man Colby" has postponed oing 70 New i,r
leans tin sometime in December as he esars Ionl
Frost" 20 "Yelov Jack" Cali so n, for most ot
our books will be shippedsouth before 'the old oop NJ
tleman'' goes. ALBERT COLBY & SON, ii9 Tx-
change Street oc1sdtf
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MOLASSES CANDY

A LII who are lovers o. nice freshly made Molasses
"A Candy. can find just what they wan. at Allen
Crows, Candy Manufactury, at 1856 Congress Street
where he is selling at the low price of 20 cents per
pound. nolltf
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The artificial butter machine. which makes
butter out of beef suet, now in operation in
San Francisco, can produce six tons of but
ter per day.
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For Sale.

y
EUNHE house on State Street, occupied by the un-
Il dersigped. This house is thoroughly bnilt Of
brick and stone and has all modern conveniences.
ALLEN HAINES.
Portland Sep. 18th, 1872. sep19-tt
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Nothing like looking at the bright side OF
everything. The editor of the Atchison Pa
triot has discovered that the ha nd times have
reduced the price OF coffee 20 er cent.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS
D r Y G O O D S
PANIC PRICES
At an Immense Reduction from
Cost,
STOCK OF DRY GOODS
S IT, O r e,
Corner Congress and
Brown SITS.
BARGAINS
GREATER THAN AT AUCTION.
~We mean what we say.
H-CALL AND BE CONVINCED.
J. RUSSELL,
de2tf Assignee Coveli & Company.
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The Canadian OvershOes

for Men and Women have C me, but they will not
stay long, Be on hand if you want Them.
no29eod2w M. u. PALMER.
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A Sunday school came very near being Or
ganized in Bfownville, Texas, lately, but Two
men, who wanted to be superintendent, got
into ough-and-tumble-fsht and the
meeting adjourned
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SNOW ROOTS

for Women, all widths and sizes, neat and warm.
no29eod3w M. G. pAu.MER.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

Confectionery.
l.. j. PERKINS manu- facfurer ofplain
and fancy Candies, 2S5 Congress ST,
POrila nd Me.
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CITY GOVERNMENT.
The regular meetings of the City Council take place
he first Monday evening of each month.
The School COMMITTEES meet the fourth Monday eve
ming of each month.
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FREEDOM NOTICE !!

NOTICE is hereby given that have this day CIV
~ Ell my two sons-Albeit O. Billings and George
Bilnss-their time to act for themselves, and shall
claim none Of Their earnings or pay any debts of
ALBERT BILLINGS.
Por land, November "a, 1873. no26eod3ws
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MONEY deposited in this Bank on the first day
IVA of any month bsgins on interest the same day.
deposited on any ether day, begins interest the
first day of the following month.
Jun17d&wtf A. NJ. BURTON. Treasurer.
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TEMPLAKS OF HONOR.
at Tempiars' Hall, No. 100 Exchange Street.
CoUNCIL-Maine, first and third Mondays in each
month.
TEMPLE-Forest City, No. l. every Wednesday
evening.