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Albany gr9istrt.
DO as Near rslght as Yo,, Can.

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The world stretches ont before you,
A field for your muscles and brain;
And though clouds may often float o'el
you, AH
And often tempest and rain.
Be fearless of storms which o'ertalle YOU
Push forward through all like q man
GOOD fortune will never forsake you
II you do as near right us You can.
Remember, the VIII to do rightly,
fused, will the evil contound:
Live daily by conscience, that nightly
Your sleep may be peaceful and sound.
Though foes darkest scandal may sneed,
And strive, with the shrewaest of fact,
To iniMre your fame, never heed,
But justly and honestly act;
And ask the Ruler of Heaven
To save your fair name rs man,
And all that you ask will be given,
you do as near rlghtas you can.
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who Is telling this--you orI. Always
think yon know more than do-and
always swearing it isn't so-and al
ways taking the words out of my
mouth--and, what's the use arguing
with y0a? AS | was saying, the
snakes began waking about the. same
time as did; | could hear them turn
over on their other sides and sigh.
Presently one raised himself up and
yawned. He meant well, but it WIS
not the regular thing for an oplilian
to do at that season. By-and-by they
began to poke their heads up all
round, nodding good-morning to one
another across The room; and pretty
soon one saw me lying there and call
cd attention to thefilct Then theyall
began to crowd to the front, and hang
ont over the sides of the beds in 4
fringe, TO study my habits. | can't
describe the strange spectacle-you
would have supposed it was the mid
die of March and forward season!
There were more worms than | had
counted, and they were larger ones
than | had thought. And the more
they got awaAe the wider they yawn-
ed, and tile longer they stretched.
The fat ellows ilthe hammocks above
me were in danger Of topping ont
and breaking their necks every minute.
Then it went through my mind
like a flash what was the matter
Finding it cold outside, Ben had made
Il roaring fire Oh The top OF the rock,
and tile heat had deceived the worms
into the belief that 1t was late spring.
Az Il lay there and thought Of a filI-
grown man who hadn't any better
sense than to do such a thing as that.
| was mad enough to Kill him. | lost
confidence in mankind. If | had not
stopped up the entrance before lying
down, with a big round stone which
the heat had sW0len so that a llydraul-
ic ram Couldn't have butted it loose,
should have put on my clothes and
gone straight home.
But, Sam, YOU said the entrance
was open, aud the moon shining il."
There you 60 again! Always con-
tradicting and insinuating that the
moon must remain for hours in one
position and saying you've heard it
told better by some one else--aud |
wanting to fight! I've told this story |
to your brother over at Milk River
more than Il hundred times. and he |
never said word against it,"
"l believe you, Sam; for he is as
deaf rs a tombstone
"Tell you what to Ito for him! |
know a fellow in Smiths Valley will /
cure him in 4 minute. That fellow
has cleaned the deafness all out of
county a dozen times. |
never knew case of it that could |
stand against him ten seconds. Take
three quarts OF snakeroot to a gallon
OF wagon-grease. and-l'll 60 and see
If can find the prescription"
And Sam was off like rocket.
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A young lady in Gloucester is
charged with keeping light burning
in the parlor until very late on Sunday
night, in order to harrow the sensitive
feelings of an envious neighbor into
the belief that she has really got a
beau.
A thrifty Vermont widow finding
some delay in the burial of her late
husband, owing to the caving in Of
the ground, rather than waste time,
went to the minister's house and was
married to another husband, and re-
turned to'tinisll the burial of the first.
An atlectibnate wife in Des Moines
gave her husband a dose Of morphine
to cure him Of the habit of chewing
tobacco. She didn't find out what i
fool she had made Of herself until she
discovered that the expenses Of his
funeral, economical as it was, would
have kept him in the best Of fne-cut
for at least two years.
An old lady in Lancaster was very
Indignant oil being assured by her
nephew that the bellies at Long Branch
exhibit a strong partiality for ''ruif."
A woman with seven children and
drunken husband to support does the
whole thing handsomely by selling
cigars and soda water at Plttsburg.
Don't worry yourself aboutmy GO
Ing away, my darling. Absence, you
know, makes the heart grow fonder.
,.Of somebody else" added the dark
ing.
An absent.minded friend Of oIlSa
once kissed the pet kitten and shipped
his wife. The mice have had q good
time at his hollse ever since. 8
A bridal procession III milwaukee,
was four hours passing a given pO.I ;
The point was 4 saloon.
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Postage stas1lPs.
THEIR MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION

4
AND NUMBERS.
Postage stamps, although they carry
all kinds of information to every
part of the world. tell but little in
their travels oil their own history or Of
the care required in their manufacture
and distribution. In the days of their
virgin beauty they show us something
of the engrayer's and printers skill,
but nothing after they have commenced
the stern business of life and been sub
iected to the ignoble fate of all stamps
to be disfgurcd. Small and insig-
Dificant as they are individually. col
lectively they are numbered BY billions,
and are worth many millions OF dollars.
There are now in use one hundred and
three different classes of postage
stamps, and twenty-six thousand
sheets of one hundred stamps each are
printed every working day. The
lumber of stamps used annually is
about six hundred and fifty millions,
and their average value is 1000, 600
To prevent error and fraud, the sheets
Of stamps are counted and recomted
ten Or twelve times, registered, re-
ceipted for and counted again, until,
what wiHl handling and .gumming,
they lose their original freshness and
have to be polished up in hydraulic
press. They are distributed by mail
to about thirty-fve thousand Post
Offices in the United States, and ord
ers are received daily forabout l3.000,-
900 stamps. A Government agent
gives his receipt for the stamps and
obtains corresponding receipts from
those to whom they are distributed.
TheyaFe manufactured by the Con-
tinental Bank Note Company, and
during the month Of July the Company
had a stock on hand Of 75,000,000
stamps, valued at $2,203, 600. or
these, 54.770,300 were three-cent
stamps, II, l67, sos one-cent, and5,65l,-
700 two-cent stamps. The little stamp
that does its work 50 cheaply for al Of
us-that impartially carries good and
i'll news to friend and foe belongs to
most respectable and important
f;linily, and Is not to be despised, even
when its usefulness has been somewhat
impaired BY the Postlnaster's disfg-
nrement OF its polished face.
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Successful Elopenent.

CHICAGO, September II. .-Apleasant
little incident occurred here this week,
showing how young lovers can defy
stern parents, even when the stern
parents are aided by all the power
and vigilance of heavy-handed and
lynx-eyed law. Two young people
in Philadelphia, handsome. rich and
loving. desired to wed, but the pater-
nalauthorities saidnay. The prospect
of waiting till the parents should re-
lent or the lady meot age was not
sufficiently alluring, so an elopement
to Chicago was planned. The intend
ed brile made her way secretly to
Buffalo, and there took one of the
Erie propellers for this city, while the
intending groom came on here direct
and awaited her arrival with affection
ate anxiety, becoming as much u part
Of the dock at which the steamer was
to arrive as the post to which she
would moor. AT last the boat was
telegrlphed from Milwaukee. and the
ardent lover hastened to the river side,
but was Mortified to observe, while
cautiously reconnoitering the dock.
the pa of his intended, accompanied
by a detective, apparently looking for
the lady as anXiously as himself,
though with other objects in view.
There was scanty room for debate, and
retiring in good order, he fled to the
office of the v. o. I. Company. In
u few moments a little four by four
teen tue was cleaving the muddy
waters of the river, belching forth uu-
usual volumes ofSooty smoke, screech-
ing under bridges and leaving a wake
behind her higher than her bulwarks,
Ina few minutes she was ouL of the
harbor, and not long after was on her
way to Crosses Point to intercept the
biz propeller. The boat hove in sight
and Was boarded, the lady was found,
hnggtd hurriedly and transshipped,
bushes and baggage, to the tug; then
with a triumphant scream Of tie whs-
tle,amitl the waving handkeruhiefs Of
sympathizing passengers Of the pro-
peller, tile tug made for the harbor,
throttle-valve wide open and the steam
gauge up to danger At the first
dock back was secured and the lov-
ers vanished. Haitian hour afterwards
the propellerre reachedthc dock. Lynx
eyed parent and policeman scanned
the passengers, hut the missing girl
did not trip down the gangway.
They boarded the boat and found no
traces Of her. They then questioned
the officers and found that u lady an
swering to the description they gave
had been on the propeller. Where
was she? She had lett the boat for a
tug just outside the harbor. Then
there was swearing in hot haste and a
rapid search for the tug and the hack
man, hut the young Lochinvar of
Lake Michigan and the lost bride Of
Philadelphia had made good their
escape, and have elulled detection in
whatever paradise they have found.
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The United States Treasury Depart
ment's experts have performed a del
icate and difficult task. Some time
ago tie cashier ofa bank in the interior
Of Pennsylvania, becoming insane,
threw 4 large mass Of bonds and other
securities belonging to the bank into
The fire. They were partially con-
sumed, but the crazy act being dis
covered. the whole mass of ashes and
charred remnants Of papers was aked
out, boxed up, and sent to the Treas
ury. The experts occupied thirty
clear days IN asserting and recogniz-
ing securities, the work being 90
delicate that it could not be pursued in
cloudy weather. Their labors were
rewarded by the recognition Of $140,
900 Government bonds, 100000 rail
way and other bonds, and $l50,000
greenbacks, bank notes and bills re-
ccivable; all these securities being
identified and made good, so that the
only loss suffered BY the bank was
about So in currency.
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TIGHT BooTS. The Newcastle
Journal gives the following process for
putting OH tight boots: "Our fairy
footed nice young mem will be re-
ioiced to learn that tight boots may be
drawn on easily by simple process.
The patient lies down on the floor and
holds his feet straight mp in the airun-
til the blood runs out of them, thus d.
minisling the size oftbe foot by several
ounces, when it will slip into the boot
as sliding intoa gutter ona dark night
TO enjoy perfect immunity from pedal
torture while the toot is thus encased,
1t is only necessary to remain in the
position until ready to draw off the
boots"
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A very singular phase ofhorse train
ing was exhibited at Columbus, Ohio.
The horse Postle won trotting race
in three straightheats withouta q break
making better than $40 every time.
And the same day at the same Fair
he was entered for and won the pac-
ing match in nearly the same time.
Such m instance is almost without
parallel.
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SHE WALKS 0FF WITH A PIuTE
BRAvE.--A few days since the daugh-
ter ofa well-to-do mnchmm residing
on the hcadwaters of Walker river, 4
handsome and well educated young
lady about sixteen o. seventeen years
ofage, eloped with a young man Of
the Piute persuasion, who had been
working about her fathers place.
The girl and her dusky lover got con-
siderably tie start OF the father, and,
it would seem, did some tail travelling
toward the wilderness and the warriors
castle Of sa9ebrlsh Oh tie Lake Of
Walker. but the father did not let the
grass grow under his feet or his horses
hoots. lie procured the best horse in
the settlement and rode a distance Of
$50 miles in eighteen hours. He
caught his runaway daughter some
where between Walker Lake and the
Sink of'the Carson, and snatched her
home hald-headed. What became Of
the gallant "loyyer" we have not
learned. The chances are that the ir-
ate parent made il so warm for him
that lie VIII not hereafter banker after
a white father-in-law.
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Celebrated V'nk Weed Remedy,

or, Oregon Rheumatic Cure; Or. y. Jayne
& S0ns' medicines, etc.
spcnce's Positive and NegntiVe Powders
Kept in stock. Also agents for inc
Home SHUTTLE Sowing Machine.
One of the most usefulpicccs household
furniture extant, Gall land examine.
Il, G. HILL Il son.
Albany. Jnne 10. 7l-40Y3
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A Detroit man who wanted a wife
right away" got one BY advertising.
Two daysatter he was observed walk
ing right away" from home, with his
left ear set back and no hair to speak
Of on the back Of his head.ss y r "
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EOw T?
by calling on
". G. EEHLL & SON,

With prescription, where you can have
IL compoundcl by one experienced In that
rartictlar line. Also, constantly on hand
! good assortment OF fresh drugs, patent
meiirincs, chemicals. paints, oils, dye
stulTs, trusses, etc. Agents for the
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AT the Midday,

t>f your life, II disease lays his vile hands
upon you, there is still "a balm IN Gilcad, y
Nv which YOU may he restored to perfect
health. and prolong your days toa miraeu'
louS extent.
FoWT {?
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FDcatfl

Ia A thing which sometime must betall
every son and daughtcrof the human tam-
Ny; and yet,
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Murder in Albany

TyAsNEvER YET BEEN KNOWN, AND
no threatening Of it present.
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DENNSyLvANIA RAILROAD.


DENNsyIvANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave New York, from foot Of Desbrosses anG
Cortlandt streets, rs follows:
Express for Harrisburg Ptsburg, the West and South
with Pullman Palace Cars attached, at9 30 A. NJ s. an4
and 20 T: n Sunday, o, and s:SoPM.
Rxpress Tor Phisdeiphia. g o 9sa A. NJ ;l23,,LAsx
$50 ep. ~, AND ~ night SUNDAY, .. 80 and r n
For Philadelphia via Kcnsngton, att A. NJ and T. n
Emgrant and second class 7:l3 p. ~
T. ~ s:sS 3aa s: iIo i:s3 taS e:n so s:I
S.y S;aoG aS SrSS Sia . i'd IL 49, ar Sun,
sSt H!latSSs!; S S IS; 81: ss@ J. y !! s4s x
Ss% S sS q .sa S;Is s:sG 30 d0 10 ila isF I sun
For RAILWAY, 8, go I, sio g:3o and 10 A. M. 10 N.
!, p 2:a9 20 3:i6 Il0 I:30 $40 5:s9 80 81
20 s:le 10 M. and II night Sunday. $50 and sF M
ESr %SoSSrdso oSS Il = and Perth An'oy and 10 Mss
6, or NJ and Il night. sunday, and or. NJ.
For East Mistone IA NJ, u noou 10 and 20 r. II
For Lambertvile and Pennington, A. N. and r. n.
For Phillipsburg and Belvdere, 2 and r. NJ
Accommodation for Bordcntown, burlington and CsM-
For Freehold, I, "a. NJ, land r. NJ
For Jamesburg, Pemberton Camden. 9 A. NJ. 3a0 r. y
Trains arrive as folows:-From Pltlsburg, $50 A NJ
13 p. NJ, daily l0lt A. NJ. and "a r. M daily, excepe
Monday. From Washington and Baltimore, $40 A. n.
4M l0l2P. N. Sunday 6:i0 A. NJ. From Philadelphia
52i 80 lol4 u 1t u :a A. 81, 2I 54 60+ sasf. 4
Tcsst ofces SIS y ssS. e. ri and s Broadway; Mol
Astor House, and foot Of Dcsbrosses and Cortanae
streets Emigrant Ticket Office No. I,attery pace.
A. j. CAssAff D. NJ BOYD JR.,
General Manager Gen. Pass Agent
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CORPORATION NOTICE.

fsORPORATIoN NoTICE.-PUBLIC NOTICE Is
occupants q ali houses and iot or unimproved
sesa sTSeb hss s q g M b
Board of Assessors for eIamisaton by all persons In
guast in South Fifth ave.
rom To ssEsn anenas in
q For laying Belgian pavement in Park place, from
F2r laying Belgian pavement In Forty fourth street.
FSI laying Bsgisn pavement In sixty-thrd street.
third East SiSe@ street,
~ place
rom rss sva ayns ses; % IsySws1 in fah street.
q For laying daidet pavement IN Church street from
FST setting ssIS ana And s,ssny Seventy
H. For building in Madison street between Pike
T. sI For building sewer in Fifth avenue, between
Eleventh and Twelfth street,. .....
I3 For building sewer in First avenue between ilsth
FL sasins s,s IN lsh and l'lst streets be-
r. For building sewer In sixtyscventh street. between
i6 For building sewer in sixty-oighth street. between
H. For laying crosswak from sci Sixth avenue to 2so
IS For building underground drains blocks bounded
BY sxty,rst and sixtythird streets, and Fourth and
The limits embraced by such assessment include all the
several houses ana lots Of ground vacant lots pieces and
No i. both SIDES Of south Filth avenue, from Canal
street to Fourth street e. the extent Of oneha the
Both sides OF Fity-fourth street from Ninth 90 Tenth
to the extent OF oRehnf the block to the Inter-
b Both sides Of Park place from Broadway TO West
street. TO the extent OF half the block on the inter
both sides Of Forty fourth street from Third TO Fourth
avenue the extent of onchalf the block the incr
Both sides Of exty-third street from Fourth 10 Filth
TO the extent Of onchaf the block the inter.
secling streets.
sEsa y ss @ Ss Hs SIssa s ito to
tersecting Streets.
l. Both sides p University place, from waverIey place
g Eighth street 70 tne extent oil the block on
sides Of Fifty nth street. from Seventh avenue
to Broadway to the extent Of onehaf the block the
q BSh sides Of Church street. from Fulton to Morris
street TO the extent Of onehalt the block the inter
10 Both sides of Seventy sixth stroot from Second to
THIRD avenue to the extent Of half the block on the
inter secting streets
H. The property known as Nos i59 to i75 inclusive)
Madison street.
H. The property known as Nos a, a, Al and 10 Fifth
l3 Both sides Of First avenue between llsh and 10th
streets, except the two corner lots 18th street.
aud Filth avenues and the east side Of Filth avenue, be-
tween 10th and l3lst streets.
IS The corporation Of the city Of New York.
avenue and the Boulevard
y The property known as No: Gl Sixth avenue
streets and Fourth and Madison avenues WV
All persons whose Interests affected by the above
named assessments and who opposed 70 the same or
In writing to Thomas b. xsen, Chairman OF the Board
Of Ascssors at thor Office No 10 Chatham street. within
thirty days from the date or this notice.
join TYLER KELLY.
JOHN McHARG,
orrcr RoARD or ASSESSORS,
hSF fons, March u I37a
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HORSES, CARRIAGES. &C.
GREAT AND IMPORTANT SALE
BY PUBLIC AUCTION,
TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY MARCH IA
AT l0i2 O'CLOCK PROMPT,
OF FINE AND HIGH.BRED TROTTING AND

on rIS.X XT lS,l SSL6Sk PESMsT
zhE4 EIEF Hh9THSS HhSsHsg Esp
AT ''A# 5 $#sFsEs
including hgh-bred and speedy Team Of brown Mares,
hass sy
elSsey Close mated With ns heads srched nssks have ne
S'a as as
So s road afsx
M;a sna San S1aa. always beat can
by shildren are not afraid Of anything well broken
hour they have ns black %anes and tails All black
ae a & ."S Ss and
pps ps.s sbasP asdSr e SsSS
y gs @ d " sss in s
mile heavy track in S:s he has trotted repeatedly
since eeSw S and has ns gait finely built speed
fully adsysSp but speed WIN aost the
anlt or biemish and waTranted sou!d and Kind
s%. s little fsy a
sound and Kind AN ''"' -' -
1s fast Dun e1s IS hand; hss and
sns n .,ed a. sound Ss and OF
AFRO One OF tne nncst cOupey or ianly hOrses Ill new
York l5az hands high, and years old; he is perfect
beauty very pleasant and gentle driver can rot in
be found; he Is warranted SO, srd and kind.
Also one Roctaway, ope Top Wagon, one light top rot
and Double Harness; hnt street, dress and stable
n B-fhs sale comprises as fine class of horses as
were offered to the pblic and be to be
appreciated They will bh sold to the highest bidder
goes abroad in few DAYS.
Stock be and exfimncd at stable as above
and full particulars ascertakned.
Gentlemen In Quest OF n and reliable horses gen.
uine and warranted ro should not fail to attend this
sale as each horse win pc fully warranted represented
and ample time allowcc for trial and examination and II
sales annued
SALE POSITIVE EAIN OR SHINE
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THAVELLERS' GUIDE.
DAY LINE ROUTE

ID TO the South,
daily, except Sundays Close connection TO Weldon.
Raleigh Wilmington Charleston, Savannah, Florida.
Augusta, Atlanta, Columbus, Macon Montgomery, NO.
bile and New Orleans also 70 rstersbmrs Lynchburs.
Ask tickets check baggage via hay line at Dey
brosses street. Corandt street and all other principal
ticket Offices Trains leave pesbrosse, street and Cort
landt street at 9 A. n. ="
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HORSES, CARRIAGES, &C.

! L,OR SALE--A YOUNG HANDSOME sORREL MARE;
stands la3 Is sound and kind in all harness good
roadster. Inquire at private stable of rs Madison
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roNvRNIEST FOR EXPRESS Or OTHER BUsr.
~ nessT0 lct 'front.' stable at 80 VISITS street; room
street
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LN0R sALE-A BARGAIN, A SPLENDID sORREI.
Mare; trot In rs without training; lady can
drive herr will be sold for halt its value. Apply at 81
vesey street, New York.
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MARRIAGES AT BARGAINS.

EARRIAGES AT BARGAINS.
WOOD BROTHERS CO., 7tO Broadway, offer their
entire stock Of Carriages at prices greatly below their
value In consequence Of the damage sustained from the
late IRE An opportunity Is thus afforded ior securing
factory The stock comprises the latest styles suitable
for all and II unsurpassed 10 beauty Of design
and excellence OF quality.
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AN IMPORTANT SPECIAL AND PEREMPTORY
~. SALE BY AUCTION, ON THIS DAY (TuEsDAY)
MARCH It s, IL At lu1 PROMPT, AT STABLE, A3 GREAT
Of all the private and stock OF private gentleman
who retires from road and business and sails FOR Europe
this month; asQ tw? hprscs sold by order of Receiver
Including elegant team Of blood bay Gcldings about
16% high, years old perfectly mated team fast trot
ters erior style and action fear nothiHg without
vice, trick fault or bcms are neat gentcel aAd blood
like and FIRST class In every respects have few equals for
style and richncs they can trot close to three minutes
to phacton, and are warranted sound and kind.
nearly G high years od has superior for style and
action Is as handy and as quick pony; fine travel
ler safe for person to drive; blooded and ne
ranted sound and kind.
Elegant bay lady's poHy Horse 1871 HIGH years old
perfect picture and pets has been used and driven by
lady to pony phaeon Is amiabe intelligent and
fears no locomotive or nythng else warranted sound
and kind together with Phaeton and Harness to it
Also two fine and fast Trotters including the elegant
Morrel dam BY Hamblconian. l5z high 7years Old has
tricks finely gated and safe for any TO drive
extra fine genteman's roadster; can trot 40 gait to
road wagon; warranted sound and kind
Also fne young brown trottiDg Horse sired by Major
Winfield, dam by Mcmbrino Chief 15a high years old,
has public record and TO track and beat 40
now is extra genteel stylish prompt and fine; safe for
any lady to drive, although prompt and game is
ranted sound and kind this Is Of the finest young
horses offered for sale this season.
attention.
Also elegant top and open Wagons Phseton single and
JOHN L. vANDEwATER, Auctioneer.