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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-14

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT-Judge
Huqhes presiding.-In the matters of Ja-
cob Knopp and William and E. G.. Pull
man. bankrupts. The order entered in these
causes on the 18th instant was amended so as
to require the assignees of j. H. Dejarnette
to unite with the assignee in these causes in
the sale of the bankrupts' real estate.
In the matter of 2. S. Traphagen, bank.
rupt. It was ordered that his case be rein.
stated and the bankrupt allowed to file his
petition for discharge.
In the matter of E. r. Coke, bankrupt.
The bankrupt was allowed to file his petition
for discharge.
In the matter of Howard Major, bankrupt.
The rule against John +. Cobbs, late regis
ter, was dismissed.
In the matter of Elizabeth D. Snead,
bankrupt. The assignee was ordered to
nav the costs due the officers Of the court,
and that then the petition of the bankrupt
be dismissed.
In the matter of William j. Bragg, bank
rupt. The order of this court Of November
90 1874. was revoked and annulled, and the
substituted trustee, D. r. Stokes, was di-
rected to execute the order of this court of
3Oth September, 1874.
In the matter of 3. NJ. Francisco, bank
r1pt. The auditors report was confirmed.
and theassignee was ordered to pay to John
3. Sheton's executor the amount found to
be in his hands. :.
In the matter of Ferdinand Dawson,
bankrupt. The issue as to whether said
bankrupt had any interest in the real estate
surrendered by him was ordered to be tried
on the 14th January next.
In the matter of Stephen West, bankrupt:
The assignee and constable OF BRUNSWICK
county were ordered to pay the: receiver
In this cause certain expenses incurred
by him in taking care OF the property
of the bankrupt out of the proceeds OF Inc
sale thereof.
In the matter of James T. Caldwell, bank
rupt. The reports of the assignee and trus-
tee were confirmed.
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RIcHMoND-MADE HoRsE-SHoEs FOR THE
SoUTH.-We mentioned some time ago that
the horseshoe machine invented by the
manager at the Tredegar Works was in sue.
cessful operation. On Saturday the Tredegar
Company received orders from first-class
hardware houses in four of the southern
States ordering six hundred and ten kegs Of
the horse-shoeS of their manufacture.
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MINERAL MATER.
,TH p BUFFALO LITHIA WATER
.Et5E = FOR SAL fsf 81

snrsna No. i OF these Springs IS considered well
nts, sreeifi. In the diseases recnIar 10 Noers Ia
Dyspepsia, and IN chronic inierm.tsns ano rent
covsry has made SOME OF most
nsn recSrd In affections or the kdness ann ols-
der and appe noagcs u has gwen gcctded fesia "
nre acid in the 6lood and hos shawn great power in
sfYecsions OF the liver Add stomach Tee N1ier oz
either spring. put up In on. doxsn
harg depot OF the Kichmpnd and Danyitae Tai!-!
soad nj s6 per bo1, - be paid In etiSsnes ID
a,ess :. . = = =. THOMAS r, fiQO0 sS3
49, 49, isI:faio.L tfhia spftrES,
5s.4g Msckien5asg ccaaf5, Y2s &
These waters are for safe Ia kieh mend by IL
: 80 4 F.Is r. tJKtiEEL. kAHD & CO.s
. 80 3.oaw6m ASenis Yirasnta SpytpRs. MAter.
cARAToHA AND * us sen GEN Z S III AZ
- - = .tNs - - G EDxSiE SGfiENs
corner of MalD and Eieyeail streets
no ol3-eow2m s. & -.
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NEW SCHooNER.-The new three.masted
schooner John S. Beacbman, Captain j. G.
Woodland, arrived here on Saturday from
Baltimore on her first trip. She is very fine
and strongly built, and was constructed in
Baltimore by John S. Beachman & Son at
the cost of about $4,000. She measures 1O7
feet in length, 2s feet breadth of beam, and
81 feet depth Of hold. Her registered ton
mage is 1S5. Her cabin is large and well
fitted up. She is equipped with all the
modern improvements.
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TAKEN OFF.-The work of taking the slate
from the Broad-Street Methodist church
steeple was finished on Saturday evening.
The steeple will now be altered, run up
twenty feet higher, and ceiled, to resemble
st. PauPs as near as possible.
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have analyzed the Whiskey known under the
brand of g sELECT," controlled by Messrs WAL
TER d. BLAIR e Co., Richmond, Va, and fhdl'
FREE FROM FUsIL OIL and other impurities, ano
recommend its use for medicinal and family pur.
poses. J. B. MCCAw, III. D.,
Late Professor OF Chemistry,
Medical College Of Virginia.
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THE RoRERrsos. WAGNER Saoor1sa CASE.

THE ROBERTSON WAGNER SHOOTING CASE
A jury, composed of Messrs. j. j. Cannon,
j. A. Crump. George L. Bidgood, Cecil
Ball, A. l.. Buford, L Fl. Wake, John B.
Purcell, G. j. Anderson, R. Fl. Mitchell,
Smith BEDFORD, Charles Hagan, and Silas l..
johnson, was empanelled in the Hastings
Court Saturday morning to try John S. Ro-
bertson for shooting and wounding Conrad
Wagner In November last, in q difficulty
which occurred on Nain street between
Ninth and Tenth.
The accused was defended by Captain
George D. Wise and MIR. George Turner.
A considerable number of witnesses were
examined, and the Law and evidence fully
argued. The jury brought in verdict Of
guilty, and fixed the fine of Robertson at
$3.50, and in addition gave him six months
in iail with labor.
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EDUCATI0SAL.

ITOLLINS TINSTIpUTE.-The spring
Et term Will open the 10th sosFEBRUARf.
BOARD and .TgirIoN, s1I2 30: Music. s3o-.
ssnsyinos. Va Apply to the superintendent.
'pa'uh'5 s'p1'"h'' - .e CHARLES l.. COOKE, l
sa 1a.Iw&t,lw Superintendent,
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To CcNsUMPrIvEs.-Manyh have been happy TO
give their testimony in favor or the use Of VII.
boris Pure Cod.Liyer OIL and Lime.n Experience
has proved 1t to be valuable remedy for Consump.
tion, Asthma, Diphtheria, and all diseases of the
throat and lungs. MaHufactured only by A. B.
WILBoR, Chemist, Boston. SOLD by druggists gen.
orally.
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! SUPREME COURT OF APPEALs.-Smith ana
ais. vs. The Commonwealth was fully
argued by Judge Crump for the plalntlns IN
error. and the Acknowledgement ior the
Commonwealth, and submitted.
The court will sit to- day and take up the
merchants license.taX case.
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FEED AND pRODUCE.

TSHE IyNDERSIG NED, IS agent of W. =.
MiieheI, trustee Of MrsA: G saunSers, 49s wl,e ne
~ atr srreef No. 72a, two weeks from this asie:
for the sale Or COtsN OATS. and other sinas 81
REED. and for the conduct OF the gEsn hbSi.
- - kSsn.tt k.st sssS Agent.
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COMPROMISE REcoMMENDED.-United States
District Attorney Lewis has recommended
the Commissioner Of Internal Revenue to
compromise the case against Mr.. Hiram W.
Powers upon the latter paying $1,000.
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GREAT ATTRACTIONS are now offered In new
style bonnets, hats, ribbons, flowers, feathers,
pumes wells, wreaths, birds, ornaments, &c. at
the PARIS MILLINERY CoMPASY'S, over Levy
Brothers, 10l and / OF Main street.
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sE TEE CIRCULATION OF THE DB-
PATCH Is LAReER THAN THE cosBIHED
CIRCULATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
MONDAY. DECEMBER IA, 1874.
LOCAL MATTERS.

SERIOUS A CT DBNT .--Mr. William Z.
Thomas, q young and efficient mechanic,
employed at the shops of the York River
Railroad Company, was dangerously injured
Saturday night about ,9s O'Clock while
removing some lumber from a car. A
large pile Of lumber by accident fell upon
him, crushing his left foot, besides inluring
him internally. he was taken to his fathers
residence, on Church Hill, where medical
assistance was rendered.
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DISABILITIES REMovED.-The Governor on
Saturday removed the political disabilities
of Stephen D. Thayer, an ex-penitentiary
convict from Norfolk.
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HOLIDAY GOODS, such as oyERcoArs, for sale
By z. B. SPENCE & SON.
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And what will add more 10 their adornment than a
basket OF Beautiful cut flowers or plants In full
bloom casting their fragrance into every nook and
corner Of the house? Goito MoRToN's and see his
cto orIy
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HoNoRABLY AcQUlTTED.-Mr. E. III. Rob-
inson, of New York, charged with selling
goods by sample without license, was tried
and acquitted in the Hastings Court Satur.
day
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HOLIDAY GooDs.-WaIking-ea canes and umbrellas,
suitable for the holidays, for sale by e. B. SPENCE
G. +.
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THE FIRE SATURDAY MoRNING.-Th alarm
of fire, turned in Saturday morning from Box
81, was occasioned by fire which broke out
in the store Of Mr.. Quin, on Thi rtieth and
0 streets. The house occupied by Mr.. Quin
was destroyed, and three others adjoining
damaged to considerable extent. The ad.
joining dwellings were occupied by colored
people. The loss will amount to $1,000 or
$1,000, upon which there was no insurance.
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HOLIDAY GooDs.-Ready- y-made clothing, suitable
for the holidays, for sale low by E. B. SPENCE &
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HOLIDAY GOoDs.-PEhBRoKE SHIRTS are the
thing for the holidays. For sale by z. B. SPENCE
s. SON. @s
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DRoPpEp DEAD.--A horse belonging to Q
countryman dropped dead at the corner OF
Third and Broad streets on Saturday.
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HOLIDAY GOODS Of all kinds of clothing for sale
low By f. b. SPENCE & Son. "
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MERCHANT down town cells mole OF Dr. Bull-e
Cough-Syrup than all other medicines together. Ii
surely must be the best remedy for q cough.
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HOLIDAY GooDs.-Medicated red. flannel shirts
and drawers, to cure rheumatism, for sale by e. b.
SPENCE & Son. s... Gt.
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BOARD OF ALpERAEN.-The Board OF Al
der1nen will meet as B o'ciock this afternoon
In the Council chamber.
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PERsoNAL.--Mr. j. G. Rial, advance agent
of the Kellogg troupe, is in the city, making
arrangements for the advent of this grand
musical combi nation.
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CALL EARLY and have your NEw-YEAR's CARDS
printed ut the Dispatch printing-house.
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Ew-YEAR's UARDs-beautifufd desigps-on fine
Bristol board, printed at Dispatch printing-house
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HOLIDAY GoODs.-NECKTIES, sCARFs, and
GLOVES for the holidays. For sale by +. b.
SPENCE q Son.
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HOLIDAY GOODS, such as nice UNDERWEAR, at
low prices, for sale by E. B.sPENCE & son.
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ANNUAL PASSES for railroad ana sleanoos.
companies printed In hrstclsss style ut DsSpases
printing g-house.
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90 TO BRIGGS'S
OLD, ESTABLISHED BAKERY,
TOT MAIN STREET,
and buy your CHRISTMAS CAKES, made Of the
best material, and of the best workmanship.
PLAIN and FANCY CAKES in endless variety.
ICED and ORNAMENTAL CAKES-the finest
ever exhibited in this city.
PASTRIES and PIES Of all kinds.
FAMILY CAKES NICELY BAKED, ICED,
and ORNAMENTED, from o until O'Clock.
All warranted to be of the very best and at
REASONABLE PRICES.
Id. BRIGGS,
de14-lw Bakery 707 Main street.
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NEw-YEAR's CARDS, neat and pretty, printed
at Dispatch printing-h ouse. "s
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n COLUMBUS,
321 BROAD STREET,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CONFEC-
TJ0EEp

keeps constantly on hand all kinds of CANDIES of
his own manufacture; CITRON, CURRANTS,
KAfSiNS,- NUTS, FIRE-CRACkERS. &C. All
kimds of FANCY CAKES and PASTRIES; a large
assortment OF TOYS, and everything else usually
found In first-cass establishment, which he offers
ut prices beyond competition. Gail ana see lor
yoirSff. uc 1l-0W
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WEATHER STRIPS for doors and windows.
J. II. GRAFTON, Ninth street.
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cPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! +.
SPLENDID STOCK OF CHRISTMAS GOODS

sTARKE & RYLAND, booksellers, 913 Main
street Richmond, Va, call special attention to their
fresh and splendid stock Of CHRISTMAS GOU,DI,rS,
Consisting in part Of WORK-BOXES, WklIs
fNti.DESKS, JE EHELRy-CASEs, GLOVE and
HANDK Err CHIEF. BOXES lin Russia leather,
selection of CHROM0S, STER pa,lor
kALEIDOeCOPES, pearl and Russia CahD- ~
lions of the P0ETS, NOVELISTS, HIsTOR1ANSS'
PRAY ER-BOOKS, HYMN-BOokS,o Of all den denomi- ON
nations: GAMES in great variety, TOY.BOOkS,
GOLD-PENS, PENCILS, TOO He IA ;,
CHARMS, SC; CKGAMMON.BOARDS,A Al
BUMS, FANCY STATIONERY, &c. Our CITY
customers will please call before The stock has been
picked over. Country orders promptly hlled. we
ex,end to all our friends special invitation 70 ex-
anime our stock STARkE & RYLAND,
de l4-2w Booksellers, 913 Main street.
GURRANTS-10 barrels and half-barrels
" CURRANTS: ...,. r.,.
RAISINS-15 80 boxes and quarter-boxes RAISlNS
APPL E and dPEACH-BUIrER-5U packages AP-
PIE anu PEACH-BUTTER.
All for sale low by
de 14.1Ut GEORGE /. HERRiSG.
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CrrRoS, CIrRoN.. Clear and free from sugar or
grit.
CCRRANTs ...... Washed and picked-ready for
use IN cake without further
trouble.
ALMONDS. Fresh and sweet, and shelled
ready for use-a great saving 10
housekeepers Of time aud trou-
BILE.
For making fine. clear, wine
Jelly. with Or without boiling.
LHMoSs........,..So recently plucked from the
tree that the stems are yet
green, while the fruit Is per-
fcctly yellow and juicy.
Sweet and fine, which were
hanging on the trees In Florida
week ago.
From sunny Italy-just come
into market-which we sell at
from 25c. to soc. per dozen.
MALAGAGRAPES. Green, crisp, and In large
buuches-not shrivelled with
frost or blackened by coming
decay, but nice and inviting.
PEARS Californias choicest fr,,it-nicc,
yellow, juicy, and sweet.
Large and fine.
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VERY SUPERIOR TABLE PofAt ass
roEs-direet from Calais, Maine--for sale 7ioW Ss
a. A. 3. LEE.
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FIREWORKS OF ALL KINDS.
! Boys, save your money
aud come nd buy quick.
! JApASFSE TORpEDoES, PIZZINI is selling low,
and will sell out before
J Christmas.
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FANCY BOXES!
| Such az can be found In no other establishment
| in The city.
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DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS!
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EOR RENT, new BRICK DWELL.a
II ING, just comrleted, on Twenty. .nfnih be- M;S
tween Frsnkli ard Grace streets, combating seven
rooms; kitchen attached with two rooms gas,
water DC. Apply At the Office Of the City Gas.
Works, Rockers 81. z,sSs-g-sg de M 4.Sfk -
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.!css Oh receipt ot tie price by
). I. kLLYoON, 1l12 Main street.
ALPHABET AND BUILDING BLOCKS.

PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.
varied assortment at prices ranging from soc.
l"sl2.
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SELECT BOOKS FOR YOUR CHILDREN
WITH CARE.

Ny sock Of JUVENILE BOOKS is so large that 1t
nulns,lbie 10 mention them all. Purchasers are
.Ggcstrd to call ana examine the best line of JU-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-01-17
WHOLE NO. 1882.

because drinking killed them, and thus
the children were left helpless and desti-
tute. There is evidence on all sides of
this. All will acknowledge that industry
and thrift will succeed in earning a COM
potency almost anywhere, but when we
find in a city like ours as many as seven
thousand five hundred drinking saloons,
eleven thousand places where liquor is
sold,) it is evident there must be some
thing different from industry operating
somewhere. The money spent in drink by
the poor would lift them long way out
of poverty. The money spent in drink
every year in New York is certainly as
much as fifteen millions of dollars, of
which thirty per cent comes out of the
pockets of people who live in garrets, Gel
lars and tenement houses or who seek
shelter in police stations. If the money
thus sQuandersd aoas aoisely used, tile adcan-
tages Of a home and education could be garen
to euery one Of the street cAildren."
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BIBLE RIDDLE, OR, THE WONDERFUL
son, nor Levite, nor John the Baptist,
nor yet the Wandering Jew; for be was
with Noah in the ark; the scriptures make
mention of him, particularly in st. John,
st. Mark and St. Luke, SO that we may
believe he is no impostor. lie knows no
parents. He never lay upon his mothers
breast. His beard is such as no man ever
wore, he goes bare footed and bare legged
like grave old friar. He wears no hat IN
summer or winter, but often appears with
4 crown upon his head. His coat is Meth
er knit or spun, nor made with hair, silk
linen, wool, bark Or sheepskin, yet it
abounds with a variety Of colors and fits
close to the skin. He is wonderfully tenn
perate; he never drinks anything bnt
water. He would rather take his dinner
in farmers barn than in a kings palace.
He is very watchful, he sleeps not in bed
but sits in singular kind of chair with
his clothes on. He was alive at the cruel
fixion; neatly all the world has heard him.
He once preached g short sermon which
convinced man of his sin, and caused him
to weep bitterly. He never was married
vet he had favorites whom he loved dearly,
for if he had hpt one morsel Of meat he
divided it among them. Though he never
rides on horseback he is in some respects
as a horseman. He is an advocate Of early
rising though he never retires to bed; His
prophecies are so true that the moment
you hear his voice you may know what is
approaching. Now who is this prophet
and what did he fortell?
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CATER THE HOLIDAYS"

When l was child remember used
to wish that all the days of life were holi-
days. That one went down each morning
to find his stocking filled with toys and
goodies, and prepared to spend the day in
sport and feasting. Often used to indulge
in dreaming of the possibility of some
time meeting Santa Claus; and persuading
him to come oftener than just once year.
But with childish days have passed away
childish things; especially has passed away
the desire that life were all holiday, we
have learned to find more enjoyment in ore
day of good solid labor, than can be found
in week of idleness. Still it is refresh
ing to see the unfeigned pleasure with
which the children anticipate the holidays,
even though we know by our own expert
ence that only half the pleasure they
anticipate will come to them.
The teachers of the Western States gen
orally improved the holidays by holding
State and county Institutes.
The State Teachers Convention of Hi
nois, held at Bloomington, was a grand
success. Many able addresses were deliv-
cred by both men and women, and we
doubt not that every teachers heart in at
tendance, was strengthened and cheered by
the words of hope and encouragement
breathed forth from the lips of eloquence.
Notwithstanding all this, all the boosted
improvement and advancement of the age,
the plain practical work to be accomplish
ed by the teacher must ever remain the
same. Enthusiasm without disorder, quiet
without dizziness, progress without over
exertion, are the ends for which he and
she must labor who would rise to success
in this most arduous and precarious pro-
fession.
By the way there is a name growing
eminent here in educational circles which
we of Cecil are quite familiar with, a name
which once figured in the columns Of Tie
Whig in connection with most disgrace
full story. The present prominent position
occupied by the gentleman in question re-
minds one of the story told of the boy
who came out West and wrote back to his
father, "come out West, awful mean men
get into Office out here"
So the holidays are past once more
Again the school-bell is ringing out on the
frosty Winter air, and the happy children,
Goo bless them p are fastening down the
street to meet their teachers once more
and to resume their studies. Oh. parents
strengthen the teachers hands. Ours is
your labors without your reward; your
responsibility, your solicitude are ours,
uncheered Enlightened by the deathless
love which God has given you for your
offspring. A. A. c.
Buckley, II, JanNarH 4th, 1874.
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over and sat down on the sofa SO as not to
ged, and he played with his hat, and she
nibbled at the sofa tidy. He finally said it
was a beauti full evening, and she replied
that her grandfather had predicted SHOW
storm. He said he guessed it wouldn't
snow, as the moon was not crooked enough
to hang a powder horn on the end, and she
said she didn't believe it would either.
This mutual understanding seemed to give
them both courage, and then he wanted to
know if she had seen Bill Jones lately.
She hadn't, she said, and she didn't want
to. Then they went on talking about the
donation visit which was to be given be-
fore long to Elder Berry, and he careless
ly dropped his hand on hers-his right
hand, while his left arm sneaked along the
sofa and got behind her shoulders. She
pretended not to notice it, and he looked
down at his boots, and wanted to know if
she thought mutton tallow rotted out fast
er than lard and lampblack. She couldn't
say, but she had an idea that it did. He
had just commenced to hook fingers with
her. when she discovered something allied
the lamp. She rose up and turned the
light down a half, making the room look
dim. 1t took him five minutes to get hold
of her fingers again, and she pretended to
want to draw her hand away all the time.
After long pause he lowered his voice to
a whisper, and said he didn't see what
made folks love each other. She bit her
handkerchief and admitted her ignorance.
He said that he could name dozen young
men who were going to get married right
away, and his left arm fell down and gave
her hug. Then he went over and looked
out of the window, to make sure that it
was or was not going to snow, and coming
back, he turned The light down little
more, and then sat down and wanted to
leaning her head on his shoulder.
All. mo. We have all been there, and
who of us cared a cent when the old
clock struck twelve, and we five miles from
home? The old man was fast asleep, the
watchdog gone visiting, and the hand
soonest girl in the country didn't see why
we need be in hurry.
Perhaps l shouldn't have written of this
but as was going by Saunders the other
day, thinking of the night l heard him
whisper in her ear at the spelling school,
that he'd love her very shadow as long as
he lived, he raised the window and called
to her, as she was picking up chips in the
road:
''Sue Sanders, come in here and find the
bars grease for my sore heel, or I'll break
every bone in your body" -Danbury News