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Only ALL RAIL LINE
NEW TIM TABLE.
MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.

m AND AFTER SUNDAY, JUNE tn,
J 1874, trains will run as follows:
Arrive. Leave
h. o. Mail, daily ........... 2:2 pm. 1880 a. IN
Express train daily (Sun-
days excepfed).. -. ......... $50 am. $500 pm
Freight and Accommoda-
tion Sundays excepted) 4:l5 m. 4:SO Am
Trains on this road make close connection
Il Grenada with Mississippi Central railroad
br all points North and South; at Memphis
Eith the Memphis and Louisville line for all
Joints North and East. and with the Memphis
Ind Little Rock railway for all points in Ar
Eansas and the West. 0nly direct route to
canton, jackson, Vicksburg, Mobile and New
orleans.
Tickets on sale at 2ST Main street and at the
Depot. fS5.110l M. BURKE, Sup't
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FridsJ, the 31st Day of July, 1874,

within legal hours. at the south gate of Court
Square, in the city of Memphis, Tennessee.
sell for cash to the highest bidder, at public
e1tcry. tie property therein described as
follows. to-wit: Situated. lying and being
in Shelby county, Tennessee. near TO
and south Of tho city of Memphis,
and besinning at a point on fernando
road 80 feet from the intersection of said road
and the Memphis and Selma railroad for
merly the old Fort Pickering railroad) thence
southwardly along the east line Of the Her
nandO road 100 feet TO a stake; thence east
wardly and at right angles with said Her
nandO road $50 feet to the point of intersec-
tion of the 20 feet left along said railroad for
a street, which we will call Railroad street:
thence westwardly with said 80 feet left be-
tween this lot and the railroad to the Begin
ming corner on Hefnando road. being part Of
original lot No. 50 of Willo Williams division
Of land. laid of and surveyed By f.. s. Todd
for said Williams. and lot No. Is off. NJ. Pro-
vines sub division. on the east side of Her
nando road. and being the same lot conveyed
to the said E. ", Provine by ] NJ. Provine.
on the 9th day of February. 1872.
Terms cash. Title believed TO be good. but
1 will sell and convey only as trustee. Equity
of redemption barred.
1913 DAVID H. POsT0N. Trustee.
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VOL. XVIII.
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Trusfee,s RaIe.

DURsUANT TO THE TERMS OF A DE
il in trust to me executed on the 14th day of
November, 1873, by h. W. Provine. and filed
for record in the Registers Office Of Shelby
the Indebtedness thereby secured remaining
unpaid, will on
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Buy Your Tickets at s7s Main street.

w. ROSS. General Sup't.
!. c. LOPEZ, Gen. Ticket Agent. s9-1Ol
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A. v. DU POINT SE o0s
Trustees Sale.

PURSUANT TO A TRUST DEED Exc
4 cuted to me by John D. Adams. Catherine
a. Adams and Sam. b. Adams, dated Decem-
per II, 1872, and recorded in the Recorders
once OF Pulaski county, Arkansas. / will. on
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For Tickets or information. apply to
THOs. B. DUNN, Ticket Agent. or
THOS. R. KIRNAN, Passenger Agent.
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RAILROAD TJME TABLES.

Jepot at foot of Main street.
Ticket Office. 2S7 Main street. corner of
M. BURKE. Gen'I Sup't.
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The True use OF tne word .RoyaI. ;,

Il. WHITMOkE,
Publisher and Proprietor.
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GENERAL MARKET.

The following quotations are for orders
from store and small lots in a iobbing way:
APPLES-Green, 81 00g3 90
BRAN-Steady; wheat, SlI O09lb " d ton
o0c q 100 lbs; corn bran. II GOALS 90.
BACON = Clear sides, l33sgl351c; clear rib
sides. l3skd13lzc; shoulders, 95z9l0c; hams,
sugaf-cured. l65<9l71zc; breakfast bacon. l5]4
BisEANs-s2 5Oa2 Is.
BUTTER-COmmOn, 1926; choice, 2693oc.
COW-PEAS-S2 4042 so.
COCOA-NUTS-a 100, 81.
COFFEE-Rio D 10, common 70 choice. 2l1s
G25c; Java and Laguayra, S4SZc.
CANDLES-Star o ID. l69lIc.
CHICKENS-0ld, So 50g4 30; young, ac-
cording TO size and condition, 81 OO94 %.
COAL OILS gallon, lsSl7c; special rates
ccoRE-Yeilow shelled. siss5c; white. s2s
cioRN-MEAL = Kiln dried. full weights.
C0TT0N TESS . ID.
COTTON YARNS-No. 800, l39l35zc; No.
800. 15d151zc: No. 100. E9lf1zc.
CABBAGES-S7@7 90 . hundred.
CHEFSE-New Factory, l59lfc; English
dairy, IT5<Gl8lzc; rates irregular.
C0TTON- SEED-S8 % . ton On iandingi
'cS0TToN-sEED MEAL-steads at 42943c
4 bushel and SIS 3 ton,
COTTON-SEED Ollie 3 gallon.
BAILING STUFFS AND Tlkc-Bagging,
and % lbs. 14Ql5c; on orders, 1z9lc higher.
railing Irvine. l2if4lf1zc: iron ties, So.
BUDDING MArERIALS-ln store prices
are. Cement, louisville, 2 81; Rosendale. D
2 bbl. 3 SOC; hair, S@Z 81 , D-lh palei
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
HONEY.
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE, I
MKMPHIB. TKNN.. August II, 1874. !


Business in financial circles continues
quiet, with little animation in money
circles, and little doing aside from local
checking and depositing. Currency is
in fair supply, with an increased demand
for money. The banks are discountiEg
unexceptionable paper at 10 p cent y
annum; on the streets money is active at
II a. q cent. . month on good collater-
ais. Brokers are paying 100 for gold,
with light transactions. Exchange is
scarce, az follows: On New York, Boston
and Eastern points, buying at par and
selling at ic premium and on New Or
leans at lc discount. City bonds, cou-
pons and Nicolson pavement scrip re-
main quiet, with little movement in the
market. County md State warrants are
steady, with light demand and limited
transactions. Railroad stocks are quiet
and not in much request. There is
nothing doing in Mississippi and Arkan-
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MASONIC DIRECTORY.


LODGES
SouTH MEMPHIS, No. 11S-meets Cd Friday
Ia each month-at Odd Fellows Hall. W.
M. Brooks, W. NJ. A. J. Wheeler, Secretary.
ANGERONA, No. 168-meets LIST Monday in
avery month, at Odd Fellows Hall. corner
Court and Main. John Gordon. W. NJ; D.
Richmond. Secretary.
LEILA ScoTT, Nc. 2se-meets LIST Thursday
of each month at Odd Fellow Hall. VIM.
Frank, W. NJ; A. S. Myers. Secretary.
DESoTO, No. 299-moets Sd Friday Of each
month odd Fellows Hall. Bun. F. Price,
wi. M: R. W. Shelton. Secretary.
KuWTNETKG, No. 3t1-meets 4th Friday OF
Zach month-at Odd Fellows Hall. Richard
Creighton, ". NJ; Jas. S. Carpenter, Score
tary.
ROYAL ARCH.
PENN CHAPTER, No. 22-meets I'd Monday Of
cash month-at Masonic Hall. in Gayoso
Block. A. ]. Wheeler. NJ. &. Il. p; ]. j..
MEHpEIs CsIPrER, No. 95-meets at Ma
sonie Hall. In GayOso Block. Sd Monday Of
each month. W. S. Matthews, n. Z. II. P. I;
q. W. Shelton, Secretary.
R. AND 8. n.
EUREKA COUNCIL. No. 6-meets Sd Thurs
dav ~ each nonth-at Masonic Hall, in Gay
oso Biloxi. G.. Reder, Tn. ILL.,. Q. H. Myers,
Rec.
TENPLARs.
OYRENR COMMAKDKRY. No. 4-meets 4th Mon
day Of each month. ]. NJ. Pettigrew, Z. G. ;
7, j. Barchus, Rec.
CLLTIRY OHlPTER or RosE CRoIx, 18th. No.
|. Charles W. Adams. 32d. M. w.; II.
Tomlinson. SD, &c.,.
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The Cherokee passed up last night for
Cincinnati with 800 tons of freight.
She put off here few lots of miscella-
neous freight.
The Frank Forest, Captain 0. K Jop.
lin, came.in from the upper coast yester-
day morning with moderate list of
freight, and leaves again this evening
for Osceola and all way landings on the
upper coast. J. W. Rhodes, courteous
and attentive gentleman, has charge of
the office.
The St. Francis, Captain James Lee,
brought in from the lower coast 400
sacks Of seed and small list of cotton.
She leaves this evening with a return
trip for Friar' Point and the bends, at
tending to all way business. Captain
Stack Lee is her prime minister.
The Belle Memphis, Captain Crane, is
the Anchor Line packet leaving this
evening for Cairo and St. Louis, attend
ing to all way business and connecting
at st. Louis with the Northern Line
packets and railroads for st. Paul and
all points East and West. Mr.. 0.
Hewitt is her clever purser.
The Anchor Line packet Julia, Capt.
VIM. Blake in command, will leave the
elevator this evening for Vicksburg and
the bends, carrying the United States
mail. Mr. Gobel is her prime minister.
The A. j White, Captain Thomas
Caldwell in command, came in last even
ing from the lower coast with a fair
freight and passenger list, and returns
to Napoleon tomorrow evening, carry
ing the mail and attending to all way
business. Messrs. Lee Cummings and
Charley Sharpe, two courteous and at
tentive gentlemen, have charge of the
Office.
The Belle Memphis came in at nine
o'clock this morning from st. Louis with
full cargo of grain and produce.
The Thompson Dean, on her arrival
at Cairo, will lay up and get ready for
the fall season.
The Raven lights out this evening for
the Ohio river with tow Of empty
salt barges.
Phil Donnelly and the negro cut by
him are improving, and will get we'll.
The James Howard and Susie Silver
leave St. Louis to-day for New Orleans.
The Ella Hughes is due from Arkansas
river.
Arkansas river is SO low that first class
catfish are unable to get over Rob Roy
bar.
Joe Spears will have charge of the
Office of the Belle Lee this season. A
good selection.
Captain Milt Harry has chartered the
Ella for sixty days for the White river
trade.
Captain Josh Throop will bring his
light-draught packet, the Silver Thorn,
down here, and will probably run her in
| the Arkansas river trade
The Local Inspectors of this district
during the past quarter ending the first
of the month issued licenses to twenty
masters, six mates, nine first and six
second engineers and five pilots and
inspected eight boats.
The Glencoe passed up at noon to-day
for St. Louis with 45O tons of freight
She put off here a few small lots of
groceries. Capt. Yves Jacobs, clerk
DeShields and several other officers of
the Henry Ames, were passengers on
1 1 o. 7
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Cnr.TOK.

The market this morning opened quiet
and unchanged. New York was active
at full prices, with futures steady. Liv-
erpool was steady and unchanged. New
Orleans was quiet and unchanged. The
market here presented good feeling,
with a fair inquiry for medium and bright
cottons, which are scarce. Offerings
were light, and in consequence transac.
tons were Of limited character. Three
new bales of cotton were received to- day
-one from Upton county, Tennessee,
and two from Arkansas-which will be
sold tomorrow. Sales up to noon COM
prised only 20 bales-ordinary at 100
l9c, low middlings at Ice and middlings
at l61c.
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NEW ORLEANS. August II. 1880 a.m.-The
market is quiet. Middling. 1870; sales, 80
bales; receipts. 265 bales.
LIVERPOOL. August II. 1880 pm Cotton
sss9Slzd.
p.m.-Cotton is steady. Uplands. S14@
SID; Orleans. S}S9S1zd. Sales. II. 600 bales, Of
which 2000 we're for export and speculation.
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KNIGHlS OF PYTHIAs-

TESyEssEE LoraE No. 5-Meets ~
every wednesday, Eght at go Second -
street; Nincent bloot opposite Court Square.
J, Moran. Y. " g. W. L. Crook. Y. @. ;
eeorge Maelblery; N fs. OF ?. and S.; II II. Cole
p; @. Z. McClean. P. G.
Gown Dr. Los LopsE No. ls-Mests every
Monday night a ~ second street, Vincent
y. G.; j. W. Anderson, ". C. g A. Burr. III
Z. B. II. Coleman. NJ. T.; d. g. Reahsrd. X.
X. s.; F. NJ. Haley. P. c J. c. Wsiston, P'
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r Q. 0. p. DIRECTORY,

1-Il,lt4ifF
Odd Fellovs,:Hall. corner Main and North
Court streets.
MKNpuTs LanoE. No. 6-meets every Tues
dav. VIVA. W. Humphrey, N. g.; T. O.
Milton. v. G.; l.. S. Burr. Secretary; Z. +.
Risk, Treasurer.
CpioKlsGw Lopez. No. s-meets every Mon
dav niaht. Ben Freiberg. N. g.; X. Is.
Jones. v. e.; r. d. prayser. r. s.; Thomas
Bacon, P. S.; John Holt, Treasurer
ScHrLLYR Lopez. No. l40-meets every w cd
aesdav night. j. q. Schmidt. N. g.; Henry
SchillinT, Y. O.; Chas. Borner. Secretary;
Henry Harder, Treasurer.
BAHEFR LoDsR, No. 4T-rneets every Friday
oight j. T. Lees, N. g.; J. ]. Ross. v. g.;
]. II. Shepherd, P. and R. S.; J. S. wilkins
Treasurer.
KNCANPMKNTB.
GAroso ESoANPNxST. No. 3--meets on the
lst and 90 Thursday nights Of each month.
| Aan'l Shioss, G. P; Charles NJ. Carroll. H..
| 3; John L. Graf, S. W; John A. Holt, T..
ftsRk Underwood, J. W.
=. AhSPHIs EEcAxPNEsT. No. 39-meets Cd and
~ thursday nights Of each month. q.
Sros, Q, p. Thos.. l.: Risk. II. P; Joe
Nutzan,S. W.; ]. s. Bingham. Treasurer;
"m' NJ Eomaa, J. W.; G.W.smith. Scribe.
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nEnPERANoE SOCIETY.

every Tuesday evening az 3 o'clock at new
Masonic hall 0avoso Block. Main street.
John W, Graham. d. W.M. T.; Bun Z. Price,
". G. T: 7. N. HALEY. W. v. T.: All. Il.
Nai'er ". k'i J. Il. seepzrd, W. T, 3.
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Our Commercial, News. Miscellaneous and
Local departments will be kept up to the high
est standard of approved journalism, endeav-
oring to please all tastes and to
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.


Vicksburg, Julia... p. IN
Friar' Point. st. Francis.................5 p. IN
0sceola, Frank Eorest..... ......,.....''.'' I'm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Indiana, Cincinnati.
City Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg,
Cherokee, New Orleans.
Belle Memphis, st. Louis.
Frank Forest, Osceola.
st. Francis, Friar's Point
A. J. White, Napoleon.
" Mary Alice and barges, N. 0.
q" Glencoe New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer Indiana, New Orleans.
Grand Tower, st. Louis.
City of Vicksburg, St. Louis.
:" Fort Gibson, Arkansas river.
Quickstep, White river.
Cherokee, Cincinnati.
Alice and barges, St. Louis.
A" Glencoe, St. Louis.
BOATS IN PORT.
Belle Memphis, A. j. White, st. Fran
els, Frank Forest
WEATHER AND BUSINESS.
Weather pleasant, with slight indica-
tons of rain. The river here is reeed-
ing steadily, with scant eight feet OF
water in the channel from here to Cairo,
and seven feet from thence to St. Louis.
The Ohio is falling, with six feet in the
channel from Louisville to Cairo. White
river is receding, with four and hall
feet in the channel from Jacksonport to
the mouth. Arkansas river is still de-
clining, with twenty inches in the chan
mel from Pine Bluff to the mouth Busi'
ness on the wharf is exceedingly quiet
to day, with little movement in freight
MISCELLANEOUS.
Blue Monday.
Little doing on the landing.
No improvements in shipments.
The Ella left Cincinnti Saturday for
White river.
The Glencoe will pass up this evening
for St. Louis.
The City of Vicksburg passed up yes
terday morning for st. Louis with a
moderate trip.
The Thompson Dean for Cincinnati,
and City of Quincy for st. Louis, left
New Orleans Saturday evening.
The Nashville is due to-day from Gin
cinnati, and will leave on Wednesday
with a return trip.
The Paragon has arrived at St. Louis
and loads for New Orleans in the Kountz
Line.
The Bee and barges and Kountz left
St. Louis Saturday evening for New Or
leans
The Indiana passed down Saturday
night for New Orleans with 1900 tons Of
freight. She added here at the big
wharfboat 1000 sacks Of oil cake.
The packets out Saturday evening had
fair trips.
The Mary Alice and barges passed up
Saturday evening for st. Louis
The Navy Department sells at New
Orleans on the 18th Of September the
ironclad vessels Elijah, Iris, KIamuth,
Umpqua, Una, Kewaydin, Winnebago
and Chickasaw.
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2:lOp.m.-Cotton is active at full. prices.
but is lower to sell. Futures are steady, with
Is l5-l6@16c; October. Is l2-l6c November
IS 9-l69i55zc. Sales for future delivery, Is. 100
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The following is the present tariff from New
York and Boston to Memphis on, freights by
the ireatW estern Dispatch Fast Freight Line;
All rail-First class, 81 81; second class, 81 Is;
third class, 81 OF; fourth class, Sac; fifth class.
&c.
The following are freight rates, % ccwt., on
coTn nresaed cotton 10 the points named:
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Interest all Readers,

Thus making the WEEKLY LEDGER well
come, pleasing and interesting
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FIRESIDE VISITOR AND FAMILY
COMPANION!

In every section of the State and throughout
the South. Plainly printed, on superior pa
per, with large and increasing circulation.
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MEMPHIS POSToFFICE.

QTTroH Houas-FR0N8 An. TO 5P.x.; SUNDAY,
FROM TO 10 AN.
The Republican journal., 1874-09-24
Civility and Success.

ii ~ true that it costs some men Il much
greater effort to be polite than others 1t
was said with bitter spleen OF an English
statesman:
Canning can never br a gentleman for
more than three hours At IA time"
1t Is true, too, that there are times in
every man life when to be even kindly
courteous makes an eXhausting draught on
ones patience; but silently to devour the
many chagrIns OF lite, and to maintain a
respectful bearing toward others, even I'M
der YeNatiOn and trial, is not only a Chris
liam duty. but worldly policy
Ur Valentine Mott said wisely to A
graduating class
u Dung gentlemen, have two pockets
nIade-a large one to hold the insults, and
q small one to hold the tees
hundreds OF men have owed their start
lu life wholly to their winning address
Thank yon my dear, said Lundy Foote
to a lute heggar Girl no bought "A penny
worth ol snuff
Thank YOU my dear, please ca again. ="
nl tde Lundy Foote millionaire
some wears agoa drY-goods salesman in
4 London shop had su,h 4 reputation for
courtesy and eNhaustless patience, that it
VA s'tld l" pc impossible to provoke from
Nam any expression OF irritablity, or the
smallest symptoms OF veNation
y lady of rank, hearing OF this woLdrr
1ul equanimity, determined to Put it to Il
test bv all the annoyances wit which Il
show visitor knows how to tease shop
man She failed in the attempt, and there
upon set him up IN business He rose to
rminence in the haberdashery trade. and
the handspring OF his latter rs well as of
nj early career, was politeness.
IL j. related OF the late Mr. Butler of
Pros dence, X l., tLat he was 50 obliging
IT, tp reopen his store one night solely to
supply 4 liltle girl with Il spool of thread
watch She wanted The incident took
wind brought him large run Of custom,
and he died Il millionaire, after subscrib-
my 100000 toward founding a hospital
lur the insane. sum which he was per-
-uadcd to give by Miss Dix, whom he was
loo polite to shake off, though almost as
pruHfiuu~ Il, he was perseverlng
The Republican journal., 1874-09-24
Old London Bridge.

One Of the most remarkable structures
Ut ancient London, was the bridge across
ne Thames Old London bridge was
covered with houses, a narrow road pass
lng through the arcade beneath them,
and abuttrd on props oyer the river on
either side This bridge has been proud
IN spoken OF by historians Ortelius. writ
Jag IN the sixteenth century of the Thames
AT London, says:
1T hath. moreover. a s,!mptuous bridge
sustained on nineteen arches with excel
lent and beauteous houses built thereon"
Camden IN his BRITANNIA" saws:
IT may w"rthily carry away the prize
from all the bridges in Europe, being fur
nShed on both sides with passing fair
houses, Joined one to another in the man
ncr of streets. 1t had IA strong embattled
g,lte protecting the city OF London from
ille borough of Southwark, on the top of
which were usually exhibited the heads of
traitors
The old bridge was the scene of many
4 bloody struggle tor possession of the an
ricmt city during the rebellious and civil
wars which form part Of English history
Probably one Of the most romantic Incl
dents connected herewith. is that Of Ed
ward Osborne, first Earl Of Leeds, but at
that time a cloth-wurker's apprentice. as
the hero In the year 100, the wealthy
,loth-worker Sir William Hewitt, was
Lord Mayor of London, and his residence
un London Bridge. He had but one child,
a daughter, named Annie, to whom when
about twelve months Old, a strange acct
dent from which she was rrovidentially
saved occurred Her nurse was PLAYING
with her in ne of the windows overlook
mo the river which ran madly beneath
through the narrow arches
The child .prang from the nurses arms
10 the stream below, and was rapidly
floating away. Young Osborne, who was
her fathers apprentice, witnessed the
action. and without moments hesitation
sprang from the window into the river,
and succeeded in rescuing the infant with
great difficulty The courage displayed
10y the Young apprentice was the begin
ung OF ;he he fortunes of the house OF
Leeds Years alter, when the infant thus
rescued from death had grown into lovely
womanhood. many great courtiers, hear
ing of her beauty. and doubtless, also,
counting upon the great wealth OF Sir
William, which was estimated at six
thousand pounds per annum, no mean
sun in those days, sought the hand OF the
i;tr Mistress Annie Hewitt. Among those
-uitor~ was the noble Earl of ShreW sbury,
a. whom Sir " illiam replied:
No; Osborne saved her, and Osborne
shall have her
Mistress Annie was nothing 10th, and
became the bride of her preserver, who
~oon rose t" great honor and wealth. In
IIs'i USbornr became Mayor of London
il,. was afterwards created Earl of Leeds
I'm hi, success being attributed to his be-
utv.,lrnr.., manliness, and courage
Lrlov life and not be ~ lancholy and
wish Inv self ia heaven. II king should
rive You the keeping Of a castle and
grounds, and bid you use them pfomis-
ing in twenty years time to make You
,,rivy councillor do not neglect the castle,
refuse the fruits, and sit down, whine and
wish yourself privy councillor. John
Sheldon.