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saturdaT, Deeemher 19. 1s74.

within legal hours, the following described
real estate, situated In Shelby county, Ten
uessoe, tO-pyii:
Part OF n tract Of lana bounded as follows .
Beginning az the northeast corner Of lot No.
IS in the center Of the Memphis and S0mer-
Vile plank road; thence with said road
north 81 east 500 chains TO the futersec ION
OF the wcst side OK n 30 foot street with said
plank road; thence south west with said
80 foot street 81 5f-le0 chains to the intersec-
ton Of said 10 foot street with another 40 foot
street; thence north s. west gI,3 chains
thence north 5 east % 57-lC0 chains TO the be-
ginning, containing s. acres. This tract has
been snbdlNlded lntp lois, containing, re-
only the tracts OF - 70 acres each are 20 be
sold, being the same heretofore sold to Mrs.
". a. Field and G.. e. PaTtee.
Terms OF Sale-On credit of six months.
purchasers required 20 give notes with ap-
proved securities, hearing interest from date /:
lien retained and equity Of redemption barred
This, November =, 1874.
y. ~ COLE, Clerk and Master.
BY r. J. Black, ID. q. aud n.
Humos a POStOn, Attorneys. nov2S
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gaturday. Deeember ~, Is74,

within legal hours, the following described
properly. situated in Memphis, Shelby cOun-
", Tennessee, tO-wit:
FiTst-A lot of land on the north side Of
Beale street, and east Of DesOtO street, begin
ming al q stake ON the east line Of a lot con-
vCyed 70 Joseph SchOOuOVer by one Jacob
Spiyey, and running thence north with said
SChOOuOver's east line 100 feet to stake F;
thence west and parallel with Beale street 50
feet to stake; thence south and parallel
with east line before mentioned i6q feet TO
stake on Beale street; thence eagi ON north
line Of Beale street - feet 20 the beginning.
Second-A lot of land on the north side Of
Beale street, bounded as follows; Beginning
az a stake on the north side Of Beale street 10
feet east of its Intersection with the east side
of DesOtO street, running thence east with
Beale street 49, feet 10 a stake; thence north
wardly Zii feet; thence west parallel with
Beale street s. feet; thence south parallel with
DesOtO streetH feet; thence west parallel with
Beale street 49, feet 70 a stake; thence south
parallel With DesotO street 80 feet 70 the be-
ginning.
Third-Lot No. 2, OF blOek 4, being 90 feet on
the west side Of Chester street, between HUI
ling ana Irrelevant streets, and running back
TO the river.
Fourth-A part Of lot SO, being . feet ON
south side OF Madison street, by IS feet deep,
bounded on the north by Madison street. on
the east by lot of DIT. A. r Merrill, and on the
west and south by lots Of O. W. Lincoln. On
this lot there is q tllTee-stOry house.
Terms OF Sale-On q credit Of aud y
months; notes with approved security re-
quired; lien retained 70 further secure same.
Equity of redemption barred.
This November H., 1874.
E. A. COLE, CLERK and Master.
By II. J. Black, ID. G. and d.
Mcdowell q Johnston and Collier q HOus-
ton. attorneys. uoyls
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Yesterday was cool and clear. The
river continues to rise at this point,
with nine feet ten inches to Cairo and a
good stage thence TO st. Louis and Gin
cinnati. The Arkansas river is rising,
but no change is reported in White river.
Business on the levee Sunday and yes
terday was moderate, with no change OF
rates.
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Thursday, December 3. 1874,
Administrator Netice.

NOTICES hereby given OF my appointment
II as administrator OF Mrs. Jennie x. Waru
deceased. All persons Indebted TO said estate
Will settle at once. Ali persons having claims
against same will present them at once duly
either at Judge garnigans, Mop
Madison street, or to me at kerrville, Tenn.
mol THOS. II. HOBBS, Administrator
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MANHOOD REsTORED.-A victim OF
youthful imprudenoe, causing premature de-
cay, nervous debility, etc, having tried in.
vain every known remedy, mas found a simple
ssll-cure, which ne will send free 20 his fellow
sufferers. Address j. II. REEY Is, Us Nassau
street, New York.
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Administrator Notice.

II AVING been appointed BY the Probate
II Court OF Shelby County, Tennessee, adj
minls;TatOr with the VIII annexed Of Thomas
A. B1ford, deed, this Is to notify creditors 20
at once Gle their claims ana debtors to pay
their debts, r. d. WALLACE, Adm Il,
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Thursday. 3Ist Day Of December, 1874.

between The hours Of 8 am. aud O'Clock
pm, the following described real and per-
sOnai property mentioned in the said deed OF
30 much thereof a. may be- necessary to sat
isiy said trust, iu-wit; The said real estate
being known as the Williams Old Town
island plantation" aud being described ON
the plats Of the public surveys all Of section
tWenty-seyeu Cl1l, containing six hundred and
forty t640i acres the east hair OF section TWEEN
ty-eight %, containing three hundred ana
tWenty-thIee c1s3 acres; the east half OF sec
ton thirty-three C-5l, containing three hun
dred and twenty li2ul acres; the fractional
part Of section tweuty-uue l2ll, containing
thirty acres; the fractional part OF section
twenty-five (22l, containing twenty-five %
acres; henorthwest quarter Of section thirty
four $50, containing one hundred and sixty
Ion acres; and the northeast quarter OF the
southeast quarter OF section thirty-fOur (3n,
containing forty i0l acres-aM in township
three .3i, south Of range three %, east Of the
NTH priucl pal meridian in said county OF
Phillips, state OF Arkansas and containing,
together, one Thousand i've hundred and
thirly-hvo ll}ii acres; together with all the
improvements thereon, and all the nights,
privileges and franchises thereto belonging.
Also, the follow ing peTsoEai property Twelve
head OF mules GA said plantation, ON said Jth
day OF April, ISIS; and all Of the equal half
Interest Of said Williams in the crop Of
cotton, COTS, &C., cultivated on said planta-
lion during the year ISIS.
The right OF redemption is waived Is 20 said
property, and the title supposed 90 be perfect,
bus ] sell aud convey only a. trustee.
nos NAPOLEON HILL. Trustee.
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ChaBcery sale
Or
e EiAL ES TATE.

No. 1924, R.-FIrst ChRncery Court Of shelby
c0uBty.-W. G.. Mcclure, receiver, ETC., vs..
Mary A. SchOouover. ct ri.
D. virtue of an interiOcutOry decree for
ID sale, entered in the above cause on the
18th day OF October, 1874, l Will sell, at public
auction, to The highest bidder, Ia front OF
the new courthouse building, Main street,
Memphis. Tennessee, on
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THE CoTTOS MARKET yesterday, Mon
DAY, was not cheerful-it was even
termed asick, and there was some de-
eliDe from Saturdays quotations. New
YORK telegrapbed q dull aud depressed
market al &c lover, middling l443; New
Orleans wa quiet 81 l4sc, which wss T.
lover Liverpool telegraphed "hst" at
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sHERlFF's SALE



DUBIIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
4 That by virtue of a writ vendiiioni expo
mas TO me directed nom the Hon. Second Cir
cult Court OF shelby county, Tennessee, in
the case OF w. L. Stewart VS.. John Callahan,
agent, and b Callahan, Judgment rendered on
the 2sih day OF September, 1913, for the sum OF
dve collars with interest and costs Of suit, 10
satisfy said Judgment, etc, viii, on
Monday, 14th dag Of December, 1879,
At II O'Clock am, In front OF the eOurth, use
OF Shelby county. Memphis, Tenn, proceed 10
SELL 20 the highest bidder, for cash, the follow
ing described property, to-wit:
Lot ~ block :, % by lSU feet, southwest cor
ner Causey and Calhoun Streets city OF Mem
pbis.
Levied on AZ the property OF defendants
John Callahan and b. Callahan, TO satisfy said
Judgment, interest and costs.
sale to commence promptly al eleven
O'Clock am. c. L. ANDERSON,
Sheriff OF Shelby county. Tenn.
MemDhis 18th day OF November, 1874 ftu
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TussdaE. the 15lh OF pecember. ~.

between tue hours Of II O'Clock am. and z
O'Clock pm, the following described land,
lying IN shelby county, Tennessee, in the city
Of Memphis, tO-Wit: 0ue-third undivided in
tGrest in the following described lots, tO-WIt
Part OF country lot No. 1876, being lot No. n OF
John ID. ArInOurs su b-dl vision Of said country
lot, fronting fifty t5Gi feet on the Pigeon RO0si
road nov Marshall aveuue) ON the norm
side, thence running back uOTthWardly TO an
alley l5S% feet; thence with said alley east
waTdly % feet 3 inches; thence sOuthwardly
1857 feet 10 said road OF aveuue-Ou which lOi
stands a twO-stOry frame dwelling, numb rec
by street No % on said road or avenue
Also, part OF country lOt No. 496. being lot
No. 10 Of said subdivision, adjoining said last
described lot on the east land Ou which 10.
stands twO-stOTy frame dwelling. mum Uered
by street No. - ON said road or ayeuueb
fronting - feet on said road or avenue, AMI
running back TO the alley aforesaid north
waIdly; thence with said alley 80 feet@iuches
And also, pat OF country lot No. f93, begin
ming on the north side Of Monroe street 81
feet east Of its intersection with new yelling
ton street; thence eastwardiy with said street
% feet 20 a stake; thence north 49, feet 20 an
alley; thence west on and with said ALLEYS
feet TO stake; thence south rs feet 10 the
beginning. on which stands a small one story
frame cOttage-house.
The right OF redemption is waived and the
title believed 70 be good, but ! convey Oulyas
trustee. j. A. ANDERSON, Trustee.
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Valuable Property ). W. Corner of Main
and Exchange Streets

OE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1874.
at IL O'Clock Am, on the :. W. corner OF
Madison and Main streets, Memphis, 4 wilt
SELL 10 the highest bidder for cash, The fol low
inches front on west line OF Main street, and
extending westward along the lire Of and
parallel with Exchange street al r.ght-augies
from the front 1872 feet 10 Exchange alley,
and being the same property sold 70 Thomas
DugaB by S. ". Nelson, u. Y. Frazer, and the
executors OF r. Titus, deceased, by deed bear
ing date glth May, 1877, and conveyed 70 me.
- Trustee, by deed from Thomas Dugau, 70 Sc
cure certain Indebtedness therein specified
this sale being made 10 carry out the pro-
visions Of SAID deed in trust, which is recorded
in the Registers Office Of Shelby county, on
the 10Th day OF May, 1872, in book 81, page l0l
etc. Right Of redemption waived, and title
believed to De good, but / sell and convey
only As trustee.
n6vIO JOIN p. TREZEYANT. Trustee.
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,Is~y oySI won sIcUOHes Win gucn mot
ley following. They will not win at
Vicksburg. A handful OF determined
men are defending the homes of that
historic city. Once more will the negro
At.on.o. d. l. l. .--....-.-- - =
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DI virtue Of q deed OF trust executed and
ID delivered 10 me, rs trustee, on the LIST day
OF July, 1913, and registered on the I'd day
of July, 1875, In the Registers Office of Shelby
county, Tennessee, In record book No, s., page
81, / will, on
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ID Is. As.S. ssss IS SsaBN -
PRIVATE
Medical Dispensaxv'
Me- 80 Jefferson Street,
BstEeen Main and Front Row.
.1EHPHIs. II IA


! ~. JDHN5DN Is EckHuW EDGED by All Usr.
! , lies suAerested, as BY ier the most qucess7s
Int PHYSICIAN ia The treatment Of private cr
LET elset7ss- 4nlek. lnOIo lgn and perr1ss
.eAt cures guaranteed IN every case. male u
isihAle. Recent cases 0f GOnorrhea and gyn11s
- cured "a Few days without tho usa a.
ii.eLlluIyi euau9e N clet or hiudrauce fTn1n
1t..sls-.. ,eeoldary Syphills-th8 last vesfi4e
st.t.les.tsd MllHoit the use % mercury. II,s
NOltnt3Ly loss ~ semen stopped "a a shoit
TINE. Sufferers from i'm 'ofsnev- ~ - -
sexual power restored y free Tlg0r IN 4 lev
weeks. Fietiinl o. neif-abuas and excessive
FeneTg, suffering from Hpernstorrnes ar-i 49,
az physical ana mental power, speedily ara
pernaueufiycure
Particu ar attention paid % tbs Dsssas-s--,
Women, and cares guaranteed.
Throat and Lung Diseases cured Dy,nsy
rsmscis2s
AL conanltaflonE strictly oonndsrtfal.. -
Medicines ssui ~ express 70 ali parts o. ne
souEtrFf
once hours from an. to pm. Sundays
from toBP pm.
Rp2 dAw D. =. JOHNSON ND
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the former Quotations, sd, with
sales OF 1000 bales. Sales IN our
market amounted 10 1850 balte, and
we're at the following prices: Stained at
l2fc; good ordinary at I24al8e; low
middling at l3s6lS slice; middling st
l34@l45c The following are the official
Quotations of The enftnn exehanra.
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CHANCERY SALE

REAL TSTATI.
No. 1876, n. R.-Fir-t ChanCeIy Court OF Shelby
County.-B. w. Williamson, administrator Of
G. W. Cheus, deceased, vs.. Sallle b. Cherry
OF ri.
ny virtue OF decree FOR ale entered in the
ID above stated cause on November 20, ISL, j
will sell az public auction, 10 the highest
bidder, in front of the new courthouse, on
Main street, Memphis, Tennessee, ON
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FrIday. 1sh az Of Deeemher. ls74.

at 2 o'clock m, IN front OF the courthouse
OF shelby county, Memphis, Tennessee, pro
coed TO SELL, TO the highest bidder, for cash
the following described property, tO-wit:
Upon the interest OF e. II. Allen In the fol-
lowing described real estate, tO-wit: on the
waters OF Big Creek, and bounded as follows
tO-wit: Beginning Oh the dividing line of A,
j. Polk and myself and the north boundary
of $50 acre tract sold by myself and A. j. Polk
to ThOs. McClelland, and runs east with the
same 50 poles TO Whitehead line; thence north
1917 poles to his northwest corner; thence east
81 poles TO his northeast corner; thence north
60 poles 10 Johnson's northwest corner; thence
east 81 poles 10 W. p. York; southwest corner;
thence north ls9 poles to his northwest corner:
thence west 2s5 poles TO A. J. Folks northeast
corner; thence south 30 poles TO the Begin
ming, containing $50 acres or more, in Civil
District 40. 4, Of Shelby county, Tennessee.
Book II, page5l3.
Levied en as the property Of defendant, e,
II. Allen, to satisfy said Judgment, interest
and costs.
sale to commence promptly at twelve
O'Clock IA. G. l.. ANDERSON,
Sheriff OF Shelby county Temp.
Memphis, 18th day Of November, 1874. [tu
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18th day Of December, 1874,

"a Holly Ridge Plantation situated on Lake
GhicOt, in said county OF ChIcOt, and belong,
ing to estate of Walter Sessions, deceased,
TERMS Or SALE-One-fOuTth cash and re-
Inatnder IN equal installments, payable in
one TWO and three years. with interest at ten
per cent. per annum from day Of sale until
paid, aud deferred payments to be secured bv
mortgage lien ON the lands purchased.
said plantation contains about so acres OF
cleared and $50 Of wood land.
ALEX DEVALCOURT,
Admir- Est. Of Walter Sessions. deceased.
Lake VILLAGE. Ak. Nov. %. ls1i. NOS
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CHANcERV SALE
VALUABLE RIAL ESTATE
n sss..t r,s , CO.,

Second Chancery Court Of Shelby COUNTY
WIN. Morrow. treasurer, W. n. !. PeIsfli-
DY Virtus Of au iuierlOcutory decree fg- sale
- entered n The abOve cause GA tIe 22d day
Of October, fsTl Z viii sell, a. puzzle an e. GA
10 the highest bidder, ln front Of Tie county
courthouse, Memphis, Tenn, on
Thursday, December 3, 1874.
whiting legal hours, the following described
real estate, fO-wit.
Twelve hundred and fifty (l2j0l acres o. lana
IN shelby county, Tennessee, in district No.
l3, and Is tie east half OF entry No. 81, and lies
lust east Of the Mississippi and tennessee
railroad and south Of bradshaw avenue.
Terms Of 5aie-f'ash.
This october p. Is7f
N. d. l.. STEWART Clerk and Master.
~ George Mallory. ID. q. and N
~. ~ Mcdowell. sol for cnsnpI'f oct24
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AZ InaL. Whether II Is endurable in any
latitude or lOngitude-wbether it can be
patiently submitted to in Mississippi, OF
whether L would be patiently submitted
to IN Mlchigan o. NeTmonl IL narf of
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Trust Sale.

DY virtue Of a deed in trust made to me by
ID William A. Bowen, on the 2ith day OF
prl, 1874, and recorded in the Register Office
of Shelby county, in book No. i0l, page l67
and for the purpose Of paying the Indebted
ness secured therein. / viii offer Tor sale, al
public auction, 10 the highest bidder, for cash
IN front Of the courthouse, IN the cit OF Mem
PMS. shelby county. Iennessee. on
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in front of my old eftice- No. IS Union street.
sell 60 the highest bidder, for cash, all the
Books belonging 10 said baukrupts, Including.
all note aud accounts OF the nFm of Partes
d HRIbsrt. REFS u. EDMON DSON,
October -. 1875. Assignee.
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@REREEF'S SAIL
Of
REAL ESTATE.

DUBLdC NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN,
Il That by virtue Of an alien writ venditiOni
exponas 10 me directed from the Hon. First
Circuit couTi OF shelby county, Tenn, in the
case OF solomon Hurt VS.. &. IL. Allen and
Jas. 7. Sloan, Judgment rendered ON the I'd
day Of December, 1873, for the sum of one
hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-seven
cents with interest and costs OF suit, 10 satisfy
said Judgment, etc, 1 will, on
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and thai a cepy Of This order be published
for four successive Wteksfn the Mem niiis Ans
peal. This 18th day OF Decent bel, 1s7f.
=. ", CALDWELL, J. p
A. Reichmann, atty ior pI'tn deolssu
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Trustees sale.
ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER ). 1874
AtI2 OseIoel ~

z WILL sell for cash, to the highest t,is,,e, O.,
4 the southwest corner Of Main and Msdi2on
streets, lot a. containing 37s-l0O and one slrres
Of lot u, Of y. n. JrezeYants subdi vision. sc-
cording 10 the terms Of the trust deed Of a. ii.
Rankin, recorded IN Registers ONCE, BOOK n
p. 43z. JOHN r. IRRELEVANT, trustee.
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county goverDment has been In the
hands Of ignorant and corrupt officials,
who, with one or two exceptions, have
piuudeTed sbe public treasury and set
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Deusseher nruaer.Dyra ~,

Tue Deutscbef Bruder-Bund will 1--WE
its fifth annual ball at Cochran hail. to-
morrow-Dight, and are making ar.
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Trust Sale.

DY virtue of a trust deed made TO me by
ID W. IL. Cherry on the day OF February,
1874, and recorded in the Registers office Of
Shelby county, in book 100, page 57S, 1 viii
offer for sale, at public auction, TO the highest
bidder, for cash, In front Of the courthouse, in
the city Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tonnes
see, on
Thursday, December 3, 1874,
between the hours OF II O'Clock am. and 2
o'clock pm, the following Land, lying in the
city OF Memphis, county Of shelby, State OF
Tennessee, and known as lot 30 ON the plan OF
the city of Memphis, and frOr ting on the west
side Of Second street "A feet, and running back
with the north line of the first alley north OF
Adams street AS feet, The interest to be sold
and conveyed is a three-fourths interest in
said lot, the other undivided One-fourth being
the property of j. A. Anderson.
The right of redemption is waived and the
title believed 10 be good, but I viii convey
only as trustee,
uOyl3 81. cDOWELIl Trustee,
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Rankrunt sale.

A IS Assignee ~ PartCs & Harbert, Bank-
- rupts,l Will, ou
Wednesday. 9th dag Of Deseaber, 1874
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BAR IRON AND STEEL OF All
Feed Critters, Corn shelIers
tors. Curry COMBS, Steel Ira
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s.
sF-
ms, Single
tdIss, Ba
Rings. q
dEss, PIsu
ron. Slab s.
81 Cana II
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The following are the comparative
statements for the United States ports
f,r the week ending Friday last:
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wealher. Rlvers ana nuslpes..

City OF Augusta. ST. Francis, Belle OF Texas,
GAINESVILLE
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-22
A Little Fun With q Dog.

WAYNE Hovey, editor OF Mr.. Bergh's
paper, relates how he had little fun
| with dog, which first led him to con-
slider the subject of cruelty to animals.
]" II was on a Fourth of July, several
wears ago" says Hovey; land the dogs
name was Spring. He was about the
meanest specimen of cur i ever knew
mangey, bow-legged, and yellow at that
But he had a pair of eyes like black
beads, and what he lacked in natural
talent he made up in practical expert
ence. NV father liked the dog because
he was useful. He drove the COWS up in
the morning, kept the boys out of the
watermelon patch, and was a terror to
tramps But the dog we celebrate
brought disaster TO our house, or rather
barn, which / shall never forget. We
boys had grudge against Spring for
rousing the family when we came home
late nights, and boy-like we proposed to
pay him off My eldest brother had
bought bunch of the largest-sized fire
crackers-a kind that do not see nova
days-and Spring had been induced by
many fair promises OF meat to accom-
pany us up the road, about quarter of
mile from the house. Here he was ruth
lessly seized, and before he could turn TO
bite he was pinned to the earth by at
least dozen hands. The next thing he
knew he had not less than hundred
fire-crackers fastened to his tail, which
were lighted, and he was released.
Never did dog make better time for
home. Every time he jumped he yelped.
and every time he yelped fre-cracker
exploded. He reached the house some
time before we did, and in the excite
mcnt of the day was soon forgotten. II
was not long, however, that we were per
mitted to forget him. In less than half
an hour the old gentleman's barn was dis
covered to be on fire, and when the
flames had reached point at which we
gave up all hope of saving the building
the dog crawled out from beneath the
UNDERMINING. In his fright he had car
ried the crackers with him into the
hay and set fire to the barn. He came
off with singed tail, and father lost
$4,000 by the fire. / looked upon it as
sort of Judgment. and have ever since
been more careful in my treatment of
animals"