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Queer Arithmetic.

The Winona Herald has the follow
ing striking paragraph: -
The grand water routes from the Mis-
sissippi to the sea board, as proposed by
Senator Window, chairman Of the trans
portation committee, will cost one
hundred and fifty-6ve million dollars:
1t such a contract was made, it would
cost five times that amount. The SEN
ator has not included the stealings and
jobbery that would ensue in such a
prodigious enterprise. The aoheat OF
Minnesota could not be raised IN fortv
gears to pay the first installnaent Of en-
terest on the bonds. ~"-7.-
The peculiar reasoning by which the
Herald gets at its results obfusticates
us entirely We have merely to sug-
.gest that the whole cost of the work
proposed by the Transportation Com.
mit'ee is 1856, 100000: On this, the
first instalifneut Of interest would
amount to $4,000, 900. The wheat
raised in Minnesota in 40 years, guaged
BY the production Of 1873, would
amount 70 31,l2O, ,O0O,0 900. The differ
ence between the Herald's statement
and the actual fact, therefore, IS the
mere unimportant margin between So,
O0O, 900 and 81 ,12O, ,0OO, 900. Upon
that margin the editor Of the He,ald
might set up ! Daily Ebenexer in Wi.
mona, and not care ! cent whether It
sunk : dozen million OF so year o.
not asoneery
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DE- Carppentsr says & There are.
many persona II whom emot iionial state,sjs5
ne induced 81 mat ogical oondii:-
tipss the one 81 . dry. clear, bright
here, otl,er that 5oloses
4 - n of The air whick2
IsSs st blank ket 4 mon III
4 ~ 4 beth bodilJ I'd nsnt,l.
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CLAwsoN Wharf.-The Ruraz Neau
Yorker gives the following as the histo.
ry of the new Clawson wheat: Mr.. Gar
ret Clawson of Seneca county, N. Y,
in company with his son, was crossing a
wheat stubble on an adjoining farm to
his own, aud in picking up different
heads of wheat they each found head
that for length of head and quality of
grain attracted their attention. They
were both white wheats. They sowed
them in corner together. The next
year they picked the wheat, separated
the two varieties and rubbed it out by
hand, and watched the growth very
closely, and found the growth of one Of
the heads sown TO be different from any
thing they had ever seen growing, for
stiffness Of straw, length Of head and
whiteness Of berry. Being so plump
and large they concluded to try it again.
They sowed the product Of this one
head Zone pint) and the next harvest
they had 80 pounds. This they sowed
and the next harvest they cut II dozen
Of sheaves, which upon threshing yield
ed 13 bushels of cleaned wheat. This
was sown, and the product was 13O
dozen sheaves, yielding $50 bushels.
The next year he had 254 bushels Of
clean wheat Mr. Garret B: Clawson
obtained four bushels Of this wheat in
1870, which he sowed on barley stubble
which had been planted with corn the
year previous. He sowed the four
bushels on one acre aud 130 rods Of
ground. He harvested 92} bushels BY
measure, weighing 62 pounds 70 the
bushel This.wheat took tho first premi-
nm 4 the Seneca County Fairin 1871 An
account Of which may be found ii the
report 81. the Secretary of the Seneca
County Agricultural Society to the
Secretary : of ~ New York State ARrii-.
1llttllsla Gse.iiss q NJ u.
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Why all Nevada Rivers Run Into the
Ground.

The Virginia City ( New Enterprise
says: It is well-known peculiarity of
our Washoe rivers that they all sink
into the earth. Each river empties in
to what is called its sink or lake.
None of them get out of the state or
empty into the sea. This Gu
rious fact was once curious
ly accounted for by queer old fellow
who made his home in the shadow Of
Mount Davidson. Said he: The way
it came about was in this wise: The
Almighty, at the time He was creatin'
aud fashion this ere yearth, got along
to this section late on Saturday evenin' :.
He had got through with all the great
lakes, like Superior, Michigan, Huron,
Erie and them; had made the Ohio,
Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, and,
as windup, concluded to make river
that would beat anything he had done
in that line. He started an traced out
Humbolt River an Reese Rivers, an'
all the other rivers, an He was leadin'
Of 'em along, calkelatin' TO bring EN-
altogether into one big boss river, an
then lead that off an let it empty into
the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf Of CAL
ifornia, g might be convenient; but as
He was bringin' down and leaden'
along His branches Tructee, Hum.
boldt, Carson, Walker, 40, them al
& once i came on dark, an not bein'
able g carry ont His plan, He Just
tucked the lower ends 81 tie several
assams inter the ground swhar they
-, q they've stayed thas ever
siince. Z z
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Michigan, Wisconsin 6 And Minnesota
LimbeF. HID.

From figures just completed, it is
computed that The Michigan lumber.
yield for last winter will amount to
], SOC, 100000 feet, as compared with
$500, 100000 feet in 1923. Of the
old stock, left over from 1923, it is
computed that the mills have on hand
$50, 200, 900 feet; consequently both
the old stock and new cut, together.
will not produce within 1OO,0O0,000
feet of the crop alone of1872.'3.
Close estimates of the Wisconsin
yield for last winter are as follows.
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AGRICULTURAL.
Carrots for Horses.

People who keep horses on hay or
grain only all through the long winter
have no idea how thankful they are for
little succulent, juicy, vegetable mat
ter occasionally, and how much they
thrive on it. No one who has ever tried
to favor il horse with a little deiicacy oi
this kind once would ever give up the
practice: ..%
OF all these vegetable substances
there is nothing which a horse seems to
relish SO much as the carrot 1t is the
sign of good healthy horse to shed
his coat early and freely inspiring. aid
to have rich glossy one to toiluw soon
in it's place; and this an occasional
winter mess Of carrots seems to favor.
It is rather troublesome to grow Car
rots. Most people who do not know
how to sow seeds put them in SO deep
that many rot, and of course the crop
is thin. 10 guard against this loss they
SOW double OF treble the quantity re-
quired, and then, as if for spite. the
seed generally comes up: and of course
too thick. It then has to be hand
weeded and hoed, which is IL very
troublesome operation, especially on
land where labor is already scarce
enough
The seeds are burr-lke and stick to-
gether. Before sowing it should be
mixed with sand and rubbed we'll
through the hands This will separate
one seed from the other, and enable
them to be distributed finely and even
]y along the rows-as in rows and only
in that way should carrots be sown.
In sowing carrot seed the ground
should be very fine. Any Jumps should
be we'll crushed with the roller and the
whole surface made very smooth. The
seed should not be put in this finely
pulverized soil over one-eighth Of an
inch deep, and after sowing the ground
should be again rolled. If this can be
"hit +" exactly the seed, if known to be
fresh and good, may be so graded by the
drill as not to fall nearer than an inch
together. Every seed will grow. and
then will be quite as thick as they
ought to be. The rows may be about
fifteen sor sixteen inches apart, or as
close as we may think any man or horse
can work with cultivator. We have
horse and man which can work rows
very we'll fourteen or fifteen inches
wide; but it is not every horse that
will work in that way.-Forney's Week.
W Press.
OF the value of carrots for horse
feed, western farmers need but little in
struction. In planting we generally
had good success. Our plan was to use
a small eight or ten inch corn plow
and throw together two burrows of we'll
prepared ground, then with steel
garden rake level and smooth the top of
the ridge. After the plants were we'll
set thin them out as desired with hoe
and the hand. These ridges are easily
kept clean by the cultivator and plow.
On good soil the growth will be enor-
nous.
CLAWsON Wharf.-The RuraZ Neav
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ORGANS, &c.

1. c. Stearns and NJ. B. Green, Of Zumbrota, have
made arrangements to furnish their customers with
large variety of styles of the best Pianos Organs and
Melodeons made in this country, at low Prices, e. =
instruments constantly on hand for sale or rent
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uY THOMAS BOWLING, Auctioneer,
AZ cal Juisiana avenue, near 7th sire
. BUsTEE's SALE.

BY virtue Of a decree Of the Circuit Court for
Prince Georges county, sitting in Eqnity, passed
ia cause in the said court, ia which Judson
kicbardson is complainant and jesse Middle son
and Sc ptInus Cook ara defendants, will ex pose
to public sale, on THURSDAY, the 2sth day OF
May, 1874, at O'Clock o. m, at Highland Station,
near the premises, the Washington and Bslti-
more Bairosd, tract or parcel OF Land, contain
ing about 549a acre., which was conveyed by rhe
said Middleton TO the said Cook aud Richardson BY
separate deep ct mortg 10 each.
This property is most eligibly, conveniently, plea
sanity and BEAUTIFULLY located, ia the immediate
neis hborhood of he land lately purchased by Rich
ara Merrick, and adjoining the lands OF Messrs.
Scott, Bates and j. hDson, being about $50 yards
from said station ard most accessible to Wasntng-
ton city by two roads, rail ard couaty, and distant
hefefrom by either route about four miles 1t has
large Barn and a Email Dwelling house, erected
Within few past, Of she best materials snd in
a most workmanlike manner: il enclosed by an ex
celeht fence The land is of q perier quality. Of
different kinds, well adapted to grass, market pur
poses. and the culture Of fruit and offer rare I'm
uucemenis to capitalists for speculation, being ee
ed and situated for building pur poses
Adjoining the premises is caly bsats spring OF su-
reIior water, containing the important elements of
sulphur, iron and msgnesia In large pro portions.
Terms Of sale: 81 zoo cash on the day Of sale
ratification thereof BY the court and the residue in
six menths thereafter, secured by the note Of the
purchaser, with security to be approved by the
tse, bearing interest from the day of sale On pay
ment OF the purchase money, interest ncuded, the
trustee will convey the land 70 the purch fee
N. O. STEPHEN, Trustee.
Bladensbure. nj az I, 1874. my7-eo,s
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vTRUsTEKs' SALE OF VALUABLE REALIZES
II TATE N OHARLEe COUNTY, Nd.

- By virtue ef decree Of the Circuit Court for
4 Charles county, sitting q court Of equity, the
- undersigned, Trustees, Will sell at public sale,
at the court house door, in Port Tobacco, Cherries
lS4, between the hours Of and o'clock p. m. /,
that valuable Farm, lying In said county, generally
allied Mount Air ;" ard Of which the late
James II. Neae died seized and possessed, contain
ing about Eve hundred and eighty eight acres,
or less THIS farm lies the Potomac river aad is
also within half mile Of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac railroad II has on il a commodious Dwelling
stables, &c also, ssme tenant houses The land IL
generally fertile, and has large quantity Of wood
to examine the farm. which they can do by takin 2
the Baltimore and Potomac abroad u Cox station
and the balance IN one nd two y. srs, the credit
PAYMENTS TO bear Interest from the first OF january,
be secured 70 the satisfaction Of the Trustees Pur-
asers TO have the prage OF seeding grain ia the
srI met All. RoBERTsoN, rrussees.A
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l. BLK stone, OkMENT AND SAND FOR
THE UNlTEO STATES COURT HOUSa AND
POST-OfEl0E AT PHILADELPHIA pa
,OFFIcE OF SUPERINTENDENT, J
=; ,. Court House and Post O5Ies ;

S, PHILADELPHLA, April 9th, Io74 \
nsaed Proposals VIII be received this Office un-
iIi2 N u the 21TH DAY OF MAY, 1874, for furn-
IshlLs afiO delfver1ng he si.s OF the New
nVoss ana Post Once at Philade lphia, Pa, say
Syy cIblc yards, more or less, of Granite or other
hArd, durable Stone, broken 10 the siZe Of hen =
egg, and suitable for concrete.
disOi Tor so CUBIC y8rds more or Less, OF Bubble
siiSSse, winch msy be Of Grahite, LTae Stone, or
ythtr suitable ftOne, which Is sound, durable and
OSnus IeslliJ with Cement or ordinary mortar, aud
- - stiIslent size 70 bs ClasseS Ons, Two znd
Ahrte Men stone, Of >AsAnsss arera1i ~ ten TI0l
lLehes haylEg clean, lar beds with a fracture un-
oeI the hammer, per pen6icuias q the bed: al sa.
one quarter IF the quantity 10 be Three Me- So
a. Afao Tor l0yS)0 barrels, more or lezs, HydrauTfc
st II iuaiity and strength TO the brst
~ pounds OF ceDeut. ~ ~
also ISr 200 cubic yards, more or less, clean
hnaIp, IlFer Oar sahd.
Samples Of each vt the above materials IN ba sn,
itted with The proposals.
Ieliyefy VIII be made at sloh times and IA sucb
Iush,ities as may be desmed necessary by the Ga
PeIlDteRdent. ="
Bidders may submit proposals. for one or a OF the
bIeetdng items II materials at taeir epii1n, but
eaco material must be bid for on a Sc parate form
40 20 enclosed "a assparste envelope
~, al blas must be mace on the printed form 10 be
oe accom- panied by penal bond % tvo ress0nsible
pstsous Ia she sun OF ons thousand dollars q iH0I
she contract If awarded 70 him; the an tietnnG ~
Iutse. Clsrk Of ths UEitei States 0onrt Or NE
sites ~ ~ SAN' III WHICH no re-
PAYMENT win bs made monthly, dstuctiuQ ton 40,
PIT cent Hntli the com pe elton of the c1ptract
The Department reserves the riybt 10 r,isct a,y
u all bids II IL be deemed for the inrest Of ths
government to do so. - wv
EVEN BID be IA ads On the printed farr, IN h.
2otsI-ec ia TINS once, sld mus. conform In every
respcSt 10 he reg 1lreDents of thus Advertisements
ysGps endorsed PropSsla tor n saai s en-
Rutbie stone, Cement or Sand, (as the case m ay
es,) for she gottsd States court House and Post Of
sPN 24t JOHN MchRTHU8 ia SGperr
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DEOPOsALs FOR COAL.
Treasury DEPARTMENT, ]
Bgredh Of EegTdpfHx nnd Pyiatins

WASHINGTON, ID. q April a Y
seaeo Proposals will be received az this ONCE
nntlI 10 oelocs .. IN. SATURDAY, the 23d day Of
May s1t, Tor furnishing eigh. hundred $50 tons
run OF mine Georges Greek Cumberland Coal, to
De delivered at such times and places, aud In such
gusLtitts. as may be required, aud subIect TO the
cond!tion. required py act OF Ooacress anoroved
july II, 1870, viz that such coal shall weigh 2aIO
pounds 70 the ton, and shall bs los pscted and
weighed, and the quantity OF each load eertia ID at
the time OF delivery BY the person appointed and
qus'h under the ac for thai POSE and that the
prescribed fee Of tweR;y for each ton ~ css
inspected, weighed and delivered shall be paid by
the contractor. Proposal rfll be considered bind
ina for one week from the sd day Of May 1874 the
Department reserving the right to reject ali or any
portion q the BIDS offered.
No proposals will be entertained unless accom-
panied By satisfactory e-idencs OF ability to fulfill
the contract. nor will any pay menr be made without
the certificate Of the irspecter that the cval fur
Dished issuch as the contract calls for.
Proposals should be addressed and sent to the
Office. 9EO. b. McOARTEE,
Chief OF bureau OF Engraving and Printing,
aIf3 SavtMsyB Treasury Department.
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Il n ID

GOODRICH o. the morning OF the =. n Of Nv.
~ $50 a. u, Il paralJ sic, BASIL GOODaICH, m
ID. cath year of hiss age.
Friends Al rsafivss Of the family are resoacffrf-
y Invited % attend the fuaera'. from IS street
Pre- loyterisn church, On Wednesday, May gt ~,
1874, 81 2 O'Clock ,. m.
GAITHER. On Sunday, the Hth instant, ~
NJ, after hLgeriss Illness, sAkAa A CAL
Relatives sLe frienfs q the family are invited %
att,rc her funeral, from ~ late residence No 500
lam. az
kfIWoRTH. AZ York, Pennsylvania, Mag
ls,h, IRE, MAbl kklM9kTH, aged ~ years
FuLeral notice wiz be given.
sCAfkEIL- On Tuesdsy morning, May 10Th,
la4s toRNELICS SCANNELL, a.. d.. IA the 25,l
year Of hlssge.
R.msiis vii be removed I, interInert to Albion,
N. Y ,this evening. Rep. oop7
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WIS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, rha. the supserfper

rI'HIs Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscriber
has obt aimed from the Supreme Court of the Dis
trc: o. Columbia, holding Special Term, letters OF
sCmfnistrS-tOD on the personal estate OF JOHN b.
CNsWOkTH, late Of Washington city. ID. O.,
deceased. All persons having claims against the safd
deceased are hereby warned 20 exhibit the with
the vouchers thereof, TO the subscriber before
.ht HSt day ~ April next: they may otherwise
~ law De excluded from all benefit OF the said
1873. VspIrSC RIrRR
nagesrss- AdminisiIator.
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RY b. b. WARNEk.
No. 129 7th street, between @ and e.

AssI9NEEs' SALE OF VALUABLE I'M
RsoXhDAEDUEiMP RoyEDR I AZ EsrATk
INeQUABE asa. Fk0HTING Oh "a STRRRT,
BETMEEN AND eTREEr sOUfHwEsT;
ON y eTREBT, BeTWEEN AZ AnD 6rH
BkTWElE land sTRkETs sOgTHWEsT,
6IH sIRlETs sOUTHwEsT. Also, oNTHI
sOUTHHAeT OORNER OF 6rH AND eTs.
eQUIHwrsT, In SQUARE 4s6, AT PUBLIC
- On TUESDAY, the 26th day of May, 1874,
commencing ct . O'Clock p. m, aud on each
snccesdinl evening, commencing O. the same
sale in mont Of the respective pieces Of gsogerty
a. a. Is, the feet front Of lot "A, ell OF IS
the eighteen feet front Of a. all OF 81 the
south tWepty feet font Of IS, all Of 50, 20, Al a. and
the north eight feet eight inches front OF lot In
square 496, with all the improvements thereon also,
Sub lot u, In square $50.
Terms Of sale: One-third cssh the residue In one,
two and three years, with Interest az per cent !,
pay Able semi annually. All convey ancing at our
chssers cost. slo9 deposit on acce ptance Of each
BID $SH. XsASsssra. A..lsae...
msyl4 eozds ]. I. CoLDwELL, Salesman.
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" snd NsS Ynk Asss.s, entrance on hsW -
IN the city. MONEY loaned at the lowest rste0 <
q Interest on cod and Silver Watches, Diamsnds,
t;eutlcmens Cicfhins. osrbsts and al articles
valus. itns6.ly
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IN TIE sUPRKME CogRT0F THE DIsTRIc1

Holding a Special Term, May sta, 1874.
In the case Z SsorEe B. Eillebrowu snd William
J; " ilson, administrators " g.. Of THOMAS FILE.
Brown, deceased, the sdministrs tors W.. q. afore-
said have. with the appreciation of the Supreme
Court Of the District Of Columbia aforesaid,
appointed TussDAY, May 18th, A. d; 1874, for
sOna estate Of said dece ased and OF the assets in
haLd. Is far rs the same have been collected and
turned into when aud hare all the creditors
and heirs OF said deceased notified to attend
with their claims properly youched, or they may
otherwise by Law be excluded from all benet In said
deccaseds estate: Prortdsd copy Of this order be
fnolened once week for three weeks tn the
Evening Star previous to the seid day. Test:
may5-fu ST. A. XERSTER, ReRiIter of villa
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Hf b. II. WARNER,
- Ba3f Estate Hrozer and A1ctfoueer
FEDERAL Buildings. Corner Eth aud Strests ", W.
TRUsTIh,s sALE or THE UNDIyIpED eNe.

HALE OF LOT No, il, IN ScUARE No $3.50
- By virtue of deed of trust, dated September
18th, 4 d. 1858, and duly recordsJ in Libsr t
Washington county, b. c., AID By direction of thr
on MONDAY, the st cay q june Hcii issa. at
o'clock p m in front of the premises, "the one
or rarcel Of Srennd stuste and being In The cr,y
Washington, u; c., and known and distinguished on
the plat of said city lot number eleven Cll, in
sausre humber ed two hundred aud thirty 12a1I TO-
Eeher With ali and sing ulsr the buildings,
mebts, &c"
Terms Of sale: One third cash, of which SlOO must
be paid AZ sale; the remainder in ak, twelve aud
eighteen months after the day If ale, with interest
at six per ceIt and secured by deed Of trust the
satisfaction of the trustee Terms of sale to be fully
complied with within five days sftsr tbs day of SALE
otherwise the trustee the right to resell the
property sitter weeks notice. the risk and est
of the purchaser. All convey ances at the purcha-
ser's cast VIM. b W0ODwARD, Trustee.
myll dts B. II. WARNF2 Suctr
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L has obtained from the Supreme Court OF the Dis.
Iiet Of Columbia, holding Special Term: letters q
ADM Elsfra alton on the personal estate OF CHARLES
DAWSON, late Of Washington city, b. O., de.
ceased All persons having claims against the said
deceased are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the youehers thereof. 70 the subscriber before
the 2lst day OF April next: they may otherwise
By law be excluded from all benefit OF the said e.
tsfe. Given under hand, this 2lst day OF April,
1874. VIRGINIA A. DAWSON
aIIS-t 81 Afmlniafrarl-ix.
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4 UOTION SALE.
WASHINGTON MARKET COMPANY.
NOTICE..

Thu auction sale # the rights 20 ocsu py TIE ALA
ara stands " the Washington Market Cong any for
me Term OF three years from July LIST, 1874, subject
10 the payment of the reat therefor viii comm
=, the once q said C9mps1v. el the Market
Gr,lnds, en- So RDAY, he 23l day oil lay, A
ID 1874, o, 10 O'CLOCK in thu forenoon, an will con.
III ne on that day, and by adj jlrnnsnt on every
subse4ueat saturday until sll are dis posed OF.
For additional irtIculars ingyjrs az tbs Com
pany's Office.
By order If the Directors.
Washington, May 6tb, 1874 may6-i5
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n A n RI ED .

RKAMER-LAWRENCE. On the isth ilstart,
a. a. 81. AlbA2s ehSTeh; J.. By the Re,, Jgo. n.
ton ooulty. Nd, 20 ELLA v. daughter % the Ia .
DR.. UrtOn Lawrence, of HsgsrstOvn, ma.
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DY GREEN WILLIAMS, Aucfioneerp,
ID No. 1901, northwest corner 10th and b sts

s, PSI ssIEsss
TRHTTs s6 bEFTrTEEs ira hHg NTH
= on THURSDAY, the alst instant, at 9
O'Clock ,. m, We shall cell on the premises .
good three-aory Brick House, having me
halls, gas, hot and cold water, bath room and
olosets; ell newly asd elegantly papsrsd: Is,1assd
and Is ct front lot BY 100 feet dsep more or less,
with fine back alley, making it hrst-cisss prop'
cry.
Terms: ESQ cash; balance on monthly PAYMENT,
OF 50 month, with 10 per cent tnses sst, I'LL ~,
sold All ccEyey sncing, &C at cost OF purchaser.
epsS SIrn on oA SBEEs a WILLIAMS. Aucts.