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TRUSTEES SALEOF VALUABs TTPaOVRD
BEAL ESTATE Situated Oh STREET
SUITE, BErN ZEN FIRST AND sEOOSO
STREETS WEST.
&c. BY virtue IF decree OF the Supreme Oour,
- OF the District Of Columbia, passed in equiry
@3 cause No. $500, docket Is, Hume vs. Bucslay
81 al, the Undersigned, thu trrstee named sherein.
Viii offer for sale a. rubc auction, front of the
premises, on SATURDAY, the 18th instant, at 1
ocock 2. all THAI piece parcel OF ground eft
uate Ia The said city II WASHINGTON, and known
AID desgr sted as lot No. twenty f2S) 10 Ana
.. CAROLS recorded Subdivision az square uul
hertd five hundred and eighty $3.50 With the
III prov ems nts there
Tetms Of sale: One thi-,i cash; balance ia 6 ami
Y mo1tbs with intcr"et, secured b. deed oftrust,
100 must oe paid at the OF szie, If terms Of
'ao are MOI COR piled with in five days from date OK
sdi' ne receives the right 20 regPi at the
iosk Bis p-nss Il thu defsuliipg purchaser. ali
CONVEY ssucine al cost of purch ser
CHAs CONS. CALLAk. Tra7tee,
deC9-eoSds WASH. b WILLIAMS, Auc'.
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CHOICE MEATS. -

GsES CHOICE MEATS. IA
The undersigned begs to inform the public that
be viii, as heretofore, have en- exhibition and sale
1t stslls $50, s67, and SIS, IN OsNTEh
nkBKET, on TUESDAYS, THURsOAYs, and
sATURpAYS, asd st Stalls l43 and l45 il
EOBTEERE LIBERTY MARKET, on MOE
DAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRIDAYS, and
SATURDAY NIGHTS, the largest and finest SUP
plies Of
And LAMB,
To be found in the country. He buys the best,
VbeTevert Is TO be had, end all he asks IL
tnatjon OF his stock, feeling that he can in
every respect satisfy the meet exsctins taste.
boylS-lIG b. r. HUNT.
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INSURANCE COMPANIES.
ERR INSURANCE.

no EuABUa.-L. HIes VIZ Sey !. far 81
Iriss Sc - si.a q Ls1is., sssss' s9a OIL
sES -, e., ssI - "a es..,., = end 9 ssssss
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.EY LaTIMEh s. CLkAE1,
g AaCtt0pezrs ard ksEl Estate Brokers,
Ertkgast C0ruo. PeHrsA II suiG avenue and 18th g.,
StsT 0tCe Building.
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FAMILY SUPPLIES.

TO HOUSBKBEPARs.
PARRISH WHITE.
hORGAEb eAPOLI0.
FRENCH PAINT POWDER,
,RoOkf MOUHTAIN TRIP0LE, for cleaning
Pal. 9, Furniture, Wood, Glass, silverwsre &C.. In
n EGAN,
Corner L dHd TIA sfrssfs,
decl2 st Under Spencer Business College.
FOR DYsPEPTIOs.
Browns DsndeIion COFFEE;
Smiths superletive Graham FLOUR;
0hANlObA, the new II aalth Food
DR. MURRAY 3 Grsnulated WHEAT
ss4lth g Tracked WHEAT, Wheaton GRITs:
hUTRINA; IRISH and Scotch OATMEAL
New supply Just received, at
COrHev L dad TIA Strs,ff,
decl2'N Under SPENCER Business College.
FLOUR. FLOUR.
lam STILL SELLING
Welchs Best FL ct o330 per sack.
Heirs Family Flour 81 10 per sack.
Golden Hi Flour 81 per sack.
National N ills Family Flour 81 s. per sack.
Augusta Extra Flour 81 50 per sack,
As flour is adv sncinR, now IL q good time to buy.
Also, IN store, NV Graham Flour, Oatmeal, 81 g.
meal, Yellow Meal, New York Buckvheat, AZ
II. RGAE's,
Corner and TIA streets.
dfcl2- Under Spencer Business OOIlsEa.
WE ABE SELLING GOOD BLACK <e<R
Imperial Green at o cents. Give IL q trial - -
BROWNING MIDDLEr0Y,
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sbY WASH. .. WILLIAMS, GuctionseF,
kB (SuCcessOr 10 Green Williams, Aucts.-l
No. 1901, northwest corner 10th sud ID streets.
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EiphonZ0 Y0ungs q Co.,
GBoCERs, NINTH AND r SHEETS,
UNDER Masonic TEMPLE.
ELEBoHZo YOUNss,l
II. JOHNSON OctlItr
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TEAS

GRAHAM FLOUR AND DAT MEAL.
+. Il Smith Co.'s Graham Flour and Orushex
Wheat, direct from their mill in Brooklyn svery
Heek: Fresh Dat Meal in bulk; Genuine Scotch
Dat hehi In pound packages; Genuine Irish Ost
Meal, from the Water Gate Mills, in lslb. tin cans
BUTTER.
One ton OF Genuine New York Goshen Ruttsr
icEt arrived, which offer wholesale and retail,
Also, just received, 400 dozen CANNED GOODS,
which We Will sell during the early part of the sea-
Sol At extremely low rates
PuIe impore I'd CUBA HONEY, by the gallon-e
delicious article.
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RY LATImsK & OLEARI,

- Zeal Estate Brokers sHd Auoticnesrs,
Southwest corner PenIa. avenue and Ilth street,
Star Once Binding,
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WE ABE SELLING GOOD BLACK <<ER
w TEA at so cents per pound, and q nice IL -
Imperial Green at rs cents. Give IL q trial. - -
BROWNING MIDDLEr0N,
Hoy26-6Ot 6l0 Peunsylyanis Avenu..
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EgY WASH. b. WILLlAMs, AuotIoDesT,
II (SUcCessOr to Grew Williams, AuCtis.l
No 1901 ,DOrthWes. corner l0rh aud ID

NVNNIuN VI =,
FANCY AND CHRISTMAS GOODS ar PUB
LIC AUCTION
Sl,ds, Hobby Horses, Nelocipedss. PropolIsrs,
SlCC FtieE, cry ug sLd Elee ping Wax Dolls, DOLL
Euusts, LOnkrys, FtephAnts, Stables. " a-shOuses,
Mechanical, Dancing, ziking aud Other Toe,
EuGh's Arks, Holy staol--, Letter srf BuiIitay
Blocks, Letd soiGieTr, toe assortment f rim
mlDgs for Christmas trees, Stoves, Savings Baass,
SC
The sbove stock will he sold a. pablc auction,
commencing IL ESDAT, Dscember ), at Del cE
.. n Eud continuing every evening the reafter
UlEil the W hole stock j. sold.
decIf-d WASH WILLIAMs,Auct.
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seY b. II. WAkNEh,
- Real Estate Broker aac AuotioGSsr,
Federal Buildings, corner TIN and ste. northwest
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LHFDAUS, landau sTs, FIVE-GLlSS
LANDAU Us, c0UPES, COUPLES, 6AkOg-
CHES, FHEIONS, FICTOR.AS, OABRIO
LETS, BUGGIkS, DRAGS, COUPE.ROCKA-
WA Us, 6ERMANrOWN Goa CHES, CLOSE
AND SHIFTING-Q sLk7ER COACHES,
ENGLISH COAGHsS. CLAIR ENCES
III sARSES. oot4D-sm
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Rf ". L.. NALL - AucsiOneers,
10 New Marble Baildfns,
Nos, 300 and goa Penpsylvsnis avenue, cor sth $,
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EEE LATINEk CLkARf,
- ACCt'oEeers and Rsal EstAss broaeTE,
Sgnthvc-t ccras- u PonHs aySLgs sna tl.p stress,
sts- Oniee BuilSl4g.
ATTRACTIVE SALE OF ABOJT SEVENTY
FIVE ZINE OIL PAINTINGS BIZ hE-IDEAT
AkTIsTS.
- o'clock, az store lll3 Penney lysuia avenue,
near Gats JeweIry stoTe,) shall Fell boat
tuty I've OIL Paibtiugs, embracing Landscapes
hEurs aud marine itces, by the following artists:
SuRc, . A Poole, Max HeyI,
Char les l. amman, Holmes,
Ross Turner.
On exhibibItion Tuesday, Wednesday aud Thurs
day, December Is, is snd II
TENS cash. LATIMKRs CLEARLY.
dtCl2 fChrCn. and Rep huctI yueYrs.
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Railroad Rumors.

From the sGHyhec Avalanche,
The Winnemucca (Nev.) Register learns
that company was organized in San
Francisco a few weeks since, for the purpose
Of constructing narrow gauge railroad
from Winnemucca to Silver City, Idaho.
1t cannot be denied that the people of San
Francisco are becoming alive to the import
ance of securing the trade of Idaho and
Eastern Oregon, and it is very likely that
there is something more than mere talk in
this railroad rumor A narrow gauge from
Winnemucca to Silver City would be one of
the best paying railroads on the Pacific
coast. The freight that comesto this camp
alone, and the ore that would be shipped
away, would pay profitable rate Of inter-
est on the capital required to build and
equip the road. Besides, supposing the
road were not to extend any farther than
Silver City, it would command the entire
trade of Idaho and ali Of Oregon this side
of the Blue Mountains. But, after con-
structing the road to Silver City, it is more
than likely that the company would keep
Oh building it till they reached the navigable
waters of the Columbia. If this road were
constructed, it is very likely that nothing
more would be heard of the P. D. & S. L.
r. r., the building Of which is decidedly
uncertain, to say the least
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Self-Amputation OF an Arm.

A short time ago. at medical temper
ancc meeting in London, Dr.. George Lamb,
in the course of a speech, mentioned the
following curious incident in his hospital
practice: :. You have not long to be dresser
Or house-surgeon III any hospital before you
become practically acquainted with some
of the results of drinking upon the persons
of the patients who collect there. You
will very soon have brought under your
care broken limbs, fractured skulls and
disfigured faces. / remember, when it
happened to be one Of my weeks on duty us
dresser, a woman came into the casualty
ward. carrying her left hand and part of the
forearm in her right hand Size had
deliberately cut the flesh to the bone, and,
| finding she was unable to get through the
bone with the carving knife she was using,
finished the business by ehopping it off
with blunta The tagging of the wound
by this instrument prevented, inameasure,
some Of the bleeding that would have
| otherwise occurred. She was at once placed
| iii bed, and the arm had to be amputated
/ higher up, more in accordance with hsurgical
art. Tie only explanation She conld give
of her conduct was that the devil was on
her click. and had told her todoit. need
scarcely tell son that the devil in this case,
as HI many others, Ind entered in tile form
/ of Stronr drink. =
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Horse Notes.

There is a green colt at Prospect Park
attracting considerable attention. He is a
grandson of the once famous Wild Irish
man. He now showsa 2:3O gait in his ex-
ercise. -
Membrino champion, anoted stallion, the
property Of Mr.. Allerton, was found dead
in his stall recently. Champion was sired
by Eureka, and was valued at $50, 900.
Mr.. A. Richmond, of Buffalo, son of the
late Dean Richmond, has purchased the
famous bay trotter Sensation, the winner Of
the greet free-for-all purse of $4,000 last
year at Buffalo, The price paid was s15,-
900. The horse is now in charge of Dan
Mace.
The winning stables at Monmouth Park
during the summer meeting just closed,
were: I'll. p. McGrath, of Kentucky, in
cluding Tom. Bowling, SO, 700. M. H. Sam
ford, q, ,27l; F. Morris, $4,000; Joc Dona-
hue, ss, O45; M. A. Littel, %, s5s; Lawrence
s. Lorillard, 1880; A. Belmont, 90, 603;
Capt. Cottril, $2,55O; X. w. Sears. "a, $50;
John Coffee, 1905; L. A. Hitchcock, ST.
O25.
The California stallion. Sam Purdy, was
entered by his owner, Mr.. Helm, in the
$4,000 stallion trot, to come off over Mys-
tic Park, Boston, Mas, on the 18th Of Sep
tember next. Since the horse was entered
the owner has died, and the horse has
| changed hands. By the rules, if the owner
dies, the contract is void, and the horse
cannot trot without the consent Of al the
other parties who have entered for the race.
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Locomotive Whistling.
New York Tribune.

| xSc8 1OIk lEiDuhcfsFaft -.
The performances of the locomotive whis-
tie, we are told, have been systematized OH
. Western railway. Seven whistles are to
indicate, down brakes;;' thirty-two whistles
.sup brakes forty whistles and tHo snorts
9back np.'' The instructions add: In
case OF doubt, whistle like, the d--l; at
street crossings whistle considerably
again: always whistle before dinner. Re-
quire the fireman to keep the whistle valve
open during dinner. After dinner whistle
and squirt water; then back up. Then go
ahead with whistle, squirt, and a
ring.
This sibillant method being achieved, may
we not hope that the scream of the engine
may in time be modified to something me-
lodious? Then, indeed, we might have
such instructions to the driver rs these:
For down brakes play the ohromatic
scale; for mp brakes, the scale of @; for a
sback up, the first six bars Of the overture
Of zamps; ID case Of doubt, double trili;
and at street crossings, . series Of insigniii-
cant rams, L This, with some aiagio TO be
| performed after accidents should Tho loco
motive be well enough 10 appear would
render the signal system very eoEnplete.
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The Laughing Plant,

The London GardeB copies, from Pal
oraye's work on Central and Eastern Arabia
an account of plant whose seeds produce
effects similar to those of laughing gas. 1t
is a native Of Arabia; a dwarf variety at
Oman which attalns to a height of from
three to four feet, with woody stems, wide
spreading branches, and bright green foli-
age. It's flowers are produced i'll clusters
and are of a bright yellow color. The seed
pods are soft and woolly i'll texture, and
contain two or three black seeds of the size
and shape of a French bean. Their flavor
is little like that of opium, and their taste
is sweet; the odor from them produces a
sickening sensation, and is slightly offens-
i've. These seeds contain the essential
property of this extraordinary plant, and,
when pulyerized, aud taken in small doses,
operates upon person in most peculiar
manner He begins to laugh loudly, bois-
terously; then he sings, dances, and induls-
es in all manner of fastidions capers. Such
extravaganza of gesture and manner was
never produced by any other kind of dosing.
The effect continues about an hour, and the
patient is uproariousIy eomical. When the
excitement ceases, the exhausted exhibitor
falls into a deep sleep, which continues
about an hour more; and when he awakens
be is utterly unconscious that any such
demonstrations have been enacted by him
We usually say that there is nothing new
mder the sun; hut this peculiar plant, re
Gently discovered, as it exercises the mos
extraordinary influence over the human
brain, demands from men of science a care
full investigation.
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From Stickeen.
From the Idaho World.
ARCTIC CITY, CAssIAR MINES,
June Is, 1874


ARCTIC CRY, CAssIAR MINES,
June 13, 1874.
FRIEND STEVE: would have written to
you sooner, but | thought it best to wait
until after taking look at the country,
which have donein the last fortnight, and
sorry to say am disappointed, as to the ex-
tent of the country adapted for mining pur-
poses, and the general opinion among the
practical miners here is, that about the only
mines that viii be found to pay are in a
creek by the name of Dease Creek, which
is about ten miles long, and will have to be
worked to great disadvantage owing to
depth, high water. and poor drainage.
Claim holders think they will be able to go
to work by the first of July. when thous-
and men can be put to work. have Sc
cured q claim, that is, made a location on
certain creek about seven miles from here,
but don't think much of ii, and in my
opinion my chances are few for making a
raise, unless succeed III getting an interest
in Dease creek, for which am at present
negotiating. The above creek has steep
banks on either side, slate formation, and
at present the flow Of water is estimated at
thirty thousand inches. So You see it will
be a task to manipulate such body of
water. There are no lill or bar diggings,
at least none have been found yet that viii
pay for working.
This is a rough country to prospect in,
owing to the thick growth Of timber, UNDER
brush, and moss two feet deep; also i'm
mense quantities of ice il ftnind where the
cafions are deep, and in many places the
ground is frozen still. Cold spanning out, y
| you bet.
! met quite a number nf Idaln,aiis here,
among them Sank Owens. G. Gray. John
Bradt, Ayers and Others The main town
is located at the mouth If DA;l<e t..reelx, and
consists of about twenty lns hn..ses. Living
| II lsigh. and whisky fnlr bits 4 drink. No
gaanbling vet. Yours truly.
n Tvrrr
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They have put up monuments to the man
who first applied ether III surgical opera
tions: to the man who invented vaccination;
to the person who discovered the circulation
of the blood; and to other people of that
kind. But | mourn over the ingratitude of
my race when remember that nothing has
hood whose giant mind conceived the idea
Of the felt corn plaster. How would it do
to erect in his memory a marble toe, say
about one hundred feet highs
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CAUeHr IN THE .ACT.-A Columbia cler-
gyman, who, while preaching sermon
Sunday evening, perceived 4 man and
woman under the gallery in the act OF
kissing each other behind hymn book, dld
not lose his temper No.he remained calm.
He beamea mildly at the offenders over his
spectacles, and when the young man kissea
her the fifteentl, time, he merely broke his
sermon short off ia the middleo OF Thirdly,
and offered fervent prayer IN behalf O
"thc young man in the pink necktie' and
the maiden in the blue bonnet and gray
shawl, who We're profaning the sanctuary
by kissing ono another in pew q. And
the congregation SAID 9 Amen. Then the
/ walua,, pulled her veilaown, AMI the yatlns
NM, iii tlnrp aud sWnrr softly n himself.
HI docs moi 20 10 church as much now as
he did.
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An Old Warlike South Carolina Family

An Old Warlike South Carolina Family.
Among the few splendid mansions spared
by the army of Sherman still stands the old
Hampton house, built by the head of the
family, a soldier of the Revolutionary war
of 1911. He was the first Wade Hampton
of South Carolina. Springing originally
from the cavaliers of England, who filled
the world with their fame, and whose de-
scendants still walk the earth as the highest
type Of genius, his immediate ancestors set
tied in Virginia, and from thence he came
to South Carolina and Columbia.
The mansion and its grounds occupy one
square, or four acres of the city. The house
is of the old style of architecture. | have
seen hundreds of others in the South pre-
senting much finer external appearance.
But the chief attraction of the place is its
shrubbery, its rare trees and exotics. 1t
looks like an earthly paradise.
He was twice married. By his first wife
son was born to him whom he called
Wade. Two Or three daughters were the
result Of the second marriage. John S.
Preston married his daughter Caroline, and
ex- Governor Manning his daughter Susan.
He accumulated a vast estate around him,
and is said to have owned 1000 slaves. I
have often, when a boy, heard old people
say that he owned SO many that he did not
know them when he met them, and that
they were constantly introducing themselves
to him. But be this as it may, when he died
he left all or nearly all of his property to his
son. #-
When the successor to the house and to
the estate read the will he did what few
men ever did before or since. He tore it in
hundred pieces and then made an exact
and equal division of all his fathers prop
erty between himself and half sisters.
AS soon as the war of 1912 broke out this
Wade Hampton offered his sword to Gener-
al Jackson and was assigned position on
his staff. He was one of the aids at the
battle of New Orleans. Like his father he
was thrifty, and added greatly to the estate,
making purchases of large tracts of land in
the valley of the Mississippi, which even
yet remain in the family, I believe. His
step-mother lived to green old age, and
did not die until just before or during the
late war between the States. os5
The third Wade Hampton is the one ,liy-
ing to-day, who so distinguished himself
during the Confederate war. He kas been
twice married, and is new widower.. His
first wife was Miss Preston. By this mar
e faDber r1ed and 1s Frank M' His son Wade served
on the staff of General Joseph e. Joonson.
Preston was on the staff of his father and
was killed by his side. His second wife
was daughter of Senator McDuffie.-C Cor.
| Coarser-.JourBal.
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RY /,
TOM TURNER.
AN EPIC BALLAD.

4 fisherman was Tom by trade;
He slept II briny planks;
And though not rich, he often made
4 run upon the banks.
On fish he lived from day to day
Fish caught by his cwn hand;
And when he did not land his prey,
He did not praise the land.
When he had seen a shoal of shad,
Their struggles were in vain;
The fish might hop around like mad,
And soon they were in-seine.
He led a happy life: content,
lie never thought to roam;
And every day he fishing went,
And brought his net gains home.
Tom loved girl, so tall and slim,
The faircst.i in the town.
But Sal would nor take up with him,
So he was taken down.
BY passions power now racked and worn
He called on Sal, Il swain forlorn,
Led on by Loves suggestion,
He found that she was popping corn,
And 20 he popped the question.
She was the sweetest girl in town,
And playful as kitten;
For her Tom threw the gauntlet down.
And she gave him the mittcn,
Then Tom was mad He kicked lad!
His heart was sad His head was bad!
His language was still bladder!
And he who once had lived on shad
Soon faded to shaddcr
To be IL man lie swore to try;
lie lett that town of woe;
He went out West to do or die;
He met an Indian six feet high
OF course it was not Lo!
The Indian saw the Yankee small;
The Yankee saw the Sioux;
At once they knew that one must fall,
At once they both fell to.
The Indian struck a mighty How;
By Toms good luck it missed the foe;
The Indian was forlorn.
Tom tried the Indian to lay low;
Tom dropped a rock upon his toe,
And crushed his Indian corn.
The Indian paused; this blow so rude
Had caused him great s0licitude;
lie thought he would no more intrude;
He thought he'd fly, if none pursued;
The white man next he slyly viewed,
And then began to beller.
Tom deemed all Indians copper hUed,
But this one proved yclier.
Tom siezed a log to make thrust,
70 lay the Indian in the dust;
The Indian ran away
SO swift he cnt his stick, he must
Have been Chip-away.
And thus we fought and won the fight,
In which Tom took great pfide
Then home he went to Sally bright,
And won hcl for his bride;
But on that night his hair turned white,
And stayed 50 i'll he died.
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A Wisconsin paper mentions as a remark
able circumstance, that a certain man out
there "has positively seen d ghost riding q
yellow horse along a turnpike and flourish
ing wagon stake" This does seem to me
to be u little out of the common run of
things, but it is not as marvellous as it might
be. How very much more extraordinary it
would have been If that man in Wisconsin
had seen q yellow wagon stake riding along
the turnpike on a ghost and flourishing q
horse. And even more odd it would have
been if he had seen the turnpike riding a
horse along yellow ghost and fourishing
a wagon stake; while / should have been
painfully surprised if he had seen a horse
riding a wagon stake along yellow ghost
and hourishing a turnpike; OF a yellow turn
pike riding ghost along stake and -four
ishing horse and wagon; Or a flourish
stalking wagon along a horse and riding a
ghost of a turnpike; or-but any of these, [
think, would have been sufficiently sensa-
tional to have amazed even that fool in
Wisconsin.