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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-20
-1ndrew Ga. Repnbifan.
Railroad Timetable.

Kansas CITY. s.. iosssH ard Council Bluffs Railroad.
North: Mail & Mail
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

transportation IN this State. Ihs
chief p.sposc Of the bill i 70 secure
infolna tiun which should serve %
reliak1c data On which 70 base snbse-
que suilw.y z1egislptioak 1he bill
fcvb5 exlbftt = or sjast disdrimi-
nati under eavy pens cs. The
prol tition nd only spplfs to rsit
rod Dompan;1 but 70 "A commoI
carriers doing business by rail. !,
also extends to the transportation Of
railroad cars, Is well as to passengers
and freight. Il thus follows the II.
Iinois railway legislation Of 1871
The bill is likely to encounter more
serious opposition in the Senate than
i did in the House. Its passage 1t
this session 10 doubtful; but the final
tsinmph sfthe psiaciplcs Of the bill j.
certain. Tho rosson given by the
enemies Of the bin for Opposing il is
that in their judgmsnt TIN measure
q unconstituti0nal It is worthy Of
nots thst Dsnaoceats voted il the rail-
way interest with Eve exceptions.
TIE grsngcrs must see herein proof
that The contained supremacy Of the
Republican party is necessary to the
triumph Of the course Of cheap trans
,,Ortatio0.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

WHEREAS, A donatios Of -four,
meal, salt, aud meat. etc, was raised
by the citizens OF Linn aud adjoining
townships, for the northwestern sui.
ferers, aud
WHEREAS. The contributors OF the
same thosght II expsdtent TO ssnd q
person along with the provisions In
order to see thar they would 20 to
where thew were intended. and 10 be
properly distributed among the needy ;
therefore
Res0iccd, That Brother Jas. A. Nc
CoSmlc, who Was hnnOsed tn thar trust
rsesive the hearty thanks Of the mem
bsrs 0f this Grange for the Jus. and
boeorahle manner In which b. attep
ds6 and performed the srdvTOus and
complicated duties imposed upon him
And be IL siso
Resokped, That thsse prsembles and
resolutions be sent 70 the Upton p
pers lor publication.
e. r OARyIN, Master.
ALEX. M0FviT, Ssc'y.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

The following preamble and resolu-
lions were adopted by Covers Ferry
Grunge, No c3'.
WHEREAS. It has pleased our Cres.
TOR to call from our midst our much
loved and respected brother, Robert
Clover; and whereas, the solemn duty
rests on % ~ brothers and sisters In
jtiated In bonds OF Friendship, Hope,
and Charity. TO express our great 1ess
and sorrow IN our departed brother;
therefore be II
Res0tved, Thst We ~ heartily ten
der the bereaved wife and family our
sincere sympathy IN their irreparsbls
l0ss, aud that our Secretary be- request
ed r. tender them . copy Of these res
oluti0ns; and furgish b copy Tor eaci,
Of the papers In Upton.
Aesolued, That this Grange wear the
usual badge Of mourning for thirty
days.
l.. F. BLATLER, Master.
j. II. 6UMSOLUE. H0c'y.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

80 5z54zz7s
s 4; 4. 3 Loaxley, printing. iios5
r. w. johnson, sssesscr centtr q.
rsos ss.,apss. psos.s ves =
e e. 4 Per e., f. ss s .ss 4 I r. 5
r. NJ. MiG7 heits Aasd 81 india =
peun2 clsiahsd = ky
A. ~. You'll 3 goods % poor farm, 8 ID
A G. Reedsr. trustee Center twp, 400
10 Navcon,. = 400
b. wilhelm .et al ,coroners inquest, % 60
claimed Ssa sd 300
G. II. Nillhouse. ~ocd to paupsF. II 20
Deau, TOannsa &. Youn9, eoa1isS0
ppOr farm. 81 40
Shaw q Bagiey, oil aud hrooms c h. 500
n. N. Stewart, bM,is to poor farm, ! q
J. r. Che, oseeseor. FalrIlrld twp, 10 %
w. S. Rate. aseessnr Linn twp, $50
Raher Bros, printing, 100
b. Mans. bsatyiba pauyer, etc. ~ 90
VIM. Hoymsa, tsustse DAYTON tp. ! 20
Fl G. EfiNk - - 30
Geo e Smith. for pauper Smith, 8 O6
~ F. 0tUburIy 1r0eroub A1rO ~ ~ ~ M
Trustees Spring dale. e.ecsio0 fees. - GO
Resolved that J. H. Ripley be APP
pointed Bridge Commissioner for the
current year.
Ordered that $50 be appropriated
for the use Of Isaac Simons, Jailor
and the Auditor is hereby suthur.zed
to draw . warrant for the same.
Ordered that the Auditor draw
warrants on the Treasurer for the pc,
diem and mileage, as follows:
Alex. Mofit, ? days, 10 miles, s9.2c
II. G. Coe, l2 9.44
T.C.Prescott, g 20 I0.64
ALEX. MOFFIT, Chairman.
MoREAU CARROLL, Clerk.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Ex-guerrilla Colonel Moshy intends
to run for Congress next fail ID the
Eghth Virginia District and expects
to ran = a Independent candidate.
He yin be opposed BY extreme rad
icals, bat, On his favorite platform
Of placing the Conservative party Of
the State IN accord with the Grant
administration, he believes he win
win b. : handsome majority. So says
: special dispatch. Colonel Nosby
i trying to nee the Grant Admins
tsation 70 get into place and position,
10 probably only wanting reparation
for the sudden manner in which Gen.
Grant put him and those like him in
the war times.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Says the Boston Recorder: "This
is . great country. One month We
receive accusations against . man
appointed to represent the United
States 1t foreign exposition. An
other month we receive = repor,
from our minister that he is . fraud,
and We ignore him. In still another
month be comes home and is ap-
pointed by the President and con-
lirmed BY the Senate Is consul to
Kansgaws, japan. And his con-
6rmation says he was not fraud
That is Just : plain statement of the
CASE between Mr.. Jay, minister to
Austria, Mr.. Fish, Secretary Of
State, and Mr.. Van Buren,, who was
our Commissioner 1T the Vienna ex-
position. Mr.. Van Buren, has been
scondoned.' and Mr.. Fish and Mr..
jay have been left without = case"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Gen. Sherman has recently written
the following letter 10 the agent Of a
firm WHO had applied to him for the
contract to place lightning rods up
on The 6ne mansion which It Was ru-
mored he intended to build upon Or.
ange Mountain, New Jersey:
"WAsHrNGToN, ID. C.
= January 20, 1874.
s.If you end the house am erect
ing on Grunge Mountain, please put
any quastity Of lightning roda, q
attract the lightning Of heaven to
demolish It. I don't care whethes
the rods be round, square or twisted.
anything to stop this nonsense. Ar
chitects, landscape gardners, bsildsrs,
&c, keep writing 70 me about this
house, when, in fact, Il 10 - mseh g
I can DO TO mske ends meet hsre-
and 6nslly ! expect 70 content my
self with . log home On tie prairie of
Kansas o. Nebrasls whon Cengress
turns NE cat 70 grass. Tell Ar. Ly.
On. s4who served under me thsse
vcass,s shaS hi experience - . SOL
der should coaviace him that Uncle
Sam 70 rot % agcncfOus 20 old sol.
tliet, g % enable them 70 have fancy
houses % Grange N6snsain, or ese-
wujssrc. I hsve ! house here. but the
city taxes - for Il shout - much ssI
ry.s1> Ca. ~llrvs,a - ~ ranf. How
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09
SHERIFF. SALE.

by virtue Of special exepution "a
~ 4sseStai. iseuaa from The ONCE Of the
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, In and for the
0f Mary Maynard and againat =. Is smith
Of a.. have levied upon the following prop.
evty - the property Of the sAid b. Il. Smith
et a., O-wit:
the sest half 20 Of the sOnth. west quarter
O[s eQd the vest kalfl}p OF the soul 3 eos
Q4Arter G<) Of section number four (l) liz
tOwnship hnm Der eighty tSal north Of rang.
taining one hundred anu sixty acres and
situated In Cedar County, lows,
And aball ptsr the lsatns foT saie At the
sid oDupty. on Saturday, the 2sth day OF
April, A. d. 1874, at one O'clock. ii. NJ.
of sAl0 day. IN satiMfy sGid sxosrtion aod
e1Sts ~ Nsy sccfas tssfson
JOHN d. HHEARER,
3wm Sheriff OF Cedar Co, Iowa.
PNy A, n, MAYNARD, deputy.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Our materialism b ones moro dis
turbed. A wo have before told our
readers, the Mennonitrs from Russia,
numbering $1,000 souls, are coming
to this country in order that they
may have liberty. Of conscience. They
do not bslieve IN war, and . Russia
has refused 10 exempt them from
soldering" they como to ". No
grander exodus in modern history Is
known. They are coming for prin-
ciple.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

The National House Of Representa-
tives finished tho revision Of the laws
on Wednesday night last, passed the
bill, and reconsidered the motion by
which it was passed and laid on the
table, 10 that the work 10 done a. fal
~ The House il coacerned. BY unan.
imous consent, engrossment on
parchment was dispensed with, and I
certificate OF the clerk that the print
ed copy was correct as passed sub
stituted in its plaoe. There will bt
no trouble in passing the bill in the
Senate, and in = short time thu
seventeen volumes Of general stat.
utes viii be superseded By this one
volume Of about 1900 pages. The
revision has occupied several years.
and brings the work mp to 1872. All
laws passed since viii be regarded NJ
amendments to the present bill.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Mr.. McCrasy's Railroad bin. which
passed the House Of Representatives
BY . vote Of 12l yeas to 1l6 nays, IL
very simple. The main feature is
the provision made Tor the appoint
ment by the President of Bn6sd Of
Railroed Commisdoncrs. nine in num-
bsr, kaviag about the same powers N
regard 10 Interstate CONNER ce Is
TIE 'IIEpoie Board bass in regard to
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

In - sdisorial highly complimentary
to Hon. g. ". McCary, Of lows,
thc Chicago Jonraos states that that
gentleman positively declines re-nom-
ination. The J0ss7sdg considers Mr..
McCssry oGe II - stsongest md
wofshisee q to 1cNs Congressional
dele aAion- end regrets particulafly
the wifhdnw1l because % > whole
our representation Is not strong or
able.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

Senator Sumuer's lest work in Con-
gross WAS to oppose the scheme Of
the Philadelphis tradesmen to cele-
brato whist Senator Cameron calls
ssOur Hundredth Anniversary" by On
'interusti0nal show 1t the expense oi
the United States. He delivered two
speeches on this subject, the FIRST Of
which was delivered in support oi
his amendment to the Centennial bill,
prescribing that the celebration
should be national, that it should b
conducted by the Commissioners up.
pointed under the act Of Congress d
March 3. 1871, and thar the United
States should not be burdened with
any Of the expense.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

The Gazette says We are glad to
perceive the independent candidate
Tor Congress in this district, Ex-Sen-
atr McNutt, is not permitting bis
Congressional aspirations to interfere
with crops. The Muscstinc Joss5sGI
says LIST Thursdsy be WIS narrowing
. 6ed he had sown with wheat Will.
the snow was flying 50 thick that he
could not see from one end of the
Geld 70 the other. This was certain
y ! narrowing spectacle, but probs-
BY was not much more so to Mr..
McNutt, than will Be the Congress
sional election returns.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09
Notice to Bridge Builders

Sealed proposals. viii Be- resolved At the
O'Clock noon. on the 18Th day OF April, 1874,
for ths following bridge work:
For the suparstructure and stone work OF
the James McCiung bridge across Sugar
residence of James McCiung. "A II. span.
For the stone work Of bridge over Rock
Greek. In Ned Oak tp. near the residence q
John Ferguson.
To be b1ilt according 10 plans and specif-
cations which may be seen at the Auditors
once. Right reserved to reject any or al
Evils MoREAU CARROLL, Co, Auditor.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

r1sr Ar, MONDAY Az s, 1874.

r r1sr AZ, AcxDAY Ar s, 1874.
Boz met leoorlind - hw. AL
the members yesent, nc following
busineop Was fSansac6
PetlSlc0 q 40 - and so G1n'
tlemen of Mechanicsville and vicinity
| against the granting Of : license fol
the sale Of liquor. Granted.
Petition of J. A. Htbben for abate.
ment Of tax. Not granted.
Claim fro.p Johnson 60. on acct
Buderick. Not granted.
Petition o. WIN. G. Evans fol
sbatement Of tax. Not granted.
Petition Of Paul Baughman fol
abatement Of tax. Tax Of 1867
abated mot his.
Petition Of Jacob Laubscher for
refunding tax on land owned by r.
II. Co Not granted.
Report of fees received by Wm.
81. yanNess, Clerk Of tie District
and Circuit Courts, for January,
February and March, 1874:
Amount Of fees e875.3
Salary for 3 months 10000
Balance on hand 1888
Report accepted.
Application Of c. w. Hawley,
Recorder, to have index transcribed.
Ordered that the Recorder be author
lied TO transcribe book "13" Of gem
eral indexes in his Office 1t ! COM
pensation Of ten cents for each
description therein, and that the
Auditor procure the necessary book
for that purpose.
Petition Of A. Plank to have tax
refunded. Granted to cover . diff
ference Of asse ssment between tl5
and Is, and el2 and ~. respectively.
Ordered that the Auditor be au-
thorizcd to sell the old material from
tho William Nicely bridge. Ordered
that the action of the Auditor draw
ing warrant on the Treasurer for
$50 to cover premium for insurance
on Court House for Eve years, be
approved.
Petition for bridge across Sugar
Greek near the residence of James
cClung. Granted.
Petition for bridge in Road Dist.
No. l, Iowa TIP, near Zeno Taber's.
Granted on conditions specified and
that petitioners furnish stone.
Petition for bridge across Mill
Creek At Onion Grove, Dayton TIP.
Granted.
Petition for bridge across Rock
Run, Center TIP, on lands owned by
the heirs of VIM. Kiser, at the south
east corner Of Joseph Towards farm.
Granted.
Petition for bridge across head
waters of Sugar Creek, ON Marion
and Davenport alteration road, in
Sec. Z, 81, 8, Fairfield TIP. Granted.
Adjourned 10 nine o'clock Tues
day.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09
SHERIFF. SALE.

Oo4 ~ ~ ABs
by virtue Of special execution to me III
rected, issued from The ofiice Of the Ierk 81
the District Court, In and f,r the cOunty 81
Cedar and state Of Iowa, IN favor Of a. Il
Kane. et al 1 have levied upon the FOL,
lowing property as tho property Of he said
Mathew k4ne Maria Kane ". ~, IN wit.
north west guarttr * and the west hall
20 ef the west half 10 - the northeast
quarter ~ Of section number twenty nins
~ In eOwuship nqMber eighty two M
nDrth Of range mum tor two t2J wsst az tho
NJ, eantRmiag eighty acres and SIT nat,
ed IN Cedar County iowa
And shall offer the same COR saDe at the
Court HOUSE dts0r. In tho town OF Tipton. q
said county. on saturday, the llth day Il
April A. d. 1874. at one 0'clnek n Al III
said day, 70 satiAfy aaid execution and costi
that may accrue thereon, --5faT- !
Dated this eth day Of Mannh A. u. IS7A
JOIN u. AHEARER.
8wl2 Sheriff al Cedar cDnnfv. Iowa
Per n y. MAYNARD. Bepntv. ,ssN
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

The Columbia Is. Co. Pkaaia
comes with this hyena sort Of growl
to cast . last stone 1t Summer:
Among tie last words Of Mr.. Sum
ner were these: stake care Of nv
civil rights BILL" Is il not . littl
curious that, Immediately after hii
death, his body suffered such rspid
discoloration that embalming Was a.
most impossible. What strange
thing It was that the faBatical Negro
wosshiper should have turned black
Ct last. s
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

An exchange says Miss virgie
Welh, Of Wspello, has passed > sue.
cessfnl examination before the Su
psrintendent Of Louisa county ant
received . teachers' certi6cate. Shs
i only twelve years old. Verify tn
world moves. &
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

OsII7osnis stapds Il tie bead. 10!
an Indian, Ill years old.
Six ladiss and gentlemen made the
nos1inaliens 6or CITY officers in Gien.
woad, \ b lay.
The tsal namb 4 lsqaG p
Ioon II Ohio ,which have bee1a CID
Cd BY the woman's crusade i about
300.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

IT. = = + = = z. - .;.s ,,ss !: ::
4O1 f.,
Il \ eixhs bay, sasAl yssrs Cd. rhla Horss
haq On used tDr breeding purposes. IN this
COZ y. Sor for the last nve years: and ~ 4
Is srovs the stock Of horses than any 9th
er horse In the country. His stock spcnks
for itssif, and ~ Persona who pAtronlssd
t IN ana a.e veil sssisiisd with he result.
Also. the imported heavy draft Hofse.
II ETH y e BY.
mi. aorss r ~, es, , bay; rising Il !.
fully masursd. 70 % ! valuable aeauisision
e i az Sc sssisi sssn Husss
SOVEREIGN.
ss = So Zer ass s fsss r Ts.ss
cola We're 6osS Aired 81 Ihs cslebrated
horse NETHERBY. Imported into Canada
fsn e "a = aS sss
IT.. W. yssss Ao-.. were purchased =. !!
>
that this u G1pd Oppuf1unity ~ Improve
still further The rUputAtton Of thin c1Nos 81
horses continues steadily 20 lnctsasss ena
farmers are nov pretty well o0nvtncs4 hal
they are the only kind u pays 70 FAlss. nOs
only Tor farming purposes, but Also Tor
ready sale. on eocOunt OF their weight. 90
ticn. atyle and durability.
These Horses were purchased In Canada.
by the subscrteer-in person, who. from
long experience among thia clese OF b .fnes.
selected thai stock which had the best fepu
tn ion, and can therefore certify TO their
being genuine Clydssdale Horses.
TERMS:
As the subscriber believes In the motto
.Live and Let Live and not In charging
the price OF . colt for the service Ut the
horse, and In order 10 bring these horse%
within the reaeh Of all he will Insure ~ The
following reduced rates:
Comet, GA; Netherby, el0;
Sovereign ia;
payable on the nrst day Of february. 1873.
All mares disp0sed Of bei0rei the lst OF Feb
ruary. 1873, will be charged a. season mares.
All accitlenis Ut the rick Of Ognen.
N. b. Pedigrees of the above horses car
he seen NJ my resfc ence. JAMES (3hEi0,
Ciarence, March Nth. 1874. sml3
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TER Ms.
Whs WIN yos
aaaI nna

Sui DFe
TesllDessona snaer.
ling ffpGA 0hsQnsnnsiom
lNeurAlgta CIAWpe In
the limbs or ~ Enach
Bilious Colo. Pain In
Ithe back, bowels or
fside. we WDul0 say.
tn. HOUSEHOLD PAN
ACEA and FAMILY LIZ
iIMENT Is Of = ! other
the remedy you want
for internal and eater
nal use. IL has cured
The above compiainte
IN Thousands OF casea.
There ID no mistake
about II. Try u. sold
sy all Druggists.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-04-09

J. II. GUssoLUE. Sec'y.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17

bJ- It is scarcely probable that any of
our ladies would like to live at Berck, q
little watering place Boulogne, in
France. Clothes are not wanted. The
fishwoman set the fashion, and the
wealthiest visitors easily follow it. A
single thin garment, falling from the
neck to little below the knee, and
pair of gaily worked slippers, constitute
the entire costume at Berck. Stockings
are unknown; or at least, if any lady
appears with such articles of wearing
apparel she is readily recognized as
new conner. 1t may require twenty-four
hours for her prudery to wear off, but
at the end of that time she will appear
in as scanty dress as the rest. About
half of them dispense even with the
slippers, and groups Of them may be
seen playing croquet, the gentlemen clad
in snowy linen, and the ladies in short
bright colored skirts, but neither en-
numbered with shoes or stockings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17

= I'm the last twenty years the pro-
duct of butter and cheese in the United
States has been more than doubled.
Last year it amounted to $50, 600, 900
pounds of butter and 200, ,0G0, 900
pounds of cheese, of which more than
one-fourth of the butter and nearly one
half of the cheese were made by the
State of New York. The cheese fac
tories numbers about 1900, employ
about $4,000, 900 capital, and use the
milk of three-fourths of a million cows.
The american Grocer states that the
production this year is likely to greatly
exceed that of last year, but does not
believe that the production will, even
exceed the demand. The cheapening
and improvement Of butter and cheese
by artificial means will tend rather to
overstock the market. s1 taA oausnima
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17

VA gentleman at San Francisco in
speaking of the extraordinary progress
which California has made in agricul-
ture during the past few years, ssAys,'
that if the surplus wheat of that State,
estimated at 600, 900 tons, were loaded
in carts containing o ton each, and
started overland, the head Of the pro-
cession would be entering Boston before
the rear had left San + Francieco. This
calculation allows two hundred teams to-
the mile. It would also take six hundred
ships Of thousand tons burden each to
convey away this quantity of wheat.d
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17
HOW wAsHoE UNDRTAKERs SET
THEIR C0FFINS FOR CUSTOMERS.

A night or two since, while on, his
beat through B street, Officer Shirts
found an inebriated individual reposing
on bench in front Wilson & Browns
undertaking establishment: The officer
shook the fellow. until he awoks him
from his drunken slumber, then ex-
planned to him thathe would be obliged
to escort him to the station house unless
he hunted other quarters. The man
told the officer that he was stranger
in town, that he had but four bits, and
the night being warm he had concluded
it would be good economy to sleep out
doors and save his four bits to buy his
breakfast in the morning. Not being q
hard-hearted man, the officer told the
fellow that he might finish his snooze,
provided he would get up and move out
Of sight before the people were astir on
the streets. Passing that way again in
the course of an hour or two, Mr.. Shirts
found that the snoozer had rolled off the
bench and was lying in the empty case
of coffin which was sitting at the edge
of the sidewalk. Rousing his man
again, the officer told him he "must
get out of.that."
"Out of what?" grumbled the fel-
low.
"Out of that cofin," said Shirts
though it was but one of those large
coffin-shaped cases in which cofins are
shipped.
Who's in coffin ?" said the fellow,
rubbing his eyes. r--,
Why you are," said Shirts.
If am I don't know it."
"Well, know it, and if you don't
get out of that it will be the end of you.
Don't you know that if the undertakers
get up in the morning and find you
snoozing in there they'll clap lid on the
coffin, nail you up and bury you, and
then send in bill to pay your funeral
expenses"
Crawling out of his narrow quarters,
the fellow stood and gazed upon the
coffin-case for time, then said:
"What sort of id undertakers
have you got here in this country, that
go and set coffins 'longside the side.
walks to ketch men?" and without
waiting for an answer he shuffied away
to find safer quarters Virginia city
Enterprise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-10-17
PURE CHEEK.

About the coolest piece Of impudence that
We have heard Of for many day was wit.
messed in the store of Gravier street mer.
chant. A ragged, Iorlcrn looking urchin
entered the store, and. addressing the mer.
chant, piteously asked "a nickel to get my
mother q loaf of blead-please. SIR" A jovial
neighbor, also merchant, with q sly twinkle
In lis eye, thinking TO have joke with the
boy, produced nickel and said MY son;
you do for its" Quick as thought, the boy
Invent down into his clothes" and produc.
log nicael, exclaimed g III match you.
sifl"-Nsso Orleans Pcayune.