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Marine.

The British ship Ryerson, from Tybee for
New Orleans, before reported ashore on the
Florida coast. was foated off February l6
and towed into Key West on the seven.
teenth by the Coas: Wrecking Company's
steamer Winants.
The British bark Paulina. Drever. from
New Orleans December 10 for Bremen. put
into Milford February l6. leaky.
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TOBACCO AND CIGARS.
'MARSHAL'S SALES.

A. Duteil VS.. fl. ChauraDt a. Co.; Bradish
johnson 4 Sons VS.. Chaurant Co.
In THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT, FIFTH
Il Circuit and Distr ct OF Louisiana, Nos. 1894 and
6S67.-Bv virtue of a writ OF feri faciss to me di.
xected in each of tse above entitled suits, viii
proceed TO sell TO the CHEST bidder, on SATUR-
DAY March T. 1874 at twelve O'Clock NJ, at the
entrance to the Customhouse, on Canal street In
this city, the following DE- scribed property, viz
THE BAKERY and all the Fixtures and Iron Safe,
No. 90 Decatur street; and the Machinery No. IL
Cont street, the property Of the defendant In exc
tion. J. A. Dhemecourt.
Seized in the above suits.
Terms-Cash on the spot.
United States Marshafs Office New Orleans, Jan
nary 81, 1874
&. B. PACKARD,
jsu fel4 20 mh7 United States n&Eshal
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GRANT PARISH PRISONERS.
Trial in the United States Circuit Court
Judges Woods and Durell on the bench.

Trial in the United States Circuit Court.
Judges Woods and Durell on the bench.
District Attorney Beckwith prosecuting.
The first business was to obtain two more
jurors. After but little trouble the required
nhmber OF jurors was obtained.
The panel, not engaged. was discharged
until next Monday morning.
DIR. Ellis, one of the attorneys for defense,
asked that the witnesses be paid mileage
and time. The court will answer hereafter.
Clerk Woltiey read the indictment. a long
document, which contains all the legal red
tape, technicalities and cepetitions used in
such documents. 1t makes twenty closely
began reading it rapidly at ten minutes
after one O'Clock; he completed his task at
half past four.
The court then adjourned until this morn.
ing.
The jury is composed Of Messrs. II. Nils
paugh, Henry Long, Charles Evans, L. Fon.
tenot, Thomas Mcdonald, James Simpson,
F. Frye, Lawrence kenney, Arthur Perrot,
Simeon Esnar6, j. o. Egans, Pierre Ramos;
seven white and five colored. As body
the jury is evidently an intelligent one, and
the remark was often made in the court
room.
The room was quite crowded yesterday,
attracting the attention Of several lawyers
Now everything is prepared to call wit
nesses, and that will probably be done the
first thing this morning.
The prisoners look as if in good health,
and do not seem to be in the least excited.
AS deputy marshal last evening started
for Alexandria to summon more witnesses
and to attach others, he will not return in
defense are beard the trial will las: about
four weeks.
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Fire ae Delta,

a dispatch received last nigh. from
Delta. Madison parish. by Senator J. II.
Crawford, announces the destruction by
fire Of the house of Colonel Towne, at
that place. The building of Senator Craw.
ford, adjoining. was not injured. The ex.
tent OF the confagration or amount of prop.
ert4 DESTROYED WAS not mentioned
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BALLS.


SPECIAL NOTICE.
Parties desirous Of prscuTing ladies' invitations
for the
(iRAsD. FANCY DRESS AND MASK
To be given by the
CESyiEMENS HEBREW BENEVOLENT AS
SOCIATION. AT
EXPOSITION BUILDING,
On Saturday Evening. March 2. 1874.
Will please make application 10 any OF the under
signed committee:
SIMON COHN No. 1872 Poydras street.
JOSEPH MAGNER, No. l58 COa,mon street.
HENRY MEYERS, No. "a Chartres street.
J. SANDAK. No. Al Char.res street.
SELIM BARNETT, No &c Canal street.
N. J. SHWARrZ corner of Ursuline and Decatur
streets.
A. BLOOM, corner of Magazine and Eatchsz
alley.
JOE SIMON, No. 6 Magazine street.
LEON MEYERS, NJ. SO Common street.
MAX BRAUN No. Gil Magazine street.
LEON LEVY, No. i05 Canal street.
No lady will be admitted to the ball without an
Invitation. feZ5 Hhl
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A correspondent of the Baltimore Anaeri'
can Gays that General Leslie Coombs, of
Kentucky, now nearly ninety years of age
is more active than most men of fifty
years. He wears his own brown hair, al
most untinged with gray, and has rosebud
in his buttonhole.
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NRAND FANCY DRESS. MASH
AND
FIREMEN'S BALL
1OUlSIANa HOSE COMPAN

at GRUNEWALD HALL SATURDAY EVENING,
February 28 1874 for the benefit of the Relief Fund
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGBMENrS-R H. Ben
ners chairman James 1. Day, A. J. Stringer, 10
se eph p HOrnOr, H. Schierman, II. z. Buckley, Phil
Beck Charles r Howard John Slider, Chris. Mad
den, John Cottreaux
Tickets, So. App pcatiOn for Ladies' Invitations
TO be left at the Engine House Proposals for rent
OF Bar Hat Room and Restaurant to be addressed
10 r. II. BENNERS, No. 81 Camp street.
ial8 25 % I'm
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Trains Delayed by the Rains.
MEMPHIS, February A.-No trains have
arrived here on she Memphis and Charles
ton railroad si1stSaturday, owing to heavy
rains. The 1isiasippi Central il badly
washed north Of Grenada
A number Of exeursionises from the New
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The third grand dra wing, March Z.
The third grand dra wing. March z.
The third grand dra wing, March 7.
The third grand dra wing, March 7.
The third grand dra wing, March 7.
OF the Louisiana State Lottery Comp any.
OF the Louisiana State Lottery Comp any.
Of the Louisiana State Lottery Comp any.
OF the Louisiana State Lottery Comp any
OF the Louisiana State Lottery Comp sny.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
AND SCHEDULES

HVETTIIONS hND SNHEDCLLJ
Prepared strictly according to She bans.up. !a~
general orders of the United States Supreme
Court and rules of The United States District
Court, BY JOHN $. CARTER
At the Office Of c. s. Kellogg, Register IN Bank
ruptcv, Customhouse building. New Orleans.
RlnI lrs alArax harnG Hnl
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. w. HANDLlN,
ATTORNEY and Counsellor Mt Law.

formerly Judge of the Third District COurt)
VIII give special attention to collection of bills
the settlement of estates and commercial suits
Office corner of St Joseph and Fulton streets, New
Orleans Louisiana oc26
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PrO6abiliti

veering to northeast, followed by cloudy weather
For the Ohio valley, South atlantic and Gulf
States. continued Gortheast windss clouds and
rain.
For the uppe, fakes northwest winds and partly
cloudv weather. followed by northeast winds and
possib bly, snow.
yhe rivers continue 70 fiss a:C.Scinnati. LouRs
vile, Memphis and Vicksburs.
River and Marine Newss
sorsHwxsr PASS. February q. oP. M.-Baronnetet
1920 Wind north Arrived-Brig Ecp.e Gar
riga, masttr .lx days from Havana; schooner
Iy Of the Valley, aei' ch, master, five days from
Utilla; bark Racer !uudren, master fifty. four
DAYS from Liverpool; ship Ad vice w bllace rpas-
ter fifty dl.ys from Liverpool; bark Albert
Anderson, nasty forty sigh, days from Havre;
ship strath an. forty davs from Lverpoo Jar
man. master. SAILED zip John Bunyao, schoones
W L. Bradley and ship Bolivia.
Pass A-LouTRk, February "a, 8 P M-Wind north
light weather thick Arrived French bark Prince
ship Queen OF the ersey, Fleet ,ster. Sailed
steam hip Mississippi, barks Victory and EUROPE
and schooner w. B Fisk
VlcksBukG, February za.-,'p- Pargoud, at "A NJ;
Fannie aum, al 10 A. ". City of Quincy at ! A.
NJ Lady Les, at p. N. Down-Exporter at 10 A.
d.. Baob ,ge and barges at !2 NJ; Frank Pargoud,
at 10 a. NJ; Natchez, at II A. VI. ArrivedSJos
Kinney, at IL A VI. Cold and sainng. River fall
MEMPHIS, February "a .-aiver rising rapidly.
weather cloudy and cool, with indications of w.
Arrlv.d-hlla, from White river; Belle Lse, from
new orleans, and Baum, from Cincinnati Departed
wbeiie wnei texas for Pine Blsf Legal Tender, for
White river; Minnie Lee, ior C'ncnuaCi: Colorado
fof ~. Louis. and Capitol City Tor yicksburg.
| CisCIEHArI, February 2t-River forty three feet
Blk inches rising. Weather clear and colder.
| PITTsBUBG, February 24-River fourteen feet two
| inches aid failing. Weather clear and pleasant
| LOUISVILLE February 24-Ryer rising about one
inch per hour; twenty feet six inches over
| falls Partially clear cold weather. Up-Belf4st.
| from New Orleans to CINCINNATI; Mitchell, from
New Orleans to Louisville
ST. LOUrs, February A-Arrived - Kountz and
| Republic from New Orleaus Departed-City of
| Heleua for Vicksburg. Weather clear and cold,
| Some ice running in upper streams.
| EVANSVILLE February A.-Clear weather. Mer.
curry 2so to 3so River thirtys'x feat and rsing "a
| rc0NrrHuRD ON r1nurv n.0-
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VOLUME Vino. 273.
ADJUSTMENTS.

CADEMY OF MUSIC.
Monday, February %. 1874.
FOX DENIERs
II L NJ p TY d U Nj = + \
Pnntomime Troupe.
vor On. Week only and Saturday Matinee. tt22
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lCoN1UuxD ON xz01TH RA0x. ]
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GO TO TEXAS
VIA rmE
Lone Star Route.
tEl.ena.lgs.r and o,sa. gsrtler. R.Rl

tIaierlaiigN.' and Cred g0rtlera n. RI
DAssf NlEIts giving a. Texas via NesnphI.
a aud Liillr isock, " VIA Shreveport, aFikr
thA Tue ~ i.Dnglew, The Brsi Haufe 10 raIrs
tine, iisarnc. waro. AusfIn. Huntssll NJ. Uoaa,.
Ion, galtesion and al points 10 Western. Cen.
tral. Easclu and Solfhrru fexas
Pa~cnFefs via New OYkans VIII find h tbs hsss
Route 70 fsier. Mincois. Dallas, Oyrsfoh. crork.
81. Ionstiew and all points IN Eastern and
hoftllrs.srrI Tear-.
This line i Esi buHf. Thoroughly equipped
with EVER inodrrn impfutemenf. lnrinasnr New
and EireHnt Day Carrhes. f,nllInan Palare Slrvr.
lng CsE., Wesingheu~s Ar IIrake.. Mixer "a.
tent safety Platforms aud ennpirrr. ard nowhere
fisc ean The ra@Asngrr - rarnl,lessIy depend on
asprcsiy. sale aud comfortable lnufiies.
The IlNE STAR Keilie ~. aiasfrshiy An.
-Nerei ilss giirFf: .lIpw d, 2, o. Trxa.s' ~ lhr
pahlicsfiua a az inierrsIng and truthful dsscu.
mrnf. rnnfalninf Salsrslar and esrrerf mar,
Wiki rin ~ ,liainrd. Ifes n rll-rr ~ asllrr.s-
M The tst.NENAf TirkET AGENT. Tntssna-
iloasi anil tirsi northern haIiFuad. Heusson,
TcNas.
Disrirt .. Fra,. III.
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FEVER AND AGUE.

FEVER AND AcrE cured Cor ncv coats There q
not vsis agent ~ this world that will eurs W sSr
and AEue, and all other Mslsriru-, fignus scsrlsi
IyPhoh Yellow. and oihsr Feyers laided b. RAD.
LIEF. fify cents per beiie.
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MAKES THE WEAK STRONG.

TIC Ierarian syrsV, q Pretecf-
81 Solution Of the Preferable or
lroHr IL so combined az % hars
he character Of an affss<Hf, as
cusifu di0csfed and asstpsifofeef
fgifh the Mood as fhe sfsHplsss
FOOD. 40 increases The quantity
or Nnfnrc's Oscn Yifuflxia0
Ancaf, Iron In fhS Mood. aud
cures ga fhonsuHf fffs, - sluspiY
tuIoIlsea tJ,, TnvigorafiaU and
TifaiisifiD ntc System. The en-
riched aud Ulfafixcf Mood per-
slcufcs ercru part offAs bedu,
repairing damages and fcusfe,
searching ont morbid secre-
Tons and Tearing nothing for
discnse 20 feed upon.
This fs the secret on fhe scoa-
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curing Dyspepsia, Liver Conn
plant, Dropsy, Chronic Diar-
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Chills and Fcvcrs, ITumors,
Loss of Constitutional yigor,
Diseases OF tho Kidncys and
bladder, Female Complaints,
aud uH diseases originating fss
y Dad state Of Inc bto0d, OF 40
eontpnHied bU debility or q fs1C
sftffe or the sVsfen. Beiag FREQ
from dicohof, fa anD forpss dc
elergisifG effects ara net fol-
toured by corresponding s-~ac-
Uosis Out are f,<rnsunenf, fufts-
tflt1 Strength. rf0or. aud ufS0
uIe Into au parfs Of fhc system,
a,,a building np aa Ires Con-
Thotfsapds hare BEEN changed
Nv nc ace offhis remedy, from
wedh, sicidDs SUFFERING crca-
turcs, 20 strong, hcaffkU, and
ndIpu men aud fcoBsruf aud
snrafisfs cannot reasonably hes
sfafe 70 givc " q trial.
See dat each bottle hos PERU
WAN SYRUP bosoa ia fhe gtasss
Pnmphiet. Troo.
stTH v. FowlE a SONS, propdeion,
Ne. I siissa riass, ss.ss~.
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Prospectus for is74--seven,h Year.
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livery Day an Increase in Flesh
and Vsiglt is Seen and Fell.

yrrry 6rnp q me sARsAPaRrLLIAS Rvsol,-
rkNf eamauFrafss ihr.agh the Bisspl swrat Trina,
ani ssher Finss ard iscsse " ihe ss~sm ne signr "
lns IsS u Tesirs the tases o. ID. bedy wlih sRi
l:lsBdnlar dsss-e ricrrs N lie tirssf. naass To.
mara saaesla the las and sfIrr pars- a sF sy-ss
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~ .sra fin I'm ~ ssss-ss k.sg.lsss.. Fsssr
Arts, Blaek sp.ts Npnns W the Firsh. TunosS csn.
IN the Womb and al ss@ksnlnr ard pssngal az.
rhzrret. kixhi sseas Les " ri~fH and All ~asaes ~
tne We Pssssgls arc villain ne eursii,- vsass M.
Prov any person using AIR sher 81 these form. u
esseass ~ potent roysf 10 cure shfua.
the psiisus, dsily becondnx rraaeed ~ ne waf.rs
snd a.e.tpon,iaa th.f = e~sfnnally prurre-stnz
WITH nym a.slsr.s nsds frsaa sshhy blas--ahA ans
the sAhsAFAEfflfAx win anil aa.ss ss~ar-s eafs
n eertsIn; ff Visa sncc fh- Fin<ay ecntIs< is
serf " pursealsn. snf s.errea< ~ aslss-Ains 10
IN pateni wilitrs him ersstse hsiss sI sfrnssf
ne ICED srssnx sriisf, sRpsfiis inaprvsas. si ssh
and weight lItffra~inT,
70. only dor. NC ssrsvsaauas Hrsetrys, excel
fuiaas csastiuslsa and sain dlssa.ss. sus b i lss
Kidney % Bladder Cosspiainis,
rris.Fy sna wsnb ai-ssss orsssl, Dahstrs. pr-p.-,
sspPses 81 Wa~f lneaaflarre- 81 crins Eflxfs BE-.
ss-s, AIbaniasria ard IN 81 rz<~s wiwTs ghsrs are
bftckdna deros or ihr wsfer thiex. ei~n&v maxsd
white ala. % ~ = m.rbll asrE biEsas aglesr.
aire. and whiis bonefurs dzPl&iiA aud hen tsfr
prrkine. burninx synszilsa sisa ps.zias snasr AZ
tas N ths s1aaii sf ths s.ss ass sis.s Ihs Lis.1
Tamor Of ~ Years. Growfa
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

perrscfiy tzs;rie~ ci~rsauv eazfea vim susst rs,
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i@a1echs. coa<fiDeti Co<iFrnr<x Indi<p-tL.n tlys
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Total, $4,000 Gifts. all Cash ,sss.,--i
amounting to 1885,. $500 900
THE concert and distribution Of g;.ts win posi-
Il lively and uneqEirocdify tske plare on the
day now liked, whether all the Tickets are sold or
not and the Z 900 giis all paid In prupoftion 70
the tickets sold.
PRICE or TICKETS:
Whole tickets $50; Halves SIS Tenths
or each coupon, So: Eleven whole Tickets
for S50n. Send for circular.
M The time for the drawing Is near at
hand. and persons intending to purchase
Tickets have no time TO lose.
-. HOS y RRAMLETTE,
Agent Pub Lib Ky, aud Mzns ser Gin Concert,
Library Building, Lauissllle ny.
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Those who now usethe RATCHED SCREWS
say they would MOI be without them ON any ac-
count, because
A la. An old or weak hand can work n.
"a. One hand can pres rs hard with the Impro,-
cd screw as two or three mon with Cha old Kind.
I'd. Thfec hogshcads can be prrssed with this
s.rew In the saline time As two hagsheads with the
old kind.
Hh. twill lat planters life tiuie. and can be
worked Ia close room In barn m bad weather
~ well as good.
Price: Wrought Screw and cast Box, with
Rafclet attached, $50 Lever. IS, Ink and Bolts
no chanw.
Rrrrns to J 7 Whitfield and Pogue & Uorbln,
Hilsboro
We aiso Manufacture Engines, Saw Mills, NH
Gearing. Tobarco fixtures generally. Cotton Pres
ses unsurpassed at sIin. Cotton Gin powers.
Feed Cutters, Horsepower. rresheFs, Fan
Mills nc. rAPPr& LUMsDEN 4 60.
March ieiy, Petersburg, Va.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-11
CREMATION.

1t is interesting to learn the origin of
any custom which interests OF divides
public opinion, therefore we cheerfully
give the following account of cremation
among the Greeks. The body was
placed upon pyre built of wood, to
which fire was communicated in the
presence of those who had attended the
funeral; when the flames We're extin-
guished the bones were collected and
placed in urns of various materials.
These were preserved in tombs, built
commonly on the roadsides without the
city gates. The funeral took place at
night. The procession was headed by
musicians; these were followed by hired
mourners, who lamented and sang the
funeral song; after this came the freed
men of the deceased, sometimes amount
ing to n considerable number, wearing
the cap of liberty Immediately pre-
ceeding the corpse were persons bearing
waXen masks, representing the ancestry
of the deceasod the corpse, itself,
placed upon q couch was commonly
borne by the freedmen or by the imme-
diate relatives; the family followed i'm
mcuIuIcIN uINcl, tHo HlCH VIII tucll
heads covered and the women with
their heads bare, their hair dishevelled,
and often beating their breasts and ut.
tering piercing cries. If warranted by
the rank of the deceased, the procession
passed through the forum, and an ora
ton was then pronounced over the body.
Finally, the corpse, with the couch
upon which it was borne, was placed
upon the funeral pyre, built commonly
in the form of an altar, with four equal
sides. The nearest relative, with avert
ed face, kindled the pyre, and per-
fumes, oils, articles of food, ornaments
and clothing were frequently thrown on
while it was being consumed. When
the pile was burned down, the embers
were extinguished with wine, and the
bones and ashes collected by the near
est kin, sprinkled with perfume, and
placed in an urn. AS the Christian re-
ligion gradually gained the ascendency,
corresponding change took place in
the mode of disposing of the dead; !;
bodies were no longer burned but in
tered, and the offices of the church
were substituted for the rites of pagan
ism.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-11

NARROW GAUGE OurDoNE.-A COM
pany has been formed in Merced county,
California, to build n saw-mill in the
extensive timber region in the Sierra
Nevadas near the head waters of Fresno
River, with flume forty miles long in
which to run the lumber down 10 the
railroad, reaching this outlet in the cen
tire of Merced County. near Plainsbury
station. The fume is to be formed of
two 1a-inch planks, one 30 inches wide
and the other 2Sl inches; the 30 inch
planks tapping ovcr The other, are said
to be i'll the shape of q V, with proper
stays. 1t is also proposed to use the
fume for lunning wood from the noun
tains. Engineers pronounce it practica-
ble, and, if successful, it will prove of
great value to settlers in this valley. A
similar tiume has been in operation near
Truckee for the past year with perfect
success. Lumber and wood can be
transported in this way for five per cent.
OF the cost of transportation by wagons.
Another one of these fumes, or "V's,"
is now being constructed from the tim
ber lands of tho Wahsatch Mountains
to intersect the Union Pacific Railroad
at Hilliard Station, using the water of
Bear River.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-07-11
THE DEAOON's GRIEF.

Old Father Brayne, of Syracuse, n
Y, was very popular camp meeting
lea der. He used to tell in meeting the
following story:
While conducting camp meeting in
western New York, a messenger arrived
at the camp to inform him that the wife
of the chief deacon had died that morn
ing. Father Brayne delegated his pow
ers to another, and started to comfort
the bereaved widower. After twenty
miles ride, he reached the farmhouse,
where the deacon lived, about four in
the afternoon. On entering he shook
the widower by the hand, and sat down
in silence. By-and-by he began to con-
dole with the bereaved man, and offered
him all the consolation in his power.
cit is very heavy grief you have to
BEAR" said the minister, "but you
must bear up like man."
Yes," the deacon responded, it's
kind O. rough. Let's take walk
around"
Father Brayne, thinking that the
widower felt i'll and depressed, and that
the fresh air would do him good, read
lily assented. The deacon led him to
his barns and stables, and showed him
over his farm. The parson seemed to
take great interest in everything, and
rejoiced to think that he was helping to
divert the deacon's mind from his terri
BILE sorrow. After they had gone round
the whole farm the deacon said -
Now minister, ye see everything's
in fine order. What would you advise
me to do-bring my daughter and her
husband here to manage the place, or
60 bucking about among the girls again
for another wife?''