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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

IorisyrrIE jan l2-Cottou firm; Middlug 10


LorIsyLIE Jan. l2-Cottou firm; Miidlug. 1855
CScIssATI hrm; Middllng Ice net receipts
7j9 bales gross liO3 baes sales for consumpon loo bales
stock, l2S26 bales.
GAIvgsTos jan l2-Cotton demand light; Good
Ordinary, IA &c Sddng, 1885, net receipts 3f3f bales
ports Britain 490 bales; TO Bremen, 99 bales TO France
$40 bs eoastw ls6 bales sales 900 bales; stock loso5
bales
BALTIMORE Jan l2-Cotton firm; MidilDg. 164c Low Mid
ding Good Ordinary. IA as net receipts ~ bales
gross, 5S3 bales; exports eoastss 80 bales sales 40 bse'
spinners 2O6 bales: stock, l7,O5O ba
I2-Cotton hrm Miidlng, nomnsly 10 2c;
receipts l6l baIes exports, eoastwe $50 bales stock 21i'
bales $3.50,
EgwOHLEAss Jan l2Cotton active and egular Mddng l6
dl6a; Mdilng l5i26 5Ss; Strict Good Ordinary IA
II net reeceios bales l3 205 bales
Great Bna, 3644 bales; coastse lS40 bses sales, 1000
bales evening ZOO bales; stock, 263 lob bales
PHILApELPH l2Cotton firm; Mddlng l67sc Low Mid
ding Good Ordinary l5'i net receipts 1873 bales
gross receipts, J. 463 bales. -
S.yyStH jan l2Coton very firm; Middling, Ice. net
CENTS exports Great Britain g. l67 bales; the Con-
tnen bales ccsis 3O07 baes sales 53G bales stock
lOi,2O9 bales
ST. Louis l2-Coon strong and higher Mdfling l6c; re
eeipts Glg bales; shipments 24S bales; sales, 1913 bales
l2-Coton quiet and hrm hddug lie net re-
cepts 1872 bales 300 bales stock 5000 bales
l2Cotton quleti MdOhng lO2c
bales; sales, LAO bales. - - AZ,
CHARLESTON Jan l2-Cotton firm; Midding 16c Low Mid
ding lh2al51 Good Ordinary. l5c; receipts 349J
France $50 bses coasw.e 2o3s baes sales
/ 200 bales stock. 3d. Ol bales
12COton hTm; offerings light OF high grades Low
mding, l5d &c receipts SOi bales shipments lA9 bales
stock, 81 .952 bales. ,,. -,
NOBLE Jan I2Co,on Mddng, 5c; Low Middling l5c
Strict Onnarv, l4Gc net receipts 2S9o bales gross
036 hses coastSise lOl
bales saes 1000 bales stock. $3.50 bales a.
corrected Mobile market of JAN lO Cotton lower
Mailing 15c; 1896 bales Col baesi
soastwse AL bales sales 63 baei stock, 6S5lf bales
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

AIB,yr l2-whest quiet arm sales RYE steady 9Oc
held higher New Mixed S5 0s7c,
and higher with moderate malt.
ing 10 Canada West 81 80 and
No 81 S. Oats quiet. but held firmly
JAM l2-Cotton firm; Low Middiugs l6s1l5 %
Pour active strong unchanged Wheat steady and firm
Western 0d$l So Pennsylvania 81 SOa$l S2 Common TO
Fair Southern, 81 65d$l 75 Spring Red 81 6OdSl 10 Corn
arm; Southern White do Yellow 82d85ci Mixed West
Southern, 6Oc Western, 5Sd6Oe Rye
unchanged Provisions unchanged aud
quiet Butter firm Rolls, 30d33c EorthWeem Tub
3Od35e Coffee strong 25d27c WHISKY arm sales at 81 o.
but row held 81 OF. .
CsoIss,r jan 12Floar in fair demand and arm Family
25d$7 So Wheat but firm at 81 1881 3d. Coru hm at
quiet unchanged Barley hrm Rye unchanged
demand Pork quiet but hn at 9l5 3D. Lard
quiet Steam $50 Kettle, De- Bulk Meats firm and aI demand
49, fully cured 724c aes Of Clear Sides, fully cured
ali loose. Shoulders 7asc; Clear Rib Sides S49S F
Clear Sides Green Meats business small sales OF Shoulders at
&c; Clear Sides 7ac Hams, &C. for 10 9e Tor
Hogs moderately actye quality Of receipts mostly
common S5dS5 40i receipts $500 head shipments
200 head, Whisky lower; sales at Doc.
Jan. l2Wbea dali; held trm Corn IN improved
demands Old held at New 66c67e Oats quiet held at
5Oc 4Sc. for No q Sic. for White. Petroleum
quiet and steady at lie. for STANDARD White. - $1,000. $3.50
DETROIT l2-Pour unchanged at 81 5OdS1 10. Wheat
active higher 81 6id$l IS for Bri Fl 30 for Amber
Michigan steady 69 Old Gee for New. Oats 10 good
demand 46 Hogs sold at 50 40 Glove, Seed 'O at :; 20
so Corn 7oa72c Oats in good demand At 56e Lard
easier Bulk Hea quiet 64c for Shoulders 62 for
Clear Rib Sides, and SASH. for Clear Sides
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
THE STATE OF TRADE.


LONDON. Jan 12l230 p mConsols for money 92isd92t;
for the 80 <d92 United States FveT bonds 1857
1919 Bre Railway shares 43la
Liverpool jan l2.l2:3O m Cotton to arrive steady No
transactions Breadstufs-Corn, 39 quarter
LvERPooL jan l2-l Cotton u active and smeI Mdthng
Upand Middlng Orleans S sales Is 900 bales In
cuiing 5000 for speculation and export
LIVERPOOL, Jan l2-l:30 m-CottonSaes the bns OF
Mdhng Upsnds nothing below Good Ordinary shipped January
and February Bid do do shipped February and March Sgd
6l6d Do deliverable January. 3l6d sale. on the b.n:
Mdng Orleans nothing below Good Ordinary shipped January and
February 9l6d nothing below Low Mdding shipped jan
and February at S CON- 393d396 quarter Bacon
Clear Midles 3S Short Clear Middles, 1891
LONDON Jan. 1913 m-Erie Railway shares 43kd43ta Pans
dispatches quote Rentes at 5Sf 15c -.
Jan. 1873 mOf the Cotton sales today ll3OO
bales American
IosDos l23:30 p m-Tne Of bullion gone into
Bank Of England balance to-day 2l2l0 Paris dis
patches quote Rentes at 5Sf zoe
ANTWERP. Jan. 12-Peroeum 3OL for fine Pale American .
1915 m.COusos 9ZG92s; for the
seeount 92d92 u PveTwen;y bonds 1858, lO7'a Erie
Railway shares, 43l2
LvgnpooL 1915 m.-sas Of Cotton the basis Of Mid
hing Upnds nothing below Good Ordinary shipped December and
January. at SID Corn 1919 y quarter.
LONDON, Jan. l2.-Talow, 4Oi9G4li y cwt
LosDoS Jan. 12-Evenng Oil at 229 o. ton Spirits
Turptnine, 30l9
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

Loans and DIG G4ONUi IL gdl ttnQOfS... SJlSZbbu
Specie ......... 52C79,l0O Deposits. 2l9G5SVjO
Cir uldt0n.........---..s-' 'lt9'JoO
The transactions at the Clearinghouse for the
past week compare as follows with those of the pre-
yiOus week:
Ceanngs for the week ending Jan s3l5179l3 Is
Oearings for the week ending Jan 10. 45o5OoN IS
Balances for the week ending Jan. 1s1572l3
Balances for the week ending Jan lo...... l78Sy7 81
As an indication of improving business and q hope
full sign of the times, we announce the resumption
to-day of another important banking firm, MessTs.
Gilman, Son d Co., who suspended on the 9Th of
October last. This house obtained a years eXten-
sion from it's creditors the 18th OF November,
having then paid 20 per cent. To-day they have
made another dividend of 40 per cent and propose to
pay the remainder, with interest, the lst of Feb
ruary. We believe this is the first house of the kind
torecover entirely from the effects of the panic
kilograms from Washington to the Wast finan-
,al news agency, this afternoon say that a Iesolu-
ton introduced by Mr. Kelley, intended to take the
sense of the House the question of increased tax
alton or a loan which he calls his schcme) obtained
l55 votes in favor of loan and against taxation, 81
votes having been cast the other side His resolu-
ton requiring twO-hTds vote, we suppose. because
OF some parliamentary reason, was not carried If
1t be true, however, that this vote is a test of how
the House will 10 on the question of imitation, then
everybody might well get his house i'm order
The Philadelphia stock market is steady: Pennsvl-
wanna Skies lO9; Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
70; Reading Railroad, 5Gl; Pennsylvania Railroad,
4S5; Gold iii.
Inc Merchants Insurance Company have declared
adlVldend OF seven per cent, payable Oh demand
lbe earnings OF the Indianapolis Bloomington
and Western Railway for the first week in January
were sS9,52O 81 same week in 1872 sos 1913 SO; in
crease, SlOG1 95. For the year 1873 81 59l S7s 40;
lor the year 1872, $1359,G9O s. GAIN S232 1877 s..
Inc Merchants Insurance Company of New-York
pay semi-annual dividend of per cent ON demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
RECEIPTS Of pRODuCE.

IU NofN HWY Fe6Wb hostv00dS
Jan 12-3 pLgs Ahes plss Beeswsx bbls Copper 4!!7
bales Cation 80 pigs Dried Pru 66S bba Bss 23228 bbs
s1sh Corn bash 0, 500 bush Malt $50 bn,h B,rsy
Hope lab Hides 38 bd Hides 203 bae Skins s95 bbla No.
ses S2l bba koan 1877 sides Le.the BIB phs Tso. 10y
bIs:.s nSs s29 Bee. 100 Dag. pori sso7 saf. Cut
Rice 97 Peesns ia 1900 pigs starch AZ
hbs Tobacco 726 ptgs Tobacco 1863 bales Wool COS bills
Whisky
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
ings for 1878 largely in excess Of interest on bonded

THE RATE OF INTEREST FOR MONEY is always an
important subject to both borrower and lender. An
able and suggestive essay on this topic by Prof. f.
Portland Scientific Meeting is reported fully in
TRIBUNE LECTURE EXTRA No. 10. Price 10 cents.
Address THE TRIBUNE. New-fork.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

demand moderate, and tie market IL
steo, we quote Prime Hsg S2S T tom Good Do S23
S,sT opocd a, l5aSlG short do at S2. ant Dat at SD
steady without change sales to-day embrace 20O
hb N-w-Oreans prices ranging from $50 lJc the former pnee
m Feutng the latter for Choices also 80 hhds Porto Rico at
TAVAL STOREs-The market Spirits Turpentne less
active ,-av bat continued frm the III bbl
Near,sb Al as M Strained Rosn dull and without change 10
rces we aotc 4Ods2 49, At Wilmington there quite
scy4 business including about 10000 hbs in three cargo
lots Al ~ 2Od2 %; gldes inactive and nominal Tar quoted
Al a. ~ 4 for Wilmington
remains q0c casks Crude Fish
Fmte demand Menhsen is quiet but firmly held at 43c
Grade Cotton 4OG4lc OheT Os are unchanged
Pork market nner the
taog from demand fair for the fu tie sal cash
bbs. $l5 for 2ycaroh Mess and SIG for
learoi IS for New do sl3 10 for Eia Pnme sl0 % TOT
500 bb Mess. April $l6 G2 Beef IN fair demand and
Plain Mess 81
ei3 ion Extra Mess $l3O$I 80 for Packet erce Beef
Quiet bat Hams steady but quiet Cut Meats are more
124l3 ayeraxe IOlaG 1857 for 9dl0 average COO Fresh
as Al g2 100 boIes Long Cut Hams at OBJ; 300 fesh
Shoulder Al L. 1860 Picked az Sc OUu tresh behe a.
&c And boxes Clear Bellies II n at e Bacon
active aes Of loo boxes bail ana nan e
January At sl4.; 500 boxes, seller February At S,ec
1000 Short Clear, seller JanGay at 94e ;
200 boxes do do, seller March at sigc; 100 boxes
do do ON 900 boxes do do ~ arrive AZ ana ooo
Clean spot, private terms DeSeu uoes s
In fair demand and frmer supply mOderate quote Al az e
for Wm Lard stronger, though quiet
demand for export light Of go bb and ties
for No l. Cry; 94 for fair u prime Steam ana
100 tc, No FOR iutue delivery hear Of 1oo
tcs seller Jauua gle; 100 tcs seller February at S4
Tor old contracts 9 Tor do 1850 tcs, seller March AZ
g aud 9'sdJc for new do Snd ooo 'cs oo
seller April. at 934d9 l3-lGe.
BrrTi-Recepts to-day 32j4 pigs tie market firm bu as
usual opening the week transactions are limited we quote "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
BANKING AND FINANCIAL

We buy and sell GOVERNMENT BONDS, GOLD and
1OLD COUPONS at current market rates.
We buy and sell INVESTMENT STOCKS and BONDS
at the Stock Exchange on Commission for Cash
We make COLLECTIONS for merchants and Others
81 all points in the United States and Canada.
We receive DEPOSITS subject to draft at 81 ght and
Allow interest at the rate of per cent per annum
Weissue CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT available in
all parts Of the country, and in case of Special De-
posts allow interest at rates to be agreed upon.
We COLLECT DIVIDENDS, COUPONS, INTEREST On
UNITED STATES REGISTERED BONDS, and attend to
ranking business generally, for out of town Banks,
bankers and Correspondents on reasonable terms.
we call attention to the present favorable oppor-
tnnity for investment in CENTRAL PACIFIC and
WESTERN PACIFIC GOLD BONDS which are actively
ueait L. both in this country and in Europe, and
"nieh at current prices are everyway desirable.
FISK & HATCH,
bankers and Dealers in Government Securities
5Nassau-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
THE MARKETS.
JCarcfullv reported for The TRIBuSHl

JCarcfuv for The TRIBUNE - 49,.
MONDAY. Jan. ~, 1874
AsBsThe receipts to-day pgs Pots IN good demand
and inn a 6s1 d7c. Pearls are dull and nominal
COPFBBIhe market quiet but steady resale to-day OF
Also sales at Baltimore per
Qaeen 1900 bags &c. and 800 bags per Mendoei at
26 Mid Cofees active jobbng sales Of 3oo
bags Maracabo. Thets at 2Sc gold
business Cotton at advance OF
E 10 over Saturdays quotations; market closed quiet We
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

Fourth Na,i S c at par; American Exchange u
Ninth N" Nav German American pO at sS. and uso' AZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

auanty
more thu halt q grsde above below quoted.
DELVERN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

Alec.
To- f,nr. delivery the only limited and adj
,,pc M which aewad LOST sales as follows, all on bass
Of Low Middi1gs -, ooo >, n, 90 .
100 is &c n: COO 1870 Penpsry, SO lGsc 400 164c
100 II 732e; 300 l7i4c May, 100 l7ac 100 IL lll6c
100 l7s4 Total $50 bales Ssas to-day no 70 Pa
no notice TO-DAY. 300, Big February 300 l6Sc 600 10
100 Is l$3 200 1G 5s2S 200 Gs 100 l9 732ei 200
800 6 81 3c 500 Is 10 l6c 800 JIG 332c 300 - l6-le
300 rs 2932c 100 IG7e 400 10 2932e; 69S l9s; iVo
April 400 u 5l6e; 100 l7, 100 u 1890 200 I'm 800
17isc. NAV 100 II l3l6c lOO,77; 100 l1sie Jone 700
: 100 Is 1929; lSi4c. Total l44O0 bales Grand
total % $50 bales Saturday evening 100 bales Philade
pha 4.
FLOUR MEAL-The inquiry for -four j. light but with mod
there little change in values; the supply oil shipping
Minnesota
Family grades dull but steady the close the market
shipping grades and for lots on tue tek raler
100 Of 3 N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

"A limited number Of WEST WISCONSIN RAILWAY
tLhsf MORTGAGE PER CENT GOLD BONDS for sale
W AUG. J. BROWN q Son, 50 Liberty-st. Net earn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

svoabe reports from the producing points the market was shade
500 bb 5sf elosng WITH free sellers
pesi Shipping Grade entirely nominal l0-9lOe; ksbSed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

uly sales of 700 bhls We Guott -. oo-s
Corn Corn s ss %S e Cor" as1i
wanna at 80 2OdS3 81 Fancy - 30GS3 35ds3 40 y
100 h. Bag Meal dul Int Gmr Fine white at 81 aoqSi 90 90,
yellow 4jdS So Pure Coarse 81 4Oasl oO' Cob Meal sI@
81 %: Ground Feed. 81 0sl 30.
FEFGTS-The business berth freghs moderate to-day,
with rates irregular aud tending shippers In charters very
~ vas done the supply of vessels limited ample for the wants
about previous rates were current he
Prise Liverpool b. stesm, - 600 bnsb Grain at 2 2oD boxes
don nv s 40 l02d d. chiefly at the lower rate
900 bils Fonr at 3D. and 266 bh Lurstng OIL los To
Italian bark hence orders and United Kingdom with 36uo
o Grain in bak Ga sv DAYS partially EXPIRED two Nor
0 NJ n I'd both onethr in ships bags; Norwegian bark
begce 70 Liverpool 500 bills EaIhha, 1s British bIg
hence TO adect port United hngG'1 WIZ I'oVV oos % e.
troeum is Norwegian bark from Phsdelpna 10 CoS or
orders United Kingdom ana Continent with LOU 1o hehned do
private tens -, 49,. s,,.
SINNERS hold a. though hight Winter Is IN limited
supply the close the market is unsettled and lower
Tor graded lower and in tins the decline the mos,
notice.b quite dull The sales 10000 bush at
II 55d$l 81 for Uugadd Spring Iowa Dakota aEd minnesota
81 81 Chcsgo Spring. ~ $50 II 81 for No DO CO.;
~ 81 for No do dos 81 81 81 for No Milwaukee, 81 90
Rel Weten II 90 or White Mctisan the ae are I36y0o
including 81 200 bush Ungded Iowa and Missouri at II 50a
~ 81 700 bush Ungated Sebsks Dakota and Minnesota at
IL 200 bush Minnesota 81 G1aSl 6s 100 hush
No Nohw at 81 640Tl 75 400 bush No 60 at 81 6I
10 200 bush No. DO at 81 b6d%l oG iovVo push 10
do to arrive II 10 ds,s eco BUSH Wh Ra'D Spring
a, 81 So and 900 bush Red Western at 81 20 in store.
BARLEY is 6uoyaut freely oG sales Of 10000 bush Canada
Weat 81 sOG$i 1000 busb Good No Western at
81 Malt Is quiet and tme os are bet,ef Sna t ue
an fair for the ade; safes GS0O0 bush New Ohio Mixed
m a. Gee and DO ODE White at % 2a66 Black al
GI2GIc Mixed at 60 Gjc aho Whit at TO 6oc
Stse Mixed afo and 10000 bush Mixed to arrive this
month 81 qute and Corn again higher aud
strong the Ggg IN part spcuue tho1gh mainly
in store and o. New Mixed at - dSsc; Western
White at SGdsgc New Western Yellow Fl @7e' southern ieo"
AZ SOC Afo, Southern 9Oc. deliverable at ionkers
or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13
o.. The bids are as follows

The Rank Statement compares as 1oiio"s WILL
former returns; - : - -.
1878 Dep:da- Loans SPs'i'. Circulation s Leg Ten
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-01-13

Loans and Die S265 $4,000 Legal Tenders coo
Specie - S2G79IOO Deposits. .2l9 GjS, go
CT uIAtlOll.... -. = .JUl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-12
s.b,aaarise Pholoxr.phy.s

Dr.. r.Nsumryer's plan of sphotograph-
ic appsrstus, designed for the dstermin-
.tivn 0f. the Temperatures and currxnts at
the bottom Of the sea. is described ~
follows: A copper boz, hermetically
sealed, 10 provided with an exterior ap::
peudix made Ikea rudder. "a mcrcu-
rial thsr.nometor and = compass ars, in
the interior. each in = glass receptacle,
into which are admitted traces Of nitro
yen gas. I, smail electrical battery
completes the cortri,.nce: When the
apparatus is lowered into tho sea. at
IL. he'd to sounding line, the action Of
the current "n the rudder indicates the
ut Of tho how, by the relative p,,.ition
of'the c"up..s - u~edis and rudder he
temperature 10 recorded BY, the .ther-
nlo,netsr To fix these indications, u
piece of photographic paper is suitably
disposed near the glass case containing
the INSTRUMENTS. At the proper mo:
n'eni. current Of electricity is est.b.
l'sh-d through the gas III the receptacle,
causing an Intense violsnt change, cApa-
bic Of acting chemically upou the pa
per for y sufficient length of timc to
allow Of i"pre.sin: pho azraphicAlly
thereon the Images ut ,he couapass-
needle and Of the mercury column
The tune repaired Tor tn. register is
said I" be three minutes. after which
tho instrument is hoisted. the paper re-
u'"vrd, aud replaced by another t,r a
second observation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-12
The Fi.xl Stea n, boat.

At Sheperds'own. in Jcfersoa Coun-
y, West Virginia, the 6rst steamboat
was built General Washington and
Governor J.h"lon, Of Maryland, were
the patrons Of the enterprise, After
the war they procured t"gcther the ill.,
corporation OF the =. toulac Company
ny their respective State. And in 57S5
kuuIscy demonstrated t" them ON the
Potou'ac, the discovery that beat
oouid be propelled by steam up stream
against the current The boiier aud
n'achl"ery for Kumsey's steamboat were
u'ad. at the Ca.oct'n lron Fu.nace, in
Frederic County, owned by Johnson
aud some Of his brmhers The gentle
n4an Of the Po o"'ac c"uu.y then used
logo t" the Baltimore Springs, to Ir'uk
the waters, aud this experiment ot
kuu.sey's' Of steam Nav,ga I'm, Was
certified to have BEEN SUCCESS by
Washington, Johnson, aud ether eu,.-
uent mcu then present. The first 81 ean'-
"oat was propelled on the Potomac the
6,st bniler Was made i" Frederic Cuun-
ty. t~e",y years before Fult'" perfect
ed .he idea aud applied 1t Oh III. uul-
A,lll. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-12
!. a Marriage Discoun u I .

A few years since Boston divine was
called upon to unite 4 jolly old couple in
the bonds of matrimony, and Just rs they
we're. pronounc ID man and wife, another
couple entered the room to he Joined
likewise. The moment the two latter
entered they were somewhat surprised at
seeing the divine receive the splendid
ransom of a new and bright half dollar
from the hands of the newly. married
bridegroom. Our eminent divine imnle
diately thrust the money into his pocket,
and then cOngratulating the happy pair,
babe them adieu, and at once commenc
ed upon his duties in performing the
marriage rite for the remaining couple.
Being pronounced man and wife, the
youthful husband thrust his hand into
his pocket and pulled out the same
amount, an equally bright. new half dol
lar. and presented it to the divine: where
astonishment at the magnificent amount
and remarked:
My customary fee on such occasions
is five dollars" s.- .r
"You married the last old ugly couple'
said the: indignant young bridegroom
''fnr fifty cents, aud hnY you dare to tai
ME ten times that amount, merely be
cause we are young couple" The
good divine, placing his glasses scvera
inches above his nose, lmked the young
man full in the face, and then said:
II have ne:er married you hut thi1
once, while have married the former
man five times, and on such occasion.
duty demands = liberal discount to. til.
trade!" Suffice it. to say, the remaining
four dollars and half was forthcoming
and with smile the bride and bride
grown took the nearest way to the door
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-11-12
Tho Kind ofstuf Lawyer. are made

Ansold lady walked into Z lawyers
of1ce the other day, when the following
conversation t0Ok place: l.ss. ia :.
Squire, called to see II you would
like TO take this boy and make lawyer
Of him. ysa = rti4: IL, "ss,sI /
This boy appears rather young, mad.
am How old tsle :" -
"Seven years, SIR" s@>.. -: ss's.@. y.
"He is too young-decidedly too
young. Have you no boys olde. ?"
"Oh, yes sir, I have several; but We
have concluded to make farmers II the
others. told my man I thought this
little fellow would make good lawyer
50 I called to see il you would take him. !
No madam, he Is too young vet tc
commence the study Of profession
But why do you think this boy 20 much
better calculated fol = lawyer than any ol
your other sons ?'' :
why, you see sir, he. is just sever
years old to-day; when he was only fiv@
he'd lie like nature; when he got to b.
six, he was sassy and impudent a. an,
critter.could be and now he'll ,tes
everything he can lay Lis hands on"