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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-13

tits said that three girls are about to
establish a barber shop in Chicago at an
expense Of twelve thousand dollars.
Unless they are pretty girls they will
never get their money back. A dull
razor in the hands of a rreckle faced
and double listed dowdy were an instru-
ment of torture to Bhioh the IRON bed Of
Procustres were as a couch Of elder
down with a patent spring mattress.
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Personal.

Major Dick Mccain, of Nashville,
who has been in the city for the last ten
days, leaves us for home this afternoon.
We are pleased to learn that the Major
is strongly inclined to make Memphis
his future home, having been impressed
with the live, active business appearance
of things in the Blnf City.
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card of Thanks.

desire to return my thanks to Messrs.
Low, Putnam & Low, managers, and to
H. I. Tomlinson, Esq resident agent
in Memphis, of the New Orleans Insu-
rance Company, for the fair and equita-
Bile adjustment Of my loss by fire Janu.
airy 4. 1875, and the prompt payment of
the inll amount this day.
F. NJ. GRUBE.
MEMPHIS, February II, 1876.
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News.

Billy Lieben, at his news stand on
Main street, near Jefferson, has a large
assortment Of Valentines, the latest
papers, periodicals and pictorials from
all points. I
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SCHOOL books, embracing every book
now in use at either public or private
schools in the city, can be foand OF
Mansford's, corner Second and Monroe.
ia
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-13

liz the LEDGER job office can be found
competent, skillful and tasteful printers,
who can give entire satisfaction in the
display of any job of printing. 1881
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REMOVAL.

II. q. Hampe has removed hts bar.
Der shop from No. 10 MADISON
10 No. ~ West Court street,
under Guy 4 MeCIeIIan's Office, be-
tween Main and Front streets. IA
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-13

TIE type, material aud workmen Of
LEPgER job office are as good as the
best, aud hence we guarantee FIRST. class
work and full satisfaction to our patrons.
1921
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-13

THE LEDGER job Office is one Of the
most extensive in the South and capa
BILE Of executing any class Of job werk.
IOQA
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KAHN 4 FRHlBERG.


COTTON.
The market this morning opened quiet
and steady, with prices nominally un.
changed; offerings were good, with a fair
demand. which was mostly for bright
eottons. Sales yesterday footed 1900
bales, of which spinners took 800, ex-
porters 800 and spectators 300; esti.
mated sales for to-day, 1900 bales New
York spots were dull and unchanged,
with futures inactive. Liverpool was
quiet and unchanged, with sales of TO-
900 sales.
COTTON EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS. = STANDARD
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THE LEpeER job Office is in constant
from the foundries Of new type,
embracing all the latest and beat styles.
1891
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opened on Mon
day, marvelously
H ERzoG & BRo's..
$50 Main 81.


Notice!
To my friends and the public generally:
am nc longer with the Red Store;
can be found hereafter at Kahn 4
F%reiberg's, corner Main and Poplar.
la Ton DAVIS.
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VALENTINES, sentimental and comic,
at P. J. Coleman's news stand and cigar
store, No. Coz Beal street. t
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500 Pairs ladies' side laced
cloth shoes, a bargain. az 81.
KAHN Il FREIBERG.
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Ladies' le.thread cloth gal.
tiers. worth S3 Is, at S2 so.
KAHN u FREIBERGs
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For River.

Regular Memphis and Pine Bluff q. 8. Mail
Llne-for Red Fork. Auburn, New GascaI y
and all points through to Pine Bluff. con
nnectlpng with light boats through To Fort
BELLE OF TEXAS, sn
Leaves EVERY TUESDAY, al p.m.
FORT GIBSON, Gs
~ NOWihnu .....~...-. master 6E
Leaves EVERY SATURDAY, at pm,
FOR Freight or passage. apply 10
JN0. N. HARBIN. Sup't,
GLENN & VINsON, Agents
On Wharfboat. foot Of Court street.
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Burn Coke. Sold by coal deal.
ers and the Gas Company. l4l
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SEE advertisement Of Fosters Second
Gold and Land Distrbntion. [sl52
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s,x shaves for 81.

Gentlemen, you can get six (6) good
shaves for one SD dollar and hair cut
and shave for fifty (5O) cents at H.. G..
Hampe's barber shop, No. IL West
Court street, opposite Fritz and Georges.
Don't forget the number and give Henry
a call. l45
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Ladies' slippers and bus
kins at 81.
KAHN s FREIBERG.
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Burn COke.-sold by coal deal
srs aud the Gas Company. l44
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Received daily by express at
1867 VIcToR D. FucHs', Al Jefferson st.
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Burn Coke. Sold by coal deal
ers aud the Gas Company. l44
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STRANGERS, go to C%onverse's, 81 South
Court street. COT
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sTRAYED.

STRAYED-FROM FRONT STREET, A
y mule and dray, No. 490. Twenty-Five dol
lars reward will be paid for their return 10
l42-l4t WAIT 4 LEWIS, 285 Main st.
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$50 Pairs ladies' Morocco
and cloth button shoes, worth
SO 75, at 81 20.
KAHN 4 FREIBERG,
Corner Main and Poplar SIS.
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BouQuErs and cut flowers at craig's,
1881
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Dressed Turkey.

a choice lot received by this mornings
express, for sale low, at Victor D.
Fuchs, Al Jefferson street. 43
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For Sd, PrMncIs RIvAr
To Steamboat Owners,

WEAaE MANUFACTURERS, AND ARE
w ready to supply your boats at almost
drummers. HUME SNfiTuY anu
Steam Bakery, 46 Main st., near Beal.
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o VIckaburs..

Memphis amidst; Louis Packet Co... s. Mail
Line-for Vicksburg and the Bends.
CAPITOL CITY ."~~..-......, 0'Neal. master
EAVES AS ABOVE SUN. m
LpAY. lith inst. at lOa.m. For
AID STORM.
Sup't Mississippi River Eleyator Co.
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Ten Dollars

And upwards pays for making
tIIe new styles Of dresses at
S7S Main street, J.G WATKINS
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NCA UnANo river
Independent Memphis and Wnite Rivar
Packet Line-FOr White River. Regular
Saturday Packet.
QUICKSTEP ...........n... Harry msstsr
T EAXES AS ABOVE SATUR-
~ DAY 18th inst. at s pm LalRhaua
FOR freight or passage apply TO ~
X. W. L1GHTBURNE,
Supt Memphis Elevator Co., Is Madison 81.
GLENN X VINs0N, Agents.
On WharfbOat. foot NJ Tourt 81
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Choice venisOn Hams and Saddles.
Victor u. Fuchs received a choice lot
by express this morning, and for sale
low at II Jefferson street.
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Call and examine our hu.
man hair switches at 81,
$I 80, S@-cIIeapest In the
city.
KAHN n FRPIRPRQ
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LflR RENT-REsIDENCE, FROM lsr OF
u February, three-story brick house, 14l
Madison street; twelve rooms. Apply to A
"a Dennis. 1872 Main street. l27-t
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WAITED.

TUANTED-TWOE EXPERIENCED WAIT.
w ers-none other peed apply at
MANSION H0USB, 1888 Main st
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I0R RENTING. 80 ADAMS ST. CON-
II tains eight rooms. store room. kitchen
and stable; snitable for a boarding house or
Main street. n1-t
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AMusEMENra.
MEMPHIS THEATER
SPECIAL CARDS.


GEARS & GREELEY, NO. "a MADISON
~ street, Memphis. Abstracts and examin-
alton of titles TO any real estate in Shelby
county. All Work Guaranteed.
135-xx-6
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For OInciDnatI.

Memphis and Cincinnati Packet COMPANY
For Cairo. Evansville Louisville and Gin
JAMES ID. PARKER ...m..W Wise. mastar
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE m.a.
" SATURDAY. Feb 18th, 1851
R.W. LIGHTBURNR,
Sup't Memphis Elevator CS.
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NOR RRNT-TWO WE'LL IMPROVED
Il places, four miles out on fernando road,
one twelve acres, the other twenty four acres.
ADply Mt this office, GOT
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BoARDIMo.

noIRn1Ng THE NEW BUILDING.
BNos. 6I and IS nScdison street, being now
complete and furnished. Srs; baynss Is pre-
limited number Of families: lS2.t
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Fnr Arknnana p,ua.

For Arkansas River.
Regular Memphis and Pine Bluff u. s. Mail
Line-For Red Fork. Auburn, New Gaasony
and all points through to Pine Bluff.
FORT GIBSON ..... .Nowland. master
WILL LEAVE AS ABOVE ON ou.,.
" SATURDAY. 18th inst. ua
John uApprN " t.It----t
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For 81. Fraurts nt,a.

For Helena, Mariana. Wittsburg and all
way landings.
CITY OF AUGUSTA..............Bas Basket. mastsr
Tin place Of Steamer 81. Francis),
EAVES MEMPHIS AS ABOVE
~ SATURDAY, 18th inst, at Ikhnh
5p.m.
GLENN & YINsON, Agents,
Wharf boat, foot of Court strest
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FOR RENT.


TOR RENT RESIDENCE 50 GEORGIA
~ street, opposite planning mill; 5 rooms and
all necessary c~onveniences. Also q good sub.
urban residence, 6 rooms, ~ acres ground
and all other cOnveniences, on McLemore ave-
u near and east Of State Female College.
Apply in person or by postal card to
IA, LAG ii. A. PAkTEK. $50 Front street.
FOR RENT-A NICE COTTAGE AND
l. grounds, 8roems. good cistern and fruit,
two miles east Of the city on Charleston rail-
road Also No.3 LaRose street.
l40-l0 W. A. COLLIER, 16 Madison ST.
,EOR RENTAL A BARGAIN SMALL
Il farm. soto IS acres cleared. one mile from
Shelby Depot. Also a small farm of 40 acres
on Big Creek. near Cuba. And a small farm
Of p or 30 acres at Lucy Depot. All in Shelby
county. for rent at a bargain the ensuing year.
Inquire of
.l37.l42 Memphis, Tenn.
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NOR sALE-THE DILLON SALOON,
d with stock. bar fixtures. license. etc, $50
Main street, Bethel Block, corner Of Sopth
Court. Apply Immediately on the premises
for particulars. i20-t
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j. M. WILLIAMS, 2S6 Front st.,
.l37.l42 Memphis, Tenn.
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FOE BALE.

NOR SALE-THREE HOMES. Looted
II rooms and lots; price $500 each.
Two homes, 2 rooms each, iathed and plas-
tered, $500 each.
Two homes. 3 rooms and kitchen, wood
house. ~cistern, etc., oil new. 800 EACH.
Fer terms apply TO W. A. WHEATLEY,
141-147 $50 Main street.
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MEMPHIS, Februatyll, 1876.
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EOR SALE BRICK = ORDERS LEFT
T. with w. II. Order 4 Co., 3lS Front street.
or at yard on 0yerton tract, on the bluff South
Memphis, will receive prompt attention..
SIT o. III. p. PIPER.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

A few days since knot of Hot
Springs visitors put up a job on a
brother sufferer of the North. By
dint of considerable persuasion he at
last took a hand in the high old
game seven up. As the game pro-
gressed-and after the plot had thick
ened-the ''ins" drew knives and re
volvers, apparently with the intention
of slaughtering Mr.. Susceptible, who
at once bolted the ranch, jumped the
town and slid. Several days elapsed
and the frightened gent could not be
found. Rewards were offered for in
formation leading to the discovery of
the runaway, bur all without avail
On Sunday Mr. s. turned up in Little
Rock, shoeless, ragged and without a
cent in his pocket. His arrival here
was hailed with joy at the Springs, for
the fugitive is respectfully connected
and man of wealth. By the infu-
ence of friends he was induced to re-
turn yesterday to the Springs, where
he will be we'll received, and no men
ton made of the rough and heartless
Joke
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10
A Clergyman I'm a Quandary.

The Saratogian has the following:
:" Come in here, you black rascall'
That is what the young lady said.
The young lady, you see, was closing
the window blinds at the twilight
hour, and seeing her little black dog
sitting out on the stoop wagging his
tail and wistfully looking up at her,
her heart was moved with an impulse
of affection toward her pet canine,
shivering in the cold, and wagging out
his mute appeal. So she fastened to
the door, and, throwing it open, gave
vent to the loving expression we have
quoted-'Come in mere you black ras-
cal 7 So far as the dog is concerned
he seemed to understand the terms of
endearment addressed to him, but
when the young lady's pastor dressed
all in black from top to toe, stepped
forward from the shady side of the
doorway he wore curious expression
on his countenance. The young lady
looked at the reverend gentleman and
blushed. The dog wagged his tail as
if willing to divide the honors. We
don't know exactly how it came out.
But report has it that the good man
regarded doubtfully the ebony beast,
glanced at his own broadcloth, con-
cluded it was all right, and accepted
the embarrassed young lady's decla-
ration that 'I-[-meant the other
the other-come in and see ma ="
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10
Yale is accused OF turning out two
hundred Congressman.

Yale is accused OF turning out two
hundred Congressman.
II you wish to make drum stick
set it on the head OF a tar barrel.
No class of men ought to be more
careful in maintaining the equity OF
their moral consciousness than news
paper writers.
Thurlow Weed has offered the use
of 50 900 without interest to the
Mount Lebanon Shakers, who suffered
so severely by the recent fire.
A man fell overheard from an En-
glish steamboat The captain only
asked, Has that man paid his pas
sage? If he has go ahead! l did not
put him overheard
Physician-"Why don't you set a
bound to your drinking, and not ex-
ceed it?" Patient-"So / do, old
fellow. so I do: but then you see it's
so far off that [ always get drunk be-
fore / reach it.
"Mr. Smiths compliments to Mr..
Brown, thinks il unnecessary that his
piggs should 60 through this grounds. -
Answer-"Mr. Browns compliments
to Mr.. Smith, thinks it equally un-
necessary TO spell pigs with two gs."
A Dubuque boy was rather troubled
for fear that he would not know his
father when they both reached heaven,
but his mother eased him by re-
marking: ''All you have to do is to
look for an angel with a red nose on
him"
nThe Noble county boss hog of this
season weighed 935 pounds gross, and
S25 pounds net 1t WAS two years
and two months old when killed, and
for over one year of its life, had
picked up living from the public
highway.
Come here, my little man." said a
gentleman to a youngster of four years
of age, when sitting in the parlor
bled; do you know me?' Yes, sir,
l think do" "Who am then-let
me hear ?'' 'You are the man what
kissed sister Jane last night in the
parlor Jane tainted.
A Kentland mother oiled the heads
of her precocious youths with coal oil,
and then absented herself from the
house awhile. One of the boys light
ed paper, which ignited his hair
dressing and his hair burned off in a
jiffy.
Young Tom has stopped the New
York Staver because it contained
only eleven continued stories. He
now takes the New York Raver,
which is running fifteen stories at one
time, and eight of 'em are about
Injuns and Pirates," he says.-Nor-
ristown Herald
A city chap visited the Shakers at
Lebanon some time since, and as he
was wandering through the village.
encountered stout hearty specimen
| of the sect, and thus accosted him
well, Broadhrim, are you much of a
Shaker?' Nay" said the other,
mot overmuch, but / can do a little
that way" So he seized the aston
ished man by the collar and nearly
shook him out of his boots.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

When Bacchus was a boy, he jour-
neyed through Hellas to 60 to Naxla;
and, as the way was very long, he grew
tired, and sat down upon stone to
rest. As he sat there with his eyes
upon the ground, he saw little plant
spring up between his feet, and was so
i much pleased with it that he deter
mined to take it with him and plant
! it in Naxia He took it up and car
ried it away with him; but, as the sun
was very hot, he feared it might withcr
before he reached his destination.
He found a bird S skeleton, into which
he thrust it, and went on. But in his
hand the plant sprouted so fast that
it started out of the bones above and
below This gave him fresh fear Of it
withering, and he cast about for a
remedy. He found lions bone,
which was thicker than the bird :
skeleton, and stuck the skeleton with
| the plant in it into the bone of the
lion. Ere long, however, the plant
grew out of the lions bone likewise.
| Then he found the bone of an ass,
larger still than that of the lion; so he
put it into the ass S bone, and thus he
made his way to Naxia. When about
to set the plant, he found that the
roots had entwined themselves around
| the bird s skeleton and the lions and
| the ASS bone; and as he could not
| take it out without damaging the
roots, he planted it as it was, and it
came up speedily. and bore, to his
great JOY, the most delicious grapes,
! from which he made the first wine,
and gave it to men to drink. But be-
| hold a miracle! When men first
drank of it, they sang like birds; next,
| after drinking little more, they be-
came vigorous and gallant like lions;
but when they drank more still, they
| began to behave like asses.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10
Why q Senator Did No. Take HI
Wife to Washington.

[ heard good story the other day.
We were commenting on the outward
man of a certain Senator, saying, in
addition, that we found him very
agreeable, though now and then un-
comfortably frank
"Yes, | should think he was. y
laughed our mutual friend; Il asked
him why he didn't bring his wife to
Washington, and he answered, Fact
is, Captain, the old woman is so NOR
tai homely I'm ashamed of her p
Make your own comments, dear
friends. If the lady in question were
younger Washington society would
soon metamorphose her. but l know
in her case there is no such hope, so l
forgive the Senator, and find double
amusement in the exclamation heald d
him make as beautiful woman passed
during reception Said the honor
able Senator by Jovel B
ought to thank God every day for the
pleasure of owning such a beauty !"
That mans aesthetic tastes walked up
too late, but they are correct.-Bos-
ton Globe
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

st. Nicholas.

We have refe budget of good
things from St. Nicholas. TIL. blus.
terlng month has no terriers for he
old fellow; he is out aga n flesh i.S a
spring erocus. 1.-The Two Fir ends. =
by Paul Fort. is the story of hear
and youth, and is we'll il usfraied ly
Gustave DOre. Louise NJ. 4 colt
continues her pretty story of F.. ht
Cousins" A dreadful locking f. ilow
is the Water Bear of which Mary
Treat writes, A Glimpse at Maple
by Professor Hasbrouck. will interest
the little people, and 30 will Little
Christie, b. Amalie lie Forge. IL.
Boulanger ct lie Marchand de Tal.ac.
over which little students In French
may turn up their dictionaries, gives
US the story of 'maisop curieuse.
or rather of the friendship existing
between two youths. one of whom be-
comes Prime Minister of Turkey.
The house is memorial of thi
friendship, and is now used as a school
for girls. William III. RideIcn's
Training School for Sailors gives us
a graphic and we'll illustrated account
OF life at Annapolis. Little Gret.
chen and Her Kid" comes next: then
follows, OH such funny poem about
The War of the Rats and Nice"
The king rat. mounted on tortoise,
and the king mouse, on a frog. meet
in deadly combat. while all the other
military rats and mice laok on in
wonder. why Walter Changed his
Mind 1.-The Girl of ST rs. Il
Snow-king." are al pleasant p !. rs.
j. L. Trowbridge's Ynuny Survey..r"
keeps up its interest. and the number
goes off like rocket, ali SORTS Of
pretty things bursting into light in its
closing bages
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

Our readers of course remember
the New York Mills sale of'Duchess'
stock, little over year ago The
price then obtained, 40.500, for one
animal, has never been equaled in the
history of stock breeding. The COW
which commanded this wonderful
price died a short time after, and nou
another of the royal breed has follow
ed. The Paris Kentuckian of the 10th
of January says:
On Satur day last the Fourth Ouch
ess of Oneida died at Hon. L. j
Megibben's. She was purchased by
Megibben & Bedford, October, 1878
at Campbell's New York Mills sale
for s25, 900. She leaves a bull calf
three months old, by Fourteenth
Duke of Thorndale, said to be one OF
the finest Dukes in the country There
was, of course. no insurance on her
Thus the S25, 900 heifer has met the
same fate as the S40.5OO COW. Mr. E.
G.. Bedford has been particularly un-
fortunate, having heretofore lost two
costly bulls
1t would seem as if $40. 900 cows and
SO, 900 heifers were not very safe in
vestments-[New England Farmer,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

Talking of doctors fees, reminds us
of Sir Ashley Cooper and his fifteen
thousand pounds year. His largest
fee was thrown him in night cap by
an old West India patient. An oper-
alton had been performed, and the
two physicians had received three
hundred guineas each.
But you, sir said the old man to
Sir Ashley, shall have something
better: take that" and he flung his
night-cap at Sir Ashley.
Sir, replied Sir Ashley. I'LL
pocket the affront!" The cap con-
tained draft for thousand guineas.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

Carlysle says nine-tenths Of the
mIseries and vices of manhood pro-
ceed from idleness; with men of qui.:k
minds, to whom it is especially per-
nicious. this habit is commonly the
fruit of many disappointments and
schemes oft baffled. and men fail in
their schemes, not so much for the
want of strength, as from the i'll
creature, by concentrating his powers
upon single object, can accomplish
something; the strongest, by dispers-
ing his over many, may fail to accom-
plish anything.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-10

The oldest paper in the United
States, the New Hampshire Gazette,
truthfully says:
"A suggestive message is tackled to
recent s. subscription to the fund for
the Kansas and Nebraska grasshop-
per sufferers Says the subscriber:
Let the people of these Western states
take better care of their birds. For
years past they have waged such
systematic warfare against them that
the markets of even the Eastern cities
have been glutted with grouse, prairie
hens, wild turkeys. etc, which if not
molested, would have kept the insects
in check. We cannot derange Ma
turcs balance of power and not ex-
pect to suffer somehow. A law to
prevent the killing of any bird in Kan
sas or Nebraska for five years would
be a better remedy then subscribing
money every winter for these suffer-
ers'