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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

CINCINNATI, sept. Z.
ED. stan: AS a member Of the Cincinnati
Chamber Of Commerce, desire to call the at
tention OF the numerous members Of that
Board to the coming election Of officers, and
desire to state that Capt. Chas. Nj. Holloway,
the present President Of that body. has boon
nominated for the same position ON the regular
ticket. Capt Holloway, during his term OF Of
fee, has NOT only created a popular feeling
among oilr members here, but has attained
quite Repatriation East and elsewhere for
his fair and honest transactions in the capacity
of President Of the Board. Wc hope On the
day OF election there may be full attendance,
and that Capt. Holloway may be retained in
the position. 'Hoop 'cm up." HERzOG.
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D. A
Va icial tax on the real estate bounding Bur-
net avenue from Hoekdale avenue to Shillito
Street. M8Y =. Rt
Incorporated Village of Avondale, that the
sum 6f three dollars, thirty cents, six mills
md ne-tenth Of mill 1885 1.l0) be levied
npd assessed on each front foot of the several lots
Df land bounding and ab9tting Btrnct avenue,
IN the Village OF Avondale, from Rockdale av-
anue to Shilfito street, for the cost and expense
bf grading and macadamizing said avenue
building culverts, advertising, engineel's fee,
&C., according t0'the estimate OF the Village
Bee. .. That any lands abutting said avenue
that are not subdlvided, but are in,bulk, are
sagsb tS SS sest to ms
nepth Of lots Of nearest subdivisions.
Sec. g. Mat the owners OK several lots Of
land upon each front foot OF which the sum
money By them seGcfaiiy due IL that behalf to
John Nolan, or assigns, within twenty ,(20)
Maysf from date Of notice as hcreinprovided, or
be subject to the interest and penalty allowed
t,pon the same by law.
Sec. 4. The assessment hereby levied shall
not be delivered by the Clerk OF the Village to
the sgid John Nolan, or any other person or
persOns, until ne shall have first filed with said
persons who have heretofore filed claims and
Assignments Of said levyi and parts thereof
Against said Nolan, with the Mayor and Clerk
"a said Village and Council thereof, said par
tles reieaelnS sal0 VuiaBe from all LIABILITY on
Account Of the delivery thereof.
Sec. >. Said assessment shall become due and
payable at the expiration o. twenty days after
notice given by said Nolan, or by the person or
persons, to whom he may direct or consent that
Said assessment shall be delivered, and in de-
fault thereof penalty Of 8 per cent. thereon,
together with 9 per cent. interest, shall attach
lAs provided by law. >as
Sec. 6. This Ordinance shall take effect from
and after the earliest period allowed by law.
/ Passed September I'd, A. D.. 1875.
IL ROBERT A. JOHNSTON,
p Mayor and President of Council.
I Attest; FLAMEN BALL, JR., Corporation Clerk.
se7-2tT
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4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.-Attorney Gen.
eral Pierrepont has received a telegram
from the United States District Attor-
ney and United States Marshal of Missis.
sippi, saying that at Republican meet
ing, OH Saturday last, at Clinton, a col
fusion occurred between the whites and
the blacks, resulting in the death of
three whites and four negroes, and the
wounding Of twenty and asking tor
Government aid. Tho Government will
90 nothing without rcquisition from
the Governor.
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Ftaances-RaIsfoss.

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 1.-THE Big
Stock Board will not resume business
until the Bank of California is again
opened. President Mills and Secretary
Franklin state that the bank stock list is
entirely correct.
The proposed demonstration by Rails
TONS friends promises to be very large.
Subscriptions have been started for n
monument TO his memory.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
HiHh H1tar.

DEs MolNBs, Iowa, Sept. THE Des
Moines and Conn rivers are flooding the
country, and the latter has risen
fourteen feet since Friday. A large
number of families In the southern part
Of the city had to leave their houses.
Barnum's Hippo6rOme is lying up at
Grand Princeton on account Of railroad
bridges being gone.
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SETTLED AGAIN.

LONDON, Sept. IA special from
Shanghai to the London Times says the
difficulty between England and China,
growing out Of the Yunan outrage, is re-
ported to be substantially settled on the
following basis: China sends special
Fmbassador to London, and undertakes
to punish the parties guilty of the out
rage at Yunan, and indemnities the fam
lily Of Mr.. Margary. A trade route be-
tween Yunan and Burmah Is to be
opened, and the levy Of taxes by the Pc
kin Government is to be regulated.
CARLIsTs GIVING UP.
MADRID, Sept. Numbers Of Carlists
in all parts OF Catalonia, Navarro and
Biscayan provinces are giving in their
submissions to the Government of King
Alfonso, and asking Tor amnesty.
wORKINGMEN's MEETING.
PARIS; Sept. THE first of series
ofoonferences to promote the principles
of the Workmen's Association OF Great
Britain among the working classes
of France was opened here to-
day. Delegates were present from the
principal cities Of England. Joseph
Arch was one OF the speakers.
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A Dosbin0 yiao,y Was the GAUGE.

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Sept. 7.-Colonel
Prisbee,.a well-known Custom-house In
spector at the Cunard Dock, was mar
ried to Mrs. Elizabeth Griffin, dashing
and rather handsome Brooklyn widow,
to-day. ..
Immediately afterward he was ar
rested, and charge of blgamy pre-
ferred by George Lamb, Mrs. GriffiRs
brother. He was released OH $1,000 bail,
and proceeded ON his wedding tour.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
Marrtu0e Licensss.

The following marriage licenses were u
sued since our last report:
Ed. E. johnson and Elizabeth A. McQuer~
Leonhard Rott and Gertrude Wulfcr. !
James u. Conley and-IIannah X. Huston
Thomas willis anil Ella Gilcrist.
George Frohlieh and Lizzie Meyer. H
Fred. Garmhaus and Lizzie Ruilte.
Samuel Phillips and Fannie Phillips.
Asa Banning and Lena Mack. - 5fgA
Louis Rccnleiin and Enlma Livingeton.
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Gold Gotno-Oonsoltdutton.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.--Some 100000
in gold was sent to the Bank Of Cali.
tornia today.
1t is rumored that the Union and Gen.
trail Pacific roads will unite in about
three months.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
Trouble Among steo,nbeatsecn

ElTTsBURG, Sept. Warrants have
been issued for the arrest Of Captains S.
B. Coulsen and j. B. Dallas on charge
of perjury. The trouble grows out of
some old teud between the parties and
other steamboatmen.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

road, In circular issued, announces the
resignation of WV. Walker and the ap-
pointment of w. w. Pettibone as General
Superintendent. Mr.. Pettibone has had
long experience in railroad manage
ment.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
John Fayy .Drs,v,.ed.

special to the Star.
HAMILTON, o., Sept. 7.-This morning
at an early hour word was brought to
Coroner Spencer that a body had been
found in the canal near the basin. It
proved to be John Farr, q well known
tailor, who, the night before, was re-
huence Of liquor. He leaves'a wife and
family.
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LOST.

iT OsT-PRo NOTE FOR $500
sGOldberg, dated August 81, at 90 days, pay
able at bank Of Espy, Heidelbach & Co., on
(which payment has been stopped. lt3
/ SET -2tS -st 7I. W. 3. HOWELL.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
A Case fhot Has already Been Mem
20 ~ ttONed.

BROOKLYN, Sept. .7.-Judge s. D. Nor
ris, counsel for Mr.. Tilton, is busy ar
ranging his papers for the second trial
of the case OF Theodore Tilton against
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. 1t is be-
lieved the case will be reached ON the
third Monday of the present month.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
Heavy HuygIary.

OLArHE, KANSAS, Sept. 7.--Burglars
entered fourteen residences here night
before last, and carried of large guam
tity Of valuables. One of them was
wounded, but escaped.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07
n $4,000 Ere.

CHENoA, Ill, Sept. IA fire broke out
last evening at about 7 O'Clock in the
Touring mill of Dehner n zeigler, and in
a short time it was entirely consumed.
Loss, $40 900; insurance, $4,000. f
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FOREIGN NOTES.

The British squadron In the Mediter-
ranean has been ordered to proceed to
lndia on October 10, when the Prince of
Wales embafks for his India journey.
Bismarck and Won Molkte will accom-
pany Emperor William on his visit to
Italy. ses4
Thu mobilization Of the Russian cav
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The C0Nocsts Of tho HoSnscssSc Society.
A circular issued by The Harmonic So
cIety announces that the weekly re-
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No On Change 1,o-nsorro,y.

The Chamber Of Commerce decided to hold no
session tomorrow, on account Of tho grand
opening of our Exposition. 1t adjourned to-
day to meet at the usual hour on Thursday.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

Weather clear, or fair. for the aert
taoenty-four hours.
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chanas o.. Arrangement

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA, Sept. 7.--General
Winslow, the Receiver Of the Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids and Minnesota Rail
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KTTANTED-PONY-Mu be cheap. In
[ w quire at Star Office from 12h to l O'clock.
au25.H
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ITNOR sALE-LAND--5 80 acres prairie land;
I good spring on same; in thfckIy settled
6eighbOrhood, In Adair county, Iowa, near
sounty seat. Or will trade for horse and light
spring g-wayon. Address "W," this office.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

tEOR ALE--CARRIAGES--N New and Sec
u ond hand, in great variety. For bargains
eall at 10 and u West Seventh street, GEO. u
MILLER Il SONS. ..gt. \. sep7-tf
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

UTANTED-YOU TO CALL--At KELLY'S
wv New Photograph and Ferrotype Gallery,
l06 West Fifth street, between Elm and Plum,
Cincinnati. Open every day. au6-4m
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-07

A'girl never looks so "kiliing" as when
fyou tread on her drcss.--Crushed Boston
Editor.
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VTTANTED--TO SELL OUT-Candy and
wv Notion Store. Rent 81 per month. OPP
rosite Grand Hotel, Central avenue, between
Third and Fourth. se7-2t*
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TNTANTED-YOU TO KNOWING cheap
: w est shoe store in this. city is the New
York Shoe Store, No. East Fifth street, one
door from Main street. se8-6t
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TXTANTED-YOUT TO GO Toe. SCIIILL-
! wv ING, Carpet Weaver, 2sl West Sixth ST.
~. ~ Ljy3O-tfl trlr,f 4-.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WOMAN-To do gen.
wv eral housework. Call at 6o West Fifth
ytreet. Lt+
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.TKTANTED = YOU TO KNOW That B.
wv CAVAGNA &SON have a new lot OF fine
Boneless Codhsn. and a splendid line, Of
Eroceries. jy26-tf-
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fEOR SALE-BUSIN EsS-One good notion
IL wagon, horses and route for sale very
cheap. Address G. G. LEITZ, New Richmond,
Ohio. se8-tf
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TKTANTED-TO CLOSE OUT-A stock of
wv frst-class Sewing Machines In order.to
Eetire finally from the business. VIII sell at
COST for CASH. Call for AGENT, $50 Walnut
street. first floor. je2G-tf
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FOR SALE.

fLNOR SALE RAILROAD TICK ET3 =
I Bought, Sold and Exchanged HOW 8
60, 80 West Third street. jy16-tf
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NTANTED-GI do general house,
! wv work; German who can speak English
preferred. Inquire at White Hall, opposite
Fifth-street ferry, West Covington, Ky. se6-2t
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AWANTED-BUY YOUR HATS OF
MARTIN, at 42 W. Fifth ST. jy15-tf

VKTANTED - Clothes wringers Repaired.
w r. .TETTENBORN, 80 w. Fifth street.
ljy3l-S, Tu&Th,tfl ,tel,'l
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VTTANTED - PARTNER - With 81 600 TO
w. 81, 500 to travel with music, wagon and
horses, to sell patent medicine. Address j. w.
TRUMAN 8 CO., Box 1888 w ilmington, Ohio.
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wANTED---sITUATIoNs.

TTTANTED-SIfUAT - AS cook in a
w boarding house, Address Mrs. ANDER-
BON, this office. .se6-2ts
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TNTANTED-MIN-A Evansville, Indiana,
wv 8 or active, experienced sewing ma
chine men, AEho can speak English and Ger
man. Evansville has very large German
population, and has not been canyassed for
Two years. For particulars address the SING
ER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Evans
vile, Indiana. sco-2t
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WTANTED-TO BUY-Standing or side
wv wall showcase, from 5 to feet high,
lnd from to 10 feet long. Also, box counter,
nrsss c. B. r., this office. au10-H
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WI D-SIrU ATION--As cook, by a
wv colored lady, in q boarding-house. Best
pf reference given. Call at 3aa Court, MIR: An
Aerson. se7-St
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NTANTED-TRUNK MAKERS jour
wv neyman trunk makers, to work on medi-
am grade of zinc and leather trunks. Apply
1t once to Chiffon, GUTHRIE q CO., 1S6
Main street, Louisville, KY. se6-2t
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-SITUATION-By boy II
wv years old, in store OF ollie. Good pen.
man. Best Of references. Address HARRY
'IEAMEN, Madisonviile, o. se7-l2t
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A N ORDINANCE, No. 1877, TO assess spe-
Va cal tax on the real estate bounding Bur-
net avenue from Hockdale avenue to Shillito
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fVKT ANTED-SiTUATIo a sober and
w reliable printer, who has had some expe-
yjepcc as editor and publisher. Address D. D.,
R6st- office BOX 49,, ssepbcpYi)le.o. ses-st
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TKTANTEp-sr STU ATI0N-By young lady
wv as salesaly IN dry goods or millinery
Address No. l65, CHARIOT
'EE, city. ssS.sc
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05
Oranges and Lemons,

Orange and lemon plantations, in the
Mediterranean countries, are called gar
dens, and vary in size, the smallest con-
tanning only small number of trees,
and the largest many thousands. The
fruit is gathered in baskets similar to
peach baskets, lined with canvas, the
basket being held by strap attached
and passed around the neck or shoul-
ders. From the garden the fruit goes
to the repacking magazine, where it is
removed from the boxes, in which it was
packed in the gardens, and repacked for
shipment by experienced female pack
ers, after having been carefully assorted
by women, and wrapped in separate pa
pers by young girls. AS many as 500
persons, mostly women and children,
are employed by some of the fruit
growers IN their gardens and magazines,
for gathering, sorting, and repacking
for shipment, the wages paid them vary
ing from nine to sixteen cents day. A
full grown orange tree yields from five
hundred to two thousand fruit annually,
and arrives at the bearing state in three
or five years, as does tho lemon tree.
In sorting, every fruit that wants stem
is rejected. The boxes are then secure
ly covered, strapped, and marked with
the brand OF the grower, when they are
ready for shipment. Twenty years ago
this trade was nothing in its commercial
characteristics, or the inducements it
offered to capitalists. Now it is progress
ing with giant strides into prominence,
and is considerable source of revenue
to the government.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05
DISTANCE of the Sun.

Prof. Daniel Kirkwood, professor of
mathematics in an Indiana university,
contributes the following to the Indi-
annapolis Journal: The earth's mean dis
tance from the sun, as deduced from
Encke's discussion of the observations
made on the transits of Venus in 1761
and 1863, was 95,290,000 miles. Till
within few years past the accuracy of
this determination was not called i'll
question. So lately as 1854, DIR. Lard
ner, in his " Handbook of Astronomy"
affirmed that Encke's value of the dis
tance could not vary from the truth more
than its three-hundredth part. Quite
recently, however, astronomers have
been led, by various considerations, to
regard the distance as somewhat too
great, and hence the results of the OBJ
servations in December, 1874, with the
improved instruments of modern con-
structiOn, have been looked for with q
lively interest. The discussion of these
observations has not yet been completed.
1t is known, however, that the result
ing value of the suns horizontal parallax
cannot differ materially from eight sec
onds and eighty-seven hundredths
of a second. This corresponds to mean
distance of 9l,875, 900 miles. We are,
therefore, nearer to the sun by 3,423, 600
miles than was believed but few years
since. The distances of the other
planets are to be diminished in a CORE
spending ratio-the reduction in the
case of Neptune, the most remote,
amounting to no less than 100,000,000
miles
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05
A Story for the Girls.

Sit down on the porch, children, and
let me tell you about Aunt Rachel, and
the story she once told me. One day,
when 1 was about twelve years old, had
planned to go after strawberries, but
Aunt Rachel said to me: GA girl of
your age should begin to learn how to
do housework. Take off your hat, roll
up your sleeves, and help me do the
baking"
I Ipouted and sighed and shed tears,
but was encouraged by the promise that
1 might go after the baking. Under
good Aunt Rachel's direction mixed a
big loaf of bread, placed it on tin as
bright as q new dollar, and was rubbing
the -four off my hands when she called
out: "This will never, never do, child
you haven't scraped your bread-bowl
clean"
L shall never forget the picture she
made standing there, her eyes regarding
me sternly, one hand resting on her hip,
while in the other she held the untidy
bowl.
eft will never do, child" she went
on it is not only untidy, but it makes
too much waste 4; to be good house
hc6peI you lluSG leulH W Ue eCOuOulCdl.
You have heard the story of the young
man who wanted an economical wife p
"No," 1 answered, and might have
added that L didn't wish to hear it
either.
"Well," she continued, che was a
very likely young man, and he wanted o
careful wife, so he thought of way he
could find out. One morning he went
to call upon the different girls of his ac-
quaintance, and asked them each for the
scrapings of their bread-bowls to feed
his horses. You see they all wanted
him, SO they got all they could for him.
Finally he found a girl who hadn't any,
so he asked her to be his wife, because
he thought she must be economical.
Now" said Aunt Rachel, triumphantly,
suppose young man should ask you
for the scrapings of your bread-bowl,
what could you say?"
"What could L say" I repeated,
scornfully, "why, I'd tell him if he
couldn't afford to buy oats for his horses
they might starve. L wouldn't rob the
pig to feed them"
L suppose Aunt Rachel thought that
lesson was all lost on me F.; but as true as
you live, / never knead the bread to this
day without thinking of her lesson in
ecOnomy.-DetrOH Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05

The Count de Paris gives, in his
"History of the Civil War in America, ~
the following vivid description of bal
loon reconnaissance:
While the two hostile armies observed
each other between Arlington and Fair
fax Court House, balloon was sent up
rounding country. 1t was the only
means of getting sight of the enemy. As
soon as we rose above the primeval trees
which surrounded the former residence
of Gen. Lee, the view extended over an
undulating country, covered with trees,
dotted here and there by little clearings,
and bordered on the west by the long
range of the Blue Ridge, which recalls
the first lines of the Jura.
Thanks to the bright light which il
lumines the last hours of an autumn day
in America, the observer could distin-
guish the slightest details of the coun-
try, which appeared below us like map
in relief. But in vain does the eye seek
the apparent signs of war.
Peace and tranquility seem to reign
everywhere. The greatest attention is
necessary to discover the recent clear
ihSo3 ou uilC VI llllC red
dish earth marks the new Notifications.
However, as the day declines, we see to
the south little blush lines of smoke
rising gently above the trees. They null
tiply by groups, and form vast semi
circle. 1t is the Confederates cooking
their supper. You may almost count
the roll of their army, for every smoke
betrays the kettle of half-section.
Further off, the steam of locomotive
flying towards the mountain, traces by a
line drawn through the forest the rail
road which brings the enemy their pro-
visions. At the same moment a strain
of military music is heard below the bal
loon. All the clearings, where we sought
in vain to discover the Federal camp,
are filled by throng coming out of the
woods that surrounds them. This throng
arranges itself, and forms in battalions.
The music passes in front of the ranks
with that peculiar march which the Eng
llsh call the goose-step.
Each battalion has two flags, one with
the national colors, and the other with
its number and the arms of its State.
These flags are dipped, the officers sa-
lutte, the colonel takes command, and n
moment after all the soldiers disperse;
for it is not an alarm nor a prelude to
march forward which has brought them
thus together, but the regular evening
parade.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-08-05
Why 'Twasn't a Good Likeness,

A certain lawyer had his portrait
taken in his favorite attitude, standing
with one hand in his pocket. His friends
and some of his clients went to see it.
Everybody said:
"Oh, how much it is like him ! 1t is
the very picture of him"
One farmer, who happened to be pres
ent, thought differently:
""Tain't bit like him p
""risn't, eh9" said half dozen at
once; "just show us wherein it is not a
capital likeness"
"Wa'al, 'tain't; no use talkin', 1 tell
you 'tain't |"
"Well, why2 Cam't you tell us why
it amt good likeness 2"
" Yes, easy enough. Don't you see
he has got his hand in his own pocket +!
"Twould be as good ag in il he had 1T iu
somebody else'sl"