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Once, said a reverend narrator the supcr.
intendent asked me 10 take charge OF a Sun.
day school class. They all went fishing
last SUNDAY, SAID ne, but little Johnnie Rand
He is really a good boy, and | hope his tx.
ample may yet redeem others. lwish you'd
talk to 'cE i little told him | would.
They were rather hard looking sci. | dOn'l
think ! ever witnessed more elegant set of
black eyes IN my life, Little Johnny Rand,
the good boy, was in his place, and smiled
apprOyngly. As soon US all the lessons were
over, said: Boys, your superintendent,
tells me you went fishing last Sunday-all
but little Johnny here You didn't go, did
you, johnny" ! sand "No, sir" "Tha,
was right Though this boy is the youngest
among you, | continued, 'you learn from
his own lips words of good counsel, which
hope you will profit by lifted him up on
the seat beside me, and smoo;hed his auburn
rInglets. Now, johnny, | want yon 10 tell
these wicked boys why you didn't e. a FISH.
ing Will Them last Sunday. Speak up loud
now. twas because 1t was very wicked
and you would rather go to Sunday school
wasn't it ~ Mo. sir, it was because
couldn't find the worms for bait" An,
there was silence Tor a space.
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\ man who narrowly escaped drowning in the
recent floods revenges himself 10y perpetratlhg

y man who narrowly escaped urowhihS 'n t,'
recent Hoods reVehges hi,nseN ~ p,.p tu,,'
'h's parody on our Schoo''poy ''''"""' ''"''
DIRTY DAYS hath September,
i April June and November,
And from February until May
-, me ,i '"'r ~ %,vc tb,r,v.onr,
Vim scarce n single gleam OF sun,
Aad II any Sh3ulu na 1,.,, .n ,no ,'"''
l"'S " W U'' "''' Wv -, r,.,,.
did my mu'thche trouble you s1 1i,,,, D %n,yn
20 ms ,wee ,i, w.. nv ~ 5r. V~eT
y ,,,,,,s and rohh,os--Cat.
N" Eood p!"Cc I"i iN''' ~
alonc.la,
s,..,,, ~, =, ,.,tr.n stond-Proprietor to cOlorcd
! soldier. Be kind enough to take a seat over al
that little table IN the corner o3ioreI W WAR 10
LAY an ,i.,1 Rri.ndcr General, and stand
my coheepol on another ami no%ao"ya , pat,
; irklrr. Gimme 'o''' ''o'" S"7''
min sooo ho le,vinr MS
oTinu'''"s ''''''
p..,o, ,oa,, is oskod "W,u Won
l.,, q i'o r",,s 4" -, wov, If Won cawnt
"ahIo S ~ on;, ho,,or hwnrwire ,han that
""'" ,'I L -, oil alone NV yerself an be
! - ."'i ,',',."
"""a'' ..,..
~, ' me T Erocb, the zepnyrs coming from DER the
water chilled her for moment, and she sneezed
"cachcc." Augustus caught the false teeth in
his lap, and now the heartess wretch says HIS
affections are all ceh'ereu o" NOME
A rain of terror-the widespread storms
among the western gram ''or''
A gentleman East of the river owns calf
that came into the world without Il tail. Mil,
lions of Woodworking flies will hail this event
Win deliSh"
A practical joker in Paris hanged himself to a
tree with the rope under his arms, but arranged
50 that it appeared to earoGnu ms nceh, 'op at
him down.
,,,I.o,.oro crus,v In, or fellows and fond
-, I"aGne
II 9oeah aHe lons 'oi man " III tt 'i'''''
NINA 10 ihaNc up
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FINANCIAL IL COMMERCIAL

There /. nothing new to notice in business
matters The past week. Trade has been rather
quiet in all branches, The receipt Of grain has
been fair The prospects for good fall trade
seem fair.
In money matters the situation is about
the same a. previously reported, The demand
for money +, fair and about absorbs the loanablc
funds in market.
In Chicago the market j. reported easy, and
frst-cass paper is readily placed at from to Il
per cent.
Gold has recedcd about two per cent. during
this week. The market closes quiet in New York
at from ll2$I TO ll2%.
Government Bonds in sympathy with gold
have rcccded little. The demand is strong and
prices are firm.
Ravens, MacKnlayG Co furnish the following
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Chicago Market.

Sept. 18th, 1915.
ti'"T-Irices are shade higher Fancy white
winter cYtras' S'.7i&sOO, spring extras $1,000
900 fancy Minnesota patent s65o@SGO.
Nhcat-lrregular. Winter sold at Sl.7d 100;
No spring sLl9ai.al; No. =, slI3ail3H.
Corn-No !, GOGGlc. Options. scp,embcr,
G0aGosfc
oat--Cash sales, 31@iOc.
Rye -76dS2c.
Barlcy-No. . siyOial;G.
Lsrd-Sl2si@sl29O
rallJw-SIfc.
PotaiOes-New, 3OdS5c.
Buttcr-Good fancy yellow, 27@sSc; roll I5a
iSc.
Eggs-lSGlic. per doz.
Catile.-Dull. ard prices unsteady. Fancy
Srade steers S650669O; choice natives S55O
15.'1; COWS and heifers se.75a35O
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ottawa Wholesale Market.

OTTAWA, Sept. 18th, 1875.
On yesterday the following prices prevailed
on corn and oats for feed;
CUrn-Jjc
Oat,-Ncw, 3OG33c.
Poultry is coming in very slowly and prices
remain about the same at previous quota.
tions.
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A teacher in the Port Jervis public schools
was last week explaining to the children that
usually all words ending with "let" meant
something small, as rivulet, hamlel, stream.
let, etc. WhereupOn a smart boy asked ii
hamlet meant small ham.
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Awoman purchasing some cups and sau
GERS, was asked what color she would have.
Why aren't particular" said she "nny
color that wonr show dirt,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1875-09-18

New Bedford is proud of rope that i
has just made, $500 feet long" perhap'
New Bedforu needs IT,
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They've got man up at Brownsville who
turns out poetry as fast as a horse. power corn
shelter can turn out cobs, and the poetry i,
worth Just IS much as the cobs.
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Itmust make prisoner raven mad to he
called jailbird.
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In this weather, as long as You stick to
postage stamp, postage stamp will stick L
you.
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The way TO meet a man of doubtful credit
ia u take no note.
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The brotherhood Of beggsrs seems increas
ing daily; which shows If you don't come 10
want, want viii come 10 you.
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In Northern Michigan fhe Hmbefmei
shoot their logs out of Rife river.
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Exchange on New York, 4 premium, selling
La Sale county bonds, par and interest.
Foreign exchange is selling ut $500 per C.
Sterling exchange selling 1886 to 5000 per E
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The hrs' Thing in boot is the last.
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} nee 0nens at 1880 A NJ. and closes att PA.
Jan 80, ls5. j. H. CAMEi'oN, = VI
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CLOSING AND ARRIVAL or MAIL
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11
Spelling Match in DARLINGTON.

On Thursday night, june Sd, in the village of
Darlington, an photographed contest took
place in presence of large assembly, at the
Academy. Five hundred words had been Sc
lectcd by committee, consisting of Dr. II.
Clay Whltctord and Mr.. VIM. II. H. Whteford.
to be spelled according to Webster or Worccs'
ter. slight experimental skirmsh between
two parties headed respectively by Edward NJ.
Allen and Samuel Matthews, preceded the grand
contest. After This prelude, which seemed to
stir the whole house with enthusiasm about
forty ladies and gentlemen took the floor.
The words were pronounced by John NJ.
Cooley, principal of the Academy. The Judges
were DR.. lddings, DR.. Whictord and Mr.. w. ii.
ii. Whiteford.
OF course the younger contestants were ner-
vous and excited, and their friends were startled
by sudden and extraordinary departures from
the approved Orthography of simple words
Here are few specimens. One young lady of
high repute as spellcr tried to spell orang.
outang with an extra It. A young gentleman
quickly followed with fancy effort ut omelet,
and another tripped on pcremptory. A third
gentleman got crushed under gness; then II
lady of unimpcachablc character spelled
righteous without h, aud n gentleman got his
seat on satire. A friend of his spelled sumter
with variations not approved by any known
photographed authority A young lady yield
ed TO sirrah and gentleman was upset on
taps. A beautiful star dropped on ascension,
then Il gentleman succumbed 10 Il vicissitude
SalcTplllur cnOhcu announcer, ana another de-
camped at resuscitate. Then lady left on
analogous and gentleman hurst up OH loga.
rithm.
lady couldn't see thcodolite in the proper
lite, and gentleman who had stood through a
siege iizzled in laboratory, and one of the leaders
OF the preliminary skirmish keeed over under
cimcter after putting sundry fancy crooks and
turns into it never known to Webster or Wor.
cester. A young lady of the very first rank us
aspcller fled before apteryx, and a second was
scared away by ovaviviparous and was followed
by young gentleman on ornthorhynchus aud
and another shut up on reveile Laryngoscope
got the better of good speller and rcnais.
sancc knocked over his friend, A young gentle.
man couldn't get through reconnaissance and
ebullitlon was too much for lady. Batteau
sunk lady who had kept her head above water
so long, and another OF the leaders of the Skin.
mish sickened on cantelope, maintaining that
lcup and loupc might be Web. or Wor, but il
wasn't his way of spelling that word.
The first prize, handsome writing desk, was
awarded TO Miss Clara j. McNutt; the second
to Samuel Matthew's and the third to Miss Jcn.
ME Edge. The whole proceedings were enter.
tanning.
These spelling contests are undoubtedly of
real service. They have set many TO lingering
dictionaries which had grown dusty, and to
studying the structure of words with the great
est care Let us hope they will become an in
stitution of the land. WHIST
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

MARYLAND INSTITUTION FOR THE BLIND.
The twelfth annual report of this excel
lent institution for the instruction of the
blind has been received. There are at pres
ent in the institution fifty.six pupils, who
are being educated in those branches of liter
ature and the mechanic arts for which they
have capacity. Young blind persons of good
moral character and proper capacities, be-
tween the ages of nine and eighteen, may be
admitted to all the privileges of the institu-
ton by the payment of $500 per annum. If
the parents, relations or friends cannot pay
this amount the applicant may be educated
at the institution at the expense of the State
1t is surely a matter for congratulation that
our State has such an institution where the
unfortunate blind, who are in so many instan.
ces children of thepocr can receive an educa-
ton which will enable them to make n re-
spectacle living notwithstanding their in
trinity.
The workshops and salcsrooms of the
blind are at No. sc North Howard street,
Baltimore Here orders mny be left for mat
tresses of hair, moss or husk baskets,
brooms, brushes, combs, &c, TO be made by
the pupils of the institution. The nstitu-
ton is situated at Baltimore, and is under
the charge of f. D. Morrison, Esq, of this
county. The board of directors is composed
of the very best and foremost citizens of
Baltimore, in whose hands the interests of
the institution are perfectly safe.
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Affairs ut BOOtliby Hill.

june sd, 1919:
THE SPELLING BEE FEVER
attacked the vicinity of Pcrrymansylle, and for
a Time ragged through the whole neighborhood,
some OF our own residents being afflicted.
POTATO BUGS.
This malady had hardly abated when the fl.
nous colorado Bug" made his appearance,
and has since demanded the time and skill of
our good people.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Within the last three weeks there have
been two entertainments held in the Booth
by M school house. The first was Il school
eNhioillol, which took place on Friday even
ing, May l4th. The scholars Of the school par.
uclpated, and performed their parts in such n
manner us to elicit much praise from the audi.
ehce, which was large, and included the pa rons
ana friends of the school. Prof Henry was pres
cht, ana made an address, in which he wildly
portrayed the necessity Ola Jealous interest to
be manifested in educational matters
Inc second entertainment was held on We'd.
hesday evening, June I'd, aud was gotten up by
the young ladies and gentlemen for tho benefit
OF the Sabbath School. The programme CON
sisted OF dialogues, tableuuX and music, and
and proved very attractive. The dialogue,
Aunt Poiiy's Lesson" was successfully rem
dcred by Misses Sue Mitchell, Mollic Osborn.
Annie Hyde and Prissic Mitchell An Irish dia.
loguc, which called forth loud applause, was
rendered by Mcssrs. J. NJ Thompson and Harry
5. Hyde. 1.-The Wrangling Pair'' was credita.
bly, acted by Miss Mollie Osborn and A. l.. Hyde.
"Twcpty Years Hence" representing the ascen-
dcncy of "Wom0n's Rights" was suitably Der
formed by Misses Yirgic Mitchell and Prissie
Mitchell and MIC. p. Mitchell. "Courtship I'm.
der DIiilcuiiles, was loudly rendered by Miss
Sue Mitchell and Messrs. G. A. Mitchell and
A. l.. Hyde. "Aunt Betsey's Bcaux" closed
the programme; The characters were rcmarka.
by well assumed by Misses Prissie Mitchell,
Nirgie Mitchell, Annie Hyde and Molie Osborn,
the last representing aunt Betsy"-the bcaux
hln az n ntall L.,
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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE EGiS.
Affairs ut Darlington.

Mr.. EDITOR: 1t is very seldom see Il letter
in your paper from Darlington, and have often
wondered that some of our school teachers do
not have desire to inform the citizens of Har-
ford, through your paper, what is going on
in this part of Hartford. 1 know the teachers
have no more right to tel the news of Darling.
ton than any other person, but have named
them because think they have more spare time
for such work.
IMPROVEMENTS IN DARLINGTON.
lfyou have had the pleasure OF being in our
village during the past two years, think YOU
would say 1t was slowly improving. Roads are
in better conditon houses are attended to more
than formerly, and when our painter gets his
brush on them it is wonderful what a change
few days spent at this trade will make. To II
stranger the house appears new
WEDDINGS.
can only reporr one wedding with US this
spring, while last spring there were several.
Perhaps some are waiting for Autumn. There
is cage being built to receive pair next fall.
Your readers will have to read the marriage list
fyour paper carefully TO learn tor whom this
cage is being built.
CROPS.
How will crops turn out this year? | think
this is question farmers would like TO
have answered in the spirit ofprophecy. Wheat.
Some fields are looking as well as The owners
would wish others look rs if it would
not pay to cut what little there is on
them One more month will settle the question
with this crop. Oats need rain very much. They
are only few inches above ground. Corn
The cut worm is at work in some fields. Some
famers were working this crop last week. Po-
tntoes.-What shall | say of them ? They are
buggy The bug has desire to be friendly with
the potato, for as soon as the potato is seen
coming out of the ground the bug is found ON
the end. Paris Green is used by some farmers
Death TO the bag is the result
STORES.
We have three stores in our village; the third
one started this spring. They are SO close to-
gether we might look from one into the other.
NO JERSEY LIGHTNING.
Our village is like other places in Hartford
just now-cannot get Jersey lightning.
YOU KNOW.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

The GRAND JURY LICENSE LAW SUs-
TAINED.-The Court of Appeals on Tues
day affirmed the decision of the Circuit
Court for Hartford county, in the case ofLouis
Cahen vs. Capt. A. L. Jarrett. This case
went to the Court of Appeals for the pur-
pose of testing the legality Of the law passed
by the last Legislature requiring applicants
for license to sell liquor to be recommended
by the Grand Jury to the Clerk of the court,
before license can be issued by him. Mr..
Cahen the appellant in this case, with all
other applicants, having been refused re-
commentator by the Grand Jury, afterwards
applied TO the Clerk for a license. This was
refused, Mr.. Cahon thereupon sued out a
writ of mandamus to compel him to issue
the license The court here, upon hearing
of the case, refused to grant the writ, and
hence the appeal.
The case was submitted 10 the court below
by Messrs Maynadier and Young, counsel
for the Clerk, and by Mcssrs. H. w. Archer,
Stump and Farnandis for Mr. Cahen. In
the Court of Appeals the case was argued by
Mr.. MaynadieT for Capt. Jarrett, and Mr.. II
w. Archer for Cahen.
1t will therefore be unlawful to sell liquor
in Hartford county, at least until the 1st OF
May, 1876. The question of license will
howcver, come up again before the grand
jury which will assemble at the next Febru-
AIRY term of court.
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TERRIBLE OUTRAGE UPON A Young LA.
DY-A horrible outrage was committed last
Saturday hy a negro upon Miss Adeline
jackson, an cstimable young lady whose
parents reside near Odenton, Anne Arun.
del county, Md. The other members of the
family were out in the field planting corn,
leaving the house in charge of Miss jackson,
While engaged in getting dinner, she had
occasion 10 go to the spring, n short distance
from the house, for waten After filling her
pail, she was suddenly confronted by negro
man, armed with gun, who demanded a
drink OF water. She was about TO comply
with his request when he seized her by the
throat and dragged her short distance into
the bushes, threatening TO kill her if she re-
sisted. She was unable 10 give an alarm, the
villain clutching her SO tightly by the throat,
but she struggled and fought desperately to
escape. In her struggle her clothing was
torn into shrets and her fnce and neck terri
bly, cut and bruised. She finally became un-
conscious, and while in this condition was
foully outraged. When she recovered CON
seriousness the villain had fled. She gave the
alarm to her brothers, who were at work in
corn field, and party of young men at
once armed and started in search of the ne
gro.
Search was continued until Monday morn.
ing, when the negro, whose name is John
Simms, was discovered in swamp, seven
miles distant from the scene of the outrage.
eating his breakfast the provisions having
been stolen from farm houses in the neigh
borood. When surprised he seized his
gun, saying that one man could not take
him, but reinlorcements arriving he quietly
surrendered. The gun found in his posses
sion was one he had taken from Mr., Jack
sons house. Simms was taken at once be-
fore Elisha G. Jackson, n half brother of The
unfortunate girl, who made out a formal
commitment TO jail The prisoner was placed
in charge of three armed men and put on the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

WHISKY ON ELECTION DAY.-The Court of
Appeals of Maryland delivered an opinion
which is of interest to politicians. One
Simon Calfoss, in his own house, on election
day, invited Michael Burke to partake of
some whisky, which Simon was in the habit
of keeping ON hand 10 warm the cookies of
his heart. There was no dispute as tothe facts,
and no allegation that Michael gave any
consideration for the drink, or that Simon
had any other object in view than the exer-
else of a not unusual item of Maryland hos
pitalty. The court below considered the
friendly act violation of the election laws,
and fined Simon for such exercise of hospi-
tality, and the Court of Appeals, before which
the case was taken on writ of error, affirmed
the decision of the court below So that
"free" drinks on election day must hereafter
be considered contraband and "crooked."-
Sun, 4th.
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For The AgiS and Mteliigencer.
Using POisOns on Plants.

Nix. EDITOR: So many persons are using
Paris Green on their potato vines that you
will he doing public service by publishing
the enclosed from the New York Observer.
Although had procured some myself have
been afraid to use it, and would not be will
ling to use potatoes TO which IL has been APP
Piled AS those who may persist in its use
will probably be unable to sell their potatoes
when raised, 1t behooves them to consider the
great risk which they will run.
| have met with other articles beside the
enclosed which have been equally clear as 10
the fact that the Paris Green will affect the
potato. AS the bug eats the leaf and is thus
killed. it is manifest that where the leaf is
not eaten the poison will enter into the tu-
Der. Yours, truly,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

SMASH UP.-On Monday evening car
riage belonging to DR.. ]. B. Crane was total
ly wrecked by the horse running away with
it. The carriage had been drawn by boy
to stream to be washed. When done the
boy went for the horse, and as the distance
was short, did not put on the bride. intend
ing to lead the animal home with the car
riage. AS soon us the horse started he be-
came frightened at seeing the carriage ap-
parently pursuing him, and ran away caus-
ing The accident above referred to.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

Mrs. CHARLOTTE HOWARD BOND, wife of
the late Major VIM. b. Bond, for thirty years
States attorney of Hartford county, died on
Monday at the residence of her son, Adiu-
tant General Frank A. Bond, near Jcssup's
Cut, Washington branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad. Mrs. Bond was a sister
of Beale II. Richardson, one of the judges of
the Appeal Tax Court. She was stricken
with paralysis last fall and had never spoken
since. She had second attack on Monday,
which Terminated fatallY.-Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-06-11

VICE PRESIDENT WILsoN.-Vicc Presi-
dent Wilson, who has returned from his
Southern tour, gives a hopeful view of the
condition of affairs there. He notes an in
crease in material prosperity and fresh
spirit of industry, and thinks that the era of
reconciliation is rapidly dawning He says
there can be no question that the South ex-
poets an alliance with the Northern Dcmoc.
racy in the approaching Presidential cam
paign, which may give them the victory He
predicts, Also that there will be no violence
or intimidation Of negro voters, but the pol.
icy of conciliating the negro vote will be
adopted.
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train. Upon arriving at Odcnton, an cx-
cited crowd endeavored TO take the negro
away from the guard, but were restrained by
the efforts and influence of Governor Groome,
who was present, on his way to Annapolis
The prisoner was subsequently placed in the
jail at Annapolis.
Simms is n full blooded African, and halls
from Richmond, Va
In the meantime the excitement is intense,
and it would be no surprise if the brute were
taken forcibly from Jail, by the indignant
citizens, and summarily hung.
Simms had been seen in the neighborhood
of Odenton, previous to the outrage, and it
is supposed made himself familiar with the
movements of Mr.. Jackson's family before
executing his diabolical crime.