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KANSAS AND her SUFFERERS.

The country has been distressed nj the re-
reated announcements Of the destitution in
the western parts Of Kansas, caused by the
ravages of the grasshoppers Last fall. Ap-
peals have been issued by numerous organi-
cations implorlng immediate relief for the
wholly destitute and provision for the COM
ing season in the way of seed The number
Of destitute needing -four, clothing, and fuel
has been yariously estimated, and by some as
high as thirty thousand persons. These peo-
ple have Ind no assistance save such as
has been voluntarily contributed by tho
humane and charitable Of other States.
Clothing, money, and provisions have
been forwarded in large quantities from
time to time. In the carly part of January
the Legislature Of Kansas met, and the SUBJ
iect was brought to its attention, not only
by the Governor, but by the members repre-
senting the suffering portions of the State.
The winter has been IN unusually severe one;
and after. being sixty days in session the Leg
islature, notwithstanding the incessant ap-
peels Of the STRIVING and perishing people,
and the confessed want OF seed for the coming
season, adjourned without taking any action.
The bill appropriating the 100000 surplus
revenue in the Treasury was defeated, not be-
cause of any question as to the power of the
Legislature, or any doubt as to the duty Of
the State thus to provide for her own afflicted
citizens, but because OF difference of
opinion as to tho justice Of making the
amount thus distributed q charge, in the
nature of a debt, On the counties in which
the money was used to feed the hungry,
clothe the naked, warm the freezing, and
furnish seed for the crop Of 1875. Unable to
get mortgage on the property Of those ro-
Ieyed to secure the return OF the money thus
advanced, the Legislature adjourned, leaving
the destitute to suffer from want and to 60
without seed for their crops.
The same Legislature was liberal in its ap-
propriations for public buildings, salaries,
and the payment Of claims, but voted nothing
for the suffering people who had been visited
by the calamity, and they passed resolutions
thanking the benevolent Of other States who
had sent aid to Kansas, but gave no aid them
selves.
This proceeding is most extraordinary, and
one which the State will have cause to regret
It will have serious effect in checking pri-
vate aid. It will ba accepted by the country
as susceptible Of two interpretations: first,
that no Legislature would have thus acted
had they my faith that the destitutlon existed
with the severity represented; and, SECOND,
that the Legislature soaght to throw the
whole business OF aiding the unfortunate
upon the kindness and beaevolence Of the
people Of States, cities, and communities out
side of Kansas. Either conclusion must be
fatal to the credit Of the State.
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TIE STORY OF MARGARET.

It is not q pretty story. It is short and
foul # expanded into volume, it would
not be considered one Of the books without
which no genleman's library is complete. It
would not do for Sunday school book, be-
She WIS very heterodox person. Her
probable disbelief in the hell of the here
after cannot be condoned by her exerions to
organize an earthly hell in the present Still,
despite these disadvantages, the story is Of
sterling value. It's awful truths should not
be lost On the soft souls whose foolish, reck-
less charity to-day is breeding the paupers,
the idiots, and the criminals Of tomorrow.
Eighty-fve years ago, MARGARET WAS
little vaif in ono Of the villages On the Upper
Hudson Her parents were dead, or had de-
serted her. She was thrown upon the world.
The world had three things to do. It might
have sent her to school and trained her for
Life Of active and honorable toll or it
might have left her alone, and SO insured her
speedy death; or it might have thrown
crumbs and cast-oH clothing at her, and 80
kept the wretched body just alive, while
mind and conscience wero starved into
nothingness. It chose the worst Of tho
three. Educating the child would h2ve
been IN ts interference with tho parental
rights Of her loving progenitors- 1t would
have been an IS intrusion upon the domestic
circle" an act Of "centralization, or s' papa
government" 1t was not to be- thought
Of. So the child was not sent to school
There wos no interference with her proud
privilege Of growing up Ounce, fool, and knave
combined. As for letting her die, the world
had not then been educated, and has not yet
been, up to the poin: Of seeing the palpable
fact that death is a thousand times better
than pauperis.n, and that the tuest kindness
to society and the individual is to let the beg
gar perish, unless he can be reclaimed from
beggary, as he generally might be and almost
never is. The village On the Upper Hudson
cursed MARoAnEr by keeping her alive and 3
beggr. 6hs has cured the country IN r.
turn.
As she grew up, ahs attracted to herself
two other girls in the same plight. Without
training, without home, with nothing to do
but to beg and sin, they pursued their sole
occupations vigorously. They were mere
children themselves when they began to bear
Megitimate children MARaARrT was the
most prolific Of the three, but they were ali
human rnbbits. Their children we're born
thieves, paapers, and prostitutes. No "com-
pulsory-education law interfered with the
parental "zighta 10 train these hapless off
spring in the schools Of crime. In these
eighty-fye years, 623 descendants Of MARoA-
RET have come into being. In one generation,
there wsrs twenty children Three died in
infancy. Nine ID the seventeen survivors
served an aggregate tam 8 aftJ ysaxa il tn
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on &C. the faith and resources of the nation
The resources of the nation are its revenue
from taxes, and the taxes are measured
by the property Of the whole people. Inc
faith Of the nation is the integrity with
which it Is to execute its contracts. Inc
new monetary system is peculiarly free tron
my support either from the good faith or tue .
resources of the nation. The t'paper money
Is not to be redeemed. The new system dr.
fera from the old in the fact that there IS to
be no payment OF redemption OF this suost-
tute for money once issued 1t IS issued 1of-
ever There is no "faith" pledged to re-
deem it. md no s'resources" collected on de-
posit for its payment. It is not to be an EVIL
denca of debt nor an "obigation On the
port of the Government; it is to be "money,'
to take the place of coin, and, like coin' when
once issued, to need no redemption or pay
ment, or be Of further concern to the nation.
The new monetary system does away with
notes, obligations, and debts by tbs nation.
It deals only with money. It abollshes CON,
and metallic money, and everything emoody-
ing labor value, and substitutes therefor
*papcr money, NOT paper promises to pay
nor paper notes or paper e7idences OF DEBT
al these things are abolished but it pro-
vides forpapcr "money" y; whichpaper money
once issued is no longer q charge upon the
milton, but, like coin, the property OF Who
ever may hold it, to do with it as he please,
to sell it, or hoard it, or exchange it for what
soever he may need or can get. We submit
to tie intelligence and common sense Of oil
classes OF the community, and especially OF
the great bulk Of the people who live upon
their daily earnings and wages, the probable
condition Of affairs when coin and coin 'va1-
ues will be abolished and "money will con-
sist exclusively of mere pieces Of paper re-
deemable at no time or place, and not even
bearing the character Of promise, OF even
the evidence Of debt. How many reams OF
such stuff will it take to buy dinner?
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States Prison for high crimes, and every one
OF the others was frequent inmate Of aims
house aud jsil. OF the c23 descendants, 200
arc on record as criminals, and those Of the
others who lived beyond infancy: have been,
according to the report Of the New Yozk
State Charities Aid Association, "idiots, im-
beetles, drunkards, lunatics, paupers, and
prostitutes
We commend to disbe1ievers in compulsory
education, and to believers in the reckless
charity which keeps alive the body and kills
the soul, this story, too true, of MARaAnsE,
the mother of criminals.
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TERMS or THE TRIBUNE.

nAxxa OF SUBSCRIPTION {rAYABLr II ADVANCED.
Pautzce Frcpuid Mt this Office.
I,xf.y year ..Sl 1900 Weekly. ys&r....$ LIS
~. Weeky........ $50 Five ooptea......:a 1850
Sunday Edition, Ten copies. 14.00
double xkect..... 3.O0l
Paris OF s yea+ It tEe Ganr rata.
NAx1En-uns sctive egant In ezeh taxn md si1laxs-
Special arrangements made with srch.
Specimen copies szot free.
To prevent delay and mistakes, bs md E!ve Port
O6co addzess In full, including State md County.
Re1ttxnco8may bemade ehc1b By draft, e1prnsa. Post-
0Ges e1der, CT In registered letter.. Ut risk
rEENs TO CITY suBsCRtpKn8.
Dt1y delivered. Sunday excepted. 90 ccats Esr week
pai5 delivered, Sunday Included. 80 cents wssk
Addrcss THE TRIBUNE COMPANY.
CoxuAx Madison and Dex.bo7n-sts~, Chic&xos IL
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Tte cost Of removal to the taxpayers WILL,
then, be about as follows:
Rent for fire years, It $25o3 ~
Construction Of adequate Taults. 4o'uU
New fixtures, furniture, ,etc...-.-.-........' @''o
The cost Of leaving the Courts where they
are is NIL, for the expenditure to secure better
ventilation will be no more for the present
building than for new building. As this Is
the only yalid objection to the present loca-
ton, and as it can be overcome at hiaing
expense, we feel justified in denounclng the
proposed expenditure Of $1S5, 600 as prohi-
gate job, conceived in the interest Of some
person or persons with unrented buildings on
their hands. We protest against it in the
name Of every taxpayer of Cook County.
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HOW TO BUILD UP o9H SUBURBS

HOW TO BUILD UP G1H SUBURBS.
The entire success Of the experiment. Of
running cheap trains for worhngmen on the
Boston Railroad should not be lost on men
interested in suburban real estate here-or
anywhere. Every large city contains thou
sands Of workingmen who live with their
families in damp, dirty, unsunned tenements,
on undrained and unpaved alleys. Their
homes are squalid, destitute Of attraction.
Tho men themselves seek relief from their
dismal rooms in the saloon, md their" chill
dren run away to the schools Of the street.
They pay for these wretched novels Sum
(which would yield good percentage to any
holder Of suburban raal estate who should
rent them small house and good-sized plot
Of ground at the same ratea. II they should
move into tho country, the gain in health,
comfort, and chances for intellectual and
moral growth would bs great very great.
Moreover, ths hegira Of part Of the work
ing classes into the suburbs would
enable thosa who remained in the city to ret
better lodgings at cheaper rctes. Three
things prevent such an exodus from Chicago
to our suburbs. Trains do not run at such
hours that man can come into town, do q
full (artisan's) day's work, and get back home
in time for tea fnres are too high and
there has been no organized effort to attract
mechanics, clerks, end laborers, to any par
ticular suburb. 4 great profit waits for the
owner of suburb who will persuade the
managers Of his connecting railroad to run
The sort nf fraina tha Rosfon Road hao fo,,nd
SO successful, and who will then sell or lease,
on fair terms, small houses, built
on good-sized lots, to Chicago mechan-
les ndmercanti1e employees The trains must
leave the suburb about $50 a. m., IS they do
Lynn, and must leave the city about 6:3o p.
m., as they do Boston The fare should be S
cents for the whole distance, or any part Of
it, SO that the men can use the steam cars rs
cheaply as they can the horse-cars. It is as
sential, too, that the continuance Of the trains
for at least four or five years shonld be guar
anteed by the real -estata owners. Compliance
with these conditions, and judicious ad7eris.:
ing, would, We believe, cover many acres Of
any convenient suburb with the homes Of
wor1ing1nen and wage class employed in Chi
cago. We have already published copious re-
ports Of the SUCCESS OF the Boston expert
ment, but We summarize its history hare to
bear out the assertions Of this article.
The cheap trains were put on the road in
November, 1872. They run between Boston
and Lynn. The fare for the whole distance,
Of any part ot il, il oanta Tickets ~ sold
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cons, or the young people might spell against
the old people, and and then the Churches
might unite and pit their ministers against
each other. Thus the Churches might ac-
complsh their purposes via bruins rather
than stomachs, and disseminate education as
well as morality. Give US the spelling-match,
for bad spelling is q species Of sin
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It will be news to many Of our readers That
tomorrow the amendments to the Postal Ian
go into effect in the Chicago Post~oiace,
which will add materially to the poste55 on
transient newspapers, though its efteo:s Will
not otherwise be felt. The amendment sub
stitutes the words tone ounce for !.wo
ounces" which makes the clause relating 10
postal matter of the third class oua cent for
each ounce and fraction Of an ounce, iastecd
Of every two ounces and fraction cf two
ounces. This doubles the present rate OF
postage On newspapers. The postage on
transient copy Of The TB1nuSE's Sunday
edition Of sixteen pages will, after to-day, b
five cents. The new regulation will 60 into
effect at the Post Office in this city tomorrow,
and the authorities are desirous to have tho
matter fully understood in advance. Tha limit
OF matter Of this class IS four pounds, rs for
merly, the substitution as above given being
the only alteration affecting this class Of NAL
matter
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azHrae ToncF. No ms A. F. i Il. N.-Rexular
communication ?ue:da, cvenlng March e IN tho.f hsi
= Manxoo.s &Froo Aascns HAIL dor !fs:r 1n1sd
- -" ~" - q. Il. CRANE, Secretary.
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The most profitable form OF mothr7n-'s''s s"41
is reported from Council Eluds- ans Scole
couple had long remained uncomT T'ao'e e.as1
the apprehension that the aged Il "as = "''eu'
but subsequent events proved otuel ~. -,
Law approached her son and his - "neu Nse
latter drou the solemn circle clue no'5 cn.'s1
.rornd har z-;tt !, nav s;,ver larter, and thea
hammered rho o1d 1.dv nth tamiiy Bib1a. 49,
this, says the verscious cpo@et' no w
vitch's head apparently bu. ss1s1ne
Of fire and silYer.~ Tho T. VIZ % oo1So' ~
object, but the zilver ROY uA'e ~ mn.'s
o1a ,.5.. .o.a1a-as IN her "buzst," sd
wtatho- -. w.. .o.t I'd 10 yield specie in rc-
.a-s a ~. - h;s1;s., a,tiaament. This ill-timed
s;1sn.a IL asn.c;o, annoying, because many
s.1.ts, 49, - 11.rjujd rejoice to learn soano
-nat,,os ] -, - a,t+;n ie cid lady lnto the waJ Of
--n1a..,r. - d-head, or swan split~heaa
wb;,a 1ox-. sHAaos are representing Ns.
..s. - ~. 1ted States Senate, their abba.
hod;ad con.t tsnts ara busily engaged in get
t;n1 - 49, rwfour drinks Of whisky each daily
IN nns .ss s"as ~ trnds. Tho state Of Nevads, in
n1nsiaa a ~. and SHARON, has population Of
sx ~ -. with 800 1quor-saloons, taking is
~ ~ ~ Of 60 dry. Thezs il saloon -
s.,,. 1s1onA Asa sbs p~ *Aptta axpszak
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CHICAGO LODGK, no. 81, A: F. / 4; A.-ReEnl;a,f ;,
onu1rurication MondAy evening. 18th q Qtaen.ai H.
IAs I.ah-k Members requested to be prc$enE ~
Saaaneas Of importance will bs brought hesere LIN 1oss
- ~ s@AAa%s ~ @' RAN SEELHAAH, Soc.
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THE REV HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.

Now that the dust and smoke Of the battle
in New Hampshire have cleared away, 1t Is
possible to ascertain results and see how the
two parties stand The Democrats have
elected two of the three Congressmen,-
numerically gain of one, but practically OF
no importance, considering the majority the
Democrats already have in ths House, this
one having been gained owing to the per-
sonal, not political, unpopularity of his op-
poncnt. The Republicans have secured the
joint ballot in the Legislature and the Gov
ernor, and the Democratic majority Of last
year of 1900 votes has been wiped out. This
result shows that the Democratic current hes
come to stand-sti1l, and that the party has
had setback. It is substantially Re-
publican victory. There was no reason
why the Democracy should not have
achieved a decisive victory in New Hamp-
shire,-a victory US extensive IS those which
occurred in November. They were in power
in the State. They had the prccedents of
November to work upon. Their election
took place Immediately after the adjournment
Of Congress which, to say the least, had
not been popular one. They had vigorously
canyassed the State with Northern and South
ern orators, firing the popular heart There
was also no reason for the Republicans to ex-
pect to carry it. They fought in forlorn
hope. They not only contended with the
Democratic party in power, but with the Re-
publican blunders and mistakes. The result
shows areacton. The currenthas stoppedinits
onward course and turned the other way,-n
most ominouss for the Democracy. It
shows that, notwithstanding the present fail
ures and mistakes Of the Republicans, the
people gre hesitating ebout placing the Gov
ernment in the hands of the Democracy.
Their professions of reform are at discount; !;
there is lack Of filth in them. 1t shows
that the deluge Of November was not CON-
pletely Overwhelming. It gives the Repub-
Leans Of New Hampshire . position from
which fhey con hardly be dislodged, and it
argues that, Notwithstanding tho reverse Of
laot year, the Republican party Is still alive,
strong in the popular confidence, and that its
principles are still necessary to the welfare Of
the Government Wherever the Democrats
are in power they show no improvement upon
the Republicans, but have done worse, and
the New Hampshire election only proves that
the people ara already beginning to distrust
their protestations Of reform.
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uooLHY's THEATRE q :srstt = eetwtss
Ssosfdca n nd . The Sniss Sw1ns"
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SOCIETY MEETINGS.

eoCnGAs CHAPTER ROSE CRo1x. D.' H.. R.
DN..-Wiu hold rrGuiEs conctnTsa It their hAsfoa
IN Thur.dxy ercninx. 18th tnst fo= work on
an T;th snd 13,h degrees. ~ a:der Of
a. II. POND. H. NJ. :. F.N-'-
I'D GDuDAIE. tsr. Eeo.
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WELCOME LODGE, No. J. +; Of P:1An F., u T members
1olassted to meet at ther Castle Ha on
s.a Z No. sn4 Il W ta3s Rsse; y:5nE b5sse5on g. g.
JoES j. MIICHEL+ Z. o2 T. Ind s.
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MY7CBKR.s THEATRE-Gtad!son st5eet. hetwesa
Dr1yhorn and State. EaxaEemsat Of LII. Rausa5.
- AZ You lIks It."
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ACADEMY OF MuS1C-Hs1stcd street. betweso Mad
4aso erd Mouroc Engagement Of j. L. Tools.
:sDearsr th1a Lis and Il Tho Dodxez."
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BUSINESS NOTICES

wAn pEoLARED-oSLYS 81 TO THE NATIONAL, Z
Capital; only S. to Mccnssneys md re;u1n With ~
stsd Ina no feacy prices satisfaction given OF money
r~fmndnd C;oxz,c. Clark md Kandolph-sts-
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ATTENTION SIR KNIGHTS ;aStated eoue!ave Of
u6ie.e. ce@.ns 81: = r. alo2aay eySntnE: S.
ist;nx gir Enichta eonrtsons:y tngttd b. order of
- Y 49, q, 4. WILLIAMS Asoosdef.
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LADY WASHINGTON CHAPTER O. F: s:-Seeond
Aunnsi soclabs b. held at est TNeutn-St Auxoes
HaU. Nqaday Evening. March Is. LITE
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Prohibition is N very precar1ors condition
this year. The vote in Nov Hampshire Vas var
down below the general expectation, Il oe'os
commonly supposed that the gradual aud con-
siderable increase OF the thres previous ysa1s
could be fully maintained. As matter ot faee'
the Prohihitionista made scarcely any ahor:ins II
the polls. In Iowa there is much the ssn state
OF Affairs. Tho Prohibitionists uere defeated IN
every one Of tho town elections held On tne
LIT inst- in which the issus Of License
or no license WIS squaselJ presanted.
Massachusetts began tho stampede Last yea:
but there tho change ha& not been 20 complete
was deared- Thd Legislature has got into x
muddle, and in tho attompt to compromise ,as
fair to pass law that will satisfy no party u:n7
State, combining tho localoption idea "
modified Iesase sJatem in such way - tetaSA'
m intelligent experiment. Of either kind' 1'a@
cally impossible. The advance in op''o' ~ ~
however, notably in the direction o91e u"
and individual responsibility.
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soy, for Illustration, IS cents, in which case
it will require 9131 ,0o0, 600 in legal tenders
to purchase the S1oo, ,ooo. 900 Of gold to pay
the annual interest on the debt. This will
ba equivalent to On addition of nearly one
third to the present ratio Of interest Oh the
public debt.
But Justice requires that it should be stated
that all the legal tenders issued under the new
system may be regarded as clear proit, t,-they
are never To be redeemed. It is true the
holder Of them is to have the privilege Of in
vesting them in 8.G5 per cent bonds, the IL
terost and principal Of which are payable in
legal tenders. Being redeemable only in
Others Of the same kind, they are practically
i1redeemable. Human ingenuity has never
ret devised note or other evidence Of debt
TINT did not contain, expressed or i'm
Piled, q promise to pay, and the
ralue of the debt is not in the paper
evidence thereof, but in the promise to pay,
and the means to eaforce the performance Of
that promise. Tho pzesentle2al tenders con-
tain promise to pay. Under the new none
tary system thereis to be no promise; on tho
conhnry, they arc to be issued upon the ex-
pressed understanding that they ore not to be
redeaned At oil The rcader oan estimate for
himself what the vclue Of such paper will be
in exchange for labor. produced commodities,
which, after al, retain their gold va1ue; and
the reader can estimate 1t what rates he CHI
get credit when his debt Is to be paid in this
"1noney."
But tbs nsu aoastazJ system izto be basad
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-16

The wind and rain of Saturday NIGHT
and Sunday did Some damage hsre. il
blew down a great amount of grass. oat.
and corn.
The wheat, harvest Is about through.
consequently the wet weather will NOT
Interfere much, but on account OF the
surface being low, those who have not
laid by their crops will! now find 1t
rather wet cultivating them.
The items In the Courier are
catsing some excitement among the
young folks of this place, their though
is, OF finding out who the writer is--if
they can.
-Messrs. j. r. and c. III. Dfllen, of
Bloomington, are out on . visit 10 their
friends. Gentlemen we wish you
pleasant visit.
Blackburn & Mcdonald received q
large stock Of goods last week, and are
prepared to fill all orders in their line
Of business.
We notice quite number Of the
gentry OF Ireland playing croquet in r.
h. Fleming's pasture last Friday eve
ming. Gentlemen don't be selfish, IN
vife the ladies to come and enjoy the
generosity OF I. X. +. also.
We have heard that j. Fand n H.
Dillen propose to visit their father
farm, situated near Phelps CITY. A hi
son county. Missouri, before returning
home.
--Messrs. A. and c. presented the
young folks of ireland sn ice cream
supper last Friday evening. A. ih.v
camesout i'm debt wo would like TO know
where c. got his plug" hat, and who
pays for AS. cigars.
The opponent writers from Topeka
are becoming antagonistic, il we know
anything abont it, supposing, as We 40,
that their writings are the indies of
their minds. Our advice to them y,
sheath your weapons of warfare, be
friends again. and learn from the past
lesson that ''the course Of true love new
er did run smooth" lovers quarrels
generally result in weddings.
We do not know how Miss c. rel
ishes the article in the Courier about
her dress, but from what we know ct
the effects water has on such goods we
would advssc her to wash il. which
would be excellent practice for her new
accomplishments.
More ere long, MYSTERY.