, 1876-02-27
fat being especially commondable- The accom-
pRniment, two drums aud a bassoon. 1s effective
and truly WasneriAn. The following are the
wnrd4.

pRnlment, two drums aud bas60on. to e1ectav'
| and truly WasneriAn. The following ere th
words:
She 1T the hospi.ale bo.rd
For steak no longer shovcs the plata.
Upon whnse margin oft are stored
The crusts abe cannot mastcata-
OF sweetneats. Rurodrops she praferat
Goes in for haah md etirnhout
Old age il alow]y creeping on.--
Poor mother's teeth are falling oufl
Ere she was forced 10 vulcanite.
At thlrteen twenty-five per set,
In fowls cen Of the boarding -houas
Breed how her sound incisors uesI
Now all Is cbauged-but, nay, not all
For father oft expresses doubt
II tuothetS tongue have lost its power,
Though mothers teeth ars falling Quit
CHORUS
Ah, no, her tongue retains its power,
:. Though mothers teoth arc falling out!
EARD COAL
The regular monthly meeting OF the Coal Ex-
change vas held yesterday at the Exchange
looms, President Got in the chair. and Maj
Joseph Kirkland. Secreta1y, in charge Of the
ninute-book.
>Adyces from Ne1 York were read, indicating
q f1mness in hard coal. and conyeying the as
su1ance that the Chicago Exchange would be
backed up in its action as to the price OF coal,
etc.
The Treasurer reported g, 200 in the Treasury.
After nuanimoualy agreeing that there shall
be no reduction IN the prlco OF hard coal, tho
meeting took q rest for ono week. It is under
stood that tho Exchange saa never II better
con ditlon.
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uenpeck Wat4eka, H. His wife is Oh visit TO her
mother in Jacksonville, FL He has nut heard from
hez in two weeks but says hn saw ta there had been
an earthquake and tornado there, and msuy people
were killed, principally women, hnd snoo ho heard
Inst be says no true American citizen in this
tennal yaar neglect the contemporary history OF bis
county, Yours respectfully,
pA1.enH 7. Enn1rr.
DE- M'KAo.
A week ago yestorday Dr.. McKaig received
letter from number of his pa1ishioners urging
Museum, and asking him If ho could bo induced
to reconsider his determination to ooaso preach
ing if = sufficient salary could be guaranteed him
for six months.
Dr.. Ackaig, in his reply, says:
cannot resist the conviction that hxTe Interests OF
mend themselves to my Judgment ~ Of paramount
importance. I deeply appreciate your kindness and
generosity IN asking to Tec0ns1er dpternipA-
ton, aud do Jop decline with reluctance and
hesitation; and, look back upon the days have
toled together. they wu be unusually frightened by
the fact that have found here Of tile best and
trunst friends Of my LIFE.
HOTEI. ARRIVALS.
Pd'zRer Horsr-F. 6. Smith ana G. pa1as1o, New
Fork: Joseph Brown, Indianapolis; s. G. S1nythe,
Kentucky; Townsend Davis. Butfnlo; Mathew SEM
rae Philadelphis ). 4. EeQuillsn, New York; Maj.
L Loons, Aurora T. 3. Eslston. Virginia CITY, fov.;
J. e. Buruhsaa, San Francisco: q. n. RUSSELL
Rochester: ". Becksy, =. o. L. Potter, and c. Ii.
Cottzh, Milwaukee; John T. Drew, Boston,.
Grund Paesfc-The Hon. J. butcher, General
Manager OF tho New York Central Railroad,
Nav York; II. T. Tobias, Lima, Eouth America
the Hon. Adam Earle and tho Hon. Moses Fowler,
Lafayette, Ind; the Hon. s. H. Lafin, st. Louis;
Mons. Paul u. du Chaillu, t.aw York. tie Hon. ]. n
uarvood and George o. 6tearns, Boston; Judge J.
Burnett, Cincinnati; Charles Callahan and James
Dan!ap Liverpool, England; tho Hon. John F. viual
Vo:cauo ". W.. fremont Hpsse-The Hon. R. N.
bailey. Boston; Gen. j. II. Harvey San Francisco;
tho Hon. 4. H. Beyin, Connecticut; Col. J. II. Pres
Vermont: Frank ". Danisls, Boston;
tho Hon. c. Eliwood, Sycamore S. J. Harvard. Eastou
Pa; Prot W. 6. Cunning, Boston; B. B. Kerr, Pitts
burg: J. Ashbu1y Fullef New York; H. B. Day,
Aurorn. Sherman House-The Hon. n Lockhart,
Brooklyn Charie8 Melville agent for John Dillon tho
Hon. John E. Morey, Rochester; 4. p. Baldwin,
Akrou4 O.; Col l. E. Warren. New York tha Hon. E.
J. Kellogg and the Hon T. II. Leonard New York;
Cot J. Z. E. HerrcE, Boston: the Hou- r. II. Mont
gouery, Milwaukee; Col. g. D. Eates, Boston; II. H
oouther, New York; J. II. Davis, Book lst:nd.