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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1876-03-18

SI~AJE OE'IlIINOIS. La sALLk Co.'s.
- IN tie circuit Count ercor, 10 Je Itrhs A. d. 1876.
IN ChdRltTy.
Jacob Lowiuan and Peter Wyman George y. Cusll'
man William II. W. Cushman al I John 4 shutter.
II appearing from affidavit on file In the once OF the
clerk OF said that said defendant George N tusl
man ia resident said and said coplsinantS
having fled their bill OF complaint In said court on The
chancery side thereof on the ninth day OF December
1875 hcrein and summons having been issued thereon ac'
cordng 10 law ,
Notice. therefore is hereby given TO said defendant,
George N CushmG that unless you personally be ana APP
pear before court said thereof 10 he held az the
Court House IN Ottawa said county. ON the rst Monday
of June A. D. 1876 (when and where said simmons II
rctunsbc and plead demr or except to SAID Di
matters ard things therein prayed decreed accordnGy
CHARlES II. HOOK. CLERK.
link II. RICE. Solicitor. maril-iw
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MATCHES. BLEACHING. ETC.-wequote.
Matches y gross. 800 in box. I 6Os parlor. b
gross, s(o9S 50; Dixon's stove polish, y
gross. s. Mssson's blAoking, = Gross. 4S5;
RiiLS-S axes.
NAVAL STCRES-Resin. y Dbl; virgin,
S 90; pale. 5; No. ]. 4 7bs No. 2. 4 50; pitch. q
Dbl, s 50; tar, q Dbl, I %; half Dbl. 1 so.
Manila rope, Glib. 1S9lskc; Sisal. l6@l6hc;
tArred rope. l5c tar marlin, Soe; spun yarn.
Sci cakum. v bsls, navy. 8. American navy.
0ATS-0ats. mixed. 45a46c per bushel.
ONIONS-Per mi. 50 0092 so.
PIGS FEET Kegs, l 80 to ! 80; half Dbl. $50
P0TATOEs-LOose, 81 O@s1 80 per barrel.
PICKLES-Per barrel. 9 50; h~alf-barrel.
PkINTS-Linseed oil, s.; boiled. 7so;
iurpentine, 44c; Japan dryer. 859G T5i putty,
hulk. 4c; bladders, sc; varnish, coach, 5 %;
copal, No. l. IS; hre-proof paint, dry, sc;
Ochre, dry, French. Sc; white lead, lO9llci
red lead, lie: cottage colors. 9H9l0Hc.
PEAS-s1 5e@1 50 v bushel.
RICE Ordinary to choice. 69Shc.
SUGAR, L0UISIANA-In hhds. fair, 10 Ia
l0Hc; fully fair, lCA to l019o; prime. l0M Il
lihs; white clarified. II4 to lie; barreled AC
higher.
SUGAR, REFINED Refined A, Ilszai2c
crushed and powdered l21Se; aranulated l2hSc;
cut loaf. l254c per pound.
SYRUPS-Cemmon to fancy 400 to 500 pei
Salt Coarse and common fine 81 7e@l IS
dairy in bbls; 275 to 3 90; Liverpool coarse,
sacks, / soto 40; Liverpool fine. sacks, % Il
] IS per Dbl.
STAROH-%n5c per ID.
SWEET P0TAT0ES-2 2592 so per barrel,
TINNEkS, ST0Ck-Tin plate, IC. l0xl4,
q box u; IC. l4x20, ID; &c, l2x12, II 90; nc,
roofing, IS; TX, l0xl4, 10; TX. IA %; Is: TX,
lsxl2, II IS; sheet iron. boiled. Nos. Is anc
n, 5S51Sc; do. charcoal, Csc; do, galvan'
ised. 1S9l4c: Russia iron. 24c; imitation do,
lie; sheet zinc, lie; iron wire, 9gl5c; soldier
209-o; lead. l0c; copper pits, S6c; metallic.
80: block tin. 5c.
common, 14c per gallon.
WHISKY-Pr0of, per gallon, as in age anC
quality, 81 $50 90.
WOOL Fine fleece washed. . to 26c pei
pound; medium fleece washed. 50 to SIC
coarse fleece washed, q 10 2Sc; choice tut
washed, Soto S5c; fair tub washed, % TO 800
fine unwashed. Is 10 lie; medium unwashed
% to 25c; coarse unwashed, IL to 2Oc; common
WOOD AND willow wARE-Two ant
three hooped. painted buckets. 80 IS; buck
cts, & dozen, brsss-bouna. cedar, 2 and
hoops. S5g9; tubs, painted, nests of 81 10
nine, Is to ~ inches. z 5099 so; cedar
iron-bound, Is size; cedar, brass-bound, l6@
20;well buckets. ( Sues so; washboards, wood
2 CO.; sine, 2 Is; ax-nandles, / 259l 100
measures. neats Of :. 1@l rs.
WHEAT-No. 2. T5c to 81 90 . bushel.
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JBLIC LEDGER.
~RIRKUFORH.

MASONIC DIRECTORY. a
LoDaIss -
orrH MEMPHIS, No. lis meets "a fn1aS
each month. in ODD teloss naN
Halter. " Mi NJ. kls k1liTe; 81 ii Monday il
ASSnaOsNN IN 0dd Fellows Hall. CIV
s Hoihv WI: CO Lecke. sec,y;
M9soy, SooTF. No. 2S9-meets Let Mednesaay
aaeh month, in Odd Fellows hah. Ar
Davis, W Mj "a Lytle; Sss IF,;dav in each
DkS'in, nSd Fellows Hall. Jno W ira
monn' " {, III Ward. Sec'y pro tem
nag, " No. Nl-meets 4ta Friday IN
hhN-tb IN odd Fellows Hail.. James ,
sacn 1snter. WM; zack I White See'y.
soTAL ARCH.
o.-ru No. 2-meets I'd Monday Of
no1tb-af Masonic hall, IN 6ayoso
s sloski A. J. Wheeler. NJ. e.. d. P.i o. u
Locke, sserseary; No. s5-meets at Ma
IN a aayoso Block. 81 Monday Of
so ~ north. VI, S. Matthews. NJ. b. Il. ~
n W Shelton. Secretary.
Z. \ 1. n.
EurrKA OouEoIL. No; 6-mests "a Thars-
~ ~ eash month-at Masonic Hall, IN Hey-
40 Biook. A. J. Nhesie-, IN. HI; U. 4.
Myers A''' rrErLARs.
rvzurE ~CoHNkKDXsy. No. s-meets 4th Mon
s,-ef eseh month a. Masonic Hall, 6ayoso
eiScF. "a Worsham, y. c. 7. J. bErehus'
NsS. ELMO CoMHASDxRY No. B.-Mssts
I'd TUESDAY Of each month ct Masonic hsp'
9avoeo Block. B. r. Halter, i. G.; x. W..
anss SIssrs or RCD CRoss or CONSTANTINE
nsets 6rst and third Saturdays Of each month
~ Masonic Hall. L. B. Hatch. NJ. z. D.; l.
J. Barchus. X.
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q new Orleans.
For New Orleans and the Bends-The nno
passenger steamer
GOLDEN RULE ~~.......0 = Shinklo. master
VAIL LEAVE AS ABOVE M.
w THIS DAY. AUG. 9th, at4 Laprhtf9
pm, from Glenn's Wharfboat. HAAAkaA
For freight or passage apply TO
X. p. GLENN, Agent. on Wharfboat,
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tyEaaHTs on PYTHIAs.
n-,vy,ggvn Lamar No. 81 Meet

Trux,ssxu LoDeE No. 6-Msets Nh
every Monday night at No. go
Second street, Vincent Block; opp. Court
Square. G. Layton, g q Jno; WILSON ~
N prevenzaie N. Of f.: W. ". Moyston, X,
ofR. and 5 Joe Locke, P. G.
MrupHrs Lopez No. 6.-Meets for drill OF
srst Thursday Of each month. Regular meet
NJ second. third and fourth Thursday. John
Wood. 10; F. Bath,Y CT A Morgel' r
Martin Cohen, X RS; J Lutz, jr; NJ +; r "
Vigus, NJ E (; Jos S Leon, G..
O0uR Dr. LION LODGs No. lS-Meets I'd and
4t6 WEDNESDAYS Q cry month, st $50 Second
ftreet, Vincent 5lock. opposite Court square
n. nj Briggs, G. c.; NJ. Cooper, jr. ". O.; q,
n Wilson. p g. A. Burr, N. Of g.; j.. I,
Tomlinsen. NJ. Of r.; D. W. bohsfer. K,
of K. s.; j. j. Rols, p. G..
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rMLNqIAL AND OOaMEROIAL.

PUBLIC LKDeER OFFICE. /
MEMPHIS. Tenn, August "A. tSl6. }

PUBLIC LKDGkR UfFiCks
MEMPHIS. TKSs.. August "A. tSI6.i
Monetary affairs continue quiet and
inactive, with little animation exhibited
in banking circles. The supply Of cur
rency is equal to the demands Of trade
with the loan market working easier
The banks readily discount oil accept
able paper Offering at SOLO q cent. 9
annum; street rates. on short loans, rule
at llG21 q cent = month. Exchange
remains quiet aud steady, as follows;
Buying on New York at par and selling
at tc premium; on New Orleans, buying
at te discount and selling at par. Bro
kers are paying lO9@lO9s for gold, with
few transactions There was little OF
nothing doing in scrips and bonds. There
was was some inquiry for State coupons
for January and June, 1915, but none
l. I'D
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KNIGHTS or HONOR.

Uyrry LopoE No. 2T-meets every Wednes-
day night at Hall, No. 29S Second street, up
stairs. S. S. Garrett, Dictator; A. B.. Hill,
Reporter.
CHELSEA LODGE, No. 2S0-meets ID and attn
Thursday in each montn, at Brick Church
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were ID be Iound.
CnTrON.

The market opened dull and heavy,
with fair offerings aud a light demand.
Advices from the East and Liverpool
we're not very encouraging, hence trans
actions we're limited. Estimated sales
for the day, 200 bales; sales yesterday
we're $50 bales, all to %spinners.
COTTON EXCHANGE oUgATIoSs STANDARD
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OEUTsCHER ~BRUDEB.BUND.

DEUrsoHKR B%RUDER-BUED meets lst Sunday
in each month at2 O'Clock PM, at Cochran
Sali. +. q. Sehaper, Pres't; g. A. Junker-
mann. Vice e~res't; ". Glaentzer, Sec'yi II.
W. Schultze. %ire8s'ri Aug Zwsifel and John
Handwerker, Sick Committee for Northern
division; John Wendell and John Margle,
Sick Committee for southern Division.
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q. .. ?, %DIREVTORY.
csa Fellows. Hall, corner Main and North
0oart streets. r

cad Fellows. Hall. corner Main and North
0osrt streets. rtss
grr,grs LoDan, No. 6-meeh every Tues
5av. S. S. Garrett. n. g.; A. -, Knapp
va; L. S. Burr. Secretary; &. F. Nl'A'
cs5sS1sAr Lopez. No. s-nests every Mon
dsv night. Z. M. Gearn. Nj; AZ viz
son. v, g.; 7. j. Hogan, X. 3; Sohh a.
~elt. Treasurer; Thsmas Bacon, Z. >.
Srrr1IFR Lopez, No. ~1l0-meets every nea,
rssdav nirht. Frank Dries, N. 6.i "a
BohIe. y. g.; Chas. Bor2er, seerotary' 'oha
linkhsuer, Treasurer; 80.
,irht NV. Anderson, N. g.; VIZ; trenen
We; Wm. Henry. P. and +. s.; J. D VII
Ems ms NV Cry LoDsE, No. lT-mests svery
rnasdav evening At go Second street. Mae9n
Webb. n. e.; J.fi iSung: TSSaT Treas.
"Utvwnyy LopGg No. 199-meets every tues
dar nirht al Odd Fellows' Hall, corner besl
ana fernando streets q. W. y. Jroohi y
anu d e. Rsahard, v g.; D. A. MeOmber'
See'y; Henry G. Dent, Treasurer.
N%EOANPHEyTs.
q, voso F~rcANPWEyr, No. 3-meets on tne
y,t md "a Thursday niEhts Of each montn.
n. Y Goodyear, Q. P; W. k.frenchs nm
D. n smith. S. W.; Thos. Bacon, scrine; D.
p;ngham' treasurer; T. J. Hogan }. ".
IsvpVIsE ~EOAMPMKNT, No. S5-mests "a ana
s+b Tbnrsday nights Of each month. =, W
4. Crook, G. p; j.. J.: Ross. H. P; s. 3.
GsSrett. s. W.; b. B. Cullen. J. W.; y.
PPiiscbke. scribe; John Waynesburg, Treas
DEsREE LODGE.
MEMPHIS DTGREE LoDoE No, Sheets nTs'
ct,-dav n each month. WA. Henry u
I'D. a. Wardlaw. D. D. Nj, Frank Mel
lersb, A. o. a.; 7, P. Holland, sec'y; +
w. Smith, Treas.
RurH LoDaE, No. /, D. oy R.-meets secon'
aud fourth Saturday nights Of eaeh W
r p. Holland. sec'y; Mrs. Geo. Miller, Treas
GrvvRA1. RELrEF COMMITTEE Us. Wilkins
cSairman. go Main street; John W. MayAes
snre. Secretary and Treasurer, 2lU IRON
street; A. d. Gibson. 6 West Court street :
q. Schmidt, ~ MenrOe street; d. Porter
IS Union street.
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NV YORK, August q. I2iN p.m.-Uotton IS
easy. with futures quiet and steady. Bales i0r
future deliYerY. $500 bales.

LIVERPOOL. August "A ~: 30 p.m.-Corton is
quiet. Upisras. 6 l-l6d; Orleans, 63-lod.
sales, 500 bales, Of which 1000 were for ex-
port and speculation. Arrivals are quiet and
sfaodv
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RIVER INTELLIGENCE.
Rn,rs LrAH1Na TO-DAY.

BOATS LEAVING TO-DAY.
Seanlan's Landing, Carl sehurz.~.......5 pm
New orleans, Golden Rule. ............-... pm
ARRIVALS.
Steamer Bee and barges, St. Louis.
j. W. Gaff. Cincinnati.
" Bismarck, New Orleans.
Robert Mitchell, New Orleans.
DEPARTURES.
Steamer A. J. White, Friar's Point.
City Of Augusta, Arkansas City.
Rosa Miller, Arkansas river.
Bee and barges, New Orleans.
Bismack, st. Louis.
Robert Mitchell, Cincinnati.
BOATS IL PORT.
0sceola, Carl Schurz, j. W. Gaf.
Condition OfIhe Rivers.
The weather continues warm and
sultry. The river here is rising
again., but will be falling by to-
morrow. At Cairo the decline was
seven inches, with fifteen feet two
inches on the gauge. AT st. Louis
the rise was three inches, with
seven and a half feet in the chan
mel out to Cairo; at Helena the de-
cline was one inch; at Vicksburg
three inches; at Pittsburg the fall
was ten inches; at Cincinnati six.
teen inches, with twelve feet eight
inches on the gauge; at Louisville
two inches, with seven feet ont
inch in the canal. Cumberland
river fell five inches, with three fee
five inches on the shoals. Arkan
sas river rose one inch at Littl
Rock yesterday, with three fee.
four inches on the gauge. Whit,
river continues in good boating OF
der.
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or N
NlrowA TExPLE OF u. AID 7.
40. l-meets every Friday even

NlroHA TEHPLE OF II. AEDT. NksNH
o,I-meets every Friday even hLh
ing at s O'Clock at Temperance HLH4
Hall. No. &3 Second street.
ID. MeDOugal. W. @. T.; Z. o, hilton. w.
v. r.; C. A. s.. Richardson. ". K; q,
Shepherd, ". 4. r.; J. II. Thompsop, ". n.
r.; Bun y. Price. " IT.; a. Hum; ". j. II.
III. Hampson, W. d. u; W. A. Hill. NV.
a. Geo. B. Elliott, W. 81 Rev. ID. C.. Gull
CaELsEA TENPIE OF II. AND 7. No. 2-meeta
every Tuesday evening az 5 o'clock, at their
lai, Brick Church. Chelsea. u. Z. Colby.
~. q. T.; B. I. Carr, Wv TAh. M; Ken
dali. w, R.; 7. b. Rawlings, W. a.. R.i .
II. Chandler, W. y. R.; W NJ. Carr. w. /;
W. S. Rodgers, W. u; r. 7. White, W. y.
u; Chas. II. Lanham, w, @; g. X. bgneW
MS: r. j. Rawlings. w. Chap
MONTGOMERY COUNCIL No. l, 7. A. ANO 5
T.-meets first Monday in each month, IN
Masonic Hall, GayOso Block. az N. O'clock
pm. John W. Graham, @. OF e.; John W,
Brush. K. .
fHALrs TEMPLE OF H. AND T. No, 4-meetl
every Monday evening at "a o'clock al theii
hall. corner Second and Adams streets, owe
Engine-house. Jonathan Wood, W.. I.
John W. Brush, w. v. T.: W. y. Atkinson
W. R.; John d. Cox, IT,. w. A. X; John W
Caeey, W +. H.: Chas. II, McDougal. "
r.; +. I. Davis. W. U.iR II. Hcster, ". y
IT,; +. W. Halle, w Gil i, Bourne. W
s.; Dan A. johnson, W. Chaplain.
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BEiseeIlaneOus.

BEiseelIaneOuS.
Another dull day on the landing.
This has been the dullest season
in river circles known for years.
The Ella Hughes from Fort
Smith, and Pine Bluff from Pine
Bluff, arrived yesterday at Little
Rock.
The City Of Alton arrived at st.
Louis yesterday.
The Andy Baum left CiAknnati
last evening for Memphis.
The Rosa Miller cleared last night
for Arkansas river with a fair trip.
The City Of Augusta and A. J.
White, for the lower coast, had
good trips of freight and people.
The Cherokee, Arlington and U.
P. Schenck for Cincinnati, and At
lantic and barges for St. Louis, left
New Orleans last evening,
Captain Symmes, of the towboat
Bee, stopped off here on account Of
an attack of chills and fever, and
returned TO st. Louis by rail.
|, The towboat Blue Lodge is fol
sale at Pittsburg.
The Phil Allin will arrive her,
E tomorrow and leave on Saturday
, her regular day, for Greenyille ant
the bends.
: Captain r. P. Glenn returner
! home last evening from Chicot Git.
on the Robert Mitchell. Hereport
E the crops in the bendsa as in a flour
! ishing condition, and lively time
anticipated this fall.
Captain John Woodburn's neV
! Arkansas river packet was success
I fully launched at Madison Tues
4 day morning last.
y Rates on freights from ST. Lou
& to New Orleans have been advance
s. again 10 4Oc per barrel on flour an
sp zoe per hundred.
z There are seyenty-two boaco
:, lights between Cairo and New o.
leans.
a The Grand Lake and barge
3. passed up this morning.
~ The Bismarck for st. Louis an
d the Robert Mitchell for the Oh.
81 river, passed up last night. Bot
VI had fair trips Of freight and peopl
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d c. LEWIS, GLASS Front, Main st.
LIZ Dealer in General Merchandise FINE DRY
GOODS speciality.
IT DRENNEN, (Grsnd Central, Main ST.
IL Dealer in Country Produce, Dry Goods am
Groceries.
D G. REESE, (Sign Of tile Bee Hioe,)
Als Dealer in Staple Dry Goods and Groceries.
NcCRERY & BOULDEN,
Nl DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, 30 is and SHOES
jas. NskIS Sl3a,.. s,.,. Genera, u.,,,, NJ, IS.
NJ LIEBERMAN,
Nls Mems and Boys Ready-made Clothing Hats. ct,
n L. STANTON, - -
IT, CIGARS. TOBACCO, SNUFF, PIPES etc.
n SIMON,
Il Cigars. domestic and imported Tobacco, Pipes.
n W. MAXWELL,
" Fine Liquors. Groceries and sportsmen's Goods.
TOHN PARTRIDGE, (Evkton Depot)
y Grain, Clover and Timothy Seeds Coal. Fertilizers
D c. STRICKLAND,
4 Agricultural Implements and Machinery:
A LEXANDER & BRO,
"A STOVES. Hardware. Tinware and Roofing
9 S. RAMBO,
NJ Stoves, Hardware, House Furnishing Goods, Tin.
and Roofing.
JOSEPH HINCHLIFFE,
u Bookseller and Statoner. Tobacco, &c
W. MERCHANT TAILOR
JOSEPH WELLS,
y Wholesale and Retail Provisions, Meats. Sc.
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is a six footer.

Taft is six footer.
Mrs. Victoria keeps 100 horses.
Sharon wears a silver moustache.
Marsh was Grader to the State"
-Revivals are spreading in Indiana.
-Pinchback is called an Angle African.
Maine is supplying the country with
ice
Secretary Taft is Yale fellow we'll
met.
"A fund to reimburse Belknap is posi-
BILE.
Mrs. Belknap was born in Massachu-
sets.
New England is sending colonies to
Arizona.
-Blackbirds are chattering galy in the
country.
The japanese ministers have reached
the East
Wages are lower in New England than
in the West.
Senator Ingalls, is much talked of for
Vice President.
Boston personal:"- are $685.
600 beans in a barrel.
Georgia grows pomegranates, citrons,
figs and other choice fruits.
-Women's age is reckoned as is the
game of picket; after $780,
A war with the Sioux will probably
enliven the Centennial season.
-" Dandy pudding" is culinary novelty;
it consists of eggs and things.
An infant one day old is offered for
adoption in the ". Y. Herald
Shakespeare says GA lion among ladies
is dreadful thing" So is a mouse
1t is estimated that there will be So
900 people in the Black Hills by May list.
Senator Sargent speaks more rapidly
than any other orator in the Senate.
Colonel Vest wants to be Governor of
Missouri. Pull down your Vest, Missouri.
The husband and wife concerned in a
San Francisco divorce suit are also uncle
and niece.
Although 337 American hotels were
burned last year, not clerk was so much
as scorched.
Senator Jones has the potatoes for the
consumption of his household imported all
the way from Elko, Nevada.
London Punch:-(At a party)-He-
Shall We sit down?' She'll should
like to, but my dressmaker says l must
not
Mrs Swisshelm hits the mark in let.
ter to the Chicago Tribune, in which she
says: " We need religion which means
sixteen ounces of sugar for a pound, and
no sand il it,
Senator Jones, of Nevada, who was
married to his young wife about a year
since, has been presented by her with a
little baby girl, and it is no uncommon
sight to see that great, rich fellow crawl
down on his knees before that little bunch
of pink and muslin, and make up faces at
1t as he declares, that for real happiness,
"blg bonanzas amt nothin' to babies.''
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THE OLD SCISSORS SOLILOQUY.
BY PARMENAS MIX.

| am lying at rest in the sanctum tonight
The place is deserted and STILL
To my right lie exchanges and manuscript!
white,
To my left are the ink and the quill
Yes, the quill, for my masters old fash
Toned and quaint,
And refuses to write with a pen,
He insists that old Franklin, the editor saint
L sed quill and he II initiate Ben.
love the old fellow-together for years
We have managed the Farmers Ga
zette,"
And although am old, I'm his favorite
shears
And can crowd the compositors yet.
But my duties are rather too heavy, l think,
And | oftentimes envy the quill
As it lazily leans with its nip in the ink
While I'm slashing away with will.
But when | was newt remember it we'll,
Though score OF long years have gone
by
The heaviest share of the editing fell
On the quill, and I think with sigh
OF the days when I'd scissor an extract OF
From neighboring editors leader,
Then laugh in my sleeve at the quill as il
In behalf of the general re ader.
l am being paid off for my merrimeut then,
For my master is wriukled and gray,
And seldom lays hold on his primitive pen
Except when he wishes to say:
We are needing some money to run this
machine,
And subscribers will please to remit
Or, That last load of wood that Jones
brought lis was green
And so knotty it couldn't be split"
He is nervous and deaf and is getting quite
blind
(Though he hates to acknowledge the
latter),
And I'm sorry to say it's puzzle to find
Head or tail to the most of his matter.
The compOsltors plague him whenever they
see
The result of a lucklesS eHdeavor.
But the darling old rascal Just lays it to me,
And | make no remonstrance whatever.
Yes, l shoulder the blame-very little care
For the Jolly cOmpositor'S jest,
For | think of head with the sivery hair
That will soon, very soon be at rest.
He has labored full long for the true and
the good
Mid the manifold troubles that irll us
His only emolument raiment and food,
And-a pass, now and then, TO the circus.
Heigho! from the past comes a memory
bright
OF lass with the freshness of clover
Who used ME to clip from her tresses one
night
A memorial lock for her lover.
That dear little lock is still glossy and
brown,
But the lass is much older and fatter,
And the youth-hc's an editor here in the
town
I'm employed on the staff of the latter
| am lying ut rest in the sanctum tonight
The place is destr G and still
The stars are abroad and the moon is in
sight
Through the trees OF the brow of the
hill.
Clouds hurry along in undignifed haste
And the wind rushes by with a wall
Hello there's whopping big rat in the
paste
How I'd like to shut down on his tail
Scribner for april.
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Silver wedding-marrying grey beard.
Sugar weddng-m marrying candid man
For bootless errands employ barefoot
boys.
"A relative Notwithstanding god
father.
When is boat like pile of snowo
When it is drift.
How to make good thing last-make
every thing else first.
The first chropodist in English his
tory-William the Corn. curer.
Can curl over the forehead be called
Locke on the Understanding ?"
Ought to be allowed to sit down-a
merchant of forty years standing.
What constitutes the genuine frontier
costume? The outskirts of civilization.
When does an editor play singular
trick with grammar? When he declines
an article.
Walking matches are to be revived.
They are different from lucfer and parlor
matches.
An author says that one of the uses of
advertsity is to bring us out. That is true.
particularly at the knees and elbows.
1t was Archbishop Whately who an
nounced that Noah's ark was made of
gopher wood, while Joan of Arc was maid
Of Orleans.
-Scipio Africanus. all dressed up in his
new clothes, yesterday called at Harris
Brothers for "twobi cigar" Would
he have it "strong or mild ?" "Well,
boss" said Scipio, "not too strong nor too
mild-one dat's about pro rata.''
-Pshaw. It's easy enough to put up
a stove! All you have got to do is to
put on your kid gloves, take your cane, and
leave word at the timers, and when he
gets ready, and can't think of any other
job, and doesn't want to go fishing, he will
put your stove up.
The Ladies Centennial Union is pro-
crossing finely. We all belong, you know,
and sing:
81 have Joined the Union, and with the
Union stand,
Collecting money every where to music by
the band ~
-"Ain't it pretty said Mrs. H., hold
ing up her new bonnet. "There's some
charming ideas in that, l can tell YOU"
"Glad of it," said John. "It's Just as
well to have ideas some where about your
head, you know" and he paused to catch
hair brush on the fly.
The girls attending a seminary in Ohio
set two chickens fighting in their room on
last Sunday. Bets on the result ran high,
aud at the conclusion Of the contest the
winning maiden was "better " by gold
watch, pair of silk stockings, French
corset, two rolls Of false hair, and patent
hustle.
81 have my own 'piniou on zis tariff
question:" remarked seedy- looking ind
vidual on the street last evening. What
is your opinion ~ asked a gentleman near
by. "My 'pinion, zur,' replied the man,
SIS Eat every feler gez his own right (hic)
to go on a tarifl"e wants to- No one ven
tured to dispute his views.
-" You will observe from this woId
pnter." said a school master to his pupil,
"the great hexibility of the Latin language.
Pater is a father; and here we have patruus,
an uncle; and prop0truus, IA sreat-uncle,
on the fathers side. Can you make any
such change in our language? Pater,
patruus, experimentation is there any
way YOU can change father into uncle in
English - 81 don't think of any," replied
young Hopeful, "unless You can get him
TO marry your aunt
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