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+ In answer to R LIS inquiry, which bread
of fowls is most profitable to keep for egg -
| would say that have upwards of 1I ,j0o
fowls, representing nearly every varipty
in the world. have none that will nr6
duce more eggs than the Leghorns. Tbe
browns are as good us any, though no bet .
ter egg producers than the white, black or
Dominique Leghorns. Leghorns bear con.
fnement we'll. Last winter kept brown
Leghorn puleis and Il cockerel in house
only 5 by feet, with no run outside, and
in the months of January, February anG
March they laid upwards of 400 egg "'
The Leghorns are good winter layers, and and
at any season will lay at least twice nr
many eggs as any of the Asiatics, and will
not CONSUME half the quantity of food
The Black Spanish, Polish, and iIamburos
are all good layers though not quite equal
to the Leghorns.--COuntru Gentiemu.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-25
RUM.

There is trouble among the rum-sellcrs.
A strict Interpretation of the laws makes
it impossible for the excise commissioners
to grant licenses TO any except tavern
keepers, and the commissioners in New
York and Brooklyn have resolved to adj
here TO the law, and to prosecute all others
selling. Already several hundred suits
have been commenced against liquor deal
ers who do not according TO the law kee[
inns or taverns. The law is that licenses
shall not be granted to any one who does
not keep three spare beds, with proper
bedding, for the accommodation of guests
which of course none of the saloons OF
bars pretend to. The law officers will
push it, for they can get their costs an(
fees, and consequently there will be
trouble. The temperance associations see
in this an opportunity for new crusade
upon rum, and the dealers are girding up
their loins for vigorous defence of wha
they consider their rights There will be
IL vast amount of speech-making, and a
vast number Of arrests, but it will al
amount to nothing Liquor selling can
not be restricted in population like thai
of New York. where u large majority o
the people drink, and where rum is nj
element in politics and makes and I'M
makes politicians. Rum can elect who
ever it chooses, for that interest is solid
while the opposition to it is always divid
ed. But there will be lively scrrmmage
over it.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-25

week. Up in twenty-third street is {
house of designation frequented only by
tho verv bIuest- FLOODED aristooraey. Ifi
married lady from Murray Hill goes be
yond moral limits, it is at this house tha
She meets her lover, and if a rich man has
an unlawful love it is at this house that he
meets her. 1t is so quiet and so safe tha
none of its frequenters ever had the slight
est fear of being disturbed, by the police
or anybody else. Last Friday night the
house was full, when, to the horror OF the
eminently respectable sinners, the polict
surrounded it. and all the occupants were
marched out of their rooms into the grand
parlors, where the sergeant of the squad
reviewed them. OF course every one saw
every other one, and quite number Of
surprises were the consequence. The par
ties were all so respectable that the SER
geant let them off with modicum of good
advice, and they departed considering
themselves lucky at escaping so easily
Alas! for those highly respectable people!
They had little difficulty in recognizing
each other, except three gentlemen who
were strangers to all the rest. The neXI
day one of the respectables was called
upon by one of the three unknown men.
They recognized each other and smiled IL
ghaslly grin. Rather ugly thing, that
last night" said unknown. Indeed it
was" replied the respectable. The idea
of bringing us all together in the parlor,
where every one present might and did
see every other one!" said unknown. at
was outrageous" replied respectable,
q" but each one will be compelled to keep
it II secret for his own sake" Yes" re-
piled the unknown significantly, "unlcss
there might have been one or two present
who had us soon be known us not, having
nothing to lose. BY the way, Mr.. -,
| have note for $4,000 TO pay this after
noon and am short; will you be good
enough to accommodate me with the
amount, for few days?" Mr.. -
looked ut the stranger for II minute-the
stranger smiled, Mr.. - saw the char
acter of the man, and without another
word wrote Il cheque for the amount. And
as every one of the rcspectibles received n
call, the object of which was the same,
from one of the three unknown, it is evil
dent enough that the three We're in collu-
sion with the police, and possibly with the
keepepS of the house, and that it was n
very pretty scheme of matchmaking, most
audaciously devised and skillfully carried
out The ladies present that night were
also visited, either by notice or in person,
and they are paying handsomely that their
guilt may not find them ont. Moral-Be
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-25

The neatest, cleanest swindle that ever
was perpctrated, was done in this city last
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TIL E Nj A K E T S.
BOSTON MARKET.
aepoTttf and y ettgraphed srpresStgfUr ikt-,,,,
Mountain Freeman,

BOSTON CATTLE MARKET
CAMBRGD GEAND BRIGHT
For the VseE ending Tuesday, AprH u, 1871.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-09
A!lefall0rla 0azttt&
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL .

D,.ru, For,r in Fehrnorv two Of
D go .t,San+. a;a1 rn1or c;rcnm.
our iotinIt s'"ss.n .oa Nl oonono1lr s1rono
Stances "n,. at;o e' az tber Iao+h W. aar;.
1 taS, Du omitted Iti in our Inst ;ssue.
Woltor Atr;neon and Robert +,
p,aao+t uoro hotL rnrnr morr;cA men a:
lo , st.o WY on t0 arnoran,iv destined 70
'1'A s''on5 ''l'e ' l;P Dr. Prov;1ancc
y i9l!s 1''t "St ,1a ris; thn f,rmay WIS
aa;uoa u.;+L nnaunDon;, and ro;nr ont
+slZe soon "' ha1 ra1onss which cauicd
n;r, ' "a ,n;oL1v wh;la ,hn latter fell q
' 'taiI u' "a,,;d nnnsumnt;on Thev
'ie,in ~. 90 i'p'" t l',.;ol alr,ast ~ no
Doln o1su AM, Nv Se' on "I,.'o of Kn;chts ~
S,'he no"'' ''S' Oi"I'
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ALEXANDRIA, GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER.
STEAMERS.
TOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

Or. and after Monday, February e, IL. b
1871, the steamer MATTANO, Cap. al2&
VIM. T. Bylcs, will be run rs follows: Leave
Alexandra EVERY MONDAY and THU Rs
DAY, from King street wharf, at + 90 o'clock
g. II for Landings on the Potomac IS FAR down
IS NoIoini Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at c o'clock,
for Washington, arriving early the same even
ing Freight received daily.
feb IS J BRODERS & CO., Agents.
THE POTOMAC FE F:k:1,.. COMPANY m a!
SPECIAL NOTlCE--Both Fer rT- =
~ Bosts will be on tho limo between e
Alexandria and Washing ton on and after Sum
day next the 25th Of February, running rs
follows:
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
at -, s 80, 8 80, 10 50 and ii 90 d. III. Ana
10 20 60, 2 90 80, 60 5 20 and j.. III
LEAVE WASHINGTON
al : 20 5 20. go 1890 and II 80 81. w.. sn.,
II -, %, . "a, 9 20, 4 Co. 5 80 and y. IA
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Alexandria at $50, ~ ~, and II 81 Il
IL, snl II 50 20 . 50 . So 80 5 - and i p. ii
Lossa Washington At . 80, 10 80 and i - q
a., and t. 70 81, 30. . 20, 4 20. % and E p. III
ch2 y s.. ROWlSOH, President.
FINLAND H:}RaEOA&n CuA&r!NG co
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OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS. - Ueti
further notice the following will DO the hour;
for the opening and closing Of the mails:


Northern mails S45 a. m. and 700 y. III.
Western mails, 6:45 a, m and 700 y. II.
Southwestern, via IIynchburg and Coz dons'
vile, 100 p. M.
Washington and Ohio Round Hill to Ajax
andris $3.50 p. NJ.
Manassas division, $3.50 y. III.
Southern mails, via Richmond snd fceder.
icksbu7g, Va 6:45 a. m. and l:%0 p. m.
CLOSING.
Northern and Western mai!a 445 J.. Ill. snI
800 p. IN.
Southwestern, via dordonsrlilo and Lynch
burg, 600 q. m.
Washington and Ohio. Alexandria 10 Round
Hill, Va, 500 a. m.
Manassas Division, 600 q.
Southern, via Fredericksburg ana Richmond,
Va, 445 p. II. and $50 p. nj
Zp General delivery window closes al 800 p.
In. Doors close at 600 p. n,
aEOpen on Sundays at a. Ill. and closes ct
$50 q. m.
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FD! NOR FUn!,.

lho elegant! ..ow and subslanllal IT."
iron steamer Lady og fuE LAkE IER2asSasSEsEEaaas
Leaves the company's wharf Washington, EV-
cry MONDAY and THU kSDAY, ST throo
o'clock p. H.. and Alexandria at $50 p. M; re-
turning, Leaves Norfolk EVERY TUESDAY
and FRIDAY, at 8 o'clock p. III. This line
CONNECTS ct Norfolk with the ships Of the Nor
chants and Miners Transportation Company
for Boston and Providence. and affords tho
their connections throughout New England.
Fareto Norfolk 81 round trip 81. Tickets good
unit! used.
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HARDWARE AND Cutlery.
1877 SPRING TRADE | 277
j. Z. CREIGHTON s SON,

j. Z. CREIGHTON s SON,
50 King It j., Cor. Royal, Alexandria, Va.
Have received largo and VOL selected stock oil
goods in their line, to which they invite the at
tenlion Of purchasers.
Country merchants will ind Il g0oi inc OF
goods suited 10 their trade at prices to suit.
Our stock embraces all classes Of Hardware
and Cutory in the trade, and good assortment
Of other goods usually purchased by the country
merchant. We will sell st small advance,
Of Royal Alexandria, Va. NH 22
WYE CALL attention TO our stock Of Ready
w Mixed PAINT put up in ono gallon
cans; any color desired Gall or sonl for sam
pic card Of coiors.
mh |? 3. E. pEAAE u co.
DECEIVED this day largo stock Of Dool5,
u Sash, Blinds, Builders Hardware, Leads,
Oils, &c, to which wo call especial attantiof
NH il B. +. pEAKE & co.
x1YHlTE WASH BKUSHES, Shoo Brushes,
w Dust Brushes and Paint Bruahe= received
This day and !nF 7a!a s! prices 10 suit the una'.
NH l. 3. :. PEAK 4 :: co.
HAKDkN EAk&:s. ape-. @ra,!e-. 3i,pse.:,
nh II IS. +. rEAkEHvb.
A NYTHiNN you alsy nee! n !!:o bedding
II line can De had q
NH il i. PEAK. I -.
JOHN L. CREIGHTON 4 SON,
Wholesale ami Goal Dsaio', il,
Hardware, Cutlery, IIorsssS'lIoves
lion, Plough Castings. Mil Ko,!a. Ale
Grosse, Wagon Msterials, HOUSE,
keepers Goods &c, &r.
No. IS KING STREET, CORNER ROYAL
mh 5 Alexandria, Virginia.
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RAILROADS.

1877 GREAT 1877
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO THE NORTH, VEST = -SOUTaWE.,:.
DOUBLE TRACK,
STEEL e. SsA1t s5,cE sP4E 4u?I sgESEs1
JanuscJ l, iS.--.
Trains !ee!s Washington from dep9.. G: 81.
WIMORE & POTOMAC RAlLHJ5I; a. -
ner Of Sixth and 5 streets, as follow:
For Phils., Nov York and tho Es::. q.
and 9 20 p II. daily, With Palace Gar:
tied Express Of Pullman Pa-ior Car. -.
m. daily, except sunday. 10: Tn.,-L H..
ana Nov ov p aGEE liz p n! ds'!y, 9rGeH
For ft!sburs and !ho West, 9 a.u.4.,.g....
Parlor Cars to Pitt;Durgi ,.iJ y d.. ! ..,
with Palace Car to Chicago.
For Cansndaigus aud tho North, IL; :. -.
daily, eIcop: saturday, with Eaisc. -
Watkins. 10: Elmrs, 80, i il. c:4..T. ..
capt Sunday
Local. INAlHS.
For AloA andris, Z, :, i, 3. Ii Al! Il a 4- ,
H. AZ, ., 6;uo an =, p.":. n":'"..,!., e.
lu, sni l AMI y. Ii.
Trains lesve Alexandria -, N:..-l.,. 20. ..
a.lu. 9, IL aud II s.:A. |. .. - i,Jar!
On Sunday al ), 10 AM - H. H., .4.u;. %.
THROUGH TRAIE Fox ..HEEyl i: g..
Quan.ico and k'anoa~. " 81 !g.Y- 80.
d?ia It 30 ~ IA. daily, at g. - T. FL. ...'.
except Sunday.
Tickets and iMluI .n..!.y.. >aM IT,: ,....... .
principal! railroad sta!!ons and ,ly.... .....
;'uu.hng:! u. 81. EOTD, -.
Gt& J. t=--r...'
FRANK THOMSON
touurGl Manage. I'll.
yATASHlNaToH L uhiV HI.D:...
WINTER AREANE&iiL,
Beginning Oct. -, iS.".
The Mai! Train will !csva iiastt.-.... e..
H. H., aru Ai2X&nuria ~ y - =. a.. G...,. 49,
c1pt Sunday; pass LeeaCG"G. Gr!HH "'.s,...
Il. ll:20 8. ~, ani srriVo y. Nou@l T.. b.
IL. Leave hound Hill 3! l22:%J y. Ii; I.. IT,.
burg, going eastward, a. !:lO j.. a., .,nt .....
II Alexandria s.. ~ p. IL. 80 g. Et-.....'.
Ct 800 p. al
The Accommodation H'ral:. ~l. ..e.r =
ington 81 40 y. ill.,, AGI AloAEa.l:i e. g..
H., daily, except Sunday, nHL Ntr!Ic e. &c.,
burg III $40 y. IL. Leave l!ce5hWr. =. Wy. ..
and arrive 81 Ainyauir. ~ ~, 3. .... .
Washington 81! $50 q N.
81 Passengers tro:H Washington a.., g..
tho Washington and O. Q CO.: t.! tbs H-.:.". ..
sma Potomac Rui!rJnu station - -. &C. ....a .
pm, AM 60 throux h - N'i't -... "......
change Of cars.
The .. 10 u al tr..ra from Aie..ad:.. ... IT,
.. nj. train from Bound Hni counl:2 DO, G.a.
Hill With Harris Da!iy i.!n0 ~ ,y&e.a
for Snckersvi!le, EerryS!lic Al #.ugAa.!v:
elso with Roalnor's Line OF E0:.choS, w-'2n .5A
Lecsburg daily ior A.Ii2 a24 M!!iG!eD0rH,
Both trains westward, ma!:2 close C'.:..-...
st Fierna, with S:s5c.4'= Line 80 stage is -.
fax Court House.
COtnI:l EtAflo.s e!:tscts. Il CO. pes 49,,
AnpNs! sicHe!s, $50.
x. Ii. AAvNHE&,
oct lS-t! GCEctn! Uc.2. Hgt-
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RODKS, STATIONERY, &c.
NEW BOOKS, MAGAZINES AND L
~ VIEWS,
At FRENCaS,

~ e hNNSl
NO So KING STEhEI.
The Various ContrivaRcos by whlth OrcAs'1@
are Fertllizsd by luaecL2, 5y OuaElea Oar"''':
MARS; 81 Is.
The Effects Of Gross and Sell Fertiii&atirn Il;
the Vegetable Kingdom. by Char!ea par"'2s
Charles kingsley, his Letters and Mcn.pl's Il
his Lifo, edited By hia wife; s. 70.
Russis. BY D. Mackenzie Wallace. Il. Il !:
member of the Imperial Russian Geographical
Society ! vol, $40 !; ST.
The Two Americas, an Account Of Sp"it an
Travel by Major Sir Rose Lambert; 3;
The English Constitution and Other P2!iticH!
Essays by Wa,tor Bsgehot; 81. ,r.,,
Nav LOT to day of all the late novels GoiI'
en- Butterfly" Helel's Babies, ANAL 81 q
Baby, From Dreams to Waking. Crpns da
Carrier, Daniel Doronds. Good Luck biHc&
Spirits and White. and many others
NH 20 GEO 4. FRENCH.
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For y Z ~ iUht,

Tho AL ::taa,nshps il. {. KNIGHT ..:f.sssa
and JOHN GIBSON leave The conf sxsssssG
panys wharf, Alexandria, EVERY SAL UR-
DAY MORNING, and Now York. from pioc
Al East Eiver, NVEi;E "ATlI hDAi ST four
o'rIhrk i. III
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FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS

Tho new aad commolious iron " LA.
steamer JOHN ". THOMPSON IssSssss7sss
bull: especially for this route, Leaves tho COM
pany's wharf, Washington, EVERY TUES
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at :
o'clocl: a. M, and Alexandria at T:S0 q: M;
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY and SUNDAY, at 6 o'clock p. III.
This company makes close connections at Al
oxsndria with the w. G., Y. NJ. Il q. s. T. r.
Go. and with tho W. s 0. r. T.. Go. Freight
received for aii points, North and South.
handled with care and f.rGsrdod with prompt.
nose and dispatch.
For further information apply TO
I. i. REED, Agent.
Janney's wharf.
or h! the CLiicc OF the company, under tho Ma.
tionsl Metropolitan Bank, 18th street, oppoaito
the Treasury Department. Washington.
mn 10 j. ". THOMPSON, President.
>1;6;as CLIDE's STEAM LINES WEEK.
piIliADELpHIA,- pKOVIDENCE AND
BOSTON.
SicGIac:: loaTo Alexandria EVERY TU E3-
DAY Grl leave philadelphia EVERY SAT-
URDAG, ut II O'Clock; III from Pier no. n.
Wharvns.
L. s Il. md -. & q. L. Rs. and at Philadei-
phin with the new and popular iron Line" foT
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with prom! ilo5s and care.
Crec @: commissions.
30 charge lo- transfer in philsdo!ph and
no wharfage in Boston. Through TO Boston in
sixty-t@e hours, Through rates and through
bills Of ladiEg given. InEnranre guaranteed 1T
LEGS tlan uEuS rates
Egenia:
e. Z. FEED, Alexandria.
~ ID. +. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia.
GEO. r. HYDE, GEORGETOWN, D. 9.
IOHNSON BROS: Washington
ian SIT
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This Company r.ir:s uHcivsioi facilities Tor
to transportation ul freight AnL passengers,
an, vii! run their alo.n,crs regularly ~ follows:
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ECE CREAM & G0NFECTtONERF
1875 N1N' .5 STREET.. l25
u Il l.. x y L i'UT'.
kkCElV ILL DAILY fkUM j i4b II a:''If :
DALEY.

New Mllk * per quart =kInIa!oi ID, ''::'"'
Case lOc per qusrt
leo Croam ;!,3 per quart; Fro.on GHsiA!i PC
per quart or in ice, ana sent 10 all parta ci the
city; |ce Cream per gallon 81 -; HF0zali tHa-
tard Si.l0
I return my thanks 10 my lgicI!d= All T. sea-
erous public for their liberal patronage, hoping
by strict attention 10 business to mort coni!n"
ust0n Of the asme.
is. FORCE. No. l21 Eiug 81,
ian ~ ''ln Alexandria, Vlr9niA
, 1877-05-16

B A R B A d S.

Those who were at all interested in
following the course Of the late struggle in
Barbados will remember that one Of the
chief opponents Of Gov, Hennessey was
Mr.. Reeves, a lawyer, aud at that time
Solicitor General, one of the Crown Law
Officers. This Office he resigned, rather
than work with the INSCRIPTIONS clique
by means Of whom the Governor tried first
to c%ajole and then to GORGE the Barbadians.
Mr.. Reeves is q c%oloured gentleman, and
the position he took, along with many
other coloured gentlemen Of education or
property in the Island, entirely disproved
the assertion which people in England
were ready to believe, thai it was a ques-
ton Of colour which irritatcd B1rbadians
against the Governor.
Mr.. Reeves has just been preaented by
his grateful countrymen with u handsome
address, and a purse of one thousand gui-
meas, subscribed chiefly by merchants and
planters, in appreciation Of his honorable
conductin the late political contest and of
his servicesto the Island.
We remember Mr.. Reeves ourselves
many years ago, when he was only g repor.
ter for the Barbados GlSb:. H5 went to
England to study law, aud on being called
to tho Bar returned to the West ladies,
where be is now unsurpassed for forensic
eloquenc9 and sound legal knowledge.
, 1877-05-16

his retirement. Is his power greater, or is it
simply what it wasF On the whole, we
are inclined to thing that nothing has
been changed.
If the question is asked why Prince
Bismarck consents to remainin ofics when
the conditions Of his power are not enlarg-
ed, several answers may BE- hazarded.
Some will be disposed to say that the
Chancellor preferred to retain the power
he had, seeing it could not be augmented,
rather than give it up altogether; but this
Explanation will scarcely command gene
raj assent. 1t is more likely that the
Emperor has appealed to Bismarck to stand
by him. The two men have gone on toge-
Their through many most critical years, and
it would be q wrench Of the habits Of the
Emperor to be deprived OF the &C
customed assistance of his Chancellor.
The Emperor William has asked him to
stop and he has stopped.
, 1877-05-16

to his mouth the two small flexible tubes
attached to the front of these bags, withous
having to dismount or stop his horse. It
really does seem remarkable that nobody
has thought before now ofsuch a very sim
pie and obvious method for helping q
horse to swim There are many English
hunters, WE believe, which can, with some
difficulty, in swimming, carry q rider of
moderate weight for an extremely short
distance f; but only the horses head and
neck. and the man above his waist, can be
kept above water, unless by some arti6-
cial add. L. Ne,vs.
, 1877-05-16
RIDING ACROSS A RIVER.

It will perhaps be remembered that some
admiration or curiosity was exciteI among
the lovers Of horsemanship by the exploit
Of an officer OF the Austrian army, some
time last year, in riding for a wager, on
the same horse, all the way from Vienna
to Paris, In a certain number of days.
That accomplished horsamau, First Lieu
tenant Feodor Won Zubovitz, of the Hun
garian cavalry, has invented a new method
and q simple apparatus for the use Of
cavalry in crossing a deep river +; and on
the 18th ult. IN the presence OF many
thousand Viennese spectators, hs gave an
exhibition Of the performance, near the
Prince Rudolf Bridge on the Dlnube.
He had ridden across the Danube, in this
manner, about sixty times before. and hal
been Seen by large multitudes Of his coun.
trymen at Buda-Pesth, Invariably d,ing it
with complete success. A pair of india
rubber bags, TO be Inflated with air, like
ordinary ajrcashionS, connected by two
straps behind, over the horse s crupper,
and by one strap in front Of the saddle, with
two pairs of belly-straps, to be fastened
like the girth, under the horse's body,
will suffice to hold up both horse and Ri
der in the water, needing oniy The slight
effort required to direct their course. Not
above half the horses body sinks in the
water, so that the entire saddle. and the
mans body and thighs-all. 10 fact, above
the mans knees-will remain quite dry,
with his knapsack and cartridge-box, his
weapons, and other aecoutrements, free from
risk Of damage. The indiarubber bags,
when not inflated, form covering for the
pommel and crupper. serving to protect
the saddle from rain /; but when the soldier
has to ride across deep water he can fill
them with cir 10 one minute, by raising
, 1877-05-16
T U N

LAUoHTER.-The man who laughs heartily Is
q doctor without a diploma. His face does
mora good in a sick roo than a bushel Of
powders or a gallon of bitter d~raughts.
People are always glad to see him. Their
hands instinctively go halfway out to meet
his grasp, while they turn iuvoluntarily
from the clammy touch of the dyspeptic who
speaks in the grooming key. He laughs you
out of your faults, while you never dream
Of being offended with him aud you never
know what q pleasant world you live ia
until he points out the sunny streaks on its
pathway.
Pat, which of the Presidents wore the largest
hats
The one shat bed the largest bead, ssrs.
, 1877-05-16

The directors of the work ore quite con-
hdent Of having everything ready for the
next crop, which it is not too late to hope
may be large enough to give this spirited
undertaking a promising start.
The daily gazette., 1877-09-07
A CARD FROM MR.. PROVOST.

Mr.. EDrroR:- In your issue of yester
day l noticed an article to the effect that
james A. Spencer, of the Ninth ward,
claimed the credit Of trying to defeat me
for Assessor of the Northern District.
Now, Mr.. Editor, one word in regard
TO this man Spencer, who desires to
screen another person. l have known
him as long as can remember, which is
all of thirty-five years, and what makes
Inc remember him so well is, was born
in Brandywine Village and lived there
twenty-one years, and all that time
never knew him to have either honor or
credit. Wheh | lived in Brandywine,
which was about twenty years ago, there
was not at that time any one who would
trus, him for a box of matches, much less
package of tickets. Mr.. Editor, these
are the kind of gentlemen who DO the vot-
ing and undertake to control the election.
This same Spencer L made pay his city
tax in 1875, and at this present time he
owes two years taxes; and he had better
call on some of his friends who have
been in the habit of paying his county
tax and get enough money to settle his
city tax, or might give him call when
he is not ready TO settle. I.,.
EDMUND PROVOST.
The daily gazette., 1877-09-07

THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE. The City
Council Committees, as formed at last
nights meeting, show marked contrast
in their construction to those of preced-
ing years. I he absence Of the names Of
Messrs. Pickles and Febiger, being the
most notable difference. Mr.. Windle
takes Mr.. Pickles place at the head Of
the Finance Committe, and Mr. Baker
succ, eds Mr. FebTger. at the head of the
Water Committee, Mr. Adams retains
the chairmanshp of the Committee Oh
Fire Companies, and succeeds Mr. Chan.
dler as chairman of the Committee OF
Public Buildings, while the latter i.
made chairman of the Law Committee
and Committee on Opening Streets,
Mr.. johnson retains the chairmanshiI
of the Police and Hospital Committees,
and Mr.. Jones that of the Lamp Com
mittee. The other committees are oil
minor Importance.
RENTED.-The store at present occu-
pied by VIM. M. Kennard & Co., we are
told has been tented to gentleman from
Connecticut, who will open new store
of dry goods as soon as the store is va
cant aud new shelving can be put up.