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The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

member of the South Carolina bar
and leading Republican,, in u letter
to q Congressman, thus olludes to
the recent election farce in that
state "As far as tho election was
concerned it was most brutally con-
Quoted by the Democracy, not only
in the Fourth Congressional district
bat throughout tho State. Men who
bad boon reared mp to regard the
ballot nv something sacrol, viei with
each other in the perpetration Of
frauds which would h;my the blush
OF shame to the check Of even Mexi'
can banditti May huaven spare our
State from repetition of the
wrongs which we're Inflicted upon
her by Democrats at the recent cleo
tion.
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

WHAT she DREAMED "A strong
minded woman married man not
noted for activity Of body or energy
of character, and before the honey
moon was over, upon waking one
morning he founl his spouse in
tears,
my love-" said he, what is the
matter z"
"Oh, my, have had such dread
ful dream
"Why. what was it p
II thought | was going mp Broad.
way, shopping, when l saw sign
Husbands for sale SO many wOuI
en- were rushing in that followed
aud just then they sold splendid
specimen for fifteen d,llirs.'
But did they all bring as much
as That 2
"Oa, no Thoy went thonsand
dollars, five hdndrci end 30 on
down.
We'll, dill you see any that look,
el like me 2
"fes, indocl. But they were tie |
mp in lunches like nspunSus, md
sold FOR ten cents bunch. Tab
leau
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Il - q t n ".
A Mite Song.

Only drop In the bucket.
But every drop will tell.
The bucket would coon be empty,
Without the drops ia the we'll.
Only fye,. lii,lc penny,
1t was all had TO give
But as pennies make the d,ll,rs,
Is may help some cause 10 livs.
A few little bits Of ribbon
Aud some toys-they were not new
Dat they made the SICK child happy,
Which has made me happy, too.
Only some ouigrovn garmenis-
They we're all | hal to spare.
Dut they'll help TO clothe the needy.
And the poor are everywhere.
A word now md 'ban Of comfort,
That cost me nothing to say:
But the poor old man died happy,
Aud it helped him on the way.
God lovcth the cheerful eivcr.
Though the gift he poor and small
Wbat doth lie ibiuk OF Ills chillren
When they never give at ali
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

eE- Feed your poultry with raw
onions chopped fine, well mixed
with other food, about twice a week.
II is better than n doxen cures for
chicken cholera
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

BtBY Pao aoiNj5rC,upN-ibo baby
proynosticntion again presents it
self The Cincinnati ia7"irer was
responsible for iis primll appear
oucc, aud now tho Washington str
takes it MP. Hays has children,
hence it isn't his turn to win Til
den is chillleas, therefore ho must
succeed Precedent is the guide.
AMI the following table makes 1t
clear:
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

WHEN Local Option" WAS IN OPP
Grafton, tho radical temp 'ranac lead
ers then wanted prohibition, aud
they ran prohibition cauliiates for
state officers and membars of the
-:
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08

Tho united fortunes Of tho Roths-
chill u family is conpa.od at 3D.
40, 100000,
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FEEL MYSELF A KEW MAN.

NAt,E, Nass., June |, Is72.
Nr ". u. Sr.vEN1.
uu.r sir rlruu.A tho niyice nul earues'
Ier.pt.ipIu Re-. r. -. Best yftll, pI4r.,
have bscg trAiIt Nrsri.ne lHt py-rypst. u
WA.cI { uf.o v.|t9rrIt"rS ara
ltI.cu.pi uul5 tsH urttIv. Arl ll.ytiF feel
my ayIi, new ..4au. kc .e .!1l.S,
ia. So" CARTER.
Rgpo.. from Practical Clients. AL
Apo.aegAyy.
IiusI,v. TanI l.7s.
Dear Slr-Thi- l. - r.r'iIy tuft l,sr -rIl
~ rruil l-51 btttlos Oi yulr ' 90 t.s siu.e
Apul -, 1870 \ rip truiy ly Ltl I has given
tae Drrt st,I..trtI mot aug fgmel irs tie tIIn-
3 IItluts t'i wIi"4 u D. rutu.u uaulul cat ever
sHil scarce itJ Iss.rr Nttu'I- s'u' lt
~y ca TONERS tu.t .y 90. O. 49, Iu rii. u. uriu-
sgHr- Or .uc.r ill.u1.. am ger trtiy Eg.ztut
q. sever g .rsp. yg t.,yI- "a .uf' bong car,
ed . ktNvt.uc alone ts. Nluiutty.
Very t'.Ir'tiu. lnIJs,
Al B4L.AN, 90 broadway.
To H,N, SlryLNs, EsI.
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Adj dvei'tising Rates.


Advertising Rates.
One column one year, 5000
One-half, column. one year, 5000
One-fo,ntb column, one year, 1900
One square 10 lmcs) ! insertion 20
Every additional Insertion. 90
Professional and Business cards Of
not more than 5 lines, per year, 500
Auditor, Executor, Administrator
and Assignee Notices, $50
Editorial notices per line, IS
All advertisements for n shorter ne.
riod than one year are payable ut the
time they are ordered and il not paid
the person ordering them will be held
responsible for the money.
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E7gT gTE2NETU-EgE n.
fstrNY ShcnD.
4 DNINI- TRAITORS NOTTCE

Z VNINi NN lVV y NUTTVI
- letter. 'n'alniuls'r,tiJn br tho o.tltc Of
Fre elcri"k llt.tatu. dsci. Intc NJ lopn Twp .
~uydcr comfy, Pa, having Lren grtu'ci
g. tUo uufrrsiErei, 1Il p.r.rns E-ovi 'nc,n
soi,r4 ir'HHtH' 80 .I'I rs't'. ore ~ .uc.'eI 10
maxi % iuWc Hate payment. while tu1sD hnyl z
claims wtlI prcseut lLeu, in.y auth IN Iratcl Tor
settlement - SIMON .AkNlAN
Huy. g., ISIS. Almlulstrtt1r.
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tue uluot. restoring I've lNcT w I hlhh'A =
TO healthy action, invigoratins The nervous
system.
yEGETtNE
l. snot vile. nsuscous compound, which
simply purgas the bowels. but " safe
plr,scrt remedy which IL sure TO purify
The blood, and thereby restore The health
yEGErtNE
Ia nov prescribed IN cises or Sctof,', nni
other Diseases VI ihc hlnol. by mlny Of the
best phy,icirns, owing ~ it' gr'u su;c ess
Ia curing oil Diseases of This nature.
yEGEriNE
Docs not lcceiv, invdil. into f,'sc hopsc
10y pmgiug hUl creating 70 Gc.itious nr
r.tiic. tut assists uniurc IN clearing aud
the whole system. leading 90,
P,iieu, gradually 10 perfect heal.b.
vEGEr!SE
Was lookcl upon "a nn experiment Tor
some time hy s,nc of our best phy.iri in'.
but hose mj,t incrciWpps IN regard tu
tr- mer,t ar, n,w is most ardent fri iead'
and suppJrtcrI
vEGErIVr
Say. Boston piy,icitn. "htl n clit o..
= blood purifier. tearing VI il, mlny
wonderful cures. after a.! other remedies
hal failed. | yisiirl the l,bpritrry anl
mys,.fof is Eanuiut merit. II
/, prepared from hrrk.. r''t' anil herbs.
ctcn OF Nhicl is aish ly effective. ami they
are cpmVlinlri tn spth ! HGinntr "A, 10
pro lace gstouishing results
vEGErGSE
Is acknowledged AMI recommended by
aui np1'htstr rcs - tc the
beet pur.hcr and c,cuu,er of the blood vet
discovered, ami thousands -uslX IN us
praise N.J have been restored ~ health.
PROOF
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-02-08
VEGETI

Strikes at the root OF disease by pirifuug
the blood. restoring the liver nnl kldney'
to healthy action, invigoratins The nervon.
system.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
sooner, or later

SPRING ELEcTIoNs.-Municipal cleo.
tions occurred in number Of the cities ol
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan on Monday.
They have comparatively little partisan
significance, but the general results appear
to be favorable to tie Republicans. 1t is
reported that at Cleveland there was an
immense amount Of scratching of tickets
on both sides, and in many places the
character Of local government will doubt
less be improved by a resort to that prac-
tice. In st. Louis compromise ticket
was made up Of the nominees of both par
ties which found many supporters. and
the growing aversion to the application Of
rigid partisan tests to municipal affairs
has been manifested in various ways.
Evidently the time is approaching when
merit, fitness and character will have more
weight in such contests than professions Of
devotion to any national cause.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

A SPEAKER before meeting of unem.
ployed workipgmen in New York, last
Tuesday evening, recommended the issue
of city bonds ranging down to $40. In
France people of very small means may
become the owners of Government bonds,
and the habit of saving seems to be thereby
fostered. But we should incur no more
debt in this city the municipal burdens
are already far too heavy.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

THE Reading Railroad is now what the
tradesmen call "rat'' road. All but a
dozen or so ofits 400 engineers have de-
cided to leave the brotherhood" of Lo-
comotive Engineers. 1t is understood
that the company proposes to establish a
life and accident fund for the men in its
employ. 1t is to be hoped the company
will do 80, and if the spirit of its proposi.
tion were carried out by all employers the
power Of the trades.unions would be bro
ken. 1t is remarkable, however that the
proposition was not heard of until the en-
gineers had threatened strike, and the
moral Of the transaction seems to be that
workmen will lose nothing by bullying
their employers. The Reading Railroad
should have established its pension list
sooner, or later
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

The American shipping engaged in the
foreign trade was probably at its lowest
ebb at the close of the rebellion. At that
time the American merchant marine en-
gagged in foreign trade was stated at 2S,500
tons of steam vessels, and 5S2,100 tons Of
sailing vessels. There has been great
increase since, the New York Shipping
List estimating the Americen steam ton
mage now in foreign trade at 7s9,728 tons,
and the sailing vessels at 100000 tons
We have nearly four times as much sail
ing tonnage and thirty times as much
steam tonnage and although the latter
business has been somewhat overdone, yet
the vast increas speaks we'll for the ultimate
recovery Of the American position in the
commerce of the ocean.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

The annual battle of the directories be.
tween Chicago and St. Louis has begun, the
champion Of St. Louis leading off by PROV
ing, if not to his own satisfaction, at least
to that Of his fellow.citizens, that the pop
ulation ofthe Future Great City is sol, ,4ss.
He thus tops the halfmillion, and when
we think ofthe opportunities he has had
we are amazed at his moderation. To any,
body in st. Louis whose brain is not turn
ed by local pride the idea of March di-
rectory must seem absurd; for it only gives
the Chicago publishers chance to come
out with his little lie that the population
of the Garden City is 6o2, ,l37, but the book
il absolutely valuless as directory, ar
pearing before the May movings. In St.
Louis, however, if directories do not di-
rect, the trifing inconvenience is over
looked so long as they contain names
enough to give, when multiplied by the
mystic number 3 1-2, population greater
than that last claimed by Chicago. One
natural disadvantage of this is that the
mortality reports do not consist with the
directory estimates. Last years deaths
numbered 1890, which would indicate a
rate Of 1850 to the thousand, rate phe-
nomenally low, below that of any other
American city, and this though the santa.
ry conditions of the city, the heat of the
summer and the abominable system of
wells sunk in garbage in the thickly pop
alated districts, are not over-favorable.
On the whole, we think Chicago has rather
the better claim to rank as the fourth Tor
third city of the Union in population, for
we find that last November, where it cast
t2,250 votes for President, St. Louis only
brought out 4o,O54 voters, or say eight for
every hundred souls.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
II AdvertlsaFs.

TIE HERALD nov circulates, BY carr!ers
and newsboys. $500 papers daily, within
the city ef WILMINGTON, which is1 we be.
lieve, . greater city circulation than that
Of any other paper, II is extensively read
COO being sold at the depot. Il Is the only
paper IL Whining certain to, be read in thfs
way. It gives the news Of the world up to
the previous midnight in Europe to Its
readers ats O'Clock the following morning;
everything that happens IN Wilmington "a at
next morning. Buy THE HERALD-read
it. and II you want:to sell anything, or
any one to know what you want advertise
in IL. Remember 1t is read by more people
in Wilmington than any other paper.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

/ THsfepetf that has got abroad hat the
state rooms y the Amsfican Fine sfSteam-
ships ass secured down to the middle Of
July b issomewhat of IN over. statement Of
the fact It is true that the engagements
were never 20 full down to this time Of
year for the spring and summer voyages,
but there Is still room and good berths for
more passengers in these favorite ships.
The lists show large increase Of patron
age from that class of ocean travellers who
have heretofore been in the habit of taking
passage on New York steamers. The
American line is making steady progress
in popular favor, and its passenger and
freight traffic will compare faverably with
that Of any other transatlantic line. It is
no ordinary merit Of this company that its
steamers carry out at every voyage large
quantities Of American manufactures, which
are competing successfully with their Fu-
ropean rivals. We are told that our
drug houses send out con-
signments every week, by these steamers,
which favoriby compete in England with
English-made drugs. Thus new compe.
tition is addedto the many we have recent
y had to record in favor of American
..
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
Little Boys, At,entio !

city who would greatly help their parents,
or perhaps, widowed mother, by
earning 81 or g per week. This can readily
be done by selling TnE HERALD. There
are several boys who sell 100 HERALDs
every morning. As 1t Is sold to them at
a cent, the profit Is easily counted. The
paper is ready for delivery at O'Clock, A.
M, and there are plenty Of places wherei
can be sold. that are not thus far occupied
by any seller. Boys who desire to honestly
earn some money, call at THE HERALD
office.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
THE HERALD
the lleip.g Mesald

Is published every morning, Oundays
excepted). and delivered in the city OF
Wilmington and surrounding places for six
cents per week, payabie TO the carrterS.
Mail su6acIiptt6ns. Epostage free, three
dollars per annum.
,,I 01os ODYnWDA . Co, Publisher, s '
s' Mo- SO 9hipley Street,
Wilmingt0n, Del.6
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

Highway robberies are very common in
India, owing to the famine.
In England the chief jockey gets bette
pay than the prime minister.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
SLATE PAINT.

!! Protect Your Bull dings'
Which may be done with one.fourtn tn
usual expense. by using our
I Patent Slate Paint
as,4as MIXED READY FOR USE.
FIRE-PROOF, WATERPROOF, DURA-
| BILE, ECONOMICAL AND
| fa. As q ORNAMENTAL. 2. ..tas ,
Aroof may be covered with. very chear
shiDgle, and by application OF this slate bt
made to last from 20 to rs years. Old ROOT,
can be patched and coated, looking much
better and lasting longer than new shin.
The expense OF Stating new shingles is
only about the cost of simply laying them
The paint il fire-proOf against sparks or
flying embers, as may be easily tested by
IT STOPS EVERY LEAK,
ana 10? TIN or iron has no equal as 1t ex-
pands by heat, contracts by cold, and never
cracks nor scales. Roofs covered with tar
small expense, and preserved for many
years. ,.g.,,...s.s.t NJ
EXTREMELY CHEAP, D }. i
Two gallons will cover hundred square
feet OF shingle roof, while on tin, iron, felt,
matched boards, or any smooth surface,
from two quarts to one gallon are required
to LOO square feet of surface, and although
the paint has heavy body 1t is easily ap-
piled with q brush.
No Tar is used in this Composition
therefore it neither cracks in Winter, nor
runs in Summer. ..,
On decayed shingles it fills up the holes
and pores, and gives q new substantial
roof that viii! last for years. Curled or
warped shingles 1t brings to their places,
and keeps them there. 1t fills up all holes
In felt roofs, stops the leaks-and although
slow dryer, rain does not effect it a few
hours after applying. AS nearly all paints
that ate black cor tain Tar, be sure you OBJ
tain our genuine article, which 0or shlngle
CHOCOLATE COLOR a
when hrst applied, changing in about
N onth to a uniform Slate color and is to
all intents and RI EPHrpeses i 9 e, ,sl Slate. on
our red color is usually preferred, as on e
coat is equal to five of any ordinary paint
BRICK WALLS
our bright red is The only reliable Slate |
Paint ever introduced that will effectually |
prevent dampness from penetrating and |
the plaster. |
Ibese paints are also largely used on out
houses and fences, or as a priming coat on |
dne buildings.
Our only colors are Chocolate, Red,
Bright Red and Orange.
NEW YORK CASH PRICE LIST.
Gallons, can ana pox, S $50
keg, go
Q " haif.barrei, 1866
~ one barrel, 5000
We have In stock, of our own manufac-
'ure, rOOhng materials &C., at the follow. |
ng low prices:
100 rolls extra Rubber Roofing, at cents
oer square foot. Or we will furnish Rubber
Hoohng. Nails, Caps and Slate Paint for
N entire new roof, at ~ cents per square
OOOrolls 2-ply Tarred Roofing Felt. at ~
ents per square foot.
5000 rolls S-ply Tarred Roofing Felt, at
ents per square foot.
2OO rolls Tarred sheathing, at Il cent per
quare foot.
5000 gallons fine Enamel Paint, mixed
eady for use, on inside or outside work, at
2 per gallon.
Send for sample card of colors, All Or
lers must be accompanied with the money
= satisfactory city references. No goods
Sample orders solicited.
lO2 & 1O4 MAIDEN LANE,
New York.
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
PROFESSIONAL.
John o'BYRNE,
ATTORNEYS and ConsellUr at Law
614 Walnut Street.
PHILADELPH

~ ~ N Mario AT; REMEDY.-fs the the perscrip. M nn.
esn 9af IS IS nsastsp11 q oldest pSy
matism, Neuralgia. sciatica. Pain n1Rna. Rana-
acne, s; &C., or money refunded, by invigora-
Lng lhe nerves, purify ing the blood nnd
sastuns neattrai1z'ng poisonous deposits in The The
medicine sSSdi by merit 1t has become standard
using 1t IN time. Remember that Dr Eit,syy ,py
40 years to this one line of practice. ''srr rnre
staara warranted. Advice gratis. 45 South Fourth
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
WILMINGTON, April s. 1877:
EDITOR1ArvARlETIEs.

EDITORIAIfVARlE
HEREAFTER, by order Of the Russian
Government, all locomotive and rolling
stock bought by Russian railroads, must
be of Russian manufacture. '
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05
SEEDS,
CHOICE
Flower and Garden Seeds,

Flower and Garden Seeds,
STRAWBERRIES, PEACHES, &c.
p,o,., New Sorts, by mail.
sorts ".s 80. VI lne newest and finest improved
n"n,Is' saI' carefully packed and preDaid hv
thsin. tha d,.s NY collection Of Strawberries look
Inc Inc rsa nrss premium or the best collection % al
snc,s,H ,c steaI ~ snoW Of the Mass Hortculturai
t1huo,e.y tho ~, IN Boston. grow over 100 yarieties
tme ;r. most nos complete collection in the coTne
aEyi yi 'ihciudlng i,cr all The new, large American
emto,ornpes T imported TED kinds. Priced descriptive
aorH au,t Irees roses, evergreens, choice fiowsr'
81 nach.tS; tsee; evergreen, herb or fruit seeds
GW r pc1Ne1s TSo OF !. e,' either for 81, by mail.
sort for upland. lowland or eardsS y, IeS'
u. iGod IN mai, M, prepaid. 81 per 100. s5 ner
AGENTS. iV. Wa Wholesale catalogue to tie IT trade 5
Oh .; NJ M. WATSON. Old Colony Nur.or,os
tabiss t.G Seed Warehouse Plymouth, ,Mssse Te
MhS-lm
The Morning herald., 1877-04-05

w. JONES, Fancy Dyers, 432 N. Front
-. street, Branch Office corner Ninth and
vlne streets, Philadelphia. Ladies' and
u,entiemen's Garments of every descrip-
sr. s,"n Dyed or Cleansed. Kid Shoes, Feath-
mh2O-tf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-12
Affairs of ihe New York Mutual
Life Insurance Company
More Fat Salaries,

ALBANY, March 2S--The Vice Pres
ident of the New York Mutual Lif,
Insurance Company testified to-day be-
fore the Insurance Committee of the
Assembly that the President received
$50, 600 salary. The Vice Presidents
salary ia SlS 600. No bonuses are pou
paid. The Second Vice President go,
ST., 800. The printing and stationery
last yesr amounted to S62, ,I44 13 The
contingent guaranty amounted to s6I..
842.59 last year. That is fund Sci
aside as n permanent guaranty against
losses by depression OF business or 9th
er losses. That is made up partly of
the salary of the solicitor and amonnts
paid to other counsellors. As to adver
tising. the amount ras $50, ,25S. .24. That
was exclusive of printing.
Q. How much did you paw for COM
muting commissions in 1875? A. Two
hundred and eighty Thousand dolla-s.
Our Income was $f5,122, ,S9I.6I, which
consisted Of premiums, receipts and
Interest. There are about ninety
thousand policyholiers.
One of the trustees borrowed $50 900
On real estate in Bcoeklyn. There
were one thousand seven hundred and
sixty policies forfeited last year by non
payment of premium. He believed
the Chamber of Life Insurance would
attempt to prevent oppressive legisIa-
ion.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-12
French Coral Fishing.

1t is well known that France pro
v des nea l. e,ery m 4rket IN the w0rlC
" In CORAL. The Steele gives some val
/. q lie information upon coral fishing
winch furnishes employ ment for 9
Urge number OF people:
The process of c0ral fishing Is of the
most simple nature. Imagine two
long pieces of wood, forming square
cross, ia the center of which lead or
cast iron wedge is sill lily affixed, and
which sinks the whole machine into
The middle of the sea. To each of the
four branches of this cross are attached
fibLes Of hemp and old ropes. These
ibres gre united by rope OF about five
ftthoms in length. 80 that when the
Cross /, sunk to the bottom, and il pul
IN inotiol by the movement of the
vessel, il catches, ioosens and retains
all the fragments Of coral that comes
within its reach. When the captain
sees fit, the boat Is .stoplH.d,, and II is
then that hard labor begins for the
rev. The capstan must ihan be turn
Ell, and the heavy cross, laden with all
It's booty, and made still heavier by the
resistance of the water, must be hoist.
ed OF deck.
This hard work Is incessant; the fish.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-12

ermen work on an average eighteen
hours day, and when the weather IL
unisleasant, whirh Is often the case on
the African coast, they have re, ons
moments rest. The ship only returns
20 part to unload, TO rsplenish its STORE
of entnbles and fresh Raier, and then
iinmedi tieiy goes back again. OF all
fishing, that OF coral Is the most diff
cult. When women decorate them
selves with these pink p+arls they lit
tie know what hardshiIs and dangers
had To- be undergone TO dislodge thi-
heautiful. product from its-ece <hei,
When the coral fishermen leave theii
honbes they say they are going to suffs
the torment OF The eros.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-12
Washington,s Dinner.

A correspondent OF the Boston Tran
script relates the following: Twenty
to twenty-five years ago it was nui
pleasure to visit ut times an old home
stead in Rhode Island where lived in
the household an old lady since passed
away at the ripe age of nearly 10J
years. She TOOK great pleasure in rela'
ting events in the early history of this
country. Her father kept for many
years country tavern in Rhode ISL
and. At one time word came to them
that Gen. Washington and mis- officers
would s..rive there on given day and
dine with them. They BEGAN iInne
diately to make preparations to re-
ceive their distinguish d visitors, and
all were determined that the dinner
should be the very best .whcih could be
provided. Game and delicacies In
great variety were obtained without
regard 10 trouble or expense. The day
arrived, ami Washington and his OH
Gers reached the tavern at the expected
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