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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-17

4 EORGE Il. HILL y COS,
CAREFUL MANUFACTURES
OUR NEW GOODS.
ALMOND-Fancy Nut Favorod
COCOANUT-RichF Fine Drop Top Coated.
PRESIDENT-Iced Drop. bright flavor.
PRIN CESS-Iced Sheet. soft obong.
SEASIDE-For light summer luncheon.
TOURIST-Sweet Hard Biscuit figured top.
BISMARCK German Biscuit. Csrawsy flavor
SARATOGA-Crimpc edge Mace favor.
These fancy goods are furnished the trade in
assorted or straight packages, atLractivoly put
up for retail. They are no: kept in stock: No
fresh and in high flavor. We respectfully solicit
an examination of these goods
GEORGE 4. HILL & CO..
myl9 Alexandria, Va.
r, W. AVERY
CHOICE FAMILY Y0 AND u FANCY eRooE.
RlE5, WINE LIQUORS. SC, &c,
226 King ST., cor. Alfred,
sep8 ALEXANDRIA, VA.
IN NEW 0OODSi
NEW PRICES
The subscriber respectfully snnouncas that
no has taken the store
NO. III KING STREET.
and is prepared TO offer full and carefully So
looted stock of
FINE FAMILY GKOCERlEi'
at prices which cannot fail 10 please. Gooia
delivered promptly to all parts OF the city. ana
satisfaction guaranteed in every particular. An
inspection Of stock solicited
my nv 5-tf +. }. DAVIDSON.
GEORGE McBURNEY u SON,
Dealsrs in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY HROCk'
RES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE ani BROW
STOUT.
Also. EASTERN and POTOMAC HEkki
and MACKEKEh.
NOS. ice AND 40 KING SI'HEKT.
Washington Hall Buil,t;mg,l
Alexandria, Va
Orders promptly filed. mh 3l-tf
6. wA' RAMSAY
WHOLE.5ALE AMI FAMILY GROCER
TEA OEAl.Eh.
s. r.. COR. KING AND ST ASA PHI SIS.
22-tf Alexandria. VS.,
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All :rsins daily on main line.

All trains daily on main Inc.
The EXPRESS SOUTH bound connects s:
Lynchburg for the Wet end Southwest, sii
at Dauvile for the South, South East and South
West.
The MAIL south bound connects with G. Il
o. East and West, and at I,ynchburg Tor tho
South and South West; at Manassas for Stras-
burg, except Sunday.
For WARRENTON SIS m. daily, srh
6 50 D. M Saturday evening: returning Monday
morning.
GQRDONSVILLE LOCAL leaves A!exsr-
dris 8 Do q. H., ard arrives at GordonSville l.
o. IN. Leaves Gordonsvilo 4 a a. IN, and AZ
rives at Alexandria 9 30 D. II. daily, eXcoH;
Sunday.
Passengers for MANASSAS LINE leave
Washington daily, except Sunday, a. 8 10 a. ~.
and Alexandria 40 u n. Returning. leave
Strasburg 81 a. m and arrive III A!cZnhdr's
at Is p. M.
North bound trains make close connectirHs
with BALTIC s. Ohio and Bait y Potomac tr:I!:'
to Baltimore, Philadelphia and Now York. "n.'
TO all points North and Northwest.
Accommodation train runs Sleeping Gar.
through, without change, TO Wh,;e Sulphur
Springs also through Sleenars, without change.
between Philadelphis and New Orleans, on t'1
Express.
Through tickets to the South snl West.
3. SPRINGER, Sdpt. Iran.pn.
j M. BROADUS, G.. 7. a. .iy II
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
the

This company offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation Of frsight and passengers,
and will run their steamers regularly as follows
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STEAMERS.
TIVE POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,

THE POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
L August 9, 1877.
SPECIAL NOTICE-Both Fer. sK~A
ry Boats will be on tho line between .A11ss1e
Alexandria and Washington on and after Mon
day, Thursday, 18th inst: running as follows ::
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
At73O, $50. g 80, 10 80 and II 30 q. No., and
IL SO, l. 80, 23O, $50, 4 80, 30 and 80.
LEAVE WASHINGTON
t73O, $50, 9 80 10 30 and II 80 8, e.. and
IL 80, 90, 30, 20, 4 30, 80, 6. 30 and 80
p. NJ.
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Alexandra at 80, 10 80, and II 80 8.
10. snd IL 80, l 80, 2 80, 80, 80, 30 and ~.
Leave Washington at 80, 10 80 and II 80
NJ. and - 80 80, 2 80, g 80, 430, 80 and 30
GEO. 4. PHILLIPS. Manager.
SAH'1 GEDNEY Sup't oct 8
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FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS

The new anA commodious iron ,sI-A
steamer JOHN w. THOMPSON, .EneaS1sk4c
psny's wharf, Washington, EVERY TUES
DAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, a.
o'clock g. m, and Alexandra at 7;30 a.: mi
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY aud SUNDAY. 8: o'clock p. m.
exsnd.ia with the ". G., V. NJ. s Il. $. K. K.
20. and with the w. & 0. 4. 4. Co. Freight
received for all points, North and South,
handled with caro- and forwarded with prompt
ness and dispatch.
For further information apply to
Janney's wharf
or al tho offlce Of the company, under the Ma
tional metropolitan Bank, 10th street, opposite
tho Treasury Department, Washington.
NH 10 SAMUEL BACON, President.
-,esss CLYDES STEAM LINES WEEK.
S SaGtss nEnpH1A LY PROVIDENCE F0 AND
BOSTON.
Steamers loave Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT-
URDAY, al II clock N. frorn Pier No. N.
Whac7es,
This line connects at Alexandria with the O.,
A. s. n. and w. s. o. K. Rs, snd at Philsdel-
phia with the new and popular Iron Line,' for
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care
FREQ of commissions
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
no wharfage in Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-fve hours. Through rstoz and through
bills of lading given. Insurance guaranteed 81
less tt an usual rates
Agents:
r. A. REED, Alexandria,
VIM. p. CLYDE & CO., Philadelphia.
GEO. T. HYDE, orgetown, D. O.
JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
Jan 8-tf
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AUCTION SALES.
B7 Green s. Wise,


[Resl Estate Agents and Auctioneers.]
DUBLIC SALEOF THE VIRGINIA TEL.
L EGkAPn LINE-By authority Of deed
OF trust made 10 mo by the Virginia Telegraph
Company, bearing date the 1st OF July, 1871, to
secure tie psy ment Of the first mortgage coupon
bonds of snil company, also a deed Of trust
bearing date lst Of January, 1878. to secure the
paymen. Cf the second mortgage coupon bonds
of said company, both deeds having been duly
recorded in I'll tho counties through which the
telegraph lines run, / WILL as trustee name1 IN
said deeds cer for sale by public auction, in
Court House, on SATURDAY, the 9th day Of
October. 1877, st II O'clock NJ, the ENTlRE
PROPERTY OF THE SAID VIRGINIA
TELEGRAPH COMPANY, to wit: The line
City, Virginia Midland and Great Southern
Railroad from Alexandria 10 the town of Staun-
ton, in Augusta county; and from Alexandria,
along the Washington and Ohio Railroad, to
the towns Of Leesburg, hamilton and Clarke's
Gap, in Loudoun county-in all about 20O miles
of wife-together with their rights. franchises.
instruments poles. wire, insulators and brackets
belonging and apportsining to the said telegraph
line.
Terms CT Sale: One third cash on day Of sale !;
the residue in two equal instruments, payable IN
three and elk months from day of sale. The
bonds of the purchaser, with good personal 80.
curty, will be required for The deferred pay
1nents The title to be retained until all the pur-
chase money be raid. The property 20 be re-
sold at the expense of tho purchaser upon failure
to comply with terms Of sale. -
sep 25-ts CHAS. Il. HOOFF, trustee.
ssT,HE POLLARD TRACT" CONTAIN
l. ING 2sl ACRES, L ROOD AND 20
POLES. In LOWER FAUQUIER. ATPUB.
Lie AUCTION-By virtue Of q deed of trust
executed to mo by William l.. Lowrey, dated
June 9th, 1876 and recorded in the Clerks Of;
fec of the County Court Of Fauquier county,
will offer for sale by$public auction, at the front
door of III +, Court House, in the town ct War
renton on MONDAY, The ed day Of October.
1877, THAT being the first day of the County
Court the tract Of land in said dead mentioned,
called 1.-THE POLLARD TRACT" containing
284 a., r. and 20 D., be the same moro or iess.
This land lies in lower Fau4uer, and is espe-
cially valuable on account Of tho gold mine sit:
uate thereon, and is part Of the resi estate of
which Robert Embrey diod soizel.
Terms Of Sale-CnSh.
N. B-Selling AS trustee, | will convey only
such Tito AS is vested in me BY The decd atore-
said X. TAYLOR SCOTT, Trustree &c.
Fauuuicr county sep 2-oots
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49, -
FOR SALE OK RENT.

nor RENT desirable TWO STORY
IL BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, q south
Pitt sire t, btd rooms, double parlors. dining
room and kitchen, now in complete repair; gas
and water on tho premises, having large yard.
Apply to j. Il. CREIGHTON y SON.
oct 15-eo1w r88 King street
NOR RENT-The HOUSE and STORE MOI
II SO North Fairfax st. Apply at No. 9 King
street. loa6-M W&Stfl E. e. BOWMAN.
DOR Rem 1.-TWO d w E Lin GS on
IL Washington stre't; ga' and water; seven
and eight rooms; reut low; aud TWO DWELL
INGS on St Asaph street; good water at the
door; four rooms each. Apply to ELIZABETH
BROCKETT, No. 81 ". Washington st. sep l.
NOR RENT-A DESIRABLE BRICK
Il DWELLING, No 234 King street, with
large garden attached. containing variety of
fruit. Apply to
my Scott HESSELlUS SMlTH.
E,OR RENT.-The STORE ROOM on the
IL northeast corner of King and Union streets
tho best location in tho city for grocery and
liquor store. Apply at this office. ap l8-tf
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FOR NRW YORK

Tho AL Steamships E. q. KNIGHT x4a4A
and JOHN GIBSON leave the com 4AAkE
psnys wharf Alexandria EVERY SATUR.
DAY MORNING, and New York, from pier
IL East River EVERY SATURDAY at four
o'clock z. NJ.
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NOR MOUNT VERNON.

STEAMER MARY WASHINGTON.
Daily trips leaving the wharf, foot of Prince
street, 81 10. 30 N. Carriages are in waiting at
Mount Vernon Springs wharf to take visitors
pleasant ride of one mile and . half through q
beautiful grove to the mansion door. Round
trip, including admission to grounds, carriage
fare, &C., 81. The boat returns to AlezaDdrls
about p n.
Children will be taken On Saturdays for ID cts.
Adults 25c Round trip, allowing the privilege
of ls.ldirg and waiting tho boats return at any
Of hcr Wharvos.
Tickets will ontitle the holdsrs TO stop over at
the usual landings until the return trip of the
boat; good only on Saturdays. Children must
in al cases be accompanied by their parents or
some sdult friend.
THE STEAMBOAT MARY WASHING.
TON can be chartered for Excursions by sp-
plying on board to T. H. TROTH, President
of the Company, or to q. g. SLAYMAkER, st
his Insurance office. 81 and 50 King street. je II
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E1oR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

On and after Monday, February 26, ~ =
ST. the steamer MATTANO, Capt.
VIM H. Byles will BIO run as follows: Leave
Alexandria EVERY MONDAY and THU Rs
DAY, from King street wharf, at I 80 o'clock
a. m, for Landings on the Potomac 8. far down
as Nomini Leave Nomini EVERY TUES.
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at 6 O'clock
for Washington, arriving early the sane even
ing. Freight received daily.
lub 28 j. BRODERS s. o., Agents.
Finland & sEABOARD COAsTING CO.
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RAILROADS..

w G., VIRG. MIDLAND u q. S. r. K.
JOHN s. BARBOUR, Receiver
On and after Saturday, July II, 1877, PEI
senger Trains will Rim as follows:
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NOTICE
I offer for ssle
500 BARRELS OF Fish
Comprising
Family Roe Potomac Herring in hcls s. do.
Bay Island Labrador and Boone Bay Split
Herring.
Newfoundland Round and Split Herring.
Call early and buy cheap.
SAM'L. j. REED,
w. No. "a s. Fairfax st Alexandria
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BOOTS AND SHOES.

BOOTS AND SHOES.
mrlF YOU WANT A PAIR OF EASY.
FITTING SHOES, that will surround
those painful corns or bunious and make
you think there is so netting in this world
besides trials, troubles, vexations, pains,
misery and tribulstions ONE and let US 1T
you in pair OF understs ndings that Will
produce tho happy effect:
@- THE MOST USEFUL AS WE'LL AS
ornamental article for ladies' wear is pair
had at WADDEY'S, ITO King st. They
are beautiful durable and cheap.
Ms~ GENTS FINE BOOTS AND SHOES A
specially, small expenses q novelty, lowest
prices reality. is what we can provo at
WADDEY'S ITO King street.
@- IT Is VERY POOR ECONOMY TO
waste your money buying trash when you
can get good goods at reasonable prices at
WADDEY'S, ITO King st., AleXs, Va.
aD~ AMONG OUR NEW FALL AND WIN.
ter stock of Boots and Shoes we have some
new styles for ladies' wear, which are real.
ly beautiful. Ladies' who have any desire
to present handsome understanding will
do we'll TO examine them at WADDEY'S
NEW STORE. ITO King 81.
@- ANY ONE KNOWING WHAT 1T Is
to Wear dlsproportloned Boot or Shoe had
better examine our stock of goods, as the
shapes and makes for sale by us will suit all
feet and pockets.
WADDEY, 10 King street
@~ DON'T BUY BOOTS AND SHOES else.
whore, but come at once to ITO King st.,
and see the elegant styles of Boots and
SHOES; large assortment 81 popular PRICES
sep2l w. b. WADDEY.
INRESH DAT MEAL AND PIN-HEAD
Il OATEN GRITS, received and for sale by
T. j. DAVIDSON,
octl1 lat King street
TROVER & BAKER and the DOM ESTlC
" both very superior Shuttle, Sewing Ma
chimes, for sale at very loW prices BY DIDO
sep 26 E. 8. LEADBEATER q Blu.
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South Bound. Express Mail. Accomdo
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GROCERIES AND LFQUHlss.

w A. JOHNSON,
Wholesale and Retail
GROCER i COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND
DEALER ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Also A gent for Arlington Brewery and Lsf-
land & Rsnds Powder Co.
Consignments of Grain, Flour and all kinds
of Country Produce solicited. Liberal advances
made on consignments in store.
oct II. i. cor. Cam. and Royal sts.
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rJNHE NATIONAL BROILER is the best for
Il steaks and oysters. For sale by
MCLEAN & UHLER.
oct IL 107 King st.
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Or BOXES HIGGINS GERMAN LAUN
40 DRY AND STANDARD SOAPS,
lust received and will be sold very low.
oct Ii GEO. McBURNEY 81 SON.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-09
A Panorama Of the War.

This is a street scene in Kars. We
don't know who seen it, but we know il
was saw. Probably some Russian car
it. The city Is in state of siege.
The gentleman in the foreground, feeling
over his head for the ground, Is private
gentleman in Cossack regiment. lie il
not feeling very well. He is i'll. A mo-
ment ago he met fifteen-inch shell, and
was too busy to get out " the way. His
stomach, lungs, and swallowing thing
went on with the shell, and he will never
smile and never enjoy square meal
again. His comrades wish TO send for
the doctor. He declines. lie says he
does not need him. He is right. He
can die without him. The doctor will
weep when he learns the Cossack is lead
lie will bend over his lifeless form, and
then he will weigh it, and put it in an
item, to the last ounce, as a tumor he
removed from gentleman In Scott
county. Truly, in the midst of life we
are In death.
The gentleman In gunny-bag trousers
and long pipe is Turk. He is the
friend of the American journalist who
uses him to make puns OF. He will not
last much longer at the rate the Ameri-
can journals. is using him up. This is
all that anybody knows about the Turk
or Turkey. Move the panorama on.
That is Russian general. See the
wide landscape stretching away in the
dim distance. Let ner stretch-it doesn't
cost us anything You cannot see the
Duoo;o, rxa,,a~al Co. he ,,u,x~o t.,,t I.
there all the same. You can smell his
breath. He eats tallow candles. This
makes him light-hearted. His name
comes in by the big rock on the left, fol-
lows the course of the meanderiDg
brook in the valley, winps slowly up the
mountain side, and disappears in the
direction of Ulpblowitch. 1t is nine
miles long, without titles. When his
mother used to call him up to breakfast,
she started at nine o'clock p. m, took a
long breath, and talked it of till morning.
This is a telegraph office. The bright
looking young man at the table is
Western Union operator. The little
brass and steel thing ticking away on the
table is the instrument. The operator
is very easily distinguished from the in.
strument. He cannot talk 80 fast as the
instrume 1T, but he can sleep great deal
more. He is going tn SLEEP now. The
man leaning over the counter is heart
less citizen, who has the cheek to ask
the operator to send dispatch for him.
The operator takes the message. But he
does not send it. Hehasn't time. He loses
nine games of checkers while that citizen
Nv ordering why he doesn't get any re-
ply to hi dispatch lnl6saRse TnhsR tbs cisizen
The Osceola times., 1877-06-09
More Mormon Troubles.

Whatever credence may be given u
particular rumors from C'ah. says the
New York Tribune, 1t Is sufficiently Ger.
tain that in various parts of that terri
tory an uneasy feeling is existing among
the Mormons, which Brigham Young il
doing nothing to allay. Indeed, his
public utterances, If they are correctly
represented, are anything but pacific.
He is said to be preaching a crusade,
which the Gentiles of the territory natu.
rally regard as preached against them.
selves. OF course, compared with Nor
mon population, they are mere
handful, and they may we'll indulge in
6me apprehension Of violence. In Salt
Lake City specially they are greatly o,,t-
numbered. We are further informed
that the military Preparations Of the
Mormons are considerable that drilling
is going on continually, and that arms
have been shipped in great numbers from
the east. tit
Brigham Young and his more unscrup-
ulous devotees are doubtless laboring
under great apprehension. The vigor
displayed in the trial and execution OF
Lee has proved cpnclusively that the
temporal power in Utah is no longer in
the hands of the Latter Day Saints. We
do not know precisely what they may
have to fear, but their record, as they
know better than anybody else can, is
quite enough 10 make them anxious.
Their power and authority, once SO great
and almost unquestioned, are gone.
Assassination will not help them, while
they are no longer, as they once were,
defended by distance and great deserts
from the weight Of the governments
hand. II is hard to see what they can
hope ultimately to accomplish by com.
plete defiance Of the federal power, or by
a resort to the madness of massacre. Bu.
there il an unreasonable because it is a
fanatical element in the Mormon popu-
latien, which has not been sufficiently
taken into account. 1t is just possible
that Young himself may have been made
reckless by term so prolonged OF ire
sponsble authority. Greater men than
he have lost their heads under difficulties
comparatively less.
But whatever may he impending, we
may be sure that the beginning OF the
end is near. If the Mormon leader, con-
tentlng himself with a spiritual despot-
ism, shall finally yield obedience to the
laws, he may die quietly in his bed, and
his sect may peacefully disappear after
him. If he permits himself to be misled
int sanguinary acts which will be sheer
madness, he will bc summarily and
sternly dealt with. His vanity may mis-
lead him into an exaggerated estimate of
his resources and Of his local advantages;
but to those who consider them with in
difference they do not seem great enough
to be alarming. The United States
wants neither the will nor the power to
deal strictly and summarily with the
Morncn strength, such as il is; and we
believe that 1t will do So.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-09
A Singular Fact.

A recent traveller in Mexico, who Wis.
tied the mines there during his journeys,
says he was much astonished at seeing
the men who carry the ore ceme out Of
the mine each with one eye shut. The
foreman, seeing his surprise, explained
the matter. He said the candles belong
ing TO the tarateros (who drill and blast
do not give sufficient light in the drifts,
where it is consequently quite dark, but
where, nevertheless, the tarateros see
well enough not to run their heads
against the rocks. But on emerging into
daylight they would be blinded did they
not take precautionary measures. For
this reason, as they approach the mouth
o. the shaft at the point where they catch
the first glimpse OF light. they drop the
eyelid OF one eye, and keep this down
while discharging the ore, and until they
have re-descended the shaft When
they are again in the dark, they open
the eye hitherto kept in reserve. and At
once they see everything distinctly I;
while the other eye, previously open and
blinded somewhat by the daylight, per.
ceives nothing at all.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-09
MIS('ELLANEOus.

General Grant will dine with the
Prince of Wales, at Mr.. Pierrepont's resi-.
dence, In London, on the twenty.frst Of
June.
The cabinet has determined that the
secretary of state shall address a letter Of
warning to the Mexican goverurreut, that il
raids by Mexican cattle.tbieves across the
Rio Grande into Texas are not discontinued
our troops must pursue them into their own
territory. Pending the answer to this letter
no movement will be made by the United
States troops except TO capture he thieves
in Texas.
A condensed statement of the foreign
trade Of the United States for the fiscal wear
ended June 30, 1876, shows the imports to
have been $476,677,s7i; the domestic ex.
ports, mixed values, $685., 5,436,96a, and the
re-exports Of foreign commodities, $2l. go.
035. The exports Of domestic commodities
it will thus be seen, exceeded the imports
by nearly sls0, ,oo0, coo, or considerably over
one.third.
The Osceola times., 1877-06-09
"RtxPEs'TFuLLy DECLINED"

The writer takes his busy thoughts,
And wenves them into rhyme
He says I'm sure this poem
Is something quite snblime"
Then he waits with breathless waiting
For the laurel wreath OF fame
That with its deathless circle
shall entwine poets name.
But, alas the post returning,
Brings, TO him, underlined,
That short and pithy sentence
Respectfully deeliredi"
Or into some wild romance
He wonders weaves untold,
OF r-breadth 'scapes aud miracles,
That makes his blood run cold.
After days OF expectation
And the nights in vision passed.
OF glorious immortality
That shall come TO him at last,
lie sees his castles in the air,
With feelings und, fined,
! sde before that pithy sentencei
Respectfully declined
So authors and inventors,
The wielders Of the pen,
From every way aud walk Of life,
And all the paths OF men,
Before the power Of the Press
Bow low as 10 a King,
And 10 the yotive altar
VIII still their offerings bring,
Where few gain fame and fortune,
But more their fiat find
In that short and pithy sentence:
respectfully declined"
But ye who in fruition
Have found your hopes all vain,
And in bitter disappointment
Have tasted dregs Of pain,
In the last great Journey upward,
AS We climb the golden stair,
To deliver up the record
Of your earthly lives, beware
Lest the deeds of life there written
VIII In the end be signed,
By that short and pithy sentence.
Respectfully decliped.'
-6Hsibefh J. MIe6rd.