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TOMATO CULTURE.--My plan of cult
vation is as follows: / plough or spade
::y s:caaa asep-pulvefizs It thorough
~, first having it very rich lay off four
feet each way, and with o ohoye,, throw
out tho earth to the depth of one foot,
which flilwith i COMPOSE OF hen manure,
unleached aches and surface soil, puttina
about an inch of soil ON top, procure
stakes four feet long and drive down near
the edge of the hole; 81. plants in centre
ofholes, which should bs one foot IN di.
ameter. AS .he plants grow tie than to
thu stakes. Non the main ching is to
stir the soil and pinch out all laterals OF
suckers, like tobacco raiseB do tobacco.
When plante get to top of stakes, pinch
out the tops; DO euro TO keep them we'll
tied to stakes. ,fl,t2
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= Trying times-going to the dress
:::.sLee.e ::..l:
= The wise neither grieve for the dead
nor for the living.
= How sweetly rests the brain when
love occupies the heart.
= These who do not tell ali they know
will have SSe most for seed. .>-rr -s.,-s...---
- Economy is the new spring fashion.
and very good fashion too,
= IF o man weuld set good examples
they might hatch better habits.
= Why Is blrvh like little girl
DcUauso IL v0SosIs0s a woman.
- When Is q man sainsssors than a
shiagle7 When he is a-shaving.
~ If persons would take more trouble
about living they would be less troubled
when dying. 2 iYff9es = 80 ae9Nfs
=: Popnlar suffrage has been put to a
singular test in 3 village of Ava, Japan.
The neighhorhoo0 was harussd by q
sri.<fHi gu could a-
tecs. The head OF ri 8 hamlet nmmoned
the entire mafe alton under bis
charge, and alFsctei erefy nan toa9ifte
tlie saEa0 Of tl1a efson gh0f sus.
peotvi and q deposJ Z IL "a q box.
Fifteeu Da! born ns asiao of Abe
Tanihei, tho TeEt being ii laaks. The man
wss0a eve7 q lles sTl 4 Was % over
come with astonishxa that he made
full confession and vees to prison. New
er before in the history of popular gov
ernment waa q thief @leNfeA with such
unanimity. 73
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REEEABLE EyFDEHCR.

MP. JI. II. SrKyRNs:
Dear :iir-i Will most cheerfully add my teoti.
mony To tho great number you have already ro-
rrivrsi IN favor uf your great and good medicine,
VEuEriSE, fnr do not think enough can be naid
IN Its prase. for was troubled over thirty years
with that dreadful disease. Catarrb, and had
s:i'l bad coughing spoli6 that II would seem rs
though could Mevor breathe any moro, and
SxuEriNE hls cured me: and do feel 10 thank
G",i all the timo that there ia SO good medicine
aS VEuHriSr. and also think II ono of the best
nir.iirines foy coughs nnd weak sinking feelings
nt tho stomach. md nd so everybody to take tho
tIGETfSE. for ran arauro them II In ono OF tho
best medicines that ever was.
Nns. l.. GORE.
Corner Magazine and Walnut strectB,
Cambridge, Mass.
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All Sorts OF Paragraphs.

- A man cannot win golden opinion,
by the exhibition Of his brass.
"A man With corns felt better aftel
meeting man with nc feet.
=. Good headquarters for young men
-on the shoulders of their sweethearts
- It is impossible to travel into q
woman's efiec.ions by getting On hel
= Rubbing che bands With cologne
before putting on kids, keeps them from
getting clammy.
- A doctor was asked to dance the
lancers he declined, but expressed q
Willingness to lance the dancers.
= Girls, don't be afraid to work. Ruth
CLEANED in the hartest field and got just
as goad Beaz any girl in .he reighbor
hood.
- What is the difference between an
accepted and rejected lover? The ac-
cepted kisses the Mise and che rejected
misses the kiss.
tor2" eyes, 'Dick,n "I sent It in the
succeeded, for iE lii the gas"
- The man who returned from the
Centennial without u medal Is confident
that he could have taken one If they had
men, 50 s9
A Western paper. In desor;hine an
accident recently, gays. with much CEN
dor: ssDr. Jones was called. and under
his prompt and skilled treatment the
young man died on Wednesday night
An ointment philosopher says, good
nature and contentmant are far moro VAL
uable accomplishments than music and
dancing the young ahould cultivate
age comes on.
- A ependthrih. who had ,yasted ,ear.
ly ell his patrimcnv. seeinrr an i,. asanS;n.
tfico in o Coat not I'll The ileygest t sIst e told
him he thouahs it Ind beafs his ,reat
erandfathers's coat. sso it WAS. ), ssid
She pentIens,Ss ssepd + beya SsTI oIso ,,,g ,,,,
great.grand. d.father's land. witch 10 mora
than you can srlv.p - = :
;urtat ~, ,sa.a,, .e ,..-,,., ~. = !,
! Is net ~. ~ pa,ccn OF groupas mems
o ,e, nIIS ~ q. "a ss.als snA man' hesauag 20 g
1870 =. ~ ,tsSas oIssiue tne Iowa.
va sae ;t 49, ~, Ss.ss' S..ss, .Mnen a.
80 a. = a.,@. 80 W. sIs 1.. sIEs
toid - 80 yy..t s1 I,,:....;a ~ srIo9iy eve1
a., = ]. :, 10 sua nuHg
80 ''S.. s t1o".' -
an e4ehanGo saya: sheeause Ts
napnens 70 taEe our shof-gun, and start
OUT ior an aiteYnoon's cunning, lis no
reason why . half dozen impudent per-
sons snon!d inquire II We we're oh tour
o. collecxng sunscTiption money. The
Times arc hara, ana ammunition costs too
l mIch :noneY .,1 20 20 ygaaeed on delinquent
sulpsseflDcra JUST noy
of sixteen years the State Depart
me1t hes been presided over by citizen
NJ Ne: ~ 60 9e.=..-a 81. sss
and 9fr. Fish for the sane period. Now
Mr.. EyaTtg anplher c,tigsno MeAs Yorix,
ta<es tho State DeE=s.::,...e.ast, :,..a and at his
i51yE;as10n atiil anetiier citizen Of New
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WHAT I KNOW ABOUT vesETlHE.
SDurn DosroN, May 0, 1879.

Hourn DosToN, May Q, 1875.
II, Il. STEvExa. Ksa.:
dear Sir :! have had considerable experience
with tho vEGETISB. For dyspepsia. general
Debility anil in.nnra blood the vR0ErISR 81 nls-
perior to anything which have ever used.
commenced taking YEOETiNE about tho middle
ef i..i ~ln.er, aHa. ef.e- r.!.s :s= S0t.:s5, 8
never was In god condition as OF the present
time. H. will Afford me pleasure TO give gny
further particulars relative to what l know
n''nnt this good medicine to any one vino will
call "r addreSs me- nt my residence, 386 Athens
strcc;. Very repeatedly,
MONROE PARKER,
3SG Athens street.
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GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
~ ANDERSON County.
BY W. ". Humphreys, J,,dgc of Probate.
WHEREAS, J. NJ. Strickland has applied
70 me TO grant him letters OF administra-
ton on the Estate Of Mira. Nancy Bras.
we'll, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and adnon.
tsh all kindred and creditors of the said
Nancy Brasweli, deceased, 70 'io and aIi-
pear before me in Court of Probate, to
be held at Anderson Cour. Houae on
Friday, Goth day of April, 1877. after nub-
lication hereof, to shew cause, If any thew
have, why tho said administration should
not be granted. Given under my hand.
this 3rd day of April, IS77.
w. W. HUMPHREYS. J. p.
April s, 1877 SO %
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
ADDRESS OF HON. d. i. FERRY,

ssssSS.Gss==s ...:e Ce==.--a! Association, Aatl=
Cotton Shop and Labor ReforGs,. Of
Laua ems County, at sts Seal! Annaai
meeting, nela at Clinton, March "a.
1877 t.l~ III 4
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DyapApelG.

SYMPTOMS Want OF appetite. rising OF food
R"l ini from tho stomach, acidlty OF tho stonl-
nrl, heartburn. iryness and uhireness Of tho
tom quo In tlse morning OF dlstension In tho
stomach and hpwe.s. sometimes rumblipg aud
pain: @,siiveubss. which Is occasionally Inter
rnp;ci BY ,iiarrh IN; paleness Of the urine. Tho
f.p"'h IS cia'niny, or has sour or bitter taste.
other frequent symptoms arc waterbraRh. palpl-
tatinn of tho heart. headache, and disorders OF
tho senses. no seeing double. etc. TheTe is gen.
cral debility. lansucr and aversion to motion
detection "f the spirits, disturbed sleep, and
frJyLtfui dreaIus
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FEEL MYSELF a NEW mAM.

N,ricK. Mass., juno I, 1872.
Mr. IT. X. .;rrv3*,
D-aS Sir -Tht.,i.I tho advice and earnest
Tersnsi'n of tho Krv. l.. y. Best. Of this place,
harr been taking fyaEtiNk for dyspepsia. OF
wh!rh lihvo suffered FOR Year,.
hsvo used oniy two bottles. and already feol
myself y new Elan. Respectfully.
bH. j. W. CARTER.
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esinea fifteen Pounds Of Flesh.

S0rTH BERwICH. Mo, Jan. II, 1872.
u. r. STEVENS. Esq.:
i,ear Sir-I havo lad dyspepsia in its worst
form 10. tho last ton years, and have tGken
hundreds of dollars worth OF medicine without
ob;airln any relief. In September last i COM
mencei Iakins the yE0ETISE. since which time
my hezi:li has steadily improved. Ny food d.
gcs!s Welt, AMI have gained fifteen POUNDS OF
ne.,i. Thnro FRO several others In this place
!asim; -. yknyr.yg. anil all have obtained
relief. Yours truly.
THOMAS F.. MOORE,
Orerscor ~ ,-.,J Yfnn pn,fan,outI, 70 Militia
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MARBLE YARD

FHNHE undersigned respectfully informs
II. tho pihlic that he has lust raclisad n
s.vsA vi new marble, of excellent quality,
David Whites Blacksmith Shop, on Depot
Street, where he will keep on hand first
class stock, and is prepared to flll all orders
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no CREDEToRs.

IN All persons having demands arai,,at
the Estate Of jeremiah Moorc, deceased. are
notified to present them TO tho undersigned.
properly proven, within the time prescribed
by law, and ail indebted to make paymen
at once.
REUBEN CCEE.ssfIKSCALES, Atim.T.
March 20, 1877 81 8
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GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

GTATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
NJ ANDERSON COUNTY.
By " W. Humphreys, Esq, Probate Judge.
WHERE \S :. w. Norris has made suit
to me to grant him letters of Adrninistra.
tion,. on the Estate aud effects of e. 8.
Norris, deceased. -
These are therefore to cite and admonish
oil kindred and creditors of the said E. 8.
Norris, deceased to be and appear before
me in Court Of Probate, to he held ut AN.
J6T50n Court House, on Friday, April
2Gth, 1877. .stscs publication hereof, to
she. cause, IL any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 2nd day of
April, A. D. 1877
M w. w. HUMPHREYS,
April 5. 1877 38
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GOOD EVIDENCE.

SIR. Ir. II. SrKvE*s:
Dear Sir-I1e two bottles OF vE0ETISE fur
hiShe'l mo l'y your agent my wifo has used with
great benefit.
For long tlmo sho has bcen troubled with.
dizziness a.t rnsiivrness: these troubles arc
nnw entirely removei by tho uso OF VEGErINE.
She was also troubled with ,iyapepsia and gon-
oral debility, and has been greatly benefited.
THOMAS GILMORE,
X2gI. Walnut etrett
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Monuments, Tablets
Head Stones, &C.,

L. fine style. Give mo call and ss7a
nfshcy, as am determined to give satisfac.
ton in my work, and TO fill orders ct sitch
prices as cannot DO urdersold.
SAMUEL MURPHY.
Anderson, 8. C.
fteb 3, 1877 s 30 3M 4
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New Advertisements.

GEORGE PAGE & co.
Ia 8 u. eeH1eIraa g.. BALTIMORE. I'D.
Patent Portable G St2tionaFy Engines
et Patent Circular gaU MILE,
EssaksANre aang, EIurey & FASH 1lsllss
GEIst q ElouR 1ailIs, WHseE
%sB Woodworking alnchfEaeFya
Teuste Emery Wheels anG
elrzi1ageFH. Saws, Hlill EuprdeS. dc. DC.
GEi5D EOf GAEALOGUE q ESECRS,
$55 E $7fSSsSsfI e AEs7 ss lIss
&I0 day OF home: Agents wanted. OUTFIT and
0E EXTRA FINE MIXED CARDS, with name,
~ 10 cts, post paid. L. JONES & CO., Mas
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
The ImmOralities of Bucharest.

Miss Berger, an English lady, has pub
lished book On Bucharest. entitled " A
Winter in the City of Pleasure or, Life
on the Lower Danube - which gives a
rather astonishing picture Of the excesses
practiced by the people Of that region.
Bucharest is painted as a veritable mod
ern Babylon, far SURPRISING Paris in
making a business Of frivolity: An ig-
norant, superstitious clergy, without a
shred of morality; criminal intrigues
without love; divorces without restraint;
husbands without wives; wives withou,
husbands; families divided and scatteredt
the sons with the mothers, the daughters
with the fathers; fortunes eaten up by
loans; estates burdened by mortgages;
rich men without penny Of cash; long
streets without houses; splendid man
sions and villainous novels; fine eq1li-
pages sand filthy cutters; magnificent
dresses and scanty linen; Aubusson car
pets and distempered walls; princely fur
niture and nothing in the larder; such is
Bucharest p
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RUSSia'S Motive.

It is idle to deny that the chief motive
which has inspired Russia to precipitate
this war is the lust Of empire. The only
instances III which she made war without
the acquisition Of territory was one in
which defeat made Peter glad TO get home
alive, and that other episode Of gratpi-
tous ferocity in which she trampled the
Hungarians down to oblige Austria. No
other military movement ordered by a
Czarwas begun without the expectation OF
territorial enlargement, or completed ex-
cept upon its fulfllment Russia occu-
pies now one-sixth Of the habitable globe
She rules eighty millions of people.
But much of her territory is unfit to sup
port, much less to enrich, the hordes
which are in more need of harvests than
of room to plant them, and in seeking
new dominion it is not area but fertility
that the national instinct demands
Chicago Times.
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Naval Architecture.

A recent lecture by E. J. Reed, the
chief authority ON the construction Of
vessels in the British navy, shows the
great rapidity Of the changes in naval
warfare. America has not built an iron
clad for ten years, but she has revolu-
tionized the naval architecture of the
world in that time by raising the torpedo
into a respectable engine of naval war
fare. Mr.. Reed says that there must be
no more big iron-clads, long and deep,
with ports well immersed in water, since
all such vessels are badly exposed to tor
pedoes-"a problem which had not yet
been faced" Vessels of 10000 tons, like
the Black Prince, Mr.. Reed now con-
dennis. He spoke very highly of the
practical working of some Chinese gun
boats only 10 feet long by 81 feet broad,
and " anted all new vessels built smaller,
faster and handler" Thus even the
British navy, after expanding millions
on floating continents Of iron, is coming
around to recognize the value of small,
swift and well-handled vessels. AS the
shallow hull reduces the power of pro-
pulsion by screw, he also favors the use
Of sails. He still insists on iron; twenty
years ago there was not an iron vessel in
the British navy, to-day no vessels are
built Of ood.-Spri21QfelG Republican.
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POlYgamY i'm Utah.

We have no statistics of the number
of actual polygamists in Utah, but the
figures Of the last census prove that they
must be comparatively small. Nothing
could be further from the truth than the
idea that @ majority Of the Mormons
have mare wives than one. Readers who
have not looked into the facts will be
surprised and perhaps startled when
they are told that there are more men
than women in the Territory of Utah.
But this is nevertheless the fact, and a
fact which is obviously inconsistent with
the supposition that the practice of
polygamy is general in that community.
The census of 1870 gives the number of
males in Utah as Al, 121 and the num-
Der Of females as 1866. It is evident
enough from these figures that the ma
jority of the Mormon men cannot have a
plurality of wives. Even with one wife
apiece there are not women enough to
go round. -Nee0 York Herald.
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SOlOmOn'S Judgment.

During the trial Of the celebrated
Leavenworth baby case, in which two
women claim to have given birth to the
same child, one of the lawyers, in the
course Of his remarks, pointed to the
painting Of Solomon ordering the child
to be severed in halves and divided be-
twen the two women 4 His Scriptural
knowledge being small, he alluded to
Plate instead Of Solomon. The oppos-
ing counsel, supposing he knew all about
it, Instantly jumped to his feet, and called
him id fool, he stating that the
order was by Caesar and notPilate. After
q heated discussion they agreed to leave
it to the Judge. His Honor decided that
both the attorneys were talking upon a
subject foreign to their knowledge, and,
pointing to the painting, said it was in
tended to represent Herod, and not PLATE
or Cezar. The lawyers considered the
matter as settled, and proceeded with the
case.-Atchiso1a (K0p.) Chanepion.
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Pension Agencies.

Under the order of the President re-
ducing the number of pension agencies
from fifty-eight to eighteen, the follow
ing Western agencies have been consoi-
dated: The agencies at Cleveland and
Cincinnati, O., and the counties in Ohio,
and the District of Wheeling, w. Va,
are consolidated with the District of Col
umbia agency. The Grand Rapids,
Mich, agency will be consolidated with
that at Detroit. The Fort Wayne and
Madison, Ind, agencies are to be con-
solidated with that at Indianapolis, which
agency will also pay the navy pensioners
in Indiana now paid at Columbus, O.
The agencies at Chicago, Quincy, and
Salem, ILL.,, will be consolidated with the
agency at Springfield. This abolishes
the Chicago agency altogether The
agencies at Madison, Wis, Lacrosse,
Wis, and st. Paul, Mimi, are CONSOLE
dated with that of Milwaukee. The
agencies at Fairfield and Dubuque, Ia,
and Omaha, Neb., are consolidated with
that at Des MONIES. The agencies of st.
Joseph, Mo. Topeka, Kan. and Santa Fe,
New Mexico, are consolidated with the
district of st. Louis.
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The Public Lands.

Mai. Powell, the explorer of the plains.
in a recent article on the public lands be-
fore the American Academy Of Sciences.
says that the proportion of public lands
left suitable for settlement is very small.
"There is not left rnsold ID the whole
United States, of land which q poor man
could turn into q farm, enough to make
one average county In Wisconsin,. y Pos
sibly there is some land in Texas and the
Indian Territory, which could not be
brought within this limit, but none else
where. The great grazing areas on the
plains OF course cannot be taken up and
utilized in quarter sections Of 100 acres.
The public lands are humid or arid, reck-
Oning as humid all those which will sup
port agriculture without irrigation. Most
OF the humid lands are now confined to
the swamps Of Florida and other South
ern States, and Minnesota alone has any
arabic lands which could be taken up
under the Homestead law. Of the
1900, 900 acres of arid land. about 8 per
cent. is irrigable. Maj. Powell does not
include in this statement the millions of
acres of lands Of railroads, which are
offered to settlers on terms nearly as IA
vorable as those of the Government. nor
does he, discuss the effect of railroads
and small settlements in changing Che
climate and converting the arid wastes
into regions of rainfall. There are
large sections Of the country which can
never be very thickly peopled Prof.
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Surrender of Crazy Horses Band.

A correspondent at Red Cloud Agency,
Neb., sends to the Chicago Tribune the
following account Of the surrender of
Crazy Horses band Of hostiles Lieut..
Clark met the savages five miles from the
agency at 10 a. m. Crazy Horse was
riding few steps in advance of the cav
airy, while a file of the principal chiefs
followed their leader. The warriors came
next, marshaled in six companies, and
formed regularly in single rank. Con-
trary to the usual custom on such oc-
casions, not gun was fired, and all pomp
and parade were banished. The perfect
discipline of the warriors in their strange
new role, with the quiet throughout the
vast cavalcade, formed most impressive
scene. Crazy Horse ordered halt, dis
mounted, and shook hands with Lieut..
Clark, and in few words told his spokes-
man to say that he would smoke the
peace-pipe now, and with the help of the
Great Spirit establish eternal peace. He
SAID all his things were given to Red
Cloud, his brother-in-law. He-Dog, a
prominent chief, took off his war-bonnet
and war-shirt, and put them upon Clark,
oAoeo OISoLIAJ Lily uUUCI EuULllSSIOu. AL
2 p. m. the head of the column appeared
in sight near the agency. Here they
formed in five bands of singers, forty in
each band, and entered camp, chanting
songs of the tribe suitable to the great
occasion. The great train of camp
equipage, with ponies and additional
savages, formed line two miles long.
From front to rear echoed the solemn
peace chant, and all betokened the abso-
lutte submission of the once dreaded tribe.
The tepees were soon pitched, the camp
being formed III a crescent Ponies to
the number of 700 were turned over to
Red Cloud 500 had seen presented to
different agency Indians before this. A
total Of 1900 ponies belonging to the
band are given to the Red Cloud Indians
as reward for their services in assisting
to subdue the hostiles. Many fine horses
and mules, evidently stolen from from
tiersmen and the Government, were
noticed in the herd. When the ponies
we're disposed of the warriors assembled
in the center Of the camp to surrender
their arms. Crazy Horse laid his rife on
the sward in the midst of the circle, and
was closely followed by Chiefs Little
Hawk, He-Dog, and Little-Big- Man.
The warriors slowly followed until about
100 guns and revolvers had been laid
down. The number of people in the
band is about l, 100. None except few
Indian soldiers were allowed in sight
during the surrender and disarmament.
This makes a total of nearly 1000
Indians who have surrendered at Red
Cloud and Spotted-Tail Agencies during
the past ten weeks.
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Before the Court.

"Uncle Abe, what does this mean ?"
asked the court of an aged colored gen
tlenan, who limped out and looked
around as if he expected to see ghosts.
cit means dat lie in bad fix, boss, ;"
replied Uncle Abe. "Ize done gone up
de spout onless you goes light on me"
"You got tight, hear"
WAL, sort o. tight, but knew who
was all the time, an [ could keep de
sidewalk like a book.
"Yoh were trying to enter a vacant
building, they say. The officer thinks
you meant to steal the door knobs and
lead pipe"
"Fo' de Lawd, boss, but dat amt my
style, nohow. lie bin hangin' around
Detroit mos twenty years now, and dis
is de first time I was ever 'spected of
wantin' tosteal. I members bein' aroun'
dat house, but jess what fur can't say.
L spects [ was drunken dan I lowed to
be. Doan' be hard ON de ole man, boss,
kase dis was hard winter on us po' folks,
an lie jess piclxin' up flesh a little
now"
eve have the machinery here to saw
you in two in four seconds"
81 know you has, boss, but I objecks
to de operation. lie willing to make
promises"
"Will you promise not to drink any
more liquor for a year?"
" Sartin' will .
You mean that, do you?'
CT jess do, sah."
"Well, then, you can go. shall in
struct all the officers to keep an eye on
you, and the first time you crook your
elbow you will be hash for my mill
g De same, sah-de same; an now lie
gwine up home an hoe in de garden an
enjoy liberty. Detroit Free Press.