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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
NrhnM. prime.
IiUTrER.

Receipts far the past 2707 packages do previous
- SOP packages corresponding week last yeal, $500
Packages; shipments past week, ESQ packages IL mas
ben that surround the butter quotations " ltD
mourning and say nothing Tbs would be incomllo,e
reducing quotations all the way from &c u &C ID
i smpos,oe short SPACE hSe this to give inc various
IssSni he market We VIII only say that with cont huel
ir, receipts and general belief that theTeis cd deal
natk while the West is making right along ana
made. together with week OF spring
Ike wcar suggestive hclds ana fresh butter there
sell has reducing quotations. though
lrs at HNei settled point We could instance a
dairieS limit
ilus figures Delaware and Chaauqul County dares
us selling and 10 dairics at 2ic including some che
packages state, odd dariss 10 ship M nc
ar 2l Welsh al ce, with two lines at loo and one
ms butter has sold down 20 Ice TINS pressure
reduced figures causes decline IN western
though less extent. save some Of that fine ued Iowa at
gscIlc and q little creamery still higher, We quote
lotlrDg above 22c, with the best rolls az 2Oc;'
sale, 70 ship, 800 packages Iowa al lSci 100 fresh
l602Oc; 100 ONO tubs lSc 25 packages rol 5,
2pc Farmers viii the difficulty Of giving intelligent quo
tafors when remark mat dealers,
vita arstosss hotel trade cut up hor choice daIleS ana
charge the selections while others break perhaps
quite ne daes, and sell the best TO cash customers at
- l..-.a. I'M.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
HnanriaI.
OyyTcl or rHI FARMERS LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY,
No. 20 ExCHANGE.PLAcE, COR WiLLAnM- Z
NRM YORK Ian. 10. I'M. J

Ngw.YoRK. Jan. Is, 1877.
THIS COMPANY have been appointed the
IL Agents in Now York Of the RECON SrhuCT!oN THUS
TEES in London Of the ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY under
scheme OF reconstruction adopted by the Engsh
bond and share holders.
Bond respectfully requested to present
their Of stock for adjustment under ire
amended this Office &C the earliest
Circulars and particulars will be furnished on ap
plcatiOn. X q. ROlISTON' frcsiucbI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
Brooklpn Real estate for Sale.

Brooh!Dn Heal V5Iute Ior SI!e.
DWELLING HOUSES Nos. 43 WillOw-st.,
81 Hicks-st 49, 81 and 50 Nassans 100 and lU2 Pine
annie at I70 and l07 NilOughby ST. - Lafay eeayc.
GORDON l.. FORD, 81 Clark ST.. Brooklyn.
L'OR SALE - DWELLINGS, brOwn-stOne
fronts from 50 OOO $4,000 Also, one plaeg and
brown stone front STORE. c. q W. ]. BEDELL, Builders
No 327 smithst. Brooklyn
NOR OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, brown-st0ne
fronts directly the entrance OF Prospect PARK, Brook
vn for EXClIANGEor SALE. Located. 26 and 81 seventh
ave "a and So Marksave 1873 Prospect place, s8 Lin
coin place every respect admirably located, with
Owner wond lake in part payment ols or
Continental Building. Brooklyn Broker in Real Estate
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Real estate 90 Gxfhange.

TOR STAMFORD ACRE PROPERTY.-One
both Of two desirable villa Residences 10 ooms eaen
modern u,proyements As minutes from Walst New York.
within Of the intersection OF the Iennsylyans ana
Central trunk lines at Elizabeth ana minutes Wns
the latter hanksd BY paved hgned
streets andn highest and best part OF the city LOS aa
drive garien lawn shade fruit, flowers, vines @e
stable and sheds house premises valued At sOO 40
respectively; equity $1,000 each rental value to0
per month; no assessments AdditiOna VIVA pos anon
Of property Post.once Box 1885, Elizabeth v. J.
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Mafhinerr.

ECR SALE-STEAM ENGINES and BOIL
ERs stationary and portable, from 10 800 h. y,
chine tools and woodso King machinery really f9r mne
chnery giving printed description anu Of SOD
different machines state last what you want and where you
SAN thiA s. Z. FoRSAIru CO.. Manchester, y. Il.
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TZTON PAGING RAILROAD COMPANY
T1e annual meeting Of the stockholders OF inc uhion
arae Ksroad Company choice Of Directors ior tne
var and the OF other business Wcn
NAV legally before the meeting VIII be hea AZ no
-, he Company az Equitable Building Boston on hpS ny
LAY March 1871 at 10 O'Clock Transfer DOCKS VIII
DO closed ai'ef '''aiu''' SIDNEY DILLON, President
H. H. ROLLINS, Secretary.
Boston Feb. z 1871
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GapinQs Banks.

NETWORK Savings BaDk, cor. 8th-ave. and
l4ths Jan per cent interest was Paa on
OF month. Assets s35sG76l AZ surplus si8l6y1 9S
CIV BRISCKERHosF, Sec'y. X H. BULL PresdeiI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
VEGETABLES.
GrraSbea Mar

Shipments Of potatoes 1873 bills Potatoes rule firm at
uotatiOns prime lots Of peacIbows seng at 81 ChS nave
old ~ 30 REESE go at 81 C2d - 70: Another ARRIVAL Oh
rInu as is expected week. rurnips lower onota
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07
Sirnlirlal.

GAS STOCKS.
n. NETWORK, METROPOLITAN, MUTUAL. AND
MANHATTAN GAS STOCKS BOUGHT AND SOLD,
and all kinds Of Brooklyn and New York Securities dealt
inby GEO n. PRENT4SS.
y Y.
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Orean CLEANERS

MEXICAN STEAMSHIP LINE, between
n philadelphia and Liverpool calling at Queenstown Thurs
days from Philadelphia Wednesdays from Liverpool.
Steamers o sall IRON Philadelphia as follows: -
PENNSYLVANIA Feb. | ILLiN us Feb ~
tCITY OF LIMERICk.Fcb. 4 lord Civ march,
INDIANA ........Feb 10 OHIO March
Price OF Passage in Currency: -
Cabin SIS 10 800 intermediate, $40. Steerage s2%
PETER WRIGHT & SONS, Gen. Agents, philadelphia
and AZ BrUsdsL. y. Y.
JOHN MCDONALD. Battery.place, ~ Y.
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y
ps OF ded fruit for the week. LOO pkgs and OyJ1
nuts snpmeufs Of dried apples. 1913 bbls Most OF
app. sHul aiItd during The week were former Dur
IL u extremely dicult 60 all fruit even NJ the
H1eee qlotAiss SAFES 1900 - southern, in bags at
So, NvuV ~cscrn qrA. 4Sic. 60 bbls. do, sc 80 bbs
me cut AZ. Trade peachesis very SLOW tho prices
~ K 20 is Tor general and theIo Is danger that some
itlt stock MIL bo Carried over. Cherries ara
sas ~ * bbls b!sckbcrres at 7sse. Peanuts are
forward very freely and rather easier IN price
~ eAny OF bUiButs haze been sold low IA bOe er
s'h It9 bags medium nuis AZ soc per bush Quotations.
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NETWORK AND HAVANA DIRECT NAH

These frscass steamships sail regularly at from
Pier No. -. North River, as follows - - =. . .
steamship COLU MBU d. I.5DA y req -
Steamship CLYD AIU KDNt fc. "a
Accommodations unsurpassed For freight or passage aiy 70
WILLIAM +. CLYDE Il Co, No. u BO"Bng'grooD
MCKEILER, LULING & Co, Agents in Havana
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

past week 1874 boxes do previous week
3O7 corresponding last II, $40 do Exports
past w@tk. l6097 DO. Liverpool cable quotations. Is
Possibly the receipts tend somewhat 10 WEAKEN Inc pc
lief Tai the cheese al in At least 1t gives sort
Of anGe for shippers 10 work with STILL the views OF hooters
lee We could instance small sales AT 10 60
sd remark that those figures have been refused ioI ihg
Enr ~ auCy sales 10 SNIP 800 fine white AT Oc ana JO
Ccr1 AZ &c, with $40 pale at ljc. Lots amounting 10
2VVJ common cheese were picked up at l1lUc some nlc
ONO imitation fiat Swiss cheese selling ~ lJUioc no
sent MID weather fayurs bringing in the remaining soCs
~. aL lOuNess accOuns Tor the ea arIlNaIs We quOto
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

ONLY DIRECT LINE 70 FRANCE.-THE
W GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC C0MPAAf,S NAIL
STEAMERS BETWEFS NETWORK AND HANkly
CALLING at PLYMOUTH o. D. 'or the landing or passed.
gers.
INijRADoI sancl:er .,...sAg C4D.iY, Feb 10, p.
For particulars address
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NORTH GERMAN LLOYD

u STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NETWORK.
SOUTHAMPTON. AND BEitMl;S ooyr,.
COMPANYS PIER foot ~ SIN'SN D.Sf, HoBOkEN .
RHEIN, saturday FEB. 10 liEHHANS sat en- q
ODER Saturday,. Feb II SrCkAN SATURDAY March
RATES OF PASSAGE from NEW.lOkk 70 sOCTHAhP-
TON, HAVRE, ON BREMEN: 40 ,
FIRST CABIN, 500, gold. SECOND CABIN, ttu, s"hi-
STEERAGE. so currency IA
Tickets reduced Prepaid SeeFage StFtil-
cafes tS2 currency.
For freight or passage apply 10 80 - . ,,.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

1917 boxes: beef 1927
bills: beef 1OSl Receipts
OF dressed hogs 1883 There were carloads western
during the week Western beef arrived in bad
order tie being unfavorabe Some bs and loins
sold low. Prime would bring above quotations II here.
Dressed hogs coming forward freely and have d
-. l-L.... nr.l dining Ii
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T. 4. W1DLFLEI. -p."I"l Master. -. rt.i e., coil
\ R-Nuinstrn:y ~ Ia" pit 'rE N1s D,.h lt'' ' 90,
court by the Rec liver ~ tr said r1'n1' WHICH '1'
on application tire clrrE oi t.r' coiFt 'ai' ""
~ Y. STOCK NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WISHING
to make investments or 10 deal ~ me NV -"
have their business faithfully rias ntei D; a. it,?'s
Banker and Tr,kcr, 80 Broadway, Ncw.tcrs.
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Receipts past week. 2OOS bales shipments Lay bales
Trade extremely depressed and prices about Pc lowers safes
so California Gle Brewers not buying expect
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

via Havana, Progreso. Campeachyt Tuspan Ianree"
CITY OF HANANh........S.i III EDAN, rep
Steamers viii Now-OTcans Feb % ana March ~ or
ana AL The above ports.
For freight or passage apply 10 - -, M, -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-07

hent OF apples 9j bbls. There has been fat 0asi-
u apples duupg Che aie mid weather lots arriving In
vseiA"F o. lined cars and foreign shipments being some
@' nee several lois ~ choice baGwIus and OTeenngs:
tae canal boats which arrived last Fall, have been sofa
o loi Of California Easter BouTre pears, IN Dbls
-. arrived ~ iine condition, from omaha. Returns IRON
-, rms seat 10 California TliaSlj Tor Dbls ana 20
.ae winch Only paid eIpeuscs over wal they
VI sorh here Very fow FLORIDA oranges arriving at
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

deed, top heavy, but generally dissolved
and soaked. Appearing to see the ne
cessity Of getting under cover, he enter
ed a hotel in the Bowery-for thus far
on his journey had he come-boozily
registered his name, and then was
shown to his room. He did not go to
bed. but snoozed in his chair all night.
In the morning he went at once to
drinking the worst gin he could get,
and presently entered a pawnbroker's
shop, where he put up his watch and
overcoat so out again, and in a second
hand clothing store he bought the
cheapest of all possible cheap suits,
rolled his good clothes into bundle,
pawned them at another shop, and so,
fully at ease, he went on his way.
The story told by the detective Of his
subsequent career speaks Of how the
tramp ended up in Baxter street, and
was robbed while dead drunk. 1t was
noticeable that at about that time the
detective wore swell watch and cham,
and came out brightly with a diamond
cluster, for which he long had yearned.
As for the two extravagant truth seek.
ers, they had their expense for their
pains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

a HAWK AMONG THE HENS. Gil
bert White tells most dra matte story
OF neighbor who had lost most of his
chickens by sparrow-hawk that came
gliding down between a faggot pile and
the end of bis house, to the place where
his coops stood. The owner. vexed to
see his flock diminished, hung a net be-
tween the pile and the house, into
which the bird dashed and was entan-
gled. The gentleman's resentment
suggested a fit Of retaliation !; he there
fore clipped the hawks wings, cut off
his talons, and fixing cork on his bill,
threw him down among the brood hens.
Imagination, says Mr.. White, ''can-
not paint the scene that ensued the
expressions that fear, rage and revenge
inspired were new, or at least such as
had been never noticed before the ex-
asperated matrons upbraided, they ex-
eerated, they insulted, they triumphed.
In a word, they never desistcd from
buaeting their adversary till they bad
torn him in hundred pieces. "-[Scrib-
ners.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

BACK TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fifty
years ago a family went into the Maine
forest north of Lewiston and cut them
selves off completely from civilization.
Recently they were discovered by a
correspondent Of the Boston Globe.
Their novels were scattered about in
the patches Of cleared land which they
had made. The vagrant family had
multiplied into several families, includ-
ing over fifty persons. and was dwell
ing il poverty, ignorance and sloth.
The log houses were unprovided with
anything that could contribute TO human
comfort. There was no furniture eX-
cept blocks and pieces of log. But one
person could read, and he wouldn't.
Not book or scrap Of printed paper
was to be found in the place. None Of
the younger generation had ever been
to the nearest town. All were pro-
foundly ignorant of the world. and de-
void Of either religion or morality.
They obtained precarious subsistence
from such scanty crops as their lazy
habits prompted them to obtain, and
from the game of the forest and the fish
of Dead river. In short the family,
under the influence ofnature and soil
tude, had relapsed into barbarism
more depressing than that Of the sava-
ges who dwelt in those woods three
centuries ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25
An Unpleasant Visitor.

On the 18th of September, whilst
seated in my accustomed place under a
tree, was surprised to see Wat-el-Mek,
with ten of his men, with difficulty
dragging something that seemed to me
the body of a tree. To my astonish-
ment it proved to be huge boa-con-
strictor they had just killed behind my
hut, and which they had brought to me
as surprise. A female, it measured
thirty feet in length, and in diameter
was the size of a child. Bahia Tuka
had frequently told me that a huge
monster came nightly to suck the cows
penned very near my hut; but, incredu-
lous, had registered it as wonderful
snake story become proverb born of
the horror that the serpent always in
spires. Only the preceding night, how
ever, my men. seated around the fire in
the hut adjoining mine, had precipitate-
ly fed in terror at the appearance of a
huge head that looked at them from an
interstice in the grass wall; whilst at
their feet countless small serpents glided
about. The cause was now apparent !;
the eggs Of the boa had been laid I'M
perceived on the outer wall of the hut.
and, Matching, had invaded the hut at a
moment when the female came from
the river. A strict, and somewhat
nervous watch was kept that night
without result BUT on this morning,
whilst leaving the river, eveidently in
search Of her young, she had been shot
by Wat-el-Mek. The huge monster
writhed still with life that it seemed
almost impossible to extinguish, though
the head and back were crushed in
several places. 1 confess that every
night thereafter, on retiring to my bed,
I felt strange sensation of horror, as
thought of the possibility ofmy beng
'Laocooned' ere morning. The low
lands of Unyoro are full of these reptiles
as well as the low wilderness. that
stretches before the sight in sea Of
jungle grass on the opposite side of the
river.
The most wonderful stories are told
of men iacautiously sleeping with their
legs uncrossed, who are swallowed by
| these monsters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

A HANDSOME TRIBUTE To VIRGIL
NIA.-Factories and boundaries are
springing up all over the sold Domin-
lon," and thousands Of thrifty emigrants
have been turned from the West to set
tie on her hospitable and productive
fields. The land Of Virginia is fairly
rich.-Much of it that has been skilled
by growing tobacco" was really only
''soured," and can be "cured" cheaply
and permanently with the calcarerous
manures that lay in exhaustless beds
throughout her eastern domain. For
eighty miles along the historical and
noble James river the land invites the
husbandman's tickle with the hoe to
smile with the harvest. There is no
good reason why Virginia should not
become as great Commonwealth in
the agricultural, mining and industrial
interests as Pennsylvania. Let the
people who are now looking for work
in New England emigrate to and con-
tinue the greatness and prosperity of
the 'sMother Of States and ofPresidents.'
Philadelphia Iaaairer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25
Benefit of Being Knocked About,

It is good thing for a young man to
be knocked about in the world al
though his soft-hearted parents may not
think so. All youths, or if not all, GER
talnly nineteen-twentieths of the sum
total, enter life with a srrplusage Of
self.conceit. If. in measuring them
selves with wiser and older men than
themselves, they discover that it is I'M
warranted, and get rid Of it gracefully
and of their own accord, well and good;
if not, it is desirable, for their own sake,
that it should be knocked out Of them.
A boy who is sent to a large school
soon finds his level. His willmay have
been paramount at home; but school
boys are democratic in their ideas, and
ifarrogant, he is sure to be thrashed
into recognition of the golden rule.
The world is a great public school, and
it soon teaches new pupil his proper
place. If he has the attributes that
belong to a leader, he will be installed
into the position Of a leader; if not,
whatever his own opinion Of his abilities
he will be compelled to fall back into
the rank and file. If not destined to
greatness, the next best thing to which
he can aspire is respectability; but no
man can be truly respectable who is
vain, pompous, and overbearing.
By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be the same
high or low, the probability is that
some disagreeable traits of character
will be softened down and worn away.
Most likely the process Of abrasion will
be rough, perhaps very rough, but when
it is all over, and he begins to see HIM
selfas others see HIM, and not as re-
flected in the mirror of self-conceit, he
will be thankful that he has run the
gauntlet, and arrived through by a
rough road of knowledge.
Upon the whole, whatever loving
mothers may think to the contrary, it is
a good thing for youths to be knocked
about IN the world. It makes men of
them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

WHAT THE TURKS CONSIDER a
JoKE.-On Christmas day, says the
London Times, a Turkish gendarme, en-
ragged with the Christian mayor of the
village of Brankortsi, after a severe
beating, saddled and bridled him, and
compelled the wretch to carry HIM up
and down the street, finally driving
him to the village inn, where he threw
the reins to the hostler, ordered him to
walk his horse up and down. The land
lord demonstrated, whereupon the ruff
fan knocked him down, and ordered his
victim to be fed with hay, which was
actually done, the mayor pretending to
swallow it and being finally tethered up
outside the door. He was at last re-
leased, on the intercesslon Of an Alban-
ian, but there is no redress, all Turks
considering the outrage an excellent
Joke.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25
A Word to Boys.

What do you think, young friends, Of
the hundreds Of thousands who are try
ing to cheat themselves and others into
the belief that alcoholic drinks are good
for them? Are they not to be pitied
and blamed? Do you want to be one Of
these wretched men? If we are to have
drunkards in the future, some of them
are to come from the boys to whom l
am writing; and ask you again if you
want to be one of them? No? Of course
you don't.
Well, have plan for you that is
just as sure to save you from such fate
as the sun is to rise tomorrow morning.
1t never failed it never will fail it
cannot fail; and think it is worth
knowing. Never touch liquor IN any form.
That's the plan, and it is not only worth
knowing, but it is worth putting into
practice.
know you don't drink now, and It
seems to you as if you never would.
But your temptation will come, and it
probably will come in this way:
You will find yourself, some time a
number Of companions, and they will
have a bottle of wine on the table.
They will drink, and offer it to you.
They will regard it as a manly practice
and, very likely, they will look upon
you as milksop if you don't indulge
with them. Then what will you do:
Eli =: What will you do? VIII you say.
Boys, none Of that stuff for me. l know
a trick worth half-a-dozen Of that ~
Or will you take the glass, with your
own common sense protesting, and
your conscience making the whole
draught bitter, and fe> ling that you
have damaged yourself, and then 60 off
with a hot head and skulklng soul that
at once begins to make apologies for
itself-just as the soul Of Colonel
Backus does, and will keep doing during
all his life st Nicholas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

Where hundred negroes, twenty
years ago, turned out forty laborers, and
five years ago thirty laborers, they will
now produce only twenty. The percent
age Of producers and workers to the
population is yearly increasing among
the whites ; it is unfortunately falling of
among the negroes. and it is this fact
that has made the latter feel so acutely
the sting ofhard times. A negro labor
er now works harder than he did ten
years ago, and produces more, but in
stead Of being better off, as he should be,
he is, in fact, worse off, since the num-
Der of persons he has to support in idle
ness is twice as great as it used to be-
New Orleans Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25
Definition Of Bible Terms.

A days journey was thirty-three and
one-fifth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was eleven feet near
ly.
A cubit is twenty-five inches nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three
and fve-eighth inches. e..
A fingers breadth is equal to one
inch.
A shekel of silver was about fifty
cents.
A shekel of gold was IS.
A talent Of silver was s538.32.
A talent ofgold was $4,000.
A piece Of silver, or penny, was IL
cents.
A mite was less than quarter of a
cent.
A gerah was one cent.
An epha, or bath, contains seven gall
Ions and five pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pints.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

\ CLOSE GALA Detroit boy sur
prised his father the other day by ask
ing;
Father, do you like mother"
Why, yes, Of course"
And she likes you"
',Of course she does"
Did she ever say so ?"
MANY and many time, my son."
Did she marry you because she loved
you:'
certainly, she did"
The boy looked the old man over,
and after 4 long pause asked;
"Well, was she as near-sighted as she
is now ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

Plucket was once engaged in case,
when, toward the end of the afternoon
1t became question whether the court
should proceed or adjourn till the next
day. Plucket expressed his willingness
to go en- if the jury would ''set," ''Sit,
sir, sit" said the presiding judge, mot
'set,' hens set." Il thank you, my
lord" said Plucket. The case pro-
ceeded, and presently the Judge had
occasion to observe that if that were
the case he feared the action would not
lay" ''Lie, my lord, he," exclaimed
the barister, not LAY" hens lay"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-04-25

A gentleman travelling in Ohio, some
years ago, turned in at country tavern
for dinner. The bar-room was garnished
with dirty wash-basin, piece of soap
the size ola lozenge, and square yard
of crash, dImly visible through epidermic
deposits. Having slightly washed, the
traveller eyed the rag douptfully, and
then asked the proprietor: Haven't you
sir, about the premises, a this years
towel?'