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New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

Visitor to friend lately left a widOwer) :
HulIo Tom! That looks a stihi,h bill 5Ou'yc got
there - Tom: An how those rascdls OF undertakes :
fleece you They know you can hardly help yourself!
OF course III my poor wife's 1 would cheeriuliy
have paid double. But one hates to be dOne.-Um -
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

AN EPIDEMc.-BrOwn: Oil say, AIRY seen
Jones atelyi lie is caution; buys up Old pots aud
chairs and Smith: hsthctic, eh Brown. He's
thette -et Perhaps ho is dunno; there's some
thiu matter with hn.-tknn-
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ARREST oFANrw-yoRK roRGER.

BosroN. Mass, Dee. 19.-James Maynard
Of NcwYoik who Las operated here for the past two
months iu forged cnccks, WAS to-day arrested lie was
subsequently identified by s,cral business firms who
have been ddped BY him
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ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

on his way home at 2:3O O'Clock this morning
attacked by three 7ufl ms az Bcecker and Mercer
officer James sullivan To MS assistance, when
Tie men TUNED nu HIM also aud struck ann. 1ncy then
started % run and the officer fired two shots az them
They were arrested and gave their names as Edward
Ferris and Martin Waters.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

BY the Introduction Of $4,000 worth OF new
machinery, and by enlargement Of lts slzo
mang II the largest single sheet issued by any news
paper in the country is enabled TO give subscribers
what they have long aske-thcir fyorte paper in
shape easier 10 read and convenient for binding Each
consists OF sixteen pages OF the FORM and general
appearance of HdrDcrs WeekIy but with pages consd-
erby LARGER and with unusually larg" and clear type
All lie oil and standard features are carefully preserved
while the form and additional size enable MS 10 oAer
the following among many
NOVEL AND SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS:
/. A graphic series Of aTtlccs on Domestic Lye ana
Habits Abroad, By BAYARD TAYLOR.
H. few papers current Topics from the Christian
Minister'S Point 0f Vie,c, by the Rev JOHN HALL, d. d.
Ill Occasional contributions Political Problems and
Promises, by GAIL HAMILTON
~. A Northern Farmer on Southern agriculture, by
sOIoN ROBINSON
v LiCe aud sights IL Ner York, by Veterans Of the
City staff
These articles will not he mere Reproductions from the
daily paper They viii be prepared expressly Tor IHB
WEEKLY TRIBUNE, and will first see the lgnt IN its
p,itf
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

THIRTEENTH PACT.
Poetry-Th Honest Farm.
or.
Agricultural:
Winter Protection -DOn's
Kill with Kindness.
Tie Pitu Of Pruning.
The sweet scented Violet
ElcCtiOHs-NOt Political.
Apples IN Ohio ana Lise-
Wnerc.
Fall PiOughlng Approved
Garden and Farm Discus
slOn.
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how many and which Of the witnesses IN this trial he had
asked 90 attend This uroiractcd until nftet coch
when an adjournment taken until tomorrow
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SIXTH PAGE.

SIXTH PAGE.
Personal.
Obituary.
The Quaker Poet.
SEVENTH PAGE.
Foreign and Domestic
News.
EIGHTH PAGE.
The Republican outlook.
The Return OF the PrOdig1l.
The Next Message.
The Cost OF Cancellation.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

REPAIRS or THE BODILY TENEMENT
entct.d by The daily OF PIiII-s PALATAHLE Coz
IyFK on, IN combination with PHUsruO \ UIRIIINK. Al
druggists. Depot, iisitst
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

LUNDBORG's PERFUME-WO NIOLET-pos-
tho natural delicate odor OF The flowers.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
FOURTEENTH PAGE.

FOURTEENTH PAGE,
Agricultural:
Pioneering IN Kansas.
Just Once" Our Gard n
Toad"
Wheat Rust and Hessian
Fly.
A $4,000 Lesson.
Water from QWcl.,and.
OyrIgOWthuf Wheat in
Autumn.
TrrncGin- for Trees.
Minor Farm Topics.
FIFTEENTH PACE.
The Mark {.
Advertisements.
~GATETNIH PAGE.
Advertisements.
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V2Itl3Dl Watches.

Attention is asked to the announcement
that from this time / shall engage in the sale
of the watches of the AMERICAN WATCH
COMPANY, of WALTHAM, MASS, adding
to the business special department devoted
to them, conducted upon such scale as will
present at all times for the examination of
purchasers a fuller and more comprehensive
stock than has before been accessible to the
New-YOrk public
While full and complete IN the medium and
moderate priced grades, the stock will be
especially rich in specimens of the more
highly finished and accurate movements, to
the manufacture of which the Company is
now giving an increased share of its attention.
ON MONDAY, the 18th inst, aud until
Christmas, the new warerooms will be open
for inspection in the evening.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
A.NONG THE HBITERS.
WHAT THE LEADING DEALERS SHOW FOR TIE Hou

WHAT TIE LEADING DEALERS SHOW FOR TIE HOI-
DAYS.
England makes the styles, and America makes
the hats The materials Tor thc manufacture Of hats,
vita the exception o. sIlk plush, which comes from
Alslcc and Lorraine cu bee prepared in America at Il
cheaper utc than ln paT Oi Europe Hence some oi
the LARGER manufacturers beginning to export goods
Eugllud ud the Continent. Another result, aud Tie
WrH most Interests the rta "r OF iE lEii AE Is
tat dealers are able ;U sell best goods at prices
Wui, formerly world oEy secure inferior articles. Nhat
bee best New lcrh hat,i, DONG s outlined below.
E~PENSCHEID
"Thc hat" said thc veteran manufacturer and dealer
Nicholas Espcnschcid of No. lis Nassau-st, and No.
I1G7 Broadway, is the most important part OF gem
icmau's atiifc ami does more tudn other article
,...i- % make him prcscutalc" Following oar this
., i,r over thirty YEAR Mr E-prEschet has built up
q attl luI.ufr. lu 1871 hc closed his wholesale
store. m devotion 90 business lducrd nIm 10 cuntAGe
b Igr.. II... I3. uniform price iog silk, sOii or SIN
l4, D, -. and tAe money is sure to buy hratrdtc
article.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

ELEVENTH PAGE.
POetry-ROse Of Warning.
This son OF Vulcan.
y TWELFTH PAGE.
POetry-LOyo's Treasures.
Does Death End Alll
CulOIcd Children OF al
Shades.
HumOrs Of the Time.
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Announcements.

A.-Holiday style of hats for gentlemen at re-
prices r. ERSESwEN, l4o NAssaust, Tract House.
Buy your Hats from BURKE, PA Broadway.
style and texture unsurpassed Fine silk Hat. So
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

BRUMMELL is selling 5-pOund box of fine
mixed for ~ at 4lO Grandst NewNOrk. Brauen
sl7 Broadway, near!l2thsL
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

Who is the happy mani Why, he who has
purchased Of KNOXs hats. KSOXs styles lead tho
town. all the rage. Crowds flock 70 his store
broadway AMI Tho jeuunesse dore, who down
buy their hats his uptown place under the Fh
Hotel. Try OF his % silk hats.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

NINTH PAGE.
John Greenleaf Whittier.
a Plea for DCccncY.
How the Year Ends IN Blgi-
ness Circles.
TENTH PAGE.
Political Notes.
Vandcrbilt's Wl'l Contest.
Letters to the l. iitOr.
The NeW-NvIk Offices.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
THE
WEE KLY
'TRI Blu N z
OF Dec. 19, ready in wrappers for maiIinu
price 5 cents, contains
N ITs
SIXTEEN PAGES:

FIRST PAGE.
Topics Of the Week.
SECOND PAGE.
Washington.
THIRD PAGE.
Gathering War News.
The Convention Of Cats.
The Fashions.
New-YOrk's New Museum.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

open the elegant and uc0up baths ls
place. Tho bahng apartments lGl feet deep
and 25 fce wide. ard noi sty. heretofore
k this country Hr1. hlCP CAFES, e. r.
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NONE NEWS.

THERMOMETER YESTERDAY AT BUDNuTs IN
BROADWAY.
sABr co.. Noon. AGe 81 NJ a., hhnshS az
Hirhcs dunno the dsy, IS. Lower 30
Average a. same dav. 1870. lef'
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FOURTH PACE.
New Publications:
Life OF sumner.
The Drama.
Notes on Education.
Religious Intelligence.
FIFTH PAGE.
POetry-COrnelia.
Home Interests.
Our Young Folks.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
ERNENWEIN.

good hat reasonable price, and the best class Of
customers are the cuds iOr which Peter ErncuWein OF
No. I4s Nassau-st has always labored, aud seemingly
not in vain Although the weather remains obStinatey
warm and the times continue unseasOuably hard he
REPORTS good trade. His prices range as follows: Good
silk hats So: sti1 hats from IS % upwarO, and soft
uas al the same prices. lie has Large assortment Of
the best class of silk umbrellas from - 50 upward. In
fus he has &c stock of scakin gloves and mats, the
latter win "a heavy double band.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20
KNOX

KNOX, the halter" No. 2l2 Broadway and 1874 Ffth-
ave. aim, two thingstho fashionable aud the unique
Not making his prices r4ieuiousy low, as 10 repr the
hest ciats Of customers hc always employs the finest
material and workmanship aud tErns ont hat that
Will disgrace no mus head. The hats nJw made by
th.s Giln nave low crown aud narrow brm. The six
has for instance are only GIG inches h-h, with p
Iuc crown. I4s bat has uccH marked down from - 10
.G slI hats. at -, aIo made in tie IL G-h style
These nat, iuruisGcd with adhesive, Iust,dd OF drum
Lining W hich makes them Doth -ut ANA strong. nov
civ for the noudls Whc kuuS has Obtained, s very
handsome gold and silver worked suOLinS-cap from
II Ita II makes beautiful Christmas present Tor Il
lady 10 give gcaucman. Tic pucels $40 Al Lis Fith-
We establishment, KuoN making speciality, lust at
present Of ladies' Eusli. walking Gdts DUth SIN 3Id
soft Iucy have met VITA great favor.
New-York tribune., 1877-12-20

william NJ. Burke, Of No. II Broadway and No. 12s
TuItou, D, now making furs his speciality. Dark furs
are the fashion this Winter, and scalsn Is in greatest
demand. Sacques worn longer than last season,
ranging from 81 TO 40 inches For the best Shetland
seal the prices range from $50 to 500 Mr.. Bur~e has
also large assortment Of mus bols semgIn sets
from Sl5 TO $40 Other fur, IN fashion rUya crmne,
Russiau sablcs blacA otter, aud dark mnk The Rus
sian racs alc very expensive, and are kept only Tor
tbe caltLIrst OF customers Prices range from 500 10
$500 per set. For gentlemen, Burke keeps on Ldhd "a
large variety OF fur driving caps, Eauutlcs and mui-
nlrs A very handsome bear kin TOue can be bought
for ~ 90 and prices range low S1O, novelty is
The black JAPANESE wolf robe, winch sells Tor so. Ia
six umbrellas with unique handles Of ivory ANA carved
wood Burke is We'll Supplied. TIc present fancy IN uul-
bra hanulcs aAd canes Is Tor dogs heads OF various
sfyIrs Eurkr's present fashion cloth hats Ia called
lie " Aiodeska," a LIen crowned style Of Derby.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
ReyaecinatiOn.

The vexed question as to how often
vaccination is needful is again discussed
by the London Lancet, the best English
medical authority, which distinctly dep
recates the frequent repetition of re-
vaccination as being useless and tend
ing to unsettle the minds of people in
regard to its preservative power. 1t
states that revaccination, once sufficient
ly performed at or after puberty, need
never be repeated. The nurses and
other servants of the London Smallpox
Hospital, when they enter the service,
are invariably submitted to vaccination,
which in their case is generally revaccina-
ton, and is never afterward repeated ;
and 80 perfect is the protection that.
though the nurses live in the closest
and most constant attendance on small.
pox patients, and though also the other
servants are in various ways exposed b
special chances of infection, the resi.
dent surgeon of the hospital, during his
forty-one years of office there, has never
known smallpox to affect any of these
nurses or servants.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
Ouaint Methods of Punishment.

Mr.. H. E. Scudder tells some quaint
things in Harper's Magazine concern
ing Mr.. Gardner, the late master of the
Boston Latin school. His modes of
punishment were as various as the Of
fences. One class had behaved, as he
thought, in silly, childish fashion.
He sent out for some muslin and con-
fectionery, and drawing out the "house-
wife" which he kept in a drawer of his
desk, made up little bags of candy,
which he presented to each boy. One
urchin in the first class, who had been
tormented by his neighbor in recitation
"a teasing fellow-fnally lost his tenn
per as his hair was twitched rather hard
er than before, and slapped his persecu-
tors face. 1t was at that moment only
that Mr.. Gardner looked up. "There |
there p said he, "Let's have public
exhibition. We must all see this per-
formance. Boys, go up on the plat
form )" and up they went to the great
stage at the end of the room. "Now,
W, you pull H--'s hair" and the
first offender enjoyed second twitch.
"And H, you slap W-'s face, "
which was done, when the boys were
allowed to come back, crimsoned with
modification.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
A Silly Old Man.


Mid all the nasty things that come to make
our tempers smart,
It's very nice in middle age to have childish
heart,
To feel-although you've got house, and
taxes coming due
The little joys Of early life possess q charm for
you.
My boys and girls are growing up I'm fifty in
day
And all the hair that Time has left has turned
double gray;
And yet jump and skip about and sing song
of glee,
sounding sea,
Where 1 shall wear my Holland clothes, and
tuck them up and wade,
And buy myself an air-balloon, bucket, and
spade.
I've packed my box and corded it, and seen my
boys to bed,
And now I'm in the drawing-room and stand
ing on my head;
1 really can't contain myself, shout and rub
my hands
Oh, won't built castle with moat upon the
sands
know this week I've lost lot of money upon
Change,
1 know the kitchen boilers burst and spoiled
the kitchen range,
1 know my wife declares she wants another
hundred pounds;
And I should weep and tear my hair because
I've ample grounds
But visions of to-morrow's bliss bid all my
sorrows fade
There's comfort in an air-balloon, bucket,
and spade.
I ought to be q solemn chap and dress in black,
and frown,
Aud do as other fathers do when going out of
town;
And swear that all the packing up will send me
nearly wild;
And when I reach the lovely sea ought to take
seat,
Or walk about mile day-and grunble at the
heat;
But oh, can't contain myself, I'm off my head
with JOY,
AMI wont get my trousers wet and be a
naughty boy,
For shall wear my Holland clothes, and tuck
them up and wade,
And buy myself an air-3alloon, bucket, and q
spadn
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
Curious Facts.

1t is very singular fact that the shark
is always preceded by a pilot fish, which
actually performs the part his name in
dicates. This is a we'll l-established fact,
tested again and again by sea captains.
These fish attend the shark everywhere
and carefully direct his motions.
An artesian we'll in Ventura county,
CAL, spouts up fish. In meeting of
the San Francisco Academy of Sciences,
specimens of the fish, supposed to be
trout, were presented. The well was
bored in 1871, and every year since has
thrown out immense quantities of
freshly spawned fish in April and May.
In the course of his researches into
the habits of insects, it was found by
Lubbock that an ant, which has large
number Of Larvae to carry from one place
to another, goes and fetches several
other ants to help in the work, while, if
there are only small number of larvae,
but few helpers are called.
Recent excavations at Big Boone
county, KY, have brought to light an
immense number of animal remains.
Among them are immense teeth. trsks,
jaws with teeth in them, ribs, spinal COL
umns-in fact there are bones from
nearly every part of the mastodon, be-
sides many that are not like any ever
before found at that place.
The Banyan tree of India is sometimes
found to spread out as to show with one
parent trunk three hundred and fifty
stems descending, and again taking root
in the ground, each stem equalling a
large oak tree, while there are thousands
of smallar ones. This tree is so expand
ed as to form a small forest of itself,
wherein 1000 persons could stand.
Kentucky's claim to the title "dark
and bloody ground " is attested by the
numerous Notifications and warlike imple-
ments to be found ON her soil. Cast-metal
balls, from the size of a walnut to four
and six-pounders, have frequently been
unearthed, and under such circumstances
as to indicate that they were used by a
civilization long anterior to our own.
The sea mouse is one of the prettiest
creatures that lives under water. 1t
sparkles like a diamond and is radiant
with all the colors of the rainbow, al
though it lives in the mud at the bottom
of the ocean. 1t should not be called a
mouse, for it is larger than big rat. 1t
is covered with scales that move up and
down as it breathes, and glitter like gold
shining through feecy down, from
which fine, silky bristles wave, that con-
stantly change from one brilliant tint to
another,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
RAINY DayS.

''Saints have been calm when stretched upon
the rack,
And Montezuma smiled on burning Goals;
But never did housewife notable
Greet with smile rainy washing day y
Nor could she ever be reconciled to
the thought that this world was not made
to hang clothes lines on, and that the
wind (Which whistleth about continu-
ally" is no respecter of wet linen.
One rainy day nurses more amiability
than half dozen dry ones. 1t makes
the folly of ill-humor so manifest. There
is no use trying to "fret OF spleen
against a rainy day, for the sky relents
no more than cope of lead, and its
watery issues rather thicken than fall.
A dull spectacle And yet it has adj
vantages. Was it of gadding, sun
shiny day, think you, when the world
and his wife were abroad, and ali crea-
lures parted, that Homer
-" Heard the Iiad and the Odyssey
Rise to the swelling of the voiceful Z"
No surely not. 1t is to rainy days
that we owe the conception of most good
and great thinkings, sayings and doings
"a day that solicits not or tickles the
sense, plays no fantastic tricks with sun
beams, but stands over you with the
vast, gray, motionless, thought-molded
aspect of an Egyptian sphinx. What
foster-mother of studious thought
Give me a rainy day for close and con-
tinuous thought, and rainy day for
one of those quiet, almost unconscionable
maps, when the patter-patter of the
rain on the roof " lures You into sweet,
lovely dreamland, far from the busy
world with its furry and sunshine
iScraD Book.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
Sam Weller's Engagement.

"Now, in regard to the matter on
which 1, with the concurrence of these
gentleman, sent for you," said Mr.. Pick
wick
that's the pint, SIR" interposed
Sam "out with it, as the father said to
the child, ven he swallowed the far
den -"
"We want to know in the first place, a"
said Mr.. Pickwick, whether you have
any reason to be discontented with
your present situation"
"Afore I answers that ERE question,
genl'men." replied Mr.. Weller, 81
should like to know, in the first place,
vether you're a-goig' to purwide me
with better"
A sunbeam of benevolence played on
Mr.. Pickwick's features as he said
81 have made up my mind to engage
you myself" ;"
"Have you, though ?" inquired Sam.
Mr.. Pickwick nodded in the affirma-
tive.
"Wages ?" said Sam.
"Twelve pounds year," replied Mr..
Pickwick.
"Clothes ?"
'"Two SUITS"
"Work ?"
$40 attend upon me ; and to travel
around with me and these gentlemen
here"
"Take the bill down." said Sam EN-
phatically. "I'm let to single gentle
man, and the terms is agreed upon"
"You accept the situation ?" inquired
Mr.. Pickwick.
"Cert'nly," replied Sam. "If the
clothes fits me half as we'll as the place,
hey'll do"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
A ChaDter of Horrors.

The following incidents of one days
life in Baltimore, were telegraphed to
the New York Herald one Sunday:
An extraordinary chapter of horrors
occurred here to-day and tonight.
William Herman blew his brains out
on the street.
Joseph Mccarthy, boy, was disem-
bowled by street car, and died in ten
minutes.
Frank Beatty, blind convict, who
was serving out ten years. sentence for
attempted murder of Fanny Cole with a
hatchet, attempted to murder fellow
convict in the penitentiary and then cut
his own throat. He will probably die.
An unknown man was beheaded by q
train on the Northern Central railway
near the city.
George r. Dumbleton fell from 6
third story window and was found {
CORPSE.
A boy had his skull fractured by {
kick IRON horse, and will die.
At midnight man attacked another
violently, and while handling pistol &C
cidentally shot child.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
RIDGwAY, COUNTY, Pa. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER

eyes, they have come. They are the
friends of the serpents. Both have
followed you for fifteen long years,
knowing that they would find you in
such place as this at last. Do you
see their eyes dance with delight as they
come nearer? Do you see them wave
their bony arms above their heads, as
they long to grasp youa"
"Keep them away-don't let them
clutch me p screamed Big Nose as he
drew the ragged quilt over his head and
nestled in the musty straw.
cit is terrible to die this way" mused
the strange boy as he looked around
him "The angels would hesitate to
come into such place to bear away the
soul of an innocent babe. But this is
your end. You have murdered wife
and children /; you have turned the hap
piness of life into gloom of midnight.
You have been q curse to the world when
you might have been followed to the
grave by tears of sorrow that q good
man had passed from earth forever.
More devils are trooping in to gloat
over your miserable death-more SER
pents are writhing across the floor to
utter their misses in your ear y
Big Nose flung the quilt away and
sat up and looked around him. Such
terror-such awful horror-never came
to human face before. The white froth
gathered on his lips-his eyes glared
and as a writhing, kissing snake raised
it's head above the bed the man sprang
to the floor with the scream of wild
beast and dashed up the broken stairs.
The river was only few hundred feet
away. Down the wet and deserted street
shadow swiftly passed, halted for a
moment on the dark wharf, and then a wild
scream and heavy splash startled the
watchman on lone vessel anchored near
by. The echo of the wild shrek foated
back to the strange boy in the basement.
He waved his hand, and the serpents
glided away. He rose up, and the COB
Inns hurried over the broken floors and
were lost to sight.
cit is the end," whispered the boy,
and the candle hickered, blazed up for
an instant, and then midnight darkness
swept into the old den and hushed every
sound--embraced everything in its ghost
ly clutch. detroit Free Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
Business ON the Brain,

The Virginia New Chronicle is
responsible for this story: Last night
the wife of Justice Moses was aroused
from sound sleep by stern voice
"Are you ready for trial, say p"
"Hush Don't make noise, or else
you'll wake the baby" she replied, en-
deavoring to soothe him.
"Don't talk back to this court" he
vaciferated. "If you've got any wit
nesses, bring 'em on, but let your lawyer
do the talking"
why, Tom, how you do take on
What is the matterl"
81 send you up for sixty days-thats
what the matter. Here, Enders, take
her away. Now I'm ready for that petty
larceny case. Bring up the prisoner.
And, jumping out OF bed, he started
toward the next room to summon jury,
but fell over rocking chair, barked his
shins, woke up, and asked his wife what
was the matter, anyhow.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-27
A Miser's Present.

A noted miser who felt obliged to
make a present to lady entered a
crockery store for the purpose of making
a purchase. Seeing a statuette broken
into dozen pieces, he asked the price,
The salesman said it was worthless, but
he could have it for the cost of packing
in box. He sent it to the lady with
his card, congratulating himself that
she would imagine that it had been
ruined while on its way home. He
dropped in to see the effect. The
tradesman had carefully wrapped each
piece in separate bit of paper.