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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
OTTAWA FREE TRADER; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER /, 1877.
FARM AND GARDEN.
y stimulus.

a stimulus is Il good thing sometimes. Ev-
cry year farmers find something to stimulate
sowing more land to wheat than Is for their
best good, we think Now the stimulus Is Il
big and powerful one-war in the Wheat-grow-
ing districts of Russia and Il few thousands OF
men fighting
While there is every probability that wheat
will bring good price for a year to come, and
that we can find ready market abroad for all,
that We can raise, yet it Is very questionable
Wheather it will be good policy for farmers TO
change their regular routine or course OF crop
ping TO SOW large breadth to wheat. Half
our population are farmers, and they need a
season or two of good crops and good prices
two things which seldom come together Good
crops are obtained only by the best modes of
culture. Under the ordinary mode of raisingI
wheat the crop is ottener light than large and
remunerating Every year the disappointmentsI
are nearly universal among farmers when the
wheat crop is threshcd They admit that they
make but little money out OF wheat, but this
certainly is oitener owing to the way the crop
IS grown than to any unavoidable weather in
tluencc Now, Thunder the great stimulus of al
big and long war; farmers SOW an extra large
breadth to wheat and put it in careless and
un.tarmer-like manner, the crop will surely
TALL lar below the common average--low AS
'h"t - we arc Qul!c sure tlat uiilcSS cAuaI
care is taken with the land in making it RICH
and in cultvating it well we shall lose more
than we shall make by the operation.
a farmer cannot alter his rotation for Il sin
gle year without disturbing his plans for years
to come What then would you have farmers
do? it may be asked.
Sow no more land but prepare the usual
quantity in better manner. This is our adj
vice. Then you will realize as much, or more,
and be in no danger of loss from general
change in your course ofrotation System and
an adherence to it are Of quite as much impor.
lance fora farmer as for the merchant, though
it is not so considered. No farmer can alter
his cgularestablishcd system of farm opera
tions-if he has one-without great loss. If he
has no system, but is governed by every pass
ing event, then it makes but little difference
what he sows, or how much of this, or how lit
tie that, Let the needle point steadily to the
pole and then you may be guided safely. When
disturbed by chance or local influence it is MOI
longer a safe trust-DetrVH Tribune.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
Healthfulntss of Milk.

II any one wishes to grow tleshy, a pint of
milk taken before retiring at night Will soon
cover the scrawniest bones. Although now-a-
days we see good many tleshy females there
are many lean and lank ones who sigh for the
fashionable measure Of plumpness, and who
would be vastly approved in health and APP
pearance could tocir figures be rounded with
good solid flesh. Nothing is more coveted by
thin women than Il full figure. and nothing
will rouse the ire and provoke the scandal OF
the clipper builds as the consciousness OF
plumpness in q rival. In cases of fever and
summer complaint, milk is now given with
excellent results. The idea that milk is fever.
ish has exploded, and it is now the physicians
great reliance in bringing through typhoid
patients, or those in too low a state to be nour-
iShcd by solid food. 1t is "a mistake to scrmp
the milk pitcher. Take more milk and buy
less meat. Look to your milkman, have large.
sized, wel-filled milk pitchers on the table at
each meal, and you also will have sound flesh
and save doctors bills.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

An English butter maker of large experience,
who is now on visit to this country for the
purpose of looking over our cheese and butter
diaries, gives us the following information
concerning a method in practice among the
best bu'tcr-makcrs in England for rendering
butter firm and solid during hot weather: Car.
bona: of soda and alum are made into pow.
der. For twenty pounds of butter one tea.
spoonful ofcarbOnatc of soda and one teaspoon.
tul 1Ium are mingled together at the time
of G. ming and put into the cream. The eff.
feet hi, powder is to make the butter come
firm ll solid and to give it II clean sweet
ilavu. II docs not enter into the butter. but
ITS ar'inH Is upon the cream, and it passes off
wit! 'nr hutcr-mik The ingredients of the
pow r >huld not be mingled together until
required to be used, or at the time the cream is
in the churn ready for churning.-FdrmcrS'
T-ujYa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
The Earth and Mars.

The discovery of Martial moon reminds us
almost startlingly ofthe familiar terms we have
come to be on with some of our ncighbOring
planets in the last quarter of a century When
middle-aged men now living were boys and
studying astronomy at school planet was II
mere celestial point of light, the subject of
certain abstruse and bewildering calculations,
II was not conceived that Mars could be any
thing to us or we to Mars, further than two
points of light in untraversable space are to one
another. But the clear recognition Of Il satel-
lite for that planet, and the almost familiar dis
cussiOn it eXcites brings out the fact that Mars
is our neighbOr: that we know more of him
than we do of any other planet in the solar sys-
tenn; that he is about the size of the earth and
very much like it in atmosphere, polar SHOWS,
clouds and Climates-and what is more thrilling
IN its suggestivenesS, that his inhabitants, If
he has any, must be the same sort of beings as
ourselves He is scarcely more a stranger to
lis, or more awful in the mystery that sur.
rounds him than the western hemisphere of
our own globe was to the people of Europe
four centuries ago: and it may be added the
idea of communication with Mars is not more
inadmissibe than the idea of communication
between the eastern hemisphere and its anti
pOdcs was before the time of Columbus. OF
course that overcoming and neyeransWercd
Question-arc the other planets inhabited >
comes up with every new discovery connected
with them; but whc =. bold enough to say the
question will never Nn answered? The mar
Vicious capabiliti,, v, ;et glimpse OF in cleo
tricity, the know t,.t that it possesses the
same attributes all L3bIts on Mars rs on the
earth and the in study that is being Civ
en- to it, combine > -uggcst the tremendous
idea of It's bcnr 0.lde the means of inter
planetary comm Uc;tion. The human mind
was never NOR tive in it, inSatiaie queS-
Iionings of natu. nan if i now, and what
with the telcsco.,' ne SYcctro,copc, the cleo
trio battery and a. powerful Instruments it
POSSESSES to faciiu'' iH1,iiry, it is not incon-
.ccivable that the time WI come when we shall
have solved the question of the habitability of
Mars and know what is going on there's.
LoYis RcpgJhcdp.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
Pear Tree Blight.

noticed piece in last weeks OjScrrsT, on
Pear Blight" copied from the W,SSochvsetts
PovgLmdD. | think the correspondent i,
wrong in attributing it to sunshine, a | am
sure that planting in the shade will improve
neither trees nor fruit Any one whose trees
are affected by blight will find the true cause
by breaking off branch Jeyoad the dead part
and then carefully opening the stem He will
find it hollow Il mere shell of bark until he
comes to a long. hcSh-colorcd worm which i,
the cauSd of all the trouble. The remedy j.
simple Break Oft all blightcd branche, and
kill the worm. and the tree will recover. This
was the case in New England forty years ago.
and find il true in Indiana this year. The
worms found this year were very active,
more like ccntipcdes than anything know
oG-Cor N,yr I0rk. ObSsrrSr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

The members ofthc senior class of Hanover
College were very much exercised over the gu
bernatoral contest in their statc-Indiana-
and as result few were prepared to rccitc on
the following day. Among the unprcparcd
was Judge Walker" great Republican and
a wag The Judge" not rcliShing the idea of
taking Il zero. determined to run the chances
and recite. Professor Hamilton propounded
the following question: Mr.. Walker how do
You account for the fact that it takes us TWEEN
ty-tOur hours To complete the solar d;i., while
i, takes us but twCnty-thrcc hours ffty-siX
becomes of the other four minUteST' Wei. ="
replied the Judge" solemnly. there have
been quite a number Of explanations given OF
this phenomenon, but | believe that the new
one now generally accepted 10y astronomer, is
that the four minutes are set apart for refresh
ments"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
\ correspondent of the EngltM Nechanic

\ correspondent of the EngliM Nechanjc
says;
I'm 1S11-12 preserved eggs so perfectly
that after lapse of six months they were mis-
taken when brought to the table for fresh-lad
eggs, and | belive they would have kept equal
ly well for twelve months. My mode of pres
crvation was to varnish the eggs, as soon after
they were laid as possible, with thin copal var.
nish taking care that the whole of the shell
was covered with the varnish. | subsequently
found that by painting the eggs with fresh al
bumen, beaten up with Il little salt, they were
preserved equally as well and for as long a
period. After vanishing or painting with al
bumen, | lay the eggs upon rough blotting
paper, as | found that when allowed to rest till
dry upon Il plate or on the table the albumcn
stuck so fast to the plate or table rs to take
away Il chip out of the shell. This is entirely
obviated by the use of blOtting paper. | pack
thcsceggs in boxes Of dry bran"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
IF YOU WANT

To doc;6- yourse have 81 th@ Pateu; Nscicaes nat
good Tor snyhag al tssi 81 40. . cre Al = .
sessss. T. y. CEiGGs
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

\ new drink to supply the place Of cruel or
barley water j. recommended by the Tina, II
TsdiG. "congcc water or the liquid in which
rice has been boiled Thi. drink has three
excellent qualitics-it becomes imprcgnated
with the properties of the rice boiled IN it, and
thus satisfies hunger; it quenchcs thirst, and
j. a capital drught in fever attacks; and last
". when taken warm in bed it ], good for
bad colds and influenza.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01
GOOD BOOKS FOR ALL.

For sale by OSMAN Il HAPEMAN, IS La Sale St. Ottawa
Ills. Any of these Books Will be forwarded by mall post
paid, on receipt Of price:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

EI<I: pOCNEI' BOOKS, PORT
OsNAS q 4APENAS
GOLD iENS. the aaest aud rosi sefyiceabls
quality. ~ utu q Ha?eEans vesi 81 Court Ho1ss
DOCK PIT BOOK -.-The rnest English. &c
usMAN - HAPENtAS
,itNspIsD'~-. - - B'ORD-S AM CAT
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usNsN a HAPPEN -
PLAYING CARDS. S a.. IS v. sss6 q .
Haas.nsn's. zesi q TIE Court Hozse SSgA-~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

Forcing barren trees can he done by pTun-
ing from the 2jih of August to the 18th Of
September Ii the tree i vcry vigorous. root
pruning may he Necessary. The reason | a.
sign tor pruning NJ this time j.. tina; the fruit
buds src formed at that season. and if the flow
of ZAP ~ turned from the wood II will 60 %
mature the fruit bud.-l'rufris FarBcr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

TIE famous peach belt Of Michigan j. more
limited than for years. This i largely due u
the change in climate produced by denuding
the country Of IT, thinker; but there will he no
peach belt At all in a few years if peaches are
continuously marketed from the orchards with
no provision made for returning 10 the soil the
equal of that which j. sold in markci-D,tr0if
Er.s ybrc..
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

There i an immense wheat crop in Oregon
and Washington Territories. and good Judges
estimate that 100000 tons will becXporte-l from
the Columbia river this season. BUYERS have
been all through the Willamette valley offer
ing to contract in advance Of the harvest for
wheat at dollar a hushel. and ~ome have
cliRchcd the offer by paving hslfa dollar per
bushcl down
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

"Patscy, it becomes necessary, in view ofthc
superabundance of foreign and dclcteriouS
elements among those verdanj and uudulating
uprightS, TO prefix the charger 10 the uten>il
with the branching and numerous supporters
and have the latter agitaie the surface of the
naturally productive soil, j. the way SeCrc-
tary Evarts is supposed to address his IIibcrn-
ian when he wiShe, him to cultivate The corn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-01

Girls are comparatively few at Dcadwood,
hut those that are there make up in vivacity
what they lack in variety. The Champion de-
cribes two of them as galloping a race through
the streets, and finally urging their horses into
saloon. "Whereupon." add, the reporter.
the proprietor shipped thi, sort of fun a. lit.
tie too fresh, and the ".-is were routed OUT
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26
FINANCIAL.
RICHMOND STOCK EXCHANGE.
SATURDAY. March "a, 1877.

.
american Gold.-1G4 bid.
state observation-disclosures. consols, COY bid, 70
asked; Virginia ya sonsols, neW 39a oid; Virginia
Sa esy
Richmond city. 6's OK bid, esx asked Petersburg
city e's, sou bid; Lynchburg city sc, 105. biz
81 bid: Manciester Bridge SIS, lot a'keL
Railroad Bonds.-Virginia Central Railroad
FIRST mortgage 6s.J and j., 90 BID; Virginia Cen.
Virginia Central Railroad fourth mortgage s's, j:
and j." gu bid; Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
eecond mortgage 6's, j. and j., 794 bid; eouthside
bid Petersburg Railroad first mortgage s,s, J. and
j.. SO bid; Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac
Railroad mortgage s's, J. and j., log oid; ktcn-
gage rs j. and j., 95 bid; Richmond and Uanyilie
Railroad consolidated 6s, III. and N, TAX bid Pied
mont Railroad first mortgage 6's, A. and o.. 81
peaek Railroad and Steamboat S's, j. and D., 30
asked. IS s.sssaL " .t.e;
Railroad Stocss.-RicEmond, Fredericksburg and
par, s3 bid; Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac Railroad seven per cent. guaranteef, 400 par
92 bid; seaboard and Roanoke Railroad, common,
guaranteed, 100 par, 80 bid, II Ossked.
par, 81 asked; planters National 100 par 20 ask
Merchants and Planters Savings. rs par, 20 asked
City Savings, 25 par, 20 bid, 22 asked; Richmond
Bsnking and Insurance Company Is PAR 32A ask
Insurance Companiss.-VirPtnia Fire and Ma
rine 25 par. 3osf Big: Virginia STATE, 20 par 2e
hid 80 VEgna Moe loo 80 os
asked; City, 100 par, go asked; Old Dominionr 100
par, so Did, 81 asked; Granite insurance Company,
100 par y asked Fire ms
Arlington llH m LIE lie 100 par, 100 bid
Observation-Disclosures, River and hanawha
Packet, l2h par, bid; Ola Dominion Steamship
Com pany, 100 par, 775 bid.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26
Icy Telegraph.
NEW YORK.

NE" YUM.
NEW YORK. March 24.-COt.on quiet; uplands,
net JsfsR 5a e 4 s es set Sres at
s5lfs Tor saIaI ios s5@ss
GOOD to- choice extra. Wheat-SprIng shade
Stronger at 1c. higher: winter wheatqntct aud nom
aud home trade demand ut decline; old In good re.
quest for export 1T steady prices. Oats dull and
Scarcely so firm. Pork dull and easier ;new mess
Sl4oO. Lard unsettled and easier; prime steam,
1885. Coffee, sugar. and rice quiet Moasses quiet
Turpentine and rosin steady. Fr,ights quiet. j..
BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, March 24.-Flour active and strong;
Howard.Street and western extra, S6;259s7 |;
family, $7.25@SS: other grades unchanged Wheat
Pennsylvania red, 81 81 @sI 90: Mar land red,
prime, s1.eo@$l.6 amber 59sl:Ss: South utl.
higher; southern whlIe, 51@52ke.; yellow, 52e.
Oats dull and steady. Rye easier at 69G172c. Pro-
Sls'0ns an nary ypebanssd Whisky dull at os
Sugar fairly active and Grm at 1O&c.
LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE. March 24.-Flour dull and a
shade lower; extra, $5.259$5.5O; family, $3.50
$50: white. s1.57a Corn fairly active and a
shade higher; white. 43c.; mixed, 42c- Rye irmer
ass S S 4 Sns 1881 maHa eats
clear sides, elsc. Bacon carcc and wanted; shou;
DUET t6oice ie erse. ioc choice I tess
/ l!.c. Whiskey steady and unchanged Bagging
duff CT 12G13c.
CINCINNATI. -
CINCINNATI, March 24.-Flour firm and un-
changed. Wheat quiet and firm red, 5 .5S4S1 .65.
Corn dull at IL Gl42c. Oats, 36Gl4Cc. Rye steady
ut 73@75c. Barley firm and unchanged; Pork
quiet at Sl4.75. Lard qniet ut &c. 40. Bulk-meats
iet and steady; shoulders hsc. short rib middles,
7Sc.; short clear midGIes, nc. Bacon dull and I'M
changed. Whisksy quiet and weak at $l.03. But
ter quiet and unchanged. Hogs quiet, firm, and n-
changed; receipts. 1916 head; shipments, eco
head l.y s'..g
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, March 24.-Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat-No. 2 red fall, $1.53ka$I54:N No. 8 red
fall, $1.4Sh@$l.49H. Corn-No, Q mixed, 37S@D
3sc. Oats-No. Q, 35hc. Rye, 65H@6Sc. Barley
quiet aud unchanged. Whtskey steady and an
changed. Pork inactive nj Sl4.50@S14.55. Lard
easier at 9c. bio. Buk-meats quiet at ~ and Tor
shoulders and clear Sides Bacon caster at 6, SX.
s aud &c. for shoulders, clear nib, and clear Sides
Hogs and cattle unchanged; very light receipts of
both s-,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26

TRIAL OF THE NORTHAMPTON BANK-RoB-
BEERS IMPORTANT EVIDENCE OF A LOCK-
sMITu.-BoStOn, March 23.-At the eXami-
nation of the Northampton bank-robbers,
Scott and Dunlap, yesterday, W. D. Ed
son, the New York bank-lock expert,
who has been regarded as the main
witness against the burglars, refused to
answer many questions, but on being
pressed each time to know il it was be-
cause he was afraid 10 criminate himself,
apparently gave up all idea OF conceal
ment. He had known Scott and Dunlap
since the month Of August, 1873, having met
them at various times. He was at North
ampton several times in the summer OF
1878. doing work for the First National
Bank, and in measure experimenting
the putting in OF doors into the old bank
vault. He was in town accidentally one
day in Northampton, and called in at the
old bank. While there somebody complain
cd that one Of the new patent-keys failed to
tit well. Witness offered to file il, and was
given three keys Of the outer vault. lie
spent about five minutes in filing the one
key so that it fitted well, and pretended TO
use fifteen minutes i'll looking them over,
mean while going into the directors room.
Here he began an impression Of the three
keys in wax, which Scott gave him before
he left the city, and he actually finished
the impressions in the main room without
attracting attention. On his return to New
York, Scott called at his house, in Fifty
second street, and received the waX-imprcs-
sions. He had several interviews with both
Scott and Dunlap afterward.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, March 23.-Robert
Scott, one of the Northampton bank-rob-
bers, was to-day held in $4,000 bail for
trial in June
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.
LeUlsHANA's COMMISSION NOT YET
AGREED UPON.
The Richmond Posf.ORico.

A PROBABILITY THAT SCHURZ WILL &C
CEPT THE MISSION TO BERr1N-THE At
ToRNEY-GENERAL TO DECIDE THAT THE
PAY OF ANTE-BELLUM CONTRACTORS
CEASED MAY 81, 1e61-LAWYER SOMER-
j., WILLIE, OF NEW YORK, CHARGED WITH
DEFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES TREA-
sURY OUT OF A QUARTER OF A MILLION
DoLLARS-THE PROPOSED RELEASE OF
TWEED is FOR HIM TO RELINQUIsH ALL OF
HIS PROPERTY AND CHOOSES IN ACTION
A DEFAULTrNt1 BANK CASHIER IN YER
MONITOR. McRAE'S INTERVIEW WITH
PRESIDENT HAYES-THE DOCTOR SAYS A
GOOD WORD FOR DIR. MILLS-TEE BRIT
ISL BoAT-RACE-MR. STEPHENS HAS A
CHAT WITH SENATOR GORDON ON IAYEs'S
POLICY, &C., &C.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
The English University Eoat-Race.
BEFORE THE CONTEST. sE..

BEFORE THE CONTEST E.. =
LONDON, March 24-7 a. M.---The annual
boat-race on the Thames between theeOx-
ford and Cambridge crews is to take place,
this morning. In the city at this hour the
weather is fine. The sun is shining slightly,
the sky being rather cloudy. No particular
increase of traffic on the thoroughfares
leading to the river is noticeable.
BETTING IN FAVOR OF OXFORD.
PUTNEy, March 24-7:30 4. M.--The bet
ting here at this hour is five to four on OK
ford. Very few people are congregated
here. The toWing-path from Putney to
Hammersmith is nearly empty The water
is tolerably calm. A breeze is getting up.
There are good many small boats on the
river, but the number is nothing to COM
pare with that at the time OF the race last
wear. There are but few steamers ont.
The weather is fair now, but threatening.
The main road from Putney to Mortlake Is IS
filled with traffic. it is thought the. race
will be closely contested. e
..E,3 THE RACE. Il -
LONDON, March 24-9:3O a. M.-Oxford
won by less than hall q length.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
LONDON, March 24--9:45 a. M.-The Press
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26
LAUNCH OF THE STEAMER ROCKAWAT.

special Telegram 10 the Dispatch.j
NORFOLK, VA, March 24.-The largest
river steamer in the world, the RocEaway,
was launched from the Atlantic Iron-W orks
this afternoon in the presence OF many
thousand spectators and imposing demon
STATIONS on the river. She was modelled
and built by Constructor Porter and other
mechanics, who built the famous Merrimac,
and is to be used for excursion purposes
solely between New York and Rockaway
Beach, after which watering-place she takes
her name.
ASSOCIATED Press report by telegraph to the
Dspatch.I
NORFOLK, March 24.-The mammoth eN-
cursion steamer Rockaway, just completed
at the ship-buiding establishment OF George
". Beach, was successfully launched this
evening, and was witnessed by an immense
throng of citizens, who are taking deep
interest in the success Of the extensive ship
building industry but recently started here.
The Rockaway was built for r. Cornell
White, OF New York, and is intended to ply
between that city and RockaWay Beach.
She is two hundred and ninetv-three feet
long, and is said to have more carrying ca
pacity than any other vessel engaged in the
excursion business in America. The Rocka-
way will leave for New York tonight in
tow of the steamer Wyanoke. Ship-built-
ing here has proven a success, and several
other large vessels are now on the ways and
in contemplation.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-03-26

is list OF all the post offices in Virginia
within the direct appointment Of Presi-
dent Hayes, with the salary Of each. AL
the other post-ofiices in Virginia are filled
by the Postmaster General: Richmond,
$4,000; Petersburg, $4,000; Norfolk,
$1,000; Lynchburg, S2,400; Alexandria,
$1,000; Danville, S2,l0o; Portsmouth,
$2,l00; Staunton, $4,000; Winchester,
Sl,800; Charlottesville, $1,S00; Lexington,
SI,7O0; Fredericksburg. $1,000; Harrison
burg, S1,400; Salem, $1,000; University Of
Virginia, $4,000; Culpeper, $1,000; Hamp-
ton, $1,000; Liberty, Alexandria
GAZETTE