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by Or. Z. B. FORBES. NJ. D., for
MRS. WM. ii. FORBES.
Vege&iy2e
For Cancers and Cancerous
Hum1rS,
THE DOCTORS CERTIFICATE. READ TT,
ASHLEY, WASHtNGTON CO., ILL.,, Jan. ii. ISIS
IL l. STGYaNS ESn ' -

!.
ASHLEY, WAsnINGToN Co., ILL.,, Jan. ii, ISIS.
IL. X. STEVENS Esq -
Dc;tr Sir--Jhi; is to certify that | had been
suffering IRON itose Cancer on my right
BREAST, which grow very rapidly, and all my
frlcnG; h'tl given me up TO Tic, when heard
OF Your medicine, Vrgctnc recommended for
Can"cr and CanccrOuS IlnmorS ] commenced
10 take IT.. ana soon found myself beginning 10
lcel better; my health and spirits both 1elt the
benign Influence which II rXcrtcd. ana In a
lew months from the time commenced the
use of the Vcgctlne, the Cancer clme out
almost bodily.
CARRIE DKFORREST.
| certify that am personally ncuulin ted
with Mrs Dnrorrcst, and consider her one OF
our very best women.
DIR. 8. H. FLOWERS.
ALL DISEASES or THE l3LOOD.--If Vegetiuc Will
rrltcvc palm. cleanse, purify, and cure such
disc lScS, restoring the patient to perfect
hetlta ate" trying different phySivianS, many
remedies. suffering Tor years, isit not comcli-
sl'R nioot, Ii Gu are SUFFERER, you can be
cur1t Why T.; this medicine performing such
Er' AZ 9u'rS? ~ works In the blood. in the
cirulh;ihg ;rid. IL can truly be called the
ti:c&; Blood Purifier. The great source OF the
di sc originates IN the blood ANA no medi-
c.nH thaL o'.c5 net act d rcctIy upon ii, TO
phriN ana rcnovatc, has any just claim upon
pubic attention.
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new Rich Blood!

PARSONS PURGATIYE PILLS make new rich
blood ana Will completely change he blood in
the entire system in three months. Any per-
son who VIII take ono pill each night from
one to twelve weeks may be restored to sound
mall for eight letter stamps !. S. JOHNSON
u CO., Bangor, Maine.
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How TO FISH FOR MEN.-At the
New York Press Club reception on
Thursday night, Rev. Il. De Witt
Talmage told the following story ];
San old fisherman once told me the
reason SO few sinners were convert.2
oil lny in the manner in which the
ministers anglod for them. when
T 60 to catch fish,, remarked the
disciple of Walton, 4 use delicate
pole, IN almost invisible line hook
of the most artistic workmanship,
and at the end of all tempting
bait, which I softly drop into the
stream but when you preachers
start out you take for a pole
weaver's beam, to which you 'fasten
a cart rope, with a pot,hookattached
and swapping turtle for q bait,
This you throw into the water
with splash and exclaim, "Rite or
be damned !" 81 IS
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UNEARTHING THE FRAUDS.
OF TIE DEVELOPMENTS
IN THE POTTER CO4ulIITTEE.

secretary Serman's Guarded Denial -
The Original Of the Famous Letter to
be Produced Suspicious Circum-
stances Collated why Parties Ac-
cused of Frauds Were Appointed to
Office.
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Vegetiae.
l Regard it as Il Valuable
EMILY MEDICIN.

FAMILY MEDICINE,
MIR. II II STEVENS:
Dear Sill take pleasure In saying, that I
nave used the Ecgctine In my family with
Gooa results. and have known OF several eases
o. rem trNablc cure effected by It. / regard 1t
as valuable family medicine.
Truly yours,
REV WM. MCDONALD.
The Rev. VIM. Mcdonald Is well Known
throughout the United States as minister in
the NJ. + Church.
THOUSANDS SPEAK -VegCtinc Is acknowledged
AMI recommend ID by PHYSICIANS and apotIle-
olrlcS be the best pulitlcr and CLEANSER Of
the blood vet Ill icOvrrc,l. and thousands sneak
In It's praise who have been restored TO health
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Columbia Business Cards.

HEADQUARTERS for cheapest Gro
~ ceries and Hardware in Colum bie
to be found at the old reliable house of
LORICK IL LOWRANCE,
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u ECKLING'S GALLERY--Opr
III the Wheeler House. Portraits,
Photographs, AmLrotypes and Fcrrotypes
finished in the latest styl" of the arr
Old pictures copied nnd enlarged to any
size. W. ~. RE JKLING, Proprietor.
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nTERcKS & DAVIS. importers and
- dealers in Watches, Clocks ,Jcwclry,
Silver md Plated Ware, House L, rnish-
ing Goods, DO. N. B. Watches and Jew
oiry repaired. Columbia, S. &. oct 27-y
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V,EGETINE
Is Recommended by all Physi-
clans
VALLEY STREAM, QUEENS Co., LONG ISLAND, NY.
Mr. Ii x STENEHS - .. . .

VALLEY STREAM, QUEENS Co., LONG ISLAND, NY.
Mr.. IL. X. STEVENS -
Dear Sill take the pleasure OF writing yor
small certificate concerning Vegetinc Irc-
pared by you. have been Il sufferer with the
Dyspepsia for over forty years, and have had
the Chronic DiarrhG,a for over SIX months
ana have tried most every thing was given uIj
TO die, and dti not expect to 1--we from day Ia
day, and no physician could touch my case
! saw your Vcgctinc recommended to cure
Dyspepsia. commenced using 1t, and l con-
and restored to perfect health. All who arc
AFFLICTED with this terrible disease, l would
kindly recommend to try IL for the benefit oi
their health, and 1t IS excellent as a blood
purifier.
MRS. WM. ii. FORBES.
EEGErINE.--Whcn the blood becomes life
less ana StaGnant, cithef from change OF
weather Or climate, want OF exercise, Irregular
diet, or from any other cause, the Vegctinc will
renew the blood carry OFF the putrd numOrS.
cleanse the stomach, regulate The bowels, and
iinpart tone OF vlsor to the whole body.
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HIX'S, Portraits, photographs, Stcrc-
l.! oscopes, &c. All old pictures
copied. Art Gallery Building, 1917 Main
Street. Columbia, S. G Visitors arc
cordially invited to call and examine.
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FROZEN TO DEAru.-A miner in
the Black Hills, writing to friend
in this city, tells Of horrible
reminder Of the fearful snow storms
of last winter and Of the perils of
those who were caught out and
lost their way on the plains. He
says that recently. while he and two
others were crossing the country,
they came upon the skeleton of
horse within which was the skeleton
of man, with the grinning skull
looking out at thom from between
the ribs of the animal, like O.
prisoner peering through the bars
of his cell. The two skeletons told
the whole story. The man had
killed his horse, cut him open, and
crawlod inside of him, thinking to
thus escape perishing IF cold, but
the flesh Of the animal froze solid
and the man was as much q prison
or rs if he had been shut in by
walls Of iron. The wolves and
carrion birds had stripped the
greater part of the fesh from both
skeletons. The miner concludes
his description by saying: cit was
o. sight / shall never forget. T can
see it now whenever I close my
eyes. -Virginio city Enterprise.
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DIcMASTER & BRICE.
s~-O--
FRESH MEDIClNES,

GARSAPARILLA with lodide of Po-
p tassa, Liver Pills, Anise Soothing
Drops, Extract of Buchu, Cattle Powders,
Cough Candy, Cherry Pectoral. Browns
Cough Mixture, Arnica Linimont Es-
sence of Ginger, Elixir of Grindelia for
Asthma, Worm Lozenges. Hair Restorer,
Essence Of Lemon, Tooth Powders. &c.
selvea to physicians and to those persons
who desire to know what they arc swai-
lowing, since tlle recipe Of each is printed
upon its Label
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THARLES ELIAS, formerly Of Camden,
~ has moved to Columbia, an opened
large stock, of Dry Goods and Notions,
Boots, shoes, Trunks aud Faliscs. Salts
faction guaranteed.
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WHAT THE MILITARY MEN
COST.

General Banning. by dint OF hard
labor, has succeeded in getting some
valuable statistics as to tho cost of
maintaining army officers at Washing
ton. Exclusive of pay of officers sta
toned there, it costs tho Government
for commutation Of quarters SGT, 729.-
60 per year. One half of the money
thus paid is to the officers wives, who
own the property for which the Gov.
ernment thus pays rent. 1t costs to
keep officers warm in the matter of
fuel, $2S, ,653.67 per annum, and for the
forage and raw-half of which is sold
to livery stable keeper-$3O. 1854.
General Banning has also obtained
the cost per capita OF enlisted soldiers
Of the nations OF the world. The cheap
est of European Nations is Switzer-
land, at SO per man. Other nations,
except England. range from $50 per
man to $3.50. England pays $487 per
man, while it costs the United States
81 S5I per annum to support each en-
listed soldier.
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ETERNAL suMmEn.


There is spot III Florida, where
few or no persons ever 60, that 60 to
Florida as visitors, but where summer
begins the year round. 1t is the Bis
cayne Bay region, at the south east
corner of the great peninsula-and
only about twenty miles from the ev-
erglades. A Hartford Times letter
says : In this limited region Of piney
land and prarie, with measureless
swamps inland behind it aud coral
low and muddy, and
covered with mangrove trees, aud the
:. rookeries," of pellicans, and curlew,
etc.-in front of it. any of the tropical
plants and fruits of the Bahamas can
always be grown and ripened. Co
coanuts, pineapples aud ma ~ West
India fruits do we'll there. There the
gulf stream washes the shore as it
bends around to the northward and
northeast, and keeps away all frost
from generation to generation. Only
q few wreckers aud sspOngers' visit
this region; but one day, when inn
proved methods of communication
are established. he Biscayne Ray re-
gion can and probable will be made
the garden and winter paradise of
Florida
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THE DELuNauEsr suBScR1nEn

One day last week, while sad and drery,
As we wended, weak, and weary,
Across the unswcpt floor;
We heard. at first, a gentle tapping,
Then it became an earnest rapping,
At our sanctum door.
"Come in !'' we said; while vet he pondered.
And in silence we still wondered
What for us could be i'm store;
Then, the door, bolt gently turning!
In he walked. Our check was burning
Thoughts of crimson gore.
Are you the man who does the writing.'
tWhat word will rhyme with this but lighting:
Quickly thought We, DER and o'er)
"Sir. VIC are,'' we gently told him,
Nodding to the boys to hold him,
IL he tried to beat us sore.
"Thcn you'll please give me credit
Opposite that little debit,
For two dollars more.
like your paper, and will take it
As long as you will strive to make it
As good as it has been before"
We jumped! He doigcd Thus we missed him,
Or VIC surely would have kissed him.
No matter if the boys did roar;
So seldom treated in this manner,
We fclt inclined to SIM, liosannahi
Only this and nothing more.
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ing the great plains to California, but
finally stopped when told by many
persons that it would be very unsafe
for her to think of attempting it alone
She then started on q return trip,
walking from Kansas City to Chicago,
thence to Detroit, doing Niagara Falls
and crossing to Canada, thence TO New
York and through Massachusetts,, ar
irving at her home in Hermon little
more than q week ago. She says she
averages twcnty-six miles day. She
says when she gets tired aud out Of
clothes she tinds no trouble in getting
a few days work, aud in this manner
enjoys her life.
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Medical Notice.
DR.. JOHN aoucHER
Having had avery large and sdecess-
full practice in Chronic Disoxses
for forty years, both Private
and Hospital, is prepared
to render Subtraction
in the different
variefiea l

v6II6tIC8s
Among the diseases treated have
been many miraculous cures of the
two true species of Csncer-the Hard
and the soft or the Scirrus or ChrOn.
ic Cancer, characterized by prcdOm.
nance of fibr0us tissue, and but few
Cancer cells; the Medullary, Brain, or
Acute Soft Cancer, characterized by
an excess of CancerOus cells.
Also, the different varieties OF
GRAVEL, and disease Of the Kidneys
and Urinary Organs. Tumors, lsheu.
matism-Inflammato aud Chronic
Fistula in AnO, PrOlapsus of the
Phincture, Ami aud Iscctun. Piles,
Tape Worms, Seat or Pin Worins, In.
testinal Worms, Hip Disease, Goiter,
Enlarged Glands. Scrofula, aud all
Impurities of the Blood.
CATARRH-thatm most insidions Of
all diseases, which is destroying its
tens of thousands annually-1nvaria-
bly, cured. Also, SCALD HEAD, and
the different diseases of the Skin.
ALSO, THE VARIOUS DISEASES OF FE.
MALES, "
Arising from Uterine Derangements,
Enlargement, Inflammation, Ulcera-
ton, Tumor, Po!ypus, and all their
sympathetic accompaniInents, on the
latest scientific principles, without the
nse of the knife or caustics, but by
constitutional treatment and local sb-
sorbents, which we believe to be the
true method OF cure, If timely and
properly applied.
CALCUOUs CoNCRETIoNs OF THE KID.
Nrvo Am pr AnnrR
We have in our possession several
varieties of Gravel from different in
dividuals in this locality, which we
have removed through the natural
urinary passage.
The Doctor is q graduate in the Eye
and Ear Infirmary of New York City.
practice in that department. He ab.
sOrbs the differaut varieties Of Csta-
ract while they remain sOft, and re-
moves films aud specks from the eye
without the use of the kniie.
The Doctor is graduate Of several
Of the leading schools of his profess
sion, the Diplomas of which are hang
ing up in his Office for everybody to
read and investigate.
The Doctor can be consulted every
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday at his Office, on the North
West corner Of Euclid and Wilson
Avenues, up stairs, in Cleveland, o.
OFFICE HOURS-FrOm 10 A. NJ.
to II NJ and from to 3 P. M.
He can be consulted every Evening
in his Office at Ravenna. o.; also,
every Friday. Saturday and Sunday.
JOHN GOUCHER, N. d.
%Patients will be visited at their
homes, when desired.
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THE QUEEN OF rRAmPs.

Mrs. Mary Merriman is q respecta.
BILE appearing woman of 30, is not bad
looking, and has every appearance of
being upright and of good character.
She is, however, without doubt, the
queen Of female tramps, and can dis.
count the great majority of male
tramps. She is not q genuine tramp
not of the regular kind who are ter
ror to the country, and swork' cities
and towns in a systematic manner,
having their gate and doorpost signs,
etc.. for of these she knows nothing.
and with this class of people she doe
not associate, for they are no society
TO her, but che likes the business. She
was born in St. Albans, in this State,
and her folks were farmers. She has
since lived in Hermon, with her bro
ther, Joseph Merriman, who does a
good deal Of trading in this city.
Three years ago this fall she took it
into her head 10 see the country, and
started out with neither scrip nor staff
hut good pair of thick shoes. She
walked across the country, braying all
kinds Of weather, and finally brought
up in Clinton, Ia, when she took the
back track and returned to this city.
Two years ago she decided to start
out again, and this time selected q
longer tour. She walked through por.
tions of Maine, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, and on to Washington, where
she remained few days and did the
Capital. and then made bolt for Sa-
vannah, Ga, where she remained q
short time. Then on she went again,
doing the States of Kentucky, Tennes.
see, Iowa, Indiana, and finally gol
round to Kansas City, Mo. Here she
stopped awhile and earned q new
tramping outfit. Again she started
| this tune with the intention of cross
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AN unpleasant way Of putting the
thing was innocently adopted by the
New York car-dr;ver, who, blissfully
ignorant that his interlocutor was Mr..
Beecher, replied to that gentleman's
query whether he did not think it pos
sible to dispense with running the cars
all day on Sunday: Yes, sir, l do;
but there's no hope for 1t so long as
they keep that Beecher Tbeater open
in Brooklyn; the cars hxve to run to
accommodate that
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A MINNEAPOLIS boy was sent by his
teacher, woman, to the superinterd-
ent to be whipped. The lad suspected
the contents of the note and hired .
boy he met on the street to deliver it,
giving him ten cents. The superin-
tendent didn't discover till after the
castigation was over that the boy he
had flogged had not seen the inside of
q school for . montb.-[Ex.
Well, then, ought he not to lave
been whipped for that?
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OF THE SUMS HEAT.

As yet no perfectly satisfactory ba-
sis has been found for the theory of
the suns heat which shall be quite In
accordance with accepted hypothesis
traction of the suns mass is estimated
as giving out heat for only 20. 1000, 900
years, while the qualification of the
earth's crust may haye taken twenty
Eve times that period. Professor Croll
has devised theory which was des-
cribed in these columns some months
ago, designed to meet the difficulty.
He shows that the period OF the sums
heat may have been immensely longer
il we. suppose that that luminary was
two separate bodies travel
ing through space at velocity of 500,
1000 or 1.75O miles per second, and
that these bodies came into collision.
Professor Daniel Kirkwood, review
ing DIR. Croll's hypothesis. considers
it unsatisfactory, because it has no
sufficient basis in the facts of observa
ton. We have no knowledge of a
more rapid motion than 200 miles per
second among the stars, and the chan
rs Of collision are remotely imprOba-
Bile. On the whole it seems to the
Professor more difficult TO grant the
demands of DIR. Cro!l's hypothesis than
TO believe that in former ages the
slratiGcation of the earth proceeded
more rapidly than now. But Profess
sor Kirkwood is an astronomer, and
it is not particularly surprising that
he prefers TO put the burden on the
shoulders of the geologists, or that he
can less readily conceive of a change
in the method of doing things in the
sky than on the earth.
A MILWAUKEE woman boxed -hel
husbands cars the other day, but y
took pretty much ull the timbef In
! Wisconsin to furnish the material.
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BOB INGERsoLL asked q preacher
whether the fatted calf was male or
female. Female, of eopRsq replied
the preacher, for am now @13k3hg @
excallent sell ON the wicked Bob.
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AfREAS0NABLE fERIS.

1 buy for cash and as I have
a large trade, CAN AND WILL
sell goods in my line at such
prices as will attract attention
and secure the patronage of
the CLOSE cash buyer.
Having a long lease of the
old Furniture Stand which /
have occupied for nearly five
years I intend to remain per-
manently, and solicit a con-
tinuance of your patronage.
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No. 8, Phenix Block,
Ravenna, Ohio.
February 20. 1878. 4ss
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g. NJ. PROCTOR, NJ. D.,
Phyafcfan and Surgeon.
ISHALRRSVZLLE, ONO.
Will attend to all calls in the line OF his profess
sion. both day and night
ONCE one door East OF Shalersville Exchange
Hotel. 41S-ly

L. ROCKWELL EP. HATFIELD,
ROCKWELL & HATFIELD,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law. Once
Office in Seymour's building, north side OF
Main street. Ravenna. Ohio. left.
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E. w. MAXSON,

suuerjOr facilities for making collections in
Ali parts of the United States Office over
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n wAGGONER, M. ID.

hysleian and Surgeon Onice East end ol
Phenix Block, RavenEs, Ohio.
March 9th. 1S73 1o1-tt-
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G. u. BELDEN.

DHYsICIAN AND sURGEON.-Omee in
Empire Build,ng; Residence on King
street. drst door south of Main.
Kavenna. May u. 1876. 4O4-y'
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CRAFTS & SON,

PhvsIcIsns and Surgeons. Office In Crafts
Block Mantua Station. Portage County. ONO.
SSS-
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POSTER aas:a u1HS Il IS: seai,s osiS.. .1'-
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ROCKWELL & NORRIS,
Aftorneys at Law and Notary r ublic. Deuel.
Block, Kent, Chic.
Dec. 10. 1858. ".
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J. NICHOLS.

Attorney ut Law and Notary foDnc. UMoc U
in Phenix Block, over krninerd i Sons Drug
Siore- a.r
November %. 1871. x7-u.
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txorrevs ut Law, Ravenna, Ohio. ONCE In
Emnirs Building. Mr.. Hutchins will attend
a nfi germs OF the Common Pleas and District
Courts in Portage County A-iy-
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INSURANCE AGENCY.
- CoMn. Lffe and Fire Insurance
Agent. Onfce on Id Eoor, over the Secon"
Nsfional Bank, RavennS, OhiO.
Sept. -. 1853. 561y.
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A MILWAUKEE woman boxed her.
husbands cars the other day, butH
took pretty much ull the timbef in
Wisconsin to furnish the MATERIAL
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Rates of Advertising

~Ths space occupied BY tenlines Of this
vpe (Nonpareip shall constitute . square.
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PETER FLATH.
su.&sa>v and Merchant Tailor, Hats, Caps
srd Tmrnishiug r Goods. Poe's Building, Main
9kroee, RavennA. ONO.
Oct. rs, 1888. 1y.
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Business ! Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
weeu.naesl ana Architseeural Drslghts-
nan. Patent Office Drawing Speciality.
No - Fifth Avenue. Pittsburgh. Pa.
Junee. 1s19. lso-y-
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PERSONAL,

We understand that the death of Mr.
Alfred Brooks, elsewhere announced, was
the result of an aroplectic stroke. Mrs.
Brooks, who had been detained here by the
dangerous illness of her sister, Mrs. Pome-
roy, was summoned home, on Saturday, by
this new anxiety and sorrow. She found
Mr. Brooks unconscious, and he passed
away without rallying or recognizing any
one. Mr. Brooks was a most worthy and
estimable gentleman and, having spent
his summers here for many years. had nu-
merous acquaintance among our people.
(aside from the large family connecticut who
learn of MS death with sorrow. Mrs.
Brooks and the family have the sincere
sympathy of our community, in their Attic
tior.
A good story is now going the rounds of
the papers, telling how Mark Twain intro
duced William D. Howells. editor OF the
Atlantic, to Hartford audience. the other
evening. 81 am not here to speak of Mr..
Howells's proud position in the world Of
letters" said Mark "lmerely rise TO vouch
for his moral character" Bat better story
of the kind was told at the Atlantic dinner.
Mark lectured somew here in Massachusetts,
a while ago, and it was arranged that I. B
Aldrich, the poet, should introduce him.
At the appointed time, Aldrich was about
to st,p forward to perform his pleasing
duty, when Mark checked him. Then ad-
varcing slowly to the edge of ;he platform,
while the amazed poet resumed his chair,
the humorist remarked Ladies and gen
tlemen, my friend, Mr.. Aldrich, was going
| to tell goa who was, but J would rather
no,-he knows me TOO well"