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turds and substituting q kerosene oil lamp. Young George will, we hope, be able to light it more than four tlnn's To year, and not got scared halflo death bach time,
 Theodore Bonghton. Willie MrDowoll Johnny Evans and Charles Taylor, Jr,, of Plunltrees. have gone to Kent, I.ltehneld, Co., for . regular camp out, and VIII hStonlsh the natives on their return with lmmensatoa of game. N
 The worknen in q. G. Durhnt's shop, miss Doras melodinus voice.
 Tho woods around Lake Wnramnug will rc7nund with the trend of the young Nlnl- rods of Bethel, McssIs. Willie fonner, Charles Stone, Henry O. Judd, Willie Kyle tLndFrnnk Schoonmnker, two weeks | from next Saturday. The preparation for the grand camp out lson Il supurbscalc. E--p phe Alert Drum. eerps, Morgnn, Ferry. DuTnt. Bnrnum and others, were 10 ac- company Kohanzie Fire Company of Danbury to Norwalk, asd participate In the parade yesterday. but tive prosnme the storm prevented the parade. The item In the Prcss saying that the Alert Fire Co, had been invited to Norwalk, was not cor rect, at least the Alerts have not heard or any invitation.
 Last Thursday evening Mr. 'BenI. Bail ey and the GleoClub of Danbury, came to Bethel, accompanied by Mir and Mrs, Doutney, and gave fine entertainment In Fishers Hall, to Il large and apprecia- tive audience. Mir. Doutnoy and his wife captivated the people of Bethel as did also the Glec Club. II Is to be hoped that the entertainment will be repeated again soon. "|.
 MT. Orrin B. Smith has had the colol of his house changed from q dark to Il pure white color. Messrs. Gilbert Bro't are building for Mr. Smith Il handsome barn 20X26 feet. sA
 Bro. White of the Ners had too much modcsty to permit m indulgent public tC think that wv, meant White and thai he was helping HE BEE to take wings so last week he unbosomed himself, and gave the editor away bad. It was intend cd that "W." should represent Wire brim, and for brevity sake cut it down to "W." As Il remedy for Bro. Whites modcsty VIC kindly propose to him to get married, provided however that he hn' been sufficiently exposed to the. tender passion.k t WIREBRIM.
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Trinity Church.

Last Sunday morning, Rev. Thomas "
 uosfins entered upon his duties as rector af fFinty Parish, and p,S@%hsa ,,,,,1a. 2s ssr6,on, in hlehheset forth the relation si f pIa5s..6r 5I and people, and the duties ol Q oma m eh to,warII one another. The discourse Sas assN Ngtened to with marked atlenti9h' !. Rex. MT. Haakins is a fine speaker nNa a, a nI.ar Aistinct reader, md reads and sPopk7 sri,hc,,t much effort so that his volce & can !. Ir heard distinctly in all parts "ol M tn' church. Rev. r. W. Barnett assisted at both sdsrviecs,, morning and afternoon, . The attendance at 6ofh services were y, rares and we noticed many from .o,nTl towns present. The singing Of 'ne,'"oil . .sna inc afternoo,ffwas very fine and Iarse- t. due to the presence of Miss Nel,'T ., I.as6r iybo is swithout doubt !" beautiful singer.
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Palestine.


 Since us" has laid down the pen for short time past. peradventure the people may have in degree some anxietyas to whether the inhabitants of the District have not migrated for the winter. They are here busily storing their ervps fin the barns. Apples are mostly gathered, and the bustling of corn Is now heard in the field. The winter school opened on the 7th inst, with q small attendance; but since then, it has nearly tripled. Miss Ida J. Botsford is-the teacher.
 The new road, J. H. Botsford and son have been building, is somewhat st raighter than the old one, and trust it will Dc an improvement to his residence. Miss Ettie Hall of Stepney, is visit Ing Mr. Eli Beers this week
 On Thursday evening. the 18th inst. the Stepney Baptist Church Improvement Society held meeting at E. M- sBotsford' s Quite number were presant vino enjoyed themselves very much Nh George Beers house is being eompIetea-
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Mr Frederick Chambers returned Il short time since from . trlp Into Canada, where he spent three weeks visiting places of Interest,
 Miss Eliza J. Burrett, of RoxbWry, is visiting her sister Mrs, Frederick Cham ! bers.
 Mir, Joseph Newton left for his home In Brooklyn. Wednesday afternoon,
 Nils, Mary F, Peck Is spending the week in Wcstport, in the Interest of the Juylnlle Temples, ] Mr, Horace Northrop and wife left towp Thursday for n trip to New Haven Cheshire, Wnlllngiord, and other places, and eXpeet to. be absent week. ---s'''
 Ex-Judge Henry stoddurd's family ol Now Haven, nro rustIcating al the resi-. dence ai Mnott Augur, his brother-ln. law, in Sandy Hook. . --..,..
 Mir. and Mrs. Isaac L. FerrIss of Bridge port spent the day In Sandy Hook Iast Thursday.
 Dr, and Mrs. F, ". Tucker arrived ir town last Friday evening and arc the guests of 1T. l.. Wheeler
 Dr, William Bennett of Danbury, spent the day with his uncle, Dr. r. N. Bennett of this town, last Thursday.
 Mrs, J. P, Gillette Is visiting friends II New Haven.
 Mr. Will H, Bennett of New York, ar rived last Saturday, and returned Mon day morning of this week.
 Dr, Levi Ives of New Haven was tn, guest of pr, l., D. Wilcox,on last week. 1 Miss Hattie Camp of Mount Pleasant has returned home from New Haven where she had been on q visit.
 Mr and Mrs. Charles Skdmorc retsrn ed Thursday evening, from Bethlehem Conn.,, after having made very enjoy able visit at the house of MT. James B Skidmorc.
 Mir. Wm. Bakcslce loft Tuesday for hi, home in St. Petersburg, Penn. Mir B. visit of several weeks was a very pleasant one, ahd we regret that he could not re main longer.
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The Grand Jury which met last week to consider the case of Mrs, AlexaDder and Trunk F. Bassett, charged with the mar- der of Weinbecker, returned truo bills against each. The trial of Mrs. Aleyan- der will commence Tuosday, Oct. 20, 10 which time the Superior Court was ad- Iourned by Judse Martin, aG
 The entcrprisipg agent of the shepaus railroad station at Hawlcyville, MT, Henry $. Hawley, has mnde m improve nent in the removal of the Post-ofIlce so that tho boxes can ho seen and the mail dalIyored mora cogyenIemly Enc office haa tecn so arranged that only ono dool Is needed to get to it. We think that the change Is n good one nsait- affords moi only more room to Mir, lIawley but to the public al5o. -i. .,. '..E IN
 It happened Thursday evening. It Is q boy fine one too. Those who know tho father Mir. Charles F, Beardsley, say I that he appenrs to have assembled heaven ward about eighteen Inches in stature Charlie Is right, Let him who wins crow We congratulate him and etc.
 Last Thursday night largo number of ladies and gentlemen assemblod at the house of MT. Conrad Durham. Head of tho Meadow Dist, and enjoyed one of thos, old fashioned dances Prof. Blakslee anC his friend Wm. Buckley were on hanc with their ylollns, and helped materially in making the occasion an enjoyable one A sxoellen collatlon was served ant partaken of with koen relish. Whel the hour of departure came the visitors bade their host farewell, fully convince, that Mr. Durham and his lady were goo, entertainers.
 Mr. David B. Turner brother-in-lav of Mr Edward Starr and formerly a resi- dent of this town, died quite suddenly last Friday forenoon in the Chamber! street office of the Metropolitan railroad | GFtlc IN lIld BpIb tO tttht. tlit Cdl5 lN visit sick friend in Englewood. Mir Turner resided in 5th Ave. New Yori city. He was at one time q merchant il the city of Richmond, Va. MT. Tu1nc death resulted from heart disease H, was aged 60 years. The lettCr inform ! ing Mir. Starr of the death of Mr. T. dit not reach him until Monday noon, whicl " S too late f, him to attend the funer: which took place Monday afternoon a , 1-2 o'clock. The remains were interre, in WoodIawn.
 1 One of w. H. Fairchild's specimens 0 penmanship which took 1st permium q Danbury Fair, is now on exhibition at tn, Po:t-office. We copy the following iron Penman's Gta.zette: w. H. Fairchild o | NewtQwn, Conn.,, now one of the bes writers in the United States, recently em ployed in the office of Yale Business Col Iege, Now Haven, has done what fey persons can expect to do without mucl practice and study. MT. Fuirchlld's writ ing has become so well known and ad mired in this State, that we presume h now places the proper estimate upon it He is highly spoken of for his remarkabl ! proficiency by the leading educators 0 Connecticut"
 Hours of service in St. Johns Chapel Sandy Hook-1O: 30 a.m., pm. Sunda. school l2 Ill.
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WOodbury.
NUMBER SIXTY-ONE,


 The wife of Albert N. Judson was strickon with paralysis of the heart. Tues day night, and died Friday morning. She leaves devoted husband and four ehil- dren to mourn her loss. The case is re- marbable, as it is not known that there is any tendancy to this disease in the family. It is thought, that recent sudden deaths in town may have conduced somewhat to the event, having worked on her i'm agination,. Another;wortIy christian wo- man has beeu removed from among us, and the mourners go abont the streets.
 Harriet Lucas arose for prayers Sun day night at the Methodist Church. A very prsiseworthy action.
 Andrew Harwood was on Friday morn ing, found dead in the bed at the house of friend at Hazel Plain, where he had stopped over night. He was pensioner of the United States, on account of wounds received i'll the war of the Rebellion. He had two fingers shot of, and was injured in the head and side. He left a son ai South Haven. and daughter at Nauga- tuck. Neither was present at the funeral. He was buried at the expense of the town, though his accrued pension suHi lasl drawing will reimburse the town poor master.
 Two cases were brought before Justus Martin, Last week, which threatened a contest, but were settled by the parties. Gothren and Huntington appeared for the plaintiff, and Justice Garfield for the de- feDdant. One suit was brought on the Statute, sometimes called the ' stump law" where man is unliked for going on another land and cutting or otherwise iniuring a tree. and has to pay more or less, according to the number of inches the tree measures. The other case was a suit for tresFass, for entering on the land to get honey. coupled with count in troter for taking out of the tree 90 pounds of .wild honey There is a false notion. that one may go on another's land, mark a bee tree. and that the finder is the owner of. the honey But if one will releet q moment. he rln see he has 10 business on snoihers land to hunt for tees. He is a tsesrsesef the moment
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uAprrnRps RAILROAD BONDS.

HARTFORD, oct, ii-rho Common coml- cll last night yutcd to surrender lle bonds
 teld hy the clty pf the Hartford, Prnyl- Ien6e and Flslkll Railroad to the New York md NeN England Road, and thug accept inc tender of SSnOOO which had heen previously declined.
 HARTFORD Oet. .ic-Wn, T Hart Pres tJeht, George F. Phippeu, TrrRsuref and x. A. Carltbn and John 6nldthwHil, Diroe- turs of the New York ant New England
 Railroad Company, yesterday paid for the
 bonds of the Hartford Providence and Fl5hklll Railroad held hy thl1 city, and the bonds were surrendered Co thcm. The samo Onirnr began yesterday to pay on the aJtng debt of the old road, and pail out oyer sl0l, ,AlO, All of the Connecticut murlugngc hondS have been taken up. feXccpt Sieg. .0no, which fin many cose7 [ have been held back, awaiting inc arlion of the city. inc road wns chartered to run i fom Providence lo Fishklll' but Is only built To Il point beyond Waterbury. Tho New York and New Eugltud Co, will begin inc work of completing It this fall
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, Game Supper

sfonday might lIr. Wrl, J. DICK pi. nnred 6. camc supper for the guests oi ms hotel which was pronounced to De FhS finest eyer Sotten up in this section: pc side the Nh,nails, sMessr5. Cornell anu Sewton; thgre,were present several gen ,,amen connected with railroads Ni1'' e,,pt Wm. II. Stevenson of the 9hot" line Charles Rockwell, Freight Agent e'l tbe New York and, New Haven kosa' anu supt L. ". 'Sandiforth of the Dea''i! and Norwalk Road. The supper coN7A7le" ,of,auail and woodcock, Garllsheo &t ''e close of the repast with sparkling cham pairn . The friends at the bolol ol non wm. D. Bishop seat to him 2 snlee io. o' pame,whieh proved avery acceptable sl'1'' andit is to be hofed.that it VIII aiq II is- stotine A1E. B. to health and enable nm to ioin in the nozthmit.ea as .sss4
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A LETTER
 TO SUNDAY-sCFzcoL TEACHERS
DEAR FRIENDS:

DEAR FRIENDS:
 Many of you are already on the look out for the best lesson helps for next rear. It issnot the purpose of this letter to claim that certain publication is better adapted to your use than another; but to afford you an opportunity to judge for your selves Probably the surest Way to gel what is best suited to your wants is toI you to make fair trial now of some oi the more prominent publications. While the regular price of The Sunday School Times ia sixteen page weekly paper) is t2. .I5a year, it will be sent to new snt- 8 ribers. on trial, for three months, for twenty-five cents. .-.
 The Boston Jo1unal in commenting upon The Sunday School Times, pronounces it .beyond all question the best paper of the kind pdblisrel in the country" The Con oreontionalist. of Boston, says: The Times was never better than it is now, and in breadth, intelligence, variety, and general ability, it compares favorably with the lead ng religious papers of the land while The Ir,iependt7st,. of SewYork, calls it, "Ihe best periodical of it's class in the world, with a subscription list which only two or three of eur religious periodicals can pro fess to equal.
 It will he well for you to enclose also seven cents for a specimen copy of The Scholars Quarterly. This publication has 3 circulation of 0.000 copies among all denominations. Specimens of the Weekly Lesson Leaf will be sent to you, free. if vou wish to sec them. Yours truly,
 JOHN D. wATTLES,
 910 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa.
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Remedy For Hard Times.

Stop spending so much on fine clothes. rich food and style. Buy good. healthy food cheaper and better clothing; get moro real and substantial things of life every way, and especially stop the foolish habit of running after expensive and quack doctors or using 50 much of the vile humbug medicine that does you only harm, and makes the proprietors rich. but put your trust in the greatest Of all simple, pure remedies, Hop Bitters that cures always at a tritiing cost, and you will see better times and good health. Try fl once. Read Of it in another column.
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BEDDING RrpGE Oct. 18th. 1s7s.

KEDDING KIDGE, UtI. J6Il, ISth. Mrs. Augustus Van Vert and son, from White Lake, Sullivan O., N. Y., formerly from Newtown, are visiting Mrs. Harriet Lyon, Redding Ridge. They intend also, to luaie short ,itay at Mrs. Bcldeh's. where Mrs. Van Vert spent her youthful days with her sister and brothcr-in-law. H. Belden, Esq. who are numbered with those that have passed away.
 Miss Helen Sanford is to sail in the steamer Cynthia, with MT. H. Barn 5 family, the 23ds for Paris, where they ih- tend to spend the winter, visiting the principal cities of Europe.
 Henry Whitchead's. house is nearly finished; so handsome | stiugture Is a great improvement to the Ridge.
 ScoTT.
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Mr. William Judson of Matteawan, is visiting his father Mir. David Jntlson.
 ur. and Mrs. David B. Barnum and daughter, Miss Mamie Barnum of New York city, are the guests of Henry San ford, Esq:
 Mrs. Thomas Hawley. and daughter. Hiss Mary Hawiey. of Bridgeport. arethe guests of her son Marcus C. Hswley, Esq
 sIr. and Mrs. D. s. Hammond. Miss Eva. and little Miss sophia Hammond. returned to their home in Brooklyn. last Saturday. after very pleasant sO7ionrn at their country residence the past feF mozths.
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A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

A particularly distressing accident oc-
 cured yesterday afternoon in LnstBridgc- I-pDrL resulting In the Instant killing of the
 iiulc son of Mir. Hcury A. House, the well known munufdrturcraud Inventor, ly one
 ar the child's playinntes. Tho cirrnm-
 stances of the muurniul Hlflir gro as follows: Yesterday Mrs. House and Mrs.
 A, B. Beers drove into tho country, chest tnullng. On account of the tramp nuisance and the general alNrm arising from the attacks of this class upon un- pruieclei perAOus Mrs Beers took along
 Il revolver, placing it under the carnage seat When tho two lndies returned tn ttheir residence In NOlIio street about : o'clock, nothing was houEt ofthe r"rol- CT and It wus let in the carriage. After the curriuge had been unlitched and plpcci in the barn, the children of Mir.
 Beers and Mir. House climbed into the vehicle and began playing. It may here he astatcG that Mrs. House and Mrs. Beers are sisters. 1nd that for the last seven
 ear tine two families have lived in tn"
 sane house and almost as one household.
 The chihiren of both had been play males from infancy, and each mother was almost as toundly attached tu the others cuillrcu IS to her own. The children al play $ Athcr when the accident happen cd wer,. the two Beers boys, age rrspec. 1ivcy 2l-Z and 5l-4 years; and the two House children, hoy age l-2 and a girl | age Just how the accident came about 1 is not fully known, ;t5 the children are too young to remember or understand what 1 did takc place, but il is supposed that the pistol was iu the hand, Of the older Beers b0y; that he tried to pull the hammor
 back, and, his strength proving inaulfi- cient, that the House boy went to help him* and that, while the latter was bend ! ing, with the munzle almost against his forehead tile partially raised hammer slipped ,ack and discharged the revolver.
 The bullet entered the forehead of the
 House boy, and, penetrating the brain,
 killed him instantly. Mr. House, heard the report, and hurrTing to the barn, was lhorfihed to find the lifeless body of his child surrounded by his awed and fright enpd pEaymatc5. How cr1tshinsly the drcadrul intellisence,or what had happcn-
 ed fell upon the other parents, and especially upon the mothers, need not be described. II is certain that both have the ! most sympathetic connniaeIation of the whole community in the ai!iclion that has fallen upon them.-Ftrmer Oct, .,l7. tn.
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~, msarl,,saour rates with that of other
!. rtunnD-inr nf sncrod seng.

On lbalsApy evening" 'ogtr 3isI, Pwl- lip. plil.Ys, the, most calegr"led singer of saeroI soHg now, living, will g'Ye a
 concert in tue Congregational Church. .orcillSeps VIII bear in miI'b 'ieI tho
 Church society Is to rceeiyea l'eNelli from t the proceeds and give them ana ,, anl7 T, ., charluiug singer u tnll. house MT lHh, lIps has traycod all over the eo"i ern >ai'o
 y,,.ern continents and has reoeiy ycd from Z, the people aud press tho highest 'Fsli' m.piM that could be girenyiHo any one sa.. ths ndyertisencnt onpeXt page.
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physirsn. retired from pr.eties. having had pi.ced in his hands by SD East India nissioa- sry the formula of simple vegetable remedy. Tor the speedy and permanent cure for eo1snrnPaca; bronchitis. eafsrTh. ssthFnz. and sA tnros. .oa for nsrvo1ss debility and all nervous cosnF-Alht sfrsr hsrine tested ifs rosderfn1 eurztivs WEers in thsurxnfs of hss felt # his duty tc mzls if tuswr to lis sna-rsng fsllcws. Artnztsd sy sfss ,ss.s~S sra desire to relieve human su1sr- I1S viii ssrd fr-e q charge fo sli vho desre f. r.r5u> uish fun directions for rrrpHrng Hne rsl sns fr G<rr.sn Fr=nch. or En<ish- s-nt by Ua- E Sh~rar. 10 Po<a. EIcsk. Rn<hr<ter. W rsrs- hs
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Lake George.

Miss Julia Couch of Milford, is spond- ing the week with her friend Miss Katie E. Turner of Lake George.
 We saw at the house of fumes Turner of Lake George, strawberry plant, hay ing four ripe strawbcrrys and fifteen blos- sonis on it, this was found by Archie Me- Athur. We would think it rare thing if Archie was not one of tue lucky. chaps. .t.tf# ANON.
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pcatb of an old Citizen.

Mir Thomas Egan, aged 09 years, di' d .t inc residence of hl- son. Edward Eg"n' on Walnut Tree Hill, last Friday ana was buried Sunday, The funeral 1,I, '""E Q, nlnse ali St. Rests Church, Father Me rartnn oflicialiug, immediately after the the tss35 church m to the cemetery in sandy Hook was tAe largest ever eoen i'll tnls 4.Ar
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d Q. rz- stf ----------- FF rn ors, Ncwtown Academy at the Eeacnofs
 4ngtitute. .s.,,


 Tho r,4gt gteacbors in: this ,vicilpity wno at tended the State Teachers. Institute at New Haven, last, week, were plca7ah,lAS A surppised by an announcement rom ''ie 1,ras;dept that he had :induced MT. Hoyt' Principal of Nowtown Academy, tQ Illus ..rote raj, his method of teaching English etc., ss,efore the Institute. He spoke of 'he '' successful f working of MT. Hoyts pun alshed nnethqq as he had witnessed IL Ill 4ba HaTrtfsrrd schools, and then introduced him and his class. The pupils, four IF nnnpiher 4 viz i4 Miss Mary sherman, An nia, Waed Chas. Cately and Fred. Lake then gave the English lang''age e'rerc'Se ,-ieaaa,I4 mistake, and iii clear, distinct .,ones winning applause and many com n,iments from the large audience Inc N N papers in reportingthe exercises oi inc Institute speak in terms of praise ana 2 appreciation of the method and tho way < was illustrated. We quote the follow ,no from one of the New Haven papers:
 .t.Rev. J. P. Hoyt. Principal of Academy, !, Newtown. Conn.,. followed with his Idea of inc essentials of language and gram mar illustrated by-two girls and two bovs he took with him on the platform. e He began hy briefly describing his sys- fem which introaueedsorai and wfitten'ex- ..ereises. and ndillustrateIthem with hexamll les nv his class. They. showed 3 wonderful tnrofieieney. and their exercises were lis tened to with great attention, while they showed to good advantage theayorklnSS of Mir Hoyt's method.-
 Another paper. in speaking of the class said: They were exceptionally inter- q estiag an appearance" which we consider ] n complmentto Eewtown. Tho attend ,ence sa the Academy is now larger than |. for many terms past, and the prospect is that next=tsrm it will he larger still
 ss~ Three. assistants have been ehgaged, and Miss Smith. the popular and efficient teacher ofthe primary department, will devote all her time to the children.
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Good Account.

''To SUN it mp. six long years of bed- ridden sickness and suffering, costing s2OO per year, total, sl 20g--all of which was stopped by three bottles of Hop Bitters. taken by my wife who has done her own houscwork for year since without tho loss of day. and I want every body to know itIof their benefit
 sJUHN WEEKS, Butler, \. |.
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'ls 4 Case in which Doctors Disagree

.ssJest week we were handed the article to be foand below, and made an attemp; ,o rahIish it correctly but failed. We ',elieve that 1t Is all right now.
 The superintendent of a home for boys in ssn Francisco, having named it. the Youshss Directory. vas overwhelmed by local -sramnarisns with prctestation against she location Of the apostrepbe in the word ',youthsHs HFs stssereapon wrote to twenty iearned aathofitiessin various prrts Of the United States. to settle the oussssenbeyond dispute ;but they differed nct less than the Pacific coast sages. President Barnard of oolnmbia college. President Eliot of Harvard, George P, o,setenl,oss. the author of books on Rhet- ar.c etc Profesor shele de yefe of the T-riversitv of Virginia, Chancellor crosl1T of Nov york University, Beniaaiin W nxfos.s and Professor ". D. Nhikfey pro r,w,ncrd ..Youths' Directory correct and ..Teuth.s Directory vrongs and Noah p<,r<ex nresides,t of Taiex declared ssyo,*sss pftarfsfrr sorrent and the other xronr. and Richard Grant White and DI. ur<jo=h Of Princeton. pFuneaneea retn rarres.t. uhf1e President Gilman oI sonn Honkine university sent fsply rom vkieh itu2 jmpaasihls s6 dssan'neon rAf<A Eds 5s E<t ~