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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
DIED..

Died. Wednesday, February 81, 1873, at O'Clock
A. NJ SARAH, eldest daughter OF Alfred ana E'iesa
Her funeral took place wednesday afternoon at
Az O'Clock. 49,
Died, Wednesday. February 9th, SARAH j., be-
loved wife Of r. T. Woodall. leaving an afIecttonate
Her funeral will take place from Union-Station
Methodist Episcopal church TO-DAY Thursday,
February 26th, at O'Clock P. nj. Friends OF the
family are requested to attend.
Died, on the morning of The 27th nltino, at the
residence OF Mrs. Tucker, No. los Man o street. of
apoplexy, Mr.. T. f. HOUCHENS, In the IF With
year OF his age. l., n.
Bis funeral viii take place THIS Thursday AZ
TEREOON at 8 O'Clock from the Sidney Baptist
church. The friends of the family invited toat
tend. III. -,
Died, on yesterday, at 2:16 P. NJ, In the seventy
second year of his age, SAMUEL ROSE.
His funeral will take place ut Q O'Clock TO DAY
Thursday from his late residence. No. ego east
Broad street. Friends and acquaintanceS of the
family are invited to attend.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
New Laws.

New Laws.
The Governor approved the following
acts February %, 1878:
An act to amend and reenact section %,
chapter Is, Code OF 1873, as amended by an
act approved February II, ITO, in re-
| ference to allowing commissions to the Gen.
eral Agent and Storekeepcr OF the Peniten-
tiary. [Reduces compensation
To provide for the control and invest
ment of the glebe fund in the county of
Northampton.
To authorize George G. Tyler to erect a
boom in the Mattaponi river.
To amend and reenact section OF an act
entitled an act for the protection of game,
approved March 20, 1877, with reference
to the time Of killing and capturing deer.
To allow the treasurer OF the corporation
of Winchester further time to make his re-
turn OF his delinquent lists for 1876.
Regulating the reports OF insurance COM
panies.
TO purchase burial-place for conyicts
in the penitentiary outside Of the corporate
limits of Richmond.
To authorize reassessment Of the lands
throughout the Commonwealth that have
been injured by the late freshet.
To authorize the FreeWill Baptist Home
aSSOCiuLiOl W CoufOJ CCi Coii ASoi Sotato III
Richmond city.
To provide for the use OF conyict-!abor
on the New-River railroad.
To incorporate the State Grand Lodge Of
knights OF Damon, No. l, Of Virginia.
To authorize the trustees Of Davis School
district, of the county Of Shenandoah, to
sell certain lot Of land and to reinvest the
proceeds thereof in the erection Of school
house.
To amend and reenact an act entitled an
act to authorize the Board OF Supervisors
of the county of Henrico to hire conyicts
for the purpose OF improving the public
roads in the county of Henrico and to make
Droyision for meeting the expenses Thereon,
approved March d, 1877. -
TO amend sections and 2 OF chapter 14G
Of the Code OF 1873, in regard to the limita-
|tion of entry or an action for land.
For the relief OF John "a. Silvers, late
township collector OF Auburn township,
in Montgomery: county, and his sureties.
To amend and reenact an act approved
April 2, 1877, entitled an act to amend and
reenact section 4 of chapter 1872 OF the Code
OF 1878, as amended by an act approved
February II, 1874, in reference to iudg-
ment-iiens.
To amend and reenact section 2 OF an act
entitled an act to provide for the working
of roads in the counties OF Shenandoah and
Page, approved February 8, 1878.
For the protection Of wild waterfowl 10.
Accomac county.
z The following were approved February
%, 1873 So
An act to regulate the working OF the
public roads In the counties OF Prince VIII
liam, Montgomery, Chesterfield, and Lam
caster. s5s q 81
81 TO empower the Governor OF Virginia to
enter into negotiation with the Governor OF
Maryland In relation TO marking and dessg-
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The James.River Valley Railroad.
Tor the DISPATCH. ]

For the Dispatch.J
appeal to your sense Of justice to cor
rect a mistake made in your issue OF 21st
instant-a mistake not altogether unlm-
portant. Speaking OF meeting held IN
Cumberland Gin favor Of the James River
Valley railroad and against the CANAL you
saw: "The road will be built, if at all, by
parties who do not value a buttons worth
the opinions of anybody who RESOLVES but
fails to shell out"
The meeting in question was held at the
request Of one Of the corporators OF the
James-River Valley railroad, who wrote
urgent letters calling for such action on the
part of the friends Of the road all along the
line!s Moreover, in view OF the fact that
meetings have been held in Cumberland
and Buckingham in the interest Of another
railroad-one Of the "straight-shoot !" roads
we have been hearing about for twenty
years or so, and against the construction OF
which its friends think the projected James
River Valley road will militate-and seeing
that these meetings adopted resolutions
hostile to the James-River Valley railroad,
and urging their representatives in the Lee
gislature to oppose it, do not see how the
dispatch could treat the counter-reSolutionS
passed by the meeting in Gainesville as
mere brutum .fulnaen gas
Touching the rival scheme-or the one
which its advocates consider in that light
I hope charter will be granted TO this or
any other straight shoot" if nothing is to
be asked but permission to build the road
no county appropriations or any inyolun-
tary subscription whatever. 1t is doubtful,
though, if railroad ever was or will be
built merely to follow line economically
straight over mountains and rivers.
r. 81.
IOur remark was totally misconstrued.
It was intended to excuse the non-publica-
ton OF the resolutions, and to encourage
the enterprise by assuring its Cumberland
friends that it was purely business-affair
and would be built, if at all, by men who
had the means of constructing it,
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

ENGLAND's INTEREST IN THE EGYPTIAN
TR1BUTE.-London, February 26.-The
reason Russla's demand for the Egyptian
tribute concerns England is that the tribute
is already pledged as security for the inter-
est on Turkish bonds Of 1854, 1865, and
1871. The first OF these was raised to carry
on the; Crimean war. The second Is guaran-
teed by England and France. All are largely
held In England. BY the terms OF an agree
ment between Turkey and the British gov
eminent and the bondholders, Egypt now
pays the tribute directly to the Bank OF
England. The Russian proposals will abb
rogate this convention without consulting
or indemnifying the beneficiary asstgnees
and make the English and French Govern
men.s liable for the 1856 loan.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
MET BOOKS. NEW AND OLD -,

9 BOOKS. NEW AND OLD. morr
Of them sold at HALF PRICE: LAW THEoI.
OGY, MEDICAL, POLITICAL, HISTORY BIO.
GRAPHY' TRAVELS. SCIENCE, POETRY.
NOVELS, ANTIQUARIAN, JUVENILE. and
GREEK, LATIN. ENGLISH. FRENCU cEp'
MAN, SPANISH, ITALIAN, aud ASGLO-S,yoy
SCHOOL-BOOkS.
The largest assortment 10 he found In the south.
ern States Is at
! loU2 AMI 1904 MAIN STREET. RICHMOND
500 SCHOOL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
and MAGAZINES for sale at 10c. each.
/ We offer BOOKS As GOOD As NEW for oil
practical purposes at lower price than they can be
| had elsewhere.
we are manufacturing BLANn-DJU and PA
PEn-BOXES OF all styles equal to any made.
j. w. RANDOLPH 4 ENGLISH.
Publishers, Booksellers. Stali0ners. Printers. Bud
ers, Paper-Box and Blank. Book Manufacturers.
fe 20-d&w
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
Charleston and Richmond.

The people Of Richmond are much graft
fed at the exceedingly happy and graceful
civilities manifested by the chivalrous citi.
zens Of Charleston towards our volunteers.
The festivities Of the occasion were as de-
lightful as they were elegant. Our citizen
soldiers who were present are lavish in their
eulogy Of the generous Charlestonians, and
declare that they never were entertained SO
agseeabIy, and that their trip to Charleston
will hare q place in their memory as long as
i life lasts. !.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

Father pietro Angelo Seechi, the famous
astronomer, who died on Tuesday at Rome,
was born In 1913, entered the Order OF
Jesuits In 1888, and studied mathematics,
physics, and astronomy he came to the
United States I'm 1913 and taught matb emat-
les at the Georgetown College, District OF
Columbia. In 1850 he was appointed Di-
rector of the Observatory at Rome, and
ACQUIRED great celebrity by bis researches
in every field OF astronomical science, espe-
cially By bis meteorological observations
and speetroscopic analyses. On the expul-
sion of the Jesuits from Italy in 1870 he was
allowed to retain his Office. He was the
most famous astronomer in the world.
1t, asserted that nearly every European
steamer from New York carries out ton OF
paper patterns designed by leading mo-
diste OF that city. This does not look as IL
New York ladies were dependent upon
Paris for the styles.
p DuxBURY, MASS, February 26.-Three
more bodies were found on the beach here
yesterday. They are supposed to be VIC
Tins of the wreck of the fishing schooner
Little Kate, lost in this vicinity several
weeks since. Eight bodies have so far been
found.
Austria aspires to the acquisition OF Bos-
MIA, Herzegovina, Albania, and part OF
Macedonia. The vote Of credit is sup
posed to have been required in view OF the
immediate occupation Of Turkish territory.
The Austrian railway companies have re.
ceived preliminary orders to prepare FOL
the conveyance of troops, and officers on
furlough have been ordered to reioin their
regiments.
Stevenson & Coates, grain millers, Of Glas
Cow, Scotland, have failed. Their liabili-
Ties are 100000.
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affair!
announces that all Spanish refugees OF
taking the oath Of allegiance before con
sui may return to Spain. Are there any ir
Richmond?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

Tie philosopher who complies Z. T hings
Wise and otherwise 2 for the Norfolk
Landmark has determined to mark the
original paragraphs with al as.srisk. The
selections Will 80, as heret ofore. uncredited.
8 Wise man, and man OF his own head.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

PARDON DR. Anderson l4eso sCgseGgs,
February "a close canvass Of the Senate
here Of the Democrats EDd Republicans
shows that sk Governor Nichols should par.
don Anderson he viii be sustained. they Of
course decline te.express themselves upon
the subject, as the matter may come before
them; but stilI there is little or NO aoupt
but that large majority would Sustain tne
pardon, which. It is believed ID sInfluentlal
circles, will be granted. b FL
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~ EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL.

THOMAS r. PRICE & co.
make no professions OF selling leading domcStcs at
less than cost, and swindng the consumer on other
less familiar goods. At the lowest rates We offer
WAMSUTTA, PONEMAH, ANDROSCOGGIN,
AUBURN, ANCHOR. and other A COTTONS.
To-day fresh lot OF REMNANTS;
RICHARDSON'S LINENS at astonishing figures !;
HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES at lowest figures and
In most beautiful variety.
Look at our BRIGHT SPRING PRINTS that are
displayed to-day.
signs;
KID GLOVES-the most complete assortment of
coIors and STYLES ever offered in this city.
CENT EMES'S FURNISHlNGS.-We have be-
slowed great care on this branch, and solicit
review of our stock of
COLLARS,
CUFFS,
SCARFS.
GLOVES.
HALF-HOSE.
HANDkERHH1EFS, &c.
.CCSTOM-MADE DRESS-SIIlRTS ut sl.25, of
WAMSUTTA or NEW YORK MILLS MUS
LIN. and cut regular.
BLACK and COLORED SILKS In beautiful asSort-
LINEN SHEETINGS,
DAMASKS,
NAPKINS,
DOYLIES. &c.
We shall be pleased to receive orders.
fe27 1. X. PRICE GU.
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mating the boundary Ifne between the States
l6z Virginia aud Maryland :.
The. following wers approved feDFuary
~. 1873: ss s. 3s5, ~
|s--Po empower. the city LOT EefersDuFg 70 Or
ganize q board of railroad coD1ml ssioners
and to acquire the control or ownership OF
thesP etersbhrg railroad.
act To provide q charter Tor the city OF Man.
chester, approved March 20, l67 4.tssf
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

RICHMOND, February 81, 1878.
WYE HAVE SOLD TO MESSRS. MIL
w LER G. PIERCE our interest In the stock. fix
lures, and business of POLK MILLER & co. The
business will be conducted by Messrs. MILLER e
MILLER & co. All persons indebted Will make
naymens to them, and all having claims will present
Them TO MesSrs. POLK MILLER G0 lSr pay-
inent. fUhCELLi Lf>cD /" ~
As will be seen by the above. we have purchased
,ha imtareSt of MeSsrs Purcell, Laid 4 Co. In the
business of POLK MILLER & Co., and VIII continue
r. M the same place, corner of Ninth and Main
streets, under the same irn-name OF f0Lh NIL
LER & co. MULLEN fIEhNE'
g.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
PROFESSIONAL
HAIR GOODS, DC.
Truman HAIR GOODS.
II wv cORBET 519 BROAD STREET.

Invisible Front-Pie fer the Hair, WIGS anu
Bra{is, PufIs FrtzetIes. ele at low prices. HAIR
Combines made INTO Braids 10 90 and zoe; per
onnce Finger Plffs 8 to 1oc. each; Curls, 10 10
CSC. Giving special attention 10 this branch or our
business, we can always guarantee the very osst
work possible. Country orders attended 20 WIN
greatest care and promptness. 10 1o.1W'
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

he GANAL.-Lynchburg has had a
meeting and resolved 10 give $5, 0e0 to finish
the canal TO Buchanan. Major JOHNSTON
said the contract made for that purpose had
fallen through.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
Arnount of State Bonds Owned by
IIfnrnrx Institutions.
February 81, 1878.

The Legislature ought certainly to make
provision for the payment Of full interest
upon the bonds held as above stated. Every
dollar OF the money will be kept within the
State, and will, besides. aid in the import
ant matter Of education.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

WHOLESALE WOODEN AND WILL
w LOW-WARE, ROPES, TWlNES, TIN
WARE, &C.
Thankfu for the liberal patronage extended to the
late firm, and with the determination 10 meet Inc
views of the trade as to prices and quality OF gooos
&c which an expe rience OF eleven years justiies
me in offering, solicit continuance and enlarged
patronage.
fe 10 ANDREW H. MOTT.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

HORSES. Ne,c York, February 27.--At
the sale of Colonel McDaniePs thorough
breds, twelve OF Harry Basset's warnings
sold at an average OF $3.50.
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ALL GOODS REDUCED.

Persons buying goods at COHEN BROTHERS.
| can positively rely on not paying last season,
plices. fc2r
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PROPOSALS.

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF TIE
CITY Gas-WoKks, Z
RICHMOND, VA. February 90 1878
cEtIED PROPOSALS will be received
= AT rhis office until II o'clock VI.
THURSDAY, MARCH ISIS
for tn. best quality OF
GAS COAL,
TO be furnished for the fiscal year ending ssofu ne
l. 1879, TO be delivered at lhe io"eF "oi "
necessity OF the works may require; . =. 30
The average yield OF the coal must % "i
cubic feet per pound. wi th all Illuminating poWV Mi
~, Ies fh,n Ia standard candles. Any denelt WI,
he Deducted from the price paid the contractor, "
will be required to give eond and security 'or
mi compliance with the contract lab, T., ~
; Th. Committee Oh Light reserve the f'SH' w
)eet any OF al JOHN H. KNOWLES,
.oo-,d Superintendent.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
sPn0nAI nl,srTCgs,.

Il
~ OWING Td THE
Observation-Disclosures IN DRY GOODS,
HAVE ErxBIED
coHENSBRoTHERs
ttastyethe below new prices. They are in receipt
! OF full lines Of NEW GOODS. and are at presen.
Offering the best-aasorted stock in this city:
Acc. CoRsETs reduced to Soc,
65c. CoRsETs reduced to SOC,
81 CoRsETs reduced to 75c.,
| % CORSETS reduced TO $50,
The CORK, DR.. WARMERS. ABDOMINAL,
NURSERY, and all other CORsETs reduced In
equal proportion:
wAMsUTTA BIZ EAcHED MUSLIN reduced from
12k to lie,
| STRIPED and CHECKED SILKS reduced from
| zoe. to 50c.: from Toe. to &c.; from 81 to
75c.;
| BLACK sILKs-of which they have the larges,
stock in this city-reduced In equal proportion:
CoLORED SILKS, warranted 20 per cent less
than any other house in this city;
FRUIT oF-THELoOM BLEACHED MUSLIN At
| &C.; ANDRoSCOGGIN at sAc. DAvoL a,
10c., reduced from 12Ac.; AUBURN at 81:
Thelargest stock Of CALICoEs in this city a, from
| s to &c. for the very best
HAMBURG EDGINGs reduced from to &c.
from to &c.; from IL to &C.,; and all sner
! qualities to proportionate value;
KID GLOVES worth 75c. at 37Ac.;
ALL HOSIERY (of which they have the best as.
! sortment in this city, at u reduction of % per
| cent. from last seasons prices;
PIQUE CORDS at 7c. reduced from &c;
All other WHITE GOODS reduced:
COLORED DRESS LINENS reduced 25 to 1870
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
COMPREHENSIVE.

COMPREHENSIVE.
The undersigned. having purchased the interest
of j. F. NEISWANGER, viii continue under the
style Of MCCOULL, SULLIVAN u CO., assuming
'"e '"OA"'1~ NEIL McCOULL,
20 TbAw j. +. SULLIVAN.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28
r ANDRETH'S GARDEN-SEEDS.

For the protection of all patrons Of LANDRETIFS
CELEBRATED GARDEN-SEEDS WHO get their
supplies in Richmond we take this method Of in.
forming them that they be bought of the follow
ing reliable Richmond houses-yiz.:
BODEKER BROTHERS. l444 cast Main street;
4. w. NOTING. Jr., 1549 Main street;
POWHATAN +. DUPUY, 427 east Broad street:
JOHN a. AUGUSTINE, Seventeenth ana Franklin
streets:
j. +. f.. MASURIER, 1907 Franklin street:
l.. WAGNER. SIKH and Broad streets;
+. p. REEVE. COZ Marshall street:
MILLER K PIERCE, Fifth and Marshall street.:
r.. +. SALE, 200l Venablc street:
w. W. WALkE & CO., Cary and Laurel streets;
DOVE 4 DAY, Third and Main streets.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-02-28

We have the testimony OF physicians VINO pre-
scribe II, and OF patients who have taken It that 1T
~ MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE STOMACH AND
MORE EASILY AssIMILATEp THAN ANY OTHER
OIL. MEADE 3 BAhEk,
Importing and Dispensing Pharmacists
uol5 9l9 Main street, Richmond, Va.
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ADJUSTMENTS.

DICHMOND MOZART ASSOCIATION.
The regular weekly soree will take place at Mo-
Fart Hall THIS Thursday EVENING at 81
o'clock. Admission only by membership or invita-
ton cards. which must be presented at the door.
Members can obtain inviation-cards on application
at WAITS muslc-store, No. 920 Main street.
In 3-Th
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DussOLUTI0Ns & PARTNERSHIPS,

dissolution OF CO-PARTNER-
~ SHIP THE concern of MCCOULL, SULLI-
VAN & co. was dissolved on the LIST day OF Jan
uary, 1878, by the Withdrawal OF j. Z. NElS-
WANGER NEIL MCCOULL,
J. +. SULLIVAN,
j. L. NEISWANGER.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-10-04
Thoroughbred Versus Common Sheep.

A farmer, who is supposed to own as
good common sheep as anybody, sheared
his flock recently, and after weighing
the fleeces, found that each sheep aver
aged two and a-half pounds. Take the
whole number of sheepland they prob
ably will not average more than the
above. Say that wool is worth twenty
cents per pound, the profits from each
sheep will be fifty cents. Take now an
estimate of the feeces of the thorough
bred Merino and Cotswold, which will
average not less than eight pounds per
head-the net profits on each sheep ST.
60 or $1.10 in favor Of the thorough
bred. Now it costs the same to raise
the thoroughbred as the common sheep;
the mutton of the one is as good as the
other; the profits of the wool of the
thoroughbred is three times greater
than from the common. Every farmer
owning a flock of sheep should make it
convenient to purchase thoroughbred
ram to improve the quality and yield of
his wool; such an investment will pay.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-10-04
How Shall the FOal be Reared.

A foal lost its mother when two days
old. VIII you inform me the best way
to bring it up? At present | am giving
it cow S milk mixed with a little water
and sugar - Farmlr, You cannot do
hettcf than continue as you have begun.
There is no more suitable substitute for
the mare $ milk than that Of the COW,
at first used diluted with at least one
fourth of water, and to which is added
two or three ounces of sugar to the gal
lon. AS the little animal grows and
thrives, the diluting of the cows milk
may be gradually stopped nor will the
continuance of he sugar ha necessary.
We have known toa!s thus artiticially
reared, learn to drink a gallon Of cow S
milk thrice daily; but half this amount,
given as it should be, fresh and sweet,
usually suffices. Within a fortnigh
the colt will get accustomed to lick a
little finely bruised linseed cake and
drink linseed and oatmeal Cruel He
will also speedily learn to pick a little
grass and clover, and should gradually
be used to eating a handful of bruised
oats The first matter is to prevent
constipation, which is apt to occur dur
ing the first week after birth, by the
use of sugar, treacle, linseed Cruel, or,
if need be, by the administration Of a
dose Of lplxea eaator and linseed oils,
The next point is to accustom the colt,
as early as possible to variety of east
ly digested, good food, so that he may
become independent Of his foster moth
er's milk, of which, however, he will be
none the worse, even if he gets it for
six months Vet Ed North British
Aqyiculturia.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-10-04
Poisoning by the Swallowing OF Peach
Kernels.

a fatal case of poisoning by peach
stones which has just occurred IN Paris
may serve as warning to those families
in which children are allowed to look at
ter themselves for hours together. 1t
may be assumed that very few children
under the age, say, ten or twelve have
any idea that peach stones or peach
blossoms are dangerous. They have
been shown the deadly night-shade, and
probably the wild hemlock, and have a
canny dread of them; but nursemaids
are not nearly as fond Of pointing out
the peach tree as an object of horror and
aversion. The victim of the recent ac-
cident in Paris had certainly not been
cautioned against the attractions OF the
peach. He had developed, at the tender
age of five and half, the faculty OF reas-
oning on inductive principles, and he
saw no reason to doubt that as cherry
and APRICOT stones contained eatable kerr
nels the nobler fruit had at least an e.
oually desirable treasure i'll its inmOst
recesses. accordingly he secreted the
stones of number Of peaches which had
been sent to his mother from the country,
and possessing himself of a hammer,
when left alone broke them open indus
triously and then set upon solid feast
to which he did hasty but complete JUS
tice. The taste of the Kernels was not
perhaps on "A par with the expectations
previously entertained, but it would be
ridiculous to 90 through the severe labor
of cracking such hard shells without en-
tering into. the fruition Of the labor
when once finished. SO the unlucky
child was found by his parent on her re-
turn writhing in the grievious agonies
produced by prussic or hydrocyanic acid.
The arrival and efforts of the doctor
were vain, and another item had to be
added to the long list Of deaths by i'm