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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-11-02
AlxauOrla GazGttt
SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER

A PORTABLE EAH.-In Oil City, tic other
day, a small boy, with his head bandaeec, en-
tered book store and said no wanted to buy
some school books. AS the clerk was waiting
on him, he inquired the reason his customer $
head was tied up in such shape.
'Oh," responded the boy, 10 matter OF TACT
way, "a horse bit off my ear this morning.
"No!" said the clerk, doubtingly; what was
the trouble, anyway"
II tell you he did bite i! off, )" the lad said,
with some warmth, land | can prove 1t, too.
Just you look here. now, and reaching. down
into his pocket he dragged forth Wad OF news
paper soaked with blood, and slapped 1t down
on the counter. A crowd formed around the
little fellow, who with great gravity and par
donsble al. of trump, proceeded to uo"rap the
unsayory mass. Then he pulled forth CHASTITY
relic in the shape of human ear evidently tori
ont by the roots. "There. didn't tell you so?
he cried, exultingly. HE fetched it OFT at the
first nip The boy gave his name as Eagan,
and said he lived on the Clapp farm. While
working in the barn the horse reached his head
over the side of the stall, caught tho little TEL
lows ear in his teeth and chewed it of. Hay
ing thus delivered himself, the lad carefully
rewrapped his precious ear, thrust 1t 10 his
pocket and departed.
I L..
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STEAMERS.
DOTOMAC FERRY COMPANY

On and after SEPTEMBER ls., 1873, boats
will leave as follows:
ALEXANDRIA-G0O 90, 7 80, 50, 10 10 and
II 80 am, and ~ u.s. 2 CO. 80, 20 and 6 80 p. m.
WAsHINGTON-G 40, 10. 80, 1870 8. m.
II 10. and 20, Do, 90, 90 and : GO p. m,
AUG 29-tf
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OF the
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

This company offers unrivaliod facilities for
tho transportation of fraight and passengers,
and will run their stesmers regularly as follows:
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FOR NEW YORK

Tic Al Steamships E. q. KNIGHT cszas
and JOHN GIBSON leave the com-&Ea2
pRny's wharf, Alexandria. EVERY SATUR.
DAY MORNING, and Now York, from pier
Il Eas! River, EVERY SATURDAY at four
o'clock y. H.
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FANCY GOODS.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.

FALL AND WINTER GOODS.
A full limo of tho above Goods, which Will DO
sold at the very lowest prices, consisting IN part
Of the following:
Lsdies and Children's Hosiery, in white and
colored.
Ladies and Child7cn's Underwear.
Corsets in great variety, from sue. ny.
Gloves in great variety.
Neck Ruthngs in great variety.
Linen Collars and Cuffs in great variety,
Ladies, Gents and Chldren's Handkerch efs.
Zephyr Worsted, white and black, loe; COL
ored, 14c
Germantown Wool, all coiored, l0c.
e. q. BEKkY'S,
sop2S r. King street
EALL AND WINTER OPENING.
AN EXTENSIVE LINE or LADIES,
GENTS, MISSES. BOYS and IN FANTS
MERINO UNDERWEAk.
Kid Gloves, Handkerchief and Ccrset5.
A complete assortment Of Hosiery.
The latest styles Of Dress Shirts, Collars, Cuffs
and Neckwear.
Crepe Lise, Tsrletan, 1lluslon and Laco Neck
Ruling.
Zepyhr Worstod, Germantown Wool, leo
w COL and Knitting Yarns
Now Goods added 10 stock us they appear in
the market
sep 4. III. ADAMS, " Ming ST.
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Nail, Southwark, connects, Is. Gordonviiid
with Chcs. s. Ohio Il. *, for Staunton, Whit
Sulphur Springs and all tho watering places on
that line; and Eastward, TO Richmond aud
South. at Lynchhurg. COilnects with Atlantic,
Miss. & Ohio Is. Is. through Southwest Virginia
to Nashville, Now Orleans, nj omphis Little
Rock and Tcxas-and ST Danvilo, with Il. X u.
e. t. to South and Southwest.
Express Southwark connects al GordonviiIt
TO Eli points East and West on Ches. 81 Ohio Il.
K, snd at Danvile, with Richmond u Dan
vile *. +. Tor the Caroiinss George FLORIDA
and via Atlantis, TO Now Orleans.
For NAN ASSAS LINE leave Wnshngon
6 IS 3. m and Alexandria : % 8. NJ, daily,
except Sunday, arrive st Front Royal II ~ q. n.
and 1t Strasburg st II W noon, connecting
with the Valley Road TO Orkney and Rswiey
Springs and all the line, East and West Leave
SLasburg > ~ p. H., Front Royal 400 p. IA
connecting At MANASSAS with North bound mail
train for Washington and North.
For Middeburg daily connection 81 Plains
station
For Uppcrvilo regular connection at Dcs
plane
For WARRENTON. losvo Washington u:
33 a. M. Alexandria At 7 20 g. H. daily
All trains make good connections, al Wss:'
ingto1, TO and from North and West.
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington A.
6 IS q. m, running through without change
Through sleeper for Savannah, Gs. losT"3
Washington . IS p. m.
Through tickets sold st the loves! rates
je7 j. ID. DKOADUS, u. L. a.
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DESUMPTION OF ROUTE.

RESU MPIlCN OF ROUTE.
On and after THURSDAY, February l4th,
1878, the steamer n Alta NO, Captain
VIM. II. Byles, will be run as follows
Leave Alexandria EVERY MONDAY,
THURSDAY and SATURDAY, from King
street wharf, ct hslfpsst seven O'CLOCK
d. IN Homn q is
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, ct O'Clock,
for Washington, arriving early the same even
ing. Freight received daily.
feb II J. BRODERS & c., Agents.
INLAND 3 SEABOARD COASTING GO.
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FOR THE POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS

Tho now and oommodious iron aE~~s
steamer JOHN W. THOMPSON, sEzsstssksssE
built especially for thia route, leaves tho COM
pany's whsrl,' Washington, EVERY MON
UAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, n
y clock H. m, and Alexandria at 1880 g. H.;
returning, arrives EVERY WEDNESDAY,,
FRIDAY and SUNDAY. a. i o'clock PIN.
exandria with the w. g., V. NJ. & q. =. H. K.
CO. and with the w. s. 0. Il. Il. Go. Freight
received for all points, North and South,
handled with caro- md forwarded with prompt
meas and dispatch.
For further informStion apply "
+. A.. kEND, Agent,
Janney's wharf,
or at the Office Of tho company, under the Ma.
tionsl Metropolitan Bank, 10th gtree., opposite
the Treasury Department., Washington.
NH 10 SAMUEL BACON, President
,fsxa CLlDES STEAM LINES WEEK
pHlLAUkLrHIA, fKOVIpENCE AND
BOSTON.
Steamers lAaye Alexandria EVERY TUES
DAY and leave Philadelphia EVERY SAT-
u i:UAi, III IL O'Clock 70. from Pier No. N.
WLar7es.
This line connects A. Alexandria with Til o.,
&. i NJ. and " Il q. L. Rs, snG at Phisdel-
phia with Clyde's regular Steamship for Fall
River, Providence snd Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptncss and csres
free of commissions.
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia, and
0 wharfage in Boston. Quick time. Frequent
departures. Through rates and through bills
OF lsding g!von. Insurance at the lowest rates.
Agents:
r. a. REED, Alexandria.
VIM. L. CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphia,
GEO. +. HYDE, Georgetown, y. g.
JOHNSON BROS, Washington.
)sn Sd
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1873 GREAT 1873

PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
TO TIE NORTH, WEST s. SOUTHWEST
DOUBLE TRACK,
STEEL RAILS, SPLENDID SCENERY
MAGNIFICENT EQUIPMENT.
June 10, 1875.
Trains leave Washington from depot Of BAL,
TIMORE s. POTOMAC RAILROAD, Cor
ner Of Sixth and ST. 4ets, es follows:
For Phla. New York and the East, $50 o.
and LAO 8. n. daily, with Palace Cars. L!u
itod Express Of Pullman Parlor Cars 921a
m. daily, except Sunday. For philadelphia
and New York l.3O pm. daily. except Sa0
day; for Philsdelphia $50 p. n. daily.
For Pittsburg sndth West 10. 10 a. N. daily, VI.
Psrlor Cars to PittsDurg; 7.40 p. m. dai'7
with Palace Car to Chicago.
For Canandaigua and the North, 7.4J It
daily, except Saturday, with Palace Ca-
Watkins. For MstEi2s H. IL &. NJ. dali,
except S2ndsy.
LOCAL TRAINS.
For Alexandria 6, :, 3, 9.l0, IL AID II e. u all
l, 8, 4.:J, s, go end pm. On Sunday ST.
q. H., aid snd p. NJ.
Trains leave Alexandria fox Washing ton T.,
S.UO, so, ~ and II ala, i, >, 40, 6, - all
p. N.
On Sunday nt SOC a.J 10 .. H., and 70 .. Il.
THROUGH TRAIN FUR TIE SOUTH, VI.
Qua2tco and Richmond, Will leave alelnu
dria ST .. 10 and . 70 2. II. daily, and G3U p
M. daily, except Sunday.
Tickets snd information csn be procured al
principal railroad stations and ticket OH, c.
Southeast. L. Z. FARMER,
Ganl. Passenger Agen!
FRANK THOMSON
Gcnnral Manager. is4i
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~ IFNNTI TT t M ]
sunday, June 9th, 1878, at 4.l1 a. .
.nnVn "aSG,1nrfnn.

A. vi. leave Washinston: .,r,.
tllj-NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND E"1
TON ENpRESS. Ellicott City. On SUNDAY j.
Baltimore only. Stops Mt ShplcyS. Laurel \"
napOis Junction, JrSsupS, llanovrrand ElI. f!"-.
GjO-BaltimOrr, Annapolis and Way. tCIaI,"I
~, Strasburs, Winchester, Ilagcratown, ana W.
lO-fi;AITTMORE AND LAUREL EXPIRES,
Si0-Point OF Rocks, Cranberry, SmsburG, VIM
chester, Hagcrstown and Way Stations. ,,.,..,,,>
SW-NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, IDS ~
AND BALTIMORE EXPRESS. ParlrrC;lrs 10 ~"
York and Philadelphia Stops at Annapolis '""'
ton. ,<l,
PITrSBURG EXPRESS, IIagcrstown ami NI?
Branch. except Sunday. Through car to 9utliil!""'
Pullman cars to CINCINNATI daily Grafton - ''"
dlSllcy daily, except Saturday. ..,a,..,,.
gGy.On SUNDAY unly-Dalrimorc Annapolis ana
" IIuy.oo-BALr1MoEE EXPRESS. Stops at Ia.
densburg, BcIlsvIlc, Laurel, Ahii;tloiA
Jessup's and Hanover.
u. vi. ,,,, ,1,,. and
" i'S$j.-+NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND E'5-
TON EXPRESS. on Sundays To batliioi0 o'''''
stopping at All Stai?nS. I nl%lSSE a. ANnLAr
REL EXPRESS. Frederick Viz he'"s'
Junction. ,,,,,,.r.tn,ru
43jtfPont Of Rocks, Frederick, HtHeLs'''"in
Winchester and Way Stations. ON S"h"'@'
Point Of Rocks and Way stations "i u STATIONS.
4aS-tBaIimG%re A9mpoHliss Hp1 XIX AiND ENL
Norfolk passengers taken in the ears Iire,S I
at Canton. Stops ut liladensh'it7 'l' ''""
e jD-tBatiIn0re and Way Slaii"mISI.. 1,ypVE,~
7.ij-tCHICAGO AND COLUMBUS EArf'''''
sleeping cars to Chicago. ~
g55- 81. louis CTNClNNiTl. Lnl - . I','i't
4 Nd PIIvTSHURG EMPRESS. plltah!'is' 'N''
a30%tNEW YOKK, rliIIh DELPllIA NDEE n,;
TiMORE EXPRESS. Sleeping car i, To- Ne"
md special sleeping car TO Philisdr.u'mr',,i dav
fUaily. Other trains daily, except 9uno"''
All trains stop at Relay station ,u,.uun fT
Ali through trains will S'"natf sir Sn "n amIn
naor p5rl. ouJ Oakland Hotels during the S',~I
For f"rtirr nornatr" apply a! t'' B'!i n% 4. @,
)hiu Ticket Ullc' Washington >i'.t'%'; nrh -frrr
md 6l2 ,,ur>y Ivan:I aNrnH", anu o. Fii,' Ar
m 10 NJ W.,sh,u,toll whrrc orders vii 80
Or baFgass b.; sSke4 10 any FS Transportation
". NJ. CLEMENTS, M TI !, ., .a.,,T
GEO : KOONTZ, General Agent
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nov Its Com. Of w. B. Richsrds, lurat

COMMIssIONER,s SALE ,OF VALUA-
" BILE CITY PROPERTI-By virtue Of
DEGREES Of the Circuit. Court for the county OF
Alexandra, rendered the one st the February
term, 1860, and the other at the November tern,
1877, in the chancery cause Of Burrsge, by next
TREND against Burrage the undersigned. COM
missioner therein authorized, will otter fer sale,
by public auction on FRIDAY, the Sth day OF
November. 1878, at II o'clock m, in front OF
tho Court House on Columbus street, in the city
Of Alexandra, Va, the following property, to
Wit : A TENEMENT and LOT OF GROUND
in the said city Of Alexandria, or the west side
Of Fairfax street, between King and Cameron
streets, and bounded and described rs follows,
viz: Beginning on the west side Of Fsirlax st ,
at the distance Of eighty feet northery from
King street, and running nortEerly with Fairfax
street twenty feet; then westerly parallel to
King street fifty fonr feet sig inches; then south
erly parallel TO Fairfax street twelve feet SIX
inches then westerly parallel to King street
i've feet six inches; then southerly parallel TO
Fairfax street seven feet six inches; then easter.
" with astraight line to the beginning, with all
sppurtenances, and the right of way over an
alley three feet elk inches wide, binding on the
north line of the ssid lot of ground, and extend
ing westerly from Fairfax street thirty. seven
feet, in common with others entitled thereto as
occupants of the adjoining lot to said alley on
the north. ....-.-.
Terms of Sale: One tenth Of the purchase
money to be paid in hand, and the residue In
three equal instslments at six. twelve and eight
con months from tho day of sale, secured by the
bonds Of the purchaser, with good personal Sc.
curity and bearing interest from the day Of
sale, and the property liable to be reaold Of the
risk and cost OF the purchaser upon his failure
to comply with the terms Of sale. Conveyancing
at the cost Of The purchaser.
FRANCIS L. SMITH. Jr.,
oct 8-2swts Commissioner Of Sale
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FOR NORFOLK.

Tho elegant now and substantial .c.-s p
iron steamer LADY OF THE LAX Etfd z2IfEeE
leaves the company's whsrf Washington, EV-
EkY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRI
DAY, at five q clock p. H., and Alexandria at
$50 y. m: returning, leaves Norfolk EVERY
TUESDAY, THU nSDAY and SATURDAY,
at o'clock p. H. This line connects at Nor
folk with the ships of the Merchants and Nj
ners Transportation Company for Boston and
Providence. and affords the cheapest and best
route 10 those citiss and their connections
throughout Now Englsnd. Fsreto Norfolk $i !;
round trip ST. Tickets good until used
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AUCTION SALES.

S. Daalham, e. King street, has the fines:
Clothing IN the city.
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Beauty aiorns woman; Dealham's Clothing
the map
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DUBLIC SALE OF
- NnD DOL nlnN Do u u

DUBLIC SALE OF
4 CORPORATION BOND.
By virtue of an order entered at the October
term, 1873, of the County Court of Alexsndfis
county, Va, the undersigned, as committee Of
w. B. Richards, will sell by public auction, in
front of the Royal street entrance to the Market
Building, Alexandria, Va. on SATURDAY,
the 9th Day of November, 1878. at ~ o'clock =
m. the following property, to wit; One $1,000
FIX PER CENT BOND of the city Of Alezsn-
dria. Terms o. ssle-cash.
g-I-C. O'NEAL,
nov Its Com. Of w. B. Richsrds, luratic
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SSy t., WIG. MIDLAND q &. s. Il :.
w. JOHN 3. BARBOUR, Receiver.
On sad after Sunday, June 9th, 1878, Pas.
senEer Trains will run ss follows:
South Bound Mail. RIprese.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-08
An Odd Affair.

A correspondent of the Golden Ruel
tells humorous story of what happened
to lady at dinner party in Western
city. Seeing that the gentleman who
handed her in to dinner was not of lit
erary turn, the lady, good conversation
alist entertained him by talking of hunt
ing, dogs, horses and fishing. The man
was entertained and the lady exhausted.
1t was not many days after that she
encountered the same gentleman at an
other dinner-party, and 10 and behold
it again fell to her lot to 60 to dinner
with him. Turning frankly to him when
they were about to be seated, she said:
"Mr. So-and-so, you know quite we'll
that we have talked up every subject
which would mutually interest us. Come,
| propose that instead of talking (since
for the sake of our hosts we must appear
happy and pleased with each other, we
begin and count like this: One, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, and then
laugh; and the other take it up and go
on in the same way"
She had counted nearly up to fifty be-
fore he saw the joke, when suddenly he
let forth perfect roar of laughter, and
catching up the idea, went on-one, two,
three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
etc, until she had to laugh in spite OF
herself, and they began to be the envy of
the whole table, and were pressed with
queries rs to what so amused them.
The lady told this in the presence of
another bright woman, who lives in quite
another part of the country. They both
happened to be in New York on visit.
The story pleased her very much. She
went home, and being at dinner-party
herself she narrated it, producing peals
of laughter from everybody but single
gentleman. He did not even smile.
Their hostess at last cried out:
"Why, John, by your looks | should
think it had been YOU
With an indescribable expression he
answered, softly:
st was
This is true tale.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-08

approached the side of the shaft Once,
twice, thrice, he felt the cold icy face of
the clubbing" but as yet nothing except
Shiny boards met his grasp, affording
no more hold than the CLASSY side Of an
iceberg. At last he touched cross beam,
to which his iron muscles, now fully
reused to their work, held on like wise.
He soon found footing on the beam
below, and then letting go the treach-
erous rope, rested in comparative security
before beginning the perilous ascent.
With incredible endurance of nerve and
muscle he clambered up alongside the
guider, by the aid of the cross beams,
and by thrusting his hands through the
crevices of the timber. In this manner
he reached the opening in shaft b, where
the cage in which he had descended was
waiting. Chilled, cramped, aud frozen,
and barely able to give the signal, he was
drawn to the pit mouth PROSTATE and ex-
hausted. The boy was rescued unhurt
by man being lowered to the top of the
cages in shaft A. Johnson suffered no
ill consequences, and though hero above
many known to fame, he still pursues
his hardy task as shaftman; while be-
meath the homely exterior still lives the
pluck and sinew of iron that did not fail
him even in his fearful swing.-Cham-
ber's Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-08
Don't Fret.

Don't fret, don't! You cannot afford
to, any more than farmer can afford to
SOW his garden with noxious weeds. Look
in your mirror the next time you are fret
ting, worrying, brooding over something
gone entirely wrong, that should have
gone entirely right. Do you recognize
yourself2 Lines between eyes that look
gloomily into yours, eyes out of which
the glad sparkle is departed, lips com
pressed into hard, unlovely look, and a
dark shadow resting upon the whole
countenance. Can you afford to see that
face oftenl Can you afford to let your
friends see iti
No true woman ever lived, however
plain looking, but way down in her fool
ish little heart, unconfessed perhaps to
any one, lurked desire for beauty Peo-
pie may sheer at it all they choose, we
know beauty is subtle charm before
which the world bows. Queens have
sighed for it, the great heart of Char.
lotte Cushman craved it, one and all wish
for it. And natural desire it is, not
implanted by vanity, merely, but by that
recognition of the beautiful that our
Father endowed us with, when in his low
ing kindness he gave US so many beauties
of his creation to enjoy.
There are but few to whom the thought
of growing old is not painful. The
young girl thinks of being fifty years old
with repugnance; she does not think, if
she is not better looking in every sense
of the word at fifty, than at twenty, it is
her own fault, and perhaps might open
her pretty eyes very wide at the idea.
All my dear girls, the cosmetics you need
are not to be purchased; they are not
labelled "lily white, or "bloom of youth
Your deeds, and words. and your very
thoughts, are day by day touching your
fair faces into ripper, purer, sweeter lines
and dull. The change may be inpercep-
tible to you, but Time, the busy sculp tor,
is increasingly at his work. You can be
beautiful if your face is not true soul
beauty casts flash of its own brightness
upon the plainest face, Illuminating it
with something akin to the look all shall
wear that awake into the likeness and
actua! presence of their Saviour.
One of the greatest enemies to true
loveliness is fretting Our American
women, or many Of them, before mar
riage lead lives that totally unfit them for
physical sxertion. They are reared under
the hot-bed system, and their mental pow
ers cultivated in exclusion of all else.
They see nothing but the sunny side of
life, and are taught little of seltrelisnce,
without which, ones life often proves a
miserable failure, and then, ere they are
scarcely out of the school-room they give
their fresh young hearts and lives, into
hands but human ike their own, and
sometimes there are sad mistakes, hard
lessons, and bitter experiences in store for
them. How they meet lite's troubles and
vexations their faces in after years tell
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-08-08
Anecdote of David Barton.

Only few of the oldest citizens of
Missouri remember Senator David Barton,
one of our first and greatest statesmen.
Barton came Of very humble parents, his
father and grandfather having been shoe
makers; but, humble and lowly AS they
were, they gave to their illustrious de-
scendsnt an untarniShed name and Il Wig
orous manhood, that stimulated and en-
couraged him in the battle of life which
ended not only in placing him in the
United States Senate, but in giving him
a prominent and leading position in that
body. Like the true and noble man that
he was, it can be said to his credit, and
truthfully, that this worlds honors never
turned his head, nor made him the least
ashamed of his parents.
He was the contemporary of John Ran
dolph, of Roanoke, the eccentric Nigin-
ian who boosted of being descendant
of Pocahontas, the Indian Princess. Bar
ton and Randolph had many sharp de
bates in the Senate, in one of which the
wit and sarcasm of the Vrginian were
hurled back with crushing effect.
Barton had risen to a point of order
during fierce debate between Randolph
and some one else. at which the gentle
man from Virginia took ofiense. Dart
ting fierce look at Barton, he suddenly
turned his back upon him and addressed
the Speaker He said:
mir. President; The gentleman from
Missouri is out of order. His remarks
are not pertinent; no more so than my
question would be were | TO ask him
what became of his grandmother,s leath-
er apron" Laughter.
Barton smothered has anger, and re
torted in a digniticd, gentlemanly man
ner, in pleasing contrast to the sharp,
rasping tones of Randolph. He said
"rhe gentleman goes out of the way to
slludc to matter wholly irrelevant to
the question before this body, in the hope,
no doubt, of crushing me with shame
The poisoned shaft. So fiercely aimed, has
missed it, mark. | still live to say to
this SCOOTER at humble worth that glory
in being the 2 -andson of man who not
only wore a leather apron, but, in the
hour of his couutry,s peril, shouldered his
musket and fought for the liberties we
now enjoy. Cneersl Asto the fate OF
his leather apron, cannot speak positive
ly, but we have family tradition that il
was lost during the Indian war; say
lost out of respect for the gentlemsns feel
ings. Were to speak in palmer Ian
guage, | would say it was "olsn,sfo such
according to the tradition, was the fate
of the leather apron. The gentleman =
grandmother stole that apron and con
verified it into a breach-clout laughter and
applausel, showing by this act that she
possessed one virtue which her noble de-
scendant does not-ths oirtue Of shame. y
John W. Hutton IN CAAcago Ledger
Tnvv dr;fts into hate NOR. esa;Iv ,hs m