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, 1879-03-29

Southern papers Say tho revolver must go
go OH
Texas appears 10 be tle lone shooting
star State.
Count JoanneH IL playing III Now York.
Now. why doesn't he 90 10 Texas!
Widow Oliver is lying, but In, cay de-
cctyos. and don't you forget tt.-.Si,non Cameron.
The Chinese might mike 1t NIL right will,
Denny Kearney It they would pnt something iu bis
hat.
Mr.. Nenl Dow is IL, and still worry vig-
md actiso pcrson In spi.e Of excessive tenn
pcrancc.
The fourteen a1opcmants which have taken
place at Akron. o., hare scarcely !oft a preacher
Ia the county.
II you happen 10 rim across tho Countess
Of Kent. yon may know that she is Queen Victoria
travelling ihcoR.
Mr.. OLeary Las become rcconclled to tho
loss Of the belt. lie would have had to wear sus-
pcndcss anyway.
a1r. W. Irving Bishop, tho oxposer of
the Indian jagglors.
The South will never socedo again. Tint
IL to say so Iona IA IL has good thing At Wash
inRton US It has now.
Brother Ta1n,eoo ,,o1;ovoa in Hal, ort1 tho
existence Of 1}rookiyn prcsb,terics does uuuch to
strengthen itts belief.
Mr.. Titdon suffers sopowhot fro,n nara]v.
tis. hut do not cxpcc. 10 sec him totally
nuttl somo time In 1880.
jeff Deyis' littlo crnnddorr,,tor ia f,our;a,.
Ing, but 1t Will be somc t!ma yos be,ote sho cap
wcnt ler EranlFathery clothes.
Mr.. Jnmca Ruqa.,l r,vo1, 1os ~.o,;,,,5
a leave Of abseucc from the Government. aud viii
visit America during tho summcr.
Dom p;att doosn,t roco,,;7o .r,f.orr,,,,,
a,1 ,,a ,,..,s r.s.. ~. taanht
Garrahan vii, mover rccoenlzc him,
Wada uomnton "a 1A,,sn,; nst;!
bcautlfu, naIr 81 rorovon1 r,ntc,,as ,s ,r' '..,
,-c.on,I. ,,.ar lii, ,Iaos 49,. ., a'e wv 4"o"
Mr, G. P. Iathroo. ,ha houbora ~ t1ou
thorpe,x aonchtcr no. h,,,.h. 49, ,s,s~..a. 800.
at coucord-Hnwthnrno:s ~ hnn,o n "1'''"' o''A''
i. r,
1.rivarsa, .ro, ~ ',sa',. ne"''o"7 l''n ~
he usct, 10 swine mr. :, So,ttsrnss, wv 'APp''e'
e.,
ne[s'' ha.es Is occurring IN lndlann, and
1ona ,"ono. n ums '.a ~ coMa .ne oa'"' Ihoso DO
" 'N'.' ''A"'p'
No"Port VIII haFo tho Marquis OF Loruo
anu lin fFinccaa Louise this summer, but Long
Branch will still have tho btggelt sharks,
, 1879-03-29

16Ff70I Dl5odgck 70 7He 1F7b0Ht-
OsnKostrt Wis, March 29.-Tlie Republican
City Convention today nominated the follow
Ing Ticket: Mayor, Ossan Cook; Clerk, ]. u.
Powers; Treasurer, loft vacant: Justice Of the
Pence, Josepl, Jackson; Assessors, Jobcsc Fow-
1cr, William Hume, nnd Hus Thcom. Mayor
Bcckwtth was Inst year elected by 80O maturity
over a combination ol both Democratic mil re-.
publican forces, but. ths year, flo fails of re-
nomination, chiefly owing to local differences.
, 1879-03-29
OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS,

NEw YonE, March .S.-Arrlved: Baltic, from
Liverpool; alaas, from Rotterdami Alsattan
from i.ondon.
QUEENSTOWN, March 2s,-Arrivel. WIscon.
sin,. from New York. uul Lord Cltye, from
Phtlauciphia.
New Yonx, March os.--Arr!yed, Denmark,
from London.
, 1879-03-29

The Sccnnd Alycntists hare Gxett ipon tha
llth o. uer. July for t'lr end Of oil things. II
is suggested tlIat few ot their preachers might
DO good deal Of good bs delivering fow ser.
mons before the members Of the present 1egLa-
lature upon that Interesting su!1icet.
, 1879-03-29

It WIS very proper thing for The Legislature
10 resolve 10 adlourn over from Saturday until
Wednesday. The Lobby at Springfield has had a
rery busy timo OF 1t, ns we'll as the General At
setnbly, tllId bpth need rcat.
, 1879-03-29
CRII:itE'i'.

SAN FRANCISCO, March os.-lTorace 4. Web
stcr, Secretary Of the Occidental Cricket Club,
Ut this city, who returned from Australia by the
last steamer, reports that ten OF the English
gentlemen crickctcrs, accompanied by Lord
Ilarrls, who hayo Gecn mixing tour Of Aus
tralIa, will return home viu san Frarcsco by The
next steamer. Thry will bu invited to mattel,
in this city.
, 1879-03-29

1t tho present tcsslon, Tou EwIxa objcctcsI. Ii
II posstbto hut Ton wishes 10 again cali up ll't
uId, WORKOUT bill Of Ills which declares rcsump!
tIon m lmposshltys EWING doesn't seem tn
know that tic Ohio "idco'' belongs to tllu ira.
d,toAs md yagar'cs Of The past,
, 1879-03-29

A. canning establishment In 1owa adYertiscs
for 20y, 600 cabhaRc-hcals. Tlla Missouri Lcgls
taturo will plcaso talse notice.
, 1879-03-29

DRApwoop, D. T., Msrch es.-I.ittle Wolf
and bis band OF Cheyenne indians, numbering
thsFty'dse lodges, with ESQ ponies. mas captured
hy Lieut.. Clarke, Second Cayairy. with eighty.
I've Inen. on Do1.Eldes Creuk, ndas Yellow.
stuue River, Tuesday, March Is,
, 1879-03-29

It looks At this distance as II those who arc in
favor OF "thc old nng and au app, ,opr.atton u
arc willing to compromise By ornlttlnE tl,o old
0aR md simp]y rockctfng the appropriation.
, 1879-03-29
DEFEATED.

BosroS. March 25.-Ths Woman. utgrago
measure was defeated In tho nousu OF Repre-.
keatat!yes to-day, by vote OF Is to a.
, 1879-03-29

Tf0f)LETfa.


"Frou.Froun Is an exceedingly tltsaVrccab
p1ay md At thc same tto,e rrmarknhtv In.
.,ru,,tro ~. - nan..,.. !, ,,.,a. i..., ..,,t.,,
e!tuetse ., one' ~ eon'a'"s nt1er 'eseon' "h'ee
tfe OHosrfts In real lta-nfid There are doubtless
nAny--can take to heart and puntlcr over Ua-
brit, the daurbtcr OF 4 wealthy merchant, II
1,ro,,oht I'm II the Indulgence ~ or.r. ,rica -
>'.,. a.. :. e a,. ~ s,s.1 .a''.es
suo''t' h1"efea' atau Aao9ea' taaf1'cst "h'1o
sllll "a innocent Of tho world '1s baby, good,
kind, loyao1o mnn, who, unfortunately, Is too
dyculy engaged Ia business to mar hcr much NJ.
tcnt,nn n,,3 m te ,ot. l,.r m h., w.v Er,.,-
r."'"' ~. ~" o' ,s..to o W .,s,' " ' IV".
ffoa' H.o butterfly g'ldes from Hover
to flower stpplng every sweet, hut unl,nppiEy
unaware ,hut r,auy tlowcra gorgeous IN appcar.
ance contatn nofaon In their DAINTY chnifcr..
r,r.., a',,, arps.r . -. aaar.s an1 - ~ ..st,.
, ,nss' a''. ',"es5 sn' au"sss' "'A' "cr VANITY
fashionable society. shs is mother, but s,.e
ia ignorant even OF tic duties Of tI,.s sacred
no.itton, Nh, tnvo. hnr chI,11. In, /, iorc. h.
'so"' Gus % aose' "e' s, ~ ~. ,, :. ooles net
some. EroH-Frou's husband, senslhlo man
AZ he Is, objects to her conduct,
Ink In haa nnt,hcr t1,e lima nor I'm
,.s,t.a.t. | ~ IN" .a,o...,". ."o ~ ~. .'''
I"e'."a''o" ~ at'e'"pt" soto'.aa'"l' heF BIS
ter IL brought In to attend to household duties,
from theatre to theatre, from bali 10 bali. But
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11
NO. 15.
HITS AND MISSES.

Woman wants but little here below, but
wants that little in the fashion.
A Chicago verdict "we find him guilty,
but not very guilty"
81 study two pleas" remarked the judge
when the case was left to his decision.
'Sx into four once, you can't make it," as
the shoemaker mildly suggested to a lady GUS
toner.
1t is not always possible to keep from hav-
ing mud thrown at you but you can always
keep from throwing it at Others
All the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence signed their names with quill pens
except one he signed his Witherspoon.
The Cincinnati Enquirer makes the follow
ing correction: 'For it's poor mule that
won't work both ways, in yesterdays issue,
please read it's poor rule &c"
Many man spends money enough on
single vice to bring up two children and give
each of them handsome dowry.
Every one ought to be busy, but no one
ought TO be so busy that he can't do his work
we'll An overworked man is like a certain
plow of which we have heard which turned
up great deal more than it could turn over.
A little 3-year-old girl who had been accus-
toned to see her father use envelopes for his
correspondence, asked him, when he mailed a
lot of postal cards, why he sent his letters
away bareheaded.
An old judge told young lawyer that he
would do well to pick some of the feathers
from the wings of his imagination and stick
them into the tail of his judgment.
Lord annint him with the lie of Patmos :"
was the somewhat questionable blessing hurl-
ed at the freshly pastor of "A neighbor-
ing church by an earnest member praying for
the welfare of the new minister.
The other day while young swell was
asleep, some friends, for a joke, shaved of
one side Of his mustache. He has been in the
most distressing CONSERVATION ever since,
because he cannot discover which side it was.
It is said of Sir Isaac Newton's nephew,
who was a clergyman, that he always refused
a marriage fee, saying in a tone of pleasantly,
go your way, poor children, l have done
you mischief enough already without taking
your money"
When little Thomas stoops to toy with ber-
ries, jam and jelly cake, no art can soothe
the chastened boy-no nostrum ease his
stomach-ache. And if the gripping pains defy
the medicines prescribed to foil, his parents
will do well to try the limped, liquid castor
~;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

that the goods have been brought to their
present state Of perfection
heard a good story which convinced me
that we have patriotic dealers in our midst
An enthusiastic merchant, who evidently
knew more of wool than he did of history,
was recommending piece of American goods
to a customer. Holding it up and looking Mt
it ndmiringly he said, "There sir, there's an
American Bannockburn, and tell you it's just
as good piece as ever old Bannockburn him
self made" 1t is evident as a school boy he
hadn't declaimed 'Scots wha hae wi Wal
lace bled, or if he had, did not associate the
bloody field of Bannockburn made famous by
Robert Bruce, with the cloth that is made at
the mills by that name at Stirling, only three
miles away.
But, Scoth, or American, which you will,
they are all made into iaunty business suits,
and spring and summer ulsters, which are the
incest and most comfortable travelling gar
ments that gentleman can wear. did
mean to tell you more about the styles, but
instead have given you lecture in which
patriotism and economy are very much mixed.
| must add this, that where you hear chronic
grumblers finding fault with prices and talk
ing about "before the war" please remember
that you can buy suit for ten or twelve dol
lars less than you could even six years ago
and when you buy a suit ready made for from
SIS to S25, or have one made to order from
92i to So, you are getting it as cheap as you
can to have it upon honor in every way, to
have the man who sells it to you able to pay
his bills dollar for dollar, and the women who
make it paid SO they can live honest lives, and
not starve to death while holding their honor.
think the knowledge worth paying for, don't
you? SALLIE Joy WHITE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11
Miscellany.
Dives and the Angel.

ny ELIZABETH AKERs ALLEN.
An angel came 10 Dives as he slept,
A Presence with severe and searching glance,
who stopped aud questioned him; "How have you
kept
The promise Of your rich inherilance7
"How Is It that you still join ned to field,
And house to house, and make Your treasure more,
While want and misery remain unheaed,
And wretched children beg from door to door 2
"while pallid women, iner-soulcd than you,
Drudge weary year year for scantiest wage,
No hope before them, all the long days through,
But toll in youth and beggary in age?
'Has Heaven, which lowered you as It's almonor,
How many hearts, with gratitude astr,
Are happier to-day because Of your
"Hear. Lordw replied the rich man. 81 imporc!
know my wealth is only shining dust;
turn no homeless beggar from my door
Without a cup Of water aud crust.
"To bring the heather to Thy feet more near,
My name Is foremost, aud my aid is sure,
Aud my discarded garments, year by year
Console the shiyering shoulders Of Thy poor"
''Uufathful steward false and self-confessed,
Who hope to win the favor Of the skies
By graspng and enjoying all the best,
And giving only what you do not prizel
"You make a virtue Of your seldshuess
And hold the joy Of giving poor aud cheap,
BY Offering TO auOthcr's sore distress
That which you do not want aud would not keep!
"The girl who divides her seanty store
with one more poor, is princelicr far than you
penny from her slender purse is more
Than thousands from your bountcous revenue.
"Yosr fortunate fingers hold the golden keys
which make II a delight and joy tu live;
The jeweled gates Of luxury aud ease
Swing wide, and yield you all that life can give.
you dwell within palace grand and proud,
Fair as though coujured by wizards spell.
while others wander shrterlcss, or crowd
Iu wrctched huts where beasts would scurn To d." o
"You clothe yourself In raimput rich and fine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

The BUsHMEN are usually ranked as the
lowest forms of humanity, except, perhaps,
the South American Botocudo, and their man
ner of oral communication is very little like
human speech, being series of clicks, inter
spersed with harsh, entirely inarticulate, gut
teral sounds They are strange-looking crea-
lures, diminutive in size, singular in move
ment, bestial of feature, and strongly suggest
the connecting link between man and mon
key. If they can get no better food, they
will eat snakes and reptiles, aud they make a
kind of cake out of dried locusts which they
pound between stones and knead into shape.
They are cunning, and not without courage
They hunt wild beasts of divers sorts, even
the lion, toward which they creep on their
bellies, (keeping to leeward, so that he may
not get their scent, till within a short dis
tance of him, when they shoot one of their
tiny, poisoned arrows into a vital part, and so
slay him. In hunting the ostrich, they con-
trive to approach behind n screen formed to
look like one of those birds, until within ar
row-range, and kill a number of them. The
Bushman is very revengeful, and easily takes
offense, often without the least cause. Not
infrequently he hamstrings a whole herd of
cattle because the owner has angered him
Willingly or unwittingly. The Dutch Beers
in the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope are
so afraid of him and his poisoned arrows that
they do not hesitate to shoot him down as
they would a rabid dog whenever they have
an opportunity He is not devoid of intelli-
gence, and might be civilized, it would seem,
but no effort in this direction has yet been
made. His treatment has been of kind TO
render him still more savage.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

The PIKE's PEAK SIGNAL STATION. The es-
tablishment by the Government of a Signal
Service station on the summit of Pixies Peak
though thought for some time to be unneces-
sary, has proved to be very wise measure
1t is the highest station, as well ms the high
est inhabited part of the globe-its elevation
is usually estimated at about 4, 800 feet-and
present indications are that it is yet to stand
at the head of all the astronomical aud mete-
geological stations of the world. 1t is admi-
rably adapted to the observation and study of
nature, the rariety of the atmosphere bring
ing out to a remarkable degree the cearness
and brillancy of the heavenly bodies. The
nights are almost always cloudless, and cloudy
days are exceptional, nine-tenths of the
storms being below the Peak. The best re-
port of the last total eclipse of the sun receiv-
ed at Washington was Prof. Loud's of Colo
RADIO College, from observations made at the
Peak. The summit of the mountain contains
GO acres and at the loftiest point stands the
signal station, a rough stone building, ~ by
30 feet one story high which contains the
officers room, kitchen, store-room and wood
room. On that bleak, lonely spot, nearly 20
miles from any human habitation, the three sig
nal officers, sergeants specially detailed from
the army. live the greater part of the year
The station is miles from the timber-line,
where vegetation for the most part ceases
Short grass, tufted with delicate Alpine flow
ers, struggles against the cold air, as it creeps
toward the summit but in that region are
hundreds of acres of barren, gray-reddish
rocks; not a yestige of vegetation within
sight
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

RonERr CoLLYER's Chicago church of the
Unity had Miss Mary F. Eastman for its
preacher on a recent Sunday. Mr. Collyer,
after Miss Eastman had concluded her ser
mon on Immortality" stepping to the front
of the platform, said: Hawthorne said
many years ago that the coming preacher
would be woman. We shall all believe now
that it was a prophecy, and, after listening
tonight, we preachers of the other sex are
glad that we got our chance TO speak first
When a woman can speak such sweet and
helpful words as Miss Eastman has given us
tonight, this pulpit will always welcome her,
and l believe all other Christian pulpits of
other sects than our own, will gladly welcome
such women" Turning to Miss Eastman, in
the presence of the congregation, he added
you have helped people into a larger out
look. 1t does them good"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

A JOKE AT THE EXPENSE OF G, F, Awhile
debate was in progress in the United States
Senate not many days ago on a public health
measure to prevent the introduction of epi-
demic diseases at Southern ports, a substitute
for the pending bill was privately circulated
in the Senate Chamber, creating much amuse-
ment 1t proposed that well-known Mass
achusetts statesman, noted for the frigidity
of his manners, be requested TO pass the sum
mer at the quarantine station at the mouth of
the Mississippi, and to board all vessels ar
irving from infected ports, as his presence
could but produce such fall in temperature
as would destroy the germs of the epidemic.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

A table of wages and the cost of living,
with the price of staple articles of commerce,
going back as far as the year 1900, has been
published lately. 1t shows that wages dur
ing the thirteenth century were about 30
cents week In the next century they ad-
vanced some 10 cents, and continued to ad-
vance slowly until, in the last century, they
had reached Sl.S7, The average for farm la
Dor in the same countries at present is $3.50
per week. Wheat in the thirteenth century
averaged II cents, or eight and half days
labor, a bushel Now wheat is WORTH whole
sale, in Europe, about 81, 4G bushel, or two
and a half days labor. In six centuries meat
has nearly trebled in price; but wages have
increased more than sevenfold.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

An interesting feature of the April ScRIB-
NER is an article on III. NJ. S. PinGtoTe," " CIV
ing information about the setting of the scene,
the casting and dressing of the parts, the man
agement of the orchostration, and the spirit
of the play. Three illustrations accompany
the article and add to its value as an aid to
non professionals who desire TO tread the OPP
cratic boards in this deseryedly popular piece.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11
BR1TTLEBORO
Business Directory.

CUDwORTII ~ CIIILDS,
General Insurance dIid Real ES-
tdte IgeHts.
Representing the FARMERS and UNION MUTUAL,
as well as many Of the largest STOCK COMPANIES,
together with the largest and strongest LIFE INSUR
ANCE COMPANY in the world, and the most ecOnuIn-
IcAl ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY.
DEALERS IN BANK STOCK.
10 Crosby Block, Brattleboro, VT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-04-11

CEDAR, June L.
"Dcar PhH- When are you coming Ce-
dar is in full feather Picnics set in to-mor-
row strawberries just right two delightful
widows loSts of girls and the whole house
crying for you. Come along by return mail
l meant to say the picnic was day after to-
morrow. | shall be at the late train to-mor-
row. Yours rs usual
HkRHY
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-25

The offer OF the Funding As>oci-
alton is to abate 100000 year
for ten years, 100000 a year for
20 years and 100000 for ten
years. They also propose to give
us half the accumulated interest if
we will Fund the other ha | +.
This saves us $2,000,O00 more.
Total in 40 years 26 millions. "a
The Auditor on page 5 of his
report shows an annual deficit of
$770,O00. This we think TO 0
small sum. Suppose we make
it $S00,000. Then as the new
offer would save 100000 year,
We could pay three per cent. and
have a margin of 100000 year,
after supporting the Free Schools
and Tic entire State Government,
This is very nice, but we are ask
ed to pay for it, the jewel of our
State Sovereignty.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-25

that blade of grass could not be over
come by that inadel philosopher. So
it stands as the foundation of the
christian religion. 1t is the support
of the truth of God, which is more
weighty than the granite hills of
earth. 1t is the only power that can
restrain the minds of men. The dun
geon cell may secure the body, but
the mind can rur out over the hills in
its chariot Of thought. Distance may
dim the eye, dealen the ear, and ST.
lence the tongue. But the mind with
its eye can see through the dim vista
Of years that have gone; with its ear
it can hear the thunders that have
died away on the wings of the dis
tance; with its tongue it can gossip
with the loved ones Of yore, or hold
sweet communion with angels
The mind though thus powerful, the
mystery contained in mustard seed
can chain it to the earth like thing
without life. The mind, though it
can ride over the hills and mountains
in its swift chariot, the mystery con-
tanned in the creation Of things, can
break its chariot wheels, and lay to
earth its dragon steed. WILD BILL.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-25
WEBS1ER'S REBUFF.

II Is said Mr.. Webster once tried In au
ungallant way TO break down woman's
evidence, and he met more than his
mitch II was IN the somewhat famous
Mrs. Rodgen's will, which was tried IN
the Supreme Court. Mr.. Webster APP
pearcd os counsel for The appellant.
Mrs. Greenough, wife of Rev. vii.
liam Greenough, late Of West Newton,
tall, straight, queenly-looklng woman
with keen black eye, q woman Of great
self-possesslon and decision of character,
was called to the stand, n witness on the
opposite side from Mr.. Webster.
Webster, at glance, had the sagacity
to forrsec that her testimony, If Il con-
tanned anything of importance, would
have great weight with court and jury.
He therefore resolved, II possible, TO
break her down. And when she nn-
swercd to the first question put her; "I
believe" Webster roai'pd outi
"We don't want to hear what you be-
llcyc; we want 10 hear what you know !"
Mrs, Grcenougli replied, "rhat Is just
what ! was about to say, sir" and went
on with bor testimony,
Notwithstanding his repeated efforts
to dlsconeert her, she pursued the even
tenor of her way, until Webster, become
Ing fearful Of the result, arose, appa-
rently In great agitation, and drawing
ont his large snuil-lpx and thrust his
iliumb and finger 10 The very bottom.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-02-25
About the Census.

Tho Bill passed by tho U. S,
Senate gives TO the Secretary oI
the Interior, Mr.. Schurz, the pow
pr to appoint ono supervisor of the
Census for each state and the state
superyisor must appoint tho coun.
" agents. The House of Repre-
sentativos has 80 amended the bill
as to require the Governor to nom,
inatc and tho Secretary to appoint.
IL Is not likely the senate will
yield, for u tho House refuses TO
yield tho old law will remain and
this puts tho power In the hands
OF the Marshals. We think the
senate will carry It's point MS tho
h"nse would prefer this to tho
present law and if Tho House
should not yield tho senate will
prefer tho old law to tho House
plan Bnt we shall hope the
House inry earry lie point.