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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-02-12
PHYSICIANS.
IN n ATITTER after twelve

mr. G. MILLER, after twelve
aByes-. active practice In Shanksviile, has
Srssiu ,sLiiy lOcalei az Somerset ior the prac-
80 fo 4 = citizens Of Somerset and vicinity--
8as IL his Drug Store, opposite the Barnet
uasss, vhsre be can be consulted at al tunes
alls.sl -r's-si1nailv engaged.
ss-Rif1t calls promptly answered
s.-5 las.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
Cfcnrslcns.
lIETROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY.

METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY
NJ 0PEN From 6;SCA ~ 70 ~ u. II NJ l;ro., t.
and connects with e9r5 Tor south Ferry ro....
PARKPLAd I@Neares point for Post Office city Hall aai
Barclay street Ferry 10 HO5Oxen.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. point for PayOnia and Erie
Railway Ferry
FOR street FegTy
East Grand Street Ferries
BLEECKEKSTREEr-COnn Wlth cars ior last an
EIGHfH sTREET-Nearest point for Christopher Street
and Fast tenth street Ferries.
TOIkIEENTH-sTREET Nearest point 70 Union SluaS1
Walacks and Lyceum Thestres- Academy Of Music Ir
wing and Tammany Halls conn ,c,mg with cAfSio rh''
TWIN ENTYTHIRD-sTREET-N earest point 70 Bo2th's ~
James PARK Theatres. Grand opera II Ouse Dnoro
Garden. aud Masonic Temple, ana I"enV''nru 9N'''
THiRT4 HfiKf,sTREET-N point to standard,
Boadway and Fifth Avenue Theatres AqnaiiailT5.nl IA
sau Tralcsco Mnstrcls. connecting Win c"sior wee
Econ DsTREET-co Connects with New YORK Trans
. T.. Compsnys cabs fOrGrand Central Depot
observation-disclosures -Sesrest point for Central Pas<.
- Connecting with cars ~ Beit Line & hsli9Sd
EFrYTHTRD-sTREET and ElGiTHAVLNUE-
ltr uptown trans take east side stations
kroO9nown trains take west s;de stations - a 9TH
Trains will 10 Jsthst and othaye anu oousI ana o'+
F4RE i0 UESfs Except between the hours OF $50 -
N. VAN BRocKLIN. supertnteldent
NEW-YORK ELEVATED RAILROAD.
WEST SIDELINE.
o. ACCOUNT OF THE REBUILDING OF THE RAIL
ROAD STRUCTURE THE
MORRIS STREET STATION
WILL BE
CLOSED
eS AND AFTER MONDAY, MAY r. 1877
Il. STEWART,
General Superintendent.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

IOOK.-By a North of Ireland Protestant
vouue VI m m who is good cook In every branch oo'hs
meats fish game poultry. &C. In superior stves s also ~
excellent baker ami pastry cook desires the country
cor 9Th ave
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

COOK-By a professional French COOK, vic
"a experienced In every branch of cooking. baking and
AGO. Ding mas most references. Can be seen
M COZ 6th.aVc. between 35th and 3itlsis.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
COOK. WASHER and IRONER-CHAMBEK

NTA III and w AITRESS neat. tidy Pr0testants
GOOD family cook excellent breadmager and rsclass aund
Tess other chamhcrmad and waitress cry or cou
trv good references. PROTESTANT HOME l3o 6thayer
fopT doors lOthst
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

9t EAST 10Th STA suit of rooms to let
- with private table OF without board also, rooms for
gentlemen; references
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
BROOKLYN Board.

l1S EAST 23D-ST.-Mrs. II. II. Jenkins
80 Offers square room, second foor three windows
run
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

COOK.-By competent cook; understands
Y All kinds meats soups bread and biscuit also pastry
city or country good reference. 4l4 West 26th ST
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
COOK First-class English Protestant wo-

" man; large experience In very fine COOKING sopS s
and desserts pastries and side dishes cen tax S @ @ N
Of xiii hen; excellent washer and irOner WIN heI D !!
years old reasonable wages best reference HUME DO
iEAU l3S 6fhaXo.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

I ARGE FRONT ROOM, neatly furnished !;
hot and cold running water pantry bathroom adJoin
ing; with board good noishborhood terms moderate 1877
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

NOOk for hotel or Summef-nOuse'-D9 Coi
4 ored mau. age 80 years. with hrstclass references j
Thoroughly competent in all branches has been COOK Te
there weTe guests Apply address at CAhFEN lb
\ %. los 9th ave, near 9th-sj.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
m a. GERMAN EMPLOYMENT BU-

a lprxT NO i9l l3thst, Sd-ave. will always pe
y,5 Isrre number OF first class German servan'S
Iounu eed suitable for hotels private families boaHng
ec CITY and country references investigated MIS-
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
:. - r pIiCKF,s EMPLOYMENT AGENCY,

,qo an ave near oath ST. viii be found large NUMBER
- l servants for private fam hotels boarding houses
o. I'll neftons boh Protestant ana Catholic; male ana
S for country or city; orders by man receive prompt
ss,tenfion w IL. BUCKE Proprietor.
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

lady about leaving town wishes to lind
situation for waitress or chambermaid Wuoih 3h .sn
thoroughly recommend. CAL at No % East o4tnsr ed
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

NURSE. &c.-By a respectable North Ger
~ man Protestant as nurse ana seamsI.ss 10 Growh
Of family sewing works different machines
rtlerenc-s - 6tlIave.i please ring bell twice
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

AN ENGLISH GIRL in small Protestanlt ,l
n family; Is wiling and obging willing TO go 10 lhe
country FOR the summer; best Teledences on S' paw
svo1l ofi or address 34i shave, nrst no0r
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
Roaro ano Rooms

TUNO RENT-A ncely-furnished Doctors
Office also ncey.furnished parlor and bedroom, with o
without board nodeTate references exchanged 10
West 4lstst
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26

NURSE and SEAMSTRESS.-By a young girl
~ anxious to in family perfect seamstress
best Of references 500 GtaYe, near Z5d
New-York tribune., 1879-05-26
ai,uations Wanteo--f females.

I'LL HOTELS, Summer houses, eoardlng- alg,-
n houscs and private families can oe snppheo S thoI,c
ca pcotestant Tor every capacity at Mrs ,,d erdsTs o.
S 1y6 81 corner ave; no charge unu su'oui "iuoA'
We, ~ taco;,e Immediate attention.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26
Notice OF Foreclosure.

NOTICE is hereby given that William, Charles
N A., (deceased), Mary A. H., and Elizabeth 4.
Kitchen, of China, by their deed Of mortgage given
to Cyrenius X. Evans Of China dated Mar 25th 1851
and recorded in book 27 page 80 of the Registry Of
Deeds for the county of kennebec and State OF Maine
Il certain piece of land in China and bounded
follows, viz: On the north side of the road leading
from Eli Jones' to the Pond Road, called, 1t an
ash fence and stone wall, Of the east of the swamp;
thence northerly said fence and stone wall TO land
occupied by John q. Hall; thence easterly on said
Sprowls thence southerly by said Sprowls' land and
land formerly owned by James h. Haskell; thence
10 fence near the road and the road westerly to
the first mentioned bounds, said land being the
easterly halt of the farm on which William kitchn
now lives. containing fifty-fve acres more less,
and whereas, the conditions OF said gage deed
have been broken, L. X. Evans. claim the right Of
foreclosure thereof. CfRENICS h. EVANS.
China, Sept. :, 1879. 3w3y
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ton of articles in the hail. at o'clock r. NJ.
second Disqualification of horses and colts
md examination of same by committee, at
,clock A. NJ. Trotting for the society's pre-
MUM at o'clock p. NJ. Third day. Report
If committees at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Address
It IL o'clock A. NJ. Trotting at o'clock.
Governor Garcelon has been invited to de-
liver the address.
PENoBsCoT.
Bangor. next to Chicago, is the greatest
lumber market in America.
Wednesday afternoon, lot Of drunken
tramps congregated in an old shed in Brewer
md proceeded to have regular knock-down
md drag-out fight, after the most approved
ing style. They were soon arrested by the
Bangor police and carried to the station
house in Bangor.
SOMERSET.
Mr.. Jas. Horn of Cambridge, has thirty
three swarms of bees and has sold this season
about Sl05 worth of honey, having ut least
one hundred pounds remaining on hand.
WALDO.
Capt. VIM. Dickey, of the fishing schooner
Lizzie Poor, that arrived in Belfast Tuesday,
reports having seen the sea serpent three or
four DAYS ago, off Herring Gut, on the coast
of this State. The monster reared his head
not far from the sch. Lizzie Poor and trailed
his length along in full view of the men on
board the vessel, this in broad day light.
The captain estimated the leviathan's length
to be about $50 feet, while his fins or flaps
near the head were as large as barrel.
A black spider with body an inch long
and legs rs large As shingle nails, was re-
Gently killed by a lady in Brooks.
YORK.
VIM. c. Parker. proprietor of the Parker
House, kennebunkport. has failed. AT q
creditors meeting held at the house, Tuesday
afternoon, it appeared Mr.. Parker's liabili
ties were about $1,000. The Kennebunk
savings bank and Smith & Sands Of Bidde
ford hold mortgages upon the hotel, ant
Portland merchants and others have secnri
ties upon the stable, the furniture and othel
contents of the house, in all to the amount o
about $4,000. Minor creditors to thu
amount of some So, 600 have no security ant
find no unincumbered assets and little pros
pect of more than u very limited dividend.
To ignore the warning of approaching dis
ease is neither cautious nor safe. Prudence
would suggest the immediate use Of goot
preventive remedy. such rs DIR. Bulls Balti
more Pills, which eradicate at once al
symptoms of bilious diseases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26
State News.
ARoosToOK.

AhOosIOok
During two days of last week there was
not pound of sugar for sale in Houlton.
CUMBERLAND
The first cotton factory in Maine land the
second in the United States) was erected at
Brunswick, by the Brunswick Cotton Man.
ufacturing Company" which was incorpo.
rated March 4, 1909.
A story and half house and barn belong
ing to Palmer Hill, at Cape Elizabeth. was
burned Tuesday. Loss about 81 900.
Mr. George Hicks died at Cumberland on
Sunday morning, Sept. 2lst, at the age of 90
years and months.
Percy who has held position on the Port
land Advertiser, will sail for Europe next
week on six months visit
John W. Russell, Esq, prominent mer-
chant IN Portland, died at his residence on
Pearl street, last evening, of consumption.
KENNEBEc.
Crops in China with the exception of corn.
are good. There is slight rot in some
pieces Of potatoes, but they are generally
good. Merchants there are exhibiting their
faith in return OF business prosperity by
putting in large stocks of goods.
The Albion agricultural fair will be held
at Albion Corner, on Saturday, Oct. It'll.
The Riverside grangers have got their hal
nearly completed and will dedicate it very
soon. II will hereafter bear the title OF
Liberty Hail.
The North kennebec Agricultural Society
viii hold its annual show and fair at Water.
vile, Sept. 30th. and Oct. LIST and End. This
is one of the best societies in the county and
its exhibitions are well attended Gen. w.
>. Tilton has accepted au invitation from the
officers Of the Society 10 show ''Constella
tion," and this noted horse will be at the
Fair. on Wednesday, Oct. LIST.
The Kennebec County Agricultural Soriet,
will hold its 4sth annual exhibition at its fail
grounds, Readfeld Corner, on Tuesday
"Wednesday and Thursday. Sept. Both, Oct
LIST and I'd. Augusta is now in the limits Of
this society. Special efforts have been made
BY the officers Of the society to make this
fair surpass In its display of stock, dairy
products and garden vegetables, any show
previously held by the society. Order OF
exhibition for each day First day--Exami-
nation by committees on neat stock, sheep.
ssine and poultry, ut 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Drawing and discipline Of oxen and examina-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26
NONRESIDENT Taxes,
TN the town Of Mt. Vernon. in the county Of Ken.

TN the town Of Mt Vernon, In the county Of Ken.
L nebec, for the year 1875
The following list of taxes real estate of non
resident in theown OF Mt Vernon for the year
1873, in bills committed TO Loren f. Dollon, Collector
of said town. thel7th day Of August 1873 has been
returned TO me remaining unpaid on the
2st day of july 1872 by his certificate of that date
and now remain unpaid and notice is hereby given.
that II the said taxes and interest and charges are
not paid into the treasury Of said town eighteen
bills, so much of the real estate taxed will be suf
6cient to pay the amount due therefor including in
terest and charges, will, without further notice be
sold at public auction at the Treasurer's once.
in said town. on Monday the ed day Of February,
1850, at three O'Clock, P.M
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Assignee's Sale of Real Estate
DISTRICT OF MAINE, s.

DISTRICT OF MAINE, S.
DURsUANT To all order of the Court, issued Aug.
/ II, lsay, the undersigned, Assignee of the estate
of Peter Sbey, Bankrupt, will sell at public auction,
ut the Office Of Heath Wilson, Augusta, Me-
Thursday Oct - 1872 at 10 A. NJ, all the interest OF
said Bankrupt in the following parcels of real estate
to wit.
One lot in sidney known As the Davis Farm"
The same being an undivided half interest therein,
subject TO mortgage TO Iiavwell savings Instiiu.
tlon. dated Oct. D, 1871, recorded in kennebec Reg
istry, Book 30. Page Ill, for $780, with interest
scmi-annually at per cent. per .annum; also one
other lot in said Sidney containing sixty acres, more
or less, known as the "Sawielle Farm" being sub.
ject to n mortgage to Augusta Savings Bank, dated
Feb. ~, 1s77 recorded in kennebec Registry. Book
3i2 Page $50, for $500, with interest semiannually
at s per cent. per annum. The amount due on said
mortgages will be made known a, the time and place
of said sale.
septE.&~3w HERBERTM. HEATH. Assignee.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26
Courts OF insolvency.

NOTICE is hereby gwen, Than Courts OF Insol.
~ veGcy, will be held ut the Proba Office. In
Augusta on tie second and fourth Mondays. in
cacn month, at two O'Clock In the afternoon, until
Othewise ordered.
H.K. BAKER, Judge.
CHARLES HEwiSs, Register.
Nov. a., les. tdwu
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$500 REWARD.
MAYORS OFFICE.
AUGueTA. June rs.

AUGUSTA, June rs, 1879.
by direction of the Board Of Aldermen q reward Of
three hundred dollars will be paid for information
which shall be sucient procure the conviction Of
any person guilty Of setting incendiary fires In this
city the present municipal year, the to be paid
upon the conviction Of the iuosndiary.
CHAS. 4. NASH, Mayor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26
Nem advertisements.

o100 often makes 500 profit week in stocks
OuVU Write for explanatory circulars sent free
Iickling 4 Co.. 4. Exchange n, y. Y. "They enjoy
the full confidence of their numerous patrons" v
Y. Star. aug2GIw
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ny Hrguy Nm Active Parties to act rs Gcner-
al Agents for the sale of our
specaliies. Business respecta-
bic. Goods sell rapidly. We
~ go LII pay a salary a liberal conf
missile on sales. From 100 to 500 n month can be
made by live men. Hare chance for making money.
Address }. 5. MCDONALD X CO.. 10, CLARK s., Chi
cago. scptgSiw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26

A light, secondhand, two.seat.
ed. covered carriage. Address
BOX 103, Augusta p. O.
septl0,lw
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Be careful to call for COLLINS vOLTAIc PLASTER
LIST you get sone worthless imitation. Sold BY all
81 les ad rannds and * WEEKs Po IF ro.
priutors, Boston, Mass.
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CALL AT ONCE
and see the PNrLOr organ
Hunt is selling for $4,000.
New Style and Warranted
FIRST GLASS.
WOman's Christian Temperance Union

The fourth annual meeting of the Woman's Chr IL
tian Temperance Union of Maine. will be heldin
CITY HALL, BANGOR, Oct. I'd and ID.
On the first day there will be prayer meeting nj
"A. NJ. Convention proper will open Ut 10 20. The
annual address will BE- given by Mrs. Mary H. Hunt,
OF HYDE Park, Mass. The complete order ofexercis
es will be seen on the printed programmes.
The usual reduction In railroad fares is exp<cted
Every auxiliary Union and all women's Temperance
organizations invited to send delegates. Free en-
tertainment to all delegates will be provided and
places will be assigned sending name and sddres.
TO Mrs Sarah q. Palmer, IL Grove ST., Bangor.
Rp-An papers In the State respectfully request
ed TO give the above call Insertion in their columns
Mrs. G, c. HUNT, Mrs. l.. N. N. STEVENS.
Cor. Secy Pres. State W.C.T.U.
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STOCKBRIOGE
M URES.
New York Stocks

BDCGIIT AND VOLDON COMMISSION anu car
ried at a margin Of one PEI cent.
First class sock privileges which regent,
pay 10 TO 20 times the amount invested. Send for
circular, or call on BECk & CO., Bankers and
BrokersExchange Place, FOSton.
novol C0dt'
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26

Each package OF sAxYeRD'a RADICAL Cr1l contains
tons Tor iis use In all Price. w. For sale BY
all Wholesale and retail druggiste and desls through
ont the United States and CRnadas. WEEKS 3 POT
Err, General Agents and Wholesale DrasGisss, Boz
tom Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-09-26

E1TSt C1OsS E'TcnCh DycFs
Specially and New Process of Cleaning.
Any kinds Of Dress Goods. in the pieces, or made
INTO garments, Ribbons, Fringes, sacks, Velvets,
slippers, Kids, Feathers, etc.,, dyed or
;leansed, and finished equal to new:
Also Gents garments dyed, cleansed, repaired
and pressed ready to wear Carpets and Lace Cur.
tains cleansed Velvet trimmings of sleghs dyed and
Goods received and returned promptly by express.
send for circular price list. Agents wanted nevery
town. may2Ofeod&wu
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has been fond particularly beneficial as atested by
many fattcrng testimonials received during the Ia
six years from well known physicians Ofeyery school
United States.
Adults suffering from Dyspepsia, Prosfrdtion o.
the System, and General Debility will also find in
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DR., j, q S ERM 1
Boston Princinal Office 25I Broadway. N.

taking calls hmselfD sherman
Sd
friends augb
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" II1IHInt, IIOO IU.f0 IO.36
JAMES +. BLUNT, Treasurer Of Mt. Vernon.
Mt. Vernon, Sept. II, A. d. 1872 Sw4O
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THE cure effected In my by sAxroRD's RADICAL
/ CuRK as SO remarkable that IL seemed TO those
who had suffered without relief from any q the "a
affidavit to IL before Seth J. Thomas. .sq.. justice Of
'"' &c GEORGE +. DINsMoRE, psussrsr, Bosrox.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-18
TEIWG'5 YOU DON'T BELIEVE.

When an Old acquaintance meets you
aIter Il long separation and, putting his
hand like Il dead fish into yours, says, in
4 tone as feeling as q calliope's, II am
glad to see you" you don't believe It
word L4 says. When 81 women with Il
hayonet nose and q brcecil- loading eye
calls her husband |'Iarling,n you want to
hear from the tunlliy bcdcliambcr through
IA. augerholc before you helievcit. When
Il fat man tells you lie dosn't cat half as
much as you do, you dou't believe it
| unless yon are :s fat man yourself.
When & pretty yonng woman tell; you
she shall never, never marry, you don't
believe it--if you ;iSe Il married mara
When Il man takes an Over-atlcct tomato
interest IL another mans wife, and the
wife tries to convince you that it is the
hrothel'ly interest he takes il the h,Is-
band, y0u don't believe tiff yOu happen
70 be the husband yourself. When a
yonng roystercr is lugged homo stone
blind on New Years day, and swCars OF.
in The middle OF tie night for the whole
year, yoU don't believe the half Of the
whole. When L gentleman is frequent
ly seen issuing fG0!n belinda Il painted
screen with I painted nose, you don'1
believe his story about crysipelas being
the artist,-CinciHnati SHtMrtGg Night.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-18
n O. | 8
4 FRIECE's COLLECTION.

! AicssauIro Turionil il - Very Iich Ro-
| man Prince, who married q descendant Of
VctoriS. Co.onua in 1Si4 and afterwards
published ut lis own eclpeuse and for phi
vatc circulation, Il InagDiTaent edition OF
Nictoria's poep!s. He owns several pal
aces and hotels in Romo and a large para
Of the Campagna is his. He has long
been known as II conilOiSSeur in art, and
to possess at his residence in Rome many
works by the best modern masters. But
this palace is closed to visitors and few
people know anything bout tie treasures
it contains. il reports be true Ills col
lection in ancient art viii some day ere
ate q sensation in Europe. On the :u-
thority Of coCl lcspoudent of the Pilot it
is said that the Torloni:l collection con-
tains statues and busts which are far
superior rs a-wh"lc to ny,,othercollection
except those OF the Vatican ana the Cap
ito!. He is anxious to sell it and puts up
on it a price Of $4,000, 600. He has been
twenty-five years gathering it together.
Some Of the works wero purchased from
Giustin ami Caller, formed at the begin
ming OF the seventeenth century; and
others from the C;psarini, established at
the end OF the sixteenth century. The
great majority and the best works come
from excavations made in the various
lands owned by Torlon;a, and especially
from Porte, Il city on the Mediterranean,
where the Emperor Trajan owned II MAJ
niticent place, the ruins Of which are still
to be seen. 3. dccriptive catalogue of
the museum has 230 pages and eIumera-
tes $50 objects. The collection extends
,Ver 4 large part of Roman history, and
begins with Grccian. A series OF sculp-
turcs dates from before tie time Of Phi
dias, while the busts Of the Roman cmpc-
rOTs and or other men OF the time are u,l-
eqlalcd by any museum III the world, the
Vatican and the CaI,ito! not excepted.
The bUsts began with Caius Marious and
end with Nalcntini;.n, and arc 12O il,
number. Many of the statues arc coios-
sal, while the groups, has-reliefs and ba
sea are often Of rare work knanship, and il
some cases they are uniuun
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1879-10-18


bl3F~A correspondent speaking Of the
Sleeping powers of s5tonewall jackson,
says: This extraordinary talent Of going
10 Sleep under he most disadvaDtageOus
circumstances followed him into the field,
ard became of the greatestscIvice to him.
tic could sleep delightfully."- Oh horseback
during his forced marches, and ! believe
'olerably well on the battle field; and
'hls may have been the cause of the re-
iharkable powers of endurance for which
nc was noted. That his power for sleep
ing under preaching remained With him,
ha" occular proof. l remember being
present at preaching service held at he
1'of "t his headquarters, il East Virgin
a. one hot July Sunday morning, when
'e performed the champion sleeping feat
VI VI Inc Wnr- Thcre was no shade whatev~
F - aug the whole service was held in the
49,, Vi tho hottest sun that ever shOne i'll
1rn,' country The preacher stood i'll
oL |ackson'S tent, and Jackson sat
hn,i n;t"klesS camp stool aG his right
ra,;s Inc men composing the congre
s;,r"H' hcpG their caps Gn, to avoid Ruii-
,,''NHI, IuG Jackson'S il.,ns OF propricly
\ h h""'H NOT alloy him tt sit in tie door Of
.mf, ~ 'e"', or to keep Li., oa, un. The re-
r.'' ,.", was that he sat in tI,e .:nli. ned his
,Lap,iI, 's"""t SIX inches 5tum. his head 30
pDsi,i,'ls "i'j 'ls Lace, and slt,5 sw"e. y i'll ih4t
'''''ol throughout tlG ca1j-- .lryIce.