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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

Mrs. Rogers hes our thanks for Ass
ueighborly remembrance. in haga'
DR.. Watkins, We arc told. has gous
to Brennan. 9illhrtm " rllir,V td
Gid G. johnson 70 the assignee d
Daley h Daley, Of Strinstown, ,
JAS. M. Mullins, Of this place, 10 Of.
tending medical lectures at II. Louis,
Samuel Patterson died in Geo.aT,
Malone's house on Monday, ofearbun.
ole followed by erysipelas. iisr p -
Rev. Mr.. Belvin has besa compel.
ed to resign his charge on aoooant Of
serious illness il bis family. hat p
q Our young friend J. NJ. Killoush
called on a. last week. He 10 engaged
10 tesohing 10 Fayette eosnty. h'i hr
j NJ Wilson is nov 10 charge Of
Hutchison's Ranch. but makes fire.
quent visits to former social CIRCLES.
Mr.. Sneed, of Austin. was here some
DAYS this week, partly on business al
Executor of the late Mai. Burleson'a
estate. " urA isfu fiii. yia otii.
Our District Clerk, Mr.. Hardin, hal
his Office with Mr.. Green the County
Clerk. Judge Fisher also has . deal
there-we presume in order to "keel
the peace" W nt5t,t.. ..lnn
Prof. Eve. our new County Survey
or, displays q commeudable interest
aud pride in his business. He has ,
very fine and perfect set Of new .iostru
ments. which in his hands will. nc
doubt. insure accurate work-a mattel
Of the first importance to, the public.
Mr.. Barnum, at present of this place
lately reminded US Of an anecdote O
an Indiana politician Of some note
While addressing crowd in Northern
Indiana in the campaign of'68, a wo
man among the audience gave birth t
q child, which being of the proper
gender was named after the speaker.
We are oredihly informed that thu
pair Of twin boys whose coming wal
anticipated by our friend Elder Will.
hanson, turned out to be only one fv'
pound girl baby. If we may infer
however, that the Elder sympathisea
with the lines Of "Jeffries, in another
column he is still reasonably happy OF
the occasion,
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VlcK'S FLORAL GUlDl

A besstifsi work Of 100 Page. one Cesesse
sioos Of the b>ss Yiswers aud Vegetables. ss1
bs~ 70 roe then. All for . hive cest ssanp.
In EngIish OF osrnss.
ne .vfo.es and Vegetable Garden" IL Pa
ses ols ce,srsd Piasss, ard uasy hsodssd 30
grsvisgs. Fer - eesn In psIsf eevers; VI " 10
slegast eiosh. In eansn OF kns,sA
"y,,t.s li,ussr.ss< noasAiy nasssine''-s9 Pa
go a Cojere< Psts 10 ever ssnser and osay
sss Ksrrsvfses- Pno el IS yssg uvs eepsss
Cor IS %. spessnss Hsnssu ssss ses 70 ssoss-
.yyrt.s seels'' ere he bsss IN ths ssrt1
s<.1 Nvs Cess sssnp ~ uwsi ou1ds, eestsis.
Tag la ap< Yrisss, al Hlssty ~ lnscnsaee
ADDRESS, JAnn VIZ, kssessfefs l.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

The following touching lines arr
to be applicable to this lati-
tude about these days: oa.
The frosty nights have come again,
And At this time Of year
The single men, who sleep alone.
France round upon their car,
They turn the bedding quickly back. e..
And then they tumble in;
Boil up into little lump
Their knees up TO their chin.
And then unto themselves they say,
Just loud enough to hear,
"By George. this thing has got TO cease,
Before another year."
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

HBG0r NEc6A NM vhSAsys
The holidays have been cold and
cloudy with some rain. They were
spent by some close about the fire. BY
others in drawing the bow and shsk-
irg the foot and by others in extract
ing she poison from alcohol.
There is not much blowing done
here yet. Wheat that is sown and up
is probably killed BY the cold weather.
We have no public free school for
the v.nt of money. There is . Sun
day School at Friendship church. II
has not been so prosperous as could be
wished, . part Of the trouble seems to
bel Baptist body and Methodist head
Let there be peaes.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

WE have been remiss in not sooner
noticing the last issue of the "Aneri-
eau Sketch Book" Mis. Bella r.
Svisher editor and publisher. Miss
Kate Efnor assistant editor. The las.
issue contains historical sketches Of
Washington and Brsros counties. and
other similar matter Of Interest, to say
nothing Of /. love poem addressed TO
her husband BY the editor. The
Sketch Book is InprovinE.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

George Hancock, who died at Aus
tin on Monday. was a brother Of Hon.
John Hancock, and one Of the genu-
inc Texas veterans, having participant.
ed in the battle of San Jacinto and
performed other services of value both
to the Republic and the State. He
was a large landholder in this vicinity.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

FIcK's FLORAL GUIDE.-This work
Is before us. aad those who send five
cents to JAMES VIcK. Rochester, N,
L. will be disappointed. Instead Of
getting cheap thing. as the price
would seem to indicate. they will re-
clevs very handsome word of lOC
pages. and perhaps 500 Illustrations
not cheap, but elegant illustrations. on
'he very best of calandered paper. and
asa set of to the whole. an elegant
Colored Plate, that We would judge
cost twice the price Of the book.
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Notice Extraordinary!

Notice Extraordinary!
We offer for sale the best make oil
Wagons and Flows. Also both bar.
bed and common fencing wire.
Our stock of Dry Goods will be sold
cheaper than ever. Groceries also very
cheap for cash.
N. B. All knowing themselves in
debted to us will please come forward
and settle without delay. we mas
haze money.
D. r. COCREHAM & Co.
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TEE firm of Donaldson & johnson
will by mutual consent be dissolved
Feb. l, 1879. Their present stock il
full in all departments and will be sold
at greatly reduced prices, strictly for
cash. ,.. 1854.
Those indebted to Us are earn
estly requested to make early settle.
ment, as our books must be closed BY
Fob. 1879.
DONALDSON 4 JOHNSON.
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THE prospectus Of the Prairie Farm
er-the best Agricultural and Stock
Journal, combined with a good Fami'
ay Newspaper. that We know of-w;ll
be found in another column. We
club it with the FREE Press at %. 81
for both. ."'.-
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We send some copies of our present
issue to persons who are not subscrib'
ers, in the hope that they may like it
well enough to favor us with their sub
soriptions. The new year is the right
time to begin. ---
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

THs cold, cloudy weather has, con
tinued for the most part during this
week. The lowest point reached b.
tho mercury, We. believe, WA l8s
above zero. iuss
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

THOSE desiring local notices or ad-
vertisements inserted must hand them
in on or before Thursday evening in
order TO secure their insertion,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

SEE prospectus Of the Detroit Free
Press, popular favorite South as we'll
as North. We club it with our FREE
PRESS at So. 40 for both.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

c. DALEY, of Stringtown, We be-
lieve boasts the champion pig Of this
"Ack Of the woods" 1t. weighed
40 pounds, net There were two
others of the same litter Of pigs
which weighed some 400 or 500 pounds.
They were Of the Poland China stock.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

THERE was ball last week at Hof.
heinz Hotel and there will be anoth-
or at Harper's Hall oa Friday night
NEXT. .. XII Ia'.i. =. a
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

SEE prospectus of Appleton's Jour
nal and Popular Science Monthly, in
our columns. Each is of superior mer-
it in its way. We club the former
with the FREE Press at "a. 40 fol
both; the latter at s.. 80.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

Go to j. Remer's new Drug Store,
next to Hefheinz Hotel for your fine
and cheap cigars.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

DRESS GccDs, Shawls aud Winter
Goods at cost, at rt. ,se .'
DONALDSON g. JoHNsON's.
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Postage is prepaid on all the above,
and premiums sent in some cases, For
particulars inquire at this office. ia
We will also order any of the above
siIgly, or any other paper OF periodical
at publishers prices, free OF charge.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

WE need aud must have soon the
numerous small amounts due us on
subscription or otherwise.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

Col. McCord and family Of Brown
county are here on visit.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-01-11

QUERY: why will men smoke
common tobacco, when they can buy
Marburg Bros. Seal Of. North Caro-
lima at the same price?" 9 Feb. Ely
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2 SEE corrected Market Report and
Clubbing List.
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GET yeur fresh drugs at Remer's
Drug Store, next to the Hofheins
Hotel, ''''V
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SEE advertisement Of Mr. Noble 81
the head of the river property tor sale
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eHONAE NEWS.
s,rayeS or stolen

ra - StrayoN %. stolen inH'@1f
Prom the subscriber on Thursday, the
ia inst..a hallel sgd iD fiiI it
Inia"Y pARk BAY PONY, ,Ia .7t.r
.hout six years old, branded o h Gu
l.ft shoulder, and 3 on jaw. Was in
,ood order and unshod. Hind feet
vh;ts. Was raised ut Hutohison's
ranch. '' '''" .,H ~
"A suitable reward will be paid for
hi. return to me at SaA Marcos, or to
i'm. WILSON. ~ Hutchisoa's Ranch.
ioyah s Il. Hi JULIAN. !,
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SEE advertisement "Ex-Soldiers
Attention" u, Oil
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bsr:, $40. shag yl,mfflr s p. ,il
Ed L Green to I II julian, part
Of lot 5 block Sin San Marcos, on pub'
lio square. 1850. M, aa,e .nl lo,e I
NJ Umstadler and wife to D Cohen,
several thousand sores Of land in Hays
comfy, ,s,,mii 1uo9n I'D a
IT Wilson to w D Hutchinson, 72i
acres Of the Ve5smendi league, near
San Marcos, SLIGO, .r al
w o Hutohison to Thos Cheatham,
same land 90 above. ea,i..
W Pelham aud wife to J D Cady
LOG acres on Bear Greek, $l7t. i.
Same 70 same. undivided interest iu,
land on Bear Creek, 600. Ell
Mullins 4 Hutchisoa to B Hurst,
redemption Of land sold for taxes,
Same to J T Goforth, part Of Little
survey, 800. ,.,..,.
seq W J Collins to B N l. Fl F
Collins, 100 acres. $1,000. XIII
Ell Collins to R NJ Collins, inter
est:in lot % Of Hanna league, $50.
r NJ Collins to 8 & W Collins l85
acres $500. 80,
State to W B Stephens, letter pat
emit.
w B Stephens l. Sons to Edward
Sweny, laOd, $3.50. ''
WR Sims l. wife to R A harrel
lis acres on Onion Greek, $40O.
RIA Harrel L wife to Ed Sweeny,
same land $500.
Ed Sweeny l. wife to Paxton & Co,
same land, $500.
JP Richardson Is Geo T Malone,
lot 4 in block Sin San Marc os, $500.
RIP Ellison to Joel Philips, 100
acres Of Hemphill league, $500.
wv Earnest and s RKone to 4 NJ
Robbins, part OF lot 8 in block 8 in
San Marcos, $500. 4' '1
RIM Caldwell to W H Robbins part
Of above. $500, a'd W
R Haley survey to Peter Westrick.
tax deed.
State to A j Peel. assignee, letter
patent. Z.
Al Peel to W ] Good, certificate
above.
State to Al Peel. assignee; letter
patent.
AL Peel to W J Good, 1921 acres
on the Blanco, $3.50.
Kerby to M A Stephenson 202
acres on the Blsnco, SOL.
E Nance to Jas Stephenson 239 acres
between Blanco and Onion Creek,
1928. IS 5 sn.a D." al4 @
ON Smith to I J Good. land on
Onion Creek, $499. ollf@T" 'a ~
Cemetery Association to E P Ray
nolds, lots, $50. " '1
Same to j H Combs. same.
Jas r Pace, by executor to Il j
Sledge 1881 acres Of the Albert Pace
league, $500. -'l' '''' '''' ''''''
Jas Langdep and wife to G L Me-
Gehee, IL acres Of Chambers league,
$3.50. ''' ''''
LC MeGehee to Jas Langsdeu. DO
acres near San Marcos. $1,000.
Jno Hancock to II G Williams,
land on Onion Creek. $500.
-Chas Wolf to W L Harris, 288 acres
Of Burkham survey, $500.
W L Harris to Il G Williams, IS
acres on Onion Greek. $95.
Err Kone & Ed j l. Green, to ] d
Eastman, lot 4 block z in San Marcos,
$3.50. '
IS Voolfolk and husband to M L
| G Hopkins, farm lot l, in San Marcos.
$1,000.
Hopkins and wife to W W and
Sue s Voolfolk, West half Of lots l
and 2 block 8, $500.
TT Markley & wife to T A Devin-
ny, lot 2 block 6 San Marcos.
VIM Thompson and children to | G
Wootton and wife 332 acres Chambers
league$63a. IS. W ~a. .3n '+
CIV Movre to Jas u Neal. $50 acres
Of Lansing league, $500. q.
CS Cock to Saml Patterson, lot 2
block 4 in San Marcos, 500.
WO Hutchinson to ] W Green, 30
acres on the Blanco, $50.
AC Danforth and wife to Ed j L
/ n N ILL q a..
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Our Official Directory will be foua'
corrected. ay,t e.
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BARGAINS in Ribbons. Hats, Cloth
ing, ETC., at Yg rDla"o
DONALDSON & JoHNsoN's
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uspers ana NAess}nss, ssush o. ksrtA. q pub
iIsbers' prices, tee OF chargs. o. eiub them vits
the FREE PRESo a rsdsced rstss.
Any book Ala farulshsd. Tsrns CesA IN "a
vance. Sen
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Death Of Lloyd Garrison.

NEW YoRK. May 24.-William Lloyd
Garrison died at IL o'clock tonight.
William Lloyd Garrison was born at
Newburyport, Mass, December 12, 1904.
His Inheritance was poverty and toll. At
a suitable age he apprenticed himself and
learned the printers trade, and at seven
teen commenced contributing to the daily
press. In his twenty year he estab-
lished the Newburyport Free Press, which
failed, he then went to Boston, worked a
while at his trade, and became editor of a
total abstinence journal styled the National
Philanthq0pist. His next change of base
was to Bennington. Vt, where be acquired
an interest in the Journal of the Times and
advocated the abolition of human slavery.
This proved the stepping stone to his after
fame aud influence. He became an avowed
agitator in the particular field he had
chosen, and suffered many hardships and
prosecutions in propagating his views. AZ
Baltimore, In 1880, he was convicted of a
sigross and malicious libel' for denouncing
as domestic piracy the shipment of cargo
of slaves from that city TO New Orleans. and
was fined $40, which he could not pay, and
he was senl to jail. The owner of the ship
also recovered $1,000 in civil damages
against him, which was never collected. A
New York merchant paid his fine and be
was liberated. Subsequently be published
The Christian Examiner and the Liberascy,
at Boston, both being autl-slavery journals.
In 1882 be visited England as the agent oil
the New England Anti-SIavery Society, aud
INST Wilberforce. Broueham, Thompson
and other noted men of similar ideas. II
1885 public anti-slayery meeting at Bos-
ton was broken up BY mob and Garrison
severely maltreated. He continued his agi-
taticp, ID season and ont OF season, nntil
the great events OF The civil war rendered
his effosts no longer necessary. He lived e
see bis ideas signally triumph, and attained
ais sevsnty- lib year.
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The Bones Of voltaire.
New YORK Sun

new IQIk 0uu.
Mr.. Stewards remains can hardly have a
more checkered career than those of very
different celebrity-Vo Voltaire, When he
died at Paris in May, 1888, the Church
there refused sepulcher to its arch enemy,
and his body was inferred at Scellieres in
Champagne. During the Revolution the
National Assembly decreed that Voltaire's Is
remains should be brought to Paris, and
they were accordingly deposited in the
Pantheon with great Pomp in 1901.
Thither, too, presently came the body of
Rousseau. One dark night in May, 1914,
when the Bonrbons were enjoying their
own again, some of the faithful, indignant
that the bones of such enemies to religion
should rest in consecrated ground, threw
them pell NELL into a sack and carried
them to point in the suburbs near Bercy,
where there was large vacant lot belong
ing to the CITY. Here hole had been
already dug, and the contents of the sack
were shaken into it and covered with
auicklme. Tbs hole was then filled in and
the oonspirators tlamped down the earth.
Voltaire's heart had been saved by a
friend, in whose family it remained until
1864. On its being offered to the Govern
ment Napoleon III. decided that it should
be placed with the body. On consulting
the Archbishop of Paris, that fnnctienary
suggested the sxpediency Of verifying the
actual presence Of VoItaire's remains. An
investigation followed and the truth came
out. The heart was then placed in the
National Library. aud q pariioa of the
brain appropriated by the Surgeons at the
autopsy Nas publicly Sold. Its present
u wheTeabouss il unknoVn.
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CALIFORNIA GoLD,-On the 10Th of
January, 1848. ]. Marshall picked up at
Gen. John A. Suffers saw mill, on Ameri-
can river, in California, o piece of yellow
metal that he sent to Mrs. WINNER, who
was then living at the mill. He thought ii
was gold, and knew that Mrs. WINNER had
lived at the gold mines in Georgia, so ha
sent it to her for her opinion. She was
boiling soap and put the metal In the ket-
tie to see il it would corrode. The little
lump of metal was the key to the greatest
treasure vaults ever known TO man. It
wast the first geld discovered in California
that led to exploration by white men.
More vas soon found. At this time the
population OF California was not over IA
900, and the news did not reach the East
ern States until the December following,
but BY the 1st Of January, 184a. $40, 600, 600
lad been taken ont with rocker. pan and
cluvice knife, and the population of Cali-
fornia had doubled. The world was aston
ished. and from every county poured lathe
gold hunters in wild scramble. Ry the
end Of 1s49 some $40, OOGl 900 bad been ex-
tractsd, and its annual product increased
until 1853, when II reached its maximum.
sa6. 600 900. IN Z, Buliion.
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A Railroad Engineers Need Of Nerve.

Unquestionably the braYest men in
America are those who stand upon the foot
boards of the locomotives which draws the
fast express trains. But few persons are
aware of it, but on the leading railways,
where connection must be made, il posi-
BILE, only engineers known to be brave and
daring are given engines on express trans,
and as soon as an engineer shows the least
timidity about running fast he is taken
from his engine and given one on freight
train to run. Two such cases have occur
red recently on Indianapolis roads. Rail-
road officers state that the first sign an en-
gieer is becoming timid is that he will be 5
or 10 minutes late, possibly half hour, for
some days or nights in succession. He is
then called to an account, and unless his
reasons are convincing, another engineer is
given bis engine to run for few times, and
should he bring the train in promptly on
time, the first named engineer gets freight
train engine TO run until he braces up. It
is stated. however, that after an engineer
~
seldom SO far overcomes it as to have tie
bravery to step on TO an express train en-
gine and run 1T at the speed necessary to
make the time. Quite recently, an engin-
eer on one Of the roads running west. fir M
here got an impression that some accident
was to happe1 to him, and one night, when
running fast express, he constantly lost
time. At the first station where the train
stopped the conductor berated him for run
ming SO slow. The engineer actually shed
tears, and owned that fears had overcome
him, and that be dare rot run fast, and at
his own request an engineer of freight
tram which stood at this point was put on
the train TO run through that night, the con-
ductor telegraphing the train-master, ask
ing that the request hs granted. The tin'-
id engineer has since run ! freight engine
On tha road. - Iasdfanspotta .laWraal,
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The vinegar.jug Puzzle.

The Interior tells of smart boy who
was an adept in measuring liquids:
Yon remember the eight-Quart jug was
full of vinegar. The grocer had an order
for four quarts, but had only three quart
and five-quart measure in his store. TIE
hoy was not allowed to pour out and waste
any of the vinegar, and he had no other
vessel.
So the first thing he did was to pour the
three quart measure full, and then empty
it into the five-quart measure. Then he
poured his three quart measure full again
and filled the ive-quart measure out of it.
Then his vinegar stood thus Five quarts
in the five-quart measure, one In the three
quart measure and two in the eight-quart
jug.
He scratched his head a moment and
then emptied the three-quart measure back
into the eight-quart jug.
Then he poured the one quart which he
bad in the three-quart measure into the
five- quart measure. Next be poured bis
three-quart measure full again out of the
eight quart jug and emptied it into the
fiye-quart measure, which had, as we have
said one quart in it.
This made four quarts in the jug, and
four in the fve-quart measure.
Next, our smart boy offered to do all the
measuring with the two measures and the
jug.
AS will be seen in the above, he had
measured one quart, two quarts, three
quarts, four quarts, five quarts, six quarts,
seven quarts, eight quarts, all with nothing
but his three, five and eight-quart measures
to do it with.
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To PREVENT RIDERS ON APpRoPRIA
TIoN BILLS. Mr.. Lapham, of New York,
has introduced in the House JOINT resolu-
tion providing for an amendment to the Con.
sttution of the United States, the text of
which is as follows
Whenever any appropriation bill shall
have passed the House of Representatives,
aud the Senate, and shall be presented to
the President for his approval, he may
withhold his approval to any clause or
clauses in such bill and approve the remain
der. and in such case shall state his objec-
tions to the portions disapproved in the
same manner as provided in article i, sec
tion !, of the Constitution, and all proyis-
ions of said section, as to bills disapproved,
shall apply to the item or items so disap-
proved.
The measure was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
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Who Was Washington, Anyhow |
Philadelphia Telegraph.

An American gentleman who has resided
in London for several years recently told
me funny story. He was one day invited
out to dinner at the house of an eminent
London solicitor. The daughter Of the host
sat nezt to him at the table and observed
him with much curiosity, finally making
the stereotyped remark that she was sur
prised to see him so white; she had thought
that all Americans were copper-colored. :"
Soon after, some question arose respecting
our national currency, and my friend took
from bis pocket some specimens of our
bank notes, among which was one bearing
the portrait of General Washington. The
note passed from hand to hand around the
table, and finally came to the young lady
before mentioned. /" "Whose portrait is
that % She asked of my friend. "Gener-
al Washington's," he answered. "And
who was he?'' she queried. "One of our
Presidents" cautiously answered the GER
tleman, who was ANXIOUS to see how far
his fair neighbor's ignorance would extend.
"One of your Presidents-ah, indeed Did
he come before or after Mr.. Lincoln ?''