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The Newtown bee., 1879-03-18
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Afyrnn Cole Md family are expected home in a abort tlmc, trum Florida. My ron wlsl work hsa fathefa farm this soSsnu4h
 Andrew NaFthFsp burned about 6,oOo barrels af lime, last veal and haA airvady orders fos over s,ND0 bafFela, for this aeAsons
 Bnnnptt X Whetm0fe are continually receiving Nriela fer tAeit superior shears and their busiaass la rapidly reNiving
 Mir, Mortimer Jennings Ia preparing for Summer houisleTa, Mort Ia jolly good fellow, understands catering and is grow ing in popularity every day with guests and his icllawstewnamon
 Horny S, reek. our Legislator, has been aale to go to Hartford this Winter only three or four times on account or i'll ness, Mn pevks family have beon con siderahly afflicted with sickness this Winter.
 Better Is dinner ofhcrbs where greens are, than u fattcd OK and bitiousne5s herewith.
 The suit of Tom. Costello vs. Sidney F Hawley Is sct down for the May Cour which k to be held in Dunhury. This is a special court, granted on application O. 1 DanbuIy lawyers. Costello sues Hawiey Tor throwing out uanlaScu tooacco. 1 Farnam sells off his household goods before lea, ing for Jersey. Two or three farmers in the vicinit, have lost cattle from the disease winch i prevalent in various localities. | Lcnten sevices at St. Paul's, on Wed nestlay afternoon at ? o'clock. lmmedi ately after prayers the ladies guild meet
 for work; on Friday morning the liturgy entire with a lecture.
 Several parties have been out huntin;
 for wild eat which has been hiding up on the Mountain, and has destroyed poul try for two farmers.
 Butter-cups and daisies, Spring lamb and mint sauce, begin to loom up ill tn
 sunny future.
 Z The old homestead is rendered stil
 more dear, for having mortgage upon il I AJAX.
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w OONbmrY.

WOOuDmrv. , l The proprietor of the Woodoury ,hnt nnd Newtovu stage informs your writer ',n'. 1a on and after April lst he VIII run "'7 stage daily. We wish him success
 Dled. Mar. Sth. Clara, wife of Lawrence :, Russell. of Plainvillc. and dausntcr VI John F. Hoyt. of Thomastoh. HOT ., mains wore brought to thiS to"h ou ns following Monday and taken into the M. E Church where the funeral services were ptfformed The interment was made in the North cemetery. Mrs. hus- sell was a native of this place.
 Mir. Geo. Proctor has rented the resi- dence owned by MT. B. Curtis.
 Fellowship meeting was held at the Nortl, Congregatlouai Church last week Thursday. ...
 Tho funeral of Mir. James Rudmcn took place on Sunday Report says ne .,lied of apoplexy. Mir. John sherman. who died on the 10th ult., was Inferred at the lower cemc ,tery. Mir. sherman was aged 24 years .and had been ill for long time. He hao A largo number of friends, and will Dc greatly missed. It Is but few years ago he had sister who died with th' same disease-consumptio
 Wm. J. Vel opens for trade iI .Strong's block this week. Mir. Wells has secured the services of Wm. Mckay Jr. once more.
 Hills ars out announcing walking match In tho Town Hall, commencing or Monday evening and continuing throuSI tho week.
 There Is to be qultca number Of changes in the tenement dwellings this Spring
 VRED.
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Bethel.

Bethel.
 Mir. George Moffatt has been quite sick for several days. but is now improving.
 Deacon Samuel Kyle had a severe at tack of collie last week. He was confined to his house several days.
 The youngest son of Deputy Sheriff T.. c. Huse. was very ill last week with croup. Dr. Barber attended the little one and it is to be hoped that he will soon recover.
 The building formerly used by Orris Ferry, as blacksmith shop, was pur- chased by Willie Fenner, and last week the building was moved to the lot of Mir. Hoyt Fenncr, where it will be used as a stable and carriage house.
 Last Saturday, Mr. Thos. Doran acci- dentally cut himself on one of hls ankles with an axe. Dr. C. k. Hart had to sew up the wound.
 The bad roads in and around Bethel made travelling a very disagreeable pas time last week. The roads will require a great deal of attention before they will be as good as they were last year. Gilbert Bros. were at work last week in the room formerly used as a reading room, fitting it up so as to accommodate MT. A. B. Lockwood, who will remove l from the Bank building about April 1st. The large room has been partitioned i through the centre, and Mir. Lockwood will occupy the west side. We believe the stand will be good one for Mir Lockwood. and trust that his hew store and fine assortment of Boots and Shoes will receive the attention of the people ol 1 this town and that they will call and OK amino his selections before going else where.
 The Knights of Pythias worked the 1si degree, last Monday evening.
 Willie Kyle is having the front of his
 store improved by putting in large show windows. Frank Agnew Is doing tho work.
 Mir. Noah D. Payne and wife of thu Prevalence, R. l., Courier. was in towr last week, the guests of Mfr. John Johnson of Elmwood. Mir. Payne and lady visitc, friends In Newtown also, stopping witt pMr. David B. Northrop, of Palestine
 They returned home on Monday.
 By the letting of the hydrant in iron If Willie Kyles market, the water mad ! d deep washout.
 Leroy, son of Mir. Albert l.. Noxon aged , years, fell out of second stor window last Saturday morning, and for tunately broke no bones. The little fel low complains of injury to his back. DI c. k. Hart was called. , little son of Mir. John Carson, of Rcd | ding, caught his fingers in a hay-cutter . week ago last Saturday. Dr. Barber wa l called Monday and removed the frs i hone of one of the cut fingers and dress
 cd the wounds.
 A CARD.-The members of the Betht
 Cornet Band take this method of publicl
 thanking NIT. George w. Taylor for tn 9 token of his regard and the kind hospita |, ito extended to us on the evening ( i, March 7th also to MT. Charles Sehroede l for the excellent cigars handed us an D other marks of attention from him. n GEORGE k. MORGAN, Pres.
 GEORGE R. STARR, JR., See. - BETHEL, March 10th, 1879.
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RzcoLLEcrIoNs OF OLD NEwTowN.

VIRGINIA LAND CALCULATIONS OF YE OIL
 DEN TIME, AND MODERN REPUTATION
 In the early part of the present cen- tury many of the citizens of Newtown were inveigled into q speculation in the wild land ot Virginia, the titles to which. like the ''baseless fabric of d vision, : were worthless and the losses that en- sued seriously crippled financially some of its best and well-to .do citizens. Wheth- CT these so-called lands were located on the top of the Blue Ridge or down on the low swanpS of the Chickanominy is now forgotten. Notes and other evidences of debt were given in the payment, and these changed hands with accumulated endorse
 nents until there were but few people who had not some interest ir the niisera- ble bubble
 Imprisonment for debt (that relic of a bari :. rous age) then disgraced the Stat utes of the State, and so femorsoless were some of the holders of these notes fol l the full enforcement Of which, that even | the physician who hal become involved, Was compelled to visit hls sick patients by stealth, lest he should be suddenly po,mcei upon by some skulking officer o1 l the law who mi Int be lying in wait for him
 What u contrast with our own times
 when great States like Virginia and Ten nessee and thrifty and growing cities and towns at the Vest such as 0swego. Hum
 bolt, Chetopa, Riehland. 0saGe Mission
 and other places i'll Kansas for example
 issue their bonds for railroad purposes
 and then palm them off upon the com
 lnunity. coolly refusing to pay either i'll l terest or principal, while admitting thu legality of their issue simply from al
 aversion to taxation. What honesty i.
 this. after having 2 great railroae
 brought to their doors. which for ages is to benefit it's people and it's property that they should after obtaining thes,
 great benefits, play the part of Jerem, Diddlers, and go back upon their agree ments for which there cen be no homes
 or reasonable exca5e assigned? The fac speaks for itself.
 The writer well remembers the flilurl
 of Il prominent citizen and merchant Q
 Newtown, through losses (to which th trade are over subject.) He had been
 member of the Legislature, and stoo,
 high in the estimation of his fcllow-towns
 men, but he met with u reverse of for . tunc and became irrotravabIy bankrupt
 This fact was perfectly manifest to thos who knew his condition. and though ought to have shielded him from the es } treme rancor of the law, yet he was mel } eilessly dragged from his unhappy famil and delivered like a convicted thrif, by 5 relentless creditor to the horrorso of Il jai al act, which under the eircYmstance, !, should have doomed tlle authnr of 1t ! : ,sllis own death to the delial of sl ehrislia burial. But such w;is tho law that ii : graced tlie Stssie. and i was rigidty q fOrcsI too. Thcre was mo pity sitting [ tlle clouds, that tcpuld averk tho sterld ! cree. Judge Chapnar wsls anilidofser npe tIais unfortunate merchant s pnpAr. ap ~ ;llthotyIl he was eOruurlIptf ff fIis:rasa { ! to take Up tho notes slt maturity. { nG !
 \ ont ti.I el, ..so ' . s0 xsss:
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I,& .sbssy ".

On Tuesday night, about ton o'clock, q kcrusDna lamp exploded in Gibbs auction foQms In Tayiors block. It was seen aI- sJnust as soon ns the explosion took place and the flames wsFe sWothered An alarm of fire was Ialssd and there was consider .pblc excitement in the neighhorhood No ,dnWagD was done. Two hose companies were on hand In less than five minutes. It was q narrow escape. At Beckerlie's n singer was turned over and there was nnOth sr marrow escape. No great dam ago done there.
 Tho First Congregational Society have xoted to extend n call to Rev. MT. Gill man.
 Two interesting bInc-ribbon surprises hava taken place reeeatly. The friends sf MT. George C,sler on Franklin street called upon him and reminded him by lhe4r proseucc and their badges that il Axns n year since he tied on his new reso- iptlon with the ''ribband of htue." ol ,rhleh however, ho ncetled no reminder fsangrntulations werc tn order and pass .<.l SsNr l~s him. and avery enjoyable tims sv,ts hnd Lsttssr similar affair came of ni the rcsitlcpcu of Mr. Edward Sanfor, l>I Locust avenue for the same purpose nsd q similar good time was enjoyed.
 lJn<lDrtnkers ere subject to casualties <. <h<, aauno ns common people, Mir. D. S xs,3}Nr tIns been hobbling around Oi &y.sebs4 w c9!s~s ltsAep of z spralncs
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C he 8ee Tsssday. March tsth, iesv
Monroe.
March 18th. is'e

,somrAr-
 DioA, March, 3i. at the residence O. lscr nephew. Mir. Albert Wheeler, Mrs Bet,Ay Smith. aged 76 years. She ic.' SGNO i0 tho Congregational Society, o Mnnroe She loft to the world what is Har be, Ger than money, bright rccora us n nlse-long 4ervant of God.
 The new Hymn and Tune Book pup lshe,l by X. D. F. Randolph O., N. hna. ws, are glad to say taken the place Of tho etlingy-lookiug and dilapitateu oi. books that have done moro than thir', years service In tho Cong Church. vers, large majority If the members O the caoir aud congregation favor the re m0val of tho choir from the gallery t' the ,nlience room below. The eNper' meat will probably be made soon'
 Mr Frank Wales of Bridgeport ha ri,rr,ntsod Mir. Jesse Daviss piaee p' Elm St. Hls family will occupy It 'n' lst of April.
 flay Is selling at $5 per ton here;
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rTo the Probate Court for the District of Newt ! The application of Elizabeth Botsford respect fully showeth: That she is the mother Guardian to Elizabeth Laura and JabeZ Botsford, Minors for- merly belonging to said district and that said Miners the owners of the following Real Estate. viz The undivided three fths part of TWO pieces of land ly- ing in Newtown, in said district First piece at Rene Hills, so called; bounded north by land for merly owned by Ira Sherman and Susan Glover. and others: east by highway; south by heirs of Ezekiel Beers: and west by land of Mrs. Charles B. Glover Mnott Augur and highway, containing about sixty Second piece is situated near the Housatonic railroad; bounded northerly by land of Florence S. and Mary B. Glover; easterly by said railroad. sontherly hy highway and westerly by land of Charles H. Gay and hy land of William l.. Terrl cont ainiug six aercs more or less. Val ued at fifteen hundred dollars.
 And she further says. That the Estate is at pres ent unproductiye that the avails thereof are want cd for ihc support maintenance and education ol aid Minors and that it will be for the advantage o1 said Minors to sell t same. and invest the avalis thereof according to law; wherefore she says. thai there just and reasonable cause for selllng inc same She therefore prays the Court to order sad Rea-esfate to be sold and to empower her or some other meet person to sell the pursuant to the Statute in such made and provided.
 ELIZABETH BOTSFOIsn. Guardian. Dated Newtown. Mar 8th. 1879.
 | RESTRICT OF VIEWPOINT ss. PRO. U BATE COURT, March Sth, 1879.
 ORDERED. That the foregoing application os town. on the 18th day of May 1879. at o'clock at ternoon: and that notice thereof be published II some public newspaper the place where s,lcl Real-estate lies three weeks successircly, at lea six weeks before said time assigned.
 MONROE HUDSON Judge.
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DOdgfnEGOwne

DOdgfngtOwne
 Last Friday evening found Dodging-
 town school house crowded to witness the
 exercises which had been prepared by the
 scholars. platform had been erected
 with a curtain. and a good time was ex-
 pectsd. Tho exercises opened with sing
 ing. few deciamations, with more
 singing, kind words can never die. ; Diaioaua. Aunt Peabody's visit to the city. The recitation of .srhree wise
 mon" by Fannie Scudder, WAS excellent fora little girl. The spelling class was too sweet. Buying Wife" was well re- ceived. The Reclamation of "Ywoch Straliss.v by John Kelley. was loudly ap- plandei The exhibition closed with singin by Miss Carrie Dnrand. tho teacIi- CT, with chorus by the scholars. Much praise is due to her for tho excellent management Of the exercises. and IS q toacher is highly appreciated by both l parents alsd scholars.
 l Miss Belle Lnke has becn engaged as tencher for the Summer term May sht Y 0c ly5 a34cx& s.sls Gi: ' 4xz..
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E or Sale

1.HE stock and fixtures nf retaii Boot and Shae Store. -itnstod In HstIn. Conn., For psrticu lars enquire If Box. No. Ill., None need enquirc unless they nc@n business.
 good opportunity f'.r person with capital. a<a'usi 5fy gaasqxs given sea s.lx. ms to sell.
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Rubber Boots.

Ido not atemp: is being q Ii, this vicinity. .to palm of common Rubber Boo E. dull inisisd. as Pure Gum. My goods will be represented exactly as they are
 Ladies Congress ad Buckle Arciics- q 0l Gents Congress and Buckle .Arctics.- 2
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Taunton.

The first bass that IS known 10 nave been caught through the ice on the lake, was caught by our veteran fisherman, Hall Jennings, last Monday. It weighed three pounds and fourteen ounces. which is nearly as large as any that have been taken.
 Rev. Mir. Biddlc, who has been stop ping the past Winter with Mrs. Beers, has gone to Winthrop, Conn.
 Wheeler Drew, had man by the name of Foot. working for him one month and three days, chopping wood. He cut the trees down and sawed and split into stove wood, fourteen cords. An unusual large month work
 Taunton man set a hen on some Chi na nest eggs to raise Chinamen. But that is not as bad as tho woman who gave her hens hot water to drink, that they might lay boiled eggs.
 w. Bennett Jennings, Esq, had birth Jay surprise given him by the old folks of Taunton, last Wednesday.
 Miss Augusta Blackman is improving. Zerah Britton, while cutting wood Fri Jay, accidentally cut himself in the right leg. The wound Is severe one. (Too late for last week. J. l.. Hughes has taken from his swamp lot, about two hundred loads of muck 1 and distributed it on his land. We un- lerstand that there Is almost an unlimit- ed supply In that place. This is valuable fertilizer, and Mr. Hughes proposes t, l use it to an advantage.
 | Wm. Hard will move into the house with Mrs. Polly Ann Beers this Spring He also expects to erect new barn ol his land adjoining Mrs. Beers Our school will terminate this week which completes the third form for Mis- Curtiss in this district.
 Andrew Nichols has put the covering l on his ice house, which has been filles | for several weeks, The house is bull l upon a new and novel principle and th. l ice had ought tp keep well, as it has be come accustomed to all sorts of weather
 Gene was genious enough last week tt
 fall into a tub of water, he came out we from head to Taylor.
 Our committee has made arrangement
 with q Mrs. Curtis, of Palestine, to teac
 our school tho coming term.
 The severe Winter has rul, coal bin
 rather low in this vicinity and q nnmbc
 of our residents have been putting in new supply during the past week UNo.
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My stock is the largest. My sales arc by far the greatest. My expenses the lightest, and have no one to divide profits with but my customers All goods not proving as represented will be taken back and money refunded.
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Boots g Shoes.

Special sale of old lots at very low prices:
 Mems TheK Boots. q 7saoO. 25 s.so 7s aud da Calf Boots ........ $2 60. 25. sn. 2.s5. 3o "ycry fine ......--s s3.25 to $5oc Ladies. fine Goat Hutioned Boots $1'5. o0 2[n. s :" fine French Kid Buttoned Boots- Sl.'5 to 4ao
 A great bargain in ladies Kid Buttoned Boots at S1 25, worth $50.
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IT. F. BOOTH,

lnWxowzs. co1gzg.
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FLOUR!

now offer Diploma. The finest new process Flour | made in Minnessotn. hoicest St Louis and
 Michigan Flour. all st the very lowest prices.
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To te continued. }
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
The Indian Territory.

If the Administration will only enforce lis
order forbidding the entrance by white set
tiers into the Indian Territory it will earn
the gratitude of all right-thinking people.
The Government has coaxed or bullied many
Indian tribes into the Territory, has per-
suaded them to surrender the lands
upon which gold has been found, and
has solemnly promised them that they shall
not be disturbed in their new possessions.
Coufiling in that promise they have built
themselves houses, have established schools
and churches, and have brought land under
eultiyation. They have been repeatedly as
sured that the white people would not mo-
lest them, and that they should be left to
live in their own way. They have certainly
done we'll and made long strides towards civ
ilization.
For years there was no disposition to troub-
le them. The whites did not want the land
and were so astonished at their own forbear-
ance and good faith that they went about
sense of honor of the American people. But
not long ago 1t was discovered that the Ter
riory has great mineral aud agricultural re-
sources. Since then there has been, at least
among the people on the borders, no talk of
honor or regard for treaty stipulations. The
drift of argument has been that ''an Indian is
no good anyhow" and that he was pat here
to be bulied and cheated, and killed if he
ddn'. submit to robbery. The restless West
erners want to possess the rich lands that
they solemnly promised 10 the red man, and
10 sense of justice restraints them. 1t is even
doubtful if the executive order unless i: is en-
forced by the strong arm of the law will de-
ter them from selzipg upon the property of
their neighbors. But the better sentiment of
the country surely will support the President
in his attempt to keep good faith with the
Indian tribes aud to restrain the dishonest
greed of the invaders of a peaceful people.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
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IL POROUS i S |; 'a;''l!;!E j! m

AT no time in the histo-
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ticle appeared which has
met with greater approy-
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Why they are preferred
to all other porous plas-
ters, is owing to their i'm
proved composition Z: they
|act instantaneously. cure
speedily and effectually.
Physicians and the gen.
eral public who ack6owl-
edge the great benefits de-
rived from the use of the
Ordinary porousa plaster,
however, MAINTAIN that
their acTion is not suffici-
ently prompt, requiring
time, patience, and con-
tinuous wear to effect a
lcure. Benson's Capcine
Plaster overcomes this
difficulty by acc omplisb-
ing in a few hours that
which it takes any other
plaster as many days.
Although a recent in
veDtloD, Bensop's Cap
cine Porous Plaster has
been thoroughly tested by
physicians, and have been
pronounced the most
thoroughly etficacious
plaster ever devised.
Its marvellous influence
lover the circulation, and
general effect on the s,s-
TEN is almost incredible !;
fiom the moment OF its
application to the affectea
par, it operates with as
tonishing vigor bring
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fectually than any known
Plaster, Liniment OF Com
pound.
When you desire
prompt relief, ask your
Druggist for benson's
Capcine Plaster AVOID
worthless plasiers having
a similar sounding name
Each genuine plaster has
he word Capcine spelled
i iC-A-P-C.I-N-E.
Sold by all Druggists,
Price % cents.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10

VAIN is the fight against ghosts. The
philosophers may as well give up the battle.
But short time ago the youthful Prince
Waldemar OF Prussia died, and the night be-
fore his death sentry who was pacing the
corridors of the palace saw the White Woman
of the HoheDzollerns approach the door OF the
chamber where the boy lay. The soldier is
sure he saw her, and if we can place any re-
lance upon human testimony in matters like
these we have no reason to doubt his story.
Fortur atey for the Hohenzollerns and for
Prussia the Countess Agnes never approaches
warrior or a statesman of the House until
he is past his labor. As long as she confines
her attention to the very old and the very
young there will be no deep grief in the
Kingdom though there may be wailing in the
nalaca
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10
Rock'and Courier.
Hints to Those Vino Call Upon the Sick,

1. Ii the sick party Is a perfect str4nger
don't go farther than the gate-especially il
they keep savage dog.
2. Enter the house. by the door. Il is now
esteemed breach of etiquette amoug cultursd
people to crawl in.at the window.
.. Garry cheerful face. Ii you can't do
this carry bottle of preserves.
4. Be cheerful. Tell tho sick one that he Is
looking thinner than a geology lecture audi
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10

PAROLE has retrieved himself. The pro-
ject OF monument to the American gelding
like that monument at Charlestown commem-
Grating the other victory over the British,
has been revived. 1t is pleasant to think
that the money Congress gave to Mr.. Loril-
lard by the reduction of the tax on tobacco is
not to go into English pockets.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10

THERE is a great deal of fuss made because
speeches that have not been delivered are
printed in the Congressional Record. But
isn't it unkind to insist upon their delivery {?
Even Congressman have feelings and can't
be expected to submit to everything for
$4,000 year. If the speeches" are printed
and not spoken, the constituent gets his
moneys worth all the same, fellow Congress
men are spared great afiiction, and the
Treasury saves something in Illuminating
gas. General Hawley, who objected to the
old custom the other day, deserves to be
handed down to posterity as finty-hearted
man.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-05-10

The Leader announces that S. f. Norton,
of Chicago, will send, on receipt of a three
cent postage-stamp, six speeches on the
financial question. 1t is an outrageous
price to ask, considering the quality Of the
speeches. Mr.. Norton is Shylock, and the
Leader is his alder and abettor.