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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28
iIADTERKlBAE NIGHT SW EATS.
Memphis, February IL, l5Tl.

MGmrtl5, FOtrUAry II, ISL.
Nf. 'utt: :iT-t asvr been auilcria. for nesr-
~ two years with 3 severe cough When (
c"mJnchc"! tsklng your t!x Ioatorsri | r,ss rn.
'iucot 10 Que hundred and s;xtoor pounds in
"c'gnt. hHA tT.ri almost everything; had
trrfIoln r;ght sW".!s. ( hsTelake:l asit doZa9
""tt!es Fha hisht "''ants nave Ie.l me- the
cough hrs d''@TpHar"d. snt h:v0 gained fifteen
poud.S IN t! -. rlcp.nmnnt i. to al nv
rend-. Win great -:",.,,
OLIVER hICE,
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safasEGGMAh.
Uz. TUFTS
Ii < .LIUI'URAN'I',
~ - CTS. End 81 BOTTLES.

~ HT3nnTitt7 aTo n"nuccnI, Nulrilivc, Bal
,s'l'o :'"'!h!H& :ni ti"aI:rg. Combining all
ne, Ill. :"fs. = IL thc rno8i ondC.ivn LiTHG
-" J., = u ever 'i'ar,t 10 sufferers from ,,:i1no
Hf. } r. H&l W0Nn, OF Hcw York, vo]up
l@FIy i&dc75"a !. Koad what he SAYS:
-. r..., He1 iork, sept. 10. ls77.
~. ; ul: Dear s,iT--ituring this ycsr treat
"1 M" h"I@trd c%sns II lung diseases. In lie
ID" ""f ".fd% OF t''" city thc cascs were Of very
Sd yer" lEr" l. was tncr0 NY s.teriion was
called t. luu's Esp"cicrant, mnl ! cnnfcss ~
,"7FTL:o "t ia wonderful r"wcr. Barring - p.ac.
,''H "i i"oh.Y years ! ha20 never hnoyn @ red
',"' :" "rl 81 promptly and With such hsnry
'H''lF. AtlEs!Aniiy s'th:uod tho most v;nirr
MS "' :. :hfS, and in:"risbIY cured tho d.
,' 't.' ~ ~ Il" Hf{s. chccIiuly endorse it. IS
80 hFS' lung medicine ovar used
Il. FFANGIS HAY WOOD M.U.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28
DRY GOODS.

p1G JOB IN HAMBURGS.
D Monday, February 10Th. 1880.
a Job lot Of Hamburg Edgines and Inscrtin2s
Just received, very cheap. Also 40 dozen Pure
Linen Napkins st 60c per doz; Balbriggan Hose
at 25c, job; British half Hose at ~ and 25c,
extra chesp Ladies' Mourning Hsndkerctie!s,
new style; extra large Bates Quilts si $l.59.
u. +. BRASHEAK,
II. B. Hoomes. No. 100 King street.
Alexandria, Va.
All wool Runtings at 25c great bargains.
fob lii y. +. 3.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
VIZ A JOHNSON s. CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCEKS.
GENERAL, COM MISSION nj EkCHANTS.

WHOLESALE GROCEKS.
GENERAL COMMiSSlON MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand nduiEs;ON'S &X, XXA, XXXA
and PUEm OLD RYE, OLD CABINET
and MONOGKAN MHlSKlES; also BAK-
ER's and THOMPSoN.'S PURE RYE
WHISTLES. to which they invite the attention
Of the trade.
Orders from tho country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
ConsiSnments of Flour Grain and Country
Produce solicited, for which they guarantee tho
highest market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corner CT Cameron snd Royal sts.,
Alexandria, Va. oct ~
WAS. s. TAYLOR, Jr..
(Lsto of J. r. Eeckham s. Co..
GENEKAI, COMMISSION MERCHANT.
AND FEED DEALER,
Agent for
CELEBEATED BKIpaEWATEE FAMILY
FLOUR,
II North Union street,
jsn g Ae1sndris, Virginia
HARMON & SMITH,
WHOLESALE
GROCERS AND GENERAL COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Corner Prince Snd Royal sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
ConsisDmcnts 0. Grsin snd Country Produce
solicited. and prompt returns msCo. jyl0
UAkLOT Bros,
WHOLESALE
aHCGERS, CuMMISSiCN MGKUnA MIS-.
&.E1 Dese7S il
JQGE GtDSUN'H SUN s. Co.'s. CABINET
i, - sId AZ WHISTLES, snd
Ihompson's Pure Rya WhiskoT; Foreign
Wines aud Hr=ldies. Ale. Porter
aad -hEG}rsgnea.
re- AGENCT OF LkELlN & RANU'S
Pow Der COMPANY.
y. " COR. ChaEROE AND ROYAL SITS.
Codoa ross;ad io7 Tho trsdo al re rer sack.
My 6--tt
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28

"bGiAN GRAIN BhGS, made by the
pOSC Ladies' AL sud Employment
Society. for sale by
ian - THOMAS FERRY, Att.
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< >EUSHKD WHEAT, fresh, ;nst received BY
8 fs,, II =. &. MILBUKN.
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a NDERSON'S MINEE MEAT, Fruit Jci-
= lies, and apple and Peach Euttor received
and for sale low by
iocA Il. w. AVERY. 22I King ST.
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DKlME TGMATOES CHE&P-Smi.h s
: Wck's > ID cans l2c; ]. 7. Mitcholl s; Cos.
ID Gals lee, for sale at
le5 l., !. G. MILRURN'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28

'ISADLG anI POCKET CUTLhHY-A fall
= !ine, wholesale snd retail.
Jas. +. CAKbiN 50 SONS,
nov 6 King street.
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PREMIUM FRUIT TREES.
ID. 0. MUNSNN,S NEESNEYN

ID. .. MUNS4N'S NERSNEY.l
Will tsl orders for the sbo7o Fruit, Ornament.
al and shade Trees, Sms! fruits, Roses, Flow
ering Shrubs, &c, St Nursery price,, at M
store corner OF Fairfax AMI Franklin sts Send
card, sHd will chl sad tske your orders and
ieave cE:siogno ofprircs and varieties ard car
give purchasers iaquirng useful hints Shout de-
sirab!oya.iet;0s.
,y9-iDnl ~. j. EhA Ett
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{ NGkH SigAL, bolttG and unholted, always
- on hanG &Gd for sele st lowest market prices
~ GHAS. :. TAYLOR, Lr.
;.r, No. IL f.. Union street
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~ u I" / : II 4 Z ~ /;
GHAT HhlE or WIlIsKni.. change! lo e
GL"Sai BLACK hy 3 single apyiicstion o? this
DE. it lrIpnr;S y n saLGTal Color scis !netsuo
tsIoousiy, and IS az AarIuic=a 80 spring w.trr.
"u!i by Druggists, Gr son; by express on rcraIp,
"f 81.
ssssir", - fsurras 4t New yarss.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28

~ WlSS PROCESS. Cameron Mills. WonSer
~ and Eridg2Nstc7 Fl"ur. ter sale ag
}. {. NiIHUk@'S,
j.nS ~ n. Rocai 81
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ESEn3HhLE GOODSl

EAI HAZE GOODS!
AS HEAL HAIR GOOD&l
We have q very largo stock cf Eair Goods,
bought vi Old prices. Ladies wishing anything
n this line would d" we'll to c3l snG examine
oar F.o"k 81 once Is wascll s. great deal Of these
aL who}C2siC wu are enabled 70 give our CUSTOM
ars ras bargains by tho now patent process
no ara cnsh'ci 10 strsiGh'on tho roots OF hair
romhlngs all ono way. 4 braid or switch made
~ this !a.nucr il much GuparIoT for looks and
wear. FERGUSON e RRD.
ian ~ liair Manliiac.ory, Is King st.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-02-28

4 1HOlUE FAMihT FIOUR-25 barrels
~ Como & Meston's New rrGcoss Family
Flour, Tor sale by
ietH GEO WASHINGTON, All.
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4 PpLE, PEACH, PEAE AND OUNCE
~ BUTTER JELLlHs5 and I'&ESEBY rs,
n oGc@ct- o- hy The pound. ri
.snj J. Z. M1LBGKN'G.
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{ UNITS COGGE aYaui'--Cnrss Coughs
"A anh CoiGs Price :5c per bottle
IAN y LUNT tE Davidson.
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CkRDEN SGGp-I have this dsy received
"a large supply of LANDHETiIS GAR
DEN SEED, which J. an selling o. tha lowest
rosrk6t prices. karsi Registers free on Gooiics-
:ion. ". +. CkEIGETON,
ton s. King street.
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s1NSH-NOKTa CAROLINA ROE HER.
n SING in Store sad fJr s,lo by
an25 {. :. TAYLOR, Jr.
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Spccis' contracts will be msdo with Yoarly ad
vGyLiscrs
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SI'AGELSiOE, made by j. }. Turner & Go
~ fer sale by
octG THOMAS FERRY, AgL.
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CGlA POUNDS FRESH OIL CAkE
AoVS MEAL
snz1 HARMON & SMITH.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
On the Nebraska Ranges.

It is estimated that the Tiff estate now
owns about $1,000 head of cattle of all
ages. 1t includes eight ranches, the
principal one being one hundred and
sixty miles III length by sixty miles in
width: They are situated between the
Union Pacific Railroad and the South
: Platte River, and reach westward to the
foot hills, including portions of Colorado,
Wyoming, and Nebraska. Within the
past two years there have been added
to the herd by purchase, 1900 cattle
from Texas, while the calves branded
within that time number about 5000
head. Within the same period 25,021
have been marketed for beef, and Il, 600
will be marketed this year. The value
of the estate is estimated at 81, 500, 900.
The drive of cattle from Texas will be
heavier this year than ever before, and
has been estimated at 1000, of which
Nebraska will get a large percentage.
Many of the stockmen of Western Ne
braska are now making preparations to
add largely to their herds of Texas cat
tie. Ogallala is the natural terminus of
the Texas cattle trail, and will be the
objective point this year. Of the cattle
coming to that immediate vicinity, the
Sidney Telegraph mentions the follow
ing: Pennsylvania Stock Company, 81
900 head; Jones Bros, $500 head; James
Reed, Texas, 5000 head; John Dawson,
Texas, 5000 head; Andrews Bros ,
Texas, $500 head; j. w. Camel, Run
ming Water, Neb., 5000 head; D. r.
FAINT, Texas and Nebraska, 5000 head.
Millett, Mabry, and many other we'll
known stockmcn, will also bring cattle
up on the trail for disposal in that vi
cinity. Not only Cheyenne County, but
nearly all of Sioux County is now being
used for grazing purposes, and our cat
tlemen are even converting portions OF
Dakota into stock es.-Onaalta Her
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
Brain Work and Bad Habits.

Bad habits, impure air, unhealthful
food, neglect of exercise, the use of to-
bacco and whisky, have killed thousands
of students, where hard study has killed
one. More people die, l think, from
want of sufficient brain-work than from
too much of it. When schoolgirls die
from tight corsets, heavy skirts, heating
chignons and other unnatural infiictions,
it is very kind in gentlemen to say,
Killed by hard study" but women
know better. Some years since had a
hired girl who suffered almost constantly
from headache, but she wore continually
q heavy chignon,- supported by wire
pins in her hair. Her headache was not
caused by hard study. This same girl
often spent forty minutes at night put
ting up her hair, and as many. minutes
in the morning taking it down again.
But the worst of it all was that after all
her care, she was sick, and consequent
ly ugly. Young ladies can't safely study
during school hours and then spend the
hours allotted to exercise and recreation
in the exhausting labor of altering old
dresses into the latest fashion, or even
in embroidery or stitching ruf1ies. They
can scarcely afford an hour a day for
the crimping and frizzing of their hair.
IL 10 IotliCI Il CutlOuo Sluuy W HOtlCc
how women, in all times and countries,
have been bent on changing themselves
from what God made them. In some
countries they blacken tho teeth, and
bandage the feet; in others they flatten
the heads and paint the face; while in
others they powder the face, friz the
hair and variously deform the form
divine. Now, if all this was necessary
to make woman beautiful, it would be
labor and care well spent, for every
woman should make herself attractive,
if possible. But, is it not true that the
highest beauty, as well as art, is to be
natural? Were not our .grandmotlrers
in their youth, though in plain attire,
admired and we'd quite as sincerely as
the present generation of girls are?
Good health, a good disposition and in
telligence are the best beautifers. l
have sometimes thought q collection of
the various styles of chignons, stays,
hoop-skirts and other denominations, of
woman's apparel, would make valua-
bic and instructive addition to some of
our museums.-Cor. Cle0eland (O.J
Leader as
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
ss To Rent"


Yesterday morning a card of "To
Rent" was nailed to house on Brush
Street. 1t was large card and the
printing was plain. A bold line at the
bottom said that people should inquire
next door, and pretty soon the calls
commenced. The first man who came
began:
''Is the house next door to rentP'
YES"
''Then it is not for sale?'
''No, sir"
"Isn't, eh? l Thought it was for sale,'
he said as he went away.
The next man stood looking at the
card for full five minutes, and then
called next door and said:
q s'pose that house is empty, isn't
itP''
eyes,
"Then it is to rent?'
eyes,
"How long has it been to rentP''
"Only one day"
How long will it be to rent''
"Wcll, if can't find out anything
about it here I'll go to the owner. l
s'pose he's in Europe, isn't hep"
mo; he's IN New York.
"Ah! that's always the way. Well,
if conclude to take the house, I'll call
around again"
The third caller was a lady. She
looked in to the empty house and then
called next door and said:
81 see t.at you have house to rentP"
EYES,
"Willit be painted this spring."
EYES,
"Was the last family very respecta-
blc?''
YES e.
"Has it ever been boarding-house?' ?''
mo-. .
"It has cellar and hot and cold
water?''
Yes"
"And folding-door and grates?'
| Yes"
"Well, we have had some thoughts
of moving this spring. l don't much
think we shall, but if we do, and this
house is to rent when we get ready, I'll
look through it,
The fourth caller was also lady.
She looked in at all the windows. en-
tered the back yard and called next door
and asked:
" Can you tell me if this darling little
house is to rent?''
Z" 1t isl
"Itis the sweetest little place in al
Detroit, and know that a family would
be happy in it. 1t reminded me of a
romantic little house in the outskirts o.
Paris. How much is the rent?'
Eighteen dollars per MONTH"
!" Eighteen dollars! That's highway
robbery! Why, it's squatty little pig
pen, no sun, no air and as gloomy as !;
prison! You must be crazy! DO yoI
think war times have come again:
That's all want to know. l didn'
care about changing anyhow, but being
ONT for walk and seeing the card up J
thought L might as well inquire. dc
t3Oit Free Press,
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15

for them, and that we put forth all our
energies only in preserving the remnant
of comfort, and JOY that is left to us.
One last a.ement comes to us then
when it occurs to us for the first time
that we are really, as VIC look back on
our past, beholding another person than
ourselves, young, passionate, throb-
bing, happy or unhappy fool, but one
who has no other connection with our
calm wisdom and attainment and our
WEAKNESS than that of having a better
acquaintance than anybody else has.
There are people who grow old grace
fully, and take the years as they come,
q little saddened. but not melancholy.
Perhaps their passions aud emotions
decline with their years; perhaps they
have children and grandchildren, in
whom they see themselves repeated. and
in whom they thus, forgetfulfy and un-
selfishly, are living their lives over
again. But there are others who fight
hopeless1y with fate, and die unrepentant
rebels. --
For this latter class there is only one
comfort, the comfort of faith in immor-
tality; no other consultations than the
consultations of religion. For only those
who regard this life as. the entrance of
the future life, and the relinquishing
grasp of its delights as only the rustling
down of cast-of garments before the
putting on of imperishabIe robes, can
with any equanimity lose conscious hold
of all the pleasant things of the senses
which belong to the present life
H(ITperS Bnzdr.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
The Alphabet.

The Greeks themselves believed that
the old Phenician colony in Beostian
Thebes was the source and center from
which the alphabet was spread through
out the country. Kadmus, g the East
ern," for such is the meaning of his
name, was its mythical inventor, though
later legends told how the crafty Pala-
medes and the poet Simonides subse-
quently added fresh letters. But these
legends are all the fables of the literary
age; the kernel of truth they contain is
the fact that the Greek alphabet came
from Phenieia. 1t is fact, indeed. to
which the word 50 alphabet itself bears
witness; alphabet" or g alpha,"
BETA the two first letters of the
alphabet, are both, as we have seen.
Ph9nician words. Like the
Phenicians before them, the Greeks re-
paid the benefit they had received by
handing on their alphabet to nations
still further West. The Greek colonies
in Sicily and Southern Italy, being
mostly of Doric descent, brought with
them the Doric alphabet, and accord
ingly the natives of Southern Italy,
when. they first began to write, used the
Doric alphabet of their Greek neighbors.
Hence it is that the Latins and ourselves
after them attach tail to the letter r.
which was wanting in the old alphabet
of Phonicia; hence, too, we have inner.
| tied from the Romans the letter @.
which had been lost in all the Greek al
phabets, except that of Dorian origin.
On the other hand the Etruscans, that
mysterious people of Northern Italy.
who exercised SO profound an influence
upon the infant civilization of Rome.
learned the art of molding and decora-
ting vases from the potters of Athens.
and since, the latter were in the habit
of inscribing the names of the gods and
heroes they depicted above the repre-
sentations of them, the Etruscans learned
/ at the same time the old Attic or Ionic
alphabet. We need only place the al
phabets of Etruria and Athens side by
Side to be convinced of this fact. r, for
instance, is represented il. both by she
tailless p; we look in vain in both for .
@. and the two distinct symbols that
once stood for the gutterals c and k are
amalgamated into one. Alphabets, like
words, if rightly questioned, can be
made to- tell their own history as
well as that of the people who en-
ployed dthem.-Professor Sayce's Lecture
| IN Nature.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
How Little Girls Are Taught House.
keeping.

In the kindergarten school of Pitts
burgh, Pa, the children are taught to
lay the table for breakfast. Little toy
tables and toy dishes are used. "What
do we place on the table next?" asks the
teacher. . Napkins = reply the pupils
6. What are napkins for?" ITO wipe
our mouths and fingers, and keep our
dresses neat" Having learned this
lesson. the pupils are taught to place
the napkins, then to place the plates,
which Is must always be warmed then
the milk pitcher, water pitcher, sugar
bowl, tray bowl. - What is tray
bowl for?'' {" To pour the dregs of the
cups into.'' Then the coffee pot and
other articles are arranged, and the pu-
pills arise and repeat the lesson togeth-
cr, pointing to each article as they name
it. - These are little breakfast tables.
This is the coffee pot; it should be scald-
ed before the coffee is put in. This is the
sugar bowl; it should be filed when
taken from the table. These are the
knives. This is the fork; we eat with
the fork. These are the breakfast plates;
they should always be warm" and so
on with the whole. Then comes a song
which the children sing together:
ssWhen 1 was very little, 1 used to sit and
How hard my mother had to work, until my
heart would sink.
tried to help her, as I could, but always did
it wrong,
That always made the matter worse and her
own work SO long.
So then went to school,
So then / went to school,
And there we learned exactly right,
For we were taught byrule."
The dishes are cleared away by rule.
and toy dish-pan is placed before each
little housemaid. The players wash the
dishes and rinse them, singing mean
while:s
g Washing dishes,
Suds are hot,
Work away briskly,
Do not stop.
&C First the glasses;
Wash them well;
If you do them nicely,
All can tell.''
--s--- ". Y. Evening Post.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15

In discussing the two cyclones which
visited the Bay of Bengal in October,
1876, Mr.. Elliott, Meteorological Re.
porter to the Government of Bengal in
cidentally gives some idea of the cyclo-
mean forces which are developed by such
storms. The average '.daily evapora-
tion'' registered by the Bengal instru-
ments in October is g two inches" The
amount of heat absorbed by the conver-
sion of this amount of water daily over
so large an area as the Bay of Bengal
is enormous. Roughly estimated"
said Mr.. Elliott, ss it is equal to the con.
tinuous working power of 800, 600 steam
engines of 1000 horse power" A sim.
Pile calculation will show that it suffices
TO raise aloft over As, 600 cubic feet OF
water in twenty-four hours from every
square mile of the bosom of the bay
and transport it to the clouds which
overhang it. When we extend the
calculation from single square mile 10
the area of this whole Indian Gulf, the
mind is lost in the effort to conceive the
force which, in a days time, can lift
80, 600, 900 tons! Yet it would be easy
TO show that such figures, fabulous q.
they seem, do not adequately represent
the cyclonic forces of q single storm.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-05-15
Some Chinese Delicacies.

Archdeacon John Henry Gray was the
British Chaplain at Hong Kong from
1851 to 1877, aud during his long resi-
dence in the country acquired the spoken
language of the people and became
more conversant with the Empire in the
neighborhood of Canton than any other
foreigner. The result of his observa-
tions was embodied in a work on
"China; A History of the Laws, Man
ners and Customs of the People," His
wife has now published volume of her
letters home. during the period OF her
residence at Canton, in which, while
describing very much the same things
that are discussed in her husband s
book, she has managed to invest them
with new interest, and to render the in
formation conveyed by them valuable
not only for its own merit, but also as
complementary to the work of the good
Archdeacon. In one of Mrs. Gray S
letters she gives graphic account of
how she was led to partake of what
Chinese epicureans would consider great
Injuries. She says: 81 have been a
victim of wicked conspiracy on the
part of my husband and the servants.
You will learn from my last. letter
that | could not be prevailed up
and rat, provided at the Chinese din
ner. and served up in the dainty bowls.
Well, when Henry returned home that
night he said to Max: Now understand,
your misse must cat cat, dog and rat
you go catchee them, and every morn
ing you give one piecee to eat that
breakfast-time.' Two days passed, and
Henry, thinking the servant had forgot
ten all about his order, sat down te
breakfast, and, 1 am glad to say, the
bitter was bitten; for he, as we'll as oul
| friend, partook of a dish of min &c,
| which was served up with wall of pc.
tatoes. This was according to Henry!
wish, as he thought the potatoes, served
| in English fashion, would be q good dis
| guise. Having tasted it., and not liking
the flavor, Henry said, soto Uoce, to the
| waiting boy: What fashion chow
chow this thing?' and the answer was
Belong one piecce dog late my por
ton without comment, thinking it calf
head mixed; but the idea did pas!
| through my head that it was rather high
and l looked toward our friend, but h,
seemed to be enjoying it. The follow
ing morning another mince was servet
up. of which Henry did not partake, bu
I did not notice this. He declares tha
helped myself twice to it. This mine,
was also disguised by wall of potatoes
On the third morning another of thes,
choice dishes, ornamented again witt
potatoes, was handed. round. and ou
friend, who had been let into the secret
helped dhimselfliberally and pronouncet
| the dish good. remained in ignoranc
of what had eaten until the middle o
the next day, when the gentlemen burs
into fit of laughter, and told me of tn
hoax that had been practieed on m
and that had eaten dog the first morn
ing, cat the second and rat the thirt
morning. Does it not show how mucl
there is in Imagination? for had I beer
told beforehand what the dishes woul,
contain, l could not have swallowed
mouthful of their contents"