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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
ShERIEE,S SALE.

pY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION 10.
- sued out OF the District court OF the First
judicial District OF the State OF Nevada, In and
Tor the county OF Storey. duly att-ried. on the
18th day OF November. A. ID 1880. and TO me
directed and delivered. IN q Certain action in
plaintiff. recovered judsmsnt against 0usTAvk
.UTRU. defendant, ON the i2tn day VI hovem.
Der A.. d 1850, for the sum Of tl610. with In.
terest thereon At the rate OF ~ per cent. pei
sunum from said November 18th until paid. to.
gether with t3t6 IS costs and disbursement 81
The date OF raid judgment aud aecruipg costs,
now amounting TO the sum Of 81, and all accru.
ing costs and expenses OF sale.
BY virtue OF raid writ OF execution, and In
pursuance OF the statute IN such case made
and provided, I have. on the 18Th d.y Of No.
vsmoer. A.. ID. 1850. levied on and taken 10
execution the following . descr bed lers nal
property, TO wit: Z iron cars. . lngersoll drills,
. lengths i.iLch ruboer boss for drills. I 10,
drills for machines. I lot hand-drlls, ] lot
scrsper. and 2 drilling pumps. Z striking ham.
mers. IS shovels. 10 picks, Q cro.scuI saws.
rp hand saw. 8 monkey wrsnches. . pipe.
. lanterns, 8 oil feeders. ] clo,k. ! grinistons
I'D frame. l l2.iuch holslin. engine. gear.
shafting and fy.wheei. I Old 4.inch hoistins
cable (wir-), l lot charcoal. ! lot galvanized
iron pipe. l hydraulic lift. I ~wind.b ore, l'12.
iach pump, 2 strsppins. plates i ieet loue). ! 10,
DOLE, Lubs Wk1nofb. bCtoWb huu uhits, u tiuOor
truck. ! pat coil Uariine. ] serving mallst and
rel. l large double quad chain tackle, I set
chain. blocks (medium . eel. ! lot blocks aud
islls. ! coll wire. I bell. I cans lubricating
sresse (psrt fulD. . timber cant hooks. 2 On zine
valves tslobe throtls), ! clscE chamber, I loi
pump column. l lift pump barrel. 2 iron plates.
. wheelbsrrows. ! ladder. I lot cd iron, 2
sledgrs. 2 sets stocks aud drills. ] lot nattsrs. ]
lot cold chisels. punches. tongs. forge shove {
and poksrs and Q forge rests, . Istchsts and bits,
! lot pipe couplings, I lot old nles. ] lot gads. I
lot small lengths 4 inch pipe, 5 crow bars, I loi
lumber. being The personal property now on the
premises known ~ the Hoi.ting Works OF the
succor Mill and Mining Company, IL Lower
Gold Hi . St,rey county. B a.e Of Nevada.
Notice 10 hereby gwen that on TUESDAY, the
TwkNTY TIL RI DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.
ID. 1880, between the hours OF Q O'Clock A. 4.
and 8 O'Clock p. M.-viz: at 10 O'Clock noon-l
will sell all the right. title, claim aud interes,
OF said defendant, Gust We SUrRu, In aud &C
the abo 70. DESCRIBED property. Al tie premises
known 90 the hosting works u the Succur Mill
and Mining Company. Lower God Hill. storey
county. ssvada, Ut pub &c auction, for cash IN
hand. TO the highest and best bidder. TO satisfy
raid execution and ell costs, In United Slater
gold coin. CHAS. WILLIAMSON,
10 sheriff d STOREY county. Nevada.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
A Good Example.
Lyon County Timss.

LyS" Ses"y ~"
A Mr.. Benson. who lives about . mile
from Beowaws, on the Humboldt river.
has . t.n-scrs grove OF elm, poplar and
maple trees which will Be two years old
next April. They. are growing nicely.
and II they continue to grow for fifteen
or twenty years more they will be gigar-
tic and worth q great deal Of money. As
soon a. the grove 10 two years old. and
for twenty years thereafter. Mr.. Benson
will receive from the State q premium OF
$40 per aero per annuu. that premium
being fred by Law. There 10 . great
deal Of ground In this county along the
Carson and Walker rivera, upon which
trees could b grown with comparatively
little trouble, and Il would doubtless
pay the landowners well 70 fellow Mr..
Bsnson's example.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
Election Refs.

SACRAMENTO. November 49, The Bee
says: As considerable money was bet on
the result OF the late election In Califor.
nia-dsspiie the fact that the law makes
Il an offense for persons SO to do and
as neither side feels disposed to relin.
quish the wagers until the result Is ola.
oially declared. 1t may be Of interest to
the public to know that the law requires
the Secretary Of State to canvass the
returns and ascertain the aggregates
by November 30. or as much one as
all the returns may be received. In
view OF the ~closeness Of the election.
Secretary oil State Burns has sent an in
v~itation to the Chairmrn OF the Republic
can and Democratic State Central Com
mittets, saying that when the electoral
vote is canvassed by him they can each
have representatives present to examine
the returns and see that the footings are
correctly made.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

President. elect Garfield. when he was
= very small boy Of three years old. went
to school to . lady who in her old age
delighted to tell Of the little fellows
pranks. He was so psrsistently mis-
chievous that to keep him still his
teacher promised him that he might cit
on the large bench as soon As no learned
to read. He went to work with Q will
to learn, and before he had been to
school a week he could say his letters.
and several weeks before the end OF the
term he claimed and received permission
TO cit on the high seat with the older
scholars. He has been climbing ever
since for high seats.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
Tu.c.rora Times. Rsrioc. It is singular

Tuscarora Times. Rsristo: II 10 singular
how General Hancock has improved in
morals. intelligence and general worth
since the election. Papers which were
wont to designate him by such pet
names a. "Jsek Bunsby." "Old Pom
posity." dough Face" and shoulder
Straps" now speak Of him as the PA
trict Soldier" Military Statesman "
and I~ucorruptibls Candidate" and all
because he refused to countensncs the
stealing Of the Presidency for himself.
% the wicked Democrats say 1t was done
for the present incumbent. four years
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

Sharon gave the State Central Commit
tee. 1t appears. $500 to use In Storey
county. and probably proportionate
amounts for outside counties. This ought
70 DO sufficient to pay advertising ex-
pensss. but 1t Wal probably used for ether
purposes.-S i!ssr State.
Tho above item 10 perfectly correct
with the exception that Sharon did not
give the State Central Committee one
cent. the advertising bills amount to
more than double that sum, and What
Sharon did not give was not used 70,
other purposes"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

Moody and sanisy commenced their
California campaign against sin and the
devil at Dr.. Storr's Church, San Fran.
cisco. Saturday evening. They had q
deeply interested audience Of about two
thousand. They are sure Of good houses
FOR Q week or two In San Francisco. or
until the novelty wears Of. but can effect
NO good there. Their best fields lie In
the COW counties. the farther from San
Francisco the better.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

The olesnsst, healthisst, and most law
abiding portion Of San Francisco 10 the
Chinese quarter. While Msyor Kalloch's
congregation has been more or less grisv-
ously and fatally afflicted with the small.
poY, there has been none Of 1t among
the Chinese. Kalloch should see to this.
morally and physically. Such COMPARE
sons are too odorously suggestive.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

The most UNANIMOUSLY famous paper in
The United States at the present time 10
the New York Truth. and 1t 10 also the
most wrongly named. The Morey.Gsr-
Geld Chinese letter is now proved to have
originated in the Office Of that paper.
and through the columns Of Truth 1t was
drst given to the world. Truth was said
to be formerly found at the bottom Of Q
we'll. but Truth is now found at the bot
tom OF o lie.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

A Bro CLrAs.uP. - The Blue Tent
Gravel Mining Company on Wednesday
shipped S25. 900 in bullion, being ths
yield OF their hydraulic claims for thir-
teen days run The claims are supplied
with water from the South Yuba Com.
pany's canal. the water OF which 10 shut
Of for the present to mako repairs. but
will be turned In again about the 18th
inst, when washing will DO regularly re-
sumed and kept up continuously through
the winter months.-Grass Valley Union,
Nor. -.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

The patriotic Republicans Of wads-
worth las. Friday bad . big barbecue in
honor Of the election Of Garfield and
Arthur. They ate up an OK. . calf. tive
shsep and . hog. also lots Of bread and
butter. pickles and other s~ubstantisls.
and then danced all night. wsdswor,h
may now BE- considered solid until the
nsxt election.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

Charles Dudley Warner. having much
newspaper work to do. dsvotss only bis
Saturdays to magazine and book writ.
ing. he was born in Massachusetts, and
Is Hfty one years old. he prsetiosd Law
in Philadelphia and In Chicago, mean.
while doing considerable literary work.
until about the beginning Of the war,
when hs became an editor OF Hartford.
His thick hair and beard are grey. but
be appears young. Hs II Of medium
height, and grave. thesshfal and r.
fined.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

Hon. Charles Francis Adams voted the
Democratic ticket. his son, Charles
Francis. Jr.. voted the Republican ticket.
and John Quincy. because Of his disgust
with the actions Of the Democratic
party, did not vote. when shall these
three meet again2"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15

The Elko Posi- says: I. il claimed that
Senator sharon's property 10 heavily
mortssssd to James g. Fair. and that
the former did not dare to open his sack
for fear that the latter would ~fesselsss
on him.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
OUR m-ILLIOSAIREs.

An Eastern exchange. under the head
Of Men who are worth fifteen millions
and upward" gives the following list:
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-15
MARRIED.

In Virginia, November IS, John B. Robinson
OF heno to Mics Lydia Bali OF Virginia.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
Legal Advaf tisements.
Seoond judicial Circuit OF Florida, Circuit Court
for Wakulla County-In Chancesy.

Jno. J. r. Lovess. Jno. Q. Terrell, ~ Administer
tor, &c, ct al.
nY VIRTUE or A DECREE or THE HON. D.
- b walker, Judge Of said Circuit, rendered In
4he abose stated Csc bearng date the seventh dag
Of July, 1850, Will offer for sale ct public auction
before the ccurt.h0use door, At Crawfordville, In
sAadiccunty on Monday, the sixth osy Of September
nDxtv 1850, the following described tract OF land
viz: Sections one, two and twelve, and the north
east quarter; also fractional part OF southwest quar-
te, beng twenty acres Of said southwest quarter OF
section eleven, all In township three, range one
west containing 100 acres, more or less, situated
iAisaid county OF Wakulla, and known as the "Mc-
Bride Place" Terms cash, purchaser paying for
deeas. W. II. WALKER Sheriff.
July 80, 1SSO-5w
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
STATE NEWS.

Pensacola saloons have introduced
rec lunches.
Columbia county has 1858 white and
.6sl oolOred children of school age.
The Key West Key says that Mr.. c.
= PeDdletOn, of Fort Myers, proposes
ziarting Democratic paper there at an
airy day
Mr. Sydney T. Bates, who several
ezrs ago published the Traveller in this
oitys was married last night to Miss Dora
lieausing in brooklyn suburb.- Union.
Hon ii. A. COrIey, Commissioner of
lands, has been at Fort Myers recently
-sling State lands lately patented to the
st@ss in that section by the U. S. govern
meut-
The vegetabIe-Growers' Association
Of Marlborough county hold their first
meeting At the courthouse in Tampa on
tie Ist Saturday in September. Leon
county ought 10 follow suit.
Capt b. w. Powell, of Micanopy,
puts n under obligations for sample of
two ye4rs' old wine, from the Flowers
gzPe, which he extensively cultivates.-
fiH vine readily sells at ts per gallon
GasnesciHe San.
There have been more summer visi-
tors d "a Augustine this year than in
any year previous. The time is surely
coming when the Ancient City will be as
fazl1on1hle and popular q resort for South
On people during the summer months a.
Il = fOE Eorthemers in the winters,
A4gszEfns Press.
-Ihs Rsninsuls Railroad il making pro-
grsaA 8dns thirteen hundred feet Of trestle
work = Jet 70 be built across the marsh.
says The ocala B0nnsv, but with the IA
elites Cor piliug thst have been put into
oPsr1don The past week It il expected
that this, the greatest trouble, viii be
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.


y nssrfsIly clear are the baby's eyes,
eas ths akies Of Paradise,
q Ike he myrllehowers that lie
: q In son green ~ the spring goes BY.
y Ike tsaa1ls. euFls The yellow hair,
Ora an. /" the mother says, and fair,
a ahe twists Il about her finger round,
y lie ne nttle o1s smiles In thought profound.
y ilt are Ia houghts. - 90 Silent there
J. -iis IN IL nOsher'slaps WIN care
% pAin ever din those sweetest eyes,
J - have opened 90 lately with wide surpriseS
L g The Angel Of God, who safe in his arm
Z : he spirit Intrusted him, guarding from harm
, sfp shining the eurls, keep pure the eyes,
"a agzin they nay open on Paradise
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

say / would rather walk" and not "
Lad rather walk"
Say ] doubt not that shall" and not
a i,1t ] shall"
say for you and me-" and not "for
n and l."
say whether / be present or not" and
present or no."
say not that know" and not "that
knOw Of"
SAY return it TO me-" and not Gre
IN Il back TO me-"
Say al seldom see him." and not "sel-
IN or ever see him."
say q fewer friends" and not "less
nends"
Say II 1 mistake not" and not eff
m not mistaken"
Say game is PLENTIFUL. and not els
ileuty."
say q / am weak in comparison with
gu" and not Z" to you"
Say It rains very fast" and not "very
ard"
Say ST is primitive sense" and not
b. Urinary sense"
say he was noted for his violence, !"
nd not he was man notorious for vio-
nee"
say thus much is true" and not this
auch is true"
say / lifted i" and not al lifted it
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
URAG UAY
Here is another geographical puzzle

There are seven stars on each side and
D. each diagonal The top line is great
sauntry in Europe, beginning with an A.
The bottom line is, next to Prussia, the
greatest State in the German Empire The
ie line 10 the left is Territory in the
z nIted States The side line to the right
J. south American country. This line
ust be read up instead of down. The
agonal line from the lower left-hand
rner Is State in the Austro-H Hungarian
: npire, and the other diagonal line is a
unfry in Africa.
"A little girl hearing it remarked that
people had once been children artlessly
.suired, Who took care of the babies ?''
Speak kindly in the morning; it light
. the cares and brightens the day, and
axes the household and all other affairs
owe along more smoothly. Speak kindly
night; for IT may be that before dawn
me loved one may finish his or her life,
-n1 Il viii be too late to ask for forgive
1.f-<E
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
Savannah, Florida and Western
RAILWAY

No change of cars between Savannah and Jack
sonville and Savannah and Albany.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars daily betweeEl Sa-
vaRnah and Jacksonville
Sleeping cars run through TO and from Savannah
and Albany, and Jacksonville and Albany, without
change.
Passengers from Savannah for Fernandina Gaines
vile and Cedar Keys take this train.
Passengers for Darien take this train {
Passengers from Savannah for Brumwiek lake
this train, arriving at Brrnswick6.Oo A. n
Passengers leaving Brunswick at 500 p. II. arrive
at Savannah 800 A. NJ
Passengers leaving Macon at tbs A. n (Saily
including Sunday connect at Jesup with this train
for Florida.
Passengers from Florida by this train comment at
Jesup with train arriving in Macon At 6.25 !. II.
daily including Sunday
Connect at Albany with Passenger trains both
ways on Southwestern Railroad to and from Ma
con, Eufaula, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans,
etc.
Mail steamer leaves cambridge for Apalac6scola
Sunday aud Thursday evening for Columbus eve
ry Tuesday and Saturday afternoon.
Close connection at Jacksonville daily (6undays
excepted) for Green Cove Springs, i1t. Augustine
Palatka, Enterprise, and all landings on st Johns
river
Trains B. and A. r. r. leave junction, going
west, at 11.37 A. NJ, and for Brunswick at 40 p.
NJ, daily, except Sunday.
Through Tickets sold, and Sleeping Car Berths Sc
cured, at Brens Ticket Office, No. 20 Bull street. and
at Savannah, Florida and Western Railway PAssen-
ger Depot.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

Chief Ouray is dead.

Chief Ouray is dead.
Hon. J. S. Black has returned from
his European tour.
MIR. Frederick D. Jordan, an old citi-
zen of Savannah, was drowned in the surf
at Tybee on the goth ult.
Mr.. Washington Mclean, proprietor
of the Cincinnati Enquirer, who is i'll at
Long Branch, is improving.
The funeral of Gen. Albert J. Meyer
took place at st. Paul's Church, Buffalo,
on Friday. 1t was largely attended, and
the services were very impressive.
Chief Saporonari has been elected
Ouray's successor. The Southern Utes are
bitterly opposing the treaty, and the time
for it to be signed expires on the 18th of
October.
st. Julien, who made the fastest time
on record, at Hartford, Conn.,, on the 27th
ult., is entered to trot at Minneapolis,
Mimi, during the exposition week, which
begins September 9Th, against his own
time, the best on record, for purse of
5000.
"A San Francisco dispatch, of August
S1st, says: "The Chinese steamer Ho-
chung, which arrived yesterday afternoon
from Canton, landed about $50 Chinese
passengers at Honolulu. 1t will depend
an xhn sv,mK p,,ot;x,,,n ~ ho- n<........ I
tive to the length of his stay in port,
whether she will pay extra duties and dis
charge her cargo At once, or await the &C.
zion Of the United States Government on
the subject"
"A telegram was received ct Memphis,
August 29th, from Dr. q a. Rice, inspec-
tor Of the Nationai Board Of Health At
vicksburg station, reporting Eve suspi-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
FLORIDA FRUIT TREES

TOR SALE AT THE ARCHER NURSERIES,
4 consisting in part of LeConte Pear, Japanese
Persimmon, Peach, Apple, Almond, Nectarine, Chi
nese Ounce, Japan Plum, and Sweet Seeding Or
ange, from one year old to Bearing Budded Trees,
with Shrubbery, sc.
By permission we give as reference d. 8. Place, of
Waldo Fla, whose Orange Trees we have this day
purchased. Correspondence solicited.
LIPSEY q CHRISTIE,
r Archer, Alachua County, Fla
August 81, 1SS0-6m
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

cious cases Of sickness on board the tow.
boat Raven, which left New Orleans last
Tuesday. Instructions were te.sgnphed
by DR.. r. w. Mitchell, of the National
Board of Health, to detain the steamer II
possible, but the telegram was delayed,
having been sent from vicksburg last
evening. The National Board steamer,
d. B. Benner, has been dispatched to in.
tercept the Raven if she should have left
before the telegram sent by DR.. Mitchell
had been received.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31
LAND FOR SALE.

~ GOD LAND FOR FARMING; SUITABLE FOE
VI Trucking and Oranges; the most healthy loca
tOn IN the state good water good t%hsf An!
time If desired A good lot of Orange Trees from
to three years old. situated within one mile Of the
Capital of the State, Good schools, churches-good
'0''' anu u'''''O'' MINUS eGp G. &. GIBBS, Agent
August "a, 1880-6m
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

sAM = week IN ypsr ewn te1n. AeeEteke - -
VkE risk. ResdsE 4 yqa NsRk 9 $50 q -, II
WUU lke dine they wUlk N1ieS - esass " ~
HzxiHss O, feaaaad, Mains.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

We have received the following from
} aster Laurie A. Poole, of Tallahassee:
TARANTo
L
PENBIEA
A
OTRAETo
pnASuAr
AeOrrect solution has also been received
8 m Miss Minnie Stebbins, of Tallahas-
= -sOa -ssiE y1oIs, III nrI OWN neat
rndEriting, which we are sorry we have
q 4 space 70 publish.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-31

At Live Oak daily with the Savannah, Florida and
western HALFWAY to and from Savannah, end all
Northern, Eastern and Western Cities
At Lake City daily with the Florida Central Rail-
road to and from Jacksonville, 81. Augustine, Pa
latka, Enterprise and oil Landin0s on the 81 Johns
River
At Baldwin daily with the Atlantic, Gulf and West
India Transit Railway to and from Ferpanlua.
Gainesville, Cedar Key, and with Steamers for Tam.
pa, Key West and Havana
At Chattahoochee three times weekly viii the
Peoples Line and Central Line Boats to and fom
Columbus, Eufaula, Fort Gaines, Apalachicoh and
other River Landings
N Elegant Sleeping and Parlor Coaches, Wood.
ruff q Lucas Patent, daily between TaliahIssee
and Jacksonville.
k5S Quick time, sure connection, perfect safety.
EDGAR VLIET
Master of TRANSFORMATION.
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Florida Central RaH Read.

JAcxscrvm1m, FLA., 0et q, Ssz9.
IN AND AFTER THIS DATE, TRAINS ON TflIs
~ road will run follows:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-02

SAGACITY OF \ GULL.-A curious
incident occurred recently on one of the
bridges crossing the river Limmat, which
flows through the city of Zulich, Illus
tratinG the sagacity of the gulls OF terms
trequenting some Of the Swiss lakes. \
gentleman who, for amusement. was in
the habit of feeding these birds with re-
fuse meat (Which they are very fond of.
had his hat knocked off into the rapid
current below by one of the more eager
guils lowering around. The loOkers-on
laughed at the mishap. and a boat was
about to put out into the stream to Sc
cure the trophy, when, to the surprise
of every one, a gull was noticed to dart
down upon the floating hat, and, after
several Intellectual attempts. succeeded
at last III rising with it i'll its beak. and
flying toward the bridge, to the great
astonishment of every one, when over
its center dropped the weli-soaked hat.
where the bystanders at once secured it
for its owner. Those who believe that
animals have the reasoning faculty will
doubtless add this to their list of proofs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-04-02

4 LEARNED CAT AND WISE HEN.-
Mrs. \. W. Brooks, of East Eliot, in the
State of Maine, has a cat thirteen years
old for which she has been vainly offer
ed $50. This learned pussy viii stand
up 1T the word of command, bow slow
ly or quickly as directed, walk around
the room on her hind legs only, dance.
turn somersaults, 90 through the mo-
tiOns of holding jewsharp TO her mouth
with one paw and playing Oh it with the
other, new when ordered to speak. kiss
her hand to visitors, hold a saucer of
milk on her fore legs and lap the milk
and stand on her hind feet and with her
fore paws catch bits OF bread or meat
thrown TO her, like base ball player
Her kitten, a year old, Will turn soIner-
Saults. The same lady has Il hen which
always wipes her feet ON the mat on en-
tering the house, and if asked How do
you set your living, biddy:" viii scratch
on the floor, look to see if she has scratch
ed out anything, and then look at the
questiOner to see if the answer is cor
rect. This hen despises the wooden.
chalk and porcelain cheats which some
people palm off on hens for nest eggs,
tumbling them out of her nest as often
as they are put IN.