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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28
LIST OF LETTEHS.

The following is e list of the letters romainina
:, IN the Alexandria, Virginis, rostotico May IS.
Persons cslll1g for letters will say they nj I'D.
If not called for within thirty DAYS, they will be
sent to the dead letter Office, in Washington.
nnrS1ton' mrs 1 hos Lucas, Lawrence
DisooRs, Sfshur Latin, Ms.thew
Blown, Geo Lewis R,ubn
browning Mrs Ella Merrimsn. Sanford
GGs'f, mrs Chas Mason. Mrs Bette
Dunton, Mrs Fanaie w t'Bf;en, Pstr,ch
Dlshmsn; q Prye, Martha
Gordon, Mrs Mary Il toiomon. Miss Csrobro
Hofhef' Jsue Smith. Mrs Rsche!
Homes Mrs Ellen Washington Mrs N
johnson, Mrs Hattie Waghiapton. DO
LanGson, + Il
1t LEWIS MCKENZIE, M.
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opentng and Closing os the Mails,

openfng and Closing 0S tile Mails,
CLOSING.
Washington. u. G., and Northeastern nsils
8. M, II III. and and 3 Is D. M.
Western mails 80 and is p. N.
southern msia, via Richmond, Va, 10 80 q,
u. and 80 end Is p. n.
South and Southwestern mails, via Lynch
ourg, Virgins. way md through malif, TCO 4.
N. and 9 W p. m.
Manassas Division 7 90 a. N.
Alexandria to Round Hill Va, 80O.. mi
OPENING,
NortEern and Western mails, vi, W,shjro-
'o9, "; u, . 81 q. m. II M. and GU D. Iii.
southern mails, via Richmond, Va, 5 30 s,m
and 80 a. N. - :"
South western mails Wis Lynchburs, Yirginis.
Ithrough mails) including way mniis Ca Midland
Railroad, 8 80 8. m.
Manassas Division 7 80 p. M, for lock boz on,v.
hound Hill to Alexandria. Va, 3 80 q. m.
oihce Hours-Ottice opens at s 80 ., m, and
closes ct Z % p. N. -N
Sunday Houra-Olice opens At 845a and
closes OF 8 80 8. m. '1N
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Gsle arcSlDy serinn General Assembly
South.

At Inc session Of tbs Assembly o! S;aunton
y-sto:diy 30 iyoriUro fro n Bethel Pte.by,ery,
a:kiTs ''!a: The question of sllowits tho licelso
Of camel lucs iar tho ministry if satisfactory
ex: IL ps'ou ID the. Eoglish B.b.e led been
passed, 's:iEout tho Prerequisite Of c classical
edccA;iou, provoked long discussion. 1t YVES
claimed ty he opponents that il was DANCE
icui ionovGioa, aud woul! DO STEPPING down
from the h'g1 standard of tho Cbu CT GA the
Sutl!cf. II VAS lost by vote CT IS to 81.
ihr overture iroD East Hanover Piesbylc-y
askloc ICTsloo Of the hJm, book, failed hr c
decided vott; bso Il proposition to adopt Dr..
kotlosoa's psalm hymns ADD Sciiplural s)ngs.
The oommiiteo 90 sSsttm sic heacvolaIco re-
ported $l2O OO0 clnlrlbu!ed Ter The various be-,
nevoIent chIeo:s dutitg tho pcs: ycsr-lot qQito
Z rct maubtr.
A ssg' OF Christian greeting was tcoived
from thu international convention Of The Y. NJ.
Y. A.. ct Cleveland, Ohio, rcttrripg to Epbcsr
iavs, first chapter, third vers.. The committee
offered IS response Same chapter, fourth
aad hith verses. cod smile rsn through the
boGy when member moved is adoption.
SaTirGl namber' earnestly opposed it, on he
g;ou1d thst while It wss 600 will to tepd such
D
proner sIiiit FIR Presbytelians to bo thus ob4
'ruticg their dcuotDipaiioDal doctrine upon q
boty composed Ct oil denomin..0ts Tho re-
port 9ss rcoounittcd by largo majority.
Thu c,umittoo CO The Sabbath recon- mendcd
that u overture should be made 10 III, Con
aTesI If the U.i:cd States 90 tho suli.o. Of
Sabbath !a~s until they had secured tbo CO.
operation q the erta! TUX of Evangelical
churches in the ocu1try, End that this commit
too use every endeaVor TO secure that CO opera
ticu. Adopted.
4 motion vas adopted rt1liricg committee
70 examine tho revised eultion OF TIA New
Testament, aud report On is adoption by the
church a. line NIX: meeting Of The assembly.
lag, am0uot OF iolina business was dis.
posed vf.. itc udirg ogcrturcs aud repor s,
amorS Sh;c1 was report Gu Sabbath schools,
showing uu1ber OF presbVteries, CT: schools
|. 1872; teachers. &c. soioIars, 1853: total
contributions, $37, Gj5. Atlanta was seIec cd
as place CT aex. meeting.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28

When MIR. Kenneth RsyEor is removed from
the ofice of Solicitor Of the Treasury, es he will
be in few dsys, if the President be any moro
reliable in his statements about him thsn he is
about others. the last ftte Southern republicans
will be displaced from any prominent position
under the government. The s!temp. of the ma.
tionsl republican executive committee with
General Gsraelds's approval to break up The
republican organization in Virginia last Noyem
Der, the Presidents failure to recognize and
reward Virgins republicans, aud his present
attempt to make them subordinate their power
ful organization to the Insignificant Hahono
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TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPH NEWS
Hamburg.

HAMBURG, Nav 2S.-rhe Senate h IS rrum
ed the House Of BurGesses OF so arrsusemsn,
concluded at Baro and already s,oc:iorcd T."
Prince Bismarck. wtiob :ordes the. Hambn'.
shall permanently remsia FREQ ptr: distric. tcr
the purposes Of wholesale lr,dc aad the ,xno,,
of the products Of Industry. The incorpcra,is,
of Hamburg with the Z,ll7crtio will tske pIsr'
after October. 1888. a confirmation il rive,
of the report that tho maximum which It is
proposed to sanction 90 tho Inpe.ia! share #
the expense is 1000 900 marks.
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Turkey and TuniS.

LONDON. May 26-The Times this morninr
says: We understand tina! in con:.quencs e.
recent events in TuLis the Porte has deed a 10
write TO the Bey requiring an explanation of his
sudden change of demesnor towards the Suil,S
and the apparent leaning of his primo minister
towards French interests. They will be inyltsi
to state whether hs still considers himself vas
sal OF the Ottoman Empire end whether hsis
prepared TO abide by the frman of 1871. If his
answer is unsatisfactory the Bey will DO solemn.
~ deposed and the Husselnits family deprived
Of the Vilayet OF Tunis.
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VIRGINIA NEWS.

l: is announced that Major Joha w. Dauiel
docs not desire the dcmtc;alic noEjra'i1a Tor
Governor.
Doubo daiy trains vii! be rut CD The Nor
felix aud Western Railroad between LjEchburg
aud Bristol, 10 the cary days Of Jana.
Mra. Catherine Sh.F.r who reached tic IL.
trcmc CID ago OF lQ2 years on The li!h instsnt
died last week ct h,ms, 8 t,H miles below
Wylhevl'le.
Joho Perry Eohu!s. 500 Of General E:hols.
Of Sauntou, died at Astl,rd, Kentucky, Oh
the ooh instatt, ard hia remains were brought
homo Tor intcrmcnt. lie was only q years OF
sge.
From almost every section of tho Slate como
reporta OF general improvement IN the up
pcarsrco OF the wh:a. crop. aud The grass
promises d full average crop Of hey. 4 large
crop Of corn has been planted
At The election 10 Luray. Psgc uuty. Thurs
dsy tho old b.aId OF supervisors Was re elected.
| They ere opposed to giving bonds for 5000 OUO.
voted several years ago 10 tic Shenandoah
Valley Rsilrosd Company.
The old City Council Of Fredericksburg Wa:
reelected, the only issue made in tho contest
being the r1oeut action OF the Cluncil 10 sp-
propriasipg s, 900 towards tho completion The
bridge across the Rapidau at Gctnaaua.
| Tho clever mil!ioa dollars mortgage Gu The
! Atlantic. Mississippi nud Ohio Railroad. vas
Gled for record co Monday last. 10 the clerk
oLioo OF tho Norfolk City Court. Tho State
tax thereon w:s Ouo tcnIh Ct one per o,ni., Of
ISL 600
| The Virginia Agricultural Society asked The
city OF Richmoud 10 appropriate So. 0CO iol
the Improvement ol the fair grounds. The
6GaEc, committee agreed 10 recommend c loar
Of $1,000 The otieOt is to aco; m nodsto Wis
itOrs to The lsir attending from tha Yorktown
| c3nIcHElal, This proposition Was declined,
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party, hxve tended, end naturally. TO dispirit
Them greatly and to make them lukeWaIm in
tie republican cause. From our personal knoWl-
edge, derived from conversations with some of
the most prominent and influential republicans
in Virginia we state that The lukewsrmpess TO
which We refer has almos! reached the condition
of indifference, and tbs! unless change come:
Ger the spi,i. of their dreams between now and
the fall election, the democrats will have wslh
0vEr.
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Interrupted Disaa,shes.

LONDON, May IS The Standard this morn.
ing published tho following statement proI..
inently: Oar Tunis correspondent vrss thu,
he WAS summoned to the telegraph oli,o to re
ceive the pI'c> of thirteen messages nos forward
ed. On inquiry he was told that the telegram
were dispatched from Tunis bu!stoaped al Paris
by order of the Government.
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Financial.

Nav York, May 2S-Tho Posts 6osrci.
article say': At the soak exchange u. S. beads
arc strong sod the 3!s arc 10 70 l04s, 40 al
vauce OF g. otherwise there nro co changes.
Slate bonds are generally nag!ec ed R,hosd
bonds gro Irregular bu: renera9 lower. Tho
SHARE sp EQUATION is ievGcion eed DOT very &c
tive. There IL no C hsuge Ia the money market,
call loans and Tina loans being 2a3 Der GEN..
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General ButIer,s Nephew.

LOWELL. Mass, May IS -Retocring to ina
Doarer, Col, dispatch reporting lha: one Ss!i.-
bury alias Cantg. now under sentelca of cesih
for murder in hat city is n nephew of General
Butler, the family Of tho General say they hayo
no knowledge OF any relative naned ei!hor
CaGty OF salisbury.
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ALEXANDRIA MARKET. lay 2S-The market
To-day WAS quiet. but prices rather firm. There
IL no change 10 motto in Flour. The Gales of
wheat amounted to 2lG2 bushels at lO), l13,
llo, ll0 ard l22 for Fultz. 127 fer mixed and 128
alS2 for fair to choic, Lancaster. Ahont ron
bushels OF Corn sold at "a and IS. No Rye or
Oats reportad
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FOREIGN NEWS,

Tho ir:a.g i1oorptr.iing Hamburg 10 the
Io'iVnrelo has been signed ct Berlin.
All ths ferry aud excursion boats at Mon.
trea! nre to be subjected to the striotts in-
s)eotioc.
TLcra il strong in.lirg 10 EcPland 10
favor CT memorial 70 its lutte Lird B;accns-
field.
Prc!. Smith, OF Eliatursh, deciia(s to acctp
salary from the Free Church ct Scotland
Thllo prohibited from Servineit
Despite measures 10 prevent tbs immigration
OF Russian eW5 ioto M0'lava they aro enter-
ing ia great PLUMBERS.
Prince Alexander threatens 10 qu:: Bulgaria
II tie Assembly elections are adverse 10 his
views
There W'S grand historical peg,aut at
Madrid y,sIild y 10 memory Of tho poo; CAL
darcn.
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MIR. William l. Drane. general tupciinten
dent Of pressroom of the Philadelphia Public
Ledger, whose death 10 PGladell his, ycster-
day, was mentioned in the Gszatto. wus bern
February o. 1910. in Virginia, short distance
from Alexandria. and belonged to the family Of
Dfsnes, after whom Drsncsvile, 10 this Stale,
frequently mentioned 10 the cDn.ls of tho late
war, was named. He learned tho trsde of print.
iDg in Washington city, aGd went 10 Phiadcl.
pha when quite yourg mau.
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y NoMAN's FENGEAECE.-Thcr is fam
ll9 living c. NldcrlsDd. 10 Builder couny,
named Sail The husband has always been TO-.
saeoca in tbs community Were no lived and
tho toaguo Of scirdal was never waesed as
against him or his fsmily. Blu: one day this
wife Of bis bosom rarGed through somo med :
diing cd woman that htr husband wss proving
rtcreant to tho vows which no mad, at tho
siia: Sho vas q woman of spirit, and whes
she undertook 10 do anything she generally did
1t. IL the course ct her Inquiries, which fol-
loved rapidly upon The heels of this s.arlrp
lotormaIl1n. tho unhappy wife maGc tho dis
c'Very, CT !housht she cid, ct oil events, that
her husband had taken up with young virl CT
The DeRhb0shood who had not reached the
maturity of Eonauhcod BIZ some years. Mrs,
Still procured big revolver and suit O! her
husbands clothes. She put On be clothes and
thus disguised herself. Tuen sho iotero,pted
the couple, who were out for 90 evenings walk,
a5d enaaiIcd the revolver uto tho Girls bodv'
Tho shooter was good malksnan Tor marks
Ronap, as you willy, for one of the bals-s bio
ferry tour-colerad The abdomen of the unluckv
elsl aud another passed into her side near tte
lower right rib. Thor, may have been other,
lred, but these Two Wero probably enough. for
tho wounded girl soon lay 10 dying condition
upon tic street. When the crowd gathered
they stiz ID the fair matkssomsn and bore avav
the liteless form into drug store. A few
hours later the Sheriff Of the county, through
deputy, arrested Mrs. Still, aud she now re-.
nlues behicd Bouder's prison hou:e,-Roclv
Mountain NelcS. May 10.
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From AEbaDyo

ALBANY, N. Y, May 28.-Tbe Morning III.
press, which represents the Conkling section,
this morning gives up ell hope OF securing a
caucus. Itsays: I'VE have been overridden in
THIS mstter Tho party has been oVerridden,
The prospects now are in c>1ssqueuc, OF ths
withdrawal OF enough names TO rotuca the
signatures below the requisite rumbsr that tbs
republicans will prooseu 10 vote with cut sci
tliag their party stGairs by themselves"
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ICUm uUNICaL5u,
sat AIWSyS SYAll be SO''

'rhtro arc two classes OF people in the church
the one Is made uo OF those who do the hard
work of tina church; the ether is made up of
thoEo who Cit By tho Ere and find fault" So
says the Kew York Express. And it may be
worry truth!ully added that there are 100 many
Who would be carried TO the skies
On 1oWery beds Of ease;
But are not willing to win the priZ3
If they m1st wado through troubled seas
To ssy nothing CT bloody sohs. which many have
wadod through.
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Fatal AHray.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 2S-Goo5so Riley
shot and fatally wounded Anthony pomss es-
terday. Both men were employed in tho Lot sa
Riley threw piece of ccs! xt Domas and b,ins
asked by Domis 10 stop drew pistol ana ,hoI
him. kiley was drunk, but managed to escape.
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Fatal SunstrOlke.

NEW York, HAY 29.-Thonla. Doyle. VITO
resided 10 brooklyn, and was employed On =
lighter ct tie Red Star steamship Do.k was
prosirs;ed BY the heat yesterday afternoon. Ha
WAS taken to ST. Francis Hospital whore he dad
this morning.
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Elre.

ErplSu. n. H.. Msy 2S.-the shoe ftctory
OF Is. w. lloyt was burned this moraicg. IIoss
SIS, 900; insurance, $4,000 Several hutdisd
Wolknou arc thrown ont of empiaymeut
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Drowned.

New York, May 2S Frederic. Ii IF, ug,d
9. residing % tho Paterson Pork Road. wa
drowned last evening while bathing 10 q ore, l.
nasr bis house.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28

IHE t., +. S P. RAILROAD Judge Robert
Ould, President, of the Richmond, Frederjcks.
oufs ahn Potomac Railroad Company, has pre-.
pared hia resignation, which will be sent into a
called meeting of the stockholders of the com.
psny 70 9a held in Richmond to-day. Judge
in which, it is understood ,h,: he will comma so
severely upon Sir. Moncuss Robinson's course
IN hl5 determined efforts TO maintain a stesm.
ooa: connection with the road, to the alleged in
Jury o. Vsfy large Interests. The name Of MIR,
Lee hoolaSoa: OF Washington, is mentioned in
connection with the Presidency. -
prpH'S ~ A1ASA
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28

D. L. Pfios, who, eight yosrs ago. emigra.
ttd from illinois, settled upon 6fy aores CT poor
thisEet land in Chester field county, has now q
ohaimlng place. all under cultivation. He has
a choice selection Of fruit trees. srd from bis
halt acre Gsld OF strawberries. on Thursdsy.
picked fourteen bushels OF the most luscious
berries that bad, pp 10 thEt time, bsen seen 10
the Iichuond market
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D5EIE.

In Shreveport. ga, Msy 9th, 1881, MARY
LA, tocond daughter CT Z. Calender 81 4
Annie Il. White, aged 10 ye,ra ana : monihs
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Suicide.

WORCESTER, Mass, Nay 2s-Li5, rty Nelson.
o. yeare OF ags com United ,ucte ~ Upton last
night
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-05-28

Ehr;ch'S Fashion Quarterly fer the summer
has been received from Enrich Bio!her7, Now
York and tao ladies will lnd IL particularly in.
tarac;;rr
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No we'll MANAGED f.ciory is comp otc without
iuIl supply Of 81. Jso1b's Oil III c,se OF cmtr.
gercy or uoai6cnt.
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THE CRoW.-A oorrespoc dent of the Man.
chester, N. II. Mirror asserts that the crow is
extumlnatirg Tho singing birds ef Now EGG.
laud. He says: Few ere tho nests that es.
cape bis veilsot search, and fewer still the
yourg birds that do not 60 to satisfy his ravo.
nous appetite | have watched and cursed them
for years. | hlvo seen them pcunos upon the
nest Of the lark snd tho ploVei; [ have aaen
them leaving the nest of the robin With tho
young 10 their beaks."
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a ncW con'Isnmcut Of PARAsoI.s at E1cu-
BERG'S.
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THE DEMAND FOR Heavy DRAUaHT
HORSES says the Na,ioaa! Live Stock Journal,
us this spring surprising. For years tho de-
msnd has beeo largely i, txosSs of the supply,
cut this seasou the irqairy is exceptionally
active, and 8 mao who has n really good, heavy
~erk holsa o,n yet bis cWn price for him. A
Minnesota tuger, who hss usually been able to
supply his customers with horses Of this cisss
from Souheru aad Southeastern Iowa, called at
oIs Once few days ago, s,yirg that no could
not bsgn 10 Ii his orders With horses from
that rcgiau this season, and BIO is now 10 this
ol'y buying upon the market such as arc brought
here frou various parts of tho countrY to sail.
Others Ike him have also boon driven to seek
The great central horse nsrts, and tho result
has bcen sharp advance in prices and an sc-
tive competition among the buyers. The breed.
crs ot heavy horses arc masters OF the situation
this season 10 more marked degrao than ever
bei1r;- olrcumstanc, which emphasizes the
lesson that the Journal has been for ten years
coosisn'Iy cschiog, that It pays 10 raise heavy
horses.
DOUBLE TRAcK.-Psoposals for the grsdiug
ol Ito scoOd track between Baltimore and W,s.
ington Oh the lias OF tho Baltimore and Polo
mac Railroad have boea received from large
| number OF bidders. From Baltimore to ST.
Ages Station. distance of six miles, and
Washington to Benninss Station. four and q
half niIes. there urs double tracks. Tho re.
| msioder Of the distance is only single track.
1t is The in,eutlon Of tho oJmpsry to construct
double track b;twten this city and Washing.
tor, and l3r his purpose the bids were solici
ted. Along the road are cuts ard embark ments
which admit of the lsyicg Of oro track only,
apd to carry Cyl the Intention of tho cooperation
| 1t will be nj o;ssar7 to widen or remove them,
| as the case may b.. THIS part OF tho work is
also irc!uded 10 the contract, which will be
awarded 10 few days.-Bahimore SIN.
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COMMERCIAL.

LEWIS MCKENZIE, p. M.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-10-17


A MOTHERS INFLUENoE.-It is hard
for a young mother, who has not yet
overcome the hayward tendencies of her
own youthful nature, to realize the in
fuence she exerts over her little ones.
She is constantly surrounded by critical
imitators, who copy her morals and man.
ners. As the mother is, so are the sons
and daughters. If a family of children
are blessed with an intelligent mother,
who is dainty and refined in her man
ners, and does not consider it necessary
to be one woman in the drawipg-room
and an entirely different person in her
everyday life, but who is true mother,
and always tender, charming woman,
you will invariably see her habits of
speech and perfect manners repeated in
her children. Great, rough men and
noisy, busy boys will always tone their
voices and step quietly, and try to be
more mannerly. when she stops to give
them a kind word or pleasant smile
for true mother will never fail to say
or do all the kind, pleasant things she
can, that will in any way help to lift up
and cheer those whose lives are shaded
with care and toll. The mother of to-
day rules the world of tomorrow
Exchange
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-10-17
A9ritnltnra1 department.
FAST WALKING VS.. FAST
TROTTING.

Why are not premiums offered by ag-
ricultural societies for fast walking
horses ? For all the purposes of a farm
or for general usefulness fast walking
horse is more to be desired than fast
trotter not that fast trotting, within a
reasonable limit, should not be encour-
aged, but the speed that wins on the
turf would be worse than useless on the
farm or for ordinary driving on the
road. A horse that can trot with car
riage mile in four or five minutes on
common road, has speed that is just
as good for any useful purpose-we
might almost say for any respectable
purpose-as the speed that wins on the
race course. The fastest trotters are
mainly valuable for gambling purposes.
They may, it is true, fall into the hands
of an owner that will not permit them
to be put to such uses, but that is the
exception rather than the rule. The
race course on the fair grounds and the
payment of disproportionately large
premiums for fast horses has at least a
tendency to encourage gambling. The
agricultural horse trot'' is believed to
help the society by increasing the at
tendance and consequently the receipts /;
otherwise few agricultural societies
would combine horse racing with their
exhibitions. Perhaps trial of walk
ing speed would be partial substitute
for the attractions of the race. Such a
trial would certainly have the advan-
tage of encouraging something useful
rather than demoralizing. and would at
tract from it novelty. A horse could
afford to walk pretty spry for a prize
half as large as is paid for the fastest
trotters. If as much attention was
given to increasing the speed of the
walking gait as has been devoted tc
breeding and training fast trotters, We
should have a race of horses improved
in direction to be of more real ser
vice on the farm or for ordinary driving
on the road. With rough roads or hills
it is often necessary to walk the best O
horses for considerable part of ;
journey. A horse that can walk fou
or five miles an hour will travel fort,
or fifty miles in day without goins
faster than walk, nearly as far as al
average horse will trot in day withou
fatigue.