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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01
Mr.. Warner ON The DONKEY.

The best way Of getting about Cairo
ana Its eflvironss is on the denkey.s 1t is
cheap and exhilaratings The. donkey is
easily mounted and easily got off from;
not seldom he. viii weaken in his hind legs
ana let his rider to the ground-a sink
ing Operation which destroys Your con-
tidenee In life itself. Sometimes he
stumbles and sends the rider over his
head But the good donkey never does
eltheE He is the best. animal of his
size and appearance living. He has the
two qualities of our greatest general,
patience and obstinancy.1 The good
donkey Is easy as a.Focking-chair, sure
footed as a chamoiS; he can thread any
crowd and stand patiently doing in any
NOISY thoroughfare for hours. To ride
nm only Slight compromise of ones
Independence in walking. One is so
neaEthe ground, and so absent-mindedly
can he gaze at what is around him, that
he frgets that there is anything under
him When the donkey, in the excite
met Of company on the open street md
stimulated by the whaeks and cries of
ms lriver, breaks into the rush OF, a gall
lop, there Is so much flying of legs and
sua q general futter that the rider IAN
cies he is getting over the ground at an
awhll rate, running a break-neek race;
butt does not appear 50 TO an observer
HE rider has the feeling of the swift
locpmdion of the Arab steed without its
danger or expense. Besides, long
leggedman, with a cork hat and flying
linen ''luster, % tearing madly along on
an animal as big as a sheep is an ANUS
ing spectacle. --ALy Winter o1Hthe Nile
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01
HOW Churcn-Iower uIocks Are wound.

hAVf aCHuhCh-AOhcI AlOChS are nOunus
The oldest tower-cloek in New York is
IN st. Pauls steeple 1t was made in
117S, by John Thwait, of London. The
clock IN ST Johns Church was put in
the tower in 1872 The Trinity clock was
placed IN its lofty station, 300 feet from
the pavement IN 1916, by James Rogers.
In dry weather this clock runs weIli but
In damp, chilly weather it sometimes
stops, owing to the precipitation Of nnois-
ture on the wheels Originally two men
We're required to wind it, each of the
three l,50Q-pound weights having to be
lifted oyer fifty feet. Some time ago the
winding gear was changed SO that one
man can now wind it.
Describing the operation of winding,
the clock-keeper said THE crank is
about twenty inches long, and whom I
turn II around l make a sweep of thirty
inches. It's a good deal harder than
turning a grindstone, but the machine
has a rachel, SO that can stop and rest
when I want to. The crank has to be
turned $50 times to turn the barred
twenty-one times. Around the barrel is
wound the wire rope that holds the
1.500p pound weight. The weight is sim
ply a box with pieces of iron in it. That
Is very old-fashioned. Now we have iron
weights so modelled that they can be
added to or subtracted from, and the
weight can be graded to a nicely A
new wire rope was put TO the chimes
weight the other day. The rope is what
is called tiller rope, and Is $50 feet long
and three-quarters of an inch thick It
takes me an hour and a half TO wind up
the clock
St Paui's clock has single back gear.
and two weights of l 200 pounds each.
1t takes three-quarters OF an hour to
wind it. St. Johns clock is wound in
less than an hour; while the modern
clock of st. Georges, in charge of the
same keeper, Is wound in fifteen min
utes.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

a GENTLEMAN not Unknown to literary
circles Was present at one of the Pope's-
receptpns The holy father approached
him and said: You are an American?
~ you "a Catholic or Protestant ?"
Holy father" replied our friend, q
am neither a Catholic nor Protestant
am a journalist"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

INDIGESTION, dyspepsia, nervous prostration
and all forms of general debility relieved by
taking MENsN1AS's PEPToNIzED BEEF ToSIc, the
only preparation Of beef containing its entire
nutritious properties. 1t contains blood-mak-
ing, force-gencrating and life-sustaining prop
critics: is Invaluable in all enfeeided conditions
whether the result Of exhaustion, nervous pros
tratien, overworl, or acute disease, particularly
If resulting from pulmonary complaints. Gas
well, Hazard & Co, prqprietors. New York.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

\ ''srHEGY," rafting voice and con-
slant disposition to expectorate, indicate incipi
ent throat trouble OF dangerous tendency Use
Or. Bulls Cough Syrup in good time and be
saved much trouble and annoyance. For sale
by all druggists
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

ONLY the genuine axle grease has the name
of Frazer on every package, and wears longer
than any other. -.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

Something Almost Marvellous
is the steadily increasing power and popularity
Of Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01

A COOP word for a bad one is worth
much and costs little.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-04-01
HANNAH IAMEs-Intormation Wanted.

In the wear IS62I eft mother at Peach Orchard Bluff
Arkansas and been trying 10 dnd her whereabouts
bs a. vet have failed her name Hannah James,
Efvsrd lanes slaves Any Indignation Of her VIII be
asfuli = scce led hgaIer son, HoRAcEsJoHSSoNr
kokCmo, Indiana.
re Erchllqss plcase COPY. Gu 4 ads1
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
Old Bad Weather.

Somebody 10 Hanover Va, sent a commu.
pic,iOn 10 the old National Iuteipeucer, which
sp' cared on the 2Sth of April, lS49 as follows:
MesSrS Editors: The recent harsh weather
and destructive trosts have induced me to look
over my weather book, from which send sou
the following men randa, sboRiog the height
of the mercury iu FIhrenheit's therpcmeser in
the sprog OF each year for the l. s. thirty years.
The cJ.d:st days only ars Doted:
Mcrcuy
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

BIIeFOu5y IDJUrtu UG ueSlrUytu 2
The most unreasonable weather l have ever
heard of lin Virginis) WAS snow nearly foot
deep in the mouth of June, l774. Cherries and
other fruits of the season we're ripe The cold,
est morning ever known in Virginia slice its
first settlement oy the English was January ID
l79O. The mercury sunk Into the bulbs of ther.
mometers. The ice upon oue rivers wss three
feet two inches .nick. JAM river WAS frozen
over at Burwel.'s Bay go that the heaviest wsg.
ons passed it upon the ice Chesapeake Bay
WAS frozen quite over and huodreds of persons
walked across it fro;a Annsuoiis to Kent Isl md
and other places. On the 9h of March 1870,
Colonel Charles Dsbney's Regiment of Virginia
Infantry marched from Falmouth to Fredercks-
burg upon the ice in the Rlppahnnnock, which
had been formed there the preceding November.
III.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
Opening and Closing OF the Malls.

CLOSING.
Washington D. c., and Northeastern mails
8. m, II N. and and 8 l5 p. N.
Western mails 10 and l5 p. m.
Southern mails. via Richmond, Va, 10 30 \.
m. and 4 81 and 10 p N.
South and Southwestern mails, via Lynch.
burg, Virginia. way and through maile, OU q.
q. and 9 W p. m,
MsnAssas Division 90 q. m.
Alexandria to Round Hill Va, 5000. m
OPENING,
Northern and Western mails, via Washing.
.on, u. e., 80 .. m. II m. and d 90 p. N.
Southern mails, via Richmond, Va, 30 B. m
and 80 q. N.
South western mails riu Lyuchburg, Virginia
Through mails) including way mails on Midland
Railroad, 30 q. m.
Manassas Division 80 p. m. for lock box only,
Round Hill to AleIandris, Va, 80 p. N.
Office Hours-Otice opens at 80 q. NJ, anc
closes at 00 p. m.
Sunday Hours-Ofice opens At As 4. No., snd
closes at 80 8. m.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

Published Daily and T1i Weekly.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

STEAM VS. MUSCLE Two things absolutely
necessary tv make perfect roasted coffee is uu
forDitV pt heat s5d rAQulari,y Of mo!iop; these
can only be obtained by atse of steam The
opposlta i. clearly snoRo 10 hand roasted CUff,es
Jy its many amperfections. All choice grad s
OF Cotfees will swell when subj !c.ed to uni
form heat. McBuroey's Steam Rcssted Cnf
Re are aIaa7 the choi,-st grades. Their daily
increased sales is q good proof Of superiority of
their Steam Roasted Cogees ouer that roasted
by the hand n,uchtine and nuscle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

STOP THE LEAKS. lin Roofing, Gutter aud
R,in Spout. and all work repaired crompfly, by
STANsBURY & BRo.
THE BEST home manufactured Tln Ware
and H Us furnishing Goods Gao be touod at
STANsBURY's Ceotral Stove House, coroer
kiog and Washington streets, (McBu,neY' s
Baiding.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE
1851

The ALEXANDRIA GaZSTTa, begun in
1853, is the Oldest ne spaper IL the State and
the only, daily published in Northern Virginia
~ Ass survived, with few exceptions, all the
public pIesses in Americs which ssv with it the
dawn OF the nlletealtl century. II lives, too,
not IN decay, but full Of lie and vigor,
giving ail the news, telling the truth without
fear, favor or affection, trenching on the priyscy
OF no mas home, but fail to the brim with ell
public Information. and giving daily honest
Judgments Of public rHcn and pubic measures.
1t furnishes The new: lclesrsus of the New
York Associated rlo-a III Of i.eutet's European
sgency, being, Wit o. !a.ce ,xccytiors, the only
paper between B.!iuygo aid richmond that is
thus c2nLecte4 WITH s#a gra..t fOua..las of lie
words ouvqs
h'th the Coming cas a tuc ong tried and
impfoT~@ usiAoG5 o! !AaAint ss444aIt news
paper VIII bs continued, WIN such sa aa,tiol.l
taciIs.os as 2as. ozpyrsacJ ju:.jles the prog.ie-
Tor IL osI,ev,Gg ~lil ,li to l4a c.oaci.y o: lne
der :..h u! erry.ce ~ L4e city, ,le stats s1d the
Country oy caLd.a cr,to.so ol ;aua sid events
IL tho ia e.ost Of ;As pyope Of no Common
wealth u yIrgiui..
10 mGo- a. tlJ Gomand: uJoa IT, the Gszat,e
will be Ins.:s WASi-iaaIJN srd KiCH.
MOHD NJ #SpAPE&, as va ss a, AaEX-
AND&IA JOURNAL. xha Richmond snd
Washington news Of pasi y o.ss has lel! little to
Improve bat ~. gre.ta7 eLyrt viii be made 70
insure absolute pUcf. cion in these devgrtmen,s.
The city OF Ale1aDdris Wi lac s3 usual its
daily history in es2n evenings issue, aid the
intelligence oitkat section Of the COMMONWEALTH
which nature has bound to Aezandra By the
curvature OF it5 mountains or the courses of its
rivers rs We! Ihat por!Ioa iiHked 10 us by the
iron bands o. railways. vii! be assituously
chropiced
The Business "aa ~ an. CT -iai coumns OF the
tt.. wi. T., Lee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

Tue epTluR vi eaUn year iUT Tue b. lulrTy years.
The cJtd:st days only ars Doted
Mercury
at SunriSe
1920, Msy 81 k;IIiog frost, 2S
1871, April Is savere cod m5rning IS
1922. April % hard frost 20
May killing iross 25
1923. Apn 25 destructive ftost 81
May g. kiIliur frost 26
1924. April l9 and 20. smart frost %
June II, SOW; Is tsost "a
1925. April 81 and - ta;th frzn q 30
1926. Apri II arl l3. bard ftosl "a
1877, May aud 9. esrth irtzln ~
June %, "a md 25 white frost 81
1928, April and 9, severe fross 26
1929 April -, gr' At frost %
1880, April 3 ald tarth fem II
April II and IS, earth tr In 80
1881, April II ami IL. severe trcs:s 24
Msy 9 aud 10, killing frosts IS
1882 March Is. most severe irost S
April 9 hhrd frost 25
1883. April H. kuIlng frtst 26
1884 April 26 .ud 80, lsrsH white frosts 81
May IA Is. l6 aud II, klli;tg frosts 20
1885, March l, most in ensely col' ; mercury
S degrees below z:ro at seven clock
q. M, AID at z9ro at ten q. N.
March mercury at zaro at 6ge o. m.
March 5, mercury degrees below
zero atsx q. m.
narch 6. mercury degrees s5ovc
70 OF five N.
April l6 and %. great white frass 81
May % and "a great white frcsts 80
1886, April and II, earth hard frtz:n Is
May 10 and Is white frosts "a
1887, May l, suow;2 killing tros rs
1888, April %, snow all dag; 81, severe
frosts IS
May hail and snow; 10, IL, -, 26,
30 snh 80. wnito frosts 80
1899. Apri' q, large white frost rs
lS4O, Marc 22 and 26 s.vere trosts 26
NJ VI II l2 I3, and ID, smart frosts 81
lS4l, May aud great white ffoss %
1912 April l. severe frosts 26
lS43, March 49, severely cold 7
Marc "a, severely cold S
June 2. mart fros. 35
1914. Narc %. severely cold l6
Janu II. frost IS
lS45, April g. destruc i've frost ~
1916. April IA great frost 81
My l9, frost, kiIiog c,rn, So. 80
1S47, March H. vsry severe frost II
April l9, des uc i've frost, fruit killed %
May II I'D IS SMART irosis 81
lS4S. Malcl l6 Severely cold 9
May y l3 and l5 tros.s IS
lS49. Auril l6 and II, most destructive
trosts; irult, wheat. CORN, peas, &c.,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08

pdILlP B. HOOE,
AGENT
Liverpool s. London u Glob, Fire Ins. To-,
n. Y Underwriters Agency Fire Ins. Co.,
Petersburg Savings and Ins. Co.,
Fire end Marine Ins. Co.
Risas taken by these frs! class companies at
current rates.
Losses settled promptly and literally. feb7
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
AaE g A. sck ErS-
Both =
Commonwealth DlstrlbutIoutjo
Al Macauiey's 1nes.re, in the city Of Louis.
vile, On

~ o1A W ~o'ASi1 ~ 1r VI Az ~.
At Macauiey's MnesLre, in the city OF Louis.
vile, On
THURSDAY, MARCH 81 1884
Ihese drawings occur month y (,:uid4ys ex-
ceptodl under pTuVlsIOn3 of al Act .! Tue & ~ =
e!ai = enby OF Kentucky inGor. r.ti.2 the
Se"iOrt frint!ng aud News per Cc. approved
GprI g. 1878
a khsS IS s special act. abnsl has
never beem repeated.
lac UnLuj States Circuit Court on 81 arch 81
rehGur"C the 20! UTlng 'eclSilns
Est-s'sLaf the tuEi .M1Iwe,.iei ssis-
trAautson Company Is se!mi.
Sa-RsS tsf.t .tSsItss isTe ass.r.
HE Cunpaa no n on had a lGr9e reserve
luna. Heaa Carefully the list Of Drizes tor !hs
MARCH DKA WING.
prizs..." S3O,UG0 lOO prizes SlGU osch $40 co.
| pr;ze-... lU,UOQ 1~ prizes b0 each 1906
priza..- QUE C3J prizes ~ each l2,UjU
l.OJU prizes IL oach lUVJG
20 prizes 81 ,OG0 esct, slU, go
y prizes sou eacn iG,Gyl
prizes 500 eacn, Approx. prizes. "....52, 7VU
pEizcs 80 each, :. ....... l,St-y
1850 prizes. $1i2,EU
Whole tickets 80; half ticgets 81; u tickets
S5ti 30 tlcSe.s Sl;U
kernit Monsy or Bank Dref: in Letter Or md
by Express. DN&'r S&ND By NEGlSVSH-
I'D i eTT&R OR UaTUFFlC& UhUbR
Orders OF 50 and upward, by Express, caG be
seat al cur rxpguss Address eli orders 10 ss.
M. H+sAfsDN ~, Courier. iourne' i<uil,!-
Ing, L0IsistEiie, ty.. or Z. ). CUM s2s:fs-
FDESD, Zl2 broadway, n. Y. jauleold
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
CONC0RDIA RESTAURANT

DINING ROOMS,
Corner Prince aud Royal s!s.. Aersndris, Va
JACOB BOHRAUS, PrOp'r.
This new and elegant establishment has just
been opened and will bs conducted in sucn .
manner ns to insure the public patronage
1t will be q regular. first class family resort.
Bauquets for Clubs, and Societies furnished at
the shortest notice.
Everything 10 season kept constantly on hand
and served w in the best style.
Specialties: STEAMED OYSTERS. In
ported Brsndies and Wines. Berguer & Engeps
Philadelphia Lager. anl2
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
Dk GOODS.

OUR INVENTORY FINISHED.
" Tuesday Feb'y 8.h, 1881.
We have com pleted our inventory aud thrown
upon the counter grest msny Remnants Of all
styles Of goods to b. sold cheap. We are clos
ing out great many goods st Iess than cost, in
order to m IKE room for large Sprir stock.
SHEETINGS = BLEACHED, COTTONS
snd LINENS.-We are getting in full stock
of the above goods of Chocs Brands for Feb
ruary sales and offer at close prices.
d. +. BRASHEAR.
100 King st, Alexandria Va.
MORE FULL STANDARD PRINTS AT
M SIX CENTS.
5000 YAkUS--NEW STYLES.
Monday, Deer. 9th, 1851.
The above goods are equal in quality lo any
eight cent Prints in the market. Cali quick and
sea tnbm, u. +. BRASHEAR,
dec27 No 100 King st., Alex sndris, Va.
ISLACK FRENUH CASHMNRES
- Tuesday, January 1lth 1881.
Another line OF those all wool Black French
| Oashmsres at 4Ic 45c and 60. per yard; open
20. day also another full assortment of those two
and three button KID GLOVES at 81 and ST. 25
all warranted. d. r. BRASH EAR,
jsnll No 100 King St., Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
l W. I'm 3 m. 6 m. | yr.

Special contracts will be made ith ly ad.
vertsers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
FagEY MasssFeS.
q. M. AID A MS.


An immense asaort no4, Of Merino Underwear
showing ine iargesi ano most 2omplete stock OF.
,srnd IL tho city fOr Iadiec genss, misses, boys
end lntahts prices i52 10 Is Zach.
tIboops. COriets snd handkerchiefs.
GcrnsnIown, ;,sEoHy and s:hal!and Wool
Veins IA al coI1rs aad qu.lities; Zephyr Wu;st-
60, vi sIpp.yi always in stock canvass. NJ OF.
:ces E'norOIGefiIg Siks I'D & ee1es
Buttons spool ok, GoltJns, Thread Soaps,
P.r!umory, JeVei?y, &c
Hosiery in soiid colors Stripes Gamoral,
5u brigS,ii, Iern2 AI5le Threat, mourniag &
AID are; over CUU 1ozsa OF iEG and n!edlurn
price boa'e!y; prices IRON lOc to 81 90 per Dar.
Woolen Hhrw!s, Hcaris, HOODS sad NQbas.
Gloves IL Kid Huak, @haep and Dog SSiu,
French Gsstof, C.oLh, Berlin, Ring wood, Cash
Mere aad IpCGkraIi; PRICE sc 70 81 per pair.
G"ats' fus Nerh Wear in Ties, Bows, Rutland
DeJulnVii6 anc + o.;.dsome assortment vi Cis,l-
de!!rs ';carfs, Shirts. Collars, Cuffs aud Silk
u-pendGr-.
i<e:4 Eutlng Ruff, Laces, Edgngs Veil
!hGs, Hoop SkIr.3 NC.
q. ii. ADAMS 81 King st,
ssGib Alexandra, Va
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-08
PAPER HANGlNGS, &c.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
J.P.CLARKE

AT THE OLD LOOATION-l58 KING ST.,
Will exhibit we'll assorted stock Of
WALL PAPERS. WINDOW SHADES
CORNICES, CORD and TASSELS, FINE
PICTURES and PICTURE FRAMES from
the best manufacturers and importers, of the
newest and most popular designs.
He intends by faithful attention to the wants
of his customers and fair dealing to merit q
share of their patronage oct
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-20
Senator Merrill Of Varu,rt.

Tall of stature. and high in esteem, stands
in the Senate Chamber Of the United States,
Hon Justin s Morrill,, from Vermont. Ever
ready to put his hand 10 the plow, AMI never
putting himself forward to make show,
this farmer statesman is less praised than he
deserves. First To urge the clai.ls Of Others,
last to accept his own dues, his emoument
has come to him gradually. and not favoring
lobbyists, no riches have been placed TO his
account as the price of trucking.
Mr. Morrill, was born in the hilly town OF
STAFFORD, Orange County, VT, April IA,
1910. Ills father MAS n well-to-do farmer,
who had the then unusual good sense 10 give
his son the opportunity of gaining such high
cr education rs the county had 10 offer, at
the autumnal select school and the village
academy. Though then and there, farmer
boys were supposed 10 have been born pur
poscly ,o hoe potatoes and We're never ex-
pecIed to rise higher than road surveyor or
petit Justice he estimated learning worth
something in itself, as personal pleasure
and discipline. His practical mind has
turned it to the best advantage for the
honor of himself and the benefit of the
people and nation.
With strong home instincts, he believed
Vermont good place to live in, and settled
down in his own country vale, on Stratford
Branch. engaged, first rs Il ''stDre-keeper, or
general merchant; hut afterwards the, TO
him, more agreeable and profitable pursuit
of agriculture In this occupation he has
been emnently successful, by not merely
draining the soil Of its native richness, like
unculurcd land robbers, but improving its
productivcncss and Identifying its natural
appearance with artistic adnrnments As an
occasional writer for agricultural Journals,
1. .t..I
and applied with avidIiy and benefit. What
MIR. MurrIl said waS 81, and, both in farm
inr and in puliticS. he las acted upon his
know ledge tarly IN the Stale Legislature
he showed sisnal ability, inspiring the public
spirit and espousing free education. An uni
vcrsal confidence in his integrity advanced
him To the national capital as a Representa-
tive of the thirty fourth Congress, 1915, to
which office he was consecutively five times
reelected by Il large majority in excess Of his
ticket.
Coming from State whose true motto is
Freedom and Unity" coming from the
self titled farm, II sclf-muGe and well-made
man, he was from the first, II thorough
abolitionist, and is to the last rcdoubtahlc
Unionist and popular legislator.
March 4th 1867, he took high seat in the
Scnnte, to succeed l.. i. Poland and is now
holding his third senatorial term, hnnrrlng
that somewhat cquivocal body by his sctiate
presence, and honest, progressive purpose
A working thinker. he never cond-scendcd
to tinker, but has thorough built and s,outly
presented bills promotive Of general pros
pcrity, and encouraging common aspirations.
| To linn is due credit tor the homestead and
bounty laws, and the agricultural college
system, the abuse OF which i'll some States
Ia. is unIy Striyiup IA, remedy by asking for
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-05-20
GAGE D'AMOUR.

Charleston II seems you wish to KNOW
You wonder what could scare me so,
And Why, in this long locked bureau,
With trembling nngers,
With tragic air now replace
Thls ancient web of yellow lace,
Among whose faded folds the trace
Ui perfume fingers.
Fneld of my youth. severe as true,
guess the tram your thoughts pursue,
But this my state is nowise due
To Indigestion.
had forgotten 1t was there,
scarf that some one used 10 wear,
Hlnc llle lachryme, SO spare
Your csnlc question
Some one who is not girlish now,
And wed long since. We meet and bow
don't suppose our broken vow
Affects us keenly.
Yet, 10 confess the truth. II stlrs
My pulse, that flimsy scarf OF hers,
You can't disturb the dust Of years,
And smile serenely-
My golden locks" arc gray and chill,
Fo- hers. let th,'m lee sacred sill
But yet, own. d, hlylsh thrill
Went dancing through me,
Charles, when held yon yellow lace;
For. from lis dusty hiding-place
Peeped out an arch, ingenious face
That beckoned 10 me.
We lock our hearts up now a-dayS,
Like some Old music-boN that plays
nfashionable airs that raise
Derlsiye pity;
Alas a nothing starts the spring,
Aud 10! the sentimental thing
AT once commences quayering
Its lovers dltty.
Laugh, If YOU Will. The boy in me
the boy that was-revived 10 see
The fresh young smile that shone when she
OF old was tender,
Once more we trod the golden way,
That mother you saw yesterday.
And |, whom none can well portray
As Young or slerder.
She twirled the faded scarf about
Her pretty head, and, steppin & out,
slipped arm in mine. with half pout
OF childish pleasure.
Where we were bound no mortal knows,
For then you plunged in lreland's woes,
And brought me blankly back To prose
And Gladstone's measure.
Well. well. the wisest bend 10 fate.
Nv brown Old books around me wall
Nv plpe still holds, unconnscate,
Its wonted station.i
Pass me the wine. To those that Keep
The bachelors secluded sleep,
Peaceful, inviolafe and leep,
pour lIbatlon.