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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 1OS. Lots 1OOxI65at Eau Gailie at $75 and
800. 20 acre lots near by at 5000. Near the
best fishing and best oysters in Florida.
Healthy on the river 'front.' and rich land back
from the river. Protected from cold by Lake
Washington. Good place for cane and the
more tender fruits, and very desirable for
winter residences.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11
No. 1ls. IA acres for s.. OOO.


No. ia. 70 acres for 81 900
The above are good orange lands, high and
healthful, and well located fronting on Lake
Dorr, in Orange county, near the st. j. & L.
L. X. Il.
This affords settlers favorable opportunity
to locate among the courteous and hoSpitable
jewellers ON the shores OF this charming lake.
las
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 307. % acres rich low hammocll-will
make 40 bushels corn to the acre-suitable for
orange trees. a few wild orange trees now
81, 600, cash, ! in one year with Sper cent
interest. L. Z. Ropes, volusia, or j. S. Banks,
Fort Mason, Fla. 172
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11
Intellect in Brutes.

From Nnture.
One evening, soon after my arrl-
val in Eastern Asam, and while the
flve elephants were, as usual, being
ted opposite the Bungalow, l observ~
ed a young and lately caught one
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 12l. 20 acres good high pine, mile
northeast of Volusia, near line of p. & l. Il
railroad; good orange land. Price $3.50.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

3O4. A valuable homestead claim for $250.O
so acres of high pine, so fiatwoods. st. j. 4
L. L. r. r. runs through it. Address 4. L
Ropes Volusia ORD S. Banks, Fort Mason II
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. los. E half sec 3 west half sec and g
half sec o, q, Range $3.50 acres good
fromSt. Johns river, Price s. per acre.
155f
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. l22. 20 acres high pine, good Orange
land, six miles northwest of Volusia, nea
Rosedale, acres cleared. Price $500. l65
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No 1860 acres high pine land, miles
northeast OF Volusia. Owner must have mon
ey and will sell for 800. 16S
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 1S4.-140 acres high pine ] mile from
Altoona. acres fenced and cultivated, 20
orange trees years old. LOCO nursery
trees, 2 large scuppernong vines. Frame
house 1896, barn, stable and woodhouse;
price, 1,325.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 1O5 B. N half ofsw or, Sc or of sw or and
n half of Sc or, sec IA, 7 q, r $1,000 acres
landing. Mostly hammock; good sugar and
orange land. Price $40 per acre.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. LOG. Sec 26, T 20, r 33.-63SSO acres pine
woods and prairie, within two miles of St
Johns river, three miles from steamboat land
ing at Lake Harvey. Excellent grazing land
Price SIS per acre.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. IO7 4s0 acres in sections 2s and 90, T 20,
r 33.-On the east and south sides of Lake
Harvey. st. Johns river runs through this
tract and there is q good landing for steam
boats, Good grazing land. Price So per acre.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 135.-24O acres high pine' on the
shores OF beautiful lakes, | mile south of
Altoona, near the railroad; price, $l4 per
acre In lots to suit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE
BY
{. {. Ropes, voIusia,
FLORIDA.

FLORIDA.
No. 90. 80 acres two miles south of Ak
ron. $50 orange trees, just comm encing
to bear. good, high and healthy, settle
ments en- this tract. One-half mile front
on pretty lake. Price 81 100.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. los. Sc or sec 10, Il q, r 34.-l60 acre
first class orange and sugar land, nearly al
hammock, 8 miles from Salt Lake steamboat
landing and the depot of the railroad to Titus
vile. Price $40 per acre.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

Some ofthe above described properties viii
be sold on easy terms, or exchanged for North
ern property. l5I
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No 1870 acres, high pine. II miles
south of Altoona, OH railroad; good lOca~
tion for business or for residences; price,
SIS per acre, in lcts TO suit.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

price $3.50 ls3
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No. 1870 acres. So best high pine, clay
subsoil, acres muck bed, IA acres fenced
and cultivated, 13 more deadened; miles
from Altoona, on the shore of pretty
lake. 100 orange trees 6 years old. log
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No 1870 acres ~ miles northeast of Volusia
q acres fenced and cultivated, price $3.50 1873
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

40 acres pine land. p miles northeast of Yo.
lus1n, Z75 trees five years old, five acres fenced
and and cultivated, frame house and kitchen price
SOUO, lS3
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No l47-GO acres high pine miles northeast
OF Volusia, 80 old bearing trees, 45O from to s
years old, acres fenced and cultivated, IL
acres more cleared, $4,000 nursery trees l to 6
years old, about V00 are years old and about
1000 and years oId--will do to set all are
healthy and Vigorous; log buildings, wealthy
people have bought land and are making
groves on adjoining lots; price $4,000 1888
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

NO 1850 acres high pine land at Rosedale,
adjoining the groves of John Clark, of Jack
sonvllle, and A Bocl1over, of Philadelphia;
price $40 per acre in lots to suit 1873
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-01-11

No 144-s2 acres high pine land, 6 miles
northeast of Vousia, all good orange land,
in lots to suit 1873
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
miscellaneous.

Boston, 1.-CbArles B. Darling and
Company, wholesale liquor, have failed.
Liabilities, Sl18, 900. Assets, 500 barrels
of Whiskey il bond and = quantity OF
shares in stock companies.
Nine hundred guests we're Rt the tables
and galleries filed with spectators ct the
annual festival Of the American Unitsr-
ian Association, Judge Lowell presided,
and Oliver Wendell Holmes read e
poem.
Washington, Cool. Bliss opened be.
fore the jury in the star route cases this
merning.
Rockville, Va, 2.-An explosion in a
saw mill killed one and badly Injured
several other workmen.
Carlisle, Pa, Ia great many people
attended the annual examination Of the
IndianIschool. The boys and girls show
marked progress in all departments.
GChicago, t2.-Fort Wayne, Indians,
specials: Hon. Robert. Lowry was nomi-
mattel for Congress by the democrats of
the Twelfth District ct Keudallville
yesterday.
City Of Mexico, "a decree abolish
ing expectation duties on gold and silver
cein, bars and ore and Increasing the
importation duties on al foreign goods,
is published by the executive. The de.
cree will go into effect the first of next
November.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
TELEGRAPHIC
TIE STRIKES.
Rome Desperate Times Gn Chi
cREO


csEO.
South Chicago, 2.-There is 70 mate.
rial change in The situation &C Ironosls
this morning. All the men are still cut.
President Jarrett has not arrived, and =
telegram has been received stating that
be will not come on Hs expected.
Corresponding Secretary Pat Cor
mondy, oftn iron makers association
here, has Just received the following dis
pktch from President Jarrett, ct Pitts
burg: Ny instructions being only advi-
sorry, you are at liberty TO atop, provided
they all stop.
Mr.. CormOndy has also received the
following teegrSm from President Bal.
lock, BsyvieW, Milwaukee: Do not work
unless they sign the scale. We are out
aid will stop out until they all sign. I
will call them out.
The indications now are that the men
will stay out until the manufacturers give
Ia. The men claim that they have
half million dollars in the treasury At
Pittsburg; also That the steel and rail
men will come 70 their aid with money
when they mead it Employees OF steel
rail mills and iron rail mills, in all max
ing ABOUT /, los men, are cut Of employ
ment here.
The wages which the iron workers are
striking agGinst are as follows: Nail
feeders, $l.75 per day; helpers, 81; pud
dlerl, so to IS; nailers, S.; rollers, IS
to SO. They demand an advance of ten
to fifteen per cent. The Knights OF La
Dor have taken 3 friendly interest in the
bfirkmekers' strike, and propose q con-
ference Tor q compounds and reconcilIR-
ton. They represent the interests Of the
trikers. The employers have given no
answer, and are not much inclined to
treat with the men who have been
troublesome and evasive. The attack of
dock lAborers 81 Bridgeport last night
upon the Chicago s. Alton train was well
executed, and sVinced careful planning.
Thoroughly armed With sticks, clubs and
pieces of iren and stones, the number
of broken and bruised heads altests their
effectiveness. Three had their skulls laid
bare by various blows and half q dozen
others were crippled or hurt in various
degrees. None Ofthe injured are likely
TO die,seven Judge Pillsbury being in q
fair way to recover Rt last accounts. The
rioters quickly fed when their revenge
was satisfied. The police were early on
the scene and have made several arrests,
including Jas. O'BrieG, John ONeil and
John Frawley, all on suspicion. A dis
patch from Dwight says one Of the rIo-
tiers was accidentally shot in the forehead.
The witnesses ofthe affair are being
looked up. David NJ. Williams, Of
Dwight, who was with Judge Pillsbury
says the shot which struck him was fired
from inside car, but none of the party
saw the man VINO fred it. It is believed,
however, that important clews are in the
hands Of the police and the miscreahts
will be brought to justice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
EGYPT.
The Excitement Cooling Some
what, bus the Situation
Remains Critical.

Alexandra, 1.-The collector on the
Ramlch Railway stopped An Egyptian
soldier for not purchasingR ticket. The
soldier assaulted the collector, and other
soldiers carried off the station master.
The drsgomsn Of the English and
French consul demanded the release of
the station master and the trial of the
soldiers, and the demands were granted.
Shells are suspended for the immediate
loading Of the gun feet. The electric
light on the squadrons created 9 scare
among the Egyptian soldiers. Petitions
for the deposition of the Khedive are
Withdrawn from circulation. 1t is re-
ported the Sultan has telegraphed the
military chiefs deprecAtinR dircord
among the. different races protesting Mos
lem faith, and insisting upon the neces.
sity ofm9irtsininR the StGt1t quo.
Cairo, 2.-The Khediye declined to
entertain the proposal for 3 ministerial
combination under Ragheb Palha.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
rs. +. Monitor. Aug. 25. Issl. L

&. 4. Monitor, Aug. %, 1881
The vital Importance Of having pure Altai
Wine for the celebration Of the Holy Sacrifice
OF the Mass is q matter which always gives the
grestest concern to the Rev. Clergy, who are
also aware OF the difficulty experienced in
procuring really pure wine by those living in
remote regions from grape-producing local.
itiet. This difficulty, however, has now been
entirely overcome, and every priest through
out the Union can rely upon procuring really
pure wine for altar use through the long
established and thoroughly reliable house OF
ATpad Haraszthy Co.. $50 Washington
Street, in this city, who have made arrange
ments with Rev. p. J. Kaiser TO be the sole
agents in this city for the sale OF all the wines
made at the extensive vineyards at the Old
Mission, San jesse, as well Is the altar wine
made by Col Hooper At Sonoma- The nrm Of
Alpid Hsrsaxthy l. Co. guSIsntee the perfect
purity Of these sltAF wines and are prepared
10 ship them in portable packages, in any
quantity desired, and so put up that they viii
retain ST their freshness during consumption.
We think the enterprise Of the house Of Arpad
Haraszthy & Co. is worthy OF beingencouraged
and we hope tins Rev, CLERGY throughout the
Union will avail themselves of this excellent
medium iu order to secure for Divine Service
one Of the most essential auxilisries to its
proper celebration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
Cable OIfcka.

London, 1.-The United States consul
general writes the Journal soliciting car.
tribntions for the proposed Garfield Ma.
mortal Hospital in Washington.
Moscow, 2.-The national exhibition
hiss opened. The Cars health Was drunk
with enthusiasm. 49,
st. John, N. +. 2.-The Pkonscioa
has arrived from Queenstown with q lac
number Of immigrants, mostly Germons
for the United States. There Ara no.n1
icebergs on the track of ocean s t,a
ships.
Berlin, 2.-Bebel, socialist, vas ro.r
rested for contravening the law Of De-
tober.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
EXCURSION & JOB WAGONS!
10 B VA q O N s.

1hssesttle wagons are entirely new, the first offered
in this market and for horse delivery wagon they
meet demand long needed This House is doing their
best to introduce les-nost suitable to our Mountain
Country land City trade. Their styles of Light
Spring Wagons ''Way Up and painted in several
servceabe colors pleasing tcthe eye and the most dur
able colors known Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
COMMUNION
WIN E!

Having purchased all the Altar
WINES made under the immediate
supervision of the Rev. Pa Kaiser
in the vineyards of His Grace,
Archbishop Alenany, at the Old
Mission San Jose; also the Wines
made
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
POR ALTAR PURPOSES /!

out Of Col. Hooper's cellars at SOnOma
We her ewiLh respectfully offer them
to the clergy and others desiring an
absolute pure wine, made with The
utmost care, and guaranteed of the
v'ntages represented.
ARPAD HARASZTHY & CO.
$50 Washington Street,
San Francisco, CAP
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
Gift HOUSE,
aAB 81. SALT LAKE OITY.
WITH HOUSE HOTEL

TH1PEOPRIKToRs TAXI PLRAgUE
q aanOunciES % The pablie that the
kaVe fsmOdeIlSd cad ro4tted she HgssA.
- Dining Rooms are speetOuG and the esSa
efEsaIs will be served Right and day.
B1sgle HealG, soc
ISf Lanchos (as per NaSa), $Se
Sss1 Gaa Board, else to 90 Ser day
eH0 70 oI2 ROT weak.
JaTA, 90 Fss ssss.
&ke BaT hAs bern removed 70 The sOrth =
q EOtoI and fOaT Billiard Pebias ado ed f.:
eAs ascoMBO0 eslop Of kuesss, and l. 1ev
go &. B0D%RCk = co
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
mONETARx AND sTocKs
New York. lima o ,ooo

NC" 4UEKs June 2, 1882.
Money, 27z94; gov'ts weak low.,.
stocks, weak; W. o.. SI5S; O uicL lGHer;
81; Pacific, 409S; Hariposa' .. AmS1l N1;r'
Fargo, 1913; n. 7. Central, 1885,. y LIE slis'
33%; Panama, 205; D. and r q f 6sie,
Union Pacific, 1925; BondS OI T7s !
Central Pacific, s97S; Bonds 117i%:
Sutro, a. ma;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03

A Freight Train leaves Ogden daily
for Melrose ct 500 am, giving daylight
ride through Cache Valley, and regular
freight train arrives daily st Ogden q
4.S0 p. m. from Melrose.
GEO. ". THATCHER, supt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03

W. W,.RITBR, sup't
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03

REQ. Dear StrS, Referring to our
we herewith annex copy of
letter addressed to Rev. P. J. Kaiser
10y the Most Rev. Archbishop A!e-
many OF San Francisco. Cal.
ARPAD HARASZTHY s. Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03

Having been appointed Sole Agent
for the above Celebrated Wine. l Of
fer it in original packages, sealed, as
it leaves the Vineyard, or in bottles
to suit the purchaser. Its purity
cannot be questioned, and it will
undoubtedly be much appreciated
for family and medicinal uses. q
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03

Fare to Lake and return.
same day, sec. CHILDREN under
10 Halt Fare,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-03
ST, MARY'6 CATHEDRAL,
62S California Street.a

San francisco, July 18th, 1881. 8
The bearer Req. p J. Kaiser, h0Via0
to spend some time IN the East, for mo
tues Of health, may have occasion to
speak TO those DESTROYS ofprOeatrin0 a
genuine article of pure aUile.
TO all SsEck I mould say, that the aOines
made directly By himself or under his
direction, are pure and genuine.
For some gears he has had 1S1ldeT his
charge for me the Diocesan Vineyards
of the old Mission, San Jose, Cal. And
these Vineyards he has quite renovated
and brought to a state Of considerable
perfection; therefore I k7aoaO the WInes to
be pure and genuine. I hare 0iUcn other
letters to mine growers more or less
cCRn1endGtOTy, BAT none so strong as I
a5OUld desire to make tIGs, as IN no other
case did I have so good means of k,aosO-
ing.-And a0hat I sag for Father Kdis-
eT'S aOtsaes. I iCONLd say for his Olive OIL
produced at the same place.
VeTg Respectfully,
+ JOSEPH s. .ALEMANY,
!. Arch6. Of Fan Francisco, Cal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-22

THE NEW SCHooLMAsTER.-T old
man approached the new schoolmaster
with bulldog glare in ais eye.
"You got after my boy yesterday be-.
cause he left live hornet glued to your
chnir9"
III did,"
"You licked him so he thought the
world was coming TO an end ?"
"That was the impression intended
to convey to him."
II am his father, and I've come to let
you know what / think of your proceed.
ings."
Then they cIinched. Hair aud blood
flew in the air, likewise the dust and
fragments of garments. Then it quieted
q little, and the old man implored him to
let him up, stop choking, and take his
teeth from that ear.
What do you think about my warm.
ing your boy7" asked the teacher.
II think you did just right, and when
/ 60 home I'll give him tanning that'll
teach him to come to me with his COM
plants, and stories that the schoolmaster
can't fight"
They parted and the schoolmaster mur.
INJURED, Il did right to tackle the son of
the worst fighting man in the district
hrst. None of the others will poster
me-"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-22

President S. G. Hist. Society.
LETTER FROM c. II. MINISTER TO TIE
SEC. s. c. HISTORICAL SOCIETY


WINNsBoRo', May 23, 1882.
Dear Sir BY request Of Mr.. w. ID
Aiken send to yoursociety letters patent
for tho invention Of tho cotton gin issued
by President Washington in 1856 to
Hogden Holmes 1t is believed by many
in this community that Whitney fiched
the invention from Holmes.
The following is fact: James Kincaid,
soldier of the Revolution, being told by
Holmes, who lived at Hamburg, that ho
had invented cotton gin, agreed 10 take
tho gin and try it Mt his mill, situated in
tho western part of Fairfield District
He did 30, and whilst tho gin was ut the
mill, and whilst the mill was closed for q
few hours, in the absence Of Kincaid q
young man rode to the house and asked
Mira. Kincaid permission to see the mill.
She, forgetting tho injunction Of her hus-
band not to permit any ono to enter the
mill during his absence, gave the key to
the young man, who returned it in q
short time aud rode off. Mr.. Kincnd
learned afterwards that the young man
was Whitney, and this is believed by
Kincaid's descendants, who still own the
mill. The old original cotton gin was
burned with the mill BY Mr.. Sherman,
who, believe, is from the same country
as Whitney.
grandfather, married the daughter of
Hogden Holmes, and preserved the
parchmenta which l enclose. Respect
fully,
G.. II. MCM AsTER.
P. SIT would be interesting to have
published in The News and Courier these
letters patent, and this is Mr. Aiken's
wish, and thereby elict q comparison of
tho respective claims Of Hogdon Holmes
and Of Whitney, and the honor Of the
invention Of The Cotton Gin.
G. III. Mem.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-22
CHARLES LEE,
Aitoreny-G General.
sCHEpULE ANNExEp.


The schedule referred to in this letters
patent, and making part of the same,
containing 6 description In the words OF
the said Hogden Holmes himself, Of an
improvement to wit, new machinery call.
ed the cotton gin.
Explanation of the whole machinery /:
This machinery for cleaning cotton from
the seed can be used in the following
manner, viz: The whole machine
(standing on the Hoor) is six feet six
inches wide, FIVE feet long, and five feat
high. BY putting this machine in motion
for use Of the aforementioned purpose,
is to be done by the following directions :
The cylinder from eight to fourteen in
ches In diameter, and six feet long, with
one row of teeth to one inch, which runs
on two even gudgeons; the feeder from
eight to twelve inches in diameter, with
two rows of wires of one inch, and six
feet long and runs on two iron gudgeons.
The brush froniSseven to twelve inchesin
diameter, and six feet long, with two iron
gudgecns to each cylinder froin three
quarters Of an inch TO one inch thick.
HoGDEN HOLMES.
Test; w. Urquhart, Seaborn Jones.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-06-22
The Original Confederate. Constitution.

The other day called on friend, a
crary circles. Ill health, however, has
been sore burden to him. After few
moments talk he invited me into his
library Producing round tin beg he
spread before me a roll Of parchment,
which proved to be the original Provi.
sional Constitution Of the Confederate
States Of America, signed by Davis, Bob
Toomhs, Alex. ii. Stephens, Ben Hill
aud all tho other high contracting par.
ties. The sight of this document, which
decided the fate of the slave population
of the United States, awed me. To de-
fcnd the validity of that parchment or to
prove it worthless, two armies Of the
noblest men that God ever created fought
for four long years over all the battle
fields that lay between Bull Run and
Gettysburg, until the struggle WAS ended
when Lee rendered his sword to Grant at
Appomattox Court House. That docu-
ment is the embodiment Of all the issues
to settle which the blood Of tens Of thou.
sands Of brave men was shed, and which
desolatcd almost every household from
| ono end Of the laud to the other.
After looking at it carefully, l asked
my friend where he got it.
Saved it at the risk Of my life from q
burning building in Richmond &: t!ii
close of the war, in 1865. and have kept
1t ever since," he replied.
"What are you going to do with it7"
was my next query.
III am compelled to sell it. / have
tried to get the United States govern
ment to buy it, without success, and now
am offered .el 800 for it by the British
Museum, and shall have to let it co.
"Nop cried /; "the Men About
Town will never let that document &C
in;o the possession Of the English
Aside from its historical value, the fact
| of England's efforts to make the claims
of that document good are remembered
too we'll to ever let it fall into England's
hands. That parchment, after the Dec.
laration of Independence and the Eman-
cipation Proclamation, is the most
precious one ever executed in the his
tory of America, and, as an evidence OF
the good faith and courage even of our
most misguided men, possesses an incal-
culable value. If the government won't
purchase this document, let the people
subscribe to keep it in this country.'-
Nan about to,cn in NeW York Star.