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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

kheskcd down Der ehimdeye Ahd dsibg
i lltils damage 10 the roof. She vent
as far as Augusta ard returned here
lSt midnight with l85 bales cotton
and l772 SKIS cotton seed. She re-
shipped % baies cotton At Terrence
for New Orleans, making a total out
the river Of 2l4 bales. She will have
her repairs completed in time to leave
at her usual hour tomorrow evening
for all points on White river through
to J~acksOnport.
The steamer Katie =. Koun;z as
Withdrawn from the New Orleans and
Arkansaw river trade for the simple
reason of not being able to cope With
the regular Memphis and Arkansaw
river packets which run the entire
year round. Daring the dull months
of the year the Memphis packets run
at a loss with the hope of making a
little Curing the short business sea
son, Outside boats only go up that
stream when the water is high and
cotton supposed to be plentiful and
run when they can come out a few
dollars ahead. Memphis has held The
bulk of the Arkansaw river trade for
many years and is the only city that
keeps . boat constantly 10 the trace.
The planters and shippers knowing
this fact should do all they can to
sustain the Memphis and Arkansaw
river packet line.
The talk of the elegant Kate Adams
has subsided, and now the topic Of
conversation in marine circles is
about the palatial steamer Will S.
Hays, which is announced to arrive
dere tomorrow morning on her initial
trip, and will remain in port until
noon, at which hour she de-
parts to New Orleans. Everybody
who can spare the time should
examine this craft while in port, as
she is undoubtedly one Of the hahd
soonest, largest and most complete
boats ever turned out of the Ohio or
Mississippi rivers. She was built at
P~ittsburg by Captain James H. Rees,
is commanded by Captain W. c.
TichenOr, one of the most efficient and
popular officers on the river, and the
efice is in charge of Captain G. Wash
Floyd,a former Memphian, assisted
by Harry Miller.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

Sales yesterday, $500 bales; to expor
ters $500; to spinners 1000, closing
quiet at 20 higher on middling
and good middling as follows: 0rdi-
~, 7ic; good ordinary, $40; low
middting, SEC; middling, 91c; good
~middling. Zoe middling fair, lOic;
fair, lOsc. Stains and off e%olors, "a
90 less.
Receipts Of cotton at all, CT s ports,
for the past three days sum up
74,73S bales, and are 1897 more than
last year foI the same time. Total since
September LIST, 3,733,674 bales; in
crease over last year, 1892, 1876 and over
tho year before 1858 bales
Total exports this year, 2,34S,-
1876 bales, against 1851, 758 and 2,14l,
$50 the two previous years. Total
stock, 945,4l7 bales, against l,l68,35O
and 92l, 100 last year and the year be
fore. Total visible supply Of the
world, 3,066,96t bales; increase, 10,
ll6 bales, 293,S72 bales and 92l ,766
balesa as compared with the last and
the two previous years al the same
date.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
Attachment Notice.

Before j M .Oo'eman. j.. p. for Shelby conn.
VT. b. Sims 4 Co. VS.. y. NJ. Niche.
sued out under section S55 Of The fo5e ~
tennessee, and returned levied upon IN
property. Of the defendant, and adidavit hav.
ing been made that the defendant IA indebfed
TO plaintiff in the sum Of $3.50, dro by notes
and that the claim Is just, aud that the de.
nessee; IL Is therefore ordered, thai ssid a.
endant make his personal appearances befors
ne on the 18th day Of January. 1883, Al Ii
o'clock a m. at my office, No. IL Madison
ST., Memphis; Tenn, and defend said attach.
ment SUIT within the time prescribed by law,
and that a copy Of this order be publishe8 onc,
? week for four consecutive weeks In ~,
Mcmthis Public Ledger. 'n'
lhis the 10th day of December. 1889.
VI l3 lO9 J.. NJ. COLEMAN 4 ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

The local money market Is active
and financial transactions include al
kinds Of prOductiee securities, which
are in demand at full prices. Interest
rates rule steady at 8 per cent
Exchange is also steady. Bank
ers buy bills on New Orleans al
lc discount, aud on New York and
the East at tate of, while drafts on
New Orleans. New York aud Western
cities are sold at par.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

The subscription price Of the
DAILY PUBLIC LEDGER is So per
annam and Dos ssr month fer less
than one year. The WEEKLY
LEDGER is 81 per annum-pOstags
free. Payable in advance invaria-
bly,.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
Friday, JRnuary NJ. ISso.

sell on Presidents Island, at former resi-.
rence Of late I q Davis, sr, in Shelby eonntv
Tenn, bstween the hours Of IL a m and2pm'
Al public auction, to the highrst bidder fo,
assn me Following property described in said
~ hands high, eight years nd namsd NV
now on Presidents Island,
sc Ill JAMES SMYTH, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
Attaohmenl Nonnn

Before Thomas Fleming. ]. p. f.r sb aIbv
county ~Tenn.-hoper A Flanagan, II K
League, Assignee, vs. Nathan Cummings.
y THIS cause an attachment having been
suea out under section 1855 Of the code Of
tennessee, and returned lowed upon m
property Of the defendant, Nathan cnm.
mings, and Amdayit having been made thS,
ascendant Is indebted 10 the plaintiffs in m;
sum Of v hundred and hfty dollars, due by
NE defendant Is a nonresident Of me MAJ
2l Lehnessoei u is Therefore ordered that said
defendant rske bis personal IMPORTANCE bS.
,eere M On the s b day If February, 1888. n
Main strest, Memphis, Tennsssss
anu oeiond said Attachment suit within m,
lime prescribed by law, or the same vii
% P~EGseedsd with sE;Parte; and that a cop
tonr ,weaks n The Public Ledger.
Lsis the - day Of '%anuarv, fS99
neIIl-lli w lHOS. fLRMlet9,J. p.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
New Advertisements.
II FL II
PACIFIC NORTHW EST!
OREGON, WasRillDl and Idaho.

Oner the best field for Emferanfa-
WIZ a mild, equabIe, n healthy
climate; cheap lands of great ferIiIi.
~, producing all varietl, = of Grain,
EEolt; ana Grasses I'm wonderful
RDundanc-; aO inexhaustfbIe sun.
Ply OF Timber; IA Coal Fields. and
the mineral deposits; elsenr ana
quick IransDOrtAI on by rntlrOnda
and river navigation; direct com.
meree with all parts of the world.
oNins 10 It's proximity 10 the Pacific
NO DaOUTHs, NO INSECT PESTS. NO
HURRICANES, WHIRLWINDS, OR 9TH
Ek, DESTRUCTIVE PHENOMENA.
The lands Of the Pacific Northwest show an
average yleld Oh. wheat per acre largely In
United States.
No failute Of crops has ever occurred.
oregon Wheat commands q higher priee
than that OF any other country in the Liver
pool market. -
An immense area Of very fertile Railroad
aud Cove nment Lands, within EASY reach Of
The trunk lines Of the Northern Pacific X. r.,
ne oregon Railway X Navigation, and the
oregon * California r. K. Co.'S and their
numerous branches In the lrest Valleys Of
the Columbia and its tributaries, arc now
offered for sale at Low Prices, and on Easy
Term Z or OPEN to pre-emitiOn and Home
st ad Entry.
The great movement Of p pulation TO the
columbia region now in, progre,swili be ener-
mou,ly increased by the com pietion of the
Northern Pacific r. R., and the Oregon Rail-
way * Navigation Co.'S systems, This rem
ders certain a rapid increase in the value Of
Lards now open to purchase or to entry under
the United States Land Laws. wv
For Pamphlets and Maps, de-
seriPtive of the country. las re-
sources, climate, routes OF trav-
Ell, rates aud full Information,
address
A. L. STOKES,
General Eastern Agent,
Nn nInrIr - Hhinnn4 NJ
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
A Wan who Has Had Nine wives
Mayvillo, Wy.,D Monitor.

me9s'iiVf NhesI MoniNoEt
An old gentleman residing in Sim
mons Gap, has about as wide, varied,
and full an experience of domesticity
as any man since the DAYS of King
Augustus II, Of Poland This happy
man, who has attained the patriarchal
age o. eighty years, has had tho ex-
treme felicity Of being married nine
times, and it is the ninth wife, who is
at present solacing-wo cannot saw
his declining years, because there Is
no telling what are the potentialities
Of a man who has displayed such
hardibood-but who is at any rate the
present mistress Of Simmons Gan.
Nor in wives alone has this fine old
gentleman been well and extensively
endowed. Hlty-three persons arc
entitled to call him "piba," and At
the recent family gathering over 90C
of his descendants we're present.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

The PUBLIC LEDGER job printing
Office and book bindery is prepared 10
execute work with neOtncss aud dis
patch, and at as low rates Ss any CON-
petitor, rl8Hl III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

MONkH MAAISG-k tabulated state
three days only 81, 200 in one yonr al rame
rate, BY highly lucrative English System 81
Iurt 6psoulation. Also particulars Of byw
each reader can test tee truth Of the above.
Systematic Investments conducted al tho
Jockey Mounts, o. Profits returned week,
Y, with charge Of 10 per cent from Winnings.
Betting on English Derby, the greatest X. vear
old race IN the world. $50 will re Ilize sf,O0o
Tltn a win SIND stamp for our "a inE
Washington street, Chicago. III. SD will
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
TRUSTEES SALE.

NDER and by. a certain trust deed exc
TG Davis, 81, duly recorded in The ResislssSsS.
once OF Shelby county, Tenn, in CbRttel
b0ok NO ~, pagsi0S, TO secure an indebted.
ness therein set forth, l will. on
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

Entered at the Postodice in Memphis, Tenn.
as second-class matter.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

PuBLic LEDGER bindery and lob
Office 10 Madison street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

- -
New Orleans Mail daily I2.35p.m 10 10 Am
Rardis aeeom'n, Except
Sunday)-..... ...-~,-..- 3Aop pm 8 100 Am
Ftoieht train cars PCS @a IN no pm
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neu1pnis ana UaarIenton.

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
City time) -- -
Through Expross, daily II O6 pm. Ill.30 am
Loo L Nail X EKp'sa,d'lyl SIS am. S.b5 pm
6Jmerville Accom'dat'n
daily Except Sunday. as pm. $40 Am
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
ne,rphia ana L,ttle Aoek.

Nashville, ChaStanOOxR q 81. Louis
Hallway.
MoKENzIK RoUrE TO NAsAv'LLE 4 SOUTHEAST.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Night Trains.
Lnuisyille Denot, lea 4 Of Main st.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

! p~l!lshms--s issts iasss', 4 iiss d
Gueiasaa-iB isct, and station.
ar.
Louisville . feet 10 inches, q de-
cline Of 5 inches.
Evansyille-s feet 4 inches, a De.
cline Of 10 inches.
CsirO-l2 feet 4inches. a decline of 8
inches.
St. LOuis-5 feet, a decline Of 10
inches,
yioksburg-l7 feet 5 inches, a rise
Of 2 inches.
Nashville feet 6 inches, a decline
of 6 inches.
Chattanooga III feet 6 inches,a rise
Of 3 feet 2 inches.
ShrevepOrt-l4 feet 5 inches, a de
cline OIL inch.
Little EOck-ll feet, a rise of 3
inches.
White and Arkansaw rivers are at
a fair stage.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

s. l., FINLEY, Ticket Agent.
A. Y. STEVENS, Pass. Agent.
287 Main Street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

I11y1. 4RSIV1.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09
RAILROAD TIMETABLES.

chesapeake, Ohio a sOuInwestcrn.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-09

(City Time.)
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
FFW or IT'S MERITS

Positive Force-Focl Grain Distributor, and
Positive Force ,cd Grass Secdcr, which can
De Csel either 800 r0nt or rear Of the hose.
Tile FERTILE Attachment is uucqualcI, and
Is Warranted ,o SOW Easily and Evenly anf o..
che yari0U, Sinds of Pho>pha;cs ia TIE market.
Tho Cham iea +, ,hconly Grain Drill gu the
market that bee Special Attachment for Plant
ing Corn fer the crop.
The Champion is Simple Ia Construction and
Easily operated bo;a for team and driver. The
aterial used and quality OF workmanship are
.hc VERY Best Every Drill Warranted to give
Satisfaction Or u0 sale.
Below $50 give YOU few of the Practical
Farmers names who have purchased from Us
.ud u>el .as. year Drills, Is whom we retcr
John Burns, Char.e,lown, YIN. Rider ila.i-
,owu. rhi!lip Power, Ripun; Moses W. Iras-
sell. ie-.0wu: Lewis III. Nichols, HalltoWr
John ". rNeuer, thallc';uWn.
Wcal-o have secured theascncy Of the celc-
I~-4fa1
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ay8lssO.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
Champion Of tie World !!
THE CHAMPION GRAIN DRILL!

YNHEupdcrsignejh having received the Agency
4 of this Ceiebeg1ed Gram Drill for jefferson
County. and having now Oh hand supply OF
these Drills and fan line OF Extras, in case OF
hrcaka-e. sou delay can possibly occur IN time
% seeding We offer this Dill TO the farmers
cf Jefltr.on ON favorable terms and do no-
fail to examine the Champion before purchas-
inga Grain Drill. ST. beyond doubt the most
important one Of al the farm implements, @
s,fF n-ff
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
MoHuwEyvs TONES.

Head AMI Foot stones, Nantes, Statues and
Carving. in all It's yariou, branches and all
work i'm their business. al orders promptly
flied 81 the lowest RATE and shortest notice
and an work delivered ard put up, and guar
anteed 10 suit purchasers. Ii not, no sale
Please call and see and judge for Yourselves be-
fore purchasing elsewhere, and patronize Home
Manufacturers,
The subscribers have also i'm operation their
shop I'm Martinsburs, where they viii give
uro1mtattrutiont 20 ali work entrusted tothem.
DlElIL & BRO.
CEarlcstown. July Is, lSG7-y.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
u ATENTS

OBTAINED for new inventions, or Cor i'm
\ = provements IN old once. Caveats Infringe
mcuts. rrldc-Marks and al patent business
promptly attended 10.
IyyESrl0Ss That HAYS BEES REJECTED may
sill. iu most cases be patented by Us Bong
opposite tire L. ;. Patent Office, ard engaged BOD
Fg'eq Bisiecs FrciitdceiH Nc car secure patents
ia los time than tho. who are remote from
Washington.
When Inventors send model or sketch. we
make search IN the Patent Office and advise as
o. It's patentbilty free of cptrge.. Corrcspond-
cucc confidential. fees reasonable ami, so
cItrGs UNLESS PNTENr IS O8rAtNED.
We refer by permission 60 the t''y Posim1s-
Ter. and % the superintendent oi the Post Oilee
Money Order Division in Washington. Fog
special references, circular advice, terms, &C.
Address 4. A. SNOW &CO~
Opposite Patient Office Washington, j. G.
Nov y, 1850.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
Gng5r .seGse CGmca.

MRS. WHITTINGTON IS prepared 20
Va Repair Cane seat Chairs at short notice
and upon easy terms. 81 her Rome in the
suburb of tha-,csfof- oa bo9rI-
crr iIraViEc
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11

VETOULD in.olm Sac public tha; every Pre-
" scripti9n that comes go my store Is pre-
pared bv mc individually. Persons can iiut
ipa at nisht as the room over the cd Sherlii s
Ollie. Jaii Bliljng ResNeot.iliy
I,,-,. fe f.,I CSC. T. LIGHT
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11
Eat7WceE.

Z HAVE reduced thc price OF tac New Stew
! a- SEWN. Machine % 5000 INNS Na-
Chime is ti. same construction as tA' -io-cr
N..u.ue a.I Wlr-iat-J to do as -rcl, VARIETY
ut ,rol, a- auyou themar,.tt licmmcrs l.ui-
t.r Tucker and al other attachments unlsD-
rt with .ue Machine irtc oichag-n.
GRO. VT kEABSLEE.
Fghua-. llss2
F1ANE0 Oh Painting, orders resolved at
LIGHTS DRUG STORE
March 4. isS2
HAND CORN PLANTERS,
i f.r sale by
DUKE 6 GALLAUEB.
"a Hc- Wheeling Mails iu, received and
DO f0r sale by,
DUKE & GAIINHFP.
GARDEN See5s
~ tor safe by.
seE0spr attention given to SIN i,oaane Dc
Z Scouting * Repairing
by DUKE G GALLAHLR
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Phoenix Carriage Works

7 HAVE on hand and am constantly adding
! thereto at,av Co-ch Factory In Berryviile,
Clarke county, Virginia, many handsome, sub
sisntial and easy going vehicles
CARRIAGES. SGIFrING-TOP BUGGIES,
PuErONS. ROCKAWAlS, WAGON
ErIES. &C, sc.
Itiswen worih Che attention OF those Who need
arv Of these articles 90 call and examine my
st.ck. REPAIRS of an descriptions promptly
made. aud ,he most liberal terms and iuw char
ccs yuie 10 ry transactions. .....,
GEO. c. THOMAS,
Brrryyille,
Clarke County, "a.
Nav s, 1850.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-01-11

NE base f.- p cents she b.- Tooth Brush
w eyer Offered IN town.
AISQJITH S co.
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= u n u l - II.

CaNatihe Foundry and Machine Shop bciou
rrr.ha.ilr. WEiRICN 81 WELLER.
Charle>t0wr Aus O.. ST.
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Crystal Flour.

DAKER e. BROTHERS CRYSTAL FLOUR
j for-i'c iy
FcbIi. I>s3 GEO. W. T. EEARSLEY.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-22

A certain woman had daughter OF
her own and step-daughter. She long
wished to get rid of her step daughter
At last she said to her husband:
Take your daughter away from my
sight; carry her wherever you like.
Leave her in the open field to the crack
ling frost"
The father wept and walled, but at
length he yielded, placed his daughter
on his sledge, drove her out into the
open field. and there deposited her
Then, having crossed himself, he has
tened home, so as not to witness his
daughters death
uttered IA silent prayer.
Up came Frost, and said: Maiden,
maiden, am Red-nosed Frost"
Good day to you Frost" she replied.
81 suppose God has sent you for my sin
full soul"
Frost had intended to smite her, but
he was pleased by her way of speaking,
so he took compassion on her and threw
her warm cloak. She wrapped herself
up in it and remained sitting there.
Twice did Frost come up again to visit
her, and each time she pleased him so
much by her sage replies that he made
her all manner If presents. She decked
herself with the gold and jewels he gave
her, and sat on the box which had CON
tanned them, singing songs. Meantime
her step-mother was baking cakes for her
funeral feast. When they were ready
she sent her husband forth to fetch his
When he had been gone awhile the
house dog barked from under the table:
The old mans daughter is being
brought home all in gold and silver, but
the old woman's daug liter has no suitOrs.
In vain did the stepmother regale it with
cakes in order to make it change its tune.
1t barked on as before. When the girl
arrived in all her glory the step mother
was at first astounded. Then, after hear
ing what had occurred, she ordered her
husband to take her own daughter out to
the same spot the open field and leave
her there. Presently Frost appeared
and addressed the girl as he had ad-
dressed her predecessor; but no good
words could he get from her, so he Aew
into rage and froze her to death. When
her mother sent for her after II time, the
house dog beneath the table again began
to bark, this time exclaiming: ''SultorS
are coming for the old mans daughter
but the old woman's daughter is a bag OF
bones" The door opened and the CIR
was brought in dead. Her mother wept
and walled, but it was too late Note
and QaerieS.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-22

of which this blemish is the sign and
token. To me it was but trife; to her
it was grievous mishap, which clouded
dressmakers, books and plates of fashion
were luXuries of which we heard some.
times, but never counted among our
needs on possessions. Such changes as
ruled the hour in cities and in fashion
able circles found their way by tarly
stages TO our villages and hamlets, and
if the style of dress or bonnet was
marked departure from our own
1t cost some courage and the crossfre
OF gosslpplng tongues to adopt and wear
1t. The wives Of ministers and deacons
were usually the first to sit in Judgment
on all fanciful and new fedged modes of
apparel. 1t was we'll with the new
wrinkle if this tribunal gave to it tacit
or positive approval; otherwise it was
doomed-at least for season. Perhaps
life passed quite as happily then as now.
Our wants were few, our sympathies,
cares, pleasures, and bereavements were
as an open book, known and real of
kindred, friends, and neighbors; and if
home life and life in society and in the
world of fashion has had in latter life it's
charms and attractions, so that in the
day when a drop of my laughing young
friends blood left stain upon this we'd
ding dress, we lived in world whose
horizon was broad enough for our wants,
encircling homes, alas! whose hearth
stones are now desolate, but which were
then abodes of quiet but satisfying hap
piness and peace"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-22

Chatting a few evenings since with a
charming old lady of eighty years, and
seated close beside her IN chimney cor
ner, whose capacious fire place was aSlow
with hickory blaze, such as few OF this
generation have been fortunate enough
to witness and enjoy, the current of So
cal gossip and Renaissance flowed into
the domain of Fashion. With minute
hess of detail which exhibited remark
able powers of memory, We were favored
with clearly-detined description of the
manners, customs and prevalent modes
of dress of the days when she was
young and to the manor born,
threescore years ago. Excusing herself
q moment, she returned bearing on her
arm a silk dress, once white, but now
limp and yellowed by the touch OF time.
The dress deserves description 1t was
narrowly gored on the front and and
side breadths, and quite short. In the
back there was large cluster of deep
gathers. The waist line was relegated
almost to the arm-pits; and the very
short bodice was cut ont square IN the
neck and edged with old-fashioned lace,
The waist was laced mp the back with 6
fiat silk cord. The sleeves were Ions
and close, and finished with frills of lace
at the wrists. This was my wedding
Dress she said MY father rode dis
lance of more than thirty miles on horse
back to buy the silk of which 1t is made
It's cost represented my savings for more
than four years in butter and cheese
making. l cut and made i
with my own hands. My pattern
| was the bridal dress Of our pas
tors wife, who the year befor'
had come to us young bride, from thu
shores of Massachusetts Bay" Holding
mp one of the sleeves, she said Her
is stain upon the silk. One OF m.
bridesmaids, in adjusting my modest
homemade bridal veil. pricked her fin
ger with An intrusive pin, and from tn
tiny wound fell a single drop of blood
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1883-02-22
Hotel CLERKS.

ANY well-regulated clerk in a hotel
where the guests are not all deaf mutes
should answer from 100 to 800 questions
per day. A clerk has not only got to be
posted As to all the railroads. bVt as to all
the business places of the city. He must
know all the leading professional men in
the city, and give his opinion daily upon
the attraction that is holding the boards
OF the theaters. He can generally tell
from the appearance of a guest whether
he would enjoy Buffalo Bill or Mary An
derson.
OF another clerk the reporter asked:
do you have much trouble with the
atrical combinations nowadays"
They are not quite so bad as last
year. but they are bad enough. Isn't 1t
singular that an actor or actress wants
more attention than any other travelling
person? They keep the bell boy on the
20 all the time, and find fault with ev-
erything and everybody, they break more
furniture and destroy more bed clothing
than any person who stops at a hotel.
And then, too. they must stop at the
atrIcal rates, which means about fifty
cents per day less than anybody else.
For my part cannot see whore there is
any money in theatrical company for a
motel proprietor, and the idea that they
should be kept at less rates than anybody
else is perfectly ridiculous. - Roches-
tor ChrOnicle