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Middletown transcript., 1883-12-28
JEWELRY:

Ladies Gold Neck Chains, Ladies
and Gents Scarf Pins, Ear Rings,
Finger Rings, plain and sets; Cuff
Buttons, in pearl and gold Bracelets,
Pearl and Gold Shirt Studs, Silver
Thimbles, Sleeve Buttons, &c.
Alabaster Vases, from 10 cents to
$1.25 each Bohemian Vases, assorted
colors, from 25 to rs cts. Mantle Or
naments, in Bronze and Lava; Toilet
Sets, &c, &c. Majolica Ware-Fancy
Pitchers, Creams, Molasses Cups, Tea
Sets, Pickel Dishes, Pepper Bottles,
Card Receivers and Baskets, Nut
Dishes, Comports, &C., &c.
Decorated QueensaCare :-Children's
Mugs, Shaving Mugs, Moustache Cups.
Dresden Tea Sets, 46 pieces; French
China, Gold Band Tea Sets, 46 pieces
Dresden Dinner Sets, 125 pieces; Pick
les and Fruit Saucers.
Glassware Library Lamps Chang
ing), Bronze, Blue, Gold and Ebony
Hall Lamps, Student Lamps, nickle-
plated; Hand Lamps, Stand Lamps,
plain and decorated; Ladies' and
Gents Penknives, Fine Dinner, Break
fast and Tea Knives, at different prices.
Linen Handkerchiefs, plain and hem
stitched, and colored borders Silk
Handkerchiefs, 25 cts. to $3.50; Silk
Muflers, Tides, Cashmere Jersey
Gloves and Mits, Ladies Mousquetaire
Kid Gloves, in colors and black, six
button lengths, guaranteed if the right
size is ordered; Hosiery in full assort.
ment, Misses Woolen Leggins, Hoods.
Baby Caps, Gents Neckwear, in the
latest nobby styles; Handsome Imita-
ton Persian Rugs, Moquette Rugs,
Lap and Bed Blankets, White Quilts,
Table Cloths, Napkins, Doylies, &c
Long and Square Shawls, Skirts, La
dies handsome trimmed Long Dol
mans, from $500 to $1,000; Coats and
Jackets, $500 to $1,000; Children's
and Misses Coats, plain and trimmed,
from $3.50 to 81 so. The close-ftting
Black Stockinette Goats, at $1,000 and
$1,000 are superb. Gents Travelling
Bags, all leather, $500, 1915 and
$4.00; Ladies Canvas Cabas, all sizes,
$1.25, $3.50, $1.75, $500, $3.50, 1915.
Our stock of Gloves, Gauntlets and
Mitts, for men and boys, is very large,
embracing Kid, Buckskin, Sheepskin,
Cloth, Woolen, at various prices.
Nothing more suitable for a present
than one of our handsome Guinet's s
Black Silks at s1.25 or $3.50 per yard.
Black and Colored Cashmeres, from
80 cents to $1.O0 per yard. or neat
6-4 Cloth from $1.OO to 81 25 per yard.
Full line of Underwear for both
sexes, in all sizes and qualities. A
red shirt at $100; japanese Stolf
Robe, $500 to s1l.75; Buffalo Robes
at $500 to $500.
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The Volumes of the Bazdr begin with the
first Number for January of each year
When no time is mentioned, it will be under
stood that the subscriber wishes TO commence
with the Number next after the receipt of
order.
The last Four Annual Volumes of Rarper's
Bdzdr, in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
mail, postage paid, or by express, free of
expense (provided the freight does not ex-
ceed one dollar per volume), for 800 per
Cloth Cases for each volume. suitable for
binding, will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
receipt of $l.O0 each.
Remittances should be made by Post Office
Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of
loss.
Sc Newspapers are not to copy this adver-
tisement without the express order of HARPER
& BROTHERS. Address
HARPER & BROTHERS. New York.
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A NEW YORK Accident Insurance
company has sent printed circular to
the TRANSCRIPT offering to insure the
editors life against accident and take
the premium payments out in adver-
tising. We beg to decline. An acci-
dent insurance policy may be good
thing, but it is not as good as being
some where else when an accident
haDnens-
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1854.
zarper's Week1yI
LUSTRATED.

Harper's Weekly stands at the head of
american illustrated weekly Journals BY
its bipartisan position in politics. its admi
rable illustrations, its carefully chosen seri
ais short stories, sketches, and poems. con-
tr1buted by the foremost artists and authors
of the day, it carries instruction and enter
tainment to thousands of American homes.
1t will always be the aim OF the publishers
to make HdrpeT's Weekly the most popular
and attractive family newspaper in the world.
and, in the pursuance of this design, to pre-,
sent constant improvement in all those
features which have gained for it the conf
army OF readers.
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"Keep peace in the family at any costI''
exclaims rich editor, in loaded long
primer. Yes, that is good advice, but
there are mighty few Of us with the cash
or credit to buy a sealslin sacque.
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A California highwayman, who has
robbed more than a score of stage coaches,
was sentenced to life imprisonment re-
Gently. He had habit Of writing verses
on the rified express boxes and it was by
these verses that he was at last caught and
brought to prison. If he had left poetry
alone and stuck steadily to his regular
business he would probably have been a
free man to-day. Young men who write
verses should think over this paragraph,
and decide to pause before it is everlast-
inglY too late.
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1854.
x arPer's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED

Hdrper'S Bdzdr is at once the most brilliant
and useful Household journal in existence
1t is the acknowledged arbiter of fashion n
this country. Its fashion plates are the new
est and most stylish; and its pattern sheet
are worth many times the cost of subscril5-
ton. Its illustrations of art needlework are
from the best sources. Its literary and ar
tistic merits are of the highest order. Its
stories, poems, and essays are by the first
American and European authors. Its choice
art pictures would fill portfolios, and its hu-
morous cuts are the most amusing to be
found In any journal in America host of
brilliant novelties are promised for 1884.
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NATIONAL SALUTEs were fired on
Monday from the various parts of the
United States in celebration Of the
centennial anniversary of the surrender
by Washington of his commission as
Commander-in-chief of the army.
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The Volumes of the WeekLv begin with the
hrst Number for January of each wear
When no time is mentioned, it will be Under
stood that the subscriber wishes to Commences
order "a
The last Four Annual Volumes of Rdrper's
Weekly in neat cloth binding, will be sent
by mail, postage paid, or by express, free Of
expense (provided the freight does not ex-
volume " ~ P0A
Cloth Cases for each volume. snitabla for
binding, will be sent by mail, postpaid, on
Remittances should be made by Post-Of1ce.
loss. "
bS- Newspapers are not to copy this adver-
Gsement without the express order of HARPER
& BROTHERS. Address -'- m
HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
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A NOBLE CHARITY.-While partaking of the
Christmas dinner let us seek to relieve the
misery of earths unfortunate ones. No bet
ter form to do this can be found than to sup
port the worId-famed Charity Hospital at
New Orleans, La. and invest So or 81 in the
l64th Grand Monthly Distribution of The
Louisiana State Lottery, on the 18th OF jan
uaTy, 1884. under the sole care and super
vision of Gen'ls g. Il. Beauregard, of La, and
Jubal a. Early. of Va. when over S265, 900 will
be scattered broadcast in sums of $75, 900 down
to S25 The full details of which can be had
from NJ A. Dauphin. New Orleans, La.
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

PER YEAR:
HARPER's WEEKLY,
HARPER's MAGAZINE.
HARPER's BAZAR,
HARPER's YOUNG PEOPLE. 1m
HARPER'S FRANKLIN SQUARE IL
BRARY, One Year (52 Numbers). 10 90
RJ- Postage Free to all subscribers in the
United States or Canada
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The volumes of the Magazine begin with
the NUMBERS for June and December OF each
year. When no time is specified. ii will he
understood that the subscriber wishes to
begin with the current Number
The last Eight Volumes of Hdrper's Maga-
by mail, postpaid, on receipt OF $500 per
volume. Cloth Cases, for binding, so cents
each-by mall postpaid.
Index to Hdrper'S Magazine Alphabetical
Analytical, and Classified. for Volumes to
90, inclusive, from June, 1850, to June. 1880.
one VOL Svo, Cloth S4OO
Rem1ttances should be made by Post-Office
loss.
RB- Newspapers are not to copy this adver-
t1sement without the express order of HARPER
Il BROTHERS. Address
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On THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.-The voltaic Belt
Co., Marshall, Mich, will send DR.. Dyes
Celebrated Electro-V oltaic Belts and Electric
Appliances on trial for thirty days to men
(young or old) who are afflicted with ner-
vous debility, lost vitality and kindred
troubles, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration of health and manly vigor. Ad-
dress as above.-N. B.-No risk is incurred
as thirty days trial is allowed.
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Man is a queer animal, almost any way
you take him. He will 60 around lament
ing that he is dying for the want OF exer-
else, and that he ought to have health lit
and some dumb bells and a pair Of Indian
clubs, but when his wife asks him to
bring scuttle of coal out of the cellar, he
has business down town that needs him
every minute.
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For the New Years
Dinner

We have Fresh Candies, plain and
French Mixtures. from 16 to 40 cents
per pound Layer Raisins, in boxes:
Figs, Citron, Dates, Prunes, Cranber-
ries, Currants, Oranges, Lemons, Ban
anas, White Grapes, Paper Shell AL
monds, English Walnuts, Cream Nuts,
Shellbarks, Peanuts, &c.
Canned Fresh Lobster, Fresh and
Soused Mackerel, Peas, String Beans,
Corn, Tomatoes, Sardines, Sauces,
Chow-Chow, Preserves, Mince Meat,
&C., &c.
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IT is said that one bushel Of beets added
to nine bushels ofapples make cider richer
and of superior flavor to that made from
apples alone. If it swells mans head
up any more than the kind of cider they
bottle up and sell for champagne, we
don't want any of it until we collect
enough money to buy a new hat. This
must be the sort of cider they sell in local
option counties. The man who drinks It
regularly will have red nose sure, on
account of the beets. Beet juice is bound
to show it's color.
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A leader in western newspaper reads
as follows: awe regret very much that
we could not be seen yesterday morning
when Brother Moseley called at our home
with six shooter. At the moment of his
call we were in dishdbille, waiting for our
wife to sew the annual patch upon our
winter trousers, and not in condition to
move in society. If Brother Moseley has
business with us he should call at our
Office during business hours, and should
be careful to not break the seventy-five
cent candelabra when he shoots. He has
already put US to an unnecessary expense
this season by shooting hole through our
cuspidor."
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Emma Abbott has one dress of brown
velvet and camel's hair, which fits her 50
tightly that her maid has to button it with
a shoe hook. But Emma says it feels
heavenly after it is on. Probably it re-
minds Emma Of the way her young man
used to hug her Sunday evenings for
keeps.
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No William Henry, If a man smites you
on one cheek we do not advise you to turn
the other TO him. On general principles
that would be bad advice. 1t would be
advice that might make you sorry. Ifthe
man who smiteth you, smiteth you gently
likethe ezephyrsmiteth the maiden cheek,
or the maiden smiteth her lovers cheek
when he kisseth her for keeps, then, Will
liam Henry, you might turn the other
cheek that the same might be done like
wise unto it. But if a man smiteth you
"a man we say, William Henry, and he
is a vigorous smiter, we would advise you
to go away from there in a hurry. If he
smiteth you with force, and knocketh
out several of your back teeth, and maketh
your eye-balls jingle, and spIiteth open
your ear, and looseneth the hinges of your
jaw, and raketh up old memories in your
system, you would be fool, William
Henry, if you did not take your other
cheek away to place of safety.
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"Ah," said the nice young man with
bangs, as the little boy let him in, the
other evening, "Ah, my little man, is
your sister at homer" Eyes, she's
home, but she amt expecting you."-
"And how do you know she isn't expect
ing me?" "Cause I heard her tell ma
that you're too mean to hire a horse and
sleigh, and she didn't expect to see a sign
of you while the snow lasted" The little
boy is now saddest when he sits.
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FRIDAY AFrERNooN, DEC. %, 1883.

STRAWBERRIES are in market at
Savannah, Georgia, at one dollar box,
and the box doesn't hold enough to
make large family sick.
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THE past year has been very hard one
on good resolutions. In looking over our
stock of good resolutions for 1888 we find
we have only one whole one left. And
it reads, "Never strike man who is big
ger than YOURSELF"
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A correspondent wants US to tell him
how to raise big hog. There have been
times when the editor of this column
believed himself to be a walking CYCLIC
pedia, but now he has to own right up
that he is stunped. 1t wouldn't be any
trouble at all for us to lay down safe rules
for raising little hog, but big hog is a
different sort of subject and not one that
should be trified with. You want to be
very careful about attempting to raise a
big hog. We have never raised big hog.
Once we thought of raising one, but aban-
doned the idea before it was too late to
retreat. The big hog occupied four seats
in railroad car and we had none. He
was a very big hog, and after we had
looked him over carefully and noted his
size, and the look Of earnestness in his eye,
we concluded not to raise him, but to go
and sit on the wood box.
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1t has long been matter OF wonder TO
the world why humorists have such agen-
eral expression Of woe and gloom we
don't know if we ought to tell it, but, the
truth is, the characteristic sadness OF hu-
morists is occasioned by their inability to
spend their salary. That is, their inability
to spend their salary before they get it.
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A pretty young girl in Walla Walla goes
home from the Tuesday evening sociable
alone. She walks to and from church
without mail escort. The front gate at
the paternal nest never creaks on its
hinges at a late hour of the evening, and
no sound of osculation is heard on the
front porch. The front door is not heard
to gently open and as gently close at about
midnight's holy hour, and no young man
is seen going away from there with long
blonde hair hanging to his topmost coat
button. The coal bills at that house are
light, and the mince pies and doughnuts
are found in the morning where they
were left at at the beginning of the night.
All this is because the cruel paternal an
cestor of the pretty Walla Walla girl has
publically announced with considerable
tirmness, as if he meant it, that he will
shoot at sight the first young man he finds
in his daughters company.
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So 90 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.

To CoRREsPoNDENTs.-Com on
topics of local interest are always welcome,
to the point. We do not hold ourselves re-
sponsible for the views of correspondents
Anonymous articles will receive no attention.
Address all communications to the Propr1e-
tor.
Middletown transcript., 1883-12-28

THE joke about the old mans boot is
growing heavy,-almost as heavy as the
old mans boot itself. Let the old mans
boot have rest.
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THE Democrat of Leadville, Col,
prints the names of 100 persons who
have died by violence in and near that
city since its existence as a mining
camp.
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Spetial 8Otitrs.

UPHoLsTERING promptly attended to and
done in the neatest manner, and as low as
any one Satisfaction guaranteed. GEO. w.
WILSON, Middletown, Del.
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THE MARKETS.

MIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC JONES & co.
WHEAT CORN
Amber, 1000 COL yellow, OO03O
Timothy Seed ? SO White, ;, OO@45
Glover Seed, % b @714cl Oats, OO93O
MIDDLETOWN PRODUCE MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY S. NJ. REYNOLDS 4 co.
Eggs, p doz. -OO627c Chickens, l2@13
B1fter. a. h -OO62Sc Potatoes, bu 1850
Lard, new p h 10@l2c Ducks, ll@l2
Turkeys, l3@l5
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
Prime red. 1O70I OH yellow, $500
Timothy Seed. $50 White, $4,000
Glover Seed, FRbl314 15c Oats (Dela're) S994o
BALTIMORE MARKETS.
Goodtoamb. 13tTt 1901 IA White. 55@5S
OATS Yellow, 53@59
Southern, 1908 Rye, 64156
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1854.
Earper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Magazine begins its sixty-eighth
volume with the December Number It is
the most popular illustrated periodical in
America and England, always fully abreast
OF the times in its treatment of subjects of
current, social and industrial interest, and
always advancing its standard of literary
artistic, and mechanical excellence Among
its attractions for 1884 are: a new serial
novel by William Black, illustrated by Abbey;
a new novel by Z. p Roe. illustrated by Glib,
son and Dieman descriptive illustrated pa
pers by George H. BOughtOn, Frank D. Milfet
Y. II. Farnham, and others; important his
torical and biographical papers short stories
by W. D. Howells, Charles Reade, &C.
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PERIODICALS.

HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
PER YEAR:
HARPER'S BAZAAR. 500
HARPER'S MAGAZINE, 400
HARPER'S WEEKLY, 400
HARPER'S YOUNG PEOPLE, so
HARPER'S FRANKLIN SQUARE Ii
BRARY, One Year (52 Numbers), 10 90
81 Postage Free to all subscribers in the
United States OF Canada
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RALPH P. LOWE, Ex-Governor of
Iowa, died in Washington on Saturday
night, aged 78 years. He was a native
of Ohio, but settled in Iowa while a
Young man,
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A man in Duluth, Minn., has been
fined Sl4 for kissing pretty girl against
her willy. Y. Morning Journal.
Well, if she was halfas sweet as some girls
we have seen, he got the kiss at great
deal less than its face value.
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Arru advertisements.
SIEIGHSI

A LARGE STOCK OF ONE AND TWO
n SEAT ALBANY CUTTERS, our own
make. j. NJ. COX & BRO.
der 22-9t
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS.

HARPER'S PERIODICALS.
PER YEAR:
HARPER'S MAGAZINE. AOO
HARPER's WEEKLY, 400
HARPER's BAZAR, 400
HARPER's YOUNG PEOPLE. $50
HARPER'S FRANKLIN SQUARE IL
BRARY, One Year (52 Numbers) 10 90
a1- Postage Free to all subscribers in the
United States or Canada
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Election Notice.

THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, December 18th 1888.
THE FIRST ANNUAL ELECTION for no,
L twelve Directors will be held at the bank.
ing house, on Saturday, January 18th. 1884
between the hours OF O'Clock, A NJ, and 3
O'Clock, P. NJ.
dec.1 lat G. D. KELLEY. Crshje,.
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"Trifies Light as Air"

AN exchange says that Judge David
Davis recently "sat on a jury" We
hereby offer our entire stock of sympathy
to the iury
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A GEORGIA MAN named Rufus Hogan
was struck dumb while returning home
from church. 1t is not known whether
he saw a dollar bill in the collection
plate or his wife failed to call attention to
the fact that the woman who sat two pews
ahead was dressed entirely too gay for a
person of her years. At any rate, we are
sorry this has occurred. Men already had
entirely too many handy excuses for stay
ing away from church.
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DEGIsTER'S ORDER.
III REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL
November 30th 1SS3 \

Upon the application OF Harrison Vande-
grift, Administrator of Thos. G. Eaton, late of
st. Georges hundred, in said county, de-
ceased, it is ordered and directed by the
give notice of granting of Letters of Admin
istration upon the estate of the deceased
with the date of granting thereof, by causing
advertisements to be posted within forty days
from the date of such Letters in six of the
most public places of the county of New
Castle, requiring all persons having demands
against the estate to present the same or
abide by an Act of Assembly in such case
made and provided and also cause the same
to be inserted within the same period in the
Middletown TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper pub
hshed in Middletown and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of Office of
the Register aforesaid, at Wilmington. in
New Castle county aforesaid, the day and
year above written. S. q. BIGGS, Register.
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NY. Herald, weekly 's a Form. ST. Year.
Address, NEW YORK HERALD.
dec.2l-4t Broadway and Ann Street
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"No," said man who applied for a
pension, "I must acknowledge that | was
never in the army, but I once fell off
pOst-and-rail fence and broke my leg,
while watching militia company drill.
It seems to me, a man who watches
militia company drill for an hour, to say
nothing about breaking his leg, ought to
have some compensation from his coun-
fr1y
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NOTICE.-All persons having claims against
the estate of the deceased must present the
same, duly attested TO the Administrator. on
or before Nov. 3Oth, 1884, or abide the Act of
Assembly in snch case made and provided.
H. VANDEGRIFT, Administrator.
Address-MoDoNoUGH, DEL. dec.7-2m
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-28

the Matanzas, beside MANY of these mentions
I saw the American or bald eagle ana
many of the great white herons: On Marcn
18th, in similar circumstances, L saw many
land birds, such rs swallows, sparrows, kin9-
fishers, and I listened to many. sweet songs as
we sailed along the shores. On March SOth l
saw large focks of the larger and smaller
herons, cOots on the water In crest numbers,
boat-tailed grackles or jackdaws, q on tne
.farthest shore of North river, near Snen
roseate s~poonbilI.1 Porpoises abound IN al
these waters. These are so froiicsome ana
social that I was often afraid that they would
bump against our keel Gul!s lowered over
them and swept down on them WIN great
clamor, snatching the fish which the perpo nsi
that the eggs Of a fish are to those OF z bird
as a million to one, for how great portion MOI q
the world goes fishing. Men, women ana
children fish. Swimming birds, Wadlng pros
land birds fish. Large fish devour small hsn,
and some small fish spare not their
species. Alexander Canova, in whose boat
1 sad, says that I am the only person ne ever
had to sail, day after day. without any sport;
every one else shoots or fishes. Though l see
numbers fishing, I seldom heAr 2 gun. f1r
some reason the birds about the pay are .oa.
shofssa and watersAs barren Of bird.life As the
blazing desert. March 3lst was also . good
day Tor sailing. Onthe sand at Nerth Beach
I saw . group of birds In line rs II about 10
have . picture taksn, gulls and w.de sna o. fs OH.
ferent kinds, sm.iI INC ateat; IT,. Ae hsm s9 ao. Ihead
downward. All appeared to be gazing into
the farthest distance of the ocean,, wrspt In
s,lemn thought. This was the end Of the
week Is well as the end of the month, ana u
Is time that I end this recordo OF 50; Aueasa9s
associations of the neighborhood and ING
modern improvements, I refer to numerous