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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25

sKINNYM MEN. Wells Heath Reuewer" restore.
health and yigor cures Dyspepsia. Impotence. els
Frazer Axle Grease Is best In the world.
Frazer Axle Grease IL best in the world.
Frazer Axle Grease Is best in the world.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25

One Detroit lady saved last year over 500
by using Briggs self stamping transfer pat
for 25c. or sample on receipt Of stamps TO &.
l.. Fox, 230 Woodward Avenue, Detroit.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25

One ungrateful man does an injury to all
who stand In nee1 OF aid.-Publius Syrius.
FRONT ROYAL, VA DIR. G. Il. Hill, says !:
browns Iron Bitters seems TO give general
satisfaction. / recommend 1t strongly"
9TH generous heart
Should scorna pleasure which gives others
pain.n Thomson.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25
PILES! PILES! PILES!

Sure cure for Blnd, Bleeding and Itching
Piles. One box has cured the worse cases 20
years standing. No one need suffer five min.
utes after using Williams Indian Pile ONT
ment. 1t sbsorbs tumors, al!ays itching, acts
rs poutices, gives instant relief. Prepared On
ly Tor piles itching OF private parts nothing
else. Mailed for 81. Frazier Medical Company,
Cleveland.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-10-25

GARDINER, Me. Mr.. Daniel Grey, a
prominent lumber merchant writes that
his wife had severe rheumatic pains; SO
severe as to render her unable to sleep.
From the first application of the famous
German Remedy, st, Jacobs Oil, she
experienced unspeakable relief. and in
two hours the pain had entirely gone.
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FAIRS SHOOTING scRAPE.

The following account of the alleged
shooting affair between Senator Fair an
Jimmy, JUNIOR is copied from the Stock
tol Hearld: &A
About ten days ago it was rcporte,
that the son Of Senator Fair of Nevad
had drawn his pistol on his father in Sal
Francisco, in quarrel about famil.
matters. Iti' well known that Senate
Fair and bis wife have been at outs 70
some time, and the knowledge of tn
fact gave color Of the probability of tn
report. A member Of the Herald's stat
who was in San Francisco lust weeh
l,alned the particulars of the affair b
tween father aud son. The boy is viii
and extravagant, and the old gentlems
is wild and stingy. The young ma
walked into his fathers office in the N,
vada blocl; and asked him for some none,
The Senator looked up and saw that hi
hopeful, VIII is handsomelad Of twent,
was considerably under the influence
liquor. This and the recollection Of pr
vious visits of the same kind caused til
Senator to say in his refined way to b
s,n:
"You g-d---; how dar
y u come here and ask me for money.
Young James replied fercely, "That
the last time yoall call me by tina
name! want you to remember that III
mother is lady, you! II 20
ever call me that name again I'll put
hole through you. By -, I've a min
to do it now" and the young ma
reached under his coat tails and jerke
out his pistol. bMfra
A faithful secretary interfered enc,
getically and patricide was prevented
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4 application for q Patent
No. 7I9.

UNITED TArEs LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Ntysdx. February Sth A. ID 1883
NulICE Is Hkkt By GitkN THAT d
~ Lehmer. whore poet office adore. s is CIi,-
ti.nAti Ohie, hah this day filed his ppl ication
ora patent for fifteen hundred linear feet OF
ne John I" nine or We II b ,ri 4 70 and
-iter. with surface ground Fix hun DIR, i, Ell IN
width, stua ed 10 PshranaRst Lake Mining
District. equity Of Liucoin 81 d ,tstt Of Nevaua
and aes enat,d by the field hotes ana OH, ,al
plat on file III TIL Office ss lot No 81, in town
iip .. south Range. SO cast OF MouLt DiAblp
ntridian. The exterior boundart O, said Iot
No VI bell q M full.ws. 10 wit:
b. giniii at port marker No c s survey
NJ ~, rs s X, BY Z. n b NJ III nee. In, j,
pest between Secs 80 81 d 20 bears n "a Dig Is
mit ZIG feet; he old monun ent bearing
y o. ~ min +, u eet from raid oss so /.
rhthce running LIST course Wet l5Os feet to
pest 40 2, US urv.y No 81, old monument
and post the sane; tn, nee I'd cJuree Nrh
10 'ett TO port NO 8, U = Survey No 81, I'D
monument bears n IS deg " sf,et from said
post No 3; thence. Sd course. East l5N, !, ct TO
p"'st NO 4. Surrey No 81, o,d IL nun. ~
beans N deg rs fret fr m raid post No 4:
thence. 4th COURSE, snuth O. 4 feet to post NJ /
ne place OF b, ginning. contsinii q Ot6 10
Acrrsi Course, eapr' tsed fr, m til, true lneriu-
ian WIN Iissnetic variat OIL OF l6 d. & I asst
The location Of this mine ia r, cord, d In tn.
Recorders iicc Of Lincoln county IN burl Of
mining notices, psRe 2ld. OF the r. cords Of
Lincoln county, Nevada.
A"' s'W A. W"n"su ny TO Rnou n clhinR
ANY aid All persons ella ming dve.s.I, any
portion I the sid u hn I mine or .iirtsr.
groun are require to fle the ir adv-rs. claims
" The Reg ter Of the | NIT d stats Iaud
nice 1t mr. Ia, in the 1t te II Nevada dur,np
the sixty Gays period Of publication Ier.of. or
they VIII be barred BY virtue I the provisions
OF the Statute
H HINCKLEY. Register.
II IL hereby ordered that the foregoi notice
~ application fr pa'tnt be published for tn
period ~ ten cons' cutive we. Ks iu the Phoebe
r. CORD, weekly newspaper published NJ
Pioeh.. Lincoln county, Nevnds.
III I0t. n HIN KLEY, Register,
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Notice to LienhoId rs.

NOTICE is HFrFPY GlyFs THAT TpY
Y nnderstpn'd has c,n tncff ~ nc,ie, in
~ 1ns'let cont - Pi,cl' Top'sl ir ! /, In
om ~, Nht ~ Ntytfa in With aeti, lie
nnnne'tiRhtd Is lrii t'f and N,,f,wj siy,r
MIMI cen wrs. lilo niIe s,d amt
mn h,e dHI dtrts, plN,l ,rtiD Is
brought to eitrce litrin f,vt,of rirt,,'f
shn ANS ce''rdBits, n,tr II, IN wing
met'tl.f. ll,pity - rni to ,itraitd in
hr,t"l NH hr if'rici Ie,lt Comfy. fiate
Q. oVfa. To- witi 1lelrItr', l1tvr ~ ne
rah VIZ miie, in snid pisifioi On, aim $40,
" liHfs f"l" coin trd H. cfiptT nor
ann by virtue ofa h,t III tlc ] ,e9s
ia.nf' 81 The Sttt II Erttf. tii,l.d
~ Act 10 secnrc lfl, tc ni1ii3ss
ana o,hffs.ht 9 t" r.r'n'sl oti y Acit IN III
tnt ,hertto 'approy9t Mii,l ~ ls't fsp,
th'r fhr al person. hHyirp. holfiI - rif3p-
y Pilers nnop said irDi's,i mffl il,tlistF-
ions ~ said Act aro berls rctiaf = " pd
ebhrHr heforr fp'e Conn y ~ 17ti a., II
r. mn ny a, 1853 ~ ~ o'la1 n. ftd
lhff hnf there exhibit their said li'F Gnd
pioot thereof.
j27td MARX CHURCH. Ii. nbolder.
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Notice Of Tendency Of Suit

A UdUsrUs ALBRIGHr. PL.INrIFY, Va,
NARY Y. ALBwIaHr, Defendant. The
"ss" Ss,sy sssf no,'. sass :u:
hsr ssit Dsseatsnt, end Il nov pend ne 10 the
District Court Of the 1iIth Jndicisl Distrir, 81
the ststs Of vsds In sns f'r the County 81
Linrain 20 obtain . Asrvee ~ ssid Cont Ais.
solving tAe hoaAs n mstgimony sxistire ~
twsen said plstntiM snh Defendant and vssA,
ing the oupseAv ~ the minor ehtlA 10 saiA
fltintiH, ssA ehst " sstA Ascendant Anes not
sne ~ snd qsbs defense m the sirst Asy NJ
she hnytryJss ~ sslA n0nvt, "A, n tsae, ssid
init VIII hshssvd sHd decided 81 that tssui.
nv order OF tbs
NIL JuneE nv sam r0usv,
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Application for a Patent
No $50.

No $50.
UtItED SrATt L ND OFFICE
Eurt IA, Nevada february g. A u 1889
NO1lCE ISHtkkBY OWN IHATJAntS
~ u. !.ELMEk. whose poetofi address l.
CincihLati, Who. has this day filed hi. a,Dl
.stinh Tor pa'eni fer fifteen hundred Il.u,
zee OF the Lehm mine or VEIN b-aIing colo
Id silver, with su' face er.,ui six Inn d,,u
eet in width. situa,. d iu pshrsuspa, I.ak. Mr.,
ing Distficf. County of Lincoln, Stat. o1 Ne
Vsoa. ana desi nst.c by the Il, 1t notes ana
ofhrisl plat Oh file IN this OFT ce as Lot numI,r
y, ~ Io.n ship .. south Range, 70 East ri
VI uni vi. bio Meridian. he exterior bounda
res OF said Lot NO % being rs follows, TO -:
regii III post msiied MOL L s surye,
oSo. 8, Il, So f. Section 81. VI D NJ VII, &C.
me NE cornr post OF $, c ion 81, 4 g. \ H. S.
E. oe. Is q. d'g l37 fe I; old uoIuntnt ia
post u e Seine. 1heLce rum ing let c, ur-e :
6d'g W 1850 feet, to post n sik.d So2 n :
our'e! NO So old MONUMENT being eedyr ire.
~ Inches IN diane er ahd bears s a. d.p " 4
ftet from p,tt No2. rLeLc+, I'd c.ur.c, "a
hte u feet, to post Nos = ~u.y.y \, q,
DID ni.nuni. nj b. ars 5 t41 deg " IS ir,t non,
post N" -. Theme, 3D. course, \ &c d.gtIhr
-t, 10 post ho4 tutNey No 3s: Id mo n
n,eni bears 70 deg 80 ieet froui postN,4
Inence, San cou'st. "a deg 10, Il ct. to po.u
~ no ~. !, .n- piece Of b ginning. Contain ing 20
oo-ioG acres Causes expr. ssei from TIE tn.
East. Ns
he location Of thia mine is record. d in TIE
recorders ofhce OF Lincoln County, N+v.da in
BOOK 81 Mining Notice g. page 2i6, OF tie Records
Il Lihcoln County Nevada. This Claim is
bounded by no known claims
Any and all pers Ms tanning adversely any
tor'i.h VI hsid Lehnt mine or sur ace ground
are required to tie their sdver.- Claims III he
REGISTER OF the ULit. Stat. Lani on C, at Eu.
reka, in he s ate I'll N vsda. during the six
days period Of plblIcatior hereof, or they will
be barred by virtue of the provisions OF the
statute.
r. Il. HINCKLEY, Register.
It 10 hereby ordered that the foregrins not ce
OF APPLICATION foi atent be publi.i ed far tile
ri"d OF ten core utive WEEKS in the Poehe
aEcokD. weekly Newspaper published at
rioche. LindOln County. Nevada.
fi7-lUt + II. II NCnLtY, Register.
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PATENT NOTICES.
No 148
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

No 74s
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Eureka Nevada. February s, A. u. 1883.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ J Falls, q. g Heath al d the Vail )
Mill u Mini Company, VIII. St post efics 3 =
DRESS is Pahranagat, Lincoln County, eva ., has
this day hled their application Ior a sttnt for
hftee" hundr' d litear fe of the "F,fth of July"
LI'in' or vein, bearii gold and silver with sur-
face grouLd six hunur feet IN width. situated
III Pahranagat Lake Mining District County of
Lincoln and state of Nevada, and designat, by
~ neid nottsH d officia plat on lie in thi-
once rs Lot Number 81 in H. wnship 4 ttsnge,
81 h Of Mount biaolJ M,lidi II he exterior
bou .daries Ut said Lot ~ being as follows,
to wit:
beginning at post marked No !, q s Surve,
40 81, L =, II. IS r, Section 8; Thence tie
Nor.h = post of Sec T 4, $ h, So +. b ar n
81 deg h 7u6 feet, thence ru, nina list cou re :
II deg W 1874 feet, to post marked No 2, u r
-urVey No 81, old monument bears > [ X deg v
~ ftet from said rot N q Th,n 20
curse, D reg u 0 fe {, to post marked \
), U Survey No 81; old mon .nlent Sears 5 a
.g SO feet from post No 3 Til ne. 80
course. n IL deg l. 1870 1e.tt lost No4U
survey No 81; Old IA nun. mt bears n Al * y
ohet from post o4 Thence 4th course, : 70
d. & r. 6, q teet. to posi- No / the place 4 heaiu
h'ng. Containing. 70 Sc Ito acr.s ,our.es *
pre- SEED from the true mer dian. wi h n uIaentlir
VARIATION of IL deg att
The lofsti n Of thus mine j. recoI ded in tn,
hecordt re- office of Lincoln County, e,ada, il
BOOB OF aiming Notices. psge 1871. OF the ,erordr
inc.ip County. NevaIa This 81 i'm is
bounded by 10 known clai s.
ANY ana Al perron- claiming adversely any
portion VI the sxid Fifth If July mine or surface
trouhu ale - qnir-d to d { th-ir Diverse lam.
with the Re lister of be Unit, STATE, Ian
umce Ut Eurtka.'n the tate of h.vads dur1l
'he Sky teriof of ubl cation h reoi o
they viii be barr, 10y virtue . the prov sior,s
OF the Statutes.
F.. Fl HINCKLEY, Register.
~ Is hereby ordered that the foregoing Notice
y. Apsacaioh Tor att ut lie tublirb.u for tn.
leriod OF ten CONS. cuuve we. rs la the p che
nts ohD weekly newspaper published st
ploch. Lincoln County Nevada,
Ilf-lUt +. II HIM KLEY Reoist.r
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TRI-WEfKLY STAGE LINE
-TROM-
PLoCzE
TO
Il u n ID * a

Leaving Phoebe Mondays. wednesdays
II Fr, lays for BRISTOL. WARD. HAMILTON
~ 'HE tRY cREEk. connecting ~ Eurt Ia
tlRsY. HOT GREEK. TYBO and BELMONT,
istins direct connection st B, lmont ON Tues
sys, Thursdays aud saturdays for
sraatsvi,le. Caadelsria, Wsdsworth,
Aastia and Carson 4 { oil rade Rail-
r"ad. 1t La~iag. ceanseting with
the tirxtaia y Trackes aad c. r.
railroads.
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NOTICE.

I Will NOT We REsPONsIB,F FOR ANY
DTS whatsoever contracied by any person
without Written order fr o, me
F"hrsnagst, Valley, New, pr,l ~, 1882.
sp'n I'M HENRY SHARP
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Delinquent Sale Notice.

DAY SILVER MINING COMPANY.
Location Of principal place Of business San
Francisco, California Location OF works jack.
rabbit Mi IL g District, Lincoln county, Nevada
Notice There are delinquent upon the fol.
lowing described stock, on account Of assess.
ment No. u, levied on the 18th day Of Msr.h,
1853, the seversl amounts SIT opposite the
names VI the respective shareholders, % fol.
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Ale an d POR 7 e r .

LNGVlaH ALE AND PORTER. IN STONE
~ or ulsss Bottles, snld by the Dozen or |
eottle. ~ the Pinsca Saloon spoo.u
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&11A wREK. sl2s day ., hon. essily made
wIGns'iv nnfht free. Address TLux l. Co !,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-19

able Parliamentary antagonist. Rivals in
debate and poles asunder in character, the
two men were at least brothers in wit
Shortly after his downfall and resigna-
ton in 1865, the Chancellor sought
reconciliation with the Bishop i'll the
House of Lords. Proifering his hand,
which was at once accepted, he said, "Do
you remember where we last met? 1t
was in the hour of my humiliation. when
l was leaving the Queens Closet, having
given up the Great Seal, | met you on the
stairs as | was coming out, and felt i'll
clined to say, Hast thou found me, o
mine enemy p" The Bishop in telling
the story, used to say, Il never was so
tempted in my life as l was then to finish
the quotation, but by great effort / kept
t down, and said, Does your Lordship
remember the end of the quotation ? "
1--WE lawyers, my lord Bishop" was the
reply. 'are not in the habit of quoting
part of n passage without knowing the
whole" We may leave our readers to do
what the Bishop supposed Lord Westbury
would do, and to appreciate the encount-
er Of wit by looking out the passage inthe
family Bible. Five years later, in 1870,
the Bishop, now of Winchester, was in
terestcd in bill for enabling clergy men
to resign their livings when incapacitated
by age or intirmity He sent the draft to
Lord Westbury, inviting his counsel and
support. Lord Westbury said he would
cordially support the bill, but added that
he perceived the Bishop referred to
diseases of the mind" This, he said
was difficulty, because in the first place
there could be no such thing as disease Of
the mind; and, secondly, if there were, lie
had never yet met clergyman, with the
exception OF your Lordship, who had a
mind y
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-19
AGRICULTURAL.
How to Tell IA Horsc,s Age.

AT three years old the horse should
have the central permanent nippers grow
ing, the outer two pairs wasting, six
grinders in each jaw, above and below,
the first and fifth level, and others and
the sixth protruding. The sharp edges
of the new incisors will be very evident,
compared with old teeth. As the perma-
nent nippers wear and continue to grow n
narrow portion of the cone-shaped tooth
is exposed by the attrition of the teeth
on each other The mark will be wear
ing out and the crowns of the teeth will
be sensibly smaller than at two years.
Between three and half and four years
the next pair of nippers will be changed,
the central nippers will have attained
nearly their full growth, vacuity will
be left where the second stood, and the
corner teeth will be diminished in breadth,
worn down, and the mark in the centre
of the tooth will become faint. The sec
ond pair of grinders will be shed. At
four years the central nippers will be
fully developed, the sharp edges some
what worn off, and the mark somewhat
wider and fainter. The next pair will be
up, but they will be small, with mark
deep and extending quite across them.
The corner nippers will be larger than
the inside ones, but smaller than before
and fiat, and the marx nearly efIaced.
The sixth grinders will have risen to n
level with the others, and the tushes will
begin to appear. At five years the horses
mouth is almost perfect The corner nip
pers are quite up, the long, deep mark
irregular in the inside and the other nip
pers will bear evident tokensof increased
Tho Pa tulnu d. n,l,- N
sixth molar is up and the third molar is
wanting. This last circumstance will
prevent the deception Of attempting to
pass late four-yesr-old asa five -year-old.
AT six years the mark on the central nip
pers is worn out. At seven years the
mark is worn out in the four central nip
pers and fast wearing away in the corner
teeth. The tushes are rounded at the
points and edges, and beginning to get
round inside. At eight years the tushes
are rounded i'll every way the mark is
gone from all the bottom nippers. There
is nothing remaining i'll them that can
afterward clearly show the age of horse.
After this the only guides are the nippers
in the upper jaw. At nine years the
mark will be worn from the middle NIP
pers, from the next pair at ten years, and
from all the upper nippers at eleven years.
AT nino years the centre nippers are round
instead of oval. At ten years the Others
begin to become rounded at eleven years
the second pair are much rounded nj
thirteen years the corner ones have tho
same appearance at fourteen wears the
face Of the centre nippers becomes some
what triangular at seventeen years the,
arc all SO.
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stories ofBishop WilbcrIorcc.

His impromptus are brilliant, though
perhaps, like many i'm
promptus, they may have been artfully
prepared-as, for instance, when Miss
Coutts said to him in the course OF Il drive
through the city, 81 dare say Bishop, You
do not know the meaning Of drysaller? 2
"Ob, yes, he replied" 81 do Tate and
Brady" Less brilliant, perhaps, though
for that very reason more like a real i'm
promptu, was his ready response to a
challenge to put "hearse" into Latin.
"Oh, that is very easy" said the Bishop;
"mOrs omnibus" There is, however, n
rival claimant to this witticism it has
been attributed to Lord Chancellor
Chelmsford, whose brilliancy in this vein
is attested by his celebrated rendering OF
"splendidc meadar"-"lying i'll state. u
But perhaps the best instance of all is one
of the Bishops latest passages of arms
with Lord Westbury, his most redoubt
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Household s3ints.

Ii the nrnica with which bruised limbs
are bathed Is heated, its good effects are
percrptible much earlier tlru Ii it Is APP
piled while cold. Ii arnica ia tu he taken
as remedy, as 80 many physicians rec
ommcnd in cases of severe sprglns. it
SHOULD be prepared with water in this
proportional tenspooniul oi Hrnirl IN
goblet two-thirds full Of water, and Of
lhis teaspooniul is to be ta.,n once an
hour OF once i'll two hours, as ,I" severity
of the case determines.
How many mothers know thnt they can
knit up as well ms down? When child
rem have reached the age when they wear
uut the knees Of their stockings and the
heels and toes also, the ingenuity ul wo-
man must he exercised. In the most
hopeless looking stocking there ia usually
Il stlip at least an eighth of q yard long
which is 100 good to throw away, uu,l yet
| il too much worn to pay Ia r.Wel ont and
| knit over from tins then cut OF the
| ragged top and bottom, and knit NJ ar
well us down. Ii yuu canuut match the
color, use another shade, ur to II brown
strip knit a scarlet or Gruyisl hr "" top.
Scryictnblc md very pretty covering.
l4r the sofn pillow in the common sitting
room are made by using the plaid oi
striped Turkish towels which Gru so iueX.
peusivc and yet 50 pleasing to tHc cf".
The hrusewiir who is on the loosuu
Tor Hide way tu economics, will find il
to her aivnnugr, if sa' has seamless
sheet, which have been USE! lor sey,rH
wears, to tear or cat them IN two i'll tn,
centre, and sew the outside edges tog,th
er lap them and stitch them with - INA
chine Or they may be scwod over All,
over. Hem the raw edges. Sheets turn
ed in this way will last for long time.
4 convenient arrangement! of shelye
in one corner of your oomiscasily made
Have q carpenter or some other compe
tent person nail or screw clenis to TIN
, wall. on which the three cornercd shelyc
> NAV rest have them fastened sscurcl.
to it, and see that they are level. Thes
shelves may be three i'll number, aud il /
good plan to have the lowest one u
2 about the height of IN ordinary table
4 triie lower, perhaps the reason tor thi
= is that it is more easily taken care of an,
kept free from dust than ii il is 50 low II
to obligc one to stoop or kneel down
These shelves may be made of commo
pine (wcll seasoned of coulsel, or G
!, black walnut. They may be tinishe
:, with narrow lnmbrequins, scHlluped {
!, the bottom fringe is not desirable in
q common room, rs it catches dust.
!, shelf similar to one of these is especial
d convenient in the dining-room, sa
4, one placed about as high as the top of
sile.table it held n pretty tete.a-te
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it was his own loyalty to Webster's Una
bridged that had weighted his humor
down and kept his name in obscnrlty.
So he took Lis essay on the mule. "The
mule is favorite animal with me- josh
once said to me che has treated me
pretty rough and I've treated him pretty
rough we understand each other and
without changing n word he "slewcd
round the spelling" as he expressed it,
and sent it to the New York Era, week.
ly paper of not largo circulation at the
time; Before mailing it he signed it
"Josh Billings" "Josh" was in honor
of an old comrado Zone Josh Carew) of
his Western life; "Billings came by in
spiration as it were" HIS Poughkeepsie
pieces were anonymous. The missspell-
ed ESSAY on the Mule" was printed, and
aud the name of Josh Billings became
say excepting those he had printed in the
Poughkeepsie paper. He simply trans
lated them into his peculiar phonetic sys-
TEN of spelling As soon as he saw that
everything he wrote was widely reprinted,
he thought he ought to make money by
his pen, and SO he sent one of his very
pest snort essays 10 n boston paper. Inc
editor Wrote that he could not afford to
pay more than dollar and a half for it.
Josh regarded this sum rs rather small
pay. "But, he added. 81 thought l
shonld like a nest-egg, and told the edi-
tor to send it on. Then / opened an ac-
count with Josh Billings, and made my
first entry with this item: Essay in Bos-
ton. Sl.50.'" As soon MS he became
famous he was engaged by the New York
IVeckiy-a rival of Bonncers Ledger-at
800 week for half column of his es-
says and sayings. He has published his
books with rare shrewdness. No book
maker I know has never turned over his
writings into SO many shapes and made
money by them on every turn.