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RArLROAD LINES.


q 10 49, s'sss1
DICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG
III AND POTOMAC RAILROAD. -5ched-
uie commencing MAhOH i, lso5--eastern
standard time:
daily: stops only at Ashland,
Junction, Milford. aud frede-
rlcksburz. Sleeper from
Charleston TO Washington.
1907 A. NJ, leaves Byrd-Streetstatio dali
ly except Sunday.
71B p. NJ, leaves Byrd. Street station dat-
~. sleeper from JACKSONVILLE
10 New York.
1920 A. NJ. arrives al Byrd-street station
daily. Sleeper from New York
TO Jacksonville.
2:39 y. NJ. arrives at Byrd-Street station
daily: stops at frederieks-
burg. Milford, and Junction.
Sleeper from Washington 20
Charleston.
e:43 u. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street station
daily except Sunday.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS:
400 T.. NJ, accommodation, leaves Broad
street station: arrives at Ash
land al 3 =. NJ.
GOA =. NJ, leaves Eiba; arrives at Ash
land az 0:44 T.. NJ.
7:5o A. NJ, arrives at Elba; leaves Ash
land at 6:43 A. NJ.
$3.50 A. NJ accommodation. arrives at
Broad Street station leaves
Ashland al S a. NJ.
$3.50 y. NJ, arrives at klba leaves Ashland
ut j:I2P. NJ.
G. 4. TAYLOR. General Ticket Agent.
+. T. ID. MYERS. General superintendent.
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fI<uR.
,>.~.~o-0e~.C0o-00~Nc-o0y@Nr
I'll o U R.
Il BEST"

Ask yom grocer for CHRISTIAN BRO
THEIRS a CO.'S BEST Highest Grade
Spring wheAt Paten, made. Relatively
the cheapest Flour. Sixty pounds more
bread per barrel than winter-wheat roar.
For sale to the trade only by
II. LEWIS. 1910 Cary street.
10 l0-tAu27 agent for stateos Virginia
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pRoMpT AND EFFECTIVE.


cosfiveness, Headache. and many hin
dfed forms OF disease, are among me M y,
furaf results OF disordered conditiou =.
the stomach. Liver, and Bowels. ana nay
he cured by the use OF Ayers Pills. ". ~
strout, Meadvilie. Pa. writes: "I was IFou.
bed with Indigestion, Constipation, anu
Headache for years. A few boxes oil
AYERS PILLS
restored me to health. I have always founn q
them prompt and effective in their action.
Oliver Darling. Greenville, Tenn. writes
- have derived great benefit from the use
of ayers Pills. They cured rue OF stomach
and Liver troubles which had afflicted me
fer years" Erastus S0uthworth, Bath, Me-,
writes: 81 was Frustrated with q severe
Bilious complaint. After valniy trying y
number OF remedies was finally induced
TO use Ayers Pills, and had taken scaroely
two boxes when was completely cured
AYERS PILLS,
PREPARED BY
DIR. J. c. AVER & CO., LOWELL, MASS.
Sold by all Druggists.
laui5-1tl
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pICHMOND BAZAAR, Ann

TODAY
at 10 O'Clock We will offer number Of ex-
cellent
HORSES, MULES, BUGGlES. WAGONS,
&C. Good selections may be made.
l GRAY FILLY, three years Old sound
and gentle; perfect beauty. Can trot
a full mile better than three minutes.
auIB T.. Il. COOK, Auctioneer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-15

Ills MAIN bttect.
TIGHT ATTRACTIVE WIFI
III LOCATED BUILDING LOTS FOh
SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTI0N.-By REQUEST
OF the owner, We shall sell By auctSn' on
the premises, on
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1885,
Mt o o'clock z. NJ, EIGHT DEslRABbE
VACANT LOTS on the east side OF IwenIy-
eighth street, between N and o streets iour
fronting IN, BY is2 feet. and four fronting 2o
by 1872 feet. and having n public aiiey IN
rear. ....oot
These lots are situate near the proposed
route OF the city railway, ana IN section
OF the city which Is being rapidly Duilt up,
and, at the low price at which the owner
who resides In distant State) Is willing 10
SELL they cannot fail TO prove remunera-
tive.
TERMS: Easy and announced at sale.
w. II. LYME. Il Co,
ana Auctloneers.
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LIEBrG's EXTRACT OF MEAT.

LILBkV'S IN kkANb vi MEAL.
NNC00/~0I-CO(-0r~-C/- 7Oo0-00J-1|I '1JtICI-c1-
r IEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT
~ OF MEAT.
Finest and cheapest meat-havorlng stock
for soups, made-dlshes and sauces. An
nuRl sale, 100000 jars.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF
MEAT.
An invaluable tonic. Is success and a
boon for which nations should feel
grateful See Medical Press Lancet, &c
Genuine only with the fac-simile OF Baron
Liebigs signature in blue ink across the
label. The title Baron Lieblg" and
photograph having been largely used by
dealers with no connection with Baron
Liebig, the public are informed that the
Liebig Company alone can offer the ar
ticle with Baron Liebig's guarantee Of
genuineness.
LIEBIG COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF
MEAT
To be had OF Gil storekeepers, grocers. and
chemists. Sole Agents for the United
States wholesale only, G. DAVID &
CO.. 0 fenchurch avenue, London. Eng
land. Jy ll-Sa52t
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BY W. ii. Lyme 4 Co,
Real Estate Agents and Auctionesfs'
1ila Main street.
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS.
PHILADELPHIA, RICH zlfFfN
i acSsss1.s&s
MOND AND NORFOLK
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Appointed sailing days Every TUESDAY
and FRIDAY at II NJ, and every SUNDAY
at 5 A. NJ.
Freight for Tuesdays and Fridays steam
ers received till 1850 A. 81; for Sundays
steamer TIL =. VI. Saturday. Freight re-
ceived daily TIL u. NJ.
Fare, s..
For further Information apply 10
J. W. MCCARRtCK,
General Passenger Agent, ONCE Roc ketts,
w. Z. CLYDE & CO.,
nO2 General Agents.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-15

ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETWEEN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE N
EACH DIRECTION.
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EXCLUSIONS.


FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk. Ports
mout, Smithheid, Hampton, and Wayery,
Washington. ID. C.; NeWben, Washington,
and TarbOrO', y. c., and all points In East
ern North Carolina Also for Eastern Shore
OF Virginia, and al regular landings on
James river at LOWEST RATES, aud
through bills ltsued
l.. b. TA1UM. superintendent
my29 No. 100 Main street and Rockets.
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AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE Days.


DUBLIC SALE OF FARMING,
Il TRUCKING, AND GRASS LANDS IN
HANOVER COUNTY The undersigned
VIII offer for sale at public auction. on the
premises, on
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1885,
at IL NJ. the TWO VALUABLE FARMS,
called SPRtNGFIELDan and PARSONS, own
ed by the late George Watt.
These lands are situated In Hanover coun-
ty, near Cold HarbOr. Immediately on the
Chickahominy river and In the famous
trucking region OF Hanover county, within
ten miles OF Richmond by good road and
within two and a half miles OF the Rich
mond, York River and Chesapeake rail-
road, and convenient TO shops, stores, mills,
schools, and churches. The neighborhood
is healthy and pleasant to reside In.
The land consists OF desirable proportions
I'm farming. truck, aud grass lands. and Is
remarkably well watered. There Is fine
orchard, and good deal OF the land Is seed-
ed to grass.
These lands, under the careful intelligent.
and liberal MANAGEMENT OF Dir. George
Watt, have been brought TO high state OF
fertility.
sPRiNGFIELD contains Ss2ll ACRES,
and will be offered In two parcels.
PARSONS contains So ACRES.
TERMS: one fourth In cash, and one
fourth In one, two. and three years. re-
spectively. the purchaser 10 receive deed
and TO give bonds for the deferred pay
ments. secured by a trust-deed upon the
property.
should a sale not be made on that day.
the said farms will be rented at that time
for the coming year at public auction, upon
terms to be announced that day.
= II. WATT.
GEORGE WATT JR..
J. f. GLENN,
NJ. CALL.
au I5-Satd&Au30
HIGH CONSTABLE'S SALE OF
II FURNITURE. ORGAN. CARPET, SC.
viii sell at public auction, on
MONDAY, AUGUST Il. 1855,
at To-, O'Clock a. NJ, at my office. Nc. 1905
east franklin street. the following property.
to satisfy sundry wrts in my hands:
WALNUT WARDROBES,
POPLAR WARDROBES.
MARBIE- TOP Walnut WASHSTANDs.
PLAIN 81 REATS,
PLAIN WASHSTANDS,
TABLES. BEDSTEAus.
MATT RESStS, LOUNGES,
CANE AND MOOD-SEAI CHAIRS,
ROCKERS. TOWEL-RACkS,
WALNUT REFRIGERATOR.
TRUNKS. TIN TOILET SETS.
WINDOW SHADES, PICTURE
CARPET, MATING, HAT. RACKS.
ALSO.
l BRIDGEPORT ORGAN and 1 SOLE
TERMs; CASH. +. c. GARRISON,
aul5 High Constable city Richmond.
BY George ". Mayo. Auctioneer
ONO. +. Laughton. Jr., Salesman
No. 26 Ninth street.
SUPERIOR 7l-OCTAVE PLANO
- AS GOODAS NEW-AT AUCTlON.-On
MONDAY THE 18TH INSTANT,
at lOl5 o'clock, / will sell al my auction
house for account OF whom 1t may con-
Germ.
SUPERIOR Z OCTAVE PIANO. inVery
handsome case, and an instrument ot
fine tone. which viii he pleased 20 have
thoroughly examined before the sale.
GEORGE ". MAYO.
an IL AuctiOneer.
CAROLINE COUNTY LAND FOR
~ SALE.-By virtue OF deed Of trust
made by j. W. Collins on the l3th Deeen-
Der, 1850, and duly recorded IN Caroline
County Court. shall as the trustee therein
named. sell at PenoIa station, Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad, at
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RAILROAD LIVES.
LII ury uz III rHryr-zs-l -SsErTsz1
~ II .Ekl-.sssss . s:lx...ses -i:ss-...s.zsS
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAIL
~ WAY.-SCHEDULE IN EFFECT

l Y s 2 g-:sssl 49,. 49,
CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAIL
~ WAY.-SCHEDULE IN EFFECT
MAY 10, 1895;
LEAVE RICHMOND.
e:sS A. Al. For Viewpoints News. Old Point
Comfort, and N0folk. Daily
except Sunday. Only three
hours and thirty minutes Rich
mond to Norfolk.
1880 A. NJ. For all stations and Lexington
KY, Louisville. and Cincinnati
Mail except Sunday. CONNECTS
direct for Lynch burg.
$50 z. NJ. For Newpsrts News. Old Point.
and Norfolk. Express except
Sunday.
4:ooP. M. Charlottesville accommodation
Daily except sunday STOP, Al
all stations.
7,2oP. NJ. For Louisville and Cincinnati.
connecting for all points Wett
Northwest, and Southwest. Fast
express daily. Does not stop az
local business. Pullman s'osp.
ing.cas Richmond 10 Cinelb.
natl and from Washington ars
Charlottesville 90 I.0nisyII,
Chesapeake aud ohio sleep'rl.
car Richmond To White Su'rter
enables passe myers 10 slecpagiIi
hrcakfast-tlme.
e:4oP. NJ. Limited. For Ola Point with
Pullman ears daily. sKcep, sla.
day.
ARRIVE RICHMOND.
s:25 A. NJ. Frsm Charottesy o.. et,.,,
Sunday.
1l:15 A. NJ. From Norfolk. Oh Point and
Viewpoints News. eycep, san.
day.
s:4OP. VI, From Louisville, Cincinnati.
and all local points. cXctpt sun.
day.
7;o5 Il. VI. From Norfolk Old Point and
Newports News Daily except
sunday.
$50 L. NJ. From Louisville and CIuc.n.
natl. Fast line daily.
Commencing Sunday, June I'M. eXcur-
sion train for Newports News aud Old
Point will leave Richmond : A. NJ, and Toe
turning will arrive 7:i5 Z. VI.
Depot: seventeenth and Broad streets.
Ticket Offices: 1000 Main stree and Ches-
apeake and ohio Railway depot.
II. W. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
&. W SMITH General Manager. nv 3
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CorrespOndingy quick time 10 other
points. Through bills Of lading Issued a.
low rates. &. A. TAYLOR.
iyI General Passenger AGENT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
BATTLE ON A TRAIN.

Two Prisoners Open Fire on Their Guards,
and Three Deaths Result-SeVeral Nor
tally Wounded.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 2S.--Later de-
tails of the killing of Marshal Costing on
the International and Great Northern train
Saturday show that the convicts Charles
Yeager and James Pitts were con-
victed at Austin of stager0bbery and
sentenced for life. The prisoners
wives and families accompanied them ON
the train and the pistol-3S-calibre-
was passed between them. GO5ling was
shot twice, once through the head and then
through tLespine. Deputy Marshal Manning
is wounded in the neck and shoulder, but it
is now thought he will recover. Mrs.
browns, grandmother of Pitts, drew re-
volver in the melee and covered Conductor
Towle, who shot her in the stomach, and
she died. Rosa Scott, sister Of Pitts wife,
was wounded in the hip and leg, and it is
thought she will die. The posse from New
Braunfels found the body of Pitts about
two hundred yards from the scene
of the tragedy. He was fatally shot,
in Tearing the train. The posse from
San Antonio intercepted Yeager near
Lon Springs and jailed him. ., Yeager says
Pitts died shortly after leaving the traiHy
and he then got a stone and broke their
handouts connecting him with the body of
Pitts. Several friends of the prisoners are
under arrest at New Braunfels for compile
ity in the murder. There is some talk of
lynching Yeager, but the officers conceal,
his whereabouts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The Story of a Tobacco Box.


1t is reported that a family residing in
the Second Ward of GAINESVILLE, Rock Coun-
ty, have in their possession d box which
they brought with them from New Hamp-
shire to that city, some thirty EIGHT years
ago. 1t has been used as a tobacco box
during these many years, and into it has
been placed on an average two pounds of
tobacco per week, making total of 1852
pounds. Allowing 120 pipes of tobacco to
the pound, which is a fair estimate, we
find that the family have consumed lis, $50
pipe-fulls of tobacco, and used $500 pipes
during that time. Allowing that the to-
bacco cost an average of forty cents per
pound, and the pipes three for five cents
the contents of that box cost the family
81 ,5S0.SO for tobacco and s1SS.17 for pipes
making grand total of $1,7ls.97, saying
nothing about the matches consumed in
lighting that tobacco.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
Siberian Prisoners.

Escapes of political and other con-
victs from Western Siberia are moro
frequent than is generally supposed,
but from Eastern Siberia, though often
attempted, they seldom succeed. Save
for convicts under sentence of penal
serVitude, and actually imprisoned, it is
easy to elude the vigilance of the police
and get away from convict village or
settlement, but it is almost impossible
to get out of the country. The immense
distances to be traversed, the terrible
climate, lack of money, the absolute
necessity of keeping to the high roads,
prove, except in very few instances, in
superable obstacles to success. In or;
der to be really free, moreover, it is inn
perative for fugitive not only to pass
the frontier of European Russia, but to
reach some country where he runs no
risk of falling into the clutches Of the
Imperial police. Even in Germany he
is liable to be recaptured, and is really
safe only in England, France or Swift
zerland. Hence, to make good fight
from Eastern Siberia, requires a con-
iuncture of so many favorable and near
ly impossible circumstances as to rem
der complete escape rare and re-
markable event. = Contemporary Re-
Tie1O.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
How a Calf Shot a Man.

Abe florence, colored man OF
Sharon township, is now nursing a
gun-shot wound in his scalp, inflicted in
a very curious manner by calf. Abe's
intention was to slaughter the calf,
and, procuring a double-barre shot
gun, he marched to the barn-yard, &C
companied by young white man. Abe
approached the calf and, getting into a
good position, raised his gun and fired.
He was not a good marksman, and in
stead of killing the animal only
wounded it severely The calf plunged
about at such a rate as to make shoot
ing at it again impracticabls. Abe laid
his gun on the ground and went for an
axe. The young man caught the calf
by the tail, in the endeavor to hold it
SO that Abe could dispatch it with the
axe, but as the executioner approached
the calf lunged around and gave the
gun an accidental kick. The weapon
was discharged and the load perforated
Abe's scalp. After this the two men
succeeded in killing the calf. Abe's in
jury is very painful, but not serious.--
Charlotte On. ca Observer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

There are nine hundred and forty
churches in London within radius of
twelve miles.
Mr.. A. Bronson Alcott has given a
fine stained glass window to the new
Trinity Chapel, Concord.
In Morocco schools the Koran only
is taught, and the pedagogue receives
fifteen cents month for teaching it.
The Pennsylvania State Grange
have adopted resolutions favoring the
teaching of agriculture in the public
schools
AT the University of Virginia there
is no prescribed course of study, no en-
trance examination, no vacation, ex-
cept the summer one, and but six holi-
days.
1t is expected that the education
exhibit in the New Orleans Exposition
win be a powerful incentive to the cause
of education throughout the South
Chicago Journal
The centenary thank-oferings of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
at last reports amounted to 81, 107, 01O.
An effort will be made to reach two
million of dollars. N 7. Tribune.
The Lutherans of Chicago have
thirty-three churches, with twenty thou
sand members, in the city. There are
three branches of them-the Norwegian,
the Swedish and the German.
The journal of Education express
es the belief that frequent change of
its public school Superintendent is the
most serious misfortune that can befalI
State, educationally. 1t is quite easy
to argue to the contrary. Current.
-Club-swinging is compulsory for
the Freshmen at Yale. The class is
drilled in the exercise, an examination
must be passed and a standard OF pro-
fciency reached. 1t is assumed that
after the Freshmen year the student
will not confne Himself too closely to
his books, but will voluntarily educate
his muscles.
The latest religious sect in Russia
is that of the Jerusalemists. AS dis
tinctive sign they wear on their chests
card with a printed dispensation Civ
en- by the Patriarch of Jerusalem to all
those who come to visit him. The
members of the society pledge them
selves to make at least once in their
lives a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Their meetings are held at night in
places which are lighted up by no other
light than that of their faith.
Rev. DR.. W. M. Taylor says that a
missionary on the Western frontier
writes to the American Congregational
Union that accommodations are So
scarce in the town where he is
stationed that he has to 90 three
miles out of the village and sleep in a
corn-shack." II asked what that
was" says DR.. Taylor, "and the,
answer was that it was principally re-.
markable for its ventilating qualities.
You will understand that remark" DIR.
Taylor tells his congregation, 'when /
inform you that corn-shack is made
of planks put together about two inches
apart, so as to Ventilate the corn. IN
Y Times
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
TYPHU S FEVER

It's Breeding Places and Those Most
Likely to BE Attacked.
Last winter number of cases of
typhus fever appeared In New York
City. During this last autumn several
similar cases were reported, showing a
tendency of this dangerous fever to be-
come epidemic spreading from nest
of foulness and degradation in one of
the West Side slums. Up to January
9Th the discovered cases numbered
twenty. Every effort has been made to
check the disease, but it is difficult to
control it amid its unsanitary surround
ings.
This fever prevails in England, Scot
land and Ireland more than elsewhere.
From the latter country it sometimes
finds its way to this in emigrant ships
and is known among US as the ship
fever. In Europe it is called camp
fever, whole armies having been nearly
swept away by it. 1t is sometimes
called spotted fever, from the extensive
rash thrown out on the body of the pa
Typhus fever is very contagious. 1t,
however, mainly attacks only those who
come into close contact with it. From
1861 to 1864 nearly fifteen hundred
cases were admitted to Bellevue Hos.
pital-over five hundred within the last
six months of the period. During that
time forty persons connected with the
hospital service took it, as did also
swenty-six patients admitted to the hos
Dital Tor other diseases. The poison
seems to need to be concentrated to be-
come dangerous. A single patient sell
dom communicates it.
Crowded, filthy tenements are its
areeding-places. Epidemics of it pre-
vail in liverpool more than elsewhere.
Large plumbers of the houses in that
city are built back to back in unventi-
lated courts. In these quarters the
fever often attacks every person not
protected by previous attack
1t is disease of cold and temperate
climates, and is unknown in the tropics.
1t is also largely winter disease,
doubtless because Of the lack of venti--
lation in the filthy lodging houses of our
commercial Clues, ana Jne depressing
influence of the cold and of the utter
restitution of the poor.
1t attacks persons of every age. Most
of the children ninety-five per cent
recover. OF persons over sixty, sixty
six per cent die. The mortality in
creases regularly between these ages.
A person is seldom attacked twice by
the disease. It's duration, if uncompli-
Gated, is from twelve to twenty-one
days. When the crisis is passed, the
recovery is exceedingly rapid. The
subsequent health is generally good.
Medical science knows no means either
of curing it or of cutting it short, but
simply seeks to palliate the symptoms
and to support the system until the
poison is eliminated by the proper or
gans. Youths Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
A Remarkable Experience.

CLEVELAND, o., Feb 18.-Tke neighborS
Of Joseph Stacey, wealthy and highly rep
utable citizen, were astonished recently
when he was arrested on charge of,
burglary and larceny. He said he could
prove his innocense. He did so in court
yesterday and was acquitted. On The night
of the robbery two masked men with re-
volvers stopped him and demanded his
money. He had none, and, after the rob
bers had searched him, they compelled him
to go with them to the shoe store of Mar.
shall Smith, near his own residence, and as
siSt them in entering the store and carrying
several armfuls of shoes to wagon in
waiting near by. When they had
taken all there was of value they again
asked Stacey for money, and again he said
he had none. Then they sprang into the
wagon, tossed him forty cents, saying:
'Here, drink to our health" and drove rap.
idly away. Stacey at once reported the rob-
berry to Smith, but his statement sounded 50:
improbable that he was arrested. 49,;
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-02-27
THE OLD LOG MANSION.

This mansion is not of an architects plan
ming,
Nor an artists idealin silver and gold,
Nor the dream of poet in smooth running
With towers and turrets like mansions of
old.
The worlxmen that wrought out its gable and
rOoftree
Were hard-handed yeonen who knelt in the
And prayed that the Father would bless and
protect them
- As they hewed the gnarled oaks and its
foundation laid
view with delight its rough unhewn cor
ners,
Up which / oft ran when youth, in my
joy;
And up Ger the roof as light as a squirrel
To the lofty old gable fit throne for boy.
In fancy again see the bright river
Meandering through the bright landscape Of
old
There's the skiff slowly rocking to hsping of
waters,
While the setting suns rays gid its rough
sides with gold.
Again I ggepeople these scenes of my child
With knights and with mobiles long since
passed away;
They might have been rough and uncouth,
like the diamond
i Ere the art of the cutter its glories dis
But these noble hearts meath the hand OF the
Master
shone bright in His glory as pillars Of
light,
As round this home altar, in voice of thanks
giving,
They poured forth sweet praises in the
silence of night.
Again round the hearth they gather at
even,
The gray-haired old sire and the matron so
staid;
While the laughter of children rebounds from
the rafters,
At tae gambols of youngsters, or the blush
of the maid.
Again the wild song and the still wilder
story
Awake The sweet echoes that sleep meath
the roof
But the voices that walked them have passed
THE river
Have finished the web of which life was the
wool.
Farewell, old log mansion, thou art grand in
decaying;
And no hand shall harm thy massive old
walls,
Nor from thy dear heart tear the mantle of
purple,
with which Time has draped thine attic and
halls,
Thou shalt go TO the dust as the builders hath
left thee
A monument massive Of virtue and trust
To the memry of those no sorrow can cher
ish,
Whose virtues can never be furnished by
rust
-ChicdgO Inter Ocean,