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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-02-08
LITOGRAFIA 4
,SUCESORA DE Morris

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tisfcchos todos los gusos enas todas las exgencias
Tanto la simple taeta, ell arstco diploma ell sem
clio recibo comercia los documenos bancaros; ell
pequeno ee como la eegante marqua para abacos etc.
etc. garanzo quedara satisfaction de los nteresados
peeco como los trabaos que Sc hagan en- e exrane
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FORTALEIZA 81
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CIRCU L A II.

r. Pon Y rn.6 tiene FL gusto de
partiripar 4 sus nnmerosos amigos Y a.
comercio de esta i-la, one ha esta-
hlccido en- Barcelona (Catalnha), ma
Sociednd mercantil bajo Ia raE6n so
,.ial de-
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AN $50,

Ofrecemos los siguieutes cfecios qne
hemos recibldo.
ACElTE LlSAZA. crndo ) cocido.
CEMENTO ROMANO.
HERO GALNANIZADO acaua
lado de 6 Y pies.
IDEM lDEM. liso De 3 pies.
CUMBRERAS.
CLAVOS galvanlzados.
IDEM de tonelero de ; y 10 peui-
ques.
MACHETES v ESPADINES.
SACOS DOBLES de 26 ~ pulga-
das.
iDEM DRlIiETE de 24-3; pulga.
dus.
LlNTJ RAS verde, plumo Y zine
tERNEHASlalemanas on csIns
IDEM lnglssa> marcas r y Barril
COGNAC de Muller Freres d. -
lDEM MARIA g. ~ q.
CHAMPAGAE Ko.iercr.
tDEM Mumrb
lDEM CLlQIOT
MANTEQUTl.LA danesa IN laia.
de v2R
pAJA DE- }ABEY blanca.
l42 FEnpsEsFN eco.
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DlOUE Y CARENER0
DE- FORT-DE-FRANCE. MARTINICA
AVISO.

AVISO.
Ell conseio general de la Martinica
en- session de Is Diciembre de 1884, ha
redncido & so CENTIMOS P0R To
NELADA Ell DEREcHo DE PERMANEE-
cIA EN- FL IQUE cAREEERo DE FoRT-
DE-FRANoE, en- favor de toda compahia
qne quiera contraer ell compromise de
enviar sus buques al expresado dique.
Derecbo de entrada al dique
por toneIada................. fir. 2'80
Gastos de varada J de apun-
talamient0, 0,.................. / 10
por tonelada, cnalquiera, que sea la
permanencia en- ell dique, 81 las opera
clones SOB hecAaa por los empleados
del diqus. II
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VAP OR IS.
M. T.. villaverde, cap. Moret.
Pasajes, capitan Manzano.

Deseosa la Compafia de dsr mas amplitud
esta Inca, abriendo comunicaciones entire e.
mayor ndmero possible de puertos, ha tornado
sl siguiente itinerario que sera seryido por lo'
vapores srriba expreSados.
yIAJES DE LA HABAEA A COLON,
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r. POU BCSO 4 60.

que, prime nc-palmente Sc dedicar& al IA
mo dc coml-iones y ageucias, = gne Ia
dclegado sns podrres generates 4 81
hiJo ID. Ramon Pou Rios.
La nucva casa oirece sns servicios al
ccm,rcio Pu"rtoriJneho y 50 eucargarA
del cumplimiento De los 6rdenes para
compra De etccto-, consigBaciones DE-
iratos y otros neg clos IN "a ramO con
cl buen cello y honradez, que acredit6 el
Sr. Pou durante su larga carrera mer-
cautil en- IIumacao.
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El CORREO De La MODk,


WV ffttfsfs NaF4 &18fFEas
Periodico u, modas para caba.
Ileros, en- Il que coIaboran los me.
lores sastres de- Madrid v tieua
corresponsale- en Paris ' Lon.
drcs. Publies revistas De modas.
estudios DE- corie y cuausas mott.
cias Pue,leu iuteresar a Iss que 80
dcdIcan al dihcil arte de Ia Sas.
treria.
Da u uIimcios al aao y mag.
Hifcos 6gurines pan0ramas ilIs.
miHadoS, con cada nImero un "a.
tr6n cortdo iamafo nasaurnl y
una plautilla con dlbujos Al dkcs.
mo lie IA escaIa ' Sdem6s do.
garndes 'aminas iluminada. Al
sfio de - por 64 centimetros.
5 pesos espaaoles al aao.
EN- Ia Imprcu'a del BoEErrx.
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LIKEA De COLON I ANTILLAS

oonsbinadG con la TrosadGnt;ca de la nsisnsa
Compafia tansbisn cor' las del Fe'rocGTril
de Panamd rapores de Ia Costa del SSr y
~. stsl Pacifco.
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Esta Agencis explde pasajes de ida vpelta
On los visJes irtercolonialrs, yA'idos per Dc,
messs Y con m u pS dc ba,s. tn or trat-
al&ntcoo vAlidoo par III aao J con VI % pS
de rebsja,
A toda fap1iiia cHyo per- ie cCm0uye G. mon
tante de caatru p&aso H. >aalso... sc Ie con
cederA uaa rebaja de ) nS
Les pj1os meaores dc tres .1cs gratis: df
8 8 ados, Ia i = De T 12 Ia iaitad, Y g.
II cumpiidos en- adelaute pasaT$n passje en-
tero, Cuardo uns fauIiiia tenga yarios NJ
fos menores de 3 aGos solo rno de ellos s,
lleysr& gratis; loe domks pagar4n 4. " parte
de pasajs.
PA8AJEs DE CRIADOs.
Los varones a p-8cio Gjs1o pags los de CT
trepuente, y las muieres psSaran 2I3 del Pc
SAFE tornado por sus amos,
FLETES.
Los conocimientos de casga deben ser pre-
sentad0s en- Ia Agencia con la debida antela-
ci6u, no admitiendose los que traigan selos en-
lugar de irmas.
Pars toda clsse de informes, dirigirse los
Agentes,
SILVA, FERRER d Co.
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o. "R as
DE ENRIQUE PEREZ ESCRICH.

La Calumnla.
FL Cura de Aldca
Los IIiios dc Ia re-
La Muer addltcra
Escenas de Ia vida.
III Pan de los Pobres.
Fl Coraz6n en- Ia Mano.
ri Inferno de los Celos
II Amor de los Amores
La Perdci6n de h Muier
Los Matrimonios del Diablo
DE vENTA EN- La IMP DEL BoLETIN.
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AVISO.

Sc realizan muebles a precios
nunca vistos en- In muebleria de
Bartolome Riera a. CO.
San Francisco ndmero As. 8
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CONDICIONES

Los hetes pasajes son pagaderos en- orc
americano6 su equivalente en- moneda corrien.
te con el 5 pS de aumento.
CONCESIONEe.
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En- los i de los d 10 20 rt todo los paeCs sd de ruta
los Ma Real En- los del yi6 prooeden de san T9n tera
los d ~ q del avre los ds 10 "a 30 Los ls tqn 6oraO % Oos
ema4ue Fajrdo Nagub0 de os F Las fhias con
IL pran Los n solos hasts u amos mefo pa -
M Sres Silva CO. Mgu SesPj Bravo Ponce Sre hegaro Co
D. a. Ac Humacso Hernandez Naguabo
V Vaamonde Lopez Tho
Ses Begro Co San Juan, los generates,
SainZ, Cerra g. Co.
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JOSE MtntNpEzr 10
III PEARL STREET.
r. o. 1ox s17a

- = N ONNAA
Virecsn sus ssrrtf issl como ccmimouisias
grnerai. pars cor prasdS euEasos srtfewlos
ooncisrnen Z 4 tndaafrsa Y u.o4ueses N.,,,.-
auseric4nos y de 6iil consume en- lac Aasi.
llas bispan0 americans.
Recfben c1nsienar Zones ds produesas tr,s.s.
cale.. hscienio sfe;aaso. sohre sirh.. coas,v
nacione. "a crssiito sstrs Ias prineipaIs. uls.
"a ie Eurara Norfs Ar4ssses.
- dArsu gsfsa,tss & cuaatss refsssseias
sean nece-sfias. Ia rsiaanarscasn s~sk Io srks
imitada a. csso. -
Fsra ma poruendrs. dirixir-s GIo. nj.
mos. A
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-02-08
Linea intercolonial de San Thomas
Pto. Rico a Jamaica,
Linea de Havre-Pauillac- ac-Veracruz.

Los precios de pssaje para Santander
St. Nagaire son:
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Boletfn Nercantil de Puerto-Rico.

I'ERIODICO CONSACf2ADO
LA DEFENSA DE LOS INTERESTS NACI0NALES EN- AMERICA
ORGANO De Los ESPANOJRS NCONDCIONALES EN- PTO RICO
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rMPRENTA DEL BOLETIN.
VAPORES- -CORREOS Esp.
DE LA coMPkNIA TRAsATLANTICA
ANTZs
A. LOPFZ g. Co.


sAEIDAS--De Barcelona los diss Is de cadS
uaes--De Valencia el 5-De Malaga 81 60
De CadiT el 10 y So.-De Santander el zo'--De Ia
Course 81.
Sc expsnden billetes directos para hayaguez'
Pence Santiago de Cuba, Gibsre, Nueyltas, saba
mia Colon. con trasbcrdo en- Puerto-Rlco ha-
haDs.
vIAJE DIRECTo DEsDE PUERTO RICO
A -CADIZ.
salda de Puerto-Ric oel dia 10 de cada NEE.
la C&mara 3. q Camara SS c. prefte 8" Cam
1855 iso rs so
Tambien puede hacerse el viaie, sAliendo de
Puerto-Rico ios dias 4, 10 % de csda mes
trasbordando en- Ia Habana
Los precios para estos viaies son los siguientes.
la IA a.
De Prsrto-Rico la Habana-$ 80 . "a SIS
De idem santander, Cadiz 3
Barcelona (via Habana)...- 800 1eo 70
Sc explden passies de ida y yuelts con % p.S de
rebajS
Hahra rebajas para las famiiias numerosas con
ninos
PRIMERA Y SEGUEDA CAMARA.
On nino has.a de dos amos en- cada tamils, gra-
us Los demss hAsta anos IN cuarto casaJe. Los
de : 8 12 amos medic pssaie. Les demss pssale en-
teros
TERCERA CAMARA.
UE riho, hasta dos amos gratie Los nihos has
Q 8 arcs medic pasaje. Los demas pasaje entero
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I res s reces. reccs I mes 8 meses. O meses aao.
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CRISTOBAL COLON.

CAPTAIN D. GREGORIo AMEZAGA
ExFEDicIoN PoR Ell ESTE
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SAN JU AN
CAPTAIN d. JUAN B. LARIlTEGUl

ExPEplcioYPon Ell oEsrE-ADEUD0s
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Linea directa de San Nazaire Veracruz
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4 UNA COLCNNA
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SONG OF A CENTURY.

The highest aim of every Islamite
Is once to stand upon the holy site
OF Allah's chosen prophets birth,
and there,
At Mecca's shrine, send up his
praise and prayer;
This done,
Whatever winds may blow, high
Heavens won.
So we, like Moslems good and true
of heart,
Have journeyed forth from every
port and part
To this, our Mecca, dear as Islam's
pride,
And hearth-stone shrines worth all
the world beside
Shrines builded through the restless,
shifting years,
And some are decked with flowers
and some with tears
Here, too, we learned to hew at life's
hard wood;
The chips were small and none could
call them good
The tree SO stubborn stood!
Here many hands have left their lines
unhewn,
The Master Workman paid them off
too soon,
Long ere the sun of life declared high
noon;
While others, bent with dealing blow
on blow,
Worked on and watched the ghostly
shadows grow
AthwaYt the drear and driven win
ter snow,
Until the evening bell, SO soft and
low,
Said they might go;
That they were paid in purest gold,
we know.
Their rounded lines were pillars,
strong as oak,
Until the mace of Time, with giant
stroke
Sent home the blow
That laid them low.
Then newer timbers, wrought in new
err style,
Filled up the void and served their
little while,
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And hedged about from storm by
these fair hills
Thy growth was ''sure as grinding OF
Gods mills
And now at last the flowers burst
And spread their petals all a-thirst
To drink the tears of joy that freely
fall,
While God, we trust, is bending over
all.
And yet, Oh, yet! that wondrous aloe
blooms
But once and dies;-decays like flesh
in tombs,
The symbol here is ST. pray, ]
pray,
That thou, old town, may'st bloom
for aye and aye.
This tell-tale river has whispered
to thee
As it shambled along a-down to
the sea
Has whispered and murmured and
sung unto thee,
AS it bickered carelessly on to the
the sea
OF its head-water frolics and its
leaps in the air,
And the races it run with the
mountain-sprites there,
And showed thee the tokens OF
love that it bore
Keepsakes and pledges from hearts
ON the shore.
And thou, in thy turn, hast cast
on its breast
Greetings of love to the welcoming
West.
And now, old stream, that cut thy
channel long
Before the sachem's shout and
twanging thong
Were heard the lonely mountain
side along,
Speed thee! and this our sacred mes
sage bear
To every list'ning bank thy waters
Above the "Smoky City's" commune
walls,
Into the ear of the spreading ''City
of Nails"
Sing out thy song;
Unto the feet of the naughty "Queen
of the West"
Bear it along,
Until cen to the Crescent" thou
hast pressed
And flung thy charge upon the eb-
bling tide
OF the restless sea, so wondrous wild
and wide!
And this thy greeting be:
Say that { beg of thee)
Beside the New Dominion's fairest
A sister town is waking from her
dream;
That, though she's just hundred
years to-day,
Her hearts as young as the winsome
heart of may,
Her feet keep time to the merriest
roundelay,
And her tresses wear no streakings
of the grey
Say, too, that from the South there
beams a-main
The bow of promise, long years
sought in vain
An iron bow, and as in tales of old
That round the Yule-log oft and oft
were told,
We hope to find some day the pot of
gold
That at the hither foot is always roll
led
Some treasure trove above the Col
den Fleece
That Jason bore from Colehis unto
Greece!
And thou, old Alma Mater, dear to
me,
One boon, one single boon, / ask of
thee;
The larger years are wheeling into
place,
When all the nations stand as face
to face,
And great is he who wins a single
race!
Raise up some seer, some prophet po-
ct soul,
Before another hundred years shall
roll
In mist away
Some master mind full ripe to honor
thee
In the Century Song of the City
that's to be
In the coming day!
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ORDER OF PROCESSION.
Rutter's CQnet Band.
Mayor and City Council.

Masonic Delegations.
Citizens over 10 years of age.
Ladies and Gentlemen in Ancient
Costumes on Horseback.
Morgantown Delegations.
Martial Band.
University Cadets, Infantry and
Artillery.
Union District Delegations.
Morgantown Cornet Band.
Odd Fellows Delegations.
Colored Delegations.
Grant District Delegations.
Cass District Delegations.
Clay District Delegations.
Battelle District Delegations.
Indians on Horseback.
Grafton Band.
Clinton District Delegations.
Morgan District Delegations.
Band.
Masqueraders.
Citizens and Strangers.
The time occupied by the process
sion was something like an hour, but
the throngs marched patiently and
joyously on through the disagreeable
streets because, you see, it was Cen
tennial Day. Here is the
ROUTE OF PROCESSION.
From Court House Square to head of
High ST., out Boundary to Front,
down Front to Foundry, up Foun-
dry to High, up High to North
Boundary, up N. Boundary
to Spruce, down Spruce
to Pleasant, then down
Pleasant to High, up
High to Court
Square.
Masonic Delegations, Citizens over
70 years old, Ladies and Gentlemen
in Ancient Costumes and Morgan
gantown Delegations formed in
front of Court House.
The University Cadets and the
Union District Delegations joined
the procession on North Boundary
street.
The Odd Fellows Delegations form
ed at Odd Fellows Hall and marched
down Walnut street in time to join
the procession at that point.
Delegations from the West Side
joined the procession at the east
end of the suspension bridge.
Clinton District Delegations and
Indians on Horseback joined the
procession at the lower end Of Front
street.
Morgan District Delegations and
Masqueraders joined the process
ion at east end Of Kirk alley, oppo-
site Presbyterian church.
THE ORGANIZATION.
At about 11:30 o'clock the process
sion drew up in front of the speak.
er's stand on Court House Square
and was there reinforced by the
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HISTORICAL ADDRESS.


A song, eFfeedom's Banner" sung
by Prof. Martin and a select choir,
followed the Centennial Poem and
then came the Historical Address by
Senator w. 7. Wiley. 1t was, as
every one knew it would be, worthy
of the orator and the occasion. I'm
assuming and without fash or -four
ish the venerable ex-senator epito-
mixed the history of the town and
held the attention of his hearers
although they had to stand in the
chilling rain during nearly half Of
the address. He closed with high
and worthy tribute to the exceptional
educational advantages and standing
of the town. 1t was indeed an ora
torical feast. Below is the address
in full.
1t has been made my duty, on the
present occasion, to present sketch
of the history of Morgantown. But
SO many of the proper subjects Of
that history have been assigned to
others, that little remains for me to
consider. A very brief and general
outline, therefore is all 1 have to
offer.
The first white men who ever trod
the soil on which our village stands,
were Thomas Decker and few asso-
ciates, who came here with him, in
1853. He pitched his camp" it is
believed, on the bank of the river,
just above the mouth of the creek,
which, thenceforth, was to bear the
name of this adventurous pioneer.
The tragic result of this first effort
to establish civilized home in the
upper valley Of the Monongahela, is
familiar to all who are conversant
with the annals Of Indian warfare.
Decker, and all his companions, ex-
cepting one, were killed by the In
dams in the spring of 1853.
: The next adventurer, was David
Morgan. He came here in 1853,
nine years after the massacre of
Decker. There is no evidence how
long he remained. The tradition is
probably correct, that he went still
higher up the river; for we find that on
the Goth of December, 1881, there was
surveyed for David Morgan, assignee
of John Masterson, 361 acres of land,
at the mouth Of the West Fork, in
Guiding said Masterson's settlement
made thereon in 1774. The tradi-
tion, that Zackquill Morgan, the
original proprietor of the site Of Nor
gantown came here with the said
David in 1853, or soon afterwards, is
also probably true. 1t appears from
the surveyors books Of Monongalia
county, that on the 10Th day of
April, 1881, there was surveyed for
Zackquill, Morgan, assignee of Isaac
Lemasters, 220 acres of land in Mon
ongalia county on Deckers creek and
the Monongahela river, including his
settlement made thereon in 1772."
AS these 220 acres included the site
where Morgantown now stands, it
may be interesting to state the boun-
daries of the whole tract. They are
as follows beginning at a Black
oak corner to Michael earns and
James Cochran and running thence
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THE ORGANIZATION

At about IL 80 o'clock the process
sion drew up in front of the speak
er's stand on Court House Square,
and was there reinforced by the
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anu OuI UuSlucSS cuCcI pIlScS nave
been modest and unpretentious. The
fact is that the ambition of our pop
ulation has never run much to the
possession of the almighty dollar.
History tells us of an ancient city
that was suddenly overwhelmed by
the eruption of a mighty volcano.
Its houses, it's people and it's every
spire were suddenly covered out of
sight by the burning lava and ashes
of this terrible eruption. Explorers
have recently dug down into the
streets and dwellings of that city and
found it's inhabitants fixed or petri-
fed, SO to speak, in the positions and
attitudes in which they had been 80
suddenly surprised-the mechanic
with his tools, the housewife at her
domestic duties and other classes of
the population in the midst of their
various vocations. We have thus
obtained strange revelation of the
manner in which the people of that
ancient city were employed.
l have thought that if such an
event should have happened to Nor
gantown at any time within the last
one hundred years, the explorer
would have found our population &C.
cupied with two principal employ
ments. He would certainly have
discovered first, that all the youth of
the community were gathered to-
gether in the schools under their
teachers receiving proper discipline
and education. From it's earliest
history our community has given a
first consideration to the education
of the young. The second chief oc-
cupation might probably have APP
peared to be that of enjoying a
square mear'-for we have ever
been famous for 'bountiful board, :"
and our wives and daughters for
their skill in providing q palatable
meal. And around the bountiful
board, too, would have been found
the guest, the stranger, the friend
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-11-07
QUEEN OF THE MONONGAHELA!
"And Though She's lust a Hun
dred Years To-day,
MORGANTOWN

Celebrates her Centennial with
Speeches, Poem, Songs, Pro
cessiOns, Brass Bands,
Fire Works, Banners
And General
Rejoicing.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-11-07


before it reached the reader; now we
read in the. morning papers a synop-
sis of the principal events happening
the day before, not only on this con-
tinent, but all over Europe and in
large parts of Asia and Africa.
Then there were few school anywhere,
and none at all in Morgantown; now,
we have at our doors every facility
of education, from the primary de-
partment of the free school to the
last and highest degree in the Uni
versity. l will not further pursue
the contrast. Time would fail us to
count all the superior advantages
which the sciences, arts, literature
and civilization of the last Ito years
have bestowed upon the present
/ must still further pause, howcv-
er, to note the fact that in few
short months we shall feel the throb-
bings of one of those great arteries
of internal communication which
have done 90 much to develop the re-
sources of all countries where they
exist. The long wished for railroad
is at our doors. We welcome its adj
vent. And yet, to us, there comes
with it some regrets. The venerable
homogeniety of our society will be
broken. Our old time hospitality
and our earliest family-like social
will be marred. Heretofore,
in consequence of our isolated situa-
ton, cutting us off from easy inter
course with the wide world around
us, we have been, somewhat in the
of the ships company
crossing the seas. We have been
into closer personal rels-
tions, begetting friendships all the
more intense because thus limited
and concentrated. But with the
railroad the stranger will intrude
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leading up Decker's creek to the
East. No streets, no alleys. The
unfelled trees still standing around
the borders; and the stumps of trees
yet remaining in the fields and gar
dens. The hills, all around, covered
with forests almost unbroken. The
startled wild deer, ON the distant
height, peering through the brush
wood, down upon these new intrud-
ers upon its ancient heritage And
then, there were, what no art can
transfer to card or canvass, the
nightly howl of the wolf, and the oc-
casional scream Of the panther echo
ing through the surrounding valleys
and, sometimes, the fresh foot prints
of the Western savage, arresting the
hunter in his chase, and sending him
home to give the alarm.
And the court day of that period
who shall describe it? Within rs
feet of where / am now standing, in
small frame building, erected soon
after 1855, the justices composing
the court, we're wont to assemble
Little, / imagine, did they bother
themselves with the learning in Coke
upon Littleton, or the subtleties Of
Fearns on Contingent Remainders
and Executory SDevises, or Hales'
Pleas of the Crown. Without plea
or precedent, they sought the ends
of justice by the simple process Of
common sense; and l am not sure
they were not as successful in finding
them, as some more elaborate tri-
bunals, making higher pretensions,
1t is to be regretted that the record
of their proceedings was destroyed
by fire in 1896. And yonder, over
the hills, and down the streams, by
every winding pathway, came the
hardy pioneers, from stocked forts,
and widely separated cabins, clad in
homespun hunting shirts, short
breeches and leggings, tanned deer