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'ROUND ABOUT TowN.
Oysters at the Delmonico.
Meals al all hours at Delmonico.
Order your coal from Palmer.

Meals al all hours at Delmonico. <
Order your coal from Palmer.
Look out for Ellis moving WACO,
Fresh country butter at, Durie,s.
Skipped by the light of the moo
1 lie prices of Rsgland's goods def
competition from any quarter.
You will find the Success -four {
VIM. A. Miller's, where everythin
is sold at rock bottom prices.
Deane's cabinet photos are un,
| qualled. 49,.
New syrup and uncanvassed hams
Just received al w. II. McIaughlin's
To the Delmonico for y our lunches
DIR. Walter ID. King has u position
in Castles Il Morrison's drug store.
Ragland has the finest assortmen
ofjewelry and watches ever brOugh
to this market. E
beat.
Peeler's chill and fever syrup i
warranted to cure and keep on den
que, 75c a bottle at Pceier's drus
store. rs 80 80
Alex Brule has reopened his ISL
depot at boo Austin avenue, wher,
he Is always supplied with the best
fish that can possible be secured
Give him call.
Ask for Levine Bros $500 suit
aud you will see bargain and vol
will buy It.
Get your brackets, scroll-sawing
band-sawing aud turning done al
Loving Il Swapson's planning mill.
Call on w. III. Cook e. 90. aud have
your eyes fitted with n pair of Hawke
celebrated spectacles.
The dudine wooden dress goods In
the newest novelty in that line, full
assortment at b. Haber. ,
Buy your fine extracts from DIR
Hamlett's drug store. al
Cotton receipts yesterday were
SS7 bales; total to date, 1920 bales.
The only exclusive piano and organ
house In Central Texas, l.. v. Moore,
1863 South Fourth street.
The Brazos river Is down to very
low ebb. and IN some places-taking
q view from the Suspension bridge
1t locke as though one could step
across 1t. s Tf1fI
Mr.. John F. Sedwick Is preparing
10 erect two-story, IRON front build.
ing on the corner Of Austin and
Eighth streets. The building will
have a fifty feet frontage and
run back 100 feet. " T AYSfa
Browns Iron Tonic il giving per-
feet satisfaction I'm this couptry and
all who have used It are earnest IN
recommending It. IL is. indeed. lust
the right thing for ali malarial re-.
gions. Price, ii 90 per bottle. For
sale by Ii. Behrens. !.
A drunken woman made things a
little bit lively on the avenue yesIer-
day evening. She did not seem TO be
of the demi, monde class, bnt she was
very full of the o-be-joyful all the
same. She said her husband told her
TO get drunk. ga ars TIT
Street Commissioner Neill ia ex.
tending the canal on Webster street
out to Eighth street. II ia only a
matter Of time until we will have the
flood water 80 divided that an over.
flow of property in the southern part
of the city Will be impossible.
As an evidence of the prosperity OF
Waco University DIR. Burleson has
lately added as new feature to the
musical department. instruction on
the organ. and has adopted the Estey
ON account Of its superior Qualities.
These organs will ali be furnished by
our popular music dealer, Mr.. L. ".
n
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8 N CHASE 4 co.

= Special display of novelties in
silks and dress goods al our opening
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 10th, goth and 2lst.
SANGER Bros.
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Read and forget not fuckers col
umn addition Drug Store"-his
simple remedies the people do take,
and attest daily of their merit. 4
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y, In Quest Of fine hand made shoes,
that 1T well, and look neat, should
see the new line of stylish shoes at
Levine Bros a
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Mothers, see to 1t that you are not
imposed upon by common, trashy
shoes, but 90 70 Levine Bros and get
a pair ofsDunbars' celebrated chlds
shoes, that Is comfortable and dur
able. rfr
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Grand opening Monday. Tuesday
and Wednesday, October 18th, 10th
aud 21st at SANGER BROS
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than ever before produced In Waco

b. Haber's new clothing depart
ment is stocked with the newest
styles, best fitting and best made
clothing in the city, ,.a,-. a
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Notice.
READING MATTER-Just received,
a full line Seaside novels.
W. ii. Cook II Co.
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Bayou Cook oysters, largest Of the
season. Delivered 10 any part OF the
city az 10 cents per dozen
.-9lIT-f tsl1i- i- ALEX BRULB.
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Our fall opening Thursday OCto-
Der 18th. ~
MISS KATE SHOUTS,
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Wriehps extracts, full assortment,
best In the land, at Castles q Morri-
sons. ~
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Fresh groceries aud country pro-
duce at Wood & Co.'s, west SIDE
hauAre. N
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Loving Il Swanson will fit up OIL
ces and do all kinds Of stair work In
the neatest and most artistic manner.
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Prescriptions and family recipes are
now In order. Take them to w. L.
fuckers "Iion Drug Store.' WIZ
have the best attention day or night
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The moat eflcacions siimulanis % excite the
appetite are AngOeturn ntttefs, prepared
b pr j. q. b alegert 4 soma Bewate o. ooun-
terfeis. Ask your grocer on druggist fpr me
genuine article at1st -
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New hats for men and boys, In the
newest shapes, at j.. Haber.
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Toa|| Fe||ow-Suferers|

Who are now convalescing from
dengue, let one who has been there,
too. give you his experience, and fol-
low II, If you would be speedily res
tored; eat plenty Of apples, and drink
good cider freely. As a diet rare
beef steak and broil chicken with
very light bread; eggs and rich milk
In abundance. Then follow right al
forwards with dose of fuckers
T.I.Ip to digest and assimilate your
food, and this, at last, is the secret of
health, a good digestion, which means
the manufacture of blood, and that is
the life of man, whereby the wasted
tissue, depleted by disease, is built up
and the vigor aud the rosy hue OF
our former selves once more asserted
Try II. Our word for it. You will
never live long enough to cease thank
ing your friend. W. l.. TUCKER.
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d.iiiru Grain and HAY.
Corn-white, per bu. Is TO SOC
oau--sacks sOc@2ie.
Nicaragua wheat 900.
h si,.; ton ssSio a.
~ Hide and roltry.
iHidesIDIy flint n 10 issc, dry salt 10 70 lie
ies~Deer skins. Is TO TIC, antelope. 10
WOOL S 20 . 70 Sc: shs.siihSs, iSto Sc p' PVT
resss' yellow 70 brown. Ito Sc - 49,
ssosn--l,hor clear, IKE tff
aciss.ssr Louisisns. 50 . Sc Louisiana
.ssiss n u !: * ne Z ~ s.s sss; re ss Il e
7xSsc; slsnalsisd, 81
y s esas 3. ias - Z as PAN
n S.s Sss sr S 10 s' es sri bar
'' eS.,. Z. s ssis 81 S sss & daily.
Rics-choice LouisianA 70 per fb;prime OK
s..Ich. Starch. g 3. q, % Iss sall, Sc -.
s. G sssud ha s1. E. ss aa is.s g. s0s
e. p. 10 e.. Ssys s sSs SssR s
test i2-is; asa Kerosene 80 Test asa, 400; bar.
rsis, per gallon. i7c candles, he beans, per
Fruit. Feaiiry, dame, etc.
Lemcns-Pslermo, 81 20 TO Is 90.
Irish potatoes-Horthern. II peck barrels
" - per bushel 76c l
CAbbsge-western per crate, y IS
chichens-Per dozen. O. 70 TO O. So turkeys
0nions-Sagss 90 per barrel.
Exp-l2k@l5c per dozen;
huttsr-Cb"ioe western, 70 70 SOC country, 70
oranges-Messina o; Imperial % 50
| Checse-fuil cream. il2h@itc, western
| scimmed. i0c; Y. A. full crvam, lbc.
=. Dried apples-Quartefs. &c, N. Y. sliced, 5Ac;
eyAporAted. so lbs boxes, ee
kIoutr Per barrel. q 20. hall barrel " %
Lumber.
= The following are the prices Of lumber PEI
MI 600 feat First-clAss rough. SIS second elias
. rough. SIS; Clear rough, go hrst-clsss dresses
I | 4 aide, pa So second class dressed l side, ts
ar,ctss NJ eoSiing ss second SIn clss I,a
n a. .i9ins - ,ne ih yellow Pins s sein
! and siding. US. Rough yellow pine eeilini
MA sl2 30 Popular ceiling and siding, ~
2 white pine ceiling and siding, On 30 y puls
" fnishing lumber. go white pino nnishin
a lumber. 80 Cypress finishing lumber. ~
y wide clear rough lumber. 10 wide cles
y dressed side.f6 lumber dressed sides. u
e. lumber dressed sides. "a % lumber drcsse
:, -T~ shsngtes. No
:, Shingles per 1000 Heart r. W Cypress, IS
= heart dimensions cypress shinglel o.; y
and dypres shingles. IS 10. heart yellow PHI
hiLglei, % IS Dressed and headed yello
ptnepickets So rough yellow piekots, q
yellow pine lAths- u So cypress lAths,
white pine iAths. G.. "a
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ss.rkst. o. Teissrapn.

a, on,. 1885, s, ss,s. :,
OF LOUIS octohef ie.-flouf- mnrkessuohR
and higher: family. s. 70 choice. Ioss4 20;
'" nv, 80, -. ~. p $500 s'-,Ns
Wheat -hncied anu 'evefish' opeoed hsAo
seSe on war news. ssAinI broke and clipped
A@ssc below yss'erSay. 10 x o,at eox ~
ing al NS@S9t; becember, i OK 81 az, clos |
ing at on sellers; May. 1 INCL i1k. ciosing
a. mtin 40 uayc,., No utx.a
cash. SIX; November, Sx DISK; year, $40
SAY. ". - q,
osts=steady but very slow No. MIXED.
'I sSia ss.i.a aist - g. sea
Mhisky-stesdy A. q y ufnn7t
P PS and hrmer. g. usei
Lsra1sS a. ll.I. ~
s. o .ss,, ,, s,s.i ,i e "a ,.o, An dO
short clear; M,.tge 20. pfa
HAMS oosnw w ql brb .nltaftur
~ Lave stock. 100 sdll |
ST. LOUIS october k-tsue = Aeceipu'
1900 shipments. 60 good supply aud fefdy
demand AZ s. s'es s p.ioes F.a,e Z snipptns
| s'oea' - 10Y, -
butohering stun mixed lots. zDes " sooo
steers. 8 10000 stockers and. feedeis Q 500
, q; grass eIans, s ." in pai, ssef'"
,ggos.oaacaint. ssoa This. marlet q active
/ ~, - A aSslzassS3 ~ u'frSi
sseeP-ReosiPss: is.e .higmehi.. 40 40 , Sss'
ssood natsons' ssas s. sitrs' b. ccinmon to
medium ooSa 6; lambs, 2 2ass 70 Texans
Sss :" ,1T .NN4l.
chicago Grain Market
CHICAGO. October ~ -fioaf Inquiry con
tlnues good and marAs1stsol
wheat--Active. nervous and unsettled
Ma,hot onenad stro,e and sdsxc HIGHER. re
80 ~ q, 80 ns,,.r,nrs ,.pis6, ~ solS n
i..c, and closed Nc under ye.tsta.y.g ,os.oss,
closed aislN; Deesnbs5, s2SaelS. closed !
"a SSSirnafsifiy ssstss nd ssm. eiciins .sou
ne same . ysss \ oc,sbss h 8s,s,.s
; .asSiss closed Il q November aOx SOS
closed a, teE sssi T $500 .ay.po.a IS
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Get your grocerles at Wood 8 Co.'s
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Grand fall opening Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, October l9th,
10th and 2lst, at SANGER BROS
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NEW YoRK. October N-Futures closed
barely steady. point lower for October one
point higher for November
Sales, 7o,90o F ~
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Mrs. winsiows Soothing syrup shonid Al.
ways be used for children teething. haoothes
the child, softenE the gums AllAvs All pains
cures wind cole. and Is the Best femeay =
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Mr.. w. NJ. Bell has the agency for
Behrens' Aromatic Iron Tonic and
Southern Liver Pills In East Waco.
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"sweet Hcme' flower at Wood &
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CITY MARX Ers.

steady and unchanged: tub washed 2s@a6s Z;
nnuashed. i2@Ns; Texas. i0tD23h,
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MARRIAGE Guide.

$50 Pages, Zine Pintes.
Illegal sls,h ssd sih bsasE ss.isd iss soc. ress
epreney. Over any uoa1frfal pieiafss. Tka
shsie stsfy. % In Ais % he fss~fnE ssisssss;
.ts may n.ry .ts not vhJ. nsahssd .snAasoea lay.@
ns,. may be insfs..ss the pAyssssy .a1
nsay mors Those married esnsnptinx n.rrfass shssie
naf sasht to te rs.f ~ all sast psfssas, hsa hsfe
asr iess Ad fss fspal.f saltisn 1oen
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NEW YORK COTTON mARkET.

NEW rosx srors-riaHS nhroHr. =
NEW YoaK. October M-spot cotton clos cd
Mat auotatfous uneh a m gt.d " HfN r Z.
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Hxporta this week orcat Britain. $ADi
France. sies Continent t7.sse Btoek Ct United
States ports this day. tsl,s7s; this day last yest
42sSlL
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
\ SINGERS MODE OF LIFE.
Hints that Ambitious Amateurs May
PrOfitBy.

Singers have the reputation OF being
capricious, says Clara Louise Kellogg, in
the Spectator, because they are eXacting
in the matter of food. The average land
lord thinks that what is good enough for
one of his guests is good enough for all,
making no exception of the artist. Nine.
Patti has encountered this landlord. so
she travels with her own chef who pre-
pares her meals for her. This Is not ca
price: Ii is necessity. 1t is not that she
wants such a variety Of elabOrately pre-
pared food, but that she wants what she
has TO be thoroughly nutritious and d.
ges sible. If she suffers from indigestion,
1t affects her voice. Colds are not
the singers only enemies. Ill
prepared and unsuitable food is
as injurious as draught of air. A cele-
bTdted Professor in Rome told Charlotte
Cushman that there were three things
necessary for prima donna to do-eat,
sleep and sing. Not q very Intellectual
programme, you say; and l quite agree
with you. When a singer is singing, she
has 10 live the most regular and sys-
tematlc life. She eats her dinner at
O'Clock In the afternoon. or 4 at the latest,
and 1t is two or three hours before she
goes TO the theatre, and another hour and
hall before she sings, or four hours in
all between eating and singing. After
the opera she may eat the little supper
that is 50 highly priced by all "profes-
sionaP' people, not because of its
conYlviality, tor it must be very
simple and light, but rather
because il can be eaten with the knOwl-
edge that there is plenty OF time for di-
gestion. Sweets, highly spiced food of
any kind, and nuts, must be carefully
avoided by the singer, and even ice-water
is one of the very worst things for the
throat. 1t should never be drunk Just be-
fore singing, for it leaves the singer as
hoarse as If she had caught violent cold.
She cannot drink, yet the exercise Of
singing makes her want something to
mOisten her throat with. Different singers
use different drinks for the refreshing of
the throat, according as their experience
has taught them. / have found beef tea
to be OF great service. l have
known some. singers to use gar
gle. lie Franc, the tenor famous
for his high c, used salt and water
gargle. The singers of past generation
depended great deal upon sulphur, and
so do those of to-day, only they take
smaller doses. They take it
Geographically. Patti, | am told,
puts great deal of dependence upon
hepar sulphur. l use it, too, and so do
other singers who are homGOpathists,
and most Of them are homp0pathists, for
they find that prevention is the best treat
ment tor their ailments. Nine hours a
night-or never less than eight-are nee
essary for a singer to sleep, for her ner-
vOus force is heavily taxed. She must
"make her exercises for a certain length
of time every day, for-to paraphrase
Liszt-when she fails to practice one day,
she observes il herself; when she fails tor
two days, her friends observe it, and
when she fails for three days, the public
observe it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
The Fewer Such Big Farms the Better


). y. Dalrymple, of the Dalrymple farm
at Casselton, ID. T., recently said;
'We had this year 80, 600 acres in wheat
and > 600 acres (enough to feed the stock
in oats. Nine successive crops have been
raised OF this land, and this year our
wheat averaged IA, IL and Is bushels to
the acre. Next year we will begin to
summer fallOw, letting about 5000 acres
lie Idle each season till il has all had a
rest. We expect that after the summer
following the yield will be from 90 to %
bushels per acre.
''The "a, 900 acres are divided into three
farms of nearly equal size. For each OF
these there is a headquarters, with super
intendent, bOOkkeeper, foreman, agent and
other officers. These farms are again di-
vided into sections of 1000 acres each,
under division foreman, who carries out
the orders from headquarters, transmitted
to him by telephone. Each division has
its clearinghouse, with men cooks. In
the spring seeding about 500 men are en-
ployed. and during the harvest about
| 900. In the fall all the hands are dis
charged except sufficient TO attend the
400 or 500 horses and mules through the
winter. At each headquarters there is a
store, upon which the cooks make requi-
sition for all provisions. The whole thing
is so systematiZed that we can tell to a
cent the cost Of a meals Victuals for a
man and the cost of seeding, reaping, or
blowing an acre of ground. We ship
all our wheat to Duluth, and thence to
Buffalo, where we find the best market.
To-day wheat sells in Buffalo for cents
more, after the shipping expenses are al
lowed for. than at Duluth
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01

A remarkable story about education IN
the South, says an Atlanta letter to the
Chicago Inter- ocean, was narrated to me
by young fellow named Nicholson, who
is only % years Of age. Said he:
~ have a partner Of just my age, who
helped me start a private grammar school
in the country near Edgetield S. c., some
what less than two years ago. We got
each one OF twenty cOlOred churches in
the county to pledge five cents member
once in three months toward the support
of a school. The deacOns of each church
are financially responsible for this sum
when the quarter rolls around. With this
and some other help we have built a school
house 40X70 feet in dimensions, with an
addition 14x20 feet, a girls dOrmitory that
accommodates sixty girls, aud purchased
a tract of sixty acres of land. We have
five teachers and over 400 pupils"
"Why are you here instead of superin-
tending the schOOlY
"Oh, my partner, Mathis, superintends
it this year, while / study in the univer-
sity. Last year he was here and l was
there. You see, we have a rotation sys-
TEN. When / 90 there this summer we
will commence TO build large dOrmitOry
for boys. Every Thursday school let's out
Mt p. M, instead of p. m, and the two
hours are spent in industrial wOrk-dig-
ging up stumps, laying out walks, cult
waiting the garden behind the girls DOR
mitorY, etc."
AREN'T there any whites connected
with the schOOlg'
Certainly not. Hardly anybody knows
there is such q school outside of the town.
ship. The cOlOred people all over the
county are interested, however, and
flock to our exhibitions in great numbers.
A collection of over $3.50 was taken up on
Jan. / st-EmancipatIOn day-as a
thank Offering to the school"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
GaurittF 31IaafFre.
He Could Eat Nails.

BUFFALO, n. Y, Sept. II, 1884.
GENTLEMEN do not sufficiently eXtol
the curative virtues Of BensOn's Capcine Plas-
ters for ailments Of a dyspeptic nature. For
five years. up to about two years ago, had
attacks of this description, lasting from three
to five weeks. During these periods l was uu-
able to eat anything without the greatest dis
comfort, lost flesh rapidly, and suffered a
general deteriOratlOn in health. tried nearly
all the dyspepsia remedies ever cOncOcted
with the hope of either curing or alleviating
nv distress. Physicians prescriptions were
equally inehicaciOus. Only by means of SEMI
starvation would my stomach recover any
thing like Its natural tone, and then the least
imprudence in diet would sadly upset 1t. Two
years ago, as above mentioned, when ''eniOy-
ing" one of these Sc sons OF misery. partlcu
larly severe visitation, II suddenly occurred
to me to try one o. BeusOn's plasterS. pro-
cured one and applied it TO the stomachc
region. Greatly to my surprise. and much
more to my qualification, within twenty -four
hours all PAIN burning and soreness had LETT
my stomach. Since then injudlciOus or II
regular eating has several times brought on
symptoms OF the old complaint, but the ap-
plicatiOn Of plaster at night lnSures cure
bv morning. l have tried the remedy with so
satisfactory results as to give me entire conn-
denCe that | could eat the most lndigeStlble
food, possibly tenpenny nails il my appetite
craved them, and feel no apprehension of i'll
effects. so long as BensOn'S Capclne Plasicrs
are obtainable. = member of my family has
had an experience almost Identical with mine,
being cured by the same means Merely
sympathy for those suffering with dyspepsia
the belief that the plaster will cure the dis
ease in its incipient stages and not unlikely
when it has become chrOnic-prOmpts this
letter; it is in no sense written at the sOlicita
ton or with the previous knowledge Of ii cSsrs.
Seabury 4 johnson. Yours, etc,
j. j. ROBERTSON.
Messrs. Seabury & johnson, New York.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-03-01
The Lime Kiln club.
DetcOii Err Pre2a.


The Rev. PenstOck, who is one Of the
committee Of three appointed to prepare
an almanac for the exclusive use of col
ored people, submitted d protest to the el-
feet that his two companions insisted
upon having the earth reyClve upon It's
axes twice in "a hours. He wanted an
injunction to restrain them, and ne hint
ed that such conduct on their part merit
ed public reprimand.
"Brudder Penstock," asked the Presi-
dent, "what partickler harm am it gwine
to do if dis world turns over once in Y
hOurS?"
''Why, sab, de world can't do it,"
"Waal, maybe she can't, but feels like
givin' her fair show to try it. 1t won't do
any hurt, as kin see, an it may stir sar-
tin fOlkses up to pay DER debts an squar'
up on DER house rent. Your protest am de-
clared outer order"
Waydown Bebee said he was ready to
submit his report on the poetry question.
Several months ago he offered the follow
ing prizes for the best poetry sent in by a
colored poet;
First price,. IS in cash
Second prize ....... ......... A stuffed owl
Third prize ...... ........ Ten pumpkins
Fourth prize ......... One snOw-shOvel
Fifth prize ........ ........ One can OF oysters
The first prize was awarded to Bad
Weather Smith, of Georgia, the first
verse of whose poem reads;
''shuck corn, nggers, de pig am err roasin'
fRefrainl Jang- or -malangO hay!
And de taters am er stewin' in dc pot,
Jang- -maangO- hay
An thoO dis pile ebry one keep er fo'cin',
Jang- er malango- hay
For lie ole bay horse he's prancin' in de lot,
Jang- -malango- hay!
s.De Niger what gets lie bigges' red year,
Jsng-er malangO- hay
An shucks his way right straight th'oO dc
pile! Jang -er-nalangO- hay
He dances fuss wild tic fines gal here,
Jang-cr malango-hay /!
AM kos his dram in de OLE fashion Way
Jang- er-malangO- hay -
The second prize goes to Recollection
johnson, of Halifax; the third to Awful
Davis, of Ohio; the fourth to Alphabet
Jones, of Louisiana, and the fifth to Prof
Walk-ArOund Hastings, of Detroit.
Extract Hastings then offered the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution:
E'WHEREAS, De weather prophet n, "
in de employ of dis club has all along pre-
dicted an open winter, an led US to be-
IieYe dat robins an blue-birds an roses
would almos' prove nuisance between
December am April; an
"WHEREAs, We has BIN basely de
ceiyed, am frozen hitchin' posts have take
de place ofsingin' birds an clim'in' roses;
now, derefOre,
HResoIved, Dat Prof. Pendulum Back
water, de prophet above referred to, be
giben de grand bounce widOut pay"
Pickles Smith explained that man was
liable to make mistakes, and that the pro-
fessor should be given another trial, but
on vote being taken the false prophet
was decapitated in good shape.