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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
JEALOUSY IN THE CHOIR.


Silvery-noted,
Lily-throated,
Starry and golden-haired,
Charming Anna,
The soprano, !.
All the singers hearts ensnared.
Long the tenor
Sought to win her.
Sought to- win her for his bride;
And the basso
~ Loved the lass 80,
Day and night for her he sighed.
The demeanor
Of the tenor
To the basso trigid grew;
And the basso,
AS he was so
Mashed, of course, grew frightened, too.
Anna smiled on
Both, which piled on
To their mutual hatred fuel;
So to win her,
Bass and tenor
Swore they'd fight vocal duel.
Shrieked the tenor
Like Vennor
Cyclone bowling DER the plain,
Sang so high
To outvie
The bass, he split his head in twain.
Crowded the basso
Till he was so
Low, to hear him was treat;
Lower still he
Went until he
Split the soles Of both his feet.
Charming Anna,
the soprano,
Monrned a week for both her fellows;
Then abe wed the
Man who fed the
Wind into the organ bellows.
The MeO Moon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
Hot Wave Drinks.
Orange Phosphate the Latest Pickup
--What Boston Drinks for Its
Brains.

Great many things good to keep
the strength up in hot weather. My
fayorite pick. me-up ia orange phos-
phate-a great Boston drink. Feeds
the brains, you know. Never saw
brains took 80 much to keep EN- on
as Boston kind. No end to the pre-
parations they take, salt fish, iron
,bread, koumiss, lactart, Murdock's
liquid, cereal phosphates, brain crack.
srs-no, they're not Concord essays
aid lately they We got notion that
bitter. milk is good for the brains,
ahd they're taking sort Of phosphate
lphmpkin; pic. That's why they go
% Of Taft. FL. fHA iIz- -aiRiaer;as at Point
Shirley to stimulate their. brains.
Now, / find what old Doc Turpee
oht in the Delaware division used to
prescribe suits my case. Two or
Aree spoonfuls of powdered charcoal
Id water every morning before break.
=, and be sure you mix it we'll, and
dose of taraxacum after supper and
before breakfast keeps your blood
pure and cool, helps you to bear up
ander heat and worry and keep off
all fear Of cholera. That aila me
forgot to get my taraxacum bottle
filled before hot weather, and when
got the medicine keep forgetting to
take it. We fellows over forty gen.
orally have our fsvorite quackery
handed down. One man ! know takes
calcmel and jalap, another j'lap and
cream tartar, another goes on salts
and SIENNA, or sulphur and molasses,
to cool the system and keep off bilious
lasue. We don't keep taking little
doses as W. =. 10, but lay off from
business and give our minds to it.
Dudes take coca, malt extract anu the
new grape milk or newer koumiss and
wormwood with the dew on it. Tones
EN- up like absinthe and ian't so dan.
gerous. Now you needn't 20 and
tell all I've told you, because l shall
take it all back if you do and say the
heat made you dream it.--N Y.
Moil and EGprcSs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Though numerous causes may ope-
rate to turn the hair gray, all that is
needed to restore the natural color ia
Halls Vegetable sicillian Hair Re-
newer. For more than twenty years
it's sales have been enormous, but We
have vet to learn of its first failure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
Regulators in Fairfield.

The explanation affords cause for
congratulation, that the "Regulators'
are dealing summarily, if illegally,
with the question Of prostitution and
such degrading crimes as shameleesly
prevail. We hope it will go on until
every part of the State is regulated"
Two glaring ills entered society on
the emancipation Of the negro. One
relaxed that severe restraint Of high
public opinion, that doomed forever
the white man wao openly lived in
adultery with colored woman. The
other removed the punishment that
followed the female slave, either by
her owner or the Law, for the like Of.
fense. The result was absolute ostrs.
cism to the white man and almost
certain punishment to the female
slave. Now a different stateao things
exist. The colored race are free to
live where and how they please. A
loose state of morals and dislike Of
honest labor induce idleness, and idle
ness produces crime. All over the
South the complaint :s for competent
female help. In Augusta the house.
keepers resorted to help had direct
from Europe. The success was not
certain, because of the unpleasant
proximity of the colored women who
in a large degree had set up on their
own account, thus degrading the posi-
tion of the servant. The observations
Of Northerner recently were thus:
az see little houses on the outskirts
Of all your Southern towns, in the.
doors of which sit young negro wo.
men most Of the day. How do they
live? Yet your delicate ladies are
obliged to go through the drudgery
and toll Of housekeeping with 30
much idle muscle sitting around" ;"
Who can deny that the average ser.
want is more than a fraud, when com.
pared to the old time negroes, fast
passing away. These genteel, we'll
trained ex.slaves are tidy, respecta-
bic and thrifty, but each year the
roll grows less and less. Few fami.
lies are favored with their help. They
are growing old, or are in their little
homes. But the hard feature is that
the ladies, delicate wives, mothers,
sisters ard daughters, are driven with.
out any hope of relief to do their own
work, or worse, to be tormented with
uttsN inefficient help, who not only
ka&Aothing but are too big. headed
tc be taught. Why tbs "se@ssss:
cent good labor? Could the secret
recesses of "the little houses on the
outskirts" tell the tale it would call
eloquently for the Regulators" if
only to relieve the tired hands and
heads cf the faithful women. It is
hard that the innocent should in this
caae suffer most -0rangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
Executors Sale.

YTNDER and by virtue of the Will of
u s. W. Nicholson, Decd, will pro-
ceed to sell at public outcry, to the high.
est bidder. for cash, all the Personal
Property Of the late Shemuel w. Mich
olson, deceased, consisting of Horses,
Mules, Hogs, Cattle, Wagons, Buggies,
Carriage, Harness, Plow Gear, Farming
Implements, Wheat, Corn, Oats, and
other Personal property, at the residence
of the late Shemuel w. Nicholson, decd,
on Wednesday, the 7th day of October.
A. D. 1855. Sale to begin at 10 O'Clock
A. NJ. SAM'L. TANNAHIIL.
Ex'or. Est. S. W. Nicholson, deed.
Sept. 3, 1s86.-5t39
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
Something Every Farmer Should
Keep.

Every farmer should keep can
of the following mixture: Kerosene
two quarts; linseed oil, one gill /;
roein, one ounce. Melt the rosin in
The linseed oil, and add to the kero.
sene. Coat all steel or iron tools,
wherever bright, with this when thsy
are to lie idle if for only few days.
1t will not take half a minute or half
a teaspoonful Of the mixture TO coat
plough when one has finished using
it, and it prevents all rust and saves
half days time in cleaning it when
it is again needed, besides saving the
team many thousands of pounds e1.
Ira pulling. Coat the iron work Of
tie mowers and reapers with it when
they are put away for the winter. A
little rust is only little thing, b.; it
makes much difference in the aggre.
Gate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Troy, N. Y, is shaken toits founda.
tions by social scandal. The par.
ties to it were temperate man, who
taught a large Bible class of ladies',
and a woman who had professed sane
tifcation for several years. Whiskey
is not to blame for everything un-
canny.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
Scheme for a Grant Memorial.

In the October number Of the
Brooklyn Magazine will be published
an article by ex.Gov. Alonzo B. Cor.
nell, Chairman of the Executive Com.
mittee of the Grant Monument Asso.
citation, touching the proposed me.
mortal. MIR. Cornell believes that the
deeds Of Gen. Grant will be beet
commemorated by combining with
monumental structure some institu.
ton in architectural harmony. The
idea Of Mr.. Cornell is expressed as
follows: ga majestic column of ap.
propriate design and commanding
proportions, containing memorial
chapel, within which should be de.
posted the mortal remains of tho
illnstrious dead. This section of the
structure would naturally bear the
principal portion Of elaborate decora.
tions in stone carving and thus be
made the chief object of the whole
design" A great national library and
museum OF relics and mementoes Of
the war are included in the scheme.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

The idea now is to smash the slstes
made at Columbia, destroy the line Of
promotion, and allow the people TO
select an entirely new staff of ser.
wants. Greenvil2e Ne7os.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

YC... Sal6ilna c0ioay-sn tEe--.:-
tain City is composed almost alto
gether of former citizens of that
staunoh county, and it would be the
worst sort Of policy to suffer it to be
cut off from US by road running
from its centre to any other point and
not coming here. The projectors of
the road, therefore, feel reasonably
certain that they will receive moral
and substantial support from the
merchants Of Augusta, and that when
the proper time comes the money will
not be wanting to complete it. 1t can
probably be built and equipped for
FIVE thousand dollars a mile, perhaps
less, and as there is no doubt that it
will do good business, those who
put money in it will be helping them
selves individually as well as bene-
6tiug- the community. None of the
bonds of the Augusta, Gibson and
Sandersville Railroad have been sold
at cent less than par, and the officers
of the road do not intend to take lees
for any of those that they have on
hand. The bonds of the Newberry
road, il it should be decided to issue
any after the road is graded, will GER
tainly be worth as much.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Henry Ward Beecher comes out
flatfooted for high license, because it
is tie best method of regulating the
liquor traffic that can be enforced.
There is always sound sense in doing
the best attainable good. Age does
not appear to lwither Mr.. BIS. brains.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Tommy" exclaimed Mrs. Fogg,
"don't You know it is Sunday? Don't
you know it is naughty to make 8
kite to day p
"But, my DEAR" interpoeed Fogg,
"don't you see he ia making it out of
a religious paper?"
"Ohl" said Mrs. F., II didn' t no.
tice that"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
State of South Carolina,
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.
81 Tn Go,n,nnu pIenS

David ". Padeett, ct al, Plaintiffs, Us.
Mary A. Padget., ct al, Defendants.
A LII persons having any claims
II against the real estate OF the late
VIM. Padgett, ordered to be sold by me,
will please present them to me before
the first day of October, 1885, or be barred
any benefit OF proceeds Of said sale.
s. s. TOMPKINS, Master.
Aug. q, 1885.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

s@ The ADVERTISER one year and
a Waterbury Watch for $4 5O-
These Watches are guaranteed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
The Law to Prohibit The Sale of
Seed Cotton Between Certain
Hours.

AN Act to amend an Act entitled
"An Act to Prohibit the Sale Of
Seed Cotton between the time Of
the Setting and the Rising Of the
Sun. and to Regulate the Sale Of
Seed Cotton" approved June 8.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Rings, Chains, Pins, Buttons, and ovc.
thing in fine Jewelry, at
pENN's Drug Store.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
P A D Ct E r r,

The MammOth FurnlIuTe SLOTe NMaH, begS 10
the Following Awful]y Low Prices s.aa
Goods Guaranteed: ssa 60
An entire Walnut Suite full marble top 10 pieces $780,
very Large Elegant Solid Walnut Po Suite covered with Puah
only $3.50 Elegant Walnut Parlor Suite covered with either Good
Hair Fancy Ramie Large Assortment of Poplar Bed
Suites full marble top at $780, or wood top from SIG SO to &
Top Stove, with so pieces for $l3 No.
Step Stove 25 pieces $S75 ss,4.v.a d, ,StEa
Every kind every every Bedding
full line Window Shades Carpets Rug Clocks
Pictures, etc. ss...s,s4
ID Undertaking Department you Caakets
men Robes Robes Odd Fellows and Masons Trimmings and
full line Of all other Trimmings ~ " p .' t
AIRY information will be cheeruly Write for full particulars
and prices. - -. -
FURNITURE STORE,
lilo and lll2 Broad ST., Augusta Ca
Ano71 f,4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

BE 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives OF the State
of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That Section
one ~ of an Act entitled IAN Act
to prohibit the sale of seed cotton be.
tween the time of the setting and ris.
ing Of the sun, aud to regulate the
sale of seed cotton" approved June
8, 1871. be, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out in the last
line Of the said Section the last three
(3) words, thereof, to wit: "of any
y 3 = llG6iis; -
THAT on and after The passage OF
this Act it shall not be lawful for any
person to Luy or sell, or receive by
way Of barter, exchange or traffic of
any sort, any seed cotton between the
hours Of sundown and sunrise.
Approved Dec. "a, 1880.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01
The Narrow Gauges.

The Augusta correspondent of the
Esys and Courier has the following
to say on the subject Of Narrow
Gauge Railroads, and the Newberry
and Augusta Railroad:
/ 1t is pretty certain that the narrow
gauge railroad from Augusta to New
berry will be built and that Augusta
will contribute its part. When the
subscription liat for the Augusta, Glib
SON and Sandersville Railroad was
started. sheproject was something 80
new and untried that many people
were afraid to venture into it. Even
in this early stage Of that road, how
ever it has proved that tits success,
and those who had little faith in it at
the beginning have changed their
opinion, and are inclined to think
that it is the best thing that has been
done for Augusta in many a long day.
1t has paid running expenses ever
since the completion of the first ten
miles. The president of the road
computes that it will bring from ten
TO fifteen thousand bales of cotton to
Augusta this season, the larger part
of which previously went elsewhere.
The track will be laid to Gibson by
October /, and to Sandersville by tho
first of next January.G The road has
done alarge excursion business during
the past few months, in fact it had
monopoly of that business.
If the road to Newberry is built it
will form a continuous line with the
Augusta, Gibson and Sandersville,
and the same rolling stock will proba-
bly, be used on both. President R.
M. Mitchell, Of the Augusta, Gibson
and Sandersville, says he will not
move a peg in the Newberry enter
prise, until the money to build it is
subscribed, and he is satisfied that it
will be. Augusta, he thinks, will
subscribe from forty to sixty thousand
dollars, and it will do 30 the more
readily for the reasons I have stated
the evident success of the narrow
gauge already built and the small
cost Of it's construction. Besides, the
contemplated road will run through
a section that Augusta has always
looked upon as q sort Of suburb of its
own... The relations between the town
and E lgefeld County are of the
closest. Edeefeld people, almost
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-10-01

Aug IL, lSs5.-l9
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-08-04
N1tt>ttttet 732.

fte ii@ uobI sen6tbist febeu werbeu, ibre
5aItuns gu ertIdreu. @abrf@einIi9 idis.
BEN fte bic beitebenben gerpideluusen tsr
uertebrten poIitit Der 2iberalen gu un6
iu@en ibr gerbienft nun barin. eine m0ss
li@it sanffise 2Oiuns auf frieblidem Bese
3u Stanbe 3u brinsen. Sie ftellen bic
ausfi9ten ibrer partei ais iebr sdnffis bar
unb bebanpten, baB bie MdbIer ber ldnb.
Ii@en 0iftritte non ben rSabitals", wie
fte bic Qiberalen nennen, felt iene bas l1es
bersewi@t In bieier gartei semonnen, abios
Iut ni@ts wiiien uouen. Die Resies
runsspartei ma@t gu ibrer geba,wtuns bic
sewaItisiten Mnftrensunsen, fe wirb ieben
Wabltreis bearbeiten, Der ibr aud nur bic
s.rinsffe Gusii9t bietet, unb ioa bereits
enorme Summen fur ben Champagne. 0onb
geiammelt baben.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-08-04
&Olittidjt &nnbidbaa.

YOllltl9e NuHDl0Qu.
SWIo1sO.
pr6fibent ,glepeIanb 9ebt ben
..Bisbi5ni8en, weI6e bie 6ffentIi&e Do.
mdne ,inb bic Snbiauerreieruatisnen 3n pris
!. paten DeibepIdsen benuten, enersii9 s,t
.3eibe. Grbat fi& 3uerit iber hie 9aupts
nria9e ber G9wieristeiten 3wii@en ben
Nnbianeru unb @siSen unb 3uii@en be.
speiSsn 0iebtreibern ms RIare seiest uub
bieieIbe in ben u.abIoien llebersziffen ber
,wesben Qapbpd&ter I'M SnbianersGe
.riwn 9efunben. Deren 0fe@tstitsI unters
jM@enb, Gam erbalb >Su benz unus-meiblis
den S@IuRe, baB be be3asIi&ea Pa@ts
suertrdse NIT ben Snbianern unseietIi@,
Nun unb ni9tis iinb, .,,nb ,uie er,einmal
.biefe llebe,eusuns sewsnnen bate, lieb er
,bie sutipre@eabe Chat ui9t Iause Auf fi@
parten. Cine in ben ,beitimmteian Nus.
.Ar0den absefsBte .ProtlamatiOn bsfiebIt,
isater &nsabe bes wabren Sa@uerbaIts,
1ienen Meibr, weI&e auf @runb ioses
,1snner Rd@tsertrdse 3anbereien II ben
..9eeierpationen be- gbegenzes unb ber &rras
;.psboesS SnbiGner n BeRtlo6er Benusuns
s1enentmen babeu. innerbaIb 40 Tasen Don.
Datum bieier YrotIamation ieue Qdnbes
,reieu 3p.s6amen, has >Eerritorium az ners
,Jsiltn ss,b ibrr 8ixber, PfTbe unb .iouifis
sess Giseatbans baraus 3u entfsruen. Das
II elm &3ritt, 6er Eaebr aur Beilesuns 6er
SnbianersllMruben 5eitrasen xirb, ais. eine
sglrmse ssn Q,O00 Nanu, nEb wenn ber
.Dpdibe1t,ait ben subianersasen unb
ri5rsn .Goutrdttoren ebenio uneeremoniSs
nstfd1rt, "a. o.perben Rxbe uni. .Trieben balb
nnb. .fhr Nusere 8eit iR bic liett pon ben
Jnhiauern tsbrobten @ebiete bes Sabwes
tams setn3iebes.
,D6.ob Muffe5.en erreet bie bon
~ Bunbesresierins dnsfIeitste ltnters
,jDfRlae seses ben ue,ien (bemotratil@en)
peqnnsiier Ssues pom ,Snbianapolis.
SeHes If nuf Bdreiben bss Dice= Yrdii.
lbsatsn ,6enbrids 3u benz Nmte ,srnannt
motben, ,xnb mad alter bemsfratii9er Nes
9eI ktter bic repubIitaniiben Beomten
-. Dss SefieI etner an3abl pon ,glepes
IanAs s9eepnbl litanern ai@t, uns fie -erboben
beim Nrdihentsn BE Mntlase. baB Sones
gang - @iberipru9 NIT benz @siR ber
nelsn DnnhesperwaItxns unb @iba@tans
~ GipiIbisuiseietss iein Mnt uerfs5e.
aDie ein)<Inen puntte Ser Mntlase .wurbsn
! oenan iye3iFatt. MTs 80 betanst NAH,
bab foI&s RIasea sesen Sones eiusersi4t
jeien, Ia&te ,aGa h beusskatii&en Rreiien
t6fater unb meints Der grdfbeut apsrhe
d psbI batea, bur& 8eridfi@tisuns
foyer Bef&pssbe1 bic altes Demoiraten
d,ab ben diibmten 6enSrids DOR ben
espf ~ fiobsx. Ds& itatt BE 8ei&uers
~ h tsn 9apisrtost ~ perfen, uerwies
I bn YriRbent an bie Gipilbienii Com.
1ilRon, xnb jpar nit ber @diuns, cine
Natsta4nns Ates bie Nnselesen5eit angus
sln. Niels GsmmiiRon ernanste jwei
I sS RitsIisbss sur Usrnabme eiaer ses
.oa,iex tlxteyfu&uns, BE iett In solIem
'nnne n. Ner 8nffmeit2er hat cine
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-08-04
preiie Ger 2n,eiee,t.

Sober !3oq ser GpaIte per Sabr ....$t6W
Dlonate $tGO
3 Ronate s 800
&oeAI &otiaen.
Sir ieSe Belle grepier, ober ber.n &anra, Aa
rfemal 10 Gents, Die na6ten Weale eentS.
Seiratbss aub fobesauseiseu nit Sprs&
$3.50, obne GpM@ $1.OO.
ansuartise ax,eiseu maKeu ssrass5etAtA netbea.
Mnseisen fir Yicnies, qotterien, GtndspiIe
&C., Die benz G'eiffe Der tatb. Rir9e ,lpiSG, ttss
ben teine AufnaBme.
I Mn3etSte feMSe .aats fpdtetsso
Nottta8 Ror9e1 etH-
Job.2lrbeiten aller 4rt prompt uA6
bilIis auseefiibrt.
ctEee Der ,,oasetts".
Gde Ger 6. un6 Joma.StrAfs.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-08-04
n n a m.

Paris, 80. SuIi. Ser @enerol
@ourep telesrapbirt aus Der Sauptiiabt pom
Mnnam. baB BITE Sa@lase baielbtt fi& au
benern bestnnt. gr beri@tete, bak er RON
Tbunmet, benen Batter ber 9lnfabrer bei
benz tar5li@en 4nsriffe Der gnnamiten ouf
bte granaoisn mar, unb Der ii& sesenpdrs:
tis I'm @efdngnib beiinbet, einen G@at
BON $9,500, 900 auraderbalten.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1885-08-04
&oeAIs &otiaen.

Sir ieSe !3eile grepier, ober br.u &anu, ba
erfemal 10 Gents, Die nd6fen Ytale GentS.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-07-10
Iron Ore in Winn parish.

Col. Sam. L. Houston. the proprietor
Of the celebrated marble beds miles
west of this place; brought to our office,
what appeared to US TO be the richest
Kind of iron ore. He has made quite 4
discovery in that direction recently.
He says that brown hematite and oxide
of iron, exist in large quantities near st.
Maurice, on the Saline; on the lands
owned by Mr.. w. j. Robbins; and cxten-
ding in north easterly direction for
many miles up the Saline, and on the
high ridges extending out from said
stream; covering thousands of acres.
lie has also discovered iron ore in mex
hans 1bls quantities on the bluffs of Sand
creek miles west of here. ON the prop
erty of Houston & Trogel, near the mar
BILE beds. One piece from the latter place
which he showed us; he says. will assay
Is per cent of pure iron. Aside from the
inexhaustible supply of ore; besides the
richness of the ore: winch is claimed to
be superior to any other in the State; the
lime for fl uxing purposes is at hand; ex-
istiug in large quantities near the ore.
This aloue, gives this locality an advan-
tagc over all others for an iron furnace !;
bsides, the timber for smelling purposes
is at hand. 1t appears to be possible.
that we have been living in one of the
richest parishes in the State, and have
only lately found it out. We do not think
Mr.. Houston Is given to exaggcration; hut
has stated facts, the substance of which
We have given in the foregoing.
Mr.. Houston is Il practical mineralogist
and says. that he has never been mista-
ken as to the quality. or quantity, Of iron
lore; after he has made an examination.