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The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
A New Surprise.
What H. N: Ayres, Bridgeport's famous shoe
 man, proposes to do now.

man, proposes to do now.
 It was only few weeks ago that peo- pie passing up and down Main street in Bridgeport stopped before the show win- dow at No. Bishop Block, to look in and gaze on the elegant Mathushek pi- ano that Mir H. N. Ayres was to give away with pair of shoes. The piano was drawn, as all remember. by John Hounslea of Long Island; the selection of the right ticket was conducted in fair and impartial manner. Mir Ayres has al- ways enjoyed the enviable reputation of being an energetic, square dealing mer- chant and now, to prove it beyond a doubt, he has placed in the show win dow again another piano, but this time it is Joseph Keller, 1-2 octave, grand, of much finer make and tone, valued at $350, the price put on it by the manu- facturers. Beside this, he proposes to give away in the next few months two elegant watches, one a gentleman's gold watch, Elgin make and valued at S55 !; the other a ladies' Swiss gold watch val ued at $40. MT Ayres brides himself on the fact that these are the most valuable presents ever offered by any firm in Bridgeport and assures all that, not only will they get more for their money at his be given away in the same fair and i'm partial manner as before, the first three tickets drawn drawing the prizes accord ing to their respective value. The good fortune to hold the drawing ticket did not fall upon any of the people in the BEES territory, last time, but you may hold the lucky number this time. Anoth. CT fact that Mir Ayres brides himself in a more important fact than the others, is that at his storo can be found the largest stock and latest styles of footwear to b' found in any city in Connecticut. Con sidering quality, the prices are as low n! | the lowest. Mems shoes range iron $1 p to S7; ladies' shoes from Sl to Sl and the youths and children's depart ment is stocked to overfiowing with goot common sense goods. The rubber good: are of the best make and large stock i: kept constantly on hand. When he sell! you a pair of shoes, he guarantees a ii and. with polite and attentive clerks, h. is able to do it quickly too. If in hur ry to catch a train and have only fev minutes to spend, just step into his stor and you can get what you want. Som people have the idea that, because o these prizes offered, they have to pa, more for the goods, but just step into tn store and let MT Ayres convince you o the error. Compare his prices with oth CTS and draw your conclusion. Those O our readers who are already acquainte' with MT Ayres and his method of doin
 business need no urging to visit his store but, if any have never given him a cal
 do so and let him prove the truth COT tained in these statements. BridgepoI is wide awake city and Mir H. N. Ayre
 is one of it's wide awake merchants an
 the BEE joins with his many friends
 wishing him a grand success in his lates enterprise.
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ty edging, soc; embroidered tidy, 25c. Mrs Frank Wheeler, sachet, 2d. Mrs Sylvia Clark, pin cushion, 25c.
 MECHANICAL. OK yoke, Charles B. seeley, $l; Alex Sin clair Jr, soc.
 Collection of Indian Curiosities Mrs Grace Larned, dis. $1.
 BUTTER AND CHEESE. Butter, Mrs Isaac B Shelton, $4; Mrs Sturges B. Clarke, s3; Mrs Lewis E. Gray, s2; and $l. Cheese, MT J. E. Field, dis. $l.
 POULTRY. Turkey chicks, s. M Brinsmade, $l and soc Coop Spring chicks, George M. Knight, $2 c. N. Brinsmade, $l. Game Bantams, s. NJ. Brinsmade, dis 5Oc Chicks, dis.50c. Brood, dis. soc. Partridge Cochin chicks, c. N. Brinsmade, dis. soc.
 Black Cochin chicks, E. L. Walker, dis soc Plymouth Rocks. George Midnight, dis soc Light Brahma, E. l.. Walker, dis. soc. Pair Geese, Eli Curtis, dis soc. Rouen Ducks, H. s. Brinsmade, dis. soc. Pekin Ducks. K. L. Walker, dis. 50.
 BULLS. Holstein Calf, E. L. Walker, s.$1. Jersey two years, Zina c. Beard, dis. $2 Devon, G Eli Curtis, dis. g. Grade, James c. Johnson, dis. $I
 COWS AND HEIFERsJ Holstein, four years old, E. l.. Walker, &: and $2.
 Holstein Calf, E. L. Walker, dis. $I. Devon, 3-year-old, Eli Curtis, dis. $2. Jersey 5-year-old, Stiles NJ. Clarke, dis. $a Grade yearling, Eli Curtis, dis. .$2 and 3-year old, s2.
 Grade yearling, George F. Goesinger, $1. Grade 5-year-old, Eli Curtis, $9
 WORKING CATTLE. Five-yearold, Benjamin s. Hurd, $6 Eranl Wheeler, $4.
 six-year-old, Irwin Coan, SC; sylvanus F Shelton, $4; Lewis E. Gray, $2.
 STEERS. Four-year-olds, s. M. Brinsmade s5; A. L Blood, $3; Sturges B. Clarke, g. Three-year-olds, Alex Sinclair Jr, $4 and $2 John B. Shelton $l. 2. Twoyear- -olds, Elijah Middlebrool<, $2 Yearlings, Charles Middlebrook, $I; Johl NJ. Burr, S2.
 DRAUGHT OXEN, 3200 POUNDS. S. M. Brinsmade, 1st, $6; Elijah Middle brook, $4.
 DRAUGHT OXEN, 2SO0 TO 32O0. Frank Wheeler, lst $5; Irwin Coan, B George L. Burr, $2. DRAUGHr OXEN, LESS THAN 28OO POUNDS. Irwin Coan, $5; G. L. Burr, s3; Alex sinclai Jr, s2.
 FAT CATTLE. David E. Plumb, $4; s. NJ. Brinsmade, 8.
 TRAINS OF OXEN. Best 10 pair of oxen, Trumbull, $10; Monroe s5. DECORATED CART. Hobart E. Beardsley, dis, S5. TRAINED STEERS. l John M Burr, $4; Charles Middlebrook, S: | SHEEP. | Three Lambs, II. Stanley Brinsmade dis ,s. Southdown buck, John Henrietta, dis Sl | SWINE. Sow and Pigs, H. Stanley Brinsmade, dis $: sTALLIoNs. 5years old and over, T. 1T. Munson, S3; \ D. Baldwin, $5. l 4years old, s. l.. Thomas, dis $2. 3years old, E. O. Wixom, s3 John L. Le, sl 50. MARES AND COLTS. Mare and Colt Benjamin s. Hurd, s4; c. { Peck, $3.
 Colt, years old, Fred W. Judson, s2; E. \ | Beardsley, dis, $2. l Colt, 3-year-old, E. NJ. Beardsley. s3: Orma J. Drew, $2.
 Colt, 2-year-old, G. H. Platt, ss; sturges Clarke, $2.
 Colts, yearling, s. B. Clark, ST. l.. M Johl son, g; Charles G. Peck, SI e. | FAMILY HORSES. V E. M Beardsley, 80; Arthur c. Booth s; { M. Wakelee, $2. l ROADSTERS. Arthur c. Booth, $5 F. M. Beardsley, $3 MATCHED PAIRS. G. M. Wakeley, $5; James c. Johnson, s3. | PEDESTRIANS. Dwight M. Wake1ey, $6.
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SPORT HILL.

Mrs Caroline Staples, mother of F. l.. Staples, died at the home of her son, last Friday. She was S4 years old and had been prostrated for two weeks with pneu- monia. Rev T. E. Gilberl attended the funeral on Sunday.
 Sincerity lodge, I. O. G. T., holds it's regular meetings on Monday, instead of Thursday evening. as formerly. There seems to be an increased interest. Let it grow. Every member of the lodge should endeavor to attend the meetings.
 Mrs J. W. Johnson has spent several days with her sister, Mrs J. w. Sher- wood. Friends are glad to greet her again. after her recent illness.
 The Sunday school of Center Street NJ E. churah will have their harvest exer- cises of music, concert, readings and rec itations at the church, Sunday evening, 2lst, commencing at 30 o'clock. The established reputation for concerts given by the school will be maintained. The public are invited. Collection for the 
 cause of tracts and the Sunday School Union. The Lees Chapel school will have their concert, 18th.
 The funeral of Mrs Caroline Staples Sunday afternoon at l 30, was largely attended by friends and acquaintances. There are many who know her intimate ly and appreciated her lovely Christian character. The burial was in the Bap- tist cemetery. She rests in peace.
 An effort has been made to stop the leakage about the chimneys at Lees chapel. The stained wall shows how much of a necessity it was.
 The Young Peoples Society arc think ing of purchasing new singing books for use in their prayer meetings, every Fri. day evening.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
HUNTINGTON.

l The proposition to appropriate $500 of | town money for the centennial celebrat- ion of the towns formation was voted down at Shelton, Monday. The report that William Baldwin was l put on the town was entirely wrong; he is at home and his son intends to take care of him without help from any one.
 John Peterson moves into the H. A. Buckingham place. Daniel Shelton has purchased a slaugh- ter of James Beardsley and is butchering and selling meat in the Center. We wish him success.
 Miss Bella Park had severe cold and her sister substituted for her in the Isin- glass school.
 Morris Sherman recently picked an ap- pie blossom from tree in which he was gathering Winter apples on his mothers farm on Walnut Tree Hill. Some years ago, after the first Autumn frosts, one tree on this farm stood white with blos- soms, but died the following year. | Fine apples have been worth $2 30 per barrel in Shelton. The crop, here as elsewhere, is short and many farmers have scarcely enough for home con- sumption.
 President of the Y. P. s. c. E., F. W. Wooster; vice president and chairman flower committee, Miss Jessie Judson ; secretary and treasurer, Miss Jennie A. Park; chairman prayer meeting commit tee, Rev A. J. Park; lookout, c. A. Northrop; social, Frank Wells; Sunday school, c. D. Nichols.
 It is said by many that they do not re- T member so wet Fall.
 Mrs Park has been confined to the house with rheumatic trouble.
 Stephen Morris is poorly again. l MT Owen of Nichols has been burning a large quantity eff charcoal on land of Charles Fairchild, opposite the residence of James Palmer.
 Iut HcAI mcctluS OA JHc IT IIOulDlCIOH club will be at the house of K. J. Buck ingham, next week Wednesday evening. l c. M. Hubbell is assisting to repair the house of Mrs Allen in Wells Hollow. 4 Mark Mallory, who has been with his brother-in-law, E. L. Walker, this Sum mer, is now working in Bridgeport. 
 The annual town reports show an ir- crease in expenses.
 Warner, Southbury, has s0nae new nailcl,
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LONG HILL HUNTINGTON.

Arthur D. Bennett was married to Miss Lizzie Pitcairn, Wednesday evening, in Ansonia. They will reside in New Ha- ven.
 o. G. Beard returned home, Friday night.
 John Wilkinson has resumed his busi- ness in New York
 Celestus Webster is home from Hol- yoke.
 Theodore Beard ha caught two minks, which have made havoc among his chick ems.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
SHELTON.
enterprise.

Justice David s. Clark came to Shel- ton, Saturday, to hear the case of Ryan against Baylon, but, after conference between E. B. Gager, counsel for the de- fense and k. l.. Staples, attorney for the plaintiff, it was continued.
 At the annual business town meeting in Shelton, Monday, A. B. Ruggles was chosen moderator. Town Clerk Tomlin- son read the warning and treasurer's re- port, s. T. Palmer presented that of the selectmen, E. s. Hawley that of the Board of Education and Wells Allis that of the treasurer of the school fund and trustee of the Hawley legacy. It was voted to appropriate S5700 for schools $500 was appropriated for the deficiency in the Ferry district. The repair of the highways was referred to tha selectmen, 12-mill tax was laid on the list of 1888. E. $. Hawley presented resolution ap- propriating not to exceed $500 foI a suit able celebration of the centennial of the organization of the town, which occurs this year. It was earnestly seconded by E. l.. Staples and favored by Joseph Tomlihson, but opposed by D. W.Plumb, on the ground that the town had very little history, also by Erastus Bennett and partially by o. G. Beard on the ground that so much rum would be sold on the occasion. The resolution was lost The community mourns the death O1 Mrs Leach, an excellent lady and one o1 the most active Christian workers in the Baptist church.
 Edward s. Hawley and A. B. Ruggles were the Republican delegates to the re cent congressional convention at Bridge port.
 Horace Wheeler received number o1 votes at the Demodratic caucus for judge of probate.
 Frederick Durand is thinking of open | ing private school at Seymour.
 The funeral of Mrs Dr Leach was at tended, last Friday.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
NORTH WILTON.

Mrs Herbert Sturges entertain friends from Brooklyn
 William Paddock moves his family into the house owned by Mrs James Com stock.
 Mrs Legrand Comstock has had her barn roofed.
 New geographies have been introduced into our school, Mitchell's new series supplanting the old.
 Thomas Cunning is building q barn 350x40 feet. He also has silo, which he intends filling with feed for his 300 COWS.
 Frederick Benedict has lost valuable horse.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
CHESTNUT HILL.

Jacob E. Wilson, who was sick for weeks, has recovered sufficiently to be out, but is yet unable to labor. Accord ingly, she has taken the agency for a book entitled ssThe Beautiful Story'' and is canvassing the town with success.
 Mrs Daniel Edwards has entertained Dr Clemens, Mir and Mrs Charles Hough of Bridgeport and Daniel Edwards and family of Huntington. 'sDan, is one of Photographer Bronson's stirring assist ants.
 Percy s. Ryan is seriously i'll. The abscess from which he suffered for weeks has been lanced, but his condition still continues critical.
 James Wilson is burning charcoal and cutting wood, as usual.
 Beach Hall has shingled part of his house.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

cows to soll at 44o. &sa, sa5 ma esa, calves included.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

B RarnAhS | Co. have immense lines of clothing, this Fall; caIl and sec them.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19
LYoH's PLAIN.

Charles salmon and wife are moving into their house, vacated by William Nichols and family.
 A wood heater is being put in the base ment of the church.
 Mrs David Provost visits her family.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

| A party of hunters have camped in
 Mrs Mary Nichols's old house. Mrs Aaron Mills visits friends in Naug- atuck. A number of neighbors and friends gathered at Mrs D. o. Banks's pleasant
 home to celebrate her 2Oth anniversary,
 Saturday. The gifts were useful and or
 namental. William Ferris, one of our mail car
 riers, is the proud father of little daugh- ter. Don't forget the Peake's entertainment, Tuesday evening.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-19

 Miss Merwin, flowers, dis. $l
 MISCELLANEOUS. Mrs Grandson Hubbell. fruit cake, sl; rais- ed cake, $l; crullers, soc; rusk, dis. 50c. Mrs O.B. B.Plumb ginger cake, $1; pickles 25c Carrie Plumb juInbles soc. II. P. Nichols, honey, soc; beeswax, $l. Mrs s. M. Brinsmade, marblecake, dis 5Oc jelly cake, dis. soc.
 Mrs J. E. Field, gingercake, 5Oc; rye bread $l; wheat bread, soc; crullers, $1. Mrs II. c. Brinsmade, fruit cake, Soc; fig cake, dis. soc.
 Miss Fife Clark, cream puffs, dis. soc. S. l.. Thomas, honey, $1. Ethel Beardsley, ice cream cake, dis. soc. E. w. Plumb, beeswax, soc. Mrs E D. Beardsley, corn bread, soc. Mrs c. B. Plumb, corn bread, $l.
 LADIES' DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL. Mrs G. w. Knight, flannel patchwork quilt dis soc.
 Miss F. A. Plumb, crochet mittens, soc; cro chet slippers.
 Mrs s. M. Brinsmade, rag rug, 25c. Mrs J. B. Parme1ee, rag carpet, g. Mrs John Henrietta, bedquilt, 1st $l; 2d, soc Mrs s. E. Wales foot mats, 25c. Mrs Grandson Hubbell, quilt, lst. s1; 2d, SOC
 EMBROIDERY AND FANCY WORK. Mrs c. w. shelton, embroidered patchwork sofa pillow, soc; crochet edging. soc. Mrs G. ". Knight, fancy vase, dis. soc. Mrs Jane Burns, tidy, dis. soc. Grace Larned, sofa pillow, dis. soc; lambre quins, 1st; plush table scarf, Ist. Hattie NJ. Ives, sofa pillow, $1; pin cushion soc; outline tidy, Soc. Mrs William Catlin, chair tidy, 2Jc; crochet edging, 25c; bric-a- brac. dis. 25c. Mrs l.. E. Gray, child's apron, 1st. Florence Wales, splasher, lst; pillow sham $l.
 Emma Wales, pillow shams, 5Oc; apron, 2d MrsS- B. Wales, scarf, 7d; knit scarf, lst. Mary Deardsley, butterfly tidy, 25c. Sara A. Beardsley, scarf, 1st. Miss Merwin, sachet, 1st; splasher, I'd. Mrs Frank Wheeler, tablo scarf, 4d; 1alnbre quin, 2d.
 Mrs C. K, Brinsmade, flannel skirt. lst Mrs Q, B. Plumb, nannel skirt, ad,
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| R. Streeter performed the ceremony, af- ter which reception was held and then Mir and Mrs Dunlap departed for we'd ding trip to the South.
 l Several times within the past year have the shops of the W. F. Swords Lumber Co. been visited by fire, although no ser ious damage resulted. Now the build ings are being fitted with automatic fire extinguishers, to provide against further outbreaks. Rows of iron pipes, fitted with brass cups fastened with solder, are ranged along the walls. When any part of the pipe becomes heated and the solder melts, a vent Is opened in the pipe anG the condensed air with which it is filled rushes out, followed by copious streams of water.
 F. Sloan has painted and repaired hit Main street property.
 ! A. J. Sprague, superintendent of the Housatonic Ice Co.,, has been sick for two or three weeks; most of the time he has been confined to the house. The Brass Aluminium Co. have com menced work on the foundations for their huge buildings on Housatonic avenue This is the firm, founded in Waterbury which decided to locate here and whose buildings will cover 65,OOO square feet. l The Bridgeport Rife Club contains many fine narksmen, but few excel w H. Beardsley, who won the first and sec ond matches and tied the score for the Warner < Parker prize cup, at last weeks annual prize shoot. 1 Mrs Norton, 50 severely injured, 3 number of weeks ago, by fall, is ablt to De about,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14
Swells Across the Atlantic.

In going about Europe one becomes very
soon convinced that the English gentleman
is much the best dressed man on this side of
the water | have never seen Frenchman,
an Italian or a German who patronized the
tailors of his own country who even APP
preached remotely to being well dressed
Some of the Italian swells that | noticed at
the stations rs passed through wore sienna
red overcoats, lined with light red and orna
mented with cheap muskrat collar and cuffs.
Put under this light check suit, striped
shirt, and on the head Il careless green or
brown soft hat and you have an idea of the
style Of a swell OF the smaller villages OF
Italy.
In the larger towns it is not much better.
The men have tendency to flaming plaids
and extraordinary checks, and have per
feet passion for wearing overcoats loaded
down with the cheapest and insanest looking
fur known to the trade. Their clothes are
nearly all i'll fitting and badly made The
most picturesque are those who still adhere
to the cloaks, which they wrap around them
after the fashion of the conspirators in the
opera You very rarely see n high silk hat
in Italy, and only occasionally stiff Derby.
The hat is generally soft felt, similar in
shape to that worn in the far west of the
United States. But it is generally more
flaming in color. Dark green and terra
Gotta red are very common colors worn
Some of the spectators at the stations wore
the most extraordinary fur caps made out OF
the fur of the cat or the rabbit. They were
shapeless and cumsy.-T. G.. Crawford i'll
New York World.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14

Do you want to see how Honduranian
hotel is furnished Ny room is OH corner
fronting on plaza and the sea on the north,
and looking toward the ancient church across
the street on the west. The floor is covered
by one large oilcloth. In one corner is
camp cot On the canvas a cotton sheet is
spread; over that another sheet and white
bedspread or counterpane. Two pillows Of
feathers. Over all a mlsquito bar trimmed
with lace ard ornamented with taSsels of col
ored worsted On the light wooden wash
stands are bowls Of porcelain, and beside
them glass pitchers holding clear rain water
drawn from an iron tank. |. the public sit
ting room the floor Is covered with oilcloth,
as are all others on this floor, and there are
six or eight rocking chairs Of American
make. A piano is at one side. and in the
middle Of the room marble topped table is
covered by pretty little shells from the beach.
Such ia a first class hotel in Trujillo Worse
places and worse fare have been known.-E.
W Perry in Chicago Times
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EXERCISE CAGE, BELGIAN PRISON.

imprisonment must be maddening. Men
surrounded with every comfort and luxury,
but with no necessity for work, trying to
live without occupation, have been known to
commit suicide from very ennui. Fancy
| then, prisoner passing days, months, years
confined alone; the brain preying upon 1T
SELF the organs, the muscles the whole ply
sique, especially constructed for a struggle,
unused; without an ear to listen, word to
break the perpetual silence, and beyond all
that mysterious sympathy which is necessary
to q human beings nature.
have been looking into this matter Of SOL
itary confinement little of late Perhaps
few of your readers know that the most rigid
system OF solitary confinement barring,
perhaps, the Russian) is carried out in Bel
GUM. / give you a cut of the exercise
cage, which is located inside the grand court
Of the largest prison Of that country. 1t is
gloomy enough, but it's horrors are only q
hint OF the terrors of the isolation that
is practiced there. The convicts rarely see
any one; even at chapel they are 50 dis
posed in little cells, open on one side, as
to be unable to see each other, and the chap
lain and the guard are about the only human
beings they see from one years end to an
other. Certain convicts who work in gangs
must be allowed to see each other, but they
are swathed in white garments and their
faces are closely wrapped, the wrappings
being pierced only with eye holes and breath
ing holes. so that they never see each Others
countenances.
So that, gloomy as is the exercise cage of
the Belgian prison, there is no doubt that the
time passed therein by the prisoners is, by
reason Of their otherwise cramped confine-
ment, like those delicious moments of con-
valescence to one who has suffered from
severe illness. But unlike the convalescent,
the pleasure Of the prisoner is clouded with
the remembrance that his relief is but for an
hour, and then he must 60 back to endure
the torture of solitude
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-14

Professor Lunge draws attention TO the
many advantages to he derived from the use
OF tar in treating building material. Drain
pipes, roofing tiles, building stones, brick,
etc, when soaked in a bath Of hot tar, be-
come absolutely water tight. The dead
black color thus impaired is by no means an
objection in many cases. The article should
be well dried and allowed to remain for some
time in the tar. which should he heated at
least to the boiling point of water, and
should also be first free from water and
volatile oils. After all, why should we ever
have leaky roofs and damp cellarsi II costs
little if any more to avoid them BY all
means let the bricks that are used in the
basement wall be made impervious 70
moisture by soaking in tar, and then make
the cellar floor tight with asphalt Why
worry ourselves with ayoidable Loublssf--
PsiIsdelphis T.nsa
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Mr. Matthew Arnold recently gave some
impressions OF America 10 an audience at
Bradford, England He told them that "in
America ali luxuries were dear, except oys-
tiers and ice; that American women have a
natural free and happy manner, in pleasing
contrast with that OF middle class women in
England, who look to one class us the only
example of the right thing that American
buildings are commonplace; TINT the nomen-
cature comes on the ear of cultivated
person like the inceSsalt cutting of pins; >
but that the Americans do not persist IS we
do in making invidioTs distinctions between
persons by ths use, for some, Of the atfix 'es
quire q term which came from the great
frippery shop of the middle ages"
In the end, however, Mr.. Arnold deter
mines to conciiate, If possible, the people
among whom he lives. 81 tn. comparison of
America and England he, in the end per
mits the old country TO kick the balance He
finds the glorihcation Of the average man II
religion with American statesmen. the addc
ton TO the funny man national misfortune.
and the American newspaper an object Of
reprobation Americans viii not admit that
their civilization is lacking in elevation and
interest. Tall talk Is their substitute for that
elevation which humanity Graves Home
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