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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27

"Pullman car porters form one
great secret society whoseritual differs
only in a slight degree on separate
systems, said Philip Welch, travel
ing man, at Wizards this morning.
"You know the professional tramps
eave hieroglyphic information for
those of their guild who come after
them on fences and gate posts along
the roads they travel. Pullman por-
tiers instruct each other about the
travelling public in much the same
way. The means taken by the porters
are simple but unerring. The favorite
place in which they put their ciphers
80 fell OF meaning is on the inside
slge Of travellers boot heels. Every
place his footgear fox time at the
mercy of the porter, and If such
traveller Is wise In his generation
and will examine the heels
of his shoes he will find
nick here and another
there, which, If ne can secure the
translation of them, will tell him what
the porter thinks OF him. A nick IN
one part OF the heel will mean that
taeir wearer Is generous. open
hearted man, and the porter who gets
pair Of heels marked In such way
will fairly over xhrlm their owner with
attention. 4 nick at another place
VIII denote Z grabbed, close aud bae.
| tempered owner, and future porsers
Who get CATERS bearing that inforna-
| ton will steer clear o. their wearer.
| 4 'spotte- -oae 0: those individuals
wLo are employed By the Palma.
| Co-apanv as spies on the conductors
and por;ers-is known By certain
| nick in his heel 'sad you can bet .he
-1pioves mind their ps aud o. vasu
such hee. IS foacd IL tbs porter
1.shtly aggregation of boots al
shoes The American railway porte:
IS pretty cute individual, | tell Eou
and when you see one OF them parsic
| r,larlv attentive 10 some one pAasen
| ger, YOU can make bet that his heel
hear the proper cahalis.ic marks. -
Washington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27

was protected Ic1a tue saie> '"'
came NJ from the south and east Prn-
liette Kelly ran - this boashouse, end.
nothing else being there. launched
The canoe she padded 1t through the
calmer water on; ~ the ei.s OF the
angry sea that swept around tfss poInf.
|, was evident that the canoe could
not live for more than a moment IN
such sea. An instant later the
skif-Olive standing In it. screaming
and stretching out her hauds 80 her
mother on the shore-came scuddfng
h7 the point. Prulieste gave stroke
with the paddle that made the canoe
shoot forward; she gfaspei the skin
and, with a vigorous push, sept u In
toward tie calmer water. This push
reacted on the canoe. which slipped
out still further among the waves. The
old woman struggled bravel.v, trying
to balance the frail craft aud drive it
toward the shore. She had only gained
few yards when billow broke over
the canoe, filled it ami sank it.
Two OF the Younger women waded
skif1 to land and restored the child to
her mother. They saw something
that the waves rolled toward the
shore They seized il and carried 1t
IRON the water Life was not quite
crushed ont from the pocz old body,
and after working over her fo1 some
time she began to show signs of re-
turning consciousness.
Hiram wes found, and he and one
Of the hired men carried his sister
back to her home. When the doctor
came be said it was doubtful if she
survived the shock; she had never
been strong woman.
., Toward evening Hiram and the doc
tor and Mrs. Larned and little Olive S
mother were in Pruliette kelly's room,
where she lay motionless ou the bed.
OF sudden she reused, glanced
around nervously, and laid thin,
withered hand on her brothers arm.
! Hiram, I'm agoin' to let that old
| blue hen hatch some chickens l feel
! | amt used her right; fur she hes
wanted to set lots G times. But
alters stopped her quick; you know
she was my only company, an l didn''
/ want her off n, settin' an a-bringln' ur
chickens. spose she's jest longed
fur them chicks Then, a moment
! beiore the cad, she spoke again: ''Dio
Mandy get ashore all safe? Poor lit
lie Mandy; poor-poor thing. New
York Independent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27


ncxt the turd. The wooden steps had
rottel away from the front door
AID from the one leading into
IN" kitchen. and now those two
stranded doors gave the place an
almost abandoned look. Evidently
The door from the shed into the sum
mer or back kitchen was the only one
IN ne. The house seemed to stand in
the midst Of a pasture; there was no
fence about it and the grass was
cropped shot, as if by sheep.
On the hard earth under the open
shed was table, and sitting by this
table woman. She had no lamp,
and as she sat there in the gathering
shadows which had come early into
the great, bare shed, as if finding it
"ongcnial place., it was difficult ut
first to see it clearly She was thin,
old woman. with sharp, features her
eyes being perhaps the sharpest Of all.
Her dress was limp gown Of bluc
calico. On the table was Il plate Of
what looked like cold boiled potat oes
nj 2 cup Of salt, She gave us curt
nod and then went on cutting off
pieces Of potato and sprinkling them
with salt.
Can you let me- have q little cream Z"
Miss Lnrncd asked,
Veil, amt agoin to stop eatin
10 git II fer yc-thet's certain
We sat down on the board platform
around the pump and waited.
! had come the day before to the
Larned's camp on the New York shore
$ o. Lake Ontario. Their tents were
lhlchri On the end Of long point that
stretches ont into the water. This
Ivenlny Miss Larned hal been sent
after cream to the Kelly farmhouse.
which was near ~ on the shore, and
had gon, with her
We sat for some time on the pump
Platform waiting for Prulieue Kelly
To finish her meal. She was not quite
a!onc There We're no cats or dogs
about bu; a bluish-cray hen which
also seemed t. have sharp. discon-
tente | eApresslon-> stood by her chair.
au.i from time - time She fed it bits
81 Iotato. When the old woman was
do.e cat.a.; she go, the pail az cream
Tor rs, aad We left. She had hardly
spoAen.
J sho-:1 distance t-oa. he iArn.hur>e
u N + Al -lier'y man. He vas tall
All bent, and Wake / slowly as if his
'.~paa!o:.> were sober. familiar
'loG1h;~.
-t'aoi esenlu Miss, he said.
HEY YOU ben 10 the house,
We havc JUS. co-e from there
"e 6oi soEt cream 0. your sister. :"
Then was Introduced 20 Mr Hiram
Kelly
There was pie 0, cedar ienc> rails
81 the side OF the path. He ss: down
oa them, with farmers usual desire
70 rest his legs whenever possible. l,
v4s pleasan, Julv evening, and, IS
We We're IN 10 hurry. wo also SAT- down
cA III, rails
80 you've ben tuh 90 see Pruli-
'';e:' lie SAID, speaking TO me. Il
spu>v you thought her queer-folks
mostly does. Wa'ai. she IS queer bu,
shes smart, an she's got her good
POINTS, too. Pruiette hes ned trials,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27
pRULIETTE KELLY.
Il IEANCIa STERNE PALMER.

HE Kelly farm
house wh ere lived
Hiram Kelly and
Prnliette, his IS
teri was a roughly
claphoarded, un-
painted bulldinR.
Back OF it's main
house was a sum.
nuer kitchen, and
back Of that q
large woodshed,
open on Tie side
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27
" "BIIND' LETTERS.
HOW THE DIFFERENT NATIONS
EXCHANGE THEM
Our Postal Employees Better at Do
cfphering Bad Addresses Than
Those Abroad - An Adept
at "'Blind Reading.

drifted into the Dead Letter
Office ut Washington. The Iadividu-
ais addressed being not discovered,
nearly all of these mi-sives had to be
sent back TO the countries whence
they came. Yet the United States
Postoffice Is vastly more clever in
finding people than are the authorities
abroad. Only few days ago letter
dispatched from New York with the
superscrip:ion. Levi p Morton.
Paris, France was returned. marked
"1nconnu"-l. G., Unknown" New
ertheless, the ex~Vice-President was
IN the French capital at the time at
one of the great hotels.
The foreign authorities seem to be
stupid about such things. Letters
from the United States addressed to
Walter Besant or to Al.e-non Swim
burne, England" are sent back,
marked "Insutficient address One
might suppose that English people
would know about their own famous
literary men. 1t used to be the sams
way with Charles Reade and Robert
Browning. An American ch;ld's letter
to "Santa Claus, Hartz Mountains,
Germany was ret:fn4d with "Un-
known, ''No: found aud "iusut.i-
cient address stamped al over it by
seventeen postmasters.
At Christmas time every year call
dren write letters to Santa Claus and
mail them, usually nnstamped. II a
foreign address Is given the nlissivo is
dispatched In the mails, the rules OF
the international Postal Union not re-
curing prepayment. Eventually it
finds its way back to the Foreign Di-
vision OF the Postoflice Department
here. Ii it contains n petition from
some poor child for a small gift the
employees Of the oiiird will pcct-ional-
~ play Santa Claus. making 10 :
purse to buy the article requested
Comparatively few Of the foreign
letters "hlcn reach III" Dead Letter
Office here can be delivered 10 the
person addressed, because IT - not al
lowable to open them Ii one Of them
is opened "heh received, " II sealed
Win a special stamp, winch looks
something lihe an ordinary postage
stamp bearing the w"ris: "Postoiiice
departments officially S"4!ei The
sued had the words pos; obitn,n" on
it, meaning latter death \ speci-
men is worth TO-DAY s1n. The seahnr
stamps are hard to get ami az IN de-
mand by collector
The letters from abroad which have
failed Of delivery on account Of badl :
written addresses are handled bv ex-
| pcItS WIo 'Au4pIt StUtitf-tl3 ~fiii III
deciphering them. Miss Clara Hich-
+ ter. in charge OF The foreign dl:ision,
is famous hand nj such wor6 The
spelling on some Of the envelopes !:
amazing For example. .:Susanmer,'
is intended for Ssnlt Ste. Marie.
This is compar .tively easy one
"Schinescha,n, Toulocon,us" i Chi
nese Camp. .iuoiunns County
"Grym Pantewnia Is mean; f.
Green Point ave
Memory IS Al important element Il
'.'n' di' a. 'Hi' "o'~
cA''e' ii7~ h'c'ite' g'' Aoia oi
'e''e' '-ie o'''ss az Win = s'essu 7
A4'A7 "'''' ''''A'As -. "n i s1cea
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1894-10-27

II u said that an electric railway,
800 miles long, il TO be built, connect.
ing Boise City and Lewiston, Idaho.
, 1894-08-09

,9eutI9es C6ernan) Gal3", u&anitljbeS @orlSbooer
6al8", ober r2SmpruDeo @arls6aoer SAT-, uuO inter
pieIen onoereu @c3ei9nl,u9eu gu D~erFouieu iudeu, inter
Der &upreiIung, OoB nOeie cberIO gut" ieieu, tpie bic
66ten Brpoufte bon @orl86ab, peNbe brett aug ben
peltGerabmteu Gueaen getuOuueu luer0eu.
9ies 6erabt uur ouf elmer 2dui9uu9 be3 Qublitnm3
ees gr6Beren 0srbieuIteS ipegeu, ben Der betrefeuoe
9IuOler AT bieIen 5oli9uugeH madt. SIT fin iii.
der @etn . gut mte d6ter2 @Biroe irgeHo
Seuonb ip~iiieutlt6 fiuitItbeu Meiu benz notirltdeu
Gait Der 9leben o~pr5ic0cn} @orum benu fD bon oieIeu
5dlIGun9eu biuterfabreu loiieu, ipeGiea luenn Die Sc.
Iunobeit babel in 6roge tommt! Sic notirlt6cn @rp,
BUTTE Der GueIleu BON @arlsbao ~eutbo:ten SeItaubtbeilc,
Die fiuitIi9 ni1t ~Dergeitelt lOeroeu t6uuen. Sett Sabr.
bunoerten IiuO Die 28dIer opu @orlsboo meoeu ibrer
9eiGtpirttug bel 8ruutbeiten Der Sober, N1ereu uuO bes
0to9euS ribmli9ft betouut.
9oS ddte @arlsbaber Sprn0eI=SuIs tpiro bireft ous
Der SpruoeIqueae uuter Der SETTING Der Gtobtoemeiuo.
@arlSbaO gemouuen, unb bur9 beren QQe1ten fir Die
geretti9teu StaoteH. Die gtsner & W}eubelIon Gprl.
PAM, Stem gort, %oertonft. Sebe Jtai6e bes adt tmnOr.
tirten @oIers uuO SprubeI=@alse3 mug Dbl9cs @tabt.
ite9el, iOlpie Die unterI6rift Der @geuten nGisuer g.
TtenbelIoH 60, 152-154 Srontltn Str, Stem gDrfa
al Der Gtifette boberl. gu Dabeu in allen @putbefen.
Mon bite lid pOr SdGi8Nn9en.
Ser gtaotratD GarGsbaS.
, 1894-08-09
anoemeiner proouftenmorFt.

6Ol8enOe qreiie pur6en bel 9rOBereu 4or=
tteI %eriielt:
Me6I- Starter g8ei3eu 0oteute) worer
on9eIebt 3u S3.15@3.40 i'll oolS; wei6el
GSei5eu Yatelte) S .0O@3.1 10; barter Nei;ert=
(SGder!1e6O 81 .80@2.O0 in SG6eu; mei6er
Wet5etz( 8GderrnebD 81. 60@1. 90; ,,Reb Cog
S1.3O@1.40 i'll SGdelt; @iuterpei3eu S2.40@
2.55 IN t6oIS.
&o89ef- Seine @erfaufe.
9eu-9 gut bis porSii9li6 $10.OO@11.5O.
Corn - 0erfGufe mad 4robe marelt
go. 2. 584@59c; $50. 3. 583c@59; 9fO. 4
583c@59.
@tnterwei5eu- @erfaufe mad 9robe
marcu gto. 3 rot6 5O@51c.
.6ribia brsz Q8eiSeu Seine Ser
faufe.r
Ser It - 46c@52c.
@ofer-@ ertauie na6 qrObe pursu
SEQ. 2, 334@34c.
3imot6p S4.85 @5.O 90; 8lee 1910.
&leie- @14.O0.
@6tsfeD Size.
Gutter 8elte Creamery 8aare 23c
quite 21@22c.; mittelmGBi9e 17@18c. ;
0airp. bette, 1885,. rtitteI9ute ulO quite 15t
@164c; friider @oftu9 Stod 1O3@11c.
8G ie-0oun9 2lmericou9@9}c. @9weiz
5ertGie 13@14c., yimbur9er &c. @7c.
@efIH9el- Gprin9 G6itens 11@12c. ;
@Gnie $4@6.00 baS Gubeno.
Gter- 12@12!c. per Gubenb.
8o6uen- 8eite Stables 81. 1900
mittelgtte 81 .80@1.85; nit Der Wiai6ine ge.
reiui9te 81 .35@1.4O.
@rbieu- getrofnete, CRIME, 87!@9Oc.
&artofetu = Roie 81 .75@1.85 oas
Sap. @arlp Obio 81 .5O@1.6O.
&rombeeren- 81. 1O@1.25 per GaIe.
Il : ~, 4 n - - I 1=cL21 or 49,, fCoE.
@et0etbeereu- / .50@S2. 90.
to0el6eeren- $1.25@1.75
&irl 6em- 81. O0@2.O 90 per Sale.
NepfeI- 81. 5O@S1. 25 per SaB.
90 q ermelpuen SS5@100 per
g~Sag9pu.
2S etntraubeu- zoe per Rorb.
8trneu - $1.40@150 per 40 9f6. Site.
1O@1.15 per 90 Yfb. Sor.
&onaueu- $1.25@1.5 so per 8u19.
@i%trpueu- S4.00@S.O 90 bic 8or.
@oni9- 2SeiBer Slee, III Yiunbe obgez
tbeilt, 114@124c. uibt 10 bell, 1O@11c. =;
ountel 10@103e. OaS 4funo; aits9elaiieuer
5@6c.
semitic @eiBfraut, 9Oc@$1.OO Die
Grate; 8lumento6l 25c05Oc per 0ubenb d;
Seuerte -@-c. baS 9ubeuo; 0eiBe &iibelt,
4O@50c. boS 8ulbel; Stedriibeu % baS
SAP WtoOrriibeu 10@15c. bas OuteuO; Sur
ten 25@5Oc. ooS 0ut. @99 Ylaut 75c@S1. 90
0aS 9ltb.; jttge @rbleH, So. 00@2.15 II 8u.
Sof 3piebel1, jun9e $1.75@2.OO per Sap
&ontoten 25@40c. Ser Sale, % 4 60rbe
8obnet, $1.OO Ser Il Sui6el=Saf SiBtoru,
7@Sc per Subeub.
&ot9- 90, 1 44c., 0fO. 2 4c.
S9mterfett A 44c., B &c, gel
beS &c.
8eieucOru-9 Glf Der 8a6u ,,fair" bis
oGbotce", grimes 34@34c.; mittleres, ROTH
ooer bloBforbt9 3@34c.; rou9 uub 9rob ga
&c; ,,Gbotce", grimes, SIT @arpetz8Iriteu
33c. J, Sell portin9", grimes 24@3c. roth
Ooer gelb eubigeH6es 2@3c.
, 1894-08-09
Worft6eridot.
GAico4o, 8. Nn9nit.
2~lusw6rti9e nt6rftc.

G0luBpreiie i'll g8el5er ltnO Corn i'll onOe.
ren StGDteu moreu:
g scissor }erp 0orf: 2(lt9nit 58c; Sep:
TENDER 5S2c; 0e3ember 635c. = ct. Souis
2lu9uit 513c; September SIC. Sulutb
&oor, 57!c; September 56gc.-0tiu1eopoliS
&a0r, $3.50; Geptember 54Sc. - Baltimore
2lu9uit 558c ; Spptenber 564c. - Solebo
9dIguit 538c; September 54&c. - Wtilmaufee
8aar, 53Bc; September 53gc.-Setroit 8uar
54c; September 54&c.
Goru- 9fem gorf: 2tu9uit 614c; Sep.
TENDER Gle. - December 555c. = ct. 2ouis
2luguit 535c; S%eptember 53c. - Baltimore
SaQr, Gle. Qu9ult &c.
, 1894-08-09
(@nluB forQt.)

- 0ur3 8eiAtuB beS NufiicbtSrotbS Ser
Nctiengeieuic6aft 6orbtperfc BORN. Meiiter,
2uctuS & 8riining SIT 60cbit, lift Der Don
ben @riinberu Ser Sobrif ms Qeben gcrltfez
ltcu &oiier @ilbeLm uno Nu9uito. Sttftung
fir Nrbeiter, SnOaliOen, Wittpen unb
8aiien Der Tabrifen cine Scbentllng bon
300, 900 Wfarf iberlpieien 'tporoen.
, 1894-08-09
Die unftbtbore 21erfmiroiofeit.

rSc0cn Sic, meine 6erri9aftcn, bier
fommt oo8 beriibmte G3o."- vGrpltcire
@r 0eutltcber, mein Sun9e - i9 lebe nOb
INNER ni5tS 0apon."
, 1894-08-09

0eIagt. gu DorgeriiGter 9fac6titunoc mari
tch Dem 3igeuner, neIber ~aufiptelte, Elm
Stitd @el6 auf Die Grou1lnel unb ergrtff
Slinto bel bcr 6an6.
nQlltf, e5~tit 3ett gum 6ort8e6enI 8obI7
an, ic9 un6 gu, LAP ms gebeu, eS miro iib
o[Sbann nObl nocb Senta10 SIT unS fin
ben 0a5 @eIage bier bat ia fem @n0e.
9BciBt 9u, baB mir Der &Opf iummt 2"
Nu9 Sic an0ereu crboben iib unO mir
trQten ben 6eimlDeg an,
u8etBt 9u, Sliuta, 6ieier 9ein 8i6at
uno &udo, un6 Damn oucb BET saul uno
Staniiba, mtb ale bleie cure 2eutc, fie
baben 10 etipo8 GelonoereS an ft3! 8ebit
uns Soft. Gttpa8 Sonoer6are5 -.
ST." ipracb Stinta nit triumpbirenocr
Mienc, n9u fennit eben uniere 2eute nOcb
nt6t, 0aS fennt feline Stub, bel Sag unO
gtobt. iie i9Iafen nicbt, ite iiBen nic9t
$3.50. tie neDmen ibre W}abl5ejten iteben0en
TuBe5 Gin. ... aber 6afiir la19en ite iiberz
all 3ur rcc6ten 53eit an un0 i%piiien, ipenn
fir ettpa8 Die @ele8enbeit it,. G5 lit
tpa5r, bel i6nen foulmen beim 8a~rtenipiclen
audi Icdb5 2(tout5 gum 8ori6ein, aber
elmer 8ibt benz an6ern 6unoerte BON 9uz
fateu ul1ter bier Q(ugeu. 1tnb, CLAUDE MIR;
fe ipiiicn 8on5 9cnalt, mo elmer 0tnauS min,
aum 8eiipieG, Or, er weiB &ues, pte Elm
Gutenberg"
uTrsili9, er peiB es, gum &uduf,"
, 1894-08-09
WQrMnmg q.

3a8 4|utIitum miro uOr Gee
pineulofen 9dnbleru ges
marnt, Die 9emDbnli1es
6louber5aI3, Ober cine 0{is
f6uug BON Qem6buii6em
@eioliBs Qulner olS n6orlsbaa
Der GjaIS" hSpruoeIsS aI5"
, 1894-08-09
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Annual Statement % 4 tRs GN9ssttRRAASStkEEEE MEGHA
OF Milwaukee in the State of Wisconsin. on the
Slst day Of December, 1888: made to the Insur.
ance superintendent of the State of Illinois.
pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
2W,OOQ00
, 1894-08-09
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.

Animal SF9tpmpnt of the ROCKFORD TNsUs
Hnn"ui ov"'VnVht RANCE COMPANY of Rock.
December, 1893: made to the Insurance Superin-
tendent OF the State Of Illinois, pursuant to law;
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
, 1894-08-09

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION.
Animal Statement Of the RELIANCE INSURANCE
Annu"l Ot"IVnlohI COMPANY Of Philadelphia in
the State of Pennsylvania on the 31st day of De-
cember, 1898: made to the Insurance Superinten-
dSnt OF the State Of Illinois, pursuant to law:
Capital.
Amount of Capital Stock paid up in
$SUU, UUO.U0
The state herald., 1894-01-05

falling lie was found alone and In
sensible BY the tourists whom you
sent to help him. lie has never been
strong or like a hero since, though
think his heart is the same, and fear
he will never inspire love in any ones
soul again-indeed, you your elf have
said So"
This speech, in low. hurried SEN
fences, is over. Mr.. Stanley stops,
with tears in his eyes, and turns his
face away.
Miss Chrswick is ewing him speech
Iessly. Her dark face is as whit. as
his own, but she takes his trembling
hands, and presses them In hers, while
her pale lips smile.
"Yonr lctter-you will know II
again" brcathcs Mr., Stanley, and
gently withdra wing his hand hc takes
from his pocket mcmorandum-bo book.
and from its leaves selects sheet of
dainty writing, which he places before
her.
You sce." he says wistfully, "that
You did meet your imaginary hero. and
could not love him-though he loves
you madly." And he tries to smile
chccrfully. though there is spasm OF
pain In his too delicate face.
May" cries Miss Cheswicls, n hot
flame shooting over her velvet
cheeks, iii You are my hero I love
you and would have loved you long
ago but for my constancy to yourself. A."
"Oh. my dear one. is this true?''
"Ah yes, Mr.. Stanley. Hut where
Is our game OF chess? I take your
knight and, 10! you have won the
pamcw
The state herald., 1894-01-05

The original Master Humphreys
clock. immortalized by Charles
Dickens, is exhibited by New York
trades paper until within few
weeks the clock was to be seen over
the door of tho lato Mr.. Humphreys
shop. IN Barnard castle. county OF
Durham. England Mr.. Humphrey
was u watch and clock maker. and
rendered great service TO Charles
Dickens In supplying him with mater
ids for his nicholas Nickloby." and
II was this worthy horologist's clock
that suggested to him the quaint ro-
pository In which no chose TO locate
the manuscript OF "The Old Curiosity
Shop."
The state herald., 1894-01-05
Esst.ta Asuud onsd r.,n,A

There is d growing demand for the
abandoned farms in the statc Of Mas
sschusctts, and the State Board Of
Agriculture is evidently Of the opin-
ion that the day is soon coming when
there will be no such thing as att sban-
doned farm to DO had. Hardly day
passes that the board does not receive
letters from persons living in other
states inouiting about these farms, and
to such pcreons catalogues are scnt
which give all the information neccs-
sary to form very good IDEA Of their
value, location, etc. The catalogues
now being distributed as they are
asked fcf arc incomplete In some par
ticulars, and SO the asscssors in the
different towns have. been asked by
the board to furnish information cor
corning farms that are un6etupied.
The replies to this request are coming
in rapidly, and the board will soon be
able to issue another catalogue which
will be quito as complete MS one can
be made.
A majority Of the requests for lnfor-
nation concerning the farms come
from farmers in other states, who think
that farming is far more profitable in
Massachusetts,. Numerous communi-
cations have come in from gentlemen
in easy circumstances, who would
yield the hustle NJ tho city for the
quiet Of country life.
The state herald., 1894-01-05
PLEhSANTRiES.

Traveller Now. what ought little
boys to say when gcntiemnn gives
them penny for carrying his bag?
Small iioy-''raiu't 'nouyhL
ilcighson-My poor darling Now
that We are pcnnilcsS what JOY Is
there In lie for you? Mrs. Blcighson
"A lot Of II. ! can shop, can't |?
rhotogrnpher-Now. my dear lal;,
put on pleasant expression Lady
son.lp- Law, In tho rear oh.
wouldn't miss that sight Tor til,
world
"I,inltins went out hunting this
morning" IAN alone, Eyes, diin't
even take dog" "'sposc he'll kill
any thlng?" "No. Not unless he gets
mcinnc oily and commits suicide"
Judge Why dldn't you call po.
lic.man when the man assaulted you
with club? citikcn-Call police.
mani Good heavens! Your honor;
wasn't I thumpcd enough NJ II was
"Docs that mule lsI.Is2" n,tcl n man
Nope" replied tho proprietor OF tho
animal "Sld some mules hit might
be called lticlsin', but when ha lets 20
hits or explosion"
Maui-Ani, pa, what did rrofe,spr
sroichct say Of my piano playing
Pale was quite cStrny,gint In his
praise. Ito said you possessed mn
originality In execution that wa,
truly remarkable lilo said hn hid
heard some OF your pieces performed
by some OF the greatest masters, and
no, ono Of them played thom as you
did
A man want Into drur storc nnl
asked for something 10 curr u hrnl.
ache, Tho druggist held u bottle ot
hnrtshorn 10 his nosc, AMI he wns
nearly oycrpowcrei by its pungcn'y
| IA soon rs he recovered hn bfyin 10
rail ut the druggist "iiut diln't u
/ help your hcadncho?" n,ltc tho npoth.
ecary. "lirlp my headache gaapil
the man. ~ haven't any hatdichc.
its my wife that has the headache :"
Lady Of ths House Put that stat
uettc OF Apollo on the other side u
Z the room. Bridget Bridget taking
Z Mp tho mnrble-i'nitli. mem, and who
/ Ia the indecent apnlpcnu7 Lady
Why. bridget, h was tire II. lirld'
gat-ph watts that his name H. mani
4 Lads Apollo Bridget lInd cess to
IA. menu phwats the nurihsrIa
GfAke. via no clothes on his bnlt
doln' Wild q good olrlsh mans Ike
! u'Polloy
The state herald., 1894-01-05

A strange arrival lately took place
nj Barcelona An old man OF 81. who
had loft tho town In his youth to sock
his fortune In America. renppcarod
with suite OF over 300 persons "a
very large family. lio had boon mar
rlod three times. and brought to Ear.
cclona with him sixteen daughters,
OF whom six were widows and nino
married, iwoniy'thrco sons, some Of
whom were wldowcrs and others mar.
ricd; thiriy.four granddaughter,
some Of whom wcro married. and for.
ty-scvon grand-ons. md among tho
rost three great .grandsons Those.
with ihcir wives and husbands and
children. made up tho large family.
The state herald., 1894-01-05

Tho famous ''iron crown OF Lom-
hardy" reckoncd rs being one OF tho
most precious relics OF Jesus now In
existence, the "holy coat" and tho
several pieces OF the 'truo cross
not excepted. may be seen any day
by tho sieht-seer who visits tho Ma
tional museum ut Naplcs. Although
known TO ancient. medieval and
modern history as tho ''iron crown"
IL is In reality crown OF gold. made
in tho form OF gigantic bracelet.
the only iron in Its composition DO.
inga framework In the shape OF u
c!rclot-a thin. narrow strlp-on tho
inside OF tho gold band. Tho secret
magic OF the name rests on tho ira.
ditiou that this inside ring OF Ion
was made from tho nails driven
through the hands and foot Of Jesus
at the timo OF his cruci1xion.