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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16
Easter Lilies in Bermuda.

Usually the first drive taken by the
stranger in Bermuda is to st. George.
Old stone walls, covered with flaming
blossoms in the spring, separate the
road from tiny patches of Bermuda
onions, and the fields of Easter lilies
for which Bermuda is becoming fam.
GUS. In blankets of white the lilies
stretch ont, too pure, too delicate. too
beautiful, for adequate description.
The luxuriance and perfection OF the
lilies are all the more surprising when
it is known that not much more than
ten years ago there were no Easter
lilies in Bermuda worthy Of mention.
General Hastings, whose wife is q
niece OF the late x-President Hayes,
began to plant them extensively about
a decade ago; now they cover the
island with o white robe at Easter
time and their cultivation constitutes
one of the prin ,ipal industries of the
island. In March they are in their
glory, and convert Bermuda into a
fairy-land of sweet doors and queen
like, nodding lilies. To right and to
left of you, before and behind, field
after field spreads its wealth OF bios
SONS; and frequently the fields are
surrounded by oleander hedges. which
add the beauty of their masses of
wax like pink blossoms. moonlight
view of these lily-fields is a positively
uncanny, unreal sight; like ghosts of
flowers they seem, in their dazzling,
ethereal whiteness, and the experience
is one never to be forgotten.
The lilies are exported in immense
quantities, and for this purpose are
cut while still in bud; each bell is
wrapped in moss or cotton, and then
they are packed with great care, sixty
or a hundred in a box. Several
thousand boxes are shipped annually.
and they sell in Bermuda for two dol.
lars a box with a guarantee, however.
that they shall arrive in England.
Canada, or the United States in good
condition. The average stalk pro-
duces from six to eight buds; but 90
casionally a proud grower obtains a
marvel, which bears seventy'two bios,
| SONS. -Demorest's.
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BRAN FOR LAYING HENS.

Wheat bran is splendid for laying
hens, and also for growing stock. 1t
contains a far greater percent OF nitro
gen than corn or oats, and if it's use is
not carried to nm extreme it is the best
thing that could be used to promote
the health and digestion OF fowls,
The best way to feed it is in the morn
ing mash, which is best made by
scalding the ground feed, one-thirj
cornmeal aud one-third middlings,
shorts, or anything else preferred,
with hot milk, or, in the absence OF
that, with hot water. Cooked vege-
tables of any kind and meat and table
scraps would make it all the better.
When fed, the mixture should neither
be cold mol too hot, aud do not make
it sloppy; put on just enough to thor
oughly moisten all tho meal, and no
more.
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Action Of Continuous Rails.

Continuous rails, made up OF ordi.
nary rail lengths, welded together
electrically, are in use on many miles
Of electric street railways in the United
States, and with excellent results, too,
having shown themselves to constitute
an ideal track. Whatever misgiyings
may have arisen at n time as to the
serious pranks which expansion and
contraction might play with such con.
tinuous tracks, have been effectively
allayed, as experience has shown that
the difficulties likely to grow from
these causes are not extraordinary. 1t
Is interesting, however, to note that Of
the troubles from temperature varia-
lions i'll the track, that due to o tenn
perature lower than the one at which
the rails were welded Is the only one
requiring serious consideration. II is
found in the tendency OF the rail to
shrink in q longitudinal direction and
this must be c~ounteracted by O pull
on the ends Of the rail sufficient to
produce a corresponding amount of
stretch. temperatures above that at
which the rails were welded, u
compression, and this has never been
found to make trouble where the track
was at all secured by the roadbed.
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COOLING EGGS IN INcUBAroRs.

The science of Matching eggs in
i%ncubators Is comparatively new one,
and while the mode of operation is
pretty we'll understood, the reason for
doing certain things is not so we'll de.
fined.
Almost every maker of ~incubators
recommends that the egg drawer be
opened every day and the eggs be al
lowed to cool down to below 100 de.
grees. There has been much dispute
why this is necessary, and many opin.
ions have been advanced. Careful
tests made in France with incubators
show that eggs not only are not dam
nged by occasional cooling during in
cubation, but actually hatch better for
such cooling. In n experiment the
eggs were cooled by exposing them to
the air for one and q half hours for
three days in succession. Tho eggs
became quite cold. and it required
twelve hours to bring them to 104 de.
grces, the temperature of incubation,
again. In this experiment thirteen
out of sixteen eggs produced strong
healthful chicks. Tho incubator had
previously been used with very salts
factory results.
We believe it to be necessary TO al.
low eggs 10 cool considerably at fire.,
quent periods during incubation. The
theory of it is this: The embryo chick
in the shell must havo mir or perish
just as surely rs it would perish with.
out it after it comes from the shell.
The air enters the porous eggshell
and is taken up by the blood vessels
that limo the inner scat OF the shell
during incubation, and thus is carried
through tho circulation of the chick.
II the egg is kept at the same temper.
ature all the time the air outside OF
the shell has but small chance of pom
etrating the she'll If the egg is
cooled, the air in the air space in the
larger end of the egg begins to con.
tract, and as it does this fresh air from
the outside is drawn through tho shell
to fill the acuum thus produced. This
furnishes a supply OF fresh air for the
chick sufficient for its needs for
twenty-four hours. when tho opera.
ton shonld DO repeated. Nature
teaches the sitting hen to leave her
nest during each twenty-four hours
until within thirty-six hours of the
time for the chicks to come forth,
when she sits closely on the eggs until
the chicks are Matched.
Most incubators have some device
for turning the eggs, thus shortening
the time of exposure. The writer hos
always taken the turning device out OF
every incubator, preferring to turn
the eggs BY hand. By doing this it is
certain that each one has been turned,
and the time of exposure to tho cool
outer air is longer and better for the
! chicks.
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FOR FARM AND r
SOAKING rARsxrP SEED.

As usually planted while the ground
is still cold, pnrsnip seed requires o
long time to germinate. The result is
that by the time the young plants APP
pear above the surface the weeds have
quite a start. The same also is true
Of carrot seed. We have also found
it an advantage to soak both parsnip
and carrot seed before planting, keep
ing the seed in q warm place until
some of it bcgins to terminate. Then
when it is planted press tho moist soil
ms closely as possible around the seed
and then cover very lightly. In this
way the crop a be got ready to hoe
Just as tho first weeds are coming up,
and thus make the after cultivation
much less difficult.
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FOR 0 R
more.

Corn ground ought to be plowed
early, not merely to allow the sod to
rot, and more time to make a seed
bed, but also because the plowed sur
face is much more permeable to the
air, and warm. up more quickly. 1t
should not be plowed deeply, but SUI
ticient soil should DO brought up be.
low the grass roots to make q good
seed bed. This can best be done by
blowing with the ~jointer, a small pillow
set in the pillow beam, which cuts II fur
row two inches deep, and tapping
about half the width of the main fur
row on itself. Then when the main
pillow comes along it cuts three to four
inches of soil, turning the main fur
row with tho grass side down, or
rather the two grass surfaces in con-
tact. This causes speedy fermentation,
which helps to warm and e~nliyen the
seed bed above. The modern spring
tooth drag is then put on, cutting
across the burrows, and still further
tightening the surface soil. Itrays to
have the ground plowed two Or three
weeks before planting time, and the
more it is cultivated in this time the
better the seed bed will be. Many
weed seeds will start under this re-
peated cultivation. and their destruc;
ton will make the soil richer and
warmer than as if they had not been
present. To destroy a weed so soon
as its seed has germinated makes it
not n curse but m advantage to the
farmer.
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THE KAvA-KAvA SHRUB and probably was
piper Ne!hystlcHri) used for centuries
by the natives before its extraordinary
properties became known to civilization
through Christian missionaries In
this respect it resembles the discovery
of ~quinine from the peruvian bark,
made known by the Indians to the early
Jesuit missionaries in South America,
and by them brought to civilized man.
1t is a wonderful discovery, with a rec
ord of 1900 hospital cures in 80 days. II
acts directly upon the blood aud kid.
,neys, and is a true specific, just as qui-
nine Is in malaria. We have the strong.
est testimony of many ministers of the
gospel, we'll known doctors and business
men cured by Alkavis, when all other
remedies had failed.
In the New York iPreklp HorH of Sept. 10th,
the testimony of Rev. W. d. Moore, d. D., Of
Washington, D., c. was given, describing his
years of suffering from Kidney disease and
Rev, Thomas Smith, the Methodist minister at
Golden, Illinois, passed nearly one hundred
gravel stones alter two weeks use Of AlkRvis,
Rev, JohnfI Watson, ofSunset, Texas, q minister
of the gospel of thirty years service, was struck
down at his post of duty by Kidney disease.
After lowering between life and death for two
months, and 0ll his doctors having fsiled. he
took Alkavis. and was completely restored to
health and strength, aud is fulfilling his duties as
minister OF the kOspSi. Mr.. X I. MOOD, a prom.
inent attorney of Lowell, Indiana, was cured of
una Kidney aud Bladder disease of ten
years standing, by Alkavis. MI. Wood describes
himself as being in constant misery, often COM
PEELED TO rise ten times during the night on
account of weakness of the bladder. He was
treated by all his home physicians without the
least benefit and finally completely cured in a
few weeks by Alkavis. The testimony is un.
doubted and really wonderful. Mrs, lanes
Young, OF Kent, Ohio, writes that she had tried
six doctors in vain, that she was about to give
up In despair, when she found Alkavis and was
promptly cured of kidney disease and restored
to health. Many other ladies also testify to the
wonderful curative powers of Alkavis in the
various disorders peculiar to womSuhood.
So far the Church Kidney Cure Com
pany, No. A24 Fourth. Avenue, New
York, are the only importers of this
new remedy, and they arc so anxious to
prove its value that for the sake of intro
duction they will send a free treatment
of Alkavis prepaid by mail to every
reader of this paper who is a Sufferer
from any form Of Kidney or Bladder
disorder, Bright's Disease, Rheuma-
tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain in Back,
Female Complaints, or other affection
due to improper action of the Kidneys
or Urinary Organs. We advise all Suf-
erers to send their names aud address
to the company, and receive the A1kavis
free. It Is sent to you entirely free. to
prove its wonderful curative powers,
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FIBRoID fUMoR
Expelled by Lydia q. Pfnkham's
Vegetable COMPOUND.
interview with Mrs. n. A. lombard.

-
have reason to think that l would
not be here now If IL had not been for
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. It cured me Of a ibroid tumor
In my womb.
Doctors could d onothing for me, and
they could not cure me ut the hospital.
/ will tell you about 1t:
had been In my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, I flowed very
badly. The Doctor gave me medicine,
but 1t did M n good. He said the
flow must be stopped IL possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
Upon examinat'o on, he found there
was a Nbroid fumor In my womb, and
gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever. About thai time i lady
called on me, and recommended Lydia
q. Pin ihcm's Vegetable Compound,
said .hc owed h-r life to it. i
scid / would tr, l., and did. Soon
after th. flow became more natural and
regular / stiI continued taking the
Compou: d Tor some time. Then the
doctor made an examination again,
and founE everything all right. The
tumor had passed away and that dull
ache was gone.-MRs. b. A. LOMBARD,
Box II, Westdale, Mass.
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In spite Of the inherent capac;tv %.
treachery and deceit We are asou ~.
toned to associate with the native =,
India, one comes across wondersnl
and toushing evidences OF ~loyaltv ana
devotion. Witness the devotior ~
raithfulness of our Goorka reviments
during the terrible mutiny, and ~
thrilling stories of wonderful esoane
entirely due to the loyalty Of personal
servants.
The following true incident han.
pened lately in Madras: An Indian
colonel had q ''boy" for eighteen
wears. Having to go home on : fnr.
Tough, be peusioned him and let him
return to his family, to do NOTHING
for the rest OF his life. Returning 70
Madras, no was informed by n brother
officer that his ''boy" was as ft as aver.
and only too anxious TO return 10
duty. Almost before it seemed that !
letter could have time to reach him.
the "boy" was back in his accustomed
place.
For two years ne waited on his
master as Of yore, though his hair was
silyered and his back bent. One day
the colonel returned from parade, and
had his wants supplied as usual. His
servants, on leaving him, salaamed
low, remarking, "Should the sahib
want anything more and call. his
faithful slave will hear. He berry
tired-sleep," When the "sahib;"
called there was no answer. Thew
found him curled on his mat. He had
lain down-'tired." He would never
be tired again. OVERWHELMINGLY
he had followed his sahib. Long
marches, want of food, sickness and
~privation had never aroused q COM
plant. When death came no Law
down without q murmur.-The Gen.
tlewoman.
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when Noah blew his horn, the camel
bumped himself to get aboard, and by a
curious freak he stayed bumped all his iife'
Lumbago or lame back humps q mans back
simply because he cannot strengthen himself
on account Of the Stiffness aud soreness nc
campaigning the ailment. Nature helped the
Natnre will help a man to get rid OF MS
hump right on il he uses St. Jacobs oil. be-
cause the character OF tho trouble Is sneh
that 1t needs Just II q remedy TO warn
soften and s~traighten out the contrac'eu
muscles. From the time OF Noah down 20
fhe present time men have had lame backs,
but onls since the Introduction OF ST. JACOBS
OH has the best cure for 1t been KNOWN ni
enables one to attend to business without
loss OF time.
Tn T,arned. Kan.. not only the life of an
unlicensed dog Is forfeited, bat its owner
must Day a fine.
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Burial in swift erland.

There is at least one country in the
world where it costs nothing to die.
In some OF the cantons OF Switzerland
all the dead, rich as we'll as poor, are
buried at the public expense. Collins
and oil other necessary articles are
furnished on application to certain
undertakers designated by the Gov.
eminent. Everything connected with
the interment is absolutely Gratuitous.
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Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores q new preparation called Grain-O, made
The most delicate stomach receives 1t without
distress, and but few can tell 1t from coffee.
1t does not cost over o~ne-quarter as much.
Children may drink II with great benefit. 10
cts. and Is cts. per package. Try it. Ask for
Grain-O.
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eases caused by Urlc
acid in the blood, or
oy disordered action
OF the Kidneys or
organs. The
Ka1aksvE Shrub
or as botarists call
it. Piper Methys-
heasi, grows on the
banks Of the Gauges
river, Esst India,
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The Young Peoples Christian En-.
deavor movement has grown beyond
oil precedent and prophecy, says the
New York Independent. 1t has come
to be considered as necessary mn arm
of the Church as the Sunday.school,
and few denominations have hesitated
to make use OF it.
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Hoods Pills S %iih III To SGd''y s,rsa iS 'fES


..It is difficult to understand. at
this late day, what a furore OF excite
ment passed over this country When
Lafayette arrived once more in Amerl'
ca. The visit is o historic event to be
remembered while memory endures.
During President Monroe's second ad-
ministrationth the UnitedS States extended
it's invitation 10 Lafayette. He ar
rived at Staten Island on August 10
Sunday, 1924, accompanied by his
on, George Washington Lafayette,
and also by his son-in-law. A formal
reception took place on the following
day-the first fruits of the most album
dant harvest of welcome which Lafay-
cite was to receive during his year OF
travel through the United States.
..Lafayette was sixty. seven years
old when he visited America as the
Nations guest, and carried his years
lightly. His head was shaped like
that Of Burns. He had a high fore.
head, long, aquiline nose and a rather
thin face. His hair was sandy and
quite plentiful. His eyes were dark
gray, restless and twinkling; his eye
brows, light in color, but heavily
marked. His mouth was firm, and his
lips smiled courteously at the holiday
crowd assembled to do him honor.
The general was not very tall, but
we'll made. His face was distinctly
pleasant, and its expression was an
odd mixture of s%hrewdness, decision
and gay good humor. His costume
was a swallow tailed coat and trousers
Of dark brown, with n great display OF
white waistcoat and neckcloth. A
bunch of seals hung from a broad
black ribbon at his waist. Over his
shoulders hung a cloth riding cloak,
g~reenish blue IN color and lined with
red."-Ladies' Home Journal.
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Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet II
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, anl M
stantly takes the sting out OF oorns and pun
ions. Its the greatest comfort discovery oi
The age. Aliens Foot-Easo makes tisnt,nt,
cnre for sweating, callous and hot tired, acn-
ing feet. Try II to-day. Sold ~ al drngg,sts
and shoe stores. BY mail for 2jr' IN stanlps'
Trial package FREE. Address, Alien D oiih-
sted, lie Roy n. Y.
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Miss Warden lat grand concert -
"Don't you admire Pagginski's execu.
ton, Mr.. Rush?" Mr.. Rush--"I
should like to hear of it. "-Standard.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

The longest tunnel in the world is
st. Gothard, which is As. $40 feet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

Over 10000 curel. Why not let No-To-Bao
regulate or remove Your desire for tobacco2
Saves money, makes health and manhood.
druggists.
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EASTER

AsTER dawning!
.tlNh VA oh the glory
NkhVlk M NN And the sweetness
IlVA NkgM NNA Of the storyl
VIVA tkW EM W Light from darkness
4UAAIMXAX s Joy from sadness,
1kSABy yQx.Hl Ring. oh, ring,
I'M ktBnz1Ah4h Ye bells with glnd-
Rky1M nessl
iRML1A XZ Ring, and send out
TyHNM~ Cheerful greeting;
.$S4 Notes from other
1~ Joy4ells meeting,
TIL the whole world,
Filled with wonder,
Sees the clouds
All rent asunder. b.
Easter beauties!
How they clusterl
Lending fragrance
To their luster.
Emerald verdure,
Buds and flowers,
Hidden deep
Through Lenten hours!
Easter lilies
Smiling family,
Tall and slender,
Sweet and sanity;
Snow-white flocks
BY nature nodded,
Seem they, meek
And all embodied!
Easter music
Sing, ye dear ones,
Lift your voices,
Far and near ones,
Men and maidens
Join the chorus,
Joy and glsdness
Should reign DER US
Little children
Sing In gladness,
For your young hearts
Know no sadness;
Not a sorrow
Dims your morning,
Yet you love
The Easter dawniDg.
Easter dawningi
Oh! the glory
And the sweetness
or the story!
Light from darkness,
Joy from sadness
Ring, oh, ring,
Ye bells, with sladness!
Mrs. NJ. A. Kidder.
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Printing began in Scotland in 1909
on q press in Edinburgh.
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A Frse Gift Of Great Value to You

Our readers will be glad to know that
the new botanical discovery, Alkavis,
from the wonderful ksva-Kava shrub
has proved an assured cure for all dis
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The Wonderful Kaya-Kaya Shrub.

A New Botanical Discovery.-Oi
Special Interest to Sufferers from
Diseases of the Kidneys or Blad-
der rheumatism, etc.-A Blessing
to Humanity.
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Easter Custom in Russia.

In Russia many men and women
greet whoever they meet on
Easter m~c+aldsome CdoreS wiss and the
z3evised AmertIaISoN =,
annQ1shorthnnd BooIe. II Is risen.
ExchsnTe. sSS sPosawrys ,ivil engin-
years ago
ced cham.
lstsrsburg.
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CAschRETs stimulate liver. kidneys nm"
boy.els' Never sicken, weakeno or grippe; lVc'
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething, softens the gums reduces inflamma-
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No. /
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, Antioch,
Ills, April II, 1894.
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WHEN bilious or ~costive, eat a Cascaret.
candy cathartic; cure guaranteed, 10c. i, 25c.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

The Sultan q zsnsfusf has issuod q aeoree
.bolishing slavery,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-16

Haflicted with sore eyesus DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at &c. perbottie.
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THE ORGANISMS PUPIL
AN EASTER STORY.

HE was q girl in her If
teenth year, perhaps,
h yet the slight, fra
AN gile form and ex-
~ ceeding delicacy Of
= skin made her look
almost like q little child
1t was q warm summer
dav . sill sba bod wait.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-13
r. N, Bashf0id InIiuvcd.

Ex-State Senator Robert M. Bash
ford, of Madison, was seriously injured
lin a runaway accident shortly after 2
O'Clock Saturday afternoon. He WAS
driving colt attached to ~ light road
wagon. On .Jenifer street in the SIXTH
ward the animal was frightened by a
baby carriage and shied ITO the other
side of the street. The wagon struck
post, ard Mr.. Bashford was thrown
from his seat and dragged some dis
lance. In falling he lit 9pon his side,
breaking his right COLLAR bone twice.
HIS head was also BADLY 'aut in several
places anG he WAS otherwise bruised
and shaken up. Mr.. Bashford WAS
assisted to n house near by, and Dr.
Philip Fox summoned. He was taken
to his home later Ia the afternoon. He
is'resting easy, but Il will he some time
before he will be abie to be out again.
He had frequently driven the colt be-
fore, and thought that the animal Was
thoroughly broken
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-05-13
P. M. Conference.

The annual Western Conference
of the Primitive Methodist church
opens at Ridgeway tomorrow, Friday
May IA, and will continue through
Tuesday, the 18th. Features of the
program are: Christian Endeavor
services Friday evening, sermon by
Rev. w. Croft Saturday evening,
sermon by P. Allen, Jr., Sunday
morning, sermon by Rev. T. Kent
Sunday evening, Missionary meet.
ing Monday evening wsth addresses
by Revs S. r. Chubb, w. d. James
T. Kent and others; great temper
ance meeting Tuesday evening, to be
addressed by p. Allen Jr., and others
Officers of the conference are: Rev
J. Challinor, president; J. Hardcas'
tie, vice-president; John Allen, con-
ference secretary; j. Hardcastle
general secretary; J. p. Hawkins
book steward; j. Side, missionary
treasurer; d. Wilkinson, conf. fund
treasurer; r. J. Penhallegon, S. P
fund treasurer.