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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
SUMMER OUTINGS.
Personally Conducted Tours
via the Pennsylvania Rail
road.

The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company announces the follow.
ing personally conducted tours
for the summer and early autumn
of 1900
To the North, including Thou
sand Islands, the st. Lawrence,
Montreal, Quebec, trip up the
Saguenay to Chicoutimi and re-
turn, Au Sable Chasm, Lakes
Chanplain and George, and Sar-
atoga, July II to August 4, and
August II to 20. Rate 1925 from
New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington, including
all necessary expenses during the
entire time absent.
To Niagara Falls, excursion
tickets good to return within ten
days will be sold on July 26,
August 8 and %, September 6
and 20. October A and Is, at a
rate of $40 from Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington.
These tickets include transporta
tion only, and will permit of stop
over within limit at Buffalo, Ro-
chester, Canandaigua, and Wat
kins on the return trip except on
the excursions of August % and
September 20 from Philadelphia
and tributary points, which will
run via Manunka Chunk and Del
aware, Lackawanna and Yves
tern Railroad. On these two ex.
cursi0ns stop over will be per
mitted at Buffalo on return trip
ve-day tour to Gettysburg
Luray and Washington Septem
Der 10. Rate $25 from New
York, SOP from Philadelphia
Pruportionate rates from other
points.
A nine day tour to Gettysburg,
Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge,
Richmond, Old Point Comfort,
and Washington, October 8.
Rate 500 from New York, $63
from Philadelphia, including all
necessary expenses. Proportion.
ate rates from other points.
For itineraries.and further in.
formation apply to ticket agents,
or address George w. Boyd, AS
siStant General Passenger Agent,
Philadelphia.
june 10 At.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
BALTIMORE q OHIO RAIL
ROAD BULLETIN.
Special Rates to Variou S
Points.

CHICAGO, Educational Pro-
hibition Convention, June 27-2S.
One fare for the round trip
Tickets good going June % and
%; good returning, leaving Chic
ago until June 20, inclusive
CHICAGO, Ill.-G. a. Il. Nat
ional Encampment, August 81.
September l. One fare for the
round trip. Tickets good going
August % to u, good to return
until August 81, inclusive. Full
information furnished by ticket
agent.
CINCINATTI, O.-B. Y. p. t..
A. National Convention, July
~ and 10. One fare for the
round trip Tickets good going
July 10 to ID, good returning un,
til July q, with privilege of ex-
tension to August 10 on deposit
of ticket with joint agent at Gin
cinnati, on or before July IA,
and payment of 90 cents.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-NatiOnal
Democratic Convention, July 4.
One fare for the round trip.
Tickets good going July /, 2 and
8, limited for return leaving
Kansas City to and including
July 8.
FOURTH OF July. = Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at the
rate of one fare and one-third
for the round trip to and from all
points east of the Ohio River
within radius of 200 miles (but
not to and from the stations east
of Baltimore) for all trains OF
July 2, 3 and 4, good returning
until July ), inclusive.
june % At.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
REDUCED RATES TO CHI.
CAGO.
Via Pennsylvania Railroad for
the National Prohibition
Convention, June 27-28.

For the benefit of all persons
wishing to be in Chicago during
the National Prohibition Conven.
ton, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will sell round trip
tickets to Chicago at rate of one
fare for the round trip. Tickets
to be sold and good going June
20 and 26, and returning, after
proper validiation by the joint
agent of the terminal lines at
Chicago, leaving Chicago, to June
%, inclusive. A fee of twenty.
five cents for each ticket will be
collected by the joint agent when
tickets are validated for return
passage.
June 10 2-t.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Orphans Court.

win Of Mary Jackson, deceas
ed, admitted to probate
Inventories of personal prop
erty, stocks and bonds Of James
NJ. Delaplaine, deceased, filed.
Will of Elizabeth Keller, de.
ceased, filed.
VIII of John l. Jamison, de-
ceased, filed.
Letters of administration c. t.
a., on estate of Mary jackson
deceased. granted to Clayton o.
Keedy, administrator, c. t. a.
Report of sales of real estate
and personal property of Susan
NJ. Thomas, deceased, filed.
Inventories of real estate and
debts due Catharine Snait, de.
ceased, filed.
VIII Of Samuel NJ thinner
man, deceased, flied.
Report Of sales of personal
property of j. Harry Artzberger,
deceased. filed.
First and final account OF
Jacob Hoover, administrator OF
j. Harry Artzberger, deceased,
filed.
Inventories of personal prop
erty and real estate of Mary L.
Cox, deceased, filed.
viii of Phoebe EeiSer, deceaS-
ed, filed.
Will of Sidney Ann Saylor,
deceased, admitted to probate.
Letters testamentary on estate
Of Sidney Ann Saylor. deceased,
granted to George W. CARRIER, ex
ecutor.
First and final account ofJacob
G. Shaft and Clayton o. Keedy,
executors of Catharine Shaft, de-
ceased, filed.
Letters of administration on
estate of Mary A. Layman, de
ceased, granted to Laura f. Nor.
gan, administrative.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Sale Of a Farm.

Noah Il. Cramer, real estate
agent, sold for Mrs. Annie r..
Kaufman, wife of Mr.. Jesse ID.
Kaufman, tract Of land situat-
ed near Pearl, this county, con.
tanning 80 acres of land, for SO,
400.
He also closed the sale of the
house and lot of Thomas S.
Lipps, situated on the north side
of West Fifth street extended,
this city, to Mrs. Mary Il. Biggs
wife of James Biggs, for $3.50.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Advertised Letters.

The following is list of the
advertised letters remaining in
the Frederick City post-oflice.
To obtain any of these letters, the
applicants must call for Advertised
letters. If not called for within
two weeks they will be sent to the
dead letter office:
Gnntlemen'S LiSt.-P. S. Aus.
tin, DR.. Charles NJ. Brice, Joe
Beattie, John II. Glenn, i. l.. De
lashmutt, Melville Gittinger,
William Long, Vincent Morning
star, Peter {. Nelson. Mr.. Oster.
terman.
Ladies' List. - Miss Amelia
Davis, Mrs. Francis Howard,
Miss Virgie Wolfe.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Real Estate Transfers.

The following are the transfers
of real estate as recorded in the
Clerks Office since our last issue:
Charles II. Smith to Jesse p.
King, real estate in Frederick
county, $50.
Mary Il. Engle to Martha L.
Shafer, real estate in Frederick
county, S625
Improvement and Building AS
ISOLATION Of Frederick, to Bion
H. Bopst, real estate in Fred
erick county, $3.50.
Lewis NJ. Nixdorff, assignee,
to Mary Seaman, real estate in
Frederick county, S46l 30.
Joanna NJ. Stevens to John II.
Harm, real estate in Frederick
county, s. and premises.
VIM. Ii. Buxton to George c..
Peddicord, real estate in Fred.
erick county, Sl26.
Charles p. KilIain and wife to
John +. Davis and Rose l..
Davis, real estate in Frederick
county, 1925.
Sampson l.. Young and wife to
George w. BIandenburg, real
estate in Frederick county, ST.
600
The Frcdericktown Savings In.
stitution to John Baumgardner,
real estate in Frederick county,
81, 800.
George w. Sauerwein and
wife to Charles ID. Sauerwein,
real estate in Frederick county,
50. 1888
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Story off Slave.

To BE- bound hand and foot for year
by the chains of disease is the worst
form If slavery George ID. Williams,
of Manchester Mich, tells how such a
slave was made free He says: "My
wife has been SO helpless for five years
that she could not turn over in ted
alone. After using two bottles Of
Electric Bitters, she is wonderfully i'm
proved and able to do her own work. u
This supreme remedy for female dis
eases, quickly cures nervousness.
melancholy, headache, backache, faint
ing aud dizzy spells. This miracle
working medicine is a godseud to
weak, sickly, rundown people.
Every bottle guaranteed. Only so
cents. Sold by A. l.. Pearre, Druggist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Prevented q Tragedy.

Timely information given Mrs. Geo.
Long, of New Straitsville, Ohio, pre-.
vented dreadful tragedy and saved
two lives. a frightful cough had long
kept her awake every night. She bad
tried many remedies and doctors, but
steadily grew worse until urged to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery. One bottle
wholly cured her and she writes this
marvellous medicine also cured Mr..
Long of severe attack of Pneumonia.
Such cures are positive proof of the
maichless merit of this grand remedy
for curing all throat, chest and lung
troubles. Only SOC and Sl0O. Every
bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles free at
A. l.. Pearre's drug store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
have been issued at the Clerks
Office since our last issue:
George w. Fisher and Rosa
McCutchen, both of Point of
Rocks, Md.
Robert Henry Stebbin and
Minnie May Bowers, both of
Baltimore, Md.
Charles S. Mort and Cordelia
A. Houck, both of Lewistown,
Nd.
VIM. Fl. Moore, of Rocky
Springs, and Annie G. l. Glad
hill, Of Harmony, this county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22

be, should like to send him nv
greetings, and confess to him that nv
art has never since brought me so
sweet a recompense, and nothing a
thousandth part so much like fame. as
that cutlery of his over the hotel reg.
lister in Montreal. "-Ainslee's Maya.
zina
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
ROcky SDrIn"S,
June is, 1900.

The inclement weather of Sun.
day last interfered with the SER
vices at our churches, on account
OF which the Children'S Day ser
vices were postponed until the
24th.
We are sorry to say that there
is no change for the better in the
condition of Mrs. Burger, who
has been ill for quite a while.
The Rev. I. b. Tyler, of Ka-
siesville, Pa, filled the pulpit at
"Mill Haven Bethel on Sunday.
evening, June 18th.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Bismarck Iron Nerve
june 10 At.

was the resultof his splendid health.
Indonitable will and tremendous en-
ergy are not found where Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of
order. Ifyou want these qualities and
the success they bring, use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They develop every
power of brain and body. Only Is
cents at A. l.. Pearre's Drug Store.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
DR.. VIM. G. Boteler.

Practice limited to diseases of the
Eye, Ear and Throat. Spectacles adj.
justed for all forms of defective sight
Spectacle examinations free. Office. Is
North Market street; residence east
city limits, Frederick, Md. Office
hours 8 A. NJ. to p. NJ. except sun.
day ex-lan. 27-I9Ol, 1yr.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
Yellow Springs.
June 10, 1900.


MIR. Chas. w. Staley has re-
Gently purchased a part of the
Kaufman property, being the
dwelling house, stable and other
outbuildings, with less than an
acre of ground, for $40.
There was no festival at Burk-
harris Hall on last Saturday even
ing, owing to the inclemency of
the weather, but it will be held
on next Saturday evening, the
23rd.
Mr.. Geo. +. McLane raised his
new barn today, Tuesday, the
10Th. Mr.. w. II. Cannon is do
ing the work.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
It Saved His Leg.

j. A. Danforth, of LaGrange, Ga,
suffered intensely for six months with
frightful running sore on his leg, but
writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured ii in ten days. For Vi.
GERS, Wounds, Burns, Boils, Pain or
Piles it is the est salve in the world
Cure guaranteed. Only 25c. Sold by
A. l.. Pearre, druggist.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
OBITUARY.
Some of Those Who Have
Fallen Before the Silent
Reaper.
SPINDLER.

SPINDLER.
Mr.. Peter a. Spindler, aged
about 30 years, died June 10 at
his home in Emmitsburg. He is
survived by widow
SHEETS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sheets. widow
of the late VIM. Sheets, died on
Monday morning last, at 10
o'clock, of bronchial trouble, at
4S East South street, aged II
years
SHAFT.
Mrs. Sarah Ann Shaft died at
the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. Ricketts,, near Jefferson.
this county, on the 9th inst, of
general paralysis, aged 81 years.
She is survived by two daughters.
HEAD.
Mrs. Mary +. Head. daughter
of the late Cecelius Head, died
on the 18th inst, at the Home for
the Aged, of general debility,
aged So years, 8 months and n
days. Miss Head was a life long
resident of this city, and has
been an inmate Of the home for
several years.
ROUTZAHN.
Mrs. Mary Ann Routzahn.
widow of the late Eli Routzahn,
died on the 10th inst, at her
residence in Middletown, this
county. She was most eStima-
bic lady, and was a con siStent
member Of Christ Reformed
Church of Middletown, for more
than seventy years. She was
married to Eli ROutzahn, on
March 5, 1864. She is survived
by three SonS-Simon, Michael
and John H., and two daughters
Sarah j. and Frances.
ID 1 EMS
David Martin Byers, a Fred.
erick Division railroad repair
hand, died tuesday morning,
June II, aged 80 years, Ii
months and Is days. Mr.. Byers
contracted typhoid fever while
engaged at the erection Of the
new bridge over the Monocacy on
the Frederick Division Of the
p. II. h. Although ill, he re
fused to quit work until totally
unable to work any longer. lie
is survived by a wife and six chill
dren, the eldest of whom is not
more than II years of age.
FoUT.
Mrs. Charity 4. b. Fout, wild
ow of the late Michael VIM. Fout,
died at her residence, East Sec
ond street, Sunday afternoon last,
at 4 o'clock, of heart failure,
aged 10 years. Mrs. Fout suf-
fered a stroke Of paralysis few
months ago and since that time
has been gradually failing. She
is survived by three daughters
and two sons-Mrs. Ella NJ.
Weagley, Misses Annie and Cora
Lee Fout, of Frederick; and Mr..
Henry M. Fout, of Fargo, South
Dakota. and Mr.. Marshall Fout,
of Frederick. She is also sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. ORR
son, of BurkittSyille.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
FREDERICK CITY MARKETS.
A Weekly Price List of Articles
OF Commerce, Revised and Cor
rec.ed lust Before Going
TO Press.
WHEAT FLOUR. CORN, RYE. &C.

This schedule Of prices revised and
corrected each week by Mr. j, :. w.
J,fbac.
Miss Yellott, of Baltimore, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Jose Ii ID.
Baker.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22

The "Citizen" uses Printers
Ink to the best advantage for
both subscribers and advertis-
ers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Something About the Current
Events Transpiring in the
Surrounding Agricul-
tural Districts.

Correspondents will have their reports IN
our hands not later than Wednesday morn.
ing 10 insure publication. We would prefer
receiving same on Tuesday.
Correspondence solicited from all parts of
the county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
|'THE MODEL. "
TELEPHONE CALL. IS
MONDAYS TELEGRAM TO THE MEN.
TELEPHONE CALL. IS

new shirt to offer you to-day be winning Solid
Oxbood and French Blue, peated in metropolitan fashion
and finished in hghca of workmanship Price only 1925
Quantity limited and will be depleted Don't miss
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
SUSPEEDERS S.

Stop pass south window and take peep the
open work cool summer Suspender; other piece of
you can buy that will add much your comfort Price
only 5Oc The finish and attachments latest
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAIL.
ROAD.

Excursions to Atlantic City,
Cape May, Sea Isle City and
Ocean City, N. j, Ocean
City, Md, and Rehoboth
Beach, Del, at Very Low
Rates, Thursdays, June %,
July IL and 20, August g
and %.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22

The Baltimore & Ohio r. r.
has arranged a series of Popular
SeashOre Excursions, to be run
on Thursdays, June %, July ~
and 26, August 8 and %, to At
lantic City, Cape May, Sea Isle
City and Ocean City, n. j.,
Ocean City, Marylad, and Reho-
both Beach, Del, Tickets will
be good sixteen 16) days, includ
ing date of sale.
Stop-oveTs will be allowed on
the return trip at Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington on
tickets sold to New Jersey resorts.
and at Baltimore and Washington
on tickets sold to Ocean City, Md,
and RehobOth Beach. Del.
For tickets. time of trains,
sleeping and parlor car accommo
dations, call on or address nearest
ticket agent Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad for full information.
june 22-aug. II.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22


an re haste, less speed, " and "hssten
slowly are proverbs born of exper-
lie ce that some things can't lie hurried
without IS and waste That is speci-
ally true of eating. The railway Lunch
habit, Five minutes for refreshments
is a habit most disastrous to the health.
You may hurry your eatiug. You
can't hurry your digestion, and the ne
glect TO allow proper time for this inn
ponant function is the ginning If
sorrows to many busy man. When
tie tongue is foul, the headaches, when
the are sour or bitter risings undue
fulness after eating, hot flushes, irri-
liability, nervousness, irresolution, cold
extremities. and other annoying symp-
toms, be sure the stomach and organs
ofdlgestlon and nutrition have "broken
down" Nothing will ie-establish
them in active healthy operation so
quickly as DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery. 1t streng hens the
stomach, naurishes the nerves, purifies
the blood and builds up the body. 1t
is strictly Temperance medicine, con-
tanning no alcohol or other intoxicant.
Given away. DIR. Pierce's great
work, The Peoples Common Sense
Medical Adviser, is sent free on recent
OF stamps to pay expense of mailing
only. Send q one-cent stamps for the
paper covered book, or 81 stamps for
cloth binding, to Dr. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22


Thurmont, and Miss Jessie
Sweeney, O. Catoctin Furnace,
were married at the home of the
bride, on Sunday evening, June
10.
PRESSON-GRIFFITH.
Miss Mary G. Griffith, daugh-
ter of Mr.. Charles II. Griffith, of
LaytonSville, Md, was married to
Mr.. Victor NJ. PreSson, of Ca
louisville, Baltimore County.
Thursday evening, the 14th inst,
in st. Bartholomew Protestant
Episcopal Chuoch, near Laytons
vile, by the Rev. Peter Boyden.
MYERs-RoUZER.
a wedding of unusal interest
took place in the St. James Lu-
theran Church, Union Bridge,
Thursday afternoon, the 14th
inst, at o'clock. Mrs. L. Jane
Rouzer, nee Englar, Of Linwood,
was united in marriage to Mr.
Robert Lee Myers, a we'll known
young man of New Windsor.
Tue ceremony was performed by
the Rev. EnderS, Jr.
DECHANT-BANTZ.
Invitations have been issued
in Kansas CITY. Mo-, for the
marriage of Miss Daisy Bantz,
daughter of the late William S.
Bantz, Of this city, and Mr..
Charles +. Dechant, of Trenton,
New Jersey, IA marriage which
means the loss" says the Kansas
City J0WAai; ''to large circle
OF friends Of one of the most
charming Of the East Side >ocie
ty maids" The wedding will be
a home affair, celebrated ON
Wednesday, June IS, at 6o'clock,
at 6U1 Munford Court. The brides
brother, Mr.. j. {. Letter will
give her away, and the only at
tendauts will be the maid Of
honor, Miss Fannie Noise, and
flower girl, little Mary Lapp
The bride and groom will spend
the summer at ASbury Park, \.
j., and will be at home after
September 10 at Collegeville,
Pa, where Mr. Dechant has ac-
cepted the presidency Of Ursinus
College.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-06-22
THE NUPTTAL KNOT.
Some Happy Couples Who
Have Linked Their Lives
Together For Better or
Worse
HAHN-SWEENEY.

Mr. Howard Ii. Hahn, of
Thurmont, and Miss Jessie
Sweeney, OF Catoctin Furnace,
were married at the home of the
bride, on Sunday evening, June
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-23

dot insec. "If somepody had told me
you vhas sooch man, | don't pellet
it! Half you got no heart in your poby?
Can you sit here und see coekroaca
die by inches?"
don't say nottings, und dot man
walks around und groans und swears
und says:
ITO think dot we hat among us a
man mitout any feeling of mercy in
his soul. Why, cobbler, pellet you
would coax some leetle shildren in here
und bake EN- in der oven und eat EN-
up! Take dot cockroach off do paper,
or you shall be in shall in ten min
utes!
took dot insect off und wash his
feet und let him go, und policemans
comes In NIT his club und shouts:
Who vhas killing somepody in here?
Where vhas dot murderer"
Id vhas only a cockroach,' l says.
Only cockroach Don't you know
dot a cockroach vhas next to human
being und dot If you kill one der law
will make you shump? Where vhas
he?"
lie goes in crac- and gets away"
Well, dot vhas goot for you, my
frendt! Now let me spoke to you. I
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-23

hat my eye on you for two months
You vhas a bad, wicked man mitout a
heart, und if you don't look oudt a lee
tie you shall be in shall for life!'
When he vhas gone, I took down all
der signs und locked der door und goes
down to see dot butcher.
''Vhell, Hans, how she vhas?" he
says.
She vhas bad"
But don't you >shoke nit uer 4peo-
ples?" jeit y1l91d ss hio2
Il do, but der peoples don't shoke
NIT me. l hat to take all my signs
down und let dot bug go. or | vhas in
shall. You said she would be all right,
but he vhas all wrong. How can you
make it oudt?"
"It vhas queer" he says as he saws
up some bones, ''but maybe vhash mis-
token. guess dot vhas itshd guess
dot it vhas der deeference between a
butcher shop und a cobbler shop, und
maybe you don't do no more Smoking
nit a cockroach."
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-09-23
POSTUM POLITICS.
The Postum Party Meets MP With
Further Surprises and Disasters.

The Possum Party Meets MP With
Further Surprises and Disasters.
Copyright. 1890. by c. b. Lewis.)
The announcement that the Hon.
Clingstone Davis, of Georgia, Colonel
Upset Jones, of South Carolina, and
Judge O. K. Howker. of Maryland, were
to speak at the Paradise hall drew out
tremendous but rather suspicious
crowd of PoSsumiteS. That seltisn
men, intent on gaining their own ends.
had joined the party and were seeking
to run it everybody knew. Tnat AT
least six men wanted to be nominated
president ON the colored mans ticket
was common knowledge, and it was
further whispered about that a plot
had been concocted to assassinaJe
Brother Gardner and sell the party OUT
right to the Republicans or Democrats
for SIS in cash and a load OF watermel-
ons. Only the members of the Lime
kiln Club could be counted on to re-
main loyal and stick to first principles,
and they showed up with razors In
their pockets and determination In
their faces. That Brother Gardner nad
been worried and cast down by the
plots and plans and reflections was
known to scores, and yet his face wore
a smile and his demeanor was placid
as he appeared on the platform and In
troduced the Hon. Clingstone Davis,
who was the first speaker. The hon
orable was chunky, sawed-of man
with liberal supply of feet and cheek,
and his voice had a rattle to 1t like
nails in tin pan as he bowed and be-
gan:
MY fr'ens, had begun to despair
had bout abandoned all hope of de
Guild man cher gittin his political
rights-when / heard bout de organic
ashun of dis Possum party. | fastened
to jine it, as yo' all know, and | has
been putin my shoulder to de wheel de
best | knowed how. (Faint applause.)
1t am useless for me to go back to de
diskiyery of America or to talk to yo
bout de pilgrims landin. What 20
wants to know is what de Possumites
am gwine to do. eyes, yes!") We sot
out to stand by ourselves. We wanted