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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
NilI Of ID, y.
Especial Disoarcn 10 I've Times.

(SPcc!ai 1tlSDalch ~ 80 iil''"''
NEW YORK. December l2-it IS
likely that the will OF Marcus Daiy
viii. be offered for probate within few
days William Scai!on who succeeded
NJ. Dalv as president of the Anaconda
Copper Mining Company, is now on his
way to Montana for the purpose OF filing
The Will
it has just become known that an office.
for the estate of Marcus Day mas been
established il this city, with John e
Labor, who was Mr.. Days private secre-
tary, in charge. On several occasions
Mr. Lalor has denied the report tAat
dissatisfaction existed among the bene-
ficiaries under the wi but the establish
men, OF an office 0 the estate IN this
city would seem to lend creGence TO the
report that the estate would be naacsd
here and not in Montana. "nere tAe NIL
lionaire's interests Were 50 large.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
WINTER TOURISTS RATES VIA
ATLANTIC COAST LINE

The Atlantic Coast Line announces the
sale Of Winter Tourist Tickets at re-
arcsG rates TO South Carolina. Georsis,
Flor do, Cuba and Nassau resorts. Tex
c;s On sale November j, 1860, 10 ADr.l y.
1901, sooa for return passage Until MAY
81. 1851. Service from Florida 70 Nassau
\, p. commences January 10, 1881 Iii,
Atlantic Coast LING offers Iulsl.c,asse
.-aci!it:as fer the tourist travel. The route
NJ The celebrated New York and t7io- da
Sr9cial'' and Florida and West Indian
] .,nl.,eil.' Quick line to Augusta. AIaco.I
znd Middle Georgia. Double daily sery r.
1:.l.cusii --.:ains. Through Pullman cars
i 81 :c.o:-:.ltion as to rates, tickets, s.eeJ
::s,g-car reservations, etc, apply to
..I.tIiMOND TRANSFER CO..
No. 903 East Main Street,
". STEELE. Travelling Agent.
Byrd-Street Station
Office of the Company.
No. SIS East Main Stree.
G. S. CAMPBELL,
Division Passenger ACCT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR
HOLIDAY RATES.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway offer
reduced rates for the Christmas and
New Year holidays to and from al points
on its line Superior train service Wit
Parlor and Pullman cars.
Round-trip tickets will be sold at o;e
and Il third fare. on December I'd, 81,
24th, 18th. .Gth, 3oth. 3ist and January
Isl. limited for return to January /, 1875.
The following special rates Authorized
Richmond to Norfolk. ........... SO. 50
Richmond to Old Point -................ 800
Richmond to Newport iNens.......... i.A
Richmond to Lynchburg... .......... go
TO the Faculty and students Of schools
and colleges, presenting certificates OF
principal. these holiday tickets VIII be
sold December 18th to list inclusive.
with limit OF January s. 1901.
Any Chesapeake and Ohio agent Will
give full information. or address JNO. d.
POTTS, A. G. p. ~. c. and O. !,y., Eich-
Tnond, Va.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
FOUI MURDEREOl
AFR SIX WEEKS
Body of,b Miller in the woods
ear Is Home' /
HIS W is SUSPECTED
.He VAST ,ah a Gun az o'''''
! Ranges Bov Was Badly .o'"
by Buzls-ts Wife Says QUO
Thou He Ed Deserted Her
s,, pispah to The Times-)

FARMyE, V. Dec. 12.-i"o s
tlemen " funtg near hioe 80
yesterdav.er noodiscovered the D0uy
of a negnan lyg in the woods an n "a,
vestigatj,hey fo,d that the , mat ,,sa
evidentlysn muered. The hu c;tize9.
fastened Rice al soon hao 10. ide1-
mon tbaDt wf1e the body was US,
titled ascob Mir, who lived eil'i ~, {
short dice fronvhere the CORPSE '"'
,EAD s. WEEKS.
The n had bo dead at least s o$
weeks ibis bodnas terribly iace ,, 81
nv shosom a. rzzle-loadins gun d
short re. The arge had passeo |
tirely tugh his hy. e,,a as
soc!atee suspect OF committln ,i,an ~
crime, .he had n reported MS ao s.,, :,
to the hor.ties. i'd they are KNOW Know o.
nave oreled iustefore he disap sIIn
TI15aHr sHEvAs DEsERIE1G,a =
She i c.rims g thought ne hao u
sertedr. -od mart
of ,hedy and bay torn the ctoti -
an envor to finn their meal. ~ w;
monwh's Attorn, Asa Watkins W.
ba.in stigationo-morroW
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
Servant Girls Union.

EW YORK, Decembc. 12.-MEs
| G. justin Bsala has stirred the
| IIed States Government to action on
n servan-girl problem. Mrs Eea!e
| rcntty organize ed servant-gI.is' union
! hs and wrote articles for the news
! nlcrs on the saoject OF the uses and
| Asses OF these toisrs. Sac quoted from
| !. own experience, stating thai size had
| we'd out For SIX years, that she might
tier understand the problem. MS.
eaIe is a scntlewoman. Her work
| ttracted the attention of Miss Gali
;,areblin. who has been appointed spe-
,ial member Of tie Industrial Commission
|, investigate the subject OF serving
women, the.r hours OF work, their wages,
,he.r housing and 50 forth, ana sna mas
asked for a statement OF experiences anCs
othtr facts il her possession, 50 tna |
tie matter may be laid before the author
tiles a; Washington and remedial !esls-
l1tiou enacted.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
DERAL lfERfE FERENCE.
,,o,;,Tnnt the Utrict Attorney Has
Dr;n, Il II A.:a5.tWinston C't'z'"S
rSpecial Dispa, to The Ilrhes.)

vsToS-sALE. \. G., Dec "a
sned to The seineI this afternoon
frn,ss.irarlotte saysIt is the general mn, I'M.
ICON here that. bill of indictment
chaing Winston dZens with WORRIES
1helection law habeen drawn py Dc
yri Attornef Holt and is now "i ~
cnideration by Il grand JURY. me
Gfrict attorney waasled this Afternoon
sly,ttbsr confirm oreny, but his answer
"; purely an eyase one.
continent Democtic politicians at
ding Grhe FedcraUourt are watching
cgsIv for this spial Indictment and
s51lld it come fpnIhe grand jury room,
;,onan court. INnsin may rest assured
+,4 SAT. will No lax defenders.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
TAX NOTICE.
~- ~~~-~~~7~>~
Ofice Collector of City Taxes,


Office Collector of City Taxes s,,
Room I, first floor, City Han noo
Richmond, Va, Dec; / 1N" c,r
ny 99 .iST OF CITY TAXES, REA - Es-
TsTE AND Personal, for l9Ul, IS
Now DUE AND PAYABLE at eiliS
oT EVERY male twenty-2ns -; fears hg,,o OF
900 and EVERY person keeping houS5
as ioin. business III the city Is assessed
eor personal taxes Those VINO nave Loi
,ot Pa anv city taxes during the year VII u
,iaase call and settle. so as TO asoti
Painer rosted as delinquentS.
p1.Ip,A DING. PAVING, PIPE AM
SEWER CONNECTION BILLS are also
1ne and viii have to be declared deahe
n n,ent if not paid on or before END Oh
ye TivE PER CENT. viii be added 1t to
last half ii not paid on or before DE-
ef fntarest at SIX PER CENT. also at It,
+oches to all bills as soon as reported
delinquent oa,,sa n the
above as under an ordinance passed os
the CITY Council there can be TO ssoiu-
arce of the penalty .epN
Office open from a: n TO +. NJ
FRANK w. CUNNINGHAM.
collector of City Taxes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13

Rev ". l.. O. Thomas. pastor of the
Baptist church at Waynesboro. Va, was
in The city yesterday, en- route for Peters
burg, where he goes to attend the ses
sion of the Sunday-Schoo, and Bible Board
which meets there to-day.
Special services Will be held every night
this week at the \. l.. West Mission,
Brook Avenue and Baker Street led by
Rev MI Wiley. All are welcome.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
CHURCH NEWS.
First PubIicat:on OF Bible Society
New organ ut Grace Street.

n y
New organ ut Grace Street.
The first publication of the Bible So
c:ety of Virgini, has just made its APP
pearance in the Gos-el of st. John, sell
ing at one and one-half cents per copy
This i, cute an event in the history CT
the Society ana is Indicative of is Sue
cessfui and charging work II Virginia
and the increased demand FOR the Scrip
lures. The pub.!cat- ons have heretofore
been made by the American Society.
should the demand justly this course,
other books OF the Bib.e VII be is:sGca oy
the Virginia Society.
The new organ of the Grace-street oaP-
list church is now in place and is beau-
ty. This organ is really the sat OF the
Ladies Sewing Circle of the church. tn;it
society creating and donating the entire
fund for the purchase.
The organ was tested OF Tuesday by
Profs. Watson and Nc Geehee, and 1t is
underSt ood that both OF these gentlemen
spoke in the highest terms of it qualities.
AT the church meeting on Monday night
the Building Committee recommended to
the church to have the dedicatory SER
vices on the iifst Sunday in the new year.
1t is also understood that Dr.. ". W.
Lan6rtI,n, of Atlanta, will be the guest
of the church on this occasion and preach
the sermon.
Quickly following the dedication revival
services will be held in the church, in
which Dr. Hatcher will have the ASS
lance of Rev. DIR. j. L. Write, ef Macon
Ga.
The Mern1ons will hold a conference in
the Monticello Hall. between Sixth and
Seventh. on Broad Street. Sunday, De
cenbec 10th. There will be services from
10 TO i3 NJ. ard to 2. Al. Ben. L.
Rich. Apostle Cowley and other leading
speakers are expected.
The Boys Bureau of Church Esill. so
long carried on by AR. S. Whybrew.
has been revived by MessI's. Marvin, Tay-.
lor and Robert Winfree. and Will open
Januar. list at the Young PEOPLES In
stitute.
The second of a series Of lectures on the
History Of the Episcopal Church. was
delivered last night at Monumental
Church by DR.. ". e. Evans.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
BANK BUTGLR SENTENCED.
&c pcclarraiis Irm Of P"n'shmen
Meas Dean in Prison.
fSnoci Dispatc to The Timcs.l

BRISTOL TENN Dec. 12.-Edward
7-;lson opof the link robbers who re-
80. attIpted toblow open the First
%.,rI3na, nix of Jnes5oro, Tenn, hay
;,So- --s1Inrned his ase in the Circuit
ra,,,.+ a, nesboro. vas to-day sentenced
- eiaht Irs in epenitenttary
1T,on 1r.ng the Sentence Wilson, who
is not rong. phS-caliy, said: TINS
,,,o.,,,- ,th in prism
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13

candidate for the presidency of the Ma
tional League, whose National Board OF
vii! be nominated by Ned Hanlon, il
President Nick Young resigns the posi-
ton lie has he'd 50 long, Several i'm
portant cases will come before the Board
of Arbitration during this session. the
most prominent beng the question OF fin
ing. W.lbert Robinson. OF the st..Louis
Club $aGa Tor las saulting Umpire CARNEY
last summer All Washington Park.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
Mr.. TENANT HURT.
JIc Attempted TO Get OF Car While 1T
Was in Notion

Mr.. r. r. Tenant, Trkn is employed at
rhe Locomotive Works, was painfully
hurt neah Chimborazo lark yesterday
Afternoon. He jumped off a street car
while it was in motion. feli and injured
his left wrist, bruised his forehead ana
nose He was brought back to Second
and Brond Streets. The ambulance was
summoned and he was taken to the Aims
house. Drs. ellis and Fisher treated
Ri:rn. Mt. Tenant was later taken in a
buggy 10 his home On the Government
Road
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
LOST AND FOUND

0sT TUESDAY AFTERNOON, ON
BROAD Street near the Economy sho e.
store. or on Broad. THIRD. ,, ST@ee 80, y.
Grove Avenue. LADI'S URSE, con
1ainiur 50 in currency and some change Ii,
Several e,s, visiting cards and a small KODAK .a
nicture. Liberal reward il returned u
this Office. ==------
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
Dogs Funeral.
Dispatch to The Times,

NEW YORK, December l2:-The
swell subuCbanites ct Port ehester
are in a furry OF excitement over me
elaborate funeral given to Towser.a pet
black-and-tan dog. by Mr.. and MIS-. 1onn
". Merritt. Nj. Merritt, who Is 4 "eai.hs
retired New York business ihi1i' iiao
co1tln made expressly for his pet, a!so
a shroud and a silk pillow, Oh when
the dogs head rested. TIE coffin, "ov-
cred With rare flowers, was placed in a
carriage and taken ten miles ZOE oui iai
in private ground. Many neighhors Went
to the Merritt home to see the animal
as it lay in state
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
MEETINGS.

>-,y->---,>->->
STATED COMMUNICATION~ "a
If METRoPOL1TAN LODGE, "
No. II, A. F. and y. MASONs,
will be held at the Masonic rem
Nc corner of Broad ard Adams Streets,
THIS Thursday EVENING, December
18th. at o'clock Master Masons IN
good standing are invited to attend.
BY order of the Worshipful Master
s. B. JACOBS. Secretary.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
AUCTION sALEs-Fu.urs Day
NO. 6O8.

,+;on of a decree of the .Ci i,elt
In ex as Henrieo. entered the 1Sfh o.
Sssrs g i5o sas zsts sf
Vii ss! Sa ths -
M o?a1dek = *. the above-me I, fa1,r
T5s;a ss ztsasy
The lot has sin q hack westwardly between
saT ssSas to Be Be
s 81 r. 81 s.
r m9nfy or rs al cash option 9f S
cos'i = WILLoUGHBY .NE sGMoIunmissioner.
The bond required by the above decree
has ds1 5est' o' J. ., BRoADDus, -clerA: .
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
legal NOTICE
John Van Lew and others. Defendants
IN CHANCERY

John Van Lew ana OtEerS- defendants
IN CHANCERY.
r-o all Parties Interested:
Hv y decree pronounced i'll the above
nayned smit en- the lvth day of December.
1ylEy hy the Chancery Court OF Richmond
CITY it was adjudsed, ordered and decreed
that this cause be referred to one of the
comrissioners of this court, who is di-
rected to INQUIRE and report to the court
Z, What are the debts and de-
,cands against the estate of the said E, l..
Van Lew, deceased, to whom the same
are due, and the priorities among said
..E,,t before executing the third of the
above Injuries the said commissioner
shah give notice OF the time and place
Thereon BY publishing such notice once Il
week for four successive weeks in some
newspaper published in the city OF Rich
mond, which publication shall be equiva-
lent to personal servicelof such notice on
TAKE NOTICE that I shall proceed. at
nv office on the 10Th DAY OF JANU-
AIRY, 1901. at the hour Of II A NJ, to
execute said decree. when and where you
may attend ii you think proper to do so.
Very respectfully.
EUGENE C. MASSIE.
Commissioner
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY RATES
19OG-f901, VIA SOUTHERN t'E.

On account OF the above the Southern
Railway will sell tickets between points
on it's lines and connections east OF the
Mississippi and south Of the Potomac riv-
ers at rate OF one and one-thTd first
class fares for the round trip selling
dates December oad. o3d, 9th 9Th, S0th,
31st. January LIST. with return INIT jan
uary /, 1901. Tickets will also pc on sale
for students and teachers of shoots and
colleges December 10Th to 21s, with re-
turn limit January S, 1901, upon presen-
tation of certificates from Presidents or
principals of such institutions.
LOW RATES NORTH AID WEST
Before YOU travel North or West call
uno,, or address the undersigned for low
est rates MA York River Line and Balti-
mora AID Ohio Railroad tRoyal Blue Line).
Superb steamer service TO Baltimore, con-
meeting with the finest, fastest and safest
train in the world Leave Richmond dnily
fexcept Sunday from the Southern Rail-
way Depot at 4:S0 p. NJ
Apply to Richmond Transfer Company.
ene Ia st Main Street; or Arthur G. Lewis.
Southern Passenger Agent. Baltimore and
ohio Rai1roud. Norfolk, Va.
AT RERRY's
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13

Merchants National Bank.
Richmond. Va, Dec. u, 1000
THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEEIiS g.
of the Stockholders OF the Merchants
National Bank will be he!d at their
o ~ JNO. F. GLENN,
Cashier.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
LOW RATES NORTH AND YVES.

AT REiRY's
=forsvour gentlemen friends Xmas gifts.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-13
II H:::Et:s :~

for your gentlemen friends Mas gifts.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

trails was independence, Mo. He start
ed in business with little outfit of six
wagons and forty oxen, for it took six
oxen to draw one of the wagons. His
first trip was made to Santa Fe, and
the run of 500 miles and back was made
in ninety-two days. This was unprece-
dented at the time, and the fact that
Majors brought his oxen in as fat and
sleek as when they started out gave
him reputation among the traders.
Up to that time it had been conceded
that no man could manage yoke of
oxen without swearing. A teamster
was hired more on his reputation for
swearing and shooting than for driv-
ing. Col. Majors was religious man
and for a long time conscientious scru-
pies stood in the way of his going into
the freighting business. He would not
employ men who Swore, and be would
not haul freight on Sundays.
AS traffic increased it fell gradually
into the hands OF Majors overland
freight, and he took in two partners
and changed the name to Majors, Rus
sell & Waddell. They soon increased
their teaming outfit to 10000 oxen and
1000 wagons. dividing them into "out-
fits" or trains" moving out of indie
pendence, Mo-, on certain date, and
scheduled to reach Santa Fe or Salt
Lake or Denver, as the case might be,
on certain date. The organization of
a freight train for crossing the plains
consisted OF twenty-five wagons carry
ing from three to three and one-half
tons each. the merchandise being pro-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

Democrats in Congress should oppose
the Republican scheme 10 make the
Nicaragua canal means of weakening
instead OF Strengthening the power of
this country. BY binding the United
States not TO fortify the canal it be-
comes menace and not a protection.
The New York Journal puts the case
concisely and strongly when it says:
"A Nicaragua canal open to our war
ships and closed to those of our enc
mics would double our naval strength.
A Nicaragua canal that would let the
fleets of Europe through to attack
either coast of the United States at
their pleasure would double the
strength of our enemies"
AS matter of fact, the Republicans
wish to surrender all the strategic bene-
fits of the canal to the powers of
Europe and especially TO England If
Nicaragua is willing to give this coun-
try the right to construct the canal and
at the same time to fortify 1t, no Euro
pean nation has any right to interfere.
1t is enough for this country to grant
foreign powers the use of the canal in
times of peace. 1t is criminal folly to
spend millions of dollars to put this ma
ton in the power of great foreign ma
vies in times Of war. The canal should
be free to the ships of other nations for
all commercial purposes, but it should
be fortified and held inviolate for the
use of our own navy in times of war.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
70 be continued)
THE GIRL OF TO-DAY.
She Is No Longer ReIegated to the
Shelf After Thirty.

She Is No Longer ReIegated to the
Shelf After Thirty.
One of the most remarkable social
Developments of these latter days is
the evolution Of the mature heroine of
romance. Formerly this post was al
lotted to the young girl or the young
married woman. In those times, more
over, the adjective of youth would not
have been applied to the maiden who
had passed her twenty-ffth year, and
only in the spirit of the grossest fiat
terry to the matron who had seen her
three decades. 1t is typical of the age
that this explanatory note should be
necessary. Now the expression
young" is purely relative. The period
Of middle age has been entirely abol-
ished. Where almost everybody is
younger than somebody else, it Is only
the few who are proud of their ex-
IRENE antiquity who can be regarded
with any degree of certainty as old.
At 80 the girl of to-day no longer re-
tires on the shelf as a failure, to pass
the rest of her life in the humiliating
position of the maiden aunt who de-
votes herself to the children or re-
venges herself on the poor She is
merely preparing to start on a new
phase of life with n more definite plan
and clearer vision. Very often she
marries and begins afresh at 40. Some
times she has been known to be so
greatly daring as to enter on matri-
mony for the first time when she has
passed her fiftieth year. For the ma
tron the range is even more extended.
At 80 she is quite a young thing gay,
frivolous, skittish, to whom society
and Irritation are the chief objects in
life. Ten years more bring her to her
prime. 1t is the period o. fascination,
of adventure, of impulse. The woman
of 40 is capable of anything. She is
the object of the widest plans, the
center of the most daring romance
At 80 she is probably marrying for the
second time. Three-score will find he1
| approaching the altar for her third
wedding. and if she lives long enough
she may even reappear at later date
to bring her record up to four.-Lon
| don World.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
Ready with the Retort.

The following story is attributed to
Marshall p. Wilder: Some evenings
ago a man was seated in the corridor
of one of the large hotels smoking q
fragrant Havana cigar. On the lounge
next to him were seated a woman and
her daughter, the latter being imme-
diately next to the smoker. The draft
in the corridor blew the smoke from
the cigar across the younger woman's
face. to which, although it annoyed her
extremely, the smoker remained seem.
ingly either oblivious or else wholly
Indifferent. Finally, after several quite
audible remarks to her mother apropos
of the rudeness of men in general in
smoking in the presence of women.
which passed rapidly into somewhat
hectic comment on this smoker in par
ticular, the frayed string of her tenn
per broke, and, turning sayagely to the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27

that time became the virtual head OF
the overland freight, overland stage
line, and pony express. Up to that
period the fastest time ever made BY
news from the Missouri River to San
Francisco was twenty-one days, The
pony express curtailed this to ten days,
taking dispatches from the wire at st.
Joseph, Mo-, and carrying them the rest
of the way on horseback. The route
was divided into 100 stations, and 500
horses and $50 men were required for
the work. Eighty of these men acted
as riders. The riders were all old
plainsmen and scouts, brave aud dar-
ing, and the story of the pony express
is one of thrilling adventure. Two hun
dred and fifty miles a day was made
by the express. and none of the riders
carried an extra ounce of weight. The
horses were wiry mustangs used to the
trail, full OF endurance. and as sure
footed az mountain goats.
The work done by the pony express
was the marvel of the day and the
feats Of Craftsmanship then accom-
plished are still talked Of However, It
never paid running expenses and was
eventually sold.
For some years past Col. Majors had
been living quiet life, his time being
occupied in the writing of book of his
experiences. In many respects he was
wonderful man and history viii claim
him as most remarkable figure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
The Sac of HawyiIIe.

Improvements" quoth the sage of
Hawville, ''air mighty good things, yit
there's some I've run acrost at goes
ag'in my grain. There's my gal. When
she lived down on the farm here she
was willin' to go by the name of Sary.
Then she went to the district school an
afore long give us to understan' that
her name was Sarah. Then / sent her
to the city boardin' school an she
hadn't been there a month afore she
writ home an give us distinctly to I'M
derstan' that her name was Sara. The
next letter / writ told her that 1t
took some people a ALFRED long time
to find out their name, an that hoped
she'd finally settle on some partickler
one, SOS / 'ud know what one TO use
when / mentioned her in my viii. She
amt changed it sense, but we're ex-
pectin' another change on the next
mail. improvements air good things
in some respects, but as / said afore,
they is sartinly some that goes ag'in
my grain. indianapolis Sun.