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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

Toxic. Feb. /. = Oyama, reporting
yesterday, says the Russians bonn.
barded his center and right wing on
Monday and sent small bodies of in.
fantry to attack the Japanese outposts
where they were repulsed. Heavy
Russian guns also flercely shelled Pi
yentai and Chenchiehpao.
Tuesday the Russians bombarded
Chenchiephao, Lapati and Litajentan,
and two companies, of infantry at.
tackled Chenchiehpao but the Japan.
ese repulsed them.
Brave Attacks Unsuccessful,
Monday. two companies Of Russian
infantry unsuccessfully attacked Vat.
zupao, two miles northwest of Chen.
chiehpao and two battalions Of Rus.
sian infantry and a regiment of cav.
airy failed in attack on Tutaitzu
Oyama characterizes General Mist.
chenko's attack upon the Japanese
flank as brave.
Austrian Steamer Captured.
TOXIC, Feb. 1.-The Austrian steamer
Siam, bound for Vladivostok with
coal, was seized yesterday by the jap
anese.
Togo to Resume Duties. I;
Admiral Togo returns to his flag
ship sbruary -. q he immediate naval
plans have not been disclosed.
Mlkado Thanks Troops.
The emperor has issued a rescript
to Field Marshal Oyama's army, thank
ing the troops for defeating a superior
Russian force in the recent battle.
Oyama responding says the men
fought desperately and in intensely
cold weather.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
ILLINOIS LEGISLATORS
ANGERED BY GRAFT CHARGE.
TWENTY PEOPLE INQUIRED.
Train and Street Car Collide at Fort
Worth With Serious Results.

1850 ss.As*sss ss.+ss !
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. I. -
Twenty persons were Injured, two :
seriously, In a collision between a :
freight train on the ST. Louis & :
: San Francisco railroad and =
street car at the stockyards cross :
ling here during a fog early to- =
= day. :
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
PRINCE WILL RECOVER.

Eiter Friedrich Has Passed Crisis In
His Illness.
Potsdam, Feb. 1. Prince Eitel
Friedrich has passed the doubtful
period in his disease and is now on the
way toward recovery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
CONGRESSMAN ILL.

Representative Marsh Of Illinois Suf.
fering From Pneumonia.
Washington, Feb. 1.-Representa-
tive Marshal, of Illinois, is very ill of
pneumonia, and his family has been
sent for.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
GOVERNOR cUMMINs is Ill.
Recent Cold Is Threatening to Develop
Into Pneumonia.

Des Moines, Feb. 1.-Gov. A. B..
Cummins is seriously ill here from a
cold which threatens to develop into
pneumonia. He has been forced to
cancel his speaking dates at Fort
Dodge and Usage, and unless he soon
recuperates he will cancel the date to
speak before the Chicago Merchants
club.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
REPORT is FAVORABLE.
Bill Requiring Reports by Corporations
Doing interstate Business.

DOING Interstate Buslness.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-The
house committee on judiciary today au.
thorized favorable report on the bill
requiring all corporations engaged in
Interstate commerce-to make annual
reports to the commissioner of corpo-
rations of the department of COM.
merce and labor The bill was amend.
ed exempting common carriers from
its operation as railroads are required
to report to the interstate commerce
commission.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
PENSIONS FOR employees.

vandaIia Railroad Settles Annuity
Upon Aged Servants.
Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. /. - Every
many in the employ of the Vandalia
railroad who has reached the age of
70 years was retired on life pension
today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
DEATH MARS TOURNAMENT.
Mother Of Amateur Billiard Champion
j. r. Hoggenburg, Dies, Suddenly.

Chicago. Feb. l. Owing to the
death of his mother. ]. f. Hoggenburg
amateur champion today withdrew
from the national amateur billiard
tournament now in progress here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
CAR NICHOLAS TALKS TO
DEPUTATION OF WORKMEN'
o'sHEA FOUND GUILTY.
Chicago Attorney convictedsof Crime
Of Shooting and Killing Wife.

OF SHOOTING and Killing Wlfe.
&AAaA A+**& *@~sAA =
= Chicago, Feb. 1.--Attorney Victor =
: r. o'Shea, on trial charged with =
shooting and killing his wife, Amy =
y Hogenson o'Shea, was today con-
victe6 of mansIaughter. The YER
dict carries imprisonment Of from y
= one year to life. This was his sec
ond trial on the charge.
X .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
SYNDICATE BUYS ROAD.
Four Men Now Control the Chicago
City Railway.

Chicago, Ill, Feb 1.-The actual
control Of the Chicago City Railway
company was transferred to the Ger
gan-Field Mitchell Valentine syndicate
today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
HOCK WIVES
MULTIPLY
FOUR NEW VICTIMS FOUND TO.
DAY, BRINGING TOTAL TO
TWENTY-NINE.
I MODERN "BLUEBEARD"
Johann Hoch Is Guilty Of Charges Now
Made Against Hlm-Hls Case is One
Of Most Remarkable Ever Known
Women Tell Of Marriages.

Chicago, Feb. '1.-Indictments
charging bigamy, were voted
against Johann Hoch by the grand
jury of Cook county, Illinois, to-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
oYAMA REPORTS THAT BRAVE.
ATTACKS BY sLAvs WERE
UNAvAILlNG.
SAN D EPAs is BURNED.
kuropatkln Says His Forces Fired
Town on Monday-Japanese Capture
Austrian Steamer slam-Toso VIII
Resume Duties February 8.

Mukden, Jan. 31.-(DeIayed.)-
cannonading on the center and
right commenced again today. The
Russian. army has reoccupied Its
old positions, having returned
from Sanchlapu (Sandepas.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

ST. Petersburg, Feb. 1.--General
skuropatkln, teIegraphlng Monday
says Sandepas was that day set on
/ fire by the Russian artillery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

The new powers do not control the
stock or securities of the Lake Shore
or the Michigan Central lines. but the
interests of those lines and the New
York Central are so closely allied that
those conversant with railroad condi-
tions consider that the status of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

CONTINUED on page 5.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02

Springfield, ILL.,, Feb. 1. BY unai,i.
nous vote the house Of representatives
this morning adopted a resolution
providing for a committee OF seven to
investigate the charges Of corruption
and underhand practices made by Rep
resentatiye Comerford Of Chicago
against members Of the legislature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
Legislators Are Armed.

Many OF the members Of the legis.
lature are walking about armed.
Threats have been made against Com
erford. who acknowledges that he has
q revolver in his pocket to defend
himself in an emergency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
comerford Must Testify.

The investigating committee is EN-.
powered to bring Representative, Com,
erford and cause him to testify as to-
what he knows Of the alleged whole.
sale corruption "
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
Says Privileges Are Auctioned.

Comerford's charges which. were
made in an address before the stud
ents OF law school in Chicago, al
legged that "the Illinois legislature Is I:
great public auction where special
privileges are sold to the highest cor-.
porations as bidders. and that with.
out respect to party affiliations graft
ers' seem to be in the Majority
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-02-02
Newspaper Reporter Attacked, !

One assault has alreday been -ac-
corded as a consequences Of the Conner.
ford charges. james Burdette, res
porter for a. Chicago. paper was
knocked down just outside the en-
trance to the Leland hotel by alleged
friends Of one Of the accused men,-
bers and was roughly handled His
assailants escaped s
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

co-Ducr's juny at Reno is investi
eating the death Of Thomas Mason, a
victim "l the wreck last week at IIarney
sidInp. From the evidence adduced up
to the adjournment Saturday, the
Journal says. 1t appears that the wreck
WAS primarily the result Of collision
between the locomotives Of freight
trains. One locomotive ran into the
pilot oi the other while trying to clear
tile siding. THIS caused the delay in
trallic which resulted the i'll the collision
between the passenger trains.
The journal says that the most i'm.
pur,ant testimony adiuccd was that OF
IS. Der:hcriigc, the iltgman who was
sent back from the second section to
i!as III" ,hirh section. Dcathcridge Ill
giving his testimony, seemed to fully re-
hlizo ;hc IosI;lou hc was placed in. but
told u straiLh;forward story, indeed he
Wis on" pf the most satisfactory witness
cXawincd 10y the jury.
II" stated .hat hen hi= tram stopped
hc SWING oil aud ran back To- flag the
third section. Nhcn ne had proceeded
half the distance rcquitcd by the rules,
hc r,CcIv we'd Il signal tn return To the
train. Upon reaching his tram again
hc wns told Toy the conductor to 20
back aud flag The third scctIon as the
recall signal had not been given. lie
started a second time tn place the tor.
pcJUc5 upon the track wheE he again
received the :-cnll signal and as he
reached the tram the third section
crashed into TIE rear 81 his tram.
IT, th" testimony Of &. ~. blackwell,
the head hrakrman of the sccUud Sec
tIOu. he stated that the engineer unde r
the rules had no right to whistle for the
return ot the tligmau, until he had
received orders from the conductor to
do 80. C"uiuC'"r TrOusiair testified
that tee dIi not tell the eng uccr to
rc'aIl tn" tIaymnn.
j !. Elsm- II Ktnass City and ".
* Ridge II GnldiirId both testified that
the trans ran dangcrou-ly close to.
Ecthrr all the way from Ogden. Mr..
Ridge stated III his testimony that it
WAS II matter Of comment among the
passengers and hat number cX
p5'ssrd apprehension that there might
TIE u wreck. Mr. Ridge stated that the
trains ran sn C'u,c Together ,hnt he was
able t0 20 ',"m one train to annthc r
when thew arrived at stations, water
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
Ello, Nevada. Friday, September 20, 1905.

cecdings for divorce may Le instituted.
In the case Of Anna G. Narcotic
aGalDst Harry Narcotic, the court
held that divorce suit may be brought
where the litignnts to the action last
lived together, or n: the place where
the defendant resides. Where the
iii vOrce is brought at the place where
the deterdent resides, ucre ssary it is
Tor the person seeking the divorce Ia
establish six months residence before
proceedings can he instituted.
The prevailing Impression has been
III this state that under all conditions
1t Is necessary Tor the llalntiIr To cs.
tabli>h "a residence, here. But under
Judge Curriers' decision IL the parties
have resided here for few dayf. and
this Is the last place where they have
lived together as man and wifi. suit
may be Instituted heCc. Proce dmgs
may also be brought at the place where
the defendant resides.
ln the case at ISSUE the r0ur; granted
alimouy Il so per month to the plain
hiT and allowed Mrs. Narcotic so as
attorneys fees and 80 costs.--JUurnal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

The late Bill Nye replied as fuIIows Ia
. correspondent who inquired about his
habits OF work R0d lie:
when the weather is such that ] can
not exercise i'll the open air | have a
heavy pair oi DUN mbbclls at my lJdgng-,
which use for holding the door open.
also belong to All athletic club and a
pair oi Indian clubs with red hnndlcs.
| owe much o! my robust health to
tbia.
Il do most oi ny writing in a sitting
posture or i'll an autograph album.
When | am not engaged III thought
am employed in recovering from it's
effects. am very genial aud pleasant
to be throw amongst.
Il dress extensively, but not so ms to
attract attention. Ia the morning |
wear morning drea', IN the evening |
wear evening dress and at night wear
night dress. --Dcnvcr Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
After AiHny Years.

For eight years Miss EdmOnisou did
not know that her brother had been
SLAIN "n the Nevada desert by John
liuncUck until shc read of the execution
u John Hancock Tor the killing Of
Eimonison and Engclkc.
Even then che wHs not sure TINT II was
her brother who was murdered nearly n
decade ago.
She wrote 10 Attorney-Gcncral
Sweeney this week and lsked for Il com.
pictc description OF the deceased.
The official replied nt once and ycitor
day received letter from the Ia dy, who
resides III Snn Francisco. nothing him
that tho description iallyed perfectly
with that OF her brother who mysterious.
Disappeared Ht tho time Of the murder.
Appeal.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

Yesterday Ihe News, in its haste to
keep the Mcrganthaler engaged, pub
lishcd a clipping regarding the wonder.
ful feat nt one r. :. Julian, a ticket
agent i'll the employ Of the Southern
Pacific Company and the hero OF the
wreck at BeO Hawe.
The heroic whom may Carnegie
medal bc awarded!-ac cOrding to his
own story, Ill which he admits his m
domitahle nerve. climbed to- the top Of a
telegraph pole. cnt ii high tension over.
land wire i'll two with lis pen knife,
descended Ia the ground with the ends
OF the wire hnd sent dispRt eli. without
an instrument, telling all about the
wreck and receiving a reply which he
giibly translated.
Tic News does not question the
vcracity Of the hero nor the gullability
OF his publisher. But this paper wonld
like to know how IN b!aZCs Julian could
take the wires 10 the ground and con-
meet them, as they were already
stretched rs taut as possible ut the pole
top.
lie may have sent the message. that
beng the easiest part nf tie task, but
how hc got reply over line that
carries all SORTS OF dispatches simultun-
ccusly. Is something I" puzzle WIS r
man than the writer.
Julian Is even something more than a
h"ro. lie Is damliar.-Cursou News.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

A slab from a royal palace in Nincv"h
on which had been carved an In~crIp.
tion, which covered about half oi il. and
the rude picture oi a king, recently
arrived iii the port Of New York. The
collector oi customs assessed the hlah NJ
"a manufacture OF limestone" subject 10
n duty OF 80 per cent nd vnlor"m. The
importer insisted TINT 1t was manu-
script, and not liable 10 duty. lh"
board OF general appraisers decided that
tho carving WIS manuscript. Another
department oi the government wuuld
be sure to ovcrrulc that decision
promptly il tho importer carried the
slab, four 10y five icct III siz". I" the Ncw
York postoilicc and asked ,o have il
scnt. say to Babylon. Long Island, at
manuscript rates. Tho postal officials
would deny the rcqmcst with scornful
celebrity.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
Charged with Granddaughter.

Tho coroners jury that investigated
the death Of Thomas L. Mason. u
victim ui the liarhey. wreck returned
vcrdic: Monday night placing the blame
!or the wreck on Engineer Bridgcman
OF the third section OF No >, on which
Mason was riding when injured. and on
llagman Dstheridgc who WAS supposed
to iiag the thiri section
Superintendent Shaughn,ssy Of the
Oregon Short Line swOre to complaints
before the verdict was rcudere /, char
ing Briigcman and DrthcrI!Go with
manslaugtcr. lBridgcman WAS arrested
at Bcowawc and taken to Eureka and
placed in jail to await his examination,
Dethcridgc had not been arrested at
latest accounts.
The Gazette says that all rn'road mcn
say that the charge aganh Drthc ridge
nni Iiridgcmau will not hold and llrAt
they will Ice cleared If they have to
stand trial. |, also says that II is stated
10y many that the company ha In the
men arrested on u criminal rntrgc to
throw the blame more un them than un
tho company. aud thus avoil damage
suits
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
Volume 40.
E-cHp.d From the Peni,eutIary.


John Read, Wushoe county convict,
81 apcd from the penitentiary sunday
afternoon, but his absence was not dis.
covered until dark.
Rrad- escape WIS bold ono and
made III broad daylight. After beng
liberated from the cells with the other
prI Onrrs he sneakcd around the corner
1T one 81 the buildings and rapidly
"t the structure which stood aginst the
prison wall. Carefully watching to see
that hls escape WAS not discovered be
crept on hls hands and knees over Il roof
t. a stairway leading ouisidc the prison
wG =. Win III he dcsce ndcd. Once in the
cp.,. he He'd across the fields, not guard
s",.ng hun as he struck for freedom.
Owing 20 the fact that the blood
hounds at the prison are sick. Indian
i.ailrrs frum the Carson Indian school
we, pa "n hls trnck. They found his
tral atout sundoSE Sunday and early
M"ulay morning were following him
t"aarI GIrnbrOok.
Read wHs convicted in Wahoc county
two y"ar@ ago or shooting a sick man
rIi'H. ~. II box car with hIm. Tho man
WAS h,I pl, - at the time and so weak
that h'. could scarcely stand. Judge
CuFl'r sent hun 10 the penitentiary for
thirteen years.
At last accounts Read was still at
h,rfy
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

y kunsas editor tried the experiment
OF telling the un;varni-hcd trurh in hia
jburnal for one week. lie didn't get
beyond The first day. This item app, ar
cd on Monday: ~Marrigi--Miss sylvia
Rhodes to james Cnrnahan, last Sunday
evening at the Baptist church. The
BRIDE Is IA very ordinary town girl, WHO
decent know any more than a rabbit
about cooking, and nc e. helped her
mother three days in her life. She is not
beauty by any means, and has gait
like rat duck. The bridegroom is an
up.to date loafcr, has been living or the
old folks all his life, and don't amount
I" ahucks, nohow. They will have a
hard life while they live together. ."
The editor is still i'll the hospital.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
Land Available Tn tho North Wsat. I.

In table compiled by Commissioner
Richards, of the General Land Office, il
Is shown thRt there are I2G, G,lGl .257 acres
o' vncnn, lands III the Northwcst---
Washington. Oregon, Idaho rnd Mon
innn and S2l ST.. .377 acres Of nnappro.
prihcd aud unrcscrvcd lnnds in the
country at large. Montnna has 80, i5t,
10 acres oi such unappropnRtcd lHnds,
OF which 1870. .023 acrca have bccn sur
v"ycd. Idaho hm tho next largest area
OF nnapproprintrd nnd unrcscrvci lands.
reaching W,GG9,G3G acroe. Of which
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

We oiTer One Hundred Dollars reward
Tor any case Of Catarrh that cannot he
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned. have known +.
j. Cheney for the last 10 years. and be-
hcvc him perfectly honorable i'll all bus.
mess transactions, and financially able
To carry out aHy obligations made by his
firm. WALBISG. KISSAH & NAEvIS.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, y
Halle Catarrh Cure ~ taken intern.
Lily. acting directly uron the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system. Tcsti-
mOnials scut free. Price. T5c per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Take Halle Family Pills for constipation
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
A LaIatiye Cough Svrnn-

"A cold or cough nearly always produces
constipation-th the water all runs To the
eyes, nose and throat instead OF passing
out OF the system through the liver and
kidneys. For the wan, u moisture the
bOwels become dry and hard Kcnucdy's
Laxative Honey and Tar is III" Original
Laxative COugh Syrup. 1t meets and
cOrrects the above conditions nv acting
IN pleasant cathartic on the bowels
cNpels all colds from the -ls:"m and cures
all coughs. crour, whooping cough. La
Grippe, bronchitis etc. Sold 10y Elko
Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
Always Successful.

When indigestion becomes chronic il il
dangerous. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will
cure indigestion and all troubles result.
ing thercfrom, thus preventing Catarrh
of tho stomach, DIR. Ncwhrough, of Lea.
que, ". Va, says: 40 those SOLDERING
from indigestion or sour stomach !
would say there is no better remedy than
kodOl Dyspepsia Cure. ] have prcscrib
I'd it for number of my patients with
good surr"ssT kuIul Dysprpi, Cure
dlgcsts what Yen eat and makes the
st 1mach sweet. Sold by Elko Drug Co.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29

lo,SiS,Si9 acres have beca survcycd.
Oregon ranks third among the North
western States, with 2O,l7i,2Ji acres Of
vacant land, o: which li,527,2S9 acres
have been surveyed, giving I" Oregon
the grentest percentage Of surveyed
lands. Washington Is credited with
S,S62,"32 acres Of unappropriatcd lands,
OF which total 4,0O5 .!6i acres, or about
onc'hali, hnve been subjected to survey.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-09-29
DiNUrCc Mad" Isn-y.

M important ruling was made 10y
Judge B. T. turl"r Yesterday III over
ruling demurrer ~ II divorce case
which dcCidcR for the first time in this
stat" the conditions under which pro.
The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-12-21
nnGul.AR SNAP

YES" wmasked tlsa sounsfy merchant e ths nsws
paesf rspansa SAYS a. snrhAage = esralaly havs =
snap Ths wholesale houses ssnd ms duua and draw %
ms al sight, but Il ssna ba aa farmer he ul cems
10 swsafing and Qass tradlag at m4 stoss While am
hard pressed tos money. maay u az easowss ssn
ng cash in aisancs 70 mail erisr hcaseN II eontrib
uss monsy q ans eaasa people saY am eldding iog
trade. Il don't eantr,eate tisy aaS am boz Essry
day am expeessd % az ~ for cmeshlns tvom raiaa
ticket church fasa b psopls whe sAy oaghs to do
this bscauss sasg d pau q shsr trading here, bat
Noasgonssy Wara nsithsF buys aas sleEsss helpa
ts church und any vet tssy sss shn-sisanes Isl.
ne~ ana 4 wew % esrc0lAts . aat-csipsien paper
among the eltF whoesAie houses wtsFe trade uoald
SCI ths hors laugh prOpss II ssll pair oi panta /
mast treat tie family candy and cigars It oay oaa
Of potatoes must DO the sane thlng customsr she
able pas ans On to their monsy. whle pay ten
per cent a. ts hank get cash carry nv business
l tAse ofsn ot = blg baslneSs darng hard times and
poor crops With people who willing u trade with ne
providing duplicate cAiaogusouss prices and wat
until AFTER harvee' time Cor my mensy ~ scales weigh
too heavy ~heu sell sugar and too light vtsn buy
butter. an thief, Tar aad CRATER III smile /
am soft-soapy hypocrlie Il doa's, gumps And
then he ieansd $1,000 uoFh q book accounts an
good and wondered fow he could pay $50 sight dnft
due touorro~