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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-16
CIRCUIT COURT

The Circuit Court met again on Mon
day, after its second recess, with Asso-
ciate Judges Adkins and Hopper on
the Bench Zcitler VS. the liarford
County Telephone Company was set
for trial. but the counsel Of record here
was not able To appear. and the case
went over till Wednesday. The jurors
were discharged until Tuesday morn
ing. when. no cases being ready for
trial, they were again discharged until
Wednesday morning Judges Adkins
and Hopper ON Monday and Tuesday,
with the members ni the bar. arranged
the new list ni Jurors by districts TO be
drawn for successive terms ol Court
for two years to come. On WcdncS-
day morning Court took up State vs..
Cooper Grant. colorcd. oi Middlctown.
De-, charged with deadly assault, with
a revolver. uprn Richard Perkins and
Daniel Stout. both colored, at Poplar
Neck Camp in the First dis
trict, on October 10 last Tried before
the Court Constable for State; H. \.
Warburton Tor defendant The two
charges were tried Jointly Grant
claimed that Bessie Hill. colorcd, had
gotten his pistol ont oi his buggy and
that she and Stout were exchanging
shots when he ntcricrcd and took his
pistol away from the girl. Shots were
exchanged and Grant claimed 10 have
caught giancng one. which passed
through his trousers, drawers and coat
and raised knot ON his body. which
ne treated with linimcnt lie showed
the holes in his clothing. as also the
spot where the lump or knot had been
raised He said he did not know that
inc had been indicted while in Jail for
selling liquor in Kent county He
claimed that Stout had fired the first
shot. and Evan Holland a fellow prs.
oncr testified that Stout had told him
that he had fired first. Aitcr argu-
ment, which the State had been willing
90 iul,Ro. the Court iourd Grant guilty
IT common assault in both cases. His
counsel prepared TO enter a motion for
q new trial. and sentence was deferred.
Thomas l. KrausS and his wife. Mrs
Frcdcrica krausS. ui Woodlawu. plead
guilty To- indictments for selling liquor.
and sentence was suspended in each oi
the cases. after iull warning To- the
accused by his Honor Judge Adkins.
who said the offcnSc was less cNcuS.
able than larceny under sudden tcmpta
tion. but the Court declined to She
clemcncy in the case IN which krauss
had been convicted by jury. aud gave
him one year IN the House oi Corrcc
tion
Opo Thursday morning Zcitlcr vs.
Hartford County Telephone Com
was put OF trial before 4 Jury.
by agreement oi counsel. found
he plaintiff, who claimed $500. for
nm oi $500 The case was an old
removed from Hartford county
Archer for plaintiff, Preston aud
rn for defendant
raham Anderson. colorcd. was
need tu one year in the House oi
.ctiou for soliciting and rccciv-
orders for liquor in Elkton, and
per Grant, colorcd got eighteen
this ior common assault on Richard
EnS aud Danicd Stout, colorcd
tc vs. Harry Stewart. selling liquor
4 Stcttcd Court then adjourned ior
term
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Struck TqUo With One Shot

Townsend was stirred on Tuesday
evening over the shooting OF James
SammunS and his ncphcw's wife by
the formers wife. after she and her
husband had quarrclcd She got a re-
volver and fired through the panel of
the door OF her room ON the second
floor. which her husband was holding
to prevent her exit The nephcw'S wife
was standing in the doorway oi an
other room across the hallway. The
bullet fired by Mrs. Sammons passed
entirely through her husbands cheek
and struck his nephews wife on the
forearm. which was broken. Sammons
blcd freely and thought he was in
iurcd seriously The wounded woman
tainted, but soon revised The au,hori.
ties had not action at last
accounts.
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Peter Tones viii Filed

Under the will oi the late Peter
Tome, oi the Seventh district. made on
January =, 1908. and jus, flied in the
Register, office. his estate, valued at
S}o.oOo. is left To- his widow during her
life, ard At her death is to be shared
equally among his FIVE children Peter
f.. {. { and W. II To nc. Mrs, Mary
!. klmhlc and Mrs. Am ic T. Martin
dale, ouc-Sixtl Of the estate going in
equal shares "a thee hildren Of his de
ceased SON. Jacob +. TonE. Cornelius
{. Tome is named as e. ,cutor.
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Farmers Institute Next Week

Everybody i, invited to the Institute
which will be held in the Court House
at Elkton ou Friday next Uanuary 2a)
from 10 a. m, to ! p M. and in the
Hall at Calvert on Saturday. the 23d
same hours The attendance and in
tcrcst IN the Institute meetings will
decide whether the Director will con
tinuc them IN this county or not. Come
aud urge your ncighbor Ia come with
you You can get some ideas. with
out doubt. and YOU can confer with
other, N the same business The pr
gram was published in last 5
DapFrs
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Church Services

FIhc quarterly meeting for the Pleas
ant Hill charge of the Free Methodist
Church VIII begin ON Friday, January
-. and continue over the Sabbath
Rev George EakinS. District Elder is
expected
'Mr Hobun Yokoyama. native OF
Japan. who is now a student at West
Minister Theological Seminary, prepar-
ing for Missionary work, will speak at
Leeds NJ +. Church mex, Sunday at
~ a. III. and 30 p. M Also at Moore's
Chapel at 40 p III.
est Johns Church. Lcwisvillc. sun.
day School. at o.3o and preaching by
pastor at TO- go a. M. subject, The
Race for Glory " Epworth League
services at 7 p m. led by Miss fclcn
Doughcrty. and preaching by the Dis
irict Superintendent. DR. Mowbray. at
80 p. m Full choir and orchestra at
both services.
'Ilopcwcn NJ T.. Church, Wood
lawn Rev J. Howard Gray, Pastor
Sabbath services January l7:-Sunday
School at 10 a. m. preaching at ~ a
m. and p. m. Morning subject. The
Bitter and the Sweet in the Christian
Life" Evening subject. "Evangelistic
Sermon" Epworth League at 7.So p.
III. Preaching at Asbury at 3 p m
fElkton NJ. T. Church Services to-
morrow as iollows:--Io3 30 a. m,
preaching by the pastor, subject -
"Christ's Opportunity" p. m, Sab
bath School and Pastors Bible Class
645 p m. Epworth League; 7.3o p.
NJ. Preaching the Pastor. subject -.
How Three Men Escaped from the
Fire" Followed by revival service
MI invited and welcome.
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SSa1u'ch Term Jury Panel

%uror, for the March term Of the
II Court were drawn on Tuesday
Iudpc> Ndkins and Hopper. Fol
Gg /, the panel, singular To- say.
%rg nu resident, oi the Filth dis
EFir,r Di,trict-John II IIusiclt
George " Padlcy. William II Nldcr
j.on, William ! Manlovc. lame, +
Watts, Levi, { Spear, John T. Strph-
ems. John C. Oldham
Second District Philip Ou. IIrury
George. Harry W Kiblcr.
Third District Philip NJ Grove,
", Palmer McFaddcn. George Il.
Howard, Taylor ". McKcuncy John
VI Dunoar. Charlie, ) Bnnldcu. llcnry
NJ Biddle. Louis O. / Atwood
Fourth District Robert ! McClcary
Elmer + Janncy, Nircd 4. McVcy,
Walter Smith. William y. Ewing
Sixth Di,trict-Miliord b. Richards
Edward d. cndcnin. ". T Scott
Samuel 7 Tyson, Franklin & Lack
and. Harry l.. Glackcu. Samuel Kcl,
ley. Robert Marshall. ! Harry Poist
Scvcr,h District Robert \ Stcph
cnSon. thomas Murray T.. Ward
Brown. T. Kurt Taylor. John T.
Kelly, Clifton Jackson. r Emory Nc
Cicnahan. lIlbbard Anderson, Robert
DuSScll
Eighth DISTRICT \rchibald h Trim.
bIc, William K. Dempsey
Ninth District-rhomas II. War.
burton, john y l'a,>jtt, Charlie, +
Fitzgerald. William ] SINNERS.
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War On Rum In Delaware

\ bill To be introduced by Rcprcscn
tative Pharo in the Delaware IegiSla
tnrc. will, il passed. prevent the sale
OF liquor by saloon men To be drunk
OF their premises ard break up the
"growcr" trade The Anti Saloon
League and Temperance people are
working for rcsubmiSSion oi the license
question in rural New Castle county
and think thcy can win the fight
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-16
Conference Postponed

The conference. arranged for last
Saturday, between the committee rep
rcscnting dissatisfied patrons OF the
Diamond State Company and officials
oi the Farmers Telephone line, was
deferred TO future date as num-
bcr of the conierces were unable to
attend
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-16
Close Call From Broken Glass

4 workman cleaning linc stained
glass skylipht in the International
Trust Company's building in Balti-
more, one day last week, fell through
il. and fragment missed Vice Presi.
dent Samuel c. Rowland, who was
seated at his desk. by narrow margin.
The workman managed to check his
fall after breaking another sheet OF
glass. but was badly cut and bruised.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-01-16
State Aid For Trolley Line

The farmers oi Kent county. Del
are urging State assistance for the
u trolley line for
'rcipht as we'll as passenger service,
rallcling the Delaware railroad. and
House OF Representative wishes a
port from It's Corporations Commit
&c as to what, il any. aid The State
an give the project
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NATHAN l.. JANNEY.

Nathan l., Janney, a carpenter and
builder. native OF Cecil county. but
Tor many years past resident OF Will
mngton. died at his home Si6 West
Second street. in that city. on Srrday,
aged % years He was for some years
cSgaged in the commission business.
He attended Leslie Camp. which he
actively supported for many years His
wife. who was Miss PhiIena White. OF
Franklin township, Chester county,
survives him, His funeral was held
on Wednesday evening. with services
a, his home. lntcrment was made in
Bay View cemetery on Thursday.
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DEATHS
MISS ELIZA J. PUGH.

Died at Cherry Hill Cecil county,
Maryland, January Il. 1000 Miss Eliza
J. Pugh. lifelong resident OF our
county. and widely known in this com.
munity She had outlived. in large
measure, the friends OF her youthful
days, but her memory is affccnonately
cherished by those who have lived to
see the close of her career. She had
been communicate OF Trinity Church.
Elkton, Tor many years. and a constant
attendant at its services while health
and strength permitted The funeral
will be held in Trinity Church. to-day
Saturday at the hour OF p. m In
tcrment in Elk,on cemetery Relatives
and friends, with the congregation of
Trinity Church. are invited To attend
without further notice,
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COUNTY BOARDy' BUSINESS

The Orphans Court of Cecil County
Wednesday. Presentation. William
II. Simcoe, Chief Judge: Hor4 Richard
B. Merritt and Hon Thomas s. Miller,
Associate Judges.
Sundry claims against estates OF de-
ceased persons were examined and
passed
Bonds approved Bond OF Eliza
Wade, exccutrix OF William J. Wade:
bond OF Mary Ann Niite. administfa-
trix Of Jesse Tyson bond Of Samuel ].
Bordley. administrator G. t. a. OF Mary
Bordley.
Accounts passed--First and final ac-
count OF William r. Cameron, execu-
tor OF Letitia !! Cameron. and distri-
button struck IN same; first and final
account OF Hqhry H. Brady. Jr., and
Henry NJ Mccullough, executors OF
Henry II. Brady. and distribution
struck on same: first and final account
of ]. Otis Kennard. administrator OF
John ]. Wigton, and distribution struck
on same: FIRST account of Edwin II.
Strahorn. administrator c. /. n. OF Isaac
s. Strahofn, and distribution struck on
same: thirty-second account OF n.
Haines, executor and trustee OF the
estate 81 Eli Hurford: ninth account
of /. Marshall Ha;nes. guardian Of
Catherine Baker
Court adjourned TO meet in regular
session in February next
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The County Commissioners were in
session Tuesday and Wednesday at
their office in Elkton. Present-W. H.
Deshanc. President: John f. Pierce
and C. A. Benjamin.
The minutes were read and approved
and sundry bills examined. passed and
ordered paid.
Paul Pennington was appointed
bridge tender at Sassafras River bridge
II was ordered that the contractor
stop all work on the North East Bay
View road until spring.
A petition signed hv taxpayers Of
the Sixth district OF Cecil county pro-
testing against the opening of the new
road in the Sixth district. commencing
n the Rising Sun and Pennington
pike and rrnn;no Northwest through
lands OF J. w. Hamblcton and others
was presented.
The Commissioners passed the fol.
lowing resolution
Resolved, That the Cecil County
Commissioners heartily endorse the ac,
of the Legislature in committing the
State OF MARYLAND from and after the
first day of January. 1911. with the
maintenance. care. control and treat.
ment oi all dependent insane persons
who are at that time residents OF the
State OF Maryland and as soon as
practicable after the said first day OF
January. 1911, the State Board OF Lun-
acy shall transfer from the several hos
pitalS for the insane, such dependent
INSANE persons who are residents OF
the State Of Maryland. as in the judg-
men, oi the said Board Of Lunacy
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s53.6I8.33
JOHN II. TERRELL, Clerk.
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.


The following bills were passed and
ordered paid at the meeting last week;
Stilla C. Chew. rent, No. "a.
Fifth ............ 1900
{. ID. Racine, repairs. No. 3,
Fifth s.2s
Levi +. Patterson, new house at
Cecilton ................I 10000
Duyckinck. Sterrett & Co, re-
pairs. sundry schools ..... 66.38
Denton Journal, bylaws ...... 28So
George Biddle, cash paid ...... $40
w. II. Anderson. sundry schools. 8oS
Cecil Democrat ..........M... 4.2S
J. II. Gray. No. u. Sixth. ..... I.ss
Edw Balderson. No. r2. Sixth. $500
w. T. Fryer. No. II, Sixth. -. s.2s
Maryland WRter Co, rent. -. $50
Levi T.. Patterson, ne house at
Cecilton ...................I25ooo
+ l.. and II. r. Davis, architects 10000
II. {. Cummings. No. 8. Sixth. 800
w. J. I. Dulaney Co........ I7Is
Roger Witworth Co.. material.
sundry schools ............. 22I4
Taylor & Reynolds, Colored In.
dustrial Observation-Disclosures. 5A
w I. Chdcster. rent, No 7.
Third .................." a.so
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FREDERICK HART.

The funeral OF Frederick Hart was
held ON Saturday. with interment in
West Nottingham Cemetery He died
on the previous Thursday at his home
near Rising Sun. after a prolonged III
ness. Two young sons and step-son
survive him
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MISS EDITH PARSONS.

Miss Edith Parsons, daughter OF
Frisby G. Parsons. died on Saturday,
At her fathers home. OF consumption,
aged sixteen years. Her funeral was
held on Monday with interment in
North East NJ. T. Cemetery.
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should be removed: and all such dc.
pendent insane persons, after their re-
movai TO one OF the State hospitals for
the insane. shall be maintained therein
at the expense OF the State In fur
therance OF the purposes OF this act,
commission shall be appointed By the
Governor, OF which he shall be a mem
Der ex-officio. consisting OF the Lunacy
Commission, who shall report to the
Legislature on or before the rsth day
OF January, 1910. such amendments to
the present law regulating the care
and treatment oil the insane and such
other measures, including plans for
the enlargement Of the present State
hospitals. as may. TO such commission,
seem necessary"
Treasurer submitted his monthly re-
port. showing receipts and disburse-
ments to be as follows
Balance in hand al close OF
last report .....,.. ..... .S27.756.os
State tax collected ..... $4,000
County tax collected ..... 22.35osr
Dog tax collected ....... Iz6.7s
Board (nsane). ....... $3.50
s53.6fs.33
Disbursements.
State tax deposited to
credit Of Comptroller
.... .......... :. $4,000
County funds disburscd during month:
County business -. .Si8.oi78S
Dec. term Court ex-
penses ... 7s7.82
Total ........... 22,T4472
Balance in hand. 80. 3I,4736I
$53.6I833
TOIIN ~ TEppEIT ct.~L
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EARL NJ JOHNSON.

Earl NJ. Johnson, infant son OF Mr.
and Mrs, Thomas +. Johnson, died at
his home in North East Saturday
morning. OF pneumonia. The funeral
was held Monday afternoon, with in
tcrmcnt at North East Cemetery.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06
PICTURES IN PARIS.
Some Interesting Things Sho7cn at
the Volney Club.
Paris, January ..

Paris, January -.
The small salon" OF the Volney Club, which
was inaugurated the other day by President
FaUiapes. contains about two hundred examples
Of painting and sculpture. 1t is somewhat bet
ter than the exhibitions of the last few years.
There are some striking portraits by Richard
Hail Jules Gru2. Frederic Lauth. Jules Le-
febvre. Fernaed Cormon. GuiIlaume Alaux.
Jules Cavron, Gabriel FerTier, August Gorguet
Honora IJmbricht. Alexis Vollon and Jean
weerts Aston Knight presents some Venetian
uictures that are strong in color. The land
scapes of Damoye. Rigolot and Gosseiin, the
boating scenes OF Gueldry and the inimitable
.Cyullfver en- Tournee," by DevambeZ, and THE
Seine at Bougival," by Nozal, are all works Of
great interest There some capital nudes
bv RAYMOND woog. Paul Thomas, Prunier. Tat
teerain. Saint GerrnIer and Jules Taupin. Good
cattle pieces by Georges Dieterle and c!everly
brushed Louis XIII Courtier," by Frank Gay
nor. are also TO be mentioned.
In the sculpture section the Congo negro cary
ing an idol, an admirable work in bronze. by
Herbert Ward: the marble portraits CT two
ladies in long flowing robes. by FRANCOIS Stcard
characteristic busts, by Denys Puech; delicate
tanagralike portraits Of young ladies in terra
Gotta bv Joseph Ascoli; a marble bdigneuse. by
earlier; terra Gotta busts. by Ernest Dubois;
rugged. weatherbeaten heads of hshemen. by
Cordonnier. and delicate little statuettes in
siIded bronze by Jacques Loysel. are striking
EXAMPLES showing that sculpture in France
continues 10 maintain its pre-eEninence- The
chfseIled leather book covers. by Saint Andre de
IIgnereux, representing fifteen stories Of Ed
gar Poe" and intended bindings for the
works of Charles Beadelaire. are beautiful speci-
mems Of artistic work in this medium
NJ Albert Dagnaux exhibits q series Of thirty
landscapes ct the Georges-Pet galleries. which
place him unquestionably in the foremost rank
of French open-air painters. He has made him
self essentially the interpreter of the delightful
river. meadow and orchard scenes of the region
between Nantes and Vernon. in the Seine Val
ley The soft, mellow tones OF his pictures
full Of truth and poetry c. 1. B.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06
Literary .Nee,s and Criticism.

England. We may note that in hts letters from
Germany the traveller loses much OF his en-
thusiastic vein. There is a characteristic pass
age on darling practice" OF the Germans;
Smoking tobacco has I think this visible ef-
feet. that il serves to calm all tumrltuous pas
sious and what confirms in this idea Is that
most young Germans. in commencing NE as
adults full of enthusiastio and even eXag-
gerated notions OF liberty and equality; .Ihey
are romantic a degree that IS oifnculu 70 oe
conceived. and 10 be restrained oy no seIIlSL
OF worldly ideas. This you would suppose Wouiu
tend 10 render them rather turbulent suP1eCtIs
under an autocretical government; but all TINS
Sratoqr7aerrv evaporates literally in smoke IheE
take to their pipe, and by degrees the fumes OF
tobacco cause all these lofty Ideals TO olsslpale
the pine becomes more and more necessary 20
their existence and consoles them for their WrolgS
real or imaginary and in three or four years tney
SIT down contentedly 10 their several occupations
as STRAIGHTFORWARD. painstalng, ploddlng men
quite satisfied follow the routine chaiKed odI
for them and either totally forget all ambItlous
views or become too indolent to make any Sacfl-
sce 70 obtain Them and this clrtWe comes from
foI@cco! The German Hippogrif becomes an O; OK
dull and domestic and treads out the corn plaCeu
before him content TO have his share Thereon IN
peace and Quietness
The English officer lived TO see the revoiu-
tIonary episodes Of 1S4S but in this chronicle at
least he makes no mention OF any change or
opinion concerning young Germany and It's
darling practice"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06

THE EXPLORER. BY William Somerset Vaughan. Il
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The adventures a African explorer
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tale Of love and adventure IN the days Of
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RACHEL LORIAN. BY Mrs Henry Dudeney. limo. pp.
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chronicle Z a unhappy marriage
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The zero Of this novel a with ambition
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THE THREE BROTHERS. BY Eden Philipotts limo.
up. CThe Macmillan Company
story life Dartmoor.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06
HISTORY.

THE AssA AsSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
AND ITS EXPIATION. BY David Miller Dewitt.
I2mo, Ep. xi, CThe Macmillan Company
THE DEATH OF LINCOLN The Story Booths
Plot Deed the Penalty. BY Clara Laugh
lin Illustrated from photographs. 12mo, pp. I.
336 doubleday. Page & Coz
HOW ABRAHAM LINCOLN BECAME PRESIrENT.
BY J. Mccain Davis. Centennial Edition. 12mo.
PIP. fSprlnshed The Illinois Company
SIR WALTER RALEIGH. BY Frederick 4. Ober.
Illustrated 12mo. 305. (Harper & Bros)
NEW HAMPSHIRE AS A ROYAL PROVINCE. BY
William Henry Fry, PHI. D. svo, pp. 52l tLonR-
mans, Green G. Coz
Volume studies I'm History, Economics
and Public edited faculty political
science of Columbia University.
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06
ADVICE TO NOTELTSTS.
From The Manchester Guardian.

Historical novehsts should be careful OF de-
tails. The Baroness Orczy in The Elusive
Plmpernel" has forgotten that even newspapers
change with time. Can you not the at
tractive headlines IN The London Gazette ?"
she makes one OF her characters say. g The
League Of the Scarlet Pfmpernel unFnaskedi 4
gigantic hoax The origin of the Blskeney
millions,' I believe that Journalism has reached
a high standard of excellence IN England" Il is
hardly necessary 20 say that headHnes-'scare
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06

Cray is the color note OF the composition"
says the London Times in its notice of the
Just published posthumous drama, The Immor-
tai Hour" by Fiona Macleod, otherwise William
Sharp ''Indistinct people rowing with indistinct
motives in indistinct scenes toward indistinct
ends. such IS the subject Of this drama"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06

Mr.. J. H. Ingrams forthcoming biography OF
Charterton may have a personal note which the
reader could hardly have expected to find In
a volume dealing with who left the world
so long ago. 1t IS stated that Mr.. Ingram's in
terest IN the woful poet was aroused at a very
early age by the fact that his mother. when a
child. lived amid certain personal friends Of
Chatterton, and that he frequently heard her
talk of what they used TO say about him"
New-York tribune., 1909-02-06

N1vx.s-ious Companion: Her Grabbed Old Uncle;
the Whish- whish Woods; Very Civn Ensinesr'
Sanders. the Sage OF shady Dale
a. loci Chandler Harris. illustrated by Charlotte
Tsrdfng I2mo pp- ds5 Doubleday. Page & Col
an EVENING WITH SHAKESPEARE An Enter
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the Old Tunes ArTaEsse by !, MasAe" H@I0S-
ismo pp. <. us (Dufheld & Coz
An extra volume of the Lamb Shakespeare for
the young" edited by Professor l. Goilancz
THE life OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. For Boys and
1.irIs Nv charles w Moo-es. illustrated f2mo,
Do. Tsz (Houghton. Mifnin & Cob