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feb 10-2 in
New Drug Store.
DR. J. S...AIURFIIY
Respeftfully notifies ftoiPfphUafri* hfchgfc
opened a complete and well filled DRUG
BTROE at ■• *
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. Company Jihops,
•where anything kept in a well ordered Drug
Store may be found. ,
The physicians of the county and the public
generally, are invited tb patronize this -new
enterprise. An experienced druargist—a regu
lar graduate ip, pharmacy, is in charge, so that
physicians and the public may rest assured
that all presciptions and orders will be cor
rectly and carefully filled.
Prices as reasonable as can be afforded,
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g O ROBERTSON,
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Grave Stones
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MONUMENTS,
GREENSBORO N. C.
Pumps! Pumps!!
THOMAS S. °ROBERTSON,
Company Shops, N. C.,
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a manufacturing and Belling the best and
CHEAPEST P L.7IPM
ever offered to the people of this State. Theee
pupipa are as durable as wooden pumps can be
made. They are easy as any one wanting
water conld wish. They are sold as cheap as
any one w*o,pioi>eße»t»- l*ij could
Pumps delivered anywhere on short notice. '
Each pump warranted. The mannfactarer
refers to every pump of his in use. Not one
has ever failed.
feb 28-ly ,
p R HARDEN & BROTHER,
Graham, If. C..
are receiving their PALL BTOCK of
Dry- Goods Groceries,
iurowark,
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Clothing; Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
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KEROSENE OIL, CROCKERY,
Earthenware, Glassware,Voffe es,Spice
Grain, Floor, Fanning Implements,
feb 15-1 y
SPEECH or THE CHAIRIKAN OP
THE OE;i«|t BATIC PAUCUS.
Lopiar of Mississippi,. in taking hie
softt as-Chairman of the Democratic
caucus delivered.a temperate, patriotic
speech, whiihVe give in f\ill below. It
will be read with interest by every .0110;
GehtJefnen:— fn'cfalßhg hie to "this
1 position of-responsibility and distinc
-1 tioii yoii have confevuedpaii lionqr^vhich
» ft l ® and $' "^OO
I thank you most cordially. Wo here
• .(wp confronted with ft cHsfisln theDera
ocratic party of the country, which
bring»to mtr ferait,? opp jrftiA/ti js'
■ but is at the same time freighted for
us with solemn responsi bililies—and if
tve tio not^improve these opportunities
and
» bilities the Aultß of the grcaf political
!, i>s het ?
to-day will be fpr us like the Iruit which
grows upon the Shor s ot the accursed
•ea. The people ot this country by
•ovei-whelming majorities of States, and
majorities in States, have placed the
j Damocraiic lMjUtf'fn
' Cif exclusion iXpUTAuL'
tof the most important part of Federal
GoveuTmßiii.o Wh«ii> I »ay im()at|aiilt
Jiio not mean that the individual mem"
be re a ro invested prorog
■ atives or great personal distinction. The
departments ot patronage—-those
and comurftfiicf Uie
of governmental emoluments aifd honor
—are the coordinate branches of the
i : Government, Which are still nnser the
members of the House of Representa"
tives have no jiatronage beyond that Of
the appointment of a military or navaj
cadet,.aife «.*«»,. is
adequate to /repliblicin life
ity and prudential economy. There are
many in the, gift of the Executive
far more profltable, nnd in the public
esteem, far more distinguished, than that
of a seat iu the"llouse of Represents
tives; but .this hiajich, 4$ .Qpyerthejcss
under our sj-.stom ftf.; gpvernmejit k ,
corner stone of our jc of liberty,
because it is (he only department Qf the
Federal Government directly responsi
ble to the mVof t^ trfiß fe* 1 1
reiving its powers dirsctly from their
hands. • All the other branches of the
Government aiivtwo cj- Jthijee:
removed from the peo})le in the mode
of their selection or ih the nature of thdr
responsibilities. But while the House
of liepMyjitajfves is finis►
responsible to the people/all "tho '
branches of the government are respon
sible to this body,. The people of the
Monntry have charged us, have chained
the Democratic party in the House of
Representatives, with the important
duty of bringing these co-ordinate
branches of the Government to their
jnst responsibility, and thus, by an un
erring instinct or by a keen intelligence }
have blended together our duty, our
interests, and our , inclinations. There
has been for some time in the public
mind a conviction, profound and all
pervading, that the "tciwl litis
country has not been directed frorh edn- '
siderations of. public good, l>ut l'rpm
those ot paft/pfofit,* add ftfrcorrnpt,
selfish, aud unpatriotic designs. The
people demand at oar hands 
A SWEEPIXG AND THOBOLGH KEFOIUf,
which shall be in a spirit that
-Will seenre the appointment to pla«a or
trust and responsibility the honest, the
experienced, and the capable. There i 8
also an imperative demand that a vigi
lant examination be made into the ad
ministration of the public revenue Of
the country both in its collection and its
disbursement: that aitthe public ac-
Mm
solemn privilege and duty of toe House
to do; and that ''
CORRI PTION BE PEBBBTEB OUT,
and doers, no matter how high
or low,«ahaH *«rfiaarleß»ly arraigned and,
and fully exposed aud punished. There
is a growing and ah irresistible send"
. mentin the country that under the
specious theory of protection and foster
ing particular industries and interests a
system of miscalled revenue laws has
been in operation detrimental and blast
tag other greatipterests of the
country, and maintained at the expense
of the general revenue aud to the injury i
of the great majority of the people, and
those
—who aife least able to Bear the burden!
of oppressive laws. One of the. highest
and most pressing demands apou us
will be not only to insist on bringing
down the expense of the Government to
the needs only of economical adminis
tration but to perfect and adopt such a |
system of taxation as will bring in the {
require^revenue with the fewest re
strictions upon commerce and with the
least burden to the people, that
N. C., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14. IS7-',.
burden equitably «yd skil
fully adjusted. -W
O wing tb the exigencies of one of
those groatinternocine conflicts inciden
tal to the lifts of almost every country;
and albo a pernicious system Ot logisla"
tiQri, ant- [>coplov our business invest*
mentßj Oiir commerce, and all the df
versified interests of the eountny, are
jjifipriug from the
yvfl-3 or AN IUHKDKEMAULK CUUIUiN
rr- . CiT. i. •/
In infixing grafiplipg.with thc.dif-,
lii nlties ot thi--s l yit%l,.and perplexing
I question U. will be our duty to take ca>e
that uothing is done to impair the gootf
faith of the country or tarnish the public
honor, or lowfcr or disturb the credit of;
our Government; but we are to remove
those obstruetkMiaOThich bar. the prog
ress and icheck the prosperity of tbc
American repoblic. It is our duty as
the dety and is to b 0
the glory, ofjhe Democratic party while
It controi» tn^'lloOseii tq.soo that the
national debtis paid in fulLafid'tbat the
currency of this democratic republics is;
made eqnal with that of any nation 'On
eartb. . .., , , ..U.'., &
Updfi the par' of Uiose who ha ve bee 11
'Netted with the t politioial power, and
destiny of our aouulryiduiing the kwt,
ten or fifteen years it has been a fre
quent remark that the
KBA ok coSgTinmoNAL pbi;rrfcA n\n
fcLOSKi>;
that questions of Constitutional' limita
tions and,restrictions Were rt6 fohgfer to
hinder or delay the legislafidrf'bfi'tAV
1 Government irf Its dealings With finan e
cial,. economical, or social
which were,; it |b assumed, now 'tti£
(if pnhfife
i«ki yet amidst their grand boastings the
Forty-third Congress found thehiselves
faced with the gl-hVest ofce'n.
Mil utional law, reaching down to the
fuudameotal system, and involving not
only the relations of the State to die
Federal Government, but that of the
people and their own home-goveriiment,
'The grandest aspiration of the Demo
cratic party is, aud its Crowning glory
KESTOKE TH« CONSTITUTION TO ITS PRIB
- TINB-STItKNOTir A7TD AUniOKITr,
and to make it the protector Of every
section and every State, in the Union,
and of every hamAn being ot every I'ace,
color, and condition in the land. Ap
prehensions and distrust of one part of
the nation tlfal 'that"* tfcttiofi 3 o¥»lhe
Southern peoplo who were ■ arrayed
'Against the authority of the Fed era',
Government Id the late war would be
an ojemeut of disturbance to tbc Amei i
canTJiiiou has mainly disappeared, as
is evidenced by your election. In its
stead has grown a more fraternal feel
iug, wbich regards us of ,the Southern
States a-4 feilowcitizeus of tflb same
ereat nation, Aud, on the other hand
the people of whom I speak, of whom I
am one, are here to-day,by their clioseu
representatives, ready to honor any
draft wbich the American people may
ty-aw upon their patriotism or their
finish in the glory and the beneficent
'destiny Of American institutions. [Ap
plause.] >
The experiment which has ' been in
troduced amongst us, based upon oonf."
dcnce in the working of local self-gov
ernment, and intended to solve the
DIFFICULXIBS CONNECTED WITII RECENT
SOCIAL AND POIJTICIAL TRANSFOEXA-*
now,
shall have an open field and fair play.
No hindrance shall be placed in the way
•f its vigorous development aud its am
plest success,
said that the day of sentimental politick
has passed away; hat gentlemen, there
i| one part of this Union—that par l
which I know best —which asks for the
great moral nutriment to a spirited and
noble people. We want a Goverement
that we cau love and revere, and serve
from the motive otrevereuce and love.
We hunger for a patroitism which shall.
KMT ALL THE PEOPLE TOGETHER
in a generous and loving brotherhood,
and which shall be is broad aa the
territory over which the national flag
floats. Let me say here that ao gov
ern m ent, no nation ean prosper with
out this vital fire. It is the sentiment
Which acting upon free institutions
: and through them upon a poo- .
pie constitutes their public spirit and
politicial genius.
| Gentlemen, we are here as Demo
crats,members ot apoliticial party which
wbich has a long and glorious history.
Let us in onr duties this winter recall
and revive those principles the faitbfnl
1 maintenance of which by the fathers
! of our country secured for us so long a
period tbe confidence and support of
' the people. Let us seek to renew the 1
I prosperity and advance the greatness
' and glory of the confidence, the aflcc
'• ■ ~ /■-- * 1
tioi., of the wise le AnuM'tAll podfile lb'r
onr party "by showtrig tifat \vc, ifs 'rc
presentatives have etatenianship, pit
triotisin, and streri(ft f 6f 1 m£ti 1
to dfjsdvVe that
Lcir iis not forget that THE GREAT Vtd
uouv OP 'LAST 'FALL/' Whlcri n«
hej-j, and Whltfji gives n's these '
tunitsesarfd gi-efft wfts
achieved riot' alone' by DettfilciaHc
votes, but With the co-operatlng eft >r(l»
of patriotic and unselfiish men of all
Sljriies Who, wearibd (tnd alaPirt^d■'• by
ic uneeasiiig cavils' resulting''fi-oiW' "cor
r iptiona'ud malndndhldi tb
call us toorfr dnty bhetfk'iug'tho evils
'and clearing *w*y these corruption*,
If we are'Wfse We rtiall so rnW oui*'
selves aud so serve our country ia> to
retain the confidence Or these voters
UEFOHW ABE"URGKNTLV NEEDED. »tli i
Let. u* wisely make tHem. A id
.netyed prosperity is evory where earn
estly dtewrdtl. Jbct. us, by removing
unjust direrimination. impoting uigid
by rertoivig a sound fiw-'
ency, by securing the... equal rights' ot
all the hJateaaud4U the make
.t^ Tv .r:party tne «ulhor. of •
iiew prosperity, so wc may tbegiu i'oi>
our party a now and glorious caret*, in
.wing* its history should ho onee more:
as'iormerly, the story of the -Union'*
greatest grandeur and the people's uu
jpcraa 1,. happiness aud coutentment,
1 [Great applause.]
>r.;TTi . ?.-y" —i>d*
, f FOR CHARITV'S MAKE
;' "Now yoh just skip out Of tHiSj" said
•a*big burly deck hand Ih' the ladies'
cabin of a Fnlton dock ferpy boat fts"tie
caught a - thiuiyHolad, shivering b«re J
tdotboy by the ear and mai ohed Mm
toward tl»e doer: M Gct ont 011 the dddk
now," Tiie little fellow iiad 1
btecn asking the for cents
aud the man had caught lihriat itl M Oh
flease don't," sci-oamedtho child, ■* the
deck baud twisted his oar, "I'll go,
I will." A fashionably drcased Wo
man stepped qulokly forward and her
silk rustled and her eyes snaped fire
said, "What lias be done: why do you
treat the child so harshly?'.'
~ V.lib's a i young beggar, mum.- ana
the rules docs't allow beggars in the
boat mum."
' Let him stay in hem,"-1 said she.
"it's cold euUide. lie it barefooted,and?
so yohng, toor-why :he can't be more,
than five or six years old.": M t ,
"119 can. stay here if he behaves him
self. He mustn't beg—it* agin the.
rules, mum," aud the big maii let go
the litUc one's ear and btoud watching,
him, Xn'f - '*■ •> .fcr
; "Poor little fellow," mused tlw lady
scanning the bpy's pale pinched face
closely. "You look tired aud hungry.
I've a mind to give you something,!'
"it's for rum if you give him a cent
mum; his folks wi|}. take, if /away from,
him before his fool's put ashore threat
minutes,",answered the deck baud..
But the kind lady handed tbc shivering
child one of Unclps Sana's crisp fifty
cent promises to pay hereafter; saying
"He certainly necdq, shoes and sou
thing to cat." , .«
!' "Mistfdfen charity," persisted (he
employee. "We know 'em. aM—Lc'll
get up good of the money."; i , ~
"He's welcome tp the little I, gave
bim,'^she answered, and noticing tliat
tlie passengers were here
with interest, she added: "And I he"
lieve every person in - the} cabin, Relie
ves I am rightr-rand of them
are willing togive the poor phild a pen
nyortwo." «
The passengers did, agree
and they bega.i dropping money Into
tbe little Xellow's bat unt^t^q.episode
proved his bonanza. , ,
Tbe boat touched the ulapkjjsg. The
boy skipped to shore and across the
stree} to Fultou market. The reporter
followed hiui round iulp Bceckmau
street, aiid mm en.the. corucr
two minutes afterward saw a wcll
dressed lady approach from the other,
side ot the market; saw the, boy care
fully empty the money into her gloved
palm, and passing,the pair heard .her
say, cheerfully. "Weil Dick, I guess
we'll try lor Roosevelt street. boat.—
y. Y. Sun.
~ i T",
An old', old bachelor, upon reading
that " Two lovers will sit, np half the
night with ouly one chair iu the room,''
said it couldn't be done unless one of
them stands or sits upon the floor. And
such painfni ignorance pretty planly
indicates that be has never seen there.
' If yon love others they will love yon,
It yon speak kindly totbem, they will
speak kindly to yon. Love is repaid
with love, and hatred with hatred.—
Would yon bear a sweet. and pleasing
echo, speak sweetly and (pleasantly
yourself.
ins itrAT »rAPi,i: ront('fO
—•TUB OLD ANO NEW 'KdVH
—WTO« St ON HAND ANH tO|ll\U
Extracts fn>m the DcSjiafeh) 1 •.
.OLD TOBACCO. A
, ; ,On tbe Ist of iVovembcrthc stocks 011
haud of old tobacco nintaUable for pur.
■qha3e wore; In mai keAs of the Uuiied
States other ttiau of-this State 29,764
of this State about 2,900
hogsheads—total, i! 2,664 hogsheads.
, Keports from all quarters including
this State, exhibit the fact that the past
hun bedn one of decided ac*
,tiyi|y In leaf tobacco; and it is thirty
prcsunrttbl* that the new yenr wil l
commence Withont any surplus . of old
stocks at 1 all." It is "definitely ascer
, taiucd that in tho markets «f>'thls State
vh» s time, the native product on .sale
}vlp.pn is at all desirable docs not cx*
ceed sfx ItfifiZtrid ; hifjshjjsfls it Is
WQII known that stocks hk for
eign markets rite scarcely Up to tirtf av
froge.
,1 THE NEW cttori
.Xiie most generally received estimate
of the crop of Virginia and North (Jar
alina for Hie veaf 1875-76 is tffai
by far the largest since the war, aud
will fully equal, if not the maximum,
certpWy tnortthiOf the Average in antb
bellum times. In regard to the Western
,crop the most reliable' data show that
while th point of bulk it is nearly if not
qpite equal to the Crop ot 1873, the lar
gest since the war, it will fall somewhat
below that in pooler but that it large
ly exseeds whether ih bulk or poundi,
tlie geaeral average of Western prod no*
tipju siNce the war. Ot the whole pro
, duot of the United States it viay fairly
be assiifrted that it Is the greatest; "if not
1 largely so, known to Its 1, History. We
. put the drop 1 Of VirgiMa at 75;000 hogs
heads, of the other Btates at 180,000
hogsheads—total, 866,000 hogsbeadc.
j.. JflE CttARACTE* OF TBE NEW CKOP.'i''
1,, .The Irtide do net'epeak ae favorably
of the quality a* of the quantity of the
new drop. lt% not the very worsj
since 1865, but they do not say of it
that it is up to the average of quallty
since that time. While free trom grit,
it is, i&e all tobacco that f« so, fliiu-r
--lackiug the toughness and gnm which
We so desirable in manufacture. This
,ia» J junf f ortunately, its prevailing char
aatFristm both where. So
faq as Color concerned, and this in onr
faupy.tobaccocs is an essential element
)»*he very arc paid
fprtthoiq, it is which conld
Jbe asked. It may be generally stated
of the new. crop that it is lamentably
deficient in the grades suitable for ship
ment either in the form of leaf or strips,
and tbat we shall have but a small pro
portion of good fillers, while we may
expect a superabundance of fine ycllojy
wrappers. .. .j ,
THE DEMAND.
It will readily bo supposed that con.
siderjng the scarcity of old slock and
tiie qusnitabillity of new stock for pres
ent iqanufacture,, the demand for old
slock is eager and what remains of it
will Hud a market at full rates. For
now Jo view 0/ iu defined poverty ot
qnalUy,ofthe fact that is not adapted
to immodiate use aud of tlie scarcity ot
taonqx, (always existent at this season
of the year) the inquiry is uot so active
and rates soaroely equal the cost of pro
duction. At tbe some time it is some
gratification to observe that since the!
movement of tbe i-ow crop fully began
price* have decidedly advanced; and
it Is sot too much to say either that
pres nt prices are the largest yet real
ized, or that they ara thirty-three and
a Jbird per cent greater than the open
ing -rates. We cannot reasonably
predicate from this however, that a
farther advance is to obtain. Indeed,
it is alone safe to believe tbat prices
hfive already been fixed, and that noth
ing short of a most decided tendency
to decrease production next year (and
this can) only becVirtced late in tbe
spring will have the effect ot fattening
the figures,
This is not necessarily a gloomy out.
look for onr plauters. It Is true that
tlie present crop was planted uuderlhe
inspiration of the high prices which
prevailed last >ear, and in the early
.part of this, that large hopes were rxci
j ted by them and strenuous efTorU made;
and that could sych rates continue to
obtain they would go far to redeem the
past and brighten the skies of the future
of such moment is this, great staple uf
our people. But if the pressnt iuadc
3uatc figures, growing out of a pro
nation that nas been enhanced in
quantity at the largest sacrifice of iu
quality shall teach us that whatever wo
dp hereafter we are to do ire//, and
that we arc to make less tdbaceo if that
is necessary to make it better we shall
not have bought, the lesson too dear
ly-
NO. 4
Tlic hi*-'. £"riia(\ lias -nmc ftfciilini'
foatnivs'/'
who were rc-qlc'-'ed, itcoutufWs twenty"
five new mcinfjcrs. Tho Imtr wlu> WoWJ
rc-clec'ed ate Tlitmuau and
Democrats, and Ilainlin and EuMiltiS*'*
'Republican-;. Tlie other twenty-one
are new nien—an unusual iimrtft'er.
Among the conspicuous of 'those
"who disappear are Sumner—if it be
proper to include him in the list—
Shhrz, Carpenter, Fen on, Scuff. Piatt,
Stewart, Buckingham and Chandler,
Republicans, wifli Stockton and Ham
ilton, Democrats. Sumner's scat, atfer
having been temporarily occupied by
Wftshburn, permanently falls fo DiWetfi
Shu rz is succeeded br.Cockrcll, wh'o
was a General in the Confederate army.
He 'is an imaginative orator, and in
depth And brilliancy will not compare
witji his predecessor.' Camerofi, of
Wisconsin, who taftes the place of Car"
penter, it understood to be a man of
sbme mark, but as A lawyer and a de
bat«ir he will not take rank with the
man whom h'e'badly beat in the Legist
lutmw. KornAn the successor Of Fen. i*
ton is among tb* foremost members of
tlio bar in the interior of his State.
Wallace who fills Scott's chair; is an
acute politician of the Pennsylvania
type. McDonald who displaces Pratf ■
is One of the ablest Democrats in In
diana. Stewart makes way for Sharon,
the rich minor, who lives in San fVan
cisco, but represents Nevada ai a rot" ,
ten borough. Eaton who takes the va
cant scat of Buckingham has long stood
at the head of the Counetlcut Democra
cy. Christiancy who drove out Zack
Chaudler was Chief-Justice ofMichigait
when elected, and is a learned lawyer.
'"Randolph who follows
man of about the same callbci£ while
the successor of Hamilton is Whyte,
Who has been Governor of Maryland,
and is the grandson of the famous Wil
liam Binckney, one of the great men o*
the last generation.
Upon the whole perhaps the eleven
new senators make good the places of
their predecessors. The only other new
Senators of much mark are McMilHan,
ol Minnesota, who has been Chief-Jus
tice of that Btate; Withers, of Virginia
who was a general in the Confederate
Army, and since that time Lieutenant-
Governor ; Burnside a Major-General 6f
Volunteers, and for two or thrde terms
governor of Rhode Island; and Booth
recently Goveruor ofCalifornla, largely
, engaged, iti commercial pursuits on tho
Pacific cost, and holding an independ
ent position hi polidcs.
In last tfenatc the Republicans
had fifty-three members, including
Shurz, Fenton, and Hamilton, of Texas/
who, at one time, counted as Liberals..
The Democrats bad twenty members,
including Tipton, of Nebraska; who ..
was formely a 'liberal. This-gave the
ltapubllcans thirtv-threc majority, with
one vacancy In Louisiana. ■ »
In the' present Sedate the Republi
cans havK fbrty-threc members, and tho ■>
Democrat* will have twenty-nine as
soon As th 4 seat of Ferry, of Connecti
cut,/ust deceased, is filled, giving tho
Republicans a majority of fourteen,
Governor Booth standing as an Inde
pendent, and tlie vacancy in Louisiana
•till cdntinufng. •'
An interesting question arisos in re
gard-to the future. At the close of
Grant's administration on the 4th o*»- «
I March, 1877, tlie terms of twenty-dx
lucmbcrs of tlie present Senate will ex- *
piro. Now, fudging from tho elections \
of last year and this year, the Democrats
will gain five of the seats now held by
the Republicans,' which will be equal'
to a Democratic not gain of ten. If the
Democrats cau in (he meantime fill tho
Louisiana vacancy, this will give them
> a gain of eleven, uitd thus reduce tho ,-
Republican majority of fouHceu in tho
prpscnt Senate down to a majority of
three in the next. Rut the results of the
Presidential election may materially
change these calculations cnnccrnin;.' Uio
Senate which will conic in with the new
Administration.— New York Jtfun.'
The Norwich, Connecticut, Bulletin
says that about onp o'clock tlie othc r
morning a policeman found a man sitting
on tlie sidewalk on Franklin street. He
. askod him what was the matter.
"Well," said the man sadly, "mv wifo
; .thinks lam drunk, i've tried twice to
get iu at the front door and she put me
out both times, -and my self-respect
" won't allow mo to fry again. So I'm
waiting till she qmcts dewn a little and
. then I thiuk I can crawl through the
i cellar window."'
t ( — 1 ■ .;■■■•;• % : 'I;
» The longest drouth that ever occurred
1 in America was in the summer of 17U2,
; when no rain fell from the first day of
I May to tho first day of September, mak
- ii»g a dry season of oho bundled and
weuty-three dayfc.