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With one fair Spirit for my minister,
That I might all forget the human race,
And hating no one, love but only her!
Ye elemental in whose ennobling stir
I feel myself exalted can ye not 4
Accord ne such a being ? Do I err
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lot. Uyron.
Man.
Know the thyself, presume not God to scan,
The proper study of mankind is man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise and rudely great : !
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the stoic's pride.
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest,
In doubt to deem himself a God or beast ;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer :
Born but to die, and reasoning but to err ;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether be thinks too little or too much j
Chaos of though t and passion, all confused ;
Still by himself abused or disabused ;
Created half to rise and half to fall ;
Great lord ofwll things, yet prey to all ;
Sole judge of trutlrin endless error hurled,
The glory, jest, and riddle rf4he world.
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PHILADELPHIA. II
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The
The North Carolina mass convention
adjourned yesterday at two o'clock, to
meet in Greensboro on the second Wed
nesday of January, 1888.
A constitution and by-laws were
adopted, and the first step has been
taken toward a nseful organization of
the farmers of the state, which looks
far into je future, the farmers of all
the cotton "states have been invited by
resolution, to co-operate with the or
ganization of North Carolina farmers
and appoint meeting places for general
conferences.
On Wednesday night, they passed a
resolution asking the General Assem
bly, to turn over to the farmers the
$125,000 ofr land scrip now in the hands
of tMfe University, and bearing $7,500
interest a year, to the maintai nance of
an agricultural and mechanical school,
and on Thursday they received the re
port of their committee on the state
department of agriculture, which looks
practically to me elimination or an
that department except in paying a
secretary and the chemist's department.
But the establishment of an industrial
school combining agriculture and
chanics, and the modifications
souaht
in the department of agriculture are
subjects dependent upon legislative ac
tion. As a committee to confer with the
General Assembly on the establishment
of an industrial school, jointly with the
board of agriculture committee appoint
ed on the 18th inst., there were chosen
the following gentlemen: James T Le
Grand, of Richmond; Julian Allen, of
Iredell; W F Green, of Franklin; Her
bert Norris, of Wake; D McN McKay,
of Harnett, Dr D R Parker, of Ran
dolph, and G Z French, of Fender.
As a committee to request the legis
lature to modify the organization of
the department of agriculture, the con
vention appointed P A Dunn, of Wake;
Dr D R Parker, of Randolph; J C El
lington, of Johnson; G Z French, of
Pender; L L Polk, of Forsyth; AD
Jones, of Wake; B F Hester, of Gran
ville, arid Elias Carr, of Edgecombe.
Tne last named committee will also
present to the general ;issembly all oth
er resolutions asking legislation, some
of which are as follows: To establish
fhe.office of tax collector in the several
counties pf the state and separate this
work from the sheriff's proper duties;
that the boarjd'of agriculture be allowed
to appoint an immigration agent from
each Congressional district who is to
have authority to act but no pay
for services from the state; to reduce
-a a t
the large income to clerks and regis
trars in certain counties; to levy a tax
of $1 on every dog for the public
school fund ; to reduce warehouse charg
es on tobacco bv law to five per cent,
the charges now being ten; to provide
the working of t lies public roads by
eonvicts and to prohibit convicts being
used on the railroads as at present; to
request our Congressmen to support
Senator Hawley s experiment station
bill so as to avoid Federal management
of such stations in the states;-to make
no change in the homestead law
now, but the repeal of the entire chat
tel law to go into effect Jannarv 1,
1888; to further guard the traffic in
seed cat ton : to take steps to keep the
cattle pneumonia, now raging in states
adjacent, out of our boudanes; to pro
vide for the establishment or savings
banks on such basis that they may loan
money on real estate; to provide for
the support of an agricultural and me
chanical school by using funds, of the
agnculturardepartment, the Lmversi-
ty landscrip, annual appropriations and
convicts.
The official proceedings of the con
vention were ordered to be printed in
the Progressive Farmer.
Col. Polk, in speaking of the funds
available for the proposed school, call
ed attention to the fact that in Decem
ber the board of agriculture offered
$15,000 a year for such school; before
the convention would cease its effort
he thought they would get $25,000 in
stead of $15,000. At the conclusion of
the convention he received a vote of
thanks from the convention in which
appreciation was expressed at his suc
cessful work in organizing the farmers.
Mr. J. H. En ins, editor of the N. C.
Farmer, was elected an honorary mem
ber. Mayor Dodd came before the
convention and made an exceeding neat
speech of welcome. He conveyed a
message from the aldermen of the city
releasing the convention from the
payment of the rent of the city hall.
1 he convention chose the name of
the North Carolina Farmers Associa
tion. It will hold its annual session in
Raleigh each year when the General
Assembly, meets.
Mr. Elias Larr, of Edgecombe, was
chosen president, with
dents, from the various congressional
Licm, hiuc 'iWMiwr
1 1 IVA 11 Al 1 -
districts, as follows: 1st, Willis R Wil-i
liamsof Pitt; 2J, apt. W A Darden,
of Greene; 3d, G Z trench, of Pender;
4th, Col W F Green," of Franklin; 5th,
H E Fries, of Forsyth; 6th, J S Reid,
of Mecklenburg; 7th, W H Hobson;
8thBurwell Blanton; 0th, W H Mc-
Clure, of Clay; Secretary, B F Hester,
of Granville; assistant secretaries, S
OthonVilson, of Wake, and C McDon
ald, of Cajbarrus. Treasurer, W E Ben
bow, of -Guilford.- Executive commit
tee, Dr D R Parker, of Randolph; Prof
A M Mclver, of Grange; D McN Mc
Kay, of Harnett; L L Polk, of Forsyth;
and C McDonald, of Cabarrus.
Iron, Potash, and the best vegetable a'-
tcrattves, render Ayers bar. -panlia une-
qualed as u blood uicdicn.e,
Important to Grape Growers .
The United States Depaitment of
Agricnl t ire has issued a report on the
Fungus Diseases of the grape vine, by
F. Lamson Scribner, B. Sc., from which
we make the following extract in
regard to the black rot, w hie h of late
years has been very destructive to the
grape crop in parts of this and adjoin
ing counties. Those who cultivate the
vine should preserve this article for
future reference, or else treasure up the
important facts, for use hereafter.
This work contains other valuable
aticles which may be given hereafter.
THE BLACK-BOT. DISTRIBUTION, VARIK
TIE& ATTACKED, ETC.
Two hundred and twenty-nine per
sons reported the presence of black-rot
The territory over which Jhoma uri-
is reported incl tides the chief vine
growing regions of the United States,
and coincides with the mildew district,
save that no rot is reported west of the
Rocky Mountains, except doubtfully
in one instance, and but very little
north of latitude 43deg. In some dis
tricts this fungus has been under obser
vation for more than twenty years, and
in many, during the last decade, it has
done serious and increasing injury. It
usually attracts attention about the
time the grapes are beginning to color,
or a little earlier, and in verv warm,
wet seasons may. within a week or ten
days, destroy the whole product of a
vineyard. As in the case of Peronos
pora riticola, its growth is said to be
greatly favored by warm and wet
weather, and entirely stopped by a pro
tracted drought. The Concord, Ca
tawba, Isabella, Hartford Prolific, and
Rogers-hybrid varieties, seem most
subject to this rot, and the Delaware
and other light colored or white varie
ties least; but no variety is entirely
free from its attacks, unless it be the
Scuppernong, which
harmed by nothing,
report all varieties
Often those reported
is said to be
Many persons
equally subject.
"iron-clad" and
M rot-proof " in one locality are said
to be very badly affected in some other.
STATEMENTS OF CORRESPONDENTS AS TO
PREVALENCE AND DESTRI CTIVENES8.
Judging from
the reports received.
the loss occasioned bv this rot is far
more serious than that attributable
to the mildews. Many report the loss
of nearly their eUtiregrape crop for a
series of years," and state they have
dug up their-vineyards, or will soon do
so, it a reniedv cannot be found. The
following are characteristic
quotations
from letters received from badly-strick
en localities:
"Renders the cultivation of Lahruwa
and Aestivalis varieties unprofitable.
(G. W. Davis, Jacksonville Fla.)
"All hybrids are much subject to its
attacks, and almost worthless in conse
quence. (David Milen, Macon, Ga.)
"For toe last hve years I have not
had an average of 200 pounds per acre,
and on many vines not a grajw has
matured. ( W. W. Patch, Galesburg.
III.)
"Grape culture was formerly very
profitable in this countv, but, owing to
the ravages of the black rot, it is now
almost wholly abandoned. (Tlnodore
Goodrich, Cobden. 111.)
"The rot comes suddenly, and quits as
suddenly. About one-half of mine
rotted in one week. (P, A. Hickman,
Mt. Sterling, illj
"The rot is worse in wet seasons.
Sometimes the entire crop fails on ac
count of it. (G. W. Mosteller, ('raw
ford county, Kansas.)
"The black-rot appeared gradually,
and continued until the crop was ut
terly worthless. I dug up one vine
yard. (J. Wallace, Cambridge, Md. )
"Many acres were formerly planted,
but now, on account of the rot, tew
vines are grown. In this county many
thousands of dollars bavbeen lost by
the rot. (John J. Maxwell, East New
Market. Md.)"
These are only 8 out of 384 similar
reports. .
ESTIMATED LOSS.
Ill my opinion, which is b;used upon
the above-mentioned special reports
(384,) and on other available and
trustworthy information, the annual
loss from grape-rot during the hist ten
years in the principal vine-growing
regions of the Unittd States has not
been less than one-fourth of the entire
crop.
remedies..
Many remedies have been proposed
for grape-rot, hut none appears to be
effective. Perhaps no substance will
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arrest the rot without At the same time
injuring the vines themselvee.
PREVENTIVES.
By way of prevention, which is real
ly more important than cure, two
methods seem worthy pf extended trial.
These are:
1. Prompt removal and burning of
all diseased grapes.
2. Protection of the grape clusters
from rain and dew.
The first method has been tried with
uniform success in Michigan, New
Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Mississippi, and other states. This
method is based upon sound principles.
The grape-rot is au infectious disease,
propogatcd by diseaspd berries. Eyery
rotton berry is, or may become a center
of infection. Consequently, the ehanees
that the rot will spread decrease in
proportion to the thoroughness with
which this infectious material is remov
ed and destroyed. The berries should be
picked off every day until the rot disap
pears, and should in all eases be burn
ed or buried. Where this treatment
has been systematically followed, for
even a single year, great benefit has
been experienced the year following.
To be most effectual the picking should
be practiced every year from the time
the rot begins until it ceases, and
should be so thorough that no diseased
grapes are left either upon the vines or
on the ground. The labor of removal,
at first onerous, will become less and
less each year. To render the work
most effective there should be concerted
action among all the grspesgrowers of
a district.
The second method, the protection
of the fruit from moisture, is based on
the well-known fact that the spores
of Phoma will not germinate if kept
dry, and on the oft-recorded observation
that the rot almost entirely disappears
in times of drought. ' In many parts
of Southern Michigan the summer and
autumn of 1886 were characterized by
a protracted drought, not a drop of
rain falling for six or eight weeks.
During this dry weather the rot disap
peared almost entirely. I made severnl
examinations in September, in three
different counties, but failed to find a
trace of rot even in vineyards where
it was very prevalent in 1885. There
are two ways of keeping the grapes
dry:
(a) By covering the individual clus
ters with paper bags.
(h) By roofing the trellises with
wide boards or with cotton cloth.
Bagging is almost uniformly suc
cessful if done carefully, and early in
the growing season, i. soon after the
grapes have set and before the spores
of the Phoma have lodged thereon.
Mr. J. C. Hodges, of Morristown,
Tenn., writes:
"For twelve years mv experience has
seemed to demonstrate that dampness
on the surface of the fruit and rapid
growth o foliage are the causes of the
disease. Shelter of any kind over the
vine prevents it every time. Small
paper sacks over the bunches save
them perfectly. The remedy I have
used most, with almost uniform success,
is leaf pruning. I allow the canes to
grow full length, but in June I cut
away the older leaves and suckers from
near the fruit, so as to allow free cir
culation of air, and so that the sun
may shine oil the fruit. Except on
rich land or when there is a long con
tinued, cloudy spell, this saves the fruit.
Nothing but shelter or sacking the
bunches will save it on rich land.
I have never seen disease of any kind
attack fruit or vine when the vine is
trained along the wall or under the
eaves of a building. I have seen a
shelter 2 feet wide made over the trellis j
prove a complete protection against
rot, while on the same vine, where it
hare fruit not under the shelter, not a
grape matured.11
Respecting the roofing of trellises,
Col. Alexander W. Pearson, of Vine-;
land, N. J., who has had large experi- "
ence, also says, " It gives almost com- j
plete protection."
If practicable both methods may be
combined.
With many viticulturists it may be
an open question whether the profits of
grape-raising will warrant the cost
attending the application of these
preventive measures. It is hoped,
however, that they will be given care
ful trial, and that grape-growers will
report results to this Section.
PER CENT. OF CROP ANNUALLY DESTROY
ED BY ROT AND MILDEW.
In some instances observers have
not clearly distinguished the loss due to
the mildews from that due to the rot.
The fact that they generally occur
together renders this the more difficult.
In a good many localities, in the years
when the mildew prevail, the loss is
chiefly from the rot ; but the rot also
appears to prevail where Peronospora
cUiola is unknown or infruq iont.
For the United States east of
the
Rocky Mountains the entire loss from
mildews and black-rot cannot on an after being pursued by a large posse,
average, be much less than 40 per cent, upon whom he fired, he w.is finally cap
annually. This is lower than Mr. tured and jailed.
Pearson's estimate, and lower than I smmmmmmmmmf!S
would be warranted in placing it, if I
based my judgment exclusively upon
the reports received.
Relics of the Cluverius Hanging.
A peice of tbe silk rope that was
ued in the execution of Cluverius, at
Richmond, on the 14th inst., and a
ticket of admission to the Richmond
jail, were to be seen in the c,igar case
at the Central Hotel yesterday. Mr.
Conrad Lipscomb found these relics of
the celebrated tragedy in the possession
of Mr. M. P. Courtney of Richmond,
who was in the city yesterday, and the
idea of Placing them in the show case
occurred as one likely to be of interest
to the curious, and it was done. At a
glance the little bundle of bright color
ed silk would be taken for samples of
yam for fancy work. The section of
rope from which it was taken was
about six. inches in length, and the
silk has no appearance of ever having
been twisted into a hangman's rope.
Four colors are represented white, old
gold, purnle and maroon, all of them
being rich and deep, and as clean as if
V e had never beei; handled. Beside
the section of rope was seen a ticket of l
; a. 1 1 '''
aaraiMiion to ine execution, winch pre
sented a much more prosaic and busi
ness like appearance than the fancy
rope. On a small piece of white paper
were written the words, each sentence
forming a line: "To the City Jail,
Admit One, Jan. 14, 1887. James C.
Smith." It has been stated that the
silk rope was made as a compliment to
the prisoner, but such is not the case.
The rope was made by E. J. Brown, of
Itichinond, an old rope maker,
evidently intended to turn to good ac
count the bright but fatal product
The silk consumed in the manufacture
cost $45, and an agreement was made
that after the rope had been used it i
was to be returned to Mr. Brown. This
was done and he at -Once cut quite a
number of short pieces from it, and
waa diMHWntr of tLm SC
when the city sergeant stepped in on
the speculator and stopped further
proceedings by taking the rope and
paying Brown for it. This was done
because the sale of it as proposed was
very distasteful to a large number of
Richmond's citizens. Charlotte Chwn
icle.
it- i. . 'a .
Michigan Colored Burglar Lassoed
and
Almost Strangled.
The examination of George Hazard,
a burly colored man, in Greenfield, a
suburb of Detroit, on Monday attrac
ted a large crowd. The prisoner was
charged with having on the night of
January 11 broke into the Catholic
school of St. Alphonsus, in Greenfield,
and assaulted Sister Mary Hoefler,
twenty years old. He escaped imme
diate capture. The sister was unable
to appear against the negro, having
been severely injured by jumping from
a window, and he was taken to the con
vent by the officers for identification,
and thence back to the court-room.
When Hazard's identity was clearly es
tablished as the gialt y man, there were
murm tilings among the crowd. He
was held to the Circuit Court for trial,
and while Assistant Prosecutor Minock
was making out commitment papers,
some one in the crowd threw a slip
noose tn a fifty foot rope about the
prisoner's neck. A score of hands in
stantly pulled him twenty feet before he
could utter a cry. His eyes bulged, his
tongue protruded, and he was fairly
white from fright. He thought his
last hour had come, and the justice and
prosecutor thought the same. There
was great excitement among the spec
tators, and only the prompt action of
the officials saved the prisoner from
immediate lynching. After a struggle
the rope about his neck was cut, and
he was secured in the justice's office
until it was safe to fetch him here
to jail.
Impure Ice as a Cause of Pisease.
The State Board of Health, having
been asked by the Board of Health of
Syracuse to examine into the purity of
ice taken from Onondaga Lake, from
the Erie Canal at Syracuse, and from
Cazinovia Lake has not only made a
careful investigation into the quality , fnd begins to tall off, and their expen
of ice from those sources, but has also ! ditures exceed their receipts. A man
prepared a report on the general ques
tion of the pathogenetic powers of con
taminated ice. The Board comes to
these conclusions: Ice formed in im
pure water has caused sickness; it may
contain from eight to ten per cent of
the organic matter dissolved in the
water, and in addition a very large
amount of the organic matter that had
been merely suspended or floating in
it; it may contain living animals and
plants, ranging in size from visible
worms down to the minutest spores,
and the vitality of these organisms may
be unaffectet
by treezing.
A Youn t Girl Shot Dead for Refusing to
Marry.
Springfield, Ky., Jan. 27. Tuesday
afternoon Lud Cornish, a dissolute fel
low, called at the house of John Green,
a farmer, and proposed marriage to the
latter's daughter, Lula, aged 18. She
refused him and he shot her dead. Miss
Gn-en's mother, hearing the pistol shot
and the girl's screams, ran to the room
and Cornish turned the pistol on her,
shooting her in the hand. He tried to
fire, ayrain, but the pistol's main spring
broke and he fled to his home, where,
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Since the close of the war $800,000,
000 have been paid out of the United
States Treasury for pensions. The bill
for the present year will pay out $7$,
000,000. And the list is still on the
increase, and it probably will not be
long till every man who enlisted in the
army or nary is pensioned. Our gov
ernment now Devs more for nensiona
than all the combined powers of Europe
tucu i iii intrust. itnutes Mia ire-
quent wars.
fit is one of the methods by -which
the northern, eastern and western sec-
tons f the country rake money oat of
the national treasury by which the
South is made to pay for its secession
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frollck W non is enormous
treasnr
conies Sooth, but oar quota
must go forward to nuke it uo. I f
X Know a Thing or Two.
uMy dear boy." said a father to his
only son, ''vou are in bad company.
The lads with whom yon associate in
dulge in bad habits. They drink, smoke,
swear, play cards and visit the theatres.
They are not safe company for you.
beg you to quit their society."
44 You needn't be afraid of me, father"
j replied the boy, laughing. I guess I
, know a thing or two. I know bow far
to go and when to stop." The lad left
his father's house, twirling his cane in
his fingers, and laughing at the old
man's notions.
A few years later, and that lad, grown
; to manhood, stood at the bar of a court,
before a jury which had brought in a
I verdict or guilty against him for some
crime in which he had been concerned.
I Before he was sentenced he addressed
, the court, and said, among other things:
j uMy downward course began in diso
bedience to ray parents. I thought I
knew as much of the world as my father
did, and I spurned his advice; but a
soon as I turned my b ck on my home,
temptation came upon me like a drove
of hyenas, and hurried me on to ruin."
Mark that confession, ye boys who
are beginning to be wiser than your
parents. Day Spring.
Keep Ahead.
One of the great secrets of success in
life is to keep ahead in all ways possible.
If you once fall behind, it may be very
difficult 'to make up the headway which
is lost. One who begins with putting
aside some part of his earnings, bow
ever small, and keeps it up for a num
ber of years, is likely to become rich be
fore he dies. One who inherits proper
ty, arid goes on year by year, spending
a little more than his income, will be
come poor if he lives lougeuough. Liv
ing beyond their means has brought
multitudes of persons to ruin in our
generation. It is the cause of nine
tenths of the defalcations that have
disgraced the age. Hankers and bu si
men do not often help themselvs to
other people's moi e until their own
The Hair May Be Preserved
To an advanced age, in its youthful freshness, abundance, and color, by th una
of Ayer's Hair Vigor. When the hair is weak, thin, and falling, this preparation
will strengthen it, and improve its growth.
Some time ago my wife's hair be can
to come out quite freely. She used two
bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor, which not
only prevented baldness, wit also stim
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growth of hair. I am ready to certify to
this statement before a justice of the
peace, H. Hulsebus, Lewisburg, Iowa.
On two occasions, during the pant
twenty years, a humor in the scalp
caused my hair to fall out. Each time,
I used Ayer's Hair Vigor and with grati-
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ine my scab) clean and healthy. T. F
Ing my scalp clean anu neaitny. x .
Drummond, Charlestown, Va.
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For months I suffered from liver and
Kidney complaint. After taking my
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getting no better, I began using Ayer's
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me. James Blade, Lambert ville, K. J.
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taken Swift's specific. 1 hare been troubled witli It very little in my fact since W tartar.
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MM mffrnikmswm. S. 8. ft. no doubt broke it up: at least It pat my system In imo1 t.mdliie t
sad I got well It also bimswitiil my wife greatly in ca of sick hsadarho. ciU ni&Ja a j-r.Vct
cure of a breaking oat OS my litue throe rev ofd daughter lux mtmmvr.
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Tas Swnrr Snterr-m CV.. Prawer a, Atlanta. G.
who is in debt walks in the midst of
perils. It cannot but impair a man's
self respect to know that he is living at
desirable that we should keep somewhat
ahead in our work. This may not be
possible in all eases, as, for instance,
when a man's work is assigned to cer
tain fixed hours, like that of operatives
in a mill. But there are certain classes
of people who can choose their time
nn eioense oi oiners. it is atso verv
for the work they are called to do.
amongst mem are some wno invariably
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put on t ne task assigned them as long
as possible and then come to its perform
ance hurried, perplexed, an xious confus
ed in such a state of mind as certainly
unfits them for doing their best work.
Get ahead and keepiehead, and your
success is tolerably sure.
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A Big Strike.
'lis fmirt
New York, Jan. 27. Twenty thons- -
and men are today on a strike among
the coal shove lrrs. Ion gdioremen, freight
handlers, and men employed on the
river front in almost every capacity,
and the number is augmented to close
on 33,000 by the strikers on the Brook
lyn and Jersey shores. An order went
forth yesderday from the headquarters
of the longshoremen's union, backed
by the K n igt lis of Labor Assembly No.
40, and this morning the men turned
out.
George C romp ton.
George Crompton, distinguished as
the inventor of many improved looms,,
died at his home in Worcester, Mass.,
December 29 last, in the 56th year of
his age. He was born at Ramsbottom
England, March 3, 1829. He was a
man of much executive as well as in
ventive ability. His productions in the
line of looms have long been famous
for superior excellence.
Death of Prof Willoughby Read.
Norfolk, Jan. 20. Prof . J. Willough
by Reade, well known in this section
for years as a reader and elocutionist,
died this morning at the residence of
E. W. Moore, on Freemason street,
where he has been sick for several weeks.
The deceased was a native of London,
England, but has been a resident in
this country and State for some years,
his home being, in Wythville. He
leaves a son and daughter, both of
whom were at his bedside. His remains
will be conveyed to Wythville.
Acknowledging its Error.
Boston, Jan. 27. A Halifax special
o the Herald says that Consul Geherat
Phelan was notified yesterday that a
nominal fine of $25 would be imposed
in the case of the American fishing
schooner Howard Holbrook, and the
balance of the $400 deposited by her
awards restored. This makes the sixth
fishing case in which the do
minion government partially acknowl
edges its error and the unjust ness of the
interference of the vessels concerned.
About Ave years ago my hair began to
fall out. It became -thin and lifeless,
and I was certain I should he bald in a
short time. I began to use Ayer's Hair
Vigor. One bottle of this preparation
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now as abundant and vigorous as ever.
C. E. Svct, Gloucester, Mass.
I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for
years, and, though I am now fifty-eight
years old, my hair is as thick and black
as when I was twenty. This prepara
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fect hair dressing. Mrs. Malcom H.
Sturtcvant, A ttle borough, Mass.
Safety,
Thorough action, and wonderful m ra
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As a mild and thorough purgative,
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Sick 'Headaches, stimulate the Liver,
and quicken the appetite. Jared O.
Thompson, Mount Cross, Va.
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