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NEW-BEENE, N. C, SATUBDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1S74.
Single copies 5 cents.
Vol. Till, No. 860,
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- Liberal contract made with permanent dv-ru-rs.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
GRANDiiGIFT CONCERT.
10,000 Prices.
$250,000 ro Currency to given nivl the
MA80HID BELIEF ASSOCIATION :
MIC RELIEF ASSOCIA
OF NORFOLK, VA.
This drawing has bn lecallzed by apecl a.t oi tuo
iJM--rBitanartot the completion ot the J
tlaeonic Temple in the city or orrout
LIST OF GIFTM:
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT, f '0,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT.. 25,000
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT, . j . 12,500
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT. . 10,000
ONE GBAND CASH GIFT, 5,000
ONE GEAND CASH GIFT, 2,500
24 CASH GIFTS, $S00 ea L 12,000
SO CASH GIFTS, 250 each, 12,500
80 CASH GIFTS. 200 each, 16,000
100 CASH GIFTS, 150 each i ,000
150 CASH GIFTS, 100 ear-h, , 15.000
590 CASH GIFTS, 50 ranh. , J9.500
. 900Q CASH GIFTrt. '5 each. 1,000
Orand Total, Ten ThoiuanJ Gifts, all i.ii $250,000
Whole Ttckets. $5.00. Half Tickets.' $2 50
Plan of drawing same as that of Kentucky Hi.ite Li
brary Association.' Drawing to take place in Norfolk on
TUESDAY, May 5th, 1874.
DIRECTORS i
JA8. Y. LEIQH. WALTER H. TAYLOR
.tEO. S. OLDF1ELD, JNO. A. BOSSON, !
DANIEL- BUSTED, WM. H. WALES !
il.H. STEVENS S. WEIL. j
i.uM.MUM.. i
A.llviSir lioni'll : '
H!8 r.iceliene Gov. GilWvt C. Walker I CI Tti..i. t
Owens. P. O. M.. Col. Kader Bipgs, P.-H. P.. John b
vThiteSiead, Esq., ex-Mayor, Jno. R,- Mf Daniel, P. O'
Commander, OoL W. H. Taylor, .St ate. --Senator. J. J"
Burroughs, Jna. O. Bain, O. C. G. O. C.; Capt. Swn'l'
Watts, Virginia Iginlature. Robt. E. Wither?, G. M , G.
S. P. Sl D. G. C. of G. C. ,
Orders for Tickers and all roinmunlcatirma should 1.
.-id dressed
Henry V. Moore,
Secretary Masonic Relief Assoeiajtiori, Norfolk, Va
ticket for snie In f ivDftnt liy Tho'
Read the Rkpubi ir-CovETER.onlv'i 1 .'50 v-?irlv
WALKER & GtriON,
South Front Street, NEW-IiFRNtjiN C. .
anvl Pealerti in
a itocEJ?
(iiaiii and--Country IfrodiKte
ITU-'hest Cah PriceM paM for B-.l- .1 ' .tua 1 1 ?tf
,o V hi. mit. Pay. .,m n . if. -
DAIL BROTHERS,
and wholesale and retail dealer iu
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Frovtelons, Winee, Llqttors. Tobacco, Ciaifc, -. a-.-.
Pureliasers are invited to call and exranuie the t-ro. 1. :x
our new store, on South Front etreet, njipobjtoOa8to.fi .
lion se. New-Berne, N. O. . i.W'..:-n
CONCERT & THEATRICAL
TROUPES,
fiMlR UNDERSIGNED II H LEAHED ; 1 ill". NEW- '
X. EerneThestre for a term of yearn. and Bf-reby informs
the M&usgerH of all ehibitiovis u.n tl.- -iS-n-.r ' that t'oe
building has been put in t-,..n. I or- r atid, e'i'Ji uitic-n. snd ,
t hat .he is prepared t k-a.e t!i.- sttiie f..4 diji' m-h or :
i ho season. . ' ;j4
Terms reasonable. Telefrranjn 'or 1. it4..-; j.i-ompth '
answered. JOSEPH XKI.S(tV, Lessee. ,
New-Borne, N. C, December 1st, 1ST.. js
4th Grand Gift Concert !
. FC'6 TIIK IIFNTFIT OF I'll!'.
Tiiblio Librnry of ivy.
A FULL DRAWING CERTAIN ! !
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in order to meet tlie general wip'a and .expoctatjon of ,
ihe public aad tho ticket-holderp. for thVtfull payment i
of the magnificent gifts, announced t'or the Fourth I
Orand Gift Concei t oi the -Public Libra) r of KPutucky, i
the management have determined to jvostpoiie tLe Con
cert and Drawing until
Tuesday, the 31st of 3Iarcii, 1874.
So Fiii'thcr PoHtpoiiement !
No doubt Is entertained uf the 6ale of eVery ticket be
fore the Drawing, but whether all are o1d or not the
Concert nd Drawing will positively and 'unequivocally
take place on the 'day now fixed, and if any remain un
sold they will be cancelled and the priite will be re
duced in proportion to the nneold Tickets.;
Only 60.000 ticketa have been issued and
12,000 Casli Gifi-.
$1,500,000
Will be distributed among the tlcket-holde?rs.
The tickets are printed in coupons, of tentbe. and all
fractional parts will be represented in th drawing just
as whole tickets are. I
LIST OP GIFTS.
ONE GEAND CASn GIFT,
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT,
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT,
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT,
ONE GRAND CASH GIFT.
10 CASH GD7TS, $10,000 each,
30 CASH GIFTS, 5,000 each.
$250,000
100,000
50,000
25,000
17,500
100r000
150,000
50,000
40,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
32,500
50 CASH GIFTS, 1,000 each.
80 CASH GIFTS,
00 each.
100 CASH GIFTS,
150 CASH GIFTS,
250 CASH GIFTS,
325 CASH GIFTS,
11.000 CASH GIFTS,
400 each,
300 each,
200 each ,
100 each,
50 each,.
550,000 j
Totd,12,W Gifts, ALL ASB,amounting to $1,500,000
The cliancea for a gift are as one to five.
PRICK OF TICKETS j.
Whole Ucketa, $50; Halves, $25; Tenths, or each cou
pon $5: Eleven Whole Ticket for $500; ?2X Ticketa
fir tlOOO; 113 Whole Ticketa for $5,000 ; 227 Whole
T'cketi for ia000 So discount on less than $500
The Fonrth Gift Concert will be conducted, in all res-
rects like the three which have already been given, and
' r,iaiTnoi!ifl learned from circt lars which will
b. sent free from this office to h who JPPly for thern
VwTera for tickets and applications for agencies, will
tSaStotb sjrirsii1
v nwtd they Will oe mvm xa pivuijHj ,
uatJpotatmnt or delay in filling all.' Liberal terms
ZT-.-r.to those who tmy to sell again, an agents are pe
81" mrmirA tn mutt a nn their accounts and re-
turn an unsold Ucketa by the 20th day of March
THUS jc. u lUk a utu MrMiif
ftni public Library Ky.. n4 Uttagor Gift Concert.
ruoLiirary EaUding, Louitrffle, Ky.
POETRY.
MOTHER'S FOOL.
i .r. j,i iin t. kl-. f.siiii a Itiriiif-r's wile.
"I'Los" h''.v-i will make their mark iu hit
They nver wt-iv made to hnndlp n h-.
And at ouc: to collf-e ont(ht t-
Th-re Ir J, l.Vlittle Ik ttrr'n a l'o-l. .
Pnr-T':n nn.l Henry ni'ist go to s. !i..l. '
V.Vli, l.-aily, vViN-,' .jui.th laraier Brown.
As h(- sat Lis lung of cider down,
"Fred rlre more work in a day iV.i me
Th.iii Li-i liroihers do in three:
Book tatrnin' will ueve r plant one s com.
Nor hc(- potatoes, sure' your're bom.
Nor nv-nl a rod ot broken fene;
For my part, give me common sen-o.
Bat hi,H wife waft bound the roost to rult,
. And John and ilfinry were sent to school.
Whil Tred, of course wftleft behind.
i For Ids mother said he had no mind
'T'"
j John learned to play the flute and fiddle,
: And parted Lis hair, of course, in the middle,
j"While hihrother looked rather higher than he.
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And hung ont a si?n. "H. Brown, M. D
Meanwhile at home their hrother Fred
Had taken a notion into hU head;
Eat he quietly trimmed hi? apple-treen.
And weeded his ouions and plantel peas ;
While somehow, either by hook or crook,
Until at last his father said.
He was getting "hook larnin' into hi h?ad:
"But, lor all that,' added farmer Brown,;
'Hc-'p the sniiuten boy there is in town ;
The war broke out, and Captain Frd
A hundred men to battle led,
And when the Confederate liag came down.
Went marching home as General Bro An,
But he wont to work on the farm again,.
And planted corn and sowed his grain,
Re-shingled the barn and mended the ien-e.
Till prople declared "he had eommou seiiiie
Now common sense was very rare,
And the State House, needed a portion there:
So the "family dunce ' moved into town.
And the people call?d him Governor Brown,
And his brothers who went to the city school,
I Came home to live with "mother's foo!.'
At h pei'i
MARRIAGE IIYf.
vl service at Westminster, on the
day of the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh,
tie hJllowing hymn. rompoed for the occasion,
wa snnf :
TatLer .i l,iit confoSMUg
Thy Majeit' and power,
We seek Thy gracious blessing
To greet the bridal hour
ill.? troth in Eden plighted,
The wedded now renew,
ilav they, in Thee united,
! Fill death be pure and true
"le-.u. , li- deeiuer, b-rir ut :
Still bathe Wedding Jiue-d:
Thy gentlo pve?.-nre neat u-?.
Makes common thin;; moie bled: '
L'en Cui'O '-ball be a learning
Ln ble'H due ; :i divine.
Ji Thou wilt r.tili Ve turiuu
The v'.'itPt into wine.
.kM:!iji.! l-vi', df-.".'ndiu.
Impart Thy joy anl peace,
'! h.-e b..t,.'H together blendinv
iJde-s with 'Thine own increase
Athwart ih- roughen'd ocean.
Or on the peaceful tide,
Thy breath through each emotion r
Tiif ir heavenward cnnrRe shall gui.te
Tin'- ('mii. h. Thy bride, hath given
Tier liles.ino on the vow.
oh. ratify from heaven
Her beiiiMUi below;
ble.s Tether, Hon and Spin i .
i ne union now begun.
Titat ill the Life eternal
It may ' ever one. Ainen.
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TIIK AWKY AT III R(TI.
I liey were .singing good. old '"London
.Am the evening, ool and swt-et.
Lrifted with purpie shadows
down The city ntreet.
li.mnd every i-huii-h'.s window
The lusty ivy clung;
The red. faint sunshine flickered
Tts matchless- leaves among.
The din; nave wiih its arches
And clustered pillars rare
Had e. hor-d to the cadence
Oi ihe pale rector" prayer.
nd now. through tender silence.
Tbe thrilling flute-notes rang:
And sweet aa angels' voices
The, rare old tune they sang
When sudden, lo ! appearing
On carving quaint and old.
Like fair astray from heaven.
Fluttered a speck of gold.
On to the lectnrn flying,
Up to the bishop's chair,
With clear notes soaring, chanting
His wondrous vespers there.
Full rolled the singing voices.
Yet sweeter, richer, higher,
Ood'a silver-throated chorister
Ontsang the trained choir.
hi
THE EVERLASTING PERFUME
is
H0YTS GERMAN PERFUME!
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In ail others the odor vanishes with the drying ot the
Alcohol. ' HOYT'S GERMAN CO LOG NT. "
improved by tim1,
FRAGRANT AND LASTING.
Tnal sirr, 25 cts.
. . Larq bottle, $1.00.
Sold at wholesale and retail at Worxeixs. Ah
Craven Street, New-Berne, N. C. a2o2tf.
NEW YORK.
SAFETY
Steam Power Co.
Rteam Fngines, with and without
mt-on, and sectional Safety steam
Boilers, built In quantities by special ;
: fcn.,
! mmwm
tnac:
hinery. Send for circular.
Certlmd, St. BT.. V.
Wm. S. PHIIiMPS,
. . .
I SADDLER and HARNESS
SI
MIDDLE STREET, next to imSTEIkSOV !
nnnrRRT ami frt frtrrsTn w nrfiTif
NEW.BEBNE, C
All Unas un poattw.
. r Mm
10STA.TL,Y OS 1IAVD tad for sal ?
JONATHAN HAVENS,
Commission Merchant,
CORN MEAJ..
BALED HAY.
OBA8S SKI,
KOCK AND FERTILIZING
LIME,
OTTOS B AGOING A TIEH,
IRISH POTATOES,
SEED OATS.
SEED WHEAT
AND BYE.
STOVE AND GRATE
COAL,
L.lIJ,lI?sO MATERIAL. "i
Window pSmm1, laei mid unglaued,
DOOltS ASJJ BLIXDS,
at NTT.L9 AND BRACKETS, SHELVES. MOITLDlXO
NEWELL POHTS. BALrSTERS AND HAND BATIKS.
Ot all size, on band and madf to ordr in the bt and
troneMt manner, oi No., 1 White 1m I.iunber. thor
oughly seasoned. Also,
SASH CORD & SASH WKIGHTS,
Prices sent npon application and gnarsnted as row as
iy Hcnae in North Carolina.
Personal attention girtn to tke porchaee and aUe of
grain, cotton, and general merchandise.
Lltfl cor. Craren k 8o. Front Sfs. New-Berne. N. 0
rpnr carolinv spring bf.i.
PTLsrrn Jasi i.v i.th, 1-74.
( AK01JXA SPRING UF.D BOTTOM
will, tl
( Iir APNl SS, DURABILITY AND COM TORT.
he challenges tLc wv.rl.l. ;
This bf d is i-omposed of the pplral ppriny. maJ; .i
the best tempered steel, is simple ifi structure, and is
perfectly noiseleM), teiiig ari iaprovptnent upon all
other similar patents.
I will sell COUNTY or STATE RIGHTS at low figures.
Parties wishing to npgotidte ghould oomruunicate v, it ti
me at once. Any one, with s lutlo enei-y, ca.u make
money with this patent.
For particular, addrrPr
D. W. wniTAKFB,
a3l2tf. Raleigh, N. C.
O II N A It il H T li O N G ,
No. l FuTTTEvn.tF. Strft r, RLriaH. N. ('
it o o k it i c i) n if
AND BLANK BoOK MANT'FACTT'Rr.R.
NEWSPAPERS.
M(iA7!NK's. aM
I.W BOOKS,
of every dcH. riptioii. bound in the very let style and
at lowest price. Old numbers of Supreme Court Re
poits taken in exchange for binding. aJlztf.
DEALERS IN-
S fS? IE
P
PROVISIONS.
a i ti t;. i .
Agents for the
Iw Bon Sewii Maciie.
IE
SOUTH FRONT STREET,
NEW-BERNE, N. C.
C
J. J. WIIK CL
GRAND GIFT CONCERT !
fc ? 'DiissE'' BESS--. P 5.. 1
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$28,350.00
In Valuable Real Estate and Cash to be Distributed to the i
Ticket Holders at the
: O-IFL 1ST ZD GIFT CONCERT,
To be Held at Long's Hall,
KUKTSTOKT, INT. 0.7
tSatixrciay, J'jjLLy 1874.
j At which time Gifts will be distributed as follows: ' j
1st. The Kinston Hotel and Furniture, (Family Furniture excepted), located in Kinston, N. C. corner of i
Queen and Caswell Streets. This is the only Hotel In the place, a town of 1,500 inhabitants), Is three stories high, i
has 33 bed rooms, parlor, 2 good store rooms 20x39 feet, 2 offices for Hotel use, one office on Caswell Street, large
! dining room, kitchen and 2 large pantries, good wash-house, warehouse and cow-shed, splendid well of water and :
' the finest garden spot in the county. The house is in thorough resair and has a good patronage.
2nd. One modern built cottage and lot located in Kinston, corner of Kine; and Independent streets, 36x54 feet.
I 9ft brick basement, has four 18x18 feet rooms above, broad hall, with dining room, kitchen, pantries. Ac. in base
I ment. The lot contains one ace of ground under good fence, with stable?, &c, all In ierfect order, the house.
' having been built in 1868.
3rd. One modern built cottage and furniture, (bedding and one chamber set reserved), with one acre of ground, i
situated within 100 yards ot the depot st Old Fort. Jiouoweu county, N. C., on Western N. O. Railroad This cot
tape was built in 1872. has 7 rooms, and ir one of the most desirable locations In Western North Carolina. '
S28.350.00 IN GIFTS AS FOLLOWS:
One Gift, Kinston Hotel and Furniture,.
One Oift, House and lot in Kinston
One Oift, House and lot at old Fort
One Cash Gift of $2,000
nT.ciiniftnr i ftiin
lS.OOO 00
a. ooo oo
2.500 00
2.000 00
1.000 00
ooq oo
on Oah oift of soo...;...;
208 Gifts, amounting to
One Twelfth of the
The object of this Concert is simply to convert the property into money, therefore I will not sell any more
tickets than enough to pay the above prizes and incidental expenses of drawing, and the Manager pledges himself
not to retain a ticket for his own use, with a view of taking part in the drawing.
The following well known gentlemen have been appointed Commissioners, under whose supervision the drawing
will take place.
Hon. W. T. DORTCH, of Goldsboro, N. C. J HENRY R. BRYAN, Eeq., of New-Berne, N. C.
JOHN F. WOOTEN, Iq.. of Kinsnn, N. C.
Whole Tickets, $10. Halves, $5. 11 Tickets, $100.
I will also announce, that each and every person buying a ticket, can. at any and all times, examine my booke
and all bnsineee transactions connected with the enterprise ; and aa the drawing of prizes will be placed in the
j f of honest and disinterested men, it will insure a fair and impartial distribntion.
QOOD RESPONSIBLE AGENTS WANTED LIBERAL. COMMISSIONS ALLOWED.
Money should be sent by Express, or by draft on any solvent Bank, by Post Office Money Order, at Registered
,j letter. For particulars, address
DR. C. K. BAGBY, HiANAQER-
JPJK O PltlHTOR OF KINSTON BOXEL.
D. T. CAEKATVAY, Agent at New Berne, N. C.
S TED MAN.
Dealer in
) Choice Wines, Liquors
" b cigars.
Rooms Gaston House Building,
Kew-Berue, Xortli Carolina.
INSIDE LINK
f. ; I fli.
r New-Berne to Boston,
Providence, New-York
Philadelphia,
I. BALTIMORE AND NORFOLK
.,
Till'. I'lON'F.F.H TH A.VSPORT VTTU V CO.
will inaugurate a
New Line of Steamers
i between
m o it fo i. k & y e w - li i : it x i :
on the 2d of September 187.1. Their nrrt c lass steamer
RALEIGH. Capt. W. T. Harding, with a capacity of 6u0
bales cotton. Will leare Norfdk erery'Tuesday morning
on and after 2d September. Ajrive at New-Berne every
Wednesday afternoon. Leave New-Berne every Thnrsday
at P. M., and arrive In Norfolk every Saturday in time
to connect with steamers for Baltimore and New-York.
Passage to Norfolk including stateroom 2.00. Meals
extra. Breakfast and supper CO cents each, dinner 75
rents. Through bill a Jadim? given at Baltimore. Phila
delphia. New-York, Providence and boston. Freight
' guaranteed a low aa by any other line. For iurther
inlormation apply to
Capt. S. II. fJRAV, Ag'l, Xrwlferite.
( '. E. YFATM AN. Sup't and Qen'l Ag't Norfolk.
g2C. if.
NEW DRY GOODS STORE
On Middle Street,
Opposite American House.
A. & M. HAHN
Have opened a New Store with a complete fetoi k of
fr&ab goods, consisting of
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
Clothing, Boots and Shoes
HATS, CAPS, &c. &c.
In nhort. everything to be found in a
First-Glass Dry Goofis Store!
We oiTer inducements to Cash Rnyers whii'h are not
snrpassfid by :tny House in New-Berne. We invite an
inspection by our friends and the public.
t One Cash Oift of $300.
One Cash Gift of 2O0 . . .
100 00
100 00
600 00
1.250 00
2,000 00
One Cash Gift of 100
Ten Cash Gifts of 50 each. . .
Fifty Cash Gifts of each. . .
200 Cash Gifts of 10 each...
$28,300 00.
Tickets will draw Prizes.
J. h.
Our Snufl Hox.
How to make a h-i
him.
d
Whrn a i hi.:
take notes.
n ! If i
u .'ae
Book-keeping iuhv .- tt;lit in a Mt!!
son of three word-- Never len.l them.
What is that from whie-ii v .'i t:ike th- wh le,
ome remain '. W hoh-sonie.
Prohibition Lws are nid'ti. be bouetlcmi t
the corkscrew trade
If a saloon-keeper gets rich it is becuv -f he
makes many good bar-gaiiis.
The Patrons of Husbandry in 'N isconsiu have
started a new!jp;ipfr ' entitled the V--..n
rh'w-.
Thete i nothing that will change a man so
much as grief, unless it is shaving off hi-i mous
tache and whiskerv.
The new Chief Justice is an Episcopalian.
Rnt cam li Pu-Un ill.- . . it t
iorwartt objections nov. . : .
When a Milwaukee paper remarked recentlv
"The lilac bushes are buddinc. a nader .ai'd
. i, ...
excitedly, ou lilac satan.
If two persons meet with the intent to kill
each other and thereby both are slain, which
one should be punihel? Either one.
There are two reasons why some people don't
mind their own rbusint s-. One is they haven't
any business-, and the other is that they haven't
any mind.
A wealthy Buflah lady of sixty lats jnst mar
ried her own widowed son-in-law, and the chil
dren of two families are now puzzled to settle
their relationship.
An ox that had lie. a eating fermented grain,
which was in preparation for making ale, be
came intoxicated, and was offered for sale bj
his Owner as "corned beef. '
An undertaker in MiunesoLt, wishing to sell
out, presents as an inducement to inquirers the
fact that a j'oung doctor of "no experience li:s
just settled in the town.
P'lnrh .says the habit indulged in by some
young men of wearing a single eye gdnH stuck
in one of their eyes, indicates r,or defective- vis
ion, but mental deficiency.
A man who waa trying to dead-beat the Lake j
Shore Road bv playing deal and dumb was!
asked by the conductor how long he had been
so, and be replied: "Why. ni.iij. I w.-n born this
j An editor, & In .--peaks with the air of :i in, in
j who has disco vered a new htct V.v experi-nce,
j Bayg that the new way to prevent bleeding in
; the nose is to keep y.mr no-ieont of other jeo-
ple s business.
'My dear, ii.i a htisbutut tj Lis wife, 011 ob
serving new .stripeil stocking on lm only heir,
"why have you m.ido barber's oles uf our
child's legs"" "Became he is a huh- -lnver.''
was the ne.it reply.
A wealthy vto;. lately gave the church
which he attends two tables of stone, with tho
ten commandments engraved upon them:
whereupon, a member of the church remarked
that his rea.'on for giving away the command
ments was that he couldn't keep them.
A very handsome lady recently euieted a store
on Middle Street and inrjuired'for a "beau.''
Whereupon Orful, Jr., threw himself .back, and
remarked that he was at her service. ';Ves;
j but I want a bun, not u green one,' was the re-
ply. . Ortul, .Ir., wu-i non-plusscd for once
i
! A young ladv of lons, Iowa, recently said:
' Some men are always talking about patroniz
ing their own town always harping on that
duty - and yet they g abroad to get married,
while we stand waiting ' I do hope that some
of these men who marry Eastern girln will get
cheated.
The Travi l.v's book at an inn in Switzerland
contains tin- lullowiug epigram;
i ii : two i i: avi;li.i:.s.
!'.- ; my pr i nnanteau '
T pity yon v grief.'' '
Ail my sermons were iu it !
T pity the thiel.
' What i- n mnff vhilarating sight.' sas a
Vermont a,'ei , -Mi, an to see eight en hand
some girls sliding down bill on an ox-sled .'
"Nineteen," says the experienced 'editor of the
Boston Post.
Make-the number twenty, and it would add at
least one-tenth more to the lovely picture,
Washington, N. C. J-jrpress.
Double the number and take a way the ,-ded. -
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Wo hear the low of the finny plover,
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