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ATTORNEY AT T_..A. W_
Lionoir, INT. C.
i
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and in til# Federal V.nVc-svrfJU.
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September JS. ISsT.
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at r r \ t'or nsklloi: at law
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In tlir isiiprein# i.iturl and the FfHitrai
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Mr t attention to tfie •olleetien *1
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promptly made.
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hut the opinion of hundreds of others
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sold every w here. Price lo cts. a pack
i a*e 4 > colors, liny have U" equal for
strength, lirijrhttn -s. mount m pack
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fading qual'itu -. 1 ]i. > do not crack I
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Ilickorv, IV. CJ.
o
Having graduated in medicine before the
and having spent about three month*
recently in
COI.LEt.K A: HOKIMTAL9
lectures. Jtc., is »nw jireparei t«
tr«»t diseases upon tk« most mpreyed aeili
• *d.
DISEASES PECULIAR TO WO
MEN AND CHILDREN A SPE
CIALTT.
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('•■ it l.onl 1 k'ni knot-w l.»"t
I wai! on 1 iifv
I toil ou fii.ir d».» * . da
l'.»ar*ng at f rrci.« a'.d nn> [irtxr
T'l foll»» Th'-»
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A 'el I a a te*» *l«n«
A D'l Oar « a r» «ad .
!.ir'l .'aao*. Thrri "ii f b-er my !na!
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a a ; fl' p»a !• •! 'na g hn r- •;»;
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Kven fur rue '
• mall thinga whi. Ii utli. r. htirrj u» on
In tar l»le"* *erTiri- avrift arid ilronß
Might li'i'.r ».e
tireit et I raiafht r.nrh
A fl'iwer t:i , !,err Hii'l ti-a-'h
Kobp au>ldiT Im'.ii *
Or for parrho l lip. 1 mi>ht tiring
On. « 1 p of .inter fn >ao t lie ripriuc
I.re 1 depai •
S » tiro.! vat l» wer.' «Tr...'l
tome tff»ler feel
Tl> help Hll'l glll'l"
rhe lit I la ot.ea, wlioae Ht'*ps nre klow,
I ahlldid no! ».nry tlietn. 1 kmm,
. .Sor rou»rlily flild".
So Lord. Tliou will ionie
Ta t«k- nn to nay honiM
S>) lonK dpaired.
Onlr Tliy ernr. na I int-n-y aantl
That Ima » *»r\e Th«« to tha **nl
Though 1 tun tlr«*d.
M E T.
Prenidetifw Me««ane
'riii" CnH'jrrns >f the ( nit'-/ Stutrs:
You aro oonfront.od lit tlie thres
liold of tour leoi*iative,dut \Tith
a condition of tli* national finances
wliicli imperatively demands inmiedi
ate and careful consideration. Ihe
amount of meiiey annuallT (exacted
tlirou« r h the operation of the pres
ent 1 a'vr> from tlie industries and
iieoessities of the jieople largely ex
ceeds the sum necessary to meet the
expenses of the government. ii n
wt- cousi-ler that the theory of our
ii: ditutions guarantees to e\ ry citi
zen the full enjoyment of all the
unit f>f his industry'and entei-prise
\Tith only such deduction as may he
hi* share towards the careful and
economical nmintftinftnee of the gov
ernment which protects him. it i*
plain that the exaction of more than
this indefensible extortion and a cu!-
pmblo betrayal of American fairness
and justice. Phis wrong inflicted
upon those who bear the burden of
national taxation, like other wrongs,
multiplies a brood of evil consequen
ces. The public treasury, which
should onlt exist ft" a conduit, con-
Veying the people's tribute to its le
gitimate object of
conies a hoarding place for money
needless yb withdiawn from trnde and
the people's use, thus crippling our
national energies, suspending our
country's de*elopnient, preventing
investment in productive enterpris
es. threatening financial disturbance
ftin] inviting schemes of public plun
der
TUP. EXCESS OF KEVENTES
On the 3(>th day of .lutie. 1 KHf>, the
excess of revenues over public ex
penditures, after complying with the
annual requirement of the sinking
fund. was|l7,S.V.),7dr) S4 ; during the
veur ended June dO, 18S(i, such an
amounted to £41).405,i")45.20,
anil during the y*r ended June :{•),
ISS7, it reached the sum of J!>.">s,sb i,-
849.54. The annual contribution to
Lhe sinking fund during the three
rears above specified, amounting in
the aggregate to # 138.058.320. I J4
and doducted from the surplus as
stated, was made by calling in for
that purpose outstanding three per
cent bonds of the government. Dur
ing the six months prior to June 30,
ISS7, the suplus had grown so large
by repeated accumulations and it
was f«.ired the withdrawal of this
great sum of money needed by the
, people would so cfTeet the business
j >f the country that the sum of £io.-
5i,4.100 of such surplus was app ic 1
i to tliw payment of tne principal and
• iyterest of the 3 per ct ntTbonds -till
! outstanding and which w.ie tiieti
| pa-rable at the option of the goTern
j tueut. The piecwious condition of
financial affairs among the people
still needing relief, immediately after
the 30th day of June, 18S7, the re
mainder of the 3 percent bonds then
outstanding, amounting, principal
and interest to the sum of $18,877,-
! 500, were called in and applied to the
; sinking fuud contribution for the cur
i rent fiscal year. Notwithstanding
these opperations of the Treasury
Department representations of dis
tress in business circles not only
continued but increased, and abso
lute peril seemed at hand. In these
circumstances the contribution to
the sinking fuud for the current fis-
cal year was at once completed by
the expenditure of $27,084,283 55 in
the purchase of government bonds
not yet due bearing four and four
1 and a half per cent, interest, the pre
mium paid thereon averaging about
24 per cent, for the former and eight
j per cent for the latter. In addition
to thisthe interest accruing during
the out-standing bonded indebted
ness of the government was to some
extent anticipated and the banks se !
lected as depositories of public men- i
: ey were permitted to somewhat in
crease their deposits. While the ex
pedients thus employed to relea-e i
i to the people the money lying idle i
in the treasury served to avert im
j mediate dangers our surplus reve- '
I nuts have continued to accumulate, ]
■ the excess for the pren nt year ;
j amounting on the Ist day of Decern- j
! " - . I
i her, to $55,258,801.1'.), and estimated
to reach the sum of $113,000,000 on
the 30th day of June next, at which
date it is expected that this sum ad
ded to prior accumulations will swell
the surplus in the treasury to 140, *
000,000
The message here is an extended
discussion of the surplus, the sink
ing fund, and the purchase of bonds
all of which is very interesting to
politicians but too lenghty for our
limited space, and to interest the
general reader.
THE TARIFF.
Our scheme of taxation by means
of which this needless surplus is
taken from the people and put into
the public treasury, consists of a
tariff or duty levied upon importa
tions from abroad and internal reve
nue taxes levied on the consumption
of tobacco, and spirituous ami malt
liquors.
It must be conceded that none of
the things >ubjected to internal reve
nue tax are strictly speaking necessft
ries. There appeals to be no just I
complaint of this taxation bv the i
-
consumers oft: • -e articles and there
j
.ieeii'B to be nothing so well able to j
bear the burden without hardship to j
any portion of the people. But our !
pre.-ent tariff laws, the vicious, in j
equitable and illogical source of un
necessary taxation, ought to be at
once revised and amended. These
law* as their primary and plain effect
raise the price to consumers of all ftr
ticleia imported and subject to duty
by precisely the sum paid for such
duties. Thus the amount of the
duty measures the tax paid by those
who purchase for use these imported
articles. Many of these things, how
, ever, are raised or manufactured in
j our own country, and the duties
j now levied upon foreign goods and
products are called protection to
I these home manufactures, because
j thev render it possible for thofe of
i our people who are manufacturers
; to make these taxed articles and seli
1 them on a demand for imported
i goods that have paid customs duty.
ISo it happens that while com
i paratively a few use the imported
i articles, most of our people who
j never use and saw any of the foreign
| products purchase and use things of
the same kind made in this country
and pay therefore nearly or quite the
sarne enhanced price which the duty
i adds to the imported articles. I hose
who buy imperta pay the duty
1 charged thereon into the public
treasury, but the great majority of
.our citizens who buy domestic ar
ticles of 11 if same class pay a sum at
i lea-d approximately equal to this
duty to the home manufacturers.
It is not proposed to eutirely re
lieve the country of this taxation. It
must be extensively continued as the
source of the government's income :
• and in a readjustment of our tanft
the interests of American labor en
• . u age.l in manufacture should be care
' fully con-i dt-red. as well a- the pre
I s, rvati*» of our manufactures. It
1 : 11 ar be called protection or by any
i other ii uut but rebel from the hard
-I :p- and dangers of our present
ta: iff laws should be devised with
f f especial precaution against imperil
s in" the existence of our manufactur
r • ing interests. But this should not
- mean a condition which, without
i regard to the public welfare or a
1 national exigency, must alw ays insurt
- the realization of immense profits
b instead of moderately profitable
- returus. As the volume and diver
y of our national activitie:
v increase, new recruits are added tc
thoso who desire a continuation o
V tbi advantages which they conceiv
th% present system cf tariff taxatior
e them. So stubbornly
o to reform the preseni
. I resisted by those
Ibichor&.'lßortb Carolina, "December 15, ISS7.
our feiJow-citizent thus engaged that
hardly complain of the sus
j picion entertained to a certain extent
that there exisis on organized combi
nation all along the line to maintain
their advantage.
THE INFANT INDUSTRIES.
We are in midst of centennial j
celebrations and with becoming pride
i we rejoice in American skill and in
j genuity, in American energy and en - j
! terpnse and in the wonderful ;
natural advantages and resources;
developed by our country's natural j
growth. Yet when an attempt is j
! ninde to justify a scheme which
: permits a tax to be laid upon everv
j consumer in the land for the benefit
lof our manufacturers, quite beyond
a reasonable demand for govern
i mental regard, it suits the purposes
iof its advocates to call our manu
factures infant industries that a
greater degree of favor and fostering
care may be wrung from federal
legislation.
It is also said that the increase in
tiie price of domestic manufactures
resulting from the present tariff is
necessary in order that higher wages
may be paid to our workinguien em
ployed in manufactures than is paid
for what is called the pauper labor
of Europe.
AMERICAN LABOR.
All will acknowledge the force of
an argument which involves the wel
fare and liberal compensation of our
laboring people.
Our labor is honorable in the eyes
of every American citizen, and as it
lies at the foundation of our devel
opment and progress, it is entitled
without affection or hypocrisy to
the utmost regard. The standard
of our labor should not be measured
bv that of any other country less fa
vored. sud they are entitled to their
full -hare of all our advantages.
By the last census it is made to
; appear that of the 17,302,0519 of our
| population engaged in all kinds of
I industries. 7,070,403 are employed
! in agriculture. 4,074,238 in profee
| sional and personal service (2,934.876
of whom aae domestic, servants and
laborers) while 1,810.250 are em
ployed in trade and transportation
and 3,837,111 are classed as employ
ed in manufacturing and mining.
To these an appeal is made to
save their employment and maintain
their wages by resisting a change.
There should be no disposition to
answer such suggestions by the al
legation that thev are in a |
17* '
of those who labor and therefore
should forego an advantage in the
interest of low prices for the major
ity. Their compensation, as it may
be affected by the operation of tariff
laws, should at all times be scrupu
lously kept in view. And yet with
slight leflection they will not over
look the fact that they are consum
ers with the rest, that they too have
their own wants and those of their
families to supply from their earn
ings aud that the price of the neces
i saries of life as well as the amount
of their wages will regulate the
' measure of their welfare and com
fort. But the reduction of taxation
i demanded should be so measured
as not to necessitate or justify loss
. of employment by] the working
man or the lessening of wages, and
■ the profits still remaining to the
' manufacturer after a necessary read
jubtment should furnish no excuse
for the sacrifice cf the interests of
his emplovees either in their oppor
tunity to work or in the diminution
of their compensation. Kor can the
workers in manufactories fail to un
> derstand that while a high tariff is
: claimed to be necessary to allow the
1 | pavment of remunerative wages it
- j certainly results i» a very in
- i crease in the price of nearJy all sorts
! of manufactures, which in almost
t ! countless forms he needs for Lhe use
• 0 f himself and his family. He re
: ceives at the desk of his employer
t hi- wa r es and perhaps before he
i reaches his home is oblige.!, in a
; purchase for family use of an article
which embraces his own' labor, to
t | return, in the payment of the in
t j crease in price which the tarifi per
a mits, the hard-earned compensation
e of many days of toil.
THE DUTDY OS WOOL.
e
The farmer and the agriculturist.
s who manufactures nothing, but who
o pavs the increased price which the
»f tariff imposes upon every agricuitur
* al implement, upon all he wears and
c upon all he uses and owns except
7 the increase of hi- flocis and herds
and such things as m husbandry
)f produces from the soillis invited to
aid in maintaing the present situa
tion. and h-» i« told that a high duty
on imported *> »-»l is n n cs-.try for
til* hem-tit of tin.st* Alio have >hee|
to shear in order that the price of
.th«'ir wool mar In- pu re tsed. 1 hey.
I of course, are not reminded that the
1 farmer who hi» no sheep is by this
scheme obliged in his pur h i>e of
clothing and woolen to pa r a
I tribute to his fellow farm-r a« w-1!
a* t«» the manufacturer and in r
ch nit, nor i« anv mention made ot
j the fact that the sheep owners theiu
jse ves and their households must
wear clothing an 1 use other art ides
manufactured from the wool they
se! 1 at tariff prices ami tiiusa con
sumers must return their share «d
this increased price to the the trades
man. I think it tnav b 'fairly as
sumed tli.it a large proportion of ;h*'
sheep owned bv tin* fanners through
out the countrv are found in sinali
flocks, numbering from twentr-live
to tiftv. The dut.v on the grade of
imported wool which these sheep
yield is ten cents each pound if o
the value of thirty cents, ,>r less
than twelve cents if of the value ol
more than (liirtv cents.
If the lil>eral estimate of six
pounds Im» allowed for each fleece,
the dutv thereon would be sixtv or
se enty-two cents, and this may be
taken as the utmost enhamement
of the price to the farmer by reason
of this duty. Eiglieeu dollars
would thus represent the increased
price of the wool from twentv-live
sheep, and thirty-six dollars thai
from the wool of fifty sheep. If
upon its sale the farm, r receives this
or less tariff prolit, the wooi leaves
his hands charged with precisely
Lliat sum which, in all its changes,
will adhere to it until it reaches the
consumer. When manufactuied
into cloth and other material for
use its cost is not only increased to
the extent of III* farmers tariff
profit hut a further sum has been
added for lhe benefit of the manu
facturer under the operation of other
tariff laws. In tiie meantime tie
day arrives when t lie farmer finds it
necessarv to purchase woolen clothes
and material to ciotln* himself and
family for the winter. When lie
faces the tradesman for that pur
puse he discovers that he is obliged
not only to return in the way of in
creased prices his tariff profit on the
wool hesoldand w liichth tUMie^^M
form hutt* Cne must add a consid
erable sum thereto to meet a further
increase in cost caetsed bv a tariff
dutv on the maniifactuie. Tlius in
t e end lie i aroused to the fact that
he has paid upon a moderate pur
chase as a result of the tariff scheme,
which when he soM his wool seemed
so profitable, an increased price
more than sufficient to sweep awav
all the tariff profit he received upon
the wool he produced ar.d s"jd.
When tli* number of farmers enga
ged in wool raising is compared will
all the farmers in the country and
the small proportion *he\ lx ar to
our population is consider-d : when
it is made apparent that in the case
of of a large part of who own
sheep the benefit of the present tar
iff on wool is illusory ; an 1, above all
when it must 1*» conceded that the
increase of the cost of living caused
by such a tariff becomes a burden
upon those wifh moderate means
and the poor the employed and tie*
unemployed, the sick arid the nell
the young and the old—a-'.l that it.
constitutes a tax which, with relent
, less grasp, is fa-tene.i upon
| clothing of every man, woman and
child in the larr'd the reasons are
suggested whv the removal or reduc
: tion of this d ifv shou'd be included
in a re-vision of our tariff laws.
But it is notorious that thisc un
petition is too stronglv rdl-cted bv
' combinations quite prevalent at thi
i time and fiequently called trusts
■ i. which have for their object the reg
>' ulation of the supply and price of
■ j commodities made and sold bv mem
- j l>ers of the combination. The peo
; pie can hardly hope for any consid
eration in the operation of tlu-v.* sel
fish schemes. If, however, in fht
al»sence of such combination a healt
1 thv and free competition leduces th
'! price of any particular dutiable arti
e j cle of home production below th
"! limit which it might otherwise read
: under our tariff laws and it wit!
1 such reduced price its manufacture
" continues to receive abnormal profi
y it is entirel) ejplent thnt a th'oi
:> has be -*u discovea||M|^H|i|ML
i - '"faffonifr'
fully scrutined in an effort to reduce
taxation, Ihe necessity of a com Wi~
nation to maintain the price of com
modity to the tariff point furnishes
lr >of that some one is wl.ling to
tccept lower prices f.>r such commo
lity ami that prices are renumera
ive ami lower prices, produced bv I
•m np. titi n prove the same tiling.!
ri.us where either of these coudi
1011s a c;-e would to Is*
presented for an easy reduction of
taxation.
REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.
The considerations which, have
been presented touching our tariff
laws are intended only to enforce au
earnest recomnieudation that the
surplus reveuues of the governuieut
l>e prevented qy the reduction of our
customs duties at the same tune to
emphasize a suggestion that in ac
complishing this purpose, wo may
discharge a double duty to our pe«-
ple by., granting to tht.ni a measure
iif relief from tariff taxation in quar
ters where it is most needed and
from sources whence it can be most
fairly and justly accorded. Nor can
the presentation made of such con
siderations bo with any degree of
fairness regarded as evidence of un
friendliness toward our manufactur
ers' interest or of any lack of appre
ciation of their value and importance.
These interests constitute a leading
and most substantial element of our
national greatness and frnnish the
proud proof of our country's prog
ress, but if in the .jfiiuergftnyy Im
presses upon us our manufacturers
are asked to surrender something
for the public good and to av rt dis
aster their patrfotism as well as a
gratified recognition of advantages
yi ready afforded should lead them
to willing co-operation. No demand
is made that they shall forego all the
b» nefit's of the government's regard,
but tliev cannot fail to be admon
ished of their duty as well as their
enlightened pelf interest and safety
when they are reminded of the fac
thatthe financial panic and collapse
to which the present condition tends
afford no greater shelter or protec
tion to our manufactures than to
our other important enterprises.
An opportunity for safe, careful and
.dwliberatel refoi« is now offered ;
and none of us should be unmindful
of a time, when an abused and ins
tated people, heedless of those who
have resisted timelv and reasonable
CJOA MA. y
d by upon a radical
T"? sweeping rect lficatiwlW^'j^'fUi
""' v,
wrongs.
REVISION OF THE TARIFF.
The difficulty attending a wise
and fair levision of our tai iff laws is
not underestimated. It will require
on ths part of the Congress great
labor and care and especially a broad
and national contemplation of the
subject and a patriotic disregard of
soclr local and selfish claims aw are
unreasonable and reckless of the
welfare of the entire country. Un
der our present laws more than four
thousand articles are subject to du
tv. Many of these do not in any
ivav compete with our own manu-
I factures and many are hardly worth
1 attention as subjects of revenue.
} A considerable reduction can be
j made in the aggregate by adding
! them to the free list. The taxation
| of luxuries presents no feature of
hardship, but the necessaries of life.
' used and consumed by all the peo
ple, the duty upon which adds to
j the cost of living in every home,
should be greatly cheapened.
FF EE m *|j|^jL, v
1 1 reduction
upon raw ncatcrial need
j in manufacturer*, or Itn free impor
tation. is of course a/i important fac
tor fn any effort tyreduce the price
of these 3. It would not
»e :ii»« from the increaadd
t i . .ted )Bm ti.e trti iff on« ich r.-.a
teiial. butflK m inufa'-tur*d product
: .-h*» ■ that part of
the tacjroiow laid upon such product
a.-I a to our manufac
j the present price of raw
malarial could be accordingly modifi
edr Such reductions, or free impor
tation, would serve, besides, to large-
Aly reduce the revenue It is n*>t ap
parent how such a change can have
■ 3dv injurious effect upon our raan
. ufacturers. On the contrary it would
appear to give them a better chance
» ' in foreign markets with the manufac
1 turers of other countries, who chea
, ! pea their wares by fr«e material
r Thuß ®ir people might have the op
{ ! extending their salei
r of home coriHuia^j
number 50
> sion, interruption in 'business and
. loss caused by a glutted domestic
market, ami at7ordin|. r fMMw employ*
ees more certain an J steady labor
with its resulting quiet and content
ment. The question thus impera
' tively presented for solution should
be approached in a spirit higher than
party anxiety and considered in the
light of that regard for patriotic du
ty which should characteiize the a»
tiou of those intrusted with th* wen]
of a confiding people. But the ob-
I ligation to declare party policy and
I princi| J . V. is not wanting to
prompt and effective action l».>|h
of the great political parties n.iw
represented in the government hue
bv repeated and authoritative iTßcia- I
rations condemned the condition of I
our laws which permits the collec- I
tion from the peoyle of unnecessary flj
revenues and have in the most so
emn manner promised its correction,#
and neither as citizens of politicians 1
ate our countrymen in a mood to J
condone the deliberate violation of A
these pledges. fl
Our progress toward a wise con ■
elusion will not be improved by
dwelling on the theories of potectiou
aud free trade. This savors too
much of baudying epithets. It is a
condition which confronts us, not a
theory. The relief from this condi
tion may involve a slight reduction
of tho advantage which we award our
home productions, but the entire
withdrawal of such advantage should
not 1>« contemplated.
lutely irrelev^B
claim maile
all effort* to i .lie* > the people froi®
unjust and unnecel ary taxation
sche-nes of free-traders ia V
mischievous and fav removed from
any consideration for the public
good. The simple and plain duty
which we owe the people is to reduce
taxation to the necessary expenses of
an economical operation of the
government and to rentoro to tho
business of the country the money A
which we hold in tho treasury
through the perversion of
mental powers. These things
and shonld be done with safety to anß
our industries, without danger to
the opportunity for remunerative
labor which our workingmrn need
and with benelft to them and all our
peoplo by cheapening their means of
subsistence and increasing the
measure of their comforts.
( JJII^^OR«MI; N JKFF DA VIZ
■r* lint IN
to KHIHC* it t»c* Nloppril.
A rot," FTA, (ia., Nov. 30.—Some
time since a movement was set on
foot at Macon to raise by popular
subscription a Jcft I frtnd
The project was heartily approved
bv the press and people and bade
fair to be a great success, but it I
has now fallen throigh. The fol
lowing lettler from Mrs, Davis
brought about the abandonment
ot the project. It is addressed to
Col. W. H. Koss, Macon (Georgia,
chairman ot the committee hav
ing the matter in hand: 4 * It
anything could endear me to our *
friends in Macon it would be the
solicitude manifested for our wel -
fare through the Jove felt for my
husband : but, mv dear sir, let me
" ¥ '
entreat you to let us thank you
f»r the effort, but depreciate the
1 aecompisbmen* of it,
j daughter -f-iid
i •n]>#r T ?rtioti which would stand 111-
■Jit cad of money. Were every*
j thing swept away—which I do
| not contemplate—the blessings*
freedom and independence
dearer to us than wealth and east*, >
i and we should not t>e comforta
| bly under this monied obligation
Jto those who have given a far
greater boon to my husband al
r 1 ready—their hearts. I hare been
: , thus frank with you because as
I Montaigne says 4 lt isjKiu and it
' , is I.'
" j T«o boys near Charlotte
I Hunting with a gun. Coveyof
* | birds flushed. Hoy
5 *
stumbled and fell, C.ro;\
j ' gun. L>ad
t entered the boys 'eoA
. a piece of
up a w ek ot^fl
1. ! be K' 1
>- '* 1
8 hi'-'fflii Si l^'