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{ OLD SERIES, XL.
| NEW SERIES, XIX.
THE CENTRE REPORTER. ! OHIO LEGISLATIVE WRANGLE.
The Times: Ohio is now enjoying the
Eprror and Pror’s [luxury of two Senates, or rather one Sen-
‘ate with a full quorum of Senators regu-
larly returned as elected and regularly
A qualified, and a rump Senate, consisting
weavers have geht ona strike. ‘of less than a quorum, but assuming to
Hensel has been re-elected chairman perform the important legislative duty
{of unseating Senators without trial and
{admitting others until a quorum shall be
jobtained. The lawful quornm of the
were sold last week at $92 to $93 per Senate is Democratic; the revolutionary
The par value is $50, {or rump Senate without a quorum, is
EE , . { Republican and is sustained by Lieu.
A Union county vouth recently drank : y :
int nt ” vw. + 1 started to un tui tenant Governor Kennedy, who is the
3 3 WHISKeéY and 8 re £ WO |, 3% “" .
em yh a . o t tl 1 of the Senate presiding officer. If the rump
PB AC i 18 ene ) 10 . : . .
8 pjiceonc. a {Senate shall persist in its revolutionary
second mile, _ ‘program, the wheels of the State govera-
Harry White, great legislative blath- ment will be stopped, and the Supreme
erskite, has been artested for forgery. Court will be compelled to decide the
Harry at one time was in nomination for dispute on some question of public ex-
three different important offices, so great |penditures. As the issue now stands,
was Harry's greed. ino court with even a shade of law, would
w oy NT | f ‘sustain the rump Senate as & part of the
The Philadelphia Times almanac, for legislative authority,
1888, is a valuable pamphlet, and has| py, oq4s0 of this violent action by the
in comprehensive form political infor- Republican minority of the Ohio Senate
mation and statistics that are found use- ; the alleged fraudulent return of the
ful every day in the year. four Democratic Senators from Cincin-
Congress is considering a bill for the Pati. A like question was met in the
increase of pensions of dependent wid- House by the summary rejection of the
lepresentatives from Cin-
FRED. KURTZ,
-
At Kinsington, Philadelphia, 800 carpet’
ofthe Democratic State committee.
oy
Several shares of the Lewisburg bridge
share.
miles,
ows of soldiers from $8 to $12 per month. ' Democratic
There might be some sense in raising /¢innati without hearing or trial, just on
the pensions of this class a little and the eve of the Benatorial election, and
lowering it on the shoulder-strap class. the seating of nine Republican contest-
ants. Violent as that proceeding was, it
W. J. McConnell, the well-known tem- | was done by an undoubted quorum of
perance advocate, while on his way to {he body, and its judgement cannot be
Punxsutawney where he was expected revised. There was a supreme political
to advocate the cause of temperance, was necessity in case to assure Sher-
alleged to have been in an intoxicated inan’s re-election to the Senate. as he
condition. could not venture on a ballot with only
If this is true then don't blame it on three Republican majority in the joint
the cause of temperance, but score one'convention. The action of the House,
more against the other side. unseating members without the hearing
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the
The Republican senators have backed prescribed by law, and in defiance of a
down from their demand to ask the decision of the SBapreme Court sustain.
President for reasons for his removal of ing their prima facie right to their seats,
Republican office holders. They find was a dangerous precedent forall parties,
that in such a step they would be going and is likely to breed a bountiful crop of
ahead of their business. The President partizan violence in that state hereafter,
has simply answered the demand of the but the revolutionary action of the mi-
people for a change and “turned the ras. nority of the Senate, when there is not
and that is reason ven the poor excuse of a great po-
litical necessity such as inspired the ac.
re-
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The N. Y. S ieut. Gov. Dorshei-!.: b. 3 4
Ihe N.Y. Star, Lieut, § wv. Dorshei- ion of the House, is simply open
ers paper, = What we Sirhan nt bellion against law and government.
daily journal and the Weekly Star is on limp
par with it. The Sar 1s full of life polit- STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
ically, and strictly Demos
enough,
ratic. Its edi-| The annual meeting of the Pennsylva-
torials are full of freshness: select nia State Board of Agriculture, and Gen-
matter entertaining, and its news de- eral Farmers’ Institute, will be held in
partment gives you the world’s happen- the Supreme Court room at Harrisburg,
ings. See adv. in another column, Wednesday and Thursday, January 27th
: SN . . land 28th. The first session will begin at
A few nights ago several shots were, ,
He aT i 10:30 o'clock, Wednesday, when the usu-
fired at Mr. Vallandigham, the Demo- | busi } rd? ts of
: : . . al business, such as receiving reports o
cratic clerk in the Ohio Senate ; the idea ines : jing Tepor
committees, appointments of new com-
make . tant . i
he : : mittees, election of officers, etc, will be
the way clear for the Sherman conspira- rT ; :
; . . : transacted. The afternoon session will
t srs to get control of the Senate. Great : . . .
. a 1 y ._ | be occupied by the reading of interesting
excitement exists ail over the state in 2 . ‘
+3 papers, as follows: Book Farming, by
consequence of the outrages attempted . ' . .
. TE % { Hon, C. C. Musselman, of Somerset; Ex-
in the Ohio legislature by the Sherman
ty | H HH
party.
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was to assassinate him, 80 as to
i pectations and Experience, by
—— ——— {Colvin, of Lackawanna; Boundary Lines,
Jokn Sherman stole the presidency (by N. F. Underwood, of Wayne; and
for Hayes. Now he discourses in the| Farmers’ Rights and Duties, by Dr. Jas.
senate in favor of honest elections. This! Calder, of Harrisburg. In the evening
he follows up stealing a number of seats| the session will begin at 7:30, when Wil-
in the Ohio legislature for members of | 118 P. Hazard, of West Chester, will read
: . ,_ {a paper on the subject, “Can women find
his party in order to make sure of his!
: (profitable employment in the dairy and
re-election to the U. 8. Senate. John|in the breeding of thoroughbred stock 7
Sherman is the boss thief of America, |r. E. W. Hale, of Centre, What I Saw
. . iin Europe; and Phili P i p
and the most arrant hypocrite since the) 3 Tope; and Philip Frederik, Fro.
] Resultsin Agricul
{gress in Me 8 anc
aT A rede Methods and
fp org ee Thursday morning the meeting will be
called to order at 9 o'clock. The pro-
gram for the day will be as follows:
Fence Laws of Penna, by Hon. George
W. Hood, of Indiana; Stock vs. Crops, by
J. W. Mather, of Tioga; Wooden Fences,
Their Cost and Durability, by Eastburn
Reeder, of Bucks, and Wire Fences, b
John I. Carter, of Chatham. In the af
[ternoon—What Does the Farmer Most
Want to Know, by Hon. J. A. Wood-
ward, of Howard; How to Bring Up a
Warn-Out Farm, by Wm. Gates, of Ve-
nango; Raising Grades, by Willie P.
Hazard, and Education of Farmers’ Sons,
by H. M. Wise, of Butler. In the even-
ing Prof. 8. B. Heiges, principal of the
the Shippensburg Normal School, will
lecture on Science in Agriculture,
_ It is requested that all the county ag
ricultural societies, granges, farm clubs
and other agricultural or horticultural
Sngasizations will send duly accredited
delegates to attend the meeting.
With ail the hubbub just now being
made in and out of congress against sil-
ver, we will bet our brightest silver dol-
lar that there is not a man in congress
or out of it but what would gladly accept
of a little silver mine as a christmas-gift.
Further we would not like to tempt any
of the violent anti-silver men in congress
with a bar’ of silver coin, to vote on
the other side, for fear he'd wink and
take us up.
etme ener
In York and Lancaster counties many
cattle are being killed by order of
the inspector, on account of pleuro-
pneumonia. Dr. Weber, County Inspec-
tor of diseased cattle, visited a herd be-
longing to Samuel G. Hoke, of Spring
Grove, York county, and he found nine
teen head of cattle suffering from pleuro-
pneamonia. The heard from which
these cattle were bought came from Bal-
timore, and the remainder were ssid in
Adams county,
AA MA
There is another war cloud in the old
country. The Greek and the Turk
talk of fighting over Epirus.
The Greek Minister, in an interview
respecting the war-like news published
from Athens, says: The Greek King,
Government and people will fight to the
bitter end before they will allow Bul
garia to absorb 100,000 people belonging
to the Greek race, which she will cer
tainly do if the union of Bulgaria and
Eastern Roumelia is organized, Greece
is fully entitled to the whole of Epirus.
England is interfering with the rights
and liberties of Grecee, Iam confident
that the Greeks can whip the Turks at
sea. As to aland conflict, the moment
war is declared Macedonia and Albania
will be set in flames cutting off ‘the land
accommodations of the Turks,
If the Associated Press is to be relied
upon, and on sich mattersthey are semi.
official, Mr. Cleveland puts his foot down
on the proposition of Republican Sena-
tors to question his power of removal
“I am led to believe,” said the President
to a Republican Senator, “that the ma.
jority of your body intend to insist that
I shall give my reasons for suspending
an office-holder at the time I nominate
his successor. I must inform you that I
shall do nothing of the kind. Nomina.
tions are made by and with the consent
of the Eenate. It is fitting in such cases
that the Senate should have all the ine
formation they desire regarding the man
whose nomination they are asked to
confirm, but when they insist upon my
reasons for making removals, they are
usurping a privilege that belongs to the
Executive alone, and their request will
in every case be denied. That is the po-
sition I propose to take, and I am ready
ee abide the consequences,”
GRANT AND HALLECK,
FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE BITTER
TILITY BETWEEN THEM.
HOS-
An Army Officer's Quotations from General
McClellan's Private War Papers—Gen-
eral Lew Wallace Repeating His Former
Charges.
Washington, Jan. 20—~Army officers
here who know the secret of the bitter
hostility that existed between Generals
Grant and Halleck say that when Gen.
McClellan's war papers are made pub-
lic a profound sensation will be created
and the hatred of Grant for Halleck will
no longer be a mystery. An officer who
has seen the documents preserved
Gen, McClellan says:
“On Feb. 16, 1862, Gen, Grant sent his
famous “unconditional surrender” letter
to Gen. Buckner at Fort Donelson. The
news of the surrender had thrilled the
North from one end to the other, and
the name of Grant was upon all lips.
Gen. Halleck, the commander in the
West, was at St, Louis. He was troubled
at the great renown so suddenly attain-
ed by his subordinate officer. On Feb,
18, two days after the surrender of Don-
elson, McClellan telegraphed as follows
to Halleck :
“Gen. H. W, Halleck, St. Louis, Mo :
Where is Grant? ‘
Gro. B. McCrrrrax,
Major-General Commanding.
The same day Gen. McClellan received
the following:
“Gen, Geo. B. McClellan, Washington, D, C.
In answer to your question, would say
Grant is some where in the rear of his
army drunk. H.W. Haviecx,
Major-General.”
“Of course,” continued the officer re-
ferred to, “what Gen. McClellan desired
to ascertain from his question was the
whereabouts of Grant's forces, and
whether they had moved forward from
Fort Donelson. The reply of Halleck
was all the more inexcusable from th
fact that Grant had kept him constan
posted of his aims and plans, andon ti
very day had telegraphed Halleck
he Jroposed to go ahead on a gunboat
and reconnoiter the river in the directio
of Nashville, and his army would f
"Gen. McClellan kept the orig
sll his despatches, and certified
were made for the War Departmen
These despatches are said not
among the despatches certified and in
the records of the War Department, but
the originals are among Gen, McClell
papers. They are carefully paste
one of the large volumes in which
war despatches are preserved. Three or
four years ago Gen. Grant read
original despatches, which was the first
intimation that he had ever had that
they were in existence.”
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The decision of Secretary Lamar that
the legality of the Bell Telephone pat-
ents may be tested in court apparently
gives satisfaction to all parties, but the
telephone stockholders, as the stock fell
$11.30 per share on the annonncement
of the decision. The avarice of the Bell
company is something stupendous. For
instance, it supplies the New England
Telephone Company with telephones
and transmitters, the first cost of which
was $38,000, and for the use of these
charges in rentals and commissions
$180,000 a year. All the wires and poles
are owned by the New England com-
pany, which naturally is unable to earn
interest or dividends on the money in-
vested. It is just as well this greedy
monopoly should be broken up. The
main allegation in the proceedings sent
to the courts for determination is that
the patent was procured by fraud. Brief
ly told, the story is that Professor Gray
filed his caveat and Mr, Bell filed his
application upon the same day; that the
caveat covered the principle of the tele-
phone, while the application covered on-
ly an improvement in harmonic multiple
telegraphy; that the contests of Gray's
were wrongfully disclosed to Bell or his
attorneys by Examiner Wilbur, and that
by means of the information thus wrong-
fully and illegally obtained Bell was
enabled to so amend his application that
it included Ggay's discovery and cov-
ered the broad art of transmitting spok-
en words by electricity.
nnn II A AION,
BEAVER AND STEWART.
The Times expresses itself thus as re-
gards the proposed Beaver and Stewart
ticket :
Another consideration that is entitled
to much weight is the fact that a ticket
embracing Beaver and Stewart would be
intellectually unbalanced unless Stewart
was put at the head. With Beaver and
Stewart nominated, the tail would be
called upon to wag the dog in the cam-
paign, while with Stewart and Beaver as
the candidates the dog would be in the
normal condition of wagging the tail.
Btewart is one of the ablest political
campaigners of the State; perhaps the
ablest the party can now call fo the frong,
and he possesses the rare faculty of
avoiding blanders on the hustings. Bea-
ver talks more and says less, except
when he gets off his base, as often hap-
pens, when he is required to explain his
speech and then explain his explana.
tions.
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THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE.
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Philadel Jan, 26.-Th losses
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THE NEW LAW.
and Borough at the February Election —
The Provisions of the Law in Full
and township in the commonwealth shall,
on the third Tuesday of Febraary of each
year hereafter, elect an officer, styled
shall commence on the first Monday of
April next after his election,
The courts of quarter sessions shall
bave power to fill by appointment, sll
vacancies in the said office, within their
respective counties, And if any person
elected to fill said office sha!l fail to give
bond and qualify as hereinafter provided,
on or before the fourth day of the term
of said court next ensuing his election,
the said court shall declare his office va-
cant and appoint a suitable person, resi-
dent in the proper borough or township
to fill the same,
* * w * * * -
The several county, borough, township,
school, poor and other authorities now
empowered, and which may hereafter be
empowered, to levy taxes within the sev-
eral boroughs and townships of this com.
monwealth, stiail, on or before the first
day of August of each year after the first
election of collector gf taxes under this
act, issue their respective duplicates of
taxes assessed to the collector of taxes of
their respective boroughs and townships
with their warrants attached, directing
and authorizing him to collect the same,
but road taxes may be worked out as
herebefore; provided, that sach special
and other road taxes as it may be lawful
and necessary to collect in money, may
at the direction of the supervisors or road
commissioners, be placed in the bands
of the collector of taxes with their ware
rants for collection by him; for which be
shall receive five per centam of the
amount collected by him, or the same
may be coliected by the supervisors or
road commissioners as heretofore. Pro-
vided, further, that the limitations of this
act, as to the time and the requirements
hereof relating to keeping an alphabet.
ical list of persons charged witn taxes,
shall not apply to road taxes.
The collector of taxes shail
the power for the collectic
doricg his term of office, heretofore vest.
ed ia collectors of county taxes under
existing laws, and be subject to thesa
liabilities and penaities for
violation of the daties of his offi
The collector of taxes shail provide an
appropriate book, the cost of which shall
be allowed to him in the settlement of
his accounts, in which be stall enter in
alphabetical order the names of all per.
sons charged with taxes in the duplicates
aforesaid, and showing the amount
have all
n of said taxes,
ne
which book shail be at all times open to
the inspection of each taxpayer, and
shall be delivered by the collector of tax-
es at the expiration of his term to
successor it office.
Where any duplicate of taxes assessed
is issued and delivered to the collector of
taxes, it shall be the duty of said collect-
or to give public notice as soon thereal
ter as can be conveniently dose, by at
least ten written or printed notices to be
posted in different parts of the township
or borough, that said doplicate has been
delivered to bim; and all persons who
shall, within sixty days from the date of
said notice make payment of any taxes
charged against them ia said duplicate
shall be entitled to a reduction of five
per centam from the amount thereof;
and all persons who shall fail to make
payment of any taxes charged against
them in said duplicate for six months af
ter notice given as aforesaid, shall be
charged five per centum additional on
the taxes charged against them, which
shall be added thereto by said collector of
taxes and coliected by bim.
The collector of taxes shall, in person
or by some person duly authorized, bein
attendance tor the purpose of receiving
and receipting taxes on Tuesday, Friday
and SBatorday of each week, during the
last two weeks of said sixty days, be
tween the hours of 2 ¢'clock and 6 o'clock
in the afternoon, at his residence or
some other place in the proper towhship
or borough, to be designated by him in
the notice aforesaid,
The collector of taxes shall collect the
taxes charged in said duplicates and pay
over the same to the respective treasu-
rers or authorities entit'ed thereto, after
dedocting his commission for the collec.
tion thereof, which is hereby fixed at
two per censum on all taxes paid to him
on which an abatement of five per
centum is allowed, and at five per centum
on all taxes afterwards collected; provid.
ed that where the total amount of taxes
charged on a duplicate is less than one
thousand dollars, the said collector shall
receive three per centom on all taxes
paid to him on which an abatement of
five percentum is allowed.
Exonerations may be allowed by the
authorities and in the same manner as
heretofore. The accounts of collectors
shall be settled by township or borough
auditors of the proper township, and he
ahall state a separate account for each
different tax collector by him; but col
jlectors of county and state taxes shall
settle with the county commissioners as
heretofore,
Taxes charged upon unseated lands shall
not be collected by the collectors of taxes
but ehall be certified and returned by
the several au en levying the same
to the connty issioners, to be col
lected us he 0, ‘
This important act was approved aa
Gov. Pattison on the 25th of June, 1885,
and is now the law of the land. The firm
election of collectors will take place at
the next Feb election throughout
the common weal
Wortn Remesmnrring.—Heroafter sub-
seribers to Lhe Rerortir, who will remit
one year's subscription in advance oan
retain 28 Cents as a premium for ad-
vance
Any of our subscribers sending ns the
names of two new subscribers with the
ls
cash one in advance, will get one
Yous oreit free on REFORTER.
AWFUL MINING LIBASTER
Thirty-Nine Men Tripiris med, an i Perha;
0H
Naw] rand |
Newburg, Yesterday |
| afternoon an explosion of fire-damp oe.
| curred in the shaft of the Newburg Oriel
taenil
build-
Coal Company, which shook th
| ings the vicinity
| caused consternation and slarm
he
employed there. Immediately following
the sound of the explosion a flame of
fire arose far above the mon'h of
shaft, and timber and debris of
were slrewn around, ex
ensued, and crowds of people hurried wo
the spot,
The force of the explosion blocked
alr so close that would
into the main heading
fate of the imprisoned men nui!
passage conld be established,
It is supposed that 39
prisoned. The scenes at the shaft
heart-rending. Fathers, Mothers, wives
and children linger in groups with palid
faces, anxiously walling some {idings
from their loved ones,
in immediate
an
miners
the relatives and friends of
reat ement
no one
hen are jm-
are
AN UNFORTUNATE AFFAIR.
Judge Harry Whit rested for F
af (fu
Instance «
Pa., Jan. 2
White was arrested
ct
Indiana,
warge for forge
made by his nepl
son of Alexander
ing his mother’s
Wh
The informati
43
ite is execuls
charges
nd falsif
s fire
h
Wd move
the Delaware statesman
signed his cabinet
avoided coming
Curtin? he
would then have been
petent chairman,
ping out of the cabinet we
¢
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Is thestate!
by Fup Patel
i AUR ave
reated a ripple any where,
of Delaware really b
ard ?
ig enoug
JUST WH
ERE THEY WERE. :
The Disgraceful the Ohio!
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Legislature.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 25 ~The Repub-|
lican Senate convened at 10a. m., with|
all the members present, and the Demo-
crate, as well as Clerk Vallandigham,|
absent. President Kennedy directed the
reading of the journal of Saturday, after |
which nothing was done, owing to the
want of a quorum. The President re. |
tained the Chair, and the program was to
wait the retarn of the Democratic mem- |
bers, who, on Friday, adjourned to meet
at 4 p. m, to-day. A good sized lobby!
was present, bul everything was quiet |
and the best of feeling prevailed. At 4
p. m. they were joined by the Demo-
cratic members, The Republicans in-
sisted on the order of the day and at.
tempted to get the contested cases before
the Senate, while the Democrats were
engaged in an effort to get before the
body a resolution proposing the appoint-
ment of a committee to consider the con-
stitutional and legal relations between
the Senate and its presiding officer, Af.
ter a number of dilatory motions had
been made, the Democrats being unable
to get their resolution before the Senate,
a final motion was made to adjourn, and
a demand made by the : that
the clerk proceed with the call of the
roll. The President at first endeavored
to drown the voice of the clerk with his
gavel, bat flually became quiet and the
roll was called, 26 members voling for
adjournment. Tne Democratic w=mbers
rose from their seats and started out,
while the Cierk handed the roli-call to
the President to be snnoavced. That
official tore it in several pieces nod threw
itou the floor, while a crowd sarged in
the and the greatest oon
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NO. 4
Renator Pavey for the trial of the contest
cases, with gone of the Senators at the
Clerk’s d sk. The Republican minority
they were declared
In resulis, the Senate proceed-
ing» are about where they were this
moraing, A Democratic adjournment
was taken to Wed nesday at 4 p. m., apd
the Bepublicins to to-morrow morning.
the afiair is pronounced disgraceful by
all unpreindiced minds here,
EER
Rev. T. Dewitt advice
women about to marry is almos
hibitory of Punch's famous “Don't.”
gaye to first pray fervently, and then
for a man who has ref wrmed. w
ub. whois not self
vertise for a wife,
does not go to the
' World, but spends
in is
inlmage's to
pro-
He
look
Hi
Joes not go ta the «
i nol go t ie
win does not
18 4 Christian,
aa
who
nummy it
mage 18 not
OTe r
pen
an intel] for old
gence office
in einver-
information
Wil, 408 Deopie,
ces and ouri-
dit npon
Like all women
is
opments and
Miss Kellogg has
11 4
jlect
Lie curious,
that Indian
secured in Bise
SDHOY from the
bring her the
rk he could
wd soon
pretiy ar.
handsomely
sweets
The
ing a
lady soon
and while
y whip in the
3 3
Missus Clarl
what can I do for
pleasant lady,
n gathered around
rif yell 1
ay
That other
Wy
what have
Well
wd ¥ Wis
{
Very x
the boy
Four
4
ns are al
1 beaded np the
th HACK, in a desper-
wid
& boot
Yelled
{
y effort to bold the customer :
“an’
sey ll never wear out, either; an’ they'll
reach.” 5
Miss Kell iad disappeared
nd the bewildered boot
we
wor .
black wondered
customer.
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HUMOR OF THE GOOSE
her, people, to speak
goose. Their
provooation, or in cir.
cumsamness alarm, is exceptionally
ludicrons, and syggestive, it must bo
confessed. of an originally thas verges
on eccentricity, and might even be
called senseless. The noises they make
are al, and their gestures a
mixture of Iglty pride and undignified
anxiety, mostWelightfally absurd, Men
have died of laughing ai spectacles not
half funny—as, for instance, that
disastrous cachination of the venerable
Greek on seeing a donkey eat figs off a
plate. An English marquis narrowly
escaped with life from an immoderate
fit of laughter, when a friend fillipped
erambs of bread into the face of a blind
fiddler. The humor of a goose, how:
ever, is of a far finer kind, for it is in
the vain struggle of the creature i»
combine impertarbable dignity with
precipitate alarm to cover its retreat by
the assumption of pompous airs that
the fun of the bird lies The Old Guard
dies, but never surrenders—but on this
oosasion only runs away. It knows it
cannot move fast, for it is too fat; yet
it pretends it oould if it chose, but
despises rapidity, and scorns to do more
than waddle away moderately. All this
give it kn appearance of foolishness,
which popular fancy has made mush of,
Somehow or anot
angi
demeanor under
of
vory C¢
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