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"Beautiful Snow."
BY DEX,ICIS &RAFFERTY
Beautiful snow ; yie, almost three feet of it.
Beautiful snow; I would they'd made sleet of it,
Nsgers. wid spades, are cleaning the street of it,
Shivering they go,
All in a ruw,
What a contrast to the beautiful snow!
Beautiful snow, starvation's soft harbinger;
Profit to none except the shrewd scavenger;
What a fine time those gintry are Navin', ehure,
Filling their tills,
Muking out. bills,
Shoveling gold from their neighbors' door sills.
Beautiful snow, the bane of prosperity,
Blocking the way wid fearless temerity;
Cease now, I pray, your cruel severity;
Smother your wrath,
Lave me dark path.
Chilly and cold as the mantle of death.
Beautiful snow, the source of Inc misery;
Killing me joy as Joel did Sisera;
Starting more tears than Biddy can kiss away;
Freely they flow,
Torrents of woe,
All on account of the beautiful snow.
Opulent friends, excuse this rude parody;
Joy from me heart his trotted so far away;
Life's cheerless path appears but a narrow way;
Shoveled throagh snow,
Thrcmbling I go,
No charms for me has the beautiful snow.
'Ti,. well fur that bard the shades of oblivion,
Stand between him and the point of my javelin,
Oh, that his fame may Diver revive again,
Scattering woe,
Oh! oh! oh!
How could you call it the "beautiful snow."
ght ,sterg-Zflltr.
BILL AND THE WIDOW.
"Wife," said Ed. Wilbur one morning
as he sat stirring his coffee with one hand
and holding a plum cake on his knee with
the other, and looking across the table into
the bright eyes of his little wife, "wouldn't
it be a good joke to get bachelor Bill
Smiley to take widow Watson to Barnum's
show next week."
"You can't do it, Ed; he won't ask
her; he's so awful shy. Why, he came
by here the other morning when I was
hanging cut the clothes,
and he looked
over the fence and spoke, but when I shook
out a night gown he blushed like a girl
and went away."
"I think I can manage it," said Ed;
"but I'll have to lie just a little. But
then it wouldn't be much harm under the
circumstances. for I know she likes him,
and he don't dislike her; but just as you
say, he's so shy. I'll just go over to his
place to borrow some bags of him, audit' I
don't bag him before I come back, don't
kiss me for a week, Nelly."
So saying, Ed. started, and while he
is mowing the fields, we will take a look
at Bill Smiley. He was rather a good
looking fellow, though his hair and whis
kers showed some gray hairs, and he had
got in a set of artificial teeth. But every
one said he was a good soul, and sio he
was. He had as good a hundred acre
farm as any in Norwich, with a new house
and everything comfortable, and if he
wanted a wife, many a girl would have
jumped at the chance like a rooster at a
grasshopper. But Bill was so bashful—
always was—and when Susan Berrybottle,
wheal he was so sweet on, though he never
said "boo" to her, got married to old Wat
son. he just drew in his head like a mud
turtle into his shell, and there was no get
ting him out again, though it had been
noticed that since Susan had become a
widow he bad paid more attention to his
clothes, and had been very regular in his
attendance at the church the fair widow
attended.
But here comes Ed. Wilbur.
"Good morning, Mr. Smiley."
"Good morning, Mr. Wilbur; what's
the news up your way ?"
"Oh, nothing particular, that I know
of," said Ed, "only Barnum's show that
everybody is talking about, and everybody
and his girl is going too. I was over to
old Sockrider's last night, and I see his
son Gus has got a new buggy, and was
scrubbing up his harness, and he's got that
white-faced colt of his as slick as a seal. I
understand he thinks of taking widow
Watson to the show. He's been hanging
around there a good deal of late, but I'd
just like to cut him out, I would. Susan
is a nice little woman, and deserves a better
man than that young pup of a fellow,
though I would not blame her much either
if she takes him, for she must be dread
fully lonesome, and then she has to let her
farm out on shares, and it isn't half worked,
and no one else seems to have the spunk
to speak up to her. By jingo! if I were
a single man I'd show ycu a trick or two."
So saying, Ed. borrowed some bags and
started around the corner of the barn,
where he had left Bill sweeping, and put
his ear to a knot-hole and listeneded, know
ing the old bachelor had a habit of talking
to himself when anything, worried him.
"Confound that young c‘ bagrider !" said
Bill. "what business has he there, I'd like
to know ? Got a new buggy, has he ? Well,
so have I, and a new harness too ! and his
horse can't get in sight of mine ; and
I declare, I've half a mind to—yes, I
will ! I'll go this very night and ask her
to go to th show with me. I'll show Ed.
Wilbur that I ain't such a calf as he thinks
I am, I did let old Watson get the start
of me in the first place !"
Ed. could scarce help laughing outright,
but he hastily hitched the bags on his
shoulder, and with a low chuckle at his
success, started home to tell the news to
Nelly, and about five o'clock that evening
they saw Bill go by with his horse and
buggy on his way to the widow's. He
jogged along quietly, thinking of the old
singing school days—and what a pretty
girl Susan was then—and wondering in
wardly if lie would have more courage now
to talk up to her, until, at a distance of'
about a mile from her house, lie came to a
bridge over a large creek, and it so hap
pened that just as he reached the middle
of the bridge he gave a tremendous sneeze,
and blew his teeth out of his mouth, and
clear over the dashboard, and, striking on
the planks, they rolled over the side of the
bridge, dropped into four feet of water.
Words cannot do justice to poor Bill or
paint the expression of his face as ho sat
there, completely dumfounded at his
startling piece of ill luck. After a while
he stepped out of his buggy, and, getting
down on his hands and knees, looked over
into the water : "Yes, there they were,"
at the bottom, with a crowd of little fishes
rubbing their noses against them,and Bill
wished to goodness that his nose was as
close for one second. His beautiful teeth,
that had cost so much, and the show com
ing on, and no time to get another set,
and the widow and young Sockrider.
Well, he must try and get them somehow;
and no time is to lose, for some one might
come along and ask him what he was fool
ing around there for. He had no notion
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1875.
of spoiling his good clothes by wading io
with them on, and, besides, if he did
that, he could not go to the widow's that
night, so he took a look up and down the
road to see that no one was in sight, and
then quickly undressed himself, laying his
clothes in the buggy to keep them clean.
Then he ran around the bank and waded
into the almost ice-cold water, but his
teeth did not chatter in his head—he only
wished they could. Quietly he waded
along so as not to stir up the mud, and
when he get the right spat he dropped
under the water and came up with his
teeth in his hand, and replaced them in his
mouth. But, hark ! What noise is that ?
A wagon, and a little dog barking with all
his might, and his horse is starting.
"Whoa! Whoa! Stop, you brute you,
stop !" But stop lie would not, but went
off at a spanking pace with the unfortu
nate bachelor after him, and the little dog
yelping after the bachelor. Bill was cer
tainly in capital running costume, but,
though he strained every nerve, be could
not touch the buggy, or reach the lines
that were dragging on the ground.
After awhile his plug hat shook off the
seat, and the hind wheel went over it,
making it as flat as a. pancake. Bill
snatched it as he ran, and after jamming
his fist into it, stuck it, all dusty and
dimpled, on his head. And now he saw
the widow's house on the hill, and what,
oh what will he do! Then his coat fell
out; be slipped it on, and then, making a
desperate spurt, he clutched the back of
the seat and scrambled in, and, pulling the
buffalo robe over his legs stuffed the other
things beneath. Now, the horse happened
to be one that he got from the widow, and
he took it into his head to stop ether gate,
which Bill had no power to prevent, as he
had no possession of the reins, besides lie
was too busy buttoning his coat up to his
chin to think of doing much else. The
widow heard the rattle of the wheels, and
looked out, and, seeing that it was Smiley,
and that he didn't offer to get out, she
went to the gate to see what he wanted,
and there she stood chatting, with her
white arms on the top of the gate, and her
face right toward him, while the cold
chills ran down his shirtless back clear to
his bear feet beneath the buffalo robe, and
the water from his hair and the dust from
his hat had combined to make some nice
little streams of mud that came trickling
down his face. She asked him to come
in. No, be was in a hurry, he said. Still
he did not offer to go. He did not like to
ask her to pick up his reins for bim, be
cause he did not know what excuse to
make for not doing it himself. Then he
looked down the road behind him and saw
a white-faced horse coming, and at once
surmised it was that of Gus. Sockrider !
He resolved to do or die, and hurriedly
told his errand. The widow would be de
lighted to go, of course she would. But
wouldn't he come in. No, he was in a
hurry, he said; had to go on to Mr.
Green's place.
'Oh," said the widow, "you're going to
Greens are you ? Why. I was just going
there myself to get one of the girls to help
me quilt tomorrow. Just wait a second,
while I get my bonnet and Fhawl, and
ride with you." And away she skipped.
"Thunder and lightning," slid Bill,
"what a scrape !" and he hastily clutched
his pants from between his fnt, and was
preparing to wriggle into them, when a
light wagon, drawn by the white-faced
horse driven by a boy, came along and
stopped beside him. The boy held up
a pair of boots in one hand and a pair of
socks in the other, and just as the widow
reached the gate, he said :
"Here's your hoots and socks, Mr.
Smiley, that you left on the bridge when
you was in swimming."
"You're mistaken," said Bill, "they're
not mine."
"Why," said th 2 boy, "ain't you the
man that had the race after the horsy just
now?"
"No, sir, I ani not ; you had better zo on
about your business!" Bill sighed for the
loss of his Sunday boots, and, tarning to
the widow, said :
"Just pick up the lines, will you, please;
this brute of a horse is forever switching
them out of my hands." The widow com
plied, and then he pulled one corner of the
robe cautiously down and she got in.
"What a lovely evening," said she, "and
so warm I don't think we need the robe
over us, do we ?"
You see, she bad on a nice dress and a
pair of new gaiters, and she wanted to
show them.
'Oh, my !" said Billy, earnestly,"you'll
find it chilly riding, and I wouldn't have
you catch cold for the world."
She seemed pleased at his tender care
for her health, and contented herself with
sticking one of her little feet out, with a
long silk neck-tia over the end of it.
"What is that, Mr. Smiley ; a necktie ?"
"Yes," said he, "I bought it the other
day, and I must have left it in the buggy.
Never mind it."
"But," said she, "it was so careless;"
and, stooping over, she picked it up, and
made a motion to stuff it. in between them.
"Bill felt her hand going down, and
making a drive after it, clutched it in his
and held it hard and fast."
Then they went on quite a distance he
still holding her hand in his and wonder
ing what he should do when they got to
Green's, and she wondering why he did
not say slmething nice to her as well as
squeeze her hand, and why his coat was
buttoned up so tightly on such a warm even
ing, and what made his hat and face so
dirty, until they were going down a little
hill and one of the traces came unhitched
and they had to stop.
"Oh, murder 1" exclaimed Bill, "what
next?"
"What is the matter, Mr. Smiley ?"
said the widow, with a start which crime
near jerking the robe off his knees.
"One of the traces is off," answered he.
"Well, why don't you get out and pat
it on ?"
"I can't" said Bill; 'l've got—that is,
I haven't got—oh, deli., I'm so sick !
What shall I do ?"
"Why, Willie," said she tenderly, "what
is the matter ? do tell me," she gave his
hand a little squeeze, and looking into his
pale face she thought he was going to faint,
so she got out her smelling bottle with her
left hand, and pulling the stopper oat with
her teeth she stuck it to his nose.
Bill was just taking in breath fur a
mighty sigh, and the pungent odor made
him throw back his head so far that he lost
his balance and went over the low banked
buggy. The little woman gave a little
scream as his bare feet flew past her head
and covering her face with her hands gave
way to tears or smiles—it is hard to tell
which. Bill was "right side up" in a mo
ment, and was leaning over the back of
the seat humbly apologizing and explain.
in g when Ed. Wilbur and his wife and
baby, drove up behind and stopped. Poor
Bill felt that he would rather have been
shot than have Ed. Wilbur catch him in
such a scrape, but there was no help for it
now, so he called Ed. to him and
whispered it in his car. Ed. was like to
burst with suppres=ed laughter, but he
beckoned to his wife to draw up, and, after
saying something to her, he helped the
widow out of Bill's buggy and into his,
and the two women went on, leaving the
men behind. Bill lost no time in arrang
ing his toilet as well as he could, and then
with great, persuasion Ed. got him to go
home with him, and hunting up his
slippers and socks, and getting him washed
and combed, had him quite presentable
when the ladies arrived. I need not tell
bow the story was all wormed out of bash.
ful Bill, and how they all laughed, as they
sat around the tea-table that night., but
will conclude by saying that they went to
the show together, and Bill has no fear of
Gus. Sockrider now.
This is the story abiut Bill and the
widow just as I 10 it from Ed. Wilbur,
and if there is anything unsatisfactory
abut it, ask him.
tnstif, for Ott .;
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Teacher's Institutes.
Since the County Institute is established
and maintained by law, the holding of an
Annual Session is no matter of option
with the Superintendent and teachers.
It is a part of the Superintendent's official
duty to hold these meetings, but the ar
rangement of programme and the manner
in which the Institute is conducted reflect
solely upon the ability, discretion and
judgment of that officer. Thus, be may
assemble the Institute, and with very little
study or care, pass through some kind of
a routine of exercises, to employ the time
and conform to the law, without effecting
any profitable results whatever; while by
a c invass and careful study of the wants
of the various teachers and schools. the
functions of the Institute may be made to
benefit, directly or indirectly, every teach
er, pupil and school in the county.
The wishes of teachers should be con•
suited and respected, and great care exer
cised in the preparation of a programme.
in order that its merits may command the
attention and enlist the sympathies of all
who have or may have a heart and band
for the work. Get as many teachers
as possible engaged in the Institute
work. Give the teachers something
to de. No matter how limited his
qualificatioLs, assign him a &sty that he is
capable of performing. and thus his pres
ence and attention will be secured. It' it
were possible and practicable to assign
some reasonable duty to every teacher in
tha county, I will venture to soy that nine.
tenths of the number would be at their
respective posts, and present during she
session—except, perhaps, such as have
submitted and subscribed to articles of
agreement (with the directors) that usurp
the credit f;)r that time which the law has
wisely and justly appropriated to them.—
the time of attending County Institute.
Let the teachers, then, first dispose of
their respective topics in their own way,
and by this means their various theories
and wants will be brought to light. Then,
have one or two able and observing in
structors present to take hold of the sub
ject, in case the exercise becomes prosy or
unprofitable, correct erroneous theories, if
any such shall have been advanced, and
give, "practically to the point," such in
structien as may be desired or needed.
But this method has never been tried in
this county. Our first Institutes were
conducted exclusively—if I mistake not—
by educators from other parts of' the State.
But before many meetings had passed,
many teachers were willing—and some
even desirous—to take part in the deliber
ations. The Superintendent's will gradu
ally yielded to the popular sentiment of
the teachers, and at each successive session
there was more and more of their talent
brought into action, and the meetings be
came proportionately more interesting and
successful. But at our last institute, this
order of progression was reversed, and we
were thrown abruptly back upon the old
"lecture" principle upon which we first
started and from which we had gradually
merged. The exercises being conducted
almost exclusively by three professional
educators, the voice of the common teacher
was, to that same extent, ignored.
But we do not wish to be misunderstood
here; we do not mean to reflect unfavora
bly upon our worthy instructors. On the
contrary, we are constrained by justice to
sly (and we believe all will admit with us)
that the instructions imparted by the gen
tlemen referred to were sound, practical
and valuable in the strictest sense, and
calculated to touch, as nearly, every e)se
as could possibly be applied, without the
individual issues being specifically set forth
and instruction by the item imparted.
Their lectures, like city-made garments,
did (as they were intended to) fit teachers
and cases, generally, very well ; but it'
they had heard the teachers express them
selves they could have taken each one's
measure from the size, dimensions and pe
culiarities of his mind and the nature of
his situation, and then, "made to order"
a lecture that would fit many of' them a
great deal better, and those, too, generally,
who stand most in need of' such a "suit."
While the instructions were indisputably
good, it is a grievous fact that few, if any,
could realiza their full benefit, and there
were reasons for this, as will be seen.
There was too much time occupied and
too much said in the way of lectures. It
was impossible for the most apt and atten
tive mind to retain one-half of the good
seed that was so copiously poured forth
from those scienced minds, hence much of
it was lavishly wasted upon the barren
rocks of forgetfulness. Again : Conduc
ted as it was by the alternation of three
individuals, the mass of teachers was virtu
ally, if not positively, placed in the attitude
of spectators. Many, it seems, realized
the situation as such, and, tired of this
rondo-routine of business, sought recrea
tion on the streets, iu the stores, picture
galleries, and in the hotel parlors, playing
"Snap," Ste Teachers guilty of such
conduct deserve severe reprimand, but
when we compare this circumstance with
acharacteristic of human nature that every
teacher must have observed in school, this
conduct is in perfect harmony with the
natural spirit of "young Ameriel."
Let any one undertake to teach a school,
or even a class, by means of lectures on
each topic, instead of employing the tal
ent of the pupils in the way of recitation,
and the success he will meet it
is hardly necessary to describe.
He will soon observe that the
simple privilege of asking an occasional
question is not sufficient mental exercise
to engage their attention while lie is un
raveling science to them. lie, as well as
his patrons, will soon discover that his
"cramming process," instead of induction
and deduction, will never make philoso
phers of his pupils. It will not cultivate
their minds, develope their talent, or even
command their attention, hence they will
soon become indifferent and restless. and
want out, just like the teachers we refer
red to at our eminty institute Them, are
parallel cases; only, perhaps, in different
degrees. While our able instructors were
fiercely denouncing the 'cramming pro
cess." they. and our superintendent. too.
seemed to forget that the institute was be
ing conducted on this relfsame -cram
ming" principle, and that they were then
cramming the minds of the teachers pres
ent with more good theories and sugges
tions than they could profitably suggest.
There is good philosophy in di?. opinivn
that, with a constant pouring is, there
must be a corresponding outlet somewhere.
But in Th is case little or no prevision was
made for the outlet of thought—the ex
pression of sentiment—hence it was not
unnatural, nor altogether unreasonable,
that teachers should get worried and rest
less, being confined to the same quiet, in
active attitude for so long a time.
This evil, attendant upon our county
institute, ought to be removed, and by ap
plication of the plan 1 4 Tzgested in the
former part of my remalts I feel 'on
fident that the desired result can be easily
effected. THINKER.
Letter from lowa.
lOWA AGRICULTURAL COLLAGE,
AMES, lOWA, Mar. 27, 1875. j
EDITOR JOURNAL :—ln my letter to
the JOURNALOf January 6:11. I noticed a
few typographical errors which it might he
well to correct. The letter shoul•1 have
been dated 1875 instead of '74, and where
I stated the price of land as ranging from
$5O to $75 per acre, I was mule to say as
many cents per acre. Otherwise onsat'a
rectus
I went to Wisconsin in the fill of
spending that and the following winter
there, iusluding part of tli! intervening
summer. The winter of '72-3 was an
unusually severe one, the thernsemetor in
dicating from 25° to 30° below zero fur
weeks at a time. The winter of '73-4 was
just the opposite of the previous one, sel
dom showing a degree of coldness below
zero. This winter, as I learn by letters
received from there a few days ago, has
averaged 28° below zero since the boll
days, sometimes going below 35'. Taking
the coldness into the bargain. the Wiscow
sin winters are the most pleasant I have
ever experienced. They are never char
acterized by the dampness and "slushi
ness" that one experiences in Pennsylva
nia ; on the contrary, from the time the
first snow falls, till it melts in the •grin
there are no thaws, consequeotly the leads
are packed solidly, and are splendid for
traveling. The hottest diys in the ajell
mer seldom reach 90° in the shade, and
even then are always ino4erated by a gentle
breeze, which never seems t. tire.
Only about one fourth of the State—
the solthern and western portion—is
adapted to aviculture. lon find no ex
tensive prairies like in Illinois; on the
contrar:r, the farming land ie known as
"oak openings." which are large clear
spaces i atervening between the long belts
of oak timber, which sometimes extend
parallel for a score or more of miles. This
land in productiveness is equal to any is
the West, last year averaging from twenty
eight to thirty bushel; of wheat to the
acre. MI through this section are found
long belts of e:ayey land, which present.
a marked contrast to a person passing
through on the cars as he erneees from one
section to another. Although wheat
the principal cereal, hops, oats con, etc..
arc extensively cultivated. The quality
of wheat raised in this State appears su
perior to that of any other. You will see
quoted in daily market reports from Mil
waukee and Chicago more No. I Wisn►n•
sin wheat than from any other State, and
the Milwaukee market always pays from
three to five cents more per bushel fur it
than for grain from other States. In the
older•settled portions of the state can be
found some very fine orchards, but. as ages
eral thing, the severe winters kill *early
all the young trees that have been planted,
unless they have been well protected. The
Michigan fruit market is so near that one
can procure as much fruit as they desire.
and as cheaply as raising it. without the
necessnry trouble, while peaches are ship
ped in large quantities during the summer
months from southern Illinois.
The dairy business has rapidly increased
in the agricultural communities within the
last five years. The farmers are waking
up to the fact that Wisconsin can province
as good the 'se as are mane in the world.
Two factories that I know of have been
shipping direct to London and Liverpool
all they have manufactured within the last
two years, and by so doing are realizing
handsome profile. The coot of erecting,
fitting up with machinery and yearly ez•
pence are so small that the farmers deb
together, wherever they can procure the
milk of not less than seventy-five or a
hundred cows, and build a cheese factory.
As almost every farmer keeps from ten to
fifty cows each, nearly every farmingeons
munity has its own factory, and cheese as
an article of diet is used as extensively is
is applejack and peach brandy by the
"white trash" of West Virginia.
Extending from Green Bay west and
south-west for fifty miles is an extensive
cranberry region, which, as yet, not fairly
developed, is already producing thousand:"
of barrels yearly, and commanding from
$2 to $5 per bushel, according to quality.
A few acres of marsh ground well attend
ed will bring a larger income from the cran
berries they will produce than five times
as many acres of well tilled wheat land.
Immense pine forests cover the northers
and north-eastern portions of the State,
which, during the winter and spring. give
employment to hundreds—l might almost
say thousands of stalwart men, who camp
in the timber during the lumbering nelson.
clearing from $3O to $75 per month in
getting out logs and floating them dawn
tho streams. The south-western portion
of the State is hilly and rough, lout con
taining rich minerals, such as lead, iron,
etc. Jog FRANK CORBIN.
The Iran and Steel Bulletin of Phila
delphia, with which the officers of the Al.
lentown Iron Company are in constast
communication, denies the truth of the
statement made in the Allentown pram,
and copied all over the State., to the elect
that the Allentown Iron Compsay has
made an immense sale of from 23,000" to
25,000 tons of iron. The Bulletin says the
report is entirely fictitious, and the only
facts out of which it could have grown
were two sales made by the company about
two months ago—one of 8,,900 tons and
another of 5,000 tons.
The New York city post-office ii selling
over $lOOO worth oftnewspaper stamps
alone a day.
Time lbw Limon Lem
The ff.ilowin is a espy of the sinews
bill al reported by the eOlll‘3llllllllP snammit
tee4 of the neat., and house aod adored
by both branches of the leirishmere :
An art to repeal an art to permit the enters
of t einnerst weskit toll 4 -40 every time
years on the question of ;macaw lioness
to sea iatozieating hirers sod to re.
strain an.l We the sale of ther SEIM
S ECM) N t . Be it essete(ed. eer., Thet the
set approve) the 27th day er Men*. A.
D. 1472, entitled an set to permit the
voter. 4 ef this commonwealth to vete every
three years on the restiest of greeting is .
eenses to sell istorsteatiog liquors be sad
the sacr- is hereby repealed.
Ser. '2. That lifesave Ine soles ar impters.
where not otherwise provided flee by eye.
cial law, may be granted by the wort of
quarter ses.ions of the proper mewl at
the first ~r sestina is eseb year. sea
shall be t.r one year. The said enure shell
6: by rale or staoffilez order a timer os
which applieatioo foie solo' Beeman Ana he
heard, a! which time ail *cosecs appiries,
or tnakin objections to appreaginse rer
licenses. ni.ty he heard by Wiellere, poi
tiny. reinototranee or eseusell: Ptevidisd
that for the present year liarasee as arms
raiid may be grimed se the third, et soy
earlier seiwioa of said amt.
Sec. 3. That all beanie, lees and teeera•
be ela‘sifs.Nl and rated asessinag se the hos
annum! return or the teereentile syrsiew
nr as . es ., r of the proper deity we eseesy.
as follow., to wit : All ems isberts tie
elassifie.tion shall be $lO.OllO ar mew
shall coast it ate the inn doe aid pay $
where the elaseilestiowi shall be PASS and
not inorc than EOM the emmaa elm
shall pay $400; where the eleseikelbse
shall h Sti.oo9 sad not sere sh WSW
thc third rlasie shall pay where Oho
elassifteati , .• shall be WHO sea tee sem
th an t 4.000 the feeesh am shell pay
; wbere the eleesilbeedesebell be line
t h an 1-i,toto) the oth deo ry ;
Provided. ?bat no Gems shell be lees
then 150 ; And provided Ibelber. net
say person licensed the pre sense eery per
lion of a year shall pay a pew ran shore et
the license tee and the sageowilly
the liesase shall desipmeto tars dim it
for that year ; Asa provided feesiser. nit
no license for .lens shag be he thee
$5O.
er 4 That any solo as 4 vitamin,
sviritoolvt, sal: or hewed film.. sal
a;ituixtora thereof, enstrany to tie premix
ion, of this law. Anil in wive an lot
3 MilotiPll*3ll.7l% Ma ape 41811,11.66111 4 tb.
offense in the cones nt lowtow wininor
the peace of any eity er esennty„ Mao porno
e ofendinz shill be seetattendl is r y
bee of not leo than Sale saw awe dm
11500. with the Igloo. or yrimmartotiow.
to stand erinviorted anti' the reiterate* 4
the Court complied with. ant osonwiling
ninety 4. r . sort epos s ammoi or iliv /
anhserptent eonvietion the party en
ing ray a ens 4 and low *ow ONO
n.,r niore thin SI .0 1, 0 awl
prisonment in the e tasty pii 4 nna bait
than dare! am.the not owe thee ewe ?NW.
and if Eminent shell in Pen nI inaprialan.
at oat f reit bin hood sod asst lisitwoo dim.
wit' for tlie period of two yawn ihoreallno.
and any Emir , or any fete; f.r spillsoury
shire, cmpor or mineral. or edger
fountain. idle agate sall airy "irises 's. 0
now, milt or byword Siarmo oiled eel
pure, to be used an $ brooragr. ANA Sr
domed misty or s anntionanwor mad Rslib
to the swine rotivietimo sod ronioksoon sal
nineteen.
Sac :',. That it Ann he the dhst 4 ellie
emus. noiyor. alderman or juatiro 4 tin
peace. before whom any i.e or ?mil,
shall be recovered, to swan/ set Om or
prita:ei.o. as well se preatain or oil
el bowie to the City er enmity tessantant.
as the cane miry be.
!hr. R. Th;t the enosolotoo of the ?o
vertire. wards, borough, sod sessopitirs
shall oaks s wpm% 4 rotator. st %port,
sad in addition :beret* is •bsl/ be tbo dory
of carry nob emssuable so nob ems 4
said engirt of porter isquisse of dbiiir so
rpeetire enesty to sere ream es alb
or afirinntine wbelw wiebis fir Biesse•
edge there is say uisrsesosol Om oldie
boiriwiet kept sea llablidelld is slob
latiwo of this set. sod is ebel be died&
rein{ duty of tbs jays or sA of add
alerts to see the Ibis rams
mode.:rnd if say From Asa subs Issies
is ' , Titian. with IS or kw iinlina ti
scribed tlereto, in such esseible. ails
same or swam of say use Mks eel boos
rioNted ibis se. with the sums se Ile
witnesses ate ass revs the fort is ball
be Isis duty to sae same Amer
or dirostims to the awe. sod spas his
willful Ware to do so be Anil be 4/eased
rsifty of the seises of pettlq. sad sem
Indictment owl entrigasts sewn for fa&
jeeted to its posaltiou
Soc. 7. Tbe berbesil. wife. pesoes.
child. gusreiron, or say pram Ns lop et
way !wrestler hive, the babe 4 Mot
istr ion:leads* &leer w esser, toylike
notice in initial% Ursa by bis w bar.
to any person. not to sell er
tosieatinx ligoor is ties pews is
such habit. if the peso es estillml, as
any time within evolve mosehs Air sods
notice, sells or &divots se, sash &few es
the pesos bowleg sorb Wit. the MOM
giving tie seise susy. is so aeons of vs-
tort, vesever of the penes eseillimi say
sans ass J Mao Ifty sat owe tins its
hundred asillars. se may brusposs4 by the ,
court, or jute. as ihnisesse. innerieil
woman may Wier sorb anise is bar owe
name notwithstimehog bow inealralOa. Mid
all dansagrs recovered by bar shall iss se
her separate as. in err of ens of!
either petty, tie meting. soli tie AO 4
setios gives by Ibis meting, WWI sereirs
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to, or assist bin estarter, w eissiiiiern.
tor, without Hulk se so ithumegen
Sec. R. No person et peranes. sew
residents of this Ceseassersestilb, shell en
gage in selling, trailing If Male initial:
satin; liquor ; and en hewiter, peddler
traveling agent AA espy in 4allag
for any person r persons who INN lOW
residents, or in veslieg, erairsisg or sew
traeting is any MUSK wilmasseerr "a al
to: icatiaV i r within the finite or die
Common
Sec. 9. Amy head given by say par
ses soder ib. tbie see —,
be tasseled after tbirty asp' seise is
writing Asa boys been &no and .wined
by the raspeetive petite dame: Pre.
sided, The panties to be rileseed fesee
sick or say bead, shall bear lona pool
lag themes. Is tbs mat d er eft
say bend sod the miming of die sow
ties, the principal Asa provide ,Jeterplebb
enbetitofes if be desires 60 enliaso a•
bovines., otherwise hie limo? Ala inale.
&stay be revoked.
fitc. 10. Thai se Seem se ad is
tos issiiag drinks shall bosoalbss ha waled
to say pram meal 1 EA bow eavailad
a hood to the Comm .0 is Os poi
sum of $2,000, with tooaollkiest somatioo
to be approved by the aloft grastag worl
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