MAUI) S.
Mow the Crowd Cheered when Hhe l.ow
rrnl Her Record u quarter of n Hrromt.
Fifteen thousand people were at the
Rochester Driving Park (N. Y.) when
Mand S. trotted her milo in '2:10 1-4.
Every one was expectant, and every one
tried to get a better view of the track
when the mare appeared.
At 3 o'clock, William LI. Yanderbilt
and party arrived at the track, and
occupied the second story of the judges'
stand. After the finish of the second
heat of tho '2:'2l class tho scraper was
R sent around the track, and mon followed
it and pickod up all stones or
chunks of dirt. Tlioy went close to tho
pole, for Hair, tho mare's driver, had
told them that she always hugs tho polo,
and that she wanted a clean track all
along the rail. At 2:45 o'clock tho run
ner, Monitor, who was driven by
Charles Green at the wheel of the Queen,
was taken upon the track for a limber
up. At precisely 3:25 o'clock Hair
drove the mare upon tho track and took
the turn opposite to that leading by tho
grand stand. Captain Stono saw her
safely ou the track, and then ho walked
leisurely up to tho judges' stand. Tho
mare was driven very slowly around tho
track, and when she came to the dis
tance stand, at 3:35 she was heartily
cheerod. She pricked up her
ears with pride, as is her wont,
and jogged around the track
once more. While she was making the
second round every one was on tiptoe,
both in expectancy and literally, for the
crowd was so immense that it was im
possible for all to see. When she had
reached tho third quarter on the second
round she turnod back and trotted a
mile in the reverse direction. Tho pace
was slow all the way around, during
which the pools sold almost even en
time against her. She came down tho
stretch well in an easy, steady gait,
with Monitor close behind. When
within the distance stand, and while she
was going at a 2:30 gait, Bair nodded to
the judges, and they sent her away for
tho first trial. She trotted tho first
eighth slowly, but kej>t increasing her
speed until she reached the quarter in 1
0:32 34. When she struck out for the
up stretch she settled down into an
easy and very steady clip, and kept a i
splendid stride with her feet well uq
der her, and her driver holding a steady
rein on her. She made the second
quarter in 0:32 1-2, bringing her to the
half in 1:05 1-4. That 'she trotted
evenly the remainder of tho mile the
time shows. Bair held her out well
into the track, and as sho made the
third turn without a skip or a waver,
the exclamations of the thousands
who were timing her were She'll do j
it." She trotted the third quarter in
0:32 1-4, the fastest in tho milo by a
quarter of a second, bringing her to the
three-quarter pole in 1:37 1-2. She ap
peared to trot slow when she came into
the stretch, but the observers were look- j
ing directly into her face and did not
appreciate her great speed. Bair did
not urge her at all down the stretch, ;
bnt let her chooso her own clip. She
made the last quarter in exactly the l
time of the first quarter—o:32 3-4
reaching the wiro in 2:10 1-4. There !
was intense excitement as sho wont j
home, and many who held tickers de
clared immediately that she had heat
2:10 1-2. Tho mass of the crowd, how
ever, did not have stop-watches, and
were not proficient enough to know
whether sho had varied a quarter of a
second from her record. Therefore
they kept qniet until the judges hung
out tho fignres, when there was one
long unloading of lnng-powor that cre
ated au echo far away. Bair let the
mare have plenty of space in which to
come to a walk, and then walked her
slowly np to tho judges' stand. No one
seeme.l happier than William 11. Yan
derbilt. Ho swnng his hat when tho
time was announced, and shook hands
with all his friends. When Bair alight
ed from the snlky Yanderbilt grabbed
bis hand enthnsiasticnlly, and then did
the same with Captain Stone. While
tho cheers were yet being given the
mare wan driven to the stable, and sho
did not appear again during tho day.
A Helping Hand.
The poor give more than the rich.
This proposition holds good as a gen
eral principle. Money is by no moans
the only thing to give in this world;
neither do large gifts necessarily eon
* tribute more to the happiness of the re
ceiver than small gifts. Go into any
conntry and converse with the poople.
Ask who ministers most to their happi
ne:e. Yon will very likely bo told of
some venerated clergyman, whose
salary has never been more than enough
to barely snpport him; or some poor
widow, who goes from house to bouse,
like a ministering angel, wherever sor
% row and snffcring demand coDolation
and relief. It is astonishing ho * much
one withont money can give. A kind
word, a helping haml, the warm sym
* pathy that rejoices with those who do
, rejoice, and weeps with those who weep.
No man ia so poor,'no woman is so poor,
* as not to be able to contribute largely
■ to the happiness of those around them.
There are 831 different stylos of
|~y bicycles now in ua^ggjtf*|
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
I iiilimiplliird Temper*.
Of nil things which are to bo met
with hero on earth thero is nothing
which can give such continual, such
cutting, such useless pain as an un
disciplined temper.
Tho touchy and sensitive temper,
which takeH olTcnso at a word; the irri
table temper, which finds offense in
everything, whether intended or not;
tho violent temper, which breaks
through all bounds of reason when
once roused; tho jealous or sullen tem
per, which wears a cloud on tho face all
day, and never utters a word of com
plaint; tho discontented temper,
brooding over its own wrongs; tho se
vere temper, which always looks at the
worst sido of whatever is done; tho
willful temper, which overrides every
scruple to gratify a whim—what an
amount of pain have these caused in
the hearts of men, if wo could but sum
up their results! How many a soul
have tlioy stirred to evil impulses, how
many a prayer havo they stifled, how
many an emotion of true affection have
they turned to bitterness! How hard they
make all duties. How they kill the
sweetest and warmest of all domestic
charities ! 111-temper is a sin, requiring
long and careful discipline.— Bishop
Temple.
Urllsloua nnd Nolrn.
The United Brethren in Christ has
1(10,000 members.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the Methodist church has
now 830 auxiliaries, with 21,3.38 mem
bers, and rejoices in a treasury balance
of 338,785.
There are 300 white Baptist churches
in Mississippi, with 50,000 members.
Of these churches only ten havo preach
ing every Holiday, and of these only six
are self-sustaining.
The Protestant Germans of Buffalo.
N. Y., intend appropriately celebrating
the three hundred and sixty-fourth arini.
versary of the Reformation on tho last
day of October next.
Had the Roman Catholic church re
tained all her children, says tho Cmholic
Teleyritph, there would now l>o in this
conntry from 20,000,000 to 25,000,000
members of that church, whereas there
are now less than 7,000,000. It attrib
utes the great loss to the influence of
the public schools.
The General Baptist Ministerial Fra
ternal association of England is abont
to establish a " Preachers' Institute"
for the purpose of training young men
as evangelists anil lay preachers, under
the presidency of the Rev. John C'bf- I
ford.
I hero are about two hundred China ,
men who attend tho different Sunday- I
schools in Brooklyn, and on Hand ays
they go through the streets following '
each other like Indians, marching in
single file. Two rarely walk side by
side, and when addressing each other
th n y talk over their shoulder. Their
Sunday clothes include embroidered,
thick-sonled sandals and block cambric
blouses buttoned np at the side. They
are tanght in the schools the English
langnage and the duties of citizenship
as well as the truths of the Bible. They
are very fond of their schools, and soon
become runch attached to their teachers.
Bishop Scott, the senior bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal church, is
seventy-nine years of age, and has been
in tho Episcopal ofllco twenty-nine
years. Bishop Paine, senior bishop of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South,
is eighty years old, and has been in the
Episcopal office thirty-five year*.
Wild Hoses In Britain.
Wo havo altogether some five trne
wild roses in Britain. The commonest
is the dog-rose, which everybody knows
well; and next comos tho almost equally
familiar sweet-briar, with its delicately
scented glandular leaves. Tho bnrnot
rose is the parent of onr cultivated
Scotch roses, and the two other native
kinds are comparatively rare. Double
garden roses are produced from the sin
gle wild varieties by mak
ing the ctamens (which aro tho organs
for mannfactnring pollen) turn into
bright-colored petals. Thero is always
more or less of a tendency for stamens
thus to alter their character; but in a
wild state it never comes to any good,
lteeauso such plants can never sot seed,
for want of pollen, and so die out in a
single generation Gnr gardeners, how
ovor, carefnlly select these distorted in
dividnals, and so at length produce the
large, handsome, barren flowers with
which we are so familiar. The cahlmgo
and moss roses are monstrous forms
thus bred from tho common wild
French roses of tho Mediterranean re
gion; the China roses are cultivated
al>ortions from an Asiatic species; and
most of the other garden varieties are
artificial crosses lietween these or vari
ous other kinds, obtained by fertilizing
the seed vessels of one bush with pollen
taken from tho blossoms of another of a
different sort. To a botanical eye,
double flowers, however largo and fine,
are never really beautiful, because they
lack the order and symmetry which ap
pear so conspicuously in the fine petals,
the clustered stamens and tha regular
•tigmas of the natural torm.—Belgrar .a.
t' sdkt2£ 2L,X > *
Obi-Time Nevada Jurors.
Lust night u number of men were sit
ting in front of the < Irinsby house dis
cussing tho big mining suit in Euroka
between the Richmond ami Albion.
Genorul Kittrell, W. W. Bishop, Hinc.
Barnes, Johnny Mooro au<l others
were interesting tho crowd with recit
als of the suits they had seen. Bishop
and Kittrell insisted that of late years
the atmosphere of tho courts had been
purer than in tho earlior days.
"That is," said Barrios, " thinner and
weaker; in other words, jurors cost less
than formerly."
Both tho lawyers agreed that coin
had a potent influence. When the law
was all on their side and the jury on the
other, they could only explain it on a
coin hypothesis.
At this point an old grizzly-bearded
man who had been listening slid up and
remarked:
"Mining suits ain't what they used
to be. There's been no real live litiga
tion to speak of since the Raymond A
Ely suit with the Hermes in I'ioche.
"Wereyou in town't"
" Well, rathor; I traveled 400 miles
on u mule to got to tho jury box. 1
struck tho town about H o'clock at
night, and walking into the leading bar
room, inquired if the suit had begun.
Inside of half an hour a man came up
and asked me what my name was. He
wrote it down on his shirt cuff, and then
he said: Tard, if yon want to stay and
see the suit, let mo see you through on |
your expenses;' and he handed me $5OO, j
remarking that he thought tho I{. A E- |
had tho bulge on the law. I said that 1
thought that myself, and then I saun- :
tered off. In about an hour a man came
to me and told mo I was drawn on the
jury. I saiil I didn't mind, and agreed
to stand in. About 9 o'clock a man
tapped mo on the arm and handed me
live hundred, remarking that the Ilermes
had about all the law ami facts on their
side that was necessary. Ho thought I
might need a little money f..r expenses. j
Of course I took tho money, he seemed ,
so anxious to get rid of it, and then I J
slipj>ed into a back room, put on a pair I
of false side whiskers, a thin duster I J
had been carrying tinder my coat, and I I
was a changed man. By 10 o'clock I i
was on a good horse that I paid $3OO j
for, and started off on n prospecting
trip. I couldn't bear the idea of holding 1
the scales of justieo in a ease like that.
I was fearful ot further corruption, you !
see. But on the trial I was represented
by n proxy. On the road I met old
Bill I >aman,dea-l broke and discouraged.
I put him on tho lay, and he started
double quick for I'ioelie. He struck
the ledge rich, I guess, for when I next j
heard of him he was drivin' a spankin' I
team and enjoying life."— f'traon I.Vt.)
Api>ral.
A Trotter's Brink of < offer.
Horsemen are talking almut Myron j
I\ Bush's experiment with the trotter ;
Midnight, that w>>n the $3,000 purse nt
Buffalo. Tho race was for the '2:1.") '
class, mill- heats, leat throe in five, in
harness. So Ho won the first heat in
2.20 1-2, but was distanced on the sec- ■
ond. Midnight winning that heat easily
in 2:10. Before starting for the third
heat Midnight was a strong favorite
over the field. At the word he went to
the front wildly, and he kept breaking
throughout the heat. Charley Ford
won in a jog in 2:19 1.2. This nnex j
pected result demoralized the Midnight i
party, who, thinking Midnight out of j
tho race, hurried to the pool-box to
hedge their bets. Mr. Bush, John j
Hliaw, of California, and George B. j
Alley, of New York, saw that something ;
was wrong with the horse, and had his
shoes removed.
"No harm in that, gentlemen," said
Mr. Bush. "That will help the hore,
no doubt. But in my opinion he is
weak and tired from the effects of tear
ing his boots off ami from cutting or 1
thumping his ankles. I propose that j
we give him a quart of coffee. It will '
stimulate and strengthen him."
The others laughed at the proposition
at first, but Mr. Bush insisted, and the
coffee wan administered. Mi. Hliaw
aski-1 Orrin Hiekok to drive Midnight,
but lie refused, saying: "Edwards
knows the horse, and ho is the man to
drive him." To the surprise of the
skeptics, Midnight recovered, went off
well, and won the beat cAsilv in 2:20.
Mr. Bush then had a pint more of
coffee given to Midnight to keep him
in trim for the last beat. From the
word "Go," Midnight drew away to tho
lead, coming home fast and strong, and
won tho heat and race handsomely in
2:21.
The turfmen present wore
at the affect attributed to tho doses ef
coffoo. Heretofore spirits of wine have
been employed in such case*, but of
using coffee they had never heard. Own
ers of fast trotters io Now York-Mr.
Vandcrbilt, Mr. Alley, H. F. Dewey, Ed
win Thome and Hhcpherd F. Knapp
among them—say that they will enter
their horses in the temperance society,
and stimulate tliem hereafter with coffee
instead of liquor.
Of tho *,900,000 pounds of sugar used
annually in the United States, ninety
nine per cent, of it comet from abroad.
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Ilrnid Womrii.
We ln-ar a great deal about rings now
adays, and nothing very good of them, I
either. I heard of a ring tho other day
that told a story—in fact its own story. I
The ring glistened on the finger of a
washerwoman through the suds in a tub, I
and thus betrayed a secret. The lady J
of a certain house in this city hud ad
vertised for a laundress to come to her
house on certain days. Tho advertise
ment was responded to by a neat, rather
refined-looking woman. When tho laun- |
dress had begun her work tho lady saw
shining on a shapely hand a pretty ami
peculiar ring. She requested tho priv
ilege of looking at it; tho woman hesi
tated u moment ami then nervously held
out her hand.
"That is a class ring," said the lady.
"It is," was the response of the laun
dress, as she turned her face away.
" Where did you get it?" asked the
lady, emboldened, perhaps, by the man
ner of tho wearer of the ring.
" It is my husband's."
"At what college did he graduate?"
"At Yale."
" In what class ?"
" The class of 75."
That ended the interview for tho
time, as the lady could hv no means get
from the washerwoman the nnrne of her
husband. Tho lady had becu thus un
ladylike, perhaps, and curious, because
her son wore a class-ring exactly like
the one in question, and was a graduate
in tho class of '75 at Yale. Bhc told him
the story, and one night he followed the
laundress to her rooms in Michigan
avenue, where lie found an old class,
mate and college chum jxiuring over
some second-hand law-books. He works
in tho <lav time, ami so does his trump
of a wife. One day he will be admitted
to the bar, ho will work hard, she will
help him, and when they are rich they
can afford to smile at. the story of the
ring—which is strictly true. Chicago
Islt'-r.
l.onH nmpb ll'a \\ editing.
London Truth gives a more pictur
es pie account of Lord Colin Campbell's
marriage with Miss 111 od than is pub
lished by any of the court newsmen in '
ordinary. Never, says that paper, j
had bride a lovelier w- bling niora than
Thursday last. The sun shone bright -
ly, but not so oYorixiweringly as on pre- j
vions days, on the grass and trees that
makes the small churchyard of the !
Savoy ch.|el so beautiful wliib t*. ■ ,
friends of Miss Blood and Lord Colin
Campbell were assembling to witness
their marriage. Home of the youthful
bridemaids had arrived very early, and
were much exercise I as t<> whether tliev
were to fall into the bridal procession at
the gate or at tho .church door. The
latter proved to Ik> tho order of theday.
Shortly after the six ladies, in their
pretty jsile blue lace trimmd dresses,
muslin fichus and mob caps, had rmigi-.y
themselves in readiness for the
the Princess Louise arrived, leaning <>n
the arm of tho Duke of Argyll. The
prioress wore a cream colored dress, '
slightly trimmed with dark peacock
blue, and a small bonnet of tho latter j
color.
Tho bride's magnificent fignre' was {
aeen to advantage in her wedding gown
of satin brocade and China crepe. Her -
wreath was of real orange blossoms,
and a white tulb- veil was thrown over
them and her very dark hair. The ser- !
vice was unnecessarily long, no less
than three hymns being sung, one con- j
se jnenee of which was tho fainting of
a little chorister. The procession from
tho church to the carriages up the ,
crimson carjieted path under the trees
was very pretty, tho white-rol>ed chor
isters preceding the bride and bride
groom, an I the Princess Louise and
Duke of Argyll following closely ii|wn
the bridemaids. Lady Walter Gamp- |
liell looked very handsome in her dark
sapphire velvet dress, with a jvsle pink
feather in her bonnet. One of the
guests wore a rich dress of plum-col
ored satin, the front exquisitely em
-1 roiderod with a design of flowers and
loaves in gold and Oriental colors. The
gold embroidered ltonnet and alippers
imparted a charming air of complete
neas to this lovely drees. The bride
was given away by her father, Mr.
Blood, Brick hill, county Clare. Lord
Oolin'a liest man was the Marquis of
Stafford. The honeymoon is to he
spent on the continent. The bride's
traveling dress was of dark bine, with
linnnet of the same, trimmed with corn
flowers and dark red roses.
Srw X aril Fnnklon XMn.
Plump little misses wear tho jersey
basques.
Oypay lists of cactus lace straw are
fashionable.
Pongee dust-cloaks are stylish, com
fortable and inexpensive.
Pretty and cool evening waista are
made of mall puffs and lace inoertings.
Wild clematis and cape jasmine pat
terns are printed on cream-colored
foulards and sateens.
French ladies have suddenly taken to
oertaiu Italian styles in dreea which are
said to be extremely effective and be
ooming.
Lurk gurnet vigogne and cashmere
will ho very fashionable dress fabrics
this fall, combined with silk plush or
velvet a shade darker.
A black satin underskirt and gold
l dotted black satin overdress, trimmed
with gold wrought Spanish lace, makes
an elegant and becoming toilet.
Outside dress pockets are no longer
seen, the one nscful pocket being dex
terotisly concealed among the folds of
the tnnic or under the drapings of the
scarf or panier.
Judging by tho early importations
the colors and combinations which
promise to reign in dress fabrics next
fall are, if possible, more striking and
original than any heretofore exhibited.
Costumes of ecrn tussore are fashion
able for watering-place and seaside
resorts, and are trimmed with bayadere
tussore in ombre stripes or plaids show
ing soft, bright colors prettily blended.
Terra-cotta shades will be very fash
ionable thiH autumn in soft woolen
fabrics, trimmed with Roman plaided
or Persian striped surah, or more ele
gantly with panels, re vers, vests, cuffs
and pelerines of seal-brown plush.
The Derby bat will be worn this fall
by natty young ladies, but instead of u
single black or pearl-colored one there
will be a variety in the rich shades of
dark admiral blue, hunter's green,
dahlia color, olive anil seal-brown, to
match various street costumes.
Molicre shoes of black satin, upon
which are set large bows fastened with
broad square buckles of Rhenish peb
bios, arc worn with garden party cos
tumes. The heels are only moderately
high, with but little curve to them, but
the shoes are fine iu sliape, as the in-
Htops are cut high and are gracefully
arches! in true Spanish style.
It is just now considered in good
taste not to rrnx flowers for corsage
wear, but to select a favorite blossom,
wearing a huge cluster of the kind
chosen. Tne sulphur-colored holly
hook is just at present enjoying a sea
son of popularity <■ jualing that of the
field daisy so lately the race.
A coat sle-ve made for a working
! dress should be gathered on the under
side at tin- elbow, unless it is ma lo
; loose enough to enable the arm to move
freely. The generality of sleeves are
made too tight for day wear.
The parasol is chosen now more with
i relation to the bonnet than tho dress.
T he taste of last year which allowed a
1 red parasol to accompany a bonnet in
gold trimmings is not new considered
i in good style.
Ib-avy satin striped fabrics alt mat
ing with strijM-s of - ilk plnsh. in rich, I
dark shade* of color, will form one of
the most exjiensive and novel dress ma
terials for the fall and winter. Other
fabrics show broad watered silk stripes,
alienating with Gripes formed of In avy
design . < bowing leaves and
f Jtlin.d with threads cf gold or
.Ye colors, hough bright and
striking, are harmoniously and artist
ically blended. Man• of the designs
and effects seen in dress ma
j terials are carried on/in plushes and
! brocades intended for millinery pur
! |>OS<vS.
Louis (Jninzo scarfs and sashes, enor
' mons in size, are to be very fashionable.
They are made of many rich materials,
and are frequently fitted into the waist
i seams at the back, and from there are
J sloshed open and <-arried almost to the
foot of tho dress, lwing caught up in
numerous loops which impart an ap
j pearance of fullness to tho tourunre.
■ They aro sometimes Ixmlored with a
handsome Grecian or Persian embroid
ery; others are made of brocade or of !
heavy ailk, lined with fwle gold-color< d
surah and trimmed with a headed cro-
I broidery of jet and geld. These sashes
| are twelve or fourteen inches wide, and
| fully answer as drnpings to the skir.s of
trained dresses.
Railroad brakemen find it difficult to
get their lives insured, owing to the \
perils of their employment. It is said
that fire brakemen are accidentally
killed on the average throughout the
country every day. Freight trains are ;
considered far more dangerous for em
ployes than passenger trains, owing to
the greater precautions taken in run
ning the latter.
The creditors of the Glasgow lmuk
have now received ninety per cent, of
their claims. Of 1,819 shareholders
only 269 remain. Tho others are
ruined. Nearly 609 gave np all they
hod, anl began the world again. To
tho trustees of the relief fund, which
exceeded $1,950,000, there wero 883 ap
plications for aid.
Emigration alwaya results in leaving
the women in the oonntry whence it
takes place considerably exceeding the
men in number. This is notably the
oose in Ireland, and atill more so in
England, where women are always un
willing to abandon their home.
In 1842 the United States prod need
only 2,000,000 tons of coal, while last
year abont 70,000,000 tons were pro
duced.
PP.AKLS OK THOUGHT.
People's intention* can only bo de
ciJoil by tboir conduct.
How good scrvices ; sweet Tmem
b rati new will grow from tbem.
it is easy to look down on others; to
look down on ourselves in the difficulty.
No Ixioks arc ho legible an the live* of
men ; no characters ho plain an their
moral conduct.
There in only one thing that i* more
terrible than to Hay a mean thing, and
that in to done.
What are a few yearn of what men
call sorrow and burden-bearing to an
eternity of blessedness.
An angry man who suppress** his pa
"ion thinks worse than when he speaks ;
an angry man that will chide speaks
worse than he thinka.
The hard, harsh world neither nee#,
nor tries to see men's hearts ; bat
wherever there is an opportunity of
evil, supposes that evil exists.
I here are men who no more grasp
the truth they seem to hold than a spar
row grasjm the message jiaseing through
the electric wire on which it perches.
Ituskin says that the noblest building
made with hands for spiritual ends
must lack the perfection of grace and
beauty, unless lit from the lamp of
sacrifice.
Let no one ever repudiate an honest
effort, nor ever ask to have the truth
veiled lehjiid ambiguous sentences of
honeyed words, however hideous she
may seem to those who know her not.
To achieve the greatest results, the
roan must die to himself, must cease to
exist in his own thought". Not until
he has done this, does he begin to do
aught that is great, or to be really great.
The last, best fruit, which oomes lab*
to perfection, even in the kindliest soul,
is tenderness toward the hard, forbear
ance toward the unfortieafing, and
warmth of heart toward the misan
thropic.
Two of Wa-hington'ft Letters.
The custodian of the originals of the
two following letters from General
Washington has furnished a copy of
tlicrn to the Philadclph ia Tunm. It is
believed that they have net hitherto
l>e<-n printed, and lioth are interesting
! examples of Washington's personal cor
! respondence :
Tin: heath op iutti mors.
Montr V CUMIN, June "JO, 177.1.
Drut Hm : It is an easier matter to
conceive, than to devrile tbo distress
j of this Family, especially that of the
unhappy Parent of our Dear I'atey
Cnstis, when I infnrm von that yester
day removed th<* Sweet Innocent Girl
into a more happy and |waeful abode
• than any she has met with, in the
aftlieted Path she hitherto has trod.
She rose from dinner aliou! ! o'eh < k
in tielter lu-alth and spin's tlian she
appeared to have Usju in some time ;
soon after which she was seised with
one of her usual Fit* A expire,! in it., in
less than two minutes without uttering
a word, a groan, or scarce a sigh—this
sudden and unexpected blow, I scarce
need add, has almost rod need my poor
wife to the lowest ebb of misery ; which
is enr reused by the absence of her son
(whom I have j :st fixed at the college
in New Tork, from whence I returned
on the Kth inst) and want of the balmy
consolation of her Relations; which
leads me more than ever in wish she
oonld see them, and that I was Master
of Arguments powerful enough to pre
vail upon Mrs. Pandridgc to make this
place her absolute home. I should
think as she lives a lonesome life (Betev
leing married) it might suit her well,
A lie agreeable both to herself A my
wife, to me moat assuredly it would.
1 do not purpose to add more at pres
ent, the end of my writing being onlj
to inform you of this unhappy change.—
Onr Hincere affections are offered to
Mrs Bassett, —Mrs. Dandrilge, and ail
other Friends, and I am very Sincerely,
\ r (Hied t A Affect'c ll'bio Scrv't
O. WASHINGTON.
Addressed to Bvrwki.l Baskett, Esq.,
near W illiamnburg, Virginia.
A LA MR HOUSE.
Monrr Ykhnon, \ng. 9, 1773.
Dkir 8m : As I wrote to yon bv the
last Post, and nothing new has happened
since, this letter only serves to cover the
enclosed to Mrs. Bassett. The Horae
Abel left here is got quite well V ' his
lameness, but not recovered of an ex
ceedingly swelled and sore liaek, which
he received in coming up. —This, and
the boy telling me yon did not work,
or put him to any particular kind of
service is the Reason why I have not
sent him down before.—lf be ia wanted
please to let me know by the Post, and
I will contrive him down to yon before
we may come ourselves, as it will be in
October l>efore this can happen.—-I
hope this letter will find Mrs. Bassett
in better health, A more composed un
der her losses than when yon wrote
lest, my beat wishes attend her, Your
self and Family, as also Mrs. Hand ridge
and other Friends, and I am
Dr Sir, Y'r Most affect'c Friend A
SerVt G. WASHINGTON.
Addressed to Btrawra, Basski-t, Esq.,
near Williamsburg, Virginia.