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IlXKf TOENKY-AT LAW.
, Somerset, Pa.
. t n. W. BIESECKER.
I- ATTORNEY-ATLAW,
I fcwiDimrt. la.
I t. HI -sllr 10 cook k Jetril''' K1"ck-
!,viVj:.E R. SCULL.
V ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset Pa.
5
I. tf U. SCOTT,
vl ATTORXEY-ATLAW,
. 4 Somerset, Pa.
t,-. T KCX SER.
j. " ATTUEXEY-AT LAW,
! Somerset, Pa.
KNDSLEY.
ATTORX EY-AT LAW,
Somerset, P
, v tkent.
. ATTORNEY-AT LAW
t Somerset, Penn a.
)1, SlTLL.
ATTOKN EY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
II
I.. HAER.
ATTOKN EY -AT LAW,
' Soitcrwt, Pa.,
. .n,t o.toilr.i-wCountlc?.
Z"l entrusted to biin will be promptly
!J tu.
4 01l,in:ni.
W. II. lUTl'KL.
Sifi-'kotii Ruri'EL.
I, ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
, i.umi f entrusted to their care will I
' i'Mlvstid punctually attended to.
i-.ii Main Cross street, opposite the
l,ic.il Bi''a. ,
;TB..KS. LCCUl.F.ORX.
-.ViLBORN tV COLBORN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
; .-Mi-inw Intrusted to our care '"V'T1,
I .nn.led to.r..llerti' tn'te In a-
( uvpynunnu d.pne on reaaonable fnm.
'II.MAM H.KOONTZ.
ATTUKNEY-AT LAW,
fill rTri.r..niit attrntlontobuFhieiw entrtst
: X' ruri tn S..merKt .nd aljUlnlnt cumie.
' id ITlutlne House Kow.
iD
KNNIS MEYERS.
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
j kn:il l-nrineBi entrosted tn care Willi
,, ,1 1.. wim pr.n!!.inf..M ..... ......
Vain t'rwMi Street, next "".r to Sn
- & t ii. fn.re.
TMES L. TTOIT.
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW.
' Suuierset, Fa.
,-N..Mnim.th Blnrk. op nalm. Eatranpe.
lT cmm utreet. i..llwtlon made, eutc
. i tit Ira examined, and all loyal busiiief
,::to leil to with protuptneiii and bdelity.
P.
Y. K I MM EL.
ATTOKN EY-AT X-A Wt
- n.nA v.
U J TRITTS.
M. ATTt)KNEY-ATLAW
Si uicrstt, Pa.
It. up-nulrt In Mamnioth IllorH.
. t iiv n VTMMEL
,t) ATTtKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerw't, Pa.
- lil alU-ml l .11 iiunilicrr ...... -
s..Brwtandad..l!iinKr.,untiwilh prf.mpt
tod BJellty. Ufflw on Main CMff street.
ttknry'r scuell
11 ATTOKN EY-AT LAW,
: ptr nd Penrton Agent, Sumee Pa.
tt in Mainmotn black.
ValenHxeIiay.
ATTOKN EY-AT LAW
Ani)IkHl. rlnRealE"Ute.S..mer t. P will
::..! tn all hnlnes entrurted to hlB tare wun
: rci'tn.M and tidety .
.. . . . 1 1 anlnlltl f 1 1 tff Cltr
To IN II. VHL.
I ATTOKN EY-AT LAW
Somerset, 1.
S '.iri.T.n.itW attend to all tmslnew entrupled
;. MotieTailvaneedoncollretlons, ate. Ul
m ruimo'th Kuildin.
T G.OC.LE.
I, ATTOKNEY'-AT LAW,
? Somerset Pa.,
PVeMlimel t.oi-ineJ entrwrted to mj rare at
'Eif.l to with proBiptnea s and r.delity.
kxac nr;rs.
1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW .
Somerset, Pcnn I
a;Til'
rj!'.. i:. v. DLoroii,
i!M,147l- PHYSIC AS AM SU IU! EOS
TMidershls serioesto the people of
. 'vi.initv. fulls tn town orcoumrv promptly
ii.leiit.; anllound at dlticf dv ornlgtit,
,.w ,,r, fi.j,.nllr ena-airel. - Mllee on
n'.itet crn. r ol' Mauiond. over K"'''I''r f
v Store. aprtS-Wtr.
T. II. S. KIMMEL
1 tenders his professional service to the eltt-s.,mer-t
and Vicinity. Cnli ss pr..teio,,-
rrniitc he can I lound at his aUic. o Main
v. . rn ot the luamond.
DTL hTbRUBAKEU t. iifl-rs his
.r..teslonHl services to the eltlrens ol Som
---i.Tid vicinity. Ofhce in residence cn Main
r.rxt vest ul the Diamond.
TVi. WM. R.MT1I tench rs hip
and virinltv
DR. JOHN
HENTIST.
i.aap stall i in Cook k Heerits Hlock.Somer
m ft.
1)
1! WIl.T.TAM ("OT.l.lNS.
IEN1 IS 1, ' il r-ur-1 , r a..
, ' fficetn Mammoth Block, above Boyd s Tru
, v.ire where he can at all tiniest found prepar-
" Wdoall kinds otwurk. such as hlllnif. rtaa
; i:iair extraetit.s:. fcc Artlh-lal teeib ol all kinds.
; iU of the best material Inserted. Operations
'. rrante4.
in.
HOWARD WYNNE, MP.
jmrxsTo ir.v. I'KX.va .
liiBSesolth Eve. lUr. Nose and Throat
icial and Kxclosive practice. Hours. f a. w. to
'Mi. Lttherfctlreen Hlock. lalnSl.
J.
T. THOMSON. M. D.
B KOEtN DENTIST,
H. had a jip.fessionil experience o( more than
Hit vears En.l.io Tkkth a Spbtaltj.
"S -i to'inii No. w; Main street (up stairs) over
" tie liiben's Hardware Store It will te neces
r l.r erss who want work done to make en
untuts belorehand. octie3.
Johnstown. f-.
TAMES O. K1ERNAN. M. 1). tm-
liers his ptofesslonal aerrloes to the eltisens of
ti,1 vtelnitv. Urm I lound at the
'ititice ot his athe'ron Main Street or at the
Ir H.nrv KraVker.
Septa lt
DU.J. K. MILLER has K-rn,a-nentlv
located In Berlin for the practice of
li' pn.irsion. tittoe opposite eharh-s Krlsslajj.
i store. ajir. 'ti, o-tl.
D
IAMOXD HOTEL,
KTOYSTOWN. l'ENN'A.
t TLls tMitultr and well known house has lately
Muuroohly and newiv refitted with all new
"0 W-tt ul farnlture. which has made It a Tery
Jirl.:t n.Miping place f. the trauelli.'K pul.llc
""'at! nd r.i canned I surpassed, all be
,7'teUi,wlthalarKe public hall atuched
' the sutn.. Also larife and roomy ataldtnic.
' m flM boarriin,. can be had at the lowest tws-
prices, by the week, day or meal.
8 AMI' EL OUST E R, Prop.
a. E. ( or. Iilim.md
Stoystow ,Pa
I CHARLES HOFFMAN.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
1 A oove Henry HefHey. Ptre.)
UTE2T STTLES mil LOWEST PRICES.
SATISFACTION GUARAhTEED.
JL 11 tj
VOL. XXXII. NO 4S.
YOU
Respectfully Invited to Call and Examine, Before Purchas
ing Elsewhere the Largest Assortment of
Stoves, Tin, Copper,
Or Slieet-Iron AVae, Kn io, I'd Plated Ware,
Lamps.
Enameled Ware, Clothes Wringers, Etc.
To lie found in tho AW.xtern I 'art of this State. Our C.oo.ls art Warrants! to le rpp
riUMiU'd, and prircs are Nett c"a-li, witliin tlic rivi' ii of all jiersons needi:i tliem.
TIN ROOFING, SPOUTING AND JOBWNG
(i (I I. KISl'S IS r, SHI LT llloS OK i OPVI U
IV!iiial,v Altoin?'l to at I.ow't ItaU'M.
Jirustcs (t Specialty, at Wholesale Only.
Onhrs Soli'ifal rom HfrrrJiatts Sdlin'j Gxhs in Sly Line.
FRAN K. W. HAY,
Xo. 2SO WHshiiision Street. Job it Mown, Peim'a.
TOSHOEBTJYEBS"OF
SOMERSET TOWN AND COUNTY.
We Wish to Call Your Attention to the Lsrpc Stock of
BOOTS. SHOES AND SLIPPERS.
"Which have arrived for the Spring Trade of 18S4.
When ou i-it Johnstown we shall he pleased to see-you
in our Large Store, and will take pleasure in showing you
the fine
Shoes for i adies
Which we earrv in Stock, as
Medium and Coarse 15oots
you visit our Store ask us
ACME KIP PLOW FOJl JIJ1X AXJ) BOYS.
It is the Best Shoe made, at a very Low Price. Our husiness
is conducted on a
OIsTE PRICE SYSTEM.
All our (U)tnh- an; marked in Tliiin Fijiur-?, at tli very Loue.-t PoxdUe
r,-irp, .--() if von c:i:i"t come your.-elf fviul a ostal canl. tlencriliia aa
near v'ou can the Stylo, (Quality ami l'rioe you want to pay,
aiitl we will sowl tlicin to you hy return mail.
Xj. stabgabdtbr,
OXE-PPdCE OPEliA HOUSE SHOE STORE,
212 Jlain Slr'ol,
SOMERSET COUSTC BANK !
(I'.STAlil.ISHKD 177.)
CHAELES. J. EAERlcuN.
I'nsitU-nt.
. J. FEITTS.
'Cashier.
Oollectl.ts made in all parts o! the United!
States.
i
CIIABGES MODERATE.
Parties wlshlnir to s-nd money West can be ac-
commodate.! bv diatt on New York in any sum.
t'olleettons made with promptness. 1 . S. Bonds
b.uaht and s.ild. Money and valuables secured
by one ot llel.d s celebrated fates, with a Sar
acnt fc. Yale f:i o 00 time liK-k. ;
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. j
M-AU lejral holblays obsened.-" dec7 J
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Having had many
years exirlen-e
. j..; ' -- years ejj-r
:o oi
C bus-
5rT - 'M il;Tn"i n - Satistactlnn to all
Li: 1" 'iA r-J who may call up
ante'
xvn. noriisri n.i:it,
Somerset,
mar
AlbkrtaT Hokk.
"j. Sl'oTT WiKH.
HOBNE & WARD
sjrecawous to
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
HPRIXG, 1882.
NEW GOODS
71117 TAT SPECIALTIES
Lmbrolderits, Utes, Hiliinery, White Goods, Hitid-
kerctiiefj, Dress Trlirmings, Holier, Gloves,
Corsets, Kuslia and Merino Underwear, In
fiirts' isd Children's Clothiag.Fincj
Geods, Yams, Zephyrs, Mate
rials of AN Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
... n 7 O-0l
uuuiw ... i
TcraraTaonaci ta MiHcrmir bolic -
fflrOrileni hy mail atUudcd to with care
sod Disj-aU-li.
ARE
line of
and Gentlemen
well as a very large Stock of
and Shoes. Farmers, when j
to show you the Hand-made
Johnstown, la.
aprti.Iyr
K
XIX UTOR'S NOTICE.
K.i .leof Thomas filisan.dccd latent Addison
towah p. Somerset county, Pa.
Letters testamentary on the above estate
havlna leen KTanted to the undersigned by the
I projH'r authority, notice is hereby Kiven to all
i persons tmlcliteii to said estate tomakeimmedlatc
pay turn t. aniithoe h:tvii;iecUiiiisux .tinst the same
j will tireser.t them duly authenticated lor settle
i wku on Saturday, Slay -."'th, lsi4.
i M. A. liOSS,
ROBERT E. ROSS,
aj.rl. Executors.
A hicr show than all the
White Elephants is the Mam
moth Clothing Stock of A. V.
Vates & Co.
No hunihu:, no deception.
We refund the money on all
ijoods not entirely satisfactory.
A. 0. YATES & CO.,
IiJEerEiiilJi,CteM&6llias.
l'l!ll,I'l)i;i.PIII..
v f f a week at lmtne. e-i ot
l pay absolutely sure. No i
.ital not required. P.oadc
JJ J Vwaut business at which
outfit free.
risk, ('ab
ler, if you
lersons lit
lier sex, young orol.l. can make icreat pay aH
t he time they work, with absolute -rtainty
writctor pnrtii.-alara to H. Maixktt, Portlund,Me.
f -4. J In every township, village
VWcCillCU .ami city In Pennsylvania,
InielllKviii n.i-u :.nd women to solicit orders lor a
standard nuick scIIId book. Address lorpartli rf
lars and territory,
JOHN J. OOMTtlOK.
apr-i.1.41. Box 121, Altoona, l a.
AGENTS
wante.) tr the
es ol all the
Presidents of the
S. The lar
kest. tiainlsooiest. Ist tk evvr sold lor less xoer-
t w Ice our price. The fattest selling book. Afrent
ca. lu.lneii-e pnjhts to ait.nts. All Inllislul
e.ple waul It. Any one can become a ucce-t
aeent Terms free. Haluctt Book Co., Port
and, Main.
1)
ISSOLUTION NTICE.
Vi.tW Ii liprphv riven that the Co imrtnershhi
heretofore (ilsiirx between Oeorire H. Love slid
Adin .1. Lull, under the hrm name of the Somer
set Dalrv ( ompanv ef Somerset. Pa., was dis
solved by mutual consent on the Kol April. 164,
tlEoKOE H. IXJYE,
aprie. ADIN J. LULL.
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Estate ol Samuel Blttner, dee'd, late of Itrolhers
valley Towhlp, Somerset County, Pa.
Inciters of Administration on th. above estate
having been s:rantel to tne snoersigned by me
,,,vmenu and those havins; claims a(raln-t the
same will present them duly authenticate? for
settlement on naiurnay. may ai, wt, vu.
the late residence ol tne oeeearoa.
AARON F. BITTXEB,
Wm. S. BiTTNEK
pr22. Administrators.
.a.1r:.vw,it"v,3w,ciijva"1 si11 '
QH1
CURTIS K. GROVE.
(East from Oonrt House,)
Somerset, Penn'a.
.Manulactnrer or
BUGGIES,
amicus,
CARRIAGES,
SPR1SG UTAGOSS,
BUCK IVAGOSS,
AND EASTERN AND WESTEKN WORK
Furnished on Short Natice.
Painting Done on Short Time.
Mv work Is made ont of Thoroughly Sratontd
'H ood, and the llrnt Iron end Slrrl, substan
tially Constructed, Neatly Flni-hed, and
Warranted to Girt Sal iJ action.
I Employ Cnlj First-Class "Workmen.
Ki cairinvof All Kin li n My Line loneonSh
Notice. PICES REASOSAbl.E, and
All Work Warranted.
Call and Examine mv Stock, and Learn Prices.
I do Watton-work, and furnis h Scives for Wind
.Mllls. Kcmembtr the place, and call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
(East of Court House.)
aprSiMyr. SOMERSET, PA.
QUEMAHONING
AVOOLEN MILLS.
ir.V. S. MOliO AX, Proprietor,
TPH E AKcnts of these well-known Mills are now
1 visltiujf their customers with a splendid as
sortment ol
WOOLEN GOODS.
which ther wish to trade for Wool. These Ooods
are made in our o n tluunty, lmm Kure Sto.-k,
on 1 lie Latest Improved Mai hinerr, and hi hrst-
clars workmen. We want MM1 '
Pol .VK.S ir K not this year, and wiumaacii
pav vna todeal with as.
:-We are alsn pn.'pared to do Oustom Spin
ning and Wool ( ardinu. Address.
W.M. S. MOROAN.
aprtS im. QnemahonlUK, Pa.
OF-
Valuable Real Estate,
v virtue of an order of Mile issued ont of the
Vorphans' Court of Somerset Comity. Pa., to
the undersigned directed, there will be exf,oscd
o sale by public outcry on
SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1SS4,
at 10 oYlock a. m.. at the Court House, In the Br-oua-h
ol somerset, I'cnn'a., the following lescrlt
ed Real Estate; late the pniiH'rty of Samuel Hay,
deceased, vis:
A certain tractor parcrl of land situate in Som
erset township. Somerset County, Pa., adjoining
lands ol Wm. Slahl, Wm. Veihly, Jacob Bar
ron.t leorsre Barron and others. containing lOacrea
more r less, havlug thureon erected a new two
uiory Irame
DWELLING HOUSE,
Cabinet Shop. Stable and other ontbulldinirs,
with a younK orchard of a choice variety ol lrult ;
f.Kl water : alwut 10 rods to school louse. one
.uith mile to Samuel's Church, onereile toLa
vansviile, andthiee miles to Somerset. Possession
given immediately.
TEKMS ;
Ten percent of purchase money 10 be paid as
soon a proirty is knocked down, and balance on
connrtnationol sale and delivery ol deed, except
the sum ol el33:)33. with Interest from April 1,
1H3. which shall remain a lien on the premises,
the interest thereof to be paid annually to Eliia
beth Bradlgiim, and at her death the principal
sum to the heirs and legal representatives ol Oeo.
Bradigum, deceased.
JOHN A. KAYLOR.
aprOO. Admlulstrator.
SHERIFF'S HALE.
l(v virtue of certain writs of Vend Ki, PI Ka.,
and Jat. Yl Ea Issued ont of the Court of Common
Pleastol Somerset County, Pa., svt! tomedlreetei!,
there will lwexisedto public sale at the Court
Ibiu.-e, In Somerset, Pa., ou
FRIDAY, MAY 1C, 1S84,
at l' o'clock r. nr., all the right, title, interest and
claim of ihe defendants, John it. Klmmei. H. 1
Kiier and J. 1. Onle. Assignees ol J. . Kimmell,
and Ohristinn Long, terre tenant, of, tnani' tothe
loMowing real estate, situate in somerset town
ship. Someiel.. Pa., Iielnga farm eontalnlna:
190 acres more or less. adolning lamls ol David
Husband, Frederick Welier. etal., having thereon
erected atwostorv irstne uweuiug nirase, nana
barn, an I other outbuildings, and known as tne
Hemmlncer lann. with the appurtenances.
'1 aken iu execution at the suit ut Wm. M. Hall.
ALSO
A 11 the right, title, interest and claim of t he de
fendant. Channcy P. Blttner. ot, In and to the fol
lowing real estate, situate in Somerset township.
Somerset county. Pa., ceing a certain farm or tract
of land, adjoining lands ol Oliver Kncpper, Perry
liarn.il, David Caaelieer. Jacob Shaulia. aud oth
er, containing 72 acres, more or less, with a twit
siorv log dwelling house, barn, and other out
buildings therein erected, with theappurtenances.
Trken In execution at the suit of Mary M. Oas
tiger, uc of James M. :over. nse of Ed. Kiernan
use ot R. S. Kiernan, Executrix ol Ed. kiernan,
deceased.
ALSO
noi...M I1Ia Int.p..! and claim of th. ril
fendant, Rulus Crissey, of. in and to the billowing
realcstate. lieing two certain lotsot ground to
wit : Nos. 7 and 8. situate In Hoovernviiie, yut.
mahoning twp., Somerset Co., Pa., amolnlug lands
ot Sarah ana Rachel Sell, Ann Swank, 1'ebr
Ldir. public r d, and others, containing 64 porch
es, having theton erected alwo-siory plank dwel
ling house, carpenter shop and other outbuildings,
with the appurtenances.
Taken In execution at the suit of'Jacnn I). Pow
ell, Adminir'rutor ol Rulus tvterman, dee d.
-ALti-.
All the right, title. Interest and claim ofthe de
fendant. Rate Palmer of. In ami to tee following
re? I estate, tit : A eertain lot of ground situate
in Olinger Addition to Meycrsdale Borough Som
erset Comity, Pa., containing ;4 square jierches
more or less, bounded un the North by Pennsylva-
n street, on the east hy lot ot Houoel, on the
South by North Street, and on the West by ((rant
street, with a one and a half story dwelling house
and stable thereon erected, with the appurtenan
ces. Taken In execution at the suit or Wm. Savior.
NoTir K. All persons purchasing at the above
sale will please take notice that a part ol the
purchase money to be made known at the time
ol sale will lie required as soon as the projierty
Is knocked down, otherwise it will be attain ex
posed to sale at the risk of the nrst purchaser.
The residue of the purchase moneymust issnald on
or belore Thursday of the hrst week of May
Court, the time fixed by the Court for the acknowl
edgment of deeds, and nodeed will be acknowledg
ed until the purchase money is paid In lull.
JOHN J.SPANOLKR.
mar herltf.
LIST OFJCAUSES
Following is the list of Civil causes for trial at
May Term, commencing on Monday, the 19th day:
ri rat week.
Catharine Reese vs. Jacob Pbillsppl.
H. 11. Lohrand Noah Roontx vs. B. F. Lung.
Wm. Sub r vs. Nicholas Appel.
David J. Blough vs. Simon Shomas.
Levi Kantman vs. Same.
Andrew Blough vs. Henry Bamhart et aL
John Mabanev vs. Catharine Walker.
Jonlah M. Hair vs. John Williams, et al.
Ellrabeth Miller's right vs. Edward mt Annie
Ulodcr.
Sarah Rlnglervs. Matthias Bowman.,
Simon P. Sweltser vs. Same.
Pearson Lohr vs. Somerset It Cambria R.IR. 0.
Sarah Johnson's rlstitvs. J. J. Scangler.Sher.'tl.
Albert E. Fyan vs, Catharine Walker et al.
M. E. Dunham vs. John Atslp.
SCCOXD WEEK.
Howe Machine Co. vs. Flcbtner tt Ellis.
Same vs. Same.
John Relnman's widow vs Susanna Walter et al
Wullensberger at Philllppl vs. P. fcC. R. R. Co.
Oeorg Cobaiigh vs. J. M. Hvlderhaum it Sons.
Edward Moatoller vs. S. a. C. R- R. Co.
Same vs. Same.
Peter Welmer vs. Lewis Welghley.
Annie J. Lambert vs. Wm. Johnson et al.
Thos. J. M'Kalg's admr's vs. i. H. Hocking.
F. W. Dull vs. J. A. Hunter.
H. H. Stahl vs. Simon Hauger.
Ueorge Newlaad vs. John Dengler.
Belter fc lo. vs. Young at Brown.
Lydia V saw's right vs. Sam. Co. Mot. F. Ins Co.
Jonathan Leydtg vs. J. H. fcSol I tiL
Conrad Hoehstetler vs. Peter Brick.
John H. Masters vs. W, H. Coughenour.
Jonathan Poorbaugh vs. Simon Snyder.
S. Philson fc !o. vs. Charles L. Buluer.
H. H. Kemp vs. William It Francis Zutall.
narlea Zimmerman vs. Conemangh Township.
8. J. Cover's widow vs. Samuel Misbler.
Thos. Hepplewhite VI. Swede iron tt Coal Co.
roty.'sOfnoe, I S.U.TRENT,
PiJ2i2axV.
April K. IS. J
Orpnans
Court
ale
erset
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA.f WEDNESDAY. MAY 14, IS84.
A BUNCH OP LEOTI-JIS.
They are tied with a faded blue ribbon
That begins to give token of age,
And a musty-like odor arises
As I tarn over each closely-penned page.
And I sit with my feet to the fire,
And read from beginning to end.
Will "My dearest," "My fondest," 'tnie?t
Fade away to "Forever your friend."
They nre crowded with terms of endear
ment, That tell of a passionate heart ;
They are brimming with words bf affection
And a fragrance of love from the start ;
Each sentence seems laden with perfume ;
Each line as if set in a frame.
And the words at the end of each letter
Seem the dearest that mortal could name.
I read of slow walks iu the moonlight,
That seemed by the kindness of Fate,
Of tete-a-tetes on the veranda,
Ol' lingering adieus at the gate;
Of hints, only hints, of soft kisses,
That were far too seraphic to last ;
Of suirgestions of treasured caresses
In those joy-sceptered days ofthe past.
Hut I carelessly ponder them over,
And I ipiietly gaze in the fire,
And all the sweet words I've been reading
Cap arouse no sweet tunes to my lyre,
And my heart at thatpust-timeallection
lias not stirred since the reading began ;
For the whole precious series of missives
Uelong to another man.
rutk.
MY BIO FISH.
Three months ago I waa a happy
man. I bad a charming wife, tw
handsome children, a comfortable
income, a considerable practice, and
(for a solicitor) a clear conscience.
All but the last I still possess, but
the loss of that one item has destroy
ed my peace of mind andlembittered
my "whole existence. And yet I
cannot but think that there was
great excuse for me. When a man
basely yields to temptation he is
said to "fall," but that expressiou
hardly applies to ray case. I wai
regularly pushed over by other peo
ple. Rut I will tell my painful
story and the reader shall judge for
himself.
My name is Marmaduke Howard
Jones. Dropping the Howard as a
trifle too ornate for every day use,
I am known socially and profession
ally as Marmaduke II. Jone, and I
have felt some little pride in the
name, as being uncommon, not to
say diatingue. 1 do not mean to
sujrgest that I am by any means the
only Jones, and there are doubtless
other Marmadukes; but the tout en
semUe, the combination, Marmaduke
II. Jones, Mu.', Urm, ntque rolundu,
has always struck me as possessing
considerable artistic merit, and &s
doing great merit te my godfathers
and godmothers. I flattered unyself
that the combination was at any
rate unique, and certainly never
supposed, until a few weeks since,
that there could poswibly be. another
individual, still less another mem-l
ber of my own profession, rejoicing
in the very same name. The ruadttr
will therefore understand that the
supposition of mistake identity
was the last that was likely to occur
to me when, on opening my letters
one morning a couple of months ago,
I found the following from an old
friend resident in Yorkshire :
"Tipcat, Yorks.
Dkar Old 15cy : Just seen a no
tice of your splendid success, and
hasten to congratulate you. You
must oome and try your luck with
Utf very fhortlj I know of a whop
per, not far from here, that I should
like you to have a shy at. Kind re
gurdd to the wife. Ever yours sin
cerely, Sam Tiioroc.ood."
I stared at the letter in amaze
ment. I had recently got a verdict
in a rather uphill case of Grumley
vs. Pipkin, but it was not a matter
of much public interest, and was
scarcely likely to have made any
marked sensation in a small town in
Yorkshire. Still, this being the only
available explanation, I adopted it.
The allusion of the "whopper"
whom I was invited to have a shy
at was mysterious; but I concluded
tliot it Ti.tprr(l tn ni net wronrr-tloer
j high degree (possibly the parson
lor the squire' who had been riding
rough shod over his humble neigh-
' Ijors. Hllll wll9UI TllOrogOod desired,
. ' , ... .. i
in conutrv nhrase, to "have the law
of." I put the I nter aside and went
on with ray other correspondent'.
Presently I came to a still more
mysterious epistle :
"iiooNDKKIlY, NEAR TrIVERTON.
Sir: Having seen the report of
your recent actnevement, I trust
you will pardon my inquiring what
iliht you are in the habit of using.
I lVel that I am taking a liberty in
addressing a totai stranger on such a
subject, but our mutual interest in
the same pursuit must be my ex
cuse. "I enclose stamped envelope for
reply. I remain your obedient ser
vint, "William Podmore."
"Grumley vs. Pipkin must hare
made more noise than I imagined,"
I soliloquized. "But what on earth
doe9 the man mean by his 'flight,'
and our mutual interest in the same
pursuit? Does he think I'm a mem
ber of the Aerial Navigation Society ?
As he has sent a Btamped envelope
for reply, I suppose he must have
one, so here goes :
"."'.O, Furxival's I.nx.
Dear Sir : I am in receipt of
your letter, but haven't a notion
what it means. Please explain.
Yours truly,
Marmaduke H. Joxes."
The next letter I came t was
from a brother solicitor ea profes
sional business, bat in a P. S. the
writer said :
"Accept nay congratulations on
your big fish. I had no idea you
were such a sportsman."
'Big fish ! Here's another lunatic !'
I ejaculated, but at this moment I
was interrupted by the entrance of a
client After we had disposed of his
business, he remarked, as he stood
up to take his leave:
"Everybody is talking about that
big pike of yours. I'm not a fisher
man myself, but I infer that it was
a very swell achievement. Allow
me to congratulate you."
"What on earth are you referring
to?' I exclaimed.
"Why, that big pike that you
caught at where was it ? Newbury
or some such place. I saw it men
tioned in one of the papers. You
didn't know you were so famous,
perhaps ?"
"I certainly did not. The thing
must be a hax. I never caught a
pike in my life, and don't intend to.
But now I begin to understand some
extraordinary letters which I have
received this morninc. Some rascal
ly pracical joker has started the re
port, I suppose, to put me to the
trouble of contradicting it; but I
won't give him that satisfaction."
"Then you haven't caught a big
fish at all ?'' said my visitor. "Well,
I thought such a feat was hardly in
your line."
And he took his leave with a
lightly injured air, as though I had
swindled him out of a congratula
tion under false pretenses.
I went on with the perusal of my
letters and dismissed the matter
from my mind. But it was not to
be so easily got rid of. When I went
into the 6treet every other person I
met alluded in some shape or other
to my "big pike." Of course I hast
ened" to explain that the report was
groundless, and that I had not
caught any pike at all. But my pro
testations were received in a manner
(to use a familiar phrase) to make a
saint swear. I do not suppose for a
moment that a saint could or would
swear, but, if he ever did, I cannot
conceive any provocation which
whould more fully justify him in
doing bo. Where my assurances
were credited, my interlocuters
made it quite clear that I had gone
down fifty per cent, or so in their
estimatios, some even indicating by
their manner that they regarded me
as a dftwnright Impostor, and be
lieved me to have spread the report
myself in order to gain an unfound
ed reputation for sportsmanship.
Others disregarded my denial, and
evidently believed that I had cap
tured a big fish, but from a mean
reluctance to explain how I did it,
or some other nefarious reason,
thought proper to disown my
achievement. Both parties evident
ly regarded me as a contemptible
sort of fellow ; the one set for nt
having caught the fish, the other for
having caught it, and not sticking to
it like a man. At last, so sick was
I of being disbelieved and looked
down upon notwithstanding, that
when I met my friend Brown in the
city one afternoon, and he began as
usual, "I say, old fellow, what about
the big fish? I saw all about it in
the papers," J did not take the
trouble to contradict him, but wear
ily said. "Oh, yes, rather a big thing,
wasn't it?" and forthwith changed
the subject to more congenial mat
ters. We parted, and the same af
ternoon 1 ran against Kobinson.
"Ah. Jones," he said; "I met our
friend Brown this morning, and he
was telling me all about your big
fish. You always were a lucky dog
Such things don't come in my way."
Haviug allowed Brown to believe in
the legend, 1 could not very well
give him the lie, so to speak, to Rob
inson, so again acquiesced in a
vague kind of way, and changed the
subject soon as possible, hoping to
hear no more of the matter. But I
was disappointed. Within the next
two or three days I met at least half
a dozen friends who claimed to have
particulars from either Brown or
IlDbinson, and, having left the thing
go so far, I had not the courage to
deceive them. But Nemesis was be
cinninp: to pursue me. As the poet
justly remarks ( I forgot for the mo
ment what poet, or ins exact worus,
but he must have been a man in the
first rank of the profession )
"Ah! what a tangled web we weave
When once we venture to deceive !"
Remorse had begun to set in. I
began positively to go round back
streets i order to avoid meeting
friends. I lived in a morbid dread
ofthe subject of fish cropping up, as
it invariably did in some shape or
other. I dared not now undeceive
Brown and Kobinson, who, having
related the story (on my own au
thority !) to others, would naturally
think that I had intentionally be
fooled them. Again I met Blown,
this time in company with a stran
ger, a tall, gentlemanly man, to
whom he introduced me as "Mr.
Marmaduke II. Jones, the hero of
the big fish." His friend, whom I
found to be Sir Lionel Damer, a no
ted fisherman, paid me the usual
compliments on my great catch, and
then proceeded to ask me one or two
questions, which would have been
plain sailing enough if I had really
caught the fish, but which, as it was,
I answered in such an incoherent
manner that Brown .charitably cut
short the interview, saying that we
must talk over details another time.
I have since heard that he apologized
to Sir Lionel for my being a "little
tight," kindly adding that he never
knew me in that condition before.
Never in all my previous experience
had I been in so horrible a position.
For the first time in my life I real
ized what a "cold sweat" meant. If
anybody suffers from a cold sweat,
or more of it, than I did on that
occasion, I pity him. And the
worst of it was that I might find
myself in the same position again
at any moment I had hitherto at
tached so little importance to the
matter that I had never even seen
the paragraph which started the
mischief, nor had I taken the trouble
to note the name of the papers in
which it had appeared, though they
had been more than once referred to
by my congratulators. I was pretty
sure that that the original statement
was in the Fithing something or oth
er, but what the precise name was,
or where it was obtainable, I had
not the smallest idea. With a feeling
as if I was concocting a bank fraud,
and might be "run in" at any mo
ment, I began to make inquiries at
news agents and fishing-tackle deal
ers for any paper that answered the
description. I discovered that there
was a paper called the Fithing Ga
zette, and I bought the back num
bers for a month past and began to
study them. At last I came on a
paragraph as follows :
"A Monster Pike. We learn from
a correspondent that on the 24th
ult. Mr. Marmaduke IL Jones, so
licitor, while spinning for pike at tho
Upper Weir, Tenbury, was fortunate
i enough to hook a z4-pounoer, wnico
eralcl
after a three-quarters of an hour
struggle he succeeded in landing."
This was so far satisfactory,
though I had an uneasy conscious
ness that somebody in my presence
had mentioned Sunbury, and some
body else Newbury, as the scene of
my exploit ; and that I had not con
tradicted them. However, my mor
al sense was by this time so far pre
verted that (now I knew Tenbury
was the spot) I was fully prepared
to maintain that I had always said
Tenbury. One expression puzzled
me. What on earth was 'spinning'
in connection with pike ? It unfor
tunately happens that if there is one
subject about which I know less
than any other it is angling. My ex
periences as a fisherman are limited
to the fact that when I was a boy of
eleven or thereabouts I spent all mv
available pocket money (three-ancf-sixpence,
I think it was) in a brand
new rod and line. I used it perse
veringly for about a week, but not
having caught anything (except
colds) I felt that it was locking up
capital to no purpose, and I accord
ingly swapped it away to another
boy for eighteen pence and a dead
squirrel. What use I intended to
make of the squirrel I don't remem
ber, but I know that was the price.
The above having been my first
and only experience in the fishing
line, (no joke is intended, the subject
is far tao painful to be treated with
levity,) it will bereadilv understood
that my knowledge of the art was, to
say the least, elementary. However
one point was now clear. I had
caught my monster fish by spinning
(whatever that may mean,) and
spinning I must stick to. The
mystery as to how the paragraph
appeared in the paper was still
unsolved. I referred to the " I.aw
List," but could not find any Mar
maduke H. Jones, solicitor. It was
just barely possible that there was a
country practitioner of that name,
country solicitors only appearing
under the heading of their respectivo
towns, but after booking through all
of the big towns could find no one
of ray own name except myself.
My first impression was doubtless
right, that the paragraph had been
inserted as a hoax, and I smiled to
myself as I thought how the en
gineer had been hoist with his own
petard, his intended "joke" having
been received as a substantial veri
ty. But then another thought
crossed my mind, and made me ex
tremely uncomfortable. Perhaps
this anonymous joker was only
biding his time. Perhaps he was
only lulling me into a false security,
and, when he thought his "joke"
had gone far enough, would write to
the paper again and say that Mar
maduke II. Jones did not catch the
big pike after all and a nice sort of
position I should be in then ! No.
he had chosen to declare that I had
caught a big pike, and I was by this
time moro than half convinced of it
myself. If the story was not true,
why it ought to be true, and I was
determined that for all practical
purposes it should be tiue, I made
up my mind that, come what would
I would stick to my fish. (The rader
will perceive that I was now becom
ing hardened in crime.) I felt that I
was now master of details. The pike
was 24 pounds in weight ; ho was
caught at Tenbury ; and he was
caught by spinning. Secure in this
knowledge 1 sallied forth with head
erect, feeling that I could not now
very well be caught tripping. But
pride comes before a fall. Almost
the first person I met was an old
acquaintance, Jack Brodecrip.
"Hullo, Jones," he said, "I
haven't seen you since you caught
that big jack."
" It wasn't a jack," I replied; "it
was a pike "
" Well, a pike is a jack, isn't it?"
he rejoined.
I began to stammer oat something
in reply, when he continued :
" I forgot, by the way. you swell
sportsmen only speak of four-pounders
and such small fry as Jack. I
apologize for alluding "to yur big fish
so disrespectfully, but I assure you
it was quite unintentional. By the
way. how did you catch him ? Live
bait, I suppose?"
" Live bait, of course." I hadn't a
notion on the subject, but as he
seemed so cock sure, thought it bet
ter not to contradict him. "Spinning,
you know."
" Spinning," he exclaimed; "with
live bait! That's a novelty, isn't
it?"
" Well, it isn't exactly general,"
said I.
" If you say it of course it must be
the thing to do. I shall nute that as
a wrinkle, but should think it was
rather awkward to work ; if it isn't
a secret, how many hooks do you
have on your flight ?"
The question obviously implied
more than one. " Oh, about two,"
I said timidly.
" Two hooks only ! Ah, two trian
angles, you mean. Whose flight do
you use then ? Pennel's, or Thamos'
or the Francis, or something of your
own
9"
" Well, to tell the truth," (which
it certainly wasn't,) "a little ar
rangement of my own."
" Something special, eh ? Well, I
suppose these are professional se
crets, so mustn't pump you too
much. By the way, it was at Ten
bury, I think, the event came off.
Now,5whereabout8 is Tenbury situa
ted?" This was a poser. Tenbury might
have been in Owyhee, for anything
I knew. I was obliged to make a
leap in the dark.
" Oh, Tenbury, you know. Down
Berkshire wav."
" Berkshire" is it? Thought it must
have been Tenbury in Worcester
shire. There is a Tenbury down in
Worcestershire, I am pretty sure.
Tenbury in Berkshire, eh ? Good
fishing there, I suppose."
" Pretty fair," I said, with the air
of a man who didn't think anything
uuder a 'J0-pounder worth mention
ing, and at the same time making a
mental memorandum to look up
the geography of Tenbury without
delay.
" I must ask you to excuse me
now, for I'm in a desperate hurry,
and have an appointment at the
taxing office. Good morning !"
He wished me "Good morning,"
looking however, rather huffy at my
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abrupt dismissal, and I went into a
stationer's to buy the ABC Guide.
I found that Tenbury wa3 in Wor
cestershire, and determined to stick
to that country in answering future
questions. I met three or four more
acquaintances that afternoon. All
of them were full of my big fish, and
showed a disgusting appetite for de
tails. I answered their queries as
well as I could, but I felt that I was
getting deeper in the mire at every
step, and that I must manage to
acquire a little more knowledge on
the subject.
On my way back to the office I
bought two or three treatises on fish
ing ; but I had barely time to open
them when a valuable countryl cli
ent. Mr. Culpepper, came in. He
had important business to discuss,
and was com pellet! to leave town
again the next morning ; so, to econ
omize time, as it was nearly my
hour for going horun, I invited him
to dine with me en J'amiUe. We
walked home together, and dinner
was half over when he suddenly
said :
"By the way Jones, that was a
tremendous catch of yours down
Tenbury way that bi pike,
eh?"
My wife loodcd surprised, for she
had heard nothing of ruy aprocry
phal achievement.
"Oh nothing particular," I said,
tryiag to turn the conversation ;
"the thing has been much exaggera
ted. Nothing in it, I assure
you."
"All very well for you. my dear
fellow. I suppose you are such a
sportsman that you make nothing
of a five-and-twenty pounder; but
we outsiders, who don't get such
luck, think a good deal of it, I can
Ull you. But where was it? The
papers said Tenbury, and Brown
told me the same thing, but Philpotts
assured me that lie had it from your
own litis that you caught it at Sun
bury, and Tomking was just as cer
tain that it was it Newbury."
"Oh, Philpotts is mistaken, I nev
told him anything of the sort ; and
as for Tomkins, he's he's lost, im
mother-in-law lately iirvi forgets
things, he he doesn't know what
he's talking about."
At this point my wife struck in.
Mrs. Jones is a very charming wo
man, but the least inclined 'her on
ly fault) to be jealous, and she h;is
an exaggerated, not ;o say morbid,
idea of the perfect confidence, or
rather conlidentialness, which should
exist between husband and wile. I
don't perceive that she tells tne much
but she expects me to tell her every
thing. For the last moment or two
she had been looking from me to
Culpepper, and from Culpepper, toj
me in a manner which denoted on I
the matrimonial barometer, stormy."
Mr. Jones! Marmaduke! this is
something I am not to know, I gup
pose. What is it all about ?"
Mr. Culpepper put on his blandest
smile.
"On you know all about it. my
dear madam. I was only referring
to your husbands great catch the
big fish that he hooked st
Tenburv."
"Mr. Jones ! Tenburv ! and a big j
fish. Mr. Jones hasn't hooked a j
big fish or any other fish."
Culpepper felt that he had somoj
how put his foot in it. It was obvi- j
ous to him that for some reason or j
other Mrs. J. had been kept in igno-1
ranee ofthe big fish, and he did his i
bst to retrieve his error. i
"Disin't he really ? Then I must j
have been mistaken. Some other i
Jones, perhaps. It's not an uncom-'
Dion name." j
"Now, Mr, Culpenper! It is very i
good of you to endeavor to screen j
him. It is a point of honor among j
you men, I believe, to shield each :
other : but I am not to be so easily ;
put off, I can tell you. Mr. Phillpot's j
had the particulars from Mr. Jones's I
own lips, you said consequently '
it is clear that Mr. Jones has caught !
a fish, (though I shouldn't have be-1
lieved it for him.) and that that fih
has been concealed from me." 1
Poor Culpepper looked extremely
uncomfortable. As for myself '
well, Mr. Kinglake has recorded i
that the late Emperor Napeleon us- j
ed to turn a pale green when in the
presence of the enemy ; I never be-1
lieved the storj until this evening.)
but I do now.
"But, Maria," I said, "it is realiy
nothing to make a fuss about. I
assure you I didn't no, I mean I
did catch a fish, but it was quite
an accident, and it shan't occur
again," j
"Now, Mr. Jones, there is a mys-'
tery here which I am determined !
to fathom. You have caught a fish
a large fish, it seems. Where is
that fish? Why did you not send it
to your once happy home ?"
Mrs. Jones glared at me as if she
thought the fish was at that moment
eoncealed about my person. I be
lieve I was about to answer (forgetful
of dimer.sions) that it wasn't worth
bringing home, or that I had eaten
it all my self, when Culpepper caiae
unexpectedly to the rescue.
i'l can relieve your mind on that
score, Mrs. Jones. Mr. Jones 6ei;t it
to his collection at the Fislu ries
Exhibition," ("Good gracious," I
thought, "what a liar the man is,
though he means it in kindness, no
doubt!") "I saw it there myself
yesterday."
This was the "lie with a circum
stance" with a vengence, and yet
there the man sat, as cool and collect
ed as if he were repeating the multi
plication table. How I envied his
calm composure ! But the fiend
went on to say : i
"Make him take you to see it. Mrs.
Jones, if he hasn't, already done so,"
he continued; "It is ready worth j
seeing. You'll find it in the second :
or third case on the left, just as you i
enter the gallery." j
"He shall take me to the Fisheries 1
Exhibition before he is twenty four j
hours older," replied Mrs. Jones. "I j
will get to the bottom of this seme- j
how. I wish you good evening, j
gentlemen ," and she sailed out of:
the room.
"What on earth poeessed you to
suggest that ?"' I remarked ruefully
to Culpepper as the door closed.
"Very sorry if I've done gny mis
chief," he said ; I really thought it
was the best thing I could say. I
am extremely sorry I ever introduced
the subject ; but of course I couldn't
guess that your wife didn't approve
of your angling excursions and that
you had made a secret of this little
matter. She i9 afraid your hobby
might interfere with business, I sup
pose." "Yes, that's it". I said, only two
glad to jump at this straw in the
way of explanation, and Culpepper
shortly after took his leave. With
terror I anticipated the inevitable
explanation with Mrs. Jones ; hut it
was postponed, for I found she had
taken up her quarters in the spare
mom for the night My hair is now
gray, with years or otherwise, "nor
grew it white in a single night, as
men have grown through sudden
fears." But I am quite surprised
that it didn't.
The next morning Mrs. Jones
came down to breakfast with her
bonnet on.
"Where are you going, my dear ?"
I ventured mildly to inquire.
"I am going with you, Mr. Jones,
to the Fisheries Exhibition."
I felt that I was going to still fur
ther shame and exposure, but there
was no help for it
We reached South Kensington in
solemn silence. Like a condemned
criminal just screwing up his cour
age for the final attention of the late
Mr. Marwood. I followed Mrs. Jones
to the "Museum" department. We
enter the gallery ; I glanced, involun
tarily, to the spot where according
to Culpepper's account, my great
catch ought to have been. Great
heavens! what did I behold! A
handsome show case, surmounted
by the name of Mamaduke H. Jones,
in large gold letters, and containing
stuffed fish of various sizes and de
scriptions, the centre object being a
monster pike. I felt that reason
was tottering on her throne. Had I
really caught all that fish and didn't
know it! Was I somnambulist with
a double existence, catching fish
(and sending them to the Fisheries
Exhibition) in my sleep and forget
ting all about it in my waking
hours ? The revulsion of feeling was
too much for me I fell on tho floor
in a dead faint How long I so con
tinued I cannot say, but 1 presently
came too myself and found a small
crowd round me, and Mrs. Jones
holding a large and powerful smell
ing bottle to my nose. I heard an
excited whisper, "That's the gent as
ketched all them fish; he don't look
it do he?" Mrs. Jones perceived
that I waa reviving; she said: "We
will defer explanations, Mr. Jones.
We hail better go home," And wo
went home accordingly, in solemn
silence as we came.
On my arrival 1 found two letters
sent up from the oflice. also a copy
of the Fishing Gazette. The first let
ter was from my friend Brown, and
ran as tulSws :
"Dkak Jones: That pikeof yours
t.rs creatrd a regular controversy in
in the Unzittr. I send a copy for
your persual ; tho most contrary
opinions prevail as to the way you
ciught him. Some maintain you
threw in Thames style, some in Not
tirgham. You are reported to have
used no less than seven different
kinds of flight, includidg two that
nobody ever heard of. Some say
your catch was made at Tenbury,
some at Newbury. You are reported
t' have used a gogp-bait; a live
bait, aiiil a spinning bait; and one
idiot declares that you spin with a
live bait. The funny thing is that
all these statements are said to be
made on your own personal author
ity. Do, for goodness sake, dro
the editor a line and set them right.
Yours ever,
HiMriiERY Brown."
" Pw m r.vLY .wi.LWTH.North Walks.
"Sir: I think of all scoundrels
the man who, at a safe distance,
deliberately appropriates another
man's distinctions i3 the meanest.
I find that you have taken advantage
of the accident of possessing tho
same name as myself (a name of
which I shall henceforth be ashamed,
since you share it) to take the credi
of my recent fishing success, as ment
tioned in the Gazette. I write by
this post to the same paper to ex
pose your contemptible conduct, and
trust 1 may have an early opportu
nity of pulling your nose.
"Marmadi ke H. Joxes."
Here then was the solution of the
mystery. There was another Mar
maduke H. Jones, solicitor, and he
wa the real Simon Pure, tho hero
of the big fish. But to live at such
an unearthly place as Pwm-thing
umy no wonder I could not find
him in the "Law List." I took up
the book once more and looked out
the disgusted little place. There he
was sure enough. Sosimple,and yet
so terrible, was the explanation of
my mystery.
1 havu confessed all to Mrs. Jones,
and she has graciously agreed, as I
did not really catch any fiiih after
all, to look overit this once. I have
written an abject apology to my in
furiated namesake, who' has taken
no notice whatever of it ; and now by
Mrs. Jones's advice, I drew up this
plain.un varnished etatementto place
the matter fairly before the public,
and to mhabiliate, as far as possible,
my damaged reputation. One word
I would say in conclusion. I notice
that a popular writer in a currant
novel has made his hero wrongfully
take the credit of another man's
book. I do not mean to suggest
that this is as-bad as taking the
credit of another man's fish in fact,
from recent observation, I should
say that it would bo regarded, at
least in sporting circles, as a very
mild oflV-nse in comparison. But I
am quite sure that that popular
writer, if he is kindhearted man, fas
I have no doubt he is,) will be posi
tively appalled, as he goes on, at
the amount of misery he will bring
on his unfortunate hero. I do im
plore him to pause while there is
yet time arid let the offender make a
clean bre;ist of it t once before he
begir.gs to feel the mental aony I
myself have experienced. Relgravia.
Cause; of Failure.
Want of confidence accounts for
half of the business failures of to
day. C. N. Boyd, the Druggist is
not liable to fail for the want of con
fidence in Dr. Bosanko's Cough and
Lung Syrup, for he gives away a
bottle free to all who are suffering
with coughs, colds, asthma, con
sumption, and all affections of the
throat and lungs.
An Answer Wan'etl.
Can any one bring us a case
of
Kidnev of Liver Complaint
that
Electric Bitters will not speedily
cure? We say they can not, as
thousands of cases already perma
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