ADVERTISING RATES:
31. I mu. I mos. 1 mos. 1 .r.
I.GO 1.75 3.50 0. U 3 10.41
3.W 9.90 1.60 10.01 IS. 00
4.3 0 6.00 8.00 11.03 _9OO
8.03 11.00 23.03 40.03
10.01 31 W St 03 60.01
13.03 92.60 60.00 80.03
'A 00 W.OO 80.03 1.5.00
Ina Square
rwo Squares
Three Square.
Six Square', .
Quarter Colonia
Half Column
One Column
Pretensions' Cards 111.00 per line per year.
Adruluistrater'• and Auditor's Noticen;
City Notices, 2)cents per line Ist Rtortion, 15 cents per
lino each nubsequent Innerthm.
Ten lines agate constitute a square.
ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLISHER,
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Life I:mance
THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CMEEIMMEIM
THB •A
NATIONAL.
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
EMZI
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
CHARTERED BY SPECIAL ACT OP CONGRESS.
CASH CAPITAL,
811 ANCH OFFICE PHILADELPHIA
OFFICERS
CLARENCE 11. CLARK, Philadelphia, Prexidout.
JAY COOKE, Philadelphia, Chalrinan nuance and Ex
oeutl•• Com. 1.
RINEY D. COOKE. Wit,oblmitun, Vice-President.
EMERSON W. MEET, PlONdelphla, Secretiol .md Ado
FRANCIS 0. SMITH. M. D., Philadelphia. Medical 111
rector.
Thin Cmnlmtp Imnkacd. In the Ilott TEN 310NT119 of Ile
existence.
5,395 POLICIES,
INSURING
$15,142,800.
TI t. Commt3,ffrrs4 to Itx Polley-Holder.
PERFECT SECLI RI T 1
by It. Comb paid up Capital of One Million Dollarg, an
trusrouteen to the in.ured, by It.
0 111 I? ales of Pr eln nil
LAItOE DIVIDENDS IN ADVANCE;
Or e Haverslottery DIYItIre.I of UM per cent, by Its
RETURN PREMIUM PLAN
GENERAL AGENTS
L W. CLARK St Co., hauler., No. 33 South Third Street.
Philadelphia, general Ages. for Pounaylvaniu and
Southern New Jen.ley,. 11. S. 1tc.a1.1., Manager.
Charlet. W. Cooper Allentown National Bonk, Nel,ll
Weiner, Republican, Book Soul% Ageut, for Lehigh and
adjoining Comfit,. Jacob A. Blunter t4tecial agent.
Sept 1.5.11
THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS'
MUTUAL BENEFIT SOCIETY OF SENNA
Principal Mice, Allentown, Pa
Oreirane :
31/11N C. ANEWALT, PRP.SIDEXT.
Wu. 11. DESHLER, SHCRETAILY.
MARTIN SEIPLE, TRMAIWRCR.
Board of Dfrerforo—John C. Anewalt, Wm. 11. Deelt
ler, Martin Selple, Dr. Z. F. Laßoche, lir, A..ririaiiiimee
George Selple, Ephraim J. Enema, Cherie h
, A. Heist, C
Sell, !Alvin C. Huber, Wm. 4rnes, Peter J
Romig.
This Society In virtually • Life Insurance Company on a
pl. by which person of the smallest dea t h .eau procure
its protection to his family In rase of his
It does not accumulate millions of dollar. of the men.
bore money, an do other Life Insurance Companies, but
each member can retain his moony until called for in the
cane of the death of aur member.
There is no possibility of thin Society felling on the funds
are all to the hds of the members thennteleres, and the
11001.ty p•rely an mutual. Members have u right to vote
at all elections for officers.
WHY BECOME A MEMBER
•
It is no more the moral dutyof a man to provide the
daily bread for his family while be liver, than it is to pro
vide against their being left penniless in theevent of his
death. A POLICY IN TIM SOCIETY is the CHEAPEST
and SAFEST mode of making a certain provision for sorb
• calamity.
YOITNO MEN are an liable to lake leav% of life as the
aid. Death in uncertain. We sink VOll. therefore, to con
•lder the CHEAPNESS and SAFETY of Insuring in this
Comma and be assured that in case of death you will .
leave behind y you a blessing ton widowed nwther or de
pendent slater.
Clive the subject your thought, send to the Secretary for
our circular, consider lie cheapness and we are sure you
will at once take out a policy.
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF
PHILADELPHIA,
South East Cor. Fourth and Walnut Streets
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THE AMERICAN
offer. low rate. of immaugn.
It offers more Intl./Yee for the same money than other
lontpany•
It • Home Company.
' Its Politica are all nun-forfeitable: • .
It pays life•polieles at death, or at the age of ISO yearn.
On the reducing•prenthun plan, the Insured pars his lar
gest premium the nest year—which is the nine an paid on
the tautual-ordluary•life-plan—and earl, tubsequput year
It l• Ira. and lets; and •t. the cud of twenty years become.
paid UP and thereafter &pmanent claim OR the COMpßtly.
On the return premium plan, the insured la credited all.
really with all he hat paid to the Company, an that his
lateral.° coats only the Inherent on the amounts paid In.
On the income•producing plan, the insured may reedit
10 per cent. Ott the amount able policy.
"INSURE IN TIIE AMERICAN LINE." • •
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WM. J. ROMIG, 31. D., Agent,
SO EAST HAMILTON ST.,
<ce• 4S I VARK4 BANKERS, L° /1
Q 0
No. 35 SOUTH THIRD STREET,
-PHILADELPHIA.
•
C.OYERNMir E N .Rs siCURITIES,
STOCK, COLD
AND NOTE BROKERS.
Attattata of Banta nous, mat Individuals ratettsJ, tattled
L. mallet at tight.
INTEREST ALTAI WED lIN BALANCES.
qEN ERAL AGENTS,
FOR
Co i? PENNS A Y N I6VANIA
v/ WZRN
OF THE (.. 5\
VE !Nilo
likl oll OF THE etes)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
•
rho NATIONAL LIIIM /I.III3IIANCY. COMPANY 121
,
~,,atlo Julyn chartered by e peeist Act of Congress, 81 , "
S ed 23, laci with
CASII.CAPITAL, $1,000,000, ENLI., PAID.
t: aersl terms offered to Agents and Solicitors. who
•. invited to apply nt our °nice.
iparticulars to be had on application at °credos.
i.l In the second story of o.lLS...thing House,
•ro Circuital and Pamphlet , . NW` describin the
• nitinges uttered ny the C. ornottay; may be bad.
E. W. c7.Ana et t•U..
• 'll Ainith Third SI
B. S. RUSSELL, Manager,
Charles W. Cooper nd Nelson Weiser, Allentown N
t lowa Bonk. Agents for Lehigh & Carbon Counttee, Po.
c`'be 3,ltbiob
VOL. XXIII.
THE VERY BEST
THE CHEAPEST,
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
AND MOST DURABLE
CLOTHING,
KEYSTONE HALL
BALLIET & N AGLE
Have the 'argent, beet and •ehrapeet etock of CLOTH INU
ever lot mein this elty.and neII Goode to their line, mob am
COATS,
ttad all other (louda ilertalalng to MEN'S W EA It
FOR LESS MONEY,
$1,000,0e0
(lien you can buy elsewhere In Eastern Pennsylvania
No Slop Shop made Goode sold.
CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER.
We keep constantly on hand a largo and elegant nnsort
nient of 00008, from which cuntomern can make their
aeloctions and have them made up en short notice.
Their Cutting Department le under the supervinlon of
GEORGE K. REEDER,
et
nn. and krald bad many
b y e e ;lea e sCrtO e A c e e sl:a th the al C:ll: g o i rttle
former patron..
sir All work warranted to be of the very beet.
Call and eon our new STOCK, received at the
KEYSTONE HALL,
No. 24 West Hamilton Street
text door to the Oormou Reformed Cherch. ALLEN
TOWN, PA.
A full snoorlment of Gent.' Yornlnklng 0 oodn always on
band.
AARON BALLIRT,
mny 12-lf
GREAT ATTRACTION I
NEW FIRM! NEW GOODS!
CLOTHING! CLOTHING
GRAND SPRING AND SUMMER OPENING
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
T. osmuN & Co.,
Roc.— to iktt g tr d 0„,„,,„.
13ARGA I NS
GREAT CLOTHING EMPORIMI
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NO. 43 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
We would Inform the citizens of Allentown ■nd tiot,sur
modlng country that we are prepared with a large stuck
f goods fur
SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR,
nd offer them to the public. at reasonable price.. Toth.
ho buy their Clothing ready-made, they are prepared t
.ffer BARGAINS.
W HOLE SUITS MADE TO ORDER
COATS, PANTS AND VESTS
ut itia c ulade le the latest style, nod by the best workme
CLOTHING, CLOTHS AND CASSINIERES,
le larger than It has been before. arid we blend to
very SMALL PROFITS. and give our cootoinery the ben
fit of our low purehaves.
Orent quantities •nd varlellex of
NECKTIES, CUFFS, COLLARS,
Aud everything In the tlne of
GENT'S FUR.NIMIIING GOODS
MEN'S, YOUTHS', BOYS', and CHILDREN'S
htEADY-MADE CLOTHING
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
Don't forget the Ogee, Nu. 43 Ea4t Hamilton utreet, third
dour •Lore 811th avert.
T. Osrun, JAColl 11. 8,1101.1., MARTIN LYNN
lintr 24.0
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fliterbanics.
CONSIIOIIOCKEN
BOILER AND COIL WORKS.
JOAIN WOOD, lt.,
MANUFOCTCII.IiII OF
TUBE, FLUE AND CYLINDER BOILERS, BATH
AND STEAM CIRCULATING BOILERS,
All kinds of Wrought Iron Coll., 'Foyers for mast Per
ch, Gasometers, Smoke Starks, Blast Pipes, Iron Wheel.
B
'barrows, and everything In the oiler and Sheet Iron line.
Also, all kinds of Iron and Steel Forgings and Blacksmith
work, Miners' Tools of all kinds; such as Whew Buckets,
Picks, Drills, Mallets, Sledges, Ac.
Having n Steam Ilanuner nod set of tools of sll kinds,
and skilled workmen, I fl atter myself that I can turn out
work with promptness sad dispatch, all of which will be
warranted to be tirst.chiss,
Patching Boilers, and repairing generally, strictly at.
tended to. apr
IMMEE
STRATTON'S PORTABLE AIR GAS
MACHINE.
PATENTED MARCH 31ST, ISSS,
SA YE HONEY Br .V.4ICING TOUR OWN OAR.
THE CHEAPEST LIGHT IN USE.
Stratton's flan Machine fur Illuminating Hotels, Private
Ilenidencen, Store., Minn, etc., in nitriple COURMICtIOO,
consumes ail the material us er In the 111.11faCtlirf. of IVO,
and in so cheap an to bring it within the reach of all. It In
free from explosionn, can be managed by any pers.., and
produces •y • bu pe n r i i n o g r
glagsh. t N e
OlFolß tErsB.
A at P o PL e- IhEalT tire cHosE
•PPARATUB. t
It can be attached to ordinary gas Pipe..
and fixture., the only varintion being in the enlargement
of the burner jets. All parts of the apparatus are made in
the meet thorough and workmanlike meaner. Superiority
over all machines In claimed in the following particulars :
First, Cost of Construction. Second, Illuminating Capac•
sty. Third, Compactness and Simplicity,. and consequent
impossibility of it. getting out of order. F ourth, Economy
In one of materiel. A machine capable of supplying ten
burners costs VA.
Any furtherlnformation will De given and the workings
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of the chine explained by calling upon the agent for
Lehigh county.
C. W. STUBEII,
WALNUT STREET,, CORNER OF PENN,
(ABOYS MLIILIOIBLIOI COLUMN.
ALLENTOWN PA
11321BECE/
Secretory
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Votrto.
THE. POPULAR SE 5151E11 RESORT
•
TFIE SLATE EXCHANGE HOTEL,
WALNUTPORT, LEIIIOII CO.
• WILLIAM KUNTZ, PROPRIETOR. •
The beautiful sod haled grounds of this hotel have
been fitted upltapeclally for the accommodation of rotor
mien parties.
TIIII TABLE of the hotel Is supplied with the ehllest
luxuries and the most tempting meets and vegeta les.
Everything In season always cooked In the best manner
and served In the most Inviting style.
THE SLEEPING APARTMENTS are commodious and
well ventilated, nod are ample for the accommodation of
gnests who may wish to remain over night, or take board
ing by the week or for lie season.
Special arrangements made with excersion parties. For
further Informntlon address WILLIAM KUNTZ,
1778 Sistine. P. 0., Pa.
KAMINSKY 1t ALBERT,
BOOKBINDERS,
ODD FELLOWS' HALL,.. •
•
ALLENTOWN, PA.
We take pleasure In a...1u to the public that, hav
ing established s or. sr llookbledery,we now fully
Prepared to promptly execute all orders for binding honk,
o are r all Curt.. 11114111110.. p•per•, pamphlets, etc. We
guarantee our customer/. eubstaullal work and 'handsome
of every design. aun 11-131 n
IMPORTANT TO smrrEns
DENNISON'S AND LOCISMOOD'S
TAGS AND SHIPPING CARDS
lIEGIS7'ER OFFICH
Qtlatbing
PANTS,
VESTS
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AT MANUFACTURERS' Hues.;
tIIDITAD AT TUC
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1869
Goobs
FOR
DRY GOODS,
FANCY GOODS,
AND CARPETS,
GO N
FOSTER'S
NEW YORK
CITY STORE,
ALLENTOII I , PA.
We have inaugurated a new era in the Dry
Goods business in Allentown. "Get as much
as you eon," has too long been the motto of our
merchants here. "SELL AS LOW AS YOU
CAN" is the motto we sail under. For the
best and latest styles of alt kinds of Dry Goods,
Fancy Goods and Carpets, if you would buy
them at reasonable rates, you must conic to us.
WHITE GOODS.
BELOW REGULAR' RAMS
PLAIN. PLAID AND STRIPED NAINSOOKS.
PLAIN, PLAID AND STRIPED WWII:MIES.
VICTORIA AND 5151101' LAWNS.
PEKIN FORTES. Nee• Slylr, and Choke for Dronmem
HOFT AND HAIM FINISIIED CAM lIRICS.
SHIRRED 311'SLI NA. A CIII.ICI . Stock.
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VINE NEEDLE WORK El/GI:WS nud INSERTIMIS
ONE-lIALF VALVE.
II AMBUROS, in SWISS .1111 i CAMBRIC. A Full Stork
MUFFLINOS all kinds, it% MAGIC, EMPRESS, &c.
MEE
REAL awl IMITATION 61'11'PRE,_
TII REA nod ALLI.I A.
EOM:VETS and WASH BLONDS.
O HEN ADIN Ea FOIL VEI L 5, ThP New
LADIES', MISSES', and BOYS' CUFFS and COLLAR
LEM.AISTRE ROSS,
212 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, PRILADA.
July 7-.(0.
6 SUDDEN CHANGE
WILL LOW PRICES INFLUENCE YOL
OLD TIMES AGAIN
IMMENSE REDUCTION IN PRICES I
THE OLD CORNER
Jupt opened nit eunnnuu•
STOCK OF SPRING GOODS,
I=l
STYLE, VARIETY. .1 ND LOWNESS OE PRICE
lilt All and rail - riot Ln surpuneed
r4l Competition defied with any other Ertahtiehment
outride of the larger cities.
SPACE WILL NOT PERMIT OP NAMING mach an ha
mar= ntuehof gouda, but let It eaMee to any that we have
the mu. COMPLETE ....oatmeal of LIUIIOPC Deese (Mode,
Dream Wks, Pontine, Shawl, Balmorale, Ronan Furnish
ing Goode, Ladling' Cloaking Cloth, Men's Wear In Cloth,
Cemelmeres, he., and everything that a kept In a FIRST.
CLASS ORE GOODS SORE Iu ruffle. variety. Ido unt
"QUOTE PRICES" no come h0u.,4 do, but will guarantee
ASTONISII ING FIGURES
The difference inprices 0f guru. to•daY, ettil u month ag.
la really painful for three who Lave nevi% caught with
large Mucks on Land at high, price., 1)111 that le not the
cage with me. I an heretofore make OW OLD COIL.
NEIL
TILE GREAT PLACE OF INTEREST
AND HEADQUARTERS
for the mossen to get their goodo at the
LOWEST MARK ET PRICES..
I fully realize that no ermanent wore,. enn be achieved
utile. the PRIMIXPII held oat by lulvertleentento ore found
to be fully',t anotalthell on 0 ',loll to the whore. Nor ran It be
a large hroe!xx without rerupulounly TPIIIIIIIO and fair
dealing nt all time. and uniform rourthwy to every cunto•
mer, and the endenvor to rook° every buyer a eourtant
dealer. All 1 ark la Amply to derldo by actual trial
whether nr not It la to your advent:loo tat heron. , a ethnic ,
Incr. •
Itempectfully Your,.
M. J. KRAMER,
"OLD CORNER,"
OPPOSITE THE EAGLE 110 TEL
•~dl H
earint,s anb Cloth
TIRE CARPET ANTI ' OIL
''''
EMPORIUM OF
E. S. SHIVER &
,CO.,
NOS. 5 AND 7 WEST HAMILTON ST,
ALLENTOWN PA.
REPLEN'ISHED
In all Its latest varieties, atyles and patterns.
PRICES .REDUCED !
We keep for sale all the following popular makes
RUDY BRUSSELS,
5 FRANK ENGLISH,
FRANK I.IIOELOIL
• 5 FRANK HARTFORD,
ENGLISH TAPESTRY,
• CROSSLEY'S TAPESTRY.
STODDART TAPESTRY
SHITII TAPESTRY,
HARTFORD k LOWELL, extrn 3 ply,
I3IPERIAL, extra 3 ply,
HEDIU3I SUPERFINE, 3 ply,
SHIT!! TAPESTRY INGRAIN,
PHILA. SUPERFINE d•
PHILADELPHIA FINE INGRAIN,
PHILADELPHIA C031510N INGRAIN,
PHILADELPHIA WOOL INGRAIN, do.
WINDOW SHADES
CURTAINS
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION, STYLE AND PRIM
MANHOOD; HOW LOST, HOW
RESTORED.
Just published, a now edition of Dr. (nlyerwell'a Cele•
braced Roomy on the radical core (without medicine) of
Sraamsroantims or Sentinel Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal L Imporager, illent•l and .Phyoleal inca
pacity, Impediment', to glarringe, etc.; aloo, Cogsrur-
VON. Er..., and Firs, induced by Belt-Indulgence or
1..1 eat aaaaaa oce.
Prlre, Ina
The celebrated na'n'tiltendr."llrat"l onl y
fe e ' e t many,
demonstrates from • thirty years' auccessfulpreCtiCe. that
the alarming cousequencea of oelbebuon ma y be radically
cured without the dangerous use of Internal medicine or
the application of the knife; pointing out a mode of cure
at ores simple, certain, and effectual, by foraa of which ,
aver? sufferer, no matter what his condition cony be, may .
corn himself cheaply, privately, and radknity.
1111....Th1s Lecture should he lu the hands of every youth
and every man In the land:
Bent under seal In a plain envelope. to any eddrevs ,
postpaid, on receipt of nix cents, or two poll lumps.
Also, Dr. Culverwell'• "Morrie. (inide,"price 2.5 ctn.
Address the Publiohers. CIIAS. Lig) hLINE ft CO.. -
.jy2l-ly 127 Bowery. New York, I'. O. Dos 4,/SG.
T 61. WATERMAN,
oPreprlelor of WATERMAN'S COCKTAIL AND TON•
IC BITTERS Wholesale and Retail, No. liod Market St..
The tonic properties of these Illtte:s have beencollided
to by tome of our moat eminent I'lact..ina VTalclatm, n.
the best tonic uow am on g and the
o fockutil Mery Is the
universal favorite i n Kea a IMad ten or whisky
cocktail.
OLIVER HUNT'S GREAT PLEA
When Oliver Hunt was twenty-one, he de
cided to study law. He was it good looking,
pleasant fellow, of fair ability . The young
ladies thought hint handsonis and talented.
The more enthusiastic ones ptonounced him.
" splendid." He certainly hid a great deal
of money, and spent it very freely, points on
which all were agreed.
When Oliver announced his determination
to study law, many opinions mere expressed
on the subject. Ile was the cenre of an admir
ing circle of friends, who, of Co me, did not all
think alike. The older ladies, among whom
was his mother, hoped that le would be n
clergyman ; while the youngir ones, with
charming wordliness, thought the would make
a mngniticent lawyer. i
There was, however, one notable exception.
Fanny Shaw said one day :
" Oliver Hunt will never makes successful
lawyer t . he is to fanciful."
Oliver heard the remark, and remembered
In due time he was admitted to;the bar, but
as this honor is conferred on all 'young men
who have gone through the studbs and pre
sented themselves at the proper the and place,
his admission signified nothing, e cept that he
was ready to improve himself. • '
Privately, Oliver had no especlt liking for
the profession, nor did he need 1 fees. lie
reasoned thus : "By studying fSithfully for
two or three years, 1 shall add greatly to my
stock of knowledge, make myse! a stronger
man. Moreover, it' this fortune of mine should
some day take to itself wings, anti that other
plan should fail, I would still hava something
'to rely on."
After his admission, he said to himself :
" Now I see that everybody is expecting me
to do sometning in the professional line. I
haven't the least idea of doing an thing, but
I shall hang out a shingle, just for appearance."
So he caused a wing of his mother's house to
assume a legal air, and placed a sign on the
door post. It rend after this fashion :
OLIVER HUNT,
ATTORNEY AND COI:NFU:LOU AT LAW.
"
Now, said he jocosely, "I naist wait for
a client."
Ile did not "wait" by sitting in his office
until the client came ; "that" he said, "would
be conducive of dyspepsia." Accordingly he
exercise•l and refreshed himself by such gentle
stimulants IL S croquet and pic-nics with the
ladies, while with his rougher companions he
boated, fished and hunted with a zeal that
made dyspepsia a slicer impossibility.
Indeed, when I say that three months faded
away without bringing a client, the assertion
is fo un ded on my own observatiou, for that
personage might have knocked six days in the
week and Oliver would have been unconsci
ous of the fact. On Sunday only did he honor
his sign by getting behind it. Between church
hours lie diligently read the magazines, retir
ing to this uncongenial region lest he should
worry his mother by a display of literature not
appropriate to the day. Had he by chance
seen a possible client coming up the gravelled
path he would have summarily locked the
door.
His friends were troubled by such strange
conduct. It became the general Impression
quit though Hunt was a clever fellow, he was
altogether too easy for a lawyer. Not content
with astonishing his friends by neglecting his
business during the day, he occasionally per
plexed his mother by sitting up half the night.
What could he be doing alone in his room ?
Oliver took remonstrance in good part, but
did not profit by them. " Why," he would
say, " how can I do anything until I get
client r—a consideration which seemed to
satisfy himself if it failed to quiet the appre
hension of his advisers.
One morning, about three months after that
one which wittnessed the adjustment of his
sign, Judge Shaw, nn old family friend, said
to him :
••I am disappointed in you, 'Oliver; disup
pointed." He spoke with some warmth.
•• Why man, how do you expect to do any
thing unless you are In the proper .place to do
it ? His office is a young lawyer's proper tar
rying place, whether anybody comes in or not.
We are losing confidence in you, Oliver. If
you don't do something to show yourself in
earnest, we shall conclude you're not made of
the right stuff. Get Into court. I don't be
lieve you have seen the inside of the court
house this term. Bring a suit against some
body. Make a plea. Go it strong on any
, thin , ' or nothing. rut the Judge you know.
Tit help you along. I thought too much of
your father to let his son fail the first thne he
conducts a suit. Take my word for it; you'll
succeed." .
"Thank you Judge, thank you." said 0:
ver. " I'm glad to hear you say so ; the fact
is," he continued, with some hesitation, "1
have a suit on hand--a very important one.
Indeed, though I have said nothing about it,
it has bothered me a good deal of late. I—l
think I shall bring it before the court in a day
or two." •
" Bight, Oliver, right," said the judge,
greatly pleased. "Cautious, I see, you don't
want to be over confident. It looks well."
Then, in a more confidential tone, "Is the
case an important one ? Any money in
volved Y"
" Twenty thousand at least," replied Oliver.
"If I am successful it will be the making of
me, while if I fail—"
" Oh, you won •t fail—the word isn't in the
book. Didn't I promise to help you. When
do you bring it in In a day or two you
say'. Suit your convenience. Docket's full
but we'll crowd it in, if we have to be irregu
lar and crowd something else out."
I " Let me see," said Oliver, with an air of
deliberation,'" you musn't do anything irregu
lar on my account. Besides, the defendant is
a Person who might object to having any more
stir made than is necessary. This is Monday.
I will bring the nuttier before Your honor by
Thursday.
" Good," returned the Judge ; " keep up
your courage ? " and walked away briskly.
TweMy tlmusand, at least : something worth
while," he soliloquized. "Oliver is a deeper
fellow than I took hint to be. lie knows how
to keep his own :counsel, too."
Meanwhile, Oliver had looked at his watch,
ordered the carriage, and was ransacking the
garden for a gorgeous boquet. Ho did look
rather deep, and there was an odd expression
on his face which the keenest observer would
have been at a loss too Interpret.
He arranged the flowers with the utmost
nicety, and then bestowed an equal amount
of care on the adjustment of his neck tie. The
carriage being ready he took a final survey of
himself in the glass and drove away.
Ile drove directly to a large house, situated
In the midst 'of spacious grounds. It was
evidently the residence of a man who pos
sessed both wealth and refinement. The
house was substantial, the surrounding ele
gant. • Ile gave the bell a business-like pull,
and waited. Soon a Jight step and rustle were
heard. " Alt, the defendant in person," be
thought. "I am honored." A young lady
appeared, and greeting him pleasantly, and
said :
" You see lam ready. I shan't keep you
waiting a minute."
" And hear is your reward," said the law
yer, gallantly tendering the boquet.
" Beautiful•l" tier eyes danced. " You
have arranged them with exquisite taste—for
a lawyer," she added, archly.
"1 tried tomake it presentable," was the
response.
They were now in the carriage, and the
gentleman drove on in dogged silence. The
lady glanced at him timidly and said :
"flow anxiously you look to.day, Mr.
Hunt, and how silent you•are. Are you en
gaged in a suit at last ? I don't .believe you
are, for I am at a loss to know where or when
a client would catch you. Papa is quite con
' corned about you."
Ills daughter also looked quite concerned,
though she spoke lightly: She was evidently
a friend of long standing, who tried to dis
guise her own anxiety, and at the same time
give a Mild reproof. -
Oliver felt the repro I f, for his color rose.
I After a long silence he said : ,
" You are right. I ought to be ashamed of
myself for not pushing things more. But,
; Fanny, Litany am engaged in a suit. •It Is a
very important one—against a lady too, or
rather the defendant Is a lady. In fact, so
much is the stake, that I cannot conceal any
nutsietv as to the result. and am not surprised
that my :ace betrays it."
Fanny was penitentia an instant, but only
said—.
"Who is the plaintiff'?"
" I am."
" Who Is the defendant ?-
" You are."
She started.
"You are mysterious—explain yourself."
" When I first became interested in this
suit," said Oliver; " I hardly know. I sud
denly found myself prosecuting it with -the
greatest ardor, though in a quiet way. I have
been both client and lawyer. You have un
consciously been the defendant. Hitherto, I
have pleaded my cause by actions only, which
I acknowledge was not business-like, in so
much as my actions were not calculated to in
spire, and, as it appears, have not inspired
confidence in breasts of either Judge or jury.
But now I shall put my plea in words and ad,
dress it to the judge himself. Will the defen
hant appear in Judge Shaw's library this eve
ning at eight o'clock precisely F'
The defendant's face was hidden by the
baguet, but she said,—
' I will be there."
"Good," rejoined Oliver in a lawyer-like
voice. Then it suddenly became very unlaw
yer-like.
"My dearest gir)," he said, "don't make a
strong defence. I know' my, course is weak
enough, though believe me, it seems weaker
than It really is. 0, Fanny, if I had the as
surance that your heart will plead for my
client, even though your judgment compels
you to make n strong defence, I would take
courage."
"It does—it will. But you know, Oliver,
that your client's inattention to his profession
is not in his favor,
and has already prejudiced
the judge against him."
" If lie is against the client he is for the
lawyer," rejoined Oliver, laughing. " Ile
told me as much this morning. Ile said he
would do his utmost to help me. I doubt,
though, Hite would have spoken so encourag
ingly had lie known the nature of my suit.
But I hope, nevertheless, to prove my client
not altogether so thoughtless a character as he
has the credit olbeing."
" I hope so," said Fanny, earnestly.
Oliver whipped up his horse and they were
soon at the gate again. Ile assisted her to
alight in profound silence, anti she hurried In.
He drove slowly home.
Precisely at eight, Oliver presented himself
at Judge Shaw's door. Being ushered into
the library, he found Fanny all ready. She
looked up brightly and sullies', but said no•
thing. The Judge immediately referred to
the morning's conversation, in part recorded.
"I was a little hard on you, Oliver, this
morning—a little too hard, I fear. I thought
you had nothing on hand, and as a friend of
your late father I took the liberty of saying a
word to his son. But it seems you've had an
eye to business all the while, though, I must
say, nobody would -have known it," and the
judge smiled blandly at his own learning,
probably.
Who's your elient ?"
Now Oliver had been expecting this ques
tion„ but: its abruptness startled him.
"I am."
The judge's eyebrows suddenly lilted.
" I expect to plead my own cause," Oliver
continued.
" Hunt, elm ? versus whom r inquired the
judge.
" Shaw."
" hunt versus Shaw ?"
It was the judge's turn to start.
"Yes," said Oliver, " Miss Fanny over
there is the defendant."
The judge looked sharp at Fanny, who
didn't look at him at all.
" Look here, Oliver," he begun at length,
his warmth rising, "this won't do. You
have been trilling with me. What do you
mean, sir ?"
The judge was getting Into a heat. Oliver
cast a despairing glance at Fanny, which
seemed to give him courage, for he immedi
ately said—
" Ahaw ,
" Well sir,'
waiting for ?"
"May, It please the court I" said Oliver.
The court looked more mystified than
pleased, but contrived to nod, in so curt a
manner, however, that Oliver derived little
encouragement from it.
"I told your honor, this morning," Oliver
continued, "that I should bring in the matter
by Thursday. On consultation with the de
fence we deemed it expedient to present our
cause to-night, provided your honor would
grant us a hearing.
" We have no witnesses to examine on either
side, and whether the defence will hove any
thing to offer remains to be seen. ,
" In the first place, sir, I must state that I
love your daughter devotedly, and have sonic
reason to believe that she is not wholly indif
ferent to me."
The effects of this idiot were immediately
visible.
The judge looked harder than ever at Fan
ny, while that young lady showed evident
signs of consternation.
Oliver resumed :
"I am aw,sre that any career as a lawyer lies
not been such its to justify me in asking :the
priceless gift other love. Even had I the as
surance to prefer such a claim, 1 know both
her and your honor too well to think that it
would be regarded with favor.
"I began the study of law, not because I
liked it, but because I hoped to gain from it
strengths of mind, clearness of thought and
soundness of judgment.. My tastes have ever
been for literature and even in my college
days I wait, a furtive contributor to 301110 very •
respectable journals. I have continued to
write more or less ever since, and so well have
my efforts been received that I tun determined
to devote my attention to-literature exclusively.
"A short time since I was offered a share
in the management and editorship 01 the 'Uni.
cereal Eagle. I accepted the situation without
hesitating longer than was sufficient to con
vince me that the terms proposed were reason
able. And now I only desire an assurance
from your daughter that she will accompany
me to the scene of any labors, and your own
approval. I-have kept my literary proclivities
a secret, partly because of a dislike to have
my productions recognized and criticized by
friends, and partly' because I knew that an
editorial life was among the last things which
my father would have chosen for me, and I
wished to fully demonstrate my abilities and
aptitfide before saying anything.
" In view of these considerations, I entreat
your honor to give that confidence to my cli
ent, which I am sure he will never forfeit."
The plaintiff sat down, wiping the perspira
tion from the lawyer's face with tlw client's
pocket handkerchief. '
The judge had by this time cleared his some
what mystified wits, taken a rapid but careful
survey of the situation, and formed his de
cision. He said . ;
" Has the defendant anything to offer ?
Come, nnny,. what can you say for yourself
and against the plaintiff? Can you prove that
Oliver oughtn't to have you ? I must say
that, safar, the suit is in his favor, and sinless
You make a pretty strong defence, I shall be
obliged to render a decision for the plaintiff."
" May- it please the court," said Fanny, "I
fear I can make uut'a weak defence. Oliver
already knows that my heart pleads for him,
and thy reason says. nothing against him.
"And while I honor him fiir not asking me
to be his wife while his character seemed un
stable and his life purposeless, I am glad that
lie has been able to clear away all doubts and
show himself so worthy and noble, for, dear
papa, I love hint better than all the world be-•
sides, and would a great deal rather lie should
be an editor than a lawyer, I am sure."
This unlawyer-Ilke speech caused Oliver to
make a very unlawyer-like movement, and the
defence was so defenceless that she came very
near disappearing in the plaintiff's arms.
"Hey, hey," said the judge, "a pretty .ar
gament, surely. Why, Fanny, you give up
without a struggle. I decide for Oliver--4or
the-plaintiff; I mean. Really, now, Oliver,
ou were deep, weren't you," pursued the
Judge. "You rascal. But what aboht the
twenty thousand? Alt, Oliver !' Well, well,
we won't quarrel about it.nosv She'll have
that much at least—thirty, likely 'enough."
Then again—
"An editor, Is It ? I'd rather y - nu'd been a
lawyer ; but it's hard sailingagninstlhe
If Fanny's suited, it doesn't matter. God
bless you both," and the judge retired precip
itately.
When they were alone. Oliver said:
" Do YOU remember once saying that I was
too fancthl for a lawyer?"
"Yes," returned Fanny, "and l•think so
' said the judge, "what are you
yet ; but I did not say you were too much so
for an editor."
" At any rate, I have been successful once,"
said Oliver.
"Entirely," rejoined Fanny. " You out
witted the judge." .
LETTER FROM CAPT, JENCICES,
Mr. Editor:—As I have never seen myself
in print, save in a scurrilous song, in which I
am falsely accused of feeding my horse on
pork and beans, it occurred to me to write you
a letter front the Profile House, White Moun
tains, where I ant detained by the weather.
(The true pronunciation, as I ant assured by
the stage-driver, is White ,linuntings.) These
hills should be approached by easy stages—
those made at Concord being the easiest. As
We were cooling to the Glen llouse, ourffriver
—who was intoxicated, as is customary hero
—drove the stage against a boulder on the side
of the road. I was sitting on the top of the
coach on a trunk, and having nothing to hold
on by, I was violently thrown forward, and
turning a somersault in the air, alighted on the
back of the " nigh" wheel-horse. Being lbr
tunately considerable of an athlete, I immedi
ately turned a "backward flip-flap" on to my
seat again, and the stage went on as if nothing
had happened. I could see, however, that by
this feat I had won the affections of a young
Yankee woman of middle age-who sat by the
driver. She had with her a little boy, who,
Yankee-like, was forever asking questions.
Pointing to a tall plant with a yellow flower
by the roadside, he asked me, " What is - his
name?"
".Mullen. my dear," I replied.
" And is that little one a mullen, too 1"
" No I that fellow's name is Mac Mullen."
Rather smart for the horse-marines, wasn't It,
Mr. Editor ?
I found the ascent to the summit of Mount
Washington quite easy, and the exercise not
being as much as I wanted, I rambled down
Tuckerman's Ravine about three thousand feet
and back again, bringing to the ladies a snow
bail weighing forty pounds. It is not every
body, however, who can even walk up the
"mounting." There was an old man of forty
five, fat and with a bald head, who undertook
the job. lie went very well to the foot, but
when lie had walked up hill about three hum
dred yards, he suddenly recollected an import
ant business engagement, and turned back.to
fulfil it. 1 guess his engagement was with the
barkeeper. lie estimated that it was one hiln-
dred miles to the top, and about a mile and a
haw to the bottom.
• In coming to this hotel, we passed the re
mains of the Willey House, the terrible loss of
whose inmates first suggested the idea of
' Whittler's bacchanalian song, "Oh, Willey,
we have missed you."
lint I must close, having just been stung by
one of the black-headed flies which abound
here. These insects are of enormous size, and
a good many of them would weigh a pound.
They have annoyed me very much during the
past ten days, during which I have been fish
ing in the Lake some live tours each day,
which, at forty cents an hour for the boat,—
S'2o. .My success has been moderate, having
caught but one trout, about three Inches long,
which weighed at eighth of an ounce. I put
) hint back in the Lake.
More anon,
CAPTAIN JENCKES,
(4 the Horse Marines.)
—Lippineott's Magazine.
MAKING GLASS EYES
It is asserted in a New York paper that
there are in this city at least seven thousand
people who wear thlse eyes. There are two
or.three places where false eyes are made and
inserted. One house informs the public 'that
"persons deprived of an eyo can have this
deformity removed by the insertion of an ar
tificial une, which moves and looks like tho
natural organ. No pain when inserted. Pa
tients at a distance, having a broken eye, can
have another one made without calling per
sonally."
The manufacture of these eyes is done en
tirely by hand. A man sits down behind a
A of gas flame, which is pointed and directed
af he wishes by a blow pipe. lie takes what
is called an optic, or the white of the eye,
' which has been blown from the end of a glass
tube, and looks very much like a half-open
white rose-bud with a small hole at the top of
it. This optic is made of a peculiar white
, enamel, which looks so atiltr the color of the
white of the human eye that it is difficult to
I tell the artificial from the natural. As Bois
sonneau says in his book, "The eye artificial
I is composed of enamel, and modeled in the
Ilamp of the enameler." The optic is held and
turned in the flame until it becomes red hot,
the glass being almost in a state of fusion. At
this point the iris is introduced into the open
, ing in the end of the optic, being melted in
from the end of a small stick of glass of the
color or the eye which it is wished to imitate.
If the eye is brown, brown glass is used; if
blue, blue glass is used.
'Hie pupil of the eye is always made with a
drop of black glass in the centre of tae iris.
The bided vessels seen In the white of the eye
are easily put in with red glass while the optic
is glowing with heat like a ball of gold. Tho
whole eye can be made inside of an hour, and
is sit once ready to put in. The reader should
know that ills simply a thin shell, which Is
intended to cover the stump of the blind eye.
After being dipped in water this shell is slip
, ped in place, being held by the eyelids, The
secret of imparting motion to it depends upon
working the glass eye so that It shall fit the
stump—if it is too large, it will not move ; if
it tits nicely, it moves in every particular like
the natural eye, and it is quite impossible, in
many cases, to tell one from the other. The
operation is not In the least painful, and those
who have worts them a number of years feel
better with them in than when they are out.
A glass eye should be taken out every night
and put in in the morning. Im +three or. four
years the, fuse eye becomes, so worn that a
new one lass to be obtained. Seine ladies,
who live at a distance from the manufactory - ,
keep a box of glass eyes on hand in case of
accident.
ACCOMMODATING
In the
. yvild Western neighborhood the
sound of a church-going frell had never been
heard; notice was given that the Hew. Mr.
A—, a distinguished Presbyterian divine,
would preach on a certain day.
The natives, who consisted mainly of those
hardy pioneers who have preceded Civilization,
came to hear hint. They had an indistinct
idea that " preaching' was something to be
heard, and all attended to hear it.
After the service hail begun, a raw-boned
hunter, with rifle in hand and all the accoutre
ments of the chase about him, entered and took
.the only vacant sent—a nail-keg without either
bead. The current thoughts of the preacher
led him Into a description of heaven and its
inhabitants. With great power he had drawn
a picture of the habitation of the blessed, and
was assigning each of the patriarchs, apostles
and prophets his appropriate place. Ilia Cal
' vinistic tendencies led him to reserve the
Apostle Paul for his climacteric. With his
eye fixed upon the highest point, and with an
upward gesture that seemed to be directed to
the loftiest attitude of the heavenly places, he
said—
" And where, my brethren, shall we seat
the great Apostle of the Gentiles ? Where, I
say, shall we place the Apostle Paul 4"
Then Pausing,.lo give the imagination time
to reach the elevation designed fur the Apos
tle, lie tired his eyes upon thr. hero of the rifle.
Ile, therefore, thinking the trildrcsv personal,
rose instantly and replied—
"lf he can't do no better he can lake my
beat."
It is needless to say that climax wait never
reached. •
A MI:s3STEII of Indianapolis proposes thnt
he'reatter, Instead of saying, "Let us sing the
Doxology," the minister says, "Let no put on
our over.coats, adjust rums, slip on gloves,
grab our hats, look. to the Lord, and he MI
-1116F! d."
'A CONNECTICUT farmer's y!fe, who WII3
noted : for n ,teen eye to the titiaretal, on heir z
t l.i by Mr litis'oand, its cr•.ne case
(march in,!, , uf, t'oat he had been electel
deacon, eagerly laquired : "But how much
money will you get by it r
ROBERT IREDELL, JR.,
:Vain anb ifttito2 21ob hinter,
No. 47 EAST HAMILTON STREET,
ELEOANT PRINTING , '
NEW DEMONS,
LATEEN STYLES
Stamped Checks, Cara, Circulars, Paper Books, Coned
lotions and By-Laws School Catalogues, Bill Heads
Envelopes, Letter I tende Bills or Lading, Way
Bills, Taga and Shipping Cards, ter. of any
size, etc., etc., Printed at Short Pos Notice
NO. 37
GIVE WILLING BOYS A
The lesson inculcated in the following brief
sketch is worth studying :
A green, rustic lad came years ago to the
metropolis from a Connecticut village. At
home ho had done well in an honorable way,
but he had read and heard of the wonderful
city. lie made up his mind lie could do some
thing in it. When he reached the city no
place seemed open to him. Day after day ho
hunted for business. Want stared him in the
face. He would not go back to his friends.
Dropping into a large dry goods house ono
day in thesearch for work, ho chaticed to come
face to face with the proprietor.
" We have nothing for you to do, sir ?" this
great business man said in reply to his inquiry
" but stay, what can you do l" he continued,
" you seem to be an honest looking lad."
" Oh, sir, I can do anything—only try me.
Only give me a chance to do something !"
And the tears came out and trickled down the
checks of the almost discouraged, forlorn boy,
though lie tried as hard as he could to repress
them. " I will take the poorest place and do
my best."
He was engaged and set to work. He was
sent down to the cellar and commenced his
business career in New-York by pounding,bent
nails,, which had ben thrown in a pile beside
the packing boxes, so they could be used.
This was his work for two weeks, and he
barely kept body and soul together on the pay
he received. Then he was put in a better
place. Then he rose to a clerk, and no clerk
was so bard-working, so faithful, so interested
In this great house as himself. He saw Ins
chance and counted up in his own busy brain
every point in the game.
In live years from that time he sat ou the
manager's seat and hammered the crooked ins
and outs of the business straight.
During his clerkship he never missed a day;
and no morning went by without reporting
promptly at seven o'clock. He saved money
and prospered as the years went by. Go up
Broadway to-day, and you will see his name
in golden letters over the entrance to one of
the finest establishments In that building
there are seventeen million dollars worth of
stock. His trade extends an over the land.
Ills fortune is princely. And even now,
though the great merchant is getting gray, and
the old time energy is waxing slow, a new
light will come into his eyes, and a new life to
Ins form, when he tells of those . past days of
striving, and says to the young men around
dm—
" Work, if you would succeed. Be a true,
aithful, earnest clerk, if you would become a
nerchant of position and importance."
ED PEPPERS AND REGIMEN
TALS.
The following good joke is told by the /4-
coming Gazette on Col. Levi Tate, editor of
the "yearning Standard. Both papers are of
the Democratic persuasion. The incident is s
-said to have occurred about the year 1840, at
the town of Berwick, at an old fashioned mil
itary training. The war-like steed the Colo
marode on the occasion carried his bead and
tall both down, and amused the spectators by
Its awkward movements :
During a brief interval in the exercises of
the day, the Colonel had his charger hitched
to a post in front of the village inn, (though:,
there was about as much danger of him run
ning away as there was of the post to which
he was hitched,) whilst he was inside forming
the central figure of a group of officers that
had congregated In the old fashioned bar
room.
The column was to move in a few minutes,
not to the field of carnage and blood, but to
the parade ground, where intricate military
evolutions were to be performed and fierce
though bloodless charges made by the corn
stalk hrtgade. A number of wags were look
ing at the sleepy old horse and deliberating
what could be done to infuse a little life into
him. At last a genius among their number,
without the fear of the Colonel's wrath before
him, advanced with a monstrous red pepper,
about the size of a goose egg, and gently ele
vating the animal's sirildter, deposited the
fiery vegetable underneath it. The tail came
down with the spring of a rat trap and held it
firm in the proper place I At this moment
the Colonel was seen advancing, and in a jiffy
he "vaulted into the saddle." The horse soon
inaugurated a series of movements of such a'
character as to justify the supposition that he
was suffering from a serious fire in the rear.
During his eccentric gyrations he suddenly
elevated L s latter end to such a fearful angle
that his rider came near being unhorsed. The
Colonel, however, quickly regained his equi
librium, and casting a look of great compla
cency upon the crowd, exclaitued : "Really,
I believe Dobbin knows that I haremy regimen
tals on!" At this juncture another terial ex
ploit was performed, and so.suddenly, that off
came both Colonel, and regimentals
It was a sublime instance of christian fideli
ty on the part of the Colonel thus to humble
himself In the dust ; but whether.he or the
horse should receive the credit Is a mooted
poiht to this day.
The riderless steed tore frantically round
the field. The soldiers gazed in mute aston
ishment, whilst some graceless scamps—the
red pepper man among them—began to sing
the following words to the tune of Captain
Jinks of the Horse Marines :
The Kernel he went out to drill,
The bugle sounded and nil was well,
But his horse for reasons couldn't bland
And that wouldn't do for the array.
Chorus.—The boys they all cried out
•
They all did shout •
They all cried out,
The hoes they all did ',heat,
He'll lever do for the army.
This terrible mishap in the military 'career
of the Colonel broke up the drill. As might
have been expected', he was indignant. The
miscreant who placed the red pepper under
the tail of his horse was mint discovered, or he
would have been tried by a drum head court
martial and shot.
PROOF POSITIVE.—The following anecdote
is told of the late .1. F. herrings the animal
painter. A dozen years ago he painted asniall
Picture, and received a check in 'payment.
The check was written on a slip of
" Pay Mr. J. F. Herring," and duly signed,
but without the insertion of the words
" bearer" or "to order." The clerk at the
bank looked very doubtfully, first nt tt, and
then at the person presenting it. The artist
noticed the .h esitation, and demanded what
was wrong. The clerk explained.
"Don't you see it's payable to J. F. Her.
ring I"
" I do," said the clerk.
" Well, I ant lie."
" How do I know that ?" said the clerk.
"Do you know what J. F. herring is ?"
•
''Rather,'' said the clerk ; " I've got
Three Members of the Temperance Society'
at home."
Herring was delighted. • Ile seized a pen,
and, on a sheet of blotting-paper lying on the
counter, flashed of a sketch or the horses'
heads drinking front a trough, which com
posed the picture.
"What do you think of that?" said he,
handing it across.
The 'clerk paid hint at once.
Muss; MEN:—lnsh Billings don't appear
to Have a very good opinion of horse traders
in general. Be says that the men who have
a great deal to do with horses demoralize faster
titan horses . do, and adds:
"I know lots of folly WHO are real plus,
and who arc honest cutoff to work up into
United States Assessors, and some good moral
chunks left, but when they kum to tork. boss,
they want as much looking after as a case of
dipthery."
THE Vice-President, President of the Sen
ate pru km., Secretary of the Senate, anti
Speaker and Clerk of the house at Washing
ton, were all editors.
A LEr7EII was- recently received at the
Boiton Pm•. , :iree. the address noon which
rye the c!er;ci.
was decipi:ered as ".Tcamkey 13:aine' .
(Jamaica Plain), and it was forwarded to that
place.
ALLENTOWN. PA
CHANCE