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Published every Thurmlay.
T. H. BARTER. Editur and Proprietor.
Subscription 1.50 per year.
Thursday, Augus 22, 1880.
For State Tkeasi'rkr
HOST. HENRY KLINE IJOYEH,
or PHILADELPHIA.
For CorsTV tfrnvKvoa
JAMES MIDDLESWAHTH,
or ADAMfl TOWNHniP.
A Trip to the South.
Ci-llmax, Alabama, Aug. lf, '80.
T. II. Harter A : In reply to
your ii(iiicht please find ineloHed,
the impreriHiouH and incident of my
Southern trip, which I trust will
prove iih interesting to your rea
ders a it did to me.
A New York and New England
landseiipe to the eye of the prac
tical fanner, in comparison with any
other portion of the United States,
presents sharp contrasts.
The broad level stretch of the
Western prairie impresses us with a
strange newness and age ; the barn
like two room structure of the
homesteader seems out of place in
the t enter of a hundred-acre corn
field, free from stumps and stones,
an appropriate condition of age ;
the absence of forest trees in groves
or on road Hides, is unnatural when
riding t hrough orchards and culti
vated fields. It seems as though
the world of our childhood, with
The unlianl. llu mi'iiilmv, Ilie tli-i-pOitiKl'-il
ullilnuixl,
The lirtilife utul tin' tmi where lie- i-aU-r.u-t. IWI
surrounded by the horizon of high
forest crowned hills, had suddenly
sunk and left us tloatingon abound
less ocean of broad undulating ridg
e of green verdure. The transpar
ent atmosphere shotens distance
and magnifies objects, and what
appears to the expectant traveler a
commodious hotel, dwindles nt the
approach into the unpretending
cabin of the Btpjatter ; large forest
trees, marking the line of a prairie
stream, when reached after weary
miles of travel, changes misteriously
into insigniticent shrubbery.
But how different are our emo
tions when wo go South, South into
the laud of battlefields, over which
have urn-god armies in the agonizing
death struggle ; and wo look out
with keenest interest at the menj
tion of Alexandria. MannaHsas, 3ull
ltun, Warrenton, Culpepper, Itapi
dan and Gonlonsville, as though we
expected still to see the long gleam
ing battle lino and hear the roll of
drums, the boom of cannons and
the crash of the cavalry charge.
We almost imagine the dead and
dying scattered over those far oil'
fields, sad sequence of bloody strife.
This is a land of mystery and of
fiction, the land of Cudjoe's Cave
and Uncle Tom's cabin, and we peer
into every negro's face as if we ex
pected to discover the veritable
Uncle Tom. Aunt Chloe, or George
or Eliza. To our boyhood's imagi
nation it is represented as a land of
ease, wealth and luxury, in strong
contrasts with toil penury and
st ripes ; a land from which came oft
repeated tales that stirred our
youthful blood at once with indig
nation and with sympathy.
It is hard to realize how we are
held willing captives by tho chains
of education and prejudice, and how
quickly tho links part and set us free
before tho enlightenment of mutual
intercourse and knowledge, and
how tho dream vagaries conjured
up in the imagination, are dissipat
ed by the logic of experience.
As soon as the tourist leaves
Pennsylvania and enters into Mary
land and Northern Virginia, a char
acteristic change takes place in the
farm landscape. There are larger
..,1 i ii-ii i
iieid.s anti iewer nuiiiuiiumgs, h-sh
acreage of grass and a correspond
ing absence of stock ; more dilapi
dated cabins and fewer farmhouses
more waste and carelessness, and
less neatuesH and thrift than are
found in the ruml districts of the
North.
ilie villages are for the most part
small collections of dingy, dilapidat
ed dwellings, a coin mill, a couple
of stores, which generally do duty
as a iiisprnsary 01 ury goods, gro
ceries, fertilizers, farm utensils,
drugs and whisky, a so-called hotel,
a mixture of a second class saloon
and a third class lodging house.
un naiuruays -ire congregated in
this exchange center a niotly gath
ering of quaint, sallow, shambling,
tobacco chewing whites, and fat,
cariess, giggung negroes 01 au ages
and sexes, somo half naked and oth
crs dressed in cheap holiday finery.
Here and there can bo recognized a
planter, by Lis simple, unpretend
ing gentlemanly bearing towards
all, and by his pleasant "howdy"
to Uncle Jim, Aunt Nancy, Susan
and Joe, who in response are each
eager to servo "Massa Henr3," his
horso is taken as soon as his foot
touches ground ; his buggy is
brought to the door on the slightest
signal, and not with the sinister
movement of a Northern servant
wliii expects a tin hut with a
whole souled "I-like-to-do-it" grin.
Tho traffic of the Southern towns
is, for the most part, not in the
hands of the natives j for "to do
business is the role oi an overseer
or a foreigner ; but the ownership
of a two-thousand acre plantation
entiles one to tho heraldic escutch
eon of au F. F. V. These planta
tions were once extensive tobacco
fields, a princely estate, tilled by
slave labor, tho owners, noblemen
by right of domain, but now they
are simply a large extent of worn
out, poverty-stricken land, almost
worthless, through twenty-five years
of excessive exhaustion caused by
alternating crops of wheat and corn;
corn for feed of man and beast, and
wheat as the "money crop." With
out manure, or the fertilizing effects
of cattle and grass-growing, tho Boil,
although rich in possibilities, pos
sesses but littlo of its original fer-
j 1 i ra ill m
limy. ino not sun ot summer
burns thesejheavy unshaded clays
saturated by spring rains, into a
brick-like mass, fatal alike to grain
or grass'plants.
Tho impoverished, discouraged
and helpless farmer seeks relief in
anathematizing "political corrup
tion,'' "thelsilver dollar," "high
tariff" and "monopolizing trusts,"
while "unjust taxation," "railroad
oppression"and "negro domination''
come infor a share of execration.
There cau bo no help for this con
dition of things in this part of the
South, except by a complete reor
ganization of tho farm industries.
Tho owners of these large planta
tions without capital arc helpless.
They must consent to sell the laud,
not as a whole, but in such conven
ient farm parcels of 80 or 100 acres,
aud on such conditions as to induce
purchasers who have capital to un
dertake to reclaim the land. They
must also make it possible for them
to enjoy some of tho educational
and social advantages which have
been their life-habit in their North
ern, Eastern or Western hoineB.
In my next I will give a descrip
tion of tho celebrated Piedmont
region of Virginia.
S. A. F.
Descent Into the Grand Can
yon.
"I went to the bottom of the
Grand Canyon of tho Colorado last
winter," said W. T. Hart, "and am
one of tho few men who ever at
tempted the descent. I went there
to examine amine said to exist in
tho bottom of the canyon. I have
been all through the Rockies, from
Montana to Central America, and
know what a chasm is, but the sight
of that abyss took my breath away.
From the top to the bottom it is full
ti.fMH) feet. Over a mile below you
can see the river tearim through
the gorge, but not a sound can be
heard, it is so far away. From one
bank to the other it is apparently
not over a quarter of a mile, but as
a matter of fact it is fully nineteen
miles. My guide told me I would
never be able to reach tho bottom,
but I was determined to go, and I
went. It was a terrible climb, and
it took us eight hours to reach the
bottom. It is certainly the most
desolate place in tho world. There
is not a living thing down there
no insects, reptiles, or uuimals of
any kind. Everything is absolute
ly dead. The mining prospect was
worthless. Before the sun was up
the next morning we were on our
wuy out, and it took us until 10
o'clock that night to climb the wall
of the canyon.
forms, was the furnace of Nebu
chadnezzar, and that they could
enter it and pass through without
the Binell of fire. The three Negroes,
calling themselves the Three Chil-
drsn of Israel, under the influence
of their new prophet, deliberately
entered the gate of the cupola of
the furnace and rushed headlong
before they could bo stopped into
the white heat of the melting iron.
When they failed to come out,
Jackson, the prophet, proclaimed
that he saw them rising in the air
with the smoke of the furnace, at
tended by angels, and said they
would revisit the earth again next
Sunday. The Negroes propose to
meet at church next Sunday, await
ing the descent of the Three Chil
dren of Israel. The mother of one
of them when asked about the mat
ter said s "I feel jes as sho my boy
is in heaben as if I'd done been dar
an' seed 'im. Jackson, de prophet,
comnian1 him to walk do fiery fur
nace, an' he bleeged ter bey him."
Settlement Notice. The books
of the undersigned must bo squared
up on or before September 1, 1889.
All accounts unsettled by that time
will bo given in the hands of a col
lector. Fleaso give this your imme
diate attention, and oblige
J. A. Moatz & Bno.,
Middleburgh, Pu.
Sr. Ki.mo IforKL. Nos. 817 & 81!
Alien Stukkt, I'hiia. Kates re
duced to $'J 00 per day. The travel
ing public will ("till ilnd nt this Hotel
the same lihernl proviftion for their
comfort. It Ik located in the Immedi
ate centres of business and planes of
amusement and tlie differeut Kail
Koad depot, us well. All parts of the
city, are daily accessible by Street
Cats constantly passing the door. It
offers special inducements to those
visiting the city fur business or pleas
ure, iour patronage reipectiiiiiy
solicited. Jos. M. reger, Proprietor.
Caution.
Tuke mitlcn I hut 1 tinve nntvhawMl the follow-
IhK nrtU'li-M ill I'oiiMHlilt' naif, AuifitHt IHtli, mu,
Mill left, ttii'lil In I lie xwsriwlon of Iriu .MI'lclleH
wurtli (Inrlnif my tilrwniv. Auy person metl-
iIIIiik Willi the mime will (In mo at. Ill peril. 1
Cook Move. I'l fixture. 1 alhk. I Wood
Client. 1 (b-wlriK M'U'liini-M. 1 KihIsO-hiI. 1 ( rib. 1
Meat Vernel, I" yanla of Carpel, 1 Table, S nnjsoii
Chairs, 1 IlnxHl Sow, 1 ifurilen Hoe. 1 Hake. I
Axe. i clock, l w inciio-su-r Kmc l iron Kettle,
2 ShoatH.
ISAAC SHAW YKU.
TroxelvUle, Aug. , lfcstf, xl.
EXECUTOR'S SALE OF
REAL ESTATE!
The tinnVrMlgned Executor nt the en! ate of
nanli.l lloufer. Ii1n lit Jiu'kaon twn.. Hnvrii-r
eounty. Ps.. dec'tl. will cxpowe to Public Sale on
Ilia prt'ullbea. mit milts nouin oi jiew tienin, un
Wednesday, September 18, 1889,
All that certain HiPSHtuijrp or tract of land Mlt
uato In Jackmin Iwn.. coiiialnlmr ACKKS,
more or lens, InpiiikIiiI North hy Joel l. Ileiifer,
Kant tiy TlioimtM Walter. Souih by Henry Bauer.
el. al unci Wrat liv Ilelra of John K linger,
whereon are erected a knmI Iiwelllnir HOISK,
stHAHNs. ami other neeexmiry oiithulUllnira.
(iiMHl Well, and a (food nn-lianK and all other
f rults In iiliiindiiiice. Also, at the name, time
aiidplace.a lot of HOI SKMol.lJ OOoDS. eon
sIMInir of 4 Beds and llcddllih'. Chest, bureau,
and oi iht artleles.
Sale l.i commence nt 1 o'clock, p. m. when
due nt tent Ion w ill In- flveu and terms iniiile
known by
If KI'llKN HENFKIt.
Alltf. ill. 'S!l. pd. Executor.
Hotlce to Heirs.
A. K. OUT. T. II. IIARTKU.
Ill FT & HAltTEll
Real Estate Agents,
Have the following special bargains to
offer :
A valuable farm, altuateln Krnnklln tuwnnhlp,
Sliyili-r c.ninty. I'u , nuir Piiltonvllli', yU liillin
went of Mi.mictiiiruh. c.nint.v -unit ul Snyiier t o.,
CuiitiilniiiK 111 Aitum, 76 a cr clear ami uu
.ler khoiI cultivation, thahaliinrcMacreii In tim
ber and under loner, making amid ilur laud
with never IuiIiiik running water on It, There
are 4 never IuiIIiik corliiuii on the idace, nne of
which in near ilie huililniKi" Nearly every Hold
ban water fur Mock. Tim In a K"d Kraln, bay,
ami pant lire larin, well calculated fur a ftia'k
larin. There are llinvntnne on the place, a lno
available water power. The tiuildlDK" are hihhI,
and Kood Irillt. Church, School and Market
withiu hall a uitleul tho luriii. Price t1 per
uerr, on caty tortile T payment.
Uoon Kahm Kiik Sai.k. situate In Mlddlerreck
township. Snyder county, near the s. & U Hull
road, cont mill nv'v.To AcltES. pjuof which la clear
and under uhlKh Htale of cultivation, tho bal
ance In kood tliulKT, nearly all under fence, with
riinnltiK water In every Held, reuderlnir 11 an ex
cellent atock and Kraln farm. A (food stone
House anil Haru anil other out bulldlnra In iimmI
repair. The liirtn la located within I, of a mile
of a ralloiid Ktatlon, with Church utul School
convenient. It Is a suliible tiroiN-ri v. verv null-
llcly located and could la divided Into two
larum. rrice fin per acre on easy terms.
Iay We sell or exchange, Advertise
aud survey property, ami convey
titles. We gtiai-atiieo all our work
and Invite) parties who have real es
tate fertile market to address
iIFT& HAKTKK,
Middleburgh, l'a
Rushed Into a Fiery Furnace.
BiitMiKoiiAM, Ala., Aug. 1:1. The
most remarkablo religious erazo
pervades the Negroes near Bessem
er and tho eountry between that
place and Birmingham.
Tor some time past an old Negro
named Tobias Jackson has been
proclaiming himself as Daniel the
prophet and doing all kinds of sing
ular, wild and queer things. The
darkies in this section are ignorant
aud superstitious, and Jackson's
actions and the great powers with
which he claimed to have been in
vested awed them.
Saturday last he persuaded three
young Negroes that they w ere rep
resentatives of Shadrach, Meshack
and Abednego, tho three children of
faith, who entered tho fiery furnace
of Nebuchadnezzar of old. He pro
claimed that a furuaeeh where iron
tj melted aud cast into all kinds of
Pantnfiflii PflM
x uui im uiiu 1.UWU11115
innl
To irJiet tlio uiiiu'tritnco ul a rom hv imitvr-
iiitf, It U cirm'Otliil tohu roit'r deigning, mid
in inu
PAINTING-
ol a V.nure It I cfn'iitlnl Hint taste U ued In the
pelectlun ol cnk,r(i. rut thin reiipnii have cod
eluded to take contract! tnr paltitliiK ami
PAPERING
Myxill liirniflilnK the uniturliil and delatf the
wi.ru- Thi wilt t'uaiiln uie to tfUarantcu my
work, uud allord uie advuutauea to reduce the
f:cneral price, 1 have a luruu utock nt paint on
mud and the hiieit line of wall paper lu the
iuiii.. a iiibu iiiiian a pjiceiiiii y ui
UPIIOLSTEKING
and will iruarantee old wink to look 1 well as
new. Mil vians taken In cxcKauae l.ir new work
No extra charae tor contract trout a distance.
vv rue iur pricct.
A. J. CliOSG-ROVK.
Jan Mlddlebui'Kh, Pa
In the Ketate or Henry Oerhart. late of Centre I
Towanhlp. Knyder C'oanty, Pa. dee'd.
Tn William Orrhart nt M Mirny. Pa., Jen
Oerliart of Centre townahlp, Snyder Co., Pa.
SuB U-rhart, Intermarried with Henry Kay ol
Kranklln townnhln, Knyder Co, Pa., Amelia, In
termarried with Amnn Peter ol Marnhell, Kal
homer eounty Mlehlxan, Catharine Intermarried
with Samuel HarRenbiirv of Ibdlriie. 8andoiky
county. Ohio. Jane Intermarried wlUi Henry
Wolf.of Iwlnhnnr, I'nlon eounty. Pa. Oeorae
Oerhart who In now deed but learee to annrlve
him the followlnaehlldren vis: Amanda Inter
married with Wllnon Muaer of Metleo Juniata
eounty. Pa. Mary Intermarried with Joneph
Ilnfley of Hodge, Iindae rnuntr, Nebraska. Sarah
(lerhnri Intermarried with H. M. Alexanders
Satleoy. Ventura lonnty. Calllornla. Haanah
llerliartand lraae (ierhart of Ix'wlfburm. Pa.
the latt twtare mlnom and have for their ur
dlan Adam H. Walter ol Pranklm tuwnehlp,
Snyder county, Pa.
Ynn are hereby el ted In be and apiear before
the Jnilaep of our Orphami' Court, at an Urphann
4'nurtto be hri at Mliblleharirh, on the 4th
Mnndny ol SKI',. A, II. 1MB at o'clock In
the forenoon, then anil there tn accept or refute
to take the Heal Kiuate of raid Henry (ierhart,
dee'd. at ' the appralied ralaatlnn put np
nn It hy an Inquen' de)y awarded hy the Paid
Court, and returned by the Sheriff ol Mid eoun
ty, nr phow caiipe why the nam Mould iol be
Id. And hereof fall not.
Wltnepa the Hon. J. C. llucher Pmaldent nt
our nald Court at Mlddlchurxh, this th day ol
Juue, A. II. 1819
W. W. VITTKNMIKH, Proth'y
Nctica to Heirs.
In the relate ol Mhpop Mlddlepirarth, late of
Hearer lonnnlilp, Snyder county, l'a.
ToEHra Mid llrpwarth. widow. Ner It. Mid
dlepwarth ol Kvrnp. Iowa, Mary, Intermar
ried with Jonathan l.eair of Kddyrllle. W pp.
plow county. Iowa, i'alherlne. Intermarried
with Mlltim PaP. ol Frederick, Monroe eounty,
Iowa, Archie Mlddleiwarth, ot Hinvrrtown,
nyiler eounty, ra., imipa, tiiicrinarrieii Willi
ipn'ae Hai-kenberif. of Tmxelvlllf. Hnyderoonnty.
Pa., David Mlddlepwarih id llruvcrtnwn, Sny
der eounty, Ph., Itul'l-nll Mlddlcp,irth ol Hen.
vrr Spnnira, Snyder eounty Pa., Ir.inkllu Mid
dleiHiirth, llcnver Sprluar, Snyder rniinty, l'a.,
ana Keul-en Mlddlepwartli vim la now dead hut
leave to Piirvlve him the followina children,
vie Mnitirle Intermarried with John J. Pratn
ol Council HI 11 II , Iowa. Kllen Intertnarrled with
II Inkle olSt John, I.ako eounty Indiana
Charles Mlddleaitarth ol Moroco, Newtan Co..
Iud., Smith Mlddlepwartli, Keinlnaton. Jnaper
eounty, 1 nt.. a minor ami nas lor ins icuannan
Moses Speeht td lfeavertown, Snyder county,
Pa,
Yon an hcri-hy cltod to ! nnrt npncnr twforfl
tne .nnitroi ot our nrpuann -otirt.nl an iirpnntm
t'oim to ! held at Mldilli-hiiruli. 011 1 lie 41 li Mon
day of Sop. A. 1. 1-iHM at o'cha-k In the tore-
lupin, then anil tin-re toaivcpt or rcinw to laitp
tin-real t-Mliitcor anld Mosca Vlililli-awarth, di-c'd
nt the appralw-il viilnatlon put iiMn It by un In
iiest iluly awanb-d by the aalil Court, and re
turnitl by the ShcrlfT of anld county, or Dhow
eaiiM wliv the namo Hliould not la-aohl. And
licn-of full not.
Wltni'NS thn Hon. Joseph C. lliu licr. Kwttlrc,
PrcHlib-tit of our auld court, at Mldillcliuryh,
Oils 61 h dny of June A . 1. Ihhii.
W. W. Win KNMYKU. Prothy.
illiddlcbur Market
Hutter 14
Kggs pj
fitted cherries 8
ITnpittetl " a
blackberries 0
Raspberries 12
Onions 40
Lard 0
Tallow 4
Chickens per lb 7
Turkeys
Hide 7
Soultle 10
Ham 12
1J.F.VAN UOSKIKK, DENTIST,
SEL1NSGKOVE, l'A.
Thirty-two years praotlce, Pilling am! ex
traction a specially. X
Htipture cure guaranteed by Dr. J
H. Mayer, 8U1 Arch ISt., 1'liH'u Pa.
Ease at once, no operation or buis
nexs delay. ThousaudB cured fS.for
clrculn. tf.
TIfi PbULSO
THE WATSONTOWN
PLANING MILL !
llealers in
I.I'M H Kit,
HlbbSTl'FF.
VIA MUtlXd.
iSiniNtJ.
SIUIIOAHDS. FKNC'IN'tJ.
S1IINULKS. LATH
J)t lOUS.
ltblNDS,
Fit AM K.
MOLLD1NGS
Etc. Samples of our work can be seen
In iiiont any part of (Snyder county.
Nothing but tlrst-cluss lumber used,
and all work prepared by the most
skilled workmen with the latest im
proved inachiuery. I'ricesalways the
lowest. Address
"Watsontown Planing Mill Co.,
0-l-'8!, 1y,
Watsontown, Pa.
Hardware 8
For a Superior Krnde of sheKand hea
vy Hardware it is ulwavs best to
go tooltl anil reliable iloiiNes
who liavea reputation
to sustain. Such is
J.B.SieieUewislowii.Pa.
Iron, Nails, Steel,
Leather, Paints, ' il. Coach
and Saddler Ware. Manufacturer of
Stoves and Tinware.
BLANKS!
The following Blanks will alwuysbe
found on hand at the Post Printing
OiliCd.
Ore T,ensts,
lilauk Heleaseti,
Atrreements,
C'otihtable Sales,
Wan ants,
Executions,
Siibpo-nas,
.lllhticub' Dutlri.
Certificates of Scholarship,
Judgement Exemption N'otec,
Tax Notices,
Justice' llouds,
Atliilavits,
Summonses,
Financial Statement on School Board
&o ic, ka. All blank not on hand
wll bejpromptly printed to order.
HEADQUARTERS-.
For
ml ill Riililt C
Men's Over Coats from 2.50 to 15 tv
Youths " " 2.23 to loon I
Children I M o-. 3
Mens Suits from 3.50 upward
lJoys " " " 3.00
Children " 1.00 to 5.oo
Men's Underwear from 20c rip
Men's, Youths and Boys Caps from 5c ni
" Hat 15cun
Silk Ties, Mulllcrs, Handkerelnck
Xcck Tics very cheap and lino quality.
Sheep-skin, IJuck-skin, Cloth and Kjj
Gloves, It ubber poods, largo stock of
ronfeetions and lfoliday goods of everv
description. AVill positively not he un
dersold. Thankful for past favors, would re
pedfully solicit a continuance oiu
oiiiifie.
Gils' Mai Clil
MIDDLEBURGH, PA.
1889. Spring and Summer. 188J
Wo arc now prepared to show you an immense variety
ea$ofiiftble
ndDDlslnliniisCrnRss
J j-.wwMIA WWU41UUW
hi Dry Goods wo have an elegant lino of Comliaati
Suitings, Ladies' Cloth, Satincs.
A Variety of Wash Dress GoodJ
Scotch Zcphvi Cloth
v -i . a
cw calicoes,
Centurv Cloth.
V 7 I
Y Into Drew (W
An Elegant Line of Cassimeres,
Laces, and Embroideries.
FiirstfHcDass (Rroceries!
SCHOOH BROS., Selinsgrott
tylluSll an
Weill Mad
1 still continue in the Merchant Tailoring business with rocmi i
Eby's Corner, Selinsgrove, Pa.
uni take this meaun of informing the people of Snyder countj, t'ii.1
uavo on uanu a wen Btiecieu biock oi
Cloths, Cassimeres, etc.,
and bamplee from the beet and most reliable New York and 1'liil.Jelf J
bouses, and will sell lower than erer. Catting, Cleaning, RepniriDg.N
Not. ltf. e. fc-, BUCK
It would do your heart good to go and the
B KM R tWkm
IBV1IHII llnlllllll
ui nisi oumu
i a
-AT-
Freidman & Getz', Beavertown,Pa
They have,' returned from the Kahteru Cities and now have tlioir
prroau under the weight of )ry Ooods, (iroeeries, (Jeuts FurnifhinKf1
t lothiui;, straw Hutu, wool Hats, lioots and Shoes, large line of Dre
Notionn, &c. They kIiow the greatest Bbsortment and prettiest ntj'lJ''
ever saw. Their
Goods is all New and Fresh
and is r.ot tho accumulation of years. They are not , iuoiIk1
en aud streaked with ilnst- lt..rl,l
, ...... iiuvu tia'V U V
Cheap bbb Everything!
and offer you pi-Ices that ulmost challenge belief when compared to &
ui o i;wiiiiuuvii tu pay ui outer stores.
Do Not Hesitate in Going
at once and see just how much finer and cheaper their goods Is tl"0
omuiou run.