BY FRED'K L. BAKER.
DR . HOOFLAND'S
GERMAN BITTERS,
Prepared by Dr. C Jackson,
Philadelphia, Pa.
IS NOT A BAR-ROOM DRINK, OR A
SUBSTITUTE FOR RUM,
Or an Intoxicating Beverage,but a highly con
centrated Vegetable Extract, s Pure Tonic,
free from alcoholic, isthnulent or injurious, ZUSIb
and will effectually dire '
Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, and
Jaundice.
HOOPLANO'S GERICAN BITTERS
WILL CURE EVERY CASE OF
Chtonic or Nervous Debility ? Disease of the
Kidneys,
and Diseases arising from a
Disordered Stomach.
OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS a
resulting from disorders of the digestive organs:
Constipation, Inward Piles, Fu.ness or Blood
to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea,
Beartburn, Disgust for Food, Fullness or
weight in the Stomach, sour eructations, sink
qng or fluttering of the Pit of the Stomach,
iwimrning of the Head, hurried and difficult
sreathing, fluttering at tht. heart,. choking or
suffocating sensations when in a lying posture,
dimness of vission, dots or webs before the
sight; fever and dull pain in the head, defici
ency of perspiration, yellowness of the skin
and eyes, pain in the side, back, chest, limbs,
Ac., sudden flushes of heat, burning in the flesh,
constant immaginings of evil, and great de
pression of spirits.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS
WILL GIVX. YOU
A Good Appetite,
Strong iterves,
Healthy Nerves,
Steady Nerves,
Brisk Feelings, -
Energetic Feelings,
Healthy Feelings,
A Good Constitution,
A Strong Constitution,
A Healthy Constitution,
A Sound Constitution.
WILL MAKE THE WEAK STRONG,
make the
Delitate Hearty,
WI make the
Will make (l
Depressed Lively,
Will make. the
Sallow Complexion Clear,
Will make the Dull eye '
'Clear and Bright.
prove a blessing in lively family.
4P.Can be used with perfect safety by male
or Female, Old or Young. .
PARTICIJLAIt NOTICE.
There are many preparations sold under the
mime of Bitters, put up in quart bottles, com
pounded of the cheapest Whiskey or common
Rum, costing from 20 to 40 cents per gallon,
he taste disguised by Anise or Coriander seed.
'ilia class of Bitters has caused arid will con
.inue to cause, se long as they can be sold,
mmilreds to Ste the death of a drunkard. By
their use the system is kept continually under
the influence of alcoholic stimuiants of the
curet kind, the desire for liquor is created and
kept up, and the result is all the horrors at
tendant upon a drunkard's life and death. Be
ware of them.
For those who desire and wilt have a liquor
bitters, we publish the following receipt:
Get one bottle Hoolland's German Bitters and
mix with three quarts of good Whiskey or
Brandy, and the result will be a preparation
that will far excel in medicinal virtues and
true excellence any of the numerous liquor
bitters in the market, acid will cost much less.
You will have all the virtues of Hooftand's Bit
ters in connection with a good article of liquor
sod at a much less price then these inferior,
preparations will cost you.
DELICATE CIA ILDItEN.
Those suffering from marasmus wasting
away, with scarcely any flesh on their bones,
are cured in a very short time; one bottlo in
such cases, will have most surprising effect.
DEBILITY,
Reiulting from Fevers of any kind—these bit-.
sere will renew your strength in a short time.
icy Ea AND Aaua.—The chills will not re
turn if these Bitters are used. No person in a
fever and epic district should be without them
From Rev. Newton Brown, D. D., Editor
of Me Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge.
Al though not disposed to favor or recommend
Patent Medicines in general, through dish eat
f their ingredients and effects; I yet know
of no luau gat reason why a man may not tes
tify to the benefits lid believes' himself to have
received from any simple preparation, in the
hope that he may thus contribute to the bene
fit of others: • •
I do this more readily in regard to Hoofland's
German Bitters, plepired by Dr. C. M. Jackson
because I was prejudiced against them for a
number of years, under the impression that
thy were chiefly an alcoholic mixture. lam
indebted to my friend Itob't Shoemaker, esq.,
for the removal of this prejudice by proper
tests, and for encouragement to try them, when
suffering from great and long debility. The
use of three bottle, of these bitters, at the be
ginning of the present year ? was followed by
evident relief, and restoration to a degree of
bodily and mental vigor which I had not felt
for six months before, and had almost dispair
ed of regaining. I therefore thank God and
my friend for direiting meEW 'to
NEWTON .
Philadelphia Jnne J 23,.1862.
ATTENTION, SOLDIERS.
AND TEM FRIENDS Or NoLDIERB.
We call the attention of all having relations
or friends in the army to the fact that g , Hoof
land's German ffirters" will cure nine-tenths
of the diseases induced by privation and ex
posues incident to canip life. In the lists
published almost deify in the newspapers ' on
thejarrival of the sick, it will' be noticed that
a very large proportion are suffering from de
bility. EViny case of that kind "can be readi
ly cured by Hoofland's German Bitters. We
have no hesitation in stating that, if theseliit
ters are freely used among our soldiers, hund
reds of livid might be saved that otherwille
would be lost,
The propiiiiters are daily receiving thankful
letters from sufferers in the army and hospi
tals,who have been Restored to health by the use.
of these Bitters, sent to them by their friends.
Beware,. of counterfeits ! See that the sig
nature of - «C. M. Jackson,” is on the wrapper
of each bottle.
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Large Size, $1:00 per bottle, or I dozen for $5.
Medium size, 7+sc per bottle, or 1-dozen for $4
The larger size,'on account of the quantity
the bottles hold, are m uch the cheaper.
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“My kiie ! my kite ! I've lost my kite !
Oh ! when I saw the steady !light
With which she pined her lofty height,
How could I know, that, letting go
That naughty string would bring so low
My pretty, buoyant, darling kite,
To pass forever out of sight!
"A purple cloud was sailing by,
With silver borders, o'er , the sky ;
I thought it seemed to come so nigh,
I'd let my. kite go up and light
Upon its fringe so soft and bright,
To see how Coble, high, and proud
She'd look while riding on a cloud !
"Aa near her shining mark she drew,
I clapped my hands—the line slipped thio'
My silly fingers—and she flew
Away ! away in airy play,
Right over where the water lay !
She veered and fluttered, swung, and gave
A plunge ! then vanished, in the wave !
Thin Stout,
"I never more shall want to look
On that false cloud, or on the brook ;
Nor e'er to feel the breeze that took
My dearest joy, tints to ~ destroy
The pastime of your happy boy !
My kite ! my kite ! how sad to think
She soared so high, so soon to sink !"
"Be this," the mother said and smiled,
"A. lesson to you, simple child !
And when by fancies vain and wild
As that which cost the kite that's lost,
Thy busy brain again is crossed,
Of shining vapor then beware,
Nor place thy joys on fickle air
"I have a darling treasure, too,
That sometimes would, by slipping through
My guardian hands, the way puesue,
From which more tight than thou my kite,
I hold my jewel, new and bright,
Lest he should stray without a guide,
To drown my hopes in sorrow's tide I"
ar When stoves are no longer need
ed they are quite frequently set aside in
an outbuilding, or - other out of the way
place, with no farther thought, until again
wanted for use. If neglected, the rust
of the summer may injure them more
than the whole winter's wear, particular
ly the parts made of sheet iron. They
should be kept as free from dampness as
possible, and occasionally cleaned if rust
be observed. Our plan has been to ap
ply a coating of linseed oil to the pipes
before putting them away. It should
be done while the pipes are warm, but
should be done thoroughly. It is not
particular that it should be linseed oil--
this being mentioned as the cheapest—
almost any grease will answer.
received.
The desperate struggles and flounder
ings by which soma •endeavor to get out
of their embarrassment are amusing
enough. We remember to have been
much delighted the first time we heard
the history of the wooing of a noble
lord, now, no more, narrated. His lord
ehip was a man of talents and of enter
prise, of stainless pedigree, and a fair
rent-roll, but the veriest slave of bash
fulness. Like'all timid and quiet, men,
he was very sneceptable and very con
stant, as long as he was in the habit of
seeing the object of his affections daily.
He chanced, at the beginning of an
Edinburgh winter, to lose his heart to
Miss = ; and as their families were in
habits of intimacy, he had frequent op
portunities of meeting with her. He
gazed and sighed incessantly—a very
Dumbiedikes, but that he had a larger
allowance of brain; he followed every
where; he felt jealous, uncomfortable,
savage, if she looked even civilly at an
other; and yet, notwithstanding his
stoutest resolutions notwithstanding
the encouragement afforded him by the
lady, a woman of sense, who saw what
his lordship would be at, esteemed his
character, was superior to girlish affec
tation, and made every advance consist
ent with womanly delicacy—the winter
was fast fading into spring, and he had
not yet got his mouth opened. Mamma
at last lost all patience.; and one day,
when his lordship was taking his usual
lounge in the drawing-room, silent;' or
uttering an occasional monosyllable, the
good lady abruptly left the room, and
locked the pair in alone. When his
lordship, on assaying to take his leave,
discovered the predicament in which be
stood, a despidate fit of resolutton seized
him. Miss sat' bending most as
siduously over her netiilli3, a deep blush
her cheek. Hie lordship advanced
AR Tl.ber,,but, losing heart by the way,
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sir New fashions in dress produce
new diseases. Diptheria, that infectious
form of sore throat,' is said to have
originated in the modern custom of
wearing low, turn-down collars, instead
of the old stiff white walls, which now
maik so conspicuously the middle-aged
man. The national throat, guarded for
so many centuries by ropes of muslin,
black velvet solitaires, lace collars, and
other knick-knacks, was suddenly strip
ped of all its defences, and thrown open
to the rude winds. The result blossoms
out in the disagreeable form of diptheria,
nature's terrible warning of the ,danger,
and simaltaneons correction of the folly.
sir The name of God is spelled in
four letters in almost every language
thus : In satin, Dens ; French, Dieu ,
Greek, Theos ; German, Gott ; Scandi
navian, Odin; Swedish, Codd ; Hebrew,
A.dea; ,Syrivn, Adad ; Persian, Syria ;
Tartarian, Idga ; Spanish, Dias ; East
Indian, Esgi or Zeni ; Turkish, Addi ;
Egyptian, Aumn or Zent ; Japanese,
Zain ; Peruvian, Lian ; Wallachian,
Zeno ; Eturian, Chur ; Irish, Dich ;
Arabian, Alfa, &c. .
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I MARIETTA, PA., ATURDAY, MAY 7, 1864.
THE LOST KITE.
wed
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oEP the Questi.on.
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ram
There is no more &Hate step in life
than the operation designated by the
elegant phrase I have selected for , the
title of my present lucubration. Much
.winding and caution, and previous sound
ing is necessary 'Oen you have go tt
favor to ask of a great men. It is ten
chances to one that he takes it into his
head to consider your request exorbi
tant, and to make this. the pretext for
shaking off what he naturally considers
a cumbersome appendage to his etate—
a man who has a claim upon his good
offices. Bat this hazard is nothing in
comparison with the risk you run in
laying yourself at the mercy of a young
gipsy, fonder of fun and frolic than any
thing in life. Even though she love you
with the whole of her little heart, she
possesses allow of spirits, and woman's
ready knack of preserving appearances ;
and though her bosom may heave re
sponsive to your stammering tale, she
will lure you on with kind complacent
looks, until you have told "your pitiful
story," and then laugh in your face for
your pains.
It is not' this either that I meant to
express. Men are not cowards, because
they see distinctly the danger that lies
before them. When a person has cool
ness sufficient to appreciate its full ex
tent, he bas in general either self-pos
session enough to back out of the scrape,
or, if it is inevitable, to march with due
resignation to meet his fate. In like
manner, it is not that poor Pillgarlick,
the lover, has a clear notion (persons in
his condition are rarely troubled with
clear notions) of what awaits him, but
he feels a kind of choking about the
neck of his heart, a hang-dog inclination
to go backwards instead of forwards, a
Check, a suddeirtitop in his functions.—
He knows not how to look, or what to
say. His fine plan, arranged with, so
much happy enthusiasm, when sitting
' alone in his arm-chair, after a good din
ner, and two or three glasses of wine, in
the uncertain glimmering of twilight,
with hie feet upon the fender, proves
quite impracticable. Either it has es
caped his memory altogether, or the
conversation perversely takes a turn to
tally different from that by which be
hoped to lead the fair one from different
topics' to thoughts of a tenderer com
plexion, and thus, -by fine degrees, (he
watching all the time how she was af
-fected, in order to be sure of, his
strength, before he makes the plunge,)
to insinuate his confession, just at the
moment that he knows that it will be
fittraturt, Agrituiturt, PIM of teaLt, foral r.
her—"Mise —, will yon marry me ?"
"With the greatest pleasure, my lord,"
was the answer, given in a low, some
what timid, buttmfaltering ,voice, while
a deeper crimson suffused the face of the
speaker. And a right. good wife she
-1?1%Ist
Some gentlemen, equally nervous, and
unaided, by such a discriminating and
ingenious mamma, have recourse to the
plan of wooing by proxy. This is a
system which I can by no means recom
mend. It a male agent be employed,
there is great danger, that, befor'e he is
aware, he begins to plead for himself:—
Talking of love, even in the abstract,
with a woman, is a ticklish matter.—
Emotions-are awakened, which we tho't
were lulled to sleep for ever, and we
grow desirous to appropriate to our
selves the pretty sentiments which she
so well expresses. A female go-between
is less dangerous; bat I cannot con
ceive with what face a man can ever
address a woman as his wife whom he
bad not conrage to woo for himself.
Day, the philosopher, had a freak of
educating a wife for himself. He got
two orphan girls intrusted to his care,
on entering into recognizance to edu
cate and provide for them. One proved
too mulish to make anything of. The
other grew up everything he could have
wished. And yet he gave up the idea
of marrying her, because she one day
purchased a handkerchief more gaudy
than accorded with his philosophical
notions. Of course, it never came to a
declaration. I wish it had, that one
might have seen with what degree of
grace a man could divest himself of the
grave and commanding characters of
papa and pedagogue, to assume the sup
ple, insinuating deportinent of the lover.
There axe a set of men, whose success
In wooing, and it is unfailing, I cannot
comprehend. Grave, emaciated, Billow
divines, who never look the person in
the face whom they address—who never
speak above their breath L---who sit on
the uttermost end of the chairs, a full
yard distance from the dinner-table. I
have never known one of these scare
crows fail in getting a rich wife. How
it is, heaven knows I Can it be that the
ladies ask them ?
One thing is certain, that I myself
have never been able to . "pop the qUes
tion. Like the inspired writer, among
the things beyond the. reach of my intel
lect, is "the way of a man with a maid."
By what witchery he should be ever
able to induce her, "her free unhonsed
condition!' to "bring into circumscrip
tion and confine," is to me a mystery.—
Had it been otherwise, I should not
have been at this time the lonely inmate
of a dull house—one who can scarcely
claim kindred with any human beiug—
in short, AN OLD BACHELOR.
THE PICKPOCKET'S TRAP.—THe Lom
bardi of Milan says : "A young man,
with his arm caught in an iron trap, has
just been led through the streets of
this city to prison. A person named
Varisco had invented a gin to catch
pickpockets, which may be easily placed
in a coatpocket, and is so constructed
as to hold the hand of the thief as if in
a vice. M. Varisco being in a locality
which those light-fingered gentry are
thought to frequent, and remarking near
him an individual of a rather suspicious
exter:or, took.frorri one of his pockets a
handsome silver snuff boi, at the same
time assuming a simple air. Then leis
urely taking a pinch from it, he placed
it into a pocket provided with the trap.
Presently the stranger approached M.
Varisco, slipped his hand into the pock
et, seized hold of the bait, and in anoth
er second showed by his cries that he
was securely caught."
Wgr ANNEODOTR OF LOUIS XIV.— The
death of the queen affected him in the
severest degree. "Good God !" said he,
when his attendant forced him away
from her lifeless body, "is it possible
that the queen is dead—and that I must
forever lose her, who never gave me
pain but when she died ?" It is not
easy to pronounce a funeral oration in
fewer words, or give a stronger evidence
of a happy married life.
or the Richmond Examiner says
that "Gen. Butler deserves a rope's end."
So do a good many of the rebel leaders.
The only question is, whether the rope's
end should
, be hit& over their backs Or
twisted around their necks. -
sir "Hallos there!" said farmer to , an
Irishman busily dnssged atone of his
cherry trees, "by 04 do you take
those -olierrieSTA Maithl.tmy friend,"
said heebyJnylighti#l4l4l*.l4l7t
Borrowing Trouble.
Borrowing, though often convenient
and sometimes , pecessary,, fcequently
load those concerned into difficulty, but
in nothing is this so universally the case
as in "borrowing trouble," for which we
always have to pay a heavy per cent, of
care and anxiety.
Of what possible benefit to us can it
be to ignore the blessings and enjoy
ment of the present in order that we
may brood over our own or others' fore
bodings of futuie ill ? Why should we
close our eyes to the sunshine of to-day,
while we deplore the storm wlich may
or may not come on the morrow? Are
we not commanded to "take no thought
for the morrow, for the morrow, shall
'take thought for the things of itself?'
and assured that "Sutricent unto the day
is the evil thereof 2"
This may be a trite theme, but the
evil we deprecate is so wide-spread, that
we shall be pardoned for ,raising our
feeble voice once and again in remon
strance. We have no charity for this
spirit of doubt and distrust—this con
tinual croaking of those who seem to
live by borrowing trouble. Why should
they forever see in the blooming cheek
only the precursor of disease and death ?
Why is every bright day pronounced
the forerunner of a storm, and every joy:
ous heart warned that the time of sorrow
and darkness is nigh ? -
Granted that there. is truth in ell these
assertions, why need they be continually.
fored upon our remembrance ? Is it
showing a proper degree of gratitude to
an allwise and beneficient Father, to
take His gifts with a careless hand, and
instead of thanking Him for the presebt
good, turn with anxious heart to the
possibility of coming evil ? We, know
that lifehas heavy;burdens for us all to
bear; bat is not every yoke fitted tit - the
neck that mast wear it, and would . any
of us, after sober deliberation, exchange
our own lot for that of another? Shall
we not accept sorrow with the ioy,
as part of our needed discipline, and not
as a dreaded calamity whieh overtajr.es
those whose path hitherto has been
smooth and flowery?
There must be some bitterness infused
into the cup of life, else it would not•
prove a health-giving toni6, but merely
an effervescing draught. Let us con.
eider our trials in this, light„ and thank
God for the drops of ssgreetness..that
pervade the whOlolinixture, instead of
tasting only the dregs and lamenting
their nauseousness. Preaching is easier
than practice, and no hand can be so
guiltless of the sin we deplore, as to
cast the first stone; but.we can all, at
least, strive against the tendency to
cherish anxious forebodings; which is
ploughing so many furrowB on brows
that ought to be fair and smooth; and
rendering many a °ht . ° free, light heart
heavy and care worn. A reform is
surely needed here—who will join the
crusade, against those enemies of human
ity, Doubt and Anxiety? And whatever
other debts you may , cOntract, pledge
yourslves against "borrowing trouble,"
ANECDOTE OF DANIEI. WEBSTER.—The
Boston (Mass.) Courier relates the fol-
lowing :
Mr Webster married the woman he
loved, and the twenty years which he
lived with . her brought him to
_the me
ridian of greatness. An anecdote, is
current on this subject, which is not re
corded in the books. Mr. Webster,was
becoming intimate with Miss Grace
Fletcher, when the skein of silk getting
into a knot, Mr. Webster assisted in un
ravelling the snarl—then looking up to
Miss grace, he said. "We have untied a
don't you thinkwe could tie oneß"
Grace was a little embarrassed, said not
a word, but in the course of a feir min
utes she tied a knot in a piece of tape
and handed it to 'Mr. Webster. This
piece of tape, the thread'of his - domeatic
joys, was found, after the death- of Mr.
Webster, preserved as one of his most
precious relics.
fir Fasten a nail or key to a string
and suspend it to your thumb and finger
and the nail will oscilate like a pendu
linn. Let some one place his open hand
under the nail, and it will change to a
circular motion. Then let a third per
son place his haui,spop your shoulder,
and the nail becomes in a moment sta
tionary.
• .
Or Secretary Chase expects to get a
laid portion - Of HU 'revenue from the
tax on _whisky... . Ql_course,..then, the
more whisky drank, the—better for, the .
Government, and the - bigger. thedrinker
;ther.bigger, the patriot:— Temperance
emoieties we= iinqiieitionabry dial
VOL. 10.-NO. 40.
NOT ELT ALL STRANGE,- 1. Some pa
rents allow their children to attend dan
cing sChools, and then wonder that they
do `not love to go to prayer meeting, or
Sabbath sehool.
"I do wish my children loved the
prayer meeting," says some fond mother,
"but they seem to prefer to go to parties
and balls."
Very likely. They walk in the way
in which you have trained them. You
thought' to render them graceful, did
you? Yon wanted them to go out into
society as graceful aceemplished dancers
did you ? Well haven't you had your
wish. Cam-they not , dance in the most
graceful manner? Not at all strange,
then, that they don't lovelincred things.
"The Bible says, "Train up a child in the
way he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it" Give the child
the idea that he must learn to dance be
fore he can be prepared fcir society and
you need not think it strange that he
grows up desiringrather to be on the
dancing floor ' than In the prayer room.
"As the twig is bent so is the tree inch
ned."
2. Some seem indifferent about what
companions their children chobse, and
then wonder that they have learned so
many wicked ways, having their con
science seared, as it were, with a hot iron.
"It is surprising to me that John has
become so saucy. I can't imagine where
he learned such big Worde."
No, it is not strange at all. You did
not choose good associates
allowed him to cheese his own. Yoa
did not dreain at the time that , such: re
sults would' follow., but the fieed was
sown, and now you and your s ehifil are
reaping the bitter fruit Wwill not do
to throw the child nit into society
with
out aiding him in choosing proper &Rio
elates. "Evil conaminiictitfotol corrupt
goad menhirs." The 'Mart is tfaturally
depraved and consequeritly tuns 'to ail!.
The child is morelikely to 'choose evil
thaw good society, 'hence he must be
looked after.
A REBEL BEEIMER.-I'he Beechers
are known throughout , the Union as
men of talent and positive views. Many
term them extreme, especially , on the
Maio question. But this rebellion has
even cut in twain the family of BeeChers.
•
During the battle of Stone River, Dr.
Charles Bence, of, Galesburg, Illinois,
assistant surgeon of the 29th Illinois
volunteers, remained upon the field.
busily engaged in casing for his wound
ed men, and with them was made prison
er. Soon after, while 'surrounded by a
group of rebel officers, to, whom he bad
been intredueed, he was surprised to find
even siew Yorkers among the officers
iif the Southern army.
"Worse, than 'that, sir," said a bystan
der. "In ins you see a man from Mas-
SaChusetts and Illinois. My name is
Edward Beecher, President of Knox
College, at Galesburg Illinois. Henry
Ward Beecher is my uncle."
"Why Galesburg is my town, and I
know , your father w,e11," replied the
Illinois aoctor.
The pleasure of the acquaintance
thus formed was mutual, and the doctor
soon found that he had met with a gen
, ,
nine Beecherin appearance and manners.
This son of Edward, the eminent, was a
quartermaster in General Chatham's, di
vision, and previous to the ivir bad prac
ticed law in Memphis, Tennessee. He
was not at all bitter in his feelings, nor
harsh in his views, . but < yet withal a
most determined rebel.
ara- A 'Lonisville (Ky.) paper, of
Thursday says : "A young-looking sol
dier-girl, who had served twenty months
in an Indiana regiment, and,participated
in several hard contested engagements
and beciane tired of-tlid - seivice, and
donning female apparel again, crossed
the Ohio river yesterday on her way
to her long forsaken home. She had
received two severe wounds' in battle,
which will remain to remind her of her
folly to the latest years of her life.
reason for entering the army' is the same
old story, love and `romance."
ar A curious ,diseovery has been
made in the Isle
. 014 an, where it, has
been,asceriained that certain-old cannon
long used as posts , on the quay,, in 'the
sea-port town of Peel, were rifled. The
British Government has ord)zwed them
to be transferred, to. Woolwioh, where
they are to be preserved as - the earliest
specimens -e€ riflecinordnances,
It is a•• th t
Gir a smell herdof
nine oxep•and cows tayep to La }late
in 1555, Nts pow multiplie4, to stick: „on
extent that tilerl aret,15:000,000 in , the
44' 4 LI 4
epantry. .