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JOHN II. SCH RAM.
Manufacturer and Dealer in
SADDLES, HARNESS",
etc.
etc.
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Main St'itt, Oregon City,
9Wishes to represent that he is now as
well prepared to furnish any article- in hw line
as the largest establishment in' the State. He
particularly requests that an examination ot
his stock be made before buying elsewhere. -
JOHN F. MILLER,
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Suecetsor to J. E. MILLER Co.,
MANUFACTURE It OF AND DEALER IX
Roots Shoes!
At the Oregon Cily Boot and Shoe
Store. Jfnia street.
THE BEST SELECTION
Of Ladies, Cents', -Hoys', and Children's
Hoots and Shoes, on hajpj or made to order.
P.UAM, WILLIS & Co..
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I OREGON CITY, OREGON.
Having recently added to the Livery Strck
iew Carriages, Buggies and Horses, are now
prepared at all times to let the same, at reus-,
enable ratt'si. Horses bought aud sold, or
kept by the day or week.
MPEIIIAL MILLS.
Savier, LaRoque & Co.,
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OREGON CITY
tt-sKeep constantly on hand fi sale, Hour
Uidiings, Bran and Chicken Feed, Parties
JTJ'irching feed must furnish the tacks.
ISAAC FARR. P. D. J10RRISS
J?ARR & MORRISS,
BUTCHERS,
FOR OREGON CITY AND VICINITY.
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MT" "Will deliver to their patrons all the
be.-t qualities of Stall Fed Beef..so Mutton,
Pork, Poultry etc., as nsual twice a week, ou
Tuesdays and Saturdays
Thankful for past favors of the public would
respectfully asks a coatinuance of the same.
Mr. Wells Himself.
From The Nation. N. Y., January Ctb.
The low opinion of American
honesty entertained in various
countries of Europe often excites
the indignation and surprise of
American travelers, qnd many of
them, knowing how unjust it is, as
cribe, it to rancorous hostility to
our institutions. But, then, those
who are most familiar with the
way in which opinions are formed
in foreign countries are aware that
most of whatever disrepute the na
tional character rests under Owith
regard to all that class of virtues
included under the term bt.ni fide.",
is the handiwork of a portion of
the American press. The bitterest
reviler of America and Americans
has never ventured on sucR foul
charges and foul insinuations as
some of our contemporaries hurl
nearly every day against men who
are put forward by American soci
ety as about as good specimens of
the(Amc,ncan man as it w; capable
of producing. We were told, the
other day, by an American of dis
tinction and his experience has
been that of hundreds- of the bit
terness of tlie mortification ewhich
he endured when in Germany dur
ng the impefichment trial, at find
ing himself an object of daily con
dolence on the part of his German
friends touching the corruption
of Senators Trumbull, and Fessen
den, and Grimes, three of the fore
most statesmen of thejarty of vir
tue. And then, there was no use
in his denying it or trying to ex
plain it. It was not in a southern
paper they saw the story, nor yet
in the foul-mouthed organs of
Xorthern Copperhead ism, "who
make vilification one of their ordi
nary weapons of party warfare;
but in the Xow York Tribune, the
mouth-piece of the best element in
the Xorthern population, and
which had upto the time of im
peachment been holding these vety
men up to the admiration of man
kind, o
We bid fair, too, in Mr. Well's
case, t(r furni.-h Kurope with anoth
er reason for believing in our utter
Crottenness. Mr. ells hashad ev-
ervthino- done for him that Anicr
ican society can do. He has been
well born, well bred, and furnished
with the best education the coun
try affords. lie has lived with
the best men of his day, and has
won and enjoys their esteen?. lie
has displayed very remarkable
powers of analysis and induction
in a field rof social science which
Mmtil now can hardly be said to
liavcvbeen explored m this country,
and has for this reason been select
ed by the Government to peribrift
the very important duty of supply
ing the data for legislation on mat
ters of finance and legislation dur
ing a period of great public difficul
ty and, indeed, peril. If evcrynan
has given the State guarantees for
his good behavior, it is he. And
yet, what do foreigners learn about
him from the organ of the sober,
virtuous, rel'gious, reading, writ
ing, and thinking Xorthern public?
Why, that, the minute he secured
an official position, and, through
it, influence on public opinion, he
sold his services to a foreign gov
ernnrtmt and to foreign traders,
and, in consideration of a cer
tain sumo m " foreign gold, "
agreed to suppress material facts,
and construet-Vleludinir arguments
for their benefit, and for the decep
tion and impoverishment of his
own countrymen.
Of course, everybody here knows
how false these insinuations are ;
but then, unfortunately, their silli
ness and absurdity prevent people
feeling the downright wickedness
fthem, and visiting the men who
invent and propagate, them with
the indignation they deserve.
Fhcse slanders do, however, in one
way, recoil on the heads of their
authors, inasmuch as they excite,
nrsr. fitsirust. ana then hostility
towards the cause they are intend
ed to heln. There is no cause
which will bear being lied for.
Even the Christian religion, strong
as are its claims on the respect of
mankind, has suffered, and still suf
fers terribly, from attempts to
spread it by falsehood, and slan-
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ponents; and what, it cannot bear
wc may be sure protection cannot.
One marked result of the attacks
on Mr. Wells has been the steady
growth of his authority? and the
steady increase of confidenee in
the statements aud conclusions
of his reports. Nothing, it is safe
to say, has ever appeared on this
el ass of subjects which has pro
duced such a profound impression
on public opinion. His conclu
sions, is true, have borne hard
on the whole theory and practice
OREGON ;CITY, OREGON, SATURDAY,
of protection; but there was only
one Way of upsetting them or de
stroying them, and that was, show
ing either that his facts were not
facts or that the reasoning based
on them was incorrect. This- has
not been done; and for this, naked
assertions that Mr, Wells has been
bribed, and that he has been guilty
of suppression and distortion, are
not proper and sufficient substi
tutes. -
There is talk just now among
some of the more rabid high-tariff
men about not only suppressing his
report as far as Congress is con
cerned, but " kicking3 him out" of
the Republican party ; but then,
we presume, wiser .counsels will
prevail. The suppression of the re
port by the House would, of course
only increase the number of its
readers, and Mr. Wells would be
followed out of the Republican
party by such large numbers of tire
present members that we doubt
whether enough, would be left to
carry on the business of the con
cern afterwards with any degree
of success. There is a class of men
in the party who have always been
a little anxious to get rid of its
brains, finding the thinking faculty
a nuisance, and, almost as soon as
a man gives evidence of reaching
his conclusions with0 Ids head, get
up a0movement for his expulsion.
Mr. Trumbull and the late Mr.
Fessendeh had a narrow escape,
but they did escapcf and their ex
ample has had a very encouraging
effect. If the protective system
will not bear discussion and from
the dislike of the high-tariff men to
permit the circulation of Mr.
Wells's report, and the refusal of
the Tribune to print it, it appa
rently will not it certainly cannot
stand, and there is not the slightest
use, as we have more than once
said, in claiming a quassi-sacred
character for it, as some of its
friends seem disposed to do, and
treating people who question its
value as bad men, to whom plun
der or treason woidd not bepartic
nlarly disagreeable. It is a theory
of taxation like another, of human
origin, and that not a particularly
respectable ofie. Large number?
of some of the best, anrl, on all
other things, at least, wisest men
in the modern world condemn it,
and think it a stumbling-block in
the way of human progress, and
some of the foremost States are
gradually, abandoning it. Protec
tionists must, therefore0, le reason
able and patient, take off their
sacerdotal robes, and lay aside the
cursing- instruments, and come
down into the arena among the
rest of us, and give and take in the
common secular game of political
fisticuffs. Fair play is all they are
entitled to, and that' the' shall cer
tainly have. The young men, it
is true, are mostly on the other
side, but for this there is
no help.
HIS KEPORT.
In the composition of this incen
diary pamphlet, Mr. Wells starts
with the astonishing bat hardly
questionable assertion, that the
cost of the war was nine thousand
millions of dollars;" and this of it
self is, it must be admitted, a good
deal to recover from. To meet it,
however, we have had, since the
outbreak of the war, an immigra
tion amounting to 1,064,30:3. Since
the termination0 of the war, too,
thirteen thousand lujlcs have been
added to the railroads of the coun
try, opening up an area of virgin
soil larger than thef whole of France,
while the telegraph lines have re
ceived an increase of eighteen
thousand miles of wires. Moreover,
the South may be fairly said to
have recovered. The cotton crop
haS1 again reached its old standard
in quantity, and is superior in qual
ity. The same thing may be said
of the other crops peculiar to the
South, while the high prices have
furnished it once more with capi
tal, of which the close of the war
found it totally bereft.
Mr. Wells estimates the total
number of persons now engaged in
adding directly to the wealth ofthe
country by their labor as 10,000,
000, out of a population of 39,000,
000, and the total annual product
of their labor at $0,825,000,000, o
082 50 each. Of this total pro
duct, about one-half is to be attrib
uted to agriculture. The cotton
manufacture only counts for 671,
500,000; the woolen manufacture,
for $06,000,000; the iron manu
facture, -$110,050,000; the leather
manufacture, 6222,000,000 ; and
the railway service, 300,000,000.
It will thus be seen that the iron
industry, which makes most of the
disturbance over the tariff, is only
fourth in the order of importance,
and ranks far below the leather in
dustry, which lias been seriously
mjurea lor its oenent. ui course,
the country is growing in everv
way, but Mr. Wells holds that it is
not growing as it ought to grow,
and as it would grow in the ab
sence of a vicious system of cur
rency and taxation. He says, -when
we leave the region of general esti
mates and descend into others in
which wc have exact fTfrurcs the
prospect, is not pleasing. The de
posits in savings banks have not
increased in proportion to the in
crease in population, and there is
every reason to believe that the
depositors no longer belong exclu
sively to the vworking - classes:
Moreover, the increase in the num
ber of, houses has hot kept pace
with the increase in the number of
houses has not kept pace with the
increase of population, which means
not only that lewer families have
homes ot their own,
greater number of
out tnat a
persons are
crowded under one roof. In short
though wealth increases, it is
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increasing in anything like the old
ratio, and it is not distributed with
anything like the old equality.
The direct effect of the bad cur
rency and bad system of taxation
is to put a premium on the talents
of the broker and speculator, while
lessening the rewards of the pro
ducer; so that, while the great
capitalists and exchangers find
tilings very pleasant, the working
man finds things very unpleasant.
In other words, the more compli
cated your system of taxation is,
and the morj? variable -in value
your currency is, the more call there
is for shrewdness and smartness in
the transaction of business, and
the less chance is there for simple
industry and energy. The bank
ing, brokerage, insurance and eom
missio: business thrive. They
draw into them all that large and
able class of the community who
are skillful in dealing with uncer-J
tamty, while the dull plodders, on
whom the country is aftei all main
ly dependent for solid additioiis to
its Wealth, go to the wall. " Toa
this state ol our currency and tax
ation Mr. Wells ascribes, too, the
listlessnesf:, the dislike?of labor, and
the determination tordo as little as
possible, which are now reported
as prevailing in nearly all branches
of industry; but this theory is
shaken bv the fact that the same
phenomena show themselves in
nearly every civilized country.
They are, in our opinion, mainly
the result of growing social ambi
tion, and rti growing feeling of
equality on the part of the work
ing classes ; and the discontent of
these classes is stimulated by the
sight of the immense rewards
which the capitalist classes have
reaped from the application of
steam and electricity to industry
and commerce within the last thir
ty years, and in which thus far the
working classes can hardly be
said to have shared. But the dis
advantages of the workingman's
condition, all things considered, .are
perhaps greater here now than else
where, and would be greater still if
it were not for the resource afforded
by the abundance of fertile land.
Another cause which Mr. Wells,
looks upon as seriously impairing
theGrapidity of national accumula
tion is the condition of the foreign
trade of the country, though, as he
states the case, the condition of the'
foreign trade appears rather as evi
dence that we are not accumulating
rapidly than as agency preventing
rapid accumulation. lie thinks
that there are now about S 1,400,
000,000 of American securities of
all kinds held abroad, drawing an
nual interest to the amount of about
$80,000,000, and this indebtedness
to foreigners goes on increasing,
owing to the now regular annual
adverse balance against us in our
dealings with Jidirope. Jast year
this balance amounted to about
$210,000,000, and this is, Mr. Wells
calculates the average sum which
now stands against us every year,
and is settled by the transmission
of bonds and other promises to pay.
Xow, the conclusion-Mr. Wells
draws from this is, that, if we had
either the gold or the goods to pay
with, we should pay Vith them, as
we did in old times; but, notf hav
ing them, we pay in bonds. "Of
course, we have not the gold"
some one will say " but why have
we not the goods?" -For the sim
ple reason, that the cost of produc
tion in this country,now, owing to
our system of taxation and the con
dition of our currency, is so great
that we cannot afford to furnish
goods at prices which foreigners
wil I pay for them. We make hard
ly anything now which cannot be
found" cheaper or better made else
where. In other words, the pro
cess of protection, as now carried
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on, is very like, in its effects on the
national industry, the process of
training to go without food to
which the man subjected his horse
fby cutting down His allowance
every day, and which was giving
every promise of success, when theQ
horse unfortunately died.
Under this state ot things, not
only have we ceased to export our
products to foreign countries,, but
we have almost entirely lost the,
carrying trade, which was once
the pride and glory of the coun
try. The American ship-owner
cannot compete with foreigners,
any more than the American man
ufacturer, so that Mr. Well. cal
culates that the loss to the coun
try from this source alone is equal
to $24,000,000 per annum. In
1850, American ships did two
thirds of our total foreign trade ;
in I860, they do one-third. Losses
by the Alabama will not account
for this. The painful truth is, that
we cannot build a new ship and
sail her at a profit, in competition
with Europeans; and new ships
would have been needed, even if
Semmes had never sailed the sea.
Mr. Wells has collected a great
deal of evidence, also, as to what
he calls "the diversion and demor
alization of industry" tlvat is, the
propulsion of capital and labor in
to unprofitable channels, aud the
decline of zeal and diligence on
the part of workmen. Moreover,
he confirms the statements made
by the Net tion two years ago, and
which excited so much hilarity at
the time amongst some of our con
temporaries, as to the decrease in
live stock, and its value as an mdi-
cat on of a change in thejrelations
which production formerly sus
tained, to consumption and popula
tion. In the State of Ohio, for in
stance, for the agricultural statis
tics of which greater accuracy is
laimcd than for those of any other
Mate, the official report for 1860
shows that, as compared with 1808,
the number of sheep has decreased
nearly a million and a hair, the
hogs nearly four hundred thou
sand the cattle over twenty thou
sand. Indeed, thi Department of
Agriculture estimate the decline in
the number of sheep all over the
country at twenty-five per cent.
Hut we must reserve for another
article Mr. W'ells's account of the
bearing of the existing financial
suuaiion on ine tne iarmmr oonu-
lation ; that is, be it remembered,
fifty per cent, of the population off
the United State
A Knotty Tkxt. There was
once an itinerent preacher in West
Tennessee, who, possessing consid
erable natural eloquence, had grad
ually become possessed of the idea
that he was also an extraordinary
Biblical scholar. Under this de
lusion, he would very frequently,
at the close of his sermons, ask any
member of his congregation who
might have a "
ravel, to sneak
knotty text" to un
it and he would ex-
pla:n it at once, however much it
might have troubled "less distin
guished divines." On one occa
sion, in a large audience, he was
particularly pressing for some one
to propound a text; but no one
presuming to do so, he "was about
to sit down, without an opportuni
ty to show his learning, when a
chapabackby the door announced
he had a Bible matter of great
"concern" which he desired to be
enlightened upon. The preacher,
quite animated, expressed his will
ingness and ability, and the con
gregation was in great excitement.
" What I wantto know," said
the outsider, "is whether Job's
turkey was a hen on a gobler."
The "expounder" looked con
fused, and the congregation tittered
as the questioner capped the cli
max, by exclaiming in a loud
voice ;
" I fotched him down on the first
question!"
From that time forward the
practice of asking for difficult pass
ages w as abandoned.
For.
tue White House
Sta
bies. 1 alo Alto JJemocrat savs
that Mr. Joli n Pendergast has a
horse which is quite a curiosity
having a netural hump not unlike
a camel, and in general appearance
rcserriblimr a camel or any other
large beast more than a horse.
"Humpy, however, is hard to beat
(exceed we mean) having great
speed and endurance, combining
the good qualities of horse and
cameL John proposes to take
Humpy to Washington in the
spring and present him to Grant
for which favor lie expects to be
appointed Postmaster at Emmets-
burg.
A desirable
domestic bird a
of a wife.
" An Evening with, the Girls.
For the Enterprise.
There are few objects in this
world more pleasing and refresh
ing to me than the sight of a young
and joyous girl. Every nerve
thrills with pleasure as I watch
thebright and graceful action of
muscle and limb, or listen to the
gladsome laugh welling up in inno
cent glc from the lowest depths
of a heart, free and careless as the
breeze that wafts the sweet echoes
rto my ear. I love to watch the
varing emotions that flit across
and lend -new beauty tor the face
already radiant with the glow of a
fresh young life. It almost makes
me young again to hear the merry
voices of a group of girls returning
from school, wreathed & garlanded
with leave, and flowers fragrant
with forest odors. And as the
sound of their footseps dies away
and I am left alone at my window,
I often find myself thinking. Think
ing what a pity it is, that these
girls must sometime turn away
from the moss fringed and flower
bordered stream of girlhood and
take their places upon Ahc ware
w-orn and tempest lasheci shores of
the broad ocean of reality and life.
But so it must be. So come and
sit beside njy fire to-night and let
me indulge in a kindly chat with
you concerning the transition you
must make andUie work you must
accomplish, before you can look
back upon a wTell spent life.
aneie are urn clashes ui .gins
societ3r and home girls. The one
walks the gilded road of fashion
and frivolity, decked with the
glittering tinsel of vanhy and be
spangled with the false jewels of
avarice, flattery and deceit, and
hrfving no thought above her ease
and personal adornment. The
other shines with a pure luste in
the loved and sacred precincts of
home. It is of home girls and
home missions I would speak to
night., . As the mariner, arms and
equips himself for the contest be
fore he darts to hope for victory,
so you, would j'6u succeed with
your life battle, must prepare your
self for wharlies before you. And
the first shieldI would have you
buckle on is the shield of industry.
I am not going to lead you to a
seat in the vine covered bowers ot
ease. A life of ease cannot be a
useful life. You cannot be too in
dustrious, for your work and mis
sion is extensive. You ha e a
character to build up and strength
en and beautify and brighten.
You have a place in society to fill
and a name to be served. You
have mental and physical powers
to be called interaction and devel
oped in the highest direction. You
have a life to live; an unselfish,
earnest, working life. It will not
be necessary to step out upon the
platform of the world and light
your taper there, before a gazing
throng. You will find ample
room to work in the sphere in
which God has placed you. Be
contented with this. Some of the
noblest heroisms of the world have
been achieved in humble lite.
Home happiness is the crowning
bliss of human life and youwhose
lot lies within the household walls
and whosg; duties center there
haveit mainly in your keeping.
How important tfien that mind and
heart should be educated for this
work. For should you fail in
your part, nothing ould fill the
grievous void. It is your duty and
privilege to make home happy and
attractive to those you holdTmost
dear. Have you a father? Lend
all your aid to cheer and comfort
his "declining years. Have you a
mother? Be kind to her. Sacri
fice every saglfish feeling upon the
altar of) love. Sympathise with
her in all her sorrows andbend
your young shoulders to ease and
relieve her from the wearying rou
tine she daily passes through.
There is no friendD like a mother.
Xo love so pure, so unselfish, so
abiding. as hers. Oh! then prize
it while you may and gladden her
heart and life by constant endeavj
ors to do and be all that her loud
1-1
est hopes con la wisn. nave you
brothers ? Make home the bright
est spot around hichtheir fond
ot. t hnnorlirOwill enntro nnrl rl!in-r
whilCfthev minglePwith the throng
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that crowd the walks of busyolife
Work for the safety of your broth
ers. Remember the temptations to
which they are constantly exposed
and the enticementsand allure
ments to wander into the dark wavs
of sin, which are held out to them
by a smiling and deceptive world.
Seek to draw the curtain of home
affection so closely around them
thatP no polluted air can reach or
harm them. I need hardly tell
you that
cheerfulness and hopetul-
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ness are two grand essentials in
the home character Make home
cheerful. Do not . allow yourself
to despond. God never intended
that one of His " creatures should
feel and look the' gloom of the
thunder-cloud. We cannot expect
all our days and hours to be gilded
with sunshine -nor must we, bc-
cause of momentary griefs, suppose
that they will always be cold. with
the mists of misery; or clouded
with the opacity of sorrow and
misfortune. -i-, --fn
I have no hesitancy in. saying
that many of you arc looking-for
ward to marriage as the magic key
that unlocks the celestial portals of
liberty; this is natural, and I would
encourage serious: thought upon
this most serious subject. Marriage
will open to your view a new world
and, day by day as you wander
among its devious paths, your eyes
will not be constantly dazzled with
its unclouded brilliancy. Here and
there a cloud will hide the light,
and even when you have trimedi
wreath of fairest roses for your
brow, you w ill start from the sting
of a hidden thorn. ; I would not
cast a shadow over the lair-vision
you have seen, but try to inspire
you with a will to .meet these
changesCwith a womanly spirit. To
prepare you for the gleaning, Real
ity will make in the fair fields of
Imagination. Life is real, and must
be met as a reality. I w ould there
fore point you to its nobler meaii-
ings, and highest results. I ould
have you learn what Life is, before
you undertake its graver responsi
bilities. Experience will teach vou
this. ; " ;
Thus, briefly have I sketched an
outline of your life-work. I have
told you of its labors, its shadows,
its crosses and its cares; and now
I would lead youoitfc golden sun
shine and pure joy. The path leads
you through this vale of tears, on
word and up to the throne of God.
'Tis the pattebf Piety. Piety as a
rare and beautiful gemshcnkl shine
with unrivalled splendor in the
character of every woman. Vith
out ityou are weak and timid, with
it you are strong and courageous.
When the heart is filleiTwith bitter
thoughts, and sorrow, disappoint
ment and care cast dark shadows
acrossCyour life God only can give
you peace. His love can gild the
darkest cloud with perpetual sun
shine. Resting in Him your fife
will float calmly on a quiet sea,
whose waters are never stirred IV
.the surging waves of anger? pride,
Tigtrcd or revenge but bears con-
stantly mirrored on its passionless
bosom the heavenly virtues ofCbar
ity, TjVuth, Humility, Holiness, ancf
Love. Then seek God's love; wear
it as a bright chaplet upon your
brow, and lay open your heart to all
its sweet influences. ItVill comTort
you in every trying hour; it Will
light your path through the dark
vallev, lead you safely over the cold
stream of death, and exchange the
heavy cross of earth for the shining
crown of heaven. s
. ; SIGMA. ,
Why Aximatls Xeed Salt.
-Prof. James E. Johnston, of
Scotland, says upwar)of half the
saline matter of hlood (75 per
cent.pconsists of common salt, and
this iscpartly disehargWl every day
through the skin and kidneys, the
necessity of continued supplies of
it to the healthy body becomes.
cufficiently obvious. The bile also
contains soda (one of the ingredi
cuts of saltja special and indispensa
ble constituent and so do all the car
tilages of the body. Stint the sup
ply ot salt, thereafter, and neither
wul the bile be able properly to as
sist digestion nor the cartilage to
be built up again as fastis thev
naturally waste. It is better to
place salt where stock can have
free access to it, thano give it oc
casionally . in large ; quantities.
They will help themselves to what
they need if allowed to do so at
pleasure otherwise, when they be
come " salt-hungry," they may take
more than is wholesome.
Say, P
omp, you nigger, where
you get that new hat r' w ny
atPde shop, ob course." MVhat
is de price ob such an article as
dat?" "I don't fihow, nigger, I
don't know. De shopkeeper wasn t
dar." t
iS EuropeQmall looking glasses
are worn in the collars of some fine
carriage horses, for ornament
A rather fast youth, in relatin
re
his voyage across the ocean to a
sympathizing friend, said : " I
tell you what,, old fellow, there's
one good thing about it, though ;
you ca9 get as drunk as you please
every day, and everybody thinks
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