the carolina watchman the watchman is the organ of the farmers alliance in 6th and 7th congres sional dlst::r*p advertisers mt-k _ note of this il \ v a tcii'man [ 6 o per cent more , u lation than any er paper published salisbury and is refor &* b <^ ad ' tising medium | i j xxhv-tiiiki>«er ik s salisbury n c f thursday january 5 1893 1 1 hat is i 1 castoria is dr samuel pitcher's prescription for infanta i i nnd children it contains neither opium 3ior*>hino nor other narcotic substance it is a haj-niless substitute for paregoric drops soo'mim syrups and ca-tor gil it is pleasant its guarantee is tinny years use hy millions of mothers caetcria is the children's panacea the mother's friend castoria castoria ft w 11 adapted lothm ___ caatorts sra colic c,nsta,.ai ■--, nunenditassaperiortotoyprescripti diarrhoea l&ruc-at-ofl a ...,.,.. . - ., oils wormsj rives afecp r...l promotes ui knuwn to rae li a a 1 — •• •■•'•• 111 so oxford st brooklyn n t gcsuon without injurious medication thensoof castoria * i so universal and tt merits so well known that it serosa wori r r several years i harr recommended of biperen toendi rso ia i w are the you castoria 1 and i a i .-'..'• rs coi unuo u ,. telu-ect familiea who do not k"-'-i cai aai ,■ , .,, na •{ ha invariably produced leiil-fieia a t r-«ch rosults -....„. ir r ca.a.osmabtth i p >-'' : '■ - • * *** ) '- new york city lkth street and 7th arte new york ctty the cb-tagx i okta-ht 77 kit-rat bnuwr nrw y<>sx crrr yt ni t di'ttyoa owo yourself and fain ' ill f e the br*t value for your monc . uvaiizo in your footwear by purchasing . s*l owl hoe 9 . which represent tho git vila tor prices naked as thoasanda | p^ttt-e no prnstitute.^j w l douglas i s3 shoe enitb&m 7h best shoe in the wcrld for the monet _ pennine s***ed shoe that aitt not rip am esw seami.-is endbth inside flexibly more com | icrtkble.ftvllsh and iurable then anyotberahoe ever old at the price equals custom made shoescojtins j £ > 5 $ i^i>.-inrnrl.«r-red.flnecalf shoes the ! 4mo s tsa aiar-.a — a s ever spld j at ti prior 1 lt-y ey nal tine imported shoes costing 1 0*30 i'olire shoe worn by farmora and all i 2>0 others who want a good heavy calf three , tied extension edge shoe easy to walk in and will ; x b 5o e ru2!c»\v&r>s and tfs.oo work j $£■ incme-u'hhhuesv.iilt-lv more wear for tho ir.ooey than any otlur make thc-y are made for ser vice the increasing sale3 show that worklagmea hare found tnla out i t*y s-i.ou and 1 onths 91.75 school ■ dovw ihof-'i aro worn by ino oovs every where themobiscrviceableshoessoldotthepriccs i ejlafl 83.00 llaikl-bcw-e 5*i.50 l8al6 9-1.00 and si 75 shoo for mlises ara made of the best dongo'.n or tine c'aif aa dc-lred they are very stvllsh comfortable and 1 u*a bu the 83.(»5hooequal8custom made shoedoo^tlng from ftt.fr to 6.'0 indies who wish to economize la ihclf l.wtwear are finding thia out caatlan w.i douslas name and the price 8 umped on the bottom of each bhoe ; look for it when rr.n buy beware of dealer at tempt ing t 1 suo tlttium ther makes for them suchsal'3iltutlonsare traudulentand subject to prosecution by law for ob taining money under false pretences ,.,,,,_ w.l oouglias llrocktou mass sold by iw.ju3gqwi ? the washington life ins co of new york ek 1 condensed statement januauy 1.st 1s92 anetii - - - - j1m59.638 18 reserved for policies n y standard 4 per ei at and » . liabilities - - - hi032,520 25 new murance 1891 - - 11 "?^' 6 . 9 . 1 outsunding insurance - - 50.58(5 622 paid policy-holders in 1891 - 1,447,00045 tii i policy-holdi r iucc or • •' oil i ,_ . r s 0a panizittinn - -"• ' ' '■■' ' ' ' income 1 i'l - - - 2,g84,435 t-t assets invested as follows loans secured by mortgages on real estate first liens - 9,541,192 92 new york city bonds - - 271,8:1250 brooklyn waeer bonds - - 144,001 richmond va bonds - - 10,300 loam to policy-holders on co.'s policies -" - 278,739 34 collateral loans - - - 3,500 real estate cost value - - 501,818 25 caih in bank and trust go.*8 - 2-17 turf la torest accrued a miliums de ferred and in iransii etc - 416,067 77 11,459,638 7rf tor agencies tod other particulars address li [>. blakc special district agt kalcigh x c advice to womeh if you would protect yourself from painful profuse scanty suppressed or irregular men struation you must use bradfield'sij female 1 regulator j cat5tik.svii.li april 36 1ss8 this trill certify iii two members of my immediate family after having suffered for years from mcnstr-al jrrcjriilaruy being treated without bci»sfit by physicians were at length c ipletelycur.edby owe bottle cf 2ra-liie s i'cmale i£es*iilator its effect is truly wonderful j v szhjusqe book to " woman " mailed fre1 . which contains valuable intormauou aa all female diseases eradf1eld regulator co atlanta ga tou s.1lz 2 v i.i devggists they all testify f c9 eset to tf q efficacy msflsfi ofiho k2/tr mj ry gmrtj^t i ay s-.^ksssiiiua ii i w th0 old tl7no simple ill i fb swamps and flclj3 has vi 1 v*j*aj sono frth to tho antipodes v"p"*^a-"*f'i'd ast crushing the skeptical and a a ' i confounding tho theories of j/?al"')l''4 those who depend solely on tho ara physician's skill there is no blood t taint which itdccsnotlmmedlately eradicate poisons outwardly absorbed or tho result of vtle diseases from within all yield to this pou-nt but simple remedy it i3 an uncqualod tonic builds up the old and feeble cures all diseases arising from impure blood or weakened vitality bend for a treatise examine the provf books on " blood and skin diseases " mailed frasw td-ruggiais sell it swift specific co drawer 3 atlanta ga • __ tho e=_atu>5t pitl in tiio wcrm i e m«t!irh pnf3 @ sims binfr___s pjto very s sli yet possess ell fho rir tuea of tio larf fr tutfa pllla r.liichq hnvo bean eepcrm ar for thirty years w ttiotr 8lz ci"f pngar-ccatlnsr con — . nicndtheai for tho uk of cbllareis t{gp md persons w^il weak gtcmacha for q sick meadaolie © they are inralt ble as they canso tlio foodcoa3sim'"b"e df>nru6 the boay^jl and p=s3 off nnt-.i rally t7"thor.t nausea ~. or griping lio-li vires of tatt's pills .^ fij arc sold by all ir gcrists i>c err-.a t prlc s3e oflco jo i'arl place i . 1 . ooosjoogo norf olkalliance exchange 11 and 13 commerce st norfolk va m . i owned and controlled by allianceraen 1 for handling produce cotton a specialty don't sell before writing for par ticulars to j j rogers mgr p.o.box 212 statesville marble works is the place to get monuments tombstones c a large stock of vermont marble to arrive in a few days we guarantee tisfaction in every respectjind positively will not be undersold granite monuments of all w»-i a specialty c b webb & co i puoi'ulktor mdati.j.i i us vi nan ia va ai y r.i wrtteo .-.--.- •- enough to overwhelm him with con j j fusion meanwhile miss serena hav j ing finished her dinner thought she'd better set off at once not thinking best as she informed dolly to give ' the deacon tew long a time to think it \ over and set his price so from his window the deacon ! who was nearvonsly watching the ' road with a along heart soon perceived ■ miss serena steadily approaching indeeil had it not been for his lameness 1 am not sure hut he wood have taken ignominously to flight as it was he felt he must face the situation now do ye dew deacon was miss serena's salutation as she cordiall shook his gingerly outstretched hand good afternoon mjts d.mie won't ye hev a cheer thank ve said she i can't stop to set long though i ain't in no great of a hurry either hut seein as i come on hizness i might its well come ttrw the pint the deacon winced and miss serena mistaking the expression of a spasm of pain exclaimed your foot's powerful had ain't it deacon considerably so the deacon admitt what air you tisin on it in quired miss serena i've been wettin it in this lini ment william got at the village pothecary stuff said she sniffing at it contemptuously her ye got nnj arniky flowers in the house the deaeon thought likely thar might be some some somewhar and having procured them miss serena reck'ned she'd better lay off her bon nit and shawl and set'em steepin how long afore you expect mary jane back asked she i can't tell aaid the deacon fur her mother's took down with bciatick room at iz and thar's no knowin when she can get away well you air unfortinit exclaim ; d mi^s serena seein's i'm here i'll tidy up a 1 t for ye so little thinking the words she had spoken in jest to her niece that morn ing had reached the deacon's ear he | set to work and soon restored the house | hold to its wonted orders i thar now said she shaking up ( the pillows on the lounge seems te i me you'd be more comfortable here dea . 11 on i mebbe so said he hobbling a long i 0 the lounge lying on which he men i ally decided it had rested him just to i i mm serena won then the dea j on remembered that she was called , the best housekeeper for miles around . ml that premium at the countv fair lo he sme n niii->t be hard fur her te look after everythiug indoors and out i there ain't many women " thought h deacon could a done as well a die has now deacon said miss dame having a she expressed it traigh ened the house out a bit vou want to mix equal parts of alky hoi with lie arniky master good for your foo i'll warrant well i declare she went on in all the time i've been here i han't done my arrant yet i've oeen tliinkiiii deacon seein your and fined mine ef you wanted " 1 do interrupted the deacon what this place meeds is a mistress and ef you re a mind tew cum " wh it?"'exclaimed miss serena as mrs deacon brackett he con as this was the first offor miss serena ever had she be a ed creditably for she promptly answered i'll cum deacon so miss serena left tie house where tad lived so many years to pass the remaining ones at dea on brackett's s the deacon's wife but the dame homestead was not long unte & ted for the next year will and dolly were named and moved there bui neither of them ever knew whether aunt serena proposed to the deacon proposed to aunt serena — waverty maijazine tii a ate track on a certain day recently the daily newspapers were darning with the an il luneemeut that a horse had trotted a mile in two minutes and four seconds every reader was supposed to take interest in this fact which was for the matter of that no donht n wonderful achievement on the very same day many newspa pers had anotiier story of tiie race track to tell on a trotting course near bos ton a young trotting mare was being driven in a race she had trotted the tirst and second neats under all the excitement which pirited horses feel at such a time strain ing everv muscle and never to do hei master's bidding a third time she was brought out md began to trot another l.eat again die bent all her energies to exceed the peed of the other horses she was bounding along the track her eyes iflame her nostrils panting her ward m obedience to the driver's urging word and whip when she suddenly dropped to the ground — deal she had burst a blood vessel in her dumb effort to do what was desired of her l.ke many another horse on the nice course she had been driven to death but all comment which the people about the place had to make about the matter was that the mare ! was worth 20,000 and it was a greal pity that h 1 owner should iose such a 1 valuable a liniai the dnde and the hi ad dog yon caimot always judge a book by the cover said major tom speedweil at the laclede if any man despises a dude i do i am prejudiced against any man who uses perfumery wears a silk hat a stand-collar or carries a cane when i find a man doing all those ridiculous things at one and at the same time it is all i can do to refrain from personal violence 1 yearn to hit him just on general principles add to these offenses against the canons of horse sense a button-hole bouquet a curled mustache and a lisp and my fingers fairly tingle for a grip of his neck my toes for a coup de grace yet i saw just that kind of a biped perforin an act of heroism that made me think better of mankind i was walking down madison street chicago last summer when there was suddenly raised that most appalling of all cries of terror mad dog an old lady and a little giri were crossing the street down the center of which a big mastiff was plunging with blood shot eyes and foaming mouth pursued by a couple of officers he made straight for the old lady caught her dress and dragged her down ile then sprang at her throat but before he reached it a voung?ter tricked out in the toggery t abhor had him by the neck the beast raged like a demon but the dude held him fast until an officer came up and put a bullet through his head he theu picked up his silk tile brushed it with his elbow and said with au idiotic lisp every dog in the thty thouldbe killed every body that keepth a dog in the thity thould be hanged 1 his philosophy was sound as his nerve 1 went home and wrote with a piece of chalk across the head hoard of my bed a man uiay dress like a cad and look like a fool ami still have sand and sense to give away " i i o haunted locomotives there are on nearly every railroad ocomotiues that are known as jonahs henry e archer who has spent twei y years in the service of the illinois central and i at present sojourning at die southern locomotive engineers tre not perhaps more superstitious ban other people but i have known more than one to throw up his position ather than take out an engine that was ei-arded as unlucky some years ago in engine on an illinois ro<d blew up titling the fireman's head oil with a egimmt of boiler iron the engine was rebuilt and made as good as uew ijut no engineer could be found to run it more than one trip it was soon whispered about that it was haunted hat the headless apparition had an un deawant habit of appearing on the ender with pick and shovel and insist ng on firing up one night an en gineer and his fireman deserted the ocomotive while out on a run and the conductor attempted to bring the train in he was not afraid of ghosts not he but he side-tracked at the first opportunity and waited until day-light before completing the run lie tola ne that the ghost was no joke that very time the furnace door was thrown pen the headless apparition entered he cab bearing a shadowy scoop oi coal for a month the engine lay in the shops then an engineer win was compelled to either take it out or lose his position mounted it before he had run a dozen miies it wen through a culbert wrecked the trail and k 1 ed nine people it was ue-er rebuilt scruples overcome the san jose mercury prints a story of a certain capitain j — who was a brave officer aud a good disciplinarian but nervous and eccentric he had a mania tor roll calls one day he sav pieces of soft bread littered about thr company streets and shouted with his customary iupulsiveness fall in company b the men fell in am the roll was called theu the captain referred to the fragments of bread don't let me see any more of this waste make a mighty good pudding limhtface breakranks march the story was current but probably was not true that company b was once called into line that the captain might ask which mail it was that owed him ten cents on another occasion the same captain had command of the guard line with headquarters in the village of falls church at the post were a sergeant and half a dozen privates strict orders were i-sued intefering with private property soldieis are human however plump chickens were near and the result may be imagined early the next morning one of thf loyal inhabilans psesented hi nisei i headquarters with a grievance lib fattest chickens had disappeared ihfring the n gat and feathers ha ieeu found just outside the picket po-ot aaptain j was indignant and o aourse the roll was called the met were lectured on the sin of chickei stealing and a search of haversack was ordered the search was inadt but not a feather was discovere i captain j — gave a sigh of reliel and the complainant had nothing t do but withdraw at dinner that day the captain foun a pluma juicy chicken fine's roast e waiting hisattentio i he looked at n ie i at r s ; roma and was about i fail to but the instinct of the officer staid his hand he railed his black servant horace where did this chicken i come from ?" got him outer yer haversack the captain looked at the chicken '■ then at the heavens then he laid down his knife and fork sprang to the j door and called out fall in again the inevitable roll call who put that chicken into my haversack he demanded a smile passed down the line but there was no response the demand was repeated in somewhat milder accents for the fragrance of roast chieken was in the air finally the servant spoke captain he said we all had a hand in it we thought a bit of poultry | might be good for you for a change and your haversack was handy captain j — called up a serious face ; but tne chicken had a tempting small the lines of his countenance relaxed it was a wrong thing to do he said a very wrong thing but now j that the bird is cooked — and it smells i like a good one — it would be wicked not to eat it and eat it he did at the next roll call he animadverted again upon the offense of plundering noncoubatants j and wound up his homily by saying w i shall hang my haversack in the same place tonight right face brick rank march !" assorted selections fifty-seven per cent of voting i population of minnesota is foreign j born in saxony about 70 per cent of the ' workingu en earn less than 150 per there is room for just five more dead in the poet's corner of westminster abbey soup soap and salvation " is the concise motto in the room of the balti more free sunday breakfast nssocia tion streetcars iu bombay are as a rule of american manufacture and the pro moters of the si reet car lines are ameri cans ivan kamitz died at schenectady n y of blood poisoning caused bv wearing colored hose oa a foot which had blistered it is said that sirs adair of phila delphia whose first husband left her an immense fortune spend 120,000 a year in entertainment ten pairs of shoes and three suits of clothes were worn out by j edwin stone ou his walk from san fran j isco to new york the trip was made in 12s days the distance travleed being 3,324 miles a cat gave birth to a kitten with i eight legs at logan w.t the other day one side of the kitten is covered with olack and white stripes while the other is spotted nearly every color of the rainbow the first double-deek twin screw ferry-boat in use in the united state is the cincinnati which runs over th pennsylvania railroad ferry from jer sey city to new york she is 200 feet long 40 feet wide and make j lwelve miles an hour an account of electricity as a life aver comes from scotland where al man while bathing was siezed with i a cramp and sank being two minutes below water when rescued he w;is j thought to be dead but after two ap plications of the electric current ani mation was restored the current w.i passed between the nape of the neck j and the heart tha longest horse railroad in the world ru.is from buenos ayres to san martin in the argentine u,?pt-oiic un i listauce being about fifty miles nn cue schedule time of trip thirteen hours i i'raiiis le ive bueiu s ayres every hour j in the day and twice duiing the nigh every morning and evening expres traius earning only baggage for tiie bojs the great men come out of cabins j is a rule columbus was a weaver j haley was a soap-maker homer was a i begger and franklin whose name will live whil h h uing blazes on a cloud came from the printer's desk j fifteen years ago i rode horseback j through harden and l i kue counties kentucky we called that tho land of ticks and lizards the soil is very poor so poor that it will not raise ye peas unless yon take them without tbe eves riding along thts day i came upon a spot of rank weeds wh re the sod hud been made rich by the decay of an old cabin that once stood there out of that cabin year ago came a lean lank white-he ided boy if ever ■ a boy come from abject poverty that ' one did when only seven years ofi • age he would walk to hodgenville with a basket of eggs to sell the i boys laughed at him they said lm • clothes were like joseph's because of i so many colors but he was ni j dust nous honot and s.dier after a ■ while be went down the oido and s mississippi rivers on a flat-boat then •. he returned and crossing over into indiana he then split r.i is a while f then on to illinois where he practiced u law then on to the pre-i ential chair and in his name with t i t of liberty d 1 thank god we live in and where a 1 1 b jv can go from a tow-path a t iu-yaid it 1 or a rail-cut to the nreileucy of a to 1 republic g w pain fiillnre of j ari i ,.".,. how n ui;y ofouj tao fewhug ul artichokes to stock es £*? y^jiogsa-a fall winter ana food 1 nave ruiscd and fed then veral years and wuu.d not uow tun to tu oid method oi leodin|rco*rn alone ndnow tlnu 1 feed iheal never iia et cribs r **° f so " 1ulu imv h corn artichokes m be planted either in springer iall tbey are very hardy aaa uoa.uouut ot feezing will injure vhen riie-fallib rather ine uesi iiui loi ... sibcy w i gel lia . ,. l . !;( » ( i»niikg«pwtli comiaeucm t „. hurt oi arc wi.c ii-e sspriu is fay lime lhey are planted tueeatuevwv wid require about ine bauie cuiuvatiuu j tlie polulu alter hesuiniiier.s growth is liuishcd mine jail 1 turn lu . lugs iu uud let hew help themselves here they will llen wun only a | ulie cunif uul 1kje _ winter my brood sows and lail pigs ulsu with a jitilu curn und in me onrina i t-lu s e up uiy fi uce aud uieraareiubltfti wiougb ielt m tbe ground tu pruuuee next year a crop li t bere are mm pla ced they can be replanted unu lhey need uo luniier cultivation as tiu-y ouierow iho weeds the second year i keep two tflereut lots one lur ail v oner use and ime for spring where 1 turn my bugs tu lccd lur fepnug market the arlicnoke ia also very line lur leedu.g cows it w neb aud sueculeut aud iucreases the how l>i num topnng calves winter nice on u.e...,_ud colt eat tliem with aa much re.ish as com 1 cultivate tbe white je rusalem variety i uey are ve \ prolific a..u tne large iube a li.l me ground i.oiu row lo ruw in good soil tbey will jieid as mucli s one thousand ou b uels pur acre i uig and pit quae un uu.ounl lur my winter feeding uuu wbeu tbeground is irozeu to hard lor my bogs lo nurkui tnem i feed them n u m the pils 1 un.ik ii our loi-uiera wuuld once try this piau of feediug tuey would never again go back lu ti.e u.u meliiuu ul corn ttiune — imltuna farmer how u chiiiiiuiau kills a chicken one might imagine thai the china uiuu who gorges niuiseli with broiled rats and bird s nest auup wou.d eat any kind ui meat prepared iu any manner but such is iiul ine case juiin lhiua uian has his religious notions about such things as well as other people many ui the almond ejred inhabitants of chicago are not yen goud uuddi.ists since coming tu the ml ine have oc coinc apustale uul watch tue orilio dox chinaman .\ nen ne goes to the market ler ins sunday clilckeii lie will not take a dead one oee.iuee ins probabilities that the fellow wi.o uiu ed it was not a believer in uautauia aud may have cnopped lis head oil willi a hatchet his chicken niu.si nave ts head ou ana be very inucu ali»e john will go to the coop and stuv the feathered prisone.s up witb a stick li be hods one that cacklus and but ters uuoul m a lively maimer be will uuy it lie u is uu c.-e ior a dumpish uckly appearing fowl having made a selection he takes the chicken hume alive gets out u only mile linage kueels oelure it makes some queer motions wuh bis bmids luuraoies afew words takes ficm a nen or drawer a knife with _ uo..o ie edged blade wb mil is extremely sharp and wuh much ceremony whacks od the head ol the l,..wi j.'n 3 done h returns tu ihe linage and kneeling n gain apologizes lor waving coiumitteu ucu a wicsed deeil ana proceeds lo pre pare the cuickea for dn.ne — chtcugo i'i loune spare the old orchard some fruit growers eul duwu when tliev cease lo aa ,.; 1 i lt is .. vise practice w mie lucre is uk mei : in hope i>o not cut a fruit tree duwu mie it io stoue oca lor u takes iuu uiig lu grow new one hundreds of old orchards are destroyed everj year vvliich wuh some iruuolu cou.d oe l.a proved ami brought mto bearing it eeiu niie uaau lugrulitude lu let oicliard iice.i ou 3 car alter ear bearing plen tifully perhaps until wu-y have ex..au.a t e»l ti.e soil ana liien oev.au.-e iljcy cease uo yield liuil io be cut down by the own er v liu bas never t-uppned iu the soil iu iuy way uial wn.cn inc trees have taken rum ll li tiie old trees have been badly ueg lecled trial tnem well cut uut all musby cruwdetl limbs and una the irees toward me center i'ai.u tne wood il.at il may not decay let the bark b cleaned au i the on ioii_ii surlaee may e cleaned od aithe right time let ine vhole ground l»i well nai'iuweu nut without mutilating the roots and fei.il ze heavily the soil should oe kept io".-.o aud ltee lluii ihcib aud lu i>",0 lluie the trees will hear again uuieuebod wood a-nei make a excel /.. * let the soil be made as rich as possible ll cau hard.y he uverduue novelties io itatc.icg one uf the mosl ingenious nnd inex pensive llovel tlfs ! '. iv h ivs a r >., ciu o.aiy . is h .; in uiel . s r . .,. less iuid sho viiig up i - i c o ui ill ap rtur s the d . . h md stale ul e n ii i t te v t ■ , 1 lires on ;. hi wound i . the usuhi fty aud when tbe hour : twelve o,clock — uilui.ign - i.\es wuh a slight clicii the day aud n te change in a magical though a i on atic manner ihrr ir ile go.den moon a so itas>es un aided slowly ibrougn the quarters un til the man in the moon appei rs w th full vwig after which he gradually dis.ippears until tbe tip of his eyebrow is onlv v sible showii g that the orb is i about t vanish fmm tb.e face of the watch until sue i a time as shall be nec jce sa v to appear a a new moon j childr-jn cry for pitcher's c'*stori a the deacons peofosal.s will willi cried dolly running in gieut haste down tbe lane oue bright spring morning whoa good morning said will pulling up the deacons old h<>rse steady at the gate much obliged to yon i'm sure for com ing down here to ee nn 1 ," a.s lie waited don't tease will i had a reason for coming of course is deacon bracket at home to-day yes and likely to be f«r awhile he cut his foot yesterday chopping up in the birch pasture is it a had cut will 1 no — that is only a ile<h wound but it will confine liirn io the house for 1 week or two i suppose are you coming over to see him k no of course not but aunt serena wanted me to ask oil then she's coming !" unwitting ly hitting on the truth what can sin lie coining to see the deacon for "\\ e]l replied dolly i suppose she wouldn't wan't anything said about it b it we heard the deacon wanted to sell the leu-acre field and aunt serena will pay as much for it as any one else can afford to it joins her lot you know and she always said it ought to belong to the farm so that's it said will didn't know seeing it's leap year but she might have some idea " nonsense i wish she had though she said only this morning jokingly she'd a good mind to propose to the first single man she met for hired help's worse than no help and it will take all the crops she can raise to pay lor raising them 1 that's about the case at lidme ex e'aimed will mary j-ne's mother taken sick and 3--n c for her this morn ing i've just carried her to the depot and the deacon's lame aud that leaves him with no housekeeper ijor-o-thy !"' called her aunt sere na fr in the door the clo'es are bi liu 1 an the buster has come ami i'm coming i good-by will go d-by molly i j^uess miss dame can buy the held d ut ran info the house and while her tiuutstaniped the golden balls ol butter she defty rin-ed wrung and hung the snowy clothes on the line aunt serena asked dolly at din ner just as her aunt poured out th second drop of tea having noticed thi was her most communicative tune deacon lirockett is a uice man isu'i he lawsakes child tlv-re ain't a bel ief nowhere bout smii is a goi d aa kil.ttoi ; wiii-re you find one man b equal you'll find ninety-nine wu ones so i thought observed her niece t wonder why he never married i can't tell ye that i'm sure per haps the deacon's a little too particular taint every woman could suit him brought up as he was no 1 don't know of but one ai d that's you aunt serena 1 ' don't be foolish dorothy said mis dame sharply and dolly satisfied thai her mini would say n ith ing furti e on the subject m ii tai e ■ a sagacious silence in the meautiun will bail hurried home wherehe found ihe deacon lying on the lounge groaning dismally wit the pain in his right foot and the general condition t f qa.irs _ j di lyouga the liniment wi lam ' queried lie anxiously yes sir here it is shall i bathe your foot now no you may hv sen the the liar da::<a hit though ef y'er a mind tew how on airtu an we gom 1 ie ei nioiii a i mart jane comes back is miie'n i know will an-w,,r ied wil 1 , after an in spection ol the larder there's plenty of cold ham and three loatea of bread and i can boil eg^s aiid roasi potatoes so we shai'n'l siarre for wi ile i guess mebbe we could get brother john's wi(h'er awhile can't said will promptly sh isn't at home then it's no use going for her groaned the deacon not a mite replied will b^y the way when i came by tiie dames place dolly came down to the gale and said her aunt serena was coming ovr here this afternoon cumin here this afternoon echo ed the deacon it's about that fencin i s'pose no said will i i^'iiess not — i tliink i — that is — then desperately it's lean year you know ' aud what ef it tis queried the deacon obtusel nothing — i m ! y — well i heard mis - - dame said she'd a good mind to take advantage nf it's beiny leap year yon see she's plagued nbcut getting help md her farm dues ueed a man lo over look it william said the deacon blushing like a school girl yuu don't never mean ' i do ton returned will not dar ingto meet the deacon's eye well that beat's all but will was already out of hearing having one to the woodshed where in was alternately splitting wood and chuckling with laughter at the jjood joke be imagined he had on the dea con for in knew well the man's na ture ba-i ful to hie last degreein the corxipa iv of u e opposite sex the m»re id t!i it miss sorena might be om in,j with matrimonial iuteulious was no 9