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iSc?: 1-: IflS®... . _ A l l s ’ . '* ■'‘ " - 'i ■-’ ) , ■ ■ - ‘ '. •'■ - . ' * 1 : ‘S t i i i S S P g S S W ■ the GLITHEROE ; TIMESi^ERIDAlTj: 'DECE]\IBER '■?, Ig^. I , I j_ _ ^ _ ^ ^ l ) em g carefully guarded,


^.y wiM »l'ot'ca y ill be of fa r gt\-atcr .w


mufli 1h»iw t^on


denw'd ti borough ivitli s,, aneieiit a iHiimkuiiy a creditable lumtion m, fa r ' ■


' ^ t'>o coniiuereinUworld. I t


„.r so iiu'-'* ‘y*'*'* t*rcvtcil IX a credit to s ' i . ,1 |‘■y‘‘■"' surpasses any other iu


.


s a ,„„y. „f ti,eti,a.„t I. lait i '" " " ''" ‘''’“‘-


‘


aserv" ' ’"t^yof latuwitli their bazaar, i 've'r**‘*^” *'^*y tlieia ou'tbcir success.


SiiilV^i"" *"


« y til success, noinatterwliat piirty --il*'


’ -


Kv'uuiuc Iiard -- ..


I liiizaaf; s ihat the liberal iiianuer iu ' “y wishes,


liiverbial than when nientioned, is the first snhjeels ''111011 i ^.^eeptioii to the


, jEuglishinon lucot, . , , , I ,. iiiterm phenomenal ' . .,,p Ipcniturc hi\^ hept up i*


, jn a surprising . i


''.-i"'


liiiak'tbe Liberals are eontoinpbiting f stiimL ^


Jild fiiggek'iiaiized the Conservative have patiwivs^ippurt of the whole


liititles them to tlie.-w I


i I I doirt wish lo he a n ,Herefure venture |d,.e lately had what I wil j


Kiiglishiimnaiidl "onhi J on sn universal a siihjei


Instead of tin ^ „f extraordinary iiavehad a In k ' ' . ,ef this, however, J,| wet


I eimntrv districts .hiring '>•" Pnif week i t mlommon to th-d in.^wiHhhS^w. g


r.l tlowiTS c ulicroM an me j '


lleeemher. x f o i n ? t*’


longtime since so nmeli eould.be i , i


have suddenly—^'d'oken out a the town mill district.


' 'no h-s"tha7i ti.'ree proposed for the Kpring


Iwn lale -Uyslevan. one Haplis , m»l "he 1 Then there is t o h e n n e n t l M i a l U y . o n e .


,li.i.'tnn. and one a t llimington. How, m I I o f fortune, it i.s expeeted to get adeiiuiUe


j for all the.-e I can't imiigine. 1 . , e f o r a l o n g t im e b e e n r e m a r k a b l y elc.ir


I ' l r i e s i l l C l i t h e n y , a u d i t e o m e s a s n s o r t o f * er reminder to hear of the attemi.ted . - in ItnsseU street last Monday morning. I'l of emigralnlatimi mid iissiiriiace in eon-


IwUh it. is the fact that ittvas eyidently * work of a professional hi.rgliir, shU i t " i l l


lull' m o r e o n t h e i r g u a r d .


‘ of the Guardians were strongly m f a v o u r 1..


.


anniicatinas on ytonda.v. 'and ot lers na [ v opposyl it. In one inslnnu-, where nu ■ of euia vear was granted. Guanli- cl.wry speech sltgge.sted tliatUley should


[m increase of X-h. I


first two apidica lions were got through well and a sigh of ndief werjt round the . MeinlHTs evidently thankful Jhnt the dis-


liile wnrk "as done. Hut jmlg|of their dis- Theii a third aiiplieatioii wasiread by the r.a solemn tones. This was elidcnl y more 1 Hoard could stand and a |inymind Sllynee


I I n a n i v g T r o u 'm w i ' w m n w ' t ' J . tw o o m c I S / . i-.-cru ilu'V to lA


1,1 : -U


-’t uutnf lUo flunl. I l\uuk by t h e


*■ noiui'tiuu w i i s j u a i l c . t l i c m : \U c r u o a l i l f u l l <'f llu’ r.unrtVvAUS dcanil like xim-


Iniulwathiu witlamt Tcfuhin*: it. 'lleir kintl L'Alligw.


^ anil llwrc tlioy «at liouming atwdi other sinixfacUnn to think that thevliad :ot rul of


J fwlinj: lH‘iirt?» throiilKd again at its rclcuise I, <oili>taslcfnl a (iuty.


HURST GREE>’. . JE annua l IHOCUSAN INSI'ECTIOX


J ’,v the Kev. .1. Daniel Uaiulirijlge. lixilpla'ce if I'Clmrch Sehixil, at lhn>t Green. Tit Report


I t received in verv favuurable. the anriering on [•children in pniyer book ami Jloly Icripturc |.s highly xatisfactory.


| 3 Jlr. W. SUTCfilFFK. White Liu Hotel, [iitheroe. deinire.',to thank his minuTou friends jir paxl piitnnm}r<\ and to infnrm lliciutlit he has |;s t got two Valuable First-class Hum of the


I -> U A K S. r> O A R S. -J1 (A U S .


|irge breed, which he can liiglily rccumieml to ' liix-etlers.


I nOTICF.—After this isstio. Tin: Tijih will ho lmhli^he^l at five o'clfx.*k in the aftmoon on Fridays, in place of noon, as atprcsiit adver- ti^ed.


LOCAL To Orn ni;.\HKiiy


7 Serrc\ar\i*or Miiii,i;;cr>t It Uipv will ttpiitl to tl nflicc ntilicc ElfITO C. T. -w..'


’lic>0 t-tiluiiiii':. Diiriii:: tli'i i«iiiti'r iiHiiiUm. ,nrcvcr-'tllci*o I •iKcihI tlirm all. we-liiill lliprcfott; liecxircuv f*ratclul It)


I \\ I; HIP ill all (miC'iiitui'.ms ami ivillm? tolimrtftill reports I i >f Mf':tni;;g. Lnionaituiicnts. t^iru'crts. Tc.i nricR. tVc.. In


.Tclifs lire IirillHTilIl.k fliaf ll will 1k


Rccn-Urj Ilf till* IR'limmis Ir.ict Socty, jircach- ctl on Suiiiliiy mormnj' at Wc-y Ulmpol, an-1 in tlai cvenin-i at tlic Tninitivc. Mtlluwlmt Clia|ic'l. — On Monila ' ovenins. a pnUKkmiytinj; i.iis livid m the Cngregatiuniil- Um\h1. AlOvniian OriiuTod prcsiid, and was supported by Mr. Hutchvr and tlielevH. VT. C.- - Huthnjiton. .l.Tayjr, C. AVarin}:^


foundtd >s.i jiars aj-o. and now carrxion its opera-.-'


tlK-nii-r the work of the society- A ' MiMJAY TiiAVEMxO,


Tnmrm-nr'nTM-'' f


f i k '


. nufihiiiton, scyimdwi hy the Uc'.'J.AViitcrhuusCjA l uumn (VVW.YUH


«' price—On tlic i«,tion of the Rev.' '.L /


iniimiuiiitnt Ncieiy, ,-m mien-tin" ilebate* lixik ■' I h -


"'''■'■^'-layan^futual: ' '


I * >'m''a’lron.Umg’ jiisti-‘‘i Mtiuiinu,“ ’’rh?-iffir’- f


<.u»iim "il" tluit huniliiy. trnvdKi*'i^il't*S?.«;5’’{$'i’4!5 I cxtait "as jubtitiaWe^ butudx-tf,i;'wa(i takei^-iJ^rt-sy/j’ Lt:


u. ii«i 11, "Into Me. r. iliernh,' LQ o r.TM y ? \ mi'll i iran l i t r , trek lurt, 'I'W tondot tt,,


I '■ Ufi .JA t ,


•’ # i i lU.i.Kiim K r«.u.T Society.—Mr.{- Butcher,


i>f .•■ui:ht\ent'*, ami \tflipre lajssildc. ftirnl.''h us pnrtIciilAiH early as luiivcniciil.


i Iiyji(.|il^r. for UK tO VS.


pu>^s>vTk.thi8 momuH and co nro tlio pears-—all English grown.’’ - r ■


fe-: .V You’d ratirscrvoNo. 13,” challenged I , ‘‘ than “*»,what ?” ^ ' ‘Well—th( live in it,” ho blurted ou^ with


rising colour. •“ And why, ray?”


'^ ^•-“.’Amtcd ont.” cCaslmg a gneo of withering contempt a t tho ijit cowardly umpkin, I inado my way back to .' Bond. H looked up, a httlo flurriedly I


answered. . fV'What sort * talcs ?” insisted I.


.ind J. V\ atirlumH'. I here was a nricratc attcniU. that It Moci6ty was ;


tii.iw in l.il iliffirontliin-nmucsundiiiilccts: i L a s t . \c.ir i(, miliums of puldieatums wiebirculatod, of • winch .44 imlhons were tracts -rniic-d free, or a t \


J £ * f e d


^ncied,'on my. (trance- “ Tjook here, Mri Bond,” «6aiiJ;A*r.ve bc( into ono, two, no losi than threo of tho shoi


- “ ■Well, thera such'a many talcs about it,” ho


almost scorns if thoro wore.’ ” 0h dcat'o, ma’am. I ’d rathop sorvo i t by a long shot th(—h’m, h’cu Yes, our grapes aro fino


flG.' Pi". I


> ^


• ' ---------- • .reuse of the salaries of tliose olliemla who i r . .


MmhIot(.iuy deserve every credit for rye IS eoirbilly to this progress, lill Coll


ting tlmrued. 'I'hc prouioters of th e ' - , ’’H'-iofity. iint'i We iniiy rte.


pnriy>i'> t'H’oc County Co'miciN will our mton.‘?rati«iu locally ax many ex- bliKlinicnt«M>b'


the powers (if • The Disiriet


•O' }■'/.< _____ "'MY fV’hX A I iE OF: A H A T JN T B D H p U S B . ■ !


. . And said,03 plain aa whisper m.tho car, , V . Tbo place IS bnuutcdt


* I O’croUtberohunsasliaao'n'aTnl afoart - I t certainly i3Vcry.tnodorato.*'


■ • A BCHBeof mystery thospmt daunted, * . .


CARYL.'^ v nnswerod Mr. Uond,.the old city of 33— s ciuei


« Moderate’s not the word for it, Mrs. Singleton, cheap neither. I t’s ..an • absurd price,


—H ood. . iV


‘•'“ ’" '‘’t >to s t ir - '


laid for .e section of. the iubabitants of


^Teasonahlo, has weighed with my sister and myscll in our choice of a temporary home, hut I confesa I hardly anticipated meeting with such a . _ “ Palatial residence,” prompted Mr. I5ond.


aiictloncor and house ngont, wdiose client X was. ‘*Tho undcretanding that house icnt hero, was


-


:«W o l l ,a t— ” PProcisely, such a low figure. Indood you may


1 lionahlo. General Lahsqucnct,'Waterloo veteran. a t .No; 12,' and thol Dowager Xady Pomgdoxtro


xffell Bay so, ma’om, and not a hoslthior, dryer situa­ tion' in the whole'city. Anti noighbours unoxcop-


j and poodle*—fine protection, do.gs, Xlrs. Single- • ton—at lforl4.''-You can’t possibly come to harm.


• ‘ -No; ma’am, quite right, perfectly ' correct— ; foolish thhigs dre.ams, and at your time of life; I • -j(^ould say, of course, th a t a lady w i th your fund of U'U.common seaso—


;[;,**HarmJ” ocliocd I . “ I trust not, I ’m sure. I never dreamt of it.” j -


®gg“


th a t some objection must cxi&t against this house to occasion its extrmclylow price. You say i t s m


Ohanccry


“ Has been so over since I can remember any­ thing, Mrs. SiDgiutoa.”


j ** That, of course, ; explains a great d e a l , * B^ta , I T -


cogitativoly. “ All, ina’atn—all.” . . .


, “ And though i t is well fnrnishea----- : ** Handsomely,” corrected the agent. “ AVoU/'wcll.itis too old-fashioned to’please all


tastes, yt is hot everybody who----- “ l^ow a how to appreciate genuine Chippcndalo


■i Perfect.^ Sweet'as nincpcncc.* “ Andtholousedry?”


, .assuro mo that i t is— — -. last occupants?” i


tate—in short, I- cannot lay my finger on—on them a t this momect. I have some impression that they tJtlkod of going to Nova Scotia by the next up ' express whentney left hero.”


viously would perhaps— “ All dead,my dear madam.’*


/ “ Donr'dcsr, how melaneholy! Thoy didn t all ’ioTinNo. J.3,I tru s t? ”


“ Dear me. The persona tlicn who occupied i t pre­ ^


. , ,,


chucldo. ‘fh'o. They hardly had time to do that. Xhoy ____’veil ^'ou .Imow! how restless some pcoplo are. J If tjicy found themselves in Paradiso


.'<«Ah !, no,” answered Mr. Bond, with , a faint


ovbmight th2)’d be wanting to pack up next ing andbo.oVto—somowhero else. But I wouldn t for, iho world, wish to bias your • decision; there s


Stucco-villa’ Still open to you.”


■~CStucco-vilh!! Good heavens! yes, a ^mcracK cardboard t ^ u n up yc.stciday! A positive deso-


.


• I replied, a^ i^aU pains to conceal the disgust I felt. “ I preferthecrescent house.” ^ ^


oration of t i f glorious old city, whoso every stono seemed ^to feKo v^th the high-heeled footsteps of powdered h’c2'>8 andbeaiix. Stucco-villa! Oh, lud. I protest th^lMO idea was suffocation. ^“ Thanks,


, *7^ . 'Bon’d/^wed cheerfully, and m ton minutes II.J— ------- -Lwi ~xnw'-t»5»T30*ii«>t^-rrhxoil-


.


' • 13, Grandisa Crescent; and charmed with tho success fwitl which my quest for comfortable quarters hadbecn crowned, I turned my faco towards 'the llKtro Hlel, whero I had been stajnng ponding my> nogoc^ons, in order to ^vrito word to my sister, MiralSilvcrwood, to start from Ardenford with Ciceljand Susan, our cook and housomaid, and Tuckw.fhe page boy, as soon as sho pleated. ‘ In 'al l Hnihind there is not a lovelier village than


mado' ovortos'ie for tho term of tho next ensuing six ^ months . the furnished houao known as No.


’Ardmiford; but Jano had como homo from India two years iiCrlier invalided by tho climate, and tho sorrow of f ir in g lost a dcarly-lovod husband. I - too was aCwiow; my husband, who had beon rector of Ardcnfol, had been dead some years, and^ now


^ • i.


“ WoU, no,"i‘8aid Mr. Bond. “ They’d hardly Uko i t- I ’m afraid; that' is- to say, distance might mili­


, ,. . • - ’ •


“ As a rottcn-stick.” . “ You can, I suppose, give mo a reference to its


chairs, and Grinling Gibbon’s mantelshelves.” “Well perhaps. But the drainage, Mr. Bond, you


I s ’i i s r . s r s yearnings after tho flcshpots


sombreros uud- hu2 S i n e "£


„ „u: days in tteheuso. Ceok,avhohadlivedwithusa dc-


gave warning. Going lo -uu uiaiA*x.-, nqkcd with simulated chcorfulnoss.


“ I don’t think the air of this hero place suits mo


stout vestal. ‘‘ Not but what i t s bad enough. “ ■\Vhat*8 tho matter ?


,


you’ve no objoctions T~‘^^tnil7iDt~X‘irini , inconvonient.”


" i tb uot quite come to th a t ’m. No,” rephed the . ,


i- a


‘ oyS w L l i markThim -piuttor “ and a ■ man whom, onLgli—ono could not Chooso tu t hnro_rorcd for.


• ojes, wuuvu i _


“ Dear mo. This is very sudden; and excessively •


“ Yes,’m, and so i t is; and I ’m very sorry, and


|—did think as I might bo let go to-day. Idon’tfecl ■ fit to do a stroke o’ work were i t over bo. I didn't


Vy-cb-a— — “ .Nevermind about that,” 1‘intcrrupted. “ Inovci ” •”


. Susan, I says, * Susan, there’s something queer in tho air of this house,’ and sho .says, ‘'Woll, Cicoly,’ she cays ■


nlo«p—


head.”.* Alas ! had tho mischief beon dono ? ’ Not throo


. bo must, till you got sooted; but if it’s all tho samo to you, ’m,” sho wont on with flurriod respect, “ I


o’couTSD, there’s tho month’s wages to be thought of, but I ’ll forfeit whnt’a right ’m, and I ’m afraid it will boawfuliU-convcnientto’you, and I ’ll stay if must


fluSa&fesSs^W parqueted) with a rich, but faded was handsomS^^Mch was carried, along tho ontiro Turkov carnet.


reaching the end


: length of . tho corridoP’aDOVbSiSi^-fc;^^ • of which corridor, you entered tne drawing-room by a door ornamented with liUttsCT


*kll Jcwiit-olaixfc., ..n-nrl.— to—


keep servants against their will. You had hotter go tO'duy if you dosiro. I don't irish any nonsenso— you understand mo—any nonsense put into Susan’s


■ wages was tho Alpha and Omega of th.at process, I offered it, but she replied that a hundred pounds a


moro days passed before Susan intimated an ambition to “ bettor herself.” Concluding that incrcaso ol


year,would not induce her to stay on with us. “ Then pray take yourself off, child,” said Jane


for both myister and mo tho placo was a ehrino of .sad momorii, and for the very reason that wo loved i t bo dqarly wo thought, temporary sclf-hanishmcnt from i t wbei he good, and that a winter sojourn in a clioerful luman haunt like B— woiUd send us back in ho ensuing spring improved in hoalth and spiritSo tho old home. On my way to the Mitre, hpwror, in order to set matters in comfort­ able trainir, I looked in on tbo various tradespeoplo


■who had.boi recommended to mo, desiring them to oall daily aNo. 13 for orders., “ What number did you ea,*ma’am ? ” inquired tho_bakor, pausinar


in tho midi of his memorandum. ■ ^


“ No. 13 You won’t forget? ” I replied. ** No oeninly, ma’am,” answered the man, with


>liim a jatih' good day, X stopped into tho butcher’s, a door or “t*> 'bciow. ■'‘*You(fean No. 30, don’t you, ma’am?”


n ’alight sipj. “ Oh, no, not likely t o a n d bidding


said tho couly personage in the little'pay box, look­ ing up at’n from among her filed bills and lodgers, ns she %vrc3 down tho order. ” No. 30’s boon to let.” U ' “ I meonfo. 13,” I replied with somo asperity,


0 8 1 stalkcb)ut of the shop, and ontorod tho market. ■**No. 13,Vilyou say, ma’am? ” a.‘*kcd tho hand*


beginning to whimper; ** and I—I—I’m very sorry, that I am, and I ’ve bear’d a deal first, and kop’ i t all to myself, that I ’avo; h—but it’s no sort o’ uso, and I can’t do it'any longer, and if I stay hero I shall grow into a horn idgiot, I shall; and oh, its awful, that i t is.” And sho rolled her handkerchief into a ball and mopped desperately at tho persiatout tears. “ Only tho noise alono, as goes on at night up and


“ ’Tant likely as I shall do that,” said Susan, ‘


huffily, “ and I hope you’ll find a kinder jmstrosa than my sister.”


!thi8; and indeed too the smaller drawing-room .tall.. c{ir,v.e.d ,


dight still moro entirely, making tho place, for all its magnificence, vorj’ gloomy by day, but at night, when wo should indulge in those littlo musical r6unions I dreamed of, for Juno was a fino musician, and I'lovod music from my soul—at night,


i l say, vrith fair waxen candles burning in thoso ^mirrored sconces, theso rooms would bo all cheeriuess


and stately brilliancy.


'distorted and disjointed scraps of tradition assailed mv cars concerning them, hut theso wore so absurd and contradictory that I gave them no attention, hating them, os ono would hato to hoar scandal and groundless rubbish* told of living friends. ■ Among those portraits in tho drawing-room, two


dovrn thoso stairs----- ” “ Rats, you foolish girl,” interrupted I . “ Rata!” sho echoed contemptuously. “ Rata


doesn’t wear silk drosses, 1 s’poso, and (dit-dat shoes, and—and swords.”


“ SwordflJ ly h a t on oartb are you talking


about?” “ I don’t rightly know, ’m, and if I stay boro


or other about this houso being haunted, and—now, look hero, Susan, I know how i t is—i t’s no use your


asked Jano, turning her soft gray eyes on mo from her work. “ Seo what? . AYhat docs sho moan, Carolino ? ” “ Oh,” said I , vexcdly, “ there’s somo absurd tale


another night, I shall—1 shall-----” And hero tho sobs broke out afresh. “ I know I shall—thoro.’* “ AVhat—forpaticnco sako?” “ S—BOO it.” **Ifl the girl really *gono out of her senses?”


denying it, because I saw you—you’ve been gossip- ping with the grcongroccr’fllnan! ” “ A—and if I have,” she said, blushmgly, “ I


girl; no. Pray go if you wish. 'Wo shall do bettor without you, a great deal,*r I said, • with


supposo-ho’s not singl—smg’lar? The whole town knows all about i t ; and ho says you’ll nover get no work, nor ’ouso, nor parlour-maid, nbr nobody out o’ thisn’olo big town to bide hero a week, not------** “ Not if they were all as aiUy aa you, my good


rather a sinking heart at tho prospect of helps and cluirwomon that seemed to ho nsmg up. But I fiat- terod myself. Not ono candidate oficred; and when I became reduced to holding out fabulous bribes to tho veriest bag in B— ■ 1 began to grasp some con­ ception of tho vanity of flying in tho face of popular superstition. “ No, mum,” replied tho beldamo; “ cook nor ’ouscmaid neither. Greatly obbged to you all tho samo. . Not x£ I know it.“


There’s no call to go into particlars,” answered


fthVshopsiu'tVDbfceaincolieft'you.andinoach -I another, whom I had invoiglea as far m too hsU fflpkod upon witlguspicion.’


•Jt-My dear inad-n ” . said the house agent dopro- ^tmgly. v-'. \( ‘vThat 18 to sajthis house you have lot to mo is—


^


iwiBO, of course.’; Y ' You said noth ig about it.’


# h cm f -_ins4^ of ftom ta ro fiiind myseU i uiat, on homg closoly pressed; and she east a ^ il covert glance at tho full suit of mail standing on a low pedestal in the angle of the broad oaken staircase. “ The place is ’amted, that’s oriough; and any of tho parties as has took it, and bundled out agin, bag and baggage afore ton days was gone, 'd teU you tho samo thing. Thoro's not many has stoppod in it—a month near, an't i t? Butxnebbo you on* thorn—— "


ijJ.'.My, dear; lad ,, I _ I had a doUcaoy about it. ^ , '1 absolutoly hronk,” ho wont on, rocovormg equanimity, t *Ji own I was afraid.' f:Afraid?;’V.-i.U- . ■ ■ : CortamIy.-;Y§;c.xactlvso.


dod eo much Mmalcine tho famtciit Ahon -*^Thom?” ' . .


ci-and; diBcrmnation, a n i ' tooroforo I—i lositivoly


rr Uxion tpY noQoi 1 W -ha, h a ! ? Excuse mo, you— • v ' • such—such fr^Ious reports to a lady of yo,ur .uBion to.


t[^^cll,,wcll,”.-mfTniptcd I ; in mollified tonosi ®~^thiafamouBigfcBfc'?”•• ••


view of our ghostly atlinity among, tho world at large in B— ; or perhaps I do hor injustice, and it arose spontaneously. In any case, i t was ^uito cor- tain that,'as Ipasscd beside the invalid c h ^ of my sister up and down the Crcscont pavement, many an eye gazed askance after.us, till Jane noticed' it, and. said i t was curious that-twp resuenhiblo middlo-agod


Another like. Good mornin*, m u m a n d turning tho handle of tho door, which sho had convulsively . ro- uiinod throughout the interview, sho heat her retreat. I am mclinod to think the creature circulated hot


*'Tho ghostes and evil sporrits understands ono -


and all of later Georgian date, taking up, as i t wore, tho thread from thoao fow counterfeit present­ ments in tho dining-room below, of tho dead and gone Caryls, for that had boon the name of tho owners of this house. So much and no moro I knew. Not but that every day h thousand and ono


Hero too wore portraits, but only somo fiyo or six, - ' .


•panels and 'gilt mouldings, deeply sunken in tho thick, half-wainscotcd walls. As handsome a . ichamber as you would well wish .to. seo wa s -


Imnntcl-shclvcs, and graceful, tnmished-gilt, spindle- *. 'shanked furniture, covered in rich, faded silk damask. Curtains of tho samo costly stuff dnipod tho threo gaunt -Nrindows and shut out tho


aof cheerfulness,lookedin on


the- samo. f tn 'f iu


“ "Which,” laughed I , “ impels'mo to the mforonco ' " u t o 7 ^ mTJtostiou heme.


“ "Why“S ? ^ h o s a id , with an “ 80""°“ “ " S u l a pdlatial resideneol A roM'Queen Anno


-iftTi • ^Vrav have you remarked tho link ox ml


themsclvos. morning.”


. o» Yea, Qood momiug, madam, CHAPTEB H . when Sir Plume sauntered beside his lau nomm.. Good heads, old weapons, and ouch


;icngthwiso,'and occupying tho ontiro width. *‘° ff io ^ g h '\ lf i8T ^S ‘’


on tho right, facing tho foot of tho hro . - Btaircaso. led into tho. dining-room,


w im a '3m aU .g a rd cn ^ ^akon .off' in •


dubious expression.' He was retired'at 56 vvith' although i t WM wm


pension of £1200 a'yew. : He rion from 1871 to this


known that that gentleman was earning two or ^ireo times Hie amount of his pension in tlie discharge ot imnortsnt and responsibio pubiic duties elsewhere. ™Ho'called attention , to itho addition of a,certain number of years to a pension on the ground of


I vears added to his pension for what was ^ '


ta , ha—really, my dear niadam. yon must*, pardon mo fo ro a y in sG k a t l- Ih a v o “ "vor lont myoolE to_


dotnilai I f you wish for these, no donht—ha, ha


any old wife in ■ tho placo will supply you with a dororvorsions. Koally;^hn, hiu : BnV.of oonrso, idL \P -^ ^ irm ;n ^


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merely returned to ask you, for my own whether these absurd . reports influence tho rate rtxrfdeh tho honso is le t? : Yon lmow,I faneied


“ Mr!“B ? ^ p r e a d out. his hands with an air of infinite relief, mingled with a generous oompassion.


. <• You assure me, then, that tho ■house- which, m tho o X a r y course of things, would bo worth at


, . , -


least throe times as much, goes for a mere song accoulitof its ghostly reputation? - Another shrug.


■Mr Bond smUod. " I f i t canho called so.;.i " I f i t can ho called so. And you would, oi course, Uvo in i t youraoU ?” “ Veryabrard, is isn o t?


“ That is its solo objections - :v ' . .


“ You would live in I t yourself r «<xT « —— TlGallv i t 18 cruel to placo such


, , 5,, - *


•• iVo cannot uproot tho weeds enperstition ammg tho v u l^ r , my dear madam. You, as a clergyman’s lady-— * ■


ladies' should' occasion -a curiosity which^ vorgoa almost .upon the .impertinent. - ^ Didn’t I thmk so - 1 replied with somo.impatienco- that i t was her


fancy.' Poor Jane! uShe mado allowances for my • • ‘


th e ’


in some measure enter into my soryont trouble. The I wood, can bo built in the Dominion. Last year matter was growing senous, and, to make Hungs L ^ a jjoh -gMling iship was constructed in the worse,- poor Tucker, our.- sheet anOhpr,-grow - a


■ . . . n ' ^ 1 I'r. A ld more boggnrd-looking end pale. wonder, with ail the burden of work on hisihouldera. .


Three servauta had been a« very inadequate numh« for that -great'ramhlrag


dwindling to a country, page h(l of si-t-oon, was bM been a killing ,t?ork. . I t . is , t - , -


rocoiv'ed nor paid visits; Although we had ono or two friendsfin B ----- , I had refrained from making our presence in tho placo Icnown,-until wo had recruited tho «ic«flM;and -as to strangers, i%;oU known and respooted as our, family was in tho, shiro, not a


I because ah o c


potuianeo'i *n thoso days 1 know, pociiuae ».iu eou d _______L


n,,iH 1'rivenplace to iron and steel vessels.. I t has been ahips'ot iron and stool, as well


y SH IPBITJCL ItlN G V IN l C A J^A D A i '; ; '. ■ Thb' shipbuilding triide in ' Canada h asbeen y c ^ , ! dull for many yeirs, owing’ to - wooden


v e ^ rg ^ iro ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ this year a new steel steamer „f onOO tons-has been commenced a t Owen Sound tor


j Canadian Pacific Railway Com^


has^eon'launched a t IMontreal tor thei Ottawa river io„g d u t . broad, and


?he eugiucs “u d L le r s . iSwell aa tbe bull, were made I in Canada. _____


_______ • .


?-* it... V..*: «.ni> -nrtfc ytnas'.hlo that, ovon With'm> 1'aions amounted to witnin____ __ __. ordoTit deserved ; and; i t was a misery to roe to the


.few';‘‘Tirc'kor°‘h n'rnot 'h i ls u c l iV ^ very hard time I' [q civil


erciitiiro, excepting Lady Pomgdoxtro our nextrioor noighhour and a confirmed invalid, had left a card at'th o ' house. ' Oiir personal requirements hoiog


■wander through its vast rooms and sea the dull film of dust and noglcct gathering ovoraU.


^om^tletobasomcuteverythiugiutt^^ good andhandseme,_^^ the heavy


b f i t ; hu t i t was not possible that, ovou wUh^my ■ sions 'assistance, tho placo could ho kept lu the good cleitn .. and the entire poMious of t


; L ist.. medical « r t .f i» tp f o ^ ^ ^


P IC K IN G S ■li’KOM: T H E PK N S IO N XT, 'ti Fowler raised'^^dobate'in. tho Houso of


Commons upon tho slmmeful "®P°^?5||,n'’U r r ? pa*id our public serviecs. He


th e shameful nepotism and -wasto in jcs.: 'He' said two millions woro paid


^en- -tc


went' on-to


^ o x e S from the' Pensiou sJrVant mnder- 00 obtained’ a


. infirmity of body or mind; he K a s i ^ v ^ T l V I m - a ■ 4diea,._eertifiea,o • was


V B IK M IN G H A M Tho Birmingham Show is invariably the inest fm.


poTrout, next « that of -IslinErou, of; the _sqr.es he^d !''’'?Ser?nfb-wtsTE England duti^


roonth pro-


r o W C b r S a s ' aud^ tho ono wl.teh opened at EinSev HaU bn th


of ^ie’Msrduis of Hertford wim net quite so ^ tho two which immodiately preceded it, the entaes of


inst..;under .tbo presukney


was tfo sLeess Jcl.ieved by Uie Queen, whoso stock on th o IVindsor/farms liave never, done anytliingliko


SO well as tlioy bavo witlim tbo last fow years. At th e Norwich Sliow, her Majesty sent ttree,animals


and won three first pri-/.es. besides a special prize for the best ox or steer in the, hall, but liqr, success at Bitmingham has been, still, more , striking, as,-mth only ten entries of cattle, she won four, first and four second pri70s.


and ahebp sent by tho Frinco of ‘NValcs irom Sandring­ ham,' as Iris two entries of cattlo; .and tlireq of South- down sheep won only one third


Her'Maiesty’s stock did much better than tho catuo . . . • ; • blit among tlie other moro or less successful exhibitors j


of live stock on tho pre.scnt occasion wore tno Bukos of Buckingham and Hamilton, tho Earls of Coventry,


Dartmouth, Boseboiy, Stratomore, Countesses of Campordown and Seafield, Yiscounta Boyno abd ralmouth. Lords Egerton of Tatton. rita- bardioge, and Tredegar, Sir John Astloy, Sir ^g in a ld Cathcart, Sir 0. P. Smytho, and Sir John Swinburne, Colonel Platt, Sir. \V. E. Oakoloy, Mr. T. E. Malkqr,


Mr. B’ertloy, and-Mr. B'right. ,i i 1 . )


man’s professional abilities. The theorv wm Hjot lawver**or an engineer or a doctor should have ton


* professional claims. The committee were Lnction an increased grant of pension on tho judicial " i t


^Satod to one%f tho Official Eofcroia They I were asked to give this gentleman a pension of £u-|» after ths time-when the required a man to resign—viz., CO


per a ^ “m. Ho was 75 years ot ago. bitt tho length ? t hrs service was only 11 years. Ho ™u3t bavo becn annointod when ho was G4 years of age, four years


boon added to this -gentleman’s service -of 11 years


° There had °


ten years more on account ot his cations, therefore ho was pensioned as having served the country tor 21 years. This Sontleman sat during seven of the 11 years 136. days per annum, and the


amount ot fees which ho nrocoedings which took place before him was £1001. ? n l8 8 ? h l had nine cLes ;Tn 1884 nme c ^ s - m


1885 .11 cases; in 1880, 17 cases. IJo doubt this


Eontleman did very efficient service so “ i t but ho thought that deducting Sundays and holidays, ?be L A t r y ia d a right -to'.


I asked, to-sanction tho pension of £ j 2j for tbo re “ i ? S ; '^ e S f a u a t i e n s and promises from Mr. ° ° S “ b : ChurohiU ssid i t wss a perfect


" —.f Vif’ehoor j from'tho Hom0 Buie benches boro. know too won, by personal


Thera burst ot-c ee s


limstances i were bofoi ‘


b which thoso gentlemen e


nor annum. Having been paid £le00 per year for 11 ?^»ro?he was pensioned, and the committee w o ^


28« fS 'A ® " " ? ?


when Irish resident magistrates absolutely, s ^ p ^ daim to professional qualifications.


a


trbmely welcome was an dons tho competition, how different wore tlioir cir


standal - ^ s


.w. w^v in ‘‘"'I, ™^„x-


J ’^m e n -


after their appointment from what they Moro Home Rule cheers and laughter


ryear for 11 years should retiro a year.'’ There was now another pensioner on the


would give to any species of official, said Mr. Labou-


__Tt was a scandal that a man ' ? o r a t in g 120 days^in^io


way to a similar qualification. . Two .pound a week was tho largest pension. ho


cliero, whether Lord Chancrilor' or Prime ’ Minister. Governments said that because ho had a largo salary, and chose to spend it, therefore, ho ought to bo given a large pension. .The other day the Lord Chan­ cellor appointed a Mr. ■ Maconocliie to bo a County Court judge a f the ago of G5L This man wouM simply hang'on tho Bench for 10 years, and then come sponging upon the country for a pension. Thera was no reason why these civil servants, who did a littlo less than most other people, should bo more un­ healthy than other people. Civil service invalids were always blessed with old age, and there was no reason why thoy should not live on for ever. Viscount Dillon, said Mr. Hunter, had been ap­ pointed ot tho early ace of 19. supernumerary .clerk


tho strongest at Birmingham wore tho Herefords ana the Shorthorns, there being 50 entries of too former and 51 of t ',s latter, each m five classes, and too class tor Hereford stoors between two and tliroo yoars v as a remarkably strong one, too Queen winning both first and second prizes from eleven competitore, no fewer than five ot whom woro liighly commended. It was thought that too Queen’s firot prize


The two breeds of cattlo which were numorically . Oirijb take tho £50 Plato for tho.’best Hereford m the hall, f


but this was awarded to a liibitcd and bred by Mr. Caddich, of Boss, fho w. s much admired for her great symmetry and for too


• Eirl;o f Coventry, Mr., T. H. Asliwriglit, and Mr. U. Tbe^Sbortoom classes were not, perhaps, so ^ o d


perfect condition m which slio was shown, and among S o other-winnora in tho Hereford classes were tho


in respect ot quality as they sometimos have been, but too class for Steers, botwcon toreo and four yei'rs,


was romarkablo from tho, fa c t-th a t,i t


two heaviest beasts in too wliolo show. ^*>8/.^°^'* weighed nearly 24 cwti.'ahd one ot those, oxhibitod by Mr. M'rigllt; ot Nocton, Lmcolnshiro, not only "o n too first priz.o in its class, but WM afterwards awarded tho special prize of £50 for too best of thq Shorthorn brood.- Tho • Queen did not send too steer


by Sir John S-winburne in too other., .


- There -was nothing ot any very special note among toe 21 entries of Devons, except in


, . , _


class, where Mr. John IVortley wop with a steer, whicli had also been first at Norwich I t was thought a t Norwich that ho


so well as two other animals belonging to too Qui en Btill higher honours; but tooqudgos


Jj?-™ f " 'f®


and Mr.


IVortley’s steer won the-special toe DeLn breed, too Quoen bomg .P’»“ “


trattle is stiU seen, and toero « 0


followed to!s'~sall^Ti'4S i i i ; .J : ; j ^ r , l .^ = “?i"£:£5Q a - ^ who received £1500 a year for sw^i'-.; v: '%'^liv wliicli


lu.lhis months J1.. •! . \^Ul»u ul J. Colman. . But a.v*w »•- a t Birmingham Mr. , . p


toreo other classes. Birmingham is about ^ o n l y . Pliico where too once W « la r Lo_ng_hom_b^d r i


hree or four exhibitors, the Duke of Bucki ri -


being invariably too most successful. ■ H8.h “ taken ^ toe first prize fn both clssses


George 'Willies, of Forbes, Abordeonshiro,^as


by tliOi .vJJ'iJci vTHOlj ^xecut^l- gxiifl


nearest tho firoplaco, on tho wall facing tho door, specially fascinated mo. Tho first being that of a woman,-young and strikingly beautiful, bearing, howovor, no traits of tho slightly amazonian typo of •


beauty which in somo degroo charactorised tho greater number of tho other foirialo portraits. Ex­ quisitely womanly, and soft was tho expression of tho


coat. Hor hair, of a palo 'chestnut colour, was slightly powdorod and confined behind tho beautiful littlo ears by a snood of velvet, and a plain gold ring oncircling tho murriago finger. of tho small shapely hands, witnessed t ^ t she- had attained already to wifely dignities, had not a certain composuro and gravity of bearing tempered the n a tu r^ vivacity of tho whole figure arid chastened down tho brilliancy of tho smile on tho slightly- parted lips, already sufficiontly whispered tho tale. Beautiful and happy as tliat lady looked, i t .still was tho face of ono who finds life’s tido sunny and bIcsBod mdood, but no ougor unficchod or shadow*


(3b b* contwutd,) A G U E S S IN G C OM P E T IT IO K .


’ 'I n tlio Westminster Ckiunty Court tho case of Howard v. Gurtico was triod by his Honour Judge Bayley- Tbe plaintiff, Mr. T. Howard, of ShofTioId,sued


the defendant, as tbo proprietor of


for £4 7s- Cd., tho value of » Glasgow Corporation bond Mr. E. Nash, who appeared for the plamtifT, said th a t his client had been a subscriber to t!ie paper mentioned for somo time, and bod been in thuliabit of entering in the “ guessing competition ” • in- con­ nection witli it. The proprietor of that journal offered a prize of a Glasgow Corporation bond to tlio person who rightly guessed a number which ho had fixed- A coupon was in each paper, and on April 13 tlip plaintiff sent tlio coupon with 1212 on it, and tliat turned out to be tho correct number. Tho bond never arrived, and his client had been compelled to bring this action for it or its value. The defendant contended that hn was not liable, aa the paper ,did not belong to him at tlio time of this competition. Ho- purchased Society in September of this year. The facts were not in dispute. His Honour said he had no option but to find for the defendant.. Theporson.who was liable was the proprietor in April i of this year.


newspaper,


Tlipro would be judgment for.tho defendant, with costs. "' ' ■ - ' • ' •


.............


London and Leamington, has. at Leamington Pplico ooiirt hem fined £20 and costa tor issuing.a placard ro!fecling“ ^ u ^


"H'ili.i'am Heotiy Smith, printer and stationer.-ot


dffiates at t to recent municipal election a t Hraming- ton without appending the name ot too printer and “ biisiior to i t ‘ .This.is too first: prosecution of; the


- character of one of the can-


kffid^under too Municip.al Elections (Corrupt and Hlegal I’rooticosl Act of 1884. ,


blue oyes, and delicately puro the texture of tho fair skin against tho silver greyish sacquo falling in graceful folds over the richly brocaded satin petti­


I Office, and on-reaching the age of 59 wore pensioned, ; receiving £12 and £14 odd a year respectively; but ^heso wero'charwocien. ' Ho moved that tho vote be reduced by £330.


“ Will somo kind elderly Christian lady, whose means place her beyond tho desire for more, respond to an elderly Christian gentleman, feeling much his lonoli-


• ness and deep need of a kindly, intelligent Christian wife?” Can the sympathetic hearts of the kindly,


, An alarm was raised in tho district of King's-cross , early the other .morning,' that another attempt had , been made by a man to murder a woman. I t appears ; Uiat .Harriet North, living in Wood-street, Cromer- t street, Gray’s-ina-road, was accosted in, the Euston- road by a man about 26 years of age, with a black


‘


.' intelligent, Christian, well-circumstahced ladies resbfi , this ?


in tho Homo Office a t a salary of £600 a year, and in 1869 his services as supernumerary being no longer required, ho received a pension of £330 a year. Almost the next pensions on the • list were those of two people who had worked very hard at tho Homo


two exhibitors of Welsh cattlo, but there was a fairly large entry of cross-bred animals, the best being Mr. George’s W ilken’s three-year-old steer, a cross be­ tween the polled Angus and tho -.Hereford, to -which the judges awarded the special prize, though Sir John Astley’s whito-polled steer, which won first pnze m the two-yoar-old class, was almost, if not quite, as good. Tlio. judges, having awarded all tho class prizes, and the special prizes Jo r tho best of each breed, then . had to come to , a decision which gavo them. still greater difficulty—viz., aa to how they .should award the 'Elkington Ghallengo Cup for tho best beast in tho .yard. The issue rested, of course, between tho best of each breed, and after tho Hereford, tho Shorthorn, tho Devon, tlio Longhu/n, tho Scot, and tho Cross-bred \ had been drawn up in lino,>tho judges gradully ohmL nated all but th e . Heroford and tho . polled . Angus.


the four classes for Scotch Polled -Cattlo ho w<^ first prize in tho only tlirco ->711010 ho marti* an entry, ’ one of theso pnze winners ultimately taking tho two champion prizes. This was a threo-ycar-old hcifor, scaling 15cwt. Iqr. : Sho was awarded, too, tbo special pnze for tho best animal of any Scottish breed, being preferred to tho Uosfc High­ land steer, with which. Sir Reginald Cathcart won first prize in a very strong class. , Colonel Platt and Mr. \V. E. Oakeley were the only


- uSraJthtpeiaay-*''- ' njaiffiSa


H e r e is a pathetic appeal taken from the adver­ tisement columns of a Lancashire contemporary ;


Between tliose two thoy hesitated for a long time, but at-last thoy determmed that tho Scotch hoifor


should have it.


.six were mado by. Mr. C. T. Lucas, wlio.won firatt ’pfi'zo in each class, and tho Princo-of Wales, who only got ono third prizo, Mr. E. Ellis, of .Sbalford, . being second m each class. Tho pig classes wero fairly good.; Thoro was ono cf tho. finest displays of poultry and .pigoons (about


••heavy moustache, and having the appearance of a ‘foreigner- After, some conversation they went up •Bolgi-avo-stroet, King’s-cross. A fow mmutos after­ wards- the woman found that sho had beon stabbed:


,3500 ontrlos) ovor seon in Bingley Hall. T H E E T SH OW E T R IA L . -


•by somo sliarp instrument. .. She: cried out, and tho :man, without replying, ran off. ...Polico-constaule-S' 273 E and SH E came up, and, finding that sho was bleeding profusely, removed her to the Royal I reo Hospital, Gray’s-inn-road. .The man. mado good his :cflcapo.


■Springfield, Missouri, quarrelled with Margaret Miller, with whom ho had been living, over a laundry bill. Sho is now cliargod with ills murder.


Taylou Smith, a well-known sporting character in • . •


' By the stoamcr.Camoroon, which lias just arrived in tho Mersey from the west coast of Africa, nows has been received that a rumour had reached Bonny{from tho Upper Niger that the traveller Stanley, with a strong armed force, was a t the back of tbo groat oil rivers, and that as ho proceeded ho used the British flag, tho natives being very, anxious to ;bo i under tho protection of'England.


approval of the Bishop of : Rochester, for erecting a mission church a t Brompton, near -Chatham, to meet the requirements of a populous distnct, and to per­ petuate tho memory of tho late Rev. William Conway, canon of-Westminster. ■ I t is, a remarkable fact jthat for 24 years'-tho ^ clerical iincomo of thondecoased clergyman never reached £150 per annum,yet, whilst curate of St. Nicholas, Rochester, ho devoted no loss a sum than £13,000 for:tho building and endowment of a church at Bromptou. Tho httle chapel i t is now- proposed to build will be dedicated to tbo memory of the parish’s benefactor, and will bo called “ Tho Con-. ' way Memorial Mission Hall.” V


Emperor Francis Joseph was celebrated throughout Austria and Hungary.; Special services were*held. in- n30»t of, the churches,' and. tbo' festive celebrations' ■included the laying of tho foundation stones of several! o}iaritablo institutions


■ This fortiAtli-anniversary of tbo - accession • of the • 2s' A rnoJKCT has been. set on foot with the.hearty; "I : - i.: . ! ■: Soinkeli and four other Zulu chiefs, who hava been ■ . - SENTENCE ON THE PniSONERS. • _ .L-'r.; ' -


triod a t EUhowo, have been found guilty, and- con-rt- victed of public violence, a sentcnco of five years' im­ prisonment withliard labour being imposed upon all tho prisoners. Tho chiefs all - protested against tho sentence, pleading that thoy had already beon fined • 1800 head of cattlo for tho samo offence. Tho proso-, cution, however, ■ alleged that-tho Governor had quashed this fine, and tho president .of tho Ltshowo court said that tho cattlo should bo rcstorod. Tho scntonco is regarded in 'Dutban- as thoroughly vin­ dictive, the 'Court ' being accused throughout• • of having shown a strong bias against tho prisoners,., owing to their having declined to adopt tho views of ■ tlio Court with regard to tlioir own defence. All tho ovidenco given a t tbo trial shows moat clearly that tbo •'?olo motive of tlio Zulus in arming was to protect. tliomsclvcs against tho dreaded attacks of Uaibepu. and his allies, who were replaced in Zululand.by tho- Govornment-'' Moreover, Somkoli throughout'tho dis-. orders has shown : tho'.utmost dosire to respect th o - authorities,w and promptly, surrendorod the? men..,;'- charged with murdering a trader. , As a con8equcncp ;.. J,- tho opm!on*is almost .universal that the prococdings. -^j- ^ woro a disgraceful travesty of lustico..,. The authon-,., ti.-. tics of -Etshowo, po8so8smg':a fear that'Dinizulu Undabuko might attempt to escape, havo.causod t* • to bo confined m colls;


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Tbo procession assembled on tho J ’laco ded'H^l do . 'Ville, and matched to tliovontrancoi.to th e : Ometery. of Montmartre, whero avC%apc//<;;;,4r<2tfn^s Ad boon; constructod ovor a copy of tho monument/Baudm;-^ who lostihisilifo at.tbe barricades.n;!The:v^.^-dele-: gates and others m the .procession deposr and crowns on tho monument^ . and tbon/i'-»''*v■ •'u,. persed.


" I , t . duifatlcn;i;i^^tl


'^Majesty/s'doin^riidri's^^^i , .,.iversal:icustp‘m^p^<^|.^'^


'S lE - te iY iS S t i^ c c am o oE.it attar.my kncaos I ■ V «» « ;^black>and^^that^htet%-bf ^ L - 't ' / '


L ^ /jl i§ ^ m


5urt 4 palntoriLwould ?vetitun>.ito‘^^ Vji; his Ma»A.^ir^witiiout'^t


lonatcbs'-afc'any :aga'^to‘!havo;:?lr.i'-j|:^?K'|f^-.>^ iitiwhothof: tho


xated'i^tUthousoorbh^niuXvTi'^?ed1’fiD^^ L ■ ’ ' ^ ^


...ns demonstration m Paris in commemorat¥6:of December 2, <1851,. passed off' .without .disti^nce.'. V


> '‘H


tand'he was Amont-i-On


hts :ca80,=j;^i- hip Mr


.vpuldA^i


as usual, and there were only 24,entnea of tho Shrop­ shire brcod, which not infrequently has mustered ns strong in each of. tno tliroo classes a t Birmingham. Mr. A. S. Berry and Mr, Inge won.nearly all tho prizes between thorn, and out of 10 entries of Southdowrs,


/ The show of sheep was not by any moans so good . > ' *


A i m S'®'!*


fS j'YiV:,


I ji. ■7L*b


! ' . I ' • ' i l •T j i)


a . f e ’T -a ® jA - . '; '- ! : SllSfyiC w . M .Ti -iX


fe a t;: 1


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Birmingham a twclveraouth ago, aa upon that occa- Sion sho won six.first .prizes and ono .third, m addi­ tion to two special prizes for tho best animal of tho Hereford and of tho Devon breeds.


waa cauallv forfcunato.at f - '"M l ,11# lir-vtaii.' ■ T .'''y'-vT ''T& ® s fS ' . . - .- . v ' r * , ' / " ■ ■ ' ' , ■ t \v' ^


which she had entered in this class,.but. she w?” recond prize in both of tho two:otoor elMSes, bpm„ beaten by an Abordoonsbiro exhibitor in too ono, and


f S l ' r ^ m


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