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Saas ——————

Sumunerside Markets,
Feb. 24, 1869.

Beef per lb Sd a dd
Mutton per lb 8d add

2s Gda 2s 7

UVate per bush
1s bu a Is Gd

Potatoes per bush

‘Turnips per bush 10d a Is
Butter per lb by Tub 13d a 14d
Lard per lb 9d a 10d
‘Tallow per lb. 9d a 10d

10d als

Eggs per doz

Hides per lb 44d
Mackerel per doz 28 a 3s
Codfish per qt 188 a 198
Pork per lb by carcass dd a bd
Flour per bbl djsa 47s
Island Flour per ewt 208 to 21s
Oatmeal per cwt. 17s a 18s
Hay per ‘fon 50s a 60s
Pine Boards 10s

4a a bs

Spruce Boards
Charlottetown Markets.

Ch. Town, Feby. 24, 1869.
44d a 8d
84d a 7d

Aydin 4d

Beef per Ib
Mutton per Ib
Pork per 1b,, by carcass,

Ham per lb Gl a 7d
Geese 2s a 3s
Fowels Isa ls Gd

1s Sd als Gd
20s a 21s

Ducks each
Flour per 100 Ibs

Oatmeal per 100 18s a 198
Buckwheat Flour, per lb 2d a 24d
Coulfish per quintal 188 a 208

1s 3d a ds 5d
ls 3dals 4d
3d add

9d a 10d

1s Bd ala dd
1s 6d als 9d

Butter per lb

Do. by the tub,
Cheese

‘Tallow

Eggs per dozen
Potatoes per bushel

eee 5s
Oats 2s 8d a 2s 9d
Hay per ton 70sa or

c

Hides per lb

Sheepskins each

Spruce Boards per 100 ft.
Hemlock ‘“ HL

3s a3s Gd
4e ads 6d
8s 6d ads

Business Gards,

BANK OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Corner of Great George § King Streets,
Charlottetown.
Prosident—lon. Daniet BRenan,
Cashier—Wittiam Cunparr, Esquire.
Discount Days—Mondays & Thursdays,
Hours of Business—Fom 10a.m, tol p.m.

from 2 p.mi to 4 p.m.

UNION BANK.

Grofton St., Queen's Square, Charlottetown
President—Cnanies Pacmer, je
Oashier—James Anpenson, Esquire.

Discount Days— Wednesdays & Saturdays.
sours of Business—KFrom 10 a.m to Lp m.,
from 2 p.m to 4p m.
SUMMERSIDE BANK.
Central Street, Summerside, P. 2. liland
President—Jamus L. Hotman, Esq.
Cashier—E. L. Lyprarv, Esquire
Discount Daye—Tuesdays and Fridays.
Notes for Discount must bein before 11
o'clock on Discount days.
sours of Business—10 a, m,, to 1p. m,
from 2 p. m., to 4 p.m.

Di, J. N. FULLER,
Graduate of Bellevue Hospital,

Medical Gollege, H. J).

Cr f Rov. Mr. DesBrisay, on
Hee a seerdieaaly opposite the Estatilobinont
of J, L. Holman, Esq.
*,* All oalle promptly attended to,

Bummersida Ootobor 15, 1868.

Business Gards.

ae R.& W. T. HUNT, —
oo

Gommission Herchants,
GENERAL AGENTS AND
AUCTIONEERS.
SALESROOM AND OFFICE
Head of Queen's Wharf.
(opposite the Store of Wm. T. Hunt & Co.)

Summerside, P. E. Island:
April 2, 1868.

E. FE. PURDWY’s

NEW
MARBLE
ES

AND FREESTONE
TABLISIIMIEN'T,
(NEXT DOOR TO BEER AND sons’)
King Square,
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND.

All orders punctually attended to.
tall and See!
ly

WILLIAM BEAIRSTO,
Commission Merchant,

Auctioneer & General Agent,

WATER STREET,
P.E. Tsland

Jan 7, ‘69

Summersid
JOILN McIKAY,
Gommission Merchant

And Auctioneer,
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
SUMMERSIDE .......... P. E. ISLAND.
REFERENCES:

J. Bertram, Printer, Summerside, P. E. I.
J.D. McLeop, Merchant, Char’town,

J.H. Auven, St. John, N, B.
Noy 19, "68

WILLIAM DODD,

Commission Merchant,
And Auctioneer,

QUEEN SQUARE,
JMARLOTTETOWN--- P. B. ISLAND

CARVELL BROTHERS,
AUCTIONEERS,
Commission Merchants,
' And Generai Agents,

BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREET.
Charlottetown, - - - + = Pe 7. Island
HANFORD BROTHERS,
Successors to Thomas Hanford,

Commission Merchants,
And General Agents.
11 NORTH MARKET WIARF:

SAINT’ JOUN, N. B.
Chas. U. Hanford Fred. S.Hanford

J. H. ALLEN,
Commission Merchant,

And Dealer in Provisions, &e,
MARKET STREET,
St. John, N. B.

a" Gives personal attention to the Sale
and Purchase of every description of Goods,
May 9, 1868.

THOMAS KELLY,

‘Barrister - at - Law

NOTARY PUBLIC, &e.
SUMMERSIDE, - - - - P.B. ISLAND.

James Greenough,
FLOUR

No 47 Commercial Street
Corner of Clinton Street ------ ---BOSTON
Jany. 1, 1869. ly

DR. J. H. JAMIESON,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHEUR

OFFICE at the residence of the Rev. W.W.
Colpitts, Margate.
December 3, 1868.

DR. J. PRICE,
Physician & Surgeon,
Orricr—At the Summersipe Druc Stone,
next door to Bank, Central Street
SUMMERSIDE, .... P. B. ISLAND.
October 12, 1868,

DR. JARVIS

Has Removed ITis Residence to the House
(lately occupied by Mr McKinlay)

next to Thomas Iunt’s, Esq., St Eleanor’s.
He may be consulted every forenoon at the
Drug Store of W. IT. UUN'T & Co. , Summer-
side,

St. Eleanor's, May 18, 1868.

“FOUNTAIN HOUSE.

North side King Square,
(next to Park Hotel)

ST: JOHN, N. B.

JAMES W. TITOMPSON, - - - - PROPRIETOR.
‘EMILE Proprietor of the above HOTEL takes
this opportunity to return thanks for the
liberal patronage hitherto received, and most
respectfully solicits a continuance of the
sme,

This HOTEL is very pleasantly situated,
and commands a view of King Square, and
other parts of the City,

In conncetion with the Hotel, is GOOD
STABLING, and a careful Iostler in attend-
ance, Parties coming from Prince Edward
[sland with horses will find this establishment
the most comfortable in the City, and a per-
son always at the Cars on their arrival,

St. Jolin, Sept. 10, 1868. ly

The Journal is the best advertising
medium onthe Island.

REILLY'S PRINCE COUNTY

TOBACCO FACTORY

has been

Removed to Water Street,
To the Store lately occupied by Mr.
Grorce Crann, Harness Maker, in the
House of Mr. Grorox O'Nuitn, where

Tobacco of all Kinds,

Twist, Flat and Natural Leaf, will
be kept constantly on hand,
and sold at

Lower Prices than ever!

¥@ People from the country will find it
to their advantage to call before purchasing

elsewhere, -
PATRICK REILLY,
Proprietor.

Summerside. July 93, 68.
A. W. ANDRES,
Marble Worker,

Point Du Chene, Shediac N. B.

MONUMENTS, TOMBS, GRAVE-
STONES, &e,, &.
AMERICAN AND Itantan MARBLE coN-
stantly on hand.

Can furnish Gravestones and Monuments ata
less price than any other establishment in
the Provinces, and pay a duty besides.
pe" Orpers can be left at Benrram’s Book
Store and at D, Eyman’s, Esq., Summerside,

or sent to
A. W. ANDRES,
Point Du Chene, June 11th, 1668.

North British and Mercantile
INSURANCE COMPANY.
FIRE AND LIFE.
CAPITAL: TWO MILLIONS, Sterling.

CHIEF OFFICES:
64 Princes Street, Hdinburgh,

GL ‘Threadneedle Street, London.
Risks taken daily, in‘Townand Conntry, at
the oflice of the Agent, Reading room
Building, Dorchester street.

G. W. DsBLOISs,
General Agent for P © Island.
Charlottetown, June 20, 1868,—ly*

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POBTBRY.
/ POOR JON.

“A poor man, mamma, very hungry and cold—
This shoes, ‘tis a pity to Bees

I went in the garret and found these, mamma,
Stout, heavy, and strong as can be de

So Ruby, my danghtér, held up in her lap
The gift she had chosen to make ;

I stooped so she saw not the tears in my eyes,
My heart bled as though it would breuk.

They wero brother Jolin’s shoes, John lost long
Ago;
Not lost us the happy dead are—
Not lost as the acorn dies iuto an oak—
Not lost like a cloud-covered stur .

But lost as the weak and the erring ones full,
Aw the harvest is lost by the blight,

Ag the out-going vessel sinks into the sea,
As the snow loses town-ward its white.

I handled them softly ; how like him they were,
With their obstinate toes all awry !
With the heels trodden off; Lamiled through my
leurs,
And kept back a sorrowful sigh,

“Yes, take them, dear Ruby, 'tis idle and weak
To keep them tor tears und regret,

When feet all unshodden are close to the door,
Without thein—I'll never forget.’"

“Come hither, dear motlier! come quickly and
fast ;
The nun has sunk down at my feet;
The poor knotted kerehief that lies on bis brenst

Stira not with the heart’s busy beat.”
* " * * *

The eyelids unlocked, the lips wore a suile,
As I bent down to retider my care,

“Oh, weary one, welcome ! look up, brother John!
Ged hus heeded and answered my prayer:""

” *

Just when I was willing Iis will to abide,
Doing meanwhile the duty he set,

Ho turned to my threshold the wandering feet—
‘Took them out of the wildering net,

He gave me to stand by a calm dying bed—
Gayo ine words to remember for aye;

A sony of the ransomed, a graye L muy tend,
And a tryst we shull keep by and by.

Select MBiteratare.

THE MEXICAN’S REVENGE.

BY COL. LUON LAvITrE,

Reaver, in glancing over the many ro-
mances written now-i-days, and reading
of adventures by ** flood and field,” does it
ever strike you that, in the scenes and in-
cidents theveiuelated, some of them are
real, and not altogether imaginary? —Itis
said that “ truth is stranger than fiction,”
and we all know from experience that it is
so, and that the realities of every-day life
te worth all the pages of a novel, and,
from their nature, would be eonsidered
fictions when they are stern traths,

With this preface I will proceed to tell a

story, the hero of which is now an honor-
able member in our great metropolis, ‘The
scene is laid in Mexivo, and at the time of
tho war between that country and the
United States. The subject of the sketch
isan American, a native of a Southern
State, and has led a life of wild adventure
and romance, haying occupied a high po-
sition in the United States ariny, aud al-
terwards attained a still higher rank in the
Confederate service,
Some time since, I met a number of
gonticmen at a social party, and there
were present a few old soldiers who had
grow. gray in the service of their country.
When diuner had been removed, jokes and
stories circulated freely, and my friend,
whom I will call General Wartield, was
prevailed on to tell astory of his early lite.
that two or three present knew to be true,
We all arranged ourselves comfortably in
our seats, phiced the wine in get-at-able
positions, and the general began:

“When T went with my regimeat to
Mexico in 1846, T was a very yourg man;
too young, in fret, said many of the offi-
cers, Who were my juniors in rank butiny
seniors in years, to hold the commission of
acaptain, Bo that as it may, I felt mysell
fully competent to discharge the duties
devolving pon me, and kuew Thad too
much ambition to be promoted, ever to
waver bofore an enemy,

“Thad studied Spanish at college, and
knew just enough to pride myself upon my
knowledge of the language, and to. talk,
with a bad accent and exeerable grammar,
to the senoritas whom we now and then
were so fortunate as to moet. I flatter
myself 1 was rather good-looking in those
days—dou't laugh, gentlemen, it was many
long years ago—and, as is usual with most
young men who receive much attention,
was considerably spoiled,

Thus the days glided by, and the few
skirmishes we had trom day to day helped
greatly to enliven our minds. You allre-
member the battle of Montery? Well, it;
was there that T was taken prisoner, and
no doubt would have died from neglect,or
been put to death by our cruel foes, had it
not bu. n for a lovely young Mexican who
chaneed to see me while I was contined,
with a few others, in the walls of her fath-
er's house. She talked to me from the
terrace, and, after listening attentively to
along romance of my own, about having
many to love me who would without
doubt go down in sorrow to their graves,
it ill should befall me, she said she would
release pie as soon alter dark ag she could,

The girl was really very beattiluland
was the dna liter of a wealthy old Mexi-
can, who did not hate the Americans as
much as policy caused him to pretend to
‘This [ learned from her own fuir lips.

“At nightfall a guard came inio my
room, and said :

«+ Senor, come with me,’ T accepted
the invitation, though I did not like his
hang-dog looks, and followed him from the
house to the stables, Here he led out
from a stall « handsome horse, gave me «
vote to read and left me. The note was
as follows:

*T have relensed you, at great peril to myself
nnd others, Rejoiu at once your comrades, L trast
to your honor, and therefore give you the counter
sign ' Montezuma,’ for you have to go through
three lines of picket4, Knowing you will ure it
only for yottr own excape

Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, February

talways liked the Americans, and that tho’

Take the horse Pedro

25, 1869.

‘* I kissed the sweet words, mounted the
noble animal, and found hanging to the
saddle a trusty sabur, and pistols in the
holsters, ‘Richard is himself again,’ I
exclaimed, and in one moment more | was
dashing across the open country. ‘I'wo
lines [passed without dificulty, — the
guards at once acknowledging the coun-
tersign, As Ll approached the third liue,
T noticed it had been doubled, and fearing
trouble I rode more cautiously, I was
hailed, and when ordered to * dileande and
give the countersign,’ { was about to obey,
when an officer ealled out not to let me
puss, for it was against orders,

“Quick as thought, I drew my _ pistol
and fired in the tace of the sentinel, and
before any resistance could be, offered
dashed through the ranks, and ina short
while reached our army. ‘This was the
commencement of my acquaintance with
Nina Datgeo,

‘Months flew by, and our victorious
army was knocking at the gates of the city
of Mexico. [had been fortunate, and was
in command of a regiment, When the at-
tack upon the city commenced, my regi-
ment was attached to the Aonoutd of the
gallant General Quitman, and was a part
ofthe storming party. We forced our way
over the enemy's outer werks, and just as
I was rushing over the walls, at the head
of my men, acannon ball shattered my
left arm, from the elbow to the hand. Do
you know, gentlemen, I hardly felt’ pain,
so glorious a thing did I look upon it, to
lose an arm for my country? L was borne
to the rear, and as the surgeon amputated
the shattered remnznt close to the shoul-
der, IL smoked a cigar and gazed upon the
battle-field and our oops rushing on to
victory.

“When the city had been earried, and
our army was in possession, I was re-
moved to a large public building, in com-
pany with a number of other wounded of-
livers and men. I was weak and sullering,
and had to be carried upon a litter through
the streets, aud as many a snowy hanud-
kerchiet was waved at me, I took pride in
letting my empty coat sleeve fall over the
side of the litter, and thereby showed that
L had placed an arm beneath Mexican soil,
in defence of the stars and stripes.

** As we paused in front of a handsome
mansion, 1 noticed at the barred windows
a lovely face that seemed familiar, and al-
so saw that its owner appeared to recog:
nize me, for she turned and called some
one to her,

«The litter passed on, and in my weak
condition IT cared little whom she might
be. Moving me had excited fever, and tor
weeks I lay at death's door, my friends
expecting me daily to become a candidate
for the orders of the undertaker, As 1 got
better, I was told that a lovely young fe-
male had sent, each day, delicacies of all
kinds, and had olten come herself quite ot-
ten to look upon me,

** Who was she? who could she be?’
I mentually asked myself, as I gazed upon
the delicious fruit of ail kinds and delicate
morsels upon the table near me. I had
dropped into a gentle sleep, and was
dreaming of Nina Dalgeo, the girl who
had saved my life, when I felt « touch
upon my forchead, and opening my eyes,
the vision of my dream stood before ime,
and there rested the same sweet smile up-
on her lips that had won my admiration
long betore,

‘**TIush, senor,’ she said,
about to speak; ‘keep quiet; I will not
let you tuk. You remember me, and 1
am glad to see you once more, for I saw
you as you led your men in the charge,and
saw you fall; [was in my window, and
recognized you because you rode my horse
that T gave you some time ago. I believ-
ed you killed, until I saw you borne by
my father's mansion in a litter, and 1 seut
my maid to see where you were tuken, 1
have sent you good things every day, well
knowing you could not eatthem, but 1
thought they could be divided among
your comrades, You have been here tor
tour weeks, but ave now convalescent,and
will soon be well again,”

** Father has a house in the city, and 1
have been here since I saw you last. Now
you know all, so ask no questions, but go
to sleep.’

** This order T obeyed, and awoke r
freshed? ‘Lhe few days longer that [ was
confined to wy bed did not seem tedious,
for each day the fair Nina visited me.
When able to walk out, I visited her home,
and formed the acquaintance of the old
Don, her father,

Bach day proved that she was very dear
to me, and [ read in her eyes that my love
vas returped. At lust T mustered up cou-
age, and told her of my love for her; she
vontessed that she loved me, but said she
was enguged to an officer of biga rank in
the Mexican army; that sie had never
curved for him, but it wa. ene wish of her
father that she should marry hin, and she
had consented. [was somewhat nonplussed
ut this news, but told her L would speak to
her father on the subject, and as I suid so.
he entered the room. I arose and told
him of my love, and asked him for his
daughter's hand, He replied that he had

as 7 was

young [stood bigh in the army, and was a
tine tellow—excuse my sell praise, gon-
Uemen, | merely repeat what the old Don
said—and he would willingly give his
consent, and allow his daughter to break
with her Mexican lover. 1 thanked hit,
and as it was late, 1 bade good-night to
my friends and returned to my quarters.

* The next evenirg [ started to see Ni-
na, and, as { often did, approached the

house trom the garden, for her rooms over-
hang « pertect paradise of flowers. As 1

neared the house, | heard a teartal scream,
that L at once recognized as Nina's voice.
{dashed forward, and sprang upon the
balcony just in time to see her in the arms
ol a tall, dark, though magnificent-looking
Mexicau, and beheld him drive a stiletto
into her bosom, I gavea yellol rage,and
rushed into the room; while he, Jetting

man to whom she had been engaged had
arrived, and upon his informing him that
his daughter had refused to marry him,but
had promised her hand to an American offi-
cer, he had expressed no regret, but mere-
Iv said he wished to see Senorita Nina, to
say farewell, What bad passed between
them none could ever know, but it was
thought that the Mexican, maddened with
jealous rage, had killed her to prevent her
from marrying me,

** Poor giil! she was buried the day al-
ter her death with great pomp and splen-
dor; while Ihad the body of her assassin,
in spite of his rank and noble family, cart-
ed out into the open country and given to
the vultures,

“Thus ended my love in Mexico, and
though many changes have come over me,
though I have wandered in many lands,
and the noise of battle has been often in ,
my ears, I have never forgotten Nina Dal-
geo.” The general ceased speaking, and
thanking hin for his entertainiug story,we
pledged each other ina parting bumper,
and returned home impressed by the sad
fate of the beautiful Mexican,

Anotnen Barruquake—On Tuesday,p.
m., a8 we were passing by a house where
the Presidential clection was going on, an
unmistakeable specimen of the musculine
*Greeian Bend”—a_ real serean from
the Sierra Neva
inches high, sprang
uttered the following harrangue:

«This is me; it it ain't. cuss me, and no
mistake! Billy Earthquake, Esquire, coni-
monly ealled little Billy, all the way from
the North Fork of the Yuba Dam, Pm
a smull specimen, as you see—a remote
cireumstianee—a mere yearling, but I'm
of the true imported breed, and can whip
any man in San FBranciseo. W-h-o-o-p!
Won't nobody come out and. fight me?
Come out some one o? you, and die de-
cently, for Pim splitting for a fight! L have
not had one for more than a week,

May be you dont know who litde Billy
is? Viltell you; 'ma poor man, its a
fact; but Tean’t be run over; I'm the iden-
tical individual that grinned a menagerio
out of countenance, and made the ribbed-
nosed babboon, hang down his head and
blush, Whoop! I’m the chap that towed
the broad horn flat boat up Salt River,
where the snags were so thick that a fish
couldent swin without rabbing his scales
off! Facts, and it anybody doubts it, just
let them make their will! Cock-a-doodle-
doo! May be you never heard of the
time the horse kieked me, and pot both
his hips out of joint! It it aint true cus
me up for erab bait, I'm the infant: that
before its eyes were opened called out for
a bottle of white-eye whiskey, Perhaps,
too, you never heard tell ofa youth thas
tried to look loving at a gal. and threw
her into spasmodies, and she’s a roaring,
raving maniac, to this day. Whoop!
I'm that little Capid. Talk of grinning
bark of a tree. like old Dave Crockett—
‘tain’t nothing !—one squint of mine at a
bear's heel would blister it. O, I'm one
of your toughest sort-live forever, and
turn toa whiteouk post. Look at me!
(said, ho slapping his hands on his thighs)
I'm the ginnewine article—a real, double
acting engine, [I'm the locomotive that
pushed the bull of the bridge, and I can
run, out jump, out swin, out vote, chaw
more tobacco and drink more whiskey and
keep soberer than any other man in these
parts. There, if that dont make a fight
nothing will. Il wishI may be tcetotally
ram-jammed into sixteen gin shops, if &
belive there’s achap among you that’s gob
courage to collar a hen. Whoop; hourey ?
* Well, said Bill, walking off in disgust,
“Till go home and have another settle
ment with Joe Sines. Ile’s a bad chance
for a fight, secing as how he’s got but one
eye fo. gouge at, nd an underbitoutol both
ears; but poor fellow, he's mighty willing
to do his best, and will stay a body's ap-
petite ull next electign,” (Uxit Billy,

grumbling.)

Recivroeny.— The Washington cor-
respontent of the New York “Jerald says:

« Mr. IL. B. Wilson, who took a promi-
nent part in discussing the reciprocity
question prior to the Elgin treaty, is pre-
paring a statement to lay before Congress
sugycsting important features not embra-
ced in any of the bills now underconsider-
ation, Mr. Wilson thinks that no mea-
stre should be entertained which does nut
include the mManulacture of respective
countries as well as produce, which the
Canadians seek to inake the basis of reci-
pre legislation. Senator Ramsay's bill
embraces the general principles of such a
measure, but fixes the duty to be paid on
vither side at the uniform rate of five per
cent. Mr. Wilson proposes to make this
rate ten per cent, as necessary revenue
impost in both countries, and also to make
important changes respecting the trans.
port of goods and merehandize throagh
the respzctive countries. It is understood
that the committee on Ways and Means
will shortly report a resolution, for the
adoption of the Ifouse, requesting the Se-
eretary of State to investigate the whole
subject of our Reciprocal relations with
the British Provinces and report his view
thereon to Congress,

DARKNESS IN LONDON IN THE Day-TIaer,
—QOn the Gth inst, London was visited, in

fall day time, with the darkness of night;
and at one o'clock no object was visible
at an arm's length except by aid of lighted

gas. Not the slightest appearanco ot fog
nearthe ground was visible, to account

for this extraordinary absence of day light.
A denso yellowish pall hang over the
town, but so high that the housetops and
the steeples of churches were lost, not in
any wreath of visible mist, but in the
mere gloom and shadow of ordinary mid-
night, when there is ho moon in the heav-
ens. Tho streetlamps were lit, and sa

her tall, ran to the open window, and leay
ing upon it, turned, drew a pistol, and
saying, * Dog of au American, die!’ fired.
The ball passed through my empty coat-
sleeve, and before he could escape, a bul

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the window, rushed forward,
the ground, and that he was dead. Then
returned to poor Nina, who had beer
raised to the floor by her father, who hac
also heard her ery tor help. Too late
had come to save, bat not to revenge ber

yives you, for itis my own, Do not toryet.
Nixnae

She was dead.

‘eb from my pistol sent him headlong from
and
glancing out, saw him lying ina heap upon

Ilor futher told me thatthe

were the gas burners in all the shop win-

dows throughout the city. Though the

day was far trom bright in the suburbs,

the absolute darkness was confined to the
central districts of the metropolis, and was
thicker in the streets near tho river.
Journeying northward, the waylarer had
a comparatively hight gray sky vefore him,
while on tarning to look back he saw the
louses still obsenred by the overhanging
jdensity of the higher atmosphere, Later
in the day the tog descended, and a daz.
ling mist spread over all the neighbou
hoods roand London.

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