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_ sag? , ; * faecal and Gther ems, tt Khaakiu reported good, + (OO more women than men. > ned from Pictou last ni °° \ ‘ w Q ieee 4 R <2 | A oS Pi ou I > ' \ ti steam su mic > VW & { cheap tc on w a | uar -~ \ ta le l i im work in the WW well as here ~ s, Lemona, Apples and | Ba: Certer [may23 li} oe Wu iri enitable for Arbor Dav t A. McNeill’s Auction Room. - LAwN grass and a great variety of vegetable | and flower seeds. B. Batprrson. [m23 lw! on Tue S.S Coban left Montreal this morn- | ing, and will be due here about Monday next. * SrarroxD's and Carter’s Writing and Copy- |

ing Inks, at G. H. Haszard’s, Baldwin's Old!

Stand. [may23 | = |

Tus barque George Peake, Capt. D. A. McDonald, arrived from New York this morn- | ing with hard coal. > : i

Sy JAM Cuvcrenu.—The minister will! preach on Sabbath next (D. V.) on the work | and maintenance of the Christian miuistry. a ;

A BANKRUPT CoNSIGNMEST of Jewelry 1e-

ceived and selling at the Diamond Bookstore,

fer cost and charges. ‘This is a chance of a} lifetime. [may23 | + i

LHS market to-day was small, Eygs rose slightly im price, but other saleables remain | the sa as last reported. Vegetables were | ym the i ase In quantify. |

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Room Paps quantity and enormous. ihe

| - > regardiess Of price, at

x, still further reduced both in} price. The sales have been | balance will be

sold out, the Diamond Bookstore. | [may 23

° mtu, Esa., Mechanical Super- intendeat of the P. E. Islaud Railway, re turned from Kingston, Ont., last evening, where ke has been inspecting the new loco- | motives under construction. sililiaeanane Mr. E. 8S. Laventon, Business Manager of | the Tavernier Comedy Co., arrived here last | evening to make arrangements for a short season in this city, commencing on Wedaesday,

UNSW

the 28th inst. The Tavernier is & first-class | Company. > Tae great slaughter of Dry Goods, Table} Linens, ets., continues every night. Im- | mense bargains given. A special sale of Oil| Paiatiz (hromos, and large mirrors on} Satara ning the 24th Next door to} Watson. ..ug Store. dil aeedliioeindils |

Tue Heather Belle arrived at Crapaud at 1.20 to-day. Captain McLean reports the ice very heavy from St. Peters” Island to Cra-| paud. That harbor is now full of ice and} southerly wind is prevailing. The steamer remains at Crapaud till to-morrow morning.

i ialieatans

James Browy, Esq., C. E., was in ths city last night, and left by morning train for Coanty Line. There are about eighty men exaployed on the Cape Traverse branci:s under his supervision. Mr. Brown expects the grading will be completed by the end of July next.

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Miss Wititarp’s great book—“Women and Temperance”—elegantly bound in cloth and profusely illustrated, now selling fer one dollar each at the Diamond Bookstore The former price was three dollars. Every friend of temperance should procure a copy at once.

[may23 -~ >

Parties planting. trees to-morrow should hand in their names to the Secretary of the Sub-Committee of the Square under their charge, or to the Secretary of the Society, stating the kind offtrees and where planted. | We hope this will” be done in order that the Society may know the names of those who have taken an interest in the matter.

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A s4Rw on the farm of Robert McLaren, Esq | Hermitage, Charlottetown Royalty, was, last night, at 10.30, consumed by fire, together with its contents, consisting of several tons of hay, and a number of farming implements. The blaze illuminated the city, and the cry of fire was heard in several quarters. As a consequence the fire bells rang, and there was a general turn-out of the Fire Brigade; but, finding that the fire was two miles from the city, the engines were returned to their respective rooms.

ovandiiipiaahidie

Tux steamer Worcester, Capt Blankenship, sailed for Boston yesterday evening with a}

cargo consisting of |,229 cases of eggs, 104 |

™ . -- ” r . a bags turnips, 476 bags and 2 barrels of pota toes, and 30) bags starch oassenger list:--Haonah McNally, Malcolm McLeod, Johea Gillis,

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derson,. (reo Smith, Henry Gordon,

' Me Co! : ; WwW tah laggie Jc

Edward Pherson,

Mary Dewa (¢ Y, Cunnmugham, J D Me- Donald, J i iy, John A Carriei, John A | McDonald, M } H Fletcher and family, NI ] rieou, lawiey Filet sher, John Chive a

A Frew hotel-keepers in the city, alive to

their own, as well as their neighbors interests, |

have set to work to make a number of much- needed reprirs on Water Street. The plank crossings at the different corners of Water and other streets have become so daogerous to earriages that our energetic hotel proprietors, after waiting in vain for some repairs to be

made by the city, were to-day and yes- ! terday obliged to t to work and make the necessary repairs ta mselves, A vateway on King street was also repaired by . rh otel pr yprietor, and three city coun itt ra vere witnesses fo the pertorm ane ot tae

work. It is something new lnacity so mu

overned as Charlottetown to see priv ute citl

ns obliged, for ther own safety, to repait the publie streets, W bile the present co roel i main in power, there 19 eyery Inulication that our citizens will have to perform certain portions of the Ceuneil’s work at phate own expense and pay their taxes besides. But the the whole business is: While

worst feature of ; at their own cost, repairing

our c1tiz the streets to save their aorses : wheels and springs, the City Counc.

28 are,

Carriage have the alee cheek to aud carriagt tam peor |

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|mirror of refinement, culture and intelli-

| arrogance, ignorance and superciliousness.

one merit~—they will be | public school | broadly and most badly,” as an exercise in

| to correct.

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Following is ber’ Sir,—In your issue of yesterday ap- ‘peared a communication from a corres- Katie Kelly, Wm Hen- |

| Cleydon,”

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Censorious Arrogance Rebuked eit don

‘,> Your correspondent “Steeple Cley- | takes exception to Island English, | t have not “"met and heard speak” ‘Steeple Cleydon;” butif his accent is not better |

t an his composition, he is scarcely fit to undertake the office of a critic, and a harsh | and censorions one at that. Take his first | sentence: “To say what constitutes good | would '

be too long « subject to scusa her ,

re; but it is ressenably fair to | take the Knglish of educated Enalish men as | a standard.’ Again he s Lys, **Tam not how speaking of what is spoken, &c.” I will not it will be a grateful task for some of the disposed school teachers ‘who speak most broadly and most badly.” It strikes me as dem ting a writer, who if } Dorrow a few of his adjectivea, is ‘untrained’ in the art of composition, “uncultured and unrefined,’ not to say

‘Taking them on the whole the Island maideus are up to the average in pretti- ness.” Kink ‘“Stteeple Cleydon” to make SO generous an admission; but they are ‘‘a inclined overbiown and look what a sad pity. ‘‘Over- blown,” I take to mean a little too stout, and ‘‘frost-bitten” to indicate a pinched and shrivelled condition. How the young ladies can be in both states at one time, I to ‘Steeple Cleydon” to ex- plain. .This gentleman effectually concea's his identity under a psendonym, but this paragraph plainly betrays his occupation. No one but a butcher would, in giving his opinion of young ladies, have hit upon the exact phraseology employed by the trade to describe cattle. “Ranging from fair to and she is ‘“‘iinely-built and healthy,” but she need not spoil his admi- ration though she may spoil the effects of her own good looks.

Your correspondent, Sir, is one of a good Englishmen, who vainly imagine when they cross the Atlantic that the mere fact of coming from an old, agreat. anda refined country like England, to a young and unrefined one like Canada, converts one whe was at home an ol scure individual, uncultured and half-educated into a

to be

gence. His most prominent qualities are With these be ‘‘lays the flatterins unction to his soul’ that he is a master of satire; and hence these letters, which I admit have useful to those teachers who “speak most

English composition for their Junior pupils

In conclusion, | would suggest to ‘‘Steeple Cleydon” to cuitivate Addison or Steele, and before he writes again acquire some little idea of correct composition and re- finement of expression, and Jet his criticism be more good humored and less harsh and censorious ; and I must beg to remind him that he is writing for the uncultivated benighted Islanders, and for heaven’s sake restrain from such volleys cf chain-shot adjectives, five in one string, mostzof them polysylabbic, are teo much for our limited intelligence.

Yours, J AYTEAJAY.

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A Suggestion.

Sin,—There is a great deal of truth, doubtless, in the remarks of your corres- pondent, Steeple Cleydon. Instead of be- coming indignant, we should rather be deeply thankful for his candid criticisms. (I say him and his, for 1 can scarcely con- ceive one of the tender sex to write in that way about women.) But, after all, there must be some allowance made for our vulgar dialect—vulgar, it seems, in spite of its singular originality. We are Islanders, and few of us have travelled. It is quite true that those of our people who go to Boston, and are so fortenate as to find eccupation there, do bring home with them on their return a mixture of the prevalent mode of speech of that cultured city. I have myself met in Boston a young man from this rude town, whose short residence there had wrought such marvellous improve- ment in his utterance that I could scarcely understand him. Still, education by tem- porary residence abroad is out of the question for the masses. I therefore sug- gest, provided your correspondent is remaining here any length of time, that he be requested, in the interest of this out- lying region, to speak in some public place, easily accessible, at stated hours, A small fee might be charged—indeed, many would be willing to pay a goodly sum, for the pri- vilege of hearing ‘‘English as she is spoke.” It would matter little what the philanthro- pist might say, so only that he spoke audibly. It is tantalizing to be told of one’s defects without seeing a remedy for overcoming them, and the course here sug- gested should commend itself as reasonable to your much-travelled correspondent,

Mveppon Sprre.

Island English and Island Girls.

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pondent over the nom de plume ‘Steeple This individual undertakes to lecture the people of this Province on their | want of refinement in manner as well as \yoice. He particularly refers to people in ithe best society~mof course he does not ‘associate with any othera—and their accent grates harshly on his cultured ear, W he made this gentleman a judge of the Queen's English? From what college did he gradu- ate! J must say that, if our people speak no better English than he writes, their case is deplorable indeed! The most amus- ing part of his letter, however, is his de- scription of the Island maidens, wh», he says, ‘“‘are up to the average In pretiiness, a little inclined to be oyer-blown, and look frost-bitten, but still ranging from fair to | middling.” The sentence I have quoted might be preserved as a literary curiosity, were in not an insult to the fair daughters of P. E. Island.

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It sounds very much like | | if i qT \ K Ki DS lthe utterance of a cynical disapp untied ins | { Hi, STL, Vs , dividual; and Dame Rumor hath it that | + the said ‘Steeple Cleydon”™ became eram- of those same ‘overblown’ maidens, who was on & visit to some of her and, had it not been for the interference of her parents, she ) would, probably, have been ‘‘frost bitten Notwithstanding the cultured voice and high position in society occupied | el | by the said “Steeple Cleydon,” those simple KEN?

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| “‘spoouey” letters were the laughing-stock of the young lady and her friends, aad it

is rather a pity some of them were not pul- ished as a specimen of pure, unadulterated | English. Rasp. otbinsiiianiniiainkel tiie A “Dude” Discovered.

Sir,-—Your correspondent “Steeple Cley- | don” has at length unmasked himself. His | article in yesterday’s Examiner shows him | to be one of those inanimate things called | “a dude.” Why come to this ‘‘colony” to} biing about a reform in the aecent of our} English ? Would it not have been } better for him to have spared himself the | Journey and begun in some of the English counties—-Suflelk for instance. It is a| notorious fact that nowhere is the English | language so badly butchered as itis at ’ome. | [t is also true that no where is better Eng- lish spoken than in the Maritime Provinces and Canada—Dublin and Inverness ex | cepted.

Vur girls he calls “maidens,” and says | they “look quite like ladies;” and insinuates | that they are not, because forsooth their accent doos not come up to his standard. Was ever known such insolence? But the | creature is not responsible. He is ‘‘a dude,” not from choice, but because nature made him so, Therefore, let us pity rather than censure it.

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Pitz Driver. May 23, 1884.

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The Language of the Pulpit.

Six,—I1 quite agree with your corres- pondent ‘Steeple Cleydon.”” We need to be reformed in many ways, and the speech of too many among us is barbarous. [| wonder that your correspondent did not call particular attention to the bad language —English I mean—used in the pulpit. In some of the Churches I have been in, the artificial tone in which the Scriptures are read, and sernions are delivered, is exasper- ating to a refined ear. But one or two clergymen in the town speak pure un- effected, unadulterated, English; and per- haps that is one of the reasons why the people at large stexk so badly. In the Upper Provinces, the clergymen set a good example in this respect,

Yours,

JEREMIAH.

Fitznoodle’s Comment. Sir,—Your correspondent ‘‘Steeple Cl y don” deserves the thanks of the people of this colony, you know, for his endeavours to improve the accent of Island English. I ama dade myself, yon know, and the pecu- liar accent, common among Islanders, gwates awfully upon my eahs, you know, Why cawn’t they speak, yeu know, as we do in some of our English cownties—Lan- cashire, for instance. I weally think I shall have to leave this blawsted country, yuu know. I weally cawn’t bear the bloomin’ accent. It makes me _ tired— weary as it were.

F. FirzNoopce, May 23rd, 1884. SEIP NEWS.

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PORT OF CHARLOTTETOWN, ENTERED,

May 23—Sea Bird, Hyde, Gysboro, bal. CLEARED

May 22—L & 8, Brundage, Pictou, bal; Wor- cester, Blankenship, Boston, passengers and sundry goods. May 23—Sea Bird, Hyde, Murray Harbor, sundry mdse.

MARKIED. At Charlottetown, on the 22nd instant, by Rev. J. Burwash, M. A., Mr. John Parker, of Cardigan Bridge, to Miss Mary J. Nelson, daughter of Edmund Fanning Nelson, Esq , Hampton.

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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

OSBORNE HOTEL, May 22—Edina McGregor, Keone, N H; AJ McLeod, Stanley Bridge; David Ross, Orwell; John Parker, Cardigan Bridge; Mrs D A McLeod, Eldon; Wm C Kennedy, Souris; E Ramsay, Tyne Valley; D H Slickock, Morrisville, Vt; D A MeLeod, Eldon. 23—M MclIenis, St Peters Bay; James McLaughlin, Souris; H. Bradshaw, M D, New Glasgow; Miss L. M. Bradshaw, do; L O Read, Pugwash, N 8S.

REVERE HOUSE. May 22.—N T Norman, Montreal ; Chas Robertson, do; D O Rease, do; D McLynne, do; J Lea, do; E T Badgett, Westfield, Mass; ES Laughton, (agent Tavernier Comedy Co); J Moffat Spencer, Londonderry; G O Beaman, Boston, 23.—A Hart, Halifax.

DLER,

At the residence of Mr. J. A. McDonald, Sydney Street, Charlottetown, on the 92nd instant, Mrs. Anastatia McDonald, in the 63rd year of her age.—Requiescat in pace,

{Funeral to-morrow, immediately High Mass. }

In this city, on the 22nd inst, of con- sumption, Archibald, e'dest son of Angus Nicholson, aged 22 years.

[Funeral from his father’s residence, Lorg Street, to-morrow, at 11 o'clock, to Sherwood

Cemetery. }

after

TO BE SURE CFE ei piit aonb

English Dairy Salt, (the right kind), in bags and by the pound, at

BEER & GOFF'S. May 23.

NOTICE.

ITIZENS cleaning out their yards can

) deposit ashes, ete., in the dock at the

east ena of the Gas Works. May 13. 1884—2w eod

ERENH AND GOOD.

CHOICE LOT of Garden feeds, all re- jiable and warranted jast received at

HARVIA'S SU0KSTORE,

STREET.

next, their office hours will be fror: ten till

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LATEST! NEWEST! LATEST!

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States. As usual, our stock is be

0 comprise, in addition to STAPLE AND FANCY DRY

eason, at lowest prices.

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ught in the very best markets;

Perkins & Sterns’.

K have just received our first instalment ot this season’s Stock, and, during the next ten days, will open the balance of Mr. Sterns’ recent purchases in Great Britain and United

and, on inspection,will be found

wOODS, all the novelties of the

OUR STOCK OF MILLINERY AND LADIES’ HATS is large, and consists of the latest

Ch’town, April 29, 1884.

Paris, London and New York styles.

An immense Stock of FEATHERS AND FLOWERS.

Dress, Mantle and other TRIMMINGS, in all the latest novelties.

Silks, Satins, Velvets, Dress Goods, Prints, Sateens, Ginghams, ete., etc.

PERKINS & STERNS.

—-- —0

LADIKS’ PARASOL, SUNSHADES, ete.

Ladies’ Silk Handkerchiefs, T

Millinery Goods.

New Goods to follow

Wew Goods!

AND GENTLEMEN’S SILK UMBRELLAS,

NEW LACES, newest and most popular Goods. EMBROIDERIES, very handsome. TRIMMINGS, Fringes, Buttons, in endless variety.

ies, Scarfs, India Muslins.

KID AND JERSEY GLOVES, Corsets, Hats, Feathers and

Splendid value in Cashmeres, Dress Goods, Prints, etc.

by every Steamer.

W, &A. WEEES & co.

VHE undermentioned Banks beg to notify the public that, on and after 2nd July

three o’clock (without interval). from ten till one o’clock.

For the Dominion Savings Bank, PERCY POPE, Manager.

Saturdays

For the Bank of Nova Scotia,

GEO. MACLEOD, Manager,

For the Merchants Bank of Halifax, |

F. H. ARNAUD, Agent. Ch’town, May 17, 1884 - pat tl july 1

LARGE DISCOUNT OFF EVERYTHING, While we remain in our Present Store.

WE ARE OFFERING

Watches at from 15 to 30 p, c. discount. Rings xe si "

Braclets Gold Set, B & E at from 20 to 30 e Necklet & Locket < 15 tod Me Cruet Frames ‘* 25 to 30 ‘ Clocks ‘* 15 to 30 Ms Pencil and Toothpicks at half price.

E. W. TAYLOR,

Queen Street. Ch’town, May 17--eod wkly

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S ALT SALT i .@ ® To arrive and now due at Point Du Chene,

N. B., 3,500 sacks Liverpool Coarse Salt.

FOR SALE LOW.

= $$$ $e

COAL. COAL.

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Pf. SLND BAILY, (ueen's birthday, 1884.

ene RETURN TICKETS will be issued, at One First Class Fare, to and from all Stations om this Railway, by afternoon trains, on FRIDAY, 23rd May, inst , and by all trains on SATURDAY, 24th inst., good to return up to and including MONDAY, May 26th. inst.

JAMES COLEMAN, Superintendent.

Railway Office, Ch’town, May 16, 1884. {ex pat eod wy li her pres ne jour pio li

JUST ARRIVED, VIA BOSTON,

875 Barrels Choice Patent Flour.

DAILY EXPECTED, VIA PICTOU,

400 Barrels Choice Superior Extra.

FOR SALE BY

| J. A. CHIPMAN & CO.

N 8—Owing to the interior quality of most Canada Superior this year, we have con. | cluded to make a specialty of the two tollow- ing brands Evangeline, Ist grade ; Superior | Extra, Nova Scotia Mills, 2nd Grade, We

. Subscriber is now prepared to receive | guarantee these brands to give satisfaction.

orders for the following Coal, which will besold at the lowest cash price, viz:

Acadia Mine, Round and Nut, Intercolonial Mine, Round and Nut,

Vale do., do., Albion do, do., Gowrie do., do., Sydney Old do., do., —AaND—

Anthracite (Zgg and Chestnut Sizes).

CAPT, JOHN HUGHES,

Water Street. Ch’town, May 15, 1884—3m tu th sa

COAL. COAL.

atee ARRIVED per schooner

from Pictou,

100 tons Intercolonial Round Coal.

Will be sold at $3.25 (cash) per ton from vessel,

ALSO, TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK,

100 tons Acadia Nut Coal.

Will be sold at $2.75 (cash). CAPT, JOHN HUGHES,

Water Street,

Ch’town, May 13, 1884—3aw tf

Bounty

MIDSUMMER TRIP, 1884

J. F. SHATFORD, Agent, Ch’town, May 10.

i Contractors and Builders,

VENDERS for repairs of damage done by

late fire to St. Patrick's Hall, will be re- ceived by the undersigned, on or before Sat- arday, May 3lst. Specifications can be seen at the office of the Merchant’s Bank of Hali- fax, Charlottetown. The subscriber will not bind himself to accept the lowest or any ten- der.

F. H. ARNAUD, Agent Royal Canadian Lusuranes Cc. May WS.

MONEY WANTED

MUL Wi BD, N consequence of my loss by the fire ot 20th February last, I feel compelied to ask for an immediate settlement of all over- due accounts, whether by notes of hand or otherwise.

All accounts not setiled by the first of June next will be placed iv the hands of my attorney, without further notice.

Balance ot Furniture saved from the fire selling offat great bargains.

JOHN NEWSON, Ch’town, May 1, 1884—Im

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Stallion Romulus.

§ ies» imported thoroughbred Percheron- Norman stallion ‘‘Romulus,” registered pedigree in Norman Stud-Book, page 2,313, vol. 3, imported direct from Franco, April, “Rom-

JAS. FRIER.

Shediac, May 16—7i

Lobster Packers’ Supplies

10,000 cases flit and tall Cans (1-ib.), 500 cases 4 lb tll Cans, 250 boxes lin Plates, 100 ingots Tin, 50 pigs Soft Lead, 5 bars 14 and 14 Copper, 200 coils Kope (6, 9, 12 and 15-thread), 5 bales Marline, 100 bags Liverpool Salt. 12 Mounted Herring Nets, 100 ibs Cotton (- uanging, 50 deg. Tarred Cod Lines (12, 14 and 18-thread), 50 cross Traw] Hooks (Nos, 14 and 15), 100 barrels Bait. 100 doz, suits Oil Clothing, 50 doz. suits Jumpers and Overalls,

For Sale by HORACE BASZARD.

May 19—aw wi

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THE BARKENTINE

ETHEL BLANCHE,

WILL SATL

For Liverpool, direct, the 24th lost

RETURNING WILL SAIL

From Liverpool for Charlottetown about sth June.

For freight or psssage apply in Liverpool to Pitcairn Brothers, 5! South Jobn Street, or here to owaers,

PEAKE BROS. & CO.

1883, sired by the celebrated stallion ulus,” winner of firet prize and gold medal, over all others, at Universal Exposition, Paris, 1878, will make this season at the fol- lowing placee:—

Head of St. Peter’s Bay, fortnight'y, be ginning May 5th, remaining until next day, leaving via train.

Souris, May 6, fortwightly, remainlng unti) next day's train.

New Bedeque Road, at George Clow’s, every alternate Saturday, beyinming May 10th, going by Younker’s, and returning Monday, by Tremere’s Road and South Wiltshire Road, stopping at Henderson’s forge, at noon.

‘vill be at B. Heartz’s farm, St. Peter's Road, one week on Thursday, and next week on Saturday, beginning May Sth

Balance of time will be in the city, Upper Great George Street, near P, Large’s Carriage Factory.

rEKMS—Fifteen doilars for the season. Mares not proving in foal can be returned next year free.

For further particulars apply to

BENJAMIN HEARTZ W. 8. McKIE,

Ch’town, May 13, 1884—3aw tf

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