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CEDARTOWN RECORD.
W. S. D. WIKLE & 00.. Proorietors. CEDARTOWN, GEORGIa7 FRIDAY. APRIL~2oT 1877. VOG. III. NO -13.“
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Antwerp is successfully illuminating
cr harbor with electric lights nnd con-
emplates trying them on her streets.
Russian princes are unfortunate. One
lias just been cast into prison for some
.misdemeanor, and another has been cap
tured by the widow of a patent modicino
man.
A $30,000 HALL is to bo erected at
IFisk university, Nashville, Tenn. The
hall is dedicated to tho work of training
missionaries for Africa. Twelve thou-
jtand dollars were subscribed in England.
The Raleigh News reports the death
of Benjamin Johnson, of Chathnm, N.
C., at the age of one hundred and twenty
years. He lived to see his great-great
grandchildren married.
The marquis of Salisbury’s trip to
Constantinople cost tho British people
$50,000, and the conference at which ho
assisted complicated tho eastern question
more than ever. Salisbury traveled with
ji gorgeous retinue of fifteen or twenty
jjersons.
Prince Nikita, of Montenegro, has
declined to command the Bosnian insur
gents out of a kindly consideration for
Austria. Austria’s situation with refer
ence to the Russo-TurkUh question is by
jio means an exhilarating one. Her
provinces along the Bosnian border,
Croatia and Sclavonia, are brimful of
Sclaves, ready at any favorablo opportu
nity to rush out and help their brethren.
{Should the prince of Montenegro become
the responsible head of a general revolt.
Austrian subjects would soon bo fight
ing against tho porte, thus placing the
government in the position of an aider
aind abetter of the Sclavic revolt.
The total number of paying granges is
reported at 15,031, not including Ala
bama, Oregon, Arizona, Montana and
Canada. Up to the issuing of Mr. Kel-
‘.lov’s report, in 1875, there had been is-
hued in tho United States 24,200 char
ters, which, plus eight hundred and
eighty-five bust year, makes a total of
25,175, leaving 10,541 granges, or about
two in every five dead, consolidated or
delinquent. This is a pretty heavy rate
of mortality, but not excessive when wo
remember how many granges, especially
in the northwest, were organized when
there was not sufficient territory and
members to support them.-— Hu ral World.
A few days since a man in Newport,
K. I., while opening quahaugs, found in
one of them a black, lustrous substance,
about the size of and resembling the
button from a lady’s boot. He took it
1o two or more jewelers, who pronounced
it to be worthless ; but not discouraged,
lie took it to another, who wrote to
prominent jewelers of New York, de
scribing it, and in reply he was requested
fo forward it by mail for inspection.
This was done, and the result is a check
for $20 has been received for it. It
proved to be a “black pearl,” and its
value would have been considerably
greater but for its being scratched by
the knife in opening the quahaug shell.
The methods recommended for the
cure of sleeplessness are numberless.
Those eufterimr from habitual wakeful
ness had better store their minds with
remedies, and try one after another,
until something effectual is discovered.
For what will help one person may be
useless to another. One curious method
suggested for (inducing sleep is for the
patient to close his eyes and try to think
he is attentively watching a stream of
air entering and leaving the nostrils.
When the stream seems to be visible,
sleep infallibly comes. Another plan
proposed is simply to breathe slowly and
quietly for a few moments. It is worth
a trial. The sleepless person should take
deep, slow inspirations, imitating the
breathing of a quiet sleeper.
The citizens of Lickskillet, Ridgewtiy
township, Osage county, have bad an
unusual kind of excitement in hunting
snakes. Last autumn some people saw
snakes going in and out of a hole in Mr.
Losh’s place, so a number of neighbors
concluded to dig them out. A week ago
last Saturday a Jparty went to work.
After digging part of the afternoon they
came to* a den of reptiles. As it was a
poor day for snakes, the result of the
slaughter was only eighty six, consisting
of rattlesnakes, copperheads, black snakes
and blue racers, some of which were six
feet long, and some were as large as a
man’s arm. Some of the rattlesnakes
had as many as ten rattles. There are
more supposed t© be in the hole that will
be dug out in time.—Lawrence (Kanms)
Tribune.
• ALLOW FOR THE <MM IF/.,”
You hum often, no doubt, hud occmdon to note.
Though tho garment, at Unit, tocmed certain t*
That, niter toino wenring, the iloova of your oont
Toward the shoulder was crawling, hy tasy do-
greea;
And that's what tho clothier, of com ho, had In
mind,
When he nald to ht9*cuatonior: " Long ?--not at
alt right—ns you'll »»r*
i suiting h
The expression v
Hut It set i
sot merely to cunts hut to women and m
In mat lent of life ns they dully arise;
r the shrinkage of huiiinu nlVitlra-
" mlse, how great I I ho perfort
tho sIccto— and "allow foi
llut tin
cllnga,'
Hy which he proposes to stand or to fall—
" Hesolutiolis." remomher, aro slippery things* —
And In politics always " allow for the crnwl!"
You nre deeply in love with tho sweetest of girls,
An nngol in hoops—only wanting the wings!
(If angels could purchase such beautiful curia)
Like a seraph site smiles ; like a siren sho sings)
Ab I spetidld nnd vast are tho fancies of youth ,
Hut down to plain facts they finally fall;
And happy thocou|\)e who, llnding tho truth,
lu c— r *—' — *— *'
n Jugal kink ness "allow for the crawl!'
alhtlrfl;
In brief, recollect that in ktiuu
In social connect Ions; iu trat
rriago; in sormons and prayers,
In fine, aj!>e nr
Unfriendly
And ulwnys
i wlth nilj
r tho crawl!
PREPARING COD FISH FOR MARKET.
After a few expiring wriggles—and it
is a comfort to lie informed by natural-
irttH that fish aro almost inscnsiblo to pain
—the cod in flung from tho fiRherman’s
boat upon the rough at age, where it is re
ceived by the “ cutthroat,” who, with a
sharp knife, lays open the fish across the
throat and down the belly, and passes it
to the header. This operator proceeds
to extract tho liver, which is dropped
into a vessel by his side, to bo converted
into cod-liver oil. He then extracts the
entrails and wrenches off the head, nnd
throws these into another recoptaclo, to
bo preserved for the farmer, to mix with
bog and earth, thus forming a moat fer
tilizing compost for his fields. The
tongues, liowovcr, are taken out, and also
tho sounds, nnd these, fresh or pickled,
are an excellent article of food. The fish
is then passed to tho splitter, who, hy a
dexterous movement, cuts out tho back
bone nearly to tho tail, and thus lays the
fish entirely o|>en, and capable of being
laid flat on its back. This is the nicest
part of tho operation, nnd tho splitter
always commaads higher wages than the
rest of the operators. Tho sal ter next
takes the fish and washes it well from all
particles of blood, nulls it and places
it in piles to drain. After laying the
proper length of time it is washed, and
spread to dry on the “ flake,’* which is
formed of Hpruce boughs, supported by a
framework resting upon upright poles.
Here the cod are spread out individually
to blench by exposure to sun and air,
and during this process require constant
attention. At night, or on the approach
of rain, they are made up into little
round heaps, with the skin outward, in
which state they look very much like
small haycocks. When the “ bloom,”
or whitish appearanoc, which for n time
they assume, comes out on the dried fish,
the process is finished, and then they are
quite ready for storing. On being con
veyed to the premises of tho exporting
merchant, they are first “culled,” or
assorted, into four different kinds, known
as “ Merchantable,” “ Madeira,” “ West
India,” and “ Dun,” or broken fish.
The first is tho best quality, the second
a grade lower, the third is intended for
the stomachs of the negroes, and the
fourth, which is incapable of keeping, is
used at home. The cod sent to hot
countries are packed by screw power into
fmall casks called “ drums; ” those which
go to the Mediterranean are usually ex-
p irted in bulk. Large quantities of
dried cod fish are shippeu to Brazil, and
there is hardly an inhabited corner of
that vast empire where the Newiound-
land cod is not to be found, being carried
on the backs of mules from the scacoaat
into the most distant provinces of the
interior. The negroes of the West Indins
welcome it as a grateful addition lo their
vegetable diet. To all parts of the
Mediterranean it iinds it way, Italians,
Greeks and Sicilians equally relishing
the produce of the sea harvest. The
Spaniards and Portuguese * are our b.>t
customers, and all over the sunny penin-
su'a the “bucalo” is a standing di.h.
In the warmer regions of the earth the
people seem to have a special liking fgr
th?, dried and salted cod, and to them it
is an almost indispensable article of food.
—Mon I real Gazette.
The British museum must he a pleas
ant place for a man looking for a book.
The books cf that famous institution
cover twelve miles of shelving.
A Lira ANACONDA.
With the commencement of tho Lon
don season lias arrived an illustrious vis
itor from South America. Ho is one of
the largest of the boaida' family known
to our generation, lie is an anaconda
(Enucctcs murinus), which, as I translate
it, means the good swimming mouse or
deer enter. This immense snake is now
safely housed in the zoological gardens,
under the paternal care of Holland, who
has for many years so ably managed the
snakes, poisonous and noil-poisonous.
Our visitor arrived at Liverpool in a
largo box. Intelligence was given to
Mr. Bartlett, whoproooeded to Liverpool
to inspect him, a matter of considerable
difficulty. It will not do to buy (inexpen
sive snake of this kind without a war
ranty. Snakes aro very liable to canker
in the mouth. The gums get swollen
and flabby and completely conceal tho
teeth, so that tho beast cannot feed.
Again, if snakes aro injured in their cap
ture they frequently die in consequence.
It was necessary to examino the snake
as to these two {mints. Having been
shut up for several months without food
and in the dark the anaconda was not in
a good temper. When tlio lid was
opened Mr. Bartlett caught him tight
round the neck with both hands; it was
not necessary to open the mouth, as the
savage snako did that soon enough of
himself in true anger. A moment’s in
spection showed ho had no disease of tho
gums. It was with some difficulty that
Mr. Bartlett got his head back into tho
box without letting out moro than a foot
or two of his body. The anaconda has
not poisonous teoth, but lias great and
dangerous {lowers of crushing. Tho box
with the snako weighed ovor two hun
dred pounds. It was with much dodg
ing that the anaconda was conducted by
two keepers to his new quarters, where
he at onco retreated into a batli of wato^
from which, as yet, lie has only
emerged onco or twice. It is difficult
to give tho exact length of tho snake, as
he is not to be measured with as much
facility ns a fathom of rorpe. Ho is now
lying in three parallel folds in his bath ;
we know the length oftlmbath,and wo cal
culate his length to bo between eighteen
and twenty feet—a tremendous fel
low. It was impossible to get a tape
ineusuro around him; but having
measured his diameter in his thickest
part, we concluded that he is over two
feet round the body. At present ho is
thin, and tho skin fils him vory loosely.
It is hoped that ho will soon begin to
feed. Mr. Bartlett, with his usual inge
nuity, has found out how to make Mr.
Anaconda feed. He covers his bath
over at night, and puts therein with the
snake a duck. The duck is always gone
iu the morning, and the snake- appears
fatter. Anaconda is decidely nocturnal
and aquatic in his habits. Like our
own British snake, it is found in marshy,
damp places, and ho feeds upon animals
which come down to drink at night. Mr.
Bartlett lias ascertained that the last
meal this snake had consisted of a young
peccary, the horny part of the hoofs hav
ing been discovered in the stones at tho
bottom of tho cage; there aro also
the hairs of another animal which has to
be diagnosed by microscopists. This trop
ical American snake ts also called the
Aboma. The provincial name El frat/a
vambo or the deer swallower. Ho never
interferes with men, although, of course,
lie will tako his own part if attacked. It
is greatly to be hoped that this magnifi
cent snake will, in time, get an appetite
and recover from his travel-worn appear
ance. His companion in tho cage is a
magnificent reticulated python (IJlnr
sawa), caught at Penang. He has been
at the gaVdena since August, 1870,and has
not eaten anything since lie arrived. He
shed his skin on Sunday, February 25,
and is now most lovely to behold. It
would be impossible to describe the tints
of the new skin (a splendid lacing of
bronze, blue, gold and black), except by
paying that they are quite as gorgeous as
the peacock’s plumage. — Land and
Water.
..The book agent was a red-headed
man, and when he took off his hat with
surface politeness, and ran his hand
through his blazing top-knot, each hair
seemed fo glow with aatanic fire. Then
ho boblied his head nnd showed more
erubcsccncs, and opening his moutli, ex
hibited his deep magenta-liued fangs,
and hissed forth, “Good day.”—Detroit,
News.
There are in the German army J62
officers, 48,825 non commissioned officers,
744 deputy paymasters, 12,544 musicians,
327,406 volunteers and privates, 3.189
hospital attendants, 9,451 pioneers, in
all 401,659 men; 1,026 military surgeons,
74G paymasters, 621 farriers, 018 gun
smiths, 93 saddlers, and 79,853 horses in
service.
ODD NOTES.
Innate Marks, recently hanged in Lon
don for murder, was tho first Israelite
England had legally put to death in two
hundired years.
Aijaprlco of tho moment with young
ladir s is that of wearing long black kid
glov ph with light evening dresses; they
hav<3 tho effect of making tho hand look
small.
A Detroit baker bad two barrels of
cmckcrH spoiled by turpentine, and he
not only gave them to tho poor, but se
cured a reputation of a liberal-hearted
man.
A young Madagascan brought into
Franco inquired if all tho Frenchmen are
doctors. Asked why he thought so, he
replied that they all took bin hand and
asked after his health.
4 Han Francisco man, with a two
thousand dollars a day income, hns a
petiohant for gotting his money’s worth.
Considering tho saucer part of tlio cup,
ho insists on both being filled when he
orders a cup of coffee.
Between Rovorsto and Trent, at tho
foot of a hill, an immense bronze table
of die Roman epacli has been discovered.
It reproduces in perfectly preserved
characters tho decree of Julius Cmsar, in
which ho granted to tho pcoplo of those
towns tho .Roman citizenship and alliance
with one of tho civic tribes.
Tho London Lnncet defines “ Moderate
Drinking ” as that which consists with a
clean tonguo, a good appetite, a slow
pulse, a cool skin, a clear head, a steady
hand, good walking power, and light, re
freshing sleep, and asserts that “ odd
g’assps of boor and spirit* in a forenoon
do not come within tho range of moder
ate drinking.”
Following in tho wake of tho academy
<xf sciences, some of tho French papers
•hie discussing tho the amosthetics, nota
bly protoxide of azote—laughing gas—in
(ho practice of dentistry. It is urged
that while its use may bo popular in tho
United States, where life j H cheap, it
should not bo encouraged elsewhere.
Mr. Walter, M. P., has presided at a
temperance, conference at Newbury, and
strongly advocated tho brewing of a
lighter and less heady beer, resembling
that of Germany, and tho establish men t
of cafes after the model of thoso on the
continent, as tho best antidotes to tho
wide-spread drunkenness of tho working
classes.
Romance outruns civilization. Spot
ted Tail’s daughter Shonkoo, or the
“ Rod Rose,” loved Lone Elk, u young
brave. Two Sinters of Charity persuaded
Spotted Tail /to give them his child and
bring her up in a convent. Shonkoo said
nothing, but at night she eloped witli
the darling Lono Elk, who pacified the
old gentleman by the gift of a pony.
An Englishman says: “The attrac
tions of French womon born of French
parents, ns a rule, consists of a graceful
movement of the body, small feet and
well shaped hands; a sometimes fascin
ating expression belonging to irregular
features and a facility for conversation
which makes you forget they do not be
long to the Phryno ideal. They dress
better than any other ladies in the
world.”
From recent details which have been
received of tho great fire at Tokio, in
Japan, it appears that not less than 10,-
000 houses wore burned. Among them
were eight buildings belonging to for
eigners, including the residence of tho
Austrian minister. It is supposed about
sixty lives were lost. About thirty of
these are believed to have perished in
the Fimalmra, which was considered the
best theater in Japan.
At liCii Faint Ttemy, in Belgium, an
appalling sensation lias lately occurred.
A young man of eighteen years, who
was believed to be dead, was placed in a
coffin and buried. A great number of
mourners accompanied the funeral. One
of them pronounced a eulogium upon
the character of the deceased, the usual
prayers were recited, and the coffin wits
lowered into the grave. The grave-dig
gers had begun to fill it in with clay
when they heard several knocks given
from within the coffin. Terrified, they
ran to call the curate and inform the
mayor, in the presence of both of which
personages the coffin was opened. “ Hor
rible spectacle!” says the paper from
which this is translated. “The unfor
tunate youth, who had been buried alive
while in a state of legarthy, had nindo
desperate efforts to break open the lid of
the coffin, but uselessly, and had died of
esphyxia.”
When Edbam Pasha, the present
grand vizier, was a boy he was sold as a
slave to the Turkish statesman Khosrev,
who, upon discovering his extraordinary
abilities, gave him his liberty and sent
him to Paris to bo educated. Ho was
born in 1828 nt Oliico, bis parents being
Circassian. After remaining at Paris
three yearn his ^patron Induced him to
study mining engineering, and for four
years ho followed this pursuit In France,
Germany, and Switzerland. Returning
to Constantinople in 1889, he was ap
pointed a captain on the general staff,
and ton years later was made an aid-de-
camp to tho sultan, subsequently attain
ing tlio ranks of general, chamberlain of
tlio palace, and member of tho council of
state, lie had also been minister of
foreign affairs and Turkish ambassador
to various European courts. His polit
ical affiliation iH with the young Turkish
par
SIC IU'ANT GIRLS IN REVOLT.
A blood loss revolution ia now going on
in the basement of our great houses and
fashionable boarding-houses, whoso sullen
murmurs float up tho back stairs. It 1h
the Irish girls resisting being put into
caps.
Tho Cap question is agitating all parts
of tho habitable town. Tho caps them
selves are really the defense of mistresses
against tho prevailing stylo of coiffure
which is making untold ravages among
tho waitresses.
Fastidious people object that it dis
seminates itself too freely through tho
food and ovor our shoulders at tho table.
Tlio only alternative would bo to give
tlio girls moro time in tho morning to
arrango and make firm tho structure,
which requires time and plenty of hair
pins. Hair-pins boing among tho per
quisites of tho place that objection is
of no forco; to tho lime mistresses natu
rally refuse to consent.
French servants oxpect to wear caps,
(I ormans accept them, but tho Irish make
sturdy resistance. Tho custom, how-
ovor, is growing. In many houses girls
will not bo considered who refuse to wear
caps, and in others, when extra pay has
been given to induce old servants to put
them on, they aro turned away now if
refusing to wear them, tho pay being
withdrawn. Tho custom is not con
sidered to conflict with republican ideas;
ladies whose patriotism abhors anything
that looks like sumptuary legislation re
gard caps as a tribute to noatness, and
livery as a question of order, and both as
a graceful recognition of the demands
of Heaven and godliness. As for the
girls, the best servants acquieseo in the
new regulation and put on their neat
caps. As to superior people the world
over, tho mere question of dress is of no
paramount iinportanco; besides, it is
hard times. The slatterns sturdily rebel.
There is a rumor of a still greater in
novation several degrees higher i:i the
social-scale. Several gentlemen have in
contemplation a new store modeled after
An Hon Marche, and arc now seoking a
proper location for the enterprise. In
this store the female employes are to
wear a uniform consisting of a cap and
apron, a uniform which presumably will
be made ns pleasant and becoming os
possible to the young ladies who wear
it.—N. Y. World.
A STRANGE EPIDEMIC.
A strange epidemic among horses has
made its appearance in some parts of
Scotland, and there are, it is stated, more
than five hundred horses nt the present
moment suffering from its effects in
Edinburgh. The disease commences
with great weakness and swelling of the
eyes nnd limbs, the left eye in tho
majority of cases being affected more
than the right. There is also frequently
intestinal disorder, and spots appenr on
tho tongue ns though from blood poison
ing. Tlio attack lasts on an average,
from five to twelve days. Opinions ap
pear to differ as to whether it is infec
tious or not; at any rate, it is spreading
rapidly, nnd affects horses indiscrim
inately in all classes of stables. One case
has occurred of a cow suffering from it,
nnd, as the animal was stalled beside a
pony which had also suffered from it,
there seems reason to fear that the diseaso
must be infectious. On the other hand,
instances are mentioned of horses es
caping the disease altogether, although
occupying stables where several other
horses were attacked. The darn {mess of
the atmosphere which has lately pre
vailed is supposed to have originated
tho epidemic, and indeed the abnormal
state of the weather during the last six
weeks is quite sufficient to account for
any amount of sickness, not only in the
stable, but in the kennel.—Pall Mall Ga
zelle.
THIS WOULD uopeais very beautiful
when you are well; to remain well, healthy
and Htiong take D <•■.!. II.McLean's Strength
ening Cordial and Blood Purifier, the great
est tonic in the World. It strengthens the
body and purifies Hie blood. Dr. J. JI.
McLean’s office, 31-1 Chestnut, St. Louis, Mo.
TRUTHS AND TRIFLES.
.. With virtuo, capiiolty and good con
duct, ono can Btill bo linsupportabls,
Tho manner*, which aro neglected aa
smiill thing*, nro often thono which de-
cldo men for or against you. A Blight
attention to thorn would have prevented
their ill judgment*.—Dnijsrc.
.. A Connecticut woman publishes her
husband a* follow*: "Of tho four
wives ho lmd before me, the last he
quarreled away; how tho other three
camo by tliolr death lie can beat inform
tlio public ; hut 1 caution all widows or
maiden* against marrying him, be their
doHire (or matrimony ovor so strong.”
.. A I'ronchmnn has invented a solder
to seal up liolos iu tlnwnro, which is not
only pronounced perlect, butawful cheap.
But he’ll loso money if lie comes over
hero v>ith it, for tlio American nation Is
so surely wodded to tho use of a small
piece of rng, that tho most elaborate com
bination can not wean it from its idol.
..lluinpty Dnmpty Fox, with his
krnin all correct again, is living quietly
In hisown house in Brooklyn,in excellent
health nnd spirits. Ho thinks of tho
singe, lmt duos not know when ho will
jam ids hands down hard into his pockets,
too in, nnd assume a diabolical grim bo-
fore an uproarious house again.
.. A laily in Springfield had beon talk
ing with her little girl about a death in
tlio neighborhood, and about good chil
dren going to heaven, when bright eyes
said : “ Mamma, shall we have clothe*
ready (or us (n heaven ?” nnd the mother
replied in tlio afiinnativo. The little
ono wont nway again to her play, bu t
toon camo back in n thoughtful mood
with, 11 Well, mamma, I guess I’ll tako
iny trunk of clotheH nlong, to make
sum!”
.. Young lady in tho country: "Aunt
Tabltliy, my fur-sack of imitation mush-
rat in about played—wlioddy you think
I’d bettor git into for summer wear ?”
“ Itooshy, I’d jest like to see yo,ur lovely
form in one of these new-fashioned cus
pidors, cut bias, turned over on the
edge nnd box-piented around tlio top!"
[,Sensation, j
.‘.The heirs of Joseph Ixiwis, tho
Hoboken man, who willed a million dol
lars to help retiro to national debt, are
coming forWnrd by the band-wagon load
nnd putting in a pica of the patriot’s In
sanity. Not that they want the million
dollars, understand, but because they
deslro to soc lunacy discouraged.
..Thu advice of the Globe-Democrat
to llie young man who hung around tho
chamber-window of the fair girl with the
tcarlct lips, was:
I’rny rouse your sonsnlers Rii.hlnR
About tho girl bo fair;
And don't po hunglng round her
Hut court hor on tne nquaro.
And to this an anonymous correspondent
thus makes reply:
I followed your Btiggatton,
And Blood on court square all day.
Ilut the Jovoiy girl, with the scarlet Upe,
Kho never came that way,
..The Buffalo Courier hunts it up
again and starts off with: Mr. Secretary
Thompson has never served two yeafs
before the mast, but it is affirmed that
his nautical acquirements are more
varied than were those of President
Taylor’B secretary of the navy. When
that official first boarded a man-of-war at
the Gosport navy-yard he paused before
the batch way^gavr? a startled glance down
ward and exclaimed, “ Groat Caesar's
ghost! if tlio thing isn’t hollow 1”
..Mrs. Tudell’s came home from a
bric-a-brac salo the other day with a
"’hole lot of cheap stuff which she called
“articles of vertu.” “Vertul” con
temptuously echoed her husband; “ why
you’vo been swindled if you call that
trash vertu. The whole lot is not
wortn twenty-five cents.” “ Wi I 1 .”
reUrted Mrs. T., “perhaps it is
not the genuine stuff'; hut doesn't
Qlmkspoarc say, ‘ Assume a vertu if you
have it not?’ ” That settled it.—Norr «-
town Herald. •
.. When the Prince of Wales visted
Coventry two or three years ago, the
secretary to his royal highness, thinking
the procession to the station was moving
somewhat slowly, sent rather an impera
tive message commanding “ the mayor to
trot.” The answer returned was, “Tell
Mr. Knollyj tho mayor of Coventry does
not trot.” The present occupier of ihe
magisterial chair was present at a dinner
parly given the Jther evening by the
member for 'North Warwickshire, Mr.
Dromley-Davcnport. He had the honor
to take the hostess in to dinner. “I don’t
know, Mr. Mayor,” said the lady,
“whether you are at all afraid ol the
measles, but my little children have
them, and I myself have had a slight
attack.” Once more the mayor nt'
Coventry lose to the occasion. “Mad
am.” he paid, c< I should be only too de
lighted to talc'd anything from so charm
ing a source.’*
