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-- " * * * * % 'ki .a.. * . • ' « r ? , * : . . ' . . % a • * : . . - ? 5 % r ' * . / \ •• *',: •* "' F J »; > '. ••• f ' 4M". '-4 *&•:. ""' 'A * **;»<• , »«» .. .&<j?' ,^j..toL. f : ^•i";>:?r^ ..J' •i'V$' '* Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall Awe." VOL. 3. JfejJenry plunSesIer. Published Every Wednesday by J.VAN SLYKE • Editor and Publisher. - Oilci iii Riverside Block, . Over Smith, Aldrich & Hay thorn's Store. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: •'<' Due Year, (In Advance,).... .#1 58 tf not Paid within Three Months, ...,.2 00 Subscriptions received for three or six months la the same proportion. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1878. BCSINESS CARDS. II. T. BROWN, M. I>. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. 'Office in Brick Block over F. G. Mayes Clothing Store Water Street, McHenry III. E. A. BEERS M. D PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry 111. O. J. HOWARD, M D. PHTSTCTAN and Surgeon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, McHenry, 111. W. II. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHRTICIAN AND SURGEON.-- Office East Side Public Square, Wood­ stock, III. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and 2 *o 4 P. M. F-. J BARBIAN. CIGAR Mannfwtu'«"•, McHenry 111. Fac­tory No. 171. Orsteva solicited. W. S. PRICKETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW. McHenry, 111. Office second story Bishop's new Block. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. McHenry, 111. N GEO. A. BUCKLIX TOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In­ surance Agent. Office "at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, 111. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to land in Mcllenrv County, Ill'nois. Office with Dounty Clerk, Wool.stock, ill. ROBT. WRIGHT. MmrufaeftUrcr ft'l' Custom Hade Boots and Shrtfcs. 'None but the best of material osed and all work warranted. ShopNerthwest corner Public Square, McHenry, IlL E. M. OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. M C H E N R Y . . . . . . I L L I N O I S . GEO. SCIIREINER. 2ALOONand Restaurant. Nearly opposite 3 the Parker House, McHenry 111. JKTFirst-Class Billiard and Pool Tables. J. iiONSLETT, SALOON and Restaurant. Xearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, IlL Fresh Oysters •crved up in any shape desired, or tor sale by the Can. ITGOOD STABLING FOR HOKSES..£* W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Magie. Hog. Also Light.tud Dark Brahuia Fowls. Pigs shipped to all points by express. P. O, Ad­ dress, Woodstock, IlL, PET Kit LEIOKKM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all kinds. Also Itepalrs Viojins intheWst possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Also Violins for Sal<>. Shop first door North of Riverside Block, McHenry 111. F. KLEIFGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Wagon-and House Painting done on Short Notice, All work war­ ranted. McHenry IlL, South of the Public Square. Poland China Swine GOOD Pigs for sale that was sired by Boars that took First Premium and Sweep­ stakes at State and County Fairs, from $!S to $35 apiece. W* are shipping to BOUIO of Ihe best ureeders in the country. For particulars Apply to C. STREET A SON. Hel>ron, 111. 'Attention Farmers. FOR SALE. i Tittteroit'fttU Blood Scotch Collie •Shep- Jtk. herd Flips, trom Imported Stock, These pr* the finest dogs for the farmer in the world And I jvill warrant them to be full blood. Also I have for sale Poland China Pigs, iboth sexes, all very tine. Call at my residence, one mile east of Blivins Mills, and see them. FRAKK COLE. BUvins Mills, 111., Aug., 28th, 1877. TIT" A TVTT^T^TV To make a permanent W All -L VJ l J engagement with a clergyman having leisure, or a Bible Re.-j/ler, ito introduce in McHenry County, the CELE­ BRATED NEW Centennial Edition ot the HOLY BIBLE. For description, notice edi­ torial in last week's issue of this paper. Ad­ dress at once F. L. HORTOX & CO., Publish- ,ers and Bookbinders, 60 E. Market St.. Indian­ apolis, Ind. JAMES ROBBINS, DEALER IK-- Agricultural Implements SOLON MILLS, IL . MANUFACTURERS AGENT tor the cuam-pion Reaper and Mower, the Gorham Corn Cultivators and Diamond Plow, war­ ranted to scour in any soil, the Forest City Seed Plow and Steel" Beam Stubble Plows iCorn Planters, Ilorse Rakes, Ac. Will take (Gash or Good Notes in exchange for any and *11 of my Goods. Post Office, Solon Mills, 111. For Sale or Exchange. THE undersigned offers for sale his proper­ty, situated in the village of McHenry, or will exehange it towards a good Farm.-- There is a good and substantial building, suit­ able for a simre or othor business, the upper part of which is fitted up for a resilience.-- Connected with this >s tour acres of choice land, a good l>arn and some fruit. There Is no icore desirable property in this section, and any person having a good Farm which thev wish to exchange, or anyone wishing to bay will Sad it to their advantage to call and see me. **• A. HEBARD. McHeiwry, III., May 7th, 1877. BUSINESS CARDS. E. PERKINS. WAGON Maker. McHenry, 111. Ckfaeral Jobbing promptly attended to. Shop, Westjof the Public Square. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Officeand Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. DR. C. W. COX, DENTIST. Office at the Parker Boose, McHenry, III. N. S. COLBT. McHenry Co., IlL Breeder of iheep, Berkshire and Polamd" China Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. MCHENRY, Spanish Merino J. A. SHERWOOD AUCTIONEER Algonquin, III. SALES of Stoek, Farming Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm sales a specialty. Terms reasonable. Post Dffice address Algonquin IlL W. H. SANFORD, Mercliant Tailor. In tlm store of C. 11. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Su wa^g on'hand. Suits made to order am warranted- Give me a calL <f a lit W. II. SANFORD. Woodstock 111., Sept. 27th, ISTn. M. ENCELN- aUN-SM I TH Will change muz­ zle loaders, both single and double, to breach loaders. Keeps en hand all ^ kinds of Gun Ma. 'Ji0% terial. All work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Store, Mcllenrv, 111. HTM.W, J'ropri :•• •, First class rigs, with or without drivers, furnished at reasonable rates. Teaming of all kinds ilonc on short notice. O. W. O WE ft, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, MCHENRY ILL., Dealer in all kinds of American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories In the country. Silver, platedwsre, Silver Spoons, &c., ALSO AGENT FOR THE Weber and Braclbury Pianos AND THE Estey Org-aji ! Which we believe ip be the best Organ in the market. We think ve know that Vy experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it is baefced up by the Best Musicians in the World. I also sell other Organs at less prices than the Estey, but can't reccommend them to be as good. O. W. OWEN. July 23. Scott & Co., HATS CAPS & STRAW GOODS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET COR, FIFTH AVE. And 123 Lake St., Cor. Clark CHICAGO. A Larger Stock of MEDIUM and FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other house in the trade. Errors of Youth. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature De­cay, and all the effects of youthful indiscre­ tion will,fer the sake of suffering humanity, send free to nil who need it, the recipe and direction fo»- making the simple remedy by Which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to Mont by the adviser's experience can do so fir addressing in perfect confidence k- 0<irDEN, 43 Cedar St,, Stew York JANESVILLE Woolen Mill, North Main Street THE subscribers are now read v to exchange for wool, goods, snch as plain and fancy Cassimeres, Doeskins, Tweeds, Satinets, La­ dies (Moth. Sheetings. Shirtjngs, '»nd a good varietv of various kinds of Flannels, for dresses, Ac., Blankets. Stocking Yawi. Ac.-- All these goods will be exchanged for Wool or Cash, on the auost reasonable torins. Custom carding and doth dressing on the same terms as in former years. u Carpets washed at five cents per yard. p. S..--All wool sent by express wi|l be promptly attended to. Please send full or­ ders by mail. J In exchange for goods wVSII*l©Cl*eB™wooL£,^ese *n-' Inn. ' F low J une 1st, IS 77 F. A. WHEELER & Co. 625 REWARD. The above reward will be paid to amy one who wHl find one of our Buffalo Boots in which there is a counter, inner-sole, slip sole or piece ©f heeling that's net cast from a good, thick, piece of sole leather. P. D. SMITH. Xe&r the Depot. TO WHAT ARE THKSK TIMES ATTR1 BUT ABLE ? This Is a question «n which HMD dif­ fer. It has been stated from head­ quarters of the government that the distressing times through which w# have been passing ahd in which we new find ourselves, are directly at­ tributable to a fluctuating and Irre­ deemable currency. If this be s», why was it the country eajeyed such pros­ perity when the currency was more fluctuating and much farther from the gold standard than it now is er has been since the pinching times began? No>ne cau truthfully deny that after the suspension ef specie payments and when the country was furnished with a large amount of currency; the North­ ern states, notwithstanding the heavy drain of the war, increased rapidly in wealth. Everybody found employ­ ment at remunerative wages, and every honorable business rewarded those who diligently pursued it. But now, how changed! Every branch of industry is iu a state *f stag­ nation. Nothing pays liberally. Ag­ riculture in which about half the peo­ ple are engaged, illy rewards the hus­ bandman. The manufacturing inter­ ests of the country have so poor a prospect that thousands ®f mills have, ceased operations, letting the forge fires die out, the spindles cease their motion, and the employees who lived from day to day on their earnings are sent adrift to beg, steal or starve.-- What a pjtitable condition! And is there no halp? Some say that the much needed reltef will coiree when the day of specie redemption arrives, and still, as we approaoh nearer and nearer to that great day, we learn of mere and more failures and bankruptcies. Over six thousand have occurred in this coun­ try during the la**- nine months, and the ulooui is thickening. What is the cause ? Every observing and thinking man must know that it is a shrinkage invalues. Everything is going down except debts, while the latter, at the high ruling rates of interest in the West, have a ktrong upward tendency. The poor debtor class is getting poorer every year, while the wealthy money ioaner is enabled, by the present turn of the wheel,-to vastly augment his treasures. Because everything he buys is reduced in price, while every article the debtor has to sell Is growing less *nd leos in value. If the farmer is forced to sell his products for two- thirds the price it was when a debt was contracted, the debt has virtually increased {fifty per cent, and this is the present state of affairs, not only with the agricultural industry of the country but with every other business. Now what has canned all this mis­ chief. Is it an expanded currency, such as we had during an.<J for ten years after the-war of secessiou? Ot­ is it rather a contraction of the same from $69 per capita whU:h we had. of all kinds pf circulation in 1866, down to 914,60 to day, without reckoning the necessary loss, by use of the paper money of the country. It is estimated that about one-sixth of the fractional currency has been destroyed among the people, and this destruction applied to the larger notes must reduce our circu­ lating medium to about $12 per capita, while Frauce, including her redemp­ tion reserves, has #62 per capita and the other great powers of Europe have about ®35 as an average. France with her abundant currency is pushing to the utmost all her industries, has paid off her large war endemnity to Germany and is to-day increasing in wealth and power faster than any other nation on the globe. France i« reaping the har­ vest we gathered during the times of our most expended currency, and we to-day are tasting the bitter fruits which England's industrial population was forced to eat at the tince of her re­ sumption of specie payments after the close of the Neopolic wars. Is it then from an irredeemable cur­ rency that we are suffering these dis­ tressing times or Is it because of a system of violent contraction, reducing tl>£ amount of our circulating medium to pbout one-third the amount granted by the enlightened nations of Europe to het'l people? causing among us a shrinkage in values of about one*halft on most all products of the farn the anvii and the loom. No shrewd business man would go on extensively in manufacturing or other business when he understands that the product must constantly diminish in value and bring loss and bankruptcy to himself. Hence wt have seen idleness where there should be iudustry, and starvation where there should be plen­ ty while capital seeks investment.-- Thank heaven our Congress is begin ning to discover the misch'ef done to the country and to apply with earnest­ ness the proper remedies. Every man, woman and child should examine Hendersons celebrated Cus­ tom Made Boots and Shoes before buy? Ing. For sale by Perry Martin, THE HOG QUESTION AGAIN, EDITOR PLAIKDEALER.--In PLAIN- DEALER of date Dec. 5th, our attention was arrested by the forcible headlines Correction Settled." We perused the article with patience and care, but found Parvo in Afultum till at the con­ clusion we found the bold signature , W. W. Ellsworth, which seems to sig­ nify Multum in Parvo, Now Mr. Editor this clash of statements between our­ selves and Mr, Ellsworth is not the fruit of our ambition or choice. Mr. E. first assailed us and gave us the lie. His statements are so sweeping and positive, that our sense of honor for­ bids that we should be silent. Ells­ worth states the truth when he says he has tone much for us. For his friend­ ship and kind attention in the past we, we are grateful. In the article referred to Mr. E. leads oft with a selfish and narrow apology. He then says we did not change our list last year because "those prizes were not faif'ly won and we were waiting to have a request made to change when we would have ventilated the whole matter." *Oh. in- doed, Mr. E. would you nullify and ig­ nore the decision of a committee and publish a false statement simply be­ cause their judgment would not allow them to conform to your notions? If your position be well founded then away with silly committees, bow our knee to Baael, and blue ribbons would always flutter over Ellsworth^ pens. Ellsworth fays he called to see our Boar over 6 months old thinking to buy one if we had one good enough to win 2nd prize at Wisconsin State Fair in '76. but found none good enough. Tlie truth is E. called at our place when we were away at Marengo. Meeting E. sometime after he remarked that lie would given $5 to have found us at home Now about the Premium Sow Jennie. "Scallawag Sow.** Ellsworth inform* the public that he sold us tliissow out of the fattening pen for just93 72 more than Pork price. The truth is we paid E. 930 00 for the sow about #9 more than she was worth for pork, E. claim­ ing that his only reason for futteuniug the sow was because she raised so few pigs at a Utter. He had taken 1st pre­ mium on one litter of her pigs at McHenry Co. Fair, where he claims that every body called her a scallywag. Ellsworth has often spoken in high terms of praise of the Sow Jennie. Contrast Ellsworth statement in his "Correction Settled" with the following, the truth of which we are prepared to sustain. E. called at our place, resolved to purchase the sow Jennie, as he said to take to the State Fair with his Lady 6ih. He wished to trade a full blood short horn Bull. 2 years old, valued ajb #125, which sold for 9112 at oue year old. He would trade this Bull for Jennie and one Boar. We valued the Boar at 915. leaving a net of for Jennie, the "£callawag Sow," or <$S5 more than she was worth for pork. Mr. C. Street objected to the trade, thereupon Ellsworth remarked that he was willing to pay a price that would astonish the natives. Ellsworth says he made us, "see our gratitude &c„ &c. Let us turn to the record in the years 1876 and 1877: We have purchased 2 hogs from Mr. Ellsworth. During the same time we sold to Ellsworth of our own breeding some 28 hogs, which the reader can see has helped Ellsworth to fill his orders, keep up his stock and gain a reputation among men. >kOh consistency thou art a jewel." How ungrateful. The sow Jennie is from Swoepstakes sow Beauty 2nd. In the last 2 years she has taken 4 first and 1 2nd premium. Ellsworth calls us an equivocating liar and spreads on slang phrases and foul epithets, to dirty for a man to no­ tice. The card refered to wo publish herewith. Also the statement of Sec­ retary Rogers, all of which we can sustain. Every word in the card in controversy is benafied facts. COPY OF CARD. C- Street A Son, Breeders of the Poland China Swine, Bred direct from stock that was sired-by "Perfection Ohio," that took lirst Premiums at State and County Fairs. •'Our Stock" took throe First and two Second at the Fair in McHenry Co, ami four First at Elkhorn, Walworth Co., Wis., in 1S76. Stock for sale not Akin. Correspondence solicited, Hebron, McHenry Co., Illinois. STATEMENT OF SECRETABY ROGERS. Secretary's Office Marengo Agricultural and /Stock Breeding AssocUtfUm, MARENGO, ILU, NOV. 17, 1877. Premiums awarded Mr. Street, 1874. Boar under 1 year 1st Boar under 1 year 2d. ,fl Sow X year old or over 1st 08 Litter of 5 Pigs 2d ,.|1 Sow under 1 year 1st and $d 1877. Boar under 1 year 1st Sow 1 year old or over 1st Sow under 1 year High Commendation Bead card received from Ellsworth, carefully aDd hold your breath. Woodstock Hi., Dec. 12th, 1877. S. G. Street, Hebron. You had n^; better step outside of paper containing controversy again as you will be liable for what yon publish. Beware. W. W. ELLSWORTH. Mr. Editor, with the above I leave the people to Judge for themselres .who is in thu right in this controversy, in which we have been unwilliugly drawn. Respectfully. C. 8TRBBT, * Sox. [In admitting the first communica­ tion on the above subject Into OIMT columns, we aid not imagine the matter would bring about the controversy it has, or we should havo hesitated about admitting it. But now that each party have had two hearings, and further enntroversy can be of no interest to our readers, we shall positively decline to publish anything further on the subject.--EDITOR ] 13 •» Also special Commendation and Diploma for display of Poland China Swme. Alwve is a true copy of the record of prem­ iums awarded as per the books of our society. J. S. HOOBRS, Secretary We cut our communication short this time without any effort to injure our old friend Ellsworth, preferisg to let him play with the slack rope at his command. Dout hang yourself. JHeivare, The following \% copy of a WASUINGTONCOUKESPONDRNOB. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Dec. Slst, 1877. There can scarcely bo found a more throughly mixed class than that which serves Uncle Sain in the Departments here, not to speak wf his numerous other employes scattered throughout the whole world. I say the class is mixed and I mean it as regards birth, culture, education, official ability clerical capacity, mental and physical endowments and even moral character, the extremes of all these meet here. There are those to the manor born, and born lowest in life; those who are re­ fined and cultured, and those who are utterly lacking In those rare qualities, the finely educated and the illiterate (for 1 know a case where a woman who can neither read nor write holds a Government position); these who un­ derstand fully the details of the busi­ ness upon which they are engaged and those who work automaically; those strong of raiud and body, and those who are the reverse iu both respects, those in wlioin all the Christian virtues combine to form the purest and most exalted characters, and those who are immoral, lewd and altogether disre­ putable. The latter are not those of whom I wish to write nor of whom your readers wish to hear; but rather the other class, I might say, the upper class, for these ar« among them really notable characters, among whom per­ haps the uiost conspicuous is the grand daughter of ©ne of our United States Presidents, Mrs. Mary E. Wilcox, Airdrew Jackson's adopted son's daughter. She is the only person liv­ ing who was born in the White House where she was also baptised. Her christening was a memorable event to which both Houses of Congress were invited. The baptismal font stood in the window of the East room where Nellie Grant was since married. Presi­ dent Jackson aud Vice President Van Bureu were her God fathers. The proclamation of President Lincoln that emancipated th« slaves left Mrs. Wilcox at the close of the war, a pen- nilness widow with two children. This lady has suffered .uanv privations un until two years ago when after man}' efforts she ^received a position as translator in the dead letter division of the Post Office where she srrves most acceptably at a salary of fiJOQ a year. Mrs. Charlotte Livingstone, of the aristocratic Horn family in New Yoik, spent the last years of her life in her father's home, in foreigu travel and in the old raauer-lmise of the Living­ stone's, on the Hudson} but wo see her te-day, having been left a widow without means, a 9900 clerk in the Be- demptlon Bureau of the Treasury.-- Her husband's clesoent was genuine, from the Chanoellor Livingstone who administered the oath of offloe to the first President of the Uulted States. Miss C, E. Morris, another clerk, first saw the light on what all tho world last ye ay know as the "Centen nial Grounds" in Philadelphia. She is a grand daughter of Robt. Morris one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, whose homestead, oomprising tho grounds occupied by the Exposition buildings, her father inherited. , Miss SophleWalker the daughter of President Polk's Secretary of the Treasury, Bobt. J. Walker, who died in 1850 leaving his family poor. His two daughters were offered positions in the Treasury which they accepted, the elder resigning some time ago to marry the well-known Philadelphia lawyer B, H. Brewster, while the younger, retains her situation in the Revenue Office. Her salary Is 91.300. Miss Oa(|e is in the War Depart­ ment, engaged in copying War r*» cords, for which duties her exceptional fine penmanship amply qualifies hen-- Her father was Gen. Dade of tho 1813 war, and her irother was a cousin of John Randolph and ef^Gen. Wlnfleld Scott, at whose man iage Geo. Da* acted as groomsman. .Miss Markoo employed In tho Staff Department, Is the daughter of Frssolt Markoo, who far 30 years was attached to the Diplomatic Corps of the State Department and whoso property wont when slaves were freed. Miss MarkM supports herself and mother, residing in the old family mansion here. Miss Sallie Upton's father was141 Brooklyn lawyer and author. She Is translator in the Post Officf*, is aooojpr plished and well beloved. «i Mrs. Helen McLean Kimball, Librii* rian of the Treasury, is the widow tf Col Kimbsll, who led Hawkins's Ninth New York Zouaves to the attack oft Roanoke Island in 1862, When he WM killed the city of "New York harlot him from the Governor's room with military honors Mrs, Granger is a widow ot tho Gordon Granger who was killed in tl Indian massacre with Gen. Custer, i OLIV1U . _ . . NO. 24 ST. NICHOLA& ft. Nicholas, as all the world know,U the patron ot children, with whom bo is the most popular suint in tho calen­ dar. Bishop of Myra. in Lycia, in tho time of Constantine the Great, If wtt are to credit the Roman breviary, sup* plied three destitute maidens with dowries by secretly leaving a marriagt portion for each at their window.-** Hence the popular fiction that he M purveyor of preseuts to children oa Christmas Eve. He usually makes hit appearance as an old man with a vener­ able beard, and dressed as a bishop^ fcither riding a white horse or an asa« and carrying a large basket on his ana and a bundle of rods iu his hand. Ia some parts of Bohemia he appears dressed up in a sheet instead of a sur­ plice, with a crushed pillow on his head instead of a mitre. On his calling out, "Wilt thou pray?'* all the children fall upon their knees, whereupon he lets fall some fruit upou the floor and dissap* pears. In this manner ho goes fro* house to house, sometimes ringing a bell to announce his arrival, visits tlas nurseries, inquires into the conduct of the children, praises or admonishes them, as the cause may be, distribu|- ing sweet meats or rods accordingly, St. Nicholas is the Santa Claus Holland, aud the Smiklaus of Switsoi*> laud, and the Sonnoe Klas of Heligi?* land. Iu the Vorarlberg he Is knows as Zemmiklas. who threatens to pot naughty children into his haystack; la Nether Austria as Niklo, or Nlglo. wl*f> is followed by a masked servant call*, ed Kvampus, while in the Tyrol ho goes by the name of "Holy Man,** and shares his patronage of his office with St. Luce, who distributes gifts among the girls, as he does among tho boyp« Sometimes he is aocetnpsuiod by tp£. Christ-child. . In mauy parts of Switzerland, Gef* many and the Netherlands. St. NIchel* as still distributes his presents on St, Nicholas Eve--the 5th of Decembers instead of Christmas Eve. In tlHI Netherlands aud adjoining provinces he is especially popular, and is perhaps the only saint who has maintained W» full credit, oven strong the Pro to at* 4iits. For days previous to his expect* od advent busy housewives have beta secretly conspiring with the bates la gilding nuts, cakes aud* gingerbread* and torturing pastry, prepared with sugar, flour, honey, spices and sweet­ meats into the most fantastical forms, from which the good saint may fro* time to time replenish his supplies.-* As to the ohUdren, St. Nicholas,or Sun* der Klass, is the burden of their prayers, the staple of their dreams the inspiration of their songs. As they importnne him to let fall from tho ohimney top some pretty gifs into their little aprons, they go on singing with childish fervor. "Sunder Klass du godo Bloot! Breng mi Xoot un Zokerbrod, Nteht to veel un nieh to mium," Sinlet In mine Sehorten in," In Belgium, on the eve of tli# bishop's serial voyage in bis pastorsl visitation of his bishoprics of chimney* tups, the children polish their shoss, and after filling them with hay, oats e» carrots for the saint's white horao, they put them on a table or set thesi in the fireplace. The room Is then carefully closed, and tho door locked. Next merning it is opened in tho pit* senoe of the assembled household, whoa, mirible dictuf the furniture is found t# be turued topsyturvy, while the lit# shoes, instead of the horse's forags, are filled with sweetmeats and toysJfcr the good children, and with rods f)pr the bad ones. In some plaoeg, wooctaa, or China shoes, stockings, baskets, cups and saujors, and even bundles of hay are plaoed in tho ohimney or hgr tho side of the bed, or is a conssr of tho roem, as the favorite reoeptastl of St. Nicholas' presents. JJ m THJS Belle City Feed Cutter, the boat in tho market, oaa bo found At Q» Bishop's Warehow*, 7* xjt * o a .. v . -i