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a Yankee thought of his ideas of preaching, and thought no more of it. lmuginu our surprise when we found the following beautiful and courteous note in our mail of Saturday last, dated, Livvrpool. Feb- 3, 1897. “I roceiwd your letter of the let of January, and hasten to thank you for the review itself, and for your ksndness in forwarding it to me. One is ah'ays glad to receive a, word pf encouragt-uwnt from those who have troddeh the same mad, and the Word does not lose its flavor by coming from a hrotlwr beyond the sea. JOHN WATsnx'.‘ On the whole, we think quite as much of this genuinely fraternal note of lan MacLaren’s as we do of some of these anonymous things which we have received. A few Weeks ago we gave samples 3, of prices for groceries in New Eng-1 land 30 years ago. Below we give ‘ some from bills here in Highland : Park: ()ne cord of wand ‘ ..‘, One cord of woml ()nchalf curd of wood Um: curd (If wuml .. ()m: lmx (If rape ..... ()ne Imx of mnex . . 21V 251m. (”flee A .. . 10.00 One barrel of apples . ‘ 5.00 One barrel nf apples ,., ,., ,, ”.5” Six tuns of mm] ,. THAN) ()nc barrel of flour V ,. . 15.50 One box of stem 11. ‘M lbs . .V 4.32 One lmx of snap. a" Ills . . . 7.37 :35 lbs nf rice . . 3.00 ()m: harry-I‘M Hour . V , [Him The average pricv of gold that year was a fraction over $1.40. or $16.50 then went as far as $11.64 would go now. Huw much flour can a man get now for $IHH‘.’ That tvlls tho story of whvthvr ht‘ wants cheap tummy or not. Wu copied these pricos right off the original bills as rm't-iptvd. Highland ’m‘k wants and wants badly just now. oiw Inorv baby. Its-z populalion by the lust and only ac- (‘umtv and truly rvliahlo cr-nsus. is just 2999 persona.~ Now if someone would kindly got. onv inorelmhy and luv-p llw (-liit long enough to be counted our population would stand just 301)”, and that is vastly differ» out from 29”“. It int-Ins of ('.()III'SP hut oiw mon- addml to our populu» Yours faithfully. PRICES IN 1866. WANTED. 0. 7H. 15. 5” (N) 30 THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. tion, but it means much to the city. Let our official 3 records bear the sonorous significant figures 3000 or more and it puts a different phase on all the real in the city: the marâ€" ket. valxw is enhanced: the long promised and limked for prosperity will he nmterially nearer. ()ne rnorv baby would be an advance agent of prosperity in earnest. Let “H have the baby. as to be the finest in the West. Now Mr. Boyingtfon has matured his plans subject to modification for a club house in keeping with the tastes, ability and purposes of the Club and in harmony with the e\tent and per- fection of their grounds. The gen- eral style will be the plain. stately Doric. the earliest as Well as the. simplest and most majestic of the Greek orders. It will be two stories high. 21xt55 feet ground dimensions. beside the extension. The foundations contemâ€" templ'ated. will be of brick. and high. SUJIS to give a large. light, airy and convenient basement. where will be the kitchen. pantry. a large dining room. toilet and dressing room with shower bath. and a goodâ€" sized locker. The first floor will have a large general assembly room, 30x30 feet. with a central air and light well extending up through the the roof. with colored skylights. etc. A large stone, and brick chimA ney will stand in one end of the room and the broad stairvay A wind up around it. somewhat after the ad- mirable style of Lawyer Millard's Ravine Lodge. 011 the south and around to the West. overlooking the grounds, will be a broad and spa cious porch. that modern sine qua non of a summer home. On the second floor will be the ladies‘ retiring rooms and a smoking room. with seven living rooms and a bath room for the meri‘hwrs. The extension will be two stories in hight. so as~to afford a tine balcony for the second floor. The interior finish will be pine. painted in colors. with hard wood floors. It is pur- posed to expend “HANK? to “5.001) on the structure this se EXMOOR CLUBHOUSE. The problem of the poor and the problem of the wheel are always with us of this city. There is a pet tition out. which Wednesday morn- ing had considerably over 100 sigâ€" natures to allow wheels on the side- 3 walks during the winter months, at reasonable rates of speed. any viola- .'tion to be fined, and every wheelman to dismount when passing ladies. or ‘ be fined also. This petition repre- sents the best and most enlightened . sentiment of the city. The people of Highland ' Park. who own the property of the city, who pay the taxes. support its churches and schools. pave its streets and build its sidewalks wish to ride their wheels on said walks during these sloppy. muddy months under suitable regu- , lations. and they are therefore enti- tied to have their petition granted. Ext-Postmaster W. E. Brand has just completed one of the most care- ful, accurate and valuable census canvass of the town that was ever made, and he finds, as all had hoped and expected. that the town has a population of over 4.000. See what follows: “ The new lawfipassed at the last session prescribes that'beginning “on the firglt Tuesday in April, A. D. 1891. in each town, in counties un- der township .organizaltion. * .*, * there shall be elected two justices bk the peace, and two constables 3113‘ one justice of the peace and one con- stable for every one thousand inhab- itants, of such town or precinct." Therefore, East Deerfield having over 4.000 inhabitants is entitled to four justices of thé peace. and four constables. and all these are to be elected this spring. April 6th. ()ur brilliant young congressman denied himself the pleasure of meet- ing with his home club. the Mar- quette. at the Lincoln banquet last week. for the sake of responding to a call'for service at a similar gathering in Grand Rapids. Michigan. There was a brilliant assemblage in the city across the lake. but Mr. Foss sustained his reputation as an orator. no easy task as other talented speak» ers were on the program. He dis- played his talent for statemnanship as usual by his mastvry of his subject. and the (lrand Rapids papers are) vnthusiastic over him and his HPPPCl). We don't have any solicitudu when ho is called out. for We- know hv will acquit himself and honor his district and estalv. ‘ EAST DEERFIELD'S GROWTH. CONGRESSMAN F055. BICYCLES AGAIN. .~,x@a';$,%‘?z€‘ wfifi" 7w?