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Literary Notes

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
August
Year
1885
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Public Domain
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Nearly a hundred years ugo New Engand began to streani out to the Western Reserve, and founded its llrst colony at Vlarietta, Ohio. It s proposed to celébrate- the event by a "centennial'' in 1887 : ueanwhile Harpvr's Magazine takes time by the forelock, and will give in the Sepeniber issue a paper on " The Earliest iettleinent in Oliio," wlth numerous porïaits of the pioncers and pictures of old ïouses. The subject of " Sewago Dispnsal in 3ities is one of the most Important whlcb he possible approach of cholera brings to public attention. Dr. J. S. üillings, U. S. A., bas written an eight-page article for larpei's Magazine, in which is compressed a plaiu, simple account of the present kuowledge of epidemie dieeue, and the )reventive methods now thought to be )est, in connection with city eanitation. t will appear ín the September issue. Wide A wake for August openg with a fanciful frontispiece by F. H. Lungren, entitled " In the Sweet o' the Year;'7 the same artist also contributes a line full page Irawing of B urn 's " Highland Mary." The nuinber has some reinarkably good short stories of wliich dogs and horses are lic heroos; " The Gypsy's Prophecy,1' by i Virginian author. Miss Anna Lench ' Hunted by a Wild Stailion,"a Canadian tory by Edmiind Collins, and "Williamiufus," by Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont - " William-Rulus " being a dog once twaed by Wade Hampton, and guilty of some very astonishing behavior. The Brit art is also given of the Hawaüan advenure, " How tóe Boojums went down the ater;" tliis paper is well illustrated, and s written by the ten Boojums themselves. n contrast is " Tlie JJouud Oirl," one of i series of four truc eaiiy colonial stories by Mary E. Wilkins, furnished from old documente still in existence. Mr. Van 'hou Lee's Chinese paper relates to "Chinese Stories and Story-Tellen?." D. Lothrop & Co., publisliers, Boston, Mass. General Grant's article on " The Siege of Vricksburg," in the September Century, vill be accompanied by the story of the itíier side as oontained in the dlary of a ¦ 1 y who was in the city during the siege. Jesides the reproduotlon of Gen. Grant's original " unconditionul surrender '' disp:iuh In thls number, thcre will also be trinteil a facsimile of the dispatch to Secetary Stanton, in Gen. Grant's handwritng, aniioiicing the surrender of General üee'8 army at Appomutox. The origina! s owned by General Badeau, who gives he following history of the dispatch: "On Sunduy ntternoon, tho Oth of Apill, BMt hs Geaeral Orunt w:m rldlng to hls headuurters from ttie farm-hoiiHO In whlcli he ïad recelved the surrender of Leo, Itoccured o hl in that he had made no report of the vent to i lic ( tiiviTiiincii I . Ue halted at once ml ülsinouiued. with hls staff, In a rougli ileld, wlthln the National ltn 8. Slttlngona tone, he asked for paper. I h -ppened to be noar, and oftered hlm my memorandumook, 8iich au laffotllcerH often carry for orers or report in the fleld. He laid the book n hls k nee and wroto the dispatch in penII; he haiidi'd it tome and tolil me tonend It to the telegrnph operator. I aaked hlm If I nlght copy the dlapatrh for the operator and ciiun the original. Ue a8ented umi I re wrole tlie paper, the original of whieh Is In he keeping of Tfte C'entury Magazine.'' Win Bagardui s;iys he liad henrd of rrasshoppers golng around the country in arge swarms like a heavy cloud, but it ïad never been his lot to see one of these menageries until one day last week on he mail route between tlils place and Vluybce. A short distance nortli of Exeter pos-tofflee a wholc droveof these kickrs crossed the road, frightcning his horse, nd tliough not actually blocking the raggy it wouldn't have taken man y more

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Ann Arbor Courier
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