POST OFFICE NOTICES.

Mails at the Ashburton Post Office close is follows :

For Christchurch and North at io a.m. p.m., and 7.30 p.m., daily. For Chertsey at xo a.m. daily. For Rakaia at 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. daily. For Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, and Geraldine, at 10.15 a.m. daily. For Temuka, Timaru, and South at 10.15 p.m. and 3 p.m daily. For Greenstreet, Ashburton Forks, Mount Somers, and Ashburton Gorge on Tuesdays and Fridays at 10.30 a.m. For Ashton, Waterton, and Longbeach, a 3.x5 p.m. daily.

W. St. G. Douglas, Postmaster.

CHRISTCHURCH NOTICES.

Feb. 12. —United Kingdom, via Brindisi and Southampton. Feb. 28.—United Kingdom, via San Fran cisco.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Echo Office, Saturday.

Our commercial correspondent in Christ church writing yesterday on the produce market, says :

Our local produce market is still in a very unsettled state owing partly to the delay in bringing forward grain that might be delivered, to the extreme prices which are asked by pro ducers leaving no margin to the buyers, also for reasons financial which are present a bar to business. We expect, however, the wants of our local millers, maltsters, and others will be partially supplied shortly, when the lower prices must rule, if the export merchants are to operate to advantage. The glorious showers we have experienced appear to have had a beneficial effect upon the late sown crops, and no doubt will consider ably increase the average in certain favored districts, more especially potatoes and other root crops. Our farmer friends will no doubt avail them selves of the facilities offered by the “ Corn Exchange” or Farmers’ Club (now fairly established) for the disposal of their grain and produce, and we doubt not that if properly managed, and the directors take a wise and liberal view of what is required to make it a success, the Canterbury Farmers’ Club will prove itself worthy the support of both buyers and sellers. The merchant will be enabled to transact business in a few hours which now occupies his time all the week, and the pro ducer will there.obtain best information as to values.

Mr E. H. Banks, grain merchant, Christ church, reports :—Wheat, per bushel —milling (prime), 3s 6d; feed, 3s; oats (feed), per bushel, 3s to 3s id ; ditto (milling), per bushel, 3s 2d tu 3s 4d ; barley (feed), per bushel, 4s 3s; ditto (malting), per bushel, 5s to 5s 6d, early delivery; maize, per bushel, 5s iod to 6s, imported; peas, per bushel, 5s 6d to 5s gd, old; new, none ; beans, per bushel, 5s 3d ti 5s 9d ; rye grass seed, 4s 9d to 6s ; flour, per ton (silk dressed, known brands), ,£lO 10s; grist and inferior, 20s 10 £g ; potatoes (new), per ton, L$ ios, downward tendency; onions, per ton, forward delivery, £io ios to £iz; Lucerne hay, imported, £6 inferior, no sale.

All above quotations are Christchurch rail way station, sacks extra, wholesale quantities,

ASHBURTON RETAIL LIST.

The Evening Echo. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1879.

Crowded Out. —Several articles are held over for want of space. We have to apologise to our readers for the frequency of this occurrence, but have to inform them that m a week or ten days our paper will be materially enlarged, so as to admit of a greater amount of reading matter being inserted. St. Stephen’s Church. —The Bishop will preach at one of the services to morrow, —which, we do not know. No harm will be done to any one by attend ing all the services to make sure of hearing the Bishop.

Immigrants for Ashburton. —The Im migration Officer announces that on Monday a number of single men, immi grants ex the Northern Monarch, will arrive at the Ashburton Depot, and will be open for engagement after 3 o’clock in the afternoon.

Borough Cricket Club. A special meeting of the members of this rising young Club will be held to-night, at eight o’clock, in the Central Temperance Hotel.

The Member for Cheviot. Mr. A. Saunders addressed his constituents in the schoolroom at Waikari, on Thursday evening, and at Waiau last night. On both occasions he received very flattering votes of confidence.

Wellington Races. Yesterday we gave in our telegrams of the day the results in the Derby Sweep and Hurdle Handicap. The Wellington Club Handi cap was won by Laertes, Otawa 2, Lady Ellen, 3. The Free Handicap of 50 sovs., Laertes 1, Sailor 2, Saunterer 3. Empire Plate, Expectation 1, Lara 2, Diver 3. Consolation Handicap, Otawa 1, Undine 2, Rata 3. The Auckland Schools this quarter were attended by an average of 9300 children, as against 8369 last quarter.

The Sydney Exhibition. —The Auck land Chamber of Commerce have ap pointed a committee to work with the New Zealand Commissioners for the Sydney Exhibition. The Auckland ex hibits will thus be cared for and fairly represented. Ram Fair. —At the Hawke’s Bay ram fair, the average prices realised by the owners were :—Sladen, £1 55.; Tanner, £1175.; Nelson, £3 105..; Threlkeld, £6 65.; Sutton, £l9 9s. The Committee of the Taranaki Insti tute has decided to sell the books and instruments,'the Borough Council taking over the reading-room and making it free to the public.

Maori Matters. —The Press Associa tion telegrams state that a reliable tele gram from Tauranga says that the reported disagreement between Rewi and Major Scannell is untrue.

Warden Broad. —Mr. Charles Broad, who has been reported as Mr. A. Le Grand Campbell’s successor in the Ashburton Magistracy, has been acquitted of charges of intemperance brought against him by the police; and the Commissioners appointed to make enquiries have received the Governor’s permission to inform him that no imputation rests upon his character. He has applied to be removed from West port.

ASHBURTON SCHOOL.

We give below the report of the inspec tor, Mr. W. L. Edge, of his examination in November, of the Ashburton School: —

This school has been conducted during the past year under the disadvantages of insufficient accommodation, and an inade quate staff. The former defect has now been remedied by the erection of a commodious and suitable room ; and, in order to place the school on a proper footing as regards the latter, I would respectfully suggest that a properly qualified second master be appointed ; and further that two additional pupil teachers be appointed. This will give a staff of three adult and six pupil teachers, and in my opinion the school cannot be conducted in a satisfactory manner with a smaller number. Should my suggestions be adopted, I think that the following changes in the teaching arrangements would be found very desirable: —Standards VI., V., IV., and First Division of 111., taught by head-master and two pupil-teachers, in No 1 room (new) ; Second Division of 111., 11., and First Division of 1., taught by second master and two pupil-teachers in No. 2 room ; and remainder of Standard 1., and beginners in Infant Department, under mistress and two pupil-teachers. The discipline, order, and bearing of the scholars are unsatisfactory ; some are positively noisy, disobedient, and badly behaved. More constant supervision is necessary in the playground, and the chil dren ought to leave school by the proper entrances, not over or through the fences. The out-offices in the boys’ playground were in a disgraceful state at the tune of my visit.

The subjects requiring the special attention of the teachers are mentioned in the class lists attached to this report. It is only fair to state that the present master had been at work only about two months when I examined the school. He is not, therefore, in any way responsible for its present state, and I fully expect to see a great change for the better when I next visit the school.

In addition to the articles already ordered, the following are required : Two large T squares, set of pointers, maps of New Zealand (showing counties), World, Europe, and Asia, globe, set of freehand drawing copies (mounted), and one pair of large compasses for chalk. W. L. Edge, Inspector. December, 1878. REMARKS ON CLASS LISTS. Standards VI. and V. —James Hender son, in Standard VI., passed with con siderable credit in reading, spelling, writing, arithmetic, and grammar,—other subjects only moderate. Those who pass in V. have several weak subjects, but on the whole, the results of the examination are fairly creditable. More attention should be paid to spelling, grammar, and composition. Other subjects are of aver age merit. Standard IV. Results deplorable. Reading in a few cases fair. Spelling thoroughly faulty. Writing careless and slovenly. Arithmetic, generally speak ing, satisfactory. The standard of attain ment in other subjects very low. Indeed, in grammar, very few of the scholars can pick out the parts of speech in any easy sentence, and there are a large number of failures in the easily-prepared modicum of history. Order and discipline far from satisfactory : too much noise, talking, and copying. Standard lll.—This class is a repetition of the fourth.

Standard ll.—Reading fair ; other sub jects moderately good. More attention might be paid. to spelling and writing. Copy-books of a large number showed evidences of gross carelessness. Order unsatisfactory, and teaching wanting in energy and intelligence. Standard I.—Examined, 31 ; passed, 17 ; failed, 14. Class fairly prepared, and considering the many disadvantages under which the teachers have labored, the results are very creditable. It is a mis take to keep children too long in the same reading " book. Children appear rather deficient in intelligence, due in some measure to insufficient accommoda tion, want of proper teaching appliances, and to insufficient staff.

Infants. —94 presented in four divi sions. Ist, alphabet; 2nd, short words ; 3rd, Primer ; 4th, Royal Reader No. 1, first part. Till very recently the infants and Standard I. were taught in a room 18 x 30, sometimes as many as 150 being present. Taking this, and the fact that the mistress has only the assistance of a first year’s pupil teacher, the present state of this part of the school, though far from what it should be, yet may be. deemed reasonably satisfactory.

ON THE DAUNDER.

“I foucht for my ain hand.”—Hal o’ the Wynd.

It will be remembered that some weeks ago I called attention to a case of atrocious cruelty perpetrated by a man named McKenzie. This monster left two horses confined in a small yard for four days without food or water. The suffering that these poor brutes underwent previous to their discovery and relief must have been something intense, beyond even the imagi nation of well-cared-for men who have never personally experienced a longer abstinence than a few hours. Some power —I do not flatter myself that it was my own reference to the matter—aroused the police from their usual lethargy towards this class of crime, and they instituted a prosecution against McKenzie for his heinous offence. The case came on last week, the evidence conclusively substan tiating the charge, revealing a most revolting act of cowardly inhumanity. One gentleman testified that the horses were so thirsty that they nearly ate the bucket ! Thirst may occasionally develop a morbid appetite for galvanised iron, but I think it improbable, and suspect that this jocose but humane witness should have said c ‘ kicked the bucket. ” McKenzie was defended by an able solicitor, and the charge against him dismissed. I do not say that the magistrate, the police, or the bar were to blame. As a much abler writer has recently insinuated in the columns of our tri-weekly, those function aries may, in this peculiarly-favored neighborhood, possess every virtue com patible with their high trust ; but Ido feel sad that English laws, constructed by the superlative goodne»s and greatness of our country, should for trivial offences mete out to weak children severe floggings and long terms of incarceration, to weaker worshippers of Bacchus unavailing fines and imprisonment, and should allow the perpetrator of so horrible a barbarity to 2>ass scathless. ,

Henneberyism v. Chiniquyism is oc casionally a topic of conversation on our section. It appears that two holy Friars have been exchanging the civilities of nomenclature, and cannot quite agree about the delicacy of certain “ langage des halles.” One observes that “fool” is a term justly applicable to .the large majority of humanity ; to which the other responds that “ scoundrel ” is not sufficiently ex pressive to convey an adequate idea of his christain friend’s villany. Possibly it is a trick of trade, but it strikes me as just a bit unfortunate that church dignitaries don’t live a little more amicably together. In the pulpit they blossom out with a brotherly love which should indicate a handy millennium, but the fruit in the

vestry is crabbj and disappointing. Auburn in verse, never struck me as the sweetest of rural retreats ; somehow I don’t take to those rational pastimes, kiss in the ring and hockey. The possession of a long nose de bars me from the full enjoyment of either ; but I have always had a predilection for persons of the forty,, pound a year type ; “ More skilled to raise the wretched than to

rise.” Goldsmith’s ideal, the open hearted mus cular Christian, thinking for all his par ishoners, and providing many a sub stantial comfort for some from his two score pounds of stipend, has few peers in these modern days of church opulence.

Farmers are not having a convivial time of it this year. The harvest is lamentably poor, the majority of landlords retain all their proverbial austerity, and things generally point to hard times. Yet, like the grand old Hebrew warrior, many an agriculturist has lately cried out bitterly his petition to fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of man. Scarcity, even absolute poverty, are small troubles a brave man will smile at and overcome, but the filling up of the land tax forms is altogether too much for human accom plishment. Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with the details of this horrible Ministerial conspiracy to render an ex tended notice necessary, but I would respectfully point out to Sir George Grey that in working the downfall of our landed aristocracy (a small crime, for

“ Princes and lords may flourish ormay fade, A bieath can make them, as a breath has made”), he also ruins our struggling middle class man, for his two or ten acres render him liable to the terrors of the land tax.

I have previously had occasion to refer to the brilliancy of woman’s wit, and the unusual development this virtue attains assisted by the salubrious air of Wakanui. In confirmation of those observations I relate the following The ownership of a piece of land at Wakanui is disputed by a lady farmer and a man farmer, the Waste Lands Board having sold to both. The lady made a feeble assertion of her claim, but, with the becoming modesty of her sex, allowed the male claimant to plough and sow, and harrow and fcroll these disputed acres. She let him watch the crop grow, and reap and bind and stook the same ; but then, under the kind protection of night, accompanied by some twenty stalwart hands, she swooped down on the prepared sheaves and stacked them all in her own rickyard. That was a nice, patient lady, and she doesn’t seem har assed much by the vituperation of her sorrowing opponent. Lonehand.

LATEST FROM EUROPE.

SPECIAL TO ASSOCIATION.]

London, Feb. 5,

The President has sent a message to the Chamber which expressed his devo tion to Parliamentary affairs,

Feb. 6.

In consequence of the plague, three weeks in quarantine has been 01 dered at Malta for arrivals from southern Russia.

Increasing vigilance is used against the plague on the frontiers of Germany, Aus tria, Turkey, the Principalities, and at the Italian ports. The Ambassador at St. Petersburg has been recalled, and Lord Dufferin suc ceeds.

AUSTRALIAN

[By Submarine Cable.] Sydney, Feb. 7.

Brandy, kerosene, tobacco, and rice un changed ; Hew Zealand wheat and oats, none in the market.

Arrivea—Hero from Auckland. Three men have been committed for trial in counection with the recent fatal case of pugilism at Windsor. Melbourne, Feb. 7.

Sir Chas. Shade addressed his consti tuents at Portlend yesterday. He charac terised the Council’s Reform Bill truly liberal. In the bush fire in the Colac district five persons Aere burned to death, and three others hopelessly injured. Brisbane, Feb. 7. Mr M £ llwraith, Premier, has been re elected. Mr Macrosean, Minister of Works, will be opposed by Mr Morgan, a local lawyer. At the Warwick Agricultural Show banquet, Governor Kennedy spoke strongly in favor of agricultural education. He also condemned protection, which he considered to be the means of robbing the many fos the benefit of the few. Ministers in recent speeches have pro mised to offer the available land for sale at a fair price. . Heavy rains have fallen throughout the Colony.

Adelaide, Feb. 7. Wheat and flour unchanged. Cooktowe, Feb. 7. The blacks are proving troublesome. They speared Captain Sykes, but his companion, Hortby, escaped to the boat, pursued by the blacks.

Strangers coming to reside in Ashburton ire often at a loss to know which is the best Establishment to visit for the purchase of Drapery, Clothing, and House-furnishing Iron mongery, and General Stores. Orr & Co. offer special advantages to the public that can be met with nowhere else in Ashburton. They keep at all times the largest and best-assorted Stock of every class of Goods, imported direct from the leading manufacturers at home, which beinp bought entirely upon cash terms, they are enabled to oiler goods of sterling value as cannot be equalled by any other house in the trade. Ever}' article in stock is marked at the lowest price, from which no abatement is made so that the most inexperienced buy their goods at the same piices as the best judges.—Advt^

TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.

Auckland, Saturday. The ship Endymion, 99 days out from London, is outside the Heads. In the sailing match for the champion ship of the Colony, the yacht Transit came in at B‘2o, and the Torea at 12'4. In rounding the Watchman, off Cape Colville the Transit was 9 minutes ahead, but when the breeze freshened the Transit increased the distance. As it died away the Torea lessened the distance. Practically, the Transit beat by five miles, as being that distance to windward she caught the end of the flood tide, and came up the harbor. The Torea was too late to round the North Head, and got the ebb-tide in Rangitoto Channel, and remained in the doldrums till far in the forenoon.

Waiau, Saturday. Mr. Saunders met the Cheviot electors at the Waiau last evening. The chair was occupied by Mr. Duncan Rutherford. No reporters were present. A vote of confi dence, proposed by Mr. William Ruther ford and seconded by Mr. Coakley, was carried unanimously. Wellington, Saturday. TheN.Z.S. Company’s ship Otaki sails for London to-day, with a cargo valued at £85,000, six cabin, and three steerage passengers.

A SCOTCH EFFORT WITH THE LONG-BOW.

Concerning the long-bow, no American effort can surpass one that comes to us from Scotland. “It was said that Colonel Andrew M‘Dowell, when he returned from the war, was one day walking along by the Myroch, when he came on an old man sitting greetin’ on a muckle stane at the road side. When he came up, the old man rose and took off his bonnet and said :

“ Ye’re welcome hame again, laird.’

“ Thank you,’ said the colonel; adding, after a pause, £ I should surely know your face. Aren’t you Nathan M‘Cul loch V

“ ‘Ye’re richt, ’deed,’ says Nathan ; ’it’s just me, laird.’ “ ‘You must be a good age, now, Nathan,’ says the colonel. “ ‘l’m no verra aul’ yet, laird,’ was the reply ; ‘l’m just turnt a hunner. ’ “‘A hundred V says the colonel, mus ing ; ‘well you must be all that. But the idea of a man of a hundred sitting blubbering that way ! Whatever could you get to cry about V “ ‘ It was my father’s lashed me, Bir,’ said Nathan, blubbering again ; ‘ an’ he put me oot, so he did. ’ “ ‘ Your father ! ’ said the colonel; ‘is your father alive yet V “ ‘ Leevi n! ay,’ replied Nathan ; ‘I ken that the day tae my sorrow.’ “ ‘ Where is he V says the colonel. ‘ What an age he must be ? I would like to see him. ’

■ “ ‘Oh, lie’s up in the bam there,’ says Nathan ; ‘an’ no in a horrid gude humor the noo aither.’

“ They went up to the barn together, and found the father busy threshing barley with the big flail, and tearing on fearful. Seeing Nathan and the laird coming in he stopped and saluted the colonel, who, after inquiring how he was, asked him what he had struck Nathan for.

“ The young rascal! ” says the father, there’s nae dooin’ wi’ him ; he’s never oot o’ a mischief. I had tae lick him this mornin’ for throwin’ stanes at his grand father !’ ” —“Harper’s Magazine.”

DIFFICULTY OF BUILDING A RAILWAY IN CHINA.

Foreigners hold land in China by treaty stipulation, under title deeds, in both Chinese and English, registered at a consulate; usually, but by no means necessarily,' that to which the owner belongs. This title is in the nature of a perpetual lease. Could such title be obtained for a strip of land embracing the old road, it seems reasonable to assume that if there were interference with any construction thereupon, the tenure of every hong and other piece of real estate in Shanghai would be affected, and the railroad projectors would have the whole company at their back. Purchases were therefore cautiously begun and carried on, and registry obtained, not in the British or United States consulate, where atten tion would be attracted to it, but in a continental bureau. Of course there were numerous and troublesome obstacles, such as are not known in western lands. Farmersiclaimed many times the value of their holdings for small corners; old women of horrible aspect, and mistresses of the choicest Chinese Billinsgate, cursed the engineer and interpreter by their gods, and vowed that Confucius himself should not have an iota of their patrimony; and the defunct natives gave the most trouble of all. It should be stated that in this favored land the rude forefathers of the hamlet who have departed this life are disposed of in sudry and promiscuous ways, according, apparently, to the means or caprice of their friends. Some are in terred, others packed in boxes are de posited in the fields,, and others again placed in barrel-like earthen receptacles (happily described by a British officer as “ jars of potted ancestors, by jove ! you know.)” When it came to disturbing these, op position culminated, as the ideas of buyers and sellers differed materially as to the market value of “ potted ancestors, and a crisis soon came. ‘ ‘ Ven zey ’iss me, says the poor French actor, ‘ ‘ I do not mind ’im mooch ; but ven it coom to ze or-an-ge-peel, c’est autre chose . So when scolding old women were re-enforced by barbaric hordes with up-lifted hoes and shovels, the surveying party retreated in good skirmishing order, and reported at head quarters.—A. A. Hayes, in Har per’s Magazine. ”

SATURDAY, February 8, 1879.3

THE EVENING ECHO.



Butter, inferior to best $? lb s. 1 d. 0 to I 2 Eggs, If? dozen 1 3 to 0 0 Cheese, prime quality, $ lb 0 10 to 0 0 Bacon, prime smoked, If? lb 0 10 to 0 0 Hams in cloth, If? lb 1 0 to 0 0 Flour in bags, If? ioolb 12 6 to 13 0 Oatmeal, $? 251b 7 0 to 0 0 Lard, If? Ib ■ - 0 9 to 0 0



ATTENDANCE. Number enrolled ... 407 Average last quarter ... - 255 Average last week - 330 Number examined ... 299



STAFF AND DISTRIBUTION. Standard. Number. Teacher. Classification. YI. Y. IY. III., 1 Div. III., 2 Div. ' II. I. and ) Infants ) i } 34 S 69 I 61 40 94 Mr. Stott Miss C. Henderson Mr. P. Wake Miss A. Henderson Mr. McKenzie ... Miss Stewart and Miss McDonald Second Class. 4th year P. T. 3rd year P. T. 4th year P. T. Assistant. Third Class. 1st year P. T. RESULTS OP EXAMINATION IN STANDARDS. VI. V. IV. III. II. I. Total. Presented ... 2 9 34 69 61 40 205 Passed ... 1 7 9 26 61 26 120



PRESENT CLASSIFICATION (NeiV Standards). Preparing for Standard VI. ... 8 99 99 V. ... 11 99 99 IV. ... 51 99 99 in. ... 84 99 99 n. ... 36 11 i. ... 108 Passed Standard VI. ... 1 Total ... ... 299 REMARKS ON STATE OF SCHOOL, ETC.



Miscellaneous POSTPONED TILL FEB. 14. CHRISTMAS TREE. ASHBURTON TOWN HALL. MRS. MOREY, not having returned from the North in time with the New G6ods for the Christmas Tree to be held on the 30th January, it is unavoid ably postponed till about the 14th of February, in order to make the Very Best Arrangements. Lots of BEAUTIFUL GOODS COMING. Tickets, Is., still on sale at the shop in Tancred-street. 307 Builders. Ashburton steam saw mills SASH AND DOOR MANUFACTORY. G. PARKIN, Proprietor, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR. Moore Street, Every description of Timber and Building Materials in Stock and supplied on most" , reasonable terms. Plans prepared and Estimates Given on the shortest notice. IMPORTANT TO PARTIES ABOUT TO BUILD. THE undersigned has now on hand an extensive assortment of everything appertaining to the Building Trade, in cluding— 'Timber of all kinds. Galvanised Iron. Ridging and Spouting. Doors. r Sashes. Mouldings. TT Nails. Locks. Hinges. &c., & c., &c., Which he is offering for Sale at Tinwald at the lowest current rates. The Inhabitants on the South side of the River will find it to their advantage to give him a call. THOMAS WILLIAMS, BUILDER, UNDERTAKER, CABINET MAKER, WHEELWRIGHT, &c., (Near Railway Station) Tinwald. Tinsmiths, &c. LICENSED GASFITTER. J. C. DOLMAN, PLUMBER, LOCKSMITH, BELL HANGER, ZINC, and TINPLATE WORKER, Tancred Street, ASHBURTON. Artesian Wells sunk and Pumps fitted and repaired. O.G. Guttering fixed at current rates. Electric Bells supplied and fitteb- N.B.—Orders punctually attended to. STT ARDLEY, in tendering his , JIJL Sincere Thanks to the In habitants of Ashburton and Surrounding Districts for their past patronage, begs to announce that he is now SELLING OFF HIS PRESENT STOCK AT COST PRICE, to make room for a Fresh Shipment daily expected from Melbourne. Note the Address— S. HARDLEY, PLUMBER AND TINSMITH, - a EAST STREET. PUBLIC NOTICE. JOSEPH HYDE, PRACTICAL COPPERSMITH AND BRAZIER, TIN, IRON, AND ZINC PLATE WORKER, Begs to inform the inhabitants of Ashburton and surrounding districts that he has com menced business in TANCRED STREET, where he hopes by strict attention to business, combined with moderate charges, to merit a fair share of public patronage. N.B.—Repairs neatly executed. Bottlers. ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES MOUNT SOMERS ROAD, Ashburton. QUINTON BROS. BEG to inform the inhabitants of Ash burton and surrounding districts that Uiey have COMMENCED BUSINESS in the above place, and trust by attention to business, to merit a share of patronage. Bottlers of the Best Brands of Vle and Stout. 91 ASHBURTON BOTTLING STORES. In connection with the ASHBURTON BREWERY, W'OOD and CO. Have on hand a Large Stock of ALE and STOUT, in Bulk and Bottle.



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