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In the same way all the other crafts and trades had their Gumbimen, Hornblowers, John Canoes, and Nondescript. The Gardeners came nearest of any thing I had seen before to the Mayday boys in London; with this advantage, that their jack in the Green was incomparably more beautiful, from the superior bloom of the larger flowers used in composing it.

Even a single one of the ninety-six last centuries contained numerically more citizens than the entire first class. Thus, no one was excluded from his right of voting, yet the preponderance of votes was secured to those who had the deepest stake in the welfare of the State. Moreover, with reference to the accensi, velati, trumpeters, hornblowers, proletarii *

I do hope they ain't got any such wind out to the Banks! You ain't asked me about the funeral, Sairay." "I was so busy, mother; were there many there?" "E'enamost a hundred, I should think; they come from as far away as Norcross an' Weskisset. Then there was the Pettibones, an' the Hornblowers, an' the Scrantouns. Oh, 'twas a grand buryin'!"

There are some good business prospects here, which I have not as yet brought to a satisfactory termination, but apart from that, the temptation to see more of my old friends is too strong to be resisted. "Sincerely yours, "I guess he means the Hornblowers, by 'business prospects," mused Persis, and replaced the letter in its envelope. For Mrs.