... and laughs as hearty as ever. At his recep- tion one evening last week in the White House the negroes were as thick as blackberries in Jersey. Among them was a coloured barber named Burke; he was an applicant for an office in the New York Custom House ...

... and laughs as heartily as ever. At his reception one evening last week in the White House the negroes were as thick as blackberries in Jersey. Among them was a coloured barber named Burke; be was an applicant for an office in the New York custom house ...

... nced by the attractions of a first-rate military band. Now, this is all changed. Amateur companies are as plentiful as blackberries. The smallest country town boasts a fit-up Theatre in its Music Hall. Two or three gentlemen of decent education perform ...