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Rh copies of a newspaper printed in Castleton in 1830, giving the true date of the transaction, and thus setting the matter at rest. The following correspondence then took place:

, Oct. 14, 1879.

, M. D.:

Dear Doctor—I have got the exact date of the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Penfield Churchill by the Castleton medical students, also the dates of the attending circumstances. You must be owing me a "Buzzard" dollar about this time,—oysters are legal tender.

JOHN M. CURRIER.

P. S. Let us know when the oysters are done and we will go over.

J. N. NORTHROP, H. A. HAWLEY, J. E. METCALF.

, Oct. 14, 1879.

Dear Sirs—I am profoundly thankful for your polite note of to-day, which informs me of your great achievement in the antiquarian matter of