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 Rh A correspondent sends the following instru ment, which, he affirms, is recorded with Doggerel Deeds, Lib. 25. Fol. ioo: Know all men by these presents, that we, William Adams, of Brookline in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachu setts, merchant prince, and Eleanor Adams, wife of said William, in her own right, in considera tion of the love and affection we bear to Francis W. Dorr, of said Brookline, mariner, and of divers other good and valuable consid erations us thereunto moving, the receipt whereof can never be adequately acknowledged, do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell, convey, remise, release, and forever quitclaim, transfer, set over, and set on to the said Francis W. Dorr two undivided halves of a certain dog, hound, mastiff, bull-dog, collie, setter, pointer, harrier, retriever, beagle, pug, spaniel, terrier, cur, or canine creature, now known as Tu Tu Adams, but hereafter to be called Tu Tu W. Dorr, situated, when last seen, in the position of one about to " eat the crumbs which fall from his master's table, " and bounded and described as follows viz. : Beginning in the dining room at breakfast, thence running north easterly through the kitchen to a bone and biscuit; thence turning and running southerly and westerly, on an irregular curve, in the di rection of a certain black cat, to the point where said cat intersects with a cherry tree standing on land now or late of Jonathan Pratt; thence turning sharply, and running in a straight line, under a fence, to a swill tub stand ing on land of one Thompson, there measuring three feet at every step; thence turning south easterly and walking slowly to the point of be ginning. Containing all that he can hold, more or less, and being the same dog described in a certain license dated May i, 1899, and recorded with the records of the Town Clerk of said Town of Brookline. To have and to hold the said Tu Tu, by a string attached to his collar, with all the privi leges and responsibilities thereunto belonging, to the said Francis W. Dorr and his heirs and assigns forever, or until said string breaks. And we hereby for ourselves and our heirs, executors, and administrators, covenant with the grantee and his heirs and assigns that we are seized with simple terror of said Tu Tu;

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that we have good reason to sell and convey him as aforesaid; that he is free from all incumbrances except stomach-ache, monkeymange, rabies, hydrophobia, sunstroke, and gross and confirmed habits of raiding swilltubs, running to fires, sheep killing, and terror izing the neighborhood; that we will, and our heirs, executors, and administrators shall warrant him to wear Plymouth Rock pants; to run away whenever called; to consume blacking in any form, liquid or dry, from boots, bottles or stoves; to be well read in the dogmas of the Unitarian faith, to religiously observe all dog-days; and when at sea to be thoroughly competent to act as the watchdog of the dogwatch : and that we will defend him against the lawful claims of Henry Adams, but against none other. Reserving to us and our heirs and assigns an estate in fee-tail in said Tu Tu, with the right of docking the tail just behind the ears on the breach of any of the conditions of this deed. Provided, however, and this conveyance is made upon the express condition that the said Francis W. Dorr shall feed and water said Tu Tu once in each and every day, shall require him to " pay his board " once a month without recourse to us in any event, and shall procure for him on or before the first of May in each year a license — as a first-class victualler. In Witness Whereof we, the said William Adams and Eleanor Adams, hereunto set our hands and seals this first day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred. WILLIAM ADAMS. ELEANOR ADAMS.

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IN the thirty-second year of Henry VIII, an order was made in the Inner Temple that the gentleman of that company should reform them selves in their cut or disguised apparel, and not wear long beards; and that the treasurer of that court should confer with the other treas urers of court for an uniform reformation, and to know the justice's opinion therein. In Lin coln's Inn, by an order made the twenty-third of Henry VIII, none were to wear cut or pansied hosen or breeches, or pansied doublet, on pain of expulsion; and all persons were to be put out of Commons during the time they wore beards.—Bravlev's Londiniana,