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Democratic official majority 25,4l3.

important to Gardeners and Horticul-
t"rattsts.-A merchant finding one of the
rooms of his warehouse suddenly deserted
by the ants which had infested it, was
thereby induced to believe it was owing to
barrel of fish oil being placed there, which
opinion he confirmed by placing the oil
with the like good effect around some of the
plants IN his garden. As all insects breathe
by the pores of the surface, oil is certain
death to them, and this may be the expla-
nation in addition to the fact that the aroma
OF the fish may possess something repug-
nant or detrimental to their chronological OIL
factories.
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"Ebony and Iopaz."-Mr. Jonathan
Tuppet, colored gentleman, and A.iss Eliz-
abeth Everett, white abolition lady, of
Boston, have been sent to Jail, by the po-
lice of that city, until sufficient evidence
can be procured against the magistrate John
Williams, for uniting the parties in this un-
natural weilock, and thus violating fun
damental law Of the Commonwealth.
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Promising K0mh.-Mr, Coble of Brat
,tleborough, VT, adyerises his runaway APP
prentice, r. Long, in the following style:
ale can be identified by the fact, that he
has not eombed his hair since July 4, 1881,
and cannot speak ten words at time with
Oututtering twenty fasehoods."
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Young Louis Bonaparte, who has been
residing in New York for some months
past, took passage in the George Washing
ton few days since for Europe. His
mother, the Ex-Queen of Holland, was
dangerously ill at the last dates,
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The Maid ofJudah.-lt is said that a.
mong the numerous female delinquents,
tried at the sessions, in N. Y. there never
appeared Jewess. This argues well, for
the fair, bright eyed daughters of Jerusalem.
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WaH Street Shaving Outdone.-Even
the BARRIERS have commenced issuing small
tickets for small sums. They read as fol-
lows;-"This is good to the bearer for
.''-Ne,U York Star.
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High PsiceS.-Itis stated in the Grand
River (Michigan) Times, that flour is sell
ling at that place at Is dollars per barrel;
pork, at 36 dollars, and potatoes at 2 dol
lars per bushel.
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TAKE NoTTSE,

NlE Subscriber is about leaving this part of tho
n country, q would therefore respectfully invite
'nUSe IN arrears to him subscription lists &c, 10
ca on or before the LIST day of June next and sete
with him without further notice. ~ ''''
JEREMIAH sHINDLE.
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Fatal RaShnesS.-We perceive that a
Massachusetts editor has just got married!
He is crazy, unless his wife has an appe-
tite to live on old exchange papers.
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I'm Enpensive Cons6tueocy.--Two ri
wal candidates in the West opened the pub
lie houses for their constituents during a
late election. The following item appeared
in the bills of the landlor Is; 'To silver
spoons, stolen by constituents, $40"
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Original JOke.-"Doctor," said B-n
to his medical adviser one day, ''is'n't there
"a adisease called shingleS?"
"Yes, to besure," replied Galen.
"Then I've got it, for certain" reioined
B---n, ''(or the roof ofmy mouth is broke
out in dozen placesl"
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WondeVul preSefOatioa.-We learn that
a lad, aged about nine years,--a son of Mr.
Sailor, tobacconist, in Sixth between
Market and Arch SITS. yesterday assembled
to the roof of his fathers house which is
three stories high, to fly his kite. In send
ing his buoyant toy aloft, his feet slipped,
and rolling over the perilous caves, he fell
headlong to the ground. Marvellous to re-
late, he suffered, as far as can be ascertain
ed, little or no injury! 1t is supposed that
he must have struck shutter in his fall,
which turned the direction of his body, and
he struck the ground with the bend of one
of his legs. A close examination had been
made, and no serious hurt been found
PhIQ. EQz.
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Some men would as soon part with their
blood as their money, and yet neither can
be Of any service without circyfGtWg'
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lDIBY GOODS
AMONG WHICH WILL BE FOUND

Cloths, CdSSimeres and SdttinettS, Of DIFF
ferent styles and colours; SILKS; Figatr-
ed La,Cns and JackonettS, European e.
american Cdiicoes e. GnghdmS, VeSt-
ings, DamaSk Table Cloths, Hosiery,
Cloves, Bonnet Trimmings, sc. &c.
also, LadieS' Morocco, Seal, T. Pr,t-
nellie Shoes g. Slippers, e. Mems Shoes
and Boots.
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Solitude S1Ueetened.-One of our ex-
change papers announces the marriage of
Mr.. James Sweet to Miss Julia Ann Soi-
tude.
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ct is stated that Richard p. Robinson,
"the great unhung," was recently, and
probably is yet, engaged as clerk in mer-
chants store, at Alton, III.
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COH.-Original.-Upon what kind of
paper is a murderer's death warrant gener-
ally writtenl
Ans. Hanging paper.
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NEW MONTHLY MAGRzINE.

On tie first Of Juty 1887, t0iW be published, beau
tJuHy printed, on good paper, and stitched in a
'oraPper, extra large r0yat OctarO, THE FIRST
NUMBER cfGme,O Periodical Wdrh, entitled
The GentleIMan'S Magazine,
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VARIOUS MATTERS.
From The Globe.

official return ofthe popular vote at the
Presidential election.
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NEW cooDs.
The Subscriber,

ED ETURNS his thanks to customers for the
III 4 patronage which he has received from them
since he has commenced business in Bloomsbury.
He hopes they will still continue their usual sup
port; and he has now the pleasure of offering them
large and fashionable assortment Of SEASONA-
BILE GOODS, which have been carefully selected,
embracing tho latest style of French, English and
American
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The Providence Journal supposes that a
part of the next generation will be half
pechs and half bushels.
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Measures not Mea.'-Married, at Wash
ington, Mr.. Joseph Peck, to Miss Amelia
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Join S. INGRAM

AlE1E0DNlNlT All LAW0
VHNENDERS his professional services to the citi-
III zens of Columbia county. He will feel CRATE
iul for business entrusted to his care Office in the
same building with the Columbia Democrat
Bloomshurg, May, 1887.
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Tailoring Business.
A. CARD.
The Subscriber
SIpIRGiN& EASIETWNSa

From Philae el p,.. and there are material chan
gcs invites persons desirous of having their gar
ments made in the neaest and best style, to give him
call. He will endeayour to please all who favour
him with their patronage, by executing his work
in neat and fashionable manner, and at the short
est notice. PETER II. HElGHMAN.
Orangeville, May l3, 1887
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Rec. Then you'll be discharged.
Pris. God Almighty bless the whole
scrape Of YOU.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-08-08
THE THUGS; OR SECRET MURDER
ERS OF INDIA.

The last Edinburgh Review remarks "that it
appears from the most overwhelming evidence,
that there exists in India, a vast fraternity of
murderers, consisting of many thousand per-
sons;-that this fraternity has existed for MANY
ages, and through many political revolutions;-
that it has spread its qualifications over the whole
of that vast country from Cape Comorin to the
Hi malay that it has hourished alike I'm.
der Hindoo, Mahomedan, and British rulers;-
that it has every year destroyed mutitudes Of
victims; and yet that its constituon-we may
say its very being-have been quite unknown tc
the most active and vigant English functiona
ries, and very imperfecty understood even b,
the native government. 1t was indeed notorious
that gangs of thieves sometimes stranged tray
ellers. 1t was notorious that the members Of
these gangs were unusually expert ut the opera.
ton of strangng: and that these gangs were
merely small detached portions of vast organ.
lied community, the members OF which recog
nzed each other rs brethren in the remote parts
of Indian, that these MURDERS were all commit.
ted according to certain ancien. and solemn
forms, and were regarded by those who com
mtted them, not as crimes, but as solemn rite
which it would have been sinful to omit--o]
this was reserved for the present generations t
discover.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

RELIGION. Bright as the morning star in the
radiance of the sunbeams, cometh the serapb Of
Immortality.
Religion, the child of heaven, wears an an.
geilc smile, and is distinguished by all the rraces
OF Its divine original. Elevated and aspirinp
YET winning and attractive; benevolent, gracious
courteous and condescending; her features form.
ed to competency; her voice attuned TO barmo.
ny; her eyes shining with benignity, and all her
motions, though composed and steady. are We,
graceful and unassuming. Religion erects her
Votar!es temple sacred to Immortality. Invi,.
ed to heaven, and called to glory, he scars shove
this dim spot man calls earth, and is lost in the
incomprehensible progression of eternity ,bo,
opens to hisprospect Religion is divine vigo,
in the soul, iriumphing over the darkness Of M.
lure, and teaching us TO acquiesce in the ollot.
ments of Providence. 1t is the imape If Ca
stamped upon human nature, refining its base.
ness, enricbing its poverty, healing its moladies
and converting its very wants and miseries into
abundance, happiness and glory. Without this
divine treasure, man is poor indeed Amidst Cd.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-08-08

A FISH STORM DIR Wood. a Naturalist. re-
ates the astonishing fact that after thunderstorm
at Louisville, on the 2st ult. he saw the puddles
OF water collected in the streets and the COM
mons, swarming with species fpiscatory tribe.
varying in size from 10 to dw,s. which not
without some hesitation, he ranks with the genus
ErocetuS, although the pectora fins are not unit
cd with the sides quite near enough to the spinal
membrane TO be the true Elrolans. He further
observes that by placing them in glass jar of
water between himself and the light of taper,
he found the body TO be transparent and void of
veins or arteries. Only two parts of the body
continued blood vessels visible to the naked eve.
The air vessel covered the whole interior of the
sides OF the back. Whether they assembled in
the clouds in spawn and there attained their pres
ent size, or whether they were drawn up in thar
perfection, he does not decide; but reasoning
from the fact that young frogs have heon known
to cover the ground after heavy rain, he thinks
1t not improbable that the ethereal world might
have rained these fishes. Let the philosophers
OF nature determine.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-08-08
JuIIA BRACE. THE BLIND GIRL.

A resident in the Deafand Dumb Asylum at
Hartford, is an object of much curiosity there,
having added to these Affections the total loss OF
sight. She is deprived of all means Of receiving
ideas from others or of communicating her own,
and it is thus she is surrounded by cloud ofal-
most impenetrable mental as well as physical
darkness We were gratified with visit to that
institution the other day, and through The polite
ness of the te cheers, had an opportunity to wit
ness the mental and mechanical operations of the
pupils. When first admitted there, every thing
in the world is blank, without name to objects
presented to their sight and not having even the
simple classiications of animal or vegetable life.
| When the name of an object is communicated
through the peculiar and wonderful language OF
the fingers, an idea is conveyed to their simple
minds through the same medium, it is wonderful
to see how the eye brightens, the counenance is
lit up and the whole mental character seems TO
he bursting from its chrysals stare into vigorous
action 1t is one of the most beautiful exhibitions
of the bencficent means used to make the dumb
speak and the deaf to hear, that was ever devised
displaying new and interesting feature in the
character Of humanity. The rapidity with which
conversation is conducted, and the degree of in
telligence some of these heretofore benighted
pupils display, evince the completeness and en-
tire success of this system Of instruction. The
Asylum is under the finest regulations, and the
teachers not excepting the deaf and dumb ones
who have been educated there, are gentlemen of
great kindness of heart, patience of discipline
and education. Julia Brace is the great object
of interest, shut outa she is by the loss of the
three important faculties, all communication with
the world. She is not far from thirty years of
age, and is ever occupied in some little house.
hold duties, to cheer her dull hours. She knits
and washes tea-cups and threads her needle with
her tongue, and has learned by some sort of in
tuition, to distinguish the Sabbath from other
days. A favorite employment of hers, is spread
ing the coverds over the beds, in the great hall,
where the girls sleep. She was occupied thus
when we saw her the 9th er day. The keenest
eye-sight and the incest domestic taste, could
not have performed the duty BETTER and an at
tempt by tencher to deceive her, by reversing
the order Of the covering was detected instantly
when she approached the bed. Her sense of
feeling, Of course, is very acute, and individuals
who have once taken her by the hand, she is a.
ble TO recognize aferward, although she has no
tangible signs to indicate her knowledge. Her
whole history and habits and perceptions and
mental operations afford world of inquisitive
study forthe philosopher. Northampton Cour-
Ter.
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DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.

Ertract Of a Sermon on " domestic Happiness"
BY THE REV. WILLIAM JAY.
All! what;so refreshing so soothing, so salts
flying, as the placid joys of home!
See the traveiler-does duty call HIM for q
season to leave his beloved circle! The image
Of his earthly happiness continues wildly in his
remembrance, it quickens him to diligence, it
makes him hail the hour which sees his process
accomplished and his face turned towards home
it communes with him as he journeys, and he
hears the promise which causes him to hope,
"Thou shalt know also that thy tabernacle shall
be in peace, and thou shalt visit thy tabernacle.
and not SIM" o! the joyful re- union of divided
family--the pleasures of renewed interview and
conversation after days of absence.
Behold the man of science drops the labors'
and painfulness Of research closes his volume,
smoothes his wrnked brow; leaves his study,
and unbending himself, stoops to the capacitiesr
and yields to the wishes, and mingles with the
diversions of his children.
"He will not blush, that hath fathers heart
To take, in childish play, a childish part;
But bends his sturdy neck, to play the toy,
That youth takes pleasure in, to please his boy
Take the man Of trade-What reconciles him
to the toll Of business? What enables him to
endure the fasdousness and impertinence of
customers? What rewards him for so many
hours of tedious confinement? BY and by the
season Of intercourse will arrive he will behold
the desire. of his eyes and the children of his love
for whom he resigns his ease; and in their wei,
fare and smiles he will find his recompense.
Yonder comes the aborer he has horne Tho
burden and heat of the day the descending sun
has released him from his toll, and he is hasten-
ing home to enjoy repose. Half way down the
lane, by the side of which stands his cottage. his
children run to meet him. One he carries md
one he leads. The companion OF his humble
life is ready to furnish him with his plain repast
See his toiworn countenance assume an air of
cheerfulness! his hardships are forgotten IA
tigue vanishes; he seats himself and is satisfied
The evening fair, he walks with head uncovered
around his garden-enters again and retires to
rest! and the " rest of laboring man is sweet
whether he eats little or much" Inhabitant of
this lonely dwelling-who can be Indifferent to
thy comfort? Peace be to this house.
Let not ambition mock their useful toll.
Their homely Joy and destiny obscure
Nor grandeur hear with disdainfu smile
Inc short and simple annals of the poor
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perfect safety and profit at theTmingledi discord
and harmony of the scene in which it will soon
become their duty to take part mpressng up
on their susceptible minds the important truth
that the only path to responsibility and honor is
that to which uprghtness and virtue point
These considerations if all others fail, should in
duce every man who loves his family to furnish
them with newspaper.-P Portland .Argus.
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A printer, on seeing the sheriff closely pursu-
ing an unfortunate author, remarked that il was
"a new edition of the 'Pursuitso of Literature
unbound and hot pressed"
"Have you seen the perpetual motion ?" said
Ioquaclous old lady to her husband one day.
Yes, my DEAR" replied the gallant husband.
"Where?" inquired she. Between your laws,
my love-"
An freshman, on board man of war, was de-
sired by his messmates to 60 down and fetch a
can Of small beer. league, knowing that prepa-
rations were making to sail, absolutely refused.
..Arrah, my SOUL says he, 'and SO when Pm gone
INTO the cellar to fetch beer, the ship will salt
away, and leave me behind
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VI IN N Ds9%% needy amidst titles and honors'
H " ggnobe and vain in palace how mlsera-
NV how contemplate on a throne
Y True religion is the source of happiness, the
support of society," md the dying mans consoIa-
uou. l. is The guide of youth, and the stay OF
old age. 1t is the fairest flower that opens on
earth, tie sweetest incense that uscends to the
skies WRIT.
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NECESSITY oE KNOWLEDGE TO INSURE THE
HEALTH OF MECHANICS

II VI CHANICS.
There is no class of society,"" says the Jour-
nal OF Health, "to whom the laws of Hygiene
(heatf) is of greater importance than it is to that
composed of the aborer and mechanic. Tosucb.
heai'hiuI and vigorous frame is emphatically
wealth. Every day, during which their capacity
10 ianor is impaired by sickness or accident, is so
much deducted from the fund upon which they
ano tneir FAMILIES can alone depend for support 4;
""u YET from thousand circumstances intimately
connected with their several professions, the
nea''h and vIgor of their systems is liable, not
merely to temporary Impairment, but too often
10 complete destruction, whenever they place
themselves in opposition to the laws of nature
or from ignorance, or prejudice, overlook every
precep' OF hygiene. One of the means best cal
cula'ed, therefore, to effect that amelioratiop in
Tue condition of the working-men which thew
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-08-08

The following Ode, written by Rev. JOIN PIER
ONT, was sung a, the opening of the Marlboroug
o,el, in Boston, as q Temperance House, on th
III Of July. Without by any means intending
ompnrison, we do not see that Mr. Pierponi doe
OF make the words jingle as well on cold water
yron did upon "gin and water"
In Eden's green retreats
A water brook that played
Between soft messy seats
Beneath palm-tree shade,
Whose rustlIng leaves
Danced o er its brink
Was Adams drink,
And also Ewes.
Beside the parent spring
OF that young brook, the pair
Their morning chant would sing
And Eve TO dress her hair,
kneel on the grass
That fringed its side,
And make its tide
Her looking glass.
And when the man of God
From Egypt led his flock,
They thirsted, and his rod
Smote the Arabian rock
And forth ril
of water gushcd,
And on they rushed
And drank their fill.
Would Eden thus have smiled
Had wine 10 Eden Gomez
Would IIoreb's parchng wild
Have been refreshed with rum?
And had Ewes hair
Been dressed in gin,
Would she have been
Reflected fair?
Had Moses built still,
And dealt out to that host,
To every man his gill;
And pledged him in toast,
How large a band
OF Israels sons
Had laid their bones
In Canaan's land
"Sweet fields" beyond deaths food.
"sland dressed in living green,"
For from the throne of God,
To ireshen all the scene,
A river rolls,
Where all who will
May come and ell
Their crystal bowls.
If Eden's strength and bloom,
Cold Wafer thus hath given,
If even beyond the tomb,
1t is the drink of Heaven,
Are not good wells
Aud crystal springs
The very things
For our hotels
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themselves, as we'll as their friends OF every pro-
fession, so earnestly desire, is to diffuse among
them knowledge Of the laws of health ana OF
the means of avoiding the deleterious agents TO
which they are exposed"
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1837-08-08

HE PuRGAToRY BALANCE-SHEEr. The
following statement was, in all seriousness, stuck
up, three or four years ago, in the churches of
Madrid, the capital of Spain.
"The sacred and royal bank of piety has re-
Ii we'd from purgatory, from its establishment in
1871, to November, 1926,
1o3o,395 souls, at an expense OF 9I,72O,437.
ll,4O2 do from Nov. 1926, to Nov.
1877, 14,276
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DIR. Franklin observed-"The ewes of other
people, are the eyes that ruin us. If all bu, NV
self were blind, should neither want fine
clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.n
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14,276
Gl,734,7O3

~, VI, O4,FUO
Inc number OF masses calculated to accom-
plish this plous work, was SIS, 1921; consequent
iy. each soul cost one mass and nine.tenths. or
thirty -four shillings and four pence" [London
Christian Observer.