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sDick,' inquired the maid, have you been
after that saleratusF--No, I haint.'-'If
you don't 90 quick, III tell your MISTRESS
We'll, tell mistress as soon as you please.
don't know Sally Ratus, ard wont go near
her--You know well enough am engaged
TO Deb
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The fashionable color now for noses at
the north is blue. 1t is a fast color for the
noses run considerably, and several gensle.
men in Wall street, bieic THERE without ei-
fect.--N o. Times.
Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-01-04

NO MISTAKE.
DR. ST. CLAIR would give notice to
1.-the people of Maumee City and vicini-
ty, that he has disposed Of his interest in
the store of o. Williams & Co., with the
full intention Of pursuing the science and
practice of Medicine. Therefore hopes to
merit reasonablesharc of the public pat
ronage.
March s, 1899. 49tf
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NEW YEARS ADDRESS
To THE PATRONS OF THE
MAUMEE CITY EXPRESS.

U
Twas beautiful night, the moon rode high
In her chariot of fire, the glittenng sky,
And the stars from their azure vault shone
bright
On the slumbering earth, in her mantle of
light:
On sweet little snow drift the dying year
7 lay,
And with numerous complaints, poured his
young life away,
And why, he enqured, thus early should !,
Upon all of earth's pleasures, be summoned
to die,
To make room for a stranger, another .Ne,o
Year?
Pom my soul, Father Time, l think this
very queer.
Have you not tried enough since creation
began,
And have you not often mistaken your man?
Sure this rage for experiment, can't ever
agree
With such an old tyrant, Grandfather, as
thee.
Thou art old, Father Time, and mayhap
the new year
May bring death on his wings, for thee, thou
old seer.
Why then, whet thy scythe, and aim it at
me,
Who all my life through, have done SO much
for theel
When thou gav'st me my life, did l not
bring the snow,
That our addies and lasses a sleighing
might go!
And from that, did not at an early time
bring,
The clear sky, the pure air and the fresh
ness of spring!
Old winter gave way at my breath, and his
snow,
And his ice and his cold disappeared in
glow.
| pushed back the clouds and the beautiful
rain
Descended and watered the earth's frozen
plain;
The Husbandman planted his seed, aud
when done
dried up the rain, with the rays of the
His crops sprang forth, his orchards lookd
fine,
He was happy, and surely his pleasure
was mine.
Did not ope our rivers and lakes from the
ice,
Did not commerce awake when twas done
in trice.
And when this was all done, thou old wretch
did not
Bring summer and sunshine and clear even
ing sky?
| hung out the stars, and lit up the moon
That the world might be happy, thou tri-
fling old coon.
I made many matches, (some on the Maui
mee)
All to please our young folks, thou old rascal,
and thee.
It was ever in summer, my hearts best de-
light
To see the world happy, and have it feel
right.
True, death followed my train, and with
aspect severe
Look'd hard on some flowers and blighted
them here;
But twas done for their good, for with life's
latest sigh,
They opened rich blossoms, and bloom'd
bright on high.
Towards the close of the summer, flung
DER the field
OF the Husbandman, promise of bounseous
yield.
Then brought Autumn in, and tinged with
my hues ..
The woodlands around, and bathed them
in dcws.
The crops were abundant, corn, pork, hay
and wheat
Gave assurance that all would have plenty
to eat.
Then brought on the frost, and in frolck-
some glee,
Made all shver and shake in the fear OF me,
And now in December, cold winter alack!
| find myself stark, stiff, and cold, on my
back.
My last hour is nigh; Farewell, Earth, my
how'd wife,
For old Grandfather Time, must lay down
my life.
Thus said thirty-nine and in agony sighed,
Clos'd his eyes, his pulse futtered, turn
ed over and died.
A beautiful face overspread the bright sky,
On the wings of the morn, from his chaos
on high
The New Year descended, and earth leap'd
for joy,
AS she felt the soft tread Of the beautifuJ
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REMOVAL.

REMOVAL.
SPENCER & MOORE have removed to
~ the store formerly occupied by Messrs.
Morehouse and Brownlce corner Of Conant
and Erie sheet.
Maumee City, May 18th 1889. 7.
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TO PRINTERS.

UJOR SALE.--A font of small Plea
II of about two hundred pounds, near
new and complete, with Italic and ca
scs at this office.
, 1840-05-09
From the Pacific Monitor.
WRITTEN FOR AN ALBUM.

WRITTEN FOR AN ALBUM.
To write, or not TO write, that is the question:!
Whether It's better for a man. to suffer
The acquisitions of a lovely woman;
Or to take pen against a sea of teazings'
And by composing, end them?-To muse; to
write,
No more;-And by that writingsay we end,
Solicitations, and a thousand other ills
That man is heir to.--'iisa contamination
Devoutly to be wished. To muse; to write;
To write ! perchance to fail-aye, there's
the rub;
For in that failure what disgrace may come.
When we have scrubbed oil our wretched
scrawl,
Must make US pause
For who would bear the smiles and jeers OF
men,
The critics eve. the ladies obloquy,
The pangs of ridicule. the silent sheer,
The Suppressed litter, and the jests
That would ensue his bold and vain attempt.
When he himself might his quietus make
With a mere Copy? who would cenSures bear,
And groan and writhe beneath vile criticism,
But for the dread Of being called a Ounce;
That dreadful name; an appellation which
No copyist escapes. puzzles the will.
And prompts us rather TO compose 4 piece,
Than fly to others that we all know of;
Thu, vanity makes Ounces of US all.
And to exposure makes ourselves obnoxious,
And fine selections of great pith andmerit
Give room to silly essays of our owa
And spoil the Ladies' Album .....
, 1840-05-09

CoNGREss.-The Cincinnati News asks
l." What is, congress doingF' We will try
to answer. They are wearing out the car
pets and the patience of the good natured
people. They are SHILLING their dull Soon
ces with their club fists, while they are scuH-
ing the good ship government toward the
rocks and shoals of anarchy-,hey are pour
ing out oceans Of eloquence and pouring in
oceans Of " the understanding the floor,
in the heat of POLITICAL excitement, and
stamping reproach upon our national charac-
ter. The House is a lounge while the Sem
ate is a dormitory. Speeches are spun out
in proportion to the per diem, while the ST.
lent members laugh in their sleeves to think
that the good people have such considerate
mouth pieces. Colt is nov exhibiting his
" repeating cannon in front Of the capitol
it pours forth its ,hunders over and over
again, always in the same tone; we wonder
if it is not put there as a satire upon the re.
peatins members Of congress w-fBah. Clip
per,
, 1840-05-09

that the General has hitherto expressed his
sentiments. In some parts of the urion,
Genl. Harrison is supported because he is
opposed TO a national bank; and. in other
parts he is supported. because he il a bank.
man;-ln some parts because he is favorable
to abolition. and in others, because he is op-
posed to abolition. Notwithstanding all this
contrariety of opinion, the Genl. has safely
%ensconced himself behind his confidential
committee. the Wing convention and his
former opinions. Former candidates for the
ofic" of President wrote and were RESPONSE.
bic for their opinions, but the Genl. has his
thinking committee. and if any thing be
wrong. thew are the scape-goat to bear away
his sin. We believe that the General will
come out from his indiscreet guardians, and
give the nubIic a fair expose of his sen,i-
ments. Come ont, General
, 1840-05-09

WOMEN AND LADIEs.-Time was when, in
good old Scripture parlance, the word wo-
man was regarded rs IN honorable appci!a,
ton Of adult females. But this term was too
republican for orr republican community
-.or NIL Snch were 'w"men." aud the term
implied n, distinction between The nobility
and tie common herd. And 81 those VII,
wore the greatest amount Of silks and S,tns.
flrried the most gracefully about town nd in
fashionable parties, and aid no work must take
u higher and more honorable name. and be
called Ladies. But in this country, honorable
names, like fashionable dresses, are coveted by
all parties; and soon it came to pass that we
had no "women," in the land. From the
stuccoedand ornamented parlor, to the kitch-
en- of the log cabin, all become ladies. As
the intention of those designations has thus
been defeated, we motion that henceforth
none be allowed the names Of Ladies but
good housewives-those who are real help
mates in the family and can if in health,
earn their living. These we own the true
nobility of the female sex and should be con
sidered ladies. Your mere walking bundles
of silk and piano forte players, who would
think themselves disgraced to be caught at
the work in the kitchen, should have no higher
term TO designate them than women. and this
in the odious and unpopular sense with which
they originally attempted to employ it,
Maine Cultivator.
, 1840-05-09

CoNGaEssroSAL.-Nothing Of much impor.
lance has t%ransPired since our last, with the
exception Of Il discraceful scene Of f~siicufEs.
by Mr.. Garland Of Louisiana. and Mr.. By
rum. Of North Carolina. This outrage, com.
mittcd while the house was in session, ha,
placed a stain upon cur national character
not TO be e!iaced. Oh! our country! our
coUntry!i
, 1840-05-09

~BRAGGrNG.-It takes us yankees to out
brag all creation. A jockey at a late race
in England, asked a Yankee if we had such
swift horses in this country. "Swift ~, said
Jonathan "why ! guess we have-I seen n
horse at Baltimore on a sunshiny day start
even with his own shadow, and beat it a quar-.
ter Of a mile at the first heat"
, 1840-05-09

In this calculation it will be perceived that
the b. aadycine, Bnton. and lexington, are
set down to the credit of Mr.. Adams ad-
ministration, and yet it is 4 fact that he had
no opportunity of recommending an appro-
priation of one cent towards them before
they We're completed. They Were construc-
ted from appropriations made under tic ad-
miniStration of Mr.. Monroe. and of right
should he placed to HIS credit. Delucting
these from Mr.. Adams list. we find that he
added t" the navy lmt 10 vessels. mounting
2ni runs. and th"t each vessel added to the
navy during his administration, was of the
smaller classes.
General JacIsoa's and tie tro first years Of
Mr. Iaa BareR'S administration.
, 1840-05-09

y X The funeral sermon Of Mr.. EDwrv 3.
TIMER. will be preached by the Rev. ]. W.
Campbell. on the 81 Sabbath in May. at tho
house of his Father, DR.. Tinker, in this
county.
, 1840-05-09

o. The funeral sermon of Mrs. CAROLINE
f. STRoTHrR, (Which was deferred last SAB
bath on account Of the ~weather) will be
preached by the Rev. Mr.. Gray. on tie 18th
inst. at Mr.. Baysie's, at II O'Clock, \. NJ.
, 1840-05-09

VIRGINIA ELEcTroN.-The election for
members of the legislature in Virginia, took
place m the 93d uliimo. So far as returns
hive been received, there is very decided
Whig gain.
, 1840-05-09

e. We are authorized to announce JESSE
G. RODGERS, as a candidate for reelection
Ia the office of constable Of Cuivre Town
shIr. at the ensuing August election.
, 1840-05-09

GTWe are authorized to announce WI.
l.. YAGER. rs n candidate for the office of
Assessor of Rails County. at the next Au-
gust Election.
, 1840-05-09

" We are authorized To announce ROB-
ERR STEEL, rs a candidate for the office
of Constable, Of Caumet Township, Pike Co.
No, al the mex, August election.
, 1840-05-09

The Editor is absent the present week.
This will account for the meagre state of the
editorial department.
, 1840-05-09

TWe are authorized TO announce FOUN.
TAIN EDWARDS. as n candidate for the
Office OF constable. at Buffalo Township at
the ensuing August election.
, 1840-05-09

Or We are authorized to announce JAS.
f. GLENN, as 4 candidate for reelection
to the Office Of Constable, for Buffalo Town
ship.
, 1840-05-09

o. There will be an exhibition Of fine
horses in this place on Saturday, the 9Th
of Nav.
, 1840-05-09

o. We are authorized to announce THO.
MAS CASH. Jr., of Frankford. as a candi-
date for constable for Penno Township, at
the next August election.
, 1840-05-09

" We are authorized to announce J.. 3.
as candidate for the office of
Constable, in Buffilo Township, Pike County,
a, the next August election.
, 1840-05-09

GIVE are authorized to announce JAMES
A. ROBBINS, as a candidate Tor Constable
of Cuivre Township, at the next August
Election.
, 1840-05-09

or We are authorized to announce WILL
LIAM PENN, as a candidate for the Office
OF Sheriff o! Pike county. at the next Angus,
election.
, 1840-05-09

Total-22 vessels, mounting 368 guns.
la addition TO which, appropriations have
been made for building, and the building ac-
tually commenced Of the Alabama, Yer
mont. Virginia. and New York. all ships of
the line. mounting so guns each for build
ing Santee. Cumberland. Sabine. Savannah,
Raritap, and st. Lawrence, frigateS of the
1t class, mounting "A guns each; and for
extensive, and in some instances. thorough
rsparS TO Franklin. Washington. Columbus.
Ohio. Delaware and Constitution, ships of the
line. Thus it will be perceived upon an ex-
animation of facts. that the increase of the
navy under Mr.. Adams administration sinks
into insignificance when compared with the
large and unprecedented additions made To
il by Genl. Jackson and Mr.. Van Buren,. and
that our "ranting advocate of TRUTH" .Du-
ane.' stands convicted Of a base and pi,itu!
attempt to palm of upon an u~nSuspectinr
community, a false statement Of facts. His
remarks in relation to the "Pc~nnsylvania"
being upon 'the stocks evidences so great Il
want of common ordinary acquaintance with
passing events, that | can scarcely consent to
blame him, but am rather disposed to screen
his ignorance with "the mantle Of charity"
"CoInment certainly must be unnecessary
before an enlightened community on such
facts, and on such bold assertions in the face
of thcmr' JuYius.
, 1840-05-09

"Navy Register" the following tables, show
ing the number of vessels added to the navy
during the administrations of Mr.. Adams,
Genl. Jackson and Nr. Van Buren,
Mr.. Adams Administration.
l825*Brandywine, Ist class, Frigate "A guns.
, 1840-05-09
NOTICES.

G-The Rev. Mr.. Thomas, is expected to
preach at Mr.. Baysie's, tomorrow. al II
O'Clock, &. II.
, 1840-05-09

" Flying Fish, (small vessel -
Totals vessels, mounting 288 guns.
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river Thames, during the last war, induce TO be
icve that without more discipline suboTdination
knowledge OF the use OF than the militia Of those
times possessed, and ours have they would not
rather prove burden than assistance TO the army"
employed in the defence Of the country; and il the
disaster at Detroit and the retreat Of army from
and the surrender Of the city Of Washingon, be quo
ted as evidences 10 the conrarwe believe they may
both be traced 10 other than want of train
ing in the army which General Hull trcacherously
surrendered, want Of conduct in the troops, unds
cplined as they were, which dispersed at Washington
Tor the want OF commander TO lead them against the
advancing enemy.
We have said that thought the reorganization Of
the militia useful and, to extent necessary We
also think the training of the militia by the several
States necessary and think il also necessary that
Congress should prescribe the discipline according 10
which the States are To train the militia. This latter
duty Congress has, from time time attended TO- and,
for the purpose OF performing that duty now we ask
leave TO report bill for the purchase and distribution
among the States, according To the number of their
militia the necessary number of Scots Infantry Tao
ties which was prepared by him under resolution OF
the House of Representatives passed the 9Th Of April
1884 and reported to the Secretary Of War Lewis
Cass and approved Of by Andrew Jackson then Pre-
sidcnt Of the United States appears by the proca-
nation of the Secretary of War Of the Sth of April
1885 And in relation to the report Of the Secretary
of War and his letter transmitting system Of reor-
geniZaton OF the militia of the United States referred
to the Committee of the Militia in the
luton OF the ma orty in asking TO be discharged from
the further consideration Of the whole subject
PHILIP TRfPLETT,
VIM. b CARTER,
p G; GOODE,
J. RIDGWAY.
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FANNY EIssLER seems 10 be not less a iayorte in
Philadelphia, than in own commercial metranolis
1 ne Philadelphia Gazette, in its enthusiasm, saws
she awakcns as many images of natural and classic
grace and beauty, could have been conveyed. even
when they were most thckly peoped with The bright
dreams oil mysterious mythology in Dephi and Do
donas woods of yore,p 1t publishes the following
mes which It pronounces fraught not merely with
that KIND OF rugged concord so 10 speak which be-
longs 10 playful numbers, but with the philosophy
that pertains TO an epgram
TO FANNY ELsSLER.
Oh We nine muses., Oh. ye great inspirers
OF blockhead scribblers seeking for rhyme
OF flying feet no doubt ye are admirers
And (pdpteS nom danced once upon a time -
Grant Us Homer since we've carried OH this
Farcr than Helen from admiring Paris.
FIRE la belle Eissier! never yet did light
Upon our earth which she seems scarce 10 touch,
A Heavenly vision fairer or more bright
Than this, &c Il think so much
OF Burkes famed speech about the Queen of France
Is most appropriate to this Queen Of Dance.
Happier than Philips son, she here hath found
new worll-cagcr TO receive
Old Europes darling, echong the sound
Of her loved name such conq uests 10 achieve
Is glorious Mt each triumphant step attend her
Crowds, shouting BGAvo' careless Of all gender.
Great tragic actors, both from Ear and near
Have vany wooed US with flaming play -bl
And never drew or filled single tier
Z Five acts kill those who seek but Time to kill.
Performance was empty rehearsal
They found the reason was distress commercial
She comes Hard Times no man Ter mentions
The only Pressure in the crowded Pit;
The only case deserving our attentions
Is to obtain sufficient room TO sit.
I'm sure love my relatives, and yet I'd rather
See Fannys Grand Pass than my own grandfather,
Brief IS our dream soon will thy sylph- like form
OF grace and beauty, vanish from our sight,
Thy radiant smile, bright as the break of morn,
No US will shed its wtching light
Calm be thy through life, and DER the sea,
Kind wishes from our distant land will follow thee
X S.
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- The Argus offers NE Erenfng Ioorrota rager
Of oNr THOUSAND DOLLARS hat Mr. Van Buren ioiH
be reelected President or The r. $.
This offer appeared in Yesterday Argus To-day
gentleman called ON Croswell TO take the bet but in
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