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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-06-04

A MoTHER's INFLUENcE.-The fol-
lowing touching aud felicitous ilustra-
ton of the power of ideas was given by
Wendell Phillips the other day, in a
public speech at New York.
=" l was told to-day story so touch
ing in reference to this that you must
let me tell it. 1t is a temperance case,
but it will illustrate this just as we'll. 1t
is the story of mother, on the green
hills Of Vermont, holding by the right
hand a son, sixteen years old, mad with
love of sea. And, as she stood by the
garden gate sunny morning, she said :
" Edward, they tell me-for | never
saw the ocean-tbat the great tempta-
ton of the seaman's life is drink Prom
ise me before you quit your mother Is
hand that you will never drink. And,
said he (for he told me the story,) l
gave her the promise, and went the
broad globe over-Calcutta, the Medi-
terrean, San Francisco, the Cape OF
Good Hope, the North Pole and the
South-i saw them all in forty years,
and never saw glass filled with spark
ling liquor, that my mothers form by
the garden gate, on the green hillside of
Vermont did not rise before me; and
to-day at sixty, my lips are innocent Of
the taste of liquor. Was not that sweet
evidence of the power of a single word 7
Yet that was not half. For, said he,
yesterday there came into my counting
room man of forty, and asked me
Do you know me p mo- 'Well,'
said he, was once brought drunk into
your presence on shipboard /; you were
passenger ; the captain kicked me
aside (; you took me to your berth and
kept me there until | had slept off the
intoxication you then asked me if |
had mother l said never knew a
word from her lips /; you told me OF
yours at the garden gate, aud to-day l
am the master OF one of the finest pack
packets in New York, and come to ask
you to call and see me- How far thai
little candle throws its beams Thai
mothers word, on the green hillside o
: Vermont Oh, God be thanked for tn
almighty power Of single word
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INSTINCT OF THE GOOSE" My
father has been presented by old Gov.
Gill with Goose imported from Europe
of superior beauty Like the venerable
donor, she was long unblest with pro-
gepy. Whenever the other geese
brought out broods ofgoslins, this child
less matron manifested great uncasiness
At length at the suggestion of my moth
er, the SOLITARY bird was set on
ducks eggs. With this arrangemen Mt
she appeared delighted, and the duties
of incubation were performed with the
utmost fidelity. In due time brood of
ducklings were the reward Of her anx-
ious care. No mother was ever proud
er of little Willy when for the frst
time, he exchanged his robe for mas
culine dress, than was mistress Goose of
her fedglings. She led them to the wa
ter initiated them into aquatic mysteries
brooded them with tender solicitude, and
duly bissed at all intruders upon her do
mestic immunities. But alas, for all
earthly joy, change soon came over the
brightness of her creature bliss. / was
standing at my window one morning ad-
mining, the exhibition of maternal affec-
tiou, when her attention was arrested by
a family of goslings, feeding quietly at
some ten rods distant She paused,
looked at her ducklings, then at the
family Of her neighbor, then her own
again, as though solving an intricate
question. ...
AT length, it seemed that light had
broken upon the darkness of her instinct
and for the time she became sensible of
the deception practised upon her, and
discovered that the brood she had so
painfully nurtured, we're another species
Of the featherly tribe. Her rage was
now uncomfortable. With fury that
Socrates never witnessed, she seized the
innocent objects of her newborn hatred
by the neck, and in few moments they
were lying lifeless around her. Having
thus finished her work of death, she ut.
tered scream loud as that which saved
Rome, assaulted the goose whose legiti-
mate family had excited her envy, drove
her from the yard, and took possession
OF her brood which she brought up as
though they had been the offspring of
her Own eggs. - Taimon Observer.
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sa5~ 1t would be hard to tell whethe

s1~ 1t would be hard to tell whether
most joy or sorrow has been caused at
Notch Brook, N j. by the discovery
of the Pearls. Dozens are bcmoaning
fortunes that, in days past, they care
lessly flung away. One matron unavail-
ingly sigbs over some I" little white
things" that she once gave her boys for
marbles. A schoolmaster lugubriously
remembers that he has chopped up eight
or ten thousand dollars worth with his
pen-knife, "to see what was inside u
Another genius rammed pear-bullet
down his rife, and shot away his fortune.
An old lady, who chuckled six months
over her good bargain with the pedlar, u
now discovers that she paid him, in
pearls, about seven thousand dollars for
a calico dress 1t is needless to say she
hasn't laughed since. The unfortunate
man who ence had the $25, 900 cooked
for his breakfast has taken to bed in ut.
ter despair, and refuses to be comforted.
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Mantle Bank.
esterly. Jul

Westerly, June l, 1857.
At the annual Meeting of the stockhold-
ers of this Bank h eld this day--the follow
ing Gentlemen were elected Directors for
the ensuing year, viz:-Horace BabcOck,
Welcome Stillman. Horatio N, Campbell,
James M. Pendleton, Thomas w. Segar,
Nathan II. Langworthy Joseph II. Lewis,
Charles II. Denison and Palmer Hall.
At a subsequent meeting of the above
named Directors, Horatio N. Campbell,
ESQ, was re- elected Presid ent of said
Bank. JAMES Nj. PENDLETON,
3w301 Cas- bier.
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name and reputation through all the
country round

uame anu reputation tnTouB" "''
country round
For time, too, here all went WE'LL
But the old habits of dissipation came
upon him again. Soon the whole duties
of the school came upon the young and
devoted wife. Her efforts furnished their
whole means of subsistence, and he who
might have been such brilliant and USE
full member of society became almost
sot.
Three years after the establishment
of their school, child was given them
Once more hope revived in the bosom Of
its mother. Would not this win him
from the evil he was pursuing' Would
not the newly awakened fathers love
cleanse and purify his hearti
For time it really seemed that it
would and Nellie's path again bright
ened. The littlo Olive grew in weeks
and months, and in winning ways. And
dear indeed was she to the hearts of
both. But alas for all earth's hopes -
Ere the child had completed her second
year the death angel claimed her for his
own. Nellie's grief need not be told
the young mothers anguish need not be
spoken, Words would but fail us in the
attempt. In her great grief she wrote
to me, My child, my darling Olive is
no more. Henccforth life has no charms
for me-its brightness has all departed.
While she was with me could have en-
dured anything for her sake. Now it
seems to me cannot live
And where then was the husband and
father-he who should have been to her
more than child-more than anything
and everything, and for whom she should
have wished to live, even had all else
been removed? Alas, the old spell was
upon him again ! The child's death
had been great grief to him but it
had not resulted in good. 1t had but
driven him deeper into the haunts OF
dissipation and vice, until there was nc
return.
A few months more and Fredric Del
'eval had died drunkard's death
Alas, for the noble intellect, the lofty
genus which had once animated tina
PROSTATE and lifeless form. How had they
been profaned
Poor Nellie She had drank life's cup
to the very dregs. And bitter indeed
had its waters been to her. But she
dared not even murpur. She had been
warned, she had been entreated; nay,
she had even been commanded but all
to no avail-now she must bear her bur-
den and grief alone.
But Nellie was not left thus to do
There we're watchiul eyes at home, and
loving hearts still. Thither she was
soon removed. Time wore away, at
length the bitterness of past sorrows, and
once more she looked somewhat cheer
fully into the future.
May God bless thee Nellie, and give
thee peace
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nay An old man named Marlba

Ray An old man named Markham
was found by the roadside in Palmel
last Monday week, suffering intensely
from the iavages Of small pox. The
burning sun beat on his bloated and
swollen features be was unable to speak
and almost insensible TO his hard condi.
tion. IL was not till be had been taken
over the bills to the hospital in Monson,
and received the refreshing charities of
that institution that he was sufficiently
restored TO tell his mournful story. He
bad lived in Wilbraham, and as soon as
the marks Of his malignant disease ap.
pearcd he had been moved by order Of
the overseer Of the poor to the limits Of
Palmer, and left by the roadside TO per-
isb.- Worcester 7ramNripf.
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my. The = Westerly II Rl1e Comm

DD~ The g Westerly Rife Company"
Col. Card commanding--paraded on
Thursday of last week They made
as they always do--a fine appearance,
although the ranks were not as full as
usual, on account Of the absence Of sew.
eral Of their number, and conducted
themselves in a soldierly manner.
The Westerly Brass Band accompan'
led the Company, and added much by
their music, to the attractions Of the oc.
casion.
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gsD- Two of the seyerest thunder
storms within the memory of the oldest
inha bitant," occurred in this vicinity,
on Sunday last. One took place at
about two o'clock in the afternoon, dur
ing which the rain fell in torrents accom-
panied by hail stones of large size. The
lightning struck an out-building on the
premises of Dr.. Murphy, at Lottery
Village, tearing it in pieces it also
killed hog belonging to Mr.. Albert
Langworthy, at Quonoquontaug. The
other occurred at about IL o'clock at
night, during which the rain fell very
fast, accompanied by frequent and heavy
peals of thunder. The lightning struck
the dwelling house Of JohnH. Cross, Esq.
of this village, doing but little injury.
The fluid struck the points of two light
ming rods, tearing off one and bending
the other. The rod being probably
overcharged, part of the fluid, in pass
ing down, went through the roof, and set
fire to bed and some clothing in the
attic. The remainder of the fluid pass
ed to the ground, where it was again
divided, part going into the ground,
and the remainder through the side Of
the house into the pantry, from there to
the kitchen, into pail Of water, which
stood in the sink, burning several holes
in tin dipper which was in the pail.
No person was injured.
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aay- The man who don't believe

a9- The man who don't believe in
whistling, should 60 step further, and
put a muzzle on bobolinks and mocking
birds. Whistling is a great institution.
1t oils the wheels of care, and supplies
the place Of sunshine. A man who
whistles has good heart under his shirt
front. Such man not only works more
willingly than any other man, but he
works more constantly A whistling cob
Ter will earn as much again money as a
cordwainer who gives way to low spirits
and Indigestion Mean or avaricious
men never whistle. Who ever heard of
whistler among the sharp practitioners
of Wall street We pause for an an
swer. The man who attacks whistling
throws a stone at the head of hilarity
and would if he could, rob June of its
roses August Of its meadow larks -
Such man should be looked to- lie
him be looked to.-Albany Times
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49, The hog discaso has made i

49, The hog discaso has made it'
appearance n the vicinity Of Providence
The Journal says the disease first man.
ifests itself in disinclination to eat the
hogs lie down, grow lean, drink a grca,
deal Of water, aud finally die, generally
much cmaciatcd. The only thing usually
found on dissection is in the liver, which
is diseased and covered with ulcers. One
man has lost a hundred hogs, another
fifty, and several others have lost one,
two, or more.
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Eay" in WoonsOcket, on Sunday eve
niug, a man named Riley murdered bis
wife by breaking her skull with a fat
iron. He attempted the same deed
last fall, and also cut his own throat last
summer. Ugly dispositions and couten-
tions about money which the woman
kept, were the probable cause. The
murderer was arrested.
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pa- Edward j. Nightingale, Pardon
NJ Stone, and Henry II Ormsbee, of
Providence, Rowland II Hazard, Jr., of
Newport, Henry Staples, of Darlington,
and Jonathan L Spencer, of Hopkinton, +,
have been appointed Aids to the Gov
ernor, with the rank of Colonel.
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Aay- We always hail with pleasure tn,

AJ we Always nan with pleasure the
annual return of Friends Yearly Meet
ing There is prospect of a large
gathering here next month It's recur-
renee always brings to our mind the
square tops of the ancient vehicles as we
have watched them for hours, as they
made their debut into Broad St. And
then with what delight we have spent
whole afternoons peeping into Quaker
field, to see the fat, sleek looking horses
that always appeared so sedatc and res
pectablc. But now the field is deserted
the " Iron Horse " has taken the place
of the pie-bald mare. Alas for thi:
age of Rail Roads and Steam Boats
the poetry of travelling has forever fed
NeOport Journal
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nay The Annual Session of the Con-

aS- The Annual Session Of the Con-
gregational Consolation of this State,
will be held at the Congregational
Church in this village, next week, COM
mencing on Tuesday evening, at which
time the Rev. Mr.. Clapp, of Providence,
will preach the annual sermon. The
session will continue some three days.
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NY Two sprirhtly snecimens {

s@- Two sprightly specimens of ebo-
ny arrived in town yesterday, by express
from Kentucky They we're consigned
to the junior editor Of the Spy. They
we're young, active boys, and bore to
the consignee the endorsement I" that he
was welcome to them, if he could keep
them any better than their owner did y
Worcester Transcript.
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Notice..

THE public are hereby notified that
l. there is Library in this place Of
about Three Thousand Volumes, and that
for want of readers, it does not pay expen-
ses. There are hundreds Of the books
which have never been read, and some
whose leaves have never been cut apart
The people have probably 70 gotten it.
G. II. DENISON,
$40 Sec'y and Treas urer.
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Bank Stock.

"ILL be sold at public Auction en- the
w 10th of August next at 2 o'clock P.
M at the Mantle Bank, shares Of the
capital stock Of said bank, standing in tho
name of j. & p. Noyes to apply on their
no te of 81 hundred dollars discounted I
said Bank and due May I'd, 1867. by or
der Of the Board of Directors.
JAMES M. PENDLETON, Cashier.
Westerly, June 2. 1857. 31O
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@r In one Of his letters, Humbolt
says that barometer should be consid-
ered as necessary on farm as a plow !;
put farmers generally prefer to trust 10
the moon and other exploded nonsense,
rather than invest thirty dollar, cash in
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s@- Mrs. Sarah Haxtum of Stamford,
Conn, recently deceased, devised her
entir property, amounting to between
$4,000 and $4,000, 10 the Congregation
al society of the village.
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M A R IL 1 II ID +,

In Newport, 3lst ult., Mr. Whaley of Wake
field, and Mrs. Elizabeth l. Smith of Newport.
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Voted, That Thomas Brightman, Gid
con T. Collins and Weeden II. Berry,
be a Committee to hire farm, for the
use of the town on which TO keep the
poor OF the town, for the term OF three
years. And, that IL in their Judgment,
il will be to the advantage OF the tax
prayers of said town, they shall cause
said poor 10 be removed on to any farm
they may hire in this town, on or before
the first day Of April, 1868. And that
tbey shall hire n suitable man and wife
20 take care Of said farm, &c. And that
they report their joings at tho next April
Town Meeting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-10

An END TO kIssING.-A short while since the
afectonate public was astonished by the story
Of a young lady whose neck was dislOcated in
consequence Of the i'll advised resistance which
she offered to the amicable salute of an adj
mirer more ardent than discreet Our last ex-
changes from Europe now match this tale with
another of an inquest held at Leeds on the body
Of young man Of twenty-one, who fell down
stairs and killed himself in the course of an at
tempt to snatch kiss from the unwilling lips
Of girl Of fifteen. Some of our contemporaries
dedueed from the first of these occurrences the
wholesome moral that young ladies should never
oppose the advances'of their admirers. In COM
mon fairness we are now bound to infer from the
second accident that no ma n should ever attempt
TO take a kiss until il is offered to him. Be-
tween the two lessons th0re is reason to fear
that an ancient and not altogether disagreeable
custom may be summarily abolished.
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An AUTOGRAPH WORTH HAvING.-When DIR.
Mackay, now on a visit to this country, was
editor of the London Morning Chronicle, sgd
ney Smith placed in his hands the Ms. Of his
subsequently wOrld-renOwed letter on Pennsyl-
vania Reputation, requesting him to look
carefully over the proof. DIR. Macksy retained
his copy as an autograph, which now has a
kind of historical value rs well as a curious
personal interest 1t has one or two charac-
terIstic jokes, erased by the author as too
broad. This autograph excited the admira-
ton of a Boston gentleman, when in England,
we'll known for his literary taste and publish
ing enterprise, and DR.. Mackay gave him an
agreeable surprise, the other day, by present
ing him with this most desirable production oi
the reverend wit IN. i. Post.
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THE IMPROVED SETS OF TEETH.

NJ LOOMS, M. D.; the inventor and patentee OF
LoomtS Mineral Plate Tssth," having
various cities, has now permanently estab- -SIiIO
Hshed himself In Washington.
THIS Improvement for Sets of Teeth consists CHI eff
IN making set OF but one piece of material, and
thN lndestructlbe mineral. No metal is used IN
salvanlc action and metallic taste. There are no
Joints TO become filled with moisture particles Of
lOpd. hence they pure and clean. They are
lighter stronger. less clumsy, far more durable and
natural an their appearance ] will give a reward o
One Thousand Dollars To any who will produce A
similar work OF art 10 equal mine in purity beauty
duraolIty, artistic excellence any other requisite
quality.
All work responsbly warranted.
10 Penna. avenue, between ii tn and 18th streets
apl lS-ly
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DENTISTRY.
- DR.. STEPHEN BAIIY,
OFHICE No. 1873 PENNSYLVANIA AvKNuR *
ThTss doors from l4th Street OI11C

DR. BAlLY begs leavo TO inform the public that he
GA be seen at all hours at his office, ocs ed above
PRACTICE with the large number of patients and great
variety OF dIhcqt cases that he has treated
luliy, Will enable him to suTmOunt any d ficulty,
scientific or otherwise, relating to the Teeth His
and S esRpeeS SR%h Ds Dhf a mfI
and and f. PaImly, has led hun, long since, To dis
ali Enapes, Gutta PeToha India Rubber, and Ce
ments for the construction OF Continuous Gum
Is the only reliable substance that be worn IN the
mouth, as was most oonclusiyely shown 10y the last
Although he fatters hlmsef from his long resi-
e0%u aenSe and R practice in MashnstoP he is avoTsb,
leave TO refer them to the following
TESTIMONIALS:
FROM the late X Hector OF the Church Of Epiphany OF
DIR. STEPHEN B.nY: Dear Sir-I desire to express,
my esteem for you personally, and my confidence 10
you as a superior dentist. The operations executed
Tor me have been highly satisfactory. hope that you
public that your skill so well deserves. NUN '''9 'H'
Washington. Aug. %. 1885. ]. " ". .fFfRENoH.
From one of the Oldest firms IN Baltimore, Messr,.
Having employ eStPae Stephen Bs Surgeon Den
tist, of washington city, to xecute for me an i'm
my entire Satisfaction, and IN view Of the fact thai al
one of the most distinE members the Dental
College OF Baltimore, failed, after repeated trials to
great pleasure to express my entire confidence and
Baltimore. Jan. H. 1851. Hartmann BOGGs.
Extract from note received from the late Hon, John
The teeth you made for me % wo1f a. sdmTsbIy & IT, moth
''' ''''D 10 ''''''' '' JOHN ttiafS' X. CLAYTON.
To those that seek relief from the maadies of the
Of teeth
0T ogs E sp H s %oy aa s HSd sew teeth for
Of the Va. Conf of the M. E. Church South.
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GOLD MEDAL PREMIUM
WILLIAM KNARE

tSenlor partner IN the late trm of
kNABE, GAEHLE & Co,
Oontlnnes tue manutact and sale of sIapd And
- fuaEe PlAMO FORTES, under the name
SI w Wililam knabe q Co., at the old stand, e93Ea
Nos. !, 8, s and North Eutaw street op- -VTHIN
=, Iney nave also Just opened a new Sales Room al
No an Baltimore street, between Charles and Light
streets, on the premises partly occupied by MT
henry McCaheTy as a music store, where they will
keep constantly on hand a large assortment of PLAIN
and highly finished grand and square Piano Fortes
also, MelOdeOns, from the best makers, from TO 5.
octave, some with double KEY boards, double reeds
and stops to suit small churches.
Beng extensively engaged in the manufacture q
flanos, we will sell wholesale and RETAIL on the mos
liberal terms. ~
Our Pianos were awarded the highest premium
tgod medall at the Fairs of the MARYLAND Institute
two successive years-OctOber, 1885, and l856-n OBJ
position to fourteen and eighteen pianos from Some
OF the best makers from New York, Boston and Bal
timore; We were also awarded the Fl rst premium st
tRe Industrial Exhibition held in RichInond Vir-
glnia, 1855 and 1856. They have also been awarded
thS highest premium (sver medal) at the Metro
politan Mechanics Fair for 1857.
In addition to this we are possession of testjmo
mails from the most distinguished professors and
amateurs In the country, which can be seen At our
waTerOoms, speaking for themselves and Others Of
the hlgh appreciation IN which instruments are
oveTy where held.
All Instruments are guaranteed for FIVE years. and
privilege of exchange granted within the irst sI
months from the day Of sale If the instruments do not
give entire tisfactIOn.
Wholesale dealers will find il to their ADVANTAGE
to give a call before purchasing
Pianos ex changed hired, ard tuned.
mar ls-ly VIM. KNABE L. co.