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The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23
THE MAN AT THE DOOR.

"No tramps here,r eaid j ana
shut the door sinoohis face, The
wind blow so cold ! could hardly
do IL, aud tho slect was beating on
the pane, and. the bare trees werc
groaning and moaning as if they
suffered in lhe storm. mo tramps
hero, Pm a lone woman, and / am
afraid of en-" ~, 80, ,e /, ,", ~ ,'@
Then tho man I hadn't seen for
the dark went away from the door
champ, champ, came through tho
slush, and 1 heard the gate creak
as it always docs, and then champ,
champ, came tho man back again,
and then he knocked on tho door
knocked not go bard as before
and l opened it hot and angry
This time / saw his face, a pale,
ghost Of q face, with yellow brown
hair cropped closcund staring blue
eyes, and he put his hand against
the door and held it open I. s'.'o,5r .,i'',r
"How far is it 10 the next house,
ma'am?" said he. ,a
%, "Threo miles or more," said !.
"And that's not tavern"
mo" said l; "no drinks to be
got there, it's Miss Mitten's and
shc's as set against trumps as |
am" o9G wTN9rFa..,
~ don't want TO drink" said
the man. "But / do want food
You need Mt be afraid TO let me in
ma'am. lhavo boen wounded and
am not able to walk far, and my
clothes aro thin and it's bitter
cold. I've been trying to get to
my parents at Greenbank, whore |
can rcst until I'm better; and all
my money was stolen from mo
three days ngo. You needn't be
afraid, just let me lie before the hre
and only give mo crust to keep
the from starving, and the Lord
will blees you for IT," .agd h!ea
And then he looked at mo with
his mild blue eyes in q way that
would have made mo do it, If it
hadn't been that l see SO much
of these impostors. Tho wal was
just over, and every bcggar, that
came along said he was a soldier
travelling home. and had been
wounded and robbed, One that
l had been fool enough to help
limped away out Of sight, as be
thought, and thcn-tor ] was at
the garden window -shouldeted
his crutcbes, and tramped 1t with
the strongest. aIn.lo ;o,..s.
a"No doubt your pocket is full OF
money" said 1. "and you only
want chance to murder and rob
mo, Go away with you"
"Drusilla, that's my niece, was
baking short cakes inythe kitchen
Just then she came to the door,
and motioned with her lips to me,
"Do let him stay, aunty." And il
l had ut had good sense might
and know better than q girl Of
but sixteen" g- rrasssiR-rg
"Go away with you." said |
louder than before. Il won't have
this any longer" . , q. s.ss
And he gave q kind of groan
and took his hand from the latch
and went champ, champ, through
the frozen snow again; and ! tho't
him gone, when there was once
more, hardly with q knock at all
a faint touch just like that Of 9
child. u M -
Aud when I opened The door he
came quito in, and stood on his
cane, pale as 4 ghost, his eyes big
ger than ever.
"Well,. Of all impudence," ex
claimed. L aloud. Z, ,,s yy,-s
He looked at me and said, "mad
am, l have a mother in Greenbank
/ want to live 70 see her. shal
not If Itry TO go further to-night.
"They all want TO see their moth
StS, = lsaidI, and Just thspJ il came
I
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

Australia is rivaIing American
'rapidity of growth Of itscitics and
increase Of population, Twenty
years ago, Melbourne, the capital
Of Victoria, had 5000 people. Now
il has l2S,OOO. In 1913 the Pro-
vince of O.ago, one of the nine
provinces into which New ZeaIand
is divided, had a population Of $40,
and in 1S64-its people numbered
6l, 900: Tweuty'threey years. ago
the population of South Australia
Was $4,000, and in 1866 y was
10000. ',,.' 5,.... -
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23
APsn Picture q sBriek Poms.


The editor Of ihe, Cory, Pa. ~,
.Pqbliclp, Tle dalha a bepuko
ally acquainted wlsk rick 4 fSn
royfgiyes hls readers ahs sxtrao,s !
from lhe La OISsss DshOdfGE Ind
Sen zShsf mAa aad the. .ciergy, aud
then proceeds @ paint s.HrlsA.G
thus:
The author Of lhs ahoso outrage
was born mi t6o moral attri6-
pIes Of q manly chnla bisfa He Is.
Fa thief, Iiari as6tkard. aao wife.
beater TO onrIpetsohal ID kledge.
We have K doRn him 10 <beat his
wife and children numerically
without the Pbey Of pEpyecatipr,
hnd, lprbid the merchants to trust
them foe the leee ssafies 0f ltd
while he was carousing In dens Of
prostitHtion. And such = thing is 5.
a leader 81 the Dcmocratic psrtyF
We hars fnown himo 10 sihgeb&N
/ dy songs and crack obseepo Jokes
over Tie dead remains eof his friend
and eompa6f0H, WHO vas sstfabsg
glcd 10 death diu hm attempt btoa
drink half aIgaltVH pftwhisky ,opiAl
wagerin the city lot .MtlWapkesI
And We have heard bin curse.
the san and defy othe b6wetS athato
sustained tsie|Ee coolaochroiIicI@
a.thousand bGhersinsthncesgbat 10
is useless As the extract We prsd
sent delipeates the moral dsgredA.
ton OF tho %fetch bettef tiian xet
are able 10 do. 70 9oiass9s ssita
In personal 'appearsnee, sPomS.H !
roy is jost wbatihc Imagination of
q decent man n ituraIyfp;ctures,
him after reading the above char,
acteristis Of his polluted mind. He,
has red bushy hair, (wearsai Il long
to hide his bofns) d whisky bi5Ated
face, and AIRED rumahIossom nose4.
in short, he looks Ike the personi;
fication Of sin ppked out, red
hot from the bowels Of he'll. He,.a
sweet Scented japonica, TO prate of
tue ,impeffcctions Of The church,
whose mind never ehtertsfned&
christian thought. has no Econeep.
tion of v:9tueog he talk 5refornia.
ton, whose heart neycbopalpitated
with one single erection for God or
human Kind !, he who was sent into
ithis b:eathfng world d restless
curse, in whose throat blaspiiehfy
and vulgarity gurgie and -seetbe
like the hot breath of q dan1nable
dream !; he, Mark NJ. Psneroy,4be
personitication Of the oIispleasurcc of
Heaven, and glory Of hell Wrapped
in uigger'sstole6 q sOvefcoat, who
was seen sluggiShIy dragging him
self overtlls hallowed sepqleherspf
I our brave soldiers, recently, TO do
liver pusillanimous and. inhuDah
lectures TO soa,hern tfSitors2-ehlo.
yizing the lostc aubs'eg' hsrf7ss
such a 5map the leader of,G
great party in the North !. and 3
MORAL REFORMERt! Great
Jehovah, blot kim ont. z uHOoY1
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23
"As True as Preaching"

The Columbus Journal truthfully
puts it thus: The Cleveland PIaiu.
dealer says "the Democratic party
is proud of its devotion to the poor
and ignorant" The party is no
doubt very devoted to any person
who can give vote; but it the Plain
Dealer means that it is devoted to
the interest Of the poor and igno-
rant, 'Heaven save the marki'
There has never been party in
any age or country, which, as a
unit, has made war upon the poor
and ignorant (whero they could be
otno benefit 70 it) with more pcrsis'
tent kteadipess, or more bitter,
unmitigated hatred and ferocity
than has the party which the Plain
Dealer eulogizcs as their best
friend.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

A good story is told Of little
boot black whose energies were
taxed by the hinge shoes Of "a private
jast returned from the war. The
little fellow, kneeling down, look
ed over his shoulder to comrade
and exclaimed "Lend me spit,
Jim, I've got an army contract"
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

In New Mslloray, Iowa, the
monks ofthe Cislsfcian, order arc
building 4 monastery, which IS %
covcr nearly thrse- acres4 4mnch
larger than any similar pile in
America, and eqnaIed, ia size, only
-byl aisw ia cAsholid EnFops Y
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

DR.. Henry MyField, of N ew York
concludes a paper on "rhe Con.
tinued Fever" with the following
pitSy statement, which, il is said
oogtaiusin a,nutshslli thasuhstancc
ofthe best professional uriHion al
the present day "We can not cure
,fsver. No man ever cured fever.
It will often cure itself. .Ifyou
keep the patient alive long enough
be wllt get well himself" aIli-'
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23
A Dastardly Outrage.
WAsnrycroN. Jan. 8.


The War Department has re.
ccived a letter from Breckenridge
county, Kentucky, giving an &C,
count of . most horrible outrage
attempted upon tho inmates and
friends of one OF tho largest colored
schools in that county. Itappoars
that the teacher proposed to have
az exhibition on Christmas Eve.
She was warned that il could not
be permitted, but refused TO be.
lieve that the rebels would carry
their threats into execution. and
went on with her preparation.
The exhibition was finally held in
one of the colored churches and
was packed with friends of the
school and children. Within a
few minutes after the exercises
closed, but not until tho people
had left, the church was blown to
pieces by The explosion of a keg OF
powder which had been placed un-
der the platform on which the
children we're seated and probably
touched with a slow match. An
explosion during the exhibition
would have destroyed The whole
crowd. 1y
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23
VOL g. NO. "A
For the Lancaster Gazette.
a9e1Re Dirgs Of Ll0eg Hoo
nr cHABLks, W h1pcocE,

N"N ~ AsrNHF~~'"te esNSN-'u ENY ,li
'a We cannot think thAt she ID dead. Il,s ~.
. That she Is lying here; e'lisq'1s7s
We cannot think that Marys head aes
'nl 7q Nov rests upon this bier; sid 5ts1al
Y She. In whose life we loved TO trace. 9sH'
'Likemofning buds, each dawning grace.
-NN a@"' riynHae EqtseJ az hpE leosl1t -
We saw her when an linfhntiie "a ,alal
o'''i'U Upon her molheFsarn, ilisorio asio
Beneath the son and LOVING eye, saiogo
'N-o That watchedto shield from harm. y
How sad to know ilfe's tender bloom r
Must rpen only for the tomb ! 81 ssg 80
a...f ~ r.h9A shhiT ls7n ~ ,yt'ar'
wesaw her when arosy gil y I, y, = ,,-.. y y
a7slvsa Amid group at play. ,aaiiibbf II ~
With glowing eye and flyins curl q to
And smile as b-ightas day. sSa5ns'
In terror pale she held her breath, 14is
When frst She heard the name of fdeaih. 3
''V''i e7A .fs3I
She. did not think that she could die,
& She dreamed Of ,liyine IodegI 90 a
EM;b's brightest hopes were IN hereye,
And life was like song. = = : - ~
.syyhs shaig aswNI,h sHeches esipg,,tcV5
And all those hopes lie wrheripg.
II - ,HaTGano0ft
We saw her to the aitar led,
IJ0g Aud marked the maiden pride, I'M
That flushed her brow when she was wed,
nav And when pronounced . bride.
= AWsilttle thought that death would sever
Ga aoon kboaa aflk a m itias lkororar
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23


STATE Board OF oAGRepLTuRE
FoR lsGs.--On Thursday MOI ming
The Board Assembled in the State
Agricultural Rooms for reorgani-
zation The officers and mem befs
TOR the current yearaare as follows.
ID James Fuliington, President On.
lon county,. bsbir r.uapirivia
James Buckingham, Treasurer,
Muskingum county. 'saf1s sai 81 .
'si JohnSH. aKIippars Z Cor Seeg,
Franklin county.b bss bsislssn
II. s. Babbitt, Recording Sec'u
Franklin unty.sol1sfHA ssasg
N. J. Thrney, PicEaway county.
,WilliamsB. MeCIungsMiami dw
William Lang Seneca, :;,s.z
n. s. Townshcnd, Lorain.
r. r. DOhnelly, Wa5tg sia'
J. W. Ross, Wood p END &C..
J. Park Alexander. Submits naa
Dapiel Mcmillan, Greene Tsis
Alter the organization was com.
pleted, the Board agreed that the
State Fair for 1868 should be Held
commencing on sthe 's2lst day of
September and continue for five
days. ---- efT -o,rs,irs,-,
The Secretary. was ordered 10
advertise for proposals for holding
the Fair in The daily papers in III,
iedo, Cleveland, Dayton and CO.
lumbus --Columbus JourHu!. =.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

A few days ago Mrs. Cooke. in
Madison county, Alabama, PIT ar
ssnic in her doagh by mistake for
soda, the consequences of which, was
tho, death ot ithe: ~holA tamjl7--
|horsslt her HUSBAND ialIid three
chi lQren. ~, a. N. hrn .no..s "a
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

oyRe notice that several . Of our
iyoungmen are in the habit of
sprinkHng their,taik with slang
phrases, are fond of betting, and
seem to have plenty of9eleisure.-
Young men you are on athinplace
| in tho. ice. - Pinton Record eoi
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

Fifteen per cent. of the postal
currency incirculation in Chicago,
and thirtyfper cento 10 the whole
, State Of illinois, is said TO be coun-
terieit.
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

Ex. Governor Cox is in the city
He proposes To locate here perma.
ncntly, and engage in the.praotice
of the law, in which, before the
breaking out}of the war, ho had
made as tihoa reputation as any
lawyer OF his age at the bar Of
.Trnmbull County. Gin. Com. .
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

q Nashville has elected d negro e
the Board Of Education. A black
board is one Of fthe'frst neeessariel
Vf . sehoot. room. '
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

"AVING DISPOSED OF nv
Hardware Store to Messrs Mithoif' huhns
IEa.IT hope all those indebted, to me will
como forward and settle their accounts, and
save mo tho napleassn duty ofdunning.
Game, RIGHT along. and you shall have my
thspks. Nov. do not be backward, AZ his
know the necessity for short settlements. ''
.nyFICE Corner OF fChesnut street and Gen.
tre Alley, whore | shall be pleased 10 see you.
" fff'' I3b 'tNHaF ]. 6! WEAVER.
lancaster. Nov. "A, sG7-tE lauaJ ..l
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

General George II, 9hopas Is
.Presidept Of the EAST TeppSssee
Marble compapy,a Tho ngterial
Iofthe quarrieA IS said TO ,bs tho
sasst ,aasbls ialilsAS Halted
States. -
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-01-23

,NhRa. N. D. WILsON, formerly ofthe
b. NN iuWIlaon House," Bremen, Ohio, wonld
tespectfully INFORM the travelling Pnbiic that she
has leased the American House, ofLogan, OHIO,
Mr aterm OF years, and will endeavor TO render
lKe guests nd patrons Of the establishment
comfortable Good stabling, stalls, feed and an
Attentive Ostier will always be ready. The bn-
,a,nesy y;manegenent ofthis House VIII be N
shtrac of 4. &. SnocK, Who has beeninthe hotel
bnsiness for number Of years, and who fntters
himself that he can give satisfaction. The pat
tonare Of the public Is respectfully snllcited.-
Give us trial. Mrs. d. b. WiLSoN'
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THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM.
A FINE STEEL ENGRAVING.

A FINE STEEL ENGkANlNG.
Very Beautifully Representing tie NdtiUHy Of our
..a Sariour.
No event IN the history Of the world more re-
markably displays the wisdom and power OF God,
than the glorious manner in which He brought
Lie and Immortality to light, by the gospel of
His only Son, manifest in the flesh History as it
relates merely to human events is pleasing and
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In the DAYS of Augustus Caesar an edict went
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up from Gaee to Bethlehem, to be taxed. Cl'he
Narrative continues, us recorded in the I'd chapter
of ST. Luke)
The artist has chosen this interesting scene.
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| who have evidently brought sacrificial Lamb,
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! left q mother and child are cautious and interest
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Shepherds dog meekly waiting at the door, th-
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| ing light from the swinging lamp, the burning "a
gots on the floor the rustic appearance of the sta
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