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Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
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Hon. John Morrissey.

The "Fat Contributor of the Cincinnati
Times gives the following description of his III
terview with John Morrissey:
l called at his hotel at the proper hour and
sent up nv card 1t was the of diamonds
He looked at the card and ut once sordered me
up." He laid down the New York Clipper as l
entered and grasped me warmly by my 9 bunch
of tives'i John may have got rid OF the wees
in his character, but he certainly has not parted
with the 'svice" in his hand. Unlike many other
public men in Washington, he hasn't 6 lost his
| grip"
IL was afraid you were out, said l.
$50 ann said he, with shrug, "out five
thousand ON the turn But let that pass
AS had "passed," didn't object.
In the course of conversation John expressed
himself very free upon the political questions OF
to the ssropes" He declared his great mistake
to have been in not making him Secretary of
War instead of old Thomas. elf he had sent
me to take possession of the War Office dd tnte-
rim, I'd went inter en-" and he struck an at
titude and danced around in manner peculiarly
| suggestive of 90 sailing in"
| g Do you think johnson will be impeached ~
"To dead certainty" said he; I. the game
was put up on him-cards 'stocked'-and they
are bound to scoop him in
i" What do you think of Butler?' said /.
An intellectual Tom Hyer. He hits Straight
| from the shoulder and makes every blow tell,
| besides sparrying' beautifully. Johnsons coun-
sci have no more business with Butler than q
feather-weight' would have with McCoole. He
got in the first blow and first knock-down,'
and has had things his own way ever since
Tricky, though lieves gouge or hit man when
ne's down as not. johnson never'll get a. fair
IDEAL so long as Butler handles the deck"
! Regarding the coming Presidential q mill,
John felt that Grant was bound to knock any
other man ssout of timer in a few Grounds" !"
He said this in a melancholy way, drawing his
hat down over his eyes. If the Democrats
match good against him, they'll spile
him in training Too many trainers, and no
two of them agree to the style of training.
Then the Grant party will have majority of the
referees, with the police all on their side. If
they can't agree among themselves, the Demo-
Gratis might AS well throw up the sponge at
once"
John seems to take very melancholy view of
affairs indeed. Declining his kind offer to draw
a little "claret' for me, | took my leave.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
Directions to Correspondents.

The following instructions, although vel. un-
derstood and practiced by amateur correspond
ents of newspapers, may prove useful to young
beginners:
When addressing the dear public through the
columns of newspaper the first time 1t IS ad-
visable to state that the paper has the largest
circulation of any in the United States, and that
if the citizens of the writer's locality were de-
prived of its use for single hour, revolution
would be Immediately set on foot. Besides,
whether the statement be true or not the editor
and the public will believe it.
Communications should be written on both
sides of sheet, and overrunning matter should
he written across the lines with pencil of the
same color. Correspondents whose communica-
tions have been rejected when written on one
side only, may now learn the necessity of ad-
herring to this rule.
1t is immateral what kind of paper is used,
though tissue is used when writing for daily
paper. Whether using pen or pencil, the writer
should invariably grease the paper well, SO that
the compositor may with the least difficulty
make out the writing.
When writing on Il subject that is not inter
estng to any one but the author, at least every
other word should be Italicized. This should be
done to develop the humor of the compositions
class of men usually grave and indisposed to
swear.
When correspondent is disposed to be jolly,
and wants to ''crack a joke" the sentence con-
tanning the joke should be put in italic capitals,
preceded and followed by three exclamation
points otherwise it might pass unnoticed, and
the world would remain in unhappy ignorance
Of the talents of the writer.
Is and is, when standing alone as initials,
should be made precisely alike When long lists
of names occur, shonld be written like e, and
neither should be dotted. The should be made
like t. and crossed and should be made as
alike possible, and ought closely to re-
semhle them. All middle names should be writ
ten in full and opunctuation marks used When
middle names are not spelled out, the initials
should be run into each other as nearly pos
sible. True, this may not accord with the Spen-
cerian method, but fashion is superior to rule.
\ strict compliance with the above rules not
only secures accuracy in print, but promotes a
spirit of pety among printers and p:oot-readers.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
WeavervjIIe, Saturday, June 6, 1863

R1- San Francisco Agency.-San Francisco mer-
chants business who desire advertisements In
serted in the TRINITY JOURNAL informed that L. r
FISHER, 6e Washington street. is Agent and that he
alone is authorized business for this paper
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
ADMINIsTRATRIX' NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UN-
~ dersigned, Administrative of the Estate OF
Daniel Bennett, deceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against said deceased,
to EXHIBIT the same, with the proper vouchers,
within Ten MONTHS from the first publication
OF TINS notice, to the undersigned, at Weaver
vile. All persons indebted to the Estate will
make immediate payment.
JANE B. BENNETT, Administrative.
Weaverville, May 2, 1858. 1874.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

Da. FRANKLIN used to say that rich young
widows were the only pieces Of secondhand
goods that sell at prime cost.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

PRoFANIrY.--Why will men, but more partic-
ularly Odd Fellows and Masons, take the name
of God in vain What possible advantage is
gained by it? and yet how many of the Frater
nifty who have proclaimed their trust in God,
knelt before the Great Light, and followed to
its close, as participants, our magnificent ritual,
are daily guilty of this sin against the Eternal
One, an offense to decency. On this point the
North american Repiew well says :-'' There are
among us not few who feel that simple as
sertion or plain statement of obvious facts will
pass for nothing unless they swear to its truth
by all the names of the Deity, and blister their
lips with every variety of hot and suphurous
oaths. If we observe such persons closely, we
shall generally find that the ferccness of their
profanity is in inverse ratio to the affiuence of
their ideas. We venture to affirm that the pro-
fanest men within the circle of your knowledge
are afflicted with chronic weakness of the intellect.
The utterance of an oath though it may prevent
vacuum in sound, is no indication of sense.
1t requires genius to swear. The reckless
taking of sacred names in vain is as little char
acteristic of true independence of thought it
is of high moral culture. In this breathing and
beautiful world, filed as it were, with the pres
ence of the Deity, and fragrant with its incense
from a thousand altars of praise, it would be no
servility, should we catch the spirit of reverent
worshipers, and illustrate in ourselves the senti-
ment that the Christian is the highest man.
VILLAINoUs PoETRY.-The Ku Klux Klan gen.
temen use some very high-fown language and
seek to invest their order with what Senator
Lewis, of Tehama, in his reconstruction speech
called sympathetic paraphernalia." Here is a
sample:
"The ghosts of our martyred dead fit nc
more uneasly on the Stygian shore, crying fol
vengeance but rest in bliss in the Elysium O
the Brave. Once more unto the breach deal
friend Once more
"By the dagger and the bowl;
BY the frelock and the brand
BY the patriotic soul,
Save Race and Land.
"Attend the Cabaa, and the curse Of Nemesi;
upon him who speeds not the foot at its mystic
summons"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06
Society Aotiees.

rH- Trfmffy Lodge, No. 81, +. Il. .M.-Hold
their regular communications Masonic Hail. Weaverville
the last Monday of each month Hour OF meetnS SIX
O'Clock, p. IN. JOHN McMhohi, W. NJ
NJ. F. GRIFFIN Secretary. Avs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

INITIATING A CANDIDATE INTO THE Coon TEN
pLARs.-.The method of initiating a candidate
into a Lodge of Good Templars is but slight
improvement upon the same programme so long
in vogue by the ancient and honorable fraternity
of the Sons of Malta. A ''chap" was taken
from a lager beer saloon, where he got " tight
without knowing that lager would intoxicate,
was put through cod-water treatment by the
Good Templars, few evenings since. lie
''preaches" on the Templars, and gives the fol-
lowing exposure of their initiation ceremony,
for which, no doubt, he will be put through
other course of cold water 'tsprouts" at the
next meeting of the Lodge:
In the first place, the victim for initiation is
blindfolded, bound hand and fool, and thrown
into q cider-press and pressed for five minutes.
This is done tor the purpose of clearing his system
of ssold drinks" lie is then taken out of the
cdcr-press and by means of force-pump,
gorged with cistern water, after which a sealing
plaster is placed over his mouth, and he is rolled
in a barrel four five times across the room,
the choir at the time singing the cold water
song. he is taken out of the barrel and
hung up by the heels till the water runs through
his ears. He is then cut down and beautiful
young lady hands him glass of cstern water.
\ cold water bath is then furnished him, after
which he is showered with cistern water. He is
then made to read the Water Works Acts ten
times, drinking glass Of cistcrn water between
each reading. After which the old oaken bucket
is hung around his neck, and fifteen sisters, with
squrt-guns, deluge him with cistern water. He
is then forced to eat peck of snow, while the
brothers stick his ears full of iccles. He is
then through cothes-ringer, after which
he is handed glass of cstern water by young
lady. He is again gorged with cistern water,
and his boots filled with the same, and he is
laid away il refrigerator. The initiation is
now almost concluded. After remaining in the
refrigerator for the space of half an hour, he is
again taken out and given glass of cistern wa
ter, run through clothes-ringer, and becomes
a Good Templar.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

ANEcDoTE OF HIGHLAND SoLDIER.-No man
who has ever lived among the peasantry of Scot
land will deny the effects produced on them by
their popular songs. During the expedition to
Buenos Ayres a Highland soldier, while pris-
oner in the hands of the Spaniards, having
formed an attachment to a woman of the coun-
try, and charmed by the easy life which the
tropical fertility of the soil enabled the inhabit-
ants to lead. had resolved to remain and settle
in South America. When he impaired this res
olution to his comrade the latter did not agree
with him, but leading him to his tent, he placed
him by his side and sung him :. Lochaber no
more The spell was him. The tears came
into his eyes, and wrapping his plaid around
him, he murmnred, "Lochaber ma mair | mum
gang back Ma p The songs of his childhood
were ringing in his ears, and he left that lana
of ease and plenty COR the naked rocks and sterile
valleys of Badenoch, where, at the close of life
of toll and hardship, he might lay his head on
his mothers grave.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

"Attend the Cabala, and the curse of Nemesis
upon him who speeds not the foot at its mystic
,A,cj
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

Rg- Trfnffy Chapter, No. 10, Royal .sreh Ma
on the second fourth Tuesday each month";
at the Masonic Hall. -Weavervlle. j. c. BuRCH, H. p
NJ y GRIFFIN Secretary Avs
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-06-06

There is music and dancing over the way,
Music and dancing all lively and gay;
And the beautiful bride like foweret of May,
Graceful and happy is the way
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16
Incidents of the Great Fire in Buffalo,

The Commercial advertiser Of Buffalo,
which was entirely burned out on Mon law
evening, gives the following items of the
fire: ~ s5si 1853 GaI
{ tsWhile the conhagration was at its
height, and the press, engine and boiler
rooms were enveloped in4fames, the engi-
neera Michael Maghar; resolved, even at
the peril of his life, to reach the boiler and
open the valve and allow the steam to es-
cape, in order to prevent its explosion.
Hunting up Superintendent DOYLE, he re-
quested him to bring a stream to bear on
the necessary point, which was. quickly
done, and AIaghaf, passing through the
blaze and smoke, ana falling bricks and
brands, succeeded IL reaching the boiler
and opening the valve.
This was not only daring, but most
praisworthy act, which should always be
remembered In favor of Maghar But for
his intrepidity and forethought, the boiler
might have exploded, and who can tell the
havoc which would have followed? sr
Perhaps as remarkable an incident as
ans which occurred 10 connection with the
disaster, was the settlement of the cash
account the next morning. The money
was taken from the safe and drawers by
three or four different clerks of the estab.
lishment--one taking handful of bills.
another heap OF fractional currency. an
other hatful OF pennies, &c,--but when
the money was counted it was found that
the cash book balanced to o; cent 10 p
Thos Casey and Alfred A. Thayer. the
two men who were in the composing room
at the time the FIRE broke out, we are sor-
~ to say, were more seriously injured than
We at first supposed Mr.. Casey's arms,
legs and face were badly burned, and
though he received prompt medical atten-
ton and all due care, it is apprehended
that he viii be obliged to suffer long CON
finement before he is able to get about
again.
Alfred A. Thayer, son of n. ". Thayer,
foreman of the newsroom, had one hand
badly burned: his face and head We're also
burned, and he is unable to leave the
house.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16
grcuities.
Personal Items.


-Janauschek win open an engagement at
Der.
John H. Fasey, the fastest tvpe-setter in
the country, died in Philadelphia on the
2lst inst
Mrs. Barclay, of Built county, XIV, died
recently at the advanced age OF one hundI ed
and two years.
The Indiana Asbury University has de-
Mrs. LaFrabee
Horace Greeley is contemplating trip to
Europe to collect material for work on
political Economy"
Madame Cazzola, next to Ristori, the
most distinguished actress of Italy, has Just
died at the age ef37. a
August Belmont's picture gallery is val
t uea at So,OOO, and If one of the best collec-
tons IN this country. -t9 ~ u,a
Prof. Prentice, OF the Agricultural Col
iege at Lansing, Mich, has accepted a Pro-
censorship III the Cornell University
=, San Luis park, the southernmost of the
llfee great mountain basins of Colorado,
contains population of 24,OO0 Mexican In
Spanish.
George B. Hood, of Somerset, Mass,
weighs 332 pounds. His age is SO, and he
mas Kept grocery store in the village 46
years.
II. ID. Porter, of Worthford, Conn, has
disappeared, leaving forged acceptances to
ity.
Letters received by the last European
steamer inform the editor of the New York
commercial Advertiser that MIR. Thurlow
y. weed IS IN Paris, and that his health is man
ifestly improved
Isaac b. Cohen was robbed of 81. 724 on
the New York Central Railroad, somewhere
between Rome and Rochester. on Wednes-
day. He was going to Marquette, Mich, to
engage In business, and this money was all
he had IN the world.
-Grau's French Opera Company. number
ing forty eight persons, have arrived in Now
York, and will come out" October 5. Rosa
Bell, Declanzss, Fontanel, and other Partisan
favorltes, are among them.
Miss Susan b. Anthony said in the Ma
honal Labor Congress, in session in New
York last week, that she had been engaged in
refOrmatory movements for the past twenty
years, and that now she did not possess five
hundred dollars to her name.
Hon. James Rogers, the Oldest member
of the Delaware bar, died on the Goth at his
residence near New Castle. He was au able
lawyer, and served two or three terms az At
torney for the State, and also as United States
District Attorney.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16
Strange story.
IFrom the aalena Gazette. |

/ The financial crisis of 1856 dates the
commencement of many sad tales. The
/ following story, related TO us last evening
/ by New York detective, is a romance,
| for obvious reai ons we withholdithe names
of the parties concerned The village Of
/ LYONS, in the State of New York was the
residence, in 1867, of a swealthy retired
merchant, his wife and only daughter, who
was at that time, Young, handsome and ac-
4 complished. She had been reared with
| all the advantages ofiove. She was engag-
ed to apromising young lawyer, to whom
she was to have been married the following
winter. Disaster succeeded disaster in the
commercial world. The father OF
the young lady in a single day was hurled
from affiuence to penury. his superb
mansion, costly plate, horses, carriages,
everything was sold at auction. He moved,
with his wife and daughter, to New York
CITY, where he secured situation as copy
ing clerk in house that one year before
would have honored his check for 500, 600.
The miserable pittance allowed the father
had not sufficient TO support his family.
The daughter after numberless attempts
succeeded in procuring situation as seam
stress She had occupied this situation
for nearly a year when the news reached
her of the marriage of her affianced. She
left home, father and mother.
Seven years later her father catches a
glimpse of her. in company with her former
lover, on train just leaving the Hudson
river depot. Her father, who had regained
portion of bis wealth, secured the servi-
ces of an efficient detective who has been
engaged for three years in working up"
the case. The man to whom she was to
have been married lost his wife shortly after
he was married, and either firm sorrow for
her loss or remorse Tor having betrayed
the confidence OF his early love he became
dissipated, and. losing his practice step by
step descended to the occupation of a COM
lie singer in a low dance house, where he
met the woman whose life he had blasted.
A spark of old love must have remained
alive, for they joined their fortunes and APP
pear to have made a creditable attempt to
redeem each other. They were traced to
Montreal, Canada, where he taught school.
They remained in Canada only q short time,
returning to New York State and opening
store: he appears to have accumulated some
money, for the next time they are heard
from he is at Shullsburg, negotiating for a
farm situated In the neighborhood of Vine
gar Hill. At Shullsburg our informant lost
all trace of them. He left on last evenings
Train for New York city, there to await fur
ther development. Truth is indeed stran-
ger than fiction.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16

The cable dispatches announce the death
of the Very Reverend Henry Hart Milman,
Dean of ST. Paul's, London, the celebrated
author and historian, at the age OF seventy
seven. This event is a serious loss to liter
ature, and will be generally regretted
Doctor Milman was the youngest son of
Sir Francis Milman, the physician of King
George III, and was born at London on the
10th of February, 1871. He was educated
at the academy of DIR. Barney, the father
Of the celebrated Madame D'Arblay, and
graduated at Brassmore College, Oxford
In 1915 he published the tragedy of Fazio,
which attained considerable celebrity.
In 1917 he entered holy orders, and be-
came Vicar of st. Mary's parish in Read
ing. At this period OF his life he-appears
TO have affected poetry, end in due success
sion published the following works: Samor,
Lord of the Bright City, an heroic piece in
twelve books, in 1918; Fall of Jerusalem, q
dramatic poem, in 1920; Anna Bolyn, the
Martyr of the Antioch, and Belshazzar, in
1921. About this time he was appointed
Professor of Poetry in the University OF
Oxford, and became also Rector of st.
Margaret's. But fortunately for literature he
now directed his attentions to other SUBJ
iects. He published an octave volume OF
sermons as the Bampto-- Lectures, in 1927
and two years afterwards issued his cele-
brsted History ofthe jews, " in three vols
In 1640 he gave to the press collection
of his poems, followed by the History Of
Christianity" from the birth of Christ tc
the abolition of Paganism in the Roman
Empire. Fifteen years afterward he pub
lished his History of Latin Christianity.
continuation of the former, and a NOR.
elaborate work. He also issued an illus
trated edition of Horace, Life of Keats
and an annotated edition of Gibbons De
cline and Fall of the Roman Empire. III,
was also frequent contributor to the Quar-
terly Review. In lS49 he was promoted Il
the Office of Dean of st. Paul's, and hell
! that place till his death.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1868-10-16
Notable Dreams.

writer in the Argosy says:- ''Dr- Nc
Nish, happening to sleep in damp sheets,
dreamed he was dragged through stream.
Dr. Symonds witnessed in his sleep what
he thought was prolonged storm of thun-
der which he was afterwards able 70 trace
to the light of the candle brought suddenly
into the dark room where he had fallen
asleep. He relates that person having a
blister applied to his head faneied be was
scalped by a party of Indians. remem-
Der, when boy sleeping in a strange
house, in an old-fashioned room, with an
oaken store-cupboard over the bed. =
/ dreampt that / was being murdered; the
assassin struck me on the head, aud j
awoke with sense of pain in that region.
Putting my hand to my forehead, | found
it sticky-with blood / felt almost too III
to cry for help; but at length / alarmed the
household, and, on procuring light, II
was discovered that some fermented jam
had leaked through the bottom of the cup
board and had fallen upon my head IN q
small sluggish stream. A few months ago,
shortly before going TO bed, O friend had been
discussing with me the peculiar instincts OF
animals, and particularly their sense of the
coming on of storms. After this he dreamed
he was a Worcestershire shorthorn,
grazing i'll a pleasant meadow ON the
Hereforshire side of the Malvern Hills He
had number of companions. Signs OF o
storm appeared in the skya misty vapoi
hung on the well known beacon. He re-
membered distinctly, although lac was 0
COW, watching, with sense of great de-
light, the beauty of the preliminary tokens
of the storm. With the other cows he
quietly strolled towards the shelter of an
adjacent tree, and waited until the storm
should break. He was chewing the cud,
and relished its herbaceous flavor He dis
tinctly remembered wagging his tail. Yel
all the time he had full reasoning iacul
ties and a lively sense of the beauties Of
the scenery