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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21

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Virginia bad won eight fights out OF the main and
North Carolina four One night tthe frsp was
s'draw," and another had to be thrown out to make
the odd fight before the main commenced Thus,
at length after q number OF nard-c0ntested mans
between the rival States IN the pit, nearly all Of
which were "draw mains" Virginia has established
her prOwess, and she now stands open TO challenge
from any other State IN the Union. not excepting
New jersey.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21

was thrown from his 61ffiaeG and was 6sAy In.
1ured In his right side and arm HIS arm. II Is
thought he VIII not be able 70 use again , iUr m1nsns
much from the accident that happened to him FEW
days ago, and shows but little sign OF Improve
ment.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIc.-The Sunday school Of the
Church Of St. Peter and Paul. Second street. Will
Hamburg, made an excursion to Myrtle Avenue
PARK Yesterday and held their annual picnic. The
weather was forbddng, but this did not prevent the
gathering OF very large assemDiage. composer OF
the parents and friends Of the children and multi
tude OF strangers deslr0us OF paying ther respects
to the pastor OF the church, the Rev. sylvester
Malone whose efforts In the cause OF popular educa-
ton have endeared him to the hearts OF all cltzens
PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDs.-Ihe terms OF al
mission to membership of the Prospect Fair Grounds
Association have been materially modified For
merly 1t was necessary to pay the sum OF $2oo In
order to become member, and the term OF mem
bership was for five years. Now an initiation iee
OF fifty dollars Is charged and annual dues OF nlu
dollars. Hencet0rth until twelve O'Clock each day the
track win be thrown open TO drivers and trainers
who may wish TO avail themselves or IT; after tl8t
hour the course viii be for the use OF members OF
the association only One Wishing to become
member for the term OF four years can do so by the
payment OF 5000.
SEWERAGE CoNYRACTs.-The Construction Com
mittee OF the Water and Sewerage Commission
have entered into the following contracts for the
current year,
District s4-Map L subdivision II; 7. ?. Glass and
A. Mundell, S33 105 70.
District 2O-Map Il; M. K. ReardOn and p. Smith,
$53,043.
District ll-Map F, subdivision s; Edward FreeA
$61,3g1 SO.
District 24-Map L, subdivision IA; J. II. Van
Wrinkle, $37, $50 %.
District M-Map L. subdivision 10; Francis SWIM
1926, S91 08.
District 2l-Map l. subdivision No. 8; Seth i
Keeney, $45,S $40 So
District 2l-sub-division No. l.; Perry b Van voor'
hees, $S49l1 So -
District M-Map L, subdivision II; James KING,
$56,576 So
District 2o-Map N, subdivision No. 1; j. Van
Winkle $l86,027 %.
District 35-Map O. j. NJ whittier, $1O,218.
Total $3.50, 1913 10.
Proposals for other districts have been advertised
for which, when received, will probably raise the
aggregate to 100000.
REVENUE RETURNs.--The ferry, railroad and gas
companies, and places Of amusement, return In
comes as follows for the month ending June 49,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21
POIGHKEE

THE RAILROAD DIFFICULTIES AT PLEASANT VAL
LBY.-The difficulties Of the railroad aborers at
Pleasant Valley were finally adjusted yesterday, and
the men have been paid of. Work will be resumed
on the road tomorrow. The ringleaders OF the dis
turbance Jack Mcdonald and John Short, are held
to bail IN the sum Of 900 each TO await the action
Of tile Grand Jury, aud are still In jail.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21
VIEW JERSEY C9IIT OF PSRBSys.

General Jail Deiivery-Four Murderer. mt
Lnrge--Forty Desperadoes Let Loose on the
People of New Jersey.
The Court Of pardons, which is composed Of the
lay judges Of the Court OF Errors and Appeals to-
netner with the Governor and Chancellor, adjourned
last weeK after sitting. at various iDtervas through
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21

STRANGE PHENOMENON, About half.past e,gnt
O'Clock wednesday morning last several OF our
citizens were startled by report az OF the firing OF a
distant cannon which repeated Itself several tmes
followed by rambIina noise ike that made by 4
carriage passing over bridge, and in southern d.
rec.lon from this point: The same Disc was heard
going forward In the vicinity. and the sky coudless
conjecture points TO the shock OF an carthauake OF
explosions OF an aeroite In the vicinity. No mo-
ton of the earth was perceptibie Statesvi1e IN o.
american, Lulu 10. Wv ~
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-21

FERRY COMPANIES.
Greenpoint Ferry Company ............ Sc, s42 so
Paw RIDGE Ferry Com pany ..,,.......... sol 90
Houston street Ferry Company. 1,232 90
Union Ferry Company ............... $3.50 90
RAILROAD COMPANIES.
Van Rrunt street Erie Basin ........... s1,949 81
prooklvn Bath and Coney Island ....... 330B 90
Conev Island and BROOKLYN ............ Is, 100 90
Sackett Uoyt and BERGEN street. ........ 1850 90
BroOklyn CITY and NeWt0wn. commune. 1901 90
Rnshwick avenue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1884 90
Grand street Ferry and Middle Village .. $3.50 90
Grand street and Newtown .............. 1901 90
south side Observation-Disclosures. 5000 90
BROOKLYN CITY Observation-Disclosures. 1922 90
GAS COMPANIES.
The following is the number OF feet OF gas cone
WiamsbnrS Gas Company. ............. 500, $50
Fatbush Gas Company ................. 302 III
Union Gas Company NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 14o60Q
Brooklyn Gas Company. 20, 74l 600
Hoo,eys Ministries. Court street. .......... a,oso
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Our Relioion for the Rich.

Our preached religion is for the rich.
Professionalism does not reach the masses.
In our costly churches the poor have no
place. The expense of the gospel is so
enormous, the buildings ale so magnii-
cent, the ministers salaries so high, the
music so extravagant. the decorations so
sumptuous, that church going becomes
luxury in which only the wealthy can in
dulge. Genius, talent, eloquence, COM
mand so exorbitant price in the market.
that the poor can derive no benefit i'm
mediately from their instruction. The
gospel is bought up by the opulent peo-
pie of the community. The weather.
classes appropriate it and use it as
species of spiritual upholstery, to make
the first day of the week rs delectable to
the senses as the other six are. Comfort
spreads velvet carpeting on the floors,
cushions the seats, and lines the pews,
elegance stains the walls, paints the cell
ing, col0rs the windows; taste decorates
the altar and the font. Fashion makes
the gospel an exclusive privilege. A
box in the corner perhaps enables the
trustees to say that the poor have free
seats provided for their occupation, but
every thing else says that the gospels not
for them. The hymn says it, the prayer
says it, the sermon. the attitude OF the
congregation, the air Of the worshipers'
the whole atmosphere Of the place, the
assembly, the services, say Enthusiastically
that the gospel is not for the poor. The
poor have no part in it. | am describing
now-I am not fault-fnding nor critici-
sing. Such a state of things is natural {;
it is unavoidable. 1t is not perhaps alto
gether evil. What say is that the gos-
pei is no longer gospel to the poor
REV. o. B. rockingham.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
NUMBER II.
What We Bring We Find.

A bad man finds that which is bad. He
carries it with him. An irritable man
finds not only irritable men but occasions
for irritability. A quarrelsome man finds
occasions to quarrel In every nook and
corner. A discontented manIO the jolts
that are under his wheels! o the provo
cations that are brought to bear upon him!
The world is full of disturbances, and the
disturbed man carried that which gathers
oil these elements. He centres them up
on himself, and he is open to them and
they report themselves to him. and
journalize themselves in his sensibility.
A dishonest man every day has ten thou
sand things telling him of dishonest ways.
More than mosquitoes in summer are the
thoughts Of dishonesty that are round a
bout brain, that naturally tends TO be
dishonest. If a man begins to lust after
these things, If the tendency is in him, if
the taint is in him, why, he will think of
more things that a man could doand make
by il, than an honest man could do in all
his life. For when man is dishonest, and
carries dishonesty with him, the thought
starts up from everything; the sugges-
ton flashes from every open door; the in
tmation comes from mems conduct, from
their faces, from something which they
read, from something which they hear.
Every where, all the time, round about
him swarm hints of wickedness. And
the man says, " am tempted of the devil.
Yes aud the devil kaows where to tempt
you. He sows his seed on ground that
was prepared beforehand. He does not
waste his strength to touch torpid chords
in you. He looks at you, and sees where
YOU can be made to do evil and there it
is that his fingers practice .-Beecher.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Mr.. Beecher on Canntbalis,sa.

III were to take you to my house. and
say that had an exquisite fat man. and
wished you to join me in eating him. your
Indignation couldbe restrained by nothing.
You would pronounce me crazy. There
Is not ia New York man so mean that he
would not put down man who should
propose to have banquet off from fel-
low man, cutting steaks out of him, and
eating them. And that is nothing but
feasting on the human body; while they
will all sit down, and take mans soul,
and look for the tcnderloins, and invite
their neighbors in to partake OF these tit
bits. They will take mans honor and
name, and boil them over the Goals OF
their Indignation, and dill the whole room
with the aroma thereof, and give their
neighbor a piece, and watch him, and
wink, rs he tastes it. You all eat men up.
and you arc cannibals, every one of you
and worse. You will be glad to get of,
at Gods iudgment-seat. with the plea, II
only ate the outside You eat the souls,
the finest elements Of men. You are
moro than glad if you can whisper word
that is derogatory to a neighbor, or his
wife, or his daughter. You have secret,
but YOU do not make yourself responsible
for it. Andyet by an oblque sentence. you
leave an unfavorable impression on the
mind Of the person addressed, in respect to
the subject of your criticism. "Ah"he says,
81 had not been informed; :" and he goes
to the next neighbor, and says, "Mr. So
and-so says this and that about So-aDd.so."
And that neighbor says, Indeed" and
runs TO his partner, and they both run TO
their wives; and the thing goes all over
town. Everybody becomes an unpaid
devils mail-carrier, and goes here and
there bearing internal messages. And
what Is the result 1t Is damnation to
some poor creature that is unconscious,
or that if guilty. ought to be pitied and
succored, rather than condemned. But,
all the morsel is too exquisite TO be lost.
Here Is the soul Of a person, here is a
pei sons hope for this world and the world
that is to come, and you have it on your
fork, and you cannot refrain from tasting
it, and giving it to some one else TO taste.
You are cannibals, eating mems honors
and names, and reiocingi in it-and that,
too, when you do not always know that
the things charged against them are true
when in ninety nine cases out of hunded,
the probabilities are that they are not true.
IN Y. Ledger.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
.SleeDin0 TOIether.

The Lnos Of Life says: More quar-
rcls arise between brothers, between Sis
tiers. between hired girls, between school
girls, between clerks in stores, between
hired men. between husbands and wives,
owing to electrical changes through which
their nervous systems 60 by lodging to-
gethcr night after night under the same
bed clothes than by almost any other dis
turbing cause. There is nothing that will
so d"range the nervous system OF per-
son who is nervous in ehminative force rs
to lie all night in bed with another person
who is absorbant in nervous force. The
absorber will go to sleep and rest all
night, while the climinator will be tun-
bling and tossing. restless and nervous,
and wake in the morning fretful, peevish,
laultGndng, and discouraged. No two
persons, no matter who they are, should
habitualIy sleep together. One wlllthrlye
and the other will lose. This is the law ;
and in married life it is defied almost uni
yersally"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14

DISCIPLINE AT BULL RUN.-General Slo-
cum in his lecture tells the following story
of the battle of Bull Run:
The influence of our officers over their
men, and the state of our disiplinc,is best
illustrated by an incident which occurred
on the field in the heat of the battle. An
officer, who has since become very promi-
nent and we'll known throughout the
country, was then in command of a
brigade on the right of our line. When
riding over the field he discovered
soldier concealed in hole in the ground
which was Of just sufficient dimensions 10
afford him shelter. The general rode up
to him, inquired as to his regiment and
ordered him to join it at once. The man
looking him full in the face, placed his
thumb upon his nose and replied
"No YOU don't, old fellow, you want
this hole yourself"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Disposin0 of q Dead Horse.

When horse drops dead in the street
in New York. 1t is the duty of the first
policeman on the beat to examine the car
cass. Ifhe finds life extinct, he is requr-
ed to report the same to the roundsman as
soon rs he encounters him. The rounds.
man, having convinced himselfofthe truth
of the statement. reports to the sergeant
on duty when he returns to the station.
The sergeant on duty enters the fact on the
blotter. The captain copies il from the
blolter. and reports to the superintendent.
The superintendent, through the inspect.
or, refers the case to the Board OF Health
The Board of Health, through their sec
retary, communicates the intelligence to
the Sanitary Committee who refer the mat.
ter to the Bureau of Vital Statistics. The
Bureau OF Vital Statistics thereupon issue
instructions to a contractor, who keeps
windlass, two men and dead-horse
truck, and the contractor thereupon pro-
ceeds at his leisure to remove the body.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14

my DEAR. Dear is 4 very pleasant
adiecti iye-my, pronoun of possession
implying that the being spoken offs ones
Jwn, ycrr own, property. rather OBJECT
t. dearest" - word implying COM
parisou, and therefore, where comparison
should not and could not exist. Witness,
dearest mother, or dearest wife, AS
if !. man had q plurality of mothers or
wives out of whom he chose the one he
loved best. And, as general rule, |
dislike all ultra expressions of affection
set down in ink once knew an honest
blessed with one OF the
tenderest hearts that ever man had, and
which in all his life was only given to one
woman. His wife told me, he had never,
even in their courtship days, written to
her otherwise than as My Dear Annie"
Ending with Yours faithfully, "or Yours
truly" Faithful-true-what could she
desire more?
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14

A Vermont butter maker writes to y.
Y. Farmers club, concerning packing
butter 10 keep
Pack il in we'll soaked tubs or firkins,
put 4 little salt in the bottom and place
it in cool dry cellar, on bench of wood
eighteen inches from the bottom and the
same from the wall. Stone or ealthen
ware does not keep butter well, as the
moisture from the surrounding atmos-
phere in warm weather, condenses on
such vessels, and soon affects the butter
Put no salt on on between the layers.
Fill TO within half an inch of the top,
place a clean wet cloth over the butter,
pack the edges down with knife, and
then spread thinly wet salt over the cloth.
Having made butter for years, | can say
that the above mode OF packing and keep
inc butter will be useful To many, and
cause a smile o.. daylight 10 the buyer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Selett storp.
TANGLED THRE4DS,
Ind how they ,cere Cnrdreied.

There are not many sadder eyes this
present year than those which looked out
\ from under the white forehead of young
I Sylvia Farnham. And vet the wave of
trouble and death and anguish which has
flown with such heavy surge and coldness
through so many hearts Of the land had
passed her by, TO all outward seeing.
! quite untouched.
/ Sylvia Farnham's mental ailment was
of that kind, talking over which the best
of us are apt 10 shrug a little, and say,
Nonsense" So reluctant we are 10 ad-
NIT our belief of things we do believe.
We know how Sylvia Farnum might sit
bereaved, though death had neither
touched nor threatened the least of her
beloved Think Of the capacity for hu-
man tenderness AMI devotion a gentle,
clear. headed girl will garner up from her
own nature and our literature in the years
tha, pass between sixteen and twrnty-
three. And if-the time seeming full
come-it seeks lavish outlet, and is driv-
en- back ashamed, will not the heart sink
and quiver under the sickening weight?
sylvia had never been specially in love,
though she knew very well that, as Amer
ican girls 60, her wedding bells must
ling before many years, fiat all-and she
thought marriage the true state" as
we all think whether we all say so or
not. Not long ago she had observed
among the cfice-signs of the town new
name, philip Elcaran," and ly and by
she began to " include" its owners q
man firm of hand and step, with eyes
and voice passing those of most men in
clear. kindly breadth and fullness.
VIII you tell me the common result OF
a girl Of Sylvia Farnham's stamp seeing
much of such man? The demand of a
right soul for virtues like its own being
apparently fully met, how about the hu-
man instincts the noblest truly feel?
What need to 20 over the old theme
whercwith the sweet singers and ready
writer's have found there last occasio n
for all times?
Sylvia and Elcaren had not very long
met at social gatherings, and talked and
played chess, before, scarcely with her
cognition-- silently, and, as ii were, in
the night foodgates felt the opening
pressure, and the tide of her whole life's
love set forth in steady how towards this
one man.
And so, reader, ifyou have been in love,
as you very probably have, you will see
how girl who had been cool and stately
as Diana for twenty-three years. could
come to thrill and glow by virtue ola sin.
gle step. and voice, and touch. She was
afraid of herself, she was coming to love
him so, How could she, who had detcst-
ed such things. let her hand be retained
SO long in his the last time they parted
More easily, clearly, than to have
drawn it properly away. tell you there
, is painfulness almost counterpoising
the bliss in that sort of incident. The
high reserve of whole, pure maiden
hood cannot be thrown off, though but
partially. with ease, even under rising
loves quickening light.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14

HUSBANDS AND WIVES. Are You liv-
ing with each other, husbands and wives,
in the truest spirit Of love, and in the lar
gest sense of weddingP Are you one, or
are YOU forever and forevermore twoa
Are you living to help each other or to
annoy each other? Are you living in the
true excusatory spirit which always 40
companies real congugal love' And do
find yourselves moved to patience, to
gentleness, and to forbearance
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14

POPULAR ERRORs.-To think that the
more man eats the fatter and stronger he
will become. To believe that the more
hours children study the faster they learn.
To conclude that, if exercise is good, the
more violent it is the more good is done.
To imagine that every hour taken from
sleep is an hour gained. To act on the
presumption that the smallest room in the
house is large enough to sleep in. To ar
que that whatever remedy causes one TO
feel Immediately better is good for the
system, without regard to more ulterior
effects. To eat without an appetite. or
TO continue to eat afterit has been satisfied.
merely to crafty the taste. To eat hear
ty supper for the pleasure experienced
during the time it is passing down the
throat, at the expense Of a whole night OF
disturbed sleep. and weary waking in
the morning.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-05-14
Vhat Shall that Boy do?

Who will tell' The boy who reads
this, what will he do2 When he becomes
a man, will he do manly things Will he
read, and so be Intelligent VIII he
bring the powers of mind and body into
exercise, and so be useful and healthy
and strong? Will he pray, and be pious'
good-ot noble, yirtuous soul? Will he
write. and so be graceful in speech, ready
in communication, and Of strong in
fluence? Say, my boy, what are you go.
ing to do? What You like to do now, you
will be very likely to do by.and-by. Do
YOU cheat, deceive, lie, steal? Do you
dc dishonorable things? Are you disrc-
spectful to, or do YOU disobey your pa.
rents and teachers? Remember, the boy
makes the man. If the boy Is bad, the
man will be. Fix it in your mind which
way you will be.