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Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15
MARRIAGE.
81 A. D MAYO

The young women of our country are to
decide ihe great controversy now arising be-
tween the Christian and Pagan ideas Of
marriage Iwould not seem insensible to
all the sweet and pure and lofty family life
in our country. But cannot shut my eyes
to the cloud that seems rising to eclipse our
home. five can believe bali we hear, and
see aud read, we must be wilfully blind not
to see that the American home is threatened
with destruction. 4 growing multitude of
people all over our land, especially in the
Western American States, now insist on try
ing series Of new experiments in marriage
They have decided thar marriage is not
Christian sacrament Of love between one
man and one woman, only to be entered in-
to with holy fear and unselfish conservation
and only to be dissolved By that sin which
strikes at the heart of family. They are
giging the old Psgau systems new trial.
Ia savage countries woman refuses to be
marriedat the peril Of her life, and they treat
a woman who cannot satisfy her noblest
womanhood in marriage, more Ike barba-
rous than a Christian community. They
prepare their daughters for the best market
and buy and sell at the altar as basely a.
women are sold in the slave markets Of the
Orient They FIJI the souls Of cur girls with
falsehood aud folly on this most sacred theme
and behold them enter the most difficult and
Solemn relation Of life as giddy and thought
less as a flock Of buufies are drifted before
a summer wind They make young lady
such an expensive luxury, that the yonng
man she could love and honor, runs from
ber in alright, seeing the bankrupt act and
the sheriG in the very lines of her face. They
offer a premium on sensuality, by making
marriage almost . game ofchance, and build
up the house of perdition on the ruins of
tue home And we have permitted them to
go to The Legislature and make laws Of d.
yoree that are the scandal ola Christian sge
and unless repealed, viii resolve western So
ciety into a house Of uncleanness and social
anarchy. Under the reckless administration
Of these laws We virtually abolish Christian
marriage and permit men and women to dis
port themselves through succession Of
Mons scarcely more lasting than the leagues
Of iufamy itself The land is sEarming with
male and female philosophers who teach
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

A MAN Il WHAT He Knows. So
said Lord Bacon. 4 man is what money
be has, in words or thought. says many
man far inferior TO Lord Bacon. Neither
Of these sayings may be exactly the truth,
though the former i more nearly correct.
A mans knowledge cannot be separated
from him, but is part Of himself, and viii
be throughout this and another life Ii
can no more be annihilated than the mind
itself. Ii may be forgotten for time, but
az will he ranauarS1. Once se~urea, 1t - O
sure and eternal possession. But a man s
money is not part of himself 1t is external
and cannot be incorporated into his being.
1t is perishable, and may be acquired By in
heritanee, or the mereSt accident. KnoEl-
edge can be gained only by the efforts Of the
individual himself. and its possession il a
sure indication that man has control Of his
powers, that he can braYely meet and ever
come difficulties, and can steadily apply
himself to one object until he has accom-
plished IT, When man leaves this earth be
parts with his money forever. Bun his
knowledge, his tastes, his habits of feeling
and acting will accompany him beyond the
boundary Of this life Which then is the
wiser man, be who devotes all his time and
energies to the acquisition of money, or be
who deyotes part of them to the scquisi-
ton of knowledge ?-P Pittsburgh Gazettc.
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LITERARY LIGHTsEss.

There is a good deal of truth 10 the re-
mark that essay writing is very hard
reading Grace, hghtness and viyaeity are not
unfrequently the result Of exceedingly hard
and pains taking labor We have an Illus
tration of this 10 the writings of the late
\. P. Willis, which owed their popularity
to these very qualities A writer In The late
number Of the Home journal. in giving an
estimate Of the literary character Of Mr..
Willis, says: Although all of WilIiss
writings, judging from their easy elegance,
seem 10 have flowed from mis- pen without
the least effort, those Of his friends who
knew him most intimately assure Us that be
vas far from being ready writer -Four
or Eve pages Of foolscap we're with him a
good morning 5 work, and it sometimes hap
pened that these pages contained 20 many
er4sures that they would not make half q
column in his paper He was always most
pains. taking and conscientious Parton.
who was junior editor with him for several
years, says he knew him one evening to
write and re write a sentence for two hours
hefaro he was satisfied with it. He did
the very best he could every time be put
the zen TO the paper This statement
viii doubtless apply TO great many other
writer's celebrated for the graeefulness Of
their style. Like Sheridan ''impromp-
tus, their airy nothings" are the product
Of hard labor in the literary workshops.
Writing that seems to be ''as easy as roll
ing off log is sometimes the result Of
labor as hard as that required to roll the
up a steep bin.
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our boys and girls that love is as free as air,
and that our passionate caprices are the
rigbtful law of our life
There is but one power in American civil
ization that can save US from plupging into
slough Of such all prevailing sensuality as
this world has never seen and that i the
power Of Christian womanhood If the
conseerated mothers and daughters ofthis
land win rise up in holy indignation and re-
buke this whole abominable leidea Of marriage.
viii resolve that with them at least matri
mony shall be sacrament Of the soul. en-
tered upon only from high and holy seDti-
ments, used for the uplifting OF society, sd
hered to for better or for worse; if they
viii brand this infamous Iooseness that is
preached as a reform. with the foul name il
deserves, and try 10 keep our young women
out o. proniscuous society where female
delicacy is trampled into a common mire of
vulgar familiarity; if they viii demand
thorough revision Of cur laws Of divorce and
command our law makers to shut these open
gates Of perdition through which multitudes
of deluded people are pouring down TO soei-
al DEATH they may, through the blessing Of
God inaugurate new era of purity aud gen
uine family life.-IStar n he Hest
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ANABsENT-MINDED sAVANT.

Monsieur Y. is the most learned of the
members of the French Academy, but with
al he Is the most absent-minded of men.
Lately. while riding 10 an omnibus, be was
engaged in mentally discussing problem.
10 reference TO the ether which surrounds
the earth atmosphere He had forgotten
the omnibus. the conductor and his fellow
travellers. MeanBhiie, lady handed him
ten franc piece to pass to the conductor.
The savant took the money meehanicalIy.
twirled it in bis fingers, and theu all absor
bed IN bis reflection on the problem he was
considering, put it in his pocket. The peo-
pie were astonished. The lady appealed to
the conductor, who called a sergeant de vile.
The savant, who was totally oblivious of all
that had happened, followed the police agent
to the magistrates office He walked along
gaily, for he had discovered the solution of
the yexed question.
fheg arrived at the magistrate :: the
sergeant told his story; and Monsieur Y,
stIll engaged in bis problem, was questioned
by the official
Monsieur, SAID the magistrate, 4
wait your explanation Be candid, and do
not attempt to deny what appears to me
already abundantly proved
After q moment of hesitation, the face Of
Monsieur Y. frightened, and with al the
ardor Of youth. he commenced:
1T Is beyond all doubt that the ether
comprises all the elements Of matter, and,
consequently, Of life. The concentration of
the primordial molecules has resulted in the
formation Of the spheres
And so he continued for quarter of an
hour, to the utter amazament Of the ser
geant de Vile The magistrate. who was
also somewhat ofa philosopher, had listened
with great attention aud much interest 10
the remarks Of the aeademieian, and his
answers were judicious aud logical. At last
after discussion of more than an hour, and
upon purely scientific question, Monsieur
y exclaimed, Come, and | viii convince
you by satisfactory proofs and to his great
astonishment, the sergeant de vile saw the
judge and the accused go out arm in arm.
The poor man, much worried By this sia-
gular behaviour, followed his chief saying
to himself, Surely they are a pair of ninnies.
Sonnet hing viii certainly happen" How
ever, the two philosophers walked along
together, passed along the Louvre. over the
Pont des Arts aud entered the palace Of the
Institute
The sergeant de vile who had thus far
followed them stopped. Faith. thought
he, the magistrate knows his business; he
will come out all right
The magistrate did come out, but it was
not until after the session of the Academy,
of which he had been a spectator, that he
remembered the affair Of the ten franc
piece, and told the sayant what his absence
Of mind had led to, which the latter imme-
diately fastened to correct.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

APRIL SHOWERS.


All day the low-bung clouds have dropped
4 Their garnered fullness down;
All day that soft gray mist bath wrapped
i Hills, valley, grove, aud town.
There has not been a sound To- day
/ To break the calm Of nature:
Nor motion, might almost say
OF life, or living creature
4 OF waving bough, or warbling bird,
Of cattle family lowing;
! could havs half believed heard
The leaves and blossoms growing.
/ stood to hear-I love it we'll
The rains continuous sound
Small drops, but thick and fast they fell,
Down straight into The ground
For leafy thickness is not yet
Earth's naked breast to screen,
Though every dripping branch is sci
With shoots Of tender green.
Sure since looked at early morn,
Those honeysuckle buds
Have swelled to double growth that thorn
Hath put forth larger studs
That lilac's eleaying cones have burst,
The milk-wbite flowers revealing
Even now, upon my senses first
Methinks their sweets are stealing.
The very earth, the sielmy air,
Is al with fragrance rife
And grace and beauty everywhere
Are flushing into life.
Down, downthey come those faithful stores.
Those earth rejoicing drops
A momeutary deluge pours,-
Then thins, decreases, stops.
And ere the dimples on the stream
Have circled ont Of sight,
Lol from the west parting CLEAN
Breaks forth Of amber light.
But yet, behold abrupt and loud,
Come down the glittering rain;
The farewell Of passing cloud
The fringes of her train.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15
WHO THREW THAT BRICK 2

Yesterday afternoon a two cent dog
spraug from an alley on High street, closely
followed by FIVE cent brick Rounding the
corner at right angles he came in contact
with the feet Of Dutch woman who was
carrying jug of molasses in one hand and
a basket of eggs in the other. The sudden
collision of the dog with her extremities
threw her from her feet, and she sat down
upon the basket of eggs, at the same time
breaking the jug of molasses upon the side
walk. a young gentleman, carpet bag IN
hand, anxious to catch the train, was run
ming close behind and stepping upon the
fragments Of the jug and Its contents, sat
down upon the chest of the Dutch woman,
who said 'Alein Gott The young man
said something about mad dog, but in the
excitement of the moment said it back
wards In the meantime the dog had run
against the feet of team Of horses, attached
to load of potatoes, and they taking fright,
started for home. The end board being
out, they unloaded the potatoes along the
road as they went Crossing the railroad
track about mile from this place, the wag-
on caught in the rail and tore one of them
from its place A freight train coming
along few minutes later, was thrown from
the track, smashing up dozen cars, aud
killing thirty or forty hogs. The horses on
reaching home ran through the barn yard
aud overturned milk pail, the contents of
which another two cent dog licked up. One
Of the horses having broken his leg was
killed this morning and the other crippled
for life 1t is now mooted question Wheth-
er the man who threw the brick at the two
ceat dog, or the man who owns it is rcspon-
sible for the chapter Of accidents when fol-
lowed. Some think they dO.-E1chaage.
DURING a recitation on Natural History,
in one of our weltknoEn colleges, stu
dent in pursuit Of knowledge concerning the
habits of animals, said
Professor, why does cat while eating,
turn her head FIRST one way, and then the
oFaer?'
For the reason, replied the Professor,
that she can turn il both ways at once.
A YOUNG lady in Newark, when her ieal-
GUS admirer sent back her letters With re-
quest that she would return bis, answered
that she regretted that she could not comply
Immediately, ss she had lent them to a
young gentleman to read.
WHEN is a lawyer rssrongest2 When he is
Zee. .hlasf
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

FRIENDSHIP OF WOMEN. 1t is a Eoud-
Ious advantage to man, ip every pursuit or
vocation, TO secure an adviser ia sensible
woman In a woman there is at once
subtle delicacy of tact and plain soundaess
of Judgment which arc rarely combined to
an equal degree in man. A woman, If she
be really your friend, viii have sensitive
reguard for your character, honor, and rr-
puse She viii seldom counsel you TO do
shabby things for woman friend always
desires TO be proud of you At the same
time her constitutional timflity makes her
more cautious than your male friend. She
therefore seldom counsels you to do animpra
dent thing 4 man S best female friend is
8 wife Of good sense and heart, whom he
loves, and who loves him But supPosiDg
the man TO be without such a helpmate,
female friendship he must have, or his Iute,-
lecs will be without a garden, and there viii
be many an UNDECIDED gap even in its stron,
Eest fence.
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NEwsPAFER LAws---We would call tbs special
attention Of Post Mastsrs and Subscribers t9 the
IsouIRER to ths following synopsis Of ths Views
paper laEs..
1. A Postmaster Is required to give notice Bg
'stter, (retarning paper does not answer the law
when subscTlber does not take his paper out Of
the ONCE, ard state the reasons for its not being
Fakeni and neglect to do makes the Postrsas-
ter rspsoHsibfe 50 the publishers for the pavment
?, Any person who takes paper from the Pest
once, whether directed 10 his name or another, or
whether he has subscribed or not Is responsible
for the pay
5. II person orders his paper discontinued, be
must pay all Rrrearagcs, or the publisher NAV
continue to send It until pay ynent is made ana
oleet the Whole amount tshetAer ft Be fqEen from
The g6iee Or not There can be n. legal discontin
uenee until the payment is made.
4. II the subscriber orders his paper 10 Be
stopped at certain tine, and the publisher con
tnues 70 send, the subscriber Is bound TO nav for
II, i As takeE ft out Of che Poet Ofee. The Law
proceeds upon the ground that man must pay
for what he uses
). The courts have decided that resu sing to taxa
newspapers aEd periodicals from the Pose Office
or removing ard having them unealled for. Is
priaaa IaefG evidence Of intentional fraud
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

The Art or FISANCIERING. "A singular
financial transaction occurred in one Of the
dock Offices a day or two since. BY some
means or other it happened that the office
boy owed one of the clerks three cents, the
clerk owed the cashier two cents. aud the
cashier owed tbe Office boy two cents. One
day last week the Office boy having cont
10 his pocket concluded to diminish bis debt
and therefore handed the nickel over to the
clerk, who, in turn, paid half Of his debt By
giving the coin to the cashier The latter
handed the cent back to the office boy, re
marked, now only owe you one cent. -
The office bog again passed the cent TO the
clerk, who passed it to the cashier, who
passed it back to the Office boy, and the lat
ter individual squared all accounts, paying
it 70 the clerk. therby discharging his entire
debt Thus it may be seen how great Is the
benefit to be derived from a single cent if
only expended judiciously Buffalo Err
press
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sUBscRIPTIoN TERNs, &C

The ISerIREa Is publiphed es cry EaiDAr morn
ing be following rases
oSE 'YEAR, Tin advance, S289
(if not paid within six mos. -. $7.5e
ftfnot paid within the year,)... $5.ee
Ali papers outside Of the county diseontinued
without Sotiee, At the expiration Of The time for
which the subscription has been paid
singieeOPies ofthe pAPerfarnished, IN wrapper
az fre SCENTS each.
Communications on sabiects Of local or general
interest, are respectfully solicited To ensure at
tention farofs 81 this kind must invariably be
accompanied By the name Of the author, not for
publication, but as guaranty against imposition
Al letters pertaining 10 business If The Office
should be addressed to
LUTZ a JORDAN, DEpToRD. Pa
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JOHN NEAL says some persons read man
kind a. they DO proof sheet, to fad the
errers and commissions
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

All advertisements for less than months 10
cents per line for each Insertion speeA lnotiees
ons-baIf additional. All resolutions Of Assoeia-
tions, communications Of q limited or indiyiaal
interest And notices Of marriages and deaths, ex-
cseding i've hnes 10 cts per limo. All legal noti-
css Of every kind, and al Orphans Court and
other Judicial sales, required hy Law to be pub
lished in both papers. Editorial Notices Is cents
per line. All Advertising due afisy first insertion
A liberal diseouRt made 70 yearly ADVERTISERS.
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THE ScoTcH NATIONAL EMBLEN.-In
the year 1910, during the reign of Malcolm
l., Scotland was invaded by the Danes, who
made descent on Aberdeenshire, selecting
the still hour of midnight as the time to
make descent on Stane Castle. When all
was ready, and there was reasonable hope
that the inmates of the castle we're asleep,
they commenced their march. They ad-
vanced cautiously, taking Of their shoes to
prevent their footsteps being heard. They
approachedthe lofty tower, their hearts beat
ing in joyous anticipation of victory. Not
a sound was heard from within, and they
could scarcely refrain from excIamations of
delight for they had but to swim across the
moat, and place scaling ladders, and the
castle was theirs But in another moment
cry from themselves aroused the inmates to
a sense Of their danger, the guards few to
their posts, and pursued the now trembling
Danes, who fed before them, and the inva-
ders were repulsed. The cause was that the
most, instead Of being filed with water,
was in reality dried up and oEergroWn With
thistles, which pierced the unprotected feet
Of the assaiIants, who, tortured with pain,
forgot their cautious silence, and uttered
the cry which had alarmed the inmates of
the castle and from that day the thistle
has been the national emblem
ASEcDoEE OF SENATOR ScoTr -TheGet
usburg Star relates the following anec-
dote highly complimentary to our lately
elected United States Senator We are
glad TO notice that President Grant has
made rule to receive no calls on the Sab
bath, and has forbidden bis Secretaries to
bring hiu any letters or kilograms, except
they are on important public business, IN
answer to something he has called for. In
this connection, it may not be improper to
give an incident that recently occurred in
Washington equally cgeditabIe to Senator
Scott Of Pennsylvania One Sabbath morn
ing a member Of the Senate sent Mr.. Scott
a package Of papers with notice that be
would call in the evening to confer on the
subject matter. Calling according to PROM
ise, the inqairy was made Eether be had
examined the papers sent to him. Senator
Scott, who is ruling elder in the Pfesby-
lerian Church, promptly replied that he had
not-that be bad been accustomed to OBJ
serve the Christian Sabbath, aFd did not
propose to look at them till Monday morn
ing as this was Sabbath evening be expec-
ted as usualto go to church Aud to church
be went
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1870-04-15

Ar what time Of life may man be said
TO belong TO the vegetable kingdom? Wien
lsnr experience has made him sage
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MARRIAGE CERTIFCATEs.-onha hand and
" FOR sale At the EaqHayer once, a ane Assort-
Tent ef Marriage Certificates. ciergymeR and
SaStlees should have then.
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Comprising Il: STOCK q wei Known dealer from
sen. TO New YORK I feT sale sS.heu, reserve
q nass and ssr
Sia: E.ras. ssaIi Pm. Studs ana Buttons Eof 81 8
and most fsshionsps styles siso several sets Of Diamond
Parues lately received from E0pe also Lockess OF arts
VIII ila i By On sn4 SSd
the day before sale
ALI. THE GOODS ARE STRICTLY WARRANTED, and
Win positively be sold without reserve ny order OF the as
sigres deposit viii be required from ali purchasers
SATURDAY. DECEMBER IL. ATloy O'CLOCK. AT OUR
TABLESPOONS, NOS. o. CHAMBERS AND ~ READE
a LARGE AND GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF HAND
some HOUSEHOLD fUkklTuRE Mirrors, carpets. a.
removed from private c Tor OF sas
invoice Of fine German Pronzes just received, compr
na Figures Chsndeiers Extension Lights and other very
anc fronzcs in variety without reserve by order OF
sigus&
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY EVENINGS, Die: Il
and a. a. ~ o'clock, a the LEEDS AIT GALLERIES
Large elegant collection OF valuable MODERN OIL
NJ SaeISs q 81
forming In vs. entirety Of the most artistic varied and
pleasing COLLECTIONS o. tbs Belgian Flemish and French
q line representative Pictures by favoe and esteemed
American artists their latest and best productions
EUGENE vERBocKHoEvEN,
seupced connoisseus to be the nnes ever imported
DAVID COL
b an Interior with figures painted bold free manner
full OF quaint humor and fsnn h orx
ssd GsSfanss. Also The iaies, and chsssst works
+ Win,z, David de Noier, Van schendel.
S:a D,ss; [. ~ Iffrd 3: B.u. kaws.ssysr.
+ c sasi%.' i. ssss:'nssr,, +: Sissa:
E Dc Lansue A. Hulk, J. Wander waarden,
u Won seben, W. Bidders, II. De vos,
sehaenes R Rs ruroncan di.iinsytaa
WIN be exhibition and after Thursday, 18th inst,
ffce, day and evening" until eaie.
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RICH JOHNSTON, AuCTIONEER.
IA Onlce aud Saesroom 81 Nassau street.
opposite the Post Office
lHPOETANT SALE OF HIGH CLASS PAINTINGS,
BY AMERICAN AND FOREIGN ARTISTS.
JOHNSTON 4 VAN TAsSELL viii sell on
THURSDAY and FRIDAY, 18th and 10th,
at IL o'clock each day,
At their salesroom c7 Nassau street,
superb collection OF Paintings by American and foreign
embracing Fanlkner's celebrated picture 'Ths Mountain
TorYeDt" Cropscys last work Autumn on Greenwood
Lake 1.-THE Woodgahers,n by Kaufman 'Tbc Pearl Neck
hce" by Reboue and many specimens by thc follow
fnS artists -
James NJ Hart De Haas,
William NJ, Brown. Guy,
A. T. TAFT, William !. Richards,
Iouis r. Lang. William Hart,
Bispham, James FaiInan,
Culyerhousn and otherB
FOREIGN.
Gerts. Macs,
De Eo.e,, Cooper,
!. de Berl, giradn, .
fnater, Van Lecmrutin,
Van Dteghau, Kaufman,
Robbie and Others