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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19
How about Elijah.

4 METHODIST minister was on his
L "a. travels through the west of Illinois
twenty years ago. Illinois was wild
place then. He travelled twenty miles one
day before coming to farm house. But
there he was received with hospitality.
Chicken pot pie and corn dodgers composed
his supper, but to hungry man these are
as good as a truflled turkey.
fine old grandmother of the house was
most proiuse in her hospitality. She press
ed the hot pie upon the holy mans plate
till he could eat no more. And then when
the family was gathered around the great
log chimney, and its blazing fire, the vener-
able dame opened her mouth and thus
spoke:
"Ah, well-a-day ! it's a grand comfort
to have minister of the Gospel in these
parts. It's twenty years ago now since ]
have seen one 'cm. I've been readin' O.
my bible all that time, and waten' to see
minister to AK him a question about sum-
thin don't rightly understand"
"Madam," answered the cautions minis
ter, 81 am so tired with my long ride that
| could not entorinto a serious conversation
| till have slept but if you will ask me to-
morrow morning before l set out, l will
answer it to the best of my ability"
The old lady expressed herself satisfied
and the cunning minister secured soft
c for the night. The next morning
grandma was up early, and hard at work
frying slapjacks for the minister's break
fast. This last being dispatched, the old
lady was still in nervous fdget about her
question, while the holy mans horse was
saddled and brought to the door,
After adjusting his saddle bags and sha-
king hand with all the family, he mounted
his horse, and turning to her asked:
"And now, madam, what is your ques-
tion?"
Waal, ministerp' said she, eyer know
how it SEE in the bible, that Elijah was
made Il prophet, the heavens opened and
Elijah was taken to heaven in chariot
and horses O. fire. It's better nor twenty
years sim see that ere in the bible, and
have puzzled over it ever since, an there
amt soul round these diggins knows any
more nor |. But you're minister o. the
Gospel an ought to know all them things.
Now, what want to know is this: Did
the Lord take Elijah right straight to
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19
Horrible Treatment of Child.

nN Monday night last week, the au-
" thortics Of the city of Newport, O.,
received information that chill. was being
treated with excessive cruelty by its pa
rents, residing on Macarthur street. The
facts set forth were deemed sufficient to
justify an official investigation, and a visit
to the premises was accordingly made.
The Mayor at once ordered the arrest of
the father, John Weidinger, and placed the
child in charge of a kind-heated neighbor.
The MOTHER having young babe in her
arms, was permitted to remain at home.-
After the arrest the child was visited by
thousands Of citizens, and the feeling ex-
hibited by the whole community was most
intense. An examination of these two
tiends in human shape was had before Nav
or Buchanan Tuesday afternoon, and re-
vealed the following additional facts John
Weidinger is step-father to the child, and q
tailor by trade. Both parents are Germans.
They had been treating the child cruelty
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19
A Mysterious Patient.
BY FRANK DELACY.

NNE EVENING while myself and sew
W eral old friends were seated in DIR.
Blank office, telling stories of our past
lives, one suggested that the doctor tell lis
some of the curious incidents that must
have come to his knowledge during his long
practice, in such a city as New York. He
finally consented, and said he would tell us
about his mysterious patient, as he had
named him. l will tell the story as near as
possible, in his own words.
1T had been nearly a year since | had
hung out my sign, and as yet l had hardly
been called to single paying case" My
rent was long past due, and l was in daily
expectation Of receiving notice to quit, or
pay up. just at this time ! was not pre-
pared for either for if l left, l knew not
where to go, and as to paying my rent it
was impossible. This evening ] had sat
until quite late, thinking whether ] had
not better give up, trying to secure prac-
tice in this city. ] had finally come to
the conclusion to hold on as long as my
landlords, patience did not give out, and
had just arose to close my Office for the
night, when / was surprised by hearing a
carriage stop before my door, shortly fol-
lowed by the entrance to my office, of a
middle aged man, of gentecl appearance.
He carefully closed the door and taking
~ hasty glance around the room said, "it
'ou are alone doctor, aud disengaged l
ihould like a few words with you" Tel
ling him that was at his service, he re-
piled; 81 suppose doctor that you like to
practice, where you are sure Of good fee. y
Under existing circumstances, | was not
disposed to deny this, and lie continued
Il have case in which your services are
needed, but before engaging you, ! must
tell you that shall require certain promis
ses from you which may not be agreeable
but which l must necessarily insist upon
but / assure that require nothing, that
you may not easily and honorably agree to
In return for your services, if you comply
with my conditions, shall pay one hundred
dollars" and handing me five twenty dollar
gold pieces, said, "here is the pay for YOU
first visit, do you accept?"
Il must first know l replied, what are the
conditions | am to agree to, though need
ed the money SO badly, / was ready tC
agree to anything not actually wicked"
"What require" he replied, is thai
after getting into the carriage now in wait
ing at the door, You allow yourself to b(
blindfolded and so to remain until yol
reach the room of your patient; and yor
are not to try to ascertain who your patien
is, nor the manner in which his Injuries
were received. You shall be safely return
ed to your Office, probably within TIVE
hours"
l thought over the proposition for few
moments and as could really see no reason
to apprchend danger from accompanying
him, / signitied my acceptance Of his con
ditions He then handed me the sun
agreed upon, told me the nature of the cas-
that l might know what instruments t,
1 take and in five minutes we were on on
way. AS soon as we started, he produce,
a handkerchief for bandagc which accor
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19

was confined in IIackensack jail awaiting his
rial upon the charge Of killing Abner Hender-
son, made his escape. BY the aid of some
lrlehds, he had procured tools with which he
had cut the bars +, his cnil. aud V tearing
his oedclothes in strips had made rope long
enough To reach the ground. This rope was
louhd TO De broken near the top and from the
appearance ofthe blood on the pavement he
must nave been badly hurt by the fll 1t is
probable that some Of his friends were there TO
help him, rs he could hardly have cscaped inter
reaching the street, without their aid. No clue
10 10 MS whereabouts, has as yet been discovered.
ne VIII probably have to apply for medical at
teh'lon, and this may lead to his dctection.''
Charles Gorden, to whom the above rc-
lerred, was the son ofa wealthy broker in
the lower part Of the city. He had been
exceedingly disipated, going on from bad
to worse, until in drunken fight, a com
panion was killed, and he was arrested on
the charge of murder.
All was now clear to me. Mr.. Gorden
to save his son the risk, and his family the
disgrace Of this trial for murder, had aided
Charles to escape. The injuries received
by the fall, had made it necessary to BRING
nm nome and care for him in this secret
manner.
l was undecided, whether when asked
again to visit my patient, to state nv sus-
picions, demand an explanation or else de-
cline to visit him again, or to say nothing
and continue my visits as before. l finally
decided, that as l might be wrong in nv
conclusions, and was so well paid for my
services, that | would not relinuuish SO
| profitable case, on mere suspicion.
therefore continued my calls whenever
required and it was not until ] had made
eleven visits, that l thought my patient
sufficiently recovered, to dispense with nv
services.
1t was about year after these visits
ceased that young man formerly an as
sociate Of Charles Gorden's was taken sick
and died. Shortly before his death how
ever he had duly drawn up and attested, ~
a confession which Mr.. Gorden had pub
lished stating that it was him who had
killed Abner Henderson, and that Charles
was perfectly innocent of that crime. Since
mo C"S"PO IioIil PRISON no person seemed to
know anything regarding the whereabouts
OF Gordon but it was only few months
after the publication of this confession.
however that a gentleman called at my Office
and introduced himself as "Charles Cor
don," and at once recognized him as my
former patient. He had been living in
Europe until he found that he could return
without danger Of being arrested on the
charge Of murder. During the time he was
suffering from the injuries occasioncd by
his fall, he had thought over the evil OF
his ways and determined that in the future
he would lead different life. He carried
out his good intentions making an enter
prising and useful citizens, and until hi,
death which happened only about yea
since he was one of my best friends.
l have always considered, that one of tho
most fortunate events of life was being call
ed to visit this "mysterious patient"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19

heaven or didn't he go kinder slantendicu-
lar?"
History has not recorded the ministers
reply.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19

Ey- The lion and the lamb may possibly
surntime lay down in this world together
for flu minits, but when the lion kums to
git up, the lamb will be missing. BilIirlgs.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-07-19

gg1 The lady whose blood curdled in her
veins has ever since been sour in her dis
position.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11

SOLEAINITY OF DEAIEANOR,-" For
my own part-I say in all solemnity
Il have lived to become sineerly sus-
picious of the piety of those who do
not love pleasure in any form. l can
not trust the man who never laughs
that is always sedate; that has no ap-
parent outlet for those natural
springs of spOrtiveness and gaiety
that are perennial to the human soul.
I know that nature takes her revenge
on such violence. L expect to find
secret vices, malignant sins or hOrrid
crimes springing up in this hot-bed of
imprisoned air and imprisoned space /;
and, therefore, it gives me a sincere
and moral qualification anywhere,
and in any community, to see innO-
cent pleasures and popular amuse-
ments resisting the religious bigOtry
that frowns so unwisely upon them.
Anything is better than that dark,
dead, UNHAPPY social life-a prey to
ennUi and morbid excitement, which
results from unmitigated puritanism,
whose second crop is usually unbrid-
led license and infamous fOlly."-Dr.
ReliOgGS.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11

How DEXTER Is SHoD.-The IHfJ,
Field. and Farm says: Each shoe
is carefully balanced. The surface
which comes in contact with the
ground slightly curves from heel to
toe, so that when the horse IS stand
ing firm the principal weight Is borne
by the heel and center, no heavy
pressure being left upon the toe.
Inst as a line drawn from the heel to
the toe of a mans boot would demon
strate a slight curve, so is the natural
curve given to each of DeXter's shoes.
When a man walks, there is a rising
sloaDing action, from the heel to toe,
and when a horse is trOtting there IS
rolling motion from the back to the
front of the hOOf. Acknowledging
tbe principal to be correct, 1t stands 10
reason that a horse will gather more
quickly and with less friction II, IN
Stead of the heel and toe being forced
TO the came level, the former IS raised
n little higher than the latter. To
secure exact proportion to this curve,
NIr Bonner takes each shoe ana
places it on the smooth surface OF
marble slab, and weighs 1t with a
critical eve. In the toe OF each shoe
a slight excavation or slOping indent-
ure IS made for the purpose of giving
firmness to the step of the horse. By
the force of the conclusion the soft
earth is forced up into this excavation,
so that in rising from heel to toe the
shoe does not slip backward. This
indenture must be carefully proper
TONED to the size and weight of the
shoe, for otherwise it might create
friction and prove a positive draw
back instead of an assistant. rms
mode of shoeing has certainly WORKED
well in Dexter's case, for the marvel
is still a marvel, and all his recent
performances, which have so much
astonished the world, have been made
in shoes constructed after the pattern
described
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11

THE "FAT SHEEP. Some TWENTY
five years ago, when / was pastor of q
church in II took occasion one
evening to attend a social meeting in
the church of that place, As is their
custom on such occasions, one after
another rose and gave his or her eXpe-
rience. After time, a man in hum
ole circumstances, small in stature,
and with q very effeminate, squeak
ing voice, rose to give in a piece of
his experience, which was done in
the following manner:
Brethren, I have been a member
Of this church for many years; I
have seen hard times my family has
been much afflicted but 1 have for
the first time in my life to see my
pastor or any of the trustees of this
church cross the threshold of my
door"
No sooner had he uttered this part
Of his experience, than he was sud
denly interrupted by one of the trus-
tees, an aged man, who rose and
said in a firm, loud voice: "NIy dear
brother, you must put the devil be-
hind your On his taking his seat,
the pastor in charge quickly rose,
and also replied 10 the little man,
as follows: My dear brother, you
must remember that we shepherds
are sent to the lost sheep of the
tribe of Israel" Whereupon the lit
tie man rose again, and in answer,
said, in very loud tone Yes, and
if I had been a fat one, you would
have found me long ago."
The effect upon the audience can be
better imagined than expressed.-LW-
therdn Observer.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
The Education of the Negro.

Rapid as has been the change of
public opinion, in this country, on
every phase of the negro question
and we must remember that the hale
gentleman of fifty was a stout boy Of
seventeen when William Lloyd Gar
rison was led through the streets of
Boston, with rope round his neck
in none has it been more rapid than
at the South, on the education and
suffrage of the black. -Four years
ago, school houses for the cOlored peo-
pie were burnt down and the teach
ers everywhere assaulted; to-day, the
Southern mind accepts both facts as
inevitable necessities, and is already
preparing to like them at some far
distant date. Even now il is willing
to use them. The more advanced
thinkers of the South recognize the
fact that reliable, skilled labor is
cheaper at a high price than unskilled
and unreliable labor at a low. In his
recent address before the National
Teachers Association, at Trenton,
General Howard said that the teach
ers are now personally safe from as
sault; they are only ostracized from
all white society. They must, in
many cases, board with the blacks,
and be recognized by them alone as
acduaintances on the streets.
On one occasion, General Howard
accompanied two of his fair teach
ers to church, and was shown a
seat. The lady who occupied the
pew, when she lifted up her eyes and
beheld the intruders, Immediately va
Gated the pew and retired in disgust
to another part of the church! But
all this bitterness is dying out, though
but slowly. Occasionally a resident
clergyman will straggle in TO see il
the niggers" are really capable OF
learning. Washington and George
town give the same common school
education to the blacks that they dc
| to the whites. The city of Peters
! burg, in Virginia, has established q
/ system of free schools for all chill
dren, without distinction of race
| 1t receives aid from the Bureau
and from the Peabody Fund only tt
/ the extent of about one-fOurth o
/ the total expense. Astonishing as i
may seem, the teachers in the city
are mostly native Virginians. They
have braved and broken down thi
unreasonable spirit of social Ostra
cism which has hitherto awaiteC
every one who should venture to in
struct eclored children. In all human
probability, these Petersburg teacher
are but the precursors OF a great clouC
of Southern teachers who are to de
vote themselves to teaching every on'
that will come to learn. In Colum
bus, Mississippi, where the sehoo
fund is derived from the rental o
land given by the United States
the city authorities are now offering
either to throw open the doors o
their free academy to colored schol
ars-a proposition that would hav'
led to the destruction of the building
itself five years agO-Or they will di
vide the money on pro rata basis
From all parts of the South come:
the same report-that in the midst o
obloduy, of social ostraeism, of Ku
Klux outrages, of deep and bitter pre-
judice, the Southern mind is slowly
preparing to admit the black raet
into the educational arena, just as i
has been found to admit him to th'
Iballot.-LiDpincOt Magazine.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
THE CHRONICLE.
THE OLD REGIME.

O. the times will never be again
As they were when we were young;
When Scott was writing Waverleys,
And Moore and Byron sung;
When Harolds, Giaours and Carsons came
To charm us every year,
And Loves of Angels kissed Tom 5 cup,
While Wordsworth slipped small beer;
When Campbell drank of Helicon,
And didn't mix his liquor;
When Wilson's strong and steady nGht
Had not begun to flicker;
When Southey, climbing piles oi oooks'
Mouthed Curses OF kehama,
And CoIeridge in his dreams began
Strange oracles to stammer;
When Rogers sent his Memory,
Thus hoping to delight us,
Before he learned his mission was
To feed and invite us; -.
when James Montgomery's weak tea
strains
Enchanted pious people,
Who didn't mind poetic haze.
If through it loomed steeple;
When first reviewers learned to show
Their Judgment without mercy;
When BIackwood was as young and 1.-the
AS now he is old and pursy;
When Clifford, Jeffrey and their clan
Could fix an authors doom, ,.-,--
And Keats was taught now WWellt they Ale"
To kill a coup de plume.
No women folk were rushing then
Up the Parnassian mount,
And seldom was tea-cup dipped
In the Castalian fount;
Apollo kept no pursuivant
To cry out Place dtLE Ddlnes
In life's round game they held good hands
And didn't strive for palms.
o. the world will never be again
What IL was when we were young,
And shattered are the idols now
To which our boyhood clung;
Gone are the giants Of those days
For whom our bays we twined,
And pigmies now kick up dust
To show the march of mind"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
"why, Colonel, you do not suppose

"Why, Colonel, you do not suppose
that will die?'
"Perhaps not, Adjutant," said VIII
son, with gentleness; "but it is best
for YOU to be prepared. You may live,
but the doctors say it is not proba-
ble.n
The young fellow looked up and
said:
"Colonel, it is pretty hard for one so
Young as / am to die, but, if what you
say be true, L suppose | must make
ready"
He made his will, leaving every
thing to his mother, and then he told
them to look in his baggage for pic
ture. 1t was that of the young lady
to whom he was betrothed.
They prOpped him up on pillows,
aud he dictated letter to his sweet
heart, and then, having made every
righteous disposition, he held the pic
ture and a lock of bright hair in his
hands, and quietly waited for the
mereiful cold touch of death to come.
The early dawn arose over the prai-
rie. and there the young man sat, be-
twixt love and death. When the All
changed, and his gashed lungs felt the
first warm feeling of the milder wind,
he had but time to kiss the dearjmage,
and he died.
Many of his eountrymen wept fol
the Yankton Sioux, butnone for him
because some novel writers and preach
ers had shown that there could be
plenty of heroism about the red scalp,
ers, but none about the pale-faced
bank clerk, riding in the van Of his
nation GATH.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11

The following from an exchange is
a description of an individual it would
be handy to have in an office per-
haps:
4 fighting editor has been employ
ed on this paper. He weighs 500
pounds. His wrists are the very tools
of death his hair is very short his
eyes are black his boots are No l..
Oh, he is monster, this fighting man
of ours he goes for men like an ant
for green cheese. He was never
thrashed. Oh, he is q whalei He
ate seventeen cans of oysters at our
office the other night and called for
more. He is the heaviest instrument
of total and eternal punishment on
record Come at US. we lean and
lank, Overgrown specimens of human
ity; spit on our boots if you dare;
slide down our cellar doors if you can;
and if our wallupus don't everlasting
ly go for you, then size and belt have
nothing in them.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
difference of Linen and Cotton Fibre.

1t is often matter of importance
to the purchaser of goods to be able
TO distinguish between linen and cot
ton fibres in some more simple man
ner than by the infallible test of the
microscope. This may be done by
taking a thread of the fabric in ques-
ton, untwisting it slightly, and then
pulling it apart, and examining the
extremities where it has separated.
If the thread be of cotton it will part
very readily, and present at the eX-
tremity a frizzeled, branching, twist
ed appearance. The linen thread, ON
the other hand, generally tears OIL
short, and the ends form tuft, con
sisting of straight threads, not twist
ed together. BY trying the experl11
ment on known fabrics of linen and
cotton an appreciation of the differ,
ence may be gained, so that it viii
ALWAYS be possible to recognize the
material under any circumstances.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-05-11
THE TWO WORKERS.

Two workers in one field
TOiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay;
With the same blue sky above,
The same green grass below,
One soul was full Of love,
The other full Of woe.
Oneleaped mp with the light,
With the soaring Of the lark,
One felt IL ever nigh,
For his soul was ever dark;
One heart was hard as stone,
One heart was ever gay;
One worked with many groan,
One whistled all the day.
One had a fiower-clad cot
Beside merry mill,
Wife and children near the spot
Made IL sweeter, fairer still;
One wretched hOvel had,
Full Of discOrd, dirt and din,
GowOnder he seemed mad,
Wife and children starved within.
Still they worked in the same field,
Toiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay;
But they worked not with one VIII,
The reason let me tell
LO! the one drank at the still,
And the other at the well.