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iThousllts.

God be thanked for books II ThSy
are the voices of the distant and deadr il,
and make US heirs of the spiritual hfa,,s
Of the past ages. Books are the true
Jewellers. They give to all who will
faithfully use them, the society, the spirs
itual presence of the best and greatest
of our race No matter how poor loq
am No matter though the prospefouaas
of my own time will not enter my OBJ, s
scure dwelling. If the sacred wri-.
tiers will enter and take up theft abode
under my roof, If Milton Will cross III
to sing to me of Pafadiae or,df
Shakespeare to open to me the werl1a Di;;
and the workings 81 tbc.
human heart and Franklin 10 enrich ne =
with his practical wisdom, shali 80
pine for want OF intel leetnal compsni }]',s =.
ship and I may bee0lt< 60Ill I
man, though excluded if
ed the hest soo,esy II {61 a s
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Il am hungry said the Crave.
"Give me food y
Death answered S.
II shall send forth minister of aw.
full destruction, and you shall be satisti.
ed" - IS
ssWhat minister will yon send 2'' s
II willsend Alcohol. He shall go in
the ghise of food and medicine, pleas
ure aud hospitality. The people shall
drink and die. y
And the Grave answered: As
II am content = $50 /
And now the church bells began to
toll, and the mourniul procession to adj
vance.
WHO are they bringing now 7" said
the Grave. I
.Ah" said Death, sthey are bringing
a household. The drunken father aim.
ed blow at his wife He killed the
mother and her child together, and then
dashed out his own Iife.p
sAnd who" /" said the Grave, s.comes
next, followed by q train of weeping
children p 4 :.
s.This is q n-hearted woman,
who has long pined away in want, while
her husband has wasted his substance
at the tavern. And he, too. is borne be-
hind. killed by the hand of violence"
Sand who next ?"
"a young man of generous impulses,
step by step, became dissipated and
squandercd bis all. MY agent turned
him out to be frozen in the street"
>@Hush !" said the Grave; "now hear
q wall Of anguish that will not be ST.
lenced.'
Yes. it is the widows cry. It is the
only SON Of his mother. He spurned
her love, reviled her warning. and q
bloated corpse he comes to thee.
And thus they csme-further thanthe
eyes can reach, the procession crowds
to thy dark abodes. And still lured by
the enchanting cup which / have MN.
gled, the sons of men crowd the paths
Of dissipation. Vainly they dream of
the invisible door Of destiny. They
know it not, and with song and dance
and riot they hasten to thee o Grave!
Then / throw my fatal spell upon new
throngs Of youth, and soon they, too,
will be with thee. Erchange ne,cspa-
.,o,, sg9t IS - tfs AZ sA, - q
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BY EDGAR ALLEN POE.

BY EDGAR ALLEN POE.
By route obscure and lonely, M
Haunted by ill angels only, a iB ga
Where an Eioilon named NIGHT, SIS tisg]
On black throne reigns upright, .i If iIt
I have reached these lands but newly,
From an ultimate dim Thule B s 9ii
From avid, weird cline that lieth sublime,
Out of SPACE, out Of TIME. i1a ~
Bottomless wales and boundless floods.
And chasms and caves, and Titan woods,
With forms that no man discover
For the dews that drip all over a
Mountains toppling evermore iq
Into seas without shore.
Seas that restlessly aspire, s. ~
Surging unto skies Of fire; sc
Lakes that endlessly outspread l.s,t15
Their lone waters-lone and dead
Their still waters-still and chilly s
With the SHOWS of the lonely lily.
BY the lakes that thus outspread ay +.
Their lone waters, lone and dead las h
Their sad waters, sad and chilly, aqais s
With the.snows of the lonely lily
By the monntains--near the river els
Murmuring lowly. murmuring ever
By the gray woods-by the swamp
Where the toad and the newt encamp- siG
By the dismal tarns and pools
Where dwell the Ghouls--
By each spot most unholy-- -
In each nook most melancholy
There the traveller meets aghast te,ss1
sheeted memories of the past III ~
Shrouded forms that start and sigh e.
As they pass the wanderer by
Whits-robed forms of friends long given,
In agony to the earth-and Heaven.
For the heart whose woes are legion
'Eis peaceful. soothing region aa
For the spirit that walks in shadow
sris--oh, tbs an Eldoradol se
But the traveller, travelling through it, aiiss
May not--dare not openly view it; ieIs
Never its mysteries ara exposed ls asl
To the weak human eye unclosed;
So wills its King. who hath forbid s 80
The uplifting Of the fringed lid, se
And thus the. sad soul that here passes IS ~
Beholds it bat through 'darkeped glasses. ls,fi
2 a.,
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VooDsFIRLD MONROE COUNTY OHIO. TUESDAY MARCH 28 1871

4
closely around them, their teeth chatter
ing and every limb trembling
In an instant they were painting as i
suffering from extreme heat, DRAWN.
difficult breaths gasping and finging OF
those blankets which but a moment be
fore they had wrapped SO tightly abou
them.
This then passed. .ea
They began to bark like dogs. They
went down on ali fours, and evidentl,
Imagined that they were of the canine
species.
Then they tried to initiate the motor
and croalilng Of frogs. After this they
went through performances too numer
Gus to mention. .Hlp assi 81;
The two Indians who held the horses
looked on in horror, bewildered and stu
Ipeficd, not knowing what to do. They
would have fled in their fright, but dared
not leave their companions behind
Grignon. stood calm with frownins
hrows, watching the uproar. himself ths
presiding spirit of the scene, Myscom
panions were confounded. Even some
of those, as they afterwards told me
thought that Grignon was the devil.
Atllast Grignon gave loud shout
The Indians fell fiat on the ground.
They lay there for .some time as il
dead Then 7Grignon waved his arms
and they rose to their feet All looked
bewildered and frightened. With terri
fed glances they regarded drst Grignon
and then one another.
The Indian is superstitious, like all
savsges; in fact, like all human beings
These men saw in Grignon a terrible de
mon, who could exert over. them any
power which he chose.
He advanced towards them. " M
They reeoiled s4sfists per ais
He walked up nearer.
They turned and ran toward their hor-
ses
Grignon shouted after them.
Away they went. They urged theiI
horses at the top of their speed.
Grignon followed them but short
distance.
Then he turned back and came into
our inclosure.
"Gather up those bottles said he
stack up the cattle and let US be march.
ing 80 =
Instantly our men rose snd obeyed
Grignon took aheavy glass Of whisky
and then lay down in one of the wagons
utterly exhausted.
We travelled all that day and all the
next night, unmolested Grignon slep,
long and soundiy. After resting for q
time, we pushed on our teams. so as tc
get as far beyond the hostile Indians as
possible.
We saw nothing more Of them
"They won't dare to pursue u.s. said
Grignon, confidently. "They'll go back
and tell such story as will be the won.
der Of the savages for many long year
to come, .
Grignon was right. Not only did they
not pursue us, but for all the remainder
Of the year, and for all the next no trav
elers on that route were molested.
Il don't see" said /, show you man
aged to do those tricks on the open
ground, and without any table"
Grignon smiled
|sOnly clumsy performers use tables, =
said he. 81 could have done far more
wonderful things, but they would have
been thrown away onthose savages. I'll
reserve my good tricks for San Francis
CO.
And SO he did j; for, OF all the wizards,
magicians, and conjnrers that ever visi-
ted the Golden State, none have won
such fame, or excited such wonder, as
my friend Grignon q
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No apology is needed at this time for
reproducing the following exquisite lines
by the lamented Alice Cary-lines
which, in the Judgment Of so competent
a critic as Edgar A. Poe, e,deserve to rank
among the very finest contributions to
the poetic literature Of this country:
OF all the beautiful pictures
That hang on Meinory's wall,
Is one of dim old forest. osiE
That seemeth best OF all;
Not for its gnarled oaks o!den,
Dark with the mlstletoe;
Not for the violets golden,
That sprinkle tAe vale below;
Not for the milk white lilies
That lean from ths fragrant hedge,
Coquetting all day wiih the surbeams,
And stealing their golden edge; Fa4.
Not for the vines on the upland
Where the bright red berries rest s--sr s
Nor the pinks, nor the pale, sweet cowslip,
It seemeth to me the best
Ionce had little brother
With eyes that were dark and deep
In the lapof that oldsn forest
He lieth in peace asleep; ss.
Light as thedown Of the thistle,
ed Free as the winds that blow,
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NUMBER s
from the Capital.j
Our Law Makers,

:.
[Fromthe Capital.j Seft
Cur Law Makers.
Toward the close of the late session
fof Congress, our friend Jones, havi1g
some business he wished to trsnsacf,
stole in on the floor of the House. Jones
had no right to the floor. He di3 not
come under the rule that admits lnesii-
bers, ex,members and their wives nor
any other, having been through fife an
Iinestimable citizen, untainted BY office.
Jonesis quite given TO clipping iA.aaa
generally gets & good run before being
caught at it. He mounts a. paper toE
lar, borrows Robinson's coat so "a 10
get up semblancc to a second-haud
clothing, soils the corners of his mouth
with tobacco, and then with his boots
polished to that miraculous extent pc
lculiar TO the "shine 'em up" Of the
streets, he passes for a member, and has
on one or two occasions been honored
with a count by the Speaker who order.
led geatlemen 70 stand for that, ceEemo
On tie occasion to which We reiSt
Jones had The honor to be introduced
To the Hon Mr.. Dixon Pomp, fnernher
FelecJ from the --district of The
outgoing member. carpet bagger OF
the Caucasian race, introduced the Hon
Dixon Pomp, who is an Americaa eiti-
zen of not only African descent, ,butiof
the darkest African hue.
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The Plow-Holderia Rags.


We have been observing very closely,
for the past year, the effects of Protec'
ton upon the plow holders of the West
We saw them, in the spring. buying
their plows Of the iron monopolists, and
paying S25 to $50 for a plow which
ought to have been sold for SI2 or SIS
We saw them in the fall selling theil
corn for 5acents bushel 10 pay these
very men who had SO outrageously rob
bed them in the spring. We have seen
the plow holder at his home, day after
day, sitting down to nothing but 9ii'ho2
and hominy, and himself and family
clothed in rags Our opportunities oi
observation, in this respect, have been
great, and We have noted with care the
fact that, as class, no portion of our
people are SO poorly clad as the plow-
holders. We make these statements
fearlessly, and defy any enc to contra
dict or deny them Nopeopie are har-
der worked, poorer paid, ormore outra-
geously robbed and swindled than the
plow holders. We have observed, this
winter, that those who are known as the
'spaIper laborers of Europe, are, when
they come over to this country, better
clad than the great majority of our own
people belonging to the same class. Yet
these sspaupers" do not, at home, earn
more than from 30 to 20 cents per day.
We have before US samples of differ
ent British and German cloths of the
same grade and quality as worn by these
s.paupers.' = 49,. g s.
We observe that aUnion Pilot =
costing in Europe As cents in gold, d,could
be sold in Chicago at wholesale for 50
cents in currency. But our wise legis-
lators say, mo, it must not be done; il
will ruin the country So they put on
a duty of 15s per cent, and the 4s cent
pilot is sold at sl,55 per yard in cur.
rency Let US see who is protected. 1t
is not the manufacturer For Mr. Mar
ris. the largest wooden manufacturer in
the United States, asks the, National
Wool Growers Association awhethsr it
is not time for them to unite in demand
ing repeal Of the duties on wool, ,"fand
thirty three corporations and companies,
representing the best manufacturers in
the United States, join him in this rel
quest. Certainly the manufacturer is
not protected! How is il with the pro-
ducer2 The Hon. Horace Capron tells
us, in his agricultural report for 1868 8,
that over 100000 sheep were slaugh-
tered merely for their pelts and tallow |!
How is itawith tue consumer2 That
speaks for itself! He is deprived Of the
luxury that all those countries are now
enjoying from cheap wool. This win
ter we. have seen hundreds, of plow he'll
ders clad in blue cotton denims and blue
United States ovefcoats, which were
sold all over this country for So and So
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EA young lady up town was bored
to death the other evening BY an immo-
ivable caller, who talked poetry. She
finally told him she could think of only
one verse at that moment, something Of
Tennyson's:
Sand she said, I'm very Saary
Hegoeth not She said,
I'm weary, a-weary,
And l would | vstG IL MI 3.
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ri 81 A Il MAR K.E ] I 7


ANTHONY sCHUsIACHER Z
kSspscffuliy informs the citizens of
" @ 81 ID s. I AE p !,
ssd Vicinity that he keeps constantly on
NEAT STORE, ON! MAIN STREET,
5es aqeFs oTsh # judElps' Drps Store.
Beef, fsFk Veal sausage. &c
h solicits the patronage Of the public, as he
iii mare no eifsIts to sccommodate custom
~. snd hopes, by liberal dealing, 10 oIsnaef
81; sfactiod Is Ill who may buy insats at Lis
Il D. n Ar IN ERS
refllpsy fdt market price f0r cattle, hogs
p 36sj6 ; 3astSblS fss sbutohsing. I.is,
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Natures Gifts,
Scientifically Developed.

As mankind. from indscrefion or other causes, has
been doomed to suffer from disease 20 also has rene.
a. for disease been provided Our hills and valleys
abound with roots and herbs, which II scientifically
vigor to the invalid TO fnd such remedy we should
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sUMNER.AnTDo GRANT
Ritter Resolutions Against
the President In the Mas
sachusctlS Legislature.
The Removal Of summer DenOnn-
ced as the Act Of the President
-.The Senate CeDsafred for
Hts Subserviency,

BosToN, March 16 The following
resolutions were introduced in the Mas
sachusetts Legislature yesterday, and
ordered printed:
Resolced, That every invasion by one
department of Government of. the pre-
negatives of another, tends to defeat the
fundamental end Of all constitutional
government, that it shall be q govern.
ment of laws and not of men, haigH
Resolped, That the people Of Massa-
chusetts see with alarm the recent at
tempt by the President of the United
States, not officially proclaimed, but no.
torious and avowed by Its supporters, to
dictate the organization and appoint
ment OF the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate of the United
States.
Resolced, That aequiescence by the
Senate in the dictation by the Executive
of the appointment Of the Committee
on Foreign Relations, implies d suhserv-
iency which disqaaliics that branch for
the independent performance of its con-
stitutional duties to supervise the nom-
nations and treaties laid before the Sem
ate by the President, aud threatens the
removal of grea. bulwark against Ex.
ecutive usurpation.
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EF The great point in the Sumner
removal made by those journals which
arc especially friendly to the honorable
Charles is, that his degradation is the
work of a man Grant-who never vo-
ted Republican ticket until he voted
for himself in 1868. The New England
Radical papers are especially bitter
Here is single sentence from the leading
journal of the party in New Hampshire ]:
"Charles Sumneris the living history
of all that great struggle which has
saved our nation and made it free. The
blow aimed at him by men who were in
the ranks of his pro-slavery opponents
and applanded the less unmanly assault
of Brooks. will find that they have not
SO much struck the heart of their great
colleague as they have recorded their
own degradation in the hearts Of hun.
dreds of thousands Of Republicans all
over the country, to whom the reputa-
tion and services Of Charles Sumner are
precious as the apple Of their eyes"
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$ EFA Bordeaux correspondent states
that Henri Rochefort is suffering from
consumption, that his lungs have been
affected for years, aud that he cannot. In
the nature Of things live long
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- VNIY9 lllo.s VI t9s's vft1 = s
enc square. IS 3s:s;.
UHAn legal advertisements viii be charged
- fhs linz, and must be paid in advance o.
- Notices II the sppointment Of Aal r.
minIstrskor's and Bxeoutos's; also e
XttsShhsht Notioss aud Road notis r.
- oss, Two dollars and ffty cents. in q
Fe3vsnoa. = f 5s.,s s...s.. s.s-
'67rAdyertising done u published rates
ia ps5i1ujsat required In advance, In ~
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CAUTION.

sHpodAnd'e German Remedies are iconutcrieited.
wfzppeso Of eaelI bottls All otisefs are counterfeit
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03
WILLIAM REYNOLDS,
WATSON & CLARK'S
suPERPIlo osplIATE.

nFFlCE BOOTH / GARRETT IABRAT0-
" RN, &c. Philadelphia, March 2iih, 1871.
!, Is our constant practice TO make chemical
analysis Of the Phosphate manufactured hy
Messrs. Watson Clark, of this city. We ana
l!zr materials employed in the manufacture, tho
materials In the course of manufacture, and the
finished product ready for commerce. Weknow
from our anal ssis ihn, II Is the cons,an, cnacay-
or Of W. 4 {. 10 throw into market n uniform
and reliable fertilizer, which shall no, be inferior
10 the best, but rather surpass them. The aver
agc ANAL SIS Of the pas, year, work shows the
contents Of their fertilizer to he
Soluble Phusphoric Acid about per ecnt C.
quivalcnt 10 soluble bone phosphate / ) per cent.
Total Phosphoric Acid about l5 per cent. G
quisalen, 10 total bone phosphate 32i per cent.
Ammonia about per cent. cqui,alcn, 10 sui
phaic OF ammonia per cent.
Soluble phosphoric Acid hueinaics from Gl q.
u per cent. the Total from II 10 IL per cent and
tile ammonia from 10 ! 20 per cent.
As we have made numerous m sis o similar
fertilizers, made by other irms we can assert TIM,
the article made by " & e. l. no, surpassed by
any others on sale that We have examined but
tha, II is decidedly superior 10 the greater par,
OF them and Is, moreover, very uniform In COM
position Respectfully yours.
BOOTH A GARRETT.
Tho above Phosphate for snle by
J. a. REYNOLDS 4 SONS,
apr s-2m Middlciown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03

II washes without wearing the clothcs--no rub
bing or squeezing.
II washes FROM one to twenty-five articles in
from one 10 four minutes.
IL washes the finest Lace Curtains, llandkcr-
chiefs, &c. without any Injury.
II washes the heaviest Quilts and blankets.
II washes whiicr AMI more thoroughly clean
than hy any other process Ms strong currents oi
water are dashed throns h every part ~ ihc tnhric
II will save three times It's cost In single year
in lai OF aud wear Of clothes.
II reduces washday 10 an hour.
The hing Wdsl,r Is 10 called II Ne are rightly
informed, after the name of its inventor hut Il
may well assume the maine rs royal title, Tor u
is destined 10 lord IL over all competitors, aud
reign supreme in the Laundry Its claims nrc
everywhere acknowledged, aud no, only are
those Mho stood nlunf from all washing machines
Lut some who have been using other machines
are rcplar.n. ilIcm with the King Washer.--Bd-
hnore Gtsdie.
TIE Hing Wasler Is so complete and answers
so well alt the end. desired, that ilcp is nothing
more desired in this t,mc-s frihy, lbot-sarihy ma
chnc.--ihiid. Ptea.
Having purchased one of ynur hin9 Udshiag
machines, aud practically tested lis capacity fuf
economy OF time aud labor and also It's cleans
ing properties, du not hesitate 10 say II viii do
all ,ou claim for ii. and will cheeriully rccom-
mend /, 10 my friends TO lie the best washing mn
{
Pratt Siroti, BM.ngrs.
Does /, take all the dirt oui? Try II, and We
| venture the assertion HAT YOU eannu' find a
| piece of linen 81 su,led lhAi the hhy Hishcr will
not make clean us new in live minutes .--is''on
,jourmR.
SPECIAL.
In The invention Of the King lash.r, I, was le.
signed that IL should combine all the good guaii-
ties Of every other washing machine, and a, the
same time to have not single objectionable ira-
ture. Such machine Is the King no rubbing,
no wearing and tearing; aud last, but not least,
labor made easy.
Ifyou cannot purchase King ba'h~ In your
place, send us the
RETAIL PRICE, oiS.OO.
| and VIC will forward the same to you, free oi
freight, TO placcs where no one Ii selling. lfany
one Is not satisfied and wishes TO return the n'a-
| chine after months trial, according to dircc-
| ,ions, we agree TO
REFUND TIE MONEY.
free of freight.
sas- Sold BY dsaiers generality 10 whom liberal
dscounfs are made.
King Washing Machine 4 Manuf. ca.
1909, III, iii3 MILLER STREET,
may Sly Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03
ARLINGTON,

that will also serve mares nj my place this season
lie Is OF another fancy iro,'ing stock of the coun-
try, being u grandson Of the celebrated Long Is
land Black Hawk llis Dam was thoroughbred
being sired Wy Imported Margravc. Hcis very
stylish and lnsl horse sud h,s sired many very
promising colts amnns them several owned by
President Grant. | viii stand him ut the very
low ice of $50 for the scison, giving the same
privilege ns do with Sr ttrR. will also
give the following premiums Tor his get OF this
year;
For the best Colt or fillcy in the month
oi MAY, isiJ.....................". 500
For the second best Colt or fillcy in the
mouth Of May, lSi3.............."...SlO
For the third best Colt or flllcy IN the
month Of May, lsi3..."""""...."...s3O
Now here Is chance TO secure the service OF
two ot the lest stations in the country, and also
II premium hich will equal or exceed the fec
paid CHARLES A. MCRIhn,
may la-lm Newark, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1871-06-03
SPECIAL NOTICES.

fb- DEAFNESS BLINDNESS and Ca
TARRlI treated with the uimos, success, by J.
fsAAcs. N. d. and Professor Of Dissasrs u me
Eye and Err this ,peeiaiay) IN The Medical Co'isge
u ihiiaaeiphia 10 years experience, formerly Of
leydcn, Holland, No. so5 Arch street, PsiIn.
Testimonials can be seen n, his Office. The med
ica faculty are invited to accompany their pa
iicnis, MS he has no secrets In his practice. Ar
fiiicial eyes inserted without pain. No chs rye
tor examination apr 29-ly.