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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-11-09
NUTTING.
BY ISAAC +. EATON.

All could find poured at her feet
OF brown nuts falling before the frost;
A harvest ripened with summers heat,
High on the limbs that twined and crosse
Too strong for summer winds to toss.
Upon the mossy bank she sat,
Which carpeted an old oaks base;
The curls escaping from her hat
Framed in with gold as fair face
As ever did o maiden grace.
She sitting there, found for her
The butternut with its mellow rind,
The chestnut with its shaggy burr,
And nuts of every shape and kind
/ in the autumn woods could find.
The old tree moaned because so few
The leaves upon its branches bare,
Envious to let the sunbeams through
To nestle in her wavy hair
And gather brighter color there.
As If the poor imprisoned fawn
Close held within the forests shade,
With loving eyes was looking on
The nymph who to his feet had strayed,
And longed to clasp the dryad maid.
And l, while adding to her store,
my love did deem it all the less,)
Did long to offer something more
A gift of name or wealth's largess;
Acrown, if crowns gave happiness.
All, did she know, with maiden's art,
Which reads our longing looks so plain,
That had given her my heart,
And could not get it back again,
Nor so desired, for that were pain?
But with my lips close to her check
This did 1 tell her as could:
With stammering tongue dared to speak
While silent all the forest stood
AS though its mute heart wished me good
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-11-09

Yet. in the ecstacy of the blissful sea-
son that comes but once, such thoughts
con have but brief duration; there is
but little time to spare out of the hap
piness, out of the marvel, OF this new
being starting on its course like new
star. Death Hed from the place mo-
ment since the great breath OF life blew
in there; and their hearts have Just been
set beating in time and tune with all
humanity. Their hearts have caught
the keynote of the lives before and
the lives that are to come;
for certainly the childless must
be aware that they drop out OF the
world like dead leaves, that they send
no strength or vitality on to the future;
they have no bond with it, no part in
it, no right or room in the great and
perfect race which one day shall bios
som out of this; they fall by the way,
and are no more.
But that first baby is pledge and an
assurance of perpetuity to its parents I;
it links them, little creature that it is,
with the destinies of the planet as moth
ing else can do; they will live again in
that child's life; and they fancy that,
carrying their noblest hopes and their
best into the new generation, with
virtue and heroism of its own, it will
glorify their passive and undeveloped
traits into splendid deeds, vital charities
traits that have slumbered unstirred
in them as the seeds of oak and maple
slumber beneath the shadow and density
of dark primeval pine forests.
Well, little perambulators, as we look
at you trundling on in the sunshine, we
can not help thinking something of the
same thoughts that your owners think
concerning your laughing. and cooling
inmates. Your little wheels are wheels
of fortune and wheels of time; the
world waits upon you. And if those
who guide you understand as much
and guide you we'll, calling health ano
wisdom to their side, it will not wait il
vain.-Hmper'S Basar.
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An Editors MisfOrtunes.

A special from Chicago to the Cincin-
natl Commercial says: "One Of the first
men met on landing from the train,
early yesterday morning, was one of the
McCullagh brothers of the Chicago Re
publican. He had both pockets of his
overcoat stuffed full OF currency, the pro-
ceeds from the sale of what he called his
morning handbill." He said he didn't
know where he could get his breakfast,
even with his pockets full of money.
" Mack" lost $4,000 invested in the
Republican and $4,000 cash in the
Traders Bank. The Office was insured
for $4,000, but how much of any of
these sums will be recovered remains to
be seen. The contents of their safe
ledgers, subscription list, and insurance
policies-were charred to indistinguish-
able cinders. Mr.. Henry Reed had tin
box III the safe, containing some silver
coin, all of which was melted and run
together. Mr.. Reed has determined to
leave Chicago permanently. "Mack" is
undecided as to his future course, as his
partners seem to be discouraged on the
he worked up the Republican to paying
point, the edition that was burnt con-
tanning nearly thousand dollars worth
of city advertising. The city owes the
Republican six thousand dollars, and the
owners have recently sold their job room
for 500, The man who bought it
lost all in the fire, and, like his sureties,
can't pay a cent; and the notes he gave
are burnt up anyhow. The Traders
Bank, in which "Mack had his fifteen
thousand dollars cash, loaned its capital
to Chicago merchants, and they are bank.
rupted. This is a sample of the accum.
ulative losses that have overtaken sc
many thousands of the industrious and
enterprising business men of Chicago
literally compelling them to return tc
the point where living is made by ones
| wits.
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NO. 36.
THE OLD BARN.

No hay upon the widespread inows,
No horses in the stalls, fT1I a rfHnul
No broad-horned oxen, sheep or cows ,,, .-'.
Within its time-worn walls.
The wind howls through its shattered doors
Now swinging to and fro; rlr-
And DER its once frequented floors
No footsteps come and so.
But once, alas each vacant bay, s- sT i.-
And every space around, It...t. .....-
Was teemng with sweetscented hay,
The harvest of the ground. 'it ii 81
And well-fed cattle in row,
At hangers ranged along,
Each fastened by an oakcn bow, -
Stood at the stanchi0ns strong. r.
But where so long old Dobbin stood,
Ills masters pride and care
And from his hand received his food,
All now is vacant there.
Then these broad fields, from hill to plain,
Waved in the summer air, .- -..
With choicest crops ofgrass or grain,
Now left so bleak and bare
How sweet the music of the fail,
Resembling far and clear,
As borne upon the passing gale
1t reached the distant ear rt
The backbird hailed the dewy morn
From out his rushy perch;
The sparrow sang upon the thorn, ......
The cat-brd on the birch
~ -'. .. "t
The robin from the highest tree
Sent forth his whistle clear,
His soul partaiing of the glec ..
| That wakes the vernal year.
| And childhood's merry shout was heard
| The farm-yard choir among,
Which, mingling with the note of bird.
Enriched the tide of song.
| The master on his daily round
| With conscious pride would CO.
| His faithful dog, close by him found,
Attending to and fro. .
Old honest "Trip" long since has gonc "
| And moulders 'neaththe wall;
| No more he takes the welcome bone,
| Or hears his masters call
The kindly MASTER too has died,
| The matron i'll her grace,
| And dead, or scattered far and wide,
| The remnant of their race.
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The Hon. @. f. Clarkson, of Grundy
county, Ohio, says that one of his ten
ants was short of help the other day,
when the mans helpmeet came forward,
took fork, mounted stack of barley,
and pitched the whole stack over to the
machine-a distance of fifteen feet-in
forty-seven minutes, the stack yielding
1872 bushels of barley. The woman is
48 years OF age.
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No hay upon the widespread mows,
No horses in the stalls, 1 fT1 a
No broad-horned oxen, sheep or cows
Within its time-worn walls.
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heads, not bearing to look upon him as he
seemed about to drop to sudden and certain
death, glanced up at him once more, with a
ray of hope, at this daring and skillful feat.
Into this window he crept, to look, pos
sibly, for a stairway, but appeared again
presently, for here was the only ave-
nue. of escape, desperate and hopeless
as it was. Once more he dropped
his body, hanging by his hand. The
crowd screamed, and waved to him to
swing himself over the projection from
which. the other man had Just been rescued.
He tried to do this, and vibrated like pen
dulum, from side to side, but could not
reach far enough to throw himself upon its
roof. Then he hung by one hand and
looked down; raising the other hand, he
took a fresh hold, and swung from side to
side again to reach the roof. In vain; again
he swung motionless by one hand, and
slowly turned his head over his shoulder,
and gazed in the abyss below him. Then,
gathering himself up, he let go his hold, and
for second CLEAN of white shot down
full forty feet, to the foundation Of the
basement. OF course it killed him.. He
was taken to drug store near by, and died
in ten minutes. M
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"RIcnMoND TYPE FoUNDRY.-The new dress m
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proprietors of the Richmond Type Foundry
We have been using their type for eight or ten
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guilty of IN inadvertence in failing TO mention
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the press all over the country. Wetake pleasure IN
stating that our outfit was procured from the
Richmond Type Foundry, Messrs. II. l.. Pelouze
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A., -Arecting Incident "a. Chicago.

70
While Madison street west OF Dearborn,
and the west side OF Dearborn were an
ablaze, the spectators saw the iurid light
appear in the rear windows OF Speeds
block. Presently a man, who had appa-
rently taken time to dress himself lels,ireiy,
appeared on the extension built up TO lne
second story Of two of the stores: lie
,coolly looked down the thirty feet between
him and the ground, while the excited
crowd first cried jump; and then some OF
them more considerably looked for lad
der A long plank was soon ioupd, ana
answered the same as a ladder, and was
placed at once against the window, down
which the man soon after slid. But whlie
these preparations were going on there SUD
denly appeared another man at q fo.l E!ls
story window of the building below, Whcn
had no projection, but flush from the Top 70
the ground-four stories and basement.
His escape by the stairway was evidently
,cut off, and he looked despalrngly down
the fifty feet between him and the ground
The crowd grew almost frantic a. INC
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ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA AND MANAs-
SAS RAILROAD.


On and after Sunday, January 20, 1871, one
daily passenger train will run between WASH
INGTON and LYNCIIBURG, connecting at
Gordonsville with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad to Richmond, Staunton and the Virgin
ia Springs; at Lynchburg for the West and
Southwest, and at Washington, to the North and
Northwest,
Leave Washington daily at 6:55 a. m, and Alex
andria at Il. m, arriving at Lynchburg at sos
p. m.
Leave Lynchburg at s.25 a. M, arrive at Alex
andria at 6:25 p M and at Washington at 6:l5
p. m.
For MANASSAS LINE leave Washington
daily excepting Sunday at l0:30 a m; leave Al
exandria at ll:20 q. m, pass Strasburg at 40
d, ln and arrive at Harrisburg at p m.
Eastward, leave Harrisburg at $50 a. m; pass
Strasburg at S.25 a M, arrive at Alexandria at
So D. m. and at Washington in time for connect
ing with the p. m. train from Washington to Bal
| timore.
Good connections, by comfortable coaches, are
made to Fairfax Court House from Fairfax sta
ton; to Middleburg from Plains; to Upperville
| from Piedmont, and 10 Staun ton tIoln Harrison
burg.
Elegant sleeping cars are run daily between
| New York and Ilynchburg, without change.
Also, through between Baltimore ard
| Lynchburg, avoiding the inconvenience VI trans
| fer IN Washington.
Through tickets and baggage checked to all
prominent points j, III, hROADUS,
nah 7--tf General Ticket Agent.
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KING AND QUEEN c. H., VA, |
October 18th, 1871.

OCUODef Ifln, 1907.
TO The Editor 81 The state Journal:
The Republicans of King and Queen as
sembled in mass meeting at the courthouse
to-day, for the purpose of nominating
candidate for the Legislature.
Quite lively canvass was carried on be-
tween tie aspiring candidates, Tour oil
whom were on the ground, busy as bees.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed, and each
candidate evinced q fair and honorable dis
position towards his competitors.
The meeting was called to order by Hon.
John w. Bufman. The Rev. Mr.. Harris
was selected as chairman, and Mr.. Thomas
Lewis appointed secretary. Mir. Robert
Norton was then introduced, and addressed
the meeting in happy style.
Short addresses from each of the cam
dilates were then delivered, and the ballot
ing commenced. Mr.. Richard Nj. Lewis
received 80 votes, and John W. Bulman,
% votes; Thomas Lewis, 8 votes, and Ar
civ Robinson, z votes. Mr.. Richard nj.
Lewis was then declared the nominee of the
party, and on motion of Mr.. Thos. Lewis,
his nomination was made unanimous. On
motion of Mr.. Robinson, the following re-
solution was unanimously adopted:
RESOLVED, That the Republicans of King anc
Queen convention dsSehibieu lc-uhii III se,e
indorse the nomination of IL. w. Massey 1ol
Senator and pledge themselves to refuse and
discountenance any attempt 10 defeat MS eiec
ton. =.
Mr.. Massey was then introduced, and II
an effective and telling speech reviewed IN
connection with the party, and reiterated
his devotion to its principles. 1t is nov
quite evident that the attempt to spill. tn
party will be frustrated-the meeting full.
sustaining the course of its delegates to TN
Senatorial convention which nominated MIR
Massey. ,.sts.
AS you may suppose, Democratic agent
have been active in the attempt to Great
division in this Senatorial district. Ever,
unan they could influence has been put Il
tile field to oppose Mr.. Massey, but tina
gentleman has, with his friend, Mr.. Norton
canvassed the highways and by-ways 6
the district and fully met the issues
ss,ich has been their activity that we hay
ROSY every indication of success.
VIM. THOMAS LEWIS,
Secretary.
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CHRONIC AND OIL PAINTINGS
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Having made arrangements with leading nm
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RAnRoAps
IA N

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On and after September LIST, PASSENGER
TRAINS leave Richmond Sundays excepted
as follows: s+
$50 A M.-MAIL TRAIN for White Sulphur
Springs connecting at Gordonsyille with Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas train for Washington
and North, and Lynchburg and South.
1856 p. INSTRUMENTATION TRAIN for
Gordonsville, except on Saturday, on which day
II leaves ut B Z. M. This train connects at Cor
louisville with the night trains on the Orange,
Alexandria and Manassas railroad for Lynchburg
and Washington.
THROUGH TICKETS, sold at low rates, to
nll points Northwest and Southwest.
Steerage tickets from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Havre, Rotter-
dam, Bergen, Copenhagen, and Gothenburg, 10
all points on this road can be bought of the Ge-
neral Ticket Agent at Richmond, or can be or
dered through any station agent ON the road.
Further information may be obtained at tho
company's office.
No Passenger Trains are run on Sundays.
A. HI. PERRY,
fersg General Superintendent.
JAMES +. NETnBRLASD,
General Ticket Agent. oc4
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WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 10th, 1871.
The Republican, Senatorial Convention, for
the nomination of candidates for the coun-
ties of Loudoun, Fairfax and Alexandria,
which met at Alexandria on Friday last,
was a most harmonious meeting. The
nominations made is an evidence of the de-
termination of the Republicans of this dis
trict to succeed.
No better men could have been put for
ward as the standard bearers Of the Repub-
lican party in this important district than
the gentlemen on whose shoulders the man
lie has fallen. Judge Willoughby and Col.
Daniels are both well known throughout
the State, and where best known are most
highly respected. Both have long been
residents of the State, and are identified
with all its interests. Thoroughly imbued
with the spirit Of progress, active and en-
ergetic in whatever they may undertake,
with the experience they. have had In many
years. of political life, they will make it
exceedingly hot for their opponents. They
are both personally popular in the district,
and your correspondent predicts their cleo
ton by O handsome majority.
Henry w. Thomas, Esq, i'll accepting
the nomination of the Conservative Demo-
cratlcJ party III tiilS uistllCt says. Inv WV
ton which is soon to come oil in our State.
will determine whether the" Conservative"
party shall maintain its ascendency so hap
ply established in the election of 1861"
There was no such party as the "Con-
servatiyeo in existence in 1863. 1t was
the "slmon pure" "4lwe Repub-
lican'' party which carried the State
in 1869. The Republican party, pure
and simple, will do "that same" in
1871. The people of Virginia have not for.
gotten that Che State was then carried by 9
cheat and fraud, and that cheating and
the grossest kind of fraud has been the
watchword of that party ever since it came
into power.
News has been received at the Depart
ment of Agriculture from Gen. Capron anc
party, who left San Francisco for Japan OF
the first of August last. They all arrived
safely at Yokohoma about the first of Sep
TENDER, and were received and entertained
as princes. On the, 9Th ult. they were t;
have been presented to the Mikado, attic
which they were to at once start for tn,
Island of Yeddo, which is to be their head
quarters and the scene Of their labors
Gen Capron writes that he will be able t.
send many valuable plants and seeds t
the Department Of Agriculture. AGA.
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BOARDING DEPARTMENT.

We are open at all hours OF the day and nigh
for the reception of boarders and patients. OnI
location is convenient of access from the railroad
depots and steamboat landings, and to the bust
ness part of the city. Street cars pass near the
doors to all parts of the city, making it a very
convenient stopping place for persons visiting the
city on business or pleasure Our TAME is sup
nlied with the best kinds of food, BEAUTIFULLY
prepared, and plenty of it. In these respects it
Is unequaled.
Come and see, and learn how 70 1--we health
fully at home Terms reasonable.
- Weep 4 NOTEBOOK,
sc s--d&wts Prenrietors,