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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17
AT PORTLAND PRICES.

We bay. at the highest msrkes price. BUTTER,
EGGS. BACON. LARD. aud all kinds Of coun-
Try produce.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1871-11-17

MANAGERS FOR TIL PACIFIC COAST,
100 Montgomery st., San Francisco.
novl7mS
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

STREET ErIQUErrE-N ALKISG WITH
LADIES. Only villagers or persons
with rural IDEAS any longer contend
that la,iics should always be given the
inside Of the pavement in passing.
The rule adopted ii cities is 10 turn
10 the right, whether the right leads TO
the wall or to the gutter, and an OBJ
,ervancc Of this common sense rule
would obyiatc much unpleasant 'scioug-
ing By over-gailant gentlemen who
perslstcntly crowd for the outside of
the walk. Another common custom,
and required BY fashionable etiquette,
and one which is nearly as inexplica-
bic and absurd, as the practice of a
whole string of men filing out Of "a
church pew, making themselves as
ridiculous as an awkward squad
practicin2 at catching step" in order
to give woman the wrong end OF the
pew. is that Of man, when on 4
promenade or walk with lady, 10
keep himself on the outside Of the
pavement.
4 little exercise OF Judgment will
convince any person of the utter use
lessness Of this bobbing back and forth
al every corner.
The common rule is this: Ii man
and woman are walking, she should
always be at his right arm. whether it
be toward the inside or outside OF the
walk, then the woman will not be
showed against the passer.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28


SUNDAY-SCHooL SoNGs The New
York Sun chooses the following stanzas
from recent collection of that litera-
ture. ''lmagine," SAYS the critic, "the
aabby souls and vulgar imaginations
m"nh children must have who are
a. ,h;a .nnp on such Sunday school slop
To to, 70, hing in Jesus;
And Jesus wrougheSS.
With ohissl, saw and ddfpa pa.J,ss' Joseph
The lines below are for tn s.. s
cripples:
The poor cripple has a chance for glory,
As good a chance as you or /;
Christ will listen TO his story
lie Will hear the crippIes cry.
lie always pities poverty
And scorns not those who have TO beg;
H- grace for every woes sufficient
One can 60 TO Heaven with = wooden leg.
Or these the writer says: This is in
deed cousoliug, but we are afraid it is
not orthodox. Paul says that the flesh
| and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom
of Heaven. How then can wooden
substitute for flesh and blood inherit 1t?
| We suspect that before the author of the
above hymn can make his calling and
election sure he will have TO show tnat
one can go to Heaven with u wooden
| head.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

ANECDoTE OF DEAN RICHMOND -
Some one was telling me, the other dav +.
"a new story about the late Dean Rich
mond, VINO was known far aud wide for
his profanity and gruffness OF manner.
Richmond was in New York at the time.
and my informant, who was then boy
working In printing office, wished 10
get pass over the Central Railroad.
With the purpose in view he entered
the office where the magnate was fear
ing that he would be rudelv rebuffed
when he made his mission known. Al
ter moments hesitation he said talter-
ingly::
Mr.. Richmond, believer
Yes; what do you want of mc|
Il should like, sir, to get pass from
Albany to Buffalo, as l can go up on
he boat for nothing
On what grounds do YOU ask for a
pass! CThis with rising aud very
rough voice.)
On the grounds, sir, that don't want
to pay my fare
Richmond, without another word.
wrote out pass aud handed it to the
applicant.
The boy took it, saying: Thank you,
thank you, Mr.. Richmond
You needn't thank me. youngster.
I'm id glad to accommodate. Yoa are
the first person I've ever known, BY
G., to ask for q pass on the right
grounds
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28
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New Hsors by bret 1Darse.
From the Atlantic Monthly Tor January.
Grandmother Tenterden.

Grandmother Tenterden.
taNssACHUsErrs SHORE, isoo)
mind Il wa but Yesterday
The -nn wis M. i.c ar was chill.
ltipW tAe IOWA. teiaN the hll
itc -alt- ui NY sons shir dpi I'LL
~ jacob. ~ no was csst away.
lie ssid- "',od Keep YOU mother dear
Bat d.d noi iuua - kt-- his wile.
ihcy had -ume ipoil-h. iale stpfe,
Her tongue Na~ ike a tW o-srlgcI knife
Ad4 ne Mas proud ar ANY peer.
TIovh-ii That night /, ok no note
90 sea nor - t"r all wA- ireAT
intrsc,l oct shst ghc hIiie hooked near.
y, th 4 ihc IA .oa though eurNcd sni clear.
IhfouSh ,ui,l-iiAc rcud d.d drive and hoAf.
for with nv dsiling wen, the Joy
90 tuiusnA woods and mead sws brown
came e. h4tc the hsile town.
~ -c,intsi AZ a gllc =un went down
"a hini mA uHly darling bay.
II Was the middle ii the ~ ghi.
Ihr Wind q .hitei NC i-bl l--.uih
q ...ieI Ap lhs htf,,or month
40, 7ia-he-. Olatk ~ IA manner drouih.
"t.r Ali AbTuad wHh rcA-ioAm white.
!. wastes middle Of the u ght-
hr -t- u4sng the .trleu ir4tE
Nu4 .af et... lie qu4Ct -lrlA
10 h.- ath o. wsA'd ana vert
A0H d" stt, NAtar a sudden Iisa;
t.lt'erc b. -t''l hl- -saman'- drc.s
Al "'i snA dripping .ecne'i t. bc.
ltif lAiy Uiae ar,- ul the -ea
l'lstfrfsi ir'ini hl- garments con s;anIlv-
'Hu4i nHH -lcaS through cow aT'ines-
come through shi AMI storm he sAtd.
lhaseSa -t'ru .ad ll.sht Aua dcAsA said he
1" Ai-- inl w.iv. a q sotc
n4 stfic rilli h"Id- TwiNi her and nc
f"4 -i He' unl i. Peace" lc -ald
Ihe -c4 b. H. aHI he "a no scnt
he "iat4 Ant wave can -ui ..,.;be their str fe
A"i 'i4si ana foolish A. our lite"
a. rif4ttei a a At-se,i hls slss.i4ng wife
iA"u -Aci ami Ike arr-sn. nc aeni
Nea aAca iny darling ki.scI not me.
b.. ae--a - U.i,-a hs Sid nsi "a Ike
Nj heart s. .'1.a inc -e,ul-l g. lHc-k
rS 1sv 49," uYi theacct5sth spake
% "+a. la5 ,.caTef ,ye- d.4 -,y
Mad ~Ava tac -.oN Nc,k. sruusht b. r.. NOT
N"iataN sac spoke 30 aa.hs .-rslt.
; f"t gee -Ar' h'tr u.'arl4 beg pride
AnI -tn tIr s!l "a &c h4I ,.i.-i
N"A 30. -"" "a. -s7I s- = forgot
1t "as about Soc acNs -guas ,sde
S"f pinsa aud is'.r,I Naefe rnr -soSI
. 81 ifaAr AH Nur! q 4ll sf = ..+.l
~hr -.tl tu h4rI. .al4 b is .l,I-' ul,.-E
~. "a. -.vf 'e.A-. -s.-4 - -Av i.t,i
par stae ii .usai yeio.r ID, I.As.cL
- tFc n'F i--t,r tli CO .I4Ar
Ns.hs-sas he H..l - aast !, break
- -'- "f .A H'tse.i aa4t t.t hi- sskc
hes4 ua44., Ia, /. u..iI The l.ss
Aui hcTr - nor car, 70 roam.
J 1a}f ~ag e. Il, II h. rall.
desuS gut .....s tn Iay. . ucAt fall
'"a" 90 lar s-!, l-. i-tft A-gr .
AL 'teis s.i.p u i.-i ,o.nr- Aualr.
Au4 ysu B. Sc s-uie.iIhr ~.,tni.h main
And ku'" aiy o. - ~ MerC,'
a '''r4 3 ".-'4.t.ii % ga IN sea
1 tr4 4f'4 r. .4'.,l4 g. t.usl4 s34rf
~ pH -.' llt } $500 Igra ax4.u
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

the Republican party would have be-
fore it a prosperous career Of indefinite
duration. But unfortunately, there are
Others problems of government which
must be solved, and politscal interests
which deeply concern any party desir-
ing the public good, or even its own
asccndcncy. There is movement
it is yet too early to call it party
of large numbers in different parts of
the country whose aims, desires. and
intentions the Republicans will do well
To consider earnestly. They are com
monty said TO be to reform the civil
service. to abolish the protective sys-
TEN, to return TO specie payment the
new movement also includes those who
desire in the various States to intro
duce minority representation. To abolish
the elective judiciary system, greatly
to reduce the number of other elective
offices, and TO lengthen official tcnures
10 such an extent a. 10 secure responsi-
bitty, and to prevent, at least for the
present, any extension of the elective
franchise u women. To those who are
given 10 Retrospective politics, there
may seem in this list of principles no
common bona of sympathy no doubt
1t appears 10 mauv wise politicians
that the new movement merely repre-
srnts the local and personal discomfort
always ready 10 array itself against the
party IN power.
But there j. a feeling common to all
those Interested in the reforms we have
IN 'ntloncd, that the course of a,lminis-
tratlon IN this country during the last
iorty year, has been IN the direction,
not ot go government. but OF an
archy. The method OF selecting
judicial officers, the tenure Of office rep
rcscntatun, the circulating medium,
the civIl service, the collection Of rev
cnue. the limits OF the franchise. all
questions relating To these subjects be-
long 10 the department of adtalnistra-
tiou. They have llt:lc to do with the
! form OF government they do not touch
upon natural rights they are questions
oi administration, pure and simple
1 Iuc sew movement, then. is To effect
reforms IN the machinery OF polite,
/ agd IN administration 1t i TO evolve
/ order out of chaos. government out OF
/ anarchy.
The political ideal Of the Anglo
/ Saxon Is liberty. With Englishmen
and Americans the most perfect gov
crnmcnt is That which governs least
the most perfect state is that in which
/ moral sclt-control Is substituted Tor the
sanctions ot government. This Is the
goal at which we are ALWAYS aiming
Ii ideals were the only political reali-
ties, the goal would nave been reached
long ago. But the measures of politics
are always carried by compromise
between the real and ideal. The real
In political matters consists Of the
han,tl h.lnsltla cpst2mIss, dispositions, and in-
IN aspirations which must be rccOncIled
with these. For forty years the coun.
try ha, been pursuing AN ideal end
and has at last attained it, Mean
while the realities of the national lift
hayc beel quite iisreLardcd. II /, tht
atm ot the new movement - take these
into account.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

TIT FOR TAr-Medford and New Bed
ford, although their names rhvme, occa-
slonaIly don't quite harinoaiZe, As wit
ness the following. The Medford edit
or perpctratcs this:
There = fair maiden Of MedfDrd
Who was smashed un" a youth n New Bedford
Bui be sIncIt > OF OIL,
That hi- suit il did spoil
Oleasinous chas OF New Bedford.
70 which the New Bedford editor re-
spends:
There was = lne lad in New Bedford,
fcll IN love with lady In Me,tford
But she smelt 81 OF rum.
He was quite overcome,
This prohtb.tory youth Of New Bedford.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

BEECHER on THE BIBLE. - Beecher
preached one Sunday on the Bible, in
which he urged that idoIatry of the BIZ
bic Is its greatest danger. He wants
the church to cease quarreling about the
hu-ks of religion, till all men are
brought TO believe in God. All hon
est men agree i'll the parts OF the Bible
that 20 TO build up character. The BIZ
bic was never made TO go against nature.
God made the outward world As We'll "a
the B bic, and if anything conflicts some
thing must give way-iacts wont I. Once
astronomy was fixed out OF the Bible.
BY and by one OF these men who read
Gods outward revelation, came to over
turn the hedtarv opinion Of the Church.
The fact Killed the theologians, aud at
ast it was confessed that the letter must
be interpreted by the outside tact-Ic-
ology Numbered at the church tor 6ODO
wears, aud then the interpreters, not the
Bible, gave way.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28
HONE CHEERrULSEss

HOME CHEERrULNEss.- Many child
goes astray, not because there is want
of prayer or vitue at home, but
simply because home lacks sunshine
A child needs smiles as much as
flower needs sunbeams. Children look
little beyond the present moment. If
a thing displeases, they are prone TO
avoid it. If home is place where
faces are sour and words harsh and
fault-tinding is ever in the ascendant,
they will spend as manv hours as pos
si5le elsewhere. Let every father and
mother. then, try to be happy Let
them look happy. Let them talk to
their children, especially to the little
ones, in such way as to make them
happy.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28

Joaquin Miller's wife, says a friend
writing about the Millers, lis absorbed
and satisfied with his career, and it is
hoped that their differences may be rec
onciled aud that they may be united
She 10 beautiful woman, posessing lit
erary and poetic ability.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-12-28
Vol. XVII. Whole No. S@. No. So.

why, gosh blast il, told you fifteen
minutes ago.!
Gracious! We'd been walking right
round and round!'
The streets Of Boston are crooked.
ELI PERKINS.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

- 1t is said that Alexander H. Steph-
ems rarely stops on political article un-
til the office runs out of type.
- A picture of life in Mexico 1.-TWO
gentlemen of the highest rank in society
meet in the evening in street Of the
capital. What o'clock is it, senior n
politely asks the first. The other stops,
draws his revolver and covers his inter
locutor, then takes out his watch and
gives the desired information. Number
one thanks number two, without the
least surprise or remonstrance at the
measure of precaution.
- The Columbus (Ohio) State Jour
nal says A deformed chicken of com.
mon breed, the deformity resulting from
broken back, was entered at the Mus
kingum County Fair as a Hungarian
cock of the Slavi Magyar breed, just i'm.
ported, and the sapient judges, after
gravely inspecting it, awarded it the first
premium over one of the finest poultry
shows ever seen in the country"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

from Milwaukee, from committee sent
out from that city report that the evil
dences of wounded in hospitals, and the
dead bodies buried and awaiting burial,
leave no room to discredit the awful an
nounoemenls of the disaster in the tire-at-
flicted counties. There are not enough
living and uninjured to succor or care
for the afflicted. Mrs. Williamson and
son are the only members left of family
OF seven. Her escape almost miracle.
Fixing herself on large pile of slaves
in great clearing, she lay on the ground
with her youngest son, and heard the
death-gasps of her family and the people
in the neighborhood. She counts %
dead, and not vestige of civilization
left in the county.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

CHEERFULNEss UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
MIR. James I. Fields, in his excellent
"Plea for Cheerfulness," cites no incl
dents which are more telling than the
facts which we find in our Chicago ex-
changes illustrating the noble efforts
which are being made to be jolly and con-
tented. A sign-board appears among
the ruins which reads as follows: "Moore
& Gore, House and Sign Painters
Removed to III Desplaines street. Cap
ital 100000 30" Another sign reads
lowing to circumstances over which we
had no control" An editor of daily
paper has received several poetical effu.
sions suggested by the late disaster, but
he declines them all on the ground that
it is wasteful to print anything which
requires every line with a capital, wher
capital is as scarce as it is now in Chiea
go. One merchant, who found his safe
and its contents destroyed, quietly re
marked that there was no blame attach
ed to the safe; that it was of chilled iron
and would have stood, but that the fire
had taken the chill all out. With pluck
and such cheerfulness We shall expect t.
see Chicago rebuilt in three years.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

Gov. Fairchild of Wisconsin, afirms
that there are ten thousand people in
that State without homes, and of these
there are few who have not lost one or
more relatives. Of the 100 popula.
tion of Peshtigo, one third persisted in
the flames, while another third were
more or less burnt or wounded, and
one-third only escaped with sound bod
les and lost everything else. In the ter
rible race for life, which this population
had in trying to flee from the pursuing
fire, the women and children suffered
most. Their light clothing would catch
the blaze, a scream of terror and despair
a fall to the burning earth, and another
freed spirit. All this not only among
our western neighbors, but among those
most of whom but few years since were
neighbors here in our own New England
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

Let no one be influenced by story in
some of the papers about the exaggera-
tiops of the calamity on the western pra-
tries. That the amount in dollars and
cents destroyed, is over estimated, is un
doubtedly true, as it generally is in such
cases everywhere, but that hundreds OF
lives were lost in the prairie fres-tha
men, women and children, in some in
stances almost whole families, we're act
ually roasted to DEATHS unquestionabl'
and the story above alluded to is calcu
lated to give false impression. From
our point of view it first started in Phil
adelphia, and very probably from some
heartless real estate owner in the burn
region who most fears the effect on thi
own possessions.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

The rebel and secesh demonstration
by the democrats CD of Baltimore, adds
another dead weight and grief to the
democratic party of the country this
wear. This, with the July riots over the
Orangemen, and the Tammany develop
ments this fall, makes up a load under
which any party might be expected TO
break down, and it is no wonder that
some of them propose to have no candi-
date for president next year. Of course
there are thousands of good democrats
all over the country in no way response
BILE for these disasters or the acts OF their
leaders, and who in vain sigh for " de-
parture" of these elements from their par
fy
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27
SHARP FROM A TAMMANy THIEF

SHARP FROM TAMMANY THIEF
Tweed, the head Sacnem of Tammany,
met the suave Horatio Seymour at Roch-
ester, and when the latter suggested that
the former, in Difference to popular feel
ing, should keep in the back ground
while the convention lasted, he was met
with this retort: I" i come here branded
as a rascal by the republican press
Only seven or eight years ago you came
to Albany branded as traitor to your
country by the same venal press. Did
the Democratic Convention propose tc
exclude you? No. Now, sir, / woulC
rather be called thief than a traitor to
my country" Horatio's reply is not re
corded
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

A STRANGE SToRY.-Twenty-fve
years ago or so, when the Vermont Cen
tral was in process of construction, Mich
ael Hennesy, one of the laborers thereon,
and Mary Faily, his wife, occupied a
rude shanty near the line of the road in
Bethel, VT. One thirteenth of May,
Michael not having returned from his
work, Mary left her only child, a little
two year old boy, in his cradle alone,
and went to farm house not far away,
the residence of Captain Flinn-who
removed to parts unknown soon after :
for milk. She remembers the pleasant
talk that Mrs. Finn had with her about
her baby. She said that it was very
pretty girl, and seemed much surprised
when told that it was boy. She went
back to the shanty after little while,
but the child was gone All the work
men and everybody in the neighborhood,
went dragging the river or searching the
hills and woods and everywhere about,
but they could find no trace of him.
Some eleven years after, the tidings
reached them that somebody had read in
some newspaper that some poor sinner
on his death bed had announced that the
young man to whom he had left his prop
erty-quite large amount-was not hi:
son, but his real name was Michael Hen
messy. Again, five years after, another
person was reported to have read thu
same announcement but in neither cas-,
could the we'll remembering and still
mourning parents find out any thing
more definite.
The mother would have told this stor'
to the public years ago, and searched
the world for the pride of her youn,
motherhood, though she had mic
large brood of others in the following
years, but that the father sickened a
the thought of opening afresh the old
terrible agony, and not till after hi
death, some few days since, had she fel
and determined to ask the editor to as
his brethren to ask every body else,
so be he knows or has heard, that tn
man Finn or any other man, died an
made such a report of his great misdeet
and that her first born is yet in the Ian
of the living and where, and do her th
great favor to send her word theret
through the Office of the 81. Adams Me
seager.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27
Rebel Feeling at Baltimore.
A sECEsH DEMONSTRATION.

A lecture on the life and character OF
Gen. Lee, by Gen. Wade Hampton, in
Baltimore, last week, was made the oc-
casion of grand demonstration by the
secesb sympathizers of that city. Long
before the time for the lecture, the hall
was densely packed. Jefferson Davis at
tended, and when he entered there was
an uproar of applause which lasted sew
eral minutes. Hampton placed Lee
above Napoleon, Wellington, and all
other generals of modern times. Not
content with that, he drew comparisons
with the federal generals, whom he de-
clared incapable and inferior, except
Mcclellan, whose name elected applause.
He declared that their mode of warfare
was disgrace to any enlightened nation,
and said 1--WE have been defeated, but
| would rather be thus conquered than
thus disgracefully victorious, having OBJ
tanned conquest by such a detestable
and inhuman method of warfare. y
He asserted that Lee never had more
han $4,000 men, and always conquered,
though the enemy had three to his one !;
be never lost battle, and the nearest
he ever came to defeat was at Gettys-
burg, which was drawn battle. Tu-
multuous applause followed these re-
marks, the audience seeming wild with
excitement, and boquets were showered
upon the stage in great confusion.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27
Several democratic papers, in view

Several democratic papers, in view OF
the October elections, suggest that no
regular democratic candidate for presl-
dent be run next year, but that they
throw their strength for conservative"
republican, and thus divide the repubii.
can party and defeat the administration
In other words they wish to take another
" new departure. Our democratic
friends are more than ever in the condl
ton of the man at the fork of the roads
in Indiana, who was told by the HoosieI
in answer to inquiry, that it would maxi
no difference which road he took, hi
would not travel far before he would b'
sorry he hadn't taken the other.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27
The Fire King Nearer Home.

DESTRUCTION IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
Extensive fires have been raging dur
ing the past week in Western and Cen
trail New York, especially in the swamps
which have become very dry, from the
drouth. Many buildings have been
burnt and much damage done, and a
dense smoke prevailed throughout most
of New England on Monday, creating
alarm in some places.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

The Michigan State relief committee
have issued an appeal to the people OF
the United States, for aid to ten or fif-
teen thousand people who have lost their
homes, food, clothing, horses and cattle,
in that state alone.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

Owing to the system of patent out
Sides" which prevails largely through
the West, many of the papers, West and
Southwest. whose outsides were printed
in Chicago, are now shorn of half their
usual dimensions. and appear on nall
sheets.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1871-10-27

There is no occasion for any overstra'n-
ing of any mans pocket, but every per-
son who has spare dollar should re-
member his neighbors in the West