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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-21
RICHMONp AND pErEE,bEEGj
RAILROAD tONPh%I.
ptpYrNtn.p ", 4 TtsIE,f 4, l.Il,

TsNHE TRAINS on THIS ROAD run as
4 foliows
$50 L. W.. and leave Petersburg at 1913 A. NJ "iu
7?0 r. NJ. ,,,..,..,.t
Freight and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Leave h!cIlhona
at a. VI. and .:.o F. ~! and leave Petersburg al %
\. VI. and $50 L. NJ. ,,
The a:l5 4. NJ. train will not leave Richmond OH
SUNDAYS, and the 7:20 T.. II. tram VIII no. .v"'c
Petersburg OF SUNDAYS =, :,
Passengers for Norfolk will tSe ne 2sio l. ":
daily train, ard those from Norfolk Nil connect -
Petersburg with the ~ \. VI. trah. $500
Passengers from Clover I'LL VIII tKe M t5o y.
VI. train Gil Mondays, Wednesday,, and FrHl!7
aud returning, leave Richmond on uc sane 1d!S -
$50 y. VI.
The mail trains will stop only IL Chester ,
The \. VI. train viii connect 1T Petersburg WIN
the Atlantic, Mississippi! aid U.iio railroad i'I
Lynchburg daily.
SLEEPiNCi-CARS on the 2:39 =. VI. train, rr!nrlnS
through to Wilmington. r.. Is. kASLG.
an Ticket ana Freight tgcui.
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yNILLLAM L. WOOD & CO.,
w 373 AND 375 W. BALTiMOlE STREET,

BALTIMORE, MD,
manufacturers OF STEAM-uEATING APPA-
KhTCS and inventors of the new polislied-froni
tat-;op PARIS KANGE-in every respect the best
cfoalng-Isnge in the United States, and warranted
70 heat tue rooms above. II received with the cele
tie FIRST premiums nj tho harylI,d state Fair and al
the American Institute Fair. New York Buy either
tie iarlor Sun or Lightning Fireplace Heaters and
fireplace stove and the best cooking apparatus In the
world.
Send FOR descriptive circular.
WILLIAM F.. WOOD C Co,
Manufacturers and Inventors OF Heating Yentiia-
ting, ard Cooking Apparatus, 373 and 3f5 w, Bal.
tial0re street, Baltimore, Sd, no e-dsm
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Ey Grubbs & Williams,
Auctiouccrs and Real Estate Agents,
Et.yrrti Street between Main and Bank.

TRUSTEES SALE OF \ VERY NALI-
4 ABLE FARM OF one IIIS mp IAN ASD
sixty ACRES. on THE CENTRAL ICfN-
PRE-, TWO MILES BELOW RICHMOND.,1,iby
yirtnc of deed of trust executed by JACOB :. Ailc
To fine subscriber as trustee, dated 10th aL 1870 anu
tluiy recorded in JIcnrico County Court Office, bcln
thereto required by the creditor secured VIII sen NJ
auction upon tie premises, on MOSDAI, iiah , OF
n,rrrilrr. ut ~ O'Clock IL, the FARM above DC
.cricd. upon which said Aztec resides. INC I'M,
movement, consist of aud handsome rc'iucncr
wifh nine rooms. n kitchen, smokchonSc, NC, an u
brick: bA DIES Il large barn, stable ana otncr l.siia
oIit -h,,iIdngs The land has been mllch improves
and diciosly cultivated, that this IS one OF INC
most valuable farms of its size near the Guy.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to dcflay expenses OF sic
and 10 nav OF 5000 due for interest on inc ant
Secured: semi-annua payments Of $500 eacn, 10 nc
made TIE 18th May and l3lr NosGmra sr ~
vrar mill 18th May. ls73. when the principal sum "
II 0oO viii become due: and for the residue s,icn
frrns Of payment rs will be- announced ut inc llnlc
of sale All crcd: payments 10 bear interest ala pe
secured by trust deed. wv ,r.
GRUBBS ( WILLIAMS. huciionccrS.
POSTPONEMENT.
POSTPONED by consent Of the parties 10 Illol1-
DAY. 2ist December, atsl2 O'Clock VI:
O+' GRUBBS Il WILLIAMS.
=, >, huctiOnccrs.
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FOR RENT.

nor RENT, that desirable -FOUR ff! .::'
Il STORY BRICK DWELLING corner g,
and Franklin streets, containing ciSi'
rooms. kitchen. stable &C. all in thorough Tel.'f
For terms, apply 10 L1NE y bioii1A'
1p v0-3t
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GROCERIES. &c.

SUGARS, SUGARS. Fifty hogsheads
= good to choice DEMARARA, SCOTCH, and
PORTO RICO SUGARS receiving for sale by
de- ROBERT L. WILLIAMS & co.
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GOFFEES, COFFEES.--Three hundred
~ bags good TO choice RIO, LAGUAYI.A, and
JAVA CCFFEES receiving for sale by
dc 81 ROBERT +. WILLIAMS & co.
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CUNARD LIN Z The BRI- ~ z I = 2
OTlSu AID NORTH AMERICAN t.ssss4ss...ss==A4;S
ROYAL NAIL STEAMSHIPS bctwcecn AcW orr
and Liverpool. calling ut Cork ll;rhor.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
By the "Wednesday steamers, not carrying Steer
agc
FIRST Cabin. $3.50. gold. Second Cabin. $50 gold
HrtI,rn tirliets. $3.50, gold
by the Tuesday and Saturday steamers:
FIRST Cabn.....Ss0, gold. Storage $50 currency
Stccrugc tickets from Liverpool and Queenstown
and al parts OF i.i:rOle, II lowest rates
Through bills Of ,l!ng from Virginia 10 Liverpool
Belfast. Glasgow, Hayre, Antwerp and other port
the Continent. and for llediterrs!nG9n ports WI
be Issued by the VIRGINIA and + . Il f &
THROUGH LINE. they having made the necessary
arrangements with the OLD DOMINION 81 "
SHIP COMPANY 10 New York: and with the GU
EARD LINE thence to Liverpool, &c.
For rates, &C., apply To the Agents OF the Ola DO
minon Steamship Company
CHARLES q. FRANCKLYN.
General Agent Cunard Line.
I'D. KELLEY, Jr., General Agent Virginia
iral and Foreign Through Line
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AUCrIoN sALEs---Fntnre Days:
BY Grubbs 6 Williams
Pe,I Estate Agents and Auctioneers'
Ne' = - ,-a.....o. AIain and Ran9.

NV tJrliUDs % " - \
Real Estate Agents and AuctioneI 80,
Eleventh street between Main a''s' h'''
rrRITsTEEs' SALE OF REAL $500 Ia IL.
IN F1TON-By ylgtue Of deed = 81 = I rus s nh
ssasd y SaaRs sa Maffs hn Nay S being
scriners as Inv the creditor we will sell upon
he prem5es on FRIDAY goth Decedr n sare
O'clock LOTS }1Gs, mos 4 feet on nth the south
no &c, street and running back to m alley Ihese
lots FRAMED " Io1 eSpeses Of sale
E *, i,:Har9n debt for about $685. the baihhce
n anon - terms to Be made known at the ting q s
CYRUS BOSSlEUN,
.,,u,,cors de 20
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wAyT1.
WANTED, a SITUATION in DRUG
w STORE. Address Il. &. c., Dispatch Office.

WANTED. in lawyers Office, an intelll-
w gent YOUTH, Of good manners and habits: For
particulars, address post-oficc box Se7. &c 1871
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WOOD AND COAE.
CHARLES II. PAGE & co.

A NTHRACITE COAL.-Now afloat, SOC
\ tons best quality X. A. EGG aud STOVE
GOALS, which Will be sold from tie vessels at low
figures.
Call and see my prices and lay in Your winter sup
ply OF coal before there Is an advance in coal ad
freights in the northern markets.
WRIT ROBERTS.
jy1s corner Seventeenth and Dock streets.
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y ESU AiED.-Aiy friends and the public
IA are respectfully Informed that am ut present
three doors above my old Sand,-i5e5 Main street
where can accommodate them with the best GRO
CERES and PROVISIONS that can he had Daily
additions will enable again 10 offer the most
complete stock In the city. X. +. ia MES,
dc 10 I3.ys Main street.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-21

CHESAPEAKE AND ONO RAIL
" ROAp.-On and after September III PiS>LH-
GER TRAINS will leave Richmond tSuEda!S eA-
CcpteG) as follows:
$50 4. M-lihIL TEAM for the White sulphur
Springs, connecting ut Gortonsrilc with Tie orahs';
Aexaudria and MANASSAS train Tor Washington ana
North, and LyrchbnrG and South. ,
3:35 +. A.-ACCOMMODAIloS TRAM Ter Cor
louisville. except Saturday, on which day II c4l,'
at L. VI. This train connects at tornusN lie @!N
the night trains OH the Orange Alexandria h,i VA
nassas railroad for LYNCllBURG and AsilIN'-
TON. , -,
Through tickets. ut low rates, sold 10 all points
Northwest aud Southwest.
Stccrage tickets from Liverpool. Queenstown
Bergen. Copenhagen, aud GOthgnbrg, I" All POM,
on this road be bought OF tic Genera! llcA.t
Agent at Richmond or can be ordered through AZ!
station agent OH the road. -,
Further information Kay DC Obtained AZ the CoI:-
ramy'S Office.
No passenger trains are run on Sundays.
\. H. PERRY, General straightforward
JAMES /. SEIllERLANp, General l!chtt Agent
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flames RIVER STEAAlBOATSL-I-isIIJlz I
81 COMPANY. Saas-ssA~ass.

~~ - trr,,n.>-v fals. 2f:,G:scy
FOR NEW YOHK. PHILADELPHIA, UhLTl-
MORE. NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH,
AND All REGULAR LAND
IEGS on THE JAMES
RIVER.
The fast and elegant United States mail steamer
ELIZA iIASCOX, Captain L.. C. CLIFFORD, leaves
Co.nuany's wharf at RCrkc;tS for the ah0|e-l,alncd
places on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and FRI
DAYS. at IALF-PAST SIX \. u. and returns on
Tuesday. Thursday, and Saturday aiiernoGnS
Passengers connect ut Norfolk with the old BAY
Line steamers for Baltimore, Philadelphia, ami New
York.
Ut steamer. o -
Fare 10 New o.
Fare 10 PhlaGcipllia. ..
tarc 70 jiatllllofc.. w
Fare Ia Norfolk ................. u
R0un,.-.rip tickets to Norfolk and return. %
Tickets on sale at G tEDER < CO.'S EAPkESS
ard baggage checked through ,,. 49,,
Freight received TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS
and SATURDAYS, for Norfolk, Portsmouth. BoS,
ton. Baltimore. and principal landings on Chesd-
pclkr BAY. and Ill regular landings OIL James river
AT REASONABLE RATES.
Freight received from 4. NJ. till Z. NJ.
Freight for way-landings must be prepaid
l.. Is. TATUM, General Agent
OGice, COnrany's wharf.
Branch Office. corner Main and Ninth streets.
NIX
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1911 WINTER 1871
1914 i. NGEMENT. ib' IL
SCHEDULE OF RICHMOND. FREDERIC -
BURG md POTOMAC ROUTE.

THROUGH TRAINS leave the depot corner OF
Byrd and Eighth streets rs follows: lin.
The DAY TRAIN daily at $40 \. NJ; ARR u,
Washington ut 1915, Baltimore except on S"h"a>
1T 2:lJ, Philadelphia CHS, and Ne" lor" III ~-'
l.. II. THE SAME Day. ,..,,.
The NIGHT TRAIN daily except on Sundays IL
S:i5 =. ". ,,,ar-
The DAY TRAIN arrives III Richmond ID 81
z. NJ. ,; n,T,.
The NIGHT TRAIN arrives in Richmond 'N''.'
DAYS eSceDtcd) AT $3.50 4. ". . ,,.,,-.i
The ACCOMMODATES TRAIN Tor i, Pun. -
leaves Broad-Strcet depo; daily tSunGAys cAStf''"
al $50 Z. NJ. arrives in Richmond 81 s:!2 \; ~!
The FREIGHT TRAINS lcasc on IneSd@! ''''
Fridays IT Gas /. ". ..>,,,.,r r,,.
THROUGH TICKETS and THROUGH hAH-
GAGE CHECKS to all principal l"!Lts ""Fu'''-s''
and west. , ts,r,i,
Company's Office, corner OF Broad anu i'i"''''
streets. -, ..,,.
Ticket Office corner of Byrd and Ei%htA si;I,'s;
J. B. GENTRY. Eenera! 1lS~e, 90
f. T. ID. MYERS, General Superintendent >
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RI-SEXESS CHANCES.

y,OR SALE. A No. / COW, FRESH EEss.sis
a ~ Ai1E Aii- WA L. kfRSE,
W VT oco,s por; Mayo, ircinw Rockets.
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RICIIMoSD AND YORK RIVER RAILROAD me
December Ii, ISL.

SPECIAL NOTICE.-ThcsiT
- steamer DANIEL WEBSTER hay s.ae-..ssszz-
ing been withdrawn from the line for lew days Tor
repairs. until further notice We will have but one
boat out for Baltimorc-tbe EASTERN CITY
Which will leave West Point Oh the following days:
TUESDAYS. THURSDAYS, and SATURDAYS.
Due notice will be given when the WEBSTER re-
sumcs her trips. WILLIAM y. BRAGG.
dc I5-lw Superintendent.
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~, ~ ,1-cI,r HORSE. six years old. ~.
AppIy at SUTIiERLANDs stables, Eighth a; above q,
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DICHMOND AND DANNI1,LE RAIL
~ RUAD-On and after December l, l1l:

Train No. . Through passenger caves Richmond
daily Except Sundays ut i:oj y. NJ; leave, Dai-
Vile III ll:03 \. NJ. arrives 1T Greensboro ut Is:
L. NJ.
Train No. nynchburg passcnserj leaves Rich.
mond daily at 0:l5 y. d.: arrives 1T LyncAbur2 at
p. NJ.
Train No. Ii Through mail and cNpre-s) leaves
Richmond daily ut 2:iO +. 81. leaves Dnl!l!c daily
A. NJ.
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Train No IL Through mail aud express lcayci
Greensboro daily ut 1850 i. NJ: leaves DalNili"
daily at lJ:I9 L. VI. arrives ut Richmond daily at
Jll \. NJ.
Trliu No. Through passenger leaves Grccas-
boro' daily Except Sundays al llD3 i. d. leaves
L. VI.
Train No. 10 lLyncEburg passengcr) leaves ly"h-
burg daily at $50 4. NJ: leaves Burkcsllic AZ T.
NJ: arrives at Richmond at Z. II.
Trains Nos. aiid II connect az GfccnsbGr" "!ih
trains the North Carolina railroad Tor al E"''
south.
Train No. connects at Burtcy!lle with train on
the Atlantic. Mississippi aud Ohio railroad Tor a!
pniuts southwest aud south.
THROUGH TICKETS 10 all points south AMI
southwest can be procured at tic Ticket "tlHt III
Richmond, and Of l. /. NALhEn. Agent 81 th@ "
lantic Mississippi and Ohio railroad, No. lo.s Mann
street, Richmond.
Papers that have arrangements 10 &d"Crti>c tue
schedule OF this company will pletc print above
JOHN L. MAtMtRDo.
General Freight AMI Ticket Agent.
T. II. II. TALCOrT, Engineer and S"pcilHrh'-
ont M -!
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-, - E.,.rsr, axr, OCEAN sTEAafEHs.

: : ,,-;T17TogaI, LINES T q a NJ SFETG
aooiolTJEtENsToW' AM, LlVE " ;,ss IN sai
POoln DOLL ag North river New York, every SAT
pk or PASSAGE Ers, e az aa a as seer
Qeastown or f. Eona rreey e' From Liverpool Lol-
ss pafSS naen y, or Glasgow to New YORK.
PREPAID steerage ~ 10 mr. from other points In Eng
Passe re Santnent at cheap currency rates ;, te
a Far further t noFnaon apply At she Gcs or
Company 70 On broadway, New York, or 10
JOHN w. WYATT, AGENT .sG Va.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
The Dangers Of the Alps.

A CORRESPONDENT from Switzer-
IN land writes of recent fatal disasters
in the vicinity of Mont Blanc.
"a gentleman with his bride and lady
friend made the ascension to the Grands
Mulets which is six thousand five hun
dret feet above the Valley of Chamounix.
The day was so fine that when there,
urged by the ladies, whom, with guide,
he left hehind him, he started to make
the ascension of Mont Blanc. Shortly
after he left them, becoming cold all
three went out for walk, tied together
as they are for greater security in the
mountain excursions. Walking upon
the ice and snow crusts the guide offered
his arm to the wife, who had hardly ac-
cepted it when owing either to the soft
ening of the crust by the heat, or crack
ing from the weight on the formation of
a crevasse, both the guide and wife dis
appeared, the friend only escaped their
fate by the breaking of the rope. Dis
appearing thus instantly in a place which
did not seem to be dangerous they have
never been seen nor found, though eight
guides, at the risk of their lives went
down into the crovasse sixty feet-in fact,
made attempts until the government for
bade any more--as the lives of others
were periled for those that had been lost
| The lady who was left, screamed and re-
mained on the spot till the gentleman re-
turned to find that he had lost wife and
bride in the enjoyment Of full health only
half an hour previously Such are the
dangers of ascending Mont Blanc, where
no amount of foresight and experience
can fortell the accidents which may hap
pen at any time with loss Of life to some
Or all Of those engaged.
"Other accidents have happencd-in-
deed every year one or more persons lose
their lives upon the mountains. Captain
Arkwright and four guides were lost in
1866 A bride in going across the Tete
Foiro-one of the direct routes to Mar
tiny-slpped from her horse unknown to
the guide who was leading him, and
falling down steep precipicc was never
found. An American who sat next me
at table gave an account of crossing the
Glacier des Boissons, where the glacier
having changed so much since the guide
had been there necesstated leaving hin
constantly to go ahead and discover the
way that might be the safest While he
was gone some five or ten minutes at &
time if anything had happened to the
guide the gentleman must have been lost
/, for he had neither tools for making OIL
assisting his way, nor experience"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
Gbe Gines, Mem BLOOMFIELD, ])a.

Plague take 'cm y the young man
cried out. "What do they court fellow
so for? And the old folks fairly hug me,
/ declare they do | dare say they did
the same by you. I'm sick of 'om. L
mean to go away"
And 20 away he did, to the despair of
the landlord and the squire's family, and
Fred was the only Jones there.
When he went back to town, after a
vacation twice as long as he had intend
ed to take, he escorted Miss Richmond
and Mrs. Conway.
The old lady was little sulky at first,
but she liked his independence, and she
could not resist her niece's coaXing.
" Besides" she said, 81 never placed
wealth above family. And Freds fami-
ly is really excellent"
I'D rather have your consent" Fred
said, "but l am determined to have
Clara" putting his arm around the lady
as he spoke.
And Pm determined to have him y
Miss Richmond responded.
"Well, upon my word p exclaimed the
old lady, scandalizod but helpless.
Well that was years ago, when old
folks might think Fred no great CATCH
But he prospered. Happiness agreed
with him, and if wealth is in the eyes OF
the reader a sign of success, let him OF
her go to Highblood Street, and see the
brown-stone house in which Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Jones live. 1t hasn't its superior
in the city. As to the Severns girls, who
are not invited there, their eyes turr
green when they see it.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
First Nail Mill in America.

DOONETOWN, (now Boonton,) stu
-A1 ated in Morris county, New Jersey,
was the site of the first nail mill in this
country. We find the following facts in
an article in the n Y EUeaing Post:
"Boonetown received its name from
Thomas Boone, Governor Of the Pro
vince of New Jersey in 1860 1t grew
yearly in strength and power. Colonel
Ogden, whose family had owned the
property before him, was the proprietor,
and laid out what was then considered
large sums in adorning and bcautifying
his settlement. But the shipment of iron
to England before it could be manufac-
tured, ranked in the Colonel's breast,
and secretly in the year 1770 he laid
plans to build mill for the sitting or
saving out Of nails.
A trustworthy friend in England OBJ
tanned drawings of a mill there, and with
much caution the most skilled mechan-
les of hometown went to work on the
illegal and dangerous mill. To cover
still further his designs, Colonel Ogden
erected hour-mill on the side of hill
to which. with infinite difficulty, he car
ried sluice of water. As the little set
tlement contained only friends, the build
ing below the flour-mill of an extra story,
to contain the Sitting machine, soon be-
came known in the vicinity, but was kept
as carefully concealed secret from the
outside world
After much difficulty and patience the
machine was completed and trial was
had Alas At each stroke of the saw
the teeth thereof flew into atoms, and the
iron bars refused to become narrow Sits
| from which would result nails.
Almost in despair well-tried work
man was despatched to England to find
out at what point the machine was def
cient, but on his arrival there his speech
proclaimed him to be an American, and
being caught examining mill, he was ar
rested aud confined for three years in
prison. He managed to escape, however,
and returned to Boonetown,-where he
had been mourncd as dead-bearing with
him the aluable intelligence that suet on
the saw would enable it to work with ease.
This being done, the nails were made in
vast quantities, and soon became known
through New jersey and even in New
| York.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
The Sea Captains HOuse.

DEOPLE who have built houses for
A themselves and in the never-varying
experience of all, overrun the contractors
estimate, may find some consolation in
the fact that there was one man who had
his house built exactly as he ordered it
and didn't alter line of his original plan,
or overrun the original contract price.
This was a peppery old sea captain,
who sketched out his own plans, being
something of a draughtsman, Of his mod
est, two-story, green-blinded wooden man
sion, and summoned his carpenter, and
demanded what he would charge to build
a house for him exactly after that plan,
to be done in six months
But, captain" said the knight of the
iorc-plane, ' there are no"
Don't but me" exploded the captain !;
- | want the house just according to my
plan"
Certainly" said Shaving; .'hut you
will let me put it in"
''Not one single thing" II pay you
to build the house exactly as have drawn
the plan; | won't have anything put in ;
obey orders if you break owners"
"Very well, be it so,' said Shavings,
rather nettled, and the price was fixed for
dwelling, exactly accordingly to plan, to
be finished in six months time, and the
captain sailed away. On his return home
he was waited ON by the builder, and the
new mansion visited Its exterior was
quite correct; pretty green blinds neat
door with trcllis entry, and rooms. The
captain was profuse in concentrations
81 and now" said he we will 90 up to the
chambers.
"All right said Shayings; ''come out
side to the ladder"
e. Outside Why, Chips, what dye
mean by that ? want to go up stairs.
" Can't do that, sir there are no stairs
4" No stairs - exclaimed the astonished
mariner; no stairs "
4 '' No." replied the imperturable build
er; YOU refused to have single thin2
put in not down in the plan, aud that con
tanned no stairs-obey orders if you breaI
owners.
The captain was fairly caught for, il
his drawing, he had utterly forgotten thi
important portion Of his dwelling and hi
peppery temper had prevented the CIR
penter from pointing it out to him
Since then it is said the captain Away
gets in passion whenever any one storc
at him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-01-31
S U N D AY READING.
Let Every One Sweep Before his own
Door,


Do We heed the homely adage, handed down
from days of yore.
I" Ere you sweep your neighbours dwelling,
clear the rubbish from your door?"
Let no flth, no rust, there gathers leave no
traces ofdecay;
Pluck up every weed unsighty; brush the fallen
leaves away.
If VIC faithfully have labored thus to sweep
without within
Pluckcd up envy, evil-spcaking, malice, each
beseting sim
Weeds that by the sacred portals of the inner
temple grow;
Poison weeds the heart dciling, bearing bitter
ness and woe
Then, perchance, we may have leisure DER our
neighbor watch to keep;
All the work assigned us finished, we before his
door may sweep;
Show him where the moss is clinging-token
ever of decay
Where the thstes, thckly springing, daily
must be cleared away.
Cut, alas our work neglecting, Oft we mount
the Judgment seat;
With his failings, his omissions, we our weary
brother greet;
In some hidden nook forgotten, searching with
q careful eye,
We the springing weeds discovcr-some slight
blemish there descry;
For his slothfulness, his blindness we our broth
er harshly chidc;
Glorying in our strength and wisdom, we con-
demn him in our pride.
Ask not why, he has neglected thus before his
door to sweep;
Why, grown careless. he has slumbered, failed
his garden plot to keep.
On the Judgment seat still sitting, we no help
ing hand extend
To assist our weaker brother, his shortcomings
to amend
For his weariness, his falt'ring, we no sweet
compassion show,
From our store no cordial bring him, no en-
couragement bestow;
! But while busted with our ncighbor, urging him
| to ceaseless care,
Calling to the thoughtless idcrs to their labor
to orcpair-
/ 10 unseen the dust has gathered; weeds are
growing where of yore
Flowers rare and sweet were blooming when we
swept before our door.
All how easy DER our brother faithful ward
and watch to keep;
But, alas before our dwelling hard indeed tc
daily sweep
Harder than to share the conflict "by the STUFF
at home to stay;
Easier far to sit in Judgment than to humby
watch and pray.
CHRISTIAN Work.