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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13
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nEAR SIR Il now take my seat and
-1|sit down to take this opportunity to
inform you that am 'tDaddy," that is,
suppose am for Abbie has got nice, fat
baby and we hope these few lines will find
you enjoying the same great blessing. Now
this is strictly business letter. Firstly as
said before, Abbie has got as nice baby
as ever made up faces. Nextly, I have
swapped away old Buckskin, and think
have gotta pretty nice horse it is little
girl and weighs nine pounds( | mean the
baby, and is just as fat as butter, and has
got strong pair of lungs she is red and got
a bob-tailQhe horse mean) and white
stripe in her face, and is good driver, she
has got blue eyes and a dimple on her chin
{ I mean the baby now,) and just the pret-
tiest mouth that ever was( of course) and
judging from her teeth, should think she
was about six years old Il mean the horse
now J {; she is sound, smooth and kind l
mean the horse or baby either now }, and
the doctor says she is the fairest he ever
saw, without any exception he means the
baby }; got about twenty-five dollars to
boot (not on the baby though, for the boot
was on the other foot, and two or three ST.
zes larger, as near as 1 can find out. am
going to harness the horse now and go after
mother; she was born last Wednesday
night, twenty minutes past nine Il hope you
don't think mean mother or the horse,
mean the baby.) She is getting along nice
ly,and if she don't have any bad luck she
will get along fustrae. She is rather windy
and they say that is a sign Of collie 1 mean
the baby.) hope it is, for the nurse says
colicy babies never die. She talks about
her doze nSse), as she takes snuff the
nuss l mean.)
There, have been reading this over and
see plainly that l amt fit to writ The
amount of it is am frustrated. / am dad
dy, and that accounts for it, so you must
excuse me this time.
l Yours, SAM DADDY.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

NB A country girl came to Bloomfield
the other day, and for the first time saw
the immense appendage hung to the back
of new-fashioned dress. She took a
square look at it, liked it, and determined
to have one. So, going into store, she
asked the clerk to show her some of his
"hump cloth" The clerk was embar-
rassed, but, after consulting with the pro-
prietor, the young lady got her hump cloth
and departed happy.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13
SAM DADDY.

gB- THE subject of impression at first
sight was being talked over at the tea-table
when the lady whose duty it was to pre-
side said: "She always formed an idea
of person at first sight, and generally
found it to be correct" Mamma" said
the youngest son, in shrill voice, that at
tracted the attention of all present. "Well
my dear, what is it ?'' replied the good
mother. "I want to know what was your
opinion when you first saw ?'' The
question gave sudden turn to the CONVEX
sation.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

eB-A Fellow who was throwing up from
the effect of too much corn juice, was asked
by passer by if he was sick, when he be-
came angry, and replied: A." SickP You
fool, do you suppose I'm doing all this for
fln?''
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

aS-Two men were employed in putting
up stove for a Danbury lady the other
day, and during heavy lift one of them
told the other to "spit on his hands" Both
were nonplussed by the lady hastily, ex-
claiming, go, don't do that here's spit
toonn
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

z-One of our exchanges says that
dancing master in New York, has intro
duced the Kiss Cotillion," in which the
gentleman always kisses the lady as they
"swing the corners" We are not much
ON the dance, but would like to swing few
corners most awful well.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

GB-A Band which serenaded a young
couple in one of our suburban towns, the
other evening, selected a peculiarly happy
and flattering piece entitled "The Monkey
Married the Baboon's Sister,"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

GB-An individual at Wheeling is said to
have hanged himself the other day, be-
cause dinner was not ready when he came
home, in order, as he said, to give "warn-
ing to tardy house-keepers."
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

HB The mother of an unmanagable Irish
boy thus excused him to the police =
"Sure, Patsy isn't bad boy at all, but
he's only troubled with rush of mind to
the BRAIN"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

eB-" What can be more hamowing,to
your soul than the thought of wasted op-
portunitiesP" asked teacher of boy
bright. "a peg in my boot harows my
sole more'n anything else," replied the
bright boy.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

eB'-" Can you tell me Billy, how it is
that the rooster always keeps his feathers
so smoother"
"Nor'
"He always carries his "comb" with
him.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-08-13

eB-An Iowa clergyman has four boys,
and the youngest is named Doxology, be-
cause he was the last of the hims.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24
POLITICAL.

On the request of the owner of the yes
sci named VIM. NJ. Tweed for a change of
name, congress has passed a bin granting
a new register under the name Of Julia.
The announcement of the signing of an
enrolled bill to that effect In the house
created some msrriment.
Information was received Friday thst
there would be liberal republican dele.
gates from nearly every district Of the
State of New York, including some men
of prominence. Hon. Fred. A. Conkhng,
a brother of the senator and q former
member Of congress, will be one Of the
delegates from New York city. Phillip
Dorsheimer, q prominent republican from
Buffalo, will, in part, represent thst city.
Tsmmsny has ordered q new enroll
ment, and every one going onsthe list
must take the following pledge: 81
pledge myself Il use my best endeavors
at all times to secure the nomination,
election and appointment Of honest and
capable Democrats to all places Of public
trust; to preserve the integrity Of the
Democratic party; to protect the ballot
box from fraud and violence, and TO dis
oountensnce and bring to justice all per-
sons guilty of bribery and corruption in
the administration Of national, State,
county or municipal government"
The World descsnts on the Hersld's
proposition for the Grant men to take
possession of the Cincinnati convention
on the ground thst 1t is called g Republic
can gathering. The World says the Gin
cinnati convention will not be packed by
Grant men unless through the most fool
ish negligence of the Liberal Republicans
In charge. 1t remarks that the attitude
of the Democracy toward that conven-
ton is one of benevolent neutrality, and
Democrats will look forward to Its pro-
csedings with mingled solicitude and
hope. Referring to this scheme to pre-
vent the purposes of the convention the
New York Tribune says; 1.-THE Federal
office holders have called their convention
to meet at Philadelphia in June. No one
to disturb or interfere with them.
They have even complained that the
of this journal did not sign their
call, insisting that this would have been
a formal or ministerial act; though,
had he signed, that would at once have
that his signature bound him TO
abide by the result of that convention.
We trust no one will attend that gather
Ing who has not fully made up his mind
to let the present incumbents have 4
four years. lease of Office and power.
But the Cincinnati convention is none OF
their affair. They did not call it they are
not invited; their presence is not desired.
Let them mind their own business and
run their W machine. Yet it Is plain,
from the foregoing extract, that they had
formed a plot to surprise and capture the
Cincinnati convention, and are chsgrined
hat the opportunity is not to BIS afforded
hem. They may do ss they please at
Philadelphia; but they cannot have their
way at Cincinnati. Are they not entitled
20 compsssion7"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24
soUrHERz WOODS.
For the snrnAY ApprAn.1

For the SUNDAY APPEAL+
o, Southern woods, so wildly grand,
With beech-wOod and with holly,
There seems 70 rest throughout the land
A patient melancholy.
The bays low spreading glossy leaves
With brightest light Is trimming,
And yet 70 show that Nature grieyes
The moss with crepe is trimming.
IL hangs on every stalWart bough
Like funeral hearse-plumes swinging,
And DER each shrubs up1ifted brow
Lib wtdow-vail is clinging.
o, Southern forests, dark and dense.
With vines each trunk uniting,
And moses green TO every sense
Delicious and inviting.
AM depthless springs and brookiets clear,
When ne'er have known sun-heating,
But gliding where the zephyrs steer
Flow under branches meeting.
Close cloisters hid where foo OF man
Scarce ever cares TO enter,
Content with acres broad OF and
or which he is the renter.
The pine cleaves thro' your dense extent,
Its tall rude stem unbending
And looks upon the ornament
The sunshine warm descending,
And in those solemn awful nights,
Its tassels shakes defiant
And chaunts deep in the deadly nights,
Like some minated giant.
Its needle caves vtbrate like strings
OF some wild harp enchanted,
And n Nights pean rings
Above the forests haunted.
Southern woods. so rich and rare,
What helds Of Tabor calling
For hewing x and active care
To pierce your gloom appalling:
To yield unto free, honest hands
The daily bread ofliving-
That soon these dark n mournful lands
A harvest may be giving.
Fair fields of golden gram and vast,
White drifts of snowy cotton,
In looking on which ali the past
OF a VIII be forgotten,
Then We who stand and weep and pray,
Mourning DER fortunes vanished,
Unto these wood and wiIds away,
"He's set free who'sb anishedP'
And soon in thriving plenty will
Our people high be seated,
And once again cOntentment I'LL
Tit courage to us meted ;
And idle hands together clasped,
In prO1tless repining,
VIII then be full OF riches grasped
From labOr's wages shining.
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sOcETYGF n sDa-ORTHosax

The first attempt at a census Of thu
Orthodox Friends is made in the
Friends Review. It gives the num-
Der for 1871, as reported by the yearly
meetings, and, comparing them with
estimates for previous years made
from computations based upon the re-
ported numbers OF children, has been
able TO give an approximate repre-
s~entatiOn Of the growth or iner ca e Of
the Society, as follows: New Eogland
yearly meeting, established 1871:
members in 1871, 400 New York.
established 1895; members in 1871.
2S56. Canada, established 1867; mem
bers in 1871, 164l. Philadelphia. es-
tablished 1851; members in 1871. $500.
Baltimore. established 1871; membeIs
In 1871, 600. North Carolina, estsb-
lished 1708; members ia 1871. 1000.
Ohio, established 1872; members in
1871, 2S55. Indiana, established 1921:
members in 1871, 1900 Western.
established 1857; members ia 1871.
9749- Iowa, ests blished 1853; meEas
bers in 1871, S599. The tolal Drzseut
membership is 5 ,405, and Shows q
gain OF 755 over the number COM
prised in the yearly meetings existing
twenty years ago. During these wears
the membership OF the meetings east
OF the Alleghanies has decreased 7722.
while those west have increased S477.
The ratio Of adults to children is: In
New York, rs; in New England. 4 SO:
Philadelphia, 6.15; in OHIO, 356;in
indiana, 1885, in Western, S07; in
3 90.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-03-24

enough in some part of the ship TO re-
store the chilled blood to heal by cir
culation. Ifthis be not possible, there
Is no escape from d~rOWsiness the Dre-
cursor OF death. It is to be presumed
that Mr.. Pavy has made prOvi-ian for
this, and for the possibility Of his be-
ing jammed in the ice, or frozen in for
months, in which case such q raft
would noS contain the quantity Of
animal food necessary to keep six
me alive-meat or meat extracts be-
ing almost the only kind Of nOurish-
ment which will support the human
frame under intense cold.
MI. Pavy has q theory; very few
explorers start without one. His is,
that there Is an open Polar sea, and
that It is open all the year round, but
that it Is surrounded by a belt Of ice,
and that belt Is impregnable except in
one place; which one place has not
yet been found. When It il, let a
note be made of It Seriously, how
ever, without any desire to damp the
ardor Of a brave and enthusiastic
youth (he is 28l, there seems to be
rather too much Ofthe mere adventure
GUS element in the scheme. Front the
RUSSIAN nea0lanQ5 (diEcOverHd by
Captain Long, to SWitzbergea q
Greenland Is a distance of twenty-two
degrees Of latitude, or AGO miles.
which is rather too great a distance 10
traverse on a rubber raft without the
fullest knowledge Of its currents.
winds, obstacles and other features.
One may say Of this attempt what a
French officer said OF the charge OF the
six hundred at Balaklava: SIT is
SPLENDID, but it is not war" The
California papers compare the under
taking with that OF the NOnparaii,
which crossed the Atlantic in fOrty-
three days in stormy weather; but the
navigatOrs of that fragile vessel were
well acquainted with the nature of the
obstacles they would have to eBeouD-
ter, and "thiek ribbed" ice and an
Arctic temperature were not among.
them,
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"Tray, Blanche, Sweetheart, little
dogs and all Of the Radical kennel
are yelping in full chorus at the heels
of Carl Schurz. The hatred Of Grant
for Schurz is so great that he seems
inclined to revive the old Know
Nothing party for the purpose Of per-
scouting foreigners. The whole adj
ministration press has opened the
hoodgates of Islander upon Senator
Schurz. The New York Times,
Grants organ and mouthpiece, sheer
ingIy says that Schurz boasts that he
eayries the Germans in "his breech-
es pocket" Every Radical in the
senate despIses the Missouri SEN
ator, and one of the Washing
ton organs calls him a frowzy
foreigner" Senator Matt. Carpenter
declares that he considers the natural
ization laws a mistake in policy, as
these forsigners-Schurz for example
always hold paramount allegiance
to their Fatherland. The depth Of
this insult we feel more than We can
express; and If our feelings a. Amer
cans are in~expressible, what can be
the feeling OF the element so malig-
nantly and wantOnly assaulted 2
These facts plainly show that the Rad
icaI party, being the legitimate de-
scendant Of the authors Of the Alien
and Sedition Laws, can have no real
regard for those who have sought here
a refuge from oppression, and conse-
quently all their ante-election afec-
ton is simulated and false. If our
German fellow-citizens, with their
wealth and standing and intellectual
importance in this country, after the
blood and money they lavish
Iy poured out in support
Of the government, can stand
being called "trowzy foreigners" and
act hereafter with the party thus con-
temning them, we have been mis-
taken in our estimate OF their pride Of
spirit and sturdy honesty OF character.
But while the Radicals are calumni-
ating Carl SchuTz, the people are
standing at his back. They have
watched with keen anxiety his course,
and witnessed the result with a de-
light proportionate to the anxiety
the occasion naturally inspired.
by persuasion, unsedueed
by lattery and unawed by power,
Senator Schurz has faithfully done
what he believedtO by his duty, know
Ing well the fate which awaited him.
The crime imputed to Schurz is that
he prefers Rome to Caesar, his country
10 a party PRESIDENT Such a man
be destroyed by SANDER.
Schurz can well afford to scorn his
assailants, since he has the applaud
ing sympathy OF his countrymen.
In his manly course in the senate, he
has personihed that proud independ-
snce of thought and action the people
and delight to cherish, as the
Iole means by which our rights and
liberties can be preserved.