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By the Beautiful Gate.

by the beautiful gate there an angel tina, stands
And a wreath OF star blossoms she twines ia
her hands;
For the conqnerine soul Is that radiant crown,
Yet she passeth full oft, reaching tendcrly down
Ard her touch, quick with healing, urlif's II
On her brow floats halo celestial and fair,
Ana silver as moonbcans her vcsturcs OF air;
There: = light in her eye, bu, the shadow Of
Lingers yet from the sorrow OF far away years,
Aud her sosg trilleth sweet as she ever doth wait
To unclosc to the weary tho beautiful gate.
Through the sight-shsdows falling her accents
hear.
81 Look upward sad mortal, tbs ransom is near !;
For the conflict with error, the triumph is strong,
The battle Is iecting, the triumph 10 long,
And crown entwinc for the warrior with fate
Who shall enter as victor the beautiful gate"
And my heart, warm with striving, looks up for
the light
Ths, so goidcnly dawnins shall break through
the night;
With my cares, at her music fall softly asleep,
And my grirfs pause to listes, forgetting to
weep;
Nor know whether morn comcth early or l.sc
lie will welcome me home al the beautiful gate.
q! angel of Faith, by the portals of gold
We are o'i-ii,nes awcary in darkness and cold
Bu, sing to us only thy message Of cheer,
When the starligh, Is asd and the shadows are
dresr;
And we'll strive for the ehapls. of glory tina,
wait
For the brows of the blcs, n, the beautiful gate.
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FOR RENT.

A Large Second story Room, corner Of Main
"A and Scott streets, lately occupied " Dr.
Duuniug ~ an ofRcs. Apply to him at his Of
dee on eroad Street, q 70 D. I. DuHnipy, At the
Post Once.
Aug. lift
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16

In the Paris court Of correctional police.
recently. lady BY 10 means young. ID.
vanccd coquettishly to the vitncss-stand
to give her testimony, Whist is your
name?" "Virginic Lous.atot :" nWhst
is your age p Twenty -svc." (Excls.
nations Of iuoredul,y from tho sudieuoe. J
The lady's evidence being taisa. she re-.
gained her place. s,iil coquestishly bird.
ling. and the next witness vas introduced
This was full-grovn yosus mss. Your
Y said the judge. "l.adorc I.ous-
ta,ot." Your sge!' "rvssty. ssveu
years" Are you q relative Of The Last
witness ?" II sm her sos." "Ah, YELL"
murmured the magistrate, "yosr mother
must have married very yossg."
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TAXING IT EASY Hodge vas q quser
duck aud in his own wsy nsds every
thing a subject Of rejoicing. Ills eco Ben
came in one day and said Father, tbss
old black sheep has got too lsmbs."
"9ood said The old man" 'But noe o..
ems desd," returned Des. '.l'm elsi
on't," says the farmer. It'll b bstAss ~
the old sheep" Bat 'sethss's dsaa too
ssys Ben. 40 mueh the bsttsr." rslulss
Hodge, "shs'll make . graad pjsee q
mutton in the lhll." "Yse 81 - a.
Sleeps dead too," eselains Bes. 3D.
dead. whaa. the Old sbssp dsea r. go
Hodge. that's seel. - ~. - ~
always IN ugly cid seaap."
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-03-21


CHAP. Xxm.-A Charitable Institution.
When Ralph got back to Miss
Nancy Sawyer's, Shocky was
setting up in bed talking to
Miss Nancy and Miss Saman-
tha. His cheeks were a little
flushed with fever and the ex-
citent of telling his story;
theirs were wet with tears.
"Ralph," whispered Miss
Nancy, as she drew him into
the kitchen. ~ want you to
get buggy or a sleigh, ana go
right over to The poor-house
and fetch that boys mother
over here. It'll do me more
good than any sermon l ever
beard to see that boy in his
mothers arms tomorrow. We
can keep the old lady over
Sunday"
Ralph was delighted, so de-
lighted that he came near kiss
ing good Miss Nancy Sawyer,
whose plain face was glori6ed
by her generosity.
But he did not 60 to the poor
house Immediately. He wait
cd until he saw Bill Jones, the
Superintendent of the Poor
House, and Pete Jones, The
County Commissioner, who
was still somewhat shuek up,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-03-21

cool, lawyer-like way, which
showed that he did not take
quite so much stock in DR..
Small as his wife did. Which
was a comfort to Ralph who sat
picturing to himself the silent
aattery which Or. Small's eyes
paid to his Aunt Matilda, and
the quiet expression of pain
that would fit across his fice
when Ralph's name was men,
toned. And never until that
moment had Hartsook un1er-
stood how masterlul Small's ar
tihces were. He had managed
to elevate himself in Mrs.
Whites estimation and to de-
stroy Ralph at the same time,
and had managed to do both
by a contraction oil the eye.
browsl
But the silence was gro wing
painful, and Ralph thought
to break 1t and turn the cur
TENT of thought from himself
by asking after Mrs. Whites
son.
"Where is Walter9"
"Ob! Walters doing well.
He went down to Clifty three
weeks ago to study medicine
with Henry Small. He seems
so fond Of the doctor, and the
doctor is such an excellent man
you know, and | have strong
hopes that Wallie will be led
TO see the error of his ways by
his association with Henry. l
suppose he would have gone to
see you but tor the unfavorable
reports that he heard. hope
Ralph You will make the friend
ship of DR.. Small. And for the
sake of your poor,dead mother"
here Aunt Matilda endeav-
ored to show some emotion
"for the sake Of your poor, dead
mother
But Ralph heard no more.
The Buckwheat cakes had lost
their flavor. He remembered
that the colt had not yet had
his oats, and 80, in the very
midst Of Aunt MatildaS affect.
ing allusion to his mother, like
a stiff necked reprobate that he
was, Ralph Hartsook rose alb.
ruptly from the table, pu! on
his hat, and went out toward
the stable.
81 DECLARE" said Mrs. White
descending from her high NOR.
al standpoint, ~ declare that
boy has stepped right on the
threshold Of the back door,
and she stuffed her white hand
kerchief into her pocket, and
took down The foorcloth to
wipe off the imperceptible
blemish left by Ralph's boot
heels.
And Mr.. White followed his
nephew to the stable to request
that he be a little careful what
he did about any body in the
poor-house, as any trouble with
the Joneses might defeat Mr..
Whites nomination to the
judgeshlp of the court Of Com.
pleas.
CHAP. Xxnu.-A Charitable Institution.
When Ralph got back to Miss
Nancy Sawyer's, Shocky was
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-03-21
[From Beauh snd Home.
THE HO0SIER SCHOOL MASTER.
BIT EDWARD Ed0tEsrON.
~ fContinnef.fF

tAeSaibuOtJ VI warm .Nbio anu
simple remedies once safely in
operation, aud hayipg seen the
roanecolt comfortably stabbed,
and rewarded for his faithful
ness by a bountifal supply OF
the best hay ami the promise
of oats when he was gool-half
an hour later Ralph vas doing
the most ample satisfactory,
aad amazing justice to his
Aunt Matilda's hot buck wheat
Eeakes and warm coffee. And
alter his life in Flat Creek
Aunt Matilda's house did look
like paradise. How white the
table-cloth, how bright the cof
fee pot, how clean the wood
work, how glistening the brass
door-knobs, how spotless
everything that came under the
sovereign sway OF Mrs. Matilda
Whitel For in every Indiana
village as large as Lewisburg,
there are generally a half doz-
en- women who are admitted to
be the best housekeepers. All
Others are only imitatorss And
the strife is between these for
the pre-eminence. 1t is at
least safe to say that none in
Lewisburg stood so high as an
enemy to dirt, and as a "rat,
roach, and mouse extermina-
tor" as did Mrs. Matilda White.
the wife of Ralph's maternal
uncle, Robert White, Esq, a
lawyer of successful practice.
Of course no member of Mrs,
Whites family" ever staid al
home longer than was necessa-
ry. Her husband found his
office-whlch he kept in as bad
a state as possible in order to
MAINTAIN ali equilibrium in his
liIe-much more comfortable
than the stiffly clean house al
'6omes FFom7thS time that
Ralph had comeAto live as
chore. boy at his uncle's, he had
ever crossed the threshold oil
Aunt Matilda's Temple oI
Cleanliness with a horrible
sense of awe. And Walter
Johnson, her son by a former
marriage, had-pooL weak
wllled fellowl-been driven In
to bad company and bad hab.
its by the wretchedness of ex-
treme civilization. And yet
he showed the hereditary trait,
for all the genius which Mrs.
White consecrated to the glo-
rious work Of making her house
too neat to be habitable, her
son Walter gave to tying ex.
quisite knots in his colored era
watts and combing his oiled
: locks so as to look like dandy
barber. And she had no other
children. The kind Providence
that watches over the destiny
OF children takes care that very
few OF them are lodged in these
terribly clean houses.
But Walter wss not at the
table, and Ralph had so much
anxiety lest his absence should
be significant of evil, that he
did not venture to inquire after
him as he sat there between
Mr.. and Mrs. White disposine
of Aunt Matilda's cakes with
an appetite only justified by
his long morning ride and the
excellency of the brown cakes,
the golden honey, and the cof.
tee, enriched, as Aunt Matilda's
always was, with the most gen.
erous cream. Aunt Matilda
was SO absorbed in telling oi
the doings of the Dorcas Soci-
ETY. that she had entirely for
gotten to be surprised at the
early hour Of. ,Ralpht arrival
When she had described the
number of the garments fin.
ished to be sent to the Five
Points Mission, or the Home
for the Friendless, or the South
c. 1sloo1. ro,rok -h;oL
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tA"N'0As0hhby OpOuOu SuO uOuI
herself. ~ ~
"How did you get here so
early, RalphP' and Aunt Ma
tilda's face was shadowed with
a coming rebuke.
"By early rising" said Ralph.
But seeing the gathering frown
on his aunt's brow, he fastened
to tell the story CT Shocky as
we'll as he could. Mrs. White
did not give way to any i'm
pulse toward sympathy until
she learned that Shocky was
safely housed with Miss Nancy
Sawyer.
ayes, Sister Sawyer has no
family cares" she said by way
of smoothing her slightly ruf,
fled complacency, "she has no
family cares, and she can do
those things. Sometimes think
she lets people impose on her
and keep her away from the
means of grace, and l spoke to
our new preacher about it the
last time he was here, and ask
ed him to speak to Sister Saw
yer about staying away from
the ordinances to wait on ev-
erybody, but he is a queer man,
and he only said that he sup
posed Sister Sawyer neglected
the inferior ordinances that she
might attend to higher ones.
But l don't see any sense in a
minister of the gospel calling
prayer-meeting a lower ordl-
nance than feeding catnip tea
TO Mrs. Browns last baby. But
hasn't this little boy-Shocky,
or what do you call himg--got
any mothers"
ayes" said Ralph, "and that is
just what I was gong 10 say
and he proceeded to tell how
anxious Shocky was TO see his
half blind mother, and actually
ventured to wind up his re-
marks by suggesting thav
.Shookyis mGther be invited tt
stay over Sunday in Aunt Ma.
Mahlda's house.
'Bless my starsP' said that as
tonished saint, "letch a pauper
hereR What crazy notions you
have goll Fetch her here out
of the poor-house9 Why she
wouldn't be fit to sleep in my
-" here Aunt Matilda chok
ed. The bare thought of hav-
ing a pauper in her billowy
beds, whose snowy whiteness
was irightiul to any ordinary
mortal, the bare thought of the
contagion of the poor-house
taking possession of one of her
beds,smothered her. "And then
you know sore eyes are very
catching"
Ralph boiled a little. "Aunt
Matilda do you think Dorcas
was afraid OF sore eyesG"
II was a center shot, and the
lawye:'uncle, lawyer-like, en-
joyed a good hit at his wife
best of all, for he never ven-
tured on one himself. But Aunt
Matilda ielt that q direct reply
was impossible. She was not
a lawyer but a woman, and so
lodged the question by making
a counter charge.
VT seems to me Ralph that
you have picked up some low
associates. And you 90 around
at night, l am told. You get
over here by daylight, and |
hear that you have made com.
mon cause with a lame soldier
who acts as a spy for thieves,
and that your running about
of nights is likely to get you
into trouble."-
Ralph was hit this time. 81
suppose" he said, shat you
have been listening to some OF
Henry Small's lles."
"Why, Ralph, how yon talk
The worst sign of all is that you
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-03-21
gADvEkTlsING TERMS.

ride up to the Courthouse
Then he drove out OF the VII
lage, and presently hitched his
horse 10 the poOr-hOuse fence,
and took a survey OF the out
side. Forty hogs, nearly ready
for slaughter, wallowed in a
pen in front OF the forlorn and
dilapidated house; for though
the Commissioners allowed a
claim for repairs at every meet,
Ing, the repairs we're never
m tde, and it would not do to
scrutinize Dir. Jones bills too
closely, unless you gave up all
hope of denomination to Of
fee. One curious efecto OF po-
lltical aspirations in Hoopols
County, was to shut the eyes
that they could" not see, to
close the ears that they could
not hear, and 10 destroy the
sense of smell. But Ralph,
not beng a politician, smelled
the hog-pen without and the
stencil within, and saw every.
where the transparent fraud,
and heard the echo of Joness
cruelty. @ f'.i-..a
A weak-eyed girl admitted
him, and as he did not wish to
make his business known at
once, he affected a sort of idle
interest in the place, and ask.
ed to be allowed to look around.
The weak-eyed girl watched
him. He found that all the
women with children, twenty
persons in all, were obliged to
sleep in one room, which, ow-
ing to the hill-slope, was part
ly under ground, and which
had bat half a window for light,
and no ventilation, except the
chance draft from the door,
Jones had declared that the
women with children must stay
there-"he warn't goin' to have
brats a-runnin' over the whole
house." Here were vicious
women and good women, with
their children, crowded like
chickens in q coop for markets
1tAnd there were, as usual in
such places, helpless, idiotic
women with illegilimate chill
dren. Of course this room was
the scene of perpetual quarrel
ing and occasional fighting.
In the quarters devoted 10
the insane, people slightly de-
mented and raving naniacs
were in the same rooms, while
there were also those utter
wrecks which sat in heaps on
the floor, mumbling and NUT
tering uninIelligible words, the
whole current OF their thoughts
hopelessly mudlled, turning
around upon itself in eddies
never ending.
THAT air woman" SAID the
weak.eycd girl, "used to holler
a heap when she was brought
in here. But pap knows how
to subjue 'em. He slapped her
IN the mouth every time she
hollered. She don't make no
furss now, but jist sets down
that away all day, and keeps
whisperin'."
Ralph understood it. When
she came in she was the vic.
tim Of mania; hut she had been
beaten into hopeless idiocy.-
Indeed this state of incurable
imbecility seemed the end to-
ward which ali travelled. Shut
in these bare rooms, with no
treatment, no exercise, no va
rely, and meager food, cases of
slight deraugment soon grew
into chronic lunacy.
One young woman, called
Phil, sweet-faced person, ap-
parently a farmers wife, came
up to Ralph and looked at him
kindly, playing with the but
tons on his coat in a child-like
simplicity. Her blue drillinr
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16
A Southern Fish Slsrv

We learn from Southern paper. And n..
OF course is proof Of its autsenticitv ,h..
there was eolored skeptic living n.s.
Pamela, Miss, who treated religion vii.
more levity than solemnity, and who wen,
fishing on Sunday. Being remons,r.,sa
with some weeks ago, he replied irreyeren,l,
that he would 60 the next Sunday mornin.
"beiore God gets up, and catch nies
string of fish," Accordingly, on the lo]lov
ing Sunday morning he repaired to IN.
banks Of the Tallshatchie river tvery ea,lv
and threw bis baited hook and line iu,o N.
river Scarcely had he done so when .be,
was violent tugging at: his hook, and,
counter pull from the shore brought TO ,bo
surface a huge catfish, which found voics IA
say: "You shall remain here fishing ali
the days OF your life, till God gets up," and
then disappeared Since that time All et
forts to drag the uHfortnnate fisherman fron
the bank of the river have proved uuavsi.-
log. 1t is evident that he fabo,s under,
strange hallucina,ion, bat he insists it is IN.
judgment Of the Almighty, and tba. bs
must continue angling in that spo. until be-
receives absolution from his iohsuded
Maker.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

The Department Of Aericu ltural In it's re-.
port for June, in regard to the present wheat
crop says: A reduction Of one.tentb of the
area Of last year is indicated in Pennsylva-
mia, and condition Of 30 per cent. below
an average is presented. The reports pre-
sent thirtyieight counties, of which Clear
field alone gives 100. Had the season been
propitiousl since the opening of spring, the
losses by winter-killing would have been by
no means irrepress ssible-scarcely even for
midable. The York correspondent declares
the prospect the worst for thirty-seven
years. Drought, cool.winds and flies are
among the evils added to the wiater'kill-
ing.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

A horrible accident occurred at the Etna
furnace, in New Castle, on Tuesday, by
which Thomas M'Marlin, an employee at
the furnace, was almost instantly killed.
His death was occasioned by his breast be-
Ing literally crushed between tw cars. His
family reside near Harlansburg, Lawrence
county. He was about thirty-thre years Of
age aud leaves wife and four children to
mourn his sad and untimely end.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16
soldiers and Sailors Conven-

soldiers and Sailors COnven.
tiOn.
All soldiers and sailors in Venango coun-
ty who favor the re- election Of U. s. Grant
to the Presidency, and the election Of Henry
Wilson to the Vice Presidency of the United
States, arc requested to meet at Franklin, on
Tuesday, the 10th inst, at II o'clock o. m. !,
for the purpose Of organizing county dele/
CATION TO attend the mass Convention OF
Soldiers and Sailors to be heldst Pittsburgh,
September 18th. Due notice will be given
Of the place Of meeting.
W. G. Howe, A. p. Duncan, N. II. Reed,
II. A. Miller, Ii. NJ. Hughes, George Sbaws
60, J. R. Grant, P. R. Gray, Levy Grimm,
H. II. Herpst, J. P. Barr, T. S. Strohecker,
D. D. Moriarty, Det Beatty, Porter Phipps,
J. A. Durham, W. W. Shorts, Gaitey, F.
f. Davis, James s. Wilson, W. S. Welsh,
George f. Ridgwsy, R. II. Woodburn.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

The lion tanner who enters the den of
lions travelling with Kleckner's show came
near being chewed up at East Brady last
Monday. The animal had been unusually
restless that day, aud when he went into
the cage on NJ onday afternoon, one OF the
lions clutched the keepers leg with hia paw,
stripping the calf off the leg clear down.
Such dangerous exhibitions are always per-
sisted in till injury or death results from
them.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

Theodore Hook became very intemperate
10 his latter years, and endeavored to con-
ceal the habit as far as possible when 10
company. Hence, be appropriated favor
ite corner by the refectory door Of the Ath-
en@um Club, Of which he was q member.
From this snuggery he gave his orders to
the walters, who had long learnt the import
OF his hieroglyphical language. The calls
were repeated for toast and water or lemon-
ade. But the former meant brandy, and the
latter was the synonyme for gin.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

A Paris correspondent relates . story
which may be taken as an illustration O.
sublime impudence. He states that gen.
tlsman walking with his little boy on the
banks Of the river, the child slipped over
the bank into the water, and would certainI
ly have been drowned but for the courage Of
man who was fishing, who jumped in and
saved the boy. The father thanked him
cordially, but asked him It be would add 10
tho obligation, % be was already wet
through, by swimming for the boys cap.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

On o recent visit to Pithole, We paid q
call on our old friend, Capt. D. W. Bailey,
the popular postmaster and news agent at
that point. The Capt. informs us that BUSH
ness is fourishiug with him at present. The
average sale of newspapers Of all kinds is
over 1000 copies per week, which speaks
we'll for the intelligence OF the people Of
that burgh. Although Pithole is not q
lively as 1t was in the pa lmy days Of '65,
yet those who stood by the old town have
not grown ss poor as they undoubtedly
would had they followed the oil excitement.
The total yield Of the Pithole territory ID
nearly GEO barrels per day, consequently II
will be seen that the oil interests Of the
town are not dead yet. We are pleased tc
learn that the Capt has done we'll In 9
financial point Of view. There is no man
in the circle of our acquaintance that We
heartily wish more good luck than Capt. D.
W. Bailey, of Pithols, and further rhey
don't make many better or more whole
sonled men nowadays" than Bailey, the
Postmaster at Pithols.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

On Saturday last . freight train had
reached Rattlesnake, below Parker, when
the engineer and fireman stopped 10 order to
oil the engine. Both men were on the
ground, when suddenly tho locomotive
started at full speed down the road, and bad
only Tun short distance, when It met and
ran into train coming up. Both trains
came together with . fearful crash, snd the
locomotives were considerable damaged, and
several freight cars thrown OF the track. No
person was injured.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-08-16

Of the five thousand French guns taken
In the war, twenty-five huge specimens
have been Get apart for o monster bell to be
cast for the cathedral al Cologne. The bell
is 10 weigh 100000 pounds, and will
'be seventy feet high, with diameter Of
thirteen feet at its base. With the excep-
tion of the Ivan Veliki at Moscow--which IA
q gong rather than bell, having NO olsp-
per, aud being struck with hammer-it
will he the largest on the conuDent, end
will even exceed Big Ben.
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Meet ing OF The Creditors of Fisher
BrOa.l

In pursuance of the notice issued by
Messrs. Fisher Bros. meeting of their credi
tors was held in their office yesterday at
half past two o'clock.
Following are tho organization and pro-
eeedings Of the meeting:
The meeting was called to order by j. l..
Grandin, of Tidioute.
G. Heydrick, of Franklin, was elected
chairman and W. J. Young, Secretary.
Mr.. Grandin stated the object of the meet
ing and asked the the Secretary 10 make u
report of the condition of Fisher Bros, of.
fairs.
The following report was then submit
ted.
Liabilities s3l4,24l IT
Assets 246, ,l76 IS
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Mr.. Hiram Osgood, of Ross Run, while
chopping logs for Reck's mill, on Thursday
last was fearfully injured by a limb falling
upon him. The limb was about six inches
through at the butt, and nearly twenty feet
long, 1t fell from 30 to forty feet, and
struck Mr.. Osgood on the left side of the
head and left shoulder. He has been In a
critical condition ever since, and 1t is doubt.
i"l whether te will recover.-[ Forest Re>
publican.