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the necessity of reforms have abounded in
the corner, and only now and again has a
solitary individual been found to express
an isolated sentiment upon an isolated SUBJ
ject while none have ventured to come
forward and express the general wishes of
the community, as regards what is abso-
lutely necessary to be done, 80 as to effect
any beneficial reforms. Multitudes af fault
todefs hem one in on every side and
here, and there, and every where, you
hear the question asked. What has the
Colonial Council done ? "Mean while, the
people keep aIooffrom their representatives,
and their representatives, the majority Of
whom are planters. aud who mainly have
agriculture ct heart, do not consider any
others wants but their own.
Let it not, however, be understood that
there are none among our Colonial Council
members who would not, and who do not,
bear the interests Of all classes at heart !;
but the sentiments of such members, al
though ever so boldly expressed and man
fully sustained in the discussions of the
Council, can effect no real good for the
aIl-absorblng interest is agriculture and it's
welI-belng; and every other idea which
does not incline INN diately to the support
OF all the views of planter members %iuyari-
ably falls into a minority position.
The press has not been able to come to
the aid OF that part Of the community,
whose direct interests nave been cast in the
shade somewhat during the proceedings of
the Colonial Council. And why? This
question does not appear very difficult to
be answered, when received from certain
points which are, first Since the censor
ship was removed of. the press, the people
OF st. Croix, like a dog which was long
chained at q certain spot, and accustomed
to a certain length of chain, and which
even when his chain broke did not ven
ture further than his accustomed limit
believing himself to- be yet restrained =
so they, being SO long accustomed to the
restraint which was laid upon them, have
not felt their political liberty as a people
and those individuals in the community
who rightly feel and understand their true
position, either are too independent to in
ierest themselves in the affairs of political
liberty and reforms, or they are too de-
pendent to venture a bold sentiment, lest
they be despoiIed of even their depen-
dency.
Second: From the foregoing reasons
and few others, which must be held
back at present, the local journal dwindIed
into mere nothingness for not only was it
denied a moral support but the want Of q
pecunlary one was fast hastening it to to-
tai destruction.
The people of St. Croix, should now
cast off that self-destroying apathy to
their: own:political advancement and i'm
%provement they ought to view an at
tempt at the resucitating Of the St. Croix
Avis as a new era in their political history;
and they should boldly. unhesitatingiv,
lawfully, and yet judiclousiy, stand forth
for q radical reform in every department Of
their entire polity, which does not keep
pace with the march Of tim".
CAUSTIC.-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
Rust on Farm Implements.

The rusting Of tools and the bright
surfaces Of Implements on the farm is
not only q great source 9f annoyance
to thepfrefui fsrmsT, but also Ofgreat
yearly loss to all. Rust Is the oxide
OF any metal-the combination Of OK
ygen with base forming first q thin
fibre on the surface,-and if allowed
to proceed, eating into the metal to
such degree as often to destroy their
tools in 8 single season. If kept in a
perfectly dry atmosphere, Il would
cause but little If any trouble but this
cannot aIways be obtained. The next
best thing Is to keep all polished sur
faces, when not in use, from contact
with air This Is usually attained BY
covering tie surface With some oily
substance, and when this is done, care
should be taken that salt does not en-
ter into its composition. Our own
plan Of late years, and one which we
have found to answer the purpose per-
fectIy, is,to paint the surface with 3
mixture 0f common lamp-black and
kerosene. and place them where they
will not be rubbed against, and at the
sametime be kept dry. They viii be
found in the spring in perfect condi-
tion, and by simply rubbing them
with cloth, they are ready for use.
Slightly rusted articles may be cleaned
by rubbing them with pure animal oil
and pure whiting or Stacked lime, but
lift has proceeded to such a degree as
TO accumulate black rust, the surface
must be ground down and repolished
with emery, and in this case it had
better go to the ploY-maker. A little
attention at the proper time viii,
however, obviate this, and hence this
suggestion.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
GambIer,s TFIeks.

A gambler in bis confession says /;
81 once knew a Southern gentleman
who, although not professional gam
bier, readily made short cards busi-
ness. he was 3 man Of education and
a fine couversstlonalist, and q very
elegant gentleman. He was fond OF
q little game OF draw, just to kill time
you know; but the result was that he
always got the best Of il, and, ming
ling with moneyed men, his winnings
were large. I got into series of games
with him, and, as well as I understood
cards myself, I invariably got the
worst Of it. Iknew there was some
thing, and I resolved 20 discover ft, il
possible. i carefully examined the
backs osthe cards, and, understand
ing how this sort Of work is done, I
very soon satisfied myself that the
backs were all right. watched his
deal. He threw them around with
great rapidity. His shuffiing was
square. Done day l procured a pow
erful magnifying glass, and went care
fully over q pack OF cards that he had
won with the night before. A long
and careful search revealed in the
aces aud face cards a series Of trif1ing
cOncavities. The plInches were so
light as to be invisible to the naked
eye, but In passing my fingers over
them could feel them. A gamblers
fingers are, or ought to, besoft as velvet.
Subsequent investigation revealed his
work. he had on the inside Of his
finger ring minute punch. In the
beginning Of q game he manage TO
turn the face Of aces and face cards
one at q time, so as to bring them
against his punch, and then one in
dentation, OF two OF three. IN a GER
tain locality, would designate the
cards. So nice was his sense of touch
that, when dealing, he would pass the
face Of each card over his left middle
finger, and, no matter how rapidly he
dealt them, he would know the posi-
tion'of all the face cards in the pack.
OF course, this gave him a heavy per-
centage, and the result was that he
invariably Won.n
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

The Nation has been guilty of an act
ofheartless cruelty. It had alluded to
the effort Of 8 certain class ofadjectives
to scramble out Of the dictionary. And
ended by a mysterious reference to
the cowardly flight of the definition
Of the word "preposterous," from the
place it once occupied in Webster's
Dictionary. The word seemed to
have 8 perso nal bearing to some Gu
rious advocate of woman's rights"
and the advocste aforesaid I'VE do
not intend to be caught in any
pronominal trap wrote to the editor
and demanded an explanation. The
editor, with simulated meekness,
Slomplies, { nd unearths from a Web
ster Of ten years ago this atrocious
outrage upon all our best and holiest
instincts: 'tpreposterous": wrong; ab-
surd contrary to nature not adapt
ed to the end; ss, republican gov
eminent in the hands of females is
pTepOsterOUs. Well may the Nation
take up the stereotyped language of
Apostles of The Cause, and demand,
HAD the great photographer a sis
ter? Had he s mother? ?"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

Grants Position on the Presidential
mfr Question.
The Washington Republican Of the
22d says:
President Grants position on the
subject Of denomination for the Pres
idency, as well as for the Vice-Presi-
disney, is this: He has never asked
any one TO vote for his own renomln-
alton or in the slightest way 70 work
for it. he feels that it is for the peo-
pie, through their representatives 10
the National Convention assembled
to say who shall OF who shall not be
their Standard bearers. II they decide
that he is the man who Of all 9TH
er men ought TO lead them IA the
campaign, whose shadow is already
on us, as they did during the rebeil-
ion, and afterward when the herebellion
came to an end, very good. he will
accept the responsibility and duty to
which he Is called. If not, he will
stand by the party and its Organiza-
ton all the same. Ifhe is renomina-
ted. and had the choice Of a candidate
with him on the ticket, he would
probably select Mr.. Colfax. Their re-
lations have always been, as our In
dians cotempOrary says, Of the most
agreeable character. Mr.. ColfaX has
never interfered in any way with the
Executive in the difficult and thank
less matter Of the appointments and
pEtronage.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

Few army officers have more or
better stories told Of them than Gen.
eral A. ]. Smith, OF as he was called
among his men, "Guerrilla Smith" +"
On one occasion he was sought out
by asecesh farmer Of Mississippi, who
made grievio1s complaints of depreda-
tion the I'Fedsn had committed on
his hen-r0ost. The general listened
gravely to the recital, and then ask
ed
tHow do you know it was my boys
who stole your chickens ?1
fiInscourse ] knsYs it was them.-
Afore you and your feilers came here
pda hundred Of the prettiest fowls
yee'd find in Mississippi, and now
there amt more'r a dozen left"
a dozen left that settles it! You
must look somewhere else for your
nogues; if my boys had been the
thieves they sO0uld hare D1ddeG clean
stoeep!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

A Virginia Union man, Horace i.
Kent, by name, had lovely daugh-
ter who was an "ApOstle of Seces-
sion.n She had great influence with
her father who has now gone to his
reward. Before taking his departure
he made will in which he thus kind
ly remembers his RffectiOnate dRugh-
ter whom he dearly loved though she
had done much to ''alienate his affec-
tions.D Here is an extract from the
document:
ITO my daughter -, who has
done so much TO ALLEVIATE my affee-
tfons, but who 1 still deeply and ten
derIy love, I give as an evidence of the
beauties of her doctrines Of secession
and rebellion, doctrines and aims
which have reduced me from affiu-
enee to beggary, and as she yet thinks
perhaps that 'Hrhe,I Lost Causep viii be
regained, she may think my bequest
as valuable, more 50, possibly, than
the same amount given in Yankee Sc
curities, / give her the following, viz:
Twenty-Five Confederate bonds of K.
P. & c., SIS, GOO; eighteen servants en-
ancipated by secession, SO, 900; insur-
hnCS aAu DalAk sgOChsi p1OyOyOi al my
claims against the sO-called COnfed-
crate Government for the wanton,
cruel, and wicked destruction of my
property on the Sd Of April, 1866, S2O,-
GOO. I could continue the list to the
extent Of more than half million Of
dollars, but the above viii suffice. She
viii see what the effect Of secession
has been, but for which could have
left all my children handsome COM
potency"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

In Tyerman's life Of John Wesley
there Is full account of tLat good
mans matrimonial unluckiness. He
married widow of humble birth
like his first love, a former maid SER
want. After tormenting the founder
Of Methodism for years she finally
left him. When informed other flight
the good man exclaimed: iI did not
leave her; did not send her away ;
/ will not recall hers mon cam re-
HqUi; non dinlisi; non TeUOcdbO).
His biographer continues: "And as
suredly we must say of him, adopting
q well known phrase of Mr.. Froude's,
that I'm his relations with women he
seemed to be under the fatal necessi-
ty Of making a mistake. OF the
woman herself, Mr.. Tyerman adds
this testimony: She takes her place
In the foremost rank of the bad wives
Of of eminent men, worthy to be class
ed with the welded companions Of
Socrates, of Albert Durer, of George
Herbert, of Richard Hooker, she was
the most vicious vixen of them ALL"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

The Chicago Republican, touching
the progress Of restoring the burnt
district, says that-
'In many cases the buildings are
plastered as each story progresses;
and in some instances, the first story
is occupied before the sound of the
mason's trowel ceases, or the building
is under roof. One firm claims to be
able to erect sectional houses ready
for occupation in the incredibly short
space Of three hours from the time the
material is deposited on the ground.n
The following, taken from the zSmes
OF the 1lth ult., ironical as ID Is, most
forcibly illustrates the character of
the people:
Let me see, said a boss mason
rehectively to burnt-out me1 chant
have got to put up block for Brown
this morning, and a dwelling-house
this afternoon for Smith. Yes I
guess we can jerk up your store this
noon by takin' only half an hours
noonin'.n
'sThe amOnnt Of brick lad 1uer 'dsv
during the past winter was about g.
OOO,OOO. Average cost, about SIS per
thousandi at least one-tenth part of
those from walls Of burned BUILDINGS
can be used in rebuilding, and COM
mRnd about tTo-thirds the price Of
new brick.
Many VII realize the entire n
their buildings from the proceeds ~
rents for the first three years. Some
persons defer rebuilding at presenf
hoping the prices Of material NAV de-
cline after navigation opens; in view
also, OF the prospective passage bv
Congress Of the Chicago Relief7i biIi
This Is speculative, and may or NAV
not aneet prices the coming Sprinc
Certainly there must be 5 decline bs.
fore the lst Of July; as mauufaofureTs
viii bastimulated BY the prasa,1f b;o-b
prices 70 increase their fiefiities eSd
bring, forward their products esTIv II
the sesson is propitious, which Il ex-
uemey uccertain in this climate The
usual Interest is manifested On
'Onauge, with regular daily Attend
ance ef perhaps 800 smeB1bsfs. Real
estate-0as advanced in the mast five
MONTHS at least 90 per cent. and for
elgn espltal is steadily seeking invest
nene .lere. with fiattering prospects
we venture the predictionr fhst
Wlthln the next five wears an tI1s -
tiges OF the most desolafIrlrs fire \, -,
70 modern ages viii have dissnTsa,,ojT
and exist only in history. ''i0U'
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
TIEEIN TRIBUNE,
Ttmn. n arsdsT Eve, April 4, 1872
-. rnr.red % fhe sane chi.

At he present Circuit Court st
SaIen1, Washington county, New
YorE, an interesting breach OF fprcmise
suit as Just been tried, viz: The case
Off "a 70. Gratz VS.. John +. Hill
man This sctio1 Vas hEought e re-
cove $3.50 8 danaees for breach ef
nrorz zise Of nafriage In February,
1865, after q courtship Of some time,
the parties became engaged TO be mar
ried. Subsequently the defendant in
formed the plaintiff that his father
objected to 8 longer continuance OF
the engagement, and wished her to
release him from it; and then request
ed her to copy letter which he wrote
certifying that there was no engage
me1t between them, and which she
tben and there copied and signed.
That subsequently he commenced
coming TO visit her again, which ultf-
ruatelv resulted in q second engage
ment between them In August, 1883.
That on May Is, 1870, the defendant
married one Kate Winnie, a Young
lsdv OF some prcperfy. That subse-
quentIy q the marriage the plaintiff
went 70 the residenes d. Ira II. Hfl-
u1aQ auU LL4 ll4fcl VI allEl, and de-
manded her letters to him, which be
told her were buried and he could not
get them for her at that time. There
was considerable conflict Of testimony
IS TO what was said in this. conYersa.
ton. The witnesses for the defend
ant testified that IN the course Of that
conversation the plaintiff admitted
that there never had been an engage
ment between them, and the witnesses
for the plaintiff .aWore That no such
admission was made.
The defendant talked to Mrs.
Tingue, 1.-THE plaintiffs mother about
the furniture necessary for housekeep-
ing, and The plaintiff purchased dress
Is to bs married in. The defendant
took her and showed her where he in
tended to live when married. Several
letters we're introduced in the testi-
mOny, puTporting to have been writ
ten by the plaintiff, which she testi-
fed she never wrote, and ether wit
nesses testified they were not in her
handwriting. It appears that the
defendants father asked the plaintiff
II she would take S25, and afterWard
$50, and settle the thing; which she
refused 70 take. "A verdict fS700 was
awarded plaintiff.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

A Detroit man, who had eontribr
ted bundle Of cast-of clotI5inS.- = ~. =,
the relief Of the victims ofths " Viseo1. N.
sin fire, received from one of the s1f-
ferers the following note: ssThe com
nifty man Civ me-, amongst other
things, wat he called pare ov pants.
and twOod make nae pant sum to owsre
'em. found your name an where
you live on one Of the pokits. Nv
wife LATED so when I shode 'em to her
that IthOtShe would have conip-
shun fit, She wants to no If there
lives and breathesR man who has legs
no bigger than that. She sed IL there
was he orter be taken up for vagrinsy
fur hayin' no visible means Of sup
port conldent get 'em on my old
esJ boy 90 used lem for gun cases.
II you bay another pare to spare nv
wife wood like to get 'enl to hang up
BY the side ov the fireplace to Keep
the tongs in"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

10 sell themselves to the highest
matrimonial bidder is fashion old
and new among young women in
most Of the social ranks. Poets de-
clare it, cynics groWl at it, literary
Penlopes do reams Of bread and butter
about it. Ethel Newcome is always
seeking young FarintOsh; sly Eliza
beth constantly plays bashful love
and sweetness for LOvel's benefit.
But is 1t all under the rose; however
plainly the fact of the bargain is un-
derstood, the fond pair have the wit
or the grace to ignore it, and to per-
form a respectable comedy of truth
and affection before the world. 1t
isn't often that we hear Of such a case
as has lately been airing itself in that
dusty den, the English Court of Chan
Gerry. The heroine was a young Wild
0W, who, after becoming engaged to
one adorer, felt a hankering after the
plumper purse Of another, who pro-
posed huge settlements as an induce
ment to break that engagement. She
kindly mentioned the fact to No. !,
who firmly but mOurnfully gave her
she married Ne. 2 and his
That she should be unhappy,
that No. 2 should deceive and NAL.
treat her, and leave her almost penni-
less, were of course the result of this
matter-of-fsct bargain. A tedious
suit at law ends the story and points
Its moral.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

The fact that the Tiehborne estate
viii have to pay e12O,0O0 in lawyers
fees calls attention to a gIievous blot
IN the English legal system. "Why,' y
asks the Spectator, ''should it be in
the power OF any scoundrel to fine 8
family in tenth Gifts property with
out risk OF the punishment which
would follow an attempt to steal il ?D
The remedy suggested is that If anv
one brings q suit declared by the JudGe
to be fagitious he should be liable p
all the penalties Of perjury. PeThans
the smallest item in the expenses of
the trial was the stipend paid to the
jurymel Of a guinea day, which
netted 103 guineas to each juror, the
total amount being 81, ,lS9 12S.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
"oh for q thousand tongues 20 sing
Nv great Redeeruer's praise 20

and there are a thousand tongues just
there In the pews, but notone Of them
sings. Fonr persons elsewhere take
up the words and divide them accord
ing to musical etiquette. Or he calls
with good DR.. Watts far "a shout Of
sacred joy" but there is no "shout"
and no sign Of JOY.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
i'Let those refused 20 sing,
Who never knew the lord

reads the minister; and "all below'i
do refuse, while those "above" who
sing do not by look, manner or bear
ing, appear TO be specially described
In the words. Surely all this must
strike one not used to it as unreal, the
opposite Of worship, which, if any
thing, is real.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04

"Now children,D said a Sunday
School gentleman visitor, who had
been talking to the scholars about
good people and bad people-"now,
children, when lam walking in the
street, l speak to some persons meet
and l don't speak to others and what
is the reason ?n He expected the re-
ply would be " Because some are good
and Others bad, but, to his diseom-
future, the general shout was, 'rBe-
cause some are rich and some are
poor"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
THE PATENT ARION PIANOS
ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE
AMERICAN COHSERViTORIES OF MUSIC, NEW YORK CITY.
The most Piano constant
ia Conservatory.
ARR USED EXCLUSLVRLY IN N
PEAD TIE FOLLOWING:

a
tbs Piano IN
o
tool
while
lessons dtobe M
Whit
a arts p
Int lean by the
Or superO other rmake
NEL or u-aoLn-
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
CHAILENGE
TO all Piano Manufacturers Ia the united states.

w The Aon Grand and Square Pianos
%HREAs
lin
dforthi
lPdo When
and
Z
O. C. MANNER
n
put he marx brgt tbe the
U he stat
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
FOR SALE !.

HlHE Dwelling House, with an acre OF
II ground. ueNf TO the Union school HOUSE
Contains six good sized room, Kitchen Two
small bed rooms, and closets. Cellar under
the whole building, and alarge cistern--
For particulars inq uire Of
]. II. PTTTE6esER.
Dec. I, ls7O-nz-tL
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
Not Hnrshin-

In the Csristidn hatelligenceT, DR..
John Hall says that In church it Is
hard to escape the appearance Of un-
reality II there is no congregational
singing. The minister read Wesley's
hvun
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
For SGIe.---CheGp.

A FINE FRAMB HOUSE eOntai ming
n eleven rooms, with every convenience
Necessary, location good, north end Of Wash
ingtOn street. For terms, cali on
g. q. STONER
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-04-04
BLINDFoLD TRIALS
against 5fetngay's, Chickering's and other Pianos

w
/
Of
FTrt tPrl1a al hers
DEI-th
). BssEsIAN, Oanst at
wEDEL,
&C. he Forte
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-10-11
DEATH OF MIR. SEWARD.

A brief telegram in our paper to-day
conveys the sad intelligence of the death
of the Hon. William II. Seward, which oc-
Cured at his home in Auburn, New York,
yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Seward was born in 1901, and was
therefore in his seyenty-second year at
the time of his demise. His career is too
well known to the country to need more
than brief recapitulation of the leading
events of his life. Since 1924 be has been
almost continuously in the public service.
He served for two terms as Governor Ct
his native State, and was at one time a
member of the New York State Senate.
At the expiration of his gubernatorial SER
vice he was elected to the United States
Senate. In 1860 he was prominent can
didate for the Presidency. lie was Secre-
tary of State under Mr.. Lincoln, and held
the same position until the close of Andy
Johnson's administration.