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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

fair over to Mr.. Pynchon, who, as you see is
an excellent architect as well as lawyer. Jane
and /, although members of rival houses, took
it into our heads to fall in love with one an
ether, after the fashion of Shakspeare's i'm
mortal lovers, Romeo and Juliet, and to save
a prodigious amount of idle gossip before the
happy event we decided to introduce the new
fashion of a sewing circle and a wedding COM
bined'
WELL you've done up the business in good
shape, that is a fact, said Mr.. Woodman, Civ
ing the hand of his son-in-law hearty shake.
: had rather you would be James husband
than anybody else l know of in these parts.
Come, mother, said he, addressing his wife,
now is the time for you and Mrs. Locke to
make up
Jane, who, during these words, was stand
ing with one arm affectionately around Mi
randa's neck, now sprang forward and led her
mother up to Mrs. Locke, and before they
knew it themselves the two women were cor
daily shaking hands.
4 shouldn't have had such hard feelings to-
wards you, Betsy said Mrs. Woodman, if
Miss Crusty hadn't told me such awful pro-
vokingthngs You said about me. She said
she never thought Of going to your house only
when the sewin' circle met there
What a story. She took tea at our house
last night, and said she wished the circle was
goin' to meet anywhere else but at your house,
she hated you so bad.
You see now what her stories are good for,
said Jane and propose that after this, we
bear with her presence when we meet her, as
an unavoidable infliction, and let her stories
enter at one ear and depart at the other
The proposition was received with favor by
all, and from that happy evening the two
families were the best of friends
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POETRY.
THE BOYS.


There come the boysl Oh, dear, the noise
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knee of Harry's pants,
And weep DER Bertie's Jacket
But never mind If eyes keep bright,
And limbs grow straight and timber;
Wed rather lose the trees whole bark
Than find unsound the timberl
Now hear the tops and marbles roll
The foors--oh, woe betide themi
And must watch the banisters,
For know the boys who ride theml
Look well as you descend the stairs,
often find them haunted
BY ghostly toys that make no noise
Just when the noise is wanted.
The very chairs are tied in pairs,
And made to prance and caper;
What swords are whitfield out of sticks
What brave hats made of paper!
The dinner-bell peals loud and well,
To tell the milkmans coming;
And then the rush of steam car trains"
Sets all our ears a-humming.
How oft say, "what shall do
To keep these children quiet2"
If could find good receipt,
certainly should try it.
"Boys will be boys but rot for long;
All, could we bear about us
This thought--how very soon our boys
viii learn to do without usl
How soon but tall and deep-voiced men
Will grayeiy call us Mother;"
Or we be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.
More gently we should chide the noise,
And when night queils the racket,
Stitch in but loving thoughts and prayer,
While mending pants and jacket
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

A DISPUTE WITH A DocToR.-Many other
talented Peter Cartwright the venerable Metho-
dist Clergyman who lately died, and there is
one too good to let pass. He once had dis
pute with a doctor relative to religion. The
doctor said he wanted honest and unequivocal
answers to a few questions.
6 Did you ever see religion?''
"No."
'sDid you ever hear religion ? -
mo"
Ibid you ever smell religion 20
"No."
"Did you ever taste religion9''
emo"
"Did you ever feel religion?'
eyes"
"Now, them" said the doctor, with appar-
ent triumph 81 have proved beyoald doubt
by four respectable witnesses, that religion is
not seen, heard smelled or tasted, and but
one solitary witness, feeling has testified that
it is an experimental fact The weight of evil
dence is overwhelming, and you must give up. ;"
Cartwright asked:
"Did you ever see pain ?''
"No."
"Did you ever hear a pain?'
ono"
"Did you ever smell pain?'
"No."
"Did you ever taste pain?"
"No."
.'Did you ever feel a pain?"
"Certainly did, sir"
The doctor and his family were converted.
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SMILE WHENEYEK YOU CAN.

When things don't go to suit you,
ii And the world seems upside down,
Don't waste your time in fretting,
But drive away that frown;
Since life is oft perplexing,
IT'S much the wisest plan
To bear all trials bravely,
And smile whene'er you can.
Why should you dread tomorrow,
And thus despoil to-day?
And when you borrow trouble,
You always have to pay;
II is good old maxim,
Which should be often preached,
"Don't cross the bridge before you
Until the bridge is reached"
You might he spared much signing
Il you would bear in mind
The thought that good and evil
Are always here combined
There must be something wanting,
And though you roll in wealth,
You miss from your easket
That precious jewel-health.
And though you're strong and sturdy,
You may have an empty purse;
{And earth has many trials
Which ] consider worseD
But whether joy or sorrow
Fill up your mighty span,
Twill make your pathway brighter
TO smile whene'er you can.
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gS- Speaking of pronunciation, Sheridan
agreed with Walker that the pronunciation of
wind should be wynd, but, contrary to Walk
err that gold should be goold. Sheridan tells
us that Swift used to jeer those who pro
nounced wind with short j, by saying, 9 /
have great minnd to fnnd why you pronounce
it winnd' An illiberal critic retorted this
npon Sheridan by saying, "If may be so
boold, should be glad to be todd why you
pronounce it goold."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

NEWSPAPER Errors. Every column of a
newspaper contains from ten to twelve thou
sand distinct pieces of metal, the displacement
of any one of which would cause blunder or
typographical error. And yet some people
lay claim to remarkable smartness if they can
discover an error in newspaper. When such
people find a word with wrong letter in it,
they are sure they could spell that single word
right, and are happy for whole day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

An IMPORTANT DIFFERENcE.--A few years
ago "broken bank note in hand meant loss,
from total downwards, to the holder Now the
notes of broken National Banks are worth
premium of four per cent.-other banks buying
them up to secure the circulation for their own
institutions
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

sY- An Irish advertisement eff the gen.
tlemen who keeps the shoe store with red
head, will return the umbrella of young lady
with the ivory handle, he will hear something
to her advantage"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

A novel method has been invented for "saw-
ing without saw" 1t is by the use of a fine
wire, through which an electric current is
passed, heating the wire to a white heat which
thus burns its way through without any manu-
al labor 1t has also been employed, instead
of the knife, in certain surgical operations
tho wire being found to burn its way rapidly
and smoothly through flesh.
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" GA penny for your thoughts, miss, y
said gentleman to pert young lady. "They
are not worth a farthing, sir" she replied-"I
was thinking Of you.'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

The Peoria gas company is putting down
wooden gas mains, on the ground that they
cost about two-thirds less than iron pipes.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1872-11-05

GB Death has nothing terrible in it, but
what life has made so.
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~ Proud hearts and lofty mountains are
always barren.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Gcn. Lees ORlA:
Mea6e.


A gentleman who served with Gen.
Lee writes soon after Gen. Meade TOOK
command of the Army of the Potomac,
while both armies were In Winter quar-
ter. be made q demonstration for tho
purpose, doubtless, Of feeling his ad.
vefSary's position. The movement was
Q very unexpected one, and Il happened
that nearly all Of Gen. Les's. aids were
absent for the day, whom the federal
forces appeared in front. Gen. Lee
therefore asked some Of his subordinates
tor details Of officers to act as tempora.
~ members of his staff, and of these
was one. During the brief action which
ensued, Some one asked Gen. Lee What
he thought of the new commander OPP
posed TO us, and Ishall never forget the
measured and carefully weighed WORDS
of his reply. 81 have now" he said,
ssthe most dangerous adversaryI haye
ever faced. Gen. Meade will do nothing
which the newspapers will go r ID
about, but he viii never make mis- re
in my front, and II make one he will
see it instantly and take immediate adj
vantage of It," The remark struck me,
at the time, as the highest compliment
which any commander could pay TO his
antagonist, and at Gettysburg the cor
rectness OF the opinion was proved,
when the mistake was made, discovered,
and instantly turned to advantage, PIE,
cisely q the Confederate leader bad
predicted.-Cor. in N. y. Tribune.
The main fact in the above article
FROM the Tribune may be strictly
true, but one of the incidents related
is undoubtedly an error. The. writer
makes Gen. MEADE command the
Federal army of Northern Virgins
during the winter prior to the Gettys'
burg campaign. Our distinct recol'
lection is that Gen. MEADE did moi
take command of the Federal army
until q few days before the great bat
tie upon the heights of Gettysburg.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

The report that the epiz ooty has
broken out among the fowls in
Southern New York and New Jersey
and Northern Pennsylvania is found
to be trae. The disease runs its
course very swiftly. The fowls are
taken with staggering fits, q running
at the beak, aud bearing all the
symptoms of the epizooty. These
fits recur with decreasing intervals
and increasing violence, until death,
which generally cnsues in few
hours. AS sooD as the chickens arc
attacked they hide in holes or crawl
of to some corner and die. With
regard TO treatment none ha- been
adopted. As soon asthc disease is
noticeable, the fowls are killed, and,
it is charged, marketed in this and
other cities. A reporter who visited
the New York markets says many
dressed fowls had discolored and
congested heads and nccks, with
harsh and unnatural appearance Of
skin,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
HILL &c FIGUERS,
attorneys at Lac,
Columbia. Tennessee.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

J. p. Hcrndon ct al.-Exparte.-Notice
is hereby given that Joseph p. Herudon,
William J. Whitthorne, II. y. Seavey, j. p.
Choate, Ephraim L. Erwin, Samuel =. Nor
ton, William Thomas, 4. ID. Frierson, and
L. II. Atwell, citizens of Maury county, Ten
ncssec, and W. G. Napier and Z. w. Napier,
citizens " Lewis county, Tenn, have here
tofore formed and entered into partner
ship for the purpose of operating in Iron
Works and manufacturing Iron in the coun-
ty of Lewis, Tennessee, on Brush Creek;
that they have commenced work-have
built dam on said Creek and erected some
tenements preparatory TO man ufacturing
Iron. They ask to be incorporated as a body
corporate and polite, under the name and
style of the Crescent Iron Manufacturing
Company" the purpose Of operating Iron
works and Misunderstanding Iron ON Brush
Creek, Lewis county, Tennessee. They ask
that they have ali the rights, privileges, and
powers necessary and proper to carry out the
legitimate object of said INCORPORATION and
with power To pass all by laws, rules and
regulations, necessary and proper, and not
inconsistent to the constitution of the Uni
ted States, or laws of Tennessee, and for such
further rights and privileges as are usual
ly granted to and exercised by bodies cor
poses, and they ask To be granted to them
terms Of succession for ninety-nine years.
and indemnity from personal liability, cx-
ceptlng TO the amount of thee capital stock
by them subscribed, and taken in said COM
pany, for the debts and liabilities thereof
that said Company have q capital stock OF
Twelve Thousand Dollars, with the right,
power and privilege on their part to increase
the sum to One Hundred Thousand Dollars,
as they may elect and determine.
ID. b. COOPER, c q Nj.
Nov % lS-3
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Practical Politics,

The following conclusion of Maj.
WI. SYKES railroad speech at Jack
con, Tenn, since the election, will be
meet with general favor:
He said we were perhaps attaching too
much importance TO more political ques-
tons. He hoped our political differen-
ces would not prevent orr uniting to
improve the country and add to it's na>
terial wealth, Or, as a country grows in
wealth 1t increases in political favor.
No matter what political party had con-
troll OF the country, we could by wise
management, and energetic aud united
action, make our country prosperous.
He must say We relied too much upon
political action and too little upon our
industrial eflc-.s for relief from impend-
ing evils. He WAS not only for ignoring
past issues, but for forgetting past diff
terencss, and uniting as one people to
improve our loved and beautiful South
ern lands.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

- 000 G0ul0BX - -
DcneAss Of the Back River
Valley Railroad 90 COluynbla.
II would take several columns Of
our paper to give the benefits of this
road 10 Columbia. 1t will open
to us q direct route to s.. Louis It
will connect rs with rich iron ore
banks Of Hickman county; It will
give US the trade of Marshall and
Lincoln counties and It will open TO
us the coal fields Of the Cumberland
mountaine. Beneficial as the Nash
vile and Decatur road lie to this
town and county, it is not near 80
advantageous as this road will be
when extended through to st. Louis.
The grain crops of Maury and the
adjoining counties will find an early
and good market in st. Louis. The
cotton, wheat, and other crops, win
be transported from Columbia to all
points North, South, East and West,
as cbeaply as they are now taken
from Nashville. Columbia being at
the intersection of these roads, will
furnish the adjoining towns with
their goods and groceries for retail.
The trade OF Columbia will be doub-
led within twelve months after this
road is completed. Every merchant,
mechanic, and professional man, will
feel tho benefits. There is no reason
why, with this road, Columbia
may not have population of fifteen
thousand within the next five or ten
years. Manufacturing establish.
ments of all kinds will be built here,
when we get cheap coal, and cheap
iron, and cheap markets. Now is
the golden opportunity for Columbia.
By the small subscription of fifty
thousand dollars, she will insugurate
this great system, and secure, even.
tually, half q dozen roads at this
place. She will get back more money
in the building of the road, than she
will ever have to pay. We think the
amount asked is too small, consider.
ing the wealth of our town. Jack
son, with $l,5OO,OO0 of property,
subscribed $4,000, and Columbia,
with 100000, is only asked for
$4,000. Twice as much has been
voted by Jackson, in proportion to
wealth, as is asked for from Colum.
bia. The value of the property in
Columbia will, within six months
alter she makes this subscription,
be increased four times the amount
Of the subscription. This has been
the result everywhere else, and 80 it
will DO here. Every vote cast against
the subscription will be vote against
tho prosperity of the place. Will
there be one?
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Personal Appearance ofChris'

Personal Appearance OfChrist
By the request Of some friends, we
publish below a description of the
personal appearance of Jesus Christ,
extracted from religious paper, and
purporting to have been given by
Publius Lentulus, Ruler of Judea in
the reign of Tiberius Caesar. We re-
gard everything of the kind as being
entitled to but little consideration.
The delineature here given is simply
in accord with the conception of a
certain great master Of art, ard which
was accepted by the Catholic church.
1t is a conception founded on the
idea that Christ should have pre-
sented the image of faultless etheri-
alism. This we believe is very good
philosophy in art, but in fact is to he
discredited. Christ was of the Sc
mitic race, simply Jew; of dark
complexion, if he inherited the phys
ical characteristics of his race. The
following account presents him as a
spiritual type of the blonde nations
of the North:
"There lives at this time, in Judaa, a
man Of singular irtue, whose name is
Jesus Christ, whom the barbarians es-
fAnnr a. p,p0rahnf lint hsc follnyx-nr-c
love and adore him as the offspring OF
the immortal God. He calls back the
dead from their graves, and heals all
sorts of diseases with . word or a touch.
He is tall man, and we'll shaped, of an
amiable and reverend aspect; his hair,
of color that can hardly be matched,
falling into graceful curls, waving
about and very agreeably COUGHING
upon his Shoulders, parted on the
crown OF his head, running as Q stream
to the front, after the manner Of tho
Nazarites. His forehead high, large and
imposing; his cheeks without spot or
wrinkle, beautiful with a lovely red.
His nose and mouth formed with ex.
quisite symmetry. His beard thick and
OF color suitable to the hair, and part
ing in the middle like fork. His eyes
bright blue, clear and serene; look inno-
cent, digniiied, manly and mature. In
proportion Of body, most perfect and
captivating. His hands and arms most
delectable to behold. He rebukes with
majesty, counsels with mildnass; bis
whoN address, whether in word or deed,
being eloquent and grave. No man has
seen him laugh, yet his manners are
exceedingly pleasant; but he has wept
in the presence OF men. A
man for his extraordinary beauty and
divine PROJECTIONS, surprising tho chill
dren OF men In every sense"
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why the Nashville and ESeca.
tar Railroad Did Not Pay
Dfv10en6e.

why the Nashville and Eseca.
tar Railroad Did Not Pay
Dividends.
Some persons are constantly say
Ing, 1--WE took stock in the Nashville
and Decatur road, and got nothing
in return" This is a mistake. Ey-
cry man in Columbia getting some.
thing every year from that road.
Stores which rented for $500 q yeas
before that road was built, are now
renting for $500. The merchants
who rent them are able to do 80, be.
cause their business is increased-if
Il were not so they would not pay
the rent. All the business of the
town has increased. If this road
were now removed, Columbia would
occupy the position of Mt. Pleasant
or Lewisburg. A merchant in a
city IL better able to pay $1,000 rent,
than Q merchant in small village is
to pay $3.50 rent.S Enough of this
The reason why the Nashville and
Decatur road did not pay dividends,
was because it was SO much in debt ;
It was built too much on o credit.
The company owed, when the road
wss completed, $4,000 per mile, and
after the war, $4,000 per mile. 1t
was built with too little subscription.
Il took ell the profits of the road TO
pay the interest on the debt. 1t is
the purpose of the Directors of the
Duck River Valley Railroad Com
pany to build it without much debt
resting On it, SO that it may pay divi-
dends. Its indebtedness will not be
% much as one-fourth Of that ofcth-
Or roads, and therefore it will be
profitable. This is one of the rca-
sons why the subscription of $50, 900
is asked from Columbia. Many of
the friends Of the enterprise think
this il too little, but tho Directors
say II will DO sufficient. Less than
this would do no good.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
Benefits Already Derived.

One Of our most intelligent mer
chants, Mr.. JAMES ANDREWS, stated
the other night, one ofthe most pow.
erf0l arguments in favor of the Duck
River Valley Railroad that we have
ever heard. He said that already
the mere agitation Of this question,
aud tho prospect of getting the road,
had increased the value of the prop
erty of Columbia. This is true, but
II the prospect should be lost, then
tho value of property would decline.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
FARM and CITY PROPERTY

finely improved farm of 1873 acres on the
Columbia and Frankli, pike and near Dark
Station, on the N. & D. R.-R., good frame resi-
dence, newly aenced, well wstered, fine
orchard, fish pond, new barn As so, plenty
Of timber and grass, very productive and
well adapted for stock or planning.
Also residence on the corner of Mechanic
and Garden streets, opposite the Cumberland
Church, known Is Mrs. Dew's residence.
Also residence on West Main st., opposite
the Episcopal Church, and known as DR..
Johnston's residence.
For farther Information and terms, apply to
JOS. II. DEW
Mavoa 1870 IF
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Z HE HERALD.
friday M~rslng. Nov. IN, assS.
Tns s,x,h annual meeting 0. II.

Tns sixth annual meeting OF the
Stockholders. Of the Nashville aud
Decatur fsiliosd was held in Nash.
vile on the Goth, and tho following
named gentlemen elected Directors
J, W. Suoss, W. N. DUNCAN, HENRY
COOPER, DR.. d. B. CL,FFE, JouS S
CLAYBBooKE, J0IiS MCGAvocK, JONI
RRrERsoN, joins BALLANFAYT, J. {
Brown, B. +. CARTER, L. NJ. JONES
j. T. TANNER, GEO. S. HoUsTos, w
E. MURPHY, and A. BuFoRD. j. W
SLoss was reelected President, ant
W.SEAr, Secretary and Treasurer
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29

TIE logomachist of the Lebanon
Herald will not let us use words
IS Webster defines, and Shakespeare
employs, them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
ELECTION.

There will be an election held in the vari-
Gus wards of the city of Columbia, Tenn, on
Saturday the 9TH day of December next, ac.
cortling to law for the purpose of ascertain
ing the wishes of the citizens i'm regard to
the proposed subscription of fifty thousand
dollars stock TO the Duck River alley Mar
Gauge Railroad.
Test. JOHN z. MCGAW, Mayor
JAMES l.. GUEST, Recorder.
NnN. 1 Id
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-11-29
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

Circuit Court at Columbia. g. H. Timmons
use Of j. F. Evans, VI BENJAMIN II. Cooper.
In this cause 1t appearing by aflidavit, that
the defendant, Benjamin 81. Cooper, IL Justly
Indebted to the plaintiff, and II q non.resi.
dent Of the State, 30 that the ordinary pro-
cess Of law cannot DO served ON him; and
an original attachment having been sued
out, returnable TO the Circuit Court OF
Maury County, and the same having been
levied on defendants property; tits ordered
by the Court that publication be made fol-
four successive weeks in the Columbia Her.
aid, Newspaper published in Columbia
appear before said Court, at the courthouse
in Columbia, on the INST Monday in Janu'
airy 1873, to make defense to said suit against
him, oril will be proceeded with eE parte
Witness my hand at ONCE, this End Novem.
Der, 1872. W. J. WHITTHORNE,
Clerk.
Atty. for pl,fT., w. H. TrMMoNs.
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FARM FOR SALE.

I win ssll my farm containing s. aerss
situated on the SANTIAGO PIKE, one mile nom
well fenced, we'll Votsrsd ana numbered
the houses md 1snooQ all new; young or.
oha1e Of seleet ffuit. The plaoo II one Of the
biA.
ALSO,
A hrm Of 40 acre. OF splendid land On
the Nashvil1e and Decatur :Railfoad, seven
miles nom Columbia, and one mile nom
water; good milk house: good house for
hands TO live In. The land produces a. well
a. any land In Meury County. Nelghbor-
Nov. /, IT, anu sfEpHEN JORDAN.