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Vol. XVIII. Whole No. 93l No, 48.
Gov. Stewards First Lawsuit.

There was a time that Mr.. Seward
mad his own struggles to contend with.
lie had just put out his 'shingle' as a
'lawyer-at-!aw.' As he used to saw. he
began the pursuit of the Law at that
time, but found it difficult to oyertake
her.
lie was wont to narrate, in his famil.
lar way, to his intimate friends how he
obtained his first five dollar fee in
Cayuga county, and that. too, in an un-
promising, losing case. He walked
seven miles, one hot summers day,
down to 'Sempronius,' or Cicero Gem
tre,' or Cato Four Corners or some
other of those classic 'huddles,' or vii
lagos, named by Dominic Sampson
Surveyor-General De Witt, who forgot
all the old Picturesque and melliffluent
Indian names in his love of the clas-
sics'
When Lawyer Seward arrived at the
tavern where the court had convened.
he found the Opposing counsel had not
arrived. The case in discussion was
very plain one, involving, however,
some complication of legal terms, in the
matter of exchange and sdicker, Ia
awaited his opponent for all hour or so;
bnt, as he still failed to put in an ap-
pearance, he obtained permission from
n II.
the suit, which he did in very few
words, as lhis exposition of the case
scarcely admitted of doubt.l
a few moments after ne had finished,
the opposing counsel low pettifog-
ger, who, like necessity, knew no law
and yet acquired certain local repute,
and had lately been successful before
several ignorant country juries, entered
the courtroom in his coat sleeves, with
an old round hat on. clay pipe twisted
i'll its band, g p marked on the side
of it in white chalk.
Sharp practice. he exclaimed, as he
took his seat and mopped his face with
lcu bdluaiiia UanuhcrClIef. SHARP
practice for them smart Auburn law
yers: couldn't wait to hear both sides.
Q course not. Well, never mind.
What did he say How did he put it?
u trust any OF you TO tell me-.
Mr.. Stewards statement and argu-
mcnt were repeated to him, aud his
response asked for and awaited.
Go on, said he; I've nothing to saw.
this jury knows me and know them.
hen You've nothing to say, say it.
That's my maxim alters. Common law
Is common sense, that's all | want.
brought into tins case, am kuuw'rr ndrt..
We had enough o. that in the Revolu-
ton. United States law, New York
state law, Cayuga county court law, is
good enough for Us plain folks. | hain't
anything more to say.
Aud nothing more did he say; but he
won his case.
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TnE SCIENriFI, MEASUREMENT or
MAN.->upposin- Your az" u be ill
teen, or thcreaboutS. can figure yo,,
to i dot. You have 100 bones and
900 muscles; Your blood weighs TWEEN
ty-tive lbs. your heart is FIVE inches
IN length and three inches in diameter :
1t beats seventy times per minute
1,2OO times per hour, I00,S0 per dav.
and 36,I22 200 per year At each
beat little over two ounces Of blood
Is thrown out of it; and each dav it
receives and discharges about seven
tons Of this wonderful fluid. Ioul
lungs will contain gallon of air. and
YOU inhalc 1000 gallons per day
Ihe aggregate surface of the air cells
of Your lungs, supposing them to be
spread out, exceeds 20,000 square
incheS> The weight Of Your brain is
'''''' i'ouhin "ilci GU are Il man IL
viii weigh about eight ounces more
Your nerves exceed 100000 in
number. Your skin is composed OF
three layers, and varies from one-fourtl
to one-eighth of an inch in thickness
The area Of your skin is about | Loo
square inches, and you are subjected
to an atmospheric pressure of fifteer
pounds TO the square inch. Eacl
square inch of your skin contain:
$500 sweating tubes or perspirator,
pores, euch of which may be likenec
to little drain-tile one-fourth of al
inch long. making an aggregate length
of the entire surface of your body 0
2OI. l66 feet, or tile-ditch for drain
ing the body almost forty miles long
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CAPrNN BURTON AND THE SAVAGE
During ono of Captain Burton's vow
ages il the ESser he was becamcd of
an island ot the Society group, in the
south Pacific, aud one dav a valuable
case oi surgical instruments was stolen
irom h> cabin. 4 number of the shy
ages, with the chief ofthe island at their.
head bad been on board. and he knew
that the thief was of their number On
the following day, he pulled on shore.
with the best part of his crew, and found
the chlet III company with several of his
principal warriors, sitting before his hut.
Burton made known his errand through
his interpreter whereupon the sable
monarch expressed unbounded surprise
Not only was he sure that none of his
! people had stolen the articles, but he
could assure his "milk-skinned brother
that his people would not steal under
| any circumstances.
The captain assumed a confident atti-
tudc, and begged to inform his swart
Majesty that he-Burton-kneac where
the missing property was. He mad the
power to discover such things. 1t might
save the chief a vast deal of trouble if he
would at once produce the lost proper
| ty.
| Upon this the chieitain declared that
he could have nothing more to saw upon
The subject; and to add seeming weight
to his assertion he drew forih his pipe,
and, having filled it with tobacco, he
commenced to strike fire upon piece
OF punkwood with flint and steel
Capt. Burton told the interpreter to bid
him stop.
Tell him." said he, "that Twill bring
down fire from heaven into his pipe
The chief received the announcement
with a look of incredulity, but ncverthe-
less dropped his flint and steel, and suf-
fered the captain TO proceed. Burton
drew from his pocket small sun-glass
OF magnifying lens, and concealing it iu
his hand, he babe the chief to smoke
away; and at the same time he turned
the bowl Of the pipe toward the sun,
and brought the focal point of the rays
upon the tobacco. The fire took, and
the smoke came forth. The duskv chief
tian puHed out fragrant cloud, then
looked at The bowl of his pipe, and then
| III, l.. q.
tain. He wonld not tempt the great
medicine man further.
Burton obtained his case of in.tru-
mcnts from the chiefs own hands.
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| WI Pupiic SCHOOLS ouShI 10 De so good
that teacher who opened a private
school on the same street would starve
for want OF patronage. And the
meanest thing in the world is TO take
a teacher because he is good for
that and nothing else, or to pinch good
teachers in their wages. 1t is the du-
ty of the State to see that every child
is educated, and to see that parents
send their children TO school.
Compulsory education ought not to
give just person offence. The law
gives no annoyance to the man who al
ways keeps in advance of it. Self-in-
terest might demand education, but it
could not be depended upon. MANY
foreigners come here desiring educa-
ton for their children; others, who
ought to be equally interested, come
with far different motives. They are
useless and dangerous class without
Intelligence. We have 5000. 900 men
III the country, who cannot make any-
hsny, aud these all require education.
II IS the poorer class especially that
require education. If anybody can
afford to be fool it is n rich mans
son; if anybody cannot afford it, it is
the poor mans son. No man on earth
has right to imbrute his children.
We are just now entering upon an
era when government stands upon uni
vcrsal suffrage. Universal suffrage is
universal, and as sure as the sun will
shine tomorrow, just 50 sure will wo-
men have suffrage, not for some time.
perhaps, but the time is sure to come
when there will be no distinction of
sexes IN suffrage. And universal suf-
trage is the law Of this nation from
this time henccforth. You must put
the ballot-box behind the school house.
The United States IS bound in honor
and morality to see that every black
child in the South shall 20 through the
common schools.
The speaker hailed with pleasure
the comn1 of cmigrauts from all conn
tries, this mngllng of all countries
for they viii help swell the population,
and Will make good citizens. He
hailed the coming of the Chinese even.
for they came with their hands full of
tools. They are an industrious. intel
liseut and frugal people. lie did not
they worshipped was more powerful
than our Jehovah. he ought to reign.
But he was not afraid to pit the Chris
tlan religion against any religion in
the known world
Ar. Beecher closed with an earnest
and eloquent appeal for the universal
education of the masses.
Before the lecture, the Portland
Band, performed finely. The next
lecture viii hc Thursday evening OF
next week, by Nasty.
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Bluehill Academy,

THE WINTER TENN will conmenes
i Monday. December sth, 1s5y under the nstruc,
Ion of its present teacher, o. NJ. Rogers. Gradu
ate of Bowdoin College.
Term, twelve weeks. 4s-3w
JOAN STEVENS, sEc'r.
2nahill, Nov. flth, iefs,
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than you may think; but l deserve
this punishment for the way l have
acted. had no discOuragements; /;
had nothing to make me do so. 1t was
only apassion for drink, that it seemed
impossible for me to overcome. You
were all a wife should be or could be,
When You lett me, thought l should
become more reckless than ever. On
iy day or two after knew you had
lett me for good, l was in town drunk
and heard some village people-they
thought l couldn't hear them across
the street-passing all sorts of re.
marks about me. saving that now 1
was a doomed man certain; that de.
struction was near. Although intoxi-
Gated it startled me and for the frs,
time felt the full force of our separa.
tion, and realized that ruin stared Inc
IN the face. | had a bottle of whiskey
IN my pocket at the time, and when
went out of town | smashed il. and
hatlcd my face in a small stream of
water at the roadside. and resolved
never TO touch whiskey again. had
tried 1t long enough to know that /
could not drink and be temperate. IL
was hard to keep my resolve for the
hrst week or two, hut | stood il. and
soon my taste for drink disappeared.
care nothing for it now, and would
not touch it if it ran in streams. Now
Nellie, if you love me as we'll as ever
and God knows that love YOU the
same-let us get married over ayain.
and the sad experience OF the pas, two
years will only enhance our happiness
Nellie, dear, what do you saw
She could not answer. she was cry
ing as if her heart would break, and
hef head was plllowed upon his breast. |
II was a more eloquent Yes than she
could have spoken with the lips.
lhe moon was rising, and it had
never looked SO happy as it did while
he walked home with Nellie to her IA
theirs.
80 Harry Rogers ard Nellie RAY
were again married. and there, no d.
'orce can separate them now.
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A Rev. Gentleman meeting Young
man whom he considered very worldly
minded and thinking it his duty to catecbize
him said John, have you ever thought OF
future state:" wall yes. Elder" said
John, Sail and | have been talking it
US soon. The Elder very much shocked
at line construction the youth had put
upon his question. retorted. go too
young man. thou art incvrrigible." '.rha,
would, Parson. replied the loye-sicL
swain, il it wasn't for the law again,,
bigamy. bnt | really didn't think YOU
would propose such Il thing"
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1)oetrp.
Love in Autumn.

All day with measured stroke hear
From the threshing floors the busy fail.
And in the fields of siubble nesr
lncessant pipes the speckled quail
All golden ripe the apes glow
Among the orchards rcsset leaves:
Southwsrd the twitterng swallows 20
That sung all summer meath the caves.
Across the far horizons line
In sflen ior sutumn mists src drawn:
The grspcs src purple on the vine,
The sunilower shines upon the lawn.
Aud stretched athwart the burning sky.
Like - der's threads of-ilser white.
Lie nctted vspor to the eye.
Hang quirering in the MONDAY light.
4 year ago to-day we stood
Beneath the the naples crimson glow.
That like watch-fire in the wood,
Cleaned to the yellowing vale below.
tllhl was the dsy, without breath.
An all-preys aiding stiffness deer:
\ I'm that seemed thu calm OF death
A silence like TO thst Of sleep
And only on The listening ear
Through the lid wood the hollow sound
OF dropping nut, and sweet and clear
The spring that bubbled from tn. ground.
Close at our feet the brook sid down,
last tangled knots of se,ig aud weed.
Ard under 'ayes Of gold and brown,
Ia IL fbr,,,,b - -.
4 lock OF hair-A rinS-a flower
The latter faded. old. and sere:
Mute rcS or,is of that vaai.hg hour,
Sad memories that my heart hold. dear,
Like one. who in pensiye dream.
Sees long lost friends around hi. bsd.
j, gazing on thee treasures. seem
To hold communion with the d .ad,
1hc wh:spere yow-the lingering kiss
The long embraces cheek to check
The silence that proclaimed our blss.
Beyond the 20 ser Of words to speak.
All see n 50 'ar-Thon home We went
tn ough meadows wh-rc the s.tsrs grew.
While overhead the hne- wee blrnt
oi u set with III melting hue.
o fire thai paints the autun I'M leaf
q calm that knows no quickering breath,
O winds that strip the un srnerej sheaf.
le ar 10 me- the types Of death.
All soon these groves shall lose the gov,
And yonder sun his heat and are:
And blasts that h7ough December blow.
shall leave the branches bleak and bare.
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ssIefteO storn.
Divorced.

He'll 90 to the dogs now.
OF course he will
BY all means. Only see how he
acted when his wife lived with him
Now that she's left him, and all
restraint removed, he'll go the rest of
the downward way in no time. Poor
Nellie. | wonder she stood it so long.
IN give him just one year to be
buried
'Pshaw. Half that time will finish
him.
We'll, / pity him too, but pity her
more. He has brought misery on
both
Such was the gossip of half a dozen
villagers who stood in front of the
principal stores one summer evening
while the subject of their remarks
went staggering along on the opposite
side.
II was evident he was trying to walk
straight and not appear intoxicated,
but such endeavors always seems to
make . drunken man walk more
crooked. Well, it proved one thing
that lie was not yet lost 10 all sense
of shame-that he still retained some
pride. and lingering aversion to
being ridiculed and despised.
But Harry Rogers. had carried on
at fearful rate for year or two past
He had just one vioe-drink-bu that
was enough. He had married n worthy
farmers daughter. Nellie Ray, only
few years previously, and such had
been his conduct during more than q
year past. that she, seeing no hope oI
his reform. had been obliged to cut
him loose to pursue his prohigate
career alone: and legal separation
| had Just been effected. 1t was sad
indeed. but no other course seemed tt
be left her.
| Harrys home was on a small farm
/ a mile from town. He owned it, hu
then it was heavily mortgaged, and il
another year foreclosure was certain
1t was not likely his creditors woult
spare him when he made no effort Il
meet his obligations. and spent hi
time in riotous and disgraceful con
duct.
A week passed after that summe
evening. on which all had agreed il
predicting his early ruin-two weeks
three weeks-a month or two. Wha
strange mystery is here. To the ute
bewilderment of the prophesyiDi
sages, Harry discontinued visiting tn
tavern. and WAS rarely ever seen i
the village. When he did come int
the village. he speedily transacted hi
business and then went home-sobel
Bat wonders never cease when the
: get start. He was next reported a
actually at work on his farm. iIa
| but one man seen this and told it j
|. the village. he would have been mari
ed as man lacking veracity but
number of ladies saw it and told i
and their combined testimony WI
worthy of all credence.
E The little farm began to look healtl
: ier as the summer wore on, the fenc'
straighten up, the weeds disappeared
the corn grew marvelously; the bris'
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MMisfellaneous. e
How to Sleen.

You may be conscious at bedtime
that the chances are against you: your
steward has to sail for England the
next morning and you nave had to
spend the hours from six to twelve in
going over with him the accounts of
your estate. examining the vouchers,
and giving him receipt for s456, ,723.-
IL. This has never been trouble of
mine but it pleeses me 10 think that
you may have been harassed so. You
may have had TO plead for two hours
before bedtime with the independent
voters of North New Coventry, to in.
duce them 10 vote for Greeley and
Brown. You may have had to read
all the manuscripts submitted for the
premium offered by the Supralapsarian
Board on the Necessitarian paradox.
They never would have kept me
awake but | cannot answer for YOU.
Anyway, it is bedtime, and you know
that the chances are against you that.
after an hour or two's sleep in the be-
ginning Of the night. you will wakcn
to the consciousness of hot head and
hot pillow, or, at the best. sleepless
hours.
l, Remember the old farmer,-how
he toasted his feet at his open fire.
DO that, if you can. No: it does not
do as well to sit with your feet on the
draft Of the furnace register. Sit
where you can almost burn your feet
and legs, and warm them through and
through; just in proportion as YOU
quicken circulation there will the
/ blood leave the vessels of the brain.
! \ hot foot-bath will produce the same
effect. Pat IN mustard, if YOU neel to
quicken it. DR.. Hammond records Il
case Of excessive sleeplessness where
his first prescription was hot bath
just before the patient went to bed.
The water was kept at $50, and the
bath lasted for half an hour. The pa
tient got several hours refreshing
sleep,-the first for many nights and
days. A hair-mitten or nesh-brusll
vigorously applied over the whole
body will quicken circulation, and, so
far, help the poor brain. The English
who arc careful about all such things
have invented an admirable towel
made of twisted linen tape, whose
! edges are almost as hard as flint, and
answers an excellent purpose. Dr.
Dio Lewis's admirable exercises OF
arms and legs will start the blood
where il needs to be started. A heavy
blanket or quilt over the feet, besides
what you have over the rest of the
body, NAV help. A hot.watcr bottle
at the feet acts, OF course, in the same
way.
2. As l have intimated, the proba
bility is that you get, under almos.
any circumstances, two or three hours
sleep at the beginning Of the night
and that the sleeplessness comes OF
after the body has received some re
freshment. 1t seems like sort Of re
action or revenge after these two Of
three luxurious hours. In that diff
Guilty of wakefulness after the frs
sleep, tine usual recipes for quietins
the brain itself amount to rules fo
working it in a certain monotOnou
, way. think Dr.. Hammond says tha
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A LADY. who had received severe bite
on her arm from dog, went to DIR. Aber-
nethy, but hearing the statement of partic-
uars, she merely uncovered the injured
part and held it before him in silence
After examining it, he said, in an inquirine
tone. "Scratch?' Bite" said the lady.
-'Cat?' inquired the doctor Dog" re-
Joined the lady. So delighted was the
doctor with the brevity and promptuess OF
the lady's answers that he exclaimed,
.'Zounds, madam. you are the most sensi-
bic woman l have met with in all my life y
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A meddlesome man. who was watch
ing his wife bake pies Saturday, stepped
with his bare foot on warm stove-lid. and
then stepped up in the air few PAGES,
and has now gone West.
Young America impressed an English
writer after this fashion: put an Ameri-
can baby, six months old, on its feet, aud
it will immediately say, MIR. Chairman,
and call the next cradle to order.'
A likeness OF Thaddeus Stevens is to
be stamped on one denomination OF the
national nickel coin.
Gen. Eaton. Commissioner of Educa-
tion. has called upon the State Superin-
tendents Of Schools throughout the country
to meet at Washington on Wednesday, for
. conference.
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Napoleon's dinner service is advertis.
ed for sale in three different places.
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Granite Monuments.

The subserlber.is prepare ed TO furnish Granite
Monuments and Tablets al any size OF design re-
quired. Also. stone ior the enclosure OF Gene
tery Lots. such al Posts, Rails. Butresses AID
Steps Carving. lettering and gliding. AMI cut
ing letters on Nenunehts already set, done at
short notice. Designs, plsies, and estimates fur
nishcd m request. Orders sollcifed and letters
OF inquiry promeilv anssere6. Work faithful
iy executed and ON reasonable terms
B. w. DAZZLING.
Bluehill, Nov. ith, ls-2. 4sIf
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The IOurnniistio Heaven

Those who have formed an exagger-
ated idea Of the delights of newspaper
life will do well TO read the following CON
fessions Of New York ltterateur, which
appears in correspondence OF Wes-
tern paper:
Ny friend says that. he has labored
early and late has never had such a
severe experience, such wear-aud tear OF
nerve and brain in his life; and yet he
has not earned by his Bohemisnizing
more than $500 per annum. This is
beyond the sum he could have made in
a newspaper office; though his irregular
work has been much harder, and his
anxiety, arising from the uncertainty oi
his engagements, and the strain he has
been under in fulfilling them faithfully,
should have given him five times the
compensation he has received. The sole
reason he had for Bohemianizing in pref
erenee to becoming member of any
has more freedom neutrality-suspicious. by
doing his labor as he likes, by his ability
to choose his own hours, and to keep out
Of the internal dens which pass here by
the name of editorial rooms. He admits
his extreme wearineas not to speak of
fatigue, and declares that his conception
Of heaven is region where there is
nothing to do, and of the pit" that
it is place where souls are condemned
to write through all eternity, and where
newspapers are printed every second.
He jocularly remarks that he has had
quite enough Of this sort Of thing and
proposes to hire himself out to tread.
mill, or to crack stone on the highway,
when he requires recreation hereafter.
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Johns Funeral.

Ii Chow Chin was buried to. day in the
ground adjoining Captain Harvey's "a
nous laundry, in Believille, New Jer
sey, and the unique ceremonies Of a
Chinese funeral we're performed in his
honor. The latter days Of Lii Chow
Cbin's life were spent in communion
with an ugl ly wooden god, TO which he re-
mained desperately loyal In spite OF the
efforts of Christian minister TO convert
him. His funeral was attended by two
hundred and twenty Cinnamon, the total
number of Captain Harvey's imported
washermen. Dressed in wooden shoes,
hahhy pantaloons, loose shirts and far
extending pig tails, they assembled in
the spacious ironing room Of the laun-
dry, awaiting the arrival of the body,
When all was ready they quietly walked
down to the burial place. They sur
rounded the grave, and each threw a
piece Of lighted paper down upon the
corpse. A volume Of smoke arose
from the grave, and the spirit of Ii
Chow Chin was believed by his brethren
to have ascended with il to the clouds.
As the clay was keaped on the corpse
little sticks and pieces Of nickel cur
reney were mingled with it, and money
was distributed among the strangers who
witnessed the ceremony. After the
funeral the Chinsmen's supper bell
rang, and they repaired 'uproariously to
their ohop-sticks and unseasoned tea
and rioe.-Neic York Dispatch, l7th.