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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01
) LA1BERTvIIIE, n. j., WEDNESDAY OCTOBER T. 1873.
lack OF THOUGHT MPLET4Avos.

/ We have but to observe human action as it
meets us at'ovefy Turn % see that the average
intelligence, incapable. of guiding conduct
Eevenn Anplc Hiatters where bqtasvery nod
ferate reach o. reason would suffice, must fail
in apprehending with due clearness the natu-
ralsanctionsl of ethical principiea The I'M
thinking inaptitude with which even the rou-
tine Of life is carried on by the mass # men
shows clearly tliat thsysbave nothing like Che
insight required fers self guidaneerin the alb
sence Of authoritative code Of Conduct. Take
days EXPERIENCES aid obsefve the lack of
thouglt indicated from hour to hour
You rise IN the morning and while dressing
take vial containing q tonic, of which little
has been prescribed for you; but after the
first few drops have been counted, succeeding
drops run down the vial-all, because the lip
is shaped WITHOUT regard to the requfrcment.
Yet millions of such Wills sale annually made
by glass-makers and sent out by thousands Of
druggists SO small being the amount of
sense brought, to bear on business. Now,
turning to the looking glass, you find that, If
not of the best make, it fails to preserve the
attitude in which you put it; or, if what is
called q .boxv ookiiig-glhss, gypp see that
the maintenance of its position is insured by
an expensive appliance that would have been
superiiuous had a little reason. been used.
Wore the nd iustmentl such that the centre Aof
gravity Of the glass came in the .lpe joining
the point of support (which wouldibo quiteas
easy an adjustment), the, glass would remain
steady in whatever attitude you gave it. Yet
year after year tens of thousands of looking.
glasses are made without regard to so simple
a need. Presently you go down to breakfast,
and taking some Harvey or other sauce wifi
yovm fish, find the bottle has 4 defect
like that which you found in the vial-it il
sticky from the drops which trickle down
and occasionally stain the table cloth. Here
are other groups of traders similarly Sc
economical of thought that they do nothing
to rectify this inconvenience.
Having pFsakhst You take up tho paper,
and, before sitting down, wish to put some
coal on the fire. But the lump you seize
with the tongs slips out of them, and if large,
you make several attempts before yoqsuoceed
in lifting tall Because the ends OF the longs
are smooth. Makers and vendors of fire-irons
go on, generation after generation, without
meeting this evil by the simple remedy of
giving to these smooth ends some projecting
points o.. even roughening them by q few
bsrrs withIa chisei. 1Iayl,g at length grasp
ed the lump and put it on the fire, you begin
to read but before you have got through the
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01
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A middleaged lady met d bridish-looking
lady in the ,post7ofIice yesterday, and the
following conversation followed Mary, is
it true that your mother is dead2p asked the
former at is, said Mary. "And were
you married before she dieds q" 3" No, " said
Mary, "not until three days after" The
middle-aged woman stared at the bride for
a moment, and then slowly and Overwhelmingly
said: EDO You mean to say that your poor
mother died without-without seeing what
YOU were married. in -sDan6ury News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

rs philosophical Kentuckian, who had bat
one shirt and was lying in bed while the gar
pent was drying On the CLOTHES line in the
yard, was startled by,an exclamation from HIS
wife TO the effect that the calf had eaten It,,
/" Well said the Kentuclcian, with a spirit
worthy Of a lbetters canse, 1sSsell, them who
has must loscsn u ,4ag9i4 ~ q v5d saf
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

ae"T hope, Mrs. Giles said a lady who was
canvassing for q choir in the village church,
ssyou win persuade your husband to join us.
I am told he has sonorous voice." "A
snorous, voics marin 2 said Mrs. Giles. "Ahl
you should hear 1t comm out Of his nose
when he's asleep.9d .ala'iioagss 2 g ss-s*
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

5 The most accurate estimates state thas
China possesses coAl-flelds to the, extent Of
over 400, 900 square miles, lone provence
(shausi) having no less than 81 200 square
miles with veins from ~ to 80 feet in thick
ness
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

Josh Billings says that a red herring will
keep man dry better than a umbrella.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

& When q clock is wound up it goes, When
a firm is wound up it stops.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

A calumny, though know to be such, gener-
ally leaves stain on the reputation Al
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-10-01

p ~sst {sa o]sse thN Yay2. Taketpurage ests "A
-Ieafnfllpu i6walk9, y faith and hot by fsie4t7 n
~Thy steps VIII guided Ne and guided rgie~ - -
Hard WELL and what of that?
Ddst fancy life one summer holiday,
With lessons none to learn, and naught butplay?
Go, get thee to thy task. Conquer die
II must be learned, learn it, then, patiently.
No help. nay, tits not so,
Though human help be far, thy God Is nigh,
Who feeds the ravens, hears His chdren,s cry;
Hesnear thee yheresoe'er lily footsteps r9m,
And1c viii ghhesthee light Thee, lielp tee home.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
The Murders of the Modocs.
Circumstances of the Lost. River
MaSacre--The Murders Iden-
tilted by the Widows of
the Deceased

SAN. FRANCISCO, June S.-Dispatch-
es were received at Yreka this evening
from Boyles camp, Tule Lake PENN
sula, June 6. Soon after the arrival
of the Modoc prisoners in this camp
Gen. Davis sent word to the settlers in
the Tule Lake and Lost River country.
He desired them to come and identify
the murderers. Among those who
responded to the call were Mrs. Bod
dy and her daughter, and Mrs. Shiera,
two women who were widowed by the
Modocs. Boldly and Schiera took up
three quarter sections of land near the
mouth of Lost River, last August with
their families, and settled in the coun-
try. On the morning of Nov. 10Th
Capt. Jacksen's command attacked
jack and his party on Coal River, and
compelled them to retire. Hooker
Jim and his party were on the north
side of the river from Jack, but knew
of his defeat. They were murdered
by Hooker Jim, and his associates
| The agent of the YainOX reservation
had promised them that any offensive
movement against the Indians should
be made known to settlers in time to
afford the settlers an opportunity to
obtain safe refuge. A message was
sent by the agent. but he failed in his
duty, thereby facilitating the massa-
ere.
The arrival OF Mr. Boddy's team
without driver and the blood upon
the wagon was the first intimation of
the terrible tragedy these poor women
received. Before noon they found the
bodies of the murdered men. They
also met the Modocs, Hooker Jim,
Long jim, Curley Headed Doctor,
One Eyed Nose, Rock Dave, Humph
Jerry, and Mrs. Hooker Jim, who
were implicated in the crime
While the Indians went to the house
to find more male victims the women
escaped, travelled day and night, sui
fered many hardships, and reached
Mr.. Van Rapps in a completely ex-
) hausted condition. The General re
ceived the women kindly, assigned
them a tent, and promised to assis
; them in the recovery of the stolcl
goods.
This morning Hooker Jim AM
Steamboat Frank were taken to til
tent occupied by the women. Hooke
jim was iden tilted by Mrs. Boldly Il
one of the Indians concerned in tt
massacre. He said long faced Jir
took long purse, containing $500
and he took a short purse. The wo
men here became excited. Mrs. Schi
era drew a pistol and started fo
Steamboat Frank, and Mrs. Bodd
> drew knife and dashed at Hooke
Jim. Gen. Davis stepped in and 81
cured both weapons. During th
l struggle the Generol received a sligt
e cut in thepalm Of his hand
There are now thirteen Modocs undt
guard The other Indians lurking
' the vicinity will most likely be captu
z ed in a few days.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
A Voice from the Pulpit.

Rev. j. H Gardner, pastor of Big
Glow Chapel, delivered sermon last
night on the subject, ''Shall the May
or be sustained ?" taking for his text
part of the first verse of the thir
teenth chapter of Romans: ''Let
every soul be subject to the higher
powers" He said that conserving in
fiuences were necessary to countera ct
the elements of social and moral de-
cay, and these influences were demon
mated in the text the higher powers,
to which obedience was eXhorted.-
With us these higher powers took the
form Of National, State and munici
pal Law, and he quoted from Fortes-
cue, Blackstone and Kent to show that
all human laws derive force from di-
vine origin, and referred to the com
mandment, Remember the Sabbath
day." etc, as the divine authority for
the Sunday laws.
Mr.. Gardner was aggressive and un-
sparing in terms. He declared the
keeping open of saloons on Sunday
to be as much rebellion, so far as 1t
went. as the action of South Carolina
in 1851, and referred Indignantly to
the American flag by the proprietor OF
a garden in this city on the first Sun
day the Mayors proclamation operat
ed. He said that moral suasiOn was
of no effect with the saloon keeper
who had no head to think, no heart
to pity, and no moral sensibiiity; and
demanded the enforcement OF the law
as the only means of reaching them
He referred to contrast made by the
| Westbote between this country and
Fatherland, and wondered that such
virtuous men as the Germans were
represented to be had, in so short E
time, engaged, ''In such an internal
business" If the fatherland was SC
much the best, he prayed for beeezes
to watt them back to their NationR
paradise.- o. S. journal,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
Death of Judge ThralI.

Judge William B. Thrall died 8; his
residence in this city on Saturday
morning at eight O'Clock, after an i'll
ness of about ten days with diptheria,
at the age of seventy five years, lack
ing eleven days.
Judge Thrall, the son of Jesse and
Mabel Tnrall. was born in Rutland,
Vermont, on the 18th of June, 1898
He learned the printing art in Rutland
Herald Office, and removed to Ohio in
1917, settling in Circleville in 1919
He was married to Nancy Graham,
who died in 1928, and was married in
1925 to Maria Rockwell, who survives
him. For about twenty five years he
was the editor and proprietor of the
Olive Branch, now the Circleville
Union. In 1887 he was elected to rep
resent Pickaway county in the Oh, o
Legislature, and for several years he
served as Associate Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas.
Judge Thralrs next business in Co =
lumbus was as reporter of Legislative
proceedings for the Ohio State Journ
al; he was engaged during two years,
e@AAN %pSUb LltG SIAL 4CfO SOOh u II Ilo
residence here and became the senior
proprietor of this paper, and editor,
Charles Scott being associated with him
in the partnership, and Henry Re ed in
the. editorial department. He con-
tinued in that relation for about
three years. When the Office of
Comptroller of the Treasury was created
he was appointed to it by Governor
Chase, and in 1859 was elected by the
people for a second term. Governor
Brough appointed him a Trustee OF
the Central Lunatic Asylum, Govern
or Hayes reappointed him, and he re
manned member of the Board at the
time of his death.
For nearly half century he was ar
energetic and prominent member o
the Masonic fraternity. He was tht
Master of Columbus Lodge for thir
teen years; was Commander of Mt
Vernon Commandery, Knights Temp
lar. for several years; and at differen
times occupied the positions of Crane
Master of the Grand Lodge of th
State, and Grand High Priest Of thu
Grand Chapter. He was also Pas
Eminent Grand Commandery O
knights Templar.-T Q. S. Journal, 9th
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12


= Rev. w. Simmons, in letter to
the Xenia Torchlight, is down on the
beer business with q just vengeance.
He says:
l see it stated in the Xenia Gazette
that keg of beer costs two dollars,
which retails at six dollars, making a
profit of four dollars oH an investment
of two dollars. No marvel that beer
makers and beer sellers are getting
rich and building fine houses, while
the poor dupes, sons and descendants
OF noble sires, are guzzling the beer
mt Eve cents a glass, giving profit OF
say three cents glass, to the misera-
BILE, lazy loungers who lie in the shade,
and suck the life blood of young
America. have been told by people
from the country that the boys, young
and cid, ride and walk into town often
and run to these beer sinks to spend
their dimes, and build up q cause thai
will ruin our land.
will farmers, mechanics and labor
ing men wake up to see where we arc
drifting? Where, oh where has flee
the spirit of '76 Where is the man
hood of former years, oh where
Let preachers preach, let the churches
pray, and all sober people work tC
save the youth of our town anc
county. Since the April election w
have had more sdrunken men ant
women drunk on our streets thar
ever saw before. Why this ? Lord
in mercy save the people
The same state of frecklessness exist
in more places than Xenia.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
Great Fire,

Cincinnati has been afflicted with a
terribly destructive fire. Loss, S175,-
600. The Cincinnati correspondent
of the Columbus Journal of Monday,
contains an account of the fire, from
which We make the following extract:
CINCINNATI, June 8.-A fire doing
one hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars damages occurred in the city to-
day, burning fourteen hundred barrels
of coal oil, twenty five freight cars,
mostly loaded, lumber yard, with
three million feet of lumber, chiefly
hard timber, and seventeen dwellings,,
most of them small cottages. At half
past tR elve o'clock, when it broke out,
four alarms were sounded, calling ont
the entire department with reserves
Engines from Covington and Newport
came and aided.
The fire broke out in the yard of the
Marietta d Cincinnati Railroad in an
open frame storage shed, about three
hundred feet long, situated on south
side of the road between Smith and
| Park streets. This shed contained
| fourteen hundred barrels of coal oil,
shipped here from Parkersburg, and
stored for dealers in the city.
! Rumors are numerous as to how
the fire caught. 1t is generally believed
that lot of boys playing set it on
fire. A young man crossing the road
OH Smith street, says he first saw in
the shed a fame not larger than a
hat; then he saw it burst suddenly up,
with several explosions, enveloping
the entire building. Two private
watchmen employed by the railroad
company arrived on the spot before
the first barrel exploded, and com
menced rolling the barrels away, when
other explosions occurred so rapidly
that they with difficulty escaped.
A locomotive attempted to draw the
cars off on an adjoining track in the
yard, but was unable to approach or
account of the intense heat. Twenty
cars were showed by hand from the
track the most distant from the shed
Ten of the ears left exposed to the
fire were loaded with sulphur, and thu
remaining fifteen were freighted Will
tan bark and lumber. The sulphu
fumes interfered with fighting the fire
and W. H. Lancaster, of the Marietta
road, was seriously injured by inhalins
them while trying to save the cars
Ten of the cars were burned to tn
ground, the most of them utterly de
stroyed, while the remaining fifteel
with contents were badly DANA ged
This loss of cars and freight falls Oh
the Marietta d. Cincinnati Railroad
Thirty seven hundred dollars worth
of marble in blocks in the yard wa
crumbled to pieces.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
News Items.

Four thousand immigrants ar
rived in New York, Tuesday, May
29th.
Samuel A. King, the aeronaut, de-
clares it impossible, in his opinion, to
cross the Atlantic in a balloon.
A railroad suit involving about
million and half, is about to come
off in Mississippi county, Mo.
Asiatic cholera has appeared in
two villages in West Prussia, having
come from Russian Poland.
Minister DeLong informs our
State Department that religious toler-
alton in Japan has not been decreed.
Eight hundred of the employees
Of the Great Western Railway Compa-
ny of England are on strike.
Hon. Austin F. Pike has received
his certificate of election to Congress
from the Second District of New
Ham pshire.
A white woman at Troy, named
Huntsinger, recently eloped with q
negro, leaving a husband and four
children in lurcb-
In Indiana it's Thought to be real
fun to kill ne5ghbOrs goat, and hang
it to the door, kn0b- How do the
goats look upon it.
Frederick Douglass is to be the ora
tor of the Tennessee Colored Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Association
fair at Nashville next September
A lady in Elinburg wears moe
skin mantle manufactured from the
coats Of nearly six hundred moles
captured on her own property.
An Omaha paper says there is no
use in making such fuss about the
shooting of a constable, as there are
forty candidates for the office.
An exchange tantalizes its read
ers with this atrocity Have you heard
of the man who got shot? Got shot ?
No; how did he get shot? He bought
them.
The PittsfeId (Mass.) Eagle denies
| by authority the rnmor that Mr.. Dawes
intends resigning his seat in Congress
to accept Cabinet appointment.
Edward Smith, of Circlcville, re-
turns the largest amount of personal
property for taxation, in Pickaway
county-$51, ,135, besides about $S, ,O0C
of partnership property.
Joseph H. Husband, a merchant Of
st. Louis, was arrested in New York
yesterday morning ON bench war
rant, He is charged by merchants
there with receiving over $25,00C
worth of goods and failing to- make
return.
The new law in Illinois is doing
away wish discrimination as to sex il
the election or appointment of schoo
officers takes effect July first. At thai
time all distinctions of or on account
of sex, so far as eligibility to any
school office in the State is concerned
viii cease to exist.
The Constitutional Convention o
Pennsylvania Las adopted provision
to prevent illegal voting. 1t requires
that each ballot cast shall be numbered
in the order of its reception, anC
each voter, if he pleases, may, as al
additional safeguard, write his name OF
the back Of the ballot.
Miss Maggie Neff, while stand
ing at the kitchen table washing tn,
supper dishes, In GAINESVILLE, Wednes
day evening, was instantly killed by
lightning. A house in course of cree
tion near by was struck and complete
~ demolished.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12

The New York Tribune says: Miss
Greeley being very desirous to obtain
as many as possible of the letters of
her father, the late Horace Greeley,
will esteem it a great favor on the part
Ofany of his friends having letters Of in
terest written by him,if they will enclose
such letters to her by mail, that she
may take copies, after which she will
return the originals to their several
owners. Such friends will please ad-
dress Ida L. Greeley, Chappaqua,
Westchester county, n. Y.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
: Mr.. Brunot, President of th

Mr.. Brunot, President of the
commission TO negotiate with the
Northern Sioux, left for his post of
duty yesterday. The grand talk will
be held about the middle Of the pres
ent month. The latest advises from
the members of the commission al
ready at Red Clouds agency are to
the effect that preliminary arrange
ments have been made, and that the
Sioux are peaceably disposed. At
the last issue of rations $4,000 In
dians were present, and all were pres
ent,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
The Asiatic Plague at Memphis.

MEMPHIS, June 1O.-The choIery is
undoubtedly increasing. The inter
ments to-day were 18, against II yes
terday, while the undertakers had re
ceived at six O'Clock ordes for fourteen
tomorrow. The weather con tinues
cloudy, hot and sultry. Hon. Jacob
Thompson, Secretary of the Interior
under Buchanan, is dangerously i'll
with cholera.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12
rI,e nIodoc NTnrdcrcrs.

WASHINGTON, June 8.-The Presi
dent and Secretary of War have al
ready been informed of the opinion
Of Attorney General Williams, that
such of the Modocs as are charged
with offenses against the recognized
laws of war may be tried by military
commission. The War Department
will. in accordance with this opinion ,
send instructions to General Davis,
through General SchofieId.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12

- The Constitutional Convention
now in session to amend the Constitu-
ton of Pennsylvania, have adopted an
article as a part of the new Constitu-
ton, prohibiting of the manufac-
ture and sale of alcoholic liquors with
in that State. Now, we are not in favor
Of a provision in our Constitution au-
thorizing the licensing of houses to
sell alcoholic liquors, nor are we In
favor Of an article in the Constitution.
prohibiting the licensing of traffic in
such liquors, unless they also prohibit
the manufacturing of alcoholic liquors
in this State. This we are decidedly
in favor Of To prevent the manu-
facture and sale of both, would be the
right kind of a lick to make at the
great and growing evils resulting from
the manufacture and sale of alcoholic
liquors. If this cannot be done, our
idea would be not to place anything
in the Constitution that would stand
as a barrier to any Legislation on the
subject that might be demanded by the
moral sentiment of the people of the
State. If we cannot kill the monster
outright, let US have the power to Grip
pie him by Legislative enactments. just
as soon as the moral sentiment of the
people demand, and will have sut1i-
cient power to enforce their demands ;.
1t is useless to talk about creating
a moral sentiment in the rum seller
sufficient to induce him to abandon
the business. That kind of sentimen
must predominate, and be superior ii
power and influence in the masses, an(
at the ballot boxes, and when this il
fully nnderstoOd-and not until then
will the m oral force of the country
have the effect to dive the rum Sc lie
from his ruinous and debasing traffic
The will of tue majority in Republic
is power that even the baser sort arr
forced to respect, but if it is no
obeyed, then the legal power of tn
government must be resorted to, il
order TO restrain the acts of those VIII,
are disloyal to popular sentiment an,
the legal authority of governments.
The Legislature of New York
before adjourning, passed temper
ance law which is, essentially, til
Adair law. 1t has received the ap
proval of Gov. Dix, and is now til
law OF. New York 1t is just Law
Parties injured by the sale of intoxi
eating liquors should never fail to pr
il in force aoainst offenders.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-06-12

- The daily papers of yesterday
bring the news that the murderer
Edward S. Stokes, who killed Fisk in
New York City, has been granted a
new trial by the Court Of Appeals OF
New York.