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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24
The Isle of Birds

Far sonth, in the Indian Ocean
writes newspaper traveller, in the
midst OF almost eternal surf and spray
rises what is appropriately termed
Danger Island. OF all the lonely spot:
on the globe whose existence has been
ascertained, this is probably the most
lonely. Once only since the creation,
has 1t been known to have been visited
by man. The sea, for many hundred
miles rolls and flashes over q shallow
bottom, till, arriving at certain de.
gree of latitude, the floor of rock abb
ruptly terminates, and the ocean be-
comes, in moment, Of unfathomable
depth. On hevery edge of this abyss
stands danger Island, which the least
touch of an earthquake, or an unusual
stroke Of hurricane, may some day top.
pie over into the bottomless gulf
From this persuasion, possibly, man
has never attempted to erect his dwell
ing upon it. There it stands, in the
midst of the surge, overcanopied by the
bluest of the blue skies, surrounded by
boundless expanse of waves, gener-
ally shining and beautiful, but as little
specked by sails as if they girdled an
uninhabited pnanet. Yet, though nc
gale is astir, the billows incessantly
fret and foam against the cliffs of Dan
ger Island, which on all sides descend
sheer into the deep, SO as TO appear
from distance perfectly inaccessible.
A surveying ship, traversing the ocean
In all directions for scientific purposes,
once approached this wild rock. After
rowing to a considerable distance
along the foot of the preciPices, one
gentleman discovered a small fissure,
through which he felt confident they
could climb to the summit; and the
boat being pushed quite close to the
rocks, two or three of the most daring
landed, and after no slight toll and
peril, reached the top. The prospect
which then presented Itself was truly
extraordinary. Rendered green as an
emerald by the agency of hidden
springs, the whole surface of the islet
was thickly strew with eggs of innu-
merable oceanic birds, which, rising
from the task of incubation, formed a
canopy of fiuttering wings overhead.
The eggs were of all colors-white,
light chocolate, and eerulean blue, dot
ted with brown or crimson, or tur-
quoise or black. Here and there little
bills protruded from the shells; and the
mothers, though scared away for a mo-
ment by the unusual apparition OF
men, soon alighted near the young,
being, in spite of the name of their
home, thoroughly unacquainted with
danger. 1t might also be said that the
whole of the isle formed but one nest,
divided into several compartments,
where the naturalist, if he could live
on eggs, might study the appearance,
habits, aud character of half the wing
ed dwelIers Ou the deep
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

ties to fight and other fields to win.
Among the objects which you must
ceaselessly strive to attain is, not to be
out-done by any portion or class of
youF fow fsDs men tn in al broad kindly
men-North, South, East, and West.
[Applause.l 1t is by loving the whole
country--by forgiving the weakness
and wrongs of those who raised their
hands against the country, and by try
ing to breath into all the spirit of ma
tionality and the love of equal and i'm
partial liberty, that we shall advance
the interests. the honor, and the name
of the Republic of the United States,
for which the grand old Army of the
Potomac fought so longsand so bravely,
[Great Applause.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

The chief difference between the rum
seller and the rum-drinker is this: the
drinker kills himself-the seller mur-
ders multitudes. No man has right
TO take another mans life; nor has any
man right to shorten his own exist
ence. Total abstinence from all that
intoxicates never destroys human life
or hastens death. 1t preserves health,
clears the intellect, eorrects the morals,
promotes peace between man and
wife, keeps the children at home, re-
fines society, leads to the house of God,
and thus directs to the Better Land.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24
Sheriff S Sale.
Belmont Common. Pleas.
C. L. Poorman,

Thomas Osborne.
DY virtue of an execution in the above case
d issued and to me directed, will offer for
sale at the front door of the Court House, in
st, Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, on
MONDAY, AUGUST II, 1873,
at the hour of one O'Clock P. IL, on said day
the following described premises, to-wit,
situated in Belmont County, State of Ohio,
being a certain house known as the Tavern
stand called the Great Western, situated in
Richiand Township. in said County, and being
in section No. q, Z ownship :, Range 4, and the
lot of land on which il is situated, and Dound-
ed as follows, on the East by the west avenue
fence OF the lands of Isaac Lee, Which fence
runs northward from the National Road, and
which is the line north to the north garden
fence which runs from west avenue fence, west
wards to the section line, and thewlthln con-
viewed property, Including the boundary on
said section line to the NationalRoad run ming
soulh from the north garden fence. Also, a
lot and stable in section 33, Township z, Range
L. beginning at the National Road, and running
northwari on the said section line to a fence,
bounded by the lands of Levi Bonner, and
thence on the line Of said fence from the said
section line west TO another fence, bounded by
the laud of Levi Eonner, and from the north
fence of said Levi Donner to the Nat1onelRoad,
contain ing two acres more or less,
Appraised at IS. SO
Terms Of sale cash. d
W. C. COCHRAN, Sheriff.
STTANNoY Att " for pld. jy3td
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There is a nice old gentleman in
Maine who believes In getting the good
things while he is alive. He has just
erected large and gorgeous monu-
ment to the memory of himself and
wife, though neither of them shows
the least signs of departing this life for
many years yet. Moved at once by
artistic and sentimental considerations,
that old gentleman spends his happy
days gloating over that monument,
and when the simple villagers assem-
bic to gaze upon it, he is said TO stand
proudly upon the school-house steps
and superintend the exhibition with
condescending and benevolent smiles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24
There are nineteen hotels and 40 cot
tages at Cape Nav.

There are nineteen hotels and 40 cot
tages at Cape May.
The attempt to manufacture peat is
to be repeated at Lamariine, Wis.
Although built fifteen centuries ago,
the wallis about Constantinoyle are still
perfect. Originally there were forty
three gates, HOW only seven exist.
| The Connecticut Assembly has pass
ed an act making it a capital offence to
place distinctions on railway tracks if
any person be fatally injured thereby.
a Minnesota paper says: 'fIEf pitch
ing fish from the lakes with an ordin-
ary thin tined hoy fork is any indica-
ltion of good fishing, then We have good
fishing here"
| About two thousand years ago Pto-
lemeus Philopater built ship at Alex
andria 42O feet long, fifty-seven feet
broad and seventy-two feet high. Tom
mage, 6, ,445 tons.
The jewelry and fancy goods dealers
of Boston propose to print and circu-
late among themselves list of all their
debtors who persistently neglect to pay
their bills.
A Lynchburg carpenter, while plan
ing board, struck knot, which de
Iyeloped into an accurate representa-
tion of fox's head of life size. He
trimmed the board and framed it.
a firm in Dubuque has Just compile
ted the manufacture of two iron steam
yachts, one for use on Clear lake and
the other for Storm lake. They are
screw propellors modelled after the
Clyde clippers.
The British Royal Humane Society
recently awarded their bronze medal
to an old gentleman in England ,eig hty-
two years of age, who encouragingly
plunged into the sea to rescue a drown
ing child.
1t is said that some of the enterpris-
ing New York journalists, being unable
to obtain permission TO send CORE spon
dents on the Tigris, overcame the diff
ficully by causing their correspondents
to enlist as seamen.
A carrier pigeon was used successful
ly last week in taking communlca-
ton from Poughkeepsie to Albany
The bird left the former city at twelve
minutes past P. NJ, and found its des-
tination in Albany at twenty minutes
past p. NJ.
\ steady tide of travel hast set in the
direction of Switzerland, and the in
dieations are that the season of rs viii
be memorable among guides and hotel
proprietors thereabouts. The Ameri-
can element, of course, is a large one
in the throng OF tourists.
The miners in Relief District, Ore
gon, recently went almost wild with
Joy over the birth of the first baby in
the camp. The blaeksmith's forge was
transformed into a battery, anvils were
made to answer the purpose of ordn-
ance, and keg of blasting powder was
in firing salutes in honor Of
the stranger.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

A Chicago widower, who has been
married nine times, says that which q
man most wants of wife is her COM
panionship, sympathy, courage and
love. He is right. The true man
wants his wife's companionship when
he has to get up in the night to see
what noise is in the cellar. Her courage
is eminently valuable in the general
neighborhood debates over the posses
sion of some domestic article, and her
love is absolutely indispensable when
he gets in late. But her sympathy
Well, any one who has ever picked up
the wrong stove lid with his bare
hand can estimate the value of that
IN. Y, Com. Ad.
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2oetrg.
For the Chronicle.
FATHER, GUIDE NE
BY LULA WHEELER.

Father, guide me,
Guide me when my feet grow weary
OF the toiling, and 1 nearly.
Lose my hope, while dark and dreary
Seems my life.
Father, guide me,
GUIDE me when my bark seems drifting
Into danger, ana uplifting
Human thoughts from earth's dross Sitting
Guide Ine hon :,
Father, guide me,
Often when fain would love thee,
Doubt and darkness rise above me
And, with fear, have often drove thee
From my heart.
Father, guide me,
Guide me through the darkest midnight,
Take my hand lead up to pure light,
And forgive the faithless insight
OF thy child.
Father, guide me,
Teach me what is pure gold from dross,
That meier may count it but loss.
That may humbly bear the.cross.
Ali my life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

A little romance from the postOfiice
Of a New England town speaks OF hope
deferred and a sick heart, and all that
sort of thing. Regularly every two
weeks for the last six years, q letter has
arrived there, addressed in feminine
hand, to some unknown person. Over
and over they are advertised, but he
never comes to claim them, and one
by one they are sent to the. dead-letter
office at Washington. Still they come
and still the mystery continue.
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s.lmnnt 90. gasiHtss airsftdrg
COUNTY OFFICERS


az..F E.dae-Cs w. 'CARRoLI.. Once
sssrs In public buildings, first 70 ,Stn risnl
"fSifss-iEWM. { COCHRAN. once N Puoiio'
% r,it ~ ;s,trtr-JR K. MITCHELL 0nlceIh pun
a. b,,jIdings adjoining the Court House. =,
Ayditp,5I p, 20 -. ~, "a al tieft door.
pnps,G TG.,rs1A PeRFKRFTgLp; ostice on Main
st rect first door West Of IN BaIak ascs in pubIic
Rsso.sseT t,,st fioor. second door on LEFT
Tossesainq sttorrey-W. s. kESsps.i ss, oiiies
ew doors east nf the MAJ ionaI hossI nsWira. B. E.
Corle. in; William Armstrong
rs,,rs.es-F 3. KEs,SEDY, " Ss.3.ss-,il,e on the
~. MONDAYS Of March. June, .ePIe,i1Tit PI,,aTiIatinn
,1ecemhor-and as Board % oI each Tea~.
Ne thir'i ronrt meets on the first Iues-
,avS of January March MAY sps court and i;
or and November. as criInlrSS rilrsS for the trans
~ i,,, Of other business
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24
WOOL MARKETS.
BOSTON,

BOSTON.
y 10 There has been quito an active de-
for wool the past " eek, and the report
lnsactions show that an increasing pro-
lop of new fleece of wool is selling. There
been very little change in prices of domes-
Tool, though there is some irregularity,
slight concessions have been made in some
IS. ASS whole, however the market Ia
4, recent advices from the West indicating
tile farmers are getting full prices for the
j now selling. and that they holding very
lly. 1t is very difficult 10 get more than so
tsior domestic fleece wool, Though AN oc-
onal lot of very choice old brings trifie
re. We quote choice Ohio at 49a52c, includ-
old; Michigan 46aGOc; Wisconsin 45a4Tc,
lies of foreign include 1000 ibs Cape at 36l%c;
lbs do pulled at 47cj 5000 bs do do at 55c;
% lbs Australian at 50c.
NEW YORK.
lily l9.-There has been more inquiry for
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

Good Templar lodges are now being
opened in England at the rate of ten
per day, and 5000 people have join
ed in twelve months,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24
ATTENTION!
BEE.WON'T .N'URS EEeEEA

ONE mile North of National Road near the
" County Iufirmary.
We heep constantly on hard a choice selec-
ton OF Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Vines, &C.
: Parties wishing to purchase will do well TO
call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
Orders promptly I'LL. p. o. Address East Rleh-
land, Ohio. ]. AoRRISON.
feby7I-ly
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1873-07-24

"Do you want to buy sewing ma
chine ?" asked an agent of a farmer.
"No," was the reply; 81 always SOW
my wheat out of a bucket"
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AGfTF'S SidiDg WOODEN Factory.

7 WOULD respectfully announce to those
I I having wool 10 be manufactured, that am
tprepared to Card and Spin, and manufacture
IBL4NKETS, ST0CK1NG-YARN, FLAN-'
All work sent by Rail will receive prompt
attention.
| l will pay the highest market price for tub
washed WOOL or Carpet Rags. Wool worked
on shares if desired A liberal share OF pa-
ttronage is respectfully solicited. Address,
| je26u II. y. BELL, Shields Ohio
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MONDAY. July q, 1873,


w KKNNoN. Pitts Atty. jel
to IDS, fine wool, IS 40 to 5 so: extra 80 ibs,
" ool, s. % to S5; prime 80 fbs, fine wool,
10 10; common 81 90 to 4 so. =
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2arm aud 8uuseltoId.

| h1LLlNG POTATOES.-A correspond
ent of the R,rdl Neao Yorker tried an
IeXperiment last season with raising no.
tatoes by hilling, and by leaving the
surface fiat. The summer was wet.
giving the hilling the advantage, if
any. The result was about the same
quantity for each, but the potatoes
from the part rot hilled were larger,
fewer in number, and finer in quality.
He thinks much labor, worse than
useless, is expended in hilling potatoes.
PRESERVING EGGs.-A French
journal contains an account of various
Experiments made in France on the
best method of preserving eggs-a SUBJ
lject OF much importance there. Among
the different processes the best, and at
the Same time one of the simplest, was
found to consist in rubbing some vegc-
table oil Qinseed especially ON the egg;
this prevents any alteration for suf-
ficient time, and proving to be much
more satisfactory than any other plan
hitherto recommended,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS may be
employed for various kinds of orna-
mentation. 1t is made as follows: To
two drachms of vermilion add one
ounce of resin, and melt them together.
Have ready the branches or twigs peel
ed and dried, and paint them over with
this mixture while hot. The twigs be-
ing covered, hold them over a gentle
fire, turning them round till they are
perfectly smooth. White coral may
also be made with white lead, and
black, with lam i'bIack mixed with
resin.
ICING THAT WILL NOT BREAK
Take one pound of pulverized sugar,
and the whites of three fresh eggs, we'll
beaten. Mix them well together, and
flavor with the juice of one lemon, or
add teaspoonful of strong cider vine
gar. Pulverize one teaspoonfui of
wheat or corn starch, and add to it.
Four the top of the cake as soon as it
taken from the oven, and put on the
icing with large spoon, spreading it
in place by dipping a broad-bladed steel
knife into water, and then smoothing
the frosting with it.
LEMON CREAM.-Squeeze large
lemon and CRATE the peel, add two lea
cups and half of water, and heat it
over the fire. While it is heating, rub
two tablespoonfuIs of corn-starch
smooth, and beat the yelks of three
eggs. Stir the lemon-water gradually
into the cOrn-starch, add the egg, and
set it on the fire to thicxen gradually,
like boiled custard, sweetening to taste.
After it is done, beat the whites of the
eggs stiff and stir them in; then pour
into small tumblerS or lemonade glass
es, and set them in the ice-box to get
very cold.
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Master Commissioners
Sale.
Tr,T o..,iy


John II. Gosnell ct al,
TN pursuance of an order of the Court Of Com
! mon Pleas of Belmont County, Ohio, made
at the May Term thereof, 1873. in the above
entitled action. and to me duly issued, L VIII
offer for sale, at public auction, on
MONDAY, JULY q, 1873,
at l O'Clock afternoon, at the door of the Court
House of said County, in st. Clairsyille, o., the
following described real estate, with the ap-
purtenances, known as - t~ $50
"IEWIS MILLS STATION"
as the property of the defendant, viz:-"Being
in the southeast quarter of Section No. 20,
Township 6, Range 4, Belmont County, ONO,
beginning at stone planted on the North side
of the Railroad from which point on the
Northeast corner OF the Culvert over the Mill
Race marked A. y. bears South $50 East $50
poles running thence North 7l2o West II. Is
poles to a stone; thence South 70%o West 6,9S
poies to a stone; thence South 80 West 2;96
poles to a stone South of the main track of the
railroad; thence South S0o East 1880 poles to a
stone near the Switch-Stand, and thence North
90 East 2I poles to the place of beginning con-
tanning roods and S.45 perches OF land, be the
same more or less.
Appraised at s.. .3'0 90. ne,,o,r,,
J. +. CHARLESWORTH,
Master Commissioned.
iaI0f
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MISCELLANEOUS
Sheriff S Sale.
Belmont Common Pleas.
In Partition.
John Brown,
VS..
Abel RrOEn et a.

Abel Brown, et, a.
ny virtue of an order OF sale in the above
Is case issued and 10 me directed from the
6-ourf of Common Pleas of Belmont County,
Ohio. will offer for sale on the premises, on
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BRIDGEP0RT.

{IT Est & MITCHELL, Wholesale UTu
w :sts, Main near corner of Bank-st.
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y 9.-There has been more inquiry for
foreign and domestic the past three days
N GW VIUCBEE
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07
Is viii M. Carleton a Fraud!

Before we have had settlement for
the twentieth time of the authorship of
the iingling fapdoodle about "Beauti-
ful Snow" we are promised first-class
uproar between rival claimants for the
authorship of some other notable poems.
Miss Emerson, of New York, a
cousin of the Concord philosopher, al
leges that she is the real, genuine,
original composer of the ballads, ditties,
or whatever they are, which have given
fame to the name of VIII Carleton,
within the last year or two. 1t seems,
according to her story, that after she
had written Betsy and / Are Out, }"
and the rest of them, she read her COM
positions one evening III presence of the
young man Carleton, who then asked
her to give him n copy of them, which
she did /; but what was her amazement
the heartless youth was actually publish
ing the productions of her poetic brain
as his own, in Harper's Weekly and
other papers. She was naturally indig-
nant, excited, dumbfounded, not to say
tlabbergasted but Carleton had got
ahead of her, and had the advantage for
the time being. She is now prepared to
tear him down from the poet skies where
he has been shining to drive him away
from the base of Mount Parnassus,
which she says he has scaled to show
that he never tasted the waters of the
Castilian font, sacred to Apollo and the
muses., which he says he drank till over
come with poetic intoxication. Miss
Emerson is prepared to substantiate her
claims i'll way which would satisfy a
Cincinnati jury, and has completed nego-
tiations with New York publisher to
bring out, under her own name, the
poems which have already appeared
under the name of Will Carleton 1t is
said Miss Emerson makes show, in her
own behalf, which must astonish the
literary world. AT least, we have heard
this from an enthusiastic critic who
takes her side, and who has been posting
himself up on the subject, so that he
can take leading part III the terrible
war which must yet rage over it. We
look forward to this struggle with appre-
hension for, rs it will be between per-
Unfortunately acrimonious, and brave
men, inspired by the spirit of chivalry,
will feel strongly inclined to take the
lady's side-just as, in former literary
affair, they took the side of Mrs. Akers
against Mr.. Ball and her other enemies.
We have heart-rending "reminiscences of
the contest about the authorship of
Rock Me to Sleep, Mother ;" and we
have not yet got over the twentieth bat
tie about " Beautiful Snow" when We
find we are to be precipitated into an
other and fercer conflict over " Betsy
and Are Out. Cincinnati COM
ncrci0k.