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The McArthur enquirer. (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1873-1884, 1873-09-03

THERE are but two states in
the world which may be pro-
nounced happy-either that Of
the man who rejoices in the
light Of Gods countenance, or
that Of him who mourns after II.
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LH0t0C, CR0WP0I9R co.. LH,
A@guSt II, 1873.
EDITOR ENQUIRER:
Have been ruSticating in the
country, seven miles east of the
above place, since Thursday
last, and surrounded by end
less cornfelds and extended
prairies. If we could realize
that "we we're monarch of all
we surveyed" what a huge farm
would be our lot; and then we
would no doubt feel like the
man who drew the elephant,
"what would we 90 with it %
Nearly all the prairie soil in
this section has been cultivated
and improved the past season.
The main production being
corn, although there has been a
good breadth of wheat harvest
ed, as also flax, oats and small
Ter cereals. The wheat was a
fair crop, oats did well, but flax
is comparatively a failure. Just
now the corn is suffering from a
severe drOuth, and unless a
good refreshing rain falls soon,
the crop will be short. The
corn stalks are short and small,
and the leaves are being shriv-
eled by the heat. There has
been no rain, worthy of note,
since the 4th of July last
Should there be early frosts
the corn will prove a total fail
ure.
Any number of improved
farms can be purchased for from
twenty-five to thirty-fve dollars
per acre in this locality. We
think these are very fair and
reasonable prices, considering
that the soil is equal to any in
the West, and climate healthy.
The great lack, however, is an
abundance of water. AT the
present time nearly all the
wells are dry, and running
streams scarce and at a dis
tance, consequently stock is apt
to suffer through the heat of
summer.
Game, such as prairie chick
ems, ducks and cranes, is
abundant, and make an appe-
tizing dish.
Most of the towns are at a
stand-still, except those located
at prominent manufacturing or
central points. Nearly all the
towns have grown at a greater
speed than The farming commu-
mites surrounding them, and
hence their collapse. But they
will no doubt retain a steady,
substantial growth, correspond
ing with that Of the farming
community.
Urbana, the county town. of
this county, Champaign is
attractive, and exhibits consid.
cradle thrift and enterprise
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PUMPS.
A mericau Submerged Pump.
"THE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD

OUR AGENTS report over 5000 worth OF
property saved from Fire this year by these
pumps, being the most powerful forco-pumps
IN the world, as we'll as HOUSEKEEPING.
See October number, page 800, also the Pre-
turlst. This paper never ,lecelyes the farmers.
See notice in February number, page 40. Try
one IL u don't do the work claimed pend II
back nnil get your money, ~ WE WARRANT
our pumps to DO nll we claim for them on our
circulars.
seul for circulars OF orders TO the bridge
poWM'fg Co., No. rs Chambers st, New York.
An order for nine MOL Pumps secures an
exclusive town agency, '7-tf.
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G. 4 NJ. DIVISION.
UOINu EAST.
AGENTS WANTED,

In every county OF each State, for new
National Book. (TiiE LIVES AND PORTRAITS
OF THE pREslDENTs) with fac slmile copy Of
tho Declaration Of Independence, the Constl-
tuition Of United States, and Washington's
Farewell Address, with 10 fine steel plates
For circulars aud terms, address johnson
Wils6n & Co., ~ Bcckman st. N. Y
n2Te&w.0m.
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RELIGIoUsjoy is a holy, a deli
cate deposit. it is a pledge Of
something greater, and must
not be though lightly of; for il
it be withdrawn only for little
and, Notwithstanding the ex-
perience we may have had Of
it, we shall find no living creatur
that can restore it to us, and we
can only, with David, cry" Re-
store unto me, 0 Lord, the joy
of thy salvation"
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Few Christians, if any, sufi-
GENTLY honor Christ, as govern
ing their concerns. They do
not say, "Now while | am
praying on earth, my Saviour is
working for me in heaven. He
is saying to one, do this!' and
to another, do that!' and all
for my good" While jeremiah
was, doubtless, crying to God
out of the dungeon, Ebed-me-
lech was iuterceding for him
with the king, and they were
preparing the means of his de-
liverance. See Jer. 3S.
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LET the arm-hearted Chris
tion be careful of receiving a
wrong bias in religion. When
a ball is in motion, almost any
thing presented to it obliquely
will turn it wholly out of its
course. Beware, therefore, of
a wrong direction in Chris tian-
ity, Fix your attention ever
on such examples as st. John
and st. Paul, and hear how
they speak: eff any man love
not the Lord Jesus Christ, let
him be anathema, maranatha. "
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occasion--we lack the moral
courage at the right moment to
push ahead and the result is we
fail in the outset. Hundreds of
our young men might become
powerful debaters if this one
great trouble did not stare them
in the face. The history of our
country gives us the names of
our great men, who, in this one
respect, utterly failed in their
lives, Chief Justice TANEY,
THos- JEFEsRsoN, our own Pres
ident GRANT, and SO on, But |
did hot start out to write an
article 0f The above tenor, but
to give you a few items Of in
terest concerning our locality,
of which | suppose most of
your readers are unacquainted.
The La Grange Iron Works,
a corporation doing business in
Stewart county, Tennessee, own
about forty thousand acres of
land on which are erected their
blast furnaces, to-wit: Eclipse,
Clark, and La Grange. The first
named is dismantled and has
been standing still for several
years. The two last named are
in successful operation. The
two furnaces, Clark and La
Grange, are but one mile apart,
and the nearest one, one and
one-fourth mile from Tennessee
River. Both furnaces make about
six thousand tons annually
of first quality, No. l Foundry
and Mill iron. They are both
in the hands of experienced
furnacomen; Clark now being
handled by Mr.. WIN. REED, of
your county. He had done
we'll and his success stamps
him as one of the best furnace
men of our country. The sup
ply of timber and ore for these
furnaces is simply inexhausti-
BILE, You can have no concep-
ton of an ore bank until you
have looked at some of them in
in this county. Take the vine
yard hill east of Macarthur, and
split it from summit to base and
entirely remove one-half, and
imagine the face of the other
one solid mass of ore and you
have an idea Of a Tennessee ore
bank. We have one bank
here-Clark Furnace bank
which has a face Of about one
hundred and fifty feet in length
by an average of thirty feet in
in heighth. In it we work
from twenty to fifty men, and
from three to five carts. We
have now erected near it a fine
ore washer to which is hauled
all the fine ores, where it goes
through process of washing
and comes out entirely clear of
dirt. The capacity of the wash
ing machine is seventy-five to
eighty tons per day. The. La
Grange Furnace has a bank
similar to that of Clark, near
which a washer will be erected
soon. Both furnaces employ
from three TO five hundred men
and from twenty-five to forty
teams, and the benefit accru-
ing to the citizens here by rea-
son of these works is very
great. This not an agricultural
country, but is pretty we'll
adopted to grazing and the
raising of sheep. Farmers,
however, have heretofore taken
but little interest in stock rails
ing, and there are but few
sheep in the county. OF late
there is a better disposition
manifested and the farmers are
consulting their interests by
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fore Christ. The five books of
Moses has been kept with the
ark of the covenant (Deut. 81:
24--26) and Joshua had writ
ten that portion of Scripture
bearing his name Gin the books
of the laws of God" Joshua
S:24-26.
, What are the most prominent
translations of the Bible that
have ever been made +?
The Septuagint, the Vulgate,
the Doaay and the English Of
King James Bible.
What is the meaning Of the
word Septuagint A?
Seventy. The translation
was so-called because it was
made by seventy, or more
strictly speaking, by seventy
two men; six having been
chosen from each Of the twelve
tribes Of Israel for that purpose.
When and where was this
translation made
At Alexandra, in Egypt,
about 500 years before Christ.
1t was a translation of the Old
Testament only, from the He
brew into the Greek.
How was this regarded by
the Jews in the time of Christ ?
1t was regarded with pecu-
liar reverence. Our Savior and
the apostles generally quoted
from this version.
What is the Vulgate transla-
ton =?
1t is a Latin translation OF
the Septuagate, not of the He
brew; and so called the Vul-
gate, because, being the only
version which the the Roman
Catholic Church holds to
be reliable, it is in that Church
the common version.
When and by whom was thi'
translation made a.?
By Jerome, about the yea
A. d. 400. 1t was hastily MAJ dc
and became very incorrect by
many changes.
What of the Douay Bible ?
1t is an English translation
of the Vulgate, with notes anC
comments, and is the only
English Bible approved by the
Roman Catholic Church.
From what did it receive iti
name ?
From the place where it was
first published--Douay, a towr
in France.
When was Unpublished 4?
In 1901.
Why does it differ so much
from our English Bible ?
Because it was made moi
from the original Hebrew, bu
from the Vulgate which wa'
from the Septuagint, and very
imperfect. 1t could not be al
correct as a translation made
directly from the Hebrew.
Why is our English version
CALLED King James Bible ?"
Because it was made during
the reign OF James L, the King
of England.
When was it begun an(
when completed
In the year 1907 the work
was commenced and was fin.
ished in about three years and
published in 1911.
By whom was the transla-
ton made =?
Fifty-four of the most learned
men of the kingdom were ap-
pointed for the task. Seven
did not serve, leaving forty
seven as the number who were
actually engaged in the work.
IIo.x ,,,oa 1Lo Iokor opnnv
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Selected Poetry.
[Prom the N. Y. Starl
Uncle Sans Whitelashed Lambs.


tr,.u =, " CO.,
lFro'ii 'lo ~ o'"'l
Once
Uncle sani's.
Little lambs
Flceccs were as white as snow.
But
Uncle Sans
Want u,hn,s lemhs ouWht mt In Vo.
r,,.,,
Little lambs
Got their fleece black with SCOT;
So
Uncle Sams
Little lambs
Didn't like goats very well;
For
Uncle Sam's
Knew that goats were sent to-h-l.
pbo,
iTncIe san,,a
ittio i",nhs
cat hot, srionds 10 tal,e n hush.
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Iess. ..,lvertisements-$1 90 per square for
drst Insertion: and 80 cents per square Tor
each additional insertion.
business Cards, not exceeding lines, 20
per year.
Al bills due on first Insertion Of advertise
ments.
Bills with regular advertisers to be paid
quarterly.
Business Notces-10 cents line. Marriage
Notices according to the liberality Of the
parties.
Yearly advertisers entitled to quarterly
changes. -,
ndvurtisements not otherwise ordered, will
be continued until ordered discontinued, and
charged accordingly.
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Correspondence.
IL Ii N 0IS.

Ludlo,O, Champaign Co.,. Ill.,
AaguSt II, 1873. {
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17
The October Elections.

The returns from the elections in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and Iowa, on Tuesday, in
dictate that the republicans have carried
all three-the last two by large MAORI
ties. From Ohio the returns are meagre
and not decisive. There were three
tickets in the field and there was much
scratching, and many voters make UP
their tickets from the republican and
democratic nominations.
Pennsylvania has probably elected the
republican State ticket by 20 900 major
ity, and some of the ticket may reach
$4,000. Philadelphia city gives over
10000 republican majority. The details
would not be interesting, especially tc
democrats.
Iowa is reported republican by ovei
10000 majority. At all events it is large
enough.
AT Washington, ID. c., an election wa'
held on Tuesday for the house of dele
gates, and resulted in electing 20 repub
licaus and two democrats.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

Coop DIsINFECTANT.-The impurities
of the atmosphere of sick room should
be speedily attended to. Like miasmat-
ic exhalations, foul atmosphere carries
contagious properties and oft penetrates
where least expected. Disinfectants can
be made as follows; Chloride of lime,
FIVE pounds, in tub containing four
common sized pals of soft water rain
water is the best. Stir five minutes and
then allow it to settle; when clear draw
off into some tight vessel or into bottles.
In case of sickness, especially infectious
diseases, make free use of this fluid upon
all vessels. and place shallow dishes fill
ed with it under the bed and in the cor
ners of The room. Wherever there is a
noxiOus odor sprinkle upon the spot,
which is a duty in summer no person
should shirk. In whi.ewashing a room
add little, which assists in sweetening
the room.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

INFANTICIDE IN VERMoNT.-The Bar
ton Monitor is responsible for the follow
ing strange story
One of the most cruel cases of infant
murder that has come to our notice, has
Just occurred in South Barton. About
two years ago, man of that place mar
ried girl not noted for amiableness or
chastity, and sometime during last win
ter, they had a child which was sickly,
and seems to have inherited loathsome
disease The inhuman mother from the
time of its birth, has hated, neglected
and abused it, and has finally succeeded
in forcing it out of the world. The
neighbors, having been informed of the
cruelty, have visited the british mother
and tried to persuade her to use it more
kindly, but their entreaties were una
vailing. A few days since the child died,
and those who laid it out found a pitia-
BILE sight 1t was covered with bruises,
and the marks of fingers were seen upon
its legs and arms, where il had been
pinched and roughly handled one arm
was broken, and the whole body of the
child was covered with dirt and filth
The neighbors say that the babe has
been left alone all night, and that its
mother has obliged it to lie for hours
upon its back with its arm under its
body, so that it could not put its fingers
in its mouth, in the vain attempt to OBJ.
tain the food required TO keep it from
furnishing. 1t is said that when the
child died, and the mother was notified
of the fact (not being in the room at the
time,) she remarked, with an oath, that
"there was no such good news" Why
the good citizens of that place have toll
Grated such cruelty toward fellow be
ing, or still allow the fendish parents tc
run at large is mystery we cannot ex'
plain.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

STRAW HAT MANUFAcToRY.- A =.
B. Jewett and o. K. Brown of Swanton,
have engaged in an enterprise which is
likely to attain large proportions. For
twenty years or more Col. Jewett has
been an extensive dealer in Canada
straw hats, buying them of the French
women who make them and disposing of
thousands of dozens of them at wholesale
in the different cities in the Union. But
they were an ordinary, cheap affair,
made of ripe grain straw and wholly un-
finished. Last year they adopted an en-
tirely different course. Large fields
were sown to rye and when the straw
was we'll grown, and just before the
grain began to set, the straw was Graded,
bound in small bundles and taken to a
large bleaching kettle in the field and
immersed in chemical solution. 1t
was then spread out and dried, again
bound and then stored for use, being
white and exceedingly tough. In and
around Swanton there is large Canadi-
an French population and women call
and get the straw and soon return it
braided into hats of any required size,
pattern blocks being furnished them for
the purpose. The hats are then put
through another bleaching process, sized
or stiffened with glue, and put on blocks
and pressed with hot irons by the use of
machinery adapted to the purpose. They
are then bound and otherwise trimmed
by expert girls, with sewing machines,
and packed for market. The past season
the hats were the prevailing style in the
cities, and the manufacturers have no
doubt of their ability to suit the public
taste.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

A colored girl was recently exelud-
ed from the high school OF Xenia, o.,
after she had passed the necessary exam
ination.
A papyrus manuscript found in an
Egyptian tomb has lately been translat-
ed by scholar of Heidelberg, who pro.
nounces it to be an address of Rameses
I'LL to all the nations of the earth, de.
failing infinitely all the causes which led
to the exodus of the Jews from the land
of the Pharaohs.
In GAINESVILLE, O., a widow of 30
took an orphan boy of is, who was liv-
ing in the family, as her second husband.
Ten years ago they adopted an orphan
girl, and last year, tho old lady died.
Now the bereaved husband has consoled
himself with the orphan girl and the
two are now living happily together
Watch reminds somebody of the story OF
the knife and the new blade aud then
the new handle.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

A PLUCKY EDITOR. While the yell
low fever has been desolating the strick-
en- city of Shreveport, La, and carrying
off its population by scores and hun
dreds, the Shreveport Times has kept up
his paper with undaunted courage. Prin-
tiers, foreman, business manager and 9TH
ers connected with the office have died
by the pestilence, but the paper has con-
tinued to appear, although with constant.
ly diminishing size. Sometime since il
had got down to three columns, and a
large part of the matter was put in type
by the editor. The paper for the 26th
of September is smaller still, but displays
undaunted courage. The editor prays
for the choicest blessings of God upon its
big hearted contemporaries who are
rallying their readers 10 the assistance
of the afflicted people," and promises
when the Times once more arises from
her sick bed, she will again put on her
armor, and rejoining the grand army Of
the press, will march forth with il to the
accomplishment of the most glorious
achievements, the greatest of which is
the administration of charity to afflicted
humanity" And now, alas, it is report.
ed that within few days of the issue Of
his paper from which the above is an ex.
tract, the editor himself fell victim to
the unrelenting plague.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17

The vexed question as to whether
May, wife of Hugh Parsons of Spring.
field, Mass, condemned to death in 1861,
for witchraft, was really executed, or
died in prison, has, it seems, been final
ly settled. AT the meeting of the Con-
necticut Historical Society in Hartford,
the other evening, DIR. Trumbull, the not
eG antiquarian, read letter from Eliot,
the apostle to the Indians, which has not
been known before, and which the learn
ed doctor has just found in the London
Mercurius Politicus " for September %.
1861. In that letter Eliot, in talking of
the prevalence of destinations and
witchcrafts in the colony, expressly
states that May Parsons was executed.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17
Horse Thieves in Maine.

Reports from Bingham, dated Sd inst
say: For six weeks this region has
been greatly troubled by a gang oil
horse thieves that have ranged through
northern Piscataqua and this section,
creating great alarm among the owners
ofhorses. Eight horses have been stolen
but retaken, and the whole country has
been ON the alert to catch them, as they
have not only stolen horses but lived on
the country. Tuesday night nine men
from Moose River, who had been hunt
ing for the thieves several days, came
upon the camp of the party and surround
ing it demanded their surrender. The
party which consisted of two men, re-
sponded by opening fire upon the pur-
suers, who closed in upon them, firing as
they advanced. The two thieves did not
give up until severely wounded, one
through the lung and the other deep in
the shoulder, Two of the pursuers re-
ceived ugly flesh bus not dangerous
wounds. Their names are Richard Hol-
den and William Ray of Moose River.
The thieves were captured just over the
line in Canada and brought to this side,
to the house of Otis Holden. They re.
fuse to tell their names. A requisition
will be made at once. The people in
the sparsely settled country above here
feel greatly relieved.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17
Thanksgiving Day.

The proclamation for national thanks
giving in which the governors of the
States will doubtless generally join, was
issued on Tuesday as follows;
The approaching close of another
year brings with it the occasion for re-
newed thanksgiving and acknowledge
ment to the Almighty Ruler of the uni
verse for the numerous mercies bestowed
upon us. Abundant harvests have been
among the rewards Of industry with To-
cal exceptions health has been among
the blessings enjoyed tranquility at
home, and peace with other nations have
prevailed frugal industry is regaining
its merited recognition, and its merited
rewards gradually but Under the provi-
dence of God, surely, as we trust, the ma
ton is recovering from the lingering re-
suits Of dreadful civil strife. For
these and all other mercies vouchsafed,
it becomes us, as people, to return
heartfelt and grateful Acknowledgements
and with our thanksgiving we may unite
our prayers for the cessation Of local
and temporal suffering. | therefore rec
ommend that on Thursday, the 9th day
of November, next, the people meet in
their respective places of worship, to
make their Acknowledgements to AL.
mighty God, for his bounties and his
protection, and to offer to him prayers
for their continuance. Ia witness where
of | have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to
be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
14th day of October, in the year of oul
Lord 1873, and of the independence Of
the United States the 9th. BY the
president,
L. S. GRANT.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1873-10-17
HAMILTON FISH. Secretary of State

FREAKS OF A ToRNADo.-The neatest
achievement of tornado which passed
over Sullivan county, N. H., some days
ago, was the removal of the house of
Boswell Benway of East Unity. The
house was heavy one, 40x2S feet. 1t
was instantaneously taken from its foun-
dation and moved forty feet, as if it had
slid on ice. Scarcely an underpinning
stone was displaced not thing was
dropped into the cellar, which was deep
and of the size of the whole house nor
was the ground where it stopped but lit
tie disturbed. Mr.. Benway was pump.
ing water in the back room, and his wife
was in the front room both were car.
ried along, only being aware that some
terrible blow had fallen on their dwelling
but having no suspicion that it had been
moved, and neither of them was hurt.
Many of the windows we're dashed out
every article of crockery or glass was
broken to pieces; clothes that were hang
ing about and other things were scatter
ed rods away. The back side of the
house coming in contact with the front
doorstep, and perhaps the underpinning,
the latter was handsomely laid upon the
ground inside down, and although badly
racked, the house stood, while the shed,
about thirty feet in length, at the end,
was entirely demolished.