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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

In an essay recently read before the Ameri-
can Antiquarian Society, Mr.. Stephen Sails
bury gives some interesting information re-
specting our familiar national song of the
Sta Spangled Banner. With the authorship
of the poem and the circumstances under
which it was written most persons are toler-
ably familiar, but probably not one in q thou
sand can say who composed the fine air 20
which the words are sung. This was the pro
duction of John Stafford Smith, an English
man attached to the Chapel Royal, who lived
between 1850 and 1886, and who adapted it to
the words of an "Anacreontic Song" by
Ralph Tomlinson, commencing
"To Apacreon in Heaven where he sat H. full glec,
A few sons Of harmony sent their petition" st3B
The air is commonly quoted. "To Anac-
reon in Heaven" and is still occasionally sung
in England. In the United States it was in
use long before Keys song was written, hav-
ing been the tune TO which Robert Treat
Paine, in 1885, wrote his once famous poll
teal lyric, sAdams and Liberty" which ends
with the refrain = A8f~sf hst
'For the sons of Columbia will never he slaves,
While the earth bears plant or the sea rolls It's
waves. y
But though associated for thrce-quartcrs of
century with American national and patri-
otto music, "To Anacreon in Heaven" was
never favorite tune and, and might possibly
have ere this fallen into desuetude had not the
late civil war lifted it into popular and prob
ably permanent estimation. Its chief, if not only
rival, the music of g Hail Columbia, is prob
ably almost coeval with it, having been COM
posed by Prof Phyla Of Philadelphia, and
first played at Trenton, N. j., on the occasion
of Washington passing through that place
on his way to New York to be inaugurated.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03


Away down South, in the days before the
names of Hoe and b. lock had become house,
hold words, paper was printed on a Ramage
machine, by an old colored pressman named
Sam. The forms were always placed on the
press aud made ready for him; and SO, with
a well trained roller boy. the working of the
paper progressed satisfactorily. But it hap
pened one day that Sam, who could not read,
was thrown entirely on his own resources
He put the form to press and pulled sheet |;
looked at it intently; turned it round and
turned it over something was the matter !;
he looked again, felt the tympan, held the
sheet up to the light and looking over his
spcctacles at the grinning roller boy. cxclaim-
ed Look hcah, boy, Why for yer don't
stribit yer rollah ?'' The form was bottom
up.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

A QUAKER CITY ENTERPRISE AND IT'S PEcU-
LIARITIEs.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03
POETRY.
HE sUfs HITH ME.


Specifies Sorrow sat with mel
/ was signing YEARLY!
Lamp and fire were out the rain
Wildly beat the window pane. Sos
In the dark we heard knock,
) And Il hand was on the lock;
One in waiting speaks to me.
Saying sweetiy,
+" ] am come TO sup with thee
All my room was dark and damp;
"Sorrow," said l. trim the lamp,
Light the fire and cheer Thy face,
Set the guest-cbair inits place.
And again heard the knock
In the dark | found the lock
Enter, have turned the key m nta
Enter, stranger,
Who art come to sup with me
Opening wide the door He came, -
But could not speak Ills nome;
In the gucst-chair took Ills place, 4a
But could not s se His face.
When my chez 'ful fire was beaming,
When my little lamp was cleaning,
And the feast was spread for Thee,
Lo my Master
Was the Guest that supped with me.
-Ch-isas fons0tc, or.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

RoMANcE.--Conyersatio between inquir-
ing stranger and tho Steamboat pilot: g That
is Black Mountain?Y4 Yes, sir; highest
or legend connected with that mountain ?''--
" Lots of 'em. Two lovers went up that
mountain once and never came back again.
/" Indeed, why what became of them sn---
event down OH the other side.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

Don't take too much interest in the affairs
of your neighbors. Seven per cent will do.
A true American is too proud to beg and
too honest too steal. He gets trusted
The triumph Of mind over matter-a young
lady scrubbing with bracelets on.
A pensivc husband is frequently the re-
mark Of an expensive wife.
The first news carricr-Noah's Dove.
The devil is not always at one door.
crooked log makes straight fire.
True to the last--The shoemaker
True to the Core--A good apple.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

Ladies never kiss each other in China ex-
cept they are true friends. If that were the
test among ourselves, kisses between gusll-
ing women would be rare occurrences.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

When dcaf-mutes are married, two mem
bers of the wedding party are snre to be UNI
spcakably happy.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-09-03

Why is coffee like an axe with q dull cdgeY
Because it must be ground before it is used
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

COTTON MANUFACTURING IN THE SOUTH
The annual report of II. 81. Hickman, Esq,
President of the Graniteville Manufacturing
Company, gives gratifying exhibit of the
progress and success of cotton manufactures in
the South. The factory of the company, stu
ated but few miles from Augusta, on fine
water-course in South Carolina, known as Horse
Greek, though it might be termed small river
instead of creek, may be said, with other
factories on that stream. to belong to the man.
ufacturng interests of this city, as in measure
they are dependent upon Augusta for the de-
mand for their goods, and their introduction in
Northern markets.
The Graniteville Company, though having
met with many reverses since the beginning of
the late war, has yet been remarkably success
full in the end. During the past year, nothing
has occurred to mar its progress, and as con-
sequence it is able to show marked increase
in production and profits over previous years.
The Presidents report shows in detail the
operations of the mills for the year ending
February %, 1873. From this exhibit it ap-
pears that the sum of So, ,S1476 has been added
to the surplus this sum, with the dividends
paid, places the net earnings of the fiscal year
at $3.50, ,2S9.76, being nearly rs 66-l00 per cent.
of the capital stock, which is S716,5 500. This
is practical illustration of the advantages
which the South can lay claim to, in the man.
ufacture of cotton goods by her unsurpassed
water power.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

THE BLUE RIDGE RA1LRoAD.-Ata a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Port Royal
Railroad, Mr. j. G. Thompson, Of the Beaufort
Republican,, pointed out the Importance of a
connection with Cincinnati via Edgefeld, Alb
beville, Anderson, the Blue Ridge Railroad,
through Rabun Gap and Knoxville. The
Blue Ridge Road was never in fairer way to
be rescued from the theving politicians. Sew
eral millions of dollars worth of work had been
done on it already, and it would now probably
pass into the hands of men who would build it.
Its early connections with Port Royal was GER
tain, and the arrival of through cars of Gin.
cinnati bacon at Port Royal was predicted
within three years.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge Of A. F. M. of
South Carolina
GRAND EAST,
CHARLESTON, May 6, a. L. 5S73. !


CHARLESTON, May 6, a. L. 1878.
Dear Brethrcn-It is my painful duty to an.
nounce to the craft of this State the death of
Past Grand Master James Lawrence Orr, min
lister plenipotentiary to Russia, which took
place at St, Petersburg May s.
A statesman, jurist, a leader he's been
called away from the friends of nearly half
century, closing his eyes in the midst of the
labors of his high Office in foreign land
whose shores his feet had scarcely touched.
But his work was done, and fitting it is that
the eager knight whose lance we have seen
poised IN hundred arenas should at last lie
with folded palms and his armor at his feet,
wrapped in a "peace whose eternal summer
shall not fade"
In conformity with our customs / therefore
recommend that our altars throughout the en-
tire State be draped with mourning for the
space of sixty days In token of our fraternal
regards.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

PARLoR MATcHEs.-There is no article in
use in our domestic economy more necessary,
and yet more dangerous than the ordinary par
lor match. Many conHagration, whose origin
is wrapped in mystery, is probably caused by
these apparently harmless articles. A box of
matches and half dozen rats, are sufficient to
set a whole town on fire. The avidity With
which rats seize matches and carry them off is
not generally known. These animals are fond
of phosphorus, substance entering largely
into the composition of matches, To crafty
their appetite they gnaw the matches, and thus
ignite them.
A gentleman in town had occasion recently
to remove some shelves in his store. Behind
one of these he found rats nest, in which was
a handful of these dangerous articles, some
partly eaten. Another gentleman purchased
several boxes of matches and put them in a
drawer containing papers. Not long after, he
discovered that rats had gnawed the boxes
sufficiently to open and empty them. The
matches were scattered over the drawer. Why
none had ignited, was mystery. Many other
instances Of the same nature might be men,
toned. Parlor matches have been found 80
dangerous, that they are never used in stores
or hotels in the North and West. The old
sulphur match has been brought again into use,
recent invention. They are not so liable to be
carried off by rats; they make smaller flame /;
and by the sulphurous vapor arising from
them during combustion, they extinguish them
selves, when in close place. We should fol.
low the example of our yankee brethren, and
receive the old "Lucifer" again into favor.
But whatever kind of matches be used, they
should be handled with care, and kept in metal
or glass cases. Were these precautions observ-
ed, we would hear of fewer fires caused by ac.
cident or unknown incendiaries.--FairfeId
Herald
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

FREE TIcKErs.-The Supreme Court has
rendered decision which invalidates the
clause usually printed on the backs of railroad
ia case of injury by accident. The decision,
however, does not include the ordinary COM
plimentary pass, on which no consideration is
apparent, but only that large class of passes
granted "on account of freight" as, for in
Stance, drovers' tickets to return home free
after having disposed of their cattle. In these
cases the consideration is obvious, and the ex-
ceptions on the back are of no effect. 1t came
to the knowledge of the court, ALSO that some
railroads were actually selling tickets in their
ordinary business which stipuIate an exemption
of the company from damages in consequence
of accidents, and holding that the acceptance
solved so 9TH the company from liability The sum of
the decision is, that in all cases where con-
sideration, of whatever sort, is given for the
ticket, the company is liable for damages.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15
EulogIes Of the Press.
From the Charleston Meps and Coarss,

From the Charleston Neaos and Courier.
The news of the sudden death at st. Peters
burg of Minister Orr will be sever shock to
the hosts of warm personal friends in this
State. to whom he so lately bade adieu. Few
popuiar leaders in the South have played
more marked and important part than he
throughout the troublous events of the last two
decades, and the high esteem in which he has
always been held as man of force and rare
ability, found expression in the multitude OF
State and National honors and responsibilities
showered upon him in quick succession through
out his career. The sketch printed in another
column gives the leading points of his life and
public services. His open afiliation, in the
last wears of his life, with a party obnoxious to
the great mass Of the white citizens of the
State, subjected him to some harsh criticism; ;
but it could not rob him of the wonderful pop
ularity which he had won among the people
who had 80 long known and honored him, and,
whatever may have been his political mistakes,
the void created by his loss will be deeply and
widely felt.
From, the South Odrolinian.
AS an orator he was not great, nor was he a
man of polished scholarship, nor of deep erudi-
ton. His learning was that which came from
observation and the study ef men, rather than
of his books. His intuition of human charac-.
ter and the springs which govern the actions of
the en most most sagacous and ar.seeing politician
the State has ever produced. Though all his
life in politics, and nearly all the while occu-
pying some high and honorable public position.
Judge Orr was never an ultra partisan. he
could change his party almost as readily as his
cont. and it was this Hexibility of mind which
caused him to be regarded by many as IS a man II!
nolitics. On this account he was never an ex-
tremeiy ts popular politician with the masses, but
he was always strong, with the more m sober,
discreet and thinking classes. 1t is the weak
ness of most men in our Democratic country,
even those of great intellectual abilities, to be-
come deyotees of party, and to lose sight, in a
Of the lob objects ct ssT at which hd1asaa1p all
the organization itself Judge Orr was never
so. He would change his views of public pol
icy at any time his judgment so dictated, not
as was sometimes said by his opponents, for
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15
ESSAYS BEFORE THE STATE AGRICUL.
1TJRAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY. p

The following essays, among others, were
presented before the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, at its recent Spring meet
ing in Charleston. We shall probably give
others to our readers in future issues:
Ploughing and Its Effect upon different Soils
at different Seasons.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

WHAT MAKES HARD TIMEs.-One explana-
ton for the stringency Of the money market is,
that both the city and the country merchants
have relapsed with the old credit system, beget-
ting extravaganza and the accumulation OF
debt. Farmers find themselves weighted down
with debts that might have been avoided with
far-sighted providence and more discreet fru"
pality, and are now compelled to resort to 81
ppinching and rigid economy which might have
been earlier put into practice, and before neces-
sity compelled its exercise. Long credits have
been given in the chief commercial centres OF
the North, and, in time, the wholesale dealer
has followed suit, and his retail customers In
the provinces have offered the temptation to g.
thrihless and improvident extravaganza to the
farmer. The Mercantile Agency has published
a table of the commercial failures of 1870, 1871
and 1872, which shows that, in Tennessee, the
year before the last, there were forty two fail
ures, with liabilities amounting to S369,00O
and last year there were ffty-six failures, whose
aggregate liabilities we're million and half
dollars. Nearly all the States enumerated In
the table before us indicate largely increased.
number of failures last year over the year pre-.
ceding. Such general and widely ditfused
increase of failures during the year indicates
that some general causes are at work to produce
IT, AmODS tuCoO u NouSPiSuOoo Pie'So ~ AAS
doubt claimed by the system of long credits
These credits have been conceded from an anx-
iety among mercantile classes to force business
and to offer inducements to country buyers to
purchase. If such enlarged credit continues
to be given, and this policy be allowed to es-
tablis6 itself as the rule of mercantile dealing,
we shall part with one of the important and
not too numerous safeguards we have long
enjoyed against financial revulsions. The
reckless ex pansion of credits and the evil con-
sequences have, in part, arisen from the MUIR
derous rates of interest merchants had to pay
Si'nS for money W used in their business Under is
strain they were compelled to make extraordi-
nary efforts to work off stocks rapidly, to ex-
pand credits and to trust their customers with
rather more laxity than usual, to keep turning
over the capital for which they had to pay so
dearly. It is to be hoped that this lesson Of
experience will be profitable in the future, and
less extravaganza in borrowing and spending
money will be practiccd.-NashuiAe Banner.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

= Never allow the oil to burn low in lamp,
as it Injuries the burner by getting. too hot, and
there is more danger Of an explosion.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

- Kate Stanton, in her lecture on "The
Loves of Great Men," asserts that planets re-
volve around the sun b. the influence of love,
like child revoves about its parent. When
the writer was boy he used to revolve around
his parents good deal, and many have been
melted thereto by love, but to an unprejudiced
observer it looked powerfully like a trunk
strap.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-05-15

In Milwaukee all the lawyers are judges,
out none of the judges are lawyers.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
VIRGINIA AND TRUCkEE
RAILROAD.
THROUGH PASSENGER TRAIN!

IN AND AFTER FEBRUARY 1, 1873
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
Hxrx i a singular story Of

Hxxk Is a singular story Of colncl-
dence. The detectives of Boston, in a
case given TO them to work up. wanted
a man named w. II. johnson who had
n glass eye. They fonnd such per-
son In Bangor. Me-, and, he was the
wrong gentleman. They found an
other W. II. Johnson in Salem, Mass.
also with glass eye. and he too
proved to lie an innocent man. They
then received telegram from New
buIyport, Mass, stating that w. H..
johnson with glass eye had been ar.
rested therc-and he likewise proved
to be the wrong customer. There Is n
fourth, W. II. johnson, with a glass
eye, somewhere. and the Boston au-
thorities would like to have him; that
10. unless he happens TO be the wrong
w. II, johnson with glass eye.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

The horrible effects OF a recent storm
up the river are depicted in graphic
colors by an editor, who. among other
places Of descriptive writing, says !:
"The storm of last week would seem
to have been even more terrible at
Sioux City than here. The tin roof OF
the Hobbard House was blown loose,
the brewery was partially unroofed,
while a schoolmaster, OF whom no
word OF ill-repute have ever been said
before, was hit In the hat BY brick,
and knocked flatter than a clans
nose" Such are the fearful scenes to
which the westerner must become ac-
customed.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

A MAN In Brunswick county, y. c.,
skipped to the West some years ago.
leaving a blooming wife to mourn him
for dead, and to get married again. He
returned Unexpectedly the other day,
and found her blooming in that other
fellows arms, and a cradle full OF
baby. sucking its fists In the delight OF
Its young existence. He put in his
prior claim and his wife pretended not
to know him; but when he told her
that he had $4,000. she knew him
right away, and told the brevet hus-
band he might caper away about his
business. How touching are the evil
dences OF female love.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

A YOUNG girl of Massachusetts,, hav.
Ing too much step-mother, donned
male attire and a KOssuth hat and left
for Chicago, where she was arrested.
She said she came by the clothes hon
estly. and thought she bad right to
wear what costume she pleased least
wise abe should not reveal her name.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13

A YOUNG lady in Iowa recently
whipped out an incipient confiagra,,
tion with her stockings. She had
heard that firemen used " hose In
stopping fires, and Is now satttlsd that
they are the proper thing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-02-13
POOH ENAMoRED FOOL

nY cHARlEs GODFREY LELAND.
Once again my heart 10 living.
And old sorrows pass away;
Once again the tenderest feelings
Seem reviving with the May.
Evening late, and morning early:
Through the we'll known path rove,
Peeping under every bonnet,
Looking for the ACE love.
Once again I'm by the river.
On the bridge ss In trance;
What n che come sailing BY me,
What II I should meet her glance!
Now once more mid falling water
Gentle wsilings seem 10 play,
And my heart In beauty catches
Al the snow-white waters cay.
And once moro I dreaming wander
Through the green wood dark and cool,
While the birds among the oushes
Mock me-poor enamored fool!