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In May time, when the buttercups,
Their yellow blossoms show,
And dogwood decks the woodland glade
In robes IA white as snow;
When lilac flowers perfume the air,
An rcdbud blooms appear,
Amid the moss-clad forest trees
Thy creaking voice hear
Thou weather prophet Of the wood,
The mystery explain,
Whence comes thy knowledge to forctell
Of the approaching rain
For when the sky seems calm and bright,
And reason whist crs stay,
Thy instinct gives a warning voice
Which bids me haste away.
But still it pleases me to hear M..
Tho old familiar strain,
It calls to mind the happy days
OF boyhood buck again;
CrOak on, thou little harmless thing,
Till snmmer-blOssolns fade,
A hotter weather almanac
Than wise man ever made
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A Prohibitory Law.

It is admitted on all hands, that il
law were enacted, prohibiting the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors by retail,
and rigitlly enforced, the whole COM
lnunity would be at once lifted to a
higher plane Of external morality,
that fragrant crimes would diminish,
and q sense Of general security be left.
The time has come for q movement
in this direction. Our newspapers are
filled With accounts of brutal murders,
daring hnrglaries, and crimes of licen-
tious indulgence, too vile to admit Of
recital. Wife murder is one of the
most common occurrences. Children
are found drunk in the street cutters.
Harlots are engaged in seducing into
their liaunts unwary youth, where
they are first drugged, then robbed,
and finally turned into the street with
character gone, and pockets emptied.
It il az much as mans life is worth
to walk at night in the sparsely built
portions Of our cities. The street cars
have become scenes Of drnnken brawls;
and If one takes his seat in them he is
fortunate, when he leaves, if his pock-
ct has not been picked and his watch
is not gone. No man darcs repel an
insult, lest, as in the case of the late
car-hook murder, he may be sent into
eternity without moments warning.
But we can't begin to state all the
phases Of drunken depravity which
threaten the morals, the property, and
the lives of our citizens aud all this
traceable, by general admission, to
rum, dealt out from the saloons which
line our strpets. Must we be COM
PEELED to sit still and see this ruin
going on before our eyes, threatening
the very foundations OF the social
structure, and confess that we are
powerless; to arrest the evil? Shall
the drunkard be doomed to the peni-
Tertiary or the g:.llows for frightful
crimes committed under the influence
Of rum, obtained at the corner grog-
gerry, whilst the drunkard- maker is
allowed to pursue his internal voca-
ton without let or hindrance?
We have in this State, and in it's
very metropolis. succeeded Of late in
terreting out the crime Of dishonesty
and peculation iu high places. with
the prospect at length of seeing Il
healthful reform in our municipal at
fairs. So far, SO good. But what is
this in Importance compared with a
reform that shall strike at the mon
ster vice that is filling our prisons,
endangering our domestic peace, and
threatening to overwhelm the commu-
nifty with the reign Of terror7
Let all good citizens unite in this
great moral crusade against the rum
traffic in our streets and thorough
fares. There is moral force enough
in the lawmakers to do it. It can BE
done, it must be done, or we are a
ruined people.
The Maine law-as it il callcd-is
pointed to as failure. But it was
not failure. If it did not accom-
plish all that was intended, it accom-
ptished great deal. Compare Port
land and New York, and say if it is
failure. But suppose it were; that
does not prove that an effort, such as
we recommend on the part Of our
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yI1IIE SCIENCE OF HEALTH.
Vol. Second, Commencing Jan. 1873.

The Science Of Health having
been sustained beyond our most sanyuine
expectations, we are prepared with addition
al facilities for making the ensuing volume
respond still more fully to the popular de-
mand for an honest and independent expo
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Popular Physiology, fully illus
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urcs and functions Of the human system.
Affections Of the Eye and Ear.
with hundreds Of illustrations, embracing
the whole range Of medical and surgical dis
seases of these organs.
All Medical Systems, giving his
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prevailed in all ages Of the world
Domestic Econ Ony. Household At
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Preservation Of Food, etc.
Inc Economy Of Health. Only
those who have investigated the subject can
be aware Of the enormous waste caused by
sickness aud Hnhygienic living By adopting
the Hygiene system, the people Of the Unit
Ell States would save annually more than
one thousand millions Of dollars Does this
statement seem extravagant Statistics
more than Justify It, as we shall prove.
The Labor Problem. Correct hab-
its OF living will ensure the laborer Health
and Strength, enable him to accumulate his
earnings, and become pccuni.rily ndepen-
dent.
Health is Happiness. Above all
monetary considerations, however, is that of
4 sound MUD in !. sound body. Health re-
fern Is the base OF all reform.
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Don;llosol,bille Gbief.
THE POETS CORNER.
Little MalrEery.

Little NLa1-gery.
Kneeling, white-robed, sleepy eyes,
Popping through the tangled hair;
"Now lay me-I'm SO tired,
Auntie. God knows all my prayer,
He'll keep little Margery.
White lids over eyes shut fast;
LHshes brown on snowy check;
Rosebud mouth half hid in smi,cs;
Dimples playing hide and seek;
Sleeps sweet little Marxery.
Watching by tho little bed,
Dreaming Of the coming years,
Much wonder what they'll bring
Most of smiles or most of tears
To my little hargery.
VIII the simple, trusting faith,
Shining in the childish breast,
Always bo 90 clear and BRIGHT
Will God always know the rest?
Loving little Margery
AZ the weary years 70 on,
And you IRE child no more,
But woman trouble worn.
Win it come, the faith Of yore,
Blessing you, dear Margery
W0e0 your OWeet36C love Shall iallI,
And your idol turn to dust,
VIII you calmly meet the blow,
Owning all Gods ways are JUST
eau you, Borrowing Margeryl
Should your life path grow so dark
You can sec no step ahead,
viii you lay your hands in His,
Trusting by Him to be led
To the light, my Margery.
Will the woman, folding down
Peaceful hands across her breast,
Whisper with the old belief,
"GOd, my Father, knows the rest;
He'll tnke tired Margery
Truc, my darling, life is long,
And its ways are hard and dim;
But God knows the path You tread,
can leave you safe with Him,
Always, little Margery.
He will keep the childish faith
Through the weary woman's years,
Shining over strong and bright.
Never dimmed by saddest tears,
Trusting little Margery.
You have taught a lesson sweet
To . yeArning, restless spul;
We pray in snatches, asking part,
But God above knows the whole,
And answers baby Margcry.
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Ayoung fellow got off a smart thing
last week. It was a mustard plaster
that he sat down on just before retir-
ing for the night.
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Ha1.pe1.'s Weelkly.
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I uHiH u HfSt page
The town of Donaldsonyille is situated
on the Mississippi river, 70 miles from New
Orleans by water, 63 miles by rail, and di-
rectly at the source Of Bayou Lafourche,
which is large and important effiuent of the
Mississippi, navigable nine months in the
year for steamboats,, the remainin. three
months for fiat-boats, and which passes
through one of the richest and most fertile
sugar-producing regions Of the South. Don
aldsonvillc is the commercial centre of all
extensive radius Of fertile country, enjoying
daily communication with the Southern me-
! tropolis both by railroad and steamboats,, and
| is thriving town of constantly increasing
! size and business Importance.
In such q town is the CHIEF published,
and its devotion to the interests Of the com
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flying to the conductor. and which render it
al invaluable medium tor advertisers, both
local and foreign, who desire to address
themselves to the people Of this section
What gives additional value to the CHIEF
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the fact that it has been designated by the
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Official Journal Of the Corporation of
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-12
The DEACON THAT WOULD NOT
SWEAR

Many years ago a church was built
in Brandon. and a deacon was en-
pIOyed to do some part Of the work
building the pulpit, if l remember.
He wanted a hundred and fifty dol
lars. while the committee wished 1t
done Tor a hundred. At last it was
settled between him and the chair
man, q shrewed lawyer and some
thing of a wag, that a hundred dol
lars should be the price but if, on the
comp elton Of the job, the deacon said
that lie had an ALFRED hard bar
gain" he should be'paid twenty five
dollars more.
The good deacon found he had lost
by the job, and claimed the additional
five and twenty dollars.
Well, deacon" asked the lawyer,
" can you honestly say you have had
an ALFRED hard bargain? ?"
Yes it was a tremendous hard
bargain
But that is not according to agree
ment. Will you say you have had an
| ALFRED hard bargain ?"
No. squire, l can't say that. That
would be swesrin', and 1 won't swear
for any money (; but it was a most out
Tdgeoits hard bargain"
"Then l don't see, Deacon Spoon
er, how we can, under the agreement
pay you the twenty-five dOliars."
The deacon left, preferring TO lost
the money rather than violate his con.
science by saying ALFRED" Blu
the upshot was that after the lawyel
had enjoyed the telling of the JOKE
for a few days, he paid the sum. 81
the good deacon saved his conscience
and did not lose the money.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-02-12

New York correspondent asserts
that two Of the journals ostensibly de-
voted to insurance in that city live
solely by Matchmaking. If this or
that company refuse TO give them an
advertisement, 81 mething d~erogatoTy
to it forthwith appears. Unless this
o T that Insurance officer comes d7wn
with patronage, he is referred to in
some sIanderOus manner.
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FOR JANUARY. 1873, NOW OUT. Issued
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George c. Barre, living about IF
teen miles from the Delaware WateIs
Gap, has reached the venerable ageef
lis years. He was born in North
amptOn county, Pa. He was regarded
as a Tory during the Revolution, an d
was too old to serve in the war OF
1872. He states that he has heard his
grandfather, who was a French Hu-
guenot, relate how hesaw Louis XIV.
at Sevre.. So says the New York
Herald.