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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-03-11

No mans spirit is very much hurt by
doing his duty. On the contrary, one
good action. one temptation resisted and
overcome, one sacrifice of desire, OF in
terest, purely for conscience sake. viii
prove a cordial for weak and low spirits
beyond what either indulgence or diver.
sion or company can do for them.
II man or woman wishes 10 realize
the full power of personal beauty, it
must be by cherishing noble hopes and
purposes; by having something 20 do
and something 10 live for, whieh is
worthy of humanity. and which, by ex-
pending the capacities OF the soul. gives
expansion and symmetry to the body
which contains it..-Upham.
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Public House for Sale.

fIfuE ven bEoun .l. CONNIE .i.H, tavern -.l4d
i oi ilc late JOAN JIckssv, Situate iH IAnc'd
NIUa,. This siIuI rlu d., .-l- It %. yII-liui
81, -.h rr rrthuu. tire ir-r'irr-. o. dfs.r-'. -s~n
a. .air ,s. IC authorized by Iar.
THE homo. 200 IT, a... open. t. ..t.. ..I tlo
60 .rymmo l-ti.n % tac puDir travel. b. -. Jack
..u. until . ..t- .- elected. d. lu. ...r.> D.
..t,u. ..l t..- travelling public VIII md ti.lt Hna.
...ll lgt A.GiHg. u,al has over Htinrri.utr
.... ,. cot H.. mau. .,uer,, while uu.i.r fI,ts H.
al. fI-E.ou Nff W FOL ~TLE.
FLOslNiINE D.. JACKSON
I.c.at'it
I.-,,I, sept. "a, 4s,, srI
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TIlE -t.rm li.u. situated 'u Vllrn Plantation
ONioui County, Maine ou gooi road, only live
flrtr ycars Hgo, 90 tr 1-r en- about sjh''. aud Dr.
,an De bought Cd, IS bargain NJ applied Tyr soon. J.
lr. our of Pho sg.t circular ..W ho1ri machine
300 10 c. aud 60 llih machine. tli. DO machine amt
i ..rI small machinery. said MI .- BOO good r..
fairand D., an excellent chance for spool factory
with pIui.y oi vl... birch and uuu.Ns lumber
.Nrnt from t'.arlan f'r 200 year.
L.. j. ALLEN
Milton Plantation Jaly lith. i.t or
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BEST THING IN THE WEST.
Atohison, Topeka & Santa Re r. r.
g IA r9M ND &D %
rnssEE MILLION ACRES
Situated in and near thc ArkdasdS Tdlley
Finest portion Of Kansas!
Eleven wears Credit Seven per cent. Interest.
81 per cent. reduction 10 settler who improve.
A FREE PASS TO LAND BUYERS.

THE FACTS about Ehis t;raut are Low Prices,
Long Credit and a Ecuaic 10 scttlcr, 90 nearly
one.fourth n Rich soil, AMI -plcrIh Climate; -
.hor, and mild Winters early planting and no
winterug of stUr; plc.ty 81 Rainfall, and Just &C
the right season; Coal, Stone aud Brick ON the
line: Cheap Rates on Lumber, Coal, &c; no lands
owned by Spectators; Homestead and Pre-emp.
tions now abundant; llrsJ-ela Railroad on The
line Of great Through Ilontr Product willpay
for Land and Improvements.
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10 me Honorable County Commissioner Jor ne
COUNTY Of oxford.
uNIIE undersigned. citizens - The Town OF Upton
aud vicinity, would respectfully represent thai
the County road between Upton asd Andover is
found by commencing at 0r near james Brown ,
in Grafton, thence ta>lciy utprgb -DuGu's
Notch" 30 called he Aaiovfr NurLl sulplas, 20
the Conutg road a- uOW tlafCici n-W Richard l..
.iorfnif's th.ii an sr lfIr ths rLli lOai through
tao We.i snfplu- - O., AniDtcr t0na lAei We
therefore pIay gvai Isu.rs - rieW s1rl route,
and make surn alterations. locations anl diseoi-
ti1uanea :l- tine public good MAJ require.
CHARLES ABBO1'r and - others
Tfrfoo. b-tnler \. irTL.
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NOTICE.

FNLURInGE TOBES, ct Paris, roirys iroEl rHt
- nln, auj hls interest sad u-plu.iuiiLl OF" -'
rom this date GEO u. CEOthll! 81 60,
Manufacturer st oic.l-. rtr.
p4ris. Fob %. 1873
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viii Dc sold so Public Auction, on Do, Ircu, es,
Saturday, the Goth day Of Siareh, 1874,
AtlO O'cloclc, h. N.
.uuics. .noh.g .i-lo.sl .i 30 llNIir I.t 'It
DIV, .liu. l.a.. .t. Dot urWerly occupied tr itr
late 4. g.. BAE.ul. .u south Paris village. lbs
q, dow VIII Join U. .I. .li-. La-IERNS CASH.
AI.%A sat III .iIF A..mia.siI a- lI.
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IIORT2TRLIG.

suffered Will Cat2oia thirty year anI was cured
by simple remedy. WIN send receipt. postage
free, ;o ril 1llic,cl. Rev. III. MEAD. DfaW ~,
Syrst.f-. - York
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orr in another place, advertisement
= III nad Nebraska Lands.
Farm for Sale.

Situated la Paris. about three miles irOm i'aua
n no, Oh ihc road leading to Buckaeid aud sum-
nrF.
Tor ull particulars. a., cali on the auascriucr
90 the pr1nsca. GRO. 4, ~ hIH'N'
Feb. -, 1915.
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MORTGAGES.
On property valued ~ over S5,s25co,
being First Mortgages ou unincum-
sdclph Ii 80 500. 5.3.ol
EEAL ESTATE.
Str. Street 4, wv '''' 49, we 80 100000
LOANS.
Loans on stocks as Collateral ~ecur
ity, Cash market value 2'll31 iin-loi
STocN.
10000 L. =. 1910 Bonds,
$500 L. =. %. OF ISL
sjcsO Ponn'a stale Loan, per cent
sj.OOs City Of Piitsburs O.,
slaOoO American steamship Co..
per cent Beads,
40 Alabama state Bombs,
2l5,O0 Mississippi Stale Warrants,
100 shares CONNER r ial y stioUHl Bai,k,
30 shares Bank Of Kentucky,
u Franklin firo Insurance CO.
80 " Insurance Company ofNodh
"a Continental Hotel Co Pet
Maze VALUE. sI6I.U3e -
REMEMBRANCE DEPOSIT PnEuUhis, s.Si0 oO
CASH.
Cash on hand Slil,lO>ts
Cash ia course % transmits
zion from Agent, s-l'a-.'-
Loans ON call, with |. :.
Bonds and Approved
Stocks 10 Collateral -
curity, hoSi'.b '>''-i>.-S
Total, Sg,sJ.C1l.l6
INCOME.
Premiums, lRieresi Monies, Dividends.
etc, received in lsi2i . <i-i'-'
LOSSES BI FIRE.
Losses paid durin. the year ls,2, sl,O1l,'!ld2
WN. y. WHEELER, Agent.
South Paris, Maine.
Feb y, 1873. 3w
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F5r further particulars N'. cUguiu. az thc ur..r,
si.uod, or III BlNJ. J.. TlLLL. e: Summer.
-AINp---
Tho C,rui ON which tho subscriber iss hsci tl
quite recently, win lt sold 20 good bargain, l
called Ir Don. To urt soid, WIZ De itntcd 700 ,-
vorabl. forms. 10 au active and energetic farmer.
EIBRfDGE FOHIS
fs..t- aff Flh D. lisa .ln
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MAINE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
Semi-veekiy LiEc.

NN .nI arerthe l,ll inst, tbe fac steamer
~ DUtiGO aaI FltANCONtA. Willuutil further
notice. run - iullyNr.
1. taqvp etlt- Wharf, Portland every MONu 81
and rilt Il-nAI, at4 4. ST., and leave Pier 81
e.. NcN YORK., ctD. MONDAY and Thurs
DAY, at3P. w.
The uiu.o auI tr,u,ouia aIs Cited up w ice aue
recommendation for pas uZer-, making thi- th'
mott convenient aud comfortable Route ior iraYel
or. between New Ork and Maine.
Passage in state room -. Cabin passage a..
Meals extra
t,ools forwarded 90 and from Montreal, Quebec,
Halifax. 80. Johu aud AN parts of Maine. ship.
pcr. are requested % send their freight 20 the
steamers as early a- 4 l.. NJ, on tie dJys thcl
leave Portland.
For Gre ght o. passage apply Co
HENRY FON, Cars Wharf Portland
i. r AME7, Pier % =. L., New York
July .iUp
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Gs{s ~ -. . !,
III Sftg11 = g {: Esa!aE!S$
WING MACHIN r
Is TIE HEST ~ THE WORLD.
,rIIIS Il. NO HuNIRuC1.

So TO $40 g orr 55s35' 5P5, e A.
er sex yonnr " old makomOFe 90 Eey at work for
lis in their spare nomci t. on All iIc time, thnu 1t
ANYTHING else. Particulars free. Adore
G.. sGINSON x Co, Portland, Maine
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i R A N C 81

rINIIE subscriber, recently associated With iae
l. late II. r. HOWARD, oi South Paris, 300 80
Insurance business,
will continue tho s3mo 10 the Office 'i'oly occupied
10y NIX. HOWARD, where Dee wu. ug hl.py 90
the patrons Of NJ. H., ami transact hJ-.ac' .or
them.
lie has an Che Polig.C- aul pspoy- of " ~,
and +, authorized o. continue the hu-ne-s
NVN. J WILL ~,
South Psiis. Nc, Dec De-, ISL.
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TWo Farms For 5aIe
ZIBA THAYER FARM.

The ium 90 which J. o. lt>il. "'H
formerly fl.
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MANHOOD:

I Mid rIIII7 IIlII lNTNI-
Zoo Angus STA. "A T..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-10-14
VERMONT CENTRAL AND
RUTLAND RAILROADS.

On and after Monday, June 2, 1873 trains will
run as follows. Sundays exceptcd):
GOING SOUTH AND EAST.
Leave Middlebury at 1852 and II .3s n. m, 4 sc
and II 90 p. m.
MAIL-Lcaves Ogdensburgh at 600 p. H., St
Adams at 6.2O n. M, burlington Mt $40 n. m.
Port Henry I'll a. M, Rutland IL. 10 D. m., Bel
lows Falls 2.30 p. m, arriving at New London Al
$50 p. m, connecting with steamer for New York
NEW YORK EXPRESS.-LcavesS st. Adams al
D 90 IN, Burlington 1920 a m, arriving in Rut
land at 1850 pm,
NIGHT EXPRESS.-Leaves Ogdcnsburgh al
1896 pm, Pittsburgh $50 p IN, Montreal $50 !
m, st. Johns 800 IN, st. Adams 72O p IN, Bur
lington o.. m, Rutland 1880 m, Bellows
Falls 1925 a In, arriving in New London at LIE
am.
MINED AIN.-Lcaves Burlington at 200
m, Port Henry 2 p IN, arriving in Rutland al
100 pm. Leaves Rutland at 4.30 IN, Below.
Falls 74j a m, accommodation tran) arriving
at New London at s. m.
MIXED TRAIN.-Leaves Rutland at 500 I
M arriving in Bellows Falls at 1000 pm.
GOING NORTH
Leave Middlebury at 800 and 100 n IN, and
3.l2 and G.l0 p m.
MAIL.-Leaves New London at IN, Spring.
field 500 m. Boston 1870 IN, Bellows Falls al
/ 45 IN, Rutland $50 p IN, arrive at Port Henry
at 300 m, Burlington 800 p m, st. Adams al
$50 IN, Montreal 9.45 p m, Ogdensburgh LAS
a IN, making connections for the West.
EXPRESS.-Leaves Rutland at 5.05 p m, ar
irving at Port Henry at 7,3j m, and st. Albans
at 800 p m.
NIGHT EXPRESS Leaves New London 2.4j
p IN, Springfield at $40 IN, connecting with
train leaving New York at 800 p m, Below:
Falls 20 M connecting with train leaving
Boston at $50 IN, Rutland Las IN, Burling
ton 4.40 IN, st. Adams 6.l0, arriving in Mou
treal at 945 m. Pittsburgh Mt 1900 m, and
Ogdcnsburgh at 1885 m, connecting with train:
for the West.
MINED RAIN-Leaves Rutland at $40 0
m, arriving at Port Henry at $50 a IN. Leave
Burlington $50 m, st. Adams 1900 IN, arriving
in 0gdensburgh at $50 p IN, and st. Johns al
$50 p IN
MINED TRAIN-Lcavcs Bellows Falls at 4,3(
a IN, arriving in Rutland at 800 am.
C0MM0DATI0N.-Leave New London a
$40 IN, Bellows Falls GOO p m, (mixed train,
arriving in Rutland at S.35 pm.
Trains leave Burlington going East, for Mont
pelier, &c, ut 6.55 m, l2.40 p IN, and 7.55 I'm
Trains leave Bellows Falls going north fol
White River Junction, &c, at $50 IN, Has m
and $3.50 and l1.20 IN.
CoNNECTIoNs.-At Rutland with Rensselaer,
Saratoga and Harlem Extension Railroads; a
Bellows Falls with Cheshire Railroad; at South
Vernon with Conn River Railroad
III Sleeping cars are attached to night train
between st. Adams and Troy and Burlington ant
Boston.
GYLES MERRILL, Gen. Supt.
st. Adams, Vt, May 81, 1873.
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Cheapest because expenses are far lower than
any other company, and dividends, which are
paid annually in cash, are much larger than any
other company. Experience is the best test. In
sure your lives while in health in ths'grand old
company, the largest and strongest monied cor
poration in the United States.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Of New
York is the best possible kind Of Savings Institu
ton for those in health. If the insured dies soon
after paying few dollars in premiums, thousands
of dollars are at once secured. If he lives many
years, it is a good investment in this Company
such are its large dividends, as will be seen by
the following illustration: Policy No. l447O, for
s., 600, dated April 20, 1885, ON the life of the
lato Hon. HORACE GREELEY.
Eighteen annual premiums of S203.Oi
we're paid, making in all S5,274 70
The dividend additions to this policy a.
mount to 6,lOs 81
Which is 1898 G5 more than all the premiums paid.
The original amount insured $1,000 90
Has been increased by diyid'ds q, los 81
Present amount of policy, Sl4, los 81
Which is s., 1873 G5 more than all premiums paid.
The premiums on this policy, at
| G per eent.compound interest,
amount to only 9,599 %
Leaving profit, over and above
premiums and compound in
terest thereon, of Si,iO5 80
Another dividend, from April IL, 1872, to date Of
Mr.. Greeleys death, will be paid
- Office with Judge of Probate, in the Brick
Block, near the Court House.
M. A. MUNROE, Agent.
] Middlebury, March ], 1873. SeiH
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HEART
Ca71 T0o SI1rOa.
DIR. GRAVES
Fl Z A RT r e G. u L A r o z,
WILL CURE
Any Case of Heart Disease,

Although given up by tho best Physicians.
We do not hesitate to say it will cure the fol-
lowing symptoms, though most of them have becn
declared incurablc: Papitaton, Enlargement,
Spasms Ossiiication Bony Formation of the
Heart Rheumatism, General Debility, Water a
bout the Heart, Sinking of the Spirits, Pains in
the Side or Chest Dizziness, Sluggish Circulation
of the Blood and Momentary Stoppage of the ac-
ton of the Heart.
Our agent, on application, will furnish you
with our circular, giving full description of the
disease, and also number of testimonials OF
cures; and if you would like further proof from
the parties who have given the testimonials, write
them and see what they say. We have sold many
thousand bottles of tho Heart Regulator, and the
demand is till increasing. Wca re confident we
are doing the public a benc9t, and not trying to
impose on them worthless preparation.
The price of the Heart Regulator is Ono Dol
lar per bottle, and be obtained of our agents,
Case & Rider, Druggists, Mddlebury, Vt. l;yl
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la France, when road has been built
in good order by the landlords, or by the
district, or by a commonwealth, it is
classified and given in charge to the Cam
tomer, or road-man.
The road-man is a workingman of good
steady habits. A nice little stone house
is built for bis use, with a garden, in the
most central part Of the different roads he
has charge Of
He receives from the State fixed an
nual salary, and must give all his time to
the roads he is entrusted with, and keep
them in constant repair.
A wheelbarrow. shovel aud kind Of
iron club to break big stones, is about all
the tools he has.
There are from place to place, some
little huts by the roadside where he can
find shelter and place his too,s, when too
far from his habitation.
He wears a silver badge on his breast,
like some conductors Of trains or police.
men, showing that he is the roadman.
He also has a kind of crook surmounted
by his number, which he plants on the
side Of the road where he is working. 1t
indicates his near presence.
AS soon as hole or a depression ex.
lists in the road, he fills it with stones that
he breaks from time to time when he has
nothing else to do. Those piles of stone
broken to size according to regulation,
form nice perfect cubes of about a yard.
He takes from these piles when wanted.
The big stones are carried by farmers and
others to the required places. and the
farmers pay in that way their road tax.
Others who have no horses or wagons,
would acquit themselves by day labor IN.
der the direction and with the assistance
of the roadman, who keeps a strict &C.
count of that labor
Under that system the work CT repair
ing is done conscientiously, as there is
somebody responsible for the keeping OF
the roads in good order.
1t costs in reality very little for be-
ing constantly repaired, daily nursed and
attended, the roads once built last etcr.
nally, and they are beautiful highways
each roadman being proud of having the
best roads in his keeping.
The county roadmen have sort o.
military organization their chief is q
supervisor, who has to attend to the de
tails of administration, keep the books
settle accounts and disputes, etc., ant
rides very often over the roads Of hii
county to see that each subordinate faith
fully obeys instructions and discharges
his duty.
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cgar Bittcrs are n purely Vegcta
preparation, made chiefly from the d
tive herbs found on the lower ranges
tie Sierra Nevada mountains of Califd
mia, the h.edicinal properties of VIII
arc extracted thcrcirom without the d
of Alcohol The question is alm}
daily asked. "What is the cause of d
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR Ri
1ERsW Our answer is, that they remd
the cause of disease, and the patient
covers his health. They arc the gre
blood purifier and Il liic-giving princip|
q perfect Renovation and invigoraC
of the system. Never before in I
history Of the world has a medicine ID
compounded possessing the remarka
qualities Of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing
sick Of every disease man is heir to. III
are gentle Purgatiyc as well as Tor
relieving Congestion or Inflammation
the Liver and Visccral Organs in Bili&
Diseases
The properties Of Dr.. Wake
VINEGAR Buffers are Aperient, Diaphore
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diure
Sedative Counter Irritant SudoriGc, Alto
tive, and Anti-Bilious
Grateful Thousands proclaim v
EGAR BIrrERs the most wonderful
vigorant that ever sustained the sink
system.
No Person can take these Bite
according to directions, and remain Id
unvel. provided their bones are not
stroyed by mineral poison or otl
means, and vital organs wasted beyo
repair.
Bilious. Rcmittent and Int4
mittent Eeyers, which are so pred
lent in the valleys of our great rivJ
Throughout the United States, especial
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missou
Illinois, Tennessee, Cumberland, Arka
sas, Red Colorado, Brazos, Rio Grand
Pearl. Alabama. Mobile, Savannah, II
anohc. James, and many others, W
their vast tributaries. throughout
entire country during the Summer
Autumn, and remarkably so during sc
sons Of unusual heat and dryness,
invariably accompanied by extensive
engagements Of the stomach and liv
and other abdominal viscera. In til !
treatment, a purgativc, eXerting pc
erful influence upon these various d
gans, is essentially necessary. Thd
is no cathartic for the purpose equal
.,. VA; n -, '.'e 49, !.
10 'n04 WI" Spcc''.i9 lculos'c tuc udi1
i,oai vlsci H., i,.alIef,Nith when \
pC"o'o "'c l9'p"c"' d! INC sd,lIc ti1
sIIliiuiaVihg~lh c scc!ctlols OF tle NV
ana generally restoring the hcaltl
functions of the digestive organs.
FOrtily the body against disea|
by purifying all its fluids with V1NEGl
BITTuES. No cuilcplic can take Ind
of q evetor, tr,s f.,o-o,.,,,oJ
-, 49, - r'.,:,.l!.
DtSpti'9s" W -HH!SVS'H"Ii, ilea|
acne, ram III inc shoulders Cough
Ilghtncss oi the Chcst, Dizziness, So1
Fluctuations of the Stomach. Bad Tad
i'm tho Mouth p,linus Attacks polnitI
"'p
tatlOn OF the Heart, Inflammation OF u
move ni,1 q l1tufi"oI of ~. roinct1 cyr,
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Ay 9 RS
Cherry PectOral,
For Diseases of the Throat and Lungs,
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping-
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption.

Among the great
discoveries of modern
science, few are Of
more real value to
mankind than this eff
fectual remedy for all
diseases Of the Throat
and Lungs. A vast
trial Of its virtues,
throughout this and
other countries, has
shown that it does
surely and enectually
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HOMES REDUCED BY DREss.-Only
those women who have not the money to
dress" can fully appreciate the crushing
weight which society ruthlessly heaps
upon this disability. To be unable to
"dress" is to be treated with almost dis
respect in the car, the boat, at the pub.
lie gathering, the street and the shop to
be ignored; to feel the shrug of con-
tempt, the sheer of levity and the smile
of scorn to be thrust aside,to be laughed
at, to be unccremoniously displaced, to
be cruelty driven out of good society, to
have your heart, your intelligence, your
thought, your virtue, your character held
as nothing against silk TO be s,ung, to
be outraged, to be prescribed, to be in.
suited; all this and much more for the
lack of money "to dress"
1t matters not whether this rule of So
ciety is right or wrong, the fact remains
to blight and to ruin. The fashionable
lady thinks nothing of paying SIS for
making a dress, made up of forty yards
Of silk, at from 81 to $40 per yard
These are the women who rule the street,
drawing.rooms, theatres-dare we say
churches. After such the lesser lights
take pattern. What defense have the
girls who work fort from 81 to SO per
week against this array?
The rich can be fashionable, the poor
cannot be by honest means. The poor
industrious shop girl looks upon even
$50 dresses and they are beyond her
reach. There is $40 gulf between her
and them-between her and the respect
and attention Of society. Her virtue will
span the chasm. She longs to lift the
load Of poverty. to receive the caress of
society, to be freed from bondage. She
sells herself to he'll for dress After the
first step is taken it is not long before
all useful labor is eschewed, and the foul
vice made to be the only service of in.
come. This is no picture, but what hap.
pens every day, and is plain statement
Of how the recruits to brothels are made
This mania for ''dress" is devastating
our American society and demoralizing
American women to an alarming extent.
The wives and daughters Of the rich men
who lead society in this fearful race of
extravaganza are responsible for a great
share Of the prostitution which curses the
nation, as well as for thousands of bust.
ness failures, scattered families, and the
long train of miseries among US under the
cover OF excepting up appearances. Let
those who have the courage take this les
son and act upon it.
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BlackmaIIing.


Some y;ears ago, when novel.reading
rormcf a portion Of our pastme, we re-.
r.. mbcr to have read a novel, by Rey.
'nolds, in which his principal villain, Ned
Canton, was made to remark that man
was fool to violate the law, when dis.
posed to act the scoundrel. because be
could be so much meanor aud keep with
10 the law. There is something noble
about the highwayman, or the burglar, or
even the petty pickpocket, when com.
pared to that species of villain that
floats in respectable society, and keeps
the law on his side. The lowest )wn
Of these is the blackmailer. and the low.
est specimen of the blackmaicr is the
Aaw.hunter-the man who examines your
title papers, and finds that the property
you have bought and paid for may, by a
tcchnicality, be wrestcd from you. 1t is
not his it never cost him cent but
seeing that you have overlooked some.
thing, or that, perchance. the clerk has
failed to record your deco in time, he
seeks to buy this flaw for a mere moth.
ing, in order to make you buy your own
property OF him. Human law can take
no cognizance Of such creatures, but il
the devil don't catch them, he aud his
dominions may as well be abolished
We would trust the pickpocket hundred
fold quicker than Que Of this cass-that
is, in matters where the lar is silent, .for
some thieves, even, have a repuguaDce to
breach Of trust--but the other class
never do, except in eases where the law
or Mrs. Grundy, would notice it. These
fellows attend church regularly, wear
long faces, pay the highest price for pewt
always provided the price is to be pub.
lished in the morning papers,, and have
no charity for the thief who steals LOAF
of bread, after fast of three or foul
days, or for the girl whom want has driv.
en- into a life Of shame--they smile con.
temptuously at all excuses for the viola.
ton of the law. If ever we have felt the
desire to dip our hands in the blood Of
beings, created in the human form, it has
been when crossed by this-the perfec.
ton of all the DEVILS handiwork- the
blackmailer; the fellow who attempts tc
get that which he knows rightfuly be.
longs TO another, through technicality
or be bought off,"