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The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-04-23
THE POOR MANS SABBATH DAY.
BY GERALD MASSEY.

The merry birds are singing
And from the fragrant sod
The spirits of thousand flowers
GO sweetly up to God
While ia His holy temple
We meet to praise and pray,
With cheerful voice ana grateful lay,
This summer Sabbath day
We thank Thee, Lord, for one day
To look Heaven in the face
The poor have only Sunday:
The sweeter is the grace.
'Tis then they make the music
That sings tnelr week away;
O, there's a sweetness infinite
In the Poor Mans Sabbath day.
'Tis as burst OF sunshine,
A tender fall of rain
That sets the barest lif. abloom,
Makes old hearts young again.
The dry and dusty roadside
With smiling flowers is gay;
'Tis open heaven one day in seven
The Poor Mans Sabbath day.
'Tis here the weary pilgrim
Doth reach his Home of Ease
That blessed house called beautiful"
And that soft chamber Peace"
The River Life runs through his dream,
And the leaves OF heaven are at play
He sees the Golden City gleam
This shining Sabbath DAY.
Take heart, ye faint and fearful
Your cross with courage bear
So many face now tearIul
Shall shine in glory there,
Where all the sorrow is baIished,
The tears are wiped away
And all eternity shall be
An endless Sabbath day
All there are empty places
Since last we mingled here /;
There will be missing faces
When we meeL another year
But heart to heart before We part,
Now altogether pray
That we may meet in heaven to spend
The eternal Sabbath day
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Miscellaneous.

Among the rare things given Patti
In Russia is canary bird of gold as
large as lite, with bill Of pearl and
diamond eyes.
In Denmark it has been made lille.
gal to manufacture matches other
than those which will ignite only
when struck on specially prepared
surfaces.
An exchange asks: "Is there
anything tha, man cannot do ?" To
which, DR.. Wood, of the Glasgow
Ky. Times, replies eyes, sir, we
never knew one to suckle baby"
IT you wish to drown yourself
kick and splash about as violently as
you can, and you will soon be to the
bottom. But if you rem en Der that
you are lighter than water, and if
you calmly and steadily refrain from
drawing your breath w,.iie under
the water, keep your head raised,
and your arms under, you will soon
learn to float aud swim like duck.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1874-04-23

The cheese makers of Wisconsin
rather repudiate the home market.
The State Dairymen's Association,
held at Fond du Lac on the 18th ult.,
passed resolutions advising nanufac-
turers to make their cheese with
reference to the adaptability to for
eign market. Cheese to be made
not less than fifteen inches diameter
and not less than eight inches deep,
and of mild flavor.
The very name of the .adies has q
wonderful effect Sometimes. A
liquor seller in Norwalk, Conn.,, re-
Gently cleared his saloon of An un-
profitable lot of bunmers by going
to the front door and breaking out:
"Ah good afternoon, ladies. Good
afternoon, Miss, ah. Good af.
tsrnoon Mrs.. Come in, ah f",
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CRY DIRECTORY.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

BAPTIST TCHURCH.-Rev. j. +. Childs, Pas'
tor Services at 101I a. m, and ~ p. m. sun
day School ga IN. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
E. CHURCH-Rev. c. B. CLARK, Pastor.
Services at lex a.. m, and p. m. Sunday
school, p. n. Prayer meetings, Thursday eve
SIMPSON CHARGE-(M E.) Rev. C. L. Stat
ford Pastor. Services at 10M a. m, and p. .
Sunday School at D. m. Prayer Meetings Thurs
C0NIREGATIoNAL CHURCH.-Rev. j. z.
Snowden Pastor. services at 1Gh a. N. and z p.
m sunday School at 12h p. Prayer
N atiugs Thursday evenings.
FRS PRESBYTERIAN CRURCH.-Co Corner
of Harrison and Monroe Streets. II. 5. Snod.
grass. Pastor. Regular services at II a. m and
6k D. m. Sunday School ga a. m. -
CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
No pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.-Service on Sundays
AZ 1890 a. m. and $50 p. ~. ThuIsdays al .'9op.
m. Sunday school at 12:l5 p M James Alien,
GNGVERS SALIsTSo oCIETY.-No regular servi-
ces. Sabbath school at p. m.
CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Elder d. w;
Johnson Pastor Services at 1Oh a. m. and
20. m. Sunday School 21Ep. m. Prayer meeting
Thursday evening.
U. P. CHURCH.-Rev. R.. A. McAyael,
Pastor Services 1o1s 8. m. and Z p. m. Sunday
school 9I5 a. IL. Prayer meeting, Thursday even
ings, at p. m.
SECOND NJ E. CHURCH (Colored).-Rev
Pastor. Services every Sabbath at 10m
g. m Sunday School at 3H p. m.
FRIENDS MEETING.-Corner OF Monroe and
High streets On 1st and 4th days Of the week at
10 a. m; on 1st day att p. m. Sabbath School i'm
mediatelv after services on lst day morning.
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THE TRIBUTE OF A HEATHER

THE TRIBUTE OF A HEArHEN-At
the funeral of Harry Shrieves at
Carson City few days since, occur
red the following incident: A Chi
naman who is employed at the Mer-
rimac mill was present, and observ-
ing that the Masons, as the, passed
around the grave, threw into it q
sprig OF evergreen, he threw In a
half dollar. Being asked why he
did this, he said "Me heap likee
Harry me want to put something
in he grave same like other men do,
and all me goot the one hap dolla."
Although but poor, despised Chi
naman, the act showed that he was
not the least sincere among the hun
dreds of sincere mourners present.
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ANEcDoTE OF THAD. srEysN.

Pierce M. B. Young, now q renre.
sentative in Congress from M,ss,s,,n.
pi, was Confederate General aod
a graduate of West Point. He came
to Washington soon after the war.
seeking to have his disa bilI,ies re.
moved. He is fine, manly fellow
ana seems to have accepted the re
suits OF the war in good faith. He
went TO Thad. Stevens, who was
chairman OF the Election Com mittee.
and Ihad. began to play with him,
as ne sometimes did with those he
intended to make his victims. He
said:
'.You are a graduate of West
FONT, l believe ?"
yes, SIR"
Educated at the expense of the
United States, believe, which YOU
swore faithfully to defend ?"
Eyes, SIR"
"You went into the service for the
internal rebellion ?''
eyes, SIR"
"You were brigade commander in
the raid into Pennsylvania, which de-
stroyed the property of so many of
my constituents ?"
Eyes, sir.''
"lt was a squad of men under your
direct charge, and under your per-
sonal command, that burned my roll
ing mill ?'
"Yes, sir.''
Young thought he was gone, but
seeing that the old veteran had come
into the possession Of the last fact,
which Young did not dream he
knew, 1t was iml lossible to deny the
truth OF his questions. Thad. roared
out, "Well, l like You ID impu-
dence. will see that yer disabil.
tiles are removed. Good morning."
And the next day the bill passed the
House.
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~" IOWA Saioon.keeper Tries the PRAYER.

'Oon'Neepef Tres the Prayer
Charms Himself.
Lfion 'he Ames (Iowa) brain and Muscle vt
Just before the temperance crusade
commenced In Ames, Tom Jones
sofa out his beer saloon, including
glasses, nos gays and empty beer
Kegs, to f1axen haired Young man
who paid nothing down. The new
proprietor welcomed the ladies a.
few days after with great gravity,
and asked them to be seated. They
sung a hymn. Then one of the sis.
ters prayed. She had scarcely said
Amen, and another sister had pursed
her mouth for the effort, when much
to the surprise and qualification of
the band, the obdurate heart OF the
saloon keeper seemed to be touched.
He suddenly topped and sounded
MS voice aloud III prayer. The la
dies stole looks of admiration at him
and congratulation at each other.
Here indeed was triumph. Still he
did not pour forth AN immediate
confession of his sias, but commen-
ced by giving thanks for the creation
OF the world the stars that roll and
the planets that shine. He then gave
thanks for the creation of animals.
naming every one he could think of
describing them and telling their
habits and how they were caught.
[ The fact was that Tom Jones had
heard the tiaxen haired man pray at
camp meeting while before, and
had employed him. The sale was
only nominal. Tom was meeting
prayer with prayer, fighting fire with
tire.) Flaxen head commenced
praying at 1910 a. m., and he finish.
ed the animals and commenced on
the fishes as the clock struck IL. He
prayed SO vigorously that he attract
ed large crowd. When the repor.
ter of Brain and Muscle squeezed
himself through the doorway with
pencil and notebook in hand, the la
dies looked at each other and blush
ed, and the crowd smiled. At 1915
the gifted one launched out in des-
cription of the oak and it's uses for
ship building. But when he praised
the admirable adoption of the wood
for barrels to contain all kinds OF
liquor, the ladies began to falter.
Flaxen hair prayed louder then ever.
At Ills p. m. he commenced on the
various kinds of grain, gave thanks
for corn, and especially for the juice
theretrom. He took up
rye and barley in turn, and at two
o'clock p. m. was commencing on
grapes. But the ladies one by one
had edged towards the door, and at-
ter mutual signals, surrendered the
field at 2:o5 p. m. precisely, and now
saloon keepers are advertising:
WANTED.-A clerk who has a gift
OF PRAYER.
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st. Joseph Gazette says: "It may
have tendency to make some de-
signing people stay in the house to
learn that local editor recently killed
q man who came round to know who
who put that piece in the paper"
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Professor Langston, colored
man, at an Irish meeting, held in
Washington few days ago, pledg
ed the services of four million Amer
lean negroes to help free Ireland.
The speech naturally enough caused
frenzy of enthusiasm. Only think
of American negros going over the
Atlantic voluntarily and enthusias.
tically to strike off the letters which
shackle Ireland Who that has
any live blood in his body will not
feel it warm at such prospect
Dubuque Ielegrdph.
Especially when it is remembered
that seven-tenths Of the Irishmen in
America belong to political organ
ization (the Democratic party) that
is, and has always been opposed to
extending the commonest rights and
privileges to the black man. Yes,
the colored men of the United States
know what it is to wear shsckles of
slavery, and they are willing to haz-
ard their own lives to lift the yoke
from the neck of their suffering fel
low men in Ireland /; and by so doing
they heap Goals of fire upon old Ire.
lands sons in America who have
given their support to party whose
bulwark was the slavery that made
chattels of those same treedom-lov.
ing black men who now proffer their
help to make Ireland free.
Truly, such a spectacle is enough
to make the warm blood run, and to
popularize the doctrine of the uni.
versal brotherhood of man.-Hans-
iLt0,a Ereea,len
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Worthy of Imitation.

Ten years ago Mrs. Heine Smith,
of Leeds, troubled at the enormous
Drunkenness of working English, set
herself to establish a club house
which should be pleasant enough to
supersede the low beer-houses of the
town, and should yet sell no liquor.
1t was opened under the auspices
neither of church nor of total absti-
nence society. No man was kept
away by sullen dread of tract, or
lecture on the sin of drinking. If
Darby came, prompyed by curiosity,
he found bright, clean, W holesome,
attractive place, where he could get
food, or rest, or the reading of a
newspaper, or coffee and tea, or an
amusement of some sort, at the low
est possible price. Nothing was
wanting but liquor, and at he hard
ly missed, one would suppose, nee
now twenty Of these club-houses
flourish in Leeds, while their copies
have sprung up all over the king.
dom. This institution is called The
British Workman. One in South
London may be taken as model OF
the rest. 1t has smoking-rooms, a
reading room, refreshment room,
committee room, and conversational al
or game rooms, where, however, no
gambling is allowed. Tea, coffee,
cocoa, soup, and dinners served at
almost cost. The charge for the use
of an excellent library and reading
room is dollar and half year, or
three cents week. Occasional con.
certs are given, to which the wives
and friends of members are invited.
In short, the British Workman offers
to his many namesakes in the flesh
the social recreation and mental i'm.
provemsnt which they need, with
out the temptation of drink.
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L. o. o. r.
LIVERY.
HOTELS.

IVERY AND BUS LINE.-For the best liv.
Ia cry iD town call at the Bashaw or City Liv-
cry of Downing, McMulliu & Co. Omnibuses to
and from ell trains Central and ID W. r.. RS -
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

=. N DAVENPORT. IRA W. AND ERsoN.
nAVENPORT i ANDERSON,
/ ATTORN NEYS-AT-LAW,
Oskaloosa, Iowa. Office over Frankel, Bach &
Cor bank. Collections made a specially. Busi.
ness attended 10 in all the courts of the State.
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Prices Low as the Lowest.

Office on west High street, one door east
of st. James Hotel.
n3tt.
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DOLTON u MCCOY,
ID 'ATT0RNEYS-AT-LAW,
Oskaloosa, Iowa. Office in Exchange Block
ser VerRon's store. Business atten ded to in ali
the courts, and convey ancing and collections
promptly attended TO. 23tt
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A Live Yankee in Town!
PATTERN and MODEL WORK.

The undersigned, b wing fitted up at the ron
WORKS OF Messrs Rose & Martinstein, ia pre-
pared to make to order
The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1874-12-03

A Hardshell preacher wished 10
bring forth good illustration, as no
thought, and hence he took a ,carnut
as he called il, into the pulpit with
him, and something TO crack it with
On holding it up, in the course of
his sermon, he said: Ny friends,
you see this warnut-well, this outer
hull here il like the Methodists, soft
and spungy with no strength in it /;
sec, ev'n break it with my fingers
aud suiting the action to the word he
disclosed the inner hull, and said,
this is like the missionary Baptist,
hard dry with no substance in it, but
the kurnul-the kurnul, my friends,
is like the good old primitive full of
fatness and sweetness" He then
proceeded to crush the warnut and
give his readers an occular demon
stration Of bis illustration, but behold
It was rotten andto the utter aston
ishlnent Of his hearers no cried out !;
"By jings, it's rotten"
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THE POST.
xiiilsiarr-. DECEMBER 3rd 1874.
WBAr TIE TROUBLE WAs.-At n

WHAr THE TROUBLE WAs.-At n
camp meeting not long ago, o man
clad in thin linen suit, seated him.
self on one Of the rickety benches
beside fat man who occupied a
full one third OF the concern. When
the services were ended the fat man
arose, and the gentleman in thin lin
en- suddenly began twisting about in
. surprising manner, while his coun-
teuance was significant Of mortal an
guish. His actions attracted the at
tention OF some of the brethren and
one OF them, a solemn visaged indi.
vidual, who looked as though he had
just swallowed pill. approached
the writbing body, and laid his hand
on tho mans shoulder and said
"Brother, il you are resisting the
promptings Of the Evil One, strive
monfully, and you will triumph at
last. Remember Jacob wrestled
with the angel, and II dunno but
he did" interrupted the agonized
man, "but il Jacob had the seat oi
his trowsers and little Of his mea,
caught in a condemned crack, he
wouldn't feel like rastling with az
angel or any other critter !'
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DDs'T Kiss HEB-A gentleman
who had been recently travelling in
Texas tells the following amusing
story: lie was stopping over night
ut q house where tho partition walls
were particularly thin. The adjoin-
ing room was occupied by mother
and her daughter. After retiring
the mother began to rebuke the
daughter for an alleged partiality TO
somebody named John, which soft
impeachment the daughter denied
vigorously.
But" said the mother, II saw
him kissing you at the COW pen yes
terday morning, Amand da"
mo, ma he wasn't kissing me at
oil.
"why did you have your head 80
close TO his for-you deceivin crit
teri"
"Well, you see, ma, I had been
eating pitalias (the fruit Of n species
OF cactus), and you see, ma, got
some Of the prickles in my lips-and
and"
"And what, you wicked, wicke d
rrit.o-s"
"And couldn't get them ont nv.
self. you know, and John pulled them
out with his teeth But he didn
kiss me nary time |"
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An Irishman, newly imported,
made application for work. On be
ing asked if he could hold the plow,
Paddy sid he coul d do that or any.
thing else. He was accordingly EN-
ployed, and his mas ter went with
him to the field TO see him commence
operations. II was soon found that
the Hibernia WAS new to his trade.
"Did you no t tell mo. sir, that you
could hold the plowi :" "Arrah, be
aisy now, s aid Pat, show the devil
can l hold the plow, an them two
spalpecns ov horses dra ggin' it away
from me But give it to me in the
barn, an be jabers, I'll how'd it wild
anybody"
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married gentleman, every time
he met tho father of his wife con-
plained to hun Of the ugly temper
AMI disposition Of his daug hter. At
last, upon one occasion, becoming
weary of the grumbling Of his son.in-
law, the old gentleman exclaimed /:
"You are right ; she is an imperti-
mont jade, and il ] hear anymore
complaints Of her l will disinherit
her The husband made no more
complaints.
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An lrishman on his first shooting
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A young laiy, who wore spectacles,
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about i Them ain t sheep and
lambs them's hogs, miss"
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I" A negro in Louisiana stole a
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tried by jury Of negroes, and be-
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acquitted ON the ground Of insanity. :
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