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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

TT A Presbyterian elder weighing
2OS, aud an i'IrOnsiie Baptist 81
years old, rode o horseback race latel >
at Salem. Va.
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asa6gf4z{5 l|lt2tax.

FS- On. GroRoE 3. MoRMs, Den,
tist, will be at the Bailey House In
Weston, june LIST, and 10 days.
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Eg Tus value Of church property
not taxed in this country, 10 upwards
of 500, 700, 900.
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slcoSp ClRculT-Jupor LEWIS.
Taylor March / and September /.
Monongalia-NlarCh 10 aud sept'r 10.
Wetzel-1st Tuesday III April aud Oct.
Nlarioa-April II aud October II.
Doddriigc-Nluy 10 and November 10
Harrison May q and November 81.
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EgfnE people will be gratiaed to
learn that the Asylum has relieved all
the prisons Of the State, of their insane,
with but one or two exceptions, and
these will soon DO provided for
There are now about 1856 in the hos,
pital.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

ES- TuE press throughout the State
speak in high termsof Judge BrannOn's
decision.
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Rg- Tas house of Franklin clcy.
oprer, Of Barbour county, was burned
10 The ground on Friday night week,
Cause ofthe Gre not known.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

= TuR town election 10 Morgantown
resulted in the election Of the anti.li'
cense ticket.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

w AN EARLY BlRD,.-JOhn Kel.
lar, Esq, Is announced 10 the Plain.
dealer as a candidate for tue House Of
Dalarates in Barbour county.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

Briukman has just received now
lot Of ACcOrdeOns, which no offers
cheap.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

EE VIZ have a new butcher shop
in town. Mr.. Walker, Of Jane Lew,
is the proprietor
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

Ez- IT Is runored here that q Far
mer's Grange is to DO organized in
Weston in q lew days.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

Eg TuE Corporation tax has been
Axsd this year the same US last-So
cents on the $lOO.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

H TINS istle year for the appear
ance Of tho seven year lOcusts.
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Notice.


Tho undersigned will open books to OBJ
tain subscriptions 10 the capital stock OF the
WESTON 4 CLARkSBURG
RAILROAD COMPANY"
at the Court House Of Lewis county, on the
First Monday in June, 1874,
In pursuance ofan act Of the Legislature,
entitled IAN Act 10 incorporate the Weston
and Clarksburg Railroad Company, passed
February %, 1871, and the amendment
thereof entitled IAN Act authorizing the
Weston / OlarkSburg Railroad Company to
change It's route so as 10 pass by BIckhan-
non and Philippi, and terminate In Taylor
county, either on tue Northwestern Virginia
Railroad, or the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad,
at such point as may beagreed upon, and to
repeal the l2lh section Of the act inCorpora.
ting tho Weston and Clarksburg Railroad
Company
oatGe same day books will be opened In
BUcKHANN0N,
under the supervision of THOMAS ]
F T RVS, NJ j. w HEAVIER and ].
fHlIIlfflt
under tho supervision of L. D. MORAL,
A. g, REGER, T. A. BRADFORD; and at
GRAFTON,
under tho supe ryiSion Of WIN. MASON,
JOHN Do0NANand a. D. oAsTEELi who
are hereby appointed for that purpose and
the books may be continued open at Weston
Buckhannon, Phillppt and Grafton for Nv
days, unless otherwise ordered by the UNI
derSigned. The Commissioners, other than
those at Weston, wilt epott the subierip
tons, the names Of tue subscribers and tho
amounts subscribed, to the undersigned o.
Weston, Immediately after the expiration OIL
~ n CAMDEN,
T'nosiA EDWARDS,
j. NJ. BENNETT,
VIZ. u. ARNOLD.
[Buckhannon, rhilliFpi and Grafton 70.
pert plcmt cory.
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This stock has been selected with especial
regard 10 the wants Of this market and
everything | offer Is oft best quality and
at prices cheaper than ever.
Our motto Is 10
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-06-01

y, w, WoffiNplSI sec
JANE LEw.-Satcd communications o.
.5ack,on Lodge No. IS, A. r. and A. M
viii Be held IN iheir Hall, In Jane Lew, o.
the sp,ond and iouflh Wednesdays IN eael
month. N. AeWHoAtEh " ~
Up. ALtN4I, SEC
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COUNTY COURTS.

Bra1,ou-Matsh is aad August IS
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MomNaS, SNMs :

Az ASUNIC.-Stated communications Of
lYl the Weston Lodge No. 10, A, apd
4. NJ, will 10 held on the First and Third
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OUR LAMP DEPAKTMENT =.
Is large, and wc sell at wholesale aud retail
We shall receive constantly new supplies 9
LAMPS, CEINlNEYs, &C., and will dupli
cato free of frcights any bill Of Lamps pur
chased in Wheeling.
~ CHURCHES SUPPLIED AT COST
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-14

his Office window without even thinking OF
his letters. Then he drew deep breath, a.
of one relieved of doubt, and turned to his
correspondcncc lie did not go home to din
ner, but left the Office early, stopping at flor
lists. where he bought some beautiful hothoust
flowers, and two nice hyacinln bulbs in pref
" glasses, which last he sent TO Mrs. Saun
ders.
Father, may ! 20 up to and sec Tom Saun
dcrSY' asked Alick after tea. Aunt Nancy
was sitting at her workable, fresh and nea
from top to toe She was composed AS usual
but my uncle iancied he observed Il sligh
change in her manner toward himself Prob
ably Alexis remarks might have disturbed
her little.
4 "Certainly, my son, And be sure to ask
particularly, how Mrs Saunders finds hersel
tonight"
II was the more ready to let Alck 20, as
wish to consult you upon matter of grca
importance to us both" And then, in hi
usual KIND somewhat formal manner, h,
opened the subject He was DESTROYS, he said
of going abroad for some time, perhaps fo
some years He thought the change would
be good for Alick, who showed signs Of deli
cate lungs
Miss Nancy's heart huttered and her colol
went and came: but she had long beer
schoocd in sclrcontrol, and she made no 9th
er sign. at won't be for long" said the
/ quiet, breaking heart 70 itself, little guessing
what was in store.
My uncle continued. | don't know cy
actly how he worded it, but he made 1t plail
that he northe boy could 1--we without Nancy
Would Nancy consent to become his VIII,
and be u mother to Alick in fact, AS she had
long been in name: And so in an hour the
matter was all settled.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-14

Taught by plays, caricaures and books
! the unraveled American is apt to consider the
average Frenchman as n creature something
| between an ape and gorilla, with hair close
cropped an incessant habit of struggling the
shoulders, and constant yearning for frogs
So, too, the average Englishman is always d
big, bury red-taced man, with side-whiskers
and the lrishman a ragged fellow whirling q
shillelah. On the other hand fOreinhers have
equally absurd views about ourselves Sar
dVu's "Oncle Sam" showed what an intell
gent French playwright thought of Ameri
cen society. a writer in the Vie Pdrisiennt
is now publishing Il series Of sketches which
he claims, are faithful portraitures of Amer
can life. We translate u chapter, in which he
tells how he visited Il young American lady
10 whom he had been previously introduced
Zone evening" says he, II found Alice
alone in the paror. Her cousins had started
out for II walk with their beaux | was sur
priscd 10 notice that she was not in her usual
elegant toilette; and when asked the reason
she sail she WAS warm and tired"
lie, go to Hoboken,' Proposed. THE
fresh air from the water will do you good"
mo" she replied.
"Will you go out and take some roast oys
tiers and lobster saad?"
No, | am not hungry"
well, then" | suggested, "let Us 30 tC
Mallard's and have an ice"
mo, tell yOu,' she said. But wait! if
should go out with you what would the whole
affair cost you, including the supper, the thea
ire and all the usual expenses"
81 hardly know" | answered; "besidc!
what difference does it make? It's of no i'm
portance. Come on, please, and donot worry
yourself about my purse"
Just listen to me-" said she; "you would
spend about fifteen dollars. Now, instead O
going out let us remain at home, and take
cup of tea, and you cdn gre me the fjtee'
doUdrsi"
The writer vouches for the authenticity o
tins story, and gives others equally ridiculous
| The Figdro reprinting them, gravely remark!
that it is not probable that such manners ar,
universal in America; evidently considering
! they are, however, 10y no means uncommon
"Wad some power the giftie gic us
To see ourscls as ithcrs see u.s."
! The Vie PdrisenEe seems TO be that power
" J. EreRing Post.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-14

CURIOUS ITEMS-If "a tallOw candle be
placed in gun, and shot al 4 door, it will so
through without sustaining injury; and if a
musket-ball be fired into the water, it will
not only rebound, but be fattened, rs if fired
through pane of glass, making the hole the
size of the ball, without cracking the glass
il suspended by thread, it will make no dit
ference, and the thread will not even vibrate.
Cork, il sunk two hundred feet in the ocean,
will not rise on account of the pressure OF
water. In the arctic regions, when the Their
more than mile distant. DIR. Jameson as
sclts that he heard every word of sermon
al the distance of two miles We have writ
ten upon paper manufactured from iron, and
seen book with leaves and bindin. of the
same material
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-14

At Nicderplanitz near Zwickau, in SaXo.
ny, vast bed of coal has been burning for
over three hundred years. The Ground above
this subicrrancnn bed of fire has become thor
oughly warmed hy tins time, and an ingenius
gardener has utilized il 10y planting upon il a
large nursery garden Herr he raises tropi-
cal plans OF all kinds. with exotic fruits,
which flourish with vigor and luXuriance
in the open air that the best forcing houses
could not ensure.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-03-14
SPRING IN TIE NORTH.

SPRING IN TIE NORTH.
tFrom tho Swedish OF Frcleriko Bremer)
10! the Queen Of Spring one day,
Augrily her pinious folding,
Gave her son, young May, Seeding,
"Thc first of May
Alacll the day,
Ar not ashamed, thou wicked boy!
Weeping still,
Damp and chill,
DoSt thou come
Looking gum,
NarriHg all our hope and joy
"Thou hadst orders
Der our borders
Flowers to spread, and azure skies;
70 deck the woods,
With fragrant buds,
Sporting like the butterflies.
Words Of mirlh
In our North,
Thou sheuld'st speak 10 every soul:
Lo! bring
Lovely spring;
Fiji with wine the sparkling bowl"
What Il shame
TO take that name
Given Won in the almanac;
Month of flowers,
Gracious powers
SAY how dare YOU thus to mock!
Poutingy-lla.
Mind, mamma,
All such tempers soon VIII sc'tic'
Mother, why
Cried the boy
"Do YOU take me thus TO TASK;
Brother April scold, pray
He was lazy, would not ask
The sun 10 melt the snow away;
Lei it lie on lake and pla,n
Left old BOreas free to reign;
And when at length came forth
On my merry birthday morn,
Hailed with joy by all the North,
Fain would | this earth adon;
But Z was still so cold and nipping,
That quaked with anguish fears,
with my garments wei and dripping,
And my face all blurred with tears.
Quoth April then,
With angry mlen,
"WhO such wrctched falschOOd utters?
Haven't washed and cleaned the cutters?
Haven't broken up the ice,
Swept the roofs quite clean and nice?
OG my honor | declare,
Your demands are most unfair!
surely, if the truth you'd search
I've battlcd hard with brother March;
With all kinds of wind and weather
That Ger could bring together,
Through his scrried, firm array
OF some twenty odd degrees
OF cold, enough your blood to freeze.
! have sought through shield and spear,
BY fair means a path to clear,
Where might on flying wing
Plant the banner of the spring.
Vain my prayers. Avauntn quoth he.
Thus tie fault lies not with me"
With pout,
March cried out
" Must | all these burdens carry?
Sure Pm bound to sweep the tomb
Of old uncle February;
Filling all the North with gloom,
With mountains weight it lay,
Held DER earth its icy sway.
N6ught remained for me the while,
Save drive my plow# across the soil,
On the snow without delay,
Til the drifts were cleared away
Thus did my best you see,
In frost-nipped humility
So said March. The Queen Of Spring
stood awhile, considering
Which Of all the urchins three
Most deserved severity
Each threw blame upon his brother;
But the wise and prudent mother
Bit her lips with action grave,
Thought moment, and then gave,
With rod Of nettlcs bound
To each one q whipping sound.
How the wrctchcd boys did squalll
How they promised, one and all,
70 amend their evil ways,
TO call forth the suns warm rays,
Scattering flowers DER hill and plain,
Til the sun should smile again
he saor-plow used in Sweden to clear ava.
snoW-drfts.
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The saorplow used in Sweden to clear ava.
the snow-drifts.
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GENERAL NEWS.

Elder Knapp, the famous revivalist, died at
Rockford, Illinois, on Tuesday. at the age of
Of "A.
Ex.Rehel General Ben. II. Hill is going to
run for Congress in the ninth Georgia district.
Over three hundred Virginia babies have
been named after Robert f. Lee, and still the
work goes on.
In Terre Haute Indiana, a nail factory has
just been completed which will cover about
three hundred acres Of ground and give en-
ployment to four hundred men.
Chief Justice Waite took the oath of office
at IL o'clock, Wednesday, in the Supreme
Court Chamber in the presence of a large and
distinguished audience.
In China, two people OF the same surname
dare not marry. This is unfortunate for the
somewhat diffuse tribes of Brown, Jones and
Robinson.
An Indiana lawyer was fined $40 for con-
tempt OF court, because he tried to convince
the judge that ''disparagement" was not a
Latin word.
The Kansas house of representatives. has
passed bill making it a misdemeanor for a
member of the legislature or any State,
county or township officer to accept railroad
pass.
There is a project among steamship men in
Liverpool to build an immense stone and iron
dock at Halifax for the use of all Atlantic
steamers obliged to put into that port for coal
or provisions, as it frequently happens, es-
pecially in winter.
A monument to the memory of French SOL
diers who fell in the war with Prussia has
been erected at Bourget. 1t bears this in.
scription: They died in defending their
country. The sword of France, broken
in their valent hands, will be forged anew by
their descendants"
Intelligence has reached the Department of
State that on March lG an act of the Canadian
Parliament will come into operation prohibit
ing the transportation Of goods or passengers
by water from one port in Canada to another,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-07

Judge Author of Kentucky opposed the
transportation bill in the House, on We'd
nesday, in a speech carefully elaborated,
adhering closely othe old democratic doc
trine of State rights. He maintained that
the power conferred on Congress by the
Constitution to regulate commerce never
was intended to extend to the establish
ment of rates of fare; that if Congress
could exercise such a power over railroads
it could over canal-boats, steamers, .barges
stage-coaches, and even drays, for they
were all agencies of commerce. and could
In short, interfere with the private bust
ness of almost every citizen of the country
He regarded the bill as pernicieus and
dangerous Infringement upon the rights
of the people.
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except in British SHIPS, and imposing heavy

except in British SHIPS, and imposing heavy
penalties if any eds'ls or passengers are car
ried contrary to p.e provisions of the act.
A young lady in New York, in view of the
ugiiness of o. ershoes and the indisputable
iact that thy don't keep mud from dresses,
suggests tb use Of stills. She thinks that af-
ter tria'. the plan would be seen to be so SEN
sible tb at it would soon become fashionable.
OF the petition presented by Senator Logan
IN IL yor of imitation, purportipg to contain
N .neteen hundred respectable citizens of
Chicago" the Chicago Tribune says that a
careful perusal Of the names attached failed to
lead to the discovery of the signature of any
well known resident of that city. The bust
ness men there are, as body, opposed to in
flation as are the sensible business men of the
whole country.
What will not woman do, says Brook Ign
paper, for the man she loves?-
Her hand was the first to reach and drag
The bottle from the shelf
at is your curse, dear John" she said,
And drank 1t up herself.
The members of the jury in the Tichborne
case were in some instances obliged to leave
the entire care of their business with others,
owing to which arrangement one member
lost $4,000 with which his dishonest cashier
decamped. The scamp was arrested subse-
quently.
Virginia promises u large yield of wheat
this season, the crop looking well in all see
tons of the State.
The first rally of the campaign in Concord,
N. H., was by the Republicans Tuesday night
at Phoenix Hall. The meeting was addressed
qy Hon. Bainbriige Wadleigh, a United
States Senator from New Hampshire, and
Hon. J F. Ella, Fifth Auditor of the Treas
ury.
A Southern paper relates that during the
war one of the colored troops ran away from
a fight and was severely reprimanded by
lieutenant, who asked him, sneeringly, if he
thought the company would have missed him
much had he been killed. Sambo promptly
answered: "Not much, boss; dey don't miss
de white folks, much less poor niger. But
den would hab miss myself and OATS de
pint wild me-"
defeated and disguised candidate for
civic honors in COvington, Ky, exhibits in
pet bag in his hand, inscribed, son to Cuba"
He is represented as saying:
81 would not live always; l ask not to stay,
I'm out of the council, with nothing to say"
The Howard Court met at Washington
Tuesday and adjourned till Tuesday next, to
await the arrival of Colonel Nelson A. Miles
of the 9TH Infantry, who acts as a member in
place of General Mcdowell.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-03-07

The blank forms prepared by the House
Committee on Education and Labor will be
issued ut once to the agricultural colleges
of the country. The authorities of each
institution are required to furnish the COM
mittee an accurate detailed statement Of
all the expenses incurred, including the
expenses ofcach department ofinstruction,
the salary of instructors, and every possible
item Of expense. Particular inquiry is to
be made into the following subjects Or
ganization and endowment; value of prop
erty; financial management; income; ex-
penditure debts subsequent occupations
OF the students character of the instruc-
ton graduates and their discipline; con-
ditions of admission the law of July, 1862 !;
documents. Under the last head but one
the college authorities are asked: HAS
your institution in good faith performed the
conditions and requirements of the statute
of July, 1862. and the acts supplementary
thereto? II not, state for what cause and
in what particular you have failedp Has
the gift OF the United States been preserved
unimpaired and devoted in the purposed
objects of your institution ? II not, to
what extent has it been impaired or divert
ed and under what circumstances ?"
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ANNUAL STATEMENT
OF THE
Railway Passengers
ASSURANCE CO.,

HARTFORD, Com, Dee. 81, 1873.
ASSETS.
Cash in bank, home Office, and in hands
OF Agents $A91s 80
United States Government Bonds, l04,4l0 so
States and Municipal Bonds, W,250 90
Bank and Trust Company stocks, S3.6i2 90
Railroad stocks and bonds, ll4350 00
laterals, 900 90
Nonresident tax, cOlectable from div
idend, l,l72 10
Total Assets, Sin3.773 IS
LIABILITIES.
Losses unadjusted and not due, $4,000 90
Reinsurance reserve, $4,000 20
$5s, 900 90
Surplus as regards policy holders, S3O5,573 IS
mari law3w
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. nemarkable Cure of Liver Complaint.

ILIoN, Dec. 90, 1873.
DR.. S. d. HowE-Dear Sir: We have one
case here of gentleman suffering with dys-
pepsia, kidney and liver disease, who has not
been able to do any labor for two or three
years past. who has been taking your Arabian
Tonic, which has resulted in his going to work
at his trade, as carpenter. Everybody had
given up his case as hopeless, as his situation
was generally known. The effect of the med
icine upon him has helped the sale wonder
fully. Please send us one half gross of your
"Arabian Milk Cure" and one half gross Of
"Tonic," at once. Respectfully.
l.. I. MERRYs & Co., Druggists.
The Doctor is constantly receiving such
letters. -See Advertisement.
w&sat7tht
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Just what the Doctor said 1t would do.
BosToN, Jan. 10, 1874.
DIR. s. d. HowE-Dear Sir Il write these
facts hoping that they may come before the
eyes of my fellow sufferers and they may
profit by them.
l have had the Rheumatism a number Of
years, hardly being free frcm it in the last five
years; at the same time being troubled with
piles and with my kidneys.
Having been induced by my friend, VIM.
r. Wright, to try your "Arabisn Tonic"
commenced taking it about two months ago;
have taken twelve bottles of it and followed
your directions carefully,
The result is, to-day, am free from rheu-
matism, can get out Of bed or chair and
walk off without even feeling stiff. l feel
nothing from the piles and no uneasiness
about the kidneys. In fact, l feel stronger,
my blood circulates better, and am in better
flesh and condition than have been for years.
For proof of these remarks l can refer you
to the gentlemen of whom have bought the
"TOnic," Messrs. w. X. Wright & Son,
apothecaries, 81 West Cedar street, and 9TH
ers who have known me great while.
JOHN II. KENDALL,
60 West Cedar street, Boston, Mass.
The above is only one among thousands of
other similar cases. w&t7th&9th
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If the Argus had read the proceedings
in the Legislature in relation to the State
Prison investigation it would have known
the following facts: The member who
moved the order was a democrat; the
same member proposed an investigating
committee to be composed of six demo-
Gratis and one republican; democratic
member made positive charges of fraud
against the prison in speech on the floor
of the House before investigation was or
dered. Whether these facts indicate any
partizan designs or create any partizan
responsibility the public can judge. The
committee as finally constituted had a
democratic chairman and stood two dem
Gratis to three republicans. After the al
legations in the order introduced by Mr..
Talbot, and the positive statements made
by Mr.. Kelloch that fraud was practiced
in the management of the prison, the
public would have been satisfied with
nothing less than an investigation. If the
Argus had not been ignorant OF the facts
which we have stated it would scarcely
have undertaken to disclaim democratic
responsibility in the matter