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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-19
4 GRAND GROVE.

On Mr.. HALLErr's farm, which is the most
southern in the peninsula, there Isl grove
of noble pipes on the shore of the Chesa-
peake which for its peculiar and enchanting
graces greatly admired. The vista from
one end to the other is as charming as 1t IS
unique, aud opening upon the Chesapeake
bay. it is destined to become the resort Of
many people. In this grove, in one OF It's
tallest pines, saw the
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II AMPDEN SIDNEY COLLEiE-

The next session or HAMPDES shf,yrv
begin September Sd, 1874. WIN
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osPRRY's NEST.

Tt was made of sticks from half an inch to
an inch and half in diameter. In shape 1t
resembIed the ancient classic bee.hive-such
as we see in Esop's Fables-with the open
side UPWARDS. 1t looked very large, and
CAPTAIN PARKER told me that it would load
four one.hOrse carts. should hardly have
believed the story had not Captain PARKEB
told it, and Governor WISE knows that ne Is
most yeracious gentleman.
Well, this immense nest is not built for O
year only. but is used for several years by
the industrious architect that built it. He is
powerful bird known as the osprey. The
fish.hawk is also styled "osprey"; but this
one of the falcon species is greatly larger,
and is so perfectly the master Of his interior
that be makes him fish for him. Watching
from high position, he seas the hawk bring
I'D fish, and, pursuing him, forces him to
drop his prey, which the osprey seizes in
mid air and takes to his own nest. However,
he fishes for himself when his fisherman is
not ABOUT, and catches large fish with won
derfu celebrity. lowering over the waters
steadily until the shade he makes upon the
water becomes the playground of the fish,
he descends in right line with his shadow,
and takes the fish in his inexorabe talons
before it is able to escape. This bird is
spoken of in the Bible, and is rather tract
able to the presence of man, not unfre.
ouently building his nest not far from the
homestead.
NORTHAMPTON CONTINUED LAND RIDE.
Captain PARKER took Us most generously
to his own house, making the journey OF
sixteen miles Of level, smooth roads OF the
Peninsula in such brief time that the dls-
lance seemed not more than eight miles OIL
our own roads. Indeed, on Inc route we
stopped at Capeyille, and the Captain playea
several games of backgammon wilma irieno,
and yet reached home while the sun y was 'ia
high, although we started from ar. hL'
sIJpTr's after 4 O'Clock. Such are the smooth
and easy roads of the Eastern Shore.
- 81. THE FLORA, &C.
] observed tat there Was feature OF tas
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CAFE cHARLfs--THE EAsrKRN sKoRg.

But we were taken from these wonderful
scenes to the dwellings Of the people and
suspended our life as nayigators. We soon
reached the house of Mr.. JAMES HALLETT,
whose latch.string we found hung without,
and where the old Virginia hospitality shone
with golden light. Happy in his rich acres
and serene security, he knows, am glad to
say, but part of the troubles of the times,
and dispenses his generosity like man OF
other days.
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PuTsBURGH CONFERENCE.
Ministerial Appointments for
the Year.

The Pittsburgh Methodist Episcopal
Conference closed its annual session
Tuesday morning at Blairsville, Pa.
when the announcement of ministerial
appointments for the ensuing year was
made. Before the adjournment quite
a contest was had as to where the nexl
annual conference should meet. ALI
ance, Canton and New Philadelphia
Ohio. were each put in nomination
and Alliance was chosen.
Following is the appointments fol
the districts named:
STEUBENvILLE DISTRICT.
J. Williams, Presiding Elder.
ubenyille--Kramer, s Bracken.
Notwithstanding j w Baker.
Steubenville-Thom d 81 Stew
art.
Steubenville-Finley, S r Keyes.
WeIlsville-J II Hollingshead.
East Liverpool-E Hingeley.
Richmond-E Ellison.
W intersville-D X Stevenson.
Smithfield--T Storer.
Bloomfeld-O Batchel.
Leesburg-A Scott.
New Market Stephens.
Hammondsville-J w Smith.
East Springfield s Winters.
Unionport-W d Starkey.
r S Hoge, Professor New Market
College.
CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT.
AL Petty, Presiding Elder.
Cambridge II Conkle.
New Philadelphia A Pearce.
Coshocton-B f Bearzell.
Cadiz-A II NorcrOss.
Martins Ferry-a B Edwards.
Uhrichsville-SC Grouse.
Washington-C Feitt.
Deersville-T w Anderson.
New Athens-J III Doan.
West Wheeling-J @ A Miller.
B E Edgell--Missionary to China.
GAINESVILLE DISTRICT.
S BIrt, Presiding Elder.
GAINESVILLE, j A Swaney.
bridgeport, T McCleary.
Bellaire, ] IL Rodgers.
St. ClairsvilIe. j ID Vail.
Fairyiew, P G Edmonds.
Morristown, A Wright.
Belmont, A G Robb.
Woodsfeld, II ] Smith.
somerton, NJ J ingram; gP0i,,c
Barnesvilie, H L.
Hendrysburg, d Rhodes.
Be2llsville. To be supplied.
Hannibal, r M Fresnwater.
Clarington, j Shaw.
Centreville, l. B King.
Bellaire, G A Sheets.
-Moorefeld, j Wright.
Freeport, ] II White.
Powhatan, ] / Wilson.
Antioch, W Gamble,
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WEALTH In LIQUORS.

Enormous Profits of the Retail
Trade.
From the New York Graphic.
To properly appreciate the Difficult
ties that the temperance crusaders will
have to encounter, it is only necessary
to consider the enormity of the profits
on intoxicating beverages. Fortunes
upon fortunes are made in the trade,
1t would be as easy to resist combi.
nation of all the existing railroad mo-
nopolies as to gain triumph over the
liquor dealers, if the contest were real
lya matter of money. The retail deal
ers make larger per centage of profit
than the wholesale dealers, but they
do not control the trade for the reason
that they are not able to combine. Half
of the saloons are really owned by dis
tiliers and brewers, and the nominal
proprietors are in fact only agents. The
principal drawbacks to the business are
wastage in pouring and excess in rents.
Saloon keepers say that they are Top
pressed by landlors," who charge ex=
ira prices to compensate for the disrep-
utableness of the business.
THE PROFITS OF A GALLON OF whisky.
The following calculations were made
after consultation with several promi-
ment dealers, both wholesale and re-
tail; Whisky, though sold in barrels, is
paid for by the gallon. There are three
general classes of fcustomers-those who
intend to sell good quality of liquor
at fifteen cents glass; those who in
tend to sell reasonable good quality
at ten cents; and those who for the lat
ter price make q practice of palming off
the cheapest compound that can be
made to resemble whisky. The three
kinds purchased will average in price
s4,00, $3.50 and 81, % per gallon respec.
lively. TO the best whisky about one
eighth of its quantity Is added. Thus
the saloon keeper converts his gallon
of thirty-two gills into thirty-six gills.
The average drink is about half gill.
Reckoning then, seventy-two drinks at
fifteen cents a drink, the gross receipts
for a gallon are $10,S0. Subtracting the
cost given above, there remains profit
of Sc, so, or 10 per cent of the cost.
This per centage is not so much per
year, let it be remembered, but is made
as often in the year as the stock Can be
turned.
Men who buy whisky at ten cents a
glass will pour in about two-thirds of a
gill with one-eighth addition of water.
The profits will be found to be SO, 80, ur
116 per cent of the cost. The cheapest
whisky is watered at least one-fifth,
and then adulterated with pepper and
less innocent Ingredients to restore its
strength. This gives thirty-nine gills.
Reckoning three-quarters of a gill as
the average drink of the class which
consumes it, there will be found the
enormous profit, over the original cost,
of ST ,25, or 420 per cent.
PROFITS OF THE RETAILERS.
In similar way the retail profits ON
other liquors were calculated with the
following results:
Cost per gallon for best s7.s5
Sixty drinks at Is cents 500
FRONT Lilo
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ADvERTIsINGRATEs

since but seventy-two out of the above
three thousand churches are represent
ed, and those only that the ministers,
who are bent on administering dose
of discipline to Beecher and his congre-
CATION, saw fit to invite.
The first question before the Council
was whether Plymouth Church should
be invited TO participate in the proceed
ings. 1t was decided to extend an in
vitation, which was accordingly done.
The reply of the Plymouth COngrega-
ton, though couched in the most re-
Ispectful terms, and in spirit Of Chris
tian fellowship, is practically to the
effect that the congregation is able to
take care of its own interior affairs, and
that neither Storrs, Buddington, or the
Council they have convened has any
business to meddle with that which
does not concern them.
This is substantially the opinion of
cut ,iders. There is sometiong more at
tn. bottom of this business than the
gu stion of discipline about which Bud
dinytOn and Storrs make so great an
ado; and The suspicion is widely enter
tanned that the real object is to rip open
an cid scandal, and get before the
world whatever there is in it damaging
to the character of Mr.. Beecher. Such
at least is the expressed opinion of those
of the secular papers of n. York which
have taken editorial notice of the mat
ter.
1t is question, whatever be the up
shot of this Council, whether Congre-
gationallsm in the United States can
better get on with put fellowship with
Piymounth, or Plymouth without as
sociation with Congregationalism. The
congregation stands in very indepen-
dent position, and is evidently deter
mined to see that harm is done to its
beloved PASTOR Gin. Commercial.
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The Plymouth Church Trouble.

4
The National Congregational Coun.
Gil, now in session in'fhe city of Brook.
lyn, was called at the primary instiga
tiOn of the Rev. Drs. Storrs and Bud
dington, pastors of Congregations
Churches in that city, who profess tt
have become alarmed at tine laxity OF
discipline in the Plymouth Church, O.
whicn the Rev. Henry Ward Beechel
! is pastor.
1t will be remembered, as the closing
scene of the riltOn-Beecher scandal
| that charges We're preferred against
TiltOn, anu that, pending the trial, his
name was dropped from the roll oi
membership, Mr.. Tilton asserting that
he had not considered himself a mem.
Der for some four years past. With
| this excisiOn, of course, proceedings
were discontinued, and it was supposed
that we had heard the last of most
miserable scandal. ra 1e.l .77t
But this was not to be. Drs. Storrs
and Bnddington were afflicted with the
apprehensions of mischievOus conse-
quence5 to Congregationalism generally
by the precedent of allowing members
to walk out of the church without for
NAL dismissal, especially when charges
are preferred. So as early as Novem-
ber last they began to busy themselves
about Plymouth Church affairs, and ac-
cording to the statement of Mr.. s. NJ.
Pettengill, the well known newspaper
advertising agent, who is a member of
DIR. BuddiGgton's Church, the two di-
vines rather forced an inquiry into the
matter, and in the face of q strong pro-
of ftrn 49, fxr-r hay -f 2fxd
dington's congregation, who set forth
their objections to Interference at large.
A committee on the part of the
churches was appointed to carry on the
proceedings, and they signed a paper
drawn up by DR.. Storrs, in which the
points made against this Plymouth
Church action were set out, and this
document was handed to the Clerk OF
Plymouth Church.. 1t assumed the
truth of the rumors concerning the dis
continuance eofdisciplinary proceedings
against Tilton, called for conference,
and, in case this was refused, they
threatened to call a National Council
OF all the Congregational Churches. 1t
is not necessary to go into the details
of the events following. 1t is sufficient
to say that Plymouth Church declined
the conference, and substantially In
formed Drs. Buddington and Storrs
that the internal affairs Of Plymouth
Congregation were not subjects for their
consideration.
Recently the letters which passed be-
tween these reverend gentlemen and
the pastor of Plymouth Church were
published. The correspondence turned
on the question of the right of mem-
bers of the church {. withdraw from il, |
without other than their own consent,
as Mr.. Tilton. for reasons of his own,
had done. Mr.. Beeeher maintained !
that this personal right was not sur
rendered by the act of membership. |
The correspondence developed "A very
radical difference of views.
1t was the refusal of Plymouth to al |
low Buddingtvn and Storrs to interfere
in its affairs that led to this convocation |
of the Council, which, however, can
hardly denominate National Council,
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A Sad story.
--ving heard . beaqtiful
~ - and 8 hatebet,
5l-- President
-neh

! s s Preside
A little boy n.-
story about little DO,
and how, in time, got to be
of the United States, was very Ia.
impressed by it. Now, it 30 happened
that on the last day OF March, he Was
just ten years old, and his father asked
him what he would like to have for q
birthday present. Very naturally the
boys answer was, "A little hatchet, IL
yeu please, papa e sl7
The father bought him a little hatch
ct that very day, and the boy was so
delighted that he actually took 1t to
bed with him.
Early the next morning he got up,
dressed himself, took his little hatchet
and went out into the garden. There,
as luck would have it, the first thing
that caught his eye was his fathers
favOrite cherry-tree. sMy eyesP ex-
claimed the little boy to himself, swhat
time my father would make IL a
fellow were to cut that treep 1t was a
wicked thought, for it led him into
Temptation. There was the tree-tall,
straight and fair-standing invitingiy
before him,-just thing for a sharp
little Ratchet. And there was the
hatchet, Just the thing for a favorite
cherry-tree. In another instant the
swift strokes of an axe were heard In
the still morning air, and, before long,
a small boy was seen running toward
the house. His father met him at the
door. i -
My boy, what noise was that heard
just now? Surely you have not been
at my favorite cherry-treev
The boy stood proudly before him,
but with downeast eyes and flushing
cheeks.
Father he said, 4 cannot tell lie.
That cherry-tree is"
Say no more said the father EXTEND
ing his arms. you have done wrong,
my son; and that was my favorite tree;
but you have spoken the truth. / for
give you. Better To
This was too much. The boy rushed
into his fathers arms.
'Fatherv be whispered sApyil fool ?
I have MT touched the cherry tree; but
| most chopped the old apple-s,ump
to pieces
You young rascal, youn. cried the
father, do yon mean to say you hGrea't
chopped my cherry tree? April-fool
your old father! viii you: lake OF
your coat, sirn
With a suppressed sob, that little boy
obeyed. Then shutting his eyes, he
felt his fathers hand descend upon his
form. ts'
My SON, said the father, soiemnly,
as he stroked the little shoulder, 1T Ia
the First of April. Go thy way
From Jack-in-the-Pu Pulpit, st. Nicholas
for April.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-04-02

THERE are about 1900 insane in the
Asylums of Ohio, and about 1000 in
jails and innrmaries. The average cost
per capita in the filthy, badly adapted
jailS and intirmaries, is not less than S4
u week; the average cost in the asylums,
under the care Of humane and skillful
superintendent, with every appliance
that art and science can secure, is only
about 1925. Not more than 10 per cent.
OF the Jail and intirmary treated rscOver;
more than half the asylum treated re-
cover in from one to three years. So
that as mere matter of mOr.ey the
tender care Of skilled physicians pays
best.-lO. 8. Journal.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-04-02

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q glorious thing
occupation is for the human heart!
Those who work hard seldom yield to
fancied or real sorrow. When grief
sits down, fol1s its hands, and mourn
fully feeds upon its own tears, weaving
Inc dim shadows that LITTLE exertion
might sweep away into a funeral pail,
the strong Spirit is shorn of its might,
and sorrow becomes our master. When
troubles flow upon you dark and heavy,
toll not with the torrent; rather seek
by occupation to divert the dark wa
tiers that threaten to Overwhelm you,
with a thousand channels which the
duties of life always present. Before
you dream of it, those waters will fer
tilize the present, and give birth to
fresh flowers, that will become pure
and holy in the sunshine which pene-
trates to the path of duty In spite of
every obstacle. Grief, after all, is but a
selfish feeling, and most selfish is the
man who yield, himself to the indulg-
ence of any passion which brings no JOY
to his fellow men.
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1u.> riaee in the year ! 43
Strasbuis. -d to betray h
This trial tooa -Ha test
Gutenberg Was not force,
secret; but it did appear, froml,..
inony of the witnesses, that he was oc.
cupied with some way of making books
(or manuscripts) cheaper than they
rad ever been made before.
But Gutenberg was getting on so
poorly at Strasburg, and lost so much
money in his experiments, that he
went away to Mayence, which is Ger
man city, farther down the Rhine. He
there formed a partnership with arich
SllVersmith, named John Faust, who
took an oath of secrecy, and Supplied
him with money, on condition that af-
ter certain time, it should be repaid
to him.
Tnen Gutenberg set to work i'm earn
est. Some accounts say he had BROTH
er who assisted him; and the Dutch
writer's think this brother may have
been the robber of poor Lawrence Cos
ter. But there is no proof of it; and it
Is too late to find any proof now. There
was certainly a Peter Schoffer, scribe,
a designer, who worked for Gutenberg,
and who finished up his first books hy
drawing lines around the pages and
making ornamental initial letters, and
t1lling up gaps in the printing. This
SchOffer was a shrewd fellow, and
watched Gutenberg very closely. He
used to talk over what he saw and
what he thought with Faust. He told
Faust he could could contrive better
types than Gutenberg was using; and,
acting OR his hints, Faust, who was
skillfui worker in metals, run tppes in
mould. This promised so we'll that
Faust determined to get rid of Guteu-
herg, and to carry on the business with
Schoffer--to whom he gave his only
daughter Christine, for wife.
Faust called on Gutenberg for his
loan, which Gutenberg couldn't pay,
and in consequence he had to give up
to Faust all his tools, his presses, and
his unfinished work, which was a Bi-
BILE, nearly two-thirds completed. This,
Faust and Schoffer hurried through,
and sold as manuscript. t.uf
There are two copies in the National
Library at Paris; one copy at the Royal
Library at Munich, and one at Wen
ma. 1t Is not what is commonly known
as the Mayence Bible, but is of earlier
date than that.
Itis without name of printer or pub
Usher, and without date. 1t is in two
great volumes folio, of about 600 pages
a volume.
+ 1t was certsinly the first Bible print
ed from movable types; but poor Gut
enberg got no money from it, though
he had done most the work upon it.
But he did not grow disheartened. He
tOiled on, though he was without the
help of Schoffer and of Faust. and in
few a few years afterward succeeded
In making books which were as good
as those of his rivals. Before he died
his name WAS attached to books print
ed as clearly and sharply as books are
printed .o-day.-Donald G. Mitchell, in
st. Nicholas for Anrii.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-04-02
Dentistry,

Dp WOOD having located in ST. Clairsvilie,
n snnounces to the public that he is now
pared to perform lope raiinns III; inDenisrg S;
a. y Elm q set feither upper or under) Attention
is called 10 AlInairtnl, the hghtest, strongest
and purest material ever worn IN 'ne nirsdH TuStn
Genectal atfention paid to treating nlHng tne
uatui@i s. F. WOOD, Dentist.
iaoet, Office nearly opposite Post Once.
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xeImnut ca. Business pirrfturg
COUNTY OFFICERS.


a.st,,. t,atoe-C. w. CARROLL. Omet llSs,
nnsteirs in public buildings, drst door 1hfic
NSheTi6-WM. C. COCHRAN. oince IL p"''N
riorE ef n,rts-J R. MITCHELL. 9lncen 9nsa pun
Lie buildings, adjoining the ONCE upstairs in
Asa',orN;Id, asr;Id,ne entrance at left door ,,.,-
TreanrerssA;r A. RSsTEafFithheiB;a %ss, af the Bank.
s'ree., 'r1ee.,5srNJxs. A. BARNES. once N puoh'
.niiding rst floor. second do9F 9SeS on Iess once
Tosee.naag - nf the National Hotel
'eo e,m,risssoners-sol Hogne Somer.1nn; nIandeT 1
Drngan. Plank Road; William
Bridgeport. .c,-rp Hendrvsburgh.
ooroner-THnMAs GARRETTr,r ,r5sirsyIiIe behrsiI on the
nandevsof March, June, September an an :,
December.and ss b B"sTS Msy ,n 1l each maus yea:
the third "Wednesday OF ma5 IN - me first Tues.
days Of March Mag 1SaS Court and
4. b.r and November as a ha,,rs, for the trans.
.aIuays open ION business noun
q 81 ion of other business
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MIR. summers Maternal Relations
From the Boston Transcript.

ErOm the Boston transcript.
On his mothers side Charles Summer
comes from the best families in the OLD
Colony. She was the daughter of Da.
vid Jacobs, jr., of Hanover, and Han.
nah Hersey of bingham. She was
born February %, 1875. Her oldesl
sister, Miss Hannah r. Jacobs, is nov
living, in her 93d year. For more
than forty years she taught private
school on Beacon HUI, Boston, and
many of her pupils 5 III keep her in
kindly remembrance. For the pas,
twenty years she has lived in Wesl
Scituate, Mass. OF her six brother.
and sisters the late Mrs. Galen james,
of Medford, may be named. or the
numerous nephews and nieces of Mrs.
Summer, but one survives-Mrs. Caro-
line Marsh, of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, who
has three children.
Going bac,, one generation from Mrs.
Summers parents, We find her grand.
father was David Jacobs, of Hanover,
Mass, and her grandmother Miss Han.
nah Richmond, of Little Compton, r.
Island. He WAS an extensive land.
owner and farmer, and noted man ol
his day and generation. He was one
of the Committee of Safety during the
Revolution, representative in the Leg,
islature in 1850, 1881 and 1855, and died
in 1903, at the age of seventy-nine.
Two generations from Mrs. Sumner
we find her great-grandfather was
Joshua Jacobs, ofScituate, and married
Mary James, 1726. He was promi-
nent citizen famous for his active busi-
ness habits. He Gied at the age of 80.
His wife did in 1903, at the great age OF
ninety-nine years.
Three generations from Mrs. Sumner
take US back to David Jacobs, who set
tied In Scituate in 1888. He was a
church deacon, large land owner, a
schoolmaster, and always employed in
public affairs
In examining the histoy of Hanover
by Rev. John S. Barry, we find that
Mr.. Summers relatives on his mothers
side include many noted families in
the Old Colony in the elder time, who
have scattered in all parts of the Uni
ted States. Charles Sumner was allied
to the Simmons, Cushing, Jacobs,
Wilder, James, Richmond, Yelling
ton, Locke, Brooks, Allen, Otis, Foster,
Thomas, Gay, Bailey and Turner fami-
lies.
Charles Sumner had twin sister,
named Matilda, who lived to be a
young lady. She died before the Sem
ator enterel public life. Her grave is
in the family lot at Mount Auburn.
A distant cousin of the deceased SEN
ator, the fifth generation from the earli-
est Jacobs, lives upon the family es-
tate in Scituate. She property has de.
scended from father to son during near
ly two centuries. The family mansion
now standing, was built in 1726. II
has always been the pride of this an
cient tsmily that it has never had a
--r or a criminal, :. :.
--ner haa the masculine viz
,aul> N...-, -.
Mr.. Sun. nnerieeo Af
nos of hi, p;,. will
lie mothers family he A.
manly frame and indomitable
His ancestors lived to great age, and
lad all the distinguishing virtues of
he pioneer families of Massachusetts,
nd Rhode Island.