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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

Tatem had possession of the casket at
this time, and had a morbid fear that
he would be the last man and be left
with it in his possession. Two months
after Lawson's death he was taken sick,
and in his delirium this idea obtained
possession of his mind, and he cried j:
"Break open that casket and pour out
the wine? It's worse than fate in
haunting met And DR.. Waiter be-
came the Last Man. .a
In October, the Last Man held his
first solitary banquet at his home.
Seven plates were laid, and seven chairs
were placed around the board. The
casket was placed on the table, it's seal
broken, and its lid pried of. The bot
tie of wine which for twenty years had
reposed within, was opened and drank
in silence and solitude by the successor
of all those seven. No one was per-
mittcd to break that solitude, and the
meal was eaten and drank without the
sound of voice. And each succeeding
year, on the 9th of October, does the
Last Man repeat the solitary rcpast, he
sitting with his six vacant chairs around
him, with six unturned plates on the
board. And while he sits there in
silence and alone, there come trooping
around him the memories of all those
who once Joined with him in the merry
making, and yet the heart of the kind
ly old man is as young and his feelings
as tender as they were forty years ago,
when he little thought of ever becom-
ing the Last Man
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
THE DRIFTING BOAT.
It mad floated away from the beach and

It mad fioated away from the beach and
bay,
Out of sight of tower and town,
An empty and battered boat
But that boat would not go down
The morning rose on the waters wide,
And the night fell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide.
Drifted the shattered bark.
The sail had passed from the broken mast,
And its painted pride was DIM
The salt seaweed chung around its bows,
Which had been so neat and trim,
Where were the merry mates and free,
Who had gone with it afoat?
We never learned; but the worlds wide
Hath lives like that drifting boat
Lives that in early storms have lost
Anchor, and sail, and oar,
And never, except OH Lethe's shore,
Can come to moorings more.
Out of whose loveless, trustees days,
The hope and the heart have gone
Good ships go down in the stormy seas,
But those empty boats drift on.
They had hearts to sail in winds eye once,
. They had hands to reef and steer,
With strength that would not stoop to
chance,
And faith that knew no fear;
But the years were long, the storms were
strong,
And the rainbow flag was furled,
And they that launched for the skies have
grown
But the driftwood of the world.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
from the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
While everybody lends willing eye
and ear to Polly, rose-tinted, arch, and
debonair, as she woos and wins her way
through the world, Polly's mother so
suddenly finds herself hustled into the
unnotlced crowd that she almost loses
her breath. If Polly should lisp be-
lief in Cog or Magog or profess herself
Thug, it would be held as pretty
caprice; but the stout, middleaged
matron is hunored into vagaries of
opiniod or action, cold Neglect drills
her to keep step with the rank and file
Of orthodoxy, or to pay hard penalty !;
her easiest, securest honor, she knows,
even in these days of freedom for
women, lies in her lack Of distinction.
Polly has sprung up beside her, she
hardly knows how or when. 1t was
only few weeks ago, according to her
table of time, that she was packing her
own dresses founced silk tissues, sill
vered MORE antiques--for Saratoga or
the White Sulphur, or dyeing her sash
in pokeberry juice to wear to singing
school. She has grown q few pounds
heavier, and acquired a solid fund of
experience since then; is an expert in
curing beef or conducting Dorcas So
cieties, or can chatter of Darwin or the
comet learnedly; but the men who
used to flock about her turn indiffer-
entity away now that she has something
to say worth hearing, and If this poor.
superannuate1 Polly should happen to
be still rose-tinted, saucy. and gay,
feeling herself not . day older than
sixteen, they regard her through half
closed, supercilious eyes. and pronounce
her ssa fine woman, and well preserved, "
with An indulgence that brings the in.
dignant blood to her heart and the tears
to her eyes. 40 for PoIl-nobody
loves the child as she does, Of
course. 1t was only q year or two age
that she lost her sleep every night Will
her colo and Group. The little girl ha'
not had the measles yet, and is shock
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03
FARMERS SONG.

We envy not the princely man,
In city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines
RIM up the hill or down;
We care not for his marble walls,
Nor yet his heaps Of gold,
We would not own his heart
For all his wealth thrice told.
We are the favored ones of earth,
We breathe free air each morn,
We sow-we reap the golden grain
We gather in the corn;
We toil-we live on what we earn,
And more than this we do
We hear o: starving millions round,
And gladly feed them too.
= The lawyer lives on princely fees,
Yet drags weary life,
He never knows q peaceful hour
His atmosphere is strife.
= The merchant thumbs his yardstick
DER,
Grows ragged at his toll
He's not the man God meant for him
Why don 7 you till the soil :
The doctor ploda through storm and
cold,
Plods at his patients will,
When dead and gone he plods again
To get his lengthy bill.
Tie printer (bless his noble soul !!
He grasps the mighty earth,
And stamps it on our daily sheet,
To cheer the farmers hearth.
We sing the honor of the pillow,
And honor of the press.
The noble instruments of toll,
With each power to bless.
The bone-the nerve of this fast age
True wealth of human kind
One tills the generous earth,
The other tills the mind.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

tuition, and have no time to be debili-
tated and nervous Here this para
gon arose to go. / followed her to the
gate, saw her unhitch her horse and
drive of, while returned to the house
with these reflections: Eleven children.
bparders, farm, no servants, no sew
ing put out, all teaching done In the
house, premium for butter at the State
fair, music, and the fine arts Think
OF it, oh ye daughters, who have d fam
lly OF three children, three servants,
hire all your sewing done, and have
headache, dyspepsia and general debil-
ity thrown in. III
AS for me, went up stairs after this.
interview, unrolled some shirts I was
just going to send out to be made, and
oiling up my machine went to work &c
them. OF course I hate it. OF course
it will tire me to death, but it is SO nice.
to be smart like this good woman. -
have made some inquiries about her
since she was here, and find her story
was not exaggerated. She is living
example of what perfect system and in
dustry will accomplish, = She was.
once teacher, well educated and sensi-
BILE. She married her husband when
he was not worth cent, and now they /
live in . fifteen-thousand- dollar house,
own good farm, and to the good man
agement and thrift Of the wife is attri-
buted much Of the husbands success.
They and their children have the name
of being one of the happiest and most
united families anywhere about. But
my paragon does not write such long
letters as this, I suspect. l must 20
back to my machine; it acts like =
witch to-day. -.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

The Journal de Marseilles calls Il
81 Affaire Beechor. Stilton ct Victoria
Vodhull." Beechor, Stilton ct Victoria
Vodhull are described as clergymen Of
the Anglican denomination, and q won
derful account is given of their adven-
lures. It would seem that these three
persons have somehow or other been
led astray by Madame Breeches-tow.
who is stated on good authority to b
''the mother of Uncle Tom. "a
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

An Illinois paper lately contained
the following item: ssMr. -. who has
been in retirement for few weeks after
marrying and burying three sisters.
came up smilingly to the altar again
yesterday, having begun on . new
family"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

"A ghost frequents an Omaha ceme-
terry, hits the sexton on the back, asks
where her children are, and sinks into
grave. She has been twice fred ct
withouth eject, and the sexton talks Of
resignin&.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

The Germania having said that
Emperor William had spoken Of the
attempted assassination at kissingen as
n erely .sthe act of mad-man," Will
liam compelled them to publish that
that statement was their own inven-
ton.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-03

The Glitch of bacon" which is an
nually given at Dunmow, England, to a
married couple who can swear that
they have had no quarrel for year
and q day, was recently awarded to Mr..
and Mrs. Clegg. The lucky individual
is clerk in the Office Of . wine COM
pany in London.
, 1874-03-08
OLE0MaRGARfHE.


70 the Editor a the Chicago Trtbur<<
SIZE: Eow that every paper has made its 1ittls
joke about asking for piece o< bread and-o1eo-
margarine, instead OF bread-and-butter, few
people are anxious to know what the long name
means. The popular idea IT artificial butter il,
that it is distilled from soep-fat, scum. nnd ref
use OF every kind. Tie butter mado fgom
"Tham es mud" has been in use for long
tim in tho newspaper-market, but in no other.
As a rule, the more horrible u sensation, the
reader people arc to believe it; and we protect
agaiust tho huneriest '' ''iterns-man" after q
paragraph interfering With tho appetite Of hon.
est folks, as he periodically does AEt,ricial but
ter Is purer and better for its purposes than
the most OF what is sold as cooking butter for
which, and Tor which alone, 1t IS offered Is .;
substitute. The baais il fresh beef-suet, finely
chopped, and mixed With its own weigh: Of
cooking it. The water is separated, tho suet
worked with SILT, and prcssed E.: low beat,
which allows the oil to flow from the aseatins
and membrane This oil, which contalns the
principle OF butter. is then worked WITH butter
milk to give it favor, and pucked fo- Ei..:set-
As the suct is used ~ BOOB as cool enough after
the animal IL killed, and the incest caro- ob-
served in it's preparation, it ia evident that the
product is lar preferable to the salvy, half
tnb-tu.ter generally uscd in cooking. Cotton
seed and sunflowe.-eesd oils are also ccocoriZed
and refined tor cooking putpoecs, and 1t would
be to the Advantage OF our tables II taeis use
we're more general Most disbea arc finer fried
or prepared with oil, instead OF butssr or fst;
and The effect on health-and coup1o1loo. Iatles
lis Tar more Desirable
, 1874-03-08
LOCAL LETTERS.
THE BLACK HOLE.

70 f1S Editor AZ I:ss ch:a,co 7+ibx.e-
SIN: Ny attention has been called to IN article
N your paper titly entitled ''Iho Black Hole, -"
containing letter from Judge Jameson, which
Nseems originally appenrel in the Journal I
oll not SOC his letter in that paper. nor tho ar
aes in the Journal to which he refeEs. There
afa two or thres errors in the Judges lettar
*sdch require correction. He ssys:
Erch
seeo1d-1 did not decline to hold absolutely, but
lifted 10 d. so to accommodate judge Booth, whose
'afn It VAS, upon condition which x1z accepted.
To which reply:
+<Fust--1r Was not my turn to hold the court in
.aatcn. Tho Constitution requires the Judges
" y too Circuit md Superior Courts, eight OF us.
o : hoid that court IN rotation. The terms Of
soat court occur monthly throughout the year,
, 1874-03-08

Aoine, MonuAy, 1ue 1oI4, II Tue looms now occn-
Madison street. As the ladies' hope by this effort
70 secure funds enough 20 Complete the build
ing, 1t is hoped they WILL be AhcraAy patronlzed.
The entire capital stock Of the newly-chartered
workingman's orgau1zation,- Ama1samatod
| Co-oceratiye Carpenters' and BuilderB' Associa-
tion,-coneis,iae of 900 shares OF $50 escn has
| boea taken. A meeting OF the stocEholdors will
be held Weduesdav eyening for the election OF
Directors tor the ensuing year, afte. which tho
Association will be prepared to take contracts for
| the various classes Of work in their branch OF
| n<n
~ tS "a to op ~ 10 sf,dso
t eG ire - wiz tneal luueues ~ 80 lauson
stsees s! inaS tney nave decided TO eontnue 'naa nan
49, - sIio "oea Lnet asA t.eI .1sae' s .tt;
tai'1o ~ - ssueiousiy oooasea Supplies Ut ae.t
srnI9;e .uou o.u ~ ua,s -
ICE, es u1 hea1 70 ~ nesun setee., VI
~ IT, =. ~: - n9stueu a. sn"s .tn;
natro,a ~ ft ~ a. Insltsu w eUut!uo ~ 'n0A
f.e- u sn0 'o1co7o ei"oosa s'''7 "eeA'
The officers and members of the Triad Social
| Club aro making most complete aud elaborate
Arrangements for their ball and banquet ut the
| 31atteson Ho',ao, on the evening Of the 17tn
inst, Sc. Patr1cks Day. The invitations are lin
exercised to make the affair ono OF the events of
the season. The Reception Committee il COM
posed OF Washington Hesing. r. " johnson, J.
P. Louth, D. G. DAILY, aad John H. Donlip
"hlle the gentlemen o. the Executive Committee
are H.. J. Dunn, President; II. Schweisthal,
Yice-President; il. T. Gcannell. Secretary; q.
T. Murray, Treasurer; R. c. Cannon, George
GlaBsbrook, and n. Bhielcs. Many prominent
gentlemen from neghborins cities, have slsni-
f1ed their intention to be present.
THE CHICAGO CHRISTIAN uS1oy.
The Chri6tiun Union 8nno1,ncementa for the
week are as fo]loya.
ria Raw = = gi,1,o,5 ~ NV vax,, f;,~-
,..: 80 - L. - -: Ao,'auu' " w" 1otA oItsi
1sc'uIe3 ~ we free Goufse, MONDAY evening, 81
Ia Mau'son-St, on "Ihe Genus and Mission ot
the hebrew Race" This course is free to the
public, and al are invited. The advanced class
in German meots in tho eaYna oyanirr
T1ovduv ovon;nr proF E,v.nt. n1.n IN r,,
! .,,;sL I;.a!.+s,re '4 @3"' 'eo e4''o t1 1sa-
sI5n = nselssnie-
wednesday eFenlns-tF1marv classes IN Ter"
man, and class on astronomy.
Thursday evcning-Regular monthly socia5le
for members and their friends An attractive
programme vii be- fnroiahed of reading vocal.
and instrnmant.i rnra;a s,5 otns- sf,rsct;ra
Taotrrae ~ sa-.ten" 1850 S4u o1Is: .as'ase
A0A.at GO Az AueAAloe1s " tue ouIoo afo oA-
her " 10 Ano ~ ol'ne 'oen 111enos
, 1874-03-08
THE EIGHTH WARD.

10 thu Editor Of u. Chicago JriIIne.
S1a: believe che OF tho great sins that cries
to God for vengeance il Expressing the poor,
and I do also believe there is go city in the
world that the POOR are more oppressed than in
the City Of Chicago. WbLo they are paying
taxes for parks AID public improvements for tho
moro wealthy parts Of thus city, their own local
tiles are left without a single Improvement and
ihe streets in & deplorable condition. It would
be interesting for reporter OF yorr paper to SEQ
Low the people lived last spring III the houth-
western part Of this city. In the Eighth Ward
he could see any day the half-naAed boys aad
girls drawing their little baskets OF cocl along
Che sidewalks as they could get no perfoa to
deliver it. He could also see the grocer rolling
his flour and sugar, and the German his iasor
beer. and, worse than all ne could Zee in some
cases, whe,e the dead had to be taken to Blue
Island avenue On mems shoulders, as no
healee could 90 into those streets. Nov
the DonrJ Of Public Works came to
our aid last December in the Nay Of public i'm
prorsment. Having no place to dump the mud
that came out OF the tunnel they filed the streets
With it. Ah winter was just beginning, OF
eou,Be, there WAS no other place to dump it but
before poor mans door, and thoy come noH
and mako him rsy special tax Tor pablic i'm
pro5ac1ent, while the Board OF Public Works
should pay him Tor doing ID injury. hope
eyc1y person living in this ecction OF the city
will reuist this d2nnabia suindle to the bitter
end. b: r. 6Gck1E7.
, 1874-03-08


t Mr. C. D. B. Mills, of Syracuse. N. Y, vii
! preach At the Third Unitarian Church this even.
ing.
Attention is invited to the advertisement O.
Lemuel Milk, offer1ng for sale his farm lands II
! Kankakee and Iroquois Counties, published IL
another column.
Members Of the Americus Club are requested
to attend tho quarterly election Of officers TO-
morrow evening.
Tho annual commencement services Of the
Chicago College Of Pharmacy will take place
Tuesday evening, in the lecture-roon OF the
Methodist Church Block.
The Chicago Academy of Science vin teude,
Mr. r, 4. Proctor reception at their rooms al
No, 1858 Wabash avenue, at ha1-pass O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon.
4 meeting Of tho taxpayers Of the Eighteenth
Ward will be held Tuesday evening, &C 7:3l
o'clock, at Nos. Il and 4s Chicago avenue
The annual election Of officers Of tho Church
OF God co1nez OF Robey street and Warren nve-
nue., will be held Wednesday evening, in Ows-
leE's Hall, corner Of Madison aud RoboY streets.
Tho Church Of the Messiah Fraternity give q
dramatic and musical entertainment 1T Memo
rial Chapel, coruer Michigan avenue and Twenty
third street, Wednesday evening, in aid Of the
church furnishing fund.
The regular monthly meeting Of the Chicago
Church Guild will be beld tomorrow evening at
7:30 O'Clock, at No. IS Clark street.
A meeting will be held at o'clock this after
noon, at 227 East Randolph street, OF oficera
who rendered service after the great tire, Tor the
purpose Of affecting speedy payment OF their
men.
The Rev. Jacob Post, D. D., will lecture in the
ANN streets, Tuesday evening. Tho subject will
be = Holland" and the proceeds will be Tor the
benefit OF the Noble Street Holland Presbyterian
Church.
Mr.. Nast's lecture in Mccormick Music Hall
Tuesday evening Will be Lis final one in th;s
city, every night is engaged for the rest Of the
season. Tickets are selling worry rapidly.
Tie Irish Rifles viii give their fifth grand mil
itarJ ball on the evening OF st. Patrick's Day At
Turner Hall, corner OF Clarl and Van Buren,
Etreetr. Tho Committee Of Arrangements ara
making unusual preparations for b good time
s1ias Edith O'GoTmnn, we'll known as tho
" Escaped Num-" for Elk years m inmato Of the
convent, will deliver, for the first t4me in Chi
cago, her new lecture On "Lifo in q Convent"
at Mccormick Hall, this week Thursday evening,
March II. AS tho1e is already q demand for
tickets. there will noeoubt be crowded house.
What Thomas Mast is in caricaturiug, Edith
O'GoEman Is ia the lecture field; VIC turn to Mast
to admire his art, and to Edith O'Gorman to ad-
mlre her beauty, modesty and ozntory, ACCOM-
panied WITH tbat rom3ntlc mybtery which always
surrounds young and talented woman escaped
from convent.
The Literary Society of the Christian Union
viii meet Tuesday evening OF each week here
after, instead of Saturday. Any member Of the
Christian Union can become member Of tho
Society. The exercises consist Of deelamauons,
essays, orations. debstes DC.
4 regular meeting OF the Young Peoples Asso-
cation OF tho Union Park Congregational
vii hal in ff,n eny ri,
, 1874-03-08
A}LX T9. ,JELu,

10 tbs Editor qf The C!sict:oo Tribune:
SIn Il Is said tnst ~ vast quantities OF beer
.rn eold. by the pint and quart, 10 laborets, me-
ehsnies and business . men 3n for .athng 81 dowa
that 3I,ase rnou will find it to their benoit 20
substitute milk for the beer: 2lilk will prove
fsr moro nouri5hirs, and # taken warm, viii be
ouite - stimulating. Tbs stln Mating effeo.
vii not be ~ sudden, but it Till last longor.
tbs dl1arsuos IN prtos IN Aao ls1gal9 N fAfos o.
, 1874-03-08
PERSONAL.

Bishop Kerfoot, Of Pittsburgh, is in the city,
the guest Of his niece, Mrs, franklin H. Beck-
with, No. 1913 Calumet avenue.
The class Of anatomy at tho Chicago Mslica
College presented Dr.. H. ". BOYD. the Pro-
fessor Of Anatomy, with fine set of surgical
instruments yesterday morning at the close OF
the last lecture in the winter course. The
presentation was made BY 1Ir. Ha1laeker in a
few wel1-chosen words. to which Dr. Boyd r,=de
brief and appropriate reply.
, 1874-03-08

forca the sIeet-ca1s to make better running
time between Madison and Tweaty-secood
streets At present there IL sore need OF some
thing to accomplish this object, and the South
Side stages offer tho only means At present.
, 1874-03-08
HAIR GOODS.
E E i M! IAN HAIR
AT
HALF PRICE.

We ~i,lop. NospAT Marsh ?: lg;t tbs ssti:5 s.nt-
et.seJ fToso ths vol fnoxn Auction Huu.r ni ao3t.
Waosier i B:1aoy, 1Is 9a1 lo Churchst fc~ York. :.
,lsasbtesed Eis l@d:s ul.h.ax to pnreas.. Ha-
nan Hair VIII thcs :n.erest giro cai ts
lore nutchasint elsanhere, they will fsa ~ ~
cr cent Human Hair sx1tetes, best quality. fux
81 s.. g.. and upxArds-8, q aud u Inches loax.
A1so bankrupt stock Of Ladies' Unierweax Cora.te
:.lk TICS, 4o. kexAnt Bosoz GheH.lss f3f nc, *esta
Worth 81 2batttn Kid Glo.ea for 75c.. sl.A
Remember THE FAlH- 61O HrATE-Si., opoosil~ Har
r1uu
, 1874-03-08

the charge OF disorderly. Nelo is m English
blonde OF considerable beauty, md, arrayed in d
pcarance OF one who voula scorn to commit 8
disordeS1y net. Nellie owed one Mary McGrath,
who koeps soda-water. pop, and ginger-cake
store 1t lG6 West Lake street, the aum Of Sl5,
Mrs. McGrath having portion Of Miss Ward =
wardrobe in her possession aa tecrlrity fos tho
whether il she paid the old &C.
count, could she contract another
bill. On being answered in the affirmative, sbo
iquidated, and then Airs. McGrath notified Mel
liz tha. hor presence there WAS detrimental 10
the high-toued business ehe Was pursuing, and
ordered her to vacato The pop and eoda-wnter
store imme6iatslr. Nellie informed the Court
that her "paasion Was raised," and she tod
Mary that she was "an old Irish fool" Nellle
bT. and, with "Old Ensan Walton" who, Like
poor dog Tray, was in bad company, VIE msrchcu
Of TO the station. Tha Justice discharged Sue,
aud Nell paid fine of s. and costs.
Panick Gea1cn is weu-known desperate OF
the worst stamp. de and another man entared
house 3 few days ago near Central n'enuo,
Gesren drew his revolver, md, forcing the lady
down on her knees, robbed her Of 285, gold
witch aud chain, and thuu held the terrified
woman in that position until his associate vent
through The house, robbing 1t Of ai tue
valuables they could cary aMs7' ana ana then @
brains out it sne gave tho alarm
before they made their escape. beat hasty
retreat. The police have been o. tue LOOKOUT nea.
Nahoney and Otto came upou Gea-en neat Six
teenth and Halnted gsxeets. Geascn inmo iiato-
ly dtor his revolver and shielded hls worthless
CARCASS behind the psrsou OF IN old man 1t work
On tho tra.k Of The Burlington Quincy Ball
rond. Tbs officers wero afraid to tre st him
Hroueh feas Of ths workman. TheL succeeded,
, 1874-03-08

his former place He complains that injustice
was done him in falling to give him the appoint
ment. The letter Was placed on flo.
Mr. Shorey, from the Committee on Buildings
and Grounds, recommended the paJmentof Ram
says bill for flooring. and it WAS ordorod paid.
Mr. Rosenshal, who constituted the Com
nnittee, reported, recommending the dieallow-
mens Of h1r. Robson's bill Of Els. The follow
ing was passed:
Resolred, That the Board Of tho Public Library Of
Chicago having heretofore paid Mr. Robson for his
services In beha Of the Library the Of es0, do
consider such amount payment In full for al his
services and expenses, and decline to make further
Allowance.
;, on motion, tho Librarian, in conjunction with
the Finance Committee, were instructed to make
financial arrangements in Europe.
Ar. Hartmsu's bill for fitting up the new
roolns vas ordered paid, and q desire was e1-
pressed tnat the reporters present give public
notice that all the work WAS satisfactorily and
cheaply done.
The Chsirnoan appointed NJ. Mason q lnemher
OF the Committee on Rules aud Regulations.
The Board then adjourned