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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

The First African Baptist church, in
Richmoud is said to be, with the exception
of Surgeons in London, the largest in the
world. 1t numbers three thousand six hun
dred. The pastor, though a slave until the
close Of the war, is man of fine ability,
and closely resembles Mr. Sturgeon in his
power to direct and organize. The recep.
ton of new members is carefully guarded
and the discipline is strict.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

The Post Office Depart ment will soon
issue proposals for new stamps of denomi-
nations necessitated by the act requiring
prepayment Of newspaper postage in bulk
by weight. For this purpose variety Of
stamps Of high value will be necessary,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

The Leayenworth Kansas Commercial
says Of the independent nominee for Con-
gross in that district: Hon. Marcus j
Parrott Of Leayeuworth county, has been
selected as the standard bearer Of the re-.
form o. party in the Congressional cam
paign Of the first district. Mr. Parrot
is old elegant gentleman, frst.rate orator,
lazy politician, worthless public man,
and a very bad farmer. He was placed in
his political grave many years ago, and
those who would rosurrect him now repre-.
sent a hopeless minority in politics."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02
The Labor Strike.


The strike or lockout Of agricultural
laborers in England, which has lasted some
four or five months has now come to an
end. 1t has been an open contest between
the farmers and the aborers' union. Since
the strike began the farmers have refused
to hire man who was a member of the
union, at any price Their crops have
been nearly ruined 10 some cases, but, des.
pte the hopes Of the laborers, the farmers
have remained nHexiblc, even in harvest
time. The executive committee Of the
union feel bound to still care for the many
laborers sho are dependent upon them, and
accordingly offer to release them from the
union, so that they can again get work from
the farmers, or to assist them all to move
to the towns, or to emigrate The Domiu-
lou Government pays one.third Of the cost
of passage to those who choose to come to
Canada, and Ontario contributes as much
more, and makes grants Of land besides.
The union engages to look out for the i'm.
migrants in America until they find work
With such an ending it Is plain that the
strike, as such, has been an entire failure
The men have made no display Of ruflian-
ism or drunk euness - the union has done for
them all 10 could, yet no single point ha.
been gained The result bias been loss, and
only loss The English papers are now
trying to estimate the damage. The
amount Of wages is easily reckoned, but tn,
indirect losses, from the limited productive
ness, and the bitter feelings enqendered
can never be computed. Indirectly, how
oyor, some good has been done. The attcu
ton Of the public has been called to th,
wretched condition Of the common English
farm-aborers, aud it is said that, owing t,
the migration Of so many Of the working
men, the general rate Of wages has beef
raised Those who come to this countrl
will probably better their condition, Will
at home they may expect to be troate,
more like men, since they have game,
much sympathy in this effort to right thci
wrongs, blind and il.directed though it ha
been.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

Trade in commercial circles is reported
dull, yet We have this year all the resources
and materials for general prosperity and
brisk trade. The wheat crop is mostly Sc.
cured and is larger than ever before. The
wool crop is all at hand, and the corn and
cotton crops are reasonably sure to be large.
Money is plenty and credit easy the West
and South, instead Of finding initiation ne
cessary to prevent a financial panic, are on
the whole reducing their circulation. These
are all elements Of prosperity, aud would
seem to necessitate healthy activity in
the business world the coming fall and
winter
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02
Poisonous Authorizations.


The analysis Of common articles Of
food and drink by a chemist acting under
the direction Of the Boston Board Of
Health, gives some very valuable and in
structiye results Sugar was the only arti.
Gle found to be wholly free from pornicious
mixtures, though malt liquors were seldom
found to be seriously adulteratcd So far
as the investigations went the worst results
came from the analysis Of confectionery,
which is adulterated to form the different
colors with nearly dozen active poisons,
such as lead, copper, arsenic Pmssian blue,
etc, while the base Of the candy is often
alum and plaster Of Paris As many as
four active poisons were found in the varied
coors of one piece Of candy, aud in view
Of the large quantities Of these vile COM
pounds consumed by children, the wonder
is not that some are sick and die but rather
that any survive All the specimens Of tea
AhA NNhN' NAAhiN'A IiNhNN ~ no Etb10i1
adu,crated, aud it was doubted whether
some Of the specimens offered as coffee con-
tanned a particle Of the genuine article.
The additions here were filthy rather than
poisonous, such as re.drild leaves aud clay
in tea, and chickery peas, beans, etc, in
coffee. 4 few cosmetics and preparation.
for the hair were examined Tho latter
was found to depend upon the action Of the
salt Of lead and sulphur, the FIRST Of which
is readily absorbed by the skin and is an
active poison Three yiruIeut poisons in
considerable quantities were found 10 one
cosmetic 10 regard TO these last article.
the publication of these official statements
cannot fail to do good by warning people
against tbcir u.c bu' with common article.
of food some further means of protecting
the public health against The use Of adul
tcratcd compounds is an imperative necos
sity
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

with such beautiful and inspiring effect as
it manifests in such days as this, at the
close Of the waning summer, when to such
cearness Of the air is added the completion
of the spectacle in the shape of these scat.
tered structures of cloud. Not the dark
solid, cold clouds of the latter autumn
They are sunlit, bright full Of their own
beauty and summer glory. They are AL
pine clouds. The real peaks Of the Alps
could not be more truthluly painted than
they are represented by some of these
pled.up masses Of white cloud, such as
may be seen, all day, on any Of these
bright and clear summer days Only by
lifting his eyes from the earth that holds
him, one can see, if he has the eyes aud
the heart to see and comprehend it, such
az appartion Of beauty as was never i'm
agined by the eastern monarch whose ex.
PLOTS are described in the Arabian talo.
One universal dropping tent Of light and
glory-a vast pavilion Of cleaning clouds
and changing, living light. It's this spec
tacle which is almost daily spread before US
it is this panorama which so very few
persons ever think of beholding, and which
fewer still understand when they do see it.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

An Illinois Republican editor says
there arc now free political parties in that
State-his own, which he believes to be
pure aud progressive, although it rejoiccs
in the great logan the Independent Re.
form party composed, he says, oue.tenth
of farmers, who haven't yet discovered how
they are being made cats paws Of, aud the
rest candidates and sore-hcad politicians -
the Prohibition party consisting Of few
excellent men and women who, however,
are hurting ouly their friends, and benefit.
ing nobody by their attempt at iudepen.
dent movements the Mccormick party
" consisting Of those Democrats who believe
in hard money and free trade and of Hes
ing and his fifty thousand Germans who
believe in free whiskey aud the party oil
the old Bourbon, paper money Democracy
4" who swear that nobody but genuine hard
she'll Democrats shall vote with them, and
only such Of them as never want to see an
other gold dollar in the country.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02

St. Johnsbury, August 80, 1874.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02
Effect of the Crusade.

Those who predicted that the remarkable
and peculiar crusade which swept over
Ohio last Spring would leave the temper
anco cause in a worse condition than be.
fore, will find their opinions essentially
modified by the returns Of the recent vote
upon the new State Constitution. While
the official count shows that the constitu-
ton itself was rejected, by majority Of
one hundred and forty.seyen thousand two
hundred and cighty-four, the vote upon the
clause giving the legislature power to Ii
ccnso the salo Of liquor, shows an unmis.
taxable advance in public opinion upon this
subject that must be surprising to even the
crusaders themselves. The temperance
men, almost universally being opposed to
the license system, because they believe it
to be d" legalizing the traffic" voted against
this clause, and with them voted a small
number Of persons who think that the law
ought to let the whole subject alone On
the other side Of the question we're the
liquor manufacturers and dealers, and all
who favor a license system, as opposed to
prohibition. The result was the triumph
Of the Temperance or Ant.License party
by a majority Of seven thousand two hun
dr,l aud cighty'six, on a pretty full vote.
This will be followed by an attempt to en-
graft Prohibition or Local Option plank
upon the Republican platform, the temper
anco men expecting no aid in this direction
from the Democrats.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-09-02
The Summer Sky and Clouds,


An exchange calls attention to the fact
that the unusually cool nights aud morn.
ings, of which We have had such a coutnu.
GUS succession during the past month, have
brought us some remarkably clear and
beautiful days Such clear air is uncom.
mon in August. With it come some Of the
finest and rarest effects Of cloud.scenery.
1t is just the weather for the best mountain
views. On such days as this, distant OBJ
jccts seem strangely near, aud mountain
ranges far away appear clear and distinct,
even to their minute details, such as 10 or.
binary weather are Invisible except upon a
nearer view. The deep, bright blue Of the
SKY on such days, is foil to OVERLOOKING
with that quality, or property, Of life in
hgtL which artists must always fail to rem
der successfully on canvas for the reason
that it dwels not in the composition Of any
earthly pigment, nor is it to be ELECTED
iiuhi ah1 NompluhNioui HVWtNtT dTlult OF
the colors on the painters palette. 1t is
one Of the inuumerabe, varied, and won.
derlul products OF that fountain aud seat oil
all earthly light aud glory, the Sun; aided
however, in this case, by the earlh's elastic
and invisible but nevertheless dense and
substantial envelope Of atmospheric air
He who feels nothing Of the jocund strength
and life and hope aud eyer-rcnewed Joy
that flows into the soul in looking upon the
great and simple fact Of the blue sunlit SIX Y
has missed one of the best, because one o
the truest and most abiding, of the Joys o
existence It shines into the eye Of tn,
man it shines into the eye and heart o
the child" 1t is, in itself, this joyous sun
light aud laughing sky, better than tn
rainbow or the preachers sermon, procla
nation that life is good, aud that all j
well. 1t is the elixir that always find
us young, and always keeps us So An,
it never
ttFluehos ON that inward ava 80
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
THE THIEF's VICTORY.

A good many years ago, one Of the
most notorious thieves in the United
States, had a confidential conversation
with a gentleman who is now one OF
our most efficient detectives, and ex-
pressed desire to reform. "Why do
you wish so much to live on the
square ?" asked the gentleman. BE
cause" replied the thief, 81 have
wife and children to whom | am very
much attached they have no idea of
the mode in which l make my living;
the children are growing up, and are
beginning to wonder why l leave home
SO often and what do; and if l am
ever to reform, now is the time" The
gentleman warmly approved the idea,
and to further it, loaned the man sew
eral hundred dollars with which to be-
gin an honest business. The reformed
man at once broke off all his old asso-
Citations, lived a perfectly honest life,
would have no dishonest persons call
on him, devoted himself for years
closely to business, raised his family
respectfully, did good many acts of
unostentatious charity, and died not
long since esteemed by all who knew
him. His children are doing we'll and
highly respectable. The money ad-
vanced was long since repaid.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
NEW BILLIARD RooMsI

A DJ0INING the Tionesta House. at the
n mouth of Tionesta Creek. The tables
and room are now, and everything kept in
order. To lovers of the game n cordial
invitation is extended TO come and play
in the new room.
G37 tt G. II. LATIMER, Lessee.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
Tionesta House.

~ r. LATIMER lessee, Elm st. Tio-
VI. nesta. Pa, at the mouth of the creek,
Mr.. l.. has thoroughly renovated the
Tionesta House, and re-furnished it COM
pletoly. All who patronize him will be
we'll entertained at reasonable rates. 37-ly
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
NOTICE.

DR, J. N. BOLARD, of Tidioutes has
~ ret.unsd TO his practice after an alb
senee of four months, spent in the Hospi-
tails of New York, where hA will attend
calls in his profession.
Office in Eureka Drug Store, Sd door
lbove the hank, Hdioute, Pa. 49d
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
CENTRAL HOUSE,
IaWrenco House,
FOR EST HOUSE,

~ BLACK PROPRIETOR. Opposite
IL. Court House, Tionosta, Pa. just
opened. Everything new and clean and
fresh. The best of liquors kept constantly
on hand. A portion OF the public patron
age is rasnectfnlly solicited. 4-17-lv
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
DR.. ]. L. Acomb,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had fifteen years experience in a large
aud successful practice, will attend all
Professional Calls. Office in his Drug and
Grocery store, located in Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL DE FOUND
A full assortment of Medicines, Liquors
Tobacco, Cigars, Stationery, Glass, Paints,
Oils, Cutlery, all of the best quality, and
will be sold at reasonable rates.
DIR. CHAS. o. DAY, an experienced
Physician and Drug3is from New York,
has charge of the Store. All prescriptions
put up accurately.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
Ennire HOtnl.

HNIDOUTE, PA. II. EWALD, PRoPRIE-
4 TOR. This house is centrally located,
has been thoroughly reftted and now
boasts as good table and beds as any He II,
tel in tho oil regions. Transient only 500
per day. 2Z-om
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07

Mr.. Higgins was very punctual
man in all his transactions through
life. He amassed large property by
untiring industry and punctuality, ,and
at the advanced age of ninety years
was resting quietly upon his bed, and
waiting calmly to be called away. He
had deliberately made every arrange
ment for his decease and burial. His
pulse grew fainter, and the light Of
life seemed Just Pickering in the
socket, when one of his sons observ.
ed
"Father, you will have but day or
two; is it not we'll to name your bear
ers?"
"To be sure my son." said the dying
man; sit is we'll thought of,and l will
do it now."
He gave list of six, the usual
number, and sank back exhausted up
on his pillow. A gleam of thought
passed over his withered face like ray
of light, and he rallied once more.
"My son, read me that list Is the
name of Mr.. Wiggins there?"
ut is, my father"
"Then strike it Off said he, en-
phaticaIly, "for he was never any
where in season, and he might hinder
the procession a whole hour"
At dark respectfully dressed man
applied at the station for lodgings,s say
ing that he had lost 1920 during the
day. "Robbed ?" queried the SER
geant. "No; not exactly" son the
street?" "No; not exactly" "Been
gambling?" "No; not exactly" The
sergeant kept pumping him, and the
man finally said, "I'll tell you-'twas
over at the races. You see, l was just
fool enough to think l knew all about
a race horse, when the truth is, l don't
kr.ow a race horse from lame turkey
buzzard, hang me!'
An Essex Conn man made toy
boat about five inches long and an
inch and half wide, with all the
rigging, and having attached to it a
small American flag, suspended it with
a hair from his own head by nail in
the ceiling of his shop, twenty years
ago, and there is has hung all this
time in spite of the jar of the shop.
Don't be stubborn unless you are
sure you can afford it. Right in the
midst of the late panic, an Iowa man
chose to be perversely obstinate. His
daughter wanted $50 silk dress, and
be wouldn't get it, and he lost $50 by
the operation. She took cold poison,
and the funeral expenses were $3.50.
In England a poor curate, unable to
live on his salary, supported himself
by repairing watches. This was re-
ported to the Bishop as disgrace to
the cloth. "1his must be put a stop
to" said the Bishop, Indignantly, and
he stopped it by giving the curate q
place worth $4,000 year.
A fellow who hid under a sofa at
an informal Boston missionary meet
ing says that the thirty.fve ladies
spoke twice of the dOwn-trodden
heather, and more than a hundred
times of a new kind of hair dye.
An English writer accounts for the
remarkable honesty that prevails in
Iceland on the ground that there is
nothing on the island worth stealing
except the geysers, and they cannot be
carried away.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
c. b. Weher,s Hotel,

DYLERSBURGH,P PA. c. b. WEBER,
Il has possession of the now brick hotel
and will he happy to entertain all his old
customers, aud any number of new ones.
Good accommodations for guests, and ex-
oellent stablinr 103m.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07

MIR. SMITH has fine machinery for
lNI making all parts of watch or clock
that may be missing or broken. He war
rants all his work. The patronage of the
citizens of Forest County is most respect
fully solicited. All he asks is fair trial.
Aft
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1874-10-07
REsTAURANT.

TACOB SMEARBAUGH has fitted up
y the store-building north of Tate's law
office, for r restaurant, aid will be pleased
to see his friends there. Fresh beer on
draught. Also ale, domestic WHITES &c.
Cold lunches at all times, and oysters in
ali stylos. in their season. 13-1y
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-01

WHAT a nice time the negroes OF
South Carolina are having. A core
spondent of the New York Herald writ
ing from Georgetown, the scene OF the
late riots, gives a graphic picture OF the
interesting condition that is now pre-
sented by the unhappy State of South
Carolina. As specimen brick. we may
state that Georgetown is blessed with
two representative darkies, one called
Jones and the other Bowley, and both
were members of the Legislature, but
were so economical that out of salary
of 5000 per annum one had saved $780,
600 and the other $500, 900. These fell
lows had fallen out concerning the loayes
and fishes. and with their followers.
aided by the black militia, proceeded to
fight it out. After some bloodshed and
great danger of firing the town, the
ARRAY, after lasting two or three days,
was stopped by the appearance of q
United States revenue cutter. How
mean, captions and uncharitable the in.
dependent press is to declare that these
proceedings are disgrace to the whole
American people, tend to bring Republi'
can institutions into disgrace, and il
allowed to proceed unchecked, can only
end in bringing the most disastrous con-
sequences on the country. 1t may be
unkind to say all this. but the independ-
ent press does say it. and the RECORD is
among the number.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-01

We yesterday morning made men
ton of piece of black sulphuret ore
from the 1465-foot level of the Ophir
having been shown us in which free gold
was visible. Yesterday an abundance Of
such ore was found in the ore-body on
the same level. So much free gold has
made its appearance that piece of ore
two inches square cannot be picked up
that does not contain some particles,
and many specimens were taken out that
we're literally spangled with gold.
Assays taken across the whole face of the
ore-body yesterday went at the rate of
from $3.50 to $3.50 per ton. An assay of
one piece of ore was made which showed
gold and silver at the rate of 81 400 per
ton. In pounding this up in the mortar
the greater part of the gold it contained
was fattened out SO that it would not 60
through the sieve. Had this been put
into the assay the yield would have been
at the rate of 5000 or &c. 600 per ton
Virg Enterprise, Goth.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-01

An accident occurred, about 8 O'Clock,
this forenoon in the Yellow Jacket mine.
Mr.. Taylor, an underground carpenter at
the mine, was engaged in removing the
timbers from an old drift, when sudden
cave of loose debris occurred, which
nearly covered him. Thomas Quirk,
underground foreman, sprung to the
rescue and nearly dragged Taylor from
his perilous position, when second cave
took place, which covered Taylor entire
ly and buried quirk to the waist. He
quickly extricated himself and assistance
coming, Taylor was dug out before com
pletely suffocated. He is considerably
bruised; the small bone of the right leg
is broken, but his worst injury is to the
spine, which is fractured or dislocated
between the hips, causing paralysis Of
the limbs. He is in great pain, but the
injury is not necessarily fatal, and unless
Inflammation or other unfavorable con-
ditions should supervene, there is a
chance for his recovery.-[G. H. News,
2fth.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-09-01
DEFERRED TELEGRAMs.

SAN Francisco, Aug. 29.-Tbe steam
er Japan for Hongkong and Yokohama
sails ut noon to-day.
In the case of the 20 Chinese women
brought before the Fourth District Court
to-day on writ of .habeas corpus. the
Court decided that the acts OF the legis-
| lature under which the suit was brought.
and which are intended to regulate and
restrict OF prevent the immigration OF
sick, diseased, crimeral or immoral per-
sons, are constitutional. Judge Morri-
son remanded the 20 Chinese women
back to the custody of the master OF the
steamer Japan, but the steamer sailed
without them, and they were taken back
to the County Jail
Major Dewitt c. Thompson, who CON-
manded the California battalion during
the war. and is now cashier of the Ma
tional Gold Bank here, has been ap-
pointed Major General of the California
militia, vice General John F. Miller de-
clined. There has been much excite
ment in military circles over the whole
| matter.
This evening Angelo Almanac. Span
| ish woman, was arrested for cutting with
pocket knife Flora Ramirez, female
of the same nationality. The wounds
are pronounced serious but not necessa'
rily fatal. The affray occurred Oh New
Montgomery street. Jealousy is the
| supposed cause.
The schooner d. L. llaskins was cap
sized on the 9th off Point Reyes. The
officers and crew all got on the bottom
of the vessel and remained there till res
cned by q fishing boat, in Which they
were brought to the city this afternoon.
Professor Davidson and q party de-
tailed to observe the transit of Venus,
sailed for their station at Nagasaki on
the steamer Japan to-day.
The steamer Japan took s27O,0oo in
treasure and 747 passengers.
Los ANGELES. Aug. 29.-The mines on
the San Gabriel river are attracting q
good deal of attention. Several compa'
MES are at work, and the prospects are
| fatterinp