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THE GRAHAM CLAIM. .

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1874-02-07

In Mason county, over 900 acres of lano
fronting on the mouths of Oyster and S<oo
KUN bays, including the Arcadia Town sitter
soil first quality. plenty of wafer for irriga:
ton back Of claim soil second rate, timber
supposed to be good for two million feet.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04
nE- There are horefdl signs in TIL

nsS- There are hopeful signs in the
South Of an abandonment Of the cred
it system, which has done much to-
ward keeping the people, from plan
ter to field hand, in n ruined and e1-
haust.l condition. Early in the year
factors and bankers adopted resolu-
ton not to make any advances on
crops, and very few planters have
been able to get supplies OF provis-
ions or loans OF money without SUBJ
stantial security, This will be better
for the planters. Let Southern en-
ployers adopt the same rules in the
payment Of their help as prevail at
the North, no pay until work is done,
and industry will be Iuickened by
the hunger of the lazy.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

Rev. II. W. REEcNER ON THE
MORALITY OF DANcIN,i.--The Rev.
Henry Warl Beetner makes this SEN
.ibIe reply IN the Christian Union to
. query us to whether it is wicked to
dance: 1T is wicked when it is
wicked, and not wicked when it il
not wicked. In itself it has no more
immoral character than walking,wrss-
thing, or towing B.d company, un-
timely hours, evil dances, may make
the exercise evil good company,w who'll
csome hours aud home influences may
make it very great benefit.
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~. UNll1N HAY sIiNV
JOHN +. ADELSBERG Elk.
ESSAY rc,l before the Teachers Asso-
citation ii McChnnirstOwn, March III
1874, 10y h,rnAEi. MCFADDEN, OF En-
mi,sburf District.


In establishing a system Of Common
Schools, the Legislature were only
obeyinS the imperative lnJnnctions OF
III, constitution Of Maryland. Aside
from this mandate, their necessity and
Importance are obvious ana incontro-
yer,lbis. Virtue, intelligence, and
,ruta, are the foundations Of our re-
pubic; b. these our institutions must
and can b. preserved; without them,
they mast perish. Ignorance IS not
the mother Of patriotism or OF repuo-
lies, but the enemy and destroyer OF
both. Education in its eulightenlnS,
e,ey4tiug and reforming influences, IN
the fall power of it's beneticent results
should therefore be encouraged by the
state. Not that mere intellectual cul-
,urc that leaves the mind moral
waste, unfit to understand the duties
Of the man or citizen; but that truer
education based upon the established
fact that christianity is the law OF the
land and controlled by sound and ele-
waited moral principles, that recos-
n;zcs the freedom Of our civil and re-
ligious liberty. The knowledge thus
acquired is the power conservative Of
States and nations more potent IN Its
energy to uphold the institutions o
, freedom and the rights Of man thar
armies and navies in their proudes
strength. 1t should never be forgot
ten that these educational blessing
t are not the heritage Of the few, bu
Il the many; and that our common
School. afford the only means of edu
0 cation for the great mass OF the rlslni
=. generation. Whatever influence tn
. higher institutions of learning hav
| had, or will have in the diffusion c
a knowledge, it is to the commo
It schools, the Peoples Colleges, tina
n the great mass of the people must loo
n for the advantages and blessings
!. education. go,
70 At least nine tenths Of the childre
Of of both sexes if they cannot obtain a
m education in the common schools
N their own district, fitted to prepal
is them for usefulness and good either
es ship, must go out into the world witt
n out preparation, and without I'll
o. mental training that is essential to 81
at able them to preserve and transm
d the blessings Of civil and religious Ii
IN ertv. The cause Of Common Schoo
he viewed in this light, rises to an impo
lie lance that should command the ate
ton and enlist the sympatEies and
for operation Of every one who has al
In. rtr,rd frr the welfare Of his Couutr
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

CIRCUIT CouRT.-The adjourning
session of the February term of the
Circuit Court of this county, will be
resumed on Monday, the 18th inst
when the case of the State VS.. Atkins
charged with the assault with intent
to kill Hetfner, his father-in-law, viii
be taken up. On the l4th. the Ale
gany county cases, q in number, vii
be commenced. They involve tn,
charges of selling liquor to minors an'
selling whisky on Sunday. On the
28th, the celebrated Price Will cas'
will be taken up again, and, as Their
are many witnesses to be examined
to say nothing Of the points of law in
volved, we may expect a long tern
of Court.-Eredertck Examiner.
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cation bears to government.
The first form of government was
Patracidal; the father ruled his family,
there were no States. Next came the
Monarchical form; the Patriarch be-
came the head of several or many fam
lies, or in times Of danger or distress,
some one stronger or wiser than the
rest was made chief, and in the course
of years by conquest or attin'tles a
number of tribes united under one
Sovereign whose rule was absolute.
The form that followed the Monarch
ical was the Aristocratic. The form
that was last adopted is the Repubfi-
can in which the people govern them
selves, by electing their own rulers.
A Republic is the form Of government
toward hich all highly civilized ma.
tons gravitate to; but such kinds OF
government have always failed and
will always fail where the masses Of
the people are ignorant. Where uni
vers,l suffrage is enjoyed there must
be universal Education. A Republic
is endangered by ignorant rulers. 1t
requires great wisdom in the men who
make the laws for great nation, great
wisdom in the men who eXpound those
laws, and great wisdom in the men
who put those laws into execution.
! A Republic is also endangered by
;ynor,ut voters. What the Palladium
Was to ancient Troy, what the ark OF
the covenant was to the Jews, the bal
lot box is to the Americans. When
ever it does not express the voice of in
t.llig-nt ireemen, the Republican in
stitulion. are in danger. Does it need
prophet to foretell the future of q
nation whose voters are ignorant men:
Universal Education is the antidote
for thi, evil and will save Que coun-
try fr IN the fate of the great Repub-
/ lie. Of the past. And let me say that
without d full and free Education o.
all the youths of our land our demo,
cratic institutions will prove failure
4 monarchy or an Aristocracy Is posi-
! bic any where, but 4 Republic car
never be long maintained among isno
rant psop'e. A voter should be a.
/ wise as Sovereign, If the American
people 10 not take more interest II
Educatlon this Epluribus- unum, like
Imperial Rome will crumble. There
should lie 4 free Public school system
+1t-nlin, from the frozen waters o
the St. Lawrence to the golden paint
"a waves Of tn. Gulf Of Mexico, an'
iron tn. Atlantic to the Pacific Ed
u,at;ou lau,t be made free, as free a
the light Of heaven to all whom Go'
ha4 gwen til, exquisite organ of vision
MAJ Col put it into the hearts O
the American people to provide An ell
II alton 4 ri sht Education for all tina
the n4'lon may stand.
joins +. ADELSBERGER.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

A STATUE OF Our LADY OF LoVE-
DEs," has just been presented to St.
Agnes Hospital, Lanvale road, by
Father Guedry, and is now prolnl-
nentiy displayed in the chapel of the
institution. 1t will be blessed by
Archbishop Bayley shortly after
Easter. Father Guedry is Of St.
Joseph's, Emmitsburg Md, aud is
the Superior Of the Sisters Of Charity
in the United States. The Statue,
which is of the purest marble, has but
recently arrived in, this country from
Paris, where it was made. 1t is about
four feet high, and represents the
blessed Virgin gazing upwards with
outstretched hands.-Baltlnaore Sun
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

szy- The Legislature Of this State
has appropriated $500 to purchase the
portraits Of Thomas Stone, WIN. Paca
and Thomas Johnson, the two former
Of whom we're SIgher, Of the Declare
ton of Independence. Gov. johnson
nonina Ell Geo. Washington as Com
man,lcr.in. Chief Of the american Ar.
mics.
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nsa DR. BRowN-SEQUARD. whose

nA- DR.. BRowN-SEQUARD, whose
name has come before the public in
connection with the last illness Of
Agassz and Sumner, is not French
man, as is generally supposed, but the
son Of Captain Edward Brown, a
Philadelphia shipmastet, and wa,
born in Mauritius in 1917, un
mother was a EreucAwomaI,
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Hf,y- Methodists are disputing VIII,

Ray" Methodlsts are dlSpnting whe.
Their JOHN WESLEY was Free Mason
or not. The question is Of little inn
portance. Let them rather discuss
whether JOHN WESLEY would have
gone round the world on pleasure
trip with a large salary when there
were souls to save, and real work to
DO, and whether the dazzle of wealth
and shoddy pomp would have blinded
his eyes to the sins of men in high
places.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04
nSy- The New York World contains

rsy- The New York World contains
long correspondence describing the
great overflow Of the Mississippi.
The river is now said to be fifty miles
wide frotn Cairo to the Calf, and an
extent Of territory larger than the
State Of New York is under water.
The richest allnviat Ian 3 on the
continent ara Temporarily under water
and almost totally destroyed for tho
purpose Of agriculture.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

p@- The Siamese twins were Bak
fists. But says the Presbyterian,
suppose one had been dlsheliever,
how could the other have been i'm
mersed?" But another says they were
United Brethren.
CT The Printers. Devil has taken
charge Of the L,dlrs' Department of our
nApCr
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

sA- Mrs. Alice Mason Sumner, the
divorced wife Of the late Senator
Sumner, only few days before his
death, petirlonsi the Snpretne Court
of massachusetts for leave to marry
again. 4 higher Court has decided
the matter in her favor.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04

And vet there are some people so
misery as to begrndge the small
amount of taxes they pay for school
purposes. At such persons the finger
of scorn should be pointed 1t is bet
ter to pay money for schools than for
Aims Houses and Penitentiaries. The
teacher is cheaper than the Judge.
The school house costs less than tho
court house.
We will next consider the relation
education bears to crime.
Crimes are frequently committed by
the ignorant during the hours when
released from work; they seek pleas.
ures in low indulgence, but educated
people have tastes and sources Of
amusement that keep them from the
company Of the low and depraved
Crimes are committed frequently by
those who have lost MI self respect
| the educated have a better appreca-
ton than the ignorant of the dignity
of the human character and What -
due to it. Still it must not be claim
ed that the education wholly prevents
cri ne; some men intellectually -siy
great have been morally very bal.
| tn. only ssfegnard against crime IL
An education broad enough to reach
the moral nature, the heart rs well as
the head.
During seven years, the criminal
statistic. Of Europe show us hat in
France among the persons convicted
Of crime to be Is educated to 9,779
ignorant; in Scotland 40 educated to
$500 ignorant; in England is e1nca-
ted to 10000 ignorant. The criminal
statistics Of all coun;rie. prove that
education is guard. against crime.
An ignorant man is blind man, and
gropps and stumbles through the
world; but AN educated man has the
whole light of the past thrown across
his pathway. What is obscure to
others is rs clear rs the Eoon-day sun
to him.
The mist that hangs over the paths
Of sin are lifted b,torc his eyes and he
can trace the@cour"c OF the tr!nt5r"S'
or, from the cradle to the druAN"rA
grave or the teIon +c'lI.
The relation education bears L
happiness.
The happiness Of The ignorant must
consist mainly Ia mere ~nI'n q Sr.tAh'
cation, lhry derive no P'rie''e 'o'''
the works OF n'fnr-' Ia. pure
pleasure NAV comes IRON w. .I -" > W
the V"'loa' sciences = "n'''! ""'
known I, '"'''' .,. =,
! My DO no1 "'NF"''',e WORK. VI
art eAc'r' nos" '' !" '",'',. -"
ac'er; All the or'"'f % N''n:''7 Al
-c"I pinr'; ana Tue '.'"' ,.'1 - ','',,'
aAd m''o''T' never "'n I ''" =, ~ y y ~
onS enj H'A'"' 'A'iF '"'' :,
i Ihev 10 NOV zee ''e !o''t't''.' - Wv y:
creator "h'h ''' ','' H. ',' = AZ = v" -.
H'rh ~ ,''''' N'''' ~ :. ~ - w. . -
"''l' OF ''e''''' $40 n.y. ~, a.'.,,.o,
'ne'r y '''"' '''' I.''' '. VI.
to ""I'F' N''' '''' VA ~ RI 49,
OF souI 10 'he'n Is " t'','N, - '.o 81,
rant may ~ 'I''' '"'''I' "'., A.
ment l. not ''H'5' "'' ''''>' =, ~, -,
e1"'.'"' person 'T' - " ~
nre from ,'te H'nyen,l',I'.''. - v"
wisdom ana 'r T : o' '"' w" "I, CIV V,
the creator i"c - Il y ,'"' ,''.,' :
: see his power III '"' ".''' war. ~, ~
. storm. bn' 'he ',!'H',''' T' ' ~ -
, Ian iL'i re, III |Nt i.'t ~ 'iN"N "''N :
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04
go The innationists have achieve

ss- The innAtionists have achieved
sub ,tAntj.l triumph at Washington
city in Congregational legislation to
"snlnpI4*teriz.' til. United States
with 4 leb.-el currency; but Presl-
1ent Grant threatens to veto the bill.
The New York merchants say if the
bill is adopted it will ruin the COM
.ncrcc of the country.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1874-04-04
WILLIAM NEED,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Mechanicstown, April 4, 1874.

n0 A western minister told the
young ladies Of his congregation that
the first step to ruin was an ostrich
feather and yard Of gay-colored
ribbon. One of his hearers having
occasion the next day to use some
ribbon, asked the clerk for three
more steps to ruin"
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILROAD.
We understand that the Directors
of the Western Maryland Railroad at
thei. last monthly meeting in Balti-
more, elected JAMES NJ. HOOP, Esq.
President of the road, and ALExAN-
DER RElMAN, Vice President. JOHN
II. RlGsEy, Esq. retired on the lst
instant from all connection with the
road. Mr.. SAMUEL JAMES is trans
ferrel as superintendent Of the Full
ton street Depot to take charge OF
! Freights. WM. II. GERMS, Esq.
formerly of this place, has been ap-
pointed RoAd,naster. 1t is thought
that =. II. Irwin, Esq. of West
minister, will BE appointed General
! Superintendent in Mr.. Rlgneys
place. Other changes Of minor i'm
nortance We're made last month.
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THE OPENING ADDRESS

Delivered Ivy J. w. Davidson at the
Teachers Meeting. held in Mechanics
town, March 26 and 81, 1871.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-11-04


by !thesrocks, gavesnp all the fears
and cares Of my .incoyai'o, and rev.
elled in the pleasures of solitude
the fragrance Of my cigar-the moon
light-and little Jenny's presence.
How long We sat there, heaven
alone knows. We talked, and laugh
ed, and sang, and looked in each 9TH
er's eyes, and told fortunes, and per-
formed all the nonsensical things
common ON ftA among m. 3 young people falling
in love with each other, and might
have remained there until the pres
ent time, for aught I know, had not
the carriage been sent to convey us
home, and the rest Of the company
began to wonder where we were.
This wonder begat questions, the
question fears, and the fears q
search, headed by the valiant Bimby.
They called, and looked, and listened,
but position down in the sheltered
nook among the rocks, prevented
them from hearing us or we them.
~ At length they hit upon the path,
and all came along, single 6le,a until
they got to the open space above.
There | sat, putting away in q very
unlady-like style, at a highly favored
Concha. '7 9a3 ,2fih1i @'st79
"Justi think of poor; what's his
name thcre--Bimby! Suppose that
he knew he had been making love to
a manp' aan iGGsU Gdi feiITG9
"Hnsh" cried Jenny. 'Iook!
there he is-and oh! my good gra-
cious! there is the whole company"
Yes, we were fairly caught: 1t
was Of no use for me to clap on my
bonnet and assume falsetto again
they had all seen too much for that.
Besides, by this time, Bob Styles and
Maggie Lee were doubtless Zone
flesh," and my disguise was Of no
further Importance, SO I owned up
and told the Whole story.
Lawyer Bimby was in a rageE-He
vowed to kill me, and even squared
off, but the rest of the party laughed
at him so numerically, and suggest
ed that we should waltz it out to-
gether, that he finally cooled down,
and skunk away to take a private
conveyance back to D.. 57aaf
Bob Styles and I are living in
large double house together. He Of
ten says he owes his wife to my
maquerading, but he doesn't feel I'M
der any obligations to me, for Lowe
my wife to the same thing. -
N. B.-My wife's name is Jenny.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-11-04

The STORY OF A TRUNK.-A trunk
was taken through Dallas, Texas, the
other day, among the baggage on the
Central train going north, that has
travelled some. The owner left Bos-
ton, Mass, month ago, for the pur-
pose of going to Charleston, S. c.,
directing his trunk to be forwarded
to him. At Baltimore he changed
his mind, and started for Cincinnati,
|telegraphing to Charleston to have
his trunk sent to him at Cincinnati.
At the latter place he was called to
Louisville, and sent word when the
trnnk reached Cincinnati to "put it
through to Louisville. At Louis
vile he went to St. Louis, and ,direc-
ted that active receptacle to- be
whacked through to the latter place.
At St. Louis the trunk was so
much behind, that he had to- leave
for Memphis without it, but told his
friends in St. Louis not to forget to
hurry along that, nice young trnnk to
Memphis. Out Of Memphis he went,
but loop-holed an old pard, and says,
t"My coyey, don't forget to send my
trunk to Key Vest At Key West
he had a gay old time, notwithstand
ing he was dispatched to 'sget out of
that sooner than he expected, and
SO the. trunk was again behind.
Still, says he to an army officer down
there, GIVE got a trunk, captain,
that's been following me round in
formally lively, but it hasn't caught
me yet. Oblige "a high private in
the rear ranks by sending that Sar.
atoga knapsack to Mobile At Mo-
bile the proprietor, of that trunk
found a carte blanche from his en-
ployer in Boston to Ego west, young
man.
Then his trunk didn't come, and
he thought he'd start for Cheyenne
or Eagle Ford Gin either Of which
places if he had been born he could
have been President of the United
States or married the queen of the
Sandwich Islands, )but after the pro-
J foundest reflection he thought best
to get off at the most romantic wood
pile in the Indian Territory, and
hunt the stored squaw. The trunk
that passed Dallas, yesterday, will
reach him there, perhaps, in laven-
DIES kids, a tie like a beacon fire, and
dressed like Disraeli in his dandiest
days, make the territory tremble for
it's safety, and finally force it to APP
iply to be admitted as 4 State in the
union. -x . -e><s-~ -----'
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THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS,
BY W. II.

Around her waist put my arm,
1t felt as soft as cake,
ooh, dear!" says she, "what liberty.
You printer men do take.''
why yes, my Sail, my charming gall
q squeezed her some I gucss,)
Can you say aught. my chick, against
The freedom of the press?'
| kissed her some-I did by gum
She cOlored like beet,
Upon my living soul she looked ..
Almost too good TO eat
gave her another b,lss, and then,
Says she, 81 do confess,
| rather, kinder, sorter like
The freedom of the press.''
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Efficient Specific for Dyspepsia or Indigestion.

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ID L r Fl q II O r Y
Parish.

Police Jurors:
JAMES W. OSBORN. President
j. p. SMELLING,
r. G.. COMPTON,
JESSE CLIFTON,
WIN. KELSO.
CHAS. OWEN. --.- Clerk Police jury
j. NJ. BARRETT, .. Parish Treasurer
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