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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
A BOYS First Boots.

The boot period is the dividing line
of babyhood and boyhood. Before the
boot some is tramped upon by comrades,
and stuck with pins, and we walk with
an air of apology for the fact that we
were born at all. Robust schOol-fellows
strike us across the cheek, and when
we turn to them they cry, "Who are
you looking att" or what is worse
than any possible insult, have some
body chuck us under the chin and
call us Club" Before the crisis OF
boots, the country boy carries hand
kerchief. This is the very unpopular
period of sniffles. But at last the period
of boots dawns upon boy. Look out
how you call him Cub" He parts
his hair on the side, has the end OF
his white handkerchief sticking out OF
the top of his side pocket, as if it
were recently arranged so; has dig
nified and manly mode of expectora-
ton, and walks down the road with long
strides, as much as to say, "Clear the
track for my bootsW We have seen i'm
posing men, but none have so much i'm
pressed us as the shoemaker, who, with
waxy hand, delivered into our possession
our first pedal adornments. AS he put
the awl through the leather, and then
inserted the bristles and drew them
through it, and then, bending over the
lap stone, grasped the threads with a
jerk that made the shop shake, we said
to ourself, "Here is n gracefulness for
you, and power"
1t was Sabbath day when we broke
them in. Oh the rapture of that mo-
ment when we laid hold of the straps at
one end, and, with our big brother push
ing at the other, the boot went on! We
fear that we got but little advantage
that day from the services. All the pull
pit admonition about worldliness and
pride struck the toe of our boot and
fell back We trampled under our feet
all good counsel. We have to repent that
while some "trust in horses aud some
chariOts," we put too much stress upon
leather. Though our purchase was so
tight in the instep that as soon as we
got to the woods we went limping on
our way-what boots it? We felt that
in such cause it was noble to suffer.
For some reason, boots are not what they
used to be. You pay big price, and
you might walk all day without hearing
from them; but the original pair of
which / speak, spake out for themselves.
No one doubted whether you had been
to church, after you had once walked
up the aisle in company with leather.
1t was pure elOquence of calfskin.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
The Lincoln Monument.

The Ames Company of Chicopee,
Massachusetts,, have now begun their
greatest work, the statuary designed by
Larkin G.. Mead, the Brattleboro sculp-
tor at Florence, for the National Lin
coin monument at Springfield, Illinois
The models for the coat-ofarms and
the figure of the President, already
alluded to, arrived at the works in
October, 1870.
These completed work are pronounced
each perfect by competent judges; Mr.
Lincoln stopped in the shoulders Just
enough to spoil the fit of coat about
the breast, and the statue shows this to
perfection, while the peculiar contour
of the features, the full lower lip, and
the nose, unlike any other except Lin
coins, are all faithfully produced.
The four emblematic groups for the
monument, representing the infantry,
cavalry, artillery, and the navy, yet
remain to be done. These are paid for
by the cities of New York, Chicago,
Boston, and Philadelphia, and are each
to cost $4,000. The Presidents statue
cost the same amount, while 81 500 is
paid for the coat-ofarms. The infantry
and navy groups have arrived at the
works, and the latter is being cut up for
the molding; the former is greatly shat
tered by its passage across the water, and
must be practically reconstructed. In
deed, it is so badly broken as to seem
beyond the hope of restoration, but.
with patient treatment, the superinten-
dent is certain of getting it ready for the
workmen in time. Upon the monument
the coat of arms will be placed in front
of the pedestal which bears the statue
of Mr.. Lincoln, while around him, at
the four corners of the base of the shaft,
are placed the four groups; still lower
upon the monument, the States of the
Union are represented by Gordon link.
ing them together.
The symbolic groups are strongly de-
signed-thc naval service, which is the
only one that can be studied, is especially
SPIRITED. Here the captain, sailor, and
cabin boy are each given, in the infantry
group the color bearer, private and drum
mer, in the cavalry two grades of cavalry
men, etc.---in each case surrounded by
the accessories of one of the four branches
of the service. The reproduction of this
work in bronze will occupy the company
several years at least.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
The Plymouth Investigation.

The Daily Graphic makes some curious
revelations in the TiltOn-BeecheE scandal,
upon what information, however, it is
impossible to determine. 1t says:
The whole case is full of the most
painful surprises and revelations; and
the last and most particular phase of the
investigation is to the effect that Mrs.
Theodore Tilton has appeared before the
committee without her husbands knowl-
edge, and given testimony which is in
fact favorable to Henry Ward Beeeher.
The rumor is that Mr.. Tilton, who sup
posed he acted magnanimously in her
case, as well as in that of the pastor of
Plymouth Church, was entirely under
delusion on the subject; and that the
separation which his friends advised
when the scandal broke out has now
taken place, with prospect for an imme-
diate suit for a divorce.
cit further appears that when Mr..
Tilton appeared before the committee he
at first declined to make specific charges
against Mr.. Beecher, as he claimed that
all he had to do was to vindicate his own
good name without doing harm to Mr..
Beecher However, as the case proceeds
it has become apparent that the whole of
the scandal, first made public by Mrs.
Victoria Woodruff, must be thoroughly
ventilated. Mr.. Bowen has been cited
to appear before the committee, and Mrs.
Woodruff has offered to come forward
and state her knowledge of certain
facts and how she obtained them.
1t is stated by Mr.. Beecher's friends
that there is to be funeral in this case,
but that it will not be that of II. w.
Beecher himself, but a different person.
His defense, it appears, amounts to this:
That Mr.. Tilton has been guilty of re-
peated infdelities, most of which came
to the knowledge of his wife that she
had been stung almost to madness by
these infidelities and his constantly man
Tested want of consideration for her
that in this excited frame of mad she
sought counsel of her pastor, Mr.. Beech
err; that the latter impulsively took her
side of the case, and urged her to procure
divorce from Theodore Tilton; that
Mr.. Beecher busted himself in the affair
great deal more than he should have
done, and that, subsequently learning
from TiltOn that some at least of Mrs.
Tilton's charges were unfounded. he wrote
that contrite letter to Mr.. Tilton, part
of which the latter has 80 effectively
used to put Mr. Beecher in the attitude of
criminal suing for mercy, whereas he
was simply expressing poignant sorrow
for having imprudently interfered in a
family quarrel"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
Rich without Money.

Many man is rich without money.
Thousands of men without anything in
their pockets are rich. A man born with
a good sound constitution, a good stom-
ach, a good heart, good limbs, and a
good head-piece, is rich. Good bones
are better than gold tough muscles bet
ter than silver; and nerves that flash
fire and carry energy to every function
are better than houses or land. 1t is bet
ter than a landed estate to have the right
kind of father or mother. Good breeds
and bad breeds exist among men as well as
among herds and horses. Education may
do much TO check bad tendencies or to
develop good ones, but it is a greater
thing to inherit the right proportion OF
faculties to start with. The man is rich
who has a good disposition-who is nat.
urally kind, patient, cheerful and hope.
full
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
DO You Suspect Anybody.

The Harrodsburg People is responsible
for the following anccdOte:
"Our tOwnsman, Captain Cardwell,
tells the following anecdote of one of the
elder Breckenridges-now passed away
a lawyer, and distinguished in his pro-
fession. A regular frequenter at his
Office was an old gentleman who never
had any business, but who regarded Mr..
Breckenridge as the greatest man in the
country, and would listen with avidity
whenever the lawyers leisure allowed
him to talk. This old gentleman, by the
way, was given to making queer and
sometimes startling remarks-all in the
utmost innocence of any evil intention
or misconduct whatever. One day the
lawyer did not open his Office, and the
old gentleman was deprived of his daily
occupation. The next day, however, Mr..
Breckenridge made his appearance, when
the old man said, somewhat testify, "A
lawyer should always be found in his Of
ficc.' Very true responded Mr.. Brock
enridge, but very unusual occurrence
kept me at home. For the first time in
fifteen years, my wife gave birth yester-
day to a baby Fifteen years. ejacu-
lated the old gentleman, looking over the
rim of his spectacles Then, lowering
his voice to mysterious whisper, he
said: And do you suspect anybodyT
The old gentleman's character, manner,
etc, made the joke too good to keep, and
Mr.. Breckenridge laughed as heartily as
did his friends when he told it,"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
Story Of q Founding.

Miss EdmOndstOne, lady OF ninety,
relates serious story of a founding.
About eighty years ago, Mr.. Gordon, Of
Ardoch, in Aberdeenshire-a tall castle
situated upon rock overlooking the sea
was one stormy night alarmed by the
firing of q gun, apparently from dis
tressed vessel. Collecting his dependents,
and furnishing himself with lights and
ropes, he hurried down to the beach
amidst the pelting of one of the severest
storms he had any recollection Of On
arriving there he and his people could
see no ship; they saw no light; they
heard no cry. But, searching about, they
found an infant lying in a kind of
floating crib or cradle, as if it had been
brought ashore from persisted vessel by
the force of the winds and the waves.
The young stranger was removed to the
castle, and taken care of; and in the
morning there were indubitable signs of
shipwreck on the beach, but no other
person seemed to have got ashore.
Mr.. Gordon, unable to trace the history
of the infant Git was female), brought
her up with his own daughters and be-
came as much attacked to her as any of
his children. The founding received,
in all respects, the same treatment and
the same education as the young ladies
with whom she was associated, and in
time she grew to woman's estate. About
that time, a similar storm occurred. Mr..
Gordon hurried as usual TO the shore ;
but this time was so happy as to receive
a shipwrecked party, among whom was
gentleman passenger. After comfOrta-
Bile night spent in the casle, this stranger
was surprised next morning by the en-
trance of the young ladies, upon one Of
whom he fixed gaze of the greatest in
tercst.
els this your daughter, too?' said he
to his kind host. "No," said Mr.. Cor
don; but she is rs dear to me as if she
were." And then he related the story of
the former storm, and of the discovery
of the infant on the beach. AT the con-
clusion, the stranger said with much
emotion that he had all reason to believe
that the young lady was his niece. He
then stated the circumstances of sisters
return from India, corresponding to the
time of the shipwreck and explained
how it might happen that Mr.. Gordon's
inquiries for the parents of the child
had failed. "She is now" he said, IAN
orphan; but her father has left her the
bulk of his fortune, to be bestowed upon
her, if she should be found"
All these things being fairly substan-
tiated by the stranger it became neces-
sary that the young lady should leave
Ardoch, to put herself under the care of
a new protector; but this was a bitter
trial, and she could at last be reconciled
to quit Ardoch only on the condition
that one of her friends, the daughter of
Mr.. Gordon, should accompany her.
This was consented to and the whole
party soon after left Scotland to proceed
to Gottenburgh, in Sweden, where her
uncle carried on large mercantile con-
Germ.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
A French Wedding Ceremony.

A French correspondent thus des-
cribes French wedding: Every part
of the programme, except the kissing and
Misunderstanding in the vestry-room, is gone
through with stately formality. The
organ is played by maestro, and the
mass chanted by the singers from the
cred hat, silk stockings, tights, and a pro-
fusion of shoulder-knots, marshals the
happy couple to the altar. The func-
tionary is none of your vulgar-spirited
BUNDLES. He has been chosen by the
Sacristy for his lofty stature, imposing
presence, and the red ribbon adjoining
his breast, which was won on a battle
field. The passage up the aisle is thickly
carpeted, to protect the brides thin-shod
feet and snowy train from flags which
unwashed penitents may have trodden
half an hour earlier. But the beadle
manages to strike the pavement, as he
advances, with musical cadence with his
silver-mounted staff Of Office. One feels
that there is no romantic undercurrent
nor side plot as the stately ceremony
goes forward. 1t is as business-like as
the singing of Foreign-ofiice protocol;
for the alliance between the two high
contracting parties is essentially based
on pecuniary interests The bride is
generally not much more than half way
through her teens she has never been
out of the sight of her mother or her
governess; yet this youthful creature be-
trays no more agitation than if she were
going to lead off quadrille at chill
dren's party. She docs credit to her
dancing-master as she courtesies to the
bridegroom who, attended by two wit
nesses and the baldequin-bearers, awaits
her in front of one of the two arm-chairs
standing before the alter. Rows of
handsome prize aieus are placed behind
the seats of honor and speedily filed by
relatives, the next-of-kin being placed
close to the bride and bridegroom. Wit
nesses are chosen for their rank or world
ly influence"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
Resolutions Adopted by the Chicago
Board Of Underwriters.
From tho Times Report


From tho Times Rsport.l
WHEREAS, the recent great fires have
fully demonstrated to every intelligent
person that the city of Chicago, under
the present situation of matters, is i'm
minently threatened with further terri
BILE confagrations, and as this feeling is
widespread, not only among our own cit
liens, but throughout the whole country,
and is fast destroying the confidence of
capital (whether insurance or not) in the
future safety and security of the city ;;
therefore
Resolved, That the Underwriters of this
city, representing over 100000, 900 of
capital are firm in the belief that their
principals will withdraw entirely and
Immediately the protection of insurance
from the people of Chicago, unless the
following reforms, improvements and
changes are promptly and vigorously
carried out by the proper authorities,
viz:
First-A complete reorganization of
the Fire Department, including such in
crease and changes in the management
and control of the same as will not only
secure the highest degree of efficiency
and discipline, but eradicate every YES
tige Of political influence or favOritism of
whatever kind or nature.
Second-The extension of the " fire
limits" co-extensive with the boundaries
of the city, and the rigid enforcement of
the same, regardless of any individual
influence, political or personal, and that
all temporary frame buildings, sheds.
ETC., located within the present fire.
limits, as well as specially hazardous
manufacturing risks, be at once destroyed
or removed, and the further erection of
all such prohibited.
Third The organization Of COM
petent and effective force of sappers and
miners as an auxiliary to the Fire De-
partment.
Fourth - The immediate increase in
the capacity of water-pipes and number
of fire-plugs in all portions of the city
where such an increase is necessary, es-
pecially in the localities where wooden
buildings or special hazards prevail, and
the increase of steamers, with extra
power for use OH high buildings.
Fifth The immediate protection of
the important business centre of the city
from the great mass of frame buildings
III oOuIhSiu, NCStCIh IHWCSC-
ern sections, either by demolishing such
buildings entirely to the width of say
one-half mile from the nearest point of
their exposure, or by the erection of
numerous heavy and high Prevails in
tersecting those hazardous localities, or
by other sufficient means.
Sixth-The adoption and rigid enforce
ment of stringent building laws, which
will require, among other things, the en-
closure, rear and side, of openings on
brick business buildings by iron shutters
and doors, and the erection Of no Man
sard stories or roofs, except those con-
structed wholly of fire-proOf material.
Seventh-The gradual removal of the
lumber-yards, now threatening the city,
to more remote location, or isolating them,
and the procurement by the city author
tiles, of several floating engines to per-
form duty unOn the river and lake
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
All for the Best.

When a calamity happens, we often
hear people, by way Of consoling the
sufferers, Say, "Never mind don't fret
it's all for the best" 1t is very good
advice, indeed, very judicious, and nc
doubt kindly meant; but somehow il
does not have the effect it is intended
to produce. Instead of drying up tears
and bringing smile to the lips, the
mourners seem to think that, If it Is
the best, it is a gread deal too bad,
and the grief is aggravated by the re.
Election that for them better fate ID
not forthcoming. Nay, when them peo-
pie themselves who use the phrase as a
balm for the woes of others have it ap
piled to themselves, in their own
periods of trouble, it docs not bring
with it any consolation. They are
proved bad mental physicians, by the
fact that their own remedies are ineffi.
cacious when applied TO them.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
How to Succeed.

If your seat is too hard to sit upon,
stand up. If rock rises up before you,
roll it away or climb over it. If you
want money, earn it. If you wish for
confidence, prove yourself worthy of it.
1t takes longer to skim elephant than a
mouse, but the skin is worth something.
Do not be content with doing what an
other has done--surpass it. Deserve sue
cess and it will come. The boy was not
born man. The sun does not rise like a
rocket, or go down like a bullet fired
from gun; slowly but surely it makes
its round, and never tires. 1t is as easy
to be leader as wheel horse. If the
job be long, the pay will be greater; IL
the task be hard, the more competent you
must be to do it.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
Care and Commas.

The Youths Companion has the follow.
ing on "Mind your Commas" 1t is well
as far as it goes; but it is better to mind
ones rhetoric.
"The comma, like the tongue, is lit.
tie thing, and like it, will make good
sense or nonsense, just according as it il
used. Take, for instance, the old nursery
rhyme. With the commas misplaced, il
is so nonsensical that it needs common.
tary to explain it:
"'Every lady in the land
Has twenty nails on each hand,
Five and twenty on hands and feet;
This Is true without deceit
"Alter the position of the commas and
the meaning is clear:
9" Every lady in the land
Has twenty nails on each hand
Five, and twenty on hands and feet;
This Is true without deceit
"The omission of comma once gave
a very awkward meaning to the inscrip-
ton on tombstone: = Erected to the
memory of John Phillips, accidentally
shot as mark of affection by his brother.
A printer, by leaving out comma, gave
quite different character to the verdict
of coroner's jury = Deceased came to
his death by excessive drinking, pro
ducing apoplexy in the opinion of the
jury. There should have been, as there
generally is, stop after apoplexy. An
auctioneer once advertised lot of chair:
which, he said, had been used by children
without backs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06

EDITORIAL NOTICES are so COM
mon that it is almost impossible for an
editor to express his honest opinion of the
merits of any article without being sus-
pected of interested motives. This fact,
however, shall not deter us from saying
what we think of new addition to the
Materia Medica to which our attention
has been recently directed. We refer
to DIR. j. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VIM
EGAR BITTERs, remedy which is max
ing its way into more families just now
than all other advertised medicines put
together. It's popularity, as far as we
can Judge, is not based on empty preten-
ton. There seems to be no question
about the potency of its tonic and altera-
tive properties, while itpossesses the great
negative recommendation of containing
neither alcohol nor mineral poison. That
it is a specific for Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Constipation, and many complaints
of nervous origin, we have reason to
know, and we are assured on good au-
thOrity that as general invigorant, reg
ulating and purifying medicine, it has
no equal. 1t is stated that its ingre-
dients obtained from the wilds of Cali
fOrnia) are new to the medical world !;
and its extraordinary effects certainly
warrant the conclusion that it is COM
pound of agents hitherto unknown. If
popularity is any criterion, there can be
no doubt of the efficiency of the VINE
GAR BITTERs, for the sale of the article
is immense and continually increasing.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06

"The first sentence should have read,
Erected by his brother, as mark of af'
lection, to the memory of John Phillips,
who was accidentally shot The second,
Deceased, in the opinion of the jury,
came to his death by excessive drinking,
producing Tor better, which caused,
apoplexyo. The third should have intro
duced without backs directly after
chairs Commas shouldn't be made to
supply the place of careful writing
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
nolly,s yyesIsiAg. DAY.

DOlly's Washimg-Day.
Sleeves rolled up, and dimpled hands,
~ her tiny tub she stands,
Busy as the golden bees,
Singing pretty melodies.
lots Of pieces "she must do,
All, my dolly dear, for you;
Not one moment left for play,
This is dolly's washing-day.
Quite upset the playhouse there;
And her dolly, prim and fair,
In the cradle lies alone,
Very quiet, be Il known.
Little dresses hang 10 dry;
Dolly wears them by and by;
Earnest eyes-how bright are they,
All on dolly's washing-day.
Work away, dear rosy hands,
Still beside the tub she stands;
Mother missed her long ago,
Wonders what keeps darling so.
When she asks, a sweet surprise
Wakens in the pretty eyes,
"Don't you know" the arch lips say,
"This is dolly's washing-dayp' -
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06

40, aRAcIoUsl no." exclaimed Mrs
Marrowfat to Mrs. Quoggs, raising her
hands and speaking in very excited
tone. "She was so iii when her new
bonnet came home that she couldn't get
up: but, dear sakcs Jane, that didn't
matter nothing, for she just put the hat
on and lay with her head out of the
front window the whole afternoon"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-08-06

MRS. JAMES ALcoRN, of Gerard County,
KY, is described as a very sensible, in.
dustrious lady, and her husband is q
prosperous farmer. She is fifty years old,
and has several children and grandchild.
rem, but she never saw turnpike OF
dry goods store or school house; never
heard sermon preached, and never but
once, when her house was ovcrflowed and
she was persuaded to visit q neighbor's
house, saw q carpet or pane Of glass
Philadelphia should negotiate for her.