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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-25
FROM PETER TWIST.
- wInebrenarian Prencher'-The
Crops, Heavy Docket. %c.
HURB's LANDING, WEST Va.
May Is, 1873.

Editors orthe Register:
Some curious things will happen I'M
der the sun.
Not long since while attending the
session of the Fiscal Court" ut Mounds
willie, u man represented himself to me rs
Wncjrcuariah preacher. Says l, n
"Wincbrenarian preacher, did not
know that John Winebrenarian ever had
n church. o yes, says he. And he fur
ther said it was his duty to preach to the
people in public prisons, aims houses, &c.
So in order to carry out the programme,
he preached in the Court House on
Monday evening, in order to purity the
morals Of the County Court, which Is
chiefly made up of Radicals, including
two ut the "I.uyal Thirteen After his
services he ordered the Sheriff 10 lit Il
collection. but said Sheriff did not obey
him worth a cent. But some how or
other. he rot about fifteen cents, of the
pure spinner The next day he went
10 the poor house to speak to the lniirm
of that place In the evening he went to
the Shrritls office to upset the tables of
the money changers. The next day
Wednesday, he said he was going to
cast the devil out of the Reporter office.
On Thursday morning, ! called at the
said RcDorteI. office on business, when
10, and behold the devil was still dwell
irr therein. The name OF this preacher.
to the best Of my recollection Is Rev,
Mr.. Humbug, an eX-convict in the best
house.
The next thing in order is the new
docket for justices in Marshall county.
One of justices got one OF the said dock
cts. but it is 50 large that he does not
know what to do with 1t. |, being well
ACQUAINTED with the old Squire, told him
to send it to Pittsburgh, as II hotel regis
ter for the St. Charles; that perhaps he
could get II hundred dollars for It,.
Timothy Dabble' happened to be pres
cnt, and said steamboat would charge
seyrntv-fve dollars freight on It, 50 1t
was thought best to keep said docket rs u
solemn momcnto of the Court ordering It,
Now for few items for the farmers:
If the season is favorable in the future.
there will be more wheat in our locality
than expected.
Apples will be next to failure; some
promise ofpcaches and plums.
There is II large acreage of oats, corn
and potatoes put in this spring in our
section, but the weather Is 50 cold that 1t
is not making much progress. The ladies
are also making noble efforts to have
plenty of garden sass" | think the to-
matoe should be largely cultivated.
cannot say about the potato bug,
only wish Joe Darter' would Kill all
he sees
The cut worms are more numerous tins
spring than usual, and the cool weather
is favorable to the longevity Of the pest.
The REGISTER and the Moundsville
Reporter are the leading papers in our
community. fETER TWIST
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are lavishedOn extreme ornamentatioh
in no way needed, in no way called lot
to aid i'm the true service or worship ol
God; and which money spared Wouio
cure most of the evils under which the
Church groans. Do any hear these
wastes condemned from the pulpit!
The church music has grown to be
not music for the congregations 10 unite
in-are not songs Of alteration and praise
of devout Christian people, and part OF
the worship but show music which not
one in a hundred understand, which
none participate in but hired musicians
and singers, who, it would appear, are
preferred over Christian members, the
more distant in belief they are from all
belief or respect for worship or doctrine.
No one but an ordained minister Of
the Church can otficiate in the chancel to
preach or pray, but that which Is the
most vital part Of the church service
and worship is the songs Of praise and
Thanksgiving, which only the angels, in
the presence of the Great Judge, are
ever represented indulgng, and which
the condemned are never 80 represented
as engaged in. Yeti these holy offices
here. holy ceremonials, parties in great
majority are hired for money, and those
who are hired and preferred are those
who are Jews, atheists and scoiters and
non-believers in any God; in any Christ
in any chnrch doctrine or service; and
too are so selected in place Of members
of their own Observation-Disclosures and
conformers to their doctrines and cere-
monials. Can songs or praise and wor-
ship reach thus the ears Of the Great
Jehovah with satisfaction? Can this be
aught but mockery and sacrilege, coming
from the mouths of real scotferS, who
when their differences or exhibits are
over. indulge in idle words, leave the
church, and have no part in its service!
Year by year the expense of these
musical exhibits are increasing steadily
and rapidly, until ut last that which Is
paid to Scotiers has really nothing TO do
with the alteration OF God, or Christ,
the Savior, mas reached apoint to equal
ifnot surpass, the other expenses, and
until this exhibit attracts more thought
than the real service. What service
can prosper under these strange inconsls.
tencies? Until the service Is restored
10 the people and the leaders are those
of the churches who believe in and par
,icipatc in the services, there can be no
vital religious worship; but on the con
trarv, there must be Il steady departure
,,,, i ,b.rn hn rpully no religious or
deyout service in the church. Good
ness knows the departure has been fast
enough and already there is nearness
enough to nothinsncSs.
Many of these questions can not be
decided BY the present conventions, but
a they are abou, to begin de moro, and
take a new departure they can and
should begin Alright, and these reforms
he started.
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\ CoNGLoMERATIoS Of elements Is to
meet in Boston during the last DAYS of
this month to discuss the qaeStion OF
death. The meeting is to be called the
"Anti. Death Convention 1t Is notpro-
posed to demonstrate that there is no such
thing AS death, but that for various rea-
son, the dissolution of the mortal tie Is
not to hc feared. To be sure, the Chris
tan religion teaches the same doctrine,
but then the convention is 10 20 far above
and beyond its scope. The dcbaterS Will
Ice divided into two scctions-thoSe who
believe that death is the end ofall things,
and those who believe is to be the pre-
/ ludct 10 celestial life. The splritualists
/ Will explain their theories they can;
and of course they will have dsembodicd
. essences on hand TO state that the pureSt
bliss after this life consists in sending
ungrammatical messages into the world
and stunning banjos in 4 dark box.
A. one ofthc New England poets says
that all accomplished Bostonians read the
Zend- Avcsta, perhaps Buddhist con-
vert may turn up TO dilate on the bound
less happiness of complete absorption in
the dreamy infinite. OfcourSe an cvolu-
zionist or two will show that the little
puZzle we call life constantly becomes
/ more complicated, more highly organized
and surer to continue in being, and will
deduce from this law of progression a
state of exiStance in the hereafter The
probabilities Of future punishment will
nave no part in the discussion and so the
orthodox Christians can only look on to
learn and wonder.
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POTATOkS.

4 CONSIGNMENT or PURE PEACH
n Blow and Early Rose Potatoes, IN.
barrels, from New York. JuSt received ana
for sale by JAMES LRANELE.
No. 1910 MaiL street, Wheeling ". Va
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SEED OATS.

0nNO BUSHELS CHOICE SEED OATS
J(ItIU received and tor sale by
JAMES CRANGLE,
1910 Main street, Wheeling, W. Va.
Rpja
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NELL & ELLINGHAh,
Wholesale GrOCers,
1905 Main 81.

Have now in store and for sale:
20 Halt Bbls Lake Herring.
100 White Fish.
3DI No. Mackerel.-
2J No. Mackcrcl.
40 Packages MackCrel,2 and I'm quarter
barrels and kits.
y TicrccS choice Carolina Rice.
$50 Bbls choice y. q. MolaSSrS.
50 Hhds choice y. q. Sugar.
- Bbls Syrups.
2OO BblS Standards \. b, Extra e. Granu-
lated, Powdered, Crushed, Franklin and
&C Sugars.
500 Bills Flour, embracing White Rose,
Keystone, Idlewise, Howard and other
standard brands.
loo Bags prime To choice Coffee.
- Half Chests prime To chulc" q.
Teas.
~ Caddics prime To Choice &. i. Teas.
Our Tobacco embraces HalbrOOkS j.
Millincr'S, PAGES and other good and r'.
liable brands, among the best I'm the ,"uu
try. our stock is fun and complete, aut
will be offered To the trade at the lowe.
market price. We invite close buyers -
call and examine our stock before pur'h
sing elsewhere.
"A marble NELL " Eli. y Oil \ VI .
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NOTICE

y IOstnc year lN5I, between SOY .uIu,i
lUih, ia. and December 9Ifu. I,.t a..i
hav. amount Of State AS iub ',N irluud-
ed 10 them 10y presenting ih.IE r'r, IlII- 80
the ShrTiU'~ ufiice-nO lew hFEll. N,vt
made forsuid mud, K. =. BROW e.
uIaT2h Sheriff ONO Counts.
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REMOVAL.

HAVING REMOVED NY PLACE or
IL business To the opposite side OF the
street, shall Do pleased Ia see my friends
and customers at No. 1910 Main street,
Wheeling, ". Va.
JAMES CRANGLE.
Wholesale Produce and General CominiS-
sion Merchant. app
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Twenty-Five buildings were totally des-
,royed by the fire at Lexington, Ken
tucliv. Sunday. The fire departments
Of Cincinnati and Louisville were tele-
graphcd for help, but the fire was un1er
control before they started.
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BAN KS.
CAPITAL, E25O,OO0.
SURPLUS. 100000.
JOHN X. BOTSFORD, President,
GEO. ADAMS, Vice President.
NJ. A. CHANDLER, Cashier.
Bank of the Ohio Valley,
Successor TO
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WHEELING.

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details.
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Wheeling; is owned by the same share
holders, and Is under the same manage
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wishes, 1t hopes To merit their esteem ana
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DIRECTORS:
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-04-06
A Georgian Farmer.

Col. Lee Jordan owns and cultivates
20, 600 acres. the original cost of which
was S+50,O00 lie has 500 laborers,
but is gradually adopting the tenant
system He raises twice as much corn
as he needs Six overseers superintend
the plantations, and there are raised from
400 to 2000 bales Of cotton. No ferti.
Iizers are used, as Col. Jordan believes
them to be productive of caterpillars
Formerly he spent $4,000 per annum
in guauo and phosphates, but now makes
his own manure. DR. ii. II. Coleman
does the practice of the plantations on
the following plan; He assesses each
head of family So year, whether he
is sick or not and thus, by taxing each
man lightly, it is male burdensome ou
none. lie is a good physician. aud says
that it is the healthiest country he ever
saw. Only two adults died last year out
of over thousand souls The preaehug
is doue ON the same plan. There is
negro preacher or $4,000 salary, who
rides about the country 10 his two, horse
buggy, us fat as bishop and as happy
as prince. lie charges sS head ios
dealing our salvation the year round, aud
with membership of 1900, never gets
less than $4,000 per annum out OF the
place. lie is Republican, but sticks TO
the gospel with servor that only such u
salary could inspire.
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A Tribute to Mr.. Greeley's
Memory.

ln the course of his admirable speech
on the Louisiana question Senator Bayard
gave feeling aud eloquent tribute to the
memory of Mr.. Greeley, 1t was in
reply to a coarse allusiop by Mr.. Conk.
ling during his speech on the same sub
ject several weeks ago, in which the
names Of Gov. Warmolh and Mr.. Gree.
ley were coupled. Mr.. Conkling as h.
has sometimes done before, did not allow
his words as uttered TO 20 into the record,
but suppressed altogether his reference to
the deceased. The following are the re-.
marks Of Mr., Bayard
at was once my duty to stand in a
political convention composed almost en-.
tirely Of Jealous advocates for the nomi.
nation for the Presidency of Horace
Greeley, and there to express my views
as an Independent thinker, yielding my
contribution OF an honest Judgment 10
qualification Oft not decided opposition
to-the prevailing sentiment of those who
surrounded me. Time has in some degree
enabled us to Judge of the correctness OF
what .hen said and advised, and have
no other object in this reference than TO
express my present sense Of what this
country owes to-day to the great. hearted
man whose name was mentioned in debat,
on this Louisiana question some week.
ago in such disrespectful association BY
the Senator from New York, Mr. Conk
ling.
The nomination Of Horace Greeley had
its impulse largely among the Southern
white people, whose opinions and preju-
dices had for more than one generation
been strongly arrayed against him. There
had been no representative man Of the
past more signally the opponent Of what
may be called the Southern system oil
thought and political action. than Horace
Greeley. lie had lived to see that system
utterly overthrown and revolutionized by
force Of arms, and in the wreck his esi
caught the cry Of human misery and sor
row that ever accompanies such sweeping
changes in society, and his kind warn
heart recognized the appeal From th,
surrender Of the Southern armies unit
the grave closed over his form, believ,
the paramount object Of Horace Greeley
life was to bring his fellow. .countrymer
into a better understanding with each
other, aud inaugurate an era of peace ant
good will which should cement our unioI
Of States, and make American citizenship
tie of frat, nifty in all scctious of tn,
country.
To accomplish this, be risked mucl
that he valued he braved great pocunia
ry loss, the indignation OF his forme
political and personal allies, the apgr,
denuncistions Of official power, and
partisan press. To reunite his country
men il the bonds OF mutual kindness an,
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lesson by close OF school, lock them IN
aud 90 home. At night | come back aud
light fish. oil lamp and 20 away. Next
morning they know their lessons
And he goes without his supper aud
stays in this room alone all night ?'
Yes aud all next day, too, and gets
another whipping if he does not know his
lesson by that time"
But what do the parents say TO this ?
How do they like their boys kept in all
night and whipped so much -
"Oh," with a peculiar shrug Of the
shoulders, "iheir parents went to school
once. They cannot afford to spend money
for nothing. They give the boys ano'her
whipping when they get home, aud say
they are u disgrace to the family. You
NAV be sure boy never tells his mother
he has been whipped. If she sometimes
finds out bv his face being black (bruisedD
she takes a stick of wood and beats him
over the shoulders
A little boy about ten years old, with
a long, ugly bruisc down one cheek
here held his head and blushed painfully
as the teacher looked at him,
"lf the parents were to ask you not to
punish child or keep him without his
dinner over night
"Tut," interrupted leng, ii would
have no such pupil. A ConIucus
teacher has always supreme command Of
the boys iu school and out Of school, 50
long as they are pupils. a parent does
not want to pay So month for nothing"
"Then you make good deal of money
with your SCHOOL,!
"a little expenses are very high ;
but we have time to do other things
Our lessons do not take more than three
hours"
"You write books, perhaps?" thinking
we had met one of the itorati.
"Oh, no but we make money other
ways. Our friends come in to see US
often. and we throw dice for couple Of
hours
"Do you ever play with the boys of
your school p
mo, indeed they would turn me out
of school if did such a thing as that I;
they would have no respect for their
teacher. He must have more dignity than
to enter into such familiarity with them !"
"Mercy ~ we calculated under breath.
Leng is u full.booded Cantonese. His
pupils are all native Calilornians. One
has almost n lily.white complexion and
faxen hair, the almond shape of his blue
eyes alone indicating that his mother is
Chinese woman
Another has light brown eyes, finely.
formed nose, brown hair ard fair complex
ion. His face is pitted with smallpox,
otherwise he would be quite as handsome
as his haxen-haired companion. Every
boy Of the ten had some token Of English
or American blood, and it was a pitiful
sight to see the light hair done up in cues,
and shaved of the white ioreheads. Other.
wise, our experience of Confucus school
was quite amusing, il occasionally
startling. The scholars rectc with their
backs toward Leng; and by their study.
ing aloud he knows how they are putting
in their time. They leave their desks
when they please and laugh AID talk when
anything strikes them as laughable.
Altogether the confusion is enough to
And in what other school unuer tne sun
could pupils iollow,to the door and scream,
"Good.by, come again ~
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Tobacco and Bad Manners.

Jarvcs, the art writer. pronouDces to.
bacco the active agent in the decline of
fine manners in Europe Whatever the
benefit or the harm the use OF tobacco
may do the consumers body, its common
tendency is to render the mind Indifferent
to the well-being Of his neighbors The
supreme test OF the virtue OF the knight
in the days Of chivalry, which was the
highest ideal Of liue manners, was his self.
denial and desire to succor the oppressed
The severest test Of the modern gentle man
is his willingness to iorego his pipe for
the comfort and health of another. 1t
takes thoroughly well.bred men to with.
stand this form Of selt-indulgence when
it can only be practiced to the ANNOYANCE
oil another. Germans are the worse ex.
amples of bad manners in this respect, for
1T never seems to enter into their compre-
hension, however courteous and willing
to oblige iD other matters, that what is a
sensual happiness 10 them may be abso-
lutte misery to another. Frcnchmen are
rapidly losing their proverbial polteuess
also by this species of self:indulgence.
Englishmen and Americans, to q certain
extent, invoke the law to protect them.
AMI with both peoples there is more con.
sldcratlon ior the tights and welfare oil
others than obtains III general among civ.
ilized nations. But sefshness of this
sort has taken less firm root in Italy than
elsewhere, precisely because amenity of
manners and consideration of others in
public are still the social rule Not on.
ly do Italians refrain from smoking where
:. = nrnhihirad Lnt have scan .Io.,, -.oi
unfairly give 1t up, when they noticed
that it incommoded, where by regulation
they were entitled to smoke, and this not
only by gentlemen but by peasants On
the other hand, have known a German
of rank, with bis daughter, get into a ia.
dies compartment in railway carriage
and insist on using is pipe, despite the
expostulatioDs OF the lady occupants, who
were compelled to apply to the guard for
protection, when he was made TO 90 into a
smoking carriage, the scene occurring in
Italy. AS he reluctantly went his daugh.
ter angrily turned to the ladies', exclaim.
ing, See what you have done to my poor
papa you make him leave his place tc
smoke away from me-" The tendency oI
an inordinate use of tobacco to develot
boorish manners requires no better illus
tratlon, for it is one which is now. .day.
too common not to have been experienced
by most persons who travel. -. Home .Jour.
! anil
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good will, he severed the bands of party
organization, and became the leader of a
political forlorn hope, 20 far as the fate
oil the immediate canvass was concerned
And then he died. But the seed sowed
IN good life did not die it is to-day
aourishing in the hearts OF generous
people. Nearly three million voters in
1872, Of whom over 80 per cent were
Democrats, responded to the sentiment
for which Mr.. Greeley struggled. Men
looked into each others eyes with trust
and not distrust, The hands of former
political opponents met in friendly clasp,
and sectional hatreds and geographical
lines were obiterated from the hearts and
memories Of those who heard or read the
wise aud patriotic speeches made by him
in the Summer and Fall of 1872.
The ancient Romans decorated with
crowns those citizers, who in the forum
or in battle won distinction. The civic
crown was of all the most glorious, and
was awarded to him who had saved the
Lille OF Roman citizen. To whom could
the American people more Justly award
the civic crown than TO Horace Greeley,
who, if he gained not the laurel Of the
conqneror, surely deserved the oaken leaf
OF the pacificator The Grecians con.
structed all monuments Of civic strife of
wood, that the memories should not be
lasting, while enduring brass marked
victories over Il foreign foe. 1t is the
lesson that lies in this that shall save a
country, and as Horace Greeley did seek
to instil 1t into the hearts and minds Of
his countrymen, believe he was their
benelacior; and for this our own and
future generations of Americans shall rise
up and call him blessed. - TriJune.