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HIS Honor as a Farmer.
Detroit Free Press.l


"You farm, do you" asked His Hon
or, as John Taylor, man aged forty.
five, slid out and made his bow. isa
Eyes. sir.' Afl a,a aa .9i.aS ayis
Farming is noble profession" con-
tinued His Honor. 81 used to- be- an
agriculturist, and believe that the hap
piest hours of my life were spent in
hoeing cranberries, digging dried aIe
pies and .husking cucumbers. Nothing
pleased me so well as tolrun ont before
breakfast, pick up corn cutter and
now three or four times asonnd the
meadow. And such noble sun rises, and
such moonlight nights as I'VE used Z to-
have! All! John Taylor, if i were-
back again among the bleating pigs
lgruntings sheep and growing lambs I be-
lieve I would be. better off .
Il am sorry sir, said the prisoner, as
along pause ensued. ah
"For what! Oh.yes; you are charged
with drunkenness. l was thinking of
the merry days when | sat under the
waying apple trees and looked ont upon
the blossoming corn-fields and the bud
ding Early Rose potatoes. Yes, Mr.
Taylor, the charge of drunkenness, and
now speak up like a bard listed son Of
toll and tel me if it is true or false.p
"You see,I was going up the larbeard'
side of Woodward avenue, when a fel-
low carrying top sails ran across my
bows and -" 0ieieF al arRy s:9saaIi
"Hold on, sir" said His Honor, lean
ing over the desk 'slll teach-you, sir,
to lie to an old man like me! Iilkmake
it sixty days, sirTsixty long days, ip
the House of Correction %
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County Correspondence
Written for The Spirit of Democracy
Sincerity Seeking the Way TO
Heaven,

Written for The Spirit of Democracy
Sincerity Seeking the Way to
Heaven,
Ed. SPIRIT: What shall I do to be
saved? This question troubles me-
| feel that l am sinner, and that
L have not long to stay in this world !;
and, without an interest in the blood Of
Christ, when l die will have to take up
my abode with the damned. Oh! wretch
ed man that / am, how shall l escape
this dreadful death? If some one of
your many readers would point out the
way to me, SO that would not be mista-
ken, they would confer great blessing
on a fellow mortal. 1 have read the
Scriptures some, and thought sometimes
| Understood something about them ;but
the other evening when / was walking
out, thinking over my situation, l met a
very fine looking man on the street; he
did not seem to he in hurry, neither
was l, and after the usual salutation we
entered into conversation. l told him
my troubles-that did not know wheth-
er l had a right view of the Scriptures
or not.
He said: "Dear brother, the Lord is
very near unto you. Come with me land
| will give you all the information you
want. l am preacher" So we walked
on little ways and came to neat little
mansion I'VE walked in and after we were
seated he inquired what my troubles
were. l told him that was sinner,
and that had been seeking religion a
long time; that l had prayed for relig
ion, and that | had got others to pray
for me; that had reformed my life and
left off all my bad habits; yet still ]
could not enjoy that peace of mind that
hear Others say they do. He replied
Dear brother you have wrong view
of this matter. You must not listen to
those folks across the way A man may
believe, he may pray, repent, reform his
life, give all his goods to feed the poor
yet it will do no good. Dear brother
to make this matter short and plain,
would just say that God, from all eterni.
ty, ordained some to eternal life, and
there are some that are not ordained to
eternal life, therefore they will be damn.
ed. But the elect may be the worst Of
Sinners their sins of the deepest dye
yet when God sees fit to call them, He
will claim them and take them for his
own dear people. But those that are no,
of the elect may he as good as man car
be in this life, yet it will do them nc
good they will be damned"
could not see into that, for read in
the good book where it says: "Come
unto me all We ends of the earth and be
We saved" I could not understand why
the Lord would invite all to come unto
Him and be saved, when they could moi
come, and only part was to be saved
This thonght troubles me. How can
know whether am one Of the elect OF
not2
Then saw that all my prayers,the re
penting of my sins, reforming of my
life and seeking after religion, would bt
of no avail. So / arose, bade him goot
evening and started for home. Canno
some one direct me Alright, for do no
believe that God will damn one maj
sooner than another, il they do His will
j am going next Sabbath to hear
minister who has the reputation of be
irg very intelligent man.
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Selfrt Storu.
Lottie's Ball Dress.

''Do you think it is best for us to go,
Lottie p iiE :e1 81
+ Mr. aud Mrs Clarence Mellen had
been married scarcely more than year
NOT long enough for the first gloss to
be worn off her wedding ring-not long
enough to forget the enchanted gold
shine of the honeymoon and now,upon
this clear December morning, the young
wife sat at the breakfast table, in a mosi
becoming neglige of rose ribbons and
dove-colored cashmere, with an open
note in her hand, and her blue eyes
sparkling with delighted animation. A
pretty picture to look upon, for Mrs
Mellen was very pretty-ar tall, velvet
checked blonds, with her hair shining
like braided sunbeams, beneath the CO.
quettish little cap she wore.
"Best, Clarence? Why, of course it
is best! Lulu Sparks would give her
ears to get cards to Mrs. Benedict's
ball" ." 's9 'Ha -i
81 dare say" said Mr.. Mellen dryly.
aBut did you ever read La Fontaine's
Fables 7" eaq
"What, do you mean, Clarence2"
"Only thatit contains story concern
ing an iron pot and a crockery pot, that
swan down stream together. Of course
the china pot got smashed" ~
~ don't see what your ridiculous old
fables have to do with me-"
ga great deal, my love! Mr.. Benedict
is rich banker am only con6den
tial clerk in his brothers employ. Mr.
Benedict has thousand dollars, proba.
bly,, where have one. Our spheres lie
apart Is it best, then, for us to com.
pete with them in any one respect p
"Because we attend ball at theil
house we needn't, necessarily. compete
with them," pouted the young wife, be-
ginning to pull at the fringe of heI
breakfast napkin. "Of course, if they
invite us, it is only natural to suppose
they want US to come"
Il presume. my dear, we are invited
out of compliment to Mr.. Benedict's
brother,>who is kind enough to think ia
vorably of your humble servant"
"And it would be very rude not to
GO" 1890
Il don't think regrets would be taker
in bad part, Charlotte. Besides, wha
have you to wear that would compel,
with the toilette of Mrs. Bentley Bene
diets fashionable friends p
"That's just what / was going to speal
about" said Mrs Mellen 81 really di,
need new silk dress. That pea-greel
affair is actually beginning to look shah
by, and the black silk / had wSen w
were married is positively old fashioned
by this time"
at is only thirteen months, Lottie."
"But fashion alters so, Clarence; yo
know. Now there's lilac moiro antiqu
at Grants 1.-The loveliest shade YOU eve
saw, and a positive bargain on accoun
of there being only twenty-five yards il
the pattern. Ican get it for eigh.y-fv
dollars, and sister Helen will lend m
her point lace founces to trim it with
and"
Eighty five dollars, ,Lottie? And 70
a moire antique dress2 Do you know
my dear, that is almost one-tenth of m
years salary p 8
''One must look decent once in
while"
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is dead, being alone;" then as baptism
is plainly taught to be essential to saliva
ton, or one of the essentials, we cannot
see how an individual can enter the
Kingdom until he is born of water ard
of the Spirit. Paul was required to be
baptized for the remission of sins, and
he calls it one of the principles Of the
doctrine OF Christ. Some say that bap-
tism took the place of circumcision. l
fail to find scripture to carry out such
theory, and mans opinion is worthless
Ito me unless it harmonizes with divine
truth. i am warned by the Book to not
lie carried about by every wind of
doctrine; as the Book teaches, let us
learn; it is all right; let US bend our
selves to its ordinances in full, with due
meekness
Again, il. baptism is not.a saving or.
-dinance, why does Peter affirm that as
"the ark saved Noah, in like figure
baptism doth also save s"-1se Peter,
|3-21. He positively affirms Sin like
figure" Noah entered In and was saved.
We would suppose that he could not
have claimed at the hand of the Lord
salvation only by obeying His command
he oheyed and was saved. Then how
can we be saved if we are not born of
water: How can we claim the blessing
when we will not obey the command Of
the Great God? We must be buried
with Christ in baptism-water baptism !;
it must be administered in the name of
the "Father, Son and Holy Ghost. -
Then, if this only applies to spiritual
baptism, will ask who is going to ad-
minister in the name of the Trinity p
God has laid down a plain plan of sal
vation it is within the reach of all but
only few, says the Scripture, will com
ply with all the commandments. The
Lord says "My word is true, though
every man be liar" Heaven and earth
shall pass, but my words shall not pass. !"
What authority have we to change the
ordinance of the great God, substituting
sprinkling and pouring for. immersion?
Who gave man commandments to do
SOP Truly the Lord has said. s'rhey
have changed my ordinances; "Their
fear toward me is taught by the precept
of men; )" 81 will recompense every man
according to his works" Sprinkling
and pouring cannot be proven to be bap-
tism by the Bible. / affirm it, and am
wiling to let the Book decide. BY it
we must stand or fall. Only one mode
can be proven 10y the Scripture satisfac-
torily. and that is immersion. Trife not
with the word of God; by it we must be
Judged May the Spirit lead us all to
read and1earn the way, for it will lead
all to proper knowledge. There is
one way-not two or three.
LALoNE.
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From washington Township.
Baptism. It's Mode and Design.

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Baptism. It's Mode and Design.
The New Testament abounds with tes.
timony given by Jesus Christ himself,
and also by his chosen disciples,to prove
clearly to any candid reasoner that bsp
tism by water is essential to salvation;
that it is an essential ordinance, com
mandment of God revealed to us through
Jesus Christ. Why it is that professed
Christians of to-day, claiming the Spirit
of God, will protest that baptism by wa
ter is not essential to salvation, when
Scripture affirms that it is, is problem
that I shall not attempt'to solve now,al,
though may try to do so hereafter-
We find that the Savior said that "he
came not to do his own will, but the will
Of his Father who sent him." We can
not infer that He had no will in the mat
ter, but He declares He came to do the
Fathers will. Welearn that He stopped
to be baptized of John in Jordan. For"
said he, cit becometh us (not Him alone)
to fulfill all righteousness And thus
we, if we follow in his footsteps, must
stoop to the very same ordinance. Well,
you may say that He was baptized in Or
der to enter into His priestly office. The
record fails to say SO; many may claim
that it was for this reason, but ! claim it
cannot be proven.
1 will venture to ask the question,
Which is the greater sin, commission or
omission His Father gave Him COM
maEdments, He was God and would we
suppose that if it were a nonessential, or
a precept OF man, tina. He would have
complied with a useless orderp But
when he is baptized of water, we for the
first time read that .'This is my beloved
Son, in whom l am well pleased" After
His baptism, the Spirit of God, descend
ed upon Him, and we are taught by the
same book that He is oar pattern. Then
it would be we'll to search and see if you
and l are not required to stoop as low as
did the Son of God. And must we
stoop so low as to listen to the doctrines
of men, when it is our privilege to lift
up our heads and read for ourselves p
1t is plain and simple, there being no
Scripture that will admit of any private
Interpretation, but it is all written for
our learning The Savior taught "that
unless man is born Of the water and of
the Spirit, he could in no case enter the
Kingdom" He required his disciples to
teach all those things that He had taught
them, with the promise that if they did
80 He would always acknowledge them
On the day of Pentecost Peter preached,
saying, "Repent and be baptized, every
one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ
for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift Of the Holy Ghost. For
the promise is unto you, and to your
children, and to all that are afar off,even
as many as the Lord our God shall
CALL"
Then we must infer from this that
baptism by immersion is for the remis-
sion of sins; it is plain talk, easily un-
derstood, simple, easily to be complied
with. Surely remission of sin is essen.
tial TO salvation. Faith without works
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A Careful Traveller,
Knoxville (Tenn.) Traveller. !


There arrived at the Atkin House on
Tuesday lively specimen of the 'Moun-
tain Boomer from Scott County, Va,
on his way to San Francisco in search
of fortune. 1t was his first trip on a
railroad, and the first time he had ever
seen a city. Seeing the Atkin House
sign, he walked into the hotel and open
eG out with the Clerk as follows:
Boomer-Is Mr.. Atkin in?
Clerk-No, sir. ID
B.-Then, by gosh, send for him
burned quick; I've got seventy sdollars
here, and 1 want TO leave it in his care,
fore I'm robbed.
C.-Please register your name here
before going in TO dinner
B.--No, sir; you don't come that
game on this chicken; I'm posted on
them tricks; /; you don't get me into any
scrape
C-Very well, sir, walk into the din
ing room; dinner is ready. sG
B.-All right, hoss, send that niger
in first with my duds. They don't git
out'n this chickens sight
With his ''duds" piled up around him,
the regular meal of substantials1 pro-
ceeded. The waiter approached with
the sugar-bowl and asked, "Have su
gar?'
B-Yes, durn it, slash her in.
Waitcr-Have your plate changed
B-Chanee, the ID, no! l want
some of that pie.
And so on, to the great amusement OF
the town fellows At night he deman-
ded room to himself and had all his
"duds" brought up in sight, and at
breakfast had them carried with him to
the dining-room and piled up where he
could keep his eye on 'em Yesterday,
after having it up and down with the
ticket agents, he left in sea -ch of Fl
Dorado.
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literal kingdom established on the earth,
for the spiritual salvation of men. 1t
requires four things to constitute king
dom, whether in Heaven or on earth
lst- A king, I'd, code Of laws, 3rds
officers to execute those laws, and 4th,
subjects. We learn from the scripture
that Jesus Christ will be the king. When
asked by Plate he (Jesus) said to this
end was born. The laws Of Christ's
kingdom are: Ist, faith, ID, repentance,
Sd, baptism for the remission of sins,
4th, the laying on of hands for the
gift of the Holy Ghost, &c The Off
GERS are, 1st. Apostles, I'd, prophets, Sd,
evangelists, pastors and teachers, to-
gether with the seventy, called and or
dained by the authority of the kingdom
to execute the laws Of this kingdom
lssorder to be, a subject or a citizen is
to obey the laws of said kingdom.
e. rs g.s. PLAIN FACTS.
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ns sstieucs Gsytaien agriculture Nahsts, anusnnts &C.
NUMBER 6.

Mr. Joe Benedict looked uneasilys at
the brilliant vision.
Il can't account for it." he said unea
silly. II always supposed Melien to be
a reliable sort'Ui afeflow, Int I must say
l don't like the looks of this. I'm afraid
we've trusted him too far, aisAongh the
accounts seem straight enough I'll look
into them tomorrow. 81
He did look Into them
$50 far they are right" he said to,
himself. ..Bst it's better to be- on the
safe side. A clerk whose wife dresses
like asduchess can't be altogether fighK
I'll discharge him
SO Clarence Melfen fost his Situation,
at the beginning Of the winter, with hard
times looking him gravely in the face !
Mr. Benedict told him franklS Why
81 saw your wife at my brother Bent
tley's bat" said he, ssdrcssed IN hanira.
antique, costly lace and diamund@
bring no accusation-I have no com.
plant to make only, ii these days
embezzlement, forgery and defalcation,
one has to look out for himself And
'straws' show which way the wind
blows".
When Mr.. Mellen went home he
found lawyers clerk in the hall, with a
letter from poor Pepper.
He wrote: -, %
"My wife is dead. God knows whether
it is your fault or not Had you paid
the money You owed, l might have sent
her West, to her native air. 1t would
at least have been a chance of life for
her. But she is gone now. and / have
only to say that ii the bill is not settled
at once l shall resort to, the, EXTREMIST
measures" -
This was the first Mr.. ,Mellen knew
chat the fifty dollar bill had not been,
applied to its rightfnl destination 2n8a
81 hope you are contented now, Lot.
|tie," he said, as he went up stairs to the
room where his wife.lay sobbing on the
sofa. "1ou have ruined mer'
And Lottie knew at last how dear a.
price she had paid for one night Of tri-:
umph at Mr. Benedict's ball. R si1
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BOYS,
By THE poErEss OF RAccooN VALLEY.


By THE PoETEss or RAcCooN VALLEY.
O the boys, the mischievous boys,
Filling the house with confusion and noise;
Now up in the garret, now out in the street,
Now begging story, now something to eat;
Hopping, jumping, skipping along,
Now teasing the cat now singing song;
Now wiping the tears from each muddy cheek,
Now laughing aloud in a frolicsome freak;
Mischievous boys! though they. trouble us sore,
To do without them would trouble us more.
How the wild boys go rushing ahead, a
Caring no more for q vase than a sled. =.
Leave nothing that's breakable in boys track,
For sure as you do, he'll give it whack.
Stumbling, falling. shutting along,
Making more racket than any brass gong.
Pounding and tearing-how the boys act!
Our bodies they weary, our brains they dis
tract
Careless, destructive, incorrigible boysl
But nevertheless they add to our joys.
o the boys, the impetuous boysl T
Pleased only smoment with childhood's toys.
Now wholly absorbed in game of ball,
Now measuring their growth by the mark on
the wall
Restless, impatient; hurrying on,
Eager the lessons of manhood to con.
The first pair of boots soon fail to give pleasure
And they are no longer regarded a treasure.
They soon cast aside the marbles and kite,
And hail the first down on the check with de-
light.
Once was boy; but steadfastly grew
Till I reached the stature of six feet and two;
Grew till my mother was wild with despair
As to what upon earth her boy should wear.
Piecing, patching, making new clothes,
Yet never too busy to soothe all my woes;
Grew till my mother would scarce know hel
child,
Grew to be wayward, and foolish, and wild;
Grew to be taller than uncle or dad
And yet was once wee, frolicsome lad.
Once was praised for my beautiful curls,
Petted and spoiled by old women and girls;
Once they all loved me, and said 1 was cute,
Now find them not quite so easy to suit.
Kisses, caresses, sugar-plums--all
These have lost by growing so tall.
What one of the girls now praises my hair?
Or who ever thinks of saying Pm fair?
OH that l only once more were boy.
No dreams of the future should ever annoy.
Thus it is ever, we are longing for changes; 81
Leaving the old paths, entering the strange,
Yet when, at the last, we've gained all W,
sought
| We find that life's best with sorrow is fraught
Signing. hoping longing for peace, .e
| Weary with waiting for troubles to cease.
At length when the journey of life's nearly o'e
emory goes back to the bright days of yore:
Visions of childhood our fancy enjoys,
And again the old man is one of the boys.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

THE undersigned. having beon appointed
IL Notary Public, would inform his
friends, and the public generally, that he is
prepared to I'LL Pensioners Blanks, administer
Oaths, take DISPOSITIONS, acknowledge Deeds,
Mortgages, and other instruments of writing.
aug4, '74H VIM. WORKMAN.
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Traded Like a yvhiie Man,
Memphis Appeal.j

j.. 4
Scene in Broad street clothing store.
time IL o'clock yesterday norning
Enter colored troop from the rural re.
gions. Storekeeper walks hurriedly up
to troop and says: sias4'slof
NV ell, my colored friend, thes Civil
Rights bill has passed, and Il am now
compelled to sell iyoa anything you
want, just the same as TO white man"
Colored troop (pompously |-"1know
dat"
'eWell, now just say what you want.
l will have to sell it to you, althoughI
don't care to do so.' a.s
II don't want muffin"
.Now just look around the store, and
if there is anything you want to buy;
say SO. I'll have to sell it to you, as
am not able to pay the $500 fine. II
you haven't got money enough to pay
for what you want I'll have to lend it
to you, though hope YOU don't want
much, as / haven't got but lirtle.''
whats de price o dem pants ?"
pointing to pair of corduroys. ''e
''Seven dollars" Worth about S3t)
Il amt got but S5'' .
s2r
And so the trade was consnmmated.
The darkev took the pants, paid S5,
borrowed 50, paid that, and went off,
owing the store-keeper 80 borrowed
money, with tho firm Conviction that be
had made "dat whi c man. sell him a
pair Of pants and lend him 50 to boot.
The Pilot says 'sinful man named
John Macpherson, elder of :he Chulc,
of Dunoon, Scotland, by profession a
grape growing gardener, has had Sc
rious charge hanging over his head for
the last four years-no less a charge
than Sabbath desecration He was seen,
four years ago, 10 put shovelful of
Goals on his greenhouse fire on Sun.
Idayw
The Republican Administration has
spent several hundred millions Of dol.
lars on the navy We will let Admiral
Porter tell the result. In his official re-
port TO Congress he says: ''Of our
forty-eight iron clads, thirty-one can
never be of the least use, either in
peace or war, unless sunk as obstacles
to channels" So there is twenty mill
ions of dollars thrown away OF the
lninety-nine ara of any account, and not
one of them could cope with a foreign
vessel of equal. size.
A gentleman drove sorrowful.look-
ing horse into town last Saturday, and
stopping in front of Bank block. he
requested small boy to hold him a
moment. "Hold imp exclaimed the
boy; "just lean him up against the post
--that'll hold 'im,"
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THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
: Published Every Tuesday.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One Dollar and Fifty Cents per year.

JOB PRIN I N 6
Executed with neatness and dispatch at this
Saice, and at reasonable prices.
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" a. this Hotel, and no pains will be spared
to make them comfortable.
Hacks leave the Hotel every morning 70
Woodsfeld.
Carriages and drivers furnished travellers
at all times. july ,1s7S-i
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The following, though dated on the
18th, was not banded to us until our
paper of the 23d was issued.-ED
SPIRIT .,...
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This is the Best Hotel in Barnesuille,
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Mrs. Parkerson was at the dressma
ker's-a plump, rosy widow. with more
money than she knew how to spend -
She had always liked young Mrs Mellen,
and now entered with alacrity into her