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, 1875-08-06

HONE LODGE. No. b0s A. r. b 4. M-ncgular
communication thIs fFrlny> evening, n o'fImk, at
hail. ia TwentJ.aHcoDd.st. McnlGers earntaty r.
qaeated 10 be rrosant By order Of the v. u.
Il. u. ". LuCkE, Eeesy.
, 1875-08-06

from Mr.. 0rro pELTzER in reply 10 recent
article on tho proposition 10 aell the county
d set of inaicos to tho records Of Cook County,
which tl0te only since the fire Of 1871, at the
round sum Of $4,000. Mr.. PELrzER sue
ceetls in doing only two things, viz. ~ 10
"puG his particular indicos and keep thcm
before tho people, in whicl, VIC accommodate
him and (2) to show that he has entirely
misconceived the intention aud application Of
tho article 80 far NJ he is personally con-
ccr,ied- Ho objects to the 11sa Of the words
''scleLae and LOB, but VIC do not see why
ho should. 4 "schcmo is plan, or an un.
dsrtalsing, or proposal, which he himself
atlmits TINT he Inns on hand; "iob is
piece of work, which he also admits TINT he
has dono, aud which be now wants to dispose
of to the county. It seems TINT Mr. PELT-
zEn, by his own showing and for somo pnr-
poso of his own, has Ind full set Of
indices prepared, and he now wants to sell
them to the county. Wo oppose this
sechomo" because We believe the article he
has for sale to bo little worso than useless,
md bocauso VIC think it would bo q clcar
wasto Of $4,000 Of the publio money 10
buy it. Alr. PE1Tzrn fails to convince us Of
tho contrary by his communication.
Our principal point ia, that intlices, such
as Mr. PEITzEn offers, will bo incomplete,
since ho is not in possession Of tho anso-fl1e
records which were burned, nor OF the in
dicoa thereto which arc now tho private prop
crty Of tho three abstract firms and under
the control Of HANDY, SIltMoNB T. Co. An
nhstract made up from 3E. PELrzEn's indicos,
after they had become the property Of the
county, would not bo accepted by purchasers
of property or 1oauers OF money, because no
responsibility would attach to it. II Measrs.
HANDY, snnaoas d Co. mako an abstract,
nnI incorporate an error Of tranHcrip.
ton, they are responsible for any dam.
ages TINT may accrue thcrcfrom. Suits
against abstract-nakors in the past have
boon attended by recovery Of lamagea
on account Of their errors. But the
errors Of an abstract made from county in.
dices would havo to be borne by tho person
accepting them as evidences Of tito. As t.
the certified copies Of abstracts that have
been recorded in the Recorders Office, they
pass current because they arc certified copies
Of regularly prepared abstracts made by re-
sponsibte persons moreover. these partic
| ular pnpess aro just as accessible now in tht
Recorders Office as they would be after Mr
| PRLrzEH had received his $45, 600 from tht
county for his inlicea OF incomplete records
In regard to our criticism TINT the exposing
of these indiccs to the FREQ uso Of the publ.
would open tho way for sharpers to hunt GU
, 1875-08-06

Tho tab!o shows decrease Of 1871 sailing
vessels but the following table Of steam ves-
sells belonging to thesano countries shoaing
nh increase in tho four years, sufficiently No.
counts for It:
, 1875-08-06

ORIENTAL LODGE No. s., A.F. md A: M-sated
communication thta fFrit1ayj r7cnfng 1t o'clock, for
bus!psss. By order of tho Master.
F, N. TUCKER Eaasy.
, 1875-08-06

WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No, H. II. A. M.-ntRu
laf CouvuyatiHu lis 1r,Ay evening At $780, for bsi-
and work tie +, and n. 4. Uegree. ny ordps
Of the Il. P. ClfA8. ]. TnQWDNiDQE. Sacy.
, 1875-08-06

wi, not nI,o- H. ao,or,n T. a.;a. - ~ 49,,
W. farttor ,r;.h t,o sons...a.a.;". ~ H. ' C.sa
I'm, .1To"so ' ' ~'3' - '9N''A ''' 0-
THE TAX OF 1s74-1unaMrrr RRrusEp.
Judge WALLACE, O.. tho County Court, veg
tertlay rendered decision which. however
correct in tho estimation OF evory lawyer,
will hardly illuu.inata the obstinaoy Of tho
Government of the Citv Of Chicago. He has
r>fuaed iud1,a mt fa,. liz c;Ys t1r.. Of 1874
That his t1ocis;on is r;oht. according 10 the
law, there ..an ba no question. He Dracti-
cally mad,s tho aa,no decision n vear aco, md
l,o wns Sustained ty tho suprome Court but
the City Government refusing to bo admou-
ished l,yy the loss Of several hundred thousouds
of up.coucctcd taxes. persisted in attempting
to force the Conrt In violate inv. iust;ce. md
common intelt;oence in order h eeonro
gang Of officials in their siuccnre places.
lilo State Legislature in 1879 enocted a
| general Inv for the assessment and collection
| Of re1enue in thu state of Illinois Tint Inv
! contained nrov;s;on for tin sssesan,ent law
anT, co1,cction of ta4ea for Tho c;t;es ,,ndor
IL. mt oancral Inv. All TINT was ron,,;rod w.a
flint tho Citv Council should bv onlinance
c,rt;fv tn Tho Conntv c1art +ba on,o,,nt ~
rorcnna II ncci1od for thu cnrrcnt voar That
nnon TIM rocc;nt t,f thia cers,acato tha cnnn,v
cto-,, st,r1a to,,o I'm 1;st ~ ,,-o,,,rt,, J., w..
civ "a retnrned 1v thu Conntv Assessors and
,-tand thcreon s,,ch rato of ta4 m would M
! dn.o from M ch va,nat;or III, amonnt ~ ~
or,,o ronu;rca hv tha c;tv. anch +ar n ha
o.uootod win, tho stota ona ,or,t. ~ h..
tha Countv Collector.
Tho c;ty had ham co11ect;no or a+t.nort-
;no n co},ect. its te4cs nn;]oT n snac;al inv
,,nown as IL nil aoos A vear arm. in Ano,et
1a74 tha citv annlied for INDIGNANT FIR tha
toroa ~ 197s. md 1uaoo WA1n.on vas com.
,>o1,oa IN rofreo INDIGNANT 1,aconso ~ tbo
rlar;no ;nconaiatcncies ot I,;ll am Thu com.
m, Cornou rpyusod IN he a,,v;eed hv this
5o,;,;on-rof,,oed IN abandon nh, oon-lv
oo.t;sv;r<v t},a ta4aa NJ 1874 In tho corntv
c1orl n ha co,1ectod unaor thu state law Il
o,noo,ad IN Tho snnreme conrt which conrt
} nrari,nonz1v sustained Juaoo w.11.cp. an1
,ror,od tho c;tv Tint the only safo ,nof]a NJ
co1loctino its revenue WINS by resortinp to tho
. oanaral law. This Inst decision was rendered
: somo months apo. but the Common Council
md tho CITY Government again refused to
! listen to reason and to Law, Notwithstantl-
, inn t,,a snnro,no Court's decieion Ind in
: offeot Knonoed ont over hall a million
: ~ dollau of the taxoa of 1874.
: The s1avor and Common Council re.
l fuaoa In earthly tha amount of to1 for 1879
t In tho county Collector. insisting unon col.
: 1oc+;no It nndor nill 400. Last winter. when
thu Ler;sl,ture woa in session, Tny TR1pus,
-, l.. <,.a =. a.
, 1875-08-06
Tbe GblfaDu Uribu,,e.
Friday Morning. August O. 1875.

Grpcnbacks, ut tho New York Gold Ex-
change yesterday, wero veak, opening ut
a8t md closing ut 8st.
, 1875-08-06

COVENANT LODGE, No. nm, 4. F. md A. M-1,cs-
nias communication th!a tFd"yl evening, Aug i. IT
O'clock. na*inosa Of fnlnrtanco. Every nlenboE IL
requested To bs present. by order of tho n. II.
WN. EEl{le, Sec,
, 1875-08-06

ADJUSTMENTS.

HooLEr's 1HEATRE-n.ndogh street, between
OsrR snd L.Sstle Engagement uf tie Union a1uaro
Company. The Two orphans"
, 1875-08-06

ADELrUI T1rEATnE-Dearborn streex, eornn4
Nourou+ The 1c<-Wlch.n
, 1875-08-06

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ou1 feAs.on 4t'm Aom1' NV oul p0"a'S'
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, 1875-08-06
HAS THERE BEEN coNTRAcT1oNp


Tho tables by which tho scrip.shovers try
to prove thur position al contain Que fl.tal
mistake. Its correction destroys them. In
calculating tho amount Of currency ontshand-
ing at the close Of the War, the Ohio Dt,mo-
Gratis and their allies elsewhere count IN the
7-30 bonds, tho 8 per cent ceriG cates
and tho compounl-interest noteB They
then subtract these and tho green
bricks fzonltnal{y retired by Secretary
MoCuI1oon, and triumphantly deduct, con-
traction Of o. much RS 81 600, ,00o, ,0o0. Those
a::e tho Cincinnati Enq'nrtr's agurcf' Mark
h'ow plain tale doth put them d,wn, and
n',t only utterly put them down, but provo
al. expansion Of $7s, ,754,6ss.
Tho bonds. certificates, and i1r.erest-com-
pound notos were mover currency at al1 They
formed no part Of tho circulating medium rs
money. The innationists, to bu consistent,
should count Nil tho bonds now outstanding
"a part Of the currency. Thoi1: failure to do
80 shows the falsity of their o'xn argument
Moreover, the por cent ca artincatea were
issued in redemption Of thu. comround-in-
forest notes, The two wero not afoat Mt the
aane time, and counting ths, withdrawal of
both contraction ia col lnting the samo
thing twice over. This, he .wevor, Is a minor
point. II both issuos had been extant at tho
Same time, they would not have added a.
dollar TO tho currency 'of tho country, as
thoy did not circulate 'as money, but were
held for tho interest unit they were changed
into other bonds bearing higher interest. It
is claimed that the Withdrawal of these
bonds, part of which wero used as bank-
reserves, nccessitated ene locking up Of m
cqual amount Of green backs in bank-gaults,
md WIS therefore tant amount to a contEac-
ton Of the greonbach,. But only an insig-
niAcant proportion Of the 7-30s were
used as reserves, or d when they were with
| drawn their places were filed with other
bonds and not With. legal-tonders subtracted
| fro m the c;rculatir. g medium. Tho faot tlat
the, discounts Of the bnnks did not decrease
Inc licatcs that thair loanablo capital was not
lei s8ned.
The contractiun Of greenbaoks under ssc-
rt,tary McCu1Loou was merely nominal. It
d i'd not withdraw dollar Of tho currency In
circulation, for it was simply piece OF
bookkeeping. Some millions Of legnl-tenders
.vero transferred from the resarve-fund Of the
Treasury to tina caucellation-account. They
formed no pnrt Of the activo currency when
they wero csmceled, and their canceling
therefore did not oontrnct the currency in the
.hands Of tho pcopla- Whom tho process was
suspended. t1.ore WIS as much " money
atloat as thers WAS when 1t began.
It appears, therefore. that none Of ths facts
.cited to PROVE contraction prove anything OF
the sort. The truth Of tho matter is shown
by tho following table. published by the Fl
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To all Whom ii may Concern.

n ~ Undersigned w0td most RESPECTFULLY inform you
b. Wey are ready 70 furnish at the Lowest Cash
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ARs1Cer to "I Am Dvino.'

Dearest wife. I've raised thy pillow.
And I watch thy falling breath;
Der my heart fan deep. dark shadows
As gaze on thee, and death.
AT thy side I'm seated, darling,
Aud feel thy feeble grasp
As. in anguish. release thee
From my trembling loving clasp.
l. too, dream Of that bright moment
When thou stood'st my bride and wife
Then thy blessedness I'd purchase,
Had it cost mt cen my life.
Prom that dream here's a rude waking,
Crushing down both mind and heart
Must ! learn this painful lesson
Here and now, Oh, must we part
Soon my sorrows will not reach thee;
Thoult be far beyond their power
With the God in whom thou trusteth,-
Ere time marks another hour.
That thy futures bright and blessed
Is daily joy to me;
Il viii tighten every sorrow,
To know it is not shared by thee.
Round thy bed our boys are gathered.
And with me they stand and weep;
A last blessing give unto them.
That they may evermore keep.
In our hearts thou'lt live forever,
On our lips thou'lt eaiiy be.
Til we too shall cross the river,
And with thee our Saviour see.
shall gaze upon our children.
Night by night when thou art gone;
No one else Is left to love them
must guide them all alone.
Night and day from harm III shield them.
And loves vigils shall keep;
Gently through life viii lead them
Until by thy side sleep.
Close the hand I'm elasping. darling.
As watch thy ebbing life;
Shall no more hear thee answer.
When whisper. dearest wife
Life Is dark, and bleak, and dreary,
am left without home
Broken-hearted weak. and weary;
Oh, that He'd TO me say, Come F'
But our children need my presence,
And for them fain would stay
Til my work In time is finished,
TIL close lfe's weary day.
When tis done and Jesus calls me
To the rest prepared above.
Oh, the joy that there awaits me,
Dwelling with thee in His lovei
Then wen have the joy Of loving
As we never loved before,
Loving on unchilled, unhindered.
Loving once and evermore"
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The naked truth-a bear story.

The naked truth-a bear story.
They now call retired printers express
men.
Pillars that should be shaken down
caterpillers.
An Oregon woman wants $1,000 from
man who tried to kiss her.
This" thought boy while being
trounccd by his fond papa, sis very like
q whale"
"Do you like Goldfish balls, Mr.. Wig
gins ?" Mr.. Virgins, hesitatingly-"I
really don't know; l don't recollect
attending one"
ii think l have seen you before, sir.
Are you not Owen Smith ?" ''Oh, yes,
I'm OWN Smith, and OWN Jones, and
OWN Brown, and OWN everybody"
A philosopher asserts that the reason
why ladies' teeth decay sooner than
gentlemen's is because Of the friction of
the tongue and the sweetness of the lips.
"Now. then. children" said a parish
schOOlmistress showing her children off
on examination day: "Who loves all
men ?" "You, missus," was the unex-
pected reply.
On Monday evening his wife asked
him where be was going. as she observed
him putting on his overcoat. 81 am
going to sally forth" (" be replied and
she warmly rejoined: "Let me catch
you going with any Sally Forth"
Don't let your angry passions rise.
Because your neighbors advertise,
And draw away the dimes;
But boldly do as they have done.
Pursue the course they have begun
And drive away dull times.
A Detroit mother sent her boy 10 the
store the other day to get her linen
dress, and he returned with fourteen
yards Of black cambric. II told you to
get linen :" she exclaimed. standing
aghsst. Il know it but this is cheaper.
and the clerk said that if any Of us
should happen to die you'd have
mourning dress in the house :" was the
cool reply.-DetrOit Free Press.
Some of the company at tea with a
DaDbury family spoke Of the excellence
Of the honey. whereupOn the head Of the
house. who stands IN reputed dread Of
his wife. feelingly said. Honey is the
most delicious Of all delicacies. It is
the nectar Of beautiful flowers. slipped
from brilliant petals by the never-tiring
bee. and moulded into glory that would
tempt the god Of" "Ephrianf :" enun-
ciated bis wife in stern sOlemnity. '.have
you been drinking again ?" EphriAm
groaned.
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'RUFAx.

The DEAcos's REToRT.-The deacon
was not much behind if the following
be true In small town on the Schuyl-
kill river. there is church in which
the singing had run down. Ii had been
led for many years by the deacon whose
voice and musical powers had been grad
ually failing. One evening the clergy
man gave out the hymn, which was in
odd measure, rather harder than usual,
and the deacon led of. Upon its con-
clusion, the minister rose and said
brother B-will please repeat the
hymn, as ! cannot pray after such sing.
ing"
The deacon very composedly pitched
another tune. and the clergyman pro-
eeeded with bis prayer. Having finish
ed be took up the book 10 give the sec
ond hymn. when be was interrupted by
the deacon grayely getting up and say
ing in voice audible 10 the whole con-
gregation:
"Will Mr.--nake another prayer
II would be Impossible for me 10 sing
after such prayer a. that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-25
PUNCTUALITY AT CHURCH.

If the pew be now as punetual as the
pulpit-if there be no steps heard in
the aisle from the earliest whisper Of
the organ to the announcement of the
text, and the sound of opening doors
keep time with the football of every new
addition to the audience-there is dis
turbance of the quiet, not only of the
minister but of every devout breast
that is turned toward him. All are
conscious of the interruption and one
of the number, who has most need to be
calm and collected, must eminently suf-
fer. Every newcomer must affect, to
some extent. his concentration of mind.
In his efforts for the right discharge Of
his sacred duties, every footstep cannot
but disturb his attention. The effect
will be different in proportion to temper
ament one will be effected more than
another; but to all it must be more or
less disturbance. 1t may be thought
to be enough to he in time for the chief
part of the service, and particularly for
the sermon but If, on the part of the
pew, we make bold to claim for prayer
and praise an Importance not second to
that of the discourse the pulpit will not
gainsay the assertion. 1t will concur in
the argument that supplications and
psalmody, chapter and chant, highten
the value and deepen the emphasis of
the word of exhortation. They promote
that respective frame and aptitude of
mind which the preacher seeks to possess
in the pew. The service which he con-
ducts does not consist of unconnected
parts it Is cOmpacted unity. From
the first syllable to the last what passes
is complete. Every word of morning
and evening service has its meaning and
intention, and we should deny ourselves
no portion of either. We should study
the harmony of the whole, and make its
quiet common enjoyment. 1t is a
lyric piece, whose music should flow un-
broken to the end, and when the last
word of the benediction has fallen with
its sweet influence on our ears let US
rest for moment in hallowed silence,
that the thoughts and feelings awakened
and kindled within us may sink deep
into our hearts, and remain with us
through the whole. We should neither
be slow to come nor in haste to co.
London Enquirer.
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A poor little mouse, whose home is
under the floor Of the ReUeiHe Office,
came out this morning 70 forage for his
breakfast. Seeing some printing ink
which had been spilled on the floor, he
thought that would make good meal,
and he went for it, After nibbling
little while be became frightened at a
noise made by those watching him, and
started TO run back TO bis hole bat the
ink being Of sticky nature, be found
his feet held fast TO the floor and himself
unable 70 move, whereupen be set up
doleful squeak. In few meInents
along came larger mouse, probably his
father, who seemed TO take ia the situa-
ton at glance. and at once commenced
an attempt % release his diminuatiye
relative. lie stepped carefully over the
ink till be came 70 the little mouse, and
laying bold Of the back Of its neck with
his teeth. tugged away till he released
IT, The affair was witnessed BY several
persons. who were 20 interested IN the
novel sight that they offered no molesta-
ton 70 the animals.-Aastin (Asv.)
RereiHe.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-25
1 Am Dying.

Raise my pillow, husband dearest.
Paint and fainter comes my breath.
And these shadows, stealing slowly,
Must, know, be those of death.
Sit down close beside me- darling.
Let me clasp thy warm, strong hand,
Thine that ever has sustained me
To the borders of this land
For thy God and mine-our Father,
Thence shall ever lead me on.
Where upon a throne eternal
Sits His loved and only Son;
I've had visions, and been dreaming
Ger the past of joy and pain;
Year by year I've wandered backward,
Til was a child again.
Dreams of childhood, and the moment
When stood thy wife and BRIDE
How my heart thrilled with loves triumph
In that hour Of wOman's pride
Dreams of thee and all the earth cords
Firmly twIned around my heart
Oh the bitter, burning anguish.
When first I knew that we must part
1t has past, and God has promised
All thy footspeps to attend;
He that's more than friend or brother.
He'll be with thee to the end.
There's no shadow DER the portal
Leading TO my heavenly home
Christ has promised life immortal
And tbs He that bids me come
When Hfe's trials wait around thee.
Aud its chilling pillows swell.
Thou'lt thank heaven that I'm spared them,
Thou wilt feel that ''an is we'll"
Bring our boys unto my bedside;
My last blessing let them keep
But they're sleeping, do not wake them
They'll learn soon enough to weep.
Tell them often of their mother,
Kiss them for me when they wake;
Lead them gently in life's pathway,
Love them doubly for my sake
Clasp my hand stin closer darling.
This, the last night Of my life.
For tomorrow ] shall never
Answer when thou caI'st me wife"
Fare thee well, my noble husband;
Paint not meath the chastening rod;
Throw your strong arms round our children,
Keep them close to thee>-and God
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-07-25

A bad little boy in st. Louis tied a
very large toy balloon to the tail of a
very small black-and- tan dog, the result
ing effect being described as follows -
The animal started off with a yelp,
while the balloon Strengthened out the
tail in an instant so that it pointed tow
ard the zenith with kind of excelsior
expression. The wind freshened up a
little, and the dogs hind feet were lifted
off the ground, and then began series
Of remarkable but ineffective movements
on the part of the animal. 1t didn't
seem to be trained dog, but it turned
somersaults and stood on its fore feet
and sung little snatches of song. 1t
would make the most tremendous leaps
and land exactly in the spot it jumped
from, and then it would settle down to
work with its fore legs and ply them at
the rate of 100000 revolutions min
ute. The red balloon scared with all
the persistency of Columbian orators
hyperbole, and the terriers tail refused
to break. Then the dog got desperate
and bounded and struggled and vaulted
while the big balloon in the air bobbed
up and down like the cork on the line
of giant fishing for whales. And all
the while the animal sang. Finally the
string broke, and the balloon shot up
toward the clouds. The dog disappear
ed at the same time, though the boy
noticed something like black-and-tan
streak reaching for seventeen blocks,
which lasted for minute only. The
performance, as whole had been sue
ces, but it left bad impression on the
boys mind. He had been taught that
body impelled by two forces operating
at right angles to each other would take
an intermediate course.