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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

He lived in Lay fatte place thirty seven yet-.s
and probably increased in wealth nearly 9 al q
lion year. The next tenant will hardly do rs
WELL The house is to let at $4,000 year and
if any Of our readers desire to take Astors place
on such terms the chance is open.
Astor is an Episcopaian in his church con-
nection, but old John Jacob was Lutheran,
which was the church Of his native land
When the family got rich they went to more
fashionable church, but the old man always
felt more at home among the Lutherans. lie
never lost his German brogue nor his German
tastes. His children were not bright. VIM
always was dull fellow and only knew enough
to hold on to land. John Jacob, his eldest son,
died an idiot, in which condition he passed six
ty years. He lost his wits (what little he had)
while boy. VIM. b. Astors family is a dull
set. They simply know how to hold on to
property.
The land Office is Lear Broadway, in Prince
street, and half dozen clerks are employed
in book keeping and collecting rent. One man
is designated to attend to the vacant houses and
keep them in order ready for tenants. VIM. b
Astor has spent his lite merely holding on tc
property and getting rich. He can remember
the time when his father kept little fur store
and was not worth $50,OOO. The estate is now
worth million for every thousand at that
time. How much does such q man feel the
pressure?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

A DRUMMER's RUsE.-A we'll known drummer
for Boston dry goods house, who CHANGED to
be in a Maine town where there to be d
show that night, made bet that be could pass
every one OF party of thirty who had come
over from neighboring town into the 'show"
without paying cent. The wager being ac-
cepted, the party were marshalled and pro-
ceeded to the tent, where the doorkeeper was
busily engaged taking tickets from all who
passed through the aperture in the canvass
Coming up with his crowd, the drummer rush
ed up to the ticket taker with his hands full of
cards, and said
"Just count these men as they pass in, end
ing with the man in the straw hat"
"Certanly, sir" aud the Cerberus went to
work. olive, ten, fourteen. eighteen" &C., as
they passed by him, and mingled with the
crowd, till the straw hat was reached, when be
shouted thirty one" and turned round for the
tickets. But the polite individual who had
hidden him enumerate had vanished, while the
party who was crowned with the straw hat, the
only one who was stopped before he had min
gled with and melted into the indistinguisha
lie mass Of the crowd inside, proved to be an
Innocent countryman who had legitimately
procured his admission pasteboard. The ticket
tlker couldn't leave his post, for the ingress of
regular spectators was pressing so he made the
best of it, and said nothing. He had learned a
lesson, however, that made him take tickets
first and count afterwards for the future.
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City and Country Homes.

One of our exchanges in commenting upon
this subject, says that large cities have plenty
of palaces and novels, but very few real homes.
1t claims, and justly too, that the city is not a
good place to cultivate those social and domes
tic virtues that make people happy and life
worth living for. Everything about city is
stiff and formal as the rectangular walls of the
building. Fashion reigns with omnipotent
sway and many live with Lo higher purpose
than to worship at the shrine of this tickle god
dess. Vice holds out thousand tempting
amusements to the young, and children brought
up in the city undergo an ordeal unknown to
those who live in the quiet of the country
Many promising youth, who has happy
home and all that heart could wish in the re-
tirement of the country, is captivated by vi
sions Of city splendor, and longs to mingle in
its gddy whirl of fashion and folly. He ven-
lures into the charmed circles, where he ex-
poets to win fame and make splendid fortune,
and after battling awhile with temptation sur
renders to the influence Of vice, and becomes
either an idle loafer, drunkard or adebauchee.
If it were possible to ascertain the percent
age of those youths who leave the country to
make their fortunes in the city, the percentage
that make ship-wreck of happiness, virtue,
honor. honesty, manhood, everything in fact
that is dear, we should be astonished at the
frightful result. We do not mean to say that
no enterprising youth ever bettered his condi-
tion by exchanging the country for town but
that such cases would form the exception of
the rule. When merchants, mechanics and
professional men change from a provincial
town to a metropolis, to find wider field for
their talent or capital, there is much better
chance of success.
But, after all, there is no place so well suited
to make home, as some good neighborhood in
the rural districts. In America the word home
has higher and better significance than in the
old world. In most countries of Europe but
few cultivators Of the soil own the land which
they occupy. They may have a lease-hod,
but actually hold neither house nor land
With US matters are entirely different. The
poorest may easily acquire his eighty or one
hundred and sixty acres and live as indepen-
IDENTIFY as any European lord. Under these
circumstances of absolute ownership, there is
powerful motive, inducing us to surround our
homes with everything comfortable, con, emf
ent, or simply beautiful. By doing this. the
industrious and intelligent farmer educates bis
children in the love of whatever is useful or
beautiful, and dislike of whatever is mean,
low or vicious; and the associations that clus
ter around the old homestead will live to cheer
and bless us through the longest life.
Young man, if you have q pleasant home in
the country, little farm, and the chance of
pleasant wife and children, stay where you are,
and not risk life's happiness In the deceptive
eddies and whirIpoels Of city life.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

How TO GET RICH.-Several of the richest
men in this country have given in sententious
language, the secret of their worldly success
and fortune. There is no secret about it, -
said Commodore Vanderbilt; call you have to
do is to tend to your own business aud 60 ahead
except one thing" added the Commodore,
"and that is to never tell what you are going
to do till you have done it." Asa Packer re-
Gently gave his idea of the way to get rich in
this remark: Economy and safe investment
are about the best means of attaining financial
prosperity" George Law, also, who is toler-
able rich man, remarked in conversation -
There is nothing So easy as making money
when you have money TO make it with the
only thing is to see the crisis and take it at its
aood;" and when further pressed to tell the
secret of his own success, he quickly responded
Determination to work, and working" A. L.
Stewart told an anxious inquirer that he "con-
sidered honesty and truth great aids in the
gaining of fortune" To these observations we
add that OF Rothschild, the founder of the world
renowned house OF Rothschild d Co., who as
cribed his success to the following: "Never
have anything to do with an unlucky man.
Be cautious and bold. Make bargain at
once" As q preparation for success in life,
next 10 good health and sound constitution,
nothing is more valuable than the faculty of
saving. As writer of the Spectator lately
said, there is no greater blessing for people OF
moderate means than the possession of a year s
expenditures ahead, and few things are harder
to attain or rarely found John Jacob Astor
said it was easier to make a fortune after hav-
ing saved the first thousand dollars than to
amass that sum at the outset, and so year. S
income once obtained, foundation stone Of
confidence and capital, on which one may erect
one of the loftiest and most ambitious edfces.
man with years income "laid away" as
{ he Scotch say, is twice the man with double
his income and no store, not only because he is
not in debt but because he can afford to try
life in his own way, instead of the ways other
people are willing to open to out for him. be-
cause he is not afraid of an experiment, becouse,
in fact, he can use the great secret sf all sue
cess. He can wait.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

AN AMERICAN MARSHAL.-Among the Ameri
cans who attended ball given at the Hotel de
Vile, Paris, when John Y. Mason was our
minister there, was Jack Spicer, of Kentucky.
Jack rushed the dress somewhat strong, and
sported epaulettes on his shoulders large enough
to start four major generals in business. Jack
was the observed of all observers, and got m tx
ed up with party that his friends could not
account for. Wherever the Marshals of France
went, there went Jack, and when the Marshals
sat down Jack did the same, always taking the
post of honor. The day after the ball Jack
called on our Minister to France, who started
up conversation in the following way:
'I hear, Jack, you were at the ball last even
ing"
81 was, sir, and had high old time"
"For which you were indebted, suppose. to
the high old company you got mixed up with.
By the way, how came you associated with the
Marshals 2"
"How? By virtue of my Office. They were
Marshals of France, while l am nothing else
than Marshal of the Republic. Ishowed my
position and took post accordingly"
"By right of your Office! What you mean ?"
"Read and see."
Here Jack presented Mr.. Mason with
whitley brown paper, with cseal big enough for
"My commission of Marshal received in
1880. when assisted in taking the census in
Frankfort"
'"You don't mean to say that you travel on
this2"
~ don't mean anything else. That makes
me Marshal of the Republic, and Intend to
have the Office duly honored."
Mr.. Mason thought that Jack was doing a
very large business on very small capital
Cincinnati Star.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

A Prison Story "A PRISONER WITH Coon
PRosPECTs AND SOME MoNEY.-Among the l. l1C
prisoners in the penitentiary there are good
many men and women whose histories, if writ
ten, would make interesting reading. Lewis
Brandt is one of these. When young man he
lett his home in Germany. On leaving his
father gave him $4,000 to start life on. He
came to this country, and being Of rather
prohigate disposition he travelled about, and
soon went through his fortune. After running
out of money he was compelled to work. and
got the position of night clerk at the American
While there he forged a check for $42, was ar
rested, tried, convicted, and sent to the peni-
tentlary tor short term.
After getting cut he rambled about awhile
and soon learned that his father had died and
left him sixty thousand dollars. This he re-
| eeived and was fast making way with it when
he turned up again as a forger-this time in
Cleveland-and was sent to the penitentary
for term of five years. which will terminate
in about two months. At the time that he
cf "e9 last to the prison he owned about SIS ,O0C
wYrTn of stocks and bonds in New York, Of
which he is still the possessor, and from them
draws an annual income. good many years
ago he endorsed for friend in Germany, and
lost twenty thousand dollars by the operation
but ne received letter few weeks ago from
that friend, who is now wealthy merchant in
Philadelphia, stating that if he would send in
his account the money would all be paid up
and arrangements are now being made SO thai
when he gets out of prison he will get the
twenty thousand.
A few weeks ago he received letter from his
mother, in Germany, in which was iacIosed a
list of his share of the household effects, his
mother having broken up housekeeping and
divided the goods. 1t was long list Of fine
watches, jewelry and other valuables, amount
ing to over a thousand dollars in value. These
will be sent to him in few days. In addition
to his wealth, Brandt has an excellent educa
ton. He speaks German, French, Spanish and
English, is somewhat proficient in Latin, and
has considera BILE acquaintance with other Ian
guages. His conversation is learned and pro
found. He at one time delivered a speech be-
fore an audience in Cleveland in Latin, which
is said to have been an excellent production.
He'is very generous in his nature, giving
away money to almost any one who asks for it.
The warden has in his care several hundred
dollars of Brandt's money, and out of this fund
Brandt has made handsome donations to sew
eral discharged prisoners. He frequently re-
ceives letters from friends in other cities, ask
ing for aid, and they never fail to get it. He
acknowledges his folly in the way of forgery,
and intends when he gets out to reform. He
is about forty five years Of age, and has never
been married. Columbus, Ohio, Journal, Jan. IL.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

rs West Chester girls won't let a beau stay
after ten o'clock. And many West Chester
young men presented their girls Christmas
presents in shape of mantel clocks, so arranged
that they lose three hours between eight and
ten in the evening, and make upthe time from
[ wo to five in the morning Some girls have
alway been swindled out of nearly "a hours
sleep by the outrageous frauds, and yet they
say the time docs fly so fast from eight to ten"
Herald
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Mg-The following advertisement appears in

the Vallejo (Cal) Independent of the 18th ult.
Il want wife. l am small farmer, living
within seven miles OF Vallejo, and to relieve
my loneliness l want wife. She must be q
person of good domestic habits able to mend
my clothes, cook my meals and milk cows
Money no object. She must be we'll recon
mended by responsible parties; and as sligh
guarantee that the lady is what they guaran.
tee her te be, I shall require the parties to de
posit in my hands $1,000. l only want this
money as kind of security, and not for its
worth. After the money is deposited in my
hands. and Immediately before I am married
| will assign my farm over to the lady. Ad
dress, at once, R. W., Vallejo Post Office"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

9s-A young gentleman in whom we have
the most perfect confidence gives US the follow
ing conversation, which he overheard between
two colored citizens the other evening:
"Sam, does you know Jonah ?"
"Jonah, what Jonah ?"
"Why Jonah dat swallowed the whale, don't
you know him?"
from Firginny?"
"Of course he was from Firgnny."
"Well, de Firginians always was de very
debbil fur fish,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30
How can you make pair of pants last

-IlUW CdH yVu IIIdho a p"II VI PUHtD 1'0V :
Make the coat and vest 6rst.
--Apxious Mamma Ito her Scotch brother
in Jaw, who is also the family doctor): "By-
the by. Alexander, I'm so glad you've come.
wanted 10 talk to you about baby. can
understand why he doesn'tspeak yet. Surely
he ought to by this time.' Alexander: "Wee',
We see. Ann. We tist talk the vara highest
O. Iuglich, an nv Brither John. again, he just
talks the ,vara braidest o. Scotch; an the pu'r
bairn, ye see, it hasna just made up its mind
which side the house it'll just TAX TILL"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

Mg-An energetic lady in Olwein. Iowa, la
ments her inability to vote. "Why, if were
a man." she said recently, "Id go to the polls
if had to be laid on a feather bed, placed on
a stone boat, and hauled by blind OK with one
leg broken. but I'd vote But what's the use
of talkingY" -
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

mD- While on her way to leap into the river
q Minneapolis gipl met aman who proposed
marriage and she turned back and was happy.
Almost any day now one can count four or Eve
Minneapolis girls wandering along the river
banks.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

A NEW TH1Ne.-The editor of the Rome, N
Y, Sentinel has been shown "a design for an
upholstered front gate, which seems destined
20 become very popular. The foot board i:
cushioned, and there is warm soap-stone or
each side, the inside step being adjustable SC
that short girl can bring her lips to the line
of any given moustache without trouble. II
the gate is occupied at 1890 p. M, an iron
hand extends from one gate post, takes the
young man by the ear, turns him around and
he is at once started home by steel foot"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

@s~A Missourian who attended prayer meet
ing with bis daughter felt compelled to rise up
and remark, "I want to be good and go to
heaven, but if those fellers don't stop winking
at Mary there will be a good deal of prancing
around here the fust thing they know"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30
That amateur Ftttte.

The company all were seated, and the laugh
and Jest went round-light-hearted revellerl
unconscious Of their doom. The executionel
entered. He bore in hand silver flute. malig
nant smile lighted up his features. "Hal ha 7
he said, with 6endish glee, 81 will administer
unto them an adagio; not man shall escape
Now, therefore, this accompanied with many
apologies to the honored shade of Edgar Allan
Poe:
Hear the futer with his flute
Silver flute,
o what world of wailing Is awakened by its tOotI
How IL demi-sem quavers
On the maddened air of night!
And def= all endeavors
To escape the sound or sight
OF the flute, flute, flute
With its tootle, tootle, toot-
With reiterated tootings Of exasperating toots,
The long protracted too:elings of agonizing toots
OF the flute, flute, flute, flute,
Flute, flute, fate,
And the wheezings aud the spittings of its toots.
Should ne get that other fute,-
Golden hute,-
Oh, what deeper anguish will its presence nstit0ot
How his eyes to heaven he'll raise,
As he plays,
All the days,
How he'll stop ways
With its praise
And the people, oh the people,
That don't live up in the steepc,
But inhabit hristan parlors
Where he visiteth and plays
Where he plays, plays, plays
In the crueest of ways,
And thinks we ought to listen,
And expects us to be mute,
Who would rather have the ear-ache
Than the music OF his fute,-
OF his flute, flute, flute,
And the tootings of its to0t.-
OF the tootS wherewth he tooeth its agonizing toot
OF the flute, fewt fuit, foot,
Phlute, phlewt, pelewght,
And the toote, toote, toong of its toot-Arcddian.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30
Marsh,s Radical Cure Truss.
Marsb's Self-Adjusting and Grad
uating Trusses.

Trusses of all kinds oa hand or made to order,
and satisfactorily applied
NARsH's instruments for Club Feet, Bow
iyA Legs, Curved Spine &c. Marsh's Lon.
don Steel Spring aud Silk Elastic Abdominal
Supporters; Mrs. Belts Supporters Silk Elias
tic Stockings. Knee Caps and Anklets. Crutch
es. Syrnges Pile Trusses, the NEST stefiectualin
nse; Cutters Inhalers, Dr.. Wadswcrth's Stem
Persary. WILLIAM II. JAQUES,
tlete OF 6. Marsh a COL
May 2S.-ay. W W. BaltmUfe Street.
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We advise the poet to cut his ear up into small
pieces and sell them to the War Department
for army Observation-Disclosures Evening Express.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30

@-Col. Jas. B. Young, Executive Clerk of
the United States Senate, has written a new
poem, in which he says:
"Again that voice fell Oh my ear."-
''There was silence on my ear
"They fell and died upon my ear
"Thc echo died upon nv ear"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-05-27
Closing.
Opening.
PROVISIONS.


The movement was more brisk in this market
during the week just passed, but prices We're
irregular and the fluctuations were quite severe,
The receipts of hogs were liberal, but the quality
of the receipts was only fair and prices suffered
decline OF 25040c per 100 lbs. On the closing
day of the week fair amount of business was
reported, but an easy feeling prevailed and
prices for most articles were trife weaker.
The market closed at 500. 10000. rs for cash
mess pork, 2060@20.6219 seller June and
$20.8715( W20.9 80 seller July. Cash lard quiet at
$500; seller June closed at $14.95, and seller
were made at S6.50@7.00 for inferio' to fair
lots, and at $7.35@S.50 for good to extra lots.
LIVE STOCK.
Quality of cattle coming forward very good,
and the general market was satisfactory to sell
ers and owners. Shipping steers, $5.00@6. IS ;
stockers, $3.50@5.00. Butchers cattle $40
$50; inferior, $3@3.50; through Texans,
$2.9003.75. Hogs dull and lower, but closed
steadier at decline. Workers, $7.00@760;
heavy, $7.50@8.50 poor to extra. Sheep steady,
light receipts, moderate demand. Shorn, $3.50
@5.5O; wooled, $5.5O@6.75
PRODUCE
There has been a slight increase In the ar
rivals of butter during the week, but the de-
mand was about the same as during the Prev
Gus week, and the market ruled triHe dull,
but the accumulation was very slight. A tribe
more weakness was developed, Uu6 no uoCl1Ho
of Importance was established. The following
grading was adopted, by the National Butter
and Egg Association at their last meeting,
and sales were made largely under these classi-
fications EGtrds-Shall be composed OF selec-
tons from the finest grades of fresh made sorts,
and shall be Of the highest standard OF table
butter. Firsts-Shall be a good quality OF but
ter. of uniform natural color in season, sweet
and properly seasoned, in good uniform style OF
package, and good condition. Seconds-ShaH
consist of good, sweet solid grade of butter.
uniform in color in good style of package, and
in good condition. Thirds-Shall embrace all
sorts between the quality too poor to be classed
as seconds and the grade above grease butter.
Quotations ranged at 27028c for extras, with an
occasional sale of 30c in a retail way zz(G26c
for frsts 18@22c for seconds, l50l7c Tor
thirds, and 11(013c for inferior lots.
There was an improved demand Tor 0eans
and prices were shade frmer. Quotably at
$1.85@1.90 for prime Eastern mediums IN
barrels and $18O@1.85 for lotsin bags. Bees
wax quiet at 26@28c per Id for good to prime
yellow. Broom corn was quiet but steady at
1115 014c for No. to choice hurl and ll(9l3c
for good to choice stalk braid. Cheese was
somewhat weaker; quotable at 1201379c
for prime old factory, and 12(9l3c for new,
according to quality. Cider quiet at 5000
600 per brl for choice sweet, and $3.5OG4.OO
for common. Dried peas were dull at $4,000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-05-27
Postal Regulations.

The Postmaster General has issued
the following order Amending section
103 Of the regulations Of the Postofice
Department, by striking out the words,
"And the subscription must be for not
less than three months" in the seventh
and eighth lines, so as to read follows:
Sec. 103. A regular subscriber is person
who has actually paid, or undertaken to pay q
subscription price for newspaper, magazine.
or other periodical, or for whom such payment
has been made or undertaken to be made by
some other person; but III the latter case such
payment must have been made or undertaken
with the consent or at the previous request of
the person to whom such newspaper, magazine,
or periodical is sent. A person to whom any
such publication is sent without his consent or
request is not regular subscriber within the
meaning of the law; and double transient rates
of postage will be charged on such publications
before delivery.
In foot-note addressed to Postmas-
ters, the Postmaster General says
!" Postmasters will observe that by this
of the 103d section of the
persons who are subscribers
to newspaper or periodicals, as defined
in the regulation, are to be regarded as
regular subscribers within the intend
ment of the postal laws, without regard
to the length of time Of their subscrip-
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