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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-12-15

making sulTepllIoaS Sr''haceS HJ the
mother, to the relief OF herself and |
the intense editication of the other
children.
The tea is finally over, that delight.
full Saturday nights meal, and as the
appeased father stretches back in his
chair and looks dreamiy at the flame
dancing in the stove he says to his
first born:
rs them Eindlings cut, young
man o.
Of course they have not been, and
the youth replies
I'm going right out to do it now
and steps about lively for his hat.
You'd better; and if come home
again and find them kindlings not cut
| won't leave a whole bone in your
body. DO you hear me ?"
"Yes, pa.
"Wel, then, start your boots"
They are started, and the relieved
father comes back with his eyes to
the glad flame, and watches it alb
stractedly, while his thoughts are busy
with the bright anticipations of the
coming day of rest,
"Aint you going down street, or
are you going to sit there all night 2"
asks his wife. He turns around and
looks at her. It's a sort of mechani-
cal movement without any apparent
expression. 'There's got to be some
thing got for dinner tomorrow, and |
want you to 60 to Adams an see if
my hat is done, an Thomas must
have pair of shoes, an there amt a
bit Of backing in the house, resumes
the mother. "You can tell Burroughs
that that last butter he sent up amt
fit for . hog to eat, an if he amt got
anything better than that we don't
want it. You'd better get small
piece Of pork while you are down, an
if you see Parks ask him when he's
coming here to fix that wall He has
get the plaster off, an there it stands,
an there's no use of trying to put the
room to rights until the wall is fixed.
| don't see what the old fool is think
inc of to leave room like that"
Hereupon the head of the house
gets upon his feet, takes u brief, long.
ing glance at the pleasant stove, and
wants to know where in thunder his
coat and hat are and if nothing can be
left where 1t is put. Then she tells
him that if he looks where he ought
to, he'd find the things fast enough.
He does find them and then goes into
the kitchen, and q moment later ap
pears with very red face, and pas
sionately asks if basket can be kept
in that house for five minutes at a
time, and moodily follows his wife to
where the basket Is, and looks still
more moody when brought face to
face with it and sarcastically asked if
he could see a barn if 1t was in front
, of his nose. Thus primed with the
invigorating utterances OF the home
circle he takes up his basket and goes
down street, leaving his faithful wife
, to stand as a wall of granite between
the children and the canned cherries,
and to finish up the work. As he
reaches the gate the door opens and
she shouts after him:
r "Remember to get some matches
there amt one in the house and
, don't be all night, Tor I'm tired an
want to go to bed at decent hour, if
i possible"
"Go to bed, then, an shut up your
mouth !" and with this parting in
: junction he strides gloomily out into
r the darkness. 1t is not exactly known
t what he is thinking of as he moves
along, but it is doubtless of the near
approach of the Sabbath. As he
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-12-15

CoNTENrM ENT.-Don't be constant
ly envying those Of your companions
who appear to be more successful than
you, but be contented with your lot,
and success will in the end crown
your efforts. We agree with the poet
who saws, "Contentment makes men
happy"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1875-12-15

LOVING AND BEING LOVED. D.-lf
you love others they will love you. If
you speak kindly to them they will
speak kindly to you. Love is usually
repaid with love in this world, and
hatred with hatred. Would you hear
a sweet and pleasing echo, speak
sweetly and pleasantly yourself
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28
OZnamky POkrOku

vytisknou Sc ien takove, ktere Sc alapfed
zaplati. Vyjmuty jsou toho pravidla
spolky, jimz zaroven oznamuje Sc "a ,l)o
I0UsGn5 cenu.
palec sloupce stoji $500 "a ttikrate
vytisknuti, 2 palce $4.O0, palce 5000.
Oznamka dele uvereihovana tim jest lev
n6jsi, elm dele Sc uyefeinuje
Oznamky mistni, tisl1nute obytejnym
pismem stoji Is ctd. fadka.
Oznamky: nKde jest" ,Nqprodei"
,Hiedd Sc" stoji 75 ctd. "a tfikrat otisk
uuti.
- Poole toho necht Sc kazdy tidi,
kdo Pokroku oznamovati chce. Necht
81 uda koHk radek, ti kolik palcd a koli-
krat uvereinit a necht ST sam vypocte a
zasle pfislusici "a to eastku.
.B Kdo 81 pfeie miti oznamku V
tfitydenniku neb tydennik6 necht laska-
ve podotkne.
Penixe posilejte vzdy postovnich
poukdzkach Money orders) psani adre
suite vzdy:
POk ROk
No. IOI CrOtOn street.
Cleveland, ID.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28

kdo hledi lidi osiditi nebo podyesti,
must miti ma pameti dve yeci: pfedne .
by podyod jeho byl hodn6 hruby a do O.
ei bijici, "a druhe aby on co podvodnik
byl tim drzeisl, l,nestoudneisi nicemnejs.
eim hrubsi lest podvod jeho. Cirkevni
dejiny sttedov6ku dotvrzuii fecene ma
kazde STRANGE. Rozpomehme Sc jen jake
podvody provadeli kntzi ostatkami sva
tych a svetc! Zminime Sc ien 0 ukazo
vani pera perute archandtla Gabrielle
- tedy bytosti die katolickeho katechis-
mu nehmotne, ami andele jsou pouzi
duchovG; egypske tiny lahyi6ce uzavfe
ne; vzdechd sv. Josefa; slzi pany Marie;
/ potu kristova ma rouchn sv. Veroniky;
sena iesli nichz Kristus ei Jezis svet.
10 syeta spatfil; svateho dfeva {. j. tfist6k
2 kfize ma nemz Jezis pred tolika stoleti-
mi ukfizovan byl; roucha Kristoya Ma
rie panny; trnd z koruny, kterou koruno
van byl; jednotliyych 1dd svatych, ma
pf.sv. Dionysa, ktery existuje kolikera
vydanich. Zide, putujici po ctyricet 70.
ku pousti, nechali Sc ba!amutiti humbr
gafiti cd Moizise, Aroma iinych knee
co nejnestoudneji; 2 hole udelal Mojzis hi
da ma opak, re skaIy vodu yyrazil boil
svou j. Y. Mahomed byl nemene pale
NJ, ba zda Sc, ze palensjsi nez Moizis; OF
jak znamo dal mesici profit rukaven
haleny sye kdyz zemfel, dial Sc pohodl
nev rakvi do nebe yznesti. Uspofi
tim aspoh peniz, jez by byl musel zapl;
titi vefejnym pohrobnik6m.
O carodejnicich carach dalo by s,
toho ma fdry napsati. cim prohnanejs
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28
q z II 4 m @ II |.

Rada pro opravy podala m6stske rade
berni odhad pozemku hrani6iciho ma
ulice Haight Swiss.
Odhad ten ucin6n jest ma zaplaceni ma
kladu vyloh, povstalych otevfenim
ulice Haight vyehodn6 cd III. Swiss.
Zmineny odhad jest k nahlednuti Y Il.
fadovn6 m6stskeho pisafe.
Namitky proti odhadu tolnu museji be
hem peti ned6l po prvnim uvefeineni pi-
semne NEST. pisaFi podany byti.
lno / Nc Intosh, NEST. pisaf
Cleveland, 20 Gervence1975.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28
POhaMSk6 a kreSfanSkt
ZaZraky.

Kazda vira ci kazde nabozcnstyi zplodi
10 zazraky. Vzdyf ysecky viry nabo-
zenstvi jsou hotovy zazrak, nebof pocha
ri Cd iakes nadpozemske mimo pfirodu a
pfirod6 bytuiici bytosti, pokladan6 "a
pdvodce sveta t. vseho coz Jest. Vsec-
ka nabozenstvi oplJvaji vice meme "a
zraky, coz Sc fidi ami ne tax stupntm
vzd6lani iakoz meme ti vice 1ivou obrazo-
tvornost toho ktereho naroda. jet nabo-
zenstvi samo vyplodem obrazotvornosti
lidske, podohn6 iako pohadky nebo rozlit
ne bachory, nichz zviiata co mluvici Sc
uvadi ld6 nadpfirozen}mi ti lepe nepfi
rozenymi vlasmostmi madam sou a same
nemozne kousky provozuii Jizni w
chodni narodov6 vynikaii buin9isi tvofi-
yejsi obrazotyornosti, coz Jest pfitihou, ze
viry ci naboienstyi jeiich Jest fantastitntj-
81 zazrakuplnejsi Kfestanstyi yzalo
pd"od svdj ma vJchodt jest tudiz ptiro
zeno, ze ma ma sob6 ycsmes raz v}chodu
l. !. ponebi narodi tam ziiicich. One
Jest az ma nektere mravouen6 zasady, ktC
re ostatnG Buddha, Konfucius Zoroastel
0 stoleti dive nez Kristus hlasali, nechut
nou a nerozumnou smtsici baiek t j. "a.
zrakd. A lie ocekavati n4eo dobreho OF
nabozenstvi, .iehoz podstata Jest nev6do
most, obsah bachorka ci baje ell 0 k a
m AMI lehkov6rn}ch a nevtdomych
Muslme ovsem ptipustiti, ze mezi obhaic
kfestanstvi nalezame muze vysoce vzd6la
ne, yelice pokrotile upfimn6 pro dobr,
obecne Sc snazici. Ale tito mali ma zfe.
tell ne TAX yero j iako mravou kl
kfesfanskou, ne tax slcpou viru, jakc
skut ky kfestanske lasky. Proti tako
vemu kfestanstvi nelze namitati nez lei
ze nepravym slovem oznatuie pojem 1
vec, ktera byla Dive nez kfestanstyi sa
mo. nCiniti dobfe jest mym nabozen.
stvim" - mi heslo neverce Tomase Pal
ma; tutez zasadu podkladaji obhaicov,
kfestanstvi tomuto co 1vod n / "a
kladni myslenku, ac indickych vedach
clnskych, perskych, egyptskych jinycl
starozitnych knihach nabozenskych Sc
nj celia staleti drive setkavame. Frant
Palacky vyslevuje We SVEN poiednan
,,Nekolik SLOW wire" smysleni vsech ia
kovych obhacd kfestan6 fka, ze kfestar
stvf po spisobu Ceskfch Brath vice
mani skutkd dobrych nez setfeni v6ro
ucnych clankd vyhledava. Pfipusfm
ale Re 20 jest kfestanstvi, pax muslin
pfipustiti, re mnozi mudrcove, kteri sta
lett pred Kristen co pivodcem kfestan
stvi zili, take kfe8tane byli, COZ by b,
bud hruby anachronismus ci poklese
proti casovemu pofadi d6ii anebo pokl
SEX prot jazyku, ana by vec prastareh
pdvodu pojmenovana byti rela slower
mnohem pozd6ji utvofenym pdyodne
veci zcela jine vztah maiicim.
Vsak kde jsou ty zazrakyl Inu kft
sfanstvi, jez Sc tomto vzhlede nijak pr
znive cd pohanskycb nabozenstvi nelis
Prvni tvrdi n. pr ze Kristus promehov'
vodu We vino, druhe re iakysi bdh Ba
chus zvany reye vinou stavu sdelova
kfesfanstvi ,,tvrdi'' ze bah bral ma Sc re
licne podoby, pohanstvi Ease, ze Zeus N
bo Jupiter tu labuf onde zlaty dest
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,kdyby lnladi v6delo start mohlo"
Tax zaluje nnohy chorobny muz, kterf
prchani sve zivotni silly bolesti pozoruje.
UHyali Sc dra Alberta Conradiho angs-
bnrskych kapek pravidelne, tedy ten
nejotfesen6ja system telesni pozdravi a
umozni tenn, ktefi ma zivote nejmensiho
pozitku nemaji, zaziti nejedne radosh,
- X dostani isou We vsech lekar-
mach jakoz NJ. Krejciho.
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28

SO timto dava, 70 rada mesta Clevelandu
dne 27. 6ervence ptijala nasledujici usne-
SEM:
Usnesino, ze lie zdanl mestske rady
" souhlasu 6len1) "a uutne Sc poklada,
ulici Marquardt, cd University az Herald
ulici stupnovati, stokovati a opraviti
pomeru k polozenemn stupni a SOU
hlase plany a nakresy, V ufadovn6 NEST
skeho m6fice vylozenymi.
Lh6ta zadani zadosti nahradu Wy
prsi dnem 26. srpna 1876.
lno L. Nc lntosh, pisaf
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ma m G n {.

Rada pro opravy podala mestske ra-
de berni odhad pozemku, hraniciciho ma
ulici Ridge.
Odhad ten u6inen jest ma zaplaceni w
lob, povstalych otevfenim ul. Ridge "a
padne cd Waverlystr.
Zmineny odhad jest k nahl6dnuti IL
fadovne NEST. pisaFe vylozen.
Namitky proti odhadu tomu must be
hem peti nedel po prvnim uvefejn6ni pi-
semne NEST. pisafi podany byti.
Ino l. Nc Intosh, NEST pisaf
Cleveland, 30. cervence 1875
Pokrok. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-1878, 1875-08-28

V iine v jine podoby vchazel lidmi
obcoval; Il kdyz pan bah Sc hneya, blys-
ka SO hfima kdyz Zeus nebo Kronos
huste obrvi sye svraSfoval, d6lo SO totez
= ,,tfasl Sc sam Olymp" Neni tudiz
zadneho rozdiiu vecneho mezi zazraky po
hanskymi a kfesfanskymi; jedno druhe
nabozenatvi uznavalo a uznava zazraky
co vyjimky ze zakonG pfrody, kteraz bo
him upln6 Jest podfizena di i'm lu-
Izebna Nez ale novovGka pfrodov6-
da urGite promluveno novoveky) silo-
zpyt odyozuje vseliky dkaz od zakon6 pr
rody zavrhuie vsecko anebo aspoh uml-
cuie vse, co nelze, pfirodnimi zakony Wy
svetliti. Pfiroda zazrakd nezna, protoze
Jest pfir d ou t. j. pGvodem vsech We
ci. Pfiroda jest ovladana iistymi zako-
ny, iichz pGsobeni zname a kterezto zako
ny cd yekd p6sobi do veld pdsobiti mu
81. Zakon pohybu a THY jest odv66ny a
dov6tny = jemu nevymkne SO zadny
tvor, zadny dkaz, byt sebe mensi, byf Sc
be v6tsi obrovittiSi. Dfevena avyduta
koule ma vod6 plavati bude, zelezna Sc po
topi. Lehounke pirko nebo ltrzek slabe
no papiru vzhGru Sc yznese, kdezto papir
t6zkou l&tkou fekneme kamenem obte2ka
ny, lined k zemi padati zacne, jakmile
sila, iez iei vzh6ru vymrstila, nan ucinko
vati ustane. To jest tax iasne, jake stun
ce, kdyz zadna mlha nebo mrak ie neza
kr{va.
Zazraky ale at pohanske at kfestanskt
mini nenadal6 udani Sc skutku nebo uka
zu ne pfiroze no, n. pr. ztisen
vttru a vody pouhym slovem, coz cd do
by Kristovy nikdo nedokazal nikdo ne
dokaze, protoze jest to holou nemoznosti
kristus o svych zazracich ami iedin6 trty
nenaskrt; po jeho smrti teprv6 povtrtiy
malovzd6lani apostolic, kteti mistra sve
ho zaiiste obdivovali, die doslechu hlav.
n6jsi udalosti re zivota ieho zaznamenai
ae kazdy die sveho. cemz Sc kazdy
soudny pfesv6dti, kdo iednotliva evange
liza spolu porovnavati zaGne. MatOus d
Lukas a Jakub Jan tax hrozne 81 odpo
ruiou, ze by d6jepisec, MAZE porovnati, k
ziSteni historick6 pravdy, zpravy ieiich
musel vsecky (evangeHsty totiz) prohlasi
ii "a nespohlive kronikafe a nev6rohOdnt
spisovatee Ale to by snad iest6 uslo
kdyby ia evangelia ci ia svedectvi bylt
mas dosla pdvodni anebo We svedomit6n
a spravnem pfekladn. Zatim ale p u
70 n 4 zneni evangelia nemame ne.
. nell isme mimo to jednotlive cirkevn
, snemy, potom cirkevni otcov6 vice .menl
! stranicti a konecn6 pfekladatele pfetetn
3 snazli Sc, ne aby podali svetu neco err
h o d n e h 0 ale cosi, co ieiich uceli slou
/. zilo ieiich nahleddm pfisp6sobovalo sc
e Yzdyt cirkevni snemy cele caste tech sp
J. So apostolskych co nehodnov6rne, podvl
o zen6 nell nesmysln6 vypustily a zavrhl
J. a prvni otcove cirkevni ty neb ony kus
u tuhe pdtky vedly, kterez neien p6rem al
10 klackami zbran6mi rozhodovany by
te ly.
,r A tomu co te muchlanice zbylo, ma
I. ME ma slovo Ii ma autoritu sameho pan
boha v6fiti! Name vefti cel6 fad4 I'd
d zrakd, kterym by ami ten neineobmezt
}. n6isi pohan-neposkvrnei6 potet panr
a. Marie a t6lo krev Krista Pana opla
n ce = yeriti s to nebyli
81 Jdete nam sipku podvodem ta
a +kafstyim tax makavym - byt kfesta
- skou frmou zasticenym -
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M. KRHJGf
CieyeIandu. Ohio.
Cor. of Forest and Croton SITS.
Sfelo ask

Cor. OIL FOREST ana CfOtOn SITS.
cislo fl:s.
dava timto nav6sti tenn, ktefi pro sve pfi-
nalezejici pfibnzne neb zname otGine,
iixdu do Ameriky zaplatiti chit, ze list
ky pro pfeplayeni Bremen do ameri-
kanskych pfistavl Noveho Yorku, Bal
timore atd. "a tn neilacin6jsi cenn VISTA
yue,, pax ze, kdyz Sc toho zada, take OBJ
starani dalsi iizdy Noveho Yorku, Bal
timore atd. do vnitr Ameriky, TAX i
iizdu hned Z dOmOva Nemecka, Czech
atd. az do Bremen Eeilacin6j zaroveh
pfijima.
Ceny pfeplavu do Ameriky.
Po parolodi mezipalubi osoba pies 10
rokI staff S32 papirech
Ditky do 10 let 16
Kojence do 1 roku 3
Po plachetni lodi v mezipalubi:
Osoba pres s rokd staff S24 zlata
Ditky do let ~
Koienec do | rokn st. $50 i,
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RHiIdiSe- I'm d.
Eakon6 inkorporovany.

Spolecnost ia jest zastoupena l6 sta
tech Unie tita $4,000 6len1,
Poiiztuie Hvot az ma $4,000.
Nemocnym vyplaci podporu od S7-2+i
tydn6.
Pfispevky mohou zapravovany byti
tydne.
DIE vYrotni zpravy, /. lecna 1874 Wy.
placeno nemocnym
roku 1879, s 73,1S5 co podpora
&, $4,000 vyplaceno d6di
cum zemtelJch.
Pfiristek im6ni roku 1873, $4,000
Pfebytek dne /. ledna 1874, $4,000.
Blizsi zpravu poda:
III. Hirschfeld,
1S3 Ontario Str.
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Ma prodej. S'1s%.'pS Sial Hs ggoGsj GsI
domek neb rozlicny nabytek, Poptavka
{. 222, Croton Str.
NJ. Wacha.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
More Scandal.
From the Sioux CITY journal.

One of our hardware dealers i'm
ported clerk from Chicago about
six months since, but he isn't here
now. The reason why he isn't here
now is, because he has returned to
the former city to obtain a divorce.
The circumstances leading to this
demoralizing state of affairs in this
particular family are interesting, and
happened in this wise: He preceded
his wifc's arrival here by several
weeks, and during his lonely bachel-
orhood contracted something worse
than a bad cold, and rs a natural
consequence Il big row was the result
of his wife's arrival. In short, they
had a regular set to, the exasperated
wife fighting like an infuriated wild
cat, and getting the better of her
faithless lord, finally dumped his ex-
hausted corpus into an adjoining
room to cool off. This first greeting
Of his better half confined him to his
bed four days. Matlnees of a similar
nature occurred almost weekly, and
the landlady of the house in which
they boarded was finally led to be-
lieve it was way they had and paid
no attention to the awful din and
racket in that particular room. And
now, because he couldn't hold his
own in 4 square rough and tumble
tussel with her he wants Il divorce.
1t is ever thus.
Life is but u vapor
And full of woes;
Man cuts up a caper
And down he goes
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
How Ne Saved a Choking Child

Acorrespondcnt, writing from Reno,
New, to the Sacramento Union, tells
how he saved the life of child. He
writes: 81 was engaged in hauling
wood from timber ranch to Austin,
Reese River, New. There was a house
over the summit from the above place
where resided two families belonging
to the wOod-choppers, and on arriving
in sight OF the house woman came
out and beckoned me to make haste,
that something was wrong. l did SO,
and just in time, for the other woman
came out holding child in her arms,
apparently dead. II was black in the
face. She told me the child had been
eating pine-nuts, and had got shell
in its throat, had choked, and was
dying. Immediately got piece of
board about four feet long and placed
it across the door-sill. She sat the
child on one end and / tipped he
other, making u sudden jar, which
caused the shell to pass downward,
and gave the child immediate reliet.
No person can imagine how overioyed
that mother was for saving her only
child. l know of several cases in
which the process has proved sue
cessful.
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Advance.

Asa and Ira were brothers whost
arms lay side by side. When IL
young corn, the oats and the barlcs
were springing up the weeds tool
advantage Of the rich soil and cam.
up with them.
''Do you sec," said Asa, "What y
hold the weeds are taking? There is
langer of their choking out the crops
entirely"
"Well, well, we must be resigned
said Ira. "Weeds as well as grain
we're part Of the Creators plan"
81 can only be resigned to what
cannot help" said Asa. SO he went
20 work and hoed until the fields
were clear Of weeds.
"Tle army worm is in the neigh
borhood," said Asa to Ira one dav,
"and is fast moving toward us"
"Ah" exclaimed Ira. SIT will
surely destroy what the weeds have
not choked out | will immediately
retire to pray that its course may be
stopped"
But Asa replied: II pray every
morning for strength to do the work
Of the day" And hchastencd to dig
trench around his land which the
army worm could not pass, while Ira
returned from his prayers only in
season to save a portion Of his crop
from its ravages.
"Do you see Ira?" said Asa, an
other morning, ''the river is rising,
and our farms will be ovcrflowed."
"Alas! it is a judgment upon us
for our sins; and what can We do?''
said Ira in despair.
''There are no judgments SO severe
as those which our own sloth brings
upon us, said Asa, and he went quick
ly and hired workmen, and they raised
IN embankment that withstood the
flood, while Ira witnessed, with blank
looks, the destruction of all his wealth.
"There is one consolation," said he;
"my children at least are left me-"
Butwhile Asa 'ssons grewup strong
and vlrtuOus men, among lra's there
was a drunkard, Il gambler, and a
suicide.
''rhe ways of the Lord are not
equal said Ira to his brother. "Why
are you always prospcring while /
am afflicted and disgraccd:"
81 only know this" replied Asa;
''that Heaven always helped me to
meet my children's faults rs / meet
the weeds, the caterpillars, and the
flood; and | never sent 4 petition up
ward without making Toll, my right
hand servant, the messenger Of my
prayers. Work and pray.'
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12
A Man for Whom tho Sun Shines
Court Circular.


Everyone in Brussels must have
seen man literally clothed in white
from tip to toe, for not only are his
garments of that color, but also his
hat and boots. During the late Sc
we're frost there was great curiosity
manifested to see if he would perse-
we're III wearing the same costume,
and he stood out manfully until
Thursday, when he appeared with an
enormous cloak and hood, in addi-
ton to the dress he has SO long worn,
but was still true to his chosen color,
and odd enough he looked parading
the streets among persons i'll black
or other dingy coats. He is said to
be y Dutchman who some years ago
made Il fortune i'll Batavia, but was
afflicted with sun-strokc. The doe
tors recommended his return to Eu-
rope, and following their advice he
fixed his abode in Brussels, where he
has now resided for some years. His
ecccntricitics are harmless, and main
ly consist in tie firm belief that he
has a pers olal and intimate acquain-
tancc with the sun, who never fails
to honor him by shining when he
takes his promenade. His apart
mcnts, even including the ceiling
and door, He gilt, and he fully be-
llcves that this was the work OF his
kind friend, who had also cndued
him with the power Of stopping a
railway train at full speed.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

Mrs. Joseph Il. Hawley writes to
the Hartford Times, correcting a
statement ola correspondent of that
paper concerning the wife of the
President. The correspondent charg-
ed that Mrs. Grant had "cold man
ners" and had her friendly note an
swered by 4 secretary. Mrs. Haw
ley writes that "Mrs. Grant has suff.
cred for wears from q severe intlamma-
ton of the eyes, which affects her
sight so much that she cannot recog-
nize faces unless very near indeed to
the person, and this necessarily af-
fects her manner in public, as she
cannot tell to whom she is speaking.
OF course her notes of friendship
must be answered by Il secretary
for she cannot see to write even to
her own children when they are sep
arated from her. Is it not a pity to
give SO wrong an impression of a
kind and truc-hearted woman, suffer
ing under so great an atfliciion? Are
there many of us who, under such
circumstances, would deserve the
praise which all unite in giving her
AS II good housekeeper, good wife
and a good mother?"