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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-10-26
The widder Green's Last words

"I'm goin' to die" says the Widder Green,
sim goin' to quit this airthly scene.
1t amt no place Tor me to stay
In such world as It's to-day,
Such works and ways is too much for me.
Nobody can't let nobody be;
The girls are fiounced from top to toe,
And that's the hull o. what they know;
The men is mad on bonds an stocks,
Swearin' an shoetin' an pickin' locks.
I'm real 'fraid I'll be hanged myself,
Eff l amt laid on my final shelf.
There amt creetur but knows to-day
! never was lunatic anyway.
But since the crazy folks all go free
I'm dreadful afraid they'll hang up me.
There's another matter that's pesky hard
/ can't go into neighbor's yard
To say How de dol? or borrow pin,
But what the paper'l have in
We're pleased to say the Widder Green
Took dinner on Tuesday with Mrs. Keene;'
Or, Our worthy friend. Mrs. Greene has gon,
Down to Barkhamstead to see her son.
Great jerusalem Can't stir
Without raisn' some feller's fur?
There amt no privacy-so to say
No more than if this was the judgment day,
And as for meetin'-I want 70 swear
Whenever | put my head in there
Why, even Old Hundreds spilled and done,
Like everything else under the sun;
Ii used TO be so solemn and slow
Praise the Lord from men below
Now it goes like gallopin' steer,
High diddle, diddle! there and here,
No respect to the Lord above,
No more'n eff He was hand and glove
With all the creatures he ever made
And all the jigs that ever was played.
Preachin' too-but here I'm dumb,
But I'll tell you what Pd like it some
Eff good old Parson Nathan Strong
Out of his grave would come along
An give US a stirrin' taste O. fire
Judgment and justice is my desire.
'Tain't al love and sicIish sweet
That makes this world nor tother complete
But, la I'd better be dead
When the worlds a turnin' over my head;
Sperits talkin' like tarnal fools,
Bibles kicked QUITO deestrict schools,
Crazy creeters murderin' round
Honest folks better be under ground
So fare ye well this airthly scene
Won't no more be pestered by Widder Green.
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These figures show that the Republi-
can majority outside the city, if fully
pOlled, is more than 10000 over the
largest vote cast by Democrats and
Liberals combined. But it shows, al
so, that the Republicans alone, with
out Liberal aid, have about 1000 vo-
tiers in this city; and the Democrats,
even when 10000 votes were impu.
IDENTIFY added to all that repeaters had
done, have nevor pretended to cast
ia 900 in the city. We shall have a
full vote this year. The ballot box is
so protected by legislation which Mr..
Greeley demanded after the election of
1865, and which islargely due to his ef-
forts, that the Democrats will not be
permitted to add 10000 votes TO the re-
turns. Neither can they retain the
Liberals who made up their aggregate
in 1874. Where are the votes coming
from to elect Mr.. Tilden?
II will be said that thousands of SUBJ
stantial business men who are Demo-
Gratis, but distrusted the financial re-
suits of the success of that party, voted
the Republican ticket in 1872. That is
true, and they will do the same thing
again, having infinitely better reason
to distrust their party, and to fear its
success. Many are known. They say
frankly that the repeal of the Resump-
tion act means such uncertainty, ana
such disaster to business, that they dare
not vote for party pledged to that
step. They say, moreover. that Mr..
Tilden, who has been unable to curb
his party in this reckless and shameful
demand, will not be able to control it
when war claims by the thousand
millions come forward to bankrupt the
treasury. Business needs security. To
permit Democratic success, just when
there is beginning of Improvement,
would be utter folly. That folly the
business men of this city are not going
to commit.
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POETRY.
Faces at the Window.

BY HATTIE HAWTHORNE.
Little baby faces
Pressed against the pane,
Reaching after sunbeams
All their grasping vain
ALI these baby faces,
Our pathways how they cheer,
Change our clouds to sunshine,
Make our lives so dear.
Darling baby faces
So innocent and fair,
God protect, and keep you
Safe from every snare.
Bright and youthful faces,
Somewhat older grown,
Peeping through the lattice
AT the stranger gone.
Are these youthful faces,
Joyous as of yore?
Do not some waves of sorrow
Beat upon their shore?
All. these fair young faces,
Are pressing, pressing on,
Leaving halcyon bowers,
Leaving fairest dawn.
Tired and weary faces,
Peering into night,
Searching in the darkness,
For some ray of light.
See you not some beacon,
On the other shore?
Some bright tint Of sunlight,
When life's day is DER?
All ! these changing faces,
Treading life's pathway,
May they rest in heaven
After life's sad day.
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NEWS ITEMS.

Sitting Bull has requested permission
to send his warriors to Fort Peck to
trade for ammunition.
The ship Rydall Hall, bound to San
Francisco, is reported wrecked, with a
loss of nine of the crew.
The buckwheat crop in Western New
York is so light that it will scarcely
amount to an incipient irritation next
spring.
A conference of Christians" is being
held in Philadelphia, and vet the
Turks and Russians are loading up
their pistols and honing their scimetars
as II no resolutions against war were
adopted in the city of Brotherly Love.
There were eighteen thousand more
names of voters registered i'm Philadel-
phia this year than last. In 1875 over
twelve thousand names were stricken
fromahe list by the courts. The work
o. correction this year is just commenc-
ed.
In Algeria there is river formed by
the junction of two streams, one coming
from region of ferruginous soil and
the other draining peat swamp. The
acid in the latter acting upon the iron
in the former forms true ink, and the
river is actually stream of good writ
ing fluid.
The Hon. John Morrissey has with
drawn from the Tamnany Society.
whose headquarters are in Irving Hall,
New York. The chairman informed
him by letter that his withdrawal was
accepted with great pleasure, and the
society was we'll rid OF one who was
engaged in conspiracies and holding
secret conferences with the enemy, es-
pecially with Jno. Kelly, with view
of surrendering the organization to
Tam many Hall.
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INDIANA.
Official Report of the October
Vote.

INDIANAPOLIS, October IS.-The ag.
gregate vote on the State ticket is 435,
4O3, OF which Mr.. Williams receives
2l3, ,O9S, Harrison 2O7, ,979, Harrington,
Independent 1925. Williams ma.
jority over Harrison. 5,l19. The largest
Independent vote cast was for NewsOm,
candidate for Treasurer of State, IL, ,945
The Legislature stands House, Repub-
licans SO, Democrats 45, Independents
2; Senate. Republicans %, Democrats
%, Independents 2.
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Executors, Notice.

THE undersigned have been appointed and
guaiined as Executors OF the estate Of Geo.
W: Woods, late of Belmont county, decd.
All persons indebted to said estate are ie-
quested TO make immediate rayment and
those having claims against said estate are re-
9nested TO present them within one year from
LEWIS ROGER, Powhatan, q.
Sept Is, FEST. Executors,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-10-26

WENDELL PHILLIPS told the woman
suffrage meeting at Faneuil Hall that
seven-tenths of the husbands are frauds
He didn't say what the other three
tenths are, and nobody had the courage
to ask him,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-10-26
A Farm and Home
OF YOUR OWN.

Nom is the Time to Secure II.
The best and cheapest lands In market are
In EASTERN NEBRASKA, on the line Of the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The mo favorable terms given, and very
low rates OF fare and freight to all settlers.
The best markets.
Free Passes 10 Land Buyers.
Maps7 descriptive pamphlets. new edition of
THE PIONEER" sent free every where.
Addrass, o. f. DAVIS,
Land Comm'r U. P. X. r., Omaha. Mob.
Oc3 5-4wI
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Secretary of War

A BLIND TRAMP WAS restored to
sight at Erie, Pa, by thorough wash
l3g, administered at the aims house.
He will probably sue the city for in.
filctinga cruel and unusual punish
ment.
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N cure OF all derange-
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!
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Arrears of Pay and Bounty.

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gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
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cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
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cleanly and offensive. Free from those
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some preparations dangerous and inju-
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benefit but not harm it. If wanted
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neither oil nor dye, it does
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Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-10-26

For the relief and
cure of all elerange-
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ach. liver, and bow
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Being pu-ely vege-
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raj whatever. Much
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- - l.
, 1876-08-28

LpH1oH t1Uf11 Alf. ~
Mai. Cameron, thr British Commissioner Ar.
pointed 10 act with Mr.. Campbetl, the United
btates Commissioner, tn aAcerta!nlnG and mark.
ing he boundary between this T*rr!tor!ss Of
Her Majesty auh those of tho uulted States,
fr,n tho most northwestern point 81 the Lake
of.the-W Woods, along tile 40th parallel os north
latitude, to tic Rocky Mountains. has forwarded
70 ths Foreign Oiiiee q & record .; q. q the IT,
ternattonal boundary line had been pEeyi.
nusly marked hetween Akamssl, In the Rocky
Mountains, and the western coast of North
America. tbs two Commissioners have ex.
amtucd and signed duplicate lists Of the forty.
uuo astronomical stations at Which observations
were taken, aud of the 36S monuments ur tlarks
which have been placed OH the l!ne Of boundary,
and they have authenticated twenty.four Maps
in duplicate Zone set for each GovernHent) ON
. scale of An inch 10 two miles, showing the
which the boundary l!ne runs, aud indicating
the reiativD positions Ut the several Monu-
mcnts and lnRtks. a minute. signed W
the Commissioners, declaring that the 8os Inon-
umenta are on and mark thu line Of boundary
stipulated by the Convention u tho Goth OF Oc-
to6er, 1873 states also that It Ia agreed that in
tha intervals between this monuments tlso lEnt
has the curvature Of parallel Of 70 deg. north
latitude, and that this ch.racte1assie shall
, 1876-08-28
A DREAM, AND WHAT FOLLOWED IT.

Des MONIES, 1a,, Aug. D.--Dr. A. NJ. Black
nun, n well.known physlcIan Of Cresco. Kos.
suth County, wis recently" killed by being
thrown from Ills carr!age. A few nights prev!-
OTIS hc had a dream, in which he was called TO
the nelghborlng town Of Rdgway To visit IT..
lie girl. On his return ttc came to broad rly-
err Which seemed impossible to cross, md, while
lle was deylsiug means to cross, an old friend,
lung since dead, appeared and assisted him In
crossing. Whrn Tie Doctor arose III the morn
lug he related his dream to his family, and Il
appeared to make deep impression
utun him. lie At once secured q
policy Of llfe-insuranec for $4,000. llo called
ils family together, talked over aii his business
afInirs, und so arranged natters that he felt
easy ~ to their wclfare; and le then expressed
the impression tliat sonsc sui futa]ity awaited
him. A day or two utter, tie was called to
| ludgway to visit llttr Eir!. aud, when return
!ng, hii team, Which was splSndld one. became
milc, passing several tcaius which were hurried
to the roadside. II Is probable, that :. the
| Doctor became exhausted ta his Efforts
| to stop them, and turned them into tile brush,
| where they went xktrile Ut tree will! SUCH
force "a to throw tlla Doctor to the ground. lie
| was seen to fall by person WHO was quickly at
| his Eldc, when the Doctor plArtd h!s hands on
his head, exclalming, "oh, my headl which
were the last words he spokc. Death resulted
| In few hours from conclusion OF the brain. liz
| waA lnAn highly esteemed for lila nAny Strtuea
md professional Woftlt.
, 1876-08-28

BY Tho lyingin walt Of Tho Jews" The speaker p;ss
portrayed shc principal nrts In the lifc !of
tho Apostle Paul which rclatel y hin works
willie curnilad under thu banner Vt Christ, asld
1wclt upnn ills nf1cctonatc Interest III the peo-
pie for whnn he Iaborcd, and tho purifying n
iuonco OF hta Ialors. |ie never counted his
life dear 70 himself, 80 TINT he might 1nsh his
cotrsn With jor." The speaker atao introduced
during the rnurRe Of hH sermon great many
passages from tho CorinthIans and ualatiana.
In clostnE, Mr.. payntcr saih TINT he had iuin-
ell them last July m entire stranger, and slnnc
that ti!e lie bal labored night and 'lay for the
spiritual welfare of hs congregation, and
That hta hearts greatest desire had been To con-
vert souls to Chrat This moment of scpara-
tlon was 70 HIN moment Of snrrow md grief.
The hes. interesta of Ills little noek Ind becn on
hta heart slny, by day and night, by night, even
sleep. These days and ,nontlIs Of hnpptness
would always be III his ioemory. as The liuppicst
10 his 1ifo thus far, and, III retiring from his pas
toratc, lie asked tfeir sympathy and their love,
and .na, hope.l tat tl!ey would remember h!m IT, "a
hone TINT many yet unborn IN Chrtst's King
dom might yet 6c brought to the knowledge Of
tue SnVlur.
, 1876-08-28
EDUCATION AND THE BALLOT.

Cu,cA1o, Aup. a5.-seuator Morrill, urpcs
thc n,nn,c ~ thr limited s,at.s IN dnvotc fhc
p y. 49,. ,,,,,,,ls ,..,s ,1,..,..1
'e'na'nue' u H. eto ioo''c !anas 10 eoucatoha.
PURPOSES Those interested In education Will
willingly Join to forward ths scheme, provided
tlIstra6utiun a),ajl he made a,nonr lie Gtatp.
m a n,,,nnrico1 hoa,. mt seno,or S,rrt,1 f.I,~
ease' .s a.,. Das e.Aaso. Nv, -, -" lA1'1
" come up 10 the rclu.Ieihents ol the ease.
Already (hc tells us) 140,000,O00 acres OF land
have been devoted by The Government towards
the advancement Of education. and million. ri
sn1,,-. ars axn.,asJ for cI,,,,a,fon ,nar,r. ~,
" ~ ,, ~ % s,'.,,,... - a.,
OF population Of eeltoo'Eh'ldfeh ID the United
statcs OF about 100000, only one-half at
tend school OF any kind, or 8,5l5,1l2 persons,
WIN will en,n le men and rtt,,eu and lake
, 1876-08-28

determine all questions that may arise with ref
erclcc to the boundary at any point; and, tnr.
rs ass' na%nenss n, t. M or n aark. ' heiSg s " ohlIt
Grated beyond The rnwer Of recSt;gnito,i,
tic lost titca shall be recovered by their
recorded position relatively W the next neigh
pnrts that eight Of the 3s9 marks arc In an cx-
tcnsive swamp, and arc Ut n comparatively tenn
pornry character, bring 40 feet poles driven
;lown 20 feet, hut TINT It Will probably lie con-
eur the rrcat expense of substituting prr,na-
ncnt marks. The lrnil pillars In tue eist, he adds,
should he coated at ,tntcrvals Of few years 10
preserve them from corros!on, and the cairns
md earthcn mounds should be inspected perl
need II.
, 1876-08-28

One Of the wcalthIcst OF English velvet man.
ufacturers, Nj. Listss, worked lis way TO suc-
cess by years Of patient labor In search ot way
such waste Mt less than cent pound, Md III,
to the ycar 1851 he had expended the immense
SUN Of over 81 800 00 In iruIess efforts to tln,l
process. Nothing daunted, however, lie co,l-
tinued Its experiments, md within thu past ten
sieh refuse into velvet Of tho finest quality.
He carries on this industry IN England, e!urlny-
ing some 1000 worknler, and hundreds of tray.
elers are also employed Yllusr sole business t.
to buy up silk wlsic tn all parts Of the globe.
The factury is said to hare cost nearly 5000,
OO1
, 1876-08-28
DIRECT RnuIE 10 ElIROPE.

HALIFAX Aug. 23-The report Of q commit
teo Of the Chamber u Commerce appointed to
collect information respecting the Inducements
offered by Halifax for direct lns Of traffic with
Europe Il published. It says that tho Ahipnonts
from Chicago aud intermediate poiuts via tho
Grand Trunk and Intercolonial Railways would
reach the English market teu days earlier than
by tho Usual lake aud canal route, Tho increased
cost Of freight BY rail would be mora than com.
pcnaated by ths saving Of time. lower Insurance,
and reduced rates Of freight BY steamers and
sailing vessels,