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Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
LEON GAMBETTA.

A Passage in the New Testament says: "And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee." Leon Gam betta, the invincible Republican agitator, is said to have deliberately destroyed his left eye when he was boy at school, if not exactly in obedience to the divine command, yet because he disliked to study the languagein in which this mandate was originally written. Gambetta hated Greek. and did his utmost to get excused from studying it. But when he found that his entreaties were of no avail with his father, he threatened to destroy his vision. Gambetta pere. a stern and reso- lute man, who deemed it wise fathers duty to thwart the whims of an obstinate boy, was immovable, and told Leon he could pluck out his eyes if he chose, not of course for one moment supposing the possibility of such thing. Enraged at this wholly unexpected answer, young Gambetta tore his left eye from it's socket, and informed his father that the right eye should go to keep company with the left if there were no other way of escape from study of the hated lan- guage. Happily for France, his father, recognizing the indomitable will of his son, at once yielded the point.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
SUNBEAMS.

If knee brooches come in fashion tho biggest calf will look best.
 The Treasury girls call man "bub" until he is forty-seven.
 The Mexican rebels have taken Ja- lap;I-Probably didn't know what. it was. - .'''Spawntaneous generation" is what 3 Cincinnati paper calls that storm of frogs eggs.
 Spelling bees are past. This sum- mer we are going to have humble bees. Can you humble?
 ''Not at home" is worn out; this year the front-door countersign will be Con to the Cinlinyel."
 a circle?" Freshman (after much re- tiection)-'A. round, straight line, with a hole in the middle"
 A Dakota wook-chopper turned his coat wrong side out to scare a bear. The bear took the coat off and a good deal of hide withi it.
 The kangaroo grows in Australia He carries his young in his vest pocket. Australia is the only country where he kangaroo.
 Dr. Mary Walker says there is 8 fortune awaiting tue tailor who can invent mode of cutting pantaloons so they will not bag at the knee.
 That" said the tramp, ''is the top buckwheat; it has been used to keep the others warm, and don't eat no coyerlids. So he laid it one side.
 Boarder Is the red-haired girl gone away"
 Landlady -''Yes sir"
 Boarder :-''I thought so. I found black hair in the butter today"
 Brain fever prevails so extensively in Chicago, at present, that major ity of the inhabitants are compelled to eat their meals from a mantel- piece.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
THE GREAT REPUTATION
Great and Good Medicine.
Which vEGETINE has attained in all parts fry AS

and the large number of testimonials which con- stantly being received from persons who have been cured by use conclusive proof of it's great val ue. It IS recommended by physicians and apotheea- ries. As Blood Purifier and health Restorer 1t has equal.
 VEGETINE is not prepared for a fancy drink made from poor liquors, which debiitates the system and tends to destroy health instead of re -toring it.
 complaints satisfactory to reasonable persons the different testimonials gven and one can doubt. In many of these the that their pain and suffering be cannot expressed, in cases of Scrofula where, apparently, the whole body was one mass of corruption. If VEGETINR Will relieve pain, cleanse purify and such diseases restoring the patient to perfect health after trying different physi cians many remedies suffering for years is not h. elusive proof, you sufferer, you can be cured Why is this medicine performing such great cures :? It works in the blood Tn the circulating fluid It can be truly called the Great Blood PttrifeTs The great of disease originates in the bloOd and no med cine that does not act directly upon it, to pu fly and renovate, has just claim upon pubic attention. When the blood beomes lifeless and staguaut either from chanpe of weather climate, want of exercise,
 irregular diet, from any other canse the W GErINK will renew tue blood, carry of the putrid humors, cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels and impart
 of vigor to the whole body. The conviction. is in the public mind we'll in the medical profess siou that the remedies supplied by the Vegetable King. no safe more succssefu, in the cure of dis ease than mineral medicines. VEGETINE IS composed Ioots barks and herbs is pleasant to take and is perfectly safe to give infant. Do you need 1t Do not hesitate to tIy it. You will never regret 1t.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
SIR WALTER scorTs FK1EvDsn1Ps.

SIR WALTER SCOTTS FRIENDSHIPS.
 We look round and recognize few such friendships as are the theme of moral- ists and histoA:ans. They are the great alleyiations of great minds under unusual pressure of circumstances; but in the more social aspect of the virtue, our own age has many 8 pleasant example. And notably Sir Walter Scott, whose heart was large enough for troops of friends. each of whom might have thought him. self pre-eminently favored. He was equally great in the pleasures and the duties of the relation. His mind quick to catch the occasion when he might serve friend; his affections warm, and sympathy oyerfowing, where these alone found exercise. And what he bestowed, he also desired on his own account. He was gracious, but not condescending The tenderness that .soothed and com. forted so many in their trouble he was grateful for when his own trial came.
 He had none of the reserve, fastidious- ness, shyness, difidence, e4clusiveness which make friendship difficult, but felt what is quoted in Cicero-"There is enough in every man that is willing to become friend" "He talks to all of ,us," said his poor neighbors. as if we were blood relations" Rank was no hindrance, poverty no bar. He needed not one friend, but many, and of all de- grees, to fit into and satisfy the various phases of his large nature. And yet he was not indiscriminate; he chose his friends for what was good and worthy in them; and had some to whom his heart and thoughts were open, who were neces- sary to him in more intimate and es- pecial sense. To all he was faithful; nor do we detect any trace of the too com- moneffect of time in slackening ties which demand tenacious regard to keep up. Peoples friends slip from them for want of vigilant holding the absent in remembrance. Sir Walter Scott's cor respondence continues various and faith full to the old names to the end. In no point is he more an example than in this of friendship-not as a feature -of one period of his life, but as a constant in- fiuence to the end. No one more uni for1nly and implicitly followed the rule laid down by the son of Sirach--The man who hath friends must behave him. self endly.-BIackwood's Magasine.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
To Death.
Men wron9 thee Deathi xe They fashion thee a1nonstef grim.

Men wrong thee Death9 xe They fashion thee s1ncnsteR grim,
 Eish nstea dart. Intent to strike thy victim's heart: Tie light of day to quench for him. To wrench him from his joys away. And doom him to moulder and decay The turf beneath.
 Thou seems foe, And mortals quail to see thee come
 With tread so still; With sable robe and breath so chill, And finger beckoning to the tomb; Thy heraids. hollow groans and eiRhs, And breaking hearts and streaming eyes- All signs of woe
 To Faith B keen eye j Thou. Death. art Life; 'tis but to eense That thou art dread; sAEx& No cruel shaft by thee is sped; { "Tis not thy will that hurries hence. Sets lite's brief limits. and ordains The gloom. the sorrows. and the pains ks That speak thee nigh.
 Heavens high behest All these hath fixed for wsyward man. Offspring of sin.
 The terrors round that gate have been. Through which e'er since thy reign begansl All mortal steps must tread to see The dawn of immortality;
 Its visions blest. Kind Death 'tis thine To cool the fever of the brain. '
 At once to still Of ffretted nerves the torturing thrill, .. To end the lingering days of pain. -~ To dry all tears for evermore. To lint the veil that hid before s:s The home divine. x;' From yon blest shores When souls redeemed shall backward tu r. All beautiful thy form shall be. &@ Thy ministries. once deemed so stern, Shall seem sweet ministries of grace. Forever to unveil the face
 That Heaven sdores.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
CastOria.

Is plea and perfect substitute. ia all cases, for Castor Oil Casora is the result of old Physiciau's effort to produce to his practice effective ,th artic, pleasant to the taste and free from gripping.
 Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Mass, succeeded in combining. without slchohol, a purgative agent pleasant to take honey and which possesses all the desr .ble properties of Castor Oil.
 It is adapted to all ages, but is especially mended to mothers a reliable remedy for all dis orders of the stomach and bowels of children. It is certain, agreeable absolutely harmless and cheap It should be used for wind coiic, stomach, worms, costiveness, croup, then children have sleep and mothers may rest.
 J. R. Rose & Co.,, of 46 Dey Street, New York. are the sole preparers of Castoria after Dr. Pitchers cipe.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
Centaur L[N[MENTS.
WIi:e, for the Human Family. Yellow, for Horses and Animals.

Thee IiLiments simply the wonder of the world Th i effe cts are little less than marvellous, 1 yet tn re are me things which they will not do. They wll net cure 8 cancer or menl broken bones, but they will always allay pain. They have straight. ened fng. rs, cured chronic rheumstism or many years standing and taken the pain from terrible burns ani sc.d* which has been done by any other article.
 The White Iiniment is for the human family. It will drive Rheumatism, Sciatira and from the system; cure Lumbago, Chillblains, Palsy Itch, and Cutaneous Eruptions it extracts frost from frozen hands and feet, and the poison of bites and stil gs reptiles it snbdues swe lipgs, and alleviates pain of every kind. For sprains praises it i, the most potent remedy ever discovered. The Centaur Linment is used with great efficacy for Sore Throat, Toothache. Csked Breasts, Earache, and Weak Back. The following is but sample of numerous testimonials: '.lNDIANA HOME. JEFF. Co.,, IED., May 28 1873. ''I think It my duty to info you that have suf fered much with swollen feet and chords. have not been free from those swellings eight years Now perfectly well, thanhs to the Centaur Eminent.
 BENJAMIN BROWN" The proof is in the trial It reliable it is handy. it is cheap, and every family should have it. >i To the sick and bed-rldden, the halt and lame, to the wounded and sore. say. "come and be healed" To the poor and diestressed who have spe.t their money for worthless medicines, bottle of Centaur Liniment will be given without charge.
 The Yellow Centaur Eminent is adapted to the touc muscles, cords and flesh Of horses and animals. It has performed more wonder full cures of Spavin, strain, Aindg.lls. Scratches, Sweeny and general ameness than all other remedies in existence Read what the great Expressmen of it:
 "Nrw YORK. January, 1874. "Every owner of horses should give the CENTAUR L1NrMENT trial consider 1t the best article used in our stables.
 HI. MARSH, Supt. Adams Ex. Stables, NV.
 "E. PULTZ, Supt U. S. FIX. Stables, N. Y.
 "ALBEr $. OI4IN, Sult Nat Ex, Stables, N. Y. ''MoNTGoMERY, ALA, Aug. IT, 1874. ''G NTLEMEN,-I have used over one gross of Gen. tour Liniment, yellow wrapper on the mules of my pcanation besides dozens of The family Lniment for my negroes. want to purchase it at the wholesale price, aud will thank you to ship me by Savannah steamer gross of each kind Messrs. A. T. Stew art < Co., will pay your bill on presentation. Respectfully. JAMES DARRow." The best patrons of this Liniment Farrers rnd Veterinary Surgeons. It heals Calls, Wounds and Poevil. remoues Swellngs and is worth millions of dollars Farmers Livery men, Stock growers, Sheep raisers, and those havn horses cattle. What Fsrrier cannot do for $40 the Centaur Lini- ment will do at triflng cost.
 The Lil1ments warranted by the proprietors' and bottle will be gwen to any Farrer Physician who desires to test them, Sold everywhere.
 Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,,
 46 DRY ST., NEW YORK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
WHAT Is NEEDED.

BOSTON, Feb. 13, 1871. HENRY R. STEVENS. Eso:- 4 DEAR sIR-About one year since found myself in a feeble condition from general delibity. VEGErINH was strongly recommended to my by friend who had been much benefited by it's procured the arti. ce, and, after using several bottles, restored health, and discontinued its use feel quite conf- dent that there is medicine superior to it for those complaints for which it is especially prepared; and would cheerfuy recommend to those who feel that they need something to restore them to perfect health
 Respectfully yours, U. l.. PErTENGTIL,
 e--~a Firm of \. M. Pettengin Co.,,
 No. 19 State ot., Boston,
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.

CHARLEsTowN, March l9, 1869. H. R. STEVENS
 DEAR SIR-This is to certify that have used your .Blood Preparation" in my family for several years aud think that, for Scrofula or Cancer us Humors Rheumatic Affections, it cannot be excelled; and, as blood purifier and spring medicine, is the best thing have ever used and have used almost every thing can cheer fully recommend 1t to any one in need of such medicine.
 Yours respectfully,
 Mrs. A. A. DlNSMORE.
 l9 Russell Street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11

Every married woman is personally &C., quainted with a man Who will sit right along slde of stove and let the fire go ont.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11

Our of suffering have emerged the strongest souls. and the most massive characters are scanned with scars. Mar tyrs have put on t>:eir coronation robes glittering with fire, and through their tears have the sorrowful first seen the gates of Heaven.-Caapn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
GAINED FIFTEEN POUNDS OF FLESH.

SOUTH BERWICK, ME-, Jan. IT. 1872. H. R. STvENS. Esy.:-
 DEAR SIR-I have had Dyepepsia in its wort form for the last ten yeaTs and have taken hundreds of dol lars worth of me cine without obtaining any relief In September last commenced taking the vEGET4NR since which time my health has steadily improved. Ny food dgests well and have gained fifteen pounds of esh There several others in this place taking vEGErlNE, and all have obtained relief a
 Yours truly, i'm
 THOMAS E. MOORE overseer of Card Room, Portsmouth eo.s Mills. Yegetine is Sold by all Druggists.
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND APPETITE.

My daughter hss received great beneht from the use of the vKGKTINE., Her declining health q source of great anxiety to all of her friends few bottles of tho VEGETINE restor.d her health, strength and ap- petite. N. H: TILDEN,
 Insurance and Real Estate Agent,
 No. 49 Sears Building, Boston, Mass
Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-11
FOR SALE!

A DWELLING HOUSE and BARN, with shout two A acres of land Also eight ten building lots ad- joining the same Pleasantly located in this village. Soil dry, and fronting on two streets. Inquire of
 .-r- J. l.. JUDD or E. c. GHAMPLIN. Litca6e'd, Januesy 12th, 1876 4l0
, 1876-10-20
The PhoIOgraPh.

ror the PUGET SOUND WEEI LII AReUs.l
. Httle card is before me here
With the face of a woman upon IL, made
ne the wonderful power OF the camera
DER its dutiful vassals the light and shade.
And these vassals have well their duty done,
"a true on the card are the features traced.
In their perfect mold, Hhile every one
az her Witching charms on the board they've
placed.
sae the sparkling eyes that are smiling there,
And the delicate curve Of those ruby lips,
With I'M glorious wealth of her nut-brown hair
And the dainty turn OF her finger tips.
And the stately poise OF her queenly head,
On a neck Ike the polished ivory white,
which the lace, DER her swelling bosom spread
Half hides and half reveals TO sight.
yes well has the caIueR done its part,
Rnt tie same sweet face, with fouch as true
IsenRraved on the tablets Of my heart,
For this woman has whispered she loves me
too. SClo.
, 1876-10-20

The Hawaiian Gazette thus speaks
Of the reception of the news in Ha-
wal concerning the reciprocity treaty:
When the steamer City of San
Francisco rounded Diamond Head,
and itwas discovered that she was
decked with rainbow Of bunting
from bowsprit to stern, all we're con-
iident that she was the bearer Of
good tidings, and enthusiasm ran
high. The news spread like wild
ERE through the town, and when she
entered the barbor, and the news
for which we have for eighteen long
months watched and waited that the
treaty bill has passed the Senate, and
bad been signed by the President,
reached the large crowd on the
wharf, the popular joy was Intense
mems hearts appeared TO be too full
for uttsrsnes-fhs town Vas jubi-
lant." ..rFf.
, 1876-10-20
PACIFIC SLOPE NEWS.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Wheat is selling at Walla Walla
for 374 cents bushel.
Fourteen families of immigrants
have located on the Assotin this fall.
Bands of sheep can now be pur-
chased in Walla Walla valley from
S1.50 to $500 per head.
A good many new settlers are GO
ing into Colfax county and yet thou
sunds Of acres of government land
as good as any that is being cultiva-
ted still remains unoccupied. There
are now two good Touring mills in.
the county, one at Colfax and one at
Palouse City. With light draught
steamer on the Upper Snake (which
they now hsve) the country presents
many inducements.
or the nineteen canneries along
the Columbia river eleven are on the
Washington Territory side.
quite a number of the logging
camps in the vicinity Of the Snoho-
mish are broken up-probably at
tributable to the low price Of logs.
The U. S. coast survey camp on
the north side Of Peters Point, under
the charge of Capt. EIlicut, consists
Of seven members, and they have
three boats-a steam launch, center
board yacht and whale-boat.
The work of erecting new town.
ball at Snohomish City was COM
menced last Monday.
The Puget Sound Presbytery con-
vened at Olympia on the 18th inst.
George White, the man who had
a very long card published in the
British Colonist some months ago
rejecting on J. Collins, OF Seattle,
has been adjudged insane and sent
to the asylum at Steilacoom.
Smallpox has made its appearance
IN the garrison At Fort Vancouver.
Major Mallett, the newly appoint
ed Indian Agent for Tulalip reserva-
ton has arrived At his post.
I'M. Coleman, proprietor of the
saW-mill at Seattle, last week re-
ceived an anonymous letter threaten
ing to burn down his mill if he did
not discharge the Cinnamon em-
ploysd there.
A party Of four young gentlemen
and ladies' went up from Dungeness
70 Olympia last week to attend the
o"antown Academy during the win
ter months. I0 0iI lLll
Potatoes are plentiful up-Sound
anal retailing At 80 cents . bushel.
Philip Ritz, Of WalIa walla, win
mp TO California this fall over 200,-
100 young trees from his nursery.
The cltisens Of LaConner built .
new house foF fhe Wegiern Union
Telegraph Company. and donated it
70 the Compaly % hass The ol6cs
removed ffom the Sulnomish % thair
'o-n. There's snterprias o. you.
fhsfs are sight usini.tsrs and slss.
- churches n de ruRst 6ound
rfe,hytenan Synod.
lAr kliza Andsr.oa contsnpl.fss
80 making hsr headquariers a -
-,ils, and vil run tkrongh tvics
YEA % Nictora. The IspAyF IN
s,,nest silh h.r &C. ~ upraf
Sound PoFtA
, 1876-10-20
HON. JOHN P. JUDsON.

The following sketch of this dis
tinguished gentleman is from re-
cent number of an up-Sound cotem-
porary. Although the incidents are
well known to many of our readers,
they may not be without interest to
many new settlers, more particularly
with reference to forming an esti-
mate of the general character of
THE COMING MAN.
"The Democratic nominee for
Delegate from Washington Territory
was born in Prussia, in the spring Of
lS40. His father emigrated to the
United States in 1845, and lived in
Illinois till the spring OF 1858, when
they came to this Territury in an OK
wagon, the first that ever came
through the Natchez Pass. The fam
lily lived on their ranch till SO, when
they we're oblighed to remove to
Steilacoom, along with other fami-
lies, on account of the Indian war.
Young Paul went to the Fraser
river gold mines in '5S, and returned
in the fall with about $500 coin.
During the summer of '59 he worked
at Steilacoom in brick-yard. The
money he had accumulated paid his
expenses at school in Vancouver for
period Of two years. In '63 he
taught his first term of school in the
Puyallup valley. In the same year
he came to Olympia and opened
private school. During his days in
the school-room as tutor, he had been
elected Territorial Librarian, and was
pursuing studies preparatory to en-
tering upon the practice of law. In
the winter of '64 he was elected
chief clerk of the House of Repre-
sentatives. Shortly after the Legis-
lature adjourned he went to Port
Townsend and spent one year as
clerk for Mr.. Eisenbeis. He after
wards taught the Port Townsend
public school for one year. During
the last few years he bad been pa
tiently pursuing his law studies in
private, and was admitted to the bar
in '67. On the very day when be
was pronounced lawyer, the late
and lamented OBJ. McFadden, under
whom he had been reading, took
him as partner in the law practice,
which partnership lasted till the death
of the senior member of the firm.
"That Mr.. Judson's interests are
identical with those of the Territory
no one will dare to question; that he
belongs to this and no other COM
monwealth no one will deny. The
history of his early days are chroni-
cled with the first progressive steps
of civilization in our Territory; the
story Of his youthful struggles to OBJ
tain an education is interviewer with
the early incidents Of our Territorial
history. His example is worthy of
imitation by our young men and
boys, and his present standing among
his fellow-citizens ranks him as an
honorable man."
, 1876-10-20
Construction Of . Llrs. Boat station

SEALED proposals will be received
AZ this Department. until II O'Clock. noon.
Of "Wednesday, the 18th day Of November,
1s5e, Cor the construction Of q lIle-boat
station house at Cape Disappointment
Washington Territory.
Each bid must b accompanied with .
bond In the sum Of one thousand dollars.
with two good and sufficient surefies. con-
dltionud that the bidder shall enter into
eontr.ci without delay. 4 his BID BE- 40
ceplcd. tt.-- - -.T
An proposals. must b endorsed. q Pro-
poaals 'for he con1lru6flon of 4 iife-hoaf
Itafion-houle" and ndfrnlIol 10 n se.-re-
tary q III Tronanry, Washington. d. q.
cpccln1flols aud plans. a1d lormS a
propoaal and bond Gao b. ohtalnsd al m
elIIccs of NJ Colleclon e Cnlfoms a San
fTanclaco, AaloTIa. PoFlIlnd RmpIrs civ
and foTt IoNnaend; al.o upon anuilcs-
tIon - thh Dupanment.
IN ighf - Nleci any o. nIl IA. or a
unlre dri.clk ~ \ dlfmed ~ ~ Inter.
ollI " ua ooIIun9ullo q ~ i ~.
aFyrt- LoI ~ MORRILL,
TIuannEy Drps,nrnl
Wa.h,ari.a' D. G. sspl - ISIS q
, 1876-10-20
Paris has 0O00 6nqer-nail doctors

FhTi1 hns UOOU hnger-nnlI doctoFs
Eastern olergymsn complain ofthe
lack Of marriages
Thsy guzzls beer IN Chicago a
The rate of one barrel annually y for
every mao. uoman and ehild IN the
plnoa
AhIss. of S. Louis. 4 uhst his
sams implies-a Chinaman. His
uifs \ IHrh- Of their progsny. ths
boysars e. unmiliakabls fsis aseEer
wsrs h1ptirrd. and ths girls nra q
cisariy liiils Csissiials - svsr kai
thsiI isst en.nPed n hahskood