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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-05-26
Susan e. Norris
In the Circuit Court
for Hartford county,
In Equity.
John w. Norris.

w. 7 LOT Haf1OrQ county,
John w. Norris. In Equity.
TNHE object of this suit is to procure for
l. the complainant n divorce gincuL0
matrtm0nd from the defendant, and the care
and custody Other children hereinafter men
toned.
The Bill in this case states that John w,
Norris and Susan E. Norris were married at
Abingdon, Hartford county, MARYLAND, on
the 18th day of January, 1860, and that six
children have been born unto them, all of
whom arc now living, that the defendant has
for seven years failed to support complainant;
that while they lived together defendant was
guilty of gross personal violence to COM
plainant, that in the month of December,
1872, the defendant abandoned and deserted
complainant and his said children while the
parties resided in st. Louis, Missouri; that
said abandonment and deserion have con-
tinucd uninterruptedly for more than three
years and are deliberate and final and the
separation of the parties beyond any reason
able expectation of reconciliation; that COM
plainant has faithfully performed all her du-
ties; that complainant has resided for more
two years in Hartford county, Maryland, and
that defendant is not a resident of the State
of Maryland; and the bill prays that to the
end that the parties may be divorced a 0i,,cu-
10 nadtf7n,onts and the care and custody of the
children be awarded to complainant, and Or
der of publication may be granted against
defendant.
1t is thereupon ordered, on this 18th day
of May, 1876, that complainant by causing
copy of this order to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Hartford county,
once week for four successive weeks before
the 18th day of August, 1876, give notice to
the defendant to appear in court in person
or by solicitor on or before the 18th day of
November, 1875, to answer the premises
and show cause if any he has why decree
ought not to pass as prayed.
JAS. ID. WATERS
True copy test,
my19-4t A. L. JARRETT, Clerk
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-05-26
Drugs and Patent Medicines,

Superntendd by Dr. VIM v JEFFERY complete and Of the best
qualities and will be sold the lowest prices will pay YOU to
give US call before purchasing where else We always
take great pleasure showing goods DH COME AND SEE
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
The Average ParlOr.

There are parlors belonging to rich
men who are the sons Of rich men, who
have been educated carefully, and who
have travelled and seen all that there is
to be seen of splendid and beautiful,
and yet, though their rooms are full OF
the external evidences of wealth and
travel, the things seem unhappy; the
colors all "swear at one another" as
the French artistic slang has it; the
chairs and tables, like people too early
at country party, are waiting for an in
PRODUCTION, and the taste, if taste it may
be called, in the pictures and bric-a-
brac, is so discordant, that if the owner
really likes one-half of them we cannot
understand how he should be able to
tolerate the other. OF course, it is not
fair always to Judge the owner of one
of these multifarious drawing-rooms by
what he puts forward as his own taste.
In nine cases out of ten it is not his
taste at all, but the taste of tho town,
and he has meekly put himself into the
hands of the fashionable furnisher. We
might as well lay the charge of the the
atrical, vulgar paraphernalia of a mod
ern frst-class funeral at the door of the
ueau HAL upon WHOSE uhiSslotinS oouJ
all these hideous " floral emblems" are
piled. The fashionable undertaken sits
on him when dead. as the fashionable
furnisher sat ON him when alive. We
cannot judge of his taste until he shows
it; until he takes his house into his owI
hands, and makes it to his mind. 1t il
to persuade people to do this that thes'
papers are written, but the writer is no
very hopeful of persuading any bu
young people and those who have ma
tural Independence. Rich people ar
for the most part SO bullied by thei
money, they don't dare do what the,
would like. And people who are wei
on in life do not, as rule, take enough
interest in the subject. They find tn
old shoes easier to the feet.-Scribne
for January.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Items Of Interest.

n,
Ihe current estimate Oh the co''oh
crop OF 1905 Is a. loo'ooo oaies.
Buggins says that the most thorough
way of keeping 9. heuse warm Is to board
your mother-in-law.
Wainwrieht's execution was fixed for
Tuesday instead of Monday in ORDER
to allow people compelled to come from
o distance an unbroken Sabbath.
As old Mr.. - heayed the last scuttle
of four TONS of cool into his cellar, be
was heard to remark eff they had
been bows instead of girls, it wouldn't
have been thus. One ton would last all
winter"
General Sutter. on whose land in
California cold was first discovered, is
eighty wears old, aud lives in poor
cottage at Iitiz, Pa, where he is edu-
eating his grandchildren in German
school.
To be resigned when ills betide,
Patient when favors are denied.
And pleased with favors given;
Most spre,v thi. i, visdom's part
MI th.f incanse Of fine heart.
W. W. s.,,,ranoo - ,,el,s 10 heaven.
"n0eo i'"9
A man has solved Mrs. llvermo'e
query What shall we 40 Wlth our
daugntefss lie mas PuIoi''ooo Z, W.
Washing machines anu wiz luxe -, m"or
ing. tls wlio ,nu sese'l - o n;i7 ,Ir@ ny,ror;nI IN
are TO Go tne WorA' "lio n0 Will 'uf'eiiN
tend the puSiueHS'
Yes, women are unreasonable, ana
you may have remarked that when one
of them sits down in a new silk dress on
chair where little boy has carelesSly
deposited two cents worth OF tahy, she
will go on about 1t Just as Dad rs II IL
were two dollars' worth.
The mercury stood FIVE degrees below
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
How to Calculate Interest.

The following rules are SO simple and
so true, according to all business usages,
that every banker, broker, merchant or
clerk should post them up for reference.
There being no such thing as a fraction
in it, there is scarcely any liability to
error or mistake. BY no other arith-
metical process can the desired informa-
ton be obtained by so few figures
Six per Cent.-Multiply any given
number of dollars by the number of days
of interest desired separate the right
hand figure and divide by six the result
is the true interest on such sum forsuch
number of days at six per cent.
Eight per Cent Multiply any given
amount for the number of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the in
terest, AMI divide by forty five, and the
result will be the interest OF such sum
for the time required, at eight per cent.
Ten per Cent. Multiply the same as
above, and divide by thirtysix, and the
result will be the amount of interest at
ten per cent.
What it will do.-If a mechanic or
clerk saves only two and three-fourth
cents per day, from the time he is twen-
ty-one until he is threescore and ten,
the aggregate, with interest, will amount
to $4,000 and daily saving of twenty
seven and one half cents reaches the i'm
portant sum of $4,000. A sixpence
saved daily will provide fund OF 81, 900
sufficient to purchase good farm.
There are few employees who cannot
save daily, by abstaining from the use of
cigars, tobacco, liquor, etc., twice or ten
times the amount of the six cent piece.
Every person should provide for old age,
and the man in business who can lay by
dollar a day will eventually find him
self possessed of over 100000.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Funny Incidents in the Pulpit.

At clerical dinner party some time
ago, says Appleton's Journal, the ques-
tion went round to each, as follows {:
"Were you ever so placed in public in
the performance of o service as to lose
all sense of the solemnity of the occasion
and be compelled to laugh in spite OF
your more serious self2" and the follow
ing are some of the replies that were
made: A very solemn clergyman and
his assistant were disturbed in their
chancel by miserable looking street
cat, which had come in in some unknown
way and WAS rubbing itself up againt
their legs, me-ow-ing piteously The
rector beckoned to the assistant to put
the cat out, which he did, but in few
moments she was back again. Upon
this the very solemn rector placed the
poor creature under one of the heavy
box stools in the chancel, and, placing
his foot on the improvised kennel, gave
out the hymn beginning GA charge to
keep I have"
The last experience mentioned was
that of clergyman Mt his iirst baptism
of infants. He was then very young in
years, and had never before held baby
that he could remember of, much less
hold a baby and book in the presence
of a church full of people. The first
infant given into his arms was a big,
sql rming boy OF thirteen months, who
Immediately began to corkscrew his way
through clothes and wrappings. The
minister held on bravely, but in a few
moments the child's face disappeared in
the wraps and his dangling legs beneath
were worming their way to the floor.
Seized with the horrible impression that
the child was tlnneling his way through
his clothes and would soon be on the
floor in a state of nature, he clutched the
clothes violently by the sash band, and,
straddling the child upon the chancel
rail, said to the mother: "f you don't
hold that baby he will certainly be
through his clothes and 1 shall have
nothing left but the dress to baptize."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
A Western Joke,

There is nothing half so funny as a
practical joke, and this, as told by an
Eastern paper, is a regular rib-tickler !:
Frederick Walker and Peter Kohler,
of Guttenburg, N. j., stuffed an old
suit and placed it against lamp-post
About midnight they began an imagin-
ary quarrel in loud tone, and continu-
ed it until number of the people were
aroused from their beds. Then they
shot the imaginary man. The body fell
down, and the young men ran away. The
neighbors thinking murder had been
committed, chased the young men, and
Kohler was shot in the leg before the de.
ception was explained. Think what
solid enjoyment Mr.. Kohler will have
laughing at that for six weeks while he
nurses his leg aud what screaming
farce it would have been for his whole
family if he had been shot in the head
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
The UptOWn SchOOlmaster.

At social sit-down, following, and
attendant upon, q teachers convention in
Carroll county, N. H., an old clergyman,
who had been pedagogue in his young
er days, related an anecdote, for the
truth of which he said he could per-
sonally vouch.
It was in those times when, in the
country, large girls, and larger boys,
attended the district school. In fact, it
was no unusual thing for boys to attend
the winter term until they were twenty
one, and the girls until they were
eighteen. And in those days, be it re-
membered, fagellations were more COM
mon than they are now. The armament
of the rod and ferule was the teachers
sine qua non. ...-.
In o certain school in New Hampshire
one of the oldest, largest, plumpest, and
fairest girls happened to violate one of
the teachers rules. She was one of
those laughter loving, irrepressible
damsels SO thorning to the pedagogue-
always good natured and never at home
under the restraint of the school-room.
The master, prompt, energetic, power
ful young man of two-and-twenty, sum-
moned the fair delinquent into the
middle of the floor, and, as was usual,
in such cases, the attention of the whole
school was called from the lessons to the
scene on the floor, it being expected that
the girl would receive severe punish
ment.
After brief but severe harangue, the
master took from his desk huge ferule.
such as is seldom seen nowadays, and
told the damsel to hold out her hand.
She hesitated, and hung her Lead. With
an angry stamp of the foot the master
cried out:
evil you give me your hand9"
"Yes, SIR" she promptly though
somewhat shyly replied, looking up, not
frightened, but with twinkling smile
playing around the dimples of her face;
"and my heart with it ~ at the same
time holding out her plump hand.
A dead silence reigned for few mo-
ments in the school-room. The masters
face flushed, and moist light was in his
eyes. Finally the ferrlle was laid back,
unused, upon the desk, and the now
blushing damsel was told that she might
take her seat, but to remain after school
was dismissed
That schoolmaster lived in another
town, and when he went away that girl
went with him as his wife; and after the
lapse of many years, he had never had
occasion to regret his acceptance of the
hand SO quantity given him.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Good Men Wanted.

The country has fallen into most un-
fortunate condition as regards our public
offices, says the New York Ledger.
Frauds have become so common as ap-
parently to be no longer the exception,
but the rule. The consequence is, that
the mere holding of public Office has
come to be regarded as ground of sus-
picion, and good men are unwilling to
accept any appointment on account of
the odium to which it subjects them.
Thus when the important Office of com
missioner of Indian affairs became va
cant recently, it was found almost i'm
possible to fill it by any fit man. ...
This is very unfortunate for public
interests. Bad and incompetent men
stand ready, by the hundred, to rush
into every vacant place /; but they only
tend to degrade Office lower and lower.
1t will be we'll for the country if, in
some way, the higher standard of the
olden time can be restored, and the very
best men in the land shall once more es.
TEEN it an honor to fill its public places.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
All About Armies.

If the United States Congress carries
out its purpose to reduce the army from
1000 to 1900, it will be the smallest
army of any nation, says the New York
Herald. France, with a population of
$4,000, 900, has standing army of 3O3,-
900 men Great Britain, with popula-
ton of 32, 900, 900, has an army of 225,-
900; Germany, with population of Al, :
100000, has a peace establishment of
$4,000. Mexico, with population of
1900, 900, maintains an army nearly as
large as ours is at present, the Mexican
army consisting of 22,387 men. ...
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
RIDGWAY, ELK COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY JANUARY g. is

did projects of benefcence, which they
intend to carry into effect as soon as
they get rich; but when the riches come
other uses are found for the money. If,
however, you have grown rich honestly,
and if your whole nature has expanded
with the expansion Of your estates, then
you deserve to be congratulated. For
it is a good thing to have the promise of
the life that now is, IS well as of that
which is to come. 1t is pleasant to see
the work of our hands prosper. 1t is in
vigorating for goodman to feel that he
carries power. They who sneer at riches
are glad to take all Which they can fairly
get Very few men are sorry, when q
new year comes round, to find balance
in their favor, 4g.Hgr I.tlaH s#I
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Why.

Nbts
I did not love him. Long ago,
Instead Of yes, gave him no.
did not love him but to-day
read his marriage notice. Pray
Why was 1 sad, when never yet
Has my heart known the least regret
Over that whispered no and why,
Reading the notice, did | sigh?
No analyst can guess the cause
A woman's reason laughs at laws.
Sure. l am glad to know the wound
gave is healed, that he has found
Loves blessedness and peace; and yet
A woman never can forget
The man who once has loved her. and
To-day 1 seem to see him stand,
With every glance mute caress,
Still pleading for the longed-for yes.
His early love for me is dead
Another lives in that loves stead:
And if he loves her well, as men
Should love their chosen ones, why, then
He must be glad that long ago,
Instead of yes, gave him no.
Perhaps that is the reason why
read the notice with sigh.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
Eva's Eyes.

Oh, fair and stately maid, whose eyes
Were kindled in The upper skies
At the same torch that lighted mine
For go I must interpret still
Thy sweet dominion o er my will,
A sympathy divine.
Still let me blameloss gaze upen
Features that seem at heart my own;
Nor fear those watcI full seutinels,
Who charm the more their glance forbids
Chaste glowing underneath their lida,
With fire that draws while it repels.
Ralph Wade Emerson.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06

A Nova Scotia farmer who sent a sam
pie barrel of apples to the recent fruit
exhibition at Birmingham, England, has
been informed officially that, though
there was an exceptionally good show
of English apples, the American fruit
beat them in size and very far indeed in
color"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06

1t has been discovered that the same
kind of coloring matter which poisons
the striped stockings is also used to
color bad whisky. In both cases it goes
to the legs and ruins the understanding.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06

the little boat drifted ashore, people
whispered to one another that old Nor
ison's daughter and the golden haired
little girl were lost at sea.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-01-06
State Legislatures.

The following table gives the number
of representatives in the Senate and
Assembly of each State Legislature:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS

All announcements must be pail for in
advance, at the following prices; Sheriff,
$40; Prosecuting Attorney, $40 senate and
House Of Delegates, $40; Assessor 81; Pres
ident County Court 81; Congress and State
officers, SIS. All announcements exceed
ing two inches in length, win have to pay
ndditiOnal rates
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13

promtu toasts made and responded
to, by Rankin Wiley, Jr., F. W. Sis
son, John f. Timms, F, A. Guthrie,
and Others,
The remarks of Mr.. w. II. Smith
in response to the toast of Mr.. D. w.
Polsloy, were very eloquent, especial
ly when he made allusion to his old
home, sweet home, pronouncing it
in the peculiar dialect of the English
he being a native Of the sea-girt
home of Victoria.
After some more excellent music
from band and choir, and the beau
tiful Solo, Century of Freedom"
sung by Prof W. G. Athey, of Coole-
vile, Ohio, which held the audience
spell-bound, volunteer speakers were
called for and J. Bob. McGuflin, f,
w. sisson, Rankin Wiley, Jr,, jus.
B. Mcnagor, II. r. Howard, f. A,
Guthrie, and others responded to the
pcated calls and made short, but ear
nest, patriotic speeches Mr.. Sisson
also read Tom. Payne's beautiful and
touching poem, Liberty Tree in
response to toast by Mr. Howard
We had now come to the last of
the programme, the benodiction,
which was pronounced by Rev. f..
II. Lacy, of Christ Protestant Episco-
pal Church, when all dispersed for
their homes, well pleased with the
festivities of the day.
Just before the benodiction was
pronounced, young military com
five to ten Years. under command Of
Carts. Eddie Charles and Willie
sribling. and which had been held
in reserve all day, came marching nm
Main street, to the music of fife and
drum. with LARGE national fac and
steamers ayipS. 10 the great omuse-
ment oftbo LARGE crowd They halted
in front of the Court House, where
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13
The Weekly Register
LOCAL MATTERlS.

0uRAGENEAD. w Maupin, ESD,
is an authorized agentfor this paper,
with full power to make collections,
receive subscriptions, and to con
tract for advertising. His contracts
and receipts will be recognized and
binding, in all cases connected with
the business of this office.
Gro. W. TlprETT, Proprietor
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13

sickness for the past week. We hope
he will soon be about.
The Monroe Register, in speaking
of Teachers Institutes, has this to
say about our townsman, Prof, ]. w.
Kenney.
"Prof. W. j. Kennoy ofthe State
Board Of Education, Maj. J. 5. Rudd
principal of the Union High School
have been since June 18Th conduct
ing n Teachers Institute in the ex-
hibition hall of the high school
building at this place. The atten-
dance Of teachers has been small, al
though the advantages offered to
them were large. Prof. Kenney has
few superiors anywhere, asan eduea-
tor, and we doubt if his equal can be
found in W. Va Our professional
duties afforded but few opportunities
to attend the exercises; but, on those
occasions We were struck with his
wonderful powers of analysis, criti-
cism, illustration, and we at once
come to the conclusion that he was
capable of making the dry and unin-
viting researches of mathematical
analysis and literary criticism, a lab
orof love, Any teacher 8isinspir,
ed with the spirit of Mr.. Kenuey will
soon find out The superiority of intel
lectual pleasures to the more popular
luxuries of sense"
W, B. Cable has returned from his
visit to Ohio, and viii be found at
his post ready to sell stoves, hard
ware, &c, at the lowest prices.
James II. Couch, Jr., is announced
as a candidate for Prosecuting At
torney, subject to the action of the
Democratic Convention.
D. W, Maupin and John r. Couch,
are announced in this issue as Dem
ocratic candidates before the Convon-
ton, for House of Delegates.
rysr,1 ,TIoy The fojlowing If.
fcors worn dnIv irstolIad Iost T6rrs.
.doy niabt in Paint pI,asant T.odgo
No ~ O O, r. l. N Rhodes
N, G.. Kinsoy Robinson, Jr. Y, G.:
Geo, W. Tippett, Secretary; John
Cooley, P, s.; T. Stribling is the
Treasurer, but not being present was
not installed. G. B. Thomas, R. S. to
N, c.; T, D. Hoy, L, S, to N. g.; s, J.
Shindle, R. S. to V. G.; w. H. Ker-
wood, L. S. to V. g.; r. S. Bickle,
Chaplain, J, VIC. Armstrong, L. S. S.
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13

The Roy. Y, G., Dashioll, Of Rich
mond, Virginia, will preach, proyi-
donco permitting, in the Episcopal
Church, At this place, on this (Wcd-
ncsday) evening Commoncingthon
d series Of services will be held in
that Church, continuing, GodwiIliug,
every day for one week All are of.
fcctionolaly invited to ottcnd,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-07-13

Contractors viii find an advertise
ment in to-day's paper, inviting pro-
posals for building a School House
in Robinson District.
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10 The I0'gI4 Of Mason C0u0lw

respectfully announce myself as 4 can
didatc for reelection as Assessor OF District
No. /, Mason County, subject to the dccis-
ion OF n Democratic Convention, feeling
conscious OF faithful discharge OF my du-
ties, since elected, and understanding the
business thoroughly, believe that my
past experience would enable me TO per-
form the requirements OF the office Tor an
other term with greater efficiency and sat
istaction Promising an impartial and
prompt discharge OF my duties II elected, |
respectfully ask the support OF The people.
JACOB ROUSH,