Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-10-19

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Bond, Of the firm of Bond & Son. Bos-
4 ton, is a practical matchmaker and
jewelre. She says: In 1866 my
husband died leaving me with three
children and an income so contracted
partly by the effect of the war,
partly by his long illness-that / was
obliged TO exert myself in some way
for their support The direction OF
my efforts was suggested to me by
my husbands distress. that our son
was not old enough to carry on the
business, and he wes- very much CON-
forted by my proposal to take his
place In the firm. although 1 should
hardly have had the courage for it
IL the remaining partner had not been
my brother. who would, I knew. save
me from every hardship and annoy
ance that he could bear instead: and
indeed without him to lean upon
should have. broken down within the
year. 1t is not so much the labor,
my share OF it at that time being
principally the book keeping and the
writing and cipherinR involved in
the care of the chronometers, my
brother taking the more active COM
mercial part, though the steady drag
day after day is very wearisome. and
I not seldom yielded TO the tempta-
ton Of staying at home for day
with my 'woman's work. but the
thoughts ofpreservingsuch business
ness for son-the fourth in direct de-
scent from its founder In this coun-f
try-is q constant stimulus 70 re-
newed effect. but the responsibility
is very wearing, for 1t is far heavier
than in ordinary pursuits, for the
mistake Of figure may cause the
wreck Of vessel by which many
lives may be lost. As it takes but
four seconds Of time to make . mile
In longitude, it docs not require much
knowledge Of arithmetic to show that
small fraction of that amount every
day would accumulate to something
formidable in q voyage OF many
months.
an,- t,,~,~ooo -><ob .oS oh~ooo
meter making-including inanufac-
turing as well as importing watches
chronometers, clocks, and scientific
instruments, and ours- i
~ -iir TIE OLDEST HOUSE ~
in that business In America As we
make . speciality Of work that can
not be done anywhere else In Ameri-
ca, we are constantly receiving from
all parts of the country, the Provin-
ces as well as the States. valuable
watches and scientific instruments
for repairs, which their owners will
trust to no one else; and I do not
find, though I unreasonably feared 1t,
that my openly entering the business
has lessened public confidence in our
care and skill. or that our reputation
has in any way diminished Only
last year we received an order from
the Imperial Observatory ~ Psulko-
va. Russia, and we have supplied in
struments to two OF the English Gov
eminent observatories-one at Liver
pool. Eng, and the other at Cape Of
Good Hope, both very important
stations. / have been in my present
position for nine years, and have re-
ceived not only the kindest courtesy,
but q fattering business
Lucretia Mott, the lovely Quaker
ess Of anti-slavery fame, was on the
platform. her hair silvered with the
frosts OF eighty-four years, but her
eye as bright and her brain as active
as many another younger woman
who sat beside her. At her right sat
Grace Anna Lewis, the ornithologist,
while on the left was M. Louise
Thomas. q practical farmer. whose
woman's wit has taught her to earn
her bread from her farm in Pennsyl-
vania. without sweating her brow a
bit and it Ia said that no farmer In
Pennsylvania is more successful.
And this reminds me that Mrs. Kill
patrick, the mother Of the dashing
General, who has been doing such
yeomen service for the Republican
party in Indiana, of late, IL also
practical farmer, and only regrets
that "Judson had not more Of an ap-
titude for agricultural pursuits"
But, you can't give your boys their
talents, Z" she adds, ~and Judson does
very WE'LL Selma Borg, the Finland
authoress, and the translator OF the
Schwartz novels, and Louisa Aleott,
author of Little Women" Mrs. FL
len 8. Upper, OF Iowa. bee-culture.
fame. Mary +. Davis. (wife of Andrew
Jackson Davis. and above all, our
magnificent Mary Livermore, Of
whom we are so proud, are among
our shining lights. Reader, don't
you wish you belonged to the Con-
gressi tnss ~ EMMA MoLLoY.
The Goshen correspondent OF the
Syracuse Gazette says: Mr.. Stephen
Smith, of Clinton township has un-
earthed stone on his farm bearing
the following inscription, made by
some pointed instrument: June, 1860.