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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

FELLOW CITIZENS II am very far from
desiring to conduct this campaign on the
principle of reviving old wartime animosities
for the purpose of furthering partisan ends !;
but have yet to learn that forgetfulncss is
craftsmanship. Moreover, while we are will
ing to forgive, there are some things that
cannot easily be forgotten. The Democratic
party reminds me in this respect of man
who seeks favor at your hands, and when
you have recognized him as one who has do
frauded you on former occasion, and would
refuse him, he says, "Yes I did do such and
such ugly things but then, let bygones be
bygones, and in a Christian spirit put me into
favor and into fortune again" Or take an
other illustration A ship is tossed among the
breakers, the old crew begin to leave her, and
as they go they cut her sails and cords, and
even try to scuttle the old hulk, to assist the
work of the storm but new crew take hold
and rig up the ship through storm, wind,
darkness, rocks, they hold to the ship, until
at length, the storm over, her flag, resem-
bling the stars Of heaven, shines ont again,
and she is safe. Then, how would it look for
the old crew to come back, saying, ''True, we
left the old ship IN the hour Of distress. We
even did what we could to help to sink her.
But then you will DO magnanimous; let by
cones be bygones, and give us back the com
mand, and we will steer her right" This,
my fellow-citizens, is just the attitude Of the
Democratic party.-George w. Curtis 10 his
meigh5ors at West Brighton, Staten Island.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25
POETRY.


REST.
My feet are wenried and my hands are tired
My soul oppressed
And with desire have long desired
Rest-only rest
IT'S hard to toil--when toll Is almost vain
In barren ways;
IT'S bard to sow and never garner grain
In harvest days.
Tho burden Of my day Is hard u. bear
But God knows best
And have prayed, but vain has been my prayer,
For rest--sweet rest.
,Tis hard to plant in Spring and never reap
The autumn yield
rris hard to till--and when tits titled to weep
Der fruitless field.
And so Icry weak and human cry,
So heart oppressed;
And SO sigh weak and human sigh
For fest--for Fest
My way was wound across the desert years,
And cares infest
My path and through the flowing Of hot tears
pine for rest.
IT'S always so /; when still child | laid
On mothers breast
My wearied little head cen then prayed,
As now, for rest.
And am restless, still twill soon be Ger;
For, down the West
Life's sun is setting, and see the shore
Where l shall rest.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

Blind Toms birthplace is Georgia, and ho
began to excite attention as musician at the
age of four years. All sounds afforded him
delight, even the crying of child causing
nm to dance about in u state OF ecstacy.--.
When at homo lie often bit and punched his
brothers and sisters to make them emit cries
of pain. If kept away from the piano. he
would beat against tho WALL drag chairs A.
bout tho room, and make all sorts of noises
When in London flute was procured for him
of very complicated pattern, and having
twenty-five keys. He frequently rises up at
night and plays this instrument, initiating
upon it all sorts of sounds which he may
hear at the time. Once when the agent at
tempted to make him stop playing piano in
a heightened hotel at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing, Tom seized him and threw him through
the door, In Washington he threw n man
down stairs who came into his room. When
at homo in Georgia he lives in building
about two hundred yards from the house, and
there remains alone with Ills piano; playing
all day and night, like one possessed with
madness Bad weather has an effect upon
his music. In cloudy, rainy seasons he plays
sombrc music in minor chords and when the
sun shines and the birds sing, he INDUCES in
waltzes and light pusic. Sometimes he will
hammer away for hours, producing the most
horrible discords imaginable. Suddenly u
change comes over him, and he INDUCES in
magnificent bursts of harmony, taken from
the best productions Of the masters. Since
his childhood he has been an idiot and he
played nearly as well at the age Of seven as
he does now but now his repertoire is much
larger, as he can play anything he has ever
heard. He now plays abont 1000 pieces, and
picks up new ones everywhere. 1t is curl
Gus fact thst he will not play any Sunday
School music If he can help it, having great
dislike for it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

FIRsT-FIooR BEDRooMs.--If we had a
house with the bedroom on the flrst-loor, we
would at once abolish the use of that room as
a sleeping apartment, because we arc salts
fed that 1t Is wrong custom, it being much
healthier to sleep Upstairs. Many a family
of which the members were suffering and
weak in general, have been restored to Wig
orous and healthy condition by following our
advice, which was to remove their bedrooms
upstairs to have their beds, Skinner and
winter, exposed the whole day to the fresh
air from open windows except, Of course,
WREN there Is rain or mist, and also to have
during the whole night one window partially
open, even in winter, SO rs always to iitliaIe
the fresh, cool air from tho outside, but using
at the same time the prccation to have suf.
flcient covering to secure warmth. Pro:
LeaRtler Weude
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

Though years bring with them wisdom
yet there is one lesson the aged seldom learn
namely, the Management of youthful feelings.
Age is all head, youth, all heart; age reasons,
youth feels age acts under the influence Of
Disappointment, youth under the dominion of
hope.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

Two young ladies were discussing u prefer
ence expressed by one of them for clean-shav-
en- men, when the other was heard to remark,
g don't object to man with remarkable
quantity of hair on his face, but wouldn't
like to marry buffalo robe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

Wade Hampton said to the negroes at Che
raw, s. c., on Tuesday, eve, tho white peo-
pie are able and ready to protect all of your
race who choose to vote for Democrats. We
make no threats but we do claim that South
Carolina belongs to her native sons, and by
the Eternal God we intend to have it."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

How many daily pass off tho stage of life
of whom nothing more can BIO said than that
they lived in magnificent style, trado a gor-
geous display, drove in splendid equipages,
and died, leaving to their heirs princely for
tune and profitless example.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

A SUFFICIENT RnAsoN.-'.So you are 20.
ing to marry druggists clerk ?" remarked
Chicago girl to another in the street the
other day.
The question was asked IN an tnmistakabie
tone OF derision, and so the fair one addressed
half apologetically replied:
"of course-don't they have all the soda
water they want for nothing ?"
Eyes" was the gloomy reply; .'they arc
all right in summary but what about next
winter?''
"oh," mildly answered the engaged one,
''maybe by that time WEN DO divorced"
The interfering friend seemed satisfied.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

An old minister once said to young
preacher who was complaining Of small con-
gregation 'It's as large congregation,
perhaps, as you viii want to account for az
the day Of judgmcment."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

Handsome is that handsome does,' quot
ed Chicago man to his wife the other day.
" Yes" replied she, in winning tone, as she
held out her hand for instance, husband
who is always ready to handsome money to
his wife" The moralizer was cornered, and
this is why the wife will appear at church
in brand new bonnet,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25


HoMELy MAxMs FOR HARD-TIMEs. Take
care of your pennies. Look we'll to your
spending. No matter what comes in, if
more goes out you will always be poor The
art is not in making money, but in keeping
it. Little EXPENSES, like mice In barn, whcn
they are many, make a great waste. Hair by
hair, heads get bald straw by straw the
thatch goes of the cottage, and drop by drop
tho rain comes into the chamber. A barrel is
soon empty, If the tap leaks but drop
minutes When you mean to save, begin with
your mouth many thieves pass down the
red lane. The ale jug is great waste. III
all other things keep within compass. Never
stretch your legs further than your blankets
will reach, or you will soon be cold. In
clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff, and
not taudry flneries. TO be warm is tho main
thing, ncver mind the looks. A fool may
make mony, but it needs wise man to spend
IT. Remember, it is easier to build two Chin
neys, than to keep one going. If you give all
to back and board, there's nothing left for the
Savings Bank. Faro hard and work hard
when you are young, and you will have d
chance to rest when you are old
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25
LAMBERTvILLE N y. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25.
SOME FtNxr ADrERrIsEMEsrs.


Below will be found some of the oddities of
Advertising
Two young women want washing
sTeeth extIaoted with great palms,
"Babies taken and finished in ten minutes
by country photographer.
"Wood and coal split
The next appeared ia London newspaper,
under head Of ssFor Sale''~
'Pianoforte, cottage, seven octavos, the
property Of a lady leaving England in re-
markedly elegant case on beautifully carved
legs
And what does this mean
Business Chance--To be disposed OLA
genuine fried fish business at the West End. .
Does the genuineness apply to the fish, the
business, or to the way in which they are
fried
And ones mind gets hopelessly dazed over
the advertisement offering large reward for
"a large Spanish blue gentleman's cloak lost
in the neighborhood of the market.n
There are others deliciously inconsequcnt,
like the advertisement of runaway, which
furnished this hint for identification
Age not precisely known, but looks older
than he is. -
Or the notice shoemaker put on his door.
'Babies after having taken one bottle of
my soothing syrup will never cry any more.'
And an editor putting air-tight collins, said !:
mo person having once tried one Of. these
air-tight collins will ever use any other.''
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25

The Hon. BENZ. Hill has proved once more
that the South was not responsible for the
war. In q recent speech lie said, say
the South never made war upon tile Union.---
There has never been an hour when nine out
of ten of us would not have given our lives
for this Union. We did leave that Union be-
cause we were dissatisfied with it ; we did
not leave the Union to make war on tive
left the Union because a sectional party had
seized it, and we hoped thereby to avoid a
conflict. But If the war must come, we in-
tended to fight sectional party and not the
Union. Therefore, the late war, with all it's
disastrous consequences, is the direct result of
sectionalism in the North" If the Democrat
ic party hopes to keep dead issues buried,
they had better put the muszle back on Mr..
Hill as soon as possible.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-10-25
MISCELLANY.
DEMOCRATIC OPINIONS

OF Samuel j. Tildcn, expressed prior to the
st. Louis Convention. The true character
of the man as portrayed by his own PARTS
ans.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09

The Mixed trains will be run subject to de-
lays incident to freight business. Trains will
stop only at stations where time is given.
Mixed Train north will stop at New Castle
only 10 leave Passengers from Stations south.
Neao Castle Trains-Leave New Castle for
Wilmington and Philadelphia at IL 10 a. m.
IL 35 and 48 I'm. Leave Wilmington 20,
IL As m, and rs p m for New Castle.
Smyrna Branch Trains-Additiona to those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 10 30 m
6 30 and Z 35 pm. Leave Clayton for Smyrna
05 M; 25, 05 and 55 p m, 10 make
connection with trains North and South)
from Clayton.
CONNECTIONS:
At Townsend, with Queen Anne's and Kent
Rail Road. At Clayton, with Maryland and
Delaware Rail Road. At Harrington, with
Junction and Breakwater Rail Road. At Sea-
ford, with Dorchester and Delaware Rail Road.
At Delmar, with Eastern Shore Rail Road, and
Wicomico and Pocomoke Rail Road.
aug. 5-tf H. F. KENNEY, Sup't
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
Aaritnltural.
WHEAT SOWING.

As the time of year approaches fol
wheat sowing, many discussions are
taking place in the papers, oranges,
farmers clubs, and between neighbors
as to how to SOW, what variety, how to
prepare the land, in word how to make
the crop grow the best. Wehave here
tofore given our opinion in favor of early
breaking to be followed by second
thorough working just before sowing.
Those who failed to heed our advice
cannot now rectify their mistake. To
SOW wheat upon land not adapted to its
growth is great waste Of time and
money, and rather than SOW on such
soil we would let it remain idle and
grow weeds which if plowed under early
the following season Gin June) would
in all probability be better than yearly
cultivation in crops for which the soil
is not prepared. The kinds or varieties
Of wheat best adapted to particular To-
calities can best be found out by trial.
For this latitude for red wheat we would
prefer the Zimmerman and the Red May
putting the latter on richer lands. Of
the white varieties. the Tappahannock
and white may be preferred. Our own
experience is that white wheat is more
tender, does not stand the winters SO
well as the red varieties and is more
easily damaged and is not SO sure crop
as the red varieties. The Zimmerman
will make crop on soil upon which the
Red May will not grow tall enough to
cut, but on rich land the latter will
yield the most. As each particular
neighborhood has tried the different
kinds, it is good way to hold on to
such as are best adapted to the locality.
In sowing we would not use more than
4 or pecks per acre and would put in
with drill if possible, and would only
SOW pure well cleaned wheat.-Jommal
of agriculture and Farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09

CARPENTER. Tools FOR FARMERS. -
Farmers should always have certain
useful tools to enable them to do any
little job on rainy days or in the winter
season when one has no out door work
to do. A plane or two, bits and brnce,
one or two augers, chisels, files, draw
ing knife, screw driver, two good saws,
one small for fine work, and few other
things will make good ''outft" for a
farmer. Then go to the hardware store
and buy q years supply or more of
various kinds Of nails, screws and brads,
suitable for '.tinkering." and you will
be sure to use them sooner or later
Buy screws by the gross, and the finer
kinds Of nails and brads by the paper,
as they cost but little, and are always
worth their cost Farmers owe a duty
to their sons to learn them to use such
tools before they go out into the world
to earn their living, as no man ever re-
GREETED the time spent in his boyhood
to learn how to use carpenter tools, be.
cause there are often things to be re-
paired or made that any man ought to
be able to do, and not send for a
mechanic.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09

The question is very common,
(Which is the heavier, pound Of
feathers or pound Of gold ?" The an
swers are wide and various. One says
the gold is the heavier and another
that both are the same Gold is weighed
BY troy weight-A grains to penny
weight. 20 pennyweights to an ounce.
IL ounces to pound troy, which thus
contains 5760 grains Feathers are
weighed avoirdupois weight-16drachms
to an ounce, is ounces to the pound.
AS each drachms weighs 27 11-32ds
grams, each ounce avoirdupois is 437aa
grains, and the pound avoirdupois
weighs. therefore. exactly 1000 grains.
Thus pound Of feathers is 1910 grains
heavier than q pound Of gold.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
Rraister's Orders.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, July, 1876.
Upon the application of HENRY DAVIS,
Executor of ISAAC CAULK, late of Appo-
quinimnk Hundred in said county, deceased,
it is ordered and directed by the Register
that the Executor aforesaid give notice of
the granting of Letters Testamentary upon
the Estate of the deceased, with the
date of granting thereof, by causing adver-
tisements to be posted within forty days from
the date of sach Letters, in six Of the most
public places of the County of New Castle,
requiring all persons having demands against
the Estate to present the same or abide by an
Act of Assembly in such case made and pro-
vided; and also cause the same to be inserted
within the same period in the MDpLErowN
TRANSCRIPT, newspaper published in Middle
town. and to be contiued therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of
fo@, Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle County
eO|) aforesaid, the day and year above
written. S. G BIGGS, Register.
NOTICE.
ALI persons having claims against the estate
of the deceased must present the same, duly
attested, to the Executor on or before the
5th of July, 1877, or abide the Act of AS
sembly in such case made and provided.
HENRY DAVIS,
Executor
Address-Middletown, Del. jull5-2m
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
CHURCHES.

FOREST PREsBYTERIAN.-Rev John Patton,
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10. 80 q. m. and 7.30 p. M Sunday School
at 9 m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.3O p. m.
ST. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPIsc0PAL.-Rev.
VIM. C. Butler, Rector. On Sundays-Morning
Prayer, 1920 a. M: Evening Prayer, 700
p. m. Sunday School, 9 am. Evening Prayer
on Fridays at O. clock.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL l.. G. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at 1890
a. m. and 7.3O p. m. Sunday School at $50
a. m and 2.30 D. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 80 p. m.
CoLoRED METHoDIsr-Rev. N. Morris
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 1870
p. m; and Pm. Sunday School every
Sunday at p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
BUILDING AND LOAN.

MIDDLETowN B. & l.. AssocIATIoN.-Sa
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the 6rst Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p. m.
MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLETowN.
JAS h. Scowdrick, Pres; A. G.. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at o'clock, p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
sWliddletolull 4irettorp.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.

TowN COMMISSIONERS. 1T. E. Hurn, Presi.
dent; Tnos. Massey, Jr., Secretary; Jas. Ii.
G. W. Wilson, VIM. w. Wilson.
Assessor &C. E. Anderson.
TREAsURER.-IsaacJ Jones.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.-DeW. C. Walker.
CONSTABLE AND PoLlcEMAN.-L. B. Lee.
LAMPLIGHTER-F Schreitz.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE,

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, August IL, 1876.
Upon the application of HANNAH M. BARR,
Executrix of JOS M. Barr, late ofSt. Georges
Hundred in said County, deceased, it is Or
dered and directed by the Register that the
Executrix aforesaid, give notice of the
granting of Letters Testamentary upon the
Estate of the deceased, with the date of
of granting thereof, by causing advertise
ments to be posted within forty days
from the date of such Letters, in six of the
most public places of the County of New Cas-
tle, requiring ell persons having demands
against the Estate to present the same, or
abide an Act of Assembly in such case made
and provided; and also cause the same to be
inserted within the same period in the MID
DLETowN TRANSCRIPT, a newspaper published
in Middletown, and to be continued therein
two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of
~, Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle County
'~~' aforesaid. the day and year above
written. S. C. BIGGS, Register.
NOTICE.
All persons having claims against the Estate
of the deceased must present the same duly
attested to the Executrix, on or before Aug.
18th, 1877, or abide an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided.
HANNAH NJ. BARR,
Executrix.
Address lMidaletoacn, Del. augl9-2m
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
MASONIC.

ADoNIRAM CHAPTER No. s, R. A. NJ. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
UNION LODGE No. 5, A. F. A. NJ. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays Of every month
at O. clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
RANK

DIREcToRs.-Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T. Biggs, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son, E. G. Fenimore, NJ. E. Walker, ]. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
PREsIDENr.-Henry Clayton,
CASHIER. R. Hall.
TELLER.-John S. Crouch
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
STAGE LINES

Stage for Odessa, with U. S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 10.43 am and 8.52
m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of the lO.43 m
train
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
aszsAzkTRUMPETER

.&RTRUM MPETER,
will leave Georgetown, Nd, at o'clk, a. M,
Shalleross' at 7:3O, Turner's Creek at g. Bet
terton at sac, and Bucks Neck at 10 clock,
every Monday, Wednesdays and Friday, ar
irving in Baltimore at O'Clock, p. m. Re-
turning will leave Baltimore at 1870 a. m.
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The "Trumpeter" has recently been thor
oughly overhauled and repaired, and is now
in frst-class condition, furnishing excellent
accommodations for passengers; and we sim
cerely trust that the friendly relations hitherto
existing between her and the public may con-
tinue to exist, for which end we will ever be
found striving to the utmost of our ability.
marl1y WIN. CUNDIFF, Master.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
POST OFFICE.

OFFICE HoURs.-Opens at 30 m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at s.l5 m, and
$40 p m.
II Mail for the South closes at 10 l5 a n.
Mails for Odessa close at TO- % m and 8 80
pm.
Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cecilton
close at 1923 m.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
TRIAL OF RAPID BREAD MAKING. y

TRIAL OF RAPID BREAD MAKING.
A trial was made on August 14th, at
the Moss Greek Mills, near Carrollton,
Mo-, to ascertain the time in which
bread could be made from wheat stand
ing in the field, and with the following
astonishing result, commencing at one
minute after three o'clock and finishing
at twelve minutes after three:
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09

DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
8 o'clock.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09

Hon John p Cochran, Pres. Henry Davis,
Treas. Samuel Pennington, Secretary; James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R. T. Cochran, n. Williams.
PRINCIPAL OF AcADEMY.-T. s. Stevens.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

PENINs. AGRICULTURAL AND PoMoLoGIcAL As
soclATIoN -Wm. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman of Board of Managers ]. B. Nau-
dain, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat-
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October 4th, 9TH and 9Th, 1876.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.

JIM. Cox, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec;
J. R. Hall, Treas; R. A. Cochran, Jas. Gull
bertson, Jas. II. Scowdrick,. VIM. H. Barr.
Middletown transcript., 1876-09-09
DELAWARE RAILROAD.

Passenger trains going North leave at 7.07
s.33 m and SO m; going South at 10. AZ
m, and 81 and 8.52lp m. Freight trains
with passenger car attached, going North,
leave at sos p m; going South, at 2.40 m.