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Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
Blaine and Clay.

The Philadelphia Times publishes the
following communication called ost by an
editorial in that paper:
WASHINGTON, July, II.
To.ths Editor Of the Times
The historic parallel you draw between
: ElssFy'S Clay A2ht on Tylerism, In lS4l
?, and Blalh9s crusade against Hayesism
in 1879 is eloquent and truthful-all but
the conclusion you reach. Blaine mas
many or the quaiAcs of Clay. He had
that wonderful magnetism which draws
friends to his side ard knits them to his
fortunes with cords of love stronger than
hooks Of steel He has the boluuess OF
conception, the wealth OF imagery, the
mprsssivene.s, of delivery which chsrac-
terzes Claws oratory. In dramatic pow
er he is greater than Clay was, and, while
hjs speeches lack the finish and massive
grsffaness OF Webster, they have an IN
csiveness of style and an epigram matte
force which WAS not found In the xgreat
effort OF the God like Daniel There is
an originality about Blaine which few pub
lie men Of this country have possessed,
and with true appreciation Of wit, he
has knack Of illustrating point by an
apt story which renders him one OF the
most agreeable conversationalists | have
ever met. The length, depth and breadth
OF the feeling for Blaine at Cincinnati you
and saw and know. The enthusiasm
hi. name invoke was As genuine as IL was
impassioned, compared with that manifest
ed for Bri.tow, Morton or Hsyes. The s2-
pIausc which greeted Blane's name was
like the grand diapasop. OF Niagara beside
the 4ussf Of the ov,FSow Of mil dam.
UplatesssSed, impartial observers, we
sleNcf the scene in the convention from
FIN platform TO the old Exposition Hall,
and shall not soon forget the remark you
made when Belford. of Colorado, came
forward with others To .ecood Blaines
nomination. The RESPONSE Which earse
from the far-of Rocky Mountains was
as un.eltish as ths. which swelled
from the pine. Of Maine, where "the
plumed knight va. known in the flesh ~
almost every, fresile.
Henry Clay had no deeper hold upon
the affection. OF hi. partlssns than Blaine
nAs upon the masses Of the republican
party. An1 Blame has IN an eminent de-
Grer shst Clay tsf butl linitej supply
bf--poljtics horse sense. He realizes
what Clay could never comprehend, that
ther- was a spirit abroad in the Hand
which wa mightier than eIpedIency-~
that punv r-tuE- Of ltlIputian politicians.
Blaine feels the music in the air and
keeps step to it. There i. an irreprs--lblS
conflict between the North and the south,
and there must be so long as the former
. l. century ahead of the latter in energy,
t4ntelI jgeuce. humanity, progress. The,
North grows Materially and mentxtfY
while the South rctrograde.. The census
OF l~~H sill tell the tale. IT it is accurate
~ ,akcu bu; two Southern States will show
uroyrcsS- Texas and Missouri The re-
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
1)oetrp.
Under the Violets.

Her hsnds are cold; her face is white;
No more her pulses come and go;
Her ewes are shut 10 life aud light;
Fold the white vesture-, snow on snow,
And lay her where the yio,ets blow.
But bot beneath the craven stone.
To plead for tears for alien eyes,
4 slender cross of wood alOne
Shall say thst here a maiden lies
In peace beneath the peaceful skies.
And gray old trees OF hugest limb
Shsll wheel their circling shadows round
To make the scorchiug sunlight DIM.
Ihsi drinks the greenness from the ground
And drops their dead leasyes on her mound
When DER their boughs the squirrel. run.
And through the leaves the robins call.
And. ripcning IN the autumn sun.
The acorn- and the che>inui- fall,
Doubt not that she will heed them all.
For her the morning choir shall sing
H. maths from the branrhe, high.
And every minstrel voice of Spring
That thrill, beneath the April sky
>nall greet her with it, earliest cry.
When turning round their lial-track.
Eastward the lengthcning shadows pass.
Her little mourner- clad IN black.
The crichet> sliding through the grass,
Shall pipe for her an evening mass.
AZ lat the roolct, Of the trees
Shall ind the prison where she iie~
And bear the buried dust They seize.
In leaves and blossoms to The ,kir~
= may tue soul that warmed it rise
II any, born Of kiuduer blood.
should ak, "W IA, maiden lies below -
say only ihi, "A tender bud.
Thai tried 10 blossom in the snow.
Lie, w.;hcred where the violet, blow"
Dtir,r HeHdsU H{Acs.
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

There is precocious six-year-old boy
in Auburn, who Is wonderful on spelling
and definition. The other day his teacher
asked him to spell matrmony. Mat
r-i-m-o-n-y.' said the youngster promptly.
"Now define it, said the teacher. "Well," 7"
replied the boy, II don't exactly know
what it means, but | know mothers got
enough OF it,"
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

A little six-year old city boy went into
the country visiting. He had bowl of
milk. He tasted it, and then hesitated a
moment, when his mother asked him if he
didn't like it, to which he replied, smack
ing his lips. Yes ma'am was only wish
ing our milkman would keep COW.
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

An assistant of a druggist recent put
up prescription of dose of castor oil
for young lady. She innocently inquir-
ed how it should be taken without tasting
II. He promised to explain to her, and,
10 the meantime. offered her glass of
navored seltzer water. After she had fin
lshed It, he said triumphantly, you see,
Miss you have taken your oil aud you did
not know it," The young lady screamed
out, 1T was for mother'''
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

A young American prima donna. who
took lessons in Milan, few years ago.
and returned 20 this county disgusted
with the tyranny OF Italian music teachers,
has been engaged as a substitute for a
steam whistle in Lowell boot-factory.
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
Carpets. Carpets.
G. AR rs.

The people OF this vicinity have long felt the
necessity Of having larger and better assortment
Of Carpets to select from than has ever been Kept
IN the D ace before That want IL now fu llT sup
piled. We have secured the exclusive use Of
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

.
ENPERIMENTS IN GAS SUFFOCATION-
| An interesting experiment has been tried
with the stove in the room in which Mr.
/ Shattock Of Providence, Il. L.. was sutfo-
Gated recently by coat ga>. The stove il
retort gas stove. Three pigeons were
used in the trial. which began one hour af-
ter the gas had been lighted in the stove.
The thermometer registered sixty degrees.
One OF the birds was placed in al open
cage suspended from the ceiling 80 as 10
hang at about the height OF an ordinary
man face, and the others were disposed,
one on the bed that had been occupied by
Mr.. Shattock, and it, mate on the floor.
Eight minutes after being incarcerated,
the pigeon in the cage at the ceiling retir-
ed To the corner OF it, cage and makes but
slight movements. When thirty minutes
had elapsed j. Bird Wt> dead. nnIle the
birds on the bed aui uu the tlpor cvinced
some unea,inrSS AZ the expiration OF
forty minutes the'bird on the bed became
mOtlonlr>S. The bird on the floor lived
hve hours. Ii WAS then placed in the cage
and expired in half an hour.- Boston Her
drli.
Never deceive for the sake OF foolish
jest, or TO excite the laughter of few
companions at the expense of friend.
Be anxious when you relate anything to
tell it just as t occurred. Never vary in
the least degree. The reason why our
ears are so often saluted by false reports
is because people in telling real things add
little to them, and as they pass through
a dozen mouths the original stories are
turned into something entirely different.
So when you attempt TO tell anything that
you have seen with Your own eyes relate
it correctly in every particular, and as you
grow older you will reap the advantages
of this course.
Some temptations come to the indus
trious, but all temptations attack the idle.
Idle Christians are not tempted of the devil
SO much as they do prompt the devil 10
tempt them. Idleness sets the door Of the
heart ajar, and asks Satan to come in. but
If we are occupied from morning till
night, should Satan get in. he must break
through the door. Under sovereign grace.
and next to faith, there is no better shield
against temptation than obedience to the
precept that We be Not slothfIl in busi-
ness; fervent in spirit. serving the Lord"
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
Real Estate for Sale.

The lot and buildings Of the late Eliza Turner
on Franklin street, for sale. Apply to A. T. Burn
ham, Executor. for terms
Ealsvsrsh, July IL, IN. AZ
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
RICHARDSON'S CARPET EXHIBITOR
4 Wonderful INVENTION

for showing Carpets; a brief description OF the
use Of which We give below, With the use of the
CARPET Exhibitor we show from a Sample just
now the Carpet looks on a very large room, multi
pIying the sample a thousand times, matched and
shown as perfect a. when the Carpet is made mp
and nailed upon the floor. In this way are
,ou- ,,renared 10 show Won
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
SPECIAL NOTICE
DOGS. DOGS !.

81 Blank Licenses, to be given owners of
- Dogs by Clerks of Towns, for sale at
this Office l2tf
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26

The Philadelphia Times publishes the
following communication called ost by an
editorial in that paper:
WASHINGTON, July, II.
Ellsworth American., 1877-07-26
Boston Wholesale Stock.

Keep saIIPIts 80 1SH
kept in stock outside of large cities This way OF
buying Carpets has now become popular, and we
show what you would Other@ise have 10 go 70
Boston to find. We can sell as cheap for cash as
you can buy for cash in Boston, and there oeihg
no remnants to take of the profits. we are enabled
to sell on very small commission, ana most re-
spectfuly invite the public TO examine our slock,
and satisfy fharncalNns
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

1t is objected to the new county or
der law that it imposes more tax upon
the people because they are prohibited
from buying orders to pay their county
tax; that under the old law the tax
payer could save twenty cents on the
dollar ON his county taxes SO he
could; and if it were sound i'll principle
and wholesome thing for him and the
county, why not issue ten thousand
dollars more in county orders, and let
the taxpayer save forty cents ON the
dollarl Or if a good thing is sought,
why not issue orders sufficient to make
them worth but five cents on the dol
lar, and then the taxpayer would have
saich good thing, for he would save
ninety-five cents on every dollar of his
county tax A further issue of county
orders would make them worth nothing
at all, and then the taxpayer could
save all of his county taxes But as
there are men in congress whose fnan-
cial ideas, if carried to their Legitimate
conclusion, would be just about as
reasonable as the above, what is the
use of saying anything about the
county order brokers of Vancouver and
the democratic politicians
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

Christmas day. In the contcmpla-
ton of his character we discover what
there really is in life worth living for
and our gifts, coming as they ought
from loving and thankful hearts,
should be truly emblematic of that
great gift. Naught was in it to gilt
ter; diamond brooches and gold tinsel
bedeclSed neither him nor his follow
ers. They were meek and lowly in
heart, and the gift which they ON
bodied has rcvivifed the world.
Love was its essence and spirit, and
50 should it be with all gifts at the
coming festival of Christ's birth. The
enduring freshness of the evergreen
trees, from which we trim the chapel
and the dwelling, should remind us
of the gifts that do not fade and van
ish away with the advent of summers
heat or the stcalthy approach of win
ter's cold. Let willing hands serve
loving hearts. Let the glittering
mica be nowhere among our gifts,
but rather that pure gold which was
the offering of earthly wisdom to the
personifcation Of divine love, whose
motto is the same yesterday, to-day
and forever-"Peacc on earth good
will to men,"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

r. T. Lock wood of Lewis River, who
is notorious for creating ga tempest in
teapot" attempted not long since to
hold an indignation meeting at LaCen-
ter over the passage of the new county
order law. The people of that section
of the county displayed their usual
good sense by allowing Mr.. Lockwood
to hold the meeting alone. He had
the pleasure of ''resolutin'" all by him
self. 1t is now in order for him to
resolve himself into committee of the
whole on the state of the union, and
elucidate the silver question, San Do
mingo, the Cinnamon or some other
heresy. His talents might be better
appreciated in larger field.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
Poor I.O.

Lieut.. Wood, Assistant Adiutant
General to General Q. o. Howard,
who was in Washington ION the 18th
ult., gives the following as Chief
Joseph's speech on his surrender to
General Miles: "Tell General How
ard | know his heart. What he told
me before | have it in my heart.
am tired fighting. Our chiefs are
killed. Looking Glass is dead. The
old men are all dead. 1t is the young
men who say yes or no. He who led
on the young men is dead. 1t is cold
and wet; we have no blankets. The
little children are freezing to death.
My people, some of them, have run
away to the hills and have no blan-
kets, no food. No one knows where
they are-perhaps freezing to death.
! want to have time to look for my
children and see how many of them |
can find. May be l shall find them
among the dead. Hear me, my
chiefs, ! am tired. My heart is sick
and sad. From where the sun now
stands | will fight no more forever"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
"And now comes the Vancouver IN

"And now comes the Vancouver In
DEPENDENT and says that the ''main
line" of the N. p, is located via the
Columbia valley, with connection at
Portland" All right. But won't the
Vancouverites set up ''howl" when
they learn that the Northern Pacific,
by telegraph to the Beard of Trade,
has located the "main line" on the
south side of the Columbia, acithOW q
connection" at Vancouver. Bee.
No bowling here brother, the Van
couverites have learned not to put their
trust in railroads, opposition steam
boats, insurance agents, or any other
sweet voiced siren whose mission is to
create delusive hopes, and whose after
clap is disappointment. If the n. p,
is located on the south side of the Col
umbia it will be contrary to "natur''
brother, and any such "perversion" will
not succeed, Notwithstanding the reso-
luton of the company.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

"Rcader! if you have borrowed the
paper that you are reading, don't do it
again. Subscribe. 1t isn't safe to Dor
row papers, We once knew poor,
but honest man, who borrowed paper,
innocently and inadvertently, from a
hitherto wholesome neighbor. Fatal
act. That terrible contagion, the small
pox, was conveyed insiduously in the
fibres of that sheet OF that extensive
and interesting family, dotins father,
fond wife, several intellectual and he
roic sons, thirteen lovely daughters,
two popular mothers-in-law, and three
beautiful aunts-not one remained to
tell the tale"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

1t is said that the new county order
law is a good law for capitalists but
hard on the poor man But let the
question be answered, How does it
affect them ; 1t gives orders more
definite value, gives them a higher
value, and this it is said is good thing
for men who have money. is it not
also a good thing for all the poor men
who have orders TO sell if they can get
twenty per cent more for them Ger
tainly it is and that is Just what the
new law would do inside of six months
if allowed TO 60 into effect.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
NOTICE.

DERSONS DESIRING TO SHIP FREIGHT
4 from Sew York Ia Portland, by the new
iron steamship "OREGON," can do 81 by APP
plying To orr special agent, 7. G.. SCHMIDT.
Esq, No. ! South William street, New York,
i. O. Box No.i9>i, nj Tie following rates: On
Furniture, Agricultural Implements Hard
ware, Safes, Dry Goods, Nachiuvry ,Vc., 81 per
ton, weight or measurement X the ships OPP
ton. For large shipments special contracts
will be made by Applying ~ above
JNO. u. BILES Secretary.
Oilicc Of the Oregon Steamship Company,
Portland. Ogu, Dee. |, 1871. I'm
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

A little girl once said that she should
be glad to go to heaven, because they
have plenty Of preserves there. On
being cross examined as to the source
of her information, she took down her
catechism and triumphantly read the
question, "Why ought the saints to
love GodF Answer because He
makes preserves and keeps them" She
insisted that if God really did make
preserves and keep them, then heaven
must be very desirable place to go to.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
The Railroad Question.

The Portland Bee counts thirty
newspapers in Oregon and Washing
ton Territory as favorable to Mitch
ellis railroad bill. The Oyeyonian,
the Tacoma Herald, and the Nancou-
YER INDEPENDENT, are put down as
the only papers Directing. 1t adds
'ten to one, our cohorts stand, and
courage will give us victory"
Now, of course, all this sounds very
grand, andis very delicate ndagree-
able ticker to the vanity Of the Sen
ator. The bill is a def device to Sc
cure newspaper endorsement at a
critical period in the political history
of Mr.. Mitchell and his friends in
Oregon. Most all the Republican
and Independent papers in the State
have swallowed the bait, and are to
become willing instruments in the
hands of the ring managers to prepare
the way for another lease of power to
the ambitious Mitchell. The Bee has
the honor of striking the key note of
the campaign, and leading the van in
the assault upon the enemies works,
whether or not they will ever have
the opportunity to ''cry victory DER
and o'er," let future events determine.
The position of the INDEPENDENT
on this question is briefly as follows:
First: If Mr.. Mitchell is the choice of
the people for another term in the
Senate, and can be elected fairly and
without the aid of false issues, bribery
and fraud, we'll and good, let him be
returned to the Senate. Second: The
Northern Pacific Railroad is a great
national enterprise, important to the
whole country and vitality important
to the region of the great northwest.
All just means should be adopted to
secure its speedy completion on the
shortest lracticaJJe route Jet,ceea Like
Superior and Puget .Sound, keeping
steadily in view the great central idea
of the project, that Of Mroatgh route,
without any deviation or temporizing
to please any individual, corporation,
town, or city whatever. Any legis-
lation by Congress that will divert the
road from its original plan by taking
it around through Oregon and involv-
ing it in complications with any other
road, is pernicious in the extreme and
contrary to all the important and
growing interests of this northwest
coast. This is the position taken by
the INDEPENDENT. If we must stand
alone on this platform let it be so, it's
planks are broad and strong and good
enough for us.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
Paris Exposition.

Ex-Governor Mccormick, late as
sistant secretary of the treasury, has
been appointed and confirmed as U. S.
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition
of 1878. A great deal Of interest is
being manifested in this exposition by
the people of the United States. There
are allead Y vast number Of applica-
tons for positions of assistant commits
slonels, and great many applications
of exhibitors have been received. There
are already known to be between 800
and 600 persons DESTROYS of'exhibiting
i'll the exhibition and nearly every
industry of the country is covered in
the applications. 1t is Hawley's opin-
ION that our exhibit at the Paris Elk
position will be much better than at
Vienna, and be entirely creditable to
the country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
FOR SALE.

\ PerchcroN Stallion, 3 years old weight
l,450 lbs, 1913 hands high, large -boncd legs,
finely proporlioned long heavy name and tail,
iron-gray color. Good horscmcn say he is the
best horse in Clarke County. He took the
first premium ut the Oregon State Fair rs the
best ycarng. Price $50; one half cash, bal
0nce in one year.
For further Information apply toJ c. Rounds,
Pioneer, Clarke County W T.
December d, lS1i.-lm
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
The County Commissioner.

Next to the position of legislator,
we know Of no more umthankful posi-
ton than that of county commissioner.
Let a man try ever so hard he cannot
hope to please everybody He is Sc
lected as one of the three men who
must manage the affairs of the county
and look after it's financial interests If
feeling of parsimony shall actuate his
actions, or if public spirited motives
shall dictate his official course, he may
expect in either case to incur the cen
sure of somebody. If fol- no other
reason, the fact that he is nominated
and elected by a political party is
enough for some men to find fault with
what he does. Some men, prejudiced
even to the heart in their political pre-
delections, will not recognize anything
good when coming from the opposite
party. And then there is always in
every community a class of querulous
individuals who are constitutional
grumblers, never have a word of com
mendation for anybody, always picking
flaws, and on the street corners and in
the corner store, are very generous of
their opinions, which they freely vent
before the others of their kind who are
always on hand to listen and applaud.
No board of commissioners ever escaped
such men as these who delight i'll
plucking the unwaly official and who
particularly glory. i'll taking the scalp of
of a county commissioner. The com
missioner is his lawful game. An &C
count allowed or disallowed, road or
dercd viewed, opened or changed, an
appointment, contract let, or some
other minor matter of business, be the
decision of the board ever so wise, these
''pick- thank sort of men always find
room to satisfy their insatiate thirst for
scandal, Islander and reorimination.
They have little or no charity for any
officer, much less a county commissioner.
They forget, as do other folks some
times, that the position of a commits
sionef is a very difficult one to fill. But
as long as there are in the world many
men of many minds, such things must
be. The commissioner must do the
best he can and be content with that.
Our present board of commissioners
in this county are men of very good
Judgment and impartial dispositions.
They have retrenched the expenses of
the county somewhat and are conser-
vativc in regard to allowances. They
have as yet made no big drafts on the
depleted treasury of the county to build
bridges or make other internal i'm
provemcnts. They are public spirited
men in this, they want to see the county
relieved of its Indebtedness before they
contract any more big bills. 1t is
easy to find fault and some men would
even find fault with the wisdom of a
Solomon or the sweetness of an angel.
But, dear reader, henceforth when the
temptation comes to poke fun at the
commissioners or abuse them for their
official acts, remember the difficulty of
the position and that ''to err is human,
to forgive divine"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20

The Importance of annexing the
northern counties of Idaho to this
territory is not to be underestimate.
1t is reasonable to believe that there
will be two thousand farms of at
least 100 acres each, in those coun-
ties, planted to grain within the next
two years. Seattle htelEgencer.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-12-20
Draying.

The undersigned does drawing rs cheap as
the cheapest. Orders left with him will receive
prompt attention. Small packages taken 10
the boats free Of chargc.fo regular customers.
ALBERT BATEMAN.