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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11

the most unkindest cut of all" "Stand
not upon the order of your going" "a
deed without name," "Frailty, thy
name is woman" 81 am man more
sinned against than SHINING" "They
laugh that win," and q thousand more
as good, though not as well known.
Francis Bacon, the wisest, greatest,
meanest of mankind," said "Knowl-
edge is power" and Beaumont and
Fletcher pronounced that What's one
mans poison, signor, is another's meat
or drink" Milton tells of "Moping
melancholy and moonstruck Madness"
and also of GA wilderness of Sweets"
Gall hell broke loose" and "The para
disc of FOOLS"
Samuel Butler, author of "Hudibras,"
dubbed a religious creed thus; "'Twas
Presbyterian true blue" Dryden says
"None but the brave deserve the fair"
and "Sweet is pleasure after pain" He
also warns thus: "Beware the fury of
patient man." "All delays are danger
Gus in war;" and thinks that "Men are
but children of a larger growth" The
Earl of Roscommon has it that one
must "Choose an author as you choose a
FRIEND" and says that "The multitude
are always in the wrong" John Bun
yam wisely reminds us that He that is
down needs fear no fall" and Thomas
Southerne "That PHYS akin to love-"
1t was crazy Nathaniel Lee who averred
that When Greeks Joined Greeks, then
was the tug of war;"
Matthew Prior thought The end
must justify the means;" and Deane
Swift said "Bread is the staff of life."
George Farquhar called Necessity the
mother of invention;" Edward Young
very sombre fellow, said " Death loves
a shining mark" he also thought that
Man wants but little, nor that little
long," and that GA fool at forty is a fool
indeed" he also told of "Tired natures
sweet restorer, balmy Sleep" Pope says
TO err is human, to forgive Divine;"
and Thompson tells of "Cruel as death
and hungry as the grave" 1t was John
Gay who said "While there's life, there's
hope" and sang of cover the hills and
far away" Lawrence Sterne thought
that "God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" and Benjamin Franklin that
"God helps them who help themselves"
Cowper said that "Variety's the spice
of life;" Thomas Campbell that "'Tis
distance lends enchantment to the
view;" he also said, "And coming
events cast their shadow before" Dan
iel Webster told of a Sea of upturned
faces" and Washington Irving thought
our idol was "The mighty dollar" By
ron says that war presents Battles
magnificently stern array" and Keats
that ga thing of beauty isa JOY forev-
er;" and last, it was Bishop Berkely, an
English prelate, who in the seventeenth
century, said, westward the course of
empire takes its way"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11

cert such as was never heard before in
America.
The effect was electrical on our worthy
lawmakers. An act incorporating the
" Marine Band" was passed and became
law, and the Marine Band from that
date has been one of the special objects
of interest to all Washington visitors
AS years rolled by it was kept strictly q
private affair. Sons were trained to sue
ceed fathers, and only a few outsiders
allowed to enroll their names.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11
Anecdote of Judge West.

MANY years ago there lived in
IVl Tolland, Conn, Judge West, who
had been magistrate for many years
and was also elected to the Connecticut
Genera! Assembly. One day as the
Judge was in his field plowing, having
an OK team with boy for driver, a
man came in great haste with no hat
on, coat badly torn and looking as
though he had Jared hard in hand-to-
hand encounter. The Judge, who con-
jectured what was the trouble, kept on
ploughing, merely asking:
''What is the matter, Nate Smith ?
You seem to be in hurry"
"NTatter enough" said Nate following
along we had little fuss, Bill Jones
and me, down at the tavern. He in
suited me, and because L resented it, he
pitched i'll and nearly half killed me as
you see. Now, want you to give me a
writ"
Cant do it" said the Judge.
" won't stand the abuse of that
rascal Jones any longer" said Nate,
land L must have writ"
" If you had been at home about your
business" replied the Judge, who still
kept on plowing, you would have had
no trouble"
IF you don't give me a writ, I'll
have you brought before your betters,"
said Nate, thinking to accomplish his
object by a threat.
"Whoal" said the Judge. "Boy,
give me that whip"
The Judge, who was powerful man,
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11
The Marine Band.

TIGHTY years ago, when the repub-
l. lie was in its earliest infancy, and
the navy consisted of few wooden
hulls, one of them, during cruise on
the Mediterranean, was boarded by
band of musicians claiming that they
were the " Royal Band' of Italy, and
had deserted with the idea of reaching
America and making their fortunes in
the new world. The American captain
realized the situation and hesitated, al
though he had just received orders for
the ship to return. 1t seems almost i'm
possible to smuggle the band to Amer
lea without detection, and if exposed he
would incur the displeasure of the
italian Government, and in the end be
dismissed by our own.
The band-leader watched his counte-
nance, and read that n decision was
about TO be declared against the band
The poor fellow pleaded his cause, and
with accents of pity and distress begged
for a voyage to the " land of the free"
At last, when nearly every ray of hope
had deserted him, happy thought oc-
Cured. He was good leader - also
fine judge of human nature - and he
discovered that the American captain
was lover of good music, and while
the officers were called aft to discuss the
question of carrying off the band, the
leader sounded the call, the instruments
were brought out, sheets of music placed
in position, and the consultation of the
officers interrupted by such delicious
strains of music that silence pervaded
" fore and aft.
1t was the " last hope" and every
member of the once famous band felt
that his life and liberty depended on the
effect of their music on the Americans.
Arguments, pleadings and words had
failed, but music, heavenly and divine,
was successful, and as the last strain
died away on the soft air of that sunny
cline, the brave old veteran captain said
to his officers, Gentleman, that band
shall so with us to the United States,
and the consequences, whatever may
come, will rest on my shoulders alone"
The voyage was long one, and before
reaching the country the band adopted
suggestion of the captain, and, on be-
ing landed, scattered to different cities,
adopting for the while other trades and
occupations.
AS expected, the Italian ministe re-
ceived notice from home to watch for
the runaway band. Some diplomatic
correspondence followed He was GER
tain the band had never reached Ameri-
ca and soon after the count was recalled,
and the band, who had friendly advisers,
were assured that all danger was over
They met in Washington and favored
Congress, then assembled, with con-
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1877-12-11
Popular Sayings,

A LMOST every one has on hand
"A store of trite opposite sentences,
using them daily, but having no knowl-
edge of their authorship; and as men
are apt to be curious concerning the hab-
its and laws they follow or are govern
ed by, tracing their origin back into the
dmness of long-slumbering centuries,so
they are often possessed with desire to
know who first framed these words into
the sentences so familiar to them. The
following have been strung together by
one whose nature leads him to ramble
among books for his SOULS best amuse-
ment.
1t was Thomas A. Kempis who,i i'm the
fifteenth century, gave us "Maa pro-
poses, but God d;sposes )" and the equal
ly well-kuown saying, ''Of two evils the
less is TO be chosen" the original of ''Of
two evils choose the least" Thomas
Tusser, writer of the sixteen century,
gave, Better late than never" and
the key for four other common phrases
in For Christmas comes but once
year." ''it's an i'll wind that turns none
to good, ." The stone that is rolling can
gather no moss, =" "Look ere thou leap,
see ere thou CO." 1t was Francis Rabe-
lais, French wit of the same century
who said that by "Robbing Peter he
paid Paul. and told that when
"The devil was sick, the devil monk would
be:
The devil was well, the devil monk was he"
1t was also in the sixteenth century
that Sir Edward Coke, a celebrated Eng
lish lawyer, said For man S house is
his castle,' and Lord Brooke sung,
- And out of mind as soon out of sight. p"
1t was Christopher MaIlowe, the fore
runner of Shakespeare, and father OF
the grand old English drama, who sang
to the ladies, Glove me little, love me
long, and told of "Infinite riches in a
little ROOM
We owe to the public genius of Shake
speare, "This is the short and long of
it, g The worlds mine OYSTER" "Com-
parisons are odious,n GAS merry as the
day is long," GA Daniel come to judg-
ment, )" at is wise father that knows
his own child" "And thereby hangs a
tale,'' ''He needs must go that the devil
drives,'' "Why this is very midsummer
Madness" 'The smallest worm will
turn when trodden on" Smooth runs
the water where the brook is Deep" $50
wise so young, they say, do ne'er live
long" "The weakest goes to the wall, I"
"We have seen better days" "This was
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT BeRsLARy.-On
Thursday night at 3 o'clock, burglars
made an attempt to rob the paint store
at the corner Of Marais street and Ca-
rondelet walk, but were interrupted in
their operations by the approach OF the
private Waterman Of the Lott Mill. who
gave the alarm, compelling the burglars
to beat hasty retreat, empty handed.
ROBBERY. 49, About 10 minutes to 4
o'clock Friday morning the front door
of Mr.. Baltz's beer saloon, No. 6 Royal
street, was found open. The proprietor
was aroused, and on examining his
saloon discovered that the money drawer
had been broken open and robbed Of
$25 in currency. There Is no clue to the
thief.
LARcENY.--At the instigation Of Fl. M
Moore Lolita Campbell was arrested and
locked up in the Third Precinct Station,
charged with the larceny of $40.
ATTEMPT AT Observation-Disclosures the
hours Of 2 and o'clock Friday morning
an attempt was made by thieves to bur-
glarize the residence OF Mrs. Duratur,
on Euterpe, between st. Charles and
Prytania. The burglar was discovered
and frightened off before recovering any
booty.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07
IseTUNDA TALK.
An Advisory Csuneii for Packard and lie
Blank Caase aneuees.

The advent Of the Commission infused new
life In the rotuhda of the st. Charles Hotel last
night and quite a crowd was gathered there.
Politicians, statesmen. Journals and m'seel-
laneous citizens crowded the spacious hall, all
cpnversing freely. with. the evident animus
showing In the eye and department OF all that
each was endeavoring to get from the other as
The general sentiment was that the monster
mass meeting OF Yesterday was complete sue sue,
and lie f ~, thS 70
either NICHOLS or anarchy. Our distinguished
peared to be deeply impressed with the demon
stratiqn. and as they are looking after facts to
periencs in New Orleans 's will lib be amply i sun
cient to justify them in reporting The fact that
everybody, here THAT is worth ahyhing) Is on
Meanwhile the Pretender Packard does not
remain Idle. He Is fighting his last battle, and
will do his best to make the thing lively. AS an
three. com posed OF the Honorables If we may be
allowed The expressionl. ). Henri Bureh, John
Ray and Albert, t,eqnard, to ;, lay ;, bis
mission, which is supposed to Judge Tor Itself
These gentlemen III we may again be allowed
the expression) were in CONTEMPLATION WITH the
Commission for q space OF time certainly ex-
ceedng an hour and a half. What they said
and how 1t was received will remain q mystery
for day or two longer, like all State secrets,
but we certainly know that nothing as yet has
come out Of 1t. We suppose. aud give 1t gratui-
tnusly to the public upon our own authority,
that nothing will come out of 1t particularly Tor
Mr.. Packard
But here's the rub J. Hale sypher and J..
II. Sheldon are not friends of Packard, and
belong to and lead what we may sal Y classical
phraseolugy the opposition" We do not give
II as a fact, but as toletably well founded re-
port. that these two statesmen are to interview
the Commission, after the other worthless have
worried through theft, role. and enaeavor to
prove that Mr.. Packard is a fraud. IT they try
hard, and honestly, there is no doubt but that
they will succeed So
The gentlemen Of the Commission have to
day, as we hear, seen both Gov. Nichols and the
Prptender Packard. Packard. it seems. has
been rather communicative for a man Of his
taciturn reputation. while. on the contrary, Me,
hollis. who Is generally conceded 10 be genial
gentleman. was very reticent. and kept on his
dignity. In fact, Our Governor, had very lit
tie to say to the Commission and really we DO
not see what he could have said to these gentle
men, unless to welcome them and make himself
as agreeable rs possible. sssssll
In short, and as q, consequence, t. the above.
we think that the advisory council OF Mr.. Peck
ard are souandering away u precious lot Of in
teligence and energy, lust. for nothing" be
cause the whole business. is fixed and the
gates of hell will not prevail against It,"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07
CITY AFFAIRS.
Death of Mr.. Charles Del Bondio.

At 7 o'clock Friday morning. Mr..
Charles Del Bondio, residing at No. A !
Camp street, q member OF the firm oil
T. Del Bondio, prominent produ oe
dealers of good financial standing,
yielded up his life by jumping into the
river from off the wharf at the head OF
Orange street. The cause assigned for
the rash act on the part of the deceased,
as stated by his friends, was that he had
Of late been; or considered himself to
be, financially embarrassed. It appears
business with Mr.. Del Bondio failed,
by which he was the loser to quite O
large amount.
This is said to have preyed upon his
mind to such an extent that at times he
was in state of insanity.
At 8 o'clock Thursday night he left
his own residence and repaired to that
Of his brother. at the corner OF Pryta-
mia and Josephine streets. where he
spent the night. About midnight Thurs
day. as soon as his friends discovered
that he had left the house, O diligent
SEARCH WAS INSTITUTED.
They visited all of the police stations
but failed to find his whereabouts. The
brothers residence was never once
thought Of by them, and the deceased
rested there oil night. ATT o'clock this
morning he left the house, repaired te
the river and jumped in.
Before taking the fatal plunge he
placed his hat on the wharf as II to
leave some sign by which his friends
could trace his fate.
The hat was brought to the, Second
Precinct Station where 1t was identified
as that worn by the deceased.
The body of Mr.. DelBondio was re.
covered at half-past II O'Clock.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07
BY TELEGRAPH.
THE LEADERSHIP.
--T----~
The Democrats Likely TO Secure
the Organization of the
Next House.
s-.--------=--@A@~=--4
Foster Retires from the Field In Favor
Of Garfield.
GIN, fields Bloody Shirt and Johbery
Record. o7s
..paL
His Election Impossible.
Especial TO the N. o. democrat, ]

Especial TO the N. O, Democratl
WASHINGTON, April 9. Garfield, who
is here, says, that he has q letter from
Foster, In which the latter abandons
his aspirations for the speakership,
and agrees to support Garfield for thai
position. II this be true, ID goes great
way to dispose OF the movement te
break UP the Democratic caucus and to
insure the Democratic organization oil
the House. Foster could have got q
considerable Southern support, partly
because OF his liberalism and partly
because the carpet-baggers in Repub
lcan caucus would have bolted him
Garfield can get the support OF carpet
baggers, but 1t Ia difficult to imagine how
any Southern man could vote for him.
He has not only been one Of the most
malevolent of the bloody shirt tribe ol
Radicals, but he he's also been involved
in half dozen most disreputable steals
from the Credit Mohilier and the
street paving ring of Washington. His
receipt OF a Eve thousand dollar bride
from the last named ring has been moi
only proven against him but confessed
by him.
The trouble with Foster is his mod
esty; he can always be crowded out ol
the way by any cheeky politician who
talks loud and makes great preten
sions. He IL the only Republican in
the new House who could hope to make
any break in the Democratic lines, and
his withdrawal, il 1t be fact, settles
the movement in that direction. How.
ever. Garfield is such a liar, that
would rather see the letter than take
his word for It, BUELL..
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The Effect of Packard's Scribbling
in the National Capital.
Poor Fellew-sIe Has no Friends T!
Matters In South Carolina and Mt the
Treasury Department.
Especial to the N. o. Democrat

Especial to the N. q. Democrat.l
WASHINGTON. April e.-The tone of
Paekard's letter to the President shows
that his close confinement in the st.
Louis Hotel has affected his mind at
all events, 1t betrays a woful lack of in
formation as to the situation at this end
of the line. Packard may as well know
that the sole object Of the President ID
to get rid OF him. and the Commission
was chosen as q delicate method of per-
forming the surgery necessary to that
operation. When Packard says in his
letter that he was called to the execu-
tive chair Of Louisiana by the same votes
that elevated Hayes to the Presidency
he employs what at the White House
has been considered as arrant sophistry
for several weeks; however, there is no
law to restrain the kicks of dying dog.
The claim set up by some of the car
pet. baggers that Gen. Hawley could be
depended on to stand by Packard
through thick and thin. Ia amusing to
those who know the Generals views.
Hawley is one Of the best representa-
tives of the fighting Federal soldiery.
and was one of the first Republicans to
take a conservative position on the
Southern question; he is about as like
ly to stand by Packard through thick
and thin as Schurz, Foster or Stanley
Matthews would be.
smith Carolina Matters.
The latest advices from South Caro-
lima bring tidings Of quietude and peace
Great preparations are being made for q
grand Hampton demonstration at Go.
lumbia.
Chamberlain returned to Washington
yesterday, and started at midnight FOL
South Carolina. He will counsel bis adj
herents to accept the situation.
The Treasury Department.
will be reorganized soon and another
reduction Of two hundred and thirty
will take place in the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing.
Secretary Robson makes an explana-
ton OF the League Island matter, and II
is generally believed that he will be ex
culpated from official irregularity. Al
all events it is likely that he has sue
cessfully covered up his own tracks
and il anybody suffers it will be subor
dinates. BUELL..
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I'll. nnis Intel,

Pretender Packard, hearing that a committee
of citizens would wait upon him yesterday and
demand surrender Of the ST. Louis Hotel. was
made sorely afraid thereby and Immediately
within the building and called out his gallant
militia, the same consisting about sixty rag
tag aud bobail negroes that had been gathered
from off the levee for the occasion. ehe Boss
says that his friends are going to give him q
mass meeting, but the time and place have not
as yet been desi mated,
Dame Rumor has 1t, however. that the meet
ting will tske place in Congo Square.
Congo Square would indeed. be very apDro-
pirate place. 1t being classical ground for the
" expect that Packard can get enough men, lei
alone brothers. to make up decent meeting
even upon such hallowed ground.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07
q. =. GIRARDEY's
Calendar OF
Auction Sales Of Real Estate. Stocks. Etc.,
10 TAKE PLACE Ar THE
81. CHARLES AUCTION EXCHANGE.

sAtarday. April T-Ior the Succession Of Ann
Sinclair ct als-The two.stofY frame
dwelling NO sos Bafonne between Cal.
nor thse s NEE H d the late Theophilus
Nash-The flrst class yhree..btory Brick
Residences, designated Z, py "a tne NOS; 223
sfraet and forming the northwest corner
Of 0arondelet and st Jeseph streets.
Choice hpmes for aristocratic and pro-
fessional residence, safe and productive
For The Succession of A.. wese- The Double
Tenement Frame Cottage on Washing
ton between st Patrick and ST. Denis
streets that spacious property, forming or
the southeast corner OF Perdid9 anu
Carriage Works, and BY the Nos. lis and
TIN peTdido street. d double tenement,
e. newly built brick cottage. ,,a,,,. i.
charmingly. located pm the .. W. corner
mated BY he Nos. s4s, al asnj a4s st.
shs~rssy, prii 4@To, pay mortgage, By con.
sent Of parties, the, lDouble Tenement
Ii, corner Of Second and 81. David streets.
The Two-story Frame Dwelling, No ss7
First between Dryades and Ut. Denis
Four iine building LOTS, forming the north
west corner OF rt David and First streets
and Ell pear he church s1a e Of +, st' Francis
That choice Investment, store and eottage
of Baronne and Ihlru HtFeetst KNOWN by
the Nos, es1 GA and $50 Bafonne street,
and by the Nos. 1908, s1o and s7a Ihifu
street.
The handsome and moaernly arranged two
story Brick Dwelling, with three lots;
Nc. % Constance. between Ihalia and
The substantial and spacious threeas,ory
Brick Dwelling, known as the late
Mace " institute Q, on Bourbon. between
ST. Louis and Toulouse streets.
For terms and full particulars, see official ana
6enoripttya advertisements and plans at the
ef1iee of the Auctioheer, 81 Camp street.
t0hgT tf
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The Commission Visit the Cotton Ex-
change.

Friday morning, at II O'Clock, the sew
sion visited the Cotton Exchange, &C.
companied by Gen. Busy and Congress-
man Levy. At the Exchange there was
a general Interchange Of opinions, and
the members Of the Commission receiv-
ed on all sides warm welcome.
The interchange OF salutations was
very warm. For half an hour the mer.
chants gathered In the Exchange, talk
ing and chatting with the visitors, and
1t was only when the hour appointed
for the general mass meeting had ar
rived that the members withdrew and
the Exchange was closed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-07

TER fsnrarTsr BARGAINS Every man, woman
and chill IN The country knows what "s'anziger
means. fer this ente prsing firm, knowing the
value Of advertising. has lett no stone un.urned
without placing their name upon 1t. messrs.
nsnrirer 4 Son, having f.ciliies for purchasing
ron3s shat others ha re not, are consequently able
e eel n prices that always secure . great rush
~ their elegant estab, ishment. They have just
received large I { of goods from the gre oank.
,,,,t ssla in New York, where an immense amount
80 oS<is vere sold for damaged, Tut are hardly
sc,isd & iii. but they will have to be sold q 2
s,;nors nr5ce. They have also full and elegant
sseorsment of fashionable spnng goods. See I'd
vertieement
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Ohio to speak First.
tPhiladelphia Press. I

Ohio will be the scene of another po-
litical struggle next fall. A Governor
and q Legislature are to be elected, and
the Legislature will choose O successor
to Stanley Matthews in the United
States Senate. AS the first important
State election under the present Admin
istration, Its results will be a fair indi-
cation Of popular sentiment In regard to
the policy OF President Hayes. Should
press decided views on the currency
question, another holly contested cam
paign, arousing the attention OF the
whole country. may be expected.