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The Lake County star., 1877-11-01

How northern dresses and manners
are appreciated In Florida is capitally
told in letter thence to the Cincin-
natl Commercial: The critic was q
Florida dame at her wash-kettle the
criticised q brisk, nimble-footed lady
tourist who was taking notes" In the
neighborhood. "Well, she air'a linn
ber critter T. the yints, said the dame.
"Minds me on painter lynn low
agin q clean limb a-lookin' arter calf
critters" "That is not bad,v said /,
"if by critter you mean the lady" II
lowed for to say cretlir," said the
dame, scrubbing briskly at the linen ;
"but critter slipped out long Of her
likin' to cat varmint.v "Cat varminti''
said I. 1.-THE lady would not be fat
tered.n But her answer, gravely inno-
cent OF pun, took me of my feet /:
.sBhe mought be bit fiatter, but she
couldn't be no simmer. She air like
bachelor bug"-a pretty, wingless In
sect--s'most q wise head and hump" !"
Before / recovered she stretched the
kinks from her spine and continued,
slowly: "Air she q gal cretur or . wife
cretur, or something betwig'st and be-
tweenW II don't think she 10 .
widow, - said J. ~ didn't low for to
say widder," was her quick reply.
"Her calikers ain't them sort. :" II
supp0se," said ], you mean divorced
"A grass widow "Well. y poid the
dame, s'she Amt no WIropGrnu wilder
r. peoullaf nofivo grQon1< 4hoa1n'o no
no1s - On ran1S lbeA . Wst>u
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01
The Fashionable Lady.
From the waverly Magazine.

From the waverly Magazine.
A fashionable lady IL one who has
been brought up In the habits, practice
and pursuits of that portion Of society
whose aim and end Is to please and be
pleased. The hrst element Of fashion,
able life is to abstain from all kind Of
labor. A fashionable lady will not do
anything in the kitchen, because II
would be accounted labor; but she will
spend twice that amount of actual la
Dor In the arrangement of her draw
ing room or 6oudoir. To be seen for o
few hours in the occupation Of mend
ing stockings would be an unspeakable
disgrace, while to be engaged for weeks
in curious netting, working lace. or
embroidery, is matter of proud salts
faction, and certainly q cOmmendable
object Of ambition. TO paint or white
wash her house would be degrada-
ton never to be recovered from; but
the painting of howers, persons, or
fruit is an art sought after with all the
energy Of search for gold. She cam
not walk q short distance to Witt q suf-
fering neighbor, for 1t IL too great q tax
on her strength, but she can spend
hours in pr0menading Broadway from
no stronger motive than q desire to
show off her expensive clothes. Her
nerves are altogether too sensitive to
allow her to watch for single night
besides sick friend, but she can spend
night after night at party or dance.
She looks with disdain upon those Of
her own sex who do apght for their
support, and would shrink with horror
from the idea of exerting her ingenui-
ty to assist her father in providing for
his family, but does not hesitate to rob
his purse to crafty her extravagant
wishes. A fine appearance and q gOr-
geOus apparel are q sure passport to her
favor, while she would not associate
with one who was awkward In appear
ance or coarsely dressed, forgetting
that rich and fashionable dress may
clothe q william, while a poorly clad
man may be one of Natures noble
men.
Fashionable society is made up Of
wealth, pretensiOn, and display. A
lady of fashion must attend the opera,
visit Niagara. wear expensive shawls
and diamonds, keep q carriage, and
make, in all things, an elegant appear
ance. Thus life is spent In the vain
pursuit of pleasure and adornment Of
che body, while the soul, dwarfed by
this constant devotion to trifles, Is
made the slave of that which was in
tended to be its servant.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01

you. And as for you, poor man, %
continued his honor. 1--WE pity rather
than persecute you. 00--gO free--nOt
even the costs shall you have to pay"
There was low murmur OF APP
plause through the court. The lady
aud her children walked out some-
what abashed, the vindicated husband
took his hat, and with q ''thank yer
honor" left, not triumphant, but still
sorrowful.
And through the remainder of the
session 1t was noticed that the tide of
Feeling was turning the other way,
and complaining wives had to under
60 closer ordeal OF cross. examination
than before.
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01
The Magnificence of Moscow.

Correspondence Of the Newark Advertiser.
This Is one of the richest and most
beautiful cities in the world. Itseems
especially so as you approach 1t In the
distance Standing on elevated ground,
IL is seen from afar in every direction.
Its numerous towers-every church
having several besides the steeples--
with hundreds Of domes and cupolas,
either gilded or painted green and
spangled with stars, together with
many gardens and trees intermixed
with the houses, give it quite an ORR
entail appearance, and I'LL the traveller
with wonder and admiration when 1t
first breaks upon his view. The river
Moskva flows at the pase of the hill on
which the Kremlin Is built. The
Kremlin Is vast citadel, or city with
In q city, enclosed by wall from
twelve to sixteen feet thick, and from
thirty to fifty feet high, with many
towers, embellishments and beautiful
gates. It contains many magnificent
churches; also the Large Palace and
Little Palace. We entered with un-
covered head, as every one Is required
to do, from the highest official to the
lowest serf, through the Gate OF the
Redeemer, over which hangs q picture
of the Saviour. / would like to tell
you of the cathedrals, and the great
bell, which weighs 10000 pools or
38O, 900 pounds English, now standing
with its broken piece on q pedestal,
placed there by the Emperor Nicholas;
the Romansoff Place with its ancient
obelisk the crooked streets and mixed
houses, elegant government offices In
close contact with huts and cottages !;
the tolerably wide street, three miles
long, leading from the walls Of the
Kremlin to the st. Petersburg gate and
thence to the park or review ground |;
also ofthe treasury, the public museum
and library, together with modern I'M
provements In gas pipes, letter boxes,
etc
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01

before using the above article, we
have taken the trouble to send it to.
phs an and ones s%1 o Aarscrd nSS 81 and psos sso Of
BrooklIne, Mass. He writes: "I dis
lips OF my grandfather identical with
those reported by Or. Wickham. And
4 c0rrQborate Whist the Observer says
sfDs :,ii s' Mafscn Smith e : q, yltnss, With
~ leS8s = Ssl1 = iseas pslss
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ity Is not easily excelled, and 1t is rap
idly taking the precedence in all the
Western markets. At White Rock, In
Huron county, rock salt IL found at
depth of over 1,70O feet, the brine FROM
which Is said to be purer aud stronger
than that from any other salt works.
COAL. -<
Biologists have long since demon
strated the existence Of great coal
basin underlying the central portion
of the Lower Peninsula, and coal has
been found cropping out In several To-
calities on the banks of the streams.
Mines have been opened at jackson,
Corunna In Shiawassee County, at
Williamson In Ingham County. OPP
erations were commenced at Jackson
In 1858, and have since been regularly
continued. The coal Is bitumlnous
and too strongly impregnated with sui
phur to make Il pleasant for domestic
uses. 1t is well adapted for the various
branches of manufacture and Is largely
used for that purpose. The quality
improves as theshaft descesds through
the strata. Operations at Corunna
have been carried on for the past or
10 years. The quality of the coal has
been similar to that mined at Jackson.
There has however lately been q vein
| of superior quality discovered, and
bids fair to prove Of great Importance.
At Williamson very little has here
foforo hoou dono On account Of lack Of
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01

and mining Is now carried on I'm the
counties of Houghton, Keweenaw,
and Ontonagon. The iron mines are
west and south Of these mountains,
though what wealth Of minerals may
yet be discovered under that great
stretch of table land and broken hills
to the eastward, belongs to the future.
Iron was known to the Indians and
white traders who visited that locality
at an early day, since which time there
has been immense quantities taken out
and the supply Is unending. The
quality ofthe Lake Superior iron Is by
actual test the best In the world. Mich
igan now ranks the second state Of the
Union In the production of iron. Penn
sylvania only leading her.
LOWER OR SOUTHERN PENINSULA.
The Lower or Southern. Peninsula is
included mainly between the Lakes
Michigan and Huron. being 416 miles
long and from 80 TO 300 wide, having
an area Of 81, ,45l square miles or 38.-
12S,e4O acres. The central and south
ern portion especially, is well adapted
to all kinds Of agriculture. Fruit and
cereals Of all descriptions are raised In
great abundance, and the extreme
northern portion Is also developing
unexpected success within the last few
years In the cultivation OF wheat, rye,
oats, barley, peas, and all root crops
and vegetables.
GRAIN.
AS Q grain growing State Michigan
is unsurpassed. It's wheat is highly
prised In European cities, being second
70 none, while its corn, barley, and
other grains command the highest
market value. The soll ls greatly dl-
vslsined, some pettion bslns ricb
s1luviAI VIM ~ t66a1. e(hssI, loain,
The Lake County star., 1877-11-01

No pretense of impugning any OF
this testimony has ever been made by
the eulogists Of Paine, and the record
IL a. lndelible as the consequences of
impsety and unrepented eyil.--M Y.
O6server.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-12-12


rxrfsspr9sE REwAnpEp Tho citizens Of
Trculdn andsespecislly those Interested N art
culture, will be glad to learn that Ott y Brew
er's Art Department. has become, after two
wears experiment aud considerable expense,
mi assured success. They are manufacturing
ilicfr earitus works of art as fast as their
prcseut. capacity will admit. Within few
weeks they have had numerous sales, and
such tlatlering congratulations from the lead
inc art dealers OF New York and other Cities
that the yentnfr made by the firm seems to
be success beyond u doubt. JoQ much
praisc cannot be given this firm for their "a.
fcrprisc in this direction, demanding 50 much
risk and such heavy outlay Of r1uncy before
& either rcturns or success could be achieved
But in Mr.. Broomc, their artist, they seem to
have chosen wisely-for his ability and culture,
N coupled with great energy and will, has ler-
s l,aps beeu the only reason why at this early
period in ceramic art manufacture, they have
attained such marked proficiency In the mot
I difficult Of all ceramic production. Since the
Il Centennial they have brought ont many new
pieces, the most important of them being q
fine pair of Pastoral Sculptured Vases, 70
inches high, two Base Ball Boys, entitled
+ g Happy Hours of rare mort, many antique
copies of busts and figures but the greatest
of all heroic bust of Cleopatra. This latter
Il, piece receives the most unqualified Traise
+. Of all citizeps and stamps the artist as a mas
ter, and will give world wide celebrity to the
firm All friends Of the city's progress and
lsoof Trentons pet industry, the potteries will
I, rejoice we feel assured to learn OF the above.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-12-12

Trains through TO Kensington change at Trenton
for West Philadelphia.
Connection is made at Msnunka Chunk With Delaware
Lackawanna Western Railroad At Lehigh Junction
with Lehigh Valley. Lehgh & Susquehanfia, Morris q
Essex and New Jersey Central Railroads At Lambert
vile with Pennington Railroad. At Somerset junction
with Mercer Somerset Railway and at Trenton with
trains to and from New York, and Camden.
For further information time tables, which be
obtained at the ticket offices.
FRANK THOMSON, LIP. FARMER,
General Manager. Gen. Pass. gent.
r. W. JACKSON. eionl Supit II. r. R. of ~. J. Div.
y A. ANpERS0. NSupt. Belvidere Div.
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The annoyance occasioned by the continual
CRYING of the Baby at once ceases when the
+ cause is tas It should bel promptly removed
by using DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. 20 cents
per bottle.
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rs Philadelphia is getting awfulIy tired of her
Public Buildings elephant, and the Press now
joins the Times IN demanding that the work
on them shall cease altogether, at least for
tho present. s.4 ,fGezis al 81sia4ad5 ks +
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.DEA!THs.

ANDERSON -At his residence In IanbertvifBe N. j.,
on the 9Th insA, John Il hsderson in the 15th year
Of his age.
sTIRlsSAt me residence Of bis Mr. J. stlfcs
Pttstown. very suddenly on Thursday Kes. ~ Jacob
Stires. nsss 70 years and month.
HIGGINS-No II, In Fleiningon. Jesse son Of Mah-
Ion c. Higgins, In the 18th year Of his age.
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sa The silverware delivered by the National
Gilver-Plating Co., No. 704 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, is giving entire satisfaction. =
All orders are promptly filed, and no one
j need hesitate about sending them money
Lutheran O6sSrrer. Aas At
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The Tribune cautions it's readers against
1opiacing any confidence in the men who adver-
+, tise that fortunes can be made BY. Investing
money n petty stock transactions. 1t is a
most Injurious and ruinous form Of gambling
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DISSOLUTION on CO-PARlNERsHIP

NToTICE is hereby given that tho partnership exist
In ing between MATTHIAS KiRsr and JosEpH II. CRuM.
doing business carriage makers ~ krst Crutn,
this day dissolved BY mutualconsent All debts of
the firm wiz be paid'hy Joseph III. Grum- few At
counts duo the rm viii be collected ~ NJ kirst who
will notify those Interested ALI other accounts Ni y
collected BY Jos H. Cfum. ~
Nov 2S-St MATTHIAS klitSI,
LsmhertvIlle, nor 10, 1877 JOSEPH u cRcM'
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Mr. Moody is 40 years ofagc, and Mr.. Sank
ey 81 The two have worked together for
seven years.
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a St. Louis jury, after being ont three days,
returned verdict Of one cent damages in a
suit for $40, 900.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1877-12-12

Notice IL hereby given that Public Sale Of Ne Real
Estate hereinafter mentioned wiz be held At the Once
or the Receiver Of Taxes Of the City Of AAmhervil
SATURDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY 1875
The hour Of o'clock In the afternoon the proper
~ assessed a. the property Of the Amwel Mills Cone
psny situate on the west side Of South Main street in
the First Ward of the city Of Lamberye, adjoining
lands OF John spoat and Others Cor the lowest term Of
years but In no case exceeding hfty ycsrs for which
any person win take the same and pay the a.
mount OF taxes assessed thereon respectively with
the interest and eost fees charges. and expenses,
se sae o. secsen pine o. n acs en-
City OF Lambertviles approved March sixteenth, eigh
teen hundred and seventyfour The interesr In this
case win be at the rate OF twelve per centu rom the
twentieth Of cpember 1876 The fees charges and ex
penses will be for the certificate Of sale and the pro-
1I. II. KITCHIN,
Receiver Of Taxes for 1876.
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IN ORDTN4 NOE

To make an appropriation for the purchase OF Fin
Plugs
The Lahabnaqts n ne CIV W lambert is do oriaia
SEC lst That the sum of thousand dollars be and
Is hereby appropriated for the purchase Of Fire Plugs
for the use Of the CITY 70 he paid when the said money
shall he collected by tag as hereby ordered
Size. I'd. That the said shall be assessed Levied
and collected with. and the other taxes OF ths
City At the ncxt tax levy.
HoLxHs ~ ELI.
President d conaeil
Psssed Dee 3D. 1871.
attest w W. EoBlNsoE, Clerk
Approved Dee. 4th. 1871
Dec 5.-prs. + $50.
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II office.

n IRRIGATION win b. spade Ia the next Legislature
"A OF the state Of New jersey, Act to define the
dnes Of the city Superintendent Of Public Schools
Lambertvis e and constitute the City Superintendent
and Trnstees 81 the Public Schools Of Lanbertsilic
CITY Borrd Of Education fer the same. 4sss 4 q E
fo7s a. 1877, CIV. Gro Fl. LAprsoS.
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CHI AP CASH
Met Market.
COMPETITION DEFIED.
Prsms Stock only Slaughtered hsnee. Fssst
Quality Of NEAT always on hand, and
Sold AZ a Lou Pyefs,
PRICES AS FOLLOWS. VIZ

PRICES AS FOLLOWS, VIZ:
Porter House Steak. 90
soui4oih ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Round $50 ass .1S
Prime Rib Roasts, Beef 10
Chuck - (best CUTS IA
80 s ]" gia 81. I'D cut,) 1911
Cross Rib Pieces, y. 49,. 10 to IS
Plate Pieces, Stew Beef, ............. 0s
Navel, - .sse j" ...... 0S
Brisket, g !" ............. 08
Short Cut Loins Of Pork Trimmed 3. 1871
q" ie.s 80 Plain. 10
Hams Trimmed for Saltng,. 10
Hams Sliced Fresh, .................... 12A
Lard put up in Pots or Cans. ....... 10
Mutton from 10 to IS
Vealan Lamb in its season, at equally
low prices. '
], A. GRANT, BucHnR, ID
Sign Eureka Market No. 70 Church st.
Dec IL. 1877.
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AMWELLs NATIONAL BANK.

s 4 LAxBsRTxnHE, y. =, DEC. II. 1877
YTiHE Annual Election for Directors of tbs Bank.
i viii pc held At their Banking House, on FRIDAY,
tho hours Of 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, and " o'clock Ne
Wv. COOLEY. eAsusER.
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Garden of Eden,

Prince De Ligne, cOnntryman and
contemporary of Maria Theresa, wrote
an essay, "On the Location of the
Earthly Paradise" and, after some re-
Elections on the hygienic influence of
different climates, calls attention to the
fact that paradise traditions, in locat-
ing the Garden of Eden, differ only in
regard to longitude, but not to latitude.
The latitude keeps near the snow-bound-
ary, line just south of the regions
where snow may fall, but will not stay
on the ground. Itpasses through Thib+t,
Cashmere, Northern Persia aud Asia
Minor, and reaches the meridian of Eu-
rope near the center of the Mediterra-
nean." The nations that celebrated
life as festival'' have lived along this
line, and we may doubt if in the most
favored regions of the New World hu-
man industry, with all the aids of mod
ern science, will ever reunite the Oppor-
tunities OF happiness which nature once
lavished on lands that now entail only
misery on their eultivators. All over
Spain and Portugal, Southern Italy,
Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, Persia aud
Western Afghauistan, and throughout
Northern Africa, and from Morocco to
the valley of, the Nile, the aridity of the
soil makes the struggle for existence so
hard that to the vast majority of the in
habitants life, from blessing, has been
converted into a curse.
Southern Spain, from Gibraltar to the
headwaters of the Tagus, maintains
now only about One-tenth of its former
population, Greece about one-twentieth.
As late as A. ID. $40. a good while after
the rise of the MOhammedan power, the
country now known as Tripoli, and dis
I tinnt from, No E,I a. a.
elevation OF its mountains, was the seat
of eighty-five Christian Bishops, and
had population of 5000, 600, of which
number Lhree-quarters of one per cent.
are now left The climate, which, ac-
cOrding to authentic description, must
once have resembled that of our South
ern Alleghanies, is now so nearly intol-
| cradle that even the inhumanity of an
African despOt fOrbears to exact open
| air labor from 9 A. NJ. to P. NJ. Steam
boats that pass near the TripOlitan coast
in summer, on their way from Genoa
to Cairo, have to keep up a continual
shower of artificial rain to save their
deck hands from being overcome by the
furnace-air that breathes from the bar
rem hills of the opposite coast. The riv-
ers of some of these countries have
shrunk to the size of their former tribu-
taries, and from Gibraltar to Samarcand
the annual rainfall has decreased till
failure of crops has become a chronic
complaint.
And all this change is due to the in
sane destruction of forests. The great
Caucasian SylUaniD that once adorned
J the birth-land of the white race from
the Western Pyrenees to the foothills
of the Himalayas has Disappeared; of
the forest-area of Italy and Spain, In
the days of the elder Pliny, about two
acres in hundred are left; in Greece,
hardly one. But even the uakedness Of
the most fertile tracts Of Southern Eu-
rope is exceeded by the utter desoIation
of the Ottoman Popular
Science Monthly for august
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Figures of Speech.

The conscious emplOymentO of imagery
is by no means peculiar to literary peO-
pie. 1t is common with every class,
and with almost everybody in every
class. Familiar in the mouths of those
eccentric characters in the humber
walks of life who amuse us so much by
their odd but apt comparisons, racy of
daily experience, and by their quaint
application of old saws and anecdotes,
it is no stranger to the most matter-of-
fact people. The latter, indeed, have
not the exuberant invention and humOr
of a Weller, a Swiveller, or a Tapley,
but they like to season their talk with
the SAVIOR of fancy, which, however,
they generally are obliged to borrow,
lacking mother wit of their own. A
smile or happy phrase hits the popular
taste aud becomes common property.
We hope that friend will pull through
a serious illness; if he grow decidedly
worse, we say that he is 'at DEATHS
door" A man may be "beyOnd his
depth," though never in the water,
"highty," though never off the ground,
or not have "a leg to stand on" al
though his limbs are sound; it is his
resources, material or intellectual, that
are "crippled." Wiseacres have been
called "amaZing shallow" and "the
deep" is another name for the sea.
Spendthrifts are said to be "Open-
handed" and miser "clOse-f fsted," or
"tight as the bark of a tree" The last
saying must call to mind multitude of
comparisons which are in constant use,
such as "true as STEEL" straight as an
arrow" "stift as poker" "brOwn as a
bun," 'still as mousse" "dumb as an
oyster" "merry as a cricket" and 9TH
ers still more hOmely, smacking of hu-
NOR aud belonging to slang, or on it's
confines, like "snug as bug in rug"
'shining as nigger's face" ," and "happy
as clam at high water" that is, when
the fleOd tide protects him from the
spade. Proverbs, too, come to relieve
the dullness of plain talk. 'Make hay
while the sun Shines" lone swallow
does not make a summer" "a burnt
child breads the fire." and hundred
others are every day figuratively ap-
| piled. Old anecdotes, historical or pseu-
do historical, fables and jests do a sim
| liar duty. To mention two or three out
of host, there are the stories about
Mrs. PartingtOn's attempt to sweep out
the ocean, Canute's bidding it retire,
the fly on the wheel, and the cOon's Of
fer to come down if Captain Scott would
not fire.-The GALAXY for august.