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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
THE rAcANT cHAIR.
TUE STORY IN REGARD TO SENATOR RAN
som AND MOTIONS CHAIR.

wAsnISGroS, Nov. l.-Senator Ran
som, of North Carolina, is annoyed by
statement recently Published that he
had spoken for the seat of Senator
Morton, near the centre Of the cham.
Der, in case of the death Of that Sena-
tor. 1t is the custom in tho Senate to
bcspcak seats sometimes year or two
in advance Of them becoming vacant.
Last spring, during the extra session
of the Senate, when there was an ex.
tcnsivc change in seats of Senators on
account of the terms OF service of one
third of the members Of that body
having expired, Senator Mcdonald, the
colleague Of Senator Morton, secured
a seat near that Senator, and shortly
afterward Senators Morton, Mcdonald
and Ransom werein friendly conversa-
ton, when Mr.. Morton remarked
Ransom, it is injurious TO your health
TO occupy that seat near the door, and
ought to secure a moro desirable one"
Senator Ransom laughingly replied
'pWell, Senator, we Democrats have In
diana now, and viii pre-cmpt your
seat so | can have il when your term
of service expires on the 4th of March
1870" and turning to Senator Melon
aid, said "Sow you must sec that
Morton is not reelected" Tho three
Senators laughed over the matter. The
recent statement conveys the errone
ous impression that Senator Ransom
spoke Tor the seat within a lew days
past, in anticipation of the death Of
Senator Morton.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14

STATE OIL WELLS. We learn from
the Erie Dispatch that the Common
wealth is realizing quite q handsome
sum of money from oil pumped out Of
the Asylum farm at Warren. Who is
experimenting the States interest, to
see whether the cash gets into the
State Treasury or not, We are not IN.
formed but il il be true, we hope IL
will bo looked after, so that the money
win be put where II will do the most
good. Though the Dispatch was orig
inally opposed to the purchase at War
rem Of n site for the Insane Asylum
because II Thought Erie county offered
a better location), it is now evident
that the State made an excellent bar
gain when II bought the farm at North
Warren. The development Of oil on
it's property more than doubles its
value, and the Commonwealth is now
deriving a handsome revenue from the
royalty paid to IL by parties putting
down wclIs. a. strike of two hun
dred barrel we'll has been recently re-
ported, the State receiving one.third.
Oil may not be good for crazy people,
but il serves TO lubricate the financial
machinery at Harrisburg.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14

siding against property and intelligence
until he feels that he has been betrayed,
as he is just beginning to find out that
ho has been. lie neither reads nor
writes is immoral reasons imperfect
ly remembers but connscdly what he
is told has no power Of analysis is
4irvs.t-Tti-. ..eia,' iit .s.s-rss,..s- 49,
xStHus~Hr~~-s ,~Sra
cepts bribc. The danger in conse-
qucncc Of such Ignorance springs from
its large numerical power, which II has
not in the North just al this iunctnrc,
IL is unfortunate that Ae shoais have
been deserted by the proicsscd philan-
thropist. lie has been tried as u Leg
islator, Judge, Major General, and
Policeman, and he will not do for
either ono. Tho severe school of ad-
versity teaches him but little. But he
~ wv N"'H bho !" l'VriiVn Nh'io he
must stand or fall. Having been re.
moved from politics as an active factor,
he mnst go to work now to make him
self u home and necessarily renew his
close relations with his former master.
Only when he Is courted by all politi.
cal parties alike will he taste his polti-
cal freedom. Liberia shows what a
black Government can do. II excludes
all whites from the ballot But does
not satisfy the negroes who have been
sent out there. The love Of home is
stronger than that Of theory. Moth
ing but the constant application of ey-
ternal help can hold up thatcommunity
against relapsing INTO barbausm. 1t is
not an encouraging picture of race
suddenly thrustinto Government privi.
lcges, and cvcry succeeding ycarit will
compel our more and moro anxious
consideration. - Boston Post
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f-71 m 1907 T77I--
A TERRIFIC PRA YER.

81.
Tho Turks fight we'll, and II must
also bc confessed that they pray with
much vigor- Ono Of their current
prayers is tho following, issued from
Constaptinoplc by Shiek ul- Islam, tho
hcad Of the Mohammedan church
{ afy SST7 Ni4 z-.s.y.... % : w., .ss.i.
! W sS. = s.a :. 81 ~ sss,se -
pie Almighty God, show no mercy to
the infdcl mcrciful givcr OF good
things, strengthen the Ottoman arms by
Thy powerful aid discomft the proud
and pcridioas hoaso ol..ao impious.
Glory be to God, the Lord of the Uni
verse. The grace and blessings of God
DO upon our Lord, His Prophet, Mo-
hammed, and upon all his pious follow.
crs. Oh God, strengthen Thy servant,
our Sultan, the chief Of Thy favor,te
people protect as and onr country,
and sweep of the face Of the earth all
nfidels opposed to us and 10 our holy
and true religion destroy, Almighty
God, every vestige of the impious Rus
slams and the equally impious Hellenes,
who are cropping in the darkness of i'm
picty like swine in tho mirc, and who
have dared to raise their sacrilcgious
hands against Thy faithful people and
against Thy Prophet Mohammed. Dis
pcrsc, o God, their coalition scatter
their assemblies break, o God, their
weapons diminish and annihilate their
ranks send them, . God, quickly TO
their destined place of punishment /;
pour upon their heads, o God, all Thy
wrath aud Indignation place them,
. God in the central abode Of the
wicked visit them with thy indigna-
ton, by which Thou hast hitherto
punished Thine enemies o God, con.
found their tongues let their blood
flow in torrents their heads be tram.
pied by Thy faithful servants, the Os-
manils break down their authority,
their rulers, their strongholds exhaust
their power o God, make their chill
drcn orphans, their wives widows, and
their mothers mourners; coniound their
mental faculties. o God of mercy, let
there be left no vestigc on the earth of
the impious Russians, the Hcllenes, the
Slavonians, and other lnfdcl Franks,
allied or sympathizing with them I;
encompass them, 0 God, on every side
with gricvous plaques overthrow
them with Thy terrible wrath, with
fires, with massacrcs and sbipwrecks,
by strangling, by pestilence and chol
era, by famine and by earthquakes /;
make their cities empty oil inhabitants I;
shake them by Thy eight avenging
spirits as these mischievous and i'm.
pious infdels endeavor to injure us, let
them, o God, suffer in their own eyes,
in their sense, in their wives, in their
children, and lastly,in their own lives ;
let Thy anger and indignation, o God,
be hurled upon them like hailstoncs /;
make their goods plumber to all those
who believe in Thee and the Holy
Prophet Mohsmmed, with whom be
the grace and blessing Of Almighty
God"
This is absolutely terrific, and If an
swered the enemies Of the Musselman
will have desperately small chance
at life.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14

MoukSruL.--Thc bloody shirt is laid
away in lavender, civil service reform
is explained and exploded the vitality
has been taken out Of the Republican
party by Hayes, and now the vitality
is taken out of Hayes by tho Republi-
can party. A big funeral and no
mourncrs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
GLASS and PUTTY,

Foot and Chain Bolts, Carriage. Tire and Barrel
Bolts, Bed Cord, Sad Irons, Horse Brushes and
Curry Combs, Gfind-stons fixtures, Gun, Hemp
and Soap atone Packing, Cable Chains. etc.
They will also keep on hand full assortment
ofTinware, and general stock sf House Furnish
ing 0cods, which they will sell st prices ~ cult
the timcs.
Persons wishisg anything In their line are in-
,ited 10 call and examine their stock before
purchasing. REED A HAGERTY.
cissrht.i, Msy 30, ie77-iy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
GENERAL HOWARD'.S PLEA,

Genera! Howard seems determined
to keep himself before the country in
some form or another, and now that
the Nez Perces campaign is over he Is
submitting himself with tears in bis
eyes, TO the interviewer and making
out q pitiablc case in his own behalf
We doubt not that Gen. Howard hon
cstly thinks himself abused. But by
what rule is the country 10 90 in its
estimate OF manY lie has been tried
in n number of different positions since
the war, and in all of them, from the
management OF the Frcedmans Bureau
until the hunt for Chief Joseph, he has
made not Indifferent successes, but
signal failures. lie has had resources
in abundance at his command, and
successive Administrations have beer
very patient, apparently willing to OK
pertinent indefinitely to see what ser
vice under the Government he had
most genius for. That is still un
demonstrated problem, but We doub'
not long.sufiering country is willing
to give him another chance, though I
must be in something moro humble
than what he has thus far attempted
We do not think II good taste for Gen
Howard to whine or accuse the Gov
ernmcnt that has put bread into BIZ
mouth OF robbing him Of large sun
Of money. He should not add ingrati
tudc to his other weaknesses, and h'
is not going the right way TO work 4
win sympathy, even Il he deserves IL.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
A REM ARKABLE CORRES
PONDEN CE.
JUSTICE STRONG ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IN LOUISIANA.

.. - -
JUSTICE srkoN0 ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IN LOUISIANA.
Mr. George ~ Jones Conaross
w. . 'N"'i e'S
man from Tennessee before the war,
,l;,l " r c..
'hu''ou 'o''or W W.T. 'usl'co otrohB
while the Electoral Commission was in
session, OF winch Inc following IL the
snhstance
when you and we're In Congress together you
were a Democrat and regarded as On honest man
Dou you believe that TIE people OF Louisiana
elected or voted for The Hayes Electors
TO this direct inquiry the following
answer was returned
~, H. w wAsH'SeTos' ~ 5' February 30 1877.
nv DIAN sin - was Democrat when you
na GsSnS' soS q VIns s1 en1ln am sd s.
Rights Democrats have always held. and which
up to the present winter-neSer NOR more clearly than
in ls,s to 6 iSIS, ,,,
stituiional right to inquire into State Electors.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
SWISS CATTLE. Tho Boston Post. Q

SWISS CATrLE.-Thc Boston Post Of
n recent date, says An important
sale of pure Swiss cattle, owned by
Mr.. d. q. Aldrich, OF Worcester, occnr.
red on the 23j ult. Tho superiority
claimed for this over other breeds Is in
the combination Of remarkable milk and
butter qualities, with cxccllency ior
beet. The cows often weigh from 1900
to 1900, and tho bulls from 1000 to
27O1pounds. They are generally light
TO dark brown chestnut, and are said
to bo very handsome. The range Of
auction prices for bulls was from $40
to ei42b0, and tho purchasers repre-
scnted Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Vermont, Now York and Indiana
Tho cows and heiiers brought all the
way from s75 to s295, and we're dis
,ri6uted in Mime, Massachusetts, Yer
mont, Rhode Island, Connecticut and
Indiana. Among the purchasers wal
@. II. Miliikcn, Of Portland, the well
known and popular landlord at the
Glen (white Mcuntain) House, who
paid sB5 for a heller, Daisy, about sis
weeks old and who also bought a
young hall Swiss and Jersey, paying
800.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14

II is reported that when somebody
asked Mrs. Secretary McCrary If she
had Mrs. Belknaps carnage, she immc
diately answered, No, you won't find
any of that stuildruggey around us p
Whence is this awful word, and what
docs IL mean 2
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CLEARFIELD, PA

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POoN WUMhH. TI =
- ssa.es 0s4h1n1sdnDakNun
! know woman pale and slighE
With heart in helpless mood,
Who often tolls throughout the night,
To earn her husbands food.
While he In strength of manhoods power
Some gay saloon will seek,
And spend more money In an hour
Than she earns In week.
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TIRED.
Tired, oh, so tired and weary
OF tho crooked ways of life,
Tired Of the daily struggle,
OF the heart pain, Of the strife.
Tired Of the cross I'm bearing
Heavenly upon the road,
Ask God to help me daily,
So sink not meath Its load.
The COMING MAN.
The coming man Is he who lives
To see his fortune made
Whom ev'ryboly will respect,
Because he learned trade.
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EQUALITY.
We grant no dukedoms to the few,
We hold like rights and shall,-
Equal on Sunday In the pew,
On Monday in the mall.
TWAS EVER THUS.
Oh ever ihuS from childhood's hour,
I've seen my fondest hopes decay
mover led the ace or bower.
But some ones joker blocked the way
THE ASS.
roor mite foai OF an oppreste race
love the languid patience Of thy face;
And Oft with gentle hand gave thee bread
And clap thy ragged coat, and pat thy head
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-11-14
Ylisfsllaufpns.

G77T7 IL not easiiy earned In these times, but
Mllf Il can be made In three months BY any
WI one Of either ses, In any part Of the
country who 70 willing to work stssdiiy at the
employment that We furnish. 500 per week 10
your own town. You need not be away from
home over night. You eau gise your Whole time
to the work. az only yaur spare moncnts. Itcosts
nothieg 70 try ihs hSiih : Terms and s. 0a,ht
r1 '>o,s - = - .,kssssN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01

Prof. Louis Pollens of Burlington,
has been offered, and we understand
has accepted, the Assistant Professor
ship of Modern Languages at Dart
mouth College. He is amply qualified
for the position.
A frightful accident occurred at the
depot in Bennington, Friday, causing
the death of boy about nine years
old. Charles McMasters' two boys,
aged nine and eleven, were playing
around the cars, putting on and letting
off brakes. The older boy let a car
run down the track, till it ran into an
other car. As the cars came together
they caught the youngest boy between
the bumpers, smashing his skull. Death
was almost instantaneous.
M. T. Hatch of Nerth Troy, editor of
the Palladium, in his last issue pub
lished an article derOgatory to one Miss
Hadlock. Friday afternoon, as Hatch
was passing George Brayley's store in
North Troy, Miss Hadlock emerged
therefrom, threw handful of red pep
per in his eyes, completely binding
him, then drew large horse whip and
gave him a severe thrashing in the face
and upon his head, and finally rotten
egged him.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
Two Children Burned to Death.

RUTLAND, VT, May 26. The dwell
ing house of Henry Tower of North
Clarendon, was destroyed by fire last
night, and two of his children, boys,
aged nine and eleven, respectively,
were burned with it. The fire caught
about midnight and was not discovered
till the house was completely enveloped
in flames. The rest of the family, con-
sisting of Mr.. Tower, his wife and two
young children, escaped with difficulty.
The two boys who we're burned slept in
IL chamber in the L part of the house
The fire caught in this part and suffO-
Gated them before they could be res
cued. The neighbors who came to the
rescue opened one of the chamber win
dows and pulled the bed on which the
children slept up to it, but they had
already left the bed. and in their efforts
to get down the stairway were burned
The contents of the house, including
the wearing apparel and personal eff.
fects of all the inmates. were almost
wholly burned, only few articles from
one of the front rooms being saved
| The house was insured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
Passumpsic.

Passumpsic.
The Greenwood girl, reported dead
ut Charles Cooks, has recovered and
returned home to her fathers. She was
quite sick with heart disease, but the
report of her death was premature.
Charles Cook has had trouble with
Charles Badger, of whom he hired a
farm this spring. 1t came to head
Monday when Cook undertook to move
away and take with him some potatoes,
ETC., that were on the place when he
went there. Badger met him near n.
ii. Gilman's and undertook to unload
the things he claimed, but Cook used
the whip over his ears so freely that he
got out of the way and went for the
sheriff. Cook went to st. JOhnsbury to
board at Preston's hotel.
Last Friday long haired man call
ing himself exit Carson, Jr.," engaged
the hall for lecture to be given Sat
urday evening, and proceeded to dis
tribute his handbills. Quite a crowd
came in to hear and see him, but Kit
did not show himself nor send any ex-
PLANTATION. 1t is reported that McIn-
does folks offered better inducements
His handbills say he is "wonderfuI
talker." Passumpsic folks endorse that
statement.
Highway surveyor Arlington has
done a good job in claying the sand hill
below w. E. Peck's.
The dogs have been making bad
work among the sheep on the Miles
Hovey farm. Several sheep were bad
ly bitten and some four or five cannot
be found. The new dog law is to bt
tested III this case.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
West Concord.

West Concord.
We have a new element of excite
ment in this village. A medium, for
tune teller and spiritualist, has recently
alighted in our midst and number
of our prominent citizens have already
called on her; and the inquiry with
some is, are they natural born fools, OF
merely making id fools of them
selves. 1t would seem that the many
recent exposures of the receptions and
tOmfoOleries of modern spiritualism
ought to be sufficient to cause sensible
people to pause before giving any more
aid or comfort to impOsters of this kind.
We have been sOrely afflicted for Il halt
year past with financial troubles, bank
ruptcies, and failures, and these misfOr-
tunes we hope in time to Outgrow in a
measure, if we do not sacrifice what
little reputation we may have remain
ing as men of common sense on the
altar of Spiritualism. And now we
humbly ask that this cup of supersti-
ton may be permitted to pass from
us, before any more of our citizens
become afflicted with spiritualistic ny
drOphObia. CITIZEN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
Lyndon.

LynuOu.
Calista Cowdery, girl 1S years old,
living with her mother at the Centre, at
tempted to commit suicide on Wednes-
day evening of last week, by taking
chloroform. She was found by her
mother in an insensible state. Medical
assistance was Immediately summoned
and she was restored to consciousness
on Thursday morning. She says she
intended to kill herself, and is sorry
they did not let her die. She gives as
IL reason for what she did, that she "did
not want to be a burden to any One.'
She has been out of health for some
time and unable to help her mother in
the support of the family. 1t is thought
she will recover.
One day last week two years old
boy of Elmore Quimby's got hold of q
bottle containing ammonia, and drank
some of it, Prompt medical attendance
saved the boys life.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Noyes wish tt
thank the friends who so kindly made
their garden for them last week. Mr.
Moves has been sick for several months
Butterfeld, the blacksmith, owns lane
adjoining the residence of Hubbard
Hastings at Lyndonville. Butterfiel(
proposed to build blacksmith shoI
distant only IL feet from Hastings
house. Mr.. FL. offered Butterield on,
hundred dollars if he would not built
the shop there. Mr.. B. refused thu
offer and went on with his preparation
to build. On Monday of last week al
injunction, signed by Judge Redfield
was served on Butterfield, restraining
him from putting up the building.
| The grand list of the town is $9, 284. l6
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01

SrTATE OF VERMONT, CALEDONIA DISTRICT. SIS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury in said district, on the Both day of
May, A. ID. 1877.
William NJ. Hovey, Administrator upon the es-
tate of Darius Hemingway, late of Wa
terford, deceased, presents his administration
account for examination and allowance and
makes application for decree of distribution
and partition of the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court that said
account and said application be referred to session
thereof to be held at the Probate Office in ST. Johns
bury, the 18th day of June A. ID 1871, for
hearing and decision thereon; and it is further
ordered that notice hereof be given to all persons
interested by publication of the same three weeks
successfully in the CaledOnan, a newspaper pub
lished at ST Johnsbury, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing that they may appear at said
time and place, and show cause, if any they may
have why said account should not be allowed, and
such decree made
By the Court, Attest,
HENRY FRENCH, Register.
A true COPY of Record, Attest,
1891 HENRY FRENCH Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
Legal Hearing.

Legal hcetrluS.
There has been hearing before d.
A. Rogers, Esq, of Wells River, in the
case of the First National Bank against
town of Concord, to recover interest on
town bonds issued to the Portland &
Ogdensburg X. r. The case brought
in Il good many witnesses from Con-
cord, and some from other towns. Mr..
Rogers is to find the facts and report to
the court. Among other things, the
town sets up that the railroad is not
built to Montpelier, as originally in
tended. Judge Poland and Walter p.
Smith appear for the Bank, and the
Haywards of Lancaster and o. f. Har-
vey of West Concord for the town.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01
DanYille.

DanVllle.
Last week Mrs. DR.. Woodward start
ed for Minnesota, to visit her son who
has been sick for some time. Also Miss
Emma Aver has gone west and intends
to spend the summer with friends.
Another meeting of the Congrega-
tiOnal society to see about erecting a
new parsonage, will be held next Sat
urday. At the meeting last week moth
ing definite was agreed upon. 1t is de-
sired that all interested be present at
the next meeting.
Moses Nj. Batchelder and j. G. Warm
UNI have been drawn as petit jurors for
June term of County Court. H. S. Cook
grand juror.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-01

70 A hard blow was dealt at the easy
divorce system in the Dearborn county
(Ind.) court last week. One Hood pat
ronized a system which has grown very
popular out West, by engaging a Chi
cago firm to procure him decree of
divorce from Beaver county (Utah)
court without his going any nearer to
the territory than Chicago, and then
married again. His first wife brought
suit against him on the charge of fOrni-
cation in living with the second woman,
and the jury found him guilty, the pen
atty being six months in the county Jail
The judge ruled very properly that the
Utah court had no proper jurisdiction
in such case, and therefore could not
grant legal divorce, and the supreme
court will probably sustain his rulings
in which case small army of people
similarly circumstanced with the Hoods
will find themselves in very awkward
position