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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14
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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14

The parlor concert at Mrs. E. L.
Bakers on Monday evening was a most
enjoyable affair. 1t was participated
in by Mrs. F. NJ. Wilson, Mrs. Fred
Mc1utyre, Mrs. G. II. Crary, Misses
Emma and Ellen Graham, Miss Norton
and Messrs. G. L. Davis, S. Raymond,
A. j. Meacham and -Lewis. There
was a house full Of guests, all of whom
were delighted with the entertainment,
and the amount realized for the organ
fund was some $65.
Work on the Diamond Mills has
been commenced and will be pushed
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
IPhilaielphia Times. Jan. IL

Slowly, but surely, all roads leading to
the temples of peace and justice for the
solution of the Presidential issue. On
Tuesday two advanced strides were made
in the determined assault of the honest
people of all parties upon the frauds of
irresponsible return boards. In New
York a district that could give Demo-
cratic candidate 200 majority in a IA
vorable tide, elected David Dudley Field,
an avowed Hayes man, to Congress by
3,4l9 over strong regular Republican,
who was understood to favor the policy
of Grant, Cameron and Morton in decid-
ing Presidential election; and to-day
the ablest OF the Hayes Republicans in
New York will be in the House to de-
mand that the candidate against whom
he voted shall be inaugurated because he
was honestly elected. 1t is an over
whelming expression OF the people that
there is no party anywhere outside of
the few INSCRIPTIONS followers Of the
national administration that wants a
President against the decision of the bal
| lot box. From Florida there comes an
ad onition that the people will well I'M
derstand and that the country will re-
spect. In defiance of the ftsifed re-
suits of the Stearns Return Board declar-
| ing Hayes and Stearns successful the Re.
publican Supreme Court has unanimous
ly decreed just computation and certifi-
cate of the vote, just as the Republican
| Supreme Court of South Carolina did,
and instead of bayonets rushing to over
turn the law, the pretender, Stearns, has
been left to himself, and the entire Til
den State Ticket was peaceably indicted
into Office without even protest from the
heroes of the carpet-bag rebellion. A
Tilden Governor, State officers and Legis
lature in both branches, are confessedly
the legally and honestly qualified official;
OF Florida, and the organs Of Stearns noU
tell the truth and declare that the STATE
voted for Tilden. Thus, slowly but sure,
ly, is justice asserting its omnipotence
and there will be law and peace in Wash
ington on the 4th of March next
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Scientific Progress.

Professor Draper, in his admirable sur
vey OF American scientific progress in
this country during the past hundred
years, administers a deserved rebuke to
those croakers who complain that we
have done nothing, but who ''mistake
what is merely blank in their own in
formation FOR blank Of reality" During
a comparatively recent period we
have made q coast survey unsurpassed
in extent and excellency in the worlds
history. geological surveys of many Of
our States and Territories, explorations
into the Arctic and Antarctic zones. the
Holy Land, the interior Of Africa. and
parts of South America, have established
and maintain a meteorological system
not surpassed, probably not equaled in
the world, have contributed largely 10
astronomical science, not only by private
discoveries, but also by national
expeditions as at the transit of Venus.
have put in motion the electric telegraph,
and have made contributions in applied
scierce and art which the lecturer found
it impossible to epitomize even in an
hours lecture Notable is the fact that
these results have been obtained largely
10y private enterprise, with less assistance
from government and less patronage from
wealthy few than in any European
country.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Masks.

II we could only read each other
hearts, we should be kinder to each other.
FIVE knew the woes aud bitterness and
physical annoyance OF our neighbors. we
should make allowances for them which
we DO not now. We 90 about masked,
utterins stereotyped sentiments, hiding
our heart-pangs and headaches as care
fully as we can; and vet we wonder that
Others DO not discover them bv intuition.
We cover our best feeling from the light;
we DO not conceal our resentments and
dislikes, Of which we are prone to be
proud Often two people sit close togeth
er, with 81 love you" in either heart, ant
neither know it. Either thinks, 81 could
be o I'D; but what use Of wasting fond
ness on one who does not care for itg
So they part and go their ways alone,
Life is a masquerade, at which few I'M
mask, even to their very dearest Ant
though there is a need of much masking
would to Heaven We dared show plainl,
our real faces, from birth to death, fol
then some few, at least, would truly Low,
each other.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Pleasures Of Life.

1t is an old parison-that of pleas
ure and the will o'the-wisp. but none the
less true, fer all that Pleasure does not
lie in the future; it is with us, but too
often we do not realize its near vicinity.
and do not understand that life yields
other hopes of happiness than that yield
ed 10y making the best of things. The de-
lights Of life, like pleasant weather
through the year, are scattered all along
the way, and unless we enjoy them as
they come, the opportunity once past
never returns. 1t is all very well to pro-
vide for a rainy day, but that man is very
foolish who allows himself to be soak ed
by drenching rains that he may save his
umbrella for some possible future storm.
Pleasure taking is not nearly 30 much
provided for among our earnest, intense,
energetic American people as it should b.
We live altogether too much in the fu-
ture, too little in the present. We live
poor that we may die rich. We get all
ready to be happy, and when we are quite
ready, inirmity or disease or death steT
in, and the chance to take comfort in this
life Is gone. five only could be content
to seize upon the little pleasures tina; liz
Just outside and often within our daily
pathway, they would make large sun
total at the end of the three-score and
ten. For too mary of us scorn pleasure,
that are cheap and near and within our
grasp, and complain because we canno
have such as are costly and remote an,
inaccessible, But if we would magnify
the little things that make life pleasan
as we do those that make it unpleasant
the cup Of our joys would continually
overflow.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Saying Hateful Things.

What a strange disposition is that
which leads people to say hateful things
for the mere pleasure of saying them
You are never safe with such persons.
When you have done the best to please
and are feeling very kindly and pie SAINT.
ly, out will come some underhand stab
which you alone can comprehend sneer
which is too well aimed to be misunder-
stood. 1t may be at yous person, your
mental feelings and foolish habits OF
thought, or some little secret opinion con-
fessed in moment OF genuine confidence.
1t matters not how sacred it may be to
you, he will have his fling at it; and,
since the wish is to make you suffer, he
is all the happier the nearer he touches
your heart Just half dozen words on
ly tor the the pleasure Of seeing a cheek
flush and an eye lose its brightness; only
spoken because he is afraid you are too
happy or too conceited, Yet they are
worse than SO many blows. How many
slcepless nights have such mean attacks
caused tender-hearted mortals! How,
after them, one wakes with aching eyes
and head, to remember that speech before
everything-that bright, sharp, well-aim-
ed needle of speech, that probed the
very ceater Of your sOsl.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17

The Rev. Dr. Tying. Jr,, recently told
his congregation that, if the ladies OF his
church would give up their three-button
gloves and wear One-button instead,
enough money would be savei TO support
an orphan house; whereupon some Of
the ladies' suggested to their rector the
possibility OF saving out Of the cigar
money of the male members of the
church, from the rector down, enough to
cary on one or two asylums. They sug-
gest also, that three-button gloves do not
make a dirt, or an unsavery odor. and
that they have no deleterious effect on
the nerves of the ladies who wear them
while, on the other hand, the brethren
would be clearer, sweeter, and healthier
if they would quit the use Of tobacco, and
give to tine cause Of their orphans the
money they now expend on this carnal
qualification. But the brethren cannot
see it through the smoky clouds exhaled
from their incinerated Hayanas.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17

contest has been submitted to the ballot
box, the final arbitrament of popular con-
tests known in our system, the only duty,
the only lawful proceeding connected with
it, which remains is to find the honest
and true result, to declare it, bow to it,
and stand 10y it, That is the duty for the
hour 1t rests on the two Houses Of Con-
Gress 1t rests on the nation. 1t rests
on every citizen of the Republic. That
it will be done and done peacably, de-
Gently, and in order these petitioners do
not, think, disbelieve. They, in COM
mon with all men, may derive confidence
from the fact that interest aud expedicn
cy, not less than patriotism and honor,
point to one direction and teach one les
SOP. Whoever stands on the right ami
truth will not fail Whoever attempts to
stand on wrong and falsehood will be
overthrow. move reference Of the Pc
tition to the select committee toxsAich it
properly belongs"
1t was so ordered, the petition being re-
fsrred to the committee of seven Senators
to devise means for proper count Of the
electoral vote.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Senator COnkling's speech.
New York Herald, Jan. ST.

New York Herald, Jan. ST.
The remarks made by Mr.. Conkling in
presenting the New York petition yester.
day are as remarkable in tone as they are
correct in substance, and reflect new lustre
on one of the most statesmanlike char
acters in the public life of the country at
the present time. To present petitions
on deeply exciting subject in words few
and fifty chosen, words calculated to en-
force the petitions and to stir public feel
ing in their favor, is an art in which few
parliamentary speakers excel Mr. Web
the remarkable speeches he made on such
occasions when, forty years ago, petitions
were almost daily pouring into the Senate
in connection with an exciting question
of that period, there was no effort in that
remarkable series with which the remarks
of Mr.. Conkling yesterday may not be
compared without suffering by the com~
parison. Mr.. Conkling rises above the
passions of the hour to the highest level
ofjustiee aud patriotism. He gives earn
est decorous expression to the most ele-
waited moral sentiment of the community
After describing the high standing and
great weight OF character Of the petitions
ers, and saying that they include promi-
nent members Of both political parties,
Mr.. Conkling expressed his strong SYM
pathy with their "apPeal for orderly
lawful and patriotic action" in a matter
in which partisan feeling as guide and
rule OF action can properly have nc
place" lie thinks it is a duty which
rests on the two Houses Of Congress
on the nation, on every citizen OF the
| Republic, to find the honest and true re-
suit, to declare it, bow to it and stand by
it. That" be says, sis the duty of th'
| hour" "WhOever stands on right ant
truth will not tall Whoever attempts Il
stand on wrong and falsehood will b
/ overthrow" This is so much soundei
in tone than any other utterance which
has yet been made in either House thai
it seems like a light shining in a darl
place. Its power depends on the aPpea
it makes to the public conscience, whiel
only needs to be fully awakened to insur
fairness and justice. Every statesman
in high position who, in a crisis like tn
present, says with force and eloquenc
what the public conscience will be con
strained to indorse, establishes a soil
title to his country's gratitude and esteem
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
A DeiusiOn.

A young man who thinks lie can
lead reckless and pronigate life until
he becomes a middle aged man, and
then repent and make good and steady
citizens, is deluded by the devil. lie
thinks that people are fools, destitute of
memory. lie concludes that ifhe repents
everybody will forget that he was a disa-
pated wretch This is not the ease; peo-
pie remember your bad deeds and forget
your good ones Besides, it is no easy
thing to break upi middle age bad habits
that have been formed in youth. When a
horse contracts the habit Of baking, be
generally retains it through life. lie
will often perform well enough until the
! wheels get into a deep hole, and then he
stops and holds back. Just so it is with
the boys who contract bad habits. They
will sometimes leave of their bad tricks,
aud do well enough until they get in to
tight place and then they return to the
old habit. OF those boys who contract
the bad habit of drunkenness, not one in
every hundred dies a sober man. The
only way to break up bad habit Is
never to contract it. The only way to
prevent drunkenness is never TO drink,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
SENATOR CONKLlNG'S SPEECH.
showing that he will Rise Above Party
fn the Present Political Crisis.
New York Sun, Jan 5th.

WASHINGTON, Jan. An presenting
the petition of the New York merchants
and bankers on the political crisis in the
Senate to-day, Mr.. Conkling said:
81 have been requested to present Pc
tition, weighty by reason Of the subject to
which it relates, and by reason also ofthe
number and character of those who sign
it. The petitioners are citizens of New
York, distinguished not only for their
prominence as members of society, but
for the large and varied interests they
represent. They are men prominent in
each of the great political parties of the
country. | observe among the signatures
names which at the recent Presidential
election were found on Opposing elector-
al tickets. | observe the names of emf
nent bankers, merchants, manufacturers,
shipowners, scholars, professional men,
and other names long and houorably as
ISOLATED with Leading enterprises and in
dustries 1t would be difficult to select
in any State in the Union one hundred
ard fifty individuals and firms who rep
resent greater sum of property, intelli-
gence, and character, or who AS petitioners.
deserve more consideration. Tie peti>
ton is brief, and will read it."
Mr.. Conkling then read the petition
and confined:
'In laying this petition before the Sem
ate. it may not be amiss to add an avowal
of my sympathy with its appeal for or
derby, lawful and patriotic action. In
executing the Constitution in any instance
and especially in an instance so grave as
the one referred to, partisan feeling as O
guide and rule of action can rightly have
no place. Obedience to law, observance
OF the Constitution, and the maintenance
Of truth is not a party question or pro-
ceeding; it is beyond party aud above
party. Parties may contend, and be-
lieve it is wholesome in a free Govern.
ment that parties should contend, over
measures and candidates, but when Tho
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
The RacIiCiOr'S Burial.
TFrom the Rambler.


Not a sound was heard. not Il joyous note,
Asour friend to the bridal we hurried,
Not a friend discharged farewell shot
For bachelor about TO be married.
To think that bachelor, free and light,
Aud ,hy Of the girls rs we fouudhim,
should here by the altar at dead of night,
BE caught in the snare that bound him.
We married him dari,ly nj dead Of night.
oar heads from the sad sight turning,
Aud we sighed ~ we stood IN the lamps
dun light,
To think him no more discerning.
Few an short were the prayers We said,
As we watched his RWiul shake,
Then escorted HIN home from the scene Of
dread,
Aud heartily ate Of the cakes,
We sighed a, W. hol'oucd his lowly bed
Of the beech, the birch and the willow.
How lhs rhovel an poker wonld break DER
MS head,
And the tears he would shed on his pillow
Ssys he. "thcy'l talk fgc after I m gone,
And every old bach viii upbraid me;
But little TN rcck if ihcy let me alone
Meath the covcrlct just ss they 70 laid me.
slowly and sadly we marched US down
From, the top Of that CPermos' story,
And we never have seen OF heard of the ma!
Whom we left (uotj alone in his glory.
PETER o. LEUN
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
A wilderness i'm Massachusetts
cincinnati Advertiscr.I


Massachusetts is in one spect q puz>
cling State. The population is increas-
ing rapidly at a much greater ratio now
than ten or twenty years ago-yet on the
other hand, much of the cultivated land
is relarsing into wilderness Even be-
tween Boston and Worcester YOU over
look lonely lakes, great stretches of pine
aud birch forests. and distant ranges OF
hills where scarcely a single dwelling is
to be seen. In Plymouth county, on the
country roads, you continually pass the
ruins OF houses, and you ride for miles
over scrubby roads where the tumbled
lines Of stone fences tell OF former fields
This decay will probably go on until all
the virgin fertility of the West is oecu-
Pied-then, possibly, there may be ere
fluent wave" pouring over the exhaust
ed lands OF the East.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17

THE TRIUMPH OF THE RIGHT.
and would, in my estimation, lead to inn
mediate and very great prosperity. 1t
would he the beginning OF new era
Louisiana and other States now afflicted
with such fearfully bad local governments,
would, as il by magic and the move of
Aladdin's lamp, he Immediately blessed
with peace, which would he at once fol-
lowed by prosperity. The peace and
prosperity of the South IS the commercial
prosperity OF the North. With a capac-
ity OF production of more than three hum
dred millions annually, it would afford
to the North a market without an equal
in the balance ofthe world Much might
be said on tins head, but as | don't wish
to make my letter too long, | will leave
intelligent readers to supply what have
unsaid. Although a pronounced Tilden
man. and n Democrat of the strictest
sect, yet, il know myself, | am not on
this question in the least influenced by
the party. As | said in the speech |
made in the Senate few days ago, and
which was published in your paper of
the 9th. party sinks, and see
THE MAJESTIC PROPORTIONS OF MY COUNTRY.
Can it be possible that the iates have
allotted to this grand republic duration
of only one hundred years2 | cannot
believe it The good men of our State
without distinction of party ought to
come together. and in meetings or con-
vention at ST. Louis or Jefferson City,
give expression to their convictions. Able
and firm resolutions asserting the true
constitutional rights of the people should
be adopted, ana sent to this city to be pre-.
scented to Congress. In my opinion
HIRE LIES THE REMEDY
in the people, the head and source of all
power, and it is to them | look.
The joint committee, composed of sew,
en- members from each house, is in daily
session. They hold indeed IN their hands
THE FATE OF THE COUNTRY.
| am not without hopes of good result.
Without intending to convey the idea that
| these men could be influenced 10 do
wrong 10y any expressed public sentiment,
nevertheless, it is natural to believe that
they might he encouraged to do right,
particularly wherein doing so they will
meet with serious and determined opp0-
sition. The good Book tells us that
Moses held up his hands upon the nouns
/ taims when Israel overcome Amalek, and
in this way kept up their courage So
in this case, let the people hold up their
hands, and, as of old, the good people
will overcome the bad.
! The st. Louis Republican, Of the eth
ult., publishes a malignant little article
about me, taken from the Nation, a pa
per published in this city. This paper
pretends to be independent, but is really
a Republican sheet in disguise; and, as |
am not willing to be subjected to black
mSil, | am consequently a subject OF
abuse. The Republican, to CRAFTY feel,
ing of personal malice towards me, gives
the article all the circulation it can, so as
TO injurc me at home. care nothing
about this, and | only mention it to call
the attention of the State to the unworthy
motives influencing that paper.
am, your friend,
LEWIS V. BoGY.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17
Keep Straight Ahead.

Pay no attention to slanderers and COS
sip-mongers. Keep straight on in your
course and let their backbiiing die the
death of neglect What is the use lay
ing awake of nights brooding over the re-
mark of some false friend, that runs
through your brain like lightnlng7 What
is the use Of getting into Il worry and
fret over gossip that has been set ahoat to
your disadvantage 10y some meddlesome
busy body, who has more time than char
acter? These things cannot possibly in
jure you, unless, indeed, you take notice
of them, and in combating them give
them standing and character. Ii what is
said about YOU 10 true, set yourself right I;
if it is false, let it 60 for what it will
fetch. II = bee sting you, would you 90
to the hive to destroy it? Would not a
thousand come upon you? 1t is wisdom
to say little respecting injuries you have
received. We are generally losers in the
end if we stop to refute all of the back
biting and gossiping we may hear by the
way. They are annoying, it is true, but
not dangerous, so long as We do not stop
to expostulste and scold. Our characters
are formed and sustained by ourselves, by
our own actions and pursuits, and not by
others. Let us always bear in mind that
"cslumniators may usually be trusted to
time and the slow but steady justice o.
public opinion" And Oh! how much
evil designers fear public opinion.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1877-01-17

A pastor out West, was in the habit OF
bestowing kiss upon the lips OF his ie-
male parishioners. lie kissed the wife
of an editor, who, desirious OF equalizing
bounties, bestowed kiss u pom the young
wife OF the aforesaid pastor. The editor
went to his home that night a wiser man
with about two inches Of parasol in his
left eye.