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, 1877-08-25
LOCAL AGENTS.
Our Coming Fair.

Our Coming Eair.
1t will be seen by an examination OF
the Rules aud Regulations and the Pre-
MUM List Of the Snohomish County
Agricultural Society, that the assocla-
tion and its officers arc alive TO the i'm
portance OF maintaining this useful in
stitution.
The Territorial Fair will be held at
Olympia week following our county
fair. Arrangements will he made, by
the proper officers, to. have all articles
selected to 90 to Olympia, shipped di-
rect from this place without transferring
10 another boat at Seattle, AMI no doubt
steamboat owners will make liberal
terms with both shippers and passengers.
As the Board OF Managers of the Terri
torial Fair have offered premium Of
twenty-five dollars, tor the best general
exhibit Of any county organization, all
our citizens should be ON hand, with a
general average OF what each one pro-
duces or manufactures, 50 that our
trustees can have great variety to Sc
lect from.
There is no insttItion in this county
that will have AS good effect, and be OF
AS much benefit AS will large display OF
,oul county resources and II general at
tendance ut the Fair.
No pains will he spared to make pro
visions for the comfort OF all. Or our
hotels we need not speak. They have a
good reputation all over the Sound.
Our citizens are not nigardly on public
occasions Should any wish to bring
their families and camp out, convenient
grounds will be provided. The best
public speakers to he had will be in at
tendance and excellent amusements
provided FIR those who wish to attend
them.
Articles intended for the exhibition
can be landed at the lower wharf, and
will only have to be carried across the
street to the Athenoum Building where
the exhibition will be held (; so the dan.
ger of injury to anything of fragile
nature will he almost entirely avoided.
NThe good faith OF our best citizens is
pledged to conduct the exhibition hon
orably and impartialy. The officers of
the society are not alone responsible.
Every citizen has a duty TO perform, and
that duty is to become an exhibitor, if
possible, in every class on the list. The
Society Can make preparations but the
people must respond. We know the
Society will do its part better than ever
before, because it has learned by expert
ence Fellow citizens will you not take
an interest. There is not u iarGer, or II
small garden even, in the county, but
can if lie only will bring something 10
help swell the aggregate. People will
be here tron adjoining counties. We
want them to see the products ot our soil,
the handiwork and our taste. We have
resources we need not be ashamed OF, it
only brought out. One or two, making
an abundant display, will only cause our
tair to become Ridiculous failure: but j..
every one brings sample OF what ever
he has, the result will be u splendid sue
cess of which every citizen will ~ proud.
The season is favorable one crops are
abundant, and the times no harder here
than in every county in the Territory.
Our river affords splendid means OF
communication. The honor of our
county is ut stake, and if every citizen
does his duty ours will be the banner
county Of the Territory.
, 1877-08-25

SALMON FIsHERIEs.-Will Washing
ton Territory profit by Oregon's dearly
bought experience and protect our fish
cries, or shall we allow few firms
destroy them in few years US they arS
doing on the Columbia
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The meeting then adjourned.

Meeting of the Trustees of the Snoho-
mish County Agricultural Society, held
Aug, 18th, 1877. Present, j. N. Low,
c. Ferguson, J. Davis and E. Morse.
The premium list, referred by the So
ciety to the Trustees, was examined and
approved.
L. Morse was appointed a committee
to make arrangements to hold the COM
ing fair in the Atheneum Building.
The following superintendents Of
classes were appointed as follows
Glasses No. /, seeds and grain, No. .,
fruits and No. 3, vegetables, w. NJ.
Tirtot.
Glasses No. 4 and 8, manufactures
Rev. T. W. Mccoy.
Glasses No. 6, dairy, 'Jncy &c, No. =,
poultry &c, and No, 8, flowers, NJ. W..
Packard.
Glasses No. 8, miscellaneous and No.
10, bread, cakes and preserves, II. A.
Gregory.
Glasses No. II, fancy work, No. ~,
Art, and No. l3, natural resources, DR..
A. &. Folsom.
Glass No. Il, stock, Z. c. Ferguson.
Superintendent of Amusements, W.
IL. Ward.
Marshall, with power to appoint as
sistants, II, d. Morgan.
Door keepers, c. Ferguson, John
Davis and Clayton Packard.
Committee on storage, E c. Ferguson,
NJ. w. Packard and VIM. Romies.
Committee on fitting up building and
grounds, |. Catcart, L. L. Ferguson and
L. Morse.
Comnittee on speakers, L. {. Fergu.
son, W. NJ. Tirtlot and L. Morse.
In addition to the bylaws and regu-
lations OF the Society, the following
rules of the Territorial Fair tor 1877; were
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A meeting was held at Atheneum Hall
Aug. 4th 1877, j. N. Low, Pres. in the
chair.
The Society voted to hold its annual
Fair for 1877, on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday OF Oct. 4th, 9th and 9th.
A melton was made and carried, APP
pointing Messrs. Gregory, Davis and
Morse committee to procure a build
ing for the fair
A premium list was submitted to the
meeting, which was referred to the
Trustees, giving them full powers to re-
wise said list, appoint the necessary cf-
Geers and make all arrangements for
holding the said fair.
The meeting then adjourned
, 1877-08-25

Within premium list examined amend
ed and approved by the Trustees this
18th day Of August 1877.
J. n. LOW.
President Snohcmish County
Agricultural Society.
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Farmers, Mechanics,

aud all people who appreciate the value o
keeping a memorandum of business traiisac
tions, daily events, and items of interest or i'm
portance, for future reference, should call OF
their druggists and get DR.. Pierce's Memoran
dunn book free. The Doctors Grand Invalids
Hotel at Buffalo, which costs, when finisht d.
two hundred thousand dollars, will be opened
early in June next, for the reception of pa
tients afflicted with chronic diseases and de.
formities. 1t will afford the most perfect fa-
cillties for the cure of such affections, and its
Faculty of physicians and surgeons will en-
brace graduates from both American and Flu
ropean Medical Schools who have become dis
tinguished for theirs skill. The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, by DR.. r. V.
Pierce, work of over nine hundred large pa.
ges. illustrated by two hundred and eighty
two engravings, and elegantly bound in cloth
and gilt, is sent to any address by the Author
on receipt of one dollar and fifty cents. Al.
most one hundred thousand copies have already
been sold.
s. A. CRAIG, ESQ, druggist, of West Alex
ander, Pa, says: 81 sell more of DR.. Pierce'a
than all others combined. They
give satisfaction in every case and can cheer.
fully recommend them so the public"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05
The Potato Beetle.

This insect has gotten . fOOthold In
Europe, Notwithstanding all the pre-
cautions against it. 1t has been dis
covered on board vessel from New
York in a German port, and great tre'
pidation is felt in England in regard to
it. Should it get into Ireland the dis
tress will no doubt be very great until
thew understand how to manage Its
destruction. OF all the remedies sug
gested, Paris green il the only sure
remedy against it. We have frequent
Iy pointed out the method of using the
poison, and will add additional sug
pestions: The safest method Of using
the Paris green is to take five-gallon
can or a tin can of that size made tt
fit the back when suspended across tht
shoulders as knapseek is carried. L,
the bottom of this Il piece of rubber
hose Is fitted, which has a fine ross
sprinkler attached to it. The can i
filed with water, two tablespoOnfuls o
Paris green are well mixed in the wa
ter, and the can is slung on to the back
The water escapes through the rose Al
one walks along the rows Of potatoes
and deposits the poison on the leaves
The shaking OF the can as it is carrie;
along keeps the Paris green n1ixet
with the water, or an occasional shsk'
can be given tosthe cs1 very easily t
procure the desired effect.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

Never turn blessing around to see
whether il has dark side to it.
Have the courage to pay q debt when
you have the money in your pocket.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and prosperity to fashion in all things.
Have the courage to acknowledge
your Ignorance rather than appear
| liar. -
We confess our little faults, only to
persuade Others that we have no great
ones.
Love of Justice, In the generality u
men, is only the fear of suffering from
Injustice.
Life IL the jailer, death tue angel
sent to draw the unwilling bolts and
set US free.-LOwell.
| A mind that is conscious of its integ.
rity scorns to say more than it means
to perform.-Burns.
Have the courage 10 do without
what you do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
We are always clever with those who
imagine We think as they do. To be
shallow you must differ with lepple;
to be profound you must agree with
them.-Bulwer,
To be truly great 1t is necessary to
be truly good and benevolent, for all
other distinctions the clods Of the val.
ley will cover and the greedy worm
/ destroy.-Anon.
Pascal has said somewhere that the
more mind q man has the more he
fipds out original people. It is your
comlnon-place person who sees no diff
ference between one man and another.
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An African Tradition.

Stanley SAYS In one of his recent let
ters from Africa: "The tradition iS that
the portion of this continent now oc-
cupied by the Great Lake was plain
years and years and years ago;' that
on this plain was large town, near
where is not known. In this tOwD
lived a man and his wife, with an en-
closure round their dwelling, which
contained remarkably deep well or
fountain, whence an abundant supply
of fresh fish was obtained for their
wants.
"The wife, however, was not very
yirtuous, for she permitted another
man in secret to share the love which
should have been solely bestowed on
her proper husband, and, among other
favors, she frequently gave to her low
er some of the fresh fish, a kind OF de-
licious meat he had never before tast'
ed, and which reused his utmost Curl
osity to ascertain whence she obtained
it. Fora long time he ceased not to
ask, which the woman steadily refused
TO tell. One day the husband was
compelled to begin a journey to Twin
"a, but before departure he strictly en-
lioined his wife to look after his house
closely, to admit no gossips within his
doors, and, above all, not to show the
fountain. This African Eve so EMMY
promised to comply with his instruc'
tions, though secretly she rejoiced al
the prospect of his absence. A few
hours after her husbands departure
she left her house to seek her lover land
when she found him she said to him
you have long time demanded tt
know whence obtained that delicious
meat you have sooften praised. Come
with me and / will show YOU Afri
can Eve then took him to her house, ,ir
deposition to her husbands commands
J but as with q view to enhance the glo
ries of the fountain and the pleasure o
viewing the fish spOrtiveiy displaying
their silvery sides in the water, sht
first entertained her lover with the fisf
}, cooked in various ways, nor was sh'
neglectfui to satisfy his thirst witt
wine of her own manufacture.
"Then, when her lover began to b
Impatient at the delay, and having o,
, other cause to postpone the exhibl
ltiOn, she invited him to follow her. A
. fence of water-caue plastered owe
= with mud enclosed the v WondrOus foun
. tain, within whose crystal depths HI
/ saw the fish. For some time he gazet
} on the brilliant creatures with admira
: tiOn, then seized with a desire to han
, die one of them and regard them NOR
r closely, he put his hand in the water Z
: catch one Of them, when suddenly tn
: well burst forth, the earth opened he
{ womb, and soon an enormous lake re
: placed tte plain. Within few day
/. the husband, returning from Uvinzs
; approached Ujiji, and saw to his aston
, ishment large lake where once a plai
!. and many towns stood land he kne'
l then that his wife had revealed the sc
cret of the mysterious fountain and ths
e punishment had fallen upon her an
0 her neigbors because of her SIM"
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Uow ,o Avoid a Beating.

A woman who had suffered barbar-
ons beatings from her husband, went
to a noted wise man of the village to
know how she might cure these par
oxysms of violence. The soothsayer
heard her complaint; end after pro-
uounciny some hard words aud using
various gesticulations while he tliled
vial with a mysterious mixture, de-
sired her, whenever her husband was
in passion, to take a mouthful OF the
liquor, and keep it in her mouth foi
five minutes. The woman, quite over
loved at SO sinI lie a remedy, strictly
followed the counsel which was given
her, and escaped the usual chastise'
.ment. The contents of the bottle being
at last expended, she returned to the
wise man, and anyiously begged tt
have fresh supply Of the same liquid
"You foolish woman," said the sooth'
saver, s'there was nothing in the bottle
but brown sugar and water. When
your husband is in a passion, hold
your tongue, and my life for il, he vii
not lay finger on you"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

In Prussia, out oil ,0O3 births, 1zb are
illegitimate; in. Southern Germany,
200 out OF 1000 are iliegitimate. In
France, $50 frivolous and corrupt" the
,llegitimate births are but 40 in 600;
Iiu England they are bat 60; and IN
order To fully appreciate the signifi-
cance of these figures, one must re-
| member that divorce is much easier 10
lGermany than In England, whereas in
France marriage Is indissolubie.
France and England, too, are richer
lcountries, and the development o.
wealth, by begetting higher standard
of comfort and refinement, has ten
iency to restrict the number OF marri
.ges. The Austro- Hungarian Empir'
furnishes statistics of q more startling
lchsracter. Here, says the author
lGermaDs claim to represent the mora
element, but figures are against them
nking the Sclsy provinces first. on
finds that the number OF iilegitimat
births in 1000 Is: For Galiria, 81; 10
lCrotia, So; for Dalmatis, A; for To
,.niiIlitary frontier" IA. Now for To
German provinces. In Upper Aust!
the proportion is 213 births TO 1,OOo;
Lower Austria, 305; in Carinthia, 456'
that 10 to say, il Carinthia nearly evei
other child is iiIegitimate.
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Education In the North

From the Fhllaoelph1a fress
Compulsory educati0n in Ohio, as re-
entity determined by the legislature OF
ehat State, has called cut the sneers o.
the Democratic press. Why the ave
rage Bourbon eherishes such . preJu
dice against the school house. 1t Is
Iifficult to explain. No republic can
long endure except on the basis OF in
tsIIigent citizenship. A system thai
.ims to give every child a fair ele,uen-
tary training shonld receive the cheer
ful support OF the friends of good gov.
arnment. What has given the North
Its commanding position In the Union
,ul Its schools and colleges, its institu.
lions Of art and science, its papers ano
lnaga zines? An atmosphere OF iibera
though ght surrounds the humblest mem
Der OF society. The only explanatio.
Is that in the elevation and enlighten
ment Of manhood the Bourbon read
the loss OF his Influence and the deati
ola decaying organization.
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Auecdote on Thad. stevens.

Pierce NJ. B. Young, recent Repre-
sentative in Congress from Georgia
was a Confederate General and grad
uate of West Point. He came tt
Washington soon after the war, seek
ing to have his disabilities removed
He is fine manly fellow, and seems
to have accepted the results of the wal
in good faith. He went 10 Thad
Stevens and Thad. began to play with
him. as he sometimes did with those
whom he intended to make his victims
He said:
sYou are graduate of West Point, ]
believe p
yes, SIR
Educated at the expense OF the
United States, 1 believe, which you
swore faithfully to forever defendY
you went into the service of tho In
fernal rebellion !?
Yes, SIR
sYou. were brigade commander in
the raid into Pennsylvania which de-
stroyed the property offs many of my
Constituents p
Yes, SIR
ST was a squad of men under your
direct charge and your PERSONAL com
mand, that burned my rolling-mill?'
Yes, sir
Young thought he was gone, but
seeing that the old veteran had come
into file possession of the last fact,
which Young did not dream he knew,
10 was impossible to deny the truth OF
his question. Thad. roared out, We'll,
I like your id. impudence. l will
see that your disabilities are removed.
Good morning. And the next day
the bill passed the House.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

If the figures published in the West
as a faithful transcript OF the annual
reports from the various States to the
last meeting OF the National Grange at
Chicago are correct, the GrsDgers are
losing ground. In 1875 there were "a
1923 subordinate Oranges throughout
the country, and in 1876 only 10, l7o.
The number of members had decreas-
ed in one year from 761, ,263 to 588, ,9S!.
The North western States, such IS LII.
nois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas anu
Missouri, were the Gibraltar OF the
Organization from its in option, out 10
each of these 1t now seems to be rapid
ly melting away, the loss in each state
between 1875 and 1876 being from tniI,
| ty to fifty per cent. In OHIO II stiil
maintains its grouad, with small IN
crease of membership. Throughout
New England there Is a slight de-
crease. Connecticut and Massachu-
sets show falling of, but In Maine,
Vermont and New Hampshire some
little ground has been gained. Mary
land has lost ten nf the 158 Oranges ex
Listing in 1875, Tut has increased the
humber of members from !, ,S59 10 b, SOY.
Kentucky, Tennessee and West VIZ
ginia show decline, and Virginia q
gain. New York and Pennsylvania
show an increase in membership, but
| loss in the number Of Oranges. In
New Jersey there Is an increase OF
both. The Cotton States ere nearly
the same for both years. On the Pacl'
fic Slope the Order has lost two-thlrds
of its members, and may be said to be
nearly moribund. The principal
81 mptom of weak ness is in the receipts
OF tn. Oranges, which dropped from
slO2, ,I43 O7 in 1875 to s69. .735 05 the fol-
llowias year. The organization appears
to be sharing iu the fate ef all those
hat were started to create revolutions
liz was heralded as a new and mighty
mower in politics, and it did succeed IL
|controlling the Illinois, Iowa and 9th
len Western Legislatures to the serious
Injury railroad interests. The deci
sions of the United States Supreme
Court, however. partially struck dowi
! this hostile legislation, and prevented
The realization of one of the importan
) |obiects of the Order.-BAlt. American
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King Frederick, OF Prussia, when he |
was out riding one day, saw an OLD
farmer, who was plowing a field ana
singing cheerfully over his work.
You must be well off, old man,
cried the King. Does this acre be-
long to you on which you so industri-
susIy labor?'
No, sir,' replied the old man, who,
of course, had no idea he was speaking
to the King;'I i am not 50 rich as that.
plow for wages -,
| How much can you earn . osyI
asked the King. 81
i Eight groscnen,' returned the man.
That would be about twenty cents ol
Jour money.
That is very little.' said the King
Can you get along with it?'
j Get along! yes, indeed, and have
/. Isomething left
e How ever do you manage? :,
e WELL said the farmer, smiling,
r will tell you. Two groschen are 10
e myself and wife; with two l. pay M.
E lold debts, two lend, and two l CIV
a away for the Lords sake
n This is mystery which / canno
: isolve,' said the King.
81 Then I must solve 1t for you, n
piled the farmer. Il have two old p'
rents at home, who kept me ana care
tor me when i was young ana Wea
and needed care. Now that they Al
a. old and weak, am glad to keep an
NJ care for them. That is my DEBT, an
=. II costs me two groecheu q day to pa
y it. Two more ] spend for my chi
!. ,dren's schooling. If they are livir
when their mother and are old, thu
~ will keep US and pay back what Ter
- = them. Then with my last two gro
a, chen / support NY two SICK sister
- who cannot work fr themselves.
-. lcourse ara not comrslied to gi'
- them the money; but / do 1t for q
AZ Lords sake
u sWelI done, old man, ,'cried the Kin
ou as he finished. Now 1, am going
Nd give you something TO guess. Ha
~, ~, YOU ever seen me before.
No. Il have mol" p Sf-
~ an less than Ave minutes you sh'
" " see nue. fifty times, and carry in 20
a. pocket fifty of my hksnssses.'
't This is indeed riddle which i ca
y" not guess, said the farmer.
Then l will live it for you, repl!
the King; and with that he put
hand into his pocket. and pulling Z
ct. fifty gold pieces, placed them in
lat hand of the farmer.
oc- THE coin is genuine said the XII
ain for it also comes from our Lord III
nat and am His paymaster. bid
ear goodbye
wD And ne rode off, leaving the &c
en- old man overwhelmed with surpr
icb and delight.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

The following are the principal land
grants made by the State of Texas dur.
Ing the past year: Texas and Pacific
railroad, 3, 409, $50 acres; international
railroad, 5l2,0 900; Galveston. and San
Antonio railroad. $50, $50; j. II. Gibson,
2s2. 1880; Tyler Tap railroad, l67 .O4e;
Texas Western narrow gauge railroad,
20I. 300; Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railroad, 2l5 1910, etc.-a sum total OF
5.307. .761 ares, or s249 square miles,
eguai to the State Of New jersey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-04-05

1t is proposed to make General Grant
Chairman of the Executive committee
of Union Veterans.
The subject of removing the Capital
of New York from Albany to New
York city, is under discussion at the
metropolis.
Hon. Milton Sayler had a reception
and complimentary dinner at Bali.
more, while on his way home from
Washington.
The Montgomery Gala. Advertiser
says: From all we can learn we do
not think all the fruit has heen killed
oy the late cold weather, though no
doubt great part of the peach crop is
utterly ruined. -
California newspapers assert that
from unex planned canses that State,
and San Francisco in particular, furn-
ishes greater number Of cases of para
lysis than any other similar region In
ths country, II not In the world.
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RoYs Wanted.

Men are wanted. So they are. But
bows are wanted-hOnest, manly, no
Bile boys. Such boys will make the de
sired men. Some one. has declared
and truly, that these boys should pos
sass ten points, which are thus given
I. Honest. 2. Intelligent. 3. Active
4. Industrious. ). Ooedient. 6. Steady
Z. O5liging. s. Polite. 9. Neat. 10
Truthful. One thousand firstrate pla
ces are open for one thousand boys VIII
come up to the standard. Each boy
can suit his taste as to the kind OF bu-
siness he would prefer. The places are
ready in every kind of occupation
Mauy of them are already filed by
bows who lack some most important
points, but they will soon be vacant,
because the boys have been poisoned
BY reading bad books, such as they
would not dare show their fathers, and
would be ashamed to have their moth
er5 see. The impure thoughts sug'
gested by these books will lead to VI.
cious acts, the boys will be ruined, and
their places must be filled. Who will
be ready for one OF these vacancies:
Distinguished lawyers, useful minis
ters, skillful physicians. successful
merchants, must all soon leave theii
places for somebody else to fill. One
by one they are removed by death.
Mind your ten points, boys; they will
prepare you to step into vacancies in
the front rank. Every man who Is
worthy to employ boy is looking fol
YOU if you have the points. Do not
fear that YOU viii be overlooked. A
Young person having these qualitie:
will shine as plainly as star at night.