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doubtless pay the bill il they could legally
do So The whole difficulty grew out of the
rascality of an agent employed by the Monu.
ment Association, who, of course has alb
seconded
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Judge Davis having said he will not re-
sign his judgeship until after the 4th Of
March, President Tilden will appoint his
successor, and we nominate, as the fittest
man in Illinois for the place, the Hon. John
D. Cation.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-01-27

The democrats of New Hampshire held
state convention on Tuesday and nominated
Daniel Marcy for Governor by reclamation,
and Thos. J. Dinsmore tor railroad commits
siOner
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All subscriptions to be paid in advance.
Remittances may be made through money or
d er registered letter
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gle Tree qradet.
Ottawa, Ill.,, Saturday, January "a. 1871.
OUR CLUBBING.

We are prepared to club the FREE TRADER
with the following publications, furnishing
both at the prices named, postage prepaid
The offer il open to old subscribers or new
at any post office In the country;
Enrr Tn nrn and Chicago Weekly Times. SID
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The Ashtabula horror is thus summed up

Was there ever before like cOnglomera-
ton of horrors?
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PAPER WINDOW CURrAINs.-A grea; variety, at
0sman & HspemGn's. -
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Streator has a female blacksmith VINO
works at the forge daily and dees good work.
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nice assortment Of Cribbsge Boards at o.
man x EapemsE's.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1877-10-15
Gin aef@tGter s4bentemrer.

@te bereits gemeI6et ipur6e, lit Sberft
81. =. Stetnberger, Der lpeltbetanrte
yPremier" Der S6tferz Snieln, bon @naz
Lamb ipieber in ben Ser. Staten angez
fon1men.
9ieler Stetnberger, Ser, tpenn mir u1ts
nt6t irren, BON YennIDlDanti0> Oeuti6en
abItammt, itebt nod i'm blltben01ten glitter,
lit tlein unO 3terli6, bon bral1ter 0eit0ts@
farbe unb bat tiefidtpar5eS 8Dpf6aar ltn0
etl1en prG6ttgen i6tparSen S0nl1rrbart.
Gr beitbt cine ie6r glatte 3uttge, Ote ct
emit ais @al6ingtoner Qgent perl6teoener
nab uSubItoien" led3en6er @eieIIidaften
urto Gorporationen, bel Der 8earbettltng
BON GongreBmitgliebern DDrtrefli6 81 be-
nuBeu perltartO.
gu iener !3eit tpur6e er nit RrGits
sent Grant befannt uno tplBte oteien
fir bic S6tffer=SneIn SIT INTERCEPT
rem, auf bic er Bel ietnen Q(gentertotenften
fir cine BactftcaO ampfl6tfffabrts z@eieu@
i6aft aufmerfiam 9etporoen mar. gGte IS
1td 1eBt berau51eut, mar Der otelberb0bnte
@eoanfe oes BrGitbenten Grant mtttelit letz
mes Stetnberger BEN Ser. Staaten etne Q(rt
S9uBberri6aft iiber bic S6tffer>Snieln
gu Deri6affen ober tpenigitens ben 6anbel
oteler Snleln mad Gan Sranctsco 81 5tez
ben, Elm 6ur6auS rtdttger. SIM ieBtgen
Saumel ietner Nreunbi6aft fir Gnglanb
DergiBt aber Grant gang Die maBIoie Bruz
talttat, tppn1it man enelii6er Setts Dor
tpenigen Sabren ieinen Plan 3u p~ereiteln
iu6te:
Steinbsr9er er3dbIt jest feline Gbdtt9fett
nnb letne S6idiale auf BEN S9ifferzS ns
ieln 10:
SD begab MIDI i'm Sabre 1873 o[s
@ommtiiGr Ser Ser. Staaten na9 BEN
S6tffer= noer Samoa : Snieln, I'M Elm
freunbltdes @tnper1ebnten nit BEN etngez
borenen 6duptIinger bersuiteaen. Mtetn
@n63ped mar, ben Sanbel nit ben SrHeln
na9 Sen Ser. Staaten su leiten. Sn Solge
bes mir getporbenen 9tuftra9s, Bic Snieln
3t erfori6en, fubr ib BON Gan Srancisco
nit etnen1 eernietbeten 2ootlen>8oo bon
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1877-10-15
Oom Nab MnS Sertt.
SnIanb.

- Winifer G6ura bat, pie bereits
friiber ge3eigt wurOe, 6en sroBartigeu
6OI3bfebftGblen in Sen 8aIz
Il ncIe Sans Elm @n6e gez
madt. Nu6 ietn 8eltreben, ben eigentz
li6en 8%eranftaItern oteler 9iebltGble
itrenge Gtrafen auf5ulaben, beripri9t in
@rfallung 3u geben. St bate it6 3u biez
lem 3wede idon bor etniger !3ett nit Dem
sSuti3mintiter 9epens tn's @%tnbernebmen
9eiebt, uno bieler bat barauf bin Sic 8unz
5esonipGlte tn ben betrefenben Staaten
beauftragt, auf Die 9ert6tlt6e 8erfolgung
ser aroBen 0ol50tebe b%tn3uiptrfen. Die
@ranb5 Surf beS 8unbesgert6ts in ct.
Saul bat nunmebr gegen 6erarttge Ser
BREEDER Nnflagen geridtet.
-Ote @affenien6ungen mad
gIrfet bauern nod thinner fort.
9ieler Sage lit III Stem 9aoen piebsr elm
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1877-10-15
v0enn au6ier
8citeDt nod 8ier,
9lus 6opfen unb WaI3 -
9ott erbalt's

@ott erbalt's!"
0ie gierz un6 @einfdIl9ung nGlnIi9
hat ft6 Ser 8erein oeuti6er @aitpirtbe,
beIien 8oritanb leiren StB in Berlin bat
uno Der Elm etgene5 8latt be1tbt, alf's
&orr genommen. ltnb babel 3eigt iih bic
tntereiiante @rl6einung, baB etn ganSeS
9teb bon S1pinoel>G nt6iiaungs7 Qlnital>
ten it6 iiber gang 8eutidlanO %a1s5ubret>
ten beginnt. 90 ge0enft (tpte berettS in
Der 81. Stsstg. mitgctbeilt, 81, 5. 3D.
cine 9eieui6aft BON franSDiti6en Weinz
ber9sbeftBern Der fur6tbaren gorbeaur>
gSein>8lnnti6erei babur6 entgegen3utre=
ten, baB lie in Berlin elm @entroloepot
%retlter, 6enti6 inter lu6ter 8prbeaur>
gSetne errt6tet. 9abur9, baB alsDann
cine fidere @ergleiGung retner nit qe>
mani6ten Weinen m08li6 lit, miro Sen
8lantldern DaS 6anbtpert tp%eientli1 gez
legt tDerben.
Die geiantn1te 8olfsieele lit inn @ltgen=
bltf fir ieoen neuauftalu6enOen Sdtpinz
bel 10 empfinoli6, oaB berielbe ftb nur
zines tur5en 0aleins erfreut. W2dn paBt
i6m auf bic Singer un0 6%enuncirt i'm
our6 Die Yreife. 0ieie giebt it6 ptuig
Dem @eiddfte BIN unb mo6t 6an1tt ibre
SuHoeu aus pen 9ru1Ou1195tdDren tDetl>
tpetle tpteber gut. go benunctrte Dor emit
gen 2a9en baS ySageblatt" einen 1elen
taufmdnnii6en S6ntn6el, Der barin be-.
ftebt, bas 8umpen in's Inen0lt6e fortauz
ieBen. Wfiuer unb S6ul5e etabltren Elm
@el6Gft uno bergen mas 3eug bGlt 3ulamz
men. Sic be3ablen aber nt6t, ion6ern
laiien ibre Sirma pl0Bli6 i'm 6an6elsrez
glitter lOiden. Damn e~r0ffnen tie cine neue
Ttrma, vUfiller, S6ul3e II. Comp, uno
tbre @ldubteer boben bas gtadieben.
9enn gegen Die neue Strma itebt ben @lGllz
bigern aus Der alien fein G~recutionsredt
3u. Die @ntbiiaun9 bieles neuen S6tpinz
bells bra9te bos xGageblatt" am %. Sepz
TENDER. 6eut', am 25., Iduft idon bur6
Bic :3ettungen cine %iogenannte offtSi0le Noz
ti3, DaB berartige Sperationen entl9te6u
betriigeriid u11b ais ver6i6tete Gebtsgez
i6dftc" ielbit nit 3u6tbaus f~trafbar leteu.
Die Staatsnntpalti6aft babe l6on in
mebreren iolden SdlIen bic llnteriu6ung
etn9elettet. 50 orbetten ft6 OeffentIi1s
felt unb 8eb6rben in ME 6ageipeiener
gSeiie prompt in Die 5Gnbe. @benip bat
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29

BALLADS or BEtllEY tnrlegant volume with
forty full PAGE illustrations BY Lee A shepard
Boston.
pooloE TONI 4 no,rl by Edward ray,ou.
Portland Dresser, Mcclellan a Go.
THAr WlFE of MINf BY the author OF That
Husband of Miur" Lee a Shepard Boston.
li.Sr HIS lI,k. \ story for boys Arc.N Shop
ard, Boston
cnllp MARIAN AnHoAn. The travels Ola little
girl III Europe By wan. NJ + Round Lrc A
Shepard Boston.
His ow> MNsmA By 4 4 rroubrd,c. l.vr
a Shepard. Boston.
ABIDE Wlru Nh. BY Henry Francis l.ytc. 1Ai>
one of the most attractive little vommcS We hayo
ever taken i'll hand-a poem founded on the word,
of the Saviour each Of the fourteen pages bearing
an elegant illustration. Lee 4 shepard Boston.
FOREST oLtN, on THE MomAWNs FRIENDSHIP.
BY Elijah kellogg Lee Shepard, Boston.
\ Blue STOCKING. BY Mrs. Annie Edwards.
sheldon 4 Company. New York
Pun. Roh ANp Lotus, or Haas AND MlsuA l.s
or TuEEE AVERAGE BOYS. BY Mary : Drcriug
Dresser, Mcclellan a Co, Portland.
ELocurIoN SlMrLtrIrp. BY Walter X. Fobrs
Lee a Shepard Boston
The TELEPHONE With directions for making
II Speaking Telephone by Prof \, f. Dnlbcarc
Lee a Shepard, Boston
ApRlfr IN rue lrE FIElpS. BY Can't Charles
W. Hall author of The Great Bonanza" \ pleas
ing romance Of shooting and adventure ou the ice
foes of the Gulfof st. Lawrence. Lee 4 shepard,
Boston, Charles 7. Dillingham;. New York
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John Bull Gets Ahead of Us.

Our Canadian neighbors have SO man- |
pulated their claim for the use of the |
privilege Of fishing on their shores, as to
Offset at least one third of the celebrated |
Geneva award to this country. While
the Alabama claims were in process of adj
justment, the Dominion suddenly sprung
on us claim growing out Of that source
of contention, the fisheries. For about
six months past a mixed commission has
been in session at Halifax, taking evil
dence and preparing to adjudicate upon
the claims. The representatives of the
United States claimed that the remission
by this country of the duty on Dominion
fish and fish oil, amounting to two dollars
per barrel, and of one dollar per barrel
upon herring, was good and sufficient
Offset to the right of taking fish within
the three mile limit on their shores.
Judge Dwight Foster, one of the Unit
ed States counsel made very fair and
reasonable calculation under that head.
He allowed that the Americans caught in
1873, the first year that came under the
treaty, about 10000 barrels of mackerel.
and that one third of them, say 10000
barrels, We're taken within the three mile
limits of English jurisdiction. 1t was in
evidence that Mr.. Hail. a British fish
dealer, bought of the native fishermen all
their catch at 1915 per barrel. eff they
are worth that sum- said Mr.. Foster,
''when caught, what proportion of that
sum is it fair to call the right to fish
| worth? You may estimate it as you
please. | will tell you how you will come
out if you charge us with catching one
third of the fish inshore that year. and
with the full value that Mr. Hall pays for
them after they are caught. 1t is 500,
0l5." This was the first year Of the
| treaty, and there was imported into the
United States from the British Provinces
| in that same year oO,89o barrels upon
which the duty of 81 per barrel, had it
| not been RENTED by the terms Of the
| treaty, would have amounted to $751;
| us. The value of the fish our people
caught, said Mr.. Foster, is 500 900, and
| the British fishermen gain in the remis-
| sion Of duties nearly 1852 600. In the
same manner Judge Foster took up the
statistics of these fisheries for the subse-
quent five years, including the present.
The verdict was reached last Friday,
awarding Great Britain the sum of five
and a half millions. 1t was made by a
majority of the three Commissioners,
| President Deforse and Sir A. T. Gait
| agreeing, and Judge Kellogg. [. S. Com
missioner, dissenting.
| 1t is clear that, however smart we were
at Geneva, we have taken back seat at
| Halifax. There remains one chance for
us yet-the right under the treaty to in
| sist upon an unanimous award before
| Icing compelled to accept it Us valid.
Whether our government will avail itself
| of that remains to be seen. But the proba-
| bility is that Uncle Sam will pull out one
half of the remaining ten millions OF the
| Alabama award, that he don't know how
to dispose Of and send it over
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29
The Effect on the Insurance Companies.

We have heretofore expressed the fear
that the neglect and indifference Of the
people of this city, in respect to means of
eXtinguishng fires, would drive insurance
companies to refuse policies, and leave
those having exposed property without
any protection whatever This fear has
st list bHTn II part ( ye2ze ok I fh h IN
met with some losses in this city, and had
a policy on the Robbins house, sent an
agent here to make investigation into the
fire department, water supply &c, His
observations convinced the company that
Belfast was not a safe field for the com
pany to take risks in. The result is that
orders have been issued for the cancella-
ton of all the company's policies in this
city, covering risks amounting to 5000
600. Those insured were taken complete
ly by surprise, and in their unprotected
and perilOus condition are casting about
for some means of safety. The comment
upon this, by the opponents Of a water
supply, will be, Then let the owners of
property insure elsewhere" But there Is
just where the difficulty comes The in
surance companies are influenced alike in
these matters. That which frghtens one,
will trighten them all. Already other large
companies contemplate like course, and
the probability is that in a short time all
the companies will avail themselves of
that clause in the policies which permits
them to withdraw by returning the pro
rata premium. People here may deceive
themselves about their peril, but they
can't deceive such sharp observers and
close calculatOrs as the insurance men.
They know that the city has twice been
nearly destroyed. They know that
building took fire on a calm night, and
under circumstances favorable for it's eX-
tinguishment, and couldn't be saved, al
though an hour and half elapsed before
the walls burned through. The time is
evidently close at hand when the people
of the city, will have to provide them
selves with better protection from fires,
or go without any, and be stripped naked
when the inevitable third conhagration
comes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29

The Rockland Opinion of the 23d
affords to its readers the rare treat in it's
columns of portions Of Il we'll written and
philosophical article upon the subject of
the liquor traffic. 1t is copied from the
Journal OF two or three years ago The
Opinion declares that this paper is con-
victed Of inconsistency, because 1t has
since given expression to the ludcrous
feature Of the seizure of a cart-load of
liquors from "the Opinion drug store"
Well, it was laughable affair, as every
one acknowledged, except the bereaved
proprietor. We want to be consistent,
even in Our amusements, and if we have
ever written in these columns anything
declaring it to be improper for people to
laugh when they can't help it, we desire
to revoke the article at once
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29
Al Unreasonable Complaint.

The Rockland Opinion was compelled
to abandon its claim that a man could
not be at the same time prohbitionist
and Democrat The facts that it warm
lyendorsed the Massachusetts Democratic
nominees, and that one Of the nominees
was and is an outspoken prohibitionist,
rather chol1cd it.
The Opinion now returns to the charge
with the assertion that both this paper
and its editor have become converted to
prohibition. 1t rctrains from quoting any
thing from the columns of the paper to
sustain the asscrtion--reirains of neces-
sity, because there is nothing of the kind
that it can quote. The Journal believed
| that it would be unWise for the party to
make prohibition an issue in the campaign,
and expressed that belief. In that view
it was sustained by very many Of the ablest
men of the party. The State Convention
| sustained our position. The committee
on resolutions voted, four to one, against
making the issue, the member from Knox
county being with the majority. Brought
before the whole Convention, a resolution
against prohibition was voted down over
whelmingly. Our position is, therefore,
that Of the Democratic party.
The Opinion, it is we'll understood, is
| fighting in the interest Of its proprietor,
who connects with that establishment Il
drug store, which it claims requires two
| barrels and one demiiOhn OF WhiSkey, and
two demjohns and one case Of gin, besides
considerable wine, to keep in ''iegltimate'
running order. We do not propose to ques
ton the figures. The bill of fare which a
man may prepare for himself, or as cater
er for the public, is matter in his OWL dis
erection. We simply remark that the guam
tity Of this particular remedy indicates a
large amount Of sickness in the neighbor-
hood. It's further apparent that the State
Convention couldn't perceive that " the
Opinion drug store" was in suffering CON
dtion for that particular drug. 1t WASH t
grooming immensely under the operation
of prohibition. The whiskey remedy was
there in at least reasonable quantity, and
overhead was the newspaper, inviting the
afflicted to come in and be healed. The
complaints Of the Opinion, applied to its
individual case, therefore appeared to be
unreasonable.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29
A Lunatic's Freak.

PITTSBURG, Nov. 20. William Cush-
man, Il passenger on the PENNSYLVANIA
Road yesterday morning, became derang-
ed on the cars, and as the train was pass
ing Carney's Station, ran out Oh the plat
form and jumped from the train, which
was going at the rate of 40 miles an hour.
The mailman escaped with a few slight
bruises. subsequently, however, he made
his way to the signal station near Carney.
The telegraph operator endeavored to
quiet the man, but he soon became vio-
lent, and drawing a revolver, forced the
operator to vacate. The latter notified
the foreman, who ordered out his force
and attempted to capture the lunatic,
who threatened to shoot the first man
that entered, and held possession until
daylight, when he set fire to the signal
tower and had to jump from the window
to escape the flames. He was instantly
captured and his friends in New York
telegraphed for.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29
EARLY MARRIAGES.


EAST SIDE Nov. IA, lSif.
Eli. CoMMEECIAL:-I have Just entered upon my
twenty second year. have a trade and am re
ceiving eight dollars a week with d fair prospect
of permanent employment. | am temperate and
.lavn no expensive habits My parents are in com
Portable circumstances, but have no property be
yond their own wants and the needs Of my young
cr brothers and sisters | have for some months
kept company with young lady who has not
qate reached her eighteenth birth day We are
engaged, and it is desire to be married during
the coming winter The mother of my intended
wants us to postpone our marriage for two years.
She thinks that | shall be better Vie to support
wife then than now have air lady laid up 500,
aud feel all confidence, as am healthy and strong,
that | can provide comfortable living. What do
Won advise LUTHER
We can answer Luther's inquiry only
IN general terms. Your letter implies that
YOU have q good common school education
&ndcvinces considerable maturity ofmind.
circumstances of your intended is from
what You have written. If there are no
otherreasons for the postpOnement Of your
marriage than your respective ages, and
the tact that you may have more means
two years hence than you have now, we
should say that the objections of your in
tended's mother are hardly valid. SO far
as our observation has gone in life, early
l4I''l li'tScH Have ptcH productive Oh ldf
greater happiness and better results than
later marriages. If you have a tolerably
reliable income of eight dollars a week,
and your intended is a prudent girl and
willing to do the house work, you have
nothing to fear. Live within your means
and do not undertake to branch out, and
You will both have happier life than you
VIII be likely to have if you leave your
union to a far ot1' and uncertain future.
ON eight dollars week you can live
decently and comfortably and save some
thing for future Responsibilities We
submit the following table Of annual ex-
DenSpS:
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29

The CASE OF Lucy ANN MANK. In
the Supreme judicial Court for the Com
monwealth in Boston, Monday, exceptions
were argued in the case Of Lucy Ann
Mank, who was tried at Lowell for the
murder of Chas. Kicker, but found guilty
only of manslaughter. The exceptions
state that the defendant attempted to
commit suicide by shooting herself with a
pistol: that the deceased, Charles Kicker,
seeing the attempt, intertered to restrain
her; that struggle thereupon ensued
in the course of which the pistol was ac-
cidentally discharged and the deceased
received fatal wound thereby.
Judges Ames and Morton, who presid-
ed at the trial, instructed the jury that if
this was true that the defendant would
be guilty OF manslaughter, as the attempt
to commit suicide was criminal and I'M
lawful and as under the circumstances
the deceased had perfect legal right 10
interfere and try to prevent her.
Schooners are unloading the stone from Hurr-
cane Island quarrics. at the Portland Company
works, for shipment via the Grand Trunk to St
Louis for the custom house there.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29

Bro. Simpson of the Belfast Journal is at present
engaged in walloping his neighbor Robbins of the
Rockland Opinion; and he does it in good style,
too. We really pity the man who is so unfortn
nate as to camp on the track of one so abundantly
able to put his antagonist hors de combat as the
Journal man. [Dover Observer
Our object has been chiefly to uncover
the motives and expose the pretensions
of concern that was becoming altogether
too arrogant for the small capital ON which
it is doing business. By "using it for our
mirth, yea, for our laughter, when it was
waspish,' we have afforded the public
considerable amusement, and afforded an
insight of its character and motives that
could not otherwise have been so fully
and satisfactorily obtained.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29

1t Is a wise child thai knows its own
father and Louis SamcIa, of New York
is not that knowing infant ON Wednes
dav in that rity. Morris Goldberg gave
orders to have his cellar cleaned out.
| The man who dtd the iob found dead
man lying ON Il sofa under the stairs.
The body was only half clad, was ven,
dirty and covered with vcrmjn An Ju-
yrstigation by the Coroner runN lnced thai
official that the man had made his way
into the cellar the previous ght. and the
post-mortcm examination revealed the
fact that me had died of starvation and
exhaustion. ON Thursday afternoon Louis
SamutlS called at the dead house and
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1877-11-29
Thanksgiving.

The appropriateness and beauty per
tanning to the annual harvest festival Of
the Puritan fathers have commended it
to the people of all portions Of the country,
has become a national hoiiday-not as
its stern originators designed, to be OBJ
served by prayer and praise from the
church assembly and the home sanctu-
AIRY; but, deprived in part of its devo-
tonal features, has been converted MAIN
ly into a season of rejoicing and recrea-
ton. 1t has in this respect but shared
the tendency of the age, in which asceti-
cism has given place to rational enjoy
ment, and religion has been shorn of its
gloom.
But through all changes the better por
ton of the sentiment pertaining to the oc
casion next to that of gratitude towards
Providence has been preserved The
warm, loving and tender regard for home
and kindred, the recurring desire to meet
again with kth and kin, and to unite once
more the links of affection around the fam
lily board in the old home these will never
perish. And Ia tho rnmnn,hnrnd homes
among the nllls, by the rivers OF on the
shores Of New England, the scattered chill
dren will come, with warm hearts and
eager eyes and clasping hands, to sit once
more beneath the root-tree. 1t is beau
tiful custom-a blessed sentiment, which
not only keeps warm the regards of the
living, but bears the tenderest memories
of the departed. who once filled the now
vacant seats.
1t is also a season for the exercise of
charity, for which it is peculiarly appro-
pirate. 1t is the custom of many who
have been blessed with abundance Of this
worlds goods, to see that those who feel
the pinch of poverty shall at this season
have reason for thankfulness. 1t is most
praiseworthy custom. Those whose lib
eral hearts respond to charitable prompt
ings at such 4 time, DO 4 blessed work,
honorable to them and acceptable to God
OF Christian virtues, the greatest of all is
charity, and