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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

ist.Unitarian, the most orthodox Of divines
The sermon on the Dred Scot decision is the
ooidest and strongest, and probably the most
interesting in view of historical events. That
on Lessons from the Sierra Nevada is very
beautiful, and on subject which was espe-
claiiy dear to him, and Living Water from
Lake Tahoe" is equally charming. This volume
OF sermons will probably be followed by two
others
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

1t was thought that the Paris exhibition of
1878 would be the last of the great lnterna-
tional displays. But Italy comes to the front
and proposes to hold the worlds fair at Milan
in 1879.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

Miss Alcott has dived into the recesses of her
Scrap Bag again-this time for the benefit of
the giils-and brought out some pleasant stories.
Some of these have appeared iu print before,
but are none the less enjoyable in their col
lected form. Miss Alcott's style Is so well
known and so well liked that it need only bs
said that these stories characteristic of her.
In her preface, she makes honorable amends to
the girls for having liked boys BEST until she
found that girls also have their aims and achieve
ments, and are on their way to be future Mary
Livermores, Julia Howes, Lucy Stones" If she
likes these strongminded sisters, they are prob
ably the sort of sisters she Ikes-but to the
ordinary mind this dismal prospect of the
coming years of the young girls referred to
would be an additional reason for ''likng the
boys best" Boston: Roberts Broberts; Port.
land: Lcriug Short & Harmon.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01
BOOTS AND SHOES
Another Job Lot !!
THIS BEATS EVERY

We have just purchased another large
Bob Lot of Boots and Shoes which we now of.
fer to the public at prices never before
Manufacturers samples You can rely upon
getting the best goods at prices below the
manufacturer's cost.
There never before was such bargains of.
fered i'm this city and those who come earli-
est will secure tine best. DO not delay, but
come at once and realize what bargains we
are Offering you.
We quote DriCess
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

Christianity and Humanity, is a series of SER
mons by Thomas Starr King, sent in by j R.
Osgood & Co., through Loring, Short & Har-
mon. They are edited by Edwin P. Whpple
and preceded by memoir, also by steel
plate engraving of the author, which shows
smooth. Yankee-looking face, with long straig
hair, broad mouth, bright eyes, and q fine
look of intelligence. The memoir is the tribute
of an admring friend, and it shows that the
esteem which his writings and; lectures have
ELECTED from his countrymen, is fully deserved
The sermons selected are admirable; simple
and elegant in expression, and breathing devo-
tion in every sentence. In the spiritual world
he sees the soul of which the material world is
but the shell, view which Sir Thomas Brown
also ascribes to Hermes. We live in the spirit
ual world now, he says, and all the life we
have flows into this world from that. He COM
pares some mems natures to little grass plots,
that can weave nothing more than slim strip
of futed green out of the air, the dew and the
sunshine, while others give us the lordy oak
life is rich and deep, he says, to the extern
that the moral and spiritual sentiments are act
tive and healthy, and he pronounces that scien
titic mind shallow where no Infinite presence
fills the heart. This is the key note to his own
great nature. and to his sympathy with man
kind, which impressed itself on all who came
within his sphere. 1t made him, Universal
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

The most recent volumes of the Half Hour
series of Messrs. Harper Brothers Portland
Loring, Short, & Harmony are Macaulay g fine
essays upon the Life and Writings of Addi-
son, and upon Warren Hastings, and very
compact and useful Primer of Medieval Lit
erature by Eugene Lawrence, the latter an ad-
mirable little work, written .with great knowl-
edge and taste and giving a rapid but intelligi-
BILE sketch of the rise and progress of letters
during the Middle Ages.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

Being Boy, By Charles d. Warner (Bos-
ton: J. R. Osgood & Co.: Portland: Loripg,
Short & Harmony is work perfect in its way.
1t is portrait of the genuine, average boy
the boy without extra sensibilities or precocious
tendencies, the boy that goes unwillingly to
school, but is at the head of his class when he
gets there; the hero of a hundred SNOWFALL
fights; mighty hunter of the woodchuck,
with the unconscious cruelty of boyhood which
means only sense of young strength and lack
of sympathyIwhich, made up of Imagination
and experience, comes with later years. The
hood is an absolute photograph of the repre-
sentative. boy, and is a perfect work of art in
its way. Every touch tells in the completeness
of the portraiture, and the result is nothing
short of entire deliciousness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

Jolly Good Times atSchool, by P. lThorne
Boston: Roberts Brothers; Portland Loring,
Short 81 Harmony is the sequel to the authors
Child-Life on Alarm, and the friends of Millie,
Ralph and Teddie will be glad to renew their
pleasant acquaintance. 1t is one of the health
lest, brightest.and most entertaining of stories,
and will recall many '.jolly good time" to
men and women who can look back across the
yearsto the delights of Sliding down hill playing
tag in the schoolhouse yard, the festivities OF q
Thanksgiving day in the country, sand the
sports of a good old fashioned.snowy winter.
And while it will please their elders. the chill
dren are the ones for whom the book is really
written, and whoi will enjoy Utmost of all. 1t
is delightfulland capitallyitoldistory.l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

. Tom, by L. CLANCY, author of f. Grant &
Co., Partnerships. Boston: Roberts sBrothers;
Portland: Loring, Short 8 Harmony isianother
book for young people as natural ,and fresh as
can be. 1t is the history of an average family,
without remarkable circumstances or talents,
and is thoroughly we'll told. 1t is life-like and
full of interest," and will be found most ac-
ceptable Christmas present for older boys and
girls. The tone of the book is high, and the
style is pleasant, practical and easy. 1t may
be warmly commended
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01

The juvenile books this year are particularly
attractive: Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing's A
Great Emergency and Other Stories, is written
with marked and original talent. She is already
favorably known as the writer of several
charming stories, and this book will add to her
renown among young people. Evi lently
English in their tone, her stories all have the
Intensity, the Imagination, the sense of new
ness iiu the world and consequent delightful
want of proportion-of the nature of fanci-
full child. They appeal at once to children by
their reality and brightness. Mrs. Ewing is
very happy in her subjects for stories. Madam
Liberality is an especially delicate and lovely
sketch-perhaps less suited to children than to
their elders-and reminds the reader of Sir
Joshua Reynolds's dainty portraits of little
ladies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-12-01
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
CARD.
To THE Y. NJ. G. A.

To THE Y. NJ. Q. A.
Beloved members: We make this
public acknowledgement ofyour kindness
to us in the entertainment given Friday
the 10th. We would fain, if we could,
use words to express the deep emotions
that We feel. Our gratitude which at
the first was great towards you, has, by
this token of your interest in US and
remembrance of US, swslled in length and
breadth and depth and our hearts are
literally overlooking, Our cup of joy
you have filled to the 6rfm. The recol-
lections Of our labors with you deepened
into intenser feeling by this kindly act,
shall be to us in all the. trying scenes of
life, q source of comfort, from which we
shall draw the most satisfying joys. We
desire for you an unwouted prosperity.
In this dropping season, may your zeal
for the Master not flag pnduly. Bear up
bravely, and when the time is past, with
your mustered forces and untiring zeal,
enter the conflict with sin and engage
anew in some labor Of love and mercy.
And now, in the words of st. Paul, we
would say ''finally, brethren, farewell, be
Of good comfort, be of one mind, live in
peace and the god of love and peace,
shall be with YOU" L. B. BIssELL.
A. L. CROSBY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

SCHOOL INHIBITION.
The PsGsys6elsn 0karsh NJ essWdsd
to it, utmost capacity Thursday night
on the occaaioa Of IL public school *
hibition. II wss in oar opinion u best
entertainment Of the kind ever held In
lola.
The declarations, rscitations and con.
cert pieces were al rendered in . clear
and distinct voice, plainly heard to The
farther end Of the room- In this partie-
ular the exhibition WAS better than any
previous entertainment Of any kind.
In the long programme whore all WAS
SO good il is impossible to partieularisa
We cannot refrain however, from noticing
the recitation, "The High Tide" by
Miss Mary Clark, which to our mind was
the finest elocutionary effort that wei have
ever heard presented by . lady. The
selection would be trying to . profss-
sional elocutionist.
At the close Of the entertainment two
prizes were announced, one for the best
recitation and one for the best declama-
ton. Miss Alice Hartley received the
first and Lorin Cozine the second prize.
The awarding committee were, w. g.
Allison, G. N. Simpson and J. L. Woods
in.
The crowded condition of our paper
precludes farther notice.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
TO KILL A TOWN.

To kill a town in a few years, closely
observe the following rules:
LIST. If you should have an empty
building to rent, demand three times its
value.
I'd. Look sour at every new conner,
and give the cold shoulder to every mer-
chant or mechanic who desires to come
among you.
Sd. Go abroad for your goods and
wares; by no means purchase from your
own merchants and manufacturers, even
at the same price or less.
4th. Don't contribute one rent to the
cause of religion or education.
Finally, put thorough finish to your
work Of vandalism by killing your local
paper by refusing to subscribe or adver-
tise, so that persons at q distance will
not know that any business II being done
in your town.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
THEATRICAL.

The Globe Dramatic Company have
entertained the people of lola this week.
Monday night they played "Rose Cot
tage;" Tuesday night, "Man and Wife,
Wednesday night, ''Oliver Twist :"
Thursday night, flaming a Tartar or
who killed Cock Robin; )" Friday night,
"Lucretis Borgia."
The troupe has given general satisfac-
ton and in the rendition of their per-
formances excellad anything of the kind
that has visited lola for years. The
attendance was about all that the hall
would seat comfortably.
We can recommend the troupe to the
different localities they may visit.
Tonight is their final entertainment.
It will pay to 60 and hear them.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
CARLYLE c Objections.
CARLYLE, June 2lst, 1877.

OAAAAk Leg y unO &ASs3 AOsss
There are no 'hoppers at all in some
places on Deer Greek but in other places
they are taking the crops.
DIR. d. G. Whitaker, wife and
mother who have been visiting in Mis-
souri,, returned home last week. They
look as friendly as ever.
Miss Vide Featherngill is teaching
at the Wise school house.
Mr.. L. Edmunson and 2. J. Wisner
started on tour of the southern coun-
ties last Thursday.
"Wednesday, as Mr.. s. 8. Edmundson
was crossing Deer Greek he stepped out
upon the wagon tongue TO loose the reins
when the horses started home without
previously informing him of their inten-
ton of doing SO. They carried him
home somewhat faster than he came.
He stopped them at the barn and "got
out" Of his perilous position but they
pulled away from him again and finally
stopped at ]. A. Christy's. Mr.. Ed
mundson was not much hurt.
Writ s. Myers has organized lite>
rary society at Prof D. Smiths school
house.
MIR. Smiths school, though somewhat
in numbers just at present
still affords excellent opportunities for
those wishing to prepare themselves
either for teaching or for entering col.
lege. Respectfully, AUNT DEBBY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
HoWm r0l9r'

Mr.. Al Walker oae ofsuf nost ,popu-
lar and agreeable young NON returned
last Friday from . two or three weeks
ramble through thssouth-sast part Of the
State, and left again Monday for Girard,
where he has made arrangements to 80
into the drug businen with his brother.
At least one other person beside ourselves
will regret the hard fate that calls him
away from Ottawa, and the result may
b los to our city Of two instead ofone.
journal
The above was the first intimation that
We have had that Geo. and Al. were
to leave us, but We are in
formed that it is fact. But::how about
that other "psrty" ALI What do You
mean BY going back on our lola girls,
anyhow Well, success 60 with You al,
Geo. and Al. and the "other one"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
WHAT THEY SAY.

| WHAT THEY SAY.
i Bring on your festivals.
| Hunt up your old straw hata
| Belt basques arc very popular. ;.
| What shall the harvest ber Corn.
June Is the month Of roses. likewise
rose bugs.
Tho wheat and oat crop is very
promising.
lola is tho best place to trade in
Allen county.
If you can't take joke don't expect
others to take one from you.
Now that fishing sgood the Sunday
School attendance il falling of.
The gripping green apple and the
colicky cucumber are coming on.
And now We are TO have another
whisky war. Temperance vs.. License.
Sow = patch OF turnips for your
hogs: it is claimed they prevent cholera.
Some young ladies wear beautiful
court-plaster slips on their faces. They're
% stylish.
"Yes, we'll gather at the river" is the
popular Sunday School song of the Pc
riod for the boys
OF all the sad words you could write
in an hour, the saddest are these:
"We're out of four"
-Mulberries are about gone and the
boys won't be 80 apt to tear their pants
until hickory nut time comes.
Some of the boys around town are
engaged in q desperate hand to hand
struggle with their first mustache.
Its about the right time of year for
the fair pillars of the different churches
to get together and talk up festival.
The time is approaching when man
can appear on the street in his shirt
sleeves, and those who have whole shirts |
on their backs are rejoicing thereat.
The foolish man seizeth on the hoe
and goeth it blindly on the garden bed,
but the wise man passeth when spades are
trumps and letteth his wife make it.
Some Of the attorneys present at
court must have brought their dinners
in their pockets for we could not find
their names on the registers of the differ
ent hotels.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

An exchange under the head OF
"what to write to q local paper" says :
The kind of crops being cultivated in
your vicinity, their condition, and
whether in greater orless quantities than
usual whether much or little grain pro-
duce is on hand. Anything about your
schools, church or Sunday school, or
grange or names of officers, ministers,
etc. Marriages, births or deaths. Re-
vivals, number of conversions /, festivals
or entertainments, what for, and amount
of proceeds New arrivals and depart
ures improvements, what kind and by
whom. Accidents, crimes, fires. Call
attention to any enterprise or improve
ment wanted by the community, any
public evil or any curious circumstances.
And then leave 1t to the editors discretion
to condense, omit or modify anything
that you have written, and don't feel that
he has not treated you with kind consid-
Grafton if he should do SO. The object of
papers must necessarily be to get the
greatest amount Of information in the
least possible space. Short words, short
short paragraphs. Brevity
is the soul of wit, yet it matters not how
long an article is if sufficiently impor-
tant.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
WEST or THE RIVER.
June fist 1877.

WEST or THE RIVER.
June 2lss 1877.
Moon, mercury at %.
-Splendid weather for corn.
The greatest battle Of the season d
now going ON among the farmers with
the Weeds.
Wheat and early oats will b ready
to harvest next week.
q. Hoppen not doing any special
damage in this vicinity.
Fruit unhurt, notwithstanding the
frequent hail storms.
Plenty ofnew potatoes, at our board.
ing house at least
The people aronnd Liberty are hav-
ing an interesting Sabbath School every
Sabbath.
MIR. james Pease has built an addi-
ton to his farm house.
Mr.. Cary Roush has put up house
on one of L. L. Northrup's farms.
1t is seldom that one can find .
homestead in Allen county. but Mr.. 7.
F. Hazard was wide awake enough to
find one of 40 acres near enough his bot
tom farm, to move his house out to and
have an elevated, healthy location.
Now that the high water season is
likely over it will be we'll for the road
overseer to see that the washed out cul-
verts and impossible places are fixed and
from our side to town.
Those persons who have found 20
much fault with the rain will be likely
to want shower before they get it.
As for US We know that. the pros
poets for crops of every kind are as good
as we have known for many years.
Now that our cousin from Geneva
has yielded US the palm for the largest
growth of cottonwood trees We desire to
lest him or any one else as to the largest
growth Of apple trees. We find q seed
ling apple tree on the farm of Mr.. I. B. |
Lawyer that is fourteen years old from
he seed and measures from tip to tip of
limb, forty-two feet. And it is as full
If apples as it will likely be able to |
bear up under, and has been bearing for
i've years.
Miss Ruth Browns school at Union |
School house will be out next Saturday. |
OCCASIONAL.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

While the advertiser eats and sleeps,
printers, steam engines and printing
presses are at work for him, trains bear
ing his words to thousands of towns. and
hundreds Of thousands of readers, all
glancing with more or less interest at
the message prepared for them in the
solitude of his Office. No preacher ever
spoke to SO large an audience, or with 20
little effort, or 80 eloquently, Is you may
with the newspaper mans assistance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
GOOD NEWS.

We understand that arrangements
are being made to obtain Prof HeadeF-
son - principal for the next term Of the
lola Sch6olA No better selection can be
made and it is to be hoped that he will
come.
Since writing the above We have no
ceived postal card from Prof Hender-
son stating that he would get The REG
lister hereafter in Iola-from which No
infer he 10 on the road now. It is to Be
hoped that his accepting the school Is
certain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

Noah Brooks, one of the editors Of
the New York Times, and author Of
"The Boy Emigrants," has done . good
thing for the boys and girls of America
by giving them q biographical sketch of
"King George the Third" o promised
for the July 81. Nicholas. The article
said to be graphic and full of good feel
ing, is to be illustrated by . fuA page
portrait of His Majesty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
GENEVA ITEMS.


Farmers are very busy cultivatin(
corn.
Tho picnic fever has been cooled
down by the recent rains.
John Knowlton is building an addi
ton to his house.
Miss Emma Lee is visiting friends
and relatives at Emporia this week.
ID. R. Inge shipped two car loads Of
fat hogs from Colony to Kansas City last
week.
"A family by the name of Rees, has
recently moved into the house on the
farm formerly owned by Nj. Root. They
came from::near Colony we believe.
1t is said there is . prospect of the
Presbyterian Academy at this place be-
ing opened up again this fall. We are
not informed who the principal will be.
AT the regular communion services
Of the Presbyterian church, held on last
Sunday, four persons were received Is
members and two infants were baptized.
1T is q fact that about . half dozen
young men in this vicinity, besides doing
general farm work, have to cook and
serve up their own hash. wash their own
dishes, sew on their own buttons, etc
and still they are not very happy; for
they 60 by that quaint aud vulgar term,
"old Baches."
For the past few days, this venerable
old town has been marked with an un-
usual degree of monotony; and hence,
precludes the possibility ofreporting any
thing of lively interest. We, however,
submit this brief and imperfect report
with a hope that ere We write again
will transpire that will be
more worthy of attention.
REPORTER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23

On the second page of to-days paper
we publish the rabbit law, so-called.
Some of our citizens think the County
Commissioners should enforce the law in
this county on account Of the depreda-
tons of the wolves. While in some re.
spects it would be . good thing" yet we
are afraid the county would have .
goodly sum to pay out for rabbit
scalps" The wolf scalps could be shout
dered easily and il would pay to take
action 40 far as they are concerned.
However let Us hear from the people on
this subject. The Board meets about the
first of July and if it is desirable they
will undoubtedly act upon this law.
Talk it up-or down.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-06-23
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

Any person taking newspaper regularly from
the post01ice, whether directed to his name or
anofber's, is responsible for the payment.
II . person order his paper discontinued he
mnst pay al arTearages, or the publisher may
and collect the whole amount, whether the paper
q taken from the ONCE or not.
The courts have decided that refusing TO take
newspapers and periodicals from the postoface, or
removing and leaving them uncalled for, II Pri1s
faeie evidence Of Intentional fraud.
Papers may be sent to subscribers until an
express order to discontinue is received, and all
arfsarages are paid as required by law. Merely
returning number of the paper is not sufficient.