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The Osceola times., 1877-12-15
CONaRESblexAL-E1trs session.
SENATE.


The 6easts met 1t ten O'Clock on the
Svd and went Into executive sssuion, and
when Tie dooFs were rs-opensd, q ten min
utss pest eleven O'Clock, adjourned.
REGULAR snssIoN.
In the Senate, upon Resembling at
noon % ths 3rds tie vieepsssidsnt prsssntsd
Tie annual Sopcst Of ~ sooretafy Of war.
also The annual reports Of the secretary Of
the senate and serReantatarms. They Were
ordered printed. Soon thereafter Mr. Rogers,
private secretary Of the pFssidsnt Appeared
With the prssident's message and Il WA i'm
msdiatsly Rad and ordered printed. De-
partnsnt and ether reports we're then
presented and The senate adjourned till
Thussday, nsxt.
In tho Senate, on the 9Th, bills were
introduced and referred ~ icllovs: By Mr..
Thurman: 10 provide for circuit aad dis
tsict courts Of the Unitsd gtstss at Toledo,
Ohio. BZ NJ. DoTssy: TO organise The ter.
Eitevy Of Tishominso and fer ether purposes.
BY Mr. Dsrnsidss 70! ~ protection ef
Widows end orphans asd heir1atlsv Of on.
tsad The Hme for preventing Chains for col.
leciiag, drilling or ofganising volunteers fov
Ne war Of the rebellion. NJ. Allison, who
hes charge Of the house bill 10 authoriss the
srss ooinsgs II The Standard sIvsr dollar, and
TO restore it legal tsndsr chasacter, moved
V make u special order for Monday next,
after the sxpiFation Of tie morning hour,
and that Il b continued from day 10 day
until disposed II. After . long dfseassion
NJ. Alli6oa changed his motion 70 - b take
~ bin Up Tuesday nsxt instssd Of Monday.
Agreed to-ysas q, nays 10. Adjourned.
! In ths esaats, on the 7th, Nh. Sargent,
iron the committee % naval a6ail, rs-
ported, with a. amendment the hcusc bill
Tor relfsf the sufferers By The wrsck Of the
Uuited 0tatss stsamsr Huron. The amend.
nsnt provides for spsymsnt 10 The hsin Of
the lost, twelve months' - pay; 70 the heir
Of CapG Guthrie, sk Ne hfssaving Servics
one ySar's pay, and 70 Tie hslu of thoes
hslonging 70 the wrseking steamer b ~.
Baker. who we're Lost In satsmpNng 10 save
tkose % the Huron, 800 saeh. T6e amend
ment wus agreed 70 and Tie bin passed. BY
NJ. Haris-A jeint resolution autAorising
and directing The secretary Of TIE TREASURY
70 causs The customhouss q Memphis 70 Be
constructsd Of Tennessee marble. The house
resolution to adjourn for The holidays and
take recess from December 10 70 January
10 was agreed 10. The senate q 2:l5 went
Into creative session and whsn the door,
we're ssopsnsd adjourned tll Monday.
The Osceola times., 1877-12-15
Plevns, the Place Of Horrors.

A correspondent writes from Plevna:
The frst day OF my residence In Plevna
was spent In au inspection Of the hospi~
tals. Our party placed itself under the
surgeon In the Turkish service, and st
out for the chief building, In which the
wounded were bestowed. When We
reached the main hospital We encountered
. scene of horror which went quite un-
speakably beyond al our previous ex-
pericpces. / am authorized by the
aentlemen accompanied to say that 1t
is quite beyond the power OF language
TO exaggerste their opinion Of the de-
plorable and hideeus condition Of the
wounded. II | could present you vita
an adequate picture of this dreadful
place, should produce . record which
would dwarf Defoe's description Of the
plague. But to attempt such picture
would be TO shock decency BY ever
line. venture TO believe the horror
Of this home Of filth and agony unique
and angular. The chamber were largl
and LOFTY, and there were reasonable
facilities for ventilation, but the odor
which filled every one Of then waf'
sickening past all words. Wounded mel
| IN every stage Of disease and 9th ant
pain Uttered the nooss. The utagnan
missriss had overlooked De cosridos
and on 70 the very Stain and men Will
| fractures forty days old lay unatteude'
ard helplsss, slds by side with cases 9
vavins lbvsr snd oon1usat smallpox:
the rsadse ~ill pain hinsslf By thinkin
| into what foul sbsndounsut Of nastinea
ons wounded asn might iall II lett abor
lutsly unattendsd for . week, AVID WI
then multiply that imagipstien By
thousand, he may begin 70 conceive th
stats 81 thinn which 70 hor1i6ed ne
aeeuslone@ o the sights Of val and th
nvagss 4 disease.
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n1npnn.A.AunoUs.

The Horseshoe Of Niagan b now .
right angle. A large section of rock recently
fsll With tssmendous fosos.
E6brts continue to b made 10 pro-
mots Catholic emigration from the great
cftjes 70 The far wsstesn statss. The Pilot
publlshss letten coatlnually from priests In
Kannns, Dakota, and ether states and terri
tosiss. Il also reminds ths Irish In America
that The bsst foundstion Tor prosperity and
. psrmansnt influence In this republic y n
extsnsive ownssship Of the soil"
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THE New York Lotus club gave Mr..
Fazioon. The English novelist, reception
- !. snd In returning tbsnks be
=. sesls u efstesf Y 81 A<ss.
The Osceola times., 1877-12-15

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FACTS AND FAHCIEy.
new mamma Pssyu.

Nv A~.Do 1$.
Just The swsstsst thing thst the chi.arsn do
k.s S.sy ~ iss .s."s ~ sZisf &. best.
For mamns plsys thst VIII nsry ~
s:sy ys.!, s:: ~ v :Ss sSxp =, :...: so
Insds the PaPsrs s.e under the beeta
/" Baby bsbyw eallinQ
~ sSs ssSs ssSss y e S:y = sss c.ss4
She listsns. shs stops, she hssr ths wss laugh,
And around she Aies. the lastse By hall,
shs issSis Sss Ssssss, d. slsis Sspss ssek.
while the childrsa ali snile q paps! ~ hss.
Though none Il them % srd leek under that.
svest CO calls. Mamma darts everywhere.
ahs feels 10 her pockets 70 - II he's thsss,
In every vass IN The nantel shslf.
She searches shagp for The little eli,
"Babyi babyi" calling.
Apethsr - ceu~ iroul psp.'e tall bat:
Yet Asas Of them ssir % 'iieh toward that.
sr-svhsrs h. esrtainlv nuss b., sAs hnswy,
. up y ths ehtna supbsara - Soes;
Ths Govern shs llfs ifen ths suGSR-bovb,
Ths sweet, white lump he llt&lel and rolls,
!" ssbv baby !" ealline.
They VII los = naeh = Issk toward that
She moves The dlshss, but baby 10 not
In the cream. pitcher, nor IN the teapot;
And ~ erinis her kands and staDps On the Aosr
She shases the rugs, and opsas The deer,
''Baby haby |" calling.
They stand with their backs 70 papaS tall hat,
Though the svsstsst ef nurmurs come iron that
Ths Children join In the funny distress,
Till mamma, eli sudden, with swift caress.
Maks pounes risht 1ewa % the tall blact hat.
And bsinp out ths baby from uader that,
Baby 6abyr calling.
Aud this h the snd q he littls play,
The children would Iks 70 tYy every day.
The Osceola times., 1877-12-15

Ia the House. on the 3rd, the members
assembled Ut ten, and extended recess till
'fosty.Ave minutes psst ten, whom The senate
resolution 10 adjourn at ten minutes to
twelve was ccnearzed II. Al he hour Axsd
The house adjourned.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07

The Christian father at home what is he
by divine appointment, and what should he
always strive to be in reality? The priest
at the altar the guide and counsellor, the
support and joy of that house. For it he
should live, toll watch, suffer if need be,
and pray without ceasing. His first duty
and crowning service of God and man is to
make Christian home. No business how
ever pressing, no position. however exalted,
can be offered as a valid excuse for neglect.
ing this first and highest duty. If business
crowds, or perpexes him, he must all the more
earnestly plead the promise for special grace
to keep him from that inevitable, overbear-
ing temper, which if it is not restrained,
takes all the husband and father out of
man, and utterly destroys the charm of home.
The truly Christian father will not maintain
the proprieties OF his position before strang
ers, in the office the workshop, or on the
street, and then give way to the spleen
of tired nature the moment he enters
his own home, aud visit the punishment
of multitude of sins committed in the
shambes by himself and others, upon the
heads of innocent ones in the home circle
If ever, anywhere he exerts himself to be
cheerful, patient, helpful, it will be at
home. Here always he will be reproof
to all wrong-doing, stimulus to noble en-
deavor, the inspiration of national joy, the
support of affectionate confidence and the
guide of kndling life. To stand thus at the
head of Christian household, to be, in fact,
worthy head OF a Christian family, is to
occupy the most truly honorable position
possible to man in this world. This rela-
ton, with its subordinate and correlative re-
lations, brings out the elements and accom-
plishments OF true manhood more than any
other To be at once prophet, priest aud
king in the divinest sense OF each of these
terms, is no mean attainment. Oh that the
ambition of men were turned more in this
direction, and that more time and thought
and effort were given by them to the right
ordering of households and the development
there of home piety This would help to
make happy homes. This would cure the
disease at the root of our social life, and
contribute greatly TO the stability of our
times. To the husbands and fathers of this
bustliug, covetous ambitious and extrava-
giant age the gospel comes, saying, "Let
them learn first to show piety at home. -
Then their absence will always voice the
home circle to that poetic, Christian plea,
I" 1t is not home without thee; the lone seat
Is still unclaimed where thou art wont to be;
In every echo OF returning feet,
In vain we list for what should herald thee:
Father, come home" Religious Herald
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
Monday Morning.

Monday finds everybody in the house wax
ing up with sense of responsibility. 1t is
the day which sets things going again We
start on new week, as travellers who have
rested over night at an inn begin new jour
ney. We have rested in the inn of the Sab
bath. The courts of the sanctuary have re-
freshed our souls Our bodies have enjoyed
respite from the labors which taxed them
for six days. Tranquillized and strength
ened by the sweet influences of the holy
hours we are ready for the work once more.
The common consent of housekeepers has
set Monday apart for washing day. When
it dawns bright, clear and beautiful there is
JOY in the heart of the laundress, and great
satisfaction at the prospect of accomplishing
the hardest task of the week pleasantly
For washing is hard work But when the
air is brisk, and the sky clear, and the long
lines of clothing can be hung out-of doors
the toll is not disappointment. Whai
perfume is pleasanter than the fragrance OF
heap of clothes lust taken from the air aud
the sun, and ready for the folding and iron
ing processes? A housekeeper should make
the rest of her Mondays work subordinate
to her washing. Let the person who does it
be as little as possible interfered with aud
hindered in her task. Let the dinner be
simple, ana relieve tne servant from all wash
ing of dishes. Even washing should go for
ward with a song. Monday morning sees
the streets full of happy children, whose lips
run over with merriment and fun. How
bllthely rings their laughter How gay are
their faces How light are their footsteps
Yesterday, with something of seriousness
toning down their mirth, they went past our
doors, on their way to Sunday y-school-their
Bibles and lesson papers in their little hands.
To-day there is more conscious Importance
in their bearing. They carry bags full of
books, with states showing their frames over
the rim. They talk to each other, and one
sees that they are conveying mighty secrets
on which depend issues of state. The hour
of lessons will soon begin again and while
men plod, and women fret, and the aged
mourn over the good times that have de.
parted, the busy boys and girls are calmly
growing up happy in the innocent freedom
of their youth. When Monday morning
comes, dear friend, do not weight it with
all the cares of last week. Do not spend
any of its precious time in thinking of this
or that mistake you made, or in mourning
over that sin. Repentance is right, but
some repentance paralyzes effort and defeats
its own end Remember that we are all one
week farther on in the heavenward way.
The time grows shorter Home is nearer.
Every day must be improved. Forgetting
the things which are behind, let us press for
ward, always looking unto Jesus,-Christidn
of ForI
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
The Kings Highway.

There is but one way to heaven, that which
God chooses for us, and where Jesus leads
That way may take us through various
scenes and circumstances. All our lives are
not made in the same pattern, but there
must be the same scarlet thread woven
through every life's pattern, the sign of sal
yaton, the clue to the right way. Some
among us are destined 10 be rich, others
poor; for some the way of life lies in ac.
tive scenes, for Others in quiet retirement
some are frequently exposed to the fierce
sun of trouble, Others are more sheltered
from the storms of life. Still, through
whatever scenes our way of life may tend,
we must strive to make it the right way.
What, then, is this right way 1t is the
Kings Highwdy the way of holiness. There
are many crooked paths and by-ways of sin
in the world ii we once wander there we
are in deadly peril; let us, then, for the
future, determine that as for us " we will go
along by the Kings highway" The princi-
pie street of ancient Rome was called the
va Sdcrd--the Sacred Way our feet should
ever be on the true sacred way, the path
purchased with Christ's blood, the road
trod by him, the wayiaring Man, who leads
us poor wayfarers in the right way.-Lh-
erdry Chwchmdn.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07

Washington news teaches many lessons
And if the mothers among our readers will
attend, we will try aud help them to discern
the moral of two bits of society gossip which
have lately been published by the CORE
spondents. One relates to the appearance
presented by six months old baby at a
distinguished reception "The little Miss
wore dainty robe of white French lawn,
with narrow strips of insertion showing its
pattern over pale blue silk. The robe was
high in the throat, and fastened down the
back with bows of blue ribbon. A gold
necklace W9s clasped about the throat and
dainty gold bracelets, with tiny blue tur-
quoise hearts pendant, were worn over the
long sleeves at the wrists. Upon one of the
dimped fingers sparkled solitaire diamond
ring guarded by another ring set with tur-
quoise." The other relates to the two daugh
ters of a foreign minister resident. His
standing is of the very highest, and of them
we are told "Sir Edward Thornton's daugh-
ters will not make their deJm in society this
winter, as has been stated They prefer CON
tinuing their studies for the present and
will not appear at entertainments except III
their fathers house" We submit the dues-
ton, which case affords the clearer token of
maternal wisdom and taste We must take
leave to express our opinion that a mother
who brings up a baby to high life on gold
necklaces, blue turquoise hearts and solitaire
diamond rings, shows little of either of those
qualities. The gentilty of the English
mans daughters is by far the truer article
The press of the same date which contains
the above items, supplies the following: "The
handsomest dresses which have been worn
in Washington for two winters past, and
Ia oh, L, Al.
tives that would make Noah Webster hang
his head over the failure of his English die
tionary, were gotten up in this city and mod
eed on the folms of the fair wearers, whose
vanity prompted them not to contradict the
next mornings dispatches that Mrs. BIS
dress was Worth's latest and cost ten thou
sand dollars, when few knew that Nine
Donovan or Nine. Soule could testify in any
court that that dress had never been seen or
touched by Worth or any other Partisan
modiste, and that the ten thousand dollar
dress cost just Two hundred and fifty dollars
and that the lace trimmings had 'foamed over
in the columns of every newspaper repre-
sented in Washington, from Maine to Califor-
MIA, for the last three years. This love of
fraudulent display is a weakness of the aver
age society woman in Washington" When
does the love of inordinate display in dress
begin but in childhood, and what is the nat
ural fruit of babyhood sown with finery
and show 1t is scarcely a year since the
fall of an official high in station at the cap
ital startled the nation by its suddenness and
swiftness, and saddened it by the disclosures
to which it led of woman's vanity weakness,
and fraud. Have we so soon forgotten the
inclining of the tree in that case as to lose
the Significance of the bending of the twig
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07

back here this morning to kill some one in
revenge, but ! cum across that-that grave
downtown thar, and-and"-- lie held
out his hands to the men, and the tears
blinded him so that he could not see face.
Elder Graves went down on his knees again,
every man with him, and there were more
tears and a prayer so beautiful and tender
and true that Jack Bullet sobbed like
child. His heart was broken, and all the
Satan in his nature was driven ont in a mo-
ment. Joe Whites Dream was mining
camp for many months after that, and Jack
Bullet was one of the best men in it. The
headboard grew gray as the rain beat down
and the sun shone, aud the wild rose grew
until 1t covered all the grave, but no one
disturbed sod. The grave was a sigu-a
beacon light, as it were and perhaps miners
were right when they said of our town :
" They've had a revival up thar, an' they are
the best chaps an the hardest workers on
the slope" ."-Detrod Free Press.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
HunlOrsOme Waits.

"WHAT are you fencing in that lot for,
Pat Aherd OF cattle would starve do death
on that land" Aud sure, your honor, wasn't
fencin' it in to kape the poor bastes out
ay it 2"
Az old lady crossed over bridge marked
" Dangerous" without seeing the sign, On
being informed OF the fact, on the other side,
she instantly turned in great alarm and re-
crossed it.
A YOUNG lady who was inattentive at
whist has broken off her engagement with
her lover, because he recommended her to
scoop her mind up in peanut shell and
fix it on the game"
AT medical examination a young as
pirant for physicians diploma was asked
"When " does modification ensue 2" " When
you propose and are rejected, was the reply
that greeted the questioner.
AN Irish ma jor recently declared in
Dublin debating sociaty that he was no
more political tyro, but came to the bar OF
public opinion armed with experience ac-
quired in three hemispheres"
NorHING encourages the local press so
much as to see buzz-saws introduced. The
first and last injunction OF the local editor to
the mill-owner is, like that of the patent
U
JOSH BILLINGS SAYS: There IL but phew
/ things on the face OF this earth more worth
| less than poodle, aud yet am glad there II
poodle, for if there was not there IL some
people who wouldn't have any object in ly-
ing, and have nothing to love-
Is my breakfast ready 2" said an impa-
tent young man who was trying to get his
morning meal at beer saloon. "Don't
! said ha - ,shf
aud see" Heavens no, don't do that, /
ordered sausage, and if you whistle you'll
have the whole lot down"
LITTLE Mlss-Papa, | can eat piece
more currant tart, please Pdpa-No, my
child | have already said that you have
had sufficient. Lmie Mss Well, papa, then
why do We so often sing that layonte hyum
of yours, where it SAYS, " Feed me till want
no more 2" She had the tart,
DIN not give you logging the other
/ day z" said u schoolmaSter to trembling
boy. Yes, SIR answered the boy. "Well,
what do the Scriptures say upon the sub
ject ?" IL don't know, sir said the boy,
except it is in that passage which says j 1t
is more blessed TO give than to receive"
A LADY, in describing to an irreverent
boy an occurrence in which his father fig
ured, closed by remarking am sorry to
say that the thing ended by your fathers los.
ing his temper" did father lose his tenn
per" exclaimed the young scapegraoe,
4" Then hope he'll never find it again-ior
it was the worst temper ever heard of"
AN Irish girl was ordered to hang the
wash-cothes ON the horse in the kitchen to
dry. Her mistress shortly after found a
very gentle family horse standing in the
| kitchen completely covered with the article,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-03-07
Retrospective.

The following from an od-time friend got mis-
We beg pardon.
KINGsvILLE, Ohio, January 16, 1877.
MesSrs. Editors; Ny Dear Friends-A few
words from this far off locality may be accepta-
Bile both to yourselves and your readers My
mind goes back fondly TO the time when we were
together, and sustaining tn each other intimate
and endearng relationships. 81. NJ" remem-
ber' you only as one Of my youngest and most
promising boys in the Sabbath-school. 81"
think of you as my genial yet bold associate in
every good work Of reform. would love to take
you by the hand once more Time has, pre-
sumo, written his lines ON your brow, and whit
ened your locks, ms he has mine.
One thing there is in the memory of the anti
slavery struggle, in which we were associated, to
which my mind now goes back with fond delight
Our conventions and early efforts to arouse and
revolutonize public sentiment in regard to the
stupendous wrongs of human bondage were per-
rddod by he manifest presence QfMe Spirit Of God.
They called forth, for the most part a class Of
men who, sensible Of their own weakness, looked
to heaven for strength They enlisted in the
cause under vivid sense of duty 10 God They
were baptized from above for their work This
feature of those early times has left its imnress
an ,n, haar, po,sr m ha og.ood CD h.,,1
v" ny "e''' "s'', W 10 e'"'e' W." ''nu
was IN IT, Ana what "ohdrous changes mas lie
wrought in twenty-five years. As think Of it, |
stand in amazement IL IL hard IN beIieyc what
| see.
Well is not our best, surest, and perhaps our
only way, nO,c, out of the tangled web of national
1ia,onl,ias % Lao t,,,1 H., Iii, ho,,,1 ,.,
"'''''"i''ea' W w ''''" 'S ''oN"s "eS"nu |"h'
gress and statesmen up to Him on whom we
called in early days? DO Christians even feel their
,eod of a suner-human no,ver IA h,i,,, ,,,or ON,
~ a.. ,,a,' - w 'H o'uo' Wv
oi confusion rs theS must we are IN reality