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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-26
Vital Statistics of the Hicks-LOrd Mar.
riage.

The following is the return of the
marriage of Mr.. Lord to the Widow
Hicks, as transcribed from the records
of the New York Bureau of Vital
Statistics. There is completeness
about it eminently satisfying:
Full name of groom ................ Thomas Lord
ldce VI IesluGHce' New York city
Age next birthday. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Eighty years
0ccupatlon ;....,.............Re Retired gentleman
Place of birth. ...................N Norwich Cnnn
Mothers maiden name. ........... Mary Lothrnn
Number OF groom S marriage. ............ Second
Full name of bride
Annette Wilhelmna Wilkens Hicks
Maiden name, if widow
Annette Wilhelmina Wilkens
lace Oh residence New York city
Age next birthday, ........ Forty-eight wears
Place OF birth. Samani South America
rather name ............. Wilco Peter Wilkens
niotiler name ,..,..... ........ Adeine Wilkens
Number OF brides marriage. ............ Second
New YORK, Dec. 81, 1877
We, the groom and bride named in the above
certificate, hereby certify that the information
gwen Is correct to the best of our knowledge and
belief. 0>'ee "''''
(Signed) THOMAS LORD (groom)
&c. ANNETTE w. w. Hicks (hride).
Signed in presence of NJ. s. II. VAN KLEEK and
MARIA MILLER,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-01-26

Brides insteps now have punches
of orange blossoms thereon.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
Why arc We Right-Handcd,

Investigations which were recently
carried through by a French physician
DIR. Fleury, of Bordeaux. have adduced
facts showing that our natural impulse
to use the members on the right side of
the body is clearly traceable to prob
ably physiological causes. DIR. Fleury,
after examining an immense number
of human brains, asserts that the left
anterior lobe is a little larger than the
right one. Again, he shows that, by
examining large number of people,
there is an unequal supply of blood TO
the two sides OF the body. The brach-
iocephalic trunk, which only exists on
the right of the arch of the aorta, pro-
duces, by a difference in termination,
an inequality i'm the waves of red blood
which travel from right to left. More
over, the diameters of the subclavian
arteries on each side are different, that
or the left being noticeably larger.
Tile left lobe of the brain, therefore,
being more richly hDmatosed than the
right, becomes stronger; and as, by the
intersection of the nervous fiber, it com
mands the right side of the body, it is
obvious that that side will be more
readily controlled. This furnishes one
reason for the natural preference for
the right hand, and another is found in
the increased supply of blood from the
subelavian artery. The augmentation
Of blood We have already seen suggest
ed; but the reason for it is here ascribsd
to the relative size of the artery, and
not to any directness of path from the
heart. DIR. Fleury has carried his in
vestigations through the whole series
of mammalian; and he finds that the
right handed peculiarities exist in all
that have arteries arranged similar to
those of man. At the same time such
animals, notably the chimpanzee, the
seals and the beavers, are the most
adroit and intelligent.-1he Eclectic.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

1ledgley was very fond of seeing and
hearing moving; and think it was in
order TO the enjoyment OF this luxury,
rather than for the lawns sake, that he
has the grass 'sattended tor SO often
lie used to declare that, of all modes
of being awakened in the morning, the
pleasantest was to hear the whetting of
scythe outside your window. And
certainly itisa soothing and piquantIy,
agreeable sound, which seems 10 take
us back into the dawn Of the world, when
reaping was the most arduous labor iu-
cident to the blessed human race. 1t
has a blithe, sharp, clingiag quality,
passing through several gradations, as
the sharpening advances from the
shoulder TO the tip of the long, curved
blade. Everything connected with
grass-cutting is deliciously primitive
and Arcadian, and the poor wretch who
invented the emowing-machine has done
az much TO make the earth stale and
dreary as any other individual in his
tory. Whatan impertinent, rafting su-
perserviceable little busy-body that
moving machine is! How immeasur-
ably distant in feeling and significance
is its breathless, ludicrous. soulless Gilt
ter-clatter from the long, grand, lei
surely. measured onset of the primeval
scythe. The scythe itself, with its keen
rapacious blade, its irregular, crooked
haft, and its funny, little twig-like ham
dies, is the most picturesque OF agIicul-
tural tools. Then how fascinating to
watch the semi-circle arm-sweeps and
creeping. deliberate advance of the
mower. There is freedom in his swing,
and yet a heedful accuracy; he lays the
grass gently aside; his hot shadow oscil.
lates, pcndulum-like, beside him. Anon
the sharp ed.e clicks against a pebble.
Agricola pi,ises, slowly sets the crooked
instrument on end, wipes away the grass
that sticks TO it with his hard, brown
hand, wipes the sweat from his own
brow, then draws the slim milestone
from his belt, an begins, "Clitho-cliol
clitho-clio. clitho-clio!" He is never in
a hurry, and never ought to be; the grass
will wait for him. Each separate stroke
has its stated time, like the beating Of
the mowers heart, and the play Of his
lungs, so that the scythe itself seems to
come breathing toward us through the
grass, with stealthy, snake-like motion.
And yet there are people who will buy
a mowing-machine, and congratulate
themselves upon its possession.-Julian
Infrfhorne
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
Nails.

Throughout the Middle Ages The
only way in which nais were made was
by hand, and it was not until the seven-
teenth century that it dawned on one
mind at least, that it was possible tc
produce them 10y means If machinery.
The first evidence OF this interesting
fact we find in a Stat. lper, which re-
cords that in the year lGC6 letters patent
were gr;tn:ed by our well beloved mon
arch. King James, To his trusty knight,
Sir Bevis Bulmer, for the latter's in
vention of this ik. We find il recorded
that the said Sir Bevis Bulmer ''hath
invented a new. Apt, or Compendius
forlne or kiIde of Engine or Inslru-
ment to be put in vse, driven, aud
wrought withall by Water or Mater
workes as well for the concerning a
Quicker and more Apt and Speedy
Ways and MesInes then Knowne, ex-
pimentesl. and ysed within our Realms
and Domynions Within the Tyne of
Man memory for, in. about the cut
ting of iron into small Bars or Rodd
TO serve for the making of Nayles, for
the necessary vse and service of vs. aud
our subjects, and so on with much more
Ingenious, but tedious legal verbiage.
Sir Bevis, however, does not appear 10
have been very successful with bis nail
rod machinery, and us time grew older,
other trusty subjects of various ,ubse-
quent soyereigns tried to mend matters,
with NJ very encouraging success-in
fact, it was not until the beginning of
the present century that machinery be-
gan to be utilized in a practical and
commercial way.
In the year 1911 a Birmingham firm
made the experiment of cutting nails
out OF sheets of iron by ingeniously
contrived machinery, and by the year
1870 such improvements had been made
as had passed the experiments beyond
the bounds of hypothesis, and within
the circle of trade routine. About the
same time some American nanufac-
turers adopted similar processes, so that
the use of this kind of machinery would
appear To have been almost contempor-
aneous in both countries. Since that
time there have been hundreds of pa
tents taken out in this and other coun-
tries for inventions and improvements
In the making by machinery of the
multitudinous sorts of nails; but in all,
the leading principle has been tie same,
so that the inventions of to-day are
simply more or less ingenious variations
of the original idea
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

One day rs wandered. heard complaining.
And saw poor woman. the picture of gloom;
She glared at the mud on. her doorstep Ctwsss
And this was her wail as she welded the
broom: tt
"Oh life Ia toil. nnd love fs trouble,
And beauty will fade and riches will flee;
And pleasures they dwindlc, and prices they
And nothing is what could wish II to be. 3
"Theres too much of worriment goes to .
There's too much Of ironing goes TO shirt;
There's nothing that pays for the lime you
There's nothing that lasts but trouble and
dirt.
I'm March it Is mud; it's slush in December;
The midsumm~r breezes are loaded with
dust;
In fall the leaves Hitter; IN mugry September
Ine wallpaper rois, and the cfmdlesticks
There are worms in the cherries, and slugs In
And ants I'm the sugar and mice In the pies: Z
The rubbish of spiders no mortal supposes,
And ravaging reaches and damaging flies. 8
ats swccrfng Mt six. and dustinQ at seven:
ltsyictams at eight, and dishes at nine:
IL potting and panning from ten 20 eleven:
We scarce break our fast ere we plan how to
dine. u t eH sAta 81 lltfeiI
with grease and with gr.mc, from corner to
Forever a, war and forever Abort,
No rest for n day, lost the cuersly enter
ispend my whole life In struggle with dirt
LAST night, In my dreams. I was stationed for
ever ti
On bare little isle I'm the midst of the sea:
Ny one chance of life was n ceascicss endcavor
To sweep OF the waves ere they swept over
me.
"Ala', twas no dream! Again bchoidff!-
yield; am helpless my fate to avert.'' =
She rolled Gown her 8 ceycs. her apron she
folded, - : Il ssf9-Ir1 ll7l /
Then lail down and died aud was buried in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
do We Eat too Much 7

The question, do we eat too much in
summer, is being discussed. The
Philadelphia Ledger thinks we do, and
believes the great mistake in summer
diet is that it does not take the place of
the winter bill Of fare as it should. The
habit of most people is simply to add
summer luxuries To the winter diet, thus
imposing additional labor on the diges-
tive organs, which in reality they are
less able to perform than in winter
There is doubtless logic in this, but as
rule the consumption of flesh is much
less in SUMMER than in winter, for the
reason that the appetite does not crave
it so keenly. Overlooking the stomach
at any season of the year is injurious tc
the health, and especially so in hot
weather when the digestive organs are
in relaxed and semi-torrid condition,
and disinclined to perform any extra
amount of labor. A purely vegetable
diet during the summer months might
be best adapted to the constitutions of
many persons, but there are others
whose physical condition absolute ~ re-
quires judicious blending of winter
and summer fare.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
ThOught-Traininy.

The world is indebted for nine-tenths
of its valuable knowledge, its improve
ments and progress generally, to men
and women who have trained them
selves TO think in systematic and con-
secutive manner. No man has ever
become eminent il science, art, litera-
ture or farming, who was not pro-
found thinker. who did not Well exam
inc and compare all the items pertain
ing TO the subject, to know whether in
their various relations they sustain the
principle which public opinion up
holds as being true. 1t is not a very
uncommon thing that principle hes
been enunciated by men who have pet
theories to support, aad where it Is
plain toa thinking, unbiased mind that
some of the important items of the
theory are in direct antagonism to the
principle, and therefore false-or other
wise the principle itself has no founda-
ton i'm truth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

This accounts for the origin of bread
tradition relating to Adam and Eve
has some points not before explained
SO clearly as therein. Adam grieved
over the death of Abel, and looked
downward, never lifting his eyes even
at the face of his wife Eve SO God
pitied his case, and as consolation
sent the angel Gabriel, who taught
Adam how TO make and eat bread
from wheat. At the first the kernels
were as large as ostrich eggs. After
the deluge they shrank to the size of
goose eggs, and in the days of Solomon
they We're no larger than grapes. The
present size, but little larger than mus
tard seed, is probably owing To the do
mination of the Turks, who cast "a
blight on man, beast and vegetation
everywhere they go. Adam taught
his wife Eve the art of making bread,
and since then women have turned the
mill and heated the oven in every true
believers house.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

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a sne olossons, anu .he ooct9E Is satisneo '1 ne.
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sn, J s',', u,s ,',u D.en ploAels on anu .,io
s... w .a ,'' .'1 "'.Ss VI " PC so'' guy '
spo. 'ouol'eu no' oe,ng larger 'ia'' q zen
so"s Pie.e Ahe choc' was 70 cause nc
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
Rest.
BY ANNA X. LsreLLIER.

The world is full of toilers. There is
no life, either dark or bright but finds
toll necessary in some form.
There are as many different ideas of
restas there are various kinds of toll and
WEAKNESS. $50
To all, there is some beautiful mirage
Just ahead, urging the traveller TO great
er energy, patience, and perseverance.
Too often when the haven of our desires
Is reached it is as much of an illusion as
The mirage of the desert.
Alluring only TO deceive and disap-
point, oftentimes wreck andruin. Those
who leada busy life, one filled with du-
ties following each other without inter-
mission, imagine that total cessation
of care and tplI would be perfect rest.
And yet rest is not quitting this busy
life. III we fit ourselves to our sphere
and rest quietly in the rims where God
has placed MS, tlIen, and not till then
have we attained rest. af 1ss
Were the great ocean to cease its con-
slant motion for day even, all of its.
life-giving properties would be impaired
and perhaps destroyed. Motion and
ceaseless action is its life, and imparts
life TO the inyriads who ii al their homes
i'm the briny deep.
Did not the atmosphere change c,n-
tinually by its upward and downward
currents, how soon would our lungs be-
come poisoRed by the foul gises, in
stead of being strengthened by the pure
oxygen which is generated by air i'm mo-
ton. 1t is well that God did not give
to man the control of the main-spring
of life-the heart. If Gods hand did
not rest on the lever, keeping the action
constant, how often man would forget
or neglect TO wind up the machine, and
stop to rest.
Here rest would be death, as we see it
is everywhere in nature. Each time
the Storm beats against the tiny oak
tree it strikes its roots deeper and firm
er into mother earth and gains strength;
the struggle produces life where rest
would cause IL to be up-rooted and de-
stroyed. So it is in our heart sympa-
thies, the more they are called out the
broader and deeper do they become, re-
ceiving life in its most beautiful form.
and imparting AL of its graces to others.
Every good deed, thought, or word goes
on, as ripples widen carrying sunshine
and joy in their train. Itis not quitting
but change that brings rest.
Natures which have all the powers
and energies at work, thinking and do
ing for Others. find bliss in toll and "a
rest Of mind from which a rest of body
naturally follows.
After all
Ills loving and serving
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

1t has been asserted, as reproach to
woman, that she has no inventive geni-
us. In refutation, Mrs. Nancy Todd.
Of Missouri, has taken out patent for
chicken coop which defies the en-
trance OF all vermin- Itissimplya coop
which is raised in air by contrivance
similar to a well sweep, TIE coop dang
ling in air when it is raised, TO the great
aggravatlon of the varmints, who sit
joking their chops below.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

Gen. IIill, of Georgia, has buried his
war charger, and is preparing a tomb
stone to place over the remains, bearing
the following inscription Albert Sid
ney Johnston, noble, gallant, faithful
and true horse, after bearing his rider
aud master, b. J. Hill, through forty
seven battles, receiving three severe
wounds, and surviving them through
many years Of usefulness, died July 81,
1877, in the twenty-fourth yeas of his
ona -
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
Sonnet.

Lore, II I'm this sad life one thing be sweet,
Ii Is the memory how ever yearned
In early ears toward thee: my spirit burned
With love for thee, though, merciless and fleet,
That. too, grew .nto bitterness comp etc !
That now in later days all Joys are spurned,
All hopes to ashes on .he lips Il We turned.
Save only his That even new INV feet
And face, q love. are set toward thee alone;
That th u who In the m'TniGg from afar
"A radiant light upon my path hath shonc.
Dost beam again, radiant, quenchlcss star,
In all the splendor that knew of yOre,
Where evening shadows deepen more AMI moro
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

Many a man raised from poverty and
obscurity to wealth and honor, can
trace his rise 10 ciyility; it is sure to
reproduce itself in others, and he who
is always polite will be sure to get. at
least, as much ashe gives. We believe
it was Macauley who defined politeness
as benevolence in small things. The
French, who are nothing unless sar-
tirical, declare politeness 10 be the zero
of friendships thermometer. eg
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

A TTORNEYS ATLAw Notaries Public and
Bourbon and P,vmo1th I indiana Is Fsneeial al
attention given to the settlement of decedents
Estates. Conveyancing. and the collection OF
Soldiers Claims for Pensions; will attend
promptly To all professional business en-
trusted to them. and practice In Marshall and
adjoining counties. Plymouth Office on Gano
street between Michigan and Center streets,
Bourbon ofliceOxarirrIr prilLins Office 25tf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
VIM. n. BAILEY, M. D.,

DHYSICIAN a. SURGEON. Thirty years
s uaauua,v e- oi W. -, H.. 1Soi.ar vol,
the u. s. (yol. serv) Can compete success
fully with any quack in the United States
Thankful for past favors. is still in regular
practice. and only requires 10 be better known
to have an extensive one. Office in Sears
new brick. cor. OF Michigan and LaPorte
streets.
Plymouth. Ind. July 1st. 1876. ~
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

( TTORNEi AT LAW. Located I'm ls46
"A Collections and conveyancing a speci-
lity. Buys and sells real estate on commits
ion. Insures lives and property In A. l CON-
,anies. Desirable real estate for sale in the
citv and adjoining. NOyl-75
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, will be
Il pleased to receive patients at his Office.
No. 81 ichigen street. where he may be
focnd at all times. except when professional
place.
July lst 1876 6m
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

tits seldom that a man labors wcIlin
his minor department, unless he 0ver-e
rates it. 1t is lucky for us that the bee
does not look upon the honey-comb In
the same light we Whafely.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

More than five million cans or corn
are now packed in Maine annually, and
sold in various parts of the world. civ-i
Ing employment to from 5000 to 10000
persons during the packing season.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

The occupants Of 600 shanties along
the lines of New York railroads make a
living by planting corn and potatoes be-
tween the rails and the fences. 1t ID
said that 9,0o0 acres ale cultivated in.
this way.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

British statistics recently collected 60
TO show that the number Of suicides in
the hot season 10 immensely more than 4
at other times. sf
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

The largest OF the Egyptian pyramids
Is 543 feet high, 69s feet on the sides,
and the base covers over eleven acres
Of ground.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

HOMEOPATHIC Physician and Dentist,
and DIR. J. A. Dunlap. regular physician and
surgeon. respectfully offer their services to
the public. ONCE in Corbin's block: resi-
dence on East Gano street.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10


Cloves are unopened dowers OF a small
evergreen tree, that resembles in ap-
pearance the laurel or the bay. Itisa
native OF the Molucca or Spice Islands,
but has been carried to all the warmer
parts OF the world, and is largely cult
waited in the tropical regions Of Ameri-
ca. The flowers are small in size and
grow in large numbers in clusters at the
very end Of the branches. The cloves
we use are the flowers gathered before
they are opened and whilst they are
stu green. After being gathered they
are smoked by wood fire and then
dried In the sun. Each consists of two
parts; round head, which is the four
petals or leaves of the flower rolled I'D.
inclosing number Of stocks and fla
nents. The other part of the Glove is
terminated with four points, and is, i'm
fact, the flower cup and the unripe seed
vessel. Allthese parts may be distinct
ly shown if a few leaves are soaked a
shorttime in hot water, when the leaves
soften and readily unroll.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10
Children,s ! Stockings.

The question of short socks instead Of
stockings for children is, says q physi-
clan, | am glad to see, being noticed;
and trust. the result win be that the
custom Of coRfining cbildren's limbs in
hot, and especially in dark-colored
stockings, will, at least in GUNNER. give
Way before the pretty fashion-now AL
most universal in France. Italy, Belgi-
um and Holland--of keeping boys and
girls, especially the latter, in socks. Las
medical man. 1 am convinced, that,
provided child is healthy, and other
wise warmly and suitably clad, it is all
the better at any time Of the year, for
having its limbs exposed. In summer
there is no doubt about it. There is no
finer heaIth-giving agent than fresh,
warm air and bright snnshines Csil-
dren cannot have too much of either.
Their limbs ought 10 he batiled in both.
Those who see our little people wading
on the sesshore, ,delighting to paddlefor
hours in the waves, their scanty cloth
Ing tucked up charmingly, know that
Children are never SO happy az when
their arms and legs are bare ahd free.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-01-10

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention gwen
N to collections, settlement of decedents' estates
and guarianshps, deeds, mortgages, and other con-
-racts drawn up and acknowledgements taken. Of
fce ovrr Buck 4 Toans Hardware Store.