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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-01

prayers always before breakfast, anC
the weather was so warm and the
kitchen so hot that Jenison set the outer
door open wide this morning, and
stepping out just as his uncle laid down
the Bible, under pretext of soaring an
old hen away, the boy opened a little
side gate into the lot where he had pre-
viously driven the old ram, and, laying
a train of salt to a big lump on the
doorstep, retreated speedily to the
kitchen and knelt down next Mr.. Car
ter, where he had left his chair. Billy
had seen the tin pan in tensions hand,
and knew it meant salt; he followed
the trail surely to the door, and, having
begun to nibble the lump, heard. an
earnest and accustomed voice near by
and looked up into the kitchen door.
Jason was praying earnestly, and the
rest had their eyes closed and heads
bent; all but Jenison, who was watch
ing Billy from under his arm. As he
saw the ram look in, he picked up a
short switch from under his chair and
held it threatingly over his uncle's
back. Billy gave one great leap across
the floor, charged Uncle Jase in the
rear, and sent him sprawling.
Oh that ramn' he roared, in a
voice of thunder.
Jack and Dan sprang up at once,
drove Billy out, and shut the door, but
before they could speak their father was
on his knees, at prayer again, pouring
out such earnest, humble confession of
the sin he had been betrayed into, such
fearful petition for pardon, such heart
felt contrition for a lapse that seemed
to him dreadful, after long years of
prayer and struggle, that, hard and
bad rs Jenison Wires was, he could
not bear it; it was the turning point
of the boys life; he got up from his
knees and confessed the whole thing to
his uncle, and asked his forgivness; and
the other boys cried heartily.
Jason Carter never forgot that day;
it was remembered with humility and
both; for, years after, Jen-
ison told him, with deep feeling, that
he had learned then and there to re-
spect religion, and that is the first step
toward desiring and obtaining it.
Jenison never claimed his bet, but
when he went home gave Dan his knife
for a remembrance; and years after
Deacon Jason Carter was dead and
gone his step-sons recalled with affec-
ton, reverence and amusement min
gleds the only oath they ever heard him
speak, and how it was brought about
by Jenison bet.-R0Se Terry Cooke, IN
Sunday AtternOOn for lime.
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A Load Of Pork in a Street Car.

Scene in a densely-crowded Third
avenue car. Three women friends Gone
of them pale and evidently weak enter
at Sixty-third street. One of the trio,
stout and good-looking, is given seat
by an impressionable gentleman. The
weak woman holds by strap, swings
to and fro, and seems momentarily in
danger of falling. Men seated on both
sides watch her as though mentally
betting how soon she will fall. At
Thirty-second street she does fall,
and a little commotion ensues. The
buXom woman says from her seat:
" All she often faints in the cars when
she has to stand" The conductor stops
the car, endeavors to carry out the
limp, unconscious woman and asks for
assistance. Those who have seats de-
sire to keep them; those who have not
hope that some humane sitter may rise
and give them opportunity to slip into
his place. They even growl at having
to make way for the conductor to carry
his burden. With much effort he lands
her on the sidewalk and seats her on q
saloon doorstep, where he leaves her
supported by her two friends. Return
ing to the car hot, indignant and man
ifestly ready to take it out of some
body" he remarks: Talk about hogs!
| think I've got full load of pork this
time. ~. Y. San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-01
The Presidents Correspondents.

The President receives more letters
a day than any other individual in the
United States. 1t would hardly be
stretching the point to say that he re-
ceives more than anyone else on the
globe. Every mail brings him large
batch, coming from almost every State
in the Union, while communications
from foreign lands are the rule rather
than exception. These letters are upon
every conceivable subject The invita-
tions, criticisms of the Presidents
course, expanded theories, requests for
pecuniary aid, letters of counsel and
advice, petitions for Office, petitions to
be retained in office, and hundreds of
other topics furnish subject-matter for
those who wish to gain the Executive
ear. Letters of importance are, of
course, answered, but thousands of
epistles go to the files or garnet unseen
by him. Among the Presidents cor
respondents is Il Londoner, who seri-
ously requests him, as "the head of
a free and humane Government, to
issue proclamation prohibiting, I'M
der penalty of death, the killing of any
feathered tribe, any dog, or even rat
or mouse.
Another letter is dated in Virginia,
not very far from Washington, and is
headed "On Finance The writer as
serts that he has discovered a gold, sill
yer and copper belt running through
that State and northwesterly as far as
Michigan. He promises to give to the
President portion of his good fortune
for pecunnuary assistance" He also
says he will let the Washington star,
the Norfolk Day Book, the New York
World, the New York Times, the Balti-
more Sun, the Cincinnati Commercial,
and the Cincinnati Enquirer in with
him if they will see that the country is
made acquainted with the great value
of his " find'' and induce the people to
purchase the stock which he intends
issuing.
One man from Kentucky sent the
President a photograph. Shortly after,
another letter from the same individual
made its appearance, containing an
other photograph, which the sender
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-01
0m punng 6oMs.
THE OLD PROVERB.


The boy is father to the man."
Such talk sounds very queer to me,
Bnt suppose they mean to say
If l true, brave man would be,
L must not be sneaking boy,
But IN my work or in my play,
Whatever may say or do,
Be true and honest as the day.
The boy is father to the man."
/ wonder how it is with girls!
If all they care for is to be
Pretty and fair, with glossy curls
And handsome dresses; will they grow
To noble women good and true?
Or Will they be like pretty dolls
Which please us for an hour or two?
The boy is father to the men,
Then, boys and girls. suppose we look
For the best pattern we can find.
And take him for our copy-book.
Then looking backward we may see
A pleasant pathway clear and bright,
And looking forward we may hope
To reach the world of light.
-EBie johnson.
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SCHOOLDAY MEMORIES.

I've spent an idle hour tonight
Reviewing schoolday joys and cares,
And as sit me down to write
A rhyme on long-ago affairs,
L smile, as on the virgin sheet
My letters multiply. to think
My boyish pot-hooks" were as neat
As these, my later scrawls in ink.
But then, you see, wrote in school,
Beneath Goliah Braddles' eye
A teacher naughty, stern and cool,
Who stood in stockings six feet high;
A single blot upon the sheet,
An awkward movement of the pen.
He'd straightway lift me from my seat,
Produce his plant rod-and then
But now, as thoughts come on, pell-mell,
| quickly write them ere they fade,
Disgusting words cannot spell
In hasty scribbling's masquerade;
And If the printer wide awake,
h er comes across dotted l.
He knows 1t came through mere mistake,
Or through the kindness of a fly.
Yes, back to schoolday scenes 1 go
On memory's still wings-once more,
With stone-bruised heel and bandaged toe
limp across the school-roOm floor,
And in my old familiar seat,
As restless as puppys tail,
L long for noon, when | can eat
The contents of my dlnner-pail.
Again | hear old Braddles say:
Aha, you're late again. see
Been playing, have you, on the way?
Remain tonight, and play with men'
Then, as from meath my desk fish
My school-books, rather antiquated,
| heave a bitter sigh and wish
That I'd been born well educated.
The deestrick" school-bJard call to see
If we are larnin' of our tasks
A stern old codger points at me
And IN surly manner asks:
How do you know this 'arth amt square,"
| whine, with arm against my brow:
- | never said 1t wasn't, t-h-e-r-e-
Twas Peleg Smithers said so -n-o-wm
Once more feel the giant grip
OF Braddles, while his rod he plies
| bear the pain with trembling lip,
And strive to stay the tears that rise;
A tender, girlish voice here pleads
=" Pray, sir. don't whip him any morer'
This earnest prayer the teacher heeds
And leaves me weeping on the floor.
How oft and fondly | recall
My little sweethearts kind appeal;
She's dead, but still my heart holds all
The love for her | used to feel.
When meath misfortune's darts bleed,
l wish that in those regions fair
Her angel voice might intercede
To save me from the lash of care.
-PdrmendS hiG, in Detroit Free Press.
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The Graphic says: "The phono-
graph feels its responsibility" Then
why does it stutter?. Boston Globe. 1t
won't after it gets used to talking.
These are only its tirst-stutterances,
you know. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1878-06-01

People are so doosed inconsistent.
Now Wobbinson-you know Wobbin-
son, "of ours'' (club, not regiment of
fooD-well, in 1876 at the Philadelphia
thingami he was eternally saying: my
dee fella, yaw should have seen Vienna,
or Paris, or London" or some other
confounded foreign show; and now he
is telling the people over there, in bad
French, that they should have been at
Philadelphia. "What an ass he is; but
he cannot help it," N T. Commercial
Some of the extra nobby parasols
are senselessly heavy.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
CHESTER CHIT-CHAT,

Lawyers are preparing their cases for
court.
Rev. j. R. Morrill, was Chester's first
preacher. He was there In 1849.
Mrs Mary McKing. aged go, was acci>
IDENTIFY drowned, Thursday evening, in the
cansl to which she had gone for a bucket
of water.
Last Sunday six boys stole schooner
and took ride on the Delaware. Tbev
ran aground just above Chester island, and
have been there ever since.
The Council was excited over a peculiar
case on Thursday. Mr.. Brown, a member.
started hotel in Philadelphia, and while
In that city caucus was held, and q new
member from Mr.. Browns ward decided
upon. Mr.. Brown, not suspecting, took
his seat with the august body as usual, and
vas invited to step down and out. This he
rs:used 10 do, and the result is dilemma,
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
OUR KEYSTONE NEIGHBORs.

Chester county court commences next
Monday.
Burglar alarms sell rapidly In West
Chester. gf.tr..
Coatesville fremen will parade on
Thanksgiving.
Company c, of Coatesville, have received
new uniforms.
A new lodge OF /. 0. G. 7. has been
formed 10 Oxford.
Sixteen Burks county farm we're sold at
Sherif's sale last Sa urday.
The Coasesville Lyceum met last night
and organized for the season.
The Borough Conncil of West Chester are
devDlng some means of putting down the
higuway meI.
John Cope had fue COW railroaded out
of existence on the Peach Bottom railroad,
on the 18th inst.
Two gunners recently killed twenty-five
rabbits and twenty seven pheas nts and
patridges In an afternoon, on the Chestnut
Hills, near Pottstown.
james Burns, II years old, and Johnatban
Jones, aged 80, were bitten by a rabid dog,
day or so ago, In Montgomery conn Y
near Lower Marion.
On Monday night Lieutenant Davis E.
Townsend was presented by Major James
l.. Mcfarland of the West Chester Grays,
with q handsome god mounted sword.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20

Jesus says, II am the way, the truth and
the life." III am the resurrection AID the
life.Y Hence, an Immortality argued upon,
or forced into the natural man by any
kind Of adroit special pleading, to save
the serpenls lie, is OILY az abortise eff1rt
at climbing mp ome other way" Ard
though the combined wi.dJm Of all The
schools from Plato down To this time
unite 10 declaring the doctrine ofinhefeh,l
immortality, still "God will take these
wise men in their own crsfiness. and
bring to naught the understanding Of these
prudent ones"
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
BY NAIL AND TELEGRAPH.

A British Cabinet couEcn was held yes
terday.
Brig. Gen. VIM. R. Brown died at New
burgb, N. T., Monday. f1te
Charles Ghislain william Discount Villain
XIV }, Belgian Statesman, is dead.
B severe shock of earthquake was felt IN
Memphis, Tenn, Monday night at ll.oo,
running north and south.
The mystery surrounding the taking OF
A. T. Stewards body is thoroughly DARK.
AND the police are mistifed.
German government silver to the value OF
1850. .O0c was bought yesterday at oO12d
per ounce for transportation to India.
The Philadelphis Board of Trade has uu-
der consideration series OF resolutions re-
lsting to the currency In view OF approach>
ing resumption.
Perry Green, colored barber Of Water.
town, N. 7, while drunk, had bis nose ana
mouth plugged with mud by some rogres,
ami died of suffocation.
For the forty4ight hours ending az g p
n Monday, there wei at New Orleans SIX
dss his f-om yellow fever. No new cases.
ivsal deaths to date, OILS.
The Finance Committee has agreed tc
s,ommend to Councils that Machinery Hal
IN Fairmount Park be sold, and the pro
ceeds turned IL the City Treasury.
Rev. Alex. Reed, D. D., former pastor OF
the Central Presbyterian church at Phila'
del phia, died Monday at Denver, Colorado
whittier he had gone for his health.
J. Il. Elliott, at Allapaha, Ca, yester-
aay. assaulted W. G. Nelson, dangerously
woupding him In five places. and tracturinp
his skull in three places. he will die.
The Argentine government has demanded
the release of the American bark Devon
shire, which was seized by Chilian cor.
ve,te while loading guaRo in the Straits o
Magellan.
Passanante, King Humbert's would>b
~ sasin, was member of the Internationa
Society. Other arrests are being made.
plot is said to exist IN Europe to assassinat
all the sovereigns.
An Englishman named William A, Par
SONS, employed as cashier of the People
Coal Company of Norfolk, Va, has alb
scouded, taking with him all the funds h.
cou.d manage to get together.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
ROUND ABOUT THE PENINSULA,

being rebuilt.
An Ice company with 5000 capital, feel.
Important at Lewes.
From $25 to SIS is the price good bird
dogs bring around Milford.
All the Methodist congregations of Cbes
tertown will worship together on Thanks
giving day.
ooS, ), W. Darby, of Frederick. is shipping
ooo large pine piles to Philadelphia. Thew
Will be used for pier building.
The handsome new Catholic church In
Chestertown will be solemnly dedicsteu
with appropriate ceremonies, December 8tb
a. 1880 o'clock, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop
6ecKer OF this city. Rev. Father Curtis OF
Baltimore, will preach.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
THE OYSTER TRADE OUT LOOK.

p ny
TIE SEASON OF 1S7S-A PRosPERAAs ONE
-s1RIKEs AT BALTIC. ST. MIcHALs, cRIs
FIELD sEAFoRD-A HOPEFUL our LooK
GIVEN TO A HERALD REPORTER.
There is probably no trade, with the ex-
ception, perhaps. of agriculture, that Is 50
closely Identified with the interests OF the
people ofthe lower Peninsula, as that OF the
gathering, canning, and shipping ofeysteTs'
From the Chester river to Tsngier sound
every merchant depends upon the trade
to q great extent hundreds of others draw
the larger part of their livelihood from this
medium. r
For several years past, this trade has
been as fiat as q founder. Like the dock
log season through the fall and winter
and the fishing business In the spring 1t
mas dwindled down till the results are so
unsatisfactory and the revenue coming
f. ON 1t, 60 small, that those engaged in
it have felt a considerable degree of dis
couragement. All those of these sources
of revenue to the people of the Eastern
Shore have had their former prosperiy y
tasen away from them as If by magic, at
least so far as the Chesapeake Bay, is
concerned. However, this season, the oys.
ter business appears to be on better
footing and there Is some hope that The
current of trade will again run brisk In
its sluggish channels. ..ts
The business OF the packers Is tempor.
ally deranged by a strike no matter how
small be the house or the strike. The
cfr riH In Dalf n r0o fnrO
tions and the disturbance caused by this
strike was great, The strike lasted two
weeks andra gentleman from Baltimore
who is interested in the business and who
went down the State yesterday told the
HERALD reporter before he left, that had
the strike not taken place, there could
not have been enough oysters shipped to
Baltimore to supply the demand. 2. (
Crisfe!dfand s.. Michaels, two Eastern
Shore towns, right in the midest Of the
best oyster region In the world, have each
been visited by strikes which have been
settled, almost as soon as they occurred
and nG great inconven ence was caused,
la yesterdays HERALD we also gave an
account of strike in Seaford, the largest
oyster packing place in this state but II
also is not exp:oteG to last long.
But these strikes have not interfered
with the trade in measure to cause II
to be seriously crippled for the season
the evidences OF prosperity are too great
The prices have been firmer. and the pack
| ing houses along the bay have been very
busy ever since the trade got we'll on its
legs in the fore part of the season. In the
west, also who're last year, the market. for
oysters was completely demoral' 'zed the
prices are good and the demand crest.
''It Is foolish and mistAk notion" re
marked the Baltimore gentleman above
alluded to, to the reporter" That the oys
ter trade is on the decline; why it is In II
earliest infancy as yet All that is needed Il
now capital, skill and enterprise with psr
haps little more diligencs and there is 6
bright future for those engaged in tn.
Cyster trade down the Eastern Shor !" p
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
FAT PEOPLES mrsFoRrUNEs.

Some of the savage tribes enter their
dwellings through mole in the Ioof and
whel person becomes so fat that he can
not get in, he is regarded rs an outlaw.
United States, the "out-laws' could not
have made more active demand for AL
lan's Anti. Fat Than now exists. Hundt eds
who had lived in constant fear of sudden
death have, by It's use. been reduced tn a
comfortable living weight. The Anti-Fat
Is purely vegetable and perfectly harm
less. sold by all drug lists.
The Rose of dea'h. Do not walt until
the hectic flush IL dica es a ivauced con-
sumption, appears on the cheek Check
lungs with HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND
AND TAR, before the crisis comes. Be in
time. Sold by all Druggists
Pixies Tooihache Drops cure in one min
ute. novlS'lm
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
"LAUGH AND CHOW EaC,,

rms ancient bit of advice Is well enough
tor . spare" " people. but how about those
t9at are already loOf4L? What is to become
m.ne 01 snemY sit still. and I'll tell you. After
MANY nnnfbs s9Peri rtIt Iments, extending through
me celebrated an aalyticaf chemist, ]. &
Aiiani mas perfected and given to ths world
Antl-Fat. Thus far in several hund red
cases gag this great remedy has never failed To
rea9ce st . corpulent person from three to
less and nostvs,n XII wSeat es is perfectly harm
g1Sts. SoAo Wy orug-
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
LOCAL NOTES.

ASShh INoAGSs
Eight days TIL Thanksgiving.
Read the HERALD's Court reports.
Our circulation is increasing rapidly.
Maggie Mitchell played we'll last night.
Read the HERALD; locals on every page.
The present term Of court will be long
. Who will be the corners deputy down the
countyi
West street looks desolste with the leaves
of ail the trees. .,G. g
A brief season and the record of big hogs
will begin to arrive.
The session OF council tomorrow night
will be full of interest.
There was knock down on Second
street yesterday morning.
The burning of the Falkland spice mills
is still being investigated.
Blank books and stationary cheap at
Gibbons. .206 Market street.
$40 "rayons for holiday presents, at sut.
terley's, 302 Market street. Oh.
The HERALD has the best local depart
ment of any paper 10 the city.
ID Finest favored oyster In the city at Gar.
neTs, 7th and Shipley streets. .r
The cheapest place to Get playing cards
and games of all kind Gibbons 206 Market
street
The blown off cross Of St. Paul's church
at 4th and jackson streets has not yet been
replaced. .t
Magazines for December, can be had a.
Gibbons news and stationary store, 206
Marketstreet .
Robberies are not so frequent as they
were before Slim Jim and Brockey Tom
were ''jugged."
~. Now that Ex-Prcsident Roberts of the
Health Board has resigned some one sug
gest that he be made building inspector.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
THE PEOPLES COLUMN.

Henceforth we will give column daily
to correspondence upon ans proper subject
for discussion. It is expected that commu-
nications will be written on one side only
of the paper, and ACCOMPANIED with the
name of the writer. The HERALD is not to
be considered as endorsing or being 10 any
way responsible for the opinion Of cores
pondents In this column
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
Can the Truth Oyertake n aaa

Investigation discloses the fact that the
lady reported In the Associated Press dis.
patches. about Aug 10th, t. have died in
Chlcsgo after two weeks use of some re-.
puted remedy for corpulenoy, had not
Iaken Ailan's Anti-Fat. but had used n
preparation put up by regular physic1an
10 Lu7erne, Pa Allan's Anti Fat is man
ufaci'ireu in Buffalo. N. Y, by the unner.
signed; sdS We have already sold over i'd
oO0 bottles of 1t. II las therefore been
aKen by thousands, and we CHALLENGE
proof that 1t has ever harmed any, bodv
~ unless the reduction of obese persons from
~ tr oo pounds, leaving them healthy and
ssuohg ~ Is considered O misfortune. Fur
oneIrmore, we hereby offer S5t 90 reward for
n evidence @ Showing ng that 1t ontains poison
o. ouS &c or injurious Ingredients. We also Offer
so,vO9 II we cannot prove that it has reduced
numoer OF persons as stated herein. and
alWays without injury. l. is said lie will
outtrayel the truth any time, but we W trust
tnat those newspapers that have misied
the pub !ic by saying that physicans at.
Iilonted 4 10. the lady's death to the use of
Anti-fat (Which ts only put up by us' tho
Term anti Fat. being our trade n,ark1
VIII correct the false impre. sion thew havs,
'onveyed, by publishing this refltaiion.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co
Buffalo NJ
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
THE BASIN EMPTY.

The new basin of the Cool Spring Reser-
voir has been emptied and to-day thorough
examination OF the bottom and sides will
take place. III
The water the city uses now comes from
the south basin which is full. a5
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
POLICE NEWS,

yesterday, the only cases tried in the
nornins were two drunks, with the usual
psnsity OF % cents and costs imposed. No
cases were tried in the evening. The MAG.
'strates had n, public c1ses all dow ard
haarly all OF them we're at New Castle '
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20

Wanted-s general agent for the State
o, delaware, best thing in America, yerv
mall capital. Apply for ten days to Cbas,
Iyn nn,ton, swan Hotel, ,4th and Market streets
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
DR, FIT :, RS VEGETABLE RHE11

~, IT,, :, R's ykaETALBE RHEIJ.
ton Of one of Philadelpnia's Oldest tiIh1pP. nhrsPt.
Clans, tisll and is guaranteed to cure rbeuma.
ism, neuralgia, sciatica, pain, Back ache
H &c. M money refunded, by invigoratino
me tne nerves, purifying the blood, and neu.
By% % merIf poisonous Is son deposits in the system
81 clne' Suffering and money saved by nse1no
~ ~ ih a. sine. Remember that DR., Filler il
,ae ~ on!y thysiCian in America deyoIins
" W. years 10 this one line Of practice. Gnrss
street Ttretthtoa' Advice gratis. 45 soufh b Fousss
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
BAPTIST MISSION UNION. :,

The Delaware Baptist Union convened In
the First BAptis' Church in Chester, yester
y afternoon at O'Clock. The meeting
will close this evening. ..,,
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
NO BUSINESS BEFORE 1T.

The United ates District Court met YES
terday morning al IL O'Clock, but owing to
the tact that there was no business it im-
mediateiy adjourned - @~'.
The Morning herald., 1878-11-20
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.

There will be new Board of Trustees
elected Tor the West PRESBYTERIAN Church
at the meeting Of the Bo rd th is eveu ng.