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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-05-15
THE REVISED BOOK. of Prssbyteries
LEXINGTON.


vision:
Form of Government chap. 5, sec. 4 art. 2, the
words on account of age or inhrmity" stricken
out.
Chap. 5, sec, 7. art. 8, the words with the con-
sent of parties" be stricken out.
Book of Discipline, chap. IL, art. 2 be amended
so as to read land statement of the case may lin
stead of shaU) be made to the church..
Chap. II. art. q amended to read, {" this rule,
however shall not be applied to those who, per-
sistenty and without sufficient cause, absent them
selves from the Lords table, which is az offence to
be dealt With by the Session of the church to which
such delinquents belo6g
The Presbytery respectfully requests the General
Assembly, in case The Book shall not be adopted
by majority of the Presbyteries to continue the
work of revision.
ROANOKE.
In regard to the New Book of Church Order,
the following action was taken, viz
l. Form of Gov. oh. 5, sec 4. art. 2, Adopted
3. " s." J. art. 5. first a ssDtsDee
Adopted.
4. 6. 3. art 4, the hird
form adopted and that as it appears on page &c
in preference to the form in which it is given on
page of the pamphlet
5. Book of Dis en-. l, art. 2, of present Book
adopted, preference to Oh. 3, art. l, Of Revised
Book.
6 Book of Dis Oh. - art. l, Adopted
| 7. g II, 2, Adopted.
8. " II, 3, Adopted.
The Book as whole was not adopted, but the
General Assembly is asked to incorporate into it all
the articles approved by majority of the Presbye-
ries and to send it down again.
MONTGOMERY.
The Revised Book not adopted; fnal vote re-
served until Assembly sends down the Book again
as modified by the action of Presbyteries this
spring Of nine special amendments the first two
| Acknowledgement of ministers and examination.
we're rejected. The plan for electing officers by
communicates only, the new definition of offences,
and all the others of these amendments, adopted.
CHICKAsAw. 80
The Book of Church Order was rejected by a
unanimous vote. Form of Government, chapter 6
article g. in relation to the election of church off,
GERS was adopted. Rules of Discipline, chapter 3.
article 2, was adopted. Book Of Discipline. chap.
ter IL, articles | and 8, were adopted All the
other propositions sent down were rejected.
INDIAN.
| The Presbytery recommended to the Assembly
the adoption of the following articles of the New
Book, viz: l. Article q section 4. chapter S. q
Article 5, section a. chapter s. 8. Articles l, q
8, 4, section T. chapter s. First form Of article
4, section 3, chapter 6 All the above of the Form
of Government as contained In the proposed Book
of Order" And also approved and recommended
the adoption Of the following in the proposed Re
vised Rules Of Discipline, viz: l. The second def
milton of an offence in article l, chapter g. in pre-
ference to the first definition. Q Article 10, chap
ter s. g. Articles l, 2 and 3, chapter II And
then adopted it as whole.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1878-05-15
PREMIUM FOR sUBsCRIBERs, 1873.

Richmond. Va, Wednesday, May Is. 1878.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

CURIOUS VITALITY OF A CAr.-Last night
one of our German fellow citizens was
aroused at midnight by tine continuous new
ing of d neighLor's black cat that had OBJ
tanned access to his garret and was making
the frosty air hldeous with its melodious
warblings. After lying awake until patience
ceased 10 be virtue, he arose in his wrath,
procured rope, and proceeded to put stop
TO the hideous sounds He chased the cat
about the garret, over bandboXes, old fash
ioned trunks and disused stovepipe he
baTked three of his shins, knocked hole IN
the tail of his dressing gown Tor whatever he
had on), hale scalPed himself on a raiter that
appeared to come down just as he was raising
himself up broke kerosene lamp into
flinders, slipped and came down in the light
ed OIL, which was promptly extinguished,
much to his relief and finally caught the
cat He tied one end of the rope around its
neck, opened the window, and fastening the
other eud to a raiter threw the cat out He
closed the window and all was still. This
morning he united the rope from the rafter
and went cautiously to the window aud raised
it. The cat looked up with a plaintive ex-
preston of fcOuntenance, and before he could
realize the situation it came hand over hand
up the rope to the window, and with one
wild veil dove past him, drawing the rope
from his hand and dashing down stairs and
into the parlor Here the rope caught
around various articles of vertu from the
'Fatherland, including q valuable meer-
schaum pipe on the mantel-piece and two
vases embossed with the portraits of the
Emperor William and Frederick Charles.
which he wouldn't have taken $50 for, all Of
which were smashed to pieces. Finally he
opened the front door and encouraged the
cat to escape into the street mime Him
mel, " he cried when he returned to the par
lor and gazed on the fragments of his favor
lite meerschaum, 'de next time you can sing
until you faint away. Middleton Argus.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

much moved. Robinson was an exception,
as he was very i'll with fever.
After Wilson had concluded, the trap was
sprung, it is believed by the sheriff of the
county. The trigger was concealed, and it
was not definitely known who touched 1t.
The men fell simultaneously, and the crowd
averted their faces for an instant. When
they looked at the scaffold again only five
men were hanging. Slavens and Campbell,
who were very large men, had broken the
ropes and fallen upon the ground. They
were writhing there in great agony, half
strangled. and the moose still pressing about
their necks. The crowd made rush toward
the PROSTATE men. The lieutenant in charge
of the hanging drew his sword and, standing
over the men, drove the crowd back The
rope was speedily loosened from the necks of
the victims, and they were assisted into sit
ting posture. They recovered their senses
in momert, and both begged for drink
of water. This was given them, and revived
them very much. The ropes We're then re
adjusted, and the two men were made TO re-
ascend the scaffold. Their comrades were
corpses. The trap was set again, and the
fatal trigger was touched once more.
The men fell with dull. heavy thud.
Campbell's neck being apparently broken by
the fall. Savens, however, was doomed to
still further torture. His immense weight
and size were such that his feet touched the
ground. His commissions were terrible. His
feet would touch the ground and relieve the
strangulation. and then his commissions would
renew it. At once bystander seized n shovel,
pushed the ground from under Slaven's feet
and the brave mans sutlerings were soon at
an end. The bodies were buried near the
scaflold.
Of the remaining prisoners none we're
hanged. BY most daring sally from their
prison eight of the men escaped. They
seized the inside guard of the prison. gagged
him, took his keys, opened the front door,
overpowered the sentinels, and wrested their
arms from them, and after terrible hand
to-hand combat, fought their way through
the yard, and succeeded in pushing through
to the federal lines, which were now quite
near to them. Their comrades attempted to
escape with them, but were all wounded or
driven back before they could get beyond the
yard. These men were kept in prison for
several months, and exchanged in March.
The United States government gave very
handsome medals to the survivors of this
terrible raid, and provided for the families
l. L IL
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

Happy | count the farmers life,
Its various round Of wholesome toll
An honest man with loving wife,
And offspring native to the soil.
Thrice happy, surely i'm his breast
Plain wisdom and the trust in God
his path more straight from east to west
Than politician ever trod.
His gains no loss TO 9th er men;
His stalwaIt blows infiict no wound
Not busy with his tongue or zen,
He questions truthful sky and ground.
Partner with seasons and the sun,
Natures co-workers; all his skill
Obedience. ev'n as waters run,
Winds blow, herb, teas their laws iulhl.
A vigorous youthhood, clean and bold
manly manhood, che eriul age;
His comely children proudly hold
Their parentas se best heritage.
Unhealthy work, false mirth, chicare,
6uilt-needless woe, and useless strife
o ci ties, vain insane, insane!
How happy is the farmers life!
-Fraser's MagdHzle
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

MARRIED. at Virginia, New. on the ith
inst. by the Rev Father McGrath, All Wan.
E.q and Miss Nan Ying. The following
was the ceremony Ah Wan. you likee this
one pitcee woman much good2" lyon
bet - Man Ying, you likee this one piecoe
man way up good p Me likee this piece p
"Ah Wan, you never catchee no more
woman but this one piece, dye mOind
that2" mo more catchee." Nan Ying. +.
you catchee no more man but All Wan. d 'yc
understand that ?' "All lig bteo. Then,
in the name Of the Almighty. callee you
all samee one piecee meat ~ The groom paid
$500 for the bride to the company that had
imported her, and when he learned that if
he had married her the law would have
given him poss 'ssion of her without paying
a cent, a gloom was cast over the commu-
nifty.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

liz WAS street gamin OF twelve summers
and rs many winters. who was summoned
as witness in court. this morning, and
alter being sworn with great solemnity by
the clerk, and after being interrogated
by the City Solicitor, the following dla-
logue took place between His Honor and
the lad: Judge" Young man. do you
believe you will be punished il You tell
the truth ?" Boy" Yis." "And do you
believe you will be punished if you tell a
ialsehood?" "Yis." "Do you believe there
is II God p NO" DO you attend
church ?" "Yis' What do you hear
there?" Singing" wv hat do you think
will become of you il you don't tell the
truth ?" My mother will lick me, =
Manchester Mirror.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
Home Song.
fellow, in the February Atlantic,

Longfsllow, in the February Atlantic,
Stay, stay at home. my heart and rest;
Home keeping hearts are hsppiest,
For those that wander they know not where
Are full Of trouble and full OF care;
To stay at home is best.
Weary and homesick and distressed
They wander east, they wander west,
And are bsfied and beaten and blown about
By the winds Of the wilderness OF doubt
To stay at home is best.
Then say at home. my heart, and rest
The bird is safest in its nest:
Der all that 1utter their wings and hy
A hawk is lowering in the sky;
To stay at home is best.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

MIXED MISERY INpEEp.-A Pennsylvania
plper tells the following \ Portsmouth
man was going East with his wife last week,
and the tram started of very suddenly while
he was talking with his friends. He grabbed
hold of a woman, chucked her on the tram,
Jumped after her, and away they went nifty
miles an hour. with his wife shrieklnS and
tearing her hair ON the platform, and wo-
man he never saw before going into high
pressuro histories in the car. calling him
monster and yelling ''Save me = by terri
BILE mistake he had got hold of the wrong
woman, and the conductor, refusing to listen
to his explanations, kicked HIM out OF tie
ear, the brakeman chucked him into tie
ditch, the sheriff met him before he was half
wnv back to town and put the handouts on
him. and when at last he got home he saw
his business partner holding his wife on bis
lap and telling her that there were men In
the world who loved her much better than
her faithless husband ever did. He says the
next time he travels he will walk.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

Wm. f. Gookin, of Port Henry, whose
sudden disappearance few weeks since.
caused considerable comment. has been seen
and interviewed in Now Orleans, La. The
reason assigned for his absence. business
affairs"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
TROTTING To WAGON.

Fastest one mile. Judge Fullerton, San
Francisco, Nov. 1861, time 80 -
Fastest two miles. Gen. Butler and
Dexter, each 4 heat, Lcng Island, 1868,
time 1. .j6 II.
Fastest three miles, Kemble Jackson,
June, 1858, time sos.
Fastest iour miles, Longfellow, Dec. 81,
1869, time 1874 II.
Fastest five miles. Little Mack, Long
Island, Oct. 30, 1868, time 1:Iia -.
Fastest twenty miles. John Stewart,
Long Island, sept. -. 1865, time 59.223.
MIsC CELLANEoCS.
Fastest one mile. under saddle, Great
Eastern, Fleetwood, n. Y. Sept. u,
1877, time 2.1j3-4.
Fastest one mile. double team, Small
Hopes and Lady Mack. Fleetwood, N.
u. sept. IL. 1877, time 2.23.
Fastest one mile. with running mate,
Ethan Allen, Long Island, June u, lS67,
time 3lj.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

From the ARABIC.
The following is the beautiful poem road by
aries Dudley Warner at the Memorial service II
nor Of Samuel Bowles 4
He who died at Aim sends
This to comfort ali his friends
Faithful friends! II lies, know,
Pale and white and cold as snow;
And We say. "Abdallah's dead"
Weeping at the feet and head.
can see your falling tears,
can hear your 81 chs and prayers
Yet l smile, and whisper this
am not the thing you kiss
Cease your tears, and let il lie
1t Igas mine, it is not /,
Sweet friends! what the women lave,
For the last sleep OF the grave,
Is a hut which | am quitting
IS garment no more fitting
Is cage from which, at last,
Like . bird my soul has passed.
Love the inmate, not the room
Toe searer, not the garb-tho plume
OF the eagle. not the bars
That kept him from those splendid stars
Loving friends Be wise, and dry
straigbtway every weeping eye
What ye lift upon the bier
Is not worth a single tear.
lis an empty sea-sneli-one
oat Of whicn the pearl has gone
The shell Is broken-it lies there.
The pearl, tue all, the soul, Is here.
lis an earthen jar whose lid
Allah sealed, the while il hid
That treasure Of his treasury,
A mind that loved him let iL lie
Let the shsrd be earth's once more,
Since the gold is in his store
Allah glorious Allah good
Now thy world is understood;
Now the long, long wonder ends
Yet we weep my erring friends,
While the man whom you call dead,
In unspoken bliss, instead,
Lives and loves you lost It's true,
For the Light that shines for you;
But, in The light ye cannot see,
of undisturbed felicity
In perfect paradise,
And life that never dies.
Farewell, friends But not farewell
Where am, ye too shall dwell,
am gone before your face,
moments worth, little space.
When ye come where | have slept,
le will wonder why We wept;
fe viii know, BY true love taught,
That here IS all. and there is naught.
Weep 8wbiie, IL ye are fain-
sunshine still must follow rain
0niy not at deaih-for death.
NO~ we know, is that first breath
VIII ch our souls draw when we enter
Life, which is Of all life center.
Beye certain all seems love,
Viewed from Alah's throne above
BE ye stout OF heart, and come
Bravely onward to your home
Ls-il Allah Allah la
u love divine D love alway
He who died at Aim gave
This to those who made bis grave.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
THE GALLONS SCENE.

The place selected for the hanging was
within the city limits. An enormous scaiiold
was erected it being notably low one. The
scailod was furnished with II trap floor,
which sank from beneath the feet of the men
at the springing of II trigger. After the men
had ascended the plank. and the noosrs
had been adjusted, George Wilson asked to
be allowed to make statement Permission
was granted him, and, standing there. ia the
shadow of II yiDlent death, with the fatal
rope about his neck choking his voice down,
he made n speech that went to the heart oi
every man that heard it. He spoke without
II tremor, and with calm and distinct utter
ance. He said it was not the part OF brave
men TO murInur at death when they were
brought face to face with 1t. and that he had
nothing to say against the decree Of the
court that had brought HIM 10 the schifold.
He decried, however, in the name of his
comrades and in the name of justice, the
manner of the death to which they had been
brought. 1t was not such death As soldiers
deserved. lie said that ho and his comrades
had been moved by nothing but an honest
and pntriotic love of the Union lie de-
plored 1.-THE wickedness of the southern lead
ers" who had ''misled aud deluded the peo-
pie into making an unholy and hopeless
war; He dwelt with great enthusiasm upon
the cause of the Union, and predicted that
in short time the star spangled banner
would wave over the very spot on which this
scafiold then stood. lilo then closed his
speech, and announced that he and his
friends were ready His comrades listened
attentively to his words, turning so that they
might face him. They seemed to be very
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
COLT RACES IN HARNESS.

Fastest mile by yearling. Memento.
Lexington. Ky, Oct. 10, 1877 (not a re-
cord), time 2.56 81.
Fastest mile by two-year-old. Elaine,
$3.50. Lexington, Oct. u. 1877, time >.
81.
Fastest mile by a three ycar-old. Elaine,
Hartford, Sept. 10, 1877. time 2.2S.
Fastest mile by 4 four-ycar-old. Keen
Jim, Lexington. Oct. j., 1877. time >
u -. Governor Sprague trotted a
mile, rs iour-year-old. at Buffalo. Aug.
10, 1873. between the heats of race. in
2.2l II, as timed by the official judges OF
the course; but. as it was not in race,
the time does not constitute technical
record.)
Fastest time by n live-year-old, Gov.
Sprague, Poughkeepsie, Aug. -. 1876.
time 80 >.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

Chattanooga WAS now only 20 miles dis
tant, but the foremost engine was in sad
plight. Its brass journals were all melted
down its wood and water were exhausted.
and progress was virtually ended. A hur-
ried council of war was held, and a bold and
brilliant plan was determined npon. 1t was
decided to let one of the raiders pull tine Yam
kte engine out of sight around curve,
while the others disembarked, tore up the
track, and hid in the brush near the road.
Then, when the train of the pursuers arrived.
and the forces on it were engaged in repair
ing the track, the ambush men would spring
upon them, disperse them, and send their
train sweeping back down the road to wreck
everything behind it, and give the raiders
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
THE GOLD srANDARD.TuE CHEAPEST.

The gold standard it may confidently be
asserted. Is practically far cheaper than
that OF silver. | do not insist upon having
the gold standard but II We are to haye but
one. think that the best. The expense OF
maintaining u metallic currency is OF course
greater than that of paper; but it must be
borne in mind that paper currency is only
tolerable when convertible at the will Of the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08
Fastest TrOttIng at nli Distances and In n
Ways OF Going.

IN ItiNISN.
Fastest one mile. Goldsmith Maid, Mys-
tic Park, Boston, Sept ,, 1874, time 2.14.
Fastest two miles. Flora Temple,
Eclipse Course, l.. L., Aug. 1G, 1859,
time 4 :j0l l-2
Fastest three miles, IIuntress, Prospect
Park, l.. l.. Sept %, 1872, time 721 Il
Fastest four miles, Trustee, Union
Course, l.. l.. June Is, 1919. time II .06.
Fastest five miles. Lady Mack, San
Francisco, Cal. April ,. 1874, time 1900.
Fastest ten miles. Steci Gray, Birming-
ham, Eng, April Is, 1873, time 27..j L.
Fastest twelve miles, Topgallant, Phila-
delphia, 1880, time, $500.
Fastest fifteen miles, Girda, San Fran
cisco. Cal, Aug. 6, 1874, time AZ. 20.
Fastest twenty miles. Capt. McGowan,
Boston. 1886, time $50
Fastest fifty miles, Ariel, Albany, n.
Y. 1916, time 3.55.40 ID.
Fastest one hundred miles, Conqueror,
Long Island, Nov. y, 1858, time S.;jj
50.
Fastest lst neat. Smugglcr, Hartford.
Conn, Sept. |. 1876, time ,. IL II.
Fastest ID heat, Goldsmith Maid. Mys-
tic Park. Boston, Sept. >, 1874, time >.
Ii.
Fastest Sd heat, Lula. Buffalo, n. Y.
Aug. 10, 1879, and Goldsmith Maid, But
falo, Aug. 3. 1876, time 2.l5.
Fastest 4th heat, Lula, Rochester, n.
Y, Aug. II. 1873, time 2.l7.
Fastest 9TH heat, Smuggler, Cleveland,
July -. 1876, time 2.l1 -.
Fastest 9th heat. Goldsmith Maid. Hart
ior,, Sept. |, 1876, time 2.l9 81.
Fastest two consecutive heats, Gold
smith Maid cd and 3d), Buffalo, Aug
3. 1876. time 2.15 II, 2l5.
Fastest three consecutive heats. Gold
smith Maid (lst, ID and 3d), Buffalo, Aug.
,. 1876, time 2.16, 2.l5 ii, 2.1j.
Fastest four consecutive heats, Snug
gler (;id, 18th, 9TH, Gth), Hartford, Sept |. J..
1876, time. PIG 81, 2.l7 II, 2.lS, ,.
l9 81 cat Rochester. Aug. II. 1875,
Gloster trotted four-heat race in > Is
2.l1 81, 2.11, 10. The first being dead
heat with Red Cloud the aggregate time
OF the four heats being the same in both
races; but the former is unquestionably
the better performance
Fastest four-heat race, Rochester, Aug
H. 1875, Goldsmith Maid winning the
first heat, and Lula The next three, time
2.l5 -, ZIG II, 2.1j 1-2, 2.I7.
Fastest tive-neat race. Cleveland, July
y, 1876, Goldsmith Maid winning the
first two, and Smuggler the succeeding
three heats, time >. 10 -, 2.l1 IL, >. l6 IA,
2.l9 81, 2.l1 L..
Fastest six-heat race, Hartford. Sept |.
1876. Smuggler winning the first two,
making a dead heat with Goldsmith Maid
for the third, and the Maid winning the
next three. time 2.lj II, !. IL, 2.l6 81,
2.l7 Ii, 2.lS. 2.l93-4.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-02-08

THE fOllownc Is the beautiful poem read by
Charles Dudley Warner at the Memorial service In
honor of Samuel Bowles 4
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
cnILDREN's AND BABy's SHOES At CRAZY FIGURES.

Good sMd, buionoi hMei shoesf children. IS cents Good cope tppsi, heMei Shoes for
chndrtn,s cents Rubbera and dress Shoes sl.o. Babyt shoeso Of all kinds ~ cts and ~.
Mem and womcnsh slippers vs. cents. she polish Is cnup per bottle. Shoe strings 4 cents per
doIn. Button hooks 1cnt each.
Clarified, Pa, Sop H. 1877.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08
CRs.Idsus., West cl..rasld,


The NEW IMPROVED WEED IL one Of the
best machines In the market, and runs very light
and quiet I- new cyiinlsr Steel Shuttle has
only one hole 70 be threaded, and holds twice as
much thread a. most any other machine. Il has
one Of the best Marrow Hemmers made. fts
Table 10 long and roouy. II has no gears and
cans. II has no scre~s or face plate to be rs-
moved while olling or cleaning.
The WEkD, before ihe isle improvement. drw
q prime at the Paris Exposition IN France. niss,
an award at the Centennial Exposition, and 10
almost every State In The Union.
Machines cold on Monthly Payments. Persons
should not buy before sssius As Nss Weed.
Hay, grain, beef cattle, and some klsds Of old
Machines tsken IN part pay for New Machines.
All kinda Of Sowing Mackisss cleaned and rcpsiv-
ed. AIso, dealer 10 ali tinds Of Sewing MAchins
Needles, OIL Ruhhsrs, Tuck markers, Casters,
Hsnmsss, shuties, chsok sprisEs, 10.
In ordering anything By letter, be sure 70 sivs
name o. machine. Cash mast socoppany all
orders By mall. Psucns wanting any other HAD
Of msch'ne' please write for prices. myi-an
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-05-08

THE MANSION HOUSE.
cornerof Second aud Market Streets.
ClEARtIELD, PA.

- l"SseasS a.
,ss past t.ar. teen sn,As % - asisis no
former capacity for tho entertainment Of stran.
gers and guests. The whole building has besb
rofurnished, and tho proprietor will spare no
pains to render his guests comfortable while
siayiag with him
eSrrhe Mansion House" omnibus runs to
aad from the Depot on the arrival and departure
Of each train. W. c. CARBON.
July i7-77-f Proprietor