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The Newtown bee., 1878-08-22
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To the Citisens of -Septoun:
 In behalf of Custer Post, No. 46. Grand Army Republic, we desire to express to you our sincere thanks for the bountiful and liberal manner n which you came to our assistance on the day of installation of the officers of the Post The mem ory of your many kindnesses will be ever green in our hearts. It is only another evidence of the loyalty and patriotism of ctizeus of Newtown We especially desire to thank the ladies who worked 50 hard and faithfully to make the day the grand success it was It Was to their persis- tent efforts that the result perfect. We deHr q so to especially thank J. Ro5ert WarLer for the use of his beautiful grounds. the situation of which added no little to the pleasure of the day. The Editor of the BEE for the early issue ol his paper containing our programme. The Go1d Tempiars T the proifer of their hall and tpe use of their bunting. Mir. Henry Sanford for the use of his hall The father Mathew Soclety's Drum Corps for their excellent music. The Methodist Society, the profor of their church in case of rain, and the Sandy Hook cannoneers for their salute. It is impossible to particularize when sll done so nobly. To great and small. we return our most hearty thanks.
 By order of Post. WM. c. WLLE Commander.
 G. P. LlLLIS, Adjutant.
The Newtown bee., 1878-08-22

" Many an oak is blasted on it's way. Many growing hope is overthrown.
 What might have been, his early growth had shown;
 What was our love and tears for him may tell; He lived he toiled, he faded, and he fell. When our friend lay within the narrow room Men call coffin-in his cheeress gloom Himself the only tenant and asleep
 In d long slumber terrible and deep;
 When at the open door his pale, sad face Appeared to us. without a look trace Of recognition in its ghastIy hue
 Soon to be hid forever from our view; When with his sightless eyes to heaven upturned, Wherefrom his royal soul upon them burned. He waited for his last rites to be said, With his pathetic patience of the dead; When tenderly his manly form we lay
 In its last couch, with covering Of clay; Who in that mournful duty had part. But felt the cloud of Death upon his heart? But when We thought how his unfettered soul, Ire from his poor sick body's weak control, piuming its wings at the Eternal throne, Night take through realms of space it's rapid flight, And find million joys to ns unknown, The cloud rifted by a ray of light.
 Now in the glory of this summer day,
 We part, and eanh one goes his different way. Let each, with hope to fire his yearning soul Still hurry onward to the shining zeal.
 The way at times may dark and weary seem. No ray of sunshine on our path may beam, The dark clouds hover OCT us like pail And gloom and sadness seem to ecnpass all; But still, with honest purpose toil we on: And if our steps be upright. straight and true, Far in the east golden Ii g,ht shall dawn
 And the bright smile of God come bursting thro'.
 The Doctor was followed by Major 1Iiddlebrook, who. despite his impaired voice, was pleasing speaker and could Ill good story of himself. He spoke of being in Virginia last fall and meet ing with loyal Virginian who inquired of him if he knew what had become of a good looking tall man who commanded the lst Conn. Cavalry, and had voice that yoI could hear a mile. What was his namef' Oh, it is long ne. Well. barring the good looks, was the name Mi ldlcbrooks:" and he answered
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26

STARTING PLANTS EARLY.-A wri-
ter on gardening gives the following
hints on starting tender seeds, such as
tomatoes, squashes, melens, and the
like: sit is desirable in transplanting
not to check growth by disturbing the
roots. A good way to avoid this is to
scrape out turnips. fill them with good
soil, and plant with two or three seeds,
setting them in warm, light place,
and keeping them moist. When the
weather is suitable. place these out in
the garden at their proper depth; the
turnip will decay and the plant will
thrive unchecked, il properly cared for.
Do not use potatoes instead of turnips.
Another method is to get squares of sods,
say six inches wide, from good, mellow
soil, turn them bottom up, and put in
such seeds as squash, or melon, or sweet
corn, and treat them in the same way,
not putting out till the weather is quite
warm, and then protecting against bugs.
For more delicate plants, flowers, etc.,
make little square paper boxes out of
thin writing paper. or thick newspaper,
merely folding them at the corners as
you would the paper coverings of a
book, lacking them with a needle and
thread make them about three inches
square and two inches deep, fill with
good soil, start the seeds and put out at
proper time boxes and all, without dis
ing the roots. If you fear the paper
is too strong for the roots to penetrate,
cut carefully on the bottom of the box
the shape Of q cross, and all will be
we'll"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26
BABY MARION IN CHURCH.

Baby Marion went to meeting
To hear her grandpa preach - t4 J
"'Tis 'Tismas time, must be dood,
mustn't laugh nor sketch.
1--WE got my new boo dess on,
And my pity feddered hat,
And my han chief in my little muf
= That's like Aunt James white cat"
So Marion went to meeting.
As rosebud sweet and fair;
She piped up in the singing,
And bowed her head in prayer.
She waved her wee lace handkerchief
To her little playmate Grace,
And tried to wipe sunbeam
From off her mammals face.
She threw kisses to lady
Who sat across the aisle; a
Gave DIR. Meade some candy =
Which made the deacon smile.
She climbed upon a footstool,
Whispering, Gamma, amt tall?
Iwish dampa'd look down here, &Ft
But then perhaps he'd fall.'
Then Marion went home again
And jumped on papa's knee
1--WE all have been to meetin',
Cause we are dood you see;
"And dampa peeched: "A little baby
20 Slept in the barn with cows;
And men came and div him pesents,
And then they made him bows"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26

~ Gorge and Martha Washington.
VI Lincoln. Douglass, Gen. Sherman,
Grant, e. r. Lee, StOneWall Jackson.
For fifteen cents, we will send by mail post
paid, a beautiful oil portrait of either of the
above eminent persons. A pair for 25 cents, or
the set of eight for rs cents. These are not in
ferior daubs but really fine portraits, pro-
naEnced by good Judges to be perfect likenesses,
Liberal inducements to agents. Price list free.
All the popular chromos and frames at the very
bottom prices. A splendid Assortmen emit of 2fx30
chromos on stretchers at 50 cents each. Bayrd
& GOlsss.ein. Cleveland. Q. ian22-3m
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olive how, my darling?n

"Live how, my darling?n
"Cooped up like rats in trap, away
from all the beautiful sights and sounds
of the World! shut up in a mere lodging
house! Can't we live in house that
has at least little flower border in its
rear?" -.
81 hope we can afford to sometime, my
DEAR" said Jerome gravely.
/ And then he drew out his inkstand,
opened his roll of figures and went to
work.
I The April days beamed on, all bright
skies, soft winds and Kaleidoscope
glimpses of sun showers; and became
almost heartsick for the country.
IF Jerome cared for me as he used to
carr" I told myself, with feverish inn
patience, ''he would at least make some
effort to find home where I could be
happier than in this human hive, where
few pot-plants in the window are all I
have to remind me of the green world
outside.
| Stung by these reflections, and still
further melted by letter from Aunt
Penelope, full of descriptions of lambs,
daisies, and the little streamlets, I one
| day packed up my valise.
''Hallo J" said Jerome, when he came
nome, where are you goingm
"To Aunt Penelope, for weeks visit
I need it, and so does Bertien
"And leave me?"
was paler and thinner than his usual
wont. Nights of work and days ofcount-
ing house toll were beginning to tell up
on him. <rr
mo, ~" I cried, throwing my arms
around him II won't leave you, dear
4 est. Not if I never see the country a.
lgain."
"That's my own brave little girl ~
said Jerome, stroking back my hair with
loving touch. "Wait week, deary,
and I'll take you myself for a little
"trip"
So waited.
The day-week came to my infinite de
light I dressed baby in long white
: frock, with blue ribbon sash and should
err knots, and put on my own dainty lit
tie spring hat trimmed with primroses
, and away we rolled in comfortable
lopen carriage-Jerome, BERTHE, and L
until we came to the prettiest birds nes
of a cottage into the world, just little
distance out of the town, where vine
garlanded the porch, and little lawl
extended down to crystal clear brook
] Tulips and daffodils made the border
: gay, and a lilac-tree, by the gate, wa
: just bursting into BOSOM.
81 should like home ike this" SAT-
I, gazing abstractedly out at its exquisit
! spring beauty.
SHOULD you ?" said Jerome, laughing
}, as he drew up the horses in front of tn
q gate, Il am glad to hear that becaus
e it is your home"
"My-home ~
Il I stared at him as if he were hal
crazy.
e Eyes, little patient, homesick wife.
q haven't forgotten your liking and long
a ings all this time. Your homew
"But-is it paid for ?"
9 eyes, every shilling. Uncle JOSEPH
y has helped me, and that light work wa
e well paid. A good garden, Amy, and ;
s nice place to keep fowls! So you lik'
L it, eh ?'
e My face answered him.
We moved out the following week
0 and kept our May-day among the flow
y ers and birds. And little BERTHE grow
a like weed in the sweet scents an
o greening grass, and Aunt Penelope ha
taken back all she said about Jerome
g and has all sorts of trouble with tn
q Outerbridge servants and am the hap
I piest little wife in the world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26

DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL Con-
FERENcE.-The recent Baltimore Con-
ference of the M. e. Church South APP
pointed the following clerical and lay
delegates to the General Conference
which will meet in Atlanta, Ga, in
May next: pe
Ceerical.-Revs. s. Register, III. w.
Wilson. John S. Martin, s. Rodgers, r.
r. S. Hough, David Thomas, P. III.
Whisnef, and S. S. Roszell i
Loy.-Moses Walton, J. II. Figgatt,
George Law, I. j. Magruder, Patrick
Hamlin, p. B. Pettyman, J. w. New
ton. and J. A. Carter.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-03-26
MYTHS ARE BUT SYMBOLS OF
TRUTH.

AS the scholar sees in the vain but
beautiful mythologies of the ancients the
embodied expressions of the hungry hui
man soul, blindly cropping after the In
finite, so the physician sees in that pop
ular myth of the sixteenth century the
fountain of perpetual health and youth
an expression Of the 1ongings of suffer
ing humanity for a remedy that should
forever prevent theincursions of disease.
The wilds of Europe were ransacked for
this wonderful fountain, and Ponce de
Leon sought for it in the cypress-swamps
aud tangled everglades of our sunny
Florida Men have searched for it every
| where but it really is-in the human
body itself. The blood is the real foun-
tain of perpetual health and youth
When this source is corrupted, the pain
full and ,sorrow-producing effects are
visible in many shapes. The multifari-
GUS forms in which it manifests itself
would form subjects upon which / might
write volumes. But as all the varied
forms of disease which depend upon bad
blood are cured, or best treated, by such
medicines as take up from this fluid and
eXcrete from the system the noxious ele-
ments, it is not of practical importance
! that / should describe each. For in
| StduCc, luGulCdl dutuOTS U0SCTIUc dUOub
fifty varieties of skin disease, but as they
/ all require for their cure very similar
treatment, it is of no practical utility to
know just what name to apply to a GER
tain form of skin disease, so you know
how best to cure it.. Then again, might
go On and describe various kinds OF
scrofulous sores, fever sores, white swell
ings, enlarged glands, and ulcers of vary-
ing appearance; might describe how
virulent poison may show itself in vari
GUS forms of eruptions, ulcers, sore throat,
bony tumors, ETC.; but as all these vari.
s-appearing manifestations of bad
blood are cured by uniform means,
deem such course unnecessary. Thor
oughly cleanse the blood, which is the
great fountain of life, and good digestion,
a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
: strength, and soundness of constitution,
will all return to us. For this purpose
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
and Purgative Pellets are pre-eminently
the articles needed. They are warrant
ed to cure letter, salt-rheum, scald head,
st. aAnthony's fire rose rash or erysi-
pelas, ring-worms, pimples, blotches.
spots, eruptions, pustules, boils, car
buncles, sore eyes, rough skin, scurf,
scrofulous sores and swelIings, fever
sores, white swellings, tumors, old sores
orswellings, affections of the skin, throat
and bones, and ulcers of the liver, stom-
ach, kidneys, and lungs. ~ l.t&
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1AAA BOYS AND GIRLS
lVOC wanted TO act as agents for the
best Boys and Girls paper published in the
West. Beautiful presents to subscribers and
agents. Every boy and girl can earn lots of
money canvassing during leisure hours. Don't
fail to send for it at once. Sent to any address
on trial three months. with present worth
double the money Is cents in cash or postage
stamps Sample of paper and particulars.
address Hhc .s;s Gem' EsREE
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The storm on the 7th inst. was SO Sc

The storm on the 9TH inst. was so Sc
we're that you could not see ten steps be-
fore you, or hear shot out Of a Spring
field Rifle twenty yards. was on guard
at this Post on 18th inst. and was Corpo-
raj of the guard, and in going from the
guard house to Post No. 5 some five
hundred yards, became lost, and there
were some thirty-five or forty shots fired
before I could be found. CORPORAL.
In reply to a question of this cores
pondent,s we state that the Rapidan
River was named in honor of Queen
Anne of England, and was originally
spelled Rapid Anne, but custom has ab-
reviated the spelling to 'ssRapidan. y
Ed. SPECTATOR.
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- - 1%TUFt.
FORT SANDERS, WYOMING TER, 4
NForoJ, Hill 1920

Perhaps the people of the Valley
would like to hear something of the
West, as sone of them think Of leaving
the best State in the Union to eoaae to
this part of the world. On the 18th of
the month, it began to storm and snow
at the. same time, and kept it up till the
eth inst, and the snow was drifted to
the depth of sixteen to seventeen feet,
and some of the Quarters were almost
filled with snow. All the travel on the
Union Pacific Railroad is at a stand.
still. and is likely to be for sometime, as
the hands say that they will not SHOVEL
snow for $3.50 per day. They say that
they will not do it for less than SO. 100 per
day
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CAHDZEH w A-zIE II HE W dDH1l1lD.
of
Possible asea1
thu in
of
accompanied guarantee gears
fly erent andy of Tone neQu
the Okman
- j.. N. General Agent
-m New Market va.
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DresswMaz;i Department.

Cloalzs, Dresses, &C., made to order, promptly,
in a superior manner, andi in the latest style, at
moderate rates. Orders solicited. Rules for
with estimate of cost, sent upon application.
All orders amounting to so or over, will be
sent free OF freight charges by Express, but par
ties whose orders are not accompanied by the
money, and having their Goods sent c. O. D.,
must pay for return of money. feb27-1y
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VIII NJ il nssa aaf THE ssna h sSods Do
not send at once for our circulars. We offer
better variety on more favorable terms than
any other house in America. No one line of
chromos but ALL the lines. Agents and Deal
ers can hays BEST hes wap to and
you want to commence business at once send
for 20 of our beautiful chromotypes in black and
gold mats, Or for % OF our choice 9x11 gems all
different which we will send postpaid for Sl.00.
b bSf m si5P poy OFFER p wi ss e sh9S Ss
2iX30 chromos or 20 ofour rich l5X20 chrOmOs or
more than the moneys worth of any other safe
able goods. Particulars free. Bayrd d Gold
stein I44 Ontario Street Cleveland O.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27
A NOrt0r.

In the whole range Of sacred and pro-
fame literature, perhaps there is nothing
recorded which has such staying prop
critics as . good healthy mortgage. A
mortgage can DO depended upon to stick
closer than q brother. 1t has q mission
to perform which never lets up. Day
after day it is right there, nor does the
slightest tendency to slumber impair Its
vlgor in the night. Night and day, on
the Sabbath, and holiday times, without
. moments time tor rest and recreation,
tho biting offspring of its existence, in
terest goes on. The seasons may change,
days run into weeks, weeks into months,
and months. DO swallowed up into the
gray man of advancing years, but that
mortgage stands up in sleepless vig,lence
with the interest, q perennial stream,
ceaselessly running on. Like y huge
nightmare eating out the sleep Of some
restless slumberer, the unpaid mortgage
rears up its gaunt front in perpetual tor
ment to the miserable wight who is
held within its pitiless clutch. 1t holds
the poor victims With the relentless
grasp of giant not one hour of recre.
alton; not a moments evasion Of its
hideous presence. A genial savage Of
modifying aspect while the interest is
paid q very devil Of hopeless dcstruc-
ton when the payments fail.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27
Currants and Chickens.

1t is now twenty-five years since l
moved to my present home, about twen-
ty years since my currant bushes began
to bear. About the second or third year
Of their bearing, the common green cur.
rant worm made its appearance, and
threatened to destroy the crop. l put
one or two hens with broods OF chickens
among the bushes. The Worms disap-
peared very suddenly, but the fruit .e-
manned, and gave nice return. Since that
[ have kept poultry constantly among
the currants. As to cultivation, every
spring the bushes are carefully trimmed
leaving few of the thrifty shoots to
grow, and cutting back some of the old
stems, and after they have borne heavily
for two or three years, cut them out en-.
tirely and let the younger ones take
their place. The ground is we'll ma.
nured and worked over with spade or
fork. dig very shallow to keep from
injuring the roots. Sometimes use
coarse manure, AID put it close around
the bushes for mulch.
The chickens scratch the manure &C.
cordlng to their liking, but they cannot
get it out from among the bushes, and
perhaps It is just Is useful to the crop at
ter they have spread it in their way, as
it is when I put it on in mine. At any
rate the result has been that for the
twenty years since tho bushes began
bearing they have not failed q single
year to yield q very large crop. Not q
year has passed that some of the bushes
do not lie fiat upon the ground with their
burden of fruit. Last season tho cur
rant crop Of State, and in fact through
out the West, was almost failure, yet
my bushes were loaded as usual and
they promise another big yield this sea-
SON.. N. Smith, of Wisconsin, in N.
Y Tribune.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27
4 Word 10 Parents.

lfyou wish to make your son like his
business, place him in responsible places.
Trust him consult him about the work
he has to do. He will take some inter
est in his work, and be much more like
ly to succeeded when he starts for him
self. Don't make slaves Of your chill
dren. For want of proper training
many young man has grown up in
dissipation. He has been able to run
through in an incrediable space of time
all that his strong father left
him. Twenty years ago We knew such
q man. To-day his son owns only a
poor old span Of horses, and is living
from hand to mOuth-and a very poor
living at that. The fine estate slipped
easily from the hands of his son who had
no skill to manage it. SO one genera.
ton makes money for the next to squan-
der.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27

their minds TO the same thing; and
count hotel failures, non-connecting
train, way lines stopping ct cross roads,
inattentive walters, and all sing
ular the discomforts of the road and the
inn as parts of tho bargain. They will
find, in so doing, "bracing of the sys-
tenn" which is the very advantage they
profess to seek. And, above all, let
them practice what Dean Stanley
breaches in the words which are quoted
above, and they will discover that men
and women are creatures worth studying
and propitiating. They will both i'm
part good and receive it.-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27

Charles Busch, the lovesick lunatic
who 20 persistently made love to Miss
Astor,o Of New York, insists that the lady
must be in love with him, because she
looked at him onco from window, and
looked at him again as no sat in
church. lilo didn't rise when the con-
gregation did, and the girl looked at him
in some surprise. Therefore, reasons
Busch, she is in love. Hc made love in
the same way to Christine Nilsson when
she was in New York, and WAS arrested.
Busch is q well educated German is
master OF tho English, Spanish, French
and Italian languages; has travelled ex-
tensively, and has considerable reputa-
ton as o music teacher.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-06-27
Edison and Munchausen.

The phonograph, We believe, is a ma
chine that listens to the voice and saves
it; it preserves your words and tones in
this city taken TO another city or an.
other age, It is unlocked or opened, and
your words come forth. Plutarch first
told the story, but Munchausen gives
it to Us, that tune frozen in q flute in
Siberia thawed and delivered itself W hen
the Auto was taken to Italy. Is that
what they claim for the phonograph ?
The Munchausen story is found in
Chapter vi. OF the Adventures, and 10
as follows:
II had travelled post, and finding my
reIf in narrow lane, bid the position
give q signal with his horn, that other
travellers might not meet rs in the mar
row passage. He blew with all his
might; but his endeavors were in vain !;
hs could not make the horn sound which
was unaccountable and rather uniortu-
nate. After We arrived
at the inn my position and refreshed
ourselves he hung his horn on . peg
near the kitchen fire; 1 sat on the other
side. Suddenly We heard . terenge
teng tong! We looked round
and now found the reason Why the pos
tilion had not been able 10 sound his
horn his tunes were frozen up in the
horn and came ont now By tha~ing,
plain enough, and much to the credit Of
the driver, 80 tina, the honest fellow en-
us for some time with . varIe-
y OF tues without putting his mouth to
the horn-"The King Of Prussia's
March" "Over the Hill and over the
dale" and many other favoriie tnnes
u length the ths~ing eatertainmeus con-
Guided - I shall this short account ofmy
RUsoisn travels"