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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

NEw FlRM.-l hayc purchased from
the firm Of Ryan &C.,, the Boot aud
Shoe shop and Saddlcry, and will con.
tiuuc the business at the old stand fut
tho present | wish all my cid friends
to continue their I,ber.I patronage !
AN for tue future going t" do strict
cash business. mud consequently viii
sell cheaper than heretofore. f,r
PSI will furnish all kinds Of
Sewing MacLiucs at , very low mar
gin. J. X. RYAS. +.
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Gregory snys hc eau save you Ill
money by buying Jour groceries and
cLuiectluueries of hin. I'D
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Apples, oranges, lemons, ,currauts,
taIsius. ciirou, rruues, figs aud nuts oil
all kinds at Barnes.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

r." BOLD burglars have been both
eripg Palkersburg.
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EE~ CoUSrY Corsr meets No day
fer the trial Of causes.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Es- Tns Ubired States. during
1877. banged IS muriero s-all :lcn.
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Go to GregOry's for your Baking
PUwlers-4Octs per pound. So
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Choice Buckwheat -four for sale at
Woal ford's mill. .,-,,
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Huntington is closing. out bis stock
d boys Oyercoats''at cost.i s,at
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Caudirs aui i'onIeu,i6acries at'Wil.
kiusun's. 90 ..
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Call Il, DunuiuglOu'., and buy U.
an 0vrrcont ut cost.
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Morning Glory Baking Powders for
4Octs at GrcgOrv's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

American aud Freush Cpplits al
Barurs. ,.,,.. a;ls
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Co to Grcgory's aud get'Iisktbrown
sugar for 10 cents aud white 70: l2l
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

10 aud see tho glassware at Gregg
4y's. ''"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Dried corn aud green pickles at
Brinkman's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

I'lut graveyard cough. Use, PisO's
Cure. Cbalfant & Bare sole !ngeuts.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Bring your eggs to Gregory's and
81 Is ceuts per dozen.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Apples and potatoes always Oh hand
ut Brinkmau's 60
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

California Pear ut wiIkiusou's.
RalsiUs. eurrauts, mIuce meat, coca
uurs. oranges aud iewous ut Grrgory's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

A fine assortment Of French Candies
at WilkiusOn's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

All kinds Of family groceries of The
very best guilty at Barnes.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Apples, 0raoges and Lemons at
Wilkinson's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Highest market price paid for al!
kinds Of produce at Barucs'. Bring in
Ynur eggs.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-02-02

Sweet dried corn and pickles Of the
best quality at Barnes. ~' -
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Go to Whkiuson's for Atmore
Allncr- meat.
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R"isius figs, pru"es ,craekers..aNd soaps
Of all kinds with II full stock Of first.
cIa.S groceries. all Vi which Wilt hr svld
a BUTTON prices. Give we u call.
Mas PATTERSON
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G.-e.-G.-Gregory's Grea, Gro.
Gerry. '' - - - :
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Please Ma. take I'M down 10 Greg.
.oI. y.
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SwcclM No<lcSs.

G. Tor Rent. Ia store
-" u," "ccupi'd by az Ryan
81, zee q. rent frDm April sue LIST.
Apply Ia. TIA; n0wAHps.
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White sngar i!1rt' al liururs'.
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A fine assortment Of Bohemian Va
SEES at Barnes b.,
Dried corn uud humiuy at Brink
mans. - -.
Go to Rrinkman's and see bis dis.
play Of hardware.
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ASc~ r"n i5e's t" 81 ~ at Brink.
MN, =.
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Hnl>ius and Currauts ut Wilkinson
new crop. 49,. |
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D'i"I praches ut Briukruan's.
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nu9 lie, stock Of Hluikerrhirt,.
NubIa> .ud GIuvrs are unusually fue
mud attractive. mud would makn appto
nriutr and nice Cliristnlas.gitts.
California Pear ut WiIkiusvu's.
Rnlslus. currants, mIuce meat, coca
uuis, oranges aud iemcus ut GrrgOry's.
Gregory says he eau save you all
money by buying Jour groceries and
cLuieettUuerirs Of him. .9
Apples, oruugcs, lemons, ,currauts,
taIsius. cilrou. rruues, figs aud nuts oil
aIl kinds at Barnes. =szs
Choice Buckwhaat -four for sale at
Woal ford's mill. ,,r,
Go to GrcgOry's foryour Baking
Puwlers-40cts per pound. s.
Morning Glory Baking Powders for
4Octs at GrcgorS's.
Apples and potatoes always 90 hand
ut Brinkman's
A fine assortment Of. French Candies
at WiIkiuson's.
Sweet dried corn and pickles Of the
best quality at Barnes ~' -
G.-e.-G.-Gregory'S Grea, Gro.
Gerry. "' - 9..''
A fine assortment OF Bohemian Va
ses at Barnes -
j.
Dried corn aud humjuy at Brink
mans. - -.
Go to Rriuknan's and see his dis.
play Of hardware.
B-st pirk'>. rhUice mincc meat, DO.
Iogna 'an;:":", surtiues, aud scotch
puf n'NlI,. !'utrrrson's
.
Dn"dHlpI"s at Brinkmnn's.
D'ird prArhes ut BriukIuan's.
Hut>iu> and Currau,s ut Wilkiuson'u
new crop. 49,, /
bring your eggs to GregOry's and
s't 10 cents per dozen.
Phrase Ma. take na down 10 Greg
oI's r.
Avs r"n I5crs ISL ~ at Brink.
MN, =,
R'isius. hss, pru"es, craekers..aNd soaps
Of all kinds with full stock Of first.
Gla.S groceries. all Vi which Wilt he sUld
Il LVl'Vm prices. Give me call.
Mas PATTERSON
Co to Whkiusun's for Atmore
.Nlincr- meat.
White rngar i!lct. al Bururs'.
-s--@--.-
All kinds Of family groceries of The
very best guilty at Barnes.
Fine cut chewing tobacco, twist. plug
aud navy. seed s,"gies. Tar IlGelS, &c +,
Ut N Patter ,ons II
CaudirS aud i'OuIee,i6ncries at'Wil.I
kiusun's. .05H
= =
GO aud see the glassware at Gregg
4ys. ''"
Apples, oraoges and Lemons at
| tIssit.ss
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Dn"A apples at Brinkmnn''.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
The Weighing of Great Bell in Mos.
cow, on a Fairbanks Track Scale.

All readers of the CaIedOnian, and
the public generally, will be greatly in
terested in the extract given below
from the GOLOS, the leading newspaper
of Russia, under date of November LIST,
1873. The "SaviOuI's Cathedral" in
which the bell referred to was to hang,
is by far the finest church in Moscow.
1t was commenced soon after 1852 and
commentaries the French invasion. 1t
has only one rival in all the Russian
empire, the church of st. Isaacs in St.
Petersburg, and in some respects, this
Moscow cathedral far exceeds that of
its rival, on the Neva. The church will
cost when completed, upwards of S10,-
OOc 900, and is rich in gilt and marbles
and precious stones. Its gilded dome
is one of the first objects seen as the
traveller approaches Moscow, and from
every point in that strange city this
grand cathedral meets the eye. Over
the principal doorway, carved in the
stone in bold Russian characters, stands
the motto ''GOd With U.s." The fol-
lowing is the article referred to:
ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. |, 1873.
We are informed from Moscow that
the commission of the "Saviour's Ca
thedral" desired to have Il monster bell
of weight of at least 1900 pools, (64,-
800 pounds), and ordered this bell at
the works of M. Finlandski. In pres
ence of the members of the commission,
1000 pools of the necessary metal were
weighed off for the bell. In September
the bell was ready. For weighing this
bell the commission invited the repre-
sentative of the American scale factory
of Fairbanks & Co. But how great
was the surprise when instead of 1900
pools, only 1854 1-2 pools, (59562
pOunds), were found to be in the bell.
M. Finlandski as a defense, expressed
his doubt as to the correctness of the
Fairbanks scale. In cause of this the
Fairbanks scale was tested 18 times on
the 9TH and 9Th of October, in presence
of two experts invited by M. Finland
ski, and crowd of spectators, and after
each test the scale convinced the peo-
pie that it is Enthusiastically correct and
that 155 1-2 pools (5238 pounds) are
missing in the bell.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20

| Cruelty to Children, for introducing a
ballet dance by little girls. This last
straw has pretty nearly broken the
camel's back. The noble Briton, almost
exploding with indignation, denounces
the proceeding as "a most Ugh landed
houtrage, you knOw,D and would like
to have the Earl of Beaconsfield declare
war with the Yankees at once. How
ever, the Colonel has got good troupe,
and is making money so fast out of
these same Yankees, that he will per-
haps swallow his rage and continue to
favor US.
And apropos of the S. F. P. C. c.,
that somewhat officiOus organization
has again distinguished itself this week
by interfering to stop the exhibition, by
its parents; of baby eight months old
and weighing just one pound. This
exhibition has attracted crowds for sew
eral weeks, and don't seem to have
damaged the microscopic infant; but
the feelings of the Society were out
ragged, so it arrested the parents and
ruthlessly cut off the yield of their bo-
nanza.
A cheerful state of things in a court
of justice is now being uncovered in the
impeachment Urldl OF Justice w AFTER ..
Pinckney, of one of the City Police
Courts. The evidence clearly estab-
fishes the fact, we'll known to frequent
ers of his courtroom, that Justice
Pinchney has for a couple of years or
more been an habitual drunkard, fire.
quently absenting himself from his post
for weeks together, and very often
holding court when too drunk to stand,
or to comprehend what was going on.
1t has also been testified, that he has
frequently rendered openly corrupt
judgments, taken brides, blackmailed
subordinates, and, in short, done about
everything which man in his position
could do to lay himself open to i'm
parchment and imprisonment. He has
even been arrested on the street for dis.
orderly conduct, and locked up over
night. This sort of things has been
going on for many months, and yet this
incompetent drunkard has been per-
mitted to keep on his disgraceful way,
hindering justice and drawing a salary
almost as large as that of a United
States Supreme Court Judge. Even
now during his trial he continues to
hold court after his usual style. If any
one asks why this is thus, l shall be
obliged to give it up. Perhaps we shall
find out before Pinckney's trial is end
ed. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
THE CALIFORNIAN FOR 1879.
The Price Reduced.

The CaledOnian falls into line with the
general break down of high prices, and
for the year 1879, we shall furnish it
for $1.75, in aduGnce; or ninety cents
for six months. If payment is not made
in advance, the terms will be 50; but
no new subscriptions will be taken ex-
cept on advance terms.
Before the war the price of the Gale
DOMAIN was $3.50. In 1867 the paper
was enlarged one fourth in size; SO
that in fact the CaIedonian at $1.75
now is cheaper than it was before the
war at $3.50.
We trust this reduction in price will
accomplish two results Bring every
one to advance payments, and also in
crease the number of subscribers. Un-
less it shall effect both these results
we cannot fail to lose money by this
change.
Subscribers out of the county will
remit fifteen cents additional for post
age, as the postage on the CaIedonian
is Is cents year, although we have
heretofore charged only ten cents.
Subscribers who have already paid
for six months or more in advance, will
be credited pro rata, according to new
terms. Clubbing terms with other
periodicals will be reduced accordingly.
Let there be no misunderstanding :
Subscribers nOW in arrears must pau ar
reardges at old rates.
For convenience in remitting, we
will give credit for one year and seven
weeks for $500, to subscribers in the
county, and one year and three weeks
for $500 to subscribers without the
county.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
BENSON'S CAPCINE
1 Porous Plaster.
CELEBRATED THE WORLD OVER

me nGnufdcturers acre awarded the hiohest and
only medal giUen rubber ldsterS at both he Oenfe,,
NAL and Paris E1positionS. we 0'''''''
Ear superior to common porous plasters lipiments
the SO called electrical appliances, &c II is the
Dest known remedy IOr Lame and Weak Rack
rheumatism Female Weakness, Sciatica Iumbago1
diseased Kidneys, Spinal Complaints and ali Ills
Ior which porous plasters are used Ask von1
druggist for Bensons Capcine Plaster and see that
3 cts Mailed receipt of price by Seabnrv IiI =
johnson, 81 Platt Street. N. Y IsoS.sa &
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20

Yet men who are ordinarily credited
with common sense are sometimes in
clined to abet this folly. Just for a
change they say, 'let US try the old
fellow. Let us see what he will do. He
will make things lively for while, at
any rate.' The proverbs of Solomon
and the fables of Esop are wasted on
people who can make use of such argu-
ment. Things sometimes go awry I'M
der Gods government. Would it be
wise, therefore, to undertake to put
down God and set up Beelzebub, Just
for a change and to see how lively
things would be under the reign of the
old fellow p"
| WHOSE LIKENESS
1t will not be difficult for those who
noted the events of the last political
campaign in Massachusetts to determine
who sat for this picture yet it fits the
great reformer of the Empire State, and
of such notoriety in ciphering that he
must henceforth be cipher in the poll
tics of the country, equally as well.
Strange that two men so unlike in form
and feature, in mental characteristics
and the incidents of life, should cast a
shadow so similar when looked on in
the light of moral principles in relation
to their false professions. "Oh that l
were made judge in the land" said
Absalom, ''that every man who hath
any suit or cause might come unto me,
and would do him justice" But his
beautiful locks got tangled in the
branches of an oak tree, and his mule
left him standing there on nothing
while Joab made an arrow sheath of
him ere he had time to fulfil his benefi-
cent intentions. So Samuel j. Tilden
became entangled in the ciphergrams
of his too OfficiOus friends, and all his
hopes are blighted and his party brought
to grief, while the Tribune arrows fly
more thickly and numerically than did
those which pelted Absalom from Joab's
culver. O.. P.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20

hour, from 7.30 to $50 p. m. Five
minutes before the lecture begins, the
doors are closed and locked. Occasion
ally you will see persons with elongated
faces and dOwncast eyes, leaving the
entrance, one moment too late
Shall we give you programme of the
course of lectures held there at the pres
ent time six nights in the week Mon
day and Thursday evenings, six lee
lures on "Household Life and Art in
the Middle Ages" by Mr.. Charles
WHY'S Elliott. Twelve lectures on
Crystals and their Optical Relations, by
Prof. Josiah Cook, Jr., of Harvard Col
lege, Tuesday and Friday evenings.
Four lectures on Cyprus; its Ancient
Arts and History" by Gen. L. P. de
Cesnola (Chess -no-la) Wednesday and
Saturday evenings.
All the lectures are illustrated by the
stereOpticOn. Mr.. Black, the pho
tographer, always has the charge OF
this department., and the views add
much to the interest of the lectures
Prof. Cooks lectures are of highly
scientific character, and his classified
ton and explanation of the formation OF
crystals would be very interesting to
the student who understands Geometry
and TrigonOmetry. Mr.. Elliot's Life
and Art in the time of Elizabeth and
Richard the Lion Hearted of England
and Francis LIST of France, have de-
| lighted his audiences. He has a great
deal of quiet humOr, which pervades
his lectures: he is quite original in the
introduction. For instance, on the
third lecture of Francis LIST, SIS sugar
alWays sweet p He divided artificial
sugar into four classes social, political,
religious and learned. When taken in
too large quantities it turned into acids
He left it to his audience to make the
practical application during the lecture.
The fourth lecture, prelude-"What is
the use of a thumb?"
Gen. CesnOla speaks remarkably well
for a foreigner, but is not easy to follow
closely unless you sit near him. He is
very easy and graceful in his appear
ance. Many of the views shown are
similar to the ones seen in his book.
"Cyprusn-a course of lectures by
Rev. Selah Morrill, on Palestine, etc.,
was highly appreciated by his audience.
There have been several fine concerts
recently: Remini, the noted viOlinist,
and Ole Bull again dawned upon our
horizon, fresh or fine as ever. A quar-
terly concert given by the pupils of the
n. E. Conservatory of Music was quite
a success, Notwithstanding the drench-
ing rain. Mr.. Sherwood, assisted by
his wife, gives weekly Recitals of Classic
superior order.
All the churches seem to he holding
Fairs for some charitable object; also
the N. E. Hospital Fair for women and
children at Horticultural Hall has Just
closed.
We are 50 near the coast that many
of the clouds seem freighted with rain
tair weather seems the exception. Deal
ers i'll waterproofs and umbrellas must
find their trade lively. We had quite
a snow storm one day this week, but it
disappeared in few hours. z.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
Letter from the Hub.
Boston, Dec. l3,,IS7S.

BOSTON, Dec. 49,. 1873.
Already the streets and shop windows
are beginning to assume a festive ap-
pearance, suggesting that Christmas
and New Years are rapidly drawing
near. The shops are not nearly as
brilliant as in New York City, for the
New Highlander generally does not re-
gard those taCO days as the holidays OF
the year. Still the large throng of ladies
crowding the streets, with eager faces,
and bits of conversation you happen to
hear about the selection of gifts for
friends, reveals the object of their
solicitude.
You cannot but observe how much
more attractive the shops look by gas
light in the evening, since the introduce
ton of the electric light on Washington
street. The reflection from the "COn-
tinental" is so intense and brilliant for
some distance, that if the street was
only much broader, you could imagine
yourself on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris,
where the whole avenue is illuminated
in this way. 1t is causing some agita-
ton in scientific circles and soon we
may be turning night into day!
In kind of arcade at LowelPs Insti-
tnte, we find many books selling at a
wonderfully reduced price. We wish
our purse was heavier. The Lecture
Course is in the height of the season. The
Club" really affords its citizens lemark-
able privileges free of expensel Mr..
Lowell did a most generous thing for
the young men and women of this city
when he bequeathed such an amount
of money to be expended in free lee
lures for the rising generation at Lowell
Institute. There is quite variety of
lectures given during the winter months
on various subjects; but the lecturers
always receive one hundred dollars a
lecture, whether good or Indifferent
the length of the lecture the same-one
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-20
From Essex County.
CONCORD, Dec. u, 1875
A WORD FOR THE CLERGY.

WORD FOR THE CLERGY.
The Sunday a. ftermoon, which though
not quite year old yet, has gained an
honorable place among the leading
magazines in the United States, has
this word for the clergy
"The popular judgment, or what the
pOpulace is pleased to call its judg-
ment, rests upon this as one of its funda-
mental canons-tbat the thing which
is most improbable is most likely to be
true. 1t is a perfectly well attested
fact that ministers of the gospel are
more free from ordinary immoralities
than any other class of professional
men. This is not saying much, per-
haps but this is certainly true, and
everybody knows it. Charges of i'm
morality made against a minister are,
therefore, less likely to be true than
similar charges made against other pro-
fessiOnal men. Yet following it's own
perverse maxim, the public generally
accepts without questioning, accusa-
lions against clergymen which it would
not entertain for a moment if made
against lawyer or physician. The
notion seems to be that things go by
cOntraries, and that which is least
probable is most credible" The Sun
day Afternoon thinks this is not fail
play toward the ministers nor creditable
to the judgment or candor of the people
FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.
The Presbyterian Banner says that
twenty-five ministers, including twelve
Roman Catholic priests, have died in
the cities of the Southwest since the
yellow fever epidemic. All protestant
Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran
Episcopal, Presbyterian are repre-
scented in the list. These men stood in
their lot in the days of terror and
gloom, and fell upon the field where
form of herOism more tue or more
noble than that which keeps men at
the post of duty in the face of such
perils. 1t must be based on permanent
principle, on devotion to mems good,
which will last through weary weeks
and months, and fail not in the midst
of unimaginable horrors. Many physi-
clans, too, left homes of comfort and
safety and faced the dangers of the
fever-smitten districts, and many OF
them laid down valuable lives for the
relief of the suffering and the restora-
ton of the sick. 1t is creditable ia
human nature as well as to the several
churches represented, that so much was
risked and lost in the brave efforts tC
restore and save.
ANOTHER SORT OF CHARACTER.
On different subject the Sunda,
Afternoon remarks that, "When things
are going wrong in the State, it is often
proposed to set them right by putting
bad men in Office. Against the falsity
of this expedient it is hard to argue
To entrust the work of reforming poll
tics to man who has proved himself
i'll long career of political trickery, to
be utterly selfish and destitute of moral
sense; whose record is as crooked and
as Shiny as the trail of an angle-wo
in the mud whose own career is an
epitome Of corruption he so loudly con-
demns-tO expect from such man the
righting of wrongs and the correction
of abuses, requires kind of credulity
which it is impossible to understand.