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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07
An Ah.e.t Minded Parson.

A fashionable church out on West Wal
nut street has a rector who has been placed
in embarrassing positions simply because
of his Observation-Disclosures. 1t was only a
week ago when he was to have married a
couple at 8 O'Clock in the afternoon. The
bride and bridegroom appeared, followed
by the retinue of ushers. Everything was
in readiness except the gentleman who
was to perform the ceremony. A messen-
ger was dispatched to his residence, but
the rector had gone out of town. After
wait OF over an hour a Presbyterian clergy
man in the audience volunteered, entered
the chancery and married the couple.
On another occasion the rector was en-
gagged to perform at ST. Georges Hotel the
marriage of the daughter of a well-known
naval officer. At the appointed hour he
failed to appear. Calling at his house the
ushers found him in the dining-room
munching toast and slipping tea. He was
hustled into carriage and driven rapidly
to the hotel, where the parties were in
waiting.
"Oh, dear, I've forgotten something" ex-
claimed the pastor, when he reached the
hotel door.
What is it ?" asked the gentleman in
whose charge he was.
.'Why, my surplice; wonder If they'll
allow me to marry them without itg" he
inquired in an agitated manner.
dOh, yes, certainly" replied the gentle
maa. And that wedding went of an hour
ate.
On another occasion a well-known gen.
tlsman up town decided on giving party
in his honor, and wrote early, desir-
ing to know whether the appointed date
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Car Camn.


Intelligence has been received at the
department of public works that far up in
Central Park, in the rocky glade between
the big mountain and the forest. is q
large settlement of disreputable cats, who
have migrated from various parts of the
city and fOrmeu monstrOus cat camp.
At midnight they meet in solemn conclave,
where dark deeds are planned, and forage
ing expeditions organized The informa-
tiOn produced the widest excitement in
the park department, and measures have
been taken to exterminate the cats.
Quails and patridges have been in the
park this year IN unusual numbers, but the
bands of feline maurauders have marched
forth In the moonlight, headed by sleek
black Thomas, and great has been the de-
struction OF young birds. Not only have
the young birds been killed and eaten,
but many contented mother rabbit has
seen her little ones snatched away before
her very eyes. Reports come from the
well-known quarters Of the city where cat
meetings are nightly held, that of late
there has been a considerable decrease in
the number of cats in those neighbor-
hoods. 30 'i- -. 5-1
The camp in Central Park, on the other
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07
Got Into the Wrong Buggy.

General Daniel Macauley drove up ,in
front of the Post Office the other day, and
hurriedly jumping to the pavement, ran
up the steps and disappeared in the build
ing. Mrs. Macauley, who had been left
in charge of the carriage, drove the horse
around to the drinking fountain on Mar
ket street, and another lady piloted her
equipage to the spot just vacated. A mo-
ment later the General emerged from the
doors facing Pennsylvania street, with a
frown on his face and his mail in both
hands. Without stopping to look, he
sprang into what he supposed 10 be his
carriage, and, throwing letter down into
the Jap of the lady at his side, exclaimed,
as he fumbled about for the lines: "Here,
wife, is another OF those blankety-blanked
lottery circulars" A faint scream in his
ear and a cry from the fountain OF "Oh,
DAM" aroused him to an understanding
of the case, and as our informant moved
on, the General was extricating himself
from the embarrassing situation with ex-
traordinary grace and not little precipi-
tation.-Indianapolis Journal.
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hand. receives atditions everydWof ia,

hand, receives ambitions every DAY OF tab
bies whom discomfort and bootjacks have
driven into exile, and to all these wander
ers a Hearty welcome is extended Regi-
ments of cats are reported to be on the
march from every point of the compass,
and each battalion is headed towards the
cat camp. Every night the bandit cats
roam through the park in search of prey,
and their path is strewn with blood and
bones and feathers of the slain The park
department has declared war upon the
cats. A captain has been appointed, and
with a selected band of park policemen,
whose slumbers in the park have been in
terrupted by the loud discussions carried
on at the cat camp, he will attack with
shot-guns and clubs. A particularly
bloody battle may be expected, but the
ultimate success of the park department
can confidently be predicted for should
the park officers be worsted they will be
reinforced by Captain Williams and
picked men from the broadway squad.
The park commissioners have raised a
new war cry, and it is: "The cats must
go."-[New York Evening Posi-" 40
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Hunting for q Government Land
mark.

1t will be remembered by few OF our
citizens at least, that during the eclipse in
1869 the United States Government sent
an engineer from the department at
Washington to this city, to get the lati-
tude and longitude of this place and es-
tablish a meridian for the purpose of
taking observations of the eclipse. The
engineer proceeded here as directed and
encamped in the rear of the new State
House, and was occupied nearly two
weeks in finding the desired points,
which, after obtaining, he marked with
large stones, with copper bolts therein, for
a center. Nothing had been thought
of them until recently, and during
the building of the State House, the stores
were buried by rubbish, etc. While the
grounds were being graded, couple of
weeks since, Messrs. Enos and Clark. with
proper instruments. commenced search for
them. One stone giving the longitude
and latitude and situated ON the meridian
line, was found by them forty feet west of
the center of the west side of the State
House. The other stone, which has not
been found, is thought to be about twenty
feet south of Monroe street, on the same
meridian line, and ii is necessary that 1t
should be found, as it is impossible to es-
tablish the meridian line without it unless
another observation is taken. Search for
the missing stonc will be commenced,
and it has been suggested that the State
should preserve what the Government es-
tablished at its own expense, which could
not have been less than $2,0O0.-(Sprins
field Ills Register.
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MONEY AND COMMERCE
New York Money and Stock Market
Nau Vork Tnly Qt

new ork 0000Y ana St0ck Market
New York, July 81.
Money easy at 21a@3 per cent Prime
mercantile paper 3@4 per cent. Sterling
dull and weak long, s2al short, 4 s41s.
Governments strong. There was great
buoyancy in railroad bonds with brisk de-
mand and largest Iise, 81 per cent, in c.
G. & l. c. firsts. The next largest advance
was per cent in Wabash G. G. s. I. C.
firsts. Trust company certificates were
next largest and advanced ~ per cent.
Great Western seconds and Wabash con-
vertible ex-coupons u per cent each. Erie
seconds, new consolidated Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas consolidated 1 per cent
each. State securities dull. Stock mar
ket was rather active and buoyant the
greater portion of the day, in early deal
ings prices advanced 4@2H per cent. In
the general list northwestern common
was leading the upward movement Dur
ing the afternoon there was reaction of
2ito per cent, coal stocks showing most
weakness. Among the trunk line shares
Lake Shore was the great feature, being
largely dealt in at the highest prices of
the year. Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Northern rose from 45l4 to 5O4, but re-
acted to 4S4. --5t 49,.
GovERNMKNT SKCURrTIEs.-Coupon OF
81, 104a; new SIS, l04 new 41<'s, lO6L;
new Is, 1925 currency 6's, r22.
ExPREss SHARKs-Adams l031<; Ameri.
can 461k; United States 461f.
MIsCEILANEoUs-West Union, 0O1S
New York Central, 119; Erie, 2SX
do preferred 521s; Michigan Central S3; !;
Union Pacific 76A; Lake Shore SO3S
Cleveland & Pittsburg 99&; Northwest
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Memory rs an Adjunct TO Hotel
keepln2. -

EAcePAn&.
ITO keep a good, hotel, man needs to
have firstclass memory" said a popular
Boniface to me the other day. He was
right; nothing serves hotel man, particu
larry a rooinIng clerk, as we'll as memory
There is good deal of human nature IN
and the average man is never
displeased to find that he has so impressed
his personality upon people whom he
meets that they remember him, even after
long separation. Trading upon this lit
tie weakness of poor humanity, it is the
first duty of hotel clerk to remember, or
at least TO pretend to remember, all the
patrons of the house to which he is attach
ed. To do so is, not so difficult as most
people would suppose Speaking on the
subject few days ago, popular proprie-
tor of a fashionable uptown establishment
revealed to me one or two of the tricks of
the trade. From him 1 learned that hotel
clerks hardly ever burden their memory
with names. They try to remember faces
and the cities to whom these faces belong,
so, when a traveller comes to the office,
they are ready with a smile of recognition,
a hearty How do you do ?" and the stereo.
typed question: s'How did you leave all
the people in--r' Chicago, New Or
leans, or whatever place the incoming
guest" halls from. By this time the trav
eIer, fondly believing that he is particular
ly remembered, and, fiattered by the be
lief, registered his name, and, of course
during the rest of the interview the clrrt
has no trouble. Willard, the clerk of tn,
old City Hotel, was, from all accounts
| blessed with the most remarkable memory
ever given to man of his calling. 1t il
related of him that upon one occasion
gentleman who, in passing through New
York, had spent the night at his house, re
turned after seven years. When he cam
up to the hotel counter, Willard, with tb
utmost GOODNESS, said: "Ah, Mr.
h;,w do you do? Glad to see you, sir. b.
the way, when you stopped with US seyel
years ago you left half decanter of Ms
deira behind you. Shall L send 1t to you
room r'-[New York Times. ..iJ 2.
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Tn. Prioe of an Italian Count.

Is it strange that the titled poor should
make the acquisition of money the OBJ
ject and aim of life? With italian pride.
a count holds his title worth so much per
year. A thousand dollars per year is GER
taInly a small, income, or would be in
America. But titles are more plentiful
than fortunes in Italy, so count will
gladly marry if his wife can give him that
income. An Italian army officer is not
permitted to marry unless he has an in
come of 5000 francs $4,000 year. His
pay is so small that he can barely live up
on it himself, but he is not allowed to put
himself in a position to incur expenses
that he cannot meet, therefore he must not
marry without the assured means of MAIN
tanning his family. Is it strange that
American fortunes are so eagerly sought
by italian titles? --G
"Who do you think is the belle of
Florence now ~ was asked a few days
ago.
1 said did not know.
Miss of Philadelphia, who will
have a fortune of $4,000 year. She is
with her mother, a wealthy widow, and
all the poor princes in Europe are at their
feet. The husband and father made this
money, so coveted by these princes, as a
canal contractor. The widow and daugh-
ter have come to Europe to spend it."
The Venetian princes are even poorer
than the Florentine, and, unfortunately for
them, the American colony here is very
limited and not very wealthy. Indeed,
with but one exception, the American for
tunes are too small to go out of the family.
This one will, without doubt, buy a title,
as it is quite understood that neither
mother nor daughter is adverse to such an
alliance. t
One could entertain some respect tor a
poor Italian count if he were only % man
for a. that" But he Is not. His poverty
stricken pride looks down upon the honest
labor of hand or brain as beneath 'his titled
notice. His impecunious Incidence scor1s
any exertion that tends toward the indie.
pendence of self support How can one
respect the poverty Of young man who
rises at IL in the morning, takes his coffee
before rising, makes his toilet, saunters
out to the piazza, spends an hour over an
other cup of coffee at little table in the
arcade, where he gossips with two or three
other young mobiles, and comments on
every young lady who passes with free.
dom OF language not known to ears polite.
As he spends the last hour of the morning,
so he generally spends the afternoon, and
the evening is only varied by the promen.
ade. Elevated nobility. is it not? But
such is the daily occupation of the poor
Italian noble--prince or count-as he calls
himself. What high minded creature
for woman to look up to, to respect, love,
and9 to support with her fortune! 1t
strikes me that all the titles in Italy would
not compensate for the loss of selfrespect
on the part of the American girl who de.
liberately sinks her own nobility-the
rank of an intelligent, high-minded woman
to the level of such effete aristocracy-
Christian Union.
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Looking with a mothers interest upon |
the habits of young people and their re- |
lations together, in this day; and looking
also upon the personal experience of more
than fifty years, am profoundly con-
vinced that idleness in women has as
much (if not more) to do with the deep.
rooted evil that is undermining our social
and national virtue SO rapidly and ter
rlbly, as any other influence. The girls
OF this generation are idle, even where
families are in but moderate circum-
stances, and suffering must come in some
where from expenses entailed by neces-
sary work that Is not done by the daught
ers. Houscwork is considered degrading
even the light Offices for her own room,
which every true woman ought to feel
unwilling should be done by any hands
but her own, and by which every young
girl should make that place sanctuary,
where her dignity and purity are to he
recognized and guarded by each appoint
ment and arrangement within it; and
sewing is handed over to the machine
workers as something quite out of the
| question to be done.
Ii no more. should be said respecting
these points, it is pitiful to considsr how
i they are missing their own happiness in
this state of things. No girl is fitted for
her future duties and responsibilities as
| wife and mother who can not do these
things and do them thoroughly well
and her future is not provided tor unless
her present Is steady ana ORGANIZED
foundation for 1t, and that can not be
unless the mothers train the daughters
from babyhood for the work that Is sure
to come to their womanhood.. when TINS
is done the happiness comes in. Mothers
and daughters have life together; bond
of employment and interest that is in
constant operation. Over their house.
hold matters, and especially over the
work OF thei neeoies, they nave ,:eni Soln
panionsnlp that grows MIN uneir Nv =,
and brings them INTO close inumacy y, "
which, alas, the mothers ana daughters ol
, this day know very niue. iney art
, really strangers to each other. The STEADY
training which the character OF the
mother ought to be to the daughter is no
known, because they have no work to
D gethcr. The needle is a part OF woman 4
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07

The boy stood on the backyard fence,
whence all but him had fled, the flames
that lit his fathers barn shone just above
the shed One bunch Of crackers in his
hand, two others in his hat, with piteous
accents loud he cried, 81 never thought of
thatl" A bunch of crackers to the tail of
one small dog he'd tied the dog in anguish
sought the barn and mid the ruins died.
The sparks flew wide and red and hot,
they lit upon the brat; they fired the
CT ackers in his hand and exc those in his
hat. Than came a burst of rattling sound
the boy! Where was he gomez Ask OF
the winds that far around strewed bits Of
meat and bone, and scraps of clothes and
balls and tops and nails and hooks and
yarn, the relics of the dreadful boy that
burned his fathers barn.-[Springfeld
Union.
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Maternal Anecrion For Pups.

s. s. Cradle, of this city, has female
canine who is the mother of twelve pups.
These pups were in his barn last night
during the heavy rain. Shortly after
O'Clock Mr.. CRADLE was aroused from his
sleep by a scratching at the back door.
Upon getting up he found the old dog with
q pup in her mouth trying to get in. After
taking them in he went to the stable and
found about six inches of rain water over
the pups nest and one of them drowned.
mother upon dry places-one had been
laid upon a box, two upon keg and still
another upon a pile of brick that was
above the water. Had they not thus been
disposed Of, all would have been drowned,
being too young and helpless to save
themselves. This is another illustration
of something more than brute INSTINCT
Yankton (Dakota) Press.
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Uou,d he acceptable. asking at the ssme

would be acceptable, asking at the ssme |
time for an carly answer. Time sped on,
and no reply. On the morning of the day
the social gathering was to take place the
acceptance came The guests assembled,
but the rector was notably conspicuous by
his absence. The matter had slipped his
mind. As climax to this string of for
getfulness, on last Sunday, it is said, the
rector gave out the Psalter for the seventh
day, and for the afternoon service gave out
the Psalter for the sixth day, morning
Philadelphia Record. ~
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07

Between 1860 and 1870 our farmers in.
creased 10 per cent on the number of 1850
In that decade artificial flower makers in.
creased 100 per cent; billiard and bowling
saloon keepers increased 400 per cent;
showmen increased 400 per cent Manu-.
featuring establishments increased in this
same decade 80 per cent-lThe Worker.
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en 74ss; do preferred sg1{ Cleveland
Columbus SIX, Rock. Island 394;
St. Paul 64a do preferred 96; Wabash 81;
Ohio & Mississippi, 465s; Fort Wayne,
1 10. IL no, lin Z; Il
STATE BONDe.-Tennessee Is, old, 351a;
new 331s; Virginia IS, old, %; new
30; Missouri IS / 05. -.f:.ii ~ ~
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1879-08-07

Theman who gets into side door Of a
saloon on Sunday in town where the law
says that all doors must be kept closed
feels more exultation than the chap who
beats a railroad conductor by riding on
the etrucks.-[Detroit Free Press. ,itI' Hs.
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Chicago Mark0

Chicago, July 31.-FlOur Steady and un-
changed. Wheat unsettled, lower and
weak, No spring 97@97s4c cash, 96%c
August; No 3 spring SOC cash, sS14c bid
$3.50 asked August; sS1 @sa4c Septem-
ber, sales S73s@S91sc september; No 8
Chicago spring 7ec; rejected Csc. Corn
unsettled but generally lower at S44@34A
lower at 25c cash, 23Ac August. Rye and
Barley steady and unchanged. Pork heavy
and active but weak and lower 8 1214 cash,
O7h August. s 15@s 171k September,
8 20@S 25 October Lard in fair demand,
lower rates, heavy 571s cash, 5 55@5 571a
August, 8 621a September, 8 6711@5 70
October Bulk meats dull, weak and lower
at 1904 1904 GO. Whiskey steady and
unchanged at 04.
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A Wonderful Discovery.

DR.. Dougherty physician In Holly
Springs, Miss, during the epidemic last
fall, got hold of few boxes of Therma-
line; and he gave them to several persons
who had Chills and he says "they acted
like a charm."-[Thc Independent.
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CiaciurnuLati Market. ;.

/ Cincinnati, July 31-Flour, dull. Wheat,
active, higher, 97@1 OF. Corn, steady,
401a@41. Oats in fair demand at 311l@
SO. Rye, fair request at 56@57. Barley,
quiet and firm: No. fall, 90. Pork, fair
demand; s SO bid, 8 rs asked. Lard, fair
demand current make, 5 rs. Bulk Meats,
fair demand at 8 10, 4 10, 415@4 371ss.
Bacon, good demand at 3 80, A 80, A $50
5 10. Whisky. steady at, 03. Butter,
quiet and unchanged. Linseed Oil, steady
at IS. Hogs. active and firm for light;
heavy. steaky; common, 1903 80; light
8 1908 90; packing, 8 80, 8 50@3 55; butch:
ers, 3 55@3 60; receipts, 1 III; shipments
400
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Old type metal and cuts wanted in ex
change for stereotyping. Write us stating
about how many pounds youhave on hand
and we will give you terms, etc. ~ '''
Fort WAYNE NEWSPAPER UNION.
d&p ''S'''''.'-t- Fcrt WAYNE, Ind
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Detroit Market

. Detroit, July 31.-Fiour steady Wheat
higher old extra nothing doing. No. 2
extra o5h asked new No. white, 0s;
4 O41s; milling No. 1, 99c asked; amber
new, OF. Receipts, wheat, $4,000; ship
ments none
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Dry Goods Market.

New York, July 31.-Dry goods bust
ness continues irregular but rather more
active in some departments. Cotton goods
in light demand. Dark prints in flair re-
quest, package buyers, .Merrimack and
Richmond fancy prints opened at z.
Gmghams in better demand and wofsted
dress goods doing we'll Mems wear, wool
ems, quiet and steady. Hosiery and un-
derwear in good demand. lof 81. .i-,'li r.
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The girl who sits on the steps with him
evenings, may be said to front stoop to
conquer.-( Albany Journal,
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Expenses advanced to good agents (send
stamp s. L. Marrow, indianapolis. -
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Toledo Market.

Toledo, July 31.-Wheat steady; No.
white Michigan 1 0411s; new 021s.
Amber, Michigan spot -1l01; September
OO4: No. 2 red winter spot O5; new
OF a; August and September 0O4 No.
3 red 90; western amber 1 O4I; No. Q
amber Illinois OF. Corn quiet; high
mixed 3S4; No. August and September
37a4; No. 3 white AZ; rejected 371s; Kan
sas, august 3724. Oats steady; No. 2
new 2624; No. white new 271x.
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Hammocks by mail $3.50 Send for
price list to, the trade. G. H. Spaulding
& Co, 43 Washington ST., Boston, Mass.
A new Indiana law book Rowland and
Winters, Indiana executors nanuel--a very
useful book; price, cloth. $3.50; sheep,
$4.00. For sale at Keil s. Bros. ptf.