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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-03
Beautiful Words TO n Bride.

The folloWicg beautiful letter wss written
Eevera! years ago, By gentleman to bride, on
reoeivi,g her wedding cards. 1t is txqusiteIy
fresh and original, and full cf poetry:
II am holding some pasteboari in my hands,
Addie, sud gazing on card and rane-a
uame with which your gentle life began-a
namo with which your throbbiug heart was
lost. There was nothing strange about the
carl. The maiden sgo still looks from il.
calm and customary. as it looked on many
friendly VISIT as it lies 10 many formal bas-
ket. am gazing. too, upon card where the
nearer parent tells the world sho will be at
home ono day; and that is nothing new. But
there is anot ler card. whose miogiog there
puts fiery tongue into this speechless paste
bosrj, enamclling fate 90 common place. Ii
tells US that feeling is matUrlog luto destloy.
and that these cards are but tho pale hcrald'
of coming crisis, when hand that has
pressed friends hands and plucked f,wers
shall close dowa on him to whom she shall be
friend and 1oRer forever.
II have sent ycu few fl)wers to adcrn the
dying moments Of your single life. They arc
tho genllyst types OF deIic,te and durable
friendship. They spring up by our side when
others have deserted il; and they will be found
watching over our griVe when those who should
cherish have forgotten US.
"rhe three great stages Of our being arc tho
birth, tho bridal, the burial. 10 the first We
bring only weakness for tho las! we have
nothing but dust. But here at the altar, where
life joi1s life, the pair come throbbing up to
the holy man, whispering the deep promise
that arms each other with each others heart
to help on the life struggle of caro- and duty.
The beautiful will be there, borrowiog new
besuty from the soane; the gay and the ftivo
Ious, they and their Aounces, will como to
gdz, on all its scattered thoughts pant for; and
age will tolttr up to hear the old words rt-
pssted that TO their owo lives have giVan the
charm.
Some will weep over it as if it were the
tomb, and somo will laugh over it as it it were
q joke. Two must stand by it, for it is
fate-not luu-lhis everlasting locking of their
lives.
And row can ycu who have queeued it over
50 many bsndad forms, can ycu come down 1t
| last to the frugal diet Of single heart? ?
Hitherto you have been q clock, giving
yoDr time to all the world. Now you are
| watch. buried in one particular bosom, watch
| ing his breast, markiog only bis hours, and
| ticking ouy to the beat of his heart-where
| time and feeling shall be in unison until thcss
| lower ties are lost ia that higher wedlosk
where all hearts arc uoitod around th, great
central heart of oil.
Hoping that calm sunshine may hallow your
claspcd hands, l sick sleuty into sgnaturs.'
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-03
TUESDAY. JUNE 3, 1879
FESTIVALS.
GRAND STRAWBERRY :. i FL * l..
" EXHIBITIUN

GRAND sTEAWBEHkY %>r FL IL l.
a Grand Strawberry ard Floral Exhibition
| will be held Al the FAIR BUILDING. ia the
4. 1872 under the auspices CT the ALENaN.
| DRIA and FAIRFAX AGRICULTURAL L
SOCIETY. All persons Gesiringto exhibit Oil her
| ISTRAWBERRlES or FLOWERS will 30 ro'
| quired 10 have them in p!sco 10 :he building by
10 q m. Immediately after which timo the Judges
will CONNIE ence their examination. At i. IN. the
| gates will be opened 10 tee public and remain
| open until II o'clock p. N.
| Tickets OF cdmi:sion vii! ho twenty CeLts, or
| sx tickets Tor ono dollar; children unGcc twelve
years half prica.
All berries or flowers exhibited for premiums
shall remain intsc. upon the tables Until! nine p.
| NJ, tiler which time tho OWEers can dispose OF
them. Any exhibitors can bring in and sell IS
many berries in addition to their eI hibits they
fees disposed, for which no charge will be msde
by the society,
The Board of Managers oGss the fol!owing
premiums:
For best display OF berries not less than
i've Quarts"... ....... SlU W
Second best do, net less than 10 quartF..... 90
Third best any quantity ......"..""". 6O
For btst display OF ioWers in pots..'...'''. W W
Second .....".". 80
Third ,"....... %
The premium on cut nowers the same as for
those in pots.
MUSIC will be in attendance during tho dsy
and at night. and general good time may be
expected. Our country friends sre requested TO
bring in evergreens and such things for decora.
ton rs they may 1ld convenient
Church societies desiring to sell ico cream,
straw berries, lunch, Sc can makourrhngemonts
for the Same by application to tho Executive
Committee.
BY order of the Boa:d OF Mshasers,
my 25-td j. Il. BECKHAM Secretary.
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LYING IN BED.-Let US auallz, this lying
10 bed little further. maintsin that, 10 tho
mere feet of yog 10 bed, there il s,netbiug
healthy and rlcupsraive to The system. The
wheels of life are oiled and eased. The proper
aud Legitimate purpose of stopplog 10 bed lsto 90
to sleep. There is uohiug like sleep. There ID
20 tonic or medicine in tho whcle world like
sleep. The more tlsep the braio gets the bet'
ter does the brain work. All great brain work.
ers have been great s!cepers. Sir Walter Scott
could never do with less ten hours. A fool
may want eight hours. ss George ILL said, bu!
philosopher wants nine. The men who have
been the greatest generals arc tho men who
could sleep at will. Thus it was with both
Wellington and Napoleon The greatest speak.
ets 10 the House OF Commons have been tho
men who CAP 90 10 sleep there as much as they
like. This explained the juVenllisy OF the aged
Attorney General whom have secn bury bis
lace 10 his hands over his desk aud sleep souod-
| Is, until his own Cause should coms up
''Sieep." says the Greek ptoverb us the med
ciue for every disease. 1t ho sleep ho Will
d. WE'LL" A friend told me that he treated
himself for fever. He went to bed With Il
large pitcher of lemonade by his side. b.
4 drank and SLEPT. slept and drank, till he drsrk
and sIept himstlf well again. When you tax,
10 your bed get all the sleep you cao out OF
your bsdatead, even although 70 qlote Dick
/ SWiveller's sayiog. y,u have to pay for
double bedded room, ooniessing that you have
taken most unreasonable amount OF sleep oute
| q single bed. You will be banklog whole
store Of recnperativo ener9v. E7en 1t ycu
caupot sleep, still keep to your bed. There ~
no more pestilent hersey than that you shoud
get 10 directly you are awake. Ii 1t Is the
early riser who catches the VIVID, the worm IL
n erent idiot 10 rising still earlier 10 order to be
caught, lfyou do not get sleep by lying 10
he'd YOU get rest. You s,c1re the tsoW grouod
which will hereafter produce good harvest.
Sleep is of course the proper employment ior
he'd. but If ycu don sleep you Gao lie s.lll And
read / don't believe that the man who gets
nm carlg. learns or does more than the mau
| Who lies 10 bed. If, for moment, the writer
| nav be egotistica, some Of the hardest work
whioiI he has ever done has been tr m The ealIy
dawn till after breakfast 10 bed. VI all sleep
in the world there is none go good as what yoa
oct. in the way OF treasure trovs, alter the
ln.ual Il me of waking, when in point OF taof'
VIM have given up the expectation, Ct gettog
mor sleep. As fer "beiug called as the say
ioo oes, that is simply relic OF the baroar1sm
ofonr ancestors. I should quarrel with any
man u to presumed to cali me Ooe or tne
main au,ies of occasional day 10 bea Is 'na.
uon ,D os. o ao extra stock Of sleep, when goes
70 the @, ~,dit side of your sanitary ac''uu''
London Society. ....
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BAKERs AND CONFECTIONERs.
SUM NJ Err At BREu GLE s
ICE CREAM, FRKSH MILK
BERR1Es { CREAM PIE sa1 AND Dinf MILK.
HENRY BRENGLE will add this week 10
h1a estab.lsh.nent. l:9 King street, the
WEST GSOME DA1pV

supplied twice deg.
BRENGLE'S MILK and CREAM STAND
IN TUE CITY MARKET (H. Simpson, Man
aagef) will offer the richest milk and the purest
Cream eVer produced. 500 ard you'll aproe
iry AID you'll buy. Fresh Milk will also be
lishment
be offers Candies aud Tafy of all kinds,
Black Fruit, Pound, jelly and Fancy Cakes.
lies ne speciality, Fruits, Nuts, Contectioneries,
Water Ices hnd sll the delicscies of the season.
Lie caters for families and entertainments, ard
supplies families with milk nv 20
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-03
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
W. A. JOHNSON JOHN T. HAMMOND.
w A. JOHNSON & co.

W. a, sOhhSON sohN IL nN-in0'N'
wv 4. JOHNSON & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROOERS.
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
And Dealers in
ALL KINDS OF LIQUORS.
Have on hand GIB50NS 1A,AAGA, 111A 11M IA,
ER'S and PSON'S PURE RYE
WHISKIES, to which they invite the attention
of the trade.
Also agents lor the sale of LAFLIN s.
RAND'S RIFLE POWDER. :,
Orders from the country for merchandise shall
receive prompt attention.
Consignments Of Flour, Grain and Country
Produce collected, for which they guarantee the
highest market prices and prompt returns.
Northeast corEer of Cameron and Royal sts,
Alexandria, Va. my II
HARLOW BROS,
GROCGHS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
And Dealers in
JOHN GIRSON'S SON s. CO.'S. CABINET
X, XX and xxx WHISTLES, and
Thompson's Pure Rye Whiskey; Foreign
Wines and Braudies, Ao. Porter
and ChRmpagnes.
N. w. COZ. CAMERON AND ROYAL sTS.
Coleo roasted for the trade al 75c per sack.
my eff
CHAS. 9. TAYLOR, Jr.,
(Laso Of j. T. Beckhsm s. Co y
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Agent for
j. B. FICkLEN & SONS
CELEBRATED BRIDGEWATER FAMILY
FLOUR,
ii Noflh UEon street.
ian % Alexandria, Virginis.
Harmon Il SMITH,
GROCERS & COMMISSION MERUHANTS
Corner Prince and Royal sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
A choice line Of FAMILY GROCERIES, al.
ways in stock and for sale ut lowest market
prices. Uonsignmen,s solicited and prompt re-
turns made. jan l4-u
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
"INFLUENCE 3"

ITS APPLICATION IN WEBSTER ASD DOUGLAS,
Andrew J. Waters lives in Webster.
Worcester county. The Slater company
own cotton and woollen mills in the
town ; have large number Of employ.
es most of the voters there are Irish
and French. Asher T. Moore is the
agent of the corporation in control Of
the woollen factory. lie ia selectman of
the town. lie had charge Of the ballot.
box between IL and . o'clock at the
November election. 1878. lie was not
there before or after these hours. The
mill hands were brought to vote be.
tween II and 2, in teams, and taken
back the same way after voting, Law.
cry and Fletcher, two other officers of
the corporation, were there and furnish.
ed tickets to the men to vote a. they
got out Of the wagons they were Re.
publican tickets; the men who voted
were nearly all Democrats +; Moore could
see how each man voted the ballots
were open; we had thirty OF these men
on the rolls of the Butler club who we're
voted against usi the men said they
could not vote a. they wished, rs they
would lose their job they had to be
very secretive about who they were for
for Governor was Republican myself
until last fall.
John |. Love Live at Webster: a
Butler man know OF the conduct of
the election in November. 1873; Bart.
lett is the agent and in control of the
three State corporations in the town of
Webster; Hilton is superintendent Of
one, Moore of another and Fletcher OF
the third Sabresy is superintendent of
the store all these men are Republi
cans, and all Of them, except Bartlett,
were present and active on election day
controlling votes the men came up to.
gether generally and voted between IL
and 2, while Moore had charge OF the
ballot.box; IL they voted open ballot he
could tell what IL was; one OF the oper.
atives, Lynch, subscribed money to and
joined the Butler club, but voted the
Republican ticket; from twenty TO
thirty of our men voted Republican or
absented themselves; one OF the opera.
tives, Sherlock, came 10 me with a seal.
ed envelope and said his overseer gave
IL TO him he did not know whether IL
was Democratic or Republican, but did
not want to vote IL as he was told to do;
gave him Butler ticket in a sealed
envelope; don't know II he voted II ];
he was afraid OF being discharged II he
did not vote the ticket they gave him.
J. NJ Draper; Live In Douglas,
Worcester countyj work at Douglas
axe factory Moore, the agent, and Al.
bert Butler, foreman of the shop there,
were distributing tickets on election
day in 1878; Butler told the men they
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
INTIMIDATION.
MANUFACTURERS "ISTLuESCE" 1T
NEANT IN NANCHAUn.

MEANT IN HASCHAUG.
The Hon. Eli Thayer, Democratic
candidate for Congress, in 1873, against
Rice lie tRice) had spoken in hall
owned by Manchaug corporation, in
that town, and went there to speak !:
they refused to allow me to speak there,
and | spoke in n barn; the hall had
been used for minstrel troupes and for
other public uses.
Sason Waters testified At the elee.
ton Of 1878 Mr.. Macarthur, superin.
tendent of the Manchaug corporation
was selectman and saw the ballots of
the employees as they voted Chase and
Knox, other employees OF the corpora
ton, stood by the polls and saw the
votes and controlled the employees as
they voted voters had to pass up be.
tween rows of corporation men to vote.
Terrence Kennedy Was active as
Butler man in 1878; occupied n tene.
ment house owned by the Manchaug
corporation son and niece worked in
the mill on the day of meeting held by
Eli Thayer; ! got notice 10 vacate my
house within two weeks; | saw Chase,
the agent he said he did IL by order of
Mr.. Macarthur; said would stay and
vote he said should 60 out said
would not, and fought for my posses.
sion, and did stay there and voted for
Butler; the fact Of my notice TO leave
became public, and buIldozed and In.
timidated every Butler man there the
houses are owned by the Manchaug
corporation Chase votes men there
who have no votes the men are hauled
to the polls by the teams of the corpo-
ration, and Chase received them there
and saw that they had Republican tick.
ets and voted them. Macarthur would
look at the tickets as they were put in
the box | objected to this and he stop.
ped IL, Ny son was discharged from
the mill four days after got my notice
10 20 out of the house he and my
nieces oil left. They lived with met |
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

THE PLYMOUTH CASE.
SATIvE.BoRS cIrizESs FORCED TO HecoNE
SATURALGzED.

NATIVE BORN CITIZENS FORCED TO BECOME
SATURsLIzED.
Thomas ID. Shumway: Live in Ply.
mouth a decision of the selectmen W as
made that young men born OF foreign
parents within the State could be regis
tered this made difficulty, and preveu.
ted many registering this decision was
made ten days before election, and was
reversed on Monday evening. about 10
o'clock, before election, but too late to
register and vote know Of two who
got registered, but heard Of dozen ex.
cluded one Of them got naturalized ;
his name is Morrison. This ia the ma
turalization paper. IL reads that he
was born in Massachusetts,. One OF
these men born within two rods of
Plymouth rock. Four selectmen Re.
publicans and one an Abbott Democrat.
John OConnell went TO pay his poll tax.
Nelson, chairman of the board, told me
he had the opinions of two lawyers on
this point ] told him was not salts
fed with this opinion. Got opinion
from clerk of court in Boston reversing
this. No action taken until Monday
night. before election. Polled 100
NOAeh IN the NONn.
w. II. Nelson Davis l.. Lord gave an
opinion that persons born within the
State of alien parents were not entitled
TO registration until naturalized; in
1878 Mr.. Healy Of Boston, city solicitor
and clerk Of our county, conceded with
the other opinion General Butler gave
his opinion against this the attorney.
general did not give his opinion, al.
though asked; we decided that they
were entitled TO register, and made IL
public either on Saturday or Monday
afternoon before election we held they
must be naturalized before they regis.
tered am chairman of selectmen.
WITHIN THREE MILES OF PLYMOUTH ROCK.
Andrew Carr Born within two miles
of Plymouth rock my father was an
alien, born in Ireland they refused to
register me because was not naturaliz.
ed and my father was not; | went sew.
eral times and finally found they had
registered me on Monday before cleo
ton.
Alexander Morrison Born In Sand.
wich, Barnstable county, Mass. my fa-
ther born in Ireland wanted TO be reg.
istered the selectmen refused TO regis
ter me because I was not naturaliEed ;
Hodge advised me to get naturalized ;
! did 80 In the court and this Is my
paper.
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True HerOlsm.

As we 80 TO press the yellow fever is
rnvaging Memphis. with no hope of the
dread scourge abating until frost shall
have come TO blight its virulence. The
mortality in the hapless city Of Memphis
is less formidable than il was during the
yellow fever visitation Of last Summer,
simply because there is less material for
IL 20 feed upon. Warned by the awful
mslignity OF the contagion last summer,
majority Of the citizens abandoned
home, business aud property, to seek
safety in fight. Prominent among those
that have voluntarily remained il Fred.
Nichols. one of the staff of the Mem.
phis Avalanche. All Of his colleagues
editorial writer's, reporters, compositors,
pressmeD-hsve fed from the stricken
city TO preserve their lives. Mr.. Mich.
oils remains alone, and unaided gets
out weekly edition OF the dpaLGncLe.
1t is small sheet, yet its preparation
must keep the brave man busy all day
Of every working day Of the week. lie
is in himself all the editors, reporters,
compositors, and pressmen. There is
no tone OF dependency in the greatly
reduced Avaiasehs; in every number
tht HtI0it GTAlkH
jokes at the expense Of grim Yellow
Jack himself. He gives all the local
news, and strange picture it Is shot
ted cannons commanding deserted ware.
houses and mansions to keep of thieves;
uniformed negro militiamen, armed 10
the teeth, patrolling the streets, guard.
ing the property of the absent citizens
a ghastly record of the fever's deadly
work.
Mr. Fred Nichols wears no glittering
uniform no journals record his heroism:
for all that, he Is far bIaver than the
soldiers who are foremost in mounting
an enemy's work, and Haunting their
own flag amid q rain Of fiery death on
the ramparts Of their ioemen. There is
no excitement to sastain the courage Of
Fred. Nichols, as alone he plods in the
solitary rooms of the Avalanche Office.
The utter loneliness OF the place would
alone be sufficient to strike terror 20
less heroic souls. That he went through
the same perilous duty during the visi.
tation of the epidemic last year, does
not detract one whit from the credit
due him as a man Of extraordinary
courage, capable Of the greatest sacri.
fee; for nearly all the rest OF the Mem.
phians who remained at the post OF
duty last year fled this season, even the
citizen soldiery joining in the stampede
with the excuse that they had stayed
once and braved death 10 protect the
possessions OF Others, and that Il was
some one else's turn noww. nr. Mich.
oils did not make any excuse. NOT does
he indulge in any boasting. lie does
his heroic journalistic work without
any aelflaudagion. II he lives through
the present term of the pestilence-and
we sincerely hope that he may--iha
journalists ef the United States should.
In some way, unite and pay a tribute TO
the bravery Of man who il rare honor
10 bis profession.
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cessity, as far as the witness could see,
for the present national law.
Ex. Registrar Howard testified that
only small portion of the list Of voters
actually voted, and explained the plans
OF the registrars before elections and
the details of their work said attempts
at fraud were not infrequent, but not by
holders OF naturalization papers alone.
The question of domicile was one which
made a great deal of confusion 10 the
registrars, for men moved from ward to
ward with entire freedom. and simply
from this cause 100 to 300 hearings were
annually necessitated. The registry lists
now were as accurate as they could be
made under the present law. The lists
were as nearly as possible correspond.
ent with the spirit of the statute. In
answer to query as to the necessity Of
q Federal supervisory ordinance, wit.
ness thought that the State might find
an intelligent body of men who would
N AXE list complete and effective to
meet all the demands of fair, pure and
free election, and thus be wholly indie.
pendent of the general government.
lie did not believe that the State was
made any better by the too common
practice of paying the poll.tax OF large
numbers of poor voters to secure their
suiirages, as no doubt was done by can.
didates for various political positions in
every city of the State. Witness had
no impression and could give no esti.
mate of the number of names on the
registry list which should not be there.
Fewer, however, than what Judge Hal.
lett said he thought. There was prob.
ably less than 1000.
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CAMPAIGN EXTRAORDINARY.

MINISTER'S AND MANUFACTURERS TRANSFORM
I'D INTO POLITICAL STRIKERS.
George c. Crocker. secretary OF the
Republican State committee Of 1873,
testified that the following official cir.
cular was sent to the ministers of Mass.
achusetts:
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE OF MASS.
ACuusETTs
HEADQ'E 376 WAsHISGToS STREET,
BosToS, September 70, 1878.
[SEAL.l
Adm TnAycr, chairman.
o. u. Slcbbius, treasurer.
George G, Crockcr, secretary.
DEAR SIR; In order 10 enable MS to dis
tribute documents effectively, will you
kindly furnish us Immediately with list
of the male members of Your church aud
parish and with such other names as you
may deem expedient. BY so dong you
will aid Us in saving the honor Of our COM
monwcalth. With esteem, yours,
AMIN THAYER, Chairman.
GEORGE {. CRoCKER, Secretary.
Witness, in explanation, testified
We got their names from the lists of
each denomination we got replies from
the cleIgymen with lists of their con.
gregations and supplied them with doc.
uments 10000 men were influenced in
their votes in Boston by liquor and 9th.
er influences brought TO bear.
Adm Thayer, chairman OF the Repub.
lican committee OF Massachusetts, of
1878: No contributions from Federal
officials to funds of committee in 1878 /:
haI oil ha ii L
our funds were about SIS 600 last year
called together q number of gentleman
late in October, at the Parker House,
Boston, to consult made them n speech;
they were all Republicans wanted to
arouse them up; all would vote the Re
publican ticket any way; most Of these
gentlemen being interested in manufac-
turing establishments my effort was TO
get their influence exercised in any
way could and urged them TO do 40
another meeting was called at Mr..
Washburns office in Worcester soon
after this il was meeting Of the man.
ufacturers of Worcester county they
were urged to exert all the influence
they could to defeat Butler think cleo
ton in Massachusetts, honest and am in.
dignant that n committee is here to ex.
anime into any such question.
John u. Washburn, Republican. Live
in Worcester; called meeting of man.
ufacturers at my Office in October. 1878;
the purpose was to get them to influence
their employees; Mr.. Thayer, the Re-
publican chairman, was there he urged
the gentlemen who were there TO get
their people to vote the Republican
ticket; | thought this right, and saw
several Of the employers OF labor after.
wards, and urged this upon them; the
men who were at this meeting were all
Republicans, and all would have voted
without this meeting, but We wanted
their influence exerted.