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, 1880-05-30
DECORATI0N-DAY.
Memorial Services Yesterday At IN,
Various Cemeteries.

memorial Services Yesterday At the
Owing to the rain and the excitement
oo,sa1 6v +ha n,nroaot,;no- ,.'ao+ts'- ~ ~, -
suea Gat;; ~ sne apptoaci1us nsetl',e u lne
Nauona1 Conventlon' Decoration-Day w's
other years, and there were fewer part1c1-
nants than nsna1 mt tha dov ,,;d mt hp
an,, rnaons ~ h,- ,,,ho,,osa., N'' @A~ Ao' ~
Aiis ne'1is so w unnonoleo'
RosEnILL'
In consequence OF the threatened storm
the attendance Mt Rosehi]1 was mt vprv
large. aItbonph the few 1yho va,,t,re1 mi
were enthnsiastic in the;r affnrts to sctter @ tha
quantities Of flowers provided over the graves
Of the dead heroes of the War. There were
M services. held NJ tho cemetarv Grand
Arny Posi- No. s. nnder the }eafens1In hin
nf Mai RnI1nh crnarimtendod o nc decnr
ton, assisted by a committee from the Union
Veteran Association. The floral tributes Of
affection were generously distributed by
loving hands, the ladies present gen
orally assisting. The soldiers monument
was very handsomely decorated with
monument there had been laid ont a floral
flag and staff, composed OF yariegated plants,
the stars being designated by cactus plants.
This work of floral art was very beautiful,
Tie Monument Erected to 'itit''1 tie memory f of
Gen, RANSOM; was lavishly and beautifully
decorated with floral tributes The graTes OF
| zen. WEman, VINO cominanded the 1h1r-
teenth illinois Regiment, OF Col. Kirk, ct
the Ihlrty-fourtf1, and that OF Gen. 3.
!: sweet, who commanded at Camp
Donglas, were also specially noticeable
1Ga 1Grpo u tneir profqss tho dec31TatIo paegd
deedS: Not single grave was overlooked,
! and the solemn and tho9ghtful manner In
Which thls patrlotlc and beautiful service
M Was 60 eonaucte1 ~ . lnu1catea an nnoymg allec:
lion 1or the valorous dead, whose 4eeds can
not DC forgotten, as year by year their patri-
otlsln IS more PROFOUNDLY recognized. Ihd
qaltefy lotS III tne cemetery, lneIudfng Bal-
tery "A" laylor's Bridges, and tha Board
Or Trade Battery, were All vlsltet and ten"
ger oneFlngs placed above Inc graves or their
neroac qead Notalng qccqr1ed M ~. to mar tna
successful completlon Or me TASK Wl!lingly
assumed by all who took part IN 1t, and at an
early nou1 tne cfo"d started cltyWaru'
oAKwooDs.
Cemetery was assigred to the Whittier Post.
No. !. &. i. +. Yesterdays noo,rtrain Oh
the Illinois Central Railroad took eieht ear.
loads Of veterans and visitors there. and.
together with The neon1a who nsed nthar
means n transit maie fha total nmmher ri
visitors about 700. The train arrived at
o,clnck nt tha camatorv and tha Whittia1
Post. under charee Of Commantter +. T.
Howard, and numbering forty men. disem.
barked. a heavy rain was falling, and the
heroes of the past War returned to the cars
in broken order to await a change in The
weather. The people who came out also
resolved to remain in the cars, 4 number OF
them became lisgusted, and went i'm
me4iately back to Chicago. To entertain
themselves the boys rallied around hard
, 1880-05-30


St. Julien will be exhibited at the Jockey
Club track to-day, should the weather prove
fine.
Mr.. Frank H. Dunton, of Du,,ton's Spirit
Of the Turf, has returned from an extended
trip to Colorado. and is at work again.
Jere Dunn has in his stables gray geld
ing by Tom Hunter {the sire of Albemarle)
that promises to develop into good one.
Monroe Chief was given mile and repeat
| IN 3:Y, 2:9, last Sunday morning, with his
old driver, Peter Y. johnson, in the sulky.
Jere Dunn goes to Milwaukee next week
! With Crockett, the cheSnut gelling being en-
tered in the 2:27 stake at the meeting there.
AIr. ". c. France, of St. Louis, is training
| his trotters at the Jockey Club track. The
lot consists Of Alazo-Manie, Frances Alex
/ ander, and Dream.
Business and Glostef, both members Of
Splans stable, have joined the rest Of his
horses in Michigan. Business is engaged at
ADRIAN d this week. uottlng Thursday in the
2:2G class.
Mr.. S. J. Morgan's fast young stallion
Piedmont, by Almont, will be driven this
season by Peter Y. johnson, and makes his
first appearance in the 2:30 class at Adrian
next Friday.
Among the recent arrivals at the Jockey
Club track is the gray mare Rose Of Wash
ng q BY a Mr. sly M /
in fine shape, and promises to be winner in
her class this year.
The matinee announced for yesterday aft
ernoon at the Central Park track was post
poned on account Of the rain. There will be
no trotting next Saturday, as the Bonesetter-
rom that Tine Pesdent Ss M IA d1ch 70
give the boys CHANGE
Ropeseftar hos rone tn Raft1e f!rootr 1f3oh
, 1880-05-30

MI, nne1e IS, VAL be GRANT MASS MEETING, .t rS
49, Ia<1A sOutnWest corner Rauduph-.t nnH Aih;
Sc1eF Gn aSaG M2N2AY y May It. iS sS as 7
1ooElng speakers viii address + tha nea3 The
4. Ioxm nx!nS Ga1S Hen Matt Garenter Cen jun
I'VE Gsq ano eminent speakers from other Sttas
m gentlemen have been chosen 10 ,tct
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
Tho Hide aud Leather Boom.
chicago Daily Ncws,

One of tho industries Of the country
which iolt the depression since 1873
most disastrously, il the hide and leath.
or. Yet there is scarcely another which
IN 80 rapidly recovering from said de-
preston. In Boston, which ia great
hide and leather oenlor, ono leading
firm is said to have cleared square
profit oi 100000 since tho lat OF Sep.
lember. Another firm, the Traveller of
that city says, made $500 in one bar
gain laat weok, nsither paying nor 70
ceivng any money except tho amount
OF profit. A few months since, Amori-
can leather could DO sold in England at
II profit; but since tho prices have gone
up here, the foreign demand has mate
rally decreased. The demand in this
country il notably indicated by the fact
that one of tho most influential broker
age firms in Boston disposed Of 81 900
sides Of leather one day last week.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
The Pistol Brand Upon Civil ration.
Utica IN, w Herald.

The pistol is putting its brand upon
our civilization. Ii is carried by persons
who have no excuse Tor weapons. II il
pat where children can get il for play.
Ii is thrust into the face of people on
the slightest pretext. Young men sleep
with it under their pillows, and even
girls parade it in T. cir chambers and on
their persons. However il may DO IN
the case OF Miss Ward, many deaths
occur even under criminal oircum-
stances, simply because the pistol has
come to be u common plaything, and
is apposled TO, for display, at least, on
the most absurd pretexts, A loaded
pistol where il is not needed is No.
tential crime, asleepng accident, Few
persons have skill enough to turn fire.
arms to good account for defense. For
safety they are less efficient often than
fist or club. In shedding innocent blood,
III suggesting crimo, in inviting NC.
oidents, in promoting harbarism in per.
sonal relations, they are daily illusIrat.
ing their triumphs. Doubtless the
pistol has its place; lot it ho kept there
unloaded.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
A Jealous Preacher Disappointed.
Springfield Mass Republican,


A good man, conspicuous for his help.
,ful interest in tho young, occupied the
pulpit of n Unitarian church in western
Massachusetts on u recent Sunday. His
heart was ghddoned by an array of
bright looking boys on somo front seats.
The speaker talked ut those boys with
genuine enthusiasm, his mdor rising NJ
the seeming quick response with winch
his earnest words were met in tho bright
ened eyes and attentive attitude of the
chosen objects OF his personal applica-
ton" Of most wholesome truth. The
preacher was a little puzzled ut tho I'M
seeming levity of the congregation, but
his burning 1eal was not quenohed, and
he drove tho truth clean homo with
slodge hammer blows. Going out olthe
sanctuary, the visiting brother, still
glowing with Tho pleasant warmth OF
successful effort, asked Nthe pastor who
those bright looking boys were on
certain sent. Those" said tho minis.
ter, gently, are the pupils Of our deaf
and dumb inStitutelh
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

mo. Revevdoy johnson was her
counsel, but he was in court the first
day, never afterwards. He told me he
considered the court but court OF in.
quiry, and said simply that he was
astonished at the result when it was
over"
"Then you never came IN direct con.
tact with Gen. Hancock except as you
have stateG?'
"Oply when went to get my permits
signed, and on that last morning when
| asked him to so to the president for
me. l suppose he only did his military
duty, but the impression of him left on
me is not good one. thought he
might have done what | asked him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

ministry in West Midway in 1914, and
retired from his passionate IN March.
1875. An unexampled pastorate, and
one full of good works. He has, indeed,
OF late years had n colleague, ga that he
has been released from the burdensome
duties Of pastoral office, but has from
time to time filled his old place in the
pulpit, to the great acceptance of his
people, DR.. lde graduated from tie
Brown university in the class OF 1909,
and then at Andover. When he was
preaching at Portsmouth, N, H., just
after completing his studies, Daniel
Webster, then young man, was an at
tentive nearer, Chicago Times, Jan.
5th
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
Nilsson And inc Shah,

Col. Mapleson says The Men York
TINES, recalls a remark Of his oid-time
friend, Mr.. Lumley, that the brains OF
great singers we're III their throais, and
those OF great dancers in their heels.
You can't expect anything else" Mr.
Lumley used 10 SAY; "the throats and
heels have been cultivated above every
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
reaih or d Very old Preacher /.

Jacob Lie, y. d., died 1T Wes' Med.
way this morning aged ~ years and
. months. lie was born at Aitleboro,
Mas. OH the 29th or March, 1886, 50
that his life almost covers the whcle
period of American independence.
lie aas settled in the Congregational
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16
How the Money Goes.

Miss Elizabeth Thompson, the well.
known lady philanthropist, has pub
ishcd II curious little tract, contrasting
the relative expense Of religion, living,
education, rum and tobacco. Rum, abe
computes, costs the country 1867 $685.
502 annuallyi religion, az 1913 400; ed
ucation, sos, 406 726. Rum costs each
uerson annually $l7, whether they drink
or not. Miss Thompson computes also
that the man who drinks, treats and
uses tobacco, will spend on the average
81 SO per week; ~ II, sho argues, will
keep family OF six persons one week.
Miss Thompson puts the family on the
following rations Sunday, thres meals
for six persons, hominy, sugar, sauce,
meat soup, bread, cakes, pudding; ex-
penses, j3 cents. Sundays rum bill for
the father, two beers, one gin, tobacco,
cigars, treats, So cents.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

WE ale assonished At the endeavor.
III parties u introduce new remedies
for coughs and kindred complaints
shen they should kuow that the people
viii have Or. Bulls Cough syrup and
nothing eige.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

An eccentric gentleman recently
made n wager OF $40, 900 that he could
remain on the top Of the Arc dc Tri-
omphe, in Paris, for four hours with
nothing on but suit Of thin canvas.
The cold weather came on, and the bet
was won on n day when the thermomo.
ter was 10 degrees above zero. II is
quite unnecessary To add that the man
was an Engllshmnn.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

IT has been suggested by tho Temps
meteorological editor that the whole OF
Europe and large part Of Asia and
North America being covered with
snow, the appearance may be analogous
To the red spot discovered on Jupiter
by astronomers, ana this may be con-
sidered IA mn Indication that some I'M
usual cooling influence prevails en- the
whole solar system,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

Fox.nUETiSG IN Pennsylvania, OF the
kind spiritedly Described in Bayard
Taylor's "5iory Of Kennel Is not an
obsolete sport. A fox was Started" at
the hotel in Williamstown on New
Years day, and chased across the
country by "A biz pack Of hounds and
i large body Of men, Jack" Eckert,
who captured the brush At another
chase two weeks before, gained the tro-
ply and won purse II $50 besides.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

Ar performance Of the cantata OF
Esther, at Dallas, Texas. Ahasuerus was
advised by somebody in the audience to
"cut il too fat" The personator OF the
great Assyrian went - the footlighis
and said "Ihis is a religious show, and
you'll have TO be decent. I'm Alias
uerus just now, hut after the show I'm
Sam. Turner, and If any duiier would
like 10 cut Il too fat then, they'll find a
mighty lively welcome.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

a LADY, once social celebrity in Par.
is, Nine. Louise Lucene. has Just at
tanned her lOOth year. Under the first
empire her salon was a. brilliant a. that
ot Nine. Retainer, whose intimate
friend and rival beauty she was. Mime.
Louise Lueene, however, mixed herself
% with political iutrigues, snd officials
and Ofiicefs we're invited ID abstain from
visiting her salon. Bat she went her
self To tie Tutleries aud pleaded her
own cause, and the inierdict WAS re-
moved.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-01-16

In London, on the Surrey side, many
of the "horse-cars" are drawn by mules
and these mules come all the way from
Kentucky. There is curious old law
still extant in Lond N which forbids the
use Of mules or donkeys for purposes
OF traction, but nobody pays any atten-
ton TO it. What we call in this country
the "bob-tail" car that does away with 4
conductor, and requires that passengers
put their fare in box, has been taken
T. London and seems to be as popular
there as Il i nnpnnnlar here.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-13

4 WoSpEBTUL FACADE. Although the city
of Florence in Italy is so very poor at pres
ent as to be almost bankrupt, her archtec-
tural treasures are not to be allowed to perish
or to suffer decay. Work is proceeding upon
the FACADE of the celebrated Duomo, thanks
to most generous contributions from various
parts Of the world The history of the IA
cade is very curious. The Duomo was begun
in 1905. An inscription placed in the choir
announces that the Republic, having its fl
nances in prosperous condition, and having
finished its fortifcatiOns, cannot make better
use of the funds remaining in its treasury
than by building superb temple in honor Of
the Virgin. The edihce was completed tow
ard the middle of the fifteenth century, as
every one knows, with the exception of the
facade Giotto who had built the Campan-
lie, had begun the construction of the facade,
but the work was not solid enough and had
to be taken down. For some reason difficult
TO imagine, the Government made no attempt
to begin the work over again, and contented
itself with frescOes until the present time,
more than four centuries after the compile
ton of the rest of the church. 1t was not
until 1865 that the work of building the fa-
cade was seriously talked of. The plan of
Sighor de Jabirs, Florentine architect, was
finally adopted and the labor was really be-
gun in 1875. 1t is said that de Jabirs need
not be afraid TO have his name figure in fu-
ture ages beside those glorious ones of Arnol-
70, Brunelleschi and Giotto. He is consider
ed to have achieved great triumph in har-
monizing the facade not only with the ediice
itself, but with Giotto's Campanile, which is
much less severe in style. The work has been
paid for by subscriptions thus far. Eighty
principal citizens gave five thousand francs
each Prince Demidoff as a visitor donated
one hundred thousand francs, and Victor
Emanuel shortly before his DEATH contrib
uted the same sum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-13

SUNDAY IN GERMANY. The churches here
in Germany do no. believe in making religion
attractive. The seats are hard wooden bench
es, the sermons long and tedious as u rule.
and the whole interior more barn-like than
church-like. In fact, the Germans as a ma
ton do not believe in the luxury OF Il fire in
church. The warmth must be internal, in
the believer. This requires Il strong degree
Of religious fcryor, when the thermometer is
five below zero, Fahrenheit, as it has been
during the past week dec ID. The conse-
queuces are that a score or two tells the mum
Der in the church, while the skating-rn is
crowded by hundreds. In fact, the Germans
are not a church going people. They think
they have found something better to do. In
the smaller cities, the parents take the chill
dren in summer, with lunch prepared for the
day, and 90 Into the woods To accommo-
date this tendency of the people, there are
isolated inns located here and there, where
they rest, procure, coffee and beer and meet
their friends, while their children romp about
them in the woods, pick flowers collect in
sects or stones, or study the habits Of the
birds. In the larger cities, the parks and
gardens, the museums and art galleries, are
all thrown open on Sunday. Such as require
a fee on other days are generally free on Sun
day. This is TO encourage the thousands,
VINO must work very hard during the week,
to go out into the air and woods, the parks
aud galleries Those who have both time
and money can 20 ON week days; but there
are thousands in every city who work hard,
have little money, and need recreation. The
German government, recognizing this fact
not only opens these places Of recreation free
on Sunday, but often provides the best of
music on the public squares. Besides this
the railroads (all managed by the govern
menD reduce their fares ono-half or more on
the excursion trains which run into the coun-
try. | spent the past summer in Berlin, and
observed carefully the habits and customs of
the people. l think it small estimate to say
that one hundred thousand men, women and
children, too poor to spend the time on anoth-
er day, or pay the ordinary rates, were thus
refreshed by the country every Sunday.
went often myself, and never saw any dis
turbance, or bosterou-ncss, or drunkenness
during the summer. The Germans always
70 at such times with their wives and chill
dren. Where in America men would 20 alone
Germans 20 as families They live "a certain
Lome-life out of doors, in the free open air,
of which We rs Americans know little. From.
Il German Letter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-13
Miscellany.



All the world over wander; in lands that never
Are the people eternally seeking for the signs and
Westward across the ocean, aud northward ayont the
snow,
Do they ali stand gazing, as ever, and what do the
wisest know2
Here in this mystical India the deties hover and
Like the wild bees heard in the tree-tops the gusts
Of gathering storm;
In the air men hear their voices their feet on the
Yet we all say, "Whence is the message, and what
may the wonders mean ~
million shrines stand opcn aud ever the censer
swings
As they bow to mystical symbols or the figures of an
And the incense rises ever and rises the endless cry
or those who heavy laden aud Of towards 10th to
die.
For the destiny drives together like deer in pass
Of hills;
Above US the sky, and around the sound Of shot
that kills.
Pushed by a power that we see not, and struck by a
We pray the trees FOR shelter, and press lips to
stone.
Here are the tombs of my knsfolk the first Of an
Cient name
Chiefs who we're slain on the war field, and women
They are gods these Kings Of the foretime, they are
spirits who guide our race
Ever watch ana WCrbhlp' iney SIT Win maIue
face
And the myriad idols around me- and the legion Of
mutteriug priests,
The reyels and riots unholy, the dark, unspeakab!e
feasts-
what have they wrung from the silence7 Hath even
whisper come
OF the secret, whence and whilhcr7 Alas the gods
dumb
Shall list the words Of the English, who come from
the uttermost sea?
"The secret, hath II been told you and what is your
message to me2"
IL is naueht but the worldwide story, how the earth
and the heavens began,
How the gods were glad and angry and a Deity once
was man.
had thought, "Perchanee in the cities where the
rulers of India dwell,
Whose orders flash from the far land, who grdle the
earth with spell,
They have fathomed the depth we Aoat on, or meas
ured the unknown main"
Sadly they turn from the venture and say that the
quest Is vain.
Is life then, a dream and deusion, and where shall
the dreamer awake?
Is the world seen like shadows water, and what If
the mirror break?
Shall II pass camp that Ia struck, tent that Is
gathered and gone
From the sands that were lamp-lt at eve, and at
morning level and lone7
Is there naught in the heavens above whence the
hail aud levin are hurled,
Bat the wind that is swept around US by the rush Of
the rolling world7
The wind that shall scatter my aches aud bear to
silence and sleep,
With the dirge aud the sounds Of lamentng, and
voices Of women who weep?
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-02-13

The BRIGHT SIDE.-Look ON the bright
side. 1t is the right side. The times may
be hard, but it viii make them no easier to
wear a gloomy and sad countenance. 1t is
the sunshine and not the cloud that makes the
flower. There is always that before or around
us which should cheer and fill the heart with
warmth. The sky is blue ten times where il
is black once. You have troubles, it may be-
So have others. None are free from them.
Perhaps it is as well that none should be free
from them. They give sinew and tone to
life-fortune and courage to man. That
would be dull sea, and the sailor would new
er get skill, where there was nothing to dis
turb the surface of the ocean. Ii is the duty
of every one to extract all the happiness and
enjoyment he can, without and within him
and, above all, he should look on the bright
side of things. What though things do look
a little dark The lane will turn, and the
night will end in broad day. In the long run,
the great balance rights itself. What is i'll
beomes well-what is wrong right. Men are
not made to hang down either heads or lips
and those who do, only show that they are
departing from the paths of true COM
mon sense and right. There is more virtue
in one sunbeam than in a whole hemisphere of
clouds and glooms. Therefore, We repeat,
look on the bright side of things. Cultivate
what is warm and genial, not the cold and re-,
serve, the dark and morose.