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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

PERSONAL -Wm. Footc. csq.. son Of tx
Senator FOotc, a delegate 10 tho Cincinnati con
venlion from California. was in this city yestcr
day CO Vsl. to his friends.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

Heavy CoNTRAcT. MIR. II. ID. b. Norris,
o. F4tqlicr county, has secured thr: contract
'r tbs c1nstruc ion OF railroad 10 Nicaragua
md Will leave for that place duriag the present
moath Mr., N. is we'll known railroad con-
i.ci1r a7d has been engaged CD several tX.en
Use |rlks in foreign countries
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

catalogue and premium list of tho Alexandra
aud Ehitiax Agricultural and Industrial Assccls'
ilcu for 1850 ha9 been published and is now in
the hands Of the secretary. 1t IS a neatly
United pamphlet and contains iuil list OF Inc
different premiums to DO awarded, and tho
eaids Of most of tho business men OF the cltY.
TIE work was done at tho GEz,tto job Office.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17
THE BEAUTIFUL DARK BAY STALLION

Office Alexa. and Fairfax agr'l. Association, !
Alexandria, Va. Juno H. 1880.
TIHE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Of the
l. Alexandria and Fairfax Agricultural and
Industrial Association have given permission to
Mr.. John 7. Davis to have III aning and trot-
ting race on their grounds on THURSDAY
next, June 18th, at o'clock 2. m. The charge
for entrance ire, uding privilege Of the grand
stand will beHe. Persons desiring to enter horses
for either race will confer with Mr.. Davis. who
will be found at the grounds.
ie11-td j. r. BEGkgAM Secretary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17
Congressional Convention

6y virtue OF authority vested 10 u, by the State
Central Committee. We hereby designate We'd
nosday, the 25th day of August. 1870, ss the
tme' and Alexandria e' the place, for holding
invention to nominate the Democratic csndi.
Gate for Congress in the 9Th Congressional Dis.
iF'c. OF Virginia. The convention will be COM
posed OF live delegates from each msgsterisl
u'siHct IN the counties OF Orange Madison, Gull
2eroT, Ksppshannock, Fsuquer. Fairfax, Lou
doun. Alexandria, Frederick Clarke and War.
rcn, and enc delegate from each voting precinct
IN The cities OF Alexandria and Winchester, and
tEe ba:ls OF voting in said Congressional CON-
Veniion shall be one vote for every one hundred
votes cast for Samuel J. Tilden, in Nov. 1876.
Delegates to said convention ere to bo selected
by county. district or ward meetings, CT by pri-
mary election by wards or districts, az tho Vs.
r!ous county or city committees may eltc., and
q! such tn3 s. tho respective county or city
committees may determine; provided, that if
district or ward meetings or primary elections
are adopted, such meetings or electors in any
orc county or ctyahalI be held on the same dsy.
S. S. TURNER.
4. $. LEWIS
RoBT. BEVERLY,
Members OF the State Central Committee Tor the
Eighth Congressional Distric: of Virginis.
IC0nsorvato papers IN tho District pleaso copy.
POLITICAL NoTES-Tho conservative cen.
are3sl0Dai convention TO nominate o candidate
!gr Congress from this ul5;!!c: will meet 10 this
clty on the 25;h Of August next.
\ gentleman Of this city bet 500 to $40
with . gentleman i.0rn Washington yesterday
hat ka fnns noff
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

LARGE Purchase Tho ST. Croix Avis. OF
3Icc2nt date. says: ''Hhe estates, Lower Beth
Iehcm ard jealousy, with stock and lmpe-
Ments, have bcco transferred By private sale
TON Mir. Cendincn Graydou 10 Mr. s. U.
NcaIc for $32 600" This reosut purchase, TO-
seher With those formerly made By MIR. Nes!e,
make him the largest landed proprietor On the
island,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

The A. l., AT meeting Of the Atx,n-
drls Light lufaotry. last night, the gold medal
offered by Mr.. NJ. j. Waterman to tho best
doom of July tho 5!b, under tho same rules
that governed the last match.
The Dew armorg Of tho company will soon be
ready for occu patioD. Mr.. SaoIe, scanc artist
OF Washington, has boon engaged to paint the
sccn:ry for the stage.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

E>ARMERS. ATTENTION l-HAkVnoT
- GOODS atJAMRS F. CARLIN Sc SONS's
So King street, Alexandria. Grass and Grain
Scythes. Grain Cradles. Scytno Stones and Ri.
Hes hay Rskes and Snaths, q. lowest cxh
prices is7
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

HARDWARE and CUTLERY, of every
III description, at reduced prices to suit the
times pure Bar Tin. Babbet Metal, Bar Solder.
s older Irons and other goods in same line at
small profits at SO King street. corner of Roysl.
ja15 j. T. CREIGHTON & SON.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

BELLE HAVEN INSTITUTE The hsI ct
Belle Haven Institute. Mr.. Giles a. Penick,
PnuoNlpal. was packed last night with the
friends of the pupils to witness the cosiog exer'
DISCS ct the institute After some excallont
music By the young ladies composing the music
cias0, the principal. 10 the absence of MIR.
Julian Taylor, who was suddenly taken i'll just
ss be had started for the institute. presented
diplomas to large number of ycuog ladies. it,
Guiding q tu!! diploma to Miss L,wir. Gold
medals wero presented by Capt. K Ksnper 10
short addrts, to Miss Lizzie Chapman. Miss
Lima Hobson, Miss Rosa Snyder, Miss Mamie
Levin and Miss Mary Shinn.
Not the least noticeable feature of the coca.
sion vas the prcfdson Of beautiful fIwers,
which had been sent as offerings by the many
admirers of the young ades.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

A COOP INvEsTM GNT.-In tho month Of
February. 1878, tho Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund of tho City Council erected a
substantial shed aud lo6cc, which enclosed the
south line Of tho market st cost OF $3l3.44.
To tho following spring the income from this
shed was s5Gl. 10 1879 it produced $245. and
sec uprua income Of sSOG S. exclusive Of tho
est The enoosuro is rot oily great pGot sn
tion 10 market people who arrive lato at night.
tut good investment for lhs Corporation.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

Members OF the State Central Committee Tor the
Eightn Congressional Distric. of Vrsinis.
LConecrvato. papers in tho District please copy.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

MEETING OF TIE DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL
CONSERVATIVE Communicative Congress
sional Conservative Committee for this district,
consisting Of DR.. r. s. Lewis. of Culpeper !;
Maj IT Smith 8. Turner. OF Warren, and Colonel
Robert Beverley, of Farquier; met 10 the par
lors Of the Tontino Hotel, in this city, last
pight, and recommended the names ct gentle
men to the State Central Committee at Rich
mond for appointment as congressional district
and county cinvsssers. 1t is understood that
from this end of the district Mr.. George A.
Stuart Tor senatorial, and s. g. Brent, esq, for
county csn7assers were recommended.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17

TROQUETl CROQUETl UKCQUETllI-
~ We have in store and for sale Cheap q nice
line of Croquetsets MCLEAN s. UHLER,
myl9 rs King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-06-17
CARRIERS.

M ATCH KEY, TWERZER and EAR
W SPOON combined; good article; for
sale by JAS. +. UARLlN s SONS,
my25 G3 King street.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02
The Danger of Aimlessness.

A great deal of time is wasted bv
young people who have no particular
aim in life. Aimlessness and lack of
motive are the obstacles to the best ana
most profitable use of time. With a
goal to attain, an end to accomplish, and
force of character sufficient to hold the
mind steadfastly to its purpose, the sands
OF time are easily transmitted into gold
en- rain. Life is made worth the living.
Then, boys especially if you live in the
country-utlize your time. Resolve to
tunn to good account your hitherto wasteed
moments. Most men Of rank have
easily learned the lesson Of utilizing
minutes. Eihu Burritt, ''the learned
blacksmith found time, during his
work at the forge, to master several Ian
guages, and surprised cultured Europe
by addressing its chief learned body in
Sanskrit. Hugh Miller learned the Sc
crets OF the old red sandstone in the ca
pacity of a day laborer. While his tel-
iow-workmen idled during their morn
lngs, ne was actively at work finding out
the why Ct the specimens and fossils his
hammer disclosed Lord Chesterfield
relates OF one of his friends that he wrote
book of obstruse chara Ter during the in
tervals of waiting for his wife to appear
at breakfast. Why not follow such ex-
amples as these?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02

OF four tect wide. All the work IS done
by hand. The fields are dug, mot plowed.
and many farmers have no implements
but a spade, a hoe and urf-cutter, and
no vehicle except small donkey cart.
The farmhouse is generally one story
high, and very often consists Of a single
large room, with perhaps recess for a
bed. 1t is commonly built of stone, with
q roof of thatch, but many of the houses
are made OF earth, with hard floor of
home made cement. Ia this one room
the dairy work is done, and all the tamil
" 1--we, the pig coming in and going out
as he pleases.
Are the people then miserable and de-
graded? By no means. When the har-
vest is good and the rent reasonable they
are among the most cheerful people in
Europe, and in all the world there is no
land where the women are more modest
and pure. The children are ruddy and
robust; the houses are generally clean and
neat. The people enjoy life so much up
on those little black, DOGGY farms, that
when they emigrate to America or Aus
tralia they sometimes almost die of home
sickness. In many instances poor Irish
girl among US never goes to bed for six
months after leaving home without cry
ing little for the old house Of mud and
thatch and the old folks within it.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02
A Big Sexton.

The decease Of the late sexton OF
Grace Church brings to mind the long
time sexton Of old Trinity, David Ly-
ons, who died some twenty years AGO.
and who, like Browne, was quite large
in bodily diameter, and very well known
in his day. In decorating the church
one Christmas he caused a canopy sup
ported by four. wreath-twined posts to
be erected over the lecturn, giving Il
very much the appearance of a parrot
cage. As a finishing touch to this work
of art he proposed an inscription in Ger
man text for its front. He thought #
best, however, to consult one of the
clergy before adding this final embellish-
ment; and it was well that he did. as
the sequel will show. To the question
:. What do you propose for the inscriip.
tion?" he replied that, inasmucll as the
lectura held the sacred scriptures, he
thought, 8 The Bible; the biggest book
in the world" would be emiinently ap-
propriate.
"There will be no objection to that
the witty clergyman responded, s.if you
will put underneath it, Trinity Church
the biggest church, and David Lyons.
the biggest sexton. - 8 Editors
Dr17uer," IN Harper's Maq0zine.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02
A Common Error.

H01per's Magazine prints the follow
ing note from Wendell Phillips, con-
corning common error in the use of
the French tDe" prefxed to certain
family names
Will you please call to the notice of
American scholars and editors one of
our insults to foreign tongue?
"Alexis de Tocqueville, or Monsieur
de Tocqueville, is the name of the great
French writer and statesman. But the
rules of the French language require
that when we omit the Alexis or the
Monsieur, and give only the family
name, it should be simply Tocqueville.
There are, in French, few excep-
tions to this rule. For instance, names
OF one syllable, like De Thou, retain the
de-; and names beginning with a vowel.
Tocqueville is not one of these ex-
ceptions. But all American editors in
sist on the 'de.' Sumner and you, Mr..
Easy Chair, stand stiffly by the de.
Ticknor & Fields put on the back of
their volumes, Memoir and Remains
of De Tocqueville ; though they had
only to open their own pages to find
Senior, NJ. de Beaumont and Cornewall
Lewis uniformly calling him, sTocque-
ville.' .-...,.', -,
The learned Prof. Bowen, of Har-
ward, prints an edition of the Demsoc-
1'0cy, proposing to correct the mistrans-
lations OF Reeve, the English editor,
and Bowen parades De Tocqueville
on the back Of his volumes, and in his
preface, notes and life luxuriates in the
fatal De-
II do not know an American publica-
tion-Appleton, Alli6one, Johnson
a journal, daily, weekly or monthly,
that does not revel in this awkwardness:
though once, years ago, did chance to
see one Of your weekly journals which
astonished me by its correctness in this
particular. But the next time I saw q
number it had lapsed into the besetting
sin.
Ell, in speaking, you adhere to the
rule, and say sTocqueville.' YOU are
sure, the next morning, to find that in
the report Of your speech, the careful
and judicious editor has inserted the in.
evitable DE, and made you, in spite OF
yourself, French ignoramus.
I am told the Evening Post has in
its Office list of words forbidden to
any employe. Beg them to add this to
the catalogue, and rid the American
press of this ridiculous error, or at least
make it invent some plausible excuse
for thus violating the rules of friendly
nations language;
sWENDELu PHuL1Ps
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02
An Irish Farm.

Imagine a level country, with few
trees and no forests, cut up into yerv
small, irregular fields by st ne walls. 1t
is OF such land that Irish farms are com
posed. In most counties there IS great
deal OF DOGGY, swampy land, from which
farmers cut peat, which serves them as
t ell. An Irish farm is generally about
as large as an ordinary village green of
New York or New England, SAY from
five to fifteen acres. In some districts a
farm OF ten acres is considered rather
large, and 1t IS often the sole support of
an immense family mother, ten
children. and perhaps an old grand
mother.
Boston common contains forty-eight
acres OF land. It would make six good
sized Irish farms, which would main
tain fifty or sixty human beings, half a
dozen cows, a horse or two, some don
keys and many pigs, besides paying
about $500 a year to the landlord, and
something to the priest. In good sea
sons all this teeming and swarming life
can just be maintained. But suppose a
crop tails! Suppose the peat cannot be
dried! Then what2 Why, hunger and
starvation, of course. And, remember.
there are no factories or other business
to tall back upon. If the crops fail, all
fails. If the crops of New England
should be as poor this year as they were
in Ireland last year, 1t would be great
calamity, but very few persons would go
hungry on that account. The fisheries,
the shops, the factories, commerce and
the savings banks would go on about as
usual, and the people would buy their
TODD fs0m other States.
Irish farms do not all lie along high
rOad, as with us. Farms are behind |
farms; and great number of them can
,nly be reached by q donkey path three
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02
THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.
BY JOHN aREENLEAF WHITTIER.

BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.
In the minister's morning sermon
He had told of the prim al fall,
And how thenceforth the wrath of God
Rested on each and all.
And how. of His will and pleasure,
All souls, save chosen few,
Were doomed to the quenchless burning
And held in the way thereto.
Yet never by faiths unreason
A sinister soul was tried,
And never the harsh old lesson
A tender heart belied.
And, after the painful service
On that painful Sabbath day,
He walked with his little daughter
Thro' the apple-bloom Of May
Sweet in the fresh green meadows
Sparrow and blackbird sung;
Above him their tinted petals
The blossoming orchard hung.
Around on the wonderful glory
The minister looked and smiled;
"How good is the Lord who gives US
These gifts from His hand my child!
Behold in the bloom of apples
And the violets on the sward
A hint of the old. lost beauty
OF the garden of the Lord"
Then up spake the little maiden,
Tread1ng on snow and pink:
20 Father! these pretty blossome
Are very wicked, think.
*Had there been no Garden of Eden
There never had been such fall;
And if never tree had blessOmed
God weuld have loved US ALL"
flush, child" the father answered.
by His decree man fell; ......
His ways are in clouds and darkness,
But lie doeth all things we'll"
"And whether by His ordaining ..-.
To us cOmeth good or i'll, .
Joy or pain, or light or shadow,
We must fear or love Him STILL"
"Oh, fear him." said the daughter,
"And I try to love Him too;
But wish He was good and gentle,
Kind and loving as you"
The miHister groaned in spirit
AS the tremulous lips Of pain
And wide, wet eyes uplifted
questioned his own I'D vain,
Bowling his head he pondered
The words of the little one;
Had he erred in his lifelong teaching?
Had he wrong to his Master doRe?
To what grim and dreadful idol
Had he lent the hottest name?
Did his own heart, loving and human,
To God of his worship shame?
And 10! from the bloom and greenness,
From the tender skies above,
And face of his little daughter
He read alesson of love.
No more as the cloudy terror
OfSinais mount of law,
But as Christ in the Syrian lilies
The vision of God he saw.
And as when, in the clefts of Horeb,
OF old was His presence known,
The dreac Ineffable Glory
Was infinite Goodness alone.
Thereafter his hearers noted
In his prayers tender strain,
And never the gospel of hatred
Burned on his lips again.
And the soothing tongue was prayerful,
And the blinded eyes found sight,
And hearts, as flint aforetime,
Grew soft in his warmth and light.
Atlantic.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02

!" Why did King Henry never smile
again p asked the school-teacher
: Maybe, suggested the boy at the
foot OF the class, because he Joined
the Red-Rlbbon Club. - ssTdette.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-02

The Eastern publishers have contrib
nted nearly 1000 volumes for public
library at the new settlement at Rugby
Tenn.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

LIKE CHARLES A. DANA and many other
anti-GRANT men, it now appears that the
origin of Secretary SCHURzs opposition to
General GRANT was refusal of the latter
to heed his suggestions about distributing
the public patronage. Postmaster HAYS,
of st. Louis, has been interviewed on this
subject, and declares this to be the fact
The ST. Louis Globe Democrat refers to this
interview with the explanation that mr.
"SCHURZ, when he made this raid upon the
"White House, was only cupet-bagger in
" Missouri" and then goes on to say:
He had recently come here from Michigan
to which State he had emgrated from New
York, having previously resided in Wisconsin,
and more remotely in several other parts of
the country. His antagonist in the quarrel
was CHARLES d. DRAKE, who had lived hero
all his life, and had fully identified himself
with the politics aud people of Missouri. 1t
was, on the part of Mr.. SCHURz, u little cheeky
TO say the least of it.
We rise, as it We're, to remark right here
that the charge made by the CD. that the
Secretary was or is a carpet-bagger is not
pertinent to the subiect-mntter; it is i'm.
pertinent, In @.ct-for the American citizen,
even be he of Gerii:an origin like Mr..
SCHURz or native like unto tine Ubiquitous
editor of the journal in question, is entitled
to 20 aud come where and when he pleases,
SO long MS he behaves himself 1t is little
strange, however, that such a wanderer as
Mr.. ScHURZ has been, holding and seeking
Office East, West, North and South, should
now be so bitterly opposed to the carpet
"baggers of the South. And that he
should also be opposed TO third term for
anybody, when he has himself been in
Office nearly all of his life in this country,
is also not little inconsistent.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

THE Philadelphia Press is so earnest in
its advocacy of Senator BLA1NE's claims
for the Chicago nomination as to lose its
temper while discussing the New York
Herdld's proposition that Senator CoNKLINd
is the only Republican who can carry New
York. It was, in part, an exhibition of this
same kind of ill-temper by the editor of the
Press that lost the nomination for Mr.
BLAINE at Cincinnati. In fact it must be
admitted that the Maine statesman has q
number of friends who make themselves
more or less obnoxious by their iudiscreet
efforts to belittle the claims of other can
didates. 1t would, perhaps, be advisable
for them to remember that Mr.. BLAINE is
the second choice of large number of
General GRANTS partisnns, and that
nothing can be gained by them or for him
by pursuing the short-sighted policy of at
lacking GRANT men simply because such Il
political weathcr-cocll as the Hordh hap
pens to crow for the time being in their
favor. As the matter now stands, it APP
pears that the Herald purposely put Mr..
CoNKLING forward as candidate to draw
the fire of indiscreet political blunderers,
and thereby pile up the possibilities Of n
quarrel in the Republican ranks. And the
Press has been stupid enough to fall into
the HerOlds trap.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

play; while poor people are grateful for 1t,
and tho wood and coal dealers, the plumb
ers and the merchants generally are pray
ing for n polar wave. But ii is note
worthy fact that while fathomless mud
covers the streets of other large cities, and
slush prevails elsewhere, Washington re-
joices over the superiority and cleanliness
Of her pavements, and tho strangers in our
midst are loud in their praises Of the much
abused comprehensive system of improve
"ments," which enables them to go about
the Capital city dry-shod. In Chicago,
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and
Boston, for example, it is beautiful over
head aud booteo-full underneath Here,
however, the rare weather is enjoyable to
the pede strian az well as to those who ride
in chaises."
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

SENATOR LoGAN's vigorous denuncation
of the so-called WEAVER bill receives the
approval of the country at large. And
what makes it more emphatic, and at the
same time worse for Mr.. WEAVER, is the
fact that no one doubts General LoGAN's
loyal friendship for the ex-solders.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

DIRIGo-"I guide us the suggestive
motto of the State of Maine. Had it not
been for the loyal Republican rescue of
that commonwealth from the control of
the Fusion-ears the usual result of the
blind guiding the blind would have en-
sued, and the State would have fallen into
the ditch alongside of Louisiana, South
Carolina and Florida.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

Go where you will, East or West, North
or South, and you will find that the So
called GRANT men of the Republican party
propose to support the nominee Of the Chi
cago Convention, whoever he may be. If
their preferences are ignored in the nomi-
nation they will remain Republicans, active,
effective and enthusiastic, the supporters of
principles-not men-and pledged to stand
by the party to the bitter end. There are,
in short, no boilers among them. If there
were, and they should threaten as some OF
their inter-partisan opponents do, and carry
the threat into execution, TO "move out y
of the party if their candidate is unsuccess-
full at Chicago, what would become Of the
Republican party?
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-26

If Governor SMITH, of Maine, really
desires n favorable response to his demand
for troops he has only to call upon the
Yazoo Guards. Captain BARKsDALE would
muster his command without an instants
DELAY