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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
Legal Papers in Rhyme.

"A suit for breach of promise of mar
rage, which presents some novel feat
ures, was once brought in the Brook
Ign City Court by Miss Arabella Par
thenia Featherstone against J. Uriah
Alhbone, the damages being laid at
$40, 900. Miss Featherstone was an or
phan, about 30 years of age, and lived
with an uncle near Allentown, Pa. She
alleged that on July 81, 1879, ALI
bone, who was spending his vacation
in the neighborhood, asked her to be-
come his wife. She consented, and fixed
Nov. % as the wedding day. In the
meantime, however, Al]ibone was mar
RED to another woman. The regularity
OF the papers in the suit is that the COM
plant, the answer, and even the affida-
Wits are oil in rhyme. The complaint
begins thus:
The plaintiff, in seeking redress for her woes,
Comes into court and respectfully shows,
and, after setting forth the circumstances
on which the action is based, closes as
follows-asking for damages:
Ten thousand is the sum,
~, Though it would not requite me,
Twill teach Uriah, anyway,
How much it cost to slight me.
1872
follows:
Arabella Parthenia Featherstone,
The plaintiff being duly sworn,
Says: s. have read the facts above:
The same are true Of my knowledge born.
Save the defendants yows Of love:
And as to those do declare
did believe hin-that I swear"
The answer denies the allegations of
the complaint and the defendant de-
clares that
He no promise Of marriage has broken,
As never such subject was dreamed of or spoken,
He also says that the plaintiff repre-
sented herself to be engaged to marry
one James r. Vedder. His affidavit is
unique:
Kings county-Allibone, J. u,
First being sworn In manner due.
Says the answer above is true.
The lawyers in the case declared that
the complaint and answer were strictly
lega1.-Neao York Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
Put ft TO Proof.

At time when the community is flooded
with so many unworthy devices and concoc-
tions, it is refreshing to find one that is benefci
al and pure. So conscious are the proprletors
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
of'the worth of their remedy, that they offer
all who desire trial bottle free Of charge This
certainly would be disastrous to them did not
the remedy possess the remarkable curative
qualities claimed Dr.. Kings New Discovery
Bronchitis, Stubborn Coughs, Colds, Phthisic,
Quinsy, Hoarseness, Group, or any affection OF
the throat and lungs. Aa you value your ex-
istence give this wonderful remedy trial by
calling on any druggist and obtaining trial
bottle (tve Of cost, or q regular size bottle for
@1.O0: For sale at wholesale by Gray 4 Hof-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
a1M tie QaskerIPut It,

!, AZ "a that a-:duell q tie challenge to q.
duel amounts 70 is tbe silly dare "You
risk your lie and ~ risk mine" - "a
An Improved. torn Of challenge I'd q
duel Is the following Quaker note: IF
thou wilt eat twelve nnripe apples lust
before retiring s night, I, win do the,
same, and We will see who survives z 8.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

No man can do a good job of work,
preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit
well, doctor a patient, Or write a good
article when he feels miserable and
dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady
nerves, and none should make the at
tempt in such condition when it. can
be so easily and cheaply removed by !.
little Hop Bitters. See other column
Albany Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
"A alDusn1kaIA naan..

"A book on tho Liver, its diseases and their
treatment sent free. Including treatises upon
Liver Complaints, Torpid Liver, Jaundico
Bliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspep.
sia, Malaria, etc. address Of. Sanford, ID
Broadway, New York city, n. z.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

CAKn.-ro all who suffering from the er-
and tndtscretions of youth weakness
" Decay. loss OF manhood, etc. will send recipe that
VIII cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
vas discovered by a missionary 10 South America.
Se9d self addressed envelope to the Rev. JOSEPH
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
:, Tie Pause in Reading. :,

DuI4uB the 1aSt ten years there mas
been mar ked increase III the number of
professional readers. THE fact might
suggest to an unobserving person that
we are q nation of good readers, from
whom the best have been called to de-
light the public ear. But the sugges-
ton is not supported by the facts. In
spite Of schools Of elocution and Of COM
mon schools, too, it is difficult to find in
private life q person who can read so as
to please and instruct a family, group.
Perhaps the following Dialogues. TRIMS
lated from the French, may point out
one cause Of bad reading:
A young man presented himself, one
day, in the Office Of Mr.. Samson, saying
that he wished to take lessons in elocu-
ton, and thief GLOWING conversation en-.
You wish: to take lessons in read
ing? r.. , w.: -, &c., 80:
Have you practised reading aloud p
Eyes, sir; I have read many Of the
scenes in Shakespeare" -
Before people?''
Successfully" -:
Swell, take this book and read the
fable Of the Oak and the Reed"
The pupil began: can oak one day,
said to reed-' !.
"That will do. You do not know how
to read" -:....
81 suppose not, as T came here to
take lessons. But how you can Judge
from one line
"Well, begin again.
The young man read as before: can
oak one day, said to reed:'
II saw it before. You cannot read"
"But, yes. Does IN adverb belong
to verb, or to substantive? 'One
day is here adverbial, and should be
joined to *said.' You should read:
AN oak (comma) one day said to a
reed."
"That is true p exclaimed the young
man, somewhat taken by surprise.
Gone Of the most important points in
reading is punctuation"
"How! punctuation in reading, how
how can that be?"
"By the pause. The pause is to the
ear what the punctuation marks are to
the eye. They do not, however, always
coincide. The pause is also sometimes
lighter than such as would be Indicated
by comma, but by it q sentence is so
arranged that the words which belong to
each other are brought together, and
those which do not belong to each other
are separated.
Zone Of the first elements of good
reading, therefore, is attention to the
pause. When due attention is not given
to this, the emphasis is liable to be mis-
placed and the sense Obscured."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
A Cincinnati Horse Auction.

A Cincinnati Horse Auction.
"Here, gentlemen" said the auction
eer, lis horse"
Bystander-Glad you told US it was
horse, or We might have taken it for a
sheep.
Auctioneer-That wouldn't be so very
strange, if it had your head on. You
see before you, gentlemen. family
horse.
Bystander-He got those punches on
his knees from kneeling down at family
prayers, didn't he?
Auctioneer-You'u never have any
lunches on your knees on that account.
A horse, gentlemen, that any family
might well be proud of. Look what an
eye he has.
Bystander- What has become of the
other eyer.
AUTHORIZATIONS to look after an
other such fool as you are. Like old
dog Tray, SO touchingly described by
the sweet singer Of Michigan (sing-
ing):
He's gentle and he's kind
Bystander--t the kind.
Auctioneer-
You'll never, never find
Bystander-Hewould be fined by any
court in Christendom for sprin6 halter
atoms and interfering generally.
Auctioneer-
better horse than this old gray.
Old gray horse IL ever faithful.
etc. But we cannot waste our time on
poetry, although the noble steed before
You is the very poetry of motion. How
much for him? What do hear?
Bystander- Nothing, if you can't
hear more than he does,
MISUNDERSTANDING horses, gentle
men, this is the very 7,e-plus-q.ltra-
Experimentation -plus.ultra, you
mean.
Auctioneer-And the si1ae-Qua-9ao,e-
observation-disclosures nae'atis.
Auctioneer-The ridges you see run
ming down his sides, gentlemen, are not
an indication of want of flesh; they
are simply wise provision of Provi-
dence for carrying off the rain-water.
Observation-Disclosures the matter with
his tail?
Auctioneer-He was formerly owned
by violin manufacturer, and he pulled
out all the hairs for fiddle-bows. What
do hear?
But we had heard enough to satisfy
us that our friend was right, and that it
was absurd to squander money on shows
so long as these horse auctions are kept
up to their present high standard.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
DauEhterS. Wives and Mothers.

OAuEhterS. wives and Mothers.
DR.. MAkCHISrS UTERINE CATHOLICUN will
positively cure Female Weak ness such Falling of
neWomb. Whites, Chronic Inflammation or liberation
q the Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding,
fa1niul, Suppressed and Irregular Mens!ruation &C.
An old and reliable remedy. Send postal card for =
pamphlet with treatment and certificates from
Pnysieians and patients, to HOWARTH BALLARD
UTICA, n Y. Sold by all druggists so Der bottle
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

A short road to health was opened to those
suffering from chronic coughs, asthma, bron-
chitis, catarrh, lumbago, tumore, rheumatism,
excoriated nipples or intiamed breast ana
kidney complaints, by the introduction of
the inexpensive and effective remedy, DIR.
Thomas Electric Oil. Note-Electric select
ed and electrified. Noyes Bros. & Cutler whole.
sale agents, st. Paul, Mimi.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

Lyons Heel Stiffeners keep boots and shoes
straight. Sold by all shoe and hardware deal.
eFS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

The evil Of mems wifes lives after them,
while the good which they do is seldom spok-
en- Of with safety to a stepmother, hut the
good and wonderful cures of Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil are spoken Of by each persen who
hss used it in all cases of burns. bruises colds,
bronchitis, &c. Noyes Bros. s. Cutler, whole.
sale agents, st. Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

The VOltatc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich.
Will send their Electric Voltaic Belts t. lie
afflicted upon 30 days trial. See their aaver-
tisement in this paper headed, ION 30 Days
Trial."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

There is no better remedy than Reeds Gilt
Edge Tonic for Dyspepsia and Indigestion
John NJ. Riley is now in Europe selling the
Frazer Axle Grease
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

Kidney-Wort effectively acts at the
same time on Kidneys, Liver and Bow
els.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

10 SOME persons coughing is harm
less, but to others it is fraught with
many dangers. It is, therefore, i'm
portant to teach those liable to be in
jured by severe or prolonged efforts at
coughing how they may accomplish
their purpose easily, safely and quickly.
DR.: J. NJ. Fothergill says: 1T must be
insisted upon that the chest be well filed
with air before the cough is let loose
that is, the reflex act must be inhibited
by the action of the will, until the chest
be well filed with air before the cough
is let loose. Such full inspiration is ef-
fective, not only in removing the source
OF irritation, but it usually causes other
masses of mucous to slide from their seat,
and thus to set up further cough for
their removal. But, if the full inspira-
ton plan be followed, these masses are
readily and quickly expelled" i. OF
course these directions are of use only
in such coughs % are for the purpose
Of rom owing some offending matter from
the mir passages.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13
PENSIONS.

New Law. Thousands Of 6oldiers And helm a
titled. Pensions date back 70 discharge or doath.
Tine limited. Addreee with stamp -.
@BOR4E =. LkNON, I'd
r. O. Drawer. SIS. washlnkton. ID. II.
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Z: D9cR13A8 ATAfCA 8A1V0.
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al kinds Of Skin Eruptions. This Salye is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in every
case or money refunded. Price IS { ents per
Boz. For sale 1t wholesale by Gray & Ho(
hin MinneaDolie ..
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Kaop Il In Four, Room

49, " f,
wheEe u will IS ready for any and Ill emerpen.
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u ~ oesesl Of OataErh, Nervousness, Blood
Poison. Ganeral Debility. Female Weakness,
Kidney and Urinary Diseases, Salt Rheum,
f1fystpelas, 6erofula and All Diseases of the
Blood. n Diptheris II has proven wonderful
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upon the nrss symptoms OF the disease. it viii
day'e Blood Purifier il No Humbug q Qaack
1edieine, but . remedy Of select merit, e
hundrede Of orr oitixens will gladly testify.
Noyee Bros. d Cutler, Druggists, Whc9esale
The Elkhard Buggy and Harness M'rg. Co.,
Elkhardt Ind, ship buggies and harness any.
where, with privilege Of examining before
paying for: and pay all charges II not satisfac-
tory: Best hand made buggy harness, oak
stock, Sc to $ls, best team harness $28, plat
form spring two:seated wagons $s6, three
spring wagon $75. Catalogue with prices
sent free. Address. C.. B. Pratt. Sec'tv.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-13

All grocers sell National Yeast. Try it.
c. Gilbert's Corn Starch is strictly pure.
A reliable preventive Reol'a ON T. r:
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22

AN HONORABLE CAREER.-The word
American has become Synonymous the
world over for enterprise, pluck and
sagaeity. and it is astonishing to find how
many of our most prominent citizens,
identified with institutions Of public inter-
est, have fought their way up from
Obscnrity and poverty to fortune and an
honorable position. A type of this class.
which is the salt of the land o.day, may
be found in Mr.. Henry o. Houghton,
senior member of the firm of Houghton,
Miffiin & Co., firm which as Ticknor &
Fields. and Fields, Osgood & Co, has given
to the world nearly all that is best in Amer
lean literature. From an interesting sketch
in the December number of The Paper
World we learn that Mr.. Houghton was
born 10 the little village of Sutton, Vt. !,
about fifty-seven years ago. He was
educated at district school and after.
ward at Bradford academy, and at the
mature age of thirteen entered upon t.
stern realities of life as printers devil"
in the office of the Burlington Free Press
Here he worked hard all day and devoted
his evenings to study, Latin being an
especial favorite. Removing with his
parents to Portage. N Y, in 1889, he
continued his preparatory studies for
college under the direction of his brother
His accumulated earnings amounted to
eighty dollars, but Just as he was about to
make use of this sum his employer failed
and his sole remuneration was an order
Tor pair of boots, which he sold for five
dollars. Young Houghton was not to be
daunted by misfortune, however, and
made his way to Burlington, where he
began his four years college course with
twelve and a half cents in his pocket A
loan from a classmate enabled him to
proceed, and at twenty. hree he was grad
uated with well-trained mind and debt
Of three hundred dollars" Mr.. Hough-
ton had planned to take up teaching, but
came TO Boston, where he was for a time
employed upsn this paper in the capacity
OF reporter From this time on his
career has been simply a series of success
es. He enterered the Office of Freeman
d Bolles. printers, and later purchased the
interest of the senior partner with Dor
rowed capital. In 1912, MIR. Bolles with
drew, the office was removed to Cambridge
and the far famed RiUerSide Press had a
local habitation and a name. The subse-
quent growth of the business, the
formation of the firm OF Hurd g. Hongh-
ton, and the subsequent changes in that
firm, during that time Mr.. Houghton has
been the chief director in its affairs, are
all matters Of recent date. 1t is enough
to recall that the man who founded and
made successful a printing establishment,
which is to this country what the Cam.
bridge press is to England, and who
stands at the head of publishing firm
whose catalogu, contains the cream of
home and foreign literature. began life a
poor boy and fought his way up step by
step, aided only by his own unremitting
toll. In this lies lesson for others-a
lesson which, to many young man,
should be almost an inspiration.-Fronp
The Boston Traveller.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22

ERICsSoN's TORPEDO GUN is formid-
able application of the principle of the
ord mary shell. guu. The new torpedo
boat is long, narrow, armor- plated, turtle
backed, mastless vessel, sunk nearly to the
water-line. Its armament consists of
single bow-gun, seven feet under water,
of l6 inches calibre, made of wrought iron
hoped with steel. From this gun is fired
with charge of gun powder what is
called a torpedo, but which it is simpler to
consider shell, charged with $50 pounds
of dynamite. This she'll leaves the gun
at the extremely low initial velocity of
$50 feet second, one tenth the velocity of
the shot from n rified cannon, and about
the speed of an arrow. The range of such
shot is, of course, low, but the torpedo
boat is expected to run up to 400 or 500
feet of the iron clad it is attacking, point
blank range. Its safety at this distance
from the broadside of modern iron clad
Is secured by its speed, its small exposure.
and its armor- plating-16 inches thick
over its low deck. Any vessel struck with
projectile containing $50 pounds of
dynamite will be doomed. No iron clad
10 the world could stand such mine, and,
at the point-blank range proposed. hitting
the hull of war vessel will be easy. The
great inventor has crowded his torpedo
boat with multitude of ingenious devices
Its engines, its steering gear. sunk ten
feet under water, and the apparatus for
holding the gun, firing it, and clearing it
of water are all proofs of Mr.. Ericsson's
skill in meeting mechanical difficulties.
His experiments so far appear TO have
demonstrated that shell loaded with $50
pounds of dynamite can, with low
charge of powder, be successfully fired
from gun under water. If the new
torpedo boat works, the problem of coast
defence will be practically solved for every
nation like our own, chiefly anxious to
defend long coast line.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22

There have been a good many absurd
scenes in our National House of Repre-,
sentatives, but none in late years quite
equal to that which happened in the French
chamber of deputies the other day. M.
Baudry d Asson. legitimist member,
called the cabinet a government of burg
lars" For this mild and decorous state
ment he was censured by the chamber,
and a sentence of temporary exclusion"
pronounced against him, forbidding him
to appear in the chamber for limited
time. Before the sentence of exclusion
had expired, however, he reappeared M.
Gamhetta, the president, directed him to
withdraw, giving him fifteen minutes for
reflection, when he was again directed to
depart, but refused, and the members of
his party gatherd around, threatening re-
sistance to the officers of the house, if they
should attempt to remove HIM by force.
Tumult ensued in the galleries, and on
the floor, and M Gambetta, failing to re-
store order, declared the sitting suspend
ed, and most of the members left the
chant Der. leaving behind M. Baudry d.
Asson and some of his friends. The aid
OF the military was invoked; and when
the soldiers entered, with bavonets fixed
the fiery legislator and his friends offered
forcble resistance, and vigorous fight
ensued. One soldier had bis shoulder
knot torn off, but no blood-only great
deal of bad language-was shed. Finally
the soldiers picked up M. d Asson and
carried him off, wildly gesticulating.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22

A PERTINENT REBUKE.-The following
from the Lyndon Union is commended to
the attention of anonym GUS writers: We
have received an anonymous letter from
East Burke in relation TO a young married
man turning his mother, seventy years
old out of doors, and if true the letter
comes down on the young man in a most
deserving manner. But how do we know
the letter is not q piece of malice and
imposition upon the publisher and the
young man, tooP We have no idea who
sent It, and the excuse for not giving the
name of the writer is this: II do not
wish to pnt my name to this item, for the
reason that am at peace with all man
kind and wish to be-" Why did it not
occur to the writer that the editor also
wishes to be at peace with mankindp
While editors are not slow to expose
wrong, they are usually very particular
to know who reporte wrong, that they
may be protected against the falsehoods
of malice. Anonymous communications
are Of no account in printing office.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22
DAUcHEY & Co.'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
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