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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

BLuNDERINO RHEToRIo.-The editor
of the Harrisburg Patriot counters on
Credit Mobilier DeGolyer in this way
General Garfield concluded to air his
classics in his speech IN the Chicago
Convention naming Sherman for Pres.
ident. lie said, among other things
"rhe battle this year is our Their.
mopyle. We stand on the narrow
isthmus, and the little Spartan band
must meet all the Greeks whom XerxcG
can bring against them, and then the
stars IN their courses will fight for US.
General Garfield was at one time a
professor in Hiram college, Ohio, and
certainly knows better than to put the
Greeks under the command of Xerxes
An Grafton which has such decided
smell of the midnight oil, ought not To
contain so ridiculous an error. But
there is another incongruity in Gar
fields figure OF speech. His sentence
reads as if the "stars in their courses
fought against Xerxes at Thermopyle
Perhaps they did, but we have no &C
count of IT, When General Garfield
was pulpiteer he learned from his
Bible that "the stars in their courses
fought against Sisera," but he has beer
a politician so long that his Greek his
tory and his biblical lore have become
mixed up in considerable confusion
Credit Mobilier Investigations and De
Golyer contracts would naturally have
the effect of producing a jumble of that
character,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
8ailroads.
Pennsylvania Railroad
TYRONE 4 CLEARFIELD BRANCH
cLEARFfELD MAIL.

ON and Aftor Monday, MAY "a, 1880, the
OPassengor Trains will run daily Except Sun
days. between Tyrone and Clearheld, as follows
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
A SAD POSITION.

Generous minds cannot help feeling
sorry for General Garfield, personally.
He has been placed in position where
the ugly facts of his unfortunate rec
ord must be aired. Duty compels the
Democratic and independent press to
bring ont the whole truth in all its
naked hideousness.
1t is true that General Garfield did
not seek the nomination OF bis party
for the Presidency, but he was unwise
enough to accept it, knowing that the
history of his public lite would be put
before the country from the day of tho
nomination till the close Of the cam.
paign. He knew what that history
was He knew how hopelessly he had
been smirched. He knew that can
didate for the highest place in this Re-
public must have his character dissect-
ed and analysed, and that no such
candidate must depend upon the toler.
ant charity of his fellow-citizens to
overlook acts inconsistent with honor,
incompatible with integrity.
There are circumstances which add
to the culpability of this mans crock
ed deeds. They were not the result
of ignorance or simplicity. He is a
man of brains, of culture, Of religious
training, and has long been leader in
Protestant church Such man
could not have involved his name as
Mr.. Garfield has done without realiz.
ing what he was doing
When he made the Credit Mobilier
arrangement with Oakes Ames, he
must have seen and felt that the thing
was, simply, damnable infamy.
When he voted for and pockcted
the Salary Grab he could not have
believed that he had an honest title to
the money.
When he shared the corruption fund
of the DeGolyer Paving Co., when he
let himself be thus brought up by a
swindling gang, his very soul must
have abhorred himself to be thus
stained and belittled.
Good men may pity Garfield, now
that he is hoisted up TO the gaze of
10000, 900 people, with his record be.
fore their eyes, for pity is not denied
to any and all who have gone astray.
But this feeling of commisseration is
not an element Of popular strength.
1t will not make votes. 1t may tenn.
per denunciation, it may mitigate
wrath, but it will never elevate its un-
happy object to the Chief Magistracy.
Washington Post.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
GARFLELD'S CONFESSION.
now THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE PId
URED IN THE FRAUD OF 1876.

From the Washington Post, May 10, 1881
In the debate on the Potter resolu-
ton, the pious Mr.. Garfield is reported
to have said "All that was wanted
was an enlargement of the scope of the
investigation" So il seems that the
Democrats do not contemplate investi-
cation enough for Mr. Garfield. His
demand and appetite for investigation
is far greater than theirs. Bless his
pious, innocent soul Mr.. Garfield is
not only not opposed to investigation,
but he exoels any Democrat-nay, any
man living--in the ardor with which
he champions the most unlimited and
unparalleled investigations into every
conceivable or inconceivable fraud.
Well, let us try him by his own
words Wepay Mr.. Garfield the com
pliment of ranking him among the by
no means uncomfortable frauds of the
day. And without referring TO at
least two clear cases Of prostitu-
tion and perjury-the ten shares of
Credit Mobilier stock and the $4,000
DeGolyer bribe which he confessed to
have received-we will place him be.
fore the mirror Of his own action. 1t
reflects q picturesque political perjurer.
In il we behold Mr. Garfield as fol-
lows:
Part |. The Rev. Mr. Garfield TAX
ing the oath as a member of the House,
and solemnly swearing to support the
Constitution and laws of the land, 30
help him God.
Part II. The Rev. Mr.. Garfield hast
ems to New Orleans Immediately after
the Presidential election, refuses to
join the Democratic visiting statesmen
on their demand for a fair count, but
JOINS Sherman and the other Republi.
can brethren in connecting and ar
ranging the frauds by which the vote
OF Louisiana was stolen, and urges the
Returning Board rascals to ratiiy the
fraud
Part III. Congress meets. The Rev.
Mr.. Garfield has returned from New
Orleans and is in his seat The Dem.
oorats offer resolution raising a spe-
cial investigating committee to 60
down to Louisiana to examine into the
frauds by which the vote Of that State
was stolen by the Returning Board
for Hayes. The Rev. Mr.. Garfield
desperately opposes that demand and
all investigation.
Part w. The electoral bill is before
the House. The Rev. Mr.. Garfield do.
livers the most powerful and violent
of oil the speeches delivered against it
IN either House. The main, If not the
exclusive, ground upon which he bases
his opposition is that the commission
created by the bill would be compelled
to go behind the returns and investi-
gate the frauds in Louisiana and Flor.
ida. 1t Is on account OF his unuttera.
iln ahk ko.~o,o. ~ - II s........---
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
Allegheny Valley Railroad,
Low GRADE DIVISION.

nN and after Monday, August 9TH, 1879
" the passenger trains will run daily (excepi
Sunday between Red Bank and Driftwood, az
follows:
EASTW ARD.--Day Mail leaves Pittsburg
s!5j a. m; Red Bank Has; Sligo Junction 1888
New Bethlehem 1895 p. m; Maysville 1850
Troy l'l2 Brookyille 1856 Fuller's 400 Rey.
noldsyille 2:22; Dubois 2;59 summit Tunne
sl6i Penheld S;42; Weedville 4;O5j BeneEett'
4:3l arrives at Driftwood at 5:70
WEsTWARD.--Day Mail leaves DriftwoOd
1920 p. mi BeneIette LOS; Weedyillo 1880
Penheld l46 Summit Tunnel 2:l0 Dubois 2:25l
Reynoldsyille 2;52 Fuller's 3:lO; Brookville 1893
Troy 1854; Maysyills 4:l4; New Bethlehem 43o
Sligo Junction 5;l2j Red Bank $50 arrives al
Pittsburg at 500 p. m.
pr The Reynoldsyille Accommodation leayel
Reynodsyille daily at 7:55 a. m; and arrives Al
Red Bank at 1880 a. m, Pittsburgh at 1850 p. m
Leaves Pittsburgh at 2;l5 p. mi Red Bank al
5'b5p. nj arriving at Reynoldsville at s05 p. IN.
Close connections made with trains on P. 4 Z
Railroad at DriftSood, and with trains on th,
Allegheny Valley Railroad at Red Bank.
DAVID MoCARG0, Genl Supt
A. A. JACKSON, Supt l., G. Div
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

GOSPEL TRUrHs.-Senator Beck, OF
Kentucky, said u thing in the Senate
on Friday that may well set plain peo-
pie thinking al served on the House
Committee of Ways and Means for six
years." he said al saw all the great
monopolies and protected interests Of
the country struggling there to pcrpet-
uate their privileges. | have seen the
ablest lawyers argue their cases for
pay, day by day-some for salt, some
for iron, somo for blankets, some for
cotton, and for everything that is pro.
tected but | never saw one human
being come here yet to argue for re-
duction of taxation in the interest Of
the producers and taxpayers of this
country" Isn't it now about time to
correct this one.sidedness.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
Re-Union Of Trade.
FARMERS AND LUMBERMEN

win find II to their advantage to do their dealin 4
with me, as the highest prices will be paid fol
Grain, Shingles, or Produce Of any kind. Par
or one.half cash will be paid. Trading fol
Shingles or Lumber Of any kind a speciality. Also
agent for
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

MORE BLUNDERs. 1t seems that the
Greenbackers have made as great q
blunder in selecting their candidate fol
Vice President, as the Radicals dil, in
putting up Garfield. An exchange
says
Mr.. Chambers, Of Texas, who Is the GreenbAel
nominee for the place now usurped by william
Almon Wheeler, Ia not the Chambers known As
the champion lightweight Of America. ThiI
Chambers Ia heavy weight. He Is the owner o
an immense amount ofland, q regular land. shark
and an inveterate monopolist In theory and prac.
tice. But this signifies nothing. There will b,
no room on the National stage for third party
this year.
How easily il is for some people to
put their "foot in it," The idea of the
modern Greenbacker placing the high.
est land monopolist on his ticket, looks
like humbuggery.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

"Mr. Garfield" says the New York
Herald, "is the first candidate Of either
party whose nomination for the Prcsi.
doncy has been followed by charges OF
pecuniary dishonor in positions of Off.
cial trust" The charges are sustained
by facts, too, and that is what Is so
damaging
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

WHAT A SrEcrAoLRl--It now turns
out that DeGolyer Garfield, the Radi.
cal nominee for President, is an out
and-out free trader" and has gono 30
far as TO join the Golden Club, a for.
cign organization looking to free trade
in its broadest form. How will tho
tariff advocates swallow this dose9
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
BALp EAGLE VALLEY pRANCn.
myl7-tf


A stage leaves CurWensyille daily for Reynolds.
vile, at o'clock p. m, arriving at ReynoldsvillC
at o'clock, p. m. Returning, leaves Reynolds
Vile daily, at o'clock, a. m, arriving at Cur
wensville at u o'clock, m. Fare, each way, 81.
A stage leaves Curwensvllle daily, at O'Clock
p. M, for Dubois City, arriving at Dubois City
at Q o'clock, p. m. Returning leaves Dubois at
o'clock a. m. daily, arriving at Curwensyille at
" o'clock, IN. Fare, each way, sl.5O.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
STOCKHOLDERS TRUSTEES

srocKHoLDERs' TRUSTEES.
J. II, Barton, M. D., A. II. Best, Jacob Brown.
3. M. Biekford, Samuel Christ, A. N. Rsub, r. o.
Cook, 7. Q. Nipple, Rsq, x. P. Mccormick, Rsq.,
W. W. Rankin, JOHN A. RoDB.
STATE rRUsrKns.
Hen. A. @. Curtin, Hon. II. L. Dlsfenb.oh,
Gen. Jesse Merrill, Hon. VIM. Biglsr, J. @. G.
Whsley, s. Millar Mccormick, Bsq.
WILLIAM BIGLBR,
President Board Of Trustees.
JBSSE merrill,
Woe President.
5. MllLAR MCCORMICK, Secretary.
THOMAS YARDLRY, Treasurer.
Lock Havsn,.feb, ,7s.lyis.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

A GOLDEN 0PPoRTuNITY.-An ex.
change remarks that letter of con.
graduation from Hayes, Sherman and
Evarts to ex.Collector Arthur on his
nomination for Vice President would
be handsome thing, and would a. the
same time be so much the more CRATE
fully received, because wholly unex.
pected.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23
CENTRAL
State Normal School.
(Eghth Normal School District.)
Lock Haven, Clinton Co., Pa,
A. N. RA UB, A. A., Principal.

This School as at present constituted, offers th,
very best facilities for Professional and Classical
learning.
Buildings spacious, inviting and oommodious
completely heated by steam, well ventilated, and
farniihed with bountiful supply Of pure water
son iprirg water.
Location healthful and easy Of acooss.
Surrounding scenery unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced, efficient, and alive Ia
their work.
Discipline, firm butk kind, uniform and thorough
Expenses moderate.
fny cents week deduction to thooe preparing
10 teach.
Students admitted any time.
Courses Of study prescribed BY the State;
Model School. III. Preparatory. III. Rlemen-
tary. ~. Scientific.
ADJUNCT COURSE;
|. Academic. II. Commercial. III. Music.
". Art.
The Elementary and Scientific course are Pro.
fossonal, and s,udent graduating therein receive
State Diplomas, oonferring the following oorres.
pondlng degrees; Master Of the Sciences, Grad.
uates In the other courses receive Normal Certib.
Gates Of their AttAinments. signed BY the Faculty
The ProfessinAl courses are liberal, and arc
In tboroughness not inferior TO those Of our best
colleges.
The State requires a higher order Of citizen.
ship. The times demand H. II is one of the
prime objects Of this school to help to secure II b.
furnishing intelligent and efficient teachers for
her schools. To this end II solicib young per.
sons Of good abilities and good purposos-those
who desire TO improve their timo and their tai.
ents, as students. To all such Il promises aid 10
developing their powers and abundant opportu.
mites for we'll paid labor after leaving school.
fof catalogue and terms address the Principal
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-06-23

OF the land. The Rev. Mr.. Garfield is
elected by the House--and, incompre-
hensible though II be, elected by Dem.
ocratic votes member Of that high
judicial tribunal called the commission.
He goes to the sacred hall Of the Su-
preme Court, and before taking his
seat on the bench, solemnly subscribes
the following oath in addition to the
one already taken; al, James A. Gar
field, do solemnly swear that will
impartially examine and consider all
questions submitted to the commission
of which am n member, and true
judgment give thereon, agreeably to
the Constitution and the laws, 30 help
me GodW ..-.,...
Part vi, The Rev. Mr.. Garfield,
voting with the other Republican mem.
bers, refuses TO "examine and consider
single Question submitted" violates
his oath at least all hundred times on
all sorts Of motions TO do precisely the
only thing the commission was created
to do, to wit to examine and consider
questions OF fraud; and finally votes,
in the face Of the most overwhelming
evidence TO the contrary, that Louisi.
ana and Florida voted for Hayes that
the commission should be blind and
deaf and dumb, and should do nothing
except to declare Mr.. Hayes elected,
Part VII. Anderson and Madison
Wells are both indicted for fraud, for.
gerry and felony, and put in prison.
The Rev, Mr.. Garfield writes the fol.
lowing sympathetic cpistle to his com.
rades in Jail
wAsuiSGroS, D. c., Feb. 4, 1873.
| 70 Gm. Thomas c. Anderson, Nep Orleans, La. ;
The undersigned feel Il due 10 you, under pres
ent circumstances, to assure you Of our unhes-
tating belief that, 10 the matter wherein you
stand charged you arc altogether gulltess Of any
oiense against the law that you are falsely ae-
euEed and maliciously persecu,ed that the pro-
eeedug against you, though In the form Of law,
Is without the substance Of justice that we hero
by tender our easnest tympAthies, and express
our hope that the sense Of justice and love Of
peace Of the people Of Louisiana will protect you
and not permit the best interests Of the whole
country to be disturbed by a revival Of sectional
Rnimosities. In any event, we are confident that
the American people will redress an injustice Of
which you may be mhde the victim.
JoHS SHERMAN,
STANLEY MATHEWS
EuGKSE Hale,
HARRr WHITE,
J. A. GARTIELD.
Part VIII. Mr.. Potter's resolutions
are before the House. The Rev. Mr..
Garfield solemnly assures that body
that he is only opposed to the resolu.
tions because they do not 90 far
enough. He himself is in favor OF in.
yestigation il il can be made so full
and far.reaching as to satisfy his fraud
thirsty soul. 1t is not because he is
afraid OF investigation. Perish the
thought! 1t is only because he, the
Rev. Mr. Garfield, is afraid there will
not be enough oft
Part TX, But this may be enough
to show the Rev. Mr.. Garfield in his
many roles. Let the curtain fall upon
a pious political prostitute and per,
juror
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30

know something else that would be
splendid. II we only could, we ought to
trim a Christmas tree for the good boy
too. How glad he would be, if he should
see all the candles!n
The proposition pleased her brother
and sister, and William promised to car
~ it out. He knew where to get a fir
tree for a few pennies. The girls took
some candles and candies from their
Christmas tree and SO everything was
soon ready.
The children waited for the evening
with almost greater Impotence than the
day before. just as soon as it was dusk
they begged their mother to send right
away to bring the boy. Now they put
on the candles. laid the presents under
the fr.tree and waited joyfully for the
boy to come. Soon he came. The door
was opened, and as he entered, and it
was told him that that was his Christ
mas present, and his parents should be
helped too, the boy stood perfectly as
tonished. He stared now at the candles,
now at the presents, and tears of Joy
gushed from his eyes. The children
stood around him, their hearts beating
with JOY, and often afterwards they spoke
of that evening and said that they
thought it was their pleasant Christmas.
KR1ss KRoss.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30
AnalOgies I'm Nature.

The cocoanut is, in many respects.
like the human skull, although it closely
resembles the skull of the monkey. 4
sponge may be so held as to remind one
of the unfeshed face Of the skeleton, and
the meat of an English walnut is al
most the exact representation of the
brain. ~
Plums and black cherries resemble the
human eyes; almonds and some other
nuts resemble the different varieties
Of the human nose, and an open oyster
and it's shell are perfect image Of the
human ear.
The shape Of almost any mans body
may be found in the various kinds Of
mammoth pumpkins. The open hand
may be discerned in the form assumed by
scrub.willows and growing celery.
The German turnip and the egg plant
resemble the human heart. There are
other striking resemblances between
human organs and certain vegetable
forms. The forms of many mechanical
contrivances in common use may be
traced back to the patterns furnished by
nature. Thus, the hog suggested the
pillow; the butterfly, the ordinary hinge;
the toad-stool, the umbrella; the duck,
the ship; the fungous growth on trees,
the bracket. Any one DESTROYS of prov
ing the oneness of the earthly system
will find the resemblances in nature al
amusing study, to say the least.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30
Putting Up Sardines.

The little town Of Eastport, Me-, stu
ated as it is at the most eastern extremi-
ty of the United States, and frequently
called the jumping off place." has,
within the last few years, become the
center of quite an industry the putting
up Of sardines. Extensive factories
have been built on most Of the many
wharves out into Passamaquoddy bay,
and from small beginnings the putting
up Of these little fish has attained large
proportions.
The fish used are very small herrings,
which a few years ago were considered
almost worthless, being used only for
pomace. They are very abundant at
certain seasons of the year, and are
caught in large weirs, constructed for
the purpose, along the shore Of the
neighboring islands. The weirs some
what resemble rustic fence extending
out into the water. The fish swimming
in with the tide are left as the tide falls
below the weir, and are taken by means
of dip-nets, by men who go into the
Weirs in boats for that purpose. Some
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-12-30
DOOR AND WINDOW.
By HENRY RIPLEY poan,

l.
There is a room, a stately room,
NOW bright with sunlight, now wrapped in gloon
There is door, steel-clad door,
LINED with masses of hammered ore
Closed with lock of Titan weight;
opened only by hand Of Fate!
There is q window, broad and Old,
Barred with irons of massive mold.
Back from the window, closed and fast,
Stretches the vista Of the past
Alengthening vista, faint and dim,
Reaching beyond tho horizons rim.
Men may wait at the window sill
And listen, listen-but all is still.
Men may wait till their hairs ars white
Through the hours Of day and night.
Men may shower their tears Like rain,
And mourn that they cannot pass again
Over the pathway Of the past,
But Travelled first it is travelled last!
Turn with me to the iron door,
Many mortal has stood before ...
Lift the latch! It is fastened down! ...
Its hinges are decked with rusty brown.
Batter away at its massive plates!
Hark Do you hear the hooking Fates7
'Tis the echoes that 60 and come s,..
Like the measured beats Of the muiled drum.
Your hands are bleeding? Then come away,
Perhaps, at length, you have learned to-day
That only when under the grass or snow
We learn what mortals must die to know:
That Onlv when we are stiff and cold
The door will swing on its hingos old