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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
Chaplin as a Worker.

Like Theodore Parker, Chaplin un-
dOubtedly felt his vitality to be so i'm
mense that it could not be overtasked.
Parker came of a long-liVed race, but he
died of overwork at fifty. Chaplin seem
ed made for infinite endurance, but he
was shaken at sixty, and he died at
sixty-six. Some years ago, in the height
Of his prospering lecturing career, the
Easy Chair met him at the Albany rail-
road station in the early evening of
winter day. He was snatching "a bite
and cup Of coffee, and as the bell rang,
they hurried to the train, Chaplin carry
ing numbering bag and shawls, and
laughing and joking as they elimed into
the car. He had been out all the week.
starting early on Monday morning, after
preaching twice on Sunday. He had
lectured every evening during the week,
travelling hard all day. up before
light" lie said, gayly, ''eating tons of
tough steaks and bushels of cold apples,
whizzing along in these sitting cars, and
turning out just in time to swallow "a
cup of tea, and off to the lecture" 1t
was tremendous work, as only the fully
initiated know. But he made it all a
joke, and his swift tongue flow humor-
Ously on from incident to incident, and
presently began to discuss the new books
and the new articles in the magasines.
with sharp and Just discrimination.
Suddenly the train stopped, evidently
not at station. The night was cold
and stormy. Presently the conductor
passed, and Chaplin asked to know the
reason OF the delay. The conductor re-
piled that there was some arrangement
of the locomotive; and Chaplin said
quietly, "This is bad business for a man
who has to preach at eleven O'Clock to-
morrow morning. and whose sermon is
not begun" His companion remonstra-
ted; but Chapin's eyes twinkled as he
answered: "Oh, you laymen know moth
ing about it. Burns sang the cotter's
night, but the minister's SatuI-
day night is yet unwritten. At least"
he said, laughing. "this one is likely to
be unwritten." 1t was past midnight
when the train reached the city. "GOOd-
night" cried the hearty voice. 60
home, and go to bed: I'm going to work"
The next time the Easy Chair met the
preacher, it asked about that sermon,
"Oh, that was all right. l went home.
and there was bright fire in my study,
and brew of hot coffee, and l finished
that sermon just as the sun rose" And
the next morning probably he was off
again for another week of the same
kind.
1t was at the same Albany station
that, crossing the bleak winter night
over the frozen river, Theodore Parker
was fatally chilled. He and Chaplin
were both stalwart men, with such am
pie and oyerfiowing strength that it
seemed to them to be exhaustless. But
they worked bravely while it was yet
day, and their works do follow them
Editors Easy Chair, in Harpcr's Maga-
zine for March.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

JUDGE ToURGEE, author of the Fools
Errand, in a long communication 10 the
New York Tribune, in refuting the al
legations of Southern critic against his
work, shows the fallacy of the charges
so frequently rung at the South regard
ing Northern carpet baggers. In 1850
only about one and two-thirds of the
population of the South were Northern
born, IN all 1898 souls In 1870 the
total was 130,611, making an increase of
1O,6Ss in the entire ex-Confederacy. OF
this addition North Corolina had 491,
and South Carolina 172, while Georgia
had 149 and Alabama 503 less than ten
years earlier. Yet all these States were
professedly overrun by the carpet bag
gers. In only three of the States, viz:
South Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisi-
ana, were there Northerners enough to
carry the State, with the assistance of
the whole colored vote, against the
Southern born whites. As Judge Tour
gee remarks, it would seem as if the
time had come when zone shall chase a
thousand, and two put ten thousand to
fight" @S
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

pension claim, like every other claim
coming before Congress, shall be investi-
gated on its merits. If it is fraudulent
or excessive, let it be rejected. If it is
inst, any plea of inability or pretext of
delay is dishonor to great govern
ment like ours, whose good faith is more
than her treasure. Year after year thou
sands of soldiers broken in health, or
manned. or needy, or suffering, await
not the bounty, not the aims, but the
honesty, the Justice of the Government
they served in. the hour of it's direst
need, and year after they are told that it
will make too big sum to pay them.
In the meantime powerful claimants re-
ceive their millions, and great corpora
tions grow colossal by the gratuities of
guilty legislation. The Government that
neglects its needy soldiers adds infamy
to peril and represses alike Valor and
patriotism.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
HUSBANDS AND WIVES.
A New York Preacher Makes Public
a Recipe for Peace i'm the Household.

A New York Preacher Makes PubIic
Recipe for Peace in the Household
The Rev. C. C. Goss, of New York, in
Sunday evening lecture on Husbands
and Wives" said:
Il will show hunbands and wives bou,
to brighten the sky of domestic life
They should adopt themselves to ea,.I,
otner Tastes, habits, temperaments, likes
ana dlsllkes. Neither should formally
command the other to do anything, and
hetVher should become glum and Obsti-
nate- Of all kinds of silence a eIum
silence is the worst. What should YOU
do' then! Why, harmonic your wives.
FOR instance, take wife who runs after
every new fashion, and finally gets on
an uhDecomlng dress. Suppose the hus-
Dand snaps out, Take that dress Off
take 1t OFF, tell your Don't YOU think
that that woman, like the Dutch Justice
OF the Peace, Is swearing all over inside?
But, ON the other hard, suppose the hus-
band says. Just step in front of the mir
rer. dear, and see how you look, and he
pulls 1t up here and there, and shows
how 1t misbecomeS her. Then she goes
and takes that dress off. l tell YOU we
can't and won't be driven any more than
aEy other animals. -
notice also that husbands and wives
ought to be careful in the use of their
English. One of my classmates got to
be Doctor of Divinity-that don't
amount to anything. as it is not hard fer
any fool to become one if he has money
and lnfiuence-COhi Ohr from people in
the audience)-and this ID. ID. had a
wife who said me for t. and is for
are and her husband and she had a
fuss every little while about it. The
fault was hers, for she could have stop
ped her blundering habit, while it was
impossible for her husbands fine ear to
get used to her bad use of language.
The principle can be applied tc ali other
things. Married people ought to be
carelal 10 avoid giving offense to each
others taste.
Another thing: Take that well-devel-
oped Young couple standing at the hy-
meneal altar. One develops into solid,
plump rotundity, while the other be-
comes lean and lank and haggard, like
Pharoah's lean kline. Each is disappOint-
Ell In the way things have turned out.
But didn't they promise to take each
other for better or for worse? If the
husband should develope into levia-
than, the wife aught to be satisfied.
Peoples habits change after marriage.
know of man who became drum
mer for dry goods house, and stayed
away from home nights, while his wife
got to grumbling at his absence. Finally
there was row. Who was to blame?
The man was, because he should have
remained home. business or no business,
long enough to keep his wife's heart
warm. L wish to God. 1 was going to
say, that people could get out of their
heads the notion that at the first little
marital row that springs up after mar
riage they must get up and separate.
"What can't be cured must be endured
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

PETER COOPER has written letter to
Gladstone advising the English Govern
ment to buy the great estates in Ireland
from the proprietOrs, as the Prussians
did in the early part of the present cen
tury when they tranSposed serf popu-
Tation to be independent farmers and
farm propfietors, and which was the
foundation of the greatness of the pres
ent German empire. He points out the
fact that the Revolution swept down
every vestige of the old feudal system
in France, gave the land to the people
and that now the people sustain the e.
nancial credit of France. Cooper thinks
that this is the only way to successfully
settle the Irish question and make that
people contented and happy. Gladstone
has acknowledged the letter without
comment. 49, aTHz8t 30 -sisf -as
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
The EnOch of Calaveras.
By ?. BRIT HlRTE.


Well, dog my cats! Say, stranger,
You must have travelled farl
just flood your lower level
And light fresh cigar.
Don't tell me. In this weather!
You hoofed it all the way?
Wei, slice my liver lengthwisel
Why, stranger, what's to paw?
"Huntin' yer wife, your tell mel
We'll, now dog-gOne my skim
She thought you dead and buried
And then bestowed her fin
Upon another feliowl
Just put it here, old pardi
Some fellows strike the soft things,
But you have hit it hard.
I'm right onto your feelins,
l knew how it would be,
1T my own scrub stopped over
And got away from me-
Say, stranger, that old sage hen,
That's cookin' thar inside,
Is warranted the finest wool,
And just square yard wide.
Il wouldn't hurt We, pardnsr,
But III tell you, no man
Was ever blessed as | am
With that old pelican
Its goin' on some two year
Since she was fined to me,
She was widder prior,
Her name was Sophy Lee
Good God? Old man, what's happened.
Her? She? Is that the one?
That her? Your wife, you tell me?
Now reach down for yer gun,
never injured no man,
And no man me, but squealed,
And any one who takes her
Must do it id well heeledl
'Listen2 Surely. Certainly
I'll let you look at her,
Peep through the door, she's in thar,
Is that your furnitur'?
Speak, man, quick! You're mistakenl
No. Yours! You recognize
My wife, your wife the same one?
The man who say so, lies!
"DOn't mind what l say, pardner,
I'm not much on the gush,
But this thing came down-on me
Like fOurs upon flush.
If that's your wife-hOld-steadyl
That bottle. Now my coat,
She'll think me dead as you were.
My pipe. Thar. I'm ahOat
but let me leave message.
No; tell her that died
No, no; not that way, either,
Just tell her that | cried.
1t don't rain much. Now, pardner,
Be to her what l've been,
Or by the God that hate you.
You'll see me back again."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
DURING the stay of the Ohio Editors

DURING the stay OF the Ohio Editors
in Washington City, Hon. J. t. Upde-
graft, Member of Congress from.the 10th
District, done much to make their stay
pleasing and agreeable by his unfagging
energy and infinite tact. In fact he was
the only Member of Congress from Ohio
who was aware that an excursion party
from the State was visiting the Capital.
The other poor Over-worked Members
were too busy running the Governments
and drawing and spending their salaries.
to bestow even a thought upon those
admlring constituents from the rural
Districts, who had come to the Capital
City to. see how they behaved them-
selves when away from me.-(Noble
County Republican. z
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

SENATOR BLAIR, of New Hampshire,
proposes an amendment to the Constitu-
tion, which prohibits, after. 1900, the
manufacture and sale, anywhere within
the United States, of distilled alcoholic
and Intoxicating liquors mixed or adul-
terated with ardent spirits, or with any
poison whatever. except for medical
mechanical. chemical and scientific pur-
poses. 1t also prohibits the expectation
and importation of such liquors and their
transportation through any part of the
United States, except for medicinal and
scientific uses. etc. ---.-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

MIR. Thompson presents his eompli-
ments to Mr.. Simpson and begs to re-
quest that he will keep his piggs from
trespassing on his grounds" Mr.. Simp-
son presents his compliments to Mr..
Thompson, and begs to suggest that in
the future he will not spell pigs with
two gees" Mr.. Thompson'S respects to
Mr.. Simpson, and will feel obliged if he
would add the letter E to the last word
in the note just received, so rs to repre-
sent Mr.. Simpson and lady" "Mr. SimF-
son returns Mr.. Thompson's letter un-
opened, the impertinence it contains be-
ing only equaled by its vugarity."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THE Washington correspondence of the
Commercial prints an interview with d
Democratic member of Congress, in
which the latter expressed the belief
that the Speakership of the House of
Representatives lies between Kasson, of
Iowa, and Hiscock, of New York, with
the chances in favor of the latter. Gen
eral Keifer might stand chance under
ordinary circumstances, but as he is
from Ohio, that fact will keep him out
of the Speakers chair.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
Belmont Co urty oniciaI Directory.

Common Pleas Judse-Wm. Okey.
Probate Judge-Thomas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. c. Darrah.
Sheriff-Samuel Hilles.
,Au0itor-William N Coffland.
Treasurer Eaton
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred II. Mitchell.
Recorder-W S. Hobbs.
Commissioners-owenM Mehan, Morris Cope,
|. j. Potts
Surveyor-Chalkley Dawson.
Coroner-Thomas Garrett
lnfrmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Wn.
Parkinson, James.B Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Mrs. WIN. BANCROFT, of Marysville,
o., gave her husband four hundred dol
lars not to resist her suit for divorce.
She obtained a decree and William en-
joyed few days of single blessedness,
spent two hundred dollars of his money
on spree, and in less than week
married the woman again. M
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

A BRANCH of the Merchants Tele-
graph Company, of Chicago, has been
organized in New York, by the election
of Albert NJ. Hoyt as president; Charles
r. Hickox, vice president, and George
C. Martin secretary and treasurer
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

GENERAL NEGLEY, President of the
Union League of America, has called
the Executive Committee to meet in
Washington, Wednesday, March 2. A
public meeting of the League will take
place the next day, March 8.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THE fourteenth annual reunion of the
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
will be held in Cincinnati, April 6 and I.
Col. Ozro Dodds will deliver the Grafton
on the evening of the 7th. -..-. ..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
Prices of Live Stock on the Pittsburgh
Market for the Year 1880.
Pittsburgh Stockman

Pittsburgh Stockman.
The following figures represent the
values of the different classes and grades
OF fat stock on this market, during the
past year, at the dates opposite. Our
readers will find the table well worth
preserving for reference:
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Miss TIFFANY is a lady possessed of
more than ordinary powers, and her act
ing is life-like and real.-Buffalo Times,
April II. Welday's Hall, Thursday eve.
Feb. 18th. F ..-. --.....s s-ga...--
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

WHEN the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,
To bid me goodnight and be kissed,
How wish the same lovable spirit
The whole of the school would Undue,
And the big girls would gather around me
And do as the little ones do.
-'t.s oil City Derrick.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THE Cleveland Herald says Dalzell
has been down to see General Garfield.
The latter is doing as well as could be
expected under the circumstances.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
ROLL OF HONOR.

Carrie Lodge, Cornell Lodge and Alice Lodge.
ExPLANArIoS.-The roll of honor consists of
those who are perfect in attendance and deport-
ment and have no tardy marks. Standing
Average per cent. at examinations
r. II. speaks well forthe Lodges.
G. o. MALIN, Teacher.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

MISS ANNIE WARD TIFFANY is u
handsome woman and talented actress.
Enquirer, Feb.s Welday's
Hall, Thursday eve, Feb. 18th. -..!.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

EMPEROR WILLIAM has sent AN auto
graph letter to the Sultan Of Turkey, de-
claring that Germany will do all in her
power to prevent war. .aL
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

A NEW bank will commence business
in New York this spring with capital
of 100000. Among the incorporators
the name of General Grant appears.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THE Irish Land League will send
agents to America and Australia to So
liclt aid in their struggle. i. -7
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THERE is considerable excitement in
Hancock county, West Virginia, over
the discovery of silver bearing lode of
quartz. . a. +
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

THE name of John w. Heisley, Esq,
of Cleveland, looms up among Demo
cratic predictions as the coming candi-
date for Governor. r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

EX-SENATOR DORSEY is to be given
big dinner, in recognition of his services
in Indiana during the campaign. W
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Mr.. MOODY denies, by telegraph, that
he said that his grandmother had gone
to the region of eternal torment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

H. w. OLIVER has withdrawn from
the contest for the Pennsylvania Sena-
torship.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
Published Every Thursday
Terms of Subscription:
Two Dollars Per Year In Advance.

If not paid within the year 25 per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid. s-
OFFICE cR-SOuth side Main street, nearly ep
posite Public School building.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

CINCINNATI has resolved to hold an
Exposition this year.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Mr.. WILLIAM B. HOWARD, of Brown,
Howard & Company, informs the Chica-
go Tribune that his firm has received
the contract for building the new rail-
road from Chicago to Cleveland. Forty
thousand tons of steel rails have already
been purchased. The road will run from
Chicago to Fort Wayne, and from thence
to Tiffin. and on to Cleveland. The bed
of the old Wabash canal in Fort Wayne
has been purchased, giving convenient
right of way through that city. The
extension to ST. Louis will branch out
from Fort Wayne. The line has already
been surveyed, and it is proposed to
have the road finished and in operation
by January l, 1882. The road will be
continued to Buffalo at later period.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Practice in the Supreme Court and Court OF
Claims. and appear before all the Departments
Prom ptness and satisfaction given In all 6usi-
ness entrusted to them. Correspondence So
icitsd. 529 7th St.. op. p. o. Department.
WASHINGTON DC sep2otf
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

"A man too busy to take care of his
health is like mechanic too busy to
take care of his tools.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

GENERAL, GARFIELD's remarks to
Chairman Cessna let flood of light in
upon his proposed policy as President.
He will do nothing to encourage dissen-
sion in the Republican party, but will dc
every thing in his power to bring about
harmony. Where he cannot make ap-
appointments without increasing faction
bitterness, he will decline to make any
whatever That will leave the question
of harmonizing to the factions them
selves, and will not make harmony i'm
possible by encouraging one faction in
its efforts to suppress the other. The
plan is simple one, but, like simplicity
in most other things, it is the result of
the highest wisdom. By adopting it
General Garfield foreshadows the ad-
vantages which the country and the Re-
publican party will reap by having for
President trained statesman.-[N. Y.
Tribune. .at.H' t.-.a. sHt '.- D.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

Miss TIFFANY is an actress of great
aoility.-Buffalo Commercial, April 4.
Welday's Hall, Thursday eve, Feb, 11th.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17
Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. r.
IL Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 800 g. IL. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services -
M ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1ilRev. j. Fl. 1Conkle, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:S0 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday p m.
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services. .---. H-tr 4. a. ~ ..tl ..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

GENERAL MCCLELLAN is going to
Europe.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-17

NITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
" Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor Sabbath
School 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday of
each month, pm. Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each mcnth, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, 2 pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm. ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-11-03
Succession Sale.

Succession Of VIM. In District Court, Bos.
M. Burns, deceased. sier Parish, La.
by virtue of an order of the Honorable Dis
II triet Judge in and for Bossier Parish. Ia,
and q writ issued Hereunder, viii sell. at
public auction, to the last and highest bidder
at the Burns place" four miles south of Fiji,
more, La. between legal hours for Sheriff a
sales, on Saturday, November 10th, 1881. the
following described property belonging 70 said
succession, viz: . -e-
Pony, old mule, 2 yoke oxen, milk cows
ana head of young cattle, bales cotton. ana
Al pounds lint, SO bushels corn, old crist mill
lot household and kitchen furniture. donhle
barrel shot gun, pair Derringer pistols. lot
medicine. lot books. surveyors commas ami
chain, l OK wagon, old carriage and gear.
block and tackle. lot paints, 10 augurs, male
and female, Sc, sc. 49, '.''''o
Also, Rights and Credits
Terms of Sale-Cash if the appraised va1na
or two-thirds III thereof be bid, else on credit
o. ~ months, without Reimbursement. for
whatever the same may bring, purchaser civ.
Ing boEd with approved security bearing 8 per
cent per annum interest from day Of sale.
Il. E. WYCIiE, Sheriff and
sx-0ffieio Auctioneer, Booster Par Ia
BelieyHe, La, New s, 1871