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IngerSoll'S Mistake.

Ihave had occasion recently to listen
in the Brooklyn academy Of music 10
Mr.. IngersOll, and to admire tie lam
bent play of his wit AMI to form some
idea of tits lightning power when il is
made TO interpret the doctrines and
creeds of the Church, The mistake that
Mr.. Inse-soll makes is 10 take the ex-
cresceEcrs that are of human origin
that have grown around and about the
religion of Christianity and the religion
Of the Church, and then, with his play
of fancy at the same time, sweep away
the truth, aud the Influence OF those
who have lived and are living true
religious life. If were 10 establish a
new school of medicine, and ifI were
to collect all the idiots aud all the men
who had warts on their faces, aud sav.
There's humluity for you; what
would you think of it p should be doing
what Ingersoll is ding, when he takes
single instances from The old and new
Test ,menis, sand represents himself,
through them, as opposed 20 religion,
and in so doing gives a por'raiture of IL,
There were such criticisms upon the
Bible hundreds OF years before Inger.
soil was born. am afraid re dces not
read his Bible very much, and when he
does read it he does not tind the honey
and the marrow of It. When l look
upon the dove as she flies in the ambient
air. with her eve restiug upon the fields
and the Inhabitants of man, 1 zee thai
which gives me joy, but when SEQ the
vulture flying high / know that it Is n
bird that is looking tor anot her hai vest,
and that there is nothing that is luatli-
some, nothing that is of the nature of
carrion, that it fails tp See. 1t is So with
Mr. In0ersoll.-Heury Wari R,.p,bar
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

To the Editor Of the ENTERPRISE.
New York City is said to be the me-
tropolis of the United States, / believe
1t, and even more, believe it TO be the
metropolis of the world. Such rushing
crowding, elbow ing and dodging to get
along the street without being run over
would astonish any country greeney as
In the world are found here. Several
of the Life Insurance companies have
buildings of their own, which are
models OF beauty and symmetry.
Several of the leading newspapers, the
Herald, Times aud Tribune have also
very fine ones. The new post Office is
the finest building ever saw, COM
bining size, strength and beauty. The
elements will never crumble it, the
winds will never raze 1t, fire can never
burn 1t, and nothing short of the light
mrgs from Heaven can ever destroy
it. 1t Is seven stories high above the
walk, and three stories below, and cost
Uncle Sam twelve millions. The City
Hall building by Boss" Tweed and
his ring, standing near, not nearly so
large or fine, cost the city over twenty
millions. The street railways and broad
walks not half supplying the immense
crowds Of people with transit, three ele-
waited railways running from tn Bat
terry to Central Park and Harlem river,
each having double tracks, aid in trans
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
Wise Words.

Any power that can lessen the
drudgery and tighten the dreariness of
The average life of farmers wives will
deserve well of this generation. There
is a pathoS i'm the long-hrawn- out foil,
the endless, nameless negations of a
tender, intelligent woman who serves
the "farm-hauds' like servant ami
often drudges for her husband like n
slave-a pathos that cannot be put into
words. As a rule (Which, of course, has
a few bright eXceptions) the farmers
wives OF the United States do n greater
amount of drudgery for slighter com
pensation, live lives more shorn of in
centive and of reward, than any o'her
class of American women.-Mrs. Clara
Colby, of Iowa.
The school of manners is not school
of hypocris- It teaches regard for the
rights OF others, just estimate of ones
own character aud powers, and, above
all, that self-mastrry which gives such
vast reserve of power.
The practice of kindly acts tends to
soften the heart, kindles sympathies
that make men and women better, ami
lifts society TO higher levels. There are
grades of civilization even among the
civilized, AMI the ''best society" is that
which is civilized in the highest degree.
The true lady and gentleman are
models tn be initiated, not pretentiou>
humbugs to he despised- The rules of
etiquette are not, a. some ignorant pro-
pie suppos'', the absurd dictates OF fash
ION. They a observed bee .use they
have been found to make contact in
social life easi aud agreeable. Society
is comfortable, agreeable ami profitable
just as far rs its individuals are polished
gentlemen aud la,iies, avoiding sharp
aud rasping contact. When each seeks
only self, it becomes mass of grating
atoms.
Every custom of society which has
any clam to recognition rs fixei
social law, has a foundation in svlid
common sense.
Tie only real gains we ever make are
spiritual gains, II further subj ction Of
the gross To the incorpureal, of body to
soul, of the animal To the human.
Many man owes his fortune or his
honors to his fine address. A mans
success in life is proportioned to the
number of people to whom lie is agree
able. A genial manner disarms envy,
and aid comes to its possrssor from "a
thousand Unexpected sources. From
''Manners That VIM"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
Scientific Miscellany.


Copper has been detected in the soil
of churchyard, and in portions OF
exhumcd bodies.
At Thcbes, an ancient Egyptian
papyrus roll containing a treatise on
medicine has been found.
A new scientific instrument Is the
"pluviometer, which registers the
quantity of rain falling withing GER
tain period, and the duration and hour
of the fall.
According TO London journal the
orange specks of the gaslights along the
Thames embankment were seen to
shine dimly through recent fog while
the brilliant white glare of the electric
lamps was indistinguishable.
A medical missionary has learned
the curious fact that Mongol doctors al e
not entirely unacquainted with the
properties of galvanism. 1t is said that
they ale in the habit of prescribing
pulverized loadstone ore for sores, and
recommended to put piece of load
stone into each ear and chew a piece of
iron I'm his mouth.
a new method of producing light
from electricity has been patented in
England. Small balls of platinum or
iridium are arranged at the ends OF
small platinum rods enclosed in pairs
in the centre of 4 suitable globe, and a
rapid succession of sparks is passed
between them, Whereby they are raised
to ipcandescent heat. 4 disadvantage
is the roise attendant on the rapid
sparks.
\ dairying company of London, has
lately established laboratory. at
which samples Of milk received from
farmers are subjected to chemical
analysis. Prizes have been offered by
the company, which are to be given to
those farmers whose milk supply stands
highest in quality during stated
period of time. The samples of milk
are carefully examined by the COM
pany's analyst. whose analyses and re-
ports will decide the competition for
the prizes. It is expected that much
valuable information respecting meth
ods for producing the richest possible
| milk will be secured in this way
For the purpose of determining the
capacity of horse to undergo the pri-
vations incident TO state of siege, a
series of experiments has been made in
Paris. The results show that q horse
may hold out for twenty-five days
without any solid nourishment, provid-
cd it is supplied with sufficient good
drinking water; that horse can SUBJ
sist for barely five days without water
and thirdly, that if horse is we'll fed
for ten days, but insufiiciently supplied
with water throughout this period, il
will not outlive the eleventh day. a
horse which had received no solid
nourishment for twelve days was never
theless in n condition to draw a load OF
six hundred pounds on the twelfth day
of its fast.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

THE mania for speculation and ex-
trsvagance is said to be quite as general
as before the panic. The disposition to
indulge in luxuries pervades all classes
and there can be no doubt that multi
tudes are now on the high road to finsn-
ciai ruin, and happy will he be who
takes warning in time to avert disaster.
The prudent business man who has been
struggling with embarrassment will
wisely take advantage Of the flush bust
ness times and unload his burdens before
the evil days. which are sure to come.
This generation Is no wiser than the
past, and the average man has ever been
unwilling to learn wisdom from the ex-
perience of his ancestors.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

porting these crowds at break-neck
speed over the heads of this mass Of
humanity, causing such roar and din
as to confuse the multitudes below. On
one of these we took passage to Central
Park, to see the great obelisk, descrip-
ton of which will no doubt interest
your readers. Something over a year
ago this great stone standing in Egypt
was presented to the city by the Kedive.
Several wealthy gentlemen of this city,
furnished means to take 1t down and
bring it to Central Park. w. ii. Van
derbilt gave his check for hundred
thousand dollars, Jay Gould forty thou
SAND, and others made is up to three
hundred thousand, the amount suppos-
ed to be necessary for the purpose. 1t
was hardly landed before this immense
amount was expended, and two hun
dred thousand more had to be raised.
OF the manner of taking it down I was
not Informed. A huge vessel was
moored at a convenient poiut on the
wharf at Alexandria, the stern of the
vessel was cut out, AMI the mammoth
thing loaded. and the end of the vessel
again put It. The same foundation
and pedestal on which it has stood
for untold ages, came with it. The
highest point in the park was selected
for it TO stand. The foundation resting
on the rock is ready to receive it. a
trestle work some five hundred feet in
length is ready to convey it up an in
clined plane where it will be harnessed
by the middle and ended up. When L
saw it, it was iH transit and nearly n
mile frcm it. destination, the size is
eight feet square at the large end and
about six at the top, and seventy feet
long, and is estimated TO weigh three
hundred ard forty tons. To give you
an idea Of how high it looks imagine
three box freight cars standing end to
end and you have something near its
size. 1t is being moved on iron rollers
by hydrostatlc power, and i'm the half
hour stood by It, it probably moved
half an inch. Some twenty men, assist
ed bv heavy machinery were engaged
in moving it. The stone is regular in
form, but shows no signs of chisei
marks, but resembles the surface of
what we call hard heads found in Our
fields. There is no history of this
stone, and my thoughts while looking
upon it, carried me back to Moses and
the other patriarchs, all of whom had
likely s,ood rs was doing and gazed
upon its immense proportions, and sit
ting upon its pedestal by the pale light
of the moon, Joseph may have wooed
and won the fair hand of AseTath.
j. Is. LANG.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
County Finances.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND AUDITORS
REPORT EoR THE YEAR ENDING
sEPTEMBER 6, 1850.

To the Hon. John c. Hale. Judge Of the Court Of
Common Pleas, Of Lorain County. ohio:
We the Commissioners of Loratn
County Ohio, herewith present to you
our annual reports of the official pro-
ceedings of our Board, for the year
ending September 8, 1880. We have
built within the year three frst-class
bridges and arches, and fifty-one cul-
verss with stone covers.
The details of the expenditure for
bridge purposes you will find fully set
forth in the report Of the Auditor here
to attached and made part Of our re-
port.
We have located eight bitches and
ordered The same dug and completed
according to law. This is done at the
expense Of the parties in Interest. II
your Honor desires further statement
of our proceedings, we viii furnish any
information at our command.
The walls of the new court house are
up.
Attached hereto please find state
h1Suto W 0ooAeOi, "hsSAA - $1,000 !.
part OF this report.
Respectfully submitted.
s. B. DUDLEY,
A. d. PERKINS,
Commits. of Lorain County.
Elyria, O., September 6. 1880.
To the Honorable Commissioner of Lorain County.
Ohio:
Herewith present to your honorable
boly for your consideration and ap-
proval, statement of the financial con-
dition OF I.orain county, o.. for the
year ending September 6, 1850. Also, q
statement Of the receipts and expendi-
lures for said year. The exhibits
contain the number of each order, the
amount for which 1t was drawn, to
whom paid, for what purpose, and on
what fund drawn, &c. Submitted here
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

Elyria, o., October 9th, 1880.
We, the undersigned committee ap-
pointed by Hon. John c. Hale, Judge OF
the Court of Common Pleas. in and for
Lorain county, Ohio, do hereby certify
we have this day examined the forego-
ing report of the official transactions of
the Commissioners and Auditor of Lo-
rain county, Ohio. for the year ending
September Q, 1850, and find the same
rect and according to law in all re-
spects.
HENRY E. MUssEY,
d. c. BALDWIN,
GEO. p. METcALF, Pros. Atty
Committee.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
The Cincinnati Enquirer's correspon

The Cincinnati Enquirer's correspond
ent says: "The Morey letter which was
no doubt the work of set Of impecuni-
GUS and sagscious scamps. expecting
good stealings under Hancock. has sur
vived the campaign and given q moral
weakness to the whole machinery of the
psrty, although it no doubt played a
certain part in the election, and perhaps
saved New Jersey for Hancock" Con
fession is good for the soul. Now let
another speak. Perhaps the Constitution
would like to unburden itself.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

THE Democratic party as q reformer,
hss not been an eminent success. 1t was
too evidently case of Satan preaching
righteousness, to be regarded seriously
by the country, aud now that the fraud
issue has collapsed they are vainly look
about for a slogan with which to rally
the hosts of the greet unwashcd to bat
tie. Tis q sad instance of wasted effort.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

IT is now confessed by the parties who
put the Morey Chinese letter in circula-
ton that it was forgery, and still, judg-
ing from their silence, this great, i'm
maculate anti fraud secreeching Demo
cratic pressAn party have not yet heard
the news, though the evidence has been
before the public q week or more.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

1T has been discovered that "among
our industries is the boiling up Of old
shoes into Jamaica Rum. Another is
making tomato catsup out Of the skins
and peelings thrown away, still another
is using white clay for the basis Of
candy"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

Hon. STEPHEN ELKrNs says: "Blain, is
the most gifted man have ever seen. BE
can leave the largest scheme in politics
or tho greatest pleasure Of society to
take up the smallest details of business
without an instant's hesitation or reluc-
tance. He would have made q capital
business man.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

IT seems now to be pretty definitely
settled that Mr.. Blaine will 20 into the
Cabinet of the next President, as secre-
tary of State. Nothing could be more
acceptable to that large class Of Repub-
licans that have for years been his en-
thusisstic admirers, and Of whom he has
been first choice for President of the
United States.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

THE meeting of colored citizens held
in Cleveland Monday evening, for the
purpose of arranging to petition Garfield
to put colored man into his cabinet,
after discussion finally passed q resolu-
ton declaring that in the opinion Of
those present it was not advisable for
the delegation, to urge that matter upon
the President-elect.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

of cost. This offer is designed to
be made to each of the townships
in this or adjoining counties, each
club of fifteen to be made up within
the limits of single township.
We have several sets of the Cyclic
p@dia now on hand awaiting claim
ants. Who will come first?
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

GRN. CHALMERS gives it as his opinion
that the Democracy will make no at.
tempt to oust Kelly from the Senate.
This after all their threatenings is q very
tame ending 20 this very notorious
contest.
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Guilty OF Wrong.

Some people have fashion of con-
fusing excellent remedies with the large
mass of "patient Incidence" and in
this they are guilty of wrong. There
are some advertised remedies fully
worth all that is asked for them, and
one at least we know of-Hop Bitters.
The writer has had occasion to use the
Bitters in just such climate as we
have most of the year in Bay City, and
has always found them to be fir st-class
and reliable, doing all that is claimed
for them.-Tribune,
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The Akron Beacon il one of the most
enterprising and newsy papers in our
list Of exchanges.

Mr.. MCFARLAND. . celebrated lawyer
OF New York has come over from the
Democracy to the Republican party.
Between Kellyism and Tildenism, he
says he has got enough Of Democracy.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
Good Advice.

II you keep your stomach, liver and
kidneys in perfect working order, you
will prevent and cure by far the greater
part of the ills that aff1ict mankind in
this or any section. There is no
medicine known that will do this as
quickly or surely as ParkeI's Ginger
Tonic, which will secure perfectly
natural action OF these important organs
without interfering in the least with
your daily duties.-See adv. To-;
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
Correspondence.

We wish to be distinctly understood that we do
mot hold ourselves responsible for opiaions cX-
pressed BY our correspondence
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body knows him-on his diily return
from market with moLstrous hamper
full of groceries and other purchases.
RADIx.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13
How to Get Rich.

The great secret of obtaining riches, is
first to practice economy, and as good
old deacon Snyder" says, 'It used to
worry the life out of me to pay enor-
nous doctors bills, but now i have
struck iG rich.' Health and happiness
reign supreme I'm our little household,
and all simply because we use no other
medicine but Electric Bitters and only
costs fifty cents bottle" Sold by all
druggists. 9-6m(C)
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-01-13

Paid tp., corp. and school tressurcrs Feb.
and Aug. settlement -. s,.,Os es
Paid State treasurer Feb and Aug. settle
Treasurer. ra. fees. collection o, supis...ro 81
Treasurcr's fees. collection of mis- moneys sS5 Is
Balance on hand Sept G. 1851 e5 SIS -
ro.ei ssss, saS -
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
KNOXVILLE TENN: SUNDAY MORNING. JULY II, 1881.

nineteenth century bad been so aptly de-
scribed, why should not the last prediction
be fulfilled? An American paper copied
the prophecy, and, without knowing any
thing of it's source, denounced it a forgery
An English paper replied that it was an
exact reprint of the old edition for near ly
25U years on file in tn British Museum.
An examination at the Museum reveals
the fact that there was a chspboOk of that
title bearing date of 164l; another of 1912,
containing what purp rted to be Mother
Shipton's porsrsit; other curious prophe.
cie5 da ed 1913, 1862 1861. and Mother
Shipton's Life and Curious Prophecies"
comparison showed at once that a
fraud had been committed. The
old prophecies were Vague tumble
of local predictions that might have
been filed at any and every decade since
their date. All the pointed and interesting
predictions in the new issue were not ia
the oil book, and were evidently inter>
lineations, interpretations. Or entirely new
fragments, evidently written after the
The soint was presse6ssfd the secret finals
Lv csr.e cut. La tue spring Of 1873 Mr..
HIndley wrote out confession that he had
fabricated the famous prophecy and ten
others, in order to render his little book
salahle. He had started in good faith to
reprint the old chapbook, but finding
nothing in it applicable to modern times,
he had set his own wits at work to supply
the omission. and it is probab that the
year lcoI was &c ected for the reason that
1t rhy med handsomely with the end of the
dc,oggerei line which Immediately preceded
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
Josh Billings" Trump Cards."

| have never known sekond wife but
what was boss oy the situashun.
After man gets to be thirty-eieht wears
old he kant form any new habits much :;
the best he kan do iz to steer his old ones.
Enny man who kan swap horses or ketch
fish, and not lie about it. IL Just az Plus az
men ever get to be in this world.
The sasseyist man ever met IL hen
pect husband when he IL away from home
An enthusiast IL an individual who be-
heves about four times az much az he kan
prove, and he kan prove about four times
az much az anybody believes.
The dog that viii follow ANYBODY amt
wuth cent.
Thoze people who are trieing to get to
heaven on their kreed will find out at last
that they didn't have true ticket.
Too long courtships are not judicious
the party often tire out skoring fore the
trot begins.
One quart of cheap whisky-the cheaper
the better judiciously applied, will do
more business for Satan than the smartest
deacon he has got.
don't rekolect ennything that was just
little ashamed of but what somebody re-
membered it, and was sure once in while
to put me III mind of it.
Young man, learn to wait if you un-
dertake to set hen before she is ready you
will lose your time and confuse the hen
besides.
Nature seldom makes phool; she simply
furnishes the raw materials. and let's the
fellow finish the job to suit himself.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-07-17
A FAN ATIC'S ACT.
A Sanrttfcati"nl.t browns Herself
Because she i No, Translated.
From the Dallas ITey \ Herald

TOui luo IdlIdS Len J I1eTdlu.
The readers of the Herald will remem.
her the singular conduct of a German
family who last winter resided on East
Bryan sire t, this ely, composed of father,
mother, daughter and son They We're
devout members of the religious fanatic
Sc kuown as "Sanctifcatienists,h who
by their peculiar idea of religious OBJ
servance brought themselves into notorious
repute through the city and State
press, refusing ,ood raiment or other
comforts and necessities of life, claiming
that God would furnish all these in due
time and manner, aud that when they
had reached a certain state of purity that
they would be Translated from earth to
Heaven, after the manner OF Elijah. They
pers' stently refused to recognize or as
sociate in any degree with any save their
own see
The ely authorities recognizing the fact
that they were laboring under peculiar
phase of insane fansticism. took ch rye
of the afflicted family rem wing them to
the 'ity hospital, where they remained
until considered recovered when they dis
appeared from the public mind an obser-
vation Ear Sunday morning info ma :.
ton was received by the county au,hori-
ties that Mrs I-hler had committed sui
eide by drowning in a pool of four foot
water on the farm of Colonel John c.
Mccoy, seven miles east of the city. She
bad made several effectual attempts to
take her life, but failed. Among other
efforts she had we k previous attempted
TO run herself to death, sinking in an ex,
hausted state, when she was ken charge
of by the neighbors.