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Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12
Removed to New York-An Incident i'm

Removed to New YorIx-An Incident in
 the Past.
 Lucius R. Finch, Esq, long one of our most prominent citizens, has removed to New York city as his future place of resi- dence, the change being owing to greater convenience with regard to his business, which, as our citizens are generally aware, has long been located in New York New Haven loses by his departure, but he still retains his large and varied financial and oth- CT property interests here. His residence in the Tontine block, Church street, where he has dwelt for sixteen years past, is the house formerly occupied by Judge Hitchcock, and was sold number of months ago, as has been stated, by MT. Finch to Dr. Beckwith, now travelling in Europe, who has been appointed professor of obstetrics in Yale Medical College and oc- cuples the house next month. While many are not aware of MT. Finch's specially valua ble services rendered the State years ago, yet many of our older citizens will recollect them, and an allusion to them is fitting. As we learn the facts, Connecticut was burdened with general banking law twenty five years ago and more which, while evidently passed in good faith, would, as the event proved, have entailed loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars to our banks and citizens interest ed in banks had it not been repealed as it was, and the repeal was greatly due to MT. Finch's aggressive efforts and his skill in the management of the case. Under this law banks were obliged to buy bonds to secure their circulation, and the law al- lowed the purchase of bonds of the then border States. Many of the banks under this law bought largely of North Carolina bonds, which could be bought low, less than many northern State bonds The old Quinnipiac bank, now Yale National, was organized under that law, also two banks in Hartford and several in other parts of the State. The law was party measure with the Democrats, under the leadership of Col T. H. Seymour. MT. Finch find ing the opposition so powerful, chang ed his mode of attack and secured a law permitting the organization of banks under special charter. MT. Finch obtained the charter of the old Elm City, now the Sec. ond National, and it was organized under the new law thus obtained. This was the open ing wedge-the flank movement which &C., complishod the repeal of the old law, and when one bank had organized under the new law the others were eager to change. The next year a law passed allowing other banks organized under the general law to form un- der special charters which opportunity all soon embraced. A portion of the Demo- cratic legislators joining with their political antagonists, the general law was repealed and all the banks were organized under the new law and got rid of their North Carolina bonds at 8 loss of about 20 per cent. on what they had expended for them. It was valuable service rendered the con- monwealth, as was wildly seen when in less than ten years secession began. Mir. Finch has long been the largest stockholder of the Second National bank, whose prosperity has been marked and notable
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12
Summer NIiIIinerv.

Miss E. c. Thompson, 116 Orange street, has just received from New York superb selection of summer millinery, embracing all the latest and most approved styles. Her fla cilities for executing work are unsurpassed, and her prices are as low as the lowest.
 The splendid collection of bedding plants at Geo. A. Dickerman's new conservatory, opposite the New Haven Opera House.. at- tr lcts great attention. He has much more room in his new and pleasant quarters than ever before. Give him call.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12

consulted at 27O Chapel street until May 26. Immense success. A large growing prac- tice every month -attssts 4theagood merits of the Doctor as physician. Coughs. liver and kidney diseases cured in short time. His medicines purify the blood and remove all diseases. See advertisement m12 3d1w
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12
1000 Haf.s.

Osborn will sell you durable goods at low prices.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury.

Yesterday forenoon a jury of inquest was summoned to inquire into the cause and manner of death of the man whose body was found floating in the harbor on Tuesday. The jury were Benjamin F. Ess, P. K. Ben ham, Ellery Camp, George I. Cummins, M. R. Enscoe and Edward l.. Fairchild. They viewed the remains and heard the testimony of Thomas Wilson, who worked on the Elm City at the time of the mans disappearance. He identified the body, but did not know the mans true name. Other witnesses, however, testified that the mans name was William Simpson, of Glasgow, -, that he was un- married, aged about fifty years, and had some papers in room in New York where he sometimes stopped. The jury found that he ''came to his death by drowning in the waters of New Haven harbor, near Long Wharf" They were unwilling to say whether the drowning was accidental, as there was no evi- dence on that point.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12

The rush of ladies for those beautiful pam sies, roses and verbenas at Dickerman's, op- posite the New Haven Opera House, yester- day, took off many, but new supplies come in this morning.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12

Ladies' ''Grecian Ties.' D
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12

Straw Hats. Go to Osborn's, 91 Church street.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-12

The incomparable and charming little &C., tress Lotta will appear at Carll's Opera House next Monday evening "May Wildrose" in Heart's-Ease'' The sale of seats has al- ready been large and the indications are that she will be greeted by an overhowing house. Tickets are on sale at Loomis'.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
Cases of LeprOsy in Louisiana.

A writer for the Morgan City (L.,)
RevieU, who has lately visited the Bayou
Lafourche, says:
AS a companion and myself ap-
preached house below the Cutoff he
told me the entire family were afflicted
with leprosy. s.w man hobble out
with half sack of rice on his bent
shoulders he was followed by three
little children. There was trading
boat coming up the bayou at the time,
and so We stopped at the fence, my
companion exchanging few remarks
in French with the unfortunate. One
excellent quality about this poor man
and his children was the lack of that
everlasting trait of the 'Cadian "hand-
shaking" He didn't rush up to us
and hold out his whole arm, like q
Hindoo would, until something
happened to lower it, but, instead,
he went on jolting his rice
down into his sack, and now and
then casting fugitive glances over to
where we stood at the fence, beside our
horses. When the trading boat tied
up to the bank he went on board with
| his children and we followed. This
/ man lau WlaG IS calleu elepnanIlaSlSi
his legs and feet were horribly swollen
and were incased in large, shapelesf
canvas -coverings-neither shoes mol
noccasins. At two isolated, common
hovel-looking dwellings my companion
pointed and said: ..... ......
"There is leprosy in there" But the
houses were closed up: doubtless thu
inmates were out in their little ric'
patches, and so we rode Oh.
"Ive heard that sometimes thes,
poor creatures hail the trading boat
for something to eat or to trade will
them, and they pass by on the othe
side > is this true?"
"You have seen how that family wa
treated above here. No trading boa
shuns them, except the trader is tina
of provisions, or has full return o
freight then he don't stop for any
body"
"Do any of the children of thes
lepers attend the public schools?"
"No. Though these lepers keep t
themselves, they are all known. On
of the children of leper down her
tried to attend school last year, but tn
pupils all left immediately"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
Eisll rs Food.

A doctor writes in Good Words, an
English magazine, as follows: Pound
for pound fish is fully as nutritious as
butchers meat. It may not seem SO
satisfying, but that is because the sense
of satisfaction which we experience in
eating is the result of supplying the
stomach with food and in no direct or
immediate way related to the nourish-
ment of the organism as whole. Very
few of the solid substances we eat are
digested, even so far as the stomach is
concerned, in less than an hour, and
nutrition cannot commence until after
digestion has proceeded for some time.
Tt follows that the feeling of satisfaction
produced by solid food during meal
must be due to the appeasing Of those
cravings which are set up in the stomach
rather than the supply OF the needs of
the system. Inasmuch as butchers
meat is less easy of digestion than fish,
and it gives the stomach more to do, it
is easy to see why it seems, at the
moment, more satisfying.
Looking to the ultimate purpose OF
nutrition fish is the better kind OF food;
it is more readily and completely re-
duced in the stomach, and it nourishes
the organism more thoroughly, and
with less physical inconvenience, than
the flesh OF warm-blooded animals. A
common error in regard to the use of
fish is the failure to recognize that
there are two distinct classes Of this
staple, looked at as food. In one class,
which may be represented by the mack
erel and the salmon, the oil and fat are
distributed through the flesh, while in
the other of which the cod and whiting
may be taken as examples, the oil and
fat are found almost exclusively in the
internal organs, notably the liver. Now
the oil and fat are necessary, and If the
fish is not cooked and eaten whole, OF
nearly SO, these most important parts
are wasted. In cleaning fish, as little
as possible should be removed. This
is point Of the highest practical mo-
ment.
Fishmongers and cocks need to bt
instructed afresh on the subject. Tt
omit any portion of the liver of coo
in preparing the fish for the table is to
throw away great delicacy. A cod'I
liver properly dressed is q dish for {
gourmet. 1t is inexplicable how any
thing so nauseous as the "codliver oil
of the chemist and druggist can be pre-
pared from anything so nice as the live
of cod. Housekeepers and those WHIT
purvey for the table should take Car,
that nothing edible in fish is sacri
feed. For cooking purposes it may b.
assumed that fish is not only good food
but food of the best description; vel
able TO supply the needs of the system
and particularly easy of digestion. I
is equally serviceable for the weak a
for the robust, the young as the old.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

Some of the most timid girls are not
frightened by loud bang.
When girl rejects an offer of mar
riage she goes through sleight of hand
performance.
"What pressing necessity to crush
tue life out of us? ?" inquired the apples
of the cider mill.
Peacock feathers are emblems OF
vanity. They serve to point moral
and adorn tale,-Picdyu1ae.
Politicians ought to make good tele-
graph repair men. They are used to
pulling wires. Chronicle. Herald.
An old negro says: "Sass is power
full good in everything but children.
Dey need some other kind of dressing"
A gentleman friend had thirty-two
teeth taken out the other day without
pain, and no an@sthetic of any kind was
used. "False!' You say. Yes, they
were false.
lust the American oyster die"
asks one of our exchanges. 1t must.
IF it is tough enough to go through a
plain etew or O fancy roast alive, we
don't want it.
"What can l do for you to induce
you to GO to bed now?" asked a Lowell
mamma of her five-y year-old boy. "You
can let me sit up little longer" was the
Youngsters reply.
An advertisement reads: "Wanted-
A young man to be partly outdoor and
partly behind the counters" and the
cleveland Leader asks: "What will
be the result when the door slams?"
The Boston Bulletin says: "The
Americaa Angler is a new pap y which
wa hope will not live by look and
lyin." We have no doubt it will pub.
lish de-baits, an worm its way into
piscatorial clrcIa'.
They sat to4c her in the lampligh
aud read the advertising columns Of
their local paper, when lie suddenly ex
claimed: "Look, only $15- for snit
of clothes "Is it wedding suit ~
she asked. "Oh, no." he replied; "it
is o business suit" "Well, 1 meant
business" she replied. That settled it.
--Htel World. ..
Edward" said Mr.. Rice, "what do
[ hear ?-that you have disobeyed your
grandmother, who told you just now
not to jump down these steps?'
"Grandma didn't tell US not to, par /;
she only came to the door and said: l
wouldn't Jump down those steps, boys
and I shouldn't think she would an
old lady like her!'-GOuremeur Her.
0ll.
When you are coming up the cellar
stairs with bucket of coal in one hand,
two pies and plate of butter in the
other, and loaf of bread under each
arm, it is exceedingly trying to your
Christian fortitude to have woman yell
down and caution you not to forget the
preserves on the swinging shelf, in the
corner of the cellar, next to the currant
jelly. Been there, haven't You p
IP1Niamsp0rt Breakfast Table.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
now be plain. Perhaps I ought to con.

now be plain. Perhaps 1 ought to con-
fess that have yielded little to the
temptation OF mystifying the company
during the last week, especially in the
case OF Mr.. Briggs, who has, like many
people who have lived good deal
alone, habit of talking to himself as
he goes along, which he is scarcely
aware of. This afternoon, however,
watched the Grices in good earnest.
was very much astonished at what
saw. Your sudden departure had dis
arranged their plans, and they had a
full discussion of pas and future op-
erations. 1t was not at all bad idea to
hold their deliberations before your
very eyes, go as to keep up their watch
on your movements and disarm sus-
picion, but they had taken no precau-
tions against being oyerseen. The rest
you know" ~
"But how about the purchase of the
hairwash, that sad proof of occult art !?
I said. ..... ........ .r......
"Oh, that had nothing to do with it.
was in the shop being shaved and l
saw the transaction in q looking glass;"
Later still, when my uncle had gone
in, heard him quietly say: $50 you
will do whatever I like to mention ?"
But these words were not addressed to
me and judged it best to fall into the
rear, and having no gifts of clairvoy-
ance myself cannot tell you the rest
of the conversation. can only add
that our return was postponed, and that
shortly after these events Mr.. Gregory
again requested private conversation
with my uncle; and that he had again
some revelations to make concerning a
conspiracy OF two, male and female, in
this case also; and that shortly after the
first pair of conspirators had been "sen-
fenced for life" by one of her majesty s
judges, q similar sentence was pro
nounced upon the other pair by the
Rev. Mr.. Briggs. ....
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
Maybe.
She leant across the stile,
r;.,, ,,or ,,,o,.r,- e,oIden smiIe

She leant across the stlle,
With her merry golden smile
And her bonny brown eyes glancing
Through the green leaves all the while
And he who loved her 30 .la.
watched,from the path below; t.
But she tossed her head so daintily,
And laughed and bade him go.
Maybe maybe we cannot know
Maybe maybe twas bettor so
When the winds of March were loud,
And the skies we're dark with cloud,
He had won her love forever, ......
And she trusted all he vowed.
But she wept against his heart
"Oh, my darling, we must part;
For barrier lies between us. ..
Forevermore, sweetheart y
Maybe maybe we cannot know;
Mavbel maybe twas better so
And the years havespassed away,
And they both are old and gray
But the same sweet dream is in their hearts
Forever and forsaye.
Oh, sweet and sad the pain
OF the love that will not wane ....
So sweet, so sweet, because so true .
So sad, because in vain
Maybe maybe we cannot know;
Maybe maybe it shall be better so
National Republican,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
The Mysterious.

He is a man with light beavero over
coat on. He drives white horse and
top buggy, and all Of sudden he
stops in the middle of the street and
looks tixedly at his horse. In two
minutes fifty people line the curbstone.
"Whats the nlatter?"
"Balky." "
A man steps out to seize the bride
and start the horse, but the driver
shakes his head and motions him away.
"rll bet he's an ugly brute"
"Of course he is. Look at that
wicked eye of his u
The crowd has now increased by
fifty, and several vehicles have stopped.
" Anybody hurt ?" .T
"No; balky horse"
"Why doesn't some one whisper in
his earl"
Four men stepped out to give ad-
vice, but they are hastily motioned
back, and livery stable man in the
crowd observes: .r
If that horse doesn't kill two or
three men here / shall be much mis-
taken"
Three minutes more and the crowd
numbers 200. The man with the gray
horse looks up and down the street,
braces his feet, takes firm grip On the
lines. and softly says:
"Come, Peter" -...
And Peter drops his head, daugle'
his ears and moves off as slowly ant
softly as a river of grease. 10
"What was it" calls a man who hai
run four blocks and is putting like
whale. ra a.-.-
But there is no one to answer him
The crowd has dissolved like handfu
of sugar in a barrel of water. 1t i
very mysterious, and the crowd doesn'
enjoy the climax at all.-DstroitFre
Press,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
Who IL Thy Friend2
Who is thy friend2 The man that shares th,
pleasures ... t.s... ..... 4.


Who is thy friend The man that shares tbv
In banquet hall or beauty's witching bowers /,
He that will dance with thee to folly's measures;
And make no reckoning of the squandered
hours
10 whom the revel and the game is ALP
Inese are the friends that help men to their
fall. '"....
Who is thy friend The man that shares thy
pride,
Thine hour of glory, or thy day of gain;
Who stands in every triumph by thy side,
And never finds that triumph false or vain
But shapes his doctrines as thy humor goes?
Ihese are the friends misfortune turns to foes;
Who is thy friendp The man that for his
winning
10 power or place hath need of thine or thee
VINO will not fear thy risk, or blame the SHINING,
30 it but speed his fortunes growing tree
whose praise is large, whose promise larger yet
These are the friends that fail us and forget.
Who is thy friend The man of truth and
trust,
In gladness near, in sorrow nearer still
To thy faults generous, to thy merits just,
Thy help to every good from every ill,
Whose love for the worlds hate might make
amends? -
Alas for it this life hath few such friends.
Who is thy friend The best, the least re
garded
In faith unfailing and in love unchanged,
Through all the changeful years, though i'll
rewarded
Give Him thy heart so long and far estranged
And from the broken reeds of earth ascend,
To seek in heaven thine everlasting Friend.
Frances Bro,cne, Blind Irish PCetress.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01

In Walker county, Ala, is a natural
bridge said to rival that uf Virginia 1t
is in the sandstone called milestone grit,
which underlies the coal formation. 1t
spans about one hundred and twenty
feet and it's height is about seventy
feet. A smaller bridge connects it with
the bluff beyond. The lines of strait
fication of the sandstone give the strue-
ture the appearance of having been ar
tificially built up with massive blocks.
1t is in the midst of region of wild
and romantic beauty, high escarpments
of the same sandstone being seen stand.
ing out in the face OF the hills around
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01

A family of German Immigrants re-
Gently passed through Harrisburg, Pa,
consisting of father. mother, nine
children, forty grandchildren, and
eleven great-grandchildren. Enough of
them were married to make the entire
party number ninety-five. They were
bound for Northern Iowa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
The Secret Order of the Zunis.

Mr.. Francis H. Gushing, the young
ethnologist, who was sent out by TIE
Smithsonian Institution to study the
inner life of the Pueblo Indians of New
Mexico, had some strange adventures
recently when he was initiated into the
secret order of the Zunis. Having
secured a seal = Unnecessary perquisite--
in the war with the Apaches, he pre-
scented himself to the council of Zuni
warriors, and like Othello, though with
d different purpose and to different
audience, told the story Of his vLlor ia
war. After much persuasion on his
part he was finally accepted as suit,
able candidate and ceremonies began.
He was taken to the burying- ground,
where a sham fight, with prayers and
songs interspeIsed, ensued. Carrying
pole on which was tue scalp, he then
marched at the head OF the yelling band
of Indians to some.gardens, where the
pLIe was stuck in The ground, Then
until evening he had the pleasure of
sitting motionless On an ant.hill filled
with ants, which doubtless made the
most Of their unexpected opportunity.
After further prayers and other cere-
MONIES he was lOT n&ijY TaAen INTO the
order. Then followed a march around
the town. A score or more of dogs we're
killed to give variety to the days fes.
tivities, aud the Young fellow was hur-
ried Off 10 be baptized as "a child oi
the parrots and ga son of the eagle. ~
For the next four days he was locked
up without " fire, meat, oil or tobacco, u
being forbidden to see any one. Nor
was this all. For the ensuing twelve
days the ceremonies of this mystic order
were continued; and of them he writes
to friend in Boston. "Fresh in my
memory as they are, they seem to me
the grandest, most interesting, weird
and terrible experiences and days my
life has ever seen, and open. up the sub
depths of meaning to my researches in
Zuni." If, as he says, this was the least
wonderful part OF his experience he will
return from the land of the Pueblos with
narrative of striking interest, and
with much valuable information regard
ing the defendants of the Montemumas
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01

A pleasantly attributed to M. Thiers;
"When l was very young I was so little
so little-that 1 needed a pole TO
knock down the Strawberries" s."-Ls
Figaro,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-12-01
Kerosene and Salt for Diphtheria.

correspondent of the New York Sun
says: In 1862, on plantation in South
Alabama, where there was great diff
Guilty in securing good medical advice,
I saw whole plantation of blacks, as
we'll as the white members of large
family, successfully treated for diph-
iberia with kerosene oil and salt; used
thus: Every patient was given lump
of rock salt about the size or boys
marble, and instructed to keep it in his
or her mouth, swallowing the salty
saliva. At the same time the throat was
rubbed with kerosene oil, and flannel
saturated with kerosene kept around
the neck until the symptoms were
abated or entirely gone. If necessary
mild cathartics were given. Not case
was lost, and there were fully 100 in all
on the plantation.