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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
WANTED, AN OPINION.

1t is lucky thing for lawyers
who are much sought to for 'opin-
ions,' that they can occasionally
give piece of wisdom not their
own. There is good story told
of the hit Roger..Sherman once
made by taking advantage OF this
/ privilege. ... ...- .-.
An honest farmer once called
upon the celebrated lawyer and
told him he wanted an opinion.
He had heard a great deal about
the value OF Mr.. Sherman's opin-
ions, and how great many peo-
pie went to him to get an opinion,
and Joha, who never bad, Dor
was likely to have a lawsuit or
other difficulty for a lawyer to
help him from, thought he would
have an opinion
well, John, what can / do to
help you 2 said Mr.. S., when
John, in his turn. was shown :ntc
the room. ,..".. .... .".. ~.
Why, lawyer replied John, i
happened to be in town, and hav
ing nothing to do, I thought
would come and get you, opinion.
State yonr case, John. What's
the matter?' =, .......... .......
'Ob, nothing. l amt got. ne
lawsuit. l only want to get one
of your opinions, They say they're
valuable ...... e.. ...... .......e .
But, John, about what?'
!'Oh, anything, sir; take You
pick and choice
Mr.. Sherman, seeing the no
tions of his client on the matte
ii, hand, took pen, and writing
few, words folded them up ant
handed them. to John, who care
fully placed them in his pocket.
What's to pay, sir?' se. ..
-Four and sixpence'-Yanke
money, seventy Eve cents.
; When John returned home tn
next morning, ne found his wife
who pretty much took the lead il
his business matters, anxiousl,
discussing with his chief farm sci
vant the propriety of getting in
large quantity of oats on that da.
, which had been cut on the pre-
vious, or of undertaking som
other labor.
John was appealed TO TO settle
the question, but be could not DE-
eide. At length he said, I'll te
you what, Polly, I've been to
lawyer and got an opinion tba
, cost me four and sixpence. Tier
it is read her out. It's a lawyer
writing, and cant make head o
tail out ofit!'
John, by tho way: could nc
read the plainest print, but Polly
: who was something of a schola
opened the paper, and read {
follows: Never put off till tt
8 morrow what can be done to-day
Enough saidY cried Joh'
, Them oats must be got in.' An
they were got in and the sam
night such a storm came on
2 otherwise would have ruine
t them. &c.,
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
JOB PRLeYE.NsG

NE WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH
TERMS CASH.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
A NEW COMMANDMENT.

In the seventeenth century the S.
minister Of a certain parish ia {
Scotland was the famous Samuel
Rutherford. the religious oracle Of
the Covenanters and their adhe-E
rents. 1t is among the traditions
that on a Saturday evening, as
one of the family gatherings, when z
Rutherford was cateehising his
children and servants, stranger
knocked at the door and begged
shelter for the night. The minis
ter kindly received him, and asked
him to take his place with the
family and-assist at their religious
exercises. 's -: ~ ~ ....
1t SO happened that the q1es-
tion in the catechism which came Z
to the stranger was that which
asks: Chow many commandments .
are there e?'' He answered, "Eie-
ven" "Elevenl" exclaimed Rather
ford. 81 am surprised that amarl
of your age and appearance should
not know better; what do you
mean ?" And be answered: "sA
new commandment [ give unto
you, that ye love one another; as
have loved you, that ye also
love one another" Rutherford
was much impressed by the ans
wer, and they retired to rest. Ehe
next morning; as he threaded his
way to church through the thick
ct, he heard among the trees the
voice of the stranger at his deVo-
tions. The elevation af the senti-
.ments convinced him that it vas
no common man, and, on accosting
him, the traveller confessed that
| he was no other than the great
divine, Archbishop Usher, the
Primate of the Church OF Ireland
who well fulfilled that new com:
mandment which. he bore to 9TH
ers. He it was who had come Ia
disguise to see Rutherford in the
privacy of his own home. Side
by side they pursued their way 10
the little church, and from the.
rustic pulpit the Arch bishop prea.
ched to the peoplsfrom the words
which had so startled his host the
evening before. "a new command.
mensi give unto you, that ye love
one another Library Notes.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-03-16
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Doetrp.
HIS FIRST LOVE.

HIS FIRST LOVE.
remember
Meeting you
In September,
Sixty-two,
We were eating,
Both of US;
And the meeting
Happened thus:
Accidental,
On the road
Sentimental
Episode),
Twas gushing,
You were shy;
You were blushing-
So was l.;
Twas srritten,
So were yon
(All that's written
Here is true);
Any money?
Not a Bit.
Rather funny,
Wasn't it?
Vows we pligbted-
Happy pair!
How delighted
People were!
But your father
To be sure
Thought it rather
Premature;
And your mother
Strange to say
Was another
IN the way.
What heaven
Vanished then
(You vert seven,
Twas ten)!
That was many
Years ago
Don't let any
Body know.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09
The President Still I'M
pTOU1nS.

The following Official bulletins announc-
ing the condition Of the President were
posted yesterday:
OFFICIAL BULLETINS.
S:15 A. NJ.
The condition of the President contin-
ueS favorable. He is more comfortable
than on any previous morning. Pulse
SO, temperature 99-7, respiration 23
The wound is beginning to discharge
healthy pus.
Tide condition Of the President contin-
ues quite as favorable as this morning.
Pulse 100, temperature 1908, respiration
%. Unless some unfavorable change
should occur no further bulletin will be
issued until 80 P. NJ.
SP. NJ.
The Presidents condition continues
favorable. He passed very comfortable
afternoon, and has taken more nutriment
than on previous days. Pulse, 1OS; tenn
perature, l01.3; respiration, "a. II the
conditions continue favorable, there will
be no further bulletin till tomorrow
morning.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

There is marked improvement in the
condition of the streets Of New York
since June 18th. Four hundred and
twenty-eight miles of street have been
cleaned and 81 900 loads of ashes and 81
900 loads of street dirt have been remov-
ed
1t is said on good authority that a proc
lamation convening Congress for a spec
ial session was prepared Thursday, or
before, and signed by the President, to
be issued in the event of his illness taking
an unfavorable or necessarily fatal turn.
The object of this action is to provide
against any possible contingency. The
session would be called and elect
a President Of the Senate pro tenn, and a
Speaker Of the House, and no miscellane-
Gus business would likely be considered.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09
The News Condensed.

The anti-Conkling republicans of the
New York Legislature held caucus last
evening and nominated Warren Miller and
E. G. Lapham for senators. The stall
warts will not support them.
The South is apparently more solicit
Gus for the recovery of the President
than other portions Of the country. The
Governor of Kentucky has issued proc
lamation making the 14th of July day Of
public fasting and prayer for the recov-
cry Of the President.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

TOwANDA BAPTIST OHURCH.-There will
be no service tomorrow evening. In the
absence of the pastor. Mr.. j. G. HoMET, of
Monroeton, will occupy the pulpit in the
morning.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
Personal.

MAMIE PORTER has returned from visit
in Union, n. Y.
Miss BIRDIE SCOTT is visiting her grand
father and other relatives in Smthfield.
Miss BELLE CALKINs is enjoying visit with
friends in Corning, N. Y, and Tioga county,
Pa.
Mrs. GEORGEP. CASH and daughter FAN
ME, of Philadelphia, are visiting in this
place.
Mrs. GEORGE KIRBY is putting very neat
new fence in front of her residence on Chest
nut street.
JAS. III. CODDING and CHARLIE DINMOCK
each celebrated the anniversary of their birth
day Yesterday.
III. L. MAYNARD and WILL MOODY have
formed co-partnership in the mercantile
business at Rome.
RANSOM SWEET, of Newark, N. j., is visit
ing his friends in Monroeton. His last preyi-
Gus visit was thirteen years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. PARK SMITH have gone to the
Adirondacks to spend few weeks in hopes
Mr.. SMITHS health may be improved.
FRED BROWN, has returned from his visit
IN Broome county, N. Y, and again occupies
his position in c. B. PoRTER's drug store.
ARCHIE CORsER, who injured his shoulder
the other day, by falling in the lock on the
other side of the river, is improving and able
to be out.
MAGGIE SMELL who has been spending
month with her grand parents in Athens, is
home again, looking the very picture of Wig
Orous health.
Mrs. JESSIE WARDELL, ir., and children
have gone west to spend several weeks with
friends in Macomb, ILL.,, and Red Cloud, Neb.
Mrs. WIS parents reside in the former place,
and she has sister living in the latter.
Rev. E. A. WARRrNER, of Montrose, who
declined call to the rectorship of Christ
Chnrch, this placd, few years ago, was mar
ried last week to Miss BoLLEs. The cere-
mony was performed by Bp. HOWE, assisted
by Rev. B. j. DOUGLASS.
DR.. S. c. Ross having earned and secured
diploma from the medical department Of the
University OF Michigan, is now ful-fedged
NJ. ID. and is spending short vacation with
his mother in this place before deciding upon
a location for the practice of the healing art.
Major URI TERRY, of Terrytown, Brad
ford county, Pa, and III. B. MORGAN, of wy
sox, were over the new line of the Arnot and
Pine Creek railroad. 1t is understood that
they have bid for the contract to do the
grading. etc. They are old contractors, and
well acquainted with the work.-Blossburg
Register.
E. T. PARKS, of Monroeton, while in the
post office in this place yesterday, laid we'll
filled money purse down on the counter and
went out. The money was fortunately dis
covered by Mr.. WICKHAM and returned to
the careless owner, who, if some dishonest
person had found the treasure, would have
been nearly two hundred dollars poorer.
The offering in Christ Chnrch tomorrow
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

There will be preaching in the A. M. E.
Zion Church, by the pastor, Rev. CHAs. A.
SMITH, of Elmira, tomorrow morning at II
o'clock and at O'Clock, D. m.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

Will the person who took an umbrella from
the stairway leading to the argus Office, on
Thursday evening, please bring it to this Of
flee and greatly oblige the owner.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

The offering in Christ Chnrch tomorrow
morning will be in aid of Domestic and For
eign Missions.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

Rev. DR.. TAYLOR Will talk about the GAS.
sassinatiou and its Lessons" at the Church of
the Messiah, tomorrow morning No even
ing service.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

The most popular and wholesome temper
ance beverage ever offered in this place is the
celebrated birch beer dispensed at KIRBY's
drug store.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

The lost pocket book advertised in the Re-
VIEW yesterday morning was returned to
this office in the afternoon, having been found
by an honest little girl.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

The Sunday School of the Universalist
Church Will hold its Annual Picnic at Ellen
berger's Fish Ponds, on Tuesday July 12.
Members of the School and their friends will
assemble at the Church at Half Past Nine
A. NJ. The train will leave the Court House
at Ten O'Clock Precisely and Return at
Five O'Clock P. n. The services of the Ger
mania Band have been secured for the occa-
sion. A pleasant time is expected.
ZERA & LA CARDO'S entertainment in Mer-
cur Hall last evening was very amusing
Both gentlemen are quite clever in the per-
formance of tricks and kept the audience in
an uproar of laughter. The presents were
distributed according to agreement, and weae
satisfactory. Among the holders of fortunate
numbers, were Hon. j. G. PATTON. S. C.
CLIsBE, and two of the REVIEW carrier
boys. Tonight the articles to be given away
are said to be much more valuable and will
comprise a watch, bedroom set, etc.
Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1881-07-09

STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS
~ and Expenditures of the School District of
Towanda Borough from May 81, 1880, to June 1,
1881.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22
The West.

The injunction to Ego West will
need to be modified hereafter by the
caution, ''if you don't mind the wealth
err A more miscellaneous assortment
of bad weather than the present year
has developed in that section it would
he hard to conceive of. Last winter
there were at least dozen worst
snow storms of the season. Railroads
were blockaded, street car travel was
suspended. and wide extents of ter
ritOry snOw-bound at irregular regular
intervals from November until March
Then i'll the spring the rains descended
and the floods came. High water
marks were submerged, and devasta-
ton marked the course of prairie
brooks. And now comes the torrid
wave, az fatal as a pestilence, and pro-
ductive of even more discomfort and
danger than the fearful snow storms
and billiards. of the polar winter To
add to the peril and destruction, water
spOuts traverse the land tornadoes
are born of the seething air, and go
tearing through the fertile fields and
peaceful villages summer floods
strive To beat the record of the spring
freshets; the lightning plays havoc, and
the elements in general seem to he Oh
a grand rampage.- Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22
Guiteau's Reason for his Crime.

As it has been impossible to obtain
access to the assassin Guiteau, for any
purpose or upon any preteXt, up to the
present hour, apart from his history
and the one letter which was given to
the public, only so much has become
known of the motives which impelled
him to attempt his colossal crime rs
District Attorney COrkhill has permit
ted to filter through his own official
self. | have, however, with Il proper
sense of my responsibility, awaited my
self of a method of communication
which justities me in asserting the fol
lowing to be Guiteau'S account of. and
to HIM as he protests, Il sufficient iusti-
| ticatiOn for, his attempted assassina-
| ton. Guiteau does not, let me state
| by way of premise, admit that he has
ever been insane or that there is any
such strain i'll him. This, the only
| possible palliatiOn for his detestable
crime, he repudiates. The idea that
he is "A disappointed Otfice-seekcr, or
that he had any revenge to CRAFTY up
on the President or Mr.. Blaine on ac-
count of their neglect to give him an
office, he utterly and contemptuously
denies. He says that after the Senate
| deadlock came about he did not expect
an office. Up to that time he thought
he might get a clerkship, or possibly Il
small foreign appointment. Singular
| ly enough, his sympathies, he admits,
were strongly with the President when
the first break occurred between him
and Conkling. He even wrote letter
to the President-which probably went
to the waste basket untouched beg
| ging him to stand firm and telling him
/ that COnkling was bound to rule or
ruin, and that as he had to be met and
| put down, the sooner the President
| fought out the issue the better. After
this, he asserts, his mind became slow
! ly Influenced by editorials which he
read in the New York and Philadel-
phia papers, Il large number of which
he cut out and carried in his pocket
These represented the President and
/ Blaine as determined of using the party
to punish the Stalwarts and build
themselves up, and referred to them as
obstacles in the path of the party's pro
gress and prosperity. This view seems
to have gradually taken strong hold
on him and led to the cOnceit that he
was the heaven ordained instrument to
remove the obstacle Stilson Hutch
inS in Washington Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22
The Garfield Fund.

subscriptions to the fund offered by
the New York Chamber of Commerce
to Mrs. Garfield, as testimonial of re
gard for her, come in very slowly, and
the conviction seems to be gaining
ground that there may be some imprO-
the President is to recover. The ac-
ton of the New Workers is defended
in Il letter from Cyrus w. Field to the
New York Tribune, in which he gives
the motive which prompted the gift to
the Presidents noble wife. "NeXt to
the feeling for the President himself, y
says Mr.. Field, "was that for his heroic
wife, who had Just risen from a sick
bed, fearing every hour to be left wild
owed and dcsOlate. So intense and
universal was this feeling that it natu-
rally sought some expression, and there
that of provision for the wife and
children in the terrible loss which
seemed before them. TO this is due
the proposed raising of fund fol
their benefit 1t was thought by many
that the raising of such ii fund was a
reflection on the government, which
in the event of the Presidents death
would care for Mrs. Garfield. In re-
Spouse to this, Mr.. Field goes on Ia
speak of the governments negligence
in regard to Mrs. Lincoln:
After the assassination of President
Lincoln, his widow had to suffer the
modification of having her case dis
cussed in Congress and i'll the papers,
coupled with the paltry calculation,
how much-Or rather how httle-the
nation ought to give her-the whole
ending with merely the allowance OF
that one years salary and-the frank
ing privilege This. was all that a
Congress which voted S30, 900 for Lin
coins funeral expenses could give to
the support of his widow. This small
provision was soon exhausted, and five
years after his death, as if from very
shame, Congress voted her pension
of $1,000 a year. Thus slowly and
grudgingly did the nation provide for
the widow of its martyred President
If this is the way the government
treats the family of Chief Magistrate
who has died in its service, it is well
that individuals have the pHblic spirit
to step forward to save their country
from such humiliation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22
The President.

President Garfield is on the high
road to health, and the nation only
waits to he fully assured of his recOv-
cry before it demonstrates i'll Il fitting
way its JOY over the preservation of
his life. The latest bulletins give
every reason to believe that the full as
surance will come very soon. The
doctors do not yet pronounce him out of
danger, however, and the people must
wait few days longer for such de
cision, which, as it seems now, must
come.
But, joyful as the people are over his
recovery, there is still another thing
which concerns them deeply, and
which they are anticipating with glad
ness of heart and that is the more
complete carrying out of their will in
regard to civil service refOrm-a clean
ct and purer administration of national
affairs, Now that the worry about the
Presidents physical condition is almost
over, the current of public opinion sets
strongly towards the reforms of which
we have often spoken. The President
will find, when he rises from his suffer
ings, that the people have been drawn
very near to him during the past three
weeks, and look upon him not as the
President of Il party, but of Il people.
He will find, too, that their attention
has been turned of late, more emphati-
cally than ever before, to evils i'll our
political sy stem which he can do much
towards destroying: and i'll the remOv-
al of which they are ready to help him.
1t seems to.us that he will not disre-
gard the public will in this matter, but
will show his appreciation of the pOpu-
lar affection and support by doing his
utmost to remove the chief cause of his
own and the nations calamity. If he
shall do this, he will find the people
thronging still more closely about him,
and there cannot fail to be wrought the
revolution, the reformation, which we
need so much. As peoples President
he will be powerful to cleanse the Au-
gean stables of political corruption,
and give us an administration of which
the nation will always be proud. We
have faith to believe that he will give
ear to the desires which prevail just
now in the public heart, for the call
for an improvement in our civil service
methods is too loud To be UNDECIDED.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22
The Albany Smart.

The people of New York begin to
see the end of the senatorial contest in
that state One end of the snarl has
been untangled by the election on
Saturday last of Warner Miller as
Platts successor for the long term.
The other end will be treated in the
same way, no doubt, before this reaches
our readers, by the choice of Elbridge
6. Lapham Us Conkling's successor.
At the present writing he lacks only
three or four votes of an election, and
there is no reasonable doubt of his
success, as the Conkling men are de
moralized and leaving their leader to
his deserts.
Thus, after many weeks of struggle,
New York Will be relieved of Conk-
ling's domineering rule, and the whole
country will rejoice that his power is
broken. The struggle, from beginning
to end, has been Il senseless one on the
part of Conkling and his faction. At
the very outset he showed a lack of
strength, and has been constantly los
ing ground. In spite of this, however,
he has continued the struggle and de-
monstrated To everybody that his only
ambition was to peIpetuate his own
power, and that he cared nothing for
harmony or the national welfare. In
the light of these facts he can expect
no public sympathy i'll his downfall
which is national gain because it
teaches that the people will not sub
init to the dictation of one man-sOOner
or later they will kick against it and
the would-be dictator must fall. The
| political atmosphere of this country is
not conducive to the maintenance of
one-man power at present, and recent
events go far to assure us that it never
will he.
Hon. Warner Miller, the Senator
elect, has good record as IA citizen. a
soldier and member of Congress. He
was born in Oswego county, y. Y, in
lS:IS, and was elected to the Forty
sixth and Forty Congresses,
by good majority. He is character
lied as man of strong saving sense,
sound Judgment, practical tact and
high character. Zone of his strong
points is his thorough sympathy with
the best public sentiment, and his idea
of party management is to make it re-
spOnsive TO the highest public de-
mands.n Under these circumstances
we may expect good things of him.
Mr.. Lapham, the prospective senator,
belongs to the so-called stalwart wing
of the party, and was first elected TO
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-22

The heroism and devotion of Mrs.
Garfield in the trying scenes through
which she is passing are the theme of
comment and praise all over the coun-
try, almost IA much 80 as are the nerve.
GOODNESS, courage and faith of her no
bic husband. Let Heaven smile upon
and reward those virtues by the preser-
walton of the Presidents life and the
American people will have no encomi-
ums too strong, no love too warm. no
admiration too sincere to bestow upon
James and Lucretia Garfield. Their
names will go down TO pOsterity linked
together as closely and honored as uni
versally as those of George and Martha
WashingtOn.-lW Washington Republic.