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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15
Marrying a Widow.

A genuine comedy in real life was
played here yesterday. Mrs. Frances
Kennedy is a young widow twenty-five
years old. Her husband died about a
year ago from fall. Six months ago
William Cumming came counting her,
and, his attentions not being distaste-
full to the widow, she finally consented
to marry him in twelve months and
day from the date of her first husbands
death. The happy day fell on Wednes-
day, and the ceremony was to take
place at the brides house. A magniti-
cent wedding feast was prepared, and
about eighty guests were invited to
partake Of it. The hour appointed for
the marriage was set at six p. m. In
the forenoon the bridegroom-elect ar
rayed himself in his best and went of
to invite few friends in the country,
who had been forgotten. The after
noon mail brought postal card from
him stating that he had conscientious
scruples about marrying woman SO
recently widowed. He would make it
q matter of prayer, and would abide the
result of his feelings when through.
She was not to take this as a positive
declination to marry, but if he did not
arrive at six o'clock p. m. she might
consider the marriage off. Mrs. Ken
nedy did not faint or go into Mysteries,
but she decked herself in her bridal
robes and smilingly received the guests
hidden to the feast. When the minis
ter and all those with wedding gar
ments had arrived the lady called the
meeting to order and read the recreant
Cummings card. Loud and prolonged
were the denunciations of the absent
groom's conduct.
''This need not prevent the feast, ~
said Mrs. Kennedy, and the guests fell
to banqueting Immediately. After sup
per the room was cleared for dancing,
and Mr.. Washington Williams, an
elderly bachelor, led the german with
the bride. He became so enamored OF
her that within an hour he proposed,
and was accepted. The minister was re-
called and at eleven p. m. Mrs. Kennedy
was made Mrs. Washington Williams.
Tbe marriage had scarcely been per-
formed when the door-bell was rung
violently, and in stalked the conscien-
lions Cumming. He had wrestled in
drawer with the question, and had con-
rrluded to come back and marry. After
heing introduced to Mrs. Williams it
was gently intimated to the broken-up
Cumming that the lateness of the hour
suggested the propriety OF his going
Ere Penn Cor. Cte0eta''d Leader'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15
SEPTEMBER.'

Now the airy golden rod
In the wood begins to nod,
And the flower all its petals sprinklee Hgntiy
on the sod;
While hectic simmer plays
On the envelope of haze,
Like ghostly garment hanging round the
forest all ablaZe.
Now the robbins south are called,
And the freckled lad is mauled
BY the owner of the pippins, and the trees are
getting bald.
Now the valleys sad and glum;
Now the bees no longer hum,
And the partridge in the thicket goes grumpy
tumpy-tum.
Now the snipe doth gambol sad,
On the fading liiy-pad,
And the summers exodusted, and I'm very,
very glad.
Welcome autumns purple skies,
And the sportsman MS awful lies
OF his prowess and the pantry all af1ame with
pumpkin pies!
Oft in fragrant woodland ways
1t destruction with me plays
To think that sweet September is confined to
thirty days.
Coolest chlls have o er me crept,
And I've walked around and wept
To think there are prOsaic men who write 1t
down as sept!
-NelU York Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Ask woman how old she is if you
want to see her show her rage.-Yonk'
erS Statesman.
Never trust to appearances it is
the prosperous dentist who looks most
down in the mouth. -iSonse,vs2leI0~1w0I
We are much indebted to expert
ence, and it is truly said we learn most
from our mistakes. This is the reason
printers know so much. -Loa0eU Citizen.
-''Do you catch onP" asked the
omnibus driver, as he swung his whip
lash to the rear. Eyes, tumble" an
swered the small boy as he rolled into
the gutter. Boston Transcript.
-''Can there be happiness where
there is no love?" solemnly queries an
author in book on marriage. Not
much happiness, perhaps, but if the
gil4 is awfully rich there can be lots of
fun.
Here rests his head upon the lap Of
earth; youth to fortune and to fame
unknown. Too much benzine crept
underneath his girth, and played the
mischief with his temperate zone.-De-
tr0I Free Press. ...
"A house-painter recently wanted to
Join the fire department, but as it took
him over fifteen minutes to climb lad
der. and then he had to go down again
for something he had forgotten, they
didn't employ him. Boston Post.
1t is no longer considered the exact
thing to wear little bit of black neck
tie twisted under the left ear. Nothing
short of broad gauge polka-dot scarf
will provide the entree of our young
men in the best society. HaUen
Register.
Since it has been learned that
"Billy the KID killed only nine men
instead of twenty, as first reported, the
dime novel readers of this country have
abandoned the project of erecting a
monument to his memory N0rriStOOn
Herald.
The best island for hungry man
is nia.-SpringfeId Sunday Her.
aid. The best island for picnic party
is one of the Sandwich Islands. Baton.
The best place for girls to emigrate to
1.-THE Isle of Man. --ELeU0ted RalDag
Journal.
Jumping over fence in the middle
Of che night and meeting bull dog that
is total stranger to you is one CT those
exciting little incidents of life which 60
far to break the monotony and rob eX-
istence of tiresome sameness.-Ldrd-
ME Boomerang.
--Toddlekins, who is member OF
Shakesperian club, called out the other
evening to the maid of all work" 90
bid thy mistress when my drink is ready
she strike upon the bell" Tea was the
beverage to which Mr.. L. REFEREED
Commercial advertiser.
Singular how much heavier some
fish are than others. Now there's the
shark, for instance; shark nine feet
long only weighs about four hundred
pounds, while it is poor trout four and
a half inches long that doesn't weigh
seven pounds and a quarter, and the
nan who caught it will swear to it,
burlington HdOh-Eye.
-Dlz razah pull! WY wat you sayin'l
Die razah named Old Lizy Jane:
An old Miss Llzy, she's de queen
VI all de razahs ev' you seen.
Dis razah, man! Dus shet yo' head
Iull done git dis lathah spread2
NOW amt you shame o. what you seds
De angels hoverln' roun' yo' bed
Why, gen-tul-menl Dis razahl Oomh:
You don't know who you's tslkin' to.
san old Miss LizyS dat you keep
On whisp'n-dis man fas' asleepi
Indianapolis JomrHdL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

Eyes," whispered the boy to Mr..
Barnum, 'Tm ready to pay formy ticket,
but want the privilege OF going in by
crawling under the tent. " And MI.
Barnum agreed and ordered the guards
.ot to interfere with the lad, and after
the the bow had performed the feat Mr..
P pa went inside and asked his rea-
cons for it, and the lad explained that
Se had got over 81 bet with boys who
had tried the crawl and failed, that he
would succeed in it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

which occurred in Canada early in the
last century, there being in addition
a phenomenal electrical disturbance.
The observation was principally con-
fined to Canada. and created great con-
sternation among both Indians and
whites. Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15
The other night, when a citizen vo

The other night, when citizen was
reckoning up his accounts, his wife
spoke to him several times, and receiv-
ing no answer, said: "You treat me
cruelty. l fear you no longer love me, :"
and the husband and father replied: II
love you passionately, devotedly, fran
tically, madly; but if you don't hold yer
jaw till / get these figures added I'll
give you clip in the eYe.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

Love impresses it's tender image on
all its environments. Even the scatter
ed peanut-shells at the front gate, Mon
day morning, are silent witnesses of its
all-embracing sway.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

Luther said: eff man is not hand
some attwenty, strong at thirty, learned
at forty and rich at fifty, he will never
De handsome, strong, learned or rich in
TINS world" Statistics, observes DR..
Beard, supply this prophecy with most
remarkable fulfillment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

What the English magistrates think
OF beer and solutions of sugar, or glu.
cose, is shown in the fact that a beef
seller named Halse, of Hammersmith.
was tined seventy-five dollars the other
day for having a solution of sugar in his
possession. He might have been
mulcted in the sum Of $1,000, but the
magistrate was clement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

An enraged belle at White Sulphur
corinos bit the cheek of a young man
- . moment when he expected KISS.
r. IT, had her arrested on charge OF as
lit hut failed to appear before the
Justice. and she was discharged.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-10-15

"A child recently born in Washing
ton tipped the scales at one and one
half pounds.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
Fairfax County Republicans.

At convention of the Republicans of
Fairfax County, held at Fairfax Court House, Va,
September s, 1881, 10 nominate n candidate for the
house Of delegates L. +. Cocker, Of Falls Church,
was elected chairman and Edwin o. Belts, Of
Mount Vernon, secretary. communication from
the Readjuster convention, which met at this
place September q 1881, was read and n commit.
tee Of conference oftwo from each district was Ap-
pointed to confer with similar committee from
that organization Report oftho conference COM
mttec was adopted. Il. W. Clark offered the follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously adopted.
Whereas the Republicans of Fairfax County, this
day In convention assembled to nominate candt-
date for the house of delegates recognizing the
necessity Of uniting all OF the anti Bourbon elo-
ment aud solidfying the same in favor of the
Liberal movement do hereby pledge themselves
TO the support of the anti Bourbon principles In
any and all forms, both In this county and In the
Legislature of Virginia, and we hereby declare II
to be our ifnolterablc purpose to act with the Re.
adJustcr party and all good men, regardless OF
party, In carrying out said principles,
RcsOlrcd, hOtrouer, That we want II distinctly
understood thntwc do not intend to abandon our
party organization nor to antagonize its time
hOnorod principles.
II. W. Clark II. r. Farr, George L. Kenyon, and
T. u. Graham were placed in nomination. when
the committee proceeded to ballot for choice
which resulted in the nomination of X. r. Farr on
the third ballot, having received eighteen ballots
ont Of thirty-two On motion Of John b. Troth
Mr.. Fairs nomination was made unanimous, amid
cheers and great enthusiasm. J. T. Ginnelly, A.
J, sager, and Alfred Whaley were appointed O
committee to wait upon Mr. Farr and inform him
Of his nomination. John b. Troth offered the
following resolution which was unanimously
adopted.
R,so'red, That the Republican party is not dis.
organized; that Il will not be disorganized, and
Will not need to be roorganizcd by General Wick.
ham or anybody else.
Convention then adjourned.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
FOREIGN PUBLICATIONS.
Important Decision by the Treasury De-
pnrtment as 60 their Exemption.

Considerable importations of foreign
magazines chiefly English, have recently been
made into the United States in the mails. ON one
day alone twenty-five mail.pouches filled with
foreign magazines passed westward on the Grand
Trunk Railway, coming into the United States at
Port Huron, Mich A collector Of customs at n
Northwestern port assessed duty upon certain
printed matter, other than books, imported In the
mails from Canada for sale, and appeal was taken
from the collectors decision, which appeal has
been sustained by the Treasury Department. The
question involved In this appeal was whether,
under the law, printed matter other than
books deposited in the mails In pursuance
of postal treaties and conventions is
on account of It's being imported for
sale or for purposes other hnn the personal use Of
the party to whom they are addressed, chargeable
with customs duties. Section II OF the net OF
March g. 1879, provides that printed matter, other
than books, received in the mails from foreign
counreg under the provisions ofthe postal treaties
and conventions, shall be free Of customs duties.
Both the Postmaster. General and the Attorney
General, to whom the question has been submitted,
express the opinion that under the section Of law
cited no customs duties accrue on printed matter,
other than boCts, deposited In the mails In the
manner prescribed In said postal treaties or con-
ventions, whether intended for sale or for the per-
sonal use Of the addressee The Treasury Depart
ment concurs In this opinion, and as 1t is under.
stood that the magazines In question were entitled
to be received In the mails from Canada, 1t follows
that nOscustoms duties are chargeable thereon.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
REV. FELIX RARoTTI.
Erection OF Memorial Monument at
Mount OIIxet Cemetery.

Mount 0livet Cemetery was yesterday
tn scene ofn most impressive ceremony on the
occasion Of the dedication Of monument erected
10 the memory of the late Felix Barott, the loved
pastor Of st. Augustne's CHURCH. The attendance
was quite large, fully three thousand persons
being present, embracing representatives from
every Catholic parish in the District The monu-
ment is OF pure Italian marble, placed upon
base OF dark marble, which rests upon q
sub base Of marble Of a still deeper hue
The shan is obelisk in form, and about
half way up is enriched by panels,
upon which are placed the inscriptions. IL is
further embellished by enrichments OF
challoe in gold and silver, missal, and
crossed key. IL is sufmountod by cross. The
base and sub.base are enriched by mould
ings, and the whole monument Is chaste
and elegant in design, and reflects credit upon the
maker Mr.. Rousseau, and upon the memorial as
sociation of st. Augustine's Church, by whom IL
was erected. The total height is twelve feotand
It's cost was 800. The Memorial Monument Asso-
citation Is oilicered by Isaac Landic, president;
Charles II. Butler, secretary; Willis j..
Smith, treasurer. William II. Wheeler was
the vice president, but he died before the compile
ton of the monument The board Of trustees CON
sists Of William II. Smith (charman), William IL.
Smallwood, Mary A. Harrison, Mary c. james,
Louisa Bowie, Isaiah Hatton, Annanias Herbert,
Benjamin Waters, Oracle Dyson, and the officers of
the society were cr o0fcio trustees.
THE DEDICAToRY CEREMONIES
were highly interesting q large number OF the
Catholic clergy being in attendance, among whom
were Fathers Boyle and Walsh, Brother Tobias,
of 81. Johns Institute, and Father slattery,
of Baltimore, who conducted the exercises
and performed tho ceremony OF blessing
the monument Rev. Father Boyle then
delivered an address, In which he referred to
the many virtues Of the deceased, and said that
since the emancipation of the colorcd race his APP
pclranco here had been most timely to look after
their religious welfare that in the days Of slavery
the Catholic Church had always recognized the
| religious equality Of its communicates
aud he had seen Roger b. Tancy,
while Chief Justice Of the United States, knecl.
| ing In old st. Patricks Church beside Negro
slave receiving Holy Communion that another
instance of the solicitude Of the church for the
weak aud helpless was fact within his knowledge
where priest in the days Of slavery had COM
PEELED master to bring back the wife oa slave who
had been sold to Georgia for some trivial olcnse and
restore her TO her husband. In conclusion he
| paid high tribute to the untirlng energy and
self. f.devoion of Father Barotti, who had left be-
| hind him monuments more enduring than brass
and richer than gold. During the services Thier.
bach's brass band rendered appropriate music.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
Troops for Yorktown.

Colonel David +. Austen, Colonel Ho-
ra.l6 c. King, aud Captain +, d. Ackerman, repre-
sentlng the Thirteenth New York Regiment, ar
rived here yesterday, and were met by Colonel
William G. Moore aud Lieutenant Goddard, of the
Washington Light Infantry The regiment will
arrive here, eli route for Yorktown, on Sunday,
the 10th OF October, and will be received by the
Washington Light Infantry Corps and quartered at
their armory for the day. 1t is probable that
Abner will cater for them. They expect to parade
six hundred strong, and will be accompanied by
their band of fifty -four pieces, under the leader
ship of Harvey b. Dodsworth. Chaplain Henry
Ward Beecher will accompany the regiment, and
may be induced TO preach while in this city. Be-
sides this regiment, which during the war made a
decided name for itself under the title of the Thir-
tcenth Brooklyn, the Washington Light Infantry
will perform escort duty 70 the First Michigan
Rogiinent, which will reach here on the evening
of October 10, and for the RoXbury (Mass) City
Guards and the Charestown (Mass,) Cadets.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
women. ChristIan temperance Union.

The gospel Of Christ is every Sunday
being exemplifed in the gathering of Christian
women, who meet every week in Masonic Temple
to urge the lowest In inebriety and sin to come to
the great fountain of cleansing, wash, and be
clean Organized during the crusade and known
the womans Christian Temperance Union,
urged on to almost desperate enthusiasm by the
sorrow and suffering of the women and children
whom they find in damp Easements and fourth
story tenement houses, they so to God and then to
our officials in prayer for some redress Of the
wrongs daily perpetratcd by the rum fend. The
meeting yesterday was led by Mrs Roach, presi-
dent of the District Union, who related two incl
dents, one showing how this curse had brought ruin
and sorrow upon young man, and the other upon o
husband and his family. Mr.. VIII Cohen pre-
sided at the organ and led the singing very ac-
ceptably. Several signed the pledge, and some
present spoke ofhow they had worked against the
licensing Of saloons in their ncghborhood bul
their efforts had been balled.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
Room. for Rcnt~ m, Ford's.

"Rooms for Rent" with which Manager
Ford opens the season at the Opera House this
week, is q comedy which for three weeks afforded
infinite amusement to New York playgoe at the
Bijou. In no part tedious, always lively, filed
with succession of ludicrous surprises II Is un-
doubtedly destined TO make good run through
ont the season. The incidents are located for the
most part In house where Mr.. Cleveland, sim
ple-hearted old gentleman Of very susceptible
turn Of mind, rents rooms. II will be seen that 1t
gives ample verge and scope for nin The drdmdtis
persona mprise, besides Mr. Cleveland, divorced
wife, who is an opera-snger an iroscible
detective, who is always on the trail of des-
pernte criminals, and HIS wife, who is an artist In
oils and whose crratic proceedings with her model
| for Oheuo arouses her husbands Jealousy; two
apparently single gentlemen, the one who is the
| model aforesaid, otherwise young man, without
visible means Of support, with penchdnt for
the cornet, with which he affords infinite solace
also an artist in oils who is really the husband OF
and solid comfort to his fellow-roomers; the other,
the opera. singer, totally ignorant of his wife's
whereabouts, and dancing-master fresh from CO.
penhagan desperately In love with Alice the niece
Of CNOnd BOnbdst valiant soldier, who belongs to
| the Interior Department" (perhaps portrait that
| will be recognized The piece was Withdrawn
| from the Bijou only because prior engagements
made II necessary to take the roOd otherwise II
would probably be still enjoying profitable run
| Mt that house Six nights and matinees Wednes-
| day and Saturday.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
A snecIoI weather nuIIe,,p.

The Chief Signal Olhcer oil the Army iur-
nishes the following special bulletin to the press
The barometer is highest in the Ohio Valley and
Tennessee, and lowest in the 81 Lawrence Valley.
The temperature has fallen from 10 to 90 in the
Ohio Valley and Tennessee, and from Do TO 25o in
in the lower lake regions. II has risen from GO
TO 100 in the Missouri Valley. Light rain
is reported from New England, and heavy
rain from the Middle Atlantic States. One
and thirty.thr hundredths inches of rain
has fallen in Washington during the past eight
hours and 1859 inches at Baltimore. The winds in
the Atlantic States have shifted TO westerly. The
following temperatures are reported from stations
coo; Montreal, Gio; Port Huron 63o' The indica.
tions ore that fair weather will prevail in the
lower lake region, Ohio Valley, and Tennessee
to- day and tomorrow, and clearing weather, pre-
cedcd by local rains, In the Middle Atlantic States
to-day, followed by fair weather o.morrow.
National Republican., 1881-09-12
A Com,IImen, 10 John r. sousa

In days gone by the Marine Band was
permanent Kilkenny cat-hght. The elements
didn't mix. The leaders who became familiar
with the men under them were unable to keepany
discipline in the ranks. climax was reached
when Schneider, the late lamented, brought the
band down to the level of scene after rattle for
an eight-day stove. John r. sousa, the present
leader, is gentleman, and has by his quiet de-
mcanor and sterling merit compelled the members
of the band TO recognize that fact. Philip Nance,
one fthe sons Of Sunny Italy, made few friyo-
lous charges against Sousa a few days ago. A
friend of Nance (perhaps his counsel, lawyer
named Newman), told a cock and bull story about
II TO the reporter of morning paper, who pub
lished a ridiculous article on Saturday morning.
Every charge that Nance made was heard patiently
by board OF officers at Marine Headquarters on
Saturday, Manco's lawyer being present. All of
them were disproved IN toto, and Nance will prob
ably be dismissed, as he should be. The board
complmented Mr.. Sousa on the fact that the band
was better disciplined under his management than
ever before In its history Thus does great good
come out of evil
National Republican., 1881-09-12

Senator Beck, who is still in Washing
ton, stated yesterday to REPUBLICAN representa-
tive that the newspaper paragraphs representing
him as having said he would vote for Senator An
thony to be President of the Senate in order to or
ganize that body do not state the facts as they are
81 never said would vote for Republican for
any purpose, and never win vote for q Republi
MIR. Beck. The probability Is that he finds II nee
esBRry to put himself right" In this matter, be-
cause such unexampled llberality would not be
tolerated In the Bourbon State OF" "old Kaintuck,
and unless he can explain away this misrepresei-
ation he is In danger of being relegaed to private
life, Notwithstanding the fact that inc recently
majority instructed to vote for his reelection te
the United States Senate,