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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
" WAGES"

Il
Il was merry brook, that ran
Beside my cottage door all day;
] heard it, as sat and span, ~
Singing pleasant song Away.
I span my thread with miekie carei .oa
The weight With my heart increased;
The spring crept by me unaWRres =
= The brook dried up@the music ceased
I missed is Little, took small thought
That silent was its merry din 3a
Beesu:e ifs melody was wrought
3 Into the thread sat to spin
Il was lark that sang most sweet wa
Amongss s tie The sunsiss s clouds Sy $50 50 fed; d
Although he sang 90 high o,erhead-
And though he sang 20 loud and clear -
His sthroobingsong seemed wondrous near ;
1twined it with the web woyeL
The long days story still drew on;
Then autumn came; the summer aed;
The song was hnshedEthe singer dead
Iwoxe ON with q steadfast heart;
My web grew greater, fold ON fold,
bore tt 70 the crowded mart;
They paid my wages in good red gold
Red gold, and fne. turned me back, y
f The cityss dust was In my throat g
No brook ran bsbbling down its track,
But city noise, and rush, and heat,
The gold was red Ike mfnted blood,
Obi for the cool grass TO my fest,
The birds song, and the babbltns nood.
turned me, and went my way
Ny lonely, empty way, alone:
The gold within my bosom lay;
My woven web OF dreams was gonei
Did the gold pay me-? No; In sooth, e
Gold never paid for brook and bird,
Nor for the coined dreams Of youth,
Nor for the Inusdc that heard.
Ny web Is gonei The gold Is mine,
And they who bought it, can they see
What dreams and fancies intertwtne
With ever woven thread Tor me? -
- Cza1sberS Journal
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
Health and Happiness.

It seems strange that anyone will suf-
fer many arrangements brought on by
an impure condition of the blood, when
Scoville's Blood and Liver syrup will
restore perfect health to the physical
organization. 1t is indeed strengthen
ing syrup, pleasant TO take, and has
proven itself to I've the best blood puri-
fier ever discovered, effectually curing
Scrofula, SyphiIitic disorders, Weakness
of the Kidneys, all nervous disorders
and Debility. It corrects indigestion.
It makes the old feel young, and the
young feel gay; and will invariably
drive out of the system the many ills
that human flesh is heir to. A single
bottle will prove to you its merits as a
health renewer, for it acts like n charm,
especially when the complaint is of an
exhaustive nature, having a tendency
to lessen the natural vigor Of the brain
and nervous system. For sale by ii. g..
Starr q Co. 4-1y
Bakers Pain Panacea cures pain In
Man and Beast. For use externally and
internally.
DIR. Rogers vegetable worm syrup
Instantly destroys worms and removes
the Secretions which cause them. For
Sale by 81. g. Starr & Co. 24-1Y
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
TO CRAFTY HIS WIFE.
An Interesting Story-Az Hopeless
Case Cured, A Good Reason ~
for Happiness. .
s.,snsas o Ms Ts:asHstssHs assESs q c.''

statement Of Mr.. washington Monroe, Of catskin.
Green County. New YORK. :
.sFor many years had suffered from
a complaint which the physicians called
Gravel. had employed some of the
most noted doctors without obtaining
any permanent relief, and for, long
time my case was regarded as hopeless.
All who knew the circumstances said
must die. Finally, my wife Induced
me to try, bottle of DR.. Kennedy's
sFavorite. Remedy which she had
somewhere heard Of or seen advertised,
Without the slightest faith in It, but
solely to crafty her, bought bottle
Of a druggist In our village. I used
that and two or three botsles more, and
Ito make long story short-l am now
as healthy q man as there is in the
country.
Since then / have recommended
sFavorite Remedy to others whom 1
knew to be suffering from Kidney and
Liver complaints; and I assure the pub
lie that the Favorite Remedy has
done its work with similar complete
ness In every single instance, and I
trust some other sick and discouraged
mortal may hear Of it and try the Fav-
orite Remedy as / did," 1874
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
| Curious Relic Of the Revolution.

At the last meeting of the Virginia
Historical Society in Richmond, curl
ous ancient document was read by the
corresponding secretary. 1t is in the
handwriting of Col. Thos. Waring, of
Goldberg, Essex County, Va, an ar
dent rebel, who was with Washington
at the battles of Trenton and Princeton.
1t is entitled ssThe Last VIII and Testa-
ment of Old England" and is dated at
the ssPalace of Necessity, this 10th day
of April, Just four years from the fatal
day on which my last opportunity was
lost by shedding the blood of America
at Lexington, in the year 1779." The
following are the bequests made:
1. Old England being in a very weak
and languishing state, through voluptu-
business and loss of blood, do make and
ordain this my last will and testament,
in the manner following, viz: Imprimis
Il do give and bequeath unto the bish-
ops of st. Asaph and Peterborough, to
be equally divided among them, all my
religion.
2. give all my sincerity to the worthy
members of the minority in the House
of Commons.
s. give all my knowledge in politics
to Lord Camden and Lord Abingdon
and those other noble lords who OPP
posed the Ministry in their mischievous
and cursed war in America.
4. / give to my sister Scotland all my
pride and haughtiness.
8. give to my sister Ireland the one
half of my poverty, distress and ruin.
6. give to the Earl of Butte and Lord
North all my treachery and tyranny, to
be equally divided among them.
z. i give to Lord Howe and General
Howe all my cruelty as a reward for
their treatment of the American pris-
oners.
8. give all my low cunning to Lord
Mansfield and Lord George German:
9. give all my stupidity and obstlna-
cy to the present Ministry.
10. give my power by sea and land
to the French King.
IL. give my integrity to the King of
! Spain.
.12. give my trade and commerce to
the State of Holland.
Is. give those abject mortals, the
tories of America, one ton of hemp to
be equally distributed among them by
I. G.
IA. 1 give my right and title to that
most glorious tract called Magma Charta
to the United States of America, to their
heirs and assigns forever.
Is. give unto my colonies In. Ameri-
ca-viz.: Canada, Nova Scotia, East
and West Florida, the West Indies-the
other half of my poverty, distress and
ruin; and do appoint the United States
of America to be guardians of my said
colonies.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28

How often we hear middle-aged peo-
pie say regarding that old reliable cough
remedy, N. 81. Downs Elixir: "Why,
my mother gave it to me when / was a
child, and use itin my family; 1t AL
ways; cures" Who can name another
medicine with such q record as this.
DR.. Baxter's Mandrake Bitters are an
other good medicine; and Arnica and
Oil Liniment is just what it is recon-
mended TO be. 13-4
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
SUPERPHOSPHATES
Meat Maeket
PHELPs,& wALDEcK,

Dealers in all kinds of frst-class
cut Meats, fresh and salt. Also
Poultry, Sausage, Lard, Tallow,
etc., etc. Highest market price
paid for beeyes, hogs, sheep, poul-
try, game of all kinds, hides and
tallow. South side Liberty street,
Wellington, o. 10
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
Rucklen,s Arnioa salye.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
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sores, tetter, chapped hands, chillblains,
corns, and all kinds of skin eruptions,
This salve is guaranteed TO give perfect
satisfaction in every case or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box. Fol
sale by all druggists. sly
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28

There has been shipped from New
York for Alexandria, Egypt, portable
pleasure and hunting boat manufactured
for Mr.. August Belmont, Jr., who in
tends to use it during years sojourn
in the East, during which he viii hunt
snipe along the Egyptian rivers.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-12-28
q Important to Travellers.

Special Inducements are offered you
by ytheBurlington Route 1t will pay you
70 read their advertisements to be found
elsewhere in this issue.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21

A WASHINGTON dispatch to the
Cincinnati Commercial gives the re.
suit OF the investigations here by the
postal commission. No criminality
was discovered, and no uupreiul Iced
person ever supposed there would be.
Perhaps it is in order now to denounce
the commission for not discovering real
frauds and rascality. The commission
reports waste and extravaganza. and
makes recommendations which. il
adopted, will save the government
about $4,000 a year. Some Of the
little boats that contributed some
thing to the trade of Memphis will b,
taken off, and the Iron Mountain rail.
road, which is run exclusivel,
in the interest of St. Louis
will get some benefit from it. l
Memphis, or anybody that trade.
with Memphis, is benefited one cen
by the investigations demanded anC
carried on here, the people are to b.
congratulated. Very few lines in th,
southwestar are absolutely self sustaining
from the postal business. As between
Memphis and st. Louis, our sympa
thies are naturally with home people
If anybody has acted the rascal, lie
him be pointed out and punished. l
any of the contractors were paid ex
travagant prices for carrying the mails
let their compensation be cut down
but disseminating the service alto
gether in a new region which is film
up with immigrants is another matter
and one which will not give satislac
ton to the people living on the line
who are II ore Interested.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
RIVER A SERVICE.
What tlfe Postal Commission Ac
cOmplished In and Around
Memphis.

Specialize the Cincinnati Commercially
WASHINGTON, May 18.-The postal
commission which has been several
weeks at Memphis and Vicksburg and
along the river looking into the water
mail routes which center in those two
places, have returned. They took a
large amount of testimony, which
with their reports, forwarded
from time to time, make
several hundred pages. 1t is
now IN the hands of General James.
Stripped of unnecessary details, the
result of this Investigation shows that
the river mail service in that section
is conducted in a very loose and ex-
t%ravagant manner, almost equaling in
waste of money as some Of Brady's
famed expedited routes on the western
plains. In fact the expedited and
enlarged river service, which grew up
under Brady, is a separate branch oil
the star route frauds, and needs over
hauling. This oyerhauling will be
administered.
The commission did not find evi
dence ofcriminal practices down there.
and there is nothing so far discovered
which will admit of criminal proceed
ings against anybody. What they
discovered was simply waste and ex.
~travagance in the service. They point
out the waste and show how it can be
cut off without detriment tothe public
service. In this matter they 90 into
details and point out just where and
how it can be done. 1t their recon-
mendations are adopted the saving OF
expense in the mail carrying on the
river routes ~centering at this point
will be about $4,000 per aDnum
This does not include the service tina;
has previously been saved in that
region by cutting off s%uperfuous
and expensive routes,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
sunreme L.odpn K. Of HI.

At the recent meeting of the SUI
preme lodge Knights of Honor, held
at Minneapolis, the grand dictator re-
ported the balance now in the treas.
ury as $l13,872 80. During the year
ending April 30, 1881, there have been
but thirteen assessments on each menu
beI-S6.50 per thousand for a perma-
nent and reliable insurance, payable in
installments so light that it cannot be
felt. During his term he has signed
orders on the treasury for the widows
and orphans benefit fund numbering
G78, and amounting to 81, 35l 600; on
the general fund $50, aud amounting
TO $39,07424 Number Of orders
signed and examined before signing,
828. There are 1880 full rate mem
bers Of the order within the jurisdic-
ton Of the lodge.
The officers elected are as fol-
lows: Supreme dictator, William b
Hoke, Of Kentucky; supreme vice
dictator, r. II. Cochran, West Vir-
ginia; supreme assistant dictator, 7.
P. Ireland, Nebraska; supreme re-
porter, j. G. Pluiner, Ohio; supreme
treasurer, r. J. Breckenridge, Ken
lucky; supreme chaplain, G. A. Hol.
land, South Carolina; supreme guide,
H. P. Upman, Minnesota; supreme
guardian, j. II. Murphy, New Jersey;
supreme sentinel, y. V. 5. Levy,
Maryland.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
FASHION NOTES.

Watered silks are worn again.
Colored parasols are the favorites.
Black chantillyl lace is coming again.
Carbriolet bonnets are much worn
in Paris.
The canal" or shoulder cape, is
very popular.
Painted French null is a novelty
for summer toilets.
The most stylish promenade boots
ale laced up the instep aud have low
heels.
O%Terskirts are not worn the drapery
being fastened to the skirt, which
must be short.
The ways Of making and trimming
waists at present are as varied az the
manner Of making skirts.
A new transparent cotton stuff of a
nankeen color is called surah lawn. 1t
is soft and very pretty.
A new floral fancy is to constitute a
blossoming bough for the flower bell
used at wedding ceremonies.
Diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs
are favorite figures in the brocades
used for s~unshades and fans.
An elegant design in button shows
the prince of darkness lying on a
tamborine with a background of jew
eled stars.
The porcupine straw hats do not
meet with very great favor, hut the
rough and ready grades are in great
demand.
Lace faNs, 50 shaped as to suggest
hymeueal torches, were carried by the
bridesmaids at a New York wedding
the other day.
Blouse waists Of embroidered mus.
lin and sleeveless cutaway jackets of
olive plush are considered pretty for
morning wear.
Torchon lace, as well as Russian
will be used in trimming the neutra.
tinted lawns, cambrics and percale,
Ona' VIII require washing.
All gold isin the Etruscan style. anc
some copied from the antique, meta.
seems to be dimmed by the mold of {
thousand years,
An intelligent creature has dis
covered that it is perfectly easy t.
obtain Bayadere effects by making NJ
ordinary striped stufs the wronl
way.
Many Of the prettiest shades in the
new silks are accurately termed acct
dental, for they are really the accident.
al results Of dyer's experiments.
Oblong mirrors are now framed il
beveled wood and hung crosswise, L
the confusion of reflections in a room
They are simply absurd when thu.
arranged, but they make a new effect
for which it is proper to be grateful.
Embroidered borders to dresses ar,
now quite fashionable. Some dres
patterns of pongee silk are extremel
handsome; the borders are worked ii
various patterns, morning glories il
pink and blue with foliage Of shaded
olive tints being much admired.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
How 1t VIII be Received and
Entertained at Chattanooga.
Chattanooga Times.I

Chattanooga Times.l
Pursuant to a previous announce
ment, quite a number of representa-
tive citizens met at the Times office,
last night, to arrange for the reception
of the Tennessee Press association,
which has its annual meeting in this
city on the 10th of June. Mayor Hart
was called to the chair, and Mr.. II.
+. Grisoom elected secretary. Every
one present vas enthusiastic in the
matter, and several plans and sug-
gestions were freely discussed.
Mr.. GriscOm reported that Messrs.
Whiteside had proposed to give the
association a drive to the mountain
and its points of interest. A resolu-
ton was unanimously adopted, ex-
pressing the appreciation Of the citi-
zens of Chattanooga tor the generous
offer, and the secretary was instructed
to present the same to Messrs. White
side.
1t was also reported that Messrs. j.
7. Read & Son would give the asso 4.
citation a dinner at the Mountain
house. The secretary was instructed
to express the thanks Of the meeting
to Messrs. Read.
The following programme wasagreed
upon:
Thursday, June l6, morning-Meet-
ing of the association.
Thursday afternoon-Visit to the
industries Of the city.
Thursday night = Reception and
ball.
Friday-Trip to Lookout mountain
and Rock City, and dinner at the
Mountain house.
Friday night Public entertain
ment.
The following committee was ap-
pointed as a committee of arrange
ments, who will arrange the details Of
the programme Messrs. John G.
Grifiss, Charles D. McGuffey, j. l..
McOollum, Hugh Whiteside, Leslie
Warner, II. A. James, A. j. Gahagan.
The following committee was APP
pointed on finance: Adolph S. Ochs,
j. I. Hill, R. M. Barton, jr., Ii. I,
Griscom, II. Clay Evans.
The chairman was instructed to
appoint a reception committee.
A contribution list was opened and
the contributions were very liberal,
and a large amount was subscribed in
a few moments.
The meeting adjourned subject tc
the call of the chairman.
The annual meeting Of the Tennes-
see Press association in this city
promises to be well attended. There
will be many ladies in the party. The
members of the association anticipate
their meeting here with much pleasure
and in this they will not be disap.
pointed. Chattanooga knows how tC
treat her guests.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21

GRANTS letter had but little weigh
after it travelled all the way from Mex.
leo to New York. The people of thu
great metropolis paid very little atten
ton to it. The old man is struggling
desperately to keep his head above
water and to still WELD some of hi
former influence in public affairs. Bt
had better stick to railroading, or a
least refrain from letter writing anC
speech making. In the latter he die
make some happy hits, but it wal
more on account of the novelty OF the
thing than its merits. He is not
scholar, a statesman or even a student
but he has some good hard sense, and
will need all of it to maintain himself
in a favorable light before the public.
In this peaceful, practical, money get
ting age an ancient soldier cannet cut
much of a figure unless turned into
bronze OF marble and set on n pedes-
tai or astride a rampant horse OF
weather proof material. The south
ern people rather like Grant, with all
his faults, and would be sorry to see
him in a ridiculous attitude. vet the
way he is going on he is likely to need
their sympathy in less than three
years. 1t is a terrible strain for a
man who has had such a career, to
keep himself right in the eyes of the
world. More is expected of him than
of ordinary men, and yet he is an ex-
ceedingly common man when seen
and considered at short range. Samp-
sons strength was in his locks; a pOr-
ton Of Grants is in his silence or
reticencc. When Simpsons hair was
cut off he became as weak as other
men, even weaker by comparison.
When Grant came home and began
to write letters and pre.ide at town
meetings and to talk and dabble in
everyday affairs, the illusion
Of his greatness was dis
PEELED, and he began to appear as
an uncommonly common man. Too
much was expected of him, and there
is great danger that he will live too
long for his own usefulness. enjoyment,
and good name. If he could have
gone down in that storm in the gull
on his return to Mexico, or about the
time he got back to Galena to stay
for a couple Of days, his name would
have been hedged around with a halo
of glory; but it was not convenient for
him to die just then, and from this
on it will be a very awkward kind Of
business either to live or die. His
fame was assured at one time, but il
he lives on much longer it will 1ot
crop out again for nearly a century.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
Am IMPORTANT DECISION.
The Supreme COurt Decides that
Drummers Need Not Take
Out License.

A very important case has just been
decided by the supreme court of the
United States, the effec. Of which is
to declare the unconstitutionality of
all state laws making it incumbent
upon drummers and commercial tray-
elers to take out licenses, The ques-
ton presented to the supreme court
was the constitutionality of those pro-
visions of the revenue law of Virginia
which practically imposes a discrimi
mating tax upon manufactures OF
other states when brought into Vir-
ginia for sale. The court holds sec.
tons 40 and 46 of the revenue law of
Virginia, which imposes a special tax
upon the agents of foreign manuiac-
turers who come there to sell goods of
foreign origin, to be a clear discrimi.
nation in favor of home manufactures,
and against the manufactures of other
states, and tn t they are therefore an
infringement of the power vested in
congress to regulate commerce among
the states. Where a power is vested
exclusively in the federal government,
and its exercise is essential to perfect
freedom Of commercial intercourse be-
tween the citizens of the states, any
interfering action of the states must
give way. The Judgment Of the state
court was reversed with costs, and the
case remanded for further proceedings.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
Tennessee Appointments.

Special to the Cincinnati Commercial
WASHINGTON, May 18.-Thos. II.
Reeves. nominated to-day for United
States marshal for East Tennessee, is a
retired army officer, who has drawn a
comfortable salary from the treasury
for twelve years. General George
Nancy, of Tennessee, nominated for
minister and resident to Columbia, is
an OK Confederate republican who was
a Carried elector for the state at large.
Nancy has been a working republican
for many years, but never had recogni.
ton until to-day. he roised the first
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21

THE papers in the case of the Uni
ted States against the Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad have been for
warded by the solicitor of the treas.
ury to the United States district at
tOrney at Nashville with directions to
bring suit at the present term of the
court. The amount involved aggre-
gates 100000, being the principal and
interest of certain unpaid bonds Of
the railroad, purchased by the gov
eminent for the Indian trust fund.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-05-21
Onr LiffIe FoII.s.

The June number Of this beautiful
and instructive little magazine for
children is a perfect gem Of art. 1t
Is full of choice reading matter, adapt
ed to young minds, and the illustra-
tons are splendid. 1t is issued by the
Russell publishing company, 1874 A
fremont street, Boston. Price, $50
for one year; single numbers 10 cents