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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-05

elder of the district, and john G. Dow the
stationed preacher
The first quarterly meeting was held q,
the church tat the Csnter) september %
and 2l, 1928 Regular meetings bad been
held up to this Tins, but the "qlarterlg
meeting now convened ir the first tinie
on the ststion. and "a there was bHt one
steward under the circuu Arrangement. It
became necessary 10 choose others; the
completed board WAS IS follows: Stephen
SlnbOrn, u iDiel e liver, SAmI-l Upham.
Cyrenus G.. hsit0n (recoriiuI stewIrh
and Henry Mutt. A, a suhseqnent meet.
ing the board of trustees was increased to
five, and then comprised S,lvenu. Morse.
John Stevens, james ArbIcAle. Daniel
Culver and Henry Mutt; and the member
ship vas comprised in seven cltSses. ss
follows: /, Heury NUT leader. IS men,
bers; 2. Elias Wakefield leaier, members
and two on trial; 5. Cyrenus G.. keton
leader, l6 members; 1. Goodyear B Issett
loctl preacher ami leader. IS members
ant one on trial; 5. james ArbucSle lead
er. members snI on trial; .. Daniel
W. Fox leader. % member,; :, Nathan
Howard leader. Is memb,rs; total los
members and on trial.
The financial exhibit for this first year
| is as follows: Collections for this years
avails of subscription papers, S204 private
donaiions. SIS; ministerial or puhtte
money. S62; quarterly collections, SO;
total. $3.50. Disbursements, Paid Rev. J.
/ 6. Dow for travelling expenses. $40; for
house rent, $40; fuel, SIS; table expenses,
SIS; quarternge, $40; paid Rev, John
Lord, 2. F., $40; total, $3.50.
An interesting relic of the time here
written OF is an original "class paper"
now in 4 gool state of preservation, al.
though yellow with age, and carrying an
inscription Of faded writing, blt still very
legible, as follows:
fs9at?s.t,r cIlss paptr ..No !.
HENRY MUTT, Leader
John &. DOW, SP. Rev. John Lord, Pc
Renem Der and observe the Quarterly
Fast. See Discipline.
Keep yourselves in the love Of God.
Bible.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-05

N MEMORY
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-07-05
@sRtpt.l.r CIlss paptr ..Na !.
Made April 18th, lo29.

Keep yourselves in the love Of God.
Bible.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
When the Gar Alexander was
Crowned. ,... .u

The crownlng of Alexander III. as CZar
of Russia on the 7th of September, 1856,
was memorable from the many favors
bestowed upon his subjects. All the po-
litical offenders, some of whom had
been in prison or exile for thirty years,
and at least five thousand occupants of
jails, were pardOned and released. Mill
tary conscriptiOn was suspended for
four years, disabilities weighing op-
pressively on the Jews were removed,
and thousands of Crown serfs were
manumitted and given grants of land.
The Car began his reign as the peoples
darling, but one of his grand ideas led to
a ludicrous scene. He proposed to give
banquet tc 100000 of his poorer sub
jects from Moscow and the adjacent vii
lagos in the plains around Petrowski.
Preparations were made for this grand
feast by covering square mile with
tables, and the tables with hunks of
beef, bread ond casks of kwass. Unluck-
lily, the impatience of the guests I'D not
allow them to wait till tie day the
dinner. A flagstaff had been erected in
the middle of the plain, and it had been
arranged that the signal to "fall-to'
should be given by the hosting of the
flag. On the evening before the day of
the feast, while some 10000 mujiks were
lettering round the plain smiling the
food, an engineer officer named Nina
koff. wishing to try if the ropes of the
flagstaff worked we'll, gave them a tug
and sent the bunting flying aloft. In the
twinkling of an eye the multitude of
mujiks swooped upon the tables and
made clearance. No horde of famish-
ed wolves could have done the work
better. Beef, bread. beer-everything
went, and when these were gone, the
wooden dishes were carried off also.
The Car laughed when he was told of
the matter. "Well, well, so long as they
enjoyed themselves that is all L wanted.
But we must give something to poor
Minakoff. l am sure he must have fear
ed that they were going to eat him
also" ,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

THE singular case is mentioned of
Walter Philbrook of st. Louis, who, hay
ing recovered his reason after a mental
blank of fifteen years, has just lost it
again by drinking to excess. 1t now ap-
pears, on the authority of the st. Louis
Republican, that this Philbrook is the
man who refuted General Joseph E.
Johnson's recent declaration that Jeffer-
son Davis appropriated S2,5OO,00O in spe-
Gle after the fall of Richmond. Phil
brook, it is said, was the Confederate
Treasury agent who had charge of the
specie train sent to the far South when
it became apparent that the rebels must
abandon Richmond. During the lucid
interval which had just ended in "a pro
longed debauch, PhilbrOok gave cir
account of the disposition
of the 100000 in specie confided to his
care, and showed pretty conclusively
that General Johnston was utterly mis-
taken in his charges.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
The Backbiter.

There's some one living In this town
Maybe you know her name,
And maybe, should 1 write it down,
. Your own might prove the same,)
Mhe,when you say, Hes good" will cry
Indeed! You think that's true,
But" very cOnidentially.
You wouldn't if you knew"
One says, what prests girl goes by =
"Oh, horrors! you don't think
Sol Since we're you and l,
!, I'll say, "her parents drink,
And sbe-well, won't tell it out,
Though I've no doubt tbs true.
You think she's nice and pretty-but
! You wouldn't if you knew"
If one sings sweetly, How she flatsr"
If dressed in taste, what stylew
Supremely vulgar" all her hats,
Her dresses simply "vile."
And when good deacon Busby failed
A noble man and true |
She said. when We his lot bewailed,
You wouldn't if you knew" %:
Let those admire and love, who can,
This Misunderstanding dame, ...
Who seems to think a prosperous man
Must surely be to blame. .l.-.
That beauty is mark of sin; ,...t
That goodness is a crime; ..r
She sees but thieves and rascals in
The heroes of the time. -a ! .as;5
Sometimes she doesn't hesitate
To tell US what she knows,
And in nine cases out of eight
A lie is all she shows.
For virtues sake / hope TO find
One good old doctrine true;
Some heat for such shouldn't mind;
You wouldn't If you knew.-Sp. Rep.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
.Wintering the Cabbages.

1t used to be thought necessary to
store cabbages in cellar, or in some
kind of a pit, a method of wintering now
rarely followed. The usual way of
keeping them is to select dry place, if
the bed where they grew was not so,
and place the cabbage heads downward.
They. are sometimes placed close to-
gether in single row, running across
the bed or field. and a furrow thrown up
to them ON either side. The more com
mon method is to lay them down to
form a bed 8 feet wide,. and by the use
of the plow and shoyels, cover the heads
and a part of the stumps. The Savoys,
with their curled and xrinkled leaves,
do not keep SO well AS the Drum-heads,
when laid down i'll this way. For those
"a ridge may be thrown up with the
plOw, and the cabbages laid against it,
heads up; earth is plowed to the roots,
and thrown In to partly cover the
Stumps. When cold weather comes, the
heads are to be covered with cornstalks,
leaves, or other litter. Neither of these
methods allows head or two to be
readily taken for use. 1t is well to have
the family supply in some place near at
hand. If there is an unused pit or cold
frame, the cabbages may BE- set in them
upright, and covered with shutters, or
with straw or leaves. A trench may be
dug and used in the same manner.
Those who like cabbage green's, should
prepare for them, by gathering up the
stumps from which the heads have
been cut, and covering them with earth
against ridge. or otherwise give them
partial protection. They are less hardy
than the heads, and will not grow well
if exposed all winter to the weather..
American Agriculturist for November.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
EVILS OF SMOKING
An Eminent French Physician
ON ITS Constitutional Effects.

DIR. Decaisne has been giving attention
to the effects of smoking on the circula-
ton. His experiments have proven be-
yond all doubt that disturbance of the
circulation always attends smoking. Ir-
regular pulse and palpitation of the
heart are the more common symptoms,
and thrse occur when there is no organ
ic heart disease. 1t also changes the
blood so that the microscope will detect
it. An exchange gives the following
incident illustrating the sequel of this
cvrred few months ago in the office of
a manufacturing optician in New York.
AS the professor of microscopy in one of
the colleges dropped in, gentleman of
evidently large wealth and finished in
tellectual culture was just leaving the
Office with cigar between his lips. He
was wealthy amateur, and had select
ed valuable microscope. using a drop
of blood from his own finger as a test
OOIOCts Ndo SILL du-
justed, and the slide still beneath the
lens. The professor glanced at it; then
moved the slide to and fro, so as to stu
dy one field after another then counted
a few fields, and made a rapid compu-
tatien. The optician looked on in as
"That gentleman is one of
our best customers" he said; "buys
more heavily than half a dozen profess
sors." And this is a droprof his blood ?"
Inquired the man of science, musingly
The purveyor of lenses assented. "Very
well, replied the professor, "tell your
best customer. if yoa can without i'm
pertinence, that unless he stops smoking
at once he has not many months to
live" But he did not stop. A few weeks
later he went to Europe, thinking sea
voyage might recruit. his wasted ener-
gies. In few weeks more his death
was announced by telegraph from Paris,
where the doctors styled his disease a
general breaking up. - r
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
Wise Words.

Ignorance is the mother of all evil.
Speaking truth is like writing fair.
and comes only by practice.
The mother of useful arts is necessity
that of fine arts is luxury.
An idle man is like stagnant water;
corrupts himself.
Wisdom is to the soul what health il
to the body.
What seems only ludicrOus Is son s.
times very serious.
Better diamond with flaw than \
pebble without.
Wounds of the heart are the only ones
that are healed by opening.
Jealousy is the sentiment of poverty,
but envy is the instinct of theft
Children have more need of models
than of critics.
The wise man never makes the same
blunder twice.
Grief counts the seconds; happiness
forgets the hours.
Keep clear of a man who does not val
ue his own character.
He who can plant courage in u human
soul is the best physician.
We.p prize books. and they prize them
most who are themselves wise.
1t often seems more difficult to pre-
serve blessing than to receive.
He who can preseive a moments an
ger may prevent u day Of sorrow.
Do but half Of what you can and you
will be surprised ut your diligence.
Conversation enriches the under
standing, but solitude is the school of
genius.
There is no tyrant like custom, and no
freedom where its edicts are not resisted.
Gratitude is a fruit Of great eultiva-
ton, and not 70 be fouad among gross
people.
Tue moment a man Is satisfied with
himself, everybody else is dissatisfied
with him.
Many a true heart that would have
come back like the dove 10 the ark, after
the iirst transgression, has been fright
ened beyond recall by the angry AMI
menacing taunt-the savage charity OF
an unforgiving soul.
There is sanctity In suffering when
meekly borne. Our duty. though set
about by thorns. may still be made
staff, while in tortures. Cast it away.
and like the prophetic wand. 1t changes
TO q snake. ---..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
A DOllars's Worth of knowledge

Yesterday afternoon seedy-looking
individual in winter clothing walked in
to beer saloon On Third Avenue, near
Twenty first Street. He called for a
glass of German milk" and as the
froth showed its way to the top. he re-
marked to the bartender: "This is a
good summer for flies, and l am glad of
it,"
The bartender eyed the stranger for
few seconds, and replied: "Y aas, 'tis a
good summer for flies, but why should
you be glad p 9-s
81 make my living out of flies" an
swered the funny-looking man; "Pm-th
man who can bring flies to life after
they have been drowned" The beer
juggler had his opinion about the Gus
toner. Hes little off, he exclaimed,
addressing several young men who dis
played big shirt collars, and were talk
ing about baseball matches. The "fy"
resuscitator became angry because his
abilities had been laughed at. Gimme
glass of water" he cried, land I'll show
you how quick 1 can bring a fly to life
after it has been drowned" --i
The glass of water was produced. and
the man scooped a fly with a swing of
his hand on the bar. The fly was dous-
ed in the water. He kept it below the
surface with a wooden cigar lighter. 1t
was fully FIVE minutes before the fly
folded its wings, and bobbed up to the
top to all appearances dead, The stran-
ger picked it up gently and placed it on
the table, while a crowd gathered about
him. "You all see," said he, "that that
ERE fly is dead. Now watch me bring
him to life. Say, bartender, give me
some salt" ,,-
The salt bottle was handed him, and
he covered the dead fly with salt and Of
fered to bet dollar "that the fly would
waltz out alive in five minutes" The
bet was taken by young man, and the
pile of salt was gazed at intently by
twelve persons. Suddenly there was an
apheayal of the salt, and grains were
scattered about the table. The appa-
rently dead fly struggled through the
covering, paused for moment ON the
heap to perform its toilet, and then
buzzed toward the lunch counter.
The fly resuscitator pocketed the dol
lar and went out, saying: "Ta, Ia, boys !;
you can get even on some other fellow
some other day. Now you know how to
bring drowned fly to life" 9 .f4u
4. After his departure several flies were
drowned and resuscitated, and the young
man who paid dollar for this really old
information went into nejghboring
saloon; and was heard to say: "I'll bet a
dollar that can drown a fly and bring
it to life." .. .taal
B "Too latel' replied lounger, "a tramp
just left here scooping three dollars
from the boys on that racket" IN. Y.
World. igaDal .u ID aiyE a
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

J The announcement that Fraser's Ma
gazine will be published no longer calls
up host Of "reminiscences Of the litera-
ry past. Some of the most famous lit
erary men of the last half century were
contributors to it, among them Cole
ridge, Carlyle, Thackeray, Father Prout,
Ainsworth, and many Others. The mag
azine was started in 1880, and was the
first periodical which published like
nesses of literary men with biographical
sketches. Carlyle Published his "Sartor
Resaftas" in Fraseris, and its effect was
almost to extinguish the magazine. His
last published work, or the "Early
Kings of Norway and his Portraits of
John Know" also prepared originally in
its pages. Much of Thackeray's earli-
est and best writing also made its ap-
pearance in Frasers.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
Sel'ies-Vol. %. No. 42
Grains of Gold.

Sacrifice money rather than principle.
Use your leisure time for improve
ment-
f. Cultivate habits of punetuality and
method
Consider well, and then decide posi-
lively. i'
Whilst you seek new friendship culti-
| vate the old. -.--.
r A pleasant eountenance is a silent
commendation. ~'' .'i
He who knows most grieves most for
wasted time.
Small cheer and great welcome make
a merry feast
Fortune does not change men; it only
uninakes them. oel.<js ..l.
We coant' by changes and events
within US. Not by years.
True worth is summed up in faithful
discharge of duty. e---s
Devastation of the hign is the invol-
untary homage of the Law.
Avoid extravagant promises. State
facts and act up to them. ii.l
Every man desires to live long. but no
man would be old. ta F'/ $50
The milestone tomorrow" leads to
the town of never" -.f
A cOntemplativs man can always Oc-
cupy himself in meditation.
When d man is wrong and won't ad-
init it, he always gets angry.
+ Success leads to success. One point
gained will continue to accomplish.
' Joy, and temperance, and repOse, slam
the doctors nose.
What matters if one has not gold in
purse, if he has it in his heart.
1t is better to humOr the eonesited
than to seek to destroy their principle.
lie who laughs at cruelty sets his heel
on the neck of religion and godliness.
/ A man in any station can do his duty;
and in doing it, can earn his own re-
spect.
There can be no greater treachery
than to rise in confidence, and then de-
ceiye it. 10,
Save something Of what you earn.
Youth and strength are not always our
privileges. +
Be not over hasty in making a bar
gain, Study first both the advantages
and the disadvantages.
Reason from well-grounded prsce
dents. and be not confident of precol-
ceived opinion.
It's enough for man to understand
his own business: and not to interfere
with other peoples.
To endeavor to work upon the vulgar
with fine senses is like accepting to hew
blocks with razor.
Watch for opportunities of useful
ness. Every day brings them, and once
gone, they are gone forever.
Self-d0nial is the most exalted pleas
ure, and the conquest of evil habits tha
most glorious triumph,
In all true work there is something e
divineness. Labor. wide as the eart.I
has its summit in heaven.
A calm, quietly, orderly demeaner at
cOmplishes more than blistering tongue
and an arrogant attitude.
That kind of religion is likely to be
most popular which does not seriously
interfere with what you intend to do.
1t is easy enough to make sacrifices
for those we love; but for our enemy, va
have struggled and overcome self.
1t is safer to affroDt some people than
10 oblige them for the better a man de-
serves, the worse they speak of him.
Life is struggle from the cradle to
the grave. He is the better prepared for
it who considers it in this light.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

BAD CONDUCT OF CONDUCTORS. The
wholesale removal of the conductors on
the B. & o. Railroad, is still theme of
comment, and most of the higher Off
cials of the road have been approached
by newspaper reporters in the endeavOr
to fathom the mystery. None are will
ing to communicate much on the sub
ject, but from various sources the facts
have gradually leaked out. Fifteen con-
ductors, being the entire number, with
the exception of three, on the Central
Ohio, Lake Erie, Straitsville and Chica-
go divisions, were, notified that their re-
signations would be acceptable. From
the best information obtainable, it ap-
pears that General Manager Durham, of
Newark, is at the bottom of the matter.
He is new man on the road, having
been brought from. Nashville in July,
1881. He was informed that there had
been system OF leakage in passenger
fares for years, and he at once began the
work of ferretiHg out the trouble I'm
known to the conductors. he put them
under system of detective espionage
which continued up to the time of their
discharge. The manner of working is
not known. but some of the results have
been made public. For instance, a ticket
from Columbus to Newark was discov
cred to have been sold four timds, the
conduceor each time neglecting TO punch
Ii on taking it up. 1t was then disposed
of to a scalpsr. who reseld 1t to a pass
snger and it was again used. Another
conductor, it is asserted, in one week
"held cut" seventy-two per cent. of the
money he had received for fares. 1t is
said the road would have been satisfied
with an even divide, but the additional
ttwentytwo5 per cent captured by the
conductor was the straw that broke the
camel's back. Other acts equally as fla
grant were discovered, which ifiually de-
termined the company on informing the
conductors that other men would fill
their places. + Barnesville Enterprise.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

A SERIES of very interesting spectre
scopic observations upon the comet have
recently been made by Commander
Sampson at the Naval Observatory. 1t
appears, from these observations, that
the appearance Of the spectrum has con-
side rhbly changed since the first obser-
vatiohs were made. This Is attributed
to the fact, that, when first observed, the
comet had Just passed the sun, while
nowits position with reference to the
great luminary is so changed that the
amount of reflected light has greatly di
minished, and the influence of the heat
ed solar atmosphere lessened. No trace
whatever of the sodium band was
found, which was 50 manifest upon the
earlier observations.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
Wheat Ruined by Rain.

Profs n. S. Townsend, of the Ohio
University, writes as folio ws in the No
vcmber American Agriculturist:
1t seems waste of labor to stack
grain for Il short period, when by thresh-
ing directly from the field one handling
is sufficient. This saving of labor is
important, and with some it is Il con-
trolling consideration. On the other
hand, if grain is promptly securedJn a
barn or stack, as soon lis ii is dry, al
though some additional labor may be
required, the practice has many advan-
tages. TO some, the occasional sprouts
ing of Il few grains of wheat may appear
to be of little consequence, when, in fact
if one kernel in Il hundred of a lot of
wheat is grown, the bread made from
it will be perceptibly affected. After
harvest, both grain and straw throw off
moisture; if this occurs in the stack, the
grain does not become musty, which it
always does if the sweating process, as
1t is called, takes place in the granary.
Wheat in the granary, or elevator, is sub
ject to injury from the Grain Weevil
granariuS), which it escapes
in the stack. Rats and mice are the
pests of the granary, but into stack
built as hereafter described they very
rarely obtain admission. Farmers fire.
quently complain of middlemen and
speculators who buy up grain while it is
cheap, and by holding it for an advance
make large profits. Does not the farmer
who is in hurry to thrash and at once
put this crop upon the market, play di-
rectly into the hands of these specula-
tors? If the farmer wishes to hold his
wheat for a satisfactory price, it will
keep best in the stack, and need not be
until it is wanted. Observs
ton and experience have convinced
many that the most prompt and caref ul
securingiOf grain is the preferable course
the extra cost of preparing barn room
or of stacking. if regarded as an insur-
ance charge upon the crop, is money and
labor well expended.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26

A MORE pathetic story has seldom
been told than wasI the one related in a
brief telegram fremo Chicago. 1t ran
thus: "Lizzie, the pretty and attractive
daughter of Capt. Jackson, commander
az lake stsambort, was arrested last
night and confined in the station house
Ter flirting in the street. The girl was
mot at AL bad. only indisereet and but is
years Of age. Left alone in the station
she become overcome with grief and
and hanged herself with
her handkerchief"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-10-26
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. n.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon. z
.,...-. ROBT. NJ. EATON, w. III. =
JESSE B. MEYKR, Sec'y. IL
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. n,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
J. b. RYAN, ii. p.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No "a, r. & 8. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
II. r. BUMGARNER, T. l. N.
F. d. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 26, Z. T.
IL Stated conclayes, first Tuesday of each
month. e C. w. CARROLL, E. G. r
e. &. 5KpwIok, Rec.