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New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
4" Bards who died content on pleasant sward,
Leaving great verse unto little clan"
A POETICAL TRIBUTE.
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Probably there is no more hearty admlrer OF
Mr Emerson living than the venerable Amos Bronson
AIcott For ifyfwO years they have been kindred
spirits philosophy ana literature. Mr Aleott Is tne
senior of Mr. by three years but he still reans
the came ply and intellectual vgor that he pos
sessed "A quar- OF century ago. IL was aDOut Ten
days AGO that Mr. Acott last visited his irend ana OH
that occasion he read to him extracts from DOok ol
sonnes which VIII be issued during the current Week
Ia ne volume referring 70 Mr. EmelsOn, anu
when II was read to hlm by the author he suddenly
frightened up from thoughtful reycrie aud eagerly re
ouested MI Aicott TO leave tue volume with him. IN,
tribute which tue sonnet paid TO the distinguished
scholar follows
misfortune 10 have lived not knowing thee;
Twere not hign living ncr 10 noblest end
Who. dwelling near, learned not entirely
Kicn frienushp's ornament that stlll dOtn lend
To life its consequences and proprtty
Thy fellowship was my culture, noOie frlehd;
BY the hand thou tooks me. and dldst condescenu
TO bring me straightway into thy fair gulu;
And lifelong hath II been nigh compnnent
By thee To have been known and thy lrienu styleu,
Given to rare thOug ght and good learning Deut;
Whilst in my straits an angel on me smiled
Permit me, then thus honoreu SlA W DO
A scholar Ia thy university"
New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
MR.. BLAINE'S INDIGNATION
Continued from FIRST Page.

table between Mr.. Williams. Mr.. Orth and Mr.
Kasson, Mr.. Belmont having subsided into
his chair Mr.. Kasson then said in
substance that, so far as the origin OF
the cooquy was concerned. the committee recog
nized the fact that Mr.. Blaine's remarks were en-
tirely parliamentary. This put tne responsibility
of thus disgraceful scene where It belonged. But
"Yes, Mr.. Chairman said Mr.. Blame "I was very
careful IT, nse parliamentary language. said il
Hnparlamontapy5 s 5 BHt @ is dangerous word. Ne a9'
Blame" said Mr.. Tappertit, with funeral empha-
sis on the word dangerous whereat the spectator,
laughed again THIN Mr. Wilson asked a few ques-
tiOns of Mr. Blaine. which were IN fact the first
questions pertinent 20 the investigation that had
been asked in two DAYS. NJ Wilson
answered them courteonsly. of course, and both
committee and spectators seemed relieved. The In
vest cation had been allowed to return to the
passages common among gentlemen.
There has been endless fun about the city this after
noon and evening the idea that, when Nr. Bel
mont warned Mr. Blaine of the danger OF hs words
and told him he should hear from him = in priyateD
sending Mr. Blaine challenge. The Blaine
Belmont duel" has been the subject OF enough jokes
10 fill newspaper page; but there is no evidence
that Mr.. Belmont had such an intention. even when
he was most angry and most terrible.
1t seems most likely that, II Mr.
Blaine hears from him at all, IN
private it will be by way of letter OF such
Friends OF Mr.. Blaine say tnat nothing OF tho Kind
has reached him. and would receive no notice.
Of course, if il should do so. BY Mr. Belmonts
"prOmpter and MENTOR it is generally believed
that Mr.. Blaine referred to Mr. William Henry
Hurlbert, Editor of The WOrId.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
EMERSON AS AN OBSERVER.


I shall denOmlnate him an observer; to De
which originally and indeed was in his freud Louis
Assz estma iOn OF all mehtal merits the crown al
though EmersOn's observation be mainly In different
from the great naturasts sphere BrOntal in his as
epect while In his perfect simplicity never tw0faced he
H. openeyen Openness, unODSructed by any private
will botn ways nature and to the over soul There Is
"A in nin of musing and OF sturdy sense
more wondrous telescope Is ais nan that III the Cam
bridge observatory, whose weight OF many tons Will turn
a n ens touch and his look through 1t, like cDlds.
disinterested and clear am transparent eye-Dal
/ am nothing. | see all = has he not, as
do experts win the pencil and brush, In these
words painted himself He never gets into
his instrument obscure the object glass with that
mote o egOusn which Is eclipse OF the stars, al hougii
some sIs ect it is cod light OF the stars he Is
wacning and tua light occasionally gets tue better OF
life while with Fatner Taylor, that oher friend OF his,
the process d, the life aDounding aud the
light perhaps for moments choked Emerson Is an III
tlecIua priest He brhOlds and reports ALL be II secu
lar or sacred, in his field OF view If Shakespeare OF
Goethe be the Mont Blanc, he Is nelghDOrng AlgmIe
of lesser BREADTH but weilnigh equal height.
What step of fty years, from the day when
his own church declined TO hear him, 10 an audience
which not Boston, Ne -Eu gland OF Old Engand-Only
the civilized worid-can contain IL Is an arch o
beauty wlt WINCH for millions To walk after HIM OI
a bridge. lie has spanued the gull of time.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
THE FOUNDER OF A LITERATURE"


Not the founder in Il strict sense OF any
schoo he has furnished the foundation stones for many
scnoos But after all his great service was III setting an
example of intellectual self-rellance. lie and
his conpeers accom- sned their work because they had
flith In tnelr period aud their place aud themselves:
hrv did not tine in discussing the philosophy OF
environment moaning over prov nclasn, Out were
content TO accept conditions they found and 10 make
iher provincalism classic. II what ney dld was out OF
ali pro ortion their apparent opportunities. 50 much
tine petter 1t even 50 with those creeks whose cpl
tapn Keats has 80 succinctly written:
Bards who died content on pleasant sward,
Leaving great verse unto a little clan'
All the remarkable prose writers Of that period in
America-EIncrsDn in his cams, Hawthorne IN
in hs lonely dreams, Poe amid his excesses, ThOreau IN
hi. ascetcisu-OeO essentially TO the same intel
Iectual impulse however lar they seem removed from
one another All employed the material that lay around
them whatever II was; all followed the wise counsel
of tne spectator i'll the prologue to Faust Do cut
grasp into the thick of human life Every one lives
to not many known; ana seize II where you WILL II
ia Interesting" Under their influence literature sef
assumed IA new aspect OF wealth and vlg0r making the
smooth Irving suddenly seem shallow, ana the purely
ethical treatment Of Charming appear cO0ress ana III
adeuuate. Europe at once rcceded, aud new world
was norm difficult to in case OF Emerson-a IL
ia hard with every conspicuous man-h0w tar ne Is the
creator of the represeuts ana now Tar ne Is
mere index and XpOnent. Toe gratitude OF the world
nsnaIy gives the leader the benent OF TINS doubt 1hls
,n IA certain that in American literature there was
csess mpulse of nope ana lie forty years ago,
n thar the giory that impulse Will always be III
ssnarable from the name of Emerson.
New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
HIS INFLUENCE EXTRAORDINARY

The influence OF its The Diapsl Editor has
been nosecs but oHtraornary TO tao yoHaS meH or
v.1h vhech DR. Charming affected Mr.. Emersons own
aud that power the ne 1ss r Of s
yont6 Tnose no have felt throughout their ives TINS
ur,fying and oey any and hberAlizng power ana VINO
Rava ,een an his inspiring career the perfecI sanity of
tue een. can never think without aiectonate rover
enoe OF Ralph Waldo Emerson
New-York tribune., 1882-04-28
THE NORMAL SCHOOL CONTROVERSY.

CORTLAND, N. Y, April 27.-Dr James ii.
uoose. who was recently sustained In his position as
professor In the Normal School hero by the Court OF Ap
meals opened the school this morning with full corps
~ ansteachers petition has been signed BY over one
thousand citizens asking for tho retention OF the local
sch0ol board.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-23


In printing the able charge of Judge
Baxter, of Cleveland, on the question of
railroad freight Determinations, In which
lie maintained that. corporations are
trustees of popular rights as we'll as
those of stockholders, and declaring it
unlawful for q railroad company to
charge one customer more than another.
and that all customers are entitled to
equal chances, we failed to notice the
gratifying and significant fact that the
jury brought. in a verdict against the
railroad company for $4,5s4, this being
the amount the plaintiff was charged in
excess of the freight charges to more
favored customers. This result may en-
courage other victimized patrons of dis
eliminating railroad corporations to SUB
for their rights and redress their wrongs
II we understand the letter of our late
Marietta correspondent, the freight rate
between that place and Columbia is
about 25c. per ton per mile ON freight for
the line Of the Reading q Colsvabia Il. r.
and connections. II the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad company has two rates for the
same freight between these same points.
it might be worth while to test its legal
right to indulge in this odious discrimi- =
LatiOn.
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ABOUT APPLES.


TIE UAI TOGUOW THE ADAM1C 1kSCk1
TIE ysn,..s 8. ! Selection Of nry Tres
~ Subject OF 1bterest to Farmars
and to Homologists.
VIM. J. Pyle in Oxford Press
For an orchard of fifty trees We want
but few Of the summer kinds, unless they
are of q very choice variety that would be
of ready sale. For early summer Red AS.
trachan, Early Novel;, Townsend and
Summer Porter, 3 of each 4 Maiden
Blush, Jeferis, 2 Fall Rambo, Smoke
house, 2 Winter Cornelrs. Fancy, 4 Grave.
stein, York Imperial, Roxbury Russett,
Red Romantic, 6 Winter Blush and
Foldu-wall. The latter is generally called
Fallawater, but the former is the prope,
name (found in'the forestl +.
KingOf 1ompkins county rot before
they are ripe, like the Baldwin. Smiths
Cider are good bearers and good keepers,
but void of flavor. The Smokehousc is
one of the richest favored, and have q vel.
low flesh, hard and solid, and will keep
until spring. It does best if planted in
low or meadow land, it matters not if their
roots run into a stream of water. Any
one having a piece of ground of this kind
woald do well to plant goodly number.
IS there is no trouble in selling them.5
Apples are like everything else, requir.
ing soil to suit their nature, and to get a
crop you must take care of them. Manure
this fall and salt the next half peck
thrown on the ground, spreading it from
the trunk out as far as the limbs extend
is not too much for bearing tree from
eight years upwards. Salt has . tendency
to make the bark smooth as well as pro-
mote a rapid growth. Manure and salt is
the object, if you want a crop Of sound
and good keeping apples. 1 have seen
apple trees treated in this wise that the
bark was SO smooth that there was scarcely
crevice deep enough for an insect to dc.
posit its eggs therein. s Z y
1t is very common to see an apple orchard
in full bearing this year and next year al
most void Of fruit. AS one remarks,
How scarce Of apples your orchard is -
We get answer, "This is not its bearing
year." will here state how easy it is to
make every year its bearing year, with
but little labor, although it would be less
labor to commence when the trees arc
young, with their first bearing. This is to
allow but One-half of each kind to give
fruit at one season this is done by pick
ing off the blossoms ;, it can be done any
spring regardless of the age or size Of the
tree, and when once done it is permanent.
One half rests this year, whilst the, other
half Is fruited :; and tho next year the
other half takes its turn. By this means,
with the assistance of manure and salt, we
compel our orchard every year to bear
plenty of fine fruit.
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yesterday morning, and he stood through
ont the reception without nanifestiag a
sign Of htigue. Grsot crowds of p6opls
assomhled = the UnEer den Ltiien, WIN
chsered his majesty upon his appeslanos
O the bAlconysx b
The Car telesraphed congratulatory
message expressing the hope that the en-
perior's life. which was so necessary to the
peace of Europe and the maintenance of
friendly relation between Russia and Ger
many, might be long preserved
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-23

PUBLIC-sP1R1TEDc citizens will be glad
to hearthat an objection has been inter-
posed to the granting of . charter by the
governor "to construct and maintain a
turnpike road, to begin at the eastern
terminus Of the Bridgeport and Horse
shoe road turnpike and end in the vii
lage of Bird-in-Hand, at or near the
point of intersection of the old Philadel-
phia road and the Gordonville road, and
to occupy part of the whole of the said
Old Philadelphia road between said
points, lying and being in East Lam
peter township, Lancaster county, Pa,
q distance of about three and a-half
miles, the company to be styled The
Bird-in-Hand Turnpike Road com.
pany.'" The proposed and advertised
application for a charter to grab the val
nable franchises of the "old road !"
enjoyed free by the public for over a
century, has not yet reached the state
department, but there is waiting for it
there q vigorous protest, signed by large
number of prominent citizens Of the
eastern end of the county, who object to
such gratuitous surrender OF public
rights to private corporation. This
protest is an abstract of the objections to
this. measure which the INTELLIGENCER
published nearly two months ago, and
republished yesterday. We do not be.
lieve they can be gainsaid, but if the i'm
pudent request for such charter ever
reaches the executive chamber, the op-
ponents of it may rest assured they will
have a hearing, and we cannot for a
moment believe that any intelligent and
honest governor would grant this char
ter with all the facts brought to his no
tice.
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PERSONAL.

Don PHILIPPE DE BOURBON, according
to London Truth, is about to marry Mis-
Mackay, an American 4leiress.
Professor LoNGFELLow is suffering from
an attack of illness which causes some
alaru, as it is feared that it will result il
Inflammation Of the bowels.
DR.. PANCoAsT, the late distinguished
Philadelphia surgeon, died unusually
rich for professional man. He has left
all his property to his family.
/ General LONasTREET believes that the
South needs more fresh blood, and he has
just induced three hundred Germans and
Swiss to form colony near his home
Gainesville, Georgia.
Colonel BATCHELDER las plan to
form veterans association among those
who participated in the first days fight al
Gettysburg and still live. The prelimi
nary meeting was held in Washington on
Tuesday evening.
The Philadelphia Committee of One
Hundred have caused tho arrest Of Rev.
SAMUEL HUFF, of No. 264 North Juniper
street, Methodist minister, on the charge
of wilful fraud and perjury in reporting
election returns. Mr., Huff was judge OF
tho last February election in the tenth
division of the First ward.
DAVID LECHE, esq.,, a young member Of
the Lancaster bar formerly of Strasburg,
who came here from Columbia county, has
pulled up stakes and gone to Chicago te
try his professional fortunes. THOMAS
WH1TsoN esq, has resigned his justicsshir
of the peace in Fulton and came to Ian
caster to practice law.
An Englishman by the name Of GREEN
recently fell heir to an estate of $35, 900 q
year from an unexpected source. It ap-
pears that some thirty years ago Mr..
Green seeing an old gentleman looking TO,
seat in church, invited hip into his pew
aud furnished him with hymn and praye,
books. The old man was without reh-
tives and rewarded the courteous act by
making Mr.. Green his heir.
BENTON and JACKSON had long been al
feud, and had not met for many years until
Jackson was president and Benton senate,
from Missouri. It was in room in the
White House that their first meeting took
place. Jackson was seated at . table,
when the door swung open and Benton
stood silently in the middle of. tho floor.
jackson looked up recognized him at once,
and recollected at the same time that be
had no weapon to defend himself. Equally
silently he got up, walked to the door.
looked It and put the key in his pocket.
and went back to his seat. Then he said,
" Does this mean war or peace?" ut
means peace" said Benton. Jackson
again arose, walked to the door, unlocked
it, came back to his seat, and then said,
"Colonel Benton, am pleased to see you.
Take a seat.'' Henceforth they were
reconciled.
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SUICIDE OR ACCIDENT
raE TRAGIC DEATH OF A rhAvxLn,

Rhiiip Ven RsaMsaasP akoo6 UlDself h .
New Ysrk Hsesl.Mfs. oAase Son.
io-lAW Acquitted o4 AuFaoe.
Philip Van RENSSELAER,, aged forty years.
a b0arder at tho Hotel Brunswick, New
York, committed suicide early yesterday
morning by shooting himself through the
temple in his room. He was dead when
found. Mr.. Van Rensselaer, kss younger
member of the old Knickerbocker family
of that name, had considerable wealth
and was great traveller. He j0urneyed
on horseback in the Western wilds and
Mexico, and in the West was very we'll
known. During his wanderings he ac'
quired the habit Of carrying q pistol,
which he handled SO carelesely that his
friends frequently demonstrated with him
against the practice. This fact, together
with certain indications in the condition
of the corpse when found, has given rise
to the presumption that the shooting
might have been accidental, and the entire
absence, as far as known, of any motive
for suicide is argued in support of this
theory.
In the early part of February he return
ed from San Francisco and took up his
residence at the Hotel Brunswick. He
engaged in some mining business, but SO
far as known suffered no pecuniary losses.
Three days ago his wife arrived from
Philadelphia and took up her residence
with him at the hotel. Tuesday, in an
interview with his brother, his spirits
seemed most buoyant. He went to the
minstrels Tuesday night, and on his re-
turn to the hotel he got the key of pri-
vate room lie occupied before the arrival
of his wife and was found dead there at
6 o'clock in the morning. 1t was learned
then that be had been dead for hours.
There was evidence to show that the
shooting had taken place immedi-
ately after he entered the loom,
and he had hung up his coat and
flung his hat ON the bed. The pistol was
in his hand and was self-cocking British
ll-dog revolver, of the same kind as the
one with which President Garfield was
shot. His left hand was scorched by tho
powder. The bullet had crashed through
the skull just above the right temple,
penetrating the brain upward and inward,
and after tho shot he had fallen ON the
bed. No message or apparent preparation
for death indicated premeditation. Mrs.
Van Rensselaer, was greatly prostrated
when told of her husbands suicide and
violent death.
The suicide was grandson of the elder
Stephen Van Rensselaer,, the PATRON of
Albany. His father was Philip, one of
the sons Of the old PATRON, among whom
the property in this city was divided.
The Philip who took his life inherited
from his father some California mining
property. He had just returned from
looking after this, having spent number
of years in California.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-03-23

The experts who have been examining
the accounts Of Long Island City Il. - re-
port to tho common council that there is
a deficiency in the accounts of ono branch
Of the water department of the city amount
ing to over $4,000.
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CALVIN COOPER's OPINION.

An Experienced and Successful HoTticultu-
r1st's Views.
EDITORS INTEILIGENCER BY your re-
quest submit list of apples such as I
think would make desirable selection fer
an orchard of fifty trees. AS has been re-
marked by others, it is most desirable to
have the largest proportion Of winter va
rieties. Our vicinity is supplied with a
superabundance of fall kinds, owing to
the demands for the last go years or more,
of .fau0rites brought to our market from
the North, and planted here in q longer
and warmer climate, ripen too early and
hence will not keep. You will see by the
list below that have left out nearly all OF
the choice New York varieties and substi-
tuted others Gas winter fruits) native to
this latitude and soil. q, =
For summer Early Harvest, 2 Red
Astrachan. Early Strawberry 9 Towns
end, Jeffries.
For Fall 8 Hawley, 4 Maiden Blush,
2 Jersey Sweet, Munson Sweet, 3 Benoni,
Baldwin.
For Winter a 4Smith's Cider, York I'M
perial, 2 Hubbardson Nonsuch, Smoke
house, Fallwater, 2 Domino, 2 Winter
Green, 2 Paradise, and for cider one each
of Green Sweeting, Talman Sweet and
Applebutter or eating apple).
The above will make a. selection that
will ripen through the whole season, and
if properly handled some of them can be
kept until late in the following summer.
There are situations that arc more IA
vorable than others, particularly in the
later varieties. the main point in these is
to have them hang on the trees until frost
comes and the weather not so warm. 1t
is generally considered that northern cx-
posure is rather the best, and if near tho
water so that the roots may reach the
stream, and the ground not swampy. pro-
duccs good results but if had a choice
of situations would take high altitude
and run the risk of obtaining all the mois-
ture necessary from the rainfalls. Much
can be done by cultivation in keeping the
ground moist and by the destruction of all
vegetable growth in the orchard, the
trees will then be the only plant to take
up this desirable element necessary in all
fruit culture.
The thinning process is very desirable if
we would have fruit every year, but will
not always bring the desired result, but is
generally attended with better grade of
fruit and less danger of injury to the tree
by over-bearing.
A very important feature is the de-
struction of all fallen fruit prematurely
ripened, as they quite frequently contain
the "larva" of the " codling moth,' the
great enemy of all fruit growers
In fertilizing, l know nothing better
than well decomposed "barn yard ma
nure with an occasional top dressing of
lime. Salt in dry seasons think could be
used to advantage say six quarts to a
large tree sown broadcast would absorb
moisture from the atmosphere and assist
in supplying that requisite in dry seasons.
IL C. COOPRR.
BIRD INLAND, March 23, 1882.
[Some views on setting out an orchard,
with other valuable agricultural matter,
will be found on the first page of to-day's
INTELLIGENCER.-EDs.l Il
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Presented with q watch.

D. F. Harnish, agent of NJ. s. Harnish,
tobacco packer at HarDish station, was
yesterday presented with beautiful gold
Elgin watch by the employees of the ware
house. The presentation speech was made
by ]. F. Breneman, to which Mr.. Harnish
replied thanking the donors.
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Tho Kalsers Birthday.

Berlin is gayly decorated, On account of
the anniversary of the Emperor Williams
birthday. Thanksgiving services were
held at the churches, which were numer-
ously attended. The Emperor commenced
receiving congratulations at ten o'clock
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Sent to Jail.

Jacob Ripehart, who some days ago was
charged with obtaining money and board
ing from Mrs. Rosanna Bruderly, by false
pretense, and who, while on his way to
prison to await hearing, assaulted Officer
Coylc and attempted to escape, had a hear
ing before Alderman Spurrier yesterday
afternoon, and in default of bail was sent
to Jail to answer for false pretense, for
assault and battery, and resisting an
officer.
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Going to Join Bsrnu,n.

Charlie Carr and John Wertz, two we'll
kaown bill posters of this city, left at $50
this morning for New York to join the
Barnum show Both are good workmen'
and have worked for different firms n
this city. Others will shortly leave to
Join circuses