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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
Condensed Wisdom.

Ali if the rich were rich as the poor
fancy riches.-Emerson.
Shallow men believe in luck; strong
men believe in cause and effect-Emer-
son.
There is a certain noble pride through
which merits shine brighter than through
modesty.
Who is dumb? He who does not know
how to say kind things at the proper time.
Hindu.
To restore commonplace truth to its
first uncommon luster you need only to
translate it into action. But to do this
YOU must have reflected on its truth
Coleridge.
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware
as if it were plate, and not less great is
the man to whom all his plate is no more
than earthenware-Leighton.
When thou wishest to delight theyself,
think of the virtues of those who live with
thee; for instance, the activity of one and
the modeSty of another, and the liberality
of a third, and some other good quality of
a fourth.-M. Antoninus.
In discussing anything, the weight of
reasoning, and not of authority, should be
sought, since the authority of those who
profess to teach is, on the whole, him
drance to those who wish to learn. For
the latter case to depend upon their own
judgment, and take for granted the con-
clusions of those in whom they cOnfide.-
Cicero.
If thou hast not mercy for others yet
be not cruel unto thyself. To ruminate
upon evils, to make'critical notes upon in
juries, and to be acute to their apprehen-
sions is to add unto our own tortures. to
feather the arrows of our enemies, to lash
ourselves with the scorpions of our foes
and to resolve to sleep no more; for in
juries long dreampt on take away all rest;
and he sleeps but like Regulus who bruis-
eth his head about them Sir Thomas
Browne.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
Much yaceinated.

Bright and early yesterday morning a
middle-aged man, Of anxious look and
much corporosity, called at the City
City Hall, and went for the Chief of Po-
lice with
'Haf we some shpall-pox in Detroit?'
Il believe We have sporadic case or
two was the reply.
'Und doze somepody haf to get wac
cinated to keep him awayT
Every citizen should protect himself
How many dimes was get waccina
ted TO keep dot shmall-pox out of meln
house und salooB?'
.Oh, guess once will do.
'Vonce, Great Shiminy! No more as
dot, Shust wait q minitr
He jerked of his coat ond pushed up
his shirt sleeves, and pointed to four
spots on his left arm and five on his
right, and said:
-Four und f We makes nine dimes dot
[ vas waccinated in four days.
How is that?'
How ish dot? Dots what i likes my
self to knowl | vas shust reading about
dot shmall-box de odder day in der Sher-
man bapers when two men walks in
mine saloon und says: 'Sharley, dot
shmall-box is all ofer down und you
must be waccinated or de Common
Council will close yOs oop. So l vas
waccinated for two shillings und zwei
class beer
Yes
1t vas shust two hours more as man
comes in und says he vas sent to wscci-
nate me on der odder arm, und pays
him two shillings und class of peer
Yes
'Pefore night man NIT spectacles
comes in und says he vas sent by der
Healthy Poard to see if l vas waccina-
ted. show him two blaces, but be
shakes his deadt und says:z'Dot wacci-
nation am too high oop. md you will
git der shmall.box in her hands. Den
he makes dot blace here, und / gif him
dwendy-tive cents uHd class peer.
-fYeSp
'Vhell, in der course of four days six
more men comes around u waccinate
me by order of der Mayor, der Gufernor,
der president, de Poard of Public Works,
und dean know What else, und efery
dime pays two shillings und class peer
When vas waccinated nine dimes Pc
gins to pelieye l vas greenhorn, und
ven der tenth man comes aroundt, hit
him on der beadt nit pottle und walks
ofer to see you about it. Vas it all
right?
4 guess the boys we're guying your
'Vet is dot?'
Why, you really haven't been vacci.
mated at ALL
MOI
No; and you'd better be vaceinated
again
'Wsccinsted again! Waccinated den
dimes! Neferi Before l Vas waccina-
ted den dimes l catches der shmall-box
und goes to ped NIT him all summerl
Dots some closs-pins like l amp-De
troit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

THE corn crop of the country has for
two years past been disappointment.
In 1881 it was matter of quantity-in
1882 it was matter of quality. In the
former year there was such tremen-
dous fall-off in the yield as to very ma
terially curtail consumption. In the
latter year the benefit of a large yield
was largely counteracted by the unsat-
isfactory condition of the crop when
stored, and its serious subsequent dete-
rioration In quality. These two partial
failures occurring in succession make it
donbly desirable that the planting of
1888 be made the best possible. There
is every reason for taking pains in ma
king start, and no farmer of intelli
gence will need urging on this point.
The Importance of using only good seed,
and planting in the most thorough man.
ner and under the most favorable con-
ditions should be recognized more fully
than ever before. The corn crop is the
most i'm ortant item in American agri-
culture.-Stockman.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
POETRY.
Youth and Age.

Spring at her height, or morn In
prime,
Sails that laugh from flying squall,
Pomp of harmony, rapture OF rhyme.
Youth is the sign of them, one ana
all
Winter sunsets, and leaves that fall,
An empty fagon, folded page.
A tumble down wheel, a tattered ball
These are the types of the world OF
age.
Bells that clash in gorgeous chime,
Swords that clatter in Onsots tall,
The words that ring. and the flames that
climb
Youth is the sign of them, one and all.
Old hymnals prone in a dusty stall,
A bald, blind bird in a crazy cage,
The scene of faded festival
These are the types of the woHd OF
age.
Hours that strut, as the heirs Of time,
Deeds whose rumors clarion call,
Songs where the singers their souls
sublime
Youth is the sign of them, one and all.
A staff that rests in nook OF the wall,
A reeling bottle. r1sted gauge,
The chant of a nearing funeral
These are the types of the world OF
age.
Struggle and sacrifice, riot and Drawn
Youth is the sign of them, one and all.
A smoldering hearth and silent stage
These are the types of the world of age.
Il Boston Transcript.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
Mr. Beecher's First Cigar and First
Drink.

When boy gets to be as big as ci-
gar he goes and smokes-because his
father smokes. 1 was very curious to
know the taste Of tobacco, notwithstand-
ing the good example l received from
my father and elder brothers, and in
spite of the good warnings | received.
They were all very good in their way,
but they did not meet my curiosity to
to know what was in it. / wanted to
know and l found out. Laughter. !
There never was boy so entirely salts
fed with an experiment as l was. Re-
newed laughter. l had an intense Gu
riosity to know how wine tasted If
my father had called me mp and said !:
my boy, see you want to know about
this" and had given me taste Of Made
ria, might have been cured. Well,
laid up all my pennies assiduously to-
gether with Woodruff, who was my
playmate, and finally we got enough to
bay pint of port or Mederia; do not
know which it was. Then we skulked
down into the meadow and got seclu-
ded fence where nobody would see US,
and got tumb.er, and [ remember the
feeling of expectation that l had as my
curiosity was about to be gratifed.
turned out half a tumblerful and took a
good.swig. 1t was the most disillusion-
iZing experience / ever had. / came
down out of the heavens, thump, to the
very ground. The reaction was hideous,
horrible, rspugnant. l never felt any
desire for it afterward.-From. his Lee
ture-room Talk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
Low Rate Excursion TO Kansas via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

Low Rate Excursion to Kansas via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The German Baptists (Dunkards,) }
hold their annual meeting at Lawrence,
or Bismarck Grove, Kansas. on Tuesday,
May 18th. The b. 4 o. railroad will
sell round trip tickets. from stations on
its Trans Ohio Divisions, to Lawrence
and return, at one-half the regular rate,
tickets good going from May 10th to
18th, good returning thirty days from
date This is the lowest round trip rate
ever offered, giving such a long limit
Through trains on the b. & o. neces-
states but one change Of cars between
the Ohio and Missouri rivers.
For further information, address. W.
E. Reppert, Pass. Agent, Columbus. o.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
Rev. Father Wilds'
EXPERIENCE.

The Rev. z. P. Wf1ds, weIl-known city
missionary in New York, and brother of the
late eminent Judge Wilds, of the Massachu-
setts Supreme Court, writes as follows:
"7s E. 54th ST., Nelr York, Nay 16, 1852.
MEssRs. j. c. AVER s. Co., Gentlemen:
Last winter / was troubled with most uneom-
Portable itching humor affecting more especially
my limbs, which itched so intolerably at night,
and burned intensely, that could scarcely bear
any clothing over them. / was also a sufferer
from severe catarrh and catarrhal cough my
appetite was poor, and my system good deal run
down. Knowing the value of AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, by observation of many other cases. and
from personal use in former years l began taking
it for the above-named disorders. My appetite
improved almost from the first dose. After a
short time the fever and itching allayed, and
all signs of irritation of the skin disappeared. My
catarrh and cough were also cured by the same
means, and my general health greatly improved,
until it is now excellent. / feel hundred per
cent stronger and attribute these results to the
use of the SARSAPARILLA, which recommend
with all confidence as the best blood medicine
ever devised. / took it in small doses three
times day, and used in ALL less than two bottles.
place these facts at your service, hoping their
publication may do good.
Yours respectfully, Z.P. WILDs."
The above Instance is but one of the many con-
stantly coming to our notice, which prove the per-
feet adaptability of AYERS SARsAPARILLA to
the of all diseases arising from impure or i'm
novarisbad blood opd O raaEaDe3
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

THERE is perhaps not any kind of
domesticated sheep whose mutton, if
properly ripened and developed, is not a
wholesome and more or less palatable
article of human food. There are of
course some kinds of sheep which are
much better than others in this particu-
lar, just as others are better for wool
This is essentially the case-yet it is no
justification of the policy of wholly ne
glecting mutton development in any
line of breeding. Get your wool just as
fine, and as dense, and as clean as you
can-but do not, at the same time, fail to
give the formation of good carcass the
attention it deserves.-Stockman
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

TARRING seed corn is recommended in
an Eastern paper, as a preventive from
the ravages of crows and worms. The
process is as follows; For one-half
bushel of corn, take six quarts of boil
ing water, turn in one gill of tar and
stir one minute, OF till the tar is dissolv-
I'd, then turn in the corn, stirring ali the
lime rapidly for one minute more, then
dIain off the water, and stir in plaster
till ther kernels are well coated and sep
arated. Use the plaster literally, so the
kernels will not heat. Do not be afraid
of the boiling water-it must be boiling
to melt the tar sufficiently. 1t might
not be bad idea to try this, though it
is just as well to make such experiments
on small scale.-Stockman
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Trains run Oh Columbus time west Ohio river
EAST BOUND.-New York Fast Line daily;
with through Sleepers from Chicago to New
York; Washington and Baltimore Epress with
through sleeper from Chicago to Baltimore
daily. and Through Coach from Sandusky to
Columbus daily. New York and Baltimore
Express daily Newark to New York; on other
Divisions. daily, except Sunday. Sleeping
Car Chicago to Cumberland. All other trains
daily, except Sunday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Trains run on Baltimore time east Ohio river
WEST BOUND.-Chicago Fast Line Daily.
with through Sleepers fro u New York to
sleepers from Baltimore to Chicago daily.
Chicago Mail runs daily on Main Line and q.
o. Division; on other Divisions daily. except
Sunday Other trains daily except sunday.
G K LORD. g A, Baltimore.
WE REPPERT Passenger Agent. Columbus |
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

AN apple tree was cut down on the
jersey shore recently, whose age was
known to have been 81 years, months
and II days. From its first bearing it
never missed bringing forth a full crop
but once before last year. In a recent
fire in the village it saved residence
worth several thousand dollars from de-
struction at the expense of its own life.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gus Lee, noted colored man of
Steubenville, died Wednesday of last
week, aged 73 years. He had killed
three men, one an Irishman, during the
rebellion days, for pulling down the
American flag. He served as a soldier
during the war and was married to
white woman, with whom he lived up
to his death.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: Your bug2ies in this section OF
the country are giving perfect satisfaction for
durability and finish; as for style they can
not be surpassed; / took first premium at Two
fairs last iall with one had used four month,
and had been washed, presume twenty times,
and still the painting held Its gloss; they are
prone unceu here as the finest buggy going.
Very truly At NJ BLOOD
Madison, Lake county Ot!oa
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
!. KRICK.

Gentlemen: l have used your Brewster side>
bar buggies for teur years. together with bug
gies that cost me S3f0 and $3.50 and your bug
giles were the first that went out, on account
of being side bar; they have not cost me S5 for
repairs, and those l have sold of your make
have given good satisfactiop; think that you
make the cheapest and best road wagons that
are made in the United States for the money.
Lawrence, Kas. Resp'y, P. NJ. HAMLIN.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Freeman, Of Barnstable, Mass. who a
few years ago in fit of fanaticism kill
ed his child, and has since been in lu-
natic asylum, and is now pronounced
sane, was placed on trial one day last
week for the crime. He pleaded not
puilty
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear SirS: l have been using your buggies
and ph9tons in my business for over three
years, and can cheerfully recommend your
work; and buggies that can stand the work in
livery stable must be of good material, and as
long as you give me the same good material
and style as you have been doing shall use
no other work than the work of the Columbus
Buggy Company, of Columbus. Ohio.
Resp'y. EARNEST BURGDORF,
Washington, d. @. Livery and Sale Stable.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear .SrS: For the past two years we have
used your buSgies side by side with other
makes in both our stables. and ale perfectly
satisfied with the strength. durability and
compared with others; as last
as our stock in livery is used up we shall re-
place them with your manufacture, knowing
from experience that IL is the best we can
do. Respectfully, .,r,
Quincy, Ill. SWEET 4 FOLLANSBEE-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: With over fifteen years experi>
enoe in building buggies, wagons. etc.. dc
not hesitate in saying your Duggies and car
riages are strictly first class in workmanship
material. and proportions, filling long>fel
gant for a reliable article that can be sold al
price lower than any ordinary manufacturer
can produce and sell the same quality of work
at. Yours, &C.,
COnneautville, Pa. :. KRlCK.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen. Having sold your buggies for
some time, l can heartily say they give en-
tire satisfaction have never seen any factory
buggy equal to them in fiAish; know of two
of them that have been in use for two years at
least by men who are very hard drivers, and
the buggies are as good as when bought.
Mansfield, Pa. Yours, ID A GAYLORD.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

A MAN in Georgia, who has bssn ma
king experiments on watermelons, has
discovered that seven per cent. of the
matter in them is saccharine, and that
an acre of good land will produce S4,-
800 pounds of watermelons, which will
yield 2,4l5 pounds of sugar, worth
S241 so.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

c. Chauncey Burr, who nominated
Charles O'Conor for President in 1872,
died at Hoboken. n. j., last week. Mr..
Burr was poet of national repute. He
was offered the Ministry to the Court of
Berlin by President Pierce, but the offer
was delined.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: We have used the Columbus Bug
~ COmpany's work for the last i've years and
can conscientiouSIy recommend 1t as strictly
first class as to style, material, W ,rkmanship
and durability; your bEggIes have gwen bet>
ter satisfaction than any other make of We
hicies we have had in use for the last 10 years.
Red Oak, Is. PALMER Il WHITAKER. K.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

A GOOD FARM in Indiana mas been al
lowed to run to weeds for five years. be-
cause of belief that it is under the
curse of former owner, whose ghost
walks the fields at night, and would
make it unpleasant for a tenant.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: We have been handling your
work for two seasons, and have in every in
stance found your buggieS first class; we have
never had one of yoUr jobs returned 10 us for
repairs; neither have we had a sigle complaint
on account of work not being perfectly satis>
factory Yours respectfully,
Springfield, ILL., II p BUCKLEY & 90.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: have no hesitancy in saying
that the buggies manufactured by the Colum-
bus Buggy Company are the best work for the
price have any know ledge of; in not single
instance has there been any dissatisfaction on
the part of any one of my customers.
OwensbOrO, KY FRANK Il HALL.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear iSirs: Your work has not failed in a sins
gle instance to give entire satisfaction and
proves equal to greater emergencies than you
claim for it; we heartily recommend 1t as
superior for the price to any buggy of which
we have any knowledge. Yours truly,
Baldwin, Miss THOMAS & BRO.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear Sirs: We have been. using your buggies
tire satisfacIion; think they are the best bug
gies made for the money.
W. B. GRIMES & co.
Whitehall, Ill. Liverymen.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10
TESTIMONIALS:

Gentlemen: Your buggies nave given me en-
tire satisfaction, both in style and durability.
have used them for the past three years; 5 our
recent improvements on the road wagons
consider the best in TIE market.
Frederick Nd. JA II. RAMSBURG.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear Sirs: AS an evidence OF my appreciation
of your buggies, which | have keen using for
some time in my livery, enclose orders for
more. Yours respectfully,
Danv lie, Va. W W NEW.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Dear S!rS: We have buggies of your make
II at have been in use three years, and no bug
gy that we have that cost twice the amount
has given better satisfaction.
Jonnstown, Pa. JAS. H. ALEXANDER.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

Gentlemen: 1t gives me pleasure TO state that
have been selling your buggies and carriages
for four years, and can safely recommend them
to any one in want of a buggy or carriage.
Macomb, Ill. Yours truly, ]. L. GRIBBLE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

GIVE me the spotless cloth and the
dainty furnishings, with oatmeal por
ridge and simple fare and bright faces
and kindly hearts, and will not ask for
a more delicious repast.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-05-10

sB-G Go to d. j. Schumacher for your
fresh lard, 4-26 st.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-20
Plantation Philosophy.

\ bald head amt aller- dc sign oh
seacc. De turnip amt so sound airter
yer cut off dc greens.
has knlwd tender hearted ma n
dat would stan an lissen ter tale ob
distress an cry, but at de same time
lahid mighty tigh grip Oh a dime.
owed a man onct, an when
spoke ter him about, it he said "duut
think ob dat, for ia all right" but
| noticed airter quit thinking about
it he tuck it up an thought about il
ill it worried me powerful.
II a man thinks dat has done
.uthin funny, an yer laugh. 1t plcascs
him mighty, but cf yer laugh a, him
fur boin' 'uihin what aiu't funny. be
don't like it. All through life man
wants his friens ter look at his own
an not da own pleasure.
De pusson what Is only smart in
one thing may make big success oh
hi-,e'f but he oughtcn'ter think hard
ob people case da gifts tired ob him,
tur Se think more ob dc mockin' bird
not because he can sing better den any
nd er bird, but because he's got So
many different song-.-Arians1lr
Iraysier.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-12-20
A Terrible Revenge.

THAT was q very brilliant wedding
last evening, and, by the way. the
bride was an old flame Of yours, was
she not? ?"
"Ges, the tickle, heartless thing. as
soon as that foreign count put 10 an
appearance she Tilted me"
Il see by the papers that among the
wedding presents were ten magnificent
clocks. Rather odd that so MANY
different persons should hit on the
same things for presents. But why
are you smiing?"
"Ah! revenge is sweet revenge is
sweet !"
What can you mean p
Don't breathe a word and will
tell you. am acquainted with mos,
of that cruel hirl's friends, and it So
happened that nine of them, not know.
ing Of my previous love, came to me
for suggestions about a wedding pres.
ent. | confdenLially advised each of
them TO send her a clock. aud after.
ward added another clock myself
Hal ha The villain still purues her
/ am avenged avengedr' y