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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
The Profits of Farming.

Twenty per cent is small return
for money invested in farm and stock
$500 for s 900 er $4,000 for $4,000 Is a
very common income from Well-con-
Quoted farm, and there are abundant
opportunities for doing tetter than that.
MANY Il farmer has gone west and has
bought land there which has paid him
500 per cent. for several vsaIs. Hoy
growing, fruit growing. poulAry-man,
bee keepers, and even dairymen, some
times make 100 per cent. profit. and
rarely less than % or 30 per cent. Let Il
farmer sell his farm for $4,000 and put
it I'm a 20 per cent. mine, and get $4,000 a
year income. He rents a house, buys
his provisions and his fuel, hires a
horse or carriage when lie wants TO go
out, and at the end of the year he will
find his income quite insufficient to keep
him in the comfort he enjoyed on his
farm, while all the time the mine is
being worked out, and some day he is
told 1.-The bottom has fell out of il" and
he finds that all his money has fallen
out with the bottom of his mine. No
certain, sure and permanent invest
ment Can be expected to pay more than
five per cent. nowadays. and all above
that has prOpOrtionate element of risk
in is. But what risk is there about Il
farm that is free from debt? The bot
tom never falls out of that, and one may
securely enjoy it as long as he lives, and
leave it to his children, knowing that a
thousand years hence the soil will still
be returning its general dividends
n. Y. Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
The Beater Beaten.

a farmer came into 4 grocery store
the other day and exhibited to the eyes
of AN sdmiring crowd, an enormous egg,
about six inches long, which he vowed
to have been laid by one of his own
hens. IIV had it packed in cotton and
wouldn't allow any one to handle it for
fear of breaking the phenomenon. The
grOceryman examined it with the rest
and intending to chaff the countrymaa,
said:
"Pshaw I've got something in the
egg line that will beat that"
I'll bet 81 that YOU hauent," said the
countrymau. getting excited.
Take it up said the grOceryman, and
going behind the counter he bresght out
wire egg beater. There is something
in the egg lihe that will beat it, guess, -
he said. reaching for the stakes.
Hold on there" said the farmer, "let'
see you beat it," and he handed it to
the grocer. The latter held out his
hand for it but dropped it in surprise on
the counter, where it broke two soup
plates and platter 1t was solid iron
painted white.
''Some folks think they're darnation
cute" marmCred the farmer as he pock-
eted the stakes and lit ont, "but 'tain't
no use buckin' against The solid facts.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
Living.


There is a story of candidates for a
Yorkshire borough addressing the elec-
tors in tlattering terms, and telling them
that for the hope of being their represen-
tative he had given up valuable prospects
in India, and travelled may hundred miles
What folly fool you must be- was the
unsympethetic remark of one of the crowd
The speaker had. in fact, returned to En-
gland because his prospects in India and
proved delusive. EXaggeratOrS of this
class have been held up to derisiOn for
centuries. Lando sixteenth century,
tells of an Italian ecclesiastic who was so
given to drawing the long bow that his
friends openly derided his tales He at
last hired a simple county lad, whose
whole duty it was to stand behind his
masters chair and corrObOrated his anec-
dotes The boy did his work for time;
but at length his employer ventured on a
tale so amazing that the honest servant
startled the company by eXclaiming, Nay.
master, take back my livery; l cannot
swear to that Epitaphs offer a very
usual field for eXageratiOn. Few initiate
the sensible cOnciSeneSS of an inscription
in a Hampshire church, where the
survivor merely adds, after the name of
deceased: To those who knew him mar
ration of his virtues would be needless; to
those who knew him not it would be tedi-
ous'-a fact too often lost sight of by the
writers of monumental Inscriptions.
Facts themselves may be presented in
light which eXagerates them to the
listener. Boswell once praised the profuse
hospitality of IA gentleman who never en-
tertained less than thousand in the
course of year. That is to say, about
three persons dined with him daily Both
ways of putting it We're true, but they
conveyed widely different meanings
London Globe
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

this important subject, it should be re-
quired to prove its sincerity. No longer
ago than in 1S76-eight years-the Ma
tional Democratic Convention adopted a
rip-roaring resolutios against the tariff,
concluding as follows: We demand
that all CustOm-house taxation shall be
only foI revenue. In 1880 she same
party in National Convention repeated
that declaration. What it will do in
1884 may he inferred from what its
State Conventions have been resolving.
They will not care to 90 before the cOun-
try Ou a platform like that cf 1876 and
1880. They have not been converted to
the doctrine of protection, but they have
been forced To assume that virtue. just
us they were forced recently to resolve
ill favor d stable currency, when only
few years ago the whole power of the
party was exerted to debauch the cur
rrncy by flooding the country with an
irredeemable paper currency. The
Democratic party is not to be trusted.
Keep The rascals out.-ICin. Com. GaZ.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

SENATOR DOEsEY'S home is in ie
nOrtheastern corner of the TerritoryOf
Mexico. 1t is 1000 feet above the leel
of the sea. Eighty and hundred mes
away the plains are bounded by he
mountains, whose peaks can be sen
even at that distance. The home bsd-
ings of the ranch are situated at le
foot of great bluffs that shelter thin
from the gales Of the north and wst,
and while to the south and east mes
and miles of undulating grazing lads
are seen. Cattle dot the prairies In v
cry direction. There are great msuntas
great plains, great attitudes, great hel
of cattle, everything great. Senaor
Dorsey went there seven yeaB 40.
Neither tree nor shrub was on the place.
To-day he controls $4,000 head Of .atte,
and owns 10000 acres Of land. (h the
home ranch is two story houselbuilt
OF Rough henn pine logs, dressed u liz
seed oil, and so skillfHlly put tog1her
Ms TO give the building most attrative
look. Inside are comfort and luAry.
A number of buildings are on the pace,
including one that is used for an oice,
billiard room and museum. In his
museum is a large collection of stlfed
binds and animals, all of which wers,b-
tanned in the Immediate vicinity. He
has fine grove of cottonwood tres,
and is now building fish pondfor
black bass. In the atmosphere in witch
he lives there is 10 trace of moistre.
Fresh meat can be cured by hangiL it
up in the open air..
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
Political GOssip.

1t may be seen that Mr.. Kahlo, of To-
ledo, still holds to bis former opison
about the Democratic Convention and
the manner in which Mr.. HOadley rot
his nomination.
The extra legislative session in Penn
sylusnia. which "stlll drags it's slow
length along" has excited the opposition
of men Of both parties, who demand T.
tion or adjournment. The entire trsube
lies with the Democrats, who will have
nothing unless they can have their o.n
way. As the party in that State las
about reached the end of its tethsr, it
looks much like determination to real
lZe as much from the public treasury
during its brief lease of life as is posi-.
BILE. If their plan of apportionment can
be carried chance will be given for "A
few more Democratic State Represents
tives, and while the fight continues th,
cost is $4,000 day.
An instructive contrast is drawn be-
tween the progress of Ohio and Ker-
lucky by the Louisville Commercial.
The former state has believed In ths
doctrine of protecting and fostering
manufactures, while the latter has ai-
vocated free trade and plsMty of pistol
pockets. The area of the two states ia
practically the same, and one has as
many natural advantages as the other.
But the population of Ohio is double
that of his rival. 1t is dotted all over
with thriving manufacturing towns. that
give home market for its agricultural
products. In Ohio the average wages
last year were S2455 a month and in
Kentucky only $500.
1t is firmly believed among MANY sa.
loon keepers of Ohio that if the Demo-
cratic party is successful this fall an
other case will be brought before the
Supreme Court to test the Scott law. and
that the newly-elected Supreme Court
Judges will declare it unconstitutional
Then 1t is expected that the money paid
In taxes by the saloon keepers will be
refunded to them. The lower order Of
saloon keepers have been made TO be-
lieve that the money is still in the treas
ury ready to be refunded to them as
soon as the new Democratic Judges de-
clare the Scott law unconstitutional.
They will therefore vote early and often
and see that every drunken hummer
casts AS many votes AS possible for the
Bourbon Democracy.
Judge Hoadly, the Democratic candi-
date for Governor. is quoted bya friend
AS saying that he is less confident of
an election than when first nominated.
He said he needed rest from his prefes-
sional duties, and thought he could find
1t for two years in the Governor. Office
but he had not anticipated the ANXIETY
of the campaign.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
THE HORNET.
What Bill Nye Has TO Say of the Ill
Naturpd Insect

l have made a small collection of wild
western things during the past seven years,
and have put them together, hoping some
day, when feeble, to travel with the ag-
gregdtion and erect a large monument of
kopccl.S for NV executors, administrators
and assigns forever.
Last I.ul desired TO add to my rare col
lection Il large hornets nest. l had an EN-
banned t;Irantula and her pOrcelainlined
nest, and desired to add to these the gray
and airy home of the hornet. l procured
one OF the large size after cold weather
and hund it in the cabinet by string. I
forgot about it until the spring. When
warm weather came, something reminded
me of it. | think it was a hornet. He
logged my memory in some way and call
ed my attention to it. Memory is not 10
Gated where | thought it was. 1t seemed
as though wherever he touched HE he
awakened a memOry-a warm memory,
with red place all around it.
Then some more hornets came and be-
gan to rake up old personalities Iremem-
Der that one of them lit on my upper lip.
He thought it was a rosebud. When he
went away it looked like gladiOla bulb.
wrapped d W ct sheet around it to take
Out GIle hdIHltu anu Ieutlc6 Tie swelling
50 that | could go through the folding
doors and tell my wife about it.
Hornets lit all over me and walked
around on my person. | did not dare to
scrape them off because they are so sensi-
tive. You have to be very guarded in
your conduct toward hornet
L remember once while | was watching
the busy little hornet gathering honey and
June-bugs from the bosom of rose, years
ago, l stirred him up with a club, more
as practical joke than anything else, and
he came and lit in my sunny hair-that
was when wore my own hair-and he
walked around through my cleaning
treSses quite awhile, making tracks as
large as watermelon all over my head.
If he hadn't run out of tracks my head
would have looked like a load of summer
squaShes. | remember had to trumpmy
heard against the smOke-hOuSe in order to
smash him, and | had to comb him out
afterward with fine comb and wear
waste-paper basket two weeks for hat
Much has been said of the hornet, but
he has an old, quaint way, after all, that is
forever new
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
The Modern Warwick.

Warwick, Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor, now comss in for
a share of attention. His record as a
friend of the workingman is being
shown up vigorously. In 1876 he was
vocferous in nrgin. the State authori
ties to order out the military for putting
down the striking coal-miners, almost
before the strike began, and when there
WAS no sign of trouble. He was a mine
operator, and his pocket was in danger
consequently he wanted few miners
shot down on general principles
Springfield Republican.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

The New York Tribspe in au artie
on money in politics. says: The Dem
caats are merely making themselves /
dicuInus about The Indiana camPsiYs :
1880 They used all the mpnsy the
could eXtOrt from Mr.. English, cand
date for Vice President. for the purpo.
of commanding large sum of monf
for use of Indiana. They used all tr
money they could get from any quart.
as Mr.. Seven Mule" BaInum can tss
fy. They did not carry the State, l.
cause its majority of voters did pt
put the free trade Democracy into pU-
er and because the Republicans had.s
gned or better arrangements for brir
ing out full vote. Thereupon. accoi-
ing TO their cry-baby custom, the Den-
Gratis complain of fraud.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
A Mothers Love.
Some daY.

SOIll6 udN,
When others braid your thick brown hal
And drape your form in silk and lace,
When others call you dear" and fair,
And hold your hands and kiss your face
You'll not forget that far above
All others is a mothers love.
Some day,
'Mong strangers in far distant lands,
In your new home beyond the sea,
When at your lips are baby hands
And children playing at your knee
o then, as at your side they grow,
How l loved you, you will know.
Some day,
When you must feel loves heavy loss,
You will remember other years
When l, too, bent beneath the cross
And mix my memory with thy tears,
In such dark hours be not afraid;
Within their shadow | have prayed.
Some day,
Your daughters voice, or smile, or eyes
My face will suddenly recall;
Then you will smile in sweet surprise
AHu NOui SOul ullbO llllllC W III Cl1
And that dear unforgOtten prayer
Which we at evening used to share.
Some day,
A flower, a song, a word may be
A link between us strong and sweet;
All. then, dear child. remember mel
And let your heart to mother" beat,
My love is with you everywhere
You cannot get beyond my prayer.
Some day,
At longest it cannot be long,
shall with glad impatience wait,
Amid the glory and the song,
For yon before the Golden Gate,
After earth's parting and earth's pain,
Never to part! Never again!
delaware Co. American.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

YOUNG LADY. on leaving 4 concert
recently. expressed her delight with the
excellent music, and said she was mar
ticularly pleased with that piece from
the Twelfth Massachusetts" meaning
Mozarts Twelfth Mass Boston Trans
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

EVERYTHING moves in circle. Ply
sicians say that loss of sleep is making
men small and puny, and every parent
knows that it is the small and puny be-
ings that cause the loss of sleep. Phil
News.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

TIE City National Bank of Lawresc
vile, Ind. CLOSED, ,and State Commissis.
er Hey. Of Indianapolis, is examinir
the books preparatory to making Il stat
ment.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
Belmont County Official Directory.

Common Pleas Judse-St. Clair Kelly.
Probate Jndge-1hOmas Cochran.
Clerk of Courts-Alex. e. Darrah.
Sheriff-Leroy c. Sedwick.
Auditor-William n. Cotiiand.
Treasurer-EdMard L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-Alfred Il. Mitchell.
Recerder-W S. Hobbs.
Commissioners-0wen Mehan, Morris Cope,
Nathaniel Taylor.
Surveyor-John Fl. Mitchell
Coroner-E. B. Kennedy.
Infirmary Directors-Joseph Bailey, Levi
Jones, James B. Ritchey.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

FARMERS clubs are suggested a, vary
soeu snnhgs ior protection against pat.
ent gate ana lightning rod swindIers
my dney saoulu 81 a. pe about five feet long aud
made OF stout hiekOry.-Detyoit Post
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

The kimball House at Atlanta va
entirely dsstroyed by iirr sunday mol
lug of last week. The guests all esap!
safely. 1he loss to the hutel and bp-
ness houses on the ground floor ag.r
gates 81 100000; insured .ur less tia
Une-fuurth
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
Church DIRECTORY.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Re K.
i Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, Z. Sabbath School, 800 q. Bi. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday p.m.; gen.
eral prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
NlRev. s. F. Minor, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II In; 7p.m- Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday Z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday P. m.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: IL am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 8 pm.
Monthly prayer meeting:. Last Saturday of
each month, . pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

THE average young lady wants at
least four feet of seat in "A street car for
ride of six blocks. bnt she will ride
half a day Sunday squeezed intoa buggy
seat beside her young man and not lind
the least fault. Why are they 50 inoon-
sisteut - Detroit Free Press.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

SEFING carriage full Of bellies and
beauX drive by. Aminadab remarked
that that reminded him of load OF
wooed.-N. Y. Graphic.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23

THE publication of the names of pc.
sionerS vi i'll cost the Government S57. .0C
II will pr badly result in .ke deteciiq
nf several thousand who are r-ceivir
pensions frauhulentiv
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No 16, F. & A. NJ.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT M. EATON, w. u.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'Y.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
- Royal Arch Masons. Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
j. B. RYAN, FL. P.
JESSE B. MEYER, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No 54, R. & s. NJ.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
H. r BUMGARNER, I. l. N.
F. D. BAILEY, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. 2G, K. T.
IL Stated conclaves, first Tuesday of each
month. c. W. CARROLL, E. e.
L. L. SEDwIOk, Rec.
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Published Every Thursday
Terms of subscriptions:
rvo Dollars Per Year IL Advance.

!. If not paid within the year 25 per cent will
Be slded for each year it remains unpaid.
OFrICz South side Main street, nearly op.
eosite Public School building.
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THE New York Herald has a story
the discovery Of Nosh's Ark in one T
the Businesses of Mount Ararat.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
Glory
Principal Business Houses Of BFidgepOrt.


I.AMES DUNCAN. dealer ~ Groceries and
- Provisions. Ogiebay's Block.
GEORGE GIFFEN, dealer In Choice Family
VI Groceries. Phenix Flour Specially.
g. WOODCOCK. dealer in Hardware stoves.
10 1Inware. Glass, Nails, &c, corner Main
and Bank st. Tin Roofing specially.
VITM. ALEXANDER, Wholesale and Retail
w Grocer, corner Main and Bank Sts.
A BRANUN SONS, Wholesale Grocers,
n. Bank Street.
Il A MABERY-A Full and Complies Line
i OF Boots, Shoes and Gents Furnishing
Goods.
nINSMORE BROS. Grocery and Feed Store,
~ Nam ST.. one door east of Smiths Mill.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-08-23
HARPER'S FERRY

Is directly upon the line of the B. & O., only
little over two hours run from Baltimore
and one hour from Washington. The Old
John Brown Fort still stands. As all the pa
rades, displays and Pageants at Baltimore
take place at night, there will be abundant
opportunities to visit Harper's Ferry.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-04
A BOOM FOR oGDENsBURG.
The Success Of the New Transit Com
pany Fully Assured.

The boats OF the Ogdensburg & Chicago
Transit Company are now in line says. the Og-
densburg Journal and making their trips as
rapidly as possible. At present there are six Of
them, namely: Saginaw Valley, Nashua,
Northerner, Davidson, Roanoke and Oneida
The carrying capacity of these boats is equal
to IS Of the largest boats that could pass
through the Welland canal previous to Its en-
largement. In June the new steamer Frost
will be finished, and take her place in the line.
This addition will increase the capacity of the
line to "A boats like those in the employ OF the
Northern Transit Company of other days.
Already theirs are indications.of very large
freight business both ways. and the boats are
liable to be overwhelmed with western bound
merchandise. The elevator here, the capacity
of which is 600,000 bushels, is likely to be tax.
ed to its utmost. The opening of the new line
is an experiment that is certain to prove sue
cessful. In the past there has been considera-
BILE discussion as to what would likely be the
probable effect OF enlargement of the Welland
canal upon the commercial interests of Og-
densbarg. The passage OF such ships as the
Davidson, with her 6S,000 bushels of grain,
settles the question. The Ogdensburg Il Chi
oago Transit line furnishes the cheapest and
most expeditions route for grain and flour GO
ing East and merchandise going West The
new steamer Frost, building at Detroit is the
pioneer boat of great line for the future. She
will be the property of the railroad company
The prospective success of the new line Is a
matter OF great promise to Ogdensburg, for it
shows by increasing our facilities, we will be
placed in condition to indefinitely multiply the
commercial business done here, and realize
the authorizations of the projectors and builders
of the Ogdensburg 4 Lake Champlain rail-
road.
The Portland daily press., 1883-06-04
SAD ACCIDENT.
a Man Run over by a Railroad Train.

Saturday afternoon about A O'Clock. q sad
accident occurred on the Portland q Ogdens-
burg railroad at the gravel pit near Sepago
Lake. The gravel train had started from the
pit to return to the city. Patrick Graney, ~
years of age one of the workmen, when the
train started ran and attempted to jump on
board. His foot slipped and her fell under the
car. The wheels struck his left leg just above
the knee and ran the whole length of the limb
downward, MASKING 1t to jelly. The wheels
also struck the right foot and crushed por-
ton of 1t.
The train was quickly stopped and d..
Thompson of Standish summoned. The How
of blood was stopped and the limbs bandged SO
that the injured man was able to be put on
board the train and brought to Portland. Dr
Thompson accompanied the party. klchs
ambulance met the train on arrival here and
Graney was taken in it to the Maine General
Hospital, whore amputation Of the crushed
limb was performed and the other injuries
properly attended to.
Mr.. Graney Is a resident of this city, unmar-
red aud has lived with his slater at No. IL
Tate street,