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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

THE Hartford Daily Times mourns
the fact that thousands of bushels of
good apples will be left to freeze and rot
upon the ground in Connecticut orchards
this fall simply for the reason that far
mers do not find it profitable to market
them at the prices dealers are paying.
The Times further says:
Fifty years ago the Connecticut river
was full of small but seaworthy vessels,
and every river hamlet had its skilled
seamen by the dozen. Schooners would
have loaded these apples almost from
the farmers doors and floated them to
the larger cities of the South and to the
West Indies, bringing back cargoes of
sugar, rum or molasses, and lots of old
Spanish silver dollars. A good many
cargoes of golden sweet" apples, picked
green about the end of July, were ship
ped from Hartford and other places fol
the West Indies every year. even dowI
to period as recent as the outbreak OF
the war We still have vessels, mer
and apples; all that is needed is a little
old time enterprise to revive again tha
branch of trade"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
GETTING AHEAD OF GHOSTS.
SuperstitiOus Customs in Various
Countries.

The tavorite "beat" of the ghost is
usually the spot where he died. Hence,
in order to keep him at least from the
house. the Katfirs carry sick man out
into the open air to die and the Mseris
used to remove the sick into sheds. If
Kafir or Maori died before he could
be carried out, the house was tabooed
and deserted. There are traces in Greece,
Rome and China of this custom of carry
ing dying persons into the open air.
But in case the ghost should, despite
of all precautions, make his way back
from the grave, steps we're taken to bar
ricade the house against them. Thus,
in some parts of Russia and east Prussia,
an ak or lock is laid on the threshold
or knife is hung over the door, and in
Germany as soon as the coffin is carried
out of the house all the doors and win-
dows are shut, whereas, so long as the
body is still in the house, the windows,
and sometimes the doors, are left con-
stantly open to allow the soul to escape
In some parts of England, every bolt
and lock in the house is unfastened, so
that the ghost of the dying man may fly
freely away.
But if primitive man knew how to
bully, he also knew how to outwit the
ghost. For example. ghost can only
find his way back to the house BY the
way which be left it. This little weak
ness did not escape the vigilance of our
ancestors, and they took their measures
accordingly. The coffin was carried out
of the house, not by the door, but by a
hole made for the purpose in the wall,
and this hole was carefully stopped up
as soon as the body had been passed
through it, so that when the ghost stroll
ed quietly back from the grave, he found
to bis surprise that there was no thor
eughfare. The credit of this ingenious
device is shared equally by Greenland
ers, Hottentots, Bechuanas, Sameieds,
Ojibways, Algonkins, Laosians, Hindoos,
Tibetans, Siamese, Chinese and Fijans'
These special openings, or doors OF. the
dead" are still to be seen in village
near Amsterdam, and they were common
ia some towns of central Italy, as Peru
gia and Assist. A trace Of the same
custom survives in Thdringen, where it
is thought that the ghost of man who
has been hanged will return to house
if the body be not taken out by win
dow instead of by the door.
The Siamese, not content with carry
ing the dead man out by special OPEN
ing, endeavor to make assurance doubly
sure by hurrying him three times round
the house at full speed-a proceeding
well calculated to bewilder the poor soul
in the coffin. The Araucauians adopt
the plan of strewing ashes behind the
coffin as it is being borne to the grave in
order that the ghost may not be able to
find his way back.-Contemporsry Re-
view.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
Political Notes.


THE Boston Advertiser thinks Logan
and Long would be winning team for
1888.
THE drift of advices from Washing
ton is to the effect that Carlisle will be
reelected Speaker without opposition.
SENATOR MAHoNE's successor will be
chosen next month. There is talk of
running Governor-elect Lee for the posi-
tion.
SENATOR LoGAN's friends character
ize as silly the report that that gentleman
has retired from the list of Presidential
candidates.
THE Republicans of East Tennessee
propose to disseminate Republican prin-
ciples in that State by organizing a
Grant club in every counry.
THE New York World asserts that if
Cleveland, instead of Hill, had run
against Davenport in York this fall, he
would hsve been badly beaten on &C.
count of his Mugwumery.
NOTHING but Offices will satisfy the
boys" says the Augusta (Ga.) Chroni-
Gle. The more the President explains
Civil Service to man who has been
"out in the cold" for % years, the less he
likes it.
GEN. ROsECRANs, who seems to be al.
ways in lighting humor, declares that
the Democrats can whip the Republi.
cans and the Mugwumps combined. He
was afraid to say so before Clevelsnd's
election.
DEMOCRATS of Maine are strongly
'fornenst" the administration on the
Civil Service question, and will proba.
bly, enter the Gubernatorial campaign of
next year in a divided and weakened
condition.
FITZHUGH LEES successful campaign
in Virginia has so swollen his head and
that of his friends that he is now men,
toned as a man who could fill Cleve
lands place next term to the satisfaction
of the Democracy of the South.
THE indications are that the English
contemplate pushing hostilties against
King Theebaw to an extreme degree
They propose cutting off his supply OF
rum, in which case, the stock of native
drinks being limited, there will be moth
ing left for that monarch but to capt.
ulate.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

THE battle ground of Missionary Ridge
has been converted into strawberry
patch. The Atlanta Constitution says
Yankee colonists have climbed with hoes
where Yankee soldiers rushed with bay
onets, and the earth has reddened after
each invasion. On these sunny slopes
the gardener finds his ideal home, and
the berry lazily perfects itself. Land
that went begging a few years ago at So
an acre now commands $3.50 an acre, and
acres, now are New Englanders growing
rich on ten acres.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

A WASHINGTON correspondent has
been sounding Congressman on the tar
iff,silver and other questions to be consid-
cred at the coming session. He received
responses to his letters from SO Demo
Gratis and 81 Republicans. OF the FORM
or, only four favor legislation on the sill
yer question, while 40 oppose it; of the
Republicans, 60 favor legislation and 10
oppose. As to again agitating the tar
iff, So Democrats favor it and s oppose
tinkering; of the Republicans, IS oppose
It and 4 are in favor of it. For Speak r
ca. Carlisle is the favorite with the
Democrats, and Frank Hiscock with the
Republicans. 1t can be accepted as sett
tied that the Free Traders will make as
strong an assault as possible on our pro-
tective system this winter, and that
while there is hardly any possibility OF
their winning, they will keep the feeling
among business men unsettled, thus
harming trade and retsrding the resto-
ration of prosperity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

THE attitude assumed by the prelztes
of the Roman Catholic Church in the
United States toward the liquor traffic,
AS embodied in the decree of the Plenar
~ Council at Baltimore last December,
will have. it is hoped, grand effect in
forwarding the Temperance reform. In
their pastoral letters the 8ishspS use
this language:
There is one way Of profaning the
Lords Day which is so prolific of evil re-
suits that we consider it our duty to utter
against it a special condemnation. This
is the practice of selling beer or other
liquors on Sunday OF of frequenting pla>
ees where sold. This practice tends
more than any other to turn the Day Of
the Lord into a day of dissipation, to
US it is an occasion for breeding inten.
perance. While we hope that Sunday
laws on this point will not be relaxed,
but even more rigidly enforced, We ina
plore all Catholics, for the levs of God
and of country, never to take part In
such traffic. nor to countenance or pa
tronize it; and we not only direct the
attention of all pastors to the repression
of this abuse but we also call upon them
to induce all of their focks that may be
engaged in the sale of liqdors to aban4
don as soon as they can the dangerous
traffic and to embrace q more becoming
way of making living"
As soon as the action Of the Plensry
Council is approved by the Pope, which.
it is believed, he is certain to do, the
new rule will be enforced in all the
churches throughout the country, and the
vast influence of that denomination will
be felt in favor of Sabbath observance
and obedience to the laws forbidding
LIQUOR selling on Sunday.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

WHEN the department estimates are
sent in to Congress the country will then
learn that Democratic reform is all
sham. Secretary Bsyard thinks the con-
suls and secretaries of legation ought to
be better paid. and every Democrat ap-
pointed to such a place is clamsring for
more money. Secretary Nsnning's in
vsstlgations upon which to base re-
duction of the Treasury force have been
stopped, and the department will want
most generous appropriation. The Com.
missioner ef Agriculture has about
dozen new schemes to carry out and be
wants Congress to aid him with the
means. The Indian Commissioner boasts
that he will get more than did his Re
publican predecessor. So it goes along
the whole line. We can now begin to
understand why ii is desired TO get rid
of Randall and Holman on the Commit
tee of Appropriations.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

The book agent comes in for a good
many hard knocks, but one in Brooklyn
the other day got rather more than his
share. He was assaulted by the drunken
husband of a woman into whose ear he
was pouring his solicitations; cabbage
was thrown at his head, his mustache
was clipped off, and then he was igno-
minieusly thrust into the street. His
melancholy fate is a warning to all can
vassers. They should never approach a
house unless sure that the head of it is
absent
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

THE New York Collector and the Sur
veyor of Customs, while protesting a
desire to observe the law giving the
preference for positions to old soldiers,
make the objection that though man
with four or six bullets in him passes
ninety five after four years service in
the department for which he is an appli.
cant, young and healthy politician that
carries no lead lie pore suitable man
for the place, even though he attains on
ly 65 in the examination and knows moth
ing about the service. This is Admin
istration reform"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

/. THE Oldest man living, Robert Gibson,
of Moberly, Mo, is ore hundred and
nineteen years old. He began the use of
tobacco when he was seventy years of
age, the young rascal, and he likes his
dram and takes it with regularity. He
never would work on a rainy day or
when it was snowing-in fact. he never
worked much between meals.-Milwau>
kee Sentinel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
Church Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
L Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath; morning service, IL; evening
service, z. Sabbath School, 800 a. N. Young
mems prayer meeting: Tuesday pm; gen.
ersl prayer meeting: Wednesday pm.
Strangers welcome to all services
M ETBODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
N1Rev. w. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday pm.
Strangers are cordially invited TO all our
services.
United PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
" Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday 9 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, 1885-11-19
THE LAND OF THUS-AND-SO.

"How would Willie like to go
To the land Of Thus-and-So?
Everything is proper there
And all the children comb their hair,
Smoother than the furs of cats.
Every face is clean and white
AS lily washed in light;
Never vaguest soil or speck
Found on forehead, throat, or neck;
Every little crinpled ear,
In and out, as pure and clear
As the eherry-blossoms blow
In the land of Thus-and So.
Little boys that never fall
Down the stairs, or cry at all
Doing nothing to repent,
Watchful and obedient;
Never hungry, nor in haste
Tidy shoestrings always laced;
Never button rudely torn
From its fellows all unworn;
Knickerbockers always new
Ribbon-tie, and cellar, too;
Little watches, worn like men,
ODly always half-past ten
Just precisely right, you know,
For the land of Thus-and-So.
And the little babies there
Give no one the slightest care
Nurse has not thing to do
But be happy and say 'Boop
While mama Just mods, and knows
Nothing but to doze and dOZe;-
Never litter round the CRATE;
Never lunch OF dinner late;
Never any household din
Peals without or rings within
Baby COOS nor laughing calls,
On the stairs. or through the halls
Just great Hushes to and fro
Pace the land of Thus-and-Sol
20 the land of Thus-and>So!
Isn't it delightful, though ?"
YES" lisped Willie, answering nae
Somewhat slow and Goubtfully-
"Must be awful nice-but l
Ruther wait till by and BY
Fore / go there-may be when
l be dead I'll 60 there then
But" the troubled little face
Closer pressed in my embrace
Lets don't never ever go
To the land of Thus-and Sop
james Whitcomb Riley.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
Iss5-6-BeImont County, Ohio.

I'd Saturday OF Nov St Belmont.
I'd Saturday of Dec at 81 Olairsv1lle.
I'd Saturday of Jan at Bridgeport.
I'd Saturday of Feb at st Clairsville.
I'd Saturday of Mar al Barnesville.
I'd Saturday of April at s. ClRirsville.
I'd Saturday of May st Bellsire.
I'd Saturday OF June at Morristown.
st. Olairsville at close OF Institute in Aug.
RULES.
Examination begin at 9 O'Clock a. m
Testimonials OF character are required II
applicant is not known TO the Board.
tended.
Tests in the higher branches will be given
at close Of Institute ONLY.
Certificates Will be dated and issued by the
Board in adjourned session on Saturday fol~
owing each examination.
SCALE OF GRADES FOR oERTIFIoATA
A frst-class Is years) certificate is granted
upon an average of 90 per cent, including three
higher branches and the scnOol law, with no
grade below 75, provided applicant has bad 80
months experience n teaching.
A seeond>class q years. certi ncate Is grant
two higher branches and the school law with
no grade below 20, provided applicant has had
"a months experience In teaching.
A third>class 6 years. certificate is granted
one higher branchs and the school law, with
no grade below IS. provided applicant has had
10 months experience in teaching.
A fourth-class q years. certificate Is granted
school law, with no grade below go, provided
applicant has had II months experience In
teaching.
A nfth-class q year, certificate Is granted
upon an average of IS per cent, with no grade
r. ALEXANDER.
L II WATERS, Board of Ex.
s-S ly ]. a. HENDERSON,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

The soft or poor heads of cabbage,
stored by themselves, probably are the
cheapest and nest easily obtained green
food for poultry during the winter Two
or three heads hung so that the fowls
can easily reach them around the sides
Of their coop, a0d renewed when neces
sary, will repay the trouble.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

A FIRM at Georgetown, Del, has a
contract to furnish 100000 wooden pie
plates with crimped edges. exactly like
the tin plates. The advantages claimed
for the wooden article are that it will
not allow the pie to burn nor the lower
crust to become soggy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

WHEN Thomas Z. Edison left home to
sell newspapers on the cars, if anybody
had told his father his boy would talk
back to him at distance Of three hun
dred miles, the old gentleman would
have brought Thomas up with round
turn, just to demonstrate his parental
authority.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

OF the 5000 patent medicines of Amer
lean concoction now in the market, 600
kinds are thought to be of real value
The trade amounts to S22,OO0,00O year.
Of this S1O,OOO,OOO is expended for adj
vertising. The proprietors divide the
profits of S5,OOO,OOO annual return.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

THAT old fraud, Sam Tilden, the man
who tried to steal the Presidency in 1876
by means of bribery, has managed to
have his nephew, Samuel J. Tilden, jr =,
appointed Revenue Collector for the
Fifteenth district, of New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

BUFFALO has 2,7O0,O00 bushels of
wheat from Duluth by lake in store in ant
ticipation of the close of navigation. A
much larger amount would have been
received but for want of elevator capar
city
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

FITZHUGH LEE has already been
named for Vics President on the next
Democratic National ticket Then the
Democratic cry will probably be "Hill,
Lee and the Old Saddle!'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
solmon. county onlcIaI Director.

Common Pleas Judge-St Clair Kelly.
Probate Judge-Isaac 81. CASTOR.
Clerk Of Courts-Wm. B. Cash.
Sherif-Leroy G. Sedwick.
z Auditor-R. r. Barrett.
Treasurer-Edward L. Feeley.
Prosecuting Attorney-N. Z. Kennon.
Recofder-W. S. Hobbs
Oommissioners-OwenMe Mehan, Morris Cope,
VIM. j.. Berry.
Surveyor-John q. Mitchell
Coroner-P. o. CriswelL
lnfrmsry Directors Bailey, James
B. Ritchey. John SidebOttom.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
Masonic Directory.

DELMONT LODGE, No. 16, F. & A. M.
ID Meets every Wednesday night, on or be-
fore full moon.
ROBT. NJ. EATON, w. NJ.
JESSE B. MEYER, SecY.
CT. CLAIRSVILLE CHAPTER, No. II,
y Royal Arch Masons Stated convoca-
tions, first Friday of each month.
]. B. MEYER, 81. P.
Y. L. HAwTHoRNE, Sec'y.
DELMONT COUNCIL, No. 81, R. & s. M.
ID Meets second Tuesday of each month.
F. D. BAILEY, T. i. M.
j. B. MEYER, Sec'y.
HOPE COMMANDERY, No. %, K. T..
II Stated conclsves, first Tuesday Of each
month. ]. B. RYAN, E. Q.
J. B. MRYER, Rec.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19

A Gascon having made portfolio i'm
to an umbrella, Norman, In order that
he might not be behind in ingenuity,
made a snuff box in the shape of pis+
tol, and by means of slight spring 6red
the snuff up his nose.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
BelInOntChrOniCle
w. A. HUNT,
Editor and Proprietor.
Published Every Thursday
Terms Of SUBSCRIPTION:
Two Dollars Per Year In Advance.

II not paid within the year % per cent will
be added for each year it remains unpaid.
OYYIoE-South side Main street, nearly op-
posite Public School building.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-11-19
THE NEWS.

The President has appointed e1-GOv. George
w. Click as pension agent of Topeka, Kansas.
G. W. Smith L Son, agricultural implement
dealers at Fostoria, have failed. Liabilities
500 fliln. assets nominal
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-05
VALUE OF POULTRY.
The Cliffs

The estimates that are given of
the quantity of poultry and eggs
consumed daily in this country seem
at first sight incredible, and the
question is often asked, "Where do
they all come from?" It is stated
that the poultry product marketed
last year was worth over 100000,
600, or as much as two of our cot
ton crops. This amount looks very
large, but it is probably rather q
low estimate. Even in the face of
such a product it is surprising that
there are not more poultry and eggs
produced, as, under proper condi
tions, they can be had in great album
dance at less cost than any kind of
butchers meat. Instead, We observe
that there are few farmers in the
Ssuth who raise half as many fowls,
ducks, etc, as can be raised on
their places. On most farms the
keep of poultry costs almost nothing.
The ranges are so extensive that
they find most of their own food, so
that their product is almost clear
gain. Many farmers are content to
live on, year after year, with ten or
dozen fowls, when fifty C. uld BIT
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-05

just as cheaply kept, When poultry
are intelligently cared for, with du.
regard to their natural instincts.
they are among the most profitable
products of the farm. There ia no
crop that yields as much profit on
the outlay. Guinea fowls are very
easily raised, and as they are among
the finest birds for the table, it is
surprising that more Of them are
not produced, Most persons find
that only q small proportion OF the
eggs hatch, and are spt to attribute
this to many causes ether than the
right one. 1t is well known that the
eggs can be kept fresh longer than
those of any other fowl; but while
this is an excellent characteristic,
when eating purposes areconsidered,
1t does not indicate that they can
be- Matched. 1t is strange how few
persons are aware that he Guinea
fowl is as strictly homogeneous rs
the goose or pigeon, The cock has
his one mate, AID will pay no &tteu-
ton to any other female; SO that il
& pack does not contain Just as
many cocks as hens, all the eggs
laid by the minated hens will be in
fertile, and cannot be hatched. This
is the reason why disappointment so
commonly arises from setting these
sgSs--A. 7. T. in Home AID Farm.
The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-09-05

The following account of an Old
Rugby settler, copied from a con-
temporary, may prove interesting to
some Of our readers.
The Hon. Alwyn Mauds has
opened millinery and costume shop
in London, and was employed to
make a trousseau for the Princess
Beatrice. His father, Col. Maude,
is attached to Queen Victoria s
house at Windsor, and figured con-
spicuously during the late minis
terial crisis. He procured for Alwyn
an appointment as one of the gentle
men N waiting to the late Duke Of
Albany, which gave AT entrance to
aristocratic circles Of London so
ciety. He married an Eastern young
woman of great wealth and beauty.
She was either the daughter or nie' {
of a native princess in India, i'll
whose court she was we'll educated
She astonished the Londoners with
her magnificent jewels, many Of
which had been in her family untold
generations. The match pleased
neither his father nor the English
court, and Maude withdrew to pri-
yate life, purchased a fine place near
London, and invested his wife's for
tune in a lead mine, which for a
time paid enormous returns. One
morning he was Informed, however,
that the enterprise was bankrupt.
He put the remnant of the veal h
into Thomas Hughes's Rugby colony,
in Tennessee, and tried to become .
farmer in that wild wood. Those
qualities which had made him bril-
liant at Windsor and Buckingham
were of little value in driving team
of plow mules. AS a last resort he
came to New York and got an en-
gsgemen, with q small dramatic
company.