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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-01-25
Growing Old.

What is it to grow old?
Is it to lose the glory of the form,
The lustre of the eye?
Is it for beauty to forego her wreath?
Yes, but not this alone.
Is it to feel our strength,
Not our bloom only, but our strength decay?
Is it to feel each limb
Grow sitter, every function less exact.
Each nerve more loosely strung?
Yes, this and more; but not,
All tits not what IN youth We dreamed 'twould be
'Tis not to have our life
Mellowed and softened as with sunset glow,
golden days decline.
'Tis not to see the world
AS from a height, with rapt prophetic eyes,
And heart profoundly stirred;
And weep and feel the fulness of the past
The years that are no more.
1t is to spend long days
And not once feel that we W ere ever young;
1t is to add, immured
In the hot prison of the present, month
To month with weary pain.
l is to suffer this,
And feel but half and feebly, what we feel.
Deep in our hidden heart
Testers the dull remembrance of change;
But no emotion, none.
1t is, last stage OF all,
When we are frozen up within, and quite
The phantom of ourselves,
To hear the world applaud the hollow ghost.
Which blamed the living man.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
Their Right Names.
To The Editor Of the Dispatch:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
1t would remove now and in future
prevent good deal of confusion in the
public mind if the two parties which
are struggling to win under the local
option law would take their appro.
pirate names under that law. Many
who discuss the question argue as if M
law exists upon the subject, but that
at the elections soon to be held in va.
rious localities the voters are to SAY
whether they will have local.optlOp
law or not. From this confusing say
Of putting the subject before the ptb.
lie there are not few who are goiui to
the polls under the impression that lbe
vote they give is TO decide what p.
law is 10 be.
If l understand Alright, the Law Is
upon us. The Legislature has taAD
this matter out Of the hands OF De
people by passing local-option At
under which we are to vote for licefs
or against license. Here in Richmond
Cor instance, we are not asked or pd-
mitted to vote upon the best method \
dealing with the liquor traffic. If We
were wide discussion might we'll "
INDUCED in; there would evidently
be much difference of opinion. But I
is not a question OF methods. That !
already determined for us. What VIZ
are to vote upon is whether the sale 4
liquor shall be licensed or not. This il
the one single, sharp issue. All othet
questions are irrelevant. If the public
mind could be held down to this quesl
ton; if men would shut out every other
view and confne themselves to this one
thing-the only thing to be writ.
ten upon our ballots and TO
be decided by the vote soon
to be giveD-it would greatly aid intel
ligent and conscientious conclusions. |
submit, therefore, that the parties ought
not to be called local-option or anti-lo-
cal.option, prohibition or anti-prohibi-
ton. This is at once confusing and
misleading. But we should have the
license party and the anti-license party.
They should be called by these DISTINCT
names under all circumstances. Could
this obtain, | believe much Of the
uncertainty and indecision which haag
around hundreds Of votes would be
swept away, and the issue would be
made in every way ineligible.
C.. ii. RYLAND.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
RossesrEs ~ HARVARD.
Cspsure or q Asudess charged with
Stealing from tine Gym"a'
sium Lockers,

8b0" IeVNaSs6
A Cambridge Mass special says !:
Since last Friday about 81, 200 worth Of
property has been stolen from the lock-
ers 10 the Harvard College gymnasium.
On Monday and Tuesday Of last week
four gold watches, varying in value
from $50 to $500 each, belonging to
L. S. Griswold, w. j. Latter, l.. S.
and II. Morgan, 80, were taken,
together with various sums Of
money. Yeterday Jimmy Farron,
gymnasium attendant, was instructed
to keep a careful watch on the lockers.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock, W. s. Cur
tbs, $50, the son Of a millionaire be-
longing to one Of the oldes. families in
Boston, sauntered into the gymnasium.
accompanied by Abbott, 'S9. Abbott
put bis clothes in the locker and went
into the main room Of tho gymnasium
10 exercise. AS soon as his friend had
gone Curtis is charged with unlocking
Abbott's locker and taking there
from gold watch valued at
5000. He was seized by Far
ron who gave him in charge OF DR..
Sargent, director Of the gymnasium,
who carried him before President Eliot,
where, it is said, he made full confess
sion. Two reasons for these thefts are
offered by the friends Of Curtis. One
is that he is Of unsound mind /; the other
that he has been playing poker to an
excess of late and was heavily in debt.
Every effort is being made by the
wealthy young mans friends to keep
the matter from getting into the courts.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
DE iff<.


BANALi.-D'ed Thursday afternoon al
4 O'Clock. A. her home after a long AMI
painful Illness ALICE BROWN, wife Of
William Henry bRNail
Her funeral vii take place from ~. FauIs
church SA1 CkDAY The 2ith Instant at -
clock NJ.
KUpER.- Died. 81 eos west Cary street
IN Fl daV. April 23d ~ 2.i5 oclock \. VI &.
Mrs. a. V. X PER, wife Of V. \. KuPer, In
the rny.ninth year Of her age.
come unto me all ye that are weary and
heayy.lacen ard will give you rest
Funeral nom IT. Andrews church TO-
PAY at4 o'clcck T. VI. Relatives and friends
respectfully invited 10 attend.
MURDOCK.-Ded, April %, 1885. ~
Il:I5 +. NJ. at the residence 81 her bros her
iu.law. Mr.. X. T. Adams No. l03 east Mar
shah street. Miss CAROLINE MURDOCH,
10 the thirty fourth wear % her age.
Her remains will I've taken 10 James Guy
county for interment IN the family bury
ing. ground.
TALMAN.-Died. at his residence No. sl7
south Pine street April 23d. az $50 o'clock
\. NJ. OF paralysis. ALBERT q. TALMAS,
~ the siXtieth year OF his age. -
Funeral services al HOLLYWOOD THIS
MORNING at IL o clock. No flowers.
TAYLOR DIED. Friday morning April
% 1856, at five minutes to Q o'clock, ut MS
residence No. oil north seventh street.
Mr.. JAMES TAYLOR Ia the siXty.eghth
year OF his age. He leaves a wife aud eight
ch ildren TO mourn their loss.
The funeral will take place a. the / inst
Baptist church SUNDAY MORNING, April
2jth. The friends aud acquaintances are r'.
peCtfuily invited TO attend.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
The Local-OpfiOn Craze.
Editor of the Dispdtch -.

To the Editor Of the Dispatch
With your permission | beg to say
few plain words against this local-op-
ton craze. 1t is a Yankee humbug
that means selling whiskey without
license. In making this statement |
defy successful contradiction; That in
every State and city where prohibition
is the lew there is whiskey for sale.
For those that favor local option to say
then. Why complain OF putting local-op-
ton law in effect is to reverse the idea
Of common sense; and shall not lose
time on fanatics. This summer three
years ago stopped at the largest aud
best hotel in Maine; took two gin cock
tails at the bar in the hotel saw a lady
drinking wine at the dinner-table; and
this hotel is no exception. AS the min
listers. or rather one of them in your
columns, claim all the virtues for their
side Of tina question, and what | have
said above might mislead your readers,
| will say the two gin cocktails were
taken to relieve me Of rlgOrs that
neither drink. chew or smoke tobacco.
run around, play games, or 90 to church.
have no bad habits. | was born
Presby terrain, stick to the faith" what
is to be will be if it never happens" |
am glad the ministers Of the Eplscopa-
lians and the Catholics steer clear Of
this local-option craze. Suppose the
Methodist preachers want to make good
Colonel Ingersoll's opinion OF them.
that they do more work for less money
than any other denomination. Before
this | had been taught that the Baptists
were partial to little good whiskey.
The Christian newspapers speak in
favor. wherever it has been tried, OF
high license as better means of tenn
perance, good morals, etc., than any
other plan known. The trouble is, we are
in our infancy on the treatment
OF the unfortunate class that cannot
control themselves in the use of strong
drink. We do not execute the laws
already made.
| will close this by saying | have
been accused Of being a fanatic about
whiskey- drinking. | stand by the
temperance people; but spit on this
local-option craze. G. b. r.
PETERSBURG, VA, April 20, 1886.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
A. To Narcotics
To the Editor of the Dispatch

To the Editor of the Dispatch
In looking over the many articles
published on the prohibition question,
have felt some surprise that no ALI
sion has been made to a certain I'LL
which, at a period not long past, ws
introduced by member of our Leg =
lature. write from memory only, not
having the means at hand to verify de-
tails. If my recollection is correct tie
bill to which | refer had for its ma q
feature a provision interdcting the she
by druggists of opium or any Of lls
preparations, such as morphine, laudI-
nun, paregoric, etc., without the al
thorlzation Of prescription written 2
due form by practiciDg physician. ',
think i am correct in stating that
clause was likewise inserted forbidding
any druggist from filling the same pre-
scription more than once. The bill did
not pass, but should it come up for re-
consideration at some future days
there is very little doubt it will, for the
opium and tobacco habits are to be the
next points of attack for the moral re-
formers-the provisions will probably
be made to cover not only opium, but
the whole range of anodynes and mar
cotics. How would such a form
of prohibition, such clear inya.
sion Of personal rights, affect the
health, comfort, and pecuniary in
terest of the community? There IS a
large amount Of home practice in the
families of the poor and middle classes,
and by the enactment Of such law a.
that indicated many Of the simplest and
most efficient remedial agents would be
placed beyond the reach Of the masses.
1t may be said there is an alternative
So there is. 4 mother with a suffer.
ing child may at midnight succeed in
finding a messenger who will seek out
a physician, arm himself with the re-
quired prescription paying two dollars
therefore,, and then enjoy the high
privilege Of purchasing from his drug
gist an ounce Of laudanum or phial OF
paregoIic. | will not trespasS further
on your courtesy, and hope | may be
pardoned for reyiying subject which
made too forcible an impression at the
time to be readily forgotten. 1t strikes
me, in view Of the present prohibition
movement, it is highly suggestive, aud
brings to the front in a very emphatic
manner the question as to whether pro
hibition is to cease with the local-option
struggle. GAMMA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24

The Danvills Register, ia discussing
the tariff question, makes two charges
seainst u.s.
First, that VIC are afraid to antsgonizs
one half Of the Democratic party on the
prohibition question--that is, supposing
that half Of its members are prohibi-
tionists; and,
Second, that We arc not afraid to an
tsgoniss two thirds Of the Democratic
party on the tariff question.
Does the Registsr mean 10 say that
he Democratic party is committed to
nithss eide Of the license question :
p
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
RATTLE WITH BRsaANDs.
Mexican bandits Attack the Dolores
silver. Mines.


A San Antonio (Texas) special says !:
w. s. Toals, an American mining en-
pipeer, who is direct from the famous
Dolores silver.mines in Nueyo Leon,
Mexico, arrived in this city to-day. He
gave a graphic and startling description
Of Q desperate engagement that took
place at the mine between band of
Mexican mounted bandits and the
miners. The mines, which are located
in the mountains about $50 miles north
west Of Nuevo Laredo, are the most
profitable mines in Northern Mexico,
and their monthly output is Of great
value. Some two hundred miners,
principally Mexicans, are employed IN
them, under the SUPPLEMENTARY OF R.J
Bogusch. The richness Of these mines
has frequently excited the cup'dity OF
Mexican bandits, and they have been
the scene of many bloody conflicts.
To more successfully resist such at
tacks a strong stone wall has been
thrown around the mining camps and
all approaches thereto are closely
guarded.
ATTACKED BY OUTLAWS.
Last Sunday night about one hundred
ard fifty Mexican bandits rode down
the mountain side. and, lettering their
horses in a canon near by. stealthily
approached the mining camp, expecting
to take it by surprise. Just as they
were scaling the stone wall the moon
shone brightly forth from a rift in the
clouds and the sentry on duty saw
them and fired. This instantly aroused
the camp, and the miners rushed
forth, under the leadership of Superin-
tendent Bogusch, to repel the attack.
A sharp and rafting fight was vigor-
orously maintained for over an hour,
the bandits bravely holding their own.
In the mean time a messenger was hur
riedly dispatched to Cinchon Garcia,
the alcalde of the town Of Vallecillo,
two leagues distant, who quickly raj
lied force Of fifty men and rapidly re-
paired to the relief Of the beleaguered
miners.
BANDITS ASSAULTED IN THE REAR.
Coming up in the rear of the bandits,
Cincbon Garcia, with his force, began a
vigorous assault. The robbers, finding
themselves between two Gres, pre-
cipitately fed, leaving five of their
number dead on the field and eleven
seriously wounded, about half Of whom
will die. Quite a number of the miners
were wounded, several dangerously,
but none were killed. The bandits
were holly pursued by the combined
force Of miners and citizens, and run
ming fight was kept up for some dis
lance; but the familiarity Of the ban
dts with the mountain passes enabled
them to battle their pursuers and es
cane to their fastness.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24

We suppose that what II means 10 that
its side Of both the tariff and the license
question is the right side, and that the
Dispatch is guilty Of treason to the
Democratic party in refusing to look
through its spectacles.
It's bad enough for one paper to
cepsure another for its utterances, but
when II comes TO complaining of what
another paper has not said, the COM
plant becomes ludicrous.
If the Register will allow us, we will
let the Lypchburg Adoance, edited by
that veteran Democrat, r. ii. GLASS,
speak for us. lie says:
"Dr. Harmon is mistaken in the as
sumption that the Adrance has been
wet.' 1t has taken no stand on either
side, and has discharged its full duty il
every particular, and we think we have
the confidence and good will Of all good
people Of our community"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
a Law.Breaktng Commercial Ira
weller"

veJler.''
T'o The Editor of the Dispatch.
In reply to Commercial Travel
ler's" article in the Dispatch Of Tues.
day would say in behalf of this sober
and law-abiding town:
/. That the statement that there are
"four," or any, bars in Waynesboro'
is not true. Commercial Traveller "
places his assertion against the testi-
mony of the Mayor and Town Council.
2. We will pay Commercial Ira
veller," or any one else, s25 for every
case Of selling whiskey in this town,
with names and sufficient proof to lead
TO conviction.
3. The testimony presented by" Com-
mercial Traveller" will not influence
any fair mind, because--(a) he is man
who confesses having aided and encour-
aged the breaking Of the laws Of the
land TO- he shows himself a whiskey
partisan. His article is written in the
interest Of saloon-keepers. lie hunts
whiskey despite the fact that the law
forbids any one selling to him. He kept
trying it Notwithstanding the fact that
it was "the meanest poison" he had
ever put to his lips. Poison Whiskey
is poison, says Commercial Traveller"
Hear, voters Of Richmond, and vote
down licensing the sale OF "poison " to
your noble sons
4. A businessman SAYS " CONNER
cial Traveller takes fine way to
60 lacking in trade in this town. Our
merchants can scarcely be expected to
patronize man who breaks the laws
Of our town, drinks so much mean
whiskey, ard then goes home to defame
our fair name.
5. The article " Practical Test" was
not signed by A. R. Cooke alone, but
as follows /; j. A. Patterson, mayor :;
Town Council, S. II. Lambert, W. n.
Fishburne, J. S. Myers, NJ. d. W. d.
Wood, T. Ii. Antrim; ministers, A.
X. Cooke, A. NJ. Tackley, William
Whatsoever.
Could Commercial Traveller ex-
pect his statements to influence any
one when they are made in opposition
TO the above list? A. X. Cooke.
Waynesboro, "a, April %, 1886.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
How business will be Affected.
TO the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Many Of those opposed to local OPP
ton no doubt fear that il its friends
prove the stronger at the polls
business here will be seriously injured
Some distrust may exist for awhile,
but the liquor interest only will suffer,
though not all the men engaged in the
traffic. Not few Of them, both whole
sale and retail, are likely grocers also.
with whom the writer, and no doubt
others too, to show that they (the Ii.
quor dealers themselves) are not warred
against, would make it point to deal.
In Maryland local option, which has
been on trial there for some years, is
making its way from county to county
on its own merits. Some who formerly
opposed it, it would seem, now admit
that it is benefit to the community.
Among them, it is said, is that eminent
lawyer Of Baltimore Mr.. Teakle Wal.
lis. And when the tree becomes known
in this State by its fruits many Of the
honest opponents Of local option here
will probably be found among its
friends. A county in Ohio in which no
intoxicating liquors are sold can boast
Of lower taxes and of land bringing
higher prices than those adjoining. In
deed, prohibition wherever it may gain
and retain the ascendant will make for
the good, spiritual and temporal, Of
every community.
In view Of the supreme value of the
soul, and Of the Bible declaration that
"no drunksrd shall inherit the king
dom of Cod" and Of the fearful fact
that the license system, IS mayors re-
ports and those Of others will show, in
creasss drunkenness and crime, aud OF
the encouraging fact that prohibition
when fairly tried decreases drunken
ness and crime, 1t follows that . law
tending to preserve souls for whom
Christ died from the awful and eternal
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
A Countryman's View.
AsHCAKE, HANOVER, VA, I
Anril 2l. 1856. {

AprlI 81, looO.
To the Editor of the Dispatch
You have been very kind in per-
hitting such free use Of your column
with the local.option question. Hops
good will result from it. Well it il
for all that the time is at hand for Rich
mond to decide. The eyes of the Statl
are upon you. Look and learn shout.
be the motto Of the counties. We hal
better mind what we are about now
or we shall have nothing to drink or eat
either. Remember, fellow.citizens.
where we stand, or rather where we lie
fallen. We lost our property by tn
war, our honor since by the way thu
debt has been mismansged, and now j
fear our preachers and ladies are going
into politics. Humble as am, | ap
peal TO all classes Let's behave our
selves and stay where we belong, using
great forbearance to all others. To
your tents, oh, Israel To your plows,
shops, offices, aud affairs, oh, men .
And sisters, gentle sisters, much
Of your burden has been lightened by
machinery, but you can still wash the
dishes. sweep and dust, and more music
would be SO helpful, might keep some
Of US out Of bar-rooms, make home
draw your boys and men too. Let all
Of us try to lift our dear State up. She
has seen better days, and will again il
We are true sons and daughters. After
the election | hope our ministers will
preach from some such texts as these {:
=" BE content with your wages ~; Not
that which goeth into the mouth defleth
the man, but what cometh from the
heart, for out Of the heart proceeded" -;
and read it, please. Again, ut is a
shame for any woman to speak in pub.
lic."
In hunting these they will come across
others similar. C.S. ANDERSON.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
Death OF the Poet priest or the south

hseuth W tut VI tuc SOuAn
A Louisville special of the 22d says:
Father Abram j. Ryan, "poet.priest OF
the South" died tonight at st. Boni.
facius's church in this city. lie is in
The care of Father Ubaldus Webersinke
and his assistants. Father Ryan came
here about a month ago with his
friend, Father Medallion. After about
week he was taken with a
fever, Of which little was thought.
Medical aid was summoned, but a week
ago he began to grow worse. He had
been in state Of almost incessant men,
tai activity, talking wildly Of his new
book, 1.-The Life Of Christ" at inter-
walls preaching to an imaginary audi
ence, and again telling over his adven.
lures during the war. and stories Of
the Lost Cause" lie was in a coma
tose condition all day, and it was
almost impossible TO rouse him. His
illness was organic disease Of the heart,
accompanied by lack Of sufficient
supply Of blood.
Father Ryan was born in Virginia In
1910. He was educated as q priest.
The war breaking out just as he was of
age, he followed its fortunes in sacer-
dotal capacity. At the close of tie
war be was for . time at Nashville,
and later at GAINESVILLE. For nun.
Der Of years he was at Biloxi, Miss,
near Beauvoir, the retreat Of Jeffer.
son Davis, and there became
more closely the friend Of the
x.president of the Confederacy.
In 1883 be was for . time at Bos-
ton College and ct Montreal, and later
made . lecture tour of the northern
States. lie is best known Is . welcome
contributor to Irish and Catholic pc
riodicals and Is the author Of q volume
Of poetry, written always 10 hurry"
be says in the preface, and collected
only upon the urgent request Of . young
lawyer friend. who took the. risk and
shares The profits Of publishing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
Father Ryan.

The news OF the death OF Father
RYAN, the brilliant poet priest will
be received with profound sorrow
throughout the South. His poems,
which for the most part are success
sion Of threnodies embalming and con-
secratipg the thoughts and memories
that are dearest to our people, will live
as long as patriotism is able to stir the
blood and the wall Of the harp has
power to touch the human heart.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24

Carp" writes to the Cleveland
Leader: 81 saw Senator EDMUNDs
out driving on Sunday with his wife.
He had SLOUGH hat pulled down over
his face, and his blue eyes looked abso-
lutely warm and friendly" "Warm
and friendly. That is demanding
little too much Of public credulity.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24

"a New Jersey school-mistress
thrashed with birch switch the lead
ing politician and fnancier Of the coun-
ty." BY all means let her be employ
ed TO switch schoolbov strikers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-24
An~sardiy Plot.

A Louisville special says: A re-
marksble plot to tsmolish the works Of
the Louisville Electric Lighting Com.
pany was discovered this afternoon. A
belt twenty-four inches II width,
which connects large fy-whees with
the dynamos, was cut almost in two.
1t was sufficiently weakened to nave
separated when the machines weEs at
full speed, and by peculiar arrange
ment would have caused violent en-
plosion, which would probably have
killed every man in the building. Some
enemy OF the proprietOrs is suspected.