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Year: 1869

PAVEMENT QUEsTIoN.-TuRNER, bookseller,
lila Main street. takes this method OF returning
his sincere thanks to the city authorities for their
promptness In repairing the pavement In front Of
his store and calls the attention OF bis friends and
the public generally to the fact that the way is now
clear to his store, where he has full stock OF
everything In the book and atationery line. Also
large stock Of valentines for both tie Wholesale
and retail trade. = r. - -s E.-
Year: 1869

A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DoG-CATcH-
ERs.-There was great complaint yesterday
of the action of the city authorities in
taking up dogs having last years licenses
(Which expired on Sunday before the
owners had an opportunity to have them
cases the dogs were taken. up even before
the opening Of the Chamberlain!s Office, and
therefore before it was possible to procure
license for the new year. We have no
means of knowing by whose order this
thing was done, but surely it is no more
than just that in cases where money has
thus been extorted it should be refunded.
Year: 1869

The bridge across the Illinois river, now
being built under charter obtained at the
last session Of the legislature, is rapidly ap-
preaching completion. The bridge across
the main channel is to be upward of 300
feet long, with centre pier in the middle of
the river, and pier at each shore. The
centre pier is some 80 feet in diameter, and
when the bridge is open there will be about
l30 feet clear on each side for the passage
of vessels. The whole is nearly ready for
the superstructure, which is to be Of iron,
Year: 1869

The Scotia is the last Of the side.whee
steamers running between Europe and
America, and she will be taken of as soon
as sale or other service will justify. Screw
steamers are more economical of coal and
freight.room.
Year: 1869

The way Of the cross is the way of light
There are diversity of crosses The same
cross falls not to the lot of every man; each
must bear his own. 10 one it comes in the
loss of hoalth TO another in the loss of
friends sometimes il comes ia the form of
prosecutions, and sometimes ina the thwartiug
Of our life purposes. and many a one has
learned the weight of this latter cross LA.
bors lost and trust BETRAYED tell the sad
story of many heart grown weary Of earth
and It's delusions.


But more often. perhaps. than in any other
form, our cross is manifest in the little every.
day cares and yexations of life and this
more than any other. chafes and frets our
spirits To bear these ills to which the flesh
is averse. and TO bear them with spirit of
Christian submission is TO bear our cross
Daily we should take up whichever our Sa.
viour lays before us, lest we stumble and fall
upon it. On it we should nail our human
wills, that the will Of God may be the supreme
law of our lives: not bearing the cross in
self-wil, whithersoever we please but hum
bly,, after Jesus.


There are crosses we sometimes carry
which we turn aside from the path of duty to
find. These are selEimposed crosses MANY
a one bows an his lifetime beneath the WEIGHT
of such a cross, thinking to receive a reward
for his Githfulness to it. Like the poor Rom.
auist, he is striving to gain heaven by works
Of supereroqation. But with such penances
God is not well pleased. The cross is not to
be worshipped. We should learn to distin-
guish between these false crosses. and those
Jesus laws before us. remembering that it is
Satan who lures us out Of the way to lift the
former. while only to the true cross-bearer
does the reward belong. And what is the re.
ward7 San hundred fold now in this time 50
Year: 1869

| was spending the night in hotel at
| Freeport, Ill. After breakfast | went into
the sitting-room, where | met pleasant,
chatty, good-humored traveller, who, like my
self, was waiting for the morning train from


ialena. We conversed freely and pleasant
| ly on different topics, until, seeing two young
ladies meet and kiss each other in the street,
the conversation turned on kissing, just the
time the train was approaching


Z" Come said he, taking up his carpet
bag, since we are on so sweet a subject, let
US have a practical application I'll make n
proposition to you. I'll agree to kiss the
most beautiful lady in tho cars from Gaena,
you being the judge, if you will kiss the
next pretticst, | being the judge


This proposition staggered me little, and
| could hardly tell whether he was in earnest
or in fun but as he would be as deeply in
it as | could be, | agreed, provided he would
do the first kissing. though my heart failed
me somewhat, as | saw his black eyes fairly
dance with daring.


Yes said he, " I'll try it first. You
take the back ear, and 90 in from the front
end, where you can see the faces of the ladies,
and you stand by the one you think the hand
somest and I'll come in from behind, and
kiss her."


had hardly stepped inside the cars, when
| saw at the first glance, one of the ovelest
looking women my eyes ever fell on, a
beautiful hoade, with auburn hair, and
bright sunny face, full of love and sweetness,
aud radiant and glowing as the morning. Any
further search was totally Unnecessary. l
Immediately took my stand in the aisle by
her side She was looking out Of the window
earnestly, as if expecting some one. The
back door of the car opened, and in stepped
my hotel friend. pointed my finger to her
slyly, never dreaming that he would dare to
carry out his pledge, and you may imagine
my horror and amazement, when he stepped
up quickly behind her, and STOPPING over,
kissed her with relish that made my ''mouth
water" | expected, of course, a shrek of
terror, and then a row generally, and knock
down but astonishment succeeded astonish-
ment, when saw her return the kiss with
compound interest.


Quick as fash he turned to me and said:
" Now, sir it is your turn" pointing to
hideous, ugly, wrnkled old woman, who sat
in the seat behind.


Oh, you must excuse me you must !" |
exclaimed. Z" I'm sold this time. give
up. DO tell me whom you have been kiss
ing


Well" said he, since you are man
of so much taste, and such quick perception,
I'll let you off" And we all burst in a
hearty peal of laughter, as he said, This
is my wife. have been waiting for her
knew that it was a safe proposition"


He told the story to his wife, who looked
tenfold sweeter as she heard it,


Before we reached Chicago, we exchanged
cards, aud discovered that my genial com.
panion was popular Episcopalian preacher
of Chicago, whose name | had frequently
heard. Whenever go to Chicago, | al
ways 90 TO hear him, and heartier, more
natural and eloquent preacher, is hard TO
find lie was then young man. he is now
well known as one of the ablest divines of
the Episcopal denomination in the West
Harper's Weekly
Year: 1869

No man living can call himself free of this
sin, unless he can rejoice in the success Of
others engaged in the same calling or trade
of himself Whenever you see one man en-
vious of the PROSPERITY Of another, you may
make up your mind that jealousy rules his
heart. He cannot bear to see others succeed


in business. Coyetousness only seeks to ap-
propriate the property of others to our own
use, or in other words, wishes itself in the
place of another. Envy goes farther it not
only wants the place of another, but seeks to
ruin the other in order to obtain it. Envy
will seek to block up the road of prosperity
to others. Envy tries to direct every unfa-
vorable circumstance against its rival, Ii
points out the faults of others, it sees all the
flaws and spots in others, while it wraps it.
self up in its own complacenoy. Ii is an old
adage, "Sin will find you out" aud though a
man seek to hide his envious heart, to cover
it up with smiles, yet, like fire in his bosom,
it will come out. 1t will be seen in his
words yes, even in his walk. Keep it
down, choke it down, kill it in your heart.
Voice of Truth.
Year: 1869

The great want Of this age is men. Men
who are not for sale. Men who are honest,
sound from center to circumference, true to
the hearts core. Men who will condemn
wrong in friend or foe, in themselves as well
as others. Men whose eonseiences are as
steady as the needle to the pole Men who
will stand for the right If the heavens totter
and the earth reels. Men who can tell the
truth and look the world and the devil right
in the eye. Men that neither brag nor run.
Men that neither flag nor finch. Men who
can have courage without shouting TO it,
Men in whom the courage of everlasting life
runs still, deep and strong Men too large
for sectariau bonds. Menwho do not cry nor
cause their voices to be heard on the streets,
but who will nos fail nor be discouraged till
judgment be set in the earth. Men who
know their message and toll it. Men who
know their places and i'll them Men who
mind their own business. Men who will rot
lie Men who are not too lazy to work. nor
too proud to be poor Men who are willing
to cat what they have earned, and wear what
they have paid for
Year: 1869

Edwin was one day looking at large
building which they were putting up just op.
posite to his fathers house. He watched the
workmen as they carried up the bricks and
mortar, and then placed them in their proper
order


His father said to him. " Edwin, you seem
to be very much taken up with the bricklay-
ers pray, what may you be thinking about
Have you any notion Of learning the trade ??


"No," said Edwin, smiling, but | was
just thinking what little thing brick is
and yet that great house is built by laying
one brick on another"


"Very true, my boy. Never forget it,
Just so is it in all great works. All your
learning is only one little lesson added to an.
other. If a man could walkall around the
world, it would be putting one foot before the
other. Your whole life will be made up Of
one little moment after another Drop added
to drop makes the ocean


Learn from this not to be discouraged by
great labors. The greatest labor becomes
easy, if divided into parts. You could not
jump over a mountain, but step by step takes
YOU to the other side Do not fear, there.
fore to attempt great things Always re.
member that the whole of that great building
is only one brick upon another
Year: 1869

A Cleveland maiden " went back on her
lover the other day and refused to be married
at the last moment, when the minister was
ready to perform, and the guests to witness,
the ceremony.


Two beings are joined by love as two words
by printers hyphen--sign at once Of sepa-
ration and connection.
Year: 1869

The secret of fitness in marriage is, opposi-
tioH Of temperament wih identity Of aim.
Partners thus mated are in perfect sympathy
of interests and purpose while the difference
of the methods which they use in seeking
these common interests supplies stimulus a
novelty an uuiailing variety TO the daily ex-
perience of their lives. Zach is thus the
complement of the others nature One may
be grave, the other gay one mainly intellect
ual, the other all heart one impetuous, the
other cool and deliberate the most timid
and delicate bride may wed the sturdest aud
loudest-voiced Ajax Of husband but these
very differences will be mutually attractive,
delightful, adjuyant to married lovers that
have single heart and will Unity of pur-
pose, variety of means toward that purpose
these are the conditions which lead to the
truly happy marriages---thc marriages in
which each partner
Year: 1869

Three young men, two of them
brothers, made q bet IS to which of
them could swim frat to blue water,
q mile from shore, opposite A, on tie
Atlantic coast. In the start the
younger brother got his foot sntan-
gled in sea weed, and fell with his
face 10. the water. His brother stop
ped to relase him. This gave their
friend a start of thirty or forty yards.
which he made good use of. When
they had nearly reached the water
line, what was the horror of the two
brothers to see one half of the body
of their friend spring from the water,
shrieking, bleeding, quivering. He
vas bit in two by shark The two
brothers turned and swan with tre-
mendous strokes to the shore, immag-
in.ng every weed that touched them
to be q shark. When they did reach
the shore and wsrs dragged out by
the spectators Of the race, one of them
tainted and the other cried like a ba-
by. Often, We have heard them say,
this terrible scene Was repeated in
their dreams and neither Of them
would ever go in water to swim
again.
Year: 1869

A man being lately on q tramp to
Canada says that at a certain farm
house in the back woods, whore he
stopped, the following rich scene
took place -


The family were about to partake
OF their breakfast, aud sat down for
the purpose. The old man being e
lover of squirrels. and that being the
principal dish of the mornings re-
past, had his particular piece laid on
the side of the dish next to him. The
old man commenced saying grace as
follows -


"Oh, Lord, We thank thee for the
blessing thou hast set before Us do
thou guide aud direct Us through
life''-here, raising his eyes. he per-
Ceived his son Cid. laying his hands
on his choice piece of squirrel, and
then in q hurried manner ended the
grace, "deliver us from evil, for the
Lords sake, Amen-by golly, Gid,
that's my piece hand it here"
Year: 1869

"Oh ! spirit of vine. What shall
we call thee ?t Shakespeare rightly
named it devil. Demon, agent Of
hell that it is, what crime is there
that it is not concerned in e? 1t will
make oDe man steal i; another kill /;
another commit 8 rape. It deadeDs
a mans moral sense to such degree
that it will make him break every ar
ticle of the decalogus, the great fOun-
dation Of al law and order. Go in-
to every prison Of the land and nine
ty-nins of every hundred prisoners
will ted you, twas drunkenness
brought me here II


Not speaking irrsvsrsntly, We
might say that the Devil played bis
best trump when he taught Us how
to build distiIlsries.
Year: 1869

In this class, the show was not large but re-
Specialize OF oats there were several varieties.
and apparently much improvement has been made
in the quality 0f that grain. The same may DO
Year: 1869

Our tribe had conquered, and she was come
10 die at last in her own sweet home.
By loving hands was her slight form placed
Beneath the tree which her own name graced
And here with the last bright beam of day
Her spirit passed from earth away.
By her fathers side she rests at last;
l'eace to the noble dead of the past
lime passed, and the tree with the maden's name
Grew wondrous large, and was known to fame;
FOR meath its shade have councils met,
And wars been planned, and games been set;
l have seen the youth of that dusky race
10 the maids in the Lovers Dance give chase;
nave heard in n morning of early spring
The woods with the whoop of the war-dance ring
Ere the autumn came with its falling leaf
l nave seen the war party return in grief
bearing the form of some much loved chief
whose deeds were bright as his course WAS brief
Years sped, and at length O. er the mighty main
In white-winged bark came pale-faced train !;
! saw them afar, and knew they were come
10 take from my brethren their early home.
With sorrow watched as one by one
The families scattered, till all were gone,
And where Indian games were lost and won,
The council-tree stood all alone


But the pale-face loves noble tree
And my Indian brothers had pied for me
So stand erect in my lordly place
Inc memento lone of vanished race
Need tell ye how from that pale face few
town, city, nation grew?
Ihat the young world fought gainst the old


worlds power


And that have listened TO battles roar2
There were brave sights then and noble men,
U could | see their like again
l nave seen sweet peace to a nation given,-
| have seen it blessed by approving heaven,
May die before see the day


When its strength shall fail or its form decay
NY mate has fallen, that noble tree
The oak of CouBecicuts liberty
and my time is near | am weary now;
The SHOWS of long ages are on my brow.
Ere another hundred years roll round
may hear no more the storm-wind's sound,
Farewell" And from the surrounding trees
Came the answering word, on the still night


breeze. FAITU
Year: 1869

ttges, making it the true interest of the
road to reach the town, they do, and with
great propriety, claim that it should be SO
the people of the town and its vicinity.


So far as the town has had any influence
it has gone to secure Gin accordance with
the original design with which the compa-
ny was gotten up) connection with the
Delaware Railroad and to SO locate the
Kent county road as to secure TO II tho
largest business and afford the greatest ac=
commodation to the people in all sections,
consistent with the best interests of the
road.


IT was and is still thought that these
ends would be host secured by the curved
route as the road was originally located
and contracted for.


The Worton and Fairlee Neck neigh
borhoods would have been accommodated at
buyers and Bel Air stations, which are
only five miles apart, with but trifipg
greater distance than at Bacon's, to most
of the people, while for only o few In the
immediate neighborhood of Bacon's where
the difference in distance would be great
est, it would not exceed about two and
a half miles.


Chestertown would then have been 40.
commodated and all the traffic aud travel
from the town and its vicinity secured on
the main line with comparative triaing ad-
ditional cost in construction over that Of
the Ridge road and branch road. And
the perpetual additional cost of working
branch road would have been 4 ftlSi


The estimates of the engineer of the
company of the actual cost of the Ridge
road from buyers to Bel Air, and of the
branch road, when compared with the cost
of the curved route between these two
points, shows that the excess of the cost
by the curved route would not exceed twen-
ty five to twenty-eight thousand dollars in
construction.


March 4, 1862 w.
Year: 1869

piafiOn.


The rumor is rife about town that the Lead
ers of the Democratic party are thinking of
nominating Gov. Chamberlain as their capdi-
date at their State Convention tomorrow.
Now if they do, we can't accuse them of steal
ing our thunder exactly, because their nomi.
nation will come after ours and only add to it
deeper diapason. Now this movement NAV
be considered novelty in party tactics, but
there IS touch of philosophy in Ii altar al
The leaders of the democracy have been pull
ing many strings for some years past, but with
out success. Knowing as well as we do that
they made some ugly tracks when they cross
ed the war-path Of their country during the re-
bellion, and seeing the necessity of covering up
those footprints, they suppose the most ready
and thorough way of doing it is to endorse our
candidate and throw themselves and the rank
and file of their party into the loyal arms of
the Republicans. Who will dare to say there
is not political shrewdness in such movements
when the fate of the old Federal party is re-
membered? Now, if this contemplated move
ment should be carried out, and our candidate
elected by unanimous vote of all the people,
what could we do with all these Democrats
when our ranks are already so full? They
would be quartered upon us and occupy our
tents in spite CT all opposition. And what
would Gov. Chamberlain do with such num-
erous host of political friends? They are hun
CRY for Office, and have been for long time.
There's no doubt about that Such move on
the political chess board would place our wor-
thy Governor in more embarrassing position
than any one he occupied while he was fight
ing Southern rebels to save his country and its
flag. In view of these rumors we shall wait
with much anxiety for the doings of ,-mor-
rows convention.
Year: 1869

In is impossible, in the hurry of making up
daily paper, necessarily by the labor and dis
erection of assistants-much of the work being
done late at night-to bring every item un-
der previous editorial censorship 1t is fur
thest from our purpose or permission to allow
the insertion of any item of intelligence or re-
port of Judicial proceedings, however authen-
tic, the details of which are offensive to the
public taste. Much of the wickedness, nect s.
sarily exposed in the process of providing pun
ishment for it, would be far less corruptipg
and mischievous, did not some disreputable
newspaper, supported by the most degraded
classes, make proclamation of its disgusting
particulars, to excite the prurientimaginations
of its patrons.


When our friends see in our columns any
contributions towards this class of literature
we thank them for their admonitions.
Year: 1869

THE DEATH OF Mr.. RAYMoND.-We have
from private sources several particulars of the
death of Hon. b. J. Raymond, which have not
been given in print. An examination made
after death showed his brain to have been in q
healthy -cnnditioy a,sd svitl NO roarlrs Of rra
vious disease, or tendencies thereto. His
death was owing to the bursting of blood
vessel in the brain. He ate late and hearty
dinner the day before his death, and had eaten
again later in the evening 1t is probable that
there was some congestion of the brain from
indigestion. As he stopped to close the lower
bolt of his door, the strain brought by the sud-
den STOPPING on the surcharged blood vessels
caused the catastrophe. He at once fell in
sensible, and all the medical assistance in the
world, if rendered instantly could not have
saved Burlington Free Press.
Year: 1869

OUR SECRETARY OF THE NAvY.-The
Washington correspondent of the Boston Ad-
vertiser says that Secretary George w. Robe
son is the present encouragement of New
Jersey, and stands very near the head of the
bar in that State. He is without experience
in naval matters, but is q gentleman of excel
lent judgment and quick capabilities. He is
unmarried, and not yet forty years of age,
though he looks older than that In person he
is quite stout, and has genial manners. Dur
ing the war he was adjutant general Of his
State.
Year: 1869

JEFFERSON DAVIS is now in Paris and in
very feeble health, and doubts are entertained
OF his ability ever to return to this country. 1t
is said, however, that he intends to revisit Cam
aoa this summer, and to spend the winter in
mississippi. How are the mighty fallenl-
mhat change must have come over the spirit
OF his dreaml He seems to be wanderer on
the face of the earth, without home and with
out country.
Year: 1869

The BACK TRACK. 1t is stated on good au-
thority that importers are shipping back to
Europe a portion of the fancy goods which
have been pouring into this country so fast for
months past The Tribune hopes more French
ribbons will take the same direction. Is this o
sign that American women are becoming more
economical?
Year: 1869

TIE FLORAL CONCERT. was large
attendance Of children at the rehearsal on Sat-
urday afternoon, some $50 being present 1t
is earnestly hoped that at the next rehearsal
on Wednesday afternoons large number of
the older girls and boys will take part, whose
voices give strength and character to the VOL
ume of sound. On that afternoon the tickets
for the collation. will be given out, and no ad-
ditions to the chorus will be received after that
day. There are large number of young girls
from twelve to seventeen years Of age in this
city, who possess fine voices, and we would
urge them to take part in this beautiful and at
tractive feature of our national celebration.