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Year: 1879

In ride out TO the Fair Grounds adjoining Dover
IN company with Cashier Bateman we found It being
put IN state Of more thorough preparation than last
season, in anticipation of larger exhibition than
tne very successful one of last year which far ex-
ceeueu the expectations of the directors The Grand
stand and hall for the ladies exhibits is greatly inn
proved ~ appearance by its new coat of green and
Mhte. Inc Judges stand Is TO be similarly painted


Inc low ground at either end of the grand stand has
peen graded at considerable expense and labor a
hegnt OF about four feet that persons in Carriages
ana pedestrians can have unobstructed view of the
ttact: Ihe view from this side, except to those on


he stand was entirely cut off last year. The picket
fence which seemed TO have been constructed TO shn
out the view OF those not within the gates of the ro
ting enclosure, has been lowered about foot and
the races can now be readily seen from most OF the
ground IL Is intended after year or two of popuor
Mng TINS park giving Ii In the mean time the dignity
OF q state FAIR 70 make the races SECONDARY con
suerauoh at least SO far as the awards of prizes shall
80, Ine OBJECT OF the managers we learn Is to make
ns faT as iast ss the popular taste can be directed
pracucal ana thorough agricultural exhibition. In
aauiton y lhe dozen or more men with their teams
grading; the ground was being prepared for the
iogndeIion oI large substantial building 70 be called


Cereal ,t, hall, which is TO be surmounted with
Lower rms viii be followed by other structures for
machinery 60 The expenditures for these buildings
WIN amount 70 several Thousand dollars. The follow
ing norses are already on the grounds Tom Rhyard,
flora, Annie ". Palmer Boy and Sherman Morgan,
ana Joined by Others will be in constant training by
Gillespie until the exhibition season.
Year: 1879

This place has its formal opening this evening Bv
advertisement elsewhere it will be seen that the
mouse and grounds have had thorough renoystion


and they offer first class accommodations The
Messrs Grleyes have an entertanable way of receive


lng Vlsltors that smaeks of personal friendship and
our people; 1t is much more convenient than any of
our near places to residents of Little Creek and Dover
from those places P'''Oi"se
Year: 1879

The competition between our merchants is sbarn
and they are not only energetic behind the counter
but most o6liging outside The thing just now is tc
convey your goods home for you and YOU cannot an
parenty do the salesman q greater favor than to
grant him this privilege The considerable purchases
of young lady from the country the other day were
herself by one of our gallant young merchants
winch oher might have been received with evident
lady making similar purchases could have had the
Year: 1879

Inc preparations at this place are nearly complete
ior ne pleasure seekers either by land or water and
"a oay or two the influx of visitors will be swelled
2 70 large company and will be a most animated
Place Tor the next two months. The steamer ThOs


Ctyde arrives seven days in the week and ON Sunday
she IS joined by the Major Rebold the latter making
TWO trps from New Castle. Friday the 4th promises
nave made preparation to meet every possible de-


nand for an enjoyable day In the evening there
VIII be display Of fire works. The first hop of the
season will occur on the preceding evening Stages
wl leave here for that place three times during the
Year: 1879

}. y Cooper, treasurer of the Board Of Trustee; Of
the NJ f. Church in this town. who has so fnthfully
STOOD IN the breach in all emergencies has been busy
the past two days receiving the amount of the sIb
scrplons on the $1,000 church debt askedfor bv the
lst inst yesterday 1t is all paid in but few hundred
dollars-in the hands of persons away from home or
not seen-and the whole amount will doubtless be in
the treasurers hands before the close of the week
and the church stand free from dollars indebted
ness 1t Is interesting to watch the mental effect on
IlneLent chaTacters in approaching obligation of
TINS kind The first subscription paid (SOOl after tho
subscriber had brought his mind to it, made him the
napplest man in town. He did not wait for his ten
Gays OF grace, but made it the first business of the
next-Monday-morningt to hand over his check for
tne amount There were others whose cOnStitu-
Ional habit and general conservatism were not in the
direction OF liberal expenditures where there was
not good cash per centum in return, who exceeded


e expectation, not OF their ability. but their will 10
ao and the happy effect noticeable in every case
IN the appearance of the individuals themselves
ney looked as If they had come in the possession
Of new treasure. Their eyes have been brighter
me expression of their faces happier-they felt a
hundred per cent better and the respect for them
was in the same ratio. mn
Year: 1879

1hey nave a custom prevailing in the agricul
tural community around Newark that if il conld no
MADE 10 work as satisfactorily here as there wOud be
OF great advantage to the housewife and give much
[enei i from the drudging life consequent upon the
naDltS OF the agriculturiss in this section Abnut
five O'Clock in the evening from each farm hons" n


large suspended bell calls the hands from the fields
70 the supper table If plOwing or cultvating. the
the work is resumed until sundown Or, when the
days are shorter the team is turned OUT and other
farmers have been driven to this mode from the
scarcity OF domestic help and to relieve their wives
They are thus not debarred from the 1ieasnreS IN
Gldent to; and necessary for cultivated society Mr.
DAVID Murphy. who went from this section was ono
OF the last 10 adopt the new mode, but is now much
Rlelsed with It and thinks while adding so much TO
the comfort OF the women, that pcrccptiblc loss E
tGIt III accomplishing the field work I'VE note thn
above habit, of the progressive agricuurist of New
ARK l9r 1ne rejection OF our enterprsing farmers and
works well there might be found after little fric
ton TO work with equal satisfaction here
Year: 1879

We continued sailing for half an hour.
and as it was then near sunset, dropped an
chor in seventy-five feet of water The
wind, which had swept in strong gusts
from the northwest, suddenly fell, for in
the northwest the aspect of the sky had
long been threatening. Clouds surged in
thick masses from that direction and cast
a gloom over the woodclothed slopes and
crests of Usuguru, which became almost as
9ebY 9baGYk tls IN Xyeyet pail, while the lake grew


and portentous zig gag line of deep sable
hue ran through its centre, fr m which the
storm seemed to issue. :aQuested the
crew to come further aft, and fastening a
double rope to the stone anchor, prepared
every mug and baler for the rain with which
we were threatened, The wind then fell,
as though from above, upon or bowed
heads with an overpowering force, striving
against the resistance which it met, as if it
would bear us down to the bottom of the
lake, and then, repelled by the force of the
water, it brushed into a million Of tiny
ripples. The temperature fell to 81 deg.


Fahrenheit, and with this sudden cold
down dropped a severe shower of hailstones
of great size, which pelted us with great
force and made our teeth chatter. After
this the rain fell in sheets, while the light
ming blazed, proceeding the most dreadful
thunder-claps | remember to have ever
heard. The rain, indeed. tell in such
quantities that it required two men for each
section to keep the boat sufficiently buoy
ant to rlde the crest of the waves. The
crew cried out that the boat was sinking
that, if the rain continued in such volume,
nothing could save us. In reply, only
urged them to bale her out faster. The
sable mass of Usuguru- as observed by
the bars of intense light which the light
ming flashed almost every second-was
still in front, and l knew, therefore, that
we were not being swept very far to sea-


Our energies were wholly devoted to keep


ing our poor petted selves afioat, and this
occupied the crew so much that they hal


forgot the horrors of the black and disma


night. For two hours this experience last


cd, and then, lmburdening our breasts will
sighs of gladness not unmixed with graft


tude we took our anchor on board anC
stole through the darkness to the western
side of Ngevi Island, where, ut kindl!
fire, we dried our clothes and our wetteC
bodies, and, over hot potful of Le!big
affected to laugh at our late critical position
Year: 1879

The memory Of mischief ls no desira-
bic fame,


TO him that lives well every form of
life Is good.


The torment of envy is like grain of
sand in the eye.


Those who hope for no other life are
dead even for this.


DO not suffer life to stagnate; 1t will
grow muddy for want or motion.


To the blessed eternity itself there ia
no other handle than this instant.


What the key is to the watch, the
prayer Is to our graces.


The heart has its reasons, which Rea-
son does not apprehend.


1t is not life to live for ones self
alone. Let us help one another.
Many complain Of their memory. but
none of their judgment.


A man seldom improves who has no
better model than himself.


Society could not long subsist If men
were notthe dupes Of one another.


Consider no work completed that you
might hava performed more credirably


He is not so good as he should be who
does not strive to be better than he Is.


There Is not a property in nature but
a mind is born to seek and find it out.


Let us not imagine evils we do not
feel, nor injure life by misrepresenta-
tions.


The life of solitary man will GER
tainly be miserable, but not certainly
devout.


No evil is insupportable but that
ic Cd
ness of wrong.


No indulgence of passion destroys
tne spiritual nature so much as respect
able selfishness.


There are few doors through which
liberality, Joined with good humor,
cannot find It's way.


The mind hath reason to remem-
Der that passions ought to be her vas
sails not her masters.


This is the present reward OF virtu-
GUS conduct-that no unlucky conge-
quence can oblige us to regret it.


All virtue lies in the power of deny
ing our own desires when reason does
not authorize or sanction them.


Even gentleness can be acquired AZ
ter patient exercise OF your better na-
ture.


Clutch virtue as a priceless Jewel,
and handle vice as you would red-hot
coal.


How can we expect a harvest of
thought who have not had seed-time
Of character?


Mankind worship success, but think
100 little of the means by which it is at
-ained.
Man judges of our motives by our ac-
ions. God judges Of our actions by
Our motives.
Year: 1879

If we could read the secret history Of
our enemies, we should find in each
mans life sorrow and suffering enough
TO disarm all hostility.


Young men often fail to get on i'm
this world because they neglect small
opportunities. Not being faithful i'm
little things, they are not promoted TO
the charge of greater things.


To put up with the world is better than
to control it. This is the very acme Of
virtue. Religion leads us to it in day;
philosophy only conducts TO it by n
heightened life, misery, or death.


When one natteringly praises me,
always eommends me, never rebukes
me, assists my faults, and fOrgives me
before have repented-he is my enc
my.


Men must trust rather to their eyes
than to their ears; the effect of precept
is, therefore, slow and tedious, whilst
that Of example 10 summary and eftec-
tual.


1t is not tho strange sights that we
shall see in heaven that will so much
delight us; not the glitter and the
| glory; not the diamond and topaz; no,
it Is God, He is all and in all.


1t is great disgrace to religion to
imagine that it Is an enemy tO mirth
and cheerfulness, and severe ex-
tractor Of pensive looks and solemn
faces.


Could we but prevail with the great
est debauchers among us to change
their lives, we should find 1t no very
hard master to change their judgments.


1t matters to us in life not so much
what part we play, as it does TO play
our part well. In drama it is not SO
much a question who played the king
or the peasant, as who played the part
best.


Life is stream which continually
flows on, but never returns. We die
daily; for each day takes away some
portion of life, The days which are


past are gone forever; the present mo-


ment. only is our own.


No man can succeed in all his under
takings, and it would not be well for
him to do so, Things easily acquired


go easily. 1t is by the struggle it costs


to obtain that we learn to rightly esti-


mate the value.


The love of glory, the fear of shame.


the design of making fortune, the de-
sire of rendering life easy and agreea-
BILE, and the humor of pulling down
} other people, are often the causes Of
that valor so celebrated among men.


The soul may be compared to a field
of battle, where the armies are ready
at every moment to encounter. Not q


single vice but has q more powerful op-
ponent, and not one virtue but may be
: everborne by a combination of vices.
Never yet did there exist full faith
in the Divine Word which did not ex.
pand the intellect while it purified the
! heart; which did not multiply the aimi
| and objects of the understanding while
D it fixed and simplified those of the de-
8 sires and feelings.


0 People are apt to think that the hare
times which they experience are tht
: hardest times that have ever been; ano
+ so they are for them. But one only
t needs to read the history Of the world
: to learn that hard times have been per
9 petually coming to all nations i'm all per
( iods of their existence. And 80 hav'
10 good times, and so have chances To-
Q honest people to better their condition
o There never yet was night that was
+ not followed by day, nor storm tina


was not followed by calm,
Year: 1879

The Rec Dr. Bepan al the Central Pesbyeriaa Church.


The Rev. DIR. l.. ID. Bevan, pastor of the
Brick Presbyterian CGuIch, preached at the Central
Presbyterian Church. Fifty scycBth-st, near Broadway
last evening, upon tue Present Duty OF the Young
Ctiz.u." In the first place. he said, that
chef object to he acquired is Independent position


true Independence, where man Is attending to some
specific duty and doing this faithfully. for the good Of
himself aud Others. Every has vocation
and the first thing to do is to discover
what il s The man whose lot is have nothing to do
is wrelched Especially In this country is 1t necessary
Tor men to be occupied. Here the man Of leisure
ia OH the high road to destruction. What
we greatly need mt this time arc men OF duty.
The best aristocracy is made up OF those who work
II you discharge the duties of your work you will have
no time TO get into outside trouble. Jerusalem
was kept clean, because every man cleaned
The space before his own door' How happy @
cleaned the street before his own door lLnughterl
THIS independence will promote honesty. II society
not have as honest society as we have. Especially
upon Christian young men does the obIgation
rest to show TINS honesty b, Jepenuenot


observe tendency OF the revival school 10 upset the
order OF life. Taxc young business man. Tor example


lie Is touched IN nature by what ne mas neard ana II
wholly disturbed religious excitement. He Is no
longer poised he once was. He repeats 10 himself
Il have felt the STRINGS Of tue Holy Spirit
Within me, aud AN 1 10 go adding up col
T. lhis Of thing very common at the present
time. There are large numbers or people who are
ing about the ry having given up their work for
this extraordinary wers-and sometimes they 90 u IN
very extraordinary manner. laughferl There Is also
To draw attention himself In my own profession
pecally this often There Is too much anxi
ETY. to appear In the newspapers though even n ntte
be somebody quickly. But friends you Will be
somebodies" much more quickly by doing your own work
In your own place. fhe preparation Tor higher duy Is
lower duty faithfully DONE
Year: 1879

The will of the Prince Imperial left
all his property to his mother, but ac-
counts differ as to whether II made any
reference to political succeSsor-lt has
been decided that Hanlan shall not be
allowed to take the Challenge Cup away
from England-A Protestant schoo'-
house in Connsught has been sacked and
the Government made declaration in
Parliament in reference TO the subject
last night-It is said that the officers
of the Freneh army will be com
PEELED to take the oath Of allegiance to
the republic Lawrence, formerly
viceroy of India, is dead-The Khedive
wants to 60 to Stamboul, but the Sultan
will not let him.
Year: 1879

From the Bridgeport Comm Farmer. October / j.


Horace Wedge, OF Long Hill, Bridgeport.
went out shooting recently, and returned at
night, after tramp covering several miles
Of ground. After his return home he put
his hand in his pocket for his watch, and
found it was missing. He then remembered
that at Stepney depot, earlier in the day,
both he and his companion bad pulled out
their watches and compared them with the
depot clock; but this was worth nothing as
an indication for finding the lost property,
as they have tramped a weary round since
then. That, or The following night he
dreamed that he saw his watch lying near a
beach-tree, in Il run east OF Long Hill, Where
they had killed Il couple OF birds, and so
vivid was the dream that the following day
he reoolred tn go and take a look for the
watch. He found the tree bo Jaw IN nta
dream without difficulty, and, lying near it.
just as he pictured in his dream, he found
the missing watch. safe and sound.
Year: 1879

SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.


Pain in the right side. under the edge OF the ribs,
Increases on pressure sometimes the pain is in the
eft side; the patient is rarely able to lie the left
side; sometimes the pain Is felt under the shoulder
blade, and 1t frequently exteAds to the top of the
shoulder, aud is sometimes mistaken for rheuma-
tlsm in tl,e arm The stomach is affected with loss
Of appetite aud sickness; the bowels in general are
costive sometimes alternative with lax the head IS
troubled with pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation In the back part. There is generally a
considerable loss of memory, accompanied with
painful sensation Of having left updoue something
which ought to have been done. A slgnr dry cough
Is sometimes an attendant The patient comnlains
Of wearluess and debility; he Is easily startled his
Get are cold or burning, and he complains Of n
prickly sensation Of the skin his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he can scarcely summon up
rortude enough to try It, 10 fact he dstrsts every
remedy. Several Of the above symptoms attend the
disease, but cases have occurred where few OF
hem existed, yet examination Of the body after
death has shown the LIVER to have beer extensive
Geran.scd. ....s
Year: 1879

CONSOLIDATION OF TELEPHONE BUSINESS.
The property and business of the Auto
matte Signal Telegraph and Transportation
Company was on Saturday transferred to
the Telephone Exchange Com pany, whose
headquarters will in few days be estah-
lshed in the Piedmont and Arlington build
ing. The Edison telephone subscribers
will have all the facilities OF the Bell tclc-
nbone list, without additional charge, ior
the unexpired time OF their contract. The
headquarters of the automatic messengers
will remain at the Western Union Office.
Year: 1879

Are offering at a Sacrifice the Large Stock of Goods which they have on hand. They have also a large lot of Goods on the road which they expect to re- ceive. in a f>w days, that must be sold for less than San Francisco. prices, in order to close out their whole stock, as they are determined to sell off everything before the S. P. R. R reaches Maricopa Wells, which will be by the lst of April.

 Now that times arc. hard and money scarce, it Is of the greatest importance to economizc. Therefore, call around and you will find that you can purchase as much for one dollar, as yCu could have purchased for two dollars some years ago.

 They have a full line of
Year: 1879




OUR efforts to publish frst-class
afternoon paper aud to promote the
interests Of all classes in Memphis
and the surrounding country are eyi-
IDENTITY appreciated by the people, and
we take occasion to thank them Tor a
steady increase of patronage. Ever
since the yellow fever period our cir
culation has been growing, while the
advertising and job printing business
is all that we could expect in times
like these. Every week since the
LEDGER came out in new dress,
early in November last, its circulation
has been increased. Last week
222 new subscribers were added to
our list in the city alone, to say moth
ing OF sales over the counter, which
have been larger than usual. Our
river circulation, up and down the
Mississippi and up the principal rivers
of Arkansas, is very large, our agent
frequently selling FIVE or six hundred
copies of the LEDGER to boats going
out ono day, This increased pros
perity enables US to publish a paper
full of live, fresh reading matter, with
all its departments properly kept up,
and thus meeting the wants and tastes
of the general business and reading
public.
Year: 1879

Mr. ROBERT GALLOWAY has con-
sented to allow his name to be used as
a candidate for position on the board
of public works. He is one of the
self-made successful young men Of
Memphis, and from his long connec-
tion with the transfer and dray busi-
ness perhaps knows as much about
the condition and wants of our streets
and alleys as any man who could be
named. He is thoroughly competent
for this place, is popular with the
masses, and if elected we shall say an
other good choice has been made.
Year: 1879

MB. JOHN OyERToN, in card pub
lished elsewhere, announces that if
elected police and fire commissioner
he would feel it his duty to serve.
There are two merchants on the board
and it would seem right and proper to
have the other member chosen from
the class interested in real estate Mr.
Overton is large owner Of this kind
of property, is a good landlord man
of moderate views and fine business
experience and sense. He is popular
among all classes, and in every sense a
representative citizen. As to his eli
gibility there is no question. The
bill establishing local government
Tor the territory embraced in the lin
its Of Memphis merely requires that
the commissioners ON this board


shall be at least thirty years of age,
residents Of the county at least five
years before their appointment aud
election, and taxpayers &c the taxing
district We are glad to see de-


termination on the part of the people
to strengthen and sustain thenew gov
ernment by electing men for the re-
manning positions who will compare
Tor integrity high standing and ca
pacity With the three commissioners
appointed by Governor Marks, While
the LEDGER has no candidate, no
iayorite. no pet aud no interests save
those in common with the people,