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Year: 1879

bered before God and the resentment Of


tie Almighty is still poured out like fire


upon the remnant of Israeli He con-


tinued to weep and to moan until he fell


down upon the ground, uttering loud


cry of anguish, and became silent. His


only daughter, Keturah, let fall the


Book of Lamentations which she was


reading and quickly ran to her father


who lay upon the ground as dead man,


saying:


what ails thee, dear father; why has


thy face suddenly become pale; why do


thy bones tremble? My soul will leave


me because of seeing thy head become


water and thy eyes like fountains Of


tears by day and by night. Remember,


dear father, that am thy only daugh-


ter, and that in these perilous times I


have no other protector but thee. Re-


member, I pray thee, that without thee


[ am like ship in the midst of a stormy


sea; like forsaken lamb among devour-
ing wolves for it is only in thy shadow
that can live, under the protection of
a man like thee who is honored in the
ewes sof the emperor and the aristocraeK;;
it is only by thy brilliancy that | see
light. But what will become of me if
thou wilt lessen thy days by grief, and
shorten thy remaining years by mourn
ing; [ will remain a desolate orphan.
Alas! the very thought pierces my heart
like poisoned arrow, and were it not
for my anxiety for thy precious life and
health, that fearful thought could never
pass my lips How long wilt thou con-
tinue to mourn; for the sake of Zion put
an end to thy grief, and for the sake of
Jerusalem dry thy tears"


IF [ forget thee, 0 Jerusalem, may
the Lord forget me forever!" rejoined
the old man with trembling voice. IF
do not remember thee, 0 Zion, then
may the Eternal God never remember
me! I know full we'll that [ will not die
in my house as every may dies, nor will
expire upon my own bed, as is usual for
peaceful men in the world. But thou, my
daughter, thou wilt not be forsaken, for
the Father of orphans is also thy father.
He will preserve thee from all evil; He
will guard thee as one guardeth his eye,
if thou only keepest His commands and
loest that which is good and proper in
His eyes"


Then did Keturah begin to weep, and
she said: Dear father, why doest thou
not also rejoice together with all the
of Israel; why is it that
thou alone hast lost all confidence and
hope? See, I pray thee, father, the eyes
of all Israel are expecting the day of re-
demption; as the fawn panteth after the
brooks of water, so pant their souls after
liberty and freedom. Courage and
bravery have entered the hearts of the
remnant of Judah, and they have deter
mined to drive the Romans from the.
holy land, because they blaspheme our
Lord God as we'll as his divine law, and
because they spill like water the blood
Year: 1879

from the Boston transcript


Strange how ashamed a man will
be of q shady umbrella--One vi
those slouchy, corpulent affairs,
with the bleached-out covering dl.
vorced from third of the rib tips,
and shoe-string clasped around
its waist in view of the long-van-
ished elastic! How he will hide 1t
as far as possible under his arm,
run 1t up his coat sleeve, tuck it
away beneath the folds of his coat,
keep it between himself and the
wall, and when he gets In the car
how careful he is to dispose it in
the darkest possible corner. And
If perchance anybody spies 1t out,
how quick he is to head off criti-
cism by explaining that it is the
one he keeps in the office-so con.
venient to have one there, you
know, one that you know nobody
will steal-ha! ha! Or maybe he
will go step further-the lying
rascal-and cay he borrowed it,
and if he didn't return it old Grim
shaw would never forgive him
ha! ha! But when the clouds
lower and the rain drops begin to
patter, who so at ease, so envied,
SO proud, SO happy, as the man
with the shabby umbrella, as he
stalks along between rows of un-
protected men and women, with
his despised umbril dripping it's
liquid harvest indiscriminately on
the just and the unjust? Verify,
there Is nothing in this life wholly
good or wholly bad.
Year: 1879




Old "Bows'' Is dead-my loving
and trusty friend, the defender Of
my children, the protector of my
household in the dark and silent
watches of the night. For thirteen
years he has been both fond and
faithful, and now we feel like one
of the family Is dead. "Bows" was
the best Judge of human nature l
ever saw. He knew an honest man
and a gentleman by instinct. He
never frightened woman or q
child-he never went tearing down
the front walk after anybody but
the very looks of him would mighty
nigh skeer a Niger to death. When
they had to come to our house they
began to hOller "hello" o quarter
of o mile off. sBowsu loved to
skeer 'em, he did. He had q char
acter and emotions. Having no tall
to wag flor he was not cur-tailed)
he did the best he could and wagged
where it ought to be. "Rows" was
q dark brindle. He was dog of an
cestors. His father was named
'Shylock" and his grand
fathers name was "Sheriff" They
were all honorable dogs. He
was not quarrelsome nor fussy.
never knew him to run up and
down q neighbors palings after
the dog on the other side. He was
above it, but he never lodged q
responsibility. He has come in
violent contact with other dogs q
thousand times, more or less, and
was never the bottom dog in the
fight. And then what an honest
voice he had. His bark was not on
the @, but was deep, short basso
profundo. We have buried him on
the brow OF the hill where he used
to sit and watch for tramps and
stragglers: Slowly and sadly we
laid him down.
Year: 1879

Departed this life September Is,
1879, Mrs. Julia Norris, aged 3S
years.


How briefly are these few words
written but what anguish do they
convey to those In whose hearts
she was enshrined. But yesterday
in the full flush of life and happi-
ness, surrounded by all those en-.
dearing ties that make up the sum
and substance of earthly bliss, and
to-day reposing. In the cold and 81.
lent grave. At once bereft of years
of usefulness, in the sphere of her
affections, her fostering care of her
adored and beloved children, and
the sunshine and glory of her be.
loved husband, how bitter does 1t
seem, this untimely taking off. 10
be cut off in the blossom of her
years, called hence to an untimely
grave, surely i. must be the hand of
an inscrutable God that loosened
the silver cord that bound her to
life, for an all wise purpose. She
has now left us and her pure spirit
has winged its flight to that bright
mansion not made by human
hands; transplanted from mortslity
to Immortality where sorrow and
human suffering is unknown,
therefore you who mourn her loss
be consoled by these reflections
and weep no more. How proper it
is to pay an humble tribute TO her
many virtues. She has been res
ident of this city for many years.
1t was here she raised a family, the
pride and joy of her life. The
writer of this knew her we'll
knew her to be the embodiment of
all earthly virtues that grace q
good and noble woman, possessing
q mind of superior intellect and a
heart that eyer throbbed for others
loves.


In her loss society has been de.
prived of bright and exemplary
member, the poor kind benefac-
tress, her children q mother that
none other can replace, her be-
reaved husband true and devoted
wife, her aged mother an affection
ate daughter and her many friends
true and valued one.


If faults she had. as all poor mortals
have,


Her virtues plead to Him


Who does and always Will forgive.


b. X.
Year: 1879

There is no nobler office in the
world than to nobly, honestly, pure
ly entertain the people. To be
amused is to take the bitter drop Of
gall out of the things of life.


Amusement takes away the sting
of care and furnishes q medicine
for the heart. 1t cures the miasma
of the mind, and the art of anus
ing men, women and children in
nocently is a thing Of which the
proudest might be proud. The en-
tertainment which can win the
elevated and the noble to smile de-
serves the respect and gratitude OF
every person; to make people
laugh; to carry them out of them
selves and out of the hard world
about them, is task for the noblest
intellect. Such things are accom-
plished every Sunday at Washing.
ton Gardens. Be sure and come.
Bring your wife and family. a9-1m
Year: 1879

The following just sentiment was utter
ed by Daniel Webster, in speech in the
Senate of the United States. 1t should
be had in everlasting remembrance


"Sir, say it is employment that makes
the people harpy. Sir, this great truth
ought never to be forgotten it ought to
be placed upon the title page of every
book on political economy intended for
America, and such countries as America,
1t ought to be placed in every farmers
almanac. 1t ought TO head the columns
Of every farmers magazine and me-
chanic's magazine. 1t should be pro
claimed everywhere, Notwithstanding
what we hear of the usefulness and l
admit the high usefulness of ahead food
Notwithstanding that the great truth
should be proclaimed everywhere be made
into proverb, if it could-that where is
work for the hands and the man, there
will be work for their teeth Where there
is employment, there will be bread And
in country like our own, above all 9TH
crs, where with great deal of spirit and
activity among the masses, if they can
find employment, there is always great
willingness for labor, II they can OBJ
tain fair compensation for their labor,
they will have good houses--good cloth
ing-good food, and the means Of educat
ing their families, and if they have good
houses, and good clothing, and good
food, and means OF educating their child
ren from their labor, that labor will be
cheerful, and they will be a contented
and happy people,
Year: 1879

Sir Walter Scott zone of the few great
men whose goodness equaled his greatness"
made a love-match with French lady, with
whom he lived most happily for many years.
She was the light of his home and the delight
of his heart.


Klopstock, the eminent German poet, mar
ried woman who seems to have been capa-
bic of inspiring him with grand thoughts and
developing in him all that was best and no
blcst. She tells richardson the English nov
elist, that "she is always present Mt the birth
Of the young verses" adding, persons who
live as we do have no need of two chambers
we are always together with my little work,
but sometimes regarding my husbands face,
which is filled with the sublimity OF his sub
ject-he reading me his verses and suffering
my criticisms


Other names might be mentioned, extend
ing the list almost indefinitely but here are
enough for the present It would seem, in
summing up the matter, that great men do
not, as some maintain make more serious
mistakes in choosing wives than do others
they only fall into the same errors as do com
mon mortals. A writer puts it in this wise
In this world our treasures must be put in
earthen vessels A man arises with some
gift of song or speech so brilliant, so mag
netic, that it lifts him above his fellows, and
we would fain believe that il is the voice of q
god and not of a man. But in the common
affairs of life we find him falling into the
same weaknesses, the same mistakes as our.
selves, and we are disappointed. Our gods
are not really any more foolish than our
selves but our own errors are not scanned
and learned by rote being nobodies, we new
er so much as suspected, perhaps, that they
were errors"
Year: 1879

Mouldiness resembles a forest of perfect
trees.


Water expands one-ninth of its bulk in
freezing


All solid bodies become luminous at 800
degrees of heat.


Melted snow produces about one-eighth of
its bulk of water.


fall of one-tenth of an inch in a mile will
produce a current in rivers.


Gnats dance in regular positions, which
have been compared to those in a quadrille


At the depth of forty-tive feet, the temper
ature of the earth is uniform throughout the
year.


The quantity of air chemically required for
the combustion of one pound Of bituminous
coal is $50 cubic feet,


The heaviest substance known is platinum,
whose specific gravity (when rolled) is twen-
ty-two the lightest is hydrogen gas.


The diameter of the sun is S53, $50 miles,
or lO7 times that of the earth, so that in vol
ume or bulk the sun is equal to l,200,O 600
earths.


Mailing is the conversion of the starch OF
barley into saccharine matter, and this is ef-
fected by the abstraction of carbon, which
takes place on the malt-hoor.


Reading when walking or riding is injurious



causing the focus of sight to be continually
shifted, the delicate muscles of the eye be-
come strained and fatigued.


Clouds in heavy weather, are seldom above
half mile high but in clear weather from
two to five miles, and they can rise from five
to seven. Clouds are often of enormous size,
ten miles each way and two thick, containing
POO cubic miles of yapor


Gold-leaf can be reduced to the 3OO-thou-
sandth part of an inch and gliding TO the ten
millionth silver leaf to the l70-thousanth.
One grain of gold will cover II inches each
way or 52 square inches, or be 1900 times
thinner than writing paper


Fruits stain the blades of steel or iron
knives, because gallic acid exists in the rind
of most fruits and also in some vegetables
when this substance comes in contact with
iron, it combines with it and forms gallate Of
iron, which is a description of ink.


Nettles sting because they are furnished
with tube which is seated upon gland
formed of the same tissue in which poison
GUS fluid is secreted. When any pressure is
made upon this gland the fluid passes into the
tube, just in the same manner as the venom
passes up the fangs of serpents tooth.


Night-dews are most copiOus when the sky
is clear the reason of which is that the earth
cools faster under clear sky than when hung
over with dense clouds, which prevents the
deposition of dew, because the air in contact
with the earth is constantly changed, so that
the temperature does not fall sufficiently low
Year: 1879

If there is any thing in this life that
will give one foretaste of hell, as some
represent it, that thing is Neuralgia. 1t
is the refinement Of torture. But there
is simple and inexpensive remedy for
it. Johnson's Anodyne Lininsent snufed
up into the head will give instant relief.
Year: 1879

A special meeting of Ascension Hook
and Ladder Company was held last
week, at which an invitation from Plftp-
nix Fire Company toattend the approach
ing fair was unanimously accepted. A
similar invitation has been favorably
responded to by the Cannoncers. Co.
field Battery and Blue Bucket Fire Com
pnDv
Year: 1879

/ It is reported that there are several
cases of disease resembling yellow fe-
yer in the bruly back of the Richard
Gautreau plantation, Assumption parish.
This plantation is between Nepoleonville
and Labadieville on the right bank of
the bayou.


Owing to the inclement weather and
the early hour at which the train left
1 Donaldsonville, the excursion from this
place to New Orleans last Saturday, un-
| der the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian Association, did not prove a
| financial success. Many persons who
| would otherwise have made the trip
| were deferred by the wind and rain, and
many others did not reach the depot un-
til after the departure of the train, hence
were left in the lurch. The managers of
the affair endeavored to induce Con-
dnctor Forbes to delay the train an hour
or 50 longer, but he would not consent
to do SO. The excursion party numbered
about 200 persons, and the proceeds
lacked about $40 of paying the expenses.
We sincerely regret the failure of the
venture, principally because we sympa-
thize with the Y NJ. G.. A. and the
worthy object Of the excursion, secon-
darby, because the contemplation of an
unpaid printers bill is unpleasant to the
feelings, particularly in season of such
business stagnation as the present. We
trust the young men Of the Christian
Association will soon have o favorable
opportunity to retrieve their misfortune
and secure funds for establishing their
proposed library.


'THE BAYOU REvETAlENT.-Mr. L. J..
Dodge, the contractor, is pushing rapid
ly forward with the job Of constructing
the new revetment at the head Of Bayou
Lafourchc, and ct the rate the work is
progressing, its completion may be look
cd for within the next ten days. Mr..
Dodge's first step after making arrange
ments for securing the necessary timber
and planking from the Pearl river region,
was reconstruct pile driver carrying a
1400-pound hammer, and with this ma
chine he has driven a row of 96 cypress
piles, eight feet apart, beginning at the
head Of Chetimaches street and follow
ing the curve Of the bayou levee around
as far as Mr.. Joseph Billeisen's work
shop, a total distance of 76O feet. These
piles are driven twelve feet into the
earth, we 5Jelieve, and the row is being
capped with heavy pieces of timber. A
facing Of three inch plank will be placed
against the piling, strengthened by a
series of smaller piles or posts driven
outside of and resting against the facing.
A new embankment Of earth is being
thrown up Immediately back of the
woodwork, the outer slope striking the
latter at it's base, the crowns Of the en-
bankment and the woodwork being
nearly on level. The new levee is be-
ing neatly covered with sod on its crown
and outer slope, which will greatly en-
nance the appearance Of the revet1nent
Mr.. Dodge is doing o thorough piece of
work which we have no doubt will
stand for many years, a credit to its con-
structor and an ornament and benefit to
our town.
Year: 1879

from the several committees,


through the Committee of the


Whole and afterwards through the


wrangles of the several regular ses-


slons of the Convention. or the


small number who have started In


to do 1t not one in ten, even OF


prnctissd lawyers, have persevered


to the end. 1t Is task which ex'


ceeds human patience and which


calls too distressingly on the hui


man intellect. Whether the new
Constitution shall succeed or fail
will depend, ultimately, upon what
Is in 1t, and that Is only
discoverable by q perusal or the
whole instrument. We are in
clined to think that the average
Judgment is that the old Constitu-
ton is good enough foral practical
purposes. This opinion Is, ol
course, liable to be rebutted by con'
spicuous merit in the new Conssl'
tuition. BY all means let us have
it at as early day as possible.
Year: 1879

The Washington Republican says
Gone day last week two carriages were
seen driven furiously along First street
East, the driver OF either plying his
whip Justify, but the one behind rap
idly gaining on the other. The two
vehicles turned into East Capitol street
almost together, and in minute more
were abreast, when an elderly gentle.
man jumped out of the second carriage,
and pointing a pistol at the driver Of
the other, exclaimed : Stop that
carriage, or will shoot you! The
driver did not wait for second bidding,


but in his efforts to comply with the de-
mand nearly brought his horses upon
their launches. A presentation Of the
same monitor at the door of the carriage
brought out two chopfallen. looking
young men, and then good looking,


but very pale and trembling, young
lady. The elderly gentleman hastily
handed his fare to the driver of the
pursuing carriage, aud placed his
daughter in passing street car, fol-
lowed her in, casting look of defiance
at the young men, who, after watching
the car around the corner, re-entered
their carriage and slowly drove away"
Year: 1879




A few nights since one of the young
gentlemen Of this vicinity took his lady
love to the beach, and after a pleasant
evening in her delightful society he
started home via Cedar beach. On the
route home he had to drive near the old
mouth of Cedar Creek, now closed uI
with sand, and in doing so, to avoid
the sand, the gentleman being so close
ly engaged with his attractive compan.
ion, the morse found his way into the
old creek where he stuck fast in the
mud. This was a bad thing, but as he
could not extricate the horse, and
the animal seemed disposed to re.
main quiet, because he could not help
himself, the young man after yelling
Intellectually for help concluded to sit
still and eujoy the pleasant society he
had until morning; which he did.
With the horse and wagon both stuck
in the mud, the contented couple re-
mained until the morning dawn brought
them help when all hands were safely
extricated and after good breakfast
all around they came off in good condi'
tion.
Year: 1879

Dennis Shay, farmer living few
miles back of Cincinnati, came TO the city
last Wednesday with load of produce.
Nothing was heard of him until this morn
ing, when lie was found at Avondale,
whittier lie had gone to claim his team,
which had strayed out that way and had
been taken possession Of by the Marshal of
that village. The supposition is that Shay


had been on hurrah and got lost. s' A-
Year: 1879

Georgie Judd, who was so badly injured by proving. The case is an interesting one to those who like to note the connection between the physical brain and the intellect. While phrenoegists locate the organ of language in the eye, the surgeon attending Georgie is of the opinion that if small fraction of the brain in the immediate region of Georgies injury, be removed, the faculty of speech is destroyed. Although much improved in many respects, and seeming to reason as we'll an any child not two years old can do, he cannot remember the names of some of the most common thing in use. Toast, principal article of diet with him, he is unable to call by name, and thus with many other things. As he gains con- tinually it is to be hoped his recovery will finally be complete but remote connection of his in Watertown was thrown from a wag on many years ago, striking on his head; and, though still living and enjoying good health, is unable to recall the names of many of his friends though intimately acquainted with them. He was middle aged man at the time, and Georgie's age is in his favor.

 The lecture of the Rev. Mir. Peck, of Brooklyn, on Golden opportunities and golden men," was an entertaining one, because replete with funny stories but the great fault was that they were Gpropos to nothing. ''There IS a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune" expresses more than the whole lecture If some one were on- ly wise enough to explain just when the flood is at it's height, so that the bark could be put afloat at exactly the right time, that one would be public benefactor Y.
Year: 1879

INJURED.-Mrs. Sterling Wooster was hurt Christmas day by the wind blowing door against her, knocking her down and injuring her hip. At first she could make no one hear her' put finally crept into the woodhouse, when her husband came to her assistance.

 DRoNk.-l have made inquiry and can't learn that we have any man here named "Hal- pin, described in your editorial article as dead drunk in your village. Since the Temperance reformation commenced, we have seen hut one man drnnk here, and he obtained his li- quor at Wolcottville, and was passing through Goshen to his home in neighboring town.

 LATER. It ts great pity that the voters of Litehfeld thought best. last Fall, to license men to sell that internal stuff which brought that trusty and trusted young man