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Year: 1877

violin, as the chief medium of that music
was detested as an instrument of the Devil
Any kind Of theatrical entertainment was
equally abominable in the eyes of the
saints, and the most innocent private dra-
matte representation was formally placed
under the ban.


But Protestant ideas of morality are as
shifting and unstable asProtestant dogmas
of belief. Now we see luxury in their
churches, we hear organs in their cloirs,
we see their children learning to dance and
play the fiddle, we find their schools Civ
ing nice little dramatic entertainments with
characters filled from among the nice little
Presby terian aud Methodist papils We
remember reading, some months since, in
one of our city religious contemporaries a
correspondence from some travelling min
lister in which he acknowledged witnessing
such an entertainment and confessed that
it was very amusing and interesting,
though still insisting that it wasn't right.
The good man was behind the times that
is all, and could not exactly abandon the
bigotry of early training, yet we are con-
vinCed- that during the entertainment he
smiled frequently, perhaps audibly. What
would have become OF him in the days of
Cotton Matherf


However, to come back, we Intended
merely a reference to the afternoon dispatch
concerning the doirgs of the Episcopal
Congress at New York. The Rev. MI
Newton eeemed to be the most prominent
speaker, aud in making long discourse
about the drama he said that "as Christian
citizens we should go down in to the world of
amusement and make it purer and better. ]"
Hero is plain talk in favor of a modified
theatre. To all this not word of dissent
was uttered 30 far as we are Informed.
Theu up rose Prof. Cowling, of Ken. ..acsy,
who said that "dsn cling was O. healthy and
pure exercise and seldom abused"


Is not all this sheer revolt9 Is it not
rebellion against the unnatural rigidity of
q religious fanaticism that has had it's day
Yes, your liberal Protestant will admit, of
course 1t lie, but that does not show that
Proteetantism is getting weaker, it is only
getting purified of error. Not SO. These
very errors were a part of the protest
against Catholic truth-a part of the origin
al protsst-and therefore every error that
is abandoned leaves just so much less OF
Professionalism.
Year: 1877

Already Yankee caticues are seld "a Man
chester and finer fabrics will follow them.
England will soon loose the market Aof the
outside world for cotton as we'll as iron,
and then her atmosphere will bel free
enough of smoke.


But an atmosphere entirely pure andAf
from smoke is just the orc through w ich
to sk etch ruins.
Year: 1877

The only man defeated on the Republican
Legislative ticket in Cleveland, Ohio, was the
colored nominee. Cleveland is the head
quarters of the fanatical Western Reserve,
which is always concerned about the colored
man that he shall have his rights in the South.
Year: 1877

In order to mete out such deserts as the recall
etrant Returning Board deserves, ii Is under.
stood that this morning there will be session OF
the Grand Jury OF the superior Criminal Court
for the purpose of examining into the }. Mad.
Wells forgery OF official returns. The Lttlefeld
Developments have thrown such strong light
upon Wells raseality that our state courts will
take the matter in hand, and 1t is not improbable
that before twenty. fonr hours Wells will find
himself indicted for both perjury and forgery.
When the Morrison COMMITTEES get through with
Che Great Forgetful there will bo jury anxious
to confront that individual before Judge Whit.
ala
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3l.-The four Justices Of Che
supreme Court have officially notified Congress
that they have selected Justice Bradley TO act
with them on the commission for determining
upations growing out Of the counting Of the
electoral yote.
Year: 1877

Nessrs. Editors,-Can you tell the public
why it is that the sessions OF the City School
Board are held in secret? ..."


Their proceedings are Of vast importance
to the public, and reporters, and taxpayers,
and all other decent and respectable persons
who are, sufficiently interested TO desire to
attend ought to be allowed to do so. In
other words, why can't the Board sit with
open doors like the City Council? ~
1 am not mad with anybody. have no
private grievance. doubt not If asked
I would be permitted to be present mt
meeting, but 1 do not desire to ask as
favor what I regard as my right and the
right of the whole public. TAX-PAYER.i
Year: 1877

one Of the most important tiiings to know
a5olt farming is when grain should char
vested. Most people, we aretaWare, usually
consult tlpiHu uonWenience as, to Wlletl}er it is
cut while il tile, dough OR, allowed to get
THOROUGHLY ripe, yet to farm properly farm
n, should understand the proper stage to
cat it. and do it at that time. There is a
wide difference in opinion as to whether it
the farmer governed by his own convenience


my vel! claim that he is doing the work at
apfoper time. The best authorities from
the old States set down that wheat gives the


hest yield OF flour andmakes better article
Harvested While in the dough. In Mon,


taDa, most tarners are of the contrary opin-


Na, in fact, the majority of our millers at-


wise that wheat should be we'll ripe. They


admit that in the States it was different, but


IN this country they say that if wheat is cut


when it will swell it will not make as good


Hour as when the grain is plamp. Now, we


have always been inclincd' to the opinion


that early cutting was the best We may,


however, be in error. but Of one thing we


ave quite cert'in-the country can make no


material difference in this matter. IF the


gram should get hard and tlinty here before


cutting, or vice versa the same rule will ap-


ply as IN other countries. ALI farmers pret-


vWeil understand the advantage Of having


straw little green, and the heads not SO


~Y as to shattcr. But the question: of the


proper mode is yet open to experiment, and
: We'l worthy the attention of all grain


growers. lL-t- .t -
Year: 1877

Though charity may make your purse
lighter one day, yetit viii make it heavier
another.


Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl chain of vir-
tues.


We should esteem virtue, though in a
foe; and abhor vice, though in friend.


To enjoy life, you should be little
miserable occasionally. Trouble, like
cayenne, is not very agreeable IN itself,
but it gives great zest to other things.


Every man, in his more serious mo-
ments, must confess that he has done
few things in the course of his life be
would not wish undone; and experience
must have shown him that the things he
most feared would have been better than
those he most feared for.


The reason why there are so few in
stances Of heroism in modern times is the
total decay of political virtue; we are
broken up into small parties, and as
sosiate only with our families, thus for
getting the public, in our regard for
private interest. The ancients were
taught rather to live for the benefit OF
the whole community.


The summer passes over the furrow,
and the corn springs up; the sod forgets
the flower of the past year; and the bat
tlefield forgets the blood that has been
split upon the turf; the sky forgets the
storm; and the water the noon-day sun
that slept upon its bosom. ALI Nature
preached forgetfulness. It's very order
is the progress of oblivion.
Year: 1877

Billy Dawson, the celebrated York
shire farmer, once appealed to drunk
ard in the following language Sup
pose yourself to be servant, and your
master were to come in the morning and
order you to make strong chain On
the following morning he came again.
and urged you to get on with it and
thus, day by day, You were ordered by
your master to do the same job. Sup
pose again, that while you were work
ing, person came in and asked If you
knew what it was for and that You
answered in the negative, adding that
you did not care so long as you got your
wages. But this person tells you that
he knows it TO be fact, that it is your
masters intention to bind you with it
III perpetual bondage. would you, ask,
add another link to it?"


The man answered, "No; and all the
money in the world would uot hire me
to do it.


Mr.. Dawson then told him that the
habits of drunkenness are Satan's chain,
in which he keeps poor sinners in per-
petual bondage, and that when they
have added the last link, he chains them
in his dominions forever. These words
so impressed the mind of the man, that
his conscience continued to remind him,
"I am making another link for my
chain T. until he relinquished his wicked
courge OF life,
Year: 1877

ga rat with greedy appetite,
Went fishing with his tail one night;
He once had seen fox do that
And if fox, why not rat?
For surely he is quite as knowing
As any other beast that's going
Cooking his eye in fond conceit,
That he knew fish as well as meat
He silent sat upon the shore,
And bobbed for half an hour or more,
At last a hungry bite he felt,
And deemed it roach or perch, or smelt.
Eager, but cautious did he wait
To let the prey grasp well the bait;
. Then, like a fisher, skilled and nice,
He jerked; but 10 as in wee
His tail stuck fast and, strange as true,
The more he pulled the worse it grew
This way and that in vain he turned
In vain he jerked, and jumped, and squirmed
In vain he yelled with pain and grief
In vain cried murder, fire and thief
In vain for 10 an oyster vast
Had caught his tail and held it fast
"At length the rat perceived the case,
And putting on smiling face
Staying meanwhile his tears and groans,
Though pain and terror thrilled his bones
Addressed the oyster thus: MY friend,
There's some mistake my latter end
Was never made for feast or fete-
only put it in for bait,
And as you've taken it, opine
That you are caught, and 80 are mine
pray, therefore, oyster tender,
Just come ashore, and thus surrender
" The oyster answered not wink
But in the wave began to sink.


I" Down, down by slow degrees he went
To the wild rocks in sheer descent,
Dragging the rat, mid cries of slaughter,
Beneath the dark aud stormy water
He sank, and DER him danced the bubbles
In mockery of all his troubles;
Nothing was left but this, his story,
And the plain truth it sets before you
q The cunning rat, who apes the fox,
And risks his tail among the rocks
Needless of dangers dark and awful,
In search Of pleasures all unlawful
Is by stupid oyster caught,


And made the prey Of him he sought;
Ye cunning human rats beware,
Unlawful pleasures should you dare
To seek along the shores Of sin,
Lest some huge oyster pulls you in !"
Year: 1877

1t may be very good thing for boy
to have q great deal of native talent, to
he noted among his acquaintances as ga
very smart boy--one who Is sure to
make his mark In the world" But it is
still q very dangerous thing. It is a
little curious we seldom hear of those
remarkable boys in after life. They
generally sink into very common people
at the very best oftener they are spoil
ed by injudicious fattery in after life.
No boy, however talented, will ever
accomplish much whose working power
is not we'll trained. In whatever line
that work may be, he must apply him.
self to it with an intense purpose-a
theless industry.


Sir Robert Peel was not boy oi
brilliant talents, and he doubtless owed
his greatness more to his fathers early
training than anything else. He was
early drilled in the art of extempora'
neous speaking aud when he went to the
parish church at Drayton he was called
upon, on his return, TO repeat all he
could remember OF the sermon. At tirst
this was very little, but by a steady per-
severance he at last came 10 repeat
nearly the whole sermon every Sabbath


No doubt those who listened TO his
burning words in the halls of parlia
ment, and Eery astonished at his
wonderful memory in recalling point
after point used by his opponents, consid
cred this remarkable gift of nature.
Year: 1877

If we subtract from the twenty-four
hours the time spent in eating, sleeping
exercise, and the other indispensable >
cares OF our existence, what o fraction of
time is employed on our intellectual
faculties Again, there are few who
have the means to enable them to ostudy;
fewer the talent requisite and still
fower the inclination, il they have the
ability,
Year: 1877

He who will do his work Alright will
find that his first lesson is to know him
self, and what is proper for him and he
who rightly understands himself will
never mistake another mans work for
his Swn, but will love and improve him
self above all other things, will refuse
superAuous employments, and reject
all unprefitable thoughts and PROPOSE
tioms,
Year: 1877

Just now medical men in Paris are
busy discussing Il curious case which has
come under the observation of the
learned DR.. Ternellil. The doctor had
n lad brought to him for treatment at the
Hospital de In Pitie, who had swallowed
by accident a dose of caustic potash.


The terrible escharotic produced SO tight
construction in the gullet that no food
would pass down into the stomach.


Death from inanition must have been the
result had not DR.. Verneuil courageously
resolved to perform the dreadful opera
tion known as gastrotomy. On the
twenty-sixth of July, accordingly, he cut
right into the lads stomach, and inserted
into it an elastic tube, through which
food could be injected. In this way
soup, fine chopped meat, mashed vege-
tables and drink were administered. On
the tenth of September the young man
recovered his health and spirits. He was
able to 60 about and help the servants in
the hospital, and seemed to have as much
life and energy as he had before the acci-
dent. Between the eighteenth of August
ard the fourteenth of September he
gained ten pounds in weight, while be-
ing fed through the hole in his stomach.
Year: 1877

At the union depot at Toledo, says q
local paper, a coffin lay on baggage
truck waiting to be put on to Lake Shore
train No. 8, when it should go out. It
was directed to Parma, Mich. It con-
tanned the remains of the son of woman
who, in one short year, had lost every
near relative she possessed Oh earth
husband, daughter and two sons. This
was her last son, who had just died in
Cincinnati. She had been summoned to
his side when he was suddenly taken i'll,
and Just arrived one hour after he breath
ed his last, calling vainly in the agonies
of death for his mother. At times the
realization of her terrible grief and loneli-
ness would weigh down on her with such
unbearable force that she would almost
grow Wild with anguish. She paced the
floor of the depot impatiently, and finally
walked out and stood over the coffin,
wringing her hands and moaning with
grief. Another woman saw her and came
to her side. They were utter strangers,
but sorrow made them sisters. DO not
give way to your grief SO completely !"
said the strange lady to the poor woman.


"How can I help ?" said she, almost
fercely. cit is well enough for you to
say SO, but what do you know about suf-
fering? This was all had"


"Ah, my dear woman," said the stran-
ger, taking her by the hand, II know
what sorrow is. Last week I buried all
I had on EARTH"


Almost instantly the poor woman stop
ped her weeping, grasped her comforter's
hand eagerly, and walked away from the
coffin with her into the waiting-room.


"I will learn to bear it, said she but
T did not believe that in this wide world
there was one human being called to srf-
fering like mine"
Year: 1877

One of the chief purchasers at the
Menzies book sale in New York, was
quite q new collector whose history is
curious. Years ago he took it into his
head that he would take to farming on
Long Island, and set out to find desira-
BILE farm. He went on a tour of inspec-
ton, carrying with him shovel with
which he dug up ground and then had it
analysed. However, not finding aught
to his taste on Long Island, he determin-
ed to go to Rhode Island, and there pur-
chased q farm for $50, 900, on which he
expended $4,000 more, and then. ap-
parently tired of it, rented the ground
for few hundreds year, and with the
small remnant of his fortune went to CAL
ifornia there he made lucky hit, and
not long since returned to the East to
make the agreeable discovery that during
his absence the city of Providence had,
providentially for him, been steadily adj
vancing toward his farm, which had be-
come immensely valuable. Presently he
sold off $50, 900 worth, and then, arriving
at the conclusion that he had let it 60 too
cheap, he had the rest surveyed and laid
out in streets and lots. He has now sold
altogether 5000, 1000 worth
Year: 1877

believe if Iwere dead


And you should kiss my eyelids where lie
Cold dead and dumb to all the world contains
The folded orbs would open at thy breath,
And, from the exile in the isles Of death,
Life would come gladly back along my veins.
I believe if were dead,


And you upon my lifeless heart shonld tread
Not knowing what the poor clod CHANGED tt
1t would find sudden pulse beneath the touch
OF him it ever loved in life so much,
And throb again. warm, tender, true to thee.
believe if in my grave,


Hidden in woody depths by all the waves,
Your eyes should drop some warm tears OF


regret,


From every salty seed Of your dear grief
Some fair, sweet blossom would leap into leaf
To prove death could not make MY love forget.
believe if should fade


Into the mystic realms where light is made,
And you should long once more my face to see,
would come forth upon the hills Of night
And gather stars like faggots till thy sight,
Led by the beacon blaze, fell fnll Oh me-
believe my love for thee


(Strong as my Gfel SO nobly placed to be-
1t could as soon expect to see the sun
Fall like a dead king from his heights sublime,
His glory stricken from ihe throne Of time.
As thee unworth the worship thou hast won.
believe love, pure and true.
Is to the soul sweet. immortal dew
That gems lifes petals in the hour Of dusk.
The waiting angels see and recognize
The rich crown jewel love Of paradise,
When life falls f"om us like a withered husk.
Year: 1877

CATTLE DYING OFF BY THOUSANDS.
Thousands of cattle have perished within
the last twenty days along the line of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad,
in the southwestern portion of the State,
from the combined effects of the intense
cold and the scarcity Of water. 1t was
not anticipated by cattle owners that the
present winter would be such severe
one, and, as consequence, no shelter 0
any kind was provided for the stock.
Year: 1877

A Rochester woman wore in the streets
n ballroom costume-a dress with short
sleeves and low at the bosom. A crowd
followed her, and she was arrested for
disturbing the public peace. She
proved, in court, that she was reputable,
and that her conduct in the street was
decorous. Her lawyer argued that a
dress that might be worn in ballroom
by gaslight without improperly was fit
to be worn in the street by daylight.
She was released; but subsequently,
when she made another appearance in
the same attire, she was arrested and
sent to an insane asylum.
Year: 1877

National Associated Press to the Star.


WAsHINGroN, Nov. 2.-The House
Appropriation Committee continued
their work on the Army Appropriation
Bill yesterday, aud expects 10 be able
TO report it to the House this morning
in such shape as to cause but little i
any objection.
Year: 1877

Perry Bowsher was arrested in
Hooking county by four farmers
on Sunday last, on suspicion
of having committed the McYey
murder, A portion of the stolen
bonds were found in his posse ssion.
He was Immediately taken to Chilli
cothe, where he is now safely lodged
in Jail. Bowsher is a disreputable
character, who some years ago was
sent to the Penitentiary from Hook
ing county for term of five years
for horse stealing, but after serving
four years Of his sentence was re
leased and sent to Athens Lunatic
Asylum, under the plea of insanity,
from which institution he escaped
in March last. He has not been
seen in the vicinity of his old home
since his escape, until last Sunday,
when he made his appearance and
showed some of the stolen bonds to
his half brother, and in an hour af-
terwards was arrested.


The people of Chillicothe believe
him guilty, and think his insanity
dodge is put on to evade punish
ment.


He is unmarried, and about 81
years old.


He has given no clue as yet, which
will lead to the arrest of his accom-
plices, if be had any.
Year: 1877

If the citizens Of Union don't dis
miss your humble correspondent
and prompt some more regular one
to report for them, its a sign Of
great forbearance on their part.


III we're to tell you at this late
date that our six summer schools
were taught by Miss Kitty OldakeT,
Year: 1877

On Old-used leather, says Scotch
paper, there have been various schemes
of utilization. BY dissolving the leather
by steam and certain acids, it is pos
sible, to produce printing rollers for
cotton fabrics; but it seems preferable
to cut the leather in pieces, mix them
with a cementing liquid, and then
squeeze the whole into a mass of differ
then thicknesses, according to the pro-
cess required, such material for making
up the sOles and heels of boots and
shoes. With quantity of paste and
the force of steam engine. shreds are
made to assume the appearance of
cakes of Enthusiastically pancakes
or pasted stock-which are largely used
in the wholesale shoe manufacture of
Massachusetts. There is another method
in that country of using up shavings
and scraps of leather. These are
ground to powder resembling coarse
snuff. and this powder is mixed with
certain gums and other substances so
thoroughly that the whole mass be-
comes kind of melted leather. In a
short time this dries little, and is
rolled out to the desired thickness. per-
haps one-twelfth Of an inch; it is DOW
quite solid, and is said to be entirely
waterproof. There are various pro-
cesses patented for melting down
leather waste and producing large
sheets of artificial leather, possessing
waterproof qualities, but we have not
space to go into any account of them.
Year: 1877

Now that the hedges are no longer
green, and the trees stand black and
bare on the landscape, is the time to
seek for endless variety and beauty
waiting to be admired in it, turn. What
miniature fairy glens and grottoes are
distributed over the hedge banks of our
country lanes! Moses, delicate and
beautiful, may be found in the inter-
stices of any old wall, or at the foot of
almost any tree or shrub. In the win
ter time moses and lichens are found
In fruit, and are beautiful objects. A
pocket microscope lens Is essential for
their proper observation; and though
the delicate carmine cups of the species
known as the cup moss, and the famil-
lar gray and yellow mosaic appearance
we see on twigs and branches on our
way, are easily recognized, the study
ofthis form of winter vegetation is an in
exhaustible one, and is an occupation
for lifetime. If earnestly pursued. We
do not however, suggest that every one
who endeavors to recognize the differ
ent species of moss, lichens. or fungi
should necessarily do so through the
medium of the microscope; but it will
greatly add to the pleasure of ma king
collection out of doors if there be good
microscope at home, so that when the
contents of the basket he turned out.
after the winters walk. there should
he interest even in the fragments left,
after little pile of varied bits has been
constructed, rivalling the choicest sum-
mer bouquet in beauty of form andcolor.
We have seen such a collection formed
into beautiful object by raising a little
mound of rough bits of bark In plate
or saucer, and placing on it varieties of
fungus Of every shade of red, brown,
yellow, and gray. They seem to spring
forth from bed of sphagnum or bog
moss of brightest emerald green; while
clump OF the screw wall moss in fruit,
with its curious little box-like capsules,
supports gray or yellow lichen. which
has been gently removed from some old
wall or tree. A bit of stick or twig,
incrusted with a bright orange-cIored
lichen, supports trailing branch of
delicate green ivy, the most beautiful
and adaptable Of all winter foliage.
Over this little arrangement is placed a
bell glass, to preserve it from the dust
and the effect Of dry atmosphere; and
we know how pleasing to the eye is its
varied beauty of form and color, last
ing thus, constant source of pleasure,
for many day without renewal
Chambers JOnrRll.