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Year: 1879

THE DEATH OF EX-CHANcELLoR
BATES was sudden and startling to our
people in the announcement in our late
edition yesterday. Few knew that be
was out Of the city, and mcst of them
were under the impression that he was
enjoying better health than he had en-
joyed for number OF years.


This opinion had gathered strength
from the fact that he had but re-
Gently, as was supposed, turned his
whole attention again to tie law, and
was entering upon a practice OF wider
and more lucrative character than he
had enjoyed before he went on the Bench
of the Chancery Court and il was while
absent, engaged in an important case at
Richmond, that he was summoned to
meet his Creator. Judge Bates was from
his early youth consistent member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and
had been connected with Grace Church,
in this city, from the time of its organi-
zation. He was an active member and
in all things accounted pious and cen
scientious gentleman. His position here
was that Of our most eminent citizen,
and the writer, a Lumber of years ago,
heard one Of the most distinguished and
remarkable lawyers in the State assert
that the late Hon. John NJ. CLAYTON had
remarked to him that Mr.. Bates was
'the most complete lawyer in the State"
In his death our community have expert
enced great loss.
Year: 1879

LIST OF ACTs PAssBD.-The Legisla-
ture We were led to be lieve would adjourn
sine die last night, and we had hoped to
furnish our readers to-day with complete
list of the acts passed. This we have not
been able to do, and the list we publish
in another part of the GAZETTE will be
completed in our next issue.
Year: 1879

The DEMOCRACY of Ohio have hit
upon what they conceive to be a good
device to carry them on to victory. |!
is ballot box transtixed by bayonet
thrust through it. We do not know OF
more appropriate emblem tor a party
that tried to force slavery into Kansas
and guarded the polls with troops
Force has been the emblem of the Dem
ocrats for more than fifty years, and the
fitness of the emblem viewed from the
stand point of latter day transactions
cannot he doubted. All that is wanted
to make the transparency complete is
the same ballot box filed with fraudu-
lent tissue paper ballots. II would then
be highly emblemmatical of the Demo,
cratit patty both in conception and in
us. Every where and at all times the
Democracy have transfxel thu ballot
box with fore, when they could moi
stuff t ~th fraud.
Year: 1879

The sun WAS excessively hot yester-
day, and was particularly severe on a
prominent police officer, who had the
next thing to an attack of coup de soliel,
or something else. An exclusive diet
of cold ice water is bad thing in hot
weather, but total abstinence from
water is worse. We are informed that
the officer who was sunstruck at the
Scheutzen Park couple of weeks ago
has taken pledge that he will not use
any more sun-stroke as a beverage for
five years. We would advise the other
etficer referred to, to do likewise. The
other policemen, we are informed, kept
clear of similar attacks yesterday.
Year: 1879

We have very many small accounts, particularly subscriptions. due us, which would, if handed in as soon as possible, Do great favor to us. To those who owe us. we take the simple mark X with lead pencil on their papers as sufficient notice that the supscripuon is due.

 We hope our friends and patrons in ar rears will not take exception to our making this appeal. and marking the papers to indicate our need of the money. The small amounts due us at present from so many make sun total that we could use with advantage. There arc only four more issues of Volume H.. and In commencing our third volume, we trust that the cordial support which the friends of the VIEWPOINT BEE have given during the past two years may bo contin- ned. with the assurance from us that our labors shall be to please and benefit our patrons.
Year: 1879

HENRY BALDWIN IN HIS YOUTHFUL DAYS,

 Those who knew this individual only at the period when he had reached mid de age can hardly judge ofhis character when he was. Q young man, and 1t was then only that the writer saw much of him. His short stature tended to make him an associate of boys much younger than himself; indeed, he preferred their society to those of his own age, and so far did he retain this preference that when these associates were old enough to leave their paternal flresides for the great struggle for life in the wide world, he would fraternize with and make cpmpan- ions of the next younger ones, when there Is no saying correctly how many successive generations could boast of intimacy with him,

 His cast of features will be remembered us strongly marked which with his short figure and dragging, listless gait, gave him the appearance of an old man while he was yet in fact quite young one and this characteristic, doubtless, increased with the weight of gathering years when had ceased to see him.

 The WI ter. at the period referred to, often joined him In his rambles about the street and its suburbs, where trifing amusements never failed to interest him, and he always found him to be peaceful and ulaswerving friend. It was the vi,e custom in those days to use profane Ian rusge on the most triding occasions. and.
Year: 1879

Shortly after commencing work at the Rubber factory on Wednesday morning. William Kilbride, 0 la1 of about 16 years. while attending the hoisting of some stock from one floor to another, got the fingers of the left hand caught be- tween tho rope of the elevator and the pulley. When he found he was caught he gave yell and jerked his hand away, leaving tho first joints of his third and fourth fingers attached to the pulley. The boy was immediately taken to the office of Dr. W. c. Vile, who found it necessary to amputate one of the fingers at the second joint, as the bone was en- tirely without covering. These accidents should serve as u warning to the men to be more careful.
Year: 1879

indeed, so general was the habit that but

 few people were at all times entirely

 exempt from it. In this respect however

 Henry had hardly any superior, for when

 driving the cows home from pasture, fol

 instance if the poor creatures turned in

 the wrong direction, he would utter the biggist oaths and more of them than any

 man or boy in the town could; and that

 is saying great deal. All of this, how ever, he outgrew and no doubt in after years reflected upon the folly of it.

 ] Legerdemain tricks or slight-of-hand

 performances had an unfailing interest with him and it was rare that he could 1 not pull out of his pockets some puzzle with wnich he could baf1le the skill of the most ingenious person in his attempt to decipher 1t. He was fond of public meet I ings, whether of political character or otherwise; anything of this kind that brought the people to- ether pleased him

 militia trainings circuses, shows and horse racing were his delight. No new building could be erected within miles of the Centre that did not attract him. He could climb with the agility ofa monkey, hence his aid on these occasions was of | inestimable value to the contractor. I | remember one instance in which, by missing his hold, he fell through two stories upon pile of stone and brick in the cellar without injury, a fall which it was said would have killed any boy but himself His father (Uncle Cale) ] happened to be present, and rushing down to him gave vent, in nomild terms, ut his earelessness and then sent him ''hum," to his great sorrow after all his expectations of seeing the completion of l the already well advanced skeleton of the new structure. Henry was likewise fond of music, from the ringing of the 1 church bell to the fife and drum. He was fortunate enough to become the owner of the latter instrument, the pos session of which made every youngster in the village envy him. He kept it carefully stored away in the old farm house which stood in the rear of his fathers dwelling, and here he passed many Of his leisure hours in practise, whistling hIs tunes for the lack of other accompaniment, Professor Blakeslee, with h,s fife, not having then come upon the scene. He had also a growing passion for firearms, perhaps because they were to some extent connected with martial music now so familiar to his ear, for he once wrote to the writer to procure for him in New Haven pair of horse pistols, but upon application at the gun shops there, the price was found to be too ex- orbitant to admit of the purchase. One of Colts revolvers at this time would have been treasure that he would have valued at any cost.

 Of his latter years the writer does not feel qualified to speak, as many of your readers are more familiar with them. Henry became, however, before he had reached his meridian, a staunch Metho- dist and adhered consistently to that faith until the end of his upright and blameless life. c.
Year: 1879

Last Friday the N Y. Betting and Packing Company. of Sandy Hook shipped an i'm mense belt, weighing about three and half tons and measuring four feet ill width. Mir. D. c. Gately notified the Seectmen and warned them to make the bridge, over which it had to be taken to the depot, secure. Selectman Sanford accordingly placed support under the bridge and the necessity for such action was fully manifested for those who believed the structure perfectly strong enough for the occasion without additional propping were con- vinced that had not such action been taken the weight of the belt would have destroyed the bridge. The belt is the largest ill the country.
Year: 1879

TNDIGEsTIoN.-T The main cause of nervous
ness is indigestion, and that is caused by
weakness of the stomach No one can have
sound nerves and good health without using
Hop Bitters to strengthen the stomach, purify
the blood, and to keep the liver and kidneys
uctive, to carry off all the poisonous and waste
matter of the system. See other column.
Year: 1879

DO not stare around the room.
Do not take dog or small child.


Do not linger at the dinner hour.
Do not lay aside the bonnet at formal
call.


Do not idget with your cane, hat or
parasol.


Do not make call of ceremony on
wet day.


Do not turn your back to one seated
near you.


Do not touch the piano unless invited to
do so.


DO not handle the ornaments or furni
ture in the room.


Do not make a display of consulting
your watch.


Do not go to the room of an invalid
unless invited.


Do not remove the gloves when making
formal call.


Do not continue the call longer when
conversation begins to lag.
Do not remain when you find the lady
upon the point of going out


Do not make the first call if you are a
newcomer in the neighborhood.


Do not open or shut doors or windows
or alter the arrangement of the room.


Do rot enter room without first knock
ing and receivingan invitation to come in.


Do not resume your seat after having
risen to go. unless for important reasons.


Do not walk around the room examin
ing pictures while Whiting for the host
ess.


Do not introduce politics, religion, OF
weghty topics OF conversation when
making calls.


Do not pro!ong the call if the room is
crowded. 1t is better TO call day or
two afterwards.


Do not call upon person in reduced
circumstances with display of wealth,
dress and e1uipage.


Do not tat,le. Do not speak i'll ofyour
neighbors. Do not carry gossip from one
IN mily to another.


Do not, it gentleman, seat yourself
upnr the sofa beside :he hostess, or in near
proximity. unless invited to do so.


Do not. il lady, call upon eentle-
man, except utficially or professionally,
unless he mny be confirmed invalid.


Do not take strange gentleman with
you, unless positively certain that the in
PRODUCTION will be received with favor.


Do not, if gentleman, leave the hat in
the hail when making formal call If
the call is extended into visit, it NAV
then be set aside. Whether sitting or
Standing the Int may be gracefully held
in the hand ,-HirS Manual of Social
and Business Forms.
Year: 1879

A LITTLE boy in St. Cloud a few days
ago undertook to see if he could lift him
sell by hanging on mules tail. He
found out all about 1t, and the doctors
think the skin on his forehead viii grow
up, but will leave bad scar.
Year: 1879

First, a man must have one to take care of. 1t
isn't every man, you know, that is fortunate en-
Ough to have one and when he does, his wife Is
always wanting to run over to neighbor's only
five minutes, and he has to attend to the baby
Sometimes she caresses him, and Oftener she says
sternly


"John, take good care of the child until 1 re-
turn"


You want to demonstrate, but cannot pluck up
the courage, while that awful females eye is upon
you; SO you prudently refrain, and merely remark:


"Don't stay long, my dear"


She's scarcely out sight before the luckess babe
opens his eyes, and its mouth also, and emits yell
which causes the cat to bounce out of the door as
if something had stung it. You timidly lift the
cherub and sing an operate air; he does not ap-
preciate it, but yells the louder!


You try to bribe him with a bit of sugar; not a
bit of use he spits it out. You get wrothy and
shake him.


He stops a second, and you venture another /;
when. good Heaven he sets up such a roar that
the passer by looks up in astOnishment. You feel
desperate your hair stands on end, and the pers-
piration oozes out of every pour as the agonizing
thought comes over you what if that luckless child
should have fit!


You try baby-talk but 'litty litty lamby" has
no effect for he stretches as if red-hot poker had
been laid on his spine and still he yells You are
afraid the neighborhO0d will be alarmed, and give
him your gold watch as last resource just in time
to save your whiskers though he throws down a
handful of your cherished mOustache to take the
watch and you thankfully find an easy chair to
rest your aching limbs, when down comes that
costly watch on the floor, and the cause of all the
trouble breaks into an ear-splitting roar, and you
set your teeth and prepare to administer personal
chastisement. When in rushes the happy woman
known as your wife, snatches the lOng-sutfering
child from your willing arms, and sitting down,
stills it by magic while You gaze mournfully at
the remains of your watch and cherished
and muttering malediction on baby kind IN par
ticuIar, vow never to take of baby again
until the next time.
Year: 1879

On our way. writer's French correspondent, we
INDUCED in brown study as to why Parisians have
n reputation above every other nation in matters
of the toilet 1t is no. because they are extrava-
CANT in The choice of materials as people. The
Americans and English, probably, spend twice as
much in this respect Therefore, we have come
to the conclusion that TIE secret of their success
lies in these two points taste in selection and CON-
bination and extreme attention TO those nlceties
other nations consider unimpOrtant. Then, too,
a thorough Partisan lady is so excessively careful
of her wardrobe. She bestOws on itnearly as much
care as on her children. One who can afford to
buy only two or three costumes in the year will
make as good an appearance as an American who
runs through half u dozen. The French woman's
bonnet may be simple and cheap, but never out
of keeping with the rest of her toilet and, however
she manages in the matter of dresses, shabby boots
are never reckOned among her shortcomings. The
gloves may be Of an inferior quality, but they fit
well, and never lack button. The color of her
costume may be trying, but she lightens 1t with
punches of lace and pieces OF ribbon; she leaves
nothing to be desired in the way Ofeffect. What
she wears on the street she does not wear in the
house. for eager little hands and climbing little
feet soon tarnish its freshness. Each article is
carefully brushed, mended or folded, as occasion
may require, and brought out as good asnew when
next to be worn. One sees no sweeping dresses on
the streets of Paris. That filthy spectacle of pet
ticoat pavement sweeping is reserved for our own
sublime American cities French women have been
reproached with untidiness in their homes. ''Yes,
saws Mrs. Grundy, ''they live for the world" Per-
hans the reproach has some foundation; but this
is also true An American, when she marries,
less moving in the best 1--WE should say the money
ed) circles, becomes negligent of those little wo
manly coquetries in matters of dress that helped
to win her husband. The Parisienne never does.
She is rs anxious her husband and everyone else
should think her 'jOle femme at sixty as at six
teen. A little of this spirit is very good. wo-
man neatly and becomingly dressed is certainly
a preferable campanion to one Indifferent to such
affairs
Year: 1879

We are frequently indebted to our friend Colonel
Yard of the Monmouth Democrat for anecdotes


illustrative of the character of the peculiar people
who live in New Jersey. He sends us this:


The Hon. G.. T tells a good story of slow
railroad in the northern part of the State. He
saws he went there cunning, and came to a short
line of road on which was run a single car, the
forward end of which was parttioned of for bag
gape. He took his dog in the car with him and
mt him under the seat. Presently the conductor
came along, and insisted that the dog snoniq go
into the baggage-roOm, which, after some alterca-
ton, was done; but here the baggage master de-
manded fee of fifty cents. Which was denounc-
ed as "swindle," "put-up job" between the
conductor and the baggage-master, and that soon
er than pay it he would tie the dog to the tram
and let him "work his passage" The conductor
assented, and the dog was hitched to the rear OF
the train. The dog, so r says, Kept along
easily with the train, but the conductor began 10
get uneasy, making frequent trips to the engineer,
urging him to increase the speed OF the train and
back again to watch the effect upon the dog. The
latter began to show signs of fatigue, but after
while caught his ''second wind,' and was keeping
along as before. The conductor now ordered the
engineer to heave all the coal into the furnace and
stir up the fire, which being done, the speed was
perceptibly increased. The conductor again went
to the rear of the car to observe the effect but the
dog had disappeared, whereupon he trlumphantly
called rs attention to the fact. The latter,
after taking glance at the situation, quietly
pointed to a crack in the floor Of the car, "and
there" says he "was the dog, comfortable trottlng
along under the car, and licking the grease from
one Of the arle-bores r-Harper's Magazine.
Year: 1879

We have sometimes had occasion to notice that
the ease or the difficulty in the way of women de-
voting themselves to particular forms OF industry
il influenced by various circumstances and eOnsid-
eratons We have seen that there are regions OF
activity which have been in the nature OF things,
or by long habit and custom, respected as proper
and peculiar to women some which are open in
differently to men and women and others, again,
which, sometimes jealousy guarded, have been
almost to the present moment fenced OFF as the
monopoly of men.


There are other difficulties, however, arising from
tendency to exclusion which do not definitely
shane themselves into from, and certainly do not
operate against women as women so much as prae-
ticallv interpose the sure and subtle antagonism
Of interest and tradition. This holds true, espe-
ciav of music of which it is said that IN no probes
sion does there to be less room Tor outsiders,
whether in its instrumental orchestral or vocal de-
partments "The advantage of possessing inter-
est in the profession, or of belonging to family
already known to the public, appearsto be go great
that persons less fortunate have small chance of
success unless unusually gifted" vi such queens
of song or Instrumentation, whose singular quail
feations neither design nor neglect can restrain,
it is not necessary to speak at length. 10 insist
unduly upon the brilliant rewards OF a lew partl-
cular stars might have misleading effect upon
the number of recruits for profession which is



capation of chOrus-singing, to take a lowly exem-
pIifcation seems more graceful and imposing than
the homelier service of domestic life, orthe thank
less monotony OF caprice of the counter The
complaint is however, the same that we have ire
auently found directed against women in the pur-
suit of industrial of professional avocaions that
they have not the continued and persistent deyo-
ton of men, and that, as candidates for musical
emplovment. they carry into the market chiefly
the crude results of insufficient thoroughness and
application.


We have already intimated that we have no
design of holding out the dazzling emoluments OF
the priaa DONNA or the uniquely gifted instrument
tast or the impossible examples of either, OF OBJ
iects of imitation; and it is not necessary to
follow the musician of sound average professional
attainments into the mere palpable and recognized
spheres of her activity. We may mentlon, now
ever one particular order of this activity, which
TO manv of our readers may have an attraction
of its own; quite apart from the circumstance that
it NAV be held with little real tax upon the time
because possibly involving no change OF haDit,
and from the further circumstance that It's modest
emoluments may contribute available addition TO
n married or single income. We alude TO the
position of lady organis, whose salary, 1t Is sad
rarely exceeds 5000 a year, on account OF her eA-
cluson from the more important situations, for the
fitting of which the training of male ehoir py a
male organisti is, as rule desirable. FemalechOir
singers NAV realize from $leO to $500 per annum
according to ability.-SPeetator.
Year: 1879

for some OF his friends in the stock
of the houses already mentioned,
must be iastidious indeed. But be
he fastidious as he may, or let his tastes
be as aesthetic and refnedas those OF the


most ultra Bostonian, he cannot fail TO
be suited If he will examine further. Let
him turn his footsteps, as we did yester-
Year: 1879

st. Leuis Tlmes'


A whopping big train load OF hungry
people came down from Kansas City On
the North Missouri express last Sunday
night. At the R. & L. junction they dis
embarked for supper and partook freely
of the salt msckerel and bacon and eggs
with which that locality abounds.
When they got back on the train
thirstier act of folks never struck a water
cooler. The ice~water tasted aw1u
good, and for an hour or so 1T WAS NIP
and tuck between the bacon ana nsekn
erel parties of the first part and the icee
water, party of the second part. About
nine o'clock, however, a small. solemn
man in the rear of the last Pullman car
inquired, in loud voice, whether any
body had noticed any peculiar taste or
odor about the ice~water and he passed
us 8 copy of Kansas City paper which
briefly but graphically described the
finding of putrid male corpse in the
vaterworks reservoir the night before.
Every passenger on the train had been
freely imbibing that water, and every
passenger read that article 1t was
great and sweeping triumph tor the
mackeral and bacon from that time On
on through the rest OF the long, weary
watches of the night. When the pas
sengers rushed out of the train in St.
Louis, yesterday morning, and tackled
the hydrant of the Union depot, their
throttlesvalves and tanks were so hot
that the water sizzled and steamed all
4 Iour
Year: 1879

HOPE.


BY IRWIN RUSSELL.
No matter wherc, we sail,
a storm MY come to wreck U.s.
a elper wind, to check US
In the quest for unknown lands,
And cast Oh the sands,
No matter where we sail.
Then, when my ship goes down,
What choice is left to me
From leaping In the sea-
And willingly forsake
all that the sea can take,
Then, when my ship goes DOWN.
still. in spite of storm,
From all we feel or fear
A rescue may be near:
Though tempests blow their best
A manly heart can rest
Still, in spite OF storml