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Year: 1877

We had intended with sne vent of
the New Year to follow the example of
more metropolitan journals and present
to our readers an extended review of
the business Of Lexington Tor the wear
1915. but the demand for information
upon political matters seemed to be so
pressing, in the unsettled condition of
National affairs. that we felt it impera-
tive upon US to give up our space to the
subject which was absorbing general
pub ic attention. Lest, however, the up-
portunity pass. we shall regin in this
issue, the publication Of a brief mention
of the different business and social en-
terprises oi our city. AS such reviews
are generally printed, in eXtenso, their
very length is fruitful cause Of lack of
interest, and that we may not tax the
readers patience, but at the same
time do something like justice to the
subject. we shall only offer two or three
columns per week, until our article is
completed. We feel the more urged to
tIls task from the fact that Lexington,
being one of the oldest towns in the
state, incorporated in 1910, and having
attained 10 Il population OF but about
five thousand, is often spoken of as a
slow sort of Il town, and one not abound


inc in entcrprisc While there can be
no doubt that many golden opportuni-
ties for wealth and influence have been
allowed to go by " grasped, and while
il has been felt that C sequence our
little city has been rather .:.dcra cloud,
still we think that we can demonstrate
that for its size and population there is
more of solid comfort. ac> .nr'odatior
to purchasers OF almost everything sole


by merchants or mechanic. educationa


advantages, and opportunities for future
Year: 1877

The Lewiston TELLER, who comes
about as near telling it right about the
poor "Lo," as any journal this side of
San Francisco, says: Enough of the
hostile element is left at Lapwai, to
form nucleus of no small strength,
whenever hostilities present ITSELF"
The truth is, there is enough of that
element left on every reservation, to
start frst-class massacre, if they had
but the least hope of success. They
may talk about the love for the great
Father at Washington, and their good
hearts, but their seeming friendship
needs more watching than mules
hind legs. We will never trust them
unless they build homes, go to work
aad become whitc.--W. w. Watch.
man.
Year: 1877

At the instance of our Delegate in
Congress we this week printed and sent
out for circulation.among, and for sigma
lures of the people, petition asking
Congress first to appropriate 100000
for the canal and locks at the Cascades.
Second, for an appropriation of $50, 900
for the improvement of the navigation
Of Snake river below Lewiston, and
third for an appropriation of $4,000,
for removing distractions to navigation
of the Clearwater river from the mouth
TO the mouth of the middle fork of
said stream. This petition is for the
purpose of supporting the three bills
now before Congress for these respect
i've measures. They are measures
which commend themselves to the
earnest good Judgement every man
who knows the situation and condition
of these rivers and the country tributary
thereto, and more especially to the in
terest Of every man who has taken up
permanent home in the vicinity of these
rivers, and we shall therefore expect
that this petition will be extensively
signed without any delay and returned
to THE TELLER Office to be forwarded
to our delegate in Congress for use iii
aiding the passage of these wholesome
measures. With our people there is no
need of any specious argument or plead
ing in favor of signing this petition. The
mere mention of the proposition is all
sufficient, to induce signatures from all
thinking men. We trust similar petit
ticns will be'circuiated in Washington
Territory or that portion of Eastern
Washington where the people arc vital
ly interested in the success of these
measures. What is to be done, should
be done quickly SO as to have the Pc
titions reach Washington in time for
use in securing proper action upon the
bills now before Congress. The inter
vening distance between us and the
halls of Congress is such that we have
to be early with our representations


from the people, else the opportune
time for our request to be heard will
have passed. Be sure and sign and send
along these petitions without delay, and
they will be forthwith sent to Washing
ton. We also print the said petition in
THE TELLER of this week, so that
should there be locality where our


printed copies do not reach, the petition


can be cut on. of tn, paper and pasted


upon foolscap paper and used for
heading to signatures in such localities.
Year: 1877

A WHopPER.- - The three northern
counties of Idaho, are not more isolated
from the rest of the territory than some
other parts re.-B. Statesman. a.i


None but the three northern counties
OF Idaho, are compelled to travel 500
miles to attend the Supreme Court and
all that on horse back or by stage, and
300 miles of this distance through an
other territory and state. The same to do
any business at the capital The dis
tance was too great for the governor to
send Us arms when beset by the hos
tile Indians. .ftep
Year: 1877

Count Krysueski, one of the leaders in
the Polish rebellion of 'G3, has been
shot at Warsaw by order of 4 court
martial composed of officers of the
Russian service. 1t seems that the
Count, who was a Polish refugee,
whilst resident at Paris, petitioned the
Gar to permit him to return and
at the same time sued for eXecu-
tive clemency. He was invited to re-
turn, and did so. The unfortunate
man upon his arrival was Immediately
arrested on the charge of rebellion and
high treason, thrown into Warsaw
dungeon, and thence was taken to
Siberia. From that barren waste of
country he managed to escape, and,
after incredible sufferings, succeeded in
reaching his beloved Warsaw. But his
retreat was discovered almost as soon
as he arrived, and his arrest followed;
then the court-martial and sentence,
which was approved by the implacable
Gar who, when asked to pardon him
said: mo; SO may all my enemies per-
ish, especially those who are Poles"
The evidence OH the trial proved
nothing beyond the fact that he had at
one time been engaged in rebellion
against the Gar, and upon his return
to Warsaw had refrained from any
thing of a political nature. and was
peaceable citizen, with every intention
of remaining 50. But this man was
already as good as condemned, for it was
the governments will, and that was
sufficient.


1t occurs TO us that the Car could
have taken lesson from America on
the subject; and perhaps he has and
does not approve of the policy we
adopted in reference to the rebel ele-
ment at the close of the civil war in
this country. At all events it has left
stain upon his character that will not
out, and his action in the affair has
been already severely commented upon
by the European press, as being I'M
called for, cruel and murderons.
Year: 1877

if possible, not to leave the shop of
trade for my son, to be able to assist
in the maintainance of him at the Uni
versity, since his father WON'T


Biographers further inform us that
to the love and courage of his mother,
Gray owed his life when child. She
ventured what few mothers are capable
of, to open vein with her own hand.
ard thus remove the paroXysm arising
from fullness of blood, to which it is
said all her other children had fallen
victims. We need not wonder that
Gray mentioned such mother with a
sigh.


Whenever again our fair readers shall
read these fine pieces, lode on n dis
tant prospect Of Eaton College, "Ele-
gy written in a Country Churchyard,
let them pay the tribute of tears to the
memory of one of the tenderest, most
affectionate and self-sacriiicing mothers
of which history gives us any record.
Year: 1877

The illicit distillery business seems to
flourish in the Southern states, and
leading officials do not hesitate to take
a hand in it. From West Virginia,
this time, we learn that the clerk of
Marsh county court and prominent
justice of the same county have been
engaged in the business. No arrests
have been made. however, ewing to the
fact that they are both at home with
their little shot-guns.
Year: 1877

The dwelling house with two lots, corner 5th
and Mulberry streets. will be sold at reasonable
figures and on favorable terms. The house is
provided with good cellar and fine well oi
water. Apply to


j. PARKER HAYWARD.
Year: 1877

THE old Scotch bagpipe Tilden wah
windmill McGregor paper at Canton,
feels terribly indignant because the In
dependent ventured to commend John
Webb, the efficient city marshal of Can
ton, for the vigilance which he exercises
in the discharge of his duties.-Ma8sillon
Independent


Mr.. Webb's "duties" as marshal of Can
ton do not require him to dance alter.
dance on Cleveland detectives, to run to
Illinois and help capture Massillon's
criminals. If it had been a Canton Grim
inal there would have been some excuse.
Surely it is not fair for Mr.. Webb to run
abroad this way and draw pay from Can
ton at the same time.


Besides, why did not the Independent
tell the truth, that Webb, in going to H.
linois for Morrison, was merely dancing
attending on Reeves, Cleveland detec-
tiveP Is that what Canton elects and
pays marshal for?


But let this "Independenf blaCkguard
tell the whole truth next time that he
puffs Mr.. Webb. Do not suppress truth
so as to give wrong impression-to give
Webb credit that he is not entitled to.
Perhaps the Independent man fears to fol-
low truth too near lest she should kick
out his teeth. 1t is said the affairs of
this world are kept together by what lit
tie truth and integrity still remain
amongst us, but really there seems to be
too little of those precious articles to hold
the Republican party together. And
yet some claim it is "the party of great
moral IDEAS"


An editor may be coarse, use slang,
even show himselfin his paper black
guard may get away down in the gutter
of personal vituperation only those edi-
tors, however, who falsify, or seek to boil
ster up wrong and fraud need to resort
to this debasing policy. Those who stand
by truth and right need not so degrade
themselves, but may follow an elevating
course both in sentiment and utterance,
Our neighbor Of the Independent is COM
paratively young man, and may not
have learned the difference, even in wri-
ting, between decency tending to digni-
ty, and coarseness running into vulgarity.
Year: 1877

HAYES don't take the Southern bull by
the horns very fast; he hardly grips the
tail. He told Pinchback the policy of
absolute non-intervention afforded the
only ray of daylight to be seen through
the clouds that envelope Louisiana. He
saw nothing but strife and discord in the
effort to uphold Packard. A new elec-
ton was not possible, as it would require
an enabling act to passed by Congress,
and as this could only be done on the
supposition that the State government
was not republican in form, it would in
validate the electoral vote.
Year: 1877

A BROTHER editor writes us, inquiring
if the Democracy of Stark have two can
didates for Treasurer of State. We an
swer decidedly no. The Democracy of
this county are not such asses as to occu-
py so ridiculous an attitude, We shall
present but one man to the State Con-
vention when it shall assemble, and shall
ask our brethren to consider our case.-
We shall present man whose personal
worth and popularity will help our local
ticket as well as the State ticket, if he
occupies place on the latter.
Year: 1877

New Hampshire last week went Re-
publican as usual, about the same as a
year ago, and not so strong as last No
vember. The radical Yankees of New
Hampshire seem to have no objection to
a fraudulent President, when they enjoy
the fraud. Conscience has not much to
do with them, yet many of them make
professions of religion, and pretend to be-
lieve in the Ten Commandments, one of
which is "Thou shalt not steal"
Year: 1877

MARSHAL Webb of our city is Hayes
man; and Hayes-like, is trying to fool
Democrats so as to get their votes, and
no doubt "would suffer his right hand to
be cut off before he would vote for any
Democrat or rebel sympathizer."
Year: 1877

THE Democratic members of the Ohio
Legislature, in caucus Monday, agreed to
vote blank ballots for Senator instead of
for any candidate. A Senator is to be
chosen by the Legislature to be elected
next fall, and it was thought this course
would keep down individual jealousies,
Year: 1877

There is curious old character at the
Highland Light House, who is Familiarity
known there as the Hermit of the High


lands" His name is Havens, no rela.
tion, except in his peculiarities, to "Ben-
ny Havens, o." of West Point. Havens,
of the Highlands, is now 80 years of age.
For more than 40 years he has been ship
news agent at that point, his business
being to telegraph to the Ship News Of
fee in New York City the vessels which
appear off Sandy Hook making for this
point. Some 35 years ago, before the in
vention of the electric telegraph, he was
stationed in this city on the top Of the
Custom House and worked the So
maphoric telegraph, which was used in
those days for the same purpose. Not
being well one summer, he asked for two
week 3 vacation, and was transferred to
the office at the Highlands. For some
reason they forgot to recall him at the
end of his two weeks, and he has been
there ever since. The system Of tele-
graphing has changed; steamships have
come into common use, whereas when he
went there, there were only few plying
the ocean. He had witnessed the rise
and success Of all the. large steamship
comp"nies of this country and England,
and scores of vessels have been wrecked
on the reefs within sight Of his Office.
He never leaves his Highland home I'M
less on business connected with his Office,
and if he is called to New York City he
hurries back as soon as possible. AL
though living only few miles from
Long Branch, he has never visited that
place. In spite of bis extreme age his
eyssight is still very good, and he can
distinguish ships at distance of ten,
fifteen or even twenty miles at sea, and
declare correctly their name by the little
peculiarities in their build and rigging.
What appears to the ordinary eye only a
speck on the horizon, to him is almost
always familiar form whose name he
can call instantly.
Year: 1877

CHEMICAL analysis discloses the fact
that among the many articles used for
food there are only two, wheat and milk,
which contain all the elements of the hu-
man body and in the proper proportion
Other articles-such as butter, sugar
syrup, and fat of all kinds-are wholly
carbonaceous, or heat producing; so that
if human being were to attempt to live
on these articles alone his brain and mus.
cles would starve. BY actual experiment
it has been found that man could NOT
survive two months on such diet.
Year: 1877

Happiness on Christmas day is both &
tradition and habit. OF old, when men
were rougher than they are now, and enjoy
ment was of more boisterous sort than
il is in our time, it was the custom to
cultivate merriment more than now, and
we have survival of the old notion OF
happiness in the universal Christmas sal
utation which is still in use among us; but
whether we are literally "merry" or not,
there are very few tolerably we'll constl,
tuted persons who fail to draw some KIND
of genuine happiness from the day OF our
great feast.


We do good deeds on that day for one
thing, and the doing brings delight. We
remember the poor and endeavor In some
way to brighten the day for them; we
give gifts to our friends and have JOY In
the giving; we warm our hearts in the
GLOW of the Christmas fires, and there is
comfort ia such warmth. The traditions
of the day are all unseltish, and even
without intending it we grow generous al
this season, making ourselves happy in
irving to make others SO. Above all, we
rejoice in the gee of the children, catch
inc something of their keen zest for sim
nle pleasure, and softening for the time
the crusts of hard worldliness in which
the years contact with life encases US
We enter into the sports of the little peo.
ple, and forget that we are grave men and
women. with the cares and the dignities
of wears upon our heads. 1t is good fol
us. too, that we can thus revert once 8
wear to something like childhood, draw
ing thence new stores Of youthfulness.


tits curious fact that Christmas alone
of all our holidays, is mossgrown with
pretty traditions. The Others are OBJ
served formally, mechanically or conven.
tionally; Christmas alone has its customs
which have grown out of the soil of hui
man nature, as it were. On New Years
Day we have calls, Of course, and the
custom was a pretty and hospitable one
in the days of the old Dutch dynasty
but the fashion, dress coats and formality
have robbed II of much of its genial sig.
nifcance. We injure our car-drums on
the Fourth Of July with senseless din.
Our other holidays are local, provincial
or at least strictly American still Christ

mas only, of those which may be classed
with it, has distinct and definite char.
acter of its own. Its customs are the
natural growth of centuries. All nations
have contributed to the general store OF
them, and the observances with which the
day is marked in different countries are
sufficiently like each other to make OF
them a sort of Christmas freemasonry,
through which every keeper of Christmas
recognizes a brother in every other OBJ
server of the day.


In this country, we owe much of our
Christmas enjoyment to Charles Dickens,
who, if he did not introduce the day to
US, first taught US how to enter fully into
its spirit. II we were not quite Scrooges,
we were at least given over to thoughts
of thrift, and had too little of the Christ
mas habit of abandoning ourselves to the
childlike Christmas customs in the spirit
of childhood, until his Tiny Tins and
their fellows taught us what delight there
may be in family feast when good will
sits all around the board.-Neo York
Post.
Year: 1877

Love Is OF heaven. and not of earth


As some men say.
us place Is By the pleasant hearth
NJ, For one brief day,
mere men aud women meet and kiss
Ana sob farewell amid life's bliss
Being OF heaven and no. of earth


Love cannot stay
100 long by any pleasant hearth.
But goes its way;
Returning to its native skies
IL goes, and yet Love never dies
hast thon loving hand to bold.


Then hold it fast
what time thon canst-i, will grow


cold


Love cannot last.
Kiss thou the aower-sveef lius that


speak
Sweet words. AID kiss the blushiog z


check
Year: 1877

lie very careful not to wound,


For earth makes room
For all thou lowest. and no sound


Comes from the tomb,
While Loves fair angel with thee STAYS
Detain the moments and the days.
Year: 1877

THE DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY ABSENT THEM


SELVES FROM THE MEETING


A stated session OF the Brooklyn Board OF Alder
men was to have been held yesterday afternoon ut
three O'clock Tor the purpose of transactiug such
public business as may have accumulated during tho
summer vacation OF the members Of that Board There
rumors current that the Mayor intended to send
In the names oil certain candidates for commissioner
ships Other Offices tho disposal OF the Aldermsnc
Board. Inasmuch as certain democratic Aldermen
undecided yet being Candidates themselves for
election, 10 how they shall vote In the
matter of tho confirmation OF the republican Mayors
nominees they decided to remain away from the meet
Ing. Tho other democrats learning OF the determiua-
ton OF their colabOrers, also absented thems lvos
President Ray called the meeting to order at three
O'Clock, but as the republican minority alone was
present, recess was takeu. When the Board was
again called to order the democrats being still absent
second recess for ten minutes was moved, which had
the esct OF bringing Alderman Fisher to his feet who
SAID tnat IL seemed that the majority were willing
that public business should go unperformed rather
than endangcr their political prospects. In view OF the
fact that they had waited hall hour Tor the majority
and u had failed to put IN un appearance, he moved
Adjournment I'LL Monday, the 18th lnst lie subse
quently accepted an amendment, and a recess was
taken, at the conclusion OF which the Board met and
adjourned till two O'Clock this afternoon A resolu-
ton will be offered at the next meeting authorizing
borrowing of $500 900 on tax certificates to meet
the present requirements Of the City Treasury.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HERALD


am a religious young man, certainly, II attending
a fashionable church every sabbath and reporting the
Tor the benefit OF your readers entities
claim the title; but am nevertheless n growIer. l
and that at nearly all the fashionable churches
of tho Protestant EpiscopiI persuasion, just
when the minister IS in the midst OF
the Gnest passages OF his discourse, the
fashionable carriages begin to roll up to the entrance
to receive thcir charges As matter Of course the
rafting OF the wheels tho cobble stones browns the
utterances of the fervcnt priest The devout wor-
Shippers miss the mos impressive words vi the Close
but says himself, "Oh, never mind; IN read IL
IN the HERALD tomorrow. ~ They do not consider
that the modest reporter who Is hid away IN distant
OF the church. Is unable likewise to catch the
sacred words. and when the sermon reported fails
to supply the minister's missing Inks tney growL
Now let me give these GROWERS . little advice In
struct your Jehus to reverence the sanctty Of the
tabernacle OF the Lord, and either draw At respect
fu distance or approach the euro ''at Walk" instead
of at "a SIX mile gait Then they can carry home to
their dinners clear recollection OF every word uttered
by their pastor, and they Will cease to erowl al


THE REPORTER.
Year: 1877

To THE EDITOR THE HKRALD:-


would respectfully call the attention OF the Depart
ment oil Buildings 10 the wing now being added to
public school No. g. IN the Twonty-th ward of the
city of New York. The walls OF the addition were
up IN the remarkably short time OF ten twelve
days, and are considered by all who are conversaut
with the TACT safe and liable fall at MI y time
wuen exposed 10 snarp wiud. Is Il proper, IS Il
right that TOR the sake OF lew dollars and perhaps


months time the lives 0 hundreds Of children should
be imperIedY Surely not Arc 10 life by
dollars cents or Is life considered play ing 70
bc tossed about by everybody ana everything The
entIre wing should be pulled down and reconstructed
the supervision OF architect belonging
to The department OF Buildings Unless something
is done In that respect would not be answerable or
the con sequences which M ust inevitably ensue. H. l.