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Year: 1874




In accordance with previous notice
a very. large and highly respectable
audience assembled in the NJ 4.
Church to hear the Hon. VIM. Baxter,
of Richmond, lecture on the subject
of Temperance and give an exposition
of the present temperance law, Of
which he is the author. Capt. Jones
was called to the chair The exercises
of the evening commenced with an
earnest and appropriate prayer by
Rev. 7. c. Crawford; after which AIr.
Baxter was introduced to the audience
and delivered such a lecture. as only
he can deliver. Tc say that it was ell
oquent, logical, and convincing, is
very poor praise Of it. 1t was sublime
in the highest degree, and was listened
to by the audience with almost breath
less silence for more than an hour
At its conclusion the following reese
lutions were submitted to the meeting,
and passed without dissenting voice
| REsoL WE'D. That we, as citizens of
Indiana, will maintainc and sustain
I the Baxter temperance law. and will
use all our infnence and exertions to
enforce its provisions and that We will
cause all offenders Of the law that
comes to our notice to be prosecuted
to the fullest extent OF the law.
! REsoL WE'D; That we will not Sup
PORT or VoTE for any candidate for
any Office in the State that is not pledg-
ed to support and MAINTAIN the Baxter


temperance law in all of it's proyis-


ions.


The meeting was adjourned by sing


ing the Doxology. Well done Mari
eta. 1t was one of the best and most


pleasant meetings of the kind ever


held in this community. God bless


this great apostle of the temperance


cause, and may he have long life to go


about doing good and get his great


reward by receiving the earnest pray


ers and heartfelt thanks of all that he


SO greatly benefits by his voluntary


mission in the great temperance


cause. OBSERVER.
Year: 1874

''Soaping the tanks is an old trick
of striking railway men, and one that
it would take little stretching to bring
under the head of murder with NAL
ice aforcthought." The results which
follow are much better understood
than the cause. Everyone has
noticed that when water is dropped on
very hot stove, occasionally small
globules will form and roll rapidly
about the surface without giving off
steam. 50 when soap is put into the
sustain and absorb a very great degree
Of heat without yielding much steam;
and then when the steam does get
loose it goes with a rush, generally
taking the boiler and the engineer
with it. 1t is now believed, in places
of high authority, that many of the
hitherto mysterious boiler explosions
have been owing to soap or grease ac-
cidentally mixed with the water.
Year: 1874

The Strike q VtOlat1nn of the Rules
of the BrOtherhoOd-A COmnauni-
cation from the Grand Chief Engi.
neer.


CLEvEL LAND, December 28.-The
following communication is furnished
the agent Of the Associated Press this
evening: The strike now in operation
on the leased lines of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad Company is in direct vi
olation of the rules of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. My
advice to every member Of the Broth
erhood that has quit work on account
of the strike is to 60 to work at once
and to use every influence in their
power to induce all persons engaged in
the strike to resume work and desist
from any interference with the compa-
ny's property or men. In my opinion
no dishonor will be attached to any
man who accepts situation from the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company dur
ing their present difficulties.


Signed CHAs. WILSON,


Grand Chief Engineer.
Year: 1874

An exchange relates that gentle
man Of its town has thoughtfully put
his front gate in his parlor, so that his
daughter and her young man can
swing on it without taking cold during
the winter weather. This is humane
suggestion to all fathers. A front
gate in the parlor may save good
many dollars that would otherwise be
paid out for soothing syrups and
cough balsams.
Year: 1874

The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers is an efficient organization,
capable of exercising prompt control
over its members, and will be held re-
sponsible for such an exercise of its
power that, whether the strike be a
long one or short one, the conduct
of the strikers shall not be character
lied by scenes of violence. We hope
not to be called upon to record any
disturbance threatening danger to life
or limb.-Cincinnati Times.
Year: 1874

believe in signs, warnings and tokens
/ say this knowing that many will criti
else. hut | have had too many demonstra
tions to allow me to doubt that certain
coming events cast their shadows before


If you drop your dish-cloth it is a sign
that some one in the family is going tC
die have seen it tried. My mother
dropped her dish-cloth one morning, and
just seventeen years after, to an hour, my
grandmother fell dead


If you break lookinGglass it is sign
that you are going to move soon. Iknew
a family once where the woman broke a
looking-g and said she defied the sign
and that any one who believed in signs
was lacking something in the head
What followed? Why, at midnight that
very night her house took fire; the fire.
men came, and the unbelieving woman
was tioated right out into the alley.


If the tea Kettle sings it is a sign OF
some accident. There was Jones; he
didn't believe it; said he'd lick the hide
right off of any his children who enter.
tanned any such belief Now, mark the
result. Just eleven years, five months and
twenty-six days afterwards, Jones fell
down stairs, drove his thumbs up, broke
his knee, put his arm out of joint and in
jured his spine for life.


lfyou happen to set three lights in a
row its sign that present plans will turn
out as you hope for. l had an uncle who
set three lights in row, and his plans
turned out all right. He got the horse,
just as he had planned, and was well out
of the neighbOrhood, but the sign could.
not do any more, and he was overhauled
by vigilance committee and left hang
ing to a tree to mediate. He wasn't
worth much, except as q corpse, after he
got through meditating.


If you see white horse and don't spit
over your shoulder and make wish, it is
another bad sign; you are going to meet
with great disappointment. A relative
of mine used to pooh, pooh such things
said he'd be busted if he'd spit over his
shoulder if he met forty white horses.
But he caught it. He didn't get drawn
on the Circuit Court jury as he planned,
and was obliged to go to work and earn
his bread or starye. Since then he has al
ways spit over his shoulder at the sight
of white horse, and he is always on the
jury or gets big wages for being a
witness.


If load of hay tips over in front of
your house, it is good sign; it is token
that friends are coming with presents. l
didn't use to believe il, until on one oc-
casion, just as a hard winter was setting
in, and wood was $l2 per cord, load OF
hay was upset at my gate, and three days
afterward my brother-in.law and family,
uncle and family, mother.in-law, two
aunts and cousin arrived at my house
to spend a month, bringing me several
presents, among which were two pounds
of dried apples, recipe for making new
kind of soft soap, pair of stockings for
the baby, and bunch of herbs. After
these seventeen persons had been in my
house whole month, / was ready to be.
lieve in almost any sign or anything.-M.
quad, in FGreSide Friend.
Year: 1874

DID you ever think of the difference
between air and light in the way they
come to us9 You cannot catch the sun
beam in your fingers; you cannot shut it
up; you cannot even feel it. 1t seems as
thin, as intangible, as the air itself. Yet
the air penetrates everything; it creeps
through; it glides under; it goes behind.
There is no escaping it; while the sun
beam is turned aside by every obstacle.
What if light moved as air does, instead
of only in straight linesY Do you see
what would happenP There sOoIild be no
shdd0lo; no escape anywhere from the
piercing brightness. The thick green
leaves would not turn it aside there
would be no GOODNESS of the woods; no
shadow of a great rock in a thirsty
land !" no use at all for hat-brims or sun
umbrellas. Some One seems to have
planned very wisely and kindly, in this
one little law of light, to keep us all COM
Portable and happy. Then the sunbeam
itself, though it looks like simple CLEAN
of brightness, is really bundle of differ
ent colors tied up together, and each
color has a different Office to perform.
The artist can separate the ray into its
original colors, and letting them fall
upon his prepared plate, will show you
that it is only one or two of the darkest
rays that have anything to do with print
ing his wonderful sun-pictures.-Ltttle
Corporal.
Year: 1874

More than twenty years ago, V. p. Coolidge,
q young physician of excellent standing In the
city of Augusta, Me-. murdered Edward Mat
thews, cattle drover, by enticing him into
his Office and giving him brandy in which he
had placed quantity of prussic acid Cool
idge was arrested on suspicion, and after a
long and exciting trial he was convicted and
sentenced to be hung, after the expiration of
the years Imprisonment always accorded to
those convicted of murder In that State. Dur
ing the period of his confinement, his sister, a
young and beautiful girl, was permitted to
visit him, but his health gradually gave way
and before the year expired his death was an
nounced, he was buried, and for the time for
gotten. The warden of the prison resigned
his position, married the sister, and moved to
parts unknown.


Not long after the discovery Of gold in Cal
ifornia, gentleman conversant with the case,
and who had followed others to the gold
mines, sent word to Augusta that he had
seen and conversed with the supposed dead
man. This caused considerable excitement in
that sober city, and the body supposed to be
his was exhumed. His own father swore that
the remains were not those of his son. OIL





the murdered man, but they were unsuccess-
full, and nothing had ever been heard further
concerning him until within the last thirty
days.


Recently, party travelling through Mis-
souri, met gentleman who knew the history
Of the case, and he stated that he had met
Coolidge frequently within the last two years
under an assumed name; that he recognized
him at sight, and charged him with being the
man; that he at first denied it, but finally ac-
knowledged his identity, and informed his
interrogation Of all the important facts con-
nected with his escape. He said, that while
in prison, he ate very sparingly, feigned sick
ness, and finally body was procured from
Portland and inferred as his remains, and he
was furnished with money and started for
New Orleans, where he remained but a short
time, and left, and since that time he has been
| travelling almost constantly, never stopping
long in any one place. The gentleman re-
ferred to above gave it as his opinion that,
from the description of the leader of the
Iowa train robbers, it was no other than the
escaped murderer, V. 2. Coolidge.
Year: 1874

At the recent State Convention of
Grangers in Missouri strong feeling was
expressed against those manufacturers of
agricultural implements who refuse to sell
direct to the farmers. A list of these es-
adjustments has been published for the
guidance of the farmers, who will use
none of their articles. A movement has
beeninaugurated among the farmers Of the
West to establish plow manufactures OF
their own, and we suggest to the Grang-
ers OF Mississippi who will probably not
De able to embark in an enterprise of that
sort themselves to open correspondence
with Western grangers so as to obtain their
supplies from the same quarter unless
the establishments III our State will fur
nlsh the farmers with implements at
the same rates for which they are fur
nlshed to merchants from whom they
have had to purchase at secondhand.
Ihls is an imposition for which their is
no occasion whatever.
Year: 1874

The New Orleans Picayune says thai
within the limits of that city there art
more than nine thousand men who, to
gether with those depending on them fol
existence, are suffering for want Of the
actual necessities by which the soul and
body are held together.
Year: 1874

IN ORDER 10 meet the general wish and ex-
i pectation of the public and the ticket
holders, for the full payment of the magnih-
cent gifts, announced for the Fourth Grand
Gift Concert of the Public Library Of Ken
rucky, the management have determined TO
postpone the Concert and Drawing until
Year: 1874

We observe that II 1binsOn & Stevens have
again established their Remnant Counter"
feature so popular in large cities, in order
to expedite sales at the close of the season.


These goods are fresh and attractive and
embrace selections from their large stock
a stock that, for excellence and variety,
stands pre-eminent in our business commu


nifty. AS proof OF the foregoing, we append
a price list of some of the articles on that
Year: 1874

The prayer movement is rapidly taking
shape here. A number of meetings have
been held. At a meeting held last night,
it was agreed to copy and publish all
signatures to liquor petitions, and in case
of forgery to prosecute the forgers.
Year: 1874

a


Peace aAeesiBs as BseEaR9ssia,...
on rising said that he attended the
meeting in pursuance Of the call pub
iished in the morning papers, but he
confessed that he was little disap
pointed at the beginning Of the meet
ing by the tone of some of the speak
ers. who seemed 10 be OF the opinion
that the white people expected them
to get down on their knees in coutes
sioual Now | don't agree with them,
for do not think that the colored
people have done anything for which
they ought to make confession.
have never lost a nights rest on ae-
count Of ueing afraid that the negroes
would rise aud burn the town, or do
any other unlawful acts. was born
and raised among the negroes, and
have always been their friends, whether
in slavery or since they we're set free
would make as much allowance for
his ignorance as anybody living, ami
would do as much to shield him from
harm | possibly could without d, .
wrong to myself | know that the
eolored people of Memphis are law
abiding, aul their conduct for some
time past goes to prove it. But now
let Us talk plainly. You say you are
law abiding, but your people were in
fauiSat Austin, showed them that they
defed the laws, and were, every one
of them. engaged in breaking the laws.
aud were ameuable Tor their acts. He
also explained the cause OF the troub-
les ~ NSomcryilie, and stated lhat lie
dil Dol believe that one Of the young
men who went to Someryille or Austin
went otherwise than in the Interests OF
peace.


The white people of Memphis are
law abiding, aud il you will obey the
laws. then there will never be any
trouble between the races, and peace
will always reign here l do not pro
pose to discuss the civil rights bill, ter
don't think it proper matter to
bring before this meeting | have nOt
talked politics to half dozen black
men since the war, for | did not think
they wanted to get their political traiu-
ing from men on my side Of the que--
ton fol thew have always waited AGAINST
went with such men as Eaton and Bar
bour Lewis, who have not been here
but few years. They may be iudebt-
ed to them for fayors l don't know,
but [ do know that one of my old ser
yauis, who has been against US ever
since set free and enfrauchised, came
to ME a short time siuee, when iu
trouble, aud wanted to know if he
couldn't look to me for assistance when
needed if uot, who could he look to
| helped him, and always help ny old
servants ia preference to any one else
Sdll I leave them to vote their own
way, and will never so much as try to
get them to vote my way. Thanking
you fof your attention, l Did you good
uightE
Year: 1874

IT is alleged with respect to rail
road in Arkansas, that, in order to re
alize the State aid, the company built
a section Of ten mi es, drew the bonds
thereon, took up the rails and relaid
them on the next section, and drew
another installment Of bonds, and so
on, till its whole quota of boAds had
been drawn, and no road built.
Year: 1874

The ex-Empress Eugene still cher
ishes the hope of recovering the throne
Of France for her son. She is very pol
itie in her behavior, and in her exile at
Chiselhurst neglects no opportunity. to
gain the popular good will of the French
nation, carefully trimming her sails to
catch every favorable breeze that blows,
in the hope of being borne in triumph
once more to the grandeur and opulence
of the Tuilleries.
Year: 1874

Parents in quest of frst:ela,s school for their
daughters. will do well to investigate the claims OF
this celebrated Academy


For thoroughness in every department of female edu
cation, Mount de chantal ranks pre.eminentiy high.


Great attention is given to perfect the pupils In
speaking and writing French Huertly For those who
are sufficiently advanced it is the language of tho
recreation hours The purity of and
of pronunciation acquired in this Institution have long
been matter Of surprise to the native Partisan.


The renown for superiority in is so wide spread
az to have made ths Academy almost national one.


One feature in particular that should recommend
Mount de Chantal the sensible parent is the inu
ence exercised to form the pupil views and habits Of
economy. Simplicity in dress is enforced by rule


These facts united the exceedingly moderate rates
for board and tuition will. trust secure to this
school large and desirable patronage the future
as 1t has enjoyed in the past.


For further particulars apply for Prospectus the
Directress of Mount de Chantal Academy of the
Visitation, near Wheeling, W. Va. jals7 74ly
Year: 1874

I Can it be q subject for wonder then that
the spirits and industries Of our people are
depressed from one end of the country to
the other, exhausted by. fruitlessly con-
ending, not only against the destroying
elements, but by myriads Of leeches un-
ceasingly draining the life blood from the
nation? <.G.- $50 : So. 81 .-s...r


The fate Of sisyphus aptly represents the
condition of the American producer. The
weary and toilsome days are spent rolling
the stone to the top Of the mountain, but,
with the return of each season, the profit
less task must ibe renewed. The surplus
OF his earnings are gone taken from him
by such ingenious machinery that he don't
know where to censure, or whom to blame.
One thing he does know, he must keep
rolling the stone or perish
Year: 1874

SOME of our State exchanges mention the
name of Worthy Master Parsons as being
made up of "the right kind of timber" to
represent efficiently and satisfactorily ag-
ricultural interests in Congress. Should
this sentiment become general throughout
his district, what the farmers will, they
can execute. Our theory is, take new
man fresh from the ranks; if need be-,
"hay seed in his hair" and the odor Of
the barn yard about his boots. The
GRANGE ADVANCE waits impatiently for a
good and true man, unstained with the
taint Of old party associations to spring up
spontaneously from the soil, and it will go
for him heart and soul. If the farmers in
the State, would, as they have done else
where, determine to control these congress
sional elections they have the power and
could readily do it.
Year: 1874

THE St. Paul Dispatch has trotted out a
congressional candidate Of its own in the
person Of Mr.. Burbank, and evidently
feels that it has made fortunate hit. The
candidate is not only one of natures noble
men, but is natural born congressman /;
signed, sealed, and ready for delivery,
with untold virtues and talents rarely
equaled, and what the Dispatch states on
evidence is no longer within the reach o.
discussion. The only evidence OF trick
cry on the part of the Dispatch is, that it
fails to inform its candidate that Avert II
and Dunuell have gnawed most of the
meat from the congressional bone, and
that there is dry sucking them now in
comparison to the good old days of back
pay grabbing. Still, if the Dispatch
bankers after the bone, such as it is, the
door is open to so in, sink or swim.
Year: 1874

The Editor of the Wabashaw Herald is
the happiest man about, in these hard
times. He reminds one of those merry
old days when we all went in so joyfully
for the "ive million loan." How pictur-
esque and beautiful the golden future
loomed up before us. But alas the
Bonds went out and the railways did not
come in; then the gilded horizon faded
away forever. We hope the Herald will
live to realize its most sanguine expecta-
tions. The people, have been so shame
fully treated time and again, that ex-
perience has taught caution and wisdom,
so that they will be sure to secure the road
and this will give them ample returns
upon the investment.


$4,000 MORE FOR THE FARMERS AND


PEOPLES zUMBRo VALLEY RAILWAY.


beautiful Minneela came to time last
Saturday and right handsomely took her
share in the peoples great cooperative
movement for cheap transportation and IN
economical, honestly managed peoples
railway. All honor to her. This is as it
should be. G just as fast as tile farmers and
people thoroughly understand this pro-
ject, they are in for il, for wilfully blind or
stupid must be, who so understanding can
not see that it must be vastly for the benz
neft and gain Of himself his neighbors
and his town. Vabash Herald B
Year: 1874

THE GRANGE ADVANCE is furnished 10 cluts
Of ten for 81 so per year. and will be furnished
for the next thirty days to single sub: czibers
for three months, and to clubs Of ten or moro
for four months at 50 cents each on trial. We
want five thousand new subscribers in the next
thirty days, end can have them il every one Of
our friends will 90 to work in earnest.
Year: 1874

love for Mr.. Beecher such as Catharine
Gaunt felt tor the priests admiration,
reverence and sympathy, but no carnal
love. But when she was weak, sick and
nigh unto death she had signed whatever
her husband asked, without knowing the
import of what he asked her to sign. She
accuses her husband Of having long hated
Beecher and desired to injure him, and
that he has patiently and increasingly built
up all this great scandal, neither sparing
her mol anybody that could be made SUBJ
servient to his purpose Of destroying the
great preacher


This is the substance of the statement
and counter statements. The public Gu
riosity ard the labors Of reporters for the
metropolitan journals added to the most
minute details Of all that is said Or done in
the matter by the principals and all their
friends, but add but little of real informa-
ton bearing upon the one question above
all-has Henry Ward Beecher's life and
example been for the worlds good or for
the shame Of liberal Christianity
Year: 1874

Postmaster General Jewell visited the New
York Post Oce yesterday, and conducted through
the building by Postmaster James. On entering the
distribution department Mr.. jewell at once recog.
nized and the hundreds OF employees received him with
much enthusiasm When quiet was restored, the Post
masterGenefsi addressed the employees expressing his
surprise and gratihcstoD at what he bad seen. The
good and perfect system and industry the New
York office were shown by vast revenues collect
here and the almost total absence OF the
patch and delivery OF mail matter from this office At
close Of his short address three hearty cheers were
Ryen aud he continued his personal inspection Of every
department the ,entire establishment. Postmaster
James says that Mr. Jewell Is the first head OF the
Postal Department who has ever taken the time 10
inspect In person the operations OF the NewYO Post
oace. The Postmaster General went 10 Boston ~ tho
evening
Year: 1874

BOSTON THREATENED WITH A WATER FAMINE


BosToN, Nov. 1S.-The water supply OF this
city has become so limited that the Board has requested
the cooperation Of all to assist IN suppressng
waste and observing the strctet economy In Its USE as
Il is evident that unless the daily consumption is largely
reduced a water famine will eBsuc before spring IN
which case the supply consumers must DO Limited "
certain hours OF the day.