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Year: 1875

MR.. ED1ToR:-It has been some time
since communication has appeared in
The Whig from our village and vicinity.
Perhaps you would be pleased to hear how
we are getting on. Whether we are keep
ing pace with the other parts of the county,
or whether we have agreed to stand still
and spoil. Well, to be truthful about the
matter, SO far as our village is concerned,
we are advancing very slowly indeed. No
new buildings; no improvements since last
year worthy of notice. Our mechanics,
however, seem to have tolerably good
run of work at fair wages; hence, we have
been enabled to keep our heads above water
thus far.


The farming community is surely in a
most fourishing condition, the land pro-
missing heavy yeild of corn, potatoes,
buckwheat, &c. The late rains have been
very seasonable indeed, removing all COM
plant of the scarcity of water.


: The health of the neighborhood is gen.
orally good, though our physician, DR.. j..
T. Brown, still seems to be kept busy;
more, however, as the result of an extern
sive practice than of epidemic.


The morals of our people may be said to
be in statua quo. Notwithstanding the
last camp meeting held at Woodlawn, no
apparent change for good is yet noticed;
indeed we are inclined to think that the
generation coming on will not improve the
moral condition to any very great extent,
Judging from the young men and boys
ranging from nineteen down to seven years
of age, who are found on the Sabbath day
collected ON store boxes, fences, &C., and
enjoying themselves in various ways-such
as dancing, boxing and giving vent to the
most profane and vulgar language, greatly
to the annoyance of the more sober minded
citizens. We would advise the parents of
such to look well to the interests of their
boys, lest at a time when they think not,
the law or the devil, or perhaps both, may
fasten their talons in them and bear them
off to more uncongenial climes. An utter
disregard for the Sabbath has become toe
common with some of our youth, and nc
doubt will continue to be so until" patti.
ence ceases to be virtue" GA word tc
the wise is sufficient" (others ought to be
attended to in time).


There are but two subjects now that
take strong hold upon the minds of the
people. Temperance and green6acks both
are much needed. AS rule, however, the
latter is consequent upon the former.
More at another time |
Year: 1875




VIM. f. Morris one of the best known
civil engineers in Pennsylvania, died
suddenly at his residence, No. 1925
Spruce street, Philadelphia, on Friday
lie was apparently in his usual health
during the day. But was stricken
down by heart disease, while sitting at
the tea table.


MIR. Morris has been prominently
Of the Wilmington water works, and
identified with many of the lea.linr
canal and railroad improvements Oh
the country. He was for many years
engaged as a civil engineer on the
Pennsylvania canals, while they were
under the control of the Canal Com.
missioners, He built the Spring Gar
den Water Works, and was engineer
OF the great reservoirs and other works
near Hollidaysbury for supplying the
main line of the Pennsylvania Canal
with water. lie was also connected,
officially with several railroads, at
various times in his life. At the time
of his death he was consulting engineer
the new reservoir in this city is being
constructed in accordance with plans
prepared by him.


His funeral takes place from his
late residence, tomorrow at p. m.
Year: 1875

don't know whether that is Longworth or
Longfcllow. Ascribe 1t to whom you VIII !
call the verse mine, IL you like, and tho bar my
aversion.


It was nv intention to say . great deal about the
Improvement that has taken place in Saratoga. 10
burn one hotel down and build another up was an
excellent idea, but / cannot amplify upon it just
now quito so much as could wish. II further ex-
pIanation of the why must be made, came away
from home without clothes. And thus far the most
urgent appeals, by both letter and telegraph, have
failed TO bring me any. That the mere fact oil my
having accidentally put a letter intended ior MIS-
Paul into an envelope addressed to another young
woman furnishes an explanation of the domestic reti
cence cannot believe for I'm certain that made tno
thing even by putting the letter intended ior ING
other young woman into the envelope which "en'
TO Mrs Paul. Nothing could be fairer than o split


like this for certainly it carried with it no percent
age in favor of the dealer! But there has been a
SILENCE in the air. a muteness about the mail, for
some days now, and no clothes arrive. u never
couId write worth n cent without clothes The
simple statement that she had received letter
evidently intended for some one else in an enveiope
addressed to her in my handwriting. and the Incl
dental remark that she would reserve comment
till returned home is all have heard from MIS-.
Paul upon the subject. But strange to say nave
no bounding impatience to return home ana near
what those comments are. There never was mucl
curiosity about me any way, ana III this case l
have MT Bit Much as / would like to gaze upon
the innocent face of Jonathan Edwards, stlii 1eei
that it is better to postpone that pleasure Being
without clothes is something OF drawback To human
happiness certainly but I'd rather be without clothes
than without hair And perhaps, if the weather
warns up little, won't want any. JOIN PAUL.
Year: 1875

WE thank Messrs. Whittle and Bliss,
aud their religious co-sdjutors, for their
prompt adoption of two suggestions Of
the APPEAL-to remove to the Exposi-


ton building in order to accommodate


the hitherto disappointed" army of
inquirers, and to suspend the noon


revival on Monday on account Of the


memorial services at ElmwOod. Both
these movements will be appreciated by


the people, and will increase the popu-


iari5y which the labOrs Of these evangel-
lists already enjoy. The services this
morning st the Exposition building


are to be for the particular special bene-


fl Of the colored people, who have thus
SD opportunity opened to them that we
hope they will avail themselves OF and
profit 10y. The service for young
men at four o'clock this afternoon will
be exceedingly interesting, and will no
doubt result in batch Of recruits for the
christian army. At night we are TO have
perhaps, the grsndest religious demon
stratiOn ever witnessed in Men,
phis. Ali the evangelical churches
are 10 be closed, and there will
no doubt be an outpouring Of the people
quite equal to the capacity Of even the
immense Exposition building. Our cit
zens are enthusiasts In everything they
touch, let them on this occasion prove to
the two good men who are lsboring in
the cause Of morals and religion, with
out scrip or purse, that they appreciate
their labors and are ready to second
them. We don't want Messrs. Whittle
and Bliss TO leave US without proofs that
Memphis rests upon as sound moral
basis as any city in the Union; that
we are neither like Chicago nor st.
Louis, and if not equal to Cincinnati in
music, we are at least superior in Chris
#=a,, f,pa
Year: 1875

TOMORROW the soldiers who served


in the Confederate aud Federal armies,


aud a vast concourse Of citizens who


sympsthized on either side, will march


in procession through the city on their


way to Elmwood, there to do


themselves honor by honoring the


memory Of the dead OF both


s.des in the late civil war. The first


demonstration Of the kind ever msde,


the country will watchIit with more than


usual interest, scanning the reports mar


rowly, and eagerly catching at every


word that will strengthen their hopes


that the people OF the south are in


heartfelt earnest in their prayers and


labors for the future Of the Union, and


have for it more than 3 merely lip-ser-


vice. At the north Memphis has always


been regarded as an ultra-southern city,


a very hot-bed OF extremists, the one
place that above all others Of our
section was noted as the head
quarters OF southern Rsdicalism, there
fore, whatever we do and say on Mon
day will be taken as final and convinc-
ing evidence whether or not the hRtchet
is buried, and We mean the loyalty to
the Union which We 90 solemnly and 80
frequently profess. We do not fear the
result. Our people are manly and truth
ful a. well as brave; they say what they
mean, and have no DISCUSSES. For
years they have asserted that the
war and its issues had with them passed |
away forever. Tomorrow they will |
prove It. The gray will march beside
the blue, and hand in hand will strew
the loving tokens Of an everlasting
truce between the sections upon the
"handul Of earth" that tells where
q hero OF the north or south
lies buried. There will be an en-
tire suspension Of business and q host
will be marshalled that will represent
the late armies of the south and Of the
north, and convey assurances to their
comrades throughout the Union that
the final step for peace has been
taken. Preparations for the event
are complete and upon q scale
with its import
ance and We know, from the character
Of the gentlemen charged with carrying
it into effect, that the programme will
BE- literally interpreted and carried out
10 the letter. Monday is to be the gold
en- day in our calendar.
Year: 1875

The Nashville Banner says that
Joseph Reed, the murderer Of the police
man in that city, who was taken from
the jail by a mob, hung, and afterward
thrown from the suspension bridge
escaped with his life, and isnOw at large,
Year: 1875

BERLIN, July 23.-The list Of German
exhibitors st the Philadelphia Centennial
Exhibition has been officially closed. The
number of those who intend to exhibit in
the art department is 500. The large man
ufactories on the Rhine and in Westphslia
and SaXony will be specially represented.
An Imperial commission has been ap-
pointed to obtain more room for the Ger
man department in the Exhibition build
ing.


The government continues to receive
from important members Of the Catholic
clergy their submission to the law relative
to the administration OF church property.
Year: 1875

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair, Fdded or gray
hair Is soon restored
to its original color,
ag5m the gloss and
freshness Of yo~th.
Thin hair IS thick
Year: 1875

The ZUMBRoTA AND WABAsHA
R. R.-From the Pioueey-P|ess we
publish the following, partly because
of the vein of humor which prevades
it and partly because of the genuine
enthusiasm of Walton of the Herald
bubbling up and surging all through
and over the extract quoted, and


partly because of the great interest
of many of our readers in the road
under discussion, and because we
believe it will do them good to look
at the question from both sides:


A happy journal is the Wabasha Her.
aid. It's proudest dream is realized.
It's dream is railroad dream. It has
got railroad on the brain, and has had
it there for two years. During all that
time it has turned neither to the right
nor to the left, keeping its eye on that
Zumbrota railroad as a cat keeps its
eve on a canary. The Beecher-Tilton
scandal has not diverted it, nor the sen.
atorial election attracted it, nor the
Year: 1875

Many hesitate to try remedy for
disease, on account of the expense, con-
nected with the uncertainty Of its bene-
titing them; while at the same time,
had they confidence in that remedy, the
expense would be the least objection.
With this fact in view, we make the
following proposition: Any person suf-
fering with cold, cough or sore throat,
that will call at F. A.Pooles Drug
Sto- and purchase a bottle of HA1E's
COUCH CORDIAL, use one-half of it
and if they then conclude that it is do
ing them no good, they can return the
bottle and receive back their money.


No medicine ever sold in this vicinity,
that produced such magical results.
Don't fail to try it.


Orange Williams, Proprietor, James
vile, Wis.
Year: 1875

So LONG as one man will pay
more for the same article than an
other, at the same time, there can
be no such thing as an absolute and
exact value. If there is no abs olute
and exact value, there can be no
measure of value. The thing is
mpossible.-lndastvial Age.
Year: 1875

Donnely says he is going to keep quiet in
the Senate this wlnter-which reminds us of
Josh Billings mule, that would be good for
six months, just to get chance to kick some
body Lake City Leader.


Does any man doubt that the vigorous
application of of the hind legs OF an en-
ergetic mule would not improve Me
Mastcrsp Not all the mules be-
tween here and Jericho dould
kick decency into n man who foully
abuses one for whom he PROCESSES
friendship and respect. McMasters
makes his paper a sink for the filth o1
every malignant slanderer in the State
and then is surprised to find that those
he insults are not complimented.
Year: 1875

The Little Falls Courier misrepresents
us when it says we are going to wage 3
bitter war upon the Normal Schools.
We shall do nothing Of the kind. We
shall vote against appropriations Tor
them-that's al; but we are not run
ming the machine" and the people have
just endorsed the Republican party. Nor
NAL Schools and all, by 10000 majority


Let the people rule. Let us have peace
Year: 1875

are the popular Furniture dealers in Lake
City, and it gives US pleasure to recommend
them to the readers Of the Anti MoSoPoLIsT as
honorable and upright men to deal with, and
you will always find their stock to consist Of
all the novelties of the day, and prices to cor
respond. Whenever you want any thing in
Their line be sure and give them call, at No.
Lyon Block. Lake City. 7l4w.
Year: 1875

What object can man have in spending more
money to secure his election to an Office, than
the legitimate income of the Office will produce
for the entire term? Can any one telly-r st.
Charles Times.


Perhaps Seagrave can. #
Year: 1875

We would call the attention OF our readers
to the fact that the new firm Of Filiatrault &
Peltier have their shelves filed with fresh
goods, and all who buy Of them will get value
received for their money. se
Year: 1875

FOOLISH YOUNG LADIES. - The
fool killer, says the New York
Tribune, should be let loose at once
among the young ladies of this
metropolis. 1t is reported, on the
most undoubted authority, that a
number of young women have
formed a club for the purpose Of
clarifying the charms of a popular
young actor, whose personal beauty
greatly overbalances his moral char
.acter. They have called it after his
name, and the condition of the
membership is that each new conner
shall give dinner to the charmer,
inviting, of course, all of the old
members. No other man is allowed
to be present. This is bad enough,
but the worst is yet to come. One
of the members, who might be called
the most woe-begone idiot of the
lot, has fitted up shrine in the
sacred recesses of a closet, where
she keeps candles burning contin-
ually around Photographic like
ness of the adored one, and sits be-
fore it in admiration hours at a
time.
Year: 1875

Mr.. c. A. Kingsbury writes as follows
in Forest and Stream, of bath in
the Dead Sea: Reaching at length
this most remarkable of all the seas
and lakes on our globe, we prepared
to take a bath--and such a bath
can hardly expect ever to take again.
l had previously bathed in numerous
seas, lakes and rivers, but never did
1 enjoy such bath as this. The
specific gravity of the water is such,
from its holding in solution so large
a proportion of salts (twenty-six and
half per cent. that one floats upon
its surface like cork. At the time
there was only gentle ripple upon
the sea, and being a good swimmer
| at once struck out into deep water.
| soon found that l could not only
swim and float with wonderful case,
but that l could actually walk in the
water, sinking only to the arm-pits.
Discovering this fact, / made for the
shore, and taking DR.. Blank, one of
our party, who could not swim, by
the hand, led him into the sea where
the water was many fathoms deep.
At first he was quite reluctant to fol-
low me, but he soon gained conf
dence on finding there was no danger
of sinking, and he enjoyed the novel
bath as much as if he had been an
expert swimmer. Should the bather
allow the water to get into his eyes
or mouth, he would suffer considera-
BILE abatement to his enjoyment, on
account of its extremely salt, bitter,
and irritating nature. No fish can
live in this sea, but various kinds of
duck abound at certain seasons of
the year. The water was as clear as
ordinary sea water, its temperature
was agreeable, and it had an oily
feeling, and altogether its action ON
the surface of the body was such as
to develope those pleasurable sensa-
tions pertaining to the sense of touch,
accompanied by the most delightful
exhilaration. OF all the baths in
the world, give me bath in the Dead
Sea.
Year: 1875

That was very absurd tag to the


hill for the care of panper children


which proposed to provide that the


pauper children should be brought


up in the religious faith, ascertained


or presumed, of their parents. 1t


was equally ridiculous with a bill


which Mr.. Hustled introduced into the


Legislature some years ago, and the


like of which has actually become


law in Ohio, securing to convicts
their choice of clergymen. The re-
ligious preferences of man who has
not religion enough to keep out of
Jail are about the last thing a sensi-
BILE Legislature would consult. A
man who has become disgrace and
burden, instead of an ornament and
defense to the community, had best
take what religion the community
supplies him with and be thankful.
There is no religion which he could
not behave himself better by than
the one which he has previously pre-
ferred and practiced, whatever form
of religion or irreligiOn he has pro
fessed. His preferences" would lead
him away from religion and also
from penal servitude, and are in both
cases to he profoundly disregarded.
The cause of pauper children stands
on the same footing. Parents W no
have left their children to be taken
care of by the community have no
possible claim on their children or
on the community in respect of their
children. Their children can not be
brought up in worse religion than
that which has brought them to de-
pendence upon charity. The Bible
will inform the Legislature that he
who provideth not for his own is
worse than an infidel, and, by conse-
quence, that any religion is better
than his religion. The whole bust
ness is 4 disgusting piece Of senti
mental slop if it is no worse.
Year: 1875

1t is not in pearl powuer, nor in
golden hair-dye, nor in iewelry. It
cannot be got in bottle or box. It is


pleasant to be handsome; but all


beauty is not in prettiness. There


is higher beauty that makes us


love people tenderly. Eyes, nose,


hair, or skin never did that vet;
though it is pleasing to see fine fea-
lures. What you are will make your
face ever for you in the end, whether
nature has made it plain or pretty.
Good people are never ill-looking.
Whatever their faces may be, an
amiable expression atones for all. If
they can be cheerful also no one will
love them the less because their fea
lures are not regular, or because they
are too fat, or toe thin, too pale or too
dark. Cultivation of the mind adds
another charm to their faces, and on
the whole, if any girl is DESTROYS of
being liked by the many and loved
by the one, it is more in her power
than she may believe to accomplish
that object. Cosmetics will not ac-
complish it, however. Neither will
fine dress, though a woman that
does not dress becomingly wrongs
herself. Forced smiles and affected
amiability will be of no avail; but if |
she can manage to feel kindly to
everybody, not to be jealous, not to
be cross, to be happy if possible, and
to encourage contentment, then some
thing will come into her face that
will outlast youths roses, and gain
her not only a husband but life
long lover.
Year: 1875

1t may have been questioned by


matter of-fact people whether the


amusing tricks called sleight of


band or prestidigitatlon were of any


practical application or use. A
sharp performer in Detroit has set
tied the question in the affirmative.


He was sleepy-looking fellow, and


he went into a clothing store carry
ing Il bundle about the size of suit
of clothes, wrapped neatly in brown
paper. But this customer wanted to
buy a new suit, and selected S35
worth of store clothes, which the
dealer wrapped up in a package also
about the size of a suit of clothes.
The sleepy fellow suddenly discov
cred that he had nothing but check
to pay for his suit, and he asked that
the package might be laid aside for
him until he could go around to his
bank and draw the money. To this
the store keeper had no objection.
and he laid the package aside. The
customer departed rs he came, car
rying a bundle about the size of a
suit of clothes. He did not return,
and several days passed. At length
the clothing dealer thought it about
time to open the bundle and replace
the clothes in stock. This he pro-
ceeded to do, and found to his sur
prise and disgust that the bundle
a greasy, ragged, cast-off
suit. There was only one explana-
tion-the prestidigitator had dex
trOusly changed bundles-both being
in paper of the same color.
1t was very neat and sharply prac-
sical trick Of legerdemain of about
The value and size of a suit of clothes.
Year: 1875

A CORRESPONDENT of the English
Mechanic, writing of a good mode OF
seasoning wood, says: Having a
great deal to do with the seasoning
of the harder and better kinds OF
wood, 1 find that they are liable to
crack badly at the ends. / generally
give them three or four coats of glue
on the ends only, which I find is a
sure preventive, till the wood is well
dry, and then cut on the quarter"
Year: 1875

A CAvEAT for 4 novel invention
has been filed at the Patent Office.
1t is for new motive pOwe.', which
is to be a sort of cold steam genera
tor from water and air. The inven-
tor claims that it will supercede coal
and wood for all purposes except for
warmth and cooking, and that it will
revolutionize the present system of
motive power. The scientific ex-
perts who have examined it state
that the invention is entirely practi-
cable and will be patented.
Year: 1875

JENNIE JUNE says of the gentle
man who married Miss Ida Greeley
"He is striking looking person with
border air abont him, which makes
him remarkable at the opera or an
evening party, but his friends say he
is splendid fellow and are almost
satisfied to have him carry off our
Ida
Year: 1875

FoRTY-oNE years ago fair bride in
Fulton county, New York, received
as a wedding present large and de-
liciOus cheese. Since then the
bride and all who attended the we'd
ding except the groom have dled'
and last Friday on the forty-hrst an
niversary of his marriage, the lonely
old man. his banquet hall deserted,
for the first time cut and tasted the
cheese
Year: 1875

We sometimes meet with men who
seem to think that any indulgence in
an affectionate feeling is weak. They
will return from a journey, and greet
their families with distant dignity,
and move among their children with
the cold and lofty splendor of an ice
burg surrounded by its broken frag
ments. There is hardly more I'M
natural sight on earth than one of
these families without heart. A
father had better extinguish a boys
eyes than take away his heart. Who
that has experinced thejoys of friend
ship, would not rather lose all that is
beautiful in natures scenery than be
robbed of the hidden treasures of his
heart. Cherish, then, your hearts
best affections. Indulge in the warm
and gushing emotions of filial, fra
ternal love.