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Year: 1878

The chances Of this mortal
life are many and strange. In
one of the Eng lish connties a
certain wealthy squire owning
large estates, who professed the
Roman Catholic faith, married a
Protestant lady, very much to
the dissatisfaction of his friends
and co-religionists.A But his
property was strictly entailed
in the male line, and after some
years four daughters only were
born of the union. Suddenly
the squire died, and his wealth
went away from his own belong
lngs to the next male heir. The
widow was not even allowed the
custody Of her daughters, who
were Of her own faith, and she
was perhaps a little hardly used
by her husbands relatives and
friends. Suddenly and unexpect-
edly the whole situation was
changed by the birth Of a pos
thumous son.
Year: 1878

VIRGINIA. Jan. About $50 P. M.
to-day VIM. Carpenter. employed at the
Savage mine, was boring stick Of tim
Der with . steam augur. Tho augur
was pointed toward him and he was
pressing the stick against it when the
augur passed through the stick and
caught in the mans body and passing
through his abdomen cams out at his
back. He was taken away as soon as
the machinery could be stopped and
eight feet of his entrails unwound from
the augur. He conversed few minutes
about his business affairs, and was put
under the influence of chloroform to
dia
Year: 1878

Boston Journal


A gentleman once bought two
lottery tickets, one for himself and
one by the request of friend who
was absent. In the course of a few
months the lottery was drawn, and
the friend for whom he had bought
the second ticket, and who had not
been called upon to pay for it, re-
ceived note that he had drawn
$4,000. ''But how did you know
which ticket was mine and which
was your own?" The honest man
replied: 81 bought two tickets and
placed them in my bureau drawer,
but thinking that there might be
some question l marked the one l
intended for you with a cross, and
| find it was your ticket that had
drawn the prize" Match this who
can as an instance of downright
honesty.
Year: 1878

The following is from Hart
county, KY, paper


We have in Hart county, KY, a
man by the name of VIM. Bowman,
who was thrown away in the Appa-
lachee mountains, in North Caro-
lima, when an infant, and was found
by an old bear and adopted as a
cub. AT the age Of about ten years
he was captured, tied hand and
foot, and then his captors found
that he could not talk, nor could he
be persuaded to take any food but
milk, which he sucked from a bot
tile, showing that he had lived sole
ly by the nursing of the bear. Bow.
man is now farmer near Omega,
and any one doubling the truth Of
this statement can have it verified
by seeing him.
Year: 1878

Observation-Disclosures goers and all
such as keep late hours are very lab e
TO contract severe cough or cold. A
safe and reliable cure is Dr. Bulls Cough
Syrup. The price is only 25c.
Year: 1878

Twenty Thousand People
old and young. every week. 1t is Just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIsT belong to the best olAs. of
community.


We desire our business men to make note
Of the above facts before completing their
advertising arrangements for the coming
season.


We use our best efforts to keep our columns
free of all irregular and irresponsible adysr-
tisingi for many good people seeing an ad-
vsrtisement In q paper. especially their
church paper. take it as guarantee Of ro-
sPOnsibility. Such confidence should not to
abused when it can be helped. We want,
therefore.
Year: 1878

THERE is a moral connected with the
career and made conspicuous by the death
of John Morrissey that should not pass
unheeded' No man can read the unaf-
fected eulogiums upon his public services
without being convinced of their insince-
rity. When it. is considered what Mr.
Morrissey's antecedents we're, and from
what depth of moral disadvantage he
made his way to the esteem of men whose
good opinion is valuable passessson, we
know of no instance SO impressive for the
encouragement of other men who have
placed themselves under the ban of so
ciety. There is hope for the worst man
who turns resolutely from his vices.
Year: 1878

SITTING BULL is now anxious to smoke
the pipe Of peace with the Great Father
but he stipulates very particularly that he
ants to keep his ponies and guns. The
G. F. will no doubt take Sitting Bull TO
his bosom and fatten him on government
rations. Then the old rascal will be off
on the war path again. e. ggegf
Year: 1878

We are informed that no sooner had the
BURcHARD resolution passed the House OF
Representatives than many of those VINO
had voted for IL regretted their precipitate
action and wished their names had otOvu on
the record as opposed to it, IL was panic
stricken vote. The cry Of revolution had been
raised. II was sensclcss cry, and produced
no considerable or lasting effect upon the
country. But while IL lastcd-that is, when
IL was first startcd-it answered to frightcn
O large number of congressman. Especial
" those whose districts were very close
were badly scared. They felt apprehcnsvc
OF certain defeat II they should happen to
lose few conservative votes through this
cry Of revolution.


Now that vote was such an abandonment
at once of principle and consistency that
the sooner every man who in the pressure
Of the hourvoted for it, avows his convc-
tlon that his vote was wrong, the better will
u be for him, individually the better will II
be for the Democratic party.


The vote commits its supporters-a ma
jorty Of the Democratic members of the
House-to doctrine wholly inconsistent
with the maintenance Of free republican
government


party that maintains such doctrine as
was avowed by that vote has no right TO
expect success In a Presidential election.
Year: 1878

Is near and dear TO me-" testified this lady.
He was a pet Of my husband, and is six
years old. We bought IL from poor wash
erwoman. l don't want to annoy Mrs.
HENRY or any OF my ncighbors, and II tho
bird is an annoyance will remove It," SO
she agreed with Mrs HENRY TO hang IL in
the rear instead of the front Of her house,
and to keep sleep away from other neighbors
than the one who had complained.


Another nuisance OF the city lately forced
Mr.. JOSEPH POOL bank president, into
court 1t was tho noise made by the rolling
Of the baby carriage of Mr.. STEPHEN HTd-
oINsoN n coffee merchant, who occupied the
apartment just over his Mr.. Pool swOrc
that Mr.. HIGGINsoN's baby was dragged
about at all hours of the day and night. and
that consequently sleep in the apartment
below was impossible. He was thus rem
dcrcd unfit to attend TO his duties at the
bank, and his life was made IA burden to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. HIGGINsoN swore on their
part that the Pools were fussy people, and
that, as the baby was tccthing, the doctor
had ordered it 20 bc rolled about-in fact,
that the health and life Of the baby wcrc
more important than the sleep Of the bank
president and his spouse. But MIR Pool
presses for permanent injunction against
the baby carriage, and ayers that he must
have his sleep in this hot weather. no mat
ter what the baby may suffer.


Happy is the man who rctires to his couch
at night, and with n conscience void OF Of
fence and no jarrlng noises or other nul-
sances to disturb his sleep, slumbers peace
fully until lawn, and rises refreshed for his
work. But in such weather IA this very
many Of our people are hardly less tagged
out at six in the morning than at six at night.
Year: 1878

Tho poor people of the east side who
trusted their earnings to the Teutonia Savings
Bank will be glad to learn that Receiver FISH
hopes to be able TO pay them a nfty per cent.
dividend In September and ultimately to save
for them three-quarters Of their deposits. But.
badly as they need the money. n good many OF
them will not view with approval any COM
promise with the dcrect trustees, who are now
reported anxious to buy themselves out Of their
scrape by returning TO Receiver FISH the banks
funds traced to their pockets.
Year: 1878

Gen. BUTLER is getting hundreds Of let
tcrs from Massachusetts, voters. asking what
they shall do at the approaching election. Per-
sonally. he shrnks from tho fatigue Of a can
vass. and would prefer to withdraw from public
life altogether but II the people Of his State call
upon him to tako the lead in the revolt against
the governing clique. they will not call in vain.
In the event OF his running for tho Governor
ship. he intmatcs that he will make the can
vass very interesting for his opponents and
thcy know him we'll enough to know that he
will be rs good IA his word
Year: 1878

An exchange saws: sit is just awfnlly
discouraging just about the time water.
melons begin to come in, the poor man
has to scrape together every cent be can
raise to pay the tax on his dogs. Why
cant this dog tax be collected some time
in the winter Z" - q 80 Hue -
Year: 1878

1t happened yesterday at the depot of the Maine
Central Railroad in this city. In the hot, burn
ing, scorchng and whiting rays of the sun, man
was prancing back and forth the platform lead
ing by the hand little red-headed, red-iaced
girl. on whose "far brow" the sweat was stand
ing in great bubbles. Hard work had the little
creature to keep pace with her papa. Every once
in while the "horny hand of tol' went into the
recesses Of his checkered waistcoat pocket and
fsbed up miniature town clock, evidently an
heirloom in his family, by means of which after
careful figuring and close calculation, the time of
day could be approximated. "Only fifteen min.
utes more to wait, my darter," said the excited
man, wiping his "msssive brow" with bandana
handkerchief, rs he made out from his town
clock that it was half.past eleven o'clock He no.
ticed that the ticket office closed, and pound
ed and kicked about it until these demonstrations


were interrupted by one Of the employees at the


depot "Why don't they open this depot
want to buy ticket so, eau leave on the quarter
to twelve train" He was quietly informed that
the running time on the railroad had been changed,
and that the train had passed through Augusta an
hour and quarter ago. And you ought to have
gszed for moment into that bronzed countenance!
Year: 1878

The boys must not fire India crackers, torpe-
does, or any sort Of fireworks, in the public
streets on the fourth of July, this year. OF the
days preceding. The ordinance against fireworks
in the streets will be enforced in strict compliance
with q recent order Of the City Council.
Year: 1878

Our readers will bear in mind that the Prone
made Concert and Strawberry Festival of the
Augusta Cornet Band will come off this evening,
at Granite Hall. The worthy object is to raise
money for the uniform fund. The Band will ap-
pear for the first time in their new uniform. The
admission is but Is cents.
Year: 1878




Yesterday morning early the body of full
grown male infant was found lying the rocks
at the north end Of the bridge crossing the stream
at Coombs' Mills, in this city. Nothing was
wrapped about the body, which was bare and ex.
posed as it laid upon the rocks, face downwsrds.
1t was plump, fair-skinned, fully developed
boy, but had the appearance of having been
strangled as there marks shout the neck,
and the face somewhat purpled. The inhu-
man and bru al parents with the evident design
Of concealing their crime, had in the night time
thrown the body Of the child. as they had sup
posed, into the water to be washed away; but in
stead of that, it landed upon the rocks at the
edge of the stream, and daylight laid bare the
fearful crime.


Coroner Libby was called, but deem ing an in
quest unnecessary, ordered the body buried
Parties are suspected Of the crime and, if found
guilty, we trust may oe speedily brought to JUS
tce.
Year: 1878

A countryman came to Xenia, Ohio,
the other day with some friends, to
meet a train. Arriving at the depot,
a freight train was standing on the side
track, and the Countryman not seeing
any convenient place to tie up, deliber-
ately hitched his horse to the rear car
of the freight, and proceeded to prom
enade the walks around the depot,
while waiting for his train. What was
his surprise when he saw his hitching
post pull out for Cincinnati, with his
horse and wagon bringing up the rear
in not the best of order.
Year: 1878

On New Years day the British rail
way companies will inaugurate new
express system, issuing stamps of the
denominations of pence and pence,
to repay to any point on their lines
packages of two and four pounds.
Such packages will also be insured to
the amount of Ell each.
Year: 1878

All the fairs give the first premiums
and special awards Of great merit to
Hop Bitters, as the purest and best
family medicine, and we most heartily
approve of the awards for We know
they deserve it. They are now on ex-
hibition at the State Fairs, and we ad-
wise all to test them. See another col
umH.
Year: 1878

IT is said that an effort will be
made in the legislature of Illinois to
secure the submission to the vote Of the
people of an amendment repeating the
minority representation clause in the
constitution of the state.
Year: 1878




IT seems to be generally conceded
that the silver bill will pass the Sen
ate with Senator Allison's amend
ment. 1t is also now frequently con-
ceded by the press, when any men
tion is made Of it, that the President
will not veto such bill. This is
the general import of Washington
correspondence. We do not believe
that he dare veto such bill--that is
we mean to say, that the President
must know that a very large majori-
ty of the people of the country de-
mand the passage of such a bill and
that he cannot justify himself in de-
feating measure so popular.
Year: 1878

Editors Dispatch: The following extract
from the sermon preached at the memorial
services OF Henry Wilson, the renowned
composer and organist, in Hartford, on
January 18th, will be read with interest by
the many admirers Of his magnificent church
music in Richmond. And when l assure
them that this greatest OF all our COM
posers Of church-music and most excellent
and loyable of men has for years past
the reputation Richmond has enjoyed Of
late years for her rapid growth in that depart
ment OF art he so much adored, they and
YOU will, I trust, gladly join me in adding
our own testimony to the many now being
paid this public benefactor. A FRIEND.


His voice will always resound in my
heart. Wonderful indeed were the uplifts,
and the soothings, and the divine illumina-
tious which he has ministered unto many Of
US. In our moments Of weakness, in our
times OF heart-sinking, on occasions when
the love OF God to us in Christ Jesus has
not been clear to our confused and cloudy
minds, in our WEAKNESS with this pre-
sent world, in our manifold dead-heart-
edness and doom, and in our mighty be-
reavcmentS, what has not Henry Wilson
done for us? No language can tell it. A
great leader and composer OF church-music
stands and serves in most divine and
most touching Office. I wish those faith
full men could kno,o how they bless us,
and what love we bear them. The
coId-hearted and the critical may say
what they please about them, but we, the
myriads and millions to whom they have
I.opened heavenly riches, and whom they
have oft-times carried clean and clear above
this miserable world, will encircle them
with our acclamations while they live, and
strew their graves with benedictions when
they are dead. No form OF human express
sion approximates the form musical. The
spoken words OF the preacher are to me a
mere dulness in comparison with it. The
victories of the canvas or Of the sculptor
are feeble by the side OF it. In copiousness
and versatility, in limberness, in refinement.
in its easy playings off into the infinite, and
in its triumphant utterance Of the unutter-
able things Of the human heart, yea in many
things, music is the language Of all lam
ruages, and when the Holy Scriptures would
most set forth the experiences OF the better
world, they formulate them in terms mu-
| sical. and represent the life there as an ut
terly songful thing; the redeemed are or.
ganized in immense choirs, and they carry
harms, and there are tuneful shoutings like
the voice Of "many waters and as the voice
OF great thunder" and all ages and all


generations take their several parts in that
| immense choired movement. And as often
as I think OF this, our dear friend, it besl
suits me to think OF him as now exalted
into that celestial movement; that finely
trained and most sensitive musical percep
ton OF his being now and at last satisfied


perfectly satisfied, and oil his exquisite de
yelopment while here being turned in nov
to enhance his gladness and augment hi
/ service OF his God there.
Year: 1878

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS Pro
PosED.-The Joint Committee on Constitu-
tional Amendments baye agreed to report in
favor Of lbolishing the ohice Of county super
intendent of public free schools, and to de-
volve his duties upon the school board,
composed OF the school trustees. They
have also agreed to report in favor OF strik-
ing out so much OF the second section Of ar
ticle as provides that all elections shall be
by ballot; and they have agreed to report
an amendment providing that the school
tax collected in every county, city, and town
shall be applied in and for the use OF the
county in which it is collected.
Year: 1878

HELP THE PooR.-The dramatic enter
tanments to be given at Virginia Opera
House on the evenings Of the 5th and 9th
OF this month will afford a fine opportunity
for real enjoyment and Of doing good at the
same time-of combining pleasure with
charity. The Ladies' Catholic Benevolent
Society, under whose auspices it Is given,
are untiring in their work OF doing good
FOR and alleyiating the sufferings OF the
poor. 1T is hoped that by means OF these
entertainments funds will be raised to re-
plenish their treasury so rs to prosecute
their mission with greater effectiveness.
Year: 1878

Rogers to lend him o shotgun so
that he could kill the chicken.
Rogers agreed, and he climbed back
over the fence with the gun in his
hand. Phipps took the gun and
fired. He missed the chicken and
blew the entire cupola off the
smoke-house. Then Rogers said
there were some men who knew no
more about firing a gun than a
tom-cat knows about idolatry. So
Rogers took the weapon, aimed
carefully, and pulled the trigger.
About one shot hit the hen, and
the remainder struck a COW in an
adjoining lot, exciting her SO that
she hooked a boy and threw him
over a fiye-rail fence. The hen flew
up on top of Phipps' house and
cackled as if she had laid 200 eggs
a minute for the last quarter of an
hour. Phipps proposed to fire at
the hen again, but Rogers sarcastic
cally intimated that if he did he
would probably hit Mrs. Phipps,
who was churning milk in the cell
lar. Then Phipps told Rogers to
shoot, and Rogers did SO, with the
result that he missed the chicken
and broke eight panes Of glass in
Phipps' garret window. Then
Rogers said Phipps must have
spoiled the gun by fooling with it,
and he climbed the fence again and
went home. Just as he reached the
house Phipps threw a stone at the
hen, soaring her so that she flew
down, knocked two pitchers and a
teacup off the dresser, and fright
ened the hired girl into Mysteries.
Rogers rushed in, grabbed the
chicken, wrung its neck, and went
out to the fence. AS be tossed the
carcass over to Phlpps, he said:


"There's that indecent, infamous
chicken of yours; you take it and
keep it. And | give you notice
that if you come fooling around
here with any more such diabolical
birds, hens or roosters, I'll blow
your head off if Pm hung for


Then he went into the house, and
Rogers and PhippS don't speak
when they see each other at meet
ing.
Year: 1878

was in comfortable circumstances
and wished the boy to pack his
clothes, saying nothing to his
mother, and go with him. The boy
at first doubted his fathers identity,
but alter further conversation and
brushing up his recollection of pic
lures Of his father that he had seen
he acknowledged his parent. Yet
the Impressions he had formed of
his character were unfavorable, and
ne had no intention of accepting
the proposition to leave. He prom
ised to consider the matter and to
say nothing at home regarding his
fathers presence in town, but i'm
mediately upon reaching home told
his mother the whole story.


AS may be inferred, it created
CONSERVATION in the family. and
husband No. 2 was especially dis
mayed, for it was clear to him that
his relations with his wife were
illegal, although unintentionally so,
Of course. AS far as can be ascer.
tained the parties are endeavoring
to arrange for the first husband tc
return West, and consider himself,
as he ought to be for the sake Of
family peace, dead. But two or
three intimate friends are conver-
SAINT with all the facts, and less than
half dozen know the story in a
general way. Hoping that an ar
rangement may be reached, earnest
efforts are being made to keep the
names from the public, and in view
of the fact that only harm would
result to a now happy family, it is
to be hoped that these efforts may
be successful. In fact, the first
husband has long been the same as
dead, as far as the wife is con-
cerned, and for returning at this
time he deserves no better fate
than to be "bounced" out of town.
Year: 1878

Judge Varne lay down and slept
on the lounge in the Swan House,
at Alta, Utah, on the 1st of August,
with a cigar in his mouth. When
lie got through smoking all the
ashes there was left of him aud the
cigar was decently inferred in a
peck measure, near the spot where
Alta once was.
Year: 1878

VIOLET GRAY


He finished the manuscript, and
bowing his face upon the open sheet, the
long pent sorrow Of his heart burst
forth in tears-tears such as only one
like him can shed. The closed chambers
were open at last, the double granite
doors were rolled back and the angels
Of tender memory flew IN and took up
their abode there.


Violet Dale the soft eyed girl whom
he had loved with the FRESHNESS. Of his
youth and the fervor Of his manhood I;
Violet, who had made his whole life
failure And yeti had been innocent;
before the tribunal of his judgement
she was blameless. Yet she was dead
what mattered this long deferred
discovery Pit was too late now! Too
late for her, but net too late for her
children. They should be his, and he
would he their father. And it was even
so. Richard and Violet Gray went
forth no more from lretsn Hall; hence
their home was with the early friend Of
their mother.


Unbouaded was the surprise in Milford
when it was known that Mr.. Steele had
adopted two strange children but still
greater was the astsnishment when. on
the following Sunday, the rich man walk
ed into church leading the orphans, one
on either side. The good work was be-
gun, and it went on until Richard
Steele's whole nature was revolutloned.


Years afterward, while he lay on his
death bed, loving and greving friends
were around him, and at the very last
he fancied he saw the face of his lost
Violet lowering aboYe the couch.


At the funeral there were few dry
ewes. for the poor had learned to bless
his bounty and the sick and distressed
offered up his name ia their prayers.


And, therefore, say not that because
mes are harsh and cold there is no
oasis in the desert, for in every human
heart. however strong, there is a
fountain Of sweet water, aud happy is
he who breaks the finty barriers and
allows the stream to gush forward.
Year: 1878

We are not csntent with our lot, aud
sigh for a change. Fate never treated
any one as badly as he treats US, and
everybody gets on better than we Do.
That's about the way matters stand
with US great deal Of the time. And
yet, if We had to bear the burdens Of
some Of the very people whom We envy
We should be glad enough to get back
to our swn little cares. and think then
Nothing.