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Year: 1879

Parson Blake, Scotch divine of more
than ordinary ability, who formerly
preached in the town of Piermont, N.
H., (probably Superintendent Stone of
this city recited his first Bible-class les
son to him) was known to have remark
ed that he always intended to make his
congregation laugh at least once during
his sermon. ''But once" said Parson
Blake, ''the laugh was on the other side.
1t happened in Oxford, an adjoining
town. [ had named my text, and was
proceeding with nv sermon whom
raising my eyes to the singers seat in
front, | saw a man in the act of balan-
cling huge quid Of tobacco over the
head of one of the sitters below. The
pews of that day were the square old
fashioned sort, and, facing me, and di-
reetly under the said singes, sat Joseph
Newell, an agad citizen of that town,
fast asleep, with month wide open! I
took in the situation at glance, but
was obliged to glance again. In fact, I
seemed fascinated. For. without the
least notice of anything in the wide
world except the little task of balan-
cling, which he was then engaged in, he
would sway his head to the right and
to the left, with one eye closed, while
the immense quid hung, like the sword
of Damocles, over the mouth yawning to
receive it. l could hardly make my
proper connection, and hoped that the
dire performance. which | may say, was
witnesses only by him and myself, would
soon be over. At last, when he had
got the exact poise, plump went the
quid into Uncle Joe's mouth The con-
vulsion, the expectoration, and the gen.
eral confusion that reigned in that Vi
cinity served to direct the attention of
my congregation away from me, so that
my laughter did but little harm.
Year: 1879

We understand that a desperate
effort is Just now being made by the
saloon advocates to capture the ofty
and re-establish the saloon SYSTEM
and If half what madam rumOr says
Is true, they have some reason TO be
hopeful. But we place little credenee
In stories started by the saloon inter-
est. When they tell US that many
Of our brethren Of the Temple and the
Good Templars, and of the Red Rib
bon, are in collusion with the whisky
ties, and even tipple behind the door,
we denounoe such statement as false,
for we have too much faith In our
brethren-In their honor, integrity,
and loyalty to truth and true man
hood, to believe it. But let all true
men be on the alert.
Year: 1879

On the street we see man with
bright clean shaven face, clean neat
clothes, polished boots, his hat brush
ed, his hair arranged decently, and he
wears a white collar and neck tie.
We step across the threshold of his
home. What DO we see within2 We
see at once that they are poor, but the
wife Is happy at work, with some
thing to work with; something to
make up for the children to wear /;
something to cook for them TO eat.
The pleasant condition of this man
and his family IS different from what
it was before his divorce from whisky
and saloons. Thatgenteell looking man
was then O drunkard and the saloon
keeper got about all the money he
made, now he is sober, has been sober
for several months. That contented,
happy family was then the family of
a dTunkard, rendered miserable from
suffering and want, and that wife was
sad al heart, weeping In poverty and
for the shame that a drunkard's wife
feels. That man wants to continue
In the path of soberness, peace, hap
piness and plenty. That wife is hope
ful. She hopes her husband will be
ever able to perform his good Teso-
lutIons, yet she must dread the snares
and temptations constantly set and
planned for his fall by those who seek
to turn him into his former drunken
ways. The above pictures of the
transformation of a drunkaFd to a So
ber man and miserable family to a
happy one, is true and will be rec0g-
nized as true by many of our readers;
aud 1t tries our patience to the utmost
to think that there are individuals
who seek to allure this man again to
his old habits. Accused be the man
that would do this. Let every tenn
perance man and woman In all their
strength say accursed, and concen-
trate their strength to perform duty
as sacred as it is mOmentous.
Year: 1879

= The information is brought US
that the brewers of the State, or some
brewer, have donated thirty kegs of
beer for Brownville on the Fourth
the object of which being, chiefly, to
tempt Templars to break the pledge.
We insert this free advertisement SO
that ell temperance men and boys,
without mind, principle or sense OF
honor, If there are any such, may
know where to get their beer on that
day.
Year: 1879

"TlI never starve, my dear" he said unto


his rural bride.
As through the garden walk the two were


strolling side by side,
The little farmers girl looked up, and


she archly said "why ."
because from Willing Brothers I shall


Buy
my stove, tin and hard ware as know
they have new goods and sell cheap.
Year: 1879

We did not get to all the 'busb-
ness houses Of Nemaba City when
we canvassed for cards this week, but
will call on the balance In time for
our next issue. Every business
should be represented In that column
OF Business Cards. which Will be
of much benefit to the City as well as
to the advertisers.
Year: 1879

- The Knights of Pyphias In full
dress unifom will parade on the morn
ing of the Fourth, and will escort the
speakers and distinguished gentle
men present to the grounds. Come
to town early If you want to take in
all the interesting features Of theday.
Year: 1879

All persons knowing themselves to
be indebted to the undersigned will
please call and settle Immediately
Our shop and tools having been burn
ed, We need all that is due US, that we
may continue In business.


ABBOTT & EMERY.
Year: 1879

A. SAKS 81 CO. beg say that great of business
anticipated however, and fully prepared for by them)
would to make advertising superuous and
sary.


DESIRE however, keep patrons advised ofsome
the special offerings making that they
cure portion of able to offer much less
than value


The brisk, upward movement in prices, everywhere OBJ
servabe already affected Clothing considerably but
immense purchases at the lowest stage of the market
far beyond our capacity to store In any one building may
enable protect customers for time
When our present stock rapidly selling exhausted
have to ask patrons to the inevitable adj
vance,


Those who buy of us now buy at the lowest point.


unquestionably the Largest Stock the city


We always name the lowest possible prices
Year: 1879

1916 street northwest, have just received O
choice assortment Of Thanksgiving luxuries to
which they invite attention. This firm enjoys q
dealing. and purchasers would do well to give
them call. They will not be open tomorrow
but all goods bought from them will be delivered
to-day.
Year: 1879

There Is rum0r that R0Weu has been pOiS-
oned, but it cannot be substantiated. The out
siders are now betting to 1 that $50 miles viii
not be made. RowelI is still in his tent and d
is said has been seized with collie and cramps


The excitement Is Intense to find some reliable
news as there Is an immense amount Of money
on the race. That Rowell Is very sick Is beyond
all doubt and Q rumor has been started that he
would have to be withdrawn. The betting at
Year: 1879

NashVliie banner.l


The twenty families who lately ar
rived in Tennessee from Lowell. Mas
sachusetts, settled on place belong
ing to Mr.. VIM. Bush, of this city
The liberality of Mr.. Bush to these
strangers has met with the warmest
thanks and acknowledgements. He
sold it to them with a small payment
in cash and the balance in payments
annually, or if they preferred IT, he
only exacts the interest at six per
cent. to be paid annually and the bal
ance at the end Of five years. He
allows them to cut 1t up into any sized
farms they want, whether 30 or 100
acres, beginning at one side and set
ting through as they come down.
There are 5000 acres in the tract and
he sells it to them at 80 cents per acre
This is the way to induce immigrants
to come down and settle among us
Thereare letters every day, numbers of
them, making inquiries for the pur-
chase of small tracts, and the man who
files a description of his land in the
commissioners office, terms. etc. will
very soon be able to sell. But those
persons who sit still and expect BUYERS
OF this class to hunt them up and then
ask two prices for it because they are
immigrants, will never sell. If YOU
have small tract and wish to sell It.
write your description and send it with
two dollars to pay the clerks fee for
recording If a large tract, divide
it up into small ones, and there will be
but little trouble in selling. But re-
member that these men who come
down incur much expense in doing SO,
and must reserve enough money to
live on at least one year. Therefore.
exact but a small sum as an advance
payment. The improvements they put
on the land will compensate for the
chances of its not being kept. In this
way they can secure homes that can be
made quite valuable, and will improve
the surrounding country. The lands
up there where they settle are far SUI
perior to the Massachusetts, lands, and
the idea of getting homes of their own
for from fifty to one hundred dollars,
is a temptation that few New England
ers can resist.
Year: 1879

On Thursday next the people of the
State are to vote upon the proposal to
compromise the State debt at fifty
cents on the dollar with four per cent.
annual interest. Those who vote
Accepted" will sanction the issue of
new bonds for half of the present
State debt, and at two per cent. per
annum less than it now draws. To
vote Rejected" in the opinion of
many eminent lawyers, means that
the State or the people thereof will
ultimately be compelled to pay the
entire debt with six per cent. inter
est. The suits new pending in the
United States courts may eventually
saddle some twelve millions dollars of
the debt upon railroads within the
State, but it is an uncertain legal
problem, and even should this result
1t vii. to a large extent come out of
the peoples pockets, by reducing the
value Of railroad securities and vast


ing their earnings, in compelling them
to repay what they have already set
tied with the State, and what the
State may be obliged hereafter to re-
turn to the roads. Aside from this
the residue of the debt, for which the
railways can in no sense ever become
responsible, will be largely in excess
OF the aggregate amount of what it
will be should the compromise be car


ried and be afterward accepted by the
bondholders. The LEDGER lends its
influence in advocacy of the compro-
mise and earnestly urges the people to
vote Accepted" with view of get


ting the vexed debt question out OF
the way, and also in the belief that it
is the most equitable and just settle
ment that can be made. Therefore,
vote Accepted on Thursday next.
Year: 1879

Baltimore American.


On Sunday afternoon, while all was
peace and quiet in the neighborhood
Of Falls avenue, Lombard street and
Concord street. the few residents
thereabouts who were not doing the
hours away were surprised to hear
noise hike that of steam whistle close
at hand. Again and again it was re-
peated, sometimes in short, sharp
screeches again in a long blast,
and then shortly as if the valve
were but half opened. The
matter was decidedly mysteri
Gus: There are plenty of whistles
in the vicinity in various factories, but
those establishments were all closed
up for the day The fires we're out in
their furnaces, their boilers were cold.
aud their doors we're closely fastened.
The noise might have come from the
steam dredger in the Falls, but that,
too, was deserted and had no steam
up, and the whistling was too near
by to permit of the supposition that
it proceeded from any boat in the
harbor. As the people aocked out
of their houses the excitement spread,
and men began to attempt to def
nitely locate the sound, while women
clustered together and whispered to
each other remarks in reference to
spirits. The policeman on the beat
joined in the search, and it was de-
termined that the sound was in or
about the box factory and sawmill of
Asendorf x DreyeF, at the corner of
West Falls avenue aud Lombard
street. But the whistle in that es-
tablishment rose above the roof and
there was no sign of steam escaping
from it, such as would be the case if it
were being used. However, entrance to
the premises was gained, and as the
exploration party worked their way to
the boiler the secret was solved. Two
cats were having 2 select circus of
their own just where ths wire leading
to the valve of the whistle hung
down, and In their tumblings they now
and then dragged on the wire, thus
opening the valve and permitting the
escape Of the confined air from the
pipe and producing the noise. The
cats Eere driven out, the doors were
locked, and the whistle was afterward
silent until Il resumed its normal
work on Monday.
Year: 1879

Troy Times.l


The following item is circulating
through the papers, and it has inspired
the comments which accompany It:


M. Meziere's doubt of the authen-
ITCHY of NJ. Remains description of the
personal appearance of st. Paul, ap
pears to have set the Paris bookworms
at work delving among the works of
the early church fathers. The result
IS not only the justification of Renan.
but a good many curious discoveries.
of which the following are perhaps the
most notable. st. Clement, of Alex
andria, thus sketches the Saviour
Jesus had no beauty of face his
person offered no physical attractions
he only possessed beauty of soul. which
is the true beauty" "St. Irenaus. a
disciple of St. Polycarp, who was a dis
ciple of st. John, wrote that his
master had often heard the beloved
disciple say that the hair of Jesus had
already turned white when he began
his mission"


To us, the last sentence of this stray
walf floating upon the sea of newspa-
per comment is extremely touching.
We have read nothing for a long time
which we have thought of so often. 1t
expresses what we had not conceived
before, seeing it in this form. The
condemnation of the Jews and their
cry Of cruelty him, the arraignment
before Plate, the buffetings of the
Roman soldiery, the last utterances
upon the cross and the dying cry, are
fearfully familiar to us all but that
the weight of his great mission bore
upon him with such magnitude that
he became prematurely gray awakens
new thrill Of compassion within us.


1t is safe to say that no reliance can
be placed on any of the descriptions
Of Christ's personal appearance that
have come down to us. The declara.
tion of lren@us is based upon the re-
motest hearsay testimony, and there is
not a syllable from any one who saw
him or even from one who had con-
yersed with one who had seen him.
The gospels give us not the slightest
hint, the apostles give us no descrip-
ton OF him, and the writings of the
apostolic fathers are silent on the
subject. As soon as one hundred
years after his death so fully had all
tradition Of his appearance died out
that controversy arose as to whether
he was fair or ugly-some taking the
one view and some the other. Justin
Martyr, TerUullian and Cyril took the
ground that he was physically ugly
in fact, some declared him the ugliest
Of men-giving a literal Interpretation
to the passage in Isaiah, which de-
clares that he had no form of comeli
ness" and no beauty that VIC should
desire him." Ambrose, Jerome and
others took the opposite view, and
declared him to have been the most
beautiful of mankind. The fact that
the early fathers take exactly opposite
views Of the question seems to prove
conclusively that there was no correct
knowledge and no authentic tradition
even in their times. The letter of
Lentulus to the Roman senate, giving
quite a minute description of his per.
son, is commonly regarded as spuri-
GUS.
Year: 1879

FROM full survey of the field, the
Atlanta Constitution is inclined to
stick to the previous estimate Of this
years cotton crop--5,OOO,0Q0 bales.
It says :" The prospect of the cotton
crop is still as encouraging as could be
desired. AT one time we heard Of
worms in some localities in Alabama
and Mississippi, and of dry weather in
sections Of Texas and Arkansas.
April, May and June gave the cotton
section generally just such rains as
admitted proper cultivation of the
plant and allow it deep root In
short, the crop bids fair to fully war
rant even more than we have hereto
fore said of it.
Year: 1879

DR.. james, of the New York board
of health, says 1t has been deter
mined, beyond doubt, that the fever
germs move at a certain rate of speed
near the ground or water, but they sell
dom rise above a certain hight A
wall fifteen or twenty feet high will
arrest its march, and it actually has


been fenced out in some instances.
The commission now making tour of
investigation in the West Indies will
obtain new facts and data in regard to
this remarkable and terrible malady. +"
Year: 1879

Our daily familiar life is but a
hiding of ourselves from each other
behind scene Of trivial words and
deeds, and those who sit with us at
the same hearth are often the farthest
off from the deep human soul within
us, full OF unspOken evil and Enacted
good.
Year: 1879

1t is with people as with trees. If
you lop off their finest branches, into
which they were pouring their young
life juice, the wounds will be healed
over with some rough boss, some old
excrescence and what might have
been a grand tree, expanding into
liberal shade, is but whimsical, mis-
shapen trunk.
Year: 1879

Men do the rough work of a nation,
but the judgment of the world is
formed, by its women, in those days
women are in the front rank of society
and represent its families. For this
very reason che should keep her stand
ard high, always raising but neve
lowering it.
Year: 1879

SUBSCRIBERS who wish TO re-
new will do us favor by SEND
ING MONEY before their time


expires, as our mail list is very
large, and our force TO do the


work small. NO USE TO SEND
ORDERS WITHOUT the MONEY.
Year: 1879

In the love of braveand faithful
man there is always a strain of mo-
tionless tenderness; he gives but again
those beams of protecting fondness
which were shed on him as he lay on
his mothers knee.
Year: 1879

know of no better way when We
feel ourselves downright cross than to
force ourselves to speak pleasant
words, To be cross and silent soon
resolves itself into the sulks, which is
by far the most aggraYating OF all
taglt-hndings and leaves the worst
effect upon all parties concerned,
Year: 1879

A SENSATION IN CHINA.-Advfces from Hong
that some great catastrophe has happened
within the walls Of the imperial palace at Pekin.
Some say the emperor and others one of the
expresses is dead.
Year: 1879

THE STOLEN $500 UNITED STATES BOND from
the Manhattan Bank, in New York, which was
recently offered for sale In Philadelphia reached
the Treasury yesterday for Identification. The
chief engraver almost instantly discovered the
original number, although several alterations
had been made IN order to dispose Of 1t Without
suspicion.
Year: 1879

Boys and young men sometimes
start out in life with the idea that
ones success depends on sharpness
-chicanery. They imagine if man
is able to get the best of a bargain,
no matter by what deceit and mean
ness he carries his point, that his
prosperity is assured. This is a
great mistake. Enduring prosperity
can not be founded on cunning and
dishonesty. The tricky and deceit
full man is sure to fall a victim,
sooner or later, to the influences
which are forever working against
him. His house is certain to give
way. Young people cannot give
these truths too much weight. The
future of this young man who cs-
chews every shape of double-deal-
ing, and lays the foundation of his
career in the enduring principle Of
everlasting truth, is safe.
Year: 1879

Be severe to yourself and indulg-
gent to others; you thus avoid all
resentment.
The wise man thus makes equity
and justice the basis of all his con-
duct; the right forms the rule of his
behavior; Difference and modesty
mark his exterior; sincerity and
fidelity serve him for accomplish
ment.


Love virtue, and the people will
be virtuous; the virtue of q great
man is like the wind; the virtue of
the humble is like the grass; when
the wind passes over it the grass
inclines its head.


Children should practice filial piety
at home, and paternal Difference
abroad; they should be attentive in
their actions, sincere and true in
their words, loving all with the
whole force Of their affection. -


Return equity and justice for evil
done TO you, and pay goodness by
goodness.


Without the virtue of Humility, ,one
can neither be honest in poverty nor
contented in abundance.


Real virtue consists in integrity
of heart and loving your neighbor
as yourself.


What desire that others should
not do for me, equally desire not
to do to them.


Think not of the faults committed
in the past, when one has reformed
his conduct.
Year: 1879

The intellect has only one falling
which, to be sure, is a very consid-
cradle one; it has no conscience.
Napoleon is the readiest instance of
this. If his heart had borne any
proportion to his brain, he had been
one of the greatest men in all history.
Year: 1879

Why is it that when the photo
grapher tells the man to assume q
pleasant expression the sitter imme-
diately puts on the same agonized
expression he wears when his dem
tist is paving around his mouth for
an invalid tooth.
Year: 1879

A young man who gets a subor-
dinate situation sometimes thinks it
not necessary for him to give it
much attention. He will wait until
he gets a place of responsibility, and
then be will show people what he
can do. This is very great mis-
take. Whatever his situation NAV
be, he should master it in all its
details, and perform all it's duties
faithfully.
Year: 1879

The best recipe for going through
life in an exquisite way with beauti-
ful manners, is to feel that every
body, no matter how rich or how
poor, needs all the kindness they can
get from others in the world.
Year: 1879

"This tunnel is one mile long, and
the train will be four minutes pass
ing through it" shouted a lying
brakeman on the Central Pacific
railroad and when the train dashed
into daylight in just four seconds
the sight of a fellow kissing his girl
was revealed.