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Year: 1874

MARY PoMERoY's FUNERAL. The painful
story Of the last sad tribute to the memory Of
poor Mary Pomeroy is told in our columns
to-day A pathetic incident was the baptism
of the infant on the day the mother was
buried. The funeral sermon preached by the
Rev. Mr.. Tunison, Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, is remarkable not only for its tender
ness, but for the bold indignation with which
he alluded to the seducer of the unhappy
young woman. Strong words only can
describe such heartless crime as public
opinion attributes to the Rev. Mr.. Glenden-
ning, but stronger language than Mr.. Tuni-
son could use on such a solemn occasion will
probably be heard at the indignation meeting
which is to be held at Jersey City on Satur-
day evening. That community is thoroughly
aroused, and it is proper that it should give
such expression to its feelings.
Year: 1874

II was just at the close of IA summer day,


When the fair young moon in the East was up,
And falling, as falls the peace orc God,


The dew dropped balm lnihe wild flowers cup
And on such winds touched the weary brow


Ofa woman who leaned on n cottage gate
And fingered 10 catch the low, sweet call,


ofa late bird singing home TO his mate.
From within she heard the household talk,


As ifeaeh to other were true And dear,
And after her. down the lonesome street.


Followed the sound OF their mrthful cheer.
They were blest, she knew, in their homely peace
sud smile trembled about her mouth
II am glad,p she said, "that for some poor souls


There be full wells, though the rest have drought.
She saw the children about the doors,


With fond young lips for mothers to kiss
And from every home as she passed along,


She caught some cadence Of Household bliss
TIL she come at last to her own low roofs,


Where she and ghost dwelt face to face
The ghost Of her days of youth and joy,


The sole, sad guest In that lonesome place
They talked together Of all the past,


She and the ghost, in white moonlight
Till the pale guests face like an angels grew,


And old time glory had made II bright.
When the new dawn rose, they both were gone
ON the bed shape like womAn's lay
But She with the ghost Of the gay glad past,


To some land of shadows had wandered away
A land where she found the lost again


Whore youth was waiting, and love was sweet,
And all the joys she had buried once


sprang up like blossoms beneath her feet
Year: 1874

AS the semi-annual bridal season is at
hand, II is the time to plead for reform
in weddings. Every year this sacredest
Of all occasions is turned more and more
into mere opportunity for display, and
for replying to some fancied social obliga-
ton. Instead of the time when few Of
the closest friends gather to witness the sol
emnest compact human beings can frame,
it is chosen as the moment for bringing
together the larger part of family's social
circle, to show the bride in her bridal
garments to prove how many flowers and
refreshments the family can afford and,
with shame be it said, to exhibit to criti-
cism and light comment the precious
tokens that should have come with tender
regard to the maid on the eve Of her new
life.


A wedding must not be uncheerful; but
it must certainly be solemn to all who
realize what it is. On the one side, it is
renouncing old ties, promising to begin
with faith, and hope, and love new and
wholly untried existence On the other,
it is the acceptance of sacred trust, the
covenant to order life anew in such ways
as shall make the happiness of two instead
Of one. Can such an occasion be fitting
for reyelry? 1t is not wiser, more deli
cate, to bid only the nearest of friends to
a marrige ceremony, and leave the feasting
and frolic for a subsequent time2 We
are sure there are few girls who, if they
reflect on tho seriousness of the step they
are about to take, will not choose to make
their vow merely within the loving limits
Of their home circle All our best
instincts point to the absolute simplicity
and privacy of wedding services; only
peryersion Of delicacy could contemplate
tho asking Of crowds of halfsympathctic
or wholly curious people to attend the
fulfillment of the most solemn of contracts.
Let there be as much party-making, re-
joicing and pleasure taking afterwards as
hearts desire; but let the solemn VOWS be
made in the presence only Of those nearest
and dearest. st.--lScribaer's for October.
Year: 1874

revenue TO the government. Women haunt
their gauzes in it. Clergymen sweep their
robes through it. Responsibility uses it
to light Its banquets. In many regions of
this country 1t is highly respectable
candle. Yet every year, sixty thousand
persons in this country die of intemper-
ance and when we think of the blasted
lives that live in want and misery, Of
wives In despair, Of loves bruised and
blotted out, Of children disgraced, of aims
houses filed, Of crimes committed through
its influence, of industry extinguished, and
Of disease engendered, and remember that
this has been going on for thousands of
years, wherever wine has been known /;
what are we to think Of the men who still
press into the iire2 Have they any more
sense than the moths? 1t is almost
enough TO shake mans faith in immor-
tality to learn that he belongs to race
that manifests SO little sense, and such
hopeless recklessness.


There is just one way of safety, aud
only one, and young man who stands at
the beginning of his career can choose
whether he will walk in it, or in tho way
Of danger There is n notion abroad
among men that wine is good that when
properly used it las help in it,---that in a
certain way it is food, or help in the
digestion Of food. We believe that no
greater or more fatal hallucinntion ever
possessed the world, and that none so great
ever possessed it for so long time.


Wine is medicine, and men would take
no more Of it than of any other medicine
if ii were not pleasant in its taste, and
agreeable in its first effects. The men
who drink il, drink it because they like it.
The theories us to its healthfulness come
afterwards. The world cheats itself, and
tries to cheat itself in this thing and the
priests who prate of ''using this world as
not abusing it," and the chemists who
claim sort of nutritious property in
alcohol which never adds to tissue q and
the men who make jest of water-drink-
Ing, all know perfectly well that wine and
strong drink always have done more harm
than good in the world, and always will
until that millennium comes, whose feet
are constantly tripped from under it by the
drunkards that lie prone in its path. The
millennium with grog-shop at every
corner is just as impossible as security with
burglar at every window, or in every
room Of the house. All men know that
drink is curse, yet young men sport
around it as if there were something very
desirable in it, and sport until they are
hopelessly singcd, aud then join the great,
sad army that, with undiminished num-
bers, presses on to its certain death.


We do not like to become an exhorter
in these columns, but, IL it were necessary,
we would plead with young men upon
weary knees to touch not the accursed
thing. Total abstinence, now and for
ever, is the only guaranty in existence
against drunkard's life and death, and

there is no good that can possibly come to
man by drinking. Keep out of the
candle. 1t will always singe your wings,
or destroy you.--ScriJner's.
Year: 1874

SALr-A correspondent of the Phila-
delphia Ledger says; Salt isan invaluable


remedy. Many poor sufferer from fits


or spasms might obtain instant relief by
an immediate application of it to the
tongue, upon the FIRST symptoms appearing.
We have applied it successfully to dumb
animals as wcll TO human beings, aud have
received their instructive or expressed
gratitude. A small quantity carried in
the pocket may prove useful upon many an
occasion, as We have found out from expe-
rience. The publication Of this may prove
blessing to many Of your afflicted readers.
Year: 1874

Setting young man aaoat with money


left him by his relatives, is like tying a
bladder under the arms of one who cannot
swim ten chances to one he will lose his
bladder aud 60 TO the bottom. Teach him
to swim and he will not need bladders.
Give your child sound education See
to it that his morals are pure, his mind
cultivated and his whole nature made sub
servient to the laws which govern men,
and you have given him what viii be Of
more value than the wealth Of the Indies.
You have given him a start which no for
tune can deprive him Of. The earlier you
teach him to depend upon his own re-
sources and the blessing of God the better.
Year: 1874

y singular prison romance, has just
becsl disclosed in the Canadian peniten-
tiarY at Kingston, where Elizabeth
Jones has for six years been confined
for the murder Of ner cousin, sentence
having been pronounced on her own
confession. Her father, was executed
for the same crime, notwithstanding the
declaration Of the, girl that she alone
had committed the deed and that he was
not guilty knew nothing Of the
murder. She has now admitted what
has always been generally believed by
the public, but by herself strenueusly
lenied-that her father was the mur-
'Aerer, and that she had accused herself
Of his crime to shield him. and at his
desire. She took no part in the crime,
and was not aware Of it's commission
till her father told her he had done it
and i,nplored her to save him, task
which she deyotedly attempted and per-
sisted in after it vas hopeless.
Year: 1874

AN ODD SCENE IN PULPIT.-A South Ger
man paper relates the following odd pulpit
scene: In Bavarian town of the most pro-
nounced Catholic orthodoxy the priest preached
lately against the Old Catholics, and related
such horrible things about them that his pious
bearers were literally horror stricken at Old
Catholic impieties! At llast the preacher
reached his climax, and cried OUT 'sThe Old
Catholics are SO vile that they will all be cas-
into the pit; and if what tell you is not true.
may the devil take me now on the spotp' HIS
excitement was terrible, and he SO struck the
cushion that the book fell from it. Not far frola
the pulpit there sat an American, who had a
negro servant with him, to whom be beckoneI
to take the book up to the priest, who perhaps
had never seen one of those sons of Ham in
his life, at least, not in his church. The negr
at once obeyed, and as he mounted the lowest
OF the pulpit steps the godly clergyman re-
peated his wish that the devil might come and
take him if what he had said against the Old
Catholics was not true, Although the negro
went very softly the preacher heard his foot.
steps, and turning round saw a black object
solemnly, steadily, and surely approaching him.
He looked at him with terror, and be-
lieviDg that he would be the next instant
collared by his Satanic Majesty, hs
cried out, with trembling voice, SIT is, after al,
possible that there may be good people among
the Old Catholicsp' Turning then round to Sc
If the object had disappeared, he saw it sti
steadily approaching. The perspiration burst
out on his brow, and full of despair he called
out. I There are even many good people anon;
suffice he turned round, but what was his hor-
ror to find that the object was close at hand
Imagining himself in the very grasp of Beelze-
bub, turning partly to the negro and partly to
the congregation, he cried out, "May the devil
come and take me if all the Old Catholics ara
not better thau we arer' The terrified priest
tainted from the fright and it was only after
some time that he recovered.
Year: 1874

CITY GOVERNMENT,
me regular meetings of the City Council take place
he first Monday evening of each month. f''00
The School Committee meet the fourth Monday eve
ming of each month. WV
Year: 1874

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


No trial, OF modern times, at least, has had so
many jurors, who are expected to give their ver-
dict as TO the guilt or innocence VI the accused,
as the Beecher case. As in ordinary cases before
. court OF law, in this case before an investt-
eating committee about one-half OF the jurors are
ready to render verdict before hearing all the
evidence. AS ones prejudice Is, SO is his verdict
given, even before he knows one tithe Of the evil
dence, pro and CON. This every one can see in
most of the published letters to the public and in
newspaper editorials One side says, ''Whatever
this committee OF respectable men may conclude
in the matter, their simple verdict should be
conclusive and satisfactory" The other side,
with equal positiveness, says as does that respect
able religious paper the Examiner and Chronicle,
"The Investigating Committee may make Up a


verdicr of acquttal, but II Will have little weight
beyond the limits OF Plymouth Congregation
Just as though 1t was expected that the commit
tee were to report their 'verdict' to the public
without giving their reasons and the full evidence
on which that verdict Is based In your editorial
OF Saturday, however, you put the matter in Its
true light when you say, "Whatever the concu-
sions OF the committee, the evidence upon which
these conclusions rest must accompany the report,
and the country IL quite as competent as the COM
mittee to determine the value OF this evidence"
Let US wait until we get all the evidence and
then, and not Till then, act-as intelligent jurors,
and pronounce our verdict. Is Is simply ridicu-
lous to decide the question now. A. NJ.
Year: 1874

Within three or four days news will probably be
received In this city from Havana OF what has be-
come OF the officers and crew OF the Pacific mail
steamer City OF Guatemala, wrecked on walling's
Island, in the Bananas group on the 18th OF last
month. The source by which 1t will be received Is
the Havana steamer City OF New York, Captain
Deaken. which left this port last Thursday, the eth
for Nassau aud Havana. The news she obtains at
the former port with reference to the stranded
vessel will doubtless be telegraphed from Havana
on here The wrecking steamer which went to
the assistance OF the Guatemala is the vessel
which Always lands the New York mail from the
City OF New York and other vessels employed in
TINS service, and 1t Is tair to presume that she will


nave returned TO Nassau by tue time the City Of
New YORK reaches there. News has also to be
received OF the boats crew sent from the Guate-
maia 10 Fortune Island for the assistance OF wreck
ers &c. Twenty-four days have now elapsed since
the catastrophe, and on account Of want or CON-
municatlon no tidings have yet peen received A
possibility exists that the Pacific Mail steamer
Colon, due here the day after tomorrow from As
pinwal may bring tdings OF ner stranded sister
craft. The steamer City Of Havana, from Havana
via Nassau II also shortly due, and, IL Is hoped,
VIII bring some tidings and relieve the anxiety OF
the friends OF those on board, who are beginning
to feel apprehensons at the protracted silence
which has taken place with reference to the vessel
and all concerned.
Year: 1874

That Iron is valuable as Medicine has long been known, but it IS only since it's preparation in the particular form of Per uvian syrup that it's full power over dis ease has been brought to light. Its effect in case of dyspepsia and debility is most >salutary.
Year: 1874

need not iell you how simple, plain


and perfectly English and womanly are


the habits and tastes Of the Queen. The


Prince of Wales, socially, is nothing


more than rich, sporting, pleasure


loving English squire. The style of en-


tertainm at the palace, for example,


is quite like that you would receive at
the house of the Duke of Sutherland or


the Duke of Westminster. Nay | have


even heard the complaint hinted that


when the Queen entertains officials at


dinner, the viands are not as various or


as we'll served as at any ordinary aristo-


cratic gentleman's house. The Queen


certainly sets an example of economy


to her upper-class subjects. When she


comes to London for the early parlia-


mentary season, her favorite method of
dispensing hospitality is to give garden


parties and breakfasts in Bucking-
ham Palace gardens, or in the private
gardens of Windsor Castle. Invitations
to these are, Of course, much sought for,
because they are the most select; there
you come directly in contact with roy
atty, and see it more nearly and famil-
iarly than if you dined with the Queen
in the castle When you are conducted
in the garden by one of the scarlet
hunkies Of her majesty, said hunky
is about the only visible hint there
is<of its being a royal party. You see
pretty tents and canvas pavilions dis.
posed here and there under the oaks, on
the velvety lawn, or by the side of the
pretty miniature lake. If this is in the
Buckingham Palace garden, which is in
the very center of fashionable West End
London, the moment you have passed
beyond the high wall which shuts it out
from St James Park on one side and
Grosvenor Place on the other, you would
never guess that you we're in the midst
of the city The surroundings are ex-
duisite and most illusory rural. You
see a number Of gentlemen and ladies',
elegantly dressed, standing about in
groups, or partaking of the by no means
sumptuous fare which is being served
without ceremony in the tents. The
scene is cheerful, elegant, bon ton, easy
and unrestrained. You catch glimpse
of the Queen, dressed in black, with
here and there a relief in the rich white
lace; but with no suspicion OF tinsel or
gaudiness about her; plain lady, of
substantial proportions, in the prime of
life, the center of a respectful, but by no
means awed or abashed circle; receiving
those whom she recognizes with a slight
smile and a pleasant word, and the
presentation Of those whom she does
not know with a slight bow. There
are faces here familiar to you in the |
windows Of the print shops-noble-
men, statesmen, ministers, embassa-
Year: 1874

doris, leaders Of society and court fash
ion; but there is little or no pretention
of manner or carriage. You are sur
prised above all at the simplicity, the
elegant commonplace Of the whole
thing. You may jostle Wales, or the
Russian ambassador, or Lord Chief JUS
tice. without being in the least aware Of
the fact. The gentleman who, seeing you
are stranger, asks you If you will not
have sandwich and cup of coffee, may
be fashionable artist or a provincial
mayor, and may be the Duke of Teck.
II perchance you have been at a fete
champetre at some great country house,
saw at Chatsworth or Belvoir, you say to
yourself that this differs in no striking
respect from it unless indeed it differs
by its lessor brilliancy and its more sug-
gestive simplicity. And this is the strik-
ing characteristic of modern English
royal life. There is great change even
from Gentleman Georges time. That
padded and painted old dandy never
appeared as host without being bedi-
zened with stars and laces. To be sure,
there are nowadays grand occasions.
like drawing-room levees, openings OF
Parliament, thanksgiving pageants in
st. Pauls and so on, when majesty as
sumes all the trappings and insignia OF
its rank. but they are the rare exeep-
tions-rarer to royalty than to our own
birthday and patriotic anniversaries-
to the ordinary routine of royal life
Year: 1874

As the spring fishing is just COM
mencing it is well for all to know
that it is not lawful for any person to
shoot fish, orput in or keep up, draw
or use any fish net, seine or pond for
the purpose of catching fish in any
of the rivers, creeks or streams in
this State, at any point or place above
the common level at high or back
water of Lake Erie OF the Ohio river,
or in any waters or lake, pond or
reservoir, having surface not ex-
ceeding $4,000 nor less than 10 acres
lying wholly within the State, wheth-
er the same be a natural or artificial
lake, pond or reservoir. The only
net that can be used lawfully is the
dip net or any net not exceeding ten
feet in length, used for the purpose
of catching minnows. The penalty
for violation of the law may be fine
from ten to fifty dollars or thirty
days Imprisonment.
Year: 1874

BANGOR, KY., May 13, 1874.
At a recent meeting of our brethren at Sardis,
the absorbing topic was Temperance. F. Grider, of
Augusta stated that he had just left the BATTLE in
which he had been engaged for four weeks inces-
sanity, and rejoiced to know that long his town
would be freed from the curse of drink, and that
this present effort SO distinguished the work
of God. Bro. G. closed by saying, that the people
of Kentucky would before long rise en- masse and
wipe out this terrible curse, and Danish it forever
from their midst.


Bro. Barnett, of Hillsboro, KY, noticed the Ohio
women's movement, speaking of its seeming insig-
nifcance at its commencement, and now its grand
proportions. He said, as Temperance man, he had
been looking for time for the interpostion of
some mighty power that would give great impetus
to the work. and that he rejOced to ascribe to the
women the honor of being the instruments of God
for the destruction of this terrible stronghold of
sin.


Several other speeches were made, all of which
spoke an enthusiasm which viii not soou die out
Bros. Slavens and Northcott, of MaysviIe, spoke
in reference to the work there, stating that al
though somewhat different from the Ohio move
ment, they hoped the Temperance cause would
prove successful and trusted under God to long
see the enormous evil banished from our State and
nation. The people are waking up on this question
in this State. 1t is longer fashionable for gen.
tlemen to drink Bourbon" but in good society the
man who drinks is looked upon with pity and con-
tempt.


At Owingsvile, in Bath county, lately, the saloon
keepers were very much frightened ON account of a
report put in circulation that some of the Ohio
Crusaders were coming to that place, to sing and
pray them out of their saloons. Every saloon
keeper in the town, after holding meeting to see
what must be done, agreed to leave town. After
the scare was over they returned.


All good people are praying for the cause.


h W. BAILEY.
Year: 1874

We call the attention of our read
ers to the 21st section of the criminal
code, on page POI of the laws of 1869.
It is as follows:


"SEc. 21. Every sheriff, deputy
sheriff, constable, marshal, or deputy
marshal, watchman or public officer,
shall arrest and detain any person
found violating any law of this State,
or any legal ordinance of any city or
Incorporated village, until a legal
warrant can be obtained"


By the 9th section Of the liquor
law, it is unlawful for any person
to be found in a state of intoxication,
and it is the duty of all the above
officers to arrest him Wilmington
Journal.
Year: 1874

The New York Tribune is glad to
hear that the young men of some of
the Western towns are giving their
temperance zeal practical turn by
forming associations, the members of
which pledge themselves not to pay
for any other mans drink, and not
to drink at any other mans expense.
The Tribune says the making and
adhe1ing to such a pledge by the
young men would Immediately check
the spread OF intempersnce through
the country.
Year: 1874

The Ohio Democratic State Central
Committee met in Columbus on the
14th inst. A resolution was adopted
calling State Convention in that
city on the 18th of July. Express
sions indicate that the Democratic
leaders will oppose the adoption of
the new Constitution.
Year: 1874

The Democratic county papers Of
this State are busy finding reasons
why the late Democratic Legislature
was failure" 1--WE quote their own
language.) We do not see any rea-
sons for going further than the fact
that it acas a Democratic Legislature,
to find why it was failure. 1t came
into power by what billiard players
call "a scratch" it made 8 grab for
all the offices within its reach; added
salaries toas many of them as it
dared; sat as long as it could; and
then adjourned, to the relief Of every
bUd5.-lCOL douS1a
Year: 1874

The Springfield ladies are about
to establish an atheneum in that city
for the entertainment of young men.
$4,000 is to be obtained for that
purpose. A liberal and sensible
proposition.