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Year: 1877

What inducements had the teachers to
incite them to duty? They had not a
united public opinion in their favcr: for
many did not understand, and some were
opposed to their work Some thought it
was in opposition to tho Charity School
which had been established by the ladies
several years previous, and were indignant
at the innovation. Some were opposed TO
the Union AHance, prognosticating evil
would arise therefrom. One, high in church
authority, was so opposed to it that he de.
clared he would break it up. Bigotry had
so stultiiied the minds of some, that they
looked upon it as an unmitigated evil.
What then sustained them in their work
of faith, and labor of love? 1t was spcial
baptism given them to work in the vine.
yard OF the Lord. And they were not dis
obedient to their high and holy calling.
They sowed the good seed of divine truth,
watered it with their tears, and prayed God
to give the increase. What was the result ?
In 1922 powerful revival commenced
among the children of the Sabbath School.
which we noticed in our history seven years
ago. We also referred to the sainted
osborn who was one of the preachers on
the circuit at the time of this revival. His
patriarchial appearance was adapted to his
religious character, and when in his
presence, one felt the sacred influences of
being near holy man. His close preach.
ing and unwearied labors at the altar. and
his pastoral visits are vivedly impressed on
the mind OF the writer, though so many
years have intervened. Several very use.
ful ministers in our church were scholars in
this school, and were converted in this
revival. Who can tell the aggregate amount
oil good done by them? do not feel it to
be my duty to seek out the history, and re-
late the successes of the three denomina.
tlonal schools which sprang from this in
1927. My object has been to save from
oblivion the origin, and seven years pro.
gress OF one of the most interesting schools
In the history of our town, and contrast its
humble rise with the gigantic stature of
Aeo OhSpiluS.


Though the Presbyterians were very &C.
tive in the Union School, think at its
dissolution they had no stated minister
nor church in town. am not prepared to
say that they established denominational
school at once, but the Methodists and
Protestant Episcopal lost no time in
establishing theirs, and this year is the
semi-centennial of their existence.


The little lonely school house, bleakly
situated, was exalted more than ordinary,
as 1t sometimes was used by the Presby.
terian congregation who assembled there
to hear some Of their learned diyines
preach. 1t still has hold on my prefer.
ences, though It is removed to different
part OF the town. still find myself when
near it, looking at it with intense interest,
and thinking of by-gone days.


$. p Mason.
80 \. a
Year: 1877

HoMELY GIRLS" How did that homely
woman contrive to get married ?" is not
unfrequently remarked of some good
domestic creature, whom her husband re-
CARDS as the apple of his eye, and in whose
plain face he sees something better than
beauty. Pretty girls who are vain of their
charms are rather prone to make observa-
ton of this kind, and a consciousness of
the fact that flowers of loveliness are often
left to pine on the stem, while weeds of
homeliness go off readily, is no doubt at
the bottom of the sneering question. The
truth is, that most men prefer homeliness
and amiability to beauty and caprice.
Handsome women are sometimes very hard
to please. They are apt to overvalue them.
selves; and in waiting for an immense
bid, they occasionally overstep the market.
Their plain sisters, on the contrary, aware
of their personal deficiencies, generally lay
themselves out to produce an agreeable
impression-and in most cases they sue.
coed. They don't aspire to capture para.
gons with princely fortunes, but they are
willing to take respectablicity.
Year: 1877

A BABY WITH A HoRsE's FACE.-A male
child four months old was taken by its
mother, Mrs. Margaret O'Hara, to the
Eastern District Hospital-o of Brooklyn, last
week, to be operated upon for malforma.
ton of the face, which gave it somewhat
the appearance of horse. An elongation
OF the nasal bones, which swelled out
towards the chin and met the lower lin.
which was thus depressed, gave the ap.
pearance OF two large nostrils. The resem.
blance was increased by the stertorous
breathing of the child. DIR. Brady had the
infant put under chloroform, and in about
half an hour handed tho child back to its
mother with mouth, nose and nostrils-
an ugly looking child, but still with a
child's face. The flesh was cut from the
protuberance, and the bone was broken off
to the length of an ordinary nose. The
cuticle and flesh so cut away were formed
into the base of the nose, holes being made
for thenostrils. The large cavernous open.
ing then seen was bridged across to make
an upper lip by joining the two cheeks.


Mrs. OHara said the cause of the deformity
was an ante-natal shock, received through
neighbor who was driving horse. Her
husband is laboring man, and they have
four other bright children, from two to
nine years Of age. The doformed child is
hearty, healthy infant, and it is thought
will survive the operation.-M Y. Tribune
Year: 1877

the border is not so often crossed by parties
in haste to be married


After singing again the congregation re-
manned standing while the benediction was
pronounced, and then all resumed their
seats, and revcrently bowed for few
moments, and then retired in great quiet
Hess from the house.
Year: 1877

A Centreville (O.) woman dreamt that
she was burned to death while trying to
kindle fire with coal oil, but as she didn't
believe in dreams, she made the expert
ment-and the dream came true.
Year: 1877

PAY OF FIREMAN AND BRAKEMEN.-Thc
strike on the various lines thus far is con.
fined to firemen and brakemcn. The fol-
lowing schedule of the daily pay of these
classes is furnished the New York Tribune
by a railroad official:
Year: 1877

Farewell, Susan, you have driven me
to the grave" wrote despairing husband
four years ago, and pinning it to his coat,
left it on the banks of the Thames. Last
week he was discovered living with another
wife
Year: 1877

To TAKE Rust FROM STEEL.-The follow.
ing easy methed for removing rust from
steel is given in the Scientific american:
Place the article in bowl containing ker-
osene oil, or wrap the steel up in a soft
cloth well saturated with kerosene; let it
remain "a hours or longer; then scour the
rusty spots with brick-dust. If badly rust
ed, use salt wet with hot vinegar; after
securing, rinse every particle of briclz-dust
or salt off with boiling water dry thoroug-
ly; then polish off with clean flannel cloth
and little sweet oil.
Year: 1877

THE EXCISE HAVOC
No Nearer Settlement of the


Great Problem
WHOLESALE ARRESTS CONTINUED.
Some Little Hope for Liquor Dealers


RepOsed in the Mayor.
GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS
The Argument on Habeas Corpus Be-


fore Judge Davis.
Year: 1877

What | have seen in Calcutta and else


where satisfies me that in all wise plans for


the regeneration of India, Christian missions


must have necessary part. One cannot


remember but with a feeling of shame, how


slow was England to receive missionaries into


her Indian Empire. The first attempt of


the English Church to send missionaries to


India, was met with an outcry of disapproba-


ton. Sydney Smith hoped the Government


would send the missionaries home. When


Carey first landed on these shores, he could


not stay in British territory, but had to take


refuge at Serampore, Danish settlement a


few miles from Calcutta, where he wrought


a work which makes that place of pilgrim.
age to every Christian traveller in India.


We spent day there, going over the field of
his labor. He iS dead, but bis work survives.
There he opened schools and founded col
lege, the first of its kind in India, and which
led the way for the establishment of the mag
nifcent system of National Education, which
is now the glory of India. Carey was in his
day what DR.. Duff was generation later,
vigorous advocate of education as an indis.
pensable means to quickening the lethargic
and torpid mind of India. This is but one
of many benefits for which this country has
to thank missionaries. And if ever India is
to be so renewed as to enter into the family
of civilized and Christian nations, it will be
largely by their labors. One thing is certain,
that mere education will not convert the Hin
docs. The experiment has been tried and
failed. Some other and more powerful means
must be taken to quicken the conscience of
nation deadened by ages of false religion
religion utterly fatal to spiritual life. That
such change may come speedily, is devout.
ly to be wished. No intelligent traveller can
visit India, and spend here two months with
out feeling the deepest interest in the coun-
try and its people. Our interest grew with
every week of our stay, and was strongest
as we were about to leave.


The last night that We were in Calcutta, it
was my privilege to address the students at
one of the Scotch colleges. The hall was
crowded, and l have seldom, if ever, spoken
% finer body of young men. These young
Bengalees had many of them heads of an
almost classical beauty and with their grace
If person heightened by their flowing white
'obes, they presented beautiful array of
7oung scholars, such as might delight the
yes of any instructor who should have to
each them "DiVine philosophy" My heart
went out to them very warmly, and as
hat was my last impression Of India, l left
with very different feeling from that with
which l entered it-with degree of respect
or its people, and of interest in them, which


humbly conceive is the very first condition
f doing them any good.
Year: 1877

AT THE PAN PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL the
Rev. DR.. Hoedemaker, of Amsterdam, said
the National Reformed Church of Holland
was Just recovering from the long sickness
of Rationaism. They had had infdelity in
the Church and among the people, which had
rested upon them as an incubus. But now
they could look back upon what it had been,
and could fortify their brethren in other lands
and say: "Don't be too much afraid of it.
God will make it into blessing, after all. !"
Forty years ago there were very few who
preached the living Christ in his Church.
When their secession friends left them, forty
years ago, taking with them whatever there
was of life left in the Church, they had only
few students in the ministry. Now they
had 400 ministers preaching the gospel
They had taken prominent positions IN all the
great cities, and crowds A1cked to hear them
Just in proportion as they preached the living
Christ. As f)r the influence of Rationalism
upon the clergy, they had great reason to
bless it. There was disposition to settle
down quietly, and be content with whatever
had been dug out of the mines of Holy Writ;
but Rationslism had stirred them up, and
pushed them forward, and made it necessary
to study. And the results of this study had
been that they obtained new views of the
glory of God and saw always more in the
Revelation. Every interrogation point Ra-
tionalism made had been changed by God
into an exclamation point AS to the effect
of Rationalsm upon their theology, it had
taught them the organic nature of the Bible,
of revelation, and of truth.
Year: 1877

1t seems to me that we have presented to
US in Genesis (the very first book of the Bi
ble) one of the most profitable characters for
US to study that the Old Scriptures contain
Abraham. And there was one popularity
about him which distinguished him. That
was his faith. 1t won for him the name Of
sfaithful Abraham" and he was also called
the "father of the faithful" And it is fur
ther stated of him in the New Testament
that his "faith was accounted uatO him for
Righteousness.


1t becomes matter Of great interest to US
to know what there was peculiar about Abra
hams faith, that it won for him SO great dis
tinction in the eyes of God; for surely such
faith as this our souls would long to have.


If we ponder carefully the sacred narra-
tive we find out what it was. Abraham S
faith was simple, cAildHke trust in GOd.-
And, my friends, if We would have our faith
accounted unto us for righteousness, it must
be like Abraham's faith-a simple, childlike
| trust in God.


1t has been beautifully said:


"The Shepherd does not ask of thee
Faith in thy faith but only faith in Him;
And this He meant in saying Come to me u
In light or darkness seek to do His will,
And leave the work of faith to Jesus still"
|
Year: 1877

all his thoughts and records the utter vanity
of any and every thing, as source of true
peace and happiness which falls short of the
fear of God, which the beginning, middle
and end of wisdom. D. B. E.
Year: 1877

CovEToUsNEss is very evil thing in
family: it brings disquiet and uneasineSs into
it; he that is greedy of gain troubles his own
house; and what is worse, it brings the curse
of God upon it, and upon all the affairs Of it.
Year: 1877

SILK Wand kerehtefs aud HOSEA


6ilk Dress Pattern IN n Muf.
DetrOit Free Prees


From noon last Saturday to noon
yesterday fourteen women were
and searched and had
smuggled goods taken from their
possession. The officers were very
quiet and obliging in the perform
ance Of their duties, never subject
ing the offenders to embarrassing
exposures upon the street and
handling the case in such a way
that probably not one in hundred
of the ever-passing pedestrians had
the slightest suspicion Of the very
interesting little scenes being en-
acted in the office on the wharf.


Most of the guilty parties, when
stopped, went quietly into inspec-
tion, but one of them assumed an
air of injured innocence, and was
led along, protesting against the
bold impudence of the officers.
Upon her person were found six
pairs of kid gloves, and in her hat
two ostrich plumes not yet stripped
Of the tags bearing the cost and
sale marks Of q prominent merchant
in Windsor. Another woman had
concealed in her knitted wool nit
tens about twenty yards of valuable
lace and a dozen or more packages
of needles.


The smugglers of this class are
usually women, who do not engage
in it for a livelihood, but merely to
get a few articles in the way of fur
nishing goods, laces or millinery
novelties, A fair young damsel,
with daintily kid covered hands,
held between her fingers a modest
looking roll of tissue paper, which
upon being unrolled, disclosed two
rich silk handkerchiefs and about q
dozen Spools of variegated silk
thread. Another young lady car.
ried a tiny valise with nickle- plated
mountings, which was found to con,
tain four pair of silk hose and two
bottles of perfume. Bushes were
seen on the face Of q female wear
ing a sealskin jacket, when in one
of the pockets Of her coat were
found four pieces-about thirty
yards--of velvet ribbon. In one
instance, however, concealment was
intended and was very cunningly
carried out. The lady, a matronly
person about forty years old, wal
seen carrying muff, the exterior
being of stitched black silk, while
the interior and edges were of seal
fur. When the officers took hold
of the muff to examine it the silken
outside was felt slipping around,
and, upon investigation, it was
found to be simply a cover with
rubber corded edges. When pulled
off the fur mnff was found wrapped
in a silk dress pattern, a lot OF laces
several pair Of kid gloves, several
yards of velvet ribbon and other
contraband trihes.
Year: 1877

When a juryman acquits a wo-
man who has had the misfortune
to murder a man, he does all that
can reasonably be expected of him.
Mortimer E. Durkee, a susceptible
gentleman residing in village near
Auburn, not only joined his eleven
colleagues in rendering a verdict of
"not guilty." in the case of Cora
Youngs, but in the warmth of his
sympathy for the handsome prison.
er, has gone SO far as to elope with
her. His wife, strange to say, was
one of the girls kindest and most
earnest friends, and had been doing
her utmost to lit her out of the
mire, and to enable her to lead a
yirtuous and respectable life. Her
husband, however, fancied that he
had not done all be ought for the
girl, in saving her from the gallows
and opening for her the prison
doors and accordingly he has dis
appeared with her, and well-nigh
driven his wife crazy.
Year: 1877

Twenty ThOusar d People
old and young. every week. 1t is just to say
that the patrons of the WESTERN
METHODIST belong to the best class Of
community.


We desire our business men to mako a 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 adyer-
Using for many sOOd people seeing an ad-
vOrtisemOnt in paper, especially their
church paper, take it IS guarantee of re-
spOnsibility. Such confidence should notlo
abused when it can be helped. We want.
therefore.
Year: 1877

IL Is now SeCtlcQ tnl0S that war IS to
break out between Russia and Turkey in
the course of few days. Should the strug-
gle be. confined to these two powers, We need
not apprehcnd very serious results to the
cotton producing industry, although the ef.
feet will be depressing Russia consumes
In her manufactures at least four hundred
thousand bales of cotton and Turkey is a
pretty large consumer of cotton goods
Both these countries will be crippled in
these particulars by the war.


But it is very general idea abroad that
other powers will probably be drawn into
the struggle in spite of themselves, and that
there is real and serious danger that a gen.
eral explosion may follows in which all Eu-
rope will become involved, and the political
map of the continent be good deal chan
ged before quiet is restored again.


1t is unhuppily the case that this is CON-
ing, Gift comes at time when all the
dfiioa. Every Et:7fi' one Of them h6aiH Is head over
heels in debt, and cannot carry any more


Russia and Turkey are already bankrupt
Austria and Italy are in not much better CON
dition, and Germany, France and Great
Britain, cannot safely increase their liabili-
ties.


There is no telling what disastrous finan.
cial results would therefore, follow gene
raj war; And it is certain that the common
people, in poorer food, in scantier c!olhing
iEhgher taxes, in lighter supplies of all the
Comforts of life, the production of which
a kes trade active and bring labor, and raw
pSoducts in demand Any such catastrophe
would probably put the cotton product back
in magnitude and demand half gene
ration.


Now, the possibility of such result is
worthy of serious contemplation by the cot
ton producing people of the South. They
may we'll remember that the cotton crop
they ure new planting will most probably
be a large one-not far from FIVE millions
of bales, as wcs, believe; and that it may
very possibly have to seek its principle mar.
ket in a contincut racked by the convul-
sions of Yar, and dependent to far greater
extent than usual 'en the surplus food pro-
duet of America for subsistence.


Such state of.things will mako cotton
worthless to producers, and if the latter are
compelled to relyefupon it to procure their
food supplies, it will not be easy to escape
Inconvenience ana suffering 1t is con-
junction of facts 4nd possibilities which no
prudent man should lose sight of, and which
should stimulate every farmer to active cf
forts to render himself independent of 9TH
or sources for bis food supplies. Macon
Telegraph.
Year: 1877

UNREELINa A PULL-BAcK.-A most
amusing scene was Witnessed on X street
the other day. A lady with vigorous pull.
back and ap elaborate polonase was walking
up X from Fourth street. In that unac,
countable outside pocket which the fashion
pIescribes shall be trained TO the rear and
hung as low down as possible upon the last
named garment, she had new, full spool Of
Lhread-just purchased evidently. An
end Of this escaping from the open pocket,
caught the eye of X street gamma six
or seven year old specimen. He deftly
caught the end, and holding to it, found
that it reeled off without the promenader
being aware of it. He at once squared him.
self, sailor fashion, in the middle Of the walk
aud as she paid Off he hauled in hand
over hand, to the Infinite amusement of hall
hundred men who witnessed the operation
In brief time the line reached clear up to
Fifth street. from near Fourth, and as the
lady stepped out on the tagging to cross the
street, the end ran off, and she went on with
tue empty spool, blissfully unconscious Of
the merriment behind her back at her ex.
pense. The cruel men-and by this time
hundred had seen the process-then began
to speculate upon the look Of blank astonish
ment which must have overpowered hel
countenance, when on reaching home, she
found the spool empty, which she could as
sert was full when she purchased it.
Year: 1877

UNCLE WILLIAM ON "DIppINa"-D Dear
Children l was at church last Sunday
Nothing strange about that, since have
been going to church pretty regularly for
forty years, or thcreabout. Yet saw some
thing that was very strange to mc-somc-
thing that had never seen before.


a brother invited me to go with him to
dinner. got in his wagon to ride.


Besides the man and his wife there were
three young ladies in the wagon. 1 noticed
all of these had sticks about as large and as
long as your little finger, stick ing out of their
mouths. noticed that they kept splitting
like their mouths were sore.


Then there was dark streak reaching
from one side Of the mouth to the other,
circling under the lower lip, in the shape
Of new moon.


Presently one took out her stick, which
had swab ON the end, dipped it IN some.
thing and put it back in her mouth again.
Then it occurred to me, that this,is what is
called dipping" So it was.


soon found out that was in neigh
borhood of regular clippers"


| had a conversation this morning with a
good woman, the mother of three children,
who is herself clipper" She said, 'it is
wrong; and as you do not use tobacco, l
cheerfully receive your reprooG but they who
chew and smoke ought not to condcm u.s."
True.


"They who live in glass houses ought not
to throw stones"


Dipping, like smoking, drinking, playing
cards, etc, is a social evil. do not say it
is worse .than other evils. But do say
it is vile, dirty, filthy, wicked, wrong


Let me beg my nieces, who have COM
menced dipping to quit it. And those who
have never done such an ugly thing to pro.
mise me they never will.


There are but few things that would pain
me more than to see my own daughters en-.
gage in this vile practice.


Please, my little ladies, keep these ugly
sticks out of your mouths.-&. Louis
Christian AdUOcate.
Year: 1877

SAVE THE SoApsUDs. However deplor-
able washing day may be to the household
(and the careful house mistress or tidy maid
has it in her power to greatly modify its dis
comforts, to the garden it is very boun.
tiful day. Our hungry and thirsty grape.
vines and flowers are glad Of every drop OF
wash water, and will repay every bit of fa-
tigue it may cost US to give them this fer
tilizer. 1fthe sun is shining hot when We
80 out to dispense our favor, it is best for
US to dig a slight trench not far from the
root of the plant, and pour the water into
it, and cover again with the top soil. This
mq1Ds the water go farther, and at the same
tidIS does not tempt the rootlets to the sur
face of the ground. No better liquid can
be prepared than the soapsuds from the
"woolen tubs" as they are sure to mourish
The roses-if any of the liquid rests upon
the foliage Of the plants, wash it off by
Swinging smartly-plants always pay for
this extra care.
Year: 1877

A MILLION PEoPLE.-Few people are
aware of the vast number of people that
can be placed in small place. When
We speak OF millions Of men, we are apt
to picture to ourselves an almost bound
less mass of humanity; yet million
people standing together, each person
occupying four square feet, could be
placed upon patch but little more
than mile square.
Year: 1877

A preacher took up q collection on
Sunday andfound when his hat was re.
turned, that there wasn't penny in it.
II thank my. Cod" said he, cunning his
hat up side down, and tapping the crown,
of it with his hand, "that have got my
hat back from this congregation"