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Year: 1871

I Twas a sunny day, and the morning psalm
We sang in the church tOgether;
Z We felt in our hearts the JOY and calm
Ofthe calm and Joyous weather
The low, the sweet and sacred strain.
Through every bosom stealing
Checked every thought that was ligh. and


vain.


And walked each holy feeling.
We know BY its sunny CLEAN how clear


Was the blue sky smiling O'er US,
And IN every pause OF the hymn could hear
The wild birds happy chorus
And 10, from ics haunts by cave or Kill,


With a sudden start awaken,
\ breeze came tiUttering down the hill,


is fragrant piniOns shaking.
Through the open window it bent it, way,
And down the chancel's center
Like a priviiaged thing that a: will might
And in holy places enter.
From nIch to mich, from nook TO nook


With lightsome rustic flying,
II lifted the leaves OF the HOLY Book


On The altar cushion lying.
Il famed the old clerks hoary hair


And the children's bright young faces
Then vanished none knew how or where.
Leaving its pleasant traces.
I: left sweet thoughts OF summer bonrs
Spent on the quiet mountains:
And me church seemed full Of the scented
And the triokIins fall Oftountaius.
The image Of scenes so still and fair


With our music sweetly blended
While II seemed their whispered hymn took


share


In the praise that TO heaven ascended.
We thought fhim who had poured the rilIs,
h14 -e-.H-. 4


them,
Whose hand, when he piled the enduring


hills,


With mantle OF beauty spread them.
And purer passion was borne above
In louder anthem swelling.
As We bowed to the visi BILE spirit OF love,
On those calm SUBMITS swellln q
Year: 1871

: A gentleman in this city who runs several
teams. and employs his drivers by the day,
could not account for the fact that one of them
only failed to pay the running expenses Of the
team but also sunk money every week. He
spoke to Jehu about the matter, who deducted
his pay and turned over small sum, which he
informed his employer was all that remain
ed.


Feeling assured that this was not the ease he
demonstrated, telling the driver to tote fair
that after paying expenses he was willing to
'sdivide the profits even," but that he couldn's
afford to give him the use of the team and pay
him wages beside. The driver pondered-he
scratched his head and showed his hand in his
pocket, pulled out five dollar bill and handed
it over. averring that he did not know until that
blessed minute he had it, and assured his boss
that hereafter he would only take his half The
arrangement was satisfactory, and employer
and employee now get along in perfect
concord


This contractor was more lement than one in
New York, who being at his stable one evening
a little earlier than usual, witnessed the per
formance of driver, who after dividing hall
and half, had fifty cents remaining which he
kept as he had all the trouble. He was dis
charged aao EF8 ~ ~
Year: 1871

the value of the example old dmother Groton has
set you, SO worthy of your ambition to follow.
Build schools for your children and find talent
to teach them, then intelligence and integrity In
prosperous and happy homes will be your sure
reward.


Associated as you have made me with your
veal and woe, I wish might be allowed to con-
tribute from my means such as they are, some
thing towards this first foundation of the public
good.


Oppressed with the fear that do not deserve
the distinction you bestow, / pray God to make
me sworthier, and to smile upon you with His
perpetual blessings. = g a
Year: 1871

A preparation of roots and herbs warranted to be
strictly vegetable, and do no injury to any one


1T has been used by hundreds. and known for the
last 40 years as one of the most reliable ecacous and
harmless preparations offered to the suffering.
taken regularly and permanently it Is
Year: 1871

WHOM mon, go around the stroots
now with gloomy countenances. IL is
not necessarily q sign that business
is dull, but that house cleaning has
begun at home. The smell OF yel-
low soap penetrates the streets, the
small children are sent 10 school, the
husband lunches at tho restaurant,
and the dog is driven from tho door,
I'll Of which is the price We pay for
civilization. t
Year: 1871

THE total number or marriages received for
record in the Office OF the County Clerk, Of this
County, for the year last past, is 206 being
80 less than in 1869 and 46 less than in 1868.
showing that either the young men cannot af-
ford to marry, these hard times, or else that
the ladies do not respond favorably TO their
matrimonial propositions. But after all per-
haps the true solution Of the matter is found
in the carelossness and negligence OF the per-
sous who solemDize marriages, in sending the
returns 10 the proper officer for record. The
law Acquires this to be done within ninety days
after the date of the marriage under penalty OF
500 fine and ninety days imprisonment in the
County Jail, yet many are not returned until
a year or more after marriage and probably
some are never returned. and strange as il
NAV appear the Ministers Of the Gospel are
far more negligent in this respect than the
Justices of the Peace Should the law be en-
forced in this county Sheriff Srrine would hay z
no room IN his boarding-house for any crimi'
nails they would eli be crowded out by the
For the purpose OF reliable compilation OF
" the statistics, it 10 especially desirable that
1 II parties who nave such re,nrns, unrecorded
thould at once send them to the proper officer,


rat they may be entered on the record OF 1870


,fore IT Is finally closed Among those who


ntered the marriage state during the past


lar we're twenty-five widows; twenty males


d thirteen females over the age Of forty


venteen boys under twenty and fortv sirl


der eishtson-the youngest Of whom VA


N thirteen years old
Year: 1871

We notice that the village authorities have
fitted up portion of the old School House. for
the accomm odation OF the Fire Engine and
Hose Cart 1t is in contemplation to fit up a
Council Room. and upper part for public
Hall, which will be found great convience.
Year: 1871

Z HusTEGs CoURT.-This court adjourned
yesterday for the year, latter having disposedof,
more than four hundred cases, both civil md
criminal. Not single criminal case remains
on the docket now TO he disposed of. Can
any other court in the Commonwealth boast
Of as much
Year: 1871

For fear that everybody may not know where
ELtIsoN TATLoR's store Is We will state that 1t
Is Oh Main street next door above the Dispatch Of
flee. Having gotteA the location, now 60 and buy
YOUR Christmas goods there.
Year: 1871

Seclusion from sunshine is one
of the misfortunes of our civilized
life. The same cause which
makes the potato vines white and
sickly, when grown in the dark
cellars. operates to produce the
pale, sickly girls that are reared
in our parlors. Expose either to
the rays of the sun, and they be-
gin to show color, health and
strength.


One Of the ablest lawyers in
our country, victim of long and
hard brain labor, came to me a
year ago suffering from partial
paralysis. The right leg and hip
were reduced in size with constant
pain in the loins. He was obliged
in coming up stairs to lift mp the
left foot first, dragging the right
foot after it. Pale, feeble, miser.
able he told me he had been fail
ing for several years, and closed
with, my work is done. At six
ty | find myself worn out"


directed him to lie down ur-
der large window and allow the
sun to shine on every part of his
body at first ten minutes a day,
increasing the time until he could
expose himself to the direct rays
OF the sun for q full hour. His
habits were not essentially altered
in any other particular. In six
months he came running up stairs
like a vigorous man of forty, and
declared, with sparkling eyes, 81
have twenty years more of work
in me-"


/ have assisted many dyspeptic
neuralgia, rheumatic and aypo.
chondriacal people into health by
the sun cure. l have so many
facts illustrating the wonderful
power Of the sums direct rays in
curing certain classes of invalids
that | have seriously thought of
publishing a work 20 be denomi-
mated the "Sun Cure"


Home and Health.
Year: 1871




In lanyard of Ernest Blerscb.
thirteen dogs, some grown and
some half grown, have been har.
bored for some time past. Fed
upon the offal which is plentiful
ana fonl in such q place, these an
imals has become fiercer even
than their breed-cross between
the powerful Newfoundland and
the brutal bull would have
made them. Red mouthed, eaunt
and horrible, it is a wonder that
such a pack could have existed in
the midst of civilized communi.
~ 80 long as they did, and not
nave been sooner heard. Last
night at 6 o'clock, Willie Blersch.
bright seven year old son of the
weil"to DO owner Of the lanyard,
and criminally careless master of
the hounds, left his grandfather's
and started homeward, intending
to call for his father ell route.


lie entered the lanyard unmipd
ful or unaware that the EMPLOYEES
had left it to the care of it's night
guardians, thirteen cog harpiers.
tie had nearly reached the centre
OF the place, aud had called for
his father, when long keen fangs
were thrust into him from behind.
and he was dragged by a large
dog literally into the loft of one of
the sheds, other dogs coming to
the assistance of their fellow. At
the taste of blood the fierceness of
the hinge mongrels caught fire, the
boy was dragged again down the
steps, and rolled in the filth of the
yard until all semblance of bu
manity had left him. Black
bleeding, and dying, he still clunr
with his face downward to the
1t was at this moment that the
neighbors became aware OF what
was transpiring. A bold man
sprang over the fence to the res
cue, bnt was Immediately driven
out by the now maddened and terri.
ble dogs.


The men went in with pitch
forks, and people driving on the
avenue stopped and went to the
rescue with knives and pistols
lt was brief and bloody work.
The dogs were slain to the last
puppy, but not before a strong
man had carried what was left of
Willie to his grandiather's. Here
he was received by his grand.
mother, who washed him to the
likeness of boy. The flesh had
been chawn from his scalp; there
were great. ugly gashes in fore
head, cheeks and lips. Great
pieces Of skin hung from the back
Of his head. Ghastly holes, their
edges lacerated with tooth-marks.
were under his arms; legs and
other tender parts Of hls body
bore wounds beyond description.
And yet he lived. No vital had
been reached. He could even
tell, brokenly, how the attack had
begun.
Year: 1871

THoUeHTLEssNEss.--Young man,
in the flush of early strength, stop
and think ere you take a down.
ward step. Many precious life
is wrecked through carelessness
alone. If you find yourself in
low company, do not sit careless
ly by till you are gradually but
surely drawn into the whirlpool
of inquity and shame, but think
of the consequences of such a
course. Rational thought will lead
yon to seek the society of your
superiors and you must improve
by the association. A benevolent
use of your example and iDfuen-
ce for the elevation of your infe-
Iiors is a noble thing; even the
most depraved are not beyond such
help. But the young man Of i'm.
pressible character must, at least,
think, and beware lest lie fall
himself victim. Think before
you touch the wine; see its effect
upon thousands, and that you are
no stronger than they were in
their youth. Think before you al.
low angry passions to overcome
yoar reason !; it is thus that mur
derers are made. Think before,
in dark hour of temptation, lest
you become a thief. Think we'll
ere lie or an oath passes your
lips /; for a man of pure speech
only can merit respect. All
think on things true and lovely,
and of good report, that there
may be better men and happier
women in the world.
Year: 1871

THINK We ought to live in our
oest rooms ourselves a good deal
more than We do. We owe it to
ourselves and our children that
we use the best things We have i'm
the house all the time. If Won
nave q house that is not fit to use.
burn it npl Live as well "a Won
can, and accustom your children
to as good living as you can afford
,nem. at any rate in spiritual
housekeeping this is emipently de!
sira6le. Christians should live in
the best rooms that their souls con.
tain, because Christ comes to them,
every day and they should be
ready to receive him.
Year: 1871

THAT New SODA FOUNTAIN.-The Soda Water
apparatus just received and put up BY Messrs.
Beck q Lorriaux at the City Drug Store is At.
tracing good deal OF attention and receiving
the encomiums of all judges Of good soda. The
dispensing apparatus is made Of pure white
marble. beautifully ornamsnted with silver
mountings. some OF them representing arctic
scenes, and the tout ensemble being very suggss.
tive Of cold. Its beauty, however, is but one of
its commendabls features. It has q novel and
ingenious arrangement BY which the .umblers
are kept free from dust and the reach of insects,
and ut the same temperature as the Soda Water
ITSELF thus enabling the dispsssG to offer glass
Of Soda by several degrees osAasr than can pos
sibly be done when drawn in a warm and dusty
tumbler on hot summer day. Another valua.
BILE feature Of the apparatus is, that the syrups
are contained in glass exclusively and do not at
any time come in contact with any metal what.
ever, an advantage that all will recognize, espe-
cially for the use of the fruit syrups.


More might be said in favor Of this Fountain,
but an actual test can but strike favorably the
lover OF Soda Water. We therefore invite the
attention of all those who indulge In the cooling
beverage, and shall take pleasure in showing
them the working Of the "Arctic"
Year: 1871

-SAhD "iLDKEs FAMOUS STOMACH BITTERs certainly
dyspepsia Liver Complaint, Indigestion in all its forms
Intermittent Fever, Fever and Ague and all i
es lreeves Collie and Fluy. cosveness proves an


Ysorant OF mild and delightful character for delicate f.


aes acts as an Alternative and tonic for family
e wasted and debated frame, strengthens the
appete and improves the digestive forces it is unlike all
other bers, its basis being pure Old Bourbon or


ed Whisky while the body of all rival preparations is COM
mon raw Whisky or Alcohol which in the highest derr
deerous to the SYSTEM This has of itself STRONGLY
to the confidence of the public, its useful.
ness mas oeen atesed by the unsolicited certificates leading
men In the medical profession and the holy ministry
Year: 1871

Ward Il Spencer still continue to lead In sell.
ing choice meats. You will find At their market
every day a. fine u quality Of beet, mutton, veal
and pork A. any market in the county can show
These gentlemen started in the business with
the determination Of keeping u hrst.clsss meat
market, and they have made it . success
Year: 1871

OTTAWA REAPRR AND 10wER.-This is the
most decidedly popular Of the respiug and NOW.
ing machines in use in this section Of the country
It has been thoroughly tested, and in comparison
with al other patterns. it has come out ahead
in every instance. While it is a good rule to
support home manufactures, this rule acquires
additional force whom articles are made at home
that are as good as can be made elsewhere The
truth ID, no better reaper and mower has yet
Machine Shops and Foundry. Col. Cushman
has spent great deal Of money in bringing it
TO perfection, and it seems to be exactly adapted
to tho uses for which reapers and mowers are
made.
Year: 1871

The arrival of full fedged Japanese
Minister at San Francisco, accredited to
Washington, accompanied by his suite and
secretaries, and holding in his own person the
rank of prince Of the imperial family of
Japan, being indeed uncle to the Mikado
himself, is an event of great Importance. 1t is
the first mission of the kind that Japan has
sent forth since days now far back in ancient
history. She has not had Minister, Minister
Resident, consul or commercial agent any
where among the nations Of the world for
many long years, and we have not yet heard
Of any similar embassies being forwarded at
this time to any other nation than ours.
In view Of our increasing commerce
with japan and her great twin nation Of the
far East, China, this unusual expression Of re-
gard for our institutions must be considered in
very complimentary light indeed and in
view of our rivalry with England for the CON-
merce of these two bound giants of the Orient,
we have right to credit ourselves with hav-
ing the inside track. Indeed, this mission
may be considered more complimentary to US
than the appointment of Mr.. Burlingame as
head of the Chinese Embassy which was so
recently roaming about Europe making trea-
ties; for while that was rather personal
compliment to one of our citizens, this is a
general compliment to the whole nation as the
first and youngest Power Of the globe FROM
one of the oldest.
Year: 1871

Quite formidable movement is in progress
chants and other influential classes in Boston
to abolish the system now in vogue in the pub
lie Latin school in that city Of ''cramming"
the scholars. 1t seems that they are so heavi-
ly stuffed with all sorts of learning, and that
their hours for study are SO continuous, both
in school and at home, that they have no time
for recreation, either for body or brain. Cases
of insanity are alleged to have arisen from
this exhausting system Of instruction, while,
according to the testimony Of experienced
physicians who had sons in the institution, the
youths grew up dwarfed in body, weakened in
intellect, and, suffering under variety of dis
eases, drop ints premature grave. This is
movement in the right direction, and the ex-
ample might be followed with benefit in our own
public schools. In the words of learned
Scotch gentleman, whose language is quoted
by one of the Boston physicians on the present
occasion, 1T is weel eneuch to teach the
young idea how to shoot, but dnna use too
big gun" There 10 no subject in the world
that tends to elevate society and establish
high standard for morality and civilization
in greater degree than proper system OF
education; and whoever engages in the work
Of perfecting it can have no loftier ambition.


THE Tolls FOR Coal FREIGHT from Wilkes
barre to Eizabethport over the Lehigh Valley
and the Lehigh and Susquehanna railroad


has been raised by the companies from two
dollars and seventy-fve cents to seven dollars
and ten cents-a most outrageous piece Of
extortion, which will affect not only the
operators themselves, but the most humble
consumer in this city. Such tariff will,
in fact, put a complete estoppel on
the further shipments OF coal either
to this city or Philadelphia from
the Wilkesbarre region. Unless the Legisla-
lures of Pennsylvania and New Jersey can
control the ravenous impulses of these railroad
corporations, it will become necessary for us
to look elsewhere for coal. This extor-
tionate action of the railroads, undertaken In
connection with the uniform jugglery between
the operators and the miners to bull the price
Of coal every winter offers another telling
argument in favor Of renewal Of the import
Year: 1871

THE TENNEssEE.-A steamer has been
reported off the coast of Hayti, supposed to be
the Tennessee, but the rig does not CORE
spond with that of the latter vessel Whether
it was or was not does not change our opinion
in the least We believe the Tennessee is safe,
and that when the next advices are received
from st. Domingo it will be found that every
thing with the Commission progresses favor
ably. The croakers then will be nowhere
Year: 1871

COLLECTOR MURPHY AND MARSHAL SHARPE.
A dispute recently arose between the Collector
of the Port and the Marshal of the district
as to which Of these two officers of the
federal government should have control of
property seized under process of the United
States Court This dispute led to some en-
Year: 1871

PROPOSITION FOR RIVERSIDE AVENUE,
along which steam cars can traverse the city
on elevated tramways, has been introduced in
tho Legislature. 1t is an excellent idea, and
will be just the thing for West street when the
new docks and piers are finished.
Year: 1871




after process is issued, and that the court,
after process is issued, has full control over it
in the hands Of the Collector. The decision,
which will be found in another column, is an
important one In many respects, and it re-
lieves the departments mentioned from the
had the effect of putting upon them.


M. Thiers the Head of the New Pro-


visionaI GOverniacnt.


According to all our latest accounts M.
Theirs is the coming man In France--not the
than any other, is to give shape and character
to France under her new conditions. The reso-
luton introduced in the Assembly proposing M.
Theirs for Chief Executive is clear and unms-
taxable proof that France is not wholly lost
TO reason-that in the midst of all her sorrow
and all her madness she is neither indifferent
to her interests nor blind to the way of escape
which promises better times. M. Theirs is one
of the great men of Europe, who is dear to
us for the reason that his father was a working
u
owes his immense success in life to his own
genius and his own industry M. Theirs is
q man Of letters and statesman.
He has written for the press with success, and
through the press his first triumphs were wen.
AS a lawyer his success was not great. This,
however, is not to be set down as a fault for
at the time that Theirs was attempting law he
was engrcssed in those historical studies the
result of which we have in the "History of
the French Revolution" and the ''History of
the Consulate and the Empire" No man has
written SO warmly of the empire, nor has any
man who has written OF the empire written
with more caution. He was the favorite
Minister Of Louis Philippe, and since the
downfall of the kingdom, in lS4S, all the
world has looked to him as the undying friend
of the House of Orleans. The coup dftat of
1851 sent NJ. Theirs into exile, although there
were many who thought that the eulogist of
the first empire would be the first Minister
of the second. Since 1S4S few have
great statesman was at heart an Orleanist. 1t
has been Impossible to doubt his proclivities.
His appearance in the Corps Legislatif under
Napoleon the Third reform marked the begin
ming Of the downfall of the empire. He has
always been in favor Of France having re-
stored to her the Rhine boundaries of the first
empire; but he was opposed to this war, be-
cause, as he said, France was not prepared to
fight with Prussia, far less with united Ger
many. With his European tour and his efforts
for peace we are all familiar Should he sue
ceed to power we have no choice but say he
will restore to the throne of France the grand
son Of Louis Philippe. Because he loves his
country even more than he hates Louis Napo-
leon loves the house of Orleans he is not likely
to talk any more about Rhine boundaries. NJ.
Theirs as Chief Executive means the restora-
ton of the House Of Orleans and peace for
France.
Year: 1871

STATE HONOR AND STATE CREDIT. are
glad to see the movements now progressing in
Minnesota and North Carolina-the one to do
justice to the holders of the repudiated bonds
of 1853 and the other to extricate the
finances Of the State from their present de-
plorable condition. Every statesman in the
country should remember the ignoble fame
which Mississippi won for herself by repudia-
ton. 1t is matter for curious investigation
how far the bad faith of his native State was
instrumental in undermining the loyalty of
jefferson Davis to his country. Reputation
gathered great many bad children.
Year: 1871

THE BILL TO EXTEND the powers of the
Court of Special Sessions so that it may
punish criminal as severely as the General
Sessions for the same offence is an excellent
measure. Judge Bowling, the man Of the
long memsry, has heretofore shown the will
powers have been cramped. Give him full
swing and many an old burglar, who hap
pened to run afoul of the Judge twenty or
thirty years ago, will find something nearer
his deserts than q few months in the Peni-
teatiary.