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Year: 1875

AT THE GRAVE OF FRANKLIN pail
of patriotic Frenchman. on a tour oi
observation and pleasure. were present
in Philadelphia. They desired to render
homage to the memory of Monsieur le
Docteur franklin. and this is the way
they did it. They applied to clerk oi
q well known hotel for directions to the
grave, and he being full of decorative
fun undertook to guide them. 1t was
early in the morning when the three
might have been seen vending their
way up Willow street. In few mo
ments the party arrived at designated
spot and entered the enclosure. "Here, y
said the clerk. Il will leave syou, and
at it the worshipers went. Uncovering
their heads they approached a small.
square brick enclosure. rooted in slate,
and about seven by nine in size. With
hat in hand they slowly and reverently
(such as Frenchmen alone are capable
of) walked around the structure, en-
phasizing the merits of the departed
worth they supposed to be inferred with
in its walls. Just then the proprietor
OF the premises appeared with arms in
his hands, wanting to know why the
visitors were prowling around his smoke
house at tha. time of the day, and call
ing policeman, put the worshipers in
charge.
Year: 1875

l@ A Delaware man married
a woman because she was deaf,
and he thought she would keep
her mouth still. So she did, but
when he fell into a we'll and
yelled himself hoarse trying to
make her hear, he wished she
had ears a foot long and could
hear a whisper a mile away.
Year: 1875

T When mother cuts her sons
hair with such nice precision and artis-
tic neatness that the boy is ashamed to
take off his hat when he goes to bed, it
is about time our domestic Institutions
were overhauled and remodelled.-Bal-
ti1Orenn
Year: 1875

F Was aught more sublime ever
offered for contemplation by wonder
ing Nation than the cheek of the female
book agent who called on the President
to subscribe for a copy of Sherman's
Memnirs2
Year: 1875

FLIRTATIoN.-No woman can car
ry on o Irritation with q married
man that is not criminal. No wo-
man can firt innocently even with
a young man. 1t is the first step
toward unbalancing his character.
Through her he sees other women
and forms an estimate. The young
woman who enters a family and
wins the affections of the husband
and father knowingly-and she can
not do otherwise-has entered on
the road to perdition. There is q
punishment for the housebreaker,
who steals and mars life's best
treasures. Every woman has the
best right to her husband. He is
hers in sickness and hers in health,
to love and cherish, as exclusively
as if she be his. He is to provide
for her, honor and love her. He is
her protector against all the adverse
circumstances of life; no other wo-
man has any right to his attentions
and endearments, and q wife has o
perfect right to resent such atten-
tions. A man who saw another
mans arm around his wife's waist
would consider it o case Of court,
or an exercise for pistol shooting.
Women, with keener sensibilities
and finer nature, feel it deeper. II
touches the heart.
Year: 1875

warranted not to cut in the eye-not a head
ache in a hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than its on your back in pound of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1875

From of the Forty, in the New York Tribune.


If Mr.. Beecher is guilty it is thing
to make the world weep. [ believe he
is innocent. [ believe be suffers
this terrible discipline, which should
fill all hearts with awe, i'll order that
some great glory to the name of Christ
shall be wrought out; and that his
recognition and acceptance of this sus-
tains him in such serenity of patience
and gentleness. In the presence of
such an experience it becomes US to
hush ourselves into a solemn silence,
and to wait for the developments of
Gods will.


That simple, spontaneous, loving
nature Is not the nature that commits
such sin T! He has ''given," without
calculation, to his chosen friends and
with an absolute trust, Of which any
amount OF advantage might have been
taken. Made to believe that he had
wronged some of them. he poured out
all be had and was, 10 help them. and
to save his dear church from a shadow
OF a stain. Made to believe that a
woman S defrauded heart had turned to
him from It's natural relations, al that
was chlvalrous and generous and good
In his Christian manhood took the
blame, and rose up to shield and help
her in her sorrow and helplessness !;
counting the sacrifice of himself as
nothing to secure that end.
Year: 1875

1t is the spirit of Christ which the
world cannot understand. 1t is
the 'litlte childhood" Of the king
doom !. Very like the violets that he
loves is this man whose trumpet of
fame has sounded throughoUt the
world; simple as simplicity itself, yet
wearing the purple of kings and giving
out a largess of fragrance that cntich-
es the whole atmosphere.
Year: 1875

WHITE ASH and RED OAK LUMBER Logs to
be cut in lengths and sawed to order. Any want
ing good horse rake or mower can pay for II in
lumber. Address


So vi FARM MACHINE CO., Bellows Falls.
Year: 1875

TIE CoTToN CRoP.-We clip from the Gazette and produce in to-day's DEMOCRAT an interesting statement, giving an extended re vlew of the prospects of the com ing cotton crop.

 From the statement we may see that the prospect is good and without any unseen disaster to the crop we may look for q large crop and correspondingly low prices. It is certainly q happy thing and a great consolation to know that our planters have al most all made their breadstutt, and that there will be no draw on the proceeds of the cottcn crop for the purchase of flour. And we hope too, in future years, this important principle of producing all our breadstuf at home will be adhered to and followed up.

 Such course is the only deliv- crancc our planters have from bankruptcy and ruin.
Year: 1875

most important and eflectual; :; and in regard to which, this state is far behind other states, and this county behind other coun- ties in this state. l consider there are no more eifectual means of instilling into the minds of the people a pride and ambition to improve and excell in everything produced, of what ever kind, than county fairs. They are much more effectual than state fairs, because at county fair every one has chance to be repr sent ed and exhibit their productions. A few years ago Texas was noted for it's scrub, Indian or mustang ponies, (of which it still has plen- ty). But nearly every county has instituted q fair, and what is the result? They can now hard ly be excelled for the size and ex- cellencc of their horses, and other things are being improved in pro- portion.

 But who is to undertake it? Conld not the Grange take hold of the matter? 1 think it falls more properly in its province. And if no one else will, cannot the Immigration society under take it? Its object is to encOur- age and assist immigration, and what is better calculated to assist the execution of their design than we'll organized county fair? Such practical demonstra- tions as this of improvement and intrinsic worth will have geeat- CT bearing upon energetic foreign CTS than all the protestations of friendship, and all the praise that can be bestowed upon our lands and resources. It is no use to say that we have not the material to work upon. If so it but argues the greater necessity of such an institution. I merely make this as suggestion feeling confident that we are not wholly void of en- ergy but that we can do a little for ourselves while calling for the assistance of others.

 INAUDITUs.
Year: 1875

MR, EpiroR;-Again allow me to intrude into your presence with a few thoughts. My object now is to suggest some means of home improvement and a spirit of the same, which should be our first and highest aim.

 To this end could we not have county fair? We claim to be a progressive people, and wish to keep cup with the times" and while we are turning our attention to other means, we are sadly neg lccting this which is one of the
Year: 1875

EDITOR GAZETTE: Permit me . little space to reply to all those who have seen proper to com mcnt, favorably and unfavorably, on my address to the Press Asso- citation at its recent annual meet ing.

 First-I have been charged with partisanship. To this have nothing to say beyond entering a simple denial. If I was betrayed into any partisan expression, it was unintentional. Each reader can judge of the truth of that charge for himself. Since its publication 1 have carefully re- read the address, and have found no reason to change any expres- sion in it.

 Second-It has been charged that 1 failed to enumeraie all the papers published prior to the war, and to give credit where it prop erly belongs. This is true. l did not propose, nor does the ad- dress bear out such a history What 1 endeatorcd to do was to give something of the history of the ante bellum press of the state, especially that part relating to the early press of the state. l did not claim that my address in cluded all the ante war papers. I knew it did not. Such a work would have cost me more time and labor than 1 could have pos sibly spared at the time. l was not aware until short time be- fore the meeting of u e association that l was expected to deliver an address of any kind. After con senting to do so, l had but a few days in which to write it. That it was imperfect no one knew better than myself. l tatter myself, however, that it contained good many things in reference to the early press of the state which were new to the present members of the association.

 Third-Some papers l have observed seem desirous of picking a flaw because l failed to give a history of the press not only from 1919 to 1860, but from the latter year up to the present. To have done that would have been to ex- tend the address to undue length That was q task l left to others I never proposed to speak of ei ther the war press or the press since the war--and those who have gone into history of either in order to supply my deficiency have entered Q field which 1 did not pretend to touch. A history of the newspaper press ofthe state for the past fifteen years is muel easier to write than that extend ing over a period of forty year' previous to that time l chose |,
Year: 1875

The little Republic of Switzer- land is making active preparation to be represented at the centen- nial exhibition in Philadelphia, This will be gratifying to the peo- pie of this country who hold the citizens of the model government in such a high estimation. The Swiss were the pioneers of freed om in Europe. They have al ways shown their friendship fol the United States, a friendship that was never so clearly mani fested as when Mir. Staempfli, a former president of the Swiss Confederation, became member of the Geneva Arbitration. The contribution of Switzerland in the great exhibitions of Europe was rich and varied in it's charac

 ter and largely calculated to add to the fame of that interesting country. We know of no nation whose cooperation would be moro heartily welcomed than Swlizer

 land, and the renewed interest shown in our labors by the Swiss people and the authorities of tho republic is the most gratifying event in the history of the cen

 tennial exlnbition--St. l.. Times
Year: 1875

A ear-sighted Boston man was lately riding in street car, when a lady opposite bowed to him. He returned the bow, raised his hat, and smiled swcetly, and then found out it was his wife.
Year: 1875

in Pope and the adjoining counties, and to those who wish either to sell or purchase lands in Pope, Johnson, Yell or Conway Counties will find that am prepared to of fer inducements never offered before by any other agency.

 These Counties arc situated in the heart of the
Year: 1875

An accident of q painful nature occurred on Wednesday morning. A little child of Mr. Jones fell from an upper window, about fif- teen feet, down on to a stone steps and pavement. It fell strlk- ing on its head and strange to say is still living and hopes are en- tcrtained of it's recovery. The little one is about q year old and seemed quite lively in few hours after its ugly fall, which one would think would produce cer- tain deathr We hope it may re- cover entirely from the effects Ozark Banner.

 By an unfortunate accident Mir Isaac Taylor an old citizen of oul county was instantly killed by being thrown from a horse. The brute was unruly but Mir. T. did not think him dangerous and con tinued to ride him. On Saturday last he rode to neighbors anc on his return was thrown. He fel on his head and his neck was broken. MT. Taylor is said t' have been q good citizen and his death is much regretted.-Ib.
Year: 1875

The Methodists of Boston favor Gen.
Grant for third term. He is their man.
His views on religious matters suit them,
and though they do not favor the union of
Church and State, as they say, yet they
would like very we'll to see the State con-
Quoted by o man whose views on religious
questions tally so we'll with their own.
Bishops and parsons and Sunday schools
elsewhere echo their sentiment, and though
some of them think that nominations for
political Office ought not to be made In
Sunday sch ools, they endorse the nomina
tion anyhow.


Still it appears to be fzzle. The ella
sueurs were all ready the great Ulysses
appeared in his new role of religious champ
ion, and the Church lifted up its voice in
applause. Everywhere an emphatic appro-
val was to be given and the thing made 90
unanimous, 30 enthusiastic, that 1t would
be hopeless to oppose it. 1t would be the
accepted fashion to endorse Grant. The
idea was to take the position by storm.


Great was the elGgue, but the audience
does not respond. On the contrary, if we
can believe the testimony of Northern
Journals, such "a the Herald and the ITi
bune, big feeling of disgust has come ovel
the general public. They do not want the
third term they want still less that reli
gion should be contaminated by an alliance
with party politically being made th'
tool of demagogue.


The fact is that the American people
though they have no tendency to Catholic
ity and are by no means friendly to it, haV'
q rapidly growing scOrn for Professionalism
The Praise G cd Bare Bones period ha
passed Puritanism has been put on tn
shelf as an autiquated cOnceit, and religion
frenzy, or bigotry, is dismissed as primi
Year: 1875

The old people at the Asylum OF the Little
Sisters of the Poor, corner Laharpe and John
SON streets, Third District, will this evening
commence the exercises for gaining the In
diligence of the Jubilee. They will march
four times around the grounds attached to the
aavlarn
Year: 1875

Subscribers finding a. blue mark
acros5 this notice will understand that
their subscription viii expire in few
days and they are respectfully request
ed to renew witaout delay A rcd
mark denotes tha their subscription
has already expired, and unless we
hear from them Immediately, we will
becompelled to di continue the paper.
Year: 1875

SINGUIAR EXPERIMENr-A singular eN-
pertinent has been I'm operation AT the works
OF Brown & Co, Sheffield. A revolving disc,
made from a rail-saw with all its teeth cut
of, was mounted on spindle, and driven at
nearly 5000 revolutions a minute The disc
being feet in diameter at the rate of running
its circumferential velocity was over miles
per minute. Steel rails forced against the
edge of the disc while i'm motion were rapidly
cut through, appearing TO melt before ID and
giving of an abundance of sparks. After
cutting five rails. the disc itself was not SEN
sibly elevated in temperature.
Year: 1875

CATHOLIC POLICY IN ENGLAND-It is
stated from Rome that the English Catholic
bishops have submitted a project 10 the Pope
for the conversion OF England to Cathoii-
cism. They propose TO establish an increased
number of Catholic missions, publish new
religious journals, raise large sums of
money for colleges and seminaries, whose
professors are to be selected from men dis
tinguished for their ability and doctrine. A
more extended system OF culture is to be
given to the parish priests and the Society
ST. Vincent de Paul is to be enlarged. Each
bishop is to send monthly reports to Rome of
the progress of the work in his diocees, and
full general reports are to be made at the end
Of fhe wear
Year: 1875

A now biographcr Of Artcmus Ward
says tho genial humorst usually
wrote with one lcgc over tho arm of
his chair. We had always supposed
he wrote with pen or u pencil; but
to write with one leg over the arm of
q chair is not so difficult rs to wrto
with one arm over the leg Of chair.
-lIaristown Herald.
Year: 1875

The older the wise man gets the Wi
ser he grows; the fool, when he ages,
becomes an old fool. He who studies
for good purpose, to him his study
becomes blessing; to him who does
not, it grows into a poison. A bad
wife is like hail storm. Do not
dwell too long on your friends prai-
ses; you will end in saying things
against him. Do much or little, so
that you do it for q good purpose.
Refined music is liked by refined peo-
Pile; weavers do not much care for it.
Three cry out, but get no pity, viz:
He who lends out his money without
witnesses, the henpecked husband,
and he who cannot get into one place
and does not try another. One & oose
generally follows another. Bad SER
wants first ask only when they have
committed a blunder. The load is
laid upon the camel according to his
strnegth. If a word is worth a pound,
silence Is worth two. A pig is the
richest animal; everything is piece
ofgoods to him. Whoever does too
much, does too little. The greater a
man, the greater his passions. He
who presses the hour, the hour will
press him. May our future reward
be like his who remains silent under
false imputatiOn. One pepper-corn
is better than hundred gourds. A
learned man whose deeds are evil is
like man who has door and no
house. He who prays for his neigh
bors will be heard for himself. He
who marries his daughter TO an uned-
ucated man throws her before wild
beast. He who throws out suspicious
should be at once suspected himself.
Three keep good fellowship-strangers


slaves and ravens. A fool always
rushes to the fore. Do not cry out be-
fore the calamity has really happened.
Ifa man says something strange, be-


ware to mock at it wantonly. Pas
sion is at first like q thin reed; by
and by it becomes like a cable.
Year: 1875

10 W6 h6C. LIT. uOOOS


DEAR BROTHER: Your letter of res
ignation has awakened feelings of the
deepest emotion in all our hearts. To
your generous and self-sacrificing la
bors of love, we owe our present exist
ence as q Church of Christ, and our
only regret is that we have rendered
SO little material and moral support In
the work which, under God, you were
enabled to inaugurate and mature;
but now, in consequence of bodily in
disposition, necessitating your release
from the weighty and solemn respon-
sibilities of the pastOrate, we yield to
your earnest solicitation, cherishing
the hope that your desire, as expressed
in your letter, viz: "That the Great
Head of the Church will ere long send
us faithful and efficient laborer to
break to us the bread of life and build
up the walls of Zion," the foundation
0fwhich your labors, under God, have
established; and we pray Almighty
God to restore your health that you
may still continue to promote the
cause of our Adorable Redeemer in
the future, as we are glad to know you
have done during the past thirty years
in both hemispheres. And now, dear
brother, trusting that the presence
and blessing of God, our Savior, may
ever be your abiding portion, and de-
string you to rest assured that We shall
not cease to remember you and your
beloved family in our fervent prayers,
keeping in mind that our separation
here at the very longest cannot
be but brief and with holy confidence
and expectation to meet again in that
better land to unite with dear friends
who have passed on before in ascrip-
tions of praise to the Great Shepherd
who will lead the whole flock to
ever living fountains where farewells
are never heard.


In behalf of the Church.


j. T. COVER, lDoooons


B. f. SHIRLEY. De"oh''


j. n. COOPER, Secretary.


T. d. HANCOCK, Church Clerk.
Year: 1875

Last Sunday morning after the close
of the service the following documents
were read


To the Members of the First Baptist


Church of Los angeles.


DEARLY BELovED: More than flf-
teen months have elapsed since my
arrival In your city, at which time
there was no organization and but few
members of our denomination. We
commenced, however, to proclaim the
gospel from Sabbath to Sabbath in the
Court House under the most unfavor-
able circumstances, for the want of a
suitable place of worship, etc., which
1 regret is still the case, but yet the
means employed, though feeble, re-
suited in the present organization,
whose unanimous invitation to be-,
come its pastor I accepted for limited
period or until permanent pastor
could be obtained. The duties devolv-
ing thereupon we have endeavored to
discharge to the best of our ability.
And in this connection permit me to
acknowledge the touching proofs of
your kindness, forbearance and love
towards myself and family which will
ever be held in grateful remembrance.
Having for time been laid aside from
active service in consequence of slight
bodily indisposition, and knowing full
we'll the great extent of this inviting
field and the urgent necessity of assid-
uous and arduous labor in the various
portions thereof, l have felt assured
that it will be for the glory of God and
the interests of the Redeemer's King
dom to tender again my resignation,
trusting that He who holds the seven
stars (ministers) in His right hand
ready to bestow will grant you one in
answer to prayer who will be instru-
mental in greatly enlarging the bor-
ders of Zion until "little one be-
comes q thousand" "The Lord
hasten it in his time" And now,
dear brethren, in conclusion permit me
to say it will afford me The greatest joy
to learn of your prosperity in whatever
department of the Masters cause l
may henceforth be called to labor.


Ever affectionately yours in the Cos
pei of Christ, VIM. HOBBS.
Year: 1875

This elegant preparation is prepared from the
mates and genuine French brandy. and is vastly
superior to every other Extract or Essence of Gin
ger before the publis-all Of which are prepared
with alcohol by the old process.
Year: 1875

Free from serious objections, yet palatable, even
inviting to the sensitive palate, which will create
no morbid apps tte for itself and operate IS an as.
sistant to digestion, as well perform the func.
tions OF a stimulant. Such we confidently believe
lie to be found in
Year: 1875

chusetts, as they have in Ohio. But the
tendency Of public opinion at the North is
steadily sgainst q 'Democfatic restora-
ton. and this fact added to the disccfd
which now prevails in the ranks of the
Confederate Democracy will insure its
defeat in the next presidential election.
The real question for the Republicans
of the South to determine is, what use
to mako of the new lease of power
with which they are to be entrusted. The
only available stock in trade of the Demo
cratic party is that which is furnished by
the Southern Republicans themselves. If
Louisiana. Mississippi and Florida could be
placed IN the position now occupied by
South Caroline, it would 60 far to confirm
the overthrow of the Confederate Dem O.
cratic coalition. Of course the position of
Louisians, differs from South Carolina.
Louisiana is at once the citadel and
the battlefield of the great conflict between
aristocracy and republicanism at the South


That is understood, and yet the Republi-
cans of Louisiana owe it to themselves and
to their friends at the North to put forth
their best efforts to place the State before
the American people in her true light, and
to place themselves before their country
men as men who are worthy of the great
trust involved in laying the foundation of
an enduring free civilization upon the
ruins of slavery. B.