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Year: 1872

The comic freshness with which tho General
Order business was defended in the Senate
yesterday, was equaled by that displayed by a
representative of one thousand citizens OF
Elmira, who defended the Infamous Erie CLASH
fcation act before Legislative Committee.
Judge Smith, good, honest soul, is undoubtedly
sincerely IN earnest in his advocacy of
tho Erie management, but the simplicity
with which no refers to the one thou
sand citizens of Elmira who protest
against the English stockholders having any
rights in tho road which they own is very
good. To say that the foreigners only own
sJ,O0OOOO of the $SO,OOOOOO Erie stock seems
to be putting the case very mildly for the
Elmirans, who want the road run for tho
benefit of their county; but what is to become
of the luckless stockholders, who seek profits
and find nouef The representative OF tho
thousand citizens of Elmira thinks they ought
to be satisfied with the Classification act
because he is
Year: 1872

and provide Cor now and Ear election o.
Directors of the Erie Railway Company. In
tho details of these bills it may be that some
changes should be made; but prompt action
is urgently needed to prevent the Directory OF
the Erie Railway Company from continuing
longer to put at defiance all attempts at In
yestigation, and every effort to bring them to
an account
Year: 1872

bs cbean while the oity continues commercially
prosperous, and those who would live privately
and comfortably on little money must perforce
escape to New Jersey, or to those other regions
which quick transit, lot us hope, will some da7
make conveniently available for the residences
of city workers,
Year: 1872

II ia asserted that the Hotel Dieu, the new bali
finished hospital in Paris. in the construction Of
which the late Empress was warmly interested. and
upon which millions of francs have been expended.
is built without regard for and in opposition to ly
genic principles and, in consequence, several wing
of the structure must be pulled down. How absurd
If we in the United States make such blunder -
this do we think it necessary to alter the position Of
one single bricki Not at all The architect pub
fishes a card, all the attending doctors prepare
elaborate statements all the trustees send commun
cations to the newspapers; and thus it "a proved
that the aspersed building is one of the best con
structed in the world.
Year: 1872

There is a feminine genius in NewYOtk who
ought no longer 10 remain unappreciated In brisf
she Processes to have discovered how to make people
1--we forever The way you do 1t is to pou some
thing into your ears, something into youreyeS and
rub another something all over your head All Aes
something's she is so very kind as to manufsctur
and sell in bottles glass bottles at highly reInNnsr'
ative prices. But these pOurings and rubbing are
not all Your life must be that Of an angelic absrse
ton, and you must on no account marry. 10 NAM
is to die, and pour and rub as you may il shall nd
avail you. 1t is interesting to learn that church
to be erected wherein this Sybls doctrines are to H
preached. and her medicine piously advertised.
Year: 1872

Adopted hy the County Meeting, on Saturday, is
refreshing 10 Democratic and Conservative people.


Its tone has the clear ring of the pure metal
Il accords with the sentiments of our people, and
VIII meet with hearty and welcome response in
every part OF the county. and be re-echoed from
all parts OF the State. Its adoption was good
days work


our people desire that all shall enjoy good
government. But they believe that to have good
government 1t Is necessary that the governing
power shall be retained the hands OF hon.
est, intelligent white men.


As they believe this to be wise for Delaware, so
too, do they heeve it TO be wise for America, or
50 much OF America as they have voice III
governing.


We commend the platform to all the people OF
Delaware There Is nothing in it that should not
be approved OF by every man who has a real and
abiding interest i'll the advancement of our peo-
Pile oi all classes.
Year: 1872

At New Castle on Saturday, was one OF the most
satisfactory and encouraging assembages OF the
Democratic Party that ever took place at the be-
ginning of the campaign within our remembrance
It was large respectable and earnest.


1t was called in the spirit and upon the plat
form adopted at the same place two years pre-
vlous. and we congratulate the late County
Chairman, DIR. SwITHIN CHANDLER. upon the
TACT that the response to his call was so full
and SO encouraging of success in November In
point OF numbers the meeting excelled that OF
MAY 1870 fully two to one. All that Is necessary
the requisite energy tolee that white voters are
not cheated out OF their votes driven from the
polls by imported bulhes and We shall win sue
cess, and the county and its affairs will be con
tuued III the LANDS OF white men. and our jury
boxes be kept free from the intrusion of ignoran
negroes two wears longer
Year: 1872

HAVE You SEEN HER?-A lady who for the
last five years has been leader of fashion in
New York, and who may be seen twice a week
IN her elegant caleche driving pair of superb
ponies in Central park, has recently stated, in
the select circle to which she belongs, that the
only article in existence which imparts beauty
and lustre to the complexion without ultimately
impairing the texture of the skin and causin q
it to collapse and wrinkle, is HAGAN's MAGNo-
LA BALM. The name of the distinguished
member OF the beau monde who made this dec
iaration cannot with propriety be given, but it
may be mentioned en- passaat that she has
spent several years of her life in Europe and is
familiar with all the arts and preparations en-
ployed by the court beauties of the old
world to enhance their charms.
Year: 1872

Will repair Clocks, and guarantee
satisfaction. Every clock warranted to run
ION time, or no pay. Bring along your
defective clocks to his residence, on High
street, west Of the Webster House, and he
will set them right. Charges reasonable.
Year: 1872

A certain editor says, that the horse
disease in their part of the State is called
the L Epilonzogorhipodemique, and with
this disease they are dying very fast
K1tom0 Republican.


What? why! no wonder-it would take
horse with a constitution like an Ele-
phant, to ever recover from disease with
a name spelled like the above 1t is not
the disease my friend that kills your
horses if you will look at it in the light
light But Oh. gracious, it is the unpro-
nouncable name that does the death work
We never heard of that disease before,
but we had heard of an OK dying with
an epidemic called, Honorifcabilitunidi-
tatibusque, and in an other case where a
mule had died with Neutrality-suspicious.
dagus. We said then, and will say now
that the name is what murders the poor
unfortunate bruits.
Year: 1872

The first thing we do, when we meet
an old friend and are glad to see him we
always offer one 70 to shake, but if he
wants to pay up his subscription, We
always use two GsB- Gy, and go on with
our work rejoicing.
Year: 1872

The latest word out tha' troubled our
druggists for several days, on account
OF the scarcity of the article in our town,
and which was mostly used by the far
mers, Have you got any Assafetida,"
their reply would be, "No Sir" We will
have plenty tomorrow.
Year: 1872

There is no such man as Horace
Greeley, in existence, since the Presi-
dental election, but in looking over our
exchanges, we saw name like this,
"danaGreeIey." Wonder who gave our
Legislators the authority to change his
name. Gentleman the poor fellow is
sick, and it is wrong for you to go ahead
and make such a change. You ought
to have made motion to lay it en the
table. 1t is too late now, and we surely
will have to cal the old Gent. by his
right name.
Year: 1872

s Il remember you as q lovely spot n Inera-
ory 3 waste as the shadow Of great rock
IN the desert. as the rose of Sharon, and the
lily of the valley; that as the cedar is
smong the trees OF Lebanon 50 art thou
among mcni-AuilnE.
Year: 1872

WITH all the stupidity imputed to


Grant, he is shrcwd enough to have dis


covered that the policy which exempts


government thieves from punishment


and extends the same immunity to all
other criminals who vote the Radical


ticket, necessarily brings to the ranks
of that party, all who are villainously
inclined, and without regard to pre-
vious party association His strict ad-
hercnce to this policy accounts, not
only for the numerical strength of the
party, but for the number of criminals
il embodies. But, whilst he thus draws
to his support the ignorant and vicious
and repels the intelligent and virtu-
ous, he seems to care nothing for the
effect which follows-the degradation
Of the government and the depravity
of T. g people. Corruption is the ele-
mcnt in which he delights and is the
secret of his success. 1t is painful to
entertain such an opinion of the high
est official of great country, but,
since the facts are too stubborn to
bend to any other theory, that opinion
is too we'll founded to be abandoned
until removed by practical rciorma-
ton. The downward tendency Of the
is, we fear too great to be
arrested by any power short ofrcvolu-
ton and there is not enough of manly
virtue to suggest such remedy.
Year: 1872

The following is what the Cincin


natl Trade List thinks of those char
acters who complain Of their count,
paper, and instead of helping TO sup.
poet it. send off for large city paper.
and thus help to sustain them:


" A gentleman writes to us that
his county paper is so poor he has
stopped taking it, therefore sends three
dollars for the Trade List. We re-
peat that we don want subscribers on
those terms. A mans county paper
is worth more to him than any other
paper in the world, or if it is not,
it is his own fault. If the coun-
ty paper is properly encouraged, il may
be relied upon for information gilmore
value to the people in whose interest il
ia issued, than can be found in all the
city papers in the United States. No
man can afford to stop the paper that
publishes the official advertisements
county, the public sales, market,
court news and other local intelligence.
II the paper is poor the people arc
more at fault than the publishers, for
liberal patronage will always make a
good paper. However poor tho coun-
ty paper may be it is always worth
more than it costs to those interested
in the affairs of its locality"
Year: 1872

THE Radical majority in the Senate
refused to give Committee position
to any Liberal Republican, whereupon
the Democratic members of the Com
mittees resigned their positions in
favor of such Liberals as Schurz and
Fenton. Such contemplate tyranny,
on one side, and such liberality, on the
other, would have a beneficial effect
upon a proud and magnanimous peo-
pie, but the bulk of the population is
sunk took low, morally and politically,
to be reached by any just or generous
impulse.
Year: 1872

The necessity for comforting certain


powers Of government upon the civi


districts, in each county Of this State
I is felt on every hand. If paupel


needs a pair of shoes, or peck o.


meal, his case must be brought bcfor,


the county court In a certain county


not long ago, the county court spent Q


half day in various motions and de.
bates, all about giving FIVE dollars to q


poor, old, blind negro. The expenses


Of the court were more than a hundred


dollars per day. Over fifty dollars, in


that single instance, were spent in dis


posing Of one tenth of that sum for


the benefit of the poor. If any ono
will look closely into the condition of
the poor, and the provisions made for
them, he cannot fail to see that, while
the people of Tennessee are taxed
heavily for this purpose, but a small
part of their money ever reaches those
for whom it was intended. 1t is not
squandered, it is not embezzled; but
it is consumed by the cumbersome,
expensive method by which it is col
lectcd and distributed. There is no
good sense, no business-like propriety
in requiring the question of aiding or
a pauper in one district to
be brought before the justices of all,
the other districts in the county, as
well as of the one in which he lives.
Such a question really should concern
only the people of the district in which
the pauper lives, and should be left to
them or officers elected by them. And
by some plan of this kind the enor-
nous expense of the county courts
would be greatly reduced, taxes for the
aid and support of the poor would be
levied and expended in each district
under the eyes of the people
that paid them, who would thus have
an opportunity of being thoroughly
acquainted with the disposition made
of their money. And, what is still
more important, in this way we would
attain more effectually higher and
purer form of democracy. by our
present plan we bring to the county
seat all questions concerning the poor,
roads and bridges and public schools,
and, in doing this, we take out of the
hands of the people, and outside Of
the limits, of each district, what could
be best managed by those most con-
cerned. Let the legislature enact that
certain officers shall be elected in each
civil district, who shall have charge of
these matters, and give to each district
the power to levy a tax for these pur-
poses, and we shall soon feel relieved
from a part of our heavy burden of
taxation. For it can be easily shown
that the nearer home public affairs are
brought, and the more they are placed
under the eyes of the people,
the less money is wasted by useless dc
bates and unnecessary processes.
Year: 1872

The young man who has an ambi
ton to make great noise in the world
should learn boiler making. He can
make more noise at that trade than al
anything he can engage in.


If he believes a man should strike
for wages" he should learn black
smithing-especially if he is good al
" blowing"


If he would embrace a profession in
which he can rapidly rise he should
become an eronaut. He couldn't
find anything better " for high"


He certainly could do a staving, and
perhaps starving) business at the
cooper trade.


Ifhc believes in measures not men. "
he will embark in the tailoring bust
ness.


If the one great object of his life is
to make money he should get a posi-
tion in the United States Mint.


If he is a punctual sort of chap and
anxious to be ION time, he should put
his hands to Matchmaking.


If he believes it the chief end Of
man to have his business largely felt, "
why, of course, he will become hat
ter.


If he wants to get at the root of
n thing" he will become a dentist
although he will be often found
" looking down the in mouth"


If a man is a bunglcr at his best he
should become physician, and then
he will have none of his bad work
thrown upon his hands. 1t is gener-
ally buried out of sight, you know.


Should he incline to high living, but
prefer plain board, then the carpen-
ter trade will suit him. lie can plane
board enough at that.


If he is needy and well-bred he will
be right at home as a bakcr.-Fdt
Contributors Saf3trdau Ni1ht.
Year: 1872

n LIFE INSURANCE QUESTION
A discussion rs going on at this moment
among the life-insurance people, the
merits of which we do not pretend to
understand, but witch is Of interest
to the public just so far as the public
are interested in life insurance. One
of the largest and oldest companies in
this city proposes to make a reduction
in the rates amounting to about twenty
per cent. The argument on their side
is that the life insurance companies
have been for years past doing so prof
table a business as to justify and de-
mand this reduction. Other compa-
nics deny both the premises and the
conclusions, and oppose any reduction
as injurious to all concerned. As we
said, we shall not pretend to Judge
between the two parties to the contro-
vcrsy, but mention it as a matter OF
news which a good many people will
feel is Of moment to them.-Neu
York Erening Post.
Year: 1872

Samuel Ice, Professor of Hebrew at
the University at Cambridge, England,
was seventeen years Of age before he
conceived the idea of learning foreign
language. Out of the scanty pittance
OF his week ly earnings as carpenter
he purchased book, and when this
was read hc exchanged it for another,
and thus he advanced in knowledge.
lie had not even the privilege Of
balancing between reading and relaxa-
tion, but was obliged to pass directly
from bodily fatigue to mental cxcr-
tion. During the six years previous
to his twenty fifth year he omitted none
Of the hours usually appropriated
to manual labor, and he retired TO
rest regularly at ten o'clock in the
evening, and yet at the ago Of thirty.
one years he had actually learned SOW
cnteon languages. This illustrates
that, Where there's will, there's a
way
Year: 1872

TIE LEADER IN ELEGANT AND GOOD CLOTHING.
Those who stutly economy, and: wish to obtain a


rstrate sui: or clothes, elegant fit, made In the
most substantial manner, aud OF the best maternl.
should go to the new store of WILLIAM IRA
SMITH, 1l08 Main street, sign Of the big flag. BY
perseverance, industry, fair dealing, and doing
perior work, he has ganed for himself and his esab
lishncnt n wide and extensive celebrity, as Is
evinced IN the extensive business done by him.


Keeping up with the times, and securing the best
talent and latest styles of goods purchasing largely
| for cash from first hands aud most celebrated
houses he is thus enabled to sell good goods at
sonable figures.


His stock of goods hand is always large afford.
Ing a great variety from which to select.
Scarcely day passes he does not receive some new
fabr!c He keeps the best Of workmen, which is q
sure guarantee to satisfactory work.


Evidences of his reputation frst-cIass ciothies
are shown In the fact that those who patronize him
once continue doing so, and we advise oil TO give
him call. His present stock of fall and winter
wear Ia the largest to be found In the State.
Year: 1872

,JouN RoB1NsoS's CIECus.-John Robinson
may fairly claim the credit Of having the
largest and the most colossal circus and me-
nagcric that have c,cr visited the South, and
he may also claim to have made the most
successful tour. Nothing like his capacity
for drawing crowds was ever known, even
here where circulscS are always well patron
ICED. The Great Eastern, with It's compare
lively small attractions, drew well, but never
anything like the big audiences attracted to
HobInson's big tents. Night before last over
a thousand people had to he turned away
bccause they could not be accommodated,
and Yesterday afternoon and last night the
crowd was 80 great that it could not be
seated. SO much for starting out with a
good show and keeping it good. We can
honestly commend this circus and menagerie
rs the best now travelling.
Year: 1872

Fifty and sixty miles an hour for
railway travel is oftener talked
about than realized. A speed Of
sixty miles an houl for regular pas
senger train has never been at
tempted, except in one instance, aud
that on a wide seven foot guage in
England. This rapid speed pleased
travellers very much, and many will
lingly paid the large extra charge
for being shot along over the ground
at a rate so great as to render tho
way stations Of the accommodation
trains almost invisible. But tho rail.
way company soon found that they
had passed the practicable limit Of
the enduring Of wood and iron.
They found that the "wear and tear
induced upon both road and rolling
stock by such excessive speod was
beyond the endurance Of finance,
aud that high rate of speed was
consequently abandoned.


There are but few trains now run
ming on the best wide-gusge, straight
roads in England which average n
speed OF Fifty miles an hour. The
express traffic is usually done at the
rate Of thirty.Gvs to forty miles,
while the ordinary travel is about
twenty-five.


Railroad travel in this country is
much slower, and necessarily 90 in
consequences Of the lack Of solidity
in our roa'ls and rolling stock. Our
"lightniDg trains scarcely reach,
aud very seldom excel, thirty-6ve
miles an hour---in fact, our fast
trains do not average over thirty
miles, while our general passenger
traffic does no. exceed an average Of
twenty. Freight trains usually run
about sixteen to eighteen miles an
hour.
Year: 1872

Although the subscription season OF Italian opera
for thirty nights ended last week and the manager
venturcd upon giving three extra nights and
matinee this week without subscriptions and de-
pending entirely upon the public, there was a
large and fashionable audience last night TO hear
.sMigpoup for the last timc THIS was the m. .re re-
Year: 1872

Mr.. BONNER, how long is it since you
had sled Did you ever have one? Per
haps you were brought up where there
was no snow. If so pity you. No one
can be a perfect man, rounded out into n
perfection on every side, who has not had
chilblains, been rubbed, snow-balled, and
who has not been upset on an icy hill and
rolled over, sled and boy, in apromiscuous
heap. You may put on all your armor,
and make believe that you are as good as
another, but if you never slid down hill,
you shall not be elected honorary mem
Der of the Hyperborean Boys Sled Club,


Blessed be New Bedford What now?
YOU will ask. Moved with sympathy
for the welfare of the boys, once upon a
time the aldermen set apart a hill street
in that beautiful and, ever since, blessed
city, for the especial use of sleds They
devoted it to all boys and girls under sew
enty years of age. One street there was
where sleds were not obliged to keep out
of the way of wagons and horses and
policemen, and angry old gentlemen, who
had been tripped up, or sent flying ovei
the boys heads. Nay, night after night,
snow was carted upon the bare spots, ol
water sprinkled when it would form ice


Was not this an enlightened view of an
alderman's dutyg Ought not every boy
to vote, when he grows up, for such wise
counselors? May the winter fall lightly
on their heads, and the summer sing
sweetly over their graves, while nodding
flowers beat time


We have Just had sent to us from Penn
syNania new sled, and, as sure as you
| live its name was, in large letters, DeX
ter. But, fine in every other respect, i
has one original feature worthy of note
An iron rudder is ingeniously fastened
between the runners in front, with hand
| cords attached in such a way that tht
boy can steer with it or use it as brake
| In this way one may mount his feet upol
the sled and sit as free as a king, guiding
his sled as easily rs all kings are know
to guide their kingdoms


Perhaps no improvement will ever en-
able a sled TO give more pleasure thai
the rude old rattletraps that country boy


knock up for themselves. This was tn


primitive form Of our recollection twl


slaves of barrel fastened together witt


a cleat at each end, the board at one en'