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Year: 1870

The congregation of the church in which the
Rev. Mr.. Smyth was recently preacher is
evidently of the ''unco good and over right
eous sort" and fancies that 1t will be better
without association with that liberal-minded
but jealous Christian gentleman. In fact
these people have been more moved by the
wild romancing of reporter, who convicts
himself as one of the meanest creatures that
ever wore human shape, than by the spirit of
forbearing good will and brotherly kindness
that should prevail among worshippers at the
same shrine. 1t is evident, therefore, that
there are places in the world where Mr..
Smyth can do better service as a preacher OF
the Gospel than among these people, however
much they may need proper teaching. It
seems to s that the fit place for this man is In
the highway. aud byways, out among the sin
ners who have not their natures case-bardened
with hypocriiical guiss of great virtue, but
may be touched by the plain appeals Of man
of really good intent. Why should he not
have the church on Broadway opposite the
New York Hotel? That ediioe is, we believe,
the property Of A. T. Stewart 1t has been
tried innumerable times as theatre and has
always failed. Would it not be good thought
for the munifcent millionaire to indulge him
self with giving the use Of his church for the
good of the impressionable masses that ''hap-
pen in" when churches are handy and seats
free? With strong sermons in the popular
vein of those preached by Mr.. Smyth this
house would become great Sunday resort of
city saunterers, and thus much good might be
Year: 1870

BULL MOVEMENT IN PIG IRoN.--Pennsyl-
vania tactics are readily understood. Regu-
larly as spring opens and the demand for coal
decreases we hear of strikes throughout the
mining districts, when the mines are at once
closed until the stock on hand is seriously
diminished and consequent increase in prices
is effected, when operations are at once har-
moniously resumed. AT the present time, as
Congress threatens to reduce the tariff on
the imported pig iron, the Pennsylvania iron
masters have determined to close their
furnaces in order to run up the prices and
frighten of legislation. Congress, we hope,
will readily understand that the disposition of
the iron masters to thus force up the price Of
home productions is mainly an additional
reason why the people should be protected by
q reduced tariff on the foreign article.


VERY Coon BUT NOT VERY USEFUL. The
| republican nominations for Aldermen appear
to have exhausted the list of the most promi-
nen1 hen in the party, and hence have spread
out some excellent names. Under the new
Charter all parties and parts Of parties seem to
be put upon their best behavior. The Charter
| of Tweed and Sweeny means reform-that is,


the election Of as good men as can be got to


accept Office, and general retrenchment in


the public expenditure. That is what the


Charter promises that is what the fathers of
the document are pledged to and what they


will be expected to accomplish, provided they


are supported by that class Of citizens to


whom the public have right to look to aid
| in the work. II they are not so supported we
know where to place the blame. The repub-


licans have done very well in their list of can


didates on the Judiciary and Aldermanio


tickets, and in this they have followed the


spirit of the hour; but Of course they cannot


hope to elect them. However, the object Of


making the nominations was good and may


help the party at some future day, but 1t will


not be of much service In the grand battle ol
Tuesday next.
Year: 1870

THE MORMON CaLDREN-WHAT Is TO BK
Done WITH THEM?-H is now believed by
those engaged in Congress upon the Utah bill
that the summary abolition OF polygamy and
the consequent breaking up Of all the state of
society founded upon that horrible institution
would cause much suffering to innocent par.
ties" The innocent parties are the children
first, and next, no doubt, the wives that will
be left without support or social position when
every man is restricted to single spouse 1t
would be strange IL consideration for the inno-
cent victims Of polygamy should prolong its
life. Congress must not be over nice here
with the men it finds in a. fragrant wrong. 1t
must provide for the support of these women
and these children by devoting to that special
purpose 80 much Of the property of the Saints
as may be necessary. The whole Mormon
society and capital is before the world respon-
sible for the support Of these widows and
orphans.
Year: 1870

CLAIMS ON CoNuAors.-We are glad to
note that there is disposition in Congress to
make permanent rule with regard to the
claims "for extra compensation" of govern
ment contractors. These claims have long
been mischievous cause Of leakage in the
national Treasury. People making bids on
government contracts made them lower than
the work could be legitimately done, and such
bid was the first Of series Of corrupt prac-
tices. Men of honest business intentions were
driven from the field; and the contractors
when the work came to be done paid more
than they received from the government.
But they relied always upon the appeal for
"extra compensation" and generally had it
pushed through by some good-natured mem
ber." This will always be source Of corrup-
ton SO long as Congress acts directly on these
claims. 1t is now proposed to send them to
the Court of Claims, and thus we may have
proper scrutiny of the facts Of every case.
This will certainly end the game
Year: 1870

The Papal infallibility question, says
the New York Herald, is approaching an
issue rapidly. French ard English ad-
vices by the cable state that the Council
in Rome will adopt the dogma of iufal-
libility by acclamation on Easter Mon
day. To Roman Catholic churchmen it
will be q very proper occasion indeed
for such woIk-the resurrection of the
tiara. To the lay crowns of Europe it
it will be serious, most eventful mo-
ment. We are not surprised, therefore,
to hear that the representatives of the
different thrones now serving in Rome
have resolved not to be present at
the public session of the Council Oh
that day. Can the keys and sword be
reconciled as in the time of PETER
We shall soon see. The issue is quite
momentous.
Year: 1870

A Philadelphia protectionist who
wrote to Commodore VANDEBTLT asking
his signature to petition to Congress
to advance the duty on steel rails caaght
q tartar. The Commodore repliediiu a
strong fcee trade letter, and says he
would just rs soon submit to foreign as
home extortionists, particularly as the
latter might compel consumers to take
an inferior article.
Year: 1870

Colored persons in the Northern States
are already sending on complaints here
that they have not boen allowed to vote
in town elections since the Fifteenth
Amendment was ratified. The reason
generally assigned by officers who con-
duct the elections is that they take an
oath to obey the State laws relating to
suffrage that although these are rem
dered nugatory by the amendment they
have no official notice of the fact
through the Governor of the State. A
memorial was presented to the Senate
Yesterday from 1877 colored men of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, with every signature in
the same handwriting, representing
that they were prevented from voting
ut an election just hold; that
in portions of the wards officers
whose duty it was TO hold the election
refused to serve, and their places
were supplied by persons irresponsible
in any way for injuries that might be
inflicted on them. Under the second
section Of the Fifteenth Amendment
Congress can pass appropriate legisla-
ton enforcing colored suffrage, and
this memorial was referred for that
purpose to the Judiciary committee.
baltimore SRn.


The fact stated above, that all the sig
natures to tho memorial were in the
same handwriting, would make it ap-
pear that the question was raised for
the purpose of compelling Congress to
pass some obnoxious "apprepIiato leg
islation." But isn't it a little singular
that negroes should be debarred of their
votes in the Republican city of Cincin.
natl, while in the Democratic Capital
city of Ohio they voted without let OF
hindrapce Can it be possible that
"disloyap Democrats obey the laws
better than "loyal" Republicansf
Year: 1870

No saloon or hotel keeper should be
without Rosenheim's Stomach Bitters,
The Great Western Remedy in his bar
If he has them he will be called on to
prescribe for all dullness, want of sppe-
tite, dyspepsia, &c, a thousand times
where physicians are once. Administer
o wine glass full at dose.
Year: 1870

E The editor OF the Leavenworth
Bulletin explains why it is that be is
opposed to the Tariff. He denies that be
was ever Democrat. but says be was
born in Virginia. There. it is out al
last. We never knew q Virginian fail
to let the public know he was one. sooner
or later. even If he bad to manufacture a
pretext for making Q confession. 10 q
good many people. Virginia breaks out
IN the form of rebellion; in this man, it
kakes the shape of Free Trade. Almost
every species Of disease can be cured. but
Firginis is Q mslsdy that is incur
abls.
Year: 1870

E 1t is now thought that the last
coal mine calamity in Pennsylvania would
not have occurred il Richardson had no,
been shot. We have no reason to give
for making the assertion. bat it must be
so. for We have seen in various papers
assertions that this or that nishsp would
not have taken place if "poor Richard
SON" had lived
Year: 1870

y . s & . ga ..s-
Our exchanges are coming to US with
their local columns flied with accounts Of
s'The Fair" Such will not be the case


with us, for we can sum up the occasion


In few lines. In the first place, the


fair was inclined to somewhat of a fail


urc, from what cause we are not prepar
ed to say. There were not near as many


enteries as last year. and. we think,


not as many in attendance. What was


brought there for exhibition was good
in fact, there were articles entered that
could not be beaten in the State, and a
review of them would prove interesting,
perhaps, but we lack the space. There
was not the necessary interest taken by
the farmers to make a perfect success of
1t. Many Of them came to the Fair,
bringing nothing, who were loud in their
complaints at the lack of articles on ex-
hlbition. When that class of men lose
interest in such an undertaking, then it
Is time for it to cease its existance. The
weather during Wednesday and Thurs
day was good enough, but on Friday it
rained, which of course. spoiled nearly
everything. The races were devoid of
and. take it all in all, the County
Fair was I'VE regret to say it, "fzzle."
Let US hope for better one next year,
that will more than make up for what
it lacked this time.
Year: 1870

Mrs. Sarah Erickson. residing in the
Town Of Rapids, committed suicide by
drowning on Thursday of last week. She
was laboring under a fit of temporary
insanity, the result of chronic disease
taking an acute form, and while in this
condition she left her home and went to
the river, a distance Of one and one half
miles, and then drowned herself. She
was observed going toward the stream,
and not re-appearing, search was insti-
tuted. The first traces found were pair
of shoes and an apron lying on the bank
of the river. The corpse was soon after
discovered, lying in Is inches of water.
The deceased lady was we'll known to
numerous Of our citizens, haYing formed
large circle Of acquaintances during her
residence of 20 years in our County, and
none whc came in contact with her could
fail in expressing the opinion that she
was good christian woman. She leaves
a family consisting Of two sons and two
daughters to mourn her sudden and aw
full death; and not these alone, are the
mourners, but all who knew the cid lady
will feel her loss. The deceased was 81
years of age. We get the above facts
from Doctor Balcom, and are given as
they appear in the records Of the Coron-
ers Jury.
Year: 1870

TAKEN OUT.-The new "oscillating
engine,'' which was placed in the new
propeller Narar1no on trial, has proved
failure, and has been removed. A new
engine is now In course Of construction
at Chicago, which will be put in place
as soon as finished. The upper works
are now being placed on the boat, and
when the machinery is finished she will
Immediately go into commission-prob-
ably running on the west shore during
the winter. As we understand it, Mr..
Goodrich, the owner of the boat, loses
nothing by the experiment. The engine
was one of an entirely new pattern, and
none like it had ever been tested in a
hoat
Year: 1870

PRIZE DRAWING.-Th drawing ol
prizes at the Turner Hall on Monday
evening was witnessed by a crowded
house. The gifts numbered nearly three
hundred, and were donations from our
patriotic citizens in behalf of the Ger
man War Fund, ranging in value from
% cents to SO. Several hundred tick
cts were sold at SO cents apiece, so the
aggregate must, in connection with the
receipts of the Concert, last week, foot
UP sum Of several hundred dollars.
The drawing lasted from nine O clock in
the evening, until nearly three the next
morning.
Year: 1870

Corn VS.. PAPER.-It is said that it
takes about GO grains Of corn to make
one glass of whiskey, which is not worth
more than one eighth Of cent. This
glass of whiskey sells for FIVE cents.
Now. show US the man who is too poor
to take a newspaper, paying for a sheet
which it takes a quarter ola million types
to prepare the same five cents. anJ then
tell US who is the most benefited by his
Investment, the man who cant afford
to- take a newspaper, and the man who
can afford to drink the extract of 60
grains ofcorn aud pay the same price
therefor. We know many men in this
city VII o cant afford" to take news
paper, but who never let a day pass
without drinking at least one glass of
whiskey or some other equally expensive
drink. Think of this, ye imbibers, and
instead of spending your five cents for a
dram, go to some printing Office and buy
a paper that will benefit yourself and
your family. Try it!
Year: 1870

PREMIUM PRINTING G.-This office was
awarded the first premium for specimens
of printing at the recent County Fair
We are none the less proud of this be-
cause our Office was the only one that of
fered to enter samples. The other es-
tablishments have reason, no doubt,


for not competing for the prize, the prin-
cipal one of which is, perhaps, the fact
that 'the one who gets the premium will
get more orders for fine work than those
who compete for II and fail in getting
what they desire Be that as it may,
we took the premium, and mean to take
1t every year. The samples sent in were
not gotten up for the occasion, but were
taken from our specimen box, arranged
and sent in. Both as regards quality
and price of iobwork, we defy cohpETI-
lion in either. Bring on your mule p
Year: 1870

BUcKwnEAT CAKes.-These are
peculiarly adapted to cold weather
The appetite Graves them, and
they supply the sy st g m with
warmth, to enable it to resist for a
long time the feeling of hunger.
But they must be made Just right,
and here is a prime recipe. Make
q thin batter with a quart of -four,
half q cup of yeast. warm water
and a little salt. Let it rise over
night. Bake on both sides ON a
griddle. A little Of the batter left
in the rising dish will serve as
yeast for the next bath. It is bet.
ter to add a teaspoonfal of salerat.
US before baking in the morning,
ana 1t is very essential that this be
good and strictly pure.
Year: 1870

A Coon RCLE.-A certain man,
who is very rich now, was very
poor when a boy; and when asked
how he got his riches, lie said:


MY father taught me never to
play till my work was finished,
and never to spend my money un.
til / had earned il. fl had but
an hours work in a day, / must do
that the first thing and in an hour.
And after this I was allowed 10
play, and then ] could play with
much more pleasure than II 1 bad
tho thought of an unfinished task
before my mind. / early formed
the habit of doing everything in
time, and it soon became easy for
me to do SO. 1t is to this I owe
my prosperity"


Let all Of our little readers re.
member this and do likewise, if
they want to sncceed in this life.
Year: 1870

Every person should cultivate a nice
sense of honor. In hundred different
ways this most fitting adjunct of the
true lady or gentleman is often tried.
For instance, one is a guest of fam
lily where. perhaps, the domestic ma
chinery does not run smoothly. There
is a sorrow in the house unsuspected
by the outer world. Sometimes it is a
dissipated son. whose conduct is q
shame and grief to his parents; some
times a relative whose eccentricities
and peculiarities are a cloud on the
home. Or, worse of all, husband and
wife may not be in accord, and there
may be often bitter words spoken. and
harsh recriminations. In any of these
cases the guest is in honor bound to
be blind and deaf, so far as people
without are concerned. If a gentle
word within can do any good. it may
well be said; but to go forth and re
veal the shadow of an unhappy secret
to any one, even your nearest friend, is
an act of indelicacy and meanness al
most unparalleled. Once in the sa-
cred precincts of any home. admitted
toits privacy, sharing its life, all that
you see and hear is a sacred trust. 1t
is as really contemplate to gossip of
such things as it would be to steal the
silver or borrow the books and forget
to return them.
Year: 1870

A REMARKABLE SHIRT.-Editors have
a frst-rate time in Texas. The ladies
of a town out there have given to the
editor of the paper an embroidered
shirt which contains pictorial history
of Texas, including the war with Mex
leo, and the meeting of the first Legis-
lature, and also pictures of the fruits
and cereals of the State. all worked in
red worsted. The editor never wore
a shirt in his life, and he thought it
was banner for the temperance pro-
cession which was to come off the next
week. So be made little speech of
thanks, in which he said he would
''fling ii out forever to the breezes OF
heaven, that they might kiss its folds,
and that until his hand palsied it
should never be trailed in the dust
never!' The ladies didn't understand
him; and when he talked about its
trailing they blushed, and said they
were very sorry they made it too long.
But a committeeman took the editor
aside and explained the shirt to him in
a whisper, and the next day he appear
ed at the office with that shirt mounted
over his coat and wrote four columns
of explanation for his paper. The shirt
is much admired by the boys of the
town, and whenever the editor goes out
for walk they follow him in regi-
ments, studying the history of Texas
and the fine arts off the back of it.
Year: 1870

~ A paper gives the following re-
ply to an imaginary correspondent
s"There is no stated rule for writing
love-letters. You should write on
fcolscap paper, and bear on as soft as
you can, using words of such burning
love that they will sizzle on the point
of the pen. 1t is also advisable to
sling in bunch of pathos occasionally,
such as Dearest Augustus, love you
with a love larger than an elephants.
1 think of you every day; and by and
by, when the day grows longer,
shall think of you twice a day 1t
is also well enough to put an ink blot
in the corner, with the observation
Darling, 1 kissed this spot or 4 have
a sigh in this vicinity.
Year: 1870

re A lady in an Ohio church rest
ed her head on the back of the pew in
front, as all devout people do in the
time of prayer, but in the pew before
her sat a young man who neither
bowed his head nor kneeled. A beau
tiful plume nodded and danced upon
the head of the fair one behind him,
occasionally touching the neck of the
youth, who evidently considered it a
fly or some other troublesome insect.
For time he bore the unpleasant SEN
sation without a murmur, but at last
patience ceased to be virtue, and from
the flash of his eagle eye one could
plainly see that the hour of "that
fly" had come. Cautiously his hand
moved toward the supposed offending
insect; then followed frantic clutch
and spring behind him. Imagine the
horror of the youth to find in his
hand the nobby hat Of the fair one,
which he had torn violently from her
head, sadly disarranging the contour
of braids and chignon. The lady was
indignant of course, and the youth
could have been purchased at an i'm
mense sacrifice about that time.
Year: 1870

R The Ironton Register says
awe stopped a short time last week, at
the residence of Mr.. l. V. Kelley, who
lives in the back part of Perry town
ship. While there, we witnessed sin
gular musical performance. Mr.. Kel-
" has little son, four years old, who
is a musical oddity. Let him but hear
a piece of music sung by note once or
twice and the little fellow, who can as
vet scarcely talk plain, will commence
at the beginning and sing the notes
clear through without the slightest
fault in pitch or tune. We heard him
sing a rather difficult piece, which ne
had heard only twice, but he carried
himself to the end with not the slight
est mistake"
Year: 1870

II have brought you dinner, father"
The blacksmith's daughter said,
As she took from her arm the kettle,
And lifted its shining lid.
There is not any pie or pudding,
So | will give you this"
And upon his toiI-worn forehead
She left the childish kiss.
The blacksmith took of his apron,
And dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR


Hid in his humble food;
While all about him were visions


Full of prophetic bliss,
But he never thought of magic
In his little daughters kiss.
While she, with her kettle swinging,
Merrily trudged her way,
stopping at sight of a squirrel,
Catching some wild birds lay;
And thought how many a shadow
OF life and fate we should miss
III always our frugal dinners


Were seasoned with kiss.
Year: 1870

S A nigger who was drowsy laid
down on the road and took a rail on
one of the Pennsylvania tracks for a
pillow. A handcar came along, and
running upon the nigger's head, was
thrown from the track. Mig. offered
to fight the whole party for waking
him up.
Year: 1870

@ A case of feminine daring is re-
lated of a Virginia belle, who rode to
the edge of precipice, and de6ed any
man of the party with whom she was
riding to follow her. Not a man ac-
cepted the challenge; but a tantali9ing
youth stood on his head in his saddle
and dared the lady to do that.
Year: 1870

S A young man suggested to a
young lady, to whom he was paying
attention, that they should call each
other by the characteristic name Of
some animal. On taking leave, he said,
GOOD night, DEER" to which she re-
Piled, "Good night, borel" He took
the hint.
Year: 1870

re- A lady who sings in the choir
of a certain church in New York, haV-
ing been laughed at for marrying a
very small man, remarked that she had
always found short metre hims the
easiest to get along with.
Year: 1870

In the course Of his remarks Mr..
Pendleton made the following reference
to national affairs: 1T is true We are
building up States in the wilds Of the
Rocky Mountains with wonderful
rapidity. 1t is true we span the con-
tinent with rail and wire, and send our
thoughts in an instant across the waters
of old ocean itself. 1t is true we are
advancing with unequalled speed to-
wards the summit OF national power
and renown. SO much the greater rea-
son why we should not lag behind in
the pathway OF purely intellectual and
literary eminence. So much the greater
reason that we should at all times
remember that there is something better
than national prosperity-something
worthier our efforts than physical honor
and accumulated wealth. Let us find
with hope an incentive in the fact that
the ages of greatest physical activity
have been those of the greatest intellec-
tual impulses"


Mr.. Pendletoa said the true test OF
the worthiness of the age is the WORTH
ness of ourselves, which each thinking
man should put to himself in the secrecy
of his heart-learning by experience,
teaching by example.


The address gave great satisfaction
to all hearers, and Mr.. Pendleton was
frequently interrupted with applause
luring its delivery.