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Year: 1876

mand: Thou shalt abstain from gambling;
from dog fighting !; from horse racing /;
just in proportion to your love for
the Bible will you abstain from these
things, because they are detrimental to
the best interests of society according to
Bible principles. Therefore, since in
temperance is caused by the use of in
toxicating drink since in proportion to
the use Of s1ch drink drunkenness in
creases or diminishes and since the
most that can be said for this drink is
that it is needless luxury, and that the
world would be better and dpurer without it
therefore, you say, I will abstain, and
give the weight of my influence, as long
as I live, on the side Of abstinence,
sobriety and purity. This is in ac-
cordance with the teachings Of the Bible.


How many OF us, who are growing
old, wish we could be boys again !
Why9 Because we see 80 many things
to regret, so many wrong turns we have
taken. To be boy, with life before
you, with the clean page on which to
write your record, with opportunities
coming that you can improve-what
position, what privileged To be an
old man, with a record all stained and
blotted, knowing that no mortal hand
can clean the page; with opportunities
unimproved, and lost never to return
this is dreadful!


A wicked man, who had been a stage
driver, was, during the last few days OF
his life, very uneasy, an on his death
bed he constantly moved his feet,s and
looked distressed. When asked by his
wife: Harry, what is the matter9" he
said "Oh, I'm on an awful down
grade. and can't find the brake" Dear
young friends, your feet are on the
brake. Keep them there. You have,
under God, the future in your power; |;
your destiny in your own control. Re
member there is no one evil in the world
before which 30 many fall, as the evil OF
intemperance.


most earnestly desire that the youth
Of our country, especially our Sabbath
school scholars, shall give all their in
huence against this great evil. May
God help you TO avoid the perils in
life's journey, and the traps that are set
for your feet, 80 that from your place of
safety you may reach out your hand to
help the tempted who are struggling in
their chains, and may by self-denial be
enabled to "fulfill the law of Christ, I"
by helping some poor burdened souls
into the higher life of purity and free
dom
Year: 1876

CAMPAIGN ColfPLnnNTs-" would
rather vote for the devil than for you, "
was what an American sovereign told q
candidate just before the election. "But
In case your friend should not come for
ward" said tho unabashed aspirant for
ofhoe, "might I then count upon your
assistance y The glass glanced from off
his cheek and he passed out.
Year: 1876

A Boston woman writing to friend
says: "There is large class of highly
educated persons in New England and
New York who would most thoroughly
enjoy and appreciate the Centennial Ex-
hibition If some arrangement" like that
which she suggests could be made. The
plan is, without doubt, perfectly practi-
cable, and might be taken up and crystal
lied by parties of ladies (Or gentlemen)
in other sections of the country TO their
advantage. While the charges for board
and lodging in Philadelphia during the
progress of the Centennial Exhibition
will not be so exorbitant as some papers
insist, there is still an opportunity for
persons of moderate means who may de-
sire to visit the Centennial, see every
thing worth the seeing, and enjoy them
selves accordingly, and that without the
outlay of an extravagant amount of
money. Not only in New England and
New York, but throughout The enter
country, there are thousands of highly
educated and intelligent persons who will
desire to give themselves the pleasure of
a visit to the exhibition. This pleasure
they can give themselves ifthey are in
clined to bestow little care and fore
thought upon the proper arrangements
for visit. We subjoin extracts from a
Year: 1876

The city of Philadelphia made liberal
grant of money to provide for the horti-
cultural department Of the Exhibition
an extremely ornate and commodious
building, which is designed to remain in
permanence as an ornament of Fair
mount Park. This structure is located
on terrace bordering the Schuylkill
river, a short distance north of Memorial
Hall, and has a commanding view of the
Schuylkill river valley and the north
western portions of Philadelphia. Ro-
mantle ravines running down to the
river are on either side, separating it on
the south from Memorial Hall and on the
north from agricultural building. These
ravines are being spanned by ornamental
bridges 500 feet long and sixty feet wide,
for convenience of access. Carriage roads,
railway, and foot-walks will pass over
them. The horticultural building is de-
signed in the Moresque style of archi-
lecture of the twelfth century, the chief
materials externally being iron and glass,
Year: 1876

Few persons have an adequate idea of
the vast assortment of wonderful articles,
all suggestive of great and patriotic
events, that will be on exhibition at the
Centennial curiosity shop. Aside from
the original hatchet, with which George
Washington cut down his fathers
cherry tree, and the chair in which the
Father of his Country would have sat if
he had accepted Judge Jones invitation
to dinner, there will be- "


The birch which the grandfather of
his country cut with which to" wallop"
the father of the same if he had not
owned up.


The lie that Washington couldn't tell
about the cherry tree.


The entire garden which contained
the cherry tree, showing the stump of
the tree.


Section of the Delaware River where
it was cro rossed by Washington.


Hole from which Israel Putnam pulled
the wolfat Pomfret.


Ear-trumpets used by General Brad
dock and other guests at Braddock's
deaf-eat.


Demijohn containing some of the spirit
of'76.
Year: 1876

smaller aisles of "a feet in width. To
break the great length of the rooflines
three transepts have been introduced, Of
the same widths and in the same relative
positions to each other as the Longitude
for the foreign commissions are placed
along the sides of the building, in close
proximity to the products exhibited.
Officers for the administration are at the
ends. The design of the building is such
that all exhibitors will have an equally
fair opportunity of exhibiting their goods
to advantage. There is comparatively
little choice Of location, as the light is
uniformly distributed, and each of the
space devoted to products is located upon
one of the main thoroughfares.
Year: 1876




This machinery building has very
superior facilities for shafting, and
double lines will be introduced into each
avenue and aisle at height of about
twenty feet. A Corliss steam engine OF
400 horse power will drive the main
sbafting. There will also be counter
lines Of shafting in the aisles and special
steam power furnished where necessary.
Steam power is TO be furnished free TO
exhibitors. In the annex for hydraulic
machines there is tank sixty by one
hundred and sixty feet, with ten feet
depth Of water. 1t is intended to ex-
hibit all sorts of hydraulic machinery
in full operation, and at the southern
end of the tank there will be a water.
fall thirty-fve feet high by forty feet
wide, supplied from the tank by the
pumps on exhibition. There will prob
ably be larger exhibition at Philadel-
phia of processes Of manufacture than
at any previous exhibition. The appli-
cations for space have been so numerous
as 10 require the addition of three an
nexes, covering two and one-half acres,
while numerous private exhibitors will
Year: 1876

An organ built in Boston occupies the
gallery of the eastern end of the great
nave of the main centennial building.
The instrument is a thorough exemplar
of the organ industry, and is so large
that spectators can readily gain admis-
sion to its interior and examine all the
details. There are four stories of apart
ments within the case. besides an office.
Year: 1876

On Saturday afternoon about 8 O'Clock,
quite all excitement was created in Mil
ford by the sudden and long-continued
blowing of the steam whistle at the Ameri-
can Basket Factory. The first impression
was that the building was on fire, and in a
few minutes crowd of people from all
parts of the town had assembled at it. The
cause of the alarm was soon discovered to
be other than fire. Steam is kept up on
Sundays for the factory for the purpose of
drying material, and the company had en-
ployed Mr.. Robert Frame for this duty.
He had gone to the factory alone, and while
in the act of procuring wood for the furnace,
in crossing pile of wet shavings his feet
slipped from under him and he fell upon
the floor with such violence as to dislocate
the femur or thigh bone. Frame lay in
great pain for some time, and the factory
being quite distance from any dwelling, .
despaired of making himself heard other
wise than by blowing the engine whistle.
With much difficulty he finally succeeded
in dragging himself within reach of the
valve rope, and blew a lusty alarm which
drew the crowd as above stated. A was on
was speedily procured and the disabled nan
conveyed to his residence. Drs Marshall
and Pratt were summoned and after some
difficulty and little delay succeeded in re-
ducing the dislocation, and the patient is
now doing well.
Year: 1876

A GENTLEMAN hOBbED OC S<V0.


Last evening Mr.. George Whitney, of
Boston arrived here on the 7:lO train from
New York, and proceeded to the depot
restaurant, where he procured some re.
freshments, which after eating and paying
for the same, he returned to the car, intend
ing to 20 on to Baltimore. He passed on
through the car to his seat, after his valise
for the purpose of taking it into the car
ahead; as he started to walk away gen.
tlemen who had occupied the seat behind
him asked him for light, which he
through the car. At the plat
form he was encountered by several
men who were standing there, and as he at
tempted to pass one of them attracted Lis
attention in some manner, but not enough
to excite suspicion. He succeeded in push
ing his way without much trouble by tie
crowd, and passed on into the car, but be-
fore he had taken seat he made the pain
full discovery that his pocket book, which
he had but little while before in the side
pocket of his coat, was missing. The train
was already moving off, but thinking til at
he had left itin the restaurant he jumped
off the car and went into the depot where
he made known his loss. No one, however,
had seen anything of his pocket-book, and
he at once came to the conclusion that it
was stolen. He Immediately telegrsphedto
New York of his misfortune, at the same
time Offering reward of $50 for the re-
covery of his money, and the apprehension
of the thief Mr.. Whitney is not positive
about the amount but thinks it is near $500,
and may be even more than that. He re-
mained in the city last night, but will leave
in the early train this morning for Wash
ington, for which place he was bound.
Year: 1876

In the usual sensational style of the
Times, there was displayed Monday an ac-
count as to how the Returning Board had
become terrified at the bulldezing letters
land par parenthesis there is reason for
that, see previous experience, vide Dink-
gravel, and had ordered Mr.. Blessey not to
allow any one on top Of the State House.
The reason, the Times says, is because a
man might get up there, and, with a rifle,
shoot down ard pick off any obnoxious
member he might select. The trouble with
the Times is the usual one of not knowing
what it is talking about. Mr.. Blessey is
obliged to 60 up there often to see that his
water Is all right, and to make sure that he
is properly economizing it. He uses lad
der, as the architect Of the hotel intended
he should. Bat he does not leave it lying
around loose for every body to use. Still he
always takes pleasure il escorting any
visitor to the top Of the hotel, but up there
no one can eee into the old breakfast room,
or pick out Governor Wells or Governor
Wickliffe from piece Of crockery on the
hoer.
Year: 1876

For Mrs. Loraine's sake, even more
than Tor Rupert's, | was anxious 10 see
Miss Herries. | longed to see the friend
who had gone through such depth OF
trouble find in her sons wife loving
daughter who would appreciate her, and
delight in making her life bright and
pleasant. Nothing would ever maze
Rupert otherwise than kind and affection
ate to his mother, but wite's influence
might greatly affect her happiness. To
me, Mrs. Lorraine was an unusually in
teresting person; but she was peculiar.
Handsome, clever, and cultured, and ac-
customed from childhood TO be a person
OF importance, and both flattered and
deferred to, she was yet curiously shy
and diflident as TO her own powers OF
winning affection, and the Stiffness pro-
duced by this Shyness was often mistaken
for pride. She was eagerly enthusiastic,
very sensitive and impulsive, and gener-
Gus almost to folly; yet with it all she
was too clever and sensible not to see
through attempts to impose upon her as
soon as she allowed herself TO think
coolly. She was rashly lavish of sympa-
thy aud affection, according rs she lanciod
her friends to need them; and she was
quick to see and fee too late that all her
warm feeling aud delicate generosity had
been wasted. Knowing all this, could
not but be anxious 10 ascertain thst Miss
Herries was likely to understand her. !
watched her AL day, scarcely knowing
whether TO bo touched or amused by her
proceedings. She had selected Tor Miss
lIerrics the preities. room in the house,
with "a lovely view over the park. and
she Was 10 ana out OF it ali day, adding
g lis attractions. She selected ql-.e q
library q such books as she herself val.
ued to place in the boos shelves; She
gathered the pretiiest flowers to make
bouquets tor The table; she changed
commonplace engraving for pretty
water color sketch of Rupert! as = child,
with bis dog and pony which had always
hung in her OWE room; and only hoped
that The glrl who was on her way to
Heimsleish might be able 10 appreciate
al the accumulated tokens of delicate
welcome.
Year: 1876

We cannot help noticing that a certain


paper in this State, published in the


interests of moral reform, is, instead OF


advocating that reform, spending most of its


editorial force in trying to urge itself upon


the friends of the just cause it is identified
with. 1t seems to us that it has much


more to say against the friends of the cause


for not supporting it than it says in favor


OF the cause to be supported. 1t is quite


probable that if it would say more in favor


of the good reform and less against the


motives of the friends of the reform it


would have less grounds of complaint. 1t
would be more to the purpose at all events,
and have less the appearance of selfshness


Even those who do support it must tire of
so many complaints against those who do
not Fault-fnding however much ground
there may be for it, is not pleasant,


particularly in the matter of literature.


People do not take papers merely from
sense of duty. There is too much of senti-
ment and too little of practical result in
such an idea for the average American.
There must be something in a journal
besides duty to draw patronage. If there
is field for paper, and the paper occu-
pies that field, it won't have to preach duty
to win support. And if it does not fill the
bill preaching duty will not save it. As to
whether it fills the bill or not. that's a
question for the public to decide, not the
editor. We notice sometimes that certain
papers take pains to say themselves what
nice publications they areas if the COM
munity judged them by the toot of their
own trumpet


Generally, those papers that claim sup
port on the plea of duty centre too
much in that idea and not enough
IN the effort to make their Journals
worth having, duty or no duty. They put
the lack of support all to the fault of the
party or sect they think they are serving.
They never seem to think that their
sheet Is itself devoid of any essential
quality. Only the other day we saw in
certain religious paper where the editor
actually impugned the motives of those
who advocated its particular plain of reli
gious work for not subscribing for it. That
editor tested his whole band of followers bv |
the number Of them who took his journal. |
Ills structures were so severe as to be little |
short of sentimental blackmail. 1t was
anything but advantageous to the paper or
its cause.


But is it duty? Is it the duty of the citi-
gems of every town to support local paper?
That 1t is good policy and in keeping with
strict business impulses is clear to every
one; but as to dittv in the matter. in its
strictest sense, it could hardly be that
without some legal obligation to sustain it.
Law might make it duty, but it's only a
question of good policy so long as it rests
merely on pure public sentiment. So it
seems to us. AT all events, quarreline
about the lack of support won't help the
matter, and casting reflections upon the
motives of those who do not see fit 10
oestow their patronage is an insult to
journalism.
Year: 1876

IHE REVIVAL IN THIS TOwN.-Never, per-
haps, or not within the recollection of the
present congregation, has there been such
a prompt and widespread interest mani.
tested in religious revival as is shown in
the protracted meeting now in progress in
this town. 1t is now in its second week.
and the main audience room of the NJ. r.
Church is barely able to hold the audiences
that nightly pack it. On Sunday evening
quite number failed to gain admittance


Between 900 and 1000 persons were in fhe
audience. The seating capacity is $50
On Sunday morning twelve persons were
taken into membership. More than that
number have professed conversion for the
three nights since. Nightly requests for
the prayers of the church are read from
the pulpit by the pastor, for citizens out of
the fold. On Monday noon-day PRAYER
meeting was opened, and that too is daily
crowded. As an indication of public feel
ing 1t may be stated that on Monday a
n petition was circulated among the mer.
chants to close business at : in the evening
In short time it went the rounds. reeeiy.
ing almost unanimous endorsement. We
do not know that this was ever the case
before. Evidently the feeling stretches
out beyond the church walls.
Year: 1876

Announces to proprietors Of beer saloons and
TO the public that having completed his i'm
mense apparatus for manufacturing


LAGER BEER.
he is prepared to sell the same at II lower price
than any other home made article. and Of rs
good quality as any similar article produced Ia
tho limited States
Year: 1876

The Unitarian ReVietU for January


and February, among other articles, has


one on the "Business Situation" in


which the present stress of the times is


ascribed to over production-the gorg-


ing of the market with more of those


commodities which are in general use


of the writer-John @. Kimball-is thus


stated:


1t is due simply to the introduction,


during the last twenty-five years, of


such an enormous amount of machinery.
There is nothing in our modern civ liza


tion which is more wonderful, more sig


nifcant, more a new thing under the


sun, and destined to be more wide reach


ing in its relations, than this use of ma


chinery. A single pegging machine will


turn out more boots and shoes now than
whole village Of cobblers at work in


their little cubical shops fifty years ago.


The cloth woven in any of our large mill
towns is probably equal to half of what
all Indies used to produce by the slow
hand methods of the middle ages.
Steam engines alone are doing a work
which without them would give employ
ment to every one of the multitudes Of
men and women who are now lying idle
in our country. California few years
ago was grooming over the introduction
of so much "Chinese cheap labor" and
yet, at that very time. most Inconsistent
ly, was giving a welcome to mowers and
reapers and mining apparatus which for
cheapness and facility of use made even
n Chinaman dear. And then, when it is
seen how these muscles and nerves of
iron and steel are employed in every de-
partment Of industry, from carving into
shape shaft of iron weighing twenty
tons, down to the finishing of cambria
needle, and from the sewing of button
hole to the sowing and reaping of whole
is Overstocked2


OF course this increase of facilities for
doing work increased for q while the
amount of work to be done. But such I
a progress could not 60 on forever.
There was limit even to the number of
stitches which could be put into lady's .
dress, and to the amount of wheat which
even an American family could make
way with. And this point has at last
been reached. The occurrence of our
civil war, with its enormous destruction
Of property, and its withdrawal of ener-
gies into the battlefield, put off the day
but the end of the war, and their return
again into the pursuits Of peace, soon
filed up the gap, and brought us to the
point where it is hardly possible to con-
sumo half of what was being produced
the point, therefore, where business
was obliged to stop.
Year: 1876

The Montreal express consisted of an


engine, baggage car, passenger car and


Wagner sleeping Cur. In the latter


were ten passengers, and in the ordinary


Car about fifty. The train ran along sat


isfactorily, and on time, until just before


it reached Wallingford station, thirteen


lAiles south OF Rutland, on the Harlem


extension, when the engineer, fearful of


the condition of the track, partially shut


off steam. The train does not stop at


Wallingford, but as it was passing there,


at reduced speed, the engine ran on a


broken rail. All the cars passed over
the break safely excepting the sleeping
coach, which, with its ten or a dozen
slumbering occupants, upset after leav


ing the track and went rolling down
twenty-five foot embankment, landing
in marble yard. The car was wrecked,
and the passengers being thrown from
their berths by the shock, a painful
aud the weather was intensely cold. The
passengers were escaping from the car as
best they could, assisted by those from
the passenger car and the villagers at
tracted to the spot, many of them in
their frantic haste coming forth with only
their night clothing to shield them from
the keen air. As fast as the injured
were taken out they were removed to
places Of safety in the cepot building.
It soon became evident that the car was
on fire, and before the work of rescue
was complete Mr.. Bissel, of the Sher-
man House, Chicago, who, with his son,
occupied berths in the forward end of
the sleeping car, got safely out. but be-
ing made aware that his son was still in
the burning car, Mr.. B. went back to
save him, and, becoming overpowered
by the smoke, was burned to death.


Afterward the position Of the charred
remains showed that the father must
have been overcome while entering the
window, as the body was found inside
the car and the feet projecting through
the window. The charred body of young
Bissell was also found, and he had evi-
IDENTIFY been suffocated in the attempt
TO escape from the car. Nearly. all the |
in the car were more or less
injured,
Year: 1876

The REASON. III. once asked
a body of savans why it was that live
fish placed in bucket of water did not
increase its weight, whereas when dead
fish was placed therein it became heavi-
er. Many were the learned theories
put forward to account for the alleged
fact, and it was not till some one more
shrewd than the rest proposed that the
experiment be tried that it was found
that the phenomenon under discussion
had no existence except in the imagina-
tion of the witty monarch.
Year: 1876

The HAIR ITO keep the hair from
falling out, wash the head every week in
salt water and rub the skin of the head
with dry coarse towel. Then apply
dressing composed of bay rum and sweet
oil, with which few drops of tincture
of cantharides have been mingled.
This will st mulate the skin and keep
the hair from falling out or turning gray.
The dressing for the hair may be scented
with cinnamon oil or some such warming
essence.