Corropkotatitrr. A PRESBYTERIAN SERMON A CENTURY AGO. BY DR. GILLETT Among the most gifted Presbyterian ministers of the last century, and foremost among them, we must Class the 11ev. D. Baall, fur nearly half a century the pastor of the church at Easthamp ton, L. I. It was here, as his successor, that Dr. Lyman Beecher, nearly seventy years ago, commenced his ministry, and in some important respects be was certainly no more than the peer of Dr. Buell. The wit of the two man was alike conspicuous, and the stories that are told of Bu ell's, repartees are not unworthy of the best things that ever fell from Dr. Beecher's lips. In the • ptilpit too, each was a giant. It is doubtful whether Dr. Beecher ever produced deeper or more last ing impressions on his audience than did Dr. Buell.; The accounts of his early sermons espe cially remind, us of what is related of the effect produced by the pungency and earnestness of that great New England light, Thomas Shepherd of Cambridge. Buell was a theoloa ° ical pupil and admirer of Edwards, and a warns friend of Dr,Sanauel Hop kins. Commencing his ministry in 'the times of the,dreat Revival, he was to the close of his days a revival preacher. The New Side, after the di hadhot a more decided sympathizer than Buell, although Gilbert Tennent may have been more active and prominent. Buell,sympathized strongly with the friends of the revival in reference especially to the impor tance of filling the pulpits with converted men, and f excluding from them that Class which had been denounced by Tennent, Blair and Finley. Nor did he fail to lift his voice and make it heard in.no equivocal tones. He preached the sermon at the ordination of Samson Occum, the celebra ted Indian, preacher, and this sermon, making a pamphlet of 38 octavo pages, is devoted to an exhibition of the qualifications of an evangelical' ministry. It is pervaded with an intense earn estness, betraying the author's sense of the dan ger to which the churches were exposed, and some of its paragraphs are characterized by a forcible and impressive eloquence. The sermon was preached in 1759, and printed two Years later. Nit few sermons of the present century are more worthy of perusal than this vigorous discourse, which saw the light more than altundred years ago. Let us listen to some of this bold, and at that time striking language. "'Does it not," he asks, "appear inconsistent mite own nature to beseech others to become re cottoned to God, and at the same time to be irre candled to God, and an enemy to the exalted King of Zion ? A preaeher going forth to evan gelize others ; and yet a stranger to real Gospel holiness, and incapable of performingany one act of duty evangelically ? A preader"of that Word which is pure and holy, of that Gospel which is glorious in its light, life and power ; himself unholy and impure,in darkness ?. legally and spiritually dead? As a minisihr, the servant of Jesus Christ by legation, and yet seekinv self with a supreme affection ;"the chariot-`and horsemen of Israel; yet unable to promote the pro tection of God's people by zeal and, fervent pray er, unskillful in wielding the sword of the Spirit by which the Devil is not invulnerable ? The glory of Christ, and yet himself in darkness; and ander the black banner of wrath divine ? The salt of the earth, and-yet unsavory ? The light of the world instrumentally;-yet never truly illuminated by transferming.bertins from the Sun of Rioliteousness? I say, is,there not an •incon _ gruity, and unfitness in these things, in, their own nature and relation considered?"' In his description of audiendeititlkivhase souls the preacher:hag to deal; .11r. forth in a strain worthy of the most impassioned' eloquence of President Davies, He pictures the dying man, whom the minister into counsel on. the very verge of time," while " the eternal judgment is at the ddor," 'add " uniiaeasurable eternity opens with a growing view." 'Some "are full of anxiety, as perceiving thenaselveat4tering, not only upon the verge of • life, but on the very brink of hell. Alas for them I What a dying paleness invades their cheeks I What agonies of fear rend the heart What tumultumis throb bings seize the breasts Minima, millions of gold were too cheap a purchase for health to be re stored, for the day of grace to 6 prolonged . . The voice of pardoning mercy would new - sound sweeter accents than the music of the Seraphic' choir; the weight of worlds eternal is suspended tipati the event of one momentous , decisivehour. Now although all real sanctification and prepara tion for eternal glory depends upon the Holy Spirit's agency, yet as means are the appointment of heaven, without an undue dependence upon them, the presence, spiritual conversation,' coun sal and prayers of the man of God,' at such tidies, and in such cases, must surely be • of no small haportance, and ought to be much desired amid praised- And 0 how sad the calamity, when the minister is unfit to deal with persons unoTer standi'agly in such cases, especially at such a time; and whatever &tempt he may make, is not. able to offer up owe petition to GO, in a right man ner for them; having no special interest in the Redeemer, nor access to the throne of grace." These glowing wo'ris were not'u.ncalled for. There were, at the time they were uttered, not a few who were as ready to• admit unconverted candidates to the ministry, as Solomon: Stoddard had been to admit unconverted men to the Church. There• can be no question that this was one of the most threatening aspects of the times. In New England the degeneracy was wide-spread, among the old side of the Presbyterian Church the largest charity must admit that there had been a dangerous departure from evangelical views. But there were men found who were prepared to meet the crisis, and lift aloud the voice of, warning. Among these Dr. Buell nas not the least conspicuous, or the least effective. The tone of his sermon shows that he felt that he awns dealing with no fanciful danger or imagi nary evil, and in the preface he betrays his ap prehension of the odium which be might perhaps incur, but from-which he would not shrink. We must place his name on the honored list of Pres byterian ministers, who, in degenerate times. stood faithfully at his post of duty, and uttered his warnings with a noble fearlessness. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1868. DECORUM IN CHURCHES A. few Sabbaths ago we stept into " Old Pine Street Church," for the double purpose of hear ing the new pastor, Rev. Richard Howe Allen preach, and of viewing the interior, which has been recently ornamented and improved. We were quite charmed by the goodly appearance presented by the "walls and bulwarks," and felt our heart gladdened by the " glory of the gos pel proclaimed in the midst thereof." Before closing the services, attentioniwas called to a neatly printed triple-folded circular, contain ing the names of fae present office-bearers, the succession of pastors,. a brief historic sketch with a list of services and meetings of the church, etc. To one section Mr. Allen invited special consid eration : " A proper reverence for the home' of " God will induce the worshippers to rise and "stand during prayer and when. the benediction " pronounced ; and to defer putting on . or ad " justing their garments - until:the cobgregation "is dismissed." We are notlaware that :Old Pine street congregation. stands An any: .unfavprable at titude as regards this subject. Ever; since the . Revolution, when the " ritualists" of the Eng lish Church disturbed its worship tnibake room for British horses, we believe that good order has been maintained. But it mayrbe 'feared' 'there are some ehurches.,.here or.elsewhero, whose de corm. in worship, needs.wme such lesson as is af-, forded by the section put within the inverted commas ;''and 'which the earnest pastor of the Third Presbyterian' church thought could do the people"-of his 'chargehe!harra. Yesterday we strayed .into! ; ."Horticultural, Hall," that we might mark the " walls and bul warks" which surround the Rev. Dr. Beadle, since the Seventh street building passed. into the service of the,devil. The Doctor discoursed. elo quently on the last sands of the year as they drew, to a' close. His retrospect cannot ea'silY be for gotten. Has the year 'become as a tale that is told ? 10 no:l said the divine,- .The tale . may be reiterated• over.and o,v,ex.again t Who can, reea,ll a year gone ?* Or eke its vanished measurement to the life to come ? ' Few would have sought : amongst Old School Presbyterians for an audience in want of directions. such as the triple-felded priht' tendeis. Yet, almost on a line with the bench on which it. was. our fortune to sit, were two 'polished-looking gentle men, engaged, daring the singing of the final and most solemn hymn of praise and before the ben ediction was pronounced, in a sort of gymnastic exercise;—one endeavoring to " adjust" himself into' 'an apparently tight-fitting` over-coat; the other endeavoring to lend his 'neighbor, in the hour of his extremity, a helping hand ; younger gentlemen, in other parts ofthe Hall, were "do ing likewise." The day, under and above, shone bright and fair. .We did not look further around to see whether any " adjusted over their deli-. cate moroccos the graceful gum , elastic.; we felt, however, that an extra edition of. the section, quoted from the.pine. street circular, for general circulation, might not be inappropriate .by way of encouraging "A FROPEEV REVERENCE FOR THE DOTiSt OF GOD. Philadetp6la, Dec. 30; 1867. '- A BRILLIANT ANNIVERSARY. A 'charming, Occasion was the'twelfth ,anni versary of the Sunday-schools connected with the Central Presbyterian Church at Wilming ton, Del., occurrinr , on Sunday, Dec. 22d. 'The morning, as well 7 as.afternoon of the day was devoted to the **Anises.. At half past ten o'clock the children "'gathered in -the audiance room and occupied the:aeons 'owes o d place the f Older people. The infant class numbering -lam a hundred, were ranceed on a platforna built for the purpose at the - right of the pulpit The usual Services or the 'sanctuary . followed, except . that the singing, was•eittairely by the children• and that the, sermon was one expressly prepared for them by : . the pastor,.,Rev.,Alr.. Shaw. , Then came thedistribution-of prizes gained during the year by .memorizing The Shdrter Catechisrn; or certain 'portions 'of' Scripture, as one of the GOspels.ofan Tipistle:: , These consisted of beau tiful copies of the. Bible or splendidly bound, Church Psalmists, Social Hymn and Tuneßooks, Pilgrim's Progress, Sze. About severity of these volumes were awarded, all of them having been supplied by the generous kindnesi of * Mrs. J. R. Latimer,. of Philadelphia, - acoording to a yearly custom begun by her during her connection with, the.Central,Church and still continued notWith-` standing her change of residence. At'half past two o'clock' the , delightful exer cises were resumed. -Although the day was misty and unpleasant l , every ,part of the house was filled by the children Wand their parents. The great feature of the time was the missionary offerings The pulpit had' been 'removed after the morning service, and in' its place stood a splendid cross, •about eight feet imita- tion of white marble 'and most gracefully twilled with ivy. It rose from the midst of a mound of evergreens and, flowers. As the name of each class was called, - a sCholar canie'foi.ward with the contribution and a bouqUet. These flowers were placed upon the'utkig,ht of the cross, being se cured by little , ring provided for- the purpose. Nine of the classes bear missionary names,, and each of them sent up a letter of cardboard cover- - ed with ivy leaves. These' letters -in succession were placed upon the arm of the cross, and when the last offering had been made; the word SAL-. VATION appeared amid the bright greenleaires and delicate flowers. "The infant class sent up a large heart bordered with ivy' an'd 'bearing this inscription : " LATIMER ; endeared ,to our hearts by precious,memories of loving words and kindly deeds." This was laid at the foot if the cross. A little child also brought fOrwaid a, wreath of immortelles, encircling the word Allie, ' the name of a dear little dalighter of G. W. Bush, Esq., who was taken from the lambs of the flock here, to the „bosom of- the Good Shepherd on.,4igh, during the last spring. This also was laid with tender .care beneath the sym bol of salvation. A' note frem 'Allie:s mitther, oneloaing missionary Offering-oh behalf her angel; child,: web. readYapd! heard With deep emotion. When all the offerings had been received the chil dren who had brought them gathered round the cross, and with the rest of the school sang, " Jesus shall reign where'er the sun," with the chorus, * Glory to God in the highest." The scene was one almost of enchantment. The brilliant lights, (for the darkness of the da‘y had made them necessary), the happy faces and graceful forms, with the cross and its sublime message towering above them, made a picture never excelled in significance and beauty, while the clear young voices trilling the song of Zion, filled the air with sweet and sacred melody. This exquisite design. was due to the refined taste of the : Superinteudept, Mr.. T. Taylor, whose poetic and.ariistie nature finds ample scope in the :service of the loving and holy Lord Jesus. A report of unusual excellenio.and interest by Mr. Taylor, and a good address from Rev. Wm. Aikman of" Hanover street Church, were ,also damonga the noteworthy incidents. But one ver ict was given by all.who'were present, and that was, that never had'the Central ' Sunday-schnols had so brilliant and delightful an anniversary. May it be but a ,harbinger ; of any brighter ones to come. . FAS EST ET AB:HOSTS DOCLERV! I am not.bywaypeane sure , • that the friends of the individual to whom am, about , to .reP4,7:4 justify my reference to him as an. enemy: the use that 1 purpose to make of 449 above quota-, tion will show that,l only-recommend his, exam-- Plepf, pntienke,ffort„in. ; prepaying himself for his, work, as. worth y of • the ministera.of. Christ. Mr. Dickens tells us, that before he al lows himself to --appear tefore- his- audience, (having no,other object in the world, than, to en tertain, amuse and please,) he reads his selections over and over, endeavors to place them before himself in his imagination `that he may . fornia distinct and correct 'idea of the manner in which every; sentence should be-read, the.proper tions of voice, ,the countenance ;, •in•short, every thing that can assist in giving• point and ett,eacy, to his undertaking'. He tells us, that in reS'ped, to some of his seledtions he &ears' them in his mind for months; reed* to them, reviews them, reads them .over ; ,-not Ito make,nlterations in them so much as to catch the spirit with which they should be presented, 7 -in order to secure the desired' effect. 'Rave we 'not here a *aluable hint to' the min: 'stmt. of-Christ 7:: is not the lack Of this, orof some thing like it, thelegitimate'cause of that weari ness, that, want of interest- which so often maul-, feats itself in the,hearer,? We feel somewhat inclined to admit it, nOtwithstindiiig its implica tions'of a sad defect in respect toduty with those who are stationed as watchmen in Israel. Mr. Dickena also informs:: us, that when com posing his,work - s, he wasin the habit of dwellino• upon the different Otiraoters which he -proposel to introduce, endeavoring to imagine just how each would - act or appear or express himself;' and . how others would look upon him or 'treat him; frequently, for weeks at a time, before he attempt ed to dehneate thht character or introduce it into his plot,: that often he became .excitefikquiteas much he i - .1.167gfif as "it& whoafterwards read' what he' had4ritien; lkoweier much they-might enjoy it. . • All these examples are well worthy of consider ation to those " who watch for, souls" with ; a view. to win, them to Christ. And we are happy, to, know, that this course has been virtually adopted' by many; especially those whose labore haie beenfollowed by `the 'Divine approbation in.the' conversion of , souls. Old ,Dr. Beecher. - informs us, that was ,essentially his course. One .who puysued hip Theological studies with hirn while the old. man was in the midst of his strength, as s sures.us, that he would often drop hiss peo, throw himself down Upon the floor, roll over and grodn asif in agony; every few, minutes uttering ap parently to himself;- 7 -" there ! that will db. ' .And it did d 0... When those, sermons, over which the Dr. had groaned, were, presented, they made the heaier tremble : Unikariaisiisre went down be fore them; the dull and sleepy hearer, accustomed, to those discourses . Which had never cost a thought, was stirred to the depths of his soul. Dr. Chalmers is said to have preached twelve years before he,either.mace or," (1;4110;0d a gospel sermon. And he ,assigns as the cause of this, , that he had- never fully entered into the of ,man's lost condition by nature : it had'been his' highest aim to please or dazzle his fiearer with eXhibitions of brilliant thought. Mr. Haines, " the colored preacher," after having. written his 'sermon with the utmost care, looked' it over and made all 'the corrections he supposed necessary, WOUld'take it to'his closet and pray over it till ,his soul glowed with holy fire. But time would fail us , to speak of Edwards, and Whitefield, and the Terinents; and of some who are not yet gathered home to God. There are those, (thank Hem - rat !) still among us, who do not depend for effect; so much. upon the ;Treading of -the h'ands , "-'secundUre the lifting up of the eyes heaven,vrard,—or upon• being choked with so-called emotion, as, upon the intrinsic weight . and awful importance of the, subject, sent home by the Spirit of God. Z. Ei(TdATIONINOII±OAGO • scHoor..s. .Among the handsome books of the season de- , serves to be placed the " iVi:nfleenth Amrqal port of.the 139ard of .plucation" of this city, It is a volume off 264 octavo pages, alike credit able in its typographioal appearance, and in its array of - faets_touching this most vital interest. The examination_ of the Report will fully bear, out, its opening sentence : "A careful compari son of our schools with those of other cities can but occasion considerable, and surely a pardon- ble satisfaction." Justly may its authors claim for this city a place " in the front line of pro-, gress in all that pertains to public instruction." The " Graded Course of Study," the " City Nor mal Schdol," the "'Training Department," and the "monthly Teachers' Institute," are among-the marked excellencies of the system. Its school houses,—especially those of recent Construction, are models of arrangement, and many of them rank high in architectural beauty. Only in Bos ton and St. Louis is the average salary of teach. ers so high as in Chicago ; but even here it should be higher. According to this Report the population of this city in October, 1866 was 200, 418. The number of school age—from 6 to 21-53,100. 319 teachers, of whom 292 were females, gave instruction to 26,851 pupils, besides 409 in the High School. It appears from this statement that nearly fifty per cent. of the children of school age were not in the public schools. On the other hand, some 12,000 were taught in pri vate schools, and of the remainder a large pro portion are the physiaally disabled, or such as are put to business by their parents. The entire expenses of the'year, including six per cent. in terest on the school property, has been $432,- 027.63, or $21.15 per scholar. Accommodations are, however, entirely inadequate to the wants of, the population. - 2000, ild red haveleen aivait ing vacant seats, and additional seats for 10,000 would be filled as soon as finished. Statistics like these show that Chicag,o is not wholly devoted to material interests and.pnrsuits. • WHAT BEOOMES OF"' 11.E.'othmtfaiRs 'They have 'doubtless a varied` faie according to the spirit of thime who receive them. . From a We.stern 'pastor we received, sometime since, the following account'tile' Mader'. "Do you know what becoines Of the •greht, mass of the cirefilars ;Which are sent ? I will tell you. Thergo to the basket for waste p.sperl We never read them Xours Terr truly, &c. .Frota tkuotherl ,Westerw,paator, we , reeeived about the same time, the following : My deer brother have just received your late circular appeals headed,." Churches for the West," und " The Best Manument." I regard them' as the best doduments yet put fcirthin be half of the'Great Church Erection Cause. They have gone,to my heart. I would:to God .I were the. pastor .of Presbyterian,_instead of a-Con-, gre.gational Church. Then. would. I bring, this matterbefore my people . with a will. But I can T not do it,.situa;ted is I. Personally, - I' am utterly - peer in 'this -world's goods. But I cannot send you this note without. affixing a seal to its expression of my feelings.; So, here you • have, enclosed, my cdp.tribution to the supplementary fund. God bless your efforts for this' holy 'Cause. • Sineerely and fraternally yours. A leading layman of the North-west Writes 'as follows : • ' • ST. PAUL, NOV : 6 2;.1867:. F; F.. Ellinwood, D. D. Dear Sir::—l. have your circular, a.ri have read it with much pleasure. I thinkit is' calculated to, do good. r feel' that it has deePened my own interest in the Cause of • Chtiroli Erection:- 3 ;Yours, riucse tnily ' , Still another.proutinent layman 'says : • "I , have received your circular entitlea_f The• Best Monument', If I understand you, fivehundred dol lars is the average appropriation of the Board of Church Erection, toward each Church, and any man who contributes that amount virtually se cures the erection Of a permanent honSe of God in some new-settlement. I like that idea. is definite, and it is something of lasting-utility. 1 , 1 will take a Church at $5OO, and perhaps I will. more:l So far as can be judged, this man's example has led to similar . arrang em i ents for three other feeble churches—makingan ft,oiregate 52,000 as the known fruit of one cirenlar. " In the morning sow' thy - geed, and in the eVening - , withhold not thine -- hand:for • thou knowestl hot whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike g0,0.d..7 F. F. E. (Eee. xi. 6.) , REFORMED PIXESBYTDRIAN ; MISSION APaS IN. INDIA. jln Connection ivitauth.e Foreign ;Board of the other branch, the Reformed Presbyterian "Churchf (General. Synod) , bas several devoted., lif*i.ona riesin India. An interesting letter; has lately been received from:one of .these missionaries, Rev, J. S. Woodside, at Dehra Doon, from which we make large, extracts. -It is dated •in October last.] 1 . -am- happy to say we are all in good health. Cholera - visited us. in May, and some two or three hundred were removed from the 'community around us. We lost two in our own compound one an old servant of ours and the other a Chris tian boy in the school: , We have had two mar ried-. from the, girls school during ,the summer. The last, was the daughter of the Iley. Gilbert McMaster, aged 18. -She was married to a Con vert from Hinduism, a well educated youno• man who holds Government employ. The bride car ried- away with her the._ best wishes of all our little community. She is the best educated girl that has yet left the school. She has been for some three years an assistant teacher. Her father gave us all a dinner on the occasion, at which about 130 sat down, nearly all native Christians! How different from the time when Gilbert :en tered the Doon with me, fourteen years ago—the solitary representative of Christ among his conn trymen. At our Angiiit communion seven candidates fur admission' to the Church presented themselves. All are likely to beiadmitted in November. To morrow a young. roan is,to he. baptized, who is a writer iu Government,employ. He is a youth of promise, respectably connected, and of the &all' minical or highest caste- -He has had a ,great struggle. with his relatives,:and even now at the I eleventh liourl tremble lest he should give tray to either. their allurements or.their threats. We shall see—and - E feel inclined to keep back this` letter, (though at the' risk of being too late) to let you know the fesult. Some of'these converts have very hard trials .to. go through in professing Christ. How easyit is to make a profession at home, where public sentiment rather, applaud's the act than otherwise ; but to cling . to Jesus amidst acorn, railing, cursing, threatening,s; beat- ings, allurements ; enticements,' false prommesand deceit of every description .is a far different thing. Bye and bye it will not fie so 'difficult in"LI-. dia. Every year adds 'tti 'the- siren if of each little Christian community, and the aggregate number of the followers of Christ in India will soon be far from contemptible. To us, it speakably gratifying to see these converts over and join their lot to ours. The younix twit here referred to, may yet become a valuabl e a ., quisition to our ranks. Ile received his Lion at a Government school in Calcutta, au was after leaving school led to study the evidences Christianity which has resulted in his conver sion. I am at present engaged in an effort to pnr. chase the school property at Landner. So me fifteen years ago I raised about $3OOO to start the school. It has ever since been paying a ruin. ous rental of over $BOO a year. I have now bought the property for 16,000 rupees, or $BOOO, and am engaged in raising funds for the purpose of paying for it. If you should feel inclined t, help and could procure me help from others, I should feel very grateful. The ground on which I make this request is, that in this school, many of the children of our Missionaries have been and will be educated on reduced terms. My Carrie does not cost me three fourths of the usual expense. When the school is cleared of the incubus of a heavy yearly rental, it will do more for the mis sionaries than it ever did before. The lady in charge is' a. wa.x*hearted Irish Christian. The school is Conducted. on thoroughly Christian principles. '. ' ' With Warmest !Christian love to all your circle, I remain affectionately. -yours, • . . , P. S.—October 7th.—l have ~kept the letter open that, I might be able to, tell you of the bap. dm of the young , man 'referred ,to - on Saturday. It took place yesterdaievening in the presence of a 'large audienee, among wkorit were six or seven former friends of the convert, 'all - educated Bengalees. It. would have gladdened your heart to have heard his replies to the general ques. dons. 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Weakness and trength; or, Out of the Deep:` By, Author of "; Peep at Eaton Parsonage," &c., lie. 296 pp., 18Mo. Four Illustrations. .85 'This is.aqiarrative that will chain attention. The thought is made real that human strength is unequal to the reform of the life ? that it is weakness, and that God's stren gt h 'is - eiviia to the vitirk. Ancient Cities and -Empires; Their Pro- Shetic Doom. ee description below. A book that should have a place in. every library for classes anti older pu pils of the Sabbath-school. - `t'ANDASD AND MMELLANENTS. Ancient - Cities - and Enipires; Their Pro phetic Doom. By 2.. H. Gillett, D.D., Author of "Life and Tintei of John Huss," "History Of the Presbyterii.n Churoh," "England Two Hundred Years Ago;' Life Lessons," &o. 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Publication Committee. Parental Training. By'Rev. William Bacon. 269 pp., l6mo. 60 cts. This book was announcell on our April list; but WI unavoidable delay occurred in theissuing of it. It now in press. ' • What Then? ;or, The Soul's To-morrow. 4.2.8 pp., large,32tno. Flexible muslin. By the same author as 4•Life Lessons," and, lilt. that book, now issued in a second edition. The SolartSipe Ventilating Coal Stove, The Solartype Hot Air furnace. •FOR Hew' OR SOFT co L, CO CFIitANIE'S • "EbA_TnN TS_ For Durability; Economy and Health, these celebrated Stoves and Zunnaces are unrivaled. All Sizes manufactured and sold by E. E. STEL; Rocheiter. - STRONG 1 literNEAls, Buffalo. • CHAMBERLAIN do CO., Cincinnati. • A: MoPHERSON, 283 Water St., N. }lR.olo.T.lPCoB.,°lllTl : "l lia ß nlt ß o l. lis A : iNiChhl4;° LITEGOW . CO., Loniaviile. For information, write to T. C. COCHRANE, Rochester, N. ”•,S; WOODSIDE •
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