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LEGTDKE BY PBTBOiBUn V.
NASBY.
A Home Picture f<»r Husband* and
Wives.
On Monday evening, March 3d, at the
Academy of Music, one of the largest au
diences of the Star Course greeted Pe
troleum V. Nasby, tb hear his lecture, a
new one, on “Hannah Jane.” j
Prior to the lecture the usual.concert
was given by Mrs. - Caroline Richings
Bernard, accompanied by M*. Prank Gi
lder as pianist. Petroleum W Nasby, L
(Mr. Locke, of the Toledo Blcuk) then ap
peared and discoursed as follows:
Hannah Jane was at one time a lady of
17 years. This is not remarkable, for I
knew one who remained at 17 three
years,~seven years at 20, and three years
at 24 v anJ she remained at the latter age
until a widower desired to have a wife of
mature age. She then sprang with great
rapidity to the mature age desired. The
adage, “Time waits for no man,” is a mis
take ; it should be time and tide wait for
no wo man, which is an entirely different
thing. [Laughter.]
I am no admirer of female beauty. I have
admired different things,but Hannah Jane
was a remarkable creature; she had the
form ot a Venus, the suppleness of the
most thrilling description. Petroleum
said that she was one fur whom one might
endure—might endure—endure even a
mother-in-law. But the smile of a pretty
girl is nothing |f sheds in the arms of an
other fellow. The proof of Hannah
Jane's beauty was that all the men adored
her, and all the other girls haled her.
The latter could not see what the attrac
tion was, she was, after all, the matri
monial salvation of all the girls in the
neighborhood. She lighted the fires of
love in all the young men’s hearts, and
not getting Hannah Jane, they consented
to *ake somebody else.
J. Pendleton Smith was a party in love
with Hannah Jane, and when she reject
ed him he did not hang himself—not a
bit of lt! He made love to all the other
girls, until he met a woman who had
been 37 for thirty years, and the woman
boasted after marriage that the artfn)
creature had' attempted to get her hus
band, but she thanked God that he
wanted something besides a pretty face,
and it was altogether likely that he got it.
It was not necessary for Hannah Jane to
have any education —her beauty would
get a husband, that was all that was need
ed. A girl with a husband is settled, and
the most of them are most effectually set
tled. She spelled kiss with one s, and
dear with a double e without any n. She
preferre'Mhe Independent in its old form,
and had a great affection for papers the
size of the Public Ledger , though she read
neither, hut her lover, Abner Merri
weather, cared nothing for this He had
nothing to support one on, but he at
tempted to support two on the same
thing. Her mouth, teeth, eyes, and hair
were put in opposition to all things al
leged against her. But he said, “What
will support one, will support two.” Hor
rible falaqvl f A«
two pounds of beefsteak can be bought tor
the price of one. Good health is necessa
ry to love, and good health has a good ap
petite, as most of us find out. ['Laughter.]
Marriages were good things, except in the
case of George Francis Train and Sylva
nus Cobb, Jr., and anything that produc
cd snch plagues should be frowned down
with the greatest severity. [Laughter)
Hannah Jane and Merriweathcr were
in love. They had the usual wedding ;
the usual wedding gifts were given. As
they couldn’t be expected to drink wine
for some time, wine glasses were plenty ;
as they could not live in good style silver
ware was in the ascendant. [Laughter.]
Bat Hannah Jane was armed for the
struggle of life, and she traded the whole
lot off tor a kitchen stove and a sewing
rnichinc, and was happy: and she did
not buy any second hand article, either.
The only second-hand article I ever saw
worth buying was a young widow with
plenty of money, who did not grieve too
much. [Laughter.] Merriweathcr was
in the bair-oil age. He was addicted to
the use of the tooth brush, but he was a
greater imitator of Beethoven, with hair
down his back ; if be bad had a chance be
would have .been a Tilton, but heaven
was merciful and refused to give the
country two Tiltons, so his genius was
turned in another direction. [Laughter.]
Hannah Jane had faith that ter hus
band would be a great man, and for this
time was needed ; so she devoted her soul,
body, spirit, and strength that he might
law. She prepared her breakfast
and called him affectionately. Sometimes
he would compliment her, and kissing her
Condescendingly be went to the office and
spent the day in smoking the long pipe
and playing games of chance with those,
like himself, who were waiting for busi
ness. [Laughter.] Hannah Jane was too
busy to be exhausted, and only thought
to save her husband from care and annoy
ance.
She knew ihe practice of a young law
yer could mu be profitable at once, eo
she made shins, and managed to furnish
her husband with cigars and also to pro
vide for the table. Business at last came.
Lodges are bad ; clubs are worse—but bu
siness swallows up more than cither or
both, lie became so busy that he re
mained mu most of the night, and when
lie came home she would pity him that
business exhausted him so much. His
eyes became heavy and his feel tangled
with each other, and any one else except
a woman of this kind would have attrib
uted it to some other cause. Law may ex
bunst the bead, but it never does the
ccs. leioa,ht him with her arm
about bis neck to leave business and rest
or it would kill him. At last he was
brought home in a complete state of ex*
haustion by a friend who was not so much
exhausted, though it was a question for a
year as to which brought the other home.
He explained the next day that it must
have been an attack of vertigo. [Laugh
-ter.]' !'■ . " .... „'
, The jjoke about “truly rural” arid “too
ral iooral” was givbn, an 4 excited the
laughter of the .audience hj' the comicali-.
ty of its narrative. Hannah Jane was of
diffe&nt material. He was' so wrapped
up in himself that be Inst sight of the fact
that she had the genius of a great-nature.
She had never been taught and -he never
taught her. He allowed her to load her
self down umil it was Impossible that
she should develop. He settled down to
work, but be dissipated considerably,
though not enough to disable him.
At last business came—it was a murder
trial—the jury was necessarily formed of
born idiots, wfto never read any newspa
pers, or fnrnied any opinion upon that or
any other subject. The plea was emo
motional insanity, and he won the case
with all the brazeness of a lawyer of a
century standing. It was more necessary
than ever that economy should be prac*
Used; conventions and political meetings
were to be attended to, and this cost mon
ey. A little Merriweather came, and add
ed to the labors of Hannah Jane, and she
labored for that other life which depend
ed on hers. There was a little Abel in
the cradle, and another in the field to
bolster up. He was willing to let his wife
have all the labor while be took the glory.
While she rocked the cradle at home with
her feet, and sewed with her fingers, and
felt that it was the rock of ages, to her he
was mounting up the ladder of fame.
Hard labor is the relentless, merciless en
emy of beauty.
The beauty of Hannah Jane was fail
ing ; her sylph-like figure shrunk up, and
j she was metamorphosed ; but she was sat
isfied. She said, “I have given all this to
him, and he will love me more for the
sacrifice.” At thirty-five Merriwealher
was a judge; at forty a Representative
'with a national reputation. He bad made
,i a good living, but was not rich. He bad
I consorted with the 1 best; he had read and
I heard others read ; was bright, and recog
-1 nized as such everywhere. I have al
! ways regretted that he did not live in our
! day of Credit Mobilier. But Hannah Jane
i was not bright, and Mr. Merriwealher
was astonished. She, if she had lived in
these days, would have known nothing of
Tilton or Mrs. Woodhnll.
Deprivations are sometimes blessings,
for a man with one leg reduces his ex
penses one half in the price of boots and
his chances for a cold and wet feel.
[Laughter.] Mr, Merriweather was as
tonished one evening tu know that she
knew nothing of Humboldt's "Cosmos,”
and he was horrified when she said that
she knew nothing ol his "Cosmos,” hut
had known a lady who took half jLjiozen
wo —miemr, —atmr ■nruttcr hot done her
any good. [Laughter,]
In the face of all this, Mr. .Irlerriweath
et began to forget the youth and beauty
of the girl in the hard face of the woman,
who at 40 bad no intellectual culture.
Coolness followed, and then dislike. She
was no equal for him, and with ail the
love she bad expended on him, she bad
with every act dug the grave of that very
love.
He sent her home, where he coaid not
see her, and plunged into the delights of
other female society. He said if he bad
had a wife who would have been bis equal
in culture he would have been happy.
Hannah Jane took his excuses, and was
satisfied while he was away from her. She
and be were one, and Merriweather was
the one. She had made a complete sac
rifice of herself, and hoped that the mer
its of it would atone for the practice ; she
lavished beauty, health, and life, and felt
happy while thinking that she had done
so little. He thought at times of this sac
rifice, and be sent her a plain ring, with
the remark, “that the value of a ring was
not in its intrinsic worth.” He had just
presented a diamond set to an actress, and
could not afford to send his wife anything
more.
The iron was slow in entering the soul
n! Hannah Jane, but Merriweather broke
her heart shortly. He made no scandal,
but told her separation was a. necessity,
and her death would be an accommoda
tion. She was too old to bend, and she
broke. Her children were ashamed that
she was ignorant and coarse, and did not
think' that she remained so that they
might be what they were. Hannah Jane
dte& at 42. The funeral was gorgeous,
the day a beantiful one in August, and
Mr. Merriweather was chief mourner and
enjoyed the weather. A rattle of the
clods upon the coffin and Hannah Jane
was forgotten. No! not'forgotlen, for in
that heaven and before that great God
where pinchbeck and alloy are taken at
their real value she received back the
true gold with interest on the investment.
Mr. Merriweather took No. 2, but he
was defeated for Congress. His second
wife knew all, about “Cosmos,” but occa
sionally came down to new dresses from
the intellectual field. He went into spec
ulations, and Mrs. Merriweather had been
more used to spending money than to
saving money.
The progress of crimination was given
in detail, and at last the house became a
hell on earth, and she left him, culture
and all. Broken, 9ld, and without a helm,
he went down, down, striking bottom at
last as a life insurance agent. Then was
Jane avenged. What was intended as a
THE RADICAL; FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1813.
Comedy when I began has developed in*
to a tradegy. Hannah Janes am.cqiinted
by the millions. I hive them
dience before me. Whether women re*
quires ahy more law I am not prepared tor
has hot been so placed
that stefcould be developed properly. I
appeal (liat woman should be womanly in.
ail that ia wdmanly and that is maiily
man. l lSpnld have her strong anf
reliant marching
band; , not} dragging, but ]}|
"have a yoke fitted to each, so tbafclhey
may work together—not the head gold,
and the feet clay, but all _gold. IjSottld
have them so edutatted that ’
band will be proud ; of his wife ;.s>m%
thing he could respect after he loved her.
And this is therfirarstep-to the greatness
of the nation, for as a mother of thepeoT
pie are, so are the sods. I would give her
intelligence and will strenglen her
hands by strengthening her mind. Add
this 1 believe is possible in the nine
teenth centuiy. » ■•-
The Sonny Home.
I know aroom where sunshine always
lingers, and there is a breath of snhimer
and mignonette in the-'air whenever I
think of it. There a tired man (dates
home, and throws off overcoat and bat
without looking to see what' 3 becomes of
them. There is a broad. table in the light,
strewn with papers and magazines) and
women’s worbL with a litter OF rose haves
dropping over them from a central vase.
There is a wide sofa on the days of the
Georges, fresh covered in chintz, with
ferns and harebells for pattern, and the
tired man goes-down-there with a great
raffled pillow under .bis shoulder, opens
parcels and letters, drdpping them when!
through on the floor, the most natural
place fox them: A girl has been
and her water colors and paper lie on a
side table, just as>she left them to nisb'j
away for an impromptu ride. I have
never been able to discover any disar
rangement of the household . economy byj
this flight. Somebody on a I
chair. There will be nothing skid about
it at the breakfast table next morning.
There are no laws here against> playing
with the certain tassel, no regulations as
to bow often the snowny muslin curtains
may be pat up or let down: They do not
last the season out, crisp aiid speckless as j
our neighbors do across the way, but tbej
only consequence is they are oftener new
and clean. There is nothing very fine
about this house, but things are renewed
oftener and look brighter than they do in
statelier houses. The chairs have no par
ticular places, and anybody feels at liberty
to draw the sofa out when it pleases him
There is no primness about the place. IF
there is grass on the lawn, it is meant to
be walked on, and the geraniums are fon
dled, and petted, and caressed as if they
were children. Do you know there is a
magnetism in green leaves and growing
flowers derived from the earth’s heart,
that, makes it good to handle and '•feel -
them. This house is known asth**^ I ***-
where one darestd be late at breakfast.
There is no ceremony of waiting. Coffee
and cakes are put where they will be hoW
the table is cleared to suit the housekeeper’s
convenience, and a small one set for the
late c user. Nobody lies awake at night
till tbs light ceases to shine under your
chamber-door, if you want to sit up and
read yonr novel through. There is nu
unwritten law of convenience for the
household, that regulates everything bet
ter than any code Napoleonic.' And the
benefit of allowing people to be a law un
to themselves is, that they are much bet
ter natured about it when they do obey.
There is indulgence and repose in this
lovely home, and a great deal of time. for
things which most' people cut. short, an
hour’s play with the children, a ''right
down good" chat with a neighbor, a day
of letter-writting once a fortnight. And
the worth of these merry, comforting let
ters quite outweighs the fact that there
are cigar ashes on the mantle, and a pile
of work on the sofa. Disorder does not
imply dust or soil of any kind. It does
not include sbabhiness, or mean chaos<
It means “leave to be”—in dost cases,
thinking of people more than of things.
Order is simply harmony of a few notes.
Disorder is tho flowering, branching mel
ody of one theme—and that scheme, indi
viduality.— Shirley Dare in Golden Age.
Mark Twain on Foster** Case.
To the Editor of the Tribune: —Sir ; I
have read the Foster petitions in Thors
day’s Tribune. The lawyer’s opinions do
not disturb me, becaUseJ know that those
same gentleman coold make as able an
argument in favor of Judas Iscariot,
which is a great deal for me to say, for I
never can think of Judas Iscariot without
losing my temper. To my mind Judas
Iscariot was nothing but a low, mean,
premature Congressman. The attitude
of the jury does not unsettle a body, I
must admit; and it seems plain that they
would have modified their verdict to
murder in the second degree if the judge’s
charge had permitted it. But when looms
to the petitions of Foster’s friends and
find out Foster’s true character, the gen
erous tears will flow—l cm not help U.
How easy it is to get a wrong impression
on a man. I perceive that from child
hood up this one has been a sweet, docile
thing, full of pretty ways and gentle im
pulses, the charm of the fireside, the ad
miration of society, the idol of the Sun
day-school. I realized in-bim the divin
est nature that has ever glorified any
mere human being. I perceive that the
sentiment with which ho regarded teni
pevacce was a thing that amounted to
frantic adoration. I freely confess that it
was the most na'ural thing in the world
for such an organ as this to get drnnk
a stranger, and then beat bis
he did
noVafceitf to admire It ; Bnch la Poster.
AwdAe think that we losing
knbw : but- that he is
Ihfifeond Advent? And yetafter all, if
Jtenjhry had nbt been hampered in their
verdict I think I could consent
%'iose hlin. .■:
: who indented trial by ju
"ry}played a colossal, practical joke
the world, bht since we have the system
weViught to respect iL A thing which is
not thoroughly easy to do, when we re-
pal juror must be intellectaal vacuam, at-1
tachecf a TtfeKitfg h^H'andperfectlyaia^
;on.~ - :;
.. X iiave had no, experience jn r making
laws'or amending them.- bat still L can
not understandwhy, when it takes twelve:
to inflict the death,penalty upon a person,
i it should take any less than twelve to un
do their work. If I were a legislator, and
badjuslbeen elected and had not had
Ume to sefl pnt, I would put .the pardon
ing andi"commuting power into the hands
of twelve ablemen Instead of dumping so
hugea harden open the shoulders of one
poor pelitlon-persecd ted ind ividaa 1. .
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DIVORCE.
A California Husband who Couldn’t
Go io Sfiep-Too - Blahy in tbe Boost
: for Comfort, l.
A San Francisco paper gets off tbe fol
lowing; good. one. :
Reluiming.home late one night, a man
|iVln|p opHtfason street disrobed . without
lighting. tbe- -gas and. lay peacefully
downbeaide the partner of his joys.
Sinking-badc-apon the pillow,he straight
way raised-himself and remarked r
“I eftjVwife, how’s your pillow-warms’’
, ; “Why,"What a foolish: question?’ ’ re
turned shej-'miy pillow is all right,”
“Is it eeal warm?” he asked. >
, “Certainly It is I’ve had my bead on it
lor three 1 teonrs;”
, Apparently satisfied, he laid down and
was sifeht for a time, when a vigor
ous nttdglbg in the side of his wife prov
ed be b4d Another idea.
:: ‘T say, wife ?”
. “Pot 'goodness sake, what do you
want?”■ pathlantly answered the sleepy
darned * 5
“I say,-you don’t use hair oil, do you?”
“Orcoutse not; you know that as well
as anybody dse. Do, : for mercy sake, go
tosleep!” - ;
. Another half hour passed in silence,
broken By the' solemn ticking of the
clock in the darkness. Then there was\
another spasmodic nudging.
“lAay, Wife, you didn’t put that calf
under the bed, did you?”
“GTreeious mef* returned the matron,
“whkt la thd matter with yon? Of course,
the calfis not under the bed. Will yon
Bfever go to sleep?”
rti6 lo»Si sliding nis
-legs sideways>ut of bed, “I’m——if
rthewTifn’t some ting alive under here.”
V There was the' sound : of sc lamb Hog
round, a partial upheaval of the couch,
the quick gleam of a white garment
making for tbe open window, through
which it disappeared, a thrashing sound
in tbe rose bushes outside, and all was
etill again.
The custody of the children has been
awarded to the husband.
A MAN-OF-WAR’S MISSION
Her’a is not a yachting trip. She
does not idly flaunt her flag. That saucy
little symbol was ample enough to «> cover
the mere intention of American citizen-
ship when, in the port of Smyrna, one of
the mildest-mannered of navy captains,
e’eared his ship for action, in the face of
largely superior force, and sheltered the
poor Hungarian. It has been a very St.
Peter’s angel to more than one of our
countrymen in foreign dungeons. It sup
ports consular authority over tyrannical
ship masters and recalcitrant crews. It
has saved tbe Feegeean “miccanninny”
from being served up, hot or cold. It has
let tbe blessed air of freedom into many a
pent hole that reeked with cargo of piti
able humanity—the “black ivory”
African trade in iron shacklets. In for
mer times it cleared out Southern lagoons
and the Antilles of swarming buccaneers;
to day it pursues to the death the China
man with his sMnk-pots and nameless
tortures. It restrains alike tbe barbarian
and the civilized oppress©.-, by emblazon
ing the grand morale of a great power
backed by shotted guns. For not yet.
even in these days of international arbi
tration, has the millenium c<»rr.e, not yet
are the battle fl igs furled in tbe federa
tion of the world.
A man-of-war ha? other duties subser
vient to commerce. Thes; consist of ex
plorations and surveys. They indicate
ocean highways, secure the heaven,
they trace the imperiled coast. Braving
the lurking shoal, and the bold, loud reef,
they fix, bo to speak, the form of Chary b
dis, and save from the j iws of Scy 11a. The
vessel anchors in an unknown bay or
sound; we sound it until tbe plumet has
stamped the depth, as it were, upon
nearly every squire yard of the ocean
floor. It is a noble field of usefulness,and
falling thereupon, tbe world has wept
for Cook and La Perouse.— Com. WUHam
| Gibson , in Harper's Magizine for March,
’ A Memphis paper lei Is ( f an Irishman
who got laughed at tor making faces over
some persimmon?, and who iclotted lhu ; :
“Ye may grin, ye mutton-headed idiots;
but I can lather the sowl out of the man
that spill vinegar on thim plums,”
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PROCLAMATION.
Whkbeas, by an Act pissed by the Legislature
of Ibis Commonwealth, it is made the duty of the
Sheriff of every county to give notice of on elec*
tlon to be held at the time and places of holding
election for township' and municipal officers of
said election districts, for the purpose of voting
for or against the Act know as the Local Option
Law approved the 37th day of March, A. D. 1873,
.Which provhtesas follows: - ' . »>.
; ;.Bkc. 1. B$M enacted, dfe, That on thethfni
'Friday of March, One thousand eight hundred-and :
•oventy-three, m every city ano connty of thla :
Commonwealtkind at theannualmunicipaletec* i
■tions every thfjd| year there alter, in everyauch
city and
. specters and jodgesof the election in the-. cltles
and counties, to receive tickets, either written or
printed, from the . legal voters of said cities and
counties, labelled on the outside “license,” and
on the inside “for license,” or “against license,
-gntt-todeposH satd-tleket-s-ln- a -boa- provided -for
that purpose by sOd'iuspectors “and judges,'thTiiT
required by law in the case of other tickets re
xeivedt shall ho countedandiaielurh of the same
made to the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Ses
sions nfitiH-pamcofthe proper cmmty. duly-certi
fied as Is required by law; which certificate shall
bO'teid before the Judge of satd court at the first
meeting of said court after said election shall bo
held, aud shall be filed with the other records of
said court;aud it shall bo the duty., of mayors .of
cities and sheriffs ofcounties, Or any other officer
whose duty it may bo to perform such service, to
give due public notice of such special election
above provided for, three weeks previous to the
time ot holding the same, aud also three weeks be
fore such election every third year thereafter:
Provided, that this act shall not be construed to
repeat or affect any* special law prohibiting the
gale ofintoiicatmgliquors or prohibit tho grant
ing of licenses: Provided, that when the munici-
Sal and township elections in any county or cit y
o not.occur on the third Friday In March, the
elections provided- for Id this section shall be held
on the day fixed for the municipal elections in
said county: And provided'further, that all li
cense granted'after the first of January, one ■ tbou
sand eight hundred and seventy-three, shall cease,
determine and become void on the first day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy
three, if the district for Which they shall be grants
ed determines against the granting of license; and
the treasurer of the proper county shall then re
fund to the holder of such license the moneys so
paid therefor, for which the said treasurers shall
be entitled to credit iu their accounts with the
Commonwealth. , w ,
fixe. 3. That in receiving and. counting, and
making returns of the votes cast, the Inspectors,
judges and clerks of said election shall be govern
edlWltho lawa'of tbis Commonwealth regulating
general elections; and all the penalties of said
election laws are hereby extended to and shall ap
ply to the voters, inspectors, judges and clerks
Voting at dud attending upon the election held
under the provisions of this act. ....
Ssc. 3. whenever by the returns of elections in
any city or county aforesaid. It shall appear that
there is a majority against license, it shall not be
htwful,fur any court or board of license commis
aiouetff to issue any license for the sale of spirit
uous, vinous, malt or other io'oxicating liquors,
of any admixture thereof. In said city Or county at
any time tuereafior, umilat an election as above
provided, a majority shall vote in Ihyor of license:
Prt-vitled, iThat nothing contained In the provi
sion*, off his act shall prevent the issuing of li
cence 1 to druggists, or the sale of liquors for medi
cinal hud maqu.'acturing purposes: Prodded, That
the citizens of the borough of Lebanon shall vote
upoirthe question on the third Friday of March,
one thousand eight hundred »ud seventy three, on
the same day ana time when the townships of tho
County of Lelrin -aholdtheir spring elect ions.
W ILIsiAM JvlilsiU i 1«
Sneaker bribe House of Representatives.
JAMBS S. BLTAN,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved —Tho twenty •seventh d-ty of March.
Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-two. JJiO. W. GEARY.
Thsbefot.k, 1, CHAMBERLIN WHITE, High
Sheriff of the county of Beaver, do hereby maxe
known and proclaim to the qualified voters of
Beavef’county that an election will be held for
that purpose.on FKIDAY, 21st DAY OF MARCH,
A. I>. 1873, ht 1-hc following places and districts
within the county, to wU:
Tho electors of Botongb township will meet at
the brick school house in the borough ofVanport.
The electors of Bridgewater borough will meet
in the Town Hall ih Bridgewater.
The electors of FbUlipshurg district will meet at
the public brick school house in said borough.
' The electors of Moon township will meet at the
house formerly occupied by Amarlah Hendrickson
—now John D. Elliot.
The electors of Hopewell township will meet at
the school house in the village of hcottsville, iu
said township. 3
The © lectorsof Independence township will meet
at the house of Alexander Thompson, dec’d., in
saUftownship. ■ ’’ -l’ ... , .*
The electors of Baccoon township will meet at
the hbuse of David Kwtogln Baid iownshlp.
wuo cfeccota. at stouiKfort district will meet at
the honsc of George Dungan, in Frankfort.
Tho electors of McGuire’s district will meet, at
the housA of John Pottpr, in the village of Han-.
■ 7 Thd electors of Green township will meet at the
house of Elijah Niswanger, In Uookatowu. .
The-electors of Ohio township will meed at tho
house now occupied by Jamison Elliot, iff *hid
township. v ‘*"’i- , ’
The electors of Brighton township (not embrac
ed in Industry district,) will meet at the school
bouse near Kicncy Eakln’a. fn said township.
The electors of the borough of Pallston will
meet at the Academy in Fallston.
The electors of Patterson township will meet at
the school house in said township.
The electors of Chippewa township will meet at
school house No 5 in said township.
The electors of South Beaver township will
meet at the house of John Kowe, in said town
ship.
The electors of Darlington township will meet
at the Academy in Darlington.
The electors of Big Beaver township will meet
at the house of Wm. Miller, in said township.
The electors of Franklin township will meet at
the house of Mark R. Clark, in said township.
The electors of North Sewickly township will
meet at the housa Nathan Hazen,-on land former-
Uwjf Bah}. Chew.
The electors of I’ulaski township will meet at
Daugherty’s school house. No. 4, iu said town
ship.
The electors of Marion township will meet at
the house of George llartzcli, jr.. In said town
-8 T%e electors of the uppe**, or north ward, in the
borough of New Brighton will meet at the car
penter shop of Thos. Miller, in said borough.
The electors of tho middle ward of the borough
of Newßrlghton will meet at the school house,
iu said. ward. , .
The electorsof the lower or south ward of the
borough of New Brighton will meet at the car tac
tory. In said ward.
The electors of Rochester township will meet at
the Bolesvillc school house in said township.
Tho electors of the borough of Rochester will
meet at-the school house in Rochester.
Tho electors of Freedom borough and district
will meet at the School house in Freedom.
The electors of Now Sewickly township will
meet at the house of Sami Borns in said town
ee electors ot Industry’ district will meet at the
school house in Industry.
The electors of Harmony township will meet at
the hotel in Economy.
The electors of Economy township will meet at
the house of George (3. Minis, In said township.
The elector* o 1 the borough of Beaver will meet
at the Sheriffs office, in said borough.
The electors of St. Clair borough will meat at
the school house, in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Baden will meet
at the public school house, iff said borough.
The electors of New Galilee borough will meet
at the office of F. L. Grim in New Galilee.
The electors of the borough of Beaver Falls will
meet at the school house, in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Georgetown will
meet at the school house, in said borough.
The electors of the borough of Glasgow will
meet at the school house in said borough. i
No person shall be permitted to vote whose i
name is not contained In the list of taxable inhab- I
Rants furnished by commissioners, unless First,
he produces a receipt for the payment within two ,
years’of a State or County tax, assessed agreeably ;
i to the Constitution, and give satisfactory evi
dence, either on his oath or affirmation of another,
that he has paid such a tax, or on failuiu to pro
cure a receipt, shall make oath to the payment -
thereof. Second, if ho claim the right to vole by |
being an elector between the age twenty-one and ,
twenty-two years, he shall depose an oath or af*
ftrmatlon that he has resided in the State at least
one year next before his application, and make
such proof of residence In the district as is re
quired by this aetj-and that he does verily believe
trom tho account given him that he is of the age i
aforesaid, and snehrother evidence as is required ;
by this act; whereupon the nfime of the person !
thus admitted to vote shall be Inserted in the
alphabetical list by, the inspectors, and a note
made opposite thereto by writing the work ‘tax,’
If he shall bo admitted, to vote, by reason of hav
ing paid tax, -or the word ‘age,’ if ho shall be ad
mitted to vote by reason' of sttch age; and the
same shall bo called out to the. clerk, who shall
j make the like note on ttie list of voters kept by
1 them.
In all cases where the name of the person claim
ing to vote is foutfd off the list furnished by the
commissioners and assessors, or his right to vote,
whether found thereon or not, is objected to by
anyquallfiedcitlzen.lt shall be the duty of the
inspectors to examine such person on oath as to
his qualifications, and it he claim to have resided
n the State,lot. one year pr more,, bis oath shall
Uw
not be sufficient proof thereof,
proof by at least one competent, wit ““ke
be a qualified elector that he had °ohjtl
district for more than ten days next Imm i? tl >e
preceding each election, and shall ah? v atel ?
swear that his bonaflde residence, in Dorsr« ln>Ee!l
his lawful calling, ism said district a?d ,1? ce of
did not remove Into said district for the 11“ 1 bs
voting therein; - ne pur Pose of
Every person qualified as aforesaid ms
shall mate dneproofif required of his • * wbo
and payment of taxes as aforesaid. shanv 0 '
emitted.to vole in the township, ward or
in which he shall reside. a or d: *Wct
K, If any person shall prevent or attempt „
▼ent any ofiker of any election under ,W. pr °
"ftom holdlngvsucti electlon, or ate nr tlr 9 sct
any violence to any snch officer, or shiii eatea
rnpt or improperly interfere with him in ttL mtcr
ention of his duty, or shall block up the wfrJ 1 *
or avenue to any window, where the
be holding, or than riotously disturb -he may
SBCb.elecMon v or shall use any intimiilatin-r th, 11
force violence, with design to mrttnmr- reatE '
ly, or overawe any elector, or to P -,. N T:n ' ln
from voting or to restrain the freedom V - ., b ®
such person, on conviction, shall be jit, ei i l "'''
sum not exceeding five hundred dmiar- 1 " '
imprisoned fdrany fern not less than thr
more than twelve months ; and if it shall be • 0:
to the conn where the trial of such offs arc* 11
be bad that the person so offering was not * hal
dent of the city, ward, district or town*hin
the offence was committed, and not
vote therein, then, on conviction, he *har i!°
sentenced to pay a fine not less than one \h n be
and dollars, and be imprisoned not i e <« thin * l *
months nor more than two yp»r<. ' s: ;
The said special election shall be held ■-> -
ward, borough, township and district oi th, f •
ty at the same lime, and between the h >n-, •
by law for holding the annual munk-ipa;«
ship elections in tlu respective di-tri* ‘
The inspectors and judge ol the elet ; K
meet at the respective places appointed w k ,! !
ing the election in the district to which tLl
spectively belong at the time fixed by law f n - „„ *
ing the annual municipal and township eied?! 3
in said district, and each of said
appoint one clerk, who shall be a qualified
of snch district. H
In case the person who shall have receivwt
second highest number of votes for jn s ,“ ,
shall not attend on the day of any election
the person who shall have received the next hiVw
est number of votes forjudge at the next nrecetfm,
election shall act as inspector in his place And in
case the person who shall have received the hjVvT
est number of votes for inspector shall not attend
the person elected judge shall appoint an menec
tor in his place. And in case the person eiecte*
Judge shall not attend, then the inspector who
shall have received the highest number of votes
shall appoint a judge in his place, and if any va
cancy shall continuein the board for the space ot
one hour after the time Used by law lor the open
Ing of the election, the qualified voters ol
township, ward or district, for which tuch officers
'have been elected, present at the place of election
shall elect some of their number to till theva
cancy.
In case any clerk appointed under the provisions
of this act shall neglect to attend at any election
during the said year, it shall be the dutv 0 f the in
spector who appointed said clerk, or the person
filling the office of said inspector, to forthwith ap
point a suitable person as clerk, qualified as afore
said, who shall perform the duties of the year.
It shall be the duty of the several assessors re
spectively, to attend at the place of holding every
general, special or township election, during the
whole time said election is kept open, for the pur
pose ol giving information to the inspectors and
judges, when called on, in relation to the right of
any person assessed by them to vote at any elec
tlon or such other matters in relation to the as
sessment of voters as the said inspectors, or either
of them, shall from time to time require.
No person shall be permitted to vote at any elec
tion, as aforesaid, other than a freeman of the age
of twenty-one years or more who shall have rend
ed in the State at least one year, and in the elec
lion district where he offers to vote at least ten
days immediately preceding such election, and has
within two years paid a State or county tax. which
shall have been assessed at least ten days before
the election. But a citizen of the United States
who has pravionsly been a qualified voter of tbi.-
Statc and removed therefrom and returned, and
who shall have resided in the election
district and paid taxes, shall he entitled to vote
after residing in the State six months. Pro
vided. That the freemen, citizens of the United
States between twenty one and twenty-two year-,
who have resided in the election district, a.- afore
said, shall be entitled to vote, although they sha ;
have not have paid taxes.
If any person not by law qualified shall tranda
lently vote at any election oft his Common wea 'a,
or being otherwise qualified shall vote out o! c -
proper district, or ifany pa’son knowing thewir
of such qualifies* Vu all aid or procure suen ik
son to vote, tha person offending, shall, on ou
vietton, be fined in any sum not exceedin’. - ■-
hundred dollars, and be imprisoned in any (era
not exceeding two months
If any person shall vote at more than or..
tion district, or otherwise fraudulently voteau -
than once on the same day, or shall 'frandnv.'.
fold and deliver to th* inap*cior w> nrsor? M
geitrer *un the same intent illegally to vote*,
shall procure another to do eo, he or they so o
• fending shall, on conviction, be fined in any ju
not less than fifty nor more than five hundred doi
lars, and be imprisoned for a term not less (ban
three nor more than twelve months.
If any person not qualified to vote in. this Com
monwealth agreeably-to law (except the somol
qualified citizens) shall appear at any place ot elec
tion for the purpose of influencing the citizen
qualified to vote, be shall, on conviction, forte '
and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred do
lars for every such offence, and be imprisoned for
an i term not exceeding three months.
Given under my hand at my office in Beiver
this 35th day of February, in the year of oar Loch
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three
CHAMBKKLLN WHITS, She nd.
Sheriff's Office. Beaver, Pa.. (.
Febroary 'io, 1873. i’
E 31 0 V E D
GREGG, SON & CO.,
BOOT AND SHOK HOI'SE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.,
Have removed to their new. large aaJ spacious
IRON FRONT WAREHOUSE,
NO. 1.7.) WOOD STREET.
(BETWEEN FIFTH AND SIXTH AVSN'. t>.!
And are now receiving one of the
Largest Spring Stocks
EVER BROUGHT TO THE MAltliST
Buying for CASH, we have advantage* to ofr’ 1
that CAN’T BE EXCELLED EAST OK Wifi*.
An examination of our stock Is respectn. .
solicited.
GREGG, SON & CO..
159 Wood street, Pittsburgh. Pa
N. B. Special attention paid to
sent by mail. •
pRANKFORT SPRING*
MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMY
NORMAL SCHO0 L
The SPRING SESSION of this institute *
gins TUESDAY, APRIL Ist. ISTB.
The design of the school is to proving
young of both sexes the ad van tares ol a ‘'
Normal, Classic ard Commercial w ni
cial attention being given to the ‘p-
Teachers. Boarding ?3 s<i per e e -i: . ■
information, or catalogue, address
J. II VEAZEV, Pnuc rt ;
SAMUEL BIGGER, h'* - '' ’
febtll-lt
pOR SALE OR RENT
The valuable and very desirable;
dwelling nous:-:. #it i-.ie oi. Tf- 1 ™ ■■■
the borough <>! Beaver, lately owned o' , n
by the late Rev. James M,. Smith, a? ■>
Said hoiiM! is situated ou a corner to.,
feet. There is a fine assortment or ire' r' ( ,
tree.*; alr-o cistern, tmd !*' 1 .1 : j ?<K
bwiidiiitrs on *aid lot. The preir.is'— ar.
state of repair. r PM „. v ., i
Those wishing to purchase or re. ■„
call on Mrs. M. Mrß. SMITH, on 1. 1 i „
or JAMES CURISTY. b ‘ 11 ‘
ty. Ba,
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