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Ely Vitus' Nolutr.
In School-Days.
BY JOHN G. WHITTIER,
Still sits the school-house by the road,
A ragged beggar sunning ;
Around it still the surnachs grow,
And blackberry vines arc running.
Within, the master's desk is seen,
Deep scarred by raps official;
The warping floor, the battered seats ;
The jack-knife's carved initial ;
The charcoal frescoes on the wall ;
Its door's worn sill betraying
The feet that, creeping slow to school,
Went storming out to playing !
Long years ago a winter sun
Shone over it at setting;
Lit up its western window panes,
And low eves' icy fretting.
It touched the tangled golden curls,
And brown eyes full of grieving,
Of one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Iler childish favor singled;
Ills cap pulled low upon a face
Where pride and shame were mingled
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left he lingered :
As restlessly her timid hands
The blue-checked apron fingered.
Ile saw her lift her eyes ; Le felt
The soft hand's light caressing,
And heard the tremble of her voice,
As if a fault confessing.
"I'm sorry that I spelt the word ;
I hate to go above you,
Because"—the brown eyes lower fell—
" Because, you see, I love you !"
Still memory to a gray-haired man
That sweet child-face is showing.
Dear girl I the grasses on her grave
have forty years been growing.
He lives to learn, in life's hard school,
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumph and his loss.
Like her—because they love Min.
Ely *Um-Cella.
The Coquette of Arlon.
In very ancient times the inhabitants of
Arlon , worshipped the moon, and the
learned maintain that the name of Arlon
was derived from the two words era luna,
signifying "altar of the moon " It is per
haps for this reason that the young women
of this ancient town now and then had odd
fancies. Apropos to this, I propose to re
late a story which Adolphe Dechamps must
have listened to when he was Governor of
Luxembourg, for it was one of the tradi
tions of that province. All the Arlonesc
know it, and I write it down for the bene
fit of those who have not been governors
of provinces, and whose ancestors have not
worshipped the moon.
It is said that about one, hundred years
ago there resided in Arlon a young girl
named Gertrude. She was eighteen years
of age, and was gay, frank, and good
naturci, always smiling and happy, and
full of life and activity. She was the
daughter of Charles Stock, a wealthy pro
prietor of the little town, and generally
designated as Stock, Jr., to distinguish him
from his father and grandfather, who were
living. "They last long in that family,"
was a local expression.
Gertrude had many admirers, but none
of them appeared to make an impression
on her heart. This, together with her
fascinating manners, gave her the name of
the "Coquette of Arlon." Do not take
this appellation in its hardest sense, fur her
father and mother allowed her to do as she
pleased, having the utmost confidence in
her. And it was not misplaced. Among
the many who sought her hand in mar
riage were four young men of the town who
deserve special mention. Their names
were Sigismond de \letter, Gilles Colin,
Wenceslas Stroobant and Lambert Von
Moll. The first named was so calm and
undemonstrative that the other three did
not give themselves any uneasiness about
him. They, on the contrary, were so
pressing that the neighbors all expected
that she would certainly marry one of
them.
The four suitors pressed their claims,
each one in his own way, urging her to de
cide in his favor. So oue day in Septem
ber, 1743, she devised a stratagem by
which to test their courage and affection.
Her parents once more allowed her to have
her own way, for as she never undertook
anything without first consulting them, we
may suppose that they were not the stern
and tyrannical parents that usually fall to
the lot of unfortunate heroines of modern
romances. About a quarter of a league
from Arlon, in a field belonging to her
father, Gertrude had often noticed an old
Roman tomb, which no one dared approach
on account of its ghostly reputation. All
sorts of strange and mysterious stories
were told about it. The tomb has now
disappeared, I cannot say how. Gertrude
resolved to make it the centre of her ca
prices.
Gilles Colin came as usual and uttered
more ardent and passionate protestations
of love than ever, declaring that he would
willingly walk over burning coals to please
her.
"I am not so unreasonable as to require
that of you," she said, "all things consid
ered, I do not refuse to marry you, but I
wish to have a proof of your devotion,
and at the same time of your courage."
"Very well," answered Gilles, "•I will
give you any proof of that you can de
wand ; only say what it shall be."
. "You know," replied she, "the ancient
tomb which is situated on a knoll a quarter
of a league from town ?"
"Yes," replied the puzzled Gilles, "I
have seen it from a distance ; there is
nothing remarkable about it."
"Well, this evening at 9 o'clock I want
you to go, without saying a word to any
one about it, and lie down in the old
tomb."
"In the witches' den ? What a ca
price !"
"And you must remain perfectly motion
less until midnight."
"But, Gertrude, what are you thinking
of? What is your object ?"
"You are a coward. You are trembling
already. Perhaps it is a caprice, but I
have my project, and I wish to try you.—
If you do as I wish, I shall know that I
can trust you, and, providing that you re
main there from 9 o'clock until midnight,
my heart is yours. If you refuse I shall
marry some one else."
Struck by the decided tone of the young
girl, Gilles dared not offer further objec
tion, but he thought of the freezing re
citals to which he had listened; of appari
tions from another world that were seen
gliding around the tomb, and of the witches
who held their nocturnal meetings and
made it a place of deposit for their unguents
and diabolical compounds. In truth, fires
had sometimes been seen burning near
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there through the night, and surrounded
by groups of sinister or grotesque looking
faces; but they were undoubtedly gypsies,
with which Luxembourg and Litnbourg
were at that period infested. But some
persons professed to have seen supernatural
beings, and thousands of wonderful stories
were related about them. For a year,
however, nothing had been seen there, and
though Gilles was more afraid than he
would have cared to acknowledge, he was
so deeply enamored of the young girl that
he accepted the condition, and promised to
do what was required of him without di.
vulging his intentions to any one.
Shortly afterward Wenceslas Stroobant
came in his turn. Gertrude gave him a
very gracious reception. lie was hand
some and rich, and, fully conscious of
of these advantages, he felt confident of
the success of his suit.
"It is not your fortune that tempts me,"
said Gertrude to him, greatly flattered.
Wenceslas bowed, as if he would say,
"I understand. I have other attractions."
"I feel a deep interest in you," pursued
she, "and would willingly give you my
hand if you would render me a service
that will prove your courage."
"You have but to command me," said
the handsome young man ; "I am entirely
at your service."
then, you must know that one of
my relatives has been killed in a duel.—
lie is in the woods, and we are making
every effort to secure him an honorable
burial. In the meantime, the body is to
be placed in the Roman tomb at 9 o'clock
this evening As the tomb is neither
covered nor inclosed we very weatly fear
it may be disturbed; therefore I beg of
you to go there at half past 9."
"To the witches' den ? What an idea!"
"You are afraid already ! Mon Dieu,
how faint-hearted the young men are !"
"I am not afraid, but you are giving me
a very queer commission."
"Call it a fancy, if you will, but I can
only confide this to one who is very de
voted, for it is absolutely necessary to con•
ceal this mystery from everybody. You
must go there at exactly half-past nine,
and you must dress yourself to personate
an angel of light, and carry a torch in
your hand. The fearful stories of which
the tomb has been the subject will be of
service to you, and those who may be
scheming to carry away or rob the dead
will, upon seeing you, sitting at the foot of
the tomb, with your torch in your hand,
be so terrified that none will dare approach.
At midnight you way return home. Will
you do it ?"
"I will," said Wenceslas, who feared to
displease her.
"I must be certain that you have per
formed this service; but remember, not a
word about it to any one, and at this price
my hand is yours."
Wenceslas regained his usual composure,
smothering as best he coull those super
stitious fears which sometimes assail the
strongest minds. Tie swore that he would
be both obedient and discreet, and that at
half-past 9 precisely he would be at his
post, where he would watch the dead so
carefully that not even a bat should ap
proach. lie soon took his leave in order
to make his preparations.
_ _
A few moments afterwards Lambert Von
Moll, also faithful, appeared to render his
homage to the young lady. He was a
lawyer, and everybody predicted a brilliant
future for him.
"If you really love me," said the co
quette, "I am going to prove it. Some of
the neighbors whom you know, and who
are our enemies, wish to injure us. For
this purpose they have placed a dead body
in the Roman tomb, which belongs to our
family. I wish you to make every possible
effort to carry off the corpse."
"I !" interrupted Lambert.
"Certainly. I know you arc brave."
"That is true, but this is such a ridicu
lous commission."
"The body will doubtless be guarded by
mere children, and in order to disperse
them you must blacken your face and make
yourself as ugly as you are handsome; in
short, disguise yourself as a demon. Call
it a ridiculous commission, if you will ; but
go to the Roman tomb precisely at 10—
take up the body and bring it here, and
you will gain my gratitude."
Lambert Von Moll reflected fir a mo
ment, and deciding that it was not too
great a price for the heart or Gertrude,
he, like the two others, promised punctu
ality and discretion, and accordingly with
drew to make his preparations.
Sigismond de Vletter then came to pay
his respects to Mr. and Mrs. Stock ; he
wished Gertrude good evening, and con
versed a few minutes with her while taking
a turn in the garden. Havinc , drawn him
aside, Gertrude, who had her projects,
proposed he should in his turn assume a
character in her comedy. But Sigismond,
who perceived some malicious intention in
spite of her grave tones, told her that for
anything serious or important she might
command him, but that such childishness
was only proper for children. The coquette
not finding him very complaisant, left him.
The night was very cold, and at nine
o'clock Gilles Collin arrived at the Roman
tomb. He had furnished himself with a
small lantern, not being very courageous.
He went all around the tomb, and carefully
examined the bushes and every place in
which he thought any one might be con
cealed, and then, not at all reassured by
the silence and solitude which surrounded
him, he extinguished his light and en
veloped himself from head to foot in a long,
white sheet, which he had brought con
cealed under his coat, then extending him
self at full length in the tomb, soon became
as gloomy and motionless as the object he
personated. Very lugrubrious were the
thoughts that passed through his mind
while lying there in his winding sheet A
vcry long quarter of an hour had elapsed
when he was startled by the cry of a
screech owl. He uncovered his eyes and
looked around, but could see nothing ex
cept some vague reflections of light in the
direction of the town. Soon, however, he
heard through the silence of the night
footsteps which were evidently coming to
him. He raised his head; rays of light
caught his eyes, and lie saw, not far off, a
mysterious phantom, 'whited in a long
robe of cloth of silver, which was confined
by a blue girdle. The head of this ap
parition was crowned with stars (made of
gilt paper). while from its shoulders floated
two large pieces of muslin, representing
wings.
Pour Gilles, who had not foi . e3een such
an incident, cowered down under the sheet
utterly unable to explain the weaning of
what he saw.
"It is an angel," said he to himself.—
But the angel coughed.
"It is not an inhabitant of heaven,"
thought Gilles; "if it is one of the sorcer
ers I am in a bad situation."
The angel, on his part, appeared to be
ill at ease. He cast an oblique glance at
the winding-sheet that covered the dead,
and did not appear anxious to make a
closer examination. holding the torch in
his hand, Wenceslas Stroobant, thus trans
formed into an angel, appeared to make a
great effort to seat himself at the foot of
the tomb, and if the dead had not been
in such a state of perturbation he would
have noticed that the angel was trembling
with cold, or something else. Wenceslas
seemed to have contracted a very bad cold,
which was manifested by a severe fit of
coughing and sneezing, and being unable
to hold his handkerchief, he was obliged
to use one of his wings to wipe the moisture
from his nose and mantle.
"This is not an angel, certainly," thought
the dead. must be a sorcerer. Who
knows if he be not master of ceremonies ?
lie is there with his torch to call the
others, and I shall find myself in the midst
of their revels, and if the devil preside
over them what shall I do ?"
While making these disagreeable reflec
tions he was struck by the sudden agita
tion of the angel of the torch, who ap
peared to behold a fearful object. It was
the third personage approaching.
This latter (Lambert Von Moll) was
disguised as a spectre of darkness. As he
drew near, the light of the torch, which
gleamed upon him at intervals, gave him
a fearful appearance. Ile did not appear
greatly terrified, but probably from motives
of prudence, he approached in a zigzag
line, as, though be saw something he did
not expeet—the silvery robe of the angel
glittering in the torchlight, and Lambert
could not account to himself Kr this sin
gular costume.
As the angel, whose trembling wings
refused to support him, remained fixed in
his place, Lambert decided to make a flank
movement, and accordingly he passed
around to the other end of the tomb.
His disguise was frightful; he was
muffled in an ox hide, which was adorned
with the long horns and ears; his face was
blackened, and the lower part of it con
cealed by an immense red beard. In his
hand he carried one of those wooden forks
which are used to spread new mown hay.
Wenceslas, who had never lost sight of the
demon now signalized himself by the
greatest effort of courage he had ever made
in his life. He suddenly advanced, with
the torch at arm's length before him, and
the spectre recoiled. But the flame
touched Lambert's great beard, and in an
instant it was in a blaze. He quickly tore
it off and sprang on the angel, whose torch
fell and was extinguished.
They seized each other by the hair,
mutually astonished, perhaps, at finding
each other palpable.
The corpse, who had seen all, and had
begun to question whether it was really a
scene among the witches, now took Wen
ceslas and Lambert for a good and bad
angel who were disputing possession of'
him, and overcome by a terrible fear '
he
suddenly sprang out of his tomb with his
winding sheet around him, and took flight
across the fields.
The two companions, seeing the dead
rush forth, were seized with the same ter
ror, and letting go of each other by com
mon consent, they fled as though pursued
by all the witches.
The three lovers returned to .their re
spective lodgings, utterly overcome by
what they had seen and passed through ;
and the next day none of them were able
to leave their beds. To finish their ad
ventures, Gertrude sent word to them that
they must have very little esteem for her,
since, instead of fulfilling their promises
they had run away iu such a manner.—
And she married Sigismond.
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What Kills.
In the school, as in the world, far more
rust out than wear out. Study is most
tedious and wearisome to those who study
least. Drones always have the toughest
tine. Grumblers make poor scholars, and
their lessons are uniformly "hard" and
too long." The time and thought ex
pended in shirking would be ample to
master their tasks. Sloth, gormandizing,
and worry kill their thousands, where over
study harms one. The curse of Heaven
rests on laziness and gluttony. By the
very constitution of our being they are
fitted to beget that torpor and despondency
which chill the blood, deaden the nerves,
enfeeble the muscles, and derange the
whole vital machinery. Fretting, fidget
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most common causes of disease. On the
other hand, high aspiration and enthusiasm
help digestion and respiration, and send
an increased supply of vital energy to all
parts of the body. Courage and work in
vigorate the whole system, and lift one in
to a purer atmosphere, above the reach of
contagion. The lazy groan most over
their "arduous duties," while earnest
workers talk little about the exhausting
labors of their profession. Of all creatures,
the sloth would seem to be the most wor
ried and worn.--13. G. .Yorthrop, Conn.
A Powerful Voice.
Just before the thunder storm on Satur
day evening last, a Whitehall man stepped
into the telegraph office at this place, and
requested the privilege of talking through
the telephone with his wife,_ who was visit
ing friends at Troy. Mr. John W. Eddy,
the gentlemanly assistant manager, granted
the request, and the Whitehaller began
operations. lie couldn't be prevailed upon
to believe it was really his wife who was
talking to him, and so many miles away.
He finally asked her to say or do some
thing known to themselves only, that he
might be convinced that it was her. Just
then a rambling streak of lightning came
in on the wires, keeling the husband over
on his head, when he jumped to his feet
and exclaimed :
"That's the ole woman, sartiu'—only
she'd grooved a I.e e-etle more powerful
since she left hum."— - Whitehall :Eines.
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A Cautious Man.
A friend of mine went a few days back
to have a tooth stopped. The dentist ad
vised him that he had better have the tooth
taken out, and he would feel no pain if he
took laughing gas. But what is the effect
of the gas ?" asked my friend. "It makes
you totally insensible," remarked the den
tist ; "y, - iti don't know anything about what
takes place." My friend submitted, but
just previous to the gas being administered
he put his hand in his pocket and pulled
out his money. "Oh, don't trouble about
that now," said the dentist, thinking he
was going to be paid his fee. "Not at
all," remarked the patient ; "I was simply
going to see how much I had before the
gas took effect."—London Truth.
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Garibaldi's Home.
The London World of May 29, says :
Caprera is a small narrow island—a great
rock in fact, with a few patches of soil here
and there—of about twenty-two miles in
circuit and three or four in width, separa
ted from the northernmost part of Sardinia
—as Valentia is from the coast of Kerry—
by a strip of sea some two and a half miles
across. It was once well known to the
British sailor, for it lies close to the Mad
dalena, one of Nelson's stations in the Med
iterranean. The only habitations are a few
shepherd's huts and Garibaldi's house, sit
uated on the western side, about three
quarters of a mile on the higher ground.
It is a one storied building, i. e., a ground
floor only, divided into seven plain, una
dorned rooms; a kitchen, with appliances
which a small farmer's wife in England
would consider very insufficient ; a dining
room with a plain deal table, large enough,
however, to accommodate twenty-five; a
little store room ; three bedrooms for his
children and any friends who may land up
on the island; and his own bed-chamb3r
and study combined—a good-sized room
with two windows, (one to the east, the
other to the south,) a carpetless boarded
floor like the deck of a ship, and white•
washed walls. Its chief articles of furni
ture are a plain, roomy, iron bedstead,
four common chairs, a simple writing-ta
ble, an old fashioned chest of drawers, and
a shower bath. On the bed is a splendid
counterpane of white cashmere, most ex
quisitely embroidered for him in silk by
the ladies of Milan ; and standing in one
corner, as carelessly placed as if they were
a bundle of sticks, are several swords of
honor, with Damascus blades and hilts of
gold set with gems, presented to him by
his fellow-countrymen of Nice, Rome, and
other cities; but what he prizes far more
is a box of tools for cultivating and in
grafting vines, sent him by some friend in
England.
Flung over the back of one of the chairs
is a handsome poncho of a rich white mate
rial lined with red, the gift of a distin
guished Milanese lady. Hung against the
wall are a telescope and a binocular, both
presents from England. These were used
by him in the campaign of 1860 ; and on
his writing-table, together with a volume
of Plutarch and some works on mathemat
ics, lies a book of harbor plans given to
him years ago, at a moment of need, by
the captain of an English ship, in the Port
of Canton. On the floor by his bed
side there is a tiger skin to step upon ;
above the bead of the bed bangs his
mother's portrait, and at the side is a stand
on which lie a revolver and a dagger. This
dagger is another record of his wife. She
always wore it hanging from her waist;
and after her death, during the retreat
frum Rome in 1849, Garibaldi continued
to carry it in remembrance of her, until he
lost it from his side, during the fight at
Caserta on the Ist of October, 1860. It
was found, however, by a Calabrese, who
restored it to the General, and siace that
its place has been by his bed side. Unless
the General rings his bell no one is per
mitted to enter his room, with the excep
tion only of his son Menotti. On the walls
of the dining room hang some water colors
representing episodes in the Montevidean
war of indepaidence, a photograph of an
incident in the seige of Venice iu 1849,
and in one corner a Brazilian lance carried
by one of his favorite troopers in South
America. Outside the door of his room is
a Mexican saddle, with stirrups of silver
made in the form of reversed crowns.
This was a present from a Mexican friend,
and is a record of the battle of Melazzo.
It was when he used it there that part
of one of the stirrups was shut away by
a cannon-ball. A little to the north of the
cottage stands one of those portable iron
habitations for colonial use sent to Garibal
di from England,
Its four little rooms and kitchen are occu
pied by Bassi, his secretary, and opposite
to it is the mill where the flour for the
General's family and household is ground.
The household, however, is not numerous.
It numbers but three persons—an old sol
dier, a Venetian emigrant, who acts as the
General's Orderly, and serves for love, not
for money ; another man who cooks, and a
woman to do the washing and tidying up.
The guests at Caprera are required to make
their own beds.
The Great Bell of Moscow.
At the base of the tower of Ivan, writes
a traveler, we paused to examine the great
bell of Moscow, which is surmounted with
a globe and cross. What a history has
this bell ! Cast in the reign of Boris
Godumoti, it fell and was broken in the
reign of Alexis. It was recast in 1654,
and weighed two hundred and eighty-eight
thousand pounds. Twenty years later it
was suspended from a wooden beam, where
it remained for eighty years, when it again
fell, and its fragments lay on the ground
for thirty three years, when by order of
the Empress Anne it was recast. Luring
the fire which occurred four years later,
it had another fall when its side was
knocked out, and it remained buried in the
earth till 1836 when the Emperor Nicholas
had it placed upon its present pedestal.—
Its present weight is four hundred and
forty-four thousand pounds, and its cir
cumference is sixty feet nine inches. It
is two feet thick and the weight of the
broken pieces is about eleven tons. The
exterior is ornamentel in relief by repra
sentations of the Emperor Alexis, the
Empress Anne and religious characters.
IIE was an entire stranger to the girls
present, and the boys were mean and would
not introduce him. Ile finally plucked up
courage, and stepping up to a young lady
requested the pleasure of her company for
the next dance. She looked at him in
surprise and informed him that she had
not the pleasure of his acquaintance.
"Well," remarked Cazenove, "you don't
take aoy more chances than I do."
A SOLID FACT.—Society does well to
remember that of the ninety-nine (reputed)
innocent sheep ninety-eight are perhaps
neither more nor less guilty than the one
which has openly gone astray. It is not so
much the devious excursion from the fold
itself which is the offence, but the accident
of its detection.
KIND words are among the brightest
flowers of earth; they convert the hum-
blest home into a paradise; therefore use
them, especially around the fireside circle.
MODERATION is the inseperable com
panion of wisdom, but with it genius has
not even a nodding acquaintance.
A BOY with a patch on his knee can't
be hired to go on an errand to the next
house but he will follow a band wagon all
over town and never realize that he isn't
drcs3ed in broadcloth.
ADemocratic Consultation.
BY W. A. CROFUT.
[Scene, anywhere; Time about now. Tilden, Re
bellion, Blair, Ruin, Potter, Rapine, Dana,
Chaos, and other prominent Democrats consult
over the situation.]
Tilden—Henchmen! Cease your wheedling ways;
Drop the patriotic phrase ;
Seize for me the chair of Hayes!
Rebellion—Hour auspicious, which arrays
State and State in fierce affrays,
And War's crimson flag displays!
Blair—l am old. If I can raise
Nether hell before thy gaze,
Gloriously I'll end my days!
Ruin—Joy ! I revel in the craze!
To the plotters be the praise;
This will set the land ablaze!
Potter—As before, at home I stays ;
When Democratic donkey brays,
I will call the yeas and nays.
Rapine—Slaughter where sweet childhood plays !
Famine where the cattle graze!
Fire that flays and sword that slays!
Tilden—Rapine, Ruin, chant thy lays !
End these cowardly delays !
Seize fur me the chair of Hayes!
Chaos—Come, Disorder! In the maze,
Treason all the land betrays!
Let us squabble like Malays !
Dana—Sun don't move as Jasper says ,
Stands right still, and never strays ;
Always hollers "Fraud at Hayes !"
Terror—Fly ! A horseman us surveys !
Awful are the words he says,
And a host his nod obeys !
Tilden—Stand by me till Gobble pays!
Seize for me the chair of Hayes !
Wait—
They did not wait, however. hearing a cheer
and the tramp of approachinc , cavalry, they all
scattered pell-mell, and plunged off a, high precipice
into an unfathomable gulf. A man on horseback
appeared, halted on tb.e brink, and looked down.
lie was smoking a cigar.
[Communicated.]
To the Temperance Men of Hunting—
don County and Elsewhere.
Gentlemen, in addressing you on this
all-important subject, Temperance, we feel
a little like Paul felt before Agrippa. He
said he felt happy because it was his priv
ilege to present his case before this noble
king, especially as he knew him to be ex
pert in all customs and questions amongst
the Jews. Now we are happy that it is
our privilege to reason with you on this
important subject, especially as we know
you to be expert, intelligent men. Be
lieving that the wise man's proverb will
apply to you, "A word to the wise, &c ,"
we purpose being brief as possible. We
do not wish to flatter when we say that we
believe temperance men are generally made
up of the best members of society.
The writer has been interested in the
cause of temperance for more than fifty
years. We were always opposed to the
license system, never signed a petition for
license to sell intoxicating drinks. We
voted for the Local Option law and used
all our arguments to have it passad, and
was utterly opposed to its repeal, and now
we would use our influence to have a still
more rigid law than Local Option reim
posed. We do not make this statement in
self praise, but merely to show that we are
in favor of the temperance cause. And
while this is true, we are opposed to labor
ing in this cause in any way that may be
injurious to temperance and give encour
agemmotto the whisky ring. For this rea
son we are opposed to a temperance ticket.
When you make temperance a political is
sue you do great injury to the cause of
temperance, from the fact that votes thus
cast would seem to represent the temper
ance party, while it really does not repre
sent the half of it. Thousands of the best
and most reliable temperance men in the
country will not touch a temperance tick
et, simply because they do not feel like
throwing their ballots away. The right of
suffrage should be dear to every American
citizen, and we believe God will hold you
and I accountable for the disposition we
make of this privilege, and it is through
the proper or improper use of the right of
suffrage alone that our civil or religious
institutions must stand or fall. No good
citizen can afford to throw away his bal
lot; it is a duty he owes to his country
and his God, to cast his vote in that way
that may be best calculated to promote the
general good.
We ask you now as intelligent men,
whether you do not think you have been
committing a great sin in throwing away
your votes for years ? Do you not think you
should take some part in shaping the laws
of our government? What have you ac
complished as a political organization in
the past ? Is it not very injudicious and
unwise to undertake to fight an enemy
vastly your superior in numbers and
strength, with a certainty of being defeat
ed, merely to show your willingness to
fight ? Would you not say that a General
was a fool to meet an enemy in open bat
tle with 1,000 men while his enemy had
50.000? Would not this want of judg
ment give strength to the one, while it
would weaken the other ? Just so have
you, as a temperance political party, been
doing for years, throwing away your votes
each year, that you will certainly have to
account for at the last day, and thus weak
en the very cause you are trying to propo
gate. You, as christian men, should see
that God's blessing is not with you in ma
king a political issue of temperance. You
will find in all ages of the world, that
wherever God's people adopted a plan to
put down evil of any kind that He appro
ved, He stirred up the good people to sus
tain them in it. It was known some time
before Abraham Lincoln issued his Emaa
cipation Proclamation that he was going
to do it. Many feared the consequences
and predicted that this would cause rebel
lion in the north too. Lincoln feared it
himself, he hesitated long, finally he issued
it, and to the astonishment of many, the
people sustained him. Why was this so ?
We answer, because it was God's plan to
liberate the poor slaves of our country,
and from the very hour that Lincoln is
sued this proclamation, victory crowned
all our efforts to put down the rebellion
God approved the plan, and accompanied
it with His blessing. And whenever you
adopt a plan that God approves to liberate
the poor inebriate, who is in a much worse
bondage than the negro ever knew, his
blessing will accompany your efforts, and
He will stir up the hearts of His people to
sustain you.
If there ever was a time when a temper
ance ticket could have been elected, it was
in 1875, just after the repeal of the Local
Option law. All the good people in the
State were exasperated at this. You know
what a desperate effort you made to elect
Brown, the temperance candidate for Gov
ernor, and how sanguine you were of his
election. The temperance vote cast that
year was so strong and gained such a
prominence in the politics of our State,
that all political parties would learn that
their wishes must be consulted and re
spected ever after. What was the result
of this desperate effort ? It amounted to
nothing, did not interfere with the elec
tion of Hartranft. We remember that
during that campaign many good temper
ance men were denounced as belonging to
the whisky ring; all because they did not
feel like throwing away their votes on
$0.28.
Brown. The design of the temperance men
at that time was to elect Brown if
possible, and if they failed in thiu, they
supposed they would secure enough of votes
out of the Republican party to defeat Hart
ranft and elect the Democratic Governor
as a rebuke to llartranft for signing the
repeal of the Local Option law. V This was
all a failure, and we think it has weakened
the cause of temperance politically eve; since
We, as a co-worker in this good cause,
would represent the subject to you in all
honesty, simplicity, and combionlMe, td '
guard you against what. we believe *t• be
an evil, or error, that you have fallen into
in making a political issue of temperance.
We agree with you that every good citizen
should give a helping hand to put down
intemperance, the worst evil that ever our
country was cursed with. We believe in
fighting it to the death. We only differ with
you in the manner of fighting this enemy.
You will readily see that the course you
have pursued for years has been a failure,
you have wasted all your ammunition with
out one solitary shot taking effect upon
the enemy.
What would you think of a physician
who would publish to the world that he
had discovered isreatyanicei . thd not be
able to prove that a, single ease a' aisease
of any kind had ever been cured by it ?
Or a man who would recommend some great
enterprise or speculation without being
able to show that a dollar had ever been
made by it ? Just so it is with you, when
you recommend your temperance ticket,
what has it ever accomplished ? Now we
propose to you as good, honest., well-mean
ing citizens, to change your programme,
give up your temperance ticket and let it
go to the winds, as it is not at all likely that
you will live to see the day that y k on. can
elect a temperance ticket in this State.
You have lost too much ammunition al
ready. Determine from this time forth
that you will he useful in your day and
generation. We are free to say that no
man can be a good citizen and throw away
his ballot year after year. You may argue
that your principles are good this we ad
mit, but:what are principles worth; if they
are never carried out. The only hope we
can see for legislation on the temperance
question is through the Republican party.
For this reason we say to you, if you want
a prohibitory whisky law passed, this is
your only show, to unite with the Repub
lican party. The Republican party is re
ally the temperance party, and the Demo
cratic party is the whisky party. It is
generally Democrats who sign petitions for
license to sell intoxicating drinks, Demo
crats who keep hotels and sell whisky. It
is Democrats who make it, and sometimes
make it contrary to the United States rev
enue laws, and if you will investigate a
recent case or this kind in our own county,
you will discover that all the parties im
plicated are Democrats. The Democrats
were well pleased with your first organiza
tion and have felt pleased with your polit
ical movements ever since, from the fact
that they know thug your members are
generally made up out of the Republican
party. It is true you are few in numbers
and in our opinion always will be, and fee._
this reason we ask you to unite with the
Republican party, where you may be use
ful in the cause you are trying to propa
gate, in helping to nominate and elect good
temperance men, who will be favorable to
a prohibitory whisky law. In this way
you can be useful. We are sorry to see
our genial friend, Gen. Lane at the head
of the temperance ticket fin Governor. We
have not learned yet whether he accepts
of this honor conferred upon him by the
temperance party. But we do hope that
his better judgment will lead him to tend
er his resignation. The nomination for
President would be no inducement for us
to throw away our 11 - allot and hide our tal
ent in the earth. In conclusion, we have
tried as best we could to show . you OA&
you have uncle a great mietake- le making
a plitical issue of temperance. And we
think we have made the matter so plain
that you will readily sea your error, and
as a co worker in this great and good cause,
if we have succeeded in this, we hive ac•
complisha our purpose._ JUSTICE.
Learn Your Business.
A young invi in a leather store used to
feel very impatient with his employer for
keeping him, year after yeir, for three .
years, "handling hides." 13 9 t he saw the
use of it in after years, irEen in - an estab
lishment of his own he was able to tell by
a touch the exact quality of the goods.—
It was only by those thousands of repetiz'
tions that the lesson was learned, and so it
is with everything in which we acquire.
skill. The great army of "incapables" is
large enough; we would none of us Will
ingly join its ranks. The Walf-informed,
half skilled in every business outnumber
the other, dozens to (rte. It was a good
suggestion, worthy of being remembered,
which Daniel Webster made to a young
man who asked him if there was any "room
in the legal profession." "There is al
ways room," said the great statesman.
The better you know your business the
better your chance to rise. If you drone
through your alloted tasks without keeping
a wide awake lookout on all that goes on
about you, your progress will be needlessly
slow. You can gather much information
by making a wise use of your eyes and
ears, and perhaps be able to surpttse your
employer in an emergency by stepping in
to the "next man's" place and discharging
his duties satisfactorily.
A fine little lad, some twelve years old,
was employed in a telegraph office in a
Southern town lost year when tit* yellow
fever raged so fearfully in that section.—
All the operatives were down with it and
others sent on by the company were at
tacked. No one knew that the lad un
derstood the business, but he bad picked
it up and kept up communication between
the town and the outer world alt the time
the fever lasted.
Ex Governor Morgan, of New York, was
once a clerk in a store in Waterford. A
trip to New York was an event in those
days, but the young wan Lad proved 00
faithful that ho was entrusted with several
commissions. Among them beiog one to
buy corn Ile came back in due time in
the old stage coach, and inquiries were
made about the corn. The price Inievery
satisfactory, but the old gentleman thought
it could not be g ood at so low a price. A
handful which te young man pulled from
his pocket convinced him, but what was
his amazement to find that he had bought
two cargoes_!. _ _
"Why, Edwin, what shall wa do with
it ?" he asked in conz.:ternation.
"I have disposed of all you don't want,"
said Edwin, "at an advance. I stopped in
the stores as I came along. I could have
disposed ofthree cargoes if I had had them."
The profits were dear, and his eaaployer
said the next morning, "We will let some
one else do the sweeping," and Edwin was
made a partner under twenty-one.
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