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New Advertisements
NOTICE.—The following named per
sone having filed their applications fur li
cense to sell liquor, he., with the Clerk of the Court of
Quarter Sessions, they will be laid before the Court on
the second Monday of April Sessions, next, being the
3rd Monday and 21st day of April, next :
HENRY LEISTER, Inn or Tavern, at Leister House,
Second Ward, borough of Hantingdon. His vouchers are:
W. H. MacDonald, John Leister, Jacob Africa, Louis Benk
ert, Henry Snare, RhudolfShater, Benjamin Jacob, Henry
Hassenpflug, W. Williams, A. Porter Wilson, Paul Smith,
Henry Hohman.
J. C. SWOOPE, Inn or Tavern, at St. James Hotel,
Second Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers are :
Jacob . Africa, John Leister, Samuel March, 11. Greenberg,
George Shafer, L. A. Green, W. L. Bricker, Adam Leister,
B. F. Minnick, Daniel Herizler, Philip Brown, Henry
Hassenpflug,Henry Laster.
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JOHN S. MILLER,.Inn or Tavern, at Miller's Hotel,
First Wani borough of Huntingdon: His vouchers are :
Thomas D. - Newell, Frank Gerloch. Peter Gerloch, William
S. Hallman, Thomas Jackson, Valentine Brown, A.
Schmiermund, Martin Kippart, A. Johnston, Frank W.
Stewart, William Morningstar, A. E. McMurtrie, F.
leliebus.
J. W. HOUGH, Inn or Tavern, at Washington House,
Second Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers are:
John Flenner, S. H. Decker, George Ballantjne, M. D.,
T. M. Black, Samuel March, George Schafer, Frederick
Miller, A. E. McDonald, James C. Smiley, L. A. Green, C.
T. Walker, Jacob Africa, H. Leister.
H. Z. METCALF, Inn or Tavern, at Union Hotel, vil
lage of Mill Creek, Brady township. His vouchers are :
Thomas Marlin, W. J. Wagner, Aaron Kelley, P. T. Hen
derson, S. L. McCarthy, Francis Holler, Samuel B. Grove,
John K. Metz, Isaac Odenkirk, Isaac Wagner, John Tate,
Jonathan K. Metz.
JAMES CIIAMBERLAIN, Inn or Tavern, in the village
of Warriorsmark, Warriorsmark township. His vouchers
are: W. H. Robinson, W. L Rider, John Knaour, Thomas
Wilson, Daniel Geist, R. L. Henderson, Lloyd Beck, J. H.
Waite, Diller Buck, Jerry Beck, Wilson Rowe, D. B. Mong.
GEORGE W. BRIGGS, Inn or Tavern, Greenfield House,
Cromwell township. His vouchers are : John L. Smith,
David Hicks, Patrick Sweeny, Samuel Adams, Philip
Whiteel, J. P. McKelvy, Thodias Giles, George W.Snyder,
John McElwee, Michael Stair, A. G. Whitsel, J. Brodbeck,
G. W. C. James, M. D. . .
WASHINGTON McGOWAN, Inn or Tavern, at Eagle
Hotel, borough of Orbisooia. His vouchers are : James
P. Johnson, W. H. Markle, D. It. P. Enyeart, Samuel Mil
ler, W. C. Gilliland, R. C. Templeton, Abraham Carothers,
Win. A. Briggs, C. L. Bouslough, S. C. Middagh, John A.
Welsh, G. W. C. James, M. D.
WILLIAM MCGOWAN, Inn or Tavern, in the borough
of Shade Gap. His vouchers are : W. C. Caldwell, J. C.
Roddy, Wm. McSpeck, W. H. Welsh, Asher Drake, Will.
H. Lee, G. C. Rhea, W. M. Morrow, Thomas C. McGowan,
J. M. Cree, D. R. P. Neely, A. Cree.
R. F. lIASLETT, Inn or Tavern, at the Keystone Hotel,
village of Spruce Creek, Morris township. His vouchers
are : Perry Ginter, F. A. Stewart, Thomas M. Benner,
John Keith, John Hugentugler, P. K. Harnish, S. Ross
Black, Howell Merriman, A. G. Slack, H. B. Mitinger
George Davis Edward Heigh,
FELIX TOOLE, Inn or Tavern, at Exchange Hotel, in
the borough of Broad Top City. His vouchers are: S. H
Houck, J. Mountain, Jacob Hoffman, C. A. 11. Mears,
Jacob Mills, James Katley, Geo. A. Mears, Wm. T. Pear
son, Isaac Swoope, Frederick Reecy, H. E. Hoffman,
Harvey Meats. William Brown, Wm. R. Lewis, Philip
Mclntyre, J. F. Mears, John L. Metzler, Amon Houck,
W. J. Ammerman, Casper Reecy.
E. F. GOULD, Inn or Tavern, at Exchange Hotel, in the
borough of Dudley. His vouchers are : Luke Hi I gr..ve,
James R. Gould, Wm. Maher, Edward Kennelly, P. Bar
rington, Wm. Parks, Sr., John Morgan, Michael Carroll,
Patrick McGowan, Jeremiah Norris, Wnt. Lary, George
S. Gould, Wm Brown.
LEVI H. NICHODE3IJS, Inn or Tavern, at Jackson
House, First Ward, borough of Huntingdon. His vouchers
are: A. Johnston, Jacob Leonard, Martin Kippart, Henry
Hazzard, John S. Miller, Martin Grubs, George Jackson,
Frank Gerloch, Frank W. Stewart, Valentine Brown, A.
Schmiermund, F. Mcebus, Thomas Jackson, Thomas D.
Newell.
HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, Inn or Tavern, at Farmer
& Drovers' Hotel, in the borough of Petresburg. His
vouchers are: Barton Houck, Thomas Franklin, Joseph
W. Wilson, Martin Geisler, John Rose, 0. P. Bruner,
William Kirkpatrick, James Gallagher, Thomas P. Brit,
inger, C. Bell, C. F. Kirkpatrick, James B. Reed, G. W.
Confer, John S. Wright.
ABRAM GRAFFIUS, Inn or Taverr, at Petersburg
House, borough of Petersburg. His vouchers are:Jas.
B. Reed, John Hoffman, James Gallagher, Barton Houck,
J oho S. Wright, William Kirkpatrick, Thomas Brininger,
Thomas Franklin, Joseph W. Wilson, Martin Geisler,
John Snyder, John Ross, C. F. Kirkpatrick.
DAVID F. HORTON, Inn or Tavern, in the borough
of Dudley. His vouchers are : J. M. Dickson, P. Mc-
Gowan, John Leary, John Kennelley, Levan Cullison,
Samuel Wise, Michael Carrot, Wm. Brown, Wm. Maher,
WIII . Leary, James Ragan, Robert Lewis,Luke Hillgrove,
P. S. Harrington, C. K. Horton, Win. Parke, Sr.
ANDREW JOHNSON. Inn or trivet!' at Exchange
Hotel, First Ward, Huntingdon borough. His vouchers
are: Valentine Brown, F. Mcebus, A. Schmiermund, John
S. Miller, Win. T. Hallman, Martin Grube, Thos. D.
Newell, Peter Gerloch, A. P. McElwame, Jacob Leonard,
Frank W. Stewart, Henry Hazzard.
W. N. LLIA SI SON.
Clerk's Office, March 28, 1873. Clerk.
T EI
AlpilloSilvor-11111Compally
cor COLORADO.
Caoital, $2,000,000, 200,000 Shares
PAR VALUE , $ l O PER SHARE.
UNASSESSABLE.
11, J. SPLANE, Pres. J. L. THOMPSON, Sec'y.
The property of this Company consists of twelve mines
and mining locations, located in Lake county, Colorado,
in the vicinity of Leadville, upon all of which extensive
work has been done, in all cases exhibiting true fissure
veins, good pay streak, and well defined lodes.
Three 01 the leading mines are well opened up and
have at the lowest computation over TEN THOUSAND
TONS OF ORE IN SIGHT ; by May let, the Railroad now
under construction will be within a short distance of this
property.
The Company proposes to sell a portion of its stork at
$1.50 per share, for the purpose of more completely devel
oping its mines, and fur the erection of works for the
treatment of its ores.
Application for the stock may be made to the office of
the Company, 61 Broadway, New York.
N. B.—The Mining Record, of New York, the highest
mining authority in this country, says Feb. lot, 1870:
"The principal owners in this Company are hard working
men who by their own labor have uncovered large bodies
of ore which they now wish to extract and send to market.
Our readers will do well to make a venture with these
worthy men, this money will probably be returned to
them twenty fold. The business management has been
placed in the care of Mr. J. L. Thompson, an officer of high
standing in one of the largest and best banks in the city.
A prospectus giving full particulars sent free, on applica
tion to the Secretary." March 14, 1870-3thos.
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New Advertisements
SERIFF'S SALE.—By virtue of an
Falias writ of Fieri Facias to tne directed, I will
expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Hun
tingdon, on
' FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 18;9,
at one o'clock p. m., the following described Real
Estate, to wit :
All defendant's right, title and interest
in all that lot or parcel of ground, situate in the
borough of Mount Union, hSuntingdon county,
Pa., being lot No. 122, as recorded in the town
plot of said borough of Mount Union, fronting
about fifty feet on the south aid, of Shirley street,
adjoiningilot of Isaac Taylor on the east, lot of
W. W. Fuller on the west, and extending south to
alley about one hundred and sixty feet.
Also, a lot of ground, situate in the borough of
Mount Union, being lot No. 74 as shown I,S the
recorded town plot of Mount Union. having there
on erecte,4 a TWO STORY BRICK
DWELLING HOUSE, with out houses,
,mo w ',
good water, paling fence, garden, wag- es 0 1 ; i ,
on shed and large comfortable stab e or
barn, the lot being bo.indedanddescrib
ed as follows, to wit. Beginning postat a or cor
ner of Washington street and Penn'a. avenue ;
thence along Washington street to corner of Small
and Washington streets one hundred and sixty
feet ; thence west to a post fifty feet ; thence north
to Penn'a. Avenue one hundred and sixty feet ;
thence east to corner of Penn's. Avenue and
Washington street fifty feet to the place of begin
;ag, being the same lot of ground purchased at
Trustee's Salo of W. B. Leas, April 17,1853.
Also those two certain other lots of ground,
being tote No. 17 and 18 in the plan of West Mount
Uni,m, situate in Shirley township, each fronting
fifty feet on Penn'a Avenue on the south
' side of P. R. R., and having thereon
111 a TWO-STORIED FRAME HOUSE
1": and adjoining Hi.l street on the west,
-*--_ T; Penn's. Avenue on the north, and lands
of Samuel Miller on the south.
Also, that certain other lot of ground, situate
in Shirley township, being lot No. 10 in the plan
of West Mount Union, fronting fifty feet. on
Penn'a. Avenue on the south side of P. R. E., and
extending along what in said plan is called Frank
lin street south one hundred and sixty feet to
lands of Samuel Miller fifty feet; thence
north by lot of Annie L. Frank one hun- ;-
dred and sixty feet to Penn'a. Avenue; lei le
thence east fifty feet to place of begin- 11l
Dino. and having thereon erected a
TWO-STORY FRAME DWELLING HOUSE.
Also, that certain other lot of ground, situate
in Shirley township, near the bprougb of Mount
Union, and bounded and described as follows, to
wit : Being a tract of land adjoining Penn'a. Av
enue on the south side of P. R. R., and bounded
by what is called Hill street on the west, and on
the south by lands of Joshua Hooper, John Bar
bin, Dr. A. R. McCarthy, John Bare, now Foust,
and on the east by lands of John Dougherty, con
taining about fifteen acres, more or less. except
ing therefrom lots Nos. 17, 18, 10 and 11 as des
ignated in plot of said ground with the houses
thereon erected.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be aol as
the property of Samuel Miller.
ALSO—AII that certain tract of land,
situate in Hopewell township, Huntingdon county
and State of Pennsylvania, known as the "Putts
Mill" property, containing six acres and 56 perches,
bounded by lands of heirs of William Enyeart,
deceased; Shoup's Mill Run; lands of Rev. P. D.
Collins, dec'd., Miles Putt, and William Brown,
and being fully described by metes and bounds
by deed of William Brown to Levi Putt, recorded
in Deed Book li, No. 3, page 57, ke. (the interest
levied upon and to be sold being the entire interest
in the said tract, having thereon
e rM li erected a THREE-STORY FRAME
itzaFß GRIST MILL. A TWO-STORY
2t,,. • GRIST
el • ' ll ia FRAME DWELLING HOUSE and
other outbuildings.
Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as
the property of Levi Putt.
TERMS:—The price for which the property is
sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such other
arrangements made as will be approved,otherwise
the property will immediately be put un and sold
at the risk and expense of the person to whom it
was first sold, and who, in the case of deficiency at
such resale shall make good the same, and in no
instance will the deed be presented to the court for
confirmation unless the money is actually paid to
the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lien creditors
must procure a certified list of liens for the Sheriff,
in order to apply the amount of bids, or 12 ny part
thereof, on their liens.
SANI'L, 11. IRVIN,
Sheriff.
March 28, 1879
s WOLF'S.
HERE WE ARE !
At Gwin's Old Stand,
505 PENN STREET.
Not much on the blow, but always ready for work,
The largest and finest line of
Clothing, Hats and Caps,
-AND
GENTS.' FURNISHING GOODS,
In town and at great sacrifice. Winter Goods
20 PEF, CENT. UNDER COST.
Call and be convinced at S. WOLF'S, 505 Penn Et.
RENT AND EXPENSES REDUCED,
At S. WOLF'S. I am better able to sell Clothing,
Hats and Caps, Gents.' Furnishing Goods, Trunks
and Valises, CHEAPER than any other store in
torn. Call at win's old stand. S. MARCH, Agt.
MONEY SAVED IS MONEY EARNED
The Cheapest Place in Huntingdon to buy Cloth
ing, Hate, Caps, and Gents.' Furnishing Goods is
at S. OLF'S, 505 Penn street, one door west
from Express Office. S. 111 Ab CH, Agent.
TO THE PUBLIC.--I have removed my Cloth
ing and Llents.' Furnishing Goods store to D. I'.
Gwin's. old stand. - Sl.Ai...Expenses reduced and
better bargains than ever can be got at
S. Wolf's 505 Penn Street.
March 28, 1879.
RISLEY'S PURE DISTILLED
25c. EXTRACT 25c.
WITCH HAZEL,
OR, HAMAMELIS VIRGINICA.
Equal in quality to any made, and only half the price.
6oz bottles 25c. Pints hOc.
Relieves Headache, Toothache, Earache, Sore Eyes,
Nose Bleed, Bleeding Lungs, Painful Menses, Whites,
Asthma, Reduces Swellings, Piles, etc. Cures Bruises,
Scalds, Burns, Sprains, Wounds, Rheumatism, Erysipelas,
Chilblains, Varicose Veins, Neuralgia, etc.
Nature's Universal Remedy fur Internal and E.r.
ternal Use.
If your druggist hie not got it have him order it from
the proprietor.
CHARLES F. RISL EY, Rrholegale Drogyiht,
203 Greenwich St., New York.
April 4-Bmos.
BEAUTIFY YOUR
II 0 - Vi ri, S T.
The undersigned is prepared to do ail kind. of
HOUSE AND SIGN PAINTING,
Calcimining, Glazing,
Paper Hanging,
and any and all work belonging to the business.
Having had several years' experien-e, he guaran
tees satisfaction to those who may employ him.
PRICES MODERAT E .
Orders may be left at the' JOURNAL Book Store.
JOHN L. 11011 LAND.
March 14th, 1879-tf.
ASSIGNEES' NOTICE.
[Assigned
Estate LEVI PUTT, (lifiller.)]
Levi Putt, of Hopewell township, having made
an assignment, for the benefit of his creditors, to
the undersigned, notice is hereby given to all per
sons indebted to said Levi Putt.to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims to presant
them duly authenticated for settlement.
WM. S. ENYEART,
DAVID M. STOLER,
Assignees.
Saxton, Bedford county, Pa., March 28-6 t.
#lll5C5' Nota.
Lift Him Up
•
Lying so low in the gutter,
Degraded and black with sin,
With garments tattered and filthy;
More shattered and foul within.
Ills face has grown ugly and brutal,
And lost in each trace divine ;
The reign of his passions has made him
Cothpanion alone witli the swine.
"He is too far gone," they tell us,
All they who pass by ;
"Impossible now to teach him,"
So be is left to sink and die.
Ile was once "somebody's darling,"
That man so degraded and vile,
And the heart of some one that loved him,
Was once made glad by his smile.
Those lips that now breathe but cursing ,
A mother's lips once pressed,
And the hair, once soft and golden,
A sister's hand caressed.
Those eyes now bleared and soulless,
Once lighted with love's bright glow ;
And the fire of the soul within them
Burned with thoughts that angels know.
Let your tear drops fall of pity,
Upon those darkened leaves,
Resting here—" Possible all things,"
All "to him that believes."
Friends of Prohibition, this your mission,
Strong in Love's power to save,
With a sympathy earnest, untiring,
Go, bring him up from the grave !
Ely *Ori-Edict.
The Gold Chain.
A dreary November twilight. Dead
leaves raining down at every gust of the
inconstant wind—strange, spicy scents ris
ing out of the ground—and a new moon
hanging like a sickle of blood low over the
purple dark of the southerly sky.
Dreary and chilly ; a dying year ' • a fast
gathering dusk; yet the windows of Mrs
Oxgate's old brown farm-house hung out
their cheery signals behind the fringed
cotton curtains, and when the kitchen door
opened you could see the red shine of the
blazing logs, the figures coming and going,
like a miniature magic lantern.
It was Dora Ovate who opened it, and
came flitting out to the well, with a scarlet
shawl fastened over her head, and an empty
cedar pail in her hand. As her light feet
pattered over the carpet of autumn leaves
in the pathway, she sang a snatch ofa good
old fashioned hymn.
"My goodness alive ! What's that ?"
For as the words trilled sweetly from
her tongue, a tall, dark figure had risen
from the low wooden bench under the ap
ple tree, whose boughs overhung the well.
-1.1..n't be alarmed," said a deep, sweet
contralto, with a scornful intonation in its
sound. "It's only me, Dora. Joanna El
field. What then ? Have I fallen so low
that I am no longer worthy to sit beneath
the old apple tree ? It sn, tell me at once.
and I'll quit "
"You ii.ffow that I till not 'mean that
Joanna."
"It's bard to tell what people mean or
don't mean, now•a days," said Joanna,
picking at the mangy fringe of the frayed
rag a a shawl. "I was tired. I wanted
a drink of water, so I came to the old well.
I'll go away if you say so "
"Joanna," said Dora, hesitatingly, are
y u hungry ?"
"Hungry ? No. There's a sort of crav
vine, though, in my s!omacb, which is next
to it. I suppose."
"Would you like something to eat ?"
"I don't beg."
"Wait a minute, Joanna." _ _ _
Like an arrow, Dora Oxgate sped back
into the house, where her thrifty mother
was just setting the teapot on the table.
Fresh baked waffles steamed on one side,
hot biscuits were piled in drifts of snow
on the other. ; preserves gleamed redly
through the cut glass walls of the tall dish,
and limpid honey oozed from a lump of
comb. For Mrs. Deacon Peabody and her
daughter Comfort had come to tea, and
Mrs. Oxgate was a housewife to be ex
celled by none.
"Come, Dora, quick with that water,"
said Mrs Oxgate. "And shut the door.
What do you suppose is the use of fires,
if—"
"Mother," said Dora, speaking in a
slightly embarrassed tone, "Joanna El
field is out by the well! She is cold and
hungry, and—"
Mrs. Oxgate's face hardened into lines
of stone. Miss Comfort Peabody drew her
skirts close around her, with au involun
tary movement, and .Mrs. Peabody looked
hard into the bowl of her teacup.
"Then let he stay cold and hungry, for
all of nee ! Joanna Elfield is no associate
for either you or me, Dora ! She has run
away from home, and acted with common
strolling play actors—she has sung at low
concerts instead of keeping that fine voice
of hers for the temple of the Lord—she
has, of her own free will, given up all that
is decent and reputable, and people do say
that she has takes to drinking! And you
expect me to open my door to such as her !"
Mrs. Peabody uttered a sympathetic
groan.
'But, mamma," faltered Dora, half-af
frighted at her own boldness," don't you
remember that He came to call, not the
righteous, but singers to repentance?"
"Si'enee, girl ! How dare you quote
the Scriptures to me?" cried Mrs Oxgate.
her stern brow clouding over darkly.—
"Bring in that pail of water at once, and
let us have no further discussion."
Thus rebuffed, Theodora Oxgate crept
back again into the chill, frosty twilight
dejected and empty handed.
"Ah," said Joahna Elfield, shortly. "I
thought how it would be. Well, it's noth
ing new. Everybody's doors are shut
against nie "
"Is it true, Joanna ?" whispered Dora,
coming close to her.
"Is what true ?"
"'flat you drink ?" . .
"Of course it's true. You would think
if you were driven as lam ! Driven and
hunted! There are times when you would
sell your whole soul for a chance to for
get ! And that chance is to be found in
—drink
"Sorry ! say that again, lass! people
have mostly left off being sorry for me,"
said Joanna, with a hard laugh.
"But listen, Joanna Do be serious.
Won't you try to do differently ?"
"I am not so bad as the folks think me,
Dora Oxgate, except for the horrid cra
ving for drink. I have been nothing worse
than wild-and willful. Believe me, child,
it is God's truth. Only, wizen a girl gets
on the down hill every Christian man or
woman think it their duty to give her yet
another push ?"
"Then will you try to retrieve your own
self ?"
"How can I ? What is there left for
me ?"
HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY APRIL 18, 1879.
"Your superb voice, Joanna."
You would have me sing myself into
respectability, eh ? And in the meantime
I should starve."
"You need not starve. Joanna. Here!"
•Quick as lightning, she drew a small
gold chain, with a gold locket shaped like
a heart dangling at its ends, from her neck.
"Dour Joanna, take this. It is worth
money I know; and it all I have in the
world to give! Sell it, and use the money
for your need.."
Joanna Meld stated vaguely at the
gleaming trinket.
'Are you in earnest, Dora ?"
~o f COUTSC I am. Hush Mother is
calling we. I must gf,.".
"God bless you for this." said Joanna
huskily. •'And, 'Dora—one word more: I
ani only Joanna Elfleld, but—if you will,
let me kiss you just once—"
By way of answer Theodora Ox,gate
threw her arms around the tall girl's neck,
and pressed her soft red lips close to the
other's cold mouth. And as she did so
something plashed on her cheek-1 hot,
round tear.
The next minute Joanna Eifield disap
peared into the world of shadows that was
hovering over all the autumn landscape
And as she went she murmured to herself,
unconscious that she was speaking aloud..
''Some one believes in me yet ! In me!
It's a strange sensation, and yet—it gives
one somethinc , to live fur after all!"
"Dora! Theodora! Why don't you an
swer ? But no one thinks it worth while
to listen to me now a days ?"
It was Mrs. Oxgate's shrill piping voice;
and Mrs. Oxgate, helpless from paralysis,
set in her cushioned chair by the sunny
doorway
"What is it, mamma ?" Dora asked,
coming to the door. _ _ _
The Oxgate farm house had drifted sadly
to decay. Fences has fallen ; gates hung
creaking on one hinge; sunny pasture
lands were neglected ; grass meadows had
toppled over their own weight of harvest.
And Mrs Oxgate herself looked, as' she
sat in the dthlrway, like the very genius of
decay.
'The carriage with them grand people
that has brought Glenwood Place. A
gentleman dressed like the Prince otWales,
and a lady whose diamonds flashed fit to
blind one. Ab o,e ! its fine to be young
and rich. Look ! the carriage is stopping!
Vraps they've dropped something. Sure's
[ live the lady's coming back, trailing her
purple silk dress in the dust like it was do
mestic gingham. Oh, dear me, I wish I
had my best hat on !"
She gave her apron a twitch and tried
to settle her scant skirt over her poor use
less feet as the till, stately figure swept. up
to the door
-This is. the Osgate place, is it not ?"
the lady asked, in a deep, sweet voice that
betrayed her st 00C2. Dora answered
promptly : .
"This is the Oxgate; and 3oa arc Jo
anna Eifield."
"Not Joanna Eifield now—but Joanna
Avenel," she rejoined, smiling and blush
ing. "Here is any husband. George, - this
is the friend I told you of, whose band ten
years ago, lifted me out of the darkness
and set me in the right path. Oh, George,
you know bow much I owe to her !"
Mrs Avenel was weeping softly now
—yet the smiles shone brightly through
her tears.
"Dora," she added, "that was the turn
ing point in my life. See ! I have your
0-old chain with the heart yet. 1 knew
then that one human creature had faith in
me still, and it renewed the fountain of
lire within me' Dora. Dora, you are my
guardian angel. GA bless you for it !"
People wondered notch that those rich
Avenels of The Place had an insignificant
chit like Dora Oxgate so much with them
to say nothing of that tiresome, prositi ? „, , ,
old bore, her mother. But Mrs. Avenel
was a great lady, and of course could he
excused for having her whims—one of
which was always to wear a thread-like
chain of gold around her neck, with a
heart shaped locket hanging. front it.
-When she could have diamonds in
stead !" said Miss Comfort Peabody who
had of late observed that she always had
thought Joanna Elfield to be a geniu9._
And Dora Oxgate, although she had
settled into a solitary, hard-working. old
maid, knew that her appareutlife had not
been in vain.
*tied VisaHann.
How Monkeys Are Captured.
Monkeys arc pretty common, yet as all
the families are remarkably cunning, has
it ever occurred to the reader how they
are taken ? Pitfalls will take a lion, and
the famished monarch will, after a few
days starvation, dart into a cage contain
ing food, and thus be secured. But how
are monkeys caught ? The ape family re
sembles man Their vices are human.
They love liquor and fall In Darfeur
and Senar the natives make a fermented
beer, of which the monkeys are passion
ately fond. Aware of this the natives go
to the parts of the forest frequented by
the tnolikeys, and set on the ground cala
bashes full of the enticing liquor. As
soon. as the monkey sees and tastes it, to
utters loud cries of joy that soon attracts
his comrades. Then an orgie begins, and
in a short time they will show all degrees
of intoxication. Then the negroes ap
pear. The few who came too late to get
fuddled escape. The drinkers are too far
gone to distrust them, but apparently take
them for larger species of their own genus.
The negroes take some up and these be
gin to weep and cover them with kisses.
When a negro takes one by the hand to
lead him off, the nearest monkey will cling
to the one who thus finds a support and
endeavor to_ go on alsl. Another will
grasp at him, and so on,. until the negro
leads a staggering line of ten or a dozen
tipsy monkeys. When finally brought to
the village they are securely caged up and
gradually sobered down ; hut for two or
three days a gradual diminishing supply
of liquor is given them, so as to rec weile
them by degrees to their state of ciptivity.
NO WONDER IT SHRIEKED —The other
day a visitor surprised Richard Grant
White saying to his baby : "Oh-ny, no
ny, e mussy ticky-hick his ittle footy toot
sies out from candy ze banky-wanky, coz e
catchy coly-woly an' have ze snuffles." Just
then he caught sight of the visitor, and
said to the infant : "No, no you must not
expose your pedal extremities by extend
ink► them beyond the protecting cover of
the blanket. or you will lay your system
open to attacks of catarrhal affections."
And the astonished childshrieked as though
some one bad winged it with a defective
safety pin.
To a poor man with a large family, glory
is of but little account.
Methodism--No. 6.
SKETCHES OF ITS EARLY HISTORY
J. R. FLANIGEN
iron the Philadelphia Record.]
Although we have had occasion in a
tkevious paper to remark that Methodism
America has been much less disturbed
ty dissensions and divisions into sub sects
Oran in England, it is proper to notice
that it has not been altogether free from
itzeh contingency. It would be singular,
b . ideed, in a coantry whose teachings are
ao liberal as with us, and where the people
ate supposed to exercise a preponderating
itfluence in the affairs of government, if a
great denomination like this should es
lope the influence and consequences of an
'wrest that constantly arises is a CD12112111-
nity hose members feel that they are en
titled by right to the largest possible lib
erty in the exercise of thought and opin
ion, if not of action . ; but there is even di
'visions that have taken a homogeneous
ness of feeling and sentiment as to the vital
principles involved that is most gratifying.
There is without doubt much in the
practice of Methodism of the present day
that had no existence an hundred years
Ago, and it may be added, with like truth,
t that much that was seen and felt in the
ladministration of its economies and the
pursuit of its purposes, were first estab
liehed, is now well nigh obsolete. That
this is so may be a source of regret or
ofherwise, according to the notions, pre
jt*dices or opinions of different individuals,
but it is probably known to very few per
sGns who read these articles that notwith
standing the injunction for plainness in
diess and habit so persistently urged by
51r. Wesley, he nevertheless sought to en
gthtft upon the new denomination which
hi founded a Liturgy to be used in the
ckurches .. by "ministers in black gowns,
hinds and cassncks." Such, however, is
tle force of habit that we need Lot be sur
pfised to know that the originator of
Methodism clung to the vestments of the
"established Church" with something akin
to the natural love of mankind for home
and its traditions. There is great force
in the couplet from Pomfret that
"What education did at first conceive,
Our ripen'd eye confirms us to believe."
Mr. Wesley, as we have already seen,
elieved very much during the first years
ff his progress which he afterward dis
t!arded as non-essential At the commence
*eat of work by "the new generation" the
sse of the prayer book was deemed a ne
irssary drpendage of public worship, but
was very soon found that the preachers
America prayed much better without
le aid of a bowl:. They could shut their
es in extemporaneous prayer,. and thus
y open the secret recesses of the heart,
from whence such unction would flow as
mild not possibly be derived from the .
book. The English had not learned the
sentiment, language and power of an ex.
tempore address, which seemed to be a
natural element io the progress or the
. New.Worl.l, and even to the present day
they have failed to appreciate its wonder
ful superiority over the set phrases that go
into the books.
Dr. Leduuai reproduces an old anecdote
that illustrates the awkward situations
that w,?.re wont to arise occasionally from
a too strict adherence to established forms.
An unfortunate man had met with an ac
cident by which his leg was broken, and
in great pain he sent for his minister to
c.,nie and pray with and fir him The call
was responded to promptly, and opening
his book, the priest begun a search for the
appropriate collect. lie was at first annoy
ed, then pUzzled, and finally confounded,
when he was convincA that no provision
had been made in the blok of prayer fbr
the case of a broken limb, and so he de
parted without addressing the Throne of'
Grace, leaving the unfortunate individual
to work out his own salvation 'without
the benefit of clergy." But to return to
the division of Methodism, as experienced
in our country. Leaving out that which
was caused by the discussion of the slavery
question, resulting in the formation of the
M. E. Church South," and passing by
the very natural divergence out of which
grew the "African M. E. Church," the
divisions or secessions have been quite im
material when considered in relation to
numbers. The most considerable of these
secessions is that which resulted in the
organization of what is now known as
TILE M ETIIODIST PROTESTANT CU IiRCII,
a denomination that reported a member
ship in 1876 of 113.405, with 12,236 itin
erant and local preachers. The difficulties
which brought about this formation occur
red in the year 1828, and were probably
inspired, but certainly intensified, by the
publication of the Wesleyan Repository,
which was commenced at Trenton by Wm.
S Stockton in the year 1820. It is some
what difficult to understand what was the
original or particular cause of complaint
that induced this movement, but it may
be safely stated as a general discontent on
the part of certain persons who advocated
a more liberal or democratic policy in re
Bard to the government of the Church.
Prominent among the reforms proposed
by these persons was the adoption of lay
representation in the Conference. They
thought that, in the first place, the bish
ops had too much power ; and, in the sec
and place, the exclusive right of represen
tation by the ministers was anti republi
can They objected also to what they con
sidered a very manifest departure from
the primitive principle up)n which Meth
odism had been founded.
These objectors, with such other dis
affected recruits as could be gathered,
many of whom.had been expelled on ac
count of their intemperate utterances and
revolutionary actions, organized in 182 S
as what they termed "the Associate Meth
odist Reformers." Meanwhile another
journal in opposition to the M. E. Church
had been established, entitled The Mutual
Rights. In 1828, at a Conference held
in Baltimore, a "Provisional Church," was
given ; and at a General Conference held
two years later the title was changed to
the "Methodist Protestant Church."
When aUopting a constitution and rules
for the government of the new denomina
don, the general features of the old one
were maintained ; but the Episcopancy and
the Presiding Eldership were rejected, and
it was also provided that, in the General
and Annual Conference, the representa
don should be by minister , and lay dele
gates in equal numbers. The articles of
religion as concainod in the Discipline of
the Methodist Episcopal Church were
adopted, with very slight modification as
to terms, and most of the general rules
that has been promulgated by Mr. Wesley
were accepted.
These people seem to have been insu•
enced in their conduct by what is termed
"a distinction without a difference.' They
denied being seceders, and claimed that
they were compelled to the course pur
ed because they had been thrust out from
the old connection.
"A something light as air; a look;
A word unkind or wrongly taken,"
was doubtless the original cause of trouble,
and
"Still falling out with this and this,
And finding something still amiss."
They nursed -what were probably but
slight grievances until, in their imagina
tion, they grew to be portentous evils.
There is not much of the Methodist Pro
testant element in Philadelphia, and the
denomination is, we believe, without a
single church edifice here. For some years
they had a church edifice on the north
side of Filbert street above Eleventh, the
pastor in charge being Mr. Stockton, al
ready referred to. He was a sincere and
devout Christian ; and a gentleman of very
considerable ability, but, being for many
years in very precarious health, his preach
ing was not particularly effective. The
building referred to is now occupied as the
Homceopathic College.
Nearly twenty years ago, or in the year
1860, there was another secession, not of
a character, however, to attract much at
Lion. It resulted in the organization . of
what is now known as
THE FREE METHODISTS,
although for a time the adherents of the
new movement were distinguished as "Naz;
arites." The grievances complained of by
these people were of a more serious na
ture, involving what were aforetime deem
ed vital principles. They charged and con
tended that there was a marked decline of
spirituality in the old Church, and that for
the sake of gain such worldly practices on
the part of the membership as were con
trary to the Discipline were tolerated, an
indictment which is, alas, but too well
sustained. They al-o alleged that there
was a plain departure in doctrine from the
teachings of the fathers, and they demand
ed that "the sins of the Church" should
be repented of and reformed. They ob
jetted to the admission of probationers as
calculated to adulterate and impair the
quality of the membership, and, like those
who had preceded them thirty years pre
viously, they insisted on the right to lay
representation in the Conference.
When they came to the work of organi
zation they sought to make provision for
curing the evils of which they complained.
They insisted on plain dress and address,
and that the members should eschew what
are commonly known as worldly practices
and pleasures. They forbade connection
with secret societies of any description,
and were evidently reaching to something
like what was known as the band system
in the very earliest days of Methodism.
They prohibited the use of intoxicating
liquors and of tobacco, and they manifestly
sought to get as nearly as possible back to
the old fountain spring of Methodism.
The success of this movement, however,
has not been of much consequence, the
membership in 1865 being limited to some
thing Icss than ten thousand, with about
four hundred itinerant and local preach
ers.
An earlier movement than this, which
took place in 1843, resulted in the estab
lishment of what is known as
THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS,
the secession and organization of which
grew out of the slavery question, which
had for some years previously been a source
of unrest and contention in the Confer
ence. The founders of this distinctive de
nomination were mainly Abolitionists, in
the East and West, sections of our coun
try which at an early period of our history
were noted for opposition to the elaveoc
racy of the'South. Although taking form
only in 1843, the anti slavery movement
in Methodism was begun as early as 1839,
by the formation of separate societies in
Ohio and Michigan and Utica, N. Y. The
preliminary meeting, out of which this or
ganiz ition grew, was held at Andover,
Mass ,in February, 1843. This was fol.
lowed by a firma! convention held at
Utica, in May of the same year, when one
hundred and fifty delegates were in at-
tendance and the organization was com
pleted. The "Articles of Religion" adopt
ed were mainly the same as those of the
M E. Church, and the conditions of mem
bership forbade "slave holding, buying or
selling of s'ave.s, or claiming that it is
right to do so," and also "the rnanufactur
ing, buying or selling of intoxicating li
quors, except for Techanical, chemical or
medicinal purposes," connection with se
cret societies is also prohibited. The mem
bership in 1877 is set down at something
less than 20,000.
Yet one other distinctive element of
the denomination remains to be noted--
that is the "Primitive Methodists," for
which is claimed a membership of 2,800,
with 45 itinerant and local preachers. We
do not understand it as a result of seces
*lion, but rather a sort of spontaneous de
velopment, such as is constantly taking
place among a people who, however much
wedded to the affairs of this world, are
ever thoughtful of the performance of
those duties that will best serve them
"When life's lame-footed race is o'er."
Who is Heaven For ?
'Breddren, my 'sperience is dat it ain't
de perfession of 'ligion, but de occasional
practice of it dat makes a man 'ceptable
up yonder. When yer gits to the golden
gate an' Peter looks yer right in de eye
and yer shows him yer long creed and
says, pompus like, dat'yer 'longed to a big
church. de 'postle'll shake his head and
say : "Etat ain't nuff ter git yer through."
But if yer takes all yer bills under yer
arm, yer grocers bills and yer rent bills,
and he looks 'eui over and finds 'em all
receipted, he'll say, "yer title clear," and
unlock de gate and let yer pich yer voice
for angel's songs. But 'taint no use to
trabbel 'long dat narrer path less yer
carry folded up in your creed, a good re
commendation from yer creditors. Heb
ben ain't no place for a man who has to
dodge round a corner fear ob meetin' some
one who'll ask for dat little bill dat neb•
ber was paid."
THE MEDICINE OF SUNSHINE —The
world wants more sunshine in its disposi
tion, in its business, in its charities, its
theology. For ten thousands of the aches
and pains and initatians of men and wo
men we commend sunshine. It soothes
better than morphine. The Good Samar
itan poured out to the fallen traveler's
gash more of this than of oil. Florence
Nightingale used it on the Crimean battle
fields. Take in into all the alleys, on
I oad all the ships, by all the sick-beds.
Not a pailful, not a cupful, but a soulful
It is good for spleen, for liver complaint,
for neuralgia, for the rheumatism; for fail
ing fortunes, for melancholy.
PLUCK will carry a man where a palace
car will not.
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YEA gistoq.
THE
OLD TOOT-PRINTS OF TUE RECEDING RED EN
AND THE
EARLY LAND-MARLS 0? THE COMING WHITE IV
WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO
The Juniata Region
BY PROF. A. L. CUSS, OF HUNTINGDON, PA
'Ti' good to )11714e on Nations posqed nervy
Forever front the land we cull our own.
ARTICLE II
PROOF OF FORMER INTERIOR DEPOPIJLA•
TION
The matter of this interior depopulation
and long uninhabited condition will be
more fully discussed in its appropriate
place hereafter; but the fact itself is prov
en by reference to treaty held by the Com
missioners of Virginia and Maryland, in
the presence of the Governor of Pennsyl
vania, at Lancaster, June 27, 1744, when
the Iroquois, in accordance with a demand
made as early as 1736, when they first
found white settlers had extended into the
Shenandoah Valley, insisted on being paid
for "the Potomac lands," and all western
Virginia This conference was brought
about by a threat that they would 'do
themselves justice," if their just demands
for pay for those lands were not attended
to properly
The Virginians claimed that they held
their lands, under the Kin:r of Great Bri
Lain, for 160 years; and as for the part
west of the Great Mountains, they had
never beard that the Indians owned it, as
they found "that part altogether deserted
and free for any people to enter upon,"
which they had accordingly done by order
of the Great King, "very justly as well by
an Ancient Right as by its being freed front
the possession of any other." If, however,
the Six Nations had a claim of conquest,
they desired them to "tell what nations of
Indians they conquered any lands from in
Virginia, how long it was since, and what
possession they have had." Tachantoontia
replied :
NATIONS CONQUERED,
"Now we answer, we have the right of
conquest—a right too dearly purchased.
and which cost us too much blood to give
up without any reason at all, as you say
we have done at Albany. All the world
knows we conquered the several Nations
livin on Saapaehanna, Cohongoronta, and
on the Back of the Great Mountains in
Virginia. The Conoy.ucli•such-roona, Cock
nan was roonan, Tohoa Trough roonan, and
Con nuts-kirr ough.roonan feel the effects
of our Conquests, (the remnants) being
now a part of our Nations, and their lands
at our disposal. We know very well it
hath often been said by the Virginians
that the Great King of England, and the
people of that Colony, conquered the In
dians that lived there, but it is not true.
We will allow they have conquered the
Sack-clay-ugh-roonan, and drove back the
Tuscarroratcs, and that they have on that
account a right to some part of Virginia,
but as to what lies beyond the mountains,
we conquered the Nations residing there,
and that land, if ever the Virginians get
a good right to it, it must be by us."
CLAIM OF VIRGINIANS AND THE REPLY.
The Virginians replied that they had
first entered into a treaty of friendship "by
Col Henry Coursey seventy years ago"
(1674) ; and again "about fifty eight years
ago by the Lord Howard of Effingham,
Governor of Virginia," when you declared
yourselves subjects of the Great King, and
gave up all your lands for his protection ;
and that this they owned in 1687, when
they besought aid, "for the French would
fain kill us all ;" and lastly they referred
to the agreement with Gov. Spottswood, in
1722, not even to cross the Potomac east of
the Great Mountains. Gachadow replied :
"Though great things are well remem
bered among us, yet we don't remember
that we were ever conquered by the Great
King, or that we have been employed by
that Great King to coupler others. If it
was so, it is beyond our memory. We do
remember we were employed by Maryland
to conquer the Conestogas, and that the
second time we were at war with Them, we
carried them all off"
The Conestogas were a remnant of the
the Sasquehannocks, long known to the
Dutch as Minquas. They were denation
alized and almost extirpated 67 years before
this. The previous war with them was
SO years before this. Most of, the Nations
in the interior spoken of such as the Ju
niatas, were annihilated. conquered or
driven out prior to the Sasquehannocks.
CLAIM OF MARYLAND AND REPLY
The Marylanders produced a deed, say
ing, "The Susquehannah Indians, by a
treaty above 90 years ago (1634) give and
yield to the English Nation, the greater
part, if not all, of the lands we possess
from Patuxent river on the Western, as
well as from Choptank river on the Eastern
side of the great Bay of Chesapeak north
ward ;" and reminded them of the Albany
treaty of 1684 ; and of the treaty of "sev
enty years ago, which was renewed and
confirmed twice since that time" (1674).
Canassatego replied :
"We come now nearer home. We have
had your deeds interpreted to us, and we
acknowledge them to be good and valid;
and that the Conestoga or Susquehannah
Indians had a right to sell those lands un
to you, for they were then theirs; but
since that time we have conquered them,
and their country now belongs to us; and
the lands we demanded satisfaction for, are
no part of the lands comprised in those
Deeds—they are the Cuhongorontas (Po
tomac) laads. Those we are sure you have
nut possessed 100 years—no ! not above
ten years; and we made our demand so
soon as we knew your people were settled
in those parts. These have never been
sold, but remain to be disposed of."
SO OF THE JUNIATA REGION.
These extracts prove (and proof might
be greatly multiplied.) that the Potomac
lands, that is all of Maryland and Virginia
between the Great Mountains, and beyond
the Allegheny, was uninhabited except on
the borders by remnants of tributary tribes
The western two thirds of Pennsylvania
*as similarly situated; and had their rights
to the intervening Juniata region, been
at this time, also, called in question, no
doubt the Iroquois chieftains would have
promptly related the tale of its conquest.
It was then but a century past, and they
retained historical events with wonderful
precision But more of this anon.
THE LANDS LAST FOREVER.
In passing we may also quote Gachadow's
ideas on the white man's justice, and the
enduring value of lands :
'The world at the first was made on the
other side of the Great Water different
from what it is on this side, as may be
known from the different color of our skin
and of our flesh ; and that which you call
Justice may not be so among us. You
have your laws and customs, and so have
we. The Great King may send you over
to conquer the Indians, but it looks to us,
that God did not approve of it, as he has
placed the Sea where it is, as the limits
between us and you. [Then warming up
with his subject, with strong voice and
prorer gesticulation, he exclaimed this
touchingly eloquent and expressive sen
tence.] You know very well, when the
white people came first here, they were
poor; but now they have got our lands,
and are by them become rich, and we are
now poor. What little we had for the land
goes soon away, but the land lasts forever."
What volumes are here told in a few
word's. Let us also•hear Canassatego's ideas
of the origin of the Six Nation people :
YAMOYDE ,r,
ORIGIN OF THE INDIANS.
"You went back to old times and told
us you had been in possession of the Pro
vince of Maryland above one hundred
years; but what is cne hundred years in
comparison to the length of time since our
claim began ?—since we come out of this
ground ? [Every tribe of the Huron-Iro
quois family believed they were autoch •
tbons—they all told the same story of
their origin.] For we must tell you that
long before one hundred years our ances
tors came out of this very ground ; and their
children have remained here ever since.
You came out of the ground in a country
that lies beyond the seas; there you may
have a just claim, but here you must al
low us t-.) be your elder brethren, and the
lands belonged to us long before you knew
anything about them."
ORIGINAL INDIAN BLESSRDNESS.
The blessings of civilization did not
strike this chief as of great value The
white man's implements were handy, but
not a necessity. In reply t. - ) some young
Englishmen, who had claimed that the In
dians would have perished had it not been
for the strouds, hatchets, guns, and other
things supplied them by the whites, he
thus declared :
"But we always gave them to under
stand that they were mistaken, that we
had lived before they came amongst us,
and as well or better, if we may believe
what our fathers have told us. We had
then room enough, and plenty of deer,
which were easily caught; and though we
had not knives, hatchets or guns, such as
we have now, yet we had knives of stone,
and hatchets of stone, and bows and ar
rows, and these serred our uses as well
then, as the English ones do now. We
are now straightened and sometimes in
want of deer, and liable to many other in-
conveniences since the English came
among us, and particularly from that pen
and ink work that is going on at the table.
[pointing to the Secretary] and we will
give you an instance of this " He then
gave an account of how, in 1684, they had
put their Susquehannah land into the
care of Got. Dongan to keep fbr them in
his hand "close shut ;" and yet he carried
it to England and sold it to,POA,,
INDIAN NAMES FOR THE GOVERNORS.
The Iroquois had a name for each
Governor—of Canada it was Onontio ;
New York, Corlear; Pennsylvania, Okas;
.dssaraguoa ; and at the above
conference, they publicly conferred a name
on the Governor of Maryland, and it was
"deemed a matter of great consequence
and attended with abundance of form."
By lot, Gachradow, a Caguga, was chosen
to make the speech for this Iroquois-jog
ceremony, whioh be did "on an elevated
part of the Court liouse, with all the dig
nity of a warrior, the gesture of an orator,
and in a very graceful posture." The name
given was Tocarry-ho gag.
THE FRENCH CLASS.
Canassatego, on the closing of the con
ference, on July 2nd, said : "You told
129 you beat the French ; if so you mast have
taken a great deal of rum from them, and
can the better spare us some of that liquor
to make us rejoice with you in your vic
tory." The Governor and Commissioners
were taken down with this cite point, and
forthwith ordered a dram of rum to be
given to each in a small glass, from which
has arisen the term "French glass" in use
to this day.
WILD STORIES ABOUT THE NATIVES.
There has been much misconception
about the number, extent and variety of
the aborigines. The earliest books on
America contained the most prodigious
tales that fancy could invent or verdant
credulity repeat. They peopled the coun
try with pigmies and giants—the latter
grew on the Susquehanna. There were
said to be tribes as black as Ham, and
others as white as polar bears. There
were Jews who observed the Plosaie rites
and ceremonies. The ten lost tribes of
Israel were found in America. There was
a tribe of Welch, who had a printed copy
of the Bible, which they preserved, but
could no longer read; but Welch men could
understand their language; and several
men bad. been with thew and saw the
Book. There was, moreover, one nation
that did not eat; and another without
heads, or at least, their heads did not arise
above their shoulders. The first, explorers
expected to find prodigies, and always re
ported wonders. Their accounts are much
less reliable than Indian traditions.
AN ISLAND OF WOMEN,
Columbus was reported to have discovered
an island inhabited entirely by women—
not a man was to be found to disturb the
harmony of its loving society. This is the
only instance of perfect peace and heavenly
contentment on earth that has come down
to us even in fable. No tyrannical "lords
of creation" disturbed their felicity, and
as no one ever slandered her neighbor.
there were no wounded feelings. Happy
island!! It must have sunk, for it cannot
be found. Did it still remain, we shou!d
like to own a visible mountain peak. on a
neighb )ring island, where we could take
in a small admittance fee from the curious
of all the earth, who would come to cast
one look of envy across the swelling floods
and then die as happy as Moses. Surely
this island was still more happy than that
one among the Canaries where polyandry
prevailed, every woman being allowed by
law three husbands.
OLD USURPING LANDLORD OF AMERICA.
Dr. Cotton Mather, who figured so con
spicuously in the days of Salem witchcraft,
tops the climax, and tells us all about it.
He says the Devil is the
,“old usurping
landlord of America," whose "natives have
been forlorn and wretched heathen ever
since their first herding here; and though
we know not when or • how these Indians
first became inhabitants of this mighty con
tinent, yet we may guess that probably the
Devil decoyed those miserable salvages
hither, in hopes that the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ would never come here
to destroy or disturb his absolute empire
over them."
NO. 16.
( To be Continued.)