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' O. B. OOODLANDER,
. . ' , HOEL B. I.EK,
Pobllebere.
Cirds.
W. C. ARNOLD,
LAW COLLECTION OFFICE,
, . OURWBNSVILLI,
JeM .. " Cleerlald Coaaty, Pena'a. 7ly
not. u. anaaAW
craus aoaaoM.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,..
CLEARFIELD, PA.
ayCfflce la Ple'e Opera llouie, eeoond floor.
1:3074 '
FRANK FIELDING,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Will allaad lo all baataeai aatraatad to hlai
ptomptly and faithfully. botII'7S
wttuAl a. vatLtea. batib l. ebbbs.
. aiaar r. wallaob. 4obm w. wbiolby.
WALLACE A. KREBS,
(Saieesoori to Wallaoe A Pialding,)
, ATTORNE Y8-AT-LAW,
I1-1J7S Clearfield, Pa.
V A. G. KRAMER,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Raal Ketate aBd Collaetloa Agent,
CI.EAHPIEI.D, PA
Will promptly aUaad to all legal bailBul aa
traatad to ale eara. .
r-OHloe with Joba II. Falford, oppoaite tho
Oaart llooaa,
april 1-flm
pmbfi a. i'iu.r. bakibl v. M'ccanr.
i MoENALLY & MoCUBDY,
$ ATTORNKYS-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
jCV'Lagal bualoaaa attended to promptly withj
ftdelity. Offloa oB Steood treat, above ihe First
national Bank, j to .1:1 4
Q. R. BARRETT,
I Attohnrt and Counhilob at Law.
OLBARFIRLD, PA.
4 (laving raaignad bit Jadgaahtp, hu mvntd
tbe prttoIiM of tha liw in bia old oftVe at dear
ie! il, Pa, Will attend the eoarta of Jeffereoa tad
Clk twuRtlei whta apaoially rata load in oonnoction
with rtiidcot oouneel.
WM, M. McCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
jBCrOmoa la Court llouae. (SherltT'e Oflloa),
Leaal baaiaeaapromptlj atteadad to. Real aetata
imafht aad eold. ).11'7
f a rrw7w aITtVrsT
ATTOntiEY AT LAW,
! Clearfield, Pa.
fcOuOOwia la Orabam'fl Row. . (deel-lv
i H, W. SMITH,
i ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Ihl Clearfield, Pa.
" WALTER B A RRETT,
i ATTORNEY AT LAW:
' Cleardeld. Pa.
-0Aee la Old Waatera Hotel balldla,
arnar of Saaoad and Market Sta. bot11,M.
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTOBNKY AT LAW,
' ClearfleM, Pa. r ,
pf-OBf IB Iba Court Boaaa. Jyl l,'67
! JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ClearfleM. Pa.
p9 Offioa aa Melket atraet, opp. Coart Hoaaa,
IB. l, IB7t.
john lTuttleT-
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ad Real Katate Arent, Clearfield, Pa,
Oltee oa Third atraet, bat. Cherry A Walnat,
eBTReepee!fallj offer, hie aeraieealB aelling
d baylag laada la Olaarflald aad adjolalng
talle. and with aa .iperleaeaol OTartwant,
fim aarr.yor, lattara hlmaalf that be a.a
ilar aatlafaetloa. l0 !:":,
i BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
AMD pBALBB IB
iw IiOM and IiUinbor,
OLEARFIRI.D, PA.
aa la Graham'. Row1 l:Ja:7t
J . J . LIN G L E ,
TTORNEY-AT - LAW,
1 Hareola, ClearfleM Co., Pa. y:pd
J. S. BARNHART,
ATTORN RY . AT - LAW,
Bellefbnte, Pa.
raetlae la Clearteld aad all of the Coarta of
Uh Judicial diatriet. Heal aetata baalaaaa
llaotlaa of elalma made apaeialtiaa. al'71
)R. W. A. MEAN 8,
.TSICIAN & STJROEON,
- LfTTRRRSBURO, PA.
Atead profaaaloliat ealla promptly. auglO'70
DR. T. J. BOYER,
Y8ICIAN Af'D SDRO EON,
laa os Market Street, Clearl.ld. Pa.
lee koarsi I lo H a. ., aad t to I p. nv
. E. M. 8CHEURER,
BOMdOPATBIO PHTBlClAIf,
Omaa I raaldeaoe oa Market at.
14, 1171. Cl.ar0.ld, Pa.
j. h. klineTm. TdT,
8ICIAN k SURGEON,
NO) laeatad at PaaBfleld, Pa., offer, hi.
aaaaloaal aerrioaa ta tba people of t
aarroaading eowatry. Allealla promptly
to. Oflt. II tl.
I. P. BURC H FIELD.
of tba 8d HalBOBt,PaBDfylTBBla
m. Barini rata road froni tba Arm.
ti profaiiioBa. atrrleaa ta thaeltlian
laid toBBty.
tfaa iIobbI ealli promptly attandad ta.
i Steond atraat, formarlyoeeaplad by
a. aprils-U
H. B. VAN VALZAH,
CLEARiaEI.II, PKNN'A.
K IN MASONIC BUILDING.
OMoa tioara Fram II to 1 P. M.
; May II, H7I
JEFFERSON LITZ,
WOODLAND, PA.
bmptly attend all ealla la the liae ef bia
a. Boa.l-7i
D. M. DOHIETT,
ARLI BARRRR A HAIR DRK8HKR.
CLEARFIELD, TA.
i roam feraeerty oeaBpled by Naugl.
Market alraaL
T-y
1Y KNYDKK,
Termerly with Lew Sebaler.)
1IR AND HAIRDRR66RR.
Market BtM eppoelte Caart Hoaaa.
i far every eaatow.ee. atay 10, 'Ta.
W. WEAVES CO.,
:8TS A.APOTUKCARIES,
OORWXNRVtLLX, PA.
aU kl.da of Drage, Medielaea, F.a-
DraggleM1 Bwadriah
alb, Marak 17, lt.
ZQZ M. FEEQU80N,
WITH
UPPIHCOTT ft CO.
, CAPS, BOOTS A SHOES,
Ml Mattel Mrert, PbUadalpbla.
CLEARFIEJJJ
GEO, B. G00DLANDEE, Proprietor.
VOL. 50-WHOLE NO.
ClUuJ.
JOHN D. THOMPSON,
Jn.lloa of tbo Paaea and Scrlroaer,
Curweuavllla, Pa.
fe,Collaatlooa mada and ai(inT prnia tl;
paldorar; W,JJ'7!tf
RICHARD HUGHES,
JI'BTICR OF TOR PSACR
' roa -Decatur
Toirnaftfp, ;,
Oaotola Mill. P. O,
All ofllolal boalnara aatraatad ta bin. will I
prompt! attandad to. BaliaO, 7n.
BO. AbBBBT BIBBT ALBBBT. W. ALBBI
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
MaaBfaoturaraAaxtaaalTaUaaJaralB
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, Lo
WOODLAND, PENH 'A. ,.,
ay-Ordan aolloltad. Bllla flllcd on abort nottoa
and raaaoaabla terma. 1 ,
Addraaa Woodland P. 0., Claarbrld Co., Pa.
.15-1, W tLUKKT aS BROS.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
, MKUCHANT,
VrencbTllla, llearncld foantjr, Pa,
Kaapa aooitantly oa band a full aaaortmant of
urj Uooda, Hardware, urooartca, ana araryiutng
aaually kapt la a retail atera, which will baaold.
for oaaa, aa eaaap aa eiaawuera in toe eounty. -
rraaabrllla, duaa 17, leftT-lj. r
THOMAS H. FORCEE
dulu n
DENEKAI. MKRCHAND1RK,
(MIAHAMTON, Pa.
Alio, ltem(T mtnufctnrr nd denier fn fiqnart
Tivbflr and bawea mniDtroi 111 kirqi.
0nUr lutiolled tnd all bllla promptly
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
- - Hanger,
Clearfield, Peun'a.
fAfA-Wlll axaaata loba la bia Una pronptl and
IB a workmanlike manner. errt,o7
G. H. HALL, "
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
' NKAR CLEARFIELD. PKNN'A.
jMrPunpi Iwt on hnrt and toide to ordr
on abort aotio. Pipoi borod on ruaon.bl terat.
AM work wnrranted to rctiuer itiif-.tfon, and
deltrand If deatrod. tnyX6:lypd
E. A. BIGLER & CO.,
PC A I.I HI IB
SQUARE TIMBER,
BBn maaurMtarara of
ALL KISDBOF HAWM1 1.UMIIEH,
-7'71 CLEtRFIKLD, PEKX'A.
JA8. B. GRAHAM,
dealer la
Beal Estate, Square Timber, Boards,
8HINGLE8, LATH, A PICKETS,
0:1073 Clrartold, Ta,
jameOTtciiell,
PBALBB IB
Square Timber & Timber Lands,
Jell-71 CLEARFIELD, PA.
I. SNYDER,
PRACTICAL WATCUMAKER
ABB PBALBB IB
Watches, Clocks (nil Jowolry,
tfrnaam'a Bom, Iarktt Arret,
CXKAHKir.l.l), FA.
All klnda of repairing In my line pmoiptlv at
eadedto. .- April 3.1, IS74.
HEMOVAL.
REIZENSTEIN Sl BERLINER,
whole aaJa dealra Id
(JESTS' FIRMSIIIMi GOODS,
Hbtb nmaved to 1ST Church itraat, btwnaa
Fraoklla and Wbita ita.. New York. jy31'7S
J A ME 8 hTLy T L E,
111 Kralzer'i Hulldlug, Cleorflfld, Pa.
Daalar la Qroeatttt, Provlalooff, VefetobUl,
Fraila. Flour, Faadaatctto.
prl4T.lf "1 1
J" AMES E. WATSON A CO.,""7
REAL EHTATR RROKKR8,
CLEAHKIKLD, PKNN'A.
Honiaa and 001cm to let, Colleftiont promptly
mada, aad irtt-alata Coal and Flra-Clay Land
and Town property for aula. Office la Wentern
llotal Buildiof (3d floor), fieaond St. (myM74y
JOliS A. 8TADLKR, :
11AKER, llarkat Bl., Clrarleld, Pa.
Freali Urearl, P.nak, Roll. Fir and Cakea
oa hand or Biada ta order. A general aaaortmant
of ConfectioDariea, Fruft-and INata ,b lock.
! Cream and Oyatara In aeaaoa. fiaIm;B nearly
oppoeite tha PoitcOca. Prieei modrrata.
March 10-'76i
FOR tiALKo Tba anderetfrned o tiara for
ala a raloabla town property in Iba borough
oi Clearfield. Lot 861IH& feci, with a good two
atory plank huaae tbaraon erected, with throe
room a down atalra and four bed room up alaira.
Ale, tewinc room and bath room on aeeund flour.
Hnuao tniabed Complete from aellar to at tie.
Qood doable porch and food water. Price roe
ton feMe and paymenta esay,
J0ao78 WM. M. Mn!,LOrOII.
Mdlvcry Htnhlv.
Til E anderaiftned b(t leave to nform thepnb
Ue that be la now fully prepai-' to aeoomtno
late all la the way of farnititine; fl.,ara, HufKiea,
rJaddlea and -iarneta, oa tha abort eat aotioa and
aa raaaonahla trraia, Reiidenco on Loouat atreat,
betweea Third and Fourth.
OKO. W. ORAR1IART.
Clearfield. Feb. 4, 1B74
MITCHELL WAGONS.
The Best ii the Cheapest I
Tbomat Rellly kaa received another large lot of
"Mitebell Wagona," which are among the very
heat mane fee lured, aad which ha will Mil at tha
moat reafonable r!ca. Ilia atook Ineludee almoat
all deaeripKoaa af wngrnilar grand amall, wide
and aarrow track. Call ant ee them.
prlf74 THOMAS KK1LLY.
ANDREW HARWIclc."
Market Nrect, tlearfleld. Pa..
MABUraCTtrMBB ARB DBA LIB IB
HABNKR3, PADDLES, IlUIDI.ER, COI.I.ARfl,
aBd all kinda of
HOH8K rUHMSHINQ GOODS.
A full etopk af Paddlara' Hardware, Branbe,
Com ta, BlenhetP, Robea, ate., alwaya on hand
end for aale at the loweat eaab nrleea. All kinda
ef repairing promptly attended to.
ah ainda "l aidea taken in etrnenge M har
aeea and repairing. All kinda of harnrra leather
kept on band, and for aale at a amall profit.
Tha bualaeie will be under tha Immediate
aupervlaloB of John C. Hart let.
t.rearllel-1, Jan. iw,
jAIZK A 8CHWAHTZ,
(lata Geo. Erana A Co.,) ,
MILITARY UNIFORMS
EQUIPMENTS,
KO.IHMI MARKET ftTRRET, PHII A.
RaBd., Companlea, Aa., fnrBl.brd. Sampl.a,
pbotograpba aad aalf maarariag dlraetioaa aenl
free.
MERCHANT TAILORS A CLOtlUKRg,
HOI MARKET RTRFKT,
Jaly U, 7-ly Pbila
TTNDERTAKtNU.
The aadereieBed are aaw fatly prepared to
earry aa tba baiiaaaa af
lINDKIlTAKINtJ,
AT REASONABLE RATES,
Aad rarpeetfeny aollelt tba petroaage af tbees
Beediag evaoj emit....
JOHN TXOCTMAK,
JAB 19 k LKAt I.
Claarl.ld, Pa., TA. II, 1174.
8.
2460.
QUESTS OF THC HEART,
Boft ffella the fathering twilight,
Tha rain from tfaadrluplog eavea,
Aud atira, with a tremuloua ruatla,
Tha dead and tba dying leavea 1
While afar, In the mid it of tha eludowa,
I bear tba sweat roloei of holla
Come borne on tho wind of tha Autumn.
That fitfully rlara and aaallte
Tliey oall and they anawar eaah other,
And anawer and mingle again.
Aa the deep and the -brill in an an them
Make harmony atill in their attain 1
Aa tho Toieea of aentinela mingle
In mountainoua regiona of anow,
Till from hill-top to hill top a obirai
Floata down Mr tha valleya below.
The aliadowf, the firelight of even.
The aound of the rain'a diatant ehlma.
Come bringing, wtlb rata aot'tly dreppin4,
Sweot tboughta of a ahadowy time i
The alumberoua eenae of veoluaioa.
From atorma and Intrudore aluof,
We feel wboa we hear in the midnight
The patter ofriia pa the roof.
When the aplrlt goea forth la Iti yeBrtitnga,
lo laae an iu waaaerars noma,
Or afar la the regiona of fanoy
Deliglita on aeift pinion a to roam, '
I quietly ait by the firelight,
The firelight ao bright and ao warm (
Far I know that thoee only who leva me
Will aeeb ma through ahadow and atorm.
But ihonld they be abaent thla evening,
Should even the boniehold depart,
Dererted, I ihonld sot be loorly.
There atill would be gueata in my heart
The laoea of frienda that I ourriih, ,
Tha amile and tba glance and the lono,
Will haunt mo wherever I wander,
And tbua 1 am oever aloae.
With thoao who have left bubiad theta 1
Tbe joya aad the eerrowa of time ; '
Wbo alng the aweet eooga of the.angela;
la a purer and bolter clime, ' j
Then darkly, 0 evening of Autumn (
Your rain and your ahaduw may Tall ;
My loved and my loat onei you bring tu
My heart buida a feaat with them all.
THE JiOOM JOKli. i
Till REPORT Or THE IN VESTII1ATIM1 COM
MITTER OP THE HOUBK ON TIK SUB
JECT: ' : '
Jionuiiy oveiunr;, April ZIUi. was a
kind of "Belt) tiny" in tliu lower branch
ot our Htnio Lcfriiilnturc. The dam-
boom Mil, which aeema to have been
tho eontroling end leading moasnro of
tno action, waa brotiffht to the suHaco
in all ita "erotikodnuta," and tba true
"inwanliieaa ' ol many members. expoa
cd to the views of their comtitnenta.
Mr. ioultloaiibinlttcd tho follow in r
inr 1110 coiiKiuonuion ol which the
Jlmmo ruluacd to aiispend the rulca:
n HitnF.Aa, it la pretty clenrly dem-
onatrnted thai Cumipt mid immper
means wore uaoa to influence inamlicra
ot tins body to vote on Scnnlo bill No,
1, entitled an act to rcfuluto tho
amount ot toll and othor clmrgca to bo
icvicn ana coiiovtea Dy Doom com po
nies within this Commonwealth, anid
bill havinp been acted tiin in this
Jlouso on Tueadny, April 4, 187Ci :
Ana tcnernli, 'Jhia bill nn been tho
eaiiHO of delaying the move important
nna urgent lemiHlion ot the (renoral
Assembly ol 1'eniifvlvnnm. and as an
mproMion prevails that an effort will
bo made the coming fortnight to resus
citate said bill and thereby roopon the
sulijcct to the detriment iif important
legislation; therefore, lioit
Jiitolivd, 'ihat all ths proceedings
relation to said bill ho expunged
from the journal of this Jlcasc and that
la re-introduction at tlic nrcsent ses
sion be prohibited.
Mr. Ilnys (chairman boom Inventi-
gntuin committee), presented a resoln
tion authorising tho Serjeant-at-Arms
to placo tho testimony taken before
thnt committee on the desk of tho
mcmboni, sopnrnlc from the other film.
Agreed to. '
REPORT or THE COMUITTKR or INVF.BTI-
OAriON ON THE BOOM BILL.
Hr. Hays, Chairman ef tho commit.
too to investignto the alloged bribery
in connection with thelioom bill, made
the following report:
After recitinif tho rcMilulion l,v au
thority of whieli they acted, tho corn-
mil teo aay : .
that tho original comnultoe, con-
HiHtinir of Mens, llavs. Roiichurd.
Smith (Ueiks), Cliristy anil Woli; mot
on Wodnosdn-, tho Slhday of April, in
commitloo room ol the House jSo. 12,
and organized for tho dischargo of
liieir outios by electing .Mr. liars, of
Allegheny, as Chairman, and ilr. H olio
as Secretary of tho oommiltco.
wubsequcntlj', by permission of tho
Itouso, Mr. Koighoru withdrew from
tho commitloo and ilr.Onnsler, of Lu-
serno, was substituted in his stead
ho comimltco as thun connlitutad met
on Thursday, April 6, in committee
room ro. is, ami proceeded tocxumino
in public, tho members of the House,
taking them in alphabetical ordor from
tno neau ami loot ot tho list ot mem-
ncrs, mm continued their examination
n publio until Friday. April 7. when.
by resolution of tlic'llmiso, tho mom-
OerHlnn ot tho commit too was increas
ed by adding thereto Mews, lliirnolt,
'J'orry, Jieyburn and Chiipin, nnd tho
comnutteo as thus constituted contin
ucd tho examination of members of tho
Legislature in open session.
ino commilleo suhpanned all such
witnciwus as they tad any reason to ho-
evo nail any knowletliro ol tho mat
ter that was submitted to them for in
vestigation. All tho poisons fur whom subpoenas
were hwuod with the excoption ol
Mess. Ilerdic and Eaibick (lor whom
together with others suhpamns wore
issucti anu placed in the bands or tho
Sergeant-at-Arms of the House on the
lay alter tho appointment of the oom
miltco, to wit; the Gill day ol April)
rere served and aiiai'ed, and ull Iho
testimony ol tho witnesses thus sub
prenned is snhmilted together with
this report to the House.
To different portions of tho testimo
ny so submitted and to the conduct of.
menibors and other as thereby evi
denced Jour commiiteo call tbe atten
tion of tho House, as follows, to wit:
The committee submit the testimo
ny of ilr. Miller, ot Herks, and thnt
of llr. Miller, ol I'liiladelphia, to tho
consideration of the House without ex
pressing any opinion as to whethor
there was any miatonduet on the part
of Mr. Miller, of Philadelphia.
In tho cose of Mr. Knight, ot Rucks
county, tho comniittco would respect
fully report, thnt whilo they are not
prepared to soy that he was guilty of
any inieniion oi onering a bribe, or
suggested to Mr. Stewart, tho member
from Lawrence, that ho could obtain
money if he would vote against the bill
.on its final passngoor withold hisvoto,
yet alter a carelul consideration or tho
teatimony of Mensi. Stewart, Dickey
and Theodore Hill, of Williamsport,
they are of the opinion that the con
duct of Mr. Knight, was very improp
er, and they. Joel that they would not
be discharging their duty if they did
not call the attention of the Hon so
to it.
From a rnrelul consideration of the
testimony ot Messrs. Thornton, Buck,
Wise and Hannan, tbe committee are
of the opinion that tbe conduct of Mr.
Thornton was improper in this: That
tha said Thornton ainroachod both
Messrs. Wist and Buck, members of
the House, in such manner aa to load
them tn believe that they conlrl obtain
CLEARFIELD, PA., W
a valuable consideration for their voto
against tbe bill.
i iJ1 J!10.?"0 of Gonlor. riiilft-
dolpliia, tho oommittoe alter carotully
weighing tho testimony of hlmsolf and
MoHsra. annor, Miller, of Berks, Hpi
cor and Stevens, mombers of this
House, are of tho opinion that his eon
duct was very indiscreet, but they are
net prepared to aay from the ovidenco
in tho case thnt he was guilty ot any
effort to corruptly influence any oi hi.
tcllow members. .
Your comniittco further report that
at shown by tho testimony of Mr. l'o
trolT and himself, W in. 8. Douglass, a
member of the Ilouso from tho First
District of Philadelphia, for the pnr
poao of deceiving the friends of the bill
mentioned in tho resolution, authoris
ed Mr. I'ctroff to uso his name asono of
fifteen who for a valuable considera
tion would vote for said bill on its final
passago and your committee, are of the
opinion that in ao doing he waa guilty
of conduct unbecoming a member of
this Houso.
Your committee also submit that It
appoara from the testimony of Geo. W.
Skinner, journal clork of this Houso,
of Messrs. I'ctrofT, Douglassand O'Neill,
members of this Houso, and ot D. W.
Seilor and T. R. Smith of tho banking
house of Dougherty Brog. & Co., of
this city, that Kniilo J. Potroff, a mem
ber of this Houso from tho Fifth Dia
triet of Philadelphia, solicited and con
sented to receive from F. K. Kmbick,
through Geo. W. Skinnor, money for
himself and tor others for his voto and
tho votes of olhors and with tho un
derstanding that his vote and official
action should bo influenced thereby on
uie oiu reierrea to in the resolution.
and your commitloo aro of tho opinion
that by such conduct said Petrotf vio
lated section 29 of article 3 ot the Con
stitution of this Commonwealth.
And your committee further submit
tbut it appears from the testimony of
sir. ijynott and Mr. liunnan. of the
House, and John U. Beck, of Williams
port, Pennsylvania, that be, Martin F,
Lynott, a member of tho House from
the sixth District of Lucerne county,
received of said John B. Beck tho sum
of $1100 for hisvoto and official influ
ence and with the understanding that
his voto should be influenced thereby
on said bill, and that by such conduct
i no said l.ynott violated section z'.i of
the Constitution of th is Commonwealth.
Your committee further report that
wuuo tuoy are ot tuo opinion that un
der the resolution of thoir appoint
ment thoir powers do not extend fur
ther than to inquire into misconduct
on the part of members of tho Houso,
they feel that they would not bo doing
jiirtuco io inemseives or to me iiouso,
did they not cull attention to the mis
conduct on the partot others as shown
y the evidence lierewilh submitted,
hoy therefore respectfully call atten
tion lo the misconduct of George W.
Skinner, journul clerk of the House, as
shown by the testimony of himself.
Pctroff, Douglass, O'Neill and Messrs.
Seiler and Smith, of the banking houso
of Dougherty Bros, t Co., of llarris-
btirg.
ihey also call attention to the testi
mony of Messrs. Andre, Wanner and
Miller, members of tho House from
Berks county, and Mr. Gciselman,
member from Adams county, from
which it appears that T. J. Hover, of
l learneid, Mnio honalor Irom tho
Ihirty-lourth District, onored and
promised money and endeavored by
the offer and promise of money to in
fluence members of tho Ilouso in re
gard to thoir votes on said bill.
ihey also submit the testimony of
Mr. Kuutter, of Montgomery county,
and that of Mr. M'llenry, of Columbia
county, members of this Houso, and of
chso C Ammcrman,of Montour coun
ty to your careful consideration lor tho
eason that it contains ovidenco of cor
rupt solicitation on the purl of said
Aniincrman in endeavoring to influ
ence tho votes of said members on said
bill.
They also call attention to tho testi
mony of Mr. Lynott, a member from
Luserno county, from which it ap
pears that John B. Beck, of Wllliams
jiort, attempted to influcneo and cor
ruptly solicitod the votes and official
action of tho said Lynott by tho offer
and promise of money and by the act
ual payment of the sum of $30(1 to said
Lynott for his voto and influence on
said bill.
Your committee call special atten
tion to the tjstimony ofUoorgoW.
Skinner, journal clerk, Messrs. Gross,
Pctroff and Douglass, members of tho
House, Seiler and Smith, of Ihu bank
ing houso of Dougherty linn. A Co., ol
Harrisburg, and of James Allison,'
clork of tbe Stato Capitol hotel and
other witnesses, from which it appears
that F. H. Rmhick, of Williamsport.
was tho chief manager of a lobby in
furor of the boom bill. That he cn-
gaged and with his associates ocenpi
ed lrom the opening of tho present
session until tho 5th of April a suite of
rooms at tno male Capitol hotel, and
all the bills for said room wore charg-
cu to nun. i Dal thoso rooms wero
kept open and mombers had free ac
cess to them. That shortly before tho
final passage ol tho bill ho deposited
over fifteen thousand dollar with
Douifhortv Bros. & Co.. of this cilv nil
of which was drawn out the day uflor
mo passago ol the lull. 1 hat he nego
tiated with Mr. Pctroff lor flltocn
voles for tho bill and offered or prom
ised Potrotr 17,500 tor such votes and
tn influence Polrnlf in his public, and
official duties.
Your oommittoo also call special at
tention to the toslimony of Josso C.
Ammorman and Messrs. Backus, Rent
ier and M Henry and other witnesses,
from which it appear that tho use ol
money and othor improper means were
proposed by Puter Ilerdic, ot Williams
port, for tho purpose of influencing mcm
bors in thoir action on aaid bill.
Tho committee aro also of tho opin
ion that tbe testimony of Messrs. Mos
crip and Tracy, members of the House,
and Luther, Andrews of Alba, Brad
ford county, is deserving of careful
consideration on tho part of the House
with a view ol determining what ac
tion it will take, in reference to the con
duet of anid Andrews, in calling mom-
Dcrs ot me ilouso away Imm thoit
scats by means of fulso telegrams, on
tne unal passage ol suid bill.
Your committee further report that
they aro of the opinion that under the
resolution appointing thorn, it is not
wiinin inoir province to make any
recommendations aa to what action
shall be taken as lo any one implicat
ed. In improper conduct concerning
the passage of said bill, but fueling
that the ilouso will take such action
In regard to those over whom It has
control as will comport with tho ditr-
nity oi a nranch ol tho Legislature of
a great Commonwealth, respectfully
refer tho matter to the House, aud
suggest that after the Ilouso shall bav
laaen action, that this report together
with a copy of the testimony be refer
red to tbe Attorney Goners) for such
tnrther action concerning all partlr. ai
PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN.
DNESDAY,
ho may doem nfisable. All of which
is rospoctftilly
umitted,
(Signed)
Joseph Hays,
FrEP. W.GUNBTER,
A. Smitu,
B. C. CllKlSTY,
Charles 8. WoLr,
Wm. G. Baknxtt,
L'riaii Tsuny,
B. F. Ciiapin.
lull Willi tho excop.
Committee i
Hon of Mr. Hoy
Tho liillowiiu
am.
is tho substance of tho
minority repoil
signed by Mr. Roy-
uurii.
"ISO! ITT REPORT,
Tho evidenc unmistakably shows
that there havt been practice on the
part of momb In connection with
said hill which not only tend to de
stroy tho rospeo of tho people for the
laws, bnt to tna demoralization and
nnnuwinml 1ihono nf -i rrrrniwlvew
Mr. Reyhurn feels warranted in dis
senting from tho vlowi of the othor
members of tho committee so far aa
Ihoy indicate or express an opinion as
to guilt In taking this position he
deeply feels tho gravity and responsi
bility, and would sny thai boiainipcll
od to do so from a oonsidoralioi of tbe
dangers to onr system of free govern
ment ana onuses oi tno rrus and
privileges of momUr that would be
possible under the precedent il times
ol great publio excitement, ot from
partisan or sectarian motives. In thla
connection he would call attention to
tho fact thut without any charge be
ing mudo against them membors of
tho licncral Assembly have born call
ed before tha committee, testimony
taKen and tneir cm t apparnntlv es
tablished without their knowing or
evor having seen their accusors or the
ovitlcnco, their only chance for jnstico
or vindication being tho capacity or
honor of tbe committee, when undor
our Constitution and laws tho right of
tno aroused, to meet bis accusers lace
to fnca and to bo defended by counsel
has never been donicd to any man, and
any other action would be subversive
of our liberties, and the principles and
foundation ol onr government.
Mr. Htihn mado a motion, which
was earned, I'jut Iho report and testi
mony bo printod for tho uso of tho
llniiHo.
Mr. Lynott stated that this was the
fii-st official intimation ho had of the
accusation nguinst him and demanded
his constitutional right to bo heard by
counsel forthwith, and expressed con-
Kienco in his ability to establish his
innocencu.
Tho Houso then adjourned.
TESTIMONY OP SENATOR BOYER BEPORR
SENATE INVESTIOATINU COMMITTEE,
T. J. Royer, aworn. Examined by
-nr. inn.
t. You are tho Senator for Ciearflold
county ?
A. l os, sir.
(J. Will yon proceed to state, with
out any f'urthor interrogatory, any
thing that you may have to say in re
gard to corrupt solicitation of vote on
tho boom bill I
A. Well, I do not know that I had
any definite conversation with any per
son about tbia matter, but I had a
conversation with Mr. Andro. It came
about in this wise : I wont over in tho
Ilouso to see somo Centre county mem
bers about some local legislation spe
cifically about the Notary Publio bill :
tboy were not In thoir scats, neither of i
them, and 1 sat down at Mr. Andre s
desk, and we got inloconvorsation : we
commenced talking about tho Stay
law j I asked him to support it ; he
said be guassod he would ; ho said ho
believed it would (iaas ; and 1 told bun
I was afraid some parties wero trying
to defeat it ; from an articlo in the
Timet and what I had heard from
Philadelphia there wero efforts being
mado to defeat the Stay luw ; I urged
it upon tho old man as a Democratic
measure, to pass it in tho Ilouso ; he
suid he would ; while the conversation
was going on 1 recollect now distinctly
thut ho suid 1 did not recollect it
some time ago, but ho made tbia re
mark in bis dialect" 1 behove it is
soniethin' in tho boom bill." I askod
him what ho meant ; he suid that bo
believed, .or understood, thoro waa
money in it I asked him whethor
any person had otiuicd him any ; ho
said no ; he bad not been offered any
thing but had ust heard such talk.
Then, on further conversation, I re
marked to him thut 1 understood they
were using money on both sides ol tho
bill ; he wanted to know how much ;
1 told him what I bad heard, that they
wero paying for votes for and against
t. 1 ins was an ordinary conversation.
Tho old gentleman remarked that ho
understood they wore paying more
than what I told him at that time; I
do mil know what I told him ; ho says
1 told him 1200 and W0H wore the
prices, but ho understood they wero
paying more ; J told him that was very
likely iho case, but ho could not tell
mo which side ; he said they wero pav
ing on both sides ; then I remarked to
him that as I understood tboy wero
offering ('200 lo amend tho bill, and
300 or 1 100 lo finally defeat il j lie
then wanted lo know again who were
tho persons that hail tho money ; I an
swered him again that I did not know,
but I guessed there would be lit) trouble
in finding them if any person wanted
to find them ; ho suid something more
about other parties having talked about
this thing, and what ho had heard and
then he asked mo whether I really bo
licveil they wore paying money ; I told
him I really did, I fell satisfied about
it ; and again ho wished that t should
tell him, but I could not tell him bo
causo 1 did not know. Then ho asked
me whother I was responsible for what
I said, I told him I was unquestiona
bly ; 1 did not enro what ho said about
it ; I said to him that 1 did not care
what became of tho boom hill so far
as that was concerned, hut I did not
want tho bill amended boennso I did
not want it back again in tho Senate ;
did not want to bo bothered with it ;
that I had been annoyed by both par-
ties and did not want
to bo annoyed
by the bill In tho Senate The old
man said he would see meugain ; I said
that was all right, and 1 left him.
About three, or lour, or possibly five
days afterwards, 1 don't recollect, he
came to me nnd seemed tn ho a little
bit excited ; but possibly it is not right
to sny that, because ho always looks
in that way, and asked me not lo say
anything aiiotit tho ronrenation he
and 1 had. 1 told him I would not be
es use I did not recollect what w were
talking about. Ho aaid, "That what
yon said about paying money." I told
him I would not say anything about it
to anybody, and did not say anything
abonl it ; 1 did not bavs any conversa
tion with him nntil once when tho bill
waa on final passage - don't know that he
said it was on final passage, It nmsi
have been ; 1 met him in the rotunda ;
1 don't recollect that, but ho say so.
and 1 tak It for granted that it was
there; he laid "Good morning," and I
said "flood morning i" and stop
REPUBLICAN
MAY .S, 1876.
ped and said to him, "How li tho
boom hill this morning T". "Well," he
suid " 1 don't know." I sajd this to
him Ib a sort of playful manner, know
ing ho had boon somo what alarmed
about it before I bollovo I said to him
it is very natural I bcliero I aaid to
him that boom stock had gone up ; that
tboy wore now paying f400 for the
detent of tho bill. Then ho asked me
(ho question, who waa paying it f I
told him 1 did not know; but that I
had no doubt that he would get bia
share, or something of that kind, when
the bill was up. f may have said some
thing about his not getting any, or not
having any promises of any, 1 do not
distinctly recollect That waa about
all the conversation I bad with him.
I bcliove I did say to him in this con
versation, tho old gontleman seemed to
bo very anxious, and I may have said
to him that I would insure him he would
r h" Py, baea oa i w maoa rliepaeaj
to teaso tho old man than anything
olso. When I sat down with kirn I
talked to him seriously about the mat
tor. I knew what hia feelings were
precisely about tho boom bill, at least
I thought 1 did. I never offered him
any money, nor told him any partiea
thut wore offering monoy. I apoka to
him in a genera! way about it only. .
Q. Had yoa any intention of influ
encing hia vote by your solicitations ?
' A. No sir, I had not, upon the con
trary my intention was rather to influ
ence it the other way.
Q. What do you mean by that?
A. By prejudicing him against the
rartioa,say ing they were paying money,
told him that I understood that both
parties wore paying money, 1 rocol-
loct of tolling him simply what the;
were paying for tho defeat of the bill
Q. (By Mr. Alloo.) You mean $100
or a vote r
A. Yes, air.
Q. Each vote against it?
A.. Ye, air. I had very many other
reasons, very many good reason lor
knowing how tbe old gentleman was
going to vote, and wbat In feelings
wore in tne mailer.
Q. Did you evor go to him and toll
mm not to say anything about tbe con
versation you bad with him 7
A. No, sir. After the committee of
investigation was appointed, and possi
bly before that time, even before the
resolution was offered about tbe investi
gation, some one came to me and said
that Andre waa talking about me, and
I went over in tbe House and saw him
al bis scat again, and I askod him wbat
bo was saying about mo ; be said be
was telling about the conversation that
him I had ; I asked him what shape he
was putting it in whether he was
saying that I offered him money ; he
aaid no, he waa not saving that : he was
only saying tbati intimated that there
was money in it ; 1 said i did not want
him to say that I offered him any
money, because 1 did not ; and be thon
answered that ho did not say that; he
just said that I intimated that to him ;
that waa a very natural thing to say
and when he was talking about mo to
go over there and see him. i
Q. Have yon had a long personal ac-
quaintanco with Mr. Andre t ' .
A. No, sir ; 1 never saw him but two
or three time passing injand out at the
itirkwooa ilouso, where 1 boarded this
winter ; 1 will say that I did not know
bis name when 1 went over there and
sat down to talk to him, and I called
him Andrews, and 1 never knew his
name until I aaw it in the report of his
testimony. .
' O. (Bv Mr. Allon.1 Did von sneak
to mm in uorman or ungnsn r
.7 1 .
A. 1 think 1 spoke to bun in Ger
man : 1 think i did ; in the rotunda
here 1 don't know wbat I spoke.
whethor I spoko to him in German or
English : in the rotunda, or whercvor
l met that last time ; it waa my im
pression that it was outside ; he says
it was in the rotunda; very likoly it
was in tno rotunda.
Q. Is there anything else you wish
to stato T
A. I would like to bo intcrroiratcd
by tho commilleo if there is anything
tboy want to ask. That is all the con
versation I bad with tbia man. . ,
, A CARD.
Tho report of the oommittoo ap
pointed by tho House of Representa
tives to investigate tho boom bill is a
deliberate attempt to misrepresent and
injure certain persons, or several of tho
witnesses have sworn to positive false
hoods. In their report the majority
of the committee any that it appear
from the testimony ot Andre, Wanner
and Miller, of Berks, and Mr. Gesel
man, of Adams, that I offered and
promised money and endeavored by
the offer and promise of money to In
fluence membors ol the Houso in regard
to thoir voloa on aaid bill, To which
I answer thnt I novor had any conver
sation with Wannor and Miller in re
gard to this bill or any othor. Mr.
Goiselman assure mo that be bos al
ready corrected the statement of the
comniittco ; and the testimony of
Wanner and Miller, when published,
will show that this committee has mis
represented the matter.
T. J. Boter.
TO THE Pt'BLIO.
From tho report of tho cpmmltteo of
investigation appointed by tha House
of Representative to investigate the
charges of corruption in the passage of
zonule nui no. m, known aa tno
" boom hill," it appears that I was offer
ed money by Kens tor Boyor to vote
against tho passage of aaid bill. To
place Senator Boyor and myself right
before the public, I take tbia molbod
of correcting any and all mistake that
may grow out of Inferences drawn
from tho report of said committee I
would state that ull Senator Boycr said
to mo was : " How aro you on the boom
bill?" I said I was for the hill the
samo a I wa last year. To which
Boyor replied, "All right," Thil is In
aubstanco all thut occurred hetwoen
Boycr and myself.
. Daniel Geiselman.
The Belligerent Ohio Miners.
Coi.rnBua, April 20. Governor Hayes'
has issued his proclamation for circu
lation in tbo Tuscarowaa valley oral
regions, where tho strike ia now pend
ing, declaring in th most empbatio
terms that tho reign of terror now ex
isting in that region must come to an
end and good ordor be restored, and
that tha miner who aro willing to
work must not be interfered with.
Spbnrt. Tho Krio Qtudtt, a very
loyal organ, talk io thii way i "Gon
oral Cameron i a politician of great
Influence and power. He can do many
thing that other men cannot, But
some things even be cannot da And
one of them is to sail out Pennsylvania
to liosooe i;onKiing."
" What kind of aansage i tbem ?"
queried an old lady of the yoa rag anan
of literatare and peanats, as be pawed
through th train wlllrlg hananaa.
LITERATURE A3 AN OUT
GROWTH OF HUMAN LIFE.
Wo who tread ' along tho cool, se
questered vale" of human existence
may be allowed to take a pardonable,
if not justifiable, interest in inquiring
into tne personal snu pnvuie sur
roundings of thoso who stand upon its
height. Jt i but natural, after being
edified, entertained, or amused by tho
words of one whom we have nevor be
held or known, that wo should desire
somo knowledge of tho circumstance
which have given birth, not only to
an Immortal masterpiece, but to that
which ha served as heartfelt enjoy
ment for the passing hour. And, ao
far from this passion being shared
merely by the curious and illiterate,
none bavo bestowed more labor and
paina in acquainting both themselves
and the world with apparently the
most trifling minutin in the lives of
the famous, than those wuo have trod
in their footsteps and emulated thoir
renown.
We may bavo faith in the creed of
tno poet "Hno irengy," the divine
spark and sacred fire which accompa
ny and enkindle genius ; but modern
autobiography, as well aa care and re
search in tha study of individual his
tory, cannot fail to subdue and modify
such belief. Literature, as a profes
sion, ha enrolled sons and daughter
of such widely diverse parentogo, lito,
circumstanco, and character, that it
would be a task, indeed, to endeavor
to classify them systematically.
Side by aide with those whom we
know to bo the possessor of inborn
greatness, stand others who, by the
gigantic exorcise of personal exertion,
Bavo attained greatness, and still others
who, as has been well jaid, have bad
"greatness thrust npon thorn." The
practicality of the nineteenth century
would inquire, if it dared, tbe why and
wherefore ol the production ot genius;
and it is certainly with no manner of
scrupulosity that it doniands a reason
ol the aggression of the multitudinous
forms of llterotnro which appear from
every nook and corner in the present
age. : But as tow authors bavo either
thought or cared to account for or
specify tbe motives, incidents, and
events that have occasioned their cre
ation, in ordor to obtain the desired
knowledge, we must resort to tho bi
ograpbical details of their live and
the incidental vidanoe of their works.
With cars and study we may trace
to their source and fountain-head the
origin ot tbe majority of literary
works; and by so doing wo obtain a
speaking commentary upon the work
undor consideration. Wa find tbo in
fluence of circumstance .to have been
at work hero, and to have mado im
mense inroad upon tbe realm of liter
ature. The production! which excite
our most ardent admiration aro fonnd
to be the effects ot definite and defina
ble cause and the outgrowth of dispo
sition, propensities, and even woak-
nessoa, which are common to mankind,
Particularly do we find thia to bo tbe
cose in th department of reason and
philosophy, in the recently published
autobiography of John Stuart Mill, we
have an instance of the result of severe
and sustained mental discipline on ono
who declares nimsell to nave boon
"rather below than above par." The
palm which the world awarded him
tho greatest philosopher of the nine
teenth century being tbe consequence
of an amount of exertion sufficient to
bestow on its possessor the advantage
ol a quarter ol a century over hi con
temporaries. From his earliest year
th career of a philosopher wss placed
before him as an embodiment of all
that could make existence worth en
during; every circtrmntanoe of his life
was moulded in this form, and shaped
itself according to this ond. . .
Was not such an ond a natural
soquenoe of such a beginning ? Hum
boldt studied, traveled, wrote, and
tnongnt tor tmy years with one idea
constantly in viow that of bequeath
ing such a work as the "Cosmos to
the world. And as the common ex
perience of mankind testifies to the
fact that wo delight in that over which
wo have labored, this in itself is suffi
cient to explain such a seal and subse
quent success. Buffon, the world-re
nowned naturalist, wroto bis celebrated
work, entitled "Etxxntn de la Ifnturt."
eighteen times bclore publishing It. it
is not strange that he defined genius
as synonymous with patience. Other
writers have called it "intense purpose;"
and again others have eurnamod it
"bard work;" and upon examination
wo can scarcely moot with instance of
literary lamo which does not rest upon
the foundation of years spent in the
Inbor of profound thought
swill s works, without an exception.
aro an expression of a degree of satire
which seldom falls to tho lot of man,
and which in this instance was certainly
tno result oi cultivation, irem the tact
that, at an early age, bo was thrown
upon the tonder mercies of an Unfeel
ing world. Tho fame which Pryden
and Pope enjoyed was duo to the satir
ical retorts which previous ridicule
drew forth. Scott mado of his literary
famo a monument to his chivnlric sense
of honor ; for the majority of bis works
were written as a moans of dischaririiiir
debt Harriet Marti neau traces the
origin of hor position as an author to
the infirmity of deafness in childhood,
which constrained her to lead a Btudi
ous and contemplative life. Wo owe
to tho pleasant manners of an agreea
blo woman tho subject, and eventually
the execution, of Cowpor's "Task," as
as well as tho diverting history of
"John Gilpin." No one doubts episto
lary and Journalistic forms of literature
to be the immediate outgrowth of hu
man life. . Tho celebrated letters of
Madame de 8ovignt and Lady Mary
Wortloy Montaguo originated in the
common placo necessity of absonce from
relatives and friends, and thoir charm
is undoubtedly owing to their lack of
affectation and simplicity of stylo. A
sonsitlvo nd enthusiastic tempera
ment, inch as tho world attaches to
the namo of poet, Is especially alive lo
tho influence of circumstances; and
whilo poems are supirosod to be the off
spring of tho creative clement alone,
tboy are often, not excepting the
greatest, the natural outgrowth of hu
niun life. Tho world never listcnod to
the flow of more harmonious numbers
than those of Byron ; and yet critics
are one In acknowledging that, though
tboy possess a force and originality
altogether nnique, tfiey are stamped
with the reflection of bis own life and
character.
Lies Peodijcu Like. C. M, Feck,
post trader, had to pay 16,000 In 1872
to help re-elect Grant, beside paying
Belknap his regular dividend. Ana
yet the Now York Radicals endorsed
lb administration. .. .
Left in Disuust. So Senator Shar
on ol Nevada bas gone home, and will
not return again this session, Absea
iMlim in Congress is becoming a mark
ed Rhus, which onght tn be mrraoted.
TEEMS $2 per asunm in Advance.
NEW SERIES-V0L. 17, NO. 18.
THE GBEA T EXHIBITION.
ADVANCE OP THE WORK.
Tho Now York Trllmne' Philadel
phia correspondent writes as follsws :
Some curious misapprehensions con
cerning the exhibition uru afloat here
and tbero throughout the country, and
in spite of repeal cd corrections are con
tinually rcrpnearing. One is that a
separate admission teo is to ho charged
at the door of each (if tho buildings, and
that tho puymcnt of 50 cents al tho
gates only admits to the grounds. This
idea Is really too absurd to be enter
tained by any one at all informed on
the subject of the managoment of
world s lairs ; but i have beard it ad
vanced in New York even, and by per
son who might have been expected to
know bottor. 1 may, therefore, be
pardoned for repeating what bas been
printed a hundred times, that tho ten
Jw e,.d ...pl.n.. ml Art , h4.
at eithor of the gates to the exhibition
inclosurewill constitute the only pecun
iary transaction between the visitors
and tho managers. After his "frac
tional has gone into the box, and be
bos passed throueb the turn-atilo. the
visitor will bo free to enter ono or all
of tbe hundred and odd buildings in his
own time and manner, ile will find
ways enough of gotting rid of monoy,
from the investment of 10 cents in soda
water or pop-corn to tho expenditure
of 15 for a dinner at tho Trout Frera,
bnt theoxhibition authoritieswill make
no further claims upon his ptuso.
, Another story thai has naturally ob
tained credence among those wbo have
heard how visitors to foreign mire have
been fleeced, is that exorbitant prices
will be demanded for board and lodg
ings. Tho truth is that hotel charges
will be no higher horo than ia Now
York, or Chicago, and that boaid in
private houses will bo very little if any
a novo tne average cost in tbe cities.
A few hotels of tho first-class will
vHM.gw ov m uy all .u t Ull L u ui 11,. J
cents on their old rates, and from this
maximum pneo tbo sliding scale will
run down to 12. Soveral vory good
houses of tho second-class charge only
$3, and one of tho largest of tho new
dwelling-house hotels, with accommo
dations for 3,000 gnosis, has fixed its
rate at $2.60. Lnder tho excellent
lodging-house agency systom, visitors
can secure in advance ol thoir coming
or after their arrival comfortable, wefl
furnished room in private houses at
the uniform rate oi $2 per day, which
include breakfast and supper, but not
dinner. Tbo latter meal it will be
found most convenient to lake at one
of the restaurants on tho grounds.
People intending to come and witness
the opening ceremonies, or to be hero
on the Fourth of July, should engage
3uartors in advance, but the accommo
ationa offered by hotels and private
lodgings are so ample that thoy will
probably not bo overtaxed at other
times, f rota tbo arrangements already
made and the prices announced, it may
bo stated as beyond further Question
that Philadelphia will provide enter
tainment for all comer of kinds suited
( thole- anarinna tjtatet, anrl at prices in
no case exorbitant
THE GREELEY MANSION.
REMINISCENCES OP THE BOISE TDAT
.: . WAS BURNED. .
From Iba New York Sea.
Beyond a barrel of vineirar nothing
was in me nouso wnon it burned, on
Friday, tha 14th of April. 1876. All
Mr. Greeley's books, manuscripts and
valuable works of art are safe in tha
house on the edge of the farm, in the
keeping oi nis daughter. Early in tho
day on which th house was destroyed
Colonel Smith chopped down, with the
same axo which Mr. Greeley often
wieidvo, a number ot tree that stood
between tho honso and the renowned
codor grove in which Mr. Greeley re
ceived tbo Bouthorn delegation of the
miiimore convention in 1H72. Had
these trees remained this grove might
have been destroyed. Tbo intrinsic
value of the burned house was small.
It was th most ordinary kind ol a
frame cottage, two stories high, and
shaped in the simplest style. But in
associations it was very rich. In it
Horace Greeley spent the twenty year
that succeeded nis purchase of the
Chappaqua property. In it ho wrote.
reared his children, received his friends
and led that quiet, modest life that
mado the rnstic neighbor worship him
as a demi god. Mrs. Greeley grew to
dislike the building because the shade
aud forest trees that hemmed it in and
gave it th quiet seclusion that Horace
Greeley most admired it for also de
prived it of warmth and-light leaving
it damp and unwholesome. The good
wife, with a regard for hor own and
her children's health, prevailed upon
Mr. Graeloy to purchase the little
dwelling facing tbo main street of
Chappaqua, by tho side of tha private
roadside to tho farm. Alter Ibis had
been snugly replastercd and otherwise
Improved, tho tamily moved Into it
But until hi death, although sovoral
year passed, Horace Greeley's fond
ness tor tho old homestead in the woods
nevor diminished. His books remained
n his old study thoro, nnd ho came to
them and spent his Saturdays and Sun
days among them, sometime alono,
but often with bia daughters Ida and
tiubncllc, the latter ol whom was
always first in his heart.
John Wilkes Booth Aoain. Celio
Logan witos from New York to tho
Hartford Covrant: There is a lady in
thla city who was once engaged to bo
married to John Wilkes Booth, but
broke off the match and requested tho
return of hor letters, which he refused,
Her story goes that ah never hoard
directly anything from him until two
years after his reported death, whon
a man cailou al bor nouso at dusk.
She opened tho door horsclf. Ho
handed her a sealed package and dis
appeared. On opening it she discov
ered her own lovo-letters to Booth and
a lino unmistakably in his hand. It
was: "l return your lettors. lasido
the letter was a piece oi a Cuban news
paper. She is a firm disbeliever In his
death.
Another Kick. Ono of tho most
severe blows that Gon. Babcork bas
yet received, is the ono administered
by the U. S. Senate, providing, wbon
passing tho bill for tbe improvement
of the Capitol grounds, that nono ot
th monoy appropriated should pass
through his hands. Tho Houso had
already in a similar manner expressed
Its want of confidence.
- 11 yoa e anything yonr duty, tho
sooner you attend to it tho better.
Davitl say, "I mado hssto, ind de
layed not, to keep thy commandments."
Follow his example.
One of th finost sight in the world
ia a Christian at th end of a long
course, with aa unsullied reputation ;
bis hahr may be white, bat his leaf is
green.' ' ' r ; :
CUL Tl TA TlSa ' CORN.
Tho A'ao Entjland Farmer, in giving
an account of a discussion upon corn
growing at tho late mooting ol Massa
chusetts Stalo Board of Agriculture, at
Haverhill, says: "Dr. Sturlevant touch
ed upon a new idea or theory of culti
vation of the corn which bo not yet,
to our knowlcdgo, been very fully re
ported in tbe publio prints.
."It has boon aonsidorcd, in years
past, a bad practice to cultivate corn
fields with a homo, after the com roots
bod pretty much reached across the
rows, for fear of breaking and destroy
ing the roots which carry iho fool to
tho plunts. Frequent cultivation has
boen recommended while the corn is
small, but cultivating up to th time
or tassclling baa not boen generally
recommended. On the contrary, in
stances have been cited where a tale
cultivation has chocked the growth of
com. '
"Tbo plan proposed by Dr. Sturte
vant for cultivating a oorn field is to
run tho cultivator as near tbe hill as
possible tbo first time over, and lo
break, cut or tear tho roots of the corn
at a few inches from the stulk. When
ever a rool Is broken a number of new
roots are immediately pushed out from
, tho stump of the broken root,
ioeso
grow very rapidly, and in a few days
tho plant may hare fivo, ten or twenty
(feeding roots in tho place of ooo or two
before the breakage Id a week after
tbe first cultivation, run the cultivator
through again deep enough to catch
all tbe roots, and near enough to the
corn to break all those newly made
roots, but outside of tbe first break.
In another weok the feeding power of
tho roots will have been increased by
the pushing of another now sot of roots
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each of tbe roots last broken, and by
continuing thil system of cultivation
and root pruning up to tbe time the
ears begin to set, the ground is found
to be completely flllcd by feeding roots.
This root pruning bas somewhat dwarf-
od tbo growth of the stalk, as it boa
been checked a little at every opera
tion, but now that tbo eara whicb we
care for more than the stalk, are being
filled out, the plant bas tbe whole sod
to draw from, instead of a small portion
which it would have boen confined to
had the first roots been allowed to grow
long aud single.
' "Gardner all understand the great
difference in tho value of young pep
per, tomato, cabbago, or other plants,
which have boen transplanted on or
mora times, and tbose which have been
allowed to grow in beds untouched.
lbe latter have two or three long
roots, with but very few feeding mouths,
whilo tho former will Bhow a mass of
short roots, so thick and active that
although thrown npon the ground and
left to die, they will catch to the soil
and live, in spite of neglect Every
time a plant is rheckod in its growth
by root pruning, a tendency towards
increasing its fruitfulness is produced.
Just how far tbia may be carried in
tbe case of tho corn plant, remains to
be proved.
GATHER UP THE FRAGMENTS.
How many live are, so to speak.
more relic of an ended feast, frag
ments whicb may bo eithor left to
waste, or be taken up and mado the
mostotl For we cannot die just when
wo wish it, and because wo wish it
The fact may bo vory unromantic, bnt
It is a lact that a too large or a false
step on the stair kill much more easi
ly than a groat sorrow. ..Nature com
pels ua to live on, even with broken
hearts, as with lopped-off members.
True, wo are never quito the same
again, novcr tbe complote human be
ing; but wo may still bo a very re
spectable, healthy human being, capa
ble ot living out our three score years
and ten with tolerablo comfort, after
all. ' .
Theso "fragments" of lives, how they
Strew uur dally- pat!, tra e,wj al -
Not a houso do wo enter, not a com
pany do wo mix with, but we more
than guess wo know that tbose our
friends, men and women, wbo go about
the world doing.thcir work and taking
their pleasure therein, all carry about
tbem a secret burden ot bitter disap
pointments, vanished hopes, unfulfilled
ambitions, lost lovos. Probably every
one of them, when his or her smiling
faro vanishes from thecircle.willchango
it into anolhor, serious, anxious, sad
happy if it be only sod, with no
mingling of cither bitterness or bad
ness., Tbat complete felicity which
the young believe in, and expect almost
as a matter ot certainty to come, never
does come. Soon or late we have to
make np our minds to do without it,
to take up the fragments of our bless
ings, thankful tbat we bavo and aro
what wo aro ; above all, that we have
our own bnrden to boar, and not our
neighbor's. But whatever it is, wo
must bear it alone ; and this gather
ing up of fragments, which wo are so
earnestly advising, is also a thing which
must be done alono.
BRIG HAM YOUNG.
Tho California papers are full of tho
reported intentions of the Great High
Priest ot Mormon ism to yield grace
fully to the logic ot events and look a
homo elsewhere. Morothan six months
ago, says tho Chicago Inter-Ocean,
Governor Ax tell, formerly of Utah, tho
confidential fnond of Brigham Young,
muao an extensive tour through New
Mexico, ond was so pleased with
what ho saw that he wroto a series
of articles for publication, and so in
terested the groat Mormon chief tbat
it ia not improbable, if suitable ar
rangements can bo mado. that the
entire band may at no vory distant
dato emigrate en masse. On tho East
ern part of Now Mexico, and flank
ing tbe Canadian river, atrotchos for
more than fifty miles what is known
as tbo Montoyar grant Tho grant is
beautifully situated, fertilo, mountain
ous.snd woll watered. Near the East,
crn limits of tho grant is Fort Bas
com, a government post, long linco
surrendered to Mr. Waddingham, tho
present owner. This tract is about
forty mile square. Tho country around
here ia vory beautiful and picturesque.
Between tho two tracts stretch tho
Llano Estacado, a vast pastoral region,
embracing an acroago of several mill
ions. Rumor haa it that Governor
Axtcll, as tho agent ol Brigham Young
ii to purchase tbo two grants and then
secure Government titlo to lbe Inter
vening plains. Th population of New
Mexico ia principally composed of
"greaser," and tbe general opinion in
California is that if tho "Lattorday
Saints" should make their home in
that section of tho country they would
bo, with nil their faults, a vast im
provement upon tho present inhslii
lants. How is This? Tho Groonsburg, Pa ,
Ikmttcrnlic Time of tho 6th instant
sny : "It is reported that a Glasgow,
Scotland, iron firm have purchased tho
coal undorlying tho Kemp farm, south '
of thii place, and during tbe coming
summor will erect a largo number of
coke ovens and manufacture coko on
an extensive scale lor shipment to
Scotland."
Bsnnetti Marriaor. Mr. James
Gordon Bennott of tho New York
Herald, denies tbat hia marriago has
been postponed. According to Mrs.
Grundy Mr. B. has authorised a friend
to say that he will be married this
summer "a usual." .
Sehoolmistrvas " Johnny, I am
ashamed of you I When I wai your
ago I could read as well as I ran now."
Johnny "Aw, but yoo'd a different
teacher to wbat we've got"
If a man dreams lbs devil is alter
him, it is a sign ho bad belter scttl
Ii iiinarnptinn hill.