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[FOR T 33 MONTROSE DEMOCRAT.]
Education and Politico.
According to the Republican paper, to
be a Democrat ) is to be an uneducated,
immoral 'person ; destitute of all those
qualifications required to make a good
member of society ; but to be a Republi
can is all that is required, and entitles
an individual to esteem, and gives a
passport to the higher walks of life, if not
to Heaven. That paper, in its editorials,
paragraphs, and published correspon
dence is continually claiming for them
selves "par excellence."
One correspondent informs the organ
that the "ignorant catholic" and " whis
key guzzling Irishman" i4` the body and
soul of the Democratic party, shaping its
ends, controlling its destinies. Another
that the " stupid saurkraut-eating Dutch
man" was the man that made the Demo
cratic party. And then editor, corres
pondent and all unite in saying, " where
you find Democratic majorities, there you
find ignorance, crime," and all that tends
to make earth a Rl , tidemonium of misery.
low long is it since these American citi
zens of foreign descent have become so
obnoxious to the Republicans ? It is but
a few years since theie opponents of De
mocracy loved the " rich Irish brogue,"
and "sweet German accent." _Why is
your love turned to bate? Because the
foreigner loved the home of his adoption,
and refused to assist you, by his vote, to
overturn and break down the fair fabric
of American Liberty, and rear in its stead
a despotism more to be despised than the
one from which they had fled. ,
Let us for a moment consider and see
if they state the truth, when they declare
that Democracy represents ignorance,and
the Republican party intelligence.
I would first ask these " wise men of
Ciotham,"where and when they became so
learned ? Was it under the fostering cafe
of the Republican party? alas it been
since the uprising of the party now in
power ?
The editor of the Montrose Republican
in these parts is supposed to be white,
and some of its correspondents to the cer
tain knowledge of your informant has
been caught in white company—one at
least was brought into white society and
made to pay a nice little sum for labor
done by a white lady, and further saith
not. Most certainly you could not have
been taught in the schools institted by
the Republican party—they are only for
blacks. You must have received your su
perior stock of intelligence, virtue and
morality under the fostering care of the
institutions which the Democratic par
ty instituted, supported and upheld.
Ye " wise men of Gotham," you talk as
though because, for instance, Susquehan
na County gives a large Republican ma
jority that it was the " hub" of the edu
cational and moral universe. Are there
more young men to-day in this county,
with its large Republican majority, being
educated for the "higher walks" and use
ful employments of life, than there was
when the majorities were Democratic?
I look in vain for the issuing of any Ac
ademic or University catalogue, with its
loog,list of "honorable names." The
time was when Susquehanna county gave
large Democratic majorities—that it had
several regular and well attended academ
e courses of instruction. Where are they
now ? Occasionally an educational par
oxysm seizes upon the people, and educa
tion seems to have a " revival," but it is
like the " pine knot" revival of religion
describedby my good methodist brother,
that be did not believe in; it "burned,
and sputtered, and fried, fried, sputtered
and burned, and went out, serving only
to render the darkness, more visible,"—
Where, I now ask, is the regular Univer
sity course of instruction in this county ?
What has become of Harford University,
during these high days of. Republicanism?
The time not many years since,
when that institution wielded a powerful
influence, for good, not only in Northern
Pennsylvania, but in other sections and
States. True,. I suppose its venerable
President and Faculty were not of the
Democratic part; but'eyery student who
has attendeifiehool there - mnie have felt
that an atrnoitibere free from aristocracy
pervaded and reigned there. They sore
above patty, hence the liberty of thought
and speech, and the privileges there en
joy d.
_pesquehannm county and all the
"-tub" ofto4lay-ciannot boast of .such an
institution ; and with all your vaunted
display of morality and education, you
are•net doing a tithe that the institutions
of that day did. Where, under the dis
pensation of the " hub," are the young
men of our county being trained for the
useful and needful pursuits of life ? Har
ford University was in, "full blast" when
the Democratic party was in power here.
Democrats largely patronized it. Young
men then trod her portals that since have
done honor to the county, state and na
tion, in the bumble and higher walks of
life. Farmers—the tillers of the soil,the
hope of the nation ; mechat.ics, artisans
of every kind, divines, physicians—heal
ers and killers oldie people—lawyers, ed
itors, judges, members of assembly, mem
bers of congress, members of the Ameri
can forum, the senate, and teachers, were
there ; all being taught—all preparing
for the mighty future.
There was Grow, the young man that
once delighted to be honored by "igno
rant Democrats ;" - now defeated, aye
worse, deserted, sold—the price being
" our shire" of Cameron's patronage—by
the "moral and intelligent, Republicans"
of the "hub" of the county, that boasts
of " large, intelligent majorities." There,
too, was that other "ignorant Democrat"
—Buckalew, now the eloquent and logi
cal American Senator—an honor to any
state, nation; or party. But space forbids
more personalties; and with a few gen
eralities by way of comparing the votes
of the several counties, that the candid,
intelligent—yes, Mr. Republican—intelli
gent reader may judge whether your
statements are true, or criminally false.
At the last gubernatorial election in Pa.
the total vote was 597,370. Of this num
ber, the Democrats polled 290,096 ; as
many, nearly, as the "moral and intelli
gent party" polled. The total vote wan
at the last Presidential election, 572,707 ;
a gain in two years of 24,663. Of this
gain the "hub" had 10,883, the Demo
crats 12,720.
Let us see if this was done in an "igno
norant" Democratic corner. It was done
in the second city of America—Philadel
phia ; where morality, virtue and educa
tion, are fostered and protected by "
publican majorities." ------
Nowethe proof in figures: Philadel
phia gaie Lincoln, in 1864, 55,797 votes;
McClellan 44,032. Lincoln's majority,
11,765. In 1866 it gave Geary 52,405-
3,392 less than it gave Lincoln in 1864.
Clymer had 48,817 votes; 4,785 more
than McClellan. Geary's majority 3,588;
8,177 less majority in Philadelphia in '66
than in '64.
Had this occurred in an "ignorant" city
like New York or Brooklyn, perhaps it
would not have been wondered at ; but
to have been done in an enlightened Re
publican city—a city of churches,
schools
and colleges, can it be possible? Aye,
too, in the very city that refused in a pub:-
lic manner to receive'the Chief Executive
of the nation. Go on, city of " brotherly
love ;" we expeit greater things of thee
in October, 1867.
We will now turn onr attention to the
Western portion of the State, hard by
"Ohio's mighty tide." Here is Alleghe
ny county and city—the second in the
State, and another "hub" of the Republi
:eau party. In 1364 it, gave 21,517 Re
publican votes, and 12,414 Democratic—
Republican majority 9,105. In 1866, Re
puhlican vote 20,414; 1,105 less than in
1864. The Democrats polled 12,795 ; 381
more votes than in 1864. The Republi
can majority being 7,716 in 1866, a less
majority of 1,389 than in 1864. Well
done, thou second " hub" of Pennsylvan
ia.
Now for the third and last great "hub"
ofPennsylvania Republicanism—Lancas
ter. In 1864 the Republican vote was 14;-
469 ; the Democratic, 8,448; Republican
majority, 6,021. In 1866 the vote stood
Republican 14,592 ; Democratic, 8,592 ;
Republican majority 6,000; 21 less than
in 1864.
' These three "hubs" gave Geary 17,-
304 majority ; that being 126 more ma
jority, than the rest of the counties com
bined. So it seems by the figures that
Pennsylvania, aside from its threC large
cities, is Democratic. And how long be
fore these-cities wiltbe so? Let the fig
ures again answer : •
In 1864 these three cities gave Lincoln
25,502 maj.-; in 1860 they gave Geary 17,-
304 being less by 0,10 than in 1864. i
Problem :—lf the three intelligenClinlis
lose B,l9tnajority in two years,how long'
will it, take„them to? Jose il,Bo4,maj, •
Ane.—Secona Tuesday of October neat.
But why all this ado on the part of thel
Republicans aboutignorance2
Have they no•Lignorant men in theirs
party ? , It is very_ certain there are many
'crazy obeli, to say tbe leiet Tot' them, be
longing thereto, and if there is any reli
ance figures,,the. time will esti:m.o=e
when 'they will 'be iieteteed.
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, AUG. 6, 1867.
one party to assume that it represents all
the morality and intelligence of the coun
try asserts what it knows to be false. As
well might the Methodists say they had in
the pales of their church all the pious and
christian people of the land. As well
might the Presbyterians, the Baptists, or
any other sect say we are the only true
worshippers of the Divine Master. The
one assertion would be as truthful as the
of her.
We have shown that with the excep
tion of Philadelphia, Lancaster and Alle
gheny, the state is Democratic. Beside
these three there are 63 cities and counties;
32 Dem., 31 IL pub. These three con
trol the State, but if the past is any crite
rion by which to judge the future, these
will add their names to the majority col
umn of the Democratic counties soon.
Democrats! Have you your armor on?
Have yoti "marked and trenched the
ground ?" What is to be gained. What
may be lost ?
Up, up, the contest is nearing ;
Hear the foes exultant cheering.
Forward, give them Democratic greeting;
Let them long remember October's meeting.
Lathrop, July 30, 1867. E. M. T
The Mote and the Beam.
The Boston Post prod noes proof to show
that while the Puritan orators are spitting
venom at the South, there were committed
in Boston Ad-vicinity, on the 4th ofJuly,
more crimes than the telegraph and
zanews
papers have credited to any si ilar area,
any where in the country on)," 't day :
One young woman wito'l- ordered in
Purchase street; another young woman
was murdered in Cambridge street; there
was a mob in Kneeland street; and a
man shot ; there was another mob in Cas
tle street, and an attempt to rob a hotel
in the same locality; the mob was so
serious that the officers fired on it; a
young man in West Roxbury, returning
home with his sisters, perhaps from the
Boston Orators' tirade against the
South, was murdered. To all these must
be added the attempt to destroy hundreds
of lives in Massachusetts on that day by
placing_ obstructions on the Western
Railroad track. These are the crimes
committed in open day. What unusual
license the national festival may have
given to the commission of these nameless
horrors for which that. section has an
infamous notoriety, may possibly appear
hereafter in the caucus proceedings of the
Legislature, or in Dr. Storer's supplemen
tary volume. Bat the local record makes
public enough of what happened in
Boston 'and vicinity on the 4th of July,
to show that the whole South on that day
was a very Arcadia in comparison.
The Precious Little Plant.
Two little girls, Bridget, and Walburga,
went to a neighboring town, each carry
ing on her head a heavy basket of fruit
to sell for money enough to buy the fami
ly dinner Bridget murmured and fretted
al the way, but Walburga only joked and
lau. v• hed• At last Bridget got out of all
patience, and asked," How can you' go
on laughing so? Your basket is as heavy
as mine, and you are not one bit strong.
I don't understood it."
"Oh" said Walburga,"it is easy enough
to understand. I have a certain lilac
plant that I put on the top of my load,
and it so light I hardly feel it. Why
don't you do so too ?"
" Indeed!" said Bridget, "it must
be a very precious little plant! I wish I
could lighten my load with it. Where
does it grow? Tell me. What do you
call it.?"
"It grows,"replied Walburga," where
ever you plant it, and give it a chance to
take root, and there's no , knowing the
relief it gives. Its name is Patience.
The Presidents.
There have been seventeen Presidents,
and thus far no " impeachments." The
subjoined scrap—the work of some un
known bard—gives the, list of all who
have been Presidents, and the order in
which they occupied the chair:
Great Washington was,nunallr one;
Then Senator Adams next tame on; .
Jefferson made the number three--
Then Madison, the fourth was he;
Monroe the filth, to him succeeds,
And sixth, the junior Adams leads.
Then seventh, Andrew Jackson came;
And eighth we find Van Buren.'s name.
Then Harrison made number nine— •
And tenth, John Tyler filled the line.
Polk was the eleventh, as we know ;
The twelfth was Taylor in the row.
Fillmore, the thirteenth, took his place,
And Pierce was fourteenth in the race.
Buchanan, the fifteenth, is seen ;
Then Lincoln as sixteenth, came in.
Johnson, the seventeenth, and last,
Still lives to close the illustrious past.
Now let us stop uutil, we see
Who our next,P'resident will be.
,—An exchange" says' that over forty,
thousand Republican voters of Philadel
phia supported Judge Sharswood when a
candidate on the Democratic ticket, fey
his present position, and that he was then
considered sound on all constitutional
questions. Judge..Sharsw4cid 'has not
changed since that tim.ep'4u 3 d.,'ChPse rhe)
relied Aiken upon iniegrity and
patriotistni'de so yet.
Limits of Luxury,
What can money do for a man ? It is
clear that the richest millionaire cannot
spend upon himself, and for his enjoy
ment, more than a limited sum of money.
Of course, the acquired tastes of civilized
life are a bottomless pit, into which be
can throw any amount that he chooses. If
he takes to horse-racing, or picture-buy
ing, be may go as far as be likes in the
way of expenditure, and the taste, like
the horse-leech's daughter, will still cry,
"Give T."
But for every necessary personal com
fort and luxury—a carriage and a good
horse to ride, a good dinner to eat—he
cannot make away with a vast sum. The
man of fifty thousand a year can do no
more in this line than the man of five
thousand ; except that, as the farmer's
notion of a good dinner was two legs of
mutton and two plum puddings, he may
have a stable full of horses, and hal f a doz
en carriages. Beyond a certain necessa
ry sum, the largest income in the world
can do more for a man's own personal
and corporeal enjoyment than the posses
sion of a moderate income. But then on
the other band, it can, gratify his vanity
or ambition, and that to a boundless ex
tent.
But then if the rich man is in no worse
position as regards the pursuit of happi
ness than the poor man, in spite of the af
firtnations of foolish moralists to the con
trary, it would be hard to prove that he
is iu any hotter position. It will be said
that the gratification of a natural desire
must bear its fruit in producing content
and selffsatisfaction- Yet it would seem
that this pleasure is only a momentary
stimulant at best. Success, after a man
has reached his goal, becomes a very mat
ter of fact affair. A man who is made a
bishop or a judge, for instance, probably
does not at altrtake the thing as the out
side world supposes. In the first place,
he has been a long time gradually draw
ing nearer to this end. He does not gain
it per bilium. He has not been looking at
it of late from a very much lower level.
He is a little pleased, perhaps, at first,
that he has cut out so and so,
.who had
beeu named with him for the appoint
ment, and that he has distanced such and
such old college friends.
But the thought of increased responsi-
Li 1, 47 octoca ovauce 11/ LO alive
out the pleasant titillations of a gratified
Vanity. And in fact he soon begins to
find the mere dignity in itself rather a nu
isance than otherwise.
And the rich man, who has built up his
own fortune, and found it very pleasant
at firtt to associate with - people he had
once looked 'up to, and receive their con
gratulations, soon grows tired of the rat
tle, and probably discovers that, in some
respects, it is very much of a bore. He
finds that his wealth exposes him to ma
ny inconveniences, if it also supplies him
with many luxuries. He becomes a mark
and an aim for all the people who want to
profit by it. Of course his money gives
him a great opportunity of doing in the
'sprld as he chooses. And people fancy
that the relief of, necessities which are
being continually brought before him
must afford a continual gratification to
the good rich man.
But the fact is that, like the American
millionaire, who keeps a secretary to burn
the two hundred applications be receives
from necessitous people every day of his
life, rich men in general have absolutely
to decline all personal interference in the
affairs of the
,needy. If they do good at
all they do it on a large scale; they found
a hospital or build churches. To investi
gate daily the cases of two hundred nee
dy applicants in, all parts of the world,
would be a herculean task which few peo
ple would care to take upon their shoul
drs, and no person would manage satis
factorily. And, therefore, the gratifica
tion to be obtained from wealth as a-means
of beneficence, is by no means what the
,world supposes it to be.
Like a prophecy which works out. its
own fulfillment, the belief that money
brings happiness makes all men envy the
moneyed. The race for wealth, vigorous
ly contested as it is, confers certain ficti
tious advantages upon the . winners. The
possessor of a large fortune in these days
acquires an amount of respect and consid
eration which used to be accorded only to
birth, Now, without going so far as to
say, with Swift, that money means liber
ty, or, with the World at large, that it is
respectability, and health, and friendship,
and culture, and society, and every earth
ly bleSsing, it is impossible to deny that
it gratifies, to a very large extent, a very
large. extent, a very natural passion of the
human breast, the desire of excelling oth
er people. And this gratification is bro't
home tn a. wealthy map at almost every
moment, of is life. It is unfortunate, per
hapst that the standard of happiness
which society proposes to itself should be
purely materialiatio. But so long as every
body.is. running' toward the same goal,
the fortunate few who reach it will, of
course, be envied by the rest, and will
suppose themselves to be proper objects
of envy and admiration.
—A Pittsfield, Mass. woman . ' wore
$30,000 worth of diamonds at a . wedding
party lately. Her husband was a gtiarter
master of the loyal stripe.
A New Liability for Tax Payers.
We again call the attention of our read
ers to the message of the President to
Congress, printed heretofoye in our col
ums. It, broaches a new qUestion,and one
too, likely to attract the attention of the
people, if their attention can be attracted
by anything that has sense and reason in
it. That our readers may understand the
subject, we will state the case plainly.
The Radicals contend that the war result
ed in the States in rebellion being con
quered by the United States, arid that as
a conquered country and people the con
queror, that is the government, has a
right to impose on them such terms as it
may see fit. On this ground it is that
Congress claims the right to legislate for
the ten unrepresented States, and fix the
conditions of their entrance into the Uni
on, as the Radicals call it. Now, it is a
well settled principle of public law that
the conqueror succeeds to all the liabili
ties of the country overthown or conquer
ed, and particularly to the payment of
such debts as were binding before the
contest began. If the theory of the Rad
icals be correct—and they have acted up
on it since the war closed—the Federal
government must bear all thearesponsibil
ity imposed by the laws of aliens. Ac
cording to this,tbe United States becomes
liable for the payment of the debt of the
ten States whose governments have been
abolished and a military despotism estab
lished in their stead. We think the Presi
dent takes a right view of the question.
When the war broke out the aggregate
debts of these States was about one hund
red millions of dollara,which must be add
ed to ouralready heavy public debt, and
which the people of the North must pay.
Will they consent to bear this additional
burden ? This remains to be seen.. Much
of this debt is held abroad, and it is more
than likely that inasmuch as Congress has
abolished the governments that contract
ed and could pay it, the bond holders wilt
not delay claiming payment of the United
States, as the party succeeding to the as
sets and liabilities of the conquered. There
is room here for complications with for
eign powers,in case the government sho'd
refnse to recognize this liability. -As we
were so tenacious on the subject of priva
teering, other governments will be equal
ly excating in demandingpayment of the
titalcut, d.o vi,sir citizens. Every step tat
en by the Radicals plunge, us deeper and
deeper into new pecuniary liabilities.—
The moment they depart from truth and
justice by endeavoring to divert the pur-
poses of the war from their legimate end,
that moment they embarked on a sea that
leads they know not whither,unless it be to
anarchy,confusion anfi misrule. Each suc
ceeding act in ovktatrowing the govern
ment devolves somew liability and re
,
sponsibiltty that thzrevolutionists had
not, before thought'of. Unless they are
more wary than human beings generally
are, they will meet the fate of Samson,
who was crushed by the temple that he
pulled down about him.
The Doom of the World.
What this change is to be, we dare not
even conjecture but we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of destructive ele
ments, and some indications of - their
power. The fragments of broken planets;
the descent of the meteoric stones upon
the globe, the wheeling comets, wielding
their loose materials in our satellit6, the
appearance of new stars, and the disap
perance of others, are as the solar furnace,
the volcanic eruptions, all the foreshadow
of that impending convulsion to which
the system of the world is doomed. Thus
placed on a planet which is to be burned
up, and under heavens which are to pass
away, thus treading, as it were, on the
cemetries, and dwelling upon the mausol
eums of former worlds, let us learn the
lesson of humanity and wisdom, if we
have not already been taught in the
school of revelation.-North British Review.
Joke on a Constable.
A " cute'? State constableat Plymouth,,
meeting a tin peddler, asked him if he had
a license to sell. " No," was_the cool re
ply. The constable hastened to procure a
warrant and after a_ long day's search
found the offending itinerant and brought
him before a magistrate. When, as a
matter of form, he was asked whether he
was guilty, lfoquickly answered "not guil
ty !" "Don't you peddle goods around
here?" said the judge. "Yes." " Well
then, sir, have you a license ?" " Oh yes."
" Why, didn't you tell this gentleman
that you had no license ?" "No, sir," said
the peddler. " Yes you did, " shouted
the tipstaff. " No I didn't," quietly re
plied the peddler. ",I say
I you did," voci
ferates ye constable. " s—y I didn't,"
still persists the peddler. "Well 1 what
did you tell me then ?" "You asked me
if I had a license to sell, and I told you I
hadn't, and I haven't a license to sell,"
continues the peddler 'in an injured tone,
for I want to keep it to peddle with."
—The new Supplemental Reconstruc
tion net. and joint resolutions appropria
ting one million dollars to carry the law
into effect, have been officially published,
with the statement that they wer4pattised
hy the requisite ttviothirds of each lions°
Of Congress, notwithstanding she , Prod.
dent's ohjeetious.
• •
VOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 31
A Young Minister Rugged Against
His _Will.
A most ludicrous scene transpired is
a place not a thousand miles from the City
of Louisville, one night last week, which,
though a little annoying to the parties im
mediately concerned, was yet so innocent
and funny that we can not refrain from
giving the general s outlines, suppressing
names, of course. -
Two sprightly and beautiful young la- `
' -
dies were visitiug.„ their; cousin, another
beautifulsprightly and young l ady, who,
like her guests, was of that happy age
which turns every thing into fun and mer
riment. If the truth were told we fear
that we would have to record the' fact
that these three misses_ were just a little
bit fast. They were fond of pracital jokes,
and were continually playing all sorts of
mad pranks with each other. All three
occupied a room on the ground floor, and
cuddled up together in one bed.
Two of the young ladies attended a
party on the night. in question, and did
not get home till half past twelve o'clock
at night. As it was late they concluded
not to disturb the household, so they
quietly stepped into their' room through
the low open window.
In about half an hour after they-had
left for the party a young Methodist min
ister called at the house where they were
staying and craved a night's lodging,
which of course was cheerfully granted.
As minister's always have the best of ev
erything, the old lady put him to sleep in
the best room, and the young lady
(Fanny) who had not gone to the party
was entrusted .o the duty of sitting, up
for the absent ones and of informing them
of the change of rooms. She took up her
post in the parlor and as the night was
sultry, sleep overcame her and she depart
ed on an excursion to the land of dreams.
We will now return to the young ladies
who had gone into their room through the
window. By the dim moonbeams as they
straggled through the curtains,the young
ladies were enabled to descry the outline
of Fanny (as they supposed) ensconced in
the middle of the bed. They saw more, to
wit—a pair of boots:. The truth flashed
upon them both at once.' They saw it aIL
Fannie had set them in the room to give
them a good scare. They put their leads
together and determined ,to turn the
bur. Presently they disrobed,
and stealthily as cats they took their po
sitions each side of the bed. At a sign both
jumped into bed, one on each side of the
unconscious parson, laughing and scream
ing, " Oh, what a man I" They gave the
bewildered minister inch a pronficuous
hugging and tousling as few persons are
able to brag of in the course of a life time.
The noise of this proceeding awoke the
old lady, who was sleeping in an adjoin
ing room. 'She comprehended the skull
tion'at once, and rushing to the room, she
opened the door and exclaimed : "My
God, gals, it is a man sure enough 1"
There was one prolonged, consolidated
scream ; a flash of muslin through the
door, and all was over.
The best thing of the joke is that the
minister took the whole thing in earnest.
He would listen to no apologies the lady
could make for the girls. He would hear
no excuse, but he solemly folded his cleri
cal robes around him and silently stole
away.
Query.—Was he mad at the girls, or—
at the old woman ?
There is no wine equal to blackberry
wine when properly made, either in flavor
or for medical purposes, and all persons
who can conveniently do so , should manu
facture enough for their own use every
year, as it is invaluable in sickness as a
tonic, and nothing is a better remedy for
bowel diseases. We therefore give the
receipt for making it :
Measure your berries and braile thein ;
to every gallon adding one quart of boil
ing water. Let the mixture stand twen
ty-four hours; stirring occasionally; then
strain' off the liquor into a cask, to every
gallon adding two lbs. of sugar; cork
tight, and let it stand till the following
October, and you will have wine ready
for you, without further straining or boil
ing, that will make the lips smack as they
never smacked under similar influence be
fore.
larA young lady bought a new bas
ket in St. Louis the other evening for, pie.
nic purposes tho next day. Before she
left, the store, the basket, with a card
bearing her name attached, was stolen.
The next morning the basket with a baby
in it was found at the door of a respecta
ble citizen with the card still appended,
and the young lady was called upon for, ; ,
an explanation, which she readily gave and
was dismissed from the awkivard posi
tion.
Vir The Erie Railroad has issued iVoir
on lar announcing that on and after Monday,
.Tuly Bth, it will sell through tickets for
New York at greatly reduced rates. Tick
ets from Buffalo to New York $8 75.
vtilt •who
—II. S. Senatoi_ _ates, of nom,
joined the temperance Boatel , in Washing
ton, and made temperancie speeches,. hat
nnfortunatly fallen from . grace, 'and
placed in themalabooseon Chicago, slaw
days since for drunkenness and tined.
Blackberry Wine.