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RID Q WAY PA., OCTOBER 1, 1870.
NO 50
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Cau'ions anl Kslrays cacli, 3 times it
f riinsiont Advertising per sqiire of 8 linos
or less 3 times, or lees 2
For each subsequent insertion
Official advertising for each square ot'8
liner or less 3 times or less 2
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Professional cards, 5 liner, 1 yr 0
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Ubltuary notices, over 6 lines
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fenrly Advertising, one column 100
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lllanks, over 6 quires per quire 1
For bank notes, subpoenas, summons, ex
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road and school ordors. each per do..
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' half-slicet 2-" or less I
" whole seet 25 orless &
Over 25 of each of above nt proportionate rat
(Blh oimtij gircctorjj.
county: officers.
President Jndjrc S. P. Johnson.
Additioual La Judge lion. Jho. P.
inront.
Aneiato Judges 13. C. Schultzo,
Je.ise Kyler..
lttstriot Attorney J. K. P. Hall.
. Sheriff Jacob MoOnnlny.
Prnthonotary &c., Fred. Scheming.
Treasurer Claudius V. Gillie.
Co. Superintendent Rufus ljiicore.
Cuniwissioriers II. Warner, Jos. W.
Taylor, Louis Vollni'T.
Auditors Clark Wilcox, (ieorge D.
Mv--sei;:er, and Joseph Wilhelin.
County Surveyor Geo. Waliusley.
Jury Commissioners. George Dkkiusn,
owi Horace, Little.
TIME OF HOLDING COlJltT. -Second
Monday in January,
Last Monday iu April.
First Mouday in Auitu-t.
First Mouday iu November.
RAILROADS-
PHILAD LTEIA to ERIE RAILROAD.
SUMMER TIME TABLE
0 and after MONDAY, MAY !ll)ih. 1.7(1,
the trains on t'ie I'hiladelphiu & Erie
Jtailrotid will run us follows :
wkstwbi.
Mail Train leaves l'hil.ide!. hia lO.'.'d p. m.
n i Riiliwny l.f7 p. in.
" arrive at Knu 7.4"! p. in.
Erie Exp leaves Philadelphia ""''' "'
' Ri,lway 2 lt h. hi.
arrive at Erie 1 1 20 a. ui
KASTW.UI l.
Mail Train lcavea'Krie 8." a. m.
" Uidgwav 2.4S p. m.
k ni-rive nl I'iiUad'a ti.20 a. in.
Erie Express leaves Ene '" P- m-
.. i. Fidjjwiiy 1.2 a. m.
" ar-nt Pliil:ulelphi.i o.80 p. in.
Express, Mail and Aci-mmuodaiion, east and
west, connect at Corry and all west bound
tiniurf and Mail Accommodation east at lrviu
ton with the Oil Creek and Allegheny River
Rail Road.
Wil. A. BALDWIN
tien'l Sup't.
A
.tLEGllENY. VALLEY KAIL ROAD.
'llie onl direct route to Tittsburg
WITHOUT VIIAXUE OF CARS
from oil City.
In and after Monday Nov. 22d 1300, trains
will tun as follows:
G JlNG SOUTH
Day Express leaves Oil City at
Arriving at Pitltlmrg at
Night Exprrss leaves Oil Cily at
Arriving at Pittsburg at
Kiltanniug Acc. leaves Emlcnton
Arriviving at Kitiaiining
Mixed Way leaves Oil City nt
Arriving nt West Penn Junction at
GOING NORTH.
Day Express leaves Pittsburg at
'Arriving at Oil City at
Night Express leaves Pittsburg at
Arriving at Oil City at
Parker Aoo. leaves Kitlanuing
A ....leti, r at Vilflrui
10.30 a. m.
5,30 p. in.
(t,80 p. ni.
7.00 a. m.
(1,10 p. ui
'.LOO p. ui.
7.00 a. in.
7,05 p. in.
7,15 a. ni.
1 ,55 p. m.
8,00 p. m.
ti.OOa in.
7.0 a. iu.
0,55 a. m.
....... . - -
Mixed ny leave tt est renn junc. ai m.
Arriving at Oil City at 6,00 p. ui.
Connections at Corry and Irvine'on for Oil
City and Pittsburg. At Franklin with James
town and Franttliu 11. H. Connections with
West Penn, R. It. at West Penn Junction for
Bliiirsvilltj and all points on the uiaiu line of
tho Pennsylvania 11. K.
gi-'-Silver Palace Sleeping Curs on all
Night Trains both ways from Pittsbrgh to
C'ry' J. J. LAWRENCE, General Supt.
Thob.'M. Kino, Asst. Supt.
EOOK AGENTS WANTED FOR
Struggle, and Triumphs of
P, T. B
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Written by h'uutelf. Iu one large octavo vol
ume uearly 800 pages printed in English
und Gerinau. Si full page engravings. It em
braces forty year recollections of his busy lite,
a a merchant, manager, banker, leciurer and
showman. No book published so acceptable to
U classes. Every one wants it. Ageuts aver
age from 60 to 100 subscribers a week. We
ttffer extra inducements. Illustrated catalogue
and terms to agefts sent free.
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' W H!irtfor4, Conn.
mB WORK of all tiads and descri
dono at this offic.
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. 8. BORIWELL, M. D.
ECLECTIC rnrsiciAJr
Tllie word eclectic means to choose or se-
JL lect medicines from all the difl'erent
schools of medicine Using remedies that are
safe, and discarding from practice all medi
cines that have an tmjurious etteot on tne syS'
tern, such as mercury, antimony, lead, cop'
ncr. &c.
. . I lay aside the, lance the old bloodlctter,
reJucer or dcnleter. and equalize the circula.
tion and restore the system to its natural
slate by nlterntives and tonics. I shall here
after give particular attention to chronic dis
eases, such as Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Liver
complaint, Catarrh, Ne tralgia, diseases of the
throat, urinary organs, and all diseases pecu
liar to females, he.
CATARRH I treat with a new instrument of
a late invention which cures every case.
TEETH extracted without pain.
Otlice and residence South of the jail on
Centre St. OHicc hours from 7 to 8 a. ; m 12
to 1 p. m ; 6 to 7 p. m.
Deo. 23'ti7. -ly. J. S. BOttOWELL.
JOHN G. HALL, Attorney at. law, Itidg
way, Elk county Pa. . ' mar-22'60 ly
JO. IN O. HALL
.JAS. K. F. HALL.
ITAIj & BRO.
Attorneys - at - Law
Ht. MARY'S :
BEXZINGER P. O. EI K. COUNTY, PA.
September 20, 18G6. ly.
TS. Bordwell, M. D. Eclectic Physician
, Offioe and residence opposite tho
Jail, on Centre St., Kidgway, Pa. Prompt at
tention will bo given to all calls. Office hours :
7 to 8 A. M- : 12 to 2 P. M. ; and u to 7 P. M.
Mar. 22, 60 tf.
nUtANKLIN HOUSE,
JL St. AIaby's. Pa.
LARGEY & MALONE, Pboph's.
The proprietors respectfully ask the attention
of their friends and the public in gcnernl to
ilie.r large and commodious hotel. Every
attention paid to the convenience of guests.
H. LARGEY.
naySO -18'M.ly J. A. wALOSE.
MASLIN' Kettles. Brass Kettles, Porclean
Sauce Tans, French Tined Sauce Pans.
Fruit cans the cheapest and best, at VY. 8.
SERVICE'S, Hardwiue.Store, Pidgway,Pa.
HYDE HOUSE,
KmowAr, Elk Co., Pa.
W. II. SCHRAM, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict, attention
to the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of the same.
Oct 80 18(i!.
rriHAYER HOUSE,
I RIDGWAY, PA.
D.l.VTD TnAYER, Proprietor.
The undersigned having fitted up a large
and oommodioiiM hotel on the southwest
corner of Centre and Mill streets, with good
and convenient stabling attached, respect
fully solicits the patronage of his old friends
ami thep'iHio generally.
decl3 tili ly DAVID THAYER.
KERSEY HOUSE.
CexTuEviLLE, Elk Co., Pa. .
John Collins, Proprietor.
Thankful for the patronage heretotore so
liberally bestowed upon him, the new pro.
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to
the comfort acd convenience of guests, . to
merit a continuance of the same.
vln201y.
JJ-ORTON HOUSE,
ERIE. PA-
J. T'. Moore, (lute of the Hyde Dome)
Ptopi it tor.
Open Day and Night
n30tf.
tl It. VOLK, Manufacturer and Dealer
J in Lagtr Beer, opposite the Railroad
Depot, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa.
Mnr-22'Gtt-l .
ENVELOPES, LABELS & TAGS neatly
2j printed k t the Advocate Office
I WAS cured of Deafness and Catarrh bya
siuple remedy, and will send the receipt
f,co. MRS. M. C. LEGGETT,
4w Iloboken, N.J.
D
II C. II. FULLER,
BOTANIC PHYSICIAN,
Riiiuwat, Pa.
Residence and office opposite tho Thayer
House.
H
ENRY SOUTHER, Attorney-at-Law
Ridgway, Pa. (feb2y'08),
J D. PARSONS,
Mauufaeturei ' Dealer in Boots & Shoes,
Mai Jt., -opposite Hotel,
nov27y Wticox, Pa.
B
0ARD1NG HOUSE,
Near (he Depot, Wilcox, Pa.
The undorsigned has opened a large boardirg
house at the above plaoe, where he is amply
prepared to satisfy the wants of those who may
avorhiin with their custom. not9 ),
MABTIN SOWERS, Proprietor.
JACOB YOUNG A CO., Book Binders And
Blank Book Manufacturers, Wright's Blk
Corry, F Blank Books Made to Order. .
B
LANKS of all kind for sale at thia
ttet.
GEORGE WALKER, Boot sod 8 ho Maker,
Main street, Ridgwsy, Pa. ,
elect afliscdlanji.
CourtsMp and Cleaning House .
BY HELEN EORRE8T GRAVES.
It was the most golden and glorous of
September days. The veil of blue haze
hanging like a canopy over the distant hills,
seemed absolutely to quiver in the radiant
glow of the autumn sunshine, and the graphs
whose amethystine clusters blushed through
the trellis of clinging leaves, grew deeper
in color and more bloomy, as if they had
s'olen the impetial dye of a thousand pur
ple sunsets and brilliant dawns, as the sun
tnounted higher and higher, in the cloud
less dome of heaven. No frescoed ceiling,
hung with jeweled pendants was ever more
beautilul than this arbor of grape-leaves
where the light and shadow danced in fitful
arabesques with every moving wind and
so thought Richard MayGeld, as he came
slowly up the garden path that led to his
brother's house.
The mansion itself, however was far from
psesenting the gala aspect which prevaded
all nature, and our hero's countenance un
derwent a ludicrous transformation, as he
eyed rtie yawning windows and wide open
doors.
'By all the powejs,' said he to himself,
'if Isabel isn't cleaning house again ! Well,'
women are the most unaccountable crea
tures ! I do believe they delight in turning
things upside down, and making themselves,
and the rtt of the wor'd uucotufortable.
What's the use of choking people with dust,
and deluging 'em with soap and water wice
a year ? However, let the dear enigmas have
their own way, I'm sure I am the last per
son in the world to object!'
With these philosophical reflections yet
in his mind, Mr. Msyfield deftly threaded
his way through a colony of whitewash
pails and lintf kettles tint surrounded the
front door, and entered upon the scene rf
action. It was quite plain from the shout
with wlnqh the children greeted his appear
anee, that ho was a general favorite.
'Hello, uncle Dick, we're cleaning house !
cried Master Ilenty Augustus MaySeld,
who was mounted astride of ' a doubled up
leather bed, castigating it fearfully with
his mother's best silk parasol.
'Ain't it splendid, Uncle Dick ?' excliu.-
Mics Julia, who was endeavoring to 'pry
out' the principle of sound from a thirty
dollar music box, by introducing a carving
knife into its interor works, while Mrs. May
Geld, half distracted by calls frnni divers
directions, was totally unconscious of the
mischief being wrought.
'Dick, I am' so puzzled and annoyed,'
she said. 'Here is John called to the city
by a pressing law-suit, and the whole "house
upside down !'
1 1 nought that was what you ladies liked,
said Dick, perching himself upon the top
of the dining table, and rescuing a shell
basket from the destructive grasp of the
smallest May field of all.
And my cook has gone, and the hre
won't burn, and the wall-whiteners haven't
come, this morning, and you know the eew-
iop society is to be here to-morrow night
and Dick, what shall I do V
'Don t fret f said Richard, soothingly
I'll make the fire burn, or I'll know the
reason why Jand I can finish the ceiling
for you!"
You r
'Yes, me ! Didn't I whiten my own room
at college, when we boys had smoked it into
the color of ac old snff-box ? And then I'll
tack the carpet down, and see about putting
those dislocated bedsteads together.'
'But, Dick, you must be too tired after
dancing untill twelve o'clock at the pic-nic
last night.'
'Me, tired r r idJleshck ! here s the re
ft actory stove V
The very tire was not proof against Dick's
sunny determination, it DroKe mtoacneer-
fuf blaze the moment he attacked its citidel,
and Isabel's faoe brightened simultaneously.
The skill with which he next erected a
scaffolding, and mounted thereon, with a
panoply of white-wash pails and brushes,
was perfectly astounding, the more bo, as
his slender, figures, ratner pale complexion;
aristocratically small feet and bauds, convey
ed the idea of one who was adapted only to
Broadway pavements and glittering ball
rooms. I suppose the workmen didn't leave
their wardrobes, when they went away last
evening, Bell V be asked, when he had
scaled the rather perilous height.
NoBaid bis sister-in-law, laughing.
'Then just band up that old sheet and
a piece of the bed cord yonder. Now, don't
you admire my tout entemblt '
I lTT-1. TV .1. 1 1. I.t, ,.t,t ' Af nn
UUUIU AlUtt. lUU&S gUUOl) DUIM 'AUO'
ter Henry Augustus,
'No he don't he looks like the old mil
ler down at the Pond,' struck in Miss Ju
lis
'Upon my word, I don't know which of
you is the most complimentary observed
Richard, drily, 'Now, then, clear the track
every soul of you, and give me a chance 1'
Atid he worked on, now breaking into a
clear merry whistle, now pausing to survey
his achievements, but oftcnest of all relaps
ing into thoughts of the beautiful young
damsel at the pic-nic last night, who had
been so studiously cold and reserved toward
him.
She won't like me,' thought he, 'and I
can't, for the life of nie tell why. Well, as
I said before, women are unaccountable con-
'Amy,' said Mrs. Brewnleigh, to her
pretty young cousin. 'I wish you would
just run over to Mrs. May field's with this
note. The children are at school, and I
have no one to send.'
'Oh, no,' said Amy, while a fresh tinge
suffused her delicate check. 'I don't wunt
to encounter that superfiuo young colle
gian.' 'Nonsence, he isn't there ho is staying
with Harry Franklin.' t
'Oh, then I will take the note ' said Amy,
rising, and looking rouud for her coquettish
little gipsy hat.
'You are tho strangest girl, Amy,' said
her cousin. 'What can be the reason that
you dislike Richard Majfield f He is so
handsome and so talenten I'
'I don't fancy these merely ornamental
people,' said Amy, peuiurcly. 'My husband
must be of some use in the world !'
'How do you know but that Mr. May
field is r
'Cpn't bo possible,' said Amy, archly
shakiug her curls. 'His hands are too small
for anything but lemon-colored kid glovea I
I'll wager a new Lonnet, Alice, that he
never did anything more laborious thau to
carry a box of segars, in his life 1'
Miss lirownleigh laughed, and Amy pas
sed out of the vine wreathed porch, wonder
ing within herself whether Mr. Richard
Ms) field had beeu very much vexed be
cause she had refused to dance with him
the evening before.
Mrs.- John Ma) field's house was at no
very great distance, find as Amy was quite
intimate with that lady, and understood the
domestic saturnalia that wasat present trans
piring within her domains, she did not
think it necessary to knock, but opened the
door and walkea in without ceremony.
There stood Dick, the apex of a pyrami
dal scaffolding of boards, his fine broadcloth
raiment obscured by a lime-splasbed sheet
which was girded around his waist by a
ponderous knot of rope, and bis black curls
overshadowed by a coarse old straw hat,
working away as if for dear life. His back
was toward the door, and supposing the
6tep to be that of his sister-in-law; he said,
gayly, without turning his head.
'What ! is the carpet ready so soon, Bell?
I'm just through here, and I'll come 'and
tack it down in one minute !'
Not receiving any answer, hehrew down
the brush and turned round.
Miss Brownleigh !'
He never had looked eo handsome in his
lite and that was the first thought that
rushed through Amy's mind, in .the midst
of all her embarrassment; for Dick had the
advantage of this young lady in this respect
she was embarrassed, and ho was not !
He sprang, laughingly, to the ground,
and threw oft' his ghostly drapery.
'You must think I have a curious taste
in costume,' said he archly, 'but the truth
is that Isabel has been disappointed in her
workpeople, aud my brother is away from
home, so I am helping her clean home !'
'I did not know I thought you had no
taste-' stammered Amy unconsciously speak
ing out her thoughts.
'You supposed that I was nothing more
than an ornamental piece of f urniture ?
Ask Isabel about that,' said Dick, half
piqued, half smiling. 'But can I be of any
use to you now f
'I had a note from aiy cousin, for Mrs.
Majfield,' said Amy, still speaking scarce
above her breath.
'She has gone down to the farther orch
ard,' said Dick. 'It is some distance, aud
not a very straight path. It you will wait
until I remove a little of Ibis lime, I shail
be happy to escort you down there.
Half an hour ago Amy would bavo haugh
tily informed him 'it was quite unnecessary
for her to trouble him' now she stood
still and waited.
It was a long walk, under the spreading
shadow of noble old apple-trees, bending
with their weight ot crimson and russet
fruit, and through meadows ankle deep in
purple and bloom, and nodding plumes of
golden-rod, yet, for all that, Amy was quite
surprised when Mrs. Mayfield came in
:'.ght, carrying a little basket of rose
cheek peaches from a pet tree beyond.
- We believe it is one of woman's special
atid Inconvertable privileges to change her
mind therefore nobody was much aston
ished when, three months suCsequently,
there was rumor of the engagement of
the 'engagement' of Mr. Mayfiield and
Miss Brownleigh! Still,, however, Dick
always declaired that it was an insoluble
mystery to him that when serenades and
schotti(ches, poetry and perfnmes had all
failed to win an entrance to '.he maiden's
heart, a white wash brush should have
been the utiromantie weapon whieh, at last,
brought down the barricades !
THE CAMPAIGN.
Eepblican Rally at Watsrford Speech
es of Hon I. E. Cara, and Hon- G-W-
Scofiold To Whom Shall the Re
publican Party Surrender.
The Republican tally at Waterford on
Thursday night, recalled tho days' of the
Presidential election. A platform was
erected in front of the Eagle Hotel, the
Waterford band was in attendance and the
the crowd Bitting or standing in the open
air, listened attentively for nearly two hours,
The officers of tho meetiug were John A.
Austin, President; Simon Himrod, Martin
Strong, Vice Presidents. Hon. I. B. Oa
ra, of Erie, was first introduced and briefly
reviewd the history of the Republican par-
The Repblican party was born of the
neoeccssitics of the nation, sprung from acts
and events indissolubly connected with the
prestation of the Union. Since its forma
tion in I85G,it had steadily putsuedjts legiti
mate ends, not discouraged by occasional
defeats or the defection of this nian or
that. Its record was that of the noblest
years of our national life. It stood by the
government in four years of bloody war,
not fighting for a State or a section, but for
a country. Its apppropriate work is yet
unfinished. In 182 and again in 1866
men said its mission was ended. By cun
ning devices and promises to mal-contents
they sought to end its days. They signally
failed and here we stand iu the middle of
General Grant's Administration powerful,
still supremo with our own strength, as
shown by the election in Maine, with a re-
cerd to be proud of and a mission before us,
the mission to relieve the people from their
burdens of debt, to secure protection to
their industry, maintain economy and deal
justly and faithfully by all. AH this and
lunch more demands the continued exis
tence and growth of the Republican organ
ization, and to this end the unflinching de
votion of individuals and the earnest sup
port of the chosen represantatives of the
party. A knowledge of a majority is not
The National Democratic Committe is con
ducting the election wholly with a view to
the election of Democratic Congressmen
and the cmbarrnasmeot of General Grant's
Administration. By unanimous suffrage,
Judge Scofield is the Republican nominee
in this District. He is acknowledged by
both parties to be a worthy represntative,
above the suspicion of a dishonorable act.
We owe it to the party to return him.
Mr. Gara concluded with a stiring appeal
to bis auditors to strengthen the hands of
the administration by supporting Judge
Scofield and was greeted at the close with
hearty applause.
Judge Scofield was enthusiastically re
ceived and disclaiming at the outset any
attempt at rhetorical flights, asked at
tention to a few facts and arguments bear
ing ou the political condition of the coun
try. If a roan in the old countries of the
world is called on to address a sovereign, he
does it with no pretense of declamation.
The people here are the sovereigns. If
they are unnilliag to bear tho burdens of
a rulor, they must surrender their charge.
You are sovereign, and you have your du
ties to read, to study, and prepire to act
intelligently.
The soggestion is made that the Republi
can party has accomplished its work, that it
must Bei render. Surrender? To whom ?
Lee surredered to Grant, Johnson to Sher
man. To whom shall Grant and Sherman
surrended ? To whom Khali the party
that nine years ago came to power surren
der 1 You must have somebody for ruler.
Shall it be the democratic party ?
Who constitute that party at the North?
Our neighbors in whom we have confidence.
But there are others, and the majority, at
the South. The lebels of the war, the con
federates of sixteen States constitute the
majority of that party to whom
it is proposed to surrender. These States
now have in Congress eighty representa
tives. When the blacks are included by
the tensus they will have" ninety-three.
Ohe hundred and twenty-nine will be a
majority in Congees. Ninety-three South,
em members will control the Demooratio
caucus. They can nominate a Speaker
upon whom everything depends. He
shapes the Committes. What ot your Pen
sion Committee then ? Would it not whit
tle down the JJ30,000,000 you now pay
yonr maraied and erippled soldiers?
What other danger is there from this
surrender to confederate feelings and inter
ests ? Already they are asking at the
South pay for for their emancipated slaves
as I estimate it about two thousand mil
lion dollars nearly as much as our national
debt as they estimate it not less than fouf
thousand millions. In Maryland, by the
act of a Democratic slave owner in the State
has been placed on file. Tb'ey proposo
bye and bye to bring in these little hills.
They have done the same thing iu Ken
tucky. Another thing there is a large
confederate war-debt, all unpaid. Tho En
glish government has stoutly urged us to
pay it, claiming we succeeded to thb debts
of the South by overthrowing the Rebel
government, the same as the French Re
publio succeeds to the debts of the fallen
Empire. Our files are loaded, too, with
vast claims lor damages. The men' who
hold them say you have accomplished your,
woik, surrender to us. What will they do
with the conslitntional amendments ? The
Thirteenth provides for the abolition of
slavery. Whether they would repeal that, I
do not know. The Fourteenth provides
that the leading rebels should not coma
back to Congress, that your dept should be
paid and theirs never. Democrats in Con
gress have declaired they would repeal
that amendment, and the fifteenth with it.
You see what if we surrender power, they
will attempt to do. Is our work done ? If
you nave a railroad into which
men put their capital when it is risky, are
they not the best men to run it when it be
comes safe ? Fulton built his sheamboat
on the Hudson, some said it would blow it
up ; others that it would burn.. The old
captains believed in wind and sails.
But the steamer neither blew op nor bur
ned. It walked the water against the wind
and tide. "Let us run that boat," 6aid the
doubters. When trial proved its success,
they cried give us the helm. Gent'emen
we have run this government in its one
great trial in the faco of discouragements,
and predictions of failure on every hand,
and like Fulton, we do not propose to hand
it over to conservatives who believed in the
wind and sails aud told us it wouldn't run.
At this point, Mr Scofield proposing to
stop, was greeted with cries of "Go ahead"
and for a half hour more discussed the finan
ces, the currency, taxation, etc., and at a
late hour concluded amid general applause.
' Waterford may be depended upon for
a full Republican Vote and the old Repub
lican majorities for the full party ticket.
Erie Dispatch.
How the West Looks to a Hew York
Gamin.
Donn Piatt made the acquaintance of
several boot blacks at Saratoga, who had
strayed up there from New York to get the
tun of business during the races, and thus
interviewed one :
I was passing one evening when I was
hailed with :
I say, mister.'
'Hold your jaw, Dick, he's Brigadier
General,'
'I say, Geneial,'
Well, boy, what is it ?' .
Couldn't you get old Fisticuffs to let us
in on the course to-morrow ?'
Who do you mean by old Fisticufis ?
Why, John Morrissey, to be sure.
What do you want on the raoe course V
Ain't it nat'ral a feller'd like to see tha
races, and come so tar ?'
'You don't want to see the races ; you
want to pick up a few things lying aroucd
loose to give the good missionaries.'
'That's gassin.'"
'I Bay, boys, why don't you go out west ?
There's a demand tor boys at the west, and
a society in New York that sends them out
free of expense. Go there and make men
of yourselves.'
'Oh, go to thunder I I knaw'd a boy
that tried that, and they put hint in a
cornfield, and worked him like a mule,
with nothiu' to eat and no clothes. He
stole a lcather-aprun, put it in the seat of
his breeches, and was kicked thousands
uv miles before he got home. They ju
wore that aprun oat a kieken.' Fool who?'
Good advice was quite thrown away on
this little man of a bad world. He had
been up both those appla trees known as
the Tree cf Knowledge and the Trtwbf
Life.