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BACCALAUREATE ADDRESS OF
GEOt(GE WOODS, LL. D., PRESI.
DENT OF THE WESTERN UM..
VERSITY, DELIVERED TUESDAY
MORNING, JUNE 22d, 1809,
AMBITION TO DO GMT THINGS OFTEN A
HINDRANCE TO SECCESEIN WT.
Our historian, Bancroft, states that in
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1576 Martin Froblaher, an Englishman
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well versed , in ,various navigation, had
revolved the design of accoMplishing the
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discovery of the North-weatern Paisage;
esteeming it "the only thing of the world
that was yet left undone hi; which a note
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ble mind might be made famous and
for
tunate."
Two thousand and five' ,
hundred 'Years
before the time of Marti Frobisher, a
captain of the host of the King of Syria,
a great man with hie master and honor
able, came with his horses and chariot
and princely 'gifts and stood at the'door
of the house of Elislut, the prophet of
Israel. A messenger was sent ,to laim
saying, "Go Wash in Jordan seven times,
and thy flesh shall come again to thee and
thou shalt' be clean." But the captain
was vrroth and went'away saying, "Be
hold; I thought he*lll surely come out
to me, and.stitict and call on the name of
the Lord his God and strike his hand over
the place and recover the leper." Are
not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damaa
cus, better than all the waters of Israeli'
May I not wash in them and be clean?
So he turned and went away in a rage.
And his servants came near and spake
unto him and said, "My father, if the
prophet had bid thee do some great thing
wouldst thou not have done it? How
much rather then when he saith to thee,
wash and be clea n."
Bo in all ages men have desired to do
some great thing, despising the common
and necessary duties of the hour, essen
tial alike to present happiness and future
success.
Ambition to do great things. thus often
proves a hindrance to success in life. And
by a successful life we do not necessarily
mean one , that attracts the world's notice.
We count that man suceessful, who,
whether by the faitliftil performance of
lowly duties, or the achievement of more
dazzling exploits, develops to the fullest
extent every power and faculty of his
' being. We belieye the world writes suc
eess on many a whited sepulchre, and
failure on many a life that byfaithiul per
formanceof duty, and patient endurance
,of toil and sorrow, has developed &strong,
brave and manly character:
The world' worships' what it connt3
success. He 'Whu - accomplishes some
great object; acquires great wealth, or at
tains hign position, whether by real merit
or a fortunate combination ofeircumatan
ces, is admired, and the admiration for the
man's success is easily transferred to the
man himself. On the other hand, he who
may have-exhibited more wisdom, more
energy and talent, but has been defeated
in his plans ; by - unavoidablecalamities.is
treated with neglittV and scorn and his
reaLmerits are seldant , fecognized.
"How importaiit' to'' be successful,"
said the great but' unfortunate Kossuth, as
he stood by the. grave of Washington.
Doubtless, Martin Frobisher, who failed
in the great purpose of his life—the dis
covery ofr a 'Northwest Passage—felt
what the eloquent . and heroic Kossuth
uttered. To seek to be successful in the
true and high sense of the word, to be
ambitiouk for excellence, goodness and
greatness, to develop - to the fullest extent
all of one's faculties, and make the ut-.
most possible of himself in all respects,
is the right and imperative duty of every
one. No one has a right to neglect any
opportunity to improve his own condi
tion or to benefit others. But those who
look at the future and neglect the present
--whi aspire for the great and omit the
small on which the great ,depends, who
seek an obiect and disregard the appro
priate means to obtain it, Who would be
men and never children, are surely sow
ing seed from which they can only reap
bitter shame and disappointment.
But there , are multitudes who refuse to.
meet the hourly demands for effort, for
self-denial and self-control, ~ to perform
duties which will secure no' loud accla
mations, win no applause, no honors, no
• triumph and no millions of wealth, and
yet are ever ready to do or attempl
some great thing, some daring or brillian
eXploit by which fame and fortune ma
be at once seized. They forget that the
ability to do great things comes from pa •
tient and persevering attention to little
things. g.
•Said a gentlemantto an artist when told
the price of a painting, "That is a large
sum to ask fora piece of work thatit takeii
you only ten days to execute." "Yes,"
replied the artist, "but you forget that it
has taken me thirty years to learn to
paint that picture in ten days."
Michael Angelo was one day explaining
to a visitor at his studio what he had been
doing to , a statue since his'Previous visit.
"I have retouched this pal polished that,
softened this feature, brought out tl
muscle, given some expression to this l ip,
and more energy to that limb.", "But
these are trifles," remarked the visitor.
"It may be so," replied the Sculptor, "brit
recollect that trifles make perfection, and
perfection is no trifle." We all have need
of that patience which Newton said was
the only genius he had. Sarah Margaret
Fuller said, "I elan never become an ar
tist I hae no patient love of execution."
'lO rise ' gradually is too slow a process.
Life is cheerfully ris k ed, reputation en .
64=44 and wealth squandered for iin.
mediate faane er power. Th oll sands auk
tens of thousands have left burns of Com
fort and rich , prlvilega;to obtain ' O O l l
health, ataldlrimants_ and dangers a
Fertalntlea of weer) , Nfld. :. ,Il'in sudden
e a Blondin will cress Niagara; op ..a
ngle wiie; a lKarie,,of Ainitlin pierce
the *dig Zome, and a Pliny enter a *um
int volcano, , .
,on, our streets and In out ehopir,' ire
throngs stending listless ' and'idle, Wait=
lag for Dow no r • opportualty, , such aa
easy caw bat owe in an age, and then
but fors gawk individual, to do so u l
manikin Teed whkk shall at, o
crown them by a single ' sudden strok
with Illustrious distinction , and secure
for themseives'eme, Inzury, and ettdut
ing fame. Add mistake! To do, and to
do well the duties Of the preient is the
env preparalon for the'larger,' more re.
pendia, and more fruitful dtities of the'
f u t ur e. The head is nut fitted for the
delicate toucher heavyeight, or the eye
for beholding the small r distant object,
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f axneit by long and ent training.
2tielier can a man be p e tted for future
sa d reeponsitdliti by a total nag.
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leer tif -the isiiiiiingly small ones of the
present. Theelaid Is not fitted for the
strides or the pedestrian feats of the man,
by refining to walk until the opportunity
for distinguishing itself shall arrive.
Few possese genius as defined by Car
lyle, "a transcendent capacity for taking
trouble." The student eager for the
scholar's reward, the applause and fame
attending brilliant oratory, valuable sci
entific discoveries, or the successful pur
suit of literature; often scorns the weary,
patient toil that. - may for - years go unre
warded. The clerk longing for his em
ployer's wealth and Intl:Rion! ease, scorns
the persevering industry and rigid econ
omy by which Mist wealth was earthed.
The.apprentiee most unwillingly endures
the years - of toil and service necessary to
acquire the skill' And reputation which
have brought'a golden harvest to his mas
ter. No long, tedious xi° years
of careful training,' nothing which de- ,
mends patient attention to little things,
is willingly 'endured. We forget that it ,
takes longer to reach seashells than river
pebbles. We behold the learned jurist,
the skilful physician, the eloquent orator,
the envied millionaire, and sea not the ,
tolls, and - hardships, and distmurage+
meats through •which,. and by means of
which, they have reached the goal: O ft en
the young man when reknested to! o even
once what the parent has habitual done,
and done too for years, for thebenefit of
his son, is ready to ask, "Is th y.', ervant
a dog that he should do this thin g." . He
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would begin the world in them er and
- style in which the parent ended it, after a
life of self-denial and toil, and he will
probably end it where the parent began.
As we look upon such a life, we exclaim,
"His promises are, as he then was, mighty,
And his performance as he now ts, nothing."
Such persons take telescopic and never
microscopic views of life. The near and
apparently small object they cannot see.
On the large and distant world their gaze
is fixed. They forget that atoms form
worlds, that the minute corallines build
up islands from the ocean's depths, that
the unseen air nourishes all life, the solar
rays gives us the mountains of coal, the
single spark ignites the powder which
sends the mammoth ball miles distant,
chrrying devastation to ships and armies.
The accidental reading of 'a single book
1 changed the entire life of Father Male
pranche. The dropping of a single stone
made Hauy a mineralogist. A single
ntence turned the dissipated Paley from
s vicious course to that of the distin
enished author and bishop. A sleepless
night mued by Napoleon at Borodino,
the Mare to send up a rocket at Ant
werp, the neglect of an English sentinel
to give •an alarm at Sebastopol, caused
defeat, loss of hundreds of thousands of
lives, protracted bloody wars,
and
changed the fate.of Europe. The twitch
ing of a frog's legawas the germ of the
Electric Telegraph.. The tiny ship worm
taught Sir Isambert Brunel how to form
the Thames tunnel: . A epider's - web sug
gested to' Sir Samuel Brown the invention
of suspensionsion bridge4i; ,
When the political destiny of France
depended, upon the speed' which' Louis
Sixteenth should make itflie, flight from
Paris, he paused by the way-oide to drink
a bottle of wine—said coolly that it was
the best bottle he ever drank—and suffer
ed the scale which held the' fortunes of
25,000,000 of people to turn irrevocably
while he prolonged hie potations.
• Thus the fate of individuals glnd nations
often turns on circumstanqs apparently
insignificant. He who with I word creates
worlds, and sustains them, whose power,
knowledge and wisdom are unlimited,
counts nothing small, nothing =import
ant. He gathers the unseen vapor from
land and ocean, and pours it out drop by
drop on the earth. The_unnoticed flower
by the way-side shows the delicate tints
and perfect workmanship of a Divine
Artist no less than the georgeotui clouds of
sunset. He rewards the giving of a cup
of cold water to one of his little ones,
numbers the hairs on our heads, and no
tices the fall of a sparrow.
We mist not forget, too, thatthese little
things-are - as powerful to destroy as to
buildup. The , proud merchantship, with
her. canvass spread to the-breeze, and
her gay colors flying in the wind, seems
"Staunch and strong, a gcodly Tessa,
That shall laugh ,at all disast. r,
And with wage and whirlwind wrestle."
The little.Teredo enters some , minute
point left unprotected •by the poisonous
plant, multiplies itself, and reduces to a
honeycomb the entire interior of planks
and timbers, leaving simply a thin sur
face to cover its silent destructive work.
A. single sea strikes her and the once
strong, stately and beautiful ship sinks
forever from view. Step kr steP is the
law of advancement and progress. First
the blade, then the ear, after that the full
corn in the ear. So learning, influence
and power are acquired. Even those pos
sessing remarkable natural powers are
firmly held to this law. Ampere, who in
infancy carried on his long arithmetical
calculations by- means of pebbles and
beans and read the great French Ency
clopedia when he was thirteen; and Pas
cal the philosopher and divine, who when
he was twelve years of age, without in
struction worked his way np to the thirty
second proposition of the first book of
Euclid, were not exceptions to this great
law. He who will not advance in this
way will not advance at all. The ladder
to knowledge, influence and wealth must
be ascended round'by round. The good
and noble become such by years of pa•
tient and persevering struggle; the evil,
by gradually yielding to, vice.
"Ths the little eat within the lute,
Test by and by will ~Ye the musk mute,
And ever Widening, slowly silence all."
The growth of our bodies depends, on
small particles of matter added to ,
blood, muscle and bone for many years.
A slow and constant depoSit pf solid mat
ter from earth, air, and: water for centu
ries formed the giants of the. Yo Semite
Valley; any 'other method of growth iQ
deceptimiand judlery; any other andel
patiou will be dissppbinted. Little by.
little the, lofty iceberg is formed; th e mod
ifier of clivinta, the terror of:the veYaltOr.
and the d elight of the lover of the bean
arul an d. Mud. Slowly and by a myriad
of distinct we, the glasses of the teles
cope we moulded Into shape, but. when
so completed, the faint • and struggling ,
'raYs that have been thousands of years on
their journey from a distant and before ,
unknown world are clearly revealed-
The little Arm= firming the , source of
th e Mississippi'and Aumloa, do
n ot re
&se to flow till they , have acqu ired the
full volume and the majestic sweep of those
mishty rivers. • ,
Re who will despise the day o f sma ll
things will never behold the day of great
things. Vanderbilt once kept a ferry'
bost, Int be kept it well. Astor hunted
the beaver. 041ird was a cab in . W Y'
deed, tha,ifvosef,ail great men abundant
ly illustrate this truth; he, and he only,
who is faithful in a few things can be
ruler over many things. He who will be
the highest or nothing will probably have
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this purraniefulfilled lathe latter respect.
As there areliatiew inountains towering
far above others, ssqq there are few men
who stand so fkiatinVe their , fellows,
that their names will beloreVer conspic,
rms. Our heavens malt multitude of
stars, but only one. sun. In allthe past
there has teen Wanner:Winer, one Shaks.,
peace, one. Cicero, one Demosthenes, one
Owen, one- Nap oleon,- one Plato. --We.
have now, butane Mill. ,Re therefore,.
who frotti"lnany millions stakes his all on=
being. the sun .in the /Herm, ;phiYmphif.
cal, or political world, the Pea b ody or
Stewartin the cominercial, has as
fair a Respect of success as a ,met has
of striking our earth. , . . '
True, in this .country, the nath to the
highest positions is open to 7 aIL The
poorest boy may by perseverance, indus
try, integrity and good fortune,raise him
self to a seat of high trust - -Yet we can
have but eight Presidents, at moat, in an
age. Out of the million engaged , in our
late straggle, those really honored and
regarded as heroes .can be. counted on
one's . fingers. The great mass, many as
intelligent, capable, ind 4 brave as a Win
throp or a Shaw, - Alt liftable or, it may
be, unknown gre.yes.,
' One of the evils stof atir wen country is
that oar[ . )-oath Me unwilling. and even
refuse to fill positions which promise or
dinary yet certain success. They scorn
employments honest and honorable, for
which they are well fitted, and in which,
with energy, they would secure comps
tency and happiness, and fix their eyes
on the highest positions in the land, wait
ing and expecting to be winners where
there are millions of blanks to one prize.
Like the philosopher. of old, while gazing
at the stars they fall into the ditch. Thus
many who might be useful, successful
and happy in spheres they ate capable of
filling, because these spheies do not ac
cord with their high notions of what is
becoming and proper, entirelvb refuse
them and utterly fail in life. That there
are these different spheres suited to differ
ent individuals cannot be doubted. "It is
for some to evolve great moral truths as
the heavens evolve stars to guide the sailor
on the sea, and the traveler on the desert,
and it is for some, like the sailor and the
traveler, simply to be guided."
There is hardly an honeat calling- that
has not been filled by worthy and great
men. Sir Richard Arkwright was a bar
ber, Michael Faraday, a book-binder, and
Garabaidi a cabin boy. Masons and
brick layers can boast of Hugh Miller and
Ben Jones. John Foster belonged to
the waver chiss. Keats was a druggist,
and Sir Humphrey Davy, a country
apothecary's apprentice.
These_men attained the highest posi
tions in various departments of life by
faithfully fulfilling the duties of more
humble places. These early employ
ments were the foundation stones of the
structure afterwards reared to their hon
or and glory. He that is faithful in the
the least is faithful also in much. He
who takes his place in the• lowest 'room
will often hear the call to "go up higher."
Had not Coleridge, the poet and phi
losopher, looked contemptuously on hon
est work, but accepted the honorable and
remunerative employnient offered him,'
he would not have been compelled to
stoop to the humiliation of accepting
charity of friends,or ofleaving his wife and
children to the support of Southey, his
friend, who labored unremittingly at
work not always of his choice and often
distasteful. •
Why cettain employments are deemed
honorable and befitting gentlemen, and
others base and dishonorable, it would
puzzle a moralist to tell. There was a
time when the mailed baron boasted that
he had never learned to write, and - as
society shall advance the opinions of men
as to the comparative respectability of
different employments may make a cor
responding advance. Already, faint
glimpses of the dawn appear. Men are
slowly but surely learning that "it is the
qualities of the workman, and not the
name or nature of the work, that is the
source of real honor or respect" Of
Lord Brougham, the able statesman,.
whose attainments In various depart.
inenta were remarkable, it is said, such'
was his love of excellence that if his sta
tion in life had been only that of a shoe.
black, he would never have rested satis
fied until he - had become the best shoe.'
black in England. Win. Pitt, the stu
dent, faithful and thorough in whatever
was assigned him ' Lincoln es a laborer,
and Grant as an Adjutant Illustrate the
same principle.
,We all know that greatness does not
imply usefulness or happiness. Many an
humble laborer passes his life in constant
acts of kindness, diffusing joy and haPpi
ness around him, and the joy he gives to
others is given back to him, in good meas..
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ure pressed down, and running oyer.
On the other hand, many a man great in
the eyes of the world, like Napoleon, Is
only an epitome of selfishness, and his life
gives a fearful emphasis to those words
uttered so many centuries ago, "he that
findeth his life shall lose it' The richest
reward of a life of active industry is not
elevation, not a fine establishment and the
.accompaniments of wealth, but the form
ation of a truly noble and manly charac
ter, illustrating the power of self-help, of
patient purpose, resolute working, and
steadfast integrity. The perplex
ities of an elevated position hur
ried 'to the grave two Ailing the
highest office in our land, Harrison and
Taylor, though they had endured the
hardships of a military life unharmed.
Charles the Fifth resigned his crown in
despair of getting happiness on the throne.
Catharine of Russia sought for happiness
in earthly glory, but could not get rest
from the tormentibf a guilty conscience.
Wm. Pitt, endowed with the rarest gifts
of nature, before whom the mightiest in
tellects bowed, and in whose patronage
were the highest officers of „England, died
of a broken heart. "Sir Walter Scott,o
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whose literary, talent, the .whole *aid
paid homage" , was ,u nhappy. Wu, reed
with Sadness his words to his • daughter
when helves aged and lonely; "take me II
back to tay own -room; there is so rest ,
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for Sir Welter, but in his grave." •
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The.. towering peaks of the Avimit
desolate, covered • with barrel rock
icy shroud, while the little hills below ' ,
catching the warm sunshine, clothe therm;
selves with beauty, and' reflect theirlladt ,
nip Intinrauscioutlfrult and is gh- 1
lu Monger of the' ortquaginio Moto:
From' our Eastern ' harbors there is
often seen' the small yacht . cootoodisor
the prize 912 the bay or broad ocean. Tne
helmsman, with eye axed , the ging•
steers the moat direct course, the ballalge
nicely adjusted; the sail is trimmed, and
occasionally wet to catch and hold- the
favoring breeze,' and all on board sit mOz
tioniesa through fear' of cheating the sail
of some breath of air. •Every oolfiting
Saw, and every indication of a favoring
or adverse breeze is careinlly noticed.
Yon have thus far been saibly moored
: ,WEDNESDAY: 'JUNE 23, .1;
in porkprotected against the heavy seas,
and sweeping gales, and dangerous rocks
outside, the harbor. All along theretusve
been those deeply interested in your suc
cess, and ready at any moment to warn
you of threatening danger., As, you
have sailed within the harbor yint have
been Olgerly watched and wisely coun
selled by those who love yon. -
Yon have beenshielded against temp
tation and protected against danger.
No* the contest opens before you on the
.broad sea with all its - witinenesuree, ita
numerous and great perils. The contest
may result in entire success or disastrous
failure.f You will have no right to ex
pect that you are certainly to have dis
tinguished success; that you are to be ex
ceptions to the rule of life. Yon will
have the right- to .e.that judicious
and Continuous effort ill - have reason
able reward ; • that ever just action every
resistance to evil, -ever noble deed: will 1
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result in happiness t" , yburtelves and
others. A eambinstio of _fortunate cir
cumstances with severe lixlior may secure
for you positions of lie or and great use
fulness. If so, accept em, not for your
own aggrandizement, b t for the larger
opportunities they mi bring you of
helping and blessing ers.
You my resolve to do much with the
smiles of Providence;
_but remember the
call for courage and manly endeavor is
the loudest not in the swelling tide of
victory, but when the enemy is rushing
upon you like a flood, scattering your
forces like chaff before the wind. Do
with your might whatsoever your hands
find to do, whether it seems\ small or
great. Do something welL Be 'no coun
terfeit—no pretender. If you cannot
wash in Abana and Pharpar,wash in
Jordan. If you cannot do wha t world
calls great, do a small thing well, and it
may prove great. The dew drop falling
into the sea may seem lost,but received into
a shell, it may grow into a shell of mar
vellous beauty. Be a master Of your bu
siness. Better, far better be a skillful me
chanic- or an intelligent farrier, than a
third:rate lawyer or physician. Remember
that the lower story of every trade and
profession is full; the upper, wants occu
pants. "Quit yourselves like men in the_
great struggle of life." Whatever may
be your calling or profession, be not a .
Gideonite; be a workman that "needeth
not to be ashamed."
"See to it that eackhour's feelings and
thoughts and actions are pure and true;
then will your life be such. The might-
lest maze of magnificent harmonies that
ever a Beethoven give to the world isbut
single notes, and all its complicated and
and interlacing strains are resolvable into
individualities. The wide pasture is but
separate spears of •grass ; the sheeted
bloom of the prairies,but isolated flowers."
Do not forget that the greatest heroes,
after all, when the final record shall be
opened, will `, be found to be often the
humble and Itinhonpred of earth; and
many of the world'ei heroes will show
only a record of selfishness, sordid anibi
tion,-idishonesty and hollow -heartednels.
God's ways are not as our ways and his
thoughts are not as our thoughts. He
willAake into his account tht whole life,
the inner and outer, the pri ate and the
public, and not simply a few dazzling
deeds which a kind fortune made
He will regard not so-inueli what
you have won for yourselves, as whet
you have given to others. Strrve then by
self.denial and self-sacrifice in little things
to comprehend in some measure the bles
sedness of a.life like His wko "came not
to be ministered unto but to ininister."
Thas will you secure for the evening of
your days serenity and true enjoyment,
and wnen the river shall be passed may it
be said of you:
"But round his grave are quietu d e and beauty:
And the sweet heaven above,-1
The fining emblems of a life of duty -
Transfigured into love.
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laY GOODS.
NO UT NE ERNS
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nossinc in poops,
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WILLIAM SEMPLE'S,
No. 180 and 182 I?!:idend, Street,
ALLRGHEIcY CITY
vim v.
YARD WIDE UNDRESSED
BLEACHED MUSLIN
AT USM CENTS
The best Muslin offered tl is season.
AT THE PRICE
AT lASf CENTS,
v
FINE. UNBLEACHED MIJSLIN,
40 . INCIIES WIDE:
AT 12 CENTS.
EXTRA • 'WIDE LINEN TOWELING,
FAST COLORED CALICO,
111 YARDS YON ONE DOLLAR.
Beat quality of cloth, and colors per
fectly fast.
NEW (=ODDS DAILY COMING IN.
PROPOSALS.
ERIE RAILWAY COMPANY.
Tenders will be received at this deice until
JULY 10th, 18119, for the following Supplies, to
be delivered as required, on she tine of the Erie I
and Atlantic and fireat Western Radwajs, for
the use of said Railway Ccunpanles to Ist J:Moa
n. /S 10:
• ItaliroadCastings s of all' descriptions;
Railroad Spikes;
Railroad Chairs; . .
Track Bohsand Nuts;
'Hot and Cold Pressed Notts and Bolts;
Fish Plates;.,
Bar and Hound Iron, “tefleed;''
- Boller and Sheet Iron;
' Pig Iron, "Anthracite;"
Pig Iron.."CharCoal" equal to "Sallabutv "
Wrought Iron Axles, to order; • i
Frog Steel. 'to order .
Steel Frog. Plates and Points, "to order ;`: 1
Spring Steel; . '
Steel Axles, to order: •
Cut Nails and Spikes;
Wrought Nails and Spikes:
Georgia Pine...to order;
Chains;
Lard Oil;
Bell Rope;
Shovels.
The deliveries to hems& In such quantltie
may fromlimeto time-be determined anon by
the Company,a ft er the acceptance of the tender.
Parties biddies must state the quality of rthe
material offered.and at what t °int delivered, also
furnish samp , es when required.
Payments in cash. as customary with, this Com
pany.
Ibe Company reserve the right 'to rejeCt 'any
bids, which must be enclosed, sealed, and ad.
dressed to
Ea C. HA LL Parch. Agent, '
1 Erie Block, foot Reline est., New York.
Jen:Ml-NW) ,
Orrtcg. OF CONiftaLLZB. OF ALL/AMR:4Y CO.,
r Pa.. Pittsburgh, June 5it1,1689. .
4:iILICE TO - betKERS.-4leal•
ED PitUPOSALB, addressed to the "Board
o Inspectors of Allegheny County Prison." Will
be' eceived at this omen Icatil JULY lid, for lur-
Welling the County Prison with bread for ,six
months from July 16th. Losyes to weigh one.
and a-half and two Acnntis respectively, and to
be of apuroved quality. Bids so be made at so
much per pound. Bonds for two thousand dol
lars will be required jr fatthful .performsnce of
contract. The name of the security must accom
pany the bid. Bill. endorsed by the Warden and
probated at this office will be paid monthly.
HENRY LAMBERT. •
je2 I Controller.
SEALED PROPOSALS
Will be received by the undersigned until MON.
DAY, the ABth day orJune, 1869, for Tarnish
ing Material scud raving Chestnut alley, between
Yourtb and 6inth streete, in theßorongh of South
Pittsburgh: Bidders will state price per yard for
the work complete; .tbe kind and quint ty of
gravel and stone used to by or the beat for the
work. ihe w .el to be done under the direction
Of the Borough Regulator and to be approved by
The go/ousts suirjhoritleajresery . e the right to
reject any or ll bids.
earticutats furnished on application to J. W.
X'..ll.TTBRlSUBvp.egrilator, r r.
H. ROBSSATS, Burgess.
BOutb Plikiblirittic.fune 10, 1869.
dellratrw.l r • •
itorosAis.
SWAMI, PBOIPOBALA-
Wal ree " * " li ihe undersigned until MON
DAY. Jan" 148 4 19 . tor.ntreet Markers for all
streets heraterat at ogstreet and the Mononga
hela riven atm for - Metall* :Numbers for the .
holoaraon pH sracerai between Manor sad Water
and the Monongalielyrldge and ;Math etreet,in,
the bOrOngh couth Mantel,. the bids to in
clude putti ft the Mar era and Numbers up. •
.7he oor.ragh araliorat t lee re s erve the right to
reject any-or allbide. -
*the work to be done and r the direction of the
borough nuthorlUes, $O4 to be approved by
Coiled!.
Parraculia feraralied on application to
J H HUBERT%
_ Herrera.
' VTR Prgreauadn, June 111.• Ole% ' •
• •
Cal
f STONE.
pRY GOODS
JUST RECEIVED THIS MORNING.
IiNWANORTMENT OF
LADIES' S. CHILDREN'S
HATS, BONNETS & FRAMES
SIINDOWNS,
Desirable Colors and Widths
BONNET AND TRLRNING RIBBONS.
ANOTHER LOT
OF THOSE YE]$Y C.FIEAP
El
FINE BLACK MOHAIR ALPACAS.
NEW MEM SHAWLS'
NEW LAWNS,
NEW DRESS GOODS
Ea
SEMPLE'S,
No. 180 and 182 Federal Street,
JLLEGBEXY CITY
OARPETSAND OXL OLOTEW
NEW CARPETS!
'Tune, 11309.
We are norropenhir an usortment imparaUelett
it this city of Fl.l3lliT
VELVETS I:IUSSELSMEE-PLiS,
The Very Newest Designs,
Of our owEirec.ntamportatiOn and selectedfrdm
eastern. manufacturers.
MEDIUM AND LOW PRICED
irNier-n AIMS,
VERY SUPERIOR
CIV.ALT.TY AND ODLOILS:
1
An Extra Quality of . Rag Car pet.
We art now selling many of the above at i
7
431 . RETLY REDUCED PRIC .
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Al 9 Oll/111 BROS.,
AfleArtrA
GAS FIXTURES
WELDON & KELLY,
Dianufaethrers and Wholesale Dealers In
Lamps, Lanterns, Chandeliers,
AND LAMP GOODS.
Also, CARBON AND LUBRICATING OILS.
:13 V.IWZ iNE, moo.
N 0.147 Wood Street..
se9:n22, Between Bth and 6th Avennei
FRUIT CAN TOPS
IjA.D.EELE-13.
by merely placing the name of the fruit the
can contains opposite the•pointer and sealing in
the customary manner. No preserver of fruit or
golOd houisekeeperwill use any other aft4Ulee
seeing it.
WATEIt-PIPES,
CHIMNEY TOPS
A Urge assortment,
HENRY H..COLLI
apt4:hl7 *4 Avenue:near Mantle
ICE.
ICE! ICE! 10E!
KREBS,
;ICE D,EALER
NO. 55 Diainond A
PITTSBURGH, PA.
4/ , Orders addressed to W. KBEIi. T I a lielhe". VT l Z p ntdi In Pittsburgh
BURNETTIII COOKING
TRALOTB.
The best and meat; a fresh supply 3 1
itched, Vanilla. Lemon, Bose. Oranne,
Almiand ‘ JIM, in two. d•e and len ounce
for flavoring. Ice Cream Jelltee, Blanc
for sale by the dozen or at retail by
JNO. A. BilSdHa
jel4 Corner Liberty and Ninth s)
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