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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
BLTI.EH, KAKNS CITT AND PARKER RAILROAD
(Butler Time.)
Trains leave butler for St..Joe, Millerstown,
K rns City, Petrolia, Parker, etc., at 7.35 a. m.,
and 2.05 and 7.20 p. m. [Sec below for con
nections with A. V K. R. |
Trains arrive at Butler from the nbove_named
points at 7.15 a. m., and 1.55, and 6.55 p. in.
The 1.55 train connects with train on the West
Peun road ihrou&tli to Pittsburgh.
SHENANGO AND ALI.EOUENI RIII.KOAD.
Twins leave Hilllard's Mill, Bntlcr county,
for llarrisville, Greenville, etc., at 7.40 a. m.
and 12.20 and 2.20 p. m.
Stages leave Petrolia at 5 30 a. m. for 7.40
train, and at 10.00 n. m. tor 12.20 train.
Return stages leave Hiiliard ou arrival of
trains at 10.27 a. m. and 1.50 p. m.
Stage leaves Martinsburg at 9.30 for 12..w
train.
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
Trains leave Butler (Butler or Pittsburgh Time.)
Market Ht 5.06 a. in., goes through to Alle
gheny, arriving at 'J.OI o. m. This train con
i.eets at Frceport with Frecport Accommoda
tion, which arrives at Allegheny at 8.20 a. ui.,
railroad time.
Exnrest at 7.21 a. m„ connecting at Butler
Junction, without change of cars, at 8.2(5 with
Kip.ess west, arriving In Allegheny at 9.58
a. m., and Express east arriving at Blairsville
at 11.00 a. m. railroad time.
Mail at 2.36 p. m., councctini at Butler Junc
tionwilhoutchange ol cars, with Express west,
arriving in Allegheny at 526 p. 111., and Ex
press east arriving at Blalrsviilc Intersection
at 6.10 p. in. railroad time, wbich connects w'th
Philadelphia Kxpri'ss east, when on time.
The 7.21 a.m. train connects at Blairsville
at 11 05 a. m. with the Mail east, and the 2.36
p. in. train at 6.59 with the Philadelphia Ex
pres? east.
Trains arrive at Butler on West Penn K. R. at
S) 51 a. ra , 5 06 and 7.20 p. m., Butier lime. The
!) 51 and 5.06 trains connect with trains ou
the Butler & Parker R. R. Sun ay train arrives
at Butler at 11.11 a. m., connecting with train
lor Parker.
Main I-inf.
Through trains leave Pittsburgh for the Ea?»
at 2.56 and 8.26 a. m. und 12 51, 4.21 ar.d 8.06 p.
in., arriving at Philadelphia at 3.40 and 7.20
]>. ra. and 3.C0, 7.0 and 7.40 a. iu.; at Baltimore
about the same time, at New York three hours
later, and at Washington about one and a half
hours later.
PHYSICIANS.
JOHN E. BYERS, ~
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
m>2l-ly] BUTLER, I'A.
~ DENTISTS.
'"IDEJSTTISTIR/Y"-
0 1/ WALDRON, Grrduate ol the Phil-
B adelphia Dental College,is prepared
■ I* ito do anything in the line of his
profession in a satisfactory manner.
Office on Main street, Butler, Union Block,
up stairs, apll
LAND FOR SALE.
nonetiltlTsTTi
BY ORDER OF COUHT.
Not ice is hereby givon that I will, as Assignee
of Win. Hehroth. of Haionburg, Butler county.
Pa., make public sale, pursuant to an order of
the Court of Common Pleas of Butler county, on
Tlinrsday, May 0, 1880,
at 10 o'clock, A. M\ on the promises, all of the
following described property, to wit:
HOUSE AND LOT, situate in the borough of
Raxonbnrg. bounded on thh north by Me in
street, east by lot of Dr. E. Marshon, south "by
the liorougli line, and west by Joseph Kolin
folder and lot No. 2, containing two and one
fourth acrcu. more or less.
Also, HOUSE AND LOT situate in said bor
ough of Saxonburg, bounded on the north by
Maui street, east by lot No. 1 above described,
south by same lot No. 1, and west by F. VVick
enhagen, containing about one-fourth of au
acre, more or less.
Also, TEN ACRES OF LAND, more or lees,
situate in Jefferson township, Butler county.
Pa., bounded on the east by lands of Ferdinand
Yaeuig, north by lands of Wm. Schroth, west
by State road lea'ling from Saxonburg to But
ler, and south by lands of Henry Runge.
TERMS—One-half of the purchase money of
each piece or parcel of above described real es
tate to be paid at the confirmation of the sale
thereof, and the residue in six months there
after, payments with interest from said confir
mation, and to be secured by judgment or mort
gage thereon.
C. HOFFMAN, Assignee.
Saxonburg, April 12, 1880. apl4-3t
XIAHTD FOR SALE
-AND—
EXCHANGE.
William 8. Boyd has S2O acres of No. 1 Prairie
Land in Butler county, Kansas, which he will
exchange for 100 acres in this county, and pay
difference if any.
A large number of CHEAP FARMS for Bale
in this county, West Virginia, Missouri and Kan
sas. Apply to WM. S. BOYD,
mar3-2m Yogeley House, Butler, Pa
FORSALE.
A handsome six-room frame house, located
on Blull street, northwestern part of Butler.
Lot 50x176. All necessary outbuildings,
TERMS—One-third cash and balance in four
equal annual payments. Inquire at this office.
janHtf
For teal©.
The well-improved farm of Rev. W. R. Hutch
ison, in the northeast corner of Middlesex town
ship, Butler county. Pa., is now offered for sale,
low. Inquire of W. K. FRISBEE, on the prem
ises. aplGtf
FORSALE.
$5 will buy a one-halt interest in a good bus
iness in Pittsburgh. One who knows some
thing about farming preferred. An honest man
with the above amount will do well to address
by letter, SMITH JOHNS, care S. M. James,
93 Liberty street; Pittsburgh, Pa. |au27-ly
INSURANCE
Incorporated 1819.
/ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
Aects «7.075,224.49.
Losses paid In 61 years, $51,000,000.
J. T. McJUNKIN A SON, Auentß,
jau2Bly Jeflerson street, Butler, Pa.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts.
G. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL, TREASURER.
H. C. HEINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt,
William Campbell, J. W. Burkhart,
A. Trdutman, Jacob Sclioene,
G. C. Roessing, John Caldwell,
I)r. VV. lrvin, W. W. Dodds,
J.W.Christy H. C. Heineman.
JAS. T a M'JUNKIN, Gen. As't-
BUTLER 3?A..
NOTICE TO FARMERS.
PHOSPHATE AND FERTILIZERS
FOB SALE BY
JAMES ENGLISH,
marl7-2m PORTERSVUXE, PA.
HENRY G. HALE,
rim iut hoi,
COB. PENN AMD SIXTH STREETS,
fittsburgh, JPa
' ' ' I • x '
VOL. XVII.
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY!
CAIjII AT the
Boot and Shoe Store
ok
MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
The largest and most complete stock of Goods ever brought
to Butler is now being opened by me at my store. It comprises
Boots, Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers,
Misses' & Children's Shoes,
in great variety. All these Goods were purchased for CASH
in the Eastern markets, and therefore I can sell them at the
Old Prices, and
NO ADVANCE.
Lines of Philadelphia, New York and Boston Goods embrace
mv stcck, and customers can take their choice.
I Mean What I Say:
ADVANCE ON OLD PRICES
All can call and see for themselves. The best of satisfaction
will be given for CASH.
THE MAKE, STYLE AND FINISH
of Goods in my store cannot be excelled by any other house in
the county, for proof of which a personal inspection is all that is
necessary.
Leatliei* and Kindings
at Pittsburgh "prices. Shoemakers should come and purchase it
they wish to obtain material cheap.
SUPERIOR MILLING!
WALTER & BOOS,
Proprietors of the Well-Known Splendid
FLOURIXG MILL
BUTLER, Ir'A.
•Wo wish to inform the public that we have remodeled our Mill with the
latest improved
Gradual Reduction System Machinery,
which is well known by Millers to be the best in existence. "We can say to
Farmers and Producers of wheat that it will be profitable to them
to give us a trial. We claim that we can make a
BETTER ARTICLE OF FLOUR, AND MORE OF IT,
out of the same number of bushels of wheat than any other Mill in the
county, and equal to any first-class Mill in the city, or Western Mills.
The new Under-running Mill, used for llegrinding, bought of Munson & Bro.,
Utica, N. V.; the George T. Smith Middlings Purifier, bought
at Jackson, Mich., together with Bolting Cloths,
Reals, Conveyers, Ac., suitable for
the Machinery, cannot be
Excelled in the United States
or elsewhere. This may seem an exaggeration to some, but we wish the pub
lic to know that we are able to perform all that we publish, as we have given
our machinery a thorough test in the presence of several good Millers and
Millwrights, and it has proven even better than it was guaranteed to do.
We are also remodeling our Mill for
Grinding Other Kinds o£ Grain,
which will be entirely satisfactory to our customers. Farmers wishing to
have their grist home with them the same day, can do so on
short notice. They will thereby save another trip.
WE HAVE ALWAYS ON HAND THE BEST GBADES OF
WHEAT FLOUR. GRAHAM FLOUR, RYE FLOUR.
Buckwheat Flour, Bolted and Unbolted Corn Meal, different kinds of Chop,
Bran and Mill Feed, all of the best quality and at the
LOWEST PRICES.
Parties in town purchasing from us will have their orders promptly
latended to and articles delivered at their place of residence.
We Pay the Highest Market Price for all Kinds of Grain.
BUTLER, l'A., WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1880.
BOOTS and SHOES
IL. MUFF'S
I >l<» BLOCK,
Main Street, - - - - Butler, Pa.
I have just received 1113' entire Spring and Summer stock of BOOTS and
SHOES direct from the manufacturer, and am able to sell them at
OLD PRICES,
and a great many lines at LOWER PRICES THAN EVER.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Button, Polish and Side Lace Boots in
endless variety, and at bottom prices.
Reynolds Brothers' celebrated fine Shoes always in stock, and is the most
complete I have ever offered. The prices are lower than ever, and styles
elegant.
Parties wanting BOOTS & SHOES made to order can do no better than
by me, as I keep none but the best of workmen in my employ.
LEATHER and FINDINGS will be found in my store in superior
quality and at lowest market rates.
fry/"AII goods warranted as represented. Al«. RUFF,
OPENING DAILY'
AT
1. C. BLTOfIfS,
THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF
Boots and Shoes
To be found in any House In Western Pennsylvania, em
bracing all the Newest Spring Styles in the Market.
—_ I am selling all this stock at
lllSSf OLD PRICEB.JJ
Recollect, NO ADVANCE.
Several lines of Boots and Shoes at even lower prices than ever. All my
customers have the benefit in buying by getting Boots and Shoes
that come direct from the manufacturer to my house.
No middle profits to divide up that parties
are compelled to pay that buy
from jobbing houses.
This Stock of Boots and Shoes is Very Large in the Following Lines
Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button Boots, - $1.50 and upwards.
" " " " Side Lace Boots, ... 1.25 "
" Grain, Pebble and Kid Button and Polish, - 1.25 "
" " Polish, 05"
" " Standard, very prime, 1.25 " "
" Serges, in Congress and Polish, - - 75 to sl.
" Calf Peg Shoes, all warranted.
MY STOCK EMBRACES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE, A FULL LINE OF ALL
THE FINER GRADES IN WOMEN'S, MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S.
The Ciciits® Department is very complete in every line in Calf
Button, Dom Pedros, Congress and English Walking Shoes, and especially in
Calf Boots, at $2 and upwards,
Brogans and Plow Shoes, at $1 and upwards,
Fine Buff Alexis and Congress, at $1.25 and upwards,
Low Strap Shoes, in every style, at $1.25 and upwards.
Boys' and Youths' Shoes in same styles as Men's, but lower in price.
Infants' and Children's Shoes, in Colors and Black.
Fancy Slippers and Walking Boots, All Colors.
This stock is the most complete I have ever offered, the prices are lower
than ever, and the styles are elegant. Ladies' Kid and Pebble Button .New-!
ports, good, $1 to $1.25.
LARQE STOCK OF LEATHER AM© FINDINGS
Always in stock. None but the best brands of Leather kept, aud prices guar
anteed at lowest market rates.
me a call and I will save you money in your Boots and Shoes.
A careful inspection of this stock will convince you that the above is correct.
No other house can give you lower prices or better goods.
B. C. HUSELTON.
CARPETS! OIL CLOTHS! MATS! RU6S! STAIR RODS
a HEW STOCK! NEW STOCK! >
EH
§ HECK & PATTERSON S |
! NEK CARPET ROOM !
< JH
M HNTOW OPEN I .
p-i
g Ort© P;qqit South of tftw Gl]©thttig c
Duffy's Block, «e P tao-tf Butler, Pa. S
iSdOHHIVXS iSf)QH iSIVW iSH XO7O 110 iSXMHVO
Union Woolen Mills.
I wotild demr»> to call the attention of the
public to the D'liion Wooleu Mill, Butler, Pa.,
where I have new and improved machinery for
the manufacture of
Barred arid Gray Flannels,
Knitting and Weaving Yarns,
and I can recommend them ae being very dura
ble, «» they *re manufactured of pure Butler
county wool. They are beautiful in color, su
perior in texture, and will be Bold at very low
prices. For aamples and prices. address.
H. FULLERTON,
jul24.'7fi-ly) Butler, Pa
U XIUXi.IiM Swells. Stool, Boole, only.
$87.50. 8 Stop Organ. Stool, Book, only $53.75.
Piano*, Stool, Cover, Book, #l9O to #255. Illus
trated catalogue free. Address
»pl4-3m W. 0. BUNNELL, Lewiatown, Pa.
Slock Speculation and Investment.
Operations <jn Margin or by Privilege*. Spe
cial business rn Mining Stocks. Full particulars
on application. JAMES BROWN, )">ealer ill
Stocks and Tlonda, 6-1 A 06 Broadway, Now York.
marl Wop.
Administrators' Notice.
L«*tlers of acini ministration ia the estate of
J.ct. Muntz, Esq., dee'd, late of the borou eh
of H'jtler, Pa., having been jrranted to the u.i
(Jerni gned, nil persons knowing themselves'
hide' oted to raid estate will plsase make lmme
diaw : payment, and any having claim# against
said estate will present them duly authenticated
for payment. Books will be left in the hands
ot ""Esq. Walker for collection.
JOHJti N. MUNTZ, Administrator,
apr 2S-4t Butler, fa.
SHERIDAN'S RIDE.
THE HISTORY OF THE WRITING OF T.
BUCHANAN READ'S FAMOUS POEM.
A splendid lyric which has been uni
versally pronounced one of the most
fervently patriotic that ever enriched
any language or land was composed in
Cincinnati on the morning of October
31, ISG4. A somewhat trifling minor
circumstance which cannot be general
ly known, was the cause of its produc
tion at that time. How its author
might have sung later its theme of glo
ry, no mortal can tell.
Mr. Cyrus Garrett, brother-in-law of
Thos. Buchanan Read, with whom the
artist and his family some time resided
on West Eighth street, that morning
discovered iu Harper's Week ly a spir
ited drawing by Thos. Nast, represent
ing Geu. Philip Sheridan mounted and
"tearing madly along the road, far
ahead of his escort," to join his troops,
twenty miles away.
While at his breakfast, "he did not
dream of the terrible route and disaster
hovering at that moment over his ar
my," but as he rode out of Winchester
the vibrations of the ground, under
heavy discharges of artillery in the dis
tance, gave him the first intimations
of danger. Five anxious hours the des
perate struggle went on before Sheri
dan arrived upon the field. Encoun
tering, as he neared it, some of his re
treating soldiers, he swung his cap over
his head and shouted : "Face the other
way, boys ! face the other way !" as he
galloped to the front. Under his quick
commands the broken ranks were re
formed, and for two hours more the
tired soldiers who had eaten nothing
since the night previous, obeyed the in
spiration of his presence and that won
derful victory followed. The first pic
tured illustration of that famous ride
Mr. Garrett held before Mr. Read's
eyes.
"Look at this, my boy! Isn't there
a poem in it ? There's a chance for
you—write one."
The poet's dark eyes centered ou the
picture. There are moments which
time itself measures. Perhaps with a
swell of enthusiasm, a more than poet
ic afflatus, the blood of a patriot already
dashing in his veins 'faster and faster,'
he thus replied to Mr. Garret:: "Ay,
but a poem is not to be written in a
minute, nor as easily as you can order
a new coat at Sprague's !"
George Gilfillan has declared that
the secret of Thomas Campbell's suc
cess as a poet, was that of enthusiasm
subdued ; a requirement for success that
is not often understood, as the critic
adds. If iu Campbell's case, the same
must be true of many personal experi
ences and exploits.
Notwithstanding his prompt allusion
to the tailor, by any other theory than
subdued enthusiasm, would be anoma
lous, Mr. Read was at the moment in
spired, and as though Mr. Nast's draw
ing had been a camera, reflecting the
whole twenty miles of that dashing
ride in a moveless mystery of the poe
try of motion. The witty caricaturist
probably has never fancied himself to
have been the "medium" of immortal
verse which converted the victor's wild
olive leaves on Phil. Sheridan's brow
to flowers of amaranth.
Mr. Read retired and wrote the poem.
Emerging two or three hours later
from his labratory of thought, he read
"Sheridan's Ride" to a delighted fam
ily circle.
It appears that James E. Murdoch,
a frequent guest at Mr. Garrett's house,
and Mr. Davis, war correspondent of
Harper's, both chanced to be present.
Theu to Mrs. Read was assigned the
pleasant task of copying the poem in
large text in order that the tragedian
might readily memorize it lor that even
ing's progcamme at Pike's Opera
House, the older structure which a
twelvemonth later, like a fairy fabric,
disparted in a shower of burning flakes
on the streets of Cincinnati. Leaving
Mr. Murdoch vigorously committing
the lines with appropriate gesticulation
Mr. Read and Mr. Davis sauntered
forth to call on various friends. To
one of them, as they entered, the poet,
with a radiant face exclaimed: "Well,
morning ! It is fresh from the oven !"
Naturally, from the appreciative con
fidant, suitable inquiries and congratu
lations followed, with a confession of
pleased curiosity.
A grand ovation to Mr. Murdoch,
whose devotion to his country had
been evinced by many labors of love,
occurred on that very evening. The
occasion was illuminated with the in
tellect of Cincinnati's favorites and the
splendor of her fashion. Mayor Len.
Harris advanced to the footlights with
Mr. Murdoch, and read a tasteful in
troductory address. Mr. Murdoch's
response expressed his deap gratitude
for the honor conferred upon himself,
and he opened his recitations with By
ron's impassioned lament over Greece,
following it by Read's poem, "Drift
ing," thus casting a dreamy and sen
suous spell over the audience. The
great tragedian then requested permis
sion to read a poem which on that
morning's dawn was uncreated. Then
"Sheridan's Ride," in which Mr. Mur
doch's grand tones thrilled the vast
throng of listeners. The crowning fea
ture of the evening was the presenta
tion of a flag by the hero of Lookout
Mountain to the tragedian, who, on re
ceiving it, pressed the margin reverent
ly to his lips, and made a graceful re
sponse.
In considering the first meager re
ports of the victory at Cedar Creek,
which it is declared was due to the
personal presence of General Sheridan
alone, who by that desperate ride met
the billows of war in time to turn them
back, we can accord to T. Buchanan
Read's genius the power of prophetic
light. It has been claimed by a poet
that all great poets are prophets. In
writiug that military if not martial
lyric, his soul went reversely forward
to the awful scene, beholding the need
of the commander's presence, while
also beating with "The heart of the
Bteed and the heart of the master," all
the way Jrom Winchester town. His
mind pictured the horse "A steed as
fclack as the steeds of night," and saw
him "pass as with eagle flight." Had
this poem been produced months, years
or even weeks later, it might not have
concentrated such intensity of uat : onal
lustre upon the name of its author, or
so speedily traced beneath it the indel
ible ascription of "Genius," simply be
cause the poem is so largely and so un
erringly a picture of the imagination.
Although Laurel Hill, instead of
Spring Grove, holds the tomb of this
poet artist of Cincinnati, may the civic
queen fail never perpetually to keep his
name entwined with such ivies as Eliz
abeth Browning gathered into artistic
song!
"Not a leaf of which will grow without dream
ing of a wreath."
Cincinnati Gazette.
CURING A COLD.
The first time that I began to
sneeze, a friend told me to go and bathe
luy feet iu hot water, and go to bed. I
did so. Shortly after, a friend told un
to get up and take a cold shower bath.
I did that also. Within an hour an
other friend told me that it was policy
to feed a cold and starve a fever. 1
had both; so I thought it !>est to fill
up the cold and let the fever starve
awhile. In a case of this kind I sel
dom do things by halves; I ate pretty
heartily. I conferred my custom upon
a stranger who had just opened a res
taurant on Courtland street, near the
hotel that morning, paying him so
much for a full meal. He waited near
me in respectful silence until I had
finished feeding my cold, when he in
quired whether people about New
York were much afflicted with colds.
I told him I thought they were, lie
then went out and took in his sign. I
parted up toward the office, and on the
walk encountered another bosom friend
who told me that a quart of warm salt
water would come as near curing a
cold as anything in the world. I hard
ly thought I had room for it, but I
tried it, anyhow. The result was sur
prising. I believe I threw up my im
mortal soul. Now, as I give my ex
perience only for the benefit of those of
my friends who are troubled with the
distemper, I feel that they will see the
propriety of my cautioning them
against following such portion of it as
proved inefficient with me; and acting
upon this conviction I warn them
against salt water. It may be a good
enough remedy, but I think it is rath
er too severe. If I had another cold
in the head, and there was no course
left me—to take either an earthquake
or warm salt water, I would take ray
chances on the earthquake. After this
everybody in the hotel became inter
ested; and I took all sorts of remedies
—hot lemonade, cold lemonade, pepper
tea, bonset, stewed Quaker, hoarhound
syrup, onions and and loaf sugar, lem
ons and brown sugar, vinegar and
laudanum, five bottles fir balsam, eight
bottles of cherry pectoral, and ten bot
tles of Uncle Sam's remedy; but all
without effect. One of the prescrip
tions given by an old lady was—well,
it was dreadful. She mixed a decoc
tion composed of molasses, catnip, pep
permint, aquafortis, turpentine, kero
sene and various drugs, and instructed
me to take a wineglassful of it every
fifteen minutes. I never took but one
dose; that was enough. I had to take
to my bed and remain there two entire
days. When I felt a little better, more
things were recommended. I was des
perate, and willing to take anything.
Plain gin was recommended, and then
gin and molasses, then gin and onions.
I took all three. I detected no.partic
ular result, however, except that I had
acquired a breath like a turkey buz
zard, aud had to change my boarding
place. I had never refused a remedy
yet, and it seemed poor policy to com
mence then; therefore I determined to
take a sheet-bath, though I had no
idea what sort of an arrangement it
was. It was administered at mid
night, and the weather was frosty.
My back and breast were stripped, and
a sheet, (there appeared to be a thou
sand yards of it,) soaked in ice water
was wound around me until I resem
bled a swab for a columbiad. It is a
cruel experiment. When the chilly
rag touches one's warm flesh, it makes
him start with a sudden violence, and
gasp for breath, just as men do in the
death agony. It froze the marrow in
my bones, and stopped the beating of
my heart. I thought my time had
come When I recovered from this, a
friend ordered the application of a mus
tard plaster to my breast. I believe
that would have cured me effectually,
if it had not been for young Clemens.
When I went to bed, I put the mus
tard plaster where I could reach it
when I should be ready for it. But
young Clemens got hungry in the
night and ate it up. I never saw any
child have such an appetite. I am
confident that he would have eaten me
if I had been healthy.
HE AVY PATENT DAMAGES.
In the United States Court, Rut
land, Yt., Judge Wheeler granted a de
cree giving judgment for the plaintiff
for $161,011.71, in the suit of Riley
and Burdett against J. Estey & Co.,
organ manufacturers of Brattleboro.
This action was originally brought sev
eral years ago to recover for the alleg
ed infringement of a patent in the man
ufacture of organs It was heard be
fore the late Judge Johnson, but his
death occurring before a decision was
given, necessitated a reargument.
This was had before Judges Blatch
ford and Wheeler, who found for the
plaintiff and referred the case to ex-
Governor Stewart, of Middlebury,
with directions to compute the amount
due. Governor Stewart reported in
favor of awarding Mr. Burdett $149,-
039, to which Judge Wheeler has add
ed interest from December 4, 1878,
making the total judgment over $160,-
000. The defendants will appeal to
the Supreme Court.— N. Y. Sun.
Edison's invention for getting gold
out of tailings may be very useful in
| its way, but what this country really
wants is some kind of an electric spring
bonnet that doesn't cost over SSO.
The only men who ever hang to a
New Year's diary are the chaps who
lend money to their friends. They
must have some sort of a book to I
write down names and amounts in.—
Detroit Free Press. J
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NO. 2\
HUNTING A LOST CHILD.
In the summer of 1874, some time
in August., Mrs Julia Kelly, then resid
ing in Titusville, Crawford county,
sent her six year old daughter Mary
Ann to a grocery store, not a hundred
yards from her home, for a pound of
sujfar. From the moment the child
then looked into her mother's face to
hear the direction of what j-he was to
do that mother has not gazed into her
child's face. Ten minutes elapsed, but
no Mary returned—five minutes more,
and the mother impatient went to the
door, but could not see her child.
Waiting ten minutes more the anxious
mother went to the store, but her child
was not there. The man in the store
knew little Mary. "Where is Mary ?"
inquired the mother of the shopkeeper.
"I don't know—she has not been her
this morning/' "Why, I sent her only
twenty minutes or more atfo," ner
vously said the mother. "That may
l»e," said the man, "but she did not
come." Thru began the weary search.
The neighbors were all inquired of—
houses were visited near by—people
were interrogated, but no one had seen
or heard of little Mary. The shades of
night gathered around Mrs. Kelly's
home iiefore she returned from her
weary afternoon's search for her lost
child. It was a sad night in the wid
ow's little family circle, for there were
three older children present. No one
slept—all wept and prayed for little
Mary. Early next morning Mrs. Kelly
was agtfiu outin search of her little one
—and thus day after day, week after
week, month after month and year
after year Mrs. Kelly has wandered
through Crawford, Warren, Mercer and
Erie counties, inquiring, watching, and
searching for her child. But each night
only closed in gloom, and the hopes
that rose in the sad mother's heart at
the rising of the sun, sank again and
was lost in the darkness which sur
rounded her as its brightness was
shaded from the world. Mrs Kelly has
friends in Columbia, Lancaster county,
where she has been spending a few
months to rest from her weary search,
aud to try to lind consolation for her
sad heart. But the mother cannot rest.
She was in Harrisburg on Saturday
with letters to a Telegraph reporter
appealing to him for aid, to help get
her story before the public, while she
passes on to Titusville, whither she is
going to resume search for her child.
She is convinced that her little one is
concealed somewhere in that region,
and resolved never to give up her
search. A comfortable home has been
spent in thiseffort, and the sad motheris
resolved to sacrifice her life before she
yields in her efforts to find her child.
May Heaven help her in her efforts
and crown them with succes.—Harris
burg Telegraph.
CHURCH HYMNS TO LIVELY
TUNES.
It is said that Father McXamara,
who is endeavoring to establish an in
dependent Catholic Church in Brook
lyn, has peculiar ideas regarding fit
religious tunes. He has hymns sung
to the "Wearing of the Green," and
"The Exile of Erin." One of the
psalms of David is set to "Yankee
Doodle," and another (the twentieth
psalm) is sung to the tune of "Paddies
Forever." There is nothing very "pe
culiar" about the Father's "ideas of
religious tunes." We have heard
"Gayly the Troubadour" converted in
to a "religious tune," and it is certain
ly not better fitted for such service
than "Yankee Doodle," and not half
so well as the "Exile of Erin," or
"Wearing of the Green." "Kosin the
Bow"—correctly "Rossum the Beau"
—was a camp meeting tune, and a half
satiricial song on an old bachelor
named Rossum was adopted to it. The
air of the sentimental song "The Iloso
that all are Praising" used to be heard
in the churches as well as parlors in
this city, and seemed as little out of
place in one as the other. Auother
hymn, beginning "Saw ye my Sav
iour," though probably never heard
now, was once popular and sung to an
old Scotch air, "Saw ye my father."
Burns' song, "Where are the joys I
have met in the morning," is adapted
to it. The air to Moore's song in
"Lalla Rookh"—"Farewell to Thee,
Araby's Daughter"—was once fre
quently sung to a sacred song describ
ing Christ's birth in a stable and his
cradle in a manger. Henry Kirke
White's well known hymn, "The Star
of Bethlehem," is usually sung to the
air of "Bonnie Doon," which, Burns
says, was composed by a gentleman
who had been advised that the way to
make a Scotch tune was to "stick to
the black keys of the harpsichord and
preserve some sort of rhythm." It is
a fine air, though, and excellent sacred
music, if it was made in a frolic.
"Rousseau's Dream" is hardly ever
heard, except as the air of a sacred
song—once it was "Oh, thou fount of
every blessing"—but it certainly was
not composed for a religious purpose
by the great Swiss infidel.—lndianap
olis Journal.
Twinklings.
A man should make it a part of his
religion to see that his country is well
governed.— WlLLlAM I'EXN.
The generality of men expend the
early part of their lives in contribu
ting to render the latter part miserable.
— BUSSET.
If a man is determined to do the
best he can, whether he drives a cart,
conducts a business of a million dollars,
or preaches the gospel, he cannot fail.
— MADAME DE STAEL.
Beautiful it is to die for our country;
beautiful it is to surrender life for the
cause of religious freedom ; beautiful to
•ro forth, to bear help and healing to
| the sick, the wounded, the outcast and
forlorn ; but there are those who stay
at home, aloue, unknown, uncelebrated,
to do and beftr more than is ever done,
in one brief act of heroism or hour of
martydom. In ten thousand homes are
those, whose life-long- care and anxi
ety wear and waste them to the grave.
They count it no praise ; they consider
it no sacrifice. I speak not, but for the
simple truth, of that which is too holy
for euIogy.— ORVILLE DEWEY.
THE lap of luxury : when the cat
gets cream.