Wellsboro agitator. (Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa.) 1872-1962, January 21, 1873, Image 1

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`VOL XX.---NO. 3.
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rtloo,e zaept On pearl °entities, when half-yearly
juieuts in a(luanoe w be required, , /
3eirtre4 Noriaselu the Editorlsl 001r.tans; on the
,xnul page., t;ioonts par , line erica' insertion.;
Yoih
lasertaa for 1.083 than $l.
liorices in 'Local ooltann, 10 aunts par Una if
a t o than avail:no ancl-5 0 cants fora no'doe of five
les or loss.
bu t
all of Mart/WM and Mama e bur erted
; but all obituary no tices will be oludged 10 oents
I,r
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gnaw Oar= 511naa or bee, .95.00 per year.
Business Cards."
B. BA2tinatarn .
Batchelder Johnson,
~factivera of Monanionts, Tobabstones, Table
te.
7posi Fo Call and sea._
_Shop, Waln at.,
, unary , 'Webber°, Pa.—.7nly 8, 1879.
qt,tet AID courrsraxiairkr
AD:aptly ntitaatted to.—gdogil?tizg, Tiogn'ooun•
Paun'a., L9r..1,;^.141"2-94. • . ~ •
•
C. H.
really pr. 411.1 Seymour,
AYANIA Ea LAM, Tina. P/4 - bustneas
c
to
46tea hie vat will rompt atteuticm—
• obv..
Geo. U. Merrick,
EI LlW.—Otace Dowiezi ccao'i
tau ttum .agustar door,
4aboto, 1.
Itl 12.
jiLitchell, & Cameron,
i's,nis AT LAW, Claim and insurance Agents.
a Cancers* 'Wire brick block, over
Iw o& Osgacal's atom, YeUsboro. Pa.—Sea. 1,
William A. Stine;
•
, BXER ATLAW, crver O. B. Rollord Dry Good
Wright It Mere Bloch au Main, street
• • • Jim. 2,1372. •
L.' D. 7 . lox; •
prisms, xagucats AN SWABS at Whols sale
Baba. Ito. 4;;Oxi• BA Block, Wallaboro, l'a.
• Z. ISM
Josiah Emory,
ilinT AT. LIW. 2 -0111ce opposite Court Home,
1 Purdy'a Block, 'Wlitaseport. Pa. All bnalmesa
••••• • allaattairto au. 1. 1.872. -
J. O. Strang.
AT LAW & DISTRICT ATTORNEY.—
ca with J. 33.14i1e5, Esq., Wellsbero, Pa—Jan. I,' 72,
C. N. Dartt,
J..9/".—Jreath ramie with the nr.,no itrenovnana.
lt giva ca lotter aatiataction..than r 'lag else
in Wright at Bailey's Walla
.oot. 18. UM
J. B. Niles,
LAW...WM ettend.promptly to
at to his care in the ootuitdas of 1
Cage on the Avanue.—Welleboro,
LO. W. Adiuns,.
LAW, - Mansfield,- 'flogs county,
grompty attended to,-.lnn. 1, 187(2.
C. B. Kelly.
opoterl. China and Glaaaa wars, Tab/
Platacl Watis. Also ;Cable and House
Goodam-Wellsbo;o, Pa., Sept. 17, UN.
Juo. W. Guernsey,
AT LAW....A.11 business entrusted to
attended W.—Office 1 t door
'are's stork Tbega, Ttoge, comity
trong & Linn,
'g o Williaraeyort, Pa.
IN
D. - Terbell 4
.lIGGIST. and Heaters in Wall
Windom Glass. Perfumary.
N. Y. Jan. 41872.
Sabinsville House.
. • 'Tipp Pa.—Bonn Pro's. Proprietors.
house has been thoroughly renovated and is
in good condition to acoonaldate the traveling
Yc in s stiparior manner.--Jan. 1, 1878.
D. Bacon, lIZ. D.,
ICIAN AND BITAGEON—aa7 be found a t i
e fat door East of Mies Todd'e--Mal.4 s ea,
attend yitimpty to all calla.—Wellsbore, Ps.,
. 1. 11371.
A. M. Ingham, M.- D.,
>I PAT IST, Offico at his reed-4QQ° on the Av
--Wollsbcpro.,/%-,;;T,30.1872- -
Seeley, Coats & Co.,
• S, finossille. Tioga Go., Pa.—ktecellre money
posit, dieconnt notes, and sell drafts on _New
City. Colleotlona promptly made.
self }rim , Oaenclu.. Vnzz
1. 1372. 7::/..rplOok 3, rinonville
Petroleum souse,
PA., Geo. Close, Propristor.-4,}00d sc
, for both man ar,4 boast; CLargoe roc,
locd r.ttemtion given to guezts
Mrs. ittary E. Lamb.
.:H.T.—Wishea to intorrn her friond.a and th.
.tt - aerally that ilia has %god in the ti lliin
.IPatiortioois btnineesio this Lori), and tha'
os fcrund elt her store. next door to the
trolls & Willtants.—naa. E. E. KIMBALL 1121.3
of the making and trimming department and
Iva Ler attention exclusivelyeo 12,72-tf.
21; Yale &
=lecturing several brands cf choico
I will sell at prices that cannot but please
)mers.l We use none but the best Connect
rang and Yara Tobaccos. We make our own
nd for that reason can warrant them. We
(moral assortment of good Chewing and
Tobaccos, Snuffs, Pipes from. clay to the
)ersehaum, Tobacoo Pouches, etc., whole
itall.-Dec. 24, 1872.
R. Anderson, Agt.
RETAIL DEALER IN HARDWARE,
steel, Nails, House Trimmings, Me-
J. Agricultural Implements, („Arriago
Springs, Rims. &0., Pocket and Table
~trid, Ware, Guns and Ammunition, Whips,
ood and itron—the beet in use. hlanufar,
dealer in Tin, Copper, and Sheet-irom
ifing in Tin and Iron. All work warrant
-1875. - . .
ellsbe
0 Hotel,
con. MAIN ST. & TIIE AVENITV.
Wellsboro,
SOL 131flitii&L, Prop'r.
?tdar . fiotel latelg Impt by B. B. Bcdiday..
) r witraltale paia to make its Ant
all the stages arrive and depart from this
pod hostler in atteadarrm. 101^LivtrY at
• -
872.
U7ll hr.
-1 - '.:
graltitEMMONS3
weusboro & Lawrenceville IL IL
Time Table Ito. 4. • • .
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' • Takoa E ff ect Itionday Juno 3d, P 372. ". - '
'. 130=0 21013TH. • ' ODOM BOUTS.
12 11 4 9 Stations.. 1 - 3 i)
p.m.
.p.m. a.m.S.M. p.m. a.m.
150 59310 00 Ar. Corning. Dip. 800 735 SGO
12 28 430 855 L'villo 900 840 .; 13
12 13 4.'93' 944 Dep. Enmning 011 840 023
a.m.
12 03 419 840 Lathrop 915 850 693
11 43 — 4 05 826 flogs Vjllage, 929 904 663
11 23 552 812 lianynond 943 918 /18
1115 3438 03 Rife Creek, 9329 27 7 23 ,
1107. 840 800 Holliday 957 950 729
10 57 3527 62 Middlebury 10 08 9 38 , 788'
10 401 3277 47 l7ilea Valley 10 08 948 747
10 26 t 8 19 739 Btakesdale 10 16 951 759
10 95 3 I'J 730 De. Wellaboro. Arr. 10 25 10 00 810
2 4A Charleston, .10 52
208 . Summit, 11 12
130 Antrim, - 1146
A. IL 0011T011, Sup't.%
Bloasburgit Corning & Tioga R. R.
Time Table No. .82. - •
Takes Effect Bioaday dune 80. /072.
tLEUP.SZT rtIOM C.oll=lo. I ATM EAT BtOd973TIUG.
O. / ...... ..... BGO a. La. No. 4 .10 44 a. m.
ill 'U 796 p. m. " 8. ...... ... p.m.
" 16............ 220 p. m. " 15..... 626 p. m.
(
Lcrammi. AP.IIIVB AT COI/SC.4O.
.246 p. tn. 1 0.-2, ...........6 86p. zu.
.706 p, m. " 4 10 00 a.m.
. 728 a. m. 1 , 10. 8... 1116 a. m.
A. H. GORTON, Supt B. 603. R. R.
L. H. BBATTIIOI3.,Bupt4 TMENR. R.
Drii'd.rtT SOW!
NO
.!to. .ti
Depot, Boot of Pine Street, Williamsport, Pa.
JWITIVAILD.
Hail dep. Willtrirasport, 9.00 a. in.
dooommodation dep. Williamsport, ... —6.00 p. m.
Mai/arrive at Williamsport,— ..... 6./0 p. m.
Aoootrunodation arrive at Will 15tnap0rt,.....9.25 a in.
An additional train leavea Depot at Herdic /louse,
W'insport, at 9.05 a. m.—for Milton. Philadelphia, 11.
York, Boston and intermediate points.. Returning,
direot oonneotion is made at Williamsport with trains
for the west.
'No obwage of aara between Philadelphia, New Toxic
and Williamepart. GEO. WEBB, sup'r.
Dzw, 14„za, ikr.orixD Jzics
Navy and improved Braving Boom and Soaping
Coaches, combining all modern Improvements. ara
run through on all trains between New York, Bushes.,
tar, Buffalo, Niagara 'Calls, Suspension Bridge,i3leve.
hind ar..o„Cdmairmatl.
•
Westward.
STATIONS.
N. York,. Lye
Blug'tn,
Elmira,
°rain&
Pt'd Poet, "
Itootteet'r, AZT
:u lo;
lag. Balls . 0
fig. .0
a. m., except Sundays`, from Owego
f or HorneSa
ville and Way.
515 a. AL. except Susdaya, from Susquehanna for
Hnrnellaville and Way.
520 in., daily from Susquehanna for Eiornelltvllle
and Way.
1 10 p. in., except Sundays, from Elmira for Avon,
to Buffalo and Way.
330 p. m., except Sundays, from Binghamton for
Hornellrville and Way.
Eastward.
BTATIONI. I
No. 12.*
'o 12 25 p
Mag. Falls, • 1 " 660 p m
Buffalo, "2 80 " 525 ••
Horulsve, " 005 Sup. 10 80 "
Rochester, " 400 p M 530 "
Corning, " 726 " 12 01 ••
Elmira, " 803 " la 40 am
Blzirratnd• - 10 10 •• 235 "
Now York, •• 700 a M 1110 ••
5 05 a. m., except Sondaye, from Hornellavllle for
Owego and Way.
5 00 a. m., daily from EfornellavllleforSuannehanna
- _
and Way.
' 720 a. ta., except Sundays, from Horaelloville for
Binghamton and Way.
7 00 a. m., extant. Sundays, from Owego for Busty:a.
banns and Way.
2GO p. m.,-exeept Sundays, from Painted Post for
Timtra and Way.
160 p. m.. turoopt ,Sundays, from Hornallsvilla for
BusquEdimma and Way. -
*Pair.
tilloodsza eanapte4, between Susquehanna and Port
Jerrie.
.I,Liy ,ollt ,
-a Co.. Pe.
Through Tiokets to all points West at the very Low
est Rates, for sate in the Company's °Moe at the Corn•
big Depot.
This la the only authorized Agency of the Erie Lail
way Company for the sale of Western Tickets in Corn.
ing.
Baggage will be checked only on Tickets purchased
at the Coinpenrs taco.
Northern Central Railway.
nano arstro and dapart at Troy, sine June 9th, 187'2,
ISDINTEWAIID. 6017TENTLED.
liiitgard FARM% 407 p M Balto. ExPress, 3 16 p 1 .0
.. 916 p m Philada Express, 915 p
Ciacinnati rap. 10 90 ain Mail, .. 0.52 ain
A. R. F/SHE,
lan. 1, 18T2
Cyrus D. Sill,
ViIgO7.VEIAT V DVAT,VITt
Foreign and Domestic Liquors
ISYLWES. &a., &s. .
Agent for Pine Old Whiekie®
Jam. 1.1872. CONNING, N, Y.
Houghton,. Orr & Co.,
BTOXY rms. P. 6..
Manutsoturors of
•5q , 442%tz Buggies, Sulkies
PLATFORM SPRING, TRUCE AND
LUMBER WAGONS,
CIIITERS,
SLEIGHS AND 808 SLED 3.
notice b ea t o anything on libel
toe& uoucirror, ora l CC.
ROL:NOR & COLEe, Agents Wellsboth-
Ston.,y Fork, July 1, 1872.
THE NEW SEWING . MACHIN
Latest Improved, hence THE BEST,
HAS NO SPIRAL SPRING.
REVERY M4l
OS 1!08
ITI - V -1 :.401
HaiSelf Setting - Neoffmlid Imt,r i c,ved
SHUTTLE. 1
'JILL be put out on trial for parties wiebing, and
V T sold on easy, monthly payment).
peore - Imrobaaing, call and examine the VICTOR.
at L. F. Truman's store In Wellaboro, 1,1).
E. JENNINGS, Agent.
bed and board
MAI= Wk. Tvrlet. Cotton and Needles s
of ail litude
constantly on hand. \
N, B...M.sobines of all ittiLdl repaired oak reasonable
Wu&
xoy, urg4 sa t
•
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,
/ hereby forbid
„f her on my :amount,
contrmidng after thjs
D. B. WOODAA.B.
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RAILWAY TINE TABLES.
Oatawissa Railroad.
Erie Railway.
No. 2.
900 am
aaapra
685 "
TOT "
No. 5.
1 Om
9 85 pus
/2 80 "
12/Jam
_ - 126 ..
10 87" 1 :. .....
8 808 up 250
1205 an 810 am
1225am1 950 d.
160 " 1 800 "
`ADDITIONAL LOCAL Witearza WErwaro.
No. it.
AnDrrioNA.T. LOCIAL TaAms It&rriviab
=0 N: ABBOTT,
4vn'l rawer Ag't
as follows
" - srx.c:l%loizit."
TEIE VICTOR '
New Boot, Shoe, Leather
4:IsTD FINDING STORE.
1 ,
. Egosaasla
New Shop, New Stock, and tiret-
ANYTUDIG from a Rood Caok to a Rid (Mien Boat
11. no of
-
Ladies' Kid and Cloth Bal-
Gents' Cloth, Morocco, and
Calf Gaiters. Oxford
and Prince'.ellbert
Ties.
A good/I/14ot C,VE8.9130E-% 4i134 a_ftill/1n• of
11 - NE BOoTS/
raaging 2a puce troni . l4,ol) $7.4 pegged eat sewed
CUSTOM BOOTS'
trom $6,00 to $/3,00, slid worth the money every time
• The tuadamtened baying sper.t twenty years
life In Wellsboro—much (f the tune cn the stool of
penitetioe, drawing the eon! a affliction for the good
Of soles, believes rather in hammering than
therefore, he will ozily remark to his old otietozaera
and as many new ones as choose to give him u sell
that he maybe found at his new shop, next door tO
Van Horn'elvere rooms, with the best and cheap.
eat stock in Tioga county. C. W. BEARS,
Wellsboro, •S‘Pril 24, lEits.
WISIIART'S PINE TREE
No. 1.1 No. O.*
580 put 700 put
560s r m 840 eta
620 ~, 886 "
5 66 " 6 17 "
STAR CORDIAL4I
10 32 " 10 82 "
725 Bit. 720 aft
1166 am 1246 pm
12
1 30 pm 635 pza
1 II 1
16 "
NATURE'S GREAT RELTIEDY
'Throat, and idiuctgs.-
/
It is gratitying to us to Inform the s,ubtio hat Dr.
L. Q. 0. Vilattart's Pixie Tree Tar Corcilaitor Throat and
Lung Diseases; has
' gained an enviable reputation
i
l.
from the Mien cto the Pacific coast, and from thegtOe
to some of the ttrst families of Europe, not through
the press alo , but by persons throughout the States
actually bewail ed end cured at hie office. While he
publishes lees, se say our report e rs, ha is unable to
supply the de and. It gains and holds its repute.
don— .
First. Rot stopptng congii, but by loosening
ri
and asslstin,g i thee to throw off the unhealthy Ma,
ter collected a t the throat and bronchial tubes,
which. CaatteSl i UM..
No. B.f No. 2.
1000 pm -.. ...
1012 pm 710 am
1135 " 746 "
3 15am i 10,69 "
- I sOO
467 " 12 08 pm
618 " 1243
718 " 236 "
3 30pm 966
&cowl. It
produces co
bronchial tub
the nnbpaltby
'Stara. It t
opium, of whi
composted, ah
the stomach.
eats on the
nervous re: , •
system, wad
It has
_gifted:
ell others to
The Pi
Great *taericaa Diopepaia Pills,
WORN, SIUGAR DROPS.
Bekaa uttaar rel tiamedlate dulled= they abAll Got
loseothek =Wye quelitiee by the nee of cheep and
Moan cattalos. ;--
HENRY R. WISHART,
Dr. L. Q. O. Wlshart's Oece Parlyra are open on
ill Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 s.
to sp. r ee.. Per consultation by Dz. Fm. T. Slope.—
ith /gm are associated two consulting physicians of
aokzictrieden. I ability. Thin opportunity is not of
fered by any ottier ins'dtution in the city.
All letters mt.s.l 5e addre&:to! to
LQ. C. Wishart, M.D.,
No. 232 N. ieooud street,
Itov. 161, 1872-Lit
E. B. Torso. - Mt. Cisa=to
-B. B. Young Oo
__„'
koksellers and Stationers,
sad Daasera to '
Wall $e r,
iz w Challis,
Wsndow Fixtures,
Musical luatruicerstu
Yankee Motions,
W:turit Frames anti Gasa,
Pictures, all aorta,
Cool,
• Law Elmira.
Justice SlLuke,
Bliatit Books, all s u re,
liewepspers,
Writing Deaks,
Artiste Govls,
Low Backs,
and awry arttaia In our Una at trade
—New York Dallies at One Dollar a !tooth_ -
--,Elmira Dailies at 46 Ceuta a month.
--SiabscriptiOzut for a week, or month, or year.
—Orden! for Books not in stock prorapllyatterided to.
ery d
—km Express package received from Nev York ev-
ay.
,-We are Agents of the Anchor Line and the Onion
Line of U. S. Mail Oman Stamen. Passage tickets to
end from any point in Europa at the lowest rates.
—6l,ght Inuits sold on any Bank in Europe at cur
rent rates
? f Frehange.
Jan. 24.18721 y: E. B. YOUNG & CO.
k To Suffering-Ilumanity
DE. TIPPLE'S PILE SPEOLETL` la warranted to
once every case of Ckbnitipaton and Piles, or mousy
refunded. . .. .
SOLI by John R. Adv., Wellibtao., Pa.' - 1
Oat I,lll,lollshoa
. . .
WELLSBORO, TIOGA C
IN TILE EIELD ALLAIN
eltuqi Work !
morals and Gaiters,
Ditto Children'S
and Misses.
Leather and Findings
• at the leweetratee, as usual.
FOB THE
I 'emovea the couve vt irritattou (which
•
•
•) of tbo II:11001.111 membrane and
assiets the lunge to act and throw off
.ons and purities the blood _
- tree ftCtla /0 1, 61 1 e. ikeette nod
most throat and lung remedies are
allay ccugli only, and dinorgaaze
t has a loathing el cot on the stomach,
ver and kidneys, and 14.mpbatio and
I, thus reaching to even part of the
its invigerating end purifyliv effects
mutation shish It must hold above
e roarket.
wicw - ,a, - c",,,
e Tree Tar Cordial,
PROPRIETOR.
Free of Charge.
PRELA.DELPELA
,SuotAware of Eivigl Youlag a 4:1,
Sicilia al Books
Rellgtoul 13,,nks
Uncle, Jo,
FMALrcE OLBEV:
1 but -
lots'.'
I CA,
L, CN,
I have in memory a little story,
That few indeed would rhyme ahem
-"Tie not of love, nor fame, nor,yet of i
Although a little oolored with the thi
Fri very. truth, I think rig much. perch
As most tales disembodied from tenni
1
i Jo lived about the village, and was/le
ITo every one who bad bard work to
If he possessed i genius, 'trims for la
Most people thought, but there we
Who email:hes said, when ho arose
..Come in again 'Bud see us, Uncle Jo I
The "Uncle" was a courtesy they gay
And fejt they could afford to.give to
Jun as the master makes of some go
An Aunt Jena!ma, or an Uncle Jim;
And of this cloak:me kindness Jo was
Poor fellow, it was all be ever bad t
A mile or so away he had a brother—
A
rich, proud matt that people didn' .
But Jo had neither aieter, , wire; nor in'
And baked Ws corneake at hie cabin ,
After the day's work, hard for you or .1
But he was never tired—how could he I
They called him dull, but ha had °Sea
For everybody that he could behien
Said one and all: "how land he is In
tut there, of comae, his goodness
Another praise there was might have
For one or more days out Of every se
With his'old pickax swung across hie
And downcast eyes, and slow and
Be sought Um place of graves, and •
Wondered and asked some ether wh ,
But when he digged all day, nobody .1
That be had done a whit nice.) than he
At lengthy one winter when the sun • .s a slanted
E.
Faintlyand cold across the church- anew.
The hen tolled out aka! , stave was wanted,
And all'looked anxiously for Uncle J ; .
Ms spade stood there against his own roo ft ree,
There was hie pickax too, but where N he?
They called and called agate, but no !
Smooth at the window, and about t .1
The snow in cold and heavy w
Ile didn't need the daylight any too
One shook him roughly, and another
"Aa true ae preaching, tuck, Jo is d • •
And when they wrapped himin the
• And finer, too, than he had worn till
-They found a picture- r haply of the e
Of etuan,y hope sometime, or whore
They did not care to know. but closed
And placed it in the coffin where he Ii
None wrote his epitaph, nor saw the .
Of the pure love that reached into t
Nor bow in unobtrusive ways of duty
He kept, deapite the dark; but meu
Have left great names, while not a w
Above hie duat;—poor Jo, he had no
A Famous Book
EY JESSIE E. EINOW
The great event of his life was transpiring
for a lad, as he lay under an old tree in the
ruined arbor of an old-fashioned garden,
Intently reading a book. He was as hearty
and as hungry as befitted his a: e of thirteen
years; yet the repeated summo • a to the din
ner table passed unheeded, as i e turned the
leaves in feverish haste—for i was young
Walter Scott devouring Percy'."Religues."
Latin, law, and logic, the le: fling of his
native land, had not awaken • d ins •child
mind to any love of books; bu his memory
was stored with ancient legend: and uncouth
rhymes caught front the lips if peasants—
a lore condemned by the le: i ing of his
time to oblivion as the foolish is utterings of
bygone ages of ignorance. Ii • re, in all the'
dignity of a printed volume, tae lad had for
the first time found a recogniti in of the lit
erature that be loved; here wa • the ancient
ballad presented, not as the d • spieed dron
ings of an old crone crouchie , upon a clot-
ter's hearth, but as the authe tic present
ment of the life and manners of the past,
and as the true source from w i Joh could be
drawn the unwritten history o the people;
and adding rapture to his stu i ions delight,
the blood of the bravest of the border chief
tains coursed through the boy': veins, keep
ing time to the chivalric deeds of his ances
tors, while a true poetic feels i g responded
with unfailing precision to the simple fer
vor of the ancient bards.
Tinctured with the prejudic -s of the time,
Percy presented his work wit i an apology,
and modernized and spelled .is.. text 'lest
the rode strength of. ;the brie .81 might ii!.. -
fend the affected fastidiousne : of the age;
yet, even in his faltering hand-, his subject
revealed itself as ~guide to t e philosophy
of history, and though meager in details
and shallow in knowledge, ercy's " Rel
kyles" became the spring -boar' from which
Walter Scott vaulted into fam .
Early in the sixteenth centu y Spain bad
gathered her ballads, and nea the close of
the same century Denmark lad, collected
hers; but it was not until 172; tbailhe first
printed collection appeared in I ngland, and
in the next year Allan Rams .y begun the
work in Scotland.
Such literature had been lo g doomed to
neglect in England by the.turaulent and il
literate nobles, and to cdntem it by the sol
emn pedantry of the schola s, and could
only find a welcome among the Ignorant
populace, where, by a happy hence, an oc
casional broad sheet was rest ed -from de
struction by being pasted upo the walls of
a cabin, whence its simple be uty might at
tract the more serious notice • f some more
enlightened student
Shakespeare, in conformity
it of his age, began with, " Y
nis," and served a literary ap
the Roman heroes and the U
but with the unerring vision
j
saw that the source of inspire
was to be found in the nativ
his country. Although, b
fashion of the hour, he plant
in Italy or Greece, Snug the i
tourthe Weaver made the A
resound with true British rh
valiant Sir Toby Belch, of
English as Sir John Falstaff,
of Venice quoted English be
dying Ophelia's parting breat
the strains of a familiar song
Dryden admirihgly reprin
the best of the ballads; but t
could applaud the
was
the later kituarte, was incap:
ing simplicity; and-unable
readers to study the original:
ed to woo the public to peru:
dons which made him the
great, army of imitators—inc
Prior, and 'rickell. Dryde ,
<leaver, although seemingly
own generation, affected the
a happier age Scott paid •
to the power of " glorious J.
for the revival of the antiqu •
And 'Dryden, in immortal etr .
Had raised the Table Round
! But that a ribald king and co
Bade him toil on to make th
I Demanded for their niggard
But for their souls a looser la:
I Licentious song. satire and pi
i The true taste of Addison
I discern the beauty of the ba
charmed at finding the pite4
I Children in the Wood-past
!of a country house. Amid
and witty derision, he devot
to the defense of Chevy
i Babes in the Woods, and b
i thein to the earlier poems o
i ture as the expression of re
and feeling.
I Under a similar impulse, owe chose the
I popular ballad of Jane Shor as the_subject
lof a tragedy, and thus doug h tily presented
1 his claims in the prologue: • _
i To-night, if you have brought yo good old taste,
We'll treat you With a downright glish feast;
A tale which, told long since in h mei) , vitae.
Rath never failed of melting gent% eyes.
cu t
Let no nice sir despise the hapless dame
Because recording ballads ebaunt er name;
Those vonotable ancient sOng-endi re
Soared many a pitch above our m ern writers.
* * • * * ~ t,
In such an age immortal fthakesp re wrote,
• Ey no quaint =lei nor bamperpag critics taught.'
With rough majestio force they re ved the heart,
And strength and nature made nde for art.
Our humble author does hie steps ursue;
, Efe owns he had the mighty bard -i view,
And in these scenes has made it more his care
To E9l/80 the passions than to c,h the ear.
f ' , Despite the contempt of t e learned, the
1 ballad survived these ye of contumely,
I and was rescued from des ction, riot only
I by being hoarded in the - m moriea of the
I peopi% but also by the to' ome labors of
I an occasional dilettanti or virtuoso, who,
with a fancy for black lette or mouldy pa
per, formed thcise - collect' - ns whiCh are
I now the priceless treasures f the great' li
i braries.
One of these manuscrtp
been included in a purch;
made by Humphrey Pitt
Shropelure. Neglected by'
it proved a tempting mo
maid as fit uistdrial for kin,
she had . just dismembered
nnol . the, -mutilated r
bureau, when the quaint
the eye of a viaitor, wino. re
Ignominkitis po - sition. and received it, as a
gift froin the - hands- of thee , The'
Visitog wttit tk - srpUng 'curate namcd,Thoinas
Pereg).ind the torn end Manusciipt
thtas sAvpd
llitisttiouß; and'beeame the groundwork
ono:,of , the _ most, Unions books ; evfftlaib
lishetritiTtigland • •
Percy had somtPiaste for entignarlanism,
, and occasionally perused his literary Waif
I with increttaintinterest, exhibiting it from
time to time . as acuriositv to his literary ac
quaintances: - Among the mutilated
manuscript found an ti in Mr. Shen;
stone, a literary ;farm( 5 poured forth
innumerable , . verses I a - anti Chloris;
utterly uneonscions i tbat his fame in futurity
would rest on bia simpler lines to a school.
, •
mistress.
Percy andShenstone sympathized in taste.
both regarding - literature as. Shenstone did
his fartn„whene„ on hillside and hollow, na
ture was adorned with classic temples and
altars dedicatekilth equal enthusiasm and
elegance to Virgil; to3•li. Thompson, and
to 3lfss.Jones, Under the name of Daphne.
These tw4 friends, after mature considers.
tion, determinedupon the publication'of the
manuscript on. a• plan which was ascribed
in the- preface " the elegant Mr.. 'Shen
stone.
hbor
one or two,'.
Bo:
im—
alave
ME
tare
ther.
!f' quiokness
oknetta,"
: + 41 an euel.
leen given,
en—
•houlder,
er trawl—
behblder
1. was dead;
.ought •
'ought.
,
Percy apologized, editorially, as often . as
oecaslon would4ierrnit,' for the uncouthness
of his treasure;,And his comments aretiamu
sing for the earnestness of his excuses, ' To
prepare, the rough illamond for then market
wasseriOnS tusk, 'and the edltOni deemed
at last to regard( the original rather as
a bit
ter pill, Witich,walrt6 be' disguiied Sand en.
veloped•with infinite ingenuity. .Selections
were culled with care from the manuscript;
considerable •alteritions were made in the
text, stanzas bekeintroduced according to
the fancy of: the , Wtors; 'extracts were add
ed from other 'collections of balladsi , and
above all, As a last sacrifice to the fashion,of
the time, the prefattiAtated ,` tTo atone for,
the rudeness of* the - more obsolete poems,
each volume coneltides with a 'few modern
attempts in the setae kind of writing."
Of this final coating of sugar, Dr. Grain=
ge_r supplied a touching tale of a beauteous
West Indian dame, _ lover had been
absent a year, a Month, and a day. To
welcome his return, she hastened to, the
shore, and be, imPatient, for her greeting,
leaped into - the"water to swim to shore:
11 ; 1 111 ;
iSii
[ when,
1 .18 egos
my
- grive,
ess brave
ovr bends
tends!
Then through the white, surf did she haste
To clasp her lovely alrain,
wben,/th I - a shark bit through lths-walat; -
Ifie heart's blood 4,rd tlio wain:
lie shriek'dl his half sprang froM the wave,
Streaming with punts, gore.
And goon it found a living grave,
And ah I was seen nn'tractre.
Of ecultse:the.heinhte dies of grief, and
the telegalitticards with a warning to
all fair 4 thaideaa' o deck her grave with
flowers, st a ll the lovers should be bitten
in two bst the sharks"'
Sheattbiae also wadded with an immense
ly simple piece of 'simplicity upon Jemmy
Dawson, an executed rebel of the '4+s. His
Kitty was ever faithful, and
With faltering voice abe weeping said:
" OM Dawson, monarch of my heart,
• Think not thy death shall end our loves,
For thbn and I will never part !"
The devoted Kitty beholds his execution,
and thenotppropriately . ,•wheu
The dispel scene was o'er and past,
The isiver's mournfal hearse retied,
The tnafil drew hack; her languid heed.
Aud, sighing forth his name, eipired,
Among those Who befriended the publi
cation was David Garrick; and in the ab
sence of proof, it is perhaps fah' to ascribe
the uninjured - grace of* the book to the in
fluence of the great actor, who hazarded
fame and fortune in presenting simplicity
and nature to a sophisticated public, which
was compelled by bis genius into unwilling
admiration. /, •
At length the work was published in 17-
65, under the title of --• , ,Beliques of Ancient
English Poetry; consisting of old Heroic
Ballads, Songs,. and-other pieces .of our
Earlier Poets.. tchietly ,tif. the .lyric
rogretlar-mra fiC)Wre' pieceii; Itifer`date."
The title furnished a true index to the
text, and Percy did indeed hint in his pref
ace apd notes that he had used his manu
script merely its a foundation for his Super
structure; yet he also allowed it to be in
ferred that the published work was to a
great degree a transcript of the original, and
took little care to point out with precision
either his alterations or additions. This in
cautious claim provoked criticism, and his
manifest inaccuracies were detected by the
,students of olds English, who justly con
denmedthe book as an Untrustworthy guide
in an ainiUst-uknown department of litera
ture.
Despite this I hostility; ..ae___publication
slowly won its way to popularity,--the-med
ley of the new and old perhaps presentin
as much of the genuine " Reliques" as the
public was prepared to accept, and the work
was received into favor': side by side with
the other questionably Veracious antiquity
—Macpherson's Ossian,
The judgment of the general public was
undoubtedly mirrored in Percy's own apol
ogetic dedication to the Countess. of Nor
thumberland, in which ,he fears even to
hope that the barbarous productions of un
polished ages " can obtain the approbation
or notice other maw adorns courts by her
,presence end diffuses'elegancehy her exam
ple. But this impropriety, it is preimmed,
will disappear when it is declared that these
poems are presented to your Ladyship, not
as labors of art, but as effusions of nature
showing the first efforts of ancient genius."
The criticisms of scholeo subsequently
led ton doubt of the authenticity of the
work,, and in-the fourth edition a nephew of
Percy took occasion to re-assert the verita
ble existence of the manuscript volume,
which has ever since been preserved as a
precious heirloom in the family, and occa
sionally, as a favor, has been offered to the
perusal of a chosen few of the literati.
The manuscript was believed by Hum
phrey Pitt to have originally belonged to
the library of Thomas Blount, an author on
legal topics who published about the year
1879. it is a long and narrow folio, much
torn by the ruthless hands of Mr. Pitt's
housemaid, and even fui titer mutilated by
the carelessness of the binder in whose
hands it was placed by Percy. It furnishes
no hint as to the identity of the compiler;
and although the handwriting has been as
cribed to an earlier period, it may be confi
dently dated to the reign of Charles IL by
the fact that it contains the cavalier song of
"The Kinge enioyes his rights ageism."
The increased interest in early. -literature
during late years. has caused numerous ef
' forts to obtain the publication of the origi
nal; hut the Percy family -have' constantly
refused permission, until the zealous schol
aratiip of an American, co-operating with
several English colaborere, at length over
•came all difficulties, and with great care and
considerable expense the text of %the mann
sci iv, has beau published under the 'title Of
" Bishop Percy 'e Folio Mari useript."
Percy's Reliques must neverthelesE atiti
hold an important place in literature as a
work which gave impulse to modern inves
tigation by presenting ,an uncouth and un
familiar subject in a pleaeant guise, and by
awakening a popultei interest to which we
are indebted for ,Childe Harold; while the
reading world-will be ever grateful to a book
that so stimulated the youthful genius of
1 Scott that
with the spir
• nus and Ado
la renticeship to
ecian chiefs;
•f genius soon
ion and power
•' literature of
!riding to the
d.. his dramas
ober and Bot
henian streets
, •mes; and the
lyria, was as
bile the Moor
lads, and the
la melted alopg
ed several of
lie nation that
k chivalry of
':ble of accept
! to induce his
he endeavor
',
ie the adapta-
I leader of that
uding Parnell,
l's worthy en
i'ruitless in his
uture; and in
warm tribute
hn" in his plea
verse:
~in,
igalzt
pt
sycrt ;
ay
taught him to
lad , and he was
us tale of the
!•d on the walls
great laughter
;d the Sectutor
!lase and the
Idly compared
' classic litera
:tional thought
.-•-• his thought flew from it. taking from it
A vibration and impulaion to au end be)oud its own—
As the brandh of a green. osier, when a child would
overcome It.
Sprin,as up freely from hie claaping. and gotl swing
ing in the sun. —Printers' Orman?.
FROM TAR 'FARNCE OF EMILE SOCIVEBTRE
In the civil 'war between the Parliament
and King Charles I. the two parties had ta
ken up . arms and were vigorously carrying
on the conflict. '" The king's army had been
defeated several times, and those of his ad
herents taken with arms in their bands were
led before judges appointed by Cromwell
in every town, to be condemned as rebels.
Sir Nicholas Newcastle was one of those
judges. He was a man of austere manner,
but without fanaticism;. his devotion to the
new Government 'was well known, and
Cromwell bad a special esteem for- him.--:
His weakly constitution did not allow him
to serve in arms for- the cause which he
thought tie just one, but he was looked up
on as the most active and able, as• well us
the moat rigorously just magistrate in his
county. ,
Gine evening bir Nicholas was at supper
wick his fa m 417 azut iv few of his lands,
volumes had
H of old books
of Shiffnel, in
is new owner,
el 'to 'his house
, ling fires, and
it one morning
tenant under a
useript caught
tied it from its
' • - ' -• o-••• , • •.
• • _ • • ....„2„.",
The Torn Curtain
EN
whent i batid of ,Soldihrs arrived w a my.'
aliskprisoner-whotalikey hadiaskoceeed•
editucapturi a g. Itnias an r officer • whivaf-,
; ter the 'rant of eitarlitfa artny;:had 'been ,
"Talitlygryingto, reach :the. • eettet-,4414. = 'there
,find Weans of • escaping to France. SirltTieh ,`-• •
Ana ordered his hands to be unbound, , atid,
.another table.to be placed nettr thetireplace.%.
"It,is MY hirtbday," ' said lie, " and I
iviWto finish Merrily• the 'supper Which I
have - begUn. Give refreshment to this ray-'
alter and his guards. At present I Would .
only be his host; in an hour I will act as his
judge." / 2 • ' .
The'soldlers thanked him', and sat. down
at table near their prisoner, who did not ap
-.pearl° be much affected by his' position,
and fell to on the provisions set 'before him'
with as good an appetite as any of them.
Sir IsTicholas returned to his placeat- the
head of the large table, and resumed ,the
conversation that bad been inter,ittpted by
the arrival of the soldiers: -
" Well, -I was telling you," be continued,•
"that-at the, age • cflifteen •I was still so
weak and'puny that every one scorned my,
feebleness, and took advantage of. it,to
use trio. First I had to' enddre' the bad
freatnient of a stepmother, then - that of my
schoolfellows: Courage in boys is'onlythe
consciousness of strength, My weakness -
Wade me
,a coward, . 1 and, far from harden
ing me, the roughness ' and . harshness to
which' I. was exposed made me only more
shrinking and more ,sensitive to pain;,
lived, in a continual state of fear, butAbore.
all I feafeli the waster's cane. Twice I had ,
suffered this cruel' punishment and I - bad
preserved such- - an acute remembranceof
the pain that:the very thought.of a third in
fliction made me tremble all over.
Imes at Westminster school, as I have
'already told you. . The forms were taught
in - a large - room together; and were separated
one from another by curtain •Whiah • we
were • eXpressly forbigden 'to touch:: 'One
summer day drowsiness had•`-"oVereirtne'me . '
for a moment in the middle of a -Greek•les
son, then a slight noise starting me out of
My nap, •I only _ paved . myself from falling
off my seat •by catching at the curtain,
which was close beside me. It
.gave way at
my grasp, and to my horror I saw that I
had made in it' a tear big enough to see the
next class through. The two mesterskurned
around at the noise, and at Once" perceived
the damage that had been done. The blame
appeared to lie'.betiveen me and theboynext
the curtain on the other side, but my con
fusion soon pointed me out as the culprit,
and my master angrily ordered me to come
and have a dozen blows of the cane. Igot
up staggering like a drunken man; I tried
to speak to ask pardon, butt- fear glued my
tongue to my mouth, my knees trembled
under me, a cold perspiration broke out on
my face. The instrument of punishment
was already raised over me, when I heard ,
some one pay:
" ' Do not punish him. it was my fault!'
"It was the boy on the other side of the
curtain. He was at once called forward,
and received the dozen blows. My first im
pulse was to prevent this unjust punish
ment by confessing the truth, but I could
not summon up courage, and when the drat
blow had been given I was ashamed
to
speak.
"When the flogging was over the bky
passed near me with bleeding hands; and.
whispered to me with a smile that I shall
never forget all my life:
." Do not meddle with the curtain again,
youngster; tlie cane hurts.'
" I sank down in a fit of sobbing, and
they had to send me out of thd room.
" Since that day I have been disgusted
with my cowardice, and have done all
can to overcome it. I hope I have not been
altogether unsuccessful," . •
' -" And do you know this generous fellow?"
asked One of his guests. " - Have you ever
seen him again?"
" Never, unfortun,ately. He was not in
my form, and left the school" soon after
wards. Ah! God knows that I have often
wished to meet with the gallant fellow who
suffered so muclrfer me, and that I would
give years of my life to be able to slake
hands with him at my table."
At that moment a glass was held out to
ward Sir Nicholas, who lifted his eyes with
astonishment. It was the royalkt prisdner,
'‘vito laughingly proposed a toast:
"To the memory of .be torn curtain at
Westminster! But 'llion My word, Sir
Nicholas," he said, " your ,recollection is
not so accurate as mine.' It was not twelve
blows that I received, but twice twelve, for
having exposed another' to punishment and
not at once declaring myself to blame."
" You are right, now I remember!" ex
claimed the judge.
" And your worthy master, if I am not
mistaken, made you write a Latin essay on
Self-accusation."
I-r___emernber, I remember," repeated Sir
Nicholaii'-buti_s_it.possible that it could
be you? . Yes, I recognize your features; it
IS he, it is indeed be. Butirrwo t a situa
tion in what a service!"
"In the service of . my king, Sir :Nicho
las. I was not going to, be the first of my
family who had played the traitor. ?Lip
father has already died in arms, and I ex
pect no better fate. Never mind, I only
ask one thing—God save the king!"
With these words the royalist returned to
his place among the soldiers, and continued
his repast. • •
Sir .Nicholas sat silent and- thoughtful.—.
That very night, after having given orders
that the prisoner was to be well treated, he
left home without saying where he was go
lug, and was absent for three days. On the
fourth day he arrived, and ordered the roy
alist officer to be brought before him.
",Are you going to settle my affair at
length?" asked he coolly. "It is time to do
so, were it only for huManity's sake. They
treat ine 'so well at your house, Sir Nicho
las, that'before, long I shall come tta wish to
retain my : life."
"My friend," said the judge with a grave
face, but in a voice trembling with emotion,
"twenty years ago you said to me, • ' - Do not
meddle with the curtain, youngster, for the
cane hurts!' Here is your pardon, signed
by the Lord Protector; bu in my turn I day
to you, 'Do not take up ruts against the
Parliament, for Cromwell s not easy to deal
with.' "—Ki-nd Words.
GUM WASHINGTON LETTER.
WA.SEINGTON, Jan, 7, 187
tiVINDLLYG nStIGRANTS.
It is reported, with touch show ., of. proba
bility, that the Nevi York Emigration Com-,,
mission have put forth beery' financial Win.:
ences to secure the defeatof Mr. Conger's,
bill for , protection , to emigrants. A pon-1
derous lobby has been organizedlbrough
meetings held in New ;York city Which . is
expected to visit' Washington for'the put
poe.e of controlling the action of. Congress
iu their interest. hi Nu ii,Yestiriatioubefore
the last New York Legislature 'it was shown
that $9,000 v.;ere spent by these - gentlemen
to defeat a reform of their management
when last attempted. Why may we not
conclude, theri,Ahat similar influences will
be considered' conclusive by these interested i
parties? . $200,000, of the fund • received '
from the tax of $1 50 per head collected
'from emigrant* ostensibly to 'he used for
their benefit, was lost by the Commission
through a swindling Tammany Hall Savings.
Bank which they selected prior to
,the ex
plosion of the'Tammany Ring as a plape of_
deposit for Wei!' surplus funds. A relative
of Mr. Tweed was the . purchasing -
. agetaf
until January 1, 1872, and through false in•
voices and bogus bills $40,000 were annu
ally Hunk by him, and never returned,' nor
any prosecution commenced:therefor.
The CommiSsion saved itself frOm aboli
tion by the New York Legislature only by
the Goyernor pocketing a bill to that effect
passed by it last year prior, to its adjourn
went. Your correspondent' proposes to
watch the progress 'of this little game, and
to make a note of the moves, of sharpers
Who come here in the, name of huinanity,
but really for the purpose of continuing the
wasteful distribution of ; $600,000 blood
money which'is now annually extorted from
poor etnigrants'and used to their_ detriment
in innumerable 'swindles. •
TLIZ W. 6.11 QUELLED.
The prppose:cl meeting of the `hehattitit
•
or Warziouth 1461ature
f< , :r
.
dakr;li be a 1144e10;•-no dipiab4, - titough
attempt !Mt !dawn the Meeting , t 'hy loiee
on'tbd part of Elo,verner ilnehtinch ilr m gt
-
be,:notintemtn*,;b7;,the,-,4miniartratitut
The pretended meeting af -„itnaginmy
legislature. can tie,; imrni 46. t4oPt#i not
to anrindividuat. The insiuctiOns of, gen.
Emory, commanding the" Afeited..,Statea
troops" at New Orleans, arerecelied . frOrit
Gen,. Sherman, and the t ie - is'id• dangei
,that
any breach of the peace :will be atteiapted.
Tim committee -of tty n t,) htiitdred -of War
mouth'l friends already disclaim • any inten- ,
tion to ; .use force or violence; but have writ-:'
ten to Oen.* Emory an •apology for assem
bling-today, giving as a reason , that_they;
Must hid ti a meeting to-day in bider to main,
tain a legal status as a legislature before,
• .
tribunals 'of:last resort. 'T ile fact, that any
'such situation - should exist, is a ,disgraCe.
that belongs to the ignorance • Of a Soii.thein
population which . encourages and submits
to such one-man power 'in violation of:
law, order, and common geese as ilia Which'
Warmouth bas attempted , to - exerctse. • • -
NEW .PRlN'ffNel OI*ICV
It is proposed to erect n new printing of
fide for the printing of all -the Government'
i'ssu'es of bonds, &c., including, :nittionni,
Brink - :irotes, 'here, in :Washington... r- The'
House Committee, "on APpropriations 'are
now investigating preparatory to recom-,
mending on appropriation of $260000 for
the purpose. No doubt New ',York will op
pose this, becsMsc much of the imsineas, 'at
a great loss _ and delay, lutsbeencarriesthaek .
lind forth between-Washin,gton and New
York, where portiond Of:the printing liave
been- executed. „There Ifs no -good reason
why this shotild lie' dlibe; - and 'great risk is
encountered, as well as unnecessary ex
pense. All the Government printing-, whe
ther of bonds, notes, or stamps, should be
done right here under the eyes Of . the re
sponsible officers wh_e have it 'in 'charge,---
The move is in the right direction, and this
idnd of manufactory or mechanical busi
ness should of right be accorded to the Cap
ital, from which so much of general trade
is cut off itt consequence of Washington be
ing the Capital city., . C. 'M.
The Result of Prohibition.
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O 0 the Bth of May, 1872, there came up'
for ebate in the Britsh House of Commons
the übject of the suppression of the liquor
tr cin those parishes o localities where
two hirds of the vote a shodld decide
a 4 license .. The deb te ran on through
the ay, and was not resu ed until July.--
The strong objection urged against themea
shie was that in America, and especially' in
Maine, prohibition had been found to be of
no benefit; that liquor was sold in Maine
law States as openly, as freely, and ig quan
'titles as great as in the license States .
The " United Kingdom . Alliance for the
Suppression of the Liquor Traffic" applied
to me to furnish them wits certificates from
official sources that would hare authority
and weight, to show what the facts really
were /
In answer to their application I have for
iv arded to them 1. A certificate from the
Mayor of Portland, all the ex-Mayors, Judge
of the Municipal Court, Judge of the Supe
ilor Court of Cumberland county, Clerk of
all the judicial courts of (timberland coun
ty Sheriff of the/ county, Register, City
Clerk and Treasurer This certificate ls to
the effect that the liquor traffic is very great
ly diminished from what they remember it
to have been before the adoptiqn of the law
of prohibition that the traffic, so far as it
exists at all, is caned on .-secretly and with
caution, us other unlawyfill preetices are;
and thet the same is true generally through
out the State e A certificate from the pas
tors of the churches to the same effect
8 A centimate from the Convention of Free
Bapt-t Churches in Maine in cession till
Portland, adopted by a unanimous vote, and
signed individually by many Baptist pas
tors from different par ts of the State, all to
the same effect. 4. Al certificate from tleil
overseers 'of the poor of Portland to the
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same effel, and stati n g that the Ire... lt of
prohibitio has been most falutaiy an very
marked in diminishing povca-ty, paup rism,
and crime; in diminishing arrests for lola
thou of law to such an extent that the are
not mole in a month now than were ome
times made formerly in one day.s.cer
tificate from the Mayor, ex-Mayor, ci f WEI
cisla, end Judges of - Bangor to the sa e ef
fect of that flat the Mayor of Portia d
6 A certificate from the Mayor of Augusta,
Hon. Joshua Nye, Secretary of State, and
the Adjutant General to the same effect.--
7 A certificate flora Senators Hamlin and
MorukSpeaker Blaine, and the entire Con
gressional — delegation from Maine to the
seine elect 8 ---- A— tfficate from Eon
Sidney Perham, Governor o 11 ne to the
same effect 0 A certificate from : ..,
L. Chamberlain, President of Bowdoin Col•
lege, late Governor of Maine; to the /same
effect 10. A certificate from Hon k Mr.
Harlow, member of the Executive 'Coun
cil, of Oxford county, to the same effeet;
and adding that he knows that ccunty thor
oughly,
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oughh, add is sure not one gallon of liquor
is n % sold in it for every barrel that was
sold efore the Maine Law.ll. lA. certifi
cate f •om an assessor of internal reivenue
whos business is to explore the liqlzor traf
fic
of Maine in the course of his official duty
—that he knows the State thoroughly in ev
eirpi t t, and that the liquor traffic through
outl it. 1,. dCrs has been nearly destroyed by
thei lel, 1 hat the beer trade is not more than
one per Lea / of 'what lie remembers it to
have , . en, anti the liquor trade not =Tr
than or , ' pt.! cent.
I submit, in view of all these declarations
whether it' is not quite time- for intelligent•
men to understand the facts, and no longer
declare that the prohibition of the grog
shops results lb nol good , and that in Maine
there is as much liquor• selling and as much
drunkenness as there were in, the old day s
of license and free ruini—Neal Toro :
Can any - o e 1 - -•
Can any one tell why men who tandot
pay small bills ea always..ftpd, money to
buy liquor' and tr at when happeliing4aong,
their friends? - • • ,‘
Can anY o e 'tell how young* men kill'?)
dodge theij/ washerwoman % and. are
behind with their landiords. : eatt play bill
lards night cud day, and are alWay,s reads•
at a game of cards': - •
Can any une tell haw men live, and ah
port their families who have no income and
(to not work, while utheri, who are industri
ous and eunstanthi employPd are often Mali
starved? • - t '
,Can anyone tell bow it is that nine:tenth. ,
of the mothers are so ready to sew for the
distant heathen, when their chlidren at
home are ragged Auld dirty?
- Can any - one tell, why „tour : fifths of
young,'Women prefer a bralesS fop -under
a plug hat, with tight putts and t short
tailed•eoat, to a man with some brains?
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WET Cl.OlllEB.—Fw, persons n nder§tan
fully the reason Why i:;•et clothes 'exert &tell
a chilling influence., It is Simply 'thist--
Water, when It . eyaporates, caOles , off au
enormous amount of heat-in what is called
the latent form. `One • pound of water la
vapor contains as much heat as nine pounds
of liquid Water, and all this - heat must )n
taken from the body. if our Clothes an:
moistened 'with-three pounds of water, thht
Is, if by wetting, they are rendered three
pounds heavier, •these three pounds will, • in
drying, carry oft as ranch heat
raise three gallons of feels:old
,water to the
boiling point.- No-wonder that damp cloth'i
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chill us. - . „
o3ierai BELtoti),:itaTe:---.l:ev. Mr. Tal
mange, of Brooklyn, N: Y., says tie hda ho
faith in religion inade•up of equal ,hurt;; ut
wormWOod, vinegar, and red.peppers When
a man comes to his house to ralk•of religi‘,l/,
with lugubrious. countenance, and tnatin..r 't . "" ''Ptate
full of sniffle and d'olorousness, he feels tluit the wu
saying to his wile, "You had better lot • '-;1" Uppil
up the silver before our viaitor steals i t uv_ •: 1$ urn
intall
:king!" . • . •; • and this is
stk.at of the
that
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the Washington monument was stattrit
in Philadelphia fifty iieara ago and is
to be- raised. 'rho fund' in irust for tlip; peopJ
purr) was 14 year, doted at $95 4 000, --' ‘„ h er to
1 ,said that.ai:rote: agairtet- Amuse' _a.l "at-
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'lrliist,' aktiW a kknowledgec;f ii - O
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as tel qtnoW:a geed:horse vilrelio** ,
that liAtao4l3l, l .111:e±P; leitlere'nlonet . ': ''
and Mere honest men defrauded:frau:o4 :,:.;,,,,
and Selling i - of I , horses; - : Abati:.iii 'nay'', Obit
product of the farm. For the, last tvit# :
year.. .t haVe had all 'aorta' And i4iiitica or',
horses, front the pony, tethe Alhanghilk-ang
the greatest weight in the, leallt ; bulk iii:the ..
animal for service. A horse' eigbil%, flak_ ',
1,100 to 1,400 'pormas is largel eaoll ".
farm Work. ) You must , Understatt ;-,'..*bit. '-.
you want an animal for, bele:* you ; go to •
buy.!; One minute is long enough tO,eltatn * ' ;::...
Me the standing points of a - horse, ,!'Nneett -
are:
..! A good lively eye, inclined tir;inizel- - -' ,
and a, pleasant countentke; a flat - legjuid ' ''-
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open, foot; ahoilder .set rat r back, and .
thin.'at the withers; a short eck,,and'... '
objetion if-it is slightly arch ;- the pre -
shapo of the hinder parts de nds 5* et - '' '
you ?what the horse to perform , - f - '
The prevailing ,blemishes. are ~blitidne:eaterl..,.
or weak 'es, ringberie, sPavih; h cmifbount
Curbed ;or thoroughpinued,' stifled; etc, a , -
ofwhich an expert observer will detect In,
oni3 Minute's time. The heavesis the thostr
difficult to detect, as' hat. depends upon the'
treatment the animal has had ' for the, week : . :..
PreViou4. The ,Ihltmts, or palpitating - • ot" .- -
'the heart,-mays be liittocted ay iWizorthigq -----4
andlexelting .the horse, endstopping: him ''
Suddenly. An to the age of Ototsetti
himj it 'depends on how he bas- beau Mt' -,.,
until, he is six - Years old; if Sound thee; he • -
is "good for twelve or twenty: Years''serriet ~- ;-
yet. I Judging the age otalkorsolittat
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is yo unCOrtOn.,- You' can , lel ,to ,a,:cerr . .
Minty Withisrone year Until, heEssix 'yam
old;I then you must-judge fro* genetato:,
pearariee. - Home -judges:'- rely. thei. ,!
but some horses never have any ,teekt about: '_.
the same number of mare's' - - tier 2, ,3 1 ,14. 41 1.,,,,
horSes thath m
have= none. ' ," - - - `_ --
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Some men Will tell you that' they
• know `
the. age of ahbrse by the jaw ; Or,the wrialtr-' '• •
les about the I eye, or by the joints .At the
tail.' You might as well say thaeyou`knew
the age of a man by the wrinkles in his face:
The wearing of the teeth depende - upor4his •
general health and lungs vp, the , aahnia. ..
Bad, teeth - follery dissed hin. , ,
In purchasing a horse, rely - 11,pen yOiw
Judgment, and when your trade,
_do notzisk' •
a neighbor, as gory man ought to Ida**, ..- •
own business: If there is - mUch.telk . int,to ,
be' done, let the other act ft. 'What youl v 4
let it, he to tho point, and stand-to ' tt.- - -, , .
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A l- What° Apply Fertillierit. ~ .• : .
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Prof. Voe c er, , of the Pa:4W' Val
Agricultural ; Society; reports ss follOW , iin- ''• '
recent experiments: • • 1 i• -:::, - ' .•
A !considerable pereentagant,the nitrate ~ ,
Of soda was' carried oft in the dmidige,
when applied it a fertilizer. The soil ,did '
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not retain the 'whole of the • salOtor OR- the'
assimilable nitrogen. •Being-reitdily dla,
solved in the soil, it should not -be applied,
till late in the spring, according: lo the' *-
mate and season . The sulphati , Of um-*
We. Stays in• the ground- -better 'tfiOt the Ai-. • -
tratt of • soda, and should be - -:flatvin twO"• , •
weeks earli r. Potash salts and sojuhle• ,
phoaphates t the same time, All thernta- ,
ble and par manure is best applied in' the
fall lor win er. Lime, mprl and gypsuin :, -
may i be applied in January, tvebruary and
March—the earlier the 'better. ' • - ,
Mr. J. B.! Lawes, of England has a plot of
experimental meadow that has had fourteen '
tons' of stable manure every year sincell34,B, •-.,
Platits gro*n on this surf:Ace:l4l'7e absorbed
'-all the rain! water, so that little or none has .
been diachtrged by-under' dreinii.' Similar%
drains and r a part of- the meadow not ma-. •
nu red "have run freely several tifnea a year.", := ,
An here of long Manured land holds within -
86 inches Of the surface 11,640 togs-of water; • •
while the same area and depth of similar
grottud uninanured holds only 6 . 9 t.„. tot*
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These facts show • how •largeir,
a anuritag
from 1843 to 1871 Changes the ch aeter and
constituti• uof a-sell. An industrious, read- ,
ing Itind s lentil:lc farmer rnay make bds farm
what he p eases.
1 1: 1 3at foriFowls in Winter.
:Nature as prOvided for wild birds an
abundanc of-easily digested food et 'the
tline they need it most, for when nesting, at
the ,beginhingi of warm weather, the army
of insects that keep pace with the new veg
etation supplies every element needed In the .
formation} of eggs.hens, whether - wild'
y Ls
or domesticated, are f no exceptions .to' th -.
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general h'w, their laying depends very much
on the an.ount of an mal food they eat, and.: I .
when the ground Is f ozen, or when they are
kept shut up either n summer or _winter, :- -
they mus be given but Cher's meat .of some -,
kind. Caves' plucks,, or those of sheep,
with the hearts and livers attached, Sre - the
best for d i le purpose_ , Rhe -mode. of' 044- --
raticiri is important. We have- seta: such
things thtown whole andtincooked into:the - -
poultry Vent; but there is much; waste, .ht.
cause the
. firmer tissues cannot- be' .0)&4( . 1
to pieces oasto be swallowed bythe jowls, • '
an , I a ogs and rats Prey; upon What 4-2 .
left over n , esides raw meat mikes •
henalquarrelsome am emselves. The
proper way into boil until ten a,'
through
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throughh al sausage =chile, andAeabsence - -4 ,
of bones facilitates the latter operation, ou •
which acount we do not' procure calves,
and !beeve r s' heads when the plucks are to be' '
had. Ifnot convenient to use a mincing-
machine, then take for a small quantity. 1
of •
meat an ordinary chopping' , nd
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w o oden b wi; or for larger op eration.s at bpi,
such as is used in mixing cut feed ~.
for..hoe• .
.ses. land spade
,with a •good :steel , blade ;:
ground t a keen edge. After . chopping,
add Ito th mass the ~..liquor in which it was" .
boiled, th ekened with meal -and . seasoned'
with Gaye me and salt, and Iced warm.
_lf
ii I,ltoo i* ash trouble to provide fort yopr
fo),‘ is in t inter an equivalent for insect for=
age,' then give only grain; but expect" tO
proyur..: )Llur etrgs of somebody else whia '
nadirs an hilicial summer fur his poultry -
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a 5 to diet; and as fat as possible temperature ,
also -;--He rth amt Home. •-, ..... • 7...
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farmers oil
hav .orga
'market fo
rif;kf buy t
Sothe of, t
bir.'cittleers,
-au sbippi
•butte . r, e
They also, i
Itur4vatre,
t,barbess,.
r - 01:11,,us othl
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I. l uNrhlllT WiEtis,,'.rtiTo' N14.24;t7tt.E.-.
rea l y nietii*d of utilizing weedw:ati'd &-
Lien refuse n as' to .convert • them. speadilt•
into valusi le. manure consists -in . laying ;
•Inein in x t , encli 'in snecesiiVe44.yers, with ,
unshicked I between,itnti tiniti covering
ukkvwhow yith earth. 'The IiPAL3.3. will
rapidly .:**liitried into it.ti MUIILITH,"
anti tint tidt l. ttional perceL ugt. , 44f lime will -
id6ty, have it • impurtunice 'in tins et:Lit:lol2)y
the; farm'. •
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AMON AXONE} FAilldgßii. —The
tuany Of the counties of - KaXi9B4l':
lzed to sena their produce to ,
sale by a con: non agent, and al: .
heir 'supplies In the same *ay:
ii.ese Farmers eagues ;havare,gu- - •
and hivite.proposals for atorittg..
g produce,'-and 16i - the 'sale 0
gs,:' veptabl&e — and • fruit.
cite sepaxate•bi,ds for supplying
(farming ntensils, seeds, drugs,
oceriel, lumbar, clothing Etna -..
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• -j i Nil;lNt-t CATTLE.--=A !Bari Who lead beast
rambled cqth jumping eattle;anti who tiled
every plan laglnable with tilt: w oral urea of
jtinpnig ca tie, found' nothing 'Wuula au& -
Ceeri in ce ling them in their place -but to
Dull a hoard over' their face. - Take . a.tiqualt
board,' . ..lbout -fourteen . or . fifteen inches:
hcallitre, or large enough t. cover their eyes,
and lrt it collie down within four - inches of
theleu , l of) lie 'nose; tiellii4 Is.i'ilieir horns,
by' boring t wo, boles to correspond with the
wi th of t e horns; and will not jump. ,
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10.N(J ti:_ri'gß.,-,----.1 , fled that by.
sk.inutring well, theb turnlb&.
he sa4 - is left, it . is excellent • to
.its In.. - J sublet hltes , use - bait
is good alotre,,...auti ..k really . tb4.
Ye' ever found fOr- it. Try it,
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ttils;)ibut t
fryi tiuutth
lava, but it
be'ft use kt•
of Missogrl isye
ling of fruit trees with. sco.ip,
Ltiun of .ttur , 411:Witte rluti.94 ) ,
prottslAloti ugaitasl
,b9repii%
'aimed by the experiettce
cost extensive frtilt-grocitot4:.fia
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their feuMue judge 'h iii
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