The Daily Review.
Towanda, Pa., Tuesday, Feb., 10, ICSO.
editors :
8. W. ALVOIiI). NOBLE N. ALVORD.
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month. Try it.
Hiding liehind the Majority.
The devil came as an individual when
he tempted Eve, but nowadays he usually
attacks men as a corporation. Take the
average business man, for instance; it is
safe to assume that he is an honest, con
scientious fellow ; he would not wrong
his grocer or his booblack of tt penny.
Hut give him the smallest share in a part
nership, and he will calmly consent that
"the Works" should put China elay in
their drillings or sand in their sugar to
the cheating of thousands of poorer pur
chasers, or should even adulterate their
drugs to the destruction of human life.
Individually, he will go to church to-day
and drop his money in the box for foreign
missions, with the sincere prayer that it
be blessed to the coversion and civiliza
tion of some poor heathen; to-morrow,
as one of the linn, he will issue orders to
his salesmen to get rid of certain unsala
ble stock to unwary country customers
at maximum prices; or he will instruct
his new shipping-clerk how to cheat the
customs of their usual per centage of the
duties. He knows well enough that such
teaching to lads and young men begin
ning a business life infects their life with
the dry-rot of corruption; but it is not
lie, it is "the trade" that does it.
Or, take another man, who is in tem
perament tender-hearted and sensative as
a woman, who would not look on to see J;
worm needlessly hurt; yet he belongs to
a little sect that triumphantly consigns
all the rest of mankind to eternal and in
exorable torture because it does not, sub
mit to its dictation in certain dogmas;
and the idea of this wholesale cruelty
does not revolt him at all. If lie had
lived, too, in the time of the world when
his sect had power, lie wouid have ap
proved its use of thumbscrew, fago. and
rack to do to deai li its helpless ticTms.
Remember how many merciful men and
gentle women consented to these things
in the old time simply because
their hideous creed came to tiiem sanc
tioned by a great majority, a host, of t heir
congeners and forefathers. Or take oth
ers of our readers of a still higher class,
refined and honorable Christians; as
commercial men, scholars or clergymen,
whatever their domestic life or business
relations may be, they are scrupulously
careful to fulfil every duty. Yet gigantic
frauds, and cruel injustice may be carried
on by the political party ol' which they
are nominal members or by the govern
ment which they helped to form, and they
do not stretch out a linger to reform
either. The good man sitting by his
chimney-corner shakes his head sadly
when lit; reads of the corruption in his
own party, and thanks God that he knows
nothing of rings and long since ceased to
take any part in politics. He read two
years ago of the cold-blooded murder In
order of the Government of seventy-live
helpless men, women and babies; he
reads now of the robery, tue banishment
and slow starvation of whole tribes, and
it sounds to him like a disagreeable but
far-off"song, "lie has nothing todo with
it." Has he nothing to do with it? The
decent, honorable citizen who refuses to
take part in politics, who passively hands
over the control of his city or State to
rings or men whom he knows to he
knaves and swindlers is just as responsi
ble for its management as they are. The
voter, who knows of a blot upon the Na
tional honor and a crime like that of sla
very, or the slow slaughter of the Indians
now going on, and does not protest
against it, is personally guilty of it. it
is against him, not against an impersonal
"country," that the voice of his brother's
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blood cries aloud from the ground. It is
not in u garden that the Cain of to-day
hides from God; It is in majorities. "If,"
sings llosea Biglow, "you take a sword
and draw it, Go and run a fellow through, j
Government ain't to answer for it, God'll 1
send the bill to "you."
The habit of throwing responsibility off,
of your own shoulders on to a party, sect
or corporation has increased in modern ]
times. There are very few men who are !
not guilty of it. We suspect that one |
reason why women are considered more ,
couscieentious and religious than men is i
because they seldom work in associations ;
or corporate bodies. The routine of their i
lives makes ihein personally accountable I
to God. That the tendency is in thorn is |
shown by the fact that they are just
as ready to be dishonest provided the vie- i
tim is a corporation. What woman thinks j
it wrong to smuggle or cheat the Govern
ment? In old times the indiuidual man
stood face to face with God; the terrible
Presence forever held perpetual reckoning |
with his soul, though he lied to hide in the j
uttermost parts of the morning, or made
his bed in hell. Now, he is a part of a i
sect, of society—he is so much a church
member, a Republican, an American, that
he forgets he is a man with a soul for
which no man can answer but himself.
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Of one thing he may be certain, that j
there will come a time when neither his I
linn nor his church nor his country will
be present for liiiu to hide under. Out in i
that solitude his soul wiil stand alone with
God in judgement, and answer for itsown
shortcomings.— Tribune,.
JpitKT SAWING.
All kinds of Fancy Woods for use of
Amateurs kept for sale by the undersign
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WHITE HOLLY,
ROSEWOOD,
BIRDS-EYE MAPLE,
WALNUT,
HUNGARIAN ASH,
EBONY, &C., &(\.j
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( o!,ii!:; ally on hand. Also all varieties ofj
M'kkws, pins, saws, kt<\
Send for price list,
A. BEVERLY SMITH,
Reporter Building.
T RIAL LlST.—February Term, 1880 1
SECOND WKKK.
\V 8 Pierce, adm'x, vh W Bramhall, et at ....sci t'.i i
Douglas Davidsou, admr, VH Jan 1) Harbour...issue j
Daniel Bensley vs Chas E Noble issue j
Sbortridgc & ('o vs B.J Iliekok asspt i
Phenix Lite Ins (Jo vs 11 A Burbunk et al sci fa
'i'heo Harrison vs 11 (J Loekwood trespass ;
I'tt & N Y U K Co vs ,1 I) Montanye, ct ai eject ;
8 Human vs 1. I. Moody's adm'rs i
Scth Doane's udni'r vs (J \V Doane trover
1> (' DeWitt vs Hel trader Coal Co trespass '
KT Fox, assignee, vs T F Madid asspt j
Sarah Jordan vs Olive Fox Elliott issue i
William M lveeler vs Barret Keeler asspt j
J P Morton vs Robert Bennett et ul a <pt i
W W Harris vs A J Luyton asspt j
Lois 8 Wood's use vs A J Layton trespass j
li B Ingham vs same trespass |
1> L Barton vs same trespass .
K (i Hall's use vs (Joo Fivie, et al issue j
15 tJ Hall ve William Brague appeal j
Lyman Blaekman, guardian, vs J M Fox... .appeal
8 Kir by vs 11 C Carpenter ejectment
0.1 Chubbuck vs Win II Morgan's estate asspt
Wm it Sturrs, assignee, vs Tlios U Jordan... .asspt
Daniel Bensley vs Stephen Evans, et al eject
Tiltltl) WKKK.
J Munnh, guard, vs P L Ward, et al eject i
E O Sweet, aind'x, vs A J Layton !... j
11 15 Kilborn, admr, vs Hartford Fire Ins Co |
Elizabeth Daake vs 8 H Fansworth eject ;
Brad L & 1! A of Alliens vs F A Root sci fa !
Chuuncy Wlieeler vs .1 F Woodruff. appeal j
(Juy C flollon vs Eihanan Binith appeal !
Win M Mallory vs JamesT Clark et al ...partition j
A Loder vs Eihanan Bntith asspt j
.1 C Blum vs Andrew J Layton trespass |
Jno F Means vs Lycoming Ins Co asspt >
E T Fox, assignee, vs V E Piollet asspt '
Rose Vincent vs L'a & N Y R It (Jo asspt j
(J A Heavenor vs David Horvener's exr asspt i
J 15 Bradley vs Alonzo Hill et al ejectment i
M Cunningham vs David Whipple
Daniel Jagg'is vs Lewis Biles et al trespass j
Josepd McKinriey's use vs Jno M Myer sci fa I
J L Elsbree vs Hugh Clark (
Leonora Heath, et al, vs John Carroll trespass
J W Hollcnbaek vs II 15 Ingham eject !
Wm 11 Barnes vs Wm M" trespass
Hiram Morton's use v "irastus Khepard sci fa I
Bame vs stnne... sci fa
Bame vs same sci fa '
Subpoenas 9in week returnable on Monday,
February 9th, \SBO.
Bubpoenus, 3rd week, returnable on Monday, i
February 18, 1880.
f &0. W. BLACKMAN, Prothonotary.
Towandu, Jan. 2, 1880.
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ALVQRI) 4, SON.
QOAL! COAI, !
CHEAP FOR CASH !
The following prices will be charged for
TtMU.H'MTH t'O.IL, ln|the yard, in all the
yards signatures hereto attacbod, until furthe
notice :
STOVE, $4 25
CHESTNUT, 4 25
GRATE, 4 25
EGG, 4 25
H Cartage, FIFTY CENTS PER TON IN
addition to above, and an EXTRA CHARGE for
carrying in.
W. M. MALLORY, Towanoa
HENRY MERCUR,
NATHAN TIDD,
K. 1?. PIERCE,
BARTLKTT BROS., Wyso*
At JfttMMJKIOK. 1 formerly l'hiu
ney's:
{Sullivan Coal,
LAIiGE STO VE, $3 00
SMALL STO VE, 3 25
CHESTNUT, 3 25
EGG t 3 00
GRATE, 3 00
SMALL CHESTNUT, 2 15
With same additional charges for cartage.
W. M. MALLORY
October, 24, 1879.
Great
CROWDS!
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J. L. KENT'S
and an
IMMENSE STOCK !
DIIESS GOODS,
CLOAKS and SHAWLS,
GLOVES and HOSIERY.
3 button Kid Gloves only 75 cents,
worth a dollar.
SHEETINGS and SHIRTINGS, of the
best brands, cheap!
CLOTHS uud CASSIMERES of all quali
ties and prices.
RIBBONS and FANCY GOODS, the best
selection ever offered in this market.
FLANNELS and BLANKETS in endless
variety.
In fact, my assortment of Dry Goods
is complete and is not excelled by any
1 establishment in the country. In prices
I DEEY COMPETITION 1
and cordially invite of my
goods and a comparison of prices.
Col. Mean's mammoth store,
second door south of Mclntyre Brothers
hardware store.
•I. L. KENT,
Nov. 14. Agent.