A LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWSPAPER, is l'ttblished Every Thursday BY JOHN F. MOOUh Tcr Year In advance $1 &() BSyAU suliFcriptions to bo paid in ad vance. Orders for Job Vfork respectfully Bea-Oillco on Main Street, in tlic second lory of Ilouk & Gillis Store. Address JOITNG. II ALL, ' f!iiTou .t rnoritiKTOi?. ?! Z2 11 HEIUTE. BY PALL H. HAYNS. She was a child of happiest air, Ot ilecp, dark eyes, but gulden hair ; And ah ! I loved her unaware Marguerite ! ir. Fho spelled mo with her midnight eyes, The sweetness of her naive replies, And all her inuueeut witcheries Marguerite ! 1". The fever of ray soul grew calm 3?cncath her smile, that healed like balm Her words were holier than a psalm Marguerite ! IV. But 'twixt us yawned a gulf of Fate, Whose blackness I beheld too late ; O Christ 1 that love should smite like Hate, Marguerite ! She did not wither to the tomb, 3ut round her crept a tender bloom, More touching thaulier earliest gloom Marguerite 1 VI. The sun o( one fund hope had set, A hope she dared not all forget, Its twilight glory touched her yet Marguerite ! vi T. And ever, in that twilight fair, Moves, with deep eyes and golden hair, The child who loved me unaware Marguerite Gol'MsjjOiiOciiw of ftJbosflic. EETTESIS Tit JKKBSCES. NUMBER PIVE. Mi dear sir : At tho close of my lastjlctter I expressed the opinion that you held tho doctrine of the " invoca tion of saints " for other reasons than becauto you think it is taught in the Bible. Iu justification I quote from your second letter : "The idea of our being still iu communion with those near and dear ones, who huva departed this life, is so consoling, besides being 80 much in accordance with common sense, that I imagine any thinking man will, upon mature reflection, be willing to admit its reality." If you had said any unthinking man without reflection, you had not gone far astray. But men who think, and I do not adopt opinions and accept articles of faith without met. turc rijl'.ction, these, my dear sir, are just the men who will not admit " the Tcality " of anything merely because it would be aggrecab'e to have it so 1 On the contrary, if there are reasons for wishing a thing to be true ; so that the thoughtless would be likely to believe it on insufficient grounds ; thinlci.t'j men would be all the more careful in weigh ing the evidence. 'What would you think of a man iu your own profession who should adopt a theory of medicine and regulate his practice by at, not bc . cause on tho most thorough examination it appears to be true, but because " it is so beautiful," and would be so nice to have true ? Shall wo readily concludo that tho opinion of Origeu is correct, because the everlasting punishment of sinners is so fearful to contemplate, and it would be so beautiful " if all sinful creatures ehould at length become holy and continue holy and blessed forever ? If that were true, no one should wish to believe otherwise; but if it bono true, what sensible man would wish to be comforted by a f luse opinion ? I very much fear that you do not como to the Word of God to find wheth. er or no your doctrine of the " interces sion of saints " be true, but rather to find what Scriptures may bo quoted to bolster up a doctrine received on other grounds. But the prophet Isaiah, (8, L'O) warns us against that ; "To the law and to the teftimony ; if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them." Whatever be tho teachings of tho Fathers and the tombstones of martyrs, I have not the cording to the text just quoted, I would regard them of no authority in compar ison with Scripture. In your second ktter, near tho ti;. ginning, you teem to confound tho doc mm JOHN a. 1 IA1YL,, Editor. l'o ev.ii e o.vj-. ?!: it trine under consideration with that of tho " communion of saints " mentioned iu the Apostles' Creed. I do not say that " you stultify yourself" iu so doing, but I say that your interpretation of that clause in tho Creed is entirely new to mo, and I verily believe it would bo equally new to the Apostles could they now tise from the dead and read our correspondence in the Advocate ! I had aiways supposed that tho " communion of saints " in the Croed was the same as that epokcu of in the 1st Epistle of t. John, eh. , v. 0. But you have not only failed to con. vincc mcthat tho Biblo teaches your doctrine ; you have furnished a practi cal argument against it of no inconsider able weight. You say, in favor of ask ing Mary's intercession, " Divine justice would often demand the punishment of the sinner rather than his forgiveness ; but Mary is pcculiaily the Queen of Mercy, as she is called by tho church, to her docs not belong the attribute of justice, but of compaiison and sympa thy," and just below; "how beautiful is the idea of the sinner, laden down with crimes and transgressions, trcmb. ling with dread before tho majesty and tho justice of Cod, aud not daring to appear before Ilim, lost the thunder, bolts of His just wrath should be hurl ed upon him, casting himclf at tho feet of Mary and begging her to intercede for him, begging her pure and undcfil. cd, to ask her Son to suspend His jus. tiee and allow her to exercise her attri bute of mercy." This rectus to be very rcmarkablo language to come from ouo acquainted with tho Bible. However natural the divice may be, and however successful it may sometimes bo among men, it can avail nothing when we have to deal with God. But sometimes, even among men, the attempt to gain a favor through the mediation of some more acceptable per. sou meets a signal failure. It was so with Adonijah, when he made a request of King Solomon thaough tho youu king's mother. He came to Bathsheba saying : " Spaak, I pray thee, unto Sol onion, the King, (for ho will not say thee nay) that he give me Abishag the Shunamite to wife." She camo into the royal presence, and was received with great respect. Then she said, " I de sire one small petition of theo ; say mo not nay. And the king said unto her, Asii on, my mother, ior I will not say thec nay." But what was tho result of Adonij ah's potion ? ' Adonijah has spoken this thing against his own life- he shall be put to death this day." Sco 1st Kings, ch. 2nd. Solomon would not refuse his mother anything she might ask; but his wisdom saw the wickedness of Adonijah, and his jasticc demanded punishment. Ho would not deny his mother anything, but be made it of little account to Adonijah whether Abishag were given to him or not. Might not a liko result happen to any who should try to circumvent " a wiser than Solomon," iu the same way. But there are several positive objec tions to your view of this matter, which seem to mo very far to outweigh the argument from Fathers and catacombs, the consideration of which must bo de ferred to another letter. Very truly yours, EVANGELIST. A Female Freak. A beautiful young lady of Portland, frequently, du ring the last year, has been in tho hah. it of getting herself up as an aged man, and 'coming to town on the cars. In her disguise she would stroll about the city to her heart's content',and return home to tell tho few friends in tho secret of tho fun she had eujoyed. If spoken to, she feigbed deafness. The venerable form had become quite familiar in the streets of Portland ; but none dreamed that beneath those gray hairs nestled soft auburn ringlets ; that behind those green goggles spaikled a pair of roguish eyes ; that the Beedy old coat covered shoul dcrs that might rival thoso of Venus ; that within thoso tittered unnientioLa bles were the supplo and rounded limbs of blooming young womanhood ; or that unusual stoop of the " old gentleman" W3 quite necessary to conceal a certain plumpness about the front part ot the S.3 Ci . IBIS S-T! ififl nasans2', pejiw.-i, dec. ain, isgg.- waistcoat. But the romantic youth he-' roinc came to grief. Protracting her strolls too lon tho other day the train was leaving just as she limped into the depot. A smart run enabled tho foolish girl to throw herself upon the rear platform, but just as she did so, away hat, wig and gosrgles. Two gentlemen on the rear platform wcie considerably aston ished, but the young lady had sufficient presence of mind to explain in a few frightened sentences the position of af. fairs, and it being nightfall, the gentle' men, who proved to be tho genuine ar ticle, got th j girl to her home without further publicity. The young lady sus. tains an excellent character, and it is hardly necessary to add that tho ludic. rous upshot of her adventures, as ono of the " oldest inhabitants," has terminated her tun-loving proclivities in that lino. .Srlaaas Ward in London. Mr. Punch, my dear Sir, lou uiuu t cct a instructiv article from my pen last week on accouut of my ncrvus sistem haviu underwent a dreflle shock. I got caught ia a brief shiuo of sun, and it utterly upsot me. I was Wiilkin in regent street one day last week. enjoyin you rich black log and bracin rains, when all at oueo tho Sun bust out and actooally shpno out, for nearly half an hour study. I acted promptly. I called tho cab and told the driver to run his boss at a frileful rate of spead to my lodging.-!, but it wasn't of no avale. I Led orlul cramps, my appytite left me, and my pults went down to 10 degrees below swro. But by careful nussiu I shall no doubt recover speedy, if the present sparklin and exileratin weather contiuners. All of tho forcgoin is sarcasum. It s a siiijilar lack, but I never sot eyes ou your excellent British Mooacum till tho other day. I've sent a grate many peplo there, as also to your genial Tower of Loudon, however. It hap pened thusly : When one ofmycxcel- countmncu ic-st arrived in London would como and seo mo aud display a inclination to cling to me too lengthy, thus showin a respeck for mo which I feel I do not deserve, I would suggest a visit to the Mooacum aud tower. The Mooseum would ockepy him a day at lcest, aud tho tower another. Thus I'v derived considerable peaco and comfort from them noble cdifissos, aud I hope they will long continner to graco your metropolis. There's my freu Col. Lar kins from Wiscousin, who I regret to say understans the Jamaica question, ond wants to talk with me about it ; I scut him to tho Tower four days ago, and ho hasn't got throogh with it yit. Ho likes it very much, aud ho writes me that ho can't never thank mo sufficient for direetin Ihim to such a bildin. I writ him not to mention it. The Col. says it is fortuit to live in a iutcllectooal ago which wouldn't countenance such infamus things as occurd in this Tower 1 111 aware tnat it is lasinn bio to com pliment this age, but I ain't so clear that the Col- is altogether right. This is a very respectable age, but it's pretty easily riled ; aud consiuerin upon how slight a provocation wo who live in it go to cuttin each other's throats, it may perhaps bo doubted whether our intel. leeks is so much massiver than our aii' cestor's intellecks wa3, after all. The British Mooseum is a maguif'cent free show for tho pepio. It is kept 0- peu for tho benefit of all. The humble costymonger, who tra verses tho busy streets with a cart con. tainin all kinds of vegetables, such as carrots, turnips, etc., aud drawn by a spirited jackass he can go to the Moo seum aud reap benefits therefrom as well as the lord of high degree. And this," I said, " is tho British Mooseum ! These noble walls," I con tinnered, punchia theui with my. um broller to see if tho masonry was all right but I wasn't allowed to finish my enthoosiastio remarks, for a man with a gold band on his hat sed', in a hash voice, that I must stop pokin the walls. I told liiui I would do so by all nieaus. " You see," I scd, taking hold of tho tassel which waved from the man's belt, and drawin him close to mo in a confi dential way, You ecc, I'm looking SSVfl MS-. . P m M (A P, I W , I'ound this Mooseum, aud if I liko it I shall buy it." Instid of larfin hartily at these ro" marks, which was mado in a goakin ipirit, tho mau frowned darkly and walked away. I first visited tho stuffed animals, of which gorillers interested mo most. These simpleanindud monsters live in Afriky, aud are believed to bo human bcins to a slight extent, altho' they arc not alowed to vote. Iu this department is one or two superior giraffes. I never wouided I were a bird, but I've some times wished I was a giraffe, ou account of the long distance f 10111 his mouth to his stumuiuck. Hence, if ho loved beer, one mugful would give him as much enjoyment while going down as forty mugfulls would ordinary persons. And ho wouldn't get intoxicated, which is a beastly way of amusing oneself, I like a little beer now and then, and when the tctotaliers inform us, as they frckently do, that it is vils stuff, and that even the swino shrink from it, I say it only shows that the swine is a ass who don't know what' good; but; to pour gin and brandy dawn one's throat as freely as though it were fresh milk, is the most idiotic wy of goiu' that I know of. I enjoyed myself very much by look, iu at the Egyptiau tuummys, the Greek vasis, etc., but it occurd too mo there was rather too many "Roman antiqui tys of a uncertin date." Now, I like the British Mooseum, as I said afore, but when I oco a lot of crthcti jugs and pots stuck upon shelves, and all "of a uncertin date," I'm at a loss to 'zactly determine Wiicuier tney tney are a thousand years old or was bought recent, I can cry liko a child over a jug oik thousand years of age, especially if it is a Roman jug; but a jug ol a uncertin date doesn't overwhelm 1110 with emo tions. Jugs and pots of a uncertin age is doubtlcrs vallyablc property, but, like tho debentures of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, a man doesn't want too many of them. I was debarred out of the great read iii'rooui. A man told 1110 I must apply by letter for admission, and that I must get somebody to testify that I was res' pcetable. I'm a little 'fraid I shan't get in there. Seein a elderly gentle man, with a bcnevcrlcnt.lookin face, near by, I venturd to ask him if he would certify that I was respfcctab1e. He eaid he certainly would not, but he would put mo in charge of a policeman, if that would do mo any good. A thought struck me. " I refer you to Mr. Punch," I said. " Well," said a man, who had listen, cd to my application, " you have done it now ! You stood some chance before." I will get this infamous wretch's name beforo you go to pres-j, so yon can de nounce him iu the prescut number of your cxcelleut journal. The statuto of Apollo is a pretty slick statute. A young yeomau seemed deep, ly iniprebst with it. He viewed it with sileut admiration. At home, in the beautiful 1 ural distrieks where tho daisy sweetly blooms, he would bo sweat-in in a horrible manner at his bullocks, and whacking 'em over the head with a hay fork ; but here, in tho presence of Art, he is a changed bein. I told tho atteudant that if tho Brit ish nation would stand tho expens of a marble bust of myself, I would willing ly sit to some talented sculpist. "I feel," I said, " that this is a dooty I owe to pos terity." He said it wsn hily probable, but he was inclined to thiuk that the British nation wouldn't care to enrich the Mooseum with a bust of me, altho' ho venturd to thiuk that if I paid for ono myself it would bo accepted cheer fully by Madam Tussaud, who would give it a prom'uent place in her chain, ber of Ilorrers. The young man was very polite, aud I thaukt him kindly. After visitsn the Refreshment.room and partakin of half a chicken of a un certin age, like tho Roman antiquitys I have previsly spoken of, I prepared to leave. As I passed throo the animal room I observed I observed with pane that a benevolent person was urgin the stufft clepgant to accept a cold muffin, but I did not feci called on to remon strate with him, any more than I did it mi fif ,T.rF. MOOllE, Publisher. TE5UMS1 30 1'cr Year in .itliancc. with two young persons of difFrcttt sex es who had retired behind tho Rynos. serhos3 to squeeze each other's hands, la fack, Iraythcr approved of tho latter procecdin, for it carrid 1110 back to the sunny spiing tunc ot y file, i in in tho shear and yellow leaf now, but I don't forget the time when to squccz my Betsy's hand sent a thrill throo me like follin off the roof of a two story house ; and I never squozod that gentle hand without wantin to do some more an feeliu that it did me good". Trooly yours, AKTEMAS Vi'AKD, COUNTING-HOUSE AL MAN-AC F O II 1 8 G 7 . S-l -5! H1 ?i 5 I , JANUARY lj - ;! 1 Hi '.p10 Hi l'J 14 If. Hi'lTSl 1 12S 2'.)i:;ii.;;j i... FKBRUAUY. i 1 ! 10; 1 1 l''jl:!'14ll 23 '-2.i Huji.JTiiiy MAttClI. 11 1 H r,t (i 7; 8 si.io ll!l2:l;;.14!l.-, in!l7!ix!v,;2(t!:!i'" 2;i;24l'2o'2(j!'27!28!v:',) o0 31 ... ... ... ... 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The clock was so made as to bo capable of performing the following movement. There was ou it a negro, a shepherd aud a dog. When the clock struck,, the shepherd played six tunes on his flute, and the dog approached and fawn, ed upon him. Tho clock was exhibited to the King of Spain, who wa.i greatly delighted with it. The gentleness of my dog," said Droz, " is the least merit. If your Majesty touch oac of tho apples which you see in the shepherd's basket, you will admire the fidelity of the aui Dial." Tho King took an apple, and tho dog flew at his hand and barked to loud that the King's dog, which was in tho samo room during tho exhibition, began to bark also, at, which the super, stitious courtiers, not doubting it wa3 an affair of witchcraft, hastily left the room, crossing themselves as they went. Having desired the Minister of Marine, woo was tho only one who dared to stay behiud, to ask the negro what o'clock it was, the Minister asked, but received uo reply. Droz then observed that tho ne gro had not yet learned Spanish, upon which the Miuister repeatod the ques tion in French, and tho black immedi ately answered him. At this new prodii py the firmness of tho Minister also for sook him, and ho retreated precipitate, ly, declaring that it must be the work of. a supernatural boing. It is proba ble that in the pcrformanco of theso tricks Droz touched certain springs in the mechanism, although that is not mentioned in any of the accounts of this clock. llatos of AdvortiWiri, Adm'rs nml Exceti''s Notice?, cat1 0 tunes " Auditor's Notices, ench 2 TO Transient advertising, per 8fiifii u of 10 lines or loss, i times or le.sr 2 00 For each Ftilisumient 'insertion M) Professional cards, 1 yenr 5 1,0 special notieos, per line lo OVilunry and Mai ringe Not ices, eneh 1 0(1 Yearly Advertising, one K)uarc..,. TO It) tvariy AiivcrtiHiiifr, two iiinres..,. 15 00 1 eai iy Aiivor ing three S(iiiires 'in 00 Yearly Advertising, 1 column IS 00 Yearly Advertising, column S till Yearly Advertising, 1 column t)D) Advertisements displayed more i':.aK ordinarily will bo charged for nC tlio rate ()icrcolunm) of 11 07 1. s YtEoiz Jri. i'a'iv. " Tho following is a very good bur. lesquo ou tho ''Parlor Magic" which appears in the colums of the " Flag of our Union," the best paper, with the exception of tho "Uuion." in the whole country : The Spittoos Trick.. Tako two-half-Ballon tpittoono, white ones are the best, then select a strong red cord- a worsted otic if it can be procured, pass the cord through tho two holes of the spittoons, and give the ends to a ge.itloman and lady, selected from the company, to held. Now let a lady seize the spittoons, and, sliding each to the opposite end of the cord, bring them together smartly, when they will break in pieces, aud fall to the floor. This trick is easily performed, and will excite considerable applause. The Magic Stick. To do- thw trick properly you will need a pearl han. died knife and a stout hard. wood stick" some two inches in length. Sharpen the two ends of the stick, and then try to crubh it endways, either between your hand? or by sitting upon it. This, to your astonishment, you will find it impossible to do. Tub Flying Hen. Select a largo, well. fed hen, the color is immaterial, though black is best, and place her in a sitting position on some smooth sur face. Then over her place a pasteboard box, eighteen by thirty inches, l'ouud smartly upon tho top of the box with a bone bandied table.knif'e lor three miu. utes, aud then suddenly raise it, when the hen will immediately fly away. This trick can be performed by any person of average intelligence, who gives his whole mind to it. The Nail Trick. Take two large wrought.irou nails, and wire them to. gether in tho form of a cross. It will then bo found impossible to swallow them. There is no deception about this. 1 he Cable. Tako a piece of tarred cable, about fifteen inches iu length, cut it carefully in two with a sharp knife, and then try and chew tho ends togeth er. You can try as long 'as you liko. The String Trick. This is very simple, as you will see by the explana tion ; still a great many people can't see through it. Take four pieces of fine string of equal length, each having two ends. Tie knots on the left-hand ends, and weave them spirally through oppo. site loops, catching the intervening ones over the upper portion, and bringing di agonally between ; now shift your hand, catching th space outside tho loops up on the back of the right.haud joint, casting it o2" at the proper uiouieut, and bringing the thumbs in tho former di. lection. Tho trick is theu done. It possesses tho singular peculiarity that nobody can ever do it twice. Tue Magic Egg. Futtwelve fresh eegs carefully into a green worsted bag. Swing the bag rapidly about your head, hitting it each time about the door-post. Then ask tho company whether they will have them boiled, scrambled. r,r fried. It will make no difference wliioK they choose. The Foitr Jacks Select a pack of cards with plain white backs. Take out the four jacks, and burn them before tho company, letting them see the ashes. Now shuffle the cards quickly, and hold ing them in the left hand, give them a sharp rap with the knuckles of the right. Then place them on tho table with laco down, and defy the company to find tli jacks. They can't do it. These.aro only a few of the tricks in our repertoire, but they will suffice for the present. Tlicv otily to amuse, but to inculcate a lovo of science among our youug friends, and wo shall feel amply repaid by their thauks. Flvj of our Union, A couple were divorced in Michi gan on Monday after only twenty four hours of married life. The wife left her husband on the ground that he was bald headed and a Catholic, and would not givd her a deed for his fai m. Th Court gave him a divorce. Pon 't read this line.
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