The National Banner, Volume 7, Number 34, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 December 1872 — Page 1

T'HE NATIONAL BANNER, Published Waekly by JOMN E. ‘!ﬁ' LL, - LIGONIER,NOBLE COUNTY, IND. : fen [ —— i g | TERMS OF SUBSCRIRSION : trloth inAdYAnOR, iieiidaviea is, 80,00 §F~T hispaperis publishedonthe Cash Pri nwlz?le. its Proprietor believing thatit is justasright for ham demand advance pay,asit is f City;publwhers @ Auyperson sending aclul) 010, accompanied with the cash, willgbe eatitledto acopy of the paper,foroneyear,free otcjurge. ¢ i

CITIZENS IBANI, : LIGONILR, : INDIANA, STRAUSBROTHERS, Receive monies %n deposit; issuel certificates with interest odspecitied time); dealerp in governmeut bonds, gold and suver, Draw drafts on New York, Chicago, Thledo, and alll Earopepn cities, Issue passuge certiticates o and from fll principal seaports in Europe. Agents for the gale and purchase of real estate; also, agents for the lmperial Fire Insarance Co., London, Capital $8,000,000. Special attention Elveu to coilections in thwp and country. Discount Farmers’ aud business np;;r. oy : T = i 2 i Grbfchaften nud Pajjage: Scheiue. Grbjdajten in allen Theilew Dputidylands werden billig und prompt durdy Bollmadyt ingt;ogm. BajJagc. Sdyeine von und nah allen éceg fen Guropa’s jind jtets bei und ju haben., w taud Bros. Ligonier, Inv,, Oct. 23, '72.:26 ; Leke Shore & Mich.S uth’n R. R. On and ifter October 20th, 1872, (rains will leave Stadons as follows : . ‘ GOING EAST : ] . Sp.N.Y.Hx AtU(. Ex. - Aecom. Chicago..cviee.. 950 am.... 58P pm.. . 700 am Elkhurt ;oo b e ElO pmiisy 96 Caael 80, Qushen, .. i i 198 srad 19 s asct 40 ‘Millersburg. . 1145 | ..t 1030: . .. 1159 Ligonies.iicva il oo V 1216 pm Wawaka....... 1206 <o T10:-5) w 2280 Brimtield ...... 1216 vrTal U Val a 0 Kendailville, ... 229 . ....119 ilg oe Arrive atToledos3o ....28)4dm.... 510 Pt GOING WEST T01ed0.....w'..11 10/ am,...11 0 pm.... 1100 am Keundallville.... 229 pm.... 231 am.... 308 pm Brimtield ...... 12 44 1308 svas ORF Wawaku..,.... 1262 Lt X iy 240 i Adgunier oo nd DAL o AP Ll 38T | Millershurg.... 13200 ... 14 vl3 | GOBHBL ~ G S R ciee /438 ‘ vßlkhurt. oo Bdd Sda (5 svaneo 10 Arrive at ChicagoB 20 v B 0 s 940 *Stop 20 minates forbreak fastand supper. tTrains do not styp. . ; Express leaves daily both ways. Muail Craiv makes close conngetion atElkhart withtraines going Eastand Wesf. | e CHAS. PAILvE, Gew’tßupt.,Cleveland. T JN.ENEPPER, dgent, Ligopier.

Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. | From and after October Rith, 1872, e GOING W ST Noll,© Nob, | No 7, N 0.3. “ FKastkz. Muail. |Pac Ez. Night Ex. Pittsburg.,.... 14oam 7:loam| Y:loam 2:oopm Rochester..... 2:soam B:3sam |lo:23am 3:oBpm A11iance....... s:lpam 11:25am| 1:10pm s:Bopm 0rrvi11e....... 6:46am I:spm| 3:o7pm 7:2spwm Manstield..... B:3sam 43i22pm| s:o9pm ° 9:26pm Orestline.. .Ar. 9:2oam 53 Upm| s:4opm 9:65pm Crestline. ..Lv. 9:4oam lill«);nu G:oopm 10z 15pm F0re5t.........J1*03am 7:ssam| 7.55 pm 11:28pm Lima..........12:08pm 9:osam| 9.lHpm 12:300m Ft Wayne..... 2:2opm 1] :35a1h)11:55am 2:4 )am. Plymouth..... 4:45pm 2:3spm| 2:55am s:osam Chicago vov.ere 7.50 pm 6:3opm| 6:soam B:2oam .GOING EAST : NoS, No 2, No 6, No 4. " Muail. Fast Ex.|Pac Ex. NightEz. Chicago....... Htl3am 9 20am| 5 35pm 9 20pm Plymouth..... 9;l6am 12 Ozpm| 9 10pm 12 50am Ft Wayne..,.l22opm 2 20pm|1l 45pm 3 25am Lima........:. 2045 pm 4 «Tpm| | 50am 5 15am F0re5t........ 4:oopm & 08pm| 3 voam 6 28%am Crestline . . Ar. ?::mpu_x 6 30pm| 4 30am 8 05am Crestline .. Lv.ll:3oam 6 50pm| 4 40am '8 25am Manstield .. ...12:05pm 7 21pnl 5 lam 8 dsam 0rrvi11e|....... 2:l3pm 9 20pmy 7 t2arh 11 06am Alliuucd,. werees H32opm 11500pmy 9 004 m | 10pm Rochester...., (6:57pm I;l2am 11 20am 3 39pm Pittshurg .....[B:10pm 2204 w 12 25pm 4 45pm Gr. Rapids & rnu. and| Cine., Rich.. ) Tt " : & Ft. Wayne R, R, _ Condensed Time Card. " Daily, eacept Sundays, To 5 tapw effect June 2nd, 1872, GOING SUUTH. | N0.2.| N 0.4., N 0.6. Olam Lake..ifdissaive. 600am’ 1120 am Reed City....Ll.cuceren . 7234 1245 pm Up. Big Rapid 5........ 430am| 805 ** 199 Howard (_‘/it)]..........‘. 53T '] 915 283 . Grant Rapids.co.o.oco 760 * fllodam 540 Mopteith. . deeieeiine. 908 * | 117 pm . 620" ** | Kalamhnzoo, Ai. ..cie. 950 %] 980-*¢ 709 ¢ | Kalamazoo, D......... 1000 “ | 630 am . Mendoncasitsone sane e IUBR 10 |- 792 ebe - / Bturprie (ol ios it IBN ThT Y - Kenda11vi11e...........1244p 915 ¢ Fort Wayne ..o .00 1807 11030 %1« | Fort Wayne/..viiiseves 200 % : Decntur. ;. ti i .0, 200 ] Portland..disieaiiin, 415 1 700 4Mm £ Ridgeville . iodostiiocs ddd S 1 045 48 s Wiuchesters....{...;..’-. b 5 U 8 *¢ 814 ¢ Newport o oeicsciiss gOL 1 910 ¢ Richmond L/ oiise bov. 880 510 945 4 . GOING NORTH. N0.1.| N 0.3., No.s. mchm0nd‘............. ] 1120 am 330 pm Newporti.li i iiiee 1149 ' 38« Winchaster. .....iooe. 1240 pm. 44] ¢ Ridgevilla, .o iiiv i iiiie Sl 08 e Portland b & o bl 3a N 54h s Decatur. il iiivisia s, 08l sk Fort-Wayne, Al ...... - 835 % Fort Wayne, D......... 700 any¥ 8 40 pm Kendnllvile ioivee oo BIG "l 485 *F ) Sturgls ciics ot i L SBR 610 SV - MNondon.| .. ouiveaava, - 10U8 *Y . 648 *¢ Kalamazoos Ay s G iaied 10 ) T4O { Ka1amaz00,D........7.1120 ‘| 300 pm 800 am Monteithy JoSaliie it 120pn] 342 Y. B 4 . Grand Rapidsiiic cooi. 140:°¢) 510 % 1020 HowandlGley, sbaco i . 3874 657 * 1218 pm Up. Bi%’ Rapid 5........ 450, 800 ** 187 % Reed Clty . -vusioiioi 882 Y : 213 08 Clam Lh\ie............‘ 700 ¢ 830 = . . <y . : Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Condensed time card, taking effect Juwne2nd 1872, GOING NORTH. AN GOING BOUTH, No.B. | N 0.5. SPATIONS: 1,0 & No 4: 3 00 pm 800 am. .Kalamazoo,: 950 am 700 pm 848 %M 0} ¥ C Monteith.. . 908 ** 620" 4992 4 1000 ¥t Allepan. . .|, 828 ‘¢ 547 ¢ 5:33 teatblgse elulinndy oL 15t 484 ¢ 635 ** 12 19pmGrand Haven, 616 * 331 ¢ 718 % 0100 . Muaskegonl. 635 4t 250 ¢ F. R. MYERS, 1 GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent.

Detroit, Hillsdale & Indiana, and Detr., Eel River & Il R. R. - Taking effect Thursday July 25th, 1872, : fa o GOING WES | STATIONS: Mail l Ind. Exp. Mixed, Detroif .o canie il TOO R 560 poy Ypsilanti....ooo.....ar 880 %) 7,17 M Ypsilantboccsiciaciaily: 885 24 725 8 Bankers.:...« s.ci.iarltl 36 *9 10155 . Bunkers.....cisooixlvll 880411020 ¢ 2 30am Angolth boebea il lu:xp¢. 1195 ¢ 491 ¢ Waterlon: —ddisv: iise 140020 1159 o 518 4 Aubnrßis it bl 1880 12 10 am 540 4 - Cherabusco. ..iv..oa.. 244 4 102% 700 Colum/»ia City ;....... 815 z 194 t g 0 & Denver ceeesedessdaas SOO N 800 M TR e Indianapolis...¢ ...5..1015 ‘¢ 730 ¢ e GOING EAST. Indianapolis...... .... 500 am 800 pm | : Denver .....v.i-cavive 923 ' 1230 am 1215 pm Columbl@ity i 1113 1 940 & 85 <« Cherobusco. b.ii.., 0. 11438 ‘% 314 % 405 ¢ AunbUrpiiiiiiee ..Q...l‘z o 8 1. 4145 0. 550 Waterloo..siae. .20 1200 ¢ 433 % 613 ANGOMic . Jin o e, 198-1 BoS ® Bankdes....oi ..ok 2507 "{ 700 % gns o Yostlantle. Uicoo il 548 'Y 1010 ¢ Datroitis cosiiic g 700 Y 118004 { H. C..GOODELL, Sup't. Ft. W., Jackson and Saginaw R’d. The most direct ronte to Pit{sburg, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and all psints’in the south and sguthwest, Trains run by Chicago time, i Time curd taking effect July 25th 1872. i GOING SOUTH. GOING NORTH Mail | Express Stations Express Mail 7'lsam 440 pm... Jackson....ll3o am 910 pm 754 5200 ....Hanoyer)...loso . R3%2 825 560 ...Jonesvillel...lolB . 802 953 735 .-«.Ang01a..1.. 850 635 1033 815 ... Warerloo|... 813 537 1047 | 829 --..Auburn .L.. 800 522 1145 . 9925 ..Fort wayne.. 705 495 | 6%00 pm 1030 am..lndianapolis.. 400 pm 1010 am , 850, o oonecinnaty. o 710 | /1045 1045 pm .. Lonisvilld . 910 am 1025 pnj . +An accommodation train l¢éaves Jackson, going Sonth, at 12 10 pm and arrives at Jonesville at 123 .pm; the same train, going north, leaves Jonesville 305 pm and-arrives at Jackson at 4 15 pm. 4 At Jackson — Close connegtions are made with Michigan Central, Jackson, [Lansing & Saginaw, 2and Grand River Valley Railgoads. | At Jonesville — With Lake Shore & Michigan Southiern Railroad. S At Waterloo — With Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad %lr Line) e At Fort Wayne—With Pittsburg, Ft W, & Chic; Toledo, Wabash & Western, and Fcrt Wuynef Muncie, & Cincinnati Railrohds, ; | . W} A. ERNST, Sup't, | ROBERT RILLIE, General Ticket Agent. i TRY THE NEW ROUTE 0 | — 1 Inlgtiannpolis,l’eru ‘ Chicago R.lg g T Great Through Line{to INDIANAPOLIS, . Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Louisville, Chattanoo&a. New Orleans, and ull points in tke south. Ask the ticket ager.t for tickets via | T PERU RAILL ROAD. 1 O%and after Januax;:v 1, 1872, two daily Passenger Trains will leave aßorfe as follows, Sundaﬁy excepted : Da,rv Express leaves LaPorteat 945 am and arrive at Indianapolis at 515 pm, i The Night Ex&;’eas will leave LaPorte (Saturday excepted) at 11 50 pm, and prrive at Indianspoﬁh

at72am, ' | | | Woadrufi’s New Improved ! . PARLOR AND ROTUNDA SLEEPING COACHES Always on time, F. P. WADE, : S Gen’ Ticket Agent, Indianapolis Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 8, taking effect Monday, the 28th S day of OUctober, 1872 i eo&ne soyrn, STATIONS. : GOING NORTH. i Nov. 2 N 0.4. Vi No.l No 8 580lpm1i 55 m a.....Waba5h....1700am 200 pm 4407 1035 am .Nor, MancHester, 745 ‘' 310 ** 415/ 4955 « . Bilver Lake.... 810 * 410/ * 335 ¢ 860 . .l .War5a1,.....850 * 510 ¢ 315 « 82004 ... Leocsb ég.....5«m “ 540 5 2521 750 ‘¢ ... . Milfodd..... 930 ** 610 ** 233 ¢ 720 ‘L. .New Piris... 950 ** 685 ** 2160 ** 700 % ._.dp.Goshen,ar. 1010 * 700 * 2100 ¢ - 7L iar Goshen, dp..1015 ¢ . | 14%&“ ..o Bikhatt, .., ~ 1045 ¢ | ainsrun by Clevelandtime, i | ! \. G. WELLS, Supt. FT.WAYNE, MUNCIE & CINCINNATI RAILROAL _ 'The shortest and most direct route to Imgg.gap.' olis. Close connection with trains on the Colume bus & Indianapolis Railwdy al Muncie 5 - Departure and'arrival of rains at I't. Wayne:, y I LEAVE, o ABRIVE. | %ﬂ1,.‘.;....,ﬁﬂ@tﬂ in,......-....émp:*nf i Al nes 1916 pm | BXDYEBE vannas, 945 1

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EXCELSIOR LODGE, No. 267, Lo R Meets every Saturday evening at their New Hall. | L. H. GREEN, Se¢’y. E,W.KNEPPER, ¥. G. WASHINGTON ENCAMPM'NT | INCI_ S L. OO . ; Meets the second 4nd fourth Tuesdays in each o Month, at their New Hall. | H. M. Goovsrrep, Scribe. W.XK. Wovr, C. P. |it ‘,,-,_ﬁ_.,,,__,e’_..__.___.___.____ i Dr. H . ILANDON, LIGONIER, 1 M g INDIANA. Office second flgor Liandon’s Brick Block, | Nov. Ist, 1871. . | o B '_...____M___A_,_._,___ | ; P . CRUM, Physician and Surgeon, . Ligonier, Lp = = , Indiana. | Office one doorsofith of L. Low & Co’s Clothing store, up stairs, | May 12th, 1869, I W, C.Thmx_:\'v.m.» », ]Physicmxﬂ; and Surgeon, i LIGONIER, INDIANA, | | Will promptly and faithfully attend to allcalls In the iineof *his profession—day or night-—iu lown or any distande in the cuuntrz’ v e - | G, _‘V. CARR, : Physician and Surgeon P ZIGONIER, ~ = &« « < IND, | 'Will promptly attend all calls intrustedto him. Dffice on 41.. Bt., one door east ef the NaTioNAL Bannreroffice. 3-43 | ¢ C. PALMITER, i Surgeon and Physician, | Office at Residence. : .‘ig()llier, = & = = Endiana. e e i _ A.S. PARKER, M. D., HOMEOPATH_-IST, Office on Mitchel street. Rﬁ-‘idenccrm Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A, M., and 2 to 4 p. M. ki . KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA, | May 3, 1871, ;

‘ G. ERICKKSON, M. D., . Specialattention given to the treatment of : Uhronic and Surgical Diseases. | | flice hours from 10 o’clock a. M.to 2 o’clock, ». M. | -Offiice and residence opposite the Gross House. | . KENDALLVILLE.INDIANA. : pdnme Ly ety L . JAMES M. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. i Office in the Court House, . 0 ALBION, = - = = - - JND: §-15 ( 1. E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, —TIGONIER & - = - INDIANA, &= Office in Mier's Block, o 7-2 . M. G. ZIMMERMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (Oflice on Cavin Street, over E. B. Gerber’s | Hardware Store, o : { LIGONIER, - - - + INDI4ANA. | August 17th, 1870.. : i . . 1.00%ELL., @ @ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Publie, : LIGONIER, INDI/ NA. Office, over Beazel Brotners’ new HurnessShop, Be s S L. H. GREEN, ‘ Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public. | LIGOCNIER, - - = - INDIANA: Office second floor front, Landon’s Brick Block.

| D. W. GREEN, | y ATy )\ (V 4 l . ‘’t Justiceof the Peace & Collection Ag't, Office with vr. Lanond, second floor Landon’s | « ' Brick Block. i BIG ONIER, - - INDIANA. 9 e e ittt [ " JAMES J. LASH, 3 i AGENT FOR THE ; - Ontinental Life Insurance Company, . OF HARTHORD, OONNECTICUT, 5 Office in the Court House, Albion, Noble Co., Ind e e e e i . RICHMOND, " Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer, | Cavin street, Ligenier, Indiana. ? | Special attention given toconveyancing andcolhectinus. ~ Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages tfrawn ap and all legal business attended to prumpt]yand rxccuratc]v. May 26th, 1869, | WM. L. ANDREWS, e Surgeon Dentist. YY Y Mitchel’s Block, Kendallville, Allwork warranted. Examinationsfree. . 2-47

' J. P, TEAL, , 3 Gy BRI B sS (T | === Corner of Mitchel) and State Sts., ""i S, one block east of Post Office, room b .l‘i"i"ﬁ. wwer the Kendallvilie Fruit House, |{£endallviile, [ndiana. 739~ All work warranted. { Kendallville, May 8, 1871, § | A. GANTS, S Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, ‘ LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. : j Lt e . Is prepared % ,//ff’;/',f;f to do anything ; B ‘in theiriine., A | /’(;ﬂf g succesffu] pra{:{; | [ iAo tice of over | £ T“ié‘“é St =P years justifies Aevagaa s sen eemeae s caal him in sayiu l PN S S ?_ that he 'ca% N\ T e .~ giveentiresatO\ E e ~" isfaction to all L E o % who may bde. stow their patronage. 8 Office one doornorth of Kime’s, Cavin St. | TEEGARDEN HOUSE = . . ’ Laporte, Indiana. V.W. AXTELL, ¢ :.: 'Proprietor, Lgporte, April 5, 1871, : BATESHOUSE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA,, G.W. WESLEY & SON, - - PROPRIETORS. The Bates House is the largest and most commodious house at the State Capital. Indianapolis, Jan. 18, 1871.-38

LIGONIER HOUSE, LIGONIGR e 2y o o TNDIANA, LEWIS & KOBER, Proprietors.® This splendid hotel has passed into new hands, and hasbeen entirelyrefitted and renovated. Good Sample Rooms. Free Buss to and from the Cars. April 10, 1872.~6-50 . HELMER HOUSE, : S. B. HELMER, Prop'r, LIGONIER, = ="« INDIANA. This House has been Refitted and Refurnished in ¥irst Class Style. | STOP AT TEE BRICK KELLY HOUSE 1 KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. | NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. S. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four squares from th¢ G, R. R R — Only five minutes walk to any of the princigal business houses of the city. Traveling men andstrancrs will find this a first-class house. Fare $2 per ﬁs; i ; J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, liendallvllle. Aug. 3,1870.-14 ; BANKING HOUSE of SOL.MIER LIGONIER, INDIANA. Foreign and Domestic Exchange bought, and gold at the lowest rates. Passage Tickets to and from all parts of Europe. Coilection Department has special attention. Merchants’ accounts kePt on favorable terms. Money received on deposit, July 27,1870.18

H. R. CORNELL,, Is now prepared to take GEMS of a superior quality. Having purchased one of the great American it 4 Optical Company’s MULTIPLYING GEM CAMERA, Which has facilities for making 9, 18, 36, or 72 pictures, all at one sitting, the nation can now be supplied with first-class work at a trifling expense, within thereach ofall, Thefoilowing arethe prices: 7 Pictuares _f0r...........5...........81 00. 16 o ‘: ;go 32 ‘e O Vi sl i 0. 70 . o el L i RO - PHOTOGRAPHS THE SAME PRICE ! Ligonier, Ind., Nov. 15,1871, -

JOHIN GAPPINGER’S HARNESS, SADDLE, - And Leather Establishment, Has been removed to Gappinger & Gotsch’s new . Block, (formerly Rosshacher’s Block.) - KENDALLVILLE, - - INDIANA. The highest Price paid for Hides, Pelts, &c.,and the trade nn‘gg ied with Leather, Findings, &c., at lowest i A ¥ d - . April dih, 1670,49, . sinl

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GREAT LIBERALISM ! - LIBERAL PRICES. Strike While the Iron is Hot ! TR RS sAt DELTVERY WAGON

i Is constantly busy - Delivering Goods Througﬁolit the City. Do not allow ‘youreelf to think there will not be room for you for our o . I 8 like the IRISHMAN’S SHANTY ! Still room for one more. Come and : See How L.iberal bRy e AND / . GOOD NATURED : . Our Clerks are, - i o Always a Swile on Their Face, To think their Proprietors allow them to

Sell so Cheap ! - W; kt;ep on hand N : A‘ FULL ’ASSOR’I‘MENT OF EVERYTHING : . Tobehadin the GROCER .Y’ ﬁLI.ZYE ! : We ;z!so I;eep on hand ‘ayfull{nupply ofb .. WINES AND PURE LIQUORS . | . V;E’ DO NOT SPECIFY PRICES | : |On a]il our < A SUGARS,

1 - Teas, Coffee and Syrups ! : On account of the ENORMOUS PRINTER’S BILL, - And in order to sell ;so cheap we must do onr ! ‘business very § e | . " s ECONOMICALLY, We cannot afford to buy the BANNER OFFICE -and hire J. B. #oll to run it for our advertisement, but come and wewill 5 ; : - ASSURE YOU SATISFACTION. - GROH & HIGH. . Kendallville, Sep. 4, 1871,

LIGONIER, IND.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER IS, 172,

I CHRISTMAS CHIMES, Those Christmas bells so sweetly chime, | As on the day when first they rung; : So merrily in the olded time, -._And far and wide their music flung; Shaking the tall grav ivied tower, With all their deep melodious power; _They still proclaim to every ear, : - oOld Christmas comes but once a year. - He merrily came in days of old, . i When roads were few. and ways were foul; Now staggered, now some ditty trolled, Now drank deep from his wassail bowl; His bolly silvered ¢’er with frost, - Nor even once his way he lost, 4 For ruling there and ruling here,. Old Christmas comes but once a year. The ball was then with holly crowned, - ° ’Twas on the wild deer’s antlers placed; It hemmed the battered armor rouud, g And every ancient trophy graced. Ttdecked the boar’s head, tusked and grim, ‘The was=ail bpowl wreathed to the brim, |. A summer green hung everywhere, | For Christmas comes but ouce a year. 'His jaded steed, 'the armed knight, ' Reigued up before the abbey gate; - . By all assisted to alight, From humble monk to abbot great, They placed his lance behind the door, His armor on the rush strewn floor, ; And then brought out the best of cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year. The maiden then in quaint attire, s Loosed from ber head the silken hood, And danced before the yule log fire, The crackling monarch of the wood. Helwet and shield flas-ed back the blaze, In lines.of light like summer rays While musie sounded loud aud clear, Old Christmas comes but once a ygar. What though upon his hoary head, . . ~Have falleo many a winter'ssoow; - His wreath is still as green aund red, As ’twas & thousand years ago. For what has he to do with care, His brimming bowl and old arm chair, =~ . Are eyer standing ready there, : For,(ﬁnristmas comes but once a year. But what care we for days of old, ‘The knights whose arms have turned to rust; Their grim boars’ heads and pastries cold, - ~ ~ Their armor crumbled into dast? Never did sweeter faces go, Blushing beneath the mastletoe, Than are to-night assembled here, For Christmus comes but once a year, At early day the youthful voice, : Heard singing on from door to door, Makes the desponding heart rejoice, ¥ To know the children of the poor N For once.are ha py all day long. ; We smile and listen to the song, The burthen stitl remote or near, : Old Christmas comes but once a year. The bells which usher in that morn, Have ever drawn my mind away Gl To Béthlehem, where Christ was born, " And the low stable where he lay, : In which the large eyed oxen fed, To Mary bowing low her head, o And looking down with love sincere, ; Such thoughts bring Christmas once a year

. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. | A probable event of the early futare } is woman suffrage ; at least, it is notimprobable that women will vote at the very next gener’al election, and we{ may as well look the fact squarely in the face and admit to ourselves that this question of giving the ballot to about seven millions of women is one which will agitate the public mind and probably will be the leading issue between .political parties of the immediate future. The masses have become accustomed to look upon this matter as | a huge joke, and but few voters will be ‘ prepared to grapple with the problem | and reach a decision with that care | and philosophic reasoning that an ! American sovereign should wrestle with a question of such momentous political I importance. In the political struggle | which terminated in the re-eleciion of Gen. Grant the question of woman saffrage seemingly played but an unconspicuous part, but in reality, it gained a firm foot-hold in the politics of the country and stands to-day in a most promising actitude. True, the question was almost wholly ignored in the contest, butit should not be forgotten that the Philadelphia platform recognized the suffragists in so far as to give their project a semi indorsement.*This was substantially a great victory for what, in common parlance, are known as the “strong-minded ;’’ it gave these gpinsters their first recognition in a national party platform. Heretofore this class has been almost exclusively con- | fined to here and there an occasional. monstrosity, garbed in short petticoats and endowed with a superabundance of the hardest kind of ““cheek ;”’ but hereafter they will not be so scarce; in numbers they bid fair to rival the juicy plums in a rich man’s pudding; they have gained a front seat and will hold their ground so long as there is a broomstick or an inflammatory sentence left. The Republican party has given them.a half pledge of its active. support, and we have a vivid remembrance of- the fact that this same Republican party is in complete power in all the departments of the governmgnt. | The she politicians are as fully conscious of 'this fact as ourself, and they purpose making the most of it.— At their late National Convention. held in St. Louis, they called the attention of the administration party to its_ platform promise, and, premising that the party now had full control of pbl-itical affairs, they called upon Congress: to enact laws giving the ballot to all women in the District of Columbia and the Territories. Adled to this, they demand that the Republican party submit a constitutional amendment prohibiting political distinctions on ac!'count of sex. Of course this would be the finishing stroke, and the dimitied birds of freedom would shriek a joyful chorus, pitched to “C sharp.” The bare submission of such aconstitutional amendment by the Radical party would atonce take the matter quite beyond the control of the people. The history of the Fifteenth Amendment would be repeated, and we should speedily have our mothers, wives and daughters enrolled in the fold of political lambs ~who are periodically devoured by the designing and demagogical sharks who already fatten on the whims and ignorance of those who vote with an infinimml_knmgaﬁgz@sﬁmemﬁﬁc?@f

‘ tﬂg%ﬂ '. ‘We submit, that this conditiorr of affairs iz not only possible but % it is extremely probable. The Repub,A!icém party is actually committed to | fuch a course, and the pariy is all- ] yowerful. Should the majority in ] Congress be mindful of their pledges ‘i*»ud hatch out a Sixteepth Coustitu- | tional Amendment, giving suffrage to g women, it would be rushed through the various State Legislatures and become i a pant of the fundamental law, just as | the Fifteenth amendment was. It will ' be remembgred. that four fifths of the ’ voiers opposed tl}iat,‘enaclme'nt, but'tbé party lafh performed its sweeping Wyrk, and, presto! the negro was a Iv \'Sirer.~~_> So it will be with women.— The.one act /was’ﬁ*ipartj necessity” -and the other ma.j#gcome equally go. If 80,80 it will be, and even, “the gates ' ¢fh—l shall not prevail against it,” - it posse ad esse. : : f The thing is accomplizhed and a political millenium is at hand. The av. erage woman'’s idea of remedying all ,’ gocial aud moral evils is by a vigorous “use of the ballot aud legislative enactments. We ehall have no more intem= perance, no social evils and nothing but the good, ihe pure, and the beauti. ful. Allthise will ke accomplished by a few delicate strokes of the pen, by way of statutory laws, and every exists ing evil will be gone forever! “Only this and notliing more.” -

~ VOTING SUBSIDIES. The question of voting subsidy, as an experiment for reviving our ocean commerce, is likely to meet with favor by the present Radical Congress, and in view ot thefact that the House Committee on Commerce has already reported favorably on the matter and the President favors the plan, it becomes a subject of great importance to evérybody. The proposition is topay private individuals fifteen dollars pes ton per annum for biilding and sailing American steamers, and ten dollars pe: ton per annum for building and sailing American ships, to and from foreign ports, that being the supposed differerence between the loss and profit in the business. Now, American ship owners are not by any means a very numerous class of people and their sufferings cannot be regarded as a matter'of greater national interest than-are the affaire of some thirty six millions of other equally unfortunate and equally deserving citizens of “the best government the sun ever shone upon.” i this subsidy business is to go cheerful ly .ahead, why not extend it to all classes? Tt is said to be “‘a poor rule that does not work both ways,” and the Chicago T'ribune illustrates a paralle! case by noting that the farmers, beiug the most numerous class, and the one upon whom the burden of paying the bonus will principally fall, are entitled to at least a sufficient aunual appropiiation to enable them to pay their local taxes, which they are scarcely able to do now out of the proceeds of theii crops. The price of corn is only 15¢ per bushel at the point of shipment iu lowa, and only 17¢ at corresponding points in Illinois, It does not reimburse the farmer for the cost of production. The real grievance of the ship« owners ‘s that the price(»_\_oif ocean’ freights is too low to afford them a profit. Ifit were higher by the.amount named ($l5 per ton), the business would pay. Hence, Congress is called on to make up the difference. Now, it the price of corn were 15 cents per bushel higher, the farmers could raise corn at a profit. Why should not Congress makean appropriation of 15 cents per bushel to them, and keep it up until corn-growing becomes profitable 7— There is far more reason for doing this than for appropriating money to shipbuilders, because the capital of the farmers has alréady been invested :in land, implements, houses, and stock, which are good for nothing else, whereas the. capital to build iron steamers has not yet been invested, and the main object of the bill is to induce persons to invest capital in them, which is presumably invested now in something which pays better.

'The Editors and Publisher’s Association of the 10th and 11th Congressional Districts held a meeting a short time ago at Laporte, which seemed to be characterized by a rare degree of good sense and business snap. Several practical matters concerning the interests of the craft were discussed and acted on, and the whole proceedings indicated a disposition to transact business and advance the profession.¢ This is well. The usual error of such conventions is, that they: utterly neglect anything like business and degenerate into mere jollifications 'or wholesale sprees, and in lowering the participants and their profession in the public esteem. The time for editorial “deadbeating” is past, and the coming editor is a gentleman who attends to business as business, pays his.own bills like other people and conducts himself like other people who respect ‘themselves and their calling. Of late years editorial associations have done too much free eating, drinking and carousing, and too little business, and it is gratifying, therefore, to note a reform movement in the other direction.—lndianapolisdowrsal.. 0 = .

The Legislature has passed a joint regolution asking Congress to appropriate additional funds for the improvement of the Michigan City harbor.

’ . RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS. _ There are five Baptist churches in Brooklyn now without pastors. . : Forgiversa im rarely perfect except in the breasts"giB pge who have suffe; - [ ed. wa e . o ~ The revised English version of the New Testament 18 in print, and will _soon be issued. e ~ We are but specks of light moving through iufivite space; we move for~ward to an impenetrable darkuess, we leave behind an impenetrable darkness. It is light but just where we are. Our churches are too often granaries where the good seed is stored—where 1 is ot kept for feeding or planting. but for hoearding only, Or rather a selfish church is itself a seed out from which the;germinant principle has died, Every church’ should look upon iiself aB, in one of two senses, a missionary chiurch. Eiiher itis helped or it is a heiper. If it is helped, it is that ir way be a helper. Its only being is in its life. : ’

In the tercentenary exercises—the three hundrédth anniversary of the Presbyterian Church—in Philadelphia, Dr. McCosh, now President of Prineeton College, said in an address:; “Ii is reckoned that if you sum up the Presbyterian churehes throughout the world, they embrace 20 000 congregatious, and a population of 34,000 000 If you add the Lutherans;, who, in wany parts of Germany, are one with the Reformed, and who are in all respects nearer Presbyterianism thau they are either Episcopacy or ludepen dency, we have a. population of 55, 000,000 ‘out of 107,000 000 Protestauts, or an actual majority of the Protestants. ot the world. L

The whim that the Gospel means uothing but the exposition of the plan of salvation, is itself an ecclesiastical innovation. T'rinity, atonement, justi fication by faith, though the sublimest truths ever revealed to human intellect, are of no practical benefit whatever, except as they inspire with motives of that pure morality to which thay have given the name of godliness, or God likeness. The religion which promul-~ gates these truths has a worthier aim for its work than by 'simply binding them to together as the plank of a rafi io rescue drowning souls from perdition and carry them, still dripping, to a ce‘estial shore wherg@they are suddenly diied into saints. ' Its business is 1o wake men better here as wellsas hereatter, better in their conduct to them selvd, to their neighbors, and to God.

The General Missiphary Committee of the Methodist Church, at their late meeting in New York, made a total appropriation of $885,425, of which 8373,825 are for Foreign Missions, '5401,950 for domestic thizsions in the States, $l3 000 for missions in the Territories, $6,650 for missions among ‘be Indians, and $90,000 for miscellaneous purposes. The foreign work covers the countries ¢f Liberia, South America, China, India, Bulgaria, Italy, Mexico and Japan, The paper that sives these facts adds: “This money is not. given to institute missions, but to continiue those already firmly estabtished.. In modern times the Metho dists, in this field of christain effort, way justly be compared with tho Jesuits at the time when their order was at its best estate; and we are glad to be able to add, that in the matter of edu cational effort, they are certainly not far bﬁhiud, and perhaps are equal.”

The Mennonites of theVosges mountains are goilg to' seek refuge in the United Stares, to the number: of forty ihousand., = Their characteristics are peculiar, The Mennonite seeks in the Bible not only rales to guide his conscience, but in his maouers, dress and customs he conforms with rigid exact-uess-to a literal interpretation of its reachings. Turning bis cheek to the smiter i 8 no mere figure of speech to him, and his goods are literally be-~ stowed to feed the poor. In politics the Mennoniies take no share, believ ing that the fate of nations is in the hands of the Almighty, who directs: it as he will, They pay implicit obediénce to government, praying for their rulers, whoever they may be. In the affairs of the outside world they take no interest, and read no books except such as relate to their own sect. Their religious belief does not require them to live apart from the world, yet, forbidden by their rules to share in many of its customs and amusements, they prefer to live in commaunities by themgelves,. | ® ; o

. “The Christ of painters is blue-eyed and golden-haired, and such an one never existed save in their imaginations. A blonde in the race of Syrian Jéws is unknown. He -was a brun (since we have no word in our language which describes a man with dark hair and eyes and olive complexion) of that race. There are pious- people who have recourse to a miracle to make him a blonde, with whom it is useless to argue. Generally the stoutest defenders of his divinity beliéve that in takiog on himself man’s nature he subjected himself to the laws which gov ern it, and that he thus inherited the characteristics of the race from which he sprung. Leonardo Guido, Raphael and other masters created their Christ rdßardless of historical requiremengs, and invested him with an ideal character which he otherwise possessed, ac‘¢ording to their ideas of the beautiful’ inart. This model once imposed, has since been perpetnated by ali the paint ers, because they think blue eyes more spiritual than dark, and golden hair more godlike than black. They had an idea, too, that the Jewish type of face was ignoble, which may have had some foundation from the degradation to which the race was forced for so many centuries by persecuting christians, and they had their prejudices against investing the Savior with the traits of a people whom they despised. But the Jew of Syria, in the day of Jesus, was, before his persecution and consequent debasement, perhaps the equal of the man of any other race, in point of natural advantages. There are Syrian Jews now, in isolated habAitations in Palestine, who are remarkeble for their handsome traits.

. The Horses of the Futare.. . Northern Africa is reputed 1o be the home of the horse. . Here it was thatfabled ‘man first mounted “his back to belp bim eateh-his old enemy, the deer, aud from then he wasman’s servant; aud now from the same place is 10 vorne the horse of the future. Thequagga 13 already domesticated thers in a measure, and they could with ease be brought uunder complete. eontr , and. be transported to this- country by the thousands, in the course of a year or two. The quagga has the form; light figure, and ‘small head and ears of the horse. It is swift and strong, docile and obedient, and easily. domesticated. [t is capable of every variety of service: performed by the h'ora'_e',; and nataralists. say that, with a little care on the part of man, it might be rendered asi¢ ceed~ ingly valuable beast of burden. Iluie about four feéet high at the: shotilders and neck, and has slender lega'and an’ assinine tail. Tt - is- an exceedingly beautiful animal. - Its neck and tore. varts are dark brown, elezantly tr&pvd with"broad black bands; its kinder: paris are light l)r‘()'wl)s,}a‘xrjd,i&lhas‘i‘;wfﬁ'tré, legs. Buffon believed that the quagga was origivally .a hybrid between the horse and zebra; but if ‘this he;,fs'o,si its hybridity has uot interfered with: s permatient powers of: propagation..—Quaggas are found wild in large herds ou the plains of Southern Aftica ;- andthough swift aud alert,” they are not hard:toicateh.: el sSt St

- The largest. bridge -in the warld is #aid to be the Texas and Mobile bridge, on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad. Its lengih is fifieen miles, cross. ing the Mobile aud Texas rivers, and cludes ten draws, one for €ach of the navigable channels into which the riva ers are divided. The bridge itself is constructed. of (wood, bat its pillarsfor supnorters, are ‘iron cylinders, which rest on' a solid surface of wooden piles, driven down evenly with the.bottom of ‘he stream and the mud and. intervening morasses. - It has bieen three years in course of éans',trhctjpn,"vf-a.,uii;._(‘.o_s»t; 8155000000, i e i

A. T. Stewart’s magnificent man=ion on the corner of Fifth-Avenue-and Thirty-tourth Street, New York, which he has " just moved ‘into, is big enough for the retinue of ‘a crowned hiead — Thbe house, however, is said to.be very damp, and to require fires burning even in August.. It is the mopt eleganily fitted up mansion id the Uni@ﬁ‘;‘-. The carpets and - curtaing, filted to each room, were made on the Continent, and the gorgeous: furniture. was also made abroad. v GEh i e

Henry Ward' Beecher . lectured in Boston, a few nights since, on *Compulsory Education,” taking the ground that ignorance is a ecrime; that the State ‘owes -it to itself that all ‘its children be instructed at leastin the rudimentary principles of réading, ‘sri ting and arithmetic, and that the pnb~ lic welfare required every man’s child ‘0 be educated to.this extent eitlier at his own or the State’s expense, .. -

Dr. Lewis gives.the following eurée for dyspepsia: Have aright good talk, with a funny aveedote or two, and half adozen hearty laughseach meal. This’ cativg alone in a restaurant and shov~ eling in provender in' solemn silence, will give dyspepsia to an ostrich,-and create despoudency in the stomach of a quartz mill;. 20t L

- The barbarous custom of - piercing ladies’ €ars for ear rings is rapidly being abolished. Several very ingenions arrangements fqr fastening in these articles of jewelry without the usual surgical operation, are now sold "at the jewelry shops and are.very extensive~ ly worn. e

"Phe South Bend Tribune says that careful experiments’ made in that eity. last winter, shows that soft coal: at $7.50, and hard coal at $l2 per ton, is cheaper fuel than wood at $5.60 per cord—hundreds of the citizens are buying coal Btoves. . & . etige o i

A Baptist paper asks its churches the question, how they expect to -p;t)sper while giving nothing for the spread of the gospel, pretacing it with the as~ sertion that three fourths "of ‘sheir churches give nothing for missions.

The St. Paul Press-denounces the exorbitant railroad tariffs. nbwfgh_&r’ged{? in Minnesota, calls the' managers ‘“freebooters;” and hopes the Legislature will come to the relief of the plundered people.s il el ST 'E

It is an evidence 'df’great‘_;haidﬁéss; to be more concerned about our sufferings than our ging} /.. 0 aa e The Boston fire roasted 21,000 bags of coffee. et el s

A bill has been introduced in the Legislature compelling cities and incorporated towns to post the names of streots on all corners. .- We hope it will phés, - o

A movement is on foot at South Bend for the city to buy wood somewhere: on "(hg railroad line, and ship it to the city and gell it to the poor ‘peop_le'-gt'ﬁ.;faqtﬁ:alv'qoqt.

And this is the way the Plymeath Democrat tells it: " Those: who are treading on the verge of lunacy, give expression to their vagaries by - getling up ‘anti-chignon parties, < i o

Enoch Baum of Porter ‘county was recently fleeced -ont of $BOO by Chicago sharpers. Enoch ought to take the.papers and post himself if he does not want to baflesoed. . sl B el

South YBend 'has . commenced the great and good work of reforming and purifying the world of the unpleasant. habit of using profane language, and some of her best citizens stand ready to bet on'the' result,

Our gountry readers should be ‘aware of all strangers who travél around irying to sell oloth or maghinéry and take notes in payment. They are nearly all swindlers and the full face of the note will be col. Jeeted: . LRy

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©7+ - ANNIE LAURIE. ' . This lovely Bong, admired the world over, for the beauty and simplicity of its. -Words, its easy, flowing and expressive melody, bas lately received an impetus 10 its popularity by, the. following inci. .dent, said to have ogcurred in Maryland. . A small select company had - assembled ‘in'a pleasant parlo:, and were gaily chat--Ivg and laughing, when a tall young wan ~entered whose peculiar face and air in_stantly attracted attention. He was very pule, with that clear vivid ‘complection ~which dark baired consumptives so often bave. His locks were as black as jet, . #nd hung brofusely upon a square white T collar. . His eyes were large an d spiritual, ~apd his brpw such an one ua}wtﬂlﬁm& -bave. . But for a certain wandering otk “w.easul observer of uidommon ‘ cpowers. : s e " The words, “poor If 1lw,” and “how ~ad be lovks,” went the 101nds 88 he came torward, bowed to tlie company, and touk bis seat. One or two thovghtiess ‘irls laughed as they whispered he was ' “4ive cracked,” bat the rest of the com.pußy- treated him with respectful def. erence. g 9 1 o * Li was late in the evegtb% when singgWS proposed, and to s thim W’ :“Annie Laurie,” was a task of no uncomon’ delieucy: ' One song afrer another: was | suang, at last one was named. At its'mere | wention, the young ‘man turned deathly | pale, but-did not speak ; he seemed to be | lostantly lost in-reverie, -~ AThé mime «of the girl who treated him | iso burlly was Annie” said an elderly lady | whisperiug to a _new guest—*“but ob, ‘l‘ Wish he would sing it; nob)dy else ean do it justice.” : o i “No one dares to sing Annie Laurie before you, Charles,” sud’ s’ elderly lady, “would it be ton much to ask you to favor the’company with it?” she added timGaly: v e v ' “~He did not reply for a moment — Hig Hips_quiveréd a little, and then looking apias if bhe was a spiritual presence, he tegan. - Every sound whs bushed — it seemed as it his voice was the voice of an angel. The tones vibrated through nerve | and pulse and beart, and made cne shiver with the pathos of his feelings ; never. wus: heard welody in a human voice like thit—so plaintive, so soulful—so tender and earnest. L ‘ o - ‘He sat with hishead thrown back, eyes hatf closed—the locks of! his dark hair: glistening against his' pale temples, and bis- hands tightly folded before him, and as he sung through the following stanzas, he seemed to sbake from head to feot with - heart randing emotions : - o ' - Maxwelton’s banks are bonnie, g When early falls the dew ; .. . : And twa’s there that Annie Laurie . © = . Gave me her promise true— s i * _.Gave me her promise true s A -~ 7~ Andne’er forgot will be, ’ : Bat for Bonuie Annie Laurie, - : ; I’d lay me down and die, R - Her brow islike the snow drift, - .. Her throat is like the swan i : Her features are the fuirest ~That e’er the sun shown on—<7 'That e’er the gun shownon.;. - ] : .. And-dark blue is ber eye ; ’But for Bonnie Annie Laurie, ¢ “i I'd lay me down and die. ;

. Like dew on the zowan lying. ost : 7. Is-the fa' o’ her fairy feet, - ~And like winds in summer sighing, | ¢ - Heér voice is low-and sweet— g - Her voicelslowand sweet, + And she’s all the world to me, . . § , And for ponnie Annie Laurie. 2 % $ 70 I'dlay me down to die. ) s " As be proceeded from line to line and verse toiverse, there was no more jesting among.the company—all was hushed as if by the silence of death. Mary a lip t'embled, and but few eyes bui wére wet with'the tears of spontaneous pity and edmpassions o S - When finighing the last verse, he made a sligl t pause, gazed with a searcbing, lorging expression about the room, gasping forth— : And for Bonnie Annie Laurie, I'd lay me down and die. . and - stowly dr pped bis head backward over the-chair. The black locks seemed to grow 'blacker, ‘the white temples whiter; -and the obright. lustrious eyes closed with inexpressible tortare and anguish. -There was a:-long and solemn pause. One glance at another—all seem. ed awe struck—till' the lady who urged him to sing, laid ber haud upon his shoulder, saying : : : : ; SChatles! .Charles!”> =~ “Then- cane a ‘hush, a thrill of horror crept through every frame, the poor, tired heart bad cessed to beat. — e * Charles, the betrayed, was DRAD.

The- following .note written *to her school mate by a girl who ‘had been ab: sent several days, illustrates” the sweet simplicity of fashionablechildbood. Dear Susie, I shan’t attend school again uatil I Get some new cuffy collars and jeweliry dear ‘Mama agrees with me that it is my Dooty to take the shine out of that U stard Mamy Jenes and I'll do it if I neveg learn nthing.” i

- A RocHESsTER D' t:hman complained to the Mayor thatif the boys didn’t stop. going in swimming in the river where his ‘daughters could see them he would make trouble. *Ah! Mr -Schermerborn,” . replied the Mayor, “ifl remember rightly «your house 18 half a mile from the river. Jaw dat is so, but den you see, my gals ‘—dey got spyglasses.?? . ¢ -

‘The Greenbush. Gazette is responsible for the following: A prominent citizen of ;this village ‘went home a few nights since at a late hour, and gently tapped ‘on thedoor. “Who lis it?” inquired his better half. To which very proper inquiry the beartless man replied by asking: - “Who do yon expect at this hour of the night ?” el ‘ :

Little Wiilie F. was recently presented with a toy trumpet to which he became greatly ‘mttached. One night' when he was about to be put to his “little bed,” and was ready to say his prayers, he handed the trumpet to his grandmother, saying, “Here, grandma, you blow while | prayd . , - .

At a recent examination of a Bible clnss, the question was ‘asked why the children of Israel made a gold calf and worshiped” it, after they had been' forbidden such idolatry by Moses. A precocious little fellow answered: “Because they hadinot gold enough to make a.bull with.” The laughing which followed put an effectual stop to the examination for that day. -

A gcientific friend, who hLas been-read- . ing, with great patience, an exhaustive ~ tréatise ‘on the ‘velocity of light,” says “that he knows how: it is that his gas bill runs up so rapidly e : et R — i { At Patterson, N. J., the mosquitoes are so large that the dwellers in houses just put in the wßole window sash without the'glass, thus securing plenty of fresh air, and obviating the expense of mosquito nets.” Some of the .mosquitoes are small enough to get their heads through ‘the sash, but they stick at the shoulders, * - .% “ - 2 R * |" v . Any man ought to be convinced that the weather prophets knew what they were .talking about when they predicted a long and cold winter. Setae L c——le——— - Mary ittle lamb, = e : ;’{,",ﬁ%‘i‘;ﬁﬁ’hw it, i ° Bat'when he went to find tiaslambh, | . 'Twas dead with epizootic 1 S