The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 20, Ligonier, Noble County, 10 September 1874 — Page 1

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CITIZENS? BANtI{, - 3 : IGONIER, : INDIANA. . DEPQSITS rc‘cgive([} subject to check without notice. i i ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. | MONEY loaned on long or short time. ¢ NOTEN discounted at reasonable rates. | ORDERNS for first-class securities executedon commission. § 1 A ENTS for the purchage and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICIES written in firsi-clasgcom-Alles. g { I‘EX(TIMNGE botht and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Europe, "/ ; AGENTS for the Inman line, } . Hamburg Line. i PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of Europe. { MERUCHANTYS’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ acgounts solicited, and all business transacted on %iberul, terms, i STRAUS BROTHERS. . Ligpnier, Ind , Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 i o 5 o i - e “')“—"—-"" 1 2 J Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. On and after May 244 h, 1874, trains wilh2 leave Staiions as follows: GOING EAST: - i Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atlc. Ex. Accom. Chicag0.........920am.... 585 pm.. . | Blkhart ... ... 120 8m...0 980 ... 500 am G05hen,......... 138 s ) Vi Dag Millersburg,... t 1 58 - ...tlO2B Gy 843 Ligonier........ 205 = ....1043 ... 600 Wawaka....... 1213 0110 bt sg 14 Brimfield...... 1223 LT UB, R Kendallville.... 236 k. 1118 0024 Arrive atTaoledo 5 5 ... 240 am, .. 1040 GOING WEST: ¥ T01ed0.:.......:1l 10 pme .. 1125prs. ... 455 pm Kendallville.... 236 pm.... 244 am.z.. $5O Brimfield ...... 12560 - ....1300 caes 906 Wawaka....... 1968 ... 8810 ....!120 Ligonier.... ;.. 310 o aRI vavs gOO Millersburg.... t 324 . ... 1386 .... 950" Goshen :...,.... 389 Vieu BDD be .20 10 Elkhart. ...i.. 0400 7ivo 420 L 1035 Arriveat ChicagoB 20 Lo 800 c... 650 am t'Prains do not stop. o Expressleaves daily both ways. St CHAS. PAINE, Gen’lSupt.,Cleyeland. J. M. KNEPPER, 4gent, Ligonier. /- | :

. i . Lo? T Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R, ‘ (From and after July 26, 1874, _ . i GOING WEST. ! : Nol, : Nob, No 7, i No:3. ; Fast Ex. Mail. Pac Ez. NightEz. Pittsburg...... 2:ooam 6 00am g:mam 2 00pm Rochester..... ....... 7 25am 10:50am. {3 [opm A11iance.....,. 5:25am 11 00am I:3opm 5 50pm 0rrvi11e....... 7:olam 12 52pm 3:lspm {7 26pm Mansfield..... 9:o6am 3 15pm . 5:26pm :9 25pm Crestline...Ar. 9:35am 3 50pm .6:oopm {‘9:551)111 Crestline. ..Lv. 9 55am 5 00am 6:3opm 10:05pm F0re5t.........11*13am 6 32am 8 25pm %1 29pm Lima..........12:15pm 8:00am 9 .43pm i2:3oam Ft Wayne..... 2:lBpm 10:35am 12:25am {2:ssam Plymouth..... 4:24pm I:3Bpm 3:o3am | s:lsam Chicago ....... 7.50 pm 5:25pm 6:soam | B:soam GOING EAST. f : Nod 4, No 2, No 6, ; Nos. NightEz. Fast Ex. Pac Ex; Mail. ( Chicag0.......10:20am 9 20am 5 35pm | 5 15pm Plymouth..... 2:loam 12 10pm 9 05pm | 9 26am Ft Wayne.... 5 20pm 2 38pm 11 30pm [I2 30am Lima...........7:20pm 4 20pm 1 383 am | 2 45am F0re5t........ B:3spm 5 19pm 2 42am; 4 02am Crestline .. Ar.lo:2opm 6 45pm 4 20am’ 5 50am Crestline ..Lv.lo 30am 7 05pm 4 30am; 6 05am Mansfield .....11 00am 7 85pm 4 57am; 6 40am 0rrvi11e.......12 52am 9 2Rpm 6 45am; 9 13pm A11iance....... 2 35am 11 05pm 8 35amill 20pm Rochester..... 4 48pm ........ 10 42am| 2 10pm Pittshurg ..... 5 55pm 2:osam 11 45am! 3 30pm No. I, daily, except Monday; Nog 2,4, 5,7 and g, daily except Sunday : Nos. 3 and 6 daily. Gir. Rapids & Ind. and Cmc.# Rich. Condensed Time Card. Daily, except. Sundays. To take egect August 9th, 1874, | GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom. Richmond L% i aidiisih 1()f20 pm 1025 am 4 00 pm Newp0rt......c0.00v... 10061 ¢ 1060 $64. 4QB 46 Winchesteri . coove iil 137 *¢ 2130 *4 510 Ridyeville. ....c.......1201am 1151 *§ 536 ¢ Portland aiaianicas ila 48 % 4918 pny 605 ¢ Dacatar. . iiisinsvvsiviido4l % Tt Fort Wayne, D......... 300 am 240 p- . Kendallvilleoioco iyl g 20088 401 4 Sturgigii..oc caoiane bAlt 520 ¢ Vicksburg. .. ...c0cii.0844.4¢ 624 4} Kalanihzoo .o cesrciiie 1950 715 ‘) | Monteith (iiooosa.ois BASE. 757 ¢ : Grand Rapid5........a. 930 ‘. 990 : Grand Rap1d5........d. 950 ¢ 940 **f 2380.* Howard Clty.-ciio . o 11 84 % 1144 ¥ 440 *° Up. Big Rapid 5........ 100 pm 100 am 600 * Reed: Oltyidioy i 1808 - 187 4 634 8 Clam Lake. . i ciaiii 390 % 320 % 890 * Walton .c.ooc fio i 49318 495 qc g o s Traverse City........,. 6056 ' 12.05pmh 1045 * Pewskelyi......... eswui 990 8 765 ath GOING SBOUTH. Express Accom. Express Petoskey.......o.oiaaie 44bam i B2opm Traverse City.........% 830 * 500 am Walton ..ol 1010 61411290 4m Cram Lake... ... N.. (111306 TRO 14R Y Reed Clity.is touiooi 183 82%bm 856 823 Up. Biizl{apids.... slve 198 Q9B 400 Howard Cliy..wii. . .0g 299 £ 1030 510 ' Grand Rapid5.......a.. 425 * ]l24opm 710 ! Grand Rapid5.......d.. 435 * {l3O 8~ Monteith . liioh . oo 604 5 1= 883 " Kalamazoo,.. 0o .00 700 [ g 45 Vicksburg ... .o 0.l 7834 1016 ** Stargls . iioa i iiin a 0 837 Lln Kenda11vi11e.........000 958 = | 1238 pm F0rtWayne.............12 (ham e T Decatur:.. o coil. vion 1008 Y A 5 00k % Portland.. . . cli o 0 298 ¢ 6 40mm 421 Ridgeville .0 o 00l o= 3001 °7 0918 447 1% Winghester ... 0000 830 ¢ 732 Kl Newporbil oo (doc 4379820 ¢ 584 ~ Richmoud (. .5:.1 -5! 500'L 850 620 Express from Walton to Petoskey will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays only; from Petoskey to Walton on Tuesdnys, Thursdays and saturdays ‘only. All other traing run daily,. Sundays excepted, F. R. MYEKS. Gen, Passcng?i' ‘;n(l Ticket Ag’t. Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Trains run daily except Sunday. Condensed time card, taking effect Nov. 3d, ’T3. GOING NORTH, [ TQ GOING BOUTH. Expr. Mail, STATIONS. Expr. Mail. 350 pm -8 10am..Kalamazoo. il 20am 645 pm U 4 3208 68 M. Monteling 10°97 ¢ 5 5Qi ¢ 510 2 93% *¢ . Nlleoan... ... 950 ¢ 521 600 & YOB3 Hanilton. .. 3]() A 4 38 637 ¢ 1104 0 Hollanasl . 840 'Y 1408 748 ** 1210pmGrand Haven, 741 ** . 306 ** . 834 t 1255 9t . Muskeaon .. 700 ' 295 F.R. MYERS, L GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent VR s : 8 Q "B Uineinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R. Fime Table No. 10, taking eflect Monday, May 235th, 1874:. GOING SOUTH, STATIONS. GOING NORTH.S Nu. 2 -No. 4 No.l N 0,3 510pmi200m a....,Wabagh....1730am 200 pm 415 ** 1105 am .Nor. Manchester 815 ¢ 300 ** 350 ¢ 1030 ** ... SilverLake....B4s ,3 DO 300 * 930 S WArERW, .. 930" 1L 55 240 * 840 ¢ . ..L(;csburg.. ..950 *F 595 220 ¢ 810 *% .. MiHorg.. ... 1010 4 555 v 155 * 740 ** ....New Paris...loB3 *¢ 625 ¢ 140 ¢ 720 *¢ _.dp.Goshen,ar..loso ¢ 650 * 1830 ..ar.Goshen, dp..1100 ¢ 110 & <i. .- Wikhart, ... (11204 Traingrun by Columbus time. : A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. P . . . . Ft.iW., Muncie & Cincinnati R. R. . Taking effect June 21st, 1374, . . GOING 30UTH. : Mail & Acc, Night Ex. I'nd’s Ex. Detroft.coaiiiii 540 pm 10 00pm” Grand Rapids... i 1225 " '~ 10 80 Saginaw.... ... 2420 JackßOß .U ol il D 40 T 20am Fort Wayne....... 10 Obam 2 obam 1 40pm Ossian, ..;.........11 00 2 80 81ufft0n.........[...11 39 315 300 Key5tene..........12 22pm 3 31 Montpielier....... 12 34 2 3 40 Hart10rgd.......... 110 105 4 04 8at0n...... iiici 140 4 24 Munele.....oeiiee. 224 443 1 53 McC0wan5......... 2 47 5 05 Neweastle ........ 4 00 550 i Cambridge City... 5 00 800 Beesons: ... ....vs 390 710 Connergville...... 5 50. 79 Indiana?olic...... 650 . 6.45 650 Louisville .... .. 11 28 100 pm 11 28 Cincinnati......... 9 0f 9 dsam ; GOING NORTH. | : C & I Mail Night Ex. Munc. Ace. Cincinnati....... 6 45am 4 30pm : Louisville ...... 800 11 25pm Indiuna&olis,.... 700 3 40am Connersville. . ...10 25 . 800 . 8ee50n5..........10 40 8 16~ Cambrjdge Oiy. 1300 . 840 . i Newecastle.......l2 00m 925 g G McC0wan5.......12 57pm 10 12 - : Munéle, . ...... 120 10 27 5 46 8at0n........ne. 200 ; 6 25 Hartford........ 225 11 10 6 50 Montpielier..... 2 55 7% Keystone........ 3 05 \ 735 81afft0n......... 3 #4 12 05am 815 055ian........... 420 : © 8.50 Fort Wayne..... 515 115 9 45 Jack50n.........11 00 - 502 ° 3 40pm 5aginaw......... 3189 830 Grand Rapids... 5 45am 4 45pm 915 Detroft.....co-4.3 30 8 00am 6 30

The night express will not run south of Muncie on Sunday morningg, and will run only from Muncie to Connersville on Mondays. - All other trains daily except Sundays. Through sleepinﬁ cars on night traing between Indianapolis and Detroit, rumﬁng via Muncle, Ft. Wayne and Jackson, W. W. WORTHINGTON, Gen. Sup’t, Roseer RiLrig, Gen'l Ticket Agent. 1868, ) 1874, “s. EYE AND EAR. DR.C. A, LAMBERT, . (LATE OF OHI0AGO,) OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA. : ettt ettt ettt Drs. WHIPPY & KIRKLAND, HOM@EOPATHISTS. | Office over Wilden's Bank. ! GOSHEN, - INDIANA., . Calls from a distance promptly attended to.

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G, W. CARR, : Physician and Surgeon, IGONIER, - - - - - - IND, Willpromptly attend all callg intrustedto him.' Office and residence on 4th Street. . C. PALMITER, A Surgeon and Physician, © Office at Residence, i . Ligomier, « = - - Endiana, ! . A.S.PARKER,M.D., - Fd OMEOP.A.TH._IS'I‘, flice on Mitchel street. Residence on Eaststreet. Office hours from 10t0 12 A. M., and 2 to 4 ». ar. KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. H. A. MOYER, (Succesgor to W. L. Andrews,) A SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. I,IQUID Nitrous Oxide Gas administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinationg free. g&-Office, Second Story, Mitchell BliuckA £-14-1y ' J. M. TEAL, , .. DEBENRIST, e == Lorner of Mitchell and State Sts., “" ESR, one block east of Post-Office, room (IYY Poverthe Kendallville Fruit House, Kendallviile, [ndiana, == All work \f'arrunted. Kendallville, May ], 1874. = : L E. KNISELY, ATTORNEY AT IAW, LIGONIER < o - INDIANA. P& Officein Mier's'Block. 8 7-2 T ECONERLL,, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public, Kendallvilled, Iniana. . Oftice in the Seele¢y Block, west side Main Street: : .V InEs, DEALERIN MONUMENTS, Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES : LIGONIER, IND. - April 12, 1871.-50 ) : JAMES FM. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor. at Law. . Office in the Court House, - _i ALBION, - - = o -~ - IND. 818 ' ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. : LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention given to conveyancing and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawr up, and all legal business attendeéd to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher’s store, : May 15 187:315-8-3 D. W. GREEN, : . 4 . y Justiceolthe Peace & Collection Ag't, / Office—Second St()!'y, Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIER, - INDIANA} 9 ‘ PHILIP A. CARR, AUCTIONEER, Offers his services to the public in',r'_,renerll. Terms moderate. . Orders miay be left at the shoe store of P. Sisterhen.. ) Ligouier, January 8, "73-37 () B YES !'-All you farmers who have sales to i ! cry will do well to call on b : JOSEPIH S, POTTS, = KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. ‘He is as good at that as he is at selling bed springs and up-land ecranberries. Oflice at the Agriculture Store of G. A, Brillhart. ; 42-6 m CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, | We sell Mr. B. SHEETS’ Wines. Pure — Nothing but the Juice of - * the Grape. - ] . ! SACK BROTHERS, Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf

TEEGARDEN HOUSE, b . , Laporte, Indiana. : V. W. AXTELL; 1:7 : : Proptietor, Laporte, April 5. 1871, ; STOP AT TEIR ' KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW COMMODIOUS THREE STORY BRIC/K Hotel, only ten rods irom the L. 5. & M. S. R. R. Depot, and four squares from the G, R. R. R Only five minutes walk to any of the principal business houses ofthe city. Traveling men andstrangers will ind this a first-class house. Fare $2 per day. : ‘J. B. KELLY, Proprietor, Rendativllls Bl B A. GANTS, . Zu ey Surgical and Mechanical Dentist, LIGONIER, - - INDIANA., 7 ; ; N Is prepared i ,/5/ = to.doapything S ke A intheirline. A e — , succesful prac- ~‘«"’ e vice of over 10 e e e e years justiftes o e s enmmane ol him in sayiug S :‘—;r that he ~can ’\.' TEN L Y piveentiresatY R ~‘” .. isfactionto a . £ ~,_“_ i TS svho may » - stow their patronage. F¥ Office one doornorth of Kime's, C"avin St. : b GOOD NEWS TO ALL! L. SCHILOSS VVOULI‘J fespectfully announce to the citizens ’ of Ligouier, lud., that he has opened up the Grocery and Restaurant Business, and is pi‘epared to furnish anything you - .+ may want] | i ICE CREAM . By the Dish. Ice Cream and General Refresh.ments furnished Parties, Pic-Nics, &c.; on short ndﬂwﬁnd at very reagonable terms. WARM MEALS ‘At all'Hours. Day boarding by the week or meal CANNED FRUITS. : E‘ The greatest assortment in Northern Indiana, v‘consistiﬁg of Peaches, Tomatoes, Corn, Whortleberries, Pine A}l)]ples, Pears, Peas, Strawberries,’ Gooseberries, Cherries, California Grapes, Green Corn, Apricots. b : CONFECTIONERY In abundance; Pruneg, Currants, Figs, Raising, Oran{;es. Lemons, Smoked Salmon, Sardineg, Almonds, Pea-Nuts, Hazlenuts, Cider, &c., &c , &c. I "TOBACCO. Cigarg, Fine Cut, Smoking, Plug, Shorts, &c., of the best quality, and all other articles usually kept in a first-class Grocery and Restaurant. POULTRY, BUTTER AND EGGS. I will pay cash for all kinds of country produce. Remember that I will furnish you with anything you may want. Feb. 19.774 42-tf SACK*®: BROTHERS, Bakers & Grocers. | CavinStreet, Ligonier,lndi,ann. 5 . Fresh Bread, Pies, Cakes, &c., ChoiceGmcgrie&.?rovinions,Ya‘nkeeNotions.&c Thehighestcash pricepaidfer Country Produce Mayl3, 68-tf. SACK BRO'S™

1d & Sily xold & Silver S, A, HERTZEER JEWELER and WATC@!IAKIB, e Ny 3 constant, \ \“ail?,n A }I ?(n l}agd (lai la}'g;;e; =SN e stock of Ladies -—":i 4 14;‘]»— :u-, Gent’s gold and sil- = | WA g bt ver Watches, gold 4“‘ eiR .0 cilver Guard B D ,‘ Rf £ = and Vest Chains, e). l #lEt & Silver Plated Ware, =) XEL - Spectacles, Violing, T R ,ﬁ% == Accordeons, Guitar -gy O and Har monicag, e = : ~+ and will be gold at The Very Lowest Cash Prices. S sppcialty made of repairing the finest Swiss and American Watches. . SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Store Rooms in the Ligonier House, S.A. HERTZLER. Ligonier, June 11, 1874, tf. \

POCKET MATCH SAFE. THE most degirable and unique. arrangement ever devised, A neat little springissoarranged on the ingide as to eject and }iﬁnite one matchata time, Silver Plated and Highly Ornamented. Price, 50 cents. To agents a}%ﬁer doz. = 9-18-1 y Address, ¢, VERNON, Plaing, Pa,

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T HEREMINGTON Wap. . - R e TIS Een s = e e oTN g A ZSER o crSn i el 7.-.-_‘,':;“:' ’.r ,t\.':g‘éfv.‘ 5 '_-,:" ‘ :‘- :..; ‘;__ e o e A _ D SRRt Ae A B iSI eol il g I ) e el i] i ot R e 7 N e ) G A S < 2 i) Set THE NEW IMPROVED ; REMINGTON SEWING MACHINE. [ VE, ' : : Aw‘mmﬁ “Medal for Pr i The “Medal for Progress, AT VIENNA, 1873, : The HiGuest ORDER OF “MEDAL” AWARDED AT THE ExroslTion. : { No Sewing Machine Received a Higher Prize. : ¢ " A FEW GOOD REASONS: . I.—A New Invention TooroteuLy TesteED and gsecured by Letters Patent. , 2.—-Makes aperfecf LOCK stiTcy, alike on Loth sides, on all kinds of goods. . 3.—Runs Licur, Smoorn, NoiskLrss and Rarin —best combination of qualities. 4.—DuraßLE—Runs for years' without repairs. s.—Will do all varieties of work and fancy stitching in a superior manner. . . : - 6.—ls most easily managed by the operator.— Length of stitch may be altered while running, and machine can be threaded without passing the thread through holes. ; 3 7.—Design Simple, Ingenious, Elezant, forming the stitch without the use of C'og Wheel Gears,: Rotary Cams or Lever Arms, Ilasthe Antomatic Drop Feed, which ingures uniform length of stitch at any speed. Has our new Thread Controller, which allows easy movement of needle-bar and prevents injury to thread. 5 S | B.—Construction most careful and finished. It is manufactured by the most gkillful and experienced mechanics, at the celebrated Remington Arwmor, ITlion, N. ¥. Chicago Office, 285 State Str'eet. 13-2mos~l or ip tc F.BEAZEL, : Mnnuf:lcmrér of Saddles, Harness b o AUV —AND—TRUNKS I : e ]LIGONIER& INDIAINA The proprictor \ﬁ]] be pleased at any time to wait on all \\'l\Q‘xn:xy' wish anything in the line_of ITARNESS, i SADDIES, =~ ‘ BRIDLES, | . ‘ WHIPS, - o '(‘O]J]—Al\]’)lsf FLY-NETS, BRUSHES, . CARDS, &, and in fact everything pertaining to this line of business, 3 Tispecial attention is called to the fact that he is now engaged 1 the manufacturing of all &inds of . TRUNIKS, : Which, in ; Style, Finish, Durability & Price, Are far guperior to those of eastern manufacture. Call, See and Buy. October 30, 'T3-27tf ¥F. BEAZEL. - HeJ. DODGE & CO., MANUFAOTURERS OF 1 Factory opposite the Empire Milis; Sale Rooms on Cavin Street, opposite the Plow Works, LwoNl;z‘R, L i . . INDIANA. v S . i :. ()UR new Factory is now in full operation; run-. ing 10 hours per day, and we are prepared to ; do, at short notice, all kinds of ' - . : t: i Planing & Matching, RE-SAWING, JIG-SAWING, TURNING, CARVING, &c. Also manufacture Wood Mouldings, Ballusters, and Parlor Brackets, Toys, : Etc., Etc,, Etc. } We Guarantee Al Work to be Second ro None. X 3_ : % We have new machinery and first-class hands, and do fine work, so bring along your Planing in the morning and carry 1t home withg'ou in the . afternoon. Call and See us. Goods sold WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Ligonier, Ind., June 11, 74-7-6 m e o e Tin Einpox:_i}m

JOHN ABDILL, At the old stand of‘Geo. McLean, has constantly on hand a large and complete assortment of Tin, Copper and Sheet Iron Ware® Forks, Hoes, Butts,Screwn.Lr‘)cks, Latches,Straps _ Hinges, Pocket and Table Cutlery, &c. Algo, a full line of th‘e)cclebrated : MISHA W AKA PLOWS, Al of which will be sold at bottom figures for cash, —io— ‘ Especial attention given to the laying of TIN ROOFS, PUTTING UP OF FEAYE TROUGHS, and all kindp of T JOB WORK. Call and examine goods before buying elsewhere, REMEMBER THE PLAOE Py SIGN OF THE LARGE COFFEE POT, May 21, *73-25tf : o JOHN ABDILL. _—_— A CARD. A Clergyman. while residing in South America, as missionary, discovered a sa%e and sinﬂ)ale remedy for the Cure of Nerveus Weakness, Early Deay, Direase of the Urinary and Seminal Organs, and the whole train or dfsorders brought on by ganefnl ax‘xldbvlelil(;ns hg.]bitg. %reut Pnum t:n:l lll)ave een cure this noble remedy. Prompte a “desire to benyem‘. the afflicted gn‘d vm‘!ortunttg, I will send the receipt for preparing and nsing this medicine, in asenlgd' enve‘kg)e, to any one who needs it, Free afc'hwr‘ge.' Address, JOSEPH T, INMAN, - Btation D, Bible House, 880-Iy. | bl New York City,

LIGONIER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 15%>.1.

THE LOTUS PLANTER.

. BY THEODORE TILTON. A Brahmin on a lotus pod Oace wrote the holy name of God. " Then, planting it. he asked in prayer Fo_r some new fruit, unknown and fair, ‘A slave near hy, who bore a load, . Fell fainting on the dusty road. : The Brahmin, pitying, straightway ran, And lifted up the fallen man, : The deed scarce done, he stood aghast, - At touching one beneath his cast. “‘Behold,” he cried, “I am unclean: My hands have clagped the vile and mean!” God saw the shadow on his face, - : Aud wrotea miracle of grace. . "~ The buried seed arose from death, 45 And bloomed and fruited at His breath, " The stalk bore up a leaf of green, | Whereon ithese mystic words }w?re geen: . “First, count men all of equal cddste— Then count thyself the least and last.” ; The Brahmin, with bewildered brain, . Beheld the will of Goda with pain. . TFransfigured then in sudden light, ‘ The slave stood sacred in his sight? ! Thereafter in the Brahmin’s breast : Abode God’s peace, and he was blest. REBECCA, THE DRUMMER. < = s A True story of the War of 1812, : [From St. Nicholas.] ! It was about nine .o’clock:in the morning when the ship first appeared. At once there was a great excitement in the village, it was a DBritish warship. What would she do? Would she tack about in the bay to. piek up stray coasters as prizes, or would she land soldiers to burn the town down? In either case there would be trouble enough. - : . Those were sad days, those old war times of 1812.' The sight of a British war-ship in Boston Bay was not pleasant. We were poor then, and had no monitors to go out and sink the enemy or drive them off. Our navy was small, and, though we afterwards had thre victory and sent the troublesome ships away never to return,at that time they came near enough, and the good people in the little village of Scituate Harbor were in great distress overthe strange ship that had appeared at the mouth of the Harbor. - It was a fishing-place in those days and the harbor was full of smacks and boats of all kinds. The soldiers could easily enter the harbor and burn up everything, and no one could prevent them. There were men enough to make a good fight, but poorly armed, and had nothing but fowling pieces and shot-guns, while the soldiers had muskets and cannon. :

The tide was down during the morning, so that there was no danger for a few hours,-and /all the people went out on the cliffs and beaches to watch the ship and see what would happen next.. s -

On the end of the low, sandy pit that makes one side of the harbor, stood the little white tower known as the Scituate I.ight. In the house behind the light lived the keeper’s family, consisting of himself, wife, and several boys and girls. At the time the ship appeared Fhe Keeper was away, and there was no one at- home save Mrs. Bates, the eldest daughter, Rebecea, about fourteen vears old, two of the little boys, and a young girl named Sarah Windsor; who was visiting Rebecca, and had been the first tqQ discover the ship, while she was up in the light-house tower polishing the reflector. She at once decended tlie‘steep stairs and sent off the boys to the village to give the alarm. . @ ' | For an hour or two, the ship tacked and stood off, to sea, and then tacked again, and made for shore. Men, women and children watched her with anxious interest. Then the tide turned and began to flow into the harbor. The boats aground on the flats floated, and these in deep water swung around at their moorings. Now the soldiers would probably land. If the people meant to save anything it was time to be stirring. Boats were hastily put out froni the whart, and such clothing, nets and other valuables as could be handled were brought.ashore, loaded into hay carts and carried away. It was of no use toresist. The soldiers, of course, were well armed, and if the people made a stand among the houses, that would not prevent the enemy from destroying the shipping. As the tide spread out over the sandy flats it filled the harbor so that instead of a small channel, it became a wide and beautiful bay. The day was fine, and there was a gentle breeze rippling the water and making it shine in the sun. What a splendid day for fishing or sailing! Not much use to think of either while that war-ship crossed and recrossed before the harbor mouth. ; ;

About two o’clock the tide reached high water mark, and, to the dismay of, the people, the ship let go her anchor, swung her yards round, and lay qulet about half-a-mile from. the first cliff.. Th rere going to land to burn the town. %ith their spy-glasses the people could see the boats lowered to take the soldiers ashore. : AhL! then there was :confusion and uproar. Every horse in the village was put into some kind of team, and the women and children were hurried off to the woods behind the town.— The men would stay and offer as brave a resistance as possible. Their guns were light and poor, but they could use the old fish-house as a fort, and perhaps make a brave fight of if. If worse came to worse, they could at least retreat to the shelter of the woods. E : .

It was a splendid sight. Five large boats, manned with 'sailors, and filled with gay red coats. How their guns glittered in the sun! The oars all moved together in regular order, and the officers in their fine uniforms stood up to direct the expidition. It was a courageous company come with a warship and connon to fight helpless fighermen. s

So Rebecca Bates and Sarah Windsor thought, as they sat up in the light‘house tower looking down on the point that entered the harbor. - . 4Oh! if I only were a man!” cried 'Rebecea. | - . “What could you do? See what a lot of them ; and look at their guns.” “I don’t care I'd fight. I'd use father’s old shot-gun--anything. Think of uncle’s new boat and the sloop.” ' “Yes; and all the boats.” ‘. “It’s too bad ;-isn’t it ?” _ “Yes; and to think we must sit here ;mld-see it all and not lift a finger to -help.” o - “Do you think there will be a fight ?” ~ “L don’t know. Uncle and father ~are in the village, and they will do all they can.” » “See how still it is in town. There’s not a man to be seen.” ; “Oh, they are hiding till the soldiers get nearer. Then we'll hear the shots and drum.” : et : “The drum! How can they? It's here. Father brought it home to' mend it last night.”? ~ “Did he? Oh! then let’s el 0

“See, the first boat has reached the sloop.” . ‘ ~“Oh! oh! They are going to burn Betl” ~ | “Isn’t it mean ?” pa _ “It’s too bad —too—" : “Where is the drum ¥” “It’s in the kitchen.” “T’'ve a great mind to go down and beat it.” - . - “What good would that do ?” “Secare ’em.” “They’d see it was only two girls, and they would laugh and gQ on burning just the same.” o “No, we could hide behind the sand l)ills,’ and the bushes. Come, let’s “0, leok! look! The sloop’s afire!” “Come, I can’t stay and see it any more. - The cowardly Britishers to burn the boats! Why don’t they go up to the town and fight like——" “Come, let’s get the doum. It” 11 do no harm! and perhaps—" “Yes; and welll—" ' No time ‘for further talk. Down the steep stairs of the tower rushed these two young patriots, bent on doing what they could for their country. They burst- into the kitchen like a wlirlwind, with rosy cheeks and flying hair. Mrs. Bates sat sorrowfully gazing out of the window at the scene of destruction going on in the harbor and praying for the country and that the dreadful war might soon be over. she could not help. Son and husband ~wvere shouldering their poor old guns in the town, and there was nothing to do but to watch and wait and pray. Not so with the two girls. They meant to do something, and in a fever of excitement, they got the drum and took the eracked fife from the bureau drawer. Mrs. Bates, intent on the scene dutside, did not heed them, and they slipped out of the back door unnoticed. : They must be careful;, or else the soldiers would see thém.i They went round back of the house to the north and towards, the outside beach, and then turned and plowed through the deep sand just above high water mark. They must keep out of sight of the boats, and the ship also. ILuckily, she was anchored to the south side of the light; and as the beaeli cuyved to the west, they soon left her out of sight. They took to the water side, and, with the drum between them, ran as fast as they could towards the main land.--Presently they reached the low heaps of sand that showed where the split joined the fields and wood. Panting and excited, they tightened up the drum and tried the fife softly. “You take the fife, Sarah, and I’ll drum.” ; ' | “All right; but we musn’t stand still. We must march along the shore towards the light. : “Won't they see us?” “No. We'll walk next to the water on the outside beach.” ; “Oh, yes, and they’ll think it’s soldiers going down to the point to head Jem off.” . “Just so. Come, begin! One, two —one, two!” Drum! drum!! drum!!! Squeak !"squeak!! squeak!!! - “For’ard—march!” . il hale The fife:stopped. ‘ “Don’t laugh. You'll spoil everything, and I can’t pucker my lips.” "Drum! dram!! drum!!! - “The men in the town heard it and were amazed beyond measure. Had the soldiers arrived from Boston? ‘Who were coming ? : . Louder and louder on the bhreeze came the roll of a sturdy drum and the sound of a brave fife. : The soldiers in the boats heard the nois¢ and paused in their work of destruction. The oflicers ordered everybody into the boats in the greatest haste. The people were rising! They were coming dewn the point with cannons, to head them off! They would all be captured, and perhaps hung by the dreadful Americans! !

How the drum rolled! The fife changed its tune. It played “Yankee Doodle.” that horrid tune! = lark! The men were cheering in the town; there were thousands of them in tlie woods along the shore. L In firm silence marched the two girls, plodding over the sharp stones, splashing through the puddles, Rebecca beating the old drum with might and main, Sarah blowing the fife with shrill determination. : il How the Britishers scrambled into their boats! One of the brave officers was nearly left 'behind on the burning sloop. Another fell overboard and wet his good clothes, in his haste to escape from the American army marching down the beach-—a thousand strong! How the sailors pulled! No fancy rowing now, but desperate haste to get'out of the place and escape to theship. = - & How the people yelled and cheered on the shore! Ffty men or more jumped into boats to prepare for the chase. Ringing shots began to crack over the water. :

Louder and louder rolled the terrible drum. Sharp and clear rang out the cruel fife. i

Nearly exhausted, half dead with fatigue, the girls toiled on,—tearful, laughing ready to drop on the wet sand and still beating and blowing with firery courage. Ly The boats swept swiftly out of the harbor on the outgoing tide. The _fishermen came up with the burning boats. Part stopped to put out the fires, and the rest pushed the flying enemy with such shots as they could get at them. In the midst of it all the sun went down. , The red coats did not return a shot. They expected every minute to see a thousand men to open on them at short range from the beach, and they aeserved their powder. Out of the harbor they went in confusion and dismay. The ship weighed anchor and ran out her big guns, but did not fire a shot. Darkness fell down on the scene as the hoats reached the ship. Then she sent a roundishot towards the light. It fell short and threw a great fountain of white water into the air. .

. The girls saw it, and dropping their drum and fife, sat down on the beach and laughed till they cried. That night the ship sailed away.— The gl'lgmr American army of two had arrived; and she thought it wise to retreat in time, : Rebecca is still living, old and feeble in’ body, but brave in spirit and strong in patriotism. She told this story herself ‘to the writer, and it is true. . i e : : et O B—— - A MAN-IN RuiNs.—One of the saddest spectacles in the world is a hu“man being shattered and broken down ‘by the use of ardent spirits. But the damage may be repaired, the rain restored to perfect soundness, by a course of that most powerful of all invigorants; DR. WALKER'S VINEGAR Birrers. Beware of those “tdnics” of -Which-rum is an element. They aggra_vate disease and promote decay.—l 9-4

; THE BEECHER - _TILTON CASE.

A Brief ofthe Whole Matter to Date. [From the Springfield Republican.] : The literature of the Beecher scandal has become so vast that we have arranged the chief facts alleged on both sides in the following concise statement, together with references to such documentary evidence as serves to support one side or the other. This statement is made up with the utmost impartiality, and testimony of unimportant bearing is intentionally left unnoticed. We have left out any reference to the story ‘of Mrs. E. C. Stan-. ton, as no dates were given, though the circumstances she narrated took place, probably in 1870 or 1871. In 1865, Henry C. Bowen wirote from Woodstoek,Connecticut, aletter, never yet published, in which e said: “I sometimes feel that T musy break silence. One word from me would make a rebellion throughoyt Chriendom.” As concerns the present case, \t is not necessary to go .back furthel than 1865, when Theodore Tilton Wwas in the height of his fame, having been two years in the Independent./ Mrs. Tilton says that her husband/already began filling her mind witlf bad rumors about Mr: Beecher. But it was not till 1866 that BeecHer: began to visit the house. Sometirhe about then occurred the bed-room %cene, which occasioned a family jar, and so is remembered by the Tiltonspybut is very naturally not remembered by Beecher, who never had his attention called ‘to it till 1874. Mr. Beecher dates their acquaintances still further back than Mis. Tilton, and remembers giving her a souvenair of Europe on his return to this country in 1863. His memory is more correct than hers, for we find a letter of hers, dated December 28th, 1866, in which she writes to her husband: “I have been thinking of' my love for*Mr. 8., he has been the guide of our youth until the three last dreadful years. A month later Mr: Beecher was “playing a full hour with the children,” &e. In 1866, too, occurred the split on the Independent,which, both from Mrs. Tilton’s andßeecher’s testimony, did not interrupt the social relations of the parties. In 186869 Page was painting Beecher’s portrait to Tilten’s order, and Tilton was’ asking Beecher to run in and chipper his wife while he was off on lecturing tours. . On the 10th of October, 1868, Tilton alleges eriminal intercourse to have occurred at Beecher’s, and soon after at his own house being as yet unknown to him, Moulton first appears at the Page sittings. In January, 1869, Tilton, in aletter to his wife, appears to be despondent about his pecuniary affairs, enjoys economy, and laments his own extravagance as well as hers. . i :

We come now to the epoch of 1870. Early' in the winter and spring Mrs. Tilton says her husband began to “talk to her, assuming that she ‘had done wrong with Mr. Beecher,” talking days and nights about it. Collaterally, we have letters of hers written on the 6th, 13th and 15th of January, all burning with love’to her husband. Beecher appears in one of them as “making calls in fine spirits” and “kissed the ‘“Wheelocks all around, Lizzie Wood included.” Theodore’s statement is, that in the spring of 1870 he noticed a complete absorntion of his wife in Mr. Beecher, that she went into the country early on that account. She returns, and on July 3, “within a few hours of her arrival,” confessed to him, and quotes from. her seducer the term “nest-hiding.” Mrs. Tilton, in her testimony, denies that she ever confessed. Beecher, in his testimony says that, in the latter, part of the same month, he visited her at her request, found her much distressed, and praved with her just before leaving. He denies utterly the improprieties. It is understood that Mr. Beecher will declare that the letter of his containing the above term, and perhaps other letters, are forgeries.

Mius. Tilton is sent back to the country to receive soothing letters from Theodore, as he says, and we skip fo December, 1870. Some time in this month the young girl appeared at Beeclher’s, exposes the cruel treatment of Mus. Tilton, and the solicitations of herself by this man. Mr. and Mrs. Beecher immediately visited Mrs. Tilton at her mothel’s, and her story, though she says nothing of Imaving confessed or even of being accused of intimacy with Beecher. Chiefly on the counsel of Mrs. Beecher, a separation is advised, one of the great sins’ for which Mr. Beecher is to show abitter and adject repentance. The sepration seems to have been quickly over with, or never to have taken place. Events now come thick. On the 25th of the same month Henry C. Bowen denounces Beecherin the presence of Tilton and Johnson as “an unsafe visitor in the families of the; congregation,” and, in the presence of* Tilton alone, narrated one instance of outrage. lle then wrote a letter warning Beecher to leave the pulpit and city, which Tilton, at his crafty suggestion, signed: (Letter of Tiltonr to Bowen, dated a week later.) On the 27th, Bowen called on Beecher, and ! presents him this letter. (See Beech-' er’s statement.) Beecher replies that “Tilton is crazy,” and the two talked him over pretty thoroughly, Beecher bQ;ng quite innocent of the Mephistophelian character of his visitor.— “Shortly after,” and before the old year was out, Tilton ‘was driven out ﬁropl'Bowen’s newspapers with scourgings. In the midst of this revolution in Tiltons prospect (on the 30th of December,) Beecher was taken to Moulton’s house to see Tilton, and was-there denounced by the latter as the seducer of his wife. “Astounded,” he apparently entered no denial. According to Beecher’s statemant at Tilton’s request—according to Tilton’s statement, at Beecher’s request— Beecher and Moulton went 'to Tilton’s. house; the former goes in, finds the wife sick,and in a statusque recumbent attitude, in prayer. He obtained his statement, puts it in his pocket and returns. Tilton, upon reaching home, obtains from the sick wife another statement, testifying to the fact of the one given to Beecher. Beecher goes home “like a sleep-walker.” On the next day Moulton calls and advises him to give up this statement, as Tiltonjhas destroyed his wifes confession. He gave it up, and then the apology was written in the manner set forth by Beecher. : In the February following were written the two striking letters from Beecher to Moulton and to Mrs. Tilton. The latter denies ever having seen the one addressed to her, but the writer acknewledges it. In the summer of 1871 occur the letters of Mrs. Tilton in which is the illusion to Catharine Gaunt. In May Mrs. Woodhull first disclosed her knowledge of the affair, and from then to Nwembws‘m, ; Tilton made heroic efforts to hold her in check by putting his name to a biography of her and otherwise magni-:

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fying her. In November, 1872, she published her full disclosure.. In the interval the Golden Age was started, and Beecher contributed in 1871 and 1872 about two thousand dollars to its support. Inthe spring of 1872, Tilton, having returned from the lecture field discouraged, threatened to publish in the Golden Age the letter ‘written by him [ to Bowen, Jantary 1, 1871, and Bowen becoming’ frightened paid Tilton seven thousand dollars (which, according to all accounts, was rightful and due) and the tripartite agreement of amnesty, concord, and future -peace was3signed. Then'in 1873 came the publication of various documents, inchuding Tilton’s letter to Bowen, the tripartite agreement, Tilton’s case as presented to Dr. Storrs, and so forth down to June, 1873, below which date it seems unnecessary to follow the case. On the Ist of May, 1863, Beecher mortgaged his house for five thousand dollaxs to raise money to set up. Tilton m that prosperity which was to buy the scandal forever. This money was paid to Moulton. as per. checks, some of which are still éxhib-. ited by Beecher. . . , i L — Gf— : B - The Vagabond Sage. . ! An old man of very active physiognomy, answering to the name of Jacob Wilmot, was brought to the police court. ‘His clothes looked as if they might have been bonght-second handed in his youthful prime, for they had suffered more from ,t}é rubs of the world thanlikely had the proprietor himself. il e “What business?”. - - . “None; I'm a traveler?” -, “A vagabond, perhaps!? . “You are not far wrong. Travelers and vagabonds are about the same thing. The differenceis that the latter travels without money and the former without brains.” . P # “Where have you traveled?” .. ° -“All over the continent’ == . ¢ -“For what purpose?? - i “Observation’}: . - i “What have you ohserved?” “A little to commend, much to cen--sure, and a gréat deal to laugh at.” ““llumph! what do you commend ?”. “A handseme woman that will stay at home, an eloquent. preacher who will preach short sermons; a. good writer that will notiwrite too much, and a fool that has sense enough to hold histonoue.) - o 2l

- “What do you censure®”’. =« % ' “A man that marries a girl for her fine clothing, a youth” who studies medicine while he has the use of his hands, and the people who will electa drunkard to officel™ .~ o S "«“What do you laugh at’ i - .

- “I laugh'at :a man who expects his position to command that respect which his personal qualifications and qualities do not merit.” He was dismissed. = ey ' . The Latest ‘Shrewd Swindle. ° A druggist in Des Moines, Towa,was recently made the vietim of a rather expensive practical joke. A man,apparently under influence of liquor, entered the shop one morning, and called for a glass of soda water. - After drinking it, he staggered against a pane of Freneh plate glass in the shop window, shivering it to atoms. Seeing the mischief he had done he hurried away, but the druggist pursued and overtook him, demanding payment forthe damage. The inebriate protested that he was impecunious, but the plea did not avail; two-clerks seized and searched him, and extracted from "some-whlere about his person a $lOO bill. This they deposited in their money-till, deduicted theprice of the-glass, and, stufiing the change into one of his pockets,. sent him ‘adrift upon the street... During the day the druggist discovered, to his horror, the bill was a counterfeit. Of course, no time: wasilost; officers were sent in every direction, and the offender was at length captured and brought before the bar .of justice.— Here, however, a legal '_tgslmiézﬂity disturbed the even flow of equity.— The drunkard urged that he was guiltless of any crime; that the counterfeit money happened to_be in his pocket at the time of the accident, and that it was taken from him by force. Under the circumstances the honorable gentlehan who presided over the court felt constrained to dismiss the case, and the druggist, with the fear of a suit for dssault and battery before his eyes, declined to move further in the matter. - S T

The Threatened Qutrage. A National: : Panger. : ‘ [H.'V Redfield’s Letter 4n the Cineinngti-Com- : mereial.J / L ~ Lhe history of the world presents no instance of a race highest in the scale of intelligence living upon terins of equality with the race lowest in the scale; and the attempt in Amef'ica,, as contemplated by the authors %nd supporters of the Civil Rights Bill,Will be a failure, and we may be thankful if it is not a bloody failure. The feeling in the South is one of desperation. We have been warned by the wisest of philosophers and most eminent of thinkers that when our government falls it will be on account of a majority driving a minority to desperation. The Southern whites are now desperate. They feel that they-have touched bottom. The rebound will be terrible. . We may laugh at their prejudices, and say that it is a foolish sen-. timent, but this sentiment and prejudice against the equality contemplated in the Civil Rights Bill is of two hundred years’ growth; it is flesh of the flesh and bone of the :bone, and you can not get it out of the heart of the Southern man withoyt taking off his head at the same time. - i

L Tk DeKalb County Items. ! - [Frem the Waterloo Pregs, Sep. 8 1 ; The grape: crop must have bLeen above the average, as they wre becoming plenty in the market. . - A rumor is current that John Gilchrist, a former resident of this tewn, was murdered recently in California. The corn crop.in this county, althongh injured some by the drouth, is much Dbetter than in the eounties to the north and westofas.:/ - 1t is said that the lady who lectured in the M. E. Church seveéral months ago, was the “affinity” that brought ruin to Conductor Olmstead: . - © = ‘ : ’“'""_——"’*—.—;—""" f OLp Bos Toomss is still making a fool of himself. e declares eternal hostility to the Fourteeuth and Fifteenth Amendments, and is for Grant for a third term. Toombs was one of the active men in getting the South into trouble, and his proposition for getting it out now: slioﬂs"‘fs*lihat__he_ has: not gatliered wisdom with age. His capacity for harm now is small, otherwise the people of the émmh might regret that he hadn’tgone to his tomb at the end of the war in which he stm"ggled:jsoﬁmsanﬁﬂi? to throw away his life only to be thwarted by fate,

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Howa Scrub-Woman Took Her First : Degree in Oddfellowship. ' A certain lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows determined to have their lodge room 'done up clean and nice. Tt was resolved unanimously that Mrs. K. 'should be employed to do the job. After the meeting adjourned tle guardian, who knew the inquisitive character of Mrs. K., procured a billy-goat and placed . hinx in the closet that was kept as a reser-'-voir .for the secret things. He then informed the lady of the wishes of the lodge, and requested her to comeearly the next morning, as he would then show her what was and what was not to be done. Morning came, and with it-Madame K., with her broom; brushes, - pails, tubs, ete., and found the guardian waitihg for her. - “Now, madgme,” said he, “I tell you' what .we want done, and how we came to employ you. The brothers said it was difficult to get anybody to de the job, and not be meddling with the secret in the closet; we have lost the key, and ‘cannot find it te lock the door. I assured them that you could be depended upons®: = : “Depended upon! I guess I can.— My poor and dead and gone husband, . he belonged to the Free Masons or an-ti-Masons, I don’t know which. He used to tell me all the seerets of the concern, and when he showed-all the marks of the gridiron made wheh he was initiated, and told me how they fixed poor Morgan, I never told a living soul to this day; if nobody troubles your closet to find out your secrets till I do they will be there till they rot, they will.” T ~ “I- thought so,” said the guardian, “and now I want you to commence in that corner, :-and give the whole room: a decent cleaning, and I pledge my word and honor for the fidelity of your . promise; now, don’t go into that closet,” and then left the lady to herself. No sooner had %he heard the :sound = of his feet on the Jast step of the stairs than she exclaimed, “Don’t get into that closet!” “I’ll warrant there’s a gridiron, or some nonsense, just like the anti-Masons for all the world, I'll be bound. I will take one peep, and no body will be any the wiser, as I ean _ keep it to myself.” ' Suiting the action to flie word shé stepped lightly to the forbidden ' closet, turned the button, . which was no sooner done than “bah!” . went the billy-goat, with a spring to regain his liberty, which came near upsetting her ladyship. Both started for the door, but it was filled with im‘plements for house cleanin%, and all were swept clear from their ‘position down to the bottom of the stairs.

~ The noise and confussion occasioned by such unceremonious coming down stairs drew half the town to witness Mrs. K's efforts to get from under the pile of pails, tubs, brooms and brushes in the street. ‘ | Who should be first te the spot but the rascally doorkeeper. After releasing the goat, which "was a cripple for life, and up-lifting the rubbish that bound the good woman to the earth, he anxiously inquired if she had been taking the degrees. A - “Taking the degrée!” exclaimed the lady; “if you call tumbling'from the top to the bottom of the stairs with the devil after ye taking things by degrees, I have them, and if ye%rightened folks as ye frightened me, and’hurty to boot, I'll warrant they will make as much noise as I did.”

“I hope you did not open the closet, madam,” said the doorkeeper. ! ‘ “Open the closet! Eve-eat the apple she was forbidden. If you wanta wo- - man to do anything, tell her not to do it, and she’ll do it certain. I could not stand the temptation. The secret was there. I wanted to know it. I opened the door and out popped the tarnal critter right into my face. I thought the old boy had me,and I broke for the stairs with the critter butting me at every jump. I ifell over the tub, and got down stairs as you found us, all'in a heap.” : : . “But, madam,” said the doorkeeper, - “you are in possession of the great secret of our order, and you must go up to be initiated and sworn, and then -go in the regular way.” - * “Regular way!” exclaimed the lady, “and do you supposetl am going near the tarnal place, and ride that ar tar-' nal critter without a bridle or a lady’s saddle? No, never! I don’t want nothing to do with the man that rides it. . I'd look nice perched upon a billygoat, wouldn’t I? no, never!’ I’ll never go nigh it again, nor you shall nuther—if I can prevent it, no lady shall ever join the Oddfellows. ‘Why, I'd sooner be a Free Mason, and be broiled on a gridiron as long as the fire could be kept under it, and be pulled from garret to cellar with a halter, in a_pair of old breeches and slippers, just as my dead husband. And he lived over. it, but I never could live - over such another.ride asl took to- = day." s - S * % e- — , Society of the Army of the Cumber- o : land.’ o Roows or Looar Exeoutive COMMITTEE, | iy CoLwmsus, Onro, Aug. 26, 1874, To the Members of the Society of the Army of the Cnmberland :— : The Eighth Annual Re-union of the Army of the Cumberland will be held at Columbus, Ohlo, on Wednesday and Thursday, September 16th and 17th, commencing at 10 o’clock A. M. on the 16th. All -officers and soldiers who, at any time, served with honor in the Army or Department of the Cumberland, are, by our Constitution, entitled to membership, and are ‘specially requested to attend, and join in the business and festivities of the ocecasion. Members of kindred societies are cordially inyited to participate—all .will receive a hearty welcome. ) Arrange‘meug{s have been made with all the railroad companies to carry persons desiring to attend the re-union at reduced rates. ; Trusting that you will, at your earliest eonvenience, advise us of your - intention to be present, - : -We have the honor to be your most obedient servants, : s e s . /JONN BEATTY, ; Sooiibhe D MYERS, g(;pm. s WM. McCRORY, ) : A Eacn e ’l‘»_.-‘.'_'— R % & 3 . Tnr most astonishing cure of chronic diarthea we ever heard of is that of Wm. Clark, Frankfort Mills, Waldo' - county, Me.; the facts are attested by - Ezra, Treat, Upton. Treat and M. A. Merrill, either.of whom might be addressed for particulars. My, Clark was cured by Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment. lon. Jos. Farewell, Mayor of Rockland, Me,. Isaac M. Bragg, Esﬁ., Ban:ﬁnﬁi‘l&?ﬁ Messis. Pope Bro’s, Machias, | ‘Me., lnmber merchants, fully endorse the Sheridan Cavalry &mdﬁgon%wg - ders, and have given the proprietors liberty to use their names in recommendingthens, -~ e SO N ee s ee S B X Caae e i SRR Le R RS g S i e g hmamy : ,f)f RGN &ovDle ed s e o e P e e S IR S s Sl ifeSR el e e