The National Banner, Volume 9, Number 30, Ligonier, Noble County, 19 November 1874 — Page 1

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CITIZENSBBANI, IGONIER, : INDIANA. DEPOSITS received subject to,check without notice. | ADVANCES made on approved collaterals. MONEY loaned on loag or short time. NOTES discounted at reasonable rates. - : VRDERS for first-class securiti¢s executed on commission. : : A ENTS for the purchase and sale of Real Estate. INSURANCE POLICLES written infirst-class companies. - : : . EXCHANGE boufzht and sold, and drafts drawn on all the principal cities of Europe, SGENTS for the Inman line, } : Hamburg Line. PASSAGE TICKETS sold on all the principal seaports of EuroPe. : -MERCHANTY’, Farmers’and Mechanics’ accounts =olicited, and all business transacted on liberal terme, STRAUS BROTHERS. Ligonier, Ind., Oct. 23d, 1872.-26 . 5 . Lake Shore & Mich.South’n R. R. Ou and after May 24th, 1874, trains will leave Stacions as follows: ; GOING EAST: : - "Sp.N.Y.Ex. Atle. Ez. Accom., Chicag0.......,.. 920 am.... 5635 pm.. . H1khart...:..... 120 pm.... 950 cees 500 am - G05hen,.......:. 138 22010 sive &90 Millersburg.... t 1 53 cea 71028 eB 43 - Ligonier. il 200 .. 1043 0 ... 600 Wawa 1......,.,‘h!%.') YlOO4 ey 014 srima ... diteds lltiios ...l 624 < Ken@allvilte ... 236 Ll 8 iB4 Arrive nl”l‘oledeSsn vese 240am,...1040 ‘ ' GOING WEST: : T01ed0..........¥1 0 pm... 11 25Dpr5.... 4 55pm Kendallville.... 236 pm.... 244 am.... 850 Brimfield ...... 1260 ..4:1300 tidw s 908 Wawsks. ..o RS 0 010 08% Ligonler .....c... 310 /0. ~ 821 ... 934 Millersburg.... 1324 . ... 1386 .... 950 @ ¢ G05hen......... 339 Va 9 0h siivalo 10 Elkhart...... .. 400 a 0 1085 ArriveatChicagoßB 20 et 820 <y 6boam tTrains do not stop. . ’ Expreesleavesdaily both ways. ; 4 " CHAS. PAINE, @en’lSupt.,Cleveland. J. M. KNEPPER, 4Agent, Ligonier. ' BRI T e ARG P - 3 1 : . Pittsburg, Ft. W. & Chicago R. R. From and after July 26, 1874. GOING WEST, : Nal,« Nol,' No 7, No. .3 i . FastEz. Mail. Pac Ex. NightEz. Littsburg...... 2:ooam 6 00am 9:4oam 2 00pm Rochester..... . L.... 7 25am 10:50am 3 [opm AHiance....... 5:25am 11 00am I:3opm. s°sopm Orrville....J.. 7:olam 12 2pm 3:lspm 7 2ipm | Manefleld..... 9:o6am 3 Ispm 5:26pm ¢ ¥s,m ~ Crestlise...Ar, 9:35am 3 50pm 6:oopm 9:sspia Crestline. ,JLv. 9 55am 5 80am 6:3opm 10:05pm F0re5t.........11*13am 6 82am '8 25pm 11:29pm Lima..........12:15pm 8:00am 9.43 pm 12:30am ¥t Wayne..... 2:lBpm 10:35am 12:25am 2:55am Plymonth..... 4:24pm 1:8pm 3:o3am s:lsam Chicago . ...... 7.50 pm 5:25pm 6:soam B:soam | GOING EAéT. g ! No 4, . No? 2, No 6, NoS. Night Ex. Fast Ez. Pac Ex. Mail. @hicag0.......10:20am 9 20am 5 35pm 5 15pm Piymoath..... 2:loam 12 10pm 9 05pm’ 9 26am Ft Wayne.... 5 20pm 2 38pm 11 30pm: 12 30am Lima..........7:20pm 4 20pm 1 33am 2 45am ~P0re5t........ B3spm 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 03am * Mansfield .....11 00am 7 35pm 4 57am 6 40am 0rrvi11e.......12 52am 9.28 pm 6 45am 9 13pm ailiance....... 2 35am 11 05pm 8 35am 11 20pm Rochester..... 448 pm ........ 1042 am 9 10pm Pittshurg ..... 5 35pm 2:osam 11 45am 3 30pm No. 1, daily, except Monday; Nos 2,4, 5,7 au({)ﬂ, daily except Sunday: Nos. 3 and 6 daily.

i 3 - ’ 1. . & tir. Rapids & Ind. and Cine., Rich. & Ft. Wayne R. R. ‘ondensed Time Card, Daily, except Sundays. To v : take egect August 9th, 1874, ° ; GOING NORTH. Express. Express. Accom] Hichmond ......i......1020pm 1025 am: 4 00 pm Newport...o.su.o o 0 DL 2 18560 ¢ 488 @ Winchester.coo ..o 13T % 1180 % 810 o Ridgeville. .. iialcci 1201 am 1151 ¢ 536 - Portland. i .ooc cic 1298 % 1918 pm 605 ¢ Docatilr . ..lociilivii 14l 'Y 197« Fort Wayne, D......... 300 am 240 pm Kendallville oo 00 a 0 420 ' 401 % Stargis. sl il Bal s 5000 Vicksbued. . oioois i i 644 0 g 1 K-;1nuiu%01‘_............ T 5716 ¢ M.»n1e‘t{h‘......_........ [ty waT ek Grandßapids........a. 980 ** 9920 ¢ Grand Rapida........d. 95C ** 940 ¢ 230" Howard Cg-&.)'t..........1l PR T 4 %0 i 408 Up. Big Rapid 5........ 100 pm 100am1 600 * Reed Clty..iicoo. .0 0130 187 634 % Clam lalte 0.0 ooio 820 % d2O % 830 ¢ Wslton. 1. 0 ndng i 493 ¢ 903 @ Traverse City.......... 605 * 1205 pm 1045 * Petoskey. .. .oo.cioa. 990% 755 am GOING SOUTH. Express Accom. Express Pet05key.i....2......~ 44bam 8 20 pm Traverse City.......... 830 * 500 am Walton .. gio 0 500010100 614 % 1290 am Clam Lake. . CO.O . 00l 80 - TBO 148 % Reed Cityl.cili. .cisa il BApm: Hi 56% 3034 Up. Bi“l{s_pids.... Te.. 198 % gog‘t 400 Howard: Ci1y........... 229 1030% 510 * Grand Rapitﬂa Gee 405 0 1240 pm T 1000 Grand Rapid5.......d.. 435 * 730 * Montelth . ..0. ... 604 " ML Kalamazoo,..... 5.0 706 945 ** Vicksburg .. ... oo .. 782:% 1016 * Nlargls ... .o 0831 1119 °* Kauda]1vi1te............. 958 * 12 38pm F0rtWayne.............12 okam 2900 Decatar... ......... ... 103" 319 Portland. . ....... .. ../ 298" 640 am 421 ' Ridgeville ... .. ... 800 700* 447 Winchester ;.. . 0 330 %Y 182 'Y G9lO Newport. .. ... 00 4R 820 5640 Richmond _........ ... 500 t 8850 620° | I-.‘xé)rese from Walton to Petoskey will run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fr-ida,vrs onlg,: from Petoskey to Walton on Tuesdays, Thuredays and saturdays only. All other trains run daily, Sundaysexcepted. . F. R. MYERS. ; .~ Gen. Passenger and Ticket Ag’t. . Michigan Lake Shore Rail Road. Z Traing run daily except Sunday. Condenséd time card, tiking effect Nov. 3d, '73. GOING NORTIL, GOING BOUTIL £xpr. ‘Mail, STATIONS. Expr. Mail. 350 pm 8 10am..Kalamazoo..1120am 645 pm £32 . 859 " . Montetth,, 1097 ** 556" 516 % 938 I ATlepAn. .. 950 4 521 % 605 % 10848 . Hamilton... 910 ‘! 438" $37 * 111Gy " ..I{u\land_,.... 840 ' 408 * 743 » 1210pmGrand "Haven, 741 *. 306 *! R 34 1255 % |, Muskegon .. 700 ‘' 225 ‘% F.R. MYERS, GeneralPassengerand Ticket Agent

}JURT WAYNE, MUNCIE AND CINCINNATI RAILRCAD.—*‘* Muncie Route.” Condensed time card, taking effect Sept. 6, 1874, GOING SOUTH. \ Mail & Acc. Night Ex. Tnd’s Ex. ; Detrolt. ..o i 540 pm 10 00pm Grand Rapids... 12 25 10 30 5aginaw......... 4 20 Jackson .. oz Loiiiili 00940 7 2vam Fort. Wayne....... 10 oOamx 2 00am 1 40pm Ossian. .. 0 00001042 %22 ‘ 81afft0n....~.......11 10 315 -« 250 ‘ Keystone ..........11 39 : 320 | Montpielier....... 11 46 330 i Hartt0rd..........12 10pm 405 +.3 56 | Eat0n............ 1280 419 | Mancie ....... 0100 4 13 { 53 McCowans........ 1 15 3 Newcastle ........ 2 05 ien Cambridge City... 2 36 St Beesons .......... 2.54 Connersville...... 3 10 } Indianapolic...... .... 705 6 50 Louisville .... ... .... 1 00pm 1128 Cincinnati......... 620 ° ! GOING NORTH. < C & I Mail Night Ex. Munc. Acc. Cimcinpati....... 6 45am ; Louisville....... ; 3 00pm 11 25pm Tndianapolis. ..., 7 50 3 40am Connersville.....lo 25 Beesons ........10 40 e Cambridge City. 11 00 Newcastle.......ll 45 Lok ‘ %:cCowann.......li’ 20pm -.... } uncie..........12 32 10 2% 5 45, Eamn.........“100/ 625 Hartford ....... 120 ar 10 6 5l Montpielier..... 143 72 Keystone........ 1 52 735 BlafYon.. _..c.. R 16 12 05am 8 15 Ossian .......... 247 850 | Fort Wayne..... 325 115 945 | Jack50n.........12 20am 5 02 3 40pm Saginaw........ 1385 8 30 Grand Rapids... 5 45am 4 45pm 915 Detr0it.......... 330 8 00am 630 No. 3, night express, will run daily except;Mondaya. All other trains daily except Sundays. Through sleeping cars on m%ht trains between Indianapolis and Igezroit. running via Muncle, F't, Wayne and Jackson. . W.W. WORTHINGTON, Gen. Sup’t. - - _Ronzert RiLrie, Gen’l Ticket Agent. : Cincinnati, Wabash & Mich. R. R Time Table No. 10, taking effect Monday, May / 25th, 1874: : . GOING SBOUTH, S’I‘A’f‘IONS. GOING NORTH. N 0.2 N 0.4 M e 510pml200m a.....Waba5h....1730am 200 pm 415 “ 1105 am .Nor. Manchester 815 * 300 ** 350 * 1080 ** ....SilverLake....B4s ¢ 350 ¢ 300 * 930 ** ...L..War5aw,.....030 ‘¢ 456 240 * 840 ¢ .....Leesbm(‘ig.....9so Y 628 230 ** 810 * ...... Mi1f0rd.....1010 - 556 * 155 “ 740 ¢ ... .New Paris...lo3B ** 625 ** 140 *~ 720 ‘“ ..dp.Goshen,ar..loso ** 650 ** 1». ..ar.Goshen,dp..lloo * 110 % & .é..1.E1ghm;ti,.....n?0 e ainsrun olumbus time. : . . A.G. WELLS, Sup’t. 9 G, W. CARR, Physician and Surgeon LIGONIER, - ~ ~ = = = IND., Wil promptlyattend all calls intrustedto him. Office and residence on 4th Street, STOP AT THEHE KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. NEW monf'om THREE STORY BRICK Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8, im 8. R. B.D?o&.&dm?mlm;he,e., RR~ Only five minutes walk to any of f}“’“‘?‘ bu- ‘ wm/l-d ::l:” :it‘n{.-e "lmm f:re ;;rnnJ 8 € per ~ B ARELLY. Propriston, ‘cmhﬂvﬂlo. Aug. 3,1270.-14 ; ‘

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=R eST e ek = = T P S e BO P Rae MR N o ‘!»., e oy Al NS et M e ol et R G er e S B mn i R ] @E N =y ‘,,v"’?"' e THE NEW IMPROVED - REMINGTON SEWINGMACHINE l o AWARDED “Medal for Progress,” The “Medal for Progress,” AT VIENNA, 1873, | The MIGuEsT ORDER OF “MEDAL” AWAEDED AT THE ExrosrTioN. No Sewing Machine Received a Higher A ¢ Prize. ‘ . ‘ A FEW GOOD REASONS: ' I.—A New Invention Tuorovenry Testep and secured by Letters Patent. 2.—Makes a perfect LOOK STITCH, alike on both sider, on all kinds of goods. . 3.—Runs Lienr, Smoorn, NorserLrss and Rarin —best combination of qualities. k g 4.—DurAßLE—Runs for years without repairs. s.—Will do all varieties of work and funcy stitching in a superior manner, : e 6.—ls most easily managed by theé operator.— Length of ‘stitch may be altered while running, and 'machine can be threaded witheut passing the “thread through holes. . ; ~ 7.—Design Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, forming the stitch. without the uge of Cog Wheel Gears, Rotary Cams or Lever Arms, Has the Antomutic Drop Feed, which ingures uniform length of stitch at any speed. Hasour new Thread Controller, \w:'hich allows -easy movement of rnegdle-bar and prevents injury to thread. B.—Congtruction most careful and finished. It is manufactured by the most skillful and experienced mechanics, at the‘cclébx'atcd Remington Armor, Ilion, N. ¥, Clicago Office, 285 State Street. 25-2mog~lor ip te " L. COVELL, ' Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public,, ¥endallvilled, Iniana. Office in the Sceley Block, west side Main Street. JAMES 3. DENNY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. Otfice in the Court House, v ALBION, = +« = < - . IND. B} . ALBERT BANTA, Justice of the Peace & Conveyancer. LIGONIER, INDIANA., Special attention given to conveyancinf and collections. Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages drawn up, and all legal business attended to promptly and accurately. Office over Straus & Meagher's store, ' May 15 1873 15-8-3 S ,-,4___._..‘__3..,,——_.%—."*_,, .;__..:,,._._._. . D. W. GRELN, . . ), Q : i Justiceof the Peact & Collection Ag't, Office—Second Story, Landon’s Brick Block, LIGONIHEE, - - INDIANA: 9 CONCORD & CATAWBA WINE, We sell Mr. L. SHEETS’ Wines. _ Pure — Nothing but the Juice of the Grape. : | SACK/BROTHERS. Ligonier, July 3, '71.-tf{ L iy TEEGARDEN HOUSE, ™ Laporte, Indiana. | V.W.AXTEELE, = . : Proprietor.. ~ Lapprte, April 5. 1871. ‘ ot ey N RGeS DEALERIN MONUMENTS, ? | Vaults, Tombstones, AND BUILDING STONES LIGONIER, IND. April 12, 1871.-50 1868. EYE A\” FA“ 1874. ¢ L 4 . DR. Q- A.LAMBE R s (LATE OF ouwﬁoo,) OCULIST and AURIST, 41 GOSHEN, INDIANA. _ Bl wW.oRUM, . Physician and Surgeon, LIGONIER, : INDIANA. Oftice, first door north ‘of Jacobs & Goldsmith’s Store, on Cavin street, where I may be found at all hours, except when absent on professional business, ! : ' Mayl2th, 1874, C. PALMITER, . Surgeon and Physician, Office at Residence. / . Ligonier, « « « « Indiana. e " el e e e e e ee e _._,_.-_a. lE. A. MOYER, : (Successor to W. L. Andrews,) SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQUID Nitrous Oxide GGar administered for the painless extraction of teeth. All work warranted, Examinations free. gaOffice, Second Story; Mitchell Block. 8-14-1 y

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THE MYSTERY OF THE BRICK i OVEN. ‘ . It was in the days of our grandmothers when there were brick ovens in the land, that Mr. Hubbard bought his house, the haunted house at R——, It was next to a graveyard, theugh long unused, was not very cheerful. However, Mr. Hubbard did not believe in ghosts, was too cheerful to be depressed by warnings, and never intended to bglonely. e ; I“Mother Hubbard,” he said, when his wife shook her head over the purchase. “I got the house cheap, and itls a very good one. You'll like it wh}e{an you get there. If youdon’t, then talk.”

So the house was bought, and into it the Hubbard family moved. There was scarcely a chance for a ghost to show his face in such a household of boys and girls. "The rosy-faced master of the house and his little wife had ten of them. 'lt was in view of the eternal cry of “mother” that the jolly husband had dubbed his Martha Jane “Mother Hubbard,” using it as a jest at first, and at last because of an old habit. Hearing it, tle rest of R—— fell into the habit of calling the motherly soul Mother Hubbard, so that it was more her mame, by far than her baptismal Martha Jane. _ : Having once expostulated and “spoked out her mind,” Mother Hubbard gave up the point. She secrubbed and scoured, tacked down carpets and put up curtains, and owned thé place was pretty; and, as not a ghost appeared for a week, made up her mind that there were no such inhabitants, and even began not to mind the tombstone. So the house got to rights at last, and baking day came about. In the press of business they had a great deal of baker’s bread and were tired of it. Mrs. Hubbard had never enjoyed setting a batch of bread to rise as she did that which was to be eaten for the first time in her new house. . “For I can’t get up an appetite for stuff that nobody knows who had the making of,” said Mother Hubbard; and all puffy and almny besides. So into the oven went the bread and out it came at the proper time, even and brown and beautiful as loaves could be. : . Mother Hubbard turned the loaves up on their sides as she drew them forth, and they stdod on the long bread tray, glorious proofs of her skill and of the excellence of the oven, when Tommy Hubbard bounded in.— Tommy was four, and at that age one is prone to believe that anything will bear his weight. Tommy, therefore, anxious to -inspect K the new made. bread, swung off his feet by catching the edge of the bread tray, and over it came, loaves, Tommy and all. All were dusted and in the tray again but one. That lay bottom upwards under the table. . <

“A bothering child to give me so much trouble,” she said, as she crawled under the table. :

“Ah! oh! oh! dear, dear, oh, my!” and there on the floor sat Mother Hubbard, screaming, wringing her hands and shaking her head. - © The children screamed, also in earnest. Mr. Hubbard rushed in from the garden where he was at work. “What is the matter, mother?” he gasped. ; 1 Mrs. Hubbard pointed to the bottom of the loaf lying on her lap. “Look there, and ask me!” she said. “It’s a warning, William, and I'm going to be taken from ’em all.” : And as Mr. Hubbard looked he saw on the loaf a death’s head and crossbones as plainly engraven as they possiblycouldbe. . =~ . “It’s accident,” said Mr. Hubbard. “Such queer cracks do come, you know. Don’t fret.” : o

But Mother Hubbard was in a troubled state of mind. . : “The stories about the haunted house were true,” she said; “and the spirits have marked the loaf. I'm afraid it is a warning.” And the loaf was put aside, for even Mr. Hubbard did not dare to eat any of it.

Mrs. Hubbard got over her fright at last, but the news of the awful marked loaf spread through R——— and people come to the Hubbard’s all the week to look atit. It was death’s head and cross-bones certainly ; evérLy one saw that ata glance; but as tothe meaning people differed. Some believed that it was a warning of approaching death; some that the spirits “wanted to frighten the Hubbards away.” 'The latter suppesition inspired Mrs. Hubbard with courage Finally she leaned to this belief, and when another baking day arrived, put her loaves in the oven once more, prepared for cross-bones, but not to be frightened by them. The loaves baked as before. They came out brown and crusty. Mother Hubbard turned each in her hands. There was no crossbones visible, but on the last sundry characters or letters; what, no one could tell, until there dropped in a certain printer of the neighborhood, accustomeéd to _reading things backwards, * . “Hallo!” said he, that’s “curious! That is curious.—R-e-s-u-r-g-a-m—(l shall rise again) that’s what’s on the loaf—Resurgam.”

“I’s what they put on the tombs, ain’t it?! asked Mother Hubbard faintly. e

“Well, yes,” said Mr. Hubbard, “but it ain’t near so bad as cross-bones and skulls.” .

- Mother Hubbard shook her head.— “It’s even solemner,” said the little woman, who was not as good linguist as a bread maker. ~ “I feel confident, William, that I shall soon be “resurgamed,” and what will those dear children do then?”

And now that the second loaf was before her eyes marked awfully as was the first, Mother Hubbard really grew thin and pale and lost all of her cheerfulness. “I have a presentiment,” she said, over and over and again, “that the third baking will decide who the warning points to.” I believe its meant for me, and time will show. Don’t you see how thin I'm getting 9” And though the old gentleman laughed, he also began to be troubled, - The third baking day was one of gloom. Solemnly, as toa funergl, the family assembled to assist in the drawing. Five loaves came out without mark; but one remained, Mother Hubbard’s hand trembled, but she drew it forth; she laid it in the tray; she turned it softly about. At last she exposed the lower surface. On it were the letters printed backwards, plain enough to read this time, and arranged thus:

: “Died April 2, - : Lamented by Her large family.” “It’s me,” cried Mrs. Hubbard, “I'm to go to-morrow. ' This is the first. I do feel faint. Yes, I do. It’s awful: and so sudden,” and Mother Hubbard fainted away in the arms of the most terrified of husbands. The children screamed, the cat mewed, the dog

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barked. The oldest boy:ran for the doctor. People flocked {o the Hubbards. The loaf was examined. Yes, there was Mother Hubbard’s warning” —her call to quit the world..

She lay in bed bidding good-bye to her family and friends, her strength going fast. -She read the bible and tried not to grieve too much. The doctor shook his head. The clergyman prayed with her; nobody doubted that her end was at hand, for people were very superstitious in those days. They had been up all night with good little Mother Hubbard, and dawn - was breaking, and with it she felt sure that she must go, when clatter over the road and up to the door came a horse, and on the horse was a man. He alighted. He rattled the knocker. e rushed {in. There was no stopping him. Up stairs he went to Mother Hubbard’s room, and bolted in. Every one stared at him. He took - off his hat. “Parding,” said he: “I heard Mrs. Hubbard was dyin’. That she’s had warnin’s on her bakin’s. I came over to explain.. You see I was sexton of the church here two years ago, and ‘I know all about it. You needn’t die o’ skeer just yit, Mrs Hubbard, for there's neither spirits or devils about, nor yet warnin’s. What marks the loaves is old Mrs. 'Fickle’s tombstone. I took it for an oven bottom, seeing there was no survivors, and brick was dear. The last folks before you didn’t have 'em printed off, ’cos they made pan loaves. DBut we was used to ’em ourselves, cross-bones and skulls in the ginger bread we didn’t mind, and I never thought o’ caring for the ‘resurgam.” So you see how it is, Mrs. ITubbard, and I'm sorry you was skeered. I’d orter mentioned it when I sold the property.” : Nobody said a word. The minister shut his hymn book. The doctor walked to the window; there ‘was a deathlike" silence, Mother Hubbard broke it. :

“Father,” she said, “the first thing you do, get a brick bottom put in that oven.” i

And the tone assured the assemblage of friends that Mother Hubbard was not going to die just then. Indeed, she sat up the ,very next day, as soon as the oven was re-bottomed, invited everybody to a tea-drink, at whieh no one discovered awful warnings on the bread, or ghostly printing on the ginger cake. ot :

A False, Destructive and Pernicious Scheme. : (From the Logansport Pharos.)

Mr. Voorhees, we believe, claims the doubtful honor of being the author of the Indiana Democratic platform, although we happen to know that the original draf¢ of the resolutions as submitted by him, were very much modified when reported at the convention for its approval. His speech, like all of Mr. Voorhees’ speeches, was eloquent and logical ; that is,admitting the correctness of his premises, his ~deductions therefrom were logically put. Mr. Voorhees is an advocate of what is known as the Pendletonian theory of finances, a scheme as false, as detructive and pernicious as that of John Law, or the South Sea bubble were in their day—a scheme to make prosperity and wealth by the means of bits of paper and printer’s ink. THis idea of national prosperity is well represented in an abundance of paper currency, and, in his own language, he “would favor such legislztgioxl from time to time, as wili adjust the volume of the currency to the commercial and industrial wants of the country.” This means in so many words, that Mr. Voorhees would put it into the power of Congress to exclusively control the finance of the country, and this trade should be subject not to the law of supply and demand, but to the caprice and empricism of a political body of men, who can neither understand or appreciate the ordinary laws of political economy. To this theory Mzr. Voorhees has pretty nigh committed the Democracy of Indiana, and placed in it an awkward and embarrassing position .for the preseut, at least. As a Demeocrat we are opposed to any such party doctrine. We do not believe Congress or any other political body, “ought, from time to time,” to tinker with our finances. We do not believe in thus letting down the bars to commerce and admitting every wild cat theory of finance to prey upon the trade of the country.— We do not believe in the power of Congress” to issue excessive amounts of paper currency this yvear, and then contract the volume next. We, in common with every other person, want or ought to want, stability, evenness and certainty in our standard of values, and not a power that makes it today one thing, and to-morrow another. Congress might as well change the measures of the country each session as to change the standard of values in money. The result of such a course could not be more disastrous in the former than in the latter. We believe in the law of supply and demand. It is a higher law than human legislators make, and a much more rational one. What the country wantsis a currency of fixed value, whether it be gold or silver or paper, it ought to have permanency and reliability. Mr. Voorhees does not think so. Congress, in his opinion, ought “from time to time,” to change the value by subtracting the amount in issue. To our way of thinking, nothing could be more destructive to the prosperity of the country than such a policy.

The Sinking Saved. The combination of tonic, alterative and stimulating properties in, Hostetter's. Stomach Bitters, especially adapts ithat famous specific to the cure of chronic forms of disease, when the strong influence of a long protracted morbid habit is to be surmounted. In chronic dyspepsia, and liver complaint, and in chronic constipation and other obstinate diseases, it is beyond oomparison the best remedy that can be taken. Asa means of restorig the strength and vital energy of persons who are sinking under the debilitating effects of painful disorders, this standard vegetable invigorant is confessedly unequalled. The permanent tonics included in the preparation are associated with a diffusible stimulant absolutely pure, and the tendency of these elements is modified by the presence of alterative ingredients slower in their action and capable of producing more lasting local and general effects. For feeble convalescents, and in all phases of debility, it is the best as well as the most agreeable of all restoratives. b 28-41% ; T & — When a young lady gives herself away, she naturally loses her self-pos-session.—Eaxchange., e We know of one young lady who gave herself a weigh and found that she had gained ten pounds instead of los;nganythi.ng.é— Crawfordsville Journal. S :

5 MEN!\‘ONITES' IN KANSAS. Manners and Customs of the Disciples of Simon Menno. . ToreEkaA, KAN.,, Nov. s.—We have the Mennonites among us in all their native simplicity. About two thousand of them have arrived here, and have been quartered in a large struecture known as the “King bridge works,” awaiting the selection of their lands and the construction of their buildings in the south-west. = Their stay here has afforded an admirable opportunity to ascertain and study their peculiar doctrines, habits and tastes, which your correspondent has improved by spending considerable time among them, and conversing frequently and at length with their minister and other leading men. The Mennonite system of religion was founded, you know, by one Simon Menno, in the sixteenth century, at the village of Wittmarsum, in the Netherlands. = Its original ideas, as distinguished from other similar religious systems, was opposition to infant baptism and the taking of oaths, to whieh has since been added opposition to the bearing of arms. Mennonism, as it now stands, {s a mixture of the doctrines of the Quakers, the Lutherans, and the Baptists. It does: not take very strong hold of abstract theological speculations, but muinly relates to moral laws and duties. As one of their ministers remarked to me here the other day, “Itis a religion for every day in the week;” and its_principles and precepts are practiced and enforced at every turn and in every relation ef daily life. Hence the singular asceticism of the sect, which is carried to an extreme surpassing that even of the most devout and introspective Roman Catholics. All their disputes are adjusted by a minister; all their pleasures have the flavor of prayer about them ; and their constant aim seems to be to conform as nearly as possible in all things to the life which Jesus is supposed to have lived amd taught. When a Mennonite is stoned'onione cheek, he literally turns to the smiter the other also: and the man who lies, cheats, or “fools a girl,” is usually expelled from the church and the community. They take no part or i¥terest in politics, and rarely fellowship in a religious way with other sects. Most of them have a common school education, and their ministers are frequently men. of more than average attainments; but as a people, they read very little, and consequently .wrangle very little either among themselves or with unre- | generate outsiders. The Cerulean blue of Tyndall’s perplexing rhetoric does not reachithem; they probably never heard of Ben Bntler; and they enjoy ‘ the enviable ‘distinction of being the. only class of civilized people in this country who have not caught a single snuff of that foul blast from Brooklyn. o) !

The Mennonites went over into Russia from Holland and Germany about a hundred years ago, and found a quiet retreat-there near the borders of thle Black Sea, a charter being granted them by the Russian Government for--ever exempting them from military duty, and otherwise securing them in the perpetual enjoyment of their distinetive religious doctrines and pract%ces. There the principal body of them has since been located, although there have been and are yet numbers of them in other parts of Europe and in this country. Constant accessions were made to the. church in Russia, and their industrious and economical habits soon raised them from poverty to comparative affluence. As-they grew strong in numbers and in wealth, they began to ‘attract the special attention of the Russian native population, and their exemption from many of the ordinary duties of citizens commenced to be murmured about in Russian Politics. At length, about a year ago, that part of their charter granting them immunity from military service was annulled, and they were informed that they could 'either submit to the change or take themselves out of the country within the ensuing five years. They chose the latter alternative, and the colonies coming to America this season are advance-guard of about forty thousand who will seek a new asylum in our western States and Territories as soon as they can arrange for the removal. Their property in Russia is sold and transferred as rapidly as possible—not to whoever will buy, but to Mennonites . who are too old or infirm to do military duty, or to grapple with the toil and privation of the American “departure.” ‘ : "The number already arrived here and yet to come this year embraces about a thousand fomilies who bring with them about $5,000,000 in money. They are all farmers and expect to engage in grain and stock raising, but every man among them is master of some mechanical trade, that being a requirement in ' their organization. They build their own houses, make: their own farming implements, and manufacture their own clothing.— They have stores of their own, too, and in every way manage as far as practicable, to do all their business of a general character insidé of their community. While staying here in Topeka they have bought quite extensively of household goods, and of horses, cattle, wagons, and other things necessary to the prompt commencement of operations in their new homes. They have probably spent here in two weeks for such articles fully $lOO,OOO. They buy carefully and sparingly, and display good judgment in making their selections. Their favorite purchases in the household line are washboards and cooking stoves, two things that they have heretofore had no experience with, and which seem to strike them as being of special utility. But the sewing machine is a snare tothem, and they see no use for smoothingirons when -clothes can be easily “pounded out” with a stick or a board. They buy no dry goods, an but few groceries,, being violently iplain both in their apparel and in their victuals. The imen are strong and robust, and the women fresh, active and tidy. Their dress is of a monotonous sameness, and not specially noticeable for elegance. The men wear coarse cassi'mere trowsers, loose cotton blouses or jackets, small black caps and low leather shoes. The women wear short cotton frocks, with sleéves coming only to the elbow, leather slippers, and handkerchief turbans, I have not seen a pair of stockings on man or woman, and there is not a ribbon, or a piece of lace or jewelry, in the whole colony. , “ The communal features of the Mennonite Society are merely of a neighborly and religious nature, resting upon the voluntary consent of the ‘members, and having no similarity to the French experiments in this line. ‘They own everything in severality, each family is an independent unit,

and nothing is exacted in the. way of spiritual tithes or levies. The Church and the schools are maintained by voluntary subsecriptions, and the position occupied by the “head men,” who holl their places by common consent, is that of counsellors and arbitrators merely, and they have no authority save such as they exercise through their superior judgment and by reason of the general confidence with which they are regarded by the community. ‘These “head men” are usually the ministers and the schoolteachers of the society, who dress and’ live as plainly and frugally as any of the people, and often maintain themselves and families by labor in the fields or shops. A drone or shirk is the Mennonite's pet aversion, and per--sonal industry is enforced and practiced as a cardinal tenet of his religious faith. . i

The tract of land purchased by this people in Kansas- embraces 150,000 acres, and lies in the counties of Harvey, Marion, Reno and Sedgwick, contiguous to the line of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, from which company the purchase was made. The lands are aniong the best in the State for agricultural purposes, resembling in many respects the lands they left behind them: in Russia, although exceelling them of course in general fertility and adaptability to cultivation. The lands ecost them from three to five dollars per acre, and were almost exclusively paid for in cash. They are now constructing a large framed building in their chosen location, sufficiently capacious to furnish shelter for the whole colony during the winter. With the opening of spring they expect to have a house built for every family, and the lands allotted and laid off in separate farms, and the building now erected will then be used for a church and 'schoolhouse. d :

Zany Pontius Pilate. Among the! scholars when Lamb and Coleridge atténded school was a poor clergyman’s son of the name of Simon Jennings. On account of his dismal and gloomy nature his playmates had nicknamed him Pontius Pilate, : One morning he went up to the master, Dr. Boyer, and said, in his usual whimpering way : E “Please, doctor, the boys ‘call me Pontius Pilate!” ; If there was one thing which Dr. Boyer hated more than a false quantity in Greek and Latin, it was the practice of nicknaming. Rushing down among the scholars from his pedestal of state, with cane in hand, he cried in his usual voice of thunder: “Listen, boys! The next time I hear any of you say Pontius Pilate, I'li cane you as long as this cane will last! * You are to say Simon Jennings and not Pontius Pilate. Remember that, if you value your hides!” Next day, when the same- class were reciting their catechism, a boy of remarkably dull and literal turn of mind had to repeat “the creed.” He had got as far as “sufféered under,” and was about popping out the next word when the doctor’s prohibition unluckily flashed upon his obtuse mind. After a moment’s hesitation he blurted out: “Suffered under Simon Jennings was—’ b The rest of the sentence was never uttered, for Doctor Boyer had already sprang like a tiger upon him, and the cane was descending upon his unfortunate shoulders. When. the ‘irrate doctor had discharged his carte storm upon him he gaid: “What do you mean, you booby, by such blasphemy ?” “I only did as you told me,” replied the simple-minded youth. *Did as I told you!” roared the doctor, now wound up. to something above boiling point. “What do you mean?’ . o As he said this he instinctively grasped the cane more furiously. . “Yes, doctor, you said we were always to call Pontius Pilate Simon Jennings. Didn’t he Sam ?” appealed the unfortunate culprit to Colerige who was sitting next to him.. Sam -said naught; but the doctor who'saw what a dunce he had to deal . with, cried: : v “Boy, you are a fool! Where are your brains ?”

. Poor Doctor Boyer for a second time was “floored;” for the scholar said, with an earnestness which proved its truth, but to the intense horror 0s the learned potentate: “In my stomach, sir.” : The doctor always respected that boy’s stupidity ever after, as though half afraid that a stray blow might be unpleasant. .

The huge, drastic, gripping, sickening pills, constructed of crude, coarse, and bulky ingredients, are fast being superceded by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets, or sugar-coated, concentrated Root and herbal juice, anti-bilious granules —the “Little Giant” Cathartic or Multum in Parvo Physic. Moderm chemical science enables Dr. Pierce to extract from the juices of the most valuable roots and herbs their active medicinal principles which® when worked into little pellets or granulos, scarcely larger than mustard seed, renders each little pellet as active and powerful as a larger pill, while they are much more palatable and pleasant in effect. : - Dr. Tra A. Thayer, of Baconsburg, Ohio, writes: “I regard your Pellets as the best remedy for the conditions for which you preseribe them of any-. thing I have ever used, so mild and certain in eftect, and leaving the bowels in an excellent condition. It seems to me they must take the place of all other cathartic pills and medicines. LyoNn & MACOMBER, ‘druggists, Vermillion, D. T., says: “We .think they are going to sell like hot cakes as soon as people get acquainted with them and will spoil the pill trade, as those that have used them like them better than large pills.”

, 17761876, ' In two years from now—lB76—the Great American Republic will have achieved its centennial. As the Democrats of the earlier 76 commenced 3 struggle that resulted in a glorious victory, will not their posterity, the Democrats of the 76 to come, keep their armor brighs, their weapons in order, their watch wakeful, that a victory as grand may be conquered two years hence as that by our patriot sires of the revolution ?—Mt. Vernon Democrat. : Bravo! So mote it'be: 8i diés plaot : FlvEe leading colored Democrats of Arkansas united in sending a congratulatory dispatch to the newly elected democratic Governor of Massachusetts. Howodo you like dat, Messrs. Republicans ‘ :

No. 30

WORK FOR OUR LEGISLATORS (From the Wabash Free Trader.) .

Now that the din of battle is over ~and the victory won, there yet remains much to be done to redeem the promises and pledges made to . the people before the election. Much has been said as to what brought about So unexpected a result; but all remains to be done to perpetuate that result and it i§ for our legislature just ‘elected to say whether Indiana shall | herceforth be a Democratic State or not. If the legislature act wisely and enact wholesomé laws and not too many of them—make judicious changes in some of the laws wé now have and by their acts show the people that they mean reform, then there is no question as to the futuresuccess of the Democratic party in our State. But if like the last legislature they enact laws enough to fill two or three volumes the size of Gavin & ‘Hord’s statutes, the result will be the same ag ‘that body and the people will be justified in removing them from -power. One great bane of our legislature has been an attempt on the part of almost every member to immortalize himself' while an opportunity was afforded. Hence an almost innumerable number of useless, unnecessary and ill digested bills are introduced, all of which are calculated to take up much of the short and precious time allotted to that body in which to discharge its legislative duties. A few measures demand the earnest and careful attention of the legislature, - which if carefully and wisely considered will do more to relieve the burdens of the people than hundreds of fish and game laws. A change is demanded in the assessment law, so as to more equally distribute the burden of taxation between the different kinds of property.. As the law now stands the farmer pays as much ' tax upon his farm worth $5,000, but which does not realize him with the best of management more than three per cent, as does the | broker, and speculator who has his means in ready cash and who realizes from twelve to fifty per cent. Asthe law now stands it discriminates in favor of capital as against labor—in favor of ready cash or its equivalent as against cultivated , real ‘estate. Another subject dem’zmdi.ng attention is the Tepeal of the law raising the per diem of the members of the legislature. Still another, is the enactment of a judicious fee and salary bill, one by which county officers will be uhable to amass a fortune in a few short years from the sweat and toil of their constituents; but at the same time compensate them well for the labor performed, A further change is needed in our judicial system, one which will enable the speedy disposition of business requiring the judgment of a court. This could probably be better accomplished by -establishing a coun-. ty court in addition to the present circuit court, having jurisdietion .of | all probate matters, misdemeanors and concurrent jurisdiction of eivil cases to the amount of five hundred or one thousand dollars,with the right of appeal to the circuit court. The judge of this court to have an, office open all the time for the' transaction of legal business and the trial of mis--demeanors when the accused could not give bail for his appearance at the regular session of the court. For the trial of civil cases the terms of the court should be as often as once:a month, except probably during the month of July and August. "The liquor traffic also calls for wise and judicious legislation and much interest will be manifested throughout; the State upon that subject. et our Representatives and Senators do their whole duty, but not try to do ‘too much. Let no personal or political agrandisement influence any of them, and we may expect much of them and that which will be satisfactory. | We shall hereafter take up the differ- | ent subjects herein alluded to and discuss them at length—and in the mean time we hope to hear from our neighbors. We mean business, and propose . that our Senators and Representatives know what is wanted. e f ~——-’o.———»—————~ i . ‘ Brown, the Mind Reader.

Many of our readers were present last year at the exhibitions given by the above-named individual, and were much surprised at his feats of mindreading, in searching for and finding secreted articles blindfolded. -The Indianapolis Sentinel says that Dr. Hammond, the scientist, explains the feats of Brown very much to his own/ satisfaction. ~He holds that the per son experimented upon by the mindreader unconsciously gives a perceptible, physical -indication of his thoughts, and the expert is able by long practice to note that slight sign. For instance, in seeking for a hidden article, Brown is able to tell when he draws near to it by the action of the one who concealed it, and who is all ‘the time thinking intently upon it. To test the question, Hamniond wrote a list of names and agsked a friend to think of some particular one.’ The Doctor then read over the list and held his friend’s wrist, deelaring that the beating of the pulse would indicate the name thought of when it was read. In every instance Dr. Hammond deciared that there was a sufficient physical sign to show when the name was reached. There may be something more than this in mindreading, however. If, as modern philosophy holds, thought is a mechanical process, why should its results be imperceptible to a trained observer?— South Bend Union. . ; ) @ Do . IWhen Massachusetts Was Last Dem- ’ ‘oeratie. - We recall but three instances in which Massachuseets has gone Democratic since the origin of the Government. It voted for Thomas Jefferson for President at his second électiOl_l in 1804. In [1839 it elected Marcus Morton Governor by two votes upon the issue of the fifteen gallon liquor law. That law prohibited any sales of liquor under fifteen- gallons, ard was popularly supndgfd; to diseriminate against the poor and in favorof the rieh, who could buy alarge amount of liguors. The Cincinnati Gazette is mistaken in supposing that that was the last time the old Bay State was carried by the Democrats. On the contrary, Mr. Morton was dgain elected Governor by the Legislature in 1841-2 by one vote, no choice having been made by the people; that is, no candidate having a majority over all other candidates, the Legislature elected. That was in the times of John Tyler. In 1850 the Democracy again carried the State by a ecoalition with the Free-Soil party, electing George S. Boutwell—now a Republican United States Senator, but then a Democrat —Governor, - and Charles Sumner United States Senator. Since the latter year no Democrat has been chosen to a State or Federal office in Massachusétt;sl,except at the late election.

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THE DISHONEST PEASANT. The year 1794 a poor Frenchman . was passing the winter in a village in Germany. One cold morning he had oecasion to buy a load of ;wood. He found a peasant who had one to sell, and asked him what the price was. The peasant, who perceived by his broken French that he was a foreigner and that his ignorance might be ‘taken advantage of, answered that the price was three louis d’ors. The Frenchman tried to beat him down ° but in vain. At last he took it and paid the money that was asked. The peasant, delighted to have ‘m*e. such a good bargain, drcve with ¥is . empty cart to the village inn, which was not far distant, and ordered bredkfast. While it was getting ready he entertained the landlord with an account of the way in which he had - cheated the Frenchman, and made . him pay three louis d’ors for aload of wood, which at the utmost was not worth more than seven shillings and six pence—talking as if he had' done - a very clever thing. - + The landicrd was a good man and - told him that he ought be ashamed of himself thus to have taken-advantage of the ignorance of a poer foreigner. “Well,” said the peasant, with'a scornful laugh, “the wood was mine, I ?ad,a right to ask just what I pleased . ordt.” ! “T ;%ﬁ landlord made no reply; When breakfast was over the peasant asked how much was to pay. The landlord replied “three louls d’ors.” vl

“What!” said the peasant, “three louis d’ors for a cup of coffee and a few slices of bread and butter!” “Yes,” said the landlord, with the utmost composure; “the coffee and bread and butter were mine; I have a right to ask just ‘what I please for them. My bill is three louis d’ors; and I shall keep your horse and cart until you pay me. :1f youthink I am charging you too mueh you can go before the Judge.” .The peasant without saying anything more, went to. the Judge’s office and made his complaint. The Judge was surprised and indignant at the landlord’s extortion, especially as he had always borne an excellent character. e

He ordered him to be brought before him, and his reception of him was somewhat stern. But the landlord told him the whole story; how ‘theipeasant had taken advantage of the poor emigrant’s ignorance to eheat him, what their conversation was, and’how his own conduct was simply visiting upon the head; of a dishonest man the wrong he had done to another. . Under such circumstances the Judge - decided that the landlord had done right, and that the peasant should pay the three louis d’ors. The peasand, with a very 'ill grace pulled out his purse and laid the money on thetable. ! ~“] do not want tliis money,” said: the landlord to the Judge; “as your honor may well suppose. Will you have the goodness to change one c¢f these louis d’ors and give the peasant - seven shillings and sixpence out of it, for that, as he confessed to me is all | that his wood is worth, and return the remainder to the poor Frenchman. Forthe breakfast I want nothing.” The Judge counted out the seven shillings and sixpence to the peasant, and dismissed him with a severe rebuke. The rest was returned to the Frenchman,who, on hearing the story, went to thank the kind innkeeper, and with great difficulty - persuaded him to accept a small sum for the peasant’s breakfast.—7he Methodist. *

el < E—— . Grant and the Radicals. The gossips at Washington. inform us that a sharp discussion is waging now between President Grant and the Radical leaders. . The Radicals are trying to m:ke Grant understand that they have Leen swamped by him, and Grant is trying to make the Radicals understand that he has been swamped by them. - We have no desire to put our hands between the tree and the bark, as the old proverb has it. But the truth is that Grant and "the Radicals have swamped each other. Sucha policy as that which for ten years past has kept alive the passions and perpetuated the burdens of the civil war would havedestroyed the best of Presidents. = And a President so_utterly incapable of 160oking at power as anything but a personal perquisiie would have brought to shame a wiser and nobler policy than that which Grant has served so stolidly and with such selfish unconcern. Grant and the Radicals in their mutual criminations and recriminations remind one of the ill-conditioned couple who delayed the marriage ceremony in the kirk by their quarrels. First the bride “took a scunner” at the groom; then the groom “took a scunner” at the bride. At last the minister, finding that patience had ceased to be a virtue, exclaimed—*“And noo I have ta’en a scunner at ye baith,” and with that put them both out of doors. The people. of the United States have “taken a scunner” both at Grant and the Radicals, and this is the end of them both. —N.¥. World, .. ¢ _

starvation in Nebraska. - ‘ From all accounts the suffering among the people of those parts ofNebraska devastated by the grasshop- _ pers is terrvible. Whole settlements are reduced to the point of starvation, and many of the unfortunate settlers are actually without either food or clothing. Gen, Brisbin, who has trav- .- eled over the State, visiting the stricken Districts, states that there are ten thousand people in Western Nebraska in danger of starvation from the loss - of erops, who will have to be fed from now until the crops grow zkgai.n. To feed, clothe, and warm these will require at least $4 each per month for seven or eight months, a sum-equal to $280,000 or $300,000. Not to seed the people would be to leave them where we found them-—without any means of living—and we must therefore give them seed to plant in the spring. This will require $lOO,OOO more,

To the Afflicted. ¢ e No matter under what form of &ickness you labor, there is no great truth you should keep in mind: All disease originates in an mmpure eondition ot the blood. Purify that, and the disease mustidepart; but you eannot purify the blood by the use of poisonous drugs, anid exhaustive stimulants. The best Blood Purifier ever discovered is Dr. WALKER’S famous VINEGAR BITTERS, compounded of the simplest herbs. b 27-4 w. ' ) G e : . it Sound Poctrine. (From the Louisville Comfler'anr‘n&f.j e The Democratic party may keep the ascendency which it has gained. 113(!& it must continue to show that it Ras - fewer fools '&ﬂd, rascals than the other party if it does.: - = & o by