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VOLUME XXIV NO. 40
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, LCTOBMt 1 !873.
WHOLE NUMBER 1239."
ASHTABULA
WEEKLY
riiH H r OR'iCltlPTIO i
Tn Dollar. wr annum tattl itilcily hi advance.
Clarg-jrinJli will bo supplied with the piper lor ft
.' I ' ' '
IOVKII Tl.lf . H ITMt
'Ire llnM nrlass 'if Snnparall n.-tka a aqnara,
Twnqntirrr mn..$ I no
Tninnra S mo.. Ron
Twnsnmrcal vi'ar, 19 00
Fnnr .miare 1 rear IS on
Iilf jnimn t ri'ar. SR 00
'ie I't'tuT" 1 wks.. I 10
Oie "inure 3 m. . on
O'i.q:iro a. m1... B 'l'l
Oiir-iiira I r .-ir, 10
I iln iir,r.1.nnt nvnrlWeMiin. - ner rai, . . on
. 3 ilttiarv V-itlr... -not f fungal 1ittitri.t Mir tns.
l.iK'Bl S.itlcns Ton Cents, a line for carli Insertion.
..JOB IMllXTINfl ,
of arisry description attend-d to nn mil, and done In r
must ut.-fitl minim.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
'JL ' '; MKHCIIANTS.
S. n. WFll Produce and dnnmlsslnn Mi-r-rh.nt.
fur the pin-chasr and .! of Wei-tern Heaurve
Butter. Cheese and Drh-d rrnlia.
Main streat. Ashtabula, Oliln.
Tit.RIt CmiI.Ki Healers In F.ncr and
Staple nrv rinod., FiimMr Uroenrles. anil I'rnrVerv
South Stnre. Cliiri'tidon Block, Ahlaliuln, Ohio. luliS.
E. II. ClIIiKHY, IVnlnr In Dry OncwK Oror-nrti's.
(!ro"kr and Olaaa-Ware, nnxt door north or Klk
House, Main street, Ashtahuln, Ohio. 1(U:t.
J. W. V.ll'liKHKH SON, I).Mler. In Clro
cerl. Vrovlilnns. Fl nr. Fwd, Fnreltrii nnd D-mii's
tic Fruits. 8-il:. Firi. Plaster. Water-Lime, Seeds.
Ac., M iln street, Asbtahnla, Ohio. .
W. HEUHIKAD, Dealer In F!nnr. Po-k, Hams'
. L.irrl.au Ull kind, or Fish Also, .11 kind, of Ktiml'
ly Grncerlos, Fruit, and Confectionery. Alo and I'o
inustic Wine.. 1048
J. P. HOBKItTOX SON, D-tlers In every
description of Boots, Shoo. Uats and Cap.. Al.o,
on hand a stoek of choiee Kittnilv (Irnenries. Mnln
atreet, corner of Cutitro, Ashtabula, Ohio. 89
D. XT. UAXKKI.L, Corner Sprint and Mnln .t."
Ashtanula, Ohio, Dialer In Dry-Uoods, Groceries
Croet.ry. c.,Ac. ll5
H. 1.. BlOatKISON, Denier In Tlry-Gomla. Oro
' eerie.. Hoot- nnd Shoe., lint.. Cap.. Hardware
Crockorv. Uook., Piilnt., Oils 4c . Ashtabula ). S00
PHYSICIANS.
IKNltY P. FltICKF.lt, n'.Idenee on
Clmrcti Street. North of the South Park, onireln
Smith'. Near Blok, opposite the Ft.k lloue.n!
Dlt. K. L. KIU, Vhy.lelan and Snnienn. office
orur llendry A tini'. .toru, residence near St.Peter'e
Clmrcli. A.htahnla.. O H'I8
BH. KAVIKS, would Inform In. friend., and the
pub'ic trenorally that he may be found at hi. residence
on Park Street, ready to attend to all profe..lonal
call. Oiicehoum, from l4to i P. M. Ashtubnln o.
May ill. 18(18 1043
ORO. W. It OOtlK, Snnreor and Homo-patlilc
Ptilclan, No. I. Main street. Ahtbula. Ohio
OiHce hour, from 7 to V A, M., from I to S P. M., and
Tonlni;j
IIOTKLS.
5unTKnrTN(roiISI5TT.N. Booth Pmpfietor.
aojtb aidu of the . . S. & M. . .tat Inn. Thin llmi.e
baa re -ently been retUied and Improved, and off. r
plea.ar.t. nub tantlal and convenient arcommodn
llona to per.on .topping over nl'dtt. or forann al,
or ftr tboe from the interior, wishing .lahle arcom
morlatlon for team.. The Hou.e 1. onlerlv. with
promnt attention to Rtieete, and Rood tahle anil
lodglni!a. i!?.'..
THOMPSON IIOVSK, Jcff.-Kon. Ohio
M. J. FOOTK, Prop.
Good Livery lu connection with the Hon.e.
J. U. THOMPSON. Prop.
Free Bum to and from the cars;
PISK MOIISK, A.htabnla, Ohio. A. Field. Proprl
a nr. An Omnllm. running to and from every train of
cir.. Al.o, a good llrery-.tablo kept In connection
with tills homo, to convey paMonjjera to any
; Jfoint; . lO'-'S
A 8 KIT A HIT LA 1IOITSK-A. J. Smith, Proprle
tor Main St, Ahtahula. Ohio. I,nr)re Public Hull
. good Ltvurv. and Omnlhu. to and from theilepot. 1048
; DENTISTS.
P. E. HALL, Dentist. A.htahnla, O. Offlre
Center .treet, tietwcen Main ana t-rK. tins
,' XV. NELSON, Dentiet, A.htabula. (..
vl.lt. C'ouuiaut, Wednesday and Thn nlayof
each week. . -. . . . 1101
W.'T. W ILLACK, D. I. S. Klnfr.vllle.O.1. pre-
pared to attend to all opuraton. In hi. profe..lon.
tie make, a speciality of "Oral Surgery" and eavltm
the natural tenth. 1100
HAUXKSS MAKKK.
W. II. WILLIAnSON, Saddler and Hnrni-.
Maker, opposite Fisk Block, Main Hrent, A.htabula.
Ohio, ha. ou hand, and mnkea to order. In the bnst
manner, everything In hi. line. lQ-'5
P. IJ. POHO, Mnnillacturer and Dealer In Saddle.,
Hnrne... Itrldle.. i'ollar.. Trunks, Wulps, &c, oppo
aite Flsk '1'iu-e, Ash'.lKila, Ohio. litis
JEWELKKS.
OKO, W- Ilf'Kl0, Jeweler. Kcpalrlne or
aU kinun of Waliiee., Clneil. and Jewelry. Stole in
Ashia'iiila lloue llim k. A.htahnla, Ohio.
J l.nKS K. S I KHUIN'S Dealer in Wntetie.
Clocks, Jewalry, Silver m l 1'Uttd Ware, Xc. lli
pairiu of all kinds done well, and rill oru.-.r proiugd
ly attended to. Main Street, v.nmimla . lis.i;.
J. A KIIOTT, Unklur in Cloelu, Wait-he.. ,lew-.
ry, etc. iinyiaviii, Mending .ind Kep.iiiin done to
order, siiop on 'dniu street, OiMineuitt. Oliio. s:t
Q, . ( ILIKV, Mtuiiit'ttrtiuvr uT Laih, SMintr,
MiuU1in, Cu:-cc ilnxi'H, Ac. Planing, iai'4iin'.
ml tcriwl Stiwinir idniB tin tUo iliort t uoiiri
HUop ou Miiiu nlret'l, uppuito lUc L ppcr I'utk,
Uimla. Ohio M
FHKX.II A Wf .lliLKN M nur.M'tcwrH Pculfm
lu ull kiinU of Liviiiiur tu iltrmaml iit UiU murkot ttu
purtite I'meiiix Kotiiulory. Alitalinlii. UKi
:'j FOUND1MES.
SKVtlOt ll, 8PEIIRV & ro M.innrne
turer. stove.. Plow, and Colutrnt, Window 'an. and
Hill.. Mill Castiui;., Kettiea, Sink., hleigh shoe.. Ac,
Phieulx Foundry. A.htabulu. Ohio. . 1011
ATTOIiNEYS AND AGENTS.
W. II . lllUHAltb. .Attorney and Counselor at
Lawofiicu over Newbcrrjj'. Dru Store, Ashtaiitila,
Ohio will practice In all the court, of the fctuic.
Collecting and Conveyanctnit made a specially. 1W7.
VHUH.TIAN, ,' HALL, SIIEIIITIAN, Attoi
iKia.uubuuumui.a, u.s, A.uiaitum, umu, nit
practice lu theOourtaof Aahtabula, Lakeaud (4eauKa.
LABAN H. ttUKUMAN, TUKOOOMX UaLL.
- . J, II. HlIRHMAH, 1048
GIMV AUD II. PITCH, Attorney and Counsellor
at Law, Notary Public, Asiiubula, Ohio, Speraal at
teuttou tclvuu to4heak5ttleuieul of lstatea,aud, toCou
voyanciQK and C'ullectin.. Al.o to all luattersarl.ing
under the Bankrupt Law.' . , "4
I. O. Pllllldti, Justice of the Peace and A (rem for
tua Uartford, Sun, Franklin Flra Insurance Coinpa
ule. Otflce in the .tore of Crosby Jt Wetherwax, on
Maia Street. Ouuoaltv tua Fi.k House, A.hubitla.
Ohio. U U
I. K. COOK, Attorney and Counsellor at Law and
Notary Puulic, also' Weal Estate Aifent, Main street,
Over Morrison A Tlckuor'a store, Ashtabula, 0. 1140
Cltlt(.i:s BOOTH, Attorney
Law, Ashtabula, Ohio.
aud Counsellor
Wttt
IIAUDWAUE, Ac.
CKDIHIft WBrilKUlVAX, dealer. In Stovea,
Tlu-Ware, Hollow W , re, shelf Hardware. Glasa
Wire, Li nns.n l Lantp-Trlintninz., Petroleum. Ac,
opposit the Flsk House, Ashtabula. 001
Also, a full stock of Painta, ells. Varnishes.
Brushe., io. : IH1
'OROROR . KI1BHARD. Dealer In Hardware.
Irou, Steel and Nails, Stoves, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron,
Copper and Zinc, and manufacturer of Till Sheet
Irou and Coppar Ware, Fist's Block Ashtah'ila,
Ohio. -- loo
S MISCELLANEOUS.
1S7 ITILBINO L(1T1 POH I1LK! Dealer
in Water Lime, stucco, l and Pltaler, Ileal Kstt and
Leaa Agent. . Aslilabula Depot. 1 -1
Itot. WILLIAM HUMPHUEY.
HALL, Fire and Lire Insurance and Real
lnu ijent. Also, Notary Public and Couveyancer.
Ola over Shermau and llall'a Law Orflce, A.htabu.
la. Ohio. i jU
Catxa) atlVRII INSTITl'TR, at Anttiethniv,
aatshaU Co., Ohio. J. Tuekurniaa. A. M.. frlnel-
il. Fall Term botdus Tuesday Auxust Uth- .Send
Lr Cataloarae. '48tf
7,
jay tTalOt', Painter, Ulaaler, and Paper
Aiifea.. AU wurk (lune with neatuuaa ana qaapatcn.
a Sink, lasaranee Co. Cash assets over 110,
.all. Ia the U. a), IMOO.000.. Btuckboldera aluq
pea. .llTllai. 111
Kf (. aV. MLIHimLKK. Photographer an
lawUr Pattajra.. F.airraviai;.. Ohro.no., arc. having
a barare .aply of Voaldtiw. of various description., la
,, red toKiameaiiy tbinir ta Ibe picture line, at
kort eotlee ta the best stvle. Secoud loor of the
ate ltsaw, Vd floor SoutAi of Bank Ka ua it 14
DRUGGIST.
jn AIITIN KKWHKHII1', lrniri.t and Apothe
cajv. nnd Keueritl dealer In Dmir., Mitllclne.. w Ine.
and Unir r tut medlral pnrtm.e. Kam y and Toilet
Ooods, Maine .treet, rorner of Outre. A.htahnla.
CII tMLEM K. 11VIKT, A.htahnla. Ohio. Dealer
In Dm?, and Medlclnea, (Iroaerle.. I'erfnmery and
Fanry Article., superior Ten a, Coffee, Splee., Fla
voring Kxtraet.. Patent M.db lne. of every de.rrlp
tl .n. Palm.. Dve. Varnl.be.. Briihe, Fani v Snap.,
Ilalr Ke.tomtlve.. Ilalr Oil., Ac., all of which will
be .old at the lowe.t prlcea. Prewrlptloti. prepared
with ml 'aide care. , . HWa.
UVIlHIlR WllJiim, Healer In Dry-flnnd.,
Oroeerle.. Hal.. Can.. Boit.. M(oe.. Croell;rv. Ol...
Ware. Al.o, wholeanln and retail dealer In Hard
ware. Saddlerv. Nail. Iron, Stei.. Dnif... Medicine.,
Paint.. Oil.. DycstitfTs, Ac . Mnln .t A-blnlnl.. tlll'(i.
OAHINET WAKE.
IOIIN DITKO, Mantimcturer or. and Dealer In
Furniture of the best description., nnd every varletv.
Also Oeneral I'nderlaker. and Manufacturer of Collins
to order. Main .treet, Norib ot South Public Siimre.
A.htabula. '
t. H. HKtCII. Mnnnlactnrer and Dialer In Flr.l
Clas Furultrtte. Also. Oeucral fndertaker. 111
HANKS.
ANIITAIllJLA NATIONAL HANK, Ashta
bu'a. Ohio II. F-tt. Pres't. .1. Sin. ni.YTii.
Cashier. Anthorlnd Capital. 9oo.ono Cash Capital
paid In fton.um. It. FA-.r.rr. .1. II. Cnnsnr. C. K.
Illlt'CE. 11 J. N KTTLItTOH, B. N F.l.l.l.. W . Ill MVIIHrr.
K. O. W.MIHIH, Cuaulk. N alkkii, P. F. Ouoll, I'lr
ector.. 114
TIIK ASIITAHI I. LOIN A MKOC'I A TION
CAl'ITM, ni.nuo (ifflue Main Street, next door
south or Flsk Mouse doe.
(IBNURM, HAMKIHn Rt'.IKtnM.
Fttv. nnd .ell. Fon-1(;n and Kasteru KTcbane, Gold,
Silver, and nil kind- of I', s. Sei uritl. ..
Collections prompHv aftetnlifl to uud remitted fltr on
day or pavment. at current rate, ol ext-hnntfe.
Interest allowed or time deposlte.
DIHKCTOKS. .
F. Sllllmiin, Geo. c. Ilubb.rd, Txn-nro Tvler,
J. B. Hhepartl, J. W. Haskell. H. L. Morrison.
S. H. Karrlnirton. 1WS
F.8ILLIMAN. Prtl. A A. SOIT1I WICK. Cathitr.
CLOTIIIEKS.
KDWAItnO. PI EH CK Dealer. In Clothine;. lint.
Cat.. and UelilV FurnlshlnKfJood., AshUibnlH. O. SH4
IV A I I H A SILL, Wholesale and Ketall
Dealer. In Ready Made Clolhlnx, Fumi.liinn (iood.
Hats. Can.. Ac.. A.htabula ow
ASHTABULA, YOUNGSTOWN & PITTSBURGH
RAIL ROAD.
' (In and after Moiidny Sipi. 2jud, lh"3, and uulll
notice train, will run aa lolluw. :
HL'NNIKU BOUTB. ItrHMMl KOIIT1I.
STATION..
iKXeK s. KXPIl s.
NO. 1. I NO. 8.
Harbor I
L.S.4M S.Cros.liiL'!
A.htabula I
....Mntisou Mill ....
.... . Au.tinbnrg . . .. I
Kavlevflle
Hock Creek
Home
New Lyme. ...
Orwell
Bloomtlcld
North Bristol
...Bristol Centra...
....Gravel Ba k....
Champion
A. & G. W. Crofl.ltiK
Warren
Nile.
olrard
Ilrlr.r lllll.. ..
. . . Youii(stovn I
..Eat Ynime;.town..i
p. ta.
i 1 88
I SS
i n
ti it
1 08
IV 64
12 44
ia H6
13 81
1 o
Vi M
It t.1
II 411
til 40
til 1
$11 11
11 118
10 .11
10 40
10 n-t
t 10
P M.
l8 80
8 1
8 10
8 04
7 66
7 it
7 ii
7 IS
7 11
(1 rat
h n
n 8-i
ti as
in 18
to (
tr 8
6 48
6 :m
8 17
8 OS
8 00
..Pittsburgh..
7 IO
a. a.
IS 83
I Daily except Sunday tTmlna.tp or pisaeiiKere
ou signal only. Trains dj not .top for passengers.
1). B. McCOY, Sttpt.
rxi-nV. txra'.a,
so. 4. no. .
P. H. A. M.
t 8 (10 i 7 60
H 00 7 (17
u 1 ID
ta si t7 is
8 37 7 31
8 8S 7 44
- 8 4S 7 611
8 .'.7 8 08
4 00 8 U
4 lo 8 at
4 7 8 41
4 87 S 84
4i it (H
i I 4H 't 08
8 01 1
$5 18 ill 87
8 18 l 41)
6 H f
8 47 10 (1(1
6 84 10 18
'i 00 10 SS
11 80 S lb
P. M. P. M.
L. S. & M. S.—FRANKLIN DIVISION.
From and after Auc Hd, 18,8, Pa. .tiller Tiaius
will run a follow. :
OOINQ WEST. OOINO EAST.
No. 7.'No. 6,
. ATloNS.
J N 1. s! No.H No. 8
P M
I (HI
1 10
1
1 "
1 8.',
1 4::
1 80
8 tsi
X 18
i xi:
4a
A at I
7 (Mi; Oil City East...
a 88
X Si6:
11 III
V 08
8 65
8 4i
8 M
h tn
a 1st
7 68
7 40
7 84
7 "0
X7 !
7 1(1
7 lilt
(I .'!!
H 81
7 (A
7 101
E Junction
aOHClly West.
t II CIIO
8 16
(I4
I xl 67
! 1 611!
I Xl 841
I 1 STI
I I IV
I 1 H
1 1 84
xli!6n
I I 88
12 -tu;
I IV) 14l
I Vi 001..
I 11 ,W
111 M
, 10 4'i
! 10 31
10 10
: 10 ut
H 85
, It
7 1
x7 SS; Km
7 88' a Franklin
x7 6x Sntumll
7 88, a Polk
8 10 z Itiivmilton
8 27. N'.iples
a 4.1
8 80. a Stonelioro
x'i 60: xS 85 Branch .
8 0l t 40: ( lark..
8 l'J 8 60 lindley
8 11 in: sii m
8 ts It III! A G V Cross...
8 41 J J' a J.uutstow
8 50 47 Turner.' villa.
4 05: 0 .Vi Simon's Corners.
4 V11 10 In; a .miovcr .... ,
' 4 10 21 B.irber't Leon.
4 88' 10 ) Dorset
4 M 10 48 r .leil'ereon
5 (5 11 iw I'lynionth
6 i.v 11 I'e .Asbt'llMlia
7 lo' 'i 15! Cli vel.Hlu:
P M 1 V M I
7 4(ll
7
"1 S5i
7 ir
7 on:
K 6 H
11 :v.
ti ill
H o
4 0.'
H 40
ill!
7 ;ii
A H
A 31
Tiulns Hup only 011 signal. xTrniiir do not Slop.
xT'deinpli siutiiiiis. t K-tlai.d Tune.
Tlie H'uy Freiylit train, .lop ut Jetl'erson In polnu
West, it 4.6j I'. At., an. I col in; ICasl at 7;li5 A, M. These
trains can'i Mis.eiiL'ers.
I'wss.-nyer lare at the rate of 8 cents per mile; to way
stations courted ill cteii Itili dimes.
ERIE RAIL WAY.
ERIE RAIL WAY. Abstract of Time Table Adopted May 26th, 1872
IllJLLMAN'S hi'Hi Draw iim-r('tii iitul
Sleeping.' C aches, combining all modern Im
provements, nre ruu thronuli on all trains frinu Buffalo,
suspension Brldtre. Nititraru Falltk Cleveland ami Cin
einuati to New York, making direct i-oiuieetion w lib
all lines of foreiu and coastwise .learners, and also
with sound steamer, and railway lines fcr Bostou and
other New Kue,lnud elliea.
No. 1,
Dav
STATIONS.
Llghtn'Kj Clnciu.
No. la. I No. 8.
Kxpres.
Kxpress
Kxiires..
Dunkirk.
.L've
8 a
1 16P.M.
Salamanca
Clifton .......
Susp. Brtib.'o..
Niagara Fulls.
Buffalo! 7
5 00 '
a (l
1 an
1 40
1 46
4 80 '
4 40
4 44 '
B 40 p H
ft 46 "
660
OSU
8 0i) "
18 "
"00 '
II 18
7 17 '
1 8 as '
I 11 18 '
Attica
Portage
Hornell.ville.
Addison
Rochester
Avon
Bath .....
8 48
4 48
II 08
700
4 00
4 88
H 85
7"a6"
8 03
8 40
10 an "
11 85 "
8 88
H 15
8 88 '
" 40 :
'-L'll
Coriilnjf. ... ..
T.lmira '..
Waverly
PbllVlelphliT
12 01 A U
..-.Arr. 10 10
ia 88 "
1 13 P.
1 r)T.i
10 47 '
Oweuo.
Blntfbainton
Great Bend
Snsiitiehaii'a......
Deposit . . ,; .......
Hancock
l-aekaw'xen
Honesdale
Port Jervl......TT
Middletown
Goshen
Patterson ...... .
Newark
11 tl ""I 921
ia (ta " ,1005
a 85
8 08 '
8 'JO '
4 07 '
4 87 "
11 25
13 80 fa
ia 46 "
1(16(1
11 84 "
VJ 08 i.M
I 88 "
a 08 "
8 46
08 "
YS5
B 10
"'-i:lnL,i"
81. " "7 II) -
K68. 802 M
80 " j B60 ,JI 65 .',
. I Jtib - In 03
B 50 I tl 88 " 111) if "
7 00 pal 700' " 10 4(IA.1I
1 H IU
Jersev City ,
New York. ..
Boston
30 AH 4 Wp.. "9 061IP
Arraugemenls of Draravlnir-KooBt stud
feleeutiiir 4 out liva.
No
I. Hleepini; Coaches from Cleveland to Hornells.
vine, and iirawitiK-Koom coachea from Susnen.
ion Hridiie, Niagora Falls and Buffalo to New
York.
No. ia. -Sleeping Coachc. from Cincinnati. Suspension
Brld'e. Niacara Falla Buftalo and llomellsvllle.lo
, New York; also from Hornell.ville to Albany
No. 8. Sleeping (loaches frttni ClevelMnd, Suspen.lon
Bridge. Niagara Falls and Btiffalo to Susquehanna
. and Drawing Kooin Coaches from Snsquebanua
to New York.
Ask for tickets by wav of Frle Railway.
For Bala at alltbe principal ticket unices.
Jno. n. Abbott, Gen. Pa.. Agent.
Sawing,' Planing and Matching.
THE nniier-iuncd Imvinpr pnrcliRHi'd
the machlnenr formerly need hv B. A. Hitchcock,
can ba round at the pld ataud, at Centra Street K. It.
crossing. .
ALL KINDS OP PLANING,' MATCIIINQ
BAWINQ. ETC.,
w,.,Lb..0,1 wl,D Prnptoese, and at to'r llvlntr ratna,
l"f - . . II. L. WEBB.
1?N VELOimIIavinir a.) lied a Inrof
,,oc,k "f Bnvel.-pe we are prepared to furnish
tbsm printed, at about the aame nrfce a. rlain.
' - - - ..'i . iuph uirrici.
ERIE RAIL WAY. Abstract of Time Table Adopted May 26th, 1872 Do Godo And be True.
Host, real ye, wenry child. Why will you
alrrK'trlc
For the uliilerinir ty ' r'li t
Knowf.t ilmu not, r hamt thou not ycl
Inar.ic.l.
Win ic IihiiIi1'. line Hi tiir'l) f
C tat! yotir atniifirlfi t' r aordkl gain
Klx yntir bvII' IiIxtIht iilm 1
Li-nrii lo do irond ; lonrn lo lc Irno j
Do na ynu'il Imve ntltpr do to yon.
Tlti-n- nn- rlrlira nuirt' true llia'n lite iilltli rlnit
(cold 1
TUt re ore jfi dib tvoi ili t-pi kiiii In a niitie. lluil
la ..lil.
Tlmt III sp rklc more hrlKhily, wlicn liroujrlit
lO till' I.L'lll,
Titan Hie liri-lilcsl of ill.tniDiida (hat uli nm In
lilt) llljtlit.
Tin- i;i'tiis nre llio Trtiths Hint lie hid in tin
Word i
To posH w miiki gin k Hu m, must know
tltt'in win 11 lifttril ;
To fill, ia In lovi.' 1 111111 j lo poliali, to do.
T liu richest ol fccm arc, Do Uuod and Ik
True.
J. F. CLARK.
BEAU HICKMAN.
Passages in the Life of a Dead Beat—Aneecole
of the American Gentleman Beggar.
Correspondent of the Chicago Tribune.
OMAHA, NEB., Sept. 8, 1873.
lcf1iQs I 11111 ono of tlio vtry few
licojtle in tlie United Stall's wliowill rc
gret to hour of the du.itli of poor old
"Bcnu Hickman." I never visited
AVusliintoii lut I niado it my busines4
to look li ii ia ili, anil generully found the
Ueau iiiHir, needy, seedy, ami glad to sou
me. To most eoile he was a bore; but
to nic lie never rendered himself obnox
ious, iiml 1 .confess to Yery bad taste of
alwfivs linilitio; in Hickman a
KOI IMK OK I NCNDIXG AMI SEMKNT.
I lis nnecdote of detid stutesnien, and
the jieculiaiitics of some of the living
ones, were so extremely interesting, and
few men can talk better tliaii.Bcuti alter
dinner, in an easy chair, and with a good
cigar to mff. Then W ebster, (.'lay, lien
ton, Calhoun, llayne, and scores of oth
ers came ironi their graves in all then
glory, and Iieau would sit for Lours and
tell stories of Washington lile of its
great men. I believe, a a rule, he was
very triilhiul, and ni.ule it a point never
to speak ill of the dead.
In their time, both Clay and Webster
admitted Hickman into heir society,
and made a sort of a companion ol him.
Then he was not the poor, old, deeripid,
ill-looking man we have seen him ol late
years; but a tall, straight well-dressed,
handsome, dashing fellow, Willi monoy
in his pocket, and a bank account to
draw upon. He had $l,on left him,
but lost it betting at horse-races. !So
polite was he, and courteous in his man
ners, that for a long time, when he loat
his money, the turf-men received him
and permitted him to '
BET WITHOUT "PUTTING UP."
When he "lost," he promised to pay ;
and, when ho "won," he collected the
stake with as Hi tie delay as possible.
lie was of an old Virginia family, well
raised, and a gentleman both by educa
tion and in manners. His relatives cut
him as a dead-beat on their bounty, and
perhaps no brother was ever so unwel
come, as he when he visited ''the iaini
ly," as he called his brother. He was
generally supplied with sonic ready
ash, and snoved back to Washington
as soon as possible.
Indeed, with money in his pocket, he
never lingered long lor, when in funds
"to l uii with," lieau thought tho Nation
al Capital was the proper place lor a
gentlttiuan to live.
Ouce when he was d.nvn on the bed
rock ol poverty, and actually starving, I
gave hint a dollar, and, seeing mcaoout
lo buy a cigar, he s epped up and
sail:
"Allow me, sir, to serve you," and,
taking up two twti.ty-livo cent cigars,
he p' cst nietl me one, anil look ti e otlu r
actually pu) lug hall of the dollar 1
had just gisen bun lor il.e cigars.
"leau, 'i sani, "ou are extravagant.
1 can't allord to Miiuke lv.ciity-lie cent
cigars.
"One iuii8t live.
LIKK A GJiX'ltKMAN,"
he eooly replied.
.Nearly everybody lias heard the sto
ry credited to turn ot how, wishing to go
from Philadelphia to llarrisburg, ne got
ou the tram, stuck his head out ot me
window, and kept it there until the con
ductor came along and tapped him on
the shoulder, when, butidetily. drawing
it in, he knocked olf his hat, winch tell
outside,aud then became violenly indig
nant ut tin conductor, and said;
Sir, how Uaie ou ce so ruue to pas
sengers, and startle ihem us you just
havo inel1"
The conductor protested he had not
been rude; only tapped him to call his
attention.-; t
"lint' you struck ine, and have knock
ed olf uiy tine hat out of the window,
and my ticket was in the baud; and
w hat am 1 now to dor"
'Ine conductor said he would pass
him to llarrisburg; but iieau would not
be pacified, and dually to quiet him, the
conductor bought hiuiu now 1 hat. o
beau got
A -NEW HAT AND A FKKK HIDE,
his "tiuo hat and ticket in the baud" be
ing all sham.
Un uuoUier occ'tsiou, lieau being on
a haul without a ticket, he took u seat
iu the ears, and after ilic train hud been
in motion some time, stepped into the
next car and called out loudly, "rick
ets!" wncii every one thinking him the
conductor, held out their tickets, lieau
only took up ono however, selecting
that of a poor, honest German fanner,
and passiug into the next car, took a
seat sticking his ticket in the baud of
his hut.
In a few minutes there was the usual
callagaia of "tickets!" aud tho real
conductor made his uppearanee. Wheu
Ue eauie to the old Oermau farmer, he
attempted to exphtiu; but the cou luctor
cut biin short, saying, show your ticket,
pay your money, or get off the
train." A good many passenger who
had witnessed the transaction between
Hickman and the farmer, and wonder
ed at the time why their tickets had not
been called for, now came to the relief
I
the Oennan, awl remonstrated, jiro
tcling that the nmii lml paid, and the
conductor, who bad just p:icl through,
had already taken up his ticket., 'llio
conductor thinking for a moment, said,
"I'll bet I Jean Hickman is on the
train;" and, pure enough, on entering.!
the next car, there sat Heau, in big us,
life, looking rjuite innm-cnt, rtud liia tick
et exposed in full view.
"Where did you get this ticket?" asked
tho conductor, pulling it of Hickman's
hat-band.
"IT xv AS oive.v mi:."
by n gentleman in the next car," frankly
replied IJenn.
"You ought to be axhameil to rob n
poor old German farmer in that way."
l'nlitest and the cleverest people in the
world on your road," said 1!( an with his
iiiimiiablo smile ami li I p bow. "Whv
would you believe ine, ir? I only need
ed one, but every man in the ear, whet,
they knew trio 'iron, tendered me his
ticket, and the hylic God bless them!
at least a dozen olTeeed me theirs."
The conductor passed him.
Once 1 Jean v ent over to New York
and put up ut the St. Nicholas. Know
ing the rules of the house, he went ear
ly on Monday morning, and, as was
customary, on Saturday received his
bill. Watching until no one wax in the
otliee but a rather innocent looking
clerk, ISeau went up with the bill in his
hand, and, in a towering rage, demand
ed to know if it was the eustom of the
house to
1XSVI.T ITS Cl KSTsl
by presuming they would not pay when
they left, and sending bills like 'that
throwing his on the desk. The clerk
explained, aud, mistaking Ueau for the
famous 1'cnnsylvaiiia Congressman John
Hickman, apologized, assured him lioof
fense was meant, und that he could pav
when he went away. Jieau was molli
fied, iiinl presented the clerk with n fifty
cent cigar. Dcforethe next week was out
on Friday, Hickman asked Gcu Willam
Hailev, of Louisiana, whom he knew
very well, and, who was stopping nt the
house, to loan him ."iim
Foil ONE llol'G.
The General did so, and Ueau, getting a
60l) note, walked into the otliee of the
St. Nicholas and offered to pay his bill.
Of course the clerk could not readily
change so large a note, and Hickman,
remarking that he was going to stay and
the bill could be paid any time, passed
up stairs, and, handing Uailey llio note,
thanked him cordially for the loan of
the money. No bill was sent him the next
Saturday, nor the next. He was now in
the fourth week of bis board at the St.
Nicholas, ami, as his arears were be
coming large, the clerk it-It it his duly
to call the attention of the proprietor to
the matter. lie spoke of lieau as the
Hon. .Mr. Hickman; but the proprietor,
on examining the register, recognized
the name, "li. L. Hickman," as that of
tlie famous Washington "dead-beat."
He cursed tho clerk for his stupidity;
but cursing would not square the ledger,
and sending for 1'cau he made him the
following proposition: "Hickman, if you
will go over the street and
I1KAT THE METKOI'OI.lTAX
out of ft month's board, von can come
back here and we will (ead-heud you
for another month." Lean accepted tho
oii it, ami when his month was out, he
look his b iggage, hired a line carriage
tit tint expense ol' the Si. Nicholas, and
mving around the square, pulled up m
ii'ont and registered at the Metropolitan
taking a room on tiie second floor,
with parlor and bath attached. Kvery
few days he stepped over to the St.
Nicholas to tell the proprietor he was
gelling on nicely at the Metropolitan,
and would smoke a cigar at the expense
of the Nt. Nicholas.
lie worried through a month wiihoii'
pty, ami then there was a row at the
Metropolitan. Knowing the hostility
between the hotels, Ueau mildly sug
gested to the Metropolitan man, that if
it would be any gratification to him, he
would go over and
BEAT TI1K ST. NICHOLAS
out of a month's board. Leland jump
ed at the ofTer, and Ueau, by a little
arrangement, got the promise of a sec
ond month's board ut the Metropolitan
on condition that he would beat the oth
er fellow.
Calling a carriage he drove around
the square again and put up l,t ,uo
Nicholas; and when the mouth was up
once more, passed over the street aud
stopped at tho Metropolitan for thirty
days.
When I was mustered out of the vol
unteer service in Arkansas at the close
of the war, 1 had on my staff several of
ficers who had never been in Washing
ton, and as these gentlemen wished to
see the National Capital, I invited them
to go on with me. We had lutrdly ar
rived and put up at the National hotel,
when ISeau Hickman paid us a visit and
1 introduced him to the staff. For a
wonder, Heau was iu funds, and he
TKEATEII US MAliXlFICESTI.Y.
He invited a 11 hands repeatedly to
drink, aud set out the cigars of the best
and most costly brands. Next day I
saw Ueati in the corner of the hall of
the hotel in close conversation with Col.
liowen, a big-hearted and genuine Mich
igander, and in a few moments he went
down into his breeches-jiocket and haul
ing out his wallet, handed something to
Ueau. In a day or two 1 found lieau
had borrowed from nearly all my cfli
eers and feeling that I was in a measure
responsible, I took tho old beat to task,
and remonstrated with him for his con
duct. He was very humble, but said:
"What can one do? one, you know,
must live like a gentleman, aud to do it
requires money."
Wheu tho officers found out the real
character of the man they had a hearty
laugh at each other and freely forgave
lieau, for they had just been mustered
out aud paid off, and had come to
Washington to spend heir three mouths
extra pay, and did uot regret the little
of it Beau had got.
Hickman was fond of picking op new
acquaintances; ana one evening at
Ho el, hit asked General iinihriiljri., who
wa walking with me, to point out onn
"mukim I." k k.vi ick i t ss.
Hiirbri-lge pointed to Col. Scofi, a
triive ami licne-lookin man, and said;
"He will I t ip yoil, Ueau; he is a good
fellow." Hickman soon managed to en
gage the Colonel, in his adroit waj, in it
eiimal i vci'.atioti and, of cnurre, end
ed by asking him for a dollar. Scott,
ai was evpecled, rebuffed :n!,t Oiarply,
an I scolded him for beggiui. in anch a
ni -niter. Ueau got away speedily nnd
("mill? back to Ibirbridgp, said ; "He
is no gentleman; he has insulted me."
"Who has?" inqured Uurbvidge.
"That mail with the big, black
beard,' replied Ueau, point ine; to Col.
Scott.
"My God!"' cried Uurbridge, "you are
a dead man, Hickman; that is not the
man 1 sent jou to; that, is Col. Scott,
HIH 1U A LIST AMI tlKKPKR.UlO.
He will kill you if you have given him
the slightest offense." Ueau was evi
dently a coward, for he turned as white
as a sheet, and got out of the hotel in a
hurry. Col. Scott roomed wi'h me, and
not withstanding his great piratical
beard mid tierce looks, was one of the
gentlest and most amiable of men. I
told him of the trick Uurliidi'e had
played on Ueau. and Scott, entering into
the zest of the joke, said he would scare
Ueau out of the hotel, to the infinite re
lief of the gtu-sts mid landlord. Next
day Uurbridge met Ueau ou the street
and said to him, "Look out, Ueau, Col.
Scott is alter yon."
rr was VF.nr rrxxr
to observe Ueau, night after night, come
to the door of the hotel and peak in to
see if Scott was about. He would ad-
Vance step by step and reconnoitre eve
chair and corner for the enemy, and il
he caught but a glimpse of the black
beard iu the distance, away he would
go, and we would see no more ol lum
that night about the hotel.
One of Lean's favorite tricks was to
get introduced to the new Senators and
members of Congress, and
( llAHl.t I'OH THE IXTKOIiflTIOK.
It used to be (Flo for a Senator and 5
for a Congressman; but of late years,
Ueau reduced the price of introductions
to 5 for a Senator and SJ..0 foi a Con
gressman. Some of them rebuffed sharp
ly, but nearly till paid.
The Southern men were Lean's best
patrons, and up to the beginning of the
rebellion he throve and prospered on
their generosity. He said tome, one
day after the war: "I was loyal, but my
best friends were rebels. The carpet
sackers arc a mean set, and won't pay
their dues. They are, I assure you, sir,
altogether contemptible, and
A ItElil LAIt SET OF DEAD-BEATS."
This he said gravely, as though he were
the most honorable gentleman in the
world, and least of all a dead-beat him-
self.
Of late years Ueau had had a hard
time to get along, and I am told he
sometimes nearly starved. He had a
regular set of friends over the country,
whom he called
HIS CO.NTIJIItl'TOr.S.
They numbered over a hundred, and he
charged them the small sum of J. cents
per month. If they failed to send on
their (lues, when they amounted to !,
Ue.'iu would have a letter written, and
remind them gently they were in arrears.
1 think it. was on this stipend of charity
he relied mainly since the war for a
scanty living,
lie was the only
KKAI. GENTLEMAN l'.EC.CAn
I ever sjiw iu America, and its such was
peculiar. His manners were courtly, his
language ( haste and at times beautiful,
lie never lost his temper, ami his urban
ity, even to those who insulted and re
h tiffed him, was so maiked as to make
t hem ashamed and regret their rough
ness to the poor old man. He must
have received in youth an excellent edu
cation and was well read. His voice
was smooth and sofi, and words always
came at his command to express his
ideas clearly, and often elegantly. In
person he was tall, spare and inclined
to be raw-boneiL His face was neither
handsome nor ugly, and it always wore
a pleasant smile and had an intelligent
expression. Poor old Ueau! we shall
miss him when we go to Washington.
AARON ABOUT.
For the Telegraph.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Diar me! Il dms aeeni us though the more
I miike, and the more 1 in- lid I ho luau-r things
wear out. Now, here is lliia pair of pnuis,
that 1 hilly expected weuld hial uulll cold
weather, Hi .riiin me in the race with a positive
hole iu one knee a. id a lliiu tpot iu the oilier.
In c'niea u weakness iu the back Unit I am
ii i laid id chronic. W II, I do gel ju-,1 discnur
Urfi d, aomi'limca though I won't let Johu
know ii trying to miike one dollur jjo n Inr
tw o four liitiu cues to provide for, to s ty
uoiuhiiT of my ow n mid liushund'a wants, nnd
all null), hixleeu mid u halt dollars a eek
The Ilium- wants painting, Hie wood-house
uiut be Ulh d up slid prcliy soon too; our
winer supply of uppl a, putulo g, etc, lobe
iiol, lie.-i.Ua clolliui4 lor us ull. I dou'i see
now it ia some lolks get tilting an well. I
know 1 inn imi t-xtrnvuipoil or wash till, but
Hit re ia Mrs. Smith, iicroas the w ny, hua uo
inure lu do with than I, yet her 111 lie. girls are
ul.iaj a dressed nice and stylish, and yesu nl y
sue wnsout in a ui-w fill wrap such as
i-nii'l u ivo. ,- fenple. do any, though, that their
lull).- is poor y piovidnl lor, und 1 know Mr.
riiniili joca looking drvitdful aiiuhhy. Now, I
ni ver did like io see a wife dressed so unic.i
heller thai! herhuab.iud, lliouch il isu't nlways
the wife's latili, by any lie uus. I have known
men who semi- d lo think their success iu life
depended on lucir siylu of living, and who
would iirain every nerve to Kivc their families
the menus to dress expensively, at the sumo
lime niif shabby lliuum Ives. And that li okg
very wromf to me; "no partiality," ia my mot
to. II Joiiu cau't have a iii-w' coul, I wou't
have a uew dress.
. Jual look at that pile, of stocking , will yon.
iliat I have got to ateu'd twelve pair, sod
very week the same. Well, I'm not con-
l'iln ii :it li ii. I, I don't ini-nn to. Two
year, niro wl.-n w ? I ami" tmrk ffntii llic w i .l,
very one or ne flnklm; with Ihc niMie llmt we
h d a yenr, I anid If . could only pi t rid of
Hint ntid have our liesllh Beam, I wouldn't
roiii.dnlii II 1 illil ImVe to work hard. And we
are w. ll nn. 1 hippy ; you could pot well find
-mother IntriHr t'ial takp tnorn aoli-l comfort
linn we do. John la always at home a-tcninc
mid we ban-our Imoka. ,ajw ni and niiumlrn s
'o make the lime tints plenennlty. (Now. here
i .in np'on or M iflo'a nnd a waist of KoMir'a
h-.t won'l do rx-rvlr-e any lonper. 1 II Juat ent
them lip (orenrpet-raea; Hn.ie rnn tuvr Ihem
I '"ether and then they w ill be out of tlie'wny
and readv fiir use ir I want them )
I w aa rnllitie nt Mrs. .Iohnon' Tlhe other
dny. and alie anid slie did not at-c how wc
eon. afford to mri ttmttv pe r nnd mnTH
rlne.. I told her we would fi el ut w ithout
In m. John ro'iM no more plve up Mi pnj.f r
than his tirenUrnsl ; I w ant my miiri zine and
Stt-i" wani her. Children must have amuse
men', and pond ttooka nnd p-qn-r. , are as
rhenp na anrthirtr. I ('id ta.t Ml Let, a I
ndi'tit. that I thought it belter to bey l,;.n
borrow." She liV-rs lo retul aa well m anybody,
tint (b p. nds on her neighbors lo supply h:-r.
Well, lu re I am at t!ic bottom or my l.aket
im-nditsg- nil done" Tor this week, mid bios
me, it's bull' pn.t five time lo ii-i ii u II, id
very ininu'e; how lime doe fly away to b-sun-,
bli hni..;. nnd thotiL'lits nre busy. And
who know, where nil those children nr,-?
ili-cl-ire It ia ns much na one nnir or fe-1 ou-I.l
to Uo to keep track or them
AUNT HETTY.
A Model Young Man.
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As I rode ll to the hotel front tl.
depot recently, I was attracted by u
manly young fellow of about twci.ly
tight, who sat liexi to ine iu the Mage.
He w as handsome w ith a hazel eye uud
lush complexion, was veil and neat
ly dreiised, and had especially a silvci
t lied voice. I spoke to him fir-t, be
cause I was utti'iicted by his modesty.
'Vis,'' S;;id he, in reply to an intio
dtictory tjin slion in regard to the hotel.
( the westher being entirely beyond ar
gument) ; "it has turned out a pretty
good season, I believe. I have been
here sev. ral seasons, audi have seen
none better."
"Vou spend all your vacations bete ?"
" No,': reflectively, "not- vacations.
I usually pass the summer season here."
Kvidently he was a rich young blood,
and with his good looks and modesty an
excellent model for the American youth.
" Mopping at the hotel"
He Mas bowing to a sweet locking
school girl jut then, and did not im
mediately answer, sjhc was smiling
back with deligtful grace, showing a
mouthful of rich pearls. Kvidently he
knew the good society of tin; branch.
''No, no,' he replied, when lie had
ceased bowing, ami comprehended my
question. "No, 1 stop at at at ii
cottage."
1 ine fellow, this, stopping ;:t his own
cottage, and independent enough to rid."
up in an ominbus. lie interested me
greatly as we rode along evidently
knowing everything about the place.
'There's Judge s cottage;
haiid.-oiim isin't it? There's the hand
somest pair of steppers at the Uranch
thi s;-gra s just turning at the Conti
nent :d." '
He w.'t attracted by the repeated
hows of t vo gorgeous dames who were
passing us slowly in their open carriage,
and w ho opened two huge mouths and a
co i pie of Latteries of ready-made teeth
upon him. He bowed (juite gracefully
to them, and went on wifh his pleasant
descriptions. At the hotel we parted
and 1 lost him; but 1 'thought in this
wise of him: Talk of the degeneracy of
the American youth. Look at this
young fellow. Handsome, polished pleas
ant tempered, elegant in his manners,
rich, modest, sensible. He visits thee
watering-places evidently not to suffo
cate in the hotels, and follow the old
winter routine of dissipation and llirta
tion. He would certainly not sock them
in his own quiet cottage. He came for
the more rational joys of sea air and
bathing, to be, perhaps, near the gill he
loved aud hopes, aud I may say, deserv
es, to win. Happy fellow! True model
he is for the youtit of this glorious re
public! Iu order to see one of the lions I went
over to the cottage where the tiger is let
loose, just a step or two from the A est
End, and as I went into the back room,
among tiie rattling of the chips at the
faro table and the clinking of the little
ball in the roulette table I heard that
silvery toned voice again.
"Valk in and have some supper gen
tlemen; just ready eighteen red. Ah
how de do met you at the stage T re
member. Have supper? N'o. Then
take a drink twentv-one black. Excuse
me; business, you know. Harley pass
the cigars to this gentleman."
There was my model American
youth! I paused on without patrouizing
the establishment.
Man AS A LEAF.
Man is no better than a leaf driven by
the wind until he has completely mas
tered his great, lonely duties. If he
has no habit of retiring from all that is
worldlv, and of conversing face to face
with his inner man, if he does not draw
upon his soul "the powers of the world
to come," then he is no man yet; he has
not found tho life of man, uor the
strength of man he is poor, unhappy
man, sporting only with shadows, and
affrighted before the real and the eter
nal. He owns a great house, a wonder
ful house, but it is shut up, and he lives
outside with his fellow-cattle; the inside
is wholly unknown to him, and he has
lived outside so long that he is afraid of
the inside. Think, my good brothers
and sisters, of the great, high, serene
world, iu which you might live and move
and havo your being.
Seven hundred cases of Yankee clocks
are lo bo exported from Connecticut to
Japan, from which resident missionaries
among tho benighted heathen will bo
able to point their favorite moral that in
time, as In eternity, good works are less
important than faith.
Man AS A LEAF. The Converted Oxen.
BY PRECEDENT TUTTLE, OF WABASH COLLAGE.
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Oar neighbor, Mr. Angle that VM
not his name, but it will do just aa well
ns the ival name for tho purpose of
this nrtich was it man of acute angles.
In fact his angles were s j sharp as to)
amount to un unpleasant pcculiaritv.
He found many things-not quite right
in the affairs i f the neighborhood, and
he had a fine faculty of letting peopTo
know what fie thought. His rhetorio
was quite energetic, and when one met
! him it was not quite certain whether h
might not say soim thing sharp, or
thrust his angular elbows into his side.
I wish not i-j be understood that Mr.
Angle was difthonest, or untruthful, or
hard-hearted. lie t us far from either
of tln-e iaulls. in bn t he wus 'honent
to a fault,' prided himself on statinjj
any fact exactly, with all the ins and
out, as he was wont to e spree, it, and
his heart was its tender as a child's ta
any t:pj e.il for pity from a real sufferer.
And yet he had a peevish irritability
that w as constantly showing itseii in
the hou.-c, nnd ly the way, when he sat
down end when he rose up. To thia
gi-in-i'id ride there w as one exception.
He fully b -lie'.c-d his minister to bo
"ju-t right." lie h.,d lived hot far from
him lor n.anv ve o-. had been married
him, i: ti. i hud 1, It a kind of daily
fiict.oii f'n in the food M,stor. llu
I had narrow h .scanned his walk and con
j vei-atioh, in tiiut dlliicuit and hard
field. He h id e.,cii hini going into the
mo il.taiii.s t.d .anoiig tl:e vadeva of hU
I'oitgli p; ii-.M. i uuriiig every house with
a geidle dignity Mid C'luibtian love that
v.o.i h.iii a welcome e cry where. ''He
W;t l.o rich Ii:'.;ii"-j li:i;ii:,ler," but ho
.-light the rich and j uor alike, with a
lid-lily tiic v,j :ia fruitful as it was
marked.
Mr. Angle did not s;i;tre his approba
tion of the pa-tor uu-1 knowing as 1
did the great wi.iii.-t of souls, I did not
wonder and he was wont to say: "II
is a good ma:i, ai:d no mistake. If all
church Li., li.hc, wtrc like him, we
would I t- betier oil iu these parts!"
The pa.-tor, like a u 1 e man, chose his
times and un des ot' i.pproaehing his un
converted palish! her on tho one theme
of his person:. 1 sal i .ition. Now he
sought to ::r j'1-.i; his anxiety for his
children a imt.se full there was and
to a-.k if it were quite right to lay the
whole buni.-ii of iLelr teligioiis training
on his wife.
At piioih'-r time a ueighbor had died
suddenly, leu.iug to hi- friends no
cheering hope that he had attained '
better country," and was it "right for
Mr. Angle to lci'.ve the grunt thing un
done:" And at another time he bombarded
him w ith the word of (Jod, and brought
the authority of his statements as to
man's ruin and salvation to bear on him.
And it was no UL-fieqiieut thing for the
pastor to kneel iii Mr. Angle's house to
pray for him and his houesiioid.
Why wonder then that Mr. Anglo
became uneasy and di.sturbj.-d concern
ing his relation to God as just and Je
sus Christ the only Savior? He had
tried sharp words with the pastor to
parry his blows, lie had enumerated
a formidable list of tuuils in the "saints
of the parish" as he waspishly termed
ti.em util it lie! hot sneuce the one
reply, "Well, Mr. Angle, and what
good does all this do 'jijid If these are
what you say, does that make you whit
God says yuu mut be';"
And sure chough Mr. Angle broke
down in the iiefeL.sc, as he ought to in
so unworthy a cause, and i:i the use of
such unworthy mejos. lie siemcd cu
the point of becoming a Christian.
Uut, as if his acute angle must be al
lowed a presentation even on so thril
ling oce:.sioii, he suddenly said to Lis
pastor, "Vim know what a scold I have
iteen: how I have often fretted in the
house, and .'picked at' iny neighbors
whenever 1 hid a clmuee. Indeed I ara
a very paj.io:iate man, and there is one
thing that now worries ine. You ask
me to become- a Christian, and I want
to be one; but what shall I do when I
try to drive lite most contrary yoke of
oxen that ever plagued a man? I a n
certain they will drive me distracted;
and then people wiil say, "Atid bo Angle
is converted is hi';"
Some m iy siniii', b.;t is not life made
up of trials quite as trivial as that which
Mr. Angle was Uietiouing to his min
ister? "Never fear the oxen," said tho pas
tor. "If you find them getting contra
ry, stop a little while and think of Him
w ho to-day is asking for your heart."
My article needs only a conclusion.
Adty or two after this conversion,
Mr. Angle told l.ii minister, that what
was stranger than his own conversation
was that of lib oven; "for since God put
into iny heart t!n hope that I am a
Christian, mv oxeu havobt'en all I want
ed them t'j i'e!"
Io you laugh nt the notion of Mr.
Angle's "c-'iiv ei'fcd oxer.?"' -Many a
poor hca- t in yoke or harness has felt
the whip, and heard the enraged words
of s::v:i;.e men, who have vetted the
unrest and ai.gcr id their unconverted
and unhappy hearts on the beasts they
were driwng. They tried to apologise
to themselves for this brutality by say
ing, as Mr. Ahglo did, that nobody ev
er had such vicious and contrary beasta
as they. Nav, worse than this some have
displayed their ill-humor at tho hearth-
atone, at the tahle, mm iu the laraiiy,
aud felt themselves to be real niartyra
to unloving children and possibly . to
very unsympathizing wives! The case
is only to' be changed a little to suit
many a fretful aud scolding wife.
Jf'aiich can get their hearis full of a
new life, by a true conversion to God,
they shall 'find iu their surroundings a
change quite similar to that which took
place in .dr. Angles oxen. . .- ...
Two youiig ladies of La Crosse were
standing by the side of a ditch thirteen
feet wide, which they didn't know how
to cross, when tbeir escort said wiakes
tney cleared it at a bonnS. v
