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DESOLATE.
1 strain my worn-out sight across the sea,
I hear the wan waves sobbing on the strand,
My eyes grow weary of the sea and land
Of the wide deep and the forsaken lea ;
Ah! love return! all! love, come back to me'.
As well these ebbing waves 1 might command
To turn and kiss the moist-deserted sand!
The joy that was, is not, and cannot be.
The salt shore furrowed by the loam, smells
sweet. , .
Ah ! blest for me, if it were not my lot
To make this shore my rest and hear all strife
Die out like. von title's faint receding beat; .
II he forgot so easily In life, "
I may in death forge( U.ui Ijaprgot-jr
" - StTNEIOKTrf' "! i'-Im-st.
. . - -.4 44H sii i
A ldac4msein titeUstaBMUes, ,j. v .
The crisp green meadows are newly shorn.
Cloudless drifts in the summer skies,
- Birds are-ioud in the fragrant thorn. . -:
The leaves, like lovers, kiss the breeze;
And over the field of glossy wheat,
Like ripples glanciug on the sunny seas,
Light winds dance on their fuiry feet.
The river, glimmering to the snn,
Like a forest of templar lances shows.
Motionless as a kneeling nun,
The gray spires shine from cottage rows.
Swifter than swallows down the wind,
o'er the bridge and through the vale,
The engine rushes, ami far behind
Wreaths of luminous vapor sail.
To one long pent in city lane
Soiling the spring by slow degrees.
Of summer little but warmth and rain,
What magic in such morns as these!
The breast expands as to night dew.
Wood violets spring in haunts of dove,
Bone brightens to their brightest hue,
, Ami the heart glows with faith and love,
i t it & " ' '
.!!, rBEAs v,w mtm
, Twl. 'Ix'i. . : " t 1 . ; i t
, it utsiit tuu cioi- -iM -
. . i'. Jv ' i . ,,,w fc
Two travelers start'ed1 a oar, !'. :
With Trust ami Knowledge laden ;
One was a man with mighty braiu, "".' ,
And one a gentle maiden.
They joined their hands, and vowed to he
Companions for a season.
Tiie gentle maiden's name was Faith;
The mighty man's was Heasou.
He sought all knowledge from the world,
Ami every world anear it;
All matter and all mind were hit
But here was only spirit.
If anv stars were missed from heaven,
ilia telescope could llnd them,
But while he only found the tars,
She found the Uod behind them.
He sought for truih, above, below,
All hidden things revealing;
Hhe only sought it woman-wise,
Aud found it in her feeling.
He said this earth's a rolling ball,
And so doth science prove it;
He but discovered that it moves,
OAe found the springs that moved it.
He read with geologic eye
. The record eo-agiBS t?
Unfolding strata, he translates
1 KrK VoRfwr-wrttteti pages.'-' H
He&igs amirmi uanmmtaiu 1'
-Must measures re wiui sinmnw; i.j
She leaps it with a single bound.
And stands upon tiie summit.
He brings to light the hidden force
In Nature's labyrinth lurking.
And hinds it to lits onward car,
To do his mighty working.
lie sends his message cross the eni-th.
Ami down where sea gems glisten;
jS'Vs sendeth hers to 4,od himself,
Who bends His ear to listen.
All things in science, beauty, art,
In common they inherit;
But he has only clasud the form.
While elt has clasped the spirit.
God's wall inlinite now looms up
Before Faith and her lover;
But while he tries to scale its height,
She has gone safely over.
He tries from earth to forge a key
To ope' the gates of Heaven:
That key is in the maiden's heart.
And back its bolts are driven.
They part- Without her, all is dark,
- His knowledge vain and hollow;
For Faith has entered in with tiod.
Where KcaSDs osiinet follow.-
CONTINUED. .
OX THE CONTINENT.
K" the card which Mariam gave
Mrs. L,e IJUlllap were traced the
i words, "1 will send my carriage
' to-morrow at four. Come to me
if you would give comfort to the
wretched." -.....
"What does this mean?" asked her
foster-mother, reading it in wonder.
"I know not unless you are capable of
assuming two characters atone and the
anm time " said Mariam. liansiiis-asraiii
as she hurried to rejoin Frederic in the
bower, "for truly as 1 live I can hardly
believe you are not tne very person i
met just now dpwu stairs-have you a
sister, mother" "
"I had one,?' 'replied Hnj Le Dtutlap,
in. tt cold,'' bitter" tonej" "but 1 was rob
bed of Her-r'Wbuld. to .God ilr had . been
my death alone never . wind, Mariam,
leave me by myself, I am writing," she
added, somewhat petulantly. " "Doubt
less," she went on, as Mariam vanished,
"something with reference to this dear
girl, about whom my soul has absolutely
wound itself some casual remark some
petty scandal perhaps J I myself am
know known and suspected. Could I
but irrevocably bind her to myself
could the marriage be consummated, and
now, she would return with us. Yet
still, the mother the mother, and her
ignorance of her exalted station, and my
ininiHnAtiwiinl her nn tin nil nine
be weighed. I began with good inten-
tions lor the nrst time lor years I eniov
the peace of a good conscience shall 1
disturb It now? never, tiod helping
Precisely at the stroke of four, next
day, the Btrage!!BatTiagHliove up to
the dooc Mrs. Le Dun lan alone, and
Tiht without rniclr.lriri: entered .mil Ws
driven to a hireo-and. stately j mansion,
wherfe'a-serysjnlhitroditced her -into -an
apartment pnncely, in 1 adornment, and
darkened, sufficiently to impart' a rich
jmd splendid- sbmbrenesS to the! beautiful
furniture. -i ' -
i "How like mvown taste." she thons-ht.
glancing at the graceful designs of the
pattern on tne wan, tne cnaste sculpture,
the extremely beautiful paintings, the
light and trailing pattern of the carpets,
the easy and elegant disposal of couch and
ftitontj "cn,nlr tliofA la nnthinir rial.
man in all this it is purely English
who ean this mysterious ei'sonage be?"
Tne door opened sue sprang to ner
feet, and stood as if paralyzed at the re
flection ot her own image. Aot so the
other she eame forward with trem
bling, and anxious step, held out her
hand irresolutely, then dropped it, while
the tears gathered in her eyes, and in
another moment she sank, as if fainting,
upon a seat.
There was a silence, broken first by
$Irs. Le Dmilap. - '
"If my twjtt sister sbadj j&pt for years
she was about to
Aifcj, ' whe)'i jjrith "ae6ld elrill eaine the
.consciousness, it, had never. stntCK Her
so forcibly before,) that in no grave had
that fair body been laid, that- even the
silent waters' had never ffiven back the
beautiful, dead form.
"Hear what I solemnly assert," cried
the other, holding forth her arms, her
cheeks glowing like the snow, "that in
the town of Bradley I have, if he be liv-
ing, an old father, by name Abel Gold
finch, a sister called Ruth "
"Gracious lieayen J I am she !" cried
Mrs. Le Dunap, falling within her sis -
ters extended arms. No, it cannot be
vou are not and vet mv heart tells me
it is mv own blood that beats iu yours.
Still, how shall I believe? Oh! my sis
ter. mv sister, it is indeed you, and God
has nermitted it all."
l'ale, and cold as marble, were the lips
ivi nasskmatelv nressed.-and lor a few
moments nothing ws heard but low
sobs..
: "JS it thus that you receive me?" mhr
mured the .other faintly, .'.'I Who ."dis
graced you, mv sister .1 dare not be
lieve it it is too much too much happi
ness," "Bettve that I love you have always;
loved yvi will love you till I die; be
lieve that iujthus finding you I gain new,
life new hop&T-pew joy; that earth
looks no longer ,o)ate that the one
void iu my heart, o Jong vacant, is
Jllled y;itb such delicquii jliness that
lESVILiLE
, :A
yOLUME I.
t:l',rt i t .n.JiHBti- -. : c
I, a criminal a much a you, am at last
forgiven by that heaven agai at which I
so reckleMly. sinned. But explain thin
visfcb,r is it sot a sweet dream from
which L shall, awake by-and-by? .Tell
me) all, how. you escaped us why you
are here tell me quickly." ; , . ,
"It is long since ( reverted, to these
metancholly years," said the sister, lov
ingly holding the other's hand, "at least
by language; for never has memory al
lowed it to be absent from my mind no,
for the yery moment when sleep has vis
ited we like an uneasy ghost., , During
that terrible .time ; language can , never
express what . were my feelings ;' there
seemed lodged Jn my breast a burning,
watliiug irott that made me gasp for
breathy tliat drove me to the. distracted
thought of . self-destruction, from which
I could not tear myself. .. Many a night
wheu. you, pale watcher deemed me
sleeping, ,1; have been In that torture
wkich i know only lost spirits, can feel,
o; exquisite , in its infliction that the
racked flesh torn by butruments, would
have felt a palsied sense of anguish com
pared with it.. Lt last it drove me nearly
dUtracted. . X o expiation seemed to my
burning braiu sufficiently, equal to my
ertmn..,.w,i Jiadheeju, AO .tenderly
cared for I had from my Infancy been
so- well ami Clearly shown the evil effects
of crime I seemed hideous to myself a
blot on nature. At last I resolved to
rafehly throw my life away. Xight after
nht I laid awake maturing my plan ;
and when I had prevailed on yon for the
first time, to leave me and seek a night's
quiet rest I knew my babe," she paused,
violently agitated, " would sleep sound
ly,, nor betray its vile mother. . So I
afose, weak as I ' was ; a new strength
seemed to be infused gradually into my
poor limbs. I knelt first by my babe,
ad solemnly vowed that never would J
loof n port 'Its' dear 'face' again ;'iiever,
never would I behold the parent whose
gray hairs I had sprinkled with a sorrow
that would carry him to the grave; never
would I behold "you, or the scenes of my
infancy. I severed my curls from my
liead prond "that ' I : had been of their
glossy sheen I gathered my letters, my
little mementoes, and left them for you
Then t kissed the babe I thought how.
you. would care for "it how it would
never know from your kind lips the se
cret of its birth how it would never be
cursed by the presence of its wretched
mother I kissed it oh, heaven! the
memory of that moment! Then softly I
stole from that dear home of my birth,
venturing only to look iu, where slept
my father and, oh ! Ruth, I could have
shrieked at the expression that moment
crossing his features: and he groaned
groaned in his sleep and the thought
that 1 bad Drought this heavy sorrow on
the happiest household thati was its
blight. 6$' destroyer! gjve -.yihgsrto my
despair. I held my breath and tied from
the house: soon I found myself on the
banks oftne deep ttverj whose tide flows
o strongly to the ocean. I threw oft'my
hat, my inantief i took off my shoes, and
was just plunging in, when Ruth, I
shall believe it to my dying day I saw
fir t her, clad as she was iu her coffin,
rising from the solemn wave, and throw
ing lief hands forward, as she said, in a
hollow voice, back, child, back.' ' I seem
tobehohLher this moment, with glisten
ing eyes, and clear, polished brow, the
tnoou shining through and through her
fwondrously white garments Ruth, I
Bnio her, and she saved me. God sent
her to save His lost child. I know I
knelt down theremy limbs last all their
power of motion till she had faded
laded away, Then my will grew strong
again; I sprang to my feet: I essayed
to plunge, when I felt her cold hand on
my shoulder, and I fled on the wings of
tear irom that ternDie spot. . Ruth, 1
think I must have ran so till morning., I
only remember it was broad day when I
found myself in a little cottage, miles
I from mv home, where evervbodv about
me was., wondering who I was, and I
pvas gazeu upon as some icanui tiling.
aneara mem speaK 01 my nair, anu nine
thajf Tfirlsftliave made my escape from
some mau-nouse, anu so tne nrst cnance
;I could get, I sprang from my bed though
my feet were bare and sore, and made
my way 'fron,the hOuse. After that, it
seems to me, I wandered months through
woods and vallies, living on berries,
laughing and talking 'to myself, shun-
ning my kind, crossing rivers, I know
uotliow, until. Again . I forgot life in in
sensibility. ,, Ruth, 1 had been mad, but
I knew not -until one morning, I remem-
ber I felt like a little hifant, so weak and
..:-i ,i- w ...
strangest tlioughts thronging through
my shattered mind. I found myself, as
I recollection and perception grew
stronger, in i grands large room, fur-
nished with the utmost splendor. I was
conscious that some one was near; 1
strove to speak to sigh, and J was suc-
icesslnt. A hand moved aside the light
! curtains, and a face that looked like a
! glimpse of heaven broke upon my lone
liness, it was tne lace oi a middle-aged
man ; its whole expression was renued
intellectuidity', the hair was parted over
tha forehead, lightly . sprinkled, with
grey; the eyes - were -.large,' deep and
j placid in short, you see the face before
I vou." and she Domted to- a Dortrait.
J closed in a massive frame. "I threw my-
I el uu .uiuruv uiu wiieii, in ins
1 peculiarly soft voice, he -asked of me
I my insiury, torn mm. uui it j. was
I grieved, 1 was -not ashamed to tell him,
i he seemed - so like a mediator; to my
Incited fancy, he was as the blessed
I Saviour himself; but remember I was
I very weak-r-I.,was in . that .state in
which actual things take the hue of
visions I could not tell whether it was
L living i and -thinking, or whether
some other soul had entered into my
iraine. uniy one tnougnt was real to
me Iliad left my child forever that
brought tears imd-sohc, and for awhile
emotion threatened my life.
Although
several tunes repeating my sad history,
1 never gave a clue to my name or
residence. " " --
"Your tears, your penitence are
j ing voice, 'a contrite heart he will not
enougn, my poor gin, saiu mar, meii -
despise. I will ask of yon no further
oi your. -sad : history, but here you are
welcome to remain. Matilda." he added.
turning from the bed, and at sound of
her name a mild-faced woman came to
my side, and teuderly laid her hand on
mine, "be like a mother to her while
1 ainrgone,;' he said, -"she is a repent -
ant juaguuieue a sinning oemg, wnose
sin, let ns humbly hope, has been for -
given."
This he spoke held his hand out,
and gently shook mine, and was gone.
l Very slowly I recovered first to walk
j feebly about my new home, then tj
1 move out upon tne oaicony, men the
1 open green. Tne housekeeper, Matilda,
ever forbore to question me, cared for
1 me in a tender and motherly way, and
I when I was quite recovered, though I
1 uesungire ner - witn tears to let me go
and work with mv hands for the bread
of winch I was unworthy, she would
hear ' nothing of it. - - 'I am lonesome
- 1 nere,:, sne invariably added. 'I once
1 had a daughter like you at all times
I you remind me of her so you must
j stay. And as to work, why there is
1 plenty to do."- Here are jellies and pre-
1 serves oi an kiiius to put up the poor
1 to look Alter Mr. Guilame, our good
- master's orphan school to attend to. Oh!
1 trust me, yon need never be idle here.
i "Well, sister, five years chastened
1 my grief; I became through the silent
working of 4 power that the most hard
ened reverence if they do not obey a
Christian. Not once had I broken mv
resolve though night and day one name
was on my heart-tne name of my child
and as if a blessed boon were per-
mitted me. because of my weary hours!
of repentance and suffering it seemed
ever to me as it the babe still hovered
about me. I have at times so distinct-
ly felt her presence, that .my heart
trembled as it asked the question, is the
babe an angel? oh, my sister, if that
uranium itciiik yMieiuiiy w, n iiimc
uauu in my grasp inriiieu eery nerve
FAMILY PAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE,
PArrSTESVILI-E, LAKE COUNTY, OHIO, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1871.
in my body with a subtle, but exquisite
pain, if she be my child it is not so; I
see by your look, your manner, and my
little one has gone went early; am I
not right?" '
"She was scarcely a year wheu she
died," answered Ruth, much' agitated,
yet as much astonished at her sister's
calmness.
A lone silence intervened, ' during
which the other seemed struggling to
keep her composure, and when she SXke I
she said, "I thank God that he took her
to himself in her innocence she did not
not live to blight instead of bless society
she is a dear lamb before His throne
but, sister, tell me of yourself how well
you look how blest you are in the love
of such a child tell me all from the mo
ment I left you."
"First tell me if this good benefactor
still llvest" inquired her sister.
"STo he died seven years ago, after
blessing me with his love in wedded
happiness only three. - Alas! what have
I not lost in him?"
"How singular that our fortunes
should be so much alike?" responded
tlie other sister and she related tier own
life, while the other listened with her
hand still in hers. -
. It had grown nearly dark when this
strange, unlooked for interview drew
near its close. Again and again did
these newly-found . sisters embrace at
their leave-taking and it was settled
that a soon as Ruth's important mission,
the nature of which, by-the-way, she did
not so much as hint at, was concluded,
they should again meet; or, perhaps,
Bose said, she would accompany her
sister to the home of her birth, though
she shrank from recognition by any of
her family. ' . - ; '
i - XIV. : i - -' -..
: " , THE LOST FOUND.
' In a richly furnished room, on her
couch, reclined the Lady Walden. Beauty
no longer gave radiance to her face, but
the pensive, careworn look that lingered
among the ravages suffering and sorrow
had made, imparted to her countenance
a purely spiritual, saint-like expression.
Her hair was so white that one could
hardly distinguish the line of silver that
parted it from herpale brow. ' She wore
a cap of fine material a cambric rohing
gown, and as she lay, she ever and anon
pressed her hands above her "eyes, as if
she would fain, for the moment, exclude
the light of day. ' She had evidently
been weeping, and the cause seemed to
be her husband. He sat by her side-
his head bowed on both hands, his pos
ture one of deep humiliation.
, A low,; trembling voice broke the still
ness of the room, as the lady said, ?'It
would ill become me, perhaps, near the
grave as I am, to deny forgiveness to an
erring 1 fellow-creature. ; Henry,- if you
had only told me this before our mar
riage! ' I loved you too well not to for
give, even then and oh! ' I believe
heaven has punished me for my idola
trous affection but had -1 known all,
tliis double sin ' had been prevented.
Now I will not chide you you have suf
fered, oh! how much more than myself,
poor Henry." . .,
; "You were an angel!" whispered a
broken voice.
' "No, only. weak mortal, and yet
heaven strengthens me to do my duty.
Do not sob this way, dear Henry, I can
not bear it.- I feel we have both been
very sinful thus to mourn : for eighteen
long years thus to defer the exquisite
happiness of forgiveness. We both
needed chastening yet our selfishness
has prolonged it, and but added torture.
Coine, cheer up, God has not forgotten
us. Look at our son, noble, beautiful
boy! I, at least, deserved not such a
treasure, for I have lightly cherished it.
Come, let me tell you what I intended to
do this morning- Neither of us have
many years to live let us then improve
what little time remains. .Look how the
Wind steals over these roses, catching
perfume before it flies, to bear to other
banks of sweets so let time pass over us,
bearing the perfume of good deeds to the
better home. To-morrow is our boy's
freedom day. We must forget the past
in order to be benefited by the future
and I would have no sombre memory
darken to-morrow's festival. .From to
day, therefore, I have determined that
not a word of our misfortune shall ever
pass my lips. Is it a thing to mourn
over the thought that our beautiful girl
has been these eighteen years among the
blest in heaven? -'No! rather to rejoice,
c" l"v 7, i-TT, Z
What do you say, my dear husband, that
while we feel her gentle ministrations.
A silent pressure or the hand was the
baronet's only response, and clasping
his wife to his bosom, he hurried with a
lightened heart to his own room, there
to thank liod lor His many mercies.
'Did you ever see Lady Walden look
ing so well before since her great mis
fortune?' asked a noble lord of an old
dowager, Who had in her turn expressed
surprise on the same account to snudry
persons.
No, , replied the old , lady, "1 was
saying
a arreat manv times that it was
marvellous she gave this party on Lord I
en-t'Henrv's -freedom day: let. me see res. I
this is-the very first time, since ; and I
i urn men sue is cnangea cuangeu on:
Lyes Lady Walden is changed very 1
very," sue auueu, dropping ner voice,
and repeating the word after the manner
or good old ladies. . V
"lxird Henry is a nne young man.
"Yea-but l fancy he has grown a
trifle thin since he travelled; and
mercv! did vou see him' start? No
I wonder, there is irresistible attraction
in that voune nerson's face who is she?
1 1 mean the one just entering with that
t noble-lookins woman : arood heavens!
f what a likeness !"
1 "Likeness of whoni where?"
I w hy to the Waldens to Lord Henry.
I for instance; look at them now look.
l look did you ever meet with anything
I so striking?"
I "Y-e-s," said the other, hesitatingly.
1 "tnere is a a yes, a striking resem
blance, as you say; by the way I must
nnu wno sue is anu the little, youthful
old man tripped' away, keeping time to
the music or the nanu outside.
Mariam (for it was she) soon found her
self an object of immense interest ; this
:and that one peering irom all sides-
some giving a stealthy, well-bred glance ;
1 othevs forgetting politeness in their en -
riosiry, and staring as it has neen said
1 only Yankees can stare: but vouns
America sometimes nnds more than nor
match in old England ; there is not so
much' dlnerence as some ..suppose, es
pecially in the matter ot rudeness,
rne excitement at last became so in
tense that it attracted the attention of
Lady Walden
They say there Is quite a wonder of
beauty and youth present, in the person
or a younggirl, she said to her husband,
"what does it mean? w horn have we in
vited out of our circle?"
'Nobody," Tenlied the baronet, "this
is a young American girl whom Lady
Manget has brought; it seems she is
known to no one but her; really quite a
sweet young creature, but why she has
chaperoned her 1 cannot Imagine. How
ever, she must be a person of distinction,
or
"My dear Lady Walden, let me Intro
duce you to my new acquisition," said a
sweet voice, interrupting the baronet,
cd the beautiful girl, remarking as she
did so, "My young American friend has
become quite a bene."
a sweeter vision never crossed my
path," said . Lady Walden, mentally,
feasting her eyes upon the speaking
features the rich tints of the cheek, the
snarkllnsr eves of such clear, deert blue.
and, stranger though she was, she took
both hands In hers, and gazed with a sad
kind of searching look into the angelic
I countenance. For an instant a sudden
paleness oversnread her features, and
she shut her eyes with a slight moan
i oui ainiosr. ns nuicKiv recaininir enmno-
sure, sne led the youn? creature to
seat, and sat herself beside her.
1 should not keep von from the
dance," she said, in a low and remark
ably sweet tone. -
"You do not detain me at all," replied
3Iariani, "I much prefer to be quiet
awhile; I know not why," she added,
mentally, "but I feel so strongly at
tracted "toward this lovely woman."
"1 want von to tell me all ahout
America and American Hdies," said
Ijuly AValden, with gentle earnestness,
"it seems to me that your men are all
brave, and your women all fair."
"ou do us honor," replied Mariam,
blushingly; but it was not wholly the
compliment that called out the rosy red.
She saw not far from her, leaning
against a draperied pillow, the noble
young heir, Lord Henry, regarding her
with passionate, soui-searchiug glances
fire in his eye, a bloom on his cheek
that added new beauty she knew the
light and the flush were kindled by her
presence, and a pang shot through her
heart as she thought perchance he could
not conquer his ardent love. But soon
rallying, she delighted Lady Walden
with a vivid description of some parts of
her country, the customs and prejudices,
the virtues and follies of society.
Her listener expressed herself highly-
gratified, and gazed with growing won
der on the eloquent young girl, when
looking suddenly up she descried her
son standing in the posture of one who
would seek farther acquaintance.
(TO BE CONTINUED).
THE EXPRESS BUSINESS.
Its Origin mmA HlUy.
BY JAMES HALE.
There is a business in this country.
wlucn, in its various ramincations, is
unparalleled in the history of any pri
vate enterprise of any nation; the use
and necessity of which has become so
great that we could as well dispense
with our DanKiiig aud insurance sys
tems, as we could with the express, in
its inception and infancy its first steps
were very similar to those in the rise
and progress of the cheap postage sy
tern, and its presence or absence is sen
sibly felt by .every man, woman and
child in the community, even more so
than the labilities lor posting letters. V e
can occasionally, if requisite, get a
Iriend tocarrv a note lor us, in an emer
gency, but who will transport the bale,
bundle, trunk or oanuDox?
Jf any ot my young mend- vtsti to
enjoy a dcughtiul entertainment at
home, of a winter evening, just let them
persuade grandpa or grandma to tell
them how they used to get their errands
done at a distance wheu they were
young, and of the modes of old-time
traveling.
mev would learn in detail mucn more
than can he given in this brief article,
how fifty or sixty years ago it was the
practice of the country merchants, in
the fall ot the year, to come to the city
and spend some days, and perhaps
weeks, in making his selections ot goods
and the purchases, aud then have them
shipped on board the sloop, so that they
could . reach , home before the river
closed, or the sound was full of drifting
ice, or by the heavy wagons, before the
roads became impassable; and in the
spring he would make another journey
city-ward, to secure his summer and fall
supplies, to be started oft" as soon as the
nver opened or tne roaus could be trav
eled. His stock could be renewed only
twice a year, xnis is the manner in
which country traders with New York
and oaier large places were supplied.
and it will be realized how much was
necessarily added to the price of their
goods by so much increased expenditure
of time for traveling, and for cost of
trans portation
in merely domestic matters, our friends
in the country were often compelled to
wait until some neighbor or acquaint
ance was going to the city or to the near
est large town, in order that the bonnet
or dress, or some article ot better quality
or newer fashion than at their country
home, could be obtained from other
quarters. This trouble was almost in
variably attended with a great amount
ot indirect blessings Irom the traveler,
whose trunk would frequently be crowd
ed with goods not his own ; and as to
oandboxes, wnere is tne man that did
iiot always have a horror of them or
woman either, unless they were her
own r
The same difficulty was constantly
staring in the lace ot city loiks, when
they wished to send some little matter
to their country mends, or a few good
tilings irom Home to jonnuy or ftaran at
school in some distant village.. It was a
cause ot. universal perplexity m town
aud country to find the how and when.
In the country, where there was a
stage running weekly, or oftener, the
usual mode ot getting small articles be
tween one place and another, was by
employing the ready services of the
local stage driver. The good man or
woman would watch his coudng, the
stage man would stop and receive his
message, nine times ui ten only verbal.
aud frequently loud enough to be heard
over a ten-acre lot. and drivers in those
days must have had wonderful memo-
ries. jxowever, me suige jogs uioug,
and the passengers have another pleas-
ant opportunity of gossipiug about
their neighbors' affairs.
On the return trip of the stage, the
looked-for bundle or package would be
pulled out irom under, the driver's seat
and handed to the person waiting at the
gate; and it a package oi goods had
been purchased with the driver's funds,
the bill would be tucked under the
string, and the next time the stage came
alrtrwr tliA nitiiniif. nf f-lA Itill -n-rtiilfl n
handed up, with an extra quarter or half
dollar lor his services. Many of these
old stage drivers were men of consider
able wealth, and generally their social
position was as good as was tnat ot their
customers. They were, as a class,
very good-natured set of men ; for none
of tuem would have been annoyed or
displeased if occasionally aked to keep
the stage waiting lor a lew moments, to
enable the good woman who was to be
a passenger, to take her batch of bread
out of the oven, or gather in her week's
washing irom the clothes-line.
After a lapse of some years, steam
boats began to ply upon our waters, and
1 then many of the most important orders
were intrusted to tne captains and cierKs
while many little errands in humble
life were done by the deck hands and
firemen, then came the railroad car.
aud similar services were performed by
conductors and other employes on the
road.
Aud now, how all is changed! To
day, if the merchant of Cincinnati, Buf-
lalo or Boston requires certain inerehan
dise from New York or Philadelphia, he
caii either come to the city in a few
hours, purchase his goods, and have
tlv'iu at his home within four or five
days, at any season of the year, or he
can send lus orders ny mail or telesranh
aud receive them promptly by express!
without any interruption to home an
ties. And if a lady iu Boston or Phila
delphia should this morning have called
at a store iu either of those cities, and
desired to purchase an article which the
- 1 shopkeeper did not happen to have on
nana, lie might say, "Madam, it you
will call in to-morrow morning, the
goods you desire will be here." He
need only send a few words to the tele
graph olnce, and by the tune the lady
customer was at her lunch, the required
goods would have lieen purchased
packed, and on their way to the express
ontce, and on the next morning would
be ready for delivery.
In all our streets, on all our docks, in
every lane and avenue, in Iront ol ou
warehouses, banks, offices and dwellingi
everywhere, and tit, all business hours
I can be seen these strong, handsome and
I well-annolnted conveyances of the ex-
; press companies, drawn by the finest
I unimais wiiicn can ne nurcnasen. and
a loaded high with costly merchandise
either lor delivery in the city, or for
shipment to every habitable part of
the globe, and we also see many other of
those light and trim vehicles in and from
hich are received and delivered the
smaller . class of packages, to the bank
ers, brokers, jewelers and others. ,
Some ol my younger friends may
therefore be surprised to learn tliat this
huge machine, which is run by more
than regiments of horses, and guided by
many thousand men ; this great power,
hose power is leit in every city, vil
lage and hamlet in our vast country.
hich in each and every year transports
merchandise and other property more
than double in value of our whole na
tional debt ; this immense and all-powerful
giant is as yet hut a mere youth,
being only about thirty years of age.
in the year i(W7 a newsroom was .kept
by me in the old Tontine Coffee House,
corner of Wall and Pearl streets. The
subscribers and visitors thereto were
merchants, bankers, brokers, and othei
business men. There was then no line
of railway running into New York, but
there was steamboat communication with
New Haveu, and a daily line of steam
boats to Providence, from whence pas
sengers went by railroad to Boston.
The Western Railroad was then only
completed between Boston and Worcester
There was never a day but inquiries
were made at the newsroom if we knew
any person going to Boston or Provi
dence on that day. Some would wish to
send small parcels to their friends ; oth
ers had packages of letters or circulars
(this was seven years betore cheap post-
ge days), nut the most troublesome
ekers lor victims were the money
brokers, who every day were obliged to
forward packages of Eastern bank notes
to Boston for redemption, and exchange
for New York and "-Southern notes. If
an acquaintance happened to be found
going on tlie boat, he was pounced upon
without ceremony, and saddled with
more or less of these packages, some
times amounting to many thousand dol
lars, and it a mend did not make his
appearance such parcels would not in
frequently be handed to an entire stran
ger, with tlie superlatively modest re
quest that he would deliver them as soon
as he arrived, forgetting tliat perhaps
the traveler woidd like to make his ear
liest call upon his own family, his
friends, or attend to his own important
business. - It would be hardly safe to in
trust sucli packages to strangers now-a-days!
At about this time (IH.ii ) Mr. William
, Harnden called upon me at the news
room, and stated that he had been a con-
uctor on the Boston and Providence
Railroad, and that the duties had been
so arduous that his health was much im
paired. He wanted to obtain employ
ment in some other business, and de
sired my advice as to what he had better
do.
I bethought me of the daily inquiries,
Do you know anybody going to Boston
to-day?" and remembering well the
nice little perquisites ot the old-time
stage drivers, and also in view of the
experience which Mr. Harnden had as a
railroad conductor, I answered him at
once: "Yes, I'll tell you what to do
travel between New York and Boston,
and do errands for otlter folks." Now,
this would be rather a long title by
which to designate one's business, and I
therefore recommended that the new en
terprise should be called "The Ex
press," which would suggest the idea of
peed, promptitude, dispatch.
Mr. Harnden hesitated a while, as he
was doubtful if it would pay, but at last
concluded to try the experiment. He
bought a carpet bag, which would hold
hardly halt a bushel, and a slate was
hung up in my newsroom, " waiting or
ders." My subscribers gave him his
first business, and circulated his scheme
among their friends. But the get-your-work-done-for-iiothing
theory prevailed
to a great extent, and all the parcels re
ceived for several weeks were none too
many to be carried in the small carpet
bag. He made three trips each week to
and from Boston, and at the end of a
couple of months was inclined to aban
don the experiment, as his expenses ex
ceeded his receipts. .
At that time the writer was the busi
ness agent of an opposition steamboat
ruuning to Providence, and was author
ized by the captain to pass Harnden at
much less than the regular rate of pas
sage, xnis saving oi expense saved the
express, as business began to increase.
and as some customers objected to keep
ing tneir packages over lor a day, he was
advised to employ some one to travel on
alternate days. A young man named
Brigham, who was then out of employ
ment, volunteered for this duty, with no
other compensation than his board. The
daily express induced new business, and
the carpet bag was multiplied by two.
and three, then a large trunk was sub
stituted, and soon a larger one.
. it then Decame necessary lor Harnden
to remain in Boston, and Brigham. hav
ing become a partner, took a desk in
New York, employing Pullen and Da
mon as their first hired messengers
Subsequently, Harnden s brother Adol-
phus was a messenger, until he was lost
on the Lexington, which was burned ou
Long island bound.
The business had now become so vast
that it was necessary to have a crate on
board on each steamer. This was a small
hand car about five or six feet sauare.
and was looked upon as a real wonder, as
it snoweu wnat a great thing the exnress
business was. In a few months, there-
tore, when it had become an established
fact tlie greatest obstacles having been
surmounted and the public trraduallv
admitting its utility then, as in letter-
carrying, other enterprising jiersons
ctarted in tlie same line of business, but
shiefly on short routes leading out of
uosion.
At about that time, too. Mr. Georere
Pomeroy, of Albany, called unon me to
advise with him as to the feasibility of
running an Albany express by the river
boat?. I knew but little of the wants of
that section of the country, but showed
him the opjjositioii he would have to en
counter by the opposition of steamboat
captains and clerks who were doing the
same kiiiu ui uusuiess, anu with wtiose
perquisites he would materially inter
fere. But he was plucky started his
machine and was successful, first as
Pomeroy Sc Co., and then as Pomeroy,
Wells & Co., witli some other chancres.
until, finally, it grew into the present
American .express vompany. ,
One of the small Boston exnressesrhad
been purchased by Mr. Alvin Adams, of
Jtoston, but the sphere was too limited
for his ambition. He therefore started
an opposition to Harnden between New
York and Boston, but going over the
new route of the Norwich and Worces
ter Railroad, which was then iu opera
tion. It was first called Adams' Ex
press, then Adams & CoJs, and now, as
ii corporation, is known as the Adams
Express Company. Harnden died in
1848, and an annuity was secured to his
widow tor the continued use of the name
but she never had any business control
of the concern. Thus began the two
largest express companies now in opera
tion m tlie L nitcil .states
The University of Kentucky, estab
lished in 18511, at Ashland, the old home
of Henry Clay, and surrounded bv the
associations connected with the career of
that distinguished man, is already
well-endowed institution, ami provided
with a good corps ol olllcers. Last year
it had ar0 free pupils, 100 of whom re
ceived compensation for lalxir iu the
University grounds, while MX) more paid
hut ten dollars a year for tuition. Its
endowment, including the estimated
value of its land, is $1,000,000, and thirty
teachers compose the ! acuity, it has
lino experimental farm and agricultural
school Last year, irom twenty cows
there was sold tfZ,i)OU worth of milk. A
effort is now making in Kentucky to
raise luntis lor the erection ol new build
ings, and to lay a foundation so broad
that the best education shall be tree to all
JOURNA
AGRICULTURE, AND GENERAL NEWS.
A5ECBOTC9 OF PI BLIC MEN.
BY COL. J. W. FORNEY.
NO. ' XXX1I1.
Steam is your real revolutionist.
It
has altered the physical geography of the
civilized world, it has bridged the seas,
partially annihilated space and time,
opened new highways into and redeemed
the wilderness, neighbored far-distant
States, converted old cities into new
ones, changed deserted villages into
thriving towns, leveled the forest,
crossed chasms and connected moun
tains, and elevated skilled labor into 'a
science. Imagination is baffled by its
present and vain attempts to anticipate
its future triumphs.. But in nothing has
steam so transformed the face of the
country and the habits of the people as
in the substitution of railroads for turn
pikes. While I was preparing my last
sketch, in which I recalled tlie genial
Zenos Barnnm, of Baltimore,. ' to the
thousands who knew him in by-gone
days, the famous hotel and inukeepers of
the past rose before me, with the stage
coach, the Conestoga wagon, and the
ancient system of land transportation.
Where are they now r VY ho that has
passed his half century does not remem
ber them with pleasure? In my young
manhood their decay had begun, but it
requires no strong enort to revive the
long train of canvas-covered wagons
passing through my native town on
their way to ' and from ; Pittsburg
and Philadelphia carrying -the produce
oftheWestin change for the merchan
dise of the East, with their hale, rough
drivers, and their long" leather whips,
the coronal of bells on their horses, and
their stoppage at the old taverns for food
and water. They were to the more os
tentatious stage-coach what the baggage
tram is to the ngntning express ot tne
present day;
And when these coaches dashed into
Lancaster, and rushed down the streets,
the driver winding a merry air on his
horn, accompanied by the crack of his
long whip; women, children and dogs
rushed out to greet the meteoric chariot
as it drew up with its foaming steeds at
Slaymaker's old hotel, - on East King
street, and began to throw off the mails,
while the passengers alighted, thirsty,
hungry and covered with dust. It was
the event of the day. Repeated at every
other station and in every other town, it
was one of a thousond similar pictures in
other States and countries. Old England's
great highways were made jocund with
post coaches, fast horses, daring drivers,
uniformed guards and jolly passengers.
It was a favorite amusement for the no
bility to mount the box . and hold the
reins with four or six in hand, and to
course along the level road, excelling in
feats of daring drivership. They were
as ambitious to lead iu this sort of exer
cise as their descendants are in boat and
foot races, in pugilistic eneounters, and
general gymnastics Of these scenes the
central figure was always the iunkeeper,
who did not hesitate to stand in his door
way, engirthed in his white apron, to
"welcome the coming and speed the
parting guest." . That class is nearly ex
tinct, though happily not forgotten. The
old-fashioned publican aspired to be a
gentleman, and was generally the asso
ciate of gentlemen a. connoisseur of
wines, a judge of horseflesh, a critical
caterer, and in politics so unexception
ably ; neutral, that, when the probable
votes ol a town were estimated, it was
generally "so many Whigs, so many
JJemocrats, anu so many tavern-Keep-
ers." These sir ioger ue ijoveneys
for they were men of substance and hos
pitable to tlie extreme have given' way
to a generation as diff erent as the Cones
toga wagon differs from the locomotive,
the old stage-driver from tlie car-conductor,
the railroad Uirector from the
stockholder ot the turnpiKe company.
They are tlie dilletanti of the hotels, and
like the Pontiff's robe rarely seen and
much wondered at. Living in gorgeous
private residences, away from the splen
did palaces which bear their names, they
iu fact vicariously feed, room and care
for more human beings in one day than
the men of the past did in six months.
One of these men was called John Guy,
who may be' called the hero of- three
cities known ' alike in Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, though
better appreciated tn Baltimore. Born
in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, I
believe, he was the rounder or a family
of unrivaled hotel-keepers. He still
lives in Guy's, on Seventh street, Phila
delphia, now in course of rehabilitation,
and soon to expand into an ostentatious
establishment on the European plan,
and in the unequaled Monument House,
nearly opposite Barnum's in Baltimore.
When I think of him I think also of Dor
rance and Pope Mitchell of - the United
States Hotel, of Joseph Head of the Man
sion House on Third street, of Dunlap,
of the City Hotel, of Hartwell of the
Washington House, and Jones, of the old
Jones' Hotel, in Philadelphia; of Gadsby
n Washington, stetson ol the Astor
House, in New York, aud many, many
more. There is hot a State in the Union,
north or south, which could not furnish
anecdotes of its representative inn-keep
ers, of their relations to public men to
Calhoun in South Carolina, to Webster
in Massachusetts, to Clay in Kentucky,
to Sergeant S. Prentiss in Mississippi,
to George D. Prentice in Louisville, and
to the lawyers, divines and orators who
for half a century dominated in those
sections. If these Bonifaces could have
kept records of their experience, what
anecdotes they could relate of the giants
of the past, of their private troubles,
their public ambitions, their contrivances
and their caucuses, their friends and
their foes! I knew many of them, and
could relate many interesting incidents
if I had space and time. '
i.et me recall one in regard to this
same John Guy, sometimes told by my
friend Dougherty, when we can win
him to social familiarity and make him
forget professional responsibilities. Guy
bore a striking resemblance to General
Lewis Cass, and while he was proprietor
of the National Hotel, in Washington,
the Michigan Senator was anion? his
favored guests. Guy dressed like Cass,
and although not as "portly, the face, in
cluding the wart, was strangely similar.
One day a western mend of the house
came in after a long ride, dusty and
tired, and walking up to the office en
countered General CasS who was quietly
standing there. Mistaking him for Guy,
he slapped hiin on the shoulder and ex
claimed: Well, old fellow, here I am;
the last time 1 hung my hat up in your
shanty, one of your clerks sent me to the
fourth story; but now that I have got
hold or yon, 1 Insist upon a lower room."
The General, a most dignified person
age, taken aback by this startling salute.
coldly replied : "You have committed a
mistake, sir. l am not Mr. tiny; 1 am
General Cass of Michigan," and angrily
turned away. The w eswrn man was
shocked at the unconscious outrage he
nau committed ; mil uctorc he had recov.
ered from his mortification, General
Cass, who had passed around the office,
conironted him again, when, a second
time mistaking him for Guy, lie faced
hiin and said: "Here- you are at
last. I have just made a devil of amis-
take ; I met old Cuss and took him for
you, and I am afraid the Michigander
has gone oft' mad." What Ocneral Cnss
would have said may well be Imagined,
ii tne real uht nau not approached anil
rescued tlie innocent offender from the
twice-assailed aud twice-angered states
man.
- K. K. K.
AN 1.MKHNA1. OHOAM.A TIOK.
AH Euroiie, accustomed as it is to rev
olutious and their almost inevitable out
growth secret socleties is alarmed, or
professes to be, liecause there is well au-
thentlcateu evidence tliat there now ex.
ists all over the continent a nivsterious
political organization havlnir for its ob
ject the overthrow of 1'eigimig dynasties
and governments, and for its means
murder and assassination. The members
of this infernal institution are sworn
not only to the assassination of ministers
and soverigns, but to the removal of such
of their fellows as betray the secrets of
the order or refuse to obey the commands
of the chief. . Organizations similar to
this have existed in Europe for hundreds
of years, to the terror of kings and the
horror of honest pilgrims. It is only
natural that they should be found in des
potisms, but that such a conspiracy could
be transplanted to the United States and
in tlie nineteenth century is a matter al
most beyond belief. However this may
be. and however averse the average
American is to coming to such a conclu
sion, he can rest assured that some of
these days, when the future Bancroft
eomes to write the history of the period
we are passing through, he will treat of
an organization more terrible in charac
ter than the Carbonari of Italy aud more
horrible in its deeds than any offshoot of
such fanatics as Orsini or Pietrl.
The reader 'by this time must know
that I refer to what is commonly known
as the Kuklux Klan, and, to the initiated,
as the "White Brotherhood," "The In
visible Circle," 'The Invisible Empire."
"The Knights of the White Camelia,"
&c. The Kuklux Klan will, I believe,
be awarded precedence over any society
of assassins ever organized. The ex
cesses of the commune is the only in
stance of extensive crime that can be
charged upon any' of the European
models. They have generally contented
themselves with attempts upon the lives
of . rulers or ministers and favorites,
nearly all of which have been failures.
The outgrowth of the peculiar civiliza
tion and consequent society at the South
had no single tyrant or oppressor to as-I
sassinate, but a great political party,
numbering in the aggregate, if agricul
tural or political statistics are reliable,
nearly four millions of voters, and being
in a majority of a few hundred thousand.
These four' millions had whipped the
Kuklux on the battle-field, and whipped
them so badly and treated them after
ward so generously that had they been
anything else but ignorant and depraved
as a body, they would have gone to work
after their thrashing, like good citizens
and honest men, to heal the schism that
had been created ih the nation, and to
effect a practical reconciliation between
the two sections. Such an intention,
however, never entered their mindB, or
if it ever did was early banished there
from. Having failed to accomplish their
purpose by open -warfare, and being im
pressed with the egotism that they were
the flower of modern chivalry and fit
followers of Sidney and Bayard, they set
about securing it through seceret mur
der and intimidation, concealed behind
masks and other mediaeval mummery.
The precise spot of its birth is unknown,
as is also the man who can lay claim to
being its author. I am rather inclined
to ascribe its paternity to the whole
Southern people For three or four
years it has been very active in most of
the lately insurrectionary States, and is
now no doubt in many of them in Sec
tions remote from telegraph wires and
railroad tracks. Its crimes would fur
nish incidents for a whole school of sen
sational novelists, and keepevery gallows
in the country busy for a month, were
they and their perpetrators known. In
many Southern communities the terror
inspired by the organization, its myster
ious notices, ana apparent immunity irom
detection and punishment, has impressed
the entire white population from the age
of twenty years into its ranks. The fin
ite mind of the South, which looks upon
tournaments.where knights in homespun
jeans and paper helmets ride plow horses
and tilt witn pine-Kiiot lances, as tne
representative amusement or tnis practi
cal, mental, as well as- physical age, is
charmed with the idea of taking an oath
upon the bended knee, surrounded by a
dozen masked individuals in black cam
bric gowns, and 'with numerous revol
vers pointed in the direction of the
swearer's head. This is Kuklnxism, and
this the secret of its success at the South.
Divested of its hyperbolic oaths, its mid
night meetings, and its masks and mum
mery, and with all the prevailing hatred
of Yankees and negros, it would not last
a month. ' ' ; '
But, -perhaps, all this is tiresome, and
I know it is only a repetition of what
has been written before. For tangible
proofs of the existence of the Kuklux,
uie country win nave w ucpeiiu upun
the records of the United States courts
iu the Southern States, the dockets of
which, if the marshals do their duty,
will Boon overrun with the names of con
victed Kuklux. I believe that at present
no sensible man of either party North or
South doubts the existence of the organ
ization, Its dangerous character and wide
spread crimes. - jno journalist wno has
gone into the South : to investigate the
subject, ana wno nas conscientiously ana
thoroughly performed his duty, pretends
to such an untenable position, or at
tempts to misrepresent the situation.
Chimerical as may be the design of the
Klan, and terrible as are its assassina
tions and murders, evidence enough has
been accumulated to show its reality. At
the proper time this evidence ' will be
made public, and then we ' will learn
how, in this boasted land or liberty, in
an enlightened age, and with power
enough to erush -out a great rebellion,
we have tolerated for year a- secret so
ciety pledged to murder ana violence,
and hesitating at neither. It will be an
indictment not against any one political
iKirtv. but against a whole people, which
has heard but not heeded the voices oi
the victims, and allowed tlie systematized
murder and intimidation to De practiced
unrestrained and uninterrupted.
A similar society, more powerful, but
not half so dreadful, and aiming at the
death of but, one man, is detected In a
monarchy; and although bound by oath
to obey the orders of their chief, and
sworn to secrecy on pain of death, as
here, its members are convicted and ex
ecuted! What a reflection, what a dis
grace is presented in this contrast.
KKW EPITAPHS.
The follow! njr collection of epitaphs
bavins been prepared expressly for the
Boston Commercial Bulletin, that jour
nal cautions all persons against using
them without oDtauilng consent:
Epitaph for a Liar
In life he lied while he had breath,
Ami, strange to say, lite etll in dentil. .
For an Angler Waiting for a rise."
For a Baker He kneads 110 more on
earth. . .
For a Betting Man" Better off." :
For a Brewer
A well-known brewer lietli here; '
His ails are o'er; he' on his Met-.
For a waiter " Only waiting."
For a Doctor AVaiting with patients
For a Beggar I asked for bread, and
tuey cave me a stone.
For a .Bootblack With the shining
ones.
For a Potter ' ' f '
On earth he oft turned roy to delf, " . .
But now lie's to clay himselC .
For a Bnzor Grinder Under around,
For 11 Dressmaker " For the fashion
of this world passeth away."
1 For a Musical Im rector
In beating Time his life was assed,
Hut Time has beaten him at last
For a Sailor Anchored. '
For an' Auctioneer Gone.'
; For a Watchmaker Stopjied. '
" For a Barber Sent a-head.
For a Wheelwright Tired of life.
For a Telegrapher Dispatched.
For a Scalcuiakcr
Mis weigh were wavs of pleasantness
In all life's fitful dream.
He struck a Iwlanre wit h the world.
And Uieu lie kicked the ueaui.
For President Grant
not smite thee by day.
-The Svn shall
An old lady, on hearing of the pedes.
trlan's great feat, wondered why they
didn't luteiieio with his fast walking
NUMBER 9.
LIST Or FAIRS. '
Ohio State Fair Sept. 25-9, at Springfield;
Wm. Lan ir. President; J. H. Kilpuart, Cor. See.;
H. S. Babbitt, Eec. Sec
Allen Co. Sept. 20-8, at Lima; J.fJt. Hughe,
Pres.; G. W. Overmyer, Sec,
Ashtabula Co. H. J. Nettleton, Pres.; E. 3.
Bette, Sec
Athens Co. Sept. , at Athens; Isaac Stanley,
Pres.; J. M.Goodspeert. Sec
Auglaize Co. Oct. 4-6, at Wapakonetta; J.
Kellev, Pres.; O. T. Dicker, Sec.
Belmont Sept. S7-9, at St. Clainvllle; David
Brown, Pre.; Alenix Cope, Sec
Brown to.--Sept. 5-8, at Georgetown; John E.
Brose Pre; Wm. Hays, Sec
Butler Co. Oct. , at Hamilton; Fergus An
derson, Pres.; W. R. Cochran, Sec.
Carroll Co. Sept. S6-98, at Carrol ton; Alex.
Simpson, Pres.; Thos. Hnvs, Sec
Champaign Co. Sept. 12-15, at Urbana; 'Dan
iel Blose, Pres.; W. A. Humes, Sec
Clark Co. Sept. 5-S, at Springneld; Peter Sintx,
Pres.; Quincy A. Petts, Sec
Clermont Co. Sept. 12-15, at Boston; i. L.
Weaver, Pres.; VV. E. Hears, Sec
Clinton Co. Sept. 8-8, at Wiumington; C. M.
Walker, Pres.; Levi Mills, Sec
Columbiana I o. Sept. 20-22, at New Lisbon;
John L. Cro well, Pres.; J. F. Benner, See.
Coshocton Co. Sept. 12-15, at Coshocton; John
S. Elliot, Pies.; L. L. CantwelL Sec
Crawford Co. Oct. S-o, at Bucyrus; Joshuah
Holler, Pres.; George Keller, Sec
Cuyahoga Co. Oct. t-S, at Cleveland; D. L.
Wightrnan, Pres.; A. B. Chamberlin, Sec
Darke Co. Oct. 8-6, at Greenville; George D.
Miller. Pres.: J. X. Murtc, Sec ,
Deiiance Co. Oct 8-6, Defiance; Vf . D. Hill,
Pres.; Charles P. TitUe, Sec ,
Delaware Co. Oct. 3-6, at Delaware; Larris S.
Felkner, Pres.; Fred M. Jov, Sec
Erie Co. Oct. 8-6, at Sandusky; C Caswell,
Pres.; S. M. White, Jr., Sec
Fairfleld Co. Oct. 11-14, at Lancaster; BJW.
Carlisle, Pres.: John G. Reeves, Sec
Fulton County .-Sent- 27-29, at Wanseon, H. R.
Boony, Pres. ; H. L. Morely, Sec
Gallia Co.-At Gallipolis ; SIcC'os Ralston, Pres. ;
J. C. Vandne, Sec .
Oeauga Co.-Scut. 13-15, at Burton ; Luther Bus
sell, Pres.: H. C.Tnttle, Sec
Greene Cc-Sept. 12-15, at Xenia; David Mill
en, Pres.; J. B. Carruthers, Sec
Guernsey Cc-Sept. 21-22, at Cambridge; J. C.
McClellaud, Pres.: C. B. Hutchinson, See.
Hardin Co Sent 18-15, at Kenton; James M
w nite, ires . ; L m strong sec .
Haneock Co.-Oet 6-7, at Findlay; Hanks P.
Page, Pres.; D B Beardslee, Sec
Harrison Co.-Oct. 4-6, at Cadiz; 8. Duron,
Pres.; Jacob Jarvis, Sec
Henry Cc-Sept. 20-22, at Napoleon; J. A. Stout,
Pres; A. H. Tavlor, Sec
Hocl Ag Co- jet. 5-7, at Logan; C. Clowe,
Pres.; H.X. Wright, Sec
Holmes Cc-Millersburg; George FNewton,
Pres.; B. Herzer, Sec.
Huron Co. Sept. 1U-21, at Norwalk; J. C. R.
Eastman, Pres.; W B Wolverton Sec.
Jackson Co Sept 27 -49, at Jackson C H; Green
Thompson, Pres; J A Sells, Sect
t - . , - V : .....
i, , ii ... i ov, 1 1 It. . , uifiaiiimiiuiii
Knox Co. Sent. 26-28. at Mt Vernon: Hubert
MiUer, Pres.; C. E. Critchfleld, Sec,
Lake Co. Sept. 27-29, at Pninesville; John
Warren, Pres.; D.'W. Mead Sec.
jjwrenceco. ironion; x,insoii, i-res.; mos,
Murdoch, Sec '
Lickuiir Co. Oct. 3-6, at Newark; Joseph
White, Pres.; I. W. Bigelow, Sec
Logan Co. Oct. 3-6, at Belleiontaine; D. W.
Harris, Pres.; E. J. Howenstine, Sec.
Lorain Co. Sent. 19-22. at Elrria: Cbas. 8.
Mills, Pres.; G. P. Mctcalf, Sec.
ijucas co. sept, rc-w, at iuieao, js, v. -xnomp-
son, Pres. ; F. K. W arren, Sec,
Madison Co. No organization. - - -Mahoning
Co. Oct. 8-5, at Canfleld; Richard
Fitch, Pres. ; F. W. Beardslcy, Sec.
Atniin Cn Oct. 11-13. at Medina: Gavlord
Thompson, Pres.; N. H. Bostwick, Sec.
Meigs Co, Sept. 13-15, lit Bock Spring; Abner
Stont, Pres.; E. S. Branch. Sec
Mercer Co. Sept. 21-88, at Celina; G. TV
Randaburgh, Pres; J. Milligao, See.
Miami Co. Oct 4-1, at Tro
no fi It Ornrv. Sec
Monroe Co. Sept 20-22, at Woodsttcld; A.. 11.
Covert, Pres,; D. Okev, Sec.
Morgan Co sept, xi-sbi, ac juconneiisvuie, f .
A, McConnell, Pres. ; J. S. Adair, Sen,
Morrow Co. sept. 20-0, at t. Miieaa; 1. .
Talmadge, Pres.; E. C. Chase, Sec . ..
Muskingum Co.
Nnlila Co. Sent. 20-22. at Sarahs ville: John'M.
Ronnd, Pres.; J Danfonl, Sec.
Ottawa CO. J. 1 . l.aruniore, rres.
Paulding Co. W. H. tinook, Pres.: G W. Cox,
Bee. . " ' '
Perrv Co.-Oct 4-6, at J. ew Lexington ; i-.awartl
Mose, Pres; T. P. Skinner. Sec.
Pickaway Co. Sept 19-23, at Clrcleville; V. F.
Decker, Pres; A. K. Van CleaCSec. , , , ,r
; Pike Co. No organization.
Portage Co. Sept 25-27, at Bevanna; Peter II
Bean, Pres; J Meburg, Sec.
, ProHlafVv - V ' --.. It'
Putnam Co Sept 27-9, at Ottawa; Wm Blod-
gett Pres; G D Kinder, Sec.
RicbAnnd Co Sept 19-32. at Mansfield; W S
liickox, 1'res; J w myers, ec.
Koss Co Sept 10-18,at Chillicotha: L G Delano,
Pres; P G Griffin, Sec
SanaUSKy 14) Oct 4-l, at. r remunt, tt 1111am .
Haines, Pres: W H Andrews, Sec ,
Scioto Co o organization. . .
Seneca Co Oct 10-13, at Tiffin? Wm H Gibson,
Pres; U F Crmer,'Sec. ,
Shell) v Co Sept lfl-22, at Sidney; J R Kendall
Pres; H Black, Sec -
stark co sept at uinion, J 11 uair,
Pres; J F Clark, Sec - '
Summit Co Oct 8-6. at Akron: Jas. Hammond.
Pres.; S. H. Pitkin, Sec.
Trumbull Co. Sept 19-21, at Warren; Harmon,
Austin, Pres; H F Austin, Sec.
Tuscarawas Co Oct 8-6. at Canal Dover; 8.
Harmount, Pres; E 8 Singluff, sec.
Union Co Oct 3-6, at Mnrysville; Philip Sny
der, Pres; L Piper, See.
Van Wert Co Sept 15-16, at Van Wert; N Hat
tery, Pres; L H Robinson, See. ...
v inton co .so organization. - -
"Warren Co Sept 20-22, at Lebanon; Geo W
Carv, Pres; E Warwick, Sec.
Washington Co Sept 20-2, at Marietta; W F
Curtis, Pres; J Palmer, Jr, Sec .
Wayne Co Oct 8-6, at Wooster; Corneliu
Smith, Pres; I Johnson, Sec.
Williams Co Sept 19-21, at Bryan; E I Evens,
Prss; R N Patterson, Sec.
- wood co uct4-, at jxntogany;as w j&oss,
Pres; G Powers, Sec.
Wyandotte Co Oct 11-13, at Upper Sandusky;
McM. D. Carey, Pres; A Kali, sec.
Deceased. '"- ' ' ' -
,. , LONDON.
Fig-urea which Convey Senm Idea f
tlie Dimensions of the Ureat Me
tropolis. A surprising Idea indeed of the great
dimensions ol London is conveyed . in
the statement that this single town has
one-eleventh of the entire population of
England and Wales. London proper,
or " the city," as it is termed par. ex
cellence, that is, the region within the
municipal limits, returns a population 01
74,732. within tne .Parliamentary ooun-
daries, however,-tire population is 3,-
008,101, and within the police circle,
which is really the proper . limit, the
enormous total of 3,883,092 persons is
reported. How' portentous a city this
makes can best be seen by a glance at
the number of our largest urban popu
lations it takes to make up this unexam
pled sum. Thus the account stands on
the British and American census re
spectively of 1870 and 1871 : .- -:
American Cities.
1. New York.. ,L..-a
2. Philadelphia
S. Brooklyn i
4. St. .Louis... ,
5. Chicago ;
6. Baltimore.. ..L-..-...
7. Boston
8. 4 Cincinnati. . . . . . . . . ,
9. New Orleans
T.nmVm.
.t,tS,W2
ft27,4!W 1
... lii.i.TX'O
UI'..09T''
... ai2,ta ,
. . 2IH.87II
. .. StSMHB
.. 258 054
.-. 21K.900
1M,6.SS
. lfASM :
.1 118,050 ,
. .S,KW,57S
. . ia,iisr
10. San Francisco
11. Buffalo...
' Total.
Allegheny City, Pa.. ..
3,8ft .760
London's excess 1,832
Here it will lie seen tliat London is
larger than our eleven cities, wilh Alle
gheny llty, I'emisylvania, the nearest
the amount of the' deficit, thrown in.
urtlier still, to take this migbty me
tropolis to our comprehension, it is
more populous- than thirteen of our
States: Arkansas, tSvlifornia, Connecti
cut, Delaware, Florida, Kansas,, , Jlmiie
sota, Nebraska, Xevada, New Hamp
shire, Oregon, Bhode Island and Ver
mont, with the Territories of Arizona,
Colorado,' Dakota, Idaho and Montana
thrown in. 1 Coming to - the larger
States, but one (New York) exceeds
London, which is as "great as Illinois,
that giant of the West, with Kentucky's
thirteen - hundred thousand souls to
boot. Manchester has a population of
o'.iu.llH, ana lies nuuway between our
Philadelphia and Brooklyn, while Liv
erpool has owi.oio, anu veils its neati
only before our two greatest cities. New
York . and . Philadelphia, Excluding
London, tlio population of hugland is
thus divided : Kural. 12.045.779; urban.
1,506,625. The urban districts have
grown twice as fast as tlie country dis
tricts, but the rate of increase In the
country districts is twice as great as it
was iu 1851-61.
OIGH
The English language is a terror to
foreigners, from the various use to
which the words are put, and the differ
ent pronunciations.; Here is a puxxled
Frenchman's description of the dreadful
termination "ougn, ' put into verse:
Wife, make me some dumplings of dough.
They're better than meat for mr cough t '
Pray, let them be boiled till doue through,
Bui not till they're hcavv or tough.
Now I must be or to my plough,
And the boys (when they've bad enough),
Most keep the flies on with a bough.
While the old hoi-se driuks at Hie trough.
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s MEXA-IVGIJ.
A model institution the Patent Office.
' ; A Detroit dog was killed by a drove of
rats. ...
A California suicide boiled himself to
deathinavat. ,, ,.,...,
The female barber 'out . West' has re
tired from business on account of the ar
rival of a 'little shaver.'
Mrs. Bliss Smith, of Londonderry, N.
H., has followed the trade of a shoeing-
ker for forty years. She lasts well. , : - . t
What evidence is there that there wa
beer in the ark? The kangaroo was seen
to go in with hops, and Bruin soon fol
lowed.
The young lady who was caught
smoking by her mother excused herself
by saying it made her smell like there .
was a man about. , , . 1 : .
The Courier des Stats Vnis has coined '
a new word, . carhomicidomanie, which
means the 'mania for committing mur
der on passenger cars.' ' -
1 It is asserted that every married mau
lives twelve years more than a bachelor,
but whether it means years of actual ex
perience has not been discovered. .
! Icebergs are very plenty hi the North
Atlantic. Two of them, each estimated '
to be half a mile In length, recently pass -
ed near St. Johns, Newfoundland.
' Tlie Arkansas horseflies are masters of
the situation. ' The fanners are obliged ..
to plow by night, while the flies arc
resting from the labors of the day. ' ' '
A sensible lady, of mature years, says
that it don't look well for a young law-
yer to put his arm around a girl at. a cir- .
ens and comb her lutir with his fingers.
' A fttrnlral ni nn mi-i ili(i niBnn vnmii
are so fond of writing letters is that they .
rejoice in the opportunity of saying all
they wish without the possibility of an'
Trying to do business without adver
tising is like winking at a pretty, girl r
ngna pair oi green goggles. vou .
know what von are iloinir. hut no
body else does. ' ' "' '' ' -
A magnificent blue , crane four feet
high, with wings spreading six feet,
came to grief recently, at the hands of a
sportsman ot -tgawam, wno encouuterea
huu ou the banks of the Connecticut. . , ,
The fall and winter crop of fehial.
lecturers bids fair to lie very heavy.. All
sorts of subjects will be introduced. 'How
to Keep Down the amuy is announced
by a 'beautiful Indiana liidy of twenty-.
fiVe.' , . -.,,,( ,- ; ; ,
A bitter -quarrel has been caused in a
Church iu Maine,. by the practice of some. .
of the members taking their dogs to
church with them. The choir have re- .
fused to sing if the dogs are not excluded
from the sanctuary. - . '
The largest rose bush in France is it'
Toulon, ... It covers, a wall seventy-fivo
feet long by eighteen 111 height, and near
the root measures two feet eight Inches
round. In the months of April and May
it produces fifty thousand roses. '..
A' man who' has -just returned front
Magdalena, Lower California, thus sums
up the country; 'xnpusanus 01 acres ot
sand, hundreds of thousands of , cactus
plants, millions of rattlesnakes--rattle-snakes
that are not able to get away.
In an epitapli whicTi we have not found
in any of tlie collections, the composer
met ingeniously, the impossibility of
making the dead man's name rhymat
with tlie cause of his death : -
1 ' '' 'Here lies Richard Dunn, -
xi ; .Who was killed by a gun; :
mis name was i-ryme,
... , But that wouldn't rhyme." - ...
The Cheyenne Leader tells of a woman
who stops ata town pleads poverty, and
raffles off a gold chain, 'a gift which sho
prizes highly,' to enable her to reach her
friends East. After realizing forty or
fifty dollars on the chain she decamps,
and the lucky winner discovers that it is
made of bogus metal. - . j
Southern inventors continue to en
thusiastically devote their attention to
new beauties 01 breech-loading rities aud
other things of that ilk. If they would
allow a little ot their spare genius to
wander offin the direction of agricultural
implements, it would be just as good aft
not for their own welfare.-; i
A lady, impelled by the demands nf
fashion to seek recreation in the country
during the summer months, wrote back
despairingly : 'Did you ever revel in thr
gayeties of a half-grown torpid village.
where a walk to the grave yard was - the)
only recreation, and where,' if you in
dignantly refused to walk, you wer
shudderiiigly reminded, 'Ah, poor child,
you may ftap to go there soon.
A reader sends us the following speci
men of home wit : 'Mama,' said a youth
ful scion of our family, 4-ecently," 'you
know what ale X means, don't you?
Whr, yes, child, it means ale of a supe
rior quality. - 'Well, then, mama,' con
tinued the young .hopeful, 'don't .you
think on the same principle one might
call Mr. Darwin an ape X (apex) ?
to have taken place between a merchant
and one of his Customers v 'Sir, your ac
count has been standing for two years ;
I must have it settled immediately.' An
swer: 'Sir, tilings usually do settle by
standing; l regret that my account is an
exception. If it has been standing too
long, suppose you let it run.
' A lecturer on the "moral sentiments' in
Philadelphia remarked that the 'dearest
ship in the world was friendship,' when
a young man arose from among the con
gregation and stated tnat ne knew anoth
era dearer ship still and - that was
courtship. : The - young- man had once
been a defendant f n a. claim for breach of
promise of marriage .
"A white haired old negro preacher in
New Orleans thus addressed oue of th
meetings of the dissatisfied darkies last
week : ' W hat are you grunibliug about ?
Yer all better off than ye ever speoted to
be dan ye deserve to be. Did yer tink,
wheu Massa Linkum guv . yer freedom,
he was gwin to buy tickets in the Louis
iana State lottery for you beside V
'We don't like rhilip Phillips, th
Singing Pilgrim,' who sang at the How
ard Presbyterian Church, on Tuesday,
says a California paper. 'He filter all
his hymns through his nose, and has an
unpleasant way of repeating the last lin
of each verse over and over again. Th
eflbct of -'His bowels; melt with love,
was not pretty .when sung thus: Hit
bowels melt with love. His bowels
melt with love. His bow-wow-wow-wow-wowels
melt with low.'
A Syracuse man chopped down a giant
hickory tree, over seventy-five feet nigh,
and bearing the ring 'marks of aixty
years. His surprise may be imagined oil
finding under the tree an old brick cis
tern iufpertect shape'and in a splendid
state of preservation. Indeed, so strongly
were the brick and mortar cemented,
that picks and crowbars were required to
dig them out. . How long ago and by
whom was this cistern built ? Who made
the brick and where were they made?
The way to quarrel with a wife -is . to
wait until she is at her toilet preparatory
to going out. She will bo sure to ask'you
if her bonnet is straight. Remark that
the lives of nine-tenths . of the ' women
are passed in thinking whether their
bonnets are straight, and wind up with
the remark that yon never knew but one
woman who had common sense about
her. Wife will ask who that was. You
will, with a sigh, reply, 'Ah! never
mind.' Wife will ak why didn't vou
marry her. You say abstractedly, 'Ah,
why, indeed V The climax in reached
by this time, and a regular row i sura to
follow. ........
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