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VOLUME 54-NO: 49.
WARREN. OHIO, JULY 20. 1ST0.
WHOLE NO. 2S07.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
CTTESTERX RESERTECHROXICLE
f Published every Wednesday morning,
In Empire Bloc. M.irket fcit Warren, Wm.
iiiTKZEL, Editor and Proprietor.
"TTJI. -FISCHER, House, Sign and
OrnamentAl Painler. Frescoing, Kal
snmlng. Paper Hanging. Graining, Ac., done
In the best stvle. Kine's Block. Main 8t
Warren, Ohio. (June la, ls7u-lyr. -
OCT.SPELLXAX. Dentist. Office
J in Anderson ft Hupps new diocs. iaes
3ay and Wednesday of every week the office
in ue ctosea. h, iov-u.
J)
.1. I Ulli'LUIi rtfcwiutj Auuini
. Hubbard, Ohio. feb. 24, i8d-tf.
pi EORUE P. HUXTER, Attorney at
i Lav, Office in vanuoraer biock, Maricet
Su, Warren. Ohio. IFeb. Zi. 1S7U-U.
HARRIS' Western Reserve Cigar
and Tobacco Manufactory, one door
suuui 01 post urace, wan-en, o. (May wm
L SPEAR, 34. D., Eclectic Physl
.and Surgeon, office over Freer A Smith's
Urocery, Mantel street, w arren, unio. r ar
ticular aUention given to Chronic diseases.
DR. D. GIBBONS, Dentists, teeth
extracted without pain; upper or low
er sets of teethfor $12.00. Office over T. J. Mo
Lain A Ron's Bank, Main SU, Warren, Ohio.
Jan. 6, 1870.-.
J. HAKKOK. . C T. HKTCALT.
HARMOX & METCALF, Physicians,
and Burgeons; Office on High Street at
tand formerly occupied by Dr. Harmon.
Jan. 5 170
W. T. SPEAK.
JOHIf HCTl'HISS.
BUTCHIXS & SPEAR, Attorneys at
Law. Office In First National Bank
ling, Sd story, front rooms, Warren O.
Jan. 6. IsjlMjr. .
JH. BRISCOE, Physician and Sur
, geon. Office over Park A Patch's store.
Market Street. - Residence, north side of
M arket Street, twe doors east of Elm. Par
ticular attention paid to Chronic disease.
Jan. S, lSVO-lj-r.
TB F.'A. BIERCE, Homaepathlc
I Phvsician and Surgeon, Olfice in buUills
Clock, High tiueet.
J. VAUTROT. THAU. AC1LLIT.
YAITROT & ACXLET, Successors to
J. Vautrot 4 Co, Dealers in Watches,
Jewelry and Diamonds. Market Street, War
ren. Ohio. Jan. 5, 1670.
B. W. KATLIFF. H. H. HOSES.
T ATLIFF & MOSES, Attorneys and
XvOonnselleis at Law. Office over the Ex
cuange Bank of Freeman & Hunt, on Market
St. Warren Ohio. uuuo. i.u-
ITT B. PORTE R. Attorney at Law,
V , eOffioe in Iddings' Block, Market SU,
W arren, Oliio. 1.J an. o, usi u-iy .
MC D. W. WOOD WORTH, Ph;
. alcians and Surgeons, office over E.
Allison's Drag Store, Main Street, Warren,
Ohio. Office hours from to 9 a. nL, and from
2tosp.ni. ireu.z, i90(.
"VT B. TITER, Manufacturer and
i.1 Dealer in Ouns, Rifles, Pistols, Cutlery
Fishing TackU Gun Materials, Sporting
Apparatus, Sewing Machines, Ac, No. 8, Mar
ket SU. Warren, Ohio. Jan. 5, Uuu-u
A E. LTMAX. Dentist Office over
J,m the new Millinery Store of M. O. Mes
aer, between Jddinga A Morgan's and Freer
& Smith's Store, Market SU, Warren, Ohio.
entrance at tne ctutosicu umce, up tutus.
Jan. 5, ISTO-tf
K. P0BTXB. W. r. PORTER.
W5. tt W. F. PORTER, Dealers
. in School and Miscellaneous Books,
Stationary, Wall Papers, Periodicals, Pam
phlets and Magazines, at the ew lorjcttooa:
Store. Main street, w arren. omo.
A LMOX D. WEBB Notary Public,
f Fire and Life Insurance Agent: and
Pension and Bounty Agent. Passage Tick
ets sold to and from, and money remit
ted to the old country, at the lowest current
rales. Office in Webb's Block. Main Street,
W. D. HALL, T. J. MACKET.
ALL & BACKET, Manufacturers
of Harness and dealers in Saddlery
dware. Trunks. Valises. Traveling Bags,
W nips. Horse rsianaeta, rtaaoies inu r dcj
SaQOlery, ro. a, tiarsx , n amn. u.
rJan.S,lK7.
TB. F. MYERS, tenders tiis profes-
sionai service to uk people oi w arren
and vicinity, office front room, over Park A
Chew's Store SUlea block. Hours, from 10
to 12, a. m and I to 3 p. m. ue&ldence, cor
ner ef High and Chestnut SU.
Kov. . itM-ly - - - -
"YrrHITTLE SE T ADAMS, Fire and
V -Life Insurance Agent, Warren, Ohio.
Merchandize and other property Insured in
the best Comoanies. on favorable terms:
Farm property, Isolated Dwellings, and their
furniture insured for one, three and five
years. Office in Mccomos ana smita s diock.
. K. HUTCHUS, C K. OLIDDEK, J. X. STtTLU
TTUTCHLXS. GIXDDEX Jc STULL,
Q. Attorneys at Law, office over Smith A
Turner's Store, corner of Main and Market
tstreets, warren, onto. ijan.a, uiu-u.
T K. DAWS0X, Mayor of the Incor-
I . porated Village of warren, O., and also
Justice of the Peace la and for said Village,
attends to all business usually transacted by
Justices of the Peace. Mayor's regular court
every Monaay morning iromo u iz o-ciocjt
c i.-ai . . . .
TDDIXGS M0RGAX, Dealers in Sta-
uooas, carpets. Mat
iia, window Shades
. Ac. They keep con
stantly on hand, a large ana lull assort
ment of goods In their line, of good quality
and fashionable styles, and oner them fur
sale at the lowest prices in tne marKeu
Jan. 6. 187.
AB0LFHUS GRXTER, Dealer in
Musical Merchandize of all descriptions,
viz: Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Violins,
GuitarsrAccordeons,Claronetu, Flutes, Fifes,
Drums, Piano-spreads, Piano-stools, Sheet
music, Music-books, Violin Strings, Guitar
Strings, &c, Ac Store in Webb's Block, over
Farter's Book Store. Jan. 6, 1SU. .
U SITED STATES and Foreign office
for Patents, 127 Superior SU, opposite
American House, Cleveland, O., U. S. with
Associated offices in Washington and For
eign Countries. We prosecute business of
every description relating to Inventions,
Patents. Infringements, Ac
BURRIDGE A CO.. Authorized Patent At-
torneys. Sub-Agency at the Chronicle
Office, Warren, O. July 20.
JR. XELS0X, Physician and Sur
, geon. Office at the old stand of Loy A
Nelson, a few doors east of the First Nation
al Bank, Market (Street, Warren, O. Having
had 21 years experience in the practice, in
company with Dr. Loy, during which time
thousands of cases were treated by me, I
would state that I will continue to give par
ticular attention to all classes of diseases.
vor the accommodation of persons from a
distance, by cars or otherwise, I have ar
ranged to be at my offioa at the following
hours: From 7 to 10 o'clock, A. M.: from S to
a o'clock, P.M. J. K. KELSON.
Dec 2 hm-ly.
UNION HOUSE,
HUBBARD, OHIO.
S. BHERHAN, Proprietor.
TT AVING recently leased the well
M known Union Hoane, at the center of
Huobard, lately kept by m. Adams. I pro
pose to keep a hotel that shall prove satis
factory to gnests and the traveling public
generally. The hotel has just been put ln
thorooeh repair and refurnished. Good Liv
ery in connection with the Hotel. Terms
reasonable.
SepU22.1S69-lvr
EXCHANGE BANK
FKEEMAN & HUNT,
WABEEN, OHIO.
DEALERS XS
(.14, SllTtr, Eastera Exeasac. tscarreat Baak
lotes, ass all kiaas sf
GOVERNMENT BONDS
Money received on' Deposit. Collections
and all buiiinen connected with Banking
promptly attended to.
REVENUE STAMPS FOB SALE
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
SIEADVILLE, PA.
CALENDAR FOR 1809. Fall Term
commences September 15. clones Decem
ber ie. Winter Term of 1st commences
Jan. 4.
This Institution is situated In the beauti
ful City of Mkadvillk, healthful, easy of
access, and furnished with all the appliance
to be denired by the students pursuing a full
classical or scientific course of study. Libra
ries, Cabinets and apparatus are unusually
valuable and extensive.
THE BOARDING HALL,
With furnished rooms for 100 students. Is
managed on the 0-Operative Sydem, so as to
Ornish board at the lowest possible rates.
wa, Classes commencing Latin and Alge
bra wUl be formed hereafter at the beginning
of the Fall Term and Greek at the beginning
f the Winter Term. Send for Catalogues,
Aug. 25, IKS-lyr.
J A3. MARVIN.
Sec y of Faculty.
I
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and
AUDITORS' OFFICE,
Washes. Tkombcij. Co, Ohio,
"VfOTICE is hereby given, that the
ll Commissioners of Trumbull County
Ohio, will receive sealed proposals up to 12
o clocK m. oi i ne tisy oi aukosi, a. d.
1.H7U, at the Auditor's office of said county,
for the construction of a wrought iron arch
bridge of one hundred and fifty feet span,
and sixteen feet roadway inside the arches,
across the Mahoning River at Leaviluburg,
In said County. The flooring to be of beat
oik, two and one half inches thick and eight
Inches wide. Joists of best oak two and one-
nail incnes thick ana twelve incues wiae;
flooring laid diagonally, the Iron work well
painted with two coats of mineral paint.
All the materials to be of the best quality,
and the work done In the most thorough and
workmanlike manner, and the bridge war
ranted in every respect and to have a sus
taining power of two thousand pounds per
lineal loot. Contractor to give good and
sufficient security for the performance of
his contract, and bridge to be completed by
the 15th dav of October, A. D. INTO.
The Commissioners reserve the right to
reject any or all bins received.
0. K. WOLCOTT,
E. A. REED,
1. B. PAYNE.
County Commissioners.
J as. D. Kkkkibv, Auditor.
J- W. llentrmidth, 8urveyor.
June 15. l(f7(Mt
HUMOR DOCTOR.
THE GREAT BLOOD PCRTFIER
A5D SYSTEM REXEWER.
torpid condition of
One bottle will cure
the liver.
Two bottles are warranted to cure a nur
sing sore mouth.
one Dottle will clear tne system oi Dues.
Two bottles are warranted to care the worst
canker in the stomach.
Three to Ave bottles are warranted to cure
the worst kind of erysipelas.
POLAND'S
One to two bottles are warranted to cure
all humor in the evi
Two bottles are warranted to cure running
oi tne ears ana niotcnes among tne nair.
r our to six Domes are warrantea to cure
corruut and runmue ulcers.
One bottle will pure scaly eruptions of the
skin. A lady friend who wassadly annoyed
with pimples on the faoe used two Dottles,
and snows a must beautiful complexion as
tne result.
HUMOR
Two to three bottles are warranted to cure
the worst kind of ringworm.
Two or three Dottles are warrantea to cure
the most desperate cases of rheumatism.
Three or four bottles are warranted to cure
salt rheum.
Five to eight bottles are warranted to core
the worst scrofula.
One to three bottles are warranted to cure
the worst case f dyspepsia. I know from
the experience of thousands that it has been
caused by canker in the stomach.
D00T0R.
One to two bottles are warranted to core
sick headache.
One bottle is warranted to cure the worst.
case of niles.
One to two bottles is warranted to care a
costive state of the bowels.
One to two bottles will regulate all derange
ment of the kidnevs.
Four to six bottles will core the worst ease
of dropsy.
.The HUMOR DOCTOR Is composed
entirely of vegetables, among which are
Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock, Noble Pine,Man-
drake, and BloodrooU Any druggist or phy
sican will tell you that no better Blond Puri
fiers have been discovered. The HUMOR
DOCTOR is pleasant to the taste, safe, yet
sore and effective in its action.
Prepared at the
5EW-KS0I.AND BOTANIC DEI0T. Bottsa, lass.
Sold by all Dealers in Medicines,
'oka a Park, Waeleiale Agt, Ciseismsti, 0.
Sold at HOYTS Drug Store.
Ju 15 imujld a 4Ui w e mo lyr.
SPEING STOCK.
C'S. FIELD
IS NOW IN RECEIPT OF HIS
Spring Stock of roods for Men'i v&r
eiAiuracing in me man mac lory department,
sui tut; AnMa fcij ie vi
Cloths, Suiting, Cassimers &c
which will be
MADE UP TO ORDER
nnder the snoerviirion of H.Bohl. in the same
superior quality ana inimitaoie styie
heretofore. Also a new stock of
READY HADE CLOTHING,
Good honest goods honest in material.
Quality and make, No man shall name
lower prices, uv ue jew ur nuiu
Hats and Caps,
Everything desirable or stylish thai the
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS
Including everything necessary to a gentle-
mans compiebe wuuroue.
MIAOU'S FRENCH YOKE SHIRT,
A PERFECT FITTIXa SHIRT.
COTTON,
INDIA GAUZE,
LISLE THREAD ft
Silk Under Shirts
For Spring and Summer wear.
CALL. & SEE ME.
C. S. FIKLD,
West Side, Main SU, Warren, Ohio.
April 20, 1870-tf.
AMERICAN BUTTON HOLE
AND
OVER SEAMIKGSEWING MACHINE.
rpHE SIMPLICITY, ease and cer-
tainty with which it operates, as well as
uniform excellence of its working.
uiruuguoufc uie entire range w. sewing, in
Stitching, Hemming, Felling
Tncklng. Cording. Braiding, Quilting, Gath
ering auu oewing on, over seaming.
Embroidering on the Edge and
iu Beautiful Button Hole and
Eyelet Hole Work,
Place It unquestionably far in advance of
AST OTHER SEXILAR EfTEXTIOX.
Is also the CHEAPEST, intrinsically, as
well as the BEST, since It Is really
TWO MACHINES COMBINED IN OXE,
making either the Lock Stitch or Button
Stitch, as occasion may require. It is.
uio Nuiie uiue.
Simple in Construction,
comparatively noiseless, easily understood.
in a word. It combines, with these Ad
vantages
Exclusively its Owij,
mort desirable qualities of a othrrt. The
Agent for this machine, in Trumbull Co.,
uo m uuuiwi UU I1U1U at
KIX6-S JEWELBT STORE. MAIX STREET,
where it can be seen daily in operation.
one naving one ui inese macmnes can
obtain any insLraction desired, by calling at
Agent's room, no matter of whom Uiey
may nave purciiaBea uieix macnine.
Instructions GlreaoBthe machine
Gratxitoutti, to all jmrrhatert. Lessons may
betaken, if desired, with the view to test the
Machine, or become better acquainted with
before deciding to purchase. We desire
ALL TO SEE AND TRY IT
are willing to rest the case on its own
MEHl'I'S AIiONE.
AXDRETT KIK, Agent.
Warren, Ohio, May 11, 1870-Sm.
HORSE RAKES !
AT THE
STEAM RAKE FACTORY,
INDEPENDENT WHEEL
AXD
EETOLTDitt II0ESE KIKES,
Oliuni POwore,
WHEELBARROWS, '
FORK and E0E
HASDLES, c,
BY THE WHOLESALE RETAIL.
Sawing. Planing & Turning
DONE TQ. ORDER.
3. i. GLLLXER,
May IS, lST0-3mo.
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THE CHRONICLE.
THE CHRONICLE. THE TAUCHNITZ NEW TESTAMENT.
BY PROF. S. C. BARTLETT, D. D
The Tauchnitz edition of the New
Testament, edited by Teschendorf, is
having a wide circulation. It spreads
before the multitudes,in palpable form
some of the manuscript variations
which have for centuries been known
intelligent students of the Bible.
We are heartilv glad to hhve it so.
The thorough knowledge of the facts
all the facts will prove, to the com
munity as it has proved to a great
company of scholars already, the firm
est ground of confidence in the gen
eral inteeritv of our Serin ture text.
I n til Ck t-i to ! va n n i vt ru-vf a r '
- a-VlAA V UUi AA1 jrV 144AA. V va
the variation anil in tlm nower of
ascertainine usuallv which is the true
reading in cases of deviation. They
will find the total and the special
teachings of God's word to be unaf-
fected, except as they are sometimes
presented iu a more striking manner
or cleared of certain minor difficul
ties.
1. How came the variations ? They
are absolutely Inevitable (without
.r'r.l :.,?'T. ..YuK"
of adopyistor a printer, and especi-
ally let it be copied froui copies, and
you will soon find words changed,
omitted, repeated, misspelled. Aniau
unHs .n .Mi.u . . ,i ,i,t
it has passed two or three Umes under
the proof-reader's eye, and perhaps
once or twice under Lis own, now al
most certain it is to contain some pro
voking errors. Multiply this by the
thousand upon thousand times that
the Kew Testament was copied before
the art of printing, and one can see
bow there must be a multitude of va
riations. A large gilt edged copy of
the Bible published by the American
Bible Society in ISil.which I read for
convenience at family prayers, con
.
tains scores of misprints some of
very absurd, which I recognize
in an instant, and instantly know what
thev were intended for. I open the
second volume of Bekker's Aristotle,
and find sr. tvonu.. nf mn tl.or.
twenty various readings to a page
throughout the volume. Yet that was
edited from seven Greek manuscripts,
while the New Testament has been
examined in more than a thousand
manuscripts, besides versions and quo
tations in the early Fathers. "The
manuscripts of Terence's comedies,
which are but six in number, and
have been copied a thousand times
less frequently than the New Testa
ment, contain thirty thousand varia
tions." Shakspeare'8 plays have been
in existence but little over two and a
half centuries, and that too eince the
art of printing. Yet if we compare
the various printed editions, and take
into account also the varieties of spel
ling as well as of readings, what in
numerable differences! The New
Testament text is in comparison with
such works a marvel of stability.
2. How long have these differences
been observed? Certainly for sixteen
hundred years. In the hrst half of
the third century, the learned Origen
speaks of the "diversity of copies,"
others Of the fathers speak of the dif-
ferent readings in particular instances.
while the oldest manuscripts are
marked with numerous emendations
by different hands. The subject began
to attract special attention in connec
tion with the printed text. When
Erasmus first published the Greek
Testament in 1516, he had fivt manu
scripts (not entire, however), and
from these he settled his text. By the
help of another manuscript he made
some 4m corrections ana changes ln
the second edition, and about 130 in
the third. - Aa his mnnusovwew
modern, his principal one beingof the
fifteenth century, the wonder is that
his edition was so good. Six years
later (1522) appeared the Compluten
sian Polyglott in Spain, containing
the New Testament edited probably
from six oreight codices, also modern.
These two original editions, that of
Erasmus and the Complutensian,
formed in general the basis of the
present Greek Text. They modified
each other, and as successive editions
were published at short intervals.
other manuscripts were compared, till,
a
a
a
as early as 1550, Robert Stevens had
compared sixty-five of them with the
text or Erasmus, anu Theodore Beza,
thirty years later, many additional
ones together with the Syriac and an
Arabiac version. Numerous correc
tions bus took place, and in 1G33 was
published the Greek text which then
took and has since retained the name
"the received text," the Elzevir
Edition. It is, with slight modifica
tions, the text which until lately has
been commonly printed, and is sub
stantially that to which King James'
version conforms.
3. What amount of investigation
has since been expended upon the
criticism of the text ? An amount un
paralleled in the history of literature.
Passing over ail intermediate labors,
of
of
Dr. John Mill devoted the labor of
thirty vears to the work of eollectine
and comparing manuscript, and lived
but fourteen days after the publica
tion. Then came John James Wet
stein, who spent another thirty years
the collation, making joumeyings
Germany, France, Holland and
England. It was a work of marvel
ous labor j his various readings and
authorities constitute a million quota-
tiona. After him came Griesbach.
,-i i , , I
wnose moors exieuuea over nearly tne
lentrth of time. KAhnltz Brant ed
twelve years, and visited thirty libra-
nes scattered WTO" Hiurope in aCCUmn-
are
on
In
we
lating materials; and Tischendorf has
given more tnan thirty years to this
work, visiting the libraries of Cam
bridge, Oxford, Rome, Florence Ve
nice, Modena, .Naples, Milan, Turin,
Verona, Basle, Zurich, Leipsic, Dres
den, Munich, Vienna, Wolfenbuttel,
the convent of St Gallees, the monas
teries at Cairo and the Libyan desert,
those at Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, and
the Dead Sea, atPatmos, Constantino
and Athens. Six years he spent iu
Journeyingalone. These fourmen thus
spent more than one hundred years of the
iiercuiean laoor on mis investigation
without mentioning the labors of
Walton, Fell, Bengel.Matthaei.Birch, Ion
Scholz, Lachmann, Knapp, Titmann, in
Bcnoii, ana otners. i
As the result there have been found,
and more or less collated, nearly a in
thousand manuscripts, covering parts of
the whole of the New Testament,
forty seven of which are more than a t1
thousand years old, ' others twelve
hundred, fourteen hundred, and two I has
(the Sinaitie and Vatican) fifteen
hundred years old. Besides these, the
early translations have been examin- ty,
of which the Latin and the Syriac
date from the second century, the
Gothic from the year 300, the Ethio-
fromthe fourth century, the Cod-
probably from the fourth, and the I
Sahidic probably from the third. The
quotations in all the Christian Fath- the
for the several first centuries have
been examined and compared.
whole world has thus bwn rn. of
sacked, and the field has been gone
over. While we may hope that soe iQ
other manuscripts may still come to
light, scholars do not anticipate im- not
portant additions to the present mate-
rials. The Sinaitie codex, recently
discovered, presents a striking corres- only
pondence to the Vatican, which hai
been known for four hundred vears.
Indeed the reading of a given nianu-
script can often be largely anticipated are
its general resemblance to nth- sages
the class to which it belongs. and
when we take into account the
immense number which have already
examined, representing everv
and country, together with the
exploration of the early fathers and
early versions also, the most that J
t. ...... . i i . . 1 1
lw nsoavjiaui v CAlJVUMm Ul otner
manuscripts, is that they shall weak
en or strengthen readings already
are
ral
' S
thiUES from it, as a means of weaken
ing confidence in the New Testament;
and go men like Bengel were anx-
ious ald almost alarmed. But skep-
tics long ago ceased to hope for any
id from these explorations, and good
men began to see how gloriously and
known, excepting mere and obvious
mistakes; and little) weight will be
accorded to them in this direction un
less they should prove of the very
highest autiquity. Tisoheudorf well
says, "No single work of ancient
Greek classical literature can com
mand three such original witnesses
as the Sinaitlc, Vatican, and Alexan
drine, to the integrity and accuracy of
the text." When we add all the oth
er immense apparatus of textual criti
cism, there is no comparison between
the cases. And one of the nios-t strik
ing testimonies to the general charac
ter of these numerous manuscripts, is
the fact that a text formed by Eras
mus from half-a-dozen copies taken
at random, should conform so closely
to the results of the most enormous
research. When the investigation
began, infidels like Collins hoped great
impreguably they were settling the
basis of our faith.
4. What are the results? (I) A large
number of minor variations of no ac
count a multitude of them too trivial
to appear in the Tauchnitz edition
Diflerent modes of spelling the same
word : DV17 8 n.a.me. "P"1
wa8. Yf. ln rileome three Umes
wxty variations Tens of thousands
of differences of this kind occur. Di-
yer grammatical formsin great num
bens. Diversities of order : Christ Je
sus for Jesus Christ, Esaias the proph
et for the prophet Esaias, woman, be
lieve me, or, believe me, woman. Of
these and the like, a vast number. The
interchange of pronouns for nouns :
"he" for Jesus, or Peter, or Cornelius,
"his disciples' for the disciples, etc.,
in numerous instances. Equivalent
words: kingdom of the Ixrd, for
kingdom of God ; two Greek words
for "saying" exchanged: "ana" in
place of the or now, etc. Bhorten
them jngs of phrases : "preaching of the
kingdom," or "preaching the things
concerning tne Kingdom or boa,"
lA;ts, ?lllJ,, tulip C0.?.. OT,,
and again Philip cometh. "Which"
1U1 B9 III a II V u. 1WJUIU UCVBIUW
I go," or, "because I said I go." (John
xiv:2S). Numerous omissions, from a
single word, as,"a woman, "instead of
"a certain woman," up to a clause or
a whole sentence. Thus the Sinaitic
omits "for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans," (and Tischen-
dorr concurs against tne Alexandrine
and the Vatican). Inadvertant omis
sions are quite numerous. Insertions
from parallel passages are also very
abundant. Thus the copyists often
introduced into one ot gospels passac
es from another, and in various ways
intermingled the different narratives
of the same event, or similar utteran
ces in different parts of the New Tes
tament, i ne diversities ot this char
acter, really of no account, and some
or tnem recognizable at a glance, con
stitute, when we compare all the
manuscripts, many thousands, and in
the best manuscripts a larger number.
They are but repetitions.
z.) Another less numerous class of
variations, appreciably, though not
importantly, modifies the thought
They strengthen the logical connec
tion, insert or omit an explanatory
phrase orcircumstance.employ a more
or less precise expression, or even add
new shade of meaning. Still the
improvements thus resulting are few
er than those which would come from
correction of present erroneous
translations. Frequently they relieve
the interpretation. Occasionally a
gloss seems to have been introduced
for this very purpose. Thus in Matt.
v:22, "Without a cause," though per-
ipsstrue lnterDietiuion. is nrouawy
gloss. In Matt. vi:l "aims' should
read "righteousness," which restores
the subordination of the thoughts fol
lowing. In Matt 1:25, "first-born"
has been introduced from Luke ii:7,
where it is genuine. "By them of
old time," falls out from v:27, though
belonging in verse 21. In v:47 for
"publicans" we should read "Gen
tiles," and in vi:22 for "we forgive,"
read "we have forgiven," with a slight
increase of force in both cases. Verse
of chapter vi is to be reduced about
one half, with no loss or thought or
force- These are but specimens. The
true icai usuuiv )iuvra vriciesi, sim
plest, and most vigorous, as well as
clear of repetitions ; and the changes
that have been made in it consist very
largely of dilutions.
(3) A third class of corrections,
though having no doctrinal bearings,
clash more with our long associations.
The closing doxology of the Lord's
prayer, however excellent, is now
reckoned by all the critical editors as
no part-of the original. The song of
the augeis apparently reads "peace on
earth to the men of good pleasure," i.e.,
God's good pleasure. The account
the woman taken in adultery (John
viii:l-ll) the critical editors do not in
clude in the text of John's gospel.
though clearly very ancient and be-
lieved by Afford to be part of the
original "oral gospel." They also
displace verse 4tn and the last 6even
at
of
go
words of verse 3d in John v. The
last twelve verses of Mark are dis
placed by Tischendorf and Alford,
though the latter regards them as an
"authentic record" by some other
hand. Of the solemn threefold reitera
tion in Mark ix:44, 40, 4S, the first two
are omitted by Tischendorf on the
strength or the Sinaitic, Vatican and
.11 IK'P V, :
""lc umci cAucucut moo, uul retain
same by Alford on the strength of the
Alexandrine and other old MSS, to
geuier witu several oi me uiuesi oi an
versions. The case is not clear. These
the most notable cases of this
kind.
(4.) While none of the various read-
ings affect any question of doctrine
the whole, they do concern a very
few f the proof-texts, leaving the
great multitude of them unchanged.
one passage there is an addition
made to the other utterances, where
instead or "eternal condemnation,"
now read "eternal sin." (Mark
iii:29.) The omission of Acts viii:37
three oldest manuscripts concur
ring removes a verse which our
brethren are fond of Quoting: while.
the other hand, they are rejoicing
Tischendorf s omission in his last
edition (on much more questionable
grounds) of the words "and tables"
Mark vu:4. A slight readjustment
proof texts concerning Christ
ak place, with no effect on the to-
result. The text concerning the
mree neaveniy witnesses (l John v:7)
long ceased to be quoted by any
intelligent Trinitarian. It teste on no
ncient and valid manuscript authori-
and was not printed in the first
edition of the Greek Testament. The
disputed reading in I Tim. iii:lG, is
now somewhat generally conceded by
critical editors and scholars to be
Who was manifest in the flesh,"
rather than "God manifest," etc. On
other hand, the almost equally fa-
rnous passage. Acta xx:28, in which
Griesbach wished to read "The church
the Lord." reads, according to the
Sinaitie and Vatican manuscripts, as
our version, "Church of God."
Alford concurs, and Tischendorf has
reached it in his last edition. A
singular variety is given by these two
oldest manuscripts in John i:18 "The
begotten God." Tregelles c-
cepts it. Tischendorf rejects. Alford
hesitatingly concurs in the rejection.
These diversities, whichever way they
settled, leave numerous other pa
froin of tbe same kind unquestioned
unquestionable. They change n
result.
The passages we have mentioned
the only ones of any special im
portance that occur to us, bearing on
strictly doctrinal questions.
We ought to add that tne reading or
Tauchnitz's edition, convenient and
uable as they are, do not give the
leader any adequate view of the exact
result in each instance. The old ver
sions, the early fathers, and other im
portant manuscripts, together with
various well settled principles or com
parison, have to be taken into the ac
count. Tischendorf, who makes the
greatest account of the two oldest
manuscripts, yet not unfrequently, as
in John i:1S. decides auainat tnem.
The reader must, therefore, beware of
nasty conclusions irom tne readings
of these three manuscripts. The field
is one of immense breadth. A writer
in one of the papers, who spoke of
having gone through the Tauchnitz
edition marking with bis pencil all the
principal changes indicated in the
manuscripts there quoted, proceeded
much upon the principle of the novice
wno, naving learned or three vaiua
ble medicine?, proceeds to administer
mem siraignt on to an ms patients in
succession. It is Dr. Sangrado in Gil
Bias with hisinevitable"bleedingand
warm water." it will not answer to
lie too wise on the subject of the New
Testament text upon the strength of
me raucnnitz edition only.
[From the Cincinnati Times.]
[From the Cincinnati Times.] A Domestic Scene--All About a Parasol
Tassel.
A parasol tassel is a very small thing
to create a difficulty in a man's
family, yet, insignificant as it is in
itself, it did cause much domestic
trouble out in the West End last
night. The night was warm as many
who were tossing about in inenectual
efforts to sleep may remember. Tak
ing a stroll on the streets about 11
o'clock to see what we could hear, and
hear anything there was to see, we
came upon a discordant couple, man
and wife, evidently, who were so
earnestly engaged in a family dispute
tei ween tnemseives tney didn't ob
serve us, so we stopped to observe
them. They were of unmistakable
Teutonic origin.
The husband, stubbori and morose,
was seated on the doorstep of .a plan
ing mill, and the wife was standing
in iront ct mm on tne sidewaiK
emptying imaginary viols of wrath
upon his head, varied with female
lamentations and pleadings usual up
on such occasions, ail of which he re
ceived with occasional sullen remon
strance.
"Onlutwo year married, already."
said the indignantwife,"and you run
ning around mu der cirls.poot v quick,
You ought to be ashamed mit mine
self Unt here is the leedle barasol
tassle vot I found in your pocket.
Yust sich a leedle tassle vot Katrina
Von Trumps barasol don' have got all
'e wile. Vot Vou got to say to dose?"
"Vot I got to say?" returned the
husband, in a tone of injured inno
cence, " Vot I tole you a'ready. vot 1
always told you, and vot I never tell
you some more what I live, and always
will? 1 tole you I found the leedle
barasol tassle at the nase pall groundts
and that's more's what's the mader."
The wife would not accept the ex
planation, butcontinued toccuse him
of connubial derelictions, althouch
the only evidence she seemed to have
on nana was tue parasol tassle. At
mgtn another actor appeared on tue
scene. He proved to be a neighbor of
tneirs, and although he came stroll
ing along, whistling in an indifferent
manner, and n on no purpose bent, it
was apparent that hekad sought them
with the view of effecting a reconcilia
tion and getting them home.
lailo. Mans, vas this vou?" said
the new comer, acting as though
surprised at finding him there; "you
are pooty late out, aint it? Why you
no go home?"
I don't go home any more, that's
why I aint out pooty quick late." re
plied Hans gloomily.
ine neignoor inquired the reason or
tneir uimcuity. which Mrs. iians was
not ehm- to give exhibitisg' the ua-J
pic-ious tassel.
"wnat." said the neighbor In aston
ishment, "a leetle tassel like dose
make all dese difficulties! Vy I bicks
up dose leetle tassels at the pase-ball
groundts effry tay vot I don' go town
mere, uot tuzzents tousands of 'em
home; I guess not. Von leetle bara
sol tassel ! ! Veil, you youst like to
see my pureau trawers full of dose
tassels vot I tells you, untmy frau she
HKe urn, unt says its puny. Von
leetle tassel makes all dis troubles.
Veil if I hadn't ouf pelievedit I never
wouia nar seen it."
He continued on in thiastrain, and
nnaiiy made out that every married
man in the neighborhood had bushels
"leedle barasol tassels" which they
picKea up at tne Dase-bau grounds
conveying the idea that the air fairly
rained lasseis wnenever there was
throng of ladies there to witness a base-
bail match.
The woman at length became
moderately pacified and consented to
home, forgeting and forgiving if
nans would, and iians alter an
amount of grumbling and hesitation
which his injured feelings seemed to
demand, consented and they went
home; the well-meaning but some
what extravagant neighborstill dwell
ing on the heap of parasol tassels he
had himself accumulated at the "pase-
pan grounds."
or
[From the Brooklyn Union.]
How Mr. Greeley Was Engaged to
Lecture for a Western Lyceum.
Mr. M. B. Castle, as most lectures
known, is the thriftv nresirfpnt nf a
bank at Sandwich, 111, and the active
manager or the lyceum or that town,
He lately wrote a letter inviting Mr.
Greeley to lecture there in the next
session's course. Mr. ureeley's reply
was in a handwriting which, the edi
tor of the Sandwich Gazette says, it
would be no sin to worship, as there is
notning on eartn, or sea, or heaven.
like unto it. Several experts tried to
read it, with varying! result?. One
thought it was an editorial on the
taritt, and the figure GO in it refered to
the duty on pig iron. Another
thought it had reference to the
Mc'Farland trial. Finally Mr. Castle
translated it as follows :
"Dear Sir : I am available and
will come. It will be SH0 next
February 3d. As to other lectures, it
seems mat l must decline, except in
your immediate vicinity If I do come
in February "
The rest of the letter looked as if
somebody had smashed a bottle of ink
on it and tried to wipe it off with a
currycomb. But Mr. C, having so
large a latitude to guess in, read it as
an acceptance and answered:
Sandwich III., May 12,1870.
Horace Greeley, A'ew York Tribune,
Dear Sir Your acceptance of our
invitation to lecture before our associa
tion next winter, came to hand this
morning. Your penmanship not be
ing the plainest, it took some time to
translate it. nut we succeeded, and
would say your time 3d of Febuaryl
and terms $G0 are entirely satisfac
tory. As you suggest, we may be able
to get you other engagements in the
immediate vicinity, if so, we win
advise Very respectfully,
in
to
no
of
ed,
do
the
gion
and
that
the
be
M. B. CASTLE.
About a week afterward there went
to Sandwich the following response,
very eligibly written :
"New York Tribcxe, May 16.
Dear Sir : I have yours of the
12th inst I did not write you the 3d
of Febuary, or any other day.
" Yours. HORACE ureelby.
'M. B. Castle, Sandwich, 111."
It thus turned out that Mr. Gree
ley's original letter, which Mr. Castle
blundered in deciphering, was as fol
lows :
"New York Tribune May 9, 18.0.
Dear Sir: I am overworked anu
growing old. I shall be sixty next
February, 3d. On the whole, it seems
that I must decline to lecture hence
forth, except in this immediate vicin
ity, if I do at all. I cannot promise
to visit Illinois on that errand cer
tainly not now. Yours.
of
of
but
of
some
But
cise
and
how
exert
"HORACE GREELEY.
M. B. Castle, Sandwich. Ill.
CELESTIALS IN LOUISIANA.
NEW ORLEANS, July 4, 1870.
This morning at daybreak 140 Chi
namen turned out to work in the cane
fields of Louisiana. If the experi
ment succeeds half as well as indica
tions now promise, Independence Day
will have a new meaning for the plan
ters of the South. In Louisiana alone
before this time next year thousands
upon thousands of acres will be
brought under culitvation, which, but
for this new llxr force, would have
lain idle. In Texas two hundred and
fifty Chinese are now working on
railroads, opening up the commerce
or that magnincent empire State; and
some hundreds have been set to work
in the cotton fields of Arkansas.
Thus in three Southern States at once
the experiment is progressing. But
Louisiania atibrds the best and most
suitable field for Chinese labor for
several reasons, chief among which is
the fact that its climate and products
are precisely similar to those of the
sections of China from which the em
igration is likely to come : for. curi
ously enough, the tide of Chinese em
igration to the L nitetl States has only
reached two or three provinces of that
great empire at present. In the
Amoor region and other districts no
inducement could prevail on the peo-
le to leave their native and crowed
and. So, at least, says Lee Fook
Wing, the intelligent, educated head
man of tbe gang now in Louisiana.
Dressed in blouses and drawers.
very much like a Coney Island bath
ing dress, with shaven crowns, beard
less faces and plaited pigtails sweep
ing the ground, their appearance con
veys a first impression of effeminacy,
which a close inspection quickly dis
sipates. Nearly all of them are young
men they have no women among
them some mere boys, lithe, muscu
lar and active as a company of picked
French Zouaves. Yesterday, when
your correspondent visited their quar
ters, they were racing, jumping and
chattering with all the abandon of a
parcel of schoolboys just let loose.
Two or three, on soberer thoughts in
tent, were engaged in cooking the
common supper, and cooking it In a
way of their own devising. In the
arrangements for their reception a
Kitchen nad been forgotten. Chinese
ingenuity was equal to the occasion.
Burrowing a hole in the ground, after
some quaint fashion of their own,
they developed a kitchen range,
which would make a backwoodsman's
fortune. Alas, for the fondlv cherish
ed beliefs of early days! That well
known picture or our childhood which
represents the Chinese provision mer
chant making his daily rounds with
a string of rats slung by the tail to
one end of a bamboo pole, and three
rat puppy dogs dangling at the other,
was oue of the few traditions which
time had not disturbed forward to
verify this honored belief by ocular
demonstration. Your correspondent
found a most appetizing raaout of
chickens and rice simmering in the
saucepan; five or ten pounds of beef
steak broiling on the embers and some
corn cakes baking in the background,
Is not this enough to shake one's con
ndence in everything even in fish
stories?
These 140 pioneers from Celestial
land have been engaged to work upon
one of the finest sugar estates in
Louisiana, known formerly as the
Millandon Plantation, now owned by
Oakes Ames, Governor Gardner, Pe
ter LSutler and other Massachusetts
capitalists, and managed by Mr. Amos
a. juerriu, one or tne eu re wit est law
yers or the Boston bar.
The hands employed by Mr. Mer
rill receive fourteen dollars a month
wages and twenty cents a day
to find their own provisions, a
payablo in gold. A certain pro-
immnn oi tneir cay 13 KeDt u&CK as
guarantee for faithful service.
1 hirty or the hands have worked
on sugar plantations in their own
country ; the rest are quick and ready
to learn, u ney are handy at median-
ical trades and are said to make the
very best of household servants. A
few of them speak a little English ;
Lee Fook Wing, their head man. who.
by the way, is one of the adherents of
that powerful rebel ruction in China
which nas overrun hair the counti-v
and whose leader mixes up Christian
ity and uoniiicianism in celestial con
tusion, Has lived in England and
speaks English well.
"I suppose some of your country
men here can write ?" was asked of
him in the hearing of yourcorrespon
dent.
'jCertainly : all of them."
"What ! and read too."
"Certainly their own language."
"Well, that's more than can be said
many other laborers in this country
Are they contented?"
Yes.
"Do they like the climate?"
"Yes; it's what they are used to.
"Have they written tliis to their
friends in China?"
"Yes: all of them. I had to take
"much letters" to the city yesterday."
"Whew ! We'll have labor enough
here directly, when those letters get
over." ,
Yes ; there will be much Chinese
by and by."
Merrill Plantation-. 1
New Orleans, July 5, 1870. J
The first day's work of the Chinese
the cane fields of Louisiana was
entirely successful. The hands show
ed themselves apt to learn and docile
obey, and got through an exceed
ingly good average day's work with
sign of fatigue, despite a broiling
sun. Planters all over the Suite are
investigating the matter with a view
adopting Chinese labor themselves.
ihis movement is already giving
such au impetus to rice aud sugar
cultivation as cannot fail to be in the
highest degree beneficial to the State.
tor. to jY. lr. Herald.
Out-Door Preaching.
The Congregationuliat strongly ad
vocates "uut-door i'reacning :"
Out-door preaching and other kin
dred services are popular, and, when
wisely conducted, we believe they are
profitable. We do not mean that
numbers have been actually convert
or have been induced to become
regular attendants on sanctuary wor
: it is enough that numbers have
been made to near the gospel, wno
otherwise would never have heard it.
Wherever there is a community who
not ordinarily attend the tsibbath
services, there out-door exercises
should be undertaken. The time for
services should be within the re
of six o'clock P. M., when other
meetings need not be interfered with,
when advantage may be taken of
subdued and quiet feeling wliicli
somehow steals over everybody with
setting of the sun and the ap
proach of twilight. The plaee should
oue retired from noisy thorough
fares, yet not out of the way : one, if
possible, where natural advantages
conspire to promote the comfort
the multitude, aud the convenience
those who address them. The choir
ought to be there to sing, not once,
often not stately hymns, of sol
emn tune, but airs and words that are
popular in the Sunday-school. The
sermon or address should be familiar,
matter -of-fact, "like the conversation
a man with his friend. If only
gospel truth is the sum and sub
stance of it, it will answer the end.
it muxt be brief. The whole exer
should not exceed forty minutes,
it would be better to keep within
thirty. To a simple service like this,
quickly flock the people, in what
numbers, and what varieties : and,
continued through a summer, it might
an influence that could not be
measured.
i iesi
Wood county has a snake from 32
35 feet in length, crawling around
somewhere near Portage. . -
a
of
in
ly
so
in
on
a
to
tho
and
the
of
was
an
the
her
who
was
A WESTERN DROVER'S STORY.
My name is Anthony Hunt. I am
a drover, and I live miles and miles
away upon flie western prairie. There
wasn't a homo within sight when we
moved there, my wife and I, and now
we havn't many neighbors, though
those we have are gaod ones.
One day about ten years ago, I went
away from home to sell some fifty
head of cattle fine creatures as ever I
saw. I was to buy some groceries and
dry goods before I came back, and
above all. a doll for our youngest.
Dolly; she bad never had a shop doll
of her own, only the rag babies her
mother had made her. Dolly could
talk of nothing else, and went down
to the very gate to call after me to
"buy a big one." Nobody but a
parent can understand how my mind
was on that toy, and how, when the
cattle were sold, the first thing, I hur
ried oiT to buy was Dolly's doll. I
found a large one, with eyes that
would open and shut when you pulled
a wire, and had it wrapped up in
paper and tucked under my arm,
while I had the parcels of calico and
delain and tea and sugar put up. It
might have been more prudent to
stay until morning, but I felt anxious
to get back, and eager to hear Dolly's
prattle about her doll.
I mounted ou a steady-going old
horse of mine, and pretty well loaded.
Night set in before I was a mile from
town, aud settled down dark as pitch
while I was in the middle of the wild
est bit of road I know of. I could
have felt my way though, I remember
ed it so well, aud it was almost that
when the storm had been brewing,
broke and pelted the rain in toreuu,
five miles, or may be six, from home
too.
I rode on as fast as I could, but all
of a sudden I heard a little cry like a
child's voice! I stopped short and
listened. I heard it again. I called
and it answered me. I couldn't see
a thing! All was dark as pitch. I
got down and felt about in the grass
called again, and again itwas answer
ed. Then I began to wonder. I'm
not timid, but I was known to be a
drover, and to have money about me.
It might be a trap to catch me una
wares and rob and murder me.
I am not superstitious not very
but how could a real child be out on
the prairie in such a night, at such' an
hour? It might be more than human.
The bit of a coward that hides itself
in most men showed itself to me then,
and I was half inclined to run away:
but once more I heard that cry and
said I, "If any man's child is here
abouts, Anthony Hunt is not the man
to let it die."
I search again. At last I bethought
me of a hollow nnder the hill and
groped that way. Sure enough, I
found a little ui-ippung thing that
moaned and sobbed as I took it in my
arms. I called my horse, and the
beast came to me, and I mounted, and
tucked the little soaked thing under
my coat aa well as I could promising
to take it home to mammy. It seem
ed tired to death, and pretty soon cried
itself to sleep against my bosom.
It had slept there over a hour when
I saw my own windows. There were
lights in them, and I supposed my
wife had lit them for my sake, but
when I got into the door yard I saw
something was the matter, and stood
still with dead fear of heart five
minutes before I could lift the latch.
At last I did it. and saw the room full
of neighbors, and my wife amid them
weeping.
When she saw me she hid her face.
"Oh don't tell him," she said "it
will kill him."
"What is it neighbors?" I cried.
And one said, "Nothing now.
hope whats that in your arms?"
"A poor lost child," said I, "I
found it on the road. Take it, will
you. I've turned faint." and I lifted
the sleeping thing and saw the face of
my own child, my iitue Dolly.
It was my darling, and no other.
that I had picked up upon the drench
ed road.
My little child had wandered out to
meet "daddy" and doll, while her
mother was at work, and whom they
were lamenting on dead. I thanked
heaven on my knees before them all,
Its not much of a story, neighbors,
but I think of it often in the nights.
and wonder how I could bear to live
now if I had not stopped when I
heard the cry for help upon the road,
the little baby cry, hardly louder than
squirrel's chirp.
mat's Dolly yonder with ner motn-
er in the meadow, a girl worth saving
I think(but then.I'm her father and
partial may be) the prettiest and
sweetest thing this side of the Missis
sippi. The Sword and Trowel.
PUT IT IN WRITING.
How many misunderstandings arise
from the loose way in which business
matters are talked over, and then
when each party puts his own con
struction on the conversation, the
matter is dismissed by each with the
words "all right," "all right" Fre
quently it turns out all wrong and be
comes a questioii for lawyers and the
courts.
More than half the litigation of the
country would be saved if people
would put down their agreements in
writing. Each word in our language
has iu own peculiar meaning.
aud memory may by the change
a single word, or even by the
change of its position in a sen
tence, Convey an entirely different
idea from that intended. When once
reduced to writing, ideas are fixed.
inelastic.
We once saw an excited can tain
rush into the presence of his colonel
with grievous complaints against a
brother officer. "Stop! Stop captain !"
said the colonel, "put your complaint
writing, and I will give it atten
tion."
The captain went to work vigorous
writing his complaint. In a little
while he stopped and commenced
laughing. The whole affair looked
ridiculously small when written
out that he was laughing at his own
folly in giving it any attention.
t
in
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Shoo, Fly!
The Lima Gazette says: "A lady
one of our churches rested her head
the back of the pew in front, as all
devout people do in time of prayer,
but in the pew before her, sat a young
man who neither bowed his head or
kneeled. A beautiful plume nodded
and danced upon the head of the fair
one behind him, occasionally touch
ing the neck of the youth, who evi
dently considered it a ny or some
troublesome insect. For a time he
bore the unpleasant sensation without
murmur, but at last patience ceased
be a virtue, and from the flash of his
eagle eye one could plainly see that
hour of that fly had come. In
stead of saying, 'Shoo, Fly, don't
bodder me." cautiously his hand
moved toward the supposed offending
insect; then followed a frantic clutch
a spring behind him. Imagine
horror of the youth to find in his
hand Hie nobby hat of the fair one,
which he had torn violently from her
head, sadly disarranging the contour
the braid and chignons. The lady
indignant, or course, and the
youth could have been purchased at
immense sacrifice about that time.
Explanations and apologies followed,
disorganized was put in order as
as imssible, and the devotional
exercises were resumed.
A lady remarked tho other dav that
"husband was a great epicac, and
kept her canterinq all the time."
Meaning her husband was a great epi
cure, and kept her catering all the
time.
A Western editor consoled a man
complained that justice had not
been done him, by the remark that it
"very lucky for him." .
and
to
was
her
for
has
Josh Billings on "Jersey Lightning."
Who it was that invented alcohol I
am unable tew tell without lieing; but
it would hav been a fust klass blessing
for the rest of us if he and the lickor
had both ov them been spilt on the
ground and never been sopped up
since.
The devil himself, with all hiz geni
us for a ten strike, could not have roll
ed a ball more serviceable for his biz
ness on earth ; one more certain to
quarter on the head pin, and sweep
the alley every, time. Bum is the
Devil's stool-pigeon, his right bower,
his high, low, jack, and the game.
A grate menny, with dyspeptic mor
als, argy that lickor is indispensibel
for manufacturing and doctor purpos
es, and also for mekanikal uses ; and
they hold that you kouldnt raise a
barn that would stand without enny
good old Jamaka rum, and sum say
thar pudding soss without enny speer
its in it is no healthier than common
goose grease.
But awl ov these argys are furnished
free ov cost by the Devil himself, and
enny man who advances them iz tel
ling (without knowing it, perhaps)
lies that will weigh, atarufi estimate,
at least a pound apiece. But mv ob-
jeckt in these fu preliminus remarks
ia iew gu a guou cuance to teii wnat 1
know about "Jersey lightning" (one
ov alcohol's imps) as a manufaktring
and metaphysikal agent.
Jersey lightning iz cider brandy,
three hours old, still-born, and quick
er than flash. This juice is drunk raw
by the old sports and make a premoni
tory and hissing noisejas it winds down
the thrut, like an old she goose setting
on eggs, or a hot iron stuck into ice
water. Three horns a day of this
licker will take a man's interior in
six months so that he kan swallow a
live six footed krab, feet fust, and not
waste a wink.
It don't fat a man (cider brandy
don't) like whiskee dua, but puckers
him up like fried potatoze. If a man
kan survive the fust three years of
Jersey lightning he iz safe then for
the next 75 years to cum, and keeps
looking every day more like a three-
year old pepper-pod, hotter and hot
ter. An old cider brandy drinker
will steam, in a sudden showerof rain,
like a pile of stable manure, and his
breath smells like the bung-hole of a
rum-cask lately emptied.
When Jersey lightning is fust born
it tastes like bileing turpentine and
cayenne, half-and-half, and will raise
a blood blister on a pair ov old kow-
hule brogans in 15 minutes : aud ap
plied externally will cure the rheu
matism or kill the patient, I forget
which. The fust horn a man takes of
this licker will make him think he
has swallowed a gas-light ;. and he
will go behind the barn and try tew
die, but kant. The eyes ov an old
ciderbrandyist look like deep gashes
Iftit into a ripe tomato, his noze is the
coniplexshun of a half-biled lobster,
and the gizzle in his gullet sticks out
like an elbow in a tin leader.
The more viliinous the drink the
more inveterate are those who drink
it. I kant tell yet whether cider
brandy will shorten an old sucker's
days or not; for they generally out
lived all the rest of the nabors, and
uie just as soon aa the old tavern
stand changes hands and iz opened
on temperance principles. One bottle
of sassaperrilla or ginger-popp iz az
fatal to these fellers az a rille-ball is to
bed bugg.
I would do almost ennything but
murder to save a young man from
Jersey lightning; but trieing to save
an old one is like trieing tew put the
fire out of a holler log. You might
az well let it burn up, for the ashes is
worth more than the log. iY. Y.
Weekly.
Mark Twain has succeeded in
editing the agricultural department
of a monthly magazine to the infinite
satisfaction of farmers and those who
love farming. Here is his "latest
effort
"Turnips should never be pulled
it injures them. It is much better to
send a boy up and let him shake the
tree.
"The guano is a fine bird, but great
care is necessary in rearing it It
should not be imported earlier than
June nor later than September. In
the winter it should be kept in a warm
place, where it can hatch out its
young.
"It is evident that we are to have a
backward season for grain. Therefore
it will be wen lor the farmer to begin
setting out his corn-stalks and plant
ing his buckwheat cakes in July in
stead or August
Concerning the pumpkin: This
berry is a favorite with the natives of
the interior or JbJigiand, who prefer it
the gooseberry for the making of
fruit cakes, ana who likewise give It
the preference over the raspberry for
feedingcows,as being more filling and
fully as satisfying. The pumpkin is
tne only esculent or the orange lamiiy
that will thrive in the north, except
the gourd and one or two varieties of
tne sriuasn. But tne custom or plant
ing it in the front yard with the
shrubbery is fast going out of vogue,
for it is now generally conceded that
the pumpkin as a shade tree is
failure."
Punch and Judy gives a remarkable
illustration or "proor positive." w ite
(who has been sitting up) "Well,
this is a pretty time to come home.
our o'clock !" Husband (who has
taken but one glass or a curious com
pound, spoken of, by hJmself,as"whis-
kahwarra,") "Wha' you mean, mad
am, by Forelock?" Unfort'nly for
you, madam, it sho'appens, curious-
lenutr, I parse. 'd Big Ben, madam
and heard it strike one (hie) several
times, madam !" Retires to bed in
triumph iu his boots. J
".Mamma," said a wee child one
Sunday evening, after having sat still
the house all day. "use a good
child," "have I honored you to-day?"
don't know," replied the mother,
wonderingly: "why do you ask?"
"Because," said the littleone shaking
her head sadly, "the Bible says.
'Honor thy father and mother that
days may be long ;' and this has
been, oh, the longest day I ever saw.'
The Cireleville Democrat says
That Mrs TabithaMcGath, the oldest
person in this part or Ohio, and per
haps in the State, died on Monday
evening last, July 4th, about seven
o'clock, in Deercreek township, at the
great age or one hunareaana nine
years, three months ana twenty-nx
days! This is one or the most re
markablecases of longevity of modern
times, on record.
A Winsted, Connecticut, lady was
some time ago struck by lightning,
lay for hours unconscious dead
all human appearances. She dis
tinctly heard her friends declare she
"unquestionably dead ;" and she
would have been buried alive had not
brother insisted (while the by
standers laughed him to scorn) upon
hoping and working and waiting
her restoration, which he accom
plished. The Louisville Commercial says;
"The following eunique specimen of
polite literature and historical fact
passed through our post office yester
day. Inscribed upon the back of a
letter
"Postmaster, thig letter send
To Bettie F. Ueazley, my well tried
friend;
In Dalton, Georgia, she used to dwell.
Where tho rebels gave tbe Yankees
hell;
Perhaps she's gone why, then,
Bail Hill it to her will send."
of
A
its
to
in
had
and
A -Connecticut man has worn the
snte hat to church for 40 years. It
Leen.ln style seven titues during
that iriod. . ' . -, ;
Hit
ated
ne
he
-lis
lect
be
me
THE DOCTOR'S RIDE.
Doctor Josiah Campbell, who lived
for many years on the Western Re
serve, in Ohio, was a skillful physi
cian, but withal one of the most ec
centric and absent-minded persons in
the world, except Margaret, his wife,
and she was fully his equaL One .
summer morning the doctor was
caught out in a tremendous shower,
which drenched him to the skin. It
soon cleared off, however, and Doctor
Josh rode into his own yard, where
he took the dripping saddle from his
horse, and let him go adrift into tho
pasture. The saddle he placed on a
stout log of wood which was elevated
some four feet from the ground on two
posts, where the doctor had begun to
build a platform to dry peaches on.
After having got his saddle fixed so
it would dry, he took the bridle, and
putting the bits over the end of the
log, he stretched out the reins, and
hitching them to the horn of the sad
dle, went in to change his clothes
and get breakfast Josi&h. Jr. and
Margaret Jr. were away from home on
a visit, and so the two seniors sat
down to the morning meal. When
they were about half through, Jim
Atwood, a farmer, living about eight
miles distant, came in, telling the
doctor he wished he would go over to
his house, as he reckoned hemight be
wanteit there, and then went otf tr
the village in a hurry, after some
nesessary "fixens," . ;
When the doctor finished his break
fast, he took his saddle-bags, and out
he went into th yard, where he de
liberately mounted his saddle and set
out, in imagination, for Jim Atwood's.
For a long time he rode on in
silence, with his eyes intently fixed on
Buchan's Practice, which lay open
on the saddle before him. At length
he began to feel the effects of the fierce
rays of a midday sun, and looking up
from his book he discovered a comfortable-looking
house close by- him,
upon which he sang out lustily for a
drink of water.
Aunt Margaret, who had been for
the last two hours very busy in the '
garden, made her appearance with a
pitcher of milk, and after the thirsty
stranger had taken a long draught,
they entered into an animated conver
sation, the doctor launching out into
rapturous praises of the scenery about .
the place, the neatness of the building,
the fine orchard of peach and apple
trees; and the lady who caught a
glimpse of the saddle-bags, made a
great many inquiries about the health
of the neighborhood, etc.
The doctor finally took his leave of
the lady, assuring her that he would
call on his retyrn and have some
further conversation with her, as she
reminded him so much of his wife,
who, he was sure., would be very hap
py to make her acquaintance.
The lady turned to enter the house,
and the doctor had just gathered up
the reins, when Jim Atwood dashed
up to the gate with his horse in a.
lather of foam.
"What on earth are yon doing,
doctor?" yelled Jim; "get off that log
and come along."
l he doctor was greatly astonished
at first, but after a few minutes
it got through his hair that he
had been all the morning riding a
beech log in his own door-yard. -
Mr. Charles Dickens was upholding .
the theory that whatever trials or diffi
culties might stand in a man's path,
there is always something to be thank
ful for. "Let me in proof thereof,"
said Dickens, "relate a story. Two
men were to hang at Newgate formur-
der. The morning arrived; the hour
approached; the bell of Sr. Sepulcher's
began to toll; the convicts were pin
ioned; the procession was formed; it
advanced to the fatal beam; the ropes
were adjusted around the poor men's
necks; there were thousands of motley
sight-seers of both sexes, of all ages'
men, women and children, in front of
the scatiold; when, just at that second
of time a bull, which was being driv
en to Smithfield, broke its rope, and
charged the mob right and left, scat
tering the people everywhere with its
horns. Whereupon one of the con
demned men turned to his equaly un
fortunate companion, and quietly ob
served, I say Jack, it,s a good thing
we ain't in that crowd."
F. S. Key author of the "Star
Spangled Banner," was one of the
early opponents of slavery. So active
ly hostile was he to the peculiar insti
tution that he was called the "The
Nigger Lawyer." An "Old Defend
er," in a letter to the Frederick (Md.)
Republican, says :
I knew Mr. Key very well when he
resided at Georgetown, and used to
visit Montgomery Court House to
practice at the bar, where he often
went by the name of the "Nigger
Lawyer,"because he often volunteered
defend the down trodden sons and
daughters of Africa. My old precep
tor in law business, Mr. Benjamin S.
Forrest, and Mr. Key used to have
many a "tug" together on the "nigger
question," as it was then called. Key
convinced me that slavery was wrong
radically wrong. I used to take
notes or their arguments.
In view of the green and purple
tints brought out by the use of hair
dye, one would think people crazy to
use it, but we believe the most zeal
ous opponents of practice will be sur
prised on hearing that seven percent,
the lunatics in Charenton Asylum,
France, are victims to the use of dve.
French paper affirms this to be the
case, and we are not prepared to refute
assertions. Our authority adds :
Foulness of breath is one of the par
ticular signs of insanity caused by
lead or litharge poison. Colic, and
driveling silliness, and finally total
loss of memory are among other symp
toms. The Director of Charenton
says: that ir ne were a judge, he
would attach very little importance
the evidence of any man or woman
the habit of using hair dye.
The snow was so deep in Cheshire
county, New Hampshire, last winter
that it was difficult lor persons meet
ing with teams to pass. An eccentric
citizen, well known in that county.
having a defect in his speech, was
coming to the village with a horse and
sleigh, and being about to meet a
stranger with a team, exclaimed.
turn out! turn out! my father's
dead!" Upon which the stranger,
with much difficulty, turned out aud
gave him the entire road. After he
got fairly by, the stranger turned
inquired of him when his father
died; to which the grief-harrowed
citizen responded "about fifteen years
ago!"
Here is another little story which
Boston favors the rest of the world
with: A young lady there met in com
pany a young gentleman who evident
ly had an excellent opinion'of himself.
During conversation he introduced
1 1 111 iV'f nf tnotrimnnv .nil arnnH.
at length upon the kind of wife
expected to marry that Is, if ever
should take the decisive step. The
honored lady must be wealthy, beau
tiful, accomplished, amiable ect. ect.
listener quietly waited until he
ended, and then asked coolly, "And
pray, sir, what have yrm to offer in re
turn for all this.'" The young man
stammered, reddened a little, and
walked away.
A few days since a little ragged ur
was sent by a tradesman to col
a Din. ue began in the usual
way, but becoming- more and more
importunate, at length the gentle
man's patience becoming exhausted,
said to him: "You need not dun
e sharply: I am not gora? to run
away.'- r"I don't suppose vou are."
tho boy, scratchins "h:3 head.
but my master is, and he wants the
money.'