FREKQNT WEEKLY JOURNAL
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY,
BY A. H BALSLEY'
Ci;l5:tica!srllTsr!isii;jiiii Job Vark &d Qarterlj
TEB1IS OF TEE JOTnUfALi
Uae year, in advance, ...
Six months, .....
Tars months, ....
13,00
1,00
to
BVIBT TARUTT OF
JOB PRINTING
NEATLY AND QUICKLY DONE.
Business Directory.
J. X. UJtMOX. A. B.
LEiLMOX A FRENCH,
1 TTOSNEVS AT LAW AND GENERAL
A Auii.sis, cLvni.oiiio.
Mr. Letaaioo w.li be iu hi. oiln at Frerabnt, on
Thunixy o(mtIi weak. Proxpt attention given
JOSEPH E. BAETLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, White's Block, corner
of s"ront uud Croghsn streets. Prompt atten
tion givea to uie eouccuon of elaimsaDd all busi
nw perwiumg to toe general law pracuce.
Fremoot, lUrcb. 1, iali.
i. T. GAKTEE,
TTOBSET AT" LAW, Fremont, Ohio, offers
jfa. his proftion! services to all requiring legal
Diuittaa done in any of the Coorts oi Sauduskv
Co amy; iriil aiso auead to thecoliecaoa of claims.
O&M in Tyler's Block, on Croghan street,
J. L. GREENE, Sr..
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
will attend to Leai Biuineas in Sandus
kr and sUoiniDrcounties,Oifice,oornerRooia,up-
tain, Trier's Block ,
F&EHONT.O.
. P. BUCX-LAXD. H. EVERETT. JAB. H. rOWLKS
BUCKLAXD, EVERETT & FOWLER,
TT0RNEY8 A COUNSELLORS AT LAW
and boucitorsin Clianoery; wul attend to pro
s.ional business in Sandusky and adjoining ooua
las. Osfice,second ntory. Buck.
story, BucsJand'sXtew Block
f&fcMONl. -
D-H. BRINKERHOFF, M.D
, PHYSICIAN & SURQE0X,
OFFICE IN BUCKXAND'8 OLD BLOCK,
on Front St. Residence on Oroghan Street,
so ad boueewestof HihSenoolbuilains;. Oitlos
hoars from lOto 13 A. M.,1 to 4 and 7 to S P.M.
X 12 77TZSTB.1T.
DR. A.F. PRICE,
S VESICAL MECHANICAL DENTIST, Of
fioeover Bankof Fremont, White'sblook, will
be found in aisomoevat alltuaea.
H0T2LS.
K.ESSLER HOUSE,
T7 B.B ELDING, Prrmrieior. Passengers carried
jlj. w ana rrom me aotue xreeoieaarge. 0ita
ft ted corner of Front and State Bts. ,
FREMONT.
NICHOLS HOUSE,
CCOMsfOSATIONS FIR8T-CLA88. Geo
J vee A lls. Proprietors. Clyde, Ohio. Popa
mmwm n 'yi jut, ,w. jLa.ery otaui. unuuejugs
mtt-a toe aouse.
LDTDSEY HOUSE,
LrWD8EY. Bandnsky Co. Ohio, E. 8. Bowzasox,
Proprietor. The proprietor takes pleasure in
announcing that he is prepared to accommodate
the trarsiiog public. Ev.ry attention paid to the
wwm V gun... wt um Auuse. igyi
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
BXLLEVUE, O. John Ford, Proprietor,
ently refitted and famished.
Be-
BIRCH HOUSE,
CLBYELAND, O., 121 Water Street, near the
Railroad Depot, and in the center of business.
T. T Li"t r i
H. 8.' HUNT! I P0P't0T
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
L. Q. Eawson, Ju Moore, Joseph L. Eawsoa
J. L. RAW80X A CO.,
STORAGE, FORWARDING COMMISSION
Merchants, Dealers in Coarse Bait, Fine Bait,
Dairy Salt, Laud Plaster, Calcined Plaster, Water
Lime, eto. Having purchased the entire property
known as t he Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele
vators, at the head of navigation on the Sandusky
River, we are preoared to receive, store and ahip
Oram. Lumber. Merchandise and other produce.
Omes,et Fremont Elevators.
FREMONT. 1-1
A. D. WILES'
HOTOOBAPH GALLERY.overGarvin'sBtare
FREMONT.
MISCELLANEOUS .
HO! FOR THE WEST!!
The undersigned would notify alt persons who de
Sign traveling westward that he is prepared to sell
THROCGH TICKETS
to atx tht. leading rOxvTB in Indiana. Illinois
Iowa, Missouri, Kansas. KeDr&xka and California.
W. H. ANDREW 8,
Ilyl OSceln Uirohard's Blook, Fremont, O.
LEEK, DOERLXG 4 CO,
JHPORTEEBAND J0BBEE60F
YANKEE NOTIONS,
Joys $j anct
pOODS,
c.2.1Ssd 133 Water St.,
CLEVELAND. OHIO.
f.W.LSlE, .o.sw. dossiso,
S. . STTLSOM.
J. C. JOHNSON,
AROlTBCr AND DE3IONER,
Ofll- la Uoore and Kawson's Block, Comer of
Front and Garrison Streets, Fremont, Ohio. All
orders promptly attended to. S5yl
FOSTER & BECK,
Cupenteis, Joiners and Builders,
FREMONT. OHIO.
Taoee al! kind of Ton tract Building, and all man
Bar of Jobbing Work. 6hop on corner of Wayna
nd Bwing streets. KoTinr and RAising of Build
Inf-i, and all kinds of Tackla work specially at
tended to. Order aolicited. 16yl
MEAT MARKET-
OH STATE STREET.
A LTJBTE8 takes pleasure in
invitiiig the public to eall at his
stand on State Street, in
Frentiel's Bisck,
when tney want rrxE Btkaxs or atoium
Boasxs. The best quality of
BEEF, PORK MTJTTOJT and VEAL,
eaa be found on his sountsr, sad the public win
be served always at
BBASONABLB PRICES,
CALL A3CD TBI ME.
4- A. LTJHR8.
E. F. HAFFORD.
CARRIAGE
Paotory,
Corner Front and Market Streets.
CARRIAGES, OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES eon
stantly on hand, or made to order in any style.
KwrParicular attention paid to repairing. All
Wore dons at my fatory warranted.
Syl E. F. HAFFORjJ.
J. P. fs.OORE,
MANUFACTURES OF
C1RRIAGES,BIGGIES at WAGONS
T DESIRE to eall the attention of all to the ad-
X ditaons I have recently made to my
CARRIAGE FACTORY.
X have so enlarged and remodled my shop, as to
Kivs me unsurpassed facilities for ex
ecuting, in a superior manner,every description of
uamatres ana wairon vw. jay woramen are
reliable and competent. All material is selected
with special care, and throughly seasoued before it
ia manufactured. My aim is to furnish work
which shall have a merited reputation for superior
quality and style. I have fitter up a large store
room and snau seep always on nana,
Ever
variety of Carriages, Rsf.
ef ismri spring ana.
jnaratei wagons.
With these newly esquired facilitiesmy prices will
bs bslowoompeuuon. -
3. P. MOORE,
CarriasrsFaetors.cor., Garrison and Water 8ts
Fremont, unio, v
PATENTS.
SOLICITORS ASD ATTORNEYS FOB
U.S.&DF0ll3HPATEHTS.
BCTRRIDGE Sl CO.,
ST Superior St., opposite imerl
can Home, Cleveland, O.
7 ith Asmciated OfBres in Washington and For
iy 4; sign Countries.
PUTNAM MANUFACTURING CO.
AJtrTACTTBEBS OF
PUTNAK'S PATENT CLOTHES WRINGERS,
Ironing mangles. Ac.
ALL K1XIR WMXGER8 EEPAIEED.
H. H. HAMLET, Aeat, 65 Bank St-,
JJarJ wLKYILANDi Vnl9
ilie
Established 1829. Vol.XLIII. , New Series Vol. XX. No. 23.
, FREMONT, SANDUSKY COUKTY, OHIO; FRIDAY, MAY 31. 1872.
Fremont
W
eekiy
Journal..
. j ?-i
2S2,
(73
Offer the heartiest thanks to their numerous friends and patrons and
assure them of ample arrangements to secure their favor in the
future, having the largest store rooms, filled with the largest supply
of First-class Hardware in this city.
The Best
Including
THE EAGLE COM SHELLER,
Which we warrant to shell easier, cleaner and quicker than any in
the market, with a general assortment of
BUILDERS HARDWARE,
WINDOW G&ASS,
And the STEUBEN VILLB NAIL, (the best made.)
"We sincerely believe we have very much the largest and best stock of
STOVES AND TIN WARE,
And better facilities for putting up
EAVE TROUGH, ROOFING, JOB WORK,
Than anv other house in this county.
Oar stock is the LATEST and BEST, and we will sell as low as similar gooda can be bought in
S3T Highest price in CASH paid
-:o
Agricultural Implements,
the Maumee and Victor Plows, with an
supply of Forks, Hoes, Rakes, Scythes, &c
fremont or loieao.
for Eags, Copper, Iron, Braes and
abundant
Zinc.
MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO., NEW YORK.
w
1
ANDREW W. GILL, President.
Lucres McAdah, Sec'y and Act'y.
HOOD, HAND & HUNGER, General Agents for
Headquarters, 197 Superior Street, Oeveiand, Ohio.
DRS.RICE, Medical Examiners.
a
c
n
r
T3
o
CO
3 S
c
H
C
r
o -
1 :
S
-
CD
EVERETT CLAPP, Secretary.
H. C CixiiCH, Asst. Sec'y.
Ohio,
61-51
tub
Fremont Weekly Journal
PUBLISHED EVERT FEIDAT MORNING,
IS BTJCaXAITD'S old block,
(UP tT AIRS),
FREMONT, OHIO.
The Fremont Weekly Jonrnal
Is Bepnbliean lit Principle,
And will be devoted to Politics, Local Mat
ters, Literature and General News.
The aim of the Publisher is to make the
Joubal a first-class Family Newspaper.
AS AX ADVERTISING JWEDITM
THE FREMONT JOURNAL
Is the beet in the County.
THE JOURNAL JOB OFFICE
Is well supplied with
NEW TYPE AND GOOD PRESSES,
JOB WORK.
In all its branches, promptly dons and neatly
executed. Everything from a Triple Sheet
Pastor to the smallest Visiting Card, will be
furnished in the shortest possible time, and
SATISrAOTIOH GUARANTEED.
Persons wanting Job 'Work; done, either
PLAIN OR ORNAMENTAL,
Are invited to call, or address
A. H. BALSLET,
raW Wist JemTaal, Fissmoxit, Okie.
P. DORR SOfil
HsTejuitrecelTedalargeitockot
FOB THE
SPRING & SUMMER
TRADE!
FOR BALE AT THE
LOWEST CASH PRICES
AS FOLLOWS:
LndleeQultere,
rSen'shoen, -Hen's
Kip Utoots,
Tlen's calf Boots,
81,00te 93,00
Cl,50te,Y3
r3.1S
94,50
Wealsokeept he celebratedBuff alo Workeon
ttantljonhano.
aepairingdonelnNeateslStyle.
nor CustomShop doe tthe Bnest work atlow
CricesiatisfsetiongnaraatsediiieTsrjesse
lt uottasivn
ThesymptomsofLiverCom
alaintaje uneasiness and pain
!n the side. Sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder, and is
oistakenforrheumatism. The
itomach is efrected with loss of
.nnt.it. and sickness, bowels
.uxneumesalternatinvwith lax.
ihtl,.! i. troubled with pain, and duU, heavy
sensation.considerableloss of memory.accompa-
edwith a painititMii.iuii"Y . . '
floeendone. Oftencomplaining
I if weakness, debility and low
BJnii,a- Hnmntime. manv of
EIYER ;heabovesyinptomsattendthe
itsease, ana oiaerumw,7
waf them, but the livens
generally ths organ moitin-
volvca. Ciu e uie Liver with
DR. SIMMONS'
Liver Regulator,
A preparation of roots snd herbs ,warrantedto be
strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to any one.
A bv hnndreda. and known for
trioituat. 40 vpftTs hiodb of the moBtreliable.eHi-
cftcioue and harmleeu preparations ver offened to
thesuffenng. Altaitenrguiariyouptsri8ioiiy.
ltisdurv ro eur dyrjpepaia, headache, jaundice,
ssssssssssssssssMs3sssBssssssajf'inislWnftHII. Mick hp.Ai1aih(4.
chronic diarrhcea. affec
tions of the bladder, camp
Uniarv ft an tin v sf t.hss
f I
Csrsssvassssassasasssi
llkLliULAlUii.lidnef, fever nerrousneta.
uniBtaiseueaoi inesjnn,
mparity of the blood, mel-
ancaoiy or ae press ion ox
spinu, iietrnMim. uuitc. or paim inthebowelt,
painincne neaa, rever and ague, aropsy, boils
pain in toe oacjt. c
Drufinist, Uaoon.Ga.. and 49 Archstrett J'nil
adelphia, l'a. 39
iTietfi; oy mauii.23.
Atwbolesaleby KBNO E6TU8 ft CO. .Toledo
Fonale by 8.BUCKLAKD SON, Fremont
ITEDICAL AID. -Dr. C. A. Smith's Med
ial ical Institute, etablisbed in 163, for the cure
of all forms nf private diseases and cases of secret
disorders. When a lady is in trouble she should
consult the Doctor about her troubles. Suppress
ion of the Menses will receive the Doctor's most
particular attention. Office 71 Mishigaa Street,
ClsrsUad, Ohio. til
2) -fW B
f WWW w
0 EM 0
JSjB9BB8JsmsWSi
jsiMMOSS'
I
I. LI. KBBLEH'S
AGENCY,
Id Story Bneklaad's Old Block,
FREMONT, OHIO-
Fire and Life Insurance,
Real Estate,
Notary PubUe,
Collections Made,
Tsjcse Paid in Bandnsky County,
Anchor Line of Trans-Atlantic Bteam
Packet Ships.
General Information Given by Letter.
Any person desiring Insurance on any descrip
tion of property, or on their lives, will do well to
call at uis Agency. The companies represented
by me are unsurpassed by any in America.
Home, New York, $4,672,013.50
Phoenix, Hartford, 1,373,594.04
PhenLx, New York, 1,862,660.22
International, New York, 1,065,111.72
Andes, Cincinnati, 1,628,215.11
Home, Columbus, 871,452.81
Merchants, Providence, 380,982.00
Imperial, London, gold 10,000,000.00
New Engl'd Life,Boston, 9,858,953.38
CBicairo Fire Losses all adjusted, and ths
amount of Available Assets to pay losses that
may occur at this Agency amounts to over
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS.
All descriptions of property Insured and Losses
promply paid.
Lose Faid E. II. Underbill, Fefc-
ruary itn, 18721
Phoenix, Hartford $1,500 00
Home. New York 4W 00
International, w York lot 00
BUSINESS SOLICITED.
AKCH0BLI5E OCEAN STEAKEES,
Leaving New York every Wednesday and batnr
day. fassags Tickets can be had on application.
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. Persons at a
distance desiring information from this point, can
address me. If the subject does not require much
lnvastiieatiofi a few Tjoataff. atamrj. will ha tuffl.
dent remuneration.
Besident of Iremont Since 1840,
niruxkou: F .8. White, UankFremont,
A. H. UUler, First NationalBsnk,
B. P. Auckland.
FOR SALE.
60
FEET FRONT by 82 1 2 feet
deep, on Croghao street, suitable for Stores
or other business buildings, 76 per foot.
2t
1 STORY AND BASEMENT
ERICH. 40 feet front, on corner of Croehan
and Arch streets, now occupied as a boarding
house.
i STORY FRAME DWELLING
(Von Birchard Avenue, lot 132 feet front. B2)i feet
aerp, plenty hne fruit, on the finest street in the
city, only two minutes walklrom post-office, 2.5u0
SEVERAL CITY LOTS, eligibly
situated. One-fifth cash, balance in four an-
mente.
FOR SALE. In the village of
Norwalk.o&Main Street ,one mile east from
the Court House. Seven (7) acres of land, in high
state of cultivation. House, Barn, tiheds and
Hennery ,Well and CiBtern, A tine Orchard with
aiiunasox rruu, merries, urapes, etc, bandy
Soil. Just the placeforattardener, with ready
marketforalloneoanraise. Pnce45.000. Terms
toauit purchaser.
2 STORY BRICK, open front,
dwelling sbove, tin roof, on State street; a first
rate location tor a family grocery. Pnoe
Will give ample time for payments.
2 ACRES, beautiful sandy soil, lot
No. 8 in Toad BaU's addition. Will be sold
cheap. Possession given immediately.
A SPLENDID FARM of 117 acres
in Madison townBhio. belonging- to the estate
of Oeo. Beck, deceased, 76 acres weU improved,
the balance the best of timber; fine orchard of
choice fruit. It is but a short distance irom the
line of the new Railroad from Toledo to Tiffin.
Possession given at once. Will be sold at a bar
gain. Call on LM. HEELER.
10 Of. I'OTSjinore or less, in
UViv Oak Wood Cemetery, ranging in
price from fi to $100. put of Cemetery grounds
can be seen at my office. n
Call at ISAAC M. KEELEH'8 Agency.
TO COLONISTS.
IF IOC ABE GOING WEST,
Buy your tickets over the "old reliable' Mib
80UBI Pacific Railboad. the popular route from
rit. Louis to edalia. Ft. Scott, Lawrence. Kansas
City,Atchison. St. Joaeph, Omaha, Denver, ard
all points in Missouri Kansas, Nebraska and Col
orado to which people are m meg. This lice has
an un'exoelled equipment in fine day ooa- bes. Pull
man's palace sleepers. Millers afy platf&rtn
arid the patent steam brake, and ita reputation
for prompt time and sureconneetionsis proverbial.
For valuable information and asKitance, and to
make special arrangtmmt at lowect rates of
fered by any line, call upon or address 6. H.
TB0VP90K Agent Missouri Pacine R. B., Colum
bus, Ohio; or B. A. Ford, General l'uaaBgar
Agent, Bt. Louis, Ma.
irwKvIs te onewtr fntf.
Poetry
POETIC EXCERPTS.
"Do not, then, stand idly wailing
For some greater work to do;
Oh, improve each passing moment, '
For the moments may be few.
Go end toil in any vineyard, ,
! not fear to do or dare;
If you T. ..lit a field of labor,
Yon oan find it anyuhtr.
Cyrus W. Field.
If in one poor bleeding bosom
I a woe-swept chord hays stilled;
If a dark and restless spirit
I with hope of heaven have filled;
If I've made, for life's hard battle,
One faint heart grow brave and strong;
Then, my God, e thank thee, bless thoe,
For the precious gift of song. Chilwood.
Let "Agitation" be the motto
Of every true Beform;
Inscribe it on each waving banner,
And fling it to the swelling storm.
Oh, let it float o'er every State,
And let the ory be "Agitate!"
When yon meet with one snspeoted
Of some secret dede of shame.
And for this by all rejected
As a thing of evil fame,
Guard thy every look and action,
Speak no word of heartless blame,
For the slanderer's vile detraction
Tet may soil thy goodly name.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers;
But Error, woanded, writhes with pain,
And dies among his worshipers. Bryant.
Tell me I hate the bowl
Hate is bat a feeble word;
I loathe abhor my very soul
With strong disgust is stirred,
Whene'er I see or hear or tell
Of that dark beverage of helL
Miscellaneous Selections.
PARLOR ORNAMENTS.
BY KATE W. HAMILTON.
There were David. Svd. Bob.
Mark, and Jimmy five of them.
"Half a dozen, lackins one." M.
Gurney used to say almost despair
ingly. They were real boys, too,
with a genius for whittling:, mending
skate straps, owning dogs, and tear
ing their clothes; and, as if these
accomplishments were not enough,
David had lately attempted music.
An old violin had been purchased by
the sacrifice of some other valuable
possessions, and now it groaned and
squeaked incessantly, in season and
out of season. "There's tunes in the
thing somewhere, and I'm bound to
get 'em out," remarked David with
cheerful preserverence; but as noth
ing that resembled one had been
coaxed out as yet, Mrs. Gurney's
faith was weak.
Mrs. Gurney was tired that night,
and heartily glad when the last of
the five pairs of feet had disappeared
up the stairway, and she was left
with no music but the monotonous
creaking of her low rocking-chair,
that had learned its tone through the
hushing to sleep of so many babies.
The old round table stood beside
her, drawn up in front of the fire,
with lamp, scissors, and the inevit
able spool of blacic silk upon it
She had a jacket, to mend always a
jacket or pants, or stockings and
she gave her thread a sharp twitch
as she thought of it
"What else can it ever be when
there's so ' many of them?" she
said. I
Nancy Styres dropped her chop
ping knife into the mincemeat, and
looked up brightly. Of course anv
reniaric maae in neannar was ad
dressed exclusively to her, and if
6he did not understand this one,
6he could guess what was meant bv
the "many of them," and that was a
sufficient peg to hang an answer
on.
"Hey? 'Pears like when there's 60
many of 'em, it's most a pity some
on 'em wasn't girls, ain't it now?"
"No," said Mrs. Gurney, shortly.
But her eyes wandered off from her
work to the opposite side of the
room, where stood a long row of
boots deposited care'essly in the eas
iest place. Five pairs! She found
herself wondering just for a mo
ment how it would seem if some of
them were 6hoes not boy's Bhpes
instead.
"He, he!" giggled Nancy, follow
ing her glance. "Guess if any'
thieves broke in here at night they
wouldn't go further'n the chamber
door. They'd think we'd got a
whole regiment stowed away up
stairs. Mr3. Gurney looked persistently
down at her jacket again, a little
vexed at such watchfulness. Then
she discovered another button off,
and after plunging through a mix
ture of snail-shells, steel pens, bits
of rosin, string, and broken slate
pencils, found that the "rip in the
pocket" which had been commended
to her attention, was no rip at all,
but a hole of respectable size, pin
ned shut with a nail to prevent the
escape of the above mentioned treas
ures. There were other indirect
damages not mentioned in the con
tract, and 6he cut out a patch grim
ly, and settled herself to an evening's
task of it.
Always something of this sort to
do ! How could she have rooms as
quiet pretty, and orderly a3 those
she had seen to-day, where there was
no one to bring confusion, and so
many to arrange and beautify?
That neigboring house on the hill
side was a very Mordecai at the
king's gate to Mrs. Gurney some
times, and because of it her own
possessions availed her nothing to
night. Mrs. Davis and the girls had
exhibited so manv specimens of
dainty handy-work during her after
noon call that she could scarcely re
member them all pretty cushions,
delicate lamp-mats, elaborate tidies,
tasteful little picture-frames. Maria
uaa done this for a (Jhristmas sur
prise, and Rose the other for a birth
day gift, until the rooms were fairly
overflowing with the graceful trifles
that looked so prettily.
But hers Mrs. Gurney furtively
surveyed the boots once more they
were ornamented, to be sure. Even
in her parlor she could barely find
time to dust the two old-fashioned
vases on the mantelpiece, and keep
tne Hies oir ttie solemn old pictures
of General and Lady Washino-ton;
and for the rest of the house, there ;
were bats lying about instead of.
lamp mats. Mittens, tippets, '
, .
school-book3 and slates were sure to
decorate every available corner.
Looking after such things would be
the fancy work certain to greet to
morrow, her birth-day, as it did ev
ery other day.
"Boys must ha' gone to bed up
stair," remarked Nancy, briskly;
"anyhow the fiddle's stopped clat
terin'." Mrs. Guniey wished another in
strument would follow the fiddle's
example, but she refrained from say
ing so, and began to wonder a little
herself at the unusually early hush
that had fallen over the upper reg
ions. Presently Mr. Gurney came
in, and seated himself comfortably
by the fire.
"Another day's work, done, Su
san.
"Mine isn't,'.' she answered, rath
er shortly.
"Y ell, some folks can contrive to
make a little work stretch a good
ways, he suggested mischievously,
"What are you busy with now?'
"Patches, of course. It's always
mending.
"les; I expect so. It s wonderful
how a boy can go through things,
isn't it? Used to to be just so my
self. Well, if they weren't tearing
tiieir clothes to pieces, they d be do
ing something else, I suppose," he
added, carelessly.
"And I might find a chance to do
something else, too,' sTie said, pro
voked at such a comfortable view of
the case.
But Mr. Gurney had opened a lit
tle note-book, and was too intent up
on it to heed the remark,
"What day of the month is it?" he
asked, looking up.
"I wenty-fourth. To-morrow is
my birth day, Stephen."
"Eh! Is it We're both growing
old, ain't we, wife?" And he plung
ed into his accounts again.
There was nothing very very con
solatory in that Mrs. Gurney made
no further observation, only stitch
ed on in a silence that had some
thing of bitterness in it
In the rooms above slumber had
nothing to do with the quiet only
Jimmy, the youngest 01 the quin
tette, had discovered that his eyes
would go shut, and generously yield
ing to their inclination had sought
his pillow. David seemed to have
been waiting for such an occurence,
for at the first heavy breath from the
inner room he unlocked a 'drawer,
and began to fumble among its con
tents with the air of one having im
portant business on hand.
"What are you after?" asked Svd,
attracted by his manner.
David laid out a roll of wire, piece
of sealing-wax, and a shingle.
"1 11 show you directlv," he res
ponded at last, drawing forth a
curious something, that, when fairly
out and right side up, proved to be
a small gray owl. "There!"
"Hello ! reg'lar old owl ! Where'd
you get him?" demanded Bob.
"What are you going to do with
him?" interposed Mark.
David surveyed the bird compla
cently.
"Nice, a'n't he?" Bought him cf
Bui Jones for a rabbit only rabbit
I ever caught in my trap, too; but
thought this would look nicer."
"Nicer for what? What'll you do
with lit" persisted Mark.
"Fix him up and I'll tell you
what it is, boys," said David, leaning
DacK against the cbe3t or drawers,
and deciding to begin at the begin
ning, "to-morrow's mothers birth
day, and she's just as "good a right
to birthday presents as anybody.
and I mean to give her this. Do you
see?'
"What do you s'pose she'll do with
it?" asked Bob, rather doubtfully.
"Do? Why, keep it," responded
David. "Put it in the parlor to look
at, of course."
"An owl, without aBy legs, and its
eyes out!" began Syd, slowly survey
ing the purposed gift
"Bother! can't you wait until a fel
low can say what he me&ns-to do?"
interrupted Dave, impatiently. "No
body said it looked like much now;
but it a'n't done yet. Bill Jones on
ly got it half finished stuffed you
know and then he got tired of it
and sold it to me. I don't know
how the legs came off, but it'll have
to be fixed upon something, so that
won't show, and have some sealing
wax eyes put in and then it'll be aU
right. Mother thinks lots of having
things round to look at such as oth
er folks have, fche s always telling
bow nice they are, and this'll be a
sight prettier than any of the wool
en worsted cats and dogs that the
Davis girl3 make on cushions and
things, for they a'n't natural, any
how, and this is."
The three pairs of eyes began to
scan David admiringly, and his pur
chase less critically. Pleasing moth
er was considerable, to say nothing
of outdoing the "Davis girls." Be
sides the project had the charm of
novelty. Dave saw that he had pro
duced an impression, and gathered
up his wire and wax for work.
"If you had a litUe tree to put it
on now," suggested Syd, "it would
look better."
"But it would all wither, you see,
and I want something that'll stay.
Guess I'll have to stick it on to this
shingle and paint it green or some
way, to look nice."
"Look here! I know something
bettcr'n that" announced Bob, mak
ing a sudden dash for a clumsy old
trunk in one corner, that was his
mother's abhorrence and his own
especial delight the receptacle of
valuables unnumbered. "Hold on a
minute." And with a vigorous pok
ing and sifting, he brought to the
surface an antiquated, tall bras can
dlestick. "Rub this up bright and stick him
on it; it's handsomer than an old
shingle, anyhow."
"That's so," said Mark approving
ly. "Wire him on."
The young taxidermist's eyes
brightened. He saw no objection to
his owl perching on a candlestick if
it wanted to or rather if he wanted
it to and considered in itself, the
candlestick was certainly a more
shapely object than the shingle.
"I'll give it to you don't care
much about it myself, anyway," said
Bob magnanimously, beginning to
polish it with the sleeve of his jack
et "Was goin' to make a brass
cannon of it that was alL I put in
some powder t'other day to blow out
that concern in the middle that
boves pp and down, hnt I had to go
i
.m
to school and didn't have time to do
it; glad of it now.
The small table was too narrow
for so momentous an undertaking.
David placed the lamp upon the car
pet ana seated himself, a la Turk,
beside it, while the others, interes
i ted spectators, gathered around in a
circle Mark on his knees, Syd re
clining, and Bob striking a variety
of attitudes, while he vigorously
rubbed the intended pedestal, first
on his jacket and then on his pants,
to "shine her up," as he said. Taken
altogether, they looked not unlike a
group of devotees engaged in some
heathenish rite. But they had no
thoughts to bestow on their own ap
pearance; it was all for the owl, and
various grave suggestions and bits of
advice were volunteered.
"Fact is, I've only eot some red
and green sealing-wax," said Dave,
turning the bird around upon his
hand.
"Take the green," answered Mark
serenely. "It wouldn't have red eyes
unless it had a cold in its head."
Dave melted his wax over the
lamp and attempted to drop it in
the proper place, but it would have
required more skillful fingers to ac
complish the task quite readily and
neatly, and he was obliged to try
again and again.
"Here, let me hold him, and then
you can take both hands to it," said
Syd goodnaturedly, laying down the
book be had been holding open, but
not reading.
"Say!" exclaimed Bob, pausing for
a moment in his labors, "when you
get it all ready, let's slip down stairs
in our stockin' feet and stick it upon
the parlor mantel, where she'll see it
the first thing in the morn Hel
lo !" elevating his nose in the air with
a suspicious sniff, "I smell O Syd !
you're hair is all in a singein' !"
byd drew back from the lamp in
dismay, and this unexpected move
ment brough" the drop of hot wax
Dave had designed for the fowl full
upon his hand.
"Oh ! whew !" Syd dropped the bird
and struck the lamp and overturned
it so violently that the chimney was
broken to fragments. Some of the
oil escaped, and in an instant Syd's
open book lying upon the carpet,was
in a blaze.
The boys sprang to their feet
David caught up the lamp, and
though the oil upon the outside of
it had taken fire and the flame was
running down upon his hand, held it
firmly, while he and Syd blew furi
ously to put it out Bob and Maik
stood looking on in perfect bewil
derment not able to collect their
scattered senses sufficiently to do
anything for the moment and the
burning book was left unheeded upon
the floor until the lamp was put out.
J ust then one of its fiery leaves fell
upon the old candlestick and an ex
plosion followed that seemed to
shake the house.
"Oh!" it's the powder I put in for
a cannon !" shouted Bob, in terrified
explanation. And then, the mis
chief being done, Mark bethought
him to dash a pitcher of water over
the handful of flaming paper left
The noise brought the frightened
Jimmy from the next room, and the
father, mother and Nancy, with
alarmed and astonished faces, came
hurrying up from below. An odd
scene the room presented, the wet
carpet strewn with bits of brass,bumt
paper, and broken glass, while a
mingled Tdor of kerosene, powder,
and scorched feathers filled the air.
The five boys were grouped together
in silent amazement and Mrs. Lrur-
ney's first glance assured her that
they had neither murdered each
other nor committed suicide.
"What on earth is the matter?"
she ejaculated, tremulously.
Bob surveyed the wreck by the
light the new comers had brought,
and recovered hi3 voice.
"Candlestick's gone to smash, and
it's no go about keepin' a secret an'
slippin' down in our stockin's, and
all that," he said. "Might as well
tell all about it 'cause I guess this
thing's about as much of a surprise
now as it ever will be."
All about it" was . accordingly
told, though very confusedly, and in
many different parts, as one speaker
broke in upon another with explana
tions and amendments. Mr. Gurney
interpolated grave admonitions
against the careless use or powder,
while Mrs.Gurney's grateful thought
kept chiming in like a refrain:
"What a mercy the lamp din't ex
plode!" "les; the candlestick s dour it
was bad enough," said Nancy, gath
ering up the fragments and hurrying
away with them. Bob s eyes roUow-
ed her, regretfully.
"It s most a pity it couldn t have
been a cannon, though. Wouldn't
it have been a roarer!" he murmur
ed, when the household had dispers
ed once more, and his head sought
its pillow.
"Most a wonder they don t blow
us all up some time, seem' there's so
many boys of 'em all together, an'
into everything under the sun," com
mented Nancy, resignedly.
The mother shuddered.
"I was almost fretting because
there's so many of them! What if
some dreadful thing had happened?"
she whispered to herself, and a train
of woeful mighthave-beens kept her
wakeful for hours. Ireasures of
fancy work were forgotton, and the
old plain life seemed very fair as she
awoke to it the next morning, and
remembered that it was still her own,
unchanged.
It is strange, sometimes, that
which would only move us to laugh
ter one hour, has grown suddenly
pathetic the next. That poor owl
was certainly a comical-looking ob
ject legless, eyeless, a huge patch
of green sealing wax on its DacK, us
feathers scorched on one side and
soaked with kerosene on the other
but Mrs. Gurney scanned it with
tearful eyes and laid it away tender-
Iv. She threw the old parlor open
to the sunlight, and for that day, at
least itlaoked in her view no orna
ment while the five boys were Were,
though Syd's hair was singed into a
curious style about the temples, Da
vid had one burned hand bandaged
up, and Mark wore a strip of court-
plaster on his forehead, where a frag
ment of the flying brass had struck j
him.
"Humph! an owl!" soliloquized
Nancy. "What on earth would she
want or another wild critter in were,
when sho's got so many of 'em now?
Eu. Mrs. Gurnet's heart &
.
counting them, and she said stoutly,
"Half a dozen, lacking one, and I
wouldn't mind if it didn't lack any."
Hearth and Home.
How is the Great West Peopled?
Few of the great movements of
i the present age are better illustra
tive of "the power of the Press" than
the wonderful peopling of the West
ern portion of our great continent
especially those regions which lay
oeyona me .Mississippi ltiver.
htep by step the course of civili
zation and settlement advanced to
ward the Mississippi; but for a con
siderable time this seemed to be a
barrier to further progress. A few,
however, hardy adventurers, crossed
Irom time to time; some to remain,
oiners to return and tell their stories.
too large almost for comprehension
or Deiier.
The census returns of the United
Stfctes show that there. were never in
the world, such marvels of "rise and
progress a3 are exhibited in the plain
facta there shown concerning Borne
of the recent towns and cities of this
region, which have grown up, as it
were in a night, almost like that
magic city of the Arabian story,
Ana now has this come to pass?
inose wonderful men, editors, re
porters, travelers and newspaper cor
respondents, who see and hear ef
everything, who make a note of
things and print them, too. have filled
the land with pleasing narratives of
the tv est in ail its natural greatness.
Shrewd business men. who read
the papers, were quick to see the
chances for business in all its variety
and extent which were sure to arise
from the peopling of such a region.
Kauroads are projected and built
the great river is brideed. entemrise
is ready and ever pressing on; towns,
villages and cities spring up trade
and traffic follow; a school-house,
church and newspaper are anions
the first essentials; and so the tide
sweeps on.
The land3 offered for sale alone
the various lines of railroad have
naturally proved most attractive to
eettlers, Government has wisely ai
ded these enterprises by granting of
her lands to Corporations who have
had the pluck and energy to build
Roads through her as yet undevelop
ed fields, and which have been held
for generations at a mere nominal
price, failing the while to find pur
chasers or development for lack of
means of transportation. She has,
in many instances, given alternate
sections along the lines of these
Roads, on either side, and by this
seeming liberality has made the re
maining portion quickly available,
insuring tor it ateo a greater than
that of the whole before the gener
ous gut.
Published reports state the Bur
lington and Missouri River Railroad
Co., whose trunk line of 470 miles
extends from Burlington on the Mis
sissippi River,across the entire State
of Iowa, and through that rich por
tion 01 ooutnern jeoraska border
ing upon the Platte River, to Fort
Jiearner, wnere it makes a iunction
with the Union Pacific Railroad for
through traffic to the Pacific Coast
have sold during the last two years
ouoxq acres 01 iana, ior something
over three and a half millions of
dollars nearly all of it to actual
settlers, and if report be true, they
nave never assea a may to buy!
It is true that their lands are ex
ceedingly beautiful and fertile, and
present attractions and advantages
of locality, soil and climate, which
are essential in the estimation of
farmers, probably unsurpassed by
any region in the world;, but it is
mamly by the printer's art that the
world has come to know it and in
addition to cultivated fields, trade,
manufactures, arts, science, and all
the attendants- of refinement and
luxury which enterprise can intro
duce and thrift maintain, are follow
ing rapidly the march of settlement
iNow call it advertising or what
we will, this peopling of the West
and the great business traffic of t.h
West, is simply a legitimate result
of putting facts before the people.
T. H. L.
Greeley on Grant.
Extract from the speech of Hor
ace Greeley, made Thursday night,
Jan. 5, 1871, at the recognization of
the Republican General Committee
of the State and county, as published
in the New York Tribune:
As to the administration of Gen.
Grant I recognize no one as a Re
publican who is not grateful for its
judicious, eneigetic, and successful
efforts to procure the ratification of
the loth amendment that kevstone
of our political arch, whereby the
fruits of our great triumph over re
bellion and slavery are assured and
perpetuated.
1 hat the President has made some
mistakes in appointments is obvioas;
it would De strange, indeed, if one so
experienced in the conduct of politi
cal affairs had wholly escaped them.
Whatever blame may justly attach to
this falls justly on us, who took him
from the head of the army and made
him our civil Chief Magistrate, fully
aware that he had never voted a Re
publican ticket if, indeed, he had vo
ted at all. While asserting the right
of every Republican to his untratn
meled choice of a candidate far next
President until a nomination is made,
I venture to say that Gen. Grant icill
be far better qualified for that mo
mentous trust in 1872 than he was in
1868. Such, gentlemen, are the
ideas and convictions which have
impelled me to take my position
among you, and accept the responsi
bility you have imposed upon me.
Let us take care to act with sub
stantial unanimnity, and with such
evident moderation and fairness that
our friends throughout the State
and the Union shall see and feel that
we are doing our utmost to unite
and strengthen the Republican par
ty, and animate it with well-grounded
and sanguine hopes of future tri
umph. . California papers say that within
the past few months half a dozen
men in California and Nevada have
made an t-ggregate clean up of fifty
or sixty million dollars, and they ask
who losti"
For real business ingenuity com
mend us to California. The proprie
tor of a San Jose pleasure garden
draw9 crowds by offering a prize to
the person with tht longest note.
AN APOLOGY.
Stanley Mathews asks Pardon for
Part he took in the Cincinnati
Convention—He is Ashamed of the.
Company.
' CrSCIimriTT TMawlrV Tha Wul..
, j .
lng"ton COrrpanonrlpTit nf tho fJsrptra
publishes a letter from Judge Stan
ley Mathews, temporary President
of the National Liberal Republican
Convention, written to a personal
friend in Washington, who wrote to
Judge calling his attention to the
following extract from his specech
on taking the chair: And 80, gen
tlemen, in every department of the
govemmunt the slow poison of cor
ruption, only not sufficiently slow,
seems to have nervaded the whole
civil and political administration of
tho country, from head to foot"
The following is Judge Mathew's let
ter, which is published with his per
mission :
CINCINNATI, O., May 6, 1872.
My Dear Sir: Nothing connect
ed with the recent disgraced and
disgraceful Convention at this place
has given me so much pain as your
note calling my attention to a state
ment taken from a speech of mine,
printed with the interpretation yoa
tvidently put upon it Allow me, in
the first place, to say that I' was put
forward as temporary chairman of
that Convention without an hour's
notice, and that consequently what
I said was totally unpremediated;
and in the next place, that the ex
tract you make, and which, if I had
intended to be taken in its literal
sense, would be Justly a matter of
regret that It had been uttered, does
not represent the truth of my senti
ments; on the contrary, I have no
reason to believe, and never have be
lieved, that personally the present
administration were guilty of cor
rupt conduct or motives, and I
ought to Lave expressed myself so
as to have avoided any such charge.
What I strived to say had reference
to the general corruption of our po
litical life, pervading it in every de
partment whereby personal and par
ty ends seemed to be substituted for
the public good, and the latest
and best illustration of which
am free to say is now to be
found in the action of the very con
vention in the presence of which thi3
declaration was made. I am greatly
chagrined at the whole matter, my
own participation in it included, and
have concluded, perhaps not suffi
ciently soon, that as a politician
and President maker I am not a suc
cess. I greatly regret that I have
given cause of offense to you and to
many other personal friends whose
integrity I may have seemed to have
questioned, but which I can assure
you wa3 furthest from my thought
I hope yon will be able to regard it
as though it had never been said.
Very respectfully your friend,
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
The Decrease of Rain.
The fall of rain is increasing in an
cient Egypt and decreasing in thi3
new country. Why? Because the
racha or tgypt has planted great
forests in his domains, and they have
brought rain and fertility to a land
that was once composed of barren
sand-banks. William Cullen Bryant
the veteran editor and poet says:
''It is a common observation that
our summers are becoming dryer,
and our streams smaller. Take the
Cuyahoga as an illustration.. Fifty
years ago, large barges loaded with
goods went up and down that river.
Now, in the ordinary stage of the
water, a canoe or skiff can hardly
pass down the stream. Many a boat
of fifty tons burden has been built "
and loaded in the Tuscarawas, at
New Portage, and sailed to New Or
leans without breaking bulk. Now,
thd river hardly affords a supply of
water at New Portage for the canal
The same may be said of other
streams. They are drying up. And
from, the same cause the destruc
tion of our forests our summers
are growing dryer, and our winters
colder.
A Suppositions Veto from H, G.
" The Chicago Post has the fol
lowing:
As Act to raise the revenue bv imposing a
doty of ten cents a ton on Gaano."
COMMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
I return this obnoxious measure
without my approval The man
who introduced it is an ass; the men
who voted for it are scheming Brit
ish agents, and the men who say
this is not the case are liars and
horse-thieves. I judge that, on an
average, every man, woman, and
child uses a ton of guano in some
shape or other; whether as the far
mer in New York, Louisiana, Colo
rado, Podunk, kc, in agriculture, or
Charles A. Dana, for editorial ar
ticles. We thus consume, in round
figures, 40,000,000 of tons of guano
annually. The arbitrary and revolu
tionary act which I veto to-day
would thus impose a tax of four mil
lion of dollars a year on our people.
With what effect? It, would not stim
ulate the production; American
birds could not compete with the
pauper labor of birds in debauched
and priest-ridden Central America.
I am not quite sure as to what I
mean or why it is not so, or what ia
which, bat the man who speaks to
the contrary is a hell-hound and
H. G.
The hair on a camel weighs about
ten pounds, and sells for more than
$100
Holmes says: "I should like to
see any man's biography, with cor
rections and Emendations by hi3
ghost"
The proportion of professing
Christians to the population of this
country is one to eight There are
91,000 clergyman.
The wife of a Northfield, Vermont
man left a hot pie in his favorite
chair. That's alL
A St Louis paper speaks of the
monument erected to the memory
of the beautiful and fashionable Mrs.
Kate B. Bennett
A Bostonian aeronaut named
Wise, advertises that he will under
take a balloonatic expedition from
the Common to Great Britain on the
Fourth of July. '
The bakers of New York city
have decided to raise the price of
bread from four to five cents for
small loaves, and from eight to ten
cents for large loaves.
Every Prime Minister in Europe
has at some period of his life, be
stridden the goat on which A. F.
and A. M.'s ride up to the 33d degree.
The Baptist churches in and
around Berlin and Templin, Prussia
have been enjoying an extensive re
vival of religion.
The average life of Methodist
ministers is' 23 per cent below that
of ministers of other denominations.
They work too hard.
Some statistics just published
show that in German Tyrol over one
third of the teachers receive lesa
than $50 a year, and this is eked out
by organ-playing and othw dmrtlx,
larrit,