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LINES SUGGESTED BY THE DEATH OF
A FRIEND.
Where is the one. that to me was o dear?
Oh ! she is genre, she- ; s gone
l ' - licit- i.. tlie w;fe who nr.- heart used to cheer ? ;
Oh 1 she is goa". slip is gone.
She whom I loved i-, the grave is laid I w
ri e whom I've hcrished i- ponef:cm ns now
i I aui ail lont-ly (Hi! woo could be glad ?
When ei.e is gone, si. e is guae
Slowly my wife bowed her beautiful head
Then Was I sad, I was sad
Oh ! now I mourn, now I kni-:v jhe is dead
Now I an sad, I am sad
She was my angel, my love, and my guide j
V a inly t- > save her from go>n>t, I tried :
Dear lovely one*, how ! mourned w ben she died
fcltil 1 am sad, I ain sad
She was eahn as an infant at rest.
When Death wts near Death was near
She ifi.'ii reclined, ou Jesus' soft breast
V\ inie He was near. lie was near
U hen she looked to Jim. she said, " I will go "
' t,! o-n to her Husband, her lips whispered "■>''
'•Take mc my Sivior, tbou'lt do for the best
With thee I'll rest, I will rest.
What is the strength, which supporteth thee
While ! am sad I am sad ? [new ?
This i* the hope which rejoiceth me now
While Toou art ad. Thou art sad.
' " wi w the /'rciniie. It* read in hi* Word
I'• uLfftd 'ir' lit /. \o have dud ia the Lord "
6ht has b.cn called io receive her teward
Now ahe's a: rest, is at rest
!
Then h ill I murmur, or sorrow like those
Who have no hope, have no hope?
Then may 1 bear, of this life all its woes,
Wh'ie 1 may hope. I may hope
Tili Fin permitted, to meet her above,
T 1 we together, can sing Jesus" love.
Then saved hv grace, we together mav sing
lie re is our rest, u our rest.
A CRADLY HY.MNT
faiT" Th- tnan-poet has fait fully and beauti
fully expressed r he mother's cradle- visii we
tga'ts) in tlie following stmnzftl, which aretak- j
• en from ''b.in-r sweei." a poem by J. G. Boi
■ Inrsd (the rai-y. advice-giviug "Timothy Tit-;
com,") recently published:
Hither, bleep! A mother wants thee!
Come with velvet arms'
Fold this baby that she grants thee
To thy own soft cLurmsl
Bear hire ir.to Dreamland lightly !
G:V" him sight <<f flowers!
Do not bring him ba<-k till brightly
Break the morning hours !
■
Clo-e bis eye? with gentle fingers 1
Cross his hand of snow J
Tell :te augels vrhi-re he lingers
They must whisper low !
I w'll guard the spell unbroken
If thou hear ray call;
Come then Sleep! I wait the token
Of thy downy thra'.i.
Now I see bis sweet lips moving;
He i in thy keep ;
Other r":!k the babe is proving
At the brea st of Sleep !
CONTENTMENT.
I would be great, b it that the sun doth still
i Level li;s ray- against the rising hiil;
I would bs high, but see the proudest oak,
Most subject to the rending thunder-stroke ;
I '.vouid c i;ea, bi.t see men, too unkind,
Dig in the bowels of the richest mine;
I would be wise, but that 1 often see
The fox suspected, whilst the ass goes free;
I would be fair, bat see the fair and proud,
Like the bright sun, oft setting in a ' loud;
I would be poor, but knew the humble grass;
Still trampled on by each unworthy ass ;
Red hated, wise suspected : scorned if poor:
Great fear d : fair templed: high still envied
more:
I b we wuhed all; but now I wish for neither
. Great, high, rich, wise, n-r fair; poor 111 be
rather. —Car Henry JFbh'cn.
Cjioiff Sniping.
From Peterson's Magazine.
Jolt a CTirke and ills Fortune.
BY MRS. M. A. PENISON*.
" Xefcr mind the house. John, v. eve
trot one of our own," whimpered John
Cl:rke's wife.
i She was a rosy little thing, only twen
!tv summers old. llow brightly and oe*
witchnmly she shone—-a star amid the
eouibre company. f
• But what in the world has he left me ?"
muttered Joan Clarke. '' I believe be
!. hated me —I believe they ail bate me.
'* Hush, dear 1"
1 be jueath to JOKD Clarke, mv dear
ly beloved nephew," read the orim attor
ney, " as % reward fur his firmness in re
fbstioc temptation the last two years, and
' his detcriniiu.tioo to improve in aii ac
; ceptable thine-, IUV one-ho I>E shay, which
has stood in my barn over twenty-fiye
- years, requesting that he shall repair it,
1 or cause it to be repai.-ed ia a suitable
manner."
That was all. Feme of the people gath-
I ered there tittered, all seemed to enjoy
• the confusion of the poor young mat.
1J li, (-yes fashed tire, he trembled exces
sively'; poor little Jenny fairly cried.
"'Io think," she said to herseif, " horr
' ha" 1 he has tricci to be jjooci, and tust is
zii he thought of it *"
jßcoicD io ine iVtiKijbcs of .Jptie qnd I>c of iiierriiiw, L'UC\'WWC anO iLtps..
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, I A., THURSDAY, I EC-EM PER. 16, 1358
"Wish yuu juy," said a red-lit*.n 1'
youth, vvitli a gt'in, as Le cunre out of the
i room.
John srnng up to collar the fellow, but
!a little white hand laid on his coat sleeve -
restrained him.
"Let ibeai triumph, John, it won'tr
; hurt you/' said Jenny, with her sunny j
j smile ; "please doa't notice them fc r my,
sake."
; "Served him right," said Susan Sprigirs.
| the niece of the old man just dcud. ayd tc>
|whom lie hnd left all his silver, "served'
! him right for marrying that ignorant goose i
jof a Jentiv Brazier. I suppose hf- ealeu
iatcd a coc.d dtoii on the i.id giuitUman's
geuero-ity." To which she -uicied, in a'
whisper that only lu-i own heart hu. .j
He might have married me. He. had f
ill' • chance, and T loved bin brtu: than <
'anyone else—better than mat pretty lit -
• t-c fool. Jenny Brazier."
; '• Now we wiii see how de ,i p his good
ness is." -aid a maiden aunt, thr. ugh Im-r
iu -e ; " lie ,-f>pptd short in wickedness
just because he expected a fortune from;
my poor, dear brother, 'J h inks to nmsset
that he left me live liundreu dollars. Now
I can gil that new carpet; Lut wa i sec
how much of a change there is in John
Clarke —he aiwuv'a was an imp of wickc-d- <
; ne.ss."
" We", I guess John Clark'li have to
be contented with hi- little ten fectfd a:,
tv," said the father of Susau trpriggs. to
good old Deacon Joe liemp.
! "Well, I reckon he is content—if he
ain't lie ought to be. with that iiitlojcwci
ufa wife, she s bright enough to make
;.nv four Walls fihiue," was the uuicoti s
reply*
" Pshaw I you're ail crazy ab> ut thai
gal. Why she ain't to be computed it. j
{titv Susan. Su.-an plays on the lortv pi
, ano iike sixty, ami manages a house iirst
. rate."
" Bless you, neig! bar Spr'.ggs. I rather
; have that innocent, blnomii g face to smile
at mc when I waked up mornings, than
all the feity-piano gals you can scare up .
; 'tween here and the InJhs —fact
" I'd like to know what yuu mean 1
!exclaimed Mr. Sprigg*, f.ring up.
I "Just what I say," replied good old
; Deacon Joe, couiiy
" Well, that John C'lark'il die on the j
| gallows yet, mark my word.-,"' said Mr. y
, spitefully.
i " That John Clarke w ill make one of
our be-t citizens, and go to the legislature
; yet,*'* .replied old Dtacuu Joe, complacent- ; ■
' *' Doubt it i'
" Yes, may be you do, and that's "a
pretty vav to build up a young fellow,.
isn't ir, when he's Dying hi.* best. No,
John Ciarkc won't be a govd citizen, ii'
you can help it. People that cry ' uiad
d"g' are plaguey wiliiu' to stone tin- critter
while he s running. I take it; ant if he;
ain't uiad they're sure to drive him so.
Wliv don't you step up to him and say,
'•John, I'm glad you're going right now,
and I've got faith in you, and if yuu want
any help, why come to mo and i ii put
; ycu through V That a the way to do the
business, Mr. Spriggs "
" Weil, I hope you'll do it, that's all.'
replied Spriggs, sulkily.
■ " I hope i shall, and I'm bound to, any
way, if I have the chance. Fact is, he s i
got such a Siiitivt little wiie tiiut ho don t
i really need any help."
i " No—it's a pity then that brother Ja
cob left him that one-horse shay."
" You needn't laugh at that; old Jacob
never did nothing without a meaning to
it. That old shay may help him to ba aj
great man yet. Fact is, I think myself
ii Jacob Laci left him uuaey ir might a
been the ruin of him. Less thw.gs ban
at ne-Lorse shay ha- made a mail's lurtin."
" v\ ell. j <ii gi id you thiuk So il.Uc'. oi,
him ; I don't."
"No." muttered Deacon Joe, as his.
neig ib' r turned ax iv. " but it he had
married your raw-boned darrtei tr at p!:e
on the foily piano, he'd a been aii light.
' no ui; take." i
i i " A oue-horseshay ?" said the uiiuistev,
laug'.iiiig ; what aUn tune .
And so it went from mouth to mouth.;
■ None of the relatives —some already lieu
' —had offered the poorest man among*
jthem—the owner of the one-Lorseshav—
a dollar of th' 1 bequeath men t lef. to him,
Dor to her; but they had rather tej iced
iu iii s disappointment.
The truth is, everybody had prophesied
■ that John Clarke, a poor, motherless buy. I
• would come to ruin, and they wanted tl.t
• pn phecy to prove a true one. He had.:
! iu his youth, been wild and wayward, and I
- somewhat profligate in the eaily years of
i; manhood ; but hi* old uncle had encourag
: ed him to reform—held out hopes to which
, he had hitherto been a stranger, ami the
' love of the sweet young Jenny Braz vr
completed, ua it seemed, his reformat! .n
Jenny never appeared .-o "dy as she i
' did on that unfortunate day rthe rc id
• irg of the will, after they ha-' returned
- to the poor iittic house that vas Jenny s
OWN
H •• No matter, Joan," she sa d. che-r ful- j
i'lv, " you wdl rise in spite tf tliem. I
' wnulda't let theaft think I tas iu the least,
disc "ui raged, that wii! only please them
too well. Wo are doing mcelv now. and
V U know if they do cut the 'aiiroad thro"
our bit of laud, the money will set us up,
quite c uifurtabiy ; isn't uur home a happy |
one, if it is small ? And, oh! John, by
and bye!"
An eloquent blush— A glance toward
her work-bask* T, out of which peeped the
most delicate ueeJh-V-UK, told the story
—that ever new tory of inn 'Crnee. b "-AUI V ,
and helplessness, that bri YG cares akin to
angel-,' work.
Fur once John Clarke stopped THE gus .
sip's mouth, lie IN. Id ilia IU-D wp imm-
F'-IMY —WO 1 KI D - TEA lily at hi< trade, and
' very pSO -med a sure *RD.at:EG and an
up w-. lor n
B bv was JU-t *ix months old when the
corporation paid into John Clark,; s hand
the .-U.'l of > x lumdrud dollars I'<r TC
privil GU ■ T laving a track througli his one
little fi -Id.
" A handsome baby, N bemitifnl and in
dustrious wif". and six hundred UoiNr-.*
thougiit JUHN, with an holiest cxuitatiuu.
•• \} R ell, this :S Jiving !'"
" Juhn.' said liia wife, rising frvui her
Work. 4 *! ink out.
fie d D. and SAW the .11 one-horse shay
dragged HV a Sl.'' wart negro.
" M i--a says as nuw tlie old barn is
gwiuc io BE puih'd down, SO he sent VUUR
snay. SAID Tl.e ZVU'tcan,
"Thank hiui F>r nothing," SAID John,
bitt-rlv, but a glance at ills wife removed
the evii spirit, auu a better one smilod out
of his eyes.
I'John. you can spare a I'.tile MONEY
now TO HAVE the old s3ay uxed up, can t
von ? Y< U ought to, ACCORDING to the
will." said Jenny.
•' The old trash ?" muttered John.
" But vou could AT le.tst SELI it lor what
tin* repair.- w uid Cost, feulu JCLlliy, iu
her wirini IG way.
IL Yes. I SUPPOSE I could."
" ikitn 1 D iutvc B done, and bless NIC,'
I d XTEP it too. You VC G'.IT a GOOD horse,
AN I CAN 1.1.ve tlie old S av ' TAUU quit
stvli -ii for baby ami me to LIDE M. JUAN t
we shine
" \\ E:!, I'!! send it over to Tlostncr's,
to-moirow, and SEC what he vviil do it
for."
4 Look here ! Mr. Ilosmer wants you
come tight OVER FEB -PI slioufc-d the car--
riage-n.ak'; R s apprentica, at tito T P. BIS
lungs; 4 TID Deacon Joe's the; -, an* i3y.- ;
he's right down giad — golly, its liundreds. '
cud hundreds, a, ID hundreds, and hun '
4 Stop, b y ! WHAT ?u the world does he
mean, Jonny V cried John Clarke, PARTING !
the bu'tiy iu the cradle face downwards.
4 Mv patience . John, look at tuatc'lDA
— precis -us darling! I'M sure I don'T
know, John; I'd go right over and see,'
SAIU Jenny, by snatches rigiiting t'ne baby, j
4 it's iiis luu, I su]>pose.'
4 Tain't any fun. I tell ye,' SAID the. boy. ;
while John hurried on his coat and h*at;
• UJ V gracious 1 GUESS vuu'H SOY it ain t tuu
when \uu COSIN* to SOI. them 'ere gold
ti ings ami the bills.'
This added wings to John Clarke's
speed, and in a moment he stood breath--
less in the old coachmaker . -.lmp.
4 Vv'ish you joy, uiy hue ieilcr . criu I
Deacon Joe.
4 Look here — what'll you fake fir thai .
old shay '{ I'll give \uu Ibur thousand,
dohars I cried TAE coac IMAGER, iu great
giee.
4 Four thousand? C R ied J HTI, aghast.
4 Yes, just look at it! You're a rich
man, sir, and by George I'm giad of it ;
you d serve to be.'
The carriage-maker SHO-X his hand
hcartiiv.
V'h.;t Io VM suppose were the E n
••T-:RN-I 4 IOP, delight , gratbude —THE wild,
wild iv that. L.F. O. the he-,. it ot Clarke,
W UEO he lound the old snay H>leU wi.ii;
I gt'ici END Link bdl.s i I ruouu the cusii-1
the liniug.l, and every p'acc WHERE;
they cnuhi be plac d witliuui danger of
irtiurv — thieves never WOTIHL have cocde--
; seended to the one-horao S.IAV.
, Five thou-an<l live hundred dollars in :
all! J'<jor. John ! or rather, rich Joiwi !
J his hc;.J WAS nearly turned. It N quired
; all the balance of Jenny's nice equip* IXE 1
OF chararter to KEEN his extntie biiiin from
■ spinning like a hui.ioiiiig-top. Now he
: could bund two horses lllie the one 1!.-
j uncle had bctjutallied to his rvai -headed
icousla, v;ho had wished bin joy when
ike will WAS read —th A dear thd uncle !
What genuine sorrow he felt a* he thought
: of the many times he had heaped reproach
es u: on l.is uieinoiy '.
Imagine, it" you can, dear reader, the
! peculiar feeling* of those kind friucK vvlm
had propAe 4 Jed that JCHH Clarke wuuld
c one to grief. At first. Deacon Joe pro
posed t • take the old shay just as it was
—linings stripped, biis of cloth hanging
—aid upon a tin tru : pet proclaim the
g IO i tidings to the whole town, taking
i especial pains to STOP before t*. * HOUSE of
Mr. ? *>' i irus. and blow ihul enough to
drown aii the forty-piano* in fhc
but that was vetoed by J aim's kind LULU
wife.
• T.A ! they'll K'nc# of *.'. BOOU enough/J
.J,C said, kissing the baby; 4 1 wouldn't
hurt their ftelin^s.'
They did know of it, and a few years :
after, when John Ciarkc lived i:. a big
j house, they all voted i'or him to go to the
, * icgislater.' Fa much fur that old one
horse sbay.
Into t!*e Sunsiiine,
44 1 wish father would ome home."
The v-iice that said it.is had a troubled
tun* , and tlie face that laoked up was sad
" Your father wiil he very angry, 'said
an aunt who was sitting iu the room with
i b ok in her Land.
The buy raised himself from th sofa,
where he had bv-u lying iu tears for hah
an hour, ui. J with ato .'eh of iudignaiiuu
in hi.> voice, anew *r„J :
4 * lie':! 1 e sovy, >iot angry. Father
never gits angry."
T< r a few moments the aunt looked at
the boy half curiously, and let her eyes
fall again up >u tue h -ok toat was iu h?r
; hazid i lie h y laid InaisCif down Upon
ihe sofa again, and hid hi> iaco Irorn sigut.
4 - 'i hat s ia! her, now i "
lie started up. and after the lapse of 1
nearly ten minutes, as a sound oi a L ii.
reached Ids ear?, he went to tlie room
tioor. lie stood t'.iere for a little while,
and then came slowly back trying with a
disappointed air:
"It isn't father. I wonder what keep
him >o late ! O, I wish he would come 1
*• You seem anxious to get deeper into
trouble." remaiked the aunt, who hud
only been iu the house for a week, aud
who was neither very amiable nor very
sympathizing toward children. The boy '-
lauk had provoked lier, and she consid
ered hi ii a tit subject for punishment.
4 - I brlievt", an it Phcbc, that you d ii.tc
to see uiu wliipped," said t'ac boy, a little
| war ,Jy. "Bui you won't.
" I must confess, replied aunt Pheo \
••that I tiduk a iittic wholesome disci-
IF • \ 1 4 T T
pane oi tiie kind yw.i speak ot wouiu riot
be out ot place. Ii }<a were my ch.m
am sure you would not escape."
44 1 am nut ] uui cm.cn I u JII t\i „ii!
to b n Fathei i- good, anu loves mc."
44 If your father is so good, and loves
;you so well, you mus- Lea very ungratc
iuier a very inconsiderate buy. la is'
goodness duu't seem to have helped you
! much."
44 llush, will you !" ejaculated th-- boy.
■exritcd to anger Ly tub uakiudnc&s of
speech
"Pheba!"
It was the boy's mother who now spoke,
for the first time. In an under tone sue!
added i
•• Y'uu are wrong; Richard Is suTering
quite enough, and you are doing him
harm rather i'-an good.'
Again the bell rang, and again the boyi
ro-e troui the sofa ami went to thesittiug
j room door.
" It's father."
And he went gliding down stairs.
"Ah, Richard," was the kindly greet '
ing as Mr. Gordon took the hand of :ib
by. 4 'l>ut wha f 'a the matter, my son ?
You do not look iiappv."
44 Won't you come in here?" And
Richard drew his father into the library.
Mr. Gordon sat down, still holding Rich
ard's hand. {
44 You ?re ii trouble, my sou. What
has happened i J "
The eyes of Richard filled with tear
as he looked into his lather's lace. He
i tried to answer, but his lips quivered.—
i lieu he turned away, an 1 opening the
door of the cabinet, b. Tght out thef.ag- 1
ments of a broken statuette, W!:K-U xuiii
been pent ho : e only the day be.orc, au-j
set them oil the tabic before Ids minor.
: ov >r whose countenance, came instantly a
shad ov of regret.
•• Who tiiu tins, my son?" was asked
in an even voice.
: "I m it."
1 "howl"
4 -1 t'urcw my ball in there once—oniy
once—in forget.u ncss "
; The pour by s tunes were huaky a..d
trenmluu*.
A little while Mr. Gordon sat control
ing liiuiacii and c Electing hi.-, disturbed
thoitgiiis. Then he saui ciieertuiiy :
" YYii.:t is u-.ue, Rt .-,.ard, can't b * hcip-;
ed. Put the broken pieces away Y.u
have hud trouble enough about it. I c m
see—and reproof enough for your thought
kssiess —,-u i shall not add a word to in-1
crease your pain."
• O, father!" And tlie boy threw his
arms about his father's neck. "You arc
so kind —so good ! "
j Five minutes later, and Richard <m
, tereu the sitting-room with his father. —
.iunt Piiebe looked up for two shadowed
| faces, but did not sec them. She W3>
! puzzled.
" Tuat was very unfor unatc."she sa.d,
a i.ttic while .after Mr Gordon cars.c in.
"It was such an exquisite work of art. It
is hopelessly ruined."
Richard was leaning against his firhr • '
when i.is aunt said this. Mr. G-wdon on-!
ly smiled and drew n.s *a ci sviy unci
his buy. Mrs. Gwdou threw upon iier*
-Ist..- - a look of w.uciog, hi: a Wag uu-;
'heeded.
44 1 ikiul* Richard was e very Lag"' tv
bey." ° 'i
L'GIiR OKNTtJ.
YERftS.-ti.is IER iiKKHi
•• Wo have settled all that,Phebe," was
the mi! i but lir•; auswerqt .Mr. Gordon;
and • .at is c) i f cur rules to get into
the suiifchii.e as quick as possible."
l'ijobo w.is rebuked; while Richard
locked 'grateful, and, it may be, a little
iriu npbant: for Lis aunt hud borne down
up n h : m r • 11: r too ha.u. for a boy's pa
tiu r* •toen j uro.
Tto the sunshine as quickly as possi
ble! 0,1 .not tl.at the better philosophy
for our Louies; is it not true Christian
{.hi! isopby? It i* selii-bnes.s that, .grows
angry and rebels,.becatuera fault has been
c runutt d. L.t us p i iiie offeuder into
the sun-nine as quickly as possible, so
that the tiae tbou r hts and rigbt feuliagp
may grow vig-TQU' in its warmth. Wc
retain anger, not that at gar way act as a
w.! ' s e dAcip'i 10, but because we arc
u:r . h'ing to forgive. Ah, if we vrre si
ways rip 1.1 sail onr-e*v.cs. we would, o li
enor be right w'th our c*.*. Iron.
———- —--fj..--" 1 far-
Deb \'o u i 1.-r 2>iHit altlcm.
Hon. J h-'iui R GLldTigs lectured ia
Tr euiont i e i.pie, ILrston, the outer eve
ili-srb; ct was, ••Twenty Veers
iiC' )g '-s." In the course of LA ico
ture ire tue fuiiowing incident;
'• In C-mgre-s they sometime* had to
make speeches under great duaculues. of
: vvii eh .Tr. Ciddiug* gave an amusing il
lustration. in !'-*•> there was an unfor
i r
: tutiaie Dua ;:i me liouse iro'u Georgia,
by the ua'ue uflJiuck, who regarded him
self as the e-j eiai champion of that Plata
si.d of the * peculiar institution.' When
the Indian L.li was under coi.siJeralloa,
he (Mr. (j.ddiugs) to A occasion to refer
to t!ie old matte. of tUe Oreeic Indians
and tile slaves t da* iia i been stolen by the
i) j '""giutis ; Mr. 11 hie : too!" Lie, and made
A spe -eh, iii which iie charged lii:n w.tu
■-teai!.*-' iH'g" •o--. at;J franking a dress to
i7r:;r. The s...Kb era men gathered
round him and spurred him cn. When
Ihe bad eoc lu ;• *j . i;c i.Mr. G,d lines) xe
p.:. d :u. vd terms, as would be imagiit-
U 1; but Mr. Black did not So r*gard it,
tnd Cv .i.iug round to withia four feet of
...01. with l is heavy hword cane in hi*
. hand, said, ' Repeat that, and I w ill knock
jyou dowu.' ' Well, .said Mr. Gid dings,
• I uever had been knocked down; it would
be a curiosity, and so of course I repeated
it. ; Lou i and prolonged applause.) S<wn
j lueiubeis tried to get him away, but I
told them to Ictiiimaloue; be w-a a poor,
i haruiL s man/
•• Dawon of Louisiana, a professed du
ellist, came along, and, placing his hand
on his pisttd and cocking it, said, ' D —n
him, 111 shoot him !' lie did not tiling
lie was in any d tnger, but others did, and
a slaveholder from Maryland, armed with
bowie knife and pistol, came over and
st >od by bis side with his arms folded;
.John if,.bell and other southern men
came over and stood by l>laok ; Kenneth
liayu -r. i who his been called a'Know
X.ttLing' .lnce. but who knew something
that any} who was fully armed, came and
took up a position on his Lit; Charles
Hu iso;i rose quietly and put. himself on
bis tight; and do .ion Toot, feeling hi*
cold northern H.,oi stirred somewhat,
i left i.is seat and took vp bis position at
:ne entrance of the aisle—and there and
thus they maintained the freedom of de-
Date.
fir?" The City of K.io sustains eight
Ir w and about sixty or seventy beer
shop* and d-inning saloons, ami cannot
giv- a living sai p <rt to one dailv paper.
Our people pay an annua! revenue of near
; one hundred Thousand dollars to the liquor
and W v sel. vu an 1 o.inn >t bv the most
: oncgetic efforts be induced to pav §I,OOO
or S.> OOJ a year to su>t ,j a dailv paper
which is an actual necessity in every largo
| town. They cootrib ite with liberal hand
'to nphoi ar-.d render prosperous the Rum
'rathe. Mid tio:c out with stmgv reluctance
< tneic j.iirance for general intelligence.
Internr and Intellect stand no enanco
.n a c-'iite-t wil ll Appetite an<i I)isToa
'iun. It is a solemn truth which reflvet
' ing i liiri-tians should lay t; heart that
•ur people p-y m-we money every year to
t'.e sh<qw. bsc-v shop* and gaming es
; hiisi, U'.nts, t'nin to sd the churches,
ehot Is, aealemie* and i.e v*p-;p u-s com
bined. Tid* is a stunning fact, which
lent be fully substantiated by figures.
Tan such th ugs be and our city become
prosperous, enterprising and reputable ?
Reader, iook around you and see whether
Iwe exaggerate in the least. The institu
tion? of drunkenness are as five or six to
one against the institutions of learning,
religion aud iuteiiigeuce.— Erie Consti
tution.
The facts stated above shoub.l be pon
; dered by t!ie christians and well dispose j
people of eve r y coiuiuunity. If all that
. .< of iHf' run s -/.ing ij a curse to com
"nunity, would but do their du*y, dram
, would soon to unknown above
jroun,7.
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Or w'-ir •■•em* atr ib-. a noth
g. by its**lf. ir some nic
turns the sc-y"- of fat v and roles the -jH.il
• ixponea*