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VOLUME I
OAKLAND BUSINESS GUIDE
GIIOCEHIES, etc.
iv p. Gotten,
*' * genkuai.mkuchandi.se,
Cor. Main & Alder sts.
t> K'lIA UDSON MHOS.,
GUOCERIES, CONFECTIONERIES
Canned Goods, Fruit, etc.
JOHN O. MICHAEL,
" GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Second door South Coddington'g Hotel
I W. STALNAKER,
*•* Grocery and Provision Store,
Corner Third and Oak Street.
A L. OSBOURN,
**-* ADAMS EXPRESS OFFICE,
General Merchandise.
J BUSH A SOX.
*-“• GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Cor. Third * Oak sX.
jV B. WAYMAN,
• General Merchandise,
< !or. Alder A Main sts.
f> ROOKS’
u GREAT NEW YORK STORE,
General Merchandise,
Agent for Fertilizers,
Depot Building.
T) E.OFFUTT,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Agricultural Machine*, Musical Instruments.
Guns, Pistols, etc.
I'l iTTloak,
" ORIGINAL NEW YORK STORE,
Genenil Merchandise, Watches, Clocks, Jew
elry, etc.
T)AVJB & TOWNSHENI)-
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Agents Agricultural Machines,
Opposite hailey’s Park,
n 0. MICHAEL,
XJ ’ GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Notions, Clacks,Confectionery, etc..
Next to Coddington's Ilotrl.
CJ.EORGE LEGGE,
GENERAL MEUCIIAXDISK,
v Cor. Second ttr Oak sts.
JOHN A. DEL.VWDEK,
” GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Wines, Ijiipiors, etc.. Oak st. near bridge,
SA LOOMS.
TOIIX A. BELAWDKR,
** Wines, Liquors & Lager Beer,
i)nk si., near Bridge.
jnEO. W. CAI’OX,
” RESTAURANT.
Fried and Ktewed Oysters. Raw on the shell.
Families supplied.
HOTELS.
DROWNING HOUSE,
R. T. J > rowXing, Proprietor.
Main Street.
II OWAX WHITE,
II Oak Street.
t fcAKLAX I) HOUSE,
Geo. X. Santeniyer, Proprietor.
Cor. Third and Alder st reets.
JNODDINUTON’S HOTEL,
' L - y W. M. Coddington, i’rop’tor,
Main Sf., < )pposttc Jamison's 111 11 in rd Saloon
IIOAUDI \(i ItO ( s ES.
ju its. DAVID RHINEHART,
Water Street.
(VI US. RALPH THAYER,
Oak and Third Streets.
TV A VIS HOUSE,
■” Mrs. M. E. Ilavis, Proprietress.
Cor. Oak ,V: .Second streets.
]VEW GLADE HOUSE,
■*-’ Mrs. It. J. West, Proprietress.
Cor. Third & Alder sts
fJEORGE BOSLEY’S^
Oak Street.
i!A IIIXE I'M .1 K EUS A XJ> UN
DER TA A EUS.
A C. BROOKE,
_ * Res, adjoining Gazette office.
IOJIX SIIATZER,
** Shop on Fourth Street,
PHYSICIANS.
TVK. E. 11. BARTLETT,
Office Main st,, op. Dailey’s Park.
TVR. J. LEE McOOMAS,
Office on Main Street.
MILLS.
TIIUSI’ A XllSlli X< iI.E MI u7s,
Peter Ma rtin, Proprietor.
Water street
tvaklaxd woolen MILLS,
Sam’l Lawton,Manager.
A TTORNEYS-A T-LA \V.
I W. VBITCH,
” * State’s Attorney,
‘Mllcc on <)ak Street,
TOIIX M. READ,
** Notary Public
And Com. to take Testimony,
Oftlca on Alder Street.
fl S. HA MILL,'
vx ‘ Office in Offutt’s Building.
rjn J, PEDDIOORD,
' Office over Jamison’s Saloon
PLAST E H EII.
TAMES ARNOLD,
_ Residence on Fourth Street
HOOT AND SHOE MAKER.
X\T M. M. WAGNER,
* * Shop Cor. Second & Oak Sts.
rjEO. F. LOUGII It ILK ikT
v " Leave orders at Express office.
# ' LUCAS,
Boot and Shoe Maker,
Shop Cor. Water and .Second St,
*
THE REPUBLICAN.
jl VKUGSAXD MED l VINES.
J - ( ‘HO. G. STURGISS,
- VT j> rU g- Si Medicines,
Perfumery, Toilet articles,Stationery,
- Tobacco and Cigars. Alder St.
BLA cksMITHS.
- pH AS. SINUELL,
, v> Liberty Street.
'i
_ MILLINERY AND FANCY
GOODS.
i. VI L. SCOTT’S Baltimore Store.
- Millinery, Gents’ Furnishing
And Fancy Goods, and Shoes.
Main Street, Opposite Dr. McComas* office.
jvfRS. M.H. DAVIS,
Cor. Oak & Second Sts.
CONTRA CTORS ,1 HI ALDERS
TOIIX M. JARBOE,
u Carpenter, Contractor & Builder,
Kmidencc on Liberty Kt. nearly uppn. Twpot.
- p A. CHISHOLM,
* Carpenter, Contractor,
And Builder.
Residence over Jamison’s Saloon.
QEO. A. SPEDDEN,
’ Residence opp. School house.
JOSEPH M.CRIM,
** Residence on Alder Street.
4 C. BROOKE,
Res. adjoining Gazette office.
BARBERSHOP.
OROF. A. W. DILLEN,
. Barber Shop,
Offutt’s Building, Main street.
MASONS.
I| PRITCHARD,
xi/. Residence on Second St.
T LOYD CHAMBERS,
Residence Coddington’s Hotel.
JOHN POUTER,
” Residenceeor. Water & Third sts.
SURVEYORS.
ILEX. O. MASON,
Office over Jamison’s Saloon.
VI It. HAMILL,
• L ' l ‘ County Surveyor,
Office in Offutt’K Building.
JOHN i I Alt NED.
” Address, Post Office.
PAINTING <1 PAPER HANG •
IXG. *
npHEO ( . LYNCH,
House and Sign Painter,
Leave orders at l.’oddiiititou's Hotel, or at
the Stores of l>. K iHinti nr_ti, \V. w. Letfse.
JAMES EX LOW,
" House and Sign Painter,
Residence adjoining Gazette Office.
P J. E RINGER,
t-j. House and Sign Painter.
And Caper Hanger.
Leave orders at Hush’s rttore.
PIIOIO a It. I I’ll G A LL ER )'.
( ‘ W. MERRILL,
* Photographs and Ferrotypes
Matte in the best style.
Albums, Picture Frames Piet ure <’ord for sale.
Til it’d Street, Opposite New Glade House
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
( ML MK rt. HAM ILL,
U ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
OFDIOK IX Ol FUTT’S BUILDING,
(Lower Flooi.)
Particular attention given to Conveyancing,
Mvostigation of land titles and collection of
Ini ms. Loans negotiated. jelt-ly
I Art. M. HCIILEY.
ATTOHNISY AT LAW,
< ’I'MIJKKI.AXn, Ml).
Will practice in the Courts of Washington, i
Allegany and Garrett, counties. Agent for
■‘ale ofS),noo acres of land in Garrett county, I
within one and a half to three miles of oak- f
iDiid. Jel4-ly j
p HAMI LB,
REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Oakland,
Garrett county, Md
Office at residence on Main Street, jelt-ly
JOHN M. HEAD,
ATTORNEY AT I,AW.
OAKLAND,
NOTARY PUBLIC. Maryland.
|eH-ly |
JW. V r FITCH.
• ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland, Gakurtt County, Md. j
Will practice in the Courts of Garrett County I
and the adjoining Counties of West Virginia, |
and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Jan.JO-tf.
Thus. j. pkddicord.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
Oakland, ga it hktt county, Md.
Will nractlee in the Courts of Garrett County
and tne adjoining Counties of West Virginia, !
and in the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Jun. :U)-tf,
DR. J, DAILY, |
IEIDIT DENTIST
WESTERN PORT,
MARYLAND.
From one to a full set
of teeth inserted in the 7%
most henutiful and
■ubotAßtiai manner.
Particular attention j
paid to cleaning and • *
filing the natural teeth / , Jp- , .•
All work warranted v, 7 f> ‘ • j
to give satisfaction,or H 1
money refunded. le2l-]y
KRANK E. DAVIS,
ARCHITECT,
S. E. Corner Charles and Fayette Stroets,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Entrance on Fayette St., Room No. 1.
127“1y
OAKLAND, MI)., SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1877.
[From tin; Toledo Jilmle.]
The Corners in the Absence of Mr.
Nasby, meet and Endorse the Presi
dent.
Confedrit X Roads, V
(Wich is in theStateof K ntuvky,) >■
March 20, 1877. J
Important business called me to a
neighborin village, and I wuz ab
sent from the Corners two days.
The biznis wuz, I may say, not alto
gether unconnectid with asupply uv
shirts, Doorin the earn pane for Til
den and Reform, wich hez endid so
j unhappily, my liniu wuz wore out,
and I went out to a seckshun wher
tliey hev sieli things, to borry three
jor four, wicii I did—off uv lines,
! without heviu any preliminary
j versliun with them uv whom I hop
rerd em. I sfTood liev preferred to
I heveindun up, but shirts a dryin
I ain’t bad. I ain’t proud—the troo
j Dimekrat skorns starch. Wood that
j we cood go back to a state uv nacher,
!iu wich shirts is onnessary. Ef we
didn’t lieV to hev shirts and sieh,
there wood be more for likker.
When tlie cat’s away the mice will
play. Smite the shepherd and the
sheep will be shattered. Scasely had
: I turned my back onto the Corners
! afore Pollock and Joe Bigler got at
j the people, and they capcherd Bas
! com. Capeherin Bascom they hed j
i tlie rest uv em.
They red to the Corners tlie inog-1
geral of the Yooserper Hayes, and \
explained to em wat the polisy uv
that arch conspirator wuz a goin to
be. They red over a list of his Cab
inet, dwellin espeshly on his appint
ment uv that runnygade. Key, and
toleem that he wuz a goin to run!
the Government in the intrestofthe
whole country, and not of any seek- j
shun, and that the time hed come for
the lion and the lam to lie down to
gether, and that the little child wuz
in trainiu to leed em.
And blest ef they didn’t git em
imprest, and they showd Bascom
that it wood he better for the Cor
ners ef the old feelin wuz done away
with entirely, that the two parties
shood dwell in yoonity, and instid
of wastin their strength a contendin
with each other shood expend it a
makin sutiiin of the place,
I arrived at about seven o'clock in
theevenin and went, ex wuz nateral
strateto Bascom’s. 1 felt well. My
expedishen lied provd a success, for
1 got not only more shirts than any
Reform leeder in Kentucky ought to
hev, but I hed also pmkoored sum
sox and a pare of boots wich avuz
standin convenient outside a door.
“Wher is G. W. I asked of Mrs.
Bascom, who wuz in tlie bar.
“Therisa nieetin at tlie church,
and Bascom is there.”
“A meet in at the church? Who
dares to call a nieetin in my ab
sence?”
And feerin evil I hastened over to |
the nieetin iiouse.
It wuz a harrowin site my eyes
rested onto. There on tlie platform
sot Pollock, the nigger postmaster,
M’Pelter, Issaker Gavitt, sevrel
more niggers, Bascom, another big
ger, and—the Deekin. Joe. Bigler
wuz a standing up and reedin from 1
a paper.
“Wat is this?” Islireeked. “Bus
com, M’Pelter, Issaker, and el tu
Ilfioot,— the Deekin with them Itadi
kels ! Wat does this meeu ?”
"The Gentleman will take his seat,
and keep quiet; while I reed these
resoloosheus,” returned Joe, and he
red em:—
Wareas, the country hez bin ken j
in licit water for about fifteen years, I
and
Wareas, Hot water ain’t the
most ci mfortable thing in the world
for the fish that is in it, ef they hev j
bin accustomed to cold, and
Wareas, Ez President Hayes ap
pears to be tryin the best he knows
bow to settle things on a proper ba
sis, and in sieh away ez to do jestis
to every one, and injestic to none,
therefore be it
Resolved, That the Corners, recog
nizin the good iutenshuns of the
President and bis advisers, pledges
itself to stand by him, without re
gard to former party affilashens, and
to do wat we kin to bring about tlie
era of good feelin.
Resolved, That from this time out
all the bitternis of tlie past shel be
buried in tlie Corners, that every
■nun will recognize every other man !
ez a citizen, all hevin eknl rites, in
lile, liberty and the pursoot of suthin
to eat—
“ And drink,” sejested Bascom.
—And that all tlie divisions on po- j
litilde questions shel ceese ontil i
things hev settled, and suthin occurs
to divide us a more nateral way.
Resolved, That—
I cood stand this no longer, and I
sprung to my feet.
“Deekin 1 Bascom ! M’Pelter! Is
saker ! My Fronds ! are yoo agoin to j
set there, and let them infamus in-1
eefijary resoloosheus go forthe ez the
vqjce of the Corners ? Are yoo agoin
t@c* led by your enemies into such
a trap ?”
?S‘VVhy not?” askt Bascom. “Ain’t
hed hell enuff here: Hez any
l ®y niade anything by all the
it. 1 * imt * trouljl ° ol the last ten
ef them resolooshens
pap, and ef they are carried out in
tlf®spirit wich seems to pervade (his
imfegnstitoosluiel assemblage, wat,
let toe ask, is a goin to begum uv
?, Ef ther is goin to be peeceand
harmony, uv wat yoose am i ? Ef
ther’iiiu't agoin to be no more nig
gersjto kill, ef everybody hez their
n'te% e< ther ain’t no yooserper to
s. ,v?gh‘ agin, in bar room,
of ther ain’t no oceashen for elo
quence and defiance, wat am I to
do? Wat do want to throw me out j
ofbizniztbr? Ef yoo acknowledge!
the yoosurper Hayes, wat need hev {
you of a defender? Why you leeve j
me, strandid and lielplis, and I mite j
jist ez well leeve the Corners to j
wunst 1 Deekin, Bascom, Issaker,}
kin yoo do this ?”
“I don’t see”—commenst Bascom, [
but I wooden’t let him go on.
“But I see. Ef this ery uv good i
feelin sets in, I may exclame with j
the nigger iu the play, ‘Othello’s j
Okkepashen’s gone.’ My frends be- [
fore yoo commit yourself to this |
let us consult.”
I tiuelly got these misguided men !
out uv the iiouse, and into Bascom’s j
and ther 1 apueeled to em more at an
advantage. I held up afore em the
horrors uv nigger rool, I showd em
that ef they past them resolooshens j
they wuz Republikins, and that tlie |
old Dimecratic party wuz gone for- }
ever, and that the duty of every j
Dimecrat wuz to lite on, tite ever, till
we hed restored peace to our bleedin
country.
“But peeve is wat Ilayes wants,
ain’t it,” sed the Deekin.
“Spose he does. Admit it. That
ain’t the pint. Deekin ther never
kin be peeve, I never can be satisfied
or soothed, nor kin any one uv tlie
noble army of Tildeu and Reform,
so long ez ablishnists bolds the Post
offices, and the radikels the collector
ships. Yoo may ery ‘peeee, peece,
but tlier ain’t no peece.’ We want
peec , but we want to make it, and we
want to make it in our way, or we
don’ want it at all.”
Ther ain’t nothin like decision and
proniptnis. Before I lied got thro
with em, I got em back to ther old
moorins, and they didn’t go back to
tlie nieetin at all, and Issaker wuz so
enraged at bein almost capcherd,that
he sliyed a brick at one uv the nig
gers wich wuz a goin home from the
Church, wich almost perdoosed a;
good old time riot.
The Corners is now normal. The
Dimoeracy and the Radikels hate
each other ez hartily ez ever. Fites
is ez common cz ever, and I am hack
in my old place at Bascom’s.
Thus did Invert calamity from the
Corners, and thwart the evil endeav-1
ors uv a yoosurpin President. May
Dimecratic leeders everywhere act
with ekal firmness and proniptnis.
Wat is peece to the continyood exis
tence uv tlie Dimocratie party?
Petroleum Y t . Nasby,
Ex-Reformer.
Andrew Champion, a young me
chanic living at Skinner’s Eddy,
Wyoming county, on Monday of
last week shot and killed his wife
and then blew his own brains out.
He had been out of work for a con
sideral time and could find no em
ployment. His wife censured him
for being idle and threatened that if
lie did not go to work she would not
live with him. Champion said lie
would not allow her to live with any
one else and drawing a pistol shot her
dead.
A printer named George C. Cart
wright has recently been playing
government detective in the adjacent
counties of Pennsylvania, and swind
ling cigar manufacturers and distil
ters out of sums ranging from $1 to
So, by threats of exposure for failure
t<> properly cancel revenue stamps.
He was finally arrested and taken
before a justice in Bedford, who com
mitted him to jail in default of 8400
bail for his appearance at the next
term of Court.— Camb. Aller/aniun.
The Grafton Sehtinel notes the re
turn to that place of Mr. \Y T in. Blue,
who removed to New Orleans three
months since. The people with
whom lie had to deal made things
uncomfortably warm for him, by tlie
bitterness with which tliey denoun
ced his political views, which are
Republican.
Chamberlain's Troubles.
Dr. Redfield says, in the Cincin
[ nati Commercial:
Chamberlain is conspicuously the|
; one y<> l| th Carolina Republican who s
I has never used politics to make j
j money. His Republicanism is from 1
conviction, and he has done all that
| mortal man could do to make it re- j
| spectable in that State. He has was-!
j ted his law practice, endangered his '
j lile, and fooled away all bis money }
trying to be Governor, and not be
cause he wanted to be, or because the
place was desirable, but he got in
j to the harness, and from his view of!
tilings there was no way but to pull
through. His instincts as a refor
mer are so earnest, and his desire to
make the Republicaii*name respeeta- i
I ble in South Carolina so strong, that}
| lie went before the Legislature and !
j urged them to reduce his own salary
j to 83,000, a beginning in tlie work of
retrenchment. He pleaded forecoii-1
j omy and reform with tears in his
j eyes, and for the selection of decent
I and competent men for Judges. But j
talk of this sort to the South Caro-!
| lina Legislature is about as effective |
| as tlie reading of Watt’s hymns to a j
| drove of mules. In the face of these
j appeals tlie Legislature one day took
j advantage of tlie Governor’s absence
and elected Moses and Whipper to
| the two most important Circuit
judgeships in the State. They did it
j openly, defiantly, and for tlie pur.
pose of showing Chamberlain that he
| could not. rule the roost with his re
form ideas. He would not sign the
commissions of these chaps for
“judges.” He protested that the
| civilization of the Cavalier and tlie
j Roundhead were in peril. The Leg
| islature, never having heard of the
! Cavalier and the Roundhead,conclu
ded that tliey had been Generals in
tlie rebel army, and that Chamber
lain had gone pell mell into tlie
Democratic party. He was so un
popular that lie was not allowed to
speak at Orangeburg, the misguided
blacks driving him from the platform
with hoots and yells, and wild cries
that he had sold out to the Democ
racy, and was n longer the black
mail’s friend. Nothing but the!
matchless cruelty of the Democrats j
in seeking to overcome 36,000 black j
majority by the shot gun drove the
Republicans into a nomination of}
Chamberlain.
He has been serving as Governor
the past four months without pay
and without prospect of pay. His
treasury is empty. Tens of thous
amis of dollars have rolled into
Hamptsn’s coffers, because the tax
paying portion of the com nunity
recognize him, while Chambarlaiti’s ;
treasury has received hut nine h.iti-!
I dred dollars. Chamberlain to-day i
j owes two thousand dollars to one of
the Columbia banks, money bor
rowed to pay his personal expenses
while acting as Governor. Nothing
but a stubborn will and the clearest
convictions would cause him to make
so many sacrifices as he lias in his
j warfare against tlie corruptions of his
own party and the aggressive cruelty
of the Democrats. He is a man of
decided ability and culture—a grad
uate of Yule —and was pronounced
by the late Reverdy Johnson to be
one of the best lawyers in America.
He has an interesting family, and
the relief they will feel should his \
claim tt> the Governorship be deci* j
deil adversely cannot be measured in !
words. For months his devoted I
wife has lived in daily and nightly
dread that the hand of an assassin
would take her iiusband. He dare
not walk the streets of Columbia,
and the tread of Federal sentinels is
ever heard in front of his apartments
at the Capitol. He has been for
three fourths of a year in a perfect
hell on earth. He was at tlie head}
of a government that could do noth
ing but exist in a lifeless way, under i
tlie protection of Federal bayonets.
What satisfaction is sncli a life to a
cultivated, quiet, domestic man, a
natural scholar and student, having
little in common with South Caro
lina polities and pistols.”
In Prussia out of 1,000 births 120
are illegitimate; in Southern Ger
many, 200 out of 1,000 are illegiti
mate. In France, so frivolous and
corrupt,” the illegitimate births are
but 70 in 1,000; in England there are
but Co. In Upper Austria tlie pro
portion is 213 births to 1,000; in
Lower Austria, 306; in Cariutliia,;
456—that is to say, in Carinthia
nearly every other child ss illegiti
mate.
Since the decision of the late Presi* '
dential difficulties, Cronin’s pro
jection upon tlie national canvas bus
entirely dissolved from view.
NUMBER 7.
A Temperance Lecture from the
Bench.
The Grand Jury for the March
term at Pliiladelohia on Saturday
made their presentment, and among
| other things of municipal concern
called the attention of the Court to
the fact that a “large proportion ol
| the bills acted upon by them had
; been caused by intoxicating liquors
and to the increase af bar rooms,sam
ple rooms and grog shops, and the
easy manner in which licenses can
jbe obtained.” Judge Pierce in re
ceiving tlie presentment, made some
| remarks which were not only perti
nent, but in their condensation of
fact and strong presentation of the
j growth of the means and evil .iiifiu
-1 cnees of intemperance, justify hisex
j pression of wonder that the commu
| nity is so supine in its efforts to re
lieve itself of the great evil. Per
} haps some of his statements may bo
J slightly exaggerated, but in tlie main
} they are frightfully true. lie said :
’’The number of licensed taverns
} in Philadelphia are 5,000; unlicensed
| taverns, abut 2,000. This gives one
| tavern to every one hundred inhabi-
I tants or one tavern to every- fifty of
the adult inhabitants of the city.
As these taverns are principally re
sorted to by- men this gives one tav
ern to every twenty-five male inhabi
ts list of Philadelphia. Let us look
at tiie fruits of this tarffic. The ar
rests reported by the Mayor for 1876
were for intoxication, 19,053; for in
toxieation and disorderly conduct,
5,448; selling liquor without a license
2; selling liquor on Sunday, 8; total,
14,511, or more than one-half of the
whole number of srrests for all causes,
which were 44.910, or 4,408 more than
the arrests for all other causes what
ever. The number of arrests for the
sale of liquor without license, as re
ported by the Mayor, does not exhib
it the whole number of arrests for this
cause, as by law, it is made the duty
of the constable.) to return to court
the number of lilicensed and unlicen
sed bouses,and bills of indictment are
then sent in by the District Attorney
against the keepers of the unlicensed
houses, who arc required to come in
and give bail. The Mayor, therefore
is not specially charged with this
duty. About three hundred bills
have been tried against the keepers
of unlicensed houses during the pres
ent year.
i “To look at the fruits of the traffic
at least one-half of the police force of
} the city ure emyloyed day and night
; say 600 patrolmen, at a cost af $500,-
000; halfof theexpenses of the County
} Prison, $50,000; tlie House of Correc
-1 t ion, 8326,000, halfof the expenses of
the Almshouse, 8250,000; oilier inci
dental expenses, such as proportion
}of pay of the police magistrates,
jurors, Court officers, District Attor
ney's office, Ac., $74,000. Total sl,-
300,500. This is a moderate estimate
of what this traffic in liquor costs the
city ol Philadelphia in cash. Besides
the direct expense to the city as a
municipality, the cost to those who
} frequent and patronize these taverns
I is simply enormous. It is a moderate
estimate that these seven thousand
do an average business of three thous
and dollars a year each, which gives
us the enormous sum of twenty-one
millions of dollars: and this worse
than useless outlay of money is large
ly borne hy the working classes. Is
it a wonder that when hard times
come there is so much suffering
among that class of our citizens
whose hard earnings are thus diver
ted from the savings institutions to
indulgences which are destructive to
both health and happiness? But this
deplorable traffic comes freighted to
us with greater burdens than those
which affect material wealth. It
brings in its train the broken health
and squandered fortunes of thousands
} the sighs and broken hearts of moth -
| ers, wives, sisters and children; ru
; ined characters and desolated homes
} widows and orphans, whose bitter
tears are doubtly bitter when they
remember the cause of their desola
tion. Is it not a wonder, then, that
as citizens having regard t<> our ma
terial interests, as men having a sym
pathy with our l'ellow-men, and as
Christians having regard to the high
est moral interests of our fellow
beings we are so supine in our efforts
to relieve us of this great evil.”
Straw for the Fields.—lf I
could have my entire farm covered
with boards lying fiat upon the
ground the Whole year, says a cor
respondent, I would expect more
benefit than from twenty five loacls
of barn yard manure to the acre.
Now so far as the straw goes it has a
similar effect. I believe the very
best use of straw, except as litter for
the stables or barnyards, is to spread
it on tiie fields. 1 put straw on my
wheat last season with manifest im
provement to tiie clover, but in that
1 was disappointed. I noticed small
spots where the straw had been in
bunches, Ihe clover was out, having
b en smothered apparently. J took
up boards from a space about twenty
feet square, after they had laid two
years, and planted potatoes, tiie sur
rounding ground being also planted.
Where the boards had laid I had
three times as many bushels as on a
like plot adjoining.