EC EM BE R SS. 18T1. Christmas* We ore in the habit of congratulating our selves each year, as the occasion occurs, that, throughout all our states and territories, our annual festival of thanksgiving, an occasion for special recognition of the divine goodness, for hearty enjoyment of the good things, material and social, of this world, for family gatherings and for kindly remembrance of those less fa. vored by Providence, is celebrated on the same day. Of New England origin, the custom of celebrating this day is now formally recognized, if it is not heartily accepted and valued through out all our borders. To-day we celebrate in common not only with all our countrymen, but with the whole Christian world, the anniversary ol the event which all who are willing to be called Christians, however diverse their creeds or rituals, agree in holding to be the most im portant and interesting that has taken place on this earth. From the whole Christian world, however, we should have excepted the Russians, who, still adhering to the Julian calendar, are twelve days behind other people in their reck oning. For them the 25th of December is the day which we call the 6th of January. It is not certain, or even probable, that the day, which has now for many years been cele brated by the common consent of Christendom, is actually the anniversary of the day on which Christ was born. Fur some centuries Christmas was not one of the church festivals, and when it began to be observed, there was no uniform ity in the day selected for the purpose by the different churches. It is said, with great ap pearance ot probability, that the time which finally obtained general acceptance was chosen, not so much through preponderance of evidence in favor of that date, as because it occurred within the limits of a season observed by imme morial custom by neatly all the nations of Eu rope before the introduction of Christianity; that all the races which inhabit Europe cele brated in some manner, with religions rites and social festivities, the period following the winter solstice, is certain; that this circumstance de termined the time of the great Christian festival, is at least probabie; hut its origin is a matter of small moment compared with the general agreement in the event it commemorates and the spirit it cherishes. From the various peoples to which Americans trace their ancestry, we derive the customs which enter into the celebration of Christmas among us. From the English we have the substantial feast, which John Bull thinks a necessary com’! tion of festivity; from Germany, the Christmas tree, with its ornaments, which bring fairy land itself within reach of the little ones; from Hol land, Santa Claus, the jollicst of saints, who munificently rewards the good children and sel dom discriminates too harshly against the naughty ones. All these delights are combined in American homes, to make Christmas here, as it is elsewhere also, emphatically the festival of the children. It comes this year, not with bitter cold, fields white with snow, and roadways crisp with frost, but with genial skies and airs as bland as those of early spring. Let us observe it glad ly and thankfully, with kind words and deeds, not forgetting to do what we can for those to whom comfort and plenty are infrequent visit ors. The notorious “Indian rings” which have so long operated on the western frontier ami at even- point where they could find opportunity, are in trouble. The change of system in regard to Indian agents was felt by these rings as a disastrous blow at their business. The Indian agents, under the old system, to a very large ex tent worked in their service, and made it easy for them to swindle the Indians either as con tractors or “Indian traders.” The new system of appointing these agents has interfered with this, and will reform it altogether, if steadily pursued and carried out. Another conspiracy to swindle both the Indians and the government has now been exposed. Suspicion was roused in regard to pensions and mili tary bounties sought for Indians, and special agents were sent to the Indian territory to it.- vestigate the proceedings of the pension agent. These agents have made a report which shows that they found matters quite as bad as was sus pected. The swindle)s having possession ol the pension agent, operated by means of fraudu lent applications. Of 273 cases examined, 211 are reported as positively fraudulent, and a por tion of the others were held in doubt. Most of these cases were still pending, but fifty-nine of the swindles had been admitted, conspiracy and false swearing having carried them through. Of course, these have been dropped from the rolls. The swindlers who prey upon the In dians, deserve the severest punishment, for they promote Indian wars, and are, in all respects, inveterate scoundrels on whom forbearance and mercy would be thrown away. Sidney Edwards Morse died on .Saturday, in New York, in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He is entitled to remembrance as the founder of the first religious newspaper in this country, the Boston Recorder, which he estafo lished about the year 1818, and of which he was sole editor and proprietor, until he left it about five years later to found the New York Observer. Mr. Morse was born in Charlestown, in this state; his father was the Rev. Jeddidiah Morse, author of the original “Morse’s Geography,” and one ot his brothers was the more distinguished Prof. S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric tel egraph. Mr. Morse, in his boyhood, took kindly to study, and has proved to be one of the some what rare cases in which maturity does not belie the precocious promise of youth. He entered Yale college when only eleven years old, and graduated in 1809, at the age of fourteen. When sixteen years old he wrote a series of art icles for the Boston Sentinel, widen attracted much attention, on the dangers from the undue multip^uftu ul new states. The work of bis life, therefore, having begun so early, lasted longer than that of most men who have lived to a greater age. His connection with the New York Observer lasted until 1858, when he retired, sell ing his interest to the present senior editor. Besides doing his work in journalism, in which he was remakable for industry and talent, he, like his father, was the author of a school geog raphy, and invented for its illustration the art of “cerography,” as he called it, for printing map on an ordinary press. One hundred thousand copies of his geography are said to have been printed the first year. In his last years he was engaged upon an invention for exploring the depths of the sea. His instrument, called the “bathometer,” was exhibited in Paris and New York, exciting considerable interest among men of science. Mr. Morse’s private life was an example of fidelity to duty, of purity and ti|»- rightness. His natural temper, and perhaps his early training, gave him a bias toward conserv atism, and while the slavery question was a subject of controversy, the Observer was vig orously and effectively hostile to the reformers. But however his influence might Im? deplored, no one who knew him doubted that he was guided in his course, on this as on other subjects, by bis convictions ot duty. His last, which was also bis first illness, was paralysis, with which he was seized on Friday evening, December 15th, .and after lingering for a little mure than a week peacefully expired. The efforts which have been made, from time to time, to engrave on metals by means of elec tricity, seem at lust to have resulted in the at tainment of something practical. An ingenious French mechanic has produced an invention by which a metal plate upon which a design is drawn with a chemical ink of some kind, is slowly rotated with the face vertical, and several other similar plates, graded in size, arc also slowly rotated by appropriate mecbanism The object of the invention is to engrave on the smaller plates tbe design traced upon the larg est, on different scales of magnitude, which is accomplished by applying a cutting point to the face of each plate, and which is pressed against it by means of an electric current whenever a blunt point, applied to the large plate, eneoun tert the ink in which the design is traced—the catting points being at other times withdrawn Ilie point PteMtiied to the first plate is merely a feeler, which determines, by electrical agency, whether the ink is beneath it or not It ft», be points are pressed iuto the surface of tbe other plates; If not, thev are withdrawn and prevented from cutting. Tbe feeler and the bruins all follow a spiral track. Letter from Boston. Fair* llolidny Booka Rndicnl Club— Woman** Club—Padduck'N .Hall. J FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.] Boston, Dec. 21,1871. The fair season is, of course, at its height. Fairs used to mean a two or three days sale of fancy and useful articles; now they mean a sale lasting from two weeks to two months; a hun dred or two of lAru ami witucn going into busi ness together on a large scale, but for n limited period, and for the public good; a great amount of all kinds of goods exhibited in a large hall; an extensive resturnnt.with pretty,wholly untrained waiters, in fascinating little caps, dainty aprons, and fashionable gowns; very charming as pic turesque illustrations of philanthrophy, but very poor as waiters; besides these attractions and the usual side shows of picture galleries,practical jokes, and curiosities,arc a sort of outside shows in the way of intellectual, musical and dramatic entertainments given by amateurs not only in the city, but in the neighboring towns. The great Fair Fisher spreads his scene in al) waters and “all is fish th.-Iconies to his net.” The Catholic fair has closed its long session and made about £80,000; one Item of its gains was 30,000 bits of the Cathedral stone preserved in glass ornaments, made by the glass-blowers, who were a part of the fair. The fair for dumb animals, too, is over, with the modest result of $20,000. That was a very pleasing fair; simple in its arrangements, without raffles, entirely tin aggressive, yet every article was sold, though many were very expensive. A novel feature was the sale of .kittens at a dollar apiece. Il began by the offer of some kittens with a peril gree, whose mother or grandmother had lived with an English peer, and imbibed aristocratic tastesand manners, but as this supply was ex tremely limited, and democratic kittens, who didn’t even know their own father, were just as pretty, just as frisky, ami just as graceful, thev brought the same price and found ready buyers. Now the great woman-sutriage fair is going on. Music hall fairs are never so pretty as those in Horticultural hall, but this one is full ami rich, with a great many bright ami earnest people working for its success. Of course shops ami streets are crowded; ami every imaginable and unimaginable thing is offered as “suitable for a holiday present.” At Hovey’s the signs on the different departments are more fanciful than ever. Santa Claus drives his reindeers diagonally across one of them; appears at full length on another; pokes his head wit ha most persuasive look over the corner of a third; while others are pretty with holly and other signs of Christmas. The new books open a wide field for argument, protest ami commenda tion. Chromo-lithography holds a prominent place in them. Ihe books about Norway and the Nile (I don’t recall their exact tides) are not quite satisfactory in coloring; they look rather crude and glaring; but illuminations in chromo-lithography are really beautiful. “I'he sermon on the mount” his twenty-five pages, all different, all handsome. It is a pleasure to look at their graceful combinations of leaves, flowers ami fanciful forms, and at their gorgeous ami harmonious colors. But the frontispiece o 1 Christ, as the centre of a listening group, is an affront to taste ami quite out of keeping with the rest of the book. Fortunately, it can be easily taken out. With “The Un known River,’ “Good Night mid Good Morning,” and “Arabesques,” no fault can be found. Each is a beautiful specimen of its kind. “The Unknown Rivei” is a charming story of a canoe voyage, illustrated with ex pressive etchings; “Good Night and Good Morning” sets each verse of Lord Houghton’s poem in a frame of exquisite beauty, made of il lustration and illumination; of delicate draw ings, painted flowers ami bright letters. Every page shows imagination, sentiment and tender feeling; the pictures are poems; the poem is a picture. There is no alloy in the pleasure this book gives. As to the stories in Mrs. Green ough’s “Arabesques” tastes will differ. They are absurd and impossible; but they are inter esting and well told; and the book itself in printing and ornament is a model of good taste. These area few only of Roberts Brothels' books for this season. Little Brown have tine edi tions of standard books ami all the galleries of art. Every year brings immense numbers of standard illustrations, (if the expresjivuds al lowable,) with new bindings and the latest date; but people know all about those, and do not count them as novelties. Osgood Co. pub lish a great many illustrated editions of books, which have appeared in other forms; alt sizes of Tennyson, Whittier, Longfellow, and so on. They deface Howell's “Wedding Journey” with some very poor scratchy pictures. No book was ever less in need of illustration; its word pictures are perfect; it is thoroughly delightful, and its illustrations are like offering a child's pencil scribblings as a helpful addition to a summer landscape lying broad ami fair before your eyes. The same unfriendly work has been done for Mrs. Stowe’s stories, where, however, 1 believe Darley’s work is good The reputation so recklessly risked in these illustrations i. kept up in other ways; Hoppen’s book of sketches, called “Ups and Downs on Lind ami Water/’ is full of good, spirited, and tunny things. Dar ley’s “Margaret,” so long out of print, and once such a favorite, is again in the market. Hennessey’s thirteen pictures of Edwin Booth in different characters make a nice book, but arc not interesting. Pliotogranhs of an ac tor have some advantages over even the best drawings of him, and are easily obtained. Mr. Kneeland’s new book on the Yosemite valley, with photographic views of the scenery, has a large sale though it is not by any means a show book. The last meeting of the radical club was ex ceedingly lively and entertaining. Prof. C. C Everett read an essay on I’he Relation of Jesus Christ to rhe Present Age.” Of course it was good. Everybody was interested, every body was pleased; and in the talk which fol lowed there was no criticism of the essay itself; but an animated discussion of topics sug gested by it, such as the character and authority ol Jesus, the essence, power and tendency of the spirit of tbe age, the origin of evil, whether God is the immediate or remote author of the human race, whether the human race is wholly evil or inherently good. Professor Calvin Stowe was present, and in his hearty, vigorous way announced his belief in the devil, his confi dence that men and women were depraved, and moreover that there arc a great deal too many ot them in the world, and other doctrines not usually heard at the radical club. hr. Barto] and Dr. Hedge opposed to him, one, the angelic sweetness of perfect love ami faith in love: the other, assured ami slightly supercilious argu ment. Of course Prof. Stowe was not con vinced; and a rather sharp skirmish followed, but in such entire good temper that everybody enjoyed it. Col. Higginson came to the defense of tbe human race from the charge of depravity, and was in one of his best moods. He spuke well, and earnest ly. Contact with ami intimate knowl edge of what are called depraved races or class es, had strengthened his laitb in human nature. Ami it always is so. The men and women who labor in prisons and in low places are always people of faith m human nature. The elements of what is called depravity are ignorance and weakness; it is not the indelible stamp that the devil has put nponbisuwn. All this I hadlaUly heard from Miss Gilbert of Chicago, a woman who devotes her life to the service of prison ers, and the reform of prisons; and I could not help adding in this place, her testimony tu that of Mr. Higginson. The woman’s club is actively al work. This week it has had a reception for Mrs H. B. Stowe; a meeting in aid ol the hospital for women and children, which was burnt in Chi cago; and a meeting to discuss plans for an in dustrial school for girls. Experiments are be ing made in other ways for the help of working women, of which I shall tell by and by. Ibe immediate interest of Bostonians is in “Paddock’s Mall,” the row of English elm trees on Tremont street, by the old Granary burying ground. They were imported from England and planted here about 110 years ago by Major Adino Paddock. He took great care of them, and on one occasion offered the re ward of a guinea lor the detection ol the person who hacked one of them. Maj. Paddock was a loyalist and, in 1776, embarked fur Halifax with the royal army. In 1778 be was proscribed and banished. He spent the rest of his life on the isle of Jersey, where he held tbe office of inspec tor of artillery stores. But bis trees flourished here; they were respecte 1 by the British soldiers and came unharmed out of the revolution. Boston Ims grown up around them; some of &bt gailn Worcester, JUarnmci, gaembtr 25, 1871. them have been destroyed to make room for its growth, but those that remain are large ami vigorous; their beauty is somewhat marred by age, and their sx mmetry destroyed byjUTidcnts from wind and storm, but thev arc sturdy old veterans, with magnificent trunks and far spreading branches; they still give shade and shelter, and more than that they give dignity anil honor to the street. They are like the brave old grandfather in a family, who has lived no bly, and in his old age is reverenced by bis de scendants; he may be bald, he may be some what bent, but with vigorous frame, ami wide sympathy, and stores of stories of the past, he is tbe. pride of his children's children. But now, alas! fur the trees; without warning, without giving chance for protest, the city government has ordained their destruction; the street com missioner is ordered to cut them down. They are not killed, with friends around them, in a fair fight, but are assassinated by the Metropoli tan railroad. The new insulting ami destroying the old. I'he horse railroad wanted more space, the destruction of the trees would give it, and, incredible as it seems, the city government is stupid ami hardened enough to decree that destruction. Tbe trees gone, I suppose old people will go next. A good many of them, who do not patronize horse cars, walk on Tre mont street, and sometimes stand together and talk; they occupy room that might be used by passengers, ami if the Metropolitan railroad ap p ies to the city to have them exterminated or excluded from the street, I suppose it will be done. Point Shirley is said to be the paradise of Boston aidermen, and Point Shirley is with out trees. Why need they grow elsewhere? There is hot indignation against this high-handed out rage,and the street commissioner stands between two fires; the railroad urging him on; all tbe patriotism and sentiment and taste of Boston holding him back. And we sit and listen for tbe sound ol the axe, the first stroke of which ought totill the city with shame. YliNceliniHoiiw Hr ma. This is a description of a terrible infant in Fentress countv, Tenn.: “The prodigy is only three years old, ami weighs seventy-five pounds, has as much beard as a twenty-year old, his teet are eight inches long-, though small lor one of bis build; he is fond of the society of girls, but the boys he detests Ilia voice is coarse, ami his fits of passion arc terrific.” An interesting nursemaid of Grass Valiev amused tbe children by lowering a little six year old girl to tbe bottom us a dry well some sixty feet deep. The little one played around tbe bottom, and was hauled up in safety, ami, being delighted with her exploit, informed her parents, who forthwith directed the nursemaid “to let well alone.” Edward Powers, a civil engineer of Chicago, 111., has petitioned congress tor aid to enable him to test his method for the artificial produc* tion of ruin. He wants to be furnished with 800 cannon of not less than 24 pounds caliber each, and 30,000 lbs. of power to fire in them, together with an electric battery and other ap pliances, to enable him to discharge all the pieces simultaneously, and it will be seen that the experiment would be a very expensive one. The word “bloody” has nothing in itself which can be supposed improper, but it was a favorite expression of censure in the months of a very low class in London, and therefore the reporters, when recording the utterances of that class, had the habit of “gutting” it. Ami as use is second nature, it came to pass one day that a grand sentence of Sir Robert Peel’s ap pealed in the Times after this ludicrous fashion: “Then the genius of anarchy arose, and waving herb y hand,” &c., &c. Walter, the editor, summoned the delinquent in haste and wrath, and distributed to him with much energy sundry fragments of the butt end of his mind. “Bui, sir,” pleaded the delinquent, “it’s a coarse word, yon know.” “Yes/ growled the proprie tor, “it is coarse, if 1 were to call you a bloody fool it would he coarse, but it would be true.” I’he adoption of cast iron for railways ami tramways is meeting with much favor in Scot land. At a meeting of the trustees of the Uhde navigation company of Glasgow, the engineer reported that a cast iron tramway wlm-h had been laid down on tbe South quay for trial had stood in a very satisfactory manner tbe most severe tests for more than four months. During tins period the passing us railway ami cart traffic had been almust continuous, bur the tramway showed no signs either of displace ment in line or level, or of any wear or need of repair in any way, being, to all intents and pur poses, as perfect as when first laid down. Un der tbe circumstances of tbe severe tests to which the tramway had been submitted, the re sults were considered very satisfactory, and the further use us this style of cast iron tram way was recommended for quays and yards. Another pretender to the French throne is Carl Gustave Ludwig, journeyman tailor, of Stuttgard, who says he is the legitimate son ot the duke of Reichstadt ami “a Hungarian coun tess” to whom the duke was privately married. There is said to be living a witness of these nup tials, in the person of a Hungarian officer. There is a story that Prince Metternich appren ticed this imperial child to a tailor in Stuttgard. He has been before a court at Ischl, charged with writing his princely rank in bis passport, and claiming tbe name of Prim e Joseph Eugene Napoleon Bonaparte, for which he was expelled from the country Long ago there was some story ol a private marriage o! the young Napo leon, but though this may account fur the claim this young tailor sets up, it is far from estab lishing it. His likeness to rhe Bonaparte fam ily is said to be striking, and in this lie has the advantage of Napoleon 111., who looks more like a Dutchman than an Italian or Greek. A Pittsburg paper gives the following: A rather funny stun is told of Rudiger, one of the parties sent to jail to await trialffor feloniously entering Force’s tobacco store. It is said that a few days ago he went to a rag warehouse, on Penn street, and passing around to the rear where there was a vast collection of rags in crates and loose piles, he rolled one of the crates x»ii to the scales. Then stepping to the back door he called to the book keeper, who was the only person in the store, ami requested him to weigh and pay him for that crate of rags. The unsuspecting clerk carefully weighed the rags, ami paid tbe fellow full price lor that which al ready belonged to the la in. Two or three days afterward, according to the story, Rudiger went back to the place and repeated the performance in pan. One of the proprietors of the place was called out this time to do the weighing, and recognized the crate as one he bad received, paid fur ami marked the day before. Rudiger pro tested that this was not the case, and said that if the proprietor would wait a moment he would bring a man to prove bis ownership to the rags. Tbe proprietor waited, ami Radiger went after ‘•that man” and did not come back. A M ERICA N FE M ALE R E Fl) RME R 8 I X EX gland.—Last year Miss Frances Power Uobbe and other English ladies made a vigorous effort to form a club for both sexes; but their effort ended with establishing a woman’s club, ihe American ladies will, probably, succeed uo Let ter, if so well. To tell the trul li, there is, 1 fear, a certain misgivintL iu the best English society when au American lady is encountered, and a sensible relict if she turns out to be like other la dies. Several prominent American women have appeared here from time to time, who have agi tated for reforms among their sex with more bravery than tact, and have been regarded as— if they have not claimed to be —representatives of their sex in the United States. One us these reformers, a female physician well known iu connection with th? “dress movement/' ap peared here some two years ago at a party given to her in a costume which she called the “American dress,” the main features of which were that the skirt readied a little below the knees, below which were common trousers, and ihe body had a stiff and manly aspect. During the party the American lady in question took up her position in the middle of the floor ami began to harangue the ladies on their sins of cos tume. Su long as. she stuck to generalities the proceeding seemed harmless enough, whatever might be said of its taste. But the indignant re former fixed upon a refined and excellent young girl of about eighteen who had the misfortune to be present, aud who was dressed iu the ordin ary low-bodied costume which all English ladies wear at evening companies. This young lady's dress was not in the least extravagant, and there was no one in the room of more modest appear ance. The American medical woman pointed to her with her linger,exclaiming. “Gentleman and lailies, look ut that girl’s dress! Is it decent? Is it right for women to expose themselves in that way The poor girl almost fainted. The lady of the house did her best to stop the harangue; every eye iu the room flashed indignation upon the speaker; but on she went, with the manner of a stump speaker, and was stopped only by the breaking up of the company. What comments have been made in circles where this strictly true and unadorned incident has been related, I need not say. But now there is a report that another medical lady from America more eminent than theclothes-woman in her profession—is occupying the intervals of her practice in agitating fur a similar dress-rc* form. Shocked at the fashions which European ladies have inherited from great grandmothers, who had not detected fully the creative hand of Satan in Hie human form, this American lady has started an “Anti-Low-Ncck association, the members of which are to pledge themselves never to reveal a square inch of cutaneous tis sue Iteiow the cervical junction with the supe rior thorax, and to refrain from going to court until her majesty rescinds the rigorous rule which excludes high-bodied dresses on state oc casions. How many have enrolled themselves iu Ibis unique society I cannot say. Nor need I report the obvious expt: nations which one hear frequently given ul the reasons why American ladies are hostile to European fashions in this particular. Thev are such as explained of old the high bodied costume of Margaret of Burgundy, a companion of a certain American lady to whom led to the famous duel in which thc son of a confederate diplomatist figured u few years ago. When the alleged slenderness of American ladies is not given in explanation, the alternative is the old one started by Mrs. Trollope’s narratives of how ladies in America fainted at the mention of a table’s legs, and thc enlargements of other trav elers who tell ol statues purchased in Home, to be carefully dressed in silk in “the states.” The American dress reformeresses will not alter European fashions in the particulars mentioned, unless they can convert all thc artists into dea cons; but they may succeed in giving their countrywomen a reputation for something worse than meagerness of form—namely, for that kind of prudishness which identifies artistic beauty with prurience, and would recognize im purity in E.e herself, until she. became ashamed of herself ami clothed herself with innocence, in the shape of such dry goods as she could pro cure.— M. b. t 'onicdy in Cincinnati Conimcio cial. This Little ('iihistmas Story is by Leigh Hunt: A certain bishop who )i\ ed one hundred years ago, ami who was very unlike what Is reported of her majesty's new almoner: also very unlike i he ('hristian bishops of old, before titles weie in vented fur them; very unlike Fenelon too, who nevertheless had plenty of titles} very unlike the Francis de Sales, who was lor talking noth ing but “roses; lery unlike St. Vincent de Paul, who founded the Sisterhood of Charity; very unlike Rundle, who “had a heart," and Berkeley, who had “every virtue under heav en, and that oilier exquisite bishop (we blush to have forgotten his name), who was grieved to find a hundred pounds at his banker’s, when ihe season bad been so bad for the puor;—this highly unrcsembling bishop, who, never theless, was like too many of his breth ren, that is to say, in times past (for there is no bishop now, at least in any quar ter of England, who is not remarkable for meek ness, and docs not make a point of turning his right cheek to be smitten, the moment von have smitten his ’left); this unepiscopal and yet not impossible bishop, we say, was once accosted, during a severe Christmas, by a l’arson-Adams kind of inferior eh-rgyman, ami told a long story of the wants of certain poor people,ul whose cases his lord-hip was unaware. What the dia logue was which led to the remark we are about to mention, the reportersol tbecircumstance do not appear to have ascertained; but it seems that the representations growing stronger ami stronger on one side, and the determination to pay no attention to them acquiring proportion ate vigor on theutlher, the clergyman was moved to tell the bishop thal his lordship did m>tunder stand his “eleven commamlments.” “Eleven commandment-1 cried tbe bishop; “why, fellow, you aic drunk. Whoever heard of an eleventh commandment Depart, or you shall be put in the stocks.” “Put thine own pride and cruelty m the stocks,” retorted the good priest, angered beyond bis Christian pa tience, ami preparing to return to the sufferers for whom he had pleaded in vain. “1 say there are eleven commandments, not ten, and that It were well lor such flocks as you govern, if it were added, as it ought to boj to the others over Ilie tables in church. Dues your lordship remember—du you in fact know anything at all of him who came on earth to do good to the, pour and woful, and who said, Behold, I give unto you a neto cumnnuulinent-^lore. one another >r Puzzling Questions.—A writer in Cham bers’Journal confounds tbe philosophers with hard questions. He enumerates the long list of well aiitbcHtiiaited instances us animals being held involuntarily prisoner^ of nature, and then he demands a reason for this anomalous shite of things. A few of his perplexities are curious enough. Some workmen in a quarry at Botir sire, Gotha, having detached a large piece of stone from the mass, opened it and found in the centre a live toad. It was of a dark gray color, its back a little speckled. The aperture of the mouth was covered with fine memlnaiic, as were also tbe eyes. It could wink, but seemed inca pable of any’ other motion. It lived but a short lime after regaining its liberty. In I7PJ, near Caen, a live load was found in tin* trunk of an elm tree, four feet above the foot and exactly in the centre. The tree was perfectly sound ami about as thick as a man’s body. No place could be discerned through which it was possible for the, aninial to have penetrated. As soon as the wood was cut away the toad, which was a large one, crawled out and skipped away as if glad to escape. These facts ami many others of a similar char* acter led Mr. Herrisan, a French savan, to make some curious experiments. In February, 1771, be enclosed three live toads in as many cases of plaster, and shut them up in a deal box. in April, 1771, he opened the Iroxes and found the cases whole. lion of the country west ol^Be Ohio river by the French missionaries ami To/^/eMrs. Two Frenchmen have taken gieat interest in bring ing these nr Hiuscripts to the attention of Mr. Washburne, ami one of them, M. Henri Harris, proposes to edit ami jirint them in nine quarto volumes, at a cost of 58(lG(i. The joint committee on the library have bad the subject under consideration, hut are not inclined to rec ommend the appropriation. Mr. Spofford, the librarian, says if the manuscrips were originals, ami could he bought, there would be no doubt of Ihe propriety of doing so; but he understands they are only copies, and the fact tiiat Ihe Freud) goitcrnmcnt has had them in its possession for two hundred years, without printing them, leads him to conclude that they are not of much value. Everything of substantial historic value in the government archives of France, relating to the French colonization of America, be believes, has already been published. Explosion in the Sun.—According to the astronomers, there has been a tremendous out break in die sun. An enormous protuberance, which the wonderful appliances of modern sci ence soon ascertained to be composed of hydro gen gas was suddenly pTojected from its body, and floated at |the height of some 15,000 miles above the chromosphere, although still connect ed with it by three or four bright vertical col umns. About half an hour afterwards the whole of this was blown into shreds by some inconceivable rush from beneath, and in ten minutes the spare above the solar surface was filled with the living debris to the height of more than 200,000 miles. [From Saturday’s spy.] The More of FnirbnnkM mid Piper. On Front street, near its junction with Main street, is to be found the large drug establish ment of Messrs. Fairbanks Piper, where an assortment of ail kinds of drugs, medicines, fancy goods, toilet articles, surgical and dental instruments, choice cigars, ct<-., etc., is to be found in almost endless variety. During the present holiday season this enterprising firm have made unusual exertions to aid their patrons in making their selections of presents for the annual Christmas festivals, and their store lias for the past week presented an interesting and pleasing spectacle. Enter ing their store a visitor is at once seemingly lost in a chaos ol handsome and useful articles; the long counter on the right, nn extra counter in the center, a portion of the counter on the left and both windows arc tilled with an assortment of goods rarely seen in any one store in this city, while the entire back store is devoted to the wholesale business, the sale of holiday goods at present forming no small por tion of the amount of the wholesale business carried on in this room. Among the other numerous articles are those made of Russia leather of various styles and shapes, which are sure to merit encomiums from all, the perfumery, which embraces Lu bin’s genuine, John Gosnell^ Son ol London, Letchford and Kimmell in great variety, the ex cellence of which i- as fully established as that of the store in which they are ior sale. Here, also, may be seen the celclnated Maria Farina cologne, 1711, in long hollies and wicker. The hand mirrors in Russia leather are line articles, and would make tine additions Io anv toilet table, w hile the perfumery caskets, toilet sets, puff boxes, hair brushes, combs, dressing cases, fancy soaps and fountain perfumes an* among the finest articles in the long list of holiday goods. On the right hand counter is the cigar ease,which has always been celebrated as containing one of the choicest and best as sortment of cigars otic ted for sale by any firm in the state. Fur the accommodation of smokers who find considerable difficulty in safely* carry ing cigars in their pockets, they have a choice assortment of cigar cases which will make a handsome present to any gentleman Iriend. To better m< el the wants of travelers here mav he luund I raveling lunch baskets supplied with all the necessary a.tirh-s for par pariakiug ot lunch on the road, at a picnic or any other place where an out-door meal is in order. <>n the opposite counter maybe found an assortment of traveling flasks, embracing those made by Dixons,Fryes and Hawkshy, ariF eles which every one knows the use and conven ience of having in their possession. The medic inal department of ibis store is iis greatest merit, and physicians’ procript ions are com pounded wdii gn .ii are by the most expciL? enced men in the business. To any one in sea rd of a model drug cst alr lishmcid, a visit to ibis store is sure to be one of profit, and to those who find difficulty in making a selection of a holiday gift, bv railing at this store they will be materially aided by the large corps of clerks employed by Messrs. Fair banks Piper. How can you please your wife, (laughters or lady friends better than by purchasing one of those nice Sable, Seal or Astruchun miiflb at Eldred and Lis comb’s. It will make a.merry Christmas for them. Hair, Hair, for the holidays, a real hair switch or a couple of long curls is one of the best presents that you cm buy (a special hint to the gen tlemen). Gray switches for old ladies at $2.50 can be had at J. Medina Co.’s, 292 Main street, Flagg’s block, W orcester. Rubber Goods of every description selling very cheap at the Boston shoe store, 14 Front street. Those ladies who bought their Sable, Seal and As trachan muffs at Eldred Liscomb’s, yesterday, ‘•did their level best.” Ten below Zero.- Go to Eldred Liscomb’s, and buy Robes, Muffe, Collars, Boas, Gloves, Mit tens, Ke and make yourselves comfortable. 407 Main street. lu/VX’FG»'X’ IWLA.WIX Bi X <5. wfw yorr srorw mxwkft Ni w Y< bk, Dcc.2t -The bank ■‘latcmcnt is u'mnrki ble lor Iho sh «rp cOnliwilon which it shows tn hums and tiii 1 loss in specie. The toboWing ate the n*er aves: Ixurns, decrease, 511.19ii.700; specie, decrease, $2,986,309; circulation, deereas-. 54M,200; deposits, de crease. Legal tenders, decrease, $1,314,000 The money m nket at the dose wa easy at per cent currency to 7 per cent gold. Gold remains steady at IOBH. Government bonds closed Him. ('intra 1 Pacific* closed ut io< 103!*, and Union firsts at 948. The stock mat ket was strong up to the do>e Ihe billowing were the highest prices ol stocks during the day N. Y. Central Hudson River consol'd 04U do do do do scrip 88’4 Erie railroad 32 s Lake shore it Mich’g.inßoulh«m Ki: 92 do do scrip H4 Ohio and Mississippi railroad 44H Union Pacific railroad stock 29 Western Union Telegraph company Pacific Mail Steam sb ip company 51 HUHTGN STOCK HALES- Dec. 23 s’o.lloo llnrtrnrd anil Erle railroad 7s. new 2HX(h. s2..iiW) New Hampshire Slate Sixes. 1x74 100 $34 IHM) Massachusetts state 6s. 1x72. gold 108’1 $3 OOH MilssacliU-ette stale |KS J $4,000 I Ity nt Lowell 6-. IH‘»U U» ‘.ism Charlestown City 6s. I k 9l iw'S fI.OOU Bangor city 6s. IMS m Sh.*hh» Maryland and Delaware RR Ist H- 49-« S'.ihmj Cm. Sandusky and Cleveland It i«. l«90 8’ JM..500 •■.tar Rapids and MlMnnri K R 7 I9IH Hi’s $.',000 Western railroad 6s. 1875 98M jl.UiiO old Colony and Newport It It 6«, 1«75 96 t !i’ Virnioui and Canada railroad 9h'» 4» Phil.. Wil. and Baltimore railroad 55 23 Fitchburg railroad 133 IW Eastern railroad. N. U 100k^,HUS 50 Vermont ami Massachusetts It It Kii'at'oM I.’ I'orlsmoutb.Great Falls ,v Conway H 1t... .•isS("»'*t 46 Boston and Maine rallrua I rights off ri7‘«(" lib** 46*. do do rights 11%^12M 31X1 Vermont ('enlrid railroad, old OP'-c 20 Boston and Albany railroad. UO 5 mo Michigan Central railroad ex-dlv 114 35 Boston and Providence railroad 149^ 2(M> Cin. Sandusky and Cleveland RR 19H 10 Eastern railroad 105 J i(di'tlfi 200 Indianapolis and Cincinnati railroad 6(^6^ 5 Appleton .Manufacturing Company 1409 4'l Naunikeav steam Cotton Mill?, ex-div I 28!» 20 Bales Manufacturing Co 115 4 Maiicheslcr Print Worss 697 S(a)7o2^ 5 Continental mills ex-div fNi 12 Lvman Mills 87 'i DOME“Tfr MARKETS. Chicago, Dee. 23.—Flour unchanged. Wheat a shade lower; No 1 spring $1.21; No 2 do si.l9M; No 3do 81-E lorn :t shade lower; xo 2 mixed 40S (o, 4'hc. Oats dull dud n sb ule lower; No 2,32 c. live a -hale lower; No'2,62‘i («)62Sc Barley firm No 2 spring 61 *t (ri; m'n, Pork dull; mess sl3. Lani drooping at BSc. Bulk moats nnciiangcd. Whiskey—9oc a ked Receipts—sooo m>ls Hour. 21,090 bush wheat, 121,000 bush c0rn,24.000 bush oats, loon bush iye, 11,000 bush barley.'24.ooo hogs. Ship ments- 3090 bbls (lour. 3G!D bush bush wheal, 8000 bush corn, 9.060 bush oats, 2000 bu-li barley, 2009 hog-; lot.il hogs packed Ill's season 629,<'00. Tbe board of trade hold no session Monday. craclNNATi. Dee. 23.— Pork du I and lower at $13.37. Lard dro 'ping at Bhc. Hulk meats quiet and Weak, tn-k ---mgshoulderssWc; sides 6 (di 6Hc; sales 100,000 Ibsslioul dens ut s‘ic seller February. Bacon utichangcii. Green meats unsettled asking 4 a 5Sc. Hams in pickle 9>: Qi. 10e*. New Orleans, Dec. 23—Cotton quiet; middlings at 19 19 He. Persons who have become thorohghly chilled from any cause, m iv have their circulation at once restored by taking into the stomach a tea-spoonful of Johnson's Anodyne hiniment mixed in a little cold water, wel* sweetened. Every f irmer who owns a good stock of howes. cattle and sheep, and intends to keep them through the winter, should get at once a good stock of Sheridan's Cavalry Condition owders. One dollar’s worth will save at least a half ton of hay. deop&wlw d'2s The Secret of (’aptiValxoß.—Featiires o f Grecian mould, a well t urned neck and beautifully rounded arms, arc no doubt very nice things to have, and ladies who possess these charms have reason to be thankful to Mother Nature; yet, after all. the most captivating of all womanly charms in a pure, fresh and brilliant com plexion. This superlative fascination any lady may se cure by using Hagan’s Magnolia Balm, the standard beautifying preparation of the present age. It differs from all ordinary cosmetics in three most essential par ticulars. imuniuch as It contains no injurious ingredi ents. does not contract or shrivel the skin as all .lie as tringent blooms," "lotions'’ and “powders’’ eventually do, but produce* a lasting loveliness by improving the health of the skin. Under its operation the texture of the epidermis becomes finer, and the surface soft as velvet and smooth as porcelain. Features cannot be changed, but complexions can. and it is quite certain that a lady with no other charm thana fresh and rosy complexion, will attract more admiration in company than her neighbor with a classic face but a sallow skin. dtJ deop&wlw Sp.ecial gotues. Xuti-iliiin; How Possible'. The blood is simply this:—A Solution of Food. Now it is thc function of the blood, to build up atresh continually every portion of the fiamo. But tor this building up process, it is not enough that blood be pres ent, simply. There must also, to speak, be a willing, ncss and readiness, on the part of muscle or brain, or whatever else it may lie, to take up from the blood tbe peculiar nourishment It may stand in need oC “One man,” as the saying goes, ‘-may lead the horse to the water, but twenty men cannot make him drinkwe must make thc horse willing: we must coax him. So als<» we must coax thc worn-out muscle, thc worn-out brain, to ilrinx—drink of the life-giving blood-stream that washes, as it were, its very lips. There is nothing that coaxes the unwilling horse, in this case, like Dr. Gotllieb Fisch’s Bitters! This subiect continued next week under "How to En joy Winter." deopAlw <125 PalentN Secured. Re-issues. Extensions, and Foreign Patents procured; Interferences conducted; all kinds of business with the PATENT OFFICE. Transfers of Rights, and Patent Cases attended to. bv JAMES G. ARNOLD, Worcester, Mass. Office No. 303 Main St. a!2 dtf _____________ People’ll Havtnus ISaiik, 452 MAIN ST. IBeposita Nov. I,»U •9,04»,G3ff 88. Deposits arc put on interest on the first day of every month. The net profits are dh ided semi-annually, in February and August. In addition to the usual Bank Hours, the Bank isopen from t> to 8 o’clock Saturday Evenings, for the con venience of Depositors. JOHN C. MASON, President. C. M. BENT, Treas. Worcester, Nov. 2.1871. dAwtf n 2 Belter anil Cheaper THAN ANY OTHER BOOTS OR SHOES; THOSE FASTENED WITH C A BL E S C R E H’ W IRE. BETTER—Recause they are more Pliable, more Com fortable, are Water-pioof. and are warranted not to Kip or Gape. CHEAPER—Because, while their first cost is not in excess of sewed or pegged work ot a like grade, their Durability Is far greater, they preserve their Shape much better, and thc metallic fastening insures a more Equal Wear. Equally applicable to light and heavy work The immense demand having called' forth imitations, consumers should be sure that every boot or shoe bears the Patent stamp. Sold by Dealers everywhere. dcop7w n!3 Peril and Precaution. This is a season that tries the frame and the constitu tion. If there be a weak spot in either, the chilling damps, the malarious togs, the varieties of temperature that mark the commencement of the winter season are sure to find it out. There are few systems that have not a weak spot somewhere, and the wisest thing that any man orwumun can do is to fortify it by a course of Hos tetter’s Stomach Bitters, ami thus keep thc enemy at bay. In war, when a city is menaced the first thing to l>o done is to strengthen the ramparts. The same policy should be adopted with the human body, when its direst foe.malaria, is abroad. It the stomach is weak, this tonic, will lend it vigor; if the bowels are morbidly sen sitive, this alterative will regulate them; if the liver is Inert, this wholesome stimulant will rouse It; if there Is constipation, tills aperient will cure It; if there is ner vous debility, this nervine will replace it with nervous vigor; if there is impurity [in the blood, this depurent will neutralize it; If there is a cloud on the spirits, this exhilarant will dispel it. These are facts that have been demonstrated every day for thc last twenty years. Can as much be said for any other medicine—or rather, can as much be proredl for anything may be said by the un scrupulous. Do not accept any of the local bitters some times recommended by dealers in lieu of the standard Restorative. dAwlw d'2l Safely and Prolit. First-class Railway Mortgages are now the most popu lar xi urltles-combining, as they do, absolute safety with a remunerative rate of interest. IHE FIRST MORTGAGE Joint Kinking Fumi Six per Ct Oold BomU of the I ERMONT DIVISION of the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad TRUNK UNE arc being rapidly absorbed by those making conversions of their 5-20’s and ether high-piiced bond-. With a local, through and pleasure \ninUu sx, vilhi i of these sources sufficient to meet all inti rest ob ligati ms and operating expenses, the Bonds of this sec tion ofthe Shortest Trunk Line Irom the Lakes to the Atlantic cannot fail to advance to par as this New En gland enterpriserapidiy approaches completion. I’rice at present. 90 and Accrued Interest in Currency. I o'-pamphlet.-, with full information, apply to Finan cial Agents—e. A. T. Fairbanks Co., st. Johnsbury Vt.; Fairbanks A C0.,252 Broadway, New York; Fair banks. Brown A Co., U 8 Milk st.. Boston Fairbanks A Ewing, 715 Chestnut st., Phlhulelphla. FOK HALE BY RICE, WHITING A BULLOCK Worcester, and all leading Banks and Brokers. 5 dcop&w4w Lea A J efi'ins’ Baucv, pronounced by connoisseurs ^“THE ONLY GOOD 11improves appetite amt id It Is unrivaled tor its H.ivo.. e are directed by An ssis. Lra A I'l'.u- l! ‘klng or vending coun teiif t-. JOHN DUNCAN S SONS. Agents. an 12 deopfim New York. «>«h» Kou, Comraieson Merchants au l dealers tn F lour and Grain, Land Plaster, Llrae, Cal cmed Plasier, Gr. Bone. Cement. Halt. Guano. Huuer pbosohato ot Lime, and Western Produce, Nos. '237 and 239 Front st. Worcester, M*"?. dtf JOHIf H. CLARK A BON Th* Worcester Mechanics savings Bank /JV CENTRAL EXCHANGE. The Bank Is open daily for the receipts of Deposita Deposits put upon Interest on the Fifteenth day O' each month. Boml-annual Dividends iu January and July. HARRJBON BLIBB President. H. Woodward. Treas'?. ‘•-t U tircener FK e elite SuviiiK* Bank. OFFICE, NO. WS MAIN STREET, WORCESTER This Bank is open every business d.i.V.fr'Tn nine o'clock In the morning to five o'clock in the afternoon. Deposits from Five Cents to One Thousand Dol lars r'<\ iv d. ana put upon interest on the jirst of every 'lion th. Dividends of Intermit are made in January and July, and if nut withdrawn arc added to the principal on Ihe first of the following month. Smallest sum onlitled to rcecive inlei Three Dol lars. CLARENDON HARRIS. Jv9 dtf Treasurer. Worcester County Institution tor nuviuk* FOSTER STREET. Chartered .February 8,1828, Deposits put on interest on the first day of each montL Dividends made every January and July. Deposits May 1, 1871 54.605.843 DO. Hon. ALEXANDER H. BULLOCK. President. dawtf C. A. HAMILTON. Treasurer. Worcester Ga» Litchi l ouipany. Coke. This Cheap and most Desirable Fuel for Manufae taring purposes and Family use. is now offered to the public in quantities to suit, at Ilie following Reduced Prices: One i 'haldron of 36 bushels $5.00 One Halt do. 18 2.50 In quantities less than half Chaldron, 15 Cents per bushel. Payments may be made, and orders foritsdclivery will be issued only at the Office of the Companv. No. 6 Bank Block. Foster st reet. up stairs. dtf Jal Tnr WORCESTER SAFE DEPOSIT AND Trust Company. PEOPLE'S 3AV£NOS RANK BUILDING Woiceeter. GEORGE M.”rICE, President. Receives Money on Deposit subject to Check at Sight AND AIXOWS INTEREST ON DAILY BALANCES AT THE RATE OF FOUR PER CENT. PER ANNUM. final! Safes, enclosed in Burglar Proof Cases, to whicl the Reuter alone has access, arc offered to the public fw rent, at prices varying from sls to $75 each per annum. Ii is a place of S'curity aaainst Fire or Burglars for depositing Valuab.es of all kinds. Bonds. Mortgages. Wills, Deeds, Jewcjry, Silver Plate, 4c., received at very low rates. which receipts are given. The Vault. Burglar Proof Cases, and Small Safes are double-locked. A Private Night-Watch, on duty from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m., ami a Burglar Alarm eommuakating with the Police (Mice, add greatly to the security otherwise afforded. Business Hours’from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. 1.V14 dtf SAMUEL T. BIGELOW. Sec’v A Million in the Field. Yes, a million of men. to say nothing of the ladies, know by experience that CrtMadoro’s Excelsior Hair Dye produces shades of color that seem to have been brought out by nature itself. They know. too. it is free from all injurious matter, because they have used it for years, and thus tested It by a process more certain than even chemical analysis itself. In fact, the daily experience of multitudes of both sexes, confirms the declara’ion of the first analytical chemist hi America, that the Excelsior Dye contains “nothing del?terious to health/' A good dressing should he use I alter the dyeing, and the best is CRISTADORO'S HAIR PRESERVATIVE. d 5 deop&weowlm Dr. <2. F. Harwood* DENTIST, 22 Pearl st opposite the Post Office. 112 10 Dr. Henry F. Clark, Office corner Myrtle and Southbridge sts. 013 dtf ijeti, s. Iloppin Ac Uommisson Merchants •nd DeaDrs In Flour. Corn. Rye, Oats, Malt, Meal of a' k nds, Fine and Coarse Feed, Linseed Oil Meal. Me .d’anic. qtreot. Wnrcentor. MfeKs 1a29 1., ii. Hiuamond, M. D., HAS REMOVED TO NO. 1 MADISON ST. Office, as heretofore. No. 10 (new number) Myrtle street. utt nlO Five Per Ceut« per Annum A lowed for Money on Cail. E. A. GOODNOW. dtf First National Rank. l». Mcrritielil, Tuner Of the Piano Forte. Orders are received at Wm. Mecorney’s. T. O. Block. >yls dSAWtf DIED In this city. Dec 22. Laura Anna, daughter of John B and Mary It Heywood, aghiiNett«. Secretary’s Department, 7 Boston, Dec. 22, 1871. t I approve the publication of the above petition in the Boston Daily Journal. Cambridge Chronicle, Ib dham Gazette. Worcester Spv. Memorial ami Rock ot I lymouth, Salem Gazelle and Barnstable Patriot. •>-’5 d4«M OLIVER WARNER. Secretary. TVOTICE IS HEREBY given; that the •‘U’^Ttbers have been dulv appointed Administrators ol lire KMOI.. of AHSOIJI ANTUOXY, late ot War ci'-t' i, in t lie county ot Worcester, deceased,‘intestate and have taken upon themselves that trust bv giving bonds, as the law directs. All persons having demands upon me estate pi said deceased are required to exhibit the.-aim-: amt all persons Indebted to said estate are called upon to make payment to SOPHIA ANTHONY. iber 19th, 1871. M dec?sJal^ A Lh AM ER ICAN KEWIN G MAI HI NFS oi r uM U I Z They are’ Simple and Durable; a child can operate them. 1- Ini' Stitching done to order. _ 3:i4 Mam St., Worcester. rob (h'Mtt 1. 11. BTOCKWKU., IFB OF SCHU MA M ’nT' BY WAKIELWNKI. This charming biography of thc Mu-ter. whose fame grows from year to year, will be received with favor by all true Music-lovers. It Is written by a personal friend, who had access to she best -oitrces of information, and who has inserted a number ot his most interesting letters, and is translated Irom the German by Miss A. L. Alger. Price §1.75, for which it whl be sent, post paid, to any address. OLIVER DITKON CO., 48® dtf Boaton. rpO LET—A very stylish Lower Tenement "f 10 rooms, in a new house, elegantly fitted up with a l the mmlern improvements, such as gas, hot and cold water, bathroom, water closets, set wash tubs; heated with furnace, &c. Also, very fine stable accommoda tions if desired. Ihe above is very pleasantly located two minutes’ walk from Main st. Rent S7OO Wl *iJ btable. Address 11. U. 8., Post Office Box 203. dtf rpo UE'T UppT Floor in TayloCr Block, 2ft ami 28 Pleasant st. Inquire of d 25 dtt CHILDS A MANNING BROM. \V AN'ri'-D Fancy ('a inicn- Weavers, v v (food work and goou pay. KITTREDGE MILLS. Fitchburg, Moss. FOU^l’ A BUNDLE OF STRAW H-'' ■,t, ,|,ar kcd J. F. snow, which the owner can have by calling at J. c. French’s Office. Buruslde Court, and paying lor this advertisement. d3t u2fi Jltto ^bbcrftstincnfs. I? EPORT OF THE CONDITION of Ik THE MILLBURY NATIONAL BANK, al Mlll burv. In the State of Massachusetts, at the close ol business on the 16tl> day of December, 1871. KESOVRCES. Lodns and .Discounts, SJ7J «-jJ2 4J IT.l T 8. Bonds mi secure circulation, l»0,000 00 Due from Redeeming and Beseno Agents, 38,2 t, ii Due from other National Banks, L- 6J i ’heck" and other 'ash Items, dneluding stamps.) 1 .700 Off Bills of other National Bank;, Fractional Currency, (including nickels, ».i Specie, Coin, .in Legal Teiuhr Xotea, Total, R 1,592 89 LIABILITIES. i.Uarfu* Capital Stock paid In. Surplus fund; 'W' Discount, Exchange art l DHerest 3.450 78 Exchange, 2,42 62 National Bank Circulation outstanding, 134.000 00 Dividends unpaid, Hl’ W Individual Deposits, 61.619 1” Total, 1381.992 80 State of Massachirbtts. Worcester County.— I. David Atwood, ashb r of “The Millbury National Bank.’’ at Millbury, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. C-igned) DAVID ATWOOD. Cashier. Sworn and subscribed lo before me, this 20th day of December. 1871. (Signed! IRA N. GODDARD, Notary Public. Correct. Attest: WM. H. HARRINGTON,) C. D. MORSE, Directors. HOSEA RANE, [A cony.] dlt d 25 VV ANTED —A thoroughly competent Ma* chlniM. to take a job of Building Iron Planers and Upright Drills. Also, six or eight other good Machin ists, 10 whom will be given goo-t wages arc steady em ployment. Apply to HENRY A. STONE, W»'do House, Monday, Dec. 25, from 12 to 2 o’clock P. M. <125 ul t CARD GRINDER WANTED In a('<>t ton MIU. Apply at once to <125 dlw* SUMNER PRA IT A N EXPERIENCED NURSE OF house xV keeper can be found at 14 Merrick st., upper riuht hand bell. d3t* d 25 WANTED— An honest, capable girL to do general housework in a small family. References required. Apply at No. 15 Home st., right band beiL <125 d3P A GOOD NURSEmas befoundat Denny st, opposite Boynton st, at d'2* dst* MR< SANDERS. lottin g. JIHIS DAY MARKED DOWA, OVERCOATS REEFERS. ALV Heavy Woolen Goods. For the remainder of the season, 1 shall sell all kinds of Winter Goods at a large discount from former prices, and close out all OIAD LOTS without regard io cost. D. H. EAMES’ One Price Clothing House, <’or. Main and Front Mis. d!4 d wll DA RTIUU LA R ATT EN T fON IS CALLED TU ONE LOT OF OVERCOATS which I have this day marked to close, at Sl.». FORMER PRICE This is an Indigo Blue Beaver Coat, and the best bargain I have ever offered. D. 11. EAMES’ One Price Clothing House Cor. Main and Front Sts. . i” ’he Mvw England Trust ompany s office. T’ Di'VonriiiD Mreri. Boston, to tbo stockholders whose n'nncs ire on the stU' X 'ge r al thc c,oso of bu lncss n K”l“n“ Sit TMW. r Uks will bo closed tom the B S'n? l. tVKfrrTgro of Wt. company. The IVOR!' ESTER ft NASHUA RAILROAD H COMPANY. JHVIHEND XO. A senii-annnal Dividend of Five Dollars per share. Ired fjom United States tax. has been declared oe the stock, of this Company, payable on the first day ol January next, to hokicrs bl Stock on the 23d instant. T. W. HAMMOND, Treasurer. Worcester, Hec. 19. dtlal « Jan. 9th, I^7’. at 12 o’clock noon. L. W. HAMMOND. Cashier. WorcesteriMass.* J’"' S,WtL dun d 6 THE QUINKiaAMOND NATIONAL BANK, OF WORCESTER. _ The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Quln sigamond National Bank, of Wo.tester, will be held at their Banking Rooms. ou’IUESDaV. Jan. 9. 1872. at l« o’clock a. >t.. for the election of Directors for the ensu ing year, and I t the transaction of an/ Other businews that may legally conic before them. J. S. FA UN I’M. tashei. Wmu -h r. Do 8. H7l. W WOKCESTER COUNTY 'I.NSTfTU TloN FOR SAVINGS.—The Trustees J J be In stitution are notlfie I that tiiPif semi-annual meajn»< wip be held at tbe Office ol the hlslitution on TUESDAY r the 26th inst., at 5 o’clock r. m. c. A. HAMILTON, Treasurer* Dec. 12.1871. dtm WORCESTER NATIONAL HANK. The Annual Election of Directors will b<* Delfi oil the Second Tuesday (9-h) of January. 1872. at 11 o Cluck A. M.. at the Bunking House, Foster st. JAMES P. HAMILTON, Cashier. Worcester, Dee. A, 187 L etm d 4 mHE GRAFTON NATIONAL BANK. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Graf ton National Bank of Grafton Mass., will be held at their Banking Rooms, on TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 1872, at two o’clock r. m., tbr the «'hoico of Directors tor the vear en suing. anil for the transact ion of any other Imsinos that may legally conic bclOI; them. IWNRY F. WING, Cashier. Grafton, Dec. 6,1871. 6tm dB qni E B LAC’KSTON e" nation al BANK OF UXBRIDGE. The Stockhob’ers of this Bank are hi'Tfhv notified th.U their llegtil ir Annual meeting ior the Section of Directors, and transaction of any other buslnthat may legallv come Iwfore them, will be held a* their Banking Rooms, on TUESDAY, Jan. 9. 1872, at Iwo <>do kr. m. E. W. HaYWABD. (’ashlers Uxb; I.lge, Dee. 6. Js7l dtm Cl vv hitinsville nationalTank' “v The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Whitinsville Nat’l Bank, for the choice of Directors ior the ensuing year, and the transaction ot any cdhcrbitsl ness that may legally come before them, will l< held at their Banking Rooms, TUESDAY. Jan. 9, 1872. Ut two o’clock p. x. H. A. GOODELL, CasL’tor. WhitinsTiUe. Dec. 9,1871. k of Worcester, will be held at their Banking Room. n WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3, 187?. at ten o’clock A. st., tor the choice of Directors and for the transaction ol anv other business that mav legally come before said meeting. CLARENDON HARRIS, SeCy. Worcester. Dec. 19.1871. dim (119 P ROVIHEMCE ANP WORCESTER RAILROAD CO. DIVIDEND. A Dividend of Five per Cent, has been declared, paya ble at the Office of the Treasurer, on and after Jan-Ist. 1872, to Stockholders of record at the close of tnisiuefS on the 21st inst. Transfer Book close 1 from the 21st inst. to January I. Per order. JOHN R. BALCH. Trtas'r. Providence. R. I Dec. 18, 1871. dtial2 rp HE OXFORI) NATIONAL BANK. The Annual Meeting of thc Stockholders of “The Ox ford National Bank," of Oxford, Mass will bp held at their Banking Rooms, on TUESDAY, Jan. 9tli. 187.’, at 2 o’clock p. M., for tbe Election of Directors lor toe year ensuing, and for the trausact ion of any other bu'alnees that may legally come before them. W. OLNEY. Cashier Oxford. Dec. 4.1871. dtm f Ashburnham, connecting with the Ashburnham Rahroad, ami thence through the towns of Ashburnham, West minster, Ashby. Fitchburg, Townsend. Li'Denbtn g. Shirley, Ayer, Groton, or cither of them, to a connection with the Mvidlescx Central Railroad. With a capital stock not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.- C. W. BELLOWS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. Secretary’s Department, I Boston, Dec. 2,1871- I approve the publication of the above petition in the Worcester Spy. OLIVER WARNER,