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K. IUDCOS,
A.. B. FEINOH.
LEMilOIT FEEXCH,
4TTORKEY8 AT LAW AKD GENERAL
AGISTS, CLYDE, OHIO.
P. Lnnon wiU be in hit omse t Fremont, an
Thursday ei H!h week. I'roxpt attention given
to all letral business.
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J. T. GAKVEK,
TTOEVET AT LAW, Frjraont, Ohio, offers
A Bu professional services to ail rearing lel
Eaaineas done in any of the Court, ot bandusky
Ooauty; will atiend to the collection of claims.
Othoe iu Trier1 Block, on Croghan street.
J. L. GKUKKE, Sis.
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
will attend to Leiral Business in Sandus
ky and dioinmircoanties,Oaice,?omerRoom,up
.talr.,TrW.Block.Eii0NTiO B P BUCKLaSD. H. ETKBSTT. JiS. II. FOWLEB
BUCKLAXD, EVERETT FOWLEB,
ominvat COUNSELLORS AT LAW1
A. and Solicitors in Chancery will attend to pre
ialional businessin Sandusky and adjoining coun-
D- H. BRINKERHOFF, M. D
PETSICIAX t SCKGEOS,
OFFICS IN AUCKLAND'S OLD BLOCK,
on front dt. Residence on Cnwhan Street,
econd boose westof Hi-h Schoolbuilainr. Office
hoax Inn-IKW U A. H...1 to ana 3 to ft P .M,
H. F. BOSWOBTH, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND PTTRGEON Office and
Rjildeaoe No. 43 Front street,
DnwTi3is."ar.
C Da. A-FVPSICE, r
SURGICAL MECHANICAL DENTIST, Of
fice over Bank of Fremont White'sblock.will
be found inhiaonic,at alitimes. r
VETERINARY.
DB. GEO. O. HAKLAN,
VETERINARY SURGEON, Fremont, Ohio,
office at BuckUnd A lion's Drug Store. Is a
aradaateof the Philadelphia Veterinary College,
and ia prepired to treat ail animals intelligently
and humanely.
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KfiSSLER HOUSE,
EB.BELDING.Pmprieior. Passenger carried
to and from the House free of charge. Situ
ated eornerof Front and State tits.,
FREMOST.-
r, EICEAKGE HOTEL,
QILLBVTJE, O. John Ford, Proprietor.
Re-
I f eently renttea ana lurnianea.
OQMMISSION MERCHANTS.
L Q. Rawson, Jas. Moore, Joseph L. Rawson
J. L. RAWSON fc CO.,
O TO RAGE. FOEWAEDING COMMISSION
O Mei chants, L'aWih m Coarse Salt. Fine Salt,
Lain olt. L.iud Plasier, Calcined Plaster, Water
Lime, etc Having purchased the entire property
known-as the Fremont Warehouse and Steam Ele
vators, at lie head of navigation on the Sandusky
River, ws srs prepared to receive, store and ship
vrain, Lavmoer. aiercaanaue ana outer proaaos,
Cmoe,at Fremont Elevators.
FREMONT. 1-1
A. D. WILES'
fJHOTOGBAPH GALLERY.overGarvih's Store
MISCELLANEOUS.
FOSTER DECK.
Oarpenteis, Joiners and Builders,
FREMONT. OHIO.
Does all kinds of Contract Bnildinj, and all man
ner of Jobbing Work. Shop on corner of Wayne
and Es-inf streets. Moving and Raising: of Buiid
ings. and all kinds of Tackle work specially at
tended to. Orders solicited. ltyl
D. L. June &Son.
Kamufacturers.Wholesale Retail Dealeriin
'FREMONT
WHITE LIME
BUILDING STONE!
All orders promptly filled.
Office near 1 ke Shore Depot, Fremont, Ohio.
Are also prepared to do all kinds of Mason
"VYuik on ahort notice.
MEAT MARKET.
l ON STATE STREET.
A LTTHR8 takes pleasure In
T invitif.ar the public to call at his
stand on State Street, in
Frenlrrl's Ulock.
wnen taev want Fix Stkaks or Excellent
Roasts. The best quality of
BEEF, PORK MUTTOJT and VEAL
ean be found on his oounter, and the public will
be served always at
REASONABLE PRICES,
CALL AKD TBI JIE.
4S A. LUHR8.
E. F. HAFFORD.
CARRIAGE
F"actory.
Corner Float and Market Streets.
C' ASRIAGES. OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES con
stantly on hand, or made ft order in any style.
K7Parkular attention paid to repairing. All
work done at my factory warranted,
eyl E. F. HAFFOHD.
J. P. r.lOORE.
JIANTJFACTyREBOF
CARRIAGESjEUGGIES &YAG0XS
I DESIRE to call the kttentionof alltothead'
nitions I have recently made to my
CABKUCE FACTORY.
I have so enlarged and remodled my shop, as t
...n,.icd facilities for ex
ecu ting, ia a superior manner, every description of
Carriages and Wagon work. My workmen are
reliable and oompetent. All material is selected
with special care, and throughly seasoned before it
i. .nnfutured. Mv aim is to furnish work
which shall have a merited reputation for superior
Duality and style. I have fitter up a large store
room and shall keep always on nana,
Every "-'T Carrlsree JPuf
SFieSJ. LiUIUVVI, v. j u
JSarltet Wajom.
With these newly acquired faoiUtiasmy prices will
be below oompennou. j p MOORE,
rirriajreFaotora.eor., Garrison and Water Bts
Fremont. Ohio,
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U.S.AKDF0.1IOHPATEr.n.
BURRIDGE &CO.,
1T 8uperi St., opposite Amerl
Moose, Cleveiemd, t.
Witb Associated Offices in Washington and For
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ToAU.THLaaDio poisjs in Indiana. Illinois,
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MtI Office in Birohard's Block, Fremont, O.
AGENTS WANTED
FOR
WOMAN'S MONITOR,
BY f. W. EN-TRIKLN, M. D.
v -ouroved bT tn tnedieal profession
Tr? III an eminently sate, practical
and the elergy. na women, and for
"M'Xl ingof nW.Ter and their
SCgA rullpttve eircular with table
MFUIC Al!W-W. C. A. Smith'3 Med
estaWished in 1S.-I, for the cure
of aU forms of private tfles and ffj
disorderVT Wh.na lady a m trouble she siouid
iSuirthe Doctor about hertroubles. Bupprees
ETof theMensoiwiU receive the Doctor s most
SrtcuW attention. OahTl Miohaa ttreet,
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FREMONT, SANDUSKY
Weekly
COUNTY, OHIO FRIDAY. DECEMBER
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29. 1871.
New Series, Vol. XIX. No. 52.
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Headquarters, 197 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
DRS. RICE, Medical Examiners.
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Which for Style, Workmanship, Durability and Prices cannot be surpassed,
At He Old Reliable Stand cf A. HOOT,
JVb. 3 BucklantTs Neic Block, Front Street.
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X. A. TEST
FALL
AND
W1STEK
GOOD8
NEW GOODS
HEAD QUARTERS
We are now opening a very large
and full stock of
FALL WHITER
GOODS!
AND AT VERY LOW PBICESt
Oar Stock of DRESS GOODS is
large, embracing many Beauti
ful Designs.
EMPRESS CLOTHS,
FRENCH MERINOS,
PLAIDS, SATTEENS,
JAPANESE SILKS,
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, &c,
ALL AT BEDtCEB PRICES!


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SHAWLS in Great Variety,
which we inTite your
special attention.
Our Stock of
FLANNELS,
CASSIMERS,
WATERPROOFS,
BLANKET'S,
WHITE GOODS,
HOSIERY, &c,
Is large and at the Bottom Price.
We have a full and large stock of
DOr81EST!CS!
All Leading Brands of
Prints,
Brown and Bleached Cottons,
Striped Shirtings,
Denims, Tickings,
CQtton Flannels,
Checks,
Linseys,fec.
On all of which wo defy Competition
We have also a very large line of
O 3FL S T O
At Very Low Prices!
CASH PAID for Wheat,
Corn, Oats, Wool, and all kinds of
Produce. D. GARVIN CO.
Fremont, O-Saot. 27, 1871.
FREMONT
NURSERY!
ESTABLISHED IN 1858
SPLENDID STOCK OF TREES ON HAND
irk;u. n.nMnanM in the nursery husi
ness here enables ine to select sufh Fruit and
..it,., Khruha. Vines, arc. as are es
pecially adapted to this locality; which is an item
if much interest to planters. The trees now of
i i new. frrnwn on new ground.
Prices low. Call and see me at my new stnd.
Suckland Avenue.
Irtinont,Octobs,ll7.
on
I. HI. KEELER'S
AGENCY.
2d Storj Backland's Old Block.
FREMONT, OHIO
RELIABLE INSURANCE
In companies that have a
Large Surplus after
paying all losses in
the Chicago Fire.
BUSINESS SOLIClfED.
Fir and LUo Insurance,
Real Estate,
Notary Public,
Collections Made,'
Taxes Paid in Sandusky County,
Anchor Line of Trans-Atlantic Steam
Packet Ships.
General Information -Given by Letter.
Persons at a distance desiring any information
from this point can addresscommunicationsto me.
If the subject does not require much time and at
tention, a few postage stamps inclosed wiU be suf
ficient remuneration. Where more time and labor
are required a reasonable eompensation will be
charged:
Resident of Fremont, Since 1840.
BirEUKCia: F.8. White, Bank Fremont,
A. H. Miller, Fmt NationalBank,
R.P.Buckland.
Any person in the city of Fremont, or eounty of
Bandusny, wanting insurance, eitner L.iie or ifire,
will rind it tiieir acvantage to call on me. 1 have
a line ot companies unsurpassed. With a policy
sigued by me your insurance is as certain as a
Umted btates bond.
r'oiiciescarelully written on all descriptions ot
property, and incase of loss payment promptly
made from this office.
FOR- RENT.
tpOR RENT A first-class Store
X Boom, one ot thn most desirable in the city,
either tor Dry Goods or Groceries, inquire of
1. 11. KAKlshtte
FOR SALE.
LOil SALE. Three lots 20 by 82
S fronting on Croghanfltreet,4uitablef on tores.
If OR 8ALE. In the village of
F Noi-walk.on Main Street ,one mile eaat trom
cue Court Hoiiae. beven (7) acrtB of land, in high
dUite of cultivation. Mouse, Barn, tiheds and
Hennery, Well and Cistern, A tine Orchard with
all kinus of Fruit, Berries, Urapes, Ac, Sandy
&il. Just the placeforaUardener, with ready
markelforailonecanraiae. irice,f 5,000. Terms
cosuit purchaser.
VALUABLE FARM
rpHE farm formerly owned by Mor
al, gan Httynes, lying in Sandusky township,
eaut side ot tne river, naa a mile norm 01 tne cor
poration line ol the city of I remont, is, onered for
sate on most reasooable terms. It consists of 120
acres, u of which is under good cultivation, and
all under lence. There is a good frame dwelliDg
and turn, with out buildings, good young orchard
of ail kinds of fruit, and g ood water. This larm is
Deautimiiy locatea, ana Deing just outsiae tne
city limits, it would be well adapted for gardening
and fruit raising for city marketing. "W ill be sold
on reasonable wrma: iJ.OW cash on purchase, and
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LUC UtUllUCCUU blUlO. wAA UU A. ML. AbUAAbJ.
August 10, 1H71.
Choice Lauds at Great Bargains.
orj ACRES in section 9, township
OU 6, Lucas county. It is desirable, well tim
bered, aud lies one iniie from Whitehouse Citation.
on the Toledo and Wabash iw K. is worth fid
per acre, but SL7 per acre will buy it.
irk ACRES in Madison township,
-J Sandusky county, being Uie N. k of the
N il. Ji ol section 31. This tract is partly cleared,
good soil, can easily be made as tine a larm as any
in ALadiaon Lowosiiip. is is cneap at fiO per acre,
out io per acrd wiu Duy it.
or ACRES in section 25, township
O vl 28, range 2, White couirty, Indiana, 3 miles
irom Idavilie, on the railroad, aoout 10 miles from
AlonUctlio, the county-seat, part timber, part
prairie, hue roLUng laud. 10 per acre will buy
mis excellent Dody oiiana.
Any person wanting to purchase either of these
tracts ot land can make a first-ciass bareain by
calling on me. lermsox payment reawmaoie.
j uiy 27, 1&71. i. a. ttia
DRAIN AND TILE WORKS.
TV. PARKER wishes to announce tothe
people ot k rem,,nt ana viciniiy, xnai nt. nu ewu
r,.!,. l lrain And Tile Yard on Front street, about
a quarter of a mile south of the railroad. He will
hre a full stork of Tile of all sizes, which he wiU
seU at reasonable rates. Those wishing to pur-
chase wiU do well to call at his ara.
S3V nu-CAAJiAa,
NOTICE.
H,HE recTilarancu.il meeting of the stockholders
I m lU cini xtiooal Bank of Fremont, for the
election of Directors, will be held at its Banking;
House on Tuesday, the Ktnaayui jnuunr,, u.j
at 2 o'clock P. M. A. Jtl. Vasmer.
Fremont, Ohio, Dee. 7, 1871.
STEAM
FOR SALE.
THE nnderHitrned offers for sale a Steam Saw
Mill, situated on Little Mud Onek. in Rice
Township, Sandusky county, Ohio, one haif mile
from the catnoiic inurcn. jiiccuiiilci, pvw
erliil one, and in good eonditon, and wiU be sold
at bargain, inquire on tnenroiuiK.ui
-M Wit, L. CROSLBT,
of
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THIS.
TrKQf?' TURN THE
ONLY AN ADVERTISEMENT," for it contains matter that
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ia important to you. It informs you of the fact that
PAPER OVER AND SAY "IT'S
JDU. o CD TU 'iLi ID CD j
Has just opened a splendid line
and you cannot afford to buy presents for wife, children and friends
without first calling on him as St
at his establishment
If any body says he has a better
him. If any body says they sell
be did! I have a stock that for
CANNOT BE EXCELLED, and the man is not in Fremont or Northern
Ohio, that caw or will sell cheaper than I do! THIS APPLIES TO
ALL MY STOCK.)
I have just received the fifth lot
which cannot fail to please any one
ask to see them. We have not a very good place to show them, but we
will be very glad to show them as
charge; and we can frame them
Don't forget to look at them when
And, father, if you want to make
or, young man, if you want to find
get a beautiful Writing Desk, or Work
Case, or Toilet Set, or Photograph Album, or a Beautiful Book; and,
speaking of PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, 1 have got one hundred and
forty, Beautiful, Elegant, Musical, Cheap; and if the daughter don't bless
you, or the other one think more of
And, if the young lady wishes to
smoke and you are willing he should)
Cigar Case; or, if not that a fine
or other Book, or a Gold Pen to constantly remind him of the giver.
But 1 cannot stop to tell you of
each one might buy for the other one
as long as Charley Dillon's, and then
got enough to suit all:
DOLLS DOLLS Wax Dolls,
Dolls Sleeping Dolls, Rubber Dolls, Leather Dolls, Nankin Dolls, Doll
Heads, Doll Cradles, Doll Bedsteads, Doll Bureaus, Doll Chairs, Doll
Houses, Doll Wagons, Doll Bodies,
Dolls.
And the boys have not been forgotten, for we have Tops, Guns, Whips,
Horns, Trumpets, Carts, Sleds, &c,
for the older ones; and Guns, and
and Cannons, and Pistols, and Pianos,
Banks, Bells, Rattles, China and Pewter Tea Sets, Fancy Boxes, Noah's
Arks, Mugs, Tumblers, Baskets,
Dancing Jims and Dancing Jacks,
mental and amusing. Also a beautiful collection of Shells and Corals,
Call at McCULLOCH'S
Christmas Trees, and he will try and
of GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
Nicholas still holds his headquarters
stock than I have, don't you believe
cheaper, don't von believe it It can't
Variety, Fine Quality and Real Merit

of FINE CHROMOS this season,
who has an eye for the beautiful. Just
well as circumstances will admit, free
in any style you chose, promptly.
you call.
your daughter a beautiful present;
something for you know who just
Box, or Pair of Vases, or a Jewel
you, then I am mistaken.
make him a present, why, (if he will
get him a beautiful Smoking Set
Pocket Book or Bible, or Prayer Book,
all the fine things I have, or what
it would make this advertisement
you would not read it but I have
China Dolls, Crying Dolls, Walking
Doll Arms everything pertaining to
lor the little ones, and Books, fcc, fec,
Checkers, and Backgammon Bpards,
and Harmonicons, and Accordeons,
Buckets, Alphabet Blocks, Soldiers,
and almost everything useful, orna
for Supplies for Sunday School and
supply every want.
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Poetry
AN ACROSTIC
On the Name of Ulysses S. Grant.
BY MRS. M. A. WILSON.
Up, risel inspiring muse, arise!
Assist my feeble voice,
Let's sing of one, who good and wise,
Became our people's choice.
Yon see him in the din of war,
'Mid conflict's strife and danger,
Secure, invincible, he stands,
To telf and fear a stranger.
See him in time of peace refuse
The hard earned homage due.
Each show of rain parade disuse,
Such folly to subdue.
Such is the man, whese vitiues more
Than I can 'numerate;
Such is the man our nation's pow'r
Hath raised to ia'e these States.
Great though he is, yet should he ask
For knowledge from above,
Sightly to Toa and govetn well,
In wisdom, truth and love.
And ti a king in olden limes,
Who might vnd power attained,
Jf aught but an understanding heart
He sought, and more obtained.
To him may God give evermore
Whate'er may here be given,
That when this life of care is o'er
He may find "Rest" in Heaven.
lst Kings, hi, 9. Pitttburgh Gazette.
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Miscellaneous Selections.
For the Fremont Journal.
HOTCH POTCH,
BY FOGY.
A Lay Sermon.
Text: "Let him that thinketh he standeth,
take heed lest he faU."
Preachers usually give chapter,
verse and book in which the t asis
of their remarks may be found. I
presume their motive is pure, but to
me it always 6eems as though they
fear, their hearers may believe that
the text is not in the Bible. Doubt
less a spirit of accommodation
prompts the act, but I think any re
flecting person will see that it is re
ally, though indirectly, charging the
audience with a want of familiarity
with the Scriptures. To elucidate
and demonstrate my proposition:
If the text were "twice two are four"
or "some fishes are very bony", the
preacher would not need to say that
the former may be found in the mul
tiplication table, or the latter in the
old Elementary Spelling Book, un
less he were addressing savages, and
such mention would not the better
inform even them. The same re
maik applies to the practice of di
viding sermons into parts with pre-
explanatory captions. Such dis
courses only make me think either
that their authors (who by the way,
are not always their readers) cannot
otherwise stick to their text, or that
they fear their hearers will not know
of what the minister has talked when
he has done. And right here.
though a slight digression, I remark
that editors and their correspond
ents sometime do the same. One
other explanation, and I will proceed
J 1 a. Ml w
loueveiop my sermoa. win
noticed that the person admonished
in the text, "him" and "he" is mas
culine in sex. I hope no female hu
man being will therefore deem her
self excluded. This usage obtained
in the dark age, when woman was
considered inferior to man: the mas
culine gender was employed to com
prehend both sexes' and all ages as
well. In these day3 of "woman's
rights," such usage is inappropriate;
the same rule that confers upon our
mothers and sisters and the mothers
and sisters ot others, the privilege
of working out poll-taxes on the
road and standing up in rail and
street cars, doubtless makes it nec
essary to use nouns and pronouns of
both genders in all sentences in
which reference is had to the entire
human race. ItJwilL at first doubt
less sound odd, when a clergyman
reads the amended text on this wise
"Let him and her who think they
stand, take heed lest he and she
fall" but familiarity will remove
the oddity. Any unusual expres
sion appears strange and queer, and
any odd saying will lose its singular
ity by repetition.
Our text has a peculiarity "that
thinketh he standeth" are the words
thinketh! only a drunkard or an
insane person would thinK he stood
when he was sitting, kneeling or ly
ing the latter word however is not
a happy term to use here, for some
people lie just as well standing as in
any other 'position. The meaning
probably is, that thinketh he is in
no danger of falling. For instance
if an individual, on a winter's day,
walks over an icy road as carelessly
or unsuspectingly a3 he would in the
summer time, lie will be very apt to
experience one of -the mortifying re
suits of violating the law of gravity,
though something would depend on
his age, and I think any one behold
ing the ulip and fall, would be very
likely to lose his gravity as well.
But the text has a moral bearing:
it means that any one who thinks he
is in no danger of doing something
criminal or vicious or even indiscreet
should beware lest he do the very
thing, and lose public confidence, if
not incur DODular displeasure. This
public opinion is a matter as power
ful as it is mysterious. It is not al
ways just; nay, it is strictly speaking,
more often unjust. The Bible is
called the digest or guide or stand
ard of morality; some people honest
ly think so, and others theoretically
assent because it is popular. If the
class now seeking to overturn it3 au
thority, shall succeed, some other
book of morab will become the
standard. I said that public opinion
ia often unjust The Bible says,
t
"Thou 6halt not steal," and informs
us that God judges by the motive,
rather than by the act This de
clares him that plunders by millions,
a thief as well as him that filches by
tens, nay, if the latter takes to sup-
ply his necessities, (I use this last
word in its extreme sense,) he is not
a thief. But such cases are very
rare. Yet public opinion pronounces
the rich thief only shrewd in busi
ness. True, the zealous overthrow
of Tammany in New York City,
lo"ks like a return to Biblical ethics,
but, not to be too uncharitable, it
remains to be seen if the move
ment be not the supplanting of one
corrupt organization by another
even more corrupt
The text cautions against vanity
and recklessness. It does not how
ever condemn self-reiiance. True,
very little, if anything is said in
Holy Writ on this point, probably
because the tendency of human na
ture is not to undervalue human
ability and endurance. But there is
danger all the way from the cradle
to the grave, gradually lessening to
be sure, that man will deem himself
able and better than he is. The
truly great are those who while not
belittling themselves, think them
selves never too old to learn or to
need help from their followers,
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Old Age.
We have seen some giant oak,
Standing singly in some field,
Shiver'd by the lightning's stroke:
Fruit nor leaves its branohes yield.
And so man in hopeful prime,
Sometimes yields to swift disease:
Prospects blasted for all time,
Death his hopeless spirit frees.
Then again some Autumn day,
When no zephyr stirs the leaves,
Suddenly from far away,
The crash and boom the ear perceives.
And we know the fallen tree,
Though withstanding breeze and gale,
Like the flower on the lea,
Conld not over death prevail.
So old age, with forehead sere,
May survive acute disease,
Yet when peril seems not near,
Quickly fall like lifeless trees.
Bat the lot of all is dea
Sonor later speeds the dart:
Ws may araw our final breath
When ws would, or not depart.
After all, it matters not
Whether soon or late we go;
Only so that grace doth blot
Oat the wrong we do below.
Longest lives are not too long,
If but spent in doing good.
Shortest lives, if spent in wrong,
Should be shorter, if they could.
Sweet it were in one's decline
To review a useful life.
Header, pray that grace be thins
Well to wage the fearful strife.
Trials of Housekeeping.
De;lytaliliefi before marriage, the wife
PART II DOING WITHOUT HELP.
Let me say that Mrs. Talmadge
moved in the best society.
T)oinff one's own housework has
it3 bright and dark sides. If right-
can cook, make beds and sweep to
suit herself and family, and avoid
heine- thought a slattern by her
O o
neighbors; but dish-washing and
handling wood and coal leave the
hands too rough for fashion, and do
ing large washings and being heated
around a stove, tend to break down
the constitution, especially of aristo
cratic wives of the present age. Then
there is the danger of some leader
of the bon ton calling while the wife
is "in the suds," and taking with her
an unfavorable impression
We will, in the spirit, look in on
Mrs. Talmadge this warm afternoon.
It is early, and she is not dressed to
receive fashionable calls. Silks and
satins ill befit the kitchen. It hap
pens that her husband, so husband
like, brought a couple of strangers
to dinner, and she had to prepare
something extra after the table was
ordinarily set for the family. Be
sides, she had to pour the coffee in
her kitchen toilet, a predicament
very mortifying, though doubtless
foolishly so to a high-spirited wo
man. However, finding their guests
sensible men, and being a good con
versationalist, she was soon at ease
and the meal passed agreeably. It
was late when they left with her
husband, and she flew about to get
ia readiness for callers.
As she is deep in the wonders of
dish-washing, the door-bell jingles.
"I wont go," she says determinedly,
stamping her foot by way of empna-
sis; than suddenly changing her
mind, she exclaimes, "yes I will to
see how they are dressed" a singu
lar characteristic of female humani
ty! Softly treading the parlor car
pet and slyly peering out the window
she exclaims inwardly but with
dangerous outward manifestations,
"As I live, it is Mrs. Cory the law
vers wife and Miss Bates the bank
er's daughter! They may ring till
doom's day I'll not go near the
door but how provoking! I wished
to see them when they called, ever
so much! I presume they have come
'to talk about the sociable." They
jelip their dainty cards under the
front door and go she returns to
the kitchen to find her dishwater
cold. While it is heating, she picks
up the morning paper and among
the local notices reads of the socia
ble, and trembles to think that her
presence has always been thought
indispensable in the preliminery ar
rangements; and the sociable is to
be held this evening.
The diskwater i3 hot, and with
op-rolled sieves she begins her task
the second time, when "ting-a ling-
a-ling"again sounds from the sitting-
room, and. she tip-toes in to see who
are at the door this time. She starts
back it is two noted gossips, her
especial abhorrences. "They may
pull all day. Dear me I wish
had kept Katie to answer the bell, if
for nothing else." Soliloquizin
thus, Mrs. Talmadge again returns
to the kitchen to finish her dishes,
but the water is again cold. As she
turns to set the pan on the stove,
there is the noise of approaching
feet and she catches a glimpse of
somebody passing th window. Now
somebody raps at the kitchen door.
"Who can it be she exclaimes, as
she puts a stray ringlet in its place
and smooths out her apron "the
ruling passion strong in death," you
observe, gentle reader. "Pshaw!
it's no one Pm afraid to see," she
exclaims as she opens the door.
Better had it been to suspect rob
bers or a pedler or even a harmless
book agent, and ask, "Who is there?"
for who meet her frightened gaze
but the two detested gossips!
"What ye got yerseF shet up here
fur, 's if yu's in prison?' the elder,
an old maid on the sunny' side of
ninety, asks, pushing open the door
and pushing herself into the kitchen,
the younger following. "Why, Miss
Evans exclaims Mrs. Talmadge in
dispair,and sinks down upon a wash-
bench conveniently near. Discover
ing Mrs. Talmedge's coarse apparel,
the gossip" rattles on without sense
or reason, "O! Duin' yer own work,
be ye? Where's yer hired girl?
Sent her, eh? me and Malvina here
rung yer door-bell till the hull house
almost tumbled doun," ("broke the
wire, I suppose," thought the dis
gusted lady "wish the house had
quite fallen on them "And yet she
was a Christian!) an' as we furgot
our keerds, we 'eluded tu jes' dodge
round tu the back door an' see ef
yu's out cailin' ur playin' sick.
Hope yer glad we've come? I'm or
fal d'lighted tu find yer 'lone. Yu
du look sick! Malvina, let's take orf
our thinks an' 6et awhile. Mrs. Tal
madge' s all 'lone an'll like our com
pany. Allers glad to drop intu a
neighbers 'thout any fuss ur p'rade,
an' have a good social chat Why
d' yer send yer gal? Was she igern
ant ur d' she rag out too hafty?
My! how hired gals does dress now
days some uv 'em better 'n iheir
mistresses! Fr'aps she had tu many
beans. Poor woman, she don't feel
well, Malvina, an' can't talk none tu
speak uv. We've jes' cum from
parson Studylittle's he want tu
hum, but his wife was. She's either
sick ur lazy. She'd orter da what
she kin tu 'sport the family. The
parson's health 's none tu fust best,
an' it must be kinder discouragin'
when he thinks no his big fam'ly.
Dear me ta gract'ous I would n't
be a minister's wife an' have a big
family tu support no mor'n nothin',
nur Malvina would n'tnuther. Some
busy bodies there's allers plenty
sich, says she's settin' her cap fur
the young Methodia' parson, but
law sakes, there's no truth in it
Mrs Talmadge, yu don't look well,
an' yu orter du suthin'. Yer head
aches, an' yer orter soak yer feet an'
take some yarb tea soak 'em in
water hot water, I mean not tu
hot, but hot's you kin clevely bear.
Come, Malvina, we'd better go
Mrs. Talmadge ain't well, an our
talkin' may be tiresome, though I'm
often sentfur to nuss sick invalids.
Don't furgit tu soak yer feet and
drink some yarb tea.. Hot drops is
good. I'm a reg'lar Thomsonian
none uv yer blew pill and kwinine
round me. By the way, don't yer
want Malvina tu stay with ye while
yer sick? She don't make a business
uv workin' out as a gineral thing,but
sickness 's an 'exception. Du yer
want her? Ye say yer don't t VVal,
Malvina, let's be goin'. We'll drop
in again raly hope you'll be better
when we come. Good arternoon,
Mrs. Talmadge. O I furgot to re
mind ye uv the medicine. Yer
should 'nt put it off d'lays is dang
erous we ortenter dare death.
Remember the yaib tea and No. 6,
an' don't above oil things furgit to
soak ver feet in hot water, not hot
enough tu take the skin orf, but
hot's ver kin bear it Ef she didn
slam the door right in our face! So
she's duin' her own work it '11 try
the stuff she's made of. Hem that
shows what folks come tu that lives
tu fast Guess she won't be sot so
much by we'll see."
"I thought they would never go,
the arrant fools Tsaid Mrs.Talmadge
as she slammed the door. "But I'll
have a girl before to-morrow Dight,
if will hue one.
GROWLER.
It i3 predicted that cattle in Texas
will die by the thousands m conse
auence of the severe and early win
ter. The State Journal computes
that the West Texas cattle interest
hA lost in stock, from the late cold
snap, over four hundred thousand
dollars worth. By-and-by our stock
raisers will comprehend that it
cheaper, as well as wiser, to provme
ar.pH.r and food for cattle our
ino- t.ho winter weather, rather than
to permit decimation by cold, star
vatioa and exposure.
A London surgeon is reported
hv. successfully applied tne magic
lantern to the study of diseases
the skin. A transparent photograph
of the skin is taken, and then placed
in the magic lantern. A strong hy-
dro-oxvren light casts the figure en
lareed on a white sheet and in this
way the smallest details are brought
out witn astonisuing minuienes.
A woman lately hung herself be
cause her husband objected to her
conversing with the male boarders,
and left this last will and testamant
chalked on the back of a tea tray:
"Dear Jim You have driven me
this little affair. Be good to tne
dog, and ask Mrs. Little to
be Km
to thebirda."
The Actor's Revenge.
t
is
to
Some years ago, when the re
nowned Baron Hackett revolved ia
a regular orbit and was a regular
star, instead of the erratic comet he
now is, when he performs semi-occa-sionally,
and drops down like a Jun
bug upon some managers in distress.
who seize him for "one night only,"
he commenced an engagement of six
nights in the old National Theater,
Cincinnati, appearing in his favor
ite character of Falstaff, in the
IT1TCOU1 IT 1UU3V1,
He had during the previous week,
played air the Louisville Theater, un
der the same management, and to
which place a portion of the Cincin
nati company had been sent to sup
port him.
Among these was Sam R. one
of the "respectable utility" people,
to whom Hackett did not show, as
Sam thought, the amount of respect
due from one actor to another.
Hackett seemed to single poor
Sam out as the particular object up
on which to concentrate all his peev
ishness and ill-nature, and, though
Sam had to grin and to bear'it, he
made up his mind to be revenged,
and swore it in the most melodra
matic and stage'y style. According
ly, when Hackett transferee! himself
and his baggage to Cincinnati, and -Sam
received orders from Dave
Sarsedas, the stage manager, to re
turn with riim ha nrilllrlo,l witK rl a
light, and looked unutterable things
as he took his parting drink with his
brother artists at the bar of the fast
steamer Pike No. 4.
Ths rehearsal passed off in the
morning, in Cincinnati, without any
demonstration. The star was more
exacting than ever with poor Sam,
who bore all with a "patient shrug,"
and bided his time with all the pa
tience he could muster.
Night came, and with it a crowded
house, for Hackett at that time was
in the zenith of his popularity, and
on his appearance the audience rose
en masse, and round after round of
welcoming applause greeted him.
He looked splendidly, his make up
was admirable, and in his false obes
ity he was the embodiment of the
hearty, sly, witty, vagabondizing fat
knight
The dress he wore was one in
which he took great pride, and was
one of his own invention. It was
constructed on the principle of a
life-preserver, and, after being put
on, was blown up by means of a
tube, until it assumed the necessary
rotundity, and the wearer was sur
rounded by an immense air cham
ber.
This made the dress light, cool
ana poruiDie, ana was m au respect
a great improvement upon the meth
od of stuffing.
As the play progressed upon the
night in question, the audience grew
more and more delighted in front,
and Sam was seen hy his brother ac
tors to grow more and more excited
behind.
At last a scene came in which
Hackett had the stage to himself,
and the star stood at the entrance,
waiting for his cue to go on, and
close behind him stood Sam, looking
daggers, with a carpenters brad-awl
in his hand.
The cue was civpn and in went
Hackett But he had not com
menced his scene, when, amid the
death-like silence of the audience, an
audible and prolonged hiss was
heard.
Hackett scowled and looked about
him into the pit, boxes and gallery,
in search c the vile wretch who had
dared to hiss him.
But the hiss continued, and Hack
ett commenced his lines. Hiss!
again He stopped and 'once more
looked about him, but the hiss con
tinued, and Hackett commenced his
lines. Hiss again I He stopped and
once more looked about him, but
the hiss continued, and grew louder
every moment The audience cned
"order." Several enthusiastic indi
viduals shouted "put him out," but
still the hissing continued. Again
Hackett commenced his soliloquy,
but that infernal hiss still rang in. his
ears, and he could not go on.
The audience now began to titter.
The star grew more and more nerv
ous, and, walking down to the foot
lights, he appealed to the audience
to know the cause of "those marks
of disapproval and this ebullition of
mirth."
The only response was a burst of
laughter, and the star stood looking
unutterable things, and lost in won
der and amazement at this unac
countable demonstration.
As the audience stopped laughing
for a moment that abominable hiss
again greeted his ears, but now it
seemed to come from behind him,
and, as he turned half a.-ound, anoth
er shout of laughter drove him near
ly mad as he perceived that not only
the audience but the actors,who had
congregated at the entrance, joined
in the mirth, none loader than Sam
R whose face was perfectly re
splendent with delight
At last trie prompter came to tne
rescue. v aising on tne stage, He
stepped up to the star and whispered
in his ear. Hackett stood as if par
alyzed for a moment, and then com
menced a survey of himself. His
rotundity was gone. His obese pro
portions had vanished, and tuere ne
stood, "his hose a world too wide
for his shanks," his "corporation
dwindled to nothing, and his dress
hanging around him in voluminous
folds, like a main sail from a yard-
arm. The secret was out The air-
chamber had been punctured, and
there he hac been standing, growing
"small by degrees and beautifully
less, for the last five minutes.
Giving one look at the andience,
another at his legs, he rushed off the
stage amid euch bursts of langhter as
even he had never created before.
Sam sfol at the entrance as his
enemy came off, a sardonic grin on
his countenance, and the fatal brad
awl which had done the deed con
cealed in his bosom.
A Kansas paper is responsible for
the following: About four weeks
ago tne wile or a larmer living near
Geary City died. Last Sunday the
bereaved and sorrow-stricken hus
band sent to Doniphan for a minis
ter to come and preach her funeral
sermon, and then marry him to a
gushing damsel he had selected to
cheer him in his loneliness. The
minister declined to comply with his
request
of
to
a
A young lady living in Pittburg,
while suffering from the small-pox,
wrote to her sister in Wheeling, who
toox tne disease com tne leicer.
Metz has been occupied by the
Prussians one vear, but the trench
flag the tricolor still floats upon
the spire of the city cathedral.
There are twelve private galleries
of paintings in New York, compu
ted to be worth one million dollars.
Pennsylvanians are asking for
cue huridred. additional Pest OSces