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WHOLE NUMBER 1611.
A Boston Privateersman.
1745.
[Boston Journal of Commerce-l
The sailor's life, until the expiration of the
last quarter of the present century, was of a
far more adventurous, and less prosaic cast
"than that of the mariner of to-day, who no
longer secs added to the dangers of the sea
the terrors of attack and capture by the pub-
lic enemy, the less regularly accredited
letter-of-marquc privateer, or the wholly
lawless and generally murderous “bucca—
ncers," “Brethren of the Coast,” filibusters,
or other piratical crusiers who less than a
century ago infested every ocean, rendered
an armament necessary to the most peaceful
merchautman, and made it necessary for the
able seaman to be able to handle pike, cutlass
and musket, and to practice the great gun
exercise, as well as the more peaceful and
every day appliances of his doubly danger-
ous calling.
Even the fisherman and coaster carried a
sufficiency of muskets and rifles for the use
of the crew, and often a few small cannon,
or the swivels and bell-mouthed blunder-
busses which, loaded with pistol balls or
slugs, were capable of terrible execution at
close quarters.
The fitting out of letters of marque. or
privateficruisers,furnished with legal authority
to cruise against the public enemy, was not
only anecessity at the date above written,
but had become a feature of the marine
interests of our good city of Boston, which
brought great wealth into the pcckcts of
many substantial citizens, at the expense of
such losel Spanish carriers and French
fisherman and freighters as had neither
strength or stomach to fight, or good luck to
avoid such vessels s the Revenge, Terrible,
Black Snake. Reso ution, and other cruisers
of glorious memory. But at the time of the
siege of'Louisbourg, in 1745, these heroes
of private cruising became of the utmost
service to the colonies, and of the staunch
courage and fearless spirit of one of these
colonial heroes we would speak at greater
len th.
Agmong the vessels hired by the Colony of
Massachusetts was a small vessel called the
Resolution, a sloop of rather less than one
hundred tone, but having ample decks, wide
beam, full bows, high bulwarks, and what
would now be considered too lofty a stern,
with a cabin and roundhouse rising many
feet above the water line. Such was the
typical privateer of the colonies, armed with
ten = or twelve small guns of from three to
four pound calibre, and as many swivels
readily carried from point to point, slipping
into sockets in rail and stanchion, and carry-
ing a half-pound ball of iron or a double
handful of small bullets. Such vessels
were manned by from fifty to one hundred
men, of approved skill and courage as sea-
men, and were generally drawn from among
the more adventurous and less "sober” youth
of a land, where almost every man was at
need a soldier and a marksman of no mean
merit.
The Resolution was commanded by cap-
tain David Donahew (or Donahue) of Boston,
who accompanied the colonial fleet to
Canseau, and in company with two other
sloops, commanded by Captains Fones and
Beckett, were left at that Strait with orders
to patrol its narrow and swift channel, and
to delay and prevent any force of French or
Indians from crossing to the aid of the he—
leaguered city of Louisbourg.
At about daylight of the morning of June
20th, Donahew’s censorts being well to
leeward, saw a smoke to the southward, and
stood down the Nova Scotian coast to recon-
nOitre, and Donahew, after their sails were
mere specs on the horizon, became aware of
the presence of a flotilla which suddenly
issued from one of the deep inlets near at
hand, and at once advanced to the attack.
Luckily there was little wind, and the
enemy’s fleet, consisting of two sloops, two
schooners, and many Indian canoes, came on
but slowly, the latter hanging back behind
the slower vessels, whose crews toiled
wearilyg at their heavy sweeps until within
gunshot. There was no doubt of their pur-
pose fsr the lilies of France floated at their
mast-head, and among the plumed and
painted Hurous and Abenaquis, and the
forest garb of the Canadien Coureurs dc bar's
and Acadian rangers, were the trim uniforms
and plumed chapeaux of men who carried
commissions in the regiments of Picardy and
Languedoc, and stood high in favor of the
Court of France.
But at a signal all was silent as the
French commandant stepped upon the
quarter rail and, raising his chapeau, called
upon the colonial cruiser to surrender. Only
Captain Donahew and one or two of his
crew were in sight. although his ports were
open, his cannon and swivels pointed, and
forty or fifty determined men grasping
musket and lint-stock lay crouching between
the, guns and awaiting the orders of their
captain.
“Surrender, mon brace Monsieur Donahew,"
said the French leader, as his sloops forged
slowly into line and took in their heavy
sweeps, and the canoes, keeping out of range,
moved to enclose the dutnumbered colonists,
“Remix nous and you sal have 20 ban quar-
ti'er. Get ready your fasts and I sal tow you
in myself.
The captain's answer, unfortunately for us,
has not been handed down in detail, but it
contained a general reflection on the courage
of the French nation and an invitation to
row up nearer, which elicited a volley of
sacm and French oaths and a scattering
broadside from their vessels.
The next instant the colonial cruiser was
enveloped in a heavy cloud of smoke from
which shot fierce flashes and a roar of guns
and rattle of small arms, and that fierce
deep-toned hurrah, which the Anglo-Saxon
W383 310110. deep-chested, strong and deter-
mined, have chosen as their slogan of defi-
ance and cry of victory.
The canoes glided up like speetres through
the sulphurous smoke, and the toiling French
fell-at their sweeps as they strove in vain to
board, for the fire of the Resolution never
slackened, and her small guns were handled
by her stalwart crew so deftly that they
grew hot, leaping from the deck at each
rebound and even ringing out more angrily
as the fight grew closer and more perilous.
The swivels, blunderbusses and musketrv
kept up their fire on the light canoes of the
savages, and many a noted warrior sank back
on his couch of fir twigs, wounded to the
death, or, with his shattered guetan, sank
down into the still water, weighted down
with rifle and heavy cease fete.
An hour went by, and still the fight went
on; a second passed, and no breath of wind
came to lift the stifling cannon smoke or fill
the tattered sails which hung idly overhead,
but whenever vessel or canoe came within
range of the Resolution's armament, its
occupants succumbed or withdrew from that
living volcano of wounds and death.
The carven ornaments of the quarter gal-
leries were splintered into kindling wood,
the round house and master’s cabin riddled
and shattered. and the lofty stern so injured
by the raking fire to which it had been
subjected that it had little of serviceable
framing above the water’s edge, yet, never-
theless, the crew had suffered but little by
the fire of the French guns and the dcsultory
fire of the canoes had been too distant to
effect serious damage.
Yet the situation was still desperate and
uncertain, and Captain Donahew, as he
cheered on his men, feared the worst, for his
brother, the mate, brought word that the
ammunition was running low and that
greatly the heavier guns were out of round
0!.
“We have given them an hundred rounds
of shot, and we have been firing naught but
partridge (grape) for the last half a-glass or
more," said that worthy sorrowfully. “What
say you, brother! Shall we out sweeps and
live or die boarding those French dogs ?"
The smoke lay thickly around them like a
pull, through which, only now and then,
they caught a glimpse of the enemies boats ;
but as the captain looked around him, he saw
on the larboard gsngway one Cotton Brad-
shaw, a noted marksman, who was leading
and firing one of those long-barreled Spanish
smooth bores, which, in that day, were
noted among the colonists as possessing
great accuracy with shot or bullet, at ranges
almost equal to that of an ordinary rifle.
“How goes the fight Bradshaw “f" cried
the captain, as, for an instant, the sharp
cannonading lulled and the rising smoke
lifted until a few rods of the surrounding sea
became visible.
“We’ve kept those skulking Iroquois at a
distance, an' if it were not for the smoke,
which hangs so heavily, old Bess would have
left few alive that came within half a score
of rods. But this blasted smoke— By
heavens, the wind is coming from the
south’ard and there's the sloops coming
with it." -
Ashe spoke, the first breath of the cool
breeze fanned the fierce and grimny faces of
the crew,and showed them the canoes to wind-
ward paddling hastily shoreward to rejoin
their friends to leeward. Only one was
within range, a large war canoe, new and
bright, belted and starred with gaily dyed
quills of the porcupine, and carrying besides
the four who drove their paddles frantically
into the water, a fifth in the stern who wore
on his breast the silver medal of achicf,jwho,
as he saw that they were out of rifle range,
raised his long French musquct to fire a last
shot. The ball struck the water a few paces
from the sloop and was buried in the planks
a feet below the rail, whereon Bardshaw was
standing.
Without a word, the veteran raised his
long gun, and, as the breech struck his ex-
tended left hand, the report rang out, and the
Iroquois, uttering his war cry, clapped his
hand to his breast and sank back senseless in
his place.
“A good shot and a long one,” said the
younger Donahew, “but useless, neverthe-
less ;" and as he spoke he liftedalong swivel
from the cabin's top, and, shipping its
pinion into a socket on the rail, caught a
match from the nearest cannoneer and
freshened the priming from his pistol-flask.
The startled savages gave a simultaneous
yell, and crouched lower, paddling frantically
to get out of range, but in vain. Quickly,
but surely, the sight was taken, the heavy
breech adjusted to its elevation, and the ball,
striking the canoe, left its occupants to
struggle in vain for life with the ebbing
tide. .
Meanwhile the dispersing‘vapors] revealed
the enemy in full retreat and putting his
vessel before the wind, Donahew pursued,
firing with cannon, swivel andjmusket, until
a slight shock told that the sloop had ground-
ed, and the enemy returned to the Nova
Scotian shore completely demoralized and
disappointed in their hope of crossing to the-
relief of Louisbourg. ‘
Henceforth the sloops kept well together
for some days without farther trouble from
the French or their savage allies; but they
knew the latter but too well to doubt that
while the beautiful summer lasted they
would lurk around the straits to avenge the
death of their companions.
But, on the 8th of July, when Louisbourgh
had fallen and all men’s hearts were glad, an
armed sloop, whose upper works still showed
the marks of desperate conflict, came in
among the gayly- decked men of war and the
transports, whose cabins were scenes of loyal
rejoicing and mad exultation, with her flag
at half mast. and her stalwart crew strangely
despondent and reduced in number.
She anchored, but the officer in charge
of the shipping saw that she had no heat,
and, ordering his own, boardered her to in-
quire into her needs and misfortunes. The
sad story was briefly told.
On the 4th of July, the Resolution being
temporarily out of sight of the other ves-
sels and a little up the strait, the wind
went down until the vessel was motionless,
it being nearly high water. The men one
by one laid down under deck or in the
shade of the drooping sails and even the
watch on deck was drowsy and silent, when
suddenly the look-out called from the mast-
head, and, although he spoke in low tones,
the few words he uttered called every man
above and below on deck :-
“Indians in sight?"
The officers seized their glasses and re—
connoitered them carefully. for indeed there
was no need of aid to see the savages, whose
little flotilla of three canoes had called the
attention of the look-out. , There were two
warriors in each, and, without looking
to the right or left, they paddled silently
along the shore on the other side of a low
point. of land, as if about to land in a wood—
ed cove a mile or more beyone them. The
next moment they were out of sight, but
the sloop’s boat was already in the water on
the seaward side, and a score of men armed
and ready to land in her. The brothers
David and John Donahew, came up from
the cabin, armed with fusil, pistols and cut—
lass, but at the break of the quarter-deck
paused while the captain rapidly called
out the names of those he wished to accom-
pany him. The mate, gunner, steward, with
seven others, stepped into the boat, among
them a mere boy and John Bradshaw,
the brother of Cotton, who stood leaning
on his long ducking gun close to the
group.
“Come, Cotton, there’s always room for
you,” said Donahew, kindly; but Brad-
shaw, usually a favorite for his readiness
for service, seemed strangely troubled, as he
answered—-
I’ll go, Captain, but let John stay aboard,
or, better still, keep aboard yourself and
don’t fall into an Indian ambush with your
eyes wide open. I've seen too many of
their deviltries, cap’n, not to know there is
more Hurons outlying around us than the
six innocents that are paddling so quietly
around yonder shore."
But the captain seemed that day to have
lost his usual prudence, and even the men
in the boat answered carelessly and even
coutemptously, and, pushing off, pulled with
all their might into 1) parallel coVe so as to
land at a point where climbing the inter.
vening ridge they could steal upon the
Indians unobserved.
“For God’s sake, let us get out the sweeps
and follows them," cried Bradshaw; but the
ofiicer in charge, although uneasy at heart,
he had strict orders not to stir least the
moving spars should warn the Indians of
their danger.
The crew gathered at the sides and watch.
ed the boat as she drew near the shore, and
pausing for a few moments out of musket
range to. reconuoitre, was swept with a
score of nervous and powerful strokes up to
the moss-covered rocks crowned with som-
bre firs, beside which the sleep herself might
have lain safely in deep water. The how
was drawn on a sloping tongue of rock,
and the boy left in charge, and the party
with their muskets and rifles ready for in.
stant use, moved quickly and silently up the
bank.
The crew of the schooner listened with
bated breath for the report of their weap-
ons, while the ofilcer in charge, tied by his
orders, yet restive under a sense of impend-
ing disaster, paced back and forth on the
quarter-deck like a caged wolf.
' mountains.
‘ “Clear the guns and get out the sweeps,”
at last he shouted.
“Godsend it be not to late !” said Brad-
shaw. '
Even as he spoke, an‘ ominous cloud of
smoke rose above the crest of the ridge,
and-the next moment the crash of anhun-
dred muskets broke the stillness. Bradshaw
groaned and hid his face in his hands, then
dashed the tears from his eyes, and, seizing a
sweep, gave his whole strength to aid the
frantic crew as they strove to bring the sleep
within range of the shore.
Meanwhile the landing] party on reaching
the crest had received a volly which luckily
killed but one or two, and Capt. Donahew
telling his men to be of good courage, "return-
ed the fire, killed one of the enemy, but was
badly wounded, as were over half his men,
by the return volley.
They retreated to the boat, but were sur-
rounded on all sides so closely that only
pistols, cutlasses and hatchets could be used
and the guns of the sloop, had she been
within range, would have been as fatal to
their friends as to the savages. On the
steep rocks and the fiinty plateau below
for a few moments the terrible melee went
on, with the flash of cutlass and hatchet,
the reports of pistols,aud occasional hurrahs,
which rapidly grew less resolute, and at last
were lost in the shrill war-cries of the vic-
torious Hurons and Abenaquis, and then
only a horde of red-skinned demons, wreck-
ing their senseless wrath on shattered boat
and mangled bodies greeted the eyes of the
horror stricken crew of the Resolution.
Cotton Bradshaw looked at his useless
piece for even she could neither save or
avenge the death of his brother thus slain
and mangled before his eyes, and, revers-
ing the piece, he raised her to smash breech
and barrelacross the useless cannon, for
he was well nigh frantic with grief and
rage. ,
“Let be, man,” said‘thc only remaining
officer, as he laid a friendly clasp on the
hunter's arm; “the good piece could not
save, but she may yet avenge.” And
mechanically looked to lock and priming
and, bursting into a passion of grief went
below.
Some weeks later the garrison at Annap
olis received within their league one Pickett,
th steward, released from his captivity by
friendly Frenchmen of the Neutrals of
Mines. He reported the death of the Dona-
hews, Bradshaw and two others, and that
the others were taken to Canada to bear the
torments of the stake, or to awaits ransom,
as might suit their captors.
Donahew had killed and wounded sever-
al he beforcfisuccumbed, and his enemies, to
avenge the injuries he had inflicted, and “to
make their hearts strong," had cut open
his body, and drinking his blood, had set—
ually eaten the heart and other parts of the
body of this brave but imprudent man,
evidently thinking that by so doing they
should receive some endowment of the
splendid courage wihch they had so strongly
put to the proof.
Such was the 'end of a man of whom his-
tory has said nothing, and whose varied
achievements and “untimely taking off” are
only recorded in the spare news columns of
the Colonial papers of his day, but he was
only one of many who did the good com-
monwealth staunch services as the captain
of a Colonial privateer.
OUR SiLvan MOUN'nixs.—One of those
mountain ranges, looking west to the snow.
capped Sierras, with their zones of black
pines, and gazing at the glistening deserts
on the east split and torn with deep canons,
pitted with the races of volcanic disease,
alike valueless to border or farmer, has
become famous the world over, and has
made the nation rich. Other ranges, still
to the east, have won, a lesser fame and
smaller wealth. Here in this waste and
stricken land, and among these mountains,
are cities, active populations, and vast
works; nature gone mad in stony despair
that woods and fields and smiling meadows
are not; civilization living in spite of nature,
and wholly given up day and night to a
more insane toil, knowing no Sabbath, no
rest, no night. The exhaust steam from
hundreds of engines waves its white banner
in sunlight and starlight alike; the respi-
ration of a giant by day, the fluttering
ghost of toil by night. These cities, with
every appliances of modern science—with
hotels, theatres, water-works, schools, gas
mains, and every luxury—have not sprung
up here because of the beauty or con-
venience of the situation. There is no
river, no sea, to bring commerce and the
arts; no springs of health, nor even farms.
These towns live and grow on the most il-
lusive and unstable of foundations. They
were built on a hope, and live of expecta-
tions. Their hopes have been realized in a
measure past dreaming or expression. Their
expectations may collapse in anight. The
very foundation beneath the houses is shifty
and unstable. The gas mains in the streets
bend and snap underground, for the very
mountains groan and travail because of the
greed of men. Some ddy the town will
sink into the grave that lies so deep beneath
its streets, or the people will flee away
to more reasonable lauds, leaving hotels,
halls, and dwellings empty in the wilder-
ness.
All this—these cities, this science and
enginery, the gigantic capital spent in con-
structions in more regular, more complicated
and more effective than any machinery of
a like nature in the world —has but one
excuse: the mental hid in the heart of the
These men live out their works
and days for a metal at once the most uni-
versal, the most singular in its manifesta-
tion, and the most useful. These great
engines and vaIt works are for the winning
of a metal that swims in every gallon of
sea water; that may hang invisible and
dissolved in a glass of acid; that becomes
black at the merest glance of the sun; that
Is now black, new white, now a mirror, and
then a picture—a fit charm to wind about
less stable charms, and then wedded to base
metals in mineral duties.
Every where silver is found associated
with the most common things—iron, copper,
sulphus, antimony, and lead. It ‘is scat-
tered widely over the world, and is mined
in Saxony, Bohemia, in Hungary, and Tran-
sylvania, at Konsburg in Norway, in Spain
in Mexico, along the Cordilleras in South
America, and in parts of this country, nota-
bly in Nevada, California, Utah, Montana,
and Colorado—Cumulus BARNARD in Har-
per's for December. '
Auou'r CANARY Bums—Place the cage
so that no draught of air can strike the bird.
Give nothing to healthy birds but rape and
canary seed, water, cuttlefish bone, and
gravel-paper or sand on floor of the cage.
No hemp seed. A hath three times a week.
The room should not be overheated—never
above seventy degrees. When moulting
(shedding feathers) keep warm, avoid all
droughts of air. Give plenty of German
rape seed; a little hard boiled egg, mixed
with crackers grated fine, is excellent.
Feed at a certain hour in the morning. By
observiu these simple rules birds maybe
kept in no condition for years. For birds
that am sick or has lost heir song procure bird
tonic at abird store. Very many keep birds
who mean to give their pets all things to
make them bright and happy, and at the
same time are guilty of great cruelty In
regard to perches. The rchcs in acage
should be each one of a ifierent size, and
the smallest as large as a pipe stein. _
perches are of the right sort no trouble is
ever had about the bird’s toe-nails growrng
too long; and of all things keep the perches
clean.—Fancier.
From The N. Y. Tribune.
Frauds in South Carolina.
Wasniuerox, Nov. 10-Every mail brings
additional reports of open and systematic
frauds and acts of violence committed by the
Democrats of South Carolina at the election
of last Tuesday. The following letter from
ex-Congressman Mackey, the Republican
candidate for election in the Charleston Dis-
trict, will be found interesting:
Cnanaasrox, S. 0., Nov. 7, 1878.
“MY DEAR Sm: Yours of the 5th inst.
received. As you anticipated, the Demo-
crats have counted me out. That I received
a majority of at least 5,000 there is no doubt ;
yet O’Connor is given by the election officers
a majority of 7,000, and perhaps it will be
more. How it has been done Ishall tell you,
and Ihope you will publish the facts in every
paper you can.
“In the first place, in the appointment of
managers of elections, the Democratic Com-
missioners of Elections in the several coun—
ties ia this district absolutely refused to
appoint a single Republican manager
throughout the district, so that we were
compelled to vote without a single election
oflicer to represent as in the entire district.
It is true we had a United States Supervisor
appointed at each poll ; and though the
Democratic managers at most of the polls
admitted them into the polling places, yet
they threw every obstacle they could in their
way, and in no instance would they allow
them to exercise any authority save to stand
by and witness‘ the voting. In some in-
stances the authority "of the supervisors was
entirely ignored. In one case the managers
ordered the supervisor out of the polling place,
and upon his refusing to go they ordered the
State constables to eject him, which they
did. This was at the Mt. Pleasant poll in
this county. At the Palmetto engine house
in Ward Three of this city, the supervisor
was severely beaten by the Democratic voters
and driven away from the polls. The
authority of the United States Marshals was
treated with utter contempt, and to save
themselves from arrest by the city and State ~
authorities they were compelled to refrain
from cxcrcis ing any authority.
“In this city the Democratic managers of
elections arbitrarily refused to at least 2,000
colored voters the right to vote. Unless a
colored man was known to one of the
managers of election he was refused the
right to vote unless he could bring witnesses
to prove where he resided. Many were
turned off under the pretext that they were
not twenty-one years of age, or rather that
the managers were doubtful of it. '
At the last session of the Legislature, the
two voting precincts in St. Andrew’s Parish
were abolished, and the 900 colored voters of
that section of the county left without a poll-
ing place. The parish is only separated
from the city by the Ashley River, and used
to be connected with Charleston by a bridge,
which you will probably recollect was burned
at the evacuation of the city by the rebels.
The people crossed over to the City of
Charleston for the purpose of voting, but the
Democratic managers would not receive their
votes, though the City of Charleston was the
only place where they could vote. The leg'
islature also abolished all the voting places
on the State road between Charleston and
Summerville, and yet when the people came
to Charleston to vote the- Democratic mana-
gers denied them the privilege, telling them
to go and vote where they lived, although
they knew full well that there was no polling
place where they resided.
Notwithstanding all these outrages, the Re-
publicans carried this county by at least 4,000
majority, but to their utter surprise, when
the ballot—boxes were opened at the various
polls, the boxes were found to contain in
most cases several hundred more ballots than
there were names on the poll list. Out of
the 22 polls in this county, at 20 of them the
ballots were largely in excess of the names
on the poll list. Every ballot-box was stuffed
with tickets of the kind I enclose. [The
ticket is of tissue paper with the names
printed upon it. ‘For Governor, Wade
Hampton,’ etc.] These tickets were not cir-
culated during the election, but had been
printed by the Democratic Executive Com-
mittee and distributed amongst the managers
only. The regular Democratic ticket as well
as the Republican ticket, was five times as
large. In most instances, especially where
very few democratic votes were cast, the
managers, after counting the ballots and
ascertaining the excess, returned them to the
ballot-box, but were careful to leave them
unfolded, and proceeded to draw out the
number of ballots in excess. They were
careful, however, to draw out none of these
small tickets, but in every instance the large
Republican ballots were drawn out and de-
strayed.
At the Mt. Pleasant poll 482 Republican
ballots were thus drawn out and destroyed,
and this poll, where the Republicans had
voted five to one against the Democrats, was
made to give a Democratic majority of 326.
The most outrageous cases of ballot-box
stalling occurred at the two polls in Ward
Three of this city. At the poll known as the
Palmetto Engine House,one of the managers,
W. L. Daggett, the foreman of The News
and 0mm job printing oflice, stuffed 2,500
of these little tickets in the box after the
poll was closed. The managers, finding that
there were 3,569 ballots in the box, declined
to throw out any, but couiited them all and-
returncd the vote of that poll as 461 for
Mackey and 3,108 for O’Connor. At the
other poll in this ward the same act was per-
formed, and the managers returned 121 for
Mackey and 1,866 for O‘Connor, so that one
ward out of the eight in the city was made to
give a majority of 4,292 votes for O’Connor.
The utter impossibility of voting 3,569 per-
sons at one poll in the space of twelve hours
need hardly be argued. As the managers
swore each voter separately, and in many
cases consumed three or four minutes ques-
tioning some voters, it is safe to say that the
average time consumed in voting each man
was one minute, which would allow 720
votes to be polled, provided there was a con-
tinuous stream of voters during the twelve
hours the polls were opened. Yet at this
poll the managers make a return under oath
that 3,569 persons voted in the space of
twelve hours. By this method Charleston
City is made to give O’Connor a majority of
6,627, or a majority larger than the entire
Democratic vote of the city.
“Throughout this country and the entire
district the boxes were stuffed in the same
way, not only in Charlestown, but in Clacnr-
don. Not satisfied with stuffing the ballot-box
the Democratis, finding it impossible to stuff
he ballot-box at the Washington Engine
House, in Ward Six, becauseof the vigilance
of the United States Supervisor, put out the
lights and stole the box and destroyed it
because I had a majority of about 500 there.
On Edisto Island, where 1,000 Republican
voters reside, and where the Democrats
have only about 45 or 50 votes, the Demo-
cratic Commissioners failed to open the polls,
thus actually disfranchising these votes.
“It is useless writing any more of these
disgusting details. ; I see no remedy for the
wrongs we are compelled to submit to. The
publication of them I am afraid will do
little good; but still publish them for and
wide, so the world may know to what crimes
the respectable Democrats of South Caro-
lina will descend. The inmates of the South
Carolina Penitentiary would not be guilty
of the acts committed on Tuesday by the
Democrats of this State.
Yours Truly, -
E. W. M. Maoxar.
The New Democratic Scapegoat.
Here is an altogether frightful state of
things. If current rumor can be trusted,
there is “hard feeling" among Democrats
toward that eminent statesman; Senator
Wm. H. Barnum, the Chairman of the Dem-
ocratic National Committee. This isa time,
to be sure, when almost every prominent
Democrat in the country is under suspicion.
Mr. Tilden is distrusted. His noble and
devoted young kinsmau, Mr. Pelton, is not
soimplicitly confided in asformerly. Mr.
Smith Weed’s purity is not by any means
uncloudcd, and Mr. Marble is—well, Mr.
Marble is missing. Everybody at the West
that was great and powerful, and rocking
with probabilities of being nominated by
the Democrats for the Presidency a few
months ago, has subsided, or been knocked
down, or hauled off for repairs. The mor-
tality among Democratic statesmen has been
unprecedented. All who have not brought
themselves under suspicion of crookcdness
of some sort during the past six months
can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
But we did hope the Chairman of the Na-
tional Committee, the Connecticut Senator,
would escape. He was always so devoted
to his country, so willing to serve his State
by drawing the back pay.._of a United States
Senator for repeated and prolonged absence
and so charitable on the eve of elections,
that we had begun‘ to think the tongue of
dctraction could never wag against him.
But they say, if reports are true, that he
has been more anxious for his own success
than that of the grand old party he fugled
for; more zealous to carry Connecticut than
to help struggling Democratic candidates in
other States; more lavish with the funds
of the committee than with his own private
fortune in bringing the aged and infirm voter
to the polls in the close towns in Connecti-
cut;—in short, more solicitous for Number.
One than was consistent or seemingly in
the Chairman of the National Committee
and the disbursing agent of the party. It
is painful to have this eminent man so sus-
pected. With the whole field strewn with
wrecks of the characters and reputations of
statesmen who had howled themselves red
in the face for Reform, it did seem as
though at least one leader ought to be saved.
And Mr. Barnum was supposed to be rea-
sonably safe. He could not be tripped up
on his speeches, for he had never made guy.
He could not be caught contradicting him-
self in the expression of his views, for
he never expressed any views. He could
not be charged with disgracing his seat
in the Senate, for he never sat in it long
enough. Nor could be properly be called a
demagogue, for be fooled nobody with
promises. He bought what he wanted and
paid cash for it. More than this, it is
generally believed that when he entered
politics twelve years ago, he paid out money
out of his own pocket. 7
And now they say—the poor fellows who
have been running for Congress on the
Democratic ticket in various Northern States
—that be neglected their interests and the
general interests of the party to take care
of his own, and they intimate that be de4
voted the funds to his own election which
should have been used to secure the return
to Congress of such a man as the _ gifted
Willis and acrobatic Beebe. It looks very
much like an attempt to make a scapegoat
for the whole party. We protest against
it. Mr. Barnum is suffering already the
pangs of disappointment and defeat.‘ It
is cruel to add to those the charges that he
neglected the general interests of the party
and used the funds of the committee to
promote his own election. After all that
he has done for the past twelve years,
such treatment shows the basest ingratitude.
We are so confident that the charges against
him are groundless, that we have no hesi-
tation in calling upon him to refute them
at once.by the publication of a full state-
ment of all his receipts for the committee
and his disbursements for election purposes
in Connecticut, and we offer him the columns
of the Tribune for their publication. We
will not sit quietly by and see the good man
so brutally slandercd. We call upon Senator
Barnum for the Roma—Tribune.
Bottled llIilk.
In the “Home and Society" department
of Scribner for July, Joel Benson describes
a new experiment‘of a dairyman as follows:
These glass bottles, which are sent from
“Sweetclovcr farm,” in Sharon, Conn., and
from nowhere else in the world, are made
of beautiful clear glass, and though of
daintier larger properticns, resemble some-
what in shape the larger champaigne bottles.
They are supplied with a wired rubber cork,
similar to that which is used for sarsaparilla
and beer bottles, and on the side of the
flange of the wire, which is to be raised
before the cork can be opened, a paper label
is pasted overlapping} the wife at the neck,
whereon is printed the day and date On
which the bottle was filled. On the base
of the bottle is a general label giving the
advertisement of the farm on which the
method originated and a little piece of in-
formation of which we shall presently speak.
When twenty of these bottles are filled,
they are put into a box just large enough to
hold them, separated from each other by a
rack partition.
It is easy to see that milk put tip in this
way says to the purchaser at once, and un-
mistakably: “I am the genuine article.”
For, it would be utterly impractable to try
to tamper with it. The label, which cannot
be broken without detection, gives to the
buyer the direct history of the contents of
every bottle; and when he draws the cork
he knows the grass his milk was secreted
from was cropped the day before on the
slopes of lovely pastures iu Litchfield coun-
ty, Conn. There is no fear of chalk, or
chemicals, or of water. It is the same fluid
you find in the pail as it comes from the
country barn. -
A Scandinavian missionary of the Amer-
ican Sunday School Union in Nebraska
writes: “Ihave recently held two Sunday
school conventions in counties where Sun-
day schools were at, a low ebb, and, have
never been at high-tide. To most people
a Sunday school convention was a new
thing; and many came to see, who returned
to their homes and schools wonderfully
stimulated for their Sunday school work:
The demand for Sunday school missionary
labor here is daily: increasing. In this
sparsely settled new country it is hardly
practicable to sustain Siiuday schools during
the Winter. About seven-tenths of them
like frogs and snakes, become dormant
and lie apparently dead; but when the
warm rays of the Spring sun shine, most
of them come to life—some never, unless
they are roused by a Sunday school mission-
ary."—0hrt'sft'au Unum.
m
The following is an extract from a speech
made by a democratic lawyer of Charleston,
S. C., to a colored audience: “Each of you
represent $900. You would have brought
that in 1860. You were freed without your
consent, and now if you Will vote the demo—
cratic ticket we will inake.the Yankees pay
for you, and then we Will give you half of
the money. There stands old Uncle Jim.
He has a wife and eight children for which
the north will have. to pay me $9,000, one
half of which will give him and the balance
I will keep. cn he_w111 not be dependent
upon charities. This. my dear colored
friends, is a practical solution of the ‘forty
acres and a mule' question, and you will
some day be lifted from your poverty by
your old masters: Only vote the democratic
ticket, and we Will soon be independent of
the coutemptiblc Yankees.”
N ORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 9, 1878.
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Room No. 4, [up stalrs,l
GAZETTE BUILDING.
ALEX, S . GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church .
Teacher of .
Plano-Forte, Organ and Musical
Composition.
Box 379 P. 0., NORWALK. CONN.
EDWARD T. PRITCHARD,
(Late with A. C. Bell a 00., New York,)
Fashionable Tailor & Draper.
Dress Suits, $25 to 335. Business
Suits $18 to $25.
Corner Wall and Water Sts.,Norwalk, Conn. 24
G. S. GOMSTOIIK, M. D.
Homoeopathic Physician.
‘Office and Residence, Cor. MAIN STREET and
UNION AVENUE. omce liours 7 to 9 a. m., 12
to I, and 5 to 7. Slate at Glover’s Grocery Store
All orders will be promptly attended. llm20
CHARLES W. MANY,
Surgeon Dentist,
nonwanx, CONN.
Office corner othain and Wall Streets. N itrous-
Oxide Gas administered .
0'. B. COOLIDGE,
DENTIST.
Successor to
Dr. Asa. Hill,
F Gas administered for extracting teeth with-
out paiu .
The Norwalk Fire Insurance 00.,
Has now completed its
18th Successful Business Year,
'And has not outstanding a Dollar of unpaid losses
or of claims for losses.
III SIIUIII GOMPAIY IISIIIIES AT MINER BATES.
WM. C.s'ra1-:E'r, Pres., s. E. OLMSTEAD, Treas.,
GEO. R. COWLEs,Scc’y.
“AISLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper and Tailcr‘
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHING LMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk. Conn.
ED‘VAIID P - WEED,
D R U G- G- I S '1'
Wall Street,opposife Norwalk Opera House,
Alargc and well selected stock of
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
Perfumer .l’ateut Medicines, all kinds Mineral
Waters. Olletflnd Medicated Soaps. Flavoring
and HandkerchiefExtracss, HairBrushes,Combs,
Sponges,Chamoszkiiis, Stationery, Cigars, &c..
and is constantly addmgto his stock all the new
andpopularmcdicines ol'the dav.
'I‘NA INSURANCE Co. oflIARTFORD.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
Capital and Assets, $6,716,893.77
Insuresagainstloss and damage by Fire,on terms
adoptedto thehazardundeonsistentwith thelaws
ofcompcnsation. COWLES & MERRILL,
Sole Agentsfor N orwnlk and vicinity.
stones II. mucus,
Furnishing Undertaker,
No. 53 MAIN STREET,(Up Stairs.)
BNS.BLASCER,
At his store in
MALLORY'S BLOCK,
hasconstantlyon hand,a general assortmento
Groceries, crockery, Glass,
Tin and Wooden Ware, Etc.
By devotinghis constantpcrsonal attentionto the
business he hopesto merit public patronage
,Dr. C. H. Kendall & Son,
DENTISTS.
Are now prepar-
ed to r c c e l v e
their patrons at
either Norwalk
Bridge or South
N orwnlk. The
' senior partner
has taken rooms
0 v e r Selleck‘e
Bookstore, Nor-
walk, while the
junio r retains
Teeth extracted without pain. and all dental ope~
rations performed at either office.
0. H. KENDALL, M.D.,
_ G. s. KENDALL, D. D. S.
P.S. Dr. C. H.1{cndall wrlltlevote Mondays to
Ridgefield.
w. s. ouiiaraan,
General Furnsluni Undertaker,
OPPOSITE HORSE R. R.DEPOT
FOi-dersattended to day or night. flesidcnc
Main Street,3 doors from Union Avenue.
NOW FOR YOUR WATER PIPES.
.Wm. Glover & Son,
Areready to putin yourWATEKSTEAM or GAS
PIPE, at very short notice and at as low a. rate as
an one. \VROUGIIT AND CAST IRON, TIN—
Ll ED, LEAD PIPES, die" of every size and de-
scription . PLUMBING in all itsbranchcs.
W. at D. MITCHELL,
,on
Mutton
gprices. Union
Model) Market
the Bridge.
and Pork,
at fair lviin
has always the best of
(formerly
At the ever popular
UNION DIARKET,
Beef, Veal,
Black Enameled Gaul Board,
Carmine and Blue IIII Fancy Work
a. H. svmcrou & co.
the old office, Lauder’s Block, South Norwalk.
J. M. POTTER,
DEALER IN
Pianos, Organs,
Melodcons, Sheet Music, &c.,
WALL STREET NORWALK, CONN.
NEXT DOOR to SAVINGS BANK.
I keep a large stock of instruments on hand,
and sell them on Monthly Instalments. Every-
body can have a Piano or Organ.
sons: AGENT F01} TIIE CELEBRATED
WEBER‘S, STANLEY & SON S, GROV-
ESTEEN & FULLER’S, HAINES
BROTHERS, VASE ti: SON’S,
PIANOS,
and will furnish at short notice. Call and
see them.
OLD INSTRUMENTS
Taken in Exchange for New. '
Tun/ing db Repair/ing
Done at short notice.
The Weber Piano;
A few extracts from the great number re.
ceived by the most eminent musicians in the
United. States may not be inappropriate:
' I have never seen a Piano which equals the
Weber Piauoforte. Geo. F. Bristow
The Weber Piano occupies justly the first
ran]: amongst the Best Pianos. J. N. Pattison
The Weber Pianos cannot possibly be sur-
passed. S. B. Mills.
I used the Weber Grand Piano because I
consider it the best in the world.
Harry Sanderson.
The Weber Piano possesses everything that
can he wished for-in a Piano. 0. W. Morgan.
The Weber Piano ranks foremost amongst
the best manufactured. William Mason.
The Weber Pianos stand first amongst the
splendid Pianos produced in this Country.
Clara N. Brinkerbofi
A ten years’ experience satisfies me that
the Weber Pianos are unapproachable.
John Zundel.
I would call especial attention to
THE ESTY COTTAGE ORGAN
Beautifully finished in black walnut and rose:
wood, combining more perfections than any‘
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GOLD MEDALS AND
FIRST rnnmuus, at Fairs and Exhibitions
throughout the United States. They are en-
dorsed by the highest musical authorities.
Certainly the best I ever heard.
Geo. W. Morgan.
can be bestowed on any instrument.—~G’eo. B.
Seymour, Musical Critic, N. Y. Times. '
They are the best reed instruments we have
first with—C. it J. II. Odell, Organ Builders
~ It is the ne plus ultra of reed insIruments.
—-Prof. E. L. Baker.
It contains sweetness and power in an un-
usual degree.—Reo. Bishop Simpson, M. 117.
Church. 7 _ . ,d
'Lnnguago fails in adequacy to convey a
fair idea of the perfect enchanting power of
this instrument—Independent.
Vastly superior to anything of the kind I
have ever played upom— Wm. A. King-
The Esty Organs are without a superior.—
G’eo. Jardt’ne, Organ Builder, N. Y.
No tremulo has yet been invented that will
in any way compare with this for beauty ‘of
effect.— Wm. A. Johnson, Organ Builder.
It is not merely the best, but it is the only
mechanical reproduction of the human voice
which has ever satisfied me.—-Reo. H. Riggs,
President of Northern New Y orlc Musical
Association.
J. M. POTTER, Norwalk.
Peter Guigue’s
BEAUTIFUL BOUGUETS
for sale by;
H. M. .e 0. s. Prowtit.
Superior: Shoeingl
Sore-Footed, Interfering, and Il-
Conditioned Horses
Perfectly Shbd l
T is notorious that more than half of the ruined
. and desirable horses are rendered so by the
i norance or carelessness of smiths in shoeing.
he subscriber makes a specialty of
HORSE SHOEING
and will guarantee to give satisfaction to all who
may entrust him _Wllll their work, whether the
animals’ boots are in a sound or unsound condi-
tion. Shop near Horse Railway Depot, Norwalk.
281;! CHARLES E. MILLER.
Notice
_»' IS hereby given to the people of
~ ‘. Norwalkiand vicinity that "one
shoeing will be done in first class
style by WM.McCORMACK. None
but band made Shoes used, Work done on most
reasonable terms, and particular attention paidto
Interlerin and Over-reaching Horses at the old
stand of t M. AHERN,Main Street, Norwalk.
Look and See
“IHERE you can. get your work done.
thing in the line of
BLACKSMITHING
at short notice and as reasonable as any where in
town. Horse and 0x Shoeing a specialty. Wheel
wrighting and Painting done by an experienced
workman. At the Old stand of Goo. Llo 'd.
16 GEO. W. I NAPP.
Any
H. III. III}. S. Will’s Pharmacy
Corner Main and Wall Sts.,
Can be obtained
Drugs, all of the Popular Patent Medicine
zFaucy Goods; Perfumes; Flavorin Ex-
tracts; Pure Cream Tartar; Soc of;
Jamaica Ginger; Cloves; Al-
spice; Nutmegf); Toilet
Soaps; Hair repara—
tions ; Carriage,
Bath and Slate
Sponges.
Remval !
C. W. BURRITT
Ilas removed'to
Allen &. Price’s Building, foot of
. Mill Hill,
opposite his old standiwggre he is frilly prepared
0 .
PLUMBING is All us smears.
Special attention given to
Tin Roofing, TM and Sheet Iron Work and
Jobbing. Gas Fixtures of all kinds kept
on hand.
Norwalk, J due, 1878.
New Firm at the Old Stand
Messrs MULLIN GS BROTHERS
onld respectfully inform the publie,that they
have taken the business lately conducted
by MULLINGS .It'l‘ILLY, and with the old ex-
perienced Workincn, hitherto employed by the
late firm, are prepared to manufacture all kinds of
CARRIAGES &. WAGONS
:ro ORDER .7
Repairing in all its Branches.
MACHINE FORGING. DISCOUNT
ALLOWED FOR CASH.
C. A. MULLINGS, . J. S. MULLINCS.
Smith Norwalk, April 15, 1878.
Hot Air Furnaces
WROUGIITIron and Cast Iron Portable and
Brick Set. The best in America. Manufac-
tured and sold cheap and put up when desired,
at the Norwalk Found‘
other in the world. Has taken more than ONE .
It is vocal, which is the highest praise that 1
REAL ESTATE.
Wm
To Rent.
11E late residence of the subscriber on Elm
Street. It has hot and cold water through-
out, standing wash tubs, complete bath room,
furnace, See. Also a. barn for two horses.
EBENEZER HILL.
tflG South N orwalk.
l'\
\IVV\IW\/
0 RENT.—lIousc on Spring Hill 9_ rooms,
a lendid location rent cheap. .n uire of
alt. LOCKWOOD, or s. E. onus nan.
SEVERAL apartments to let near the Bridge.
Enquire of S. E. OLMSTEAD. 3H5
To Let.
HOUSE containing 7 rooms and a kitchen,
situated near the Post Office, West Norwalk.
dent 4 dollars per month. Enquire ofJ. M. LAY-
TON. Svouth N orwalk, or of MISS F.A.SELLECK.
West horwalk. 45
For Sale or Exchange.
FOR property in Norwalk or qieinity. 2 houses
in Brooklyn, E. D., Within 5 minutes walk of
4 ferries. Goodlocution. For particulars apply
to J. S. RANDALL,
~15 Box 63, N orwalk.
Farm for Sale.
small Farm of 52 acres for sale on very casy
terms, situated about 2 miles from New Cu-
naan and 3 from Norwalk,known as the “ Good’s
Place.” Barn and sheds nearly nciv, The farm
is divided into meadow, plow and woodland.
2 good wells of water. Orchard. &c. For further
particulars inquire of J OSlAlI KELLOGG near
the premises, or at 161' Broadway.
N. B.—If not previouslydisposcd of, it will be
offered at Public Auction, on Saturday, Dec. 7th.
at 1 o’clock, p. m.; if stormy, next lair day.
A Farm'for Sale.
FARE of 76 acres, divrded into five separate
. tracts,is offered for sale, either ass. whole
or in separate parcels; it consists as follows :-—-
The Homestead oi'nbout 25 acres, witthelling
House, Barn and outbuildings thereon ;'A second
tract of 30 acres; anotherof 3 acres; one of 4!;
acres, and one 01113}? acres of woodland. The
whole isthc estate of the late LEVI SCRIBNER,
situated on the Bclden’s Bill Road, town of WI!
ton. Apply to , _ ‘ . ‘Bz'GILBERT, »
. 2- ' - -' Executor.
Wilton, Oct. 21st, 1878. 3m’43
Rooms To BENT on lst or2d floor all just
Painted and Kalsomined, .plenty of water,
and good garden.“ Enqhire'of GEORGE II. RICE
at his factory on Mechanic St.,or at Hoyt it 00's.
Shoe Store. .
, Farm for Sale.
BOU T 12 to 13 acres within 1% miles of center
_ of” Norwalk. _‘ Good situation. good house,
built of best material and by days work. About
80 chores Apple trees with other fruit,— good gar-
den, gocd well of water, and fine shade trees. Just
the place for a man Wishing to raise Strawberries,
etc. Price $7,060. Enquire at this Ofiice.
To Rent.
HALF of n. House, {our rooms, rlght in thecen-
tcr ortho village. Enquire at this OFFICE.
ITORE T0 LET.—No.5l Main Street. En-
V0831“: of‘ HARVEY FITCH, or E. K. LOCI}:
For Sale Cheap.
VALUADLE manufacturing property. Foun-
_ » dry and Machine shop, for Marine and Sta-
tionary En me work or general Machinery. _ Sit-
uated on W arf. H as also Rail Road connections.
Terms reasonable. E.H1LL, Trustee. _
27 South Norwalk, Conn.
To Rent.
The First Floor of a Dwelling House. with
.‘v. 4
'kitchen,basemcnt, ctc. Apply to
r, R. L. ELLS. ‘
_ For Sale.
. eOSy comfortable Cottage on one of thepleas-
antest streets in town, Within five minutes
walk of the Bridge or Churches. Will he sold at
cost price. A portion of the purchase money can
remain on bond and mortgage. Price $000. ,En-
quire at this Ofiice.
I‘Desirable Homestead for Sale.
‘THE valuable, residence of“ lhgjubserjb‘er,
' pleasantly located 'on" high grounder: East
Ave., in the Borough of Norwal ', is offered for
sale. The situation is pleasant and healthy, com-
manding fine views of orig Island Sound and the
surrounding country. Distance one mile from
Norwalk Bridge. and the same from South Nor-
walk depot. House 54x50; two stories. and attic,
filled in with brick, and substantially built.
Rooms 18, with all. modern in) rovements, bath
room, laundry, stationary tubs, ecbce’s cooking
range, hot and cold water, gas throughout the
house. The cellaris dry, haying stationary furn—
acc,which heats the whole house. The attic is
spacious, and root‘ tinned. The house is in excel-
lent Order being comfortable for both a summer or
winter residence. Suitable for any gentleman do-
ing business in New York and returning thosame
day. Land about three-quarters of an acre, laid
out in lawn, fruit trees, and garden spot. A ply
to JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent, or-
walk, or to the subscriber,
A. S. HAMERSLEY,
26“ 255 Fourth Avenue, N. Y
For Sale.
A Rare Chance.
A House, Barn, good Mill-site and fifty acres
of’land well proportioned in Meadow, Pastu re
and Woodland: also,twenty-two acres of wood-
-Iand all situated at the head of the Boron h
Reservoir in the town of New Canaan, for an e
at a bargain. Inquire ot' Dimon Finch, George-
town, Ct., James Mitchell or J. Bcldcn Hurlbutt,
N orwalk, Ct. 25ft
Norwalk, 10th day of June 1878.
FARMS FOR SALE.
Enquire of
CHAS. COlVISTOCK,
New Canaan, Conn.
ll
Desirable Property for sale.
A. Ver ydesirablc place on EastAvcnue.
Also, a few choice BuildingLotssituatedon
Osborn Avenue, forsalc cheap.
Also,a nicelylceated House and Lot on Mer-
Win Street near West Avenue, for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquireol
S, E. OSBORN, EastAvcnue,
ml or to D.W.FITCH,WestAvenue.
For Sale.
- A House and Lot. in a healtbylocation on
El FairStrect, above Cartharinc. The Houseis
‘ nearly newnvcllbuilt.convenicntlyarrang-
ed. and will make a. comfortable and leasant
home for a. family of average size. The at runs
back to the river. There is a well ot‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A fine chance to secured
home . Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3”
FOR SALE .
TWO verydesirableliuildingLotson WestMain
Street . Apply at the GAZETTE OFFICE .
Barnum’s,
For a quarter of a centur Headquarters on the
east side oft c town for
Ready-Male Blotting,
AND
CLOTHING TO“ ORDER.
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' VOL. LXI-NUMBER 47
From the New York Weekly.
For Teachers.
We are all of us teachers
And the world is a school,
Where the wise man‘s a pupil
As well as the fool,
Where all must be learners
From cradle to grave,
Clown and philosopher
Parson and knave.
Young heads are giddy
And young hearts are warm,
And make many blunders
For age to reform.
Yet young heads are ready
And willing to learn,
And young hearts but seldom
Good counsellors spurn.
While old heads look backward
To days that are fled,
And take rules for the living
From the dust of the dead.
Young heads look forward,
The dead past is night,
They live in the present
And their future is bright.
Although they dilIcr
As heat does from cold,
Yet old heads from young may learn
As young heads from old.
The young I would caution,
Be not overwise,
When you’re elders in trouble
Would have you advise.
‘Be glad to impart
What you’re able to teach,
Be patient in listening
And modest in speech.
The old who know little
. And talk much should heed,
Lest in trying to teach
They only mislead.
To the old who have wisdom
'Tis needless to say,
The grass must be seasoned
Before it is hay}.
Let your truths be well studied,
Then plainly expressed, '
. And not in the garments
Of pedantry dressed,
Let no word of falsehood
E'er fall from your tongue,
And all shall be bettered, -
The old and the young. ' ‘ '
Christmas Hymn.
BY RAY manna, D. D.
I
’Tis comel ’tis come! the glorious morn!
The waiting ages waitnomore;
To-day the Christ of Godis berm!
_ Him let all earth and heaven adore!
Hail, Star of Promise! J acob’s Star,
That in its destined hour appears!
Hail, longed-for Day-spring, seen afar
Down the dim track of lingering years!
The Son of David! 1.0, He sleeps
On the sweet mother’s bosom laid;
No princely guard the manger keeps,
No royal homage there is paid. '
But softmthe quincringW. I.-- ,.
Floats the low hum of rustling wings!
The hosts of God glad tidings bear, —
And wake glad strains frOm myriad strings.
Glad tidings of great joy to men!
Glad tiding! Shout them earth around;
Till desert waste and lonely glen
Shall catch and echo back the sound.
If
Welcome, 0 mortals, Christ your King!
Jesus, Redeemer, call His name;
All grace;and truth He comes to bring,
Life, pardon, peace His lips proclaim. .
Where sin and death and sorrow spread
O’er peopled realms the gloom of night,
He, the bright Morning Star, shall shed
O’er the wide world celestial light.
Ye troubled hearts that long have home
The weary weight ofguilt and fears;
Ye wanderers, hopeless and forlorn,
B:hold your Saviour! ‘ Dry your tears I
Earth long accursed shall smile again,
Enrobed with Eden’s primal bloom ;
And God himself shall dwell with men,
And Hope immortal cheer the tomb!
0 Son of God! 0 Prince of Peace!
We hail Thy reign of love begun;
Thy name, Thy kingdou, shall not cease
Till Time's last hour shall quench the sun!
A Song of the Country.
Away from the roar and 'therattle,
The dust and the din of the smother
Where to live is to brawl and to battle,
Till the strong trends the weak man dov'vn!
Away to the bonnie green hills
Where the sunshine sleeps on the brae,
And the heart of the grecnwood thrills
To the hymn of the bird on the spray
Away from the smoke and the smother
The veil of the dun and the brown
The push and the plush and the pother,
The wear and the waste of the town :
Away where the sky shines clear,
And the light breeze wanders at will.
And the dark pine-wood nods near’
To the light-plumed birch on the hill.
Away from the whirling and wheeling,
And steaming above and below,
Where the heart has no leisure for feeling,
- And the thought has no quiet to grow.
Away where the clear brook purls,
And the hyacinth droops in the shade,
And the plumb of the fern uncuihi
Its grace in the depth of the glade.
Away to the cottage so sweetly
Embowered ’neath the fringe of the wood,
Where the wife of my bosom shall meet me
With thoughts ever kindly and good :
More dear than the wealth of the world, '
Fond mother with bairnies three,
And the plump-armed babe that has curled
Its lips sweetly pouting for me.
D
Then away from the rear and the rattle,
The dust and the din of the town,
Where to live is to brawl and to battle
Till the strong trends the weak man down.
Away where the green twigs nod
In the fragrant breath of the May,
And the sweet growth spreads on the sod,
And the blithe birds sing‘on the spray.
. —John Stuart Bl‘ackie.
Doctor and Patient.
“Save me, doctor, and I’ll give you it than -
sand dollars.”
The doctor gave him a remedy that eased
him, and he called out: '
“Keep at if, doctor, and I’ll give you a
check for five hundred dollars 1”
In half an hour more he was able to sit up,
and he calmly remarked:
“Doctor, I feel like giving you a fifty dol-
lar bill.” '
When the doctor was ready to go the sick
man was up and dressed ; he followed the
doctor to the door and said : '
“Say, doctor, send in your '-_l.i!l the first of
the month." - '
When six months had been gathered to
Time’s bosom,. the doctor sent in a bill
amounting to five dollars. He was pressed
to cut it down to three, after so doing be
sued to get it, got judgment, and the patient
put in a stay of execution—Embange.
Norwalk Chronicler