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Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; Ho FavejEWin us and no Fsar Shall Awe." VOL. 2. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1876. NO. 21. Published Rvery Wednesday by .VANSLYKE Kditor and Publldwrl Office in Riverside Block, Ovfer Smith Bros, ft Co.'s Store. TERM5* OF srtt«iC1ltPTtOJf: r [ !>HE Y«»f, (in Advance,) $180 If not Paul within Three Months,. .% ^ 00 ISvibsrripltans received for three or six months BUSINESS CARDS. 'I. T. liDOWK, M. O. T3IIYSICIA5* and Surceon. Office in Brirk J Block over P. ft. Maves Clothtag Store Water Street, McHenrv 111. « •• E. A. BEERS M. D. PHTSTCIAN and ^urpeoti. Officfc at residence, two ddors west of Post OfHcfc, McHenry til. <0. A HOWARD, 31 D. >HT8TCTAN-j»nd Siirjrenn. Office at the store of Howard A Son, McHenrv, 111. P. J. BARBIAN. CIGAR Munnfacturer, McHenrv I1L tory No, 17L Orders solicited. Fac- RICHARD BISHOP, A TTORNEY AXl) OOIT NSEI.OK AT LAW. jtV. Office in fear of Murjdi v & Bichop's Bank North Side Public. Square, Wootxtock, III. GEO. A. BUCK LIN, NOTARY PUBLIC, Oouveyancer and In­surance Agent. Office "at Bucklin ft Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles t« land in McHenrv County, Illinois. Office with County Clerk, Woodstock, 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. Matitifar'turer of ipustom Made Boots rnnfl Sliocs. ¥roi>e but the best of material Xised and all work ifarrnntert. ShnuXorihwest •corner Public Square, McHenrv, III. FR. HECHTLE. HOTTSR, Sidm a»id •Oarriajre Painter, McHen­ry llv WiM A© ml ork promptly and at reasonable nates. K. M. OWEN. GENER-Vf, Dealer and Manufacturers AeeiVt in Leaciinff Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. M C H E N R Y . . . . . . I L L I N O I S . GEO, SCIIREINER. !• A.I.OOfX'a*d Restaurant. Nearly opposite 5 til* l'ajrfcrr UfevviMi, Melieary 111 i(®"Tirst-<!flnes IRllrint and Pool Tattle*. J. BONSLETT, SATXiON a*»fl tte^taurant. 5ffeaHr «pp«eit.e Owen's MilL, McHenry. I1L Fr<*sli(iy.sters served u>» in any skape desired, or tor sale 1>T the Can. , pit SALOON" and Restaurant. Near the Depot M-oiiLenry III. Boarders by tlwj day or week at reasonable rates. Warm and "cold aealt at all boars, SiaWmjr for UCJTEXRY LIVERV STABLE. H. E. WIGHTMAN, Proprietor. First class riffs, witli or without drivers, furnished at .reasonable !"•?t.(•'«,. Toa ruing of all kinds «b<Vf t W. W. ELLSWORTH. BREEDER o the Celebrated Majfie Hoar, Aiso l.ijrht md Dark Krabuia Fowls. Pics •hipped to all points by express. P. O. Ad­ dress, Woodstock, 111., ROBERT MURFITT, AW ATC H- M AK ER of 13 years experience, has located at x» Nunda, and wiii srive his atten- .-«/ 113L tion to the Repairing of Clocks, ^v. ,2®P Waters, ftc. Shop 111 Watson Co.'s Drug Store. AH "Work Warranted. PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelrv of all ki^tds. A1 so Repairs Violins in tiiehest possible manner, on-short notice and at rea- 5oniblerates, $.ls<> Violiu.s for Sale. Shop Wrst «IQ<V North of Riverside Block, McRenri *11. M MCHENRY HOUSE. 'clfenrv, 111. John Karnes Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accoinr inodations furnishet',. Charges reasonable. RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro­prietor. Good accommodations for all joarttes. Samplerooms for Halesinun. Livery Stable attached, Puidic Hall for Lectures, Shows &•»'., The McHenry Brewery. King ̂ Herbes, Proprietors. THE best oi Beer Shipped to any part of the country and wawauted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to. FRED. RENICH, CIGAR (MANUFACTURER, AND- WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. . PATENTS. Persons desiring to take out Fafcpts, or de- •iring iaforiaaiiQU from the U. S. Patent Office ffhould consult F. A. LEHMANX,SOLICITOR OF AMERICAN ANI» FOREIGN PATENTS, Washington, D. C. Examinations free. NO PATENT NO PAY. Send for Circular. For Sale. The undersigned offers for Sale, ».ne Brick Store on Water Street, in the village of McHenry, now occupied bv Mrs. C. II. Morey, »s a Millinery Store. It i$ 14x35, the upper •tory being finished off asa residence. TERMS SEASONABLE. Inquire of C. H. MO£ET 'gclfeary, 111, Nov. 1st J875, C BUSINESS CARDS. Jik BEKNETT, M. I)., SUR<iEO\* and Acouchet. Diseases of Women a Speeia 11 v. Ofllceand Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHVTTCIAN and sargewn.-- Office East Side Public. Square/ wood. stock. 111. OtHee hours 11 to 14 A M., and 2 to • P. M. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stoc!; of Fine Cloths for Suitings al­ ways on hand. Suits made to order and a fit Warranted- Give me a call. W. H. SANFORD. Woodstock Ilk. Sept. S7th, W75. Waukegan Cigar Manufactory, E. M. DENNIS, Proprietor* Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer id CIGARS, TOBACCO, --AND-- Pipes of Every Description. 55 GEXESEE STREET, WAIIK i :0 A TV . II,L. Removed. P*ROM the Riverside House tn the Brick Store, opposite Owens' Mill, where 1 will open a first-class Saloon and Restaui HnU J, WEBER. M. ENGELN. OU N- NM I Ti l , Will change muz­ zle loaders, both l fr' breach loaders, ^ vv* ss *?rii % • Keeps on hand all ^ kinds of Gun Ma * "* terial. All work warranted. Shop Southeast Corner Public, Square, McHenrv, 111. single and double, O.W.OWEN, WATCH MAKER & JEWELER, IcHENRY IL Watches, Oioeks iroin iin- besl factories in the country. Silver, plaledware, Silver Spoons, &<% ALSO AGENT FOP, THE Weber and Bradbury Pianos AND THE Kwtoy Org^an ! Which we believe to l>e the best Organ in the market. We think v:o know that by experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it Is backed up by the Bed ftusicianein the World, I aliMi other Organs at less pnet-s tiixn th«f ^«tey, t>vA"ta»'M'««co»»M»ieiid them to he as good, O . W . OWEN, Julv 2S. IV li2 W JOHN LA!MS!NC, Having opened a New Meat Market, in his Block, fXEAIl THE DEPOT, Is now'prepared to furnish all who may give him a call «with FRESH AND SALT MEATS Of All Kinds, PO UL Til F, SA I SA C P, dc.Ac At as Low Prices as at any other Market in the County. I keep none but the best of Meat*, and 111 v Sausajre i« made by an cxperienceil Sausage maker, and are warranted the best. •J~Giye uic a Call, JOHN LANSING. McHenry, Nov. 14th, ls76. ]><> ri< 'E, 50,000 lbs. of •?--AT THE-- JANESVILLE WOOLEN MILLS NORTH MAIN STREET, THE subscribers wish to inform their patrons and everybody that they will manufac­ ture their Wool into good substantial Cassi- njeroo, Ponskins, Flannel and Stocking Yarn, 011 shares or by the yard or pound, on satisfac tory terms; of will buy their Wool and par the highest market price, and sell thorn good substantial Cassimeres at $1.00 per yard, and all other goods at the same rate. Will pay half cash on good fine lots, not too small. Will pay Express charges on all lots of Wool of V) pounds or more and return the goods frye ot charge, Will card their Wool into rolls for(Jc per pound: also card Wool the same day when brought from a distance, if possible. Will dress their cloth on the usual terms. Carpets wtished; price Scents per yard, Flrmers, pa­ tronize home industry, %A/AM+.A«I IN exchange fcr Gno<ts, *f Cll) Wool-Grcasp, Tallow and Wood, for which the highest price will be paid. F. A. WHEELER A CO. Janesville, Wis., HayjWth, 1876, THE'BROOKLYN HOLOCAUST. Of all the tragedies of life, uf all the sudden onsets of death in mbst horrible shapes, none have heetv so appalling as the recent Brooklyn holouinst. It has left a city in mourning for over three hundred of its people, who fell into the 8rey pit of its theatre and suffered the terrible agonies of death by flames, or the less cruel fate ot death beneath the feet of a panic stricken mob. There desolated home? are to-ilay the scenes of bittfer grief for which there is no consolation. The agony of this people should have the sympathy of the nation. Their lamentation should be heard above the cries of bitter partisan j contentions. As the world has sorrow­ ed with suffering humanity upon simi­ lar, yet less shocking occasion*, let us sorrow with this grief-stricken com­ munity over three hundred of whose people have been taken by the most frightful of deaths. Xo one can think without a shudder or a cry of anguish of what the dead suffered before the j last sigh of life left their lips in that j cy-lotte of fire and stnokc; nor can we imagine, or read without a thrill of horror, the scenes which attended the bodies of the once joyful, light-hearted souls who dropped into the gorge of fire and deatii. Swept out of existence like atoms, almost in the twinkling of an eye. No painter dare picture the scene; no p^lt can describe its terrors. The wrecks atul ruins of loved and loving Ones, lie to-day buried in more than three hundred of Brooklyn's homes, and the orphans, the widows and the wifeless lament, in bitter agony, over the little that is left them of the loved dead. It is a sad end of a drama--this spectacle of death. The tears it has and will yet evoke would quench the fire that has bereaved so many. I t will be unwise to call this tragedy "a dis­ pensation-of providence'- and make it the text for sermons. It will be unjust to asperse the memory ot the dead with lessons on the morality of theatres The causes are natural ones, and the guilt, if guilt there be, lies with the living and not with the dead, and may attach it«elf sooner or later to a repe­ tition of this, holocawt to any theatre^ wiu>?e points of exit are cousdrncte'd 110 less favorable than that of the Brook­ lyn theatre. There is an eminent Uit.reioiyd of human life in the arrange- places of anmsement, and what legisla­ tion exists for protection Is uot rigidly enforced. From the San. Francisco Call. STRENGTH OF THE NATION. Nine millions of men, or thereabouts were entitled to vote at the election for President and Vice President <ff the United States. But a million and a half of them were, from various causes, prevented from presenting themselves £t the polls. Some of them were in jail and could not have exercised the elective franchise; other* restrained of their libertj' in mad-houses; many were kept home by reason of sick- nesis; thousands were detained by busi­ ness ; other thousands were too lazy or careless to bother themselves about the matter. The chances are therefore that only about seven millions and a half manifested their wishes as to the future personnel ot' the government at the polls--more than double the total population of tiie thirteen colonies when they braved the power and might of England. _ Through these seven million and half of heads two sets of antagonistic ideas have been streaming for some time past. Five millions aud a half of tliein according to the census, are educated men, able to lead aud write and form their own opinions. In their hands the government is absolutely safei But the residue of two millions are wholly illiterate. They are at the mercy ot demagogues who use theui to promote their own interests. They are in a sense helpless, They have 110 method of original inquiry which they can practice for themselves. AH they know must enter by the ears, and there are not always honest promoters stamp­ ing by them. Of these dependent two millions, one million seven hundred thousand, strage to'saj', are domiciled in the South. And of these one million seven hundred thousand, six hundred thousand are negroes leaving over a million of illiterate whire persons for that section of the country. Accord^ iu» to the census ouly 300.000 unable to read and write are domiciled in the North, Fortunately this mass of ignoranoe, dense as it is, is in a measure moulded and shaped by the great preponder­ ance of educated intelligences, We make a better showing in this respect than any other nation in the world of equal strength. But the time is not far distant when ninety per cent, at least of the. voters of the United States will be in a condition to form theirown political Judgments, The common schools wllf effect this ftnd more fojr £• In thecoHrjM! of time. "The be appearau ing for thfi Our Deput, •'fiddler.* Christ m aa- day old S "grand roi women n In the mo The . 1110 known ta States ar| ciables a good Young lat respeotfuHj around tl is M •! j Method^ nliig last phe re is men :.r 'in stake-hol who is af gate the1 U.YTMB. ful snow*1 has made Us d the prospects of sleigh- 11 day* is good....?... t Vaster is an excellent know wherof we speak ber the Band Party on 'ling Next Mbn- Olaus will be on the The excuse some «ke for getting up late is. ItVleap year......... vomlnent Generals now people of the United eneral Uncertainty and General l|e*|«lt........If you wish to make yot^jplenjd an acceptable Christ- mas Pres^, get your Picture taken at Ford's <Tii,^ry......... (Thicken Pie 80- :«<>w talked of, Well that is ng t)o crow ever s who visit this office are requested not to foOl representative of his Satan- .. Sociable at the arsonage on Friday eve- The political atinos- wing colder, and betting lly seem to think it will r too That fellow id of Pa, as he stood by the her night kicking his toes, was nuir^lring "Come gentle Spring. etherial ttllldness, come" Boots :indshoe«forall Is a long word, but it .contains# vast deal of truth when ap­ plied to|ii]ake & Benttield. Go and see thet||. Railway fashions for 1877 areiio be puffs, switches and long trains, .ji A lady agreed to take us out a ri|tt"g the "first good sleighing.'" But liapwg been vainly hoping for the pant w€*k, we have, .^iven up in de- spa*^ We are waiting for another offer. We are now willing to split the diflerenife. .Holiday Goeds in great variety, at O. W. Owens The bo$|S in this office- have issued a proclamation after this manner: "To ileopie^i Too num! vfrs j^vniitted to sing or Vhistle around thisbrint shop," 'J'his is uiulerstood to be in the nature of a contract, and the violation of its priijcipes will ere ate a demand for pall bearerf. An exchange says: 4"\vhati« a more exonerating sight thant$«ee eighteen handsome girls riding flown hill on ox^led?" We an­ swer fiteseu nineteen of the same per^ sua«tl4||ifolng down the same hill, on the sJEL^lad, and "Splinters" steal ing lit) & Stevens, near the Depot, are selling Buffalo Robes and Horse Blan­ kets dog cheap. In fact, "quick sales and small profits" is their motto on all goods........A your.g lady says she has seen advertisements for a "Girl wanted," but she would advertise for a "Boy wanted" if she thought she could get one the right size. Ilow about our sized?... Work on the new Ice House is progressing rapidly That fellow has been asleep again. FTe couldn't find the horse. Put on your goggles next time old fellow.... Perry & Martin are offering real inducements for the Holiday trade. Call and examine their splendid stock ........A charitable institution for the benefit of down-trodden humanity has been established near the Depot, in this village. Patients are treated daily, and the remedies given are w»r-anted to kill or cure. Patients Doctored in seven different languages We'saw a locomotive the other day that had what is called a '-spark arrester." Some such device is needed in McHenry. Still we don't know but there are other methods that will an­ swer those j oung men who drive the "Monde" horse from Woodstock as well Printed Envelopes cost but lit­ tle more than plain ones. We Can sup­ ply them at the lowest prices Lansing & Evanson are offering rare inducements to the buying public. Head their advertisement in another column l'ferdsrasseneisenbaliu- wagen is the German "short" for horse- railroad ...Hog is King in this market now The "powers" at the Post Ofliee were awful mad on Saturday, because one of the Postal Cards that arrived was written in French. They say they neVer did un­ derstand French--but you can't fool 'em on Greek A fetlow asked us the other day what that disease was 0 tiled **0ero Gordo final McGinnis!" We told him that finally we guessed so.. .. ..., We learn that a new Society is to be formed in this village to*-be called the "Sooner Club." The members will do anything sooner than work P. D. Smith at Smith Bros, old stand, can furnish you aii^hing for a Holiday Present from a calico dress up. Re­ member this when looking for Presents ,R. A. Howard has his Restau­ rant near the Depot now in full blast The Band Parties at the Par­ ker House for the Holidays premise to eclipse anything of the kiud this sea­ son. Remember this ye dancers.... Have you froze your ears yet? Clean off your sidewalks Nex„t Monday is Christmas. We shall hang •nr stocking on the *4outer wall",.,.. The girl of the period--Election Bet.--Exchange. We thought her name was Louisa Anna ...Never look a gift mule in the hind foot The question now is who deserted? Was it that "B.^f." man? He shOuW be "Bulldozed" on the spot........ Snow on Saturday night and Sunday and good sleighing the result An exchange says a dancing master has introduced the "Kiss Cotillion," in which the gentleman always kisses the lady as they -Swing the corners." We are not much on the dance, but would like to swing a few "corners" awful we'l "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the best of men." COUNTY GHANtiE. McHenry County Grange, No.7fi, met in session at the Court House in Wood­ stock, 011 Tuesday, Dec. 5th. Worthy Master J. B. Collv, in the chair. Grange opened with a prayer by the Chaplin,Rev. Byron Alden. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. Wor­ thy Master declared a quorum present and the Grange proceeded to transac­ tion of business. ELECTION or OFFICERS.--Officers elect, Master, J. B. Colly,of Greenwood Grange, P. O. Greenwood; Overseer, A. Tvler, of Hebron Grange,P. O.Hebron; Steward,,W. 11. Wilcox,, of Greenwood /Grange, P. O. Greenwood; Lecturer, T. McD. Richards, of Seneca Grange, P. O. Woodstock; Chaplin, Rev. Byron Alden, of Greenwood Grange, P. O. Greenwood; Ass't Steward, W. N. Wiilis, of Greenwood Grange, P. O. Woodstock; Treasurer, A. B. Bidwell. of Ridge field Grange, P.O. Woodstock; Secretary, C. O. Parsons, of Seneca Grange, P. O. Woodstock; Gate-keeper A. 11. Hauley, of McHenry Grange, P. O. Mcileury. Lady Officers--Ceres, Mrs. John Pierce, of Hebron Grange; Pomona, Mrs. Mansfield Hunt, of Valley Grange ; Flora, Mrs. A.Tyler, of Hebron Grange ; L. A. S., Mrs. If. ii. Beusoli, of Al^ou' quin Grange. Deputies--Geo. F. Pettibone, P. ©. Nuuda; M.M. Clothier, P. O. Richmond Executive Committee-Richard Wray Richmond; J. S. Watroue, Woodstock; Alphouzo Tyler, Hebron. Representative to Ills. State Grange for one year, J. B. Colly. Grange Editors.-iFor Woodstock Sentinel, for one year, C. O. Parsons; year, M. M. Clothier. Meetiug adjourned, subject, to the call of the Worthy Master. U. M. CI.oTiiiEH. Secretary. What the Newspaper* did Ii Campaign. Few people realize what the news­ papers do for the world.aud as it is the duty of an honest journal to give the news with utter impartiality, we are now compelled to set natural modesty aside in the cause of truth, and by a few figures make plain the immense obligation to "the press" under which the public are resting. There are 0,952 weeklies, 135 semi-weeklies, 90 tri­ weeklies and 782 dailies in the United States During the eighteen weeks proceeding the election these papers printed 011 an average certainly not less than 300 lines in each issue bearing upon politics. They also put the "ticket" in the most conspicuous place 011 the best advertising page. At rates the Tilden bureau offered for puffs "printed as reading matter"--that is one dollar a line--the contribution of the weeklies was $(37,540,800 and of the semi and tri-weeklies $1,458,800 each; aud of the dailies $25,336,800, total $t>5, 794.600. This is what the 8.000 editors have given for the good of their country in the past eighteen .weeks, and it is perhaps now no longer a wonder editors are poor. If every man who voted had given as much as each editor's gift averaged, the country , would have received $66, 000,000,000 and we could have paid ofi the national debt* thirty-three times, or. if preferred, could have paid it oft once aud had $64,000,000,000 left--Hart­ ford Coutunt. A Curious Vil lutje. A letter from tho French party exploring the desert of Shara describes the village of Ghadames, near its north­ ern, border, as situated on a stony pla­ teau, without water and without animals. On one side is the plateau of Ilamada, black and flat, 011 the other a hundred leagues of sandy mountains. During the day the temperature is that ofafurnaoe, aud during tfie night a polar cold prevails . The winters art warm, but dry, and the summers heavy and humid. The streets are covered in their entire leugtli with roofs, as a protection agaiust the sun's rays, except an opening here and thereto admit light. The houses are two stories in height. GRAND Opening of Holiday Goods at the Bed Front Drug Stoj? in Wood­ stock, Dee. 15th, the HARVARD. --The funeral of Mrs. Sweeney, mother of Mr. John Sweenejr, Qf thi* place was held Monday. The remain* were takeu to llartland for burial. --A tramp stole a pair« of shoes Qit. Van Win last Saturday night and noir languishes in the county jail. He doA not sing "What Shall the Harvett Be » he knows by experience. * --We understand lhat some poor devil came very near being frozen t* death last Friday night. Too much' whisky was the cause, and when found was pretty near dead. His name was not learned. --Last Thursday afternoon a tramp named Jack Dunn stole $217 from Pat Briekley, who lives oa the Bachelor farm south of Harvard, and lit out. Constable Thompson started after hioa the saine night and succeeded ia capturing him at Ft. Wayne, Ind, H« was brought back and lodged in Wood­ stock jail. A newsboy naui£d CarnejV was also lodged in jail for having in his possession a part of the stolen money. Both will probably move to Joliet after next term of court.--Independent. J@T*The situation is thus graphically given by the Burlington Hawkeye: "My son, my son," mildly exclaimed a reproving west hill mother yesterday morning, "untie that cat from the gate latch, take in that rope you stretched across the sidewalk, let your little sister out of the wood shed, unfasten the cellar door and let the hired girl up to her work, take the sign of boarders wanted' off Mr. Ponsonby'e front door, let Mr. Jasper's dog out of that barrel, throw that paper of gun­ powder in your pocket out in the street, and then come here anil tell me where you were on Friday and Saturday, that you wern't at sivJipol." The boy said he was not prepared to answer just then, but he would insist upon throw- ?o<r ojir ihe repo't of the school tcacher 011 the ground that lie, the boy, had been intimidated from attending school by the terror of long and hard lessons, and further by the practice of bulldozing in the parish, as he could establish by reliable witnesses. Pend~ Ing a decision of the board, he filed * number of protests, but his mother pronounced his attitude revolutionary, and sent to his father's office for troops, which arrived about tea time, and tbt. local authority we* at onoe -eupported and order enforced, and as the bey went up stairs without any supper and in custody of troops, the throes of a free people, struggling in the iron grasp of a domestic despotism, could be heard away down on the nextfttreet, where the other boys were lifting gates off their hinges and carrying them down to the creek. jO^'Well you are a nice boy to send 011 a message," said a woman to a boy who had lost abundle with which she had intrust ed him. The boy struck the attitude of an orator, and replied: "Not being a common carrier, and not having entered into a coutract with yon to carry your parcel for and in con­ sideration. of any sum, I have incurred^ no liability and .am liable to no penal-. ty. if I liad undertaken to carry the parcel for my own particular profit, my father eveu would-not have been re­ sponsible fer its loss (see Butler vt Basing, 2 C. & P., 614.) unless, indeed, he paid uie smaller wages because of opportunity thus afforded me to make small sums On this point I will only quote Dwight vs Brewster. 1 Pickering Miss., 50. But, rising, from the law for the equity of the case, I have only to say " but before he could say it his father had vanked him from the room. ff§rA.nian who was not clever at conundrums, in attempting to get off one at a tea party at his own'house the other evening, became exceedingly mixed. He intended to ask the old question, "Why is a woman like ivy?" the familiar but gallant answer to which is, "Because the more you'r ruined the closer she dings.11 But he put it, "Why is ivy lik^ a woman?'* which none of the ladies could tell, and so the unfortunate man told them him self that it was "Because the closer it cliugs the more yeu'r ruined." IQyDr. J. C. Aver presented a beau­ tiful hall, costing $60,000 to the town which bears his name. The wood work is all finished in cherry pectoral, and has a light Avery appearance.--Phil- adelphia Bulletin. Any pill-ars or pill- asters about the hall ?--Norristowtk Herald. No, yon pestle-ent fellow. But there is a little mortar; and a* for the floor, they are inclined to drug it. An Eastern avenue mother has a •'returning board" of her ewu. She says it's a small board, but when she sends her children on -errands the thought of that "boartP makes them "return" very promptly. Thus it Is, the "returning board"is heard through­ out the land.--Snnt