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£ Pledged but to Truth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Fear Shall AweJ* VOL. 2. f" M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1877, etm Published Every Wednesday by J.TAN SLYKE Editor and Publisher. Office in Riverside Block, Over Smith Bros. A Co.'s 3 tor®. ' TERMS OF R CBS CRIP flOJf. • Dme Year, (ia Advance,). .#1 50 tf not Paid within Three Months,...2 00 Ikihscripllons received tot three or sii months I* the same proportion. BUSINESS CARDS. f W« IT. T. imowN, M. I). • "*9 HYSIOIANand Surgeon. Office in Brick Block over V, <i. Mayes Clothing Store ater Street, Mo-Henry 111. E.A.IIEERSM. D. t>HTStCTXK and Surgeon. Office fttretndence, 1 two doors west of Post Office, McHenty O. J. HOWARD, M I>. >HTRTOTAX and SurjrcotK Office at THE store of Howard & Son. McIIenrv, IlL e F. J. BARB IAN. CTO AR Mannfiictiivor, McHenry 111. Fac-# tory No. 171. Orrters solicited. RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in real- of Murphy & Bishop's Bank JJorth Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BlTOKLIN, 'VT'OTARY PITBLIC, Conveyancer and In- JL^I surance Agent. Office at Bucklin A Steven's Stotfe, near the Depot, McHcnry, III. J8. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract ot Titles to lnrfd' iliSfclIenrv County, Illinois. Office with wonnty Clerk, Woodstock, III. IiOBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shrtes. None but the beet of material Used anfl all work warranted.. ShopNorthwest vomer "Public. Square, Mcllenry, III. F«. HttCUTT.^. "MpOtTSE, Sisrn and Ornamental Painter, a\*o H Fancy Sketches, Scenery. Ac., Mcllenry 111 . Wil l do a l l work prompt and at r e a ­ sonable rate#, • , BL M_ OT E1K. f^TCT'ERJV.Ii l>ea1er anfl "Manuracturers JT ApteiU in Leading Farm Machinery. t»riee«1ow and Terms favorable. MCHENRY. TMYNOIS. GEO. SCHRE1XER. -< AT.OOX and Restaur nit. Nearly opposite 5 the Parker House, Mcllenry I1L •*®"Kirst-Olass Billiard and Pool Tables J. BONSLETT, RAT.OOX nnd Restaurant. Nearly onpoeite Owen's Mill, Mcllenry, III. Fresh Oysters #er«rod up iu any shape desired, or tor sale bv th« Can. •STGOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. . JO*. WI lift) EM ANN. 8\T,OOX and Uestanrant. Near the Depot Mc,Henry IU, Boarders by the day or week at reasoiri1.de lvutes. Warm and cold ueal» at all hours. *STGood 8tabling; for Horses..#* * W. W. KT.T^WOUTTI. RKEDE1! o the Celebrate ! Maarie Ho?. Also l.isrht ind Dark Bralnna Fowls. Piars •hipped to jilJ i>oints by express. 1*. O. Ad- ilross, Woodstock, IIL> B PETER LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Repairs Violins iu thuliest possible manner, on short notice and at re:i- son*ble rates. Also Violins for Sale. Shop flrst door North of Riverside Block, Mcllenry I1L McHENRV HOUSE. McIIenrv, 111. .John Kari?es Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. F. KI.E1FGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Walton and House Bnint.inj? doueon Short Notice. All work war­ ranted. Mcllenry- 111., South of the Public Square. MATTHEW KAltGES. HDITSE, SIsjii and Carriage Painter. Also Calsomininfr done in the best of manner. All orders promptly attended to and work warranted. Residence at tho Mcllenry House, Mcllenry, 111. BUSINESS jCARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Woman a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, 111. W. H. BtTCIv, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phvtician and Snrjreon.-- Otllce East Side Pul>lic Square, Wood­ stock ill. Office hours 11 to 12 A. M., and*2 to 4 P.M. 0. w. ROBERTS, M. D., T3HYSTCIAN AND SITKGEOX. S|>ecial af J tention -riven to Diseases of Women and Children, Voto, II.L. W. H. SAN FORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. 11. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, - WOODSTOCK, ILL. A ffood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitinjr# al­ ways on hand, Suits made to oriiieV and a lit warranted- Give me a cull. W. H. SANFOttD. Woodstock IiU, Sept. 27th, 1S73. M. ENGELN. U U N - S M I r ssb Will change muz- ele loaders, both single and double, ' ' ^ ' . T - ' £ E i e % t i o b r e a c h l o a d e r s . Keep# o» hand all kinds of Gun Ma- terlal. All work warranted. Shop opposite Perry & Martin's Store, Mcllenry, III. srA*?tr ki '•T ••• •; i*roj>riotor. Firit class 1 l.'rij¥sr**vitb o.r rMwtt <4*4v«rA, fimMkwl Hi n-oa^wut.W!*- Teaming wf nil lirnis •rt«aue •«* nlwrt: aotlce. O. W. OWEN, nm MAKES & JEWELEB, MollENRY II.L., Denier in nil kin'ls ot American and Swiss Watches, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Silver Spoons, Ac., ALSO AG ENT FOR TnE yveber and Bradbury Pianos - AND THE ey Org'an ! Which we believe to be the best Or.inn in the market. We think we kiiow tliat by experi­ ence, and we believe it, for it is backed up by the Bes1 Musicians in the World. T also sell other Orsrans at less prices than the Kstey, but can't rucotuimcnd tiiem to be as g»K»d. " O. W. OWEN. Jnly 23; 1 RICHMOND HOUSE. RICHMOND ILLINOIS. Frank Foster Pro. prietor. Good accommodations f<;r all parties. Sainplurooms for Salesmen. Livery Ptable attached. Public Hall for Lectures, 3hows The McHeiuy Brewery. King & Herbes, Proprietors. THE best of Beer Shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Drders solicited and promptly attended to.' jl_ FRED. RENICH, CIGAR MANUFACTURER, --AND-- Who Visits Chicago should tail to call nt the Mammoth Hutting Estal>li*»i«ii€iit of Scott & Co., 192 & 194 Madison St., Corner 5th Av., They carrv the largest stock of MEDICM and FINE "F VS1IIO.VABLE HATS in the West, sell a slnsrle hat as eheer!'«lly as a dozen ora case,, and give you mum lecturers' prices. • 1 Msi Housb, McIIEMlY, ILL. A MAD WORLD, MI' MASTERS. 8onie of «ur more kind-hearted coi»- tempories think that Lee, the Mormon murderer, must have been insane.-- There are a few people who- hold the same theory about the well-known law­ yer who lately and mysteriously disap­ peared. The Kev. Zebulon Phillips having absconded from Amsterdam, N. Y., with a great quantity of other peo­ ple's money, after having for a long time enjoyed the admiring confidence of the community, it is now inclined to the opinion that the Rev. Zebutan Pliillips must be a lunatic. Perhaps it is creditable to the world that it never gets accustomed to these instances of moral breaking down. Jt still believes -respectability to be respectable. No matter how many clergymen may bring scandal upon the cloth, society wants preaching, and gees to hear it from those who haVe not • lost their good reputations. This theory of lunacy in one sensfe is a just one. Every moral obliquity has its mental side, inasmuch as honesty is the best policy, and the wrong-doer never reasons accurately; and this is why so many of ttiein are caught and punished. Hence the popular notiou that the devil deserts his own at last.-- Shrewdness is at fault; precaution blun­ ders; cunning makes mistakes; clever­ ness sets traps for itself. In this sense we may fairly sa}' th^t the Rev. Zebu- Ion Phillips was not in his right mind. Neither was the book-keeper who van­ ished th« other day with the monej' of the Brooklyn Hank, and who behaved in such a preposterous way. So, too, juries think murder to be such au utter­ ly irrational thing (as considered from one point It.undoubtedly is) that the defense often pours its theory of In­ sanity into perf^l!;- willing ears. A man may, how«v«r, be somewhat insane and at the same time morally responsible. Admit this, and the trifl­ ing which has disgraced our criminal jurisprudence will disappear. It is a great mii-take to suppose that even the inmates of lunatic asylums have no moral sense. Some of them are there because they have persistently cultiva­ ted a habit of disregarding it. They *iid wrong sp frequently that finally they lost the ppwer of doing right. If the Rev. Zebulon Phillips had never tampered with conscience, he would nut have turned out a thief. Insanity, ov what we call Insanity, is often noth­ ing more than a confirmed habit of do­ ing wrong A great many sreal be­ cause tlu-y cannot help stealing, but they are locked up all the same. <lgf?*You have read Longfellow's poeui on "Revenge of Rain in th« Face." Jusc hear the New York Tribune take 'tender and touching out of it thus: "F»r the benefit of poets, artists, and others who prefer truths so far as it will answer their purpose, the follow­ ing well established facts are given on the authority of a distinguished olllcer; I. In Custer's fight, on'the Little Big Horn there was not-a?sabre iu'the com­ mand. 2. Custer atid most of his oUlcers wore their hair cropped close to the scalp. 3. The burial party report/- that the remains of Coster had not been imitiilated iu any manner* 4 All the Indians who have described the battle agree in the statement that Custer was not recognized by anj' warrior on the field." Is this the be­ ginning of a controversy as virulent and interminable as the Barbara Frietchie business provoked? WHOLESALE TOBACCONIST. WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS. Errors of Youth. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years Iron) Nervous Debility, Premature De- cav, and "all the effects of youthful indiscre. tlo'n.will, for tho sake of snfferinar hmnanitv, send free to all who need it, the recipe arid direction for making the simple remedy bv which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to proiit bv the adviser's experience can do so by addressing in perfect confidence JOHN B. OtiDEN, 42 Cedar St., New York. To Consumptives. THE advertiser, havins been permanently cured of tteit dread disease. Consumption bv a simple reift^l v, ts anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it, lie will send a copy of the prescription used, (Free of Charge), with the rtirections for preparing and using the same, which thev will tind a sure cure for Oonsump. tion, Asthma, Bronchitis, Ac. Parties wishing the prescription will please address Rev. E. A. ^ ILfsON, jd* Penn St., WiUiamsburgh, New York. This^IIouse.having beep newly Furnished HIK1 Refitted, we are now ready to receive Boarders by the Day or 'Vcek, ou Reasonable Terms Rooms with or without Furniture. COIST & McCREERY, Proprietors PIMPLES. IWILL Mail (F*ee) the recipe for prept *• inp a sinple Vegetable Balm that will re, move Tin. Freckles, Pimples and Blotches, leaving she skin soft, clear and beautiful; also instructions for producing a luxuriant grow to of hairon a bald head or smooth face A'ldress Ben Va'ndelf & Co., Box 5121, No. Wooster St.. New York. For Sale. The undersigned offers for Sale, me Brick Store on Water Street, in the village of McIIenrv, now occupied by Mrs. C. H. Morey, as a Millinery Store. It is 11x35, the upper storv being tin is lied off asa residence. TKHMS BEA'SONAW.E Inquire of C. H, MOUEY Mcllenry,111. Nov.lst.lB75, gg^Saj-s a Washington writer:-- President Hayes said to a friend the other day that he had decided to occu­ py the house in the Soldiers' Home in which A. Lincoln lived summers during his Presidency, and that Mrs. Hayes will not leave the city until fall. This is something quite unusual in " Wash­ ington society, and is a practice which lias not been observed since the war days. The Lincoln house iu the Soldiers' Home is now being fitted lor President Hayes. It has beeu occupied but very little since vacated by Presi­ dent Lincoln. Last summer, it having been thought President Grant would take it for a short time, furnithre was placed iu it. but oven that has since been removed. ISrA committee was appointed by Mayor Heath, of Chicago, to examine the crib in the lake, and find out if pos­ sible whether or not there was any truth in the report that the water sup­ ply of the city was in danger of being cut oft. The report of Gen. Smith was presented yesterday, and he stated that he believed the portion of the crib from which the city received its water was iti no danger of being tipped over, and thought that it would need no repairs for the next hundred years. The build­ ing that covers jthe tunnel is in a rather shaky condition, and he reported that he thought measures should be taken for its protection, before a wind or a field^of iee should demolish it be­ yond all hopes of recoycry. MINISTKKg' ASSOCIATION. The Ministerial Association of I lock, ford District will convene atBelridere, April 30, 1877. Monday, 7:30 p. m.--Sermon by C. IS. Mandeville. "Characteristics of Early Methodists.** Alternate, L. Clifford. Tuesday, 9 a, m.--Devotional exor­ cises and reports. 10. Methods in Revivals.ILL. Martin. 10:30. Objects of preaching. A. B. Smart and G. C. Clark. 11. The Churcly lithe House. IIoop- er crews. " 11:30. Intermediate S* ate. J. "W.P. Jordon. 5p. m. "Review of IMckel's History of Creation," N. H. Axfell. 5:30 The Trials and Triumph of Pas­ toral Visitation, B. H. Cartriglit, L. | Anderson. 3 How to make our class meetings most efficient. R. S. Cantine, followed by A. Newton and others. 3:30 Bible Readings--Iiow to conduct theiri, S. Karngy. 4 Methodism in transition, W. H. Burns. • 4:30 Liberalism in the pulpit, S. Od- gers. 7j30 Sermon by J. M.Clendenning. Alternate, J. H. Reeves. Wednesday, 0 a. m.--Devotional exer cises. • 6:30 Sunday school work, <3. L. Wiley and W. II. Worthington. 10 Character and life of Elijah. H.J. Huston. 10;30 Value of doctrinal preaching- W. C. Dandy and Philo Gorton. 11 Witness otthe spirit, John Adams 12:30 Ministerial courtesy, W. F. De- lap. 2 p. ffi. Camp Meetings--their pl«ic<? in Methodism. Ai II. Schoonmakor, fol­ lowed by a meeting of the C.unp Meet­ ing Association. Essayists at call--W. P. Hill, M. G. Shheldoti. O, K. Burch, G. L. S. Stuff and Mr. Bacon. II. L. PRESIDENT HAVES AND THE CIVIL SKKVIUK. We are to remember now that the new administration is pledged to a re­ form of the Civil Service. Hew much it will be able to«fleet without the aid of a friendly House of Representatives cannot at present be seen; but its whole influence must not only be promptly given to this reform, but held to it by the . popular demand.-- The spoils system has been so controll­ ing an element.in our polities, that it will be very hard to eliminate it.-- There are so mail men in politics who are there for nothing but spoils--there' are so many men in Congress with whom spoil Iras alwa}rs been the great political motive--that the old system will not be permitted to die without protest. If the new President succeeds iu effecting a reform, or it) taking im­ portant steps toward it, lie will do it against the open and 'convert opposi­ tion of corrupt men in bo,th political parties. Puljftc virtue is hardiy a Re­ publican monopoly, and political con­ sistent'}' can scarcely be expected, of a party whose president is obliged to be patriotic rather than partisan iu his ad­ ministration. There will undoubted­ ly be a great deal of '"filibustering"" on this question; but we look to see the reform persistently pushed raJ$ng as Mr. Hayes is President. It neT can in one term of office purify American pol­ itics of this debusing element, his name will stand among the foremost of those Presidents who have established claims to the gratitude of their country and mankind.--Dr. J. O. Holland, in ScHb- ner for May, 8@r A good old colored man set him­ self up the other day as a phrenologist and a barber was his first subject. He placed the barber in. a chair, felt of his head for a long time, and then remar­ ked: "William, you is to sanguine. When you l«nd your money you expect it back. You fare billious. You want to be honest but you hasn't the neces­ sary character; you isn't hopeful; you is bowed down with grief most of de time; you has no ear for music; you has de worst feet on Kentucky street; you is de right sort of a man to wheel coal down hill for big wages." William rose up, pitched «>Uncle Jim over the cook-sto^e and under the bod, and split a pannel of the door as he went out. The aged phrenologift was at tke city hall the next evening to get advice from the police, and when advised to go out of the trade, replied. "Seems like 1 shall have to, for l'se getting too aged to be bumped over stoves. t the close of the performance at the Eagle Theatre in New York, one night last week, Anna Dickinson came upon the stage, and denounced the newspaper critics who had been telling the public that she was no actress. She hit them hard in her peculiar style, the audience enjoyiug this better than her acting previously. When it comes to scolding, Anna can play a full hand. No newspaper would ever dare to ques­ tion her capacity iu this Hue. WASHINGTON CrmitKSI'ONnKNCE. . Governxtr Chamberlain U'orsA- irigton Politician*--Civil SerAce Ho Iform in Good F.arncpt--IIon. A. JT. Stephen* Jieasom for catting an JZctra Settmm--Split in tlte Ihpubli- cqn Party Apprehended--Syritig Weather, F'owers, Clothing. <tcv WASHINGTON, April 10th, 1377. ' Ourleadiug politicians were taken by surprise by Chamberlains' letter of April 10th, announcing his withdrawal from the gubeinaforia! contest;for the •last news we had had front South Caro­ lina was indicative of a decision on the part of Republicans of that State to continue to resist the Hampton govern­ ment to the farthest exteut of the law. The President and Cabinet vvercagree- bly impressed with the Unlooked for turn of a flairs and one member re­ marked, "Governor Chamberlain ha3 acted with admirably wisdom and firmness and the country will applaud his course." According to the order issued, the troops left the State Capi­ tol. at Columbia, Tuesday noon, with- •-tfutv""fcny eommotiou, disturbance, or even ceremony. People are at last beginning to open their uyes io tee fact of Civil Service Reform, and to find that the President and Cabinet really mean business.-- Secretary Sherman has commenced operations in hjs Department by dis­ charging the superfluous force from the Treasury aud is still engaged in sifting out the chaff, discharging the ineillcLeut employees. Secretary Schurz of the Interior Department., this week pro- tnote.il the Chief Clerk to the office of Assistant Secretary, simply because of his fidelity to duty aud his intelligence in discUargirg It, Ho Is known to be' S, strict, economist, guarding public money aud trust as? jealously as he would his own, but has no political in­ fluence, and lias, made no effort to pro­ cure his own promotion. Such a case t)f reward ot merit has been unknown in our civil service for many years and it is not wonderful that Its is creating open-mouthed astonishment in this vicinity. If all corrupt politicians, abusers <»f public trusts, axe-grinders aiid political hangers-on are to be cut oft", the government will.soon have to be advertising for honest men to serve the country in office. Alexander 11. Stephen**, who lias beeu confined to his room by illness all winter , is gaining iu health and strength aud his friends have strong hopes *f his befng able to take his seat in June. He occupied it but twice during the last session. The special reason for calling an ex­ tra session of Congress is to make necessary appropriations for the army. But \fhile it is convened and organized other things will undoubted­ ly be atteuded to, for many have wait­ ed long, are waiting still which are of even more Importance than the army supplies. The stagnation of business throughout the country could be re­ lieved by immediate legislation, and one important step toward it would be the passage of a bill restoring the old Federal dollar to its original and his^ toric place in the currency. The Na­ tional debt was contracted while silver and gold were equally money and with the express stipulation that it should be paid in COHI, and justice to the peo­ ple, as many think, demands the imme­ diate remonetization of silver, that they may be enabled to meet their ob­ ligations in the same coin iu which they were contracted. An appropria­ tion for the Navy is also necessary,and many other minor bills which Congress will probably be glad to act upon and get out of the way before the next regular session. There is much talk among politicians here about a split iu the Republican party because of the deep and growing disfavor with which President Hayes Southern'policy is regarded. Senator Blaine, Butler, Patterson and other popular men have already arrayed themselves against it, while Morton, Coukling and several other strong men have taken a nt utral ground. Chamberlain upon relinquishing his claim to the governorship of South Carolina has entered into a partnership with a celebrated law firm of New- York. so say the newspapers of that city. It is supposed here that the President intends offering him the Swiss Mission, but whether or not he will accept it, is not known. We are having most delightful* weather. All the little early weed* and spring wild flowers are in blossom Washington ladies have very generally put on their sprring toilets, they con­ sist mostly of a head gear which is so close to the bead aud has such a big bluffy sort of a crown as to remind of the cropple crowned biddy, an outer garment called a dolman, a thing of light cloth, with wine like appendages, after the flying squirrel order, and which is anything but graceful;and d'be^SL flushed out behind by what is tertnetl a long bustle. It makes me think of the *cow-catcher of an engine. It is an almmfnablc nflaii4 at any ratfr and the sooner it gnrsmtt fff style, the sooner ottr ladie.» will be^iu to fook likfl human beiugs. '"AW *^|s| .along th« Potomac.*' w.«r *-' i til -AS&litAXWgLfc" ' THK SHOUTI KT m:i.1>OK RECOHli, / •Seribner for May contains a paper of "Re mini see uses of Washington." from uupublished family records. Among the anecdotes of Washington tfiere r®r lated is the following: lit August, 1086, after a few delight­ ful days spent with their distinguished relatives, Captain Lewis relates that the following Cuiiversati,on took place at the breakfast tabl^ the morning fixed for their departure, Washington was, as all the world knows, a tnan of few words, and while' he quitely partook of his frugal meal the couversation fioAved cheerfully on between the other tiienibersof the fam­ ily present* Suddenly his nephew turn­ ed laughing to him and Knid: "Uncle, what do you think I dreamed fast night?" The GeneWi* replied he -could not gness, and asked to be told. Captaiti Lewis, continuing to laugh merrily, replied: • ^ . •Why I dreamed you gave me your farm on Deep Run." "Humph/* ejaculated his uncle. "You had better huVe dieamed l gave you Mouut Vernon." No more was said on the subject, and Cax>tlan Lewis had quite forgotten his unmeaning dream as he placed his wife in the carriage, and ba&e his uncle and aunt ^ood-bye. Washington followed him to the carriage, and handed hitna folded paper, saying,as he did so: "Yon can look at that whon you reach home." Captaiti Lewis recived the paper In as­ tonishment, but could make noreph, as the carriage now rolled swiftly away. Jfc might have felt in duty bound to suffer the pangs of curiosity until he readied houte, but his wife had no such conscientious scruples; she had not been forbidden to open it, and so she soon succeeded in gaining possession of the mysterious paper, and before Mount Vernon, was lost in the distance she discovered tlie fact, that they had left that modest dwelling much richer than they were when they entered, Wlieth. er Washington had intended to bestow 'tho Deep Rwn fatjm in his will upou this nephew, and onlv hastened the time of the gift, or whether, with the quiet humor in which he rarely indul­ ged, he thus proved the dream of which lie had beeu told a practical reality, was never known. The deed Is said to be tiie shortest ou record, aud is as fol­ lows : "I do by these presents give, and (If Deed of Conveyance should not have beeu hi tide before) hereby oblige my heirs; Executors, and Administrators to fulfill, all the Lands which 1 hold on Deep Run, or its branches in the County of Kruquier, unto my Nephew Robert. Lewis and to his heirs or assigns forever* Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of August, ,G*>. W ASHINGTON." FSK4L.] A FOKTY YKAKV DK1IT. Forty years ago t father of a lady I® New York was a miller In Ireland A man of the name of It aft is owed him a debt of $60, which for eome reason ho left unpaid and came to New York. Years after, when oil his death bedt this debt Weighed heavily ou his con­ science, and calling his brother to his bedside he gave him tho money and ex­ acted a solemn promise that the debt should be paid. The brother at once wrote to Ireland and learned that tho miller was dead, and that his only heir, a daughter, was married and living somewhere in America, but he was till­ able to ascertain the name of her hus­ band. With ouly (lie name of tho lady's father, and the fact that ?ho lived somewhere in a America, as a clue, Mr. Raftis commenced the seemingly hopeless tank of searching for her and redeeming the pledge to his dyiug brother. By accideut he heard of a lady living in Dubuque • whose family had borne the miller's name. He visi­ ted her, and after asking her a few questions, learned that the objeot of his search was found. Mr. Raftis in­ sisted on not only paying the original debt but forty years interest. I * M'?. fi@"*Sixty-two years ago Capt. Joshua Williams, of Klttery Point, Me., laid down his pipe on the mantle piece, took to his bed and died. His descen­ dants have been sillv enough to allow the pipe to remain undisturbed ever since where he laid, it with as extreme amount of wear and tear of will-power in consequence. " Novia Scotia farmer, passing a bad piece of road, upset his load ef potatoes. Angrily, he declared h« would make the road commissioner pay roundly for the damage. Referiog to the list he discovered that he was the commissioner for that district, and he concluded to over-look this neglect of the road, * &