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VOL. 6. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1880. Published Every Wednesday by JE. "VA.TV SI.VKI: EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. Office in Old P. O. Block, -- >PlfOJlTE RlVBaSIDK HO USE.-- TERMS OPI SUBSCRIPTION iDne'Vear, t in Advance.) .fl .W If PaM within ThrooSMonths , . . .2 00 luUse'rlptions rocoivedfOr'threeor.sixSnonth the 4*«»e proportion.. BUSINESS CARDS. < ; "H. T. BROWN, M. I) . PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office Over the Post Offlco, o»w>site Perry & Martin's BtorenpS urj, M oHeury, HI. |>HTSIOI 1 Ills.--Of C. H. FEGERS, M. t>- . A.N and SURGEON. Jahnslmrg --Office hours 8 to Hi A, M. O. J , HOWARD, M D. IPHYSICIAN AND SlTRtiEOV. Office at my residence, opposite M. E. (Jhtirch, McHenry. III. E- V. ANDRRSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and Surpeon, Office at Beslev's Drnir Store, opposite Parker House, Mc.Hehry, Illinois. W. H. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC physician and Snrtreon Office e-vtt sede Public S ublic •took. III. Office nours 11 to f In4 J».M. Wood. A. M., and i<jnare. PRATT HOUSE. TA. PRATT, Proprietor. First claso ac-Rnmmodations. Good Barn in Connection Wauconrla, III. F.J. BARBIAN. CIGiRMannfMit \iror McIIenry, 111. ders solicited. Shop, North East ner Public Square. . « Or- COR- RICHARD ;COMPTON. JUSTICE of tho Peace and Conveyancer.-- Will attend promntly to the collection of lebts. Volo, Lake County, III. E. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract of Titles to land In M Henrv County, l l l 'nois. Office with Dounty ( lerk, Woodstock, III. ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Madi Shoos Nonu hut the best of mutcral . nsed ami all work warranted. Shop North­ west corner Public Square, McHenry III. E.M.OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Acent in Leadinir Farm Machinery.-- Prices low and Terms favorable. McHenry N.S.COLBr. MOHENRT, McHenry Co..III. Breeder of Spanish Merino sheep, Berkshire and Pojiand China « viim. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale., Please call and examine before buying elsewhere. "" GEO. SCHREINER. k.LOON and Restaurs it . Xearlv opposite BUSINESS €A11DS. F. P. BROWS, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence over O. VV. Owen's Store, Mc­ Henry, III JESSE A. BALDWIN, A TTORNKY at Law and Solicitor in Chan- X\- cerv. Will practice in State and in Fed. eral Courts. Office, 3d Floor. New Custom Houy?, Ch^ago. CHAS. II . DONNELLY. ATTORNEY AT LAW *ND Notary, public Woodstock, Illinois. -Office over Stotte 's Drng Store. C C. H. TRUAX. ARPENTER and Builder, Nnnda, HI.-- Will put up buildings'by theJobor day. and guarantee satisfaction. Is. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON aftd Accoucher. Diseases of Women and all private diseases of both seies a Specially. Office and Residence on Clay Street Woodstock, 111. . . SIDNEY DISBROW,.' NOTARY PtTBLICand Conveyancer, den, 111. A1 J AC-JB BON-5LETT. SALOON A\D RF.STATTRANT. Opposite Bishop's Mill, McHenrv, III. The choic­ est Wines, Liquors anil Ciffars to bo found in the county. Fresh Ovstcrsin their season served up in any shape desired or for sale by the Can. ' GOOD SUABLIXG Foil HORDES. F. J. CROSS, S E N T I S T . McHenry, III. Full Plates made of ' the best majorlatj and fully warranted, $3.09. \ Fillinsr ono-h Jlf usual rates. ^ Special atteuition p-»i I to regulating bad shapeit teeth. Teeth extracted without pain and free of charge where Artiucial Tuetaaro in­ serted liv him. All Work fully warranted. Pure Kitrous Oxide Cos always on and for tiii i ' ptinles.s e.v traction of teotli . pWsnri") Y KIWI ftf a Sowins , fcipUg £t»u cheapest. Will also insuro yonr life and property at reasonable rates. 'Please ^iveme a cal ' ." PETER LlilClvEM. REPAIRS Watcbea, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds. Also Rupnlrs Violins in the best possible manner, on short notice and at rea- tontble rates. Also VT iolins for Sale. Shop •rat door North of Riverside Block, McIIenry 111. Cf. L. HUBBARD, Rirtgwood, III, --DEALER IN -- LIGHT AND;H£AVY HARNESS Also everything that is kept and sold in a Harness sKop. I can and will sell Harness as cheap as anv nun in the County. All work warranted. Call and sec me before purchasing. Rejairim done at all Times. Scott & Co., •r "Hatters to the Great Northwest." M 135 5iiii37 Jato St., NEAB?€LAltK ST. nave a larger stoek and greater variety of styles for yon to choose froin, than can be found in any other establishment in Chicago or tho Westl It will pav you to call and see tlieui. Prices the lowestiu the land for good goods. BRANCH STORES S. E, Cor. Clark & Lake sts. & S. E. Cor. Halsted and Harrison sts., CHICAGO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN Manufactured by P. MARCUS, --DEALER IN-- PURE WINES, LiaUORS AND CIGARS. Woodstock III. The bast Tonic in tho world. Put np in P«at an 1 Q.iart Bottles. F. MARCUS, Patentee. PORTRAIT PAIHTER. OIL PORTRAITS Taken from life or photographs. Correct, and finished likenesses warranted. Prices moderate. 111. ffinfiHKfr * feisiV AND AFFIiAISER, Algonquin, III. •Honrv, SAl.ES of Stock, Fill-mint? Tools and Goods of all kinds promptly attended to. Farm sales a specialty. Terms reasonable. Tost Jfllceaddress Algonquin 111. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. [ 5In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Pu-blic Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. ' A (rood Stock of Fine Cloths for Suitir.JTR al- ways.on hand. Suitsmadt; to order and a fit warranted- Give me a call . W- II. SANFORD. Woodstock 111..Sept. 27th. 1^75. H. E. H'l 'JUTM-W, Proprietor. First class Ti^s.withor without drivers, furnished at reasonable rat(?s. Teaming of all kinds ilone on short notice. &1. EKGELN. C+TJ1S- W J^:C I rr Til Scnle Ucpairinfr, ( ' • r i n d i n g a n d I 'ol- isliiuft Razors and Shears and Tatde Cutlery .•vspcclali- tv. i Kejiairinft of ^%all kinds done in ^•Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant- W Cd. Also dealer in * (inns, Revolvers, Tnbleand Pocket Cntlerv, 'Jun an.l Fishinjr Material, Pipes, Cijfars, -Tobacco, Violin Strings, ! s \c. Shop and store near the Post Office, Mc­ Henry, 111. Gjo. H. Stewart, Auctioneer. Richmond, IH. Has AII experience of 15 vears. and wil guarantee satisfaction in all cases, where sales entrusted to tnv care, are properly ad- vertiscil , or no charge will he made. Terms, from $5 to $10, according to amount 3 f \ lVor lers aldressed to Richmond, III. , will receive prompt attention. J. A. KECKRTP*H, M. KELTBR JEec&eisen & Kelter, ® General Commission, NO. --DEALERS IN-- v •Flour, Grain, Pork, Larfi, Hams, Green and Dried Fruits. Butter, Eggs, I 'oul! try..Uidvs, Pelts, etc. s 170 South Water Street^ CHICAGO, REFERENCE--Jas. M. Adsit, Banker. Advances made on Consignments. -VIA- CHICA&Q & NOHTH VESTERH RAILWAY 2,380 Miles of Road WEST FOR Cedar Rapids, Denver, Marshal I town, LeiulviUe, Des Moines Salt Lake, Sioux City, San Francisco Yankton, The Black liills, Omaha, Colorado, Council Bluffs Calilornia Columbus, the Territories EAST FOR Qhicago New York, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Moil real, Toronto, New Kngland, Canadas, Buffalo, and all Points East! JOS. WEEDEMAPJit Afteijit Franz Fa Ik's LAGER BEER, in.. Tteer In Larare or ̂ mall ICecs orillottles aU way s on hand Cheaper than any other, quali­ ty considered.1 • • ' - This Beer has a world wide reputation, and (pood Judges acknowledge it cannot oe sur­ passed in the world. Orders by mail proiaptly|aUended to. j|03.: WIEDEMANN. Mclleni^, Ilk M«iy ;5th, 1*39, Nunda, Illinois, --l»RAtr.R IN -- Agricultural Machinery, f Of AU Kinds. Ajren**»llw town* of Al?ont]uin,F ,Xnndft •nd Me.IIenrv for the celebrated McCormick • Machines, All kinds of machintirv sold HS cheap as anv other dealer in the County. <iiv<» me n call . « ^ C- HENRY Nun4a{ June ir>th«$*o. THE cllENRY fet SOUTH FOR Cincinnati, Nashville, Louisville, IN tOW Orleans, St. Lori», JH«kt«>!ivjllei] ionthf V Foiiits Sowthl U :' ' ' --T UK-- "Njith-We'.tsrn," Is the most DIRECT ROUTE, offering the traveling public Greater facilitiesand More Advantages than any road in tlie West. , It is the only line running Pnllman Hotel anil Sleepioj Cars, Between Chicago and Council Bluffs. I Pullman Palace sleeping Cars are rim on all nigbt trains. This is the groat Pulliuan Line of the Northwest. 'j Palace I 'ar or Cars run between ^bjcago and Milwaukee. Firnt-Clas^ Meals only SOoents at the Eat ing Stations on the North-Western. Sure nnd cl<>fe connections at Chicago with /ill Hiiilroadti, and at all Junction 1'oint^ with all roads that crots its I.ines. j All Ticket Aconts can sell you Through Tickets and check your Baggage FitHK by this ltoad. For information, folders, maps, ct«\. riot ob­ tainable at Home Ticket Oillci!, addresipny agent of the Com puny, or * MARVIK HUGHITT W. H. 8TINNETT, UeneralSu pt. Gen'l Passe:igei Agen The Sir.ger Ahead- The following is a list of pur­ chasers of the Genuine Singer Sewing Machine within the past eighteen months: i AiAA MOVTilLY MADK. Agents wanted Sh l l"* fjountv rights given gratis f«r the sale of seven well-known Standard Medicines needed in everv family; rep:itation world- w i d e ; established many years; made by a celebrated phvsieian; proofs of evidence given Vniu i ustriotis,-laor-getie person can make *n:i?p^r:oinenvin«-ouie :ind very liberal crms bv a I ires-uns; with r »ference ^hestnul Street, • ' >iliadel |>h ia. •233 GRACE'S CELEBRATED SALVE Is K VEGETAHLE PREPARATION invented in the i7th centnrv bv Dr. William Grace, Surgeon in King .lames' army. Through its agency he cured thousands -of the most serious sores and wounds that baffl­ ed the skillof the most eminent physicians of his day, and was retarded by all w.ho knew him as a i»';blic benefactor. PRICE 25 CENTS A BOX. ' 0 0 0 B 0 Y S & G I R L S Mrs T>avis Mrs Walkop Mm Tolei K 15 Stevenson.) (Juinlan C II Tryon J S K el ley Mis* Frame I) Zigler 1C (JriswoPl Mrs Torrance Chet Stevens Mrs A B Conn Rev Itureh Mrs Viilalstiiielf Gillis M Sullivan Ellen HurlbiitK M<;Kinney «J Keepsell .1 McQuillan C A Graves Mrs Morse II Connors Mrs M Vyco .John Ileiden R Church ,J Mellor" J (iroskinsey »; Bryant Mrs Roliinson Mrs Ilarmoiid Mrs II Brawn DW Boutell II Jl I 'vouty E 1) Thomas B F Gibbs I L llibbaul Eil SiClair Mrs WashburnJ Mansileld II Freeman Jennie Booth O Ingersoll J!rs Barnes 3 ilaratage (J l lo<child Mrs Houdersels Heading Geo Farrow W Seaton Miss Furney Miss wandrak F Iv Granger Mrs Gocby- Mrs Huffman . Mrs McDonald Olive Stevens . Minnie Pago R Thompson W A SkunTer Frank ColburB E B smith H F Jones Mrs A L Warner G Hlukeslee H Mayer Mop roe Lake Pat (Jonnorty Maggie Sides W m Stewart Alice Dates Geo Bryant P fosdick L Lock wood L Peterson Ira Slocmn Miss Ilea ton H Schneiiler A Bonner OJrtslvn Jacob Guth Libbie Duffy S C Wernliain Jas Bayard Jos StJohn Mrs K:wley W II San ford Mrs Brlggs Mrs C Allen A 1\ Bunker E & S PaddoekC <i Perkins G W Conn Etta Bt^ers A M Genett R Harrison L Thompson E Rennisou l 'eter Fry Mrs Harris X Donnelly Geo McCowb H Bartlett I> Anrtersoto Sarah Ward Sarah Shank A I>avldson Alice Carr T (joodsell Win Sperry 2 Til Wiggins L Hutchinson Geo Manning Rev Beattv Mary Bacon Sarah Smale* G Barrows J. A.'Cirr Ilenry Simpson Mrs N Martin Jos Levoy J. Van Slyke Nanc^ Hiil Dwight Judd E M Thompson Mrs £ BurtoufWin Huffman Nellie Hall E FELT. General Manager for the Singer Manufact­ uring Co. for McHenry Dounty. The McHenry Brewery. Gottleib Boley; Proprietor. THE best of Beer shipped to any part of the country and warranted as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended to wanted t actasagent >vthe best B>y'sani Girl 's paper published n the 'Vest. B'svttiful presents to subscrib- srs and agents. Every boy and girl can earn ots of unnev <"»nv'is^ing during leisure hours. D^n't fail to send for i t at once. To Introduce it we will send to any address on Irlal three months, for 10 Cents In cash or ost ' isre stain'i = . Sample of paper anfl „articuln rs FREE- Address C D C C IjoaMliold&em.oleveland.o- * » 11 HOUSE FOB SALE. The splen:lid new residence in tills village, known as the Hintou Wheeler place, is oflere<1 fore:ile. The house lb one of the best built In the village, In almost new. has n goofl barn and out­ houses, ami is very desirable located.-- Will be sold cheap and on reasonable terms. For further particulars inquire at this office. B A K E R Y , ; F V -- A N D -- J RESTAURANT. ROBT. PATTERSON, Prop. : Ilavincfopcnedja Bakery and Restaurant in tlio Village of He Henry,- the subscriber Would inform the public that lie is now pre­ pared to furnish them withj Fresh Bread,;Cakes, Pies, &c Of the host (jmthtvjuid at th(»llowc?t frjifco*.-- We also k«;ep ft flric stork of Couteetioiiory," Fime.y (, 'roecrtcs, Tanned (i iods, Ac., to which We ii vite{the attentionjof the public. Ifcikery in Howe's Block, 'FopitesHe the McH snrv llouse. * * W ICK CREAM alwwp on hnnd. . . ROBT. PATTERSON. M', ienry, May llltl i ,5188a (OBT. ̂ URFlftT &EB, NUNDA, JLLINOIS. Fine Wntf'li lierinir- ii»iT Ji Spocialty. All Mork Warrantml. Clocks aiul Watches of tho best make as "low as the lowest. Money Made EASY! --BV PURCHASING- Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, MVif-icar Instruments, Spoeta. cles, etc.. etc., ot Jeweler W oodstoek, Re|w.irinp of FINK WATCHED. AND JBW- EIJKY a speciali ty. I t you l iave any Oil1 !• I - CU1/I JOIIS t 'uit others tell you cannot be reiiair^d short of Chi<*ajjo, lake them to Bl.OSfeOM and ho w ill repair them, Kn^raving lioatlv done. All Goods sold engraved Free of charge. Kenicuiher the name, E W. BLOSSOM, Woodstock* EslalMei Over a Quarter ol a Cbiitary. MAYES -AND. DE ALERjlN-- Heady-Made Clothing. Cloths, Cassimerc and Worsted.-; to sell by the vard. The latest styles of tjoo'ls.on-liand Mt all times. My stock of RE.Vl)\-MADJ5 CLOTHING is now complete and I Will not be Undersold Store in Old McIIenry, the Bridge. near McHenry, II!. F. G. MAYES. Nov. mil, 1879. From the Chicago Trib ine, . inly 29th. | . THK llLO'»l>V SIIIKT. At ('iiiciiuiati tlie Domocrat'jr «le- dared tluit "The. right of si fret» ballot is the right presei*vatlve of all rights, and must and sha>l 1K» maintained In overj' part of the United States/' On tlilf platform they placed a Union General, and shouted» in great glee. more waving of the Moody shirt!" How. at this early stage of the cam­ paign. events begin to give tho lie to the impudent assumption of the Dem­ ocratic party that it is the natural pro­ tector of a "fre« ballot!" In,every part of the South Democrats are taking steps to render a free ballot impossi­ ble. In South Carolina the Red Shirt* Rifle and Sabre Clubs give notice through the public press that they will assume control of any Republican llneetiiigs which ; m;ty be convened. luTexu&a United S:ateB official Is driven from his home under a threat Of aspasi nation because he dares to make a Republican speech. In Missouri tlie American flag is hauled dQwn, torn into shreds, and plated into ropes. What a mockery is the nomination of a Union General by a political party equity of these outrages! What self-stulitlcation oti tho part of a Union General to ac­ cept such nomination! Gen. Hancock professes to love thu flag which his supporters trample in the dust. That (lag is the emblem of the authority which lie nspireg to wield. Can he doubt that the design of the Southern supporters is that he shall disgrace rather than honor it? How dare he, it ho be a loyal man, and If he be true to his convictions, become the candi­ date of a party which wljii shotguns stillc free speech and banishes free citizens? There is no room for doubt- of tlie truth of these reports. From every quarter of tlie South they come well authenticated. The Southern press trumpets them to the Xorth in a tone of lofty defiance. Says the Barn­ well (S. C.) People: We learn that K. W. M. Mackey and W. N. Taft the bravest, and most brazen Radicals in the State together with numerous lesser party lights, will be iu BlackviUe on Tuesday. There is one lesson which the Republicans of tills State have not learned. Tho sooner they know and become recon­ ciled to tlie inevitable the better it will be for them. It is this: Tlie Democrats have obtained control of the State of South Carolina, and they intend to retain It at every hazard, and in spite of tho utmost efforts of local enemies and their Northern allies We At« requested by tlie highest com­ petent Democratic authority to in­ vito nil Democratic candidates to attend the Republican meeting*. Tliey arc expected to be on hand. And the Barnwell Sentinel says: It is the duty of Democratic party to have representatives at the meeting from all parts of the county. So let all clubs send (air representatives among tlieui. Let them be men who will nail lies to tlie wall as fast as they are told. Democratic 'candidates should attend to a man. The "clubs" here leferod to are tlio notorious Red Shirts, Ritles, and Sabres, which shot down Innocent men lit Ellentown iu 137G for tlie crime (?) of assembling together as "Republi­ cans"! Gen. Hancock, what In your opinion, does the phrase "intend to re­ tain control of the State of South Carolina at every hazard,. ineAii? It means terrorism, and threats, ar.d assasination to secure your election; and you know it! It means that your candidacy in South Carolina is to be supported at the |>ayonet's point; and you know it! It means that in South Carolina, Democrats will murder Re- Reptiblioans to prevent tlieui from de­ feating you with a free ballot; and you know it! The Democratic party at Cincinnati Heclared itself iu lavor of "home rule"; and you Gen. Hancock will adopt that platform as your political creed. What do you mean by "home rule"? Is it the home rule which prevails In Texas? Mr. Ainos T. Bissell was threatened with assnsination, and compelled to flee from his home in the Town of Brazora for his life for making a speech in which he thu9 described the charac­ ter of home rule iu Texas: 1 complained that, while ample pro­ visions were made for the t'llucationof the white children, only partial pro­ visions was made for the colored; that the assessment tor taxes was two or three times as much on the property «»C colored people as on the same kind of property belonging to white people; and further, that while colored persons conflnetl iu jail were hired out for the be tie lit of tiie County Treasury, white men in tlie same fix were not inter­ fered with. Is this the sort of "home rule" called for by the Democratic platform, aud indorsed by you. Gen. Hancock? Wiil some Democrat, in behalf of Gen. Hancock, do us the favor to answer these questions^ One of two things is about to happen: either the Bulldozers, the Ku Klux Klaus, the Red Shirts, and the RiHe and Sabre Clubs must disband, must cease to murder, or the Democratic party will witness ^uch a bloody-shirt campaign as it lias not 6een since the whipped Rebels sur­ rendered at Appomattox. If the South is to be kept solid by assassination, the Nortl^will be made solid by horror! M£rMark Twain in his new book called "Tramps Abroad," tells how si party of tourists got wet, and 'vhat they did when they got back , to the hotel: *4We stripped and went to bed and sent our clothes down to be baked : all the horde of soaked tourists did the same. The chaos of clothing got mixed In the kitchen and there were consequences. I did not get back the same drawers I sent down when our :hingscame npjat 5:15; I got a pair on the new jdan. They were merely a pair of long, white, ruffled, cufled sleeves, hitched together at the top by a narrow band, and they did not come down to my kuees. They were pretty enough but they made me feel like two people, and disconnected at that. Tlie man must have been an idiot to get himself up like that to .rough it in the Swlsii mountains. The shirt ihey brought me was shorter than the drawers and hadn't any sleeves to it--at least It didrt't have any more than Mr. Darwin would call rudimen­ tary sleeves; These had edgings around them but the bosom, was ridiculously plain. The knit silk undershirt they brought me was on a new plan, and was really a sensible thing; it opened behindhand had pockets tu it for the shoulder blades; but they didn't socui to flt me so t found it a sort of uncom­ fortable garment. They gave my bobtail coat to somebody else, and sent me an ulster suitable for a giraffe. I had to tin my collar on because there was no button on the foolish little shirt w^iloh 1 described a little while ago." 8£9~Tlie reasons for expecting a He- publican victory In. New York this fall are: 1st. That the Democratic party in the city of New York is torn by dissensions. 2d. That the party in tlie country Is disappointed by tlie failure of any Democrat to secure the nomination. 3d. That the Republican party is united for (lie first time in manj' years. 4th.fThat a Republican State Administration is now in power. 6th. That tlie menace of tho Solid South is as potent In Neiv York as in any other part of the Union. Til&cn had a large majority in New York be­ cause he made an excellent Governor and because he was a New Yorker. He had tlie whole State and Canal pat­ ronage to back him up. Hancock lias no record as a reformer, and he Is a Pennsylvania!!. He has no olements of strength in New York that Garfield does not possess,; and lie Is weighed down by his association# imrilHr iwC*1 ord tlie Democratic party has been making for itself in both Houses of Congress si nee 1870.-- /V. Y. Tribune. The Ohio Stale Journal lias re­ ceived a letter from one of the "boys of seventeen years ago," who. It justly swys, "Is a sample of many thousands who will vote tho first time this fall." The boy writes from Llthopolls, Ohio, saying; Tho question has been asked, whv don't you vote the Democratic ticket forachance? Iwillgivo tlie reasons why I do not and will not vote the Democratic ticket. My reasons are-- 1. Democrats starved my father to death in a rebel prison. 2. Democrats tried to sever this Union. 3. Democrats sought to extend slavery all over this country. 4. Southern Democrats constitute the tree and Northern Democrats are the "grafts" and "by the fruit ye shall know the tree." 5. '-But" says one, "we are no rebels." Maybe you are not. but "bird* of a feather flock together." You all vote one ticket and you are in hearty? sym­ pathy with the old rebels. g^T'Nathanial Koot of Coventry Conn., aged ninety-four, died under very singular circumstances recently. He had been in excellent health for one of Ills years. He got up on the morning of the day ho died and pre­ pared to go into the flold at work, when a neighbor came In to whom lie said:"I'm expecting to die to-dav!" The remark was so cooly uttered thai tho neighbor thought ver}* little of it Mr. Root worked all the forenoon in a lot apearing well, and went into the house at noontime with his hired man. After dinner and just as suou as lie had risert from tlie table he started for another room, showing no signs of ill­ ness, and as he went out said: "I'll go and lie down and die now!" No one supposed lie was serious, but QII going to his room half an hour later lie was found to be stone dead. Wig*A Georgia man rigged himself upas a bear,to have some fun, and lie got It. for the inhabitants turned out with dogs and chased hiio four miles over a stony country, before lie could make them believe he wasn't bear And then they jalked of tarring and feathering him for alarmin^tlie wom­ en folks of the neighborhood, and finally gave him three itfays to leave the county. He won't play hear again- A T Besley's can be found the finest assortmeut of Pocket Books in this section. A new style of Fortinonnaie.? for Ladies, a little the nicest thing of the kind we ever saw, can be found there, Call and see them. Autograph Albums, from fv« cents upwards, at O, W. Owen's. ; jgyll. R. PortewMjensus enumerator of Lancaster. N.^H." found a house that was locked nmflio oue at home, but In the field a lapidred rods away, were ifouud ttaj only occupants, an aged couple o|s0 and 85 years, eacl) lioeing their row of potatoes, the wife appar­ ently doing as much as the husband and quite as well. There was nearly an acre in the potato patch, which had been plauted and and Uotttl entirely this aged couple. ,,, CLKAM WOftl, Coleman's hural World, with Its csual watchful care for the Interests readers, says of a suhject which should i;itere*t every wool-grower: "To have clean wool, one mn*t hara cleau pastu.-es: and to have clean pas. tures one must be rigid in destroying burs and weeds. A good sheep farmer when h<i hires a man will tell him that one part of his duty Is to destroy bnrs, and that If he ever sees him pas* one iu the pasture without puliing it up, hia services will no longer be requlml. Some hired men walk along with their heads so high that they can never see anything that needs doing. They will see tools, implements and other thing* lying around- the yard or tlel.l. and never tliir.k. If they were looking t«> the interest of their employer, tliejr would pick them up and put them in the tool-house, wood-house, barn or stable where they belong. They will run over them a dozen time* a dajr, leaving them«xposed to tlie we at Iter, without thinking thatthere is a proper placc for them and that they ought to be in that place. They wiil see ralU of! the fence and things going to de* struct ion without taking a minute or two to repair tiiein. When farmer* hire men they should tell them plainly to keep everything in its place arid everything in repair, and they shoufd reprove them slnrply for every omission to do it. It will make better farm hands and be much better for the farmer himself. THR rOrOKK or THIS ir.XITKt» #r*TE*. It is not generally known even In cultivated circles that tlie amount^of arable soil in America is greater than in Europe. Asia aud Africa put together ami can therefore sustain more lives. This is no rash conclusion. We Rjieak from a scientific basis;and I wiil «dtow you what that basis is: Our continent is narrow, and therefore the winds of ttm ocean water it well. The mountain chains on tlie East side of the Ameri­ can continent are low; on the East side of the old world, are high. From this results that the trade winds, laden with the witness of the sea, are at­ tracted to our land. The breadth of tlie old world and Ita high eastern ranges cause the rainless interiors of Asia atidjAfrica, Again. America l» the land of fertile plains; the old worltl of schoruhed plains. Our plains rtm north and south, and so attract aiul re­ ceive the rains. America is high tutde% , the equator, tlip *otd world wl^ iitiie*. »»hi> •>« in i i i^afci to the scorching sun. The re««»ttJI the productive soil of the old world Tl 10,000,000 square miles, and in the |»ev, 11,000.000. This bursts' upon us a!l in the light of scleutlfic truth, the f:\ct that America can austain a greater population than the old; and il she can it is unquestionable that some day she will, ttgT"The average of whe it ia thix State is 20 percent greater than It wa-* last year aud it is. thought that th« yield will exceed that of 1870 by morn than six million bushels. Michigan reports an average of 15 per cent, greater than last year; ami the crop* lit Indiana. Ohio, Missouri. Kansas an J braska are undoubtedly larger than they were last yeas. Tho States In? which there is a possibility of decroa*** are Wisconsin, Minnesota and low«£ though iu those States the loss in con­ dition is believed to compensated for by increase iu average. Taking all th«t reports from all tiie States where wheat; is an important crop, the prospect* promise an abundant supply. The price will be sustained by Inferior crops in Europe.--This will be $ prosperous year for this country. Mr. \V. Beavers, the well lil undertaker, lists recently applied.for i patent on an apparatus for the pr vatioii of dead bodies, which swewi fully applies the common principles the improved refrigerator, ami enal oee to preserve a corpse in tl*e heai«*f j mid-summer, as long as in the cold «§;| mid-winter. One of the rasfct shocking] experiences at a death ia, ofi-tiine* being compelled to hurry a body to! grave in a few hotii€, before (Vieml can arrive fron»ji<fc«*>ad to pay the i«*| offices to the parted; and equal! shocking is the Idea of packing th«*] body in Ice. Mr* Beaver's invention merely keeps a constant flow of ley air] oveMho body, while glasa doors able trieml* to view tlie fact) an»i preserve the corpse for a week If sired. J t is destined to be of aatfrfautfon and of decided utility. •9"Mr. English, of Indiana, «u Ii Congress in 1S60, when tlie first sl of the secession movement win igl itatlng tlie country. He appeared in] the r<ile ot pacificator, aiul tbla wa his programme: First, "for the pose of doing justice,'* to divide territory of the oouiUry between free and slave State*. Sioohd. to i cities counties and towns llsliWjl double the value of fugitive slave* cued. A few days later he p* a resolution pledging move all causes of irritation. English oan take th« back seat to Bourbons by the progrwillv* who rule this v»uutrr. #y l*ow Prices vid £» i i *«»!%*! Mnrfitt, Jowetor, Xwtdft. *«» 1