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Jfejfrarj jtaleilw. m Published Every Wednesday by JT. VA> SLYKE ^ BDITOBJAND P<JBl.I3IIEB.| ce in Old Jf. O. Block/ --©«H»SIT B ^tVCBStDgJItOCSS.-- TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION Dae Tear, {In A<l vance,) ...at SO If not Paid wi hi* Threo Minthi ........260 luba«rlution»raceiTedf9rthreeorsix month thetaiiie prop>ruon. BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BUOWN.M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURiEOW Offlceover pnosite Btnrf h A ' r*, McHenry, 111. J the Post Office, opposite Perry A Martin's m, McHenry O, IL PEGKIW. M. O- «?' •WirslOl.VN AND SURGEON,, Jettasbarf I Ills.--Olftce hours 8 to 10 A, M/ O. J. HOWA.RO, M D. |>HYSICI AN AND SURGEON. I my residence, opposite M. t. McHenry. III. Office nt Church, E- V. ANDERSON. M. P. PHYSICIAN and Surgeoa. Office at Besley's Drr Store, Opposite Parker, House, McHehry, Illinois. PRATT HOUSE. A. PRATT, Proprietor. First »T eonmoilttions, NTau^onda, III. class ae- "Good Bars in connection F.J. BABBIAN. CU VS Mai ififtt wrs- McHenry, lit. Or-«ie*» solicited. Shop, North Eiint Cor- aer Public Siuare. _> BICIIAltU COM I'TON. < JUSTICE of the Pe*ce*»nd Conveyancer.-- Will Utenl nrt nr>tly to ti»e collection of iebts. Volo, Lake County, III. E. E. RICHA.RDS. HAS a complete Abstract or Title* to land in M Henrv Countv, tll 'nols. Office with bounty t lerk, Woodstock. 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shons N^nu but the be9t ofi niateral aael and all work warranted. Shop North­ west c.orn r Public S iti'ire, He Henry 111. E. M. OWES. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Agent in Leading Farm Machinery.-- Prices tow and Terms favorable. McHenry BUSINESS CARDS. aS. GREEN. tflS6*KRtNABY SURGEON. V Illinois. ttiobmond JESSE A. BALDWIN, ATTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chan, eery. Will practice in State and in Ked era I Courts. Office, 3d Floor. New Custom. Hogse, Chicago. . t^'-.sCs.- CHAS. U. DOSNELL -^ :; jV ATTORNEY AT LAW *n<LNotary Public W to l-itock, Illinois. Office over Stone'* Drug 3 •> . The Celebrated Stallion U Cross C. H. TRUAX. CARPENTER and Builder, Nunda, 111.-- Will put up buildings by theJobor day. and guarantee satisfaction. E. 8BSHETT, X. D„ • SURGEON and Ao-,oucher. flfrs*&»e« 4f Women and all private diseases of both so*e8 a Specially. Office md Residence on Clay Street Woodstock III. N' SIDNEY DISBROW, OTARY PUBLICand Conveyancer, den, 111. A1 Mchenry eaxery, --WD-- RESTAURANT. OPPOSITE the Bridge, McHenry. 111.-- Warm meals ai nil hours. .Farmer* Lunch served on short notice. Ovulars by the Can or Disk. R. PATTERSON. F. J. CROSS, DEHTZST< McHenry, III. ; ^ Full Plates made of -the beat material and fully warranted, SS.OO. Pillingo ie-half usual rates. , Special attention paid to regulating bad shaped teelh. Teeth extracted without Dttlft tinctal Te«nu. are ,ip,. ^|c«EXRY, McIIenry Co.. II!. N. 3. COLBY. B eeder of Sp;inish Merino Shjep, Berk; Uire and Polan.l China • »vi .i.f. V ih (ice lot f young Buck stock for sale. Please call an 1 examine before buying elsewhere. GEO. SCrillEINER. SALOON and Restaurant Nearly opposite the Parker llonse, McHenry, III KfFirst class Billiard and Pool Tables. JOHN HEXDKICK8. BLIVIX'S MILLS, ILL. Is now prepareil to sell and repair any kind of a Sewing; • Machine asctuvip at the cheapest.' Will also insure your lift) and property at reasonable rates. Please give me a cap. PtiTKlt LEICKEM. REPAIRS Watche-i, Clock* and Jewelry of til kinds. Also Repiirs Violin* in the best possible manner, on sh >rt notice and at rca- K>n*l>le rates. Also Violins Cor Sale. Shop •rat door Vorth of Riverside Block, McHenry 11. & 1 ft OUTFIT furnished free with all in. HF siructions for conducting the most .irotiiiiWle business any one can engage in. The business is so easv to |e:irn and our in­ structions are so sinipie mid plain, that any one can make great profits from the very start.. No one can fail who is willing to work. Women are as succes-,ful as men. Bovs and gir's can earn large sums. Minv have maiie at the business over one liundre l dollars in a single week. Nothing like it ever known before. All who eng-igc are sur­ prised at the ease and rapi lity with which thev are able to make money. You can en­ gage in this business during your spare time nt great profit. You do not have to invest capital in it. We take all the n*k. Those who need ready money should should write to us at once. * All furnished free. Address TRUE A CO., Augusta, Maine. free of charge where Arti serted bv him. All Work fully warranted. A, Pure Nitrous OKI*IP Qfit aMr*yi.«ia ami f»r p U.IT JSS of ' J. A. SHE3WOGD AUCTIOXE KH AND APFKAISflp, Algonquin, III. ~ p»n be found the balance of the season at VJ the stable of A. R. Boomet, Marengo, where those wh > wish his services can see hint. For style and speed, and in fact for every point that constitutes a line blooded horse. Red Cross has no superior, Farmers and others who wish to improve their breed of horses should not fail to see him. For Pedigree and other particulars applv at the stable or to * Ei.iJAH BUCK. : Crystal Lake. Dated sept. 83d, 1890. For Sale or Rent. I offer mv farm consisting of 160 acres well improved land, situated two miles west of Monavilte, ami one and one-fourth miles from l,ip»incotts Fox Lake Resort, in town of Grant, Lake Co., 111. for sale or rent on easytemis. If sold long time will be given if desired. Inquire of, or address. . 1. M. GAVIN. Fox Lake, Post Office. Village Property For 8ale. pT®* sale, in this village, the following pro- Mix acre* of land, more or less, on the town [>lot, in the village, of McHenry. Is finely ocated and will l>e sold cheap. Also one House and Lot. Is in a pleasant localitv, has a g>x»a Well and Cistern, Barn, •and other conveniences. Also one Block containing two Stores, awl a fine lot adjoining. For fujrther particulars Inquire at this of lice CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY sales iffice id< if stock, Farming Tools and Goods km is promptly attended to. Farm iecialty. Terms reasonable. Post ress Algonquin 111. W. H. 8 AN FORD, "* Merchant Tailor In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East side of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A good Stock of Fine Cloths for Suiting* al- wav eon hand. Suits made to order and a fit warranted- Give me a call. W. H.SANFORD. Woodstock 111..Sept. 27th. 1875. A' Th3 lisHsnry Brewery. Gottleib Boley; Proprietor. THE best of Beer shipped to any part of the country md w»rr intcd as represented.-- Orders solicited and promptly attended t Scott & Co., "Batters to the Great Northwest" Nos. 135 aii 137 HailisoD St., NEAR CLARK ST. Have a larger stoek and greater variety of styles for you to C 'IVHC from, than can be found in ar.y other establishment in Chicago or the Wjst! It will niv vou to callX"1 ' 8t*e thein. Price j the lowest in the land for good foods. BRANCH STORES S. E, Cor. Clark & Lake sis 4 S. E. Cor. HaUtdd and Harrison sts., JDHICAGO. M A R C U S ' GERMAN sf.; v > r. E. WI iHTMAX, Proprietor. First class 11 rigs, .villi »r without drivers, furnished it -•nsonable rates. Teaming of all kinds loneon short notice. * M. ENGELN. U U I V - S M I TH Scale Repairing. Grinding and Pol­ ishing Razors and Shears and Table Cutlery a speciali­ ty. Repairing of all kinds done in Steel or Brass.-- All work warrant­ ed. Also dealer in Guns, Revolvers, Table and Pocket Cutlery,'inn and Fishing Material, Pipes Cigars, Tobacco, Violin Strings, Ac. Shop ii i store near the Post Office, Mc. Henry,111. ffi 55 OUTFIT sent free to those who wish ® "Ji'U'ruiw in the most p!e*i«ant and proij .<l»le b isi'ie^s known. Evervt'iing new. Capital not re i-lire I. We will furnish yon everything. 910 a I «v and unwardsis easily made without ^tivinirawav from home over night. No risk whatever. " Many new Work­ ers wanted at once. Many are making for­ tunes at the business. Kadies make as much as men, and voting IH>VS and girls make great piv. No one who is willing to work fails to make more money in H dtv than can be made in a week at any nrlimrv employment. T'insc who engage at once will And i short road to fortune. Allress.il. HALL-TT A CO., Portland. Mnine. Geo. H. Stewart, Auctioneer, Richmond, III. *« (las an experience of i» vears, and wll guarantee satisfaction in ail cases, where sales entriisteil to my care, are properly »d. vertijed.or no charge will be made. Terms, from *5 to *10, according to amount )f sale. All triers ildresscd to Richmond, 111., will receive prompi attention. 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Sure and clo«e connections at Chicago with all Railroads, and at all Junction Points with all roads that cross its I.ines. All Ticket Atrents can sell you Through Tickets and check your Baggage FREE by this Road. For information, folders, maps, e'.c.. not ob. tainahle at Home Ticket Office, address any agent of the Company, or VABVIH HUGHITT GcneralSupt. W.H.8TITNSTT, Gen'l Passe:.gerAgen Manufastured by F. MARCUS --DE VI.Kit IV- FUREWNES, LIQUORS :k ClaARS. AND W»l3t33!( The hast Tonic in the world. Fiat and Quart Bottles. I". Put HP^in F. MARCUS, PatontM. Af\ Drops of CONSTITUTION "f.VTEB *• three times II day, euros Ilr^n.' l»is- Inllainat.ion of the 'Kidneys, Stone in the Bladder, Catarrh of the Bladder, Gleet, Dia- 'ictes. Gravel, Brick-Oust Deposit, Childhood Weakness. Fer Female Oemplaiats a Byeeiality> 0 For sale l»v all Druggists. Srs. A «e dres, • t(/| John St W.V s wp!Ck in V°ur own town. 15 onlfil ^P* MF froe. No risk. Reader, if von wart a busines at which persono of either sex can m**ke gre:it nay allthe time thev wort, writ! P^rtieulars to H. AOMTT * Co., fort- Send tor Circn s. r i 1 1 » , e n Money Made EASY! -BT PURCHASING^ Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, . "'•« • Silverware, Mufe&eal Knstrumenta, Speota- clot, elc.« etc., ot IL V. llffiOH Jeweler. Woodstock. . III. Repairing of FINE W*ATCHEf», AND JEW­ ELRY a speciality. If you have any DIFFI CUI.'T JOBS that others tell you cannot be reiiaired short of Chicago, take them to BLOSSOM and he will repairthem. Kncrraving' neatly done. All Goods sold enarraved Free of Kemeniberthe name, E W. BLOSSOM, Woodcock, cbarw FOX LAKE. EDITOR FI.AINDEALER:--Yonr cor respondent having been rattier remiss of late, now desires to make 11 little atonement. The season IR abopt over • jon the lakes and we are all very busy counting the Bhekels. respectively as­ sorting the twenty, ten. five and dol­ lar bills, even condescending to give fifty cent pieces, attention, whereas instances are not wanting, when a Fox Lake man has been known to handle nickles. WlieirOnr local hunters are flush and the flights are strong the vulgar cents are comironly used to wad down the powder and shot. In view of these prosperous times. Fox Litke now owns a store in the per­ son of M. K«Stanley, a post office rep­ resented by J. Jo. Tweed, and a nar­ row guaged railroad promised 11s for next spring. The crying want of the place however. It a Bank and no eharge made for the suggestion. With these tilings, we cotiltl get along comfort­ ably although the addition of a thea­ tre a ^cathedral and a saloon, would make a preelnet of us and entitle us to a democratic candidate for the next term. Slowly bt»i surely we are pio- gn*»8iiig, and it Is. confidently hoped that two years more will enable u« to reach that point of advancement In the tide of human aflftirs where the cala­ boose represents the first milestone of civilization, then Indeed shall this be the Saratoga of the Republican,--I should say democratic town ofOrnnt. As a fitting tribute for the bounties of Providence at the close of the sea­ son, Mr. Frank Sayles improvised a thanksgiving party on the UKh last., for the benefit of young and old, crutches only excepted or persons wearing a cork leg. A goodly number of mostly local guests, thronged the house after dark, and universal rejoic­ ing rang through the hall the live long night. At the approach of the small hours however as the eyes of sundry big fnt boys begau to glisten and the roar of their voices began to indicate the presence of enormous cavities con­ cealed behind their Jackets, a corres­ ponding feeling of sadness and dejec­ tion crept amongst the oysters who meekly allowed themselves to be in­ terred without a Word of protest al­ though not a* tew Of them who happen­ ed to be stowed two closely In the hold,eventually knocked at the lid of their coffins as itidfc&ed fty the pre*" Vm'b 'of iiigtittKMre.sipufclVre however was kept liennetL-ally sealed with huge additions of dainty pastries prepared by the magic hand of Mrs. Sayles and her able assistant, Phinc r>riirv, after which tue gentlemen loosened the clasps of their pantaloons and labored heavily towards the ball room which meanwhile had been un­ derpinned in anticipation of this extra strain. With some difficulty the ladies and gentlemen now approached each other owing to the excessive bulge with whlcii most of the guests were at tliis moment afflicted, but a cotillion or two soon brought about a salutary, shrinkage,which permitted the couples, once more, to approach each other conveniently within whispering dis­ tance. The manager of the evening Mr. Melvin Little, |>erformed all the delicate duties of his office with that masterful ease and genial good nature always characteristic of tftat gentle­ man. Mell is not essentially of a con templative turn of mind.. He is not given to sit aloue on a bank to listen to what the wild waves are saying, or to the dulcet music of two boats bump- ing against each other on the beach, nor is lie given to watcli the polar star, sitting on a barren kiwll any length of time on an Arctic night In January, neither is he often seen as a Botanist, watching the prowth of a blade of grass at noon-time during the dug days of summer, or looking at a sunset with drooping jaws. But as an active guest, hetore a well set table, or behind a matched pair of fleet horses, or as a story teller beside a good bottle of wine and the dessert table, or asa com­ panion to the fair or even a funeral; h£ is an artist. Towards foof In the morning the party betrayed symptoms of weakness, hoods and shawls were adjusted and a gradual stampeda commenced. A show­ er of rain however checked this ex­ odus. when at last your correspondent in hope of wishing the host and host­ ess good night, pushed aside the fold­ ing door. Perish the provoking thought that, made me do that. A little light 110 bigger than a star, shed its fceble ray through a silent, sepulcharal atmos­ phere, and just stranded itself on the outlines of two weried figures hand in hand in each corner, Whethrr it was a night seance, evoking the spirits of the illustrious dead,cases of* paraly­ sis, suicides, love, or phantoms of the night, I at all events proffered my as­ sistance if needed, but receiving no auswer.other than the sound of strong pulsations, and the tramping noise ot hearts beating asone, I reverently clos­ ed the door and hied myself In my llltle bed full of reflections. Mr. *nd Mrs. Sayles have the thanks of all for their attentions and good treatment and deserve all the future patronage which they may solicit. T. I make a specialty of Repairing fine W itches, and warrant all my work ftobt. Mitrfitt, Nuiida, From S mday Times Nov. 7th. A N I N V1NCIBLK REASON. The recent presidential election has shown that the re is an invincible rea son why the democratic party cau nev­ er win a national victory. It Is that thtfyouth of this republic is not demo­ cratic, The sons of democratic fathers have grown up republicans. So lon« as slavery and th« war lin­ ger within the memory of Americans, the youth of the republic wl'l continue to grow up republicans; and slavery and the war will be remembered as long as the public school system exists. Tlie pubilcscliools have slain the demo­ cratic party with the text-books. It is vain for statesmen to declare that there was aft many democrats as republicans in the union army. It is to affirm that the war for preservation of the union coulil not have been carried to a successful close without the as­ sistance of the democratic party. It is idle for philanthopy to suggest that the attitude of that party toward the war in the beginning was a humane one;that it was inspired by the higher and better wish that the cause of tlie conflict should be peaceably removed, and the spilling of brothers' blood by brothers' hand avoided. The demo­ cratic part»* has been Ideally identi­ fied witli slavery and tin ve hoi ding.-- The republican party is ideally Iden­ tified with emancipation and the war. Therefore Is the youth of the country incapable of being democratic. There­ fore the democratic party can never win a national victory. Its old men are dying away. The boys who catch the ballots that fall from their stif­ fened hands are republicans. This fact cannot be denied. It will do no good to quarrel with it. All other causes which have operated to dimin­ ish the number of democrats and in­ crease tlie number of republicans are insignificant beside this one tremen­ dous and invincible fact. The cause of slavery has poisoned the blooJ and rot­ ted the bone ot tiie democratic party. The malediction of the var lias palsied Its brain. Tlie youug wife who held the babe up to kiss the father as he hurried to the tap of Ids departing regiment has not suckled a democrat. The weary foot of tile gray grandmother who watched the children while the wife was busy has not rocked the cradle of d<Miioci (it *. The clui %that thft sol dj^. rather never came back to fill has ' not been climbed upon by democrats. Tlie old blue coat that his comrades carri­ ed back was cut up for little jackets, but not one iuclused the heart of a democrat. The rattled musket tliat fell from him with Ills last shot be. came the thoughtless toy of his boys; but not a hand that played with it was the hand ola democrat. The babe lie kissed crowed ai.dcrowed for his re" turn, and itsiuiwittiiig and unanswer­ ed notes were not from the throat of a democrat. The tear-soiled camp let­ ters which the mother read aloud in the long, bittef evenings while the boys clustered at her knees did not fall upon democratic ears. The girls' sobs, blending with the mother's weeping, did not make democrats of their broth­ ers. Perhaps the father had been a democrat all his life! The children iro to school. There is not a democrat on its benches. The first reader contains the portrait of Abraham Lincoln--that kind and sturdy lace never made a democrat.-- On itssimple pages, in words of one or two syllaMes, is told the story ot his birth and death. That story never made a democrat. In the pranks of tlie playground the name silences the frolicsome and makes the jolliest grave. Tnac name never made a democtat. In the pictures that light up the geogra­ phy are the firing on Fort Sumter and the rleath of Ellsworth. Those pic­ tures make no democrats. The first page of the history contains a repre­ sentation of the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. No boy gazes on that andever after avows himself a demo* crat. In the higher grades the same subtle and unresisted influence is at work.-- The text-books contain extracts from patriots' speeches during the war.-- Those speeches make, no democrats.-- Tlie great battles are briefly describ­ ed; the narrative has no democratic listeners. The strain of martial music runs through tlie readers, and that mus­ ic makes uo democrats. Sketches of the great generals are given; their brave deeds aroiise^eiithusiasm of the lads, but there Is uo democrats among them. The horrors and suffering of tlie slaves are told; the maddened blood that mounts the boys' cheeks is not lemocratic blood. The curse of slav­ ery has pursued tlie democratic party, and has houuded it to its death. There­ fore, let it die; and no lip will be fouud to say a prayer over the grass 011 its grave, . The late defeat need not be attribut­ ed to any* other cause. Other causes were at work--but they werts inciden­ tal. The thrill was one. Sectionalism wa6 a seeond. "Let welfenough alone," was a third. Tlie October tailure in Indiana was a fourth. But all these were trival and together could not have accomplished the result. Tlw re­ sult was accomplished because tlie youth of the republic is not democrat­ ic. That party is. therefore, without I futitrt and without a hope. Tin malediction of the war has palsied il> brain. The cause of slavery lias pols. oned Its blood and rotted Its bone.-- Let it die. COUNTING NEW YORK FUR HANCOCK. [X, T. SOB.] We hear some talk of taking, away the electoral vote of Xew York from Oarfleld. to whom It belongs and giv­ ing It to Hancock, to whom It does not belong. The plan Indicated, a# «f|>r aa It 1* comprehensible at all for the ex­ piring Democratic Congress to ordetr an investigation of New York's vote. The material Is to be found in the al­ leged colonization of city districts by Republicans, and an alleged large vote in the interior of the State by ballots not printed iu the type prescribed by law. Then we suppose the expiring Congress is to throw out the alleged votes of the colonizers, also the alleged ballots not printed In proper form; thus giving the State and a majority of the Electoral Colleges to the de­ feated candidate. ir Congress wants to get at the true cause of Democratic defeat In New York State, it must investigate, not the census or the city districts and the prluting presses of the rural counties, but John Kelly. Such an investiga­ tion would be Interesting, and no donbt Instructive by Its resnlts. But it happens that neither John Kelly hhnself nor his schemes, ambitious bargains, hopes and achievements as Boss of Tammany Hall, ace within the purview of an Investigating commit­ tee of Congrem. General Garfield is legally elected. When the complete returns are In fronj all th* States It will probably be found that he is a minority President --that la that a small majority of the voters of the United States voted against him and for General Hancock. Garfield's term of four years, with Hayes' four years, will make eight during which the majority of the vo­ ters have not controlled the execctlve branch of the Government. Never­ theless, Garfield will be the constitu­ tional President. It General Uardeld lives till March 4th. 1881, he will be luaiigurated. Then and thereafter we shall, at least, have the satisfaction of knowing that the W h i ;e' House has an occupan t w ho was elected. •" nan before election day, largely on tlie strength of Mr. Kelly's protestations. Since election day and on the fetreugth of cold facts, it has been couuted for Garfield. It is not likely to be counted for Hancock again at present. A llRtlUMKH H HKVKKHR Young BiinimcIhsHs has just tgeeif1 discharged by his employer, old Twr percen*. The facts are as follows; Btimmelhaus had just returned from • trip over the State. Iii.« trip had I very satisfactory to himself, perhaps, bnt not so to his enr-ptoyrr. He had* spent a great deal of money in bnggyS rides and on? thing and another and taken very few orders. When Rum me lhaus called in to wf the old matt the latter was as mad a* the mischief. He said:"I don't believe you makes any effort to sell goots. Yen 1 rash »;| drummer I alvays sold goots to de raer«y| chants uo matter ven dey don's want any. I made de artjuaiiitiusce von everypody." ' ^ Bummelhatn ram* my war reply* lug that it was the reputation of his '~ principal that prevented him from selling anything but, be restrained J himself. "How did you use to manage to iritSf goods when you was a drummer f* "1 vill sliow you all atwnc dat. Schoost yon sit dowu in chair*. Yow pecs a country merchant, I play no# de drummer." Bummelhaus pretended to be writ­ ing at his desk and old fwoperceut came up from one aide, bowing and scraping. "Goot morning. Can't J sell yo« some goots F" " ; "Who the h--I art youl* aajra^Ma* melhaiis looking up. "I travels for de G&lvcMOa Twopcrcent." v : « "You do, do you? So yon travel tor that infernal old thief, do you!1 Take that!" and to impress upon Ills em­ ployer the difficulsi< a of drumming up trade, BuiniMelliaus kicked the old man four or Ave times, pushed him up in a corner and choked him for awhile, audi then told the eld gentleman, who waa speechless with bona tide rage, "If you ever come in here again I'll m* Invs a whole bone lu your carcass." • rtrmcr'i OAet, A hired mau who has been emploved on a farm in this county for several mouths entered suit against, hia em­ ployer llie other day for balance of wages, amouuting as he claimed, to 933 The suit was on trial in Justice ailey yesterday, and it looked at first • as if the plain till had a clear case. He gave dates and figures in a straight-forward manner, and seeuied a very honest young man. When the farmer took the stand lie said: **1 claim au offset for that $32. No man need sue mo for what 1 houestly owe.'* "What Is your offtetf" asked the lawyer. '.He's an unbeliever." "In what?" "Why, iu the Bible," "What has that to do with jonr ow­ ing liiiu #33. "It has a heap to do with it. I had six bauds iu my employ, and we were rushiiig things when 1 hired this man. He hadn't been with us two days when they stopped the reaper iu the middle of the forenoon to dispute about Dan­ iel in the lion's den, and in three days we had a regular knock-down about the whale swallowing Jonah. The man who run the mower got to argu­ ing about Samson and drove over a stump and damaged the machine to the tuue of 810. and the verv next day my boy broke Ids leg while climbing a fence to hear the row which was start­ ed over the children of Isratd going through the Red Sea. It wasn't a week before my wife said she didn't believe Elijah was fed by the ravens, and hang me if I didn't find myself growing weak on Noah and his flood. That my offset sir; and if he was worth anythiug I'd sued him for a thousand dollars besides." The court reserved Its decision for 14 hours.--Detroit Free Pre#*. An action for assault and battery decided last month In the Supreme Civil Court at Boston, involved a ques­ tion of some uiomeut as to tiie rights of railroad passengers. Tlie material poiut of tiie case was to deter mine whether a corporation, having agrtpitl^ to carry a passenger over a thi route at * reduced rate, less titan ate sfrtl^v^'a right to prei passenger from stopping at that sta* ; tioti until he has paid additional fare. The decision of the Court holds that the company has no such right. The plaintiff bought an ordinary limited ticket over tiie Old Colony line, from Boston to New York for 91. Arriving at Newport, to which place the regular fare Isf 1.60, lie had started to go ashore, wlieu he waa stopped by an officer of tlie company and was not al­ lowed to leave the boat until lie hail paid tlie sixty cents diflerauce in fare. He acceded to the demand, and then brought the above action. According to the decision, it seems that a rail­ road or a steamboat company can not lawfully prevent a passenger from leaving the cars or boat at tuiy station when a regular stop {* made lor the ex­ change of passengers. The company demand the differance in fare between local and through rate, and, U pay­ ment U refused, recover tlie same la a civil action, but have no oth«r rem­ edy.--Central Law JuumaL / S3 HIS xantCAl. CHARACTER. A good story is told of Ben Lefevre who was running for Congress in Oliio^ He was making a speech in defence oi himself against charges made by a local paper and he said: "I scorn such imputations I shall not notice them. I have bee l called a gambler, a drunk­ en loafer and a debaucher of women; but thank Heaven, no man ever dared to breath" a suspicion^against my mor­ al character." •^"Prisoner at the bar," said the Judge."is there anything yoi» wish to say before sentence is passed upon you?" The prisoner looked wistfully toward the door, and remarked tint lie would like to say "g<wi4 eveiling," • if it would be agreeable to the couiya t»y. . OUGHT TO HAVE A »A LOO NT. s A citizen who has lately built him­ self a residence ou the Cass farm, waa the other day showing a friend through It, and wten everything had been no­ ticed and discussed he asked: "Well, do you see any place vNwt1! yon could improve it?" "Yes. 1 noticed s bad error right at the start," was I he reply. , Being asked to explain he contl»> e d v k j "You have no balcony in front." "But I don't want one." ^ ̂ "Well, perhaps no'., but when yo« are running tor office aud the band coines up to serenade yon. and the populace calls for a speech, yon will either have to go on the roof or come ou th** ground to respond. A balcony is a sort of middle ground--just high j aiiongli to escape making any pledge, and not too high to premtat all sort* of reform. Ought to have had a bal­ cony. sir--regret it If you Detroit Free Pre**. I^An official report shows number of post office* iu operation la tliis country in Jt^ie last was 4IJS1, aa increase of 1134 during the year. Be* sides tlie 43.UU0 postmasters there are 17.490 persons who (terfonn servlcea upon authorization of tlie postmaster general, and at least 80.000 clerk*, ta tlie third and fourth class ol look for employluent and et tlou directly to the local autkoritlesi--» It is thought, therefore, that there tea 110.000 persons directly couiteet*4 wltli our postal service. A fine Hue of Seats Pi Goods at Laoer& Bevker's Depot. We have the tacye^i and best ed stock »f Gloves in(»| MlHaws riWriptiou. ever It/ept lye We are sure wehaps|Htt Aa Mtfak UMMU*!* f. *fc*rv«N» *5§rtj