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n ' 1VOLUME XII. POTSDAM. ST. LAWKENGE CO., S« F. . FfilDAY. JANUARY Jl . 1389.

F R I M T . -JAXL'AKY 11, 1S?9.

Broekyii'e will t.iive ice race* en Febru-iry 16. proYulir.g th'.ve i* ice t<v li.iu 'Jute.

The tcAciicri-uf Len-..> couii:y will meat Gleu.lale J.-%n !°th.

The D. & JI. intend to l-uiM a i,cw depo:n Albany.at a cist o£#i00,0u\).

The.Sta-c JI•-•<::•.•»: S »:d»- will .v.i-etAlbany nest February.

The Howard Ilcu.-i' anu *.ijiire UoeMalone is to ailopf the [Ian if hi-ating bsteam.

Another seed timise : to

at Cape Viocent. Howard & L'n<lcihi!! i:

the style of the new firm.

It is claimed by an O<'*ego n:;r.:>'.-r thaifrom 6,000 to 8,000 re..;'.-, <••'. :!.:it city, a ttend no ebarch whatever.

The Rev. J . E. Thomas, wife uiij bfan_ chad lef: for India en the steamer City o

' ' Chester, Saturday, Dowiriber 22.

GeBeral Lew Wallace is said to have re-ceivd $60,000 in p.yaUics fr^rr. hi* "BenIlor." Uis. "Fair God" has tilsc nct'ethim handsomely.

E. G. Short, of Carthd,-.', has been award

ed a metlai and 'ho tiiM prize for bis new

,_a. duplex fuo".:iu l>y tie American Institute of

;*?„ Kew York city.

»"; :. All the county rfiices <•! Lewis county are

,e'_. now in the hands of Republicans except

^ i -..ti^tt of district attorney. Tfn .' rsr= ago a

: majority of t bf ft' t CH-t- r. cie £!!ed by Deiro-

,-ui-U by tl.e postal de-L- freeuei.vcryservice.::i.- .' r J.I.;;.IIO- iheion b«o Lot beeu an-

of Syracuse

An order has Lcc:s L•tment exten 1.:' ' :l.

' l o Pittsburgh. ?:..-E.^6W service iiiLO oj^ru

Tjoiraeed.

£.4 Professor Cht&ritiS-J.3Jn}versity, will contribute to tha Northern,aboat the time of the celebration, or during

month of April, a series of articles treat-ol Washington's relation to the forraa-of our constitutional, government.

re will be two new intons this monthaauary 1 anil January 31. ThereIto new moon in February, of course,

so March—a month of thirty-one dayscome in for two.

has sis cases of small-pox andhas one: 'the Frankfort case isre been contracted in Gloversville.

leTTtica health officers are using everylUtion to keep the dread il^eaae out ofcity.

' . C. T. I", of iMalone evidently be-re>in practical Christ iau and temperance

yeoyk It bas a class cf over 10J)-girls andnearly 100 boys, trostly poor, uhWattendedweekly meetings where the girls are taughtsewing and all ore iinpresstd with the evilsof strong drink.

^ Mr5 Joh@ Eej-jfw of LowviUe. who was*~ Accidentally shot abont two weeks ago, bas

T So far recovered as to L-e able to bearound the hon?e again. The ball stillremains in her ?hou!deran>l unle.** :t should•trouble her hereafter will be allowed to stay

' tbere

iter the war* spell last week aloan was seen by partita ou thu Vermontside of the lake, crossing from Port Henry.

•Suddenly he disappeared and \»s not seen' to come to tLe surface. The najne of theunfortunate party has not beca learned.

Rie Herkimer and Mohawk street rail-7 oad reports for tho quarter ended Dee. 31,

1888 Gross earnings, §1,603 05; operatingexpen °s, 1916.30; fixed charges, $89.68;net income, $567.07. The same quarterjast year returned gross earnings of $1,411.

_4tf, and net income of §702.00.

According to the Pittsburgh Dispatch,not lea than 40,00) pensioners are entitled.H receive from $25 to $8o each, by simply,

».applying for it in Washington as follows:i^fe cents per mile from place of dischargehome twenty-five cents daily extra dutyBetween April and October, 1S62; twenty-eight cents daily while in prison or on fnr-lovgh.

A A I;ogan,of Qplen^bur.;, ha» insti'.u-ejS an action, at Montreal, against the

thousand Islands and Montreal Steamboatcompany for §2,000 for supplies. A judg-

^ mettt was obtained in Ontano and the pur-po=e of the present action i* to put a seizureltt the hands of the =t<iiitK.iders of the com-pany, which is virtually defunct. The share-holctei all live in Montreal.—BrockvjleEecorder.

.4TI exchange very pointedly =ays thatgnb=finbers ought not to beccnie offended atTX&W paper dun?. If they are owing a-couple of years' subscript.oa tbey have beenfavored by the puUisLir us w> other |manwould favor them. They wi i i j m t thu.kof asking their grocers or other mercantilecreditors t^ o-;ve tiica: •.".• or ti^ree years'tixuoon the j: tit ry sarz •.: ::.:LH; t r four dw-

ThlDgs are getting r.~ wher. a ^jaJ.dateformavor in Caaadft r j : ; .u-^r. al-ct-aieofthe annexation of the i^niii.icn to Li.eTTjuited States. This i- '.r.t- s:t-.:.»'.:-r: :r.

Windsor, opposite Detrii:. ••ili.rt Mr. Wi./tdeclare that "annexation i tLe only -.u-Tation for Canada." His election will nptsettle the qnestion, but i.:.- iir..'.. l.vy o:;sneb. a platform is a bold pr?j>!ic.-y.

People especting to gait; damages fromtfie different, villages in the ceuntry tiii-i•vnnter by foiling down and injuring them-sei*e , and then ?uing the \:iiugi'S, elouiuremember that they mast notify the author-jtiestwenty-fdur hoofs before they fall—atIeas6 the law now reads tha: »o damagesoanb^eollectedfor injuries cf the kind, un-less complaint has been ma'.-j »r*a:r.<t thocondition "f the wnlk at least twenty-fourliourd before -accident cco-..rs.—Lrwv:LeJonrniSl.

Oi the attitude & Mr. Ii'.a:::c toward thecsbmef of.President IIarr:-':r., Senator Hole

Maine says: . " I know that.he has no*, lT«BSed his finger in that matter, that he has

• aotasled the.icterferep.ee cf ft friend':n his{)eb&l£» and that he has refused to le' hisfiiends becorpe active in <uj;est:n^ his ap-pointment." Vet ::ewir-sper» hostile to^lin charge tha: hi s;*nUs bU uais and histsigh&> scheming hew-to ^et into :r.e cabinet.4hiS is only a ret*".:t:or, of '.he Vlmders tha:,hewas bending »-cr- energy to secure thenomination for,the presidency which he"persistently declined. Mr; • Blaine'-i refusal

S- to "be m-aDysense. an active ^candidate -for a

^babinet position is worthv of his'eiiaracter.

-'^»Odf»nie; . . . • • . .

="t"' Seep yoor blood pure, and,, you will notrheniBatis111^ IJood's Sarsaparilla por-

Ujtethe blood, afld tones the whole sjstefli.

PABISHV'ILLE.

Jan. 7, 1889.—If it is not too late, Parish-ville sends bast "wishes foraJIappy NewTear to the llerafd and all its readers.

Our winter snow has not yet arrived; in-stead, our streets are covered, with a heavycoat of ice, makiD;jwalking periloiis busi-ness. -

The fant8tfi, given Dec 31st, nndcr themanagement, of Mrs Belle Haruard, drew afull house, aaj was reuierei suece.-sfuljy.

Oh >.'ew Year's Evb a company of youngpeople surprised Miss Eva Clapp with a.wateh-pafty. After.being sure that theOld Year bad departed and the New Yearwas safely enthroned in her place, they dis-persed to their homes. Ui^s Clara Hale al-so had a watchTparty, whiuh was attendeby young people from Potsdam,

The 2>*ew Year's dance, at the SbattuclHouse, .was attended by over one hundredcouples; the receipt&being about $300. Ispite of the large crowd, the Hall was, witfaODfi exception, quiet and orderly the entireevening.

There is to be another, masquerade athe Rink, Jan; lStb, at which prizes will begiven for the best lady's and gentleman'suit. Miss flaie will skate a, half-mile raceagainst A. Dezell on the bicycle. Atcertain time the floor will be cleared fothose desiring to dance.

Throngh the agency of our townsman, D,S. Howe, two of the St. RegE burglars havtbeen eanght. Last Friday Mr. Howe met,on the Potsdam road, two men whom he aionce recognized as answering exactly to the'discription of the thieves. Priving toParishville, he immediately retarded withConnstable Bert Tnpper, who foundthe men near where they werefirst seen. He arrested and took them toParishville. from /whence t! ••y were takento Malone jail Satnrdny.

F. E. Daffy was home through the holi-days. He returned Friday to Mooers Ports,where ho U to teach for -ix monthj.

The winter school opened to dai, with thesame teachers as last terra.

The scenery for our new Town HnH id be-ng prepared by Morse Jj^ps., of Lawrence,.

There*are to be seven piejes in al!,-6lreet,waarf, fores: and dra^ngroora scenes.We owe this addition to onr beautiful Hall,to the public spirit and kindness of our supervLror, F. D. Gilmore, who has»advaneedhe money and managed the purchase of the

scenery. Mr. Gilmore is.to Receive his payby organizing a seriesr of dlramatie enter-ainments, with the help of all our homealent. Thus, by next spring, onr Hall will

be £tt?J up with excellent scenery, with noexpense to the town. Jtfr. Gilmore is de-serving of the gratitude of the community.

Cailos Hoyt, who has been in Crookston,Minn., during the past year, arrived homelast week.

The Methodists and Baptists will observehe Week of Prayer, hoi din? meetings threeiveniugs in each shucchi

ST. EEGIS

BROOKDALE.

The carpenters arebusy,during the warm'eather, in rebuilding the store here which

was recently burned.

Eev. E. H. Abbott delivered a missions*ry sermon, to a large congregation, last?Sabbath.

Mrs. B, Tryon spent Sabbath with rela-tives and friends.

Mrs. Kate Curtis, of Potsdam, has been'pending a few days with her sisters Nonamd Mary O'Brian.

Mrs. H. R, Munson is diogerously illwith bilious fever. Dr. W. Smith attendsier.

Re v. Trowbridge and wife spent last weekit her former home at Mooers.

School closed Fr'day, for a short vaca-ion, until Wednesday.

Many of the Normal Students, from this'icinity, are spending the holidays at home.

BJP.

WEST PIEItEEPOXT.

Jan. 1st, 1S89.—Berton M. Baehellor,nfant son of Mr. and Mrs. Orra Baohellor,ied Saturday Dec. 23th, of cholera infan-um. The remains were^buried on the

[arm: Its twin sister was attacked with theiisease but is now recovering.

January first feing the tenth anniversaryif the marriage of Mr. and Mis. Addison

Hulburd, quite a number of fcbeir friends,cd relatives took them by surprise and'had

enjoyable time. There were nearly'orty persons present. The evening wasveil prat away with cheerful conversation,nd games. Alter a pountiful snpper ofdibles was served by the ladies; theompany left for their homes, but before;oing joined in wisbingtheir hostand host-ss a Happy Xew Year, and as a remin-!er cf the occasion left a few presents andush amounting to aboat $17.00.

On the same day, and in the same neigh-jorhood, a family gathering met at GeorgeFavlor's it being the fiftieth anniversary ofbeir marriage.

Mi s Ella Robinson's ;choo!, at Daniels•hoe! rioiue, clcseson Friday the 4th.

J1:J.« Hat!:e Clark is teaching.in the Starhoo! House; term half out.Miss Carrie Flanagan, of CaDton, will

<• unmepce school on Monday, in the SelleckSjhool House.

From th> Adirondack Semis:tramps robbed tho house of Orin Grime'at Duane, la?tWednesday. TheyseeSredancarried off $o0 or §00 worth oi wesring uppare}. Jlr. GritDcs on Thursday, traced.theburglars to St. , Eegis Ealls. They wereseen at this place:ia fhe aftomoon and theleft in the directfon of Kieholvjllc IIfeems they.carried their plunder in a largbag: Constable H. R. McLane started mpursuit of tbfin Friday morning. The'must be a bold gflf'g. as- they entered th<house in broad day light end it seems thsithey are also doing their traveling in tbidaytime. They are fviiTently tanking foiwinter qiiarterF, which donbtless th^y wilfind.

On V/edires(Jay of tliis week Steven Parr,while;at work in the planing mill,.at Bombay, fell onto one of the planers^ cuttingone of b's eras to. badiythat.it hid to bamputated ju.=t below the elbttw,

JohnHurd- aiid family and hisprhahso;retafy, Mr. BarloV, left Santa Olnra omdiy this week, for a yisit among friendBridgeport, Gonn.

Philip Cbenez, of Evertori, f atfed a torribln gosh in one of his hands, withacr"«cut saw, last Thursday.

Several cases of measles; are reportedamong the children in this locality.

BRICK CHAPEL. .

On New Tear's day, a happy companyassembled .at the home of Mr., and Mrs.Edwin Wallace to offer their congratula-tions to the bride and groom, it being theirfiftieth wadding aunivcrsary. The oldermarried people were present during the

while the yonDger, with a few nnmai>tied ones, camo iu the evening. In allthere were aboat one hundred and fifty-fivepresent. All who responded to the. neatlittle cards sent out a few weeks before, andcame to1 the Golden Wedding, will tigverregret it. It was one of the few chances ofa lifetime, and especially one such as this,where everything passed off su nicely. Thechildren arid grandchildren of this agedpair did all in their power to make the daya pleasant one, and they snoceeded admira-bly. Amonfe the presents JHr. and MWallace received were a silver cup and sau-cer lined with 'gold, a bread and milk set, agold ring, a five dollar gold piece, a silvermug lined with gold, and the family groupof Mr. and .Mrs. Henry Wallace. Nearlyall vrere presented by their children.

The house was crowded in the evening,and the time was spent by the older peoplein pleasant reminiscences of the past, whilethe younger played games, sang, acted ontcharades and spoke several pieces. Bounti-ful refreshments which tempted the appe-tite were served, both afternoon and eve-ning. At fifteen minutes past seven, thehonored bridegroom called order and statedthat the fiftieth anniversary was completed,hat Wngf the time at whiefr the ce&mony

was performed.

Rev. L . T. Cole made some very beauti-ul and appropriate remarks to which, all

listened eagerly;, the younger, with visionsf the future uppermost in their minds,

while the older wish tears m Iheireycs.weredreaming of the past,, and of loved oneswho had slipped away ont of their arms in-o the veiled future. The bridegroom re*'

sponded feelingly, thanking them all in be-alf of himself and wife, for their kind-

ness.

Mr. Truman Farnes then made a few ap-propriate remarks, in which he stated that heand his wife attended the first wedding ofMr. and Mrs Wallace and had lived to en-oy the golden wedding also.* Daring these

fifty years of their, married Ufa tifere has-t been a death in the family. Not many

3an say as touch. The company dispersedIn the 'wee sma' hours wishing in theirearts, if not in words, the bride and groom

many more happy years. X. X.

O MR. AND MRS. EDWTN WALLACE.

Js THE ETE OF TBKDI GOLDEN WEDDrsro

1 1889.

VERMONT STATE NEWS. ^

MS. Emily Hut, s sisrer of Waller Mer-rill cf Port Ilenry, died at Tergennes, Dec.•2H, afteran lilnessof about one week ofpnettroorjia.

Tho Vernicnt Marble company has pur-.-ha-od '.ho marbia quarries and'business ofG.ison & Woodfln at West Kotland with

.interest in .branch yards at other cities.for'about $200,000.

A. H. Potter aged- 50, has:been arrested'at Kutlan.l for kidnapping a boy namedCharles'-Brown, from Goshen, Vt". The bovwas rescue J. Potter will also be tried forimpersonating a United States defective.,for swindling purposes. •" . ' ' .

A singular ca?e was thedeath of a child,aged ten years, 'daughter of C. L. Kimball,Jr., ol Ferrisburc. The .child'had beensubject to nose bleeding', fora longtime,but no alarm was felt until a few.days ago/Ail the physicans in Vergennes were con-,suited, bnL the child bled'to death., • .' _ • ;,'•.

Stop "that .cough, 'by the. use of -A.yer'sCherry Pectorai^tbe best, specific for allthroat and lung •diseases." It will alayiri-flamatio.p, aid respiration, and strengthenthe vocal organs. . Ayer's Almanacs arejfresto alt" Ask for one. . . , - - '•'••

and ignoring the proceeds de-ivable from the sale of the old.Other economical featnres of the system

tre:— '_ . . . '1. Reduction of.attendan,ce.3. Conservation of permanent way from

;he diminution in weight of inofor-|)ennife.t«d by its soperibr adhesion. Tbife aiwaysEavailable where the rails constitute part of

th»the' circuit, and makes plain

Within this grand old Empire State,When h'1l» lay.crowned with snow,A young man wooed and won.a wife,

Jnst fifty years ago. .

The new life they had entered,Seemed then aD fair and bright,For love had maiie it full, complete,

That happy New Year's night.

The \>atn their feet were tresdiog,Seemed filled with rarest flowers,As side by side they wandered.

In Love's Elysian bowers.

The years passed all too quickly,And one by onetberecameThree boys to gladden heart and hornet

And bear the family name.

And now we gather here, our heartsWith friendship, ali aglow,To greet again, the bride and groom,.

Of fifty years, ago.

Though Time has left its traces,On cheeks that bnee were fair,Though the years, while rolling onward,

Have brought them silvery hair;

Yet the hearts that beat together,-Are as loyal, and as trueAs on that night in thirty-nine, '

When life, was-strange and new. .* * * » * *t "*

To-higbt, 1 ram hear in fancy,A sound, as of wedding bells,And each, as it rings a Golden tune.

It's own. litfle history tells.

Of days that were glad and happy,Of hours, full of sorrow and rate;Ofjhbpes that utterly perished,

And* struggles that proved in vain.

But we know that He who kept tbemi \.Safe through these fifty years., .Will still watch o'er and guide them,

Till the beaptiM dawn appears.'.

So while Oo!dcn|bBlls are ehimiog.Their health, we'll gladly sing, - ' -Till the years'so swiftly fieetidg,

Their Diamond Wedding, bring.

dorrespondents and all persons who haveiccasion to write for a. .newspaper,, shouldivoid abbreviations. Tues..for Tuesday, ch.or "church, pres.' for president,, etc. Thelabit of omitting the words,oif, the; and is,ind other connecting words is also annoyingoaneditor. When a communication isre-

d that abounds with abbreviations and^missions, the .editot.mtut thorpnghly revisehe same, spejl oat the abbreviations; andidd tho omissions. -. The. compositors in all'ell Fegiilatedjnewspaper,onlce3.ara instruct-.;

d to 'follow copy" and they do i t Wenly wish that" newspaper writers were as

particolar to Mbw insanetistis, as the:ontpositoris to "follow copy." -/ •• ''_ J

El/ECT&IO PftOPULStON: J PE^TALOZZf ANJ> BIS PRINOIPLCS- j OP EDUCATION,

S6, aqd Deo 0, of the cutrenfc yearwill be mqmorable date in the hi tory oielectric propttlion, for wo tocoday thelargest and mo t powerful electric railway-motor yet con-trncled ga 6 proof, ou theNinth. Avenue line of the New York, elevat-ed railway , of it capability to do all thatthe steam locomotives there in use are called upon to perform in their regular serviceThi motor- was the Baft motor "BenjaminFrankhn> •

Electrical traction on a minor «cale k nonow thing, Siemen , at Berlin anil PortRush, had accomplished it as early as 1881,and Daft him elf had achieved the flrsfc com-mercial ucce in this line;—thati to.-ay,the first railway ever built under a businesscontract, completed and paid lor an accord"ance therewith, and continued in operationwithout modification thenceforward'—atBaltimore in 1885, but nothing exceptingthe Pittsburgh motor of 85-horse power,alsoofDaft's-design, had passed, the limitof 10 oi 15 hprse-power until the "J ianklm'appeared on. the scene

The "Franklin' was deigned to jrnll fourcars and their seated load—a total weightof 7 tons—over nny gradient of the NinthAvenue Slevated Eailway at the schedulespeed of ordinary trains.^ In the trials atrain of ejghtemptyears^a-lqaaVof 132tons,"47 in^excess of that agreed upon—was takenup" tho maximum gradient (aearlj^tw/) percent.) at a speed of 7j milea per hour, and:a loaded four-car train exceeded tha schedulepeeoTby almosfS miles per hourj . -The question will natarally suggest itself;

"What future has this motor, and, what arets claims to preference over thesystenuioiy

in use on the New Tori elevated railways??The answer is. radical economy, which

lies' in the recognized wastefulness, of;6iriall—especially loconiotiver-engineSi anditlie;high., efficiency of large stationarjr' ngi|n,esof improved type. Multiplication otpower-generators implies lo3S in efficiency, and in-'reased cost of attendance. Derivation, of

power'from one origin with."ready' capabil-ity of subdivision jiseconomT. The averageonsumption of coal per hqree-pWai as be-'

tween Kgnt rapid express and sioW fieayyfreight trains, is about nine" pounds .perhour forsteam-locomotives;. Amqdernopni-lound condensing engine will yield a horse-ower for two pqttnds per hour, proven

[ess. Admitting that the conversions fromwer to current, and vice versa, copsnnie

j«e-third of this it still remi^u^-thatM

SCHCIPIS 4 T BDBODOBP

"Truth crushed to earth will risp again,"and t*"e brave old; teacher TO e iiom Iuscrushing at Stana, for God had not 3oaawith propounding truth: tbiough him.

Affer hi second failure, Pestalozzr retire-ed to the country seat of a good friend, amansion on an eminence which overlooksthe late of Tiffin, and winch is jn Jto'l viewof the Berne e Alp9, Here lio quieted his•shattered nerves, and recruited his health.

Of hw stay here tbo ieaelie*- wrote, iilooked with admiration from the height ofGanngal upon the immense Valley with i|smountain border, and yet I thought moreabout tbo badly7 instructed people it cootamed than of the beautiful scenery. 1could sot and would not live without accomplishmg my aim "

Thn inspired and determined jie wenttoBurgdorf, canton of Here, where he heard

The Teitders of 1H& jHcrald: limes araware that various arfioles "hate appearedin ljffoolumns-, sues tjie contest over townjn(."etijjginthesprjttg«f 1887, cammentmg'

y P Abbott'in toLm"! not entirely"i h

p ycompl mentapy "io him Our readers arel

a-vacancy existed m aplace Grand old man i

mall Eehool of theA third, time uu

dertakuig to apply his great educationalprinciples, and thi time as under teacherin a little school, and after hi books hadheeu read throughout Eurtlpe)

The nataral JmethpdS, t|ie hearty' goooTwill, and the burning' energy Jt>f jhe newtea'oher, aroused the: pupils to"enthusiasmandi progress before Tanknownitp.therpeopleThen the head master beeapo jealotis. He-looked, with green eyes upon iPestalozziToo stupid to imppye himself, toofTrickedt^hepleased with the splendid progress, ofbis puptls, the aatroTr-Eoqled. -wfetea setabout the rain of his subordinate, the t'amohellishness which beseta progressive teachersof these. latter days..

p yiilso awarei. lhat p q

r Sir Abbott brought ,an action, folibel against the Editors x>£ tins paper. TU-case, was not.morad for tnal at the last circiut, one- of our attar eys requesting- po«tponement on account of illness In ifjewothe fact that trial was jto- be moved at theapproaching term, we ju^truoted our iwcn»el to "search the records of the Surrogate'office for testimony for our defence

Having bad access to the record?, andgnen them careful examination, said conn-serreport that "they diseorer no irregular-ities upon which cndrgesrefiectiDenj'on theSurrogate, or t he ptojffle aamujistration ofiia efpee, can be sustainedS "We therefore will say, in justice to MrAbbott, that -we regret that any insinuationshate been made.-thus reflecting np nhim — BTerald-TJme<<, Jan- 3

^ ^ ;•Ocomotivff dagino need's more than threeimes as much coal as the'rtationaryfpriviery horse power exerted upon the track.t is demonstrable that the New York ele-

vated railroads can be ruaat less than halfthe present "Cosl for motive power, including,

charge for interest on the cost of the new

irieoniBitiy spelled- a few ..simple wordWorn his great amonnt of writing Ms peptnanship had become scrawling in appear•aneei Enough. Prom these faces the wooden-headed principal made the josppfc believetudt an ignoraraons, of crazy ideas, hadcome into their school. So the old hero-wasseni; away to give the fool a qhaMe.

"Pissaiired ont of a- positiq'ft thatMrdJypaid, his board, the plgcky refcjmer securedone 'still "inoro hhmble and in (his sametown of Burgdorf. An old lady iaiohargeof "a lot of children sent to hariorcarBiandinsfructioii. The woman was quite willingWgivefstEr these,littl^ oaes.fo th& tuitionofLthe.supposed ignorant fanatic;" for she

Tbe sub committee of (.he execntivecommittee of the union for t ie improvement ofstate canals, consisting of Messrs Frank SWitherbee of Port Henry, Eobert H Cookof Whitehall, and William i j Cleary andF n u k S Gardener of Nes? York ei;ty, consalted with the superintendent of publicworks Thursday relative tjo the amount thathould beasieiiof tha legi lature to con

tmuothe work of improving Uio cocals.The conclusion of the conierence w«s thatthe bill honld provide for §{,000,000, to beexpended before the opening of navigationin 1800, $300 000 to be expended in deepening the Chatnphun canal and $25 000 onfheQTon Fall feeder

William Dushaue, a, enpplcd Teterau ofthe 16th regimen^ -wfco received arreara ofpel leu Amounting to $ r SfJO -few -monthsagov uhilean^pmatoo/ the St Iiawrencecounty poor house basjusljp ldthecounty-$800 in ca b—being,at the rate of $0 perweel for the entire length pf time he wasupported by it—npsn the sple condition

that hw name be officially trielen from thelist; of county paupers JVIr Dushaoe e\hints a prai^cwo-thy pnd$ of independenceand by reimbursing the toapty the um hoco t its taxpayers proves -himself a man of

ATTOBNErASD COUXSXLOB AT £±WRotary TnbUCviln m i a d Eegteterjn Bank-ruptcy Korwood (formerly PoStdain

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peclat ^ttentton jiTen -to innisg Ptefr,TBfmit, KortRigej,. teeMcs'Contrtat* and •*$*.Hio, to fbe tsmsmn ot Horigtgtx *uX tiecollection otclsinw

TC«.A.I>iET. 1 OK). Z. KWnr.

Spociaf attention gfrea ta£3io, - - ? '

f coUecUonofKilalmsfllleeo«CO SBAssociate Physicians

2© WSST 31st ST

ACID iOTAETJ?rJUtIC&oiv™«~».

pv\ nis an Vermont andITaoip tol d t l -h USO

Earalers VegstaW? Bemacfesfej l l c l p a l n U'IJUnJ JnvtsUgafeinjdoeSforyoui--

p i j e, jionej-'tojoanon Improved. Burning suds. -B&tSetiar

d

jl fj cfsLM at t&e flofooted Srlcnce ^coiaplicateaand deepof evoiy Cbafflctcr.

Consultatipn Itee, und teons loz.treatment a l w lma! p rislteiegulaTl , god

thcdassadvenlsefl

PHYfilOIANSw

~B1. T Baxter, on Bee 31 filed a claim inwajwfaryof thejrb^rden.an^.ansibos.oiily tne offico ot the Secretary bf slate, Tipon a

deposit of'goM and liver, lac ted in the,'Aw,_TO ,-tp traaa Pestalozri through a Whiteface mountain tract !Esse? comity

-DMtliEfa51iire? No! j^iaiii pod there are Interested"with him in the ' find arflEicliteji.der-ycarts and Eounibrainajui all places, i ardHoa^ and John B Tafts.of KeesSvilUe1

-and they were atlength:fo'nua,in Burgdorf two old California- mwer= who are said taThe school committee of that place care-j! bare been actively engaged lnzniningm tbafn% watched the'wprtj and , they, in. an I Golden state in the exeiting times of '40aniinat report, were first Wgtjre'EubHo tes-timony to the voice of Pestalozzianisro

W E W H X 3PAST O S E HOXJB44^3>^OX&ARS E E W A B DJ ^ n a y Person -wjia finds thQ i Iloiy ns Btatcxaeatg c f &n?en io 'bs nniru

coupeartd

II. a)fonuil d

^ sv— .peartd pocPV » ^ *_„Urann, FUborvUlo "« II. a) I o rod ofcured of ovatbm Ana fonuilD dl ncdtle itr5:i..BtUtam. ^ortlj MojaroftK ILr.Ho pta, J

r cttred andJio, 223 W o6& t^N -E\yr this to be t n u Kovijffxij>olaijt IL BO4-E" ' . syac

mnor'fii c <* t$r a the entire. b\nl r"9 •ova Jftn tdiror

4 d m> sed her -*—\-t 3' ' mm —Oliver

..^_,ln fee 11 jn & TFL— pic wlta epfiM fil u^-ftJnvolv

diaio&fe ohrt(^—itiii -3>O lunwrr i"-o cured one l e ~

piGs jr ta p aril d CJ_*ts ot&tt J? esbt,Ghir

could fie -eely I c r n — orfl•A fee Ticbar$ 08 ci.rs am

A. U Cdllji -\T<rt AtafiovcP, ? K given_ . . . . — fcao last Btflge otCQusomptlon 1 notr veli

,—MM; I*, J L S wyer.Keene *T H . tcntblo" ^• t roufii roof of mon*ii, cured-Sladcett^. j a S u u f l u v t ^ T ^ r ^

hocia!oriottit '

Smart» Jfoag•yfamlorttltfnl 2iemorrliai?cs — *UoetorjUfrnai: «lotoa, N H., ana•ons d Blllir in I H ,Old, N,JB-t4nt6i of tstcomplii. u

aftoroUBliaa dootoroa year -with .. _BI1 Pittsfleld, W a T-_S a most ttn-UHu case ot heart

disease drop 7 an& oplleptfo fit Bflfci ell ronMo" "fas aoc bna^^& ^or-iwo* eir ——ff Ajabro e Ho .

donr, & H. omed. of cancer Q o Hall, Bo m e n « = .* « ° r Su^st Alvlo Eruca ITliaomBvlIle, yt^ciueff o<

% EL enrca or—OMr

tehenrea of Brteht s atssase ana... — . g ^ u ^ clironlo

-irjzo Hamilton, N 'iayl] JjTStiua, If a son

ipsy-10 mt .

can.Qon-^10 asoo

g SSJtJKB'lMa'Syft ~r-Albert cu enspw vtixuo nan maBm^ Treatca A

at wi t j io go d result csxinoirOo a good days irorl

Remember our Appointments:HATBAWarrmOTELmaas Jan. lltlxO7ST>£3l—n lonJtouje,Sa,turaar an 12,

ifHJD N B0PS—bPymour Hoose Ho d i Jan l iCflKTOV—JBoteJ loesda anGOTTFJ2Kl.ED2iHpiL.e TVednMdtg- Tan IB

jof half the weight of a steam

Deomotiv-e, can haul .as great a load. _ Oneif [Bo most invaluable features of the sy&sem'is the high degree; of adhesion between,

the motor-wheels and |he rails, wiieh per-its the employment of much HgBi^rJrae-rs than would be practicable, if steamcomotives were used, to the manifest ad-

vantage of tho veMdes themseltes and.of;he permanent way. This adheaonisnotDagfleticand probably results-from mole-ritriar change proa"tieed by tfie <inrren> inontiguous surfaces of wheel arid raflj ifimetiinss amounts; to fortjf^pep cent, of*e -tfeight as opposed to twenfcjiper aen|;

:sually ofeervablo, in steam locomotives ase average of all conaitions;of.tooB as a t

setefl by weather and use.

IN A PKOTEGTCf OFFiqEfi

Often the question Js*- aske4 what is ainter's em? An em Us sqaar^bjt f he

y &H thnkgfThe size of the em T3riesx)f course with thoize of the type, and is designated.as soanyems-lirevier, ems-miriion ems-nbnpar-l Th t B i i

irinter's em? An em Us sqaar^bjt f heype which may be l f & H k f

|il, etc. The news matte?intheitinbtevier,anda columnscontaon' fonrilousilnd five hundred" ems. £that set without leads, thirf stripi/pteeffdf

etween the line?. Four of thesaleads equalj line of brevier, hence leaded niafter is:

ialled "ta,%" since four motions -are the•qnlralent bf a linfe. 3!he nnmberif

alia© of brevier isabonfe 40,anioust ^epiojeedpp: singly and^placed-inibsition. The gain in the use of leads isUustrflted in theprecfedingfi^elmes,whichre set without theitt. : In measuring, f|ieieadscoont as type. The rinmberdf eina

a •string, as the matter is called in prin-sr's parlance,, may be ascertained by mntiplying the number of lines,' if solid niat-;r, by the number, df ems in a line which.'

these lines is IDA. To set seren thousandid distribute iaa good day's work, eqoiva-

ent to setting 1J HEBALD polnmns andhrowiog the same amount into the boxes:

TUB LBaratATDEB io BE ASKED FOB A?'$1,000,009.

Albany Jajnv 8-^Pte snb-coiolnittee ofle executive committee of the union for'

he improvement of the state canals, con-isHng cf .Messrs. Emnfe S., Mtherbee,off''ort Heiry,fKobert K; Gootof Wbjtehallid William E.-Cleary and Frank S. Gard--

aer of New Tort, cpnsiiltei*iffi the sapor*intendent of public; works' to-ttay, relativeo fhe amounts that should be asked of theigislatnre to continue the work of imprpv-ig the canals. The conelusidtfof the coa-irerice was thatthajjill should' provide for1*000,000, to be expended before aieopen-ng of na-vigation in 1S90, of 'which amonnt•550,000 is to .be expended ujioii the Erieanal, |85O,O0O for le»gthening five looks'est of Syracnse, and nineeastof said citymd $200,000 to be expended in deepening:aidcanal;-the loeks to'be lenj^hetied shdhe places to ba deepened to bo designated>y the, superintendent of public works;£200,000 for: deepening the Champlain ca-al; $3S,000;to be expended upon Uie Glens'alls feeder; $100,000 tb: improve, the Q&'go canal, for lock lengthening and deep-

sing the channel* of the Oswego ditch;125,000 for improving the navigation of theaynga and Seneca canal:; 110,000 • for>thelack Biver canal, and 15,000 to beeipend-

edin impfoving tbe channel of the Oneidalake outlet. The money is to be reappro-priated to dredge tbe lute level of th»Che-

t. canal *nd for WtHfi^a twin »tavan». --' •.••.-.- ' .• -.--.;.-" "-•'•" ';'• j "

They Tfrote .thus; "He has .sBjiwn what:n the'feeBlefihad.'and t . . r

in what manner theycan be developed. She j coeentneity'marls those fond of scientific

K5That people clium to have discovered that

h dpnpils have made astonisning progress inEoine branches, thereby .provliigrthaV 'ferychild is capable of doing something,.if theteacher ia able to draw put higHalenf, andawaken flie* powers of his ru|ndjjn tBeprderof ;hti'natural development" ! ' * •

In this school object lesson?, were-nsedVit t resnlte" almost wonderful. A ,newmethod of reading, thepbone^o, wasintrodnced, where .the sounds are; taught; andnot the names df letters., " . ) , '

A greatersuccess soon came tp cfieer Fetalozzi and tp bless the ;worJd.l" '...

COLE.

To BB'COKTTiJtJEP..

IMEOBIANT

In fho important water suit) institutedseyeral years ago by Messrs, Harwell andIfnlbff if ? l t t b h f e ttoMtualJBiratomaniM.CompaiiyVofSewTork,and ttje Equitable Life Asinranda. Society,of thepnited States, and others;'to defineth'e rifflifcofthe various .owners piiJicrwaterin thej Saranap river in 'Platts'burgh,-jnwhieii i the plaintiffs reepyeijed'; judgementbeforeJthe late.Hon. JF, -H. Savgper, as rcfereei Bont wliichia.n appeal was'taken,vtoth6 general term of the ;sgptieme: opnrt ' tythe two companies namjd, a dedision hasbeenMnaedaoin, reversing the judgment-

pelants, and Judge S. A. Kdloggr, :of Plattsburgh, for tha respondent^ i P l l t e b htelegram.

•••PE0UL1AE" MEANS.

- Applied tp ajodVSarsaparill% the titprdpeculiar is of great importailee. I t means(iat' HoVd's Saisapariila i l differ|nl fromother preparations iri many vital point 1which make it athorbughly "honest and re-Bableraedieihfe. It is Pecnlfar^in a strictlymedicinal sen;se; firsts in the combiiialionof remcdutl agents nsed;, second id the proportion in wnieh theyori prep'ars3| third,, iq the p&cess by wln'ojt the" aofivtf paper4ies of the medidrneBre seenrei* Studythesi pointe well. 'Thsjr aiean^ "WunJesIhey ftafieflogd'sSaTsaiifarjlla J^ilfetimits curative powers, as ifc accomplishes wontterful cures hitherto n%^iop ,a j i a whichgivb to Hood's Sarsaparilla a cleir r ight t othe;title of "'•ThegfeatestWood, purifier BV'er'.discpVered.1' , " ; '•„ ":•• ' - - ;

"'Ihepos,tofflceaddressof the Bey, J, . if•Svnght, laie of Stockholm, % ,Y., isSan'Fe.to,;0al,... -. ' . " . " ; • ' • " . " • ' • ; . .

For*Dyspepsia hjy/:er's gursnuiyiCfn,•fttner meOiijiiel: ^nay giie ieiiip&ixuyrsllef; but Ayer'* Satsaparillst maJfes apositlveana^permaaentcure, as tlioti-«ands can testify all-over tlie countiiy.

'*Ji^iB^)n>aclit liver, and kidncjatvereto % dWoi^ered conaiaon; for-jteara,"writes'S. "vrM, pf.Huttpf 2reSas,"nfldinhv&T found any mcclicine.to r^jeveme; raiitil I~began to take Ayot's Sarea-pariUi Lcra tban six bottles of fliis

idn Joseph Aubin, of Ho1y«kQ,

Ifa9«,,]-vra» for a long time a severo 'sat-ferer front Pyapepsia, trying, in vain, alltliBOsilalreinedie*. Atlastshe uegnntotaka Ajyer'g Saroaparill*, amjonly thrcobottles restored her W perfect health.

" I liave gone through torriblo suffer-ing from Dyspepsia and Indigestion,"•writes'C. J.Booemer, US Coluiabta « ,Cambjldgepott, M«M., "ami can trulyjay Ayer'»S«M»p«rillah«s cored n>«."

Ayer's: = - . . - • ! ; - ^ .

mua0That nowaday "worthy =pn of noble

sire ' are alarmingly fen" and far betweenThat tho e of Vaniiy Pair whr> habitually

ifiii. jal°ebood mn t needs have a goodmemory A

That Hew Yori. aid more lor. tho poor atChristmas fhsn nsy other city jiu the UnitedStatesi '

3!hat very few of the men 'Whose namesal'Q Mentioned foi the Cabinet w ll eventually•'get there f

That journalism has more attractions thanoyetiik young Jnen^wjuphave 'fjuslfclof6 college' J s-

!Hia(rpreparatory boommg-ofrwomeirwlio'ar.6 going OErthe stage has iepome fiisgu'st-

JThafc there are those who-hol^ olub id beope of t3ie.ob tacle to happy domestic life

TChat among college boy 'the definition of"frolic' iswbolly different from whatTVeb-

altogethor the ifsshionable

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That match mating* mammas af 6 out ingrea£*)rce and each, andjevery i me with her

That tp ieign ignorance of all most desjrable to know ithing; That remnantl'o^ the Oft:a miraculously long fjnreiin maiiy families

That those wlo- See Ttnylhnjg iunny i&sacnlegiou joke ai^d picture^hn; wee'lypapers are happily few -

TH^GESA/EBSTj ^

Are yomgn t their delicate -organ,t2ationbeing parhoularly susceptible to derangemenianfl. disease* 3Jr>J5Tenne3jj'sJ$m)riteEomeSy, of EondontiJir, T x purifies theblood, invigorate "the system, ana fortifiesagain t tho disease in i, climate.andseasftn. B i s the best medicine JUI theworld Keep it jn ihe nouse for jour children sake, as well as for joui olvn

Jan

io one and all-Re ay usalTnlip soap, thebest in use | Itf

"Lhavi, never heard & complaint of jCulipEOap " says a. grocer, "and iMeU more cf itthan all. other soap ^ , Itf

' ' 1 .Hf-j t great man people disregard Djvpoptts

Symptoms and assume t i l t they wEliooo diwp-pesrofthemBeivcB hutJ^faisnotthSfact, «nathe only e»fe«med for them is Nloioh 'Baricandlrop 71ir4

E C Biirlrigh of Maine »omo time ago wastroubled with Soils'on ill vtai Het<Jokthree*bottI««Brovn«-EampaTiU» ttai mx completelyctred Kr Burleiihtpeataiathelignest termsolthlsmedlciao It-wllt er»dlcate_frcpn}utttoBjstem oil forma of blood poi-on orWooddto-e«4e cum salt rheum flcrorals,-*can«ekror'ca&]cergndlmre the Interior of the »j*tem pure naiclean sndthe eiteriortlOwJng-ntttiSealih

Nothing will so thoroughly beantlfy tbeoomplezion bycJetnfiKrtbe (kin uBrowp r8uWrparilla k

The fcliilniw manirJioXt olooelj- corjflBed, whoworkjloughonn who It teatlMratatfit who*»lta Ht f*od wliow tvergiai ttf In *pd dnjout; ate bent In on» direction. Sad* tha *ya-Um thttnra out of order while »train dil3a HieIn upon Um HI* food K>un opon Jita MotaachiwfiaadytjMiuux Jbs becomea ooaaUpated hi*hesd.adm, and fie A d i ire cast do baauieMfriOx 4he Tim of tbe olden time Joat cteauetoo walla ol ttu stomach «weepthekfdae:ra,ie.t irsawUnrsadtoneoy tho ljlood with a bot-tle of

BFfOWN'SSarsaparilla.

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Positively cwoa. ^ , - Q j r i e B 35Cenis HEAUNQev VANWEBTCHEMieALCO., WffTERTOWW N

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Christmas Goods,and. nvife you to pilT and see them --- — ->

Toilet SefB, ISTftjl gets, Smojbng Case< Shaving Cases, Hau Blushes

and -Conil)% iimig PiGt$stor-s_and Chaanois Jackets)

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