Lorain County news. (Oberlin and Wellington [Ohio]), 1873-11-13

              jEotaiu ouutjj Qtw J N 11K0WS J U LANO BROWN Ac LANG PUBLISHERS AND PBOPRIETOBS JUSTUS N BROWN Editor ORAIN 1DVEHTTSIXG RATES w 1 Inch 325 Office in Royces Block second story College Street Oberlin 6 00 8 60 9 00 is yij 12 00 18 Oil 14 GO as ou in tvti a rA STJBSOBIPTIOITS OtJST BE ZPAIID AnDVlSrCE i0 1 F0 9 50 11 00 SUBSCRIPTION column OO IS UO 30 Oti Volume 14 No 37 I couini I t S03 00 40 OO 10 Sol 27 OOf 48 o jti oo3o oo nr oo 30 0050 OO lOO i J Uuynr la advance ritx mouth b Three month J Oberlin Ohio Thursday Mobning November 13 1873 Whole Number 713 J column uo Column L News uMttf ire dory 4TTOHNBV ALBERT ALLYN Real Estate BrokerNolO At water It lock Cleveland Ohio hs UrRB Ht oTClty Iroperty ranus undWestern Lands for sale or exchmixe Law Office M J Sloan real estate nd collecting went X Ut College street uuvrliu Oluo WKItSTKR I A AttorneyatLuw Notary Public and Real Estate Agent Office om tSoutb Main Street Oberlin O E H HINMAN AttorneyatLaw andNotary Public North Amherst O C W Johnston Geo P MetcMf JOHNsTON ft METCALF Attornoyi and Counsellors at Law Notaries Public tilyrla Ohio OQlce DeWitts Block BOUUS1UUKH OO D lilC HK J Books StationeryPicI turee Frames Wall Payor etcCollegtand Main street T71 ildwin Regal dealer in Books Sta JjJlonery Pictures Picture Frames Wall Tuper c No 5 WMlUomke Si uornui ujiw E C WesterveltA Co dealers in Ulaok Books School Books Ink Ac BJOm AND MIIOE8 ROYE manufacturer dealer in Uoots aud Shoes N o 13 W Collene st Of D ana Warner market West Col iro treet All kinds of fresh and salt meat kept their season rohn Haylor general dealer in fresh alt and smoked Meats No 7 East College 8t GS Pay Dealer in Hides and all kinds of fresh and iH meatsNo 11 South Main Street BUILDERS A MendenhallContraotor and Build i iHjnB mniDirilnrlP Porches and aU kinds of odd Jobs of plain and fancy work done on short notice Shop on College Alley Oner B ACKUS W H Contractor and Builder North rofessor street unerun S ColburnContractorand Builder I rianinc Mill Oberlin Ohio CLOTHIEtl T earner Eckert clothiers mer XVhant tailors and dealers in all kinds of gents ii Ki lfi wt mlleiie Street AH Brice merchant tailor ana dealer In Cloths and Clothing Nol South iULii Street UlfflllHl F 81DDALL over WosterveltB store CB KNOWLTON office over No 1 West Cellegest DUVOC1IMTS AVERY H A dealer In Drugs Medicines and Groceries Prescriptions prepared CHURCHILL BEKCHER Drurs Paints Varnishes etc No 1 West College St GARDNER A CO Drugs Medicines Oils Paints etc FUH SITU BE UNDERTAKING CHAPMAN CHAMBERLINFurniture of all styles Largest assortment in town Store om Main street opposite the Pare FilftST NATIONAL BASE Or Oberlin Designated Depository and Government Agents for sale of Bonds C H Jenkins Cash I M Johnson Pres GROCKKIBM A J Farrar dealer in flour feed rhnlre famllr irrocerles crockery Rlassware All kinds of vegetable In their season C Westervelt Co dealers in Choice Groceriessell for caahitoods delivered 1 H J ROSSITER DEALER IN rrorerles fruits and veicetablef Fair prices Si o West Collepe street EC Westervelt Co dealers in Crockery Prices verv low flABDWAKB nAUTKB A KKOrHKR dealers inHardJ ware Stoves and Tinware Sole agents for jiewarti Sieves Job work done in best nauuer 1ITKK1 EDWARDS dealers in Stores V Tin and reheat Iron Ware andHardware of all kind Mowing Machines etc Merchants Exchange North Main Street JAEK HOU9B Oberlin O Fleory FieldPro prietor JKWEIEKa PETTIS L B dealer In Watches Clocks Jewelrv Spectacles and Fancy Gooda fark lions block TUTTT E C H Watchmaker Engraver and dealer in Watoies Clocks Jeaelry mud Silverware Carlentei 8 Block 11 VERY TABII FAVEL C H Good Horses and Carriages tor hire Also all kinds of teaming done at the shortest rotlce Stable on North Main street opposite the rark B ARNARD WETHERBEEFine D Kif Fast Horses and New Carrlaces at their ivery Stable on Jiast College street uext to l ar JTRAC8 M dealer In D17 Goods etc J Vtets Block North Main Street IIAUNEM3 IUAKBSS AJaBd dealer in all kinds of single and doubleharf Irlng mHllyand promptly one NO 13 outh Main Street Oucrlln Ohio HIOTARV PUBLIC HARRIS W P Notary PublicConveyancer of IDeeds etc over the store C Gillett Co OJIMIBII ift M N I B U 8 to every train once onth V Main street Oberlin O Frank Stone Proprietor PUVSMJIArtft ILKIT4NOBLH physicians and Sur goons Omce Boyces uioc B H A T W A R D Homonathlst Offlce Union Block Residence W Lorain St WM BUNCE M v will practice medicine and surgerv in Oberlin and tlesurrounding country Calls left at hls oMce night er day will b promptly attended to once oyer lu west college 01 D R DB SMITH Oculist and Anrlst 88 v u sunn wuhs i i rtHr Hnuri jsuperior oireet v icrcinmi v a m to 1 r at ana no or PAINTKKH AND CLAZ1EKP Mitchell Mumford paintersglaziers and iianer hnnvrern over No Souih Main Street The Best Quality ol work atiess wi city prices TELEGRAPH DOLLECEi T WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO THE X Cltlzenaof thorlln rWIfll vD T pared to show a la rife mul wullselfoied stock ol JOOUS SUCH Hg WATCHES ELGIN WALTHAM UNITED STATES AND NEW YuRn MovementB Ladies Gold Watches In American and fine Swiss nioveuie Gold Leontine Opera Matinee CHAINS JE WELR Y Solid Gold and Plated Sets Sleeve Buttons and Btuda Gold and Silver Thimbles Gold Tens with Rubber and Pearl Holders Gold Toothpicks and Gold Pencils SILVERWARE Tea Seta Cake Baskets Butter Coolers Castors vru deceivers boiiu suver hiiu riaieu Napkin Rings Forks Snootis etc Havlnff madt amnutementi to mtuiufacture all ol mj iiiioiiB i win maKe over om ones into new and guarantee each one to get their original silver CUTLERY Ivory Rubber and solid Steel Handled Cutlery with jrwmiuuniiMtu uihucs aiso a large as j Bortment of eheaiiTnble Cutlery Shears Scissors Pocktt KnUes Nutplcks all of behest steel and warranted Large assortment of Parian Statuory Toilet Sets and riQcy v uses CLO C K S Eightday Calendars Beth Thomas and Water Dury uioces nave k inrRH siock una will ell at ilte lowem prices All Silver and Plated Goods will he sold aa low as elsewhere and no extra charges for engraving dneeimeus of German Tert old Enellnn and com mon scrlDt can be seen at anv time SVatcbwork In all Its branches will be executed and warranted for ne vearr tSTREMEMBER THE ILACEa C II TUTTIE Carpanter a Block West College Street OBEKMN O Lorain County Examination of Teachers 73 The Board of School Examiners for Lo rain County will hld meetings for the ex aminaton of Teachers as follows At OBERLIN the last Saturdays of Sep tember October March and April AtELYRIA the second Saturdays of Oc tober November December January Marcn April aiav anu june AT WELLINGTON the third Saturdays of October and March Thar hn will no OTHER Kx ami nations and no certificate will be renewed except upon examination EsXamioationx cuniniciiuei ni u tiui H and applicants should be punctual at the hour The Examination Fee of 63 cenra sjust be prepaid Thnsn hn have never tauirht In this County or who ar personally unknown to the Examiners ust furnish s a tit factory evidence of their ood moral character Applicants must supply mcmseiTO writinz materials either pen or pencil may be used in estimating a paper the general the general appearance as well ascorrectness isconsidered Pcnroanshin andorthography are judged from the written answers In other branches No communication Isalowed during the examination Anyviolaon of this rule may forfeit a certificate THEOLOGICAL BOOKS MISCELAIVEOlN BOOK SABBATH SCHOOL EOOKS A Liberal discount given from pnb Ushers prices E J Goodricli EVERYTHING NICE In Hie line ot Fine Candies At Churchill Beeeher DRUG STORE fprmm grtttoit iixt v nil Oberlin OYo Visiting Cards furnished andwritten sent by mail postpaid for 25cts perdoren iv F W C BEESEPrln705tt A8S PlRE CHOICE GROCEKIES tlO TO A J FAmtABS NO 4 VIETS BLOCK OBERLIN0 AJ Farrar keeps a full line of Teas nmonn which are Hie fellowing A J Farrneps the following coffees ARBUCKLE COS vv J5 White Corn Meal fresh rora New Corn A car load of York Slate potatoes choice and rioe in quantities to suit purchaa ers THE REVOLUTION SelfFeodiiiK Base Burning BASEHEATING GAS CONSUMING PARLOR STOVE On BITI M1NOUS OK SOFT COAL Saves one hill Hie fuel The above glove Iihk been thoroughly tested and if Ives universal satisfaction WEED A EDWARDS It sud lliat It ttxtecus our most sniirulHcexiectntious J H A M K LANG HARD COAE STOVE WITH OVEN AND COOKING ATTACHMENT Jnl the thlnsr Sstps muili or Hie trouulr anl CXInse of liunllnc Ihe Cok Slovc Call at Veed Edwards And examine It before buying Kept at GH TUTTilS 1 1 Jewelry Stove Contributioiw Private Libraries HY PROF IITDBON PMITH Two circumstances make it necessary to exercise much thought and care in gathering a private library No pnrso is long enough to purchase everv volume that is published even in our own land And were this possible no one could or would if he could read all these in numerable and heterogeneous publica tions Hence every one who makes a collection of boots for his own use be it great or Bmall has need of wisdom and a practiced judgment in his selection Most of us can place upon our shelves only a Bmall part of those books which we account valuable and important and the question What books shall I buy becomes very perplexing Happilypublic libraries and bookclubs bring witlin the reach of must a great number aod variety of books which are indispensable but which since we can have access to them in this way we do not need to pur chase for ourselves A large proportion of the current literature of the day of books of reference such as thedictionaries encyclopedias histories andcommentaries and of technical andscientific works is thuj provided for Those who are engaged in teaching preaching or professional work of aDy kind find their selection of books large ly regulated by their special needs in prosecuting such work Yet the larger needs of a mind which can never becontained and bounded by any Bingleprofession which draws inspiration and suggestion and fulness and strength from all sourceB and which has a satelessappetite and relish for all knowledge and all thought will justly demand and se cure a broader range The mostvigorous and healthful and successfulprosecution of special lines of investigation and inquiry calls for the exhilaration and enrichment and broadeningsympathy which come from habitual contact with other fields of truth and lines at thought The man otbusiness and afluirs who provides reading chiefly for his leisure hours and for the family circle may take a wider range and consult a more general taste The standard English classics in prose and poetry approved translations of the choicest specimens of ancient and modern literatures accurate compends of information on subjects of general use and reference geographical historical scientific philosophical and biblical a due proportion of works of fiction and criticism and of the literature of the dtv j these all would naturally find a place in such a library in variable proportions according to individual bias and special circumstances It would seem desirable that no library should be without some representation of every department of human thought and knowledge so that a child of whatsoever native bent should find the means of quickening andregulating his thoughts in books ready to his hand and familiar to his eye at home Few business men are aware of ihe wholesome retreshment and steadyaccumulation of knowledge to be gathered from a well assorted library at home regularly frequented in thehours ofleisure The student cannot generally gather any considerable number of booksduring his course of study The regular duties of the class room ifconscientiously and successfully met will require nearly all his time and strength and his highest culture and best fitness for sub sequent work are only to be secured by the faithful and enthusiastic pursuit of the work prescribed in the curriculum At the same time that he cannot find many unoccupied hours for reading the student usually has but little capital to spend on a library Yet a beginning is almost always made and euro anddiscrimination aie as needful then as at any time It should be only the sternest necessity that permts one to part with the books he has read and studied in his daiiy tasks It bears the look of impiety the neglect of a natural obligation to part thus lightly with old and well tried frierds Neither is it wise for a student to attempt to do big work without the books which are essential to bisefficiency It is illjudged and misplacedeconomy If ihe choice muet be made it were doubtless wisdom to wear a plainer habit that the mind might have richer and more varied furnishing But if his circumstances will permit and the student goeB further than the immediate requirement of his studies to build up his libraryit is plain that there are many books which he would like to see aud read which notwithstanding he would not wish to include in hispermanent collection Some authors there are even of our own day who have won an acknowledged and honorable place inliterature whOBe works one runs no risk in transferring to his shelves When Longfellow or Emerson or Tennyson or Arnold puts forth a new volume we may be reasonably sure that it containssomething which we shall wish to rend more than once Nothing which will not well repay reperusal deserves a place in our collection Beyond these classical works in literature and handbooks ofreference and illustration and compends of information are to be judiciouslygathered under the counsel of instructors and according to personal needs andpreferences When a profession or occupation iB decided upon this will naturally give a special direction to the further increase of ones private library A well aelected library which exhibits at once the intelligence and taste of its collector and his personal preferences Iana literary arnnuies is a goouiyopeuiacle an attractive ornament of a home a noble furnishing of a man Great public libraries are extremely important and useful and we may well rejoice to see their number multiplying in our country aud their collectionsbecoming richer and more complete But they can never take the place of private collections with their peculiar flavor of individuality and adaptation toindividual wants and the complete appointments of our homes nor can they ever make these less than invaluable and indis pensable Effects of the Panic in Connecticut Thousands of men out of Employment Secret Societies nl Yale To the News The eflect of the panic in Hartford New Haven and vicinity is felt very appreciably Most of themanufacturing establishments either run on half or twothirds time or with areduction of from ten to twenty per cent in the wages As exceptions to this rule I notice that the Winchester Fire Arms Co of this city are running on full time at full wages ns also the Whitneyville Armory i It is estimated that there are 5000 men and women thrown out of employment in the single city of Bridgeport There promises to be an unusual amount ofsuffering in that city during the coming winter The Howe sewing machinecompany have lately discharged 500 men out of a force of SOOThiB week their men have been paid for August work all their wages since then are due yet and as the company has the immense business of collecting debts to the amount of9000000 on sales of machines the present prospect for their awaiting laborers does not seem flattering i Reports from Nsugatuck Plymouth East Hampton Waterbury andWallingford all read about alike andpropheByahard winter with trfe exception of one large firm which is running on half time The Middletownmanufactories present a stronger front and report good business With respect to business m Hartford aside from lie railroadinterests the reports are more encouraging and gratifying The Boston Albany the New York Hartford New Haven and Providence Hartford FiBhkillrailroads all suffer and have cut down ex penses in every direction possible The freight and shipping interests on rail roads and steamboat lines touching at New Haven are all heavily affected But I am pleased to take the following from the Hartford Courant asrepresenting a happier more cheerful state of things in our rival and lately victorious sister city She seems exceptionally fa ored in her mechanical industries The workinc men here are to be con gratulated upon the situation of affairs including the number of men employed at the railroad shops where a reduction to eight hours is to be made Thenumber of mechanics employed in the city amounts to 4000 laboring men and out of all these less than onethird aresubjected to any reduction whatever and that is of hours of labor every man having a chance to earn something All the rest have a reasonable ana nopems prospect of permanent work at full time and full wages The news of the suspension of that old rockfirm of A W Sprngue of Rhode Island for they cant be said to bo confined to any one city nor one tjusi ness was received inthis city with considerable apprehension It shook little Rhody like an earthquake but the present appearances seem to indicate that the assets of the firm will be deeded in trust to three trustees and the entire property thus aggregated will be held for the benefit of their creditors The creditors are accepting notes payable in ihree years and bearing 7 310 per cent in terest payable semiaunully in placeof the present indebtedness of the company But the understanding is that the Spragues are to work back into their old and legitimate business and give up all extraneous enterprises They run sev eral national banks and a world of other business Amasa the brother of the Senator is to take his place as president It seems probable that in this way they may Bave their greatly impaired fortunes and secure in a large measure all their creditors Now permit me a word with reference to Yale items of news A new era has been introduced it is thought in the history of college secret societies and that not so much by the influence of the sad tragedy at Cornell as by thenatural and manly development of public sentiment in the university based upon a personal knowledge of their pernicious character and tendencies The outward form of this inward spirit has coma to ua through the Yale College Courant It has taken a new departure with anewboard and under entirely newmanagement D M Beach Yale 72 ismanaging editor has served sincegraduation on the staff of the Tribune and is well qualified for his position He is supported by a band of fifteen assistants one each from Divinity Law Medical and Art schools two from the Scientific school and nine from the College proper I take pleasure in saying that the new era waB initiated and the paper ismainly owned by a Divinity studentHolbrook of 73 The first number of the Courantisa success The newB of the university is better developed andpresented than formerly says thePalladium and the character of its contents is such as to meet with the approbation of those who hare looked upon theenterprise with much hope But the real root cauBe of the new departure lies in the increasing feeling of dissatisfaction with the secretsocieties and the fact f iat no college organ at present existing will permit a freediscussion in its columns of this college pet But a better day is dawning in Yale This newboard has good spirit sufficient prestige to insure success and is sworn to bring out in healthy discus sion the full tide of hitherto suppressed feeling about these immensenightmares on college social and literary life It is found that the leading men in the lower college classes can be and have been pledged not to enter these socie ties The university shows a fine increase in students and instructors over last year The grand total is 070 against 905 last year some four hnndred less than our Oberlin catalogue shows howeverThere are four less in the Academical dept than last year being 51S against 522 There are 103 in Theology against 99 while the S S 8 has gained 30 during the year The work has been begun otpreparing for the erection of the new Divinity hall As we see the ease with which the powers that be raise one hundred and eighty thousand dollars for a new building for old Yale our hearts breathe the prayer that the time may not be far distant when our own beloved Alma Mater need not have to beg so hard for so little I believe in Oberlin and have faith in a brighter future for her The men of this generation will have all the discouragement Those of thesucceeding ones are bound to reap rich rewards These men whom we delight to honqr now will labor but others will enterinto their labors There is no manner of doubt about it If the poor boys df this generation are the merchant princes of the next as some one has said what a host of merchant princes Oberlih ought to have scattered through the land fur she certainly has sent out poor boys enough rich in faith and trust and strong in manly independence liC N F The Union Meethic of the Ladies Elioinn and Literary Societies Availing ourselves of the kindinvitation to attend the meeting of theAelioian and Literary Societies held pnFriday evening Oct 31st we repaired to the society room of the 1 Ladies Hali and found a goodly number of in vited friends already assembled We seemed to catch the inspiration of good time coming the moment we crossed the threshold of the buildingfof having without the sleet through which we had walked and an almost Decem ber wind the contrast seemed striking Happy voices emonatiug from parlor and readingroom fell upon our ears The thought struck us that boarding hall was not the appropriate name for this beautiful structure bo homelike and cheery in its internal appointments The name seemB to suggest feast of reason onlv when we think there must often be an abundant flow of soul within Its walls The following was the programme j EBsay Self Development MissKinney Aelioian Recitation Miss Scidmore Ladies Literary Music Miss Parker Discussion Question Resolved that railroads should not come under thje control of the Government A ff Misses A R Sherman and Kate Koons t i Neg Misses Mary B Wells and Olive McKinney Music Song by Miss IlamiUon Mrs Prof Rice presiding at the piano Select Reading Nellie Nichols Essay A Plea for Memory MiBB Maltbv The judges choBen in the discussion were Mrs Prof Mead Miss Martin and Mrs Churchill Knowing how editora dread prolixity we can indulge our pen only in speaking of the discussion hurriedly remarking that the respective officers seemed quite at ease in their official duties and that the essay was instructive and well read The debate was opened in the affirm ative by Miss Sherman who pictured to us the early railroad builders as being so selfsacrificing in their character benev olent of intention such benefactors in their day and generation that we were quite inclined to place their names among those of the Pilgrim Falhers This favorable impression waa quickly dispelled by Miss M B Wells who showed her enthusiasm for the opposite side ot the question by the flash of the eye and restrained gesLures which seemed to indicate that more demonstra tive ones were kept in check by will power only The general bearing of Miss Wells reminds us strongly of Lucy Stone as Bhe used to appear in 0rLiter aty nearly thirty years ago and we were constrained to caution Miss Wellsaccordingly but our impressiun is that Miss Wells has elected for herself a lifework diverging far from that of a public lec hirer Miss Kate Koons of the affirmative called the attention of the judges to the manner of the last speaker as calculated to influence feelings and subvertjudgment She begged that they would let facts and statistics rule in their de cision and then produced an array ofarguments supporting her side of thequestion quite surprising to us Miss McKinney closed the debate by showing most conclusively that the last speaker was the one who hadsubverted judgment by the wrongpresenting of acts and we must confess at this stage of the discussion we were very much confused and felt relieved that we hod not the responsibility of deciding this closely argued question The dis cussion throughout evinced greatindustry in the reading up of RailroadLiterature The movements of the Granges Governmental Corruption and Railroad Swindling seemed well understood by the disputants and we doubt whether the lion lames Monroe could have spoken more eloquentlyupon these topics The question was decided in the af firmative The Society was then ad dressed by Mrs Prof Mead Miss Martin Mrs Burhans and Mrs Dewey Mrs Mead commended the high order of the exercises spoke of the discussion as be ing calculated to make the young ladies interested in topics that would render them more companionable to theirfathers brothers and husbands emphasiz ing however the probability that they would not be called upon or care to use their argumentative powers in any po liticalway Miss Martin accorded with what Mrs Mead had said Mrs Burhanss remarks were too extended for a report Jti A 15 glkWaUanij Saviv Trees FKOJijMrcE We would call the special attention of farmers again to the importance of protecting their young trees against the winterravages of mice The work required to do this is bntlrifling and pays largely There are numerous ways for accom nlifihincr tho rl oei mrl nnrl Kit la mof effectual and convenient we have ever used is to bant with earth the trunks up a few inches from the surface of the ground A wagon load of dirt will bank a large number of trees ana if rich soil a double benefit may be derived by spreading the same oyer the roots of the ueeri iu spring vnio warmer t Grape Vines Killed by Lightning It appears that there is a liability to have grape vines destroyed by lightning where they are trained on wires A D Webb tells in the Horticulturist of avineyard which suffered severely He says that therows were ten feet apart and three hundred aud sixty feet long About midway of the length of thevineyard stands a small chestnut tree twenty feet from the outside row of grapee During a small thunder shower this tree was struck by lightning which came down on two sides of the tree causing the death of the tree and at leasttwothirds of the vines in three rows of the vinevfird The vines in thpso thrp rnw are trained to wire the balance of the vineyard is trained to wooden slats and escaped injury The vines at the ex treme ends ot these three rows suffered as badly as those near the tree j Ihe ground where the tree stood was usedfor Irish potatoes they alsosuffered the vines being killed immediately under the tree and three rows on either side to the distance of seventyfive feet Ohib Farmer j The Chinese avoid the perplexities and labors incident to a church fair when they need money to aid theirreligious enterprises A certain temple needed rebuilding and funds were lack ing A priest of the needy sect devised a plan to procure it He caused it to be proclaimed that he would stand lor seven days and 6even nights in anailcage set in the temple grounds abstain ing entirely from food and drink or that he would Btand there till all the locks on his cage were bought off This cage is a sort of narrow wooden box studded thickly on the inside with nails so that whichever way the person shut in may turn he comes in contact with them The aides of this box wereclosed with a great number of Bmallpadlocks one of gold two of silver and the rest of brass The priest was shut in His fellowpriests caused a great beating of drums and ringing of bells to calltogether the people and proclaim to them that the purchase of the locks wouldsecure the release of the priest from hisapparent torture Crowds came Locks were sold rapidly the brass locksbringing from five to twenty dollars each ths silver five hundred and the gold atlast on the fifth day one thousand dollars The proceeds of the trick were about 000 lite Congregational tst The people of Cape Breton Island which is perhaps the largestGiolicBpeaking community on this continent cling to the manners and rites of their fatherland one of these is the annual abservance of the Lords Supper when all go to the appointed place as the tribes of old went up to Jerusalem This service is generally held in July and largely in the open air as no onebuilding can be found to accommodate the throngs The meetings begin on Innrsday fast day when amid quiet like that of the Sabbath the peoplehumiliate themselves and make confession of sins On Friday meetings are held by sections and take the character ofconferences many regard these as the most important meetings of the series On this day Gelic is the only language spoken but during the preaching on fast day and on Saturday and on the Sabbath and Monday English is also used The action sermon is preached on tho Sabbath and the address called Fencing the Tables follows in the latter the evidences of a Christian are pointed out and persons not finding such marks in their lives are warned sometimes with great severity lest they further condmn themselves by eating and drinking atthe Lords table The communicants are then served in groups After thanksgiving services on Monday the assembly disperses TheCongregational isl Mayor Medill of this cUy writing from Edinbtirg gives a doleful picture of Ireland It is he says a superbly beautiful land inhabited bypovertystricken unhappy and discontentedpeoplethat is in three of the fourprovinces Nearly three quarters of a million of families live in little shabby unclean mud huts and have hard scratching to make money enough to pay rent to the landlords who squander it in Great Britain and the Continent Theinhabitants of Ireland pay in rent 100000000 gold for the privilege f living on land confiscated from their fathers and this money is takea out of the country as fast as collected and spent abroadIreland has no manufactures except the linen trade of Belfast lis immense waterpower runs idle forever The country seems dormant inert unhappy enterprisers Ireland is truly the Niobe among nations Every city town village and railway station has ils force of armed police There are forts and barracks everywhere The people are totally disarmed and utterly powerless to do more than scold protest and swear at their conquerors The recent acts of Parliament have however done a Ve good A Bad picture one which reflects small credit upon Protestant England and one too which does no more honor to Roman Catholicism For if Christianity under the form ofRomanism is so infinitely superior toProtestant Christianity and it has had for cerfftpries such a hold upon the Irish pecfple how is it that it has notenforced such a development of personal culture among them as by this time to render such a state of things animpossibilitv Adrancr The End of the World Some Adrentists have recently been gathered on Terry Island waiting for Ihe end of the world which was to have been last week A friend in NewEngland sends us the following noteaccompanied with an explanation of the grounds of their faith Friend B 1 clip a scrap for you if you choose to use it on a set of fools who have been exciting more or less attention and disgust talking and preaching about going up next Thursday We all hope thev will extract The opening of the French assembiv is expected to add the last drop to the fatal cup They reckon that the battle ofSedan September 20 170 gave the death thrust to the papal power and having bv comparison and computation satisfied themselves that the day of prophecy ie seventyfive of our years they divide it by twentyfour and find three years and fortyfive days to be the length of the hour which it was foretold would elapse between the mortal wound of popery and the end of all things This hour added to the date of the battle of Sedan gives November 5 1873 Ihe people assembled on Terry Island have been interviewed Alluding to their disappointed calculations in the past one speaker said that threedisappointments had been prophesied but the fourth the present time was a sure thing That which was a cloud to the Egyptians was a pillar of fire to the Is raelites said a voluble sister Altera short tarry in the air they expect toreturn to the purified Edenic earth and start out on an eternal life in the same condition that our first parents didTerry island contains 125 acresmore or less and is a beautiful place diversified by wood and meadow Its sides are in the main quite precipitous but about tho middle of the west side a landing place has been prepared between which and the opposite shore a swing ferry affords communication A more lovely retiracy than this island affords can hardly be imagined Mr Jlinton lerry owns a large part of the landand with hisfamily occupies a neat house near the center of the island Xovor Hr a man wliPn hpa dnun unless you are sure he cant get up infpndftd for the information of Rnorls men down in Maine It is unkind to ridicule those items in the papers about centenarians It is no easy thing to become a cemenarian several have failed It is now announced on the authori ty of that eminent physician that it is not healthy to rise before 8 oclock in the morning This applies only to men Wives rise at 5 and start the fire asheretofore A wateringplace correspondent writes that veiy lew bathers bathe at the West End whereupon MrsPartington says she had an idea that they bathed all over Once when preaching at Wappingto a congregation composed principly of sea faring men and fisherwomenRowland Hill greatly astonished hiscongregation by commencing the sermon with those words I come to preach to great sinners notorious sinners yes toWanping sinners The Tvcoon of Japan knows how to start a newspaper He does not offer premiums for subscribers but having taken an interest in the publication of a newspaper at the Japanese capital he has issued an order that all men ofcertain social and political standing shall take it or be beheadod Inqiring child reading about the Graphic baloon Father what does transatlantic mean Gruff Father rusty in his Latin Transatlantic you simpleton means across theAtlantic ocean trans means across1 Child Mother does transparent mean a cross parent like father Scene closes with the boy acrots his parents knee At an examination of the College of Surgeons a candidate was asked by Abernethy What would you do if a man was blown up by powder Wait till he came down he coolly replied True replied Abernethy Andsuppose I should kick you for sucli animpertinent reply what muscles would I put in motion The flexors andextensois of my arm for I should knock you down immediately The candidate received his diploma A Hindoo Story A tiger prowling in a forest was attracted by a bleating calf It proved to be a bait and the tiger found himself trapped in aspringcage There he lay for two days when a Brahmin happened to pass that way Brahmin piteously cried the beast have mercy on me let me out of this case Ah but you will eat me Eat you Devour my benefactor Never could I be guilty of such a deed responded the tiger The Brahmin being benevolentlyinclined was moved by these entreaties and opened the door of the cage The tiger walked up to him wagged his tail and said Brahmin prepare to die I shall now eat you Oh how ungrateful how wicked Ami not your savior protested the trembling priest True said the tiger very true but it is the custom of our race to eat a man when we get a chance and I cannotafford to let you go Let us submit the case to anarbitrator said the Brahmin Here comes the fox The fox is wise let us abide by his decision Very well replied the tiger The fox resuming a judicial aspect sat on his haunches with all the dignity he could muster and looking at the disputants he said Good friends I am confused at the different accounts which you give of this matter my mind is not clear enough to render eqitable judgment but if you will be kind enough to act the whole transaction before my eyes 1 shallattain unto a more definite conception of tho case Do you Mr Tiger show mo just how you approached and entered ihe cage and you Mr Brahmin show me how you noerateu mm ana i buhii be able to render a proper decision They assented for the fox was solemn and oracular The tiger walked into the cage tho spring door fell and shut him in He was a prisoner The judicial expression faded from the foxscountenance and turning to the Brahmin ho said I advise you to go home as fast as you can and abstain in future from doing favors to rascally tigers Goodmorning Brahmin goodmorning tiger 3QEAKHAN A BRO College open day anaventng Send stamp ior khb