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^ r>,vrj? ^ WEKK. DANSV1LLE, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, N.Y, DELIVERED IV CARRIER. PER AKwE\- • tZ.f* UFFICE AND MAIL SUISCRWERS, / . . . . i.6 i Fifty Cent* aadltkmal »t*n urmtwt hjnot atvaHcta, ~ ~ /\ 1 »\ \ w 1_ ^ \ • m J '•\ ' «\u i if flu if >i »n»\ *l •J '^iTjo ^ f»I V> '«•' *s uu j »12 i\«neh \| ~i <o < 4 no | tUKJ | »< W J iTiii f iVoSt^as koi TIKI | oooj\i2«n IA «r>\a «ion i as |,<vl. I JlW J 11W IjVrwTl-.fifin | 3.1 no | r,o f ...i i'i <>i ( J MH I jiri«»! IKI , ;ci cio] nnno ; ino I.D.-A I JCHT M v« at lawful rot»s~75 (>nt« per folio «• l»-r liitl\ •wh tuWqurnt pub- 'W wordi '>r iliolr f-tuIval<*ut In fo' (W ft»«'l .'XI « ;..n -rmtnl! f.o*-% r \ AI K • l.i Onti p^r Hat* io»pr^-*I lt*««s rbun one iKiII&r. \VOODKilF*\ KNAPP * C0„ Publishers. ESTABLISHED 1850. For tht Inter^tt of PWront, To State and Nation. *. Tirt / V ,> . e- J .l Terns $1.50 per Aonureu, 1 b Advance.. DANSVILLE, N. Y., THURSDAY. JUNE 7, 1877. Ut, I /•«/ CARDS. Mil ruin,,. &'/.«< 0 «r i /A/// I •<; /''ire • • t the For « on S. D. FAULKNER, I 1 *• fI\KV i-i'i f'.rnvTor at I an _ over I irst Xatiouul Vtank. hut- 7i<van Mte -l. I'nu-villc. NOYES & HEDGES, i l'T0KM.\ \M> •...im<..-lori , ai law. laiMing. Uanxvllle, N. Y. CHAS. J. BISSELL, A TTORN KV and Coui )8cU .T at law nith - L>. KanlkniM-. uvcr Hr«i t( llnali of l>an3TtUc. Omcf N'atiou JOHN M. T1HKNCY AM\ Mc NAIR, < >uin-.v!or : 1 1 IB it- with Inlin \V :|UiuK .in Ks^ irf Hie t'eJ M.i\w>ll Co. k K i Bt'eet, Paii-viiK , N -MI lumbal! t Law. Iii»tii i' i MAltl ii'! < <l to. B. T. SQUIRES, A TP'KVM \ 1' I AW , anil :\v t •>'i<rr an.) iii»t-r. Pan-villi'. 1 i' nm -t.iii t .. N. y U.i i.l lu ullriiil all ''alii ,u • uuulry tit W. B. PRESTON, P HY\*!' ^N\ anil ^nrjieun lt;li <• icul re— idem e N o - 1 I'rtnu! >tri'' ! F. M. PERINE, M 0., MIYSIi 1 VN\.inJ S'u-ii .Hi f il U'lUlB I ^ DRS. Tue [Lircst • ba ml. In in^ l in\ urti 2 mi.I 7 to i i il.im om. t QUrGLEY i BURKHART, Ki)iiVl-< a ij iimn.' i in- Nill-- l>mg ->:ic,iar.ra Hunk. DansvM.e, \. Y. Vilci I ' O Ci 1*' *t<i* ' cons auly ou i ii n'larl resiJis n room* mljom A. G. PRESTON, k 8\'TI ->r U 'O in u [>iJo-ilP |io.t olHi.'. I > n i i \ \ i \ ei^ facilitv i>l inu irrii linpruvi- uoiits u.'l.frdud FRANK M. SCHLICK, nr 1) c-..-er. l'J.'i Main Stri-rt. ruining' l-i Ibo II t |i, .nujul) Mini sKilltullj |i.Tlon ed. B AKUKIt and Hau KU 'I \ tlllll.' (.ITt J. F. SCHUBMEHL, TJVRIIKK U*T l'i''\<-r. ovt r DickV Yj .\5hor Stii-o hkilllul iifl ''xuci icuocil kaii<l« ciii |>luVi 'J I- ver\ •- il..i-t ma > Ui p'ra -e JACOB J. GILDER, G * <• i:l\'ii-n < \\ i :• ( it'li i- .in I Vin.nj! Hnr- f 1'iri- i N i J M i \ r>- 1 li > >. ^1 i i -tn -i-i l'uit cuia a>H'iiti<ni |ni.l tn . uttuiu' i li.ldriti • hair. 11.1 . i vv .i .1 i I in j<ntj ln-« il)\'d All >v II k il mv in ityli' I inland In take panic to |iliM«i' all. and l.u|»« t.. ri'i*< \\ i' tli\ palr'ni tgv »fm\ nid p^tfiti* A3 I tl)p |inlilie gi'ticia 1^-. M. C. BIEK, EVERYTHING NEW AND FIR8T -Us8 AT EARLS * FOLEY'S 179 Main St., Danaville. t The Best Teas, The Best Sugars, \ Th^Best Coffees, The Best <>oerles NEW SERIES-VOL, 12i,'NO. 45. irith »«r Typo, tmmc* tod HaterUI, imE kwgig oetuUnt^jr *n hina s Urge kupji}/ of the tarloui Jdods of Piper, Enrelopes. Cards, and otl)e/nl6cV » il < t;!f t 5 t%v<,. ', r t.l .- . » l cxi**- n . 1 . CA.TAI/XJUXS, CARDS, TirgSI*, SHirPHfil- > „ s 'WLATTS, J<0TM, XAW CASKS , . fc , ; AMD W9KW,,,( ( ud «rtry thing i n tke U*t«lT\*ln toi Decoray^ CilnUns,on tkatl iJtW JMKrMtonAtila rat^jy Reader* of the EzntKauuiil >Q otbon AtaMtig any tiihig^in tKe\K|3fn?Tfine^4r<\ mjueslrt^ to give na a call, nod examine voK and pric^a.' Caili orders hj mall will recelvp prom|i( attvniioit You Hlnnt4 **. Of M.I. MND- LARCEST STOCK OF CROCKERY, LARGEST STOCK OF CLAStfARE To be found in Dansville. PRICES TO SI \IT THE TIMB. ROCHESTER AERATED BREAD RECEIVED FRESHAILY. \I. MI DnMKSTIC HHK\I) ) W \s I M ,vi, rilK HlcilKsT K vit.M I'KoiJl CTS. One «*a MV1IM1 HIKE Ull.l. UK run FOR A, KINDS will f.iti.ly t .viT>o.ie that tlie1ii!«<t arti. I»* nt the nnutsa'lsfn'-tnr.v nricarr Ht EARLS St FOLE18. Pure Drugs and Mediciies. F ASHlDN'Altl.fc: liurl'd-mi 1 •»!•«•» .1: tr uiade of liair i-iluri'i.' an. I inns -I\ taclie dv 1*' Hair rii'tcr: 'i - ltuoiti« 1 l .i Mam \tr. CLINTON HOUSE, D W.-Ul.l.K. \ \ H WIXi, pn.pt, elor This houar it <ituulo on the . • net id Main and Kranklin utrecli cuuvriiir'ii tn di-pul and Kaj lici-n nenlj fni ni«lii'd tin ..•••:)• oat. I- v.-rvtlii ipj tiril i« Tin- trutiun^ pul-'i'- will tu.d th« luotu^nnil ai ruiniiiuilaliunf lar nnp.-imr tu what tL«-y haw- liocil. NATIONAL HOTEL, 0 !T0 <ITK COl'UT IIUUSK and I ilz'iu oainiliii- t.j an d from all 11 uiit cota n idation.4 unt *X''eikd. i'rujlrii tin i i /rnci\ Ilitll'a'o i lii'stcr Ki Hoard .in 1 a.. Hurt L. Hl .i -Mon F. J. NELSON, Druggist. The Old and Reliable Drug Stre, 146 Main Street, Dansville, N. Y. ALLEN HOUSE, S . U.i l-.N' I'r.ipn. to,. HJI.-W ! I , • Htou i niiitv.N ^ Nr. - 1 lint, i, depot, and ad, i cut t. Ii-i ini-< l:,n ,i: an ii iituudatn n un> rpat-sid Tcnn-. ?l IM dav Uaru>- and >• ild. - un> .|iuHi-il in II i tin- uid pi -r ville. WALL PAPER. lii-it n r< IMV I n in v. Inn i.f .ill |i .i| . r- <•! :hr lni. .,1 pill. im. fur THE SPRING TRADE D KllHli, that l,e It F.ALTMEYER, it \ \ l\i « uI' 1 aillluU'iro Ii ••> i-'i ii'ii'in .HI 1 - da lui 'Li 'iir. ul nil JII u.«, 1.1 . It n-i'l si II a' (riraih rc dili-»d pri e- \ i till- • lull i d in imy .1*. lied «(>!•• t IT\ i, ~ ,, t ,d II. II - nil. 4 |n, le. t n ,) tire and rfn a> , a I u-.i - ••> i'il- j• r•• <•< \ And •eilniL vir\ low — - --it ruruii r -ii| \V. .l..|ie» |i I0 |f d.-pat i |i tcu I ••• j'i . a 1 of u 'nil I- III r*i >aM -jii r irn ii I. rllp i •• it. a id • i -|: '••p It 1 i i nt M im pri' r * \ Co r.11 — 1 » itli v l i . iiau t '''r ^ 'if lli<» iiniliTlak- ,-irr piepa-i'd IM a t . i Il\ -t ,i k i ui u ui pi. t U ai r aii-1 • II •Htuul .11 i '1 'fu PAINTS AND OILS. Conxfeuith on hand si Inric«« *-!oc -'v including llio CELEBRATED PENN YAN OIL JAMES LINDSAY & SON, C MUJIA'.K M \M K \TI - I liKIt^ j.i-t ri'itfidoii'it an I i nlant'd \ill IMIIUII*IK we now Ua \i- t.n IJI ' .i. (ODVf Illutlt'hop I I tt\* «<><l1lty. Wr ki' Itantly 'iti I' mil urn! <• in fnt in-'' o i tl.r • notice anyliitnx in ill\ Inn' the bu'tnes m in • har.-i • workuico He pairing Warranted ••I iving ctab- | *t lll'l-M ( rp I'm ' iii'ltf't ' I.ii> Ii liranc.i of ui t tf ino-it fxu* rl pet-.al:} \ il wm k i r ' STEAM BOAT HOTEL. P I. K A SI* I IK M-ek-l - . \ . ir -iiiiiii.lt, \if I'T- HoDiiie.ir<iu- ui ii li-»v weiksui day » re- laiation troni lalj\r ivi 1 mid tin- romirt one of the moil In-aUlinl antl pic i*unl i.nud li-lnns »nd hunlnii.' in the immediate .icinity, and boatsani fu'im; la. KW are liiriiishtfil L'tio^ts Iree ol charge Boaid re .moiu'ile. are aiwayircaih fuf ifne^t- but per-fou- rotuiu r ' l>y par.ies nhouU, wnun i mivi-niunt, «i»t» u» one Jay's notice \V It. >'.t'idi-ili, Proprietor,head of I'ioau'lai^na Lake l'o*t oflice\ addreiH. Nii- plea. OuUrna, County Mf KNoari>ii>ns daily by the Steamer \Ontario ' Which we sell at the lowest rntc- DRUCS AND MEDICINES. Only tltr |iuri'»l ^ooii.s nlit .iinnhlc urc kept in stoi k. and llic xinic priisron und rcliahilit^ that hivt» characterized this hottso during the jiast will b<Cttrefully guarded lit the future, in the selection of all trood< in this department. TO SPORTSMEN ! POWDER AND SHOT. SIICIIM Loaded to Order iaiW .rrulH. fishix(; tackle of all kinds. 14 Ito/nolil* ,\rf4iih, op)w»fUi PoKt OJlirc. J. RATCLIFFE, KnrlwHtur, N . Y. ftesidi-h class druv MISCELLANEOUS. the goods iihovc iinined, all the variottM urticlc.s usually kj)t In ft first- store will bf. found in <>tock, and in q tality and price ipc )ntto none. fiyl J. M. OGDEN, PAINTING, GRAINING AN'DDF.t (1UT1\ F. \PAPER HANGING, ' KALHOMIXINO, *c. 179 Main-Si., Dansville, N. Y. Watch, Clock and Jewelry R Fi 'AiniXtJ In tho best possible manner,at the Lowest Pncos.at Perham's Jewelry Store, Dansville, N.Y. , vrici Tork wholesale prices ^Amerlcan.ValthaDi WatcbeR nold at New Dansville, April 1*77 PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS and from lie purest of F.J. IELSON. And medicines compounded in the most careful manner, materials. HAMILTON * I'lfE 160 Maina*tr*et. DEALERS IK-THE I PERHAM. Cheap Guns for the People. \Doable Shot GOD*, from $7 to $i0. Breech J«*dlng Miiot <5UM, from tV, to $150. Siagle Bhot Oana, all kinds *:i to 'ii. Hitiea, Mu/.ile »ad Breech Loading, Stnglx and Hope -ting, 7, t6 and 31 MioDtere. Uevo|v«n, 6, l> and 7 .«kjdt «r» t $2,50 to $20. Gooda seui bjr Expre.-s < Iltfeio examine Pt Purest Drugs and Standard Medicines, INCLUDING Everything IVeoded for Family Use. Toilet and Fancy V Articles, Books and Stationery, Stereoscopes and Views, Russia Leather Goods, Dye MtuffB, \Sensation Cigars, AND O. D. I -^MatWe.K.m U BQ Worki, Httsbargli, Pa. with priT- Addiew, i of WALL PAPEB.Jiwt received. \ large stock of the latoit auVmo«t derlrable styles ThQlmmceieafoireroainmWyald P > .< e< unequalle-l in Dan^TiU. or Ll*h, f .ton County CALL AT 1C0 MAIN STREET. JfX .JJOSl^ t. HCHT., , , , . , Yon kls **»duT »e!' v irjy ih>»d; dropped^lOir on your breast. With a reeling of shelter and Infinite real: With, the lio'ty «motto a my tnagus dared not Hptak, K.nslied up, like a flume from my heart to mj Your <trragheld me fa»t—<ih, your arait are^ao bold,- ,' » ^ 'J ^VnJ IU-art li'-ut against heart in their passional* fold, Yoar j(lancw seemed drawing my anal thro' ruy eyes, As »»ir*«'t.i ,., .vi - '. v . mill fioni the sea to the ^kies, Aud your lip. Hung to miae till I prayed In bliM, They nil^ht ne-.cr unelasj. from that rapturooa mj Uewt, toy gntgi^wl Yon ht *\Hd/iA<: tiiv will. la delirious oy for u ILOMCnt .stood still. LUo lind '\i oo no teiupittliotis—no charms— .Vo i MI • i leaaurc outnidc of yoor arms. And « er i t.im ioatant un angel possessed Of the v it and (>eaee thiit are given the bli- . I would, i ins my white robea unrepiningly down, And tuur fiem my forehead its beantllul crown, Cu nestle once more in tl'.at haven of rest. iViih your lipn upon mm*, and my head on ym(r brea<\t. *- Yoa kissed rael my anul in a blia so divine, Keeled und sivnoneiMiSe\ a fonlisb v than \anriik- en with win-. And I ilninjjlit 'twet.' deli-ions to die then, il Death Would come while my month wasyetramist with your breath 'Twvro delicio.ic to din If my heart might grow did Whil'- \-imr uruis wrapt me 'round in their p i—liouat*- f»ld ; And tlir-c uro the oi« -tioni I ask day and lllL'Ilt i M oat HI v heart taste but once such exquisite delight! Would you caro if ymvr breast weri my shelter is thco' And 'f you vfra hor<\ unjlil you kiss me f^Mlll. A SPECIAL CONSTABLE. u\ i ti Mti i:» itr vop Two wonivn-sisters : kept the toil ette in \nrk>-hire It stood apart Irom the village, and Uif \ often felt uneasy at night, being lotto women. <>n<» day they received a considerable sum «f money, bequeathed to thctn by a lative, and that set the simple souls all in a Mutter They had a friend iu tho village—the blacksmith's wife, so they went and told her their fears. She admitted that theirs was a lonesome place, and she would not livo there for one—without a man. Tier liscottrsc sent them home downright miserable The blacksmiths wife told her hus band all about il when lie came in to dinucr. \The fools,\ said he \how is anybody to know they havo got the brass in the house''' Well,\ said his wife, \they make no secret ii to me, hut you need not go to tell it to all the i.ou n, poor souls' ' 'Not 1, ' said the man, \but they will publish it, ucver fear Leavo women folks alone for making their own troublu with their tongues.' There the subject dropped, as man and wife have other things to talk about bc- side-- Iheir neighbors TI IP old women attba toll-gate, what with their own fears and their Job's com forter, betrnn to shirer with apprehension as night came oil However, at sunset, the carrier pa.-scd through the gate, and at sight of hu fripndly face they bright ened up They told him their care, and begged him to sleep in the bouse that night. \Why how can I,\ said he, \I'm due at -- - Hull will leave you my djg.\ The dog was a splendid mastiff. The women looked at each other ex pressively. \Ho won 't hurt us, will hey\ sighed one of them fulntljt. \Not he,\ said the carrier cheerfully. Then he called the dog into the house, told them to lock the (Jpor, and Went nway whistling. The women were left contemplating the dog with that tender solicitude which apprehension is sure to excite At first he seemed staggered at this off-hand pro ceeding of ids master, it confused him, then he snuffed at the door; then as the wheels retrcuted, ho began to sec plainly he was an abandoned dog. He dclivorcd a fearful howl, and flew at the door, scratching mid barking furiously. The old women fled the apartment and were next .seen at an uppey window screaming to tho carrier, \Come back, come back, John I Ho is tearing the house down!\ \Drat the varmint!\ said John, and came back. On tho road he thought what was best to do. Tho good-natured fellow took his jrreat coat'out of the cart and laid it on tho floor. The mastiff in stantly laid himself on it. \Now said John sternly, \let us have no more non sense; you take charge of that till I come back, and don 't let nobody steal that there, nor yet t 'wlvcs brass. There now,\ said he kindly to the women, \I shall he back this way breakfast time, and he won 't budge till then.\ \And he won 't hurt us, John?\ \Lord no. Blest your heart, he Is as sensible as any Christian; only, Lord sake, woman, don 't ye go to take the coat from him, or you'll be wanting'n new gown yourself, and may be a petti coht and all,\ -> He retired, and tho old woman kept at a respectful distance from their pro tector. He nevor molested them; and, indeed, when they spoke cajollngly to him, ho even wagged bis tail In a dubious way. But still, as they moved about, he squinted at them out of his bloodshot eye in a way that checked all desire On their parts to try on the carrier's coat Thus protcpted they went to bed eatHer than usual, but thoy did not und^eaa; they were too much afraid of evorytMng, especially their protector. The' ijiglit wore on, and presently their suarpjned senses let them km»w that tbedof|wa8 getting restless; he snuffed, and theki be growled, »nd tl*n he gotup and puttered about, iputteriaig to kfalelf. !8t&Mt. wiy-Wif -furniture '•ti»f**msm tM ddo^fo^whldh their protector mast paasWdoTour them. Butiy ahd by, listening acutely,they hcanSbia scraping and a grating outside the wlidow of the room where the dog was, fpd he continued growling low. This -tiu enough. They slipped oat at the b*ck door, and left their money to save#elr lives. They got Into the vil- lagV., ? |it was pitch dark and all the housc^black but two. One Was the pub lic h<jase, casting a triangular gleam acrooaithe road a long way off, and the other was the blacksmith's house. Here waaia piece of fortnnt for the terrified womf&^They burst Into their friend's bmujt&'&.Oh, Jane, W Udeves 4r« come!\ and thqy told her in, affew words\ what had happened. \Lai\ said she, \how tiuiorsome you are; ten to one he was only growling at some one that passed by.\ ' \Nay Jane,\ we. heard the scraping outside the window; ob^ woman, call your man, and let him go with us.\ \My man—lie is not here.\ \Wltere is b6 thenf\ \I suppose he is where other working women's husbands are—at the public house.\ said she rather bitterly, for she had her experience. Tho old women wanted to go to the public house for him, but the black smith's wife was a courageous woman, and, besides, she thought it was most likely a false alarm. \Nay nay,\ said she \lost lime I Went for him there I got a fine affront. I'll come with you,\ she said. \I'll take the poker, and we have got our tongues to raise the town with, I suppose \ So they marched to the toll- gate. When they got near it they saw something that blaggered this heroine. There was actually a man half in and half out of a window. This brought the blacksmith's wife to a standstill, and the timid pair implored her to go buck to tho village. \.Nay said she, \what for? I see hut one—and—hark! it is myoplrTion the dog is holding him.\ However, she thought it safest to be on the same side with the dog, lest the man might turn on her. So she made her way into the kitchen, followed by the other two; und there a sight met their eyes that changed all their feelings, both towards the rob ber and toward each other The great mastiff had pinned a man by the throat, and was pulling at him, to draw him through the ' window, with fierce bu^ muffled snarls. Tho man's weight alone prevented it. The window was like a picture frame, and in that frame there -ghtwjd, with-lolling touguo and starting cyettthc white faco of the blacksmith, their courageous friend's villainous hus band. She uttered an appealing scream, and dew upou the dog and choked him witli her two blinds, lie hold, and growled and tore, till he was all but throttled himself; then he let go, and the man fell. But what struck the ground outside like a lump of lead, was, in truth, a lump of clay, the man was quite dead, and fearfully torn about the throat. So did the comedy end in an appalling and most piteous tragedy, not that the scoun drel himself deserved any pity, but his poor, brave, honest wife, to whom he dared not confide the vifialny he medi tated. The outlines of this true story were in several journals. I have put the dis jointed particulars together as well as I could. I have tried to learn the name of the village, and what became of this poor widow, but have failed hitherto. Should thcs.0 lines meet the eye of any one who can tell me, I hope he will, and without delay. # Tke Dletfeury as «a Iantructbr. We notice as a matter well worth men tioning, that at the recent great pub-' lishers' trade sale in New York, the books that were most in demand und brought the best prices wene Webtter's Dictionaries, from the famous Quarto to the neat and handy pocket edition. .This fact i$ a. good indicatfon of the almost universal popularity of these books, and of the growing public demand for them. It Indicates also a fact of far greater im portance, and that is the interest the people are taking in the stnjdy of their' .own language. This is encouraging, as fhore is no branch of education that is now and hajlbeen, so^much^neglcctcd-as fhccomlaon brandies of #j*Ut7itf atid'ffc- fining. It is often astonishing and griev ous to ' see how grossly ignorant are children and youth, and\ even men and women, of the orthography, pronunci ation and meaning of ordinary words and phrases. They cannot express their thoughts for the want of words, and often they express thoughts very differ ent from what they intend, because they do not understand the words they em ploy. And Very*frequcntly, from* the same cause, they take no idea, or wrong ideas, from what thoy read or hear. The remedy for these evils is the proper training in the study of words, by the use of the dictionary, 8nd this train ing should begin as soon as the child can distinguish between one word and an other, and continue indefinitely. The apparatus for this study should, of course, be the most complete and thor ough to be had, sad this is abundantly supplied in Webster's Dictionaries, which urc justly recognized wherever our luuguage is spoken, as the standard authority in Kuglish. Parents and teachers can in no other way so effectu- ually or so cheaply promote the educa tional interests of their children, when of suitable age, as by putting in their hands any one of Webster's School Dic tionaries, for daily use in connection with the,study of their lessons, aud by placing on the family center tabic or the teacher's desk, as the authoratative guide aud standard, a copy of the L tiabridged. The unabridged contains 3,000 illustra tions, over 114,000 words iu its vocabu laries, and 10,000 words and meanings not iu any other dictionary; the abridged editions comprise \The Primary,\ which has the largest sale, and which has some capital rules for spelling. \The Com mon School\ is similar, but larger, with table of synouynis, &c. \The High School,\ still fuller, with many useful tables. \The Academic'' and \Count ing-house ' for advanced schools and for nernl home and business use. The latter lias some specially valuuble com mercial and financial tables. Tho little Pocket\ edition, with its bright gilt edges and morocco binding, is truly an invaluable pocket companion. It con tains more than 18,000 words, rules for spelling, many abbreviations, words and phrases, proverbs, etc., ordinarily met with in the ({reek, Latin and modern languages. Whether it is convenient or not to have copies of any of the other books of the series, we certainly recom mend that all should possess a copy of the Pocket, which, when not otherwise obtainable, may be had by mail, by in- closiug $1.00 to the publishers, Messrs. Ivison, Blakeman, T-tylor & Oo., 138 and 140 < J rami street, New York. Adam's First WifeN Kercnce. This is the old Hebrew cabalistic le gend of Lilith, tho first wife of Adam, as told by M. D. Conway, in his lecture on the devil: \Site was a cold, passionless, splendid beauty, with wondrous golden hair. She was created Adam's equal in every respect; and, therefore, properly enough, refused to obey him. For lids she was driven from tho garden of Eden, and Eve was created—made to ordor, so to speak—of one of Adam's ribs. Then the golden-haired Lilith—jealous, en- rag($:pln]Bf Tor her ftroj^tf^o in Para- dlso ^^>Jerra ;^in the ^prm'tpf aaorpent, croji^Joiori'tb^ garden\ \of 'iEacn, and JenTgcd} ''A -diSf; and Eve. to r their dc struotion. iikc*,,front that dav'tto this, 'Ltli ^a'co {d7 : pAuionleM beauty, with goklettj: liair ?jjiaa roamed up and down the earth, snaring the sons of Adam, and destroying them. You may always know her dead victims, for, whenever a man has been destroyed by the hands of Lilith, you will always find a single golden hair wrapped tight around his lifeleas honrL 'To this day many and many a son of Adam is lured to death and ruin from having tlio golden hair of a woman wrapped too tight around his heart. v •rtealth 5f the Dairy. Tho wealth of some dairying districts is enormous. Herkimer, N. Y., is said to ship annually over 17,000,000 pounds of oheese, and $00,000 poiuuls of butter —worth *4600,<X». ; Little Fhlls, N. Y., perhaps as i tauch; ' Bt. Albabs, Vt., ships ,1,000,000; pounds of cheese, 2,760,000 pounds of butter, worth in the market $1,250,000. The village of Wellington Ohio, shipped 4,000,000 pounds of cheese in I960, 'worth $500,000: the products of ^iiiadalry are sold for cash, and hence the Returns are quick. This industry enables the.-manufacturer to reduce i large bulk of food into small compass Oirixjgh.%tb*,(t^v5E)fp<j? i 8 *«» ot 'feeding «Ws t &d;manOfi<;turiug the productions. iorty-sixJ)usi£e£ r firms were burned out. Pigs and Snakes. A farmer living on the west side of the Ohio river, iu walking about his farm, discovered a nest of rattle snakes In the hollow bark of a tree, about which several large pieces of rocks lay scattered. Hav ing heard that pigs were hostile to snakes of ail kinds, and not caring to attack the nest himself, he thought ho would try tho experiment and see a fight. He drove several pigs in tho vicinity of the nest, and watched the result. Tho pigs soon seemed to scent the reptiles, and commenced rooting cBgcrly about the spot. Iu an instant half a dozen of the vicious serpents emerged from their hiding place to attack the intruders, who manifested a zealous disposition to give battle. A snake would rear him self to the height of the back of the pig, shake his rattle, and plunge his fangs into the animal with lightning like eeler ity, and then dart away, pursued by the pig, who dexterously received the sting upon the fleshy part of tho jaw. Over and over again this would bo repeated, until the pig got his fare foot upon 1 the snake, when he would dellborately rip the reptile in twVin and then devour him. The slaughter continued until all the snakes were disposed of v when the pigs grunted contentedly, and-without any signs of being disturbed, waddled off in search of other provender. Tho eye witness to this singular contest, which was not without its exciting fea- tures declares himself convinced thaj a pig is impervious to the poisonous bite of any kind of serpent. A Horse Defies a Locomotive, A horse stood on the track of the New Jersey Central Railroad near Centreville Sunday as an express train was approach ing. The whistle was blown long and loud, but the horse budged not an inch The train kep.lt on until within a few yards of the aalmal. The engineer blew hiswlilstle again and shouted and swung liVarm frantically. Still the horse remained fixed to the spot. Then the train was started slowly ahead, and was not checked until the cowcatcher almost touched tho Inporturbablo ani rnaL when '.instead- of getting' off tbe tHk coolly lay down upon the «dg« of the cowcatcher. • Then tk^treinK hands; assisted by several -'passengers dragged the beast off the track and- tke Ural* J want on. w 1 ~ i A « a* \Yp His Honor and Bljah. mr nt late Ceatrai gCstflM GMrt, said'' -Try pu~ may holler and hollcrf Bijah,' as ho closed the corridor door be hind him, \but I have got done trying to please you! Gentlemen, there is a woman in there who woke up at daylight this morning and wanted warm biscuit and honey. Then she called for milk toast and currant jell. Then she wanted\ a partridge broiled on the coals. For four straight hours she has been hollering for strawberries and cream, raspberry am and sweet, cake, tomato sauce and stewed quails, and I can't stand it any longer. Why can't she bo reasonable? steward'of the Fifth Avenue Hotcf,.and | that this place is not a bakery, or a res taurant?\ JUDICIAL REVENGE. When his Honor came in and learned, how the woman had conducted herself lip^ordered Her' brought out first of all, Slid looked as if she had attended forty funerals in succession, and ' she had scorcely reached the desk when she Jn- qujfred: ' '''Won't your Honor order that bald- headed man who bosses prisoners around to bring me a glass «f lemonade with, the froth on it?\ \Sarah Culpepper Harrison, T have learned just how you have' conducted yourself,\ replied the court, \and I feci that you have forfeited all right to be tieatedlike a lady. You, were arrested just in time to prevent another woman from pulling out all your hair, and you were brought to h safe, dry and healthy place to pass the night. You had a large and ulcgant cell on tho first floor, you were given all the water you could drink, and Bijah quit singing his favorite song of 'Old Dan Tucker,' in order that you might sleep sweetly aud dream of a broad, still river, flowing with soft ca dence to the mturmuring Ocean.\ \I'd like some breakfast, if you please,\ remarked Sarah, as he paused for breath. \And how did you reward tiie bfllr-m for their kindness and considcrutio continued the 1 court. \You hollered and hollered, and'you called aud called and you kept everybody on the huzz nil the morning. Now, you can't be tried here. You are not entitled to* tho legal treat ment that a real lady could expect. I shall turn you square out doors without any trial to see whether you are guilty or not guilty. If you had conducted yourself in a lady-like -manner I should take pleasure in sending you up in ft courteous and genteel style, but as the case now stands you shall be turned out upon the cold world without warning.\ \I demand ti trial,\ she said, as site look off her gloves. \You can't have one.\ \I will be tried!\ she excitedly con tinued. \Bijah escort this female to the door! I want it .understood that any prisoner who can't behave herself or tijtns'clf in a genteel manner can't get any law out of mc, nor will Tprovide them—with board at the House of Correction.'' ' • . HE KKEW irOW IT WAS. \Is your name noraer Williams?\ asked his FTonor of an oldish man who meekly halted at the chalk-mark. \Hair.\ . , \And is your name Fanny Williams?' ho asked of a stout, red-faced woman who took her\ place beside the man. She nodded. They had a family row. They were cleaning house, and the husband went home Friday afternoon to put down two or three carpets. Everything worked beautifully for about three minutes, and the next door, neighbor heard the bus- bum! call out: \Oim me a sledge-hammer and some spikes!\ Then they heard tho wife reply: \Don't be a fool, Homer,\ Then they heard him kick over a jjhair aud yell out \I'll set this house afire and then take poison I\ - i In about a minute more husband and wife rolled into tho front yard.^clawlng and biting, and an officer came along and took thpm under his wing. •' \The prisoners are both honorably dis charged!\ said his Honor as^thcToyldcoQO against them was all in. = \Jl'vo been right there myself, and 1 know all about It. Hereafter no officer on this force, need, bother himself to arrest any of the parties inn fight growing out of house- cleaning disputes.\ A MTftTKUY SOLVED. A woman living on Sixth street leaves the milk-pitcher on tho door-step before going to bed, as the milkman,\ gets around there soon after • daylight.^ For inany mornings she found only a, pint, where there should have been a quart. The milkman sworo by the rising sun that'ho left a quart, and it was a great mystery .where the missing pint, .went to. ' A watch was set tbe other, morning, and About six o'clock abroth of a boy named Billy McKeo, t whose parsnls U TC across the street, was caught.in the act of drink ing from the pitcher. He had been, having arickthingol.it, but tho milky way will sooner or later bring every boy to some bad end. , •j'tDo^yov. confess to this atrocious crime??] asked his Honor, as he glared dowaupooBHly's White head. , )''I .didn't mean to. do, jUV' whispered the boy, as be dug at his eyes. - \Ah! you, didn't.,ehj. Jo my mind's eye I seo.you stealing across Sixth street in 4he dusky, gray of a^May rnor^iag io guxzlet that pur* xcoiwtry n^ilk,..^jke 1 % shadbw'ol eviLyoujaoftly adjrajo.cifcUtK a c | that<lon©pitcher,; raia* Uftaiyour, isp^jto and no hurhaaieAr.ia JMar «n|Uglv the gdrgloas the;rickdiquldiaUdi yOut^tbroati kaxp it'up aad \I'I? never drink p - ,t j jiia.ishere to tell you sha/ifa-i • . 4 easel\ walled the repentant boy^ in<l >l« ..parent came forwurd to prcuoisc so n «i ,Ji that the irpu hand of the law was tur.i ; ^| aside.. \I couldn't very well convict htm of stealing milk until^ knew how much water there was id it,\ explained Hjs Honor, to the audience, and with that tie adjourned the court and Went to break fast.\-- Detroit Free Prut. Removal of a Man's Tongue. The Albany Time's of \Saturday May 26th,. 1877; in-describing' aJ surgical op- .eration-in.jthatcity, aaysi ^\Wednesday formed, at St. Petor's hospi^dl which, for, delicacy and skill, 'has 1 krely been equalled in this city. It consisted In the removal of nearly the entire tongue, owing, to the'cncroachmenti of an epithe lial cancer on that organ, and-necessitated the tying of the lingual arteries on either side, and the laying open of tho lower jaw in the median line, preparatory, tj> the operation. These io themselves would have been grave enough opera tions ordinarily, but when superadded to the removal of almost the entire tongue, by means of the galvano cautery, it constitutes one of the gravest opera tions in the practice of surgery. Dr. Wnrdr performed tho operation in -the presence of a largo number of medical men from' this city, Troy and the ad joining country^ -It promises to be emi nently successful, and the patient.is doing well. Dr. Ward ,wai assisted, by Dns. Vauderveer, Balch, M OSUCT , Hun, und Lyon. Among those, present was J)r. Paddock of Pittsfield, Mass.,, who came on purpose to witness the operation. The patient was E. B. Whittlesey, about fifty years of nge, who livos at number 57 Jay street, aud is employed by the Eagle moving and reaping uiachiuo com pany as a travelling agent. He has been troubled with this cancer since, the 1st pf last January, aud-of late,baa not been able to talk or cut; any kind of food ex cept in a liquid form. Nothing that was done seemed of any benefit, and in this stale he was brought to the hospital. The.modo of operation vya^ as follows: He WAS first put umte.r the influence iof ether, and then both sides of the neck were cut and the lingual arteries, .tied, which in itself is a very skillful opera tion. The chiu was then cut through to the bone and the submental and coron ary artcrieg tied. The lower jaw was divided, and a protracter being pu| in, tho sides were forced apart, and. the tongue taken off w;th a. wire which had been heated by a galvanic battery and applied to the roots. The next thing to do was to bring together the sundered chin, which was accomplished by drilling holes on each side of the chin and wiring it together, all of which was success fully performed, the whole operation being accomplished in two hours. Something About Newspapers. That the Americans are a reading pop ple is manifest by the statistics of tho • newspaper press of the country, as given in the newspaper directory for 1877, just issued by S. M. Pctcngill & Co., the well-known Advertising Agents of New York;' Boston and Philadelphia. There arc reported in it the names, character (political, agricultural, religious, medical, etc.) and names of publishers of no less thau 7}Kj dailies, 79 tri-weeklies, 125 semi- weeklies, 0,000 weeklies, 122 semi-month lies, 771 monthlies, 1G bi-monthlies and GO quarterlies, published in the United SUtes and the British American Prov inces. The Directory shows the number of each of theve editions Svhich arc published iu a?uch State, Territory or Pro yi nee. .The book contains 370 pages, and embraces an immense amount of valuable information, shoving great labor and cure in its collection and preparation. It gives all necessary facts for an advertiser to know about 8, 574 seplrate publica tions, while It Is also Interesting and valuable for the\ general readef, the .student of American periodical literature, and thrjj observer of Ajnerlcau Institu tions. .TTie hook is sold at tho low price of $1.00 per copy.' Hibbonmcn can be seen on the streets olUh'^village in numbers now, the dif ferent colqredjjribbona worn being indi cative of the weare^'s^ rieculiac feelings ou the temperance question. A ,b,luo ribbon means that the chnp who wears it has \swqrcd off\ for keeps, and will never, no, never, take a drink again—Un less ho has a headache and an accommo dating physician will prescribo a little of the deceitful for him. A \greeu' ribbon means that you have stopped drinking on account of \holy poverty\ and won 't drink again unless asked by a second party to do so. A red ribbon shows to the world that its wearer drinks when ever, he choscs—jprovided, always, not withstanding, he has lucre enough, in his possession to remunerate the vendor of tho ardent therefor. A ycllow ^rjbbon. meanB a Richard Smith behind the kitch en or some other, door T t . The startling djscovery was \Vnado tho other morning at BInghamton that tlia bolt-head ot the 5,000 pound bril. In the First Presbyterian church' whs TbrokoH [.comDJujteJy off and' ilip ^reai'^eil was merely bold tb tho roctlngbcftd' by tho jas ^JUODeu wMpirectiyovcr tuo-veauDiue,, 'it*f«U might.h»yo^uwKt maji/Yleath*, •aBMa&fttjr UUOIC.. •AMs .prexep ^cjl.-^bgffWl, u«t.l »rS? .in 4