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TP TO iliLiLJ 1?I'IPIJ,1'F (PITY ESTABLISHED FOR THE BfsEMI'AT10N OF DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AND TO EARS AN nONESTLIVINC BY THE SWEAT OF Ol'R BROW WHOLE NO. 532. EUGENE CITY, OR., SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1878. $2.50 per year IN ADVANCE. Mt &Wt City 6ara. m ALEXiSDKB, ' W. IL ALEXANDKIfc ALEXANDER BROS., Publishers and Proprietors. OrriCE-In Underwood' Brick BuilJiuf, over Crain's Jewelry Store. ' " oubTonlv RATES OiP ADVERTISING. Idvertiseraents inserted as follows : ne square, 10 linos or loss, one insertion 3; each quent insertion II. Ch.1i required in advance advertisers wMb. charged at the following . fate. ! u iiioare three month. iix months.... ... fl 00 00 " one year.. " Transient notice, in local column, 20 cent, per line r each insertion. Advertising bill, will be rendered quarterly. Alltob wor muBtb.yAiDroaoMiEUVKt. oo " POSTOFFICE. Office Hour. -From J a. m. to 7 p. m. Bnneay. V.i.rrri"e.8frUP.n'?heuthandleae. (!oin north 10 a m Arrive, from the north and eaves WW .th at IS! d m. For Hiiii.law, Kmnkliu and Long on Weducs U. For Crawford. .illo Camp Creek and Bruwu.villo t t r.M. Kueri will he ready for delivery half an hour after , rival of train.. Letter, should be left .t the office hour tefan n"i",ATfER30N,P.M. SOCIETIES. Meeta first and third Welnoslay. m each month. BpF-rirun nurrs i.od nu. a . Jai&O. F. Mectsevory Tucsduy evening. fJvH WlUWHALA EKcauMKHT No. 6, eeU on the 2d and 4th Wednesdays in each month. . ' ATA A CARD. To all who ara suffering from the errors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weakness, &c, I will send a recipe that will cure you, Fit EE OF CHANGE. This great remedy was dis covered by a missionary in South America Send a self -addressed letter to the Kkv. Joseph T. Inman, Station D, Eilile House, New York. DR. F. WELSH HAS OPKNED DENTAL ROOMS Permanently in the Underwood Brick, Eugene City, and respectfully solicits a share of the fmblic patronage, lielers uy permission w t. Cardwell, Portland. A. W. PATTERSON, rHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, SJee d NlntU Street, appoalte the St. Charlea Hotel, ! t Bewldence, EJGKNK CITY OREGON". Dr J. C. Shields OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL, S EE vices to the citizens of Log'ne City and aurrouudiiiz country. Special attention g.y.'n to all OHSt'ETKlOAL CASES and U1LK INE DISEASES entrusted to his care. Oilice at the St. Charles Hotel. D2L JOSEPH P. GILL ("iAN BE FOUND AT III3 OFFICE or res yidenca when not professionally engaged. O.lice at the POST OFFICE DflUtt STORE. Residence on Eighth street, opposite Presby terian Church. , Chas. M. Horn, PRACTICAL GUNSMITH. ' .DEALER IN GUNS. RIFLES, dB f and materials. Repawn),' done in Tfcr the neatest style aud arrinted. jtl Sewing Machines, Safes, Locks, etc, repaired. Guns loaned and ammunition furnished. hop on Ninth street, opposite Star Bakery. GEO. B. DORMS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Office on Willamette street, Eugene City. iVM. It. LAKE. Purchaslna Ajjsnt, SAX FRANCISCO, CAL JEWELRY ESTABLISMENT. J.' S. LS3CKEV, DEALEBIN . M- Jri Clocks, Watcties, Chains, Jewelry, etc. Repairing Promptly Executed. C3TA11 Work Warranted. j$ J.S LUCKKY, Ellsworth 4 Co.'s brick, Willamef te Street. Book and Sfcrj Store. POST OFFICE BUILDING, EUGENE City. I have on hau 1 ami am constantly receiving a assortment of the Bt Seht-1 and Miscellaoeo is Urk, Stti..nry, Llar.i Loo-cs, Portfolio,, Canls, Wallet- ElaN.j "" naes, etc., etc A. n. 1'AllEKaON. OPPOSITION IS THE LIFE OF TRADE! SLOAH B80THSBS TTTILL DO WORK CHEATER than ay other i .bop in towa. HORSES SHOD rOS $150, With new material, all runnl. Reatttinf old ri-e. t Cents. All warronteo to It lllaeloB. Shop oa Eightli st, opposite Harn phrey's Stable. DR. JOHN IIERRBOLD, SEidcii in lErnwicji destist, HAS REMOVED TO ROSELTRG, Ore gon, where he rerrtfullr offers bi r rice to the eitiBU of that plane and vicinity is all th branches of his prcfeeaioa. ST. NICHOLAS, " The king of all puhlicahoni imued for the young on eitlteriiJtoftlie Attaniic." South amtoii (Kuglaii'l) Observor. Tlie third volume of this incomparable Mairaine i. now completed. With iu SIM) royal ortavo iasi', aud nix hunlred illu.ttatiou, it. .)leu:hd iioriHl., it. .hotter Htories, poem., an I .ketches, etc., etc., in it. lie.itiliful Lin lmif ot rol and vol I, it l the most nplendidttift MHfk for tNiy4 an I irirl. ever U.ued from the pres.. Trice, $ I ; iu lull yill, f 5. ST. NICHOLAS FOR 1877. Which open, with November, 1870, beirin. a short and very eiileitaiainir .eriul from the French, " 1'he Kinlom of the liii'dly," A story alaotul to the Tluuikmiivimr season. Auothor serial of absorbing intcrettt to boys, "UI8 OWN MASTER," BY J. T. VUOWUUIDOE, author of the "Jin k Ilarjild Btories," in the Clirist urns floli'liiy Numlier. Beside. wmI stories, ChrUt nws stories,1.! vely sketches.ixniSHnd pictuies for the holidays, and some astouishin ilhistr.itiou. of drientiil sjmrts, with drawings by Sidpiesenrtisls, THB flllilfSTMAS HOLIDAY NUMllKU OF ST. NICHOLAS, superbly illustrated, contain, a very iLteieiting puiier. "THE BOYS OF MY CIIILDHOOD," Iiy WILLIAM CVLLKN hdXAHT, Dj not Fail ti 13uy St. Nicholiis for the Chridtinus Hulidnys. Price, 25 Cents. During the year there will be intei-entinsr poer. for boys, by Willain Ciil'en llryunt. Job. I. Whittier, Thoiiius Ilti'rhcs, William Howitt, Dr. Holland, (i-otra Miudloii'ild, ISuuloid B. lluu',, Fruuk It. Htoktou, ho 1 oihets. There will ) btories, sketch0, aud poens of sjieeiul inteiest to nirls, by lUniet 1'ivscott lror., S. sun Cisli lite, Sai ah Wiuter Kelloirr, Eliiiilieth r-"tu-ai t Phelps, Iouiii Aleott, LuL'tetia P. Hole, Cclia Thaxter, Mary Mapes Dodge, and mauy other.. There will be also "TWELVE SKY PICTURES,'' nv ntor. rnocToH, the Astromnr, with m iM, allowing "The Star, of ijich Month," will lie likely to sir p iss iu interest any .fries iu popular science recently given to the public. AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION, with FUN AND FROLIC, and WIT S1) WISDOM, will lie mingled as heietofore, and 9T. Nicholas will continue to delight the young and give pleasuro to the old. GOOD NEWS FOR DOY3 AND GIRL9. To meet the demand for a cheaper St. XlcnnLAS Gift-llisik. the price of v.Js. land II ho. been i duced to S3 each. The three volumes, in an elegant library ruse, are sold for Sl lin full srilt. f l.M, so that all may give their children a complete set. 't hese volumes contain mo; eatl met ive material thn fifty dollars' worth of ordinary ehildrcn'. Isioks. Subscription pi ice, ?Jtt vear. The thiee bound vol ume, an 1 a Rtittsi'riptioii for this y.-aronly $12. Huh scrils with the nea! t newsdealer, or send money in check, or P. O. Money order, or in nvistered letter, to rK-iuu.NDU t Co., 743 Broadway, N. Y. Has taJit n possession of thn Luckty Livery Stable, And will carry on a G ENERAL LIVERY BUSINESS. Horses fed and boarded by tho week or diy. HORSES AND 15UGGI2S FOR HIRE. ST. C3A3LES flSTSL, EUGENE CITY, OliEGON. JISS. A. EEKFREW, : Prop Having s'.iin taken possession of the oh! r.u 1 well known ST. CHARLES HOTEL. Which has been newly furnished tud refitted, is now open foe the reception of yuesta. I have fifteen reams in the FIRE PROOF BRICK BUILDING making DO rooms in all. It is the vnott conimo jioin and best appointed houso in the State south of S&K-m. FREE COACH TO THE HOUSE. A. UUNl'ltliW. B. H. JAr"E8f M A N T ? A CTU It E R OF IU AM) SHEET KOI WARE, Willamette Street, F.uRCue City, - OrKu. Keeps constantly on ho ml a complete assort ment of Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware, Stoves, Ranges, Pumps, etc. Re-pairing doae promptly and iu the best manner. FITS EPILEPSY, on FALLING SICKNESS ermmipiiilv f'nred im htiinbiiir-by on month's uac of Dr. liiuilurd'aJ Celebrated I tlHIIlule fit Pondera. 10 convince sufferer, that t..ee powders will do all we claim tor tlicm, we will send tliem by mud, pofct pnld, a free Trial bin. As Dr. (iuul.m I is the oiilv physician that has ever mndeth'. disease a special stu !y, and as to our knowledge thousand. mve iss-n prrniMtietitlV rnrrd by the use of these Powder, we will tfunriuitee a li r maii'iu u e in Hveiy ease, or rel'uiid jouall money expended. All suif'iei. ain.nl 1 -ve thes l'uvrdeisan early trial, and be e.nvincelof their curative powe s. i'ri'r, for laiue box, II 00, or 4 boe for 110 00, sent by mail to any part of United States or Canada ou receipt of pi ice, or by ex press, C. O. D. Address, ASH A XiOBSIX , JGO FrLTO STarrr, Dhooknt, N. Y. ten am- EOYO & REKSHAW, Pro?rltors. will KEEP CONSTANTLY ON IIAND, BLEF, VEAL, PORK AMD JIUTTOX. Dried If eat. of all kind.. Ird. Tallow, etc 11 Beti a chunk, from 1 to cents. Will If you wish to buy your good cheap, you must go to the store of LURCH BOO! COTTAGK OROVE. They keep one of the largest stocks of General Merchandise Outfi.ie of Portland, and they ell go! chr er tkao it can be bought anywhere ilr the W il- lamrttj. ralb-V. The firm A L'.irrh Bmn. conisU of Aamn Lurch and Iten Lnrch. a na-t li n tf:l-t am the aole ajeaor iii 't?ICs. iiic i l l" Arrives. The Elder came into our village to-day, His goods piled high on a two horse dray, With his wife and child and a carpet-bag, Trailing on behind with a spavined nag, Tho carpenter stopped 'tis saw to gaze, Tho merchant laid down a roll of baize, The milliiwr dropped a new spring hat, In h'jr haste to look fulling over the cat. Miss Smith said his furniture all looked old, Mis .Lines said his baby was dressed too cold, Miss Ribbs si , -lied sadly her curls among, "Why is it that ministers many so young?" Tho deacon came in, in the afternoon; Said ho didn't expect them along so soon, Hut he came to help arrange the room, So he dropped his cane and picked up a broom And he set up a stove, put a carpet down.j And tho .:weat rolled oil his old bald crown, And he talked only as a deacon can, Giving good advice to the coming man. "You had better avoid all politics, It was that got Johnson intew a fix, For ho ssiil that Grant was an all tired dunce, And they starved him out iu just six months. "And Elder Todd, from the Geimin Flats, Went straight back on the Democrats; In his first donation he failed for bickers Hadn't stamps uuoiigh to buy the crackers, "On total depravity come out stroii'f, Take a crack at tho ilr. il in goi-.ii? along; That's a doctrine I alius took comfort in That we go to hell for old Adam's sin. "Sanctitication yon just let slide, For the member that had it has lately died; Nor wo don't go much on the new idoes, Ot" a growth iu grace, nor of mustard trees. "At liberal christians let drive a shot, An i for tiie open communists make it hot; If the people hear tho true Gospel ring, They will back you up in most anything. "And I want to tell you just where to go When you inakeyourpastnr.il calls you know; Hon't you never call on old Deacon Drown, He's tho worst old gossip there is iu town. "The Sewing Circle met Tuesday ni'lhts, Hut it closed with one of the crudest fights; Mrs. I'Yederiok Fitch, the auibitious thing, Got counted in by a radical ring. "And, Elder, I think that the sisters say They are coining to help you somo pleasant dy, To arrange your luggage above and below, Aud tell your wife what to do, you know. All his duty done, the Deacon adjourned, but out on the doorstep again he turned J "Remember, no politics, elder dear, Tho people won't stand any nonsense here." Tho Elder looked sadly at cold, bare walls, At the rattling windows and dusty halls, At the rusty stove and the likmul room, At the inside damp auj thu outside gloom, Tir n he turned his eyes to a comer, where The gentle wife snt in a muffled ciiair, S. t bluing the crying b'.ly to sleep, Then the Elder sat down by the stove to weep. "Oh, Lord," said he, "'tis a thankless task, J '.i:t no 'ther h.'.e at thy hand I ask ; On a dully cross I run crucified -Thy luiutyw of old but ouee have died. "hike a bully fight for a petty sect, Like a toivardsi hoe my Sih-re.oiect, To preach, in iuy w.Miihriug to und fro, Not a Christ above, but a sect bdow. "To Btrug;;le an honest conviction dead ; To smother emotion:! of heart wid head, To pander to dunces of human kind, Committing a suicide of the mind. Ti e new uau I as come, and teases to weep. The w if.. ".d baby aro fast asleep; 1 le falls ..u his .knees, with his face id the chuit Thus tho fii-si day ends with a whispered prayer. JOE SMITH. From tho Detroit Tribune. JIajor J. II. Gilbert, of Palmyra, Nw York, is in the city on a visit to his son, Cliiu les T. Gilliert, of Nuvin & MiiU." He is a printer; was tor merly proin iutor ol the Wayiio (l'ul myra) Soiiliiiel, atiil is the. iiihii who stt ud tlio Mormon IJihle liom thu oiioinal miiiiusciipt. It was the cus tom of the prinltTS, as the sheets were run thiot;h the )ies, to take one oi each fonn for presi rvalion. Major Gilbert did this, and now has with him in thia city llni unbound slieets of thu Mormon Uiblo ns hu then took litem (mm the press. Thexe he cheerfully exhibits lo r.ny jifison who has a curiosity to look at them. The book was a quarto ol 580 pages. The contents were subdivided inlo chapter broken inlo lrcjiiint para graphs, but the verses were not num bered as they are in later editions. Upon l he title pae appears Hie name of Joseph Smith as "author and pro prietor." In all subsequent editions lie appears simpiy as iraipiawi . . T 1.. ... 41. .'. " This clian.' was rendered necei-sary t.i i-arrv out the theory afterward adopted, that Smith ln-r up thee wrain 'S and translated them iroin 'reformed Egyptian" by means of a pair ot supernatural spectacles. A repoilcr of the l'ostaii'1 Tribune met Maior Gilbert on iSaturnay, and had a very pleas-ant chat with him about the early days o(Mormonibin in ay ne count y,New oi k, in wind that inodirin religion et.irtel. Hi found the veterau printer, though now 75 years of age, remarkably well jireserved, aud hale and viorous as a manot 50. It was more than halt a century ago that he learned the prin ter's trade, ol Chauccey Morse, now a resident ol tins city, and had just cfttabliahed himself in busiucss at Palmyra, when, after a hort news paper experience, he sold out to E. 13. Iirandin, and continued in lin era i.l.ivnient as a louriievmao printer v A . . .. " Uue plt-asant oay in iu summer ui l-tr. II. ram Smith. Joe's brother. ! riue to the office to iie-rotiate for .t, ..rW.flnr a bonlf The arranse menu wera completed. Five tbou sand copies of tho book were to be printed lor $3,000. A well-to-do- fir mer named Martin Harris, living in tho neighborhood, a i; rood to btoome aeetirity for the payment of thu mon ey, and the work was at onco put in baud. Major Gilbert set tip nil the type of thy book, except some twenty or thirty pucu, and did nearly all the press work. It was all worked otf on hand press. The copy was brought to the office by Hiram Smith. Il was written on fooJscnp paitor in a good, clean hand. The handwriting was Oliver Cow- lei'V There was not a punctuation mark in tho whole manuscript. The sentence were all run iu without cap itals or other marks to designate whore one lett oil' and another began, and it was no easy task to straighten out the stu If. Major Gilbert, ',eeoiv in'' that largo portions were stolen verbatim from tho Uible, used to have a copy ot mat uook on ms case to aid him in deciphering thu manuscript aud putting in tho proper punctuation marks. At first Smith used to como to the office every morning, with just enough manuscript to last through tl.o day. Jul it was so lit tiuh boihur lo put in the punctuations that Gilbert said : Dring mo around a quantity of Copy al a lime, and I uau go through it aud li.v it up evenings, and so get along fa.tcr with it." Smith replied: "This is pretty important business, young inan,and I don l know as we can trust tins man uscript in your possession. finally his scruples were overcome, and he consented to the arrangement. Tumi ho would Ving around a quire of paper, or 43 pages, at. a time, and this would last several days. v lien lho matter hud been sot all tho copy was carefully taken away again by Smith. It took eight months to set up thu book and run it through the press. Maior Gilbert was not mncli into- ested in the book.and thought it rath er dry and prosy, and to this day has never thought it worth his while to road it a second time. Of course nobody then dreamed that lho "liook ot Mormon" was des tined tr achieve tho notoriety which it has gained, or that it was to cut such a figure in the history of this country. Jt did not tn;d n very ready talo at the outset, and Harris, who had niorgagcd his farm to pay tho printer's bill, was cleaned out finan cially. He was an intimate lriend ot the Smiths, and afterwards became an adhcivnt to the doctrines they taught. He did not follow them westward, however,but remained near his home, where ho died two years ...., ... i i -i i.' a"0. vv mi tins uook as me oasis oi his teaching, Joo Smith began to preach, aud soon formed a congrega tion of followers iu Palmyra and the neighboring vilfago of Mancheter, where the Smiths resided. A year later ho, with thirty of his followeis, removed to Kirilaud, Ohio. His subsequent history is well known. There were nine ehldren in tho Smith family. Joe was then about 23 years of age. Ho was a lazy good Cor nothing lout, chiefly noted for Ins capacity to hang around a comer gro cery and punish poor whisky, lie had good physical strength, out lie never put it to auy use in tho way ot mowing grass or sawinj; wood. He could wrestle pretty well, but was not given to exerting his m is. l. s in any practical way. He had vi- Icully made up bis mind that mere was an easier wav ot getting a living than by honest industry. II.. was the discoverer ot a magic stone which he usod to carry around in his hat. Holding it carefully laid iu the bottom of bis hat he would bring his eyes to bear on it ntaanglo of about 4'j degrees and forth with discover tho whereabontt ot hidden treasures. Ho would dravs aeirclo on the ground and sy to the awe struck bystanders, "dig deep vnouIi within this circle and you will find a pot of gold." Hut he neyer dug him self. He had a good share of tho ris ing ceneratioti ot Palmyra out dig ging iu Ihe suburbs, and to this day traces of the pits thus dug are pointed out to cUrbus vi.-ilors. As he claimed to be the author of tho ' Book ot Mormon," his story was that by the aid t( hit wonderful Hone he found gold plates on which were inscribe I '.ho writings in hiero glyphics. He translated them by uie'.ns of a pair of magic spectacles which the lord delivered to him at the same time that I he golden tiblets were turned up. U'U noio iy but Joe himself ever saw the golden tablets or the (ar seeing spectacles.. He dic tated the book, concealed behind a Aiirtnin and it was written by Cow- dirv. This course seemed to be ren dered necessary by the lact that Joe did- not know how to write. Other wise the book might Lavs gone to the printer in the handwriting of Old . i " i: 1. jiorinwn uiiiiiK-ii. It is now pretty well establshid that the "Liook ol .Mormon was writ was writ- - ten ill lil2 by the I.eV. the Key. Solomon I Spalding, ot Ohio, as a popular ro The manuscript was sent to Pittsburg, whore it lay iu a pritmg office several years. Spalding was never able to raiso tho money to se cure tho printing of tho story, and after his death in 1824 it was returned to his wife Py some means, exactly how it is not known, it fell into tho 'blinds ot one Sidney Higdoii, who with Joe Smith concocted one scheme by which it was subsequently brought out as the work ot Smith. The dealings with tho outside world in respect to it whero manipulated by Hiram Smith, an elder brother ot Joe. Major Gilbert's recollection of all theso persons and events is tresh and vivid, and he has a lund of anecdote and incident relating to hom. The Rev. Dr. Sitwjrr's Surprise Purly. From tho N. Y. Times. Most good boys die young. This is a very beautilul provision of Na ture. When we read a memoir of a truly good small boy, a id think how unutterably tedious he must have been, and how much his parents must have sullered from his incapacity to thrill them with lho crash of furni ture and tho sweet music of tho tin horn, we can scarcely feel too thank ful that ho is securely buried. The small boy in his normal statu is sufli ciently exasperating, but what par ent is there who would not be crush ed to lho earth with sorrow were his -mall boy to suddenly model himself uprn the dead small boys of Sunday school literature, and at the same lime refuse to dio ? How true it is that wo do not appreciate our bles sings, and at times actually murmur over the true gooJncss among our boys. Key. Mr. Sawyer, of West llrook field, Vermont, possessed a uuiquo treasure in the person of a small boy whose inventive powers and de votion to his parents have rarely been paralleled, "lie is not precisely what you would call a good boy," re marked his father on one occasion, when his son was led homo by tno oar by nn irate minister ot tho Meth odist denomination, and charged with having fastened dirty-two distinct oats iu the minister's study, "but his heart is full ol lovo for whatever is just and right." lhis eulogy was tully merited, tor although juastcr Sawyer was in no respect liko tho good small boy oi literature, ho late ly did a wiso and noblo act, for which tho language of ordinary jjraiso il far too leeble. In uorthern Vermont that peculiar form of social outrage formerly known as a "surprise party," but ot late commonly called a "Bulgarian atrocity," is Blill lamentably frequent. On a cold evening in the first week of tho piesent month, Mr. Sawyer aud his family were sealed quietly by their social hearth, enjoying one another's society. Tho clergyman was Heading aloud tho Dishop's pas toral letter ; his wife was busily cal culating how to cut up her husband's old overcoat, so ns to Eiipply him with a new waistcoat, hcrselt with a new overskirt, and Master Sawyer with a new pair of trousers, whilo that uxeellent small boy was reading the improving adventures of an emi nent pirate, und wondering whether he would ever be able emulate them. Not one of tho family was prepared to receive visitors. Air. Sawyer had on his dressing-gown and slippers; Mrs. Sawyer had let down her back h tir to give freedom to her montal processes, and Master Sawyer had temporarily slipped off his trousers to supplv his mother with a pattern, whilo he wrapped the hearth-rug about him. Suddenly, and without the least warning, more than lour dozen people o! all kinds aud sexes, in ;luding men, women, reformers and theological students, burst into tho room, carrying t ake and devastation with them. Master Sawyer fled howling; the clergyman pushed back his spectaclos, and tried to smile s g,,astly smile; and his heroic wife, by hurriedly twisting htr back hair with both hands, and holding her comb between her teeth, inauaged to avoid ulteiiiir the welcome which the invaders expected, but which her conscience forbado her tq express. Tho marauders conducted them selves after the usual custom of their kind. They conversed with one another with grett hilarity, ignoring the sulk-rings of the clergyman and his wife. They spread their cake upon tho table, aud devouring it without plates scattered tho crumbs over the new carpet. Oue -young man having a large piece of jelly- cake on the sofa, stL : piontly sat down on it, and Mrs. Sawyer fo t that she would gladly join the Church of Kome on condition tLat the med larval tortures of the Inquisition should be revived and she herself delegated to apply them to that par ticular young man. Altor having re duced the furniture to that s'ate of grease that it was no longer safj to ait down, the miscreants gathered around the piano and sang "What maiico. J Shall tho Harvest 13j?" until Mr. Sawyer, mild as he was, regretted that ho could not lako a sharp scytho ami reap an immediate ami bloody harvest. Whilo theso blood curdling out rages were in progress in tho parlor, tho good small boy kept himself carefully out of tho room, lie was not, however, wasting his tinio is idle rage. He, too, heard, tho melodi ous inquiries as to lho harvest, and remarked to himself that they would find out all about thu harvest it they would only wait a few minutes. Meanwhile, ho was busily engaged in carrying pails of water and emptying them oil lho front steps and along tho walk leading Iroin tho front door to tho gale. Tho night was cold, aud the water froze rapidly. Under liis admirable management the ice ac quired an unusually smooth an.l slippery character, and when tho work was thoroughly done, the small boy retired to the second story front window and wailod for tho surprise party to break up. The moon was nt tho full, and shono brightly when the first couplo of miscreants tho voung man who sat ou th jolly-cuke and a heavy young lady, to whom ho was aflinanc ed issued from the front door, and instantly sat down with tremonJous emphasis. Closo behind them camo the rest of the raiders, who, with one accord, strewed thomselves over tho ground, until in somo place they were colloclon throe of four deep. The shrieks of the ladies and thu stronger remarks of the men filled tho air. No sooner would a strug gling wretch regain his feet than ho would sit down agaiu wilh renewed violence. Tho affrighted clergyman and his wife gazed wit h wonder at the appalling spectacle, and the good small boy never ceased to sing "What Shall tho Harvest Ko?" nt tho very ton of his lungs inter spersing that stirring hymn with a wild "whoop" whonsver a particular brilliant pair ot stockings waved in tho air. Although only three .persons sus toined fatal injuries, there was scarce ly a member of tho party who escap ed without moro or less serious wounds, either ct body or clothing. Seventeen legs, two ribs, six arma and a noso wero broken ; five ankles and six wrists were sprained, and one shoulder was dislocated. The icy pavement was strewed with frag ments ot teeth, spectacles, coats, trousers and Bkirts, and Master Saw yer picked up enough copper and silver change the next morning to enable him to buy twelve tiokets in a radio for a broken shot gun, and to subscribe handsomely to the mission ary fund. It is generally belioved that there will never be anothor sur prise party in lirookfield, aud it is tinder contemplation among the njid-dlo-nged householders to present Master Sawyer with a sorvice of marbles aud a life membership in tho Foreign Missionary Society, as a testimonial of their esteem and grati audo, Tho undomesticated editor of tho Newport Local thus relates hie muririinoninl expeieuce: "A woman is a L.ighty handything to have about the house. She doesn't dost any more to keep than you'll give her, and she'll take a groat interest in you. If you go out at night, she'll be awake when you get home, and then she'll tell you about herself, and more too. Of counse sho will know where you've been and what kept you out ho late, and will tell you; yet right aller sho gets through tell ing you that, sho will ask yoa whero you have been and what kept vou out so late. And after you tell iier, and sho won't believe you, yoa musn't nuud that; and if, alter going to bed, she says she hasn't closed her eyes the whole night, and then keeps up du'-friatince two hours longer and woifio to. 'sloop when she hae a uhancff you mustn't mind that, either; it's Iier nature." A Washintou correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser, Itadieal, says: The leaders ot the Republican party who placed JIr. Hayes in the Executive Chair, have borne and forborne with the whims, fancies and vagaries of the President and his shallow advisers until for bearance has ceased to be a Virtue, and now we find the men who have been leading the forlorn hope in his defenso have to give way to the swelling current sweeping down everything against his fraudulent Administration. Jefferson Davis aid recently : "I think Andrew Jackson had the great est influence on his country of any American, and in that respect was the greatest man wV' have produced. He left a strong and romantio mark upon his time and succeeding times. I knew Calhonu, and was patronized by him when I entered the Senate. Hut all the boys and urchins, from generation to generation, leel Jack son's example."