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Miscellaoeo is Urk, Stti..nry, Llar.i Loo-cs,
Portfolio,, Canls, Wallet- ElaN.j ""
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gon, where he rerrtfullr offers bi r
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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.
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aud nix hunlred illu.ttatiou, it. .)leu:hd iioriHl.,
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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
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very iLteieiting puiier.
"THE BOYS OF MY CIIILDHOOD,"
Iiy WILLIAM CVLLKN hdXAHT,
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FUN AND FROLIC, and WIT S1) WISDOM,
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continue to delight the young and give pleasuro to
the old.
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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
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Re-pairing doae promptly and iu the best
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thes l'uvrdeisan early trial, and be e.nvincelof
their curative powe s.
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ten am-
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will
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VEAL,
PORK AMD
JIUTTOX.
Dried If eat. of all kind.. Ird. Tallow, etc
11 Beti a chunk, from 1 to cents.
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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."