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VOL. XXIV-NO. 20.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. W. ROBINSON, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
JACKSONVILLE, CREG0S".
Office on CalifernlaiSt., opposite P. J.Ryan's.
Residence at B. F. Dowell's.
L. DAN FORTH, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Jacksonville, oregok.
Office on California street, opposite P. J. BTn'i
tore. Calls pro-aptly attended to, day or night.
G. II. AIKEN, M.D.,
nSYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
JACKSONVILLE, OREOON.
JQ-Ottct opposite P. J. Ryan's store.
MARTIN VROOMAN, M. D.
DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
TpMimiti MmM here with the Intention of per
mnntlr Inciting hlrawlf In th practice of
hl prii.ol.n, Isa sralnite, and. frnni twenty
HTHiniroti'rlnr In tho'II"--!.". Inclient In
thte 0t. flitters lilnnelf as being able to tin
rnerl .t.f.ftln.
Olllce at Kahler A Bra's Drue Store.
CHAS. J. HOWARD,
1 1UNTY AND MINKRAL -UKVEYOR
JACKSONVILLE, OREGON.
Vlala; enrrrrs. anJ all other bu!n- In mj line
promptly aitended te.
K. H. AUIENlUKIll,
A TTORNEY-AT-LAW
JACKSovviLLn;, nnr.GON.
Will -rnflrr in ell tli Ortir"fif rtrlSir"Priin.r
sit.MU-i to-n all holn. 1-fl ii nijr ran-.
-OI5r in Orth' brick building.
B. F. DOW ELI,
A -T TORNEY-AT-LAW.
Jacksonville, nr.rn -v.
All M.lne.i plarllnnir htnl.wl.l rlr prompt
attention. Carjplal attention xir'H tn extinc
tion. WILL. JACKSON,
ENTIST,
JACKSONVILLE, ORPGON.
D
rrtEEtii r.xiiAfF.n
AT ALL
hours. Linrliluc r ad-
Iffmf:
kmlnl.lerci!.lfilMlrel. f.r which extra
'rli.rr will h made.
Olllce and residence on corner if California and
Fifth streets.
BERTH OLD ROSTEL,
Awl: SURGEON ol the German Army
AND
PROFESSIONAL HAIR-CUTTER,
IN ORTH'S BUILDING,
Jacktonville, ------ Oregon-
fHThe Treatment of Chronic Caes Made
a Specialty.
An. ntBDs.
L. B. FTKARNf
GIBBS & STEARNS,
A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS,
tfiooms'2 and 4 Strowbridge's Building,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
JrTIIl practice "In all Ocnrts or Recnnl In the State of
Oregon and Washington Territory; and pa.T par
ticular attention to business la Federal Courts.
EAGLEBREWERY.
JOSEPn WETTERER,
Proprietor
Oregon St., Jacksonville.
TnE BEST OF LAGER BEER ALWAYS KEPT
on hand and read; for salt bj the keg or glass
UNION HOTEL,
Krbyville...,,..., Oreson,
M, Ryder, Fropr.
FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIOA' CAJV
always be hod at this house at the most
reasonable rates,
-An excellent stable connected with
th hotel.
ESCRIITI0N OF CTJT-MILLERS.
-Jer7 ST all Sf
CITY MARKET,
CALIFORNIA ST.,
WILLIAM BYBEE, - Proprietor-
rHIS WELL-KNOWN MARKET, oppo
site Kntiler& Hio.'s dniirstore is bet
ter prepared than ever to furnish the pub
lic "villi tbe choicest quality of
FRESH BEEF,
PORK, VEAL,
airrrovvr n r
immm. u-1 A -r war? is, .iet;
SALT SI EATS,
BACON,
Fuperior,
SAUSAGE, LARD, ETC.,
The most favorable inducements offered
to patrons. a"d no effort will be spared to
ward giving general satisfaction.
W.M. BYBEE
GUY BARBER SHOP
AND
BATH BOOMS.
California St.,
Jacksonville, - - - Oregon
THE TINDKHSH.'NKD IS FULLY
pr. p.rnl In do all work- in hi line in
lie beet ninnner and ut rineomihlr prices.
HOT OS. COLD BATHS
fVii be had at tii'S ildPr- at all hours of
f:Ki:!CRSCIIUMPF.
hi
NEW
fcTATS HOTEL.
0. . SAVAGE, Prop.,
r v . o V
:ll.e, ogn.
rll
K UNDEI!- IGVKI TAKE-?PLES
lire III BIIIH"! lOHIiTt III h III llllMl II,
mil
thfTVK'Mv r-iinvHUil ih- Nfw Stit
ii'Miiii;
h . . I-
iU-Tt'.
fill llci'il lt'l
now opiu lur
-e unrl lliit tbe
tbu pception o'
''
im.rc
W'.l li" ktiutly -rev ill" 1 with thj"lieft tlii
nr.itkHl ilt'iuN jMeal' c.tn Lu oblailied al
i.l h ut.
Tin ! d nriTMVTil kept cl"n and nn
ai.tK will )): upand to jmu the utmost i-at.'s
'actiim in i v"ry particnlnr.
:Ci,''ll,,,S", ua-onaUi.
C. W. SVftv
JOS. II. 1IYZER,
!!. USE, mt tURftUOi
ANJD OENAHEHTAL
PAINTER,
Jaclisoit villi? Origon
pJKb'LI.Y ri'.KI'AllED TO DO ANY
L U'urk In IHs bn on fliort notice and
nsli-" fur a lidri" nf ill- pnblic p'ltronai.
Oideinfr uitb. ouiiuuy piomptly attend
ed to.
PTijonkgXn
GENERAL BLACKSMITHING
-AND-i-
ilORSE SHOEING,
Cor., of Second and California St.
A
LL KINDS OF MARKETABLE
produce laken in exelmn.-e for work.
P. DONKGAN.
BLACKSMITHING!
DAVE CRONEMLLER.
BffiATTliBOLDSffiD.
I
AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL
work in my lint cheaper than ver, aud
in fact will do it cheaper than any other
shop in Southern Oregon.
Give me a call and I will convince you.
DAVID CUONEMILLER.
KAHLER BROTHERS-
Dealers In
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
THE CITY BREWERY.
VEIT SCHUTZ, - ProDrietor.
TWOULD MOST RESPECTFULLY IN
Lform the citizen" of Jacksonville and i
tbe world at large, that they can nnd, at
any time, at bit Brewery, the best liter
beer. In any quantity the purchaser kit desire
My bonse Is conyenlentlysttuated and mj rooms are
always In order. A rislt will please you.
A N ELEGANT
ASSORTMENT OF.POCKET AND
1 Table Cutlery for sale by
fiOIIN MILLER.
aO TO KAIILER BROS AND BUY
solfaUoUPen.
YOUR-
JACKSONVILLE. OREGON: MAY
CITY BAKERY
AND
SALOON,
In Masonic .Building, Oregon
St.,
JACKSONVILLE, OCX.,
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY DE
fires to announce to tbe public that
they are now prepared to 511 all orders for
cakes of every description, such as wedding
cakr, cakes, for pnrties.-jWine cakes;, alsoi
brown and rytrDreari, ginger simps "hmj,
crackers.
A lunch house will also be kepi at this
place, wherp oysters 'n all itvls. Limbarger
nnd Schweitz r cheese, can be had at all
hnrs of the day or nuiht.
JBSyFresh brtad every day.
Prices reasonable and satisfaction guar
anteed, y
GROB & ULRICH.
TABLE ROCK SALOON,
OREGON STREET,
WIXTJEX and HELMS,
proprietors.
TnE proprifti'or-! of this
well-known and popular resort would
inform their friends a'ul the pnblic centrallj
that a complete ond first chvs i-lock of ihe
best brand" l I'q'i-ira, wines, cirn'.1l( an'l
porter, etc., are rinistniitly Id pt on Imtid
Tht-y will Hb pliaeeil to nave their fiiti.d
'call and Mn.Ie."
CABINET.
A Tabinet of Cnrinsi ies may hIjo be
'iiind In n. We wnnM b" pleaw-il to hove
persona p'isfFsiiir cnrio'lie and pperimen-
irine them in, and we will pla-je them in
he Caliir.fl fm inspcrlinn.
WIMMKN& HELMS.
Crllcrliui Isiliiatd Saloon!
CALIFORNIA ST.,
Xolaiii! & AIcDatiiel
Pi ops
phi? pfjruLR nivSinT. undei:
I new inAnH-it-nient, i furnishing ibe b-ii
urands of l!qn"r. wiirs ami cipini. Th
reading tilde is mppli.d with Eah-itii p-ri
lieaK-amL-Ifwrliuy. riapua-or tin .;oa-i
!v mi! a call
S. P. HANNA, .
WAGON-MAKER,
Jacksonville, Oregon,
I
N CROVrMILLEIV? BUILDING 13 IN
receipt of u full anrtMi":it nf materia'
ltd prepared to di nil wok in his linn n.
linn notice nnil in a wnrKm'iliHH innnnei
Vehicles of every docriptioti nude to oi
1 r
Terms reasonable and sati-faclion guaran-
leel. .
S0Uepiiring a ppicinlify
S P II ANNA.
Jarkonville. Fern-nary. 20. 187 .
HE-OPENED!
JACOBllEYEE,
FIIIXEER W.l(;il.V.H.lKER,
HS RESUMED" RUINESS AT
ihe siiind or:he lute J. L Bmlser
.ind i prepared to ixeeiile all wnrk in hip
,'ine wiih prnmptnesa and rltppalch anil at
very rea'nabe ralep. All kinds of vehi
cles coiKlrncted. Repairing a ppi-ci.ilty.
Jond work and low prices cnurnntced
Give me a en II. J. M EVER.
F.RITSCHARD,
PRACTICAL. .
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
California Street
Jacksonville Oregon.
XI" KE3 A SPECIALTY OF CLEAN.
ill ins and repairing watches nnd clocks.
Charges reasonable, Give him a call.
DR. SPINNEY & CO.,
SPECIALISTS,
No,
11, Kearney Street
DIS-
I eases without Ihe aid of mercury.
Ofacehoars 9 a. v. to 12 m; 2 tn S and 6 to 9 r. x.,
(Inusni.TATiiiN Frke.
SnndaTS excepted. Con.nltations free. Call or ad
dress Dr. A I SPINNEY A CO., No.ll. Kearney
trret San. Francisco.
WALDO EXPJRESS,
Leaves Jacksonville
MONDAYS AND THURSDAY!
FOR "WALDO.
LEAVES WALDO,
Tuesdays and Fridays.
First-class accommodations for passen
gers. Express business promptly attended to
by B. M. GARRETT.
rsVT!E"7ar t"iTT3Xr3
MADE TO ORDE
1 and r.ep.lrtng properly lone by
UILLERJl
.'iS.E.- H. REAilES.
T. G. REAMES.
REix
IfLEjBROS.,
Californlv ST,,
V
-p - Oregon,
Jacksonville,
4i
AHEAD ASUSHAL ! !
ASIS !!
THE GREATEST REDUCTION
IN PRICES
-AND THE
LARGEST 'STOCK
OF
GENERAL MERCIUXDIS
TIIE-
GREATEST VARIETY
TO SELECT FROM IN
Any One Store in Scuihern
Oregon or iVorthern
California.
ALL FOR CASH!!
JttB.gTO:
ILUXSILS-QE
FALL & WINTER DRY-GOODS,
FANCY GOODS,
LA DIE?' PRESS GOODS OVIIMERES.
AND DIAGONALS. SILKS. AND
S VTIN.S, HOOTS fellOEd,
CLOTHING. ETC,,
LVDIES' CAL., MADE CLOAKS
YXTE CALL THE ATTENTION OF
THE
V V Indie" to Ihe
fiiCt Ih it we Lave now
n ha ail lb" l.irj-t and b -t 'elected assort
ment fLVDIivo'DR; GOODS and FN
Y GOODS o' every rW'Iptlnn I.i Soolli
rn Oregon, and wo will henceforth make
hi line of goods our sp-cUlity aud fell
lem at
Cheaper than the Cheapest.
To Ihe ppntlemen we will fay, if you wanl
A No. 1 SUIT OF CLOTHES ym inu?t eo
lo Reamea Bros, lo buy them a we cluim to
bare Ihe lies! STOCK OF CLOTHING in
lackson county aud will allow uone U un
lersell u.
These pnoda were all purchased by a mem
lier or our llrm from FIRoT CL SS Hotit-es
ii- San Fr.incic and New Vnrk.and we will
rairant every article and nell llinn as cheap
for cai-h a ai-.y boue in Ihe emmtv.
We also keep on hand a lull slock of
GROCERIES,
Hardware, Cutlery, Glassware,
CROCKERY.
FULL LIFE OF ASULAND GOODS
Plows, Gang Plows & Sulky Plows-
In fact everything from the finest needle
toa llireshine-machine. Give ns n call
ind judee for yourselves as to cur capacity
if furnishing goods as above.
The way to make money is to save it.
To save it buy cheap To buy cheap pay
CASH for your good" nnd buy of
RKAMES BROS.
NEW LIVERY STABLE
BACK OF COURT HOUSE.
J.W. MANNING,
Froprietor.
-T T-AVIXO LATELY FITTED UP THE COM-
I i modious b-trn on the School House Flat and
in the rear of ihe Court IIon.e. Wo are now fully
prepared to AttenAtn allbminees Inonrllne with
promptness andd iepateh and at tbe- m st reasonable
rates.
Fine Turnouts
The stable Is frm lhed with the best animals and
most substantial bugcirs; also a first clabsnack and
saddle horses.
Ilorses, boarded, and the best care bestowed on
them.
Satistjctiflvi gonranteed In eyery instance.
Olreusacallanl Jndgefor yourselves.
J.W. MANNING.
Jacksonville, April 10thr IS"
niiESC
IONS
T-vjE.r r
A CASHB
1l carefully prepan-d at
aTUULiat BROS.
(2. 4 I
28, 1879-
CALIFORNIA'S NEW COXSTITITIOX.
The new constitution adopted by the"
voter of the intelligent people of Cali
fornia, is a reform document in every
sense of the terra. Money was lavish
ly used by both capitalists and crimi
nal classes to prevent its adoption,
without avail.
It prohibits the confinement of wit
nesses in any room wlsere criminals are
actually imprisoned. It renders it al
most: impossible to bang a jury bv cor-
T " -MBM
iourtns ot a.jury can render a veVnut.
It makes impossible the ehcape of no
torious criminals through the conni
vance of corrupt officials presenting in
dictments with flaws, as a presentment
upon information may be amended if
found defective. It secures the speedy
punishment of a class of rogues who
havehitherto escaped, through the death
or intentional absence of witnesses, be
tween the time of the commission of
the crime and indictment by the Grand
Jury. It protects the press from per
secution by providing that actions for
libel can only be brought in the county
where the paper is printed, or where
the libeled person resides; and never
for the same offense in more than one
county. It prevents corporations other
than municpal from taking the proper
ty of private citizens without first pay
ing compensation therefor. It pre
vents railroads or other corporations
damaging the property of private citi
zens by so constructing their roads as
to impair the value of said private cit
izen's property, unless compensation is
made therefor. It declares in unmis
takable language that no special privi
leges or immunities shall be granted
which may not be revoked or repealed
by Legislature. It provides that no
property qualification shall ever be re
quired for any person to vote or hold
office. It debars persons who may be
convicted of any infamous crime, em
bezzlement or misappropriation of pub
lia inuteyyfroni exercising die prrri.'eges
of an elector in this State. It permits
the Governor to veto any item in an
appropriation bill a check on thiev
ing. It prohibits the indiscriminate
appropriation of State funds to private
charities.
It places a salutary check
by preventing the sale of
gambling,
stocks on margins, and by providing
that the Legislature must pass laws
for the regulations of stock evchange,
etc. It prohibits the loan of the cred
it of the State. It prohibits subsidies.
It makes lobbying a felony. It does
away with the expensive fee and per
quisite system as applied to State offi
cers; a clear saving of 150,000 per
annum. It authorizes the Legislature
to pass laws for the regulation and
limitation or tno charges lor services
performed and commodities furnished
by telegraph and gas corporations. It
authorizes the Legislature to regulate
charges by corporations or individuals
for storage and wharfage, in which
there is a public use. It gives each
county a court of general jurisdiction,
open at all times for the transaction of
business, thereby bringing justice home
to every man's door. It hastens the
decision of cases by with-holding the
salaries of judges who have neglected
to decide cases for ninety days. It
prohibits the pardon of a criminal twice
convicted of felony, except on recom-
mendation of a majority of the Su
preme Court, and requires tho Gover -
nor to give his xeason to the
XegishT-
ture for every pardon he grants. This
latter provision effectually closes the
door to political pardon"!. It makes
impossible the fostering of foreign pre
judices in the ranks of the militia by
prohibiting the carrying of other flags
than that of the nation or State, thus
making the organization truly national.
It advances the cause of education by
requiring tho common schools, where
ever established, to be kept up and
supported six instead of three months,
as at present. It recognizes in the
public school system high schools, nor
mal schools and evening schools, which
are totally ignored by the existing con
stitution. It provides that the State
school tax and State school fund shall
be applied exclusively to the support of
primary and grammar schools, leaving
the support of high, normal and tech
nical schools to be provided for by the
Legislature or hy municipal or district
authority. This method secures justice
to those1 localities which cannot avail
themselves of the higher educational
facilities, by obliging them to pay for
what they get. It absolutely prohibits
the appropriation of any money for
sectarian schools. It prohibits the
teaching of denominational doctrines
in the public schools. It stops the con
tract system in prisons, by which par
ticular firms have, through political in
fluence, enabled to obtain contracts ct
such figures as to beat down competi
tion, and requires instead that convicts
shall be worked for the benefit of the
State. It arms counties, cities towns
and township organizations with the
necessary police powers to rid them
selves of the Chinese. It "i ver-the lo-
antJii,-iti(ir'uiatp.T-er. th a'Sir.ti
..-
officers, to regulate the inspection,
measurement or gradation of any mer
chandise, manufacture or commodity,
but prohibits the appointment of State
officials. It requires all moneys, as
sessments and taxes belonging to or
collected for the use of any county,
city, town or other public or municipal
corporation to be immediately deposit
ed with the treasurer or other legal de
pository of such county, city, etc., for
the benefit of the funds to which they
respectively belong. The unlawful and
unauthorized using of public moneys is
made a felony. It prevents the hold
ing of monopolies by gas or water com
panies, by guaranteeing the right to
any one to to supply either commodity,
under certain proper and general re
striction. It prevents the stockhold
er of a corporation from selling out to
irresponsible persons, and thus avoid
ing the just share of tho liabilities cre
ated by himself during the time he was
a stockholder. It makes the directors
or trustees of a corporation liable for
moneys embezzled or misappropriated
by the officers of such corporation dur
ing the term of such director or trustee.
It prohibits incorporated companies
from conducting their business in such
a manner as to infringe the rights of
individuals or the well-being of the
State. It prevents a corporation from
swiudling its creditor, as at present is
often done, selling its property, such
as .sfeauiboatspjtc. -It prohibits oarpo
rations making a fictitious increase of
their capital stock. It secures the riglit
of representation to all shareholders
in stock companies. It absolutely
places out of the power of the giant
railroad monopoly of the State the car
rying out of the design to monopolizo
the grain handling of the State, with
which object in view they have secured
a large portion of the water front of
two cities. It requires foreign corpo
rations doing business in tho State to
submit to all the conditions imposed
upon those incorporated under the laws
of the State. It puts a stop to the
thieving plan now in vogue, of officers
and directors of stock campanies let
ting contracts to themselves, thereby,
in most instances, swindling the re-
remaining stockholders. It prohibits
tho issuance of free passes by railroad
companies to any one holding any of
fice of trust or emolument under the
State (excepting the Railroad Commis
sioners), and the acceptance of a pass
by any such officer will work a forfeit
ure of his office. It creates a Railroad
Commission and arms it with full pow
ers to regulate fares and freights and
prevent discrimination. It provides a
system of taxation which will really
bear equally on all classes, by exempt
ing no class of property, all of which
must bo taxed in proportion to its val
ue. It exempts growing crops from
1 taxation, thereby reducing the hazards
ot agricultural pursuits ami encourag
ing husbandry. It provides for tho as
sessment of "cultivated P.ncf uncultivat
ed land of the same quality, aud simi
larly situated, at the same value." This
will make the burden of taxation fall
equally on the large lauded proprietor
and the owner of 160 acres. It makes
i impossible the fraudulent transfer of
property to evade taxation. It makes
it possible to tax the property of the
Cenjral Pacific Railroad monopoly
wit'in tho State, at something near
its value. The State is prohibited from
employ;ng Chinese labor, and their
employment on county, municipal and
other public works, except in punish
ment for crime, is prohibited. It
makes malfeasance in office more odi
ous than at present, by providing that
laws shall be made to exclude from of
fice, serving on juries and from the
right of suffrage, all persons who may
be convicted of such a crime. It
makes eight hours a legal day's work
on the public works. It provides that
no person shall be disqualified, on -c
countof sex, from pursuing any lawful
business, vocation or profession.
ADVERTISING RATES.
One sqnai lOllnes or less first iniertlon.T S J 00
' " each subsequent Insertion... 100
3 months '
u g 10 00
One-fourtbCoIumn 3 mouths. ..... J 00
One-half 3 " JJM
6 " 00
On Column 3 months J? J
g SO 00
A Dliconnt to Yearly AdTtrtlscra.
$3 PER YEAR
X JIODEKX SEltJIOV.
The following, says an English pa
per, exhibits tho method upon which
the average parson constructs his de
lectable discourse:
"Brethren, the words of my text ares
" 0M Mother Hubbard weut to the cupboard,
Toi get ber poor dog a boue;
But hen 8h" got there the enpboard was- ban.
And so the poor dog bail none.'
"These beautiful words, dear friends,
carry with them a solemn lesson. I
propose this evening to analyze their
meaning, and to attempt to apply it,
lofty as it may bo to our every- day
life.
"OH Mother nubbard she vent to the cnpboardV
To cat her poor dog a &ne
"Mother Hubbard, you see, was old;
tJirfbeing no mention
may pru-mne that shej
widow a friendks olj
xet uiu ahe despair! UiuSTIe sit frown
and weep, or read a novel, or wriug
her hands No I she went to the cup
board. And here observe that sho
went to the cupboard. She did not
hop, or skip, or run, or Jump, or uso
any peripatetic artifice; she solely and
merely went to the cupboard.
"We have seen that she was old and
lonely; and we now further see that
she was poor. For, mark, the words
are 'the cupboard.' Not 'one of tho
cupboards,' or the 'right-hand cupboard
or the 'left hand cupboard,' or tho one
above, or the one below, or tho one un
der the bed, but just the cupboard.
The one humble little cupboard tho
poor widow posfcessed. And why did
she go the cupboard! Was it to bring
forth golden goblets or glittering pre
cious stones, or costly apparel, or feasts,
or any other attributes of wealth!
It was to get her poor dog a bonol
Not only was tho widow poor, but hor
dog, the sole prop of her age, was poor
too. We can imagine the scene. The
poor dog crouching in the corner, look
ing wistfully at the solitary cupboard,
and the widow going to that cupboard
in hope, in expectation, may be to
open it, although we are not distinctly
told that it was not half open or ajar,
to open it for that poor dog.
"'When she got therel You see,
dear brethren, what perseverance m.
You see the beauty of persistence in
doing right. She got there. There
were no turnings and twistings, no slip
pings or slidings, no leaning to tho
right or falterings to the left. With
glorious simplicity we are told sho got
there.
"Anil how -kw ?ier iro&u'e cSir
warded! ,
" The cupboard was barol' It was
bare. There were to bo found neither
apples- nor oranges, nor cheesecakes,
nor penny-buns, nor gingerbread, nor
crackers, nor nuts, nor lucifer matches.
The cupboard was bare! There was
but one, only one solitary cupboard in
the whole of that cottage, and that ono
thefsole hope of the widow, and tho
glorious loadstar of the poor dog, was
bare! Had there been a leg of mutton,
a loin of lamb, a fillet of veal, even an
ice from Gunter's, the case would have
been different, tho incident would have
been otherwise. But it was bare, my
brethren, bare as a bald head, bare as
an infant born without a caul.
"Many of you will probably say,
with all tho pride of worldly sophistry
The widow, no doubt, went out and
bought a dog biscuit' Ah, not Far
removed from these earthly ideas, these
mundane desires, poor Mother Hut
bard, the widow, whom many thought
less worldlings would despise, in that
she only owned one cupboard, perceived
or I might even say saw at onco
the relentless logic of the situation, and
yielded to it with all the heroism of
that nature which had enabled her
without deviation to reach the barren
cupboard. Sho did not attempt, like
the stiff-necked scoffers of this genera
tion, to war against the inevitable; sho
did not try, like the so-called itvert of
science, to explain what sho did not un
derstand. She did nothing. The poor
dog had nonel' And then at this point,
our information ceases. But do we not
knowtiicient Are we not cognizant
eno
uld dare to pierce the veil
nojincrs, wo-
4mwj
vdlicHHr laAe otA)Wr-.
Mother Hubbard, her poor dog, tho
cupboard, or the bone that was not
there? Must we imagine her still stand
ing at the cupboard door; depict to our
selves the dog still drooping his disap
pointed tail upon the floor; the sought
for bone still remaining somewhere elsel
Ah, no, my dear brethren; wc arc not
so permitted to attempt to read the fu
ture. Suffice it for us to glean from
this beautiful story its many lessons;
suffice it for us to apply them, to study
them as far as in us lies, and bearing
in mind the natural frailty of our na
ture, to avoid being widows; to shun
the patronymic of Hubbard; to have, if
our means afford it, more than one cup
board in the house; aud to keep stores;
in them all. And, oh, dear friends,,
keeping in recollection what we have
learned this day, let us avoid keeping:
dogs that are fond of bones. But,
brethren, if we do if Fate has ordaiiv
ed that wo should do anything of these
things, let us then go, as Mother Hub
bard did, straight, without curveting or
pranring to our cupboard, empty though
it be; let us, like her, accept the- inev
itable with calm steadfastness; and
should we, like her, ever be left a hun
gry dog and an empty cupboard, may
future chronicles be able to write also
ot us, in the beautiful words of our
i text.:
" "initio the soot dot had none."