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VOLUME II.
CLARE, MICHIGAN, FRIB'M,; JANUARY 9, 1880.
NUMBER 36.
The Clare   County  Press.
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY AT
Clare, Clare County, Mich,,
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OVER THK IUVER.
BY JOHN W. HATTON.
BUSINESS CARDS,
£"d! WIXEATOX. CW» PERRY i
WHEATON & PERRY,   j
LAWYERS, ]
CLARE,       -       -       MICH.
All business intrusted with them will receiv
prnmpt attemi.'ii. OUettions nuuic and Real Ec
tateboughtaudaold. Ofiice Maynard lilock.Main St
WmTh. ELDEN, Jeweler and '
dealer 111 Wall Paper, Books and Stationery, Sewing Machine Fixtures, etc., Clark.
S^orwTjTM^ERli«,"JrDHE op j
["Lot us cross ovor the river and ro t under tlio
shado of the trees,"—Jaelmn.}
Ovor tho river beyond tho Hood,
We'll pitch onr touts in tho leafy wood,
And rest from the hout of tho noon-day sun,
For tho battlo of lifo is fought and won.
Over the river dark and deep,
To tho goodly shore where none shall weep;
We'll pitch our tents by tho river side,
Where haughty foemou never ride.
O'er tho rivor, through thc mist of death,
My eyes behold, as I gasp for breath,
That gocdly land where tho puro may rest.
And pillow their heads 'pon tho Savior's breast;
And tho rivor of death, though it lavo tlio shore,
Will chill tlieir trusting souls no more;
And the bright green trees that shado the ground
Aro never withered, sere and brown;
For o'er this river they bloom and bear
Their verdure green through an endlesB year;
And soundB of joy aro always heard,
And song ot praise and -welcome word.
To greet tho Christian when ho crosses o'er,
To camp forever 'pon the goodly shoro.
Forward, onward, over the Hood,
To tho quiet sliora and tho leafy wood;
We'll rest from the heat of the noon-day
For the battle of life Is fought aud won,
Columbia. Mo,
SMUDGET'S WASHIXCMttACniXE.
Br NUX   VOMICA.
G
" Well now, Hulda, I have struck it;
you and I liave worked hard all
lives, and now we'll take it easy.
Grimes said it was a goed thing, and I
know it is; only have to bo rubbed
about five minutes, come out as white
as snow;: I've been working on it a good
while.   You thought I was grouty, I
then I'm going to take old Betsy and
start out to introducin,' |om."    ,. ,-■  .-
"Well, there hain't no law "in this
country to prevent a man from nSalung
a fool of himself as I knows on; but if
you wasn't a particular friend of mine
I wouldn't livo with you a minute, fpr if
ever there was a crazy critter let ]ooso,
you're one. All Mr. Grimes wants ig
your money, and if you'd had any bringing up you'd see it. Of course ho's
like a brother to you, Ho'U stick to
you closer than a bad reputation as. long
as you've got a, cent, ancl then he'll drop
you; and, if I ain't very much mistaken, about tho time you light you'll
begin to come to your senses."
Rut there was no use arguing with
Thomas. He had mado up his mind to
go into the patent-right business—Und
when a man gets patent rights into his
head you niigbt as well Jet Jiiiflbalppe,
for it's a soft of an epidemic: and,
Avhen it strikes a man, it strikes Min
hard and it affects his whole system.
When it leaves him he generally finds
himself all in a heap, and sometimes it
leaves him so weak that it takes a good
while for him to recover, and sometimes
he never gets over it. And then this
disease generally leaves a man with a
kind of a bad taste in his mouth for
Pi11! patent-right attorneys. Did you ever
M-r-• meet one of.these affable gentlemen?
If you haven't, allow me to say right
here, if yon ever get thoroughly ac-'
quainted with one you will never forget
him. The remembrance of that man
will follow you as long as you live.   His
I*
Pkohate and jr»TH-E op thb Pbai-c, Clare,   suppose, when I used to sit ofl in the   beautifully-written   circulars,  his win-
lijget began to feel as all patent-
It feel after their first endeavor
' eir -wonderful invention.   He
feel a kind of a goneness; the
irresistible, griping pain in the
'of his vitals also communicated
language too forcible to be
that the time hac1. now arrived
. 'the seclusion of his own home,
ilTulda usually sat down to their
pineal. His love for Mr. Grimes
Wqgan to lose somewhat   of   its
SWT. and some way in his own
to feel that he didn't
MrJ
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brill
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barBraW hankering after him that he
.use4 ,f»-havo.   Nevertheless he deter
miiiw-ttf make one moro grand effort
at ""p#igbing," and, if it also proved un-
suc$$|rnlj he wonld attach a stone to
thoiwjnk of each individual wasbing-
maojfclfy drown them in the middle of
eomtwke, then go Jiome and tell Hulda
he^4J|jfl_them to §ome pdrtifes on five
de without interest; He thought
* about as long as shej-wonld be
life, and, that being' the? case, of
"«t the end of that time ho would
fitted from making any further
jWcms.   Now, says Mr. Smudget:
»«Jb my chanco; here's a farni-
jttit looks comfortable and nice;
oT*our bull-dog kind of folks live
"'fl warrant; but, as the   gate's
slip into the yard, anyway—
Ittl
tlj^jaj* be further along, than I got
tto^tjplie last place.
THE ROME DOCTOR.
Teas for the Siok-Room.—Dried
leaves of sage, one-half ounce; boiling
water, one quart; steep for three-quarters of an houi and then strain for use;
sugar can be added to suit the taste.
Peppermint, spearmint, balm, hoar-
hound and other herb tees are made
in the same manner,
A Ouee foe Scarlet FEVEH.^-The
following recipe from the Country
Gentleman shows tho efficacy of tho
sulphur cure: The foreign journals
quite generally notice the successful
treatment of scarlet fever by Dr. H.
Pigeon, by the use of sulphur. It appears that all the cases in which he employed this remedy were well marked,
and the epidermis on the armB in each
case came" away like the skin of a snako.
The patient was thoroughly anointed
twice daily with sulphur ointment, and
five or ten grains of sulphur given in a
little jam three times a day. Sufficient
sulphur was burned twice daily on coals
on a shovel to fill the room with the
fumes, and, of course, was thoroughly
inhaled by the patient. Dr. Pigeon
asserts'that, under his mode of treatment, each case improved immediately,
and none were over eight days in making a complete recovery.
Diphtheria ahd Pork.—A medical
correspondent sends the Lancaster New
Era a communication in which he
argues, at some length, that eating pork
is an inciting cause of this terrible dis-
Sjiteial auenti.Mi given to making collections.
ce o» Main Street.
Of-
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i.EO. J. CUMMINS,
■ittorncy-at-Laiu and Solicitor,
Gourt House Building, Farwell, Mich.
r\f C. CASTERLIN,
Attorney-nnd-Couuselor-at-Law, and
Counselor & Solicitor in Chancery,
Court, Mouse Building, Farwell, Mich.
HC. DODGE, Justice op the
• Peace .-.nd Notary Ptislic, Veksok, has
(it ic id Fakmixg Lands fob Salts
Cheat*.   Titles Perfect,
Terms Easy.
IT. C. Dopcje, FuwEr.ii, Mioh.
/Th: suSjherland,
Notary Public & Insurance Agt,
^ v „•  : Money to Loan
■ •> GourEJUiQiise Building, Faftoell.
WJ
S. COOLEY,
DEALER IN
Harness, Whips, Robes, & Blankets.
The he«.t r.ssortment nf Trunks and Traveling
bai;i in town, and prices the lowest.
THE BEST OP MATERIAL t'SED.
All work  warranted.   Repairing done   promptly
I will sell t 'neaper than can be bought clic-
where in Saginaw Valley.
corner, by myself, and would not nardly
say a word to you or the children; but
you were mistaken; I was simply forming this great project in my mind. I
don't begrudge the time I've spent on it,
Hulda, for it's going to pay us back
mighty big."
"Now, Thomas Jackson, if you've
got sense enough left, will you just set
yourself down in that chair and tell me
if you're crazy or gone stark mud. You
come a yelling into the house like an
Injun, talking about 'Mr. Grimes' and
a ' good thing,' and about not having to
boil it at all, and ' coming out white as
snow.' Who is Mr. Grimes? But it
don't make any difference who he is.
You'd better stay to hum and mind
your own business, 'cause, just so quick
,   ,. .,,-,,        - farmer, he had been reduced to a mere
as you go to fooling with them town j skeleton.    Consequently, his   Sunday
sharks^they'll beat you, or my name ain't I sujt> wlli<jh he donned on the morning
■B*^'^?*"     „      ■,    , -r       „   , i he was to start out on his introductory.
Hulda Smudget, I won't stand here 1 tour seemed to be fastened only at '
Anil, ljear you go. on  30   about  Mr. "" -        - -     -       -*   —
f+i i'n-,}>K.-   TIA's tlio"-:
.ii,-v.the last place. Good morning
madMul- Madam, I am introducing tho
celeb*»tecl  Smudget washing-machine.
Mylftilden name is also Smudget. The j ease now so prevalent. His theory is
lame/pf this instrument, madam, is j that a morbid appetite is created' by
S?re*»!V0ver ri large amo,mfc of territory. ] eating pork, und " growing with what
MnS-^fkyes has done all the washing j it feeds on," more morbid matter is
forfaprgnesis with this machine ever i craved, until the specific pork poison is
sinctJ 2 Rutherford has occupied the ! manifested in exiulatious deposits from
chaiTjjm'd I received a postoffice card j the blood in the throat." He argues
frOs*v*er last evening, saying she 1 that, as the glandular system is a system
W)iii#ta t be   without  it for   thirteen 1 of organs for getting rid of tho re-
._   0  . timesfwhat it cost her. * The more dirt j dundancy of blood-poison, it is easily
He had lost a good deal of j on'ihaclolhes, madam, the better tliis | seen how this exudation is principally
"      '" "■      ' ' '    instnfment does its work; no boiling ! manifested in the throat.    Ho advises
requited, no soap, turns with a crank, parents not to allow their children to
aad.« child can use it. ! diet on pork and sausage, but to give
''"JJnt.I do not ask you to take my | them  plenty of fruit and vegetables,
woid^iiadam.   If you have any soiled
gonaeite on hand, my heart would leap
Trith;giiititude if you wonld allow me co
Bhoi^riju -what my machine can do."
.*^Ji**ight,Mr. Smudget; hustle off
■yonrrHiichine.   Here, Jane!
doirijc^hose dirty slothes.
ning ways and liis kind and juicy lan-
iguago. will be uppermost in your
j thoughts when you retire, and you will
: always experience that bad taste in your
' mouth when you awake in the morning.
I After many trials and tribulations
1 Mr. Smudget succeeded in getting
j somo of his washing-machines manufactured.
I sleeji in preparing his speech, which
; was to be delivered when the machine
! was presented to the good farmers'
i wives for their consideration. This, in
■ connection with tho trouble he had experienced in getting them mannfact-
| ured, and tho " I told yon sos" from
I Hulda, had so worn on the old gontle-
! man that, from a good, solid, well-fed
and they will then soon lose their unnatural  and  morbid appetites.   Thoy
should also sleep in rooms well ventilated with fresh air, but not in draughts,
^ nor should they be allowed to " sleep
you bring j several layers thick in the same room."
You must]    Mullein   Cures   Consumption.A—
top. and Jnrajg ivoiti him tlcxMelri «il_-
ready.   Thomas mounted
seized   the   reins,   and   Betsy,    who
seemed inspired with the momentous-
Tattled down the
T3UBEN SMITH,
XOTARV PUBLIC.
Real Estate and Insurance Agent.
3IARK, MICH.
Particular attenti >n paid to lm-king land, estimat
iuj, pine timl.er, adjusting trespr.asscs and payins
taxes for ia--n residents.
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company of New York
Ftrcu.-; ar..! st.unu. with low rates.
R. JEFFERIES,
DEALER IN
FRESH & SALT MEAT,
Fresh and Cured Fish,
Fixe Groceries and General
Farm Produce.
Cheapest T E A in Town !
Cmh'paidfor hides.
MAIN .STREET, CLARE.
HOTELS, LIVERIES, &c.
Befitted,
FURNITURE,   NEWLY
Xeic Proprietor.
ST. JAMES HOTEL,
V. K. BROWN, Prop,,
MOUNT PLEASANT,   MICH.
FirstClass Accommodations.    Good Sample Rooms
for Agents.  Good Barn.
HARWELL BILLIARE HALL,
FARWELL, MICH.
FINEST~~CIGARS,
Pure Uines, Liquors, Ales, Beer, Porter, Cider, Etc.
Those desiring a pure article arc invited to or.U.
HENRY   NEWTON.
 on  30
Giifmbs.- Iiii!fi the^a.i«a vLbl'tr goisig to-
get my washing-machine patented for
me, and he says it's a splendid good
thing.    It turns with a crank, and any
child can use it.   Mr. Grimes told me ; nes8 of tho occasion,
himself, to-day, with his own lips, it was -    -      ■-      -    -
the greatest wonder to him  somebody
hadn't thought of it before.   Oh, I tell
\ you Hulda, he's a nice man.    I haven't
t known him but a day or two, and he's '
i just liko a brother to me.   He says to
! me right on the start,  says he, ' Mr.
Smudget, you have struck it rich; you
won't havo to labor any more when you
; get this worked up, for it will bring you
j in a mint of money every year.'   Now, ,
I'm going right down town,  and say, .
I Hulda, when I come back I'll bring you
' a nice new gown; you've been a good
' wifo to me, and now, just because I'm
getting wealthy, I ain't going back on ,
you; you shall havo a girl to do your ;
work, and—I believe, 'pon  my word, [
! whon I come back, I'll bring myself a
I box of cigars. I never smoked one of
j the piaguey things in my life, but when
folks get rich, you know, they've got to
; put on some style.    And 1 tell you
what, Hulda, you and I will just sit!
I right here, and eat yaller-leggecl chick-
i ens and Amboy oysters, while the cele-
j brated Smudget   washing-machine   is j
j being introduced all over this country
j and Europe."
j "Thomas Jackson, do you take off '
t your shoes and stockings this minute, in my^life
j and get your feet into this pail of hot
j water, or you'll be introduced into some
1 lunatic asylum. You're a pretty speci-
| men, ain't you? talking about yaller-
| legged chickens, and cigars, and hired
[ girls. I've did all niy own work for
' the last twenty years, besides doing
I part of yours, and I don't think I'll com-
| mence   now a-having   some   frowsely-
ings ■wereft ••-.-™iy
the wagon,   eight^more have very bad
road at a thundering gait, with six of
the celebrated Smulget washing-machines behind her.
After due deliberation Mr. Smudget
concluded that he wouldn't stop very
near   home,   as  he   realized   that " a
prophet is not without honor save in his ' for it ia butter and eggs, and she could
own country;" and he began to think ! get it .cheap enough, she didn't know
before he reached home that a man j for sine but perhaps she take it. Take
trying to sell washing-machines wasn't j your machine right off, Mr. Smudget."
honored anywhere, at least not to any ! Her advice was not necessary; he was
verv great extent. ; not only taking   off  one, but as she
After a drive of several hours he ', finished speaking the rear end of the
reached a country comparatively new last machine was just visible through
to   him,   and, sighting a   good, cozy I the dust.
farm-house in the distance, he concluded j    Below is the report of the medical
that he would see if he couldn't dispose   superintendent at the asylum at which
of one of Smudget's celebrated washing-   Mr- Smudget was confined:
machines there. Thursday, Aug. '2d.    Man received
Drawing rein at the door, he was just by the name of Smudget; appeared wild
about to alight, when he heard a voice ! ind distracted, imagines one minute he
in his ear like the shrill notes of a fish- j is sick with small-pox, and the nexi
horn. Looking around, ho discovered : tbat he is being chased by bull-clogs,
a lemale figure emerging from around ' Monday, Sept. 1. The man Smud-
the comer of the house. By her side ! get died this morning. He appeared
was a full-grown, well-developed bull-! rational a short time before his death;
clog, with a double chin. Smudget! he left a will, requesting that one of
thought he could stand either one of" | Smudget's celebrated washing-machines
them alone, "but," he muttered to Mm- i should be erected at the bead of his
self, "if I never sell a washing-machine
ao, Mister; we don't have our j correspondent of the Lexington (Ky.)
-■wkvJP** 2fiV onc6 m two weeis» I Press writes be follows about the flower
k*,*">imiM |ipo myTiusband wto  of „. -well-known plant:   "I have dis-
,-_,., - symptoms;   they had commenced bleeding at the
but Tin m hopes it won't spread into iungg am\ the hectic flush was already
the family any farther. If ifc does, 11 on the cheek. After trying this remedy
shall bo completely used up. Jane, you j t0 my own satisfaction I have thought
runovertoMrs. Spargo's, and tell her' tixat philanthropy required that I
to bring het washing right over. She i should let it bo known to the world. It
told me laat week if she could get a ; is the common mullein steeped strongly
good washing-machine, that run light' ana sweetened with coffee sugar, and
and easy; if they would let her take it drunk freely. Young or old plants are
a few months on trial, and let her pay   goo^ dried in tho shade and kept in
clean bags. Tho medicine must be
continued from three to six months,
according to the nature of the disease.
It is very good for the blood-vessels also. It strengthens and builds up the
system, instead  of   taking   away the
ancl have to die in poverty.
I'll never approach a firm where the
senior members are a bull-dog and a
woman.
As Mr. Smudget seemed to the female
a little undecided what course to pur-
( sue, she opened fire on him with her
J tongue.  (This is a weapon very much
i in use by females on account of its re-
grave.
KAlamaziiu,
Mich.
,   , .    . ,, -     peating qualities, and from the fact that
headed gal a mincing around here for j they seldom run out of ammunition.)
me to wait on, and you to flirt with. - "Don't you git off that wagon, Mister;
Oh, I know you! You needn't look. 1 if you do, I'll give you a warmer recep-
And as for cigars, you'd look sweet, i tion than Gen. Grant got up in Chi-
wouldn't you, a stumping around with a : Cago the other day. "We've been pes-
cigar in your mouth?   Every pig onthe   tereel to death by such critters as you
CUMMERS & NEWTON,
Proprk'tcv. ofthe
FARWELL   LIVERY.
HORSES & CARRIAGES
TO  LET.
Parlies coimyed crrrytr/iere  in  this
section and vicinity.
JKS»Terras reasonable.  ^^'
T7AGLE HOTEL,
Coral, Montcalm Co., Mich.
A. FRED GOODENOUGH, Prop.
A Temperance House.
1 his is ti new house, neatly furnished, convenient
to the trains, with good accommodations at reason-
ible prices.
GOOD  WVEKV ATTACHED.
place would die a laughing at you. But
what's the use of talking? it's all you
can do to whittle a straight stick. I'd
like to see the washing-machine you'd
get up. There wouldn't be no harm in
worshiping it, cause 'twouldn't be like
anything in the heaven above or the
earth beneath."
"Now, Hulda, I'm a'lhamed on you. I
just wish Mr. Grimes was here to talk
to you a few minutes; he'd convince
you quicker than a wet sponge could
take the writing oll'n a slate. Why, just
look at it, Hulda! We'll say there's
thirty States. Of courso there's more
than that, but we'll put it low enough.
And thon we'll say there's 200 towns in
a State. Of course there's more than
that, but I don't want to color the
picture uny, Hulda. Everybody has to
have washing done, don't they, Hulda?
That's where I've got 'em.   You seo:
New and useful invention; turns with
a crank; uo boiling, no soap; ohild can
use it.' I tell you,* Hulda, the more I
think on't the more I think I've got a
good thing. Mr. Grimes said all it
wanted now was pushing, and I'm going
to commence to push this afternoon. I
shall have about fifty of 'em made, and
: are.   Lightning-rod men and wind-mill
' men have been round here thicker than
j fleas on a dog, and when I seed you
1 a-coming  I says to myself, ' Amanda
; Higgins, what have you done that you
should be tried in this way?' and I made
up my mind if you got in here I'd make
: it so awful uncomfortable for you, yon
1 wouldn't want to stay long!    Oh, you've
j got a nice yarn fixed up about your old
[ machine, I'll warrant; that wind-mill
! feller had, too.   The lyin' huzzy told
, me 'twould pump hot or cold water,
milk my cows, churn my butter and
ride my horses to water; and he'd 'a'
been here a-lyin' yet, I suppose, if I
hadn't bought a   mill   of   him.     An'
what's it good for?   Can't hardly coax
it to pump cold water, let alone hot!
No, sir!   I'll give you to understand,
Mister, that I'm  a   lone, unprotected
female, and "
Mr. Smudget waited to hear no more,
but, stopping up his right ear with his
left hand (he was deaf in the other) and
plying the whip to Betsy with his right
hand, he determined in the shortest
time imaginable- to put the greatest
distance possible between himself and
his   first   customer.   About this timo/
Chicago Live-Stock Trade. j
The following table shows the re- j
markable growth of the live-stock trado 1
of Chicago in tho last twenty years:      j
No.ofi:aulc Xo.ofHo(ti) I
Year. Ileceival.     Iieceitett. 1
1S5S    140,534
ISr.ll    111,004
1NM    117,101
ISil    2(1.1,25!)
1S62    200,655
1S«3    804,448
1R04    33S,«4n
1N15    330,301
1H16    384,251
1S07    32D.213
1868    833,514
lfliO    403.102
1670    532064
1871    543,050
1872    684.075
1873    761.42S
1874    848.066
1875    820.848
1876 1,086,745
1877 1,088,151
1878 1,083.068
410,225
188.671
285,141)
549.(130
1,110 071
1,600,818
1,28,5,811
757,072
033,233
1,606,680
1.7(6,502
1,661.860
1,603,168
2,8811,088
3,252,623
4,337,750
4.250,020
8.012.110
4,10«.(i6
4,025,070
6,330,054
A Family Gun.
An historical gun is owned by Fernando Healy, of Rehoboth, Mass. His
great-grandfather brought it to this
country in 1680, and used it in the
French wars. His son Joseph put a
new stock ou the piece in 1761, inserting a small silver plate bearing the initials " J. H., 1761." Joseph's son John
used it during the Revolution. It afterward came into the possession of another sou, tho late Stafford Healy, of
Rehobpth, father of the present owner.
Housed it fourteen days during the
war of 1812,receiving therefor apension.
In 1820 he restocked tho igtin and put
in a new lock, and nt his d^ath it came
into the hands of the ptfisenfc owner.
The barrel is original, is isi good order,
and tho gun is still used by members of
the famjjy lis a fowlingipiece.
strength; it makes good blood and lakes
inflammation away from the lungs. It
is the wish of the writer that every periodical in the United States, Canada
and Europe should publish this recipe
' for the beneflt of the human family.
; Lay this by, ancl keep it in the house
' ready for use.
j Disappearance of Fishes.
j Disappearances of sea fish from their
, long-time homes occur frequently, and
' for reasons unknown to man. The herring have left the coast of Sweden,
where once they were numerous, ancl
j the big-eyed or chub mackeral, which,
1 thirty years ago, was common on our
' coasts, is now so rare that Prof. Baird
j has been unable to obtain it for his ool-
i lection, although ho has offered $25 for
! a single specimen. "Whether the merits
of this fish have suddenly become known
to marine epicures, or whether the
chub-mackerol has found a deep-sea
larder which is better stored than his
old one was, must for tho present be
matter for conjecture. Perhaps tunny-
fish, sharks, porpoises, dogfish, and
other lordly fellows with discriminating
appetites, might throw some light upon
the subject if they could be interviewed.
At one timo the tunny had driven the
cod entirely away from the vicinity of
Block island, but the tunny himself
having become attractive to oil men,
and purveyors to manufacturers of fish
guano, the cod hurried back to the
family homestead. Prof. Bairdbebeves
that the demand for tunnies, dogfish,
sharks, etc., by the factories which will
turn them into oils and manures, will
have the effect of increasing tho number of food fishes by lessening that of
their enemies. "Grand, gloomy, and
peculiar," likfc other great slaughterers,
these predaceous fish also resemble
their human prototypes in being comparatively few in number, and in keeping themselves prominently before the
eyes of those who are eager to destroy
them.—John Habberton, in Harper's
Magazine.
The Moslem Religion Making Headway.
Dr. Dollingor, authority in such matters, makes this interesting statement:
"At Sierra Leone a Moslem university is flourishing, in which are being
educated a thousand young men whoso
lives will be as absolutely surrendered
to tho cause tho school represents as
were the lives of the early soldiers of
thfi orggcent, who counted it joy to fall
in its defense on the field of battle.   In
Ohina the followers of this ancient sym-
- bol have increased beyond computation, 50,000 residing in Tonquin alone.
Among the Maylayans and the islanders
of the eastern archipelago it is reported
that 18,000,000 have been won over to
its support; and still one-fifth of the
dwellers on tho earth are enrolled as its
army, of whom 00,000,000 at least are
subjects of hor Majesty Queen Victoria."
Father Miller.
The year 1840 marked a new era in
the progress of Second Adventism.
Not only was* the "day of probation"
drawing nigh—tho day on which the
universe should shrivel up with fire, the
resurrection and ascension of tho just
attend the awful coming ef Christ, ancl
the millennium begin, after which the
wicked would be raised for their eternal
discomfort—of which the date was at
first approximately fixed between the
vernal equinoxes 0^18*13-44; but Father
Stiller, " the-end-of-the-world man," as
he was irreverently called by those
whoso sense of humor was greater than
that of his followers, began more freely
to extend the sphere of his personal exhortations, particularly in Eastern New
England. Though a native of Pitts-
field, his labors up to his 58th year had
been almost wholly confined to the border counties of Now York and Vermont,
until in April, 1839, he appeared for the
first time in Massachusetts as a prophet
— a reed shaken by palsy, if not by the
wind. In December he was again in
Boston; and in February, 1840, he saw
the publication of the Signs of the
Times—afterward Advent Herald—begun, the first of the Millerite organs,
which afterward reckoned the Midnight
Cry (New York), the Glad Tidings
(Rochester),the Millennial Harbinger,
etc. From this time to his death he
lectured frequently in Lis native State
in halls and groves, expounding Ids
rules of interpretation, by which the bar- ^
mony of the scriptures was assured,
and interpreting by the aid of Revelations the " time, times and a half " of
Daniel, on which his destructive calculations rested. It was in Massachusetts
that his venerable and sincere presence
first failed to restrain the rotten egg,
which in those times a*waited thentterer
of unpopular doctrine, for he was
mobbed with missiles at Newburyport
in May, 1842. A month later we. find
him liolding forth, at the fir^t Second
"Attyent ctimp-meetang, anfiiii}the "ftncli-
«£nco,*lxQ,jSx)et: T0iitfel*i. i^^g~%T^sr^r:
the strange, impressive, picturesque
scene—a tall growth of pine and hemlock throwing its melancholy shadow
over lhe multitude, who were' arranged
upon rough seats cf boards and logs;
the white tents, drawn about in a circle,
forming a background of snowy whiteness to the dark masses of men and
foliage; a hymn pealing through the
dim aisles of the forest; preachers
thandering from a bower of hemlock
boughs.* * *
On the 14th of March, 1844, Father
Miller closed the diary of his public
labors, and reckoned up his 3,200 lectures given since 1832.   It was almost
the only change in the regularity of his
daily life which betokened thc approach
of "the burning day."   When March
had gone out, and April saw not the
heavens in commotion, and May liad
come, the poor old man was heard confessing his error and acknowledging his
disappointment, but not his unbelief
October might yet witness the fulfillment of prophecy: " The Lord will certainly leave the mercy-seat on the 13th,
and   appear visibly in   the clouds of
heaven on the 22d."   During this interval of ten days, secular business was
suspended among the Adventists.   In
New York, as Mrs. Ohild records, at a
shop in the Bowery, musbn for ascension robes was offered; tradesmen shut
up shop, or gave away goods, or dealt
more liberal  measure, to -make their
record good with tho Almighty—all the
while that the ungodly disturbed the
meetings with stones and brickbats, and
crackers and torpedoes.   The Advent
Herald issued its last number with a
valedictory.   And then the sun rose on
the 23d, and the sad prophet could only
say, " I have fixed my mind on another
time, and here I mean to stand until
God gives me more light, and that is,
to-day, to-day, and TO-DAY, until He
comes."   Some, however, alleged that
the Lord had come, but invisibly, and
"closed the door of mercy to the sinner;" and then arose a contention between the orthodox and the "shut-door"
party as to whicli   should  gain over
Father Miller.   This was exquisite cruelty, but not without a logical cause.
The shut-door faction, given up to fanatical excesses, or neglecting its worldly affairs in a way to call for guardianship or the work-house at the hands of
Judges and Selectmen, did not in tho
end prevail.   The orthodox party became a tame and uninteresting sect like
auy other, with an indefinite lease of
life.     Tho   " Come-outers,"   who   had
made with the Adventists tho joint convention at Groton, were chiefly from
Oape Cod, and appear to have formed a
j lasting union with them.   The Cape is
I still  the  country par  excellence  of
l camp-meetings   and   Adventists,*  and
{ there the wretched Freeman;" offering
j his little daughter as a sacrifice, recalled
' an almost forgotten superstition.—Fro m
J "The Isms of Forty Years Ago," in
Harper's Magazine.
A camel can make 100 miles per day
if he has fire-crackers tied to his tail,
but he'd rather go about ten, and then
loaf around the rest of the day.
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