Niagara County News, 1881-12-09

              NIAGARA COUNTY NEWS. VOL I. YOUXGBTOW N, NIAGARA CO.. X. Y., DECEMBER 9, 1881. NO. 41. Watch and Pray. 'Matthew xj.iv.: xliv. It may be ut the cock-crow, when the pale stars sine less br.ghtlv, When the sad moon fadeth slowly that heaineth o'er us nightly, ■ When turning outhy coueb, thou shatsajr, '• The mora is here'" It may be deuth v/ill enter, with his footsteps cold and drear: When thy heart is beating faintly, like a muffled funeral drum, " For in such an hour us ye think not the the Son oi Man shall come." | It may bo in the morning when the sun is shining gaily, Whe thy footsteps gladly seek the paths that claim thy presence daily , When the little birds are welcoming v. ith jo the beautous morning; It may be He will enter thy dwelling without warning, When all aiound is beautiful, too beautiful to die, it may be He will bid thee lay these joys forever by. It may be at the noontide when thy footsteps have grown eary. And the brightness of the morning shall seem loss gla I und cheery, When t e children seek the shade anil hush their noisy play. It may tw that u shadow shall steal across thy way, And thy hands lay down their tusks, thy lips grow pale und dumb, "For in such an hour at \o think not, the [•kin of Man shall coino " It may be at the e en', when the twilight fullcth slowly, When o'er thv heart there steals a peace that tells of "things most holy. When thy soul forgets its sorrow to muse on heavenly things, It may be lie -ill enter, with swift und silent wings; "Watch then und pray," ere the da/ of grace be o'er, And thou wakest to earthly mornings and earthly loves no more. i It may lie at the midnight hour, when the household all are sleeping, When dreums of peace and liuppiness are softly o'er thee creeping, When, deep and solemn silonce is brooding over a 1, It may lie thou will waken to answer to His call; drifting toward the unknown shore 'mid the darkness and the gloom, •' For in such un hour as ye think not, the Son of Man shall come.1' Worthy Enterprise. Ail honorable mention is due the rest dents of School District Xo. 7, iii the eastern part, of this town, at what is known ax Mo*»" Comers. The old school building lias been remodeled and placed in thorough repair; new seats have been added from Ilildreth <t Co's. factory, ut Lockport, and everything made as comfortable and cheerful us possible. Mr. Carlo* IJrookins had charge of the work and was assisted by the counsel of Mr. N. liolTmuu, the trustee, two men who are bound to do well any work they may undertake. The residents of District No. 7 are justly proud of their school house, and we prophesy for them a better school in the future. Other districts would do well to take pattern after this one. Suspicious Symptoms. A minister who was perhaps not too careful in his habits was induced by hi* ; friends to take the teetotal pledge. Hl* health appeared to suffer, and hi* doc! tor ordered liim to take one glass of punch dally. ••Oh!" said he, " I dare not. Peggy, my old housekeeper, would tell the 1 whole palish." ••When do you shave 1"' the doctor asked. » j '• In the morning." "Then." said the doctor, "shave at night; aud when Peggy brings you up your hot water, you can lake your glass of punch just before going to bed." The minister afterward appeared to improve in health and spirits. The doctor met l'eggy soon after, and said: " I'm glad to hear, Peggy, that your master U better.'' "Indued, sir. he's better, but his brain's affected; there's something wraug i «!' his mind." ' '■ How J" Why, doctor, lit) used to shave at i j night before going to bed, but now he shaves in the moru, lie shaves before dinner, he shaves after dinner, he shaves ut night—he's aye ahuvin'." The symptoms is ere. indeed, very 1 suspicious. It Was Not Jawge. A Nevada girl whose father owned n bog ruucli in the 'J'rnckec meadows, went to a candy pulling scrapu at a | neighbor's house and came home with a handful of tufty. .She sat down on the shady side of tho house aud went to sleep with a hunk of the candy in her hand. By aud by along enme a pig. He nosed around a while aud finally pulled the candy fiom between iter tinkers. Having devoured that, lie  to sin ell around for more and soou discovered that Iter lips anil chin were covered with the same saccharine varnish. The pig commenced to lick It off at once, which partially awakeued the maiden, and she softly murmured, "Ob, .law-re. why don't you brush your teeth before you come around toMfme?" —Boixt (Idaho) Statttmqh, Spoopendyke's Gun. I "Say, my dear,"' said Mr. Spoopeni ( dyke, as he drew a gun from a rase and j i eyed it critically, " I want you to wake j tee up early iu the morning, I'm going ■ j shooting." i "Isn't that too sweet?" ejaculated Mrs. Spoopendyke. " I'll wear my new dr»ss and my Saratoga waves. Where ! do we go?" ! "I'm going down to the island and you'll probably go as far as the front 1 door,'' grunted Mr. Spoopendyke. Woj suen don't go shooting. It's only men.; I All you've got to do is to wake me up and get breakfast. W hen I come home | we'll have some birds." •' Won't that be nice chimed Mrs. | Spoopendyke. " Can you catch birds S | with that thing?" and Mrs. Spoopeu- I dyke fluttered around tho improved I breecli-londing shot »un, with the idea that it was some kind of a trap. ■ "I can kill 'em with this," explained Mr. Spoopendyke. " This is a gun, my I dear; it isn't a nest with three cgg3 in it, nor is it a barn with a bole in the ! roof. You stick the cartridge in here and pul! on this linger, and down comes j your bird every time." " Well, isn't that the greatest thing! ; I suppose if you don't want a partridge ! I you can stick a duck or a turkey in that j ' end, too, or a llsh or a lobster, and bring ! it dojvn just as quick?" ■! " Ye*. or vou can stick a house or a I | corn field, or a dod gasted female idiot 1 ' in there, too, if you want to," snorted j Mr. Spoopendjke. "Who said any-1 j thing about partridges? It's a cart-( ,: ridge that goes in there." "Oh!" ejaculated Mrs. Spoopendyke, j rather crestfallen. 1 see now. Where i ' does the bird go?" j "lie goes to a night school, if lie; I hasn't got any more sense than you have," snorted Mr. Spoopendyke. Look i here, now, and I'll show you how it ; works," and Mr. Spoopendyke. whose j Ideas were about as vague as those of ! his wife, inserted the cartridge half i way into the muzzle end, and cautiously ! cooked the weapon. "And when the bird sees that he; • coiues and pecks at it! Isn't that the i j funniest?"1 and Mrs. Spoopendyke clap-I j ed her hands in the enjoyment of her j discovery. "And then you just put j : out your bund and catch him" " Youve struck it," howled Mr. Spoop] Mulyke, who had the hammer on the half cock, and was pulling at the I trigger to get it down. "That's the I idea. All you need is four feathers and I a gas bill to be a martingale. With your notions you only want a new stock and a .•team trip hammer to be a needle gnu. Don't you know that the dod ! gasted thing has got to go oil before you : get your bird ? You shoot the birds,: You don't wait for them to shoot you." "At liome we used to always chop! ! their heads oil with an axe." faltered Mrs. Spoopendyke. ••So would 1, if I was going after irnasly old hens," retorted Mr. Spoopendyke, who had managed to uncock the contrivance, "but when I go for ' yello'.V Mrds and sparrows 1 go like a | sportsman. While I'm waiting for the; I bird," continued Mr. Spoopendyke, adj justing the cartridge to the breech. " 1 ! ju«t put the load in here for safety. ! And when 1 see a flock 1 aim and fire." Uauj,'! went the gun, knocking the ; tail feathers out of the eight day clock, j and plowing a foot furrow in the wall, j perforating the closed door, and cul'jji; nnting in Mr. Spoopendyke's plug hat.*1 "Goodness, gracious!" Mrs. Spoopen; dyke squeaked, "Oh, my!" Mr. Spoopendyke gathered himself up ' and contemplated the damage. ♦•Why couldn't ye keep still?"* he | shrieked. " What d'ye waut to disturb : ! my aim for and make ine let it off ? j i Thluk I enn hold back a charge of pow- j j derend :i pound of shot while :i woman | is staring it through a gun barrel?" "If that had been a bird how nicely you would luve shot it!"suggested Mrs. Spoopendyke soothingly. "if you should ever aim at a bird you'd catch , him sure." . ! "Oh, you know what 1 could be! j With your information about gunnery you ouly need a wad in your mouth suil a kirk like a mule to be a mountain howitzer. If 1 had your intelligence on sporting subjects I'd hire out for a shot tower. Dou't you know you're spoiled i that dod gasted gun?" said Mr. Spoopi endyke, anxious for some exc.ite to take 1 it back to his friend Specklewottle, who i loaned it to him. as he held it out and j • eyed his wife sternly. " You've ruined that gun," he continued solemnly. "It wont ever go off again." • Nerer mind, dear," consoled Mrs. Spoopendyke. "It's been ofl enough, aud I'd just as lief have some clauis as . birds. You go to bed, aud we'll try , at.d do without any birds." i | —A box which lias remained at an : Kluiira freight house for some time was ' j recently opened aud found to contain | j the skeleton of a woman. The long ' ! hair was the only nuan« of discerning; 1 tberty. It Mill Never Be Played. ' By gum!' Mr. and Mrs. Defoe sat before a cbcerftil tire in their home the other evening. ! There had been a long period of silence, ! when Mr. Defoe suddenly exclaimed as : above. ' What is it, dear?' she responded. 'Say, we've got tired of playing games, and what do you say to private theatricals?' • How ?' 4 Why, we'll get three or four of thu neighbors to join in, and we'll meet at I each other's houses and have regular j plays.' • That will be splendid!' she gasped. • llanged if it wou't! Wonder we j never thought of it before. Twenty dollars will get us all the scenery we want, and each one can furnish Ills own wardrobe. By guin! we've got the idea now!' ' What sort of a play could we play?' i she asked, as he marched up and down with tragic step. ' 1 have it—aha!' he exclaimed, as he stopped short. ' Don't you remember I started to write a play about live years ago? I'll finish it, and we'll bring it 1 out! Now, let's see how the characters run. There is the Count DuindofT, who jis in love with Geraldine the Fair. I'll be the Count, of course, as lie is the hero, lie kills four men, rescues Oeraldine from several dangers, and there is a good deal of kissing and love-niaki irg, and a happy marriage!' 'And I'll be Geraldine.' 4 You! Oil, you couldn't play that part. She must be young and vivacious. Let's see—I think I'll cast you for Hannah, who keeps a bakery near a park in l'aris.' 'I'd like to see myself playing Hannah in a bakery, 1 would!' she defiantly i answered. If you can play DunidolT I j know 1 can play Geraldine.' ' Oh, no, you can't my love. You are ! a little stiff in the knees, and how you'll 1 look throwing yourself into my arms as the villains pursue! 1 shall cast that | little Widow D. for Geraldine.' ' Then there'll be two Geraldlnes of j lis! If you can play DuindofT with your I lame back and catarrh. I know I can play Geraldine with this little lameness iu my left knee.' '• Now, you listen to reason, Mrs. Defoe. You aren't built for a (>eraldin*; you're too fat. your feet are too large, ! you haven't got the voice for it.' 'And you'd make a pretty Count Dtlllidoff, you would!' she tired back. • You want to get that crook out of your back, that bald head shingled over i your mouth repaired, and your eyes touched up with a paint brush! I think I can see you lulling four villains—ha! Im! ha!' ' Woman! do not anger me!' he said in a deep-toned voice, as he rose up. ' And don't you anger your Geraldine, either!' | 'Geraldiue! Why, you don't know a i sky border from a flat.' j 'Dumdofl! And you don't know n i Sky-ter-rler from the big llddle In the ! orchestra!' ''lis well! we'll have no playing here!" 'Then you needn't! When I piny Ilannah in a bakery to let you hug and kiss the Widow I). or any other woman ail over the stage, you'll be three or four Count Dumdofls!' ' I'll burn the play, jealous woman!' ' If you don't 1 will, vain man!' Then theV sat down and resumed their former occupation of looking into the tire, and the disturbed cat Went back to her rug and her dreams.—Detroit Free I Press. The Mysterious. He is u man with a lipht beaver «itcoat on. He ilrives a white horse ami a 1 top buggy, and all of u sudden he stops | in the middle of the street and looks tlxj edlv at his horse. In two minutes fifty i people line the cirbstonc. I •• What's the matter?" " Balky." A man step* out to seize the bridle and start the horse, but the driver shakes his head and motions him away. " I'll bet he's an ugly brute." "Of course hu is. Look at that wicked eye of his!"' The efowd luis now been increased by fifty, snd several vehicles have stopi ped. j " Anybody hurt?" "No; balky horse." "Why doesn't some one whisper in his ear." Four men stepped out to jrive advice, but they ate motioned hastily back, anil i a livery man in the crowd observes: "If that hurst* doosu't kill two or three men here I shall be uiuch rnistakj en." Three minutes more and the crowd numbers 200. The man with the gray horse looks up and down the street prnces his feet, takes a firm grip on the | lines, and softly sjtjv; " I'onie. Peter." And Pt ter drops his bend, dangles his ears, atid moves off us slowly and softly as a river of grease. "What was it?" calls a man who has ! run four blocks and is putting like a whale. But there i« no one to answer him. The crowd has dissolved like a handful !of sugar in a barrel of water. It is very mysterious, ai,d the crowd doesn't cujoy the clliuax at'*" frp'"' .tioer RuiMiYk — Enirl1 The cau*-,oftifa. tginiii was out. / 'i'HR following, clippt. JKroin the l\ill Mall (iazette shows the state of opinion in England in regard to Canada. I'eij haps the time has not yet arrived to annex, but when it lias, and we think it is not far distant, all we can say is: "Coine, brother Americans," for Americans ye | i arc,, in every Muse of the'ford, '•coine, ! and we will welcome you to the shelter j of tile wide-spread wings of the national eagle":— » » * Now, if at any future time i | Canada were quietly and peaceably of i her own free will to join the I'nion.  much cf the harm thus done might at : last be averted. Canada would leave lis, j not only with no ill-feelinsr. but with every sense of attectiou and regard. Ihu Canadians are noticeable for a certain exaggerated personal loyalty to\>ard the Royal family of England, toward the old country as a whole, and toward the institutions of the empire—loyalty of a fervor such a< is almost extinct in Brit- I ain itself. If they became elti/.cns of the United States "they would take over 1 to their country live million Americans, j bound to America by every tie of interest and commerce, but firmly attached in sentiment to the old country, jibe ) value to us of live million American I citizens, who were also well-wishers to England, would in itself be incalculable; ' but that would not I e all. The inter- j course between Canada and the States is already very considerable and very friendly. When the Canadians were all i Amerieansjit would become closer and j more intimate still. * A Lucky Escape. Just b< fore the trsiiii for ISuffalo pulled out of the Central depot the other day a iiixii entered in company with an j old decrepit woman who was being sent j to St. Thomas, Out. Leaving her for a j moment he boarded the train, passed | slowly along until he came to the right ] man and then asked: " Are you going through?" " Yes." " Are you alone?" '• Yes."' '•Would you have any objections to j taking charge of a lady friend of mine:"' j '•Oh. none in the iea<-t.'' " Won't it be any bother?" "Oli! no, no! 1 shall esteem it as a j privilege." »• Thank you. I shall be a thousand | times obliged. She is very innocent and childish, and I am lucky to fall in with such a gentleman as you. I will , bring her in." He returned f< r the old woman and j , helped her aboard, and those who were j I there pay that the man who was going i through and would esteem it a privilege dropped off the rear platform with his ' satchel as the train started. —Detroit Free Pruts. Rabbits and Goats Near the South  Pole. Mrs. K. J, Chlpman;uiate of tin whaler, l'llot's Bride, who has recently returned Irorp a voyage to the Antartlc j Ocean, says that forty pairs of rabbits i ' | and twelve gout* that were taken to 1 ! Kergtulen from Capetown in 187f. > thrived wonderfully, the Island fairly j swarming with rabbits, while the goats number some hundreds. '1 eal ducks j are found about tlie island in large flocks, and what with roast kid and duck, and stewed rabbit, and plenty of Kerguelen cabbage, Captain Fuller's i crew of 28 man had an agreeable change 1 s iu their diet while there. | —"Why, my dear, what is the matter? j I What do you mean? You look so de- j | pressed, It cannot be—and yet—oh. j relieve this killing suspense! Alexane der. have you failed?"' "Xo, my dear; r 1 my credit is yet unimpaired, and bus!- j | ness is looking up." '-You can't mean J to say, dear, thut your old pain iu the j - head has come back." ''Xo.'' "You haven't had to pay the note for your j I brother .fos"ph?" ••No."' "Have . i you—now tell ine, Alexander Bldlaek, have you had another attack of vertigo'I'' "Xo" "Has your ensliler broken tils Murphy pledge ?■* "No." ''Now i 1 know—I expected it—l knew It ail the time—I felt sure it would be so. Mr. Deboniar hus asked for Haraphiua?' 1 "No, ncthing of the kind.-' "Then tell me, without waiting another minute, r what ha« happened; 1 can bear It; let - ine know the worst." "Well, that buttou I told you about has got tired of I hanging on by one thread, and here it r s."—Klmira Gazette. t i * e —There Is grfml sleighing in the ! I'rnirie Province, the thermometer 1 »-< n degree* below 1 FOR THE INDIES. I " " Out of tlie Depth*." " Out of t'C dopth* have 1 cnllod to Th»>« And Thou hnst heard my voice;" Reeause my trust is Arm in TbW>,' So shall my soul rejoice. Up through the mint 1 stretched my bauds. Thy pit) ing ones repl -ed. And drew me pently to the H(rht. , ( My Saviour and my *4uide. No more let ploom and doubting hid" The Saviour of my choice, " Out of the depths have 1 called to Thee And Thou hast heard my voice." In Old Saw. A dear little maid came skipping <H,t lu the glad now day with u merry shout; With d-mein- feet and with flowing hair. Shy sung .. itti joy in the morn ins air. " Don't sing before '.ireakfast, you U cry before night!' • What ft croak, t<> darken the child'* delight Aud the stupid old nurse, again and again. Repeated the ancient dull refrain. The child pausod, trying to understand; Hut her eyes saw- the great world rainbow spanned; .... Her light little feet hardly touched the earth, ... And her soul brimmed over with innocent mirth. "Never mind—don't listen—O sweet little maid ! . Make sure of your morning song, I *»UI; " And if pain must meet you, why, all the moro Be glad o£ the rapture that came before. '• O, tears and sWrrow are plenty enough, Htoruis niav be bitter and oaths lw rough, ( Hut our teal's should fall like the dear earth * showers, That help to ripen the fruits anil flower*. •• Ho gladden the day with your blissful song, .Sinn on wh'le you may, dear, sweet nnd strong! .. . Make sure of your moment of pure deliptit, No matter what trials may come before night." —Silver gray und nuiber-tlutf<l mtin dresses orre very fashionable. St tiffs of line wool are not considered quite us stylish as silk*. —When a writer assumed .that «'iw men are .the salt of tilts earth, he didu t iaclude those w ho are too fresh. —" So she refused you, did she V" asked l'iiigy; "Why didn't you press her, my boy ?" " Press her!" " she would not let mo near enough for that. ' —A Connecticut woman presented her son with a bed quilt made of hair cut from her. own head. It will go down to posterity as a family heirloom. —Blackberries, tomatoes, green and yellow, greengages, dark red plums, hazel nuts, elderberries, Scottish thistles, acorns, caterpillars made of silk chenille and birds' nests tilled with tiny eggs appear upon French bonnets for the autumn. —A very pretty way for a young girl to arrange her hair is to draw it In smooth waves off the forehead to the back, where it may curl in two short' full curls, that are held together by an i ornamented hairpin, a ribbon bow or a j small comb. —Shopping sntehel* of straw to li# suspended from the bolt are made after the fashion of thu Hat, square Russian leather or tinsel bags. They have handle clasps, aud on the outside is a tiny ! pocket just large enough to carry a | small bouquet of flowers. —One day last week Henry Stone, of Conesus, and Mrs. Kussel Bnyless of the same place, concluded to elope. Instead of making any fuss about losing his wife Mr. Bnyless simply remarked, "I hope the calves have plenty of rope aud ! I shall not attempt to draw in the slacl> j line." —Underneath the tight-fitting princess dress Inventive woman wears skirts of washing silk, whleh fall well to tlie ligure. Soft curtain lace Is also used for these petticoats, finished with coquilles of lace at the hem. The peep one gets at them as the wearer moves her train is very pretty. —SHOCKING! A lady of the ttstliCtle i school went up to a gentleman at a swell party and asked, "What Is partlngf" I And it happened that just at that moment he had come to realize that his suspenders were breaking and he thought it queer that she should know there was anything parting. But he bluntly answered, "My suspender*, ma'am," and then she screamed and there was his Satanic Majesty to pay. —A country editor who had the nilsfortune to lose his wife had the following combination epitaph engraved upon ber tombstone: "To the memory of Tabitha, wife of Moses Skinner, K«q., gentlemanly editor cf the Trotnboiif. Terms, #3 a year, invariably ill advance. A kind mother and an exemplary wife. Oftioe over Coleman's grocery, up two flights of stairs. Knock hard. We shall miss thee, mother. Me shall n»i?« thee, .lob printing solicited." —It is reported that arrangements have been concluded to extend thu St. Catharines Street Kail way to Niagara, passing through the Intermediate viij lages. The power to be used will be dummy engines, such as I* used on the Hamilton nnd I>tmd** Rnllwitr. TRAVELERS GLIDE. LEWISTON. NEW YOltK CKKTIIAL TIME TAIILE. TRAINS AltlllVK. | TBAI.VS I.KAVft. A.M. I 11:00 A.M. ItOME, WATERTOWK, A OtiUEN'sm uO KAII.ItOAD. EUNNINO WEST. ) BUNKING EAST. 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Anil tin' Ni;\vs i* ri'inl through from ti.p liottuiu I.v tlionnnnil* every week. JOB PRINTING / r . DEPARTMENT. We ar< prepared to execute. ill i neat IKVSB and dispatch JOB PRINTING, Of any description, from a Lady's Visit- ; Inff <'ard to a Larjrc Sized I'oMcr. "I ' ' ' ■: . I The saints careful attention we have heretofore <jlven to tin- neatness and correctness in onr Jol» 1 lepartpient will (still lie adhered to, and it will lie our aim to please our patrons in every particular All .loh Work at reasonable rates. » I Special attention will lie given to Color ami Illuminated ]}rinthig. J-fT" When you are in wuntof anvt bin »i rttir line, jfivv us a call. XIAOAIt.V CorxTV XI'AVS. JOS. THOMPSON M AM:KACTUKEU AMI ItF.AI.KU IN Harness, Saddles, HIUDLKM. COLLARS, Willi's, BLANKETS, ETC., Also DKAUiR IN BOOTS & SHOES, Tlil NKS VALISES, ETC., Ui«l. Y«liJt«i»iaWN, N'.Y.