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ST. MARY'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Andem Place.
FATHER L. J. MORRIS, Pastor.
ST. PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Aspinwall ave. cor. St. Paul street.
WM. WILBERFORCE NEWTON, Rector.
SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH. Irving, cor. High.
WARREN GODDARD, JR., Pastor.
UNITARIAN CHURCH.
Town Hall.
Services held every Sunday at 4 o'clock, p. m.
CEMETERIES. HOLYHOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.
Incorporated, 1872.
RIGHT REV. J. J. WILLIAMS, President, Boston ; JOHN G. BLAKE, M. D., Vice President, Boston ; D. H. Tully, Treas., Boston.
TRUSTEES.
Dr. Blake, D. H. Tully, Hugh Carey, Neil Kenney, of Boston ; M. W. Quinlan, Brookline ; Wm. Scollans, Brigh- ton ; Joseph Cogan, Cambridge.
ENEAS SMYTH, Superintendent. PHILIP KENNEDY, Agent, Boston.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
WALNUT HILL CEMETERY.
Grove, near Clyde. T. S. PETTINGELL, Superintendent.
WALNUT STREET CEMETERY.
Harvard, near School. T. S. PETTINGILL, Superintendent.
INSTITUTIONS.
MASSACHUSETTS INFANT ASYLUM.
Walnut, near High.
SAMUEL CABOT, M. D., President ; LEWIS WM. TAPPAN, JR. Secretary ; EDWARD S. PHILBRICK, Treasurer; CHARLES D. HEAD, Auditor ; MISS CLAPP, Matron; MISS STOCKMAN, Ass't Matron.
The Brookline Horse Cars and Steam Cars run within three minutes' walk of the house.
Application for the admission of infants should be made to the Admission Committee, Mrs. C. C. Smith, Secretary, No. 18 Rutland square, between eight and ten o'clock, on Wednesdays, or to Dr. Charles P. Putnam, 24 Marlboro' street, Boston, at two P. M., daily.
No child born out of the State is admitted, except under the provisions of law.
No children over nine months old are admitted.
All children are subject to medical examination before admission.
Applications for infants to be adopted may be made to the Matron at the Asylum, or to any Member of the Adoption Committee.
Visitors will be admitted on any day, except Sunday, be- tween one and five o'clock, p. m.
OLD LADIES' HOME.
Harvard street. Established 1867.
MRS. R. C. WINTHROP, MISS E. Q. GUILD, MRS. N. E. STEVENSON, Managers.
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SOCIETIES, ETC.
BETHORON LODGE, F. A. M.
Meets at Lyceum Hall, second Tuesday in every month.
OFFICERS. - Benjamin F. Baker, W. M .; James W. Edgerly, S. W .; Charles K. Kirby, J. W .; David Damon, Treas .; N. C. Towle, Secretary; B. W. Hackett, S. D .; Martin Kingman, J. D .; Wor. Bro. Geo. F. Homer, Chapl .; R. G. F. Candage, Marshal.
POST CHARLES L. CHANDLER, NO. 143, G. A. R.
Geo. P. Richardson, Commander; Jas. Sinclair, S. V. C .; Fergus B. Turner, J.V. C .; Frederick H Mellen, Adjutant ; G. F. Dearborn, Quartermaster; Willard Y. Gross, Chaplain ; James M. Call, Sergeant Major; Loe Bertsch, Officer of the day.
PIERCE DIVISION, NO. 6, SONS OF TEMPERANCE. Goddards Hall, Guild's Block.
J. P. Raymond, W. P .; C. L. Hathway, R. S .; Geo. M. Me.len, A. R. S .; A. Kenrick, jr., F. S .; D. T. Kenrick, Treas .; W. Y. Gross, Chaplin; O. Verney, Conductor; Ella Crosby, Ass't Conductor; Susan J. Annable, I. S.
ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC T. A. AND MUTUAL RELIEF SOCIETY. Instituted May, 1871.
Eneas Smyth, President; Florence Sullivan, V. P .; Wm. Rooney, jr., Sec .; Danl. Driscoll, Cor. Sec. Meets first and third Thursdays in each month.
ST. PAUL'S READING ROOM.
Open to the Public every evening during the winter. Opened under the auspices of St. Paul's church.
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BROOKLINE HIBERNIAN BRASS BAND.
Hibernian Hall, Boylston street. Established, July, 1871. Owen Casey, Leader; 18 members.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
KENRICK BROTHERS,
DEALERS IN
Furnaces, Ranges, Stoves,
LEAD PIPE AND PUMPS.
INTROVED
PORTABLE
WATER PAN
COLD
AIR
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SOY PHOTD'AC
Agents for Gardner Chilson's Furnaces & Ranges. PLUMBING.
A. KENRICK, JR. D. T. KENRICK. - - Washington Street, Brookline.
Particular attention paid to CLEANING and REPAIRING FURNACES and RANGES.
Tin, Block-Tin and Japanned Ware.
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COO IDGE, COOLIDGE & BRO. 2
AGENT FOR
NORFOLK AND DEDHAM
Mutual Fire Insurance Co's.
DEDHAM, MASS.
ALSO, Holyoke Mutual of - - Salem,
AND Atlas of - - Hartford, Conn.
Risks placed in Good Reliable Companies OFFICE, Cor. Harvard & Beacon Sts., BROOKLINE.
Beacon St., Brookline, DEALERS IN
Choice Family Groceries,
FLOUR, GRAIN, Etc.
C. & BRO. desires to call the attention of the citizens of Brookline and vicinity to their large stock of
First Class Groceries, Including all varieties of
CANNED
GOODS, ENGLISH
PICKLES,
SAUCES, CONDIMENTS, Etc.
TEAS, COFFEES,
Sardines, Olives, Limes, AND ALL KINDS OF
Foreign Fruit.
HONEY IN THE COMB. Families called upon at their residence and goods delivered free of charge.
BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
C. L. PALMER, Harness Maker · AND CARRIAGE PAINTER.
Also, Manufacturer of and Dealer in CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES. A large assortment constantly on band. Particular attention paid to repairing same.
WASHINGTON STREET,
OPP. PUBLIC LIBRARY.
ALLEN & SOMES,
Gas Piping and Fixtures,
WASHINGTON STREET,
(NEAR THE BRIDGE),
E. F. ALLEN. J. H. SOMES.
BROOKLINE.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
CHASE'S BROOKLINE & BOSTON EXPRESS.
OFFICES IN BOSTON:
91 Kilby Street, 34 Washington Street,
8, 10 & 34 Court Square, 15 Devonshire Street. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT. - Leaves Boston at 11 A. M. and 3 P. M. Leaves Brook- line at 9 A. M. and 1 P. M.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT. - Leaves Boston at 3 P. M .; Brookline at 9 A. M.
Order boxes in Brookline at J. Anson Guild's, corner Washington and Boylston Streets, and J. M. Beamans & Co.'s, Harvard Square.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
J. D. LONG,
FLORIST,
SMILAX, ROSEBUDS, Plants and Cut Flowers for Sale.
WASHINGTON STREET, Opp. Public Library, BROOKLINE.
NOLAND & PORTER, House, Sign and Fresco
PAINTERS
SHOP ON WASHINGTON ST.,
Above New Town Hall, BROOKLINE.
P. O. Box 339. Order Boxes at Chapel Station and Longwood.
Whitening and Coloring, Ceilings and Cornices Tinted to match wall Decorations. GILDING. Particular attention paid to Parti-Coloring. Also Hard Wood Finish- ing, Wall Painting in En-Caustic.
First-class work at reasonable charges, and satisfaction guaranteed.
THOMAS MAHON,
Practical Plumber.
WASHINGTON STREET,
Over the Railroad Bridge,
BROOKLINE.
All orders for Job- bing promptly attended to.
WASH- BOWLS
ALL KINDS.
WARM,COLD&SHOWLWBALIK
WATER CLOSETS
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
MCGRATH & SULLIVAN, DEALERS IN FRESH AND SALT FISH,
Oysters, Lobsters, etc. Washington Street, Corner of Davis Avenue, BROOKLINE_ Orders called for and delivered promptly.
ALEXANDER M. WILSON, would announce to the citizens and public generally, that he is prepared to furnish
ICES OF EVERY DESIRABLE FLAVOR, Jellies, Charlottes, Cakes, Pastry, Candies OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. ALSO, WEDDING CAKE HANDSOMELY ORNAMENTED. Picnics and Private Parties Catered for. Hot Biscuit and Corn Muffins Every Evening at 5 P. M.
STONE & GOODSPEED, Hack, Boarding & Livery Stable,
WASHINGTON STREET, Opposite the Town Hall.
T. B. HILTON,
HAIR DRESSER,
(OVER BURT & PACKARD'S GROCERY STORE,) WASHINGTON STREET, BROOKLINE.
. PARTICULAR ATTENTION paid to cutting LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S HAIR. RAZORS SET TO ORDER.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
MARTIN KINGMAN, BROOKLINE, MASS.
Dealer in Domestic and Housekeeping Dry Goods, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Hats, Caps, Trunks and Umbrellas, Fancy Goods, Stationery, Small Wares, &c.
DORAN BROTHERS,
DEALERS IN
Groceries, Provisions, Fruits,
FISH, FLOUR, GRAIN, &C.
Lyceum Hall Building, Washington St.,
BROOKLINE, MASS.
Families called on at their residence, and Goods delivered promptly to any part of the town free of charge.
FRANK A. NEWELL, DEALER IN Watches, Jewelry & Silver Ware,
FRENCH AND AMERICAN CLOCKS, COLONNADE BUILDINGS,. . BROOKLINE.
- FINE WATCHES REPAIRED AND ADJUSTED. - Str FRENCH CLOCK REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
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AND SKATES REPAIRED.
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
LAWN MOWERS
WILLIAM PREE,
Cutler and Locksmith,
No. 5 Harvard Street, Panter's Building,
BROOKLINE.
Citizens will please notice that I make a specialty of Honing Razors, Sharpening Scissors and all kinds of tools. Umbrellas and Parasols, and Trunks and Valises repaired. Skates and Lawn Mowers sharpened.
SMITH & THING, (SUCCESSORS TO B. H. CROSBY), DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
FRESH & SALT
FISH,
Oysters, Lobsters, etc.,
NO. 4 GUILD BLOCK, BROOKLINE.
ORDERS CALLED FOR, AND DELIVERED FREE.
GEORGE W. BIRD,
APOTHECARY,
WASHINGTON STREET, COR. DAVIS' COURT, BROOKLINE, MASS. Perfumery, Fancy Goods, Patent Medicines, and all articles usually sold at First-Class Drug Stores. Physicians' Prescriptions carefully prepared.
OLIVER COUSENS, Agent Citizens' Mutual Fire Ins. Co. OF BOSTON. OFFICE, PROSPECT, NEAR SCHOOL STREET, BROOKLINE. Real Estate Agent - Houses for Sale and to Let.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
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GEORGE ERHARD, DEALER IN Boots, Shoes & Rubbers,
WASHINGTON STREET,
NEAR TOWN HALL, . . BROOKLINE. 4 Boots and Shoes MADE TO ORDER. Repairing Done at Short Notice. AK
WILLIAM S. BROWN,
DEALER IN
Provisions, Fruit, Game,
AND VEGETABLES,
HARVARD SQUARE,
BROOKLINE, MASS.
Orders called for and Goods delivered Free of Charge.
J. H. GRUSH, Hair Cutting & Shaving Room, No. 5 GUILD BLOCK, BROOKLINE.
N. B. Particular attention paid to Cutting Children's Hair.
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₩ POWER
MANUFACTURER OF
Ladies' and Gentlemen's
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
FASHIONABLE BOOTS AND SHOES
TO ORDER.
Washington Street, opp. the Depot.
REPAIRING NEATLY AND PROMPTLY DONE,
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
M. W. QUINLAN, CARRIAGE AND HARNESS MANUFACTURER.
NEW AND SECOND HAND
CARRIAGES AND HARNESSES.
A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF
Blankets, Halters & Circingles.
Repairing promptly and neatly executed. CORNER BOYLSTON & WALNUT STS., Brook! Mass.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
BURT PACKARD,
DEALERS IN
ies.
CROCKERY, GLASS AND WOODEN WARE,
Choicest Brands of Flour, of which our "SOLOMON'S GLORY " bears the palm - nothing ever made to equal it. Also, CANADA HAY and N. Y. STRAW. VERMONT BUTTER a specialty.
WASHINGTON STREET, JUST NORTH OF R. R. BRIDGE.
JOHN THOMPSON,
Practical Cabinet Maker,
UPHOLSTERER
AND
FURNITURE
DEALER.
Harvard Sq., Brookline, Mass.
F. SULLIVAN,
PLUMBER, And Dealer in Bath Tubs, Water Closets, Pumps, Lead Pipe, etc. 5 Guild Block, Washington Street, BROOKLINE.
ORDERS SOLICITED AND PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
AMB
DEALER IN
DRY GOODS
Gents' Furnishing and Fancy Goods, WORSTEDS, KID GLOVES, EUREKA SILK, &c. AGENT FOR JAMAICA PLAIN DYE HOUSE. COLONNADE BUILDINGS, . , BROOKLINE.
BEAL & JONES,
Carpenters & Builders HIGH ST. bet. BOYLSTON & WASHINGTON STS. BROOKLINE, MASS. Particular attention paid to Building Gentlemen's Tasidences ; Building and Jobbing in all their branches promptly attended to ; all work executed in the best style ; Orders Solicited.
SAMUEL BEAL.
CHARLES W. JONES.
WILLIAM LINCOLN, Agent for the Purchase, Sale and Lease of
REA ESTA
NEGOTIATION OF
MORTGAGES AND INSURANCE,
No. 37 STATE STREET, BOSTON.
Office in Brookline at Savings Bank. Hours, 3 to 5 P. M.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
JOHN E. BLAISDELL,
Carpenter and Builder,
NEAR CHAPEL STATION,
BROOKLINE.
THOS. T. ROBINSON, (Successor to M. RUSSELL), DEALER IN
FINE GROCERIES,
PURE TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES, English Pickles and Sauces, PHILLIP AND CANAUD SARDINES, JELLIES, PRESERVES and SOUPS. Choice Dairies of Vermont and N. Y. Butter CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
(CANNED GOODS OF ALL KINDS.)
Washington St., near Depot, BROOKLINE.
WM. B. CHAPLIN,
Hack and Boarding Stable,
Beacon, opp. Hawes Street, - - BROOKLINE.
Hacks furnished for Parties, Weddings, and Funerals.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
NATHAN DORR, Carpenter & Builder,
BEACON, NEAR PLEASANT ST. Jobbing in all its branches, and Orders promptly attended to.
B. F. BAKER,
House and Sign Painter,
Washington Sreet, cor. Pearl,
BROOKLINE.
P. DWYER,
MILKMAN
Also, Dealer in Cattle, Etc.
Sewall, near Cypress Street, - BROOKLINE.
ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
EBEN MORSE & SON,
HACK, Boarding, AND LIVERY STABLE, Corner Washington & Pearl Streets, BROOKLINE.
Funeral Undertaker,
HARVARD STREET, Near Aspinwall Avenue, BROOKLINE.
Coffins, Caskets, Grave Clothes, Coffin Trimmings, and all articles used in the burial of the dead. IALSO. GARDENING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Particular attention paid to laying out grounds.
J. M. SEAMANS & O
DEALERS IN FINE GROCERIES,
Best Brands Minnesota & St. Louis Flour, SELECTED TEAS, PURE COFFEE AND SPICES. BUTTER AND CHEESE FROM BEST VERMONT AND NEW YORK DAIRIES. ALSO, Oats, Meal, Whole and Cracked Corn and Feed, Canned Fruit in variety, Ellis Preserves, Dundee Marmalade; Huckins Soup, English Biscuits, Foreign and Domestic Fruit, etc. etc.
CORNER DAVIS AVENUE AND WASHINGTON STREET, BROOKLINE, MASS. Goods delivered promptly in any part of the town free of expense.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
LADD'S FAMILY DRUG STORE, BROOKLINE,
B. W. NEAL,
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,
BOYLSTON STREET, near CYPRESS,
BROOKLINE.
Building and Jobbing in all its Branches promptly attended to and at Reasonable Rates.
P. W. BOWEN, HORSE SHOER AND Carriage Smith, Particular attention paid to Interfering, Overreaching, Tender and Flat-Footed Horses.
Private and Trotting Horses shod in a superior mauner.
BOYLSTON ST., Near the Depot, BROOKLINE, MASS.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
BOWKER & LYON, Carpenters and Builders,
WASHINGTON ST., NEARLY OPP. TOWN HALL.
Jobbing in all its branches promptly attended to.
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. PPS'S COCOA.
BREAKFAST.
"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well- selected Cocoa, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills."- Civil Service Gazette. Made simply with boiling water or milk. 1 1b. packets, labelled
JAMES EPPS & CO., Homoeopathic Chemists, London. IMPORTED AND FOR SALE AT THE
NEW ENGLAND HOMEOPATHIC PHARMACY, No. 3 Albion Building, Beacon Street, Boston.
IRVING A. HOWE, MANUFACTURER OF
Fine Shirts to order & Ready Made,
and the originator of the first Open Back and Front Shirt.
THE HUB SHIRT,
Stylish, Easy and Perfect-Fitting. The best Canton, Shaker and Tarbell's Flannels made into Undershirts and Drawers; also, Flannel Shirts and Night Shirts.
THE HUB WRAPS AND HUB DRAWERS,
Pat. Aug. 8. 1871. They have a freedom which cannot be obtained in any other pattern. Salesroom, 221 Washington St., Room 10, Boston.
FOR NEW YORK. The Metropolitan Steamship Company's
Line of Outside Steam- ers sail from Central Wharf, Boston, at 5 o'clock, P.M., con- necting with the Erie Rail- way for New York State and the West, and the Great Southern Freight Line via Charleston, for all points South and Southwest.
Through Rates and Bills of Lading given to any point on the routes of the above lines and their connections.
H. M. WHITNEY, Agent, 54 Central Wharf, Boston, New York offices - Pier 11 N. R., and 80 West Street.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
GET YOUR PRINTING DONE
AT THE
CHRONICLE OFFICE.
Fast Presses, Elegant Types. Good Work and Low Prices.
W. H. HUTCHINSON,
PRIN
WASHINGTON STREET, 2d Door East of Railroad, BROOKLINE.
BOSTON OFFICE, 43 BEVERLY STREET, Near Fitchburg Depot.
PHOTOGRAPHER, 323 Washington St., & 3 Tremont Row, BOSTON.
We are making as fine work in the Photographic Art as is produced in Boston, at the following lowest prices; Best Card Pictures from $2.00 to $4.00 per dozen ; also, Cabinet Cards, $5.00 per dozen; first 8 X 10 photo, $2.50. Same in colors $5.00. We make any style and size the Art can produce, at prices to please our Patrons. Experienced Artists in every Department.
E. B. DUNSHEE, 323 WASHINGTON STREET AND 3 TREMONT ROW, BOSTON.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
HILL'S
DINING ROOM
9 HARRISON AVENUE, BOSTON, MEALS BY THE DAY OR WEEK. DINNERS A SPECIALTY. ORDERS FOR CATERING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
NOTICE. No. 54 KNEELAND STREET.
When you go to Boston do not fail to call under the little church on the cor. of Kneeland and Hudson Streets, BOSTON, NEAR BOSTON AND ALBANY RAILROAD DEPOT, Where you can get
$ AND $ HOES,
Of all the best styles and qualities, OG AT PRICES THAT CAN'T BE BEAT. CHAS. E. FENNER, Proprietor.
J. L. TAYLOR EXGRAVER ON WOOD
81 WASHINGTON ST., JOYS BUILDING
BOSTON
Personal attention given to every descripton of DESIGNING AND ENGRAVING ON WOOD, V IZ. Views of Buildings, Machinery of all kinds, Illustrations for Catalogues and Books, Maps, Seals and every description of Illustrated Printing.
81 Washington Street, Room 39, . BOSTON.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
THE ADAMS AUTOMATIC KALEIDOSCOPE.
FARWELL-SC.
PLAISTED
This new Kaleidoscope consists of a movable, upright tube, in which are en- closed a set of reflectors of superior quality and remarkable clearness. Below this tube is a revolving table, upon which variously colored disks are placed, either singly or in combination, producing, as they rotate, exceedingly pleasing effects, - an end- less succession of dissolving views, the colors and forms blending and inter-blending in a most attractive manner.
Near this table is an acorn-centre, from which project four glass cylinders, or chambers, containing a variety of fanciful objects of diverse colors and shapes. These cylinders, constantly revolving, pass under the upright tube and over the colored disks on the rotating table, the latter serving as ever-varying backgrounds to a continuous variety of beautiful designs. A simple turn by the hand of a cylinder changes the relative positions of the objects in the cylinder, thus producing a new combination of forms and colors with every presentation of the cylinder under the table. These cylinders, being adjustable, can be taken off and their contents changed from time to time.
TWO STYLES ARE MADE.
No. 1 is as above described. Price, $12.00.
No. 2 is on the same principle, and equally well finished, the only difference being that the cylinders are omitted. To compensate for this omission somewhat, the revolving table is nearly double the size of that of No. 1. On this table the colored backgrounds may be placed, presenting as they pass under the tube an endless series of constantly varying beauties. Any small articles - pieces of white or colored glass, beads, shells, flowers, leaves, buds, tinsels, laces, spangles, stones, feathers, threads - in a word, any trifling objects at hand may be placed on the table, or on any one or more of the colored backgrounds, and the most magically pleasing exhibition pro- duced. It will be curious for any one to observe the beautiful designs and figures with every shading of color that the simplest articles resolve themselves into, when thus placed and caused to pass within the field of sight of the person looking through the tube. It is evident, therefore, that the means of producing these beautiful exhibi- tions are constantly available and within the reach of all. Price $8.00.
ADAMS & CO., Manufacturers, 4 Pearl St., Boston.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
A. M. BURNHAM, PHOTOGRAPHER,
22 Tremont Row,
BOSTON.
J. FITZGERALD,
Clothes Cleaner and Repairer,
146 Kingston Street,
Next Door to the U. S. Hotel. BOSTON.
The highest price paid for Second-hand Clothing.
A. BLOCKLINGER,
MANUFACTURER OF
Hair Jewelry,
313 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
HENRY MAYO & CO.
WHOLESALE
FISH DEALERS,
5 COMMERCE STREET,
Wharves at East Boston.
HENRY MAYO. U. R. MAYO.
BOSTON. W. W. TREAT.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
J. S. McLEOD,
Dealer in and Repairer of
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WATCHES
CLOCKS,
JEWELRY & SPECTACLES,
98 KINGSTON ST., - BOSTON.
Corner Essex Street, near B. & A. Depot.
Particular Attention to FRENCH CLOCKS. JOHN H. AILMAN,'
OPTICIAN,
No. 14 Bromfield Street.
uopnorr
Brothers
Street
Boston
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TOvenc
Plumbers
Plumbers' Materials. Loudon Bros.
Invite the attention of ARCHI. TECTS and Builders to their large stock of
Plumbers'
Materials,
Which they will dispose of at wholesale prices, and also, solicit patronage in connec- tion with the Plumbing Business.
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.
Agricultural Warehouse & Seed Store, No. 49 North Market St., and 46 Merchants Row, BOSTON. .
PARKER GANNETT,
Manufacturers and Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Plows, Harrows, Cultivators, CYLINDER AND LEVER HAY CUTTERS,
Mowing Machines, Reaping Machines, Fanning Mills, Churns, Corn Planters, Seed Bowers, Corn Shellers, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Hay and Manure Forks, Garden Rakes, Hay and Straw Knives, Picks and Mattocks, Bog Hoes, Post Spoons, Road Scrapers, Sugar Mills, Axes and Hatchets, Patent Axe Handles, Sickles, Grass Hooks, Scythes, Snaths, Scythe Rifles and Stones, Horse Rakes, Hay Rakes, Ox Yokes and Bows, Grindstones, Anti-Friction Rollers, Wheelbarrows, Iron Bars, Ox Balls, Bull Rings, Tree and Floor Scrapers, Clothes Wringers, Stone Trucks, etc. etc.
THE CELEBRATED CUCUMBER-WOOD PUMPS,
The Best and Cheapest Wood Pumps in use.
Also, Prindle's Patent Agricultural Steam Boilers, Mott's Patent and Farmer's Pat- ent Furnaces and Cauldrons, etc. Guano-Poudrett, Bone Meal, Bradley's Patent and XL Super-Phosphate of Lime, Agricultural Steamers, Cotton Seed Meal and Grain, Field, Grass, Garden and Flower Seeds.
Improved Buckeye Mowing Machines, Improved Bullard's Hay Ted- ders, Bay State Improved Horse Rakes, Excelsior Improved and Hill's Improved Archimedean Lawn Mowers, Excelsior Horse Lawn Mowers, Excelsior Water Drawer, etc.
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BROOKLINE DIRECTORY.
W. M. FLODEN, Formerly with 8. WILLARD & SON,
Chronometer and Watch Maker, NO. 22 CONGRESS STREET, ROOM 2, BOSTON.
W. M. FLODEN was seventeen years in the employ of SIMON WILLARD & SON, No. 9 Congress Street, previous to their retiring from business, and by his general knowl- edge and skill, was intrusted with the repairs of Chronometers, Frodsham, Poole, and other kinds of Watches. For honesty, reliability, and competency, he is allowed to refer to his former employers.
WILLIAM H. SMITH, CARD AND MERCANTILE
Job Printer and Engraver, 199 WASHINGTON STREET, - BOSTON.
Mercantile Printing of every description. Also, Wedding Outfits, Monograms, Door Plates, Seal Presses, Handstamps, Linen Markers, Etc.
C. H. CURTIS, Manufacturer of Boots and Shoes,
ON THE CELEBRATED MCCOMBER LAST.
MOCOMBEI
PAT
OUTSIDE VIEW.
This LAST is made in conformity with the anatomical structure of the human foot, thereby exempting the wearer from the evils resulting from wearing boots and shoes as commonly made. Ladies and Gentlemen troubled with tender feet, can be fitted so as to give perfect ease and comfort in walking.
42 BEDFORD STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
ALBERT C. RUSSELL, ENGRAVER ON WOOD,
Montgomery Place, BOSTON.
DR. E. D. SPEAR,
So much Celebrated for his Remarkable Cures. Office, 713 WASHINGTON ST., BOSTON.
T HE testimony of many persons who seemed fit tenants for the grave, and who now, happily, enjoy the best of health, is proof sufficient of the great efficacy of the treatment of DR. E. D. SPEAR. Success has attended the efforts of DR. SPEAR in a wonderful degree. " Consumption's ghastly form " has brought terror to many a stout heart, and defled the skill of many an excellent physician. That DR. SPEAR has restored to perfect health many suffering from this obsti- nate disease is an undoubted fact, and the skeptical should be convinced by investigation. - Watchman and Reflector.
A SKILFUL PHYSICIAN. We shall perhaps convey no fresh in- formation to the reader when we state that Dr. E. D. SPEAR, No. 713 Washington Street, is one of the most skilful physicians in our city. He has been in active practice for many years, and this includes every variety of disease. He has been particularly successful where other physicians have seemed to fail. All who desire to procure the ser- vices of a physician WHO CAN BE RELIED UPON, should call upon DR. SPEAR. - Congregationalist.
WELLFLEET, May 5, 1874.
DR. E. D. SPEAR : Dear Sir - It is with pleasure I acknowledge the great benefit I have received from the use of your medicine. In December, 1861, I was attacked with bleeding from the lungs. In June, 1862, I had another and a much more severe attack. I well remember the time I got my sister to write to Dr. Spear for his medicine. My bleeding was not any common case, I assure you. After giving the medicine a fair trial, it entirely cured me. From that time to this I have had no bleeding. My health is good. I can work as long as the best of men. My weight is one hundred and fifty, the same as before my sickness. I know of no reason why I am not good for thirty years, for I have outlived a large number that thought I would die fourteen years ago.
JOHN G. HIGGINS. KEENE, N. H., Dec. 8, 1873.
DR. SPEAR : I am very much better. My lungs felt filled up, but now feel free and easy. My appetite is good; I have gained ten pounds. I have been very punctual in taking the medicine. I think I should have been in my grave but for you. My prayers shall go up to God that he shall bless you and yours.
Respectfully,
MRS. MIRA A. BAKER.
EAST LYME, Conn., Nov. 5, 1873.
DR. SPEAR : Dear Sir, - I am thankful that God has given you skill to relive the afflicted. I am happy in the thought that I can do anything towards publishing your name to the world. To God be all the glory. Yours truly, NANCY MANWARREN.
DR. SPEAR refers to James T. Croft, 97 Beverly Street, cured of consumption. John Ward, 787 Sixth Street, cured of consumption. Charles O. Doe, 689 Seventh Street, cured of bleeding from the lungs. Mrs. Erving, 35 Appleton Street. Mr. Wm. B. Trask, Pond Street, Ward 16. Mr. Russell Carruth, 18 East Canton Street, and many others who have been cured of various diseases which had baffled the skill of other physicians.
Dr. SPEAR may be consulted on ALL Diseases free of charge.
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Copied from a Boston paper of 1869. John Leary, the Blind Beggar Boy of Boston.
ONE of the greatest virtues, and that which gilds the character of man with an imperishable and lustrous halo, is benevolence.
He who spake as man never spake said, "The poor ye always have with you"; and we need no better commentary on the veracity of those pro- phetic words, than the continual and energetic appeals to the sympathies of our nature, from the numberless suffering poor, who meet you at almost every turn.
"Pity the sorrows of a poor old man Invites our aid as sorrows ever can."
That beautiful sentiment, "It is more blessed to give than to receive," has been acceded to, and endorsed by hundreds upon hundreds; and the self- ishness of our humanity has been robbed of its bitterness, and the impas- sioned poesy of kindness and tenderness superseded its rule, by the unbridled cultivation of this praiseworthy and soul-stirring virtue. .
In the annals of history, the names of human benefactors and philan- thropists fill an important and imposing niche. Memory loves to linger around them, and festoon garlands of fame to enwreath and commemorate their acts of love and mercy.
The millionnaire and the peasant stand side by side in the work of benev- olence, and the "cup of cold water" administered by either, "shall not lose its reward."
These few prefatory remarks have been awakened by an extraordinary act of benevolence and sympathy, manifested and carried into completion by our much esteemed and highly respected fellow-citizen, Doctor E. F. Whitman, a narrative of which is substantially as follows :-
John Leary, aged nine years, the subject of the following remarks, was born in the city of Boston. When John was a year old, the " destroying angel" entered their humble abode. and tore from the embrace of the con- fiding wife, the only being on whose sympathy and protection she could rely, and the husband and father was borne to the silent tomb, leaving the sole care of the family to the widow, who has struggled on with her charge, through poverty and privation, and all the varied viscissitudes of life, up to the present date.
At the age of three years, John was attacked by measles, a disease re- markable as one whose peculiar characteristic is, that it sometimes leaves its victim in a very debilitated and enfeebled condition; and often years elapse before a complete restoration to health is thoroughly effected. In the case under consideration, the poor sufferer was left completely blind. For three years he was under treatment at the State Infirmary, an institu- tion of extraordinary renown, but failing to get relief was pronounced incurable and hopelessly blind.
He was then placed under the care of several most eminent private prac- titioners and oculists, all of whom, after exhausting their skill and patience, returned a verdict of hopelessly blind and incurable, and the case was dismissed, and the boy sent home, a burthen to himself and a source of grief to his sorrowing and distressed parent.
From this date, John is familiarly known as "the Blind Beggar Boy"; and scarcely a house in Boston and vicinity but whose portals have been darkened, and whose halls been made to echo to the mournful tones of the poor boy, as he solicited aid for a poor blind boy whose father is dead, and whose mother is in want.
We have often seen him as led along by the friendly hand of his sister; and our heart melted into pity, at the great affliction which an inscrutable providence had seen fit to measure out to this son of sorrow.
On one occasion, while walking about alone, and, as it seemed, bereft of all aid, he wandered into a store for the purpose of asking alms; and the scuttle being open the unfortunate boy fell through, and by breaking a leg and so badly injured otherwise that he had to remain for eight weeks in the hospital, whence he was taken, before he was sufficiently recovered to resume his usual occupation.
It chanced that in his rambling visitations, he called on Doctor Whitman, repeating the customary salutation, "a few pennies to buy bread : my father is dead, my mother is poor with three children in the family, and I am blind."
Touched by the appeal, the doctor examined the eyes of the poor boy, and ascertained that he (the boy) could discern a dark object between him and the light, and at once took him under treatment, and (according to the
deposition of the boy, which ocular demonstration verifies and confirms), in two weeks he so far recovered his sight as to visit the office alone. After nine months' treatment he was able to see quite well, even at a distance. John is now learning to read.
Such is substantially and truly a correct statement of undeniable and stubborn facts, and the whole proceedings are as remarkable as they are in- teresting and satisfactory. But the question arises - How is it that Doctor Whitman was successful with a case which baffled the skill of so many eminent physicians? In reply we would say, that, added to practical skill and genius, the entire sympathies of the Doctor became enlisted in this peculiar case; and bringing to bear all the energy and knowledge of the profession at his command, he has consummated that which, in the parlance of Scripture phraseology, we now "hear and see."
In the estimation of men, human genius rises to her zenith of perfection, when, in the magnanimity of her movements, she has achieved a conquest over the imperfections and deficiencies of nature. Science, aided by the electricity of thought and action, unfolds to the perceptive faculties num- berless and beautiful arrangements, whereby social life is wonderfully bene- fited, and many of our domestic and constitutional defects ameliorated and rounded to the insignificance of a point. In the variety of sufferings, the oculist holds a position of noble and lofty eminence
The surroundings of worldly grandeur, and all the varied paraphernalia of gilded luxury lose their charms when the demon of torturing and with- ering malady paralyzes and distorts the system with its unfriendly and unwelcome influence; and it is only when the healthy flow of mind and body predominates, and the whole system, mentally and physically, works in harmonious perfection, that we can rejoice in thie luxurious buoyancy of unfettered mirth and cheerfulness, and appreciate the inspiration of poetic truth and minstrelsy in those beautiful words, -
" O harmony my heart's delight, My joy and solace day and night, Thee have I chosen for my own, And thou shalt be my love alone."
But, when the human organization is disarranged, and disease, or any harassing defect perplexos the frame, we adopt tlie language, -
"But when sore griefs oppress the heart, When health, and joy, and strength depart, Then joy and hope no more appear, But life is cheerless, dull and drear !"
In conclusion, and in view of all the facts adduced, what is the inference to be derived from a careful perusal of this narrative? Not that we are deficient in scientific men in any of the departments of Medicine. Not that we are at a loss for men of eminence in the category of diseases incident to our nature, as oculists, aurists, or dentists, or skilled practioners in surgery and medicine; but we draw the inference, that among the various and lofty talent that characterizes us as a scientific and noble faculty, the present case is a step in advance, and leads to the gratifying reflection that true genius and scientific acumen go hand in hand with benevolence and goodness of heart.
We live in an age of progress; and the accumulating and multiplied dis- eases that thicken around our pathway, demand that we keep pace with the invader of our domestic bliss, and meet him with a bold and determined front. To such men as Doctor Whitman, who can, as it were, hermetically seal the fabled box of the infuriated and insidious Pandora, we owe more than a bare acknowledgment of professional skill. He who can extract the virus from the sting of approaching death, or drag the film from the fast fading orbs of inan, is a friend of more than passing worth, and should settle down upon our affections as a philanthropist, whose memory should be embalmed in the evergreens of imperishable recollection.
Doctor Whitman has been established as an Oculist and Aurist upwards of twenty-four years; he is a man of rising and progressive genius, and, unsolicited by any other than the boy who asked alms at his hand, has effected the above miraculous cure, at much expense of time and talent. A discriminating and appreciative community can bear these facts in mind, and when the occasion demands a remedial agency, call to their assistance the simple story of "John, the Blind Beggar Boy of Boston."
Yours, etc., W. W. S.
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