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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
gether satisfactory it has established itself
upon a foundation as of adamant.

gether satisfactory it has established itself
upon foundation as of adamant
The next great event in the astronomi.
cal circles will be the transit of the planet
Venus over the suns disc, which will oc.
cur on the Sth of December, 1874, Ameri.
can time, but ON the morning of the 9th
of that month as reckoned by English
time. The approaching transit is of great
scientific interest, as astronomers expect
to be able to ascertain the distance of the
earth from the sun by means of the obstr-
vations then made. The mean distance
was estimated at about %, 900 of miles
from the observations made on the transit
of 1863 but a reduction of a series of OF.
seryations on the meridinal passages of
the moon at Greenwich, published in 1866,
showed that this assumed distance was
necessarily too great
A good story is told of Quaker land
lord at Atlantic City An urchin of five
or six years was seen by him drumming
trade The Friend demonstrated with him
without effect, and then quietly took him
up bodily and carried him into the back
yard In a moment the boys angry
mother made her appearance and opened
upon the landlord with torrent of invec-
tive, concluding with "I'll leave this house
instantly" The Quaker Immediately
touched a bell and said to the dark skinned
waiter who responded to the call, f" Leoni,
das, 60 up to AZ and bring down this
friends baggage when she tells thee she is
ready for thee. If she wants thee to get a
, carriage for her. or has any other com
mands until she is gone, thee will see
them attended to- The lady suddenly be-
gan to cool down, apologized, and asked
to be allowed to retain her room, but only
received the reply, "My house shall never
make any one liar. My bookkeeperwill
settle with thee Fare the we'll" Soon
afterward her trunks were taken down
stairs by the stout negro to the music of
her boys voice, caused by her imparting
to him unexpected caloric with a strip of
single.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07
treat for vormin. His head was evidently

l. 81
treat for vormin. His head was evidently
troublesome, as the constant friction his
fingers made with his scalp gave token
Theikeeper called ON him to get up, and
crouching like a dog, he skunk away into
q corner where he busted himself in break.
ing his straw into fractions and then chew
ing it. The keeping then told me that he
exhibits the most filthy propensities
When fed he first smears his body with
the food, and then gulps It down without
mastioation. He devours filth, and shows
a preference for It, II let out in the fields,
he detects it about the place with an I'M
erring instinct and makes food of it, In
every way he shows that man hood il en-
tirely deficient, and that he has sank into
wotul bestiality The keeper breads to
approach him, and people never go near
his hut, believing the air poisoned by his
pestilential breath, Once Il week, rope
is topped about his waist and he is taken
to dock near by, where the keeper, with
a broom, sweeps oil tie incMsted dirt,
and he is then brought back for another
weeks walowing. No dog is more.
filthy, his practices are Internationally b.
foul About nine years ago clothing
could be kept on him by constant watch
ing but soon he tore Il in shreds and
ate it. He also seemed deeply angered
when clad with civilized yestments, and
ragged in uncomfortable fury if any one
attempted to cover his body there
with. AT other times he is calm and dirti
ly dawdles away his Improbable life. In
winter he sits and shivers with the cold,
but will not be covered and last year his
toes were all frozen Off He is never sick,
and has the most muscular looking frame
His head is well-shaped, and nothing but
the stupid eye marks the lunatie Other
wise one would believe the Gadarene had
been resurrected, or a wild man was let
loose
"This man, or beast, rather, will be %
years of age the coming month, and Is of
those years have been spent in the poor
house, His parents are very respectable
people, though too poor to furnish him
with a lodgment in an insane asylum
where he could find scientific care. This
has been reported rs a parallel case to- that
of the nun of Cracow. The man was rep
resented as enduring forced confinement,
and suffering painful atiliciou, Any such
apprehension win be quickly dissipated
by this account. Nothing can be done
more than is now performed by n watchful
and kind hearted keeper, unless in a care
fully conducted lunatic asylum Sympa-
thy for he creature is Of no appreciable
good, and so it is not extended The man
part seems extinct in him, and the animal
that remains is reasonably well treated"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

fire out dare" Mrs. Little fastened to the
scene, and with great eXertion and the help
of the neighbors, the house and other out.
buildings were save,..
In Crestline, O., few nights ago, a
little child upset a coal oil lamp, and in
the mothers anxiety to shield the baby,
the contents of the lamp scattered over
her, and in an instant she was enyeloped
in flames Her only thought was the
safety of the child, which she threw from
her, and II escaped the fire entirely, The
mother was SO severely burned that she
died in few hours.
Another case of the Incarceration of a
sane man in lunatic ASYLUM has come up
in Connecticut Mr. Atwood, a farmer of
Hartford, worth about $4,000, was de.
coyed from his home in Middletown, un-
der the pretenSe of negotiating the sale of
some property, and then hurried into the
insane retreat. He was subsequently lib
Grated, but a Conservator was set over his
property, and he now brings suit to regain
his liberty in full II is intimated that his
son, with whom he has had difficulties
concerning the property, procured his ar
rest and Incarceration.
"A resident of Perry, Me, was fatally
burned few days ago, by accidentally
falling into furnace used for burning the
waste of a saw mill. He was not missed,
and his fall was not witnessed, and his
body was discovered by another man who
wheeled load of edgings to throw into
the furnace He was taken out as soon as
the fire could be eytinguished, little more
than a shapeless mass His death was
probably instantaneous He had Just
commenced work, not having been in the
employ of the propretors more than an
hour.
"A correspondent, writing of the
Avondale disaster speaks of one woman
who, looking from her cottage door, be
held the awful doom to which that fire
consigned the husband Of her heart, her
three sons, three brothers, and father
He saw this horribly afflicted woman the
day the dead bodies were drawn from the
mine, sitting by the wayside, removed
from the throng of the other mourners.
She had fair, round face and large, lus.
trous eyes. Her dress was decent, and in
her demeanor nothing unusual presented
itself to the passing observer but on near
approach, the deathlike pallor of the fea-
lures, the unearthly glare of her dried-up
eyes, and the fixed statue-like position of
the body, told of grief too deep for
tears
"A few days ago, near Cannonsville,
Delaware county, N. Y, the wife of a
farmer had prepared dinner, and sent two
children, aged respectively three and five
years, to call their father, Soon after,
the mother was Mortified beyond express
sion to see her husband enter the house
bearing the two little ones in his arms, one
a liteless mass of ragged flesh and blood,
while the other was senseless from terri
Bile blow on the head, from the effects of
which he died next day The children,
in going for their father, had to pass
through pasture containing vicious
horse, which attacked them with all fury
and madness, biting, kicking and stamping
the poor unfortunates to death. The
father, hearing cries of distress, fastened
to the tragical scene, but too late to save
either of the fated ones. ..t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

Industrial.

Vermont has had excellent crops this
season.
Corn 10 feet high, is reported in Baton
Rouge, La
Charleston hopes for S39,00000O ex-
port trade the current year, s.....f
The master tailors of Boston have &C.
coded to the demands of the journeymen
who recently struck for increased wages,
There are no less than 100000 white
men throughout the South engaged in cul-
tivating cotton with their own hands.
During the month of August, 34,653
barrels of flour and 794,575 centals Of
2 wheat, valued ut 81 ,6O1 POI, were exported
from California. 4
The destruction of oysters at Provi-
dence by the late gale was very great. OF
one bed of 10000 bushels it is estimated
that fully half were destroyed.
Fifteen years ago there were eighteen
stage lines in New York city; now there
are only six Nearly four hundred stages
have disappeared from the city streets
- The San Antonio (Fexas) Herdd ap,
pealsFto the cotton manufacturers of the
world to offer a reward of 100000 for the
discovery of some means of destroying the
cotton worm.
Senator Sprague of Rhode Island, is
said to be the largest employer in the
United States He gives work to about
eight thousand persons, and it is stated
has recently raised their wages about 10
per cent.
William s. Chapman, who used to be
a farmer in Minnesota, but could not get
land enough in that State, and went to
California to expand, has cultivated, this
year, $4,000 acres Of land, and has 10000
head of cattle.
"A correspondent of the New York
Fruit Growers Club reports in regard to
the product of his strawberry bed, and
says that having kept correct account of
berries and plants, the result shows that,
including the few dollars worth of plants
sold last spring, the bed yielded at the rate
of $1,000 per acre.
There is on the farm of Mr. Peter NJ
Reeves, in Washington county, Tenn, an
apple tree, from which there was gathered
in one year the enormous yield of 80 bush
els, rs of which were picked off the tree
and put away for use, and 10 gathered on
the ground for cider. The apples are of
excellent quality and medium size.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

AGAss(z told pompous money-bagger
that he too might have been banker, but
for the urgent demands Of science, and the
banker was silent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

DURING a.reccnt hot spell thermome-
ter in an Arkansas editorial room showed
temperature Of 1l9 degrees.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-07

THE Charleston Curriers' cotton state
ment for the year places the total produce
at 2,3jS,369 bales It's estimate of the rich
crop in South Carolina, Georgia, North
Carolina and Louisiana, is 81 ,91j tierces.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

open window at me, working busily with
my needle
"Wnat AN Industrious fairy it is he
said smiling sadly.
"Well, You see, like it. 1t is a
great deal better than those sonatas on
the piano"
"Who would have thought you would
make 50 notable Il hou>ekeeper,'' ~
LAUGHED gicctuly. | had all child's
delight i'll being praised.
Are you going to Mrs. Delaney's
croq"ct party - he asked.
NO; what do care for croquet par
ties ! I'm going 10 finish your shirts,
and you'll read aloud to me"
''Madyline, | want you to answer Inc
one question"
"What is it !''
WHAT have you done with your dia-
munds! -
Il sold them long ago. They paid
several heavy bills, besides settling half a
wears rent here
'.B It Madeline, you were so proud Of
your diamonds"
Il was o &c but now they would be
tie hilter,st reproach my eyes could meet.
Oh, Gerald, had been less vain, and
thou2ll!e>~, and cXtravagant-
checkcd myself, and Il robin, singing
in the pcriumcd blossoms OF an apple
tree, took up the dropped currant of
SOUND.
"That'- right, little rcd-brest," said my
husband. half .jukingy "talk her down.
She has ior gotten that our past Is dead
and zone. and that we have turned over
a new pane III the book Of existence.
Madeline. do you know how feel some
times. when iii and lock at You ;"
'.Nu"
"Wcl. | feel like widower vino has
m urrri a4tin.
NJ, heart gave one little superstilious
ju.np.
Like wilowcr who has ma ried
a.aiu. Gerald p
''Yr~: | can remember my first wife,
-a brilliant. thou.htle>s chlld. without
my id,, bcyond the qualification of pres
cot whm-.-a spoiled plaything. Well,
ihat iuI.. Madeline has vanished away
in the past. somewhere ; she has gone
away to rr.urn t me no more, and, IN
her stead. | 5-ho!d my second wite-a
jhuu4lltul. tender woman, whose watch
tui i,lr surrounds me like An atmosphere,
An! who's character grows more noble,
and dcvyiopy> Itself into new depths and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

"WuAr AIIs THE BABY. Prof
X, - Medical cul!rge cy!cbrrIy,
was called to see the sick child OF Ms.
Mullen. The doctor Is not merely Il
good pracii. al physician, but album Is II
professional technicalllleS. AtIer all dnr
manipulation ami Inspection, the doctor
ave the anxious mother, III detail, al!
She pre-di~pusimg and prox'mate causes,
and the no-ological appelIaion OF the
l,-easc, and dc-canted profoundly on the
mo,iuS QpcunA OF therapeutic "@cncie-
.ur lis removal, and with pharm .ceuuc
a4enrlrs for It's removal, and with pil"r-
maccuic precision des gnatcd The rene
dial programme. Tie ;'dmirn@ hSIner
gave r"pt attention but us the doctor
look hrs hat TO leave, she remarked that
-hc had been much interested III hls
pleasing discourse, but t.ray doctor,
said Mas. Muller, ''beiIre you 90 don't
forget TO tell me what ails the baby, and
what I'll be atIhur don for ii ,"-St.
iUemS Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01
rOffciall
LAWS OF THE Z. S.
Passed at the Second Session of the Fortieth
Congress.

An act making appropriations for the
legislative, executive, and judicial ex-
penses of the government for the year
ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, of the United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the following sums be, and the same are
hereby, appropriated, out of any money
in the treasury not otherwise appropriate
ed, for the objects hereinafter expressed,
for the fiscal year ending the thirlieth of
June, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine,
namely:
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

FIsmING FOR MICE.-A school teach
er reales that once there attended her
school little boy OF, perhaps, four years
of age, but too young to speak PLAIN.
One day, while the others were at their
studies, he got POSSESSION OF pm ana
string. He bent the pin III the form OF
II fish hook, tied a string 10 II, and puI
on small piece of cheese. lie had seen
ii mouse come up through hcle III "a
corner of the hearth, and set himself to
hob tor it us If it were Il fish. He was
observed and asked what he was dong
"FI>hing for mouse" was his reply.
As tins pastlme was not allowed III
school hours, the teacher, by way OF
punishment, ordered HIM to conlInue
bobblng Tor The mouse. 81 the little TEL
low sat as gave as a Judge, b"bblng
away, until suon the mouse took strong
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

t3"@ II III eresiing ancclote is told OF
a. c distinguished scientific Serdn, Protes-
-ur y ID iiarhe. Severa! year, ago, as
Il result OF numerous and costly expert
men : upon radiant heat, he completed
Il group of curious instruments, most
dliiicul and dellrltc OF construction. In
passing through his study one day IN hl"
absence li> muIhrr caught The skirt OF
her dress in the l,g ui tue standard and
brought ,he whole TO he ground. Over
Ahe.mel 10y the misfortune, she left his
wife 10 Ic,l the story. As Protes: or t.
ard it he :. oOd Tor Il moment as II
paral, zcd, then went out into the open
AIR. us ii to get his breath, and came
back five minuics after serehe and
pleasant. In his own family he never
-puke Ot the matter aSHln, but TO an InIl-
naIe friend he sad. ''For five minutes |
did not love my mother :"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01
4 HaJ'dShCW Sermon.
PLAIN PREACHING AND GOOD ADVICE
PASS On To- SHUN IN.

l'\~> On l'' Sli( y M
"4rd IL Hl,s'd to .>h,mem." The
word, oi nv tex, my bearers. You will
tiad ia - King, ~. chaptcr, verse s.
..Ani he passed. On to Snunem.'
Take 10 heart the lesson your text
teaches and when temptations try you
and evils he in wait 20 cnsnarc you, pass
ON to Snuurm.
When yuu sec myn Of wrath fighting
and brrahIug heads and sticks, and hear
them cur,lmg and swearlng-mind the
words OF t.e text, and pas, OH 10 Shun-
en-"
Ii vuu should come into our little town
and bcnul Il row OF NICE little offices
with lin ~l.m, "n the doors OF each, and
hear men taukin~ OF attachments without
affections, and scque>taIlons without
uuri aud >tizr-y ours and never theirs
ii viii b, to your profit TO mind the
words oil the prophet, and pass on 10
>huu en-.
Aud II You 90 where the merchants
are. and they rush out TO shake hands
with you, and are Especially anxious 10
learn he condition OF your wite's health
and the culdrtn'<, and the worms and
the crops. aud offer To sell YOU little
uil ut .,u,i> Il good deal lower than their
cost. ON account OF their love lur you and
Tor rc;,ch-Lu-''pa>> on to Snun EN-.
And II yyu should happen 10 90 around
the corner and sc men drinkiu5 beer,
taat will hling them 10 Il bier, and GIN
sing down The strongest, and smashers
that viii smash Il mans fortune faster
than commission merchants who advance
supplies On tue last crop-''pars ON TO
SLun vm.
Blt oh, my hearers. if you should 90
down TO New \ lork-.hat modern SJdom
and Gumurrah-ah-.ud when the gas
llghts are flashing and gllmmerlnS, and
lhc caUo are da,iIlnY along the streets
;,nd obl,gng drivers are Offering 10 carry
YOU where Uny steamboat ,captalns and
ihc first gentlemen 20, aud broadway Is
Oh Il rip Ill. :, roar. anl the brass bands
are crashing music from the baiconleS-
aud men IN htIlc hoies are ready 10 sell
YOU lichc;s 10 20 in and see the Back
Crook dance with nuthlug to wear-and
m. ,lr spccl;l,le- OF themselves, my ineuds,
.'p.Sa um 40 sun cm.
And Oh ii latcr III the evening, with
very p.r,Icu..r tIicnd, you 80 up stairs
INTO most sp,ehdldhy furnished rooms-
Ih-Iuu see The supper table spread with
d,ilcaci,s from every CLINE and country
and tea, du,ks ;Ind snIpe-, and yal.er-
legged pmc;Is.,nIs, and All That fsl, flesh
ami fowl can uiiurd-and champagne
and brandy and burgundy and Ihateau
Latiue. ulder than Wdterloo-and noth-
M to DAY and ali lrce-and a nice gen.
lleman with rings on his fingers, and "a
diamond breas. pm, playing with little
spotted paslebuLrds, and another turning
ii machine and dropping III little BAH
that rolls round and round, and Stops
sometimes Oh The eagle bird and ottener
dun',-amd where tue players generally
put down more Than they lake up-and
men sometimes WIN, but mostly don
pass OH Io Snun EN-
Aud in conclusion, my friends, when
the world aud fish, and the devil, lie in
wait for you-.'pass ON 10 Snunem.'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

y DAMPER. - Lieutenant General
Sherman, as Is now well known, is not
the ueale>t of mortalS, and one day an
intimate friend, in the army of the Ten
ne>se", asked him why he dressed 50.
I'm tell YOU" said the general. .'When
| was second lieutenant, / was ordered
one day to Washington City, and went
in all the glory % "A bran new uniform.
| was standing in front of the botcl, sum
n'ng myself, and quietly smoking cigar,
when became aware that had attract
ed the attention ot a number of small
boys, vino gathered around in such num-
hers, and with such admiring coun!e-
Lauces upturned to mine, that l could
but notice them. As | did 50, one of
the buIdcst OF them spoke up in loud
voire and asked, Mister, where Is your
e"gine cola 10 squirt 2" Gen. Sher-
mau h;,> never been guilty Of Il complete
~ new uniform since; he buys his uni
forms III detachmcnI@, and wears them
out III in-!almenls.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

hold of the cheese, and the boy giving a
sudden pull, sprang into the middle of
the room, and swinging the mouse round
his head, astonishing the whole school
with the exclamation, II thwar, I've got
him
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

An amilble old widow living not II
hundred mile. from the Hub, was ask d
# she lighted up her house at the time oi
Il general illumination in honor oi
Grant, election. "Well, no. said she,
II didn't. | wanted 10, but" and the
tears came into her eyes aS she thought
of the husband she had lost twenty years
n,ture-''I couldn't remember winch
side poor Jake was on -
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

"Mtkes out, you KNOW we heard
one ut our fashionable ladies' say, in re-
ply /" IA question that required AN affirm
alive answer. We protest against the
expresslnn Is one OF the worst slang
substitutes for yes" Don't use it,
Free PreeS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01
PUBLIC PRINTING.

For compensation Of the Congression-
al printer, and the clerks and and mes
sengers in his office, twelve thousand five
hundred and fourteen dollars Provided,
That the salary Of The foreman OF bind
ing in the government printing office
shall hereafter be eighteen hundred dol
lars per annum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

Sentence of dca!h was one, passed up
On IA notorious villain by popular judy,
>ho desired to maintain and extend nI-
popularity. lie said: Mr.. Green.
,uu have been iound guilty. Will you
nave the Kindness 10 stand up, Mr.
Green | really would not trouble You
Alr. Green, but such i the c>tabli,hcl /
custom ct the court. As | was saving.
Mr. GrscI, you have b en- found. guilty
by the jury, Mr.. Green, oI-ut-I he
Irve vou called it murder, Mr.. Foreman
ii the jury YES, murder. You vii.
please Iake notice, Mr.. Green, that il l.
the jury who find you gnlIry; not /,
Mr.. Grccn. | express no opinion ON
hc suhiecI, hu; | am t, mpcIlei by the
iaw-lt'S mere torm1h.y 81 far IL |
tm concerned, Mr.. Grrrn-to sen cac.'
YOU 10 hc haEged 10y the neck ill You
tre dead-de:d. And what time would
1t he convenient 10 YOU 10 be banged,
Mr. Green ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

-An irritable man having been di>ap-
pointed III his boots, threatened 10 chew
np the shoemaker, but compromised by
thinking 4 robhlcr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01


\ WEsrrEN RuMA>CE.-Ihc West
rrn paper, are tull OF romantic stories,
-orne OF Them manufactured TO order,
without doubt. The following is one OF
the lat,st:
Yeas ago Pennsylvania farmer loved
Il charming young gIrl from his own VII
ingc. Time passed on. Farmer occa
>iunalv got ti.h., or, III other word,
,i,ricd Il hrirkvard III his bat. VIII.
oliac cd tarrurr became angry stabbed
hi wic with butcher k"itc; wife tell
s.vuoniag 10 the floor; farmer leaves pre-
clpIIaIeiy tor the west wife RECEIVERS :;
at,cr five years marrIcS agIn; husband
uic> III Il year; She leaves Tor the west ;
arrives at Fmrvicw; stops at boarding
house; mrrIs former husband: wears
have PISSED she does not recognize him,
and he knows her not; lie loves her ;
proposes; >hc accepts: they marry; not
twcni, four hours alter, wife disrobes :;
an ugiy ss..,r L. visible: husband sees TIN,
Scar-l> utterly amazed. Truih dawns
upon them ii is-lt il the long lost hu,-
band. once an assassin, now il sober,
wealthy merchant of Fair.iew. Every
hing /, lovely, and "alls well that ends
we'll.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

Why i-a photograph album ike the
draincr of Il bar counter? because il i,
the receptacle OF empty mugs
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-01-01

II don't see the thin. in that light
the owl said wien the mouse ran into
tlIe lantern.