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The union Democrat., 1869-07-03
WOMAN or WINE.

The following poetical epistle was address
cd TO the President of New England Society
who recommended the banishment of win
and spiriteeas liquors from public Dime
table, and the introduction of women, on th
ground that wine and brandy made men rud
and boisterous, but that women would keeI
them tranquil and sober.
One Of the two. according TO your choice.
Woman wine you'll have tonadergo;
Both maladies are fatal 10 our choice.
But which 10 choose, really hardly know;
I've tried them both, those who would partake
slay choose between the head-aehe and the hear
ache. lhRoS.
o. weak and fool hardy reformer,
To substitute woman for wine;
The glow of whose presence Is warmer
Than the sunniest juice of the vine
! Believe me, less fatal are juleps
Than wonlan in wtchery skilled:
- For there ooZes more venom from two Lips
Than ever from grain was distilled.
Who barter for beauty their whisky,
- The change will be certain TO rue;
Fet her eyes shsd spirit mere frisky
Than turks in the best ''mountain dew"
These eyes at each meeting merry,
You'll find to outsparkle champagne;
And ringlots more golden than sherry
Will ,iuddle well the poor brain.
More tapering necks than the bottles,
With mouths more dclicously crowned,
Win pour from their raNishing throttles
A stream that a sage would contound.
IF wine makes rs brutes. love is able
To turn to fools with like ease
If the one lays under the table,
Tother brings US, at least. 10 our knees
After dinner, when warmed with good eating,
'Tis Woman, not wile. should flee.
''Pertect leve's'sa "chasse cafe, - mors heating
eye en-
Still at table some mischief she's brewing,
Oft feet scrape acquaintance below;
All no heal-taps so pregnant with ruin
As those hidden taps OF the toe.
And hands, between courses at leisure,
Make friends when there's no one To mark,
And less poison yield grapes under pressure,
Than fingers, thus squeezed, in the dark.
AS home reels the topper of beauty.
How crimson his ySage, poor self:
How fevered he sleeps how his duty
Is lett to lake care of itself.
When thwarted, how pasied his powers,
Till he sinks, in despair. at deaths door;
Oh if woman her virtue thus lowers,
What, ask, can the bottle do more.
No spirit ardent woman's,
So sure to intoxicate man;
Her touch is ''delirum tremens'
That maddens him more than the can.
The glance of her eye is ''bue ruin,'
Her blush is the blood of the vine
Her pout is punch, in whose brewing,
Tart, sugar and spirit combine.
So sparkling, so heating, so heavy,
No hope for her victim appears,
Should her smiles only render him giddy,
He'll be surely made drunk by her tears.
Not the grape juice of Eden make Adam
So stupidity forfeit his all;
But the lure of his volatile madam
Led him, tpsily on, to his fall.
Not the wines of fair Cypress, the rover,
So as its women beguile;
Better rest when he is "half seas oyer,h
Than for SO fatal an isle.
Oh. then shun such temper this is,
Nor commence SO hazardous court;
Who cmbarks on the of her tresses.
Will grieye that he yentured from port"
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03

ST. Louis, June 20.-About fifty rromi
nent business firms of this city have guaran-
teed the merchants of the Corn Exchange, as
surance against loss in the experiment Of
bringing an ocean steamer from New York,
and loading here with grain for that port.
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03
COUNTY OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
FtPru JUDICIAL DISTRICT CouRr


Meets first Monday of February, May, August and
November. Supervisor 1st District, Abner Reed; ID
District, Edmond Parsons; Sd District, NJ. Byrne.
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03
ASSESSORS.

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The union Democrat., 1869-07-03

One HUNDRED YEARS AGo.-One hundred
and ten years ago, there was scarcely a single
white man in Ohio. Kentucky, Indiana or
Illinois. Then, what is now the most -four
ishing part of America, was as little known
as the country around the moon. 1t was not
until l767 that Boone left his home in North
Carolina to become the first settler of Ken
lucky. The first pioneers Of Ohio did not
settle until twenty years after this time. A
hundred years ago, France owned Canada,
and the white population did not exceed a
million and a half of people. A hundred years
ago, the great Frederick of Prussia was per-
forming there great exploits, which have made
him immortal in military annals, and with
his little monarchy was sustaining single
handed contest with Russia, Austria and
France, the three great powers of Europe
combined A hundred years ago, Napoleon
was not born. and Washington was modest
Virginia colonel, and the great events in the
history of the two worlds, in which these
great but dis-similar men took leading parts
were then foreshadowed. A hundred years
ago, the United States were the most loyal
part of the British empire, and on the politi-
cal horizon no speek indicated the struggle
which within score of years thereafter es-
tablished the great Republic of the world.
A hundred years ago, there were but four
newspapers in America Steam engines had
not been imagined, and railroads and tele-
graphs had not entered into the remotest con-
ception of man. When we come to look back
at it through the vista of history, we find
that to the century passed has been allotted
more important events in their bearing upon
the happiness of the world. than to almost
any other which has elapsed since the crea-
ton.
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03

An incorrigible wag, who lent ministers
horse which ran away, and threw his clerical,
rider, thought he should have some credit for
his aid in spreading" the gospel.
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03

Have you ever broken horse ?" inquired
a torse jockey. "No, not exactly replied
Simon "bat 'ye broken three or four wa
Sons.'
The union Democrat., 1869-07-03

A gentleman, in the course of a journey in
the West, one day suddenly deserted coun-
try tavern, in the porch of which sat one of
the Oldest white-haired men he had ever
seen, crying like child. In answer to an
inquiry as to the cause, he sobbed ont: MY
father has just licked me-" Upon entering
the bar-room. the traveller discovered another
and much older man behind the bar, whom
he addressed: "You seem to have some
trouble here, stranger. Your son informs
me that you have whipped him. "Yes."
reioined the landlord, excitedly; 81 could
not avoid it. The young rascal was chasing
his grandfather round ten-acre Let and ston-
ing him. had to interfere, stranger"
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A1TUSETTHNT~.

AsTUsEsTENTs.
~ Lsssss and Managers JARRETT s 4 pALYEg
FIFTH "N 66ssAppRoAcHABLE TRIUMPH -" "A1A
THOROUGH RI SUCCESS
NEW DRAMA q t OF s MODERN LIFE.
EVERY r, p P'1 Hs bos shTWnp Es maTrNrE
The great theatrical sensation Of London and New YORK. en-
OR THE RAIbk0AD TO RUIN,
r ro~ y" + ahAbsTIq s9sxEsy
TSE Ess stS ~ .oaAa spn 2ssEAsb
esisa prize Hi @
ACT si ACT sI ssP 6 oaE2EsTo sIasAI
''H oh TRE ss STUDY EG "A rha VSsfE5AaAeE,
,..r roanSiss E5$ q
THE UNIVERSITY fHS BOAT RACE.
'0' ''f SoR RSs5 x G2 i SATURDAY Ars
uAmMANY. fAMMAsY
l rus cuunspA 7tT Evhs1xq, OCT. =. 1850.
.o.,r,vs GEE E I rR9akAMss si,ocpss oe
The fs Hsslssa H RslTh GssfIgS3n'
written request Of si M JAMES sSpsP a isss'
GRAND ASSAULT AT ARMS,
ilus,r alive OF THAT ART which has made his q
celebrity precisely given at Windsor before ami by
HIS ROYAL HOLINESS ALBERT PRINCE OF WALES.
TOT tor TOT.
Immense audiences convulaed with laughter
wsas ssss ana cpm sRhs
Ludcrously 0roesque Charactez atoms OF HENRI LAUR
Ps:s. ss'sl
Scenery. Grand Corps do Ballet OF
FORTY GRACEFUL BEAUTIES.
TOT absolutely eclpsea THE RAVELS ia their own grea,
specially, the BALLET FACTION
Very great or
ROBERTS BEAUTIFUL ThBLEAUx.
First time of the llustrious hnanciers,
JAMES FISK, JUNIOR, Prince Of Erie Lord Hga Admiral
Sound Fleet Wizard OF Naraganse Blonde Bow u
Destiny Knight Commandant the Golden Ring, ct R ct al
COMMODORE CORNELIUS VANDERBILT Biitonairo
Emperor of the Central GenerassmO OF Hsrem and Hut
Apparent the Consolidation Ell al, OF al JAY
GOULD, Emperor OF Erie Vice Admiral the s. r. Fellow
OF the Royal Society. knight Of the q. r., ct al, Ell al
DANIEL DREW Eek e. of E., Elk L. H. A Of S. r., Er X. g.
" TIiE GREAT RIzARBLLI BROTHERS.
THEIR TWO GREAT ACTS.
THE EoMApIC BROTHERS,,
THE NOMhDIC BROTHERS,
and LAST NIGHTS POSITIVELY %
CLOUD BROTHERS, MID-AIR FLIGHTS.
ALL THE STARS APPEAR IN THE PROGRAMME.
ADMISSION FIFTY CENTS.
MATINEE SATURDAY.
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A UCTIoN.-LUKE FITzGERADD, AUCTIONEER.
"A Handsome Household Furniture.
tal,.t L. Rro fnrta

"A Handsome Household Furniture.
Sodart aud Decker a. Brothers Pianosortes.
On THIS DAY lrhursdsyl Oct. 7, at ley A. M,
At private residence l3 West Twenty str ect be-
tween Sixth and Seventh avenues.
Drawing Room, consisting OF
magnificent solid andfch walnut Drawing Room
Suit French satin brocael and silk superb rosewood
Tan0ore Bookcase Writing Desks elegant Centre and Side
Tables, brocae and lace Curtains 20 rich Bronze Figures
Iocks Vases Ornaments Velvet Brussels and Threepy Car
pets black walnut Chamber Dining Room
Suits Turkish Lounges and Eay Chairs Beds Bedding, curl
al hair Mattresses walnu, Bedsteads Bureaus Wash
Stands Wardrobe sotaa Rockers Tables Chairs French
&c BALE positive This the largest and richest sale OF the
Mtas
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A RARE CHANCE.--A SPLENDID ovERsTRUSJ
~ rosewood Pianocorte for less than half cost Also
Chickenng Paror Grand SS cost $50 hne toned Piano
forte modern style and modern Improvements g Fourth
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4 FULL ASSORTMENT OF FIRST CLASS PIANOS, AT
~ reduced prices for cash Instruments at N2uO
$500. SrEEDNAE HOLLYER, factory and waferooms,
65 Sixteenth street. between Fifth ant Sixth
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A UCTI0N E0TICE.-AT LESS THAN AUCTION
~ prices large stock Of twenty-five ready finished
Paror SUITS covered with all colos French brocate
VIII be sold from Slot to sO0 suit walnut reps Suits from
50 to la6 suit large variety Paror, Chamber, Library
Dining Furniture at great bargain II sold this So
Beecker street. between Broadway and Mulberry street
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E1 f-THEATRE CoMlQUE, ~
Clf Broadway. b4
Manager W. BUTLER
such rush has before been witnessed
THE PUBLIC IN OBSTACLES.
AL wondering at thu immensely OF our company.
We have increased Il to an extent unprecedented In tho
history of place OF amusement ia the world.
A LIVE THEATRE. ENTIRELY NEW FEATURES.
Marx y few Of the which appear this week
WILLIAM II. CARLETON,
the great Irish comedian and vocalist
Mile. MARIE ADRIAN,
premiere danseuso late Of this Moraochi Ballet Troupe
Miss CLARA BUTLER,
the beautiful and accomplished vocalist.
ADp1E ST. CLAIR,
the favorlte vocalist and aetress
Miles. yENTRULE and AUGUSTA,
star premicres danseuses and the
FAMOUS BALLET TROUPE,
composed OF the most finished dancers.
y. l.. NORRIS,
the great Dutch comedian.
THE GREAT MISS HINDLE,
together with the REGULAR TROUPE.
All will appear. See small bills. A constant change.
MONDAY, Oct. IL the following artists will mike their hrst
appearance: JAMES TAYLOR, the great London comic.
HUGH DoHERTY, the great Ethiopian stump orator and
comedisn the GREAT STUART 10 his wonderful changes;
ANDY MCKEE the best and dance srtt Ia the world
Also the celebrated REYNOLDS BROTHERS, In conjund
ton with our present mammoth company.
Go early and your seats.
Matines WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY al AZ Pm.
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4 STRICTLY PRIVATE FAMILY OF FIVE ADULTS
n wish newly furnished House until May newt location
between Sixth and Lexington below Thitysx
street, Brooklyn in vicinity OF Remsen Rem
from 1900 to 1900 per month. Address box 00l Post office
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|. MEXICAN INSTITUTE EXHIBITION.

TRENoRis LYRIC HALL,
III TO IA sixth AVENUE RESERVOIR SQUARE,
having been greatly enlarged and beautifully em6elishef
COSTLY PAINTINGS, IMMENSE MIRRORS, &C, &C,
is now open for Balls, Lectures, Concerts, &C., &c
Mr. Trsnor's classes for Dancing are now open.
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= A UCTION NOTICE.-ANY PERSON DESTROYS OF
"A purchasing at private sale really fine and well made
Household Furniture (made to order and May
Aos suit regardless Of cost or value will positively nnd
20 their interest to call this day the large private residence
NS5 East Nineteenth street, between Fourth and Third
ues also will sell very cheap, elegant French plate Pier
Mirrors imported and tine all wool Carpets heavy ohcoths
K itchen Utensils, dc
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MAGNIFICENT PIANoFoRTE FOR SALE AT A
sacrifice IL is finished most beautifully and has power
full sweet tone fully warranted for six years Apply ~ lo
l. asst Thrty.thrd street.
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.
HOUSES, ROOMS, &C, WANTED.

A PAYMENTS FOR HOUSEKEEPING ARE WANrEl
~ by family OF three sduts location convenient TO tn
Cooper Institute preferred. Address, with particulars
TEACHER ONCE Cooper Union.
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A FURNISHED HOUSE wANTED-FoR A RESPON
"A sibe private family between Fourth and Seventh ave-
nues above Ihrtyourth street, $3.50 pei
month. ROBERT 4. MEEks, ~ Cedar sl eet.
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TWO OR THREE PARTIALLY FURNISHED OR I'm.
furnished Rooms wanted. Tor light house kreping locG-
ton must he good, between Ninth and Twentyhh Streets
aud terms moderate. Address N. f., % West Ninth street.
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NErANTED-ON A LEASE or THREE YEARS. A
w three story brown stone, between Filth and Sixth
nues aud Thiltieth Foreh be low.
Address b. H., box l4S Herald Office
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HOUSE WANTED IMMEDIATELY CENTRALLY 10.
Gated three OF four stories high. Address PROMPT
Herald Office.
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COUGAR BoXEs-suGAR BOXEs-TwENTy CENTS
- each. Corner Reade and Greenwich streets.
r. L. a. STUART Rehners.
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IMPORTANT LECTURES TO GENTLEMEN ONLY, on
| inleresng invaluable and scientific subjects showing
how to live and what live for delivered daily at the
New York Museum of Anatomy Those unable to attend can
copy by forwarding Is eeas 20 the Secretary Gu
Broadway.
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A MAGNIFICENT ROSEWOOD PIANOFoRFE, STOOL
"A cover made order, city MAKER used Eve months cos
S6b0 FOR H2.b Paror Suits, Eageres Bookcase, Mirrors
Paintings Carpets Contains, Chamber and Dinng Furniture
sacrinoe. 81 West Fifteenth street, near sixth avenue
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TOPS TOPS, ToPs.-THE UNDERSIGNED WILL SELL
1U0O Chinese Tops for Sl 75; retail price soc. each.
Address b, II. r., Herald office.
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SONG.
POETRY.
CHARLES WHRATLEIGH CaIfban.
JAMES II. TAYLOR a. Feriinan
ANNIE DELAkD Miranda.
LISA WEBER Ariet
RITA SAKGALI, GREAT BALLET TROUPE,
EVERY Nj III and SATURDAY MATINEE.
GENERAL ADMISSION, FIFTY CENTS.
VIII shortly be produced Drama, entitled CHARLES
o'MALLEY, by Edmund Faiconsr, Esq, late Lessee and
OF the Royal Iyceum and Drry Lane theatres
London author of aPeep o. Day" extremes" "Firs
Fly" &C, in which Mr.. Falconer viii sustain a principal
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
Birds. and their Uses.

Baron Won Tschudi, the we'll known
Swiss naturalist, says: without birds,
successful agriculture is impossible
They annihilate in a few months a
greater number Of insects than human
hands can accomplish in the same num-
Der Of years. Among the most useful
birds for this purpose may be classed
the swallow, wren, robin-redbrcast,
the swallow, and finch" Tschudl tested
tltmouse upon rose-bushes Of his
neighbor, and rid the same in few
hours of innumerable lice. A robin
redbreast killed in the neighborhood
OF 800 flies in an hour. A pair OF night
swallows destroyed in Is minutes an
immense swarm of gnats. A pair of
wrens flew 36 times in an hour with
insects in their bills to their nests. He
considers the sparrow very important.
A pair OF them in single day carry
800 worms or caterpillars to their nests
certainly good compensation for
the few cherries which they pluck
from the trees. The generality of
small birds cary to their young n 3,
during the feeding period, nothing but
insects, worms, snails, spiders, DC.
Sufficient interest should be manifest
ed by all to prevent the discharge of
firearms in the vicinity Of orchards,
vineyards, and ilowcr-gardens, as there
by the useful birds become frightened.
Journal OF Horticulture.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

4 correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer, writing from Chattanooga,
Tenn, says:
In East Tennessee, Georgia and Al
ALBANIA, pair of good mules, we'll
broken, cam OF be purchased for less
than $500. In some cases $500 is
paid for good mule team. Back from
the thoroughtares, they are, doubtless,
cheaper. a good pair of horses can
be bought for 500 This shows the es-
timation in which mules are held. by
people there, for draft work They
are toogh, and will keep in good condl-
ton on feed that would almost starve
horses. There can be no doubt about
this. The labor they perform is cheap
err labor than that performed by horses.
1t costs less; but the mule is not SO
pleasant, SO agreeable beast to have
around as the horse. An important
consideration in favor of the mule is,
that he is longer-lived than the horse.
He will live longer and serve his mas
ter more years-probably no less than
| twenty-five per cent He is seldom
lame. He is not commonly affected
with SPAWN or ring bone, or any other
ailnent of his feet or legs. He does
not often have the heaves. lie does
not so readily catch cold. lie seldom
has the "bots." 1t is doubtful that
| horses ever die from that cause how.
| ever.
The southern farmer, many of them
consider mule labor much cheaper
than horses labor, even when they pay
| 4 higher price for the mules.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22
RURAL AND DOMESTIC.


1t IS well known to every hotanlst,
horticulturist and farmer that fruit
trees set more fruit than they perfect
or ripen. To illustrate our thoughts
we will select a single spray ot--say
of an apple trcc-though it might be
OF any other fruit tree, just rs well.
The tree of which this spray is part
has set proiusion of fruit, and the
whole crop has progressed to certain
size, with uniform health and >igor,
But now the tree has become con
scious, by some means, that by reason
of drou,h, injury, sickness, or other
cause, it will not be able to ripcn and
perfect all apples it has begun. Let
us suppose that the spray we have Sc
lected has upon it five of these apples
that are perfectly grown, all OF which
have thus tar been equally healthy
and vigorous. But it has now become
evident to the tree that the whole
crop upon it cannot be perfected, and
that a part mnst be sacrificed as the
only means of saving the remainder
Md here two questions are to be de-
tcrmined: first, the number OF the
growing apples that arc to be sacri-
feed: second, the selection and identi-
gcation of the particular indiyidu ais
that are to be disposed of.
These two questions--or one, it you
preter-are only to be settled by the
tree itself. 1t alone first determines
the necessity of Gny sacrifice, and then
it, alone, fixes the number that must
be lost, and ordains the particular III
dividuals that are to constitute this
number. Let us now return to our
selected spray, with the five apples
upon it; and we may suppose that two
OF these are Of the number to be sac
riticcd Mark, it is not simply two.
fi:ths OF these, but it is two specific
individual apples of these five apples
that are to be lost. And now tor the
process of destroying these particular
apples, after they are appointed by the
parent tree, to die. The tree which
has condemned and sentenced these
selected apples to destruction has yet
to become their executioner. This it
has the power to do IN only one way,
and that is to withhold nourish-
mcnt from them. This is done, and as
a consequence they are literally starred
to death!
From the time the fate of these
victims is determined the nourishment
for their support is rigidly withheld
from them, and so they inevitably
wither and die. Again two certain
ones Of these five are ofthc condemned
number. All the leaves of this spray
and each Of the selected apples that
are to be perfected, being three in
number, continue to receive their full
and proper supply of nutriment, while
the victims are wholly deprived OF all
sustenance, and so wither and die. The
same is true of all other parts of the
tree as of this part; and so OF all
other trees, and of all plants, no less
than OF the apple tree.
Now, in all this, the tree, and the
tee alone, acts, do lies and executes
Such are the facts before us; and what
is the philosophy they teach? They
are facts that are repeated each year
wherever vegetation is known; and,
like all else in Nature, they are
doubtless not without significance
[Cor. Rural New Yorker.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

FARMERS, USE SALT.-Salt is
good to the farmer in various
ways. Let him use it abundant
". Aside from the benefits
which stock derive from it, it
is good to wash'syour seed grain
with it. Make a strong brine,
and stir the wheat in it. This
will float all the oats in it, and
the foul, light seed, and your
grain will be the better for it.
The straw will be lighter, some
what, and also stifcr-not so
disposed to lodge. Being
healthier, it also has tendency
to ward off disease-smut in
particular. The berry of your
grain will be improved. This
IS especially the case where
lind is far removed from the
seed or thepresence Of salt wat
er, and where no salt is found
naturally in the soil, but partic-
ular on elevated land Salt
here is one Of the best manures
that can be applied. Sow on
meadows in the fall, or early in
the spring, Sow five or six
bushels to the acre. On pillow.
ed land, SOW after the grain
This is no longer theory. All
our best farmers have tried it
and adopted it, more or less
In the cases We have indicated,
on dry, elevated soil destitute
Of salt, the benefit is a sure one
and pays highly. Salt is be.
ginning to be appreciated Oh
soil. f. G.
Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-04-22

SCIENCE AND Fun CoanISED.-The
Brunswick, (Me) Telegraph tells bit
of fun perpetrated by student attend
ing a lecture of Prot Bracket at Bow
dom College. The object was to show
the reaction of sulphuretted hydrogen.
A member of the class had sketched
with acetate of lead, two scenes. The
moment a jet of gas was applied, the
gas acting upon the lead, darkcne1 and
Brought out the outlines The first
represented an old monk with hi2 cru
cibles, in search Of the Philosophers
stone, with the devil standing over
him and gloating over the prospect of
getting him at last The second scene
represented the monk lecring and
laughing as if he would burst his
cheeks, and the devil with a most dis
gushing look holding his nose. The
monk hat developed some sulphuret-
ted hydrogen, and this was too much
fer his satanic majesty. The sketches
were admirably drawn, and the chem
zeal point viii not soon be forgotten.