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The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
A Farm Yard Horror-A Young Lady
Gored to Death by Il Cow.

A most horrible scene was enacted in the
barn yard of Samuel Cralt,a wealthy farmer,
residing about two miles south of the vii
lage of Glen Cove, on Sunday afternoon, by
which his sister was gored to death by an
iniuriated cow. Miss Craft stepped out of
the house to feed brood of young turkeys,
when cow that was walking about the
yard rushed madly at her, striking her in
the left side, crushing her against the fence
and trampling and goring her in a terrible
manner. Her screams attracted the attcn-
tion of laborer named Sheridan, who hur
ried to her rescue and partly stunned the
brute by blow from stone. This, how
ever, added to her fury, as she renewed the
attack, tossing the unfortunate woman un-
mercifuly with her horns, and rending
clothes and flesh alike. Sheridan again
struck the animal blow with stone,
which had the effect of knocking it down,
while two of the sisters bore the body away.
The animal soon recovered from the effects
OF the blow, and again made furious
charge on the party, but Sheridan kept her
back with stones, she refrainlng from touch
ing him and evidently being determined to
kill the ladies; but the body was finally con-
veyed from the yard. The lady, however,
was fully conscious all the time, and as she
expired, said, "She has killed me ~ Her
face and body were terribly bruised There
was frightful and deep laceration in her
left side, which caused her death. She
was generally respected and had many warm
friends.-N. Y. Herald.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
A Mothers ExpiatiOn-A Tale of Murder
and Suicide.

One day last week dog that had been
prowlihg about in neighborhood in the
southwestern portion of Henderson county,
Tennessee, brought up the lower half of a
white infants body. One of the child's
feet was gone, and looked as if it had been
eaten of The citizens were greatly shocked
and incensed when the discovery was made
known A meeting was held and opinions
lnterchangcd, but no facts were clicited
pointing to the author of the lnfanticide.
Suspicious strongly rested, however, ol
woman in the neighoori ,od, who is believed
to be the murderer AMI unnatural mother oil
the child.
An inquest was held and information OBJ
tained which led to the issuing of a warrant
for the arrest of Miss Susan Yocs, charged
with the guilt of child murder The young
woman, aged about twenty-four years, w;.s
working in cotton field when Information
reached her that the warrant had been is
sued Dropping the hoe she went to the
well on the premises of Mr.. Benjamin
Rhodes. about four hundred yards distant,
and plunging headlong into the abyss, was
drowned. The well was twenty-six feet to
the water, with ten feet of water at the
bottom,
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
WHAT'S Hallowed Ground

What's hallowed ground? Has earth clod
Its Maker meant not should be trod
By man, the image of his God,
Erect and free,
Unscourged by superstition's rod,
To bow the knee?
What's hallowed ground ?-whcre mourued and
missed,
Thclips repose our love has kissed,-
But where's their memory's mansion? Is't
Yor chuchyard's bowers?
No in ourselves their souls exist,
part of ours.
A kiss eau consecratc the ground
Where mated hearts are mutual bound:
The spot where loves first links were wound,
That meier arc riven,
Is hallowed, down TO earth's profound,
And up to heaven!
What hallOws ground where heroes sleep?
IT'S not the sculptured piles you heap:
In dews that heavens far-distant weep
Their turf may bloom;
Or genii twine beneath the deep
Their coral tomb.
But strew his ashes to the wind
Whose sword or voice has saved mankind
And is he dead, whose glorious mind
Lifts thine on high?
To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is't death to fall for freedoms right?
He's dead alone that lacks her light
And murder sullies, in heavens sight,
The sword he draws -
What can alone ennoble fight?
A noble cause?
Give that: and welcome war to brace
Her drums end rend heavens reeking space
The colOrs planted face to face,
The charging cheer.
Though deaths pale horse lead on the chase,
Shall still be dear. =
What's hallowed ground? 'Tis what gives birth
To sacred thoughts in souls OF worth
Peace independence! truth go forth
Earth's compass round;
And your nigh-priesthood shall make earth
All hallowed ground
Campbell
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

FRIGuTFUL AccIDENT-We arc called to
record the death of II iellnw-cliizen by one
of those terrible aCcfdruts tirut purniyzcs
everybody for an instant when the Iatal
news is communicated to them. The victim
of this mishap is Mr.. Hiram Frost, q carpen .
ter and joiner by trade. ltappears that last
Friday morning, whic MIR. Frost was en-
gagged in renewing some boards on The top
OF large framed barn, his Iect slipped from
under him AMI he fell To the open basement
of the barn. He was thirty feet above the
earth, and the nature oi lhe fall can easily
be imagined. The frightiul spectacle, fall
ing head first, parslyzrd every witness pres.
ent for the time being and when his fellow
workmen had reached him, they found .
lifeless corpse. His neck was broken the
backbone brbken in two places, both shoul-
ders were complete nuass of broken bonts
and lacerated flesh. aud his head and body
fearfully cut and gashc'l--C Clinton, Michigan.
Standard
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
A Photographers Feud at Niagara Falls.

The Hamilton Spectator of Tuesday has
the following in relation to the sh ooting af-
fray at the Falls on Friday last:
The long standing feuds between the RI
val establishments at the Falls has ended, as
might have been expected, in u meEder,
and md I'o.s.biy IN two. ON Friday 1t seems
scended the embankment for the purpose of
obtaining some photographic views. While
there it is said that some OF the culored
employees belonging to the establishment
of Mr.. Barnett, vino keeps the museum, a
little eastward of Davis, commenced throw
ing stones at them, whercupon Edward
Davis drew revolver and fired, the hall
entering the left breast of one of the negroes
named w. Price. "He tottered to the
house (says the St. Catherine TimeS) and
died in few moments. He leaves widow
and four children. A party of the dead
mans friends or relatives then assembled,
and sort of free fight took place with the
opposite faction. The result was that an
other colored man named Burke, attached
to the Davis party, was sn badly stabbed
that he is not expected to recover, and sew
eral of the combatants received flesh wounds
Young Davis was promptly arrested, and a
coroner's inquest is now in progress Mr.
Saul Davis came to St. GATHERINGS this (Sat-
urday) morning and secured the services of
a lawyer to watch the proceedings on he
half of his son."
A special dispatch to the Toronto Leader
says:
"A coroners inquest was held on Satur-
day, over the body Of William Price, shot
on Friday evening at the Falls. The ver-
dict was that William Price came to his
death bya pistol shot discharged by Ed
ward Davis, and this jury find the said
William Davis guilty of wllfuly ard feloni
ously numbering the said William Price,
and this jury further find Robert Davis
guilty of aiding and assisting in said mur-
der. The prisoners were committed for
trial and taken to Welland jail"
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

The Empress Eugenie recently told q lit
tie anecdote quite Il pendant to the history
of similar episode in the life of the En-
press Josephine Said the Empress to the
deputy "One day in the summer of 1850,
being very fond of the Pyrences, as my wont
annually was, was at the Euux-Bonnes,
when l was met in the country by an old
woman named MaIianettc, who was univer-
sally con,i ,idercd to be crazy. She begged,
and l gave her, much to her astoDisliment,
piece of gold, upon which she l"nked in
my face fxedly for moment, and then said,
They say am mad. know, but am not
mad, though | speak as Others d" not as
proof remember this: One day. and soon
too, you shall he an empress Her majesty
said, AT that moment so improbable, US a
Spaniard, was any such prospect that only
entertained it as wild raving, but on the
very day became an empress the fact ie-
verted vividly To my mind, and caused in
quiry to be made for Mauanettc. with the
desire to grant hcra pension Tor liie, but
learnt, with regret, that she had died two
days before"
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
aE9hNyttklY aE9hNy Stanhath
w. A. SMITH u CO.,
PROPRIETORS
To the Memory of David Heaton.

Why swell those solemn soundsof woe?
Why fall unchecked peoples tears?
What shining markhas death laid low
A victim to it's paltry fears
A hero takes immortal rest,
patriots toiIs, for aye, are DER;
His spirit pure has Joined the blessed,
And HEAToN fingers here no morcl
No more! His soul can never die;
Not when the earth itself expiresi
He lives, example bright and high,
To shape and guide uniformed desires
To help the helpless, cheer the true,
Lead back the erring to the right;
Point out the need to honor due, - q
And reverence teach to virtues right!
Out from the dust OF common fate,
He stepped when the cry was loud for men
Measure him, Gead, in Deaths estate;
Is his statue greater now than then?
Did he get or give by the peoples trust?
BeLoldl-what shrunken form of dust
lie stood where few had strength 10 stand,
In the wild forefront of giant time;
With every patriot hand in hand,
Doing humanity's work sublime;
Nor even in triumph put it by,
But under it laid him down to die.
No more will he point out the way, :
Through threads of lilies entangled flight; y
His spirit scared at dawn of day,
And not in shades of sombre night.
But sorrow is deep on brow and breast,
And our beloved friend may rest
A friend to all $50 all do grievei
He was a hero HEROES do weepl
He was man and men believe,
That such as he ne'er know deaths sleep!
Yet sweet is the scene, when such men die,
"When noble souls retire to rest;
So dies wave along the shore.
As calmly breathes the expiring breast"
Bereaved kindred, in hearts bowed down,
Your loss-his gain-an immortal crown.
The caSket only yields to earth;
The clay reposes meath the sod;
His spirit claims eternal birth,
And smiles triumphant near its Cod!
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

WHAT II Costs To KILL MAN IN WAR.
We have some curious statistics from a
French author writing on cotcmporary wars,
as to what it costs to kill man. He takes
the whole expenditure of money fer each
war and divides that hy the number of men
killed on the field, or whose death was ow
ing directly to the war In the Crimean
war, where many were congTgatcd in CLOSE
quarters. he estimates that 100000 were kh
led at the cast of So, ,165 per man. Putting
the deaths in our late war at 281 900. which
is rather low estimate, each death was pur-
chased at cost of Sl6,725 In the late
Mexican and South AmcIican wars the ex-
pense for killing man was $4,000. In the
Danish war $500 lives were lost at an aver
age of $4,000. In the Austro-Prussian cam
pai.n of 1866, which ended at Sadowa. 81,
500 was the price per 'leath. 1t will thus he
seen that it costs this Government mare to
extinguish one life than .ny of the other
countr es mentioned. and that the cost ~
killing man in any "f them wou' =
tain several in times of peace.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

FATAL ACCIDENT FROM KERusENE EX-
PLosIoN Sunday last one of those hor-
rible casualties, of which we read in almost
every city daily, resulting from careless use
of Kerosene or coal oil, occurred in Tyaskin
district, Somerset county, Maryland. The
Victim. Richmond Evcns, a promising
youg man Of about II years of age, was en-
deavoring TO kindlc fire, and to facilitate
combustion, he procured the oil Can and com
menced pouring the fluid on the wood. The
result was the ignition of the kerosene and
the immediate explosion Of the canister, the
liquid flame completely enycloping the uu-
fortunate youth. The lamiiy of Mr.. Thomas
Walter, where the young man was boardin.
at the time, Immediately came to his asss-
tance, but were p1wcrlcss to do good. He
fingered in great agony until Monday
morning, wiIcrr death crrricrt his suffer
ings. .-Eastcyn iSh0renaan,
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

HUMoRIsTs-The three humorists, Mas
by, Billings, and Twain, are thus described
by Boston correspondent of the New York
Ecening Post: "Nasby dislikes the title of
humorist. He uses humor as an instrument
for the enforcement of his points, which al
ways involve some political principle. His
best holt as he calls it, is no doubt strong
horse sense.' Josh Billings is born humor-
ist genial and tenderhearted, and heartily
loved by those that know him well. He
once said that nothing would delight him
more than to lecture in Musical Hall, when
he was eighty years old, with white hair
falling over his shoulders, and lift the au.
dience He is now about sixty years of age.
Mark Twain is more purely a literary man
than either of the trio.
He is very sensitive, and an unappreciative
audience acts upon him like cold shower
bath. Twain will not lecture next season,
he has got rich and married wife, and
wisely prefers to take his ease"
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

FLExIBILITY OF THE EARTH's CRUST In
Guavaquil, between Point Xasado and Point
Venado, peculiar volcanic movement has
taken place. In space of two leagues the
surface of the earth undulated slowly and
great chasms and deep circular excavations
were opened. A new lagoon was formed,
and between the shore and the sea there ap-
peared large sized hill.
During all this fearful comnolIun, the
hills along the cost were observed To be IN
a state of unrest, and large land slides took
place, carrying with them rocks and trees.
For four days this agitation continued,
the undulation being from west to east. The
precise date of these phenomena is not CIV
en-, but they must have taken place early in
the month of March 1t would seem from
this that the throcs of the earIh. VIII ch, Il
year or two ago. sent dcso.ali'n and death
through some ofthe most populous districts
of South America, are not yet wholly spent
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

KEEPING EGGs. The chief requisites for
keeping eggs is to place them on end; the
mailer end down is preferred by most house
keepers. In order to effect this purpose,
imbed them in dry salt, by first making
layer in the bottom of the jar or other YES
sci, and then setting the eggs on end in this
layer Then cover them with salt and make
another layer; and 50 on till thej jar is filled.
When salt is used for this purpose, 1t is in
dispensable that it be Kept in a dry apart
ment; for il it once becomes damp by at
tracing moisture, it will harden into mass,
and the eggs Cannot be reached without be-
ing chopped up by digging into the salt
Oats answer the same purpose-not SO well
as dry salt, but much better than moistened
The more uniform the temperature aud the
! cooler, so as not to freeze, the better,
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

There is now building by New York
family one of the most remarkable mauso-
lcums in America 1t is located in the
Sleepy Hollow cemetery. at Tarrytown, but
few rods distant from the hume stone
that marks the last resting place of Wash.
ington Irving, and is specially designed to
commemorate leading New Yak city ofi-
cial, who died about year ago. It will be =
great marble temple, Costing about ono hun
dred thousand dollars, and will be so high
that it can be seen from the decks of The
North River steamboats,, though the GENE
terry is some distance from the shore. On its
completion, next fall, the family ofthe deceas-
ed will invite their friends to aformal inau-
guration of the mortuary monument. The
sculpture that will adorn it is now being
carved in Italy.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
More Copy.
A STORY OF TIE ERA

1t was winter
The snow was on the ground.
1t had showed
OF course it was in the North, because it
don't snow in the South-that is, not
muchly.
She was surprisingly beautiful.
Who?
Jeanette.
(Shc was christcncd Jane, but she wrote
it Janette, and they called her Jcnnie for
shorty
Oh !! the vanity OF this world
The air was keen and ovcrcoats were in
demand at fabulous prices, {'twas during the
war; and coal was high
But what cared Jeanette for this
She had agreed to meet Adolphus-her
Adolpbus
(TIis name was only plain John, to all else
but Jeanctte.)
They met.
He had "a coat on. buttoned up to
chin, and slivercd = and oh, he slivcr Il 50
hard
But he had no ovcrcOat on, and the tears
stood in Jeanette's eyes
Jeanette had on thick ctpak and furs,
and things
Did I say they metz
s. All, yes. Isce did.
How lovingly they looked in each others
eyes.
She spoke
He listened, but sii he shook.
"Adolphus, what hast thou been doing
since last we mct?''
Thinking of thee, dearcs., and dreaming
of the hour when again | sh )uld gaze on
that sweet face of thine"
And then gust came around the corner,
and he gave a tremendous shake, and nearly
shook himself off his feet.
But look see acknowledgements /! Here
comes thy stern father We must part! 1
must fly fly from thee, jeanette, before
pouring out the feelings ofthis quivcring
heart. But say, o say, darling, before we
part. did you bring with thee the miserable
stuff called money, promised ?"
Il did, dear Adolphus. Be sure and gst
thee nice, warm ovcrcoat. But say, when
shall VIC meet again ?"
Tomorrow, darling, al the hour of
three"
And he shook the more.
"Ah oh ! shall he warm once moro
warm warm !! warm y"
Overcoats generally make people warm, if
thick enough.
"YOu scoundrrlm
1t was spoken in anger. Anger is one Of
the worst of the passions.
They had forgotten The approach OF the
stern parent.
He seized Ad"lp!'us by the collar
1t was not 4 strong collar, and it gave
way.
Alas! I grievct TO say 1t, but there was no
SHIRT bosom beneath.
No wonder lie shivered
Poor, weak, human nature!
"How dare you speak to my daugh-
ter?"
And then what shaking he did get!
The shivcring was nothing to it.
"Begone!"
And as heavy foot began to make lis as
cent in the air-hc went
But he got the spondulix.
Oh, mammon mommon!! malnmon
That's all-N 0. Times
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13
from the London Times. June 23.l
Revising the Bible.-Pr relIm ma Ties
Agreed IJnou and the Work Begun.

Agreed Upon ana the "ofA oeSoh'
The revisers of the authorized version OF
the New Testament net for the first time
Yesterday, at the Jerusalem Chamber, at 12
o'clock, and sat for upwards of five hours:
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol acted
as chairman. The Holy Communion was
administered at 1130 by the Dean of West
minister in Henry the Seventies Chapel. and
was attended by all the members of the
company with the exception OF three or
four, including those unavoidably absent
owing to illness or special engagement.
Twenty were present, including the Bishop
of Llandatf, the chairman of the Old Testa-
ment Company. All preliminary arrange
ments connected with the form and carrying
on of the work were discussed and agreed
to, and some progress was made in the actual
work 1t would he premature to express
any opinion ON a first meeting, but it may
be said that the whole tone and character
of the meeting was such as to suggest a
well grounded belief that this great and
important work will be carried on with har-
mony, promptitude, and success. The COM
pany afterwards dined with the Bishop OF
! Glocester and Bristol in Portland place.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13


MIR. j. GRAU, who for the past four months
has been searching all Europe for the great
est attractions for the American stage, is cx
pected to return shortly. 1t is generally
known that he has secured the services of
Marie Seebach, the great .ragctlinc, to-
gether with an entirely new German ,lrn-
matte company of forty distinguished artists.
to visit America professionally The coming
season. 1t may be interesting to relate that
at-;a S....i.-.-.i. FIRST stnliiul Ihn n,..-.f
/" Valerie, the Blind Girl by Scribe, in
which she was to appear for the first time at
the Imperial Theatre of Vienna, she placed
herself for several weeks under the guidance
of the director of its great Institute for the
Blind, and the celebrated professor employ
ed there Mile Secbach closely applied her
self to the observation of the blind, nut
only of their ways and manners, bn'
their pos.tion aud demeanOr and their ne
expression Of face In copying the mttcr
she succeed, d so well that on one occasion,
when she reccdcd tic director and the pro-
fcssors of the institution a. her palatial man
sion. she frightened them by her imitation
of the lilcless expression of her eyes with
the dreadful belief That she had suddenly
lost her sight. At the conclusion of her en-
gagement in Vienna she sen, u purse of 1000
forms to the Blind hsslum
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

The Charleston Republican says The
Republican State ticket will be nominated
probably on the 26th of July next. The
candidates for Congress will probably be
put in nomination within three or -four
weeks thereafter. This will open the cam
paign throughout the entire State. And
this is all we want, till toward the end oil
the campaign-until at least the 1st OF DC.
tober. For this there are the soundest Of
political reasons,n
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

Four negro women were drowned at
Hairston's Quarter, in Davie county, few
days since. 1t appears that negro was
conveying them across the Yadkin river in
canoe, which happened to strike snag
and was capsized. The oarsman managed
to save himself by clinging to the upturned
canoe until rescued.-Salem Press.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

We regret to learn that Mr.. Cole, of Da-
vie cornty, was drowned on Thursday of
last week, it is supposed accidentally.
There are, however, many rumors aaoat con,
ceruing the afair.-.SaJem Press,
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

A CELSIUS taker in New York who could
speak the English language only, and whose
district was mainly inhabited by Germans,
mas abandoned his job in disgust. he says
the name of nearly every family was aNix-
fur.stay.n
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

COL Titus, well known Kansas border
rufRan, was lately tortured to death by IN
dians in Arizona.
The weekly standard., 1870-07-13

1t was winter
The snow was on the ground.
LII 1
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-10-28

lem and would say thar the coming WIN
ter i TO lie rather a mild one. All the
storms from now until the middle of March
will clear off warm, and neither Storm
nor weather will h, severe Aiihoueh
the storms will al come tr3m thn north
or northeast, they will not >. ATTENDED
by high winds, or severe cold, ;s we mrg',r
reasonably expect, after such an uau>aal-
ly hot and dry summer. Much OF the
snow that fails will mrlj during the wia
ter, which will be very Fortunate for both
man and Least because we shall not
have ram cnou2h this f;Ii t, Ill all tn.
springs. Thus the melting snow will !,.
of great advantage. During the winter
we shall have !a,rr clouds fIi.u ~'urm-
and The c!carc-'. coolest weather VIII
visit Us in the first part ot tine win,cf,
while the longest #rd hardest -t.rm-. wit.
melting Shows to tr,iow. vii. crowd har.
into sprin. Therefore | would adv Is.
all our ice dealers noj to wait to I'm
before they commence gathering rhcu
usual supply OF ttat useful and ind.=Pao-
sable article, which - many enjoy rhruu...
the summer Al tho.c y mo arr =, uh-
fortunate a> to DC troubled with r.lcumut-
les viii have an cNcr,irn, orportu i!y I,
find fault with tn weather br;orc ~pIir-
opens. In; tho who imagine We are &.
have an uncommon cold winter can ai,a.
their fears. aud prepare To- cuJoy the NIL
Que that i -1On 10 come.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1870-10-28

BY F. b. GAGE.
We have sinncd long enough;
Make us. God, strong enough
Oar great sins to see,
We've >corned thy grace enough.
We've Stunned thy face enough.
We've been disgrace enough.
Oh, turn us 10 Thee.
We have done lies enough;
Make Us. God. wise enough
Cur own fa,,lts to >H,
Make our faith sue enough.
Make our lives pure enough,
Help lis endure enough.
To clcavc unto Thee.
We've been sins slave enough;
Make Us. God. brave enough
Good Christians to be,
Fill us with fear enough,
Make us sincere enough.
Giil we've dWelt here enough.
And 20 home to Thee.