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The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
NUMBER 9.

The PIcKLED WATCH The ether day we
met Wiggins and he had silver-cased watch
hunting case at that. We had known
Wiggins fve-and-twenty years, and never
knew him to carry watch before. We ask
ed him where he got it. lie gave us nod
and a leer, and said he would tell us.
"Last fall he commenced, 81 killed the
old brindle COW, and put the best part Of her
into the beef barrel She was fat, and the
beef was nice; and | had nigh onto full bar
rel. did not wish to make it very salt, 50
set it out in the shed, where the frost
might touch it and keep it. And you'd bet
ter believe 1t made good eating.
Zone day my wife says to me-says she
.-'Wiggins, pears to me our beefs going
mighty fast went and looked, and sure
enough it was going going rather Eastern l
thought it ought to. 1--we noticed it lower
ing unaccountabsy this long tne,' said my
wife. Somebody is stealing it. Why don't
you set a trap?
"But my neighbors were all good-hearted,
kind folks, though one or two of EN- might
be just little inclined to poke around where
they didn't belong, and didn't want to hurt
'em. concluded, howsomever, that it
would be best to put the barrel, with what
little beef was left, down cellar, and did it.
"Well, when the beef was all used up,
and | went to clean up the barrel, | found
this watch in the pickle. 1t looked to me
like Tom Sherman's watch. Tom had work.
ed for me considerable, and had seen him
have the watch, or one very much like it.
When saw Tom | showed him the watch,
and he said right off it was his.
GLOW did you lose it?" said |.
81 carried it in my pocket without any
chain, and must have dropped it out when l
was STOPPING"
"Wel," said l, "then you must have
been STOPPING over my beef barrel, for l
found it in the pickle!'
"With that Tom looked kind of sheepish,
and guess he saw the twinkle in my eye
''Let me look at that there watch again"
said he.
"He looked at It little while, and then
he handed it back to me.
con the whole, Mr.. Wiggins, said he, II
guess that amt my watch, arter all. 1t
must belong to somebody else" And with
that he walked off.
81 carried the watch to jeweer and he
found that the cases had shut 80 tight that
the works hadn't been picked bit; and for
a dollar he cleaned it up and set it running.
It's first rate time keeper, and | reckon
that whoever took my beef paid all it was
worth"
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
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The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

have occupation or be miserable. Toll is the
price of sleep and appette-of health and
enjoyment. The very necessity which over
comes our natural sloth is a blessing. The
whole world does not contain even a briar or
thorn which nature could have spared. We
are happier with the sterity, which we can
overcome by industry, than we could have
been with spontaneous plenty and unbound
ed profusion. The body and the mind are
improved by the toll that fatigues them.
The toll is thousand times rewarded by
the pleasures which it bestows Its enjoy
ments are peculiar. No wealth can purchase
them-no Incidence can taste them. They
flow only from the exertions which repay the
laborer.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
How to make a Thousand Dollars.
A YANKEE RECIPE.

My gettin' the better of my wife father
is one of the richest things on record. I'll
tell you heow it was. You must know that
he is monstrous stingy. The complaint
seems to run in the family, and everybody
round our parts used to notice that he never
by any chance asked anybody to dine with
him. So one day, just for chunk of fun,
| said to friend Of mine, Jeddy Dowkins
a dreadful nice fellow, Jeddy-"l'll bet
you penn'orth of shoe-strings ginst a row
Of pins, that get old Ben Merbins, that s
my wife's father, to ask me to dinner"
"You get eout, said Jeddy; "why yeou
might as well try to coax eat into a show
erbath or get moonbeams eout of cowcum-
bers.
"Well, said |, 'I'm going to try
And try | did, and III tell yeou how l
went to work
Jist as old Ben was sittin' down to dinner
at | clock, rushed up to the house, at a
highpressure pace, red-hot in the face, with
my coat tails in the air my eyes rollin' about
like billard-balls in convulsons. Rat-tat
tat-dmg-a-lng-aling, kicked up an awful
rumpus, and in flash out came old Ben
himself. | had struck the right mint lie
had napkin under his chin, and carvin-
knife in his hand | smelt the dinner as he
opened the door
90, Mr.. Merkins, sqid l, "I'm tarna-
ton glad to see you. feared you moughtn t
be at home-lm almost out of breath. Pm
come to tell you can save you thousand
dollars"
"a thousand dollars, 'roared the old man
and | defy weasel to go "pop" quicker
than his face burst into smiles. CA thou
sand dollars Yeou don't say so? Du tell
"Oh!' said | 81 see you are havin' din
ner meow, I'll go un dine myself, and then
I'll come back and tell you all about it.
Nonsense" said he, "don't 90 away
come in and sit down, and enjoy yourself,
like good fellow, and have a snack with
me. I'm anxious to hear what you have to
say"
pretended to decline, sayin' I'd come
back; but I'd thoroughly stirred up the old
chaps curiosity, and it ended by his fair
ly pullin me into the house, and made a rat
tin dinner of pork and beans.
managed for some time to dodge the
main point of his inquiry. AT last finished
eating, and there was no further excuse for
delay; besides, old Ben was gettin' fdgety.
"Come, neow," said he, ''no more pre-
face. About that thousand dollars; come,
let it out. :"
"Well, I'll tell you what" said l, ''yeou
have darter, Misery Ann, to dispose of in
marriage, have you not?"
"What's that got to do with it? interrupt
ed he.
"Hold your proud steeds-don't run off
the track-a great deal to do with it" said
l. "Neow answer my question. -
''Well, said he, 81 have"
"And you intend, when she marries, to
give her SIC, 900 for portion?"
81 do" he said
"Well, meow, there's the pint I'm coming
tew Let me have her, and I'll take hel
with 50 900; and 50, 900 from so, 900, ac-
cordin' to simple addition, jist leaves 81 900
and that will be clean profit saved as slick
as whistlep'
The next thing knew there was a rapid
interview going on between old Ben's foot
and my coat tails-and | am inclined tC
think the latter got the worst of it.
-S--
copprSpONDrNr of the Pl,nI Wo,.Io
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
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The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

RANK OF CITIES. great cities of the
United States, those having over 100000
population, rank thus i, New York; 2, Phil
adelphia; ;3, Brooklyn; 4, ST. Louis; s. Chica-
60; 6, Cincinnati Z, Boston; 8, Baltimore;
8, New Orleans; 10, Pittsburg; II, San
Francisco; II; Buffalo; 13, Washington.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

The National Gazette says: The telegraph
announces that Gen. Butler is attempting to
purchase arms. This is the first instance
that we ever heard of Butler attempting to
purchase anything. He don't usually do
business in that way.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Rural World
says: "Winter or summer, except in stormy
time, there is no place so comfortable for
colts or tired work horses as a. good pasture
lot. To tie up horse at night in narrow
cell, with plank floor to stand on, is speci-
men of cruelty that civilization ought to be
ashamed Of
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

The latest instance of rose being made
to smell as sweet by any other name, comes
to us from Sidney, Ohio, where a young lady
asked at music store for 'feline nterstines
for lyrical purposes
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

"DoEs the dentist kiss you when he pulls
your teeth, pa?" "No, my son, whyf" "Oh.
nothing; only he kissed ma, and she said it
took all the ache away and guess it did. for
she laughed all the way home.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

A California woman took big rattlesnake
out of her baby's cradle with two canes, and
dropped him into kettle of boiling water,
which took the bite out of him.
Go from home for news. We find this
item in the Southern Enterprise, a Tennessee
paper.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

HER W1sH.-A little girl was heard to wish
the oth.i day "that she was a boy, SO she
could swear when she dropped her books in
the mud.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22

DEATH OF JUSTICE GRIER.--Ex-Ju Judge
Grier, Of the United States Supreme Court,
died on the 25th instant at Philadelphia aged,
77years.
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
business CARTS.
DR.. A. S. DU EOlS,

Physician and Surgeon,
MAIN STREET, AUBURN,
OPPOSITE WELLS, FARGO & Co.'S OFFICE.
Having removed from Lincoln to Auburn may
be found at his Office, at his Residence near
the Court House (the former residence of }. w.
Dickerson) marl3- -9G-my
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
DR.. S. r. CHAPLIN,
DIR. j. T. HAMILTON,

Physician and Surgeon,
Lincoln, Placer County, California.
Can be found at all times, when not absent on
Professional Business, at his office, on Fifth st.
feb27-my-69
The Placer herald., 1870-10-22
DR.. p. BROSS,

Practicing Physician,
COLFAX, PLACER COUNTY, CAL.
seD7-mv-67
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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
3fiscellanu.
a Mothers Influence.

Before child is old enough to reason
or to exercise self-control, the influence
of the mother begins to make its mark
upon its ductile character. The express
sion of her features and the tones of her
voice are the most potent charms to the
babe; and if the motheris wise, she will
strive hard that among the earliest i'm
prints on that plastic memory, thereshall
be none of a worried, fretful mother face
hasty, jerking movements, or untender
tones.
After child is old enough to compre-
hend the meaning of words, it is still
long before any revelation that words
can make, is half so impressive as the
glance of the eye, the movements of the
hands, the accent of the voice, that ac-
company it. Mothers are prone to for
get the mighty power of these silent,
magnetic tides forever flowing between
mother and child.
That the mother should thoroughly
possess, understand, govern and believe
in herself is of the utmost Importance to
her abiding influence for good. al have
always talked to my children about gen.
erosity," said mother of four bright
boys; " am always telling them how
much better it would be to share their
possessions with each other, than for each
to hug selfshly his own. Still they do
manifest selfish, grasping tempers, more
and more as they grow older" But |
had seen in that house, only few days
before, small basket of provisions for
a poor neighbor, doled out in grudging
words, in the hearing of little ones whom
she was always telling to be generous.
And | know that their young wits had
not failed to perceive already that while
hundred or more dollars came easily
enough when new furniture was wanted,
the fifty cents that went monthly into
the contribution was sadly missed
There was no living spirit in the mothers
teaching ng-consequently no bene6cent in
fuence. The atmosphere they breathed
in their home, was not warmed by benev-
olence and sympathy; the mothers ex-
cellent moral instructions, matched with
niggardly example, went for next to
nothing. And it is the same in regard
to instructions against a proud spirit or
hasty temper or covetous disposition.
Children will build according to the
model set before them, and not accord
ing to the rules framed and hung up be-
side them.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
COMPROMISING MArrERs.-The age of

COMPROMISING Matters age of
compromising is not entirely passed. A
rather bashful young man, not a thous-
and miles from this town, after long
and arduous courtship, found himself one
bright evening the betrothed Of pretty
girl, the very pink of modesty. He was
about to take his departure, and after
lingering abont the door for sometime he
declared and protested to Miss Sallie
that he couldn't and wouldn't go until
she had kissed him! OF course Miss
Sallie blushed beautifully red, and vowed
in turn that she could not and would not
do that-she never mad done such thing
and never would until she was married.
The alteration became exciting, until
the gentleman got hufed and declared if
he couldn't kiss her he wouldn't have
her, and was marching off. She watched
him to the door, and seeing he was in
earnest, and that she should loose him
unless something was done, she said coax
ingly, "Come back, then; I'll split the
difference with you. You may squeeze
my hand" Gloucester Advertiser.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

WHAT IS COUNTRY EpIToR2-An
exchange answers this question as fol-
lows: Why, he is man who reads
newspapers, writes on most any subject,
sets type, reads proof, folds, mails, runs
on errands, saws wood, draws water,
works in the garden, talks to all who
come, is blamed for hundred things
which are nohody's business but his own
works from A. NJ to 10 p. NJ, helps
people to get into office (who forget all
about it afterward), and frequently gets
cheated out of half his earnings. He
puas and does more to build up the town
than any boly else, and the miser and the
foey are benefited thereby; yet they
will say that the editors paper Is o. no
account, will not advertise or take the
paper, but will borrow It. Who wouldn't
be an editors''
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
poftrY,
From Old and New.
Two Snow-Flakes.


by ISABELLA GRANT 9RREDIrH
Two dainty snow crystals came floating down,
inroush the dun clouds brooding above the town.
As pure as the white plumes of Raphael,
Staihless' ana perfect. they silently fell.
One, high on the cross Of the old church spire,
IN the evening red, cleaned like sacred fire.
And one fallen lower was doomed to lie
In the path oft trampled by passers by.
Then the crystals cold heart in lofty pride,
DID the low estate OF its twin deride;
Deeming that through her own worth. it befell.
mat she had not fallen in mire, we'll;
As proud as if she had toiled to attain
Ihan height, SO secure from all harm and stain.
The other sought by prayerful strife,
10 rise from her fall to pqrer life.
This hope this faith was her true hearts prize -
Ihough falien low, L shall rise.-l shall rise !"
While she patient waited her song had a cheer.
Inc snowflake on high could not choose but hear.
Though out-cast down trodden my days are spent
Think not that linger in base content!
" My purity sulled-my beauty laid low.
SHAH yet be white as the driited snow.
" Sometime somewhere, it will be all made plain,
why yours was the glOry.-and mine the stain
But the Father knoweth-his ways good!'
And still her Resurgam she brayely sung.
Till dawn its bright banners of light had flung.
And the sun shone forth from his golden bower,
Upon church yard pathway, and ivied tower.
The snow crystal melting beneath his BEAM
Vanished away like beautiful dream
Her frozen heart melted her pride had its fall
ohe dropped from the cross to the old church wall
With patter and drip. like summer shower
On the ivy that clung around the tower.
Down the leafy stair in her swift descent,
To lie in the gutter all smirched and spent,
Then the ivies whispered across the air
How art thou fallen l-onee pure and so fair
over open graves we have heard the priest
Say The least shall be greatest the greatest least p
So the ivies futtered above her fall -
But song gave her keenest pain of all,
As d,w-drop phantom Of mist sped by,
Purihed-glorifed-ho to the sky.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

AN IRIsHMAN's WIsH.--Patrick Nc
Quinn was baggage master on one of
our railroads, and attentive to his busi-
ness. A few evenings since, while at
his post, he was accosted by an excited
passenger, who, in boisterous manner.
demanded to know the whereabouts of
his trunk. Pat, after several times re-
plying to the interrogatory, lost patience
and thus put an end to the strangers
troublesome questioning !" Och, mister,
/ wish in me soul ye were the elephant
instead of the jackass, for thin ye'd have
yer trunk always under yer eye" That
passenger didn't ask for his trunk sec
ond time.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

COOP HUMoR A DUTY.-Can any one
define good humor? We all know what
it is. We can feel and enjoy it, is hard
to pin the thing down to any formal de-
fnition. The good humored man is at
all events happy man, man to be en-
wed, man on whom troubles sit lightly
and man who confess as much happi-
ness as he enjoys. He radiates it as it
were, and his good humor, latent or PIN
ed half to death, comes out, revives and
fourishes. Good humor can scarcely be
called a moral virtue. 1t depends per-
haps as much on disposition and the
perfect action of the liver as on any
thing else. A good-humored man must
be ipso facto eupeptic man, a man that
enjoys a good dinner. Now quality
which depends upon the action of a mans
liver can scarcely be high moral quail
ity. And yet has any man right to be
dyspectic? Is it not moral duty not to
be Setting aside the rare cases of inev-
table misfortune is net dyspepsia mans
own fault generally, the result of his
gluttony, his laziness. his stupidity, his
carelessness or his ignorance? And are
these things moral virtues? Has a man
any right to make himself wretched, to
people the world with horrors, to be a
nuisance to himself and everybody about
him, because he lacks the sense to con-
troll his appetite or the energy to take
sufficient exercise to keep his liver
healthy ? One Of these days we shall
come to the conclusion that the snarling
fretful, ill-tempered or complaining and
depressed victim is not merely to be pit
led, but deserves to be punished as he is.
He may be very devotional, in his way.
He may make high pretentions to piety
and religious feeling, but he is none the
less nuisance, and ON the whole, dys-
peptic piety is as unhealthy as any other
dyspeptic thing.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

If cat doth meet cat upon garden
wall, and if cat doth greet a cat, oh !
need they both to squall? Every Tom
my has his Tabby waiting on the wal; !;
and yet he welcomes her approach by an
unearthly yawl. And if a kitten wish to
court upon the garden wall. why don't he
sit and sweetly smile, and not stand up
and bawl; and lift his precious back up
high and show teeth and moan, as if
rwere collie more than love that made the
feller groan'
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

During the last illness of DIR. Cibrac.
a celebrated French physician, he was
attacked with delirium, on recovering
from which he felt his own pulse, mis-
taking himself for one of his patients.
"Why was I not called before?' he
said. alt is too late; has the gentle
man been bledg his attendant answer
ed in the negative.
"Then he is dead man." answered
Cibrac; abe will not live six hours; :;
and his prediction was verified.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

A CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS wri-
ter in Putnam's proposes, as cure for
appetite for liquor, bromide of POTASH
um, saying:
There is no ''tapering off +" with the
devil. Either he has got you, or he has
not got you. The first part of the treat
ment in this physical disease quires
immediate removal of the patient from
all disturbing influences, of whatever
nature. There must be no noisy chi,-
dfen about, no quarreling women, no
scandal mongers pouring out their dis
titled venom to jar upon his nerves and
disturb his spirit. He must have abso-
lutte quiet and repose. He must take a
two weeks holiday and go to bed where
nothing will trouble him or get to him
but one faithful friend.
Having obtained twelve twenty grain
powders of the bromide, he takes one,
and after conflict, the sedative wins
the victory and he sleeps. When he
wakes, the struggle against the taste for
liquors begins again, and another pow
der is taken, and so on until at last
perfect success and glorious victory are
obtained. The desire for drink will be
completely eradicated, and its return
will not be likely to occur. During the
treatment food should not be taken un-
less urgently desired, and then it should
be Of the most nutritious character
Broths of fowl or beef steak. and such
other meats as are best calculated to
preserve the tone of the stomach, are to
be preferred.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
LUCK AND LABoR.-Luck is ey

LUCK AND LABoR.-Luck is ever
waiting 1or something to turn up.
Labor, with keen eyes and strong will
will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed, and wishes the post
man would bring him the news of leg
acy.
Labor turns out at six o'clock, and
with busy pen or ringing hammer, lays
the foundation of competence.
Luck whines.
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances.
Labor, on character.
Luck slips downward to indulgence.
Labor strides upward, and to indepen-
dence.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18
Too PoLIrE.-Don Piatt tells this sto-

Too PoLITE-Don Piatt tells this sto-
ry of Gen Schenck at Lake George:
We had good story on Gen. Schenck
in this connection. The general, who
used to be sent in by the ladies to scare
away the sharks for them, was coming
out of the water somewhat late, when he
encountered two forlorn damsels about
going in. They were fair to look upon,
and the general, who is not only one of
the most gallant of men, but one of the
most fascinating, Immediately offered his
services as an escort. This was courte-
ously accepted, and the two nymphs and
their tender god had gay time. After
this performance was over, old Docks
asked the general if he knew whom he
been bathing with.
NO." responded the wet statesman,
"who are theyf''
"Why, two of Taylor's chamber
maids" responded Docks, laughing.
"Well," added the general, with one
of his grim smiles, s. / thought they were
too polite to be boarders."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-11-18

During an examination, a medical stu
dent, being asked the question. When
Dies modification ensue?" responded
"when you pop the question and are an
swered nc"