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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-05-31
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MARRIED IN A CORNFIELD.

y highly dramatic episode, showing
smooth, TRANSFERRED here the other day.
The daughter of a rich planter, who
lives few miles from the city, had fall
len desperately in love with a young
lawyer from the same neighborhood.
The affection was mutual, but the old
man, the girls father, was bitterly OPP
posed to the match, and packed his
child of to Nashville, to one of the
richest female seminarieE. Love, from
the foundation of the world, has been
found fertile in resources, ard, as might
have been expected, the young people
were not long in finding means in inter-
changing notes, and afterward meeting
at the house of a mutual friend. They
had arranged for a sort Of clandestine
marriage when the cruel parent got
wind of the matter (cruet parents al
ways hear of these things), aud took the
girl home for day or two till he could
take her to New York and incarcerate
her in convent. After much difficulty
the lover got note to her. and the day
before the intended departure for the
East she went into a back room under
pretext of getting some article TO pack in
her trunk, slipped through the window,
across the yard, and into an adjacent
corn field, where the lover was ready
with Squire, and, standing amid the
corn ricks in a drilling rain, the two
were married.
That was pretty plucky on the whole,
wasn't it?
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FROM ELDORADO.
ELpoRApo, Jan. 1st, 1870

ELDoRADo, Jan. 1st, 1870.
EDITOR News: The opening of the
New Year has seemed to inspire us
with renewed exertions and increased
interest. Though q comparative quiet
has characterized the holidays-but lit
tie transporting of the amusing or sensa-
tional-yet business has been unusually
lively and everybody much absorbed in
the Pursuance of it; however, our
hearts have been gladdened by one
very agreeable depression from the
stern realities and duties of life in the
way Of social party given by DR..
White and wife on New Years
evening. There were about forty pres
ent, and "all went merry as a marriage
bell" The fore part of the evening
was very agreeably spent in social in
tercourse till about nine o'clock, when
we were summoned to the dining room
where there was a table covered with
the most delicate Injuries that
ingenuity could devise or the most fas-
tidious epicure desire. 1t was a COM
plete success and pleasant affair and
all united in returning thanks to the
DIR. and his wife for furnishing US with
such q pleasant entertainment, one that
will long be remembered by the
participants. $1,000.
Amer several disappointments we feel
safe in asserting that we are soon to
have q newspaper established here by
Messrs. DanfOrd and Murdoch, gentle
men possessing perseverance and intel
igence equal TO the emergency: conse-
quently we are anticipating a glorious
success and are expecting real wide
awake paper that will successfully
the advantages and beauties of
the garden spot of Kansas, for such we
consider this and the lovely country
south of us.
Messrs. KnowIton & Elliott have
completed their store house, and very
neat building it IS They have already
on hand q large stock of hardware.
Success to them. The addition to the
Hotel 10 completed and it is rented to \
Mr.. Chamberlain, who is conducting it
in good style. The last new sensation
is . daguerrean car with . veloeipede
which is . novel sight to some
Of us pioneers. Our school house is to
be completed with only one story,
which some of us lament very much, as
it will not accommodate one year from
the present time the number of children
that will be in attendance. Perhaps if |
the ladies had taken advantage of the |
right that is conferred upon them in |
regard to school matters, the result |
might have been different, as the most |
IF them, we hatter ourselves, possess
he faculty of seeing an inch beyond |
heir noses, and have as well realization
II true economy. a little while longer
when the wheel OF fortune Ghall have |
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RAILROADS.
Growth Of the UnIted States.
Fifty Thousand Hnes.

It il difficult with all our accumulated
facilities to reach every portion of our
vast country, and ascertain the exact
condition of the railroad interest in each
State or section. And during the last
year the development of this great in
terest of the nation has been so Immense
and SO rapid as to make it impossible to
keep pace with its growth. The con-
struction ofthe Pacific Railroads, indeed,
has forced all parts of the country to
railroad extension, and hence we find
that the extent of mileage constructed
and improvement on old lines has been
greater in 1869 than in any former year
of our railroad history. When we state
that there have been brought into use
during the year no less than 6,588, 81
miles of new road, this fact is fully prov
en-. This is more than one-eighth part
of the total mileage in the country, the
other seven-eights having taken forty
years of varied fortune to establish. Yet
still we are progressing, and the year
now commencing promises to eclipse
even the year just closed. We have now
in use estimated mileage of 48,S6O,55
miles, and also projected and in progress
mileage of p, sos, 83 miles. Take all the
world without the United States, and
this is not equalled. Truly we are pro-
gressive, and see in all this development
a destiny as grand as insured. With
our railroads we scale mountains and
span the uninhabited plains, which are
still in possession of the Indian, and
open up vast territories for human hab-
itation, which, without the railroad,
must forever have been closed against
civilization. If we are going fast, we
are going in the right direction, and the
day is not far off which will give us the
great benefits we seek in our headlong
course. The railroad will unite us, and
make us the great nation of the world,
free and indissoluble.
The following tabulation shows the
distribution of mileage and cost to the
several States and Tarrifnriac.
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CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.

An individual, whose name we should
certainly make public if ii could be OBJ
tanned, was served a well deserved, al
though dishonest trick YESTERDAY, in
front of the Burnet House, on Vine
street. Rushing along in search OF a
dollar or two, he noticed a newsboy. or
gamin whose general appearance was
that of newsboy OF bootblack. pick
up, turn over and scrutinize carefully a
large sealed envelope. Looking over
the lads shoulder he read the address
"John Burton, Burnet House." and in
a corner read the attractive mark slSIOO -
''Boy.T said he, "what are you doing
with that - at the same time grabbing .
corner of the envelope.
The boy looked startled and alarmed.
and stammered out that he was looking
for the owner. That clinched it.
My names Burton, and there's q hum
dred dollars in there that belongs to me |:
give it here" said Greedy Grab.
The boy whined and demanded ten
dollars for finding it.
sect away said Greedy Grab.
Give me five, or I'll YELL" said the
boy.
Greedy Grab; ''get out, or I'll kick you"
The boy scaInRered of, with dollar
IN his fist and grin on his face. The
man who had purchased one hundred
dollars with one, rushed into a corner of
the Bnrnet House bar-room. tore omen
the envelope, found,in il q fragment Of
yesterdays Gazette and rushed ont a.
gain, followed by a.f1ha ha 2" veil from
a trio of hootbIacks who had followed
and watched him.-CiRcinnati CONNER
ci0{
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VOLUME 13.
LOVE AND AGE.

We doubt not that many heart, covered
by the frosts Of even sixty winters, will read
the following beautiful lines with the emotions
Of younger years crowd about 1t; and he
who never attempts to read poetry Of any
kind will be instantly touched when the eye
falls upon these lines:l
played with you mid cowslips growing.
When was six and you were four;
When garlandS weaving, nower-balls throw
ing,
We're pleasures soon TO please no more;
Thro' groves and meads, DER grass and heather,
With little playmates, TO and fro,
We wandered hand In hand together:
But that was sixty year, ago.
You grew q lovely roseate maiden,
And still our carly love was strong;
Still with no cares our days were laden,
They glided joyously along;
And did love you very dearly
thought your heart was touched as nearly:
But that was my years ago.
Then other lovers came around you.
Your beauty grew from year to year,
And many glittering circle found you
The center Of its glittering sphere.
saw you then, nrst vows forsaking,
On rank and wealth your hand bestow;
D, then i thought my heart was breaking:
But that Vas forty years ago.
And 1 lived on 70 wed another;
No cause she gave me 70 Fepine; g,
And when heard you were mother,
did not wish the children mine.
Ny own YUunG aG1E, u 1-lP pGogresElon.
49, 4p 2 UL19En14 EMFlnkmss FeWs
~ Joy n - NJ Pass expression:
But that was thirty years ago.
You grew = matron, plump and comedy,
You dwelt In fashions brightest blaze,
My earthly lot was far more homely,
But /, too, had my festal days.
No merrter eyes have ever glistened
Around the hearthstone's wintry glow,
Than when my youngest child was christened
But that was twenty years ago.
Time passed. Ny Oldest girl was MARI ed,
And now / am grandsire gray;
One pet OF four years old carried
Among the wild-dowered meads to play,
In our fields Of childish pleasure,
Where now rs then the eowslips blow,
She nils her easkeps ample measure
And this Is not ten years ago.
But though first loves lmpassIoned blindness
Has passed away In colder night,
still have thought Of you with kindness,
And shall do I'LL our last good night.
The ever-rolling silent hours
VIII bring . time we shall not know,
When our young days Of gathering flowers
VIII be an hundred years ago.
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City Passenger Railroads are not in
cluded in the above summary These
are now in general use in all considera-
BILE cities, and in numerous instances in
places where population is less dense.
Their economic zeal bearings are fully rec
ognized, and their popularity is increas-
ing. Boston, New York, Brooklyn and
Philadelphia count their street railroad
tracks by hundreds of miles. Probably
the total is not less than $500 to 4OOO
miles.
Nor have we included in our state-
ment any account of the second tracks
with which most of the leading lines
are supplied. These may be estimated
at % per cent. of the length of road, and
are being added to yearly. Adding these
supplementary tracks to the tabulated
mileage, We find that the total length of
equivalent single track in use is about
1900 miles, and, If we add to this the
equivalentfor the city passenger tracks,
70 nearly $500 miles. 1t is now about
forty years since we began to build rail-
roads, and, in that time, as before init
mated, we have built q greater length
than 10 to be found in the whole of Eu-
rope. Progress leads but to new de-
nands and new Observation-Disclosures
Journal.
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NUMBER 2
A SENSIBLE GIRL.

?
Many years ago q young man who
had paid attention TO a bright, sweet
girl for q long time without making
nything that was even . second cousin
to proposal, was startled one evening
by the question, Robert, do you want
70 marry me ?" He tried to evade the
point by asking why che put such
question TO him. because ii you don't
want TO marry me, You must stop COM
ing to see me. No mocking- bird around
the -redbreast's nest, you know. Rob-
ert took the hint, and with q cool good
night walked home. What should he
fcare for girl so rude as that? Good
company as hers elsewhere. He would
Join the club next day. He tried to
sleep, but couldn't. He didn't like the
turn. things had taken. The figure
plagued him. 1.-The was q moeking-bird,
who was the redbreast that he was keep
ing away from such q fitting partner
| At any rate, one thing is certain, Edna
| il smart and she is pretty he said to
himself, ,iand she means business. The
next morning Robert went to the count
| ing-roOm. 1t was long day. Bush
ness had dragged. Everybody was pre-
occupied. hurried, cross. He was glad
to go home, only it wasn't home. He
took book, but found himself trying
to read the Goals in the CRATE and figures
on the wall instead of the page. He
threw himself ON the lounge, but Ii was
kdreadfHliy duh. He stood it for while,
and then put On his hat and walked
down TO the widow Craigiess. He step
ped up to the door as usual, but Edna
was engaged. He asked to have her
called. 1t seemed a month before she
came down. At last she appeared. He
arose from his seat and met her in the
middle of the room, and said, edna, i
have come here to night on business.
L am tired of being your mocking- bird,
and want to be your redbreast; will
you be my wife, when do you say ?
said Edna, her face suffnsed with bushes
Soon as can make nest" Robert re.
| piled. II believe both redbreasts sh ould
join in building the nest" said Edna
land L want to do my part" This was
twenty years ago. To-day one of the
handsomest mansions in one of our cit
les is the nest of welded pair whose
life has been sweet as a birds song, and
whose hearts, like their affections, are
as young as ever. There is a great dea
more i'll putting little straightforward
business at the beginning of life than il
generally supposed
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made g few more revolutions, in all
probability they will take an interest in
that which is of most vital importance
to them-the education of their
children.
We have meetings in progress here
this week which are very interesting,
good sermons being frequently deliver
ed. 1t is fact, and a very noticeable
one, that our town and vicinity can
boast of more intelligent and eloquent
ministers of the Gospel than any other
town of its size in Kansas. We consid-
er this not only commendable but
unusual for the far West.
Senator Mead and Representative
Small have taken their departure for
Topeka to plead for Onr interests in the
Sanhedrim of the State. May they be
blessed with the wisdom of Solomon
in their Legislature. Mr.. Bronson,
Journal Clerk of the Senate, has also
gone. Mr.. Foulke has made himself
and US happy by taking nice little
wife. Sensible to the last.
OCCASIONAL.
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win probably despair of. owning land

viii probably despair of owning land
and will either ''hire out or renta farm
already Enclosed. Twice as much land
would be bought and paid for next year,
in every State west OF Ohio, If it were
not for the serious expense Of fencing.-
If law to compel stock restraint had
been enacted twenty years ago in Wis
consin. there woold not now be \ hun
dred acres of good land uncultivated m
the State. AS soon as. the oppressive
fence laws and customs shall be aboiish-
ed, hundreds of thousands of poor men
will stake out their claims on the prair-
les, and fearlessly put in their crops.
And the State THAI shall soonest learn
wisdom, will receive the greatest access
sion to its population. .,-s..-.., RI
Some of the most enterprising farm
ers in New York, Michigan, Ohio, and
Wisconsin, seem resolved to transfer
the onus of fencing to stock growers.
In number of towns adjoining, they
have dubbed together and entirely, re-
moved their highway fences, holding
stock owners responsible for trespass.
In every case of litigation, they have
been sustained by the courts .11ss 20,
ADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED SYSTEM
The advantages of fencing stock and
letting crops run at large" are numerl
Gus and obvious.s In the first place it
would abolish q tax a hundred times as
oppressive, and not half as excusabIe as
that " hich lighted the flames oft1e Rev
olution and deprived Great Britain of
her richest colonies. Itwould not only
save millions of dollars every year 10
every State, but it would improve i'm
measurably the character of stock, and
secure the purity of breeds by prevent
ing contact with scrub bulls; it would
enable every farmer to regulate the
time of calving it would avert the loss
es sustained by straying; it would pre-
vent litigation, aud the resulting perju-
ry and profanity: it would confer a
charming sense of security, save anX-
ious days and sleepless nights, and do
more than any other conceivable thing
to promote good neighborhoods. Fen
ces make more rustic quarrels than wis
ky does" The public apathy on this
subject is incomprehensible, and, by
and-by, when each State compels the re-
straint of stock under a heavy penalty,
we shall wonder how we lived when
every man had to barricade his crops,
aud every active, bomy, famine stricken
steer was a free cOmmOne I'll. 4.
CTO-fut, in Hearth and Home.
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4 PROFESSORSHIP OF LOCAL EDIT
ING DEMANDED.

Apropos to the establishment in
Washington College, Virginia, of de-
partment for education in journalism,
the Cincinnati Times thinks there should
be'a special professorship for instruction
in local editing, and indicates what the
course of instruction should be, as fol-
lows:
THE student in the local business
should have a great deal of exercise on
his legs each day-taught that il isn't
brains so much as leg talent that is re-
quired to make an efficient local reporter.
lie must learn to smell an item a long
distance, as the model war-horse 'snuf-
feth the battle from affair." and spare no
eXertion in finding it. His fancy and
imagination need to be cultivated some
what, and his invention quickened and
encouraged, iii order that he may have
something to fall back on in case things
persistently refuse to happen, for the
public demands local news every day,
remember, whether there be any OF not.
Deprive them of able leaders and they
may stand it for a day or two, but they
won't give up their local news not for a
single issue.
THE would-be local will require little
instruction i'll regard to receiving pres
ents of boots, hats, clothing, bottles of
wine, oysters, cigars, dead-head tickets,
etc, etc. They learn that very readily.
The professor can do as he pleases about
advising them to accept or refuse such
perquisites. If any conscientious young
local should have any scruples about ac-
cepting, we would remind him that he
has as high authority as the President of
the United States for taking in any pres
ents offered him, and he can initiate it
ornot.
''The student should be. taught 10 miss
all sorts of festive suppers, and sit pa
from after-dinner orators. He must
horse-whipping, and must be licked &C.
casionly'by the professor to accustom
him to any incidents of the kind that
are not improbable to occur.
lie must be taught to have no emo
tiOns of his own, to look upon all calam-
tiles with purely professional eye, to
observe and describe the convuising
humOr of a popular comedian, and catch
the last sigh of an expiring victim of
the hangman, with the same stoical in
difference. The professor of local re-
porting ought to hang man OCCASION
ally in the presence Ofthe class, in order
that they may become accustomed to
reporting executions. And finally, the
candidate for the local chair should
learn to live on moderate income,
sternly subdue all inclinations for more
than the necessaries of life, and be will
ling to give poverty smiling welcome,
until fate or his own exertions hoists
him to higher place"
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THE SOUTHERN BRANCH PACIFIC.

A meeting of the directors of the I'm
ion Pacific Railway Company, Southern
Branch, was held at Junction City on
Monday, 9th inst, ct which the local
directors, viz: Thaddeus Fl. Walker,
s. s. Prouty, II. F. Hale, p. z. Taylor,
S. S. Huffaker, p. B. Plumb. p. B. Max-
son, Rollin Norton, and n. S. Goss, re-
signed. Two vacancies that already ex-
listed were filed by the election of George
Dennison and David Crawford, IT.,
Francis Skiddy, August Belmont and
X. s. Stevens were also elected direct
ors. There are now seven directors in
the board as follows: Levi Parsons, j.
B. Dickinson, Francis Skiddy, August
Belmont, George Dennison, David
Crawford jr., and r. s. Stevens. There
are six more directors to be elected, who
are to be selected from the counties
through which the road passes. r. S.
Stevens has gone to New York or bust
ness connected with the road and will
return some time next month.-Cons-
110asee0Itk.
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The Assistant Treasurer has received
instructions from the Secretary of the
Treasury to buy six millions of Eve
twenties during the current month, and
sell four million dollars in gold.
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A meeting of several New York cap
italists has just been held to take meas
ures for establishing al American line
of steamers to Europe.
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Nothing 80 adorns the face as cheer
fnlness. When the heart is in flower its
bloom and beauty pass to the features.
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New YoRx, Jan. 3-The fund for the
relief of the widow Of Sec. Stanton has
alrsdy reached $4,000.
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The n. Y. Legislature has taken steps
for repeal OF the ratification OF the
18th Amendment.
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Cost Of road
13,446,2S $3.50 81

The annual progress of railroad build
ing since in 1927 the commencement was
made in the construction of the Granite
Railroad, Quincy, Mass, 10 the present
time, is shown in the following table:
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The New York stats debt is $685.
o85,7S.
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RFcAPTrULATIoN By sEcrIoNs
Tot,I. Jam !. 10 I'd. $50. 3a Is. 86O. h5 !

In the following statement is shown
the increase in railroad development in
the several sections during the year
1859:
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BEECHRR,S THEOL0GY.

ty Of the Spirit, but Diversity Of Mani-
festafions-From Mr.. Beecherss SaIuta-
tory I'm the Chsstiea TTniOn
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The Kansas Debating Society is in
session at Topeka.
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JOHN BAYS
LAUNDRY.

CITY LAUNDRY,
FTN J. ROLY, Proprietor Corner OF sah Avenue
y and Commercial Street. Washing done on
reasonable terms. "'-De
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EhkNIs - NICHoLAs
Pr EsIArE AND CoILECrISG Acv.>---a
kAnsAs. Colioctions made in nv NJ = "a wed Co.
caysyanetng done. ana AeknoWisd@I ses % st
SAilaS daAss 70 land aad payia1 81 Rer
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LIVERY STABLES.
]. 3. CLEVELAND.s

.. N. Q w. DAVIS
NEW LIVERY, SALE AND FEED STABLE
IN You can get your horses fed with good feed at
low prices also horses and bugEes to let and teams
Sor heavy hauling.
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-. A1AAE = OIEEES1CAs He-a
HITr NEAT MARKET. The people of Emporia
and Vicinity will At all times Ind good supply
o. Fresh Meats and Vegetables. one door south Of
AAuosrg's store. Cash paid for hides.
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BLAckSMITHs.

!. \. MADDocK. rHos. Il. THOMAS
MADDOX = THOMAS,
DLACKSMITHS. They would announce TO the
ID people OF Lyon and adjoining counties that
they still carry on the above business At their old
stand. Will be ready Mt all times iron wagons
and buggies, shoe horses and do ali kinds OF
repairing.
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HENTHAL LlN ERf, FEED AND SALE STA
~ BILE, on 9th Avenue, between Commercial and
AschAnies Street, 10 now open and ready for bust
- and VIII farniah teams n any time during
the DAY or night Passengers convey cd to any part
Of the country on liberal terms. Particular atten-
ton paid 70 boarding and transient stock.
JOHN BAYS
VERY AND FEED STABLE, It'll Avenue
~ Teams and saddle horses to hire Horses fed
At all times and on reasonable terms