Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-22

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MISPLACED PATRIOTIsM-lt is impossible
to be cerlain Of the sublime. A Pawtucket
Engine Company owned golden eagle Not
the metallic $50, which has taken wings, and
is unquestionahly rare, but magnificent live
national bird, seven feet from tip to tip. They
bought it with IA view to having it killed and
stuffed. TO its rescue camc Mr. Dorsey, the
prisoners friend, who, like Dido, not ignor ant
oi misfortune, has learned TO succor the un
fortunate. He believed in stuffed turkeys, but
not in stuffed eagles, and he purchased this one
for the equivalent $50 half gold, half green
backs. Then Mr.. Dorsey advertised his pur
pose 10 sat free the noble bird, and lorewarned
all people that on Thursday at noon the eagle
should be liberated.
At the appointed day and hour vast crowd
assembled. a New York gentleman read a
poem composed Lya Providence lady, "dcdi-
Gated to the Eagle now in bondage, but soon to
be released to soar 70 realms of broad blue, to
,'arry 10 other birds an account OF the bounty
:ii Mr. Dorsey the prisoners friend, and the
Peabody Of l'awtucket.' 1t commenced:
cSpreal Thy wings to the winds of Heaven.
proud bird,
On the pinons of Iiborty rise;
soar away from tho bounds Of mortal power,
TO home in thy native skies.'
The band played "IIail Columbia" and
amid the cheers of the crowd the liberated
eagle rose But Pawtucket was his Capua,
and luxury had demoralized him. He yielded
10 gravity and fat, and sat down on a house
top, not hundred yards away. Irrcverent
hoys snow. balIed him. and he rose again. while
the band played Yankee Doodle. But
weight will tell, " and after tlutter, he land
ed in an elm tree. Therc-it is positively toe
hal-hc caught in the twigs, and hung suS
ucndcd and wretched emblem A youth climb
cd to his release, but the ungratelul bird at
,ackcd him with teak and talons. Again the
hurrahs, the music; and the eagle arose, thl:
lime Tor the last but soon settled down on tht
ground gave out entirely, resigned his Tree
dom and diSgraccd his nationality, and was
taken back to the engine house, subject to the
order of Mr.. porscy.-N. J 7Hbmc.
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MORTALITY AMONG CuIDREN- DIR. Snow
medical registrar Of Providence, commenting
upon the excessive mortality OF children under
five years OF age, (who, as most OF our reader:
probably know, constitute on an average mora
than half OF thc,t death list, after stating
that "summcr complaints" arc charged with
more mischief than is their exclusive due, and
that lung fever commissions, and congestive
diseases oithc brain and other organs, 'de
Stroy far more children than cholera intantuu
and diarrhca," describes one potent lcths
agency in the following paragraph, which VT
urgently commend to the attention OF iaShluna
bic mothers:
The truth is the cEief cause Of infantlc NOR
tality is not more the weather or foul air thar
;hc Ignorance and falls pride Of the mothers
Children arc killed by the manner iG which
they arc desscd and by the food that is eivcl
them, as much is by any other causes. Infant
of the most tender age, in our changcabo ant
rough climate, are lett with bare arms and legs
and with low neck dresses. The mothers in tht
same dress would shiver and suffer with cold
and expect a t Of rsickness as the result OF thci
cuIpablc carelcsSncss. And yet the mother
could cnducc such Il treatment with t.r less dan
ger to the health and life than their tender in
lanIS"
BY this exposure of the cxtrcmties, in whcl
the circulation is always less active than in part
nearer the heart, not only is an undue amoun
OF animal heat lost by radiation, but the bloo'
Is driven in excess to internal organs, Otter
with the most disastrous result, t,-NeO fOr
|IoMl
GEORGE NJ. BEDFORD, of bourbon County
Kentucky, states the Paris True kentuckiar
few lays ago submitted his cutie to a test b
which he obtained the weight Of water dram
by them. At haltpast eight o'clock in tn
morning he weighed three ycarng bulls; the
watcred them and Put them on the scales tn
second time. Before drinking, Duke OF Good
ness weighed !, 705 rs. Cherry Duke l,G7
lts and lnvncibIc Duke l,525 lbs, Ate
drinking. Duke of Goodness weighed !, ,145 lbs
Cherry Duke ! .72O lbs. ; and lnvlncible Duk
1870 lh-. With one animal the increase
weight was forty pounds, and with the othe
Two forty live pounds each At this rate {
increase it would make vast, difference in tn
;,rico OF 4 herd sold 10y the pound whether pu,
chased and wei; ;;hcd in the morning before {
alter drinking Water is a cheap commodity
but il becomes valuable when disposed OF h
the pound at the price paid Tor cattle
LEWIS LINDSEY "oN THE LEGISLATURE. =
Lewis is reported to have uttered the ioiIoWir
opinion of our legislature
"Wcll, folks thinks I'm sorry because
didn't rit here but they certainly is mistake'
lt'simpetcrial to me bout gtlin in here D.
rause | amt no dcmigod. amt workin +
office. and don't care whether | gitS one