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Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
A Large Fish Story.
From the Boston Herald.

Cap. in John Evitt, of the fishing
schooner Charles H. Price, of Salem,
Mass, which arrived home from a
cruise yesterday; reports the following
strange story: "The schooner was an
chored off Grand Bank, ten days ago,
with about two hundred fathoms of
hemp cable out, and about ready to
start for home, having taken about fiji.
teen thousand pounds of halibut. The
cook threw over line to catch q fish
for dinner, and having caught one,
threw the line over again and found it
tended aft remarkable rate. Think
ing it strange he called from the cabin
the captain, came on deck went for
ward, and found the vessel going ahead
at about five knots speed, but could
not account for it. He ordered all
hands called, and they hove in the Ca
ble to about thirty fathoms, when they
discovered that their anchor had got
hooked to large whale, which they
had before seen at some distance. The
whale ran with the schooner some little
time longer. The crew weather-bitted
the cable, and in short time the whale
sounded, broke the anchor, and carried
away with HIM good part of it. The
black skin is to be seen on the cable
where 1t chafed on the whale. The
ring and a small piece of the anchor
were all that was left attached to the
cable the flukes are gone, and are sup
posed to have somehow become at
tached to the body of the whale.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
The Cuban InSurrectiOn,

New YORK, December 2O-Pnvate
letters from Spanish soldiers in Cuba
show that they are becoming demoral-
lied, while the patriots are gaining
strength and hope. One says: The
insurrection appears each day to lie
gaining greater strength, and to be us,
ing different systems of warfare The
whole country is full of small bodies of
men, numbering from 100 to 800, and
never day passes without our being
attacked by them. When we least ex-
pect it they pour two or three rounds
into us at close quarters, and then run
away, and as the woods are SO thick
and the ground so uneven, we are
unable to pursue them, because they
know tue land so much better than we
do. In each ambush they will gener-
ally manage to kill ten or twelve of our
men, while we scarcely ever get shot
ut them at all, except on any attack we
may make on their camps, and then we
meet with most determined Resistance,
SO that, as far as can see, there is no
visible end to this busin ess unless we
do as we did in San Domingo and give
them up the island. Never mind VIII at
the Spanish papers say: they write
only to deceive the young men Of Spain,
but what I tell you is the true char &C
ter of this war"
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.

TwENTY-E1aar women have been ma
circulated in the University of Edinburg
during the present term.
DR.. CHp1EY's private lunatic asylum,
near Lexington, Ky., was burned on
Saturday. Loss $4,000.
ErRUscAN and Roman jars, boars tusks
and human remains, nails and knives
were recently discovered in the Isle of
Thanet.
The incorri2able observes that hard
wood bolt is the most appropriate fas-
tening for door after midnight, be-
cause it's one oak lock.
The famous Ravel Brothers, Gabriel,
Antonine, Froncois and jerome, are
now living quietly near Paris iu pros
porous circumstances.
The cathedral clock at Louisville,
KY, froze up and stopped running the
other day.
A CIGAR maker of Canton, Illinois,
has just received the news that he is q
German baron
The remains of Alexandra Dumas
are to be transported this month from
Villers- Cotterets to Paris for interment
in the Pere La Chaise.
The latest ascension to the lecture
rostrum is Roebuck, the English men,
Der of parliment and "lost cause !"
symp athizer.
IT is not true that Miss Nilsso n is a
heavy loser by the Chicago fire. She
owns land there, but it has never been
improved.
CHICAGO calls the great fire "the re-
cent heated term"
In consideration of Dr.. Livingstone'e
services the English government has
granted to his children the sum OF
E3OO.
An uncle of George Francis Train
has made an oath that Francis is q lu-
natic, and has asked to be appointed
over him.
TIE first through shipment of Chi
nese goods from Hong Kong to New
Orleans has Just been received.
THE Terrible Temptation" hos been
dramatized, and is now being played
at the Old Bowery, New York.
A NEW English book of American
travel, by @. Macaulay, is humoroualy
entitled "Across the Ferry"
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Patriarclial Trees in Connecticut,

A Connecticut paper says: It is
probable that this state has no larger
forest trees than some which may be
found in the little town of Andover.
Elliot P. Skinner has standing upon his
land several chestnut trees, that are a
wonder to the beholder, the largest of
which measures twenty feet in circum
ference three feet from the ground.
Not five minutes walk from these old
trees of Mr.. Skinner, in a southerly
direction, brings the traveller to a
cluster of chestnut trees on the farm of
General Calvin Daggett, which are not
inferior to those Of Mr. Skinner. They
are old and are truly grand to look
upon; one of them is twenty-five feet
in circumference at the ground, and
the others are little less. They are
loaded with burs every autumn. Still
a little to the south of the last named
trees, on the estate of William Henry
Harrison Daggett, are to be seen two
trees, also chestnut, equally as large as
any mentioned in the foregoing, il not
superior One is little over twenty
three feet in circumference around its
trunk. This tree is regarded as the
largest in the state.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
The Emperor aud Empress of Brazil.

LIE LIupciOi GHl LIupIeSS VI DfaZll,
now making a European tour, seem
bent on leaving only golden opinions
behind them. The Emperor has long
been distinguished among reigning
Princes tor his enlightened views and
his practical interest in all liberal stu
dies. On his travels lie has displayed
a lack of ostentation and an intelligent
curiosity quite es much at variance
with the habit of royal tourists.
While in London, he frequently
astonished the attendants by getting
up and roaming about the streets
long before breakfast, and now the
Empress has added a laurel to her
crown such as few monarchs can boast
of. While at Naples, recently, the
Imperial party visited the famous
Azure Grotto. The sea being rough,
the Empress remained outside in a
small boat. Suddenly the hclmsman,
by whose side she was sitting, lost his
balance, fell overheard, and would in
all probability have been drowned had
not the Empress caught him as he
sunk, and, by great exertion, held
him up until the arrival of help.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Lead Excitement in Illinois and Ken.
tucky.
From the Paducah Kentuckian, Dec. 10.

AAoAA1 SAo ""oo'n A>on'uCAlau Dec. IL.
The excitement g-o"irS out of the
recent discoveries of lead at Rosa Glare.
Illinois is almost equal to the old Cali
fornia lead fever lands, and stocks are
changing hands at fabulous prices
Kentucky, it seems has an equally rich
deposit Of lead opposite the Illinois
mines. We hear that some eastern cap
'talists recently commenced prospect
ing on the lands of Mr.. Barnett, near
Carrsville, and after few days work
were successful in finding lead, which
bids fair to equal the Rosa Clare de-
posit, but have had a legal notice to
stop further operations, as gentleman
by the name of Trabue holds mineral
lease on the lands executed over twenty
years ago. The existence of this lease
was news to Mr.. Barnett, but, on find
ing that it did exist, he proposed to re-
lease the lease by purchase. Our in
formation is that Mr.. Trabue asked
100000 for his privileges. One can
hardly imagine what must have been
the feelings Of disappointment to Mr..
Barnett, having, as he thought, become
the possessor of sufficient wealth for
all worldly purposes, but vanished ut
sight OF this old and, to him, unknown,
document.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
NUMBER SO.
Where Dwell the Dead :!

Where do they dwen7 Meath grassy lnounds by
daisiag
Lilies, and yellow cups of fairest gold:
Near grsy-grown walls where in wild toftuous mazes,
Old clustering ivy wreathes in many fold;
Where in red summer moons
Fresh leaves rustlin2,
Where meath large autumn moons
Young birds sre nestling-
Do they dwell there7
Where do they dweN7 In sulen waters, lying
On beds Of purple ses-do~eEs newly sprung;
Where the mad whiE,pools wild and seless sghtnS
Frets sloping banks BY dark green reeds oerhun8
Where by thetorrent'nsweu
Crystal stones glitter,
While sounds the heavy bell
Over the rivor-
Do they dwell the1o7
No; for In these they slunbor TO decay,
And their remembrance with their life doparts;
They have home-nor dark, nor fer away
Their proper homo-within our faithful heazts
There happy spirits we'd,
Loving forever;
There dwell with Us the dead,
Partan8-Ah. never
There do they dwell!
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
January.

In old Roman mythology Janus was
a royal doorkeeper, an appropriate
name for such parsonage, inasmuch
rs the Latin word j0,su0, from which
Janus is derived, means q door. When
Numa Pompilius, whose reign closed
about six hundred and sevety two years
B. G. Before CHRISTI, took it into his
royal head to make new time table"
for the word, he upset things generally.
The ancient, Jewish, Egyptian, and
Greek Calendars began the year on the
25th of March, and this system ran far
onward into the Christian centuries.
But Numa Pompiius placed two new
months before the previous ten, and
called the first January, in honor of
Janus, and very appropriately, for, as
the old NEUROLOGICAL deity was door
opener, 80 January opens the year.
This Janus, by the way, had two faces
and the two-faced people of these days
show that the race is not extinct, t,-one
looking forward and one backward, in
to the future and into the past. Ooca-
sionally he was represented with four
faces, and thus he had the double name
Janus Bitrons (two faced) and Janus
Quadritro,as -four faced).
The Romans worshiped Janus as the
guardian of the year and the seasons,
of gates and doors, and at the begin
ming of the day the people prayed to
him, and at the beginning of the
year sacrifices were offered to him on
twelve affairs, one for each month.
The lirst day of January has for
many centuries been celebrated by fast
ings and rejoicings, and the custom of
making present dates back so far into
the dim past that we cannot trace It's
origin. EARLY Latin authors mention
it, and it was practiced to great excess
in the far off years of English and
French history. The fashion was, in
those days, to give such articles as
were rare, and we read of presents of
"glove money!" of glovee, when gloves
were expensive. About the beginning
of the sixteenth century metallic pins
were invented, doubtless to the great
JOY aud convenience of the ladies, and
these us eful little articles were often
given as New Years presents, or money
with which to purchase pins, and 50
pin-money' became a common gift.
In process of time the phrase came to
mean any money to be expended for
triAes. Before the sixteenth century
pins for fastening clothes were made of
box-wood bone, and silver for the rich,
while wooden "skewers" served the
limited wants of the poor. We now
associate "skewers" with the kitchen
and roast meats. It has always been,
and always will be an unanswered
question. "What becomes of all the
pins !"
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

A CAT in Fitchburg lay down in fly
wheel early one morning, and was not
discovered till the engine had been
running three horus; dog then detect
ed her and gave the alarm. When the
engine was stopped the cat was rescued
uninjured, after making sixty revolu-
tiOns minute for three hours.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Bonds Called In.

The Secretary of the Treasury calls
in the following 20 bonds, known as
the second series of the act of February
25, 1862, interest on which ceases the
Goth of March next: Coupon, second
series, $50, number 5,461 to number
10, Us, both inclusive; 500, number
IL, O9l to number 25, 934, both inclusive
$500, number 1866 to number Is, 179,
both inclusive; $1,000, number Ii, 12l
to number q, 443, both inclusive; total,
SIG, 600, 600. Registered, $50, number sos
to number $40, both inclusive; 500.
number 5, ESQ to number {, 1891, both in
elusive; $500, number 2,484 to number
1858, both inclusive $1,000, number
l,0o9 to number 3,15O, both incl,s-
I'VE; $5' ooo' number 3, 403 to number
4, 4,lO2, both inclusive; $4,000, number
$500 to number /, TIA, both inclusive,
total, 81, 600, 900. Grand total, $50
600, 900.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
HYDROPHOBlA.

:. Policeman the Victim OF the Horrible
Mnlndy y-The Disease Origtnates In
Bite Given Two.and -a-llan Years
Ago.
From the Chicago Times Of this Morning.
On last evening, Police Officer Eben
H. Hinkley, of the Second precinct,
reported at the station house for duty.
The platoon of which he was mem
Der, was to 60 out at o'clock. Officer
Hinkley on entering the station house,
made a remark to the effect that it was
going to be
BAD NIGHT TO TRAVEL BEAT;
he wished he was not one of the unfor-
tunate ones. A few minutes later he
complained of sickness, and in q very
short time he could harLl " hold up his
head. One of his brother officers then
went to the captain and asked him if
Hinkley had better not be taken home.
Capt Miller replied that if the man
was sick most assuredly they must take
care of him.
A policeman then started up Madison
street with Officer Hinkley. At the
corner of Halsted, Hinkley commenced
swapping his teeth together, and
BARKED LIKE DOG.
He becam1gso violent that the officer
with him hurried him into Tilden's llv-
cry stable and procured a carriage in
which to convey him to his residence
on Aberdeen street. While in the stable,
Hinkley asked for cup of water and
when it was presented to him he few
into violent fit; his teeth snapped, ne
barked with bis mouth, and kicked and
struggled fearfully.
In the meantime, word had been
conveyed to the police station, and in a
short time several officers arrived and
the unfortunate man was placed in
carriage and
FORCIBLY HELD DOWN
until his house was reached. When
informed of her husbands sickness,
Mrs. Hinkley tainted away, and for a
while the officers had good deal to
attend to. DR.. Clarke soon arrived,
however, and was of great assistance.
Shortly after they had reached the
house, Hinkley had another severe at
tack, and it was all five strong policemen
could do TO hold him on the bed.
When he had quieted down, he asked
why so many officers were near him.
He was furnished with the desired in
formation, and then he told them that
ABOUT TWO YEARS AND HALF AGO,
while fondling little dog, he had been
bitten. He had, however, never been
troubled before. The doctors say Mr..
Hinkley cannot live more than three or
four days.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

GEN. GoREoFF, the Russian repre-.
sentative at Washington. is the author
of several works on military tactics,
for some time past he has been super
intending the manufacture OF arms for
his government, ut Hartford, the Gar
having entered into large contract for
weapons with large firm there.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Tho Golden Now.

BY 7. BUCHANAN Read.
The earth is loud with discontentments muttered
BY foolish mouths-the selfish and the vain;
And yet world Of agony muttcred
Lies behindlips that never tell their pain.
The voiceless dark II loaded with repentance,
In solemn courts Of midnight, where, o'crcast
With sorrow, Conscience looks its silent sentence
Against the culprit actions Of the past.
mad countless eyes. aplazc with hot reflections,
Stare down tho highway which their feet have
known,
Where stand afar the ghostly r,cnllections,
Like frowning statues not to 10 oerthrown,
While fancy sees the m rise in retributions,
Spectre file along the future way,
To blight the hopes and chill the resolutions
Which Night should marshal for the coming day.
Oh! yc who COVER a-trcmblc at the errors
Rcbukint memory coDju ca where you wait,
Rise and against tho past with all it's terrors,
With han. indignant, swing tho iron gate.
Rise in tho Golden Now, and cpo it's portal,
That doorway which tomorrow never opes-
Worthy your manhood and your soul immortal,
Go forward to the harvest Of your hope'.
Nor lot the future mantle of December
Become o coward's sack-cloth, ashon gray,
The % prccioul Nxnces you refuse to-day.
WHAT'S done il done-let errors past recalling
Iu g,,lfy waters Of oblivion down
The fret Of retrospection, hot and Calling,
willis to the root the flower Of courage down;
Until despair half makes the soul contented
To sit reluctant at the yet untried;
Perpetual brooding over What is repented
Is but the drug Of constant suicide.
Such sorrow is a winter owl, forebodtng
For future widernesses nights of care.
While cheerful thoughts are happy song-birds, load
With May-time music all the summer air.
The vain regrets we nurture in our bssoms
Are deadly night shades, which we feed with
tears;
But all the heAYtb bed Of blossoms
When hope is jocund and contentment cheers.
Shake from your feet tho dust, with wholesome
scorning,
Against the ugly, ne'er-to-be undone!
From out tho clJudy darkness. Ii 20 the morning,
With glowing brow, go forth into the sun.
And to tho duty nearest, most defiant,
With stcadfast courage, ly your shouldered
And .on",ern~ moro :nar cities, like giant,
Arise tho master of yourself at lcngth.
Prophetic hopes sbal lead you to new pleasures,
Along the Loading pathway OF the plOw,
TO y.liow harvests and to orchard tre asures,
The fruit of action in the Golden Now.
An when the Tranquil evening crowns your labor
With seaves and fruits, aud welcome household
At peace With Heaven, your conscience, and your
neighbor,
Resign your prayerful heart where it belongs
ROME, November, /. 1875.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Extending Her Area.

Circumstances altar cases, Great
Britain has taken formal possession Of
the diamond country in South Africa,
which it had twice before rejected.
Now, however, that the countryis found
to be mine of precious stones, tho
British government has discovered
that the British diggers need protec-
tion agaigst the encroachment of the
Boers. With this view, q magistrate
has assumed legal control over whites
and natives, the Quivgas have been
recognized as subjects of the Queen,
and the Beers have, in the most gentle
manner, been ordered back within their
territories.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

IT appears from a report presented
to the Swiss statistical society at the
congress Il recently held in Paris that
Switzerland can boast of rs public Ii
braries, containing altogether 800, $40
volumes, and not fewer than l, 629 9TH
er libraries containing G97, ,936 volumes.
The most extensive libraries are those
OF Zurich, which contains 100, 900 vol
umes, of Basle, which has 81. 600, and
OF Luccrne with $4,000.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28
Something Rich and Rare.

No doubt the Prince Alexis has been
dazzled and lastingly impressed by the
magni6cence of the banquets given
him here and in Boston, as the Prince
Albert Edward was some years ago.
Still, people who are about to surprise
the sons of kings with display ought to
know that something OF the kind has
been seen in Europe. For instance,
the new edition of "Salad for the Sol
itary'' tells us that "Tho royal plate
at Windsor is kept in tolerably-slzed
room and adjoining closet, and is valu-
ed at 81, 100000 sterlings! There is
one gold service, formed by George w.,
to dine one hundred and thirty guests !;
Some pieces were taken from the Span
ish Armada, some brought from India,
Burmah, China" There are "thirty
dozen of plates which cost twenty six
guineas each plate" People in mod
crate circumstances, who cannot COM
pletely outshine the table that CLEANS
with many millions of dollars worth of
gold and gems in it's service, may as
we'll, perhaps, avoid challenging the
comparison in this respect, and at
tempt no rivalry but in wit, social feel.
ing and hospitable courtesy.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

PRESIDENT GRANT made very re-
spectacle pun in his message in the
statement that "agriculture is tho
groundwork of our prosperity"
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

THE schooner Catherine, from Boston
to Meteghan, was wrecked on Thursday
OFT Yarmouth. All hands lost.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

ASYLUM for the Legitimate school-a
retired Hamlet.-Judy.
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

:. Policeman the Victim, Of the Horrible
Mnlndy-The Disease Originates In a
Bite Given TvvO.and- d-n-lah Years
Mower County transcript., 1871-12-28

:''iciSr.
QCEHEr spec" Il states that on Friday night
in the Hn 'se of Assembly, one OF the leaders
of the opposition created great excitement
by charging bribery and corruption upon the
agents of the ministry, eliciting cheers from
the galleries. The Speaker had the galleries
cleared by armed police, when the crowd Or
ganized meeting outside which was address
ei by prominent annexationists, who claimed
that annexation to the United States was pre-
ferablc tD armed royinclal tyranny.
IHE Swiss Federal Assembly has paased a
bill interdictinS tho establishment of Jesuit
communities, or employment of Jesuits as
doctrlnal teachers in Switzerland
A FIRE at Elakadadi has destroyed nearly the
whole town and property valued at over half a
million dollars.
n PUBLIC rejoicing took place at Windsor on
Monday, over the couvAle1cencc Of the Prince
of Wales. a number of oxen and sheep were
roasted by order of the town authorities, and
aEcneral feast was held. to which the poor
and many other persons werc invited
AN organization called the Erie Railroad
Stockholders Protection Society, has been
for'nol III London, with the avowed object OF
breaking up the present management Of the
Erie Hallway.
Tn Duke dAumale and Prince do Joinvie
to, k their seats in the National Assembly on
Tuce'lay. They sat in the centre of the mem
bers of the Right. Their appearance created
no sensation in that body.
InE budget Of the French Finance Minister
shows surplus of 1i,O00, 900 francs.
MAN named Levi GlsAett from Nc nticello
Juc' county, Iowa, shot lln.nlf in he cars,
neat Cplnr" ont. on Fri l,y, and has slnce
del 'ot.,i>:erah!e luo,.oy wAe to>lld Oh lls
person.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-28
Cincinnati and Southern Railroad.

CINCINNATI, December 22.-Resolutions
calling for a repeal of the law authorizing
Cincinnati to issue bonds to the amount OF
ten millions of dollars to build the Southern
railway, and directing the city solicitor to
sue out an injunction to prevent the issue OF
the same pending legislation on the subject
were introduced to-day in the board of al
dermen by IL. Il. Bissel, and referred to the
committee on claims.
1t is apparent that those who are opposed
to the city making this expenditure propose
TO make an effort at this .juncture to prevent
the city from entering on this work, kindred
resolutions having been introduced in the
chamber of commerce since the publication
Of the res olution.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-28

st. Louis girls are in fearful way to
know if they viii get chance to dance
with Alexis. The clerk of the Southern
Hotel, in which the ball is to be, has already
fifteen hundred applications on hand The
applicants average thirty-three years OF
youth each.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-28

The society men in New York are BERN
ming to make their appearance with their
hair arranged Ia grand duke. None but
blondes can accomplish this result, and.
consequently, there will soon be demand
for yellow hair dye.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-12-28

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