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Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22
Dolores.


DU1UItSs
In beauty fairer far
Than the divinest dream of him who drew
The stately Eos guiding up the blue
Her gemmed and golden car.
From the dusk realm of night
Comes the radient morning, brushing back
The clouds like blossoms from her rosy track
With diamond dews bedight.
The priestly mocking- bird
akens the gr0ssbeak with his early hymn;
And down the slopes, and through the woodlands
dim,
Sweet, holy sounds are heard.
Her gold-enammeled bells
The tall campanua rings; mld DAISIES WnIte
The 1.-THE slim phalaris faunts his pennons bright
O'er all the grassy sWels
The benzoin's breath divine
Spices the air; the jasmine censers swing:
Among the ferns beside the darkling spring
The mailed institutions shine.
The brown bees como and go:
His cheerful tune the lonely cricket sings;
While the quick dragon-fy, on lightning wings,
Darts flashing to and fro
Pomegranates. golden brown.
prop delicate NECTAR through each rifted rind;
Comes slowly riding down.
The gray cicada sings
DrowsiIy amid tn ,acacia's feathery leaves;
Around her web the caterpillar weaves
The last whites silken rings
His pleasant work fulfills with busy hands,
While, cheering him, floats o'er the shining sands
The murmur of the sea.
Deep in the shady dell
The cowherd. whistling at his own ruke will,
Lists, with barred head. as from the distant hill
Rings out st. Michael's bell.
Calling, with warning lips,
Matron and maid, ,albiet the south winds blow.
10 climb the height, and pray for them that go
Down to the sea in ships.
The fishers in the boats,
Mending their nets with lnurmurOus song and
Stop sudden. as Dolores silver voice
From the gray Chapel floats.
They think how, Ger the bay,
The sailor bridegroom, from her white arms torn.
Sailed in the haze and gold of Michaelmas
One year ago to-day.
Then rocking with the tide.
They reckon up the news of yesterday,
And count what time day within the bay
The home bound ship may ride.
Dreaming, the long night hours,
Of white sails coming DER the tossing deep.
At dawn this morning from her strange, glad
sleep
She rose to gather flowers.
Cups honeyed to the brim,
And fruits, and brilliant grasses, and the stems
OF myrtles with their waxen diadems,
TO offer unto him.
Beside the chapel porch,
The Gloria ended, lingering now, she turns
To look, as on the Frightening spire cross burns
The mornings golden torch;
Then sees with sober glee,
The swift prophetic sea-gulls flying south,
Far out beyond the landlocked harbor's mouth,
Into the open sea.
STEADY. thou freshening breeze"
Her dark eyes say, as DER the sparkling main
She gazeS; steady, till thou bring again
The ship from distant seas;
so, ere his golden wine
The setting son adown the valley pour,
Dear eyes may watch with me, beside the door.
The autum day Decline
O breeze! O birds white!
Ye may not bring her from that rocky coast
The stranded ship-nor wrest the tempest tossed
From the black pillows night;
But when she wearily
Shall pray for comfort of that country tell
Where all the lost are crowned with aSphodel,
And there is no more
l Horper's Magazine for October.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

The GIRL OF THE PERIOD AN OLD-FASH-
IoNED GIRL.-In l647, the "Simple Cob
bier of Agawam" wrote in Massachu-
setts as follows of the ladies' dresses of
that period: ~ can make myself sick
at the time with comparing the dazzling
splendor wherewith our gentlewomen
were embellished in some former habits
with the goose-down wherewith they
are now surcingled and debauched.
We have about five or six of them in
our colony. If meet any of them &C
cidentally, | can not cleanse my phansie
of them for a month after. 1t is enough
to break the heart for to see our goodly
women imprisoned in French cages,
peering out of their hood holes (big
bonnets) for some men of mercy to help
them with little wit, and nobody to
relieve them. 1t is no marvel they
wear Oh allies on the hinder part Of their
heads, leaving nothing, as it seems, in
the fore part but few squirrels brains
to help them frisk from one ill-favored
fashion to another. 1t is no little labor
to be continually putting up English
women into outlandish casks who, if
they be not shifted anew once in few
months, grew sour for their husbands.
When | hear a gentle dame inquire
what is the newest fashion of the court,
with desire to be in it with all haste,
whatever it be, look at her as the very
gizzard of trife, the product of
quarter of a cypher-the epitome of
nothing
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22
To an Autumn Leaf.
BY GEO, L. CATLIN,

BY GEO. L. CATLIN.
The buds of spring. their beauties coyly hiding
From stranger eye,
Breathe not to us, as thou the sweet, sad chlding
That all must die
The summer wild-fower. blooming for some
finder
That chance may send,
Hath not, with all its blooD', thy still reminder
That life must endl
Thus neither beautious buds, nor flowers giving
Their perfumes rare,
To us who cannot always here be living,
And half so fair,
AS thou, bright leaf. which waited from distance
Hast hither flown;
For. in the story of thy brief existence
We read our own.
/ BdldUin's Monthly.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

The account of some of the principal
female poisoners who have attained no
toriety during the present century, which,
is published, is curiously supplemented
by dispatch, narrating the crimes OF a
Miss Edmonds, at Brighton, III Eng.
land. 1t seems that she first attempted
to take the life of woman with whose
husband she had fallen in love, by the
use of poisoned chocolate creams. The
attempt was not successful. Then, for
the purpose, it is said, of covering up
her former crime, she distributed the
poisoned confections throughout the
city, with serious results. Surely me-
di@val history is repeating itself about
this time in most unpleasant manner.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

HGMATosINE, the coloring matter of
the blood in man and the superior ami
mails, is the subject of an interesting
article in the Journal des Connaissances
Medicales, which has just reappeared
in Paris after its suspension during the
siege. H0matosine is contained within
the blood globules, where it is associated
with colorless compound called "h@-
matoglobuline." Hmmatosine is pre-
pared as follows: Clotted blood is
kneeded into a paste with the solution
of some harmless coagulating salt, and
is then subjected to a strong pressure.
The cakes thus obtained is taken of the
press broken into crumbs, and digested
with 81 parts alcohol and three parts of
some acid. The hmmatosine dissolves
in the the liquid which becomes strong
ly colored, and the globuline" settles
at the bottom of the vessel. The solu-
ton is poured off from the precipitate,
and on being neutralized deposits a
quantity of reddish flakes which are
raw h@matosine. That is purified by
successive washings on filter with wa
ter, alcohol and ether, and is afterwards
dried and reduced to a powder of
brown hue and metallic appearance, but
with neither taste nor smell. Homatos
inc is insoluble in water and alcohol,
but can be dissolved in ether, all the
essential oils and fatty bodies. After
calcinating, a residuum of protoxide of
iron is obtained. According to many
psychologists this is the form in which
is contained in the blood, although Ger
man chemists think it exhists there in
it's natural state. Hematosine, however,
is administered ir the shape of pills and
lozenges in cases where iron is recon-
mended, it being more easily absorbed
by the stomach in conjunction with
food.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

a CHINESE BENDER. IA correspon-
dent who recently visited the Chinese
shoemakers at North Adams, Mass,
writes ] learned one thing that / do
not remember to have seen in print,
that they are strictly temperate except
ON the lst of January, when they have
grand drunk. Last January they
were given four days for spree of this
sort, and they went through it with
magnificent system and success. /
omitted to inquire what their favorite
beverage is, but somebody should find
it out; for after getting drunk and
keeping so four days, they come out re-
freshed and invigorated. There is no
joke about this, for the proprietor said
that on the day following their enor-
nous bum in January they did larger
days work than before or since on a
single day.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

AN ANEcDoTE of Lord Chief Justice
Holt is as follows: A poor woman was
arraigned for witchcraft. The witness
deposed that she used "spell." The
"spell produced in evidence-was a
line from one of the classic poets, writ
ten on parchment The Justice de-
manded to see it, and iG was handed to
him. "How came you by this ?'' he
asked the prisoner. A young gentle
man, my Lord, gave it to me to cure
my daughters ague." "Did it cure
her ?" 40 yes, my Lord, and many
Others" 81 am glad of it," said the
Justice. "Gentlemen of the jury, when
was young and thoughtless, | went to
this woman's house with some compan.
ions, had no money to pay the reckon
ing, and pretended that by spell
could cure her daughters ague. She
accepted the proposition, and let us off
scot free. If any one is punishable it
is the Lord Chief Justice, and not this
poor woman" OF course she was a.
quilted. but the credulous multitude af-
firmeo, that the judge and jury were all
bri5ed.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22
A Slate Quarry Experiment.

Slate quarries have been opened with
in year at Monson, Maine, and their
discovery was peculiar one-at any
rate worth relating. A Welchman
named William L. Williams, accustom-
ed to quarry work, while passing
through Monson observed some slate
rock that had been thrown from Gel
lar. He recognized it as valuable, and
in company with another man named
John Tripp, traced the vein along the
surface, and finally purchased fifteen
acres of the apparently worthless land
for seventy-fve dollars. They immedi-
ately commenced an excavation, and
found, as they expected, good slate at
the depth of few feet. In few weeks
they sold their purchase to New York
company for sixteen thousand dollars.
Four other quarries have since been
opened by different parties. From
one of them, the Eureka" two hun
dred and fifty squares of slate have al
ready been taken. All these quarries
promise well, but only two, the Heb
ron Pond" and = Eureka" are at pres
ent working any hands.
A LITTLE travestie of fashionable cor
respondence was published some years
ago, which puts in an amusing light the
absurdity both of writing pet names and
of fashionable precocity The writer's
are supposed to be young ladies of eight
years or thereabouts,-suchy young la
dies as are now figuring in " children's
balls" at the watering places, if the cor
respondents truly report. The first note
ran thus: g Miss Minnie Smiths COM
pliments to Miss Maggie Jones, and de-
sires the pleasure of her company this
evening. Refreshments at eleven"
The response was miss Maggie
Jones's compliments to Miss Minnie
Smith, with regrets that prior engage
ments preclude the pleasure of accept,
ance. She is to be whipped at seven,
and sent to bed without her supper at
eight.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22
pODCEVHILE HOTEL,

NEAIN STREET, DODGEvILLE, WIS.
vi This is large, new and commodious house,
opened the 4th of July 1868 1t is fitted up in good
style, and supplied with every modern convenience
Good sabIing and Lookup Carriage Houses, and
accommodation for Travellers and Boarders. Having
lately purchased good hack he is prepared to carry
persons any part of the county He has always In
stock Pure Wines and Liquors of the best quality.
Terms reasonable.
RICHARD ROGERS Proprietor.
RY- The proprietor has 100 acres of good timber
land for sale
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

A CORRESPONDENT Of the Providence
Journal attempts to show the origin Of
the cant phrase "put head on him."
In 1868, he says, he was corporal of the
first relief on a certain cavalry picket,
and in posting his men heard from the
corporal of the relief then on post a
queer story, to the effect that the senti-
mel on one of the posts, which happen
ed to be near an old grave, had been
horribly perturbed by the appearance
before him in the dead hour Of night of
man on horseback without a head.
To Jones, the man whom the Journals
corporal correspondent was to station at
this post, the tale was duly told, and
then the correspondent added: "Look
out for the man on horseback without
any head on ~ Jones was just firing
up his brier- wood" for company, and
replied between whiffs: "Well (puff),
if man (puff, puff on horseback
back (puff) without any head on (puff)
comes around me (puff, puff, puff, I'll
put head on him ~
THE extent to which labor-saving ma
chimes have been introduced into agri-
culture, says the Chicago Tribune, we saw
illustrated day or two ago In Wiscon-
sin. A farmer was seated on a reaper,
with gloves on his hands, and with an
umbrella over him, and, with as much
comfort as if driving buggy, he was
cutting oats, the reaper throwing them
into regular and convenient sheaves for
binding and stacking. We remember
the time when, twenty years ago, we cut
oats without an umbrella or gloves, and
let the grain lay where it fell from the
scythe. Yet here was a man with pair
of horses, in comparative comfort, do
ing more in one day than twenty-five
men could have done by hand twenty
years ago.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-09-22

A CYNICAL man saws the reason wo-
men are so fond of writing letters is
that they rejoice in the opportunity of
saying all they wish without the posi-
bility of an interruption.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06

RArs.-Rats have an uuaccouutahle toudness
for the taste of phosphorus, and to this may bc
attributed tho origin Of many mysterious fires
These rodents build their nests Of inAamablc
materials. and take to them any stray matches
that they may find lying around loose This
sccomplished. they undertake to crafty their
appctiles by nibbling the coated ends Of the
matches. which are at once ignited. when the
nest is set in blaze and the destruction OF
the house or perhaps the ship which contains
it follows Great care should always be taken
with matches The PHOSPHORUS which is
used on them is poisonous. Workmcn engaged
III their manufacture often die fearful death
from extoiation of the lower jaw. and children
who have sucked match. if they do not de-
usually suffer terrible agonie>
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06

LIVE SToCK IN CAIIroRNIA.--Sume import
rrs and breeders of fue stock claim that the
progcuv of both horses and cattle Improve III
the genial climate OF California from eight to
twelve per cent over the original stock. They
account for this IN the nutritious properties Of
the grain and grass of our State, dried as they
are, in an atmosphere void Of rain OF moisture
AS well as the absence of snow and ice. There
is no long cold winter weather, which alone is
enough to stunt the growth of young animals.
hut climate varying, it is true. III thc valleys
Of the interior from 81 to lW'' Farcnhcit, but
in the coast counties not so much. Some Of
the more enthusiastic stock men assert that the
time will ccme when the offspring Of thorough
bred animals will be exported from California
TO breed back again with the parent stock. The
addition of bone and muscle gained By the prog
cny Of thoroughbred stock raised here. will
be sufficient inducemcnt 10 open the eyes OF
stock men East TO come to this coast for ami
mails with which to cross their l:.vnr,r breeds.
-1Hm fnIEnrRiHH
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06
IA L T. s..
cHERlFFS NOTICE TO TAX-rAIEES

S.HERlFF.S NOTICE TO TAN-rAIEj;S
On and after February lit, 1871 my Office will
be on Washington street adjoining the drug
store OF DR. Picrpoint | would respectfully as K
pcrsons who have not lmid their State ana co'in-
tv take, ior 1870 20 call and settle. IN" c"ntin-
nunce Of tho rublic schools depends upon the
pAvncnt Of taxes promptly: and [ AN compelled
to settle with The Auditor The unpaid taxes 7"r
1882, with interest uIust he settled.
|. G. O. NEAL.
ian 81 SheriH AlcNndrm CO., w
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06

"CAS THE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE HIS SKIN?
A correspondent of the Norfolk journal,
writing from Rich Square North Carolina, re.
lates the following:
''We have. near this place, the most perfect
and mysterious living curiosity ever known IN
thiS or any other country. 1t is Il case which
might Justly attract the attention aud study oi
natnraiist> 20 account for SO strange a freak OF
nature 4 boy (horn upon the plantation OF
Mr. John Deveraux.l whose parents are per-
ttctly black was at the time OF his birth, also
black, and remained SO until about years old,
when without sickness or auy other apparent
cause. white spots began to make their ap-
paarance upon those parts OF his body hidden
by clothing and continued to spread until he
was about s years Of age. WHEN he became
perfectly white all over, except his tace and
hands. these retaining their natural black color.
About this time white spots appeared first
upon his hands, which have continued to grow
larser ever since, and will no doubt in a few
wears more entirely cover these members, max
ing him a completely white Instead Of the
spotted negro by which applation has
not generally known The boy istrcqncntly met
upon the public roads His whole face is al.
iprnatey intersperScd with large blotchaS OF
black and white. He is now about 22 years old,
and has enjoyed remarkably good health, never
having been sick day in his life except few
chlls, which are common to all persons on the
Roanoke. Hundreds OF fpersonS Of this vicinity
can vouch for the ;;bove facts and the negro
himself can be seen at any time.
Several eases of a similar clara"tcr have
been known.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06
pA&G.AEEs.
CHEAP PIANOS ND ORG ANS.

CHEAP PIANOS AND ORGANS.
row have for sale tho largest assortment Of
frst-cinss PIANOS ever offered in Alexandria,
from the best makers. such as W VI. kNABE Il
co and others / will eel those that have been
rented out al great reduction from hrst cost Oh
ou-y terms OF monthly payments. / warrant
them in perfect order, &nd Will keep them IN tune
one year They range in price from ; 'otoS:!Ih.
Also Smith Il Prince celebrated farlnr hr-
oats suitable for churches
All AGENT FOR
Vim. Knuhe & Co.. Unr:vullcd Pianos, sold
ut Eac,prv prices. J will furnish any pattern and
price opr more liberal terms t1nn in !'n!uIn"rc.
Gail al!G ste them.
4 select assortment of SllE EEL VI SIC, vnr"!
and instrumental. Instruction Books for ali IN
.trun,cntS. Any piece not on hand Will be iur-
nisned by ordering from New York. The usual
dc,iurtiuus llnw" >che"!s. cnoirs and teacherS.
Violin and Guitar STRINGS, including the
chcapcs; and tho very best, with n genera! as
sortrnent Of Niulns, Guitars, Banj"s, Flutes,
Bows. and other small musi"a! merchandise.
| Will sell all these Instruments upon easy
terms that will leave reasonable cause TO per-
sons wishing to Uphold Alexandria trade to pur-
chs. elsewhere. Y. BECKER,
llA King T.. near Washington st;
P S-All kinds ui MusiCal instruments timed
end rcpair"d sop Z3-tl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06
A. n. HARLOW.

I0uE HARLOW. ". II. HARLOW.
TYARI.0W * BROTHER.
GROCERS. LIQUOR. FEED, AND CON-
MISSION MERCHANTS,
Northwest corner Royal and Cameron streets
Alexandria, Virginia.
Special s:t"nton gwen to the sale Of Country
Produce. We most respectfully cali the attcn
ton Of the trade to oar large and splendid stock
of goods, consisting OF Wines and Liquors,
Flour Hams. Shoulders. Breakfast Pieces, But
ter. Lard. Chcr:r. Corn Meal, Crackers, Svrui5,
MolaS>ns. Cod Fish. Mnckcrcl, Herring. Ncod.
enware. Baskets, Spices, Cigars. 1obucco. Canned
Goods. Cu:l Oil, Sc. and every other article
usually found in first class wholesale and retail
csta,bl. hinrnt Orders from the country respect
fully solicited. md all orders sha(! receive our
urninnl attention. mar Nl-ly
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06
MARRIAGE.

Reflect that Il sound mind and body are the
mos, necessary requleitos 10 pron!pt" connubiAi
hanpiress. Indeed, without these tho journey
,brouyh life becomes Il weary pilgrimage, til"
,rospcct hourly durkcus 10 the view, the mind
becomes endowed with despair, and hIIed with
the me 'anchuy reflection that the happiness Of
ano,h. g blighted with our own.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-12-06
FOE S.slE <sEs EsE.N'T'
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE:

leo ACRES OF IMPROVED LAND. on Inc
Middle River Turnpike miles from Nnshing-
ton and from Aiexandria, with n beautiful view
OF the latter city and Of the Potomac rIE"r. IIe
improvements consist Of BRlCh DIV l. L. -
LING HOUSE, With all the necessary "'''- ~
buildings. and All abundance OF choice tlHst
ali descriptions The farm is we'll water"d ana
has on it plenty Of timber.
3nU ACRES HEAFILYTlMBERE LAND
s. miles from Washington city.-s"me distance
rom Alexandria, and about 3 miles from sta
ton on the ". S 0. +. r., Offering Il ready rlHr-
ket tnr wood and timber
4 FARM, in Fauquier county, miles below
Warrentun. and within two mil"7 Of station on
the Warrenton branch Of tie O., \. & u. X H.
The tract contains about I'M acres is we'll tiln-
bered and watersd, anl is considered fine graz
ing land. ..,,
The above property, the title to which is With
out defect, will be sold cheap and upon accom-
modsting terms Apply to \. b., Gazettc otic"
feb lit