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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28
MANCHESTER, VI,
Feb %, 1871.

We SIS 100
Editor Jowaol.
| send YOU an extract from a letter from
California, dated Jany. lG, ls5l.-"Yau
ask for information in regard 10 sheep
aud wool growing in this State. Our re-
ports show that the wool clip Of 1865 was
G,5l5,Gig lbs; for 1869 ,l02, 3Gi lbs; for
1870 the estimate is 2o,0oo0O0 lbs.
The Merinos have been introduced aud
crossed with the native sheep. The Cots
void are replacing the Merinos. / do
not think the finer grades will be raised
here much longer, as that kind Of sheep
requires somewhat colder climate.
think our warm climate will doteroate
the quality. The Cashmere goat is be-
coming iayorite. never saw blankets
that will compare with ours, Under
shirts Of California make sell more read
lily for one-third higher price than east
ern make. We shear our sheep twice in
a year, for the reason that the climate is
so warm that the sheep will pull their
wool out, In the mountain ranches they
shear but once in the year. You will find
burs confined almost wholly to the Fall
clip. As soon as the rains commence the
burs work out. We have eight wooden
factories in the State, but only three do
much
Our grain growing will surpass any
State in the Union. We may not have so
great yield per acre, but the advantages
of our harvesting give us the advantage.
The seeding is done in our wet season,
and after that is passed we have no fear
of our grain being injured by rains. Hun,
dreds Of acres are cut and threshed in the
field and sacked and carried to market
there being no rain for months. think
our ranches are too large for profit one
man told me, to day, he had 2j00 acres
now in and that he calculated to put in
1900 acres more. lie has rs men, 1870
horses and ten gangs of plows at work
every day In some parts of the State
much stock is dying for want Of rain.
J.s,P.
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EAST RUPERT, VI,
February 23d, 1871.

Mr.. Editor:
1t is generally conceded that business
transactions should be noticed in the col
umns of the Manchester JOURNAL in order
to insure success; accordingly hasten to
send YOU the following item of business.
Friend II. is sound on the question of
success --EDT JOURNAL
At an adjourned meeting of tho citizens
Of East Rupert and vicinity, convened in
their schoolroom, Feb. 10th, 1871, an or
ganization, called the East Rupert Dairy
Association for the purpose Of msnufac-
turing cheese, was duly organized by the
adoption Of Constitution and Bylaws
and the election Of the following gentle
men as officers the ensuing year.
President, |. n. Sykes; Vice President
Waldo sykes; Secretary, II, II. Larkin /;
Treasurer, VIM. Root; Directors, VIM.
Il. Clemens, Hiram Eastman, J. n. Sykes /;
Auditors, George jerks, A. J. X, Dan
forth, Waldo Sykes; Building Commit
bDtJ " III ~ NttuloH0F NV lAHb ~ ibl 2
Hiram Eastman.
There can be no such thing as fail when
such men as tho Treasurer, Directors,
and building committee ofthis association
take the work in hand. They have al
ready raised $4,000 as Capital stock and
engaged their lumber, and are going i'm
mediatelyto work to put up a building 3G
by ~ feet, two stories high The whole
thing to be finished and in working order
by the first Of May. They are live men
aud the work will be complicated in time.
So send in your milk gentlemen.
IL.
Yes send in your milk The gentle
men above named will see that II is man
utaetured into cheese Of the best quality
and sold at the highest market price and
the Manchester JoURNAL will DO what IL
can to help that or amy other business en-
terprise.--Epr JorgNAL.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28

The Brooklyn Charity BAH was very
elegant affair quite a number Of ladies and
gentlemen, well known at the Equinox
House were present, among others Hon.
and Mrs, Joseph e Oryis, Mr.. Henry Or
Wis, Miss Oryis, Mr., and Mrs. A. j. Wood
and their charming daughter Miss Car
rie Wood, Mr. aud Mrs, nunton, Miss
Lizzie Cronkhite, Mr.. A. h, Masters, Mr..
Demas Barnes, EN. It. Gov Woodford
and many more,
The paid up capital of the Security
Bank of New York has been doubled
since January list, being now 5000, 900.
The Bank is doing q prosperous business
and its stock is held at aprcmium. MIR.
Joseph L. Oryis Is lis President.
The few warm days this week remind
us Of the fact that summer will soon be
upon us. Your now well known village
will without doubt have its usual number
of New York and Brooklyn families Tor
the summer. mo place like Manchester
and nothing equal to its "pure airn for
health and comfort during the warm
weather, Is the universal opinion Of those
who have spent season in the midst of
your grand old mountains.
The JOURNAL reaches MS regularly on
Wednesday morning, and is read with
much interest by myself and family, and
! often hear 1t spoken Of by those who
feel an interest in Manchester, as all do
who have been there.
Yours Truly, $.
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rnIr.n. ., InI rn,,E..tr.

Dr. Wesley NeRoanb, The disUn-
guisbed uatafaiis. was 0ag ~ tlle party
On board the steamer Tennessee
We reialoe witi sud eoaa aiulate BE
excellent aHd accomplished wife, formerly
Ais, lie.H Wells aPou ibe saicts II she
sessei
Doctor AeWeoinb 4 associated Witll tie
Cornell University A lihlea,snd Is mau
aft9t-Hsfta iFare' sa8 eEprrieuee
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Deaths.

lharsisy FtA IS II Nrs Iafk Mr. Aun Car
- hsuHsv. 3askbisf f tire late n caFts 81
this iusu, sad site Il 81 " EaHney X ~ "a
Nfv ora AGED q wears
sstaulay. feb istH. "a tts Residence 4 he .as
ia CIsrsgdoa. Bes~sA Warner. sssd 81 Years.
tesa8eht q Arlleriaa, SHEER hjs lvmains wers
eArtte3 ne iatofmrm
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Nc understand Asssrs Fetilbaaa Bro.
hate aii - Ties iaas lmlsef ior tbe new
Z Congregational taarsA sawed sn4 ready
~ ase, sad lhai iheg wiH .oan iasc llse
nlsete b.l. e9ulIs.et rhe an hoping
80 saop % deliver iteauF IS Marh
Mr 0Arer ahe contractor Rili se ready
8aarh wnfs e ataH - fbs Westl !
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Correspondence.
DIX vLrtco In

February laths R~l.
Nsv Urfs 4 Cos
Please find en- losca MONEY anlsf @r
Ger Tie Manchester loyESaI the
ufcseut year Bci0w he change 81 "a.
itofs we had decided 10 discontinue it.
but iu is present improved condition &c i
a welcomg visitor coming surely and Tcg-
ulafiv a. never before aud laden With
items 81 hamr Hrr Wishing son abuu-
dant success.
Yours, rcry truly t,r. %,
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Marriages.

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A Z eqlsasn = 1smsies O. N.ss 4saav sisssa,
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@ta lst lass = Be- Rsv y nspeu. b.
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WsHkEU
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28
EDEY'S CARB0LIC TROCHES
EDEY'S CARBOLIC TROCHEs.
EDEY'S CARBOLIC TROCHEs.
CURES ALL DISEASES OF THE THROAT
AND LUNGS.

The public arc respectfully requested to read
the following letter It tells its own story
MEssRs. NJ. Q. EDrY a Co. Gentlemon-- We
take pleasure in recommending Edoys Carbohc
Troches to Singers speakers, and all others who
mess, colds, &c. They give quick and permanent
relief, and are IN every way vol adapted to cure
Throat Affections We ehall feel ii our duty 10
recommend the Carbolic 1rochea wherever we
60. Yours truly
THE ALLEGHANIASB.
Edeys Carkolie Troches stand unfyaled for
their healing qualities their certain aud nstAn-
taineous action They arrest decay Al once
Hence in cases ~ diseased lunEE, tnbarcies or
Tissues, decomposition ~ at once arrested.
"tarbolic IL endorsed by the highest medical
talent Of the Old and New Worlds. No physician
OF any standing but vii admit IT, vast impur-
tance 70 suffering humanity
We claim for our Carbplic Troches that there
Is no medicinal compound yet discovered that viii
compare with them ~ q curative and that the
simple manner IN which this powerful remeds
can b. administered especially 10 children
should be great accommodation TO mothers
These ifuches do not simply alleYiate FOR
time, but do their work Giicetuhly by striking at
the disease direct, thus eHecting a permanent
cure, whereas, syrnps and other mixtures have =
tendency 10 destroy the tone Of tho stomach and
fatally injure the general health
There j. no part Of the human system that will
not receive benefit from the use u these troohes,
AZ they enpel all impurities from the bl0p2,
There IL no medical compound yet discovered
that will - speedily, safely certainly aud pcTma-
nept cure the above diseases AZ theso Troches
Ulergymen and others visiting sick rooms viii
ind these Troches complete safeguard as they
are perfect disinfectSut.
Test them. Druggist sell them,
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EoSIGsNIfil, EAST IENN.f
February IL, 1871,
We have concluded 20 make home
here, and have bought a small brick
house, tive stories ia the centre, with q
wing on each side. The lot Is 500 feet
deep by 20 feet wide. On one corner, ia
front is an office that will be just the
thing for my use. Cost Of all S25 ,oo.
The weather Is fine and warm, aud has
been all winter except about week, IN
stead Of snow storms we have rain.
Wheat begins to look green. the farmer,
plough all winter.
My family are well and so is Doctor
Ketchum aud family.
Say to Doctor On II he has no paper
or postage stamps will send him some.
Yours truly
W. W. BKocKwAl,
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Asthma, Bronchitis Dipthorn, Group

aud all disord,r. q the tuaa-,
they are unsurpassed
&C. rRY oNE BoN. Al
They DO not, like other Iroohes, open the
pores Of the throat aud thereh, render person
more liable to take cold, on the contrary they have
A sooTHNG EFFEoT
Fhay need only TO be tried to be appreciated
No lrECAo rs THEN
Nor anything that Is unpleasant 70 the tastg
THE ONLY PLtcF
30 ind them ia town is 81 the stuu, Of
l.. G, o RV IS
Dealer ia
Drugs, Medicines aud fancy Goods
CorAor Of Main and Union Streets,
Manchester VI,
Feb. a., 1874 81 IyeDm,
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NEW YonK Feb. 1871


W. Edaors
Tho attention your paper give. to rail-
road projects Ia your own State
may be probably extended 10
the eogaimnco Of other plans, which,
although out Of your State boundaries.
yet are calculated 70 DO u benefit 10 your
section, of such ). the New York & B5s-
ton Railroad 80 called, which aside from
Is somewhat ambition. Or pretentlous
cognomen, = really ono 81 he most
promising q. well a. one n The most
meriiorions o. tie new enterprises Of lhe
dag 4 brief description Of rs route and
location, which can be given from "a Of
iiciai documents, will show ii Whist man.
ner ID viii ultimately interest your read
ers and benefit your section Of tie coun-
~ Beginning al the Harlem River 81
tbe north end Of New York City, q trav-
erses The valley of the Nepperhan about
sqai distant from the Hudson River and
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28

which win prove one Of the really safe in
yestments, to which you may with proc
pricty invite the attention Of those ofyour
readers, having money to loan.
rHn MILK BUSINESS
is depended on, as capable Of producing
a large portion Of the income, and when
we know that the Harlem receives $780,
OoO TO $4,000 per aunum from this item,
we may well believe the now road will
have large amount also The demand
for milk increases with the growth Of
New York, aud sooner on later we must
have pure milk from your farmers;
whether the Famoat Mr. Train should
enter New York City over the Harlem,
on this new route will depend on future
events; but il win certainly come in
time.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28

EDEr'S CARBOLIC lRoCHFN,
from which sure relief can be obtained
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-02-28
SUGAR MAKERS

SUGAR MAKERS.
tbAfs
IMPROVED
lhs msna'Aglurs af py
HEtYEhN
Before giy.ag your order elsewhere
Please eau abl examine
THE IMPROVEMENT
q SWIFT
Manchester w. rob 2s ls5i utvglt
wELl HOUSE.
NJ W CEstes
Rutland yeupeu,
Al iYibt
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O. 7 9 Q 7
Manufacturer as.a deassr "a
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Agrth beEnug s4n. VI
waala respectfully atlle Tie sttsatoD u / ,atls
men Nshius
FisE nENRb B0UTs
u tho finest aud best styles, lnd dss4sas 70 %.
form them thAt he j. mAklsK this btehch ~ TIE
uadt specially
hsfa 10 nsy employ boot maksrs u tAs first
order Ead being prtetlral b.0t maaeF myseH
an confident thRt can pless1. nanHfsetufs
ths
CORK soLE BOOT.
~ parm an8 dry feet, the acotei Welt, DOalsls
sateh, Double Eae Single boie Fair stieh. Faii
Box Half Boa Aud Plain Toe according 10 tastes.
fefsgus Nishing - order b. NAL can send
thslF 0wn measure sna gee good o. ~ tLlsTais
Take = strong piece " pathfs give the skaet
length ~ fgot " pi4e.sg The hssl agGiuzl the
sAli ana marking Il TIE tod ~ tas too Measure
lasisp eEActy afgand he.los q fooB across -
highest point MsEs4fe over fD9t zcgoss tee from
hail ~ bsg ~ Gef9ss small toe Thea from ySAAt
Il hsel over Gofoss tas tern b he EDkle. AL
afoGnd largest p4Ft u eslf, l4HinE tie FApsE -
uFhi Gs possible
Owe Asighi n besi aad shAps n ~. 2e
Al aiiasts saA hs T@lufEsd = ~ eIPsafs, II
esfsfai r,ssswsmeHf y gsssu
Sara q. 8. cor
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tbg Harlem Rallroads, IL entire length
being s, miles Is Brewster. nom which
place i VII ID ums have q connection
with Boston roads our aim being. how
ever Is Show lts probable eooueeileu
with Vermont We pass over The stations
Of hiugsbridgr Van Cortland. Maria
south East and North Fast lonkcrs
Tarysowu Heights Sleepy Hollow, East
Stag sing Crotou Lake. Lake Mahopas
and others station. until We reach Carmel,
a place Of 1000 Inhabitants, 8 miles fom
New York; here a connection will BE-
made with the Duchess Columbia Rail-
road, which viii ultimately connect with
The roads tra,erang Vermont by the
building 81 q short link 20 Chatham -Four
Corners, The
rRuuBrss 90 rHT WORK
is real and substantial. The right Of way
has been obtained aud grading aecom,
plished for a considerable portion OF the
distance eighteen miles of the most
diflicalt part completed, aud ten miles are
nearly so. and win be open July 1871.
While The great respectahility and rcspon-
sibility Of the Directors Of the enterprise
insure the building Of the road, aud give
confidence IN It's
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21

EVERYBODY KNOWS 4Us.-Some saw
that it is no use for them to advertise, that
they have been in one l.lace of business
all their lives, and everybody knows them.
Such people seem to forget to take into
consideration that our country is increas-
ing in population nearly forty per cent,
every ten years, and no matter how old the
place may be, there are constant changes
taking place. some move away to other
parts, and strangers, fill their places. In
this age Of the world, unless the name of a
business firm is kept constantly before the
public, some new firms may start up, and,
by some liberal advertising, in 1 very
short time take the places Of the older
ones, and the Latter rust out as it we're and
be forgotten. No man ever lost money by
judicious adver: :ising.-lSanta Cruz Sen
tinel.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21

Two rather miserly maiden ladies, who
had been residing tor some time alone in
MartiDsburg, Ohio, died suddenly, leaving
their financial affairs 10 an uncertain state.
Shortly after their decease some relatives
appeared to settle up and claim the estate.
The goods and chattels belonging and,
among other things, common, stand were
knocked Of TO poor but honest black smith.
Some time after the sale his wife was giving
the stand i somewhat careful exami1atio1
to ascertain whether or not her husband had
made good bargain. when she discovered
. secret drawer, containing three one hun
dred dollar Government bonds concealed
therein. The question now is, who is en-
titled to the possession of the bonds?
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21
LOCAL ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY.

D. WE'LL 4 BROTHER, Dealers in Dry Goods
Clothing. Main Street
JOSEPH ISAACS Dealer in Dry Goods 4
Clothing, Main Street.
C. C. BUSH a CO, Dealer in Groceries &
Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries 4
Provisions, Main Street.
THOMAS GREENE, Shasta, proprietor Patent
Clothes Washer.
SCAMMON L TIFFIN. Wagon making 4
lacksmithing. Main Street.
SAMUEL ISAACKS, Blacksmithing Main
street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, :Blaclsmithing and
wagon-msking. Main street.
JOHN v. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet.
d. H. DUNN. Boarding House.
MRS. H L. GREENE. Hotel. Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in Hardware, Fuse, &C.,
Main Street.
J. NJ. MANAssE. Books and Stationery. ETC.,
VIM. HARTMANN, Bathing 4 Shaving Saloon,
Main Street. Shasta
L. WELLENDORFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
icines, ETC., Main street.
WIN H. DUNN. Livery Stable and Coral,
Main Street.
o.& c. STAGE CO.. Jno. Craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel.
GRANT TAGGART. Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel Also, Livery
and Feed Stable, Main Street.
JOHN FLEMING. Proprietor Of the Brandy
Creek Saw Mill.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room. opposite the Court House. Main Street.
HENRY F. JOHNSON, Commission Mer-
chant, Red Bluff.
RANTzAU SHAW, Commission Merchants
Red Bluff
SAM JAYNES, Agent California Steam Naviga-
ton Company. Red Bluff.
G. C. SCEROTER, Saddle 4 Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
PETER HOFF, City Meat Market, Main
Street.
J. E. PELHAM, Physician, Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo l. Co.. building. Main Street.
JOHN s. FOLLANSBEE Attorney
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent fer PhGnix and
Home Insurance Companies. Office Main street.
Shasta
HENRY HARICH, Dealer in Books 1 Station
cry, Main Street.
E. LEVIN i Co., Matchmaker 4 Jewellers,
Main Street.
E. D0BRowsKY, Gunsmith 4 Machinist,
Main Street.
A. DOBROwsKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
W. A. SCOTT, Bootmaker. Main Street
A. w. BAKER. Expressman.
G. R. KNOX. Saloon. Greene's Hotel uilding.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21

The early days of Wyoming Territory
are well illustrated in this story: 10 the
bar-room Of wayside tavern, where the
stage stopped to change horses, and where
teams,ers tarried to drink, a few rough
customers sat one afternoon beside the
stove. Enter mountain ruffian, veno-
mously drunk, who fetched out his revolver
and commenced practicing with it at va
rious objects behind the bar and on the
walls. While this was going on, the cries
OF an ox-teamster to his approaching cattle
were heard, and soon the driver appeared
within the door. Stalking up to the bar,
be, called fora glass Of liquor; but as be
raised it to his dirty lips, the tumbler was
shattered by well-aimed shot from the
practieing mans revolver Without
word the bull-whacker put his hand behind
his back, and remarked, as the body drop
ped to the floor. THAT id scoundrel
would have hurt somebody pretty soou."
He then filed another glass and drank the
contents, strobe out as deliberately as he
had come in, and with "Whoa, haw,
there" started bis cxen up the road.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21
The will Of the late DR.. Isaac Rowel

The will Of the late DR.. Isaac Rowell,
dated October rs, 1867, disposes Of his
property, making his wife sole executrix,
and closes with the following curious pro-
vision, beng the SIKH clause Of the will !:
AFTER my death wish, my body to be
dissected by my medical friends, the soft
parts burned and the ashes preserved in an
urn. The skeleton wired together and
both kept in some medical college or uni.
versity in San Francisco; but in case my
wife should wish for them it is my will that
tney he delivered to her, in case that she
shall be wiling to pay the expense Of their
preparation" His widow desired to have
bis remains embalmed, and inferred at
Lone Mountain, and they we're accordingly
treated by DR. Lyfnrd, and disposed of as
she desired.
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21
sIMPsON's CONCRErE ROOF AND
y4r+f.g THE CATS a.ss,ss...,-ss ..

Down in Tuckahoe, there is man, named
Simpson, who has fat roof on his house,
covered with tin. The roof got a-leaking
badly few weeks ago, and it happened
to o, cur to Mr.. Simpson that it would be
a good thing to cover the whole surface
with the material out of which concrete
pavements are made, $50 as to make her
all tight and NICE" said Simpson. A man
was accordingly engaged, and he covered
the tin with concrete to the depth Of three
or four inches. The curse of Tuckahoe is'
cats In warm weather, millions. of then
assemble, and hold ratification meetings
and rebearsals and general synods out 10
the back yards and on the roofs. In Tuck
ahoe, last July, the heat was unusually
intense, and Mr.. Simpson was exceedingly
annoyed by the animated discussions Of
cats in the neighborhood The more he
''shooed" them and flung old boots at them,
the more they yelled. Night after night
it continued to grow more terrific, and day
after dav Mrs. Simpson observed that the
mysterious caterwauliug continued during
all the hours of daylight. Simpson hadr't
bootjack or backing brush or rolling
pin or a cologne bottle left to throw at
them. a.E 4
At last, ore moonlight night the uproar
got to be so outrageous that Simpson arose
from his bed and determined to ascertain
what in thunder all this growing meant
apyhow! 1t appeared to him that the noise
came from the top of the house. He went
up into the garret and put his head out of
the trap-door. There he found one hun
dred and ninety-six cats stuck fast knee
deep in the concrete, which had been soft
ened by the heat. Some ofthem had been
there four days The minute they caught
sight OF Simpson the whole one hundred and
ninety-six doubled up their spines. rufied
their back hair, shaked their tails, and
gave one wild, unearthly howl, which
shocked Simpsons nerves SO much that he
dropped the trap-door and fell down the
step-ladder on the head of Mrs. Simpson,
who was standing below, dressed in thing
with irill on it, and armed with palm
leaf fan and bed slat determined to protect
Simpson to the death. The next day the
concrete was removed, and the cats we're
dug out. But you ought to have been
present when Simpson interviewed the con-
crete man! There was only four rounds,
and then Simpson got up off the mans
PROSTATE body in order to let h IN 90 and
hunt for some good hair restorative and put
a fresh oyster on his eve. Na@ !
The Shasta courier., 1871-01-21
NUMBER AZ.

PRoGN0sTIcATIoNs.--Last Fall the
weather-wise favored the public with many
prophesies as to the character of the pres
ent Winter. Wood rats built their nests
high, and the acquaintances of wood rats
said that the high nests were so built to
keep out Of tine foods which were sure to
fall. The oak trees bore acorns in abund-
ance and the Digger Indians said that
rough Winter was to follow because nature
had provided them with food for long
weather siege. Wild geese took their Fall
flights toward the south at an unusually
early period, whereupon human geese,
gaessed that the Winter would be q hard
one. The moon was consulted and each
new horn Of Luna seemed filed with water.
according to the Interpretation put upon
her appearance by the lunatics. All signs
have failed. The Winter has been mild
as milk The rats, the Indians, the wild
geese and moon-struck, all proved as false
rs the scientific men who told the world
that on the 22nd Of last December, the
day on which the sun was eclipsed that
tidal waves and earthquakes and storms
and other mighty things would occur -
Science and superstition were both at fault,
and thelaffairs of the world have continued
along just as if such things as science and
superstition had never existed.--Grass
Valley Union. fe f