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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12
My Friends.
BY MRS. JULIA c. Il. DoRR.

BY MRS. JULIA G. Il. DORR.
I've no great nor titled friends
Lords nor danes of high degree;
Grandeur meier my steps attends,
Rank nor glory compass me.
Throwing wide my gardens gate,
Courtiers meier its paths EXPLORE;
And no liveried footmen wait
At my humble cottage-door,
Yet at pensive eventide,
When the days long toll is past,
And from wauderings far and wide
Thought comes home to rest at last;
When the freight, leaping high,
Brightens all the quiet room,
And the startled shadows fly,
Bearing off the dusky gloom;
Then-a brave and noble band
Over mount and over sea,
And from out the "summer-land,"
Come my friends to sit with me.
Heads with bay-wreaths greenly crowned;
Hands that clasp the victor's palm;
Presences that all around
Shed most unearthly calm;
Chaucer, wearing on his face
All the freshness of the morn;
Dreamy Spencer, whose rare grace
Far in taerie-laDd was born;
Milton, grand, majestic, blind,
Yet seeing God by inner sight;
Shakespeare, in the realm of mind,
Crowned king by kingly right;
Dante, with uplifted brow,
And sadly, royal mien;
Camoens praising, soft, and low,
"Sweetest eyes were ever SEEM
Keats, to whom the spring -time brought
All the glory of the year,
And whose dying strains were caught
BY the angels listening near;
Wordsworth, in serenest calm,
Holding converse with the skies;
Cowper, singing some low psalm,
Set to human harmonies;
Byron, still forlornly proud,
In his desolate disdain;
Shelley, dreaming of his shroud,
By the blue italian main
These-and others. All the place
Seems temple grand and fair;
To whose lofty, vaulted space,
Priest and priestess still repair
Sappho, with her golden Tyre,
Crowned Corinna's kindling cheek
Pale Aspasia's eye of fire,
SANITY Heloise, strong, yet meek;
Hemans breathing changeful strains,
Half of joy, and half of woe
L. Z. L., whose song contains
Just fond hearts overflow;
Our own Margaret's lifted face,
Wearing still its queenly dover
Sorrowing Bronte's quiet grace,
Yelling such transcendent power
All, another i-priestess, seer,
Bay-wreathed poet, three in one
star-crowned angel, singing clear,
Where there is no need of sun
Thou whose Florence mourIs thee still
Less as woman than as saint
Whose Aurora's voice can thrill
With new life hearts long a-faint--
Need 1 name thee? o beloved
Friends of mine, through good or i'll;
Others fail me-ye are proved
Time nor change your hearts can chill
Ye who being dead yet speak,
Ye afar and yet most near;
Let your words the silence break,
And my soul runs quick to hear!
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12
wit and Wisdom
Do to-day thy nearest duty

Do to-day thy nearest duty
Our nurses are our first theelogiana
A great man Is always willing to q
little.
Nothing ever happens hat once in Il
world.
Weakness is more opposite to Writ
than vice itself.
Every bird please AS with its lay
pecially the hen.
The worst way to improve tAe world
to condemn it.
Trifes make perfection, tnt pcrfaat.."
itself Is not triae.
Neurological festivity-Hercul-, go,pl
to dine with his club.
Why is a woodchuck like g sausag.
Because its ground hog.
Religion is likeness to God, aceordius
to our ability.
What is the military definition a..
kiss Report at headquarters.
In any business never wade into wales
where you cannot see the bottom
Melancholy attends on the best ioya Ia
a merely ideal life Margaret Fuller.
Fortune is like mirror; it don't al
men, it only shows EN- just as they am.
Dandys are hybrid, cross betweeu
fashion plate and an unpaid tailor's bill
SPurgeon says nobody is more like AZ
honest man than thorough rogue
An Irish painter advertises that be h.
q lrrt~ ait Of
In the tropics, summer is perennial, but
at Niagara they have perpetual fall.
1t is noticeable fact that people who
change their minds often never get Is
good one.
The reason school boys delight to dig
and explore caves, is because of the re-
cssses therein.
Cattle are dumb beasts. but by getting
to yether in large numbers they make
themselves herd.
The most direct method of determining
horse power-stand behind and tickle his
legs with brier.
Railways ere aristocratic. They teach
every man TO know his own station, and
to stop there.
Paradox as it may seem, people who arr.
inclined to be fat are generally the least
inclined to be so.
The man who meets ones remarks with
a "fddlesticks," clearly wishes to do VIC
Inns to ones feelings.
People who sre always fishing for
pliments do not need very long -
They will get their best bites in p ,oIIor
water.
The tenor Lsfranc has vol, - - 90.
compass sort of rno-;rlS,-
compass, which guides his oou .ss over tbe
nigh C's.
A little girl wants to kno' p if aeos -,
white, because her Uncle +o1J - -
Mary had a little lamb With a. &c o.
White as snow"
A man who sto' e another mana hat
wen when hisr anne written on it, was let
autographs.
II was a wise negro, who in speaking Of
ue ha ,piness of married people, said Dat
= y p ends altogedder on how dey Joy deg
ell res.
When you see man with a great deal
of religion displayed in his shop window,
you may depend he keeps very small
stock W thin.
Atme spherical knowledge is not thoro,
ighly d attributed in our schools. A boy
icing as ked, "What is mist z" vaguely re-
pended, "An umbrella"
Punch thinks it would be real blessing
mothe rs, if somebody could invent q
zap that would enable mammas to get
leIr dan ghters of their hands.
don't want any better proof Of good
od-carri II than tew hear another hodcar-
es say, ne is a oussed phool and don't
ndersta Id his business.
PARIS. "A Paris correspondent says all
Q amin ais in the geological gardens
we bee, | killed and eaten except the
onkeys and fB,av have escaped death
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12

FIRE EsCAPEs.-A traveller says he
goes prepared for escape from burning
hotels by carrying in bis satchel coil of
half-inch rope, forty or fifty feet long,
knotted every two feet, to give better
hold. On two occasions he has found it
serYiceabIe.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12

PERsoNAL.-Hon. Geo. w. Grandey Of
Vergennes, gave lecture on the "Ro.
nance of History" at Bradford last Fri
day evening, and on Saturday evening
addressed the people of Chelsea on Tenn.
perance and Good Templarism, and on
Sunday evening spoke to the young men
of Chelsea. The audiences were large.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12

Fanny Fern assures her readers that
Charlotte Bronte made good bread and
did Homework without impotence.
Charlotte set an example that ought to
be followed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12

-Overcoat thieves take advantage OF
open hall doors. A hint to the wise to
keep them closed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-12

PARIS. "A Paris correspondent says all
the amin ais in the geological gardens
have beei killed and eaten except the
monkeys, and they have escaped death
only bees use of heir supposed relation
ship to tn human family. The monkeys
doubtle 81, duly appreciate the relation
ship.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
TENNESSEE NEWS.

brownsville is to have a Cotton Fac
tory. So is Bristol.
y terrible storm visited the neigh
borhSod of Cleveland on the 18th, do
ing considerable damage.
Capt. John Fritts of the Steamer
Hugh Martin, shot and mOrtaIly
wounded Capt. i. J. COker of the
Steamer Lucy Cocker" on the 22nd.
while both Steamers were lying below
Kingston; the weapon used was a
spencer rifle, the ball entered the right
side, about the vest pocket, passing
through the body and coming out
the left side.
Bill Garrett, suspicioned of being Il
horse thief, was arrested on the 10th,
near salisbury and placed in Jail, the
following Sunday, he was found about
a mile from town, with the marks Of a
rope around his neck and a bullet hole
i'm his forehead.
The Trains on the Alabama and
Chattanooga Railroad have been stop
ped, b. reason of the proceedings in
bankruptcy, which have been institu-
ted against that company. Judge
Woods of the L. 5. Circuit Court has
decided that he has the power to re-
wise and superintend the proceedings
in Bankruptcy, granted by Judge Bus
teed.
Nashville is to have Daily Repub-
Iican paper.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
THE PRESIDENCY.
oFFICE-HoLDERs CANDIDATE
For President:
USELESS S. GRANT.
Relations of Useless S. whom the other
Officeholders want to Renominate along
with Him,

Relations of Useless S. whom the other
0fficeholders want to Renominate along
with Him.
j. Jesse Root Giant, Presidents
father. Postmaster at Covington, Ky.
II. OrviI l.. Grant, Presidents
brother, partner with the Collector of
the Port at Chicago; expects some
thing very good after the next election.
III. Frederick r. Dent, Presidents
father-in-law, Claimant of Lands at
Carondelet, Mo.-euchred by Wilson,
late Commissioners the Land Office /;
has not yet got the lands, but hopes
to get them after the next election.
". Rev. NJ. J. Cramer, Presidents
brother-in-law, minister to Denmark.
V. Abel Rathbone Corbin, Presi-
dents brOther-in-law, negOtiator of
gold and real estate speculations with
James Fisk, Jr., and Jay Gould has
not made much yet, but hopes to after
the next election.
VI. Brevet Brig. Gen. +. Il. Dent,
Presidents brother-in-law, Chief Ush-
er at the Executive Mansion.
VII. Judge Louis Dent, Presidents
br0ther-inlaw, Council for Claimants
before the President. Fees estimated
at 10000 year; expects to make
more after the next election.
VIII. Geo. w. Dent, Presidents
brother-in-law; Appraiser of Customs,
San Francisco.
TX. John Dent, Presidents broth
er7in-law only Indian Trader for New
Mexico under Indian Bureau; place
worth 100000 year.
y. Alex. Sharpe. Presidents broth
er-in-law, Marshall of the District Of
Columbia.
XI. James f. Casey, Presidents
brOther-in-law, Collector of the Port
of New Orleans; place worth $4,000
year.
XII. James Longstreet, Presidents
brother-in-law's cousin, Surveyor of
the Port of New Orleans.
NH. Silas Hudson, Presidents
own cousin, Minister to Guatemala.
XIV. Nat. a. Patton, Presidents
brOthCr-inlaw' third cousin, COllec-
tor of the Port of Galveston. Texas.
Nv. Orlando II. Ross, Presidents
own cousin, Clerk in the Third Audi
tors Office, Washington hopes Cor
something much better after the next
election.
XVI. DIR. Addison Dent, Presidents
brother-in-l laws third cousin, Clerk in
The Registers office, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington trusts his merits
will be better appreciated after the
next election.
XVH T F. Simnson preS;dent,s
own cousin, Second Lieutenant Twen-
ty-fifih Infantry; will lie ready for
promotion after the next election.
XVIII. John Simpson, Presidents
own cousin, Second Lietenant, Fourth
Artillery; promotion hoped for after
March 4, 1878.
XIX. George b Johnston, Presi-
dents mothers second cousin, Assess
or of Internal Revenue, Third Dis
trict, Ohio; better things lOnged for.
Xxx. b. l.. Winans. Presidents
Cousins husband: Postmaster of New
port, Ky; ready for higher place.
XXI. Miss +. A. Magruder, Presi-
dents brother-in-law's second cousin,
Clerk in Gen. Spinner's office, Treas
ury Department.
XXI. Oliver W. Root, Presidents
District Attorney, Covington, KY.
ney after the next election,
XXIII. \. w. Casey, Presidents
brother-in-law's own brother, Apprais-
er of Customs, New Orleans.-N. y
San.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
Scientific.

Some curious studies i'm regard to
the time of life in which the best in
tellectual labor is accomplished have
been made 10y DIR. Beard, and may be
found Reproduced in the College C0ur-
ant. DIR. Beard takes for the basis o!
his inquiry and representative of hu-
manity in its best estate eighteen hun
dred lives of the foremost men and
eighteen hundred dates connected
with the lives. Blot out from history
what these 1.S00 dates represent, and
YOU blot out all that is worth anything
i'm the civilization of the past 1000
wears. From an analysis and averag-
ing of dates, the conclusion is reached
that the golden decade of life is be-
tween the ages of SO or 40; the silver
decade between 40 and 80. The golden
decade alone represents nearly one
third of the work of the world. Sew
enty per cent of the worlds work is
done before 45, and 80 per cent before
80. The writer asserts that history
does not sustain the common theory
that the brain natures later than the
muscular and osseus systems. AS fol
the difference between youthful and
O.d mimi, he urges that enthusiasm is
the great quality of youth, and expo
rience of old age; and, i'm the matter
of Judgment, youth is the best judge
of that which is to hc and which i.
new. age is the best judge of that
which is past. Age albne can shine
i'm conversation and in biography, anG
i'm the management of estates for theil
preservation. Youth eXcels i'm the i'm.
crease of money. Beyond certain
point learning cannot go for the brain
begins to lose more than it takes in
aud for every new impression AN ole
one must be erased. 1t has been calcu
lated that the brain can hold 3,i55. 76'
! thoughts. But manifestly the vaiu,
of such calculations is not great. Blu
there are Limitations to the workin. -
the brain, when men can no longe
expect to do what they once could
only they can be hardly persuaded o
| it. The golden moment of life is whcI
| enthusiasm is at its maximum, ant
when experience is sufficient for il
guidance. Exceptions are to be name,
tn the above usual rule. Such men a
Frauklin, Lord Brougham, Titan
| Michael Angelo, Dryden, Haydn, All,
| Farraeut were still doing great worI
in advanced years.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

From the age of forty to that of six
ty man who properly regulates him
self may be considered in the prime Of
life. His matured strength of consti-
tuition renders him almost impervious
to the attacks of disease. and all his
functions are in the highest order.
Having gone a year or two past sixty,
however, he arrives alta critical periou
of existence; the river of death flows
before him and he remains at stand
still. But athwart this river is Via
duet, called '"The Turn of Life, "
which, if crossed in safety, leads to the
valley of "Old Age" round which
the river winds, and then flows beyond
without boat or causeway TO affect
its passage. The bridge is however,
constructed of fragile materials, and il
depends how it is trGdden whether il
bend or break, GOut, apOpleXy, and
other bad characters, are also in the
vicinity to waylay the traveller, and
thrust him from the pass but let him
grid up his loins, and provide himself
with perfect composure. To quote a
metaphor, the "Turn Of Life" is q
turn either into a prolonged walk or
into the grave. The system and pow
er, having reached their utmost cX-
pansion, now begin either to close
like flowers at sunset, or break down
at once. One injudiciOus stimulant, a
single fatal excitement, may force it
beyond its strength: whilst careful
supply of props, and the withdrawal
of all that tends to force a plant, will
sustain it in beauty and in vigor until
night has nearly set in.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
3tisfuT Aelus..
FRIDAY, June 80, 1871.
"PERsEyERE. y


Is Thy pathway dark and loncly'
Are thy sorrows hard to bear.
DO Prickly thorns spring mp before thee.
Anil fndest thou nouglt lat grief and
carci
Still despair MT do Thy duty,
Can 10 aid thy strength Of will;
Look to Heaven, for God win help thee,
Perscvere--push onward still.
p Has misfortuue's breath bereft thee
OF the friends thou cherished most
DOst thou pine for tones of kindness,
"a As on Lifc's sea thou ri tempest tossed,
Sfil despair not, steer thy barque
Towards the blissful, heavenly shore;
Persevere--push boldly onward,
Soon thy trials will be DER.
Earthly tieb are false aud iickle,
iffiendship fades like summer flowers;
Loving smiles and joyoas glanees--
- Fly from grief : sad weary hours;
Still despair not--while on earth
Duty's call thou must obey:
rerrevere, and God will help thee
80 Will turn thy darkness into day.
lamar Ask KERNoDE.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
BRISTOL, VIRGINIA TENNESSEE FRIDAY, JUNE 80, 1871

had been an invalid some fifteen years
or more, and at his death was about
So years of age. He was the proseni
tor of numerous offspring, many o
whom are numbered among the mos
useful aud respected citizens of Taze
well.
Z "Old Aunt Nelly" Whitman, an.
other old citizen of the same county
died at her residence, in Jcflersonville
on the 18th, aged 50. She is spoken O
10y the Ncws, of that place. as the old.
est female inhabitant, and as person
remarkable for her kindness in the
sick chamber, and for general bencvo.
lcnce.- HythcUWe Enterprise.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30


The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don Ncws writes that it is rumorcd
that Count MOLTIlE has expressed his
resolution TO Emperor WILLIAM to de-
cline the present of million of tllal-
ers, which is intended by the Federal
Council and the majority of the Reich
stag to bestow upon him He has de-
ciared himself quite satisfied with the
h0nors that have fallen to his share,
while his habits are so inexpensive
that he has no use for more money
than he already possesses; and he cam
not see that his nephew, who has been
made his heir, has any claim to re-
eeive money from the nation. 1t viii
be seen that the views of Count
MoLTFE are very different from those
of the distinguished soldier whom the
venerable Postmaster of Covington
has pronounced the greatest General
In the world. President Grant has
never been known to decline presents
from the public nor from private inGi-
viduals who may be struggling for of
fetal position but, on the contrary,
he seems 10 believe that such evidrn-
ces of appreciation should he encour-
aged by so disturbing the public pat
ronage as to foster a spirit of liberali-
ty on the part of ofiice-seekers. And
while the great Prussian General pro-
tests against his nephew and heir be-
ing provided for at the public expense.
our famous American General insists
on quartcring all his relations and ali
his wife's relations upon the United
states Treasury, utterly regardless of
their fitness for the lucrative offices in
to which they are thrust This striking
contrast in the opinions of two Gene
rails, who within the past few years in
their different fields of action have at
tracted the attention of the werld. can
hardly fail to- create comments at
home and abroad which will cause
Americans to feel very proud of their
preSideut-N Y S3k3
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Maj. Wilfred Brougham Of England
has madeline. G. Crockett of Wythe
Co, nm offer for his farm Of 100 acres,
aud the ofier will probably he aecep-
ted.osMaj. Brougham is much pleased
wiilr7SolIth Western Virginia.
Twenty-Five Of the citizens of Lynch
burg have been taken to Richmond for
the purpose OF obtaining jury in the
Cahoon ease.
New wheat has opened in Baltimore
at Sl.50 to S2.I5.
lWo OLD CITIZENS OF TAZEwEBL
1--WE regret 60 hear of the de-
- 80 81 81 the venerable Ilees B. Giles
- ri W. Aii mach occurred at the residence
NJ ~; chapman, ESQ.,. TazeweIl G..
80 "h Monday evening last. Mr.. G..
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

REMEDY FOR CANcER.-Somc
months ago Colonel Capron. Commits
sioner of Agriculture, received from
Ecuador package of roots and bark
shrub of tree, called cunderango. -
which is found growing i'm abundance
i'm Ecuador, and, IL is believed, i'm 9TH
et South American States. Cunderan-
go WAS represented as a specific for
that heretofore supposed to be ineura-
BILE and deadly disease, cancer. The
Commissioner distributed this plant
among our leading medical professors
and physicians. One of these has
been applying cunderango with un-
locked for success. and in twenty days
has almost entirely cured the mother
of Vice President COlfax and other IA
tients who are afflicted with cancer
Washington Letter, baltimore Ga-
-cftc.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

F)R E-KEEPERS.-The man
agement of brooms and the sweeping
OF carpets, are matters of interest to
house-keepeTs. For their information,
therefore, we give the following which
we find going the rounds:
If broOms are wet in boiling suds
once a week, they will become very
tough, will not cut the carpet, last
much longer, and always sweep like a
new broom. a very dusty carpet may
be cleaned by setting pail of cold
water out by the door, wet the broom
in it, knock it to get off all the drops,
sweep yard or so, then wash the
broom as before and sweep again, be-
ing careful to shake all the drops OFF
the broom and not sweep far at time.
If done with care, il will clean car
pet very nicely. and you will be sur
prised at the quantity of dirt in the
water. The water may need changing
one or twice, if The carpet is very dus-
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

NALLANDIGHAM'S LAST LAW CASE.
The Mcclellan murder trial, the case
in which the Hon. G.. L. Nallandig-
ham was engaged as counsel at the
time of his death. has created great in
tcrest in Southern OHIO, on account of
certain political relations. and because
its occurrence involved the exposure
of many prominent men of Hamilton
Ohio, "a frequenters of a faro den. On
the night of December 24th. Thomas
Meyers, Republican, wils SHOT, as al
legged, in gambling saloon, by. one of
a party of five men, who, according to
the Indictment, entered the place with
intent to commit the murder and ac-
cording to preconcerted conspiracy.
The five men were Thomas Mcclellan,
now on trial, Jack Carver, Daniel
McGlynn, James Mcclellan and Ich
Sheeley, all Democrats. The charge
against them each Is identical and the
latter four will be tried in turn after
James Mc(iehan- job l.. Owens, one
of tire chief Witnesses for the pFosecu-
tion, is Chief Of the Fire Department
of Hamilton, aud WAS in the faro sa-
loon when the crime was committed.
IN. J.. Tribune. &
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

Through the Kindness of 7. i.
Eanes, Esq, of Blountville, we give
below a list Of the number OF Votes in
Sullivan County.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30
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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-06-30

A GoOD WIFE.-The following sen-
tences from Archbishop Seekers We'd
ding Ring, are worth reading twice:
Hast thou a soft heart? 1t is of
Gods breaking. Hast thou n sweet
wife? She is of Gods making.n The
Hebrews have saying, He is not a
man that hath not woman" Though
man alone may be good, yet it is not
GOOD that man should be alone. "Ev-
cry good and perfect gift, is from
above" a wife, though she be not a
perfect gift, is a good gift, a beam
da-ted from the Sun of mercy. How
happy are those marriages where
Christ is at the wedding! Let none
but those who have found favor in
Gods eyes find favor in yours. Hus-
bands should spread a mantle of chari-
ty over their wives infirmities. Do
not put out the candle because of the
snuff. Husbands and wives should
provoke one another to love; and they
should love one another, nOtwith-
standing provocations. The tree OF
life grew in the garden of Eden. Good
servants are a great Messing; good
children greater blessing; but good
wife is the greatest blessing and such
Il help let him seek for that lacks one
let him delight in that enjoys one.