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The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

A man who had purchased a row
pair of shoes, finding the road to be
rather a rough one, concluded to put
the shoes under his arm and walk home
bareiooted. After while he stubbed
his great toe, taking the nail off as
clear as a whistle. "How luckyl" he
exclaimed, "what tremendous lick
that would have been for the shoes"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Gold is obtained from the mine by
digging the earth, and from the miser
by digging his soul. Men of groveling
disposition expend not and hoard with
care, saying that the hopes of expend-
ing are better than having spent.
You will see one day according to tho
wish of the enemy, the money left and
the wretch dead.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

The CHICAGO FIRE.-We make the
following extract from a graphic des-
cription in the st, Louis Republican of
the great conAagration in Chicago:
No sooner was the extent of the dis
aster known abroad than the ghouls of
the race, who ever haunt scenes of
disaster and mis- fortune, began to gath
er Thieves mingled with the great
stricken multitude and busily piled
their vocation, even in that dire hour
of calamity. Williams seized upon the
fleeing inhabitants, As they came from
their blazing homes, and enleavored
to take what little remained to them
saved from the general wreck. Hack
men, express drivers and car men
seemed to have lest all conscience and
charged fabulous sums for conveying
load from the scene of destruction to
a safe distance. Men who had large
sums of money, endeavoring to convey
it away to places Of safety were beset
by thieves, even in the street, in the
garish light cf their consuming houses,
and robbed Of their remaining all,
One instance is known ola hackman
exacting from a distracted husband two
hundred and fifty dollars tc convey his
invalid wife from his burning home to
a place of safety. Twenty-Five dot
lars was regarded as a very moderate
charge for an express wagon to take a
load ten squares. Fifty and one hun,
dred dollars was frequently demanded
and paid, for the use Of wagon and
team oftwo horses for half an hour. 1t
seemed that half the people Of this
class had turned out to be thieves and
robbers Of tic most dangerous charac-
Ter. Instances are known in which
hackmen agreed to convey ladies from
the reign of Disaster to a place of safety,
Srd when a little way from the crowds
deliberately robbed them Of their jew
elry and whatever valuables they might
have about them, and then turned
them out of. their cabs to take care OF
themselves.
All the records of deeds and mort
rares are destroyed. This includes all
the real estate, not only in Chicago,
but in Cook county, with its numerous
suburban towns.
There is not law office nor law
library left in Chicago, except the few
small duplicate libraries at the resi-
dences of the leading lawyers. There
;s not paper showing that there is a
snit pending in any of the six courts
IF records in Cook county including
,be federal court There is not an
Indictment in existence in the county
or,inst any one, not judgment. nor
petition in bankruptcy in the federal
Oourts Even the duplicate files that
,be LAWYERS kept in their offices OF
;mnortant cases are all gone. A few
.,nr have escaped by being taken to
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

CLNhil ANh bIANlN'N ~ lNb
OPINION OF GRANr.-A correspon-
dent Of the New York World, writing
from Washington on the 4th inst, says:
\ distinguished Louisianian was i'll
Boston recently, and had an interview
with Senator Sumner, at his rooms at
the Coolidge House. During lengthy
conversation with him, Mr.. Sumner
related an interview, the last he ever
had with Edwin NJ. Stanton, the late
secretary of war. 1t took place shortly
prior to Mr.. Stanton's death. Mr.
Sumner had made one of his custcma-
ry calls. Mr.. Stanton requested Mr..
Sumner to come near his bedside. The
dying man placed his hand in that of
Mr.. Sumner, and said:
"sumnor, am going Over the river.
shall never recover. ! wish to say
one word to you before | die"
Sumner hope that you are not
dying, Mr.. Stanton, but go on.
Stanton (emphatically)-G Grant
cannot administer this government.
He is not equal to the duties.
Sumner-Mr. Stanton, your state
ment is broad.
Stanton-I mean it as broadly as |
state it.
Snmner-Why did you not mention
this before the nomination?
Stanton-I was busy in my Office,
and was not consulted by the politi'
clans who made the nomination. They
did not take me into their councils.
Sumner-But, Mr.. Stanton you
made speeches during the campaign
why did you not state this important
: fact then?
Stanton-You examine my speeches
and you will not find one word in IA
vor of Gen. Grant for president.
spoke for the republican party only.
! Sumner-But you say Grant canno
administer the government. He sue
ceoded well in the army, and the peo
pie gave him credit for our success.
Stanton stretching forth his righ
hand)-Senator Sumner, this han,
supplied him with men and money un'
limited. I gave him the directions o
affairs. | am dying, Mr.. Sumner, an,
I state this to you. Use it wheneve
the interests Of the country demand it
At the time Mr.. Sumner made thi
statement about the farewell interview
with Mr.. Stanton, he did not agre
with the gentleman from louisiana a
TO the merits of Gen. Grant, and mad
this plain statement to the group o
gentlemen who were listeners to tn
senator.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Whatever is highest and holiest is
tinged with melancholy. The eye of
genius has always plaintive express
sion, and its natural language is pathos.
A prophet is sadder than other men
and He who was greater than all pro-
phets was "a man of sorrow and ac-
quainted with grief"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

There are many shining qualities in
the mind Of man, but there is none
more useful than discretion; it is this,
indeed, which gives a value to all the
rest, which sets them at work in their
proper times and places, and turns
them to the advantage of the person
possessed of them. Addison.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Like a morning dream life becomes
more and more bright the longer we
live, and the reason of everything be-
comes more clear. What has puzzled
us before seems less mysterious, and
the crooked paths look straighter as We
approach the end.-Richter.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

"a man having been brought before
a Dutch justice of the peace in Canada
on charge of having four wives, the as
founded magistrate exclaimed, "You
let dat man go; if he Ifs nit four wifes
he has punishment enuf. Ifs nit
only Won, and dats moren l can
shtand."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

A farmers wife, in speaking of the
smartness, aptness, and intelligence of
her son, lad six years old, to a lady
acquaintance, said, "He can read flu
emily in any part ofthe Bible, repeat the
whole catechism, and weed onions as
well as his father" "Yes, mother add
ed the'young hopeful, "and yesterday
| licked Ned Rawson, throwed tie cat
into the well, ane stole old Hickley's
gimlet."
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Frugality may be termed the daugh.
ter of prudence, the sister of temper
ance, and the parent of liberty. He
that is extravagant will quickly become
poor, and poverty will enforce depen~
dence and invite corruption.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

A Janesville, Wis, editor, has dis
covered that many of the young ladies'
of that city wear their corsets in bed
with the strings tightly laced. The
editor neglects to say how he comes to
know SO much.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

When you have anything to commu-
nicate that will distress the heart of
the person to whom it Concerns, be
silent in order that he may hear from
some one else. o nightingale bring
thou the glad tidings of spring and
leave bad news TO the owl.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

1t is by piomulgation of sound NOR
ais in the community, and more espe-
cially by the training and instruction
of the young, that woman performs
her part toward the preservation of a
free government. Webster.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

BE GENTLEMAN AT HoME.-It is
cruel and cowardly in any man to
speak to the woman under his roof in
a manner that would forever disgrace
him, if heard under any other. Yet
how many do it, alas and even go
their ways after it, selfshly forgetting
the tears and bitterness they have
caused, and selfshly expecting, if they
remember it at all, that on their return
the domestic sky will be without q
cloud. More the pity when it is Then
indeed, is there danger in the air; fol
then too often comes deceit, and by
pocrisy, and indifference.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

LIVE CATTLE WEIGHED BY MEAS
URE. The only instrument necessary
in a measure with feet and inch marks
upon it. The girth is the circumfer-
ence of the animal just behind the
shoulder blades. The lenghth is the
distance from the shoulders blades
The superficial feet are obtained by
multiplying the girth and length. The
following table contains the rule to as
certain the weight of the animal:
If less than foot in girth, multiply
superficial feet by eight.
If less than three and more than
one, multiply superficial feet by eleven.
If less than five and more than
three, multiply superficial feet by six
teen.
If less than seven and more than
five, multiply superficial feet by twen'
ty-fve.
If less than nine and more than
seven, multiply superficial feet by thir.
ty-three.
If less than eleven and more than
nine, multiply superficial feet by forty
two.
Example,-Supposo pig to meas
IRE in girth two feet, and length one
foot and nine inches; there would be
three and a half feet, which multiplied
by eleven, gives thirty>eight and a hall
pounds as the weight of tho animal
when dressed In this way, the weight
Of the quarters can be substantially as
certained during life.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

A beautiful form is better than q
biautiful face; a beautiful behavior is
better than beautiful form; it gives
higher pleasure than statutes and
pictures; it is the finest of the fno
arts.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

If we can imagine a man, such as
the world by many shining example
has aided us to imagine, who lives in
the upper realm Of thought, entirely
upon his spiritual capital who for
love of his fellow men will give his body
to be burned and his goods to feed the
poor, we have had more comprehen-
sive glimpse of the material that the
heavenly host is made of than will be
granted us this side of an arrival there.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

He who gives advice to a self-con-
eeited man stands himself in need of
counsel from another
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25
An EIGHr YEAR OLD OPINION.

An EIGHT YEAR OLD OPINION.
One Of our exchanges mentions an inci>
dent as recently occurring, in which
two little girls, an eight and ten year
old. were graveiy discussing the ques-
ton of wearing earrings. One thought
it wicked-The other was sure it could
not be, for so many good people wore
them. The other replied, "Well, ]
don't care; if it wasn't wicked God
would have made holes in our ears.
If the little girl would accept the word
"silly" instead of wicked the more
nsthehic everywhere would agree with
her, because if there is anything more
silly than boring one's'ears for this Af-
rican and South Sea Island decoration,
we do not know what it is.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Louisville boasts ofan eighteen-year
old belle who can lift a tub of clothing
from the ground to an elevation OF
four feet, and have the clothes line
white with tie results Of the labor Of
her own little white hands in a short
while. Meantime her mother sits in
the parlor taking her ease in her old
age. As soon as this becomes gener-
ally known the railroads running into
that city will have to run extra trains.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

If Queen Victoria should die, her
little family will be left with scarcely
money enough to buy decent mourn,
ing. She is not worth to>day more
than s38, 100000.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Wit should be used rs a shield for
defense rather than as sword to
wound others.-Fuller.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

"THE UNIVERSAL AVER. On my
journeys over the continent-through
Turkey, India, China, Japan, Peru,
Chill, Paraguay, Brazil, and Mexico,
and the United States in them ali to
some extent and in some to a great ex-
tent, have found the universal Aver
represented by his family medicines,
which are often held in fabulous esteem.
Whether they win their marvellous
reputation by their cures, know not,
but | know they have it to such de-
gree that it frequently gave me impor-
tance to have come from the same
country. [Fields letter from abroad.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

Virtue, though in RACES, may chal-
lenge more than vice set off with the
trim Of greatness.
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. --Dr.
Chalmers beautiful says; "The little
that have seen in the world, and
know Of the history ofmankind, teaches
me to look upon their errors in sorrow,
not in anger. When | take the histo>
ry of one poor heart that has sinned
and suffered, and represent to myself
the struggles and temptation it passed
through-the brief pulsation Of joy;
the tears of regret; the feebleness Of
purpose; the scom of the world, that
has little charity; the desolation Of the
souls sanctuary and threatening
voices within; health gone; happiness
gone Il would fain leave the erring
soul Of my fellow.man with Him from
whose hands it came"
The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1871-10-25

BOUND ToDo FULL DAYS Work.
Mr.. NJ, ., of Oxford, don't object to have
hired man do full days work, or
at least, we should judge 50 from the
following story: A short time ago a
man came to his place for work. Mr..
NJ. set him plowing round forty acre
field. After he had plowed faithfully
all day, until the sun was about half
an hour high, he expressed his opinion
that it was about time to quit work.
ooh no." said Mr.. NJ, "you can
plow around six or eight times more
just as well as not"
So the hired man plowed around six
or eight times and then went to the
house, took care of his team, milked
ten cows, ate his supper and found ten
o'clock staring him in the face from the
old time piece.
Said the hired man to Mrs. NJ. 4,
"Where is Mr.. NJ p
The good woman answered, "He
has retired; do you wish to see him."
He replied that he did. After being
conducted to the bed room he said,
"Mr NJ. where is your axe?'
"Why," said Mr., NJ, "what do you
want to DO with the axe?'
"Well," said the hired man, 'I
thought you might like me to split
wood till breakfast is ready"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26

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hss malr misaa3 ai ter ehea Sc
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My sHe 50 afr Ass au aiUl
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26

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iioughtoa q Neuh Bennington f.iIng
q c5uie time
Tie staf. having di.3aBied, oa a.
count - tHr inability - some If their
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26

D Nv tff'tf'hAftHr'''f
The Ethan Allen base ball club was
beaten on Saturday by The Aeliycs Of
Bennington by a score Of 40 to y.
The following is a sta ement Of
I freight sent from this Office From Oct.
/ to March 3o-six months, Slsl 90: from
/ April to Sept aD--six months, $4,000,
making an increase Of double the amount
sent six months previous. Principle
1 freight lumber, shoe-pegs, eIothes-pins
aud handles, charcoal has been but is
now stopped Tor the present none having
/ been sent the last six months. Some four
car loads Of potatoes are now ready 10
send. In Tie above the milk is not IN
cluded, which is about 70 cans per day,
+ Tie freight to New York being $500 per
day. making freight on milk for six
months, $4,000 Total ON freight billed
$4,000, The prospect for the future
+ &, for large increase from lh. amount
as tie milk aud lumber will Increase. al
so wooden ware with 40 increase Of
wster.
i ARLINGTON
! Our merchants have all returned from
/ Boston and New York with a fun stock
ofncw goods They report au advance
on most kinds Of dry goods, wooleHs Dr.
some 20 per ceut. Those who sold their
wool at IS cents last summer can hardly
appreciate tie fact
John Mavlin, lum0erman 10 The
employ Of Geo. Fowler. while 81 work
on tie Green Mountain cast ofihls town
on ihc 18th inst wac crushed IS d tree
which be- was falling receiving sucb
severe injafi tlat be died within an
hour lie was d steady, industrious mar,
formerl, from Capada where rs iamiiy
noN reside,
Oar people tayc been 10 SOME tribal.
alton 81 late, 80 al onnt Of the Short fruit
cropin lhi, vicinity But sc are now
greatly relieved by lbe nppB ihai !.
coming 30 aud e. quite reasonable rates
Best az apple- so per barrel. aud pore
elder jy doiIar FER Larrri delivered "a
use % nndiug fall AZ these Figures, add
with plenty q walnut's aHd hauernut
We can erjoy u.e long winter evenings
d q Oh Ct uhat ], winter, without
plenty 81 cider end Walnut
WEsf &nfISCroN
NJ gAme q bal 30. seek Ire 3 y
iioughtaa q Nerh Bennington flIn.
10 come tofIme
Tie stas. having 8i.3aBled, on ~
ronut q tAr inaMlix - some If tllea
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hope so. "ehe is also troubled with tile
bond disease aud coupons ore the pills
that keep her quiet" Ja.t so dear;
the bonds are ibis side oithe lliIl, We're
sou to bond North Chester sou couldn't
purchase one Of those litlle pills. Ihritt
aud honest industry has put These bonds
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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-10-26

oar liulc rocky environ, North Ches.
tcf, solid ih .fclusion and solemnlly and
mQdigsi 81 a.hes indol,Heo and selfish
acss lools through is brassy month.piece
VIA Ruuand HeraR the following disre-
.lee.ful uttmncls concerning Chester.
gS3usa CHESTER q. DC calir- sd
"l. south Chester asIoopt There i no
doab Off, notwithstanding ibe fgttcr
which ihc ilea causes ia certain guar
teu anA lie raauo, throw ~ her cog
Homcn Of Sleepy Hollow uaili Size
ha, proven herself awAkc This uu,h
/. .he has got ihe athsrs, iiai Is She
haa rather Ia sin aud scr l,ic means %
Improvement slipping from her rrssp
+" uan be,If herself and retain them
She j. also troubled with The bond de-
eass and cenpeus arc the pills iha, keep
der quiet II she taisc- . Humber 81
active cnterprlsiug bpsiness mcn Size
. deyastly mods fhem ont d town II
e. ooaiesscs that she needs q good
sahasutisi side sask h The depot, She
% ihiuks ot iie cosg and concludes Ia keep
lhe ooHpalh sbe has got ~ slse petit
iisas So zn efficient Gre department sle
iadalges in anoiher dream snd then
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-03-08


Tho Democratic press TO day con-
tends for the principles which lie at
the very foundation ofall free govern.
ment. Mover was it more important
TO sustain them, No intelligent man
fails to see that the tendency of the
last few years has been towards an
arbitrary and centralized form Of gov
ernment, such as usurpcd power, aud
flonrished for awhile, and then fell
through its own rottonness, in France.
III was there called Imperialism hero
it is called n "consolidated govern
ment" Its advocates have overstep-
ped the safeguards that men Of overy
shade Of political opinion but lately
held to be necessary for the prolcc-
ton of private and public liberty
The obligation Of law is impaired by
the disregard of it, not merely by
humble, individual wrongdoers, but
I by men high in place, who are charged
with the duty Of enforcing 1t. But
how can they enforce It on others
when they violate it themselves Yet
/ there has grown up 4 taste ana an IN
dulgencc for acts of spasmodic yio'
lence, instead Of the calm, regular ad-
ministration of the daily enacted laws
Men in Office claim an exemption from
| It,, when in truth it is by thcm that it
ought to be most sacredly observed.
The functionary who sends bayonets
to do his unlawful orrand at the poAdi
encourages every private maleiaetor
who arms his hand to compass some
bad purpose Of his own 1t is in the
defense Of civil liberty, and free gov
ernment that the Democratic press
stands to-day upon principles cherish.
cd by every patriot and thinker and
statesman whose name deserves the
respect Of mankind Upon the vindi-
cation and endurance Of those princi-
pies depend the safety of society, the
happiness and dignity Of the citizen
the progress Of tho world In the
battle we fight for them, we ask the
aid of every good citizen who cher
ishes the free institutions of hi:
country, and intends to do his part tC
maintain them. .-Age