davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
Thc Geneva Conference.

LONDON, April II.
In the House of Commons, this even
ing Mr. Rathbone asked whether the
government had sent, or intended to
send, its counter case respecting the
Alabama Claims to the Geneva board.
Mr.. Gladstone replied that the case
has been prepared and despatched to
Geneva. Touching the contents of the
document, he would say that there
was nothing relative to the claims for
indirect damages The note accompany
ing the case contained a declaration. on
the part of the government for the pur-
pose of reserving all the rights pertain
ing to the Queen in this arbitration, so
that, i'll the future, the government
would not be fettcred by any implied
compromise. Mr.. Schenck, the Ameri
can minister, had been duly informed of
the course taken and had notified Lord
Granville that there was no objection on
his part. The American counter case
would be presented to the Geneva tribu-
nal without prejudice to the rights of
either party. Mr.. Schenck had since
Informed Lord Granville, that the GOV
eminent of the United States concurred
in the view that the presentation of their
counter case would not effect the posi-
ton assumed by Great Britain on the
question of indirect claims.
Disraei wanted to have the papers
produced and asked whether Lord Chief
Justice Cockburn, was to resume his du-
ties as member of the Geneva board.
To the latter question Mr. Gladstone
replied affirmatively. He promised that
the British counter case would be laid
before parliament at an early day. He
praised the House and England for their
torbearance, and the people and Con-
gress of the United States for refrainng
from attempts to embarras the ques-
ton. The last note which was sent to
Washington. had not yet been answered.
When the reply was received no one
would be more willing to make the
House completely acquainted with the
details OF the negotiations than himself.
DlSraeH sald ne wanted to impress it
upon the government that the country
was DESTROYS s.of clearly understanding
the conditions under which the govern
ment sent its counter case to Geneva
This very act admitted on its face
the justice of the American claim for
indirect damages.
MIR. Gladstone made no further reply.
but promised that the documents wouId
be speedily forthcoming.
Earl Granville in the House of Lords
made replies, in substance the same as
those OF Gladstones, to questions put bv
LORD Stanhope. Care had been taken
he said, to SO frame the counter case
and accompanying documents as to
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
THE RUTLAND HERALD
SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1872.
Making Nothing of il.

The clergyman who boosted that he
could write a sermon in two hours, and
''make nothing of it," paid an equiv
cal compliment to his own ability.
This class of workers have more time
than the one who labors in the daily
work of journalism and should use it.
There are many persons who pride them
selves upon their rapidity of execution
in the same way, turning off some piece
of important work with great dispatch,
and making nothing of it. Where others
labor with great pains and care, de-
voting much time and skill, feeling that
their work might have been done better
with a still larger expenditure of time
and labor. The result of such labor is
ordinarily nothing" worth even the
hasty effort made.
The farmer who planted a hundred
fruit trees in an afternoon, made nothing
of it. The teacher who heard his TWEEN
ty recitations in day made nothing of
it. The editor who wrote three columns
of matter for his paper before BREAKFAST
''made nothing of it," impressed his
readers with the truthfulness of his as
sertion before evening.
There is a vast difference in men in
executive power and we should there
fore distinguish between the thorough
and efficient execution of a mind natur-
ally rapid in its movements, and the mere
drive and buster of a person who goes
over piece of work, manual and men
tai, with half performing. But ordina-
rily good work requires time and care.
In common mechanical labor, in the fine
arts, intellectual work, the grand rule of
execution is ''slow and sure" Commend
us then to the man who writes his ser
mon in two days instead of two hours
two weeks would be better, if Sunday
did not come between-Or to the farmer
who plants his twenty trees per day in
stead of hundred. The extra quality
of the work will more than make up
for any deficiency in the quantity. The
minister would be more likely to make
something of his sermon, and the orch
ardist something of his fruit trees.
Far be it from us to encourage the
slowness of sloth in anybody. Let there
be only the slowness requisite to due de-
liberation and careful execution. This
secured let the work be pressed to its ut
most tension.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
The Attempted Assassination i'm
Rochester.

Brief kilograms have already reported
the attempted murder of Mr.. COgswell,
of Rochester, by burglar whom he
caught in his house. The Rochester
Union furnishes some further particu-
lars of the affair:
Mrs. Cogswen says that the door of
her room was left slightly ajar. At y
o'clock precisely she heard some one
walking in the hall and saw a light
Surprising that some of the children were
up, she called the eldest one by name
and asked what was wanted. At this
moment the light appeared at the door,
and Mrs. Cogswel saw a man. She
cried out, There's a man here" Mr.
COgswell sprang from the bed. Catch
ing sight of the man he rushed toward
the hall, exclaiming, You internal
scoundrel, what are you doing here p
The man blew out the light which be
held in his hand, and turning ran to the
end of the hall and rapidly descended
the stairs, Mr.. COgsWell following.
The man stopped at the foot of the
stairs, faced about and fired at Mr.. Cogs-
well, who had descended the stairs about
a third of their length Mrs. COgswell
screamed on hearing the report Of the
pistol, and the other inmates of the
house were aroused. Mr.. Cogswell, not
realizing that he was shot, kept up the
pursuit, and supposing that the burglar
had gone into the rear part Of the house.
attempted to open the door at the foot
of the hall, when he felt the blood trick
ling down his leg. The burglar sue
ceeded in making his escape, and an eX-
animation of the wound showed that if
was not a dangerous one, although eZ-
ceedingly painful. Whether murder or
robbery was intended remains a mys-
terY.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

ANOTHER ROUTE NORTH To MONTREAL
THE NEW YORK AND BOSTON, DUTCH
Ess AND COLUMBIA, AND HARLEM EX-
TENSION AND OTHER ROADS COMBINED.
z The fight in the Legislature over the
various rapid transit projects has
brought to light the fact that a combi-
nation of several railways running north
with the New York and Boston Road,
now building from High Bridge TO Car
mel. was formed some time ago with
the design of giving another through
line to the north. The roads which it is
understood are in this combination are
the New York and Boston, the Dutchess
and Columbia, the Harlem Extension,
and the Vermont Central. The first
named. which is 50 miles in length, is
now nearly all graded, the excavations
for the depOts are completed, and the
rails will probably be laid this summer.
AT Carmel it connects with the Boston,
Hartford and Erie, forming a direct line
east. Two gaps, one of % and the other
of 25 miles, are to be built. One Of
these carries the line to Pine Plains,
where it connects with the Dutchess and
Columbia. where another direct line
east. the Connecticut Western Railroad,
is encountered. The Harlem Extension
carries the new road north
to Rutland, where the Yer
mont Central completes the line to
Montreal and unites it with the Grand
Trunk and the prospective Northern
Pacific roads. The combination IS call
ed the New York, Boston and Montreal
Railway Company.
The route, as now arranged, stops at
High Bridge, the company having no
franchise by which they can enter the
CITY, and passengers will have to take
boats or street cars from Harlem to the
lower part Of the city. To remedy this
defect, the company secretly formed a
combination with the Central Under
ground Railway Company, with view
to finally getting an entrance to the city
without passing over Commodore Van
derbilt's lines. 1t is claimed by the Cen
trail Underground and the New York,
Boston and Montreal Companies that
the bill lately introduced by Senator
Robertson, authorizing an underground
road from Fifty-ninth street, and giving
the franchise to Commodore Vanderbilt,
is intended to defeat not Onlythe Under
ground Road but the entire combination
and memorials against the passage Of
the Senator's bill were on Friday ad-
dressed to the Legislature, and protest
of John Q. Hoyt, the President Of
the New York and Boston, was sent to
Senator Robertson individually. 1t Is
claimed that those named are in the
combination, but this is doubtful. A
conference with Commodore Vanderbilt
was reported to have been had on Fri
day, but the result and purpose of il
could not be ascertained.-Ne5o York
T'ri6uHe-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
The Terror of New Jersey.
AN ESCAPED CRIMINAL CONVICT CAPTURED
AT ALBANY.

A man named Skiffers, who resides on
Clinton street, Albany, called at Police
Headquarters at that place and stated be
had every reason to believe that a youth
passing under the name of Alexander
Reiff, employed in Crummey's bakery
on North Pearl street, was a fugitive
from justice. Detectives McCotter and
Switzer went up and took the man in
custody, but he denied all knowledge Of
being guilty of any crime. After being
locked up for few hours, however, he
finally confessed that he had escaped
from the New Jersey State Prison, to
which he had been sentenced for two
years for burglary, and stated further
that he had belonged to a gang, which,
he says, was the terror of jersey City
and HOboken, and that there was not
single place of business in Hoboken that
he had not robbed. In appearance he is
about sixteen years of age, but has
hardened expression on his face, which
betokens thorough criminal. He es-
capped from the prison after five weeks
confinement. Chief Maloy has tele-
graphed to the Jersey City Chief OF
Police in regard to Ref, who says be
was there known as William Clifford.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
Sitting up with IA Corpse.
\ REAL GHOST STORY.

1t is not worth while to tell me that
the spirits of the dead never walked
this earth, to be seen by mortal ewes.
after they have taken leave of their
clayev tenement know better Rob
ert Dale Owen may write in favor of
dead men coming back to visit the
scenes of their mortal tolls. and tho1-
sand others may write against it: it is
all one to me. | shall have my own
opinion until | try to come back my
self. and can't. and it is proved to me hy
the best authority of the spiritual world.
that no one else can. You will say. |
have no doubt, as my friends have al
WAYS done. that my fears alarmed me.
and that my excited imagination causrd
me to fancy that | saw the person of nv
old friend Dr. FentOn Atwick. and
heard his voice speaking to me when I
knew he was a crushed and mangIed
corpse, or you will conclude that 7 must
have been asleep. You will be eQuallv
mistaken in either hypothesis. In the
first place. was not timid man. I
never had been afraid of anything in
earth air or sea | had walked through
lone burying grounds and byold church
es. hundreds of times, in the dead of
night, and no ''Tam O'Shanter" visions
had ever caused me to quicken my pace.
| have been, all my life, sturdy, hard
working person; so, no sick, pulling fan
cies had haunted me through long.
weary days of idleness; working for
twelve hours on a stretch, until you are
wearied to death, and sleeping like
dog for ten, is not conducive to romano
ing, nor do | wish to be. I had no
thought of writing novels, or even
''ghost stories, in those days. I was a
plodding chancery lawyer never yentur-
ing to make speech. but drudging, as |
have said, for the clothes | wore. and
the food by which life was kept in my
body. DR.. Fenton Atwick had moved
TO Darbytown ten years before. 1t was
well he had an annuity to fall back upon,
for there was no need of his diploma, or
of any science here He had a case or
so of ''ague and fever" and sometimes
IN the autumn a few chills-nothing
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

FoRGER ARREsTED.-Marcus p. Nor
ton has been arrested on bench warrant
and lodged in Jail for appearance for
trial. He is charged with having on the
9th of August last forged paper puT-
porting to have been signed by F. J.
Ransford and p. Low, relinquishing a
claim that they had for patent for q
post Office stamp. Norton halls from
Troy, n. Y, and had been practicing
before the Patent Office for some time.
This charge was inquired into by the
Commissioner of Patents some months
ago, and the result was the issuing Of
an order to prevent his practicing be-
fore that department. Washington Re
publican, april 11th.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18
from the Sunday Gazette.l
s.kiss We Good Night"

[The following lines, written by Mr.. Ben.
X. Shekell, of the Arlington, suggested by
the last words of the late VIM. s. Hunting
ton to his wife, are kindly furnished US.
We think them too good to be lost.l-Ep.
GAZETTE.
Kiss me good night, my love, kiss me good
night;
For my pulse halts long, and my heart
beats slow.
And your beautiful eyes grow dim to my
sight,
Or have they, my pet, lost their usual
glow?
All now seems vague except memory,
dear;
So / wander back to our young loves
plight,
To that evening when hope dispelled my
fear,
As you kissed me, sweet, your first good
night.
And see you, too, by the altar stand,
While the blush succeeds the pallor's
fight,
When you gave to me your trusting hand,
Which kiss again, with my last good
night.
1 remember, too, at our baby's birth,
When his young eyes oped to the eager
light,
That such joy as mine was not of this
AS kissed you, darling, a sweet good
night.
1 stretch you my hand, growing cold in
death,
And strain you my eyes in their failing
sight
And, darling repeat with my latest breath,
Kiss me good night, my love, good night
good night
But the kiss she gave was no mortal kiss,
For there flew to her lips her hearts full
love;
Her soul reached far-'twas a moment of
bliss
She kissed him from earth, he kissed
from above.
THE ARLINGTON, March 30
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

POSTAL CARDs.-A bill has been re-
ported in Congress authorizing the issue
of one cent correspondence or postal
cards for transmission through the mails.
One objection used against the system
was that these cards might become the
medium for the circulation of libelous,
scandelous and injurious communica-
tions. 1t was suggested to insert a pro-
vision that any card containing such libel
Gus matter should be treated as a dead
letter and should not be delivered.
Gen. Butler advocated the use of the
flap or covered card as obviating the
difficulty suggested, and it was adopted.
Another objection that this bill was
practically a reduction of postal rev.
enue, but this objection did not have
much weight and the bill passed.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

REPUBLIC VS.. MoNARoHY.-Joh Bright,
in reply to an address from some Re
publicans declaring that he was destined
to be the first President of the Republic
of Great Britain, writes that he hopes it
will be long time before the English
people are called upon to decide between
a republic and a monarchy. Their an
cestors settled matters for them, at least
for the present, and posterity must de
eide it in the future. Mr.. Bright ex-
pressed doubt as to whether the Re
publicans are his real friends.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

BRANDON PUBLIC LIBRARY AND READ
ING RooM-All who sympathize with
the progress of intelligence and the true
human fellowship it induces, will be clad
to hear that the movement to establish
public libraries and reading rooms il
making way in Vermont. An effort is
being made in Brandon to add this auxil-
larry to the public school of the town
The Hon. Charles Sumner writes. "If
| lived in Brandon I should unite gladly
IN the work. There should be a public
library in every town, as much as a pub-
lie school. One is the complement of
the other. How Brandon has GONE
without such an aid to civilization. / do
not understand"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

Bismarck is besought by $4,000 wo-
men of Alsace and Lorraine, not to
draft their husbands or sons into the ar
my. Bis won't be apt to be more mer-
clful to the conquered than to the native
Germans.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

-hcIl9lOu Is Lue DdS!S upon NuiCn
civil government resistant from which
power derives its authority, laws their
efficacy, and both their sanction.
The putting in order is a delightful
occupation, and is at least analogous to
virtue Virtue is the love of moral
order Henry Crabbe Robinson.
If doing what is to be done be made
the first business, and success a second
airy cOnsideration.-is not this the way
to exalt virtue ? Confucius.
The minds of some of our statesmen.
like the pupil of the human eye, con-
tract themselves the more stronger light
there is shed upon them Moore.
-Luther's attack on the Romish cor
ruptions saved Rome and gave the
papacy new lease, as uncapping the
central fire keeps the earth from uplift-
ing.
Robert Hall said of kippis, He might
be a very clever man by nature. for
aught l know, but he laid so many
books upon his head that his brains could
not move.
Hunger is cloud out of which
falls rain of elOquence and knowledge ::
when the belly is empty, the body be
comes spirit; when it is full, the spirit
becomes body Saadi.
I am glad that there is something
that | hate, for otherwise one is in dan
ger of falling into the habit of literally
finding all things good in their place;
and that is destructive Of all true feeling.
-[Goethe.
A man should say, | am not con-
cerned that | have no place. am
concerned how | may fit myself for
one. | am not concerned that | am not
known,-I seek to be worthy to be
known [ConfuciuS
We are all sculptors and painters,
and our material is our own flesh and
blood and bones. Any nObleness begins
at once to refine a mans features, any
meanness of sensuality to imbrute them.
= Thoreau.
Alone! that worn out word
Sadly spoken and so coldly heard:
Yet all that poets sing, and grief hath
known.
OF hopes laid waste, knelIs in that word
alone!-[Bulwer.
Dean Stanley lately said, in sermon
to the printers of London that once ar
chitecture. was the press, and told great
thoughts to the world in stone; but now
the press was architecture, and is build
ing up the world of ideas and usages.
To all men is their day of death ap-
pointed, and they cannot postpone or
advance it one hour. Wilt thou govern
the world which God governs? Thy lot
is cast beforehand, and whithersoeTer it
leads thou must follow Koran.
Nothing is so egotistical as the en-
Ioyment Of romance and poetry. 1t is
nothing more than looking in mirror.
The novel reader crawls into the skin of
all the heroes he admires; he fills them
OUT he strides in them, and when he
glorities the original, is secretly glorify-
ing himself.-[Oliver Bunce.
If | were suddenly asked to give
proof of the goodness of God to us, /
think l should say that it is most mani
tested in the exquisite difference he has
made between the souls of women and
men, SO as to create the POSSIBILITY of the
most charming companionship that the
Helps.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS. - Lee II.
Shrycock, of st. Louis, issues a circular
calling for delegates to the next annual
meeting Of the National Agricultural
Congress, to hold Its session in st. Louis.
commencing on Monday the 27th day of
May next, under the auspices of the St.
Louis Agricultural and Mechanical As
ISOLATION. The Association will be one
of great interest to the agricultural COM
munity. The basis Of representation
has been fixed at one delegate for every
fifty members or any fractional part
thereof, from any agricultural or me-
chanical association, board of trade or
chamber of commerce.
The call says:
Successful agriculture beng the very
base of our wealth and prosperity as IA
people, every means at command should
be used to encourage and increase pow
er. The farmers of the country should
be heard more potently in the councils
of the nation, and legislation should be
more frequently directed toward rather
than against their interests. In all
other branches of industry. associations
exist and are conducted with a view to
advance the interests of those by whom
they are organized. Great good has re-
suited to their members i'm various ways,
and there is no reason why the tillers of
the soil may not look for beneficial re-
suits from holding a national congress.
where agriculture and horticulture may
be freely discussed and plans devised for
their protection and Improvement.
SHIT THE Door What | wish to do
is to lift the temperance idea to the
level of its patriotic significance. I
know that it has two sides. One is the
Christianity that puts its arms round the
drunkard. and enwraps him in the
warmest sympathy, and tries to plant in
his heart so much resolution as he is
capable of. The other side tries to
make 1t safe for him to walk in the
streets by means of prohibition. We
are an inventive race, and we are ingen-
ious in our craftsmanship. If this does
not succeed we will try another plan.
In Illinois one of the richest men said
''Giye me resolution to pass that open
door" which led into the drinking
saloon, land | will share my wealth
with you tomorrow. He could not do
it. Nobody but God can plant in
human soul that vigor of resolution
which can trample this appetite under
foot. But there is one thing which law
can do, which the safety of republican
institutions demands, and that is to shut
that door, Wendell Philips.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

NEsUvIUs.-MountV esuvus is again
in a state of violent eruption. A column
of flame shoots several hundred feet
above the crater and storms of ashes
and cinders fall around the summit.
Tourists are fastening to Naples to. wit
ness the spectacle.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-04-18

THE RESULT IN ALBANY.-As the re-
suit of the election at Albany, Thacher
Democrat was elected by majority
Of 20G over Judson Republican,
Green, the Republican candidate for
Recorder was elected by a handsome
majority. The Republicans have also
elected out of 16 Aldermen, and 10 out
of 16 Supervisors