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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
About a Widow.

! The writer contributes to the Chester
| (Pa.,) Republican an article on Ebony
| Weller's Widow" from which we extract
the following
Another very courtable widow was a
young lady of Washington, Pa. She be-
came engaged to young man named Rob-
ert-, in 1846. Her father, however, OBJ
jected to- this match with one of his clerks,
and when the young girl received tempt
ing proposal from wealthy sutton, the pa
ternal influence soon effected marriage,
despite the previous engagement. In less
than three months her husband was killed
by a kick from horse. Robert was Sec
ond time sutton, but delayed the impor-
tant question until fifteen months elapsed,
when, to his horror, she informed him that
she was engaged. In short time thereafter
she was married. Two years elapsed, when
the married couple moved to Syracuse, N.
Y, where, among the victims of the chol-
era, when the pestilence swept that city,
was the second. Robert again sought her
hand, and when a year had elapsed, was
on the eve of a declaration, when 10 he re-
ceived an invitation to her weddingl Her
late husbands business was found in such
state that to avoid immense losses she mar
ried her husbands partner. Shortly after,
she removed with her third husband to De-
troit, Michigan. A few years elapsed when
herself and husband were on steamer that
was wrecked near Buffalo. The husband
persisted, and the wife escaped solely
through the exertion of a friend who was
on board. His gallantry inspired such SEN
timents in her breast, that she married her
preserver few months after her third wild
owhood. The happy pair removed to Pitts
burg, where her husband was engaged in
mercantile business. Thither Robert, still
cherishing his first love, followed. One
day as he was passing the door of the hus-
bands store, he saw terrible commotion.
Rushing in, he beheld the mangled corpse
of that gentleman ON the floor. A tierce
of rice, being hoisted to an upper story had
fallen through the traps, killing him in
stantly. Anxiously Robert inquired ifany
one had been sent to inform his wife, and
was told that the bookkeeper had Just gone.
Robert started for Allegany city, where the
deceased had resided at the top ofhis speed.
The bookkeeper was just ahead Of him, and
from past experience knowing the value of
prompt action, and apprehending that the
clerk had designs on the widow, he ran for
dear life, side by side. The race contin-
ued until they reached Hand street, when
the clerk was obliged to stop to pay the
tolls, while Robert, commuter, passed over
without stopping. Reaching the house
first, Robert told the heartrepding news
and almost in the same breath made a pro-
position of marriage. He was accepted.
True to her promise after a year of mourn
ing she became his wife. As all her hus-
bands had died wealthy, Robert was COM
fortably fixed, after all. This case is a re-
markable example ofwhat." pluck and per-
severance" will do for man, while at the
same time it teaches lesson on the dan
ger Of delay.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
VOL. XVI.---NO. 4.
Curious Antiquities.

The subject of sympathies and antipa.
thies is extremely curious. Boyle tainted
when he heard the splashing of water; Seal
Tiger turned pale at the sight of water cres-
ses; Erasmus became feverish when he saw
q fish. A curious story is told of clergy
man, that he always tainted when he heard
a certain verse in jeremiah read Zimmer-
man tells of a lady who could not endure
the feeling of silk or satin, and shuddered
when touching the velvet skin of a peach.
MIR. Julian Young tells the story of an of.
ficer who could not endure the sound of
drum, and ultimately fell dead when COM
PEELED to hear it. There are whole famil-
les who entertain horror of cheese on
the other hand, there was physician, DR..
Starke, of Edinburg, who lost his life by.
subsisting almost entirely upon it.
Some people have been unable to take
mutton, even when administered in the mi
croscopic form of pills. There is the case
OF man falling down at the smell of NUT
ton, as if bereaved of life and in strong
commissions. Sir Jas. Eyre, in his we'll
known little book, mentions three curious
instances of idiosyncracy the case of a
gentleman who could not eat single straw
berry with impunity; the case of another,
whose head would become frightfully swol-
len if he touched the smallest particle of
hare; the case of a third, who would in
evitably have an attack of govt few hours
after eating fish.-London Society.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

The eccentric II. Fl. Breckenridge, one
of the Judges of the Supreme Court OF
Pennsylvania, when young man, was chal-
lenged to fight duel by an English officer,
whom he answered as follows:
II have two objections to this duel mat
ter-the one is lest should hurt you, and
the other lest you should hurt me. do
not see what good it would be to put a
ball through your body. could make no
use of you when dead for any ordinary pur-
pose, as l would rabbit or turkey |
am no cannibal, to eat flesh of men. Why,
then, shoot down human creature, of
whom | could make no use? A buffalo
would make better meat; for, though your
flesh might be young and tender, yet it
wants the firmness and consistency which
take and retain salt. At any rate it would
not do for a long sea voyage.
"You might make good barbecue, it
is true, being of the nature of a raccoon or
opossum; but people are not in the habit
of barbacueing anything that is human
now. As to your hide, it is not worth tax
ing off, being little better than two year
old calf.
$50 much for you. AS for myself, l do
not like to stand in the way of anything
that is hurtful. l am under the impress
sion that you might hurt me. This being
the case, think it most advisable to stay
at distance. Ifyou meant to try your
pistols, take tree or barn door about my
dimensions. you hit that send me word,
and l will acknowledge that, if had been
in the same place, you might have hit me"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
GEORGE L. SCOTT ct al
vs.. In Equity.
Edward M. Chew, ct al

Edward M. Chew, ct al
ORDERED, this 9th day of January,
" 1879, that the sales made and repor-
ted by Edward NJ. Chew, Trustee, in the
above case, be and the same are hereby rat
fled and confirmed, unless cause to the
contrary be shown on or before the 9th day
of February next; provided d copy of this
order be inserted in some newspaper prin-
ted and published In Hartford county, for
three successive weeks before the said 9th
day of February next
The report states the amount of sales to
be $2,630.00.
A. L. JARRETT, Clerk.
True copy, Test,
jan12 A. L. JARRETT, Clerk.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
Longevity.

Longevity is an inherited quality, as
much as the make of the body, or the size
OF the brain. Sir William Herschell the
greatest astronomer of his age, lived eighty
four years; his son, Sir John, died at seven
ty-nine; his aunt Caroline, was eighty
nine; many similar cases can be given
where persons of the connection lived to a
great old age. But descendants of long
lived persons should only calculate on liY-
ing as long themselves by living pretty
much in the same manner; regularly, tenn
perately, equally; cultivating serenity of
mind, deliberation of thought and action;
avoiding as much as possible shocks ana
bodily exposure to hardships and to all ex-
tremes. The tortoise overlook the hare
long before the close of the day; prudent,
thoughtful, careful people, who hold on the
equable tenor of their way, far outlive the
quick, the thoughtless, the nervous and I'M
steady. But longevity may be cultivated
by life of steady industry, of habitual
temperance and regularity, combined with
the conscientious performance of all the
duties of life.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
4 Few Sheep on the Farm.

The relative profit is much greater from
small flock than large one. The grain
farmer, no matter how few his acres are,
can make money by keeping few sheep ;
there is always room for them somewhere,
and they consume and turn into money
food that would otherwise waste; but he
must be careful not to livestock. To il
lustrate: Suppose the farmer cultivates
only 80 acres, raising grain chiefly, he keeps
few COWS, and the necessary teams; one
fifth of his farm is in pasture, one-fifth
meadow, one-ffth planted, one-tifth Spring
grain, one-fifth wheat; he thinks he has as
much stock as he can proftably keep, but
if he puts on one sheep to every five acres,
he will find products clear gain; in the
Spring early they can run on the sod which
is to be planted, and one sheep to each
acre will not hurt the land, yet they will
live well after that they can go in the pas
ture and will CLEAN after the COWS to adj
vantage; through the Winter they can be
we'll kept on what the other stock would
not consume, with the addition of little
grain. Probably the most profitable are
some of the coarse-wool mutton breeds,
their lambs sell to the butchers for high
prices, and when fat the sheep fetch as
much as the yearling steer. Sixteen NUT.
ton sheep well managed, would pro-
duce yearly income of one hundred
dollars, where, if none were kept, moth
ing would be realized. The greatest draw
back is liability to the loss by dogs, and
it is q disgrace to any State to protect its
ours so well that they expel to certain ex.
tent the only animal which can cheaper the
food and clothing of the people, Vermont
Farmer. ...
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

The DEMOCRATIC PLATFoRM.-The
Democratic party propose to reduce tax
alton by strict economy in the administra-
tion of the government, and by revenue
system, not in the interests of capital and
monopoly as it now is, but so arranged as
to impose the least possible burden upon
the people. These are the reforms that
the great mass of the people demand, and
they know that they cannot hope for them
through the party in power. Ifthey should
be promised, six years of experiment, and
they have been years of peace, is convin-
cling evidence that all such promises, like
Dead Sea fruit, will turn to ashes upon the
lip. Retrenchment, economy, the tighten
ing of the public burdens, and revenue
system in the interests of the people, and
not of capital and monopolies, will only
come through the Democratic party.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

FAsTIDIous.-A disappointed lover APP
piled at drug store in Saginaw, Mich,
that his girl had "gone back" on him, and
there wasn't any use of living " no more"
The hard hearted clerk refused to accom-
modate him, whereupon he declared that
he did not know what to do, as the water
was too cold to make drowning pleasant.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
Po e tic al.
THE TWO CHURCH BUILDERS.
BY JOHN @. SAKE.

famous king would build a church,
A temple vast and grand;
And, that the pras might be his own,
lie gave strict command
That none should add the smallest gift
To aid the work he planned.
And when the mighty dome was done.
Within the noble frame
Upon tablet, broad and fair,
In letters all afame
With FURNISHED gold, the people read
The royal builders name.
Now, when tho king, elate with pride,
That night had sought his bed,
He dreamed he saw an angel come,
"a halo round his head,)
Erase the royal name, and write
Another in its stead.
What could it meang Three times that niuht
That wondrous vision came;
Three times he saw the angel hand
Erase the royal name,
And write woman's in its stead
In letters all afame.
Whose could 1t be! He gave command
To all about his throne
10 seek the owner of the name
That on the tablet shown;
And SO 1t was the courtier found
widow poor and lone
The king. enraged ut what he heard,
cried, Bring the culprit here !"
And to the woman, trembling sore,
He said, " IT'S very clear
That you have broken my command;
Now let the truth appearl"
YouI Majesty" the widow said,
II can't deny the truth;
Hove the Lord-my Lord and yours
And so in simple sooth, 4
broke your Majesty's command
Il crave your royal ruth y
And since had no money, sire,
Why-I could only pray
That God would bless your Majesty;
And when along the way
The horses drew the stones-I gave
10 one wisp Of hay ~
All now see," the king exclaimed,
Self-glory was my aim;
The woman gave for love of God
And not for worldly fame
It's my command that the tablet bear
The pious woman's name!"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

1t is very commonly understood that
water expands in freezing. The law that
heat expands and cold contracts, meets an
exception in the case of ice. M. Boussin-
gault has been trying experiments to deter
mine whether freezing will be prevented
under conditions that forbid expansion
He constructed Il stout cylinder, which
was filled with water, and upon which
cap was screwed down. This was then re-
duced to a temperature of II degrees be-
low zero without freezing, as evinced by
ar iron ball within the apparatus which
still moved freely, as it could not have
done if there had been ice. Immediately
on removing the cap the water turned into
ice.
George w., of magnificent memory,
said that woman was at the bottom of
all the troubles man got himself into.
One fine day painter in his majesty's pal
ace fell from ladder and broke his leg.
"Who is she? Who is she?" asked the
king.
MAY it please your majesty, it is IL man."
Nonsense Who is she 2" again demand
ed his majesty.
"May it please your majesty, it is man."
But the king was in the right. The
painter had broken his leg because he had
leaned too far over his ladder for the pur-
pose of giving a kiss to one of the royal
housemaids
"A French lawyer defended q NAH who
had taken chicken from q farm yard
He said his client was insane II do not
see in this theft anything that would ac-
count for the insanity Of the prisoner said
the Judge 81 beg your pardon" replied
the lawyer, this poor fellow is certainly
insane. He stole wretched skinny chick
en-, when he might have taken nice fat
pig"
The servant of Prussian officer one
day met crony, who inquired of him how
he got along with his fiery master. "Oh,
excellently /" answered the servant; tive
live on very friendly terms every morning
we beat each others coats-the only diff
ference is, he takes his off, and keep mine
on !"
docs our talk disturb ?" said one of
a company of talkative ladies to an old
gentleman sitting near by, "Oh, bless you,
no." was the reply: "I've been married
nigh thirty years, and don't mind it much
now"
--"You say said judge to witness,
shat the plaintiff resorted to an ingenious
use of circumstantial evidence; state just
exactly what you mean by that" swell,
sir, my exact meaning is that he lied"
This item is from valuable agricul-
tural journal: "Don't let your cattle stray
they wander to the most mysterious places.
We once saw cowhide in shoe maker
shop"
"A Connecticut paper tells of lawyer
who "hung out a single" for a whole
year in that State, and had but one case in
that time, and that was case of infamma-
tory rheumatism. s.5lm
II ay!" said dandy to an Intelligent
mechanic, II say, I've got an idea in my
head" "Well,n replied the other, ''if you
don't cherish it with great care, it will die
for want of companions"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
ESTRAY.
Hartford CO1tnta

Hartford County, to aoit:
HEREBY certify that James A. Scott,
Il of Hartford county, made oath before
me, the subscriber, one of the Justices of
the Peace, in and for the said county, this
10th day of January in the year 1879, that
an estray BOAR HOG about half and half
white and black, weighs about 1870 if fat,
has been trespassing upon his enclosures.
Given under my hand,
THOS. H. SNOWDEN, J.P.
Notice is hereby given to the owner of
the above described Hog to come forward,
prove ownership and remove him other
wise he will be sold according to law.
jan12 JAS. A. SCOTT.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

The story is told of negro who pray
ed earnestly that he and his colored breth-
rem might be preserved from what he call
ed their "upsettin SINS" "Brudder," said
one of his friends at the close of the meet
ing, "you amt got de hang of dat ar word.
Its besettin, not upsettin'." "Brudder,"
replied the other, eff dat's so its so. But
l was praying de Lord to save us from the
sin of intoxication, and if dat amt upset
TIM sin, dun no what ann
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
The Division of Time.

In dividing of time into convenient
quantities, the sun plays an important part.
One revolution of the earth round the sun
constitutes year, the grand basis of our
calendar, and modern science has attained
to such accuracy that it gives as the exact
length of a year, 1865 days, 5 hours, 4S min
utes 40 seconds and seven tenths of Sec
ond which is pretty close calculation for
the movements of such large body as our
mother earth The odds and ends Of time
over the 365 days are carefully gathered
up for future use, so that when enough has
accumulated to make twenty-four hours
once in four years we get another day to
the year. And still this is not exact, for
day every fourth year is too much by II
minutes, 10 seconds and three tenths of
second. In 1862 these surplus seconds had
well proved that "many little makes a
good DEAL" for Pope Gregory found that
they had amounted to ten days, and ascer-
tanning what would be the correct thing
FOR the future, decreed that the extra day
hitherto reckoned in leap year should be
dropped three times every four hundred
years. All this is rather curious, but it
makes no practical difference with our own
lives or deeds, only in the lesson taught
that, small and seemingly tritling as are
the seconds of time, they, by their steady,
never-ceasing progress, slowly but surely
count out the lives and the actions of all
created things, and no mortal power can
stay the hours as they pass.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26

WATERY POTATOES is said that wa
terry potatoes may be made as mealy as can
be desired by placing a piece OF lime the
size of hens egg, in the potin which they
are boiled.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1872-01-26
CLOTHING Repaired d Cleaned

rVNHE subscriber will Clean Repair or Scour Gentle
l. mems Clothing in the very best manner,l at low
prices Residence on Bond street. adjoining the resi-
dence of Mr.. Philip Wagner.
JOSEPH FRANCE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23
HOW TO GO WEST.

This is an enquiry which every one
should have truthyully answered before he
starts on his journey, and little care taken
in examination of Routes viii! in many ca
ses save much trouble, time and money.
The &c, B. & Q. R. R." running from
Chicago through Galesburg to Burlington
has achieved splendid reputation in the
last two years as the leading Passenger
Route to the west. At Burlington it con-
meets with the great Burlington Route
which runs direct through Southern Iowa
to Nebraska and Kansas, with close connec-
tons to California and the Terr tories
and passengers starting from Watertown on
their way westward, cannot do better than
to take the G. B. &. @. aud Burlington
Route
This Line has published a pamphlet call
ed "How to go v est" which contains
much valuable information large cor
rect map of the Great West, which can be
obtained free of charge by addressing the
General Passenger Agent B. IN r R.
Burlington. Iowa
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23

DEATH OF Mr. WHITMAN SMITH
just as we were going to press last week
the rumor prevailed that Mr. and Mrs.
Whitman Smith of this city, and their two
sons, were on board the illfated steamer
Lac La Belle, when she went down in the
waters of Lake Michigan. We made a
brief mention of the rumor little thinking
it would prove correct, and be 80 fully cor
roborated by the sad event we are called
upon to chronicle. Mr.. Smith and family
were on their way to visit their daughter,
Mrs. H Montague, 1T Traverse City, Michi-
gan, and left Milwaukee on the Lac La
Belle Sunday night the 18th inst, for
Grand Haven. About midnight the family
vas awakened by the noise and confusion
that prevailed on board and confronted with
a realizing sense of danger. We learn
that Mr.. Smith appeared as calm and cool
under the trying circumstances as any one
on board and al once went TO assist at the
pumps. When it became evident that The
steamer must go to the bottom the captain
ordered tie boats to be lowered, which was
done without accident. Mr. Smith also
assisted in the work and sthis was the last
seen of him by any of his family. Mrs.
| Smith and her youngest son got safely into
the first boat launched from the steamer,
| and the Oldest boy succeeded in getting in
| to the next boat that was lowered. After
| tossing about in the treacherous waters OF
| Lake Michigan for several hour Mrs. Smiths
boat was picked up by "a schooner bound
| for Chicago. The second boat containing
| the oldest boy reached Racine after being
passengers meanwhile suffering intensely
from the cold
From the statements made it appears
that all on board were saved with t he ex-
ception of seven persons, Mr. Smith being
among the number, who refused toEeave the
vessel, not daring to trust themselves in the
small boats.
Mrs. Smith and her two sons arrived
home last Thursday. The terrible
shock she experienced has had
a sad effect on her nervous system
and she is now in a Gistressfully delirous
condition brought on by the intense anguish
she has endured. Mrs Smith for many
years has been III frai health and conse-
quently her friends nave fearful apprehen
sions as to her recovery from her present
painful aberra ton of mind. In her deep
aff1iction she and her family have the sym
pathy Of our entire community
Mr. Smith has resided in this city for the
past five years, moving here from the town
of Pennington, in this county, where he
had been living for ne3rly twenty years
previous. He was an Intelligent and sue
cessful farmer, aud had the respect and es-
TEEN of all who knew him. His loss will
be severely felt by his family and friends
Mr.. Smith was native of jefferson
County New York, and about 80 years O
! age when he met his sad death.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-10-23

GEORGE B. SMITH That great
"Reformer' and Latter-day Saint, George
B. Smith, held forth last Friday evening,
at Turner Hall, to an audience of a few
hundred, many Of whom were Republicans.
He started out by saying that the Republic
can orators do nothing in the present cam
paign but tell stories, and then acted upon
the very doctrine he denounced by relating
a number of stories aud yarns himself. Of
course during the exercises the admins
tration of President Grant had to come in
for the usual TRADE of abuse and sla nder SO
generously dealt ont by the Democratic
speakers these drys. With tears in his
eyes he clasped hands very lovingly
with his Liberal Republican friends, and
vowed his determination to go down to po-
Itlcal death for their sakes, if need be.
George appeared verytmuch depres sed, and
altogether it was very mournful time.