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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
COUNTY NEWS.

1t is the Unitarian society at Westboro', not
the Baptist society, with which Rev. Charles A.
Allen is connected.
L. S. Whcelock of Grafton, who was so badly
injured by being thrown from wagon in Ash
land last Wednesday morning, is gradually re-
covering
Henry E. Fales of Milford has been promoted
to captain of Co. F, 10th regiment, NJ. V. NJ, in
place of Henry j. Bailey, discharged.
Grafton and Upton are building road, about
four miles long from West Upton to Grafton
Centre, to shorten the distance and lessen the
grade. The cost will be 100000.
GRAFTON LECTURE CoURsE.-Rev Robert
Collyer, OF Chicago, delivers the fourth in the
regular course of lectures, this evening, in the
town hall. Subject-"Our folks and other
folks" Tickets thirty-fve cents, to be obtained
at the door. The lecture commences at u clock
The reputation of Mr.. Colyer will be sufficient
to give him a crowded hall.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. III A. M.-Prob.
Abilities For the northwest and upper lake
regions, southery winds, decreasing pressures,
higher temperatures and partly cloudy weather
will prevail and extend southwark to the Ohio
river; for Tennessee, the gulf and south Atlantic
states, higher pressures, colder, partly cloudy
and clearing weather, with northerly winds
for the lower lakes and Canada, northwesterly
winds, partly cloudy, cold and clearing weather;
for the middle and eastern states, northwestery
winds, higher pressure, lower temperatures
clearing and clear weather.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17

a bill giving the settlers on the Cherokee lands
who were ousted by the decision of the supreme
court, other lands in lieu thereof
The Mexican frontier commission was before
the house committee on appropriations, asking
that their duties be more specifically defined and
the amount of the appropriation increased.
Senator Patterson proposes to introduce bill
for the establishment OF a national bureau Of
sanitary science at Washington, as a branch Of
the interior department.
The house committee on appropriations has
agreed to The bill for the purchase Of an addi-
tiOnal site for the Boston post office
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
Fires.

ACTON, Canada, Dec. 16.-Beardmore's tan
nerv was burned last night. Loss $50 600.
ST. GATHERINGS, Dec. 16.-Owens' dry goods
store was damaged by fire, this morning. TO the
amount of $4,000; partially insured. An un-
successful attempt was made at the same time
to fire DOlson's blaming mill.
BATAVIA, n. Y, Dec. t6.-The malt house of
Maxwell & Co. was burned yesterday Loss
$4,000; insured for $4,000 in Hartford com
panies and the Queen and Royal of Liverpool.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Pcerson's planning mill
at jamaica Long Island, and Marvin's blind
factory, were burned Sunday. Loss $50, 900.
BARRIE, Ontario, Dee. 16.- The brewery
owned by AudertOn Bros. was burned to-day
Loss 500 000
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
The New state Lunn,Ic uosp;,,I.

A new set of plans for the construction of the
proposed new hospital for the insane in this
city are now nearly completed. They have been
accepted by the trustees of the institution, and
the drawings are in the hands of a Boston archi.
tect' who is TO work up the details. Upon the
conclusion OF the work, the plans in detail, with
estimates of expense, will be submitted to the
governor and council for approval. The draw.
lngs already made provide for building entire.
~ different in external appearance and internal
arrangement from those suggested by DR.. Bemis
last year. The plan Of separate cottages for
portion of the patients, advocated so earnestly by
the former superintendent, has beer. abandoned,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17

CITY MoRTALITY.-The tolal number of
deaths reported at the office OF the city clerk for
the week ending Dec. IA was seventeen, includ-
ing one still born. Eleven were males and
five were females. Four died of consumption,
two of typhoid fever, and one each of canker
rash, scarlet fever, Inflammation of the brain, in
fantile weakness, old age, paralysis, infamma-
ton of the bowels, Inflammation of the liver,
congestion Of the lungs, and one death was the
result of an accident. Six were children five
years of age and under, three of them being
under one year of age. The oldest persons were
jeremiah Mccain, native of Ireland, aged II
years, and Smith Robinson native of Foster,
r. l., aged CT years and eight months. Seven
of the total number were natives of this city,
five Of them being Of foreign parcntage. Nine
were natives of this country, five of them being
of foreign parentage Six were born in Ireland
one in Prussia, and one IN Canada.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
Perronnl TeIeurnm..

John w. Rulon, Of Philadelphia, died yester.
day, aged "A. He had beenlengaged in the East
India trade nearly half century.
Commodore Vanderbilt denies that he has
abandoned the underground railroad project.
Gen. Dix declines the escon of battery b, of
governor, prelerrlngbthat sthY ceremony be as
imple as possible,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17

Tue Express editorially states that James
Brooks will Insist upon Il special investigation
Of the charges by MeComb, that Brooks is inter.
ested in the mobilier stock, and will request that
the committee be composed Of his political OPP
Moments NJ
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
LATEST NEW S.
BY TELEGRAPH
r0 TEE yyORUEsTEES DAIEH sRx
From Washington.

The CredIu MObiIicr COmmittce-AbOut
POslmasIers The EndIan BOUNTY
Frauds .Case-E'Ostaae-Teieg En-
fcrests.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-12-17
MunicipaI Affairs


The following business was transacted at a
regular meeting of both branches of the city
government, held last evening:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
~ heat Lands,

The Journal of Chemistry says In
the eleventh century the average pro-
duction in wheat per ace, in England,
was stated to have beer. only six bush
els. To day the average in England is
twenty-seven bushels. This progress
is due to our having more knowledge
about agriculture. We know more
soils, aboutlmplements, manures, etc,
than in the olden time. One reason
fer the advancement we see, is the i'm
proyement in our agricultural imple-
ments Thus the pillow has been won
derfully improved over what it was in
Europe in the middle ages.
1t is knowledge that men want The
difference between England of five CEN
turtles ago and of to-day, is difference
in knowledge. knowledge has enabled
England to multiply many times the
product of agricultural operations, and
also to multiply the number OF human
beings she can support. Much of this
knowledge is traditional, but it is also
preserved in the records-the writings
of those who have studied those sub
jects.
In England today there are no ex-
hausted lands they are not allowed
to deteriorate. What is taken off is
supplied again, and this is the only
true economy. We can not take away
from our land, and not restore, without
iDiuring the soil.
Russia, unlike England, seems 10 be
following in the footsteps of this coun-
try in the neglect of her wheat lands,
and, as consequence, complaints are
already being made that the average
yield of her grain crops is constantly
growing less. There. as the Scientific
Press says, is the case in California
valuable farmyard manure is, in many
places, being conducted to the nearest
waste ground or stream as a nuisance.
Still Russia is buying largely of reap
ing and threshing machines, as well as
other agricultural machinery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29

leave-or tsome way put their foolish
noses into dark hole that felt funny,
and led, they didn't know where. Pref.
ty soon, in they go. When they want
to get back, they can't; and they grow
bigger, and wickeder, and all out of
shape in that dark place. Ii they come
out at last, they are all jammed up,
knocked to pieces, sick or dying, or
dead. When l see them in their cotfns,
/ hear folks ask, How came he to
throw himself away so "What
made him drink himself to death "
Chow happened she to go off to in
fanny r" How came he to be a gam,
bier
The questions l shall answer as the
wise lady told me about the frog. They
went in when they were little and fool
lsh, and grew mp there" A bad habit
hugs a man tighter, and Jams him ont of
shape worse than my pipes did that
poor frog.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
TO Ripcn Pears.

To cause pears to color up handsome
ly, Josiah Hoops, in the Agrculturist,
says: All that is necessary will be
to spread a blanket on the floor of a
cool room, and then thinly and evenly
place the fruit on the floor. A second
blanket must be spread over them, and
shortly the effect of this treatment will
be apparent in the most golden-colored
Bartletts, and, rich, ruddy-lookiug
Seckels imaginable. Pears perfected
III tins manner rarely have the meali-
ness Of their naturally ripened COM
panions, nor do they prematurely de-
cay at the core as when left on the tree.
This of course implies that they
must be picked in advance of ripening
on the tree, the time for which is part
y indicated 10y slight change of color
and partly by readiness to part from
the stem when gently lifted, so that
some strain is made at the point of
junction. The Bartlett will ripen if
picked some weeks in advance of rlpen-
mig on the tree, and even when its
growth is not fully attained.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
Singular and Terrible Accident.

A horrible accident occurred in the
stw-mil of Howard q Son in Fort Huron,
on Saturday Of last week, by which an
employee named Cyril Cbartland had his
head sawed twice in two. 1t appears
that the unfortunate man was ut work at
the time near the patent edgcr, which CON
sists Of Two circular saws about four inches
apart. lie, i'll company with another work
man, was lifting plank 70 its place on the
saw-tablc, when Mr.. Chartland fell over
on the saw, and in an instant one arm was
cut of and his head sawed in two Just
above the eyes and below the mouth. No
one saw the accident when it occurred,
though several men were in the mill at the
time. The man helping him lif! the plank
was looking in another direction at the
moment, and hearing a strange noise look
ed round and saw 'be headlcss body Of
his comrade. lying on the floor This sud-
den and terrible affair SO shocked the men
in the mill that all stood still ia mute as
constituent, unneryed and untitled for any
work. Not one could give any explana-
ton. and not one could be induced 10 han
die or touch the liiecss body which lay
before them
This uDfortunltc mGn was a Erencbman
BY birth and has lived here for six years,
having been u the employ Of Howard &
Son ever since he come TO this city. He
leaves "a wife aud two children, and WIS
buried FROM the Ca holic Church on Tues
day morning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The Sunrise.
BY NJ. A. MACDONALD.

Mabeue daintiest child OF all,
With fair little face and quaint little ways,
Claspiug my hand in her fingers small,
said. .'Aunty, one of these summer days,
When ii pleasant as pleasant can be,
And the sky is just as blue as your eyes,
VIII you go 70 the quarry hill with me
Ever SO early, to see tie sun rise
For in all my liieS (she was nine last May),
~ never have seen the sun rise yeti"
So away from her dreams in the early gray
or morning in June, called my pet.
The clover blooms were oewily bright,
The breezes slept in the trce-iopS tan,
The dawn was flushed with pale pink light,
And the silence Of morning was over all.
The sweetbriar scattered perfumed shower
From Its arChing sprays, as vi climbed the hill;
The leyere looked from his ferny bower;
The stream in the valley ran bright and still.
Thoughts TOO deep for the childish heart
Were born of the morning hush and thrlu.
With luminous eyes and lips apart
She stood on the crest Of the rocky HILL
Out of the east the heralds came,
With pennuns of purple, amber. and rosei
Then waving lines and lances Of flame,
Aud the gray mist fled from its radiant foes;
And the sun arose to the laugh OF the breeze,
The song of birds, and the ripple OF streams,
And we heard the welcome of whispering trees,
Waving their arms in the morning CLEANS.
My darling awaked from her rapture trance,
AS she chung to me IN close embrace /:
"Auuty, the sunrise is Gods own glance,
And the glory of morn is the light Of His face!
And oh was thinking if only
Could be like the sunrise every day,
And brighten my home as il brightens the sky
DO you think ! cOu d be like il, Arnty, say :"
From her seaside home. many miles away,
Writes Mabelle: I'm happy as happy can be,
For this morning l heard my father say,
The mantle of sunshine hath fallen on thee
There is sometimes day when the world gee
wrong
And sometimes tears to my eyes viii start
But, Aunty, the gray mist never stays long,
For l carry the sunrise in my hearth
little C0rprai
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29

A writer in Appleton's Journal argues
very strongly III favor of ladies riding
horses IMAM fashion,, and says:
Assuming this position, then, to be
we'll taken, there is word or two to be
said of the accessories for riding en-
cuUdlicr, and these embrace in them
selves no small portion of the advan-
tages to he gained 10y cutting Queen
Anne. The long, dragging, tlnttering,
flying habit is to be discarded, of
course. Even an ordinary skirt, despite
The example Of Madame Gamarra, will
not do. What is TO be the costume
then? 1t is ready to hand-the very
dress. Ugly, ungainly and unfemiLine,
as it has been presented to us by pc
destrians, on horseback it can be made
pretty and piquant, and is just what we
want 1t is the so-called Bloomer cos
tune. With very full skirt falling a
little below the knee, Turkish trousers
gathered at the ankle, n neat high gait
er, or zouave bootee, and jaunty rid
ing hat and plume, we surely have n
riding dress that for style, compact.
ness, comfort, ease of management, and
relief-mounted or dismounted- from
the two-handed embarrassment Of the
trailing habit, cannot be surpassed"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
\ Maine Orch n rtiist.

\ correspondent of the Oxford Reg
l>ter gives the following account of a
successful Maine orchardist
We had occasion to visit Minot Cen
ter, and there called upon Mr.. Edwin
;. Nelson, who is one of the best farm
ers II that town, and who makes or
'Aarding a speciality.
lie never removes any of the grass
That grows in his orchards, but mows
II aud leaves it on the ground TO decay
Tor food for the trees.
When he has young trees to set, he
taxes his cart and goes into the
wood lot, ana gathers quantity Of rot
Zen wood and decaying leaves. suffi-
oleut TO put bushel or more beneath
Oh tree, mixing it with the loan. BY
"ts treatment he obtained a good
growth the first year, and very rapid
growth IN after years. He believes the
-"table matter above mentioned con-
l..A~ Just the substance required by
s@e trees. Win some of our farmers
-rEit
ION may be assured we were much
arpusej. if not delighted, on gong
..a Air. Nelson cider mill, to see a
sized apple cheese in press, and
sweet cider flowing freely :"
an \. informed rs that he now has
.i 2ao bushels Of apples to be made
CIDER. His method Of keeping his
anT from tall till midsummer
without sotting, is by frcez-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29

ing them, and then putting them into
a bin and covering the whole with hay,
in which condition they are kept in a
perfect state until July. Mr.. Nelson
makes the most of his cider into vine
gar, and to give an idea of the guam
tity he makes, / will give You the num-
Der and capacity OF his casks, etc, to
wit
2 cisterns. containing /, 900 gals. each 200
S. casks, lG0 " S,Se1
II barrels - 40 $50
Total number gallons ,....,.......... II, $50
His method of cleansing oil casks
for vinegar is simple, but worth know
ing, and is as follows He fills the
cask with new cider, without any pre-
vious cleansing, leaves the bung out
during fermentation. and by keeping
the cask full, all the oil as well as the
the pomace. and other sediments is
completely purged from the vessels.
He has also method for preserving
his apples far into the summer, and AT
the same time retaining their flavor.
The secret of this he did not divulge,
but proved its truth by placing before
MS some as nice looking and tasting
Baldwins as any we ever saw or ate. He
assured us that for eight years past he
had not failed to sell Baldwin apples
in Lewiston market at this season Of
the year, or later, for ten dollars per
barrel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
The Author Of Ecce Homo.

Prof. Seeley, author of "Ecce Ho.
mo, - is a smooth-faced, tlaxen-haired,
boyish man, of small figure, but with
scholarly manner and charming
power of expression. At a meeting OF
Mrs. r owes Peace Congress he made
an admirable speech, but was repeated
~ interrupted by hunchback in the
audience who cried ''Time,' merely
because he wanted to hear the women.
Prof. Seeley was finally so much en-
barrassed that he sat down. He spoke
about half an hour without moving his
left arm once, or raising his knuckles
from the table on which he had planted
them to support his leaning body. He
emphasized occasionally by slight
forward jerk Of the head. In fact, he
spoke very much like a talking pillar
without movement Of any kind from
head to foot.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
,ha LITTLE Word and IFS Great Results.

traveller Ger dusty ROAD,
strewed accrns on the lea;
"a cne took root and sprouted up,
And grew into tree.
I've sought ils shade at eventlde,
To breathe its early vows,
"a ace was pleased at heat OF noon
To rest beneath its boughs.
-rna dormouse loved its dangling twigs,
Tho bird, sweet music pour;
II stood glory in its place
blessing eyermore.
little srrig had lost its way,
amid the grass and fern;
4 ,asSIug stranger scooped well,
Where weary men might turn
He walled il in, and hung with care
4 adle az the brink
Ne Thought not # the deed he did,
amt indged that toll might drink.
Il. passed again, and 10 the well,
By summer never dried,
rrad cooled ten Thousand parehlng tongues
And saved life beside.
, dreamer dreamed a random thought,
"rwag old, and yet twas new;
simple fancy of the brain,
mt strong IN being true.
II fell upon a genial mind,
And 10 the thought became
4 Ia1np Of light, beacon ray,
safely guided flame.
The Thought was small its issue great;
watch-ire on the hill,
II sends its radiance far adown,
And cheers the valley still.
.nameless man amid the crowd
That throng5d the busy mart
T4t fan the words Of hope and love,
whisper on the trunult thrown,
Sought but pas sing breath
II raised a brother from the dust,
A gem: fount O words of love;
0 thought at random cast,
Ye were but httie at the Rrst,
But mighty at the last.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
The International Maritime Signal Sys.

ttiii.
The Treasury Department is con
sidering the prOprety OF urging upon
Congress ut its next session the I'M
portance of some general enactment
in regard to the adoption by the mer-
chant marine Of the international code
of signals now used by the merchant
vessels of most foreign nations. This
code is being published by the Navy
Department for use in the navy, and
when completed will be on sale Mt its
cost of publication, which will be less
than 50 per volume. The system is
very complete, and by the use of the
book communication can be establish
ed as well between vessels OF nations
speaking different language as between
those of the same nation. All present
communication between American YES
sells is very difficult, owing to several
systems being in use, and it is almost
impracticable for an American vessel
to communicate with another,of n nn-
ton speaking foreign language, with
signal stations or with vessels of the
United States Navy, by which the new
code has been adopted. The serious
Inconvenience experienced under the
present system Will undoubtedly lead
TO legislation upon the subject and the
general disuse of the confusing modes
now III vogue.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29
A School for Printers.

\ German letter in the Trade Courier
gives a most interesting account OF the
schools for printers which are estab
lished in Stuttgart and throughout
Germany, designed to instruct APP
prentices in the theory and practice OF
printing not only, but to lmpart gen.
eral knowledge of foreign languages,
and an accurate acquaintance with the
type of all languages. The superiority
of German printers is such that many
English books are sent to Germany to
be set up. although they are returned
to England for binding. More inter
esting still is the report Of the book
sellers school at Leipsic, whose pur-
pose is to thoroughly train young men
for their trade by attending to the lit
erary rs well as the practical side of
the business. A three-years' course is
marked out, embracing the study of all
the prominent languages, ancient and
modern, and their literature, mathe-
mates, geography, commerce, hiatory,
natural sciences, drawing and writing
aesthetics, photography, statistics, and
business management.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-29

THEM ayor Of Lake City, Fla, has re
Gently been visited by a huge alligator.
The amphlbiou~ customer made his en-
trance in the back yard in the night tin",
and OVERSIGHT himself. 1a3 morning sun
found regiment ofbuys at bis corporcsity
who Immediately a~ackcd him with var
ious missiles Of war, and soon sent him to
bourne that never allows au alligator &c
20 atlarge or return TO his mud hole.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-12-25

no doubt, graiified the vanity of
General Scott, and made him will.
ing to acknowledc his superior age.
1t is said Of Edmund Burke that
many Of his most brilliant speecl,
es in the British Parliament,
which were read over and over
again with pleasure and admiration
after they were printed, were not
at all appreciated by his audience
when he delivered them. The 70.
verse OF this was the case with Col.
Preston. No one ever grew tired
OF listening to him willis. he was
speaking, but his speeches, when
read. did not thrill the heart as
they did when he spoke them.-
ihe same was certainly true with
his great kinsman, Patrick Horny.
The speeches preserved Of this
wonderful orator, give us 4 very
faint idea Of his eIoquence. The
samei may be said in regard to the
speeches Of Colonel Preston. Mr..
jefferson, in speaking of An early
effort of Patrick Hsnry's, which
he heard, said that hs could not
remember what was spoken 40
we'll, as the thrilling effect which
it had on him.
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