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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-08

APpoNTMENr.-Si Allen, Esq.
of Fairhayen, has been appointed secre-
tary and treasurer of the Republican
county committee.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-08
BENSON.

Our new town hall begins to put ON
it beautiful array and when done will
be quite model building.
Two serious accidents have recently
occurred, one of lady who fell from a
waon while returning from church, in
JurAg her spine, as reported Tuesday.
and mother of lad most unaccountabiy
cut u by scythe, which fell forward
from iis shoulder. His nose was cut
OIL, hislip badly cut, a broad cash cut
shoulder, 10
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-08
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JAMAICA.
Mrs. Erbccca Nuzzy. the widow Of
the late Deacon James Muzzv, met with
an accident, Thursday. that viii lay her
up for several weeks In crossing over
the stony bottom of creek in search Of
1 berries (the creek was nearly drv) she
missed her foo;hold and fell, badly
wrencbiug and hruising an intrm limb.
| rendered SO sixteen years before bya fall
that broke the ligament of the thigh
bone. This is a sad case. considering
| the infirmities and The age of the suffer
er, she being nearly 50 years of age
But She is patient and resigned.
Our summer schools are now closed.
We have not had poor school this sea-
son, while some of them have been dcci-
dedly profitable.
The hay crop is nearly gathered,
notwithstanding the catching weather.
1t is one-third larger than last year.
Mr.. Jonas Allen. Photographers of
Townshend, is in town with his saloon
and is having a good run of business.
He is good artist and faithfully at
tends to his calling.
During the vacation of the pastor of
the Baptist church, Rev. A. NJ Higgins
of Plaistow, n. H.. will supply the desk.
Mr.. Higgins is well known here, having
been reared in this town, and his yearly
visits are very welcome and his pulpit
efforts well received.
E. II. Albee for several years sole
leather cutter in the boot and shoe
mandatory of Parson, Livermore &
Holton, removes this week to Fort
Plain, n. Y. He and his wife are to
have charge of the domestic department
of High School in that town, which is
under the charge of Mr. Graham of
Winhan. While receiving a good sal
airy for their labOrs, they have the pleas
ure OF seeing their son fitted for college
under their own eye. In parting with
the Albee family we lose good neighbors,
whose kindness in times of sickness is
almost proverbial. But what is our loss
will be somebody else's gain.
"A marked change has taken place
in our village in the matter of freighting
on the Sabbath. For several years, I'M
til recently, it was a matter of frequent
occurrence, for the BratLleborO freight
teams. owned here, to start with their
loads or return with them on the Sab
bath, sometimes during the time of pub
lie service, much to the ANNOYANCE of
Christian and iaw-abiding citizens. These
teams have now changed hands, and
their present owner, Z. ID. Harris, hav-
ing some feeling for his beasts of bur
den; some respect for the rights of those
who wish TO worship God unmolested
and having some sense of accountability
to holy and omnipotent God, is seek
ling to keep the Sabbath holy unto the
lord. C.P.F.
| BENSON
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-08-08
CTATE OF VERMONT.

- III ] LAM. =.
CHARLES SHELDON.
Guardian of
Caasi J. MCDanieI-. CT ais. In Chancery
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Death from a Glandercd Horse,

A glandered horse belonging to Ros.
we'll e. Miner, of Steuben, N. Y, in
blowing from his nostrils discharged q
portion OF the poisonous mucus, a drop
of which entered one of Mr.. Miners
eyes. He Immediately wiped it out as
he supposed, but within twenty -four
hours his eye was much swollen, at,
tended with great pain. Medical aid
was procured, and his case pronounced
a hopeless one. The virus matter had
so penetrated his system that his re-
covery was pronounced impossible. His
flesh turned purple, and was thoroughly
impregnated with the poison. He
fingered in agony about twenty days,
and died most wretched death. His
friends were compelled to bury him i'm.
mediately, and with him the entire bed
and bedding on which he had lain. In
stances of human death from contact
with glandered horses are by no means
uncommon, and the owners of glandered
horses should be compelled by law,
under heavy penalties, to destroy them
Immediately upon the discovery of the
disease. The late James C. Wilkins, one
of the heaviest planters in Mississippi
in 1896, lost seventy-six horses and
mules by this fell disease, and was com.
PEELED to burn his plantation stables,
which had cost $S,O00.-Tarf, Field and
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Profits of Farming.

The farmers Home journal says We
frequently hear farmers complaining
that there is nothing to be made in
farming. If a farmer, after paying his
expenses for the year, has thousand
dollars left, he considers he has been
very poorly paid for his years work,
but if he will give the farm credit for
the three great necessaries of life, house
rent, table supplies and fuel, he will
readily see that the result is quite as
favorable as any business will produce.
If $20,0 900 is judiciously invested in a
farm, with all the appurtenances neces-
sary to its cultivation, it will be found
that the proceeds from such an invest
ment will support family with a
degree of comfort that would cost from
five to seven thousand dollars in city.
We do not know of any mercantile pur-
suit with capital of $4,000 that will
make SO good q showing. One Of the
best arguments in favor of farming is
that it is d safe business. 1t is rare
occurrence that farmer who confines
himself to that alone, fails in business.
Whenever we hear of farmer making
an assignment of his property for the
benefit of his creditors, upou inquiry it
will be ascertained that the cause of his
trouble is some outside speculation, and
not farming.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07

upon his lips; his thin, white hand
stirred upon the bed, and, while the
last strains still fingered upon the air,
he turned his face to the wall, and So
died.
And as the man in a threadbare coat
and the woman in rags knelt by his side
and prayed silently, in the church the
preacher, clothed N broadcloth, arose
and gave out his text: Charity cover
eth multitude of sins"
Silks and satins rustled as their wear.
ers seated themselves to listen, and the
sermon went on, and in glowing Ian.
guage depicted the want and wretched.
ness of the poor and the vast congre-
CATION listened with rapt attention. Up
on the speaker, too, the subject took a
hold, and by degrees his gestures be-
came more natural and less studied. his
phrases more earnest and less glitter.
ing.
So the sermon went on, and at last,
after thrilling appeal, the preacher
raised his jeweled hands, cast up his
eyes, and cried, as though in agony {:
" God help the poor ~ snd the vast con-
gregation bowed, and softly murmured:
God help the poor /"
And then-well, then the service was
ended, and the preacher and congrega-
ton went home to their dinners, and
left Charity entirely-in the hands of
the Almighty.-Louis Dorr, in Chicago
Tribune,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
ReggArS, DeYIces.

The " deformity nuisance" is made
matter of complaint by the Boston
newspapers. The mendicsnts who
thrust out a mutilated arm, or disclose
a distorted limb, and the whole class of
beggars who make commodity Of their
deformities have made descent on the
Hub, and the outcry is raised for the
intervention of the police. The Boston
Globe says that dwarf German girl
without hands, who almost any day
may be seen on the streets of the city,
with little tin box strapped about her
neck for the reception of coin, owns a
fine house in New York, and is building
a row of tenement houses in Brooklyn.
Another imposture is practiced by a
melancholy woman, with a hand organ,
accompanied by child, which lies from
morning till night in perpetual stupor,
and whose white lips and unnatural
paleness appeal to the passer by. The
child, says the Globe, is daily drugged
with opium, and if other like facts were
known, nine.tenths of the persistent
askeTs for aims on the street, says the
paper, would be found to be better able
to give than many they importune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
immigration of Squirrels.

A contemporary prints the following ::
" For several weeks large number of
Arkansas squirrels have been swimming
the Mississippi river and coming to
Tennessee. From the head OF Island
26 to the lower point of %, distance
OF twenty five miles, millions OF these
bushtailed quadrupeds have been swim.
ming the river, and, being exhausted
by their efforts, are readily killed upon
reaching the Tennessee shore by steam
boat hands and persons living in that
vicinity. Years ago squirrels crossed
the Ohio river from Kentucky to In
diana and Illinois, and many old per-
sons who frequentcd the banks where
immigration was going on tell fabulous
stories in regard to the number OF the
little animals that ventured to the
waves. Various causes are assigned Tor
this strange movement"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Varieties.

FORCED poiteness-Bowing to circum.
stances.
The worst thing "under the canopy"
A mosquito.
SINGLE fact is worth a ship-load of
argument.
The doctors work fills six feet of
ground, but the dentists fills an acher
WESTERN editor says of nefghbor
with quivering eyelid, that he "stut-
ters in the left eye.'
WHY was Robinson Crusoe unable to
get up an oyster stew? Because he
hadn't the sklll-it required.
AN elderly gentleman was shocked to
learn that every fashionable young lacy
carries paper to back her.
A PRINTER recently made " Be ye
therefore steadfast, the text of a min
ister's sermon,-" Be ye there for break.
fast"
"TuERE, now" cried little Bessie, the
other day, rummaging drawer in the
bureau, grandpa has gone to heaven
without his spectacles."
AT one of Lord Hollands dinners the
conversation turned upon first love.
Tom Moore compared it to a potato, be-
cause it shoots from the eyes. Byron
added, "rather because it becomes all
the less by pairi"g.'
THIS is the worst year that has ever
been known in Kansas for pulling guns
out of wagons, muzzle first. A woman
in Jewell county has just pulled one, and
now has to part her hair on the side her
only arm is on.
LET that pudding alone, there
That's the dessert! ~ exclaimed a waiter
to q countryman, who was devouring
the tapioca at an early stage of the din
ner. " don't care it it is a desert" tes.
tily said the countryman; &" I'd eat it if
it was wilderness"
A MINISTER once told Wend Ill Phil
lips that if his business in life were to
save the negroes, he ought to go South
where they were, and do it," "That is
worth thinking Of" replied Phillips;
land what is your business in life ~
+" To save men from hell,' replied the
minister. "Then 90 there and attend
to your business" rcjoined Mr.. Phil
lips.
81 WILL kill you when | get you in
New York." said Western desperate
an acquaintance who he thought had u
large amount of money with him, be-
cause he would not "rum up" Why
not kill me here in Colorado p said the
moneycd man. Because they would
hang me here, deod Surel but in New
York they would decide that ,you Killed
me, or that was insane"
A sANGuINE young Ohio blacksmith
had faith in his ability to make himself
the receptacle for four pints of raw
whisky within fifteen minutes. He
wagered twenty-five dollars to that eff
feet, with q sceptic of his neighborhood,
and made the village bar.room the scene
of his british performance. Upon his
neat and Recommendation tombstone, now
in process of construction, will be in
scribed the simple epitaph, He
smiled and died"
A MICHIGAN schoolmaster says:
will spell emmy man woman or child in
the hull state for a dickshunary, or kash
priz Of one hundred dollars side, the
money to be awarded by kommittce
of clergymen or skool direktors. There
has been darncd site of BLOWN about
my spellin, ard now want them to put
me up or to shet up. | wont be put
down passel of ignaramusses because
differ with moan webster's stile of
snnlin -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
How to Preserve ThOrns.

The Carlisle (Ky.) Mercury tells of a
singular way to preserve thorns-that Is
to say, if any one desired to preserve
them. Sixty-one years ago a young
farmer, in that vicinity, ran thorn in o
his foot. A short time ago it came out
just below the knee, having worked its
way thus far up his leg. If it had kept
straight on, and he had lived long
enough, it would, doubtless, have come
out at the top of his head. The thorn
was as sound as when it started on its
travels. We haven't kept up our receipt
department very well, SO we thought
We would give the simple receipt for
preserving thorns. Amy of our readers
are at liberty to try it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Frost and Snow.

Thorough plowing before the extreme
cold of winter sets in will amply repay
the trouble that it costs now. TO give
the soil the full advantage Of natures
fertilizers it ought to be we'll drained,
but breaking it up answers the same
purpose in partial degree; for the air
charged with rain or snow has freer &C
cess to it, and, passing through, Leaves
the soil in the spring mellow, finely pull
verized, and in some mysterious man
ner richer than it was before. The
deepest plowing and most laborious cul
tivation, in the spring, will not have -
like effect. Oa this winter.seasoned soil
a green crop may well be sown for turn.
ing under. -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Lees Estimate of Meade.

When the Federal and Confederate
armies confronted each other at Gettys-
burg, Gen. Lee said of Gen. Meade ::
81 have now the most dangerous ad.
versary l have ever faced. Gen. Meade
will do nothing which the newspapers
will go mad about, but he will never
make mistake in my front, and if
make one he will see it instantly and
take immediate advantage of it," The
authority for this statement is gentle
man who served with Gen. Lee at that
memorable engagement.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
A Tight Squeeze,

The late Mr.. Lyman Raymond, for
many years much respected merchant
at Bridgewater, W., used to relate the
following anecdote of one of his &C.
quaintances, and vouched for its truth
fulness:
A miller in q small town in Vermont
was, at intelv va's, temporarily insane for
several days together, and at those times
he imagined himself to be in another
wor.d-the world that is to Come-and
large platform nearly ten feet from the
ground, and seated thereon in an arm
chair, with ponderous Bible in hand,
he imagined large concourse of people
to be before MIN, and proceeded to ques-
ton them concerning their former oc-
cupation, conduct, etc, answering the
inquiries himself. At length he came
to miller residing in an adjoining
town, and questioned him thus:
" What was your occupation in yonder
world?'
"a miller, sir"
I" Did you ever steal any grain?
Yes, sir'
"What did you do with 2"
" Used it myself, SIR"
Z" You may go to the wrong side of the
question said the pretended judge,
unhesitatingly.
Finally, after judging all others, he
proceeded to treat himself likewise.
=" What was your occupation in yonder
world 2" he asked himself.
I" A miller, SIR"
Did you ever steal any grain ?'
"Yes, SIR"
"What did you do with it?"
Made bread of it, and gave the bread
to the poor"
Then he hesitated, scratched his head,
and seemed to be enga scd in deep
thought for several minutes, and finally
said:
"Well, you may go to the right side
of the question, but-it-is-a-tight
squeeze. - Harpers for SEPTEMBER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Economy of Coal.

The most practical suggestion yet
made toward economy Of coal seems to
be the use of solid buttons in ordinary
fire CRATES. 1t is asserted, and indeed
proved, that in any hre-place not exces-
sively small, plate of iron placed upon
the crate will halye the consumption of
coal, reduce the smoke, and leave a
cheerful, free burning fire. Once .ufii-
cient air enters through the bar, no
loking is necessary. and the fire never
goes out till the Goals are consumed.
There are no ashes and no dust, every
particle being consumed. Any house
holder can try this experiment, and re-
duce his coal bills say thirty per cent. at
the cost of shilling.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
London Newspaper Oddit es,


Mr.. Moncure d. Conway, the London
correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
merc'al, contributes to that paper an en-.
tertalnlng letter on the newspaper
oddities of tAe British metropolis. One
OF the weeklies which has recently ap-
peared is called the Compreheasonisf. Its
comprehensive character may be judg.
ed from the following "In the cycles
OF cycloldation having ellipticised the
lmmensity of inconceivable circumam
blation to completion, the world will
have gone round, and as concretion re-.
knits the debris of the dislolated sever.
alities, in purer form, the world will 20
round again." Another new journal is
the 1ichborne Times, described as intend
ed ''for those interested in the great
Tichborne trial" 1t is hostile to the
claimant for the Tchborne estate, and
is taken up mainly with "Answers to
Correspondents" of which the follow
ing are samples: "John Smith Lon
don 1T is perfectly true that the law.
yers concerned in the Tichborne trial
have saved upward of $4,000 by forbid
ding their transcribing clerks to dot
their Is and cross their U.s." "Stable
Mouse-lf you. bet upon the claimants
success in the late trial, you have lost !;
or, IT not lost, you deserve to have done
So" Another of these Especially" pa.
pers is the Matrimonial Neacs, in which
spoonies and rascals of both sexes ad-
vertise for partners. The Exchange and
Mart is paper wherein one may find
where "a talking parrot may be ex-
changed for fiddle, or statue of the
Virgin Mary for a poodle dog" Two
new journals of better character are the
Woman's Suffrage Journal, the writing for
which is done almost entirely by women,
and the Anti Game Lao Circulator, de.
voted to combating what Blackstone
calls "that bastard slip of the Forest
Laws-the Game Laws" This paper is
the organ of the Anti-Game Law League,
which, though just formed, numbers
among its members Jscob Bright, Sir
Charles Dixie, Edward Mall, and other
of Parliament.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
A Domestic Wife.

BY ALICE CAREY.
'Tis you. my love- know that bell!
How chilly you must be -
Bring up the rock ing chair, Estell.''
Kate. hurry on the tea
How glad Tamp' Now make haste. Kate,
And have thinks noe-d' you hear?
use the new China and the plate
AS If SIX guests were here"
Be sure the toast's an even brown"
My love. You like it, SO?
What news Is stirr,ng down in town?"
Estell, just run below.
" And tell the girl she may prepare
Some oysters and prunes,
tWe'ye had of late such wretched fars),
And to rub up the spoons"
Katec tidier table cloth,
And not the one we've had.
All stained with coffee and with bro.h,
1t really was too bad.
Twist prettiIy the napkins up.
And oh. for mercy's sakes.
Don't Katy call US down to sup,
Until you are baking cakes"
D. you say what ncws there was? Now there
She's gone, and forgot
To have her carry back your chair:
You miss it. do you not?
Dear. I've been mendng up your clothes,
Trying to care for all
Your little wants-how hard it blows!
Just hand me that old shawl.
Not wrong side out mo matter sweet
1t looks so old and poor,
hate to wear it in the street
Another time. I'm sure.
Shopping to-day-(but you're aslcep)
Buying shirts and things you know.
saw a cashnere-O, SO cheap!-
That would become me So"
Poor man, he heard the supper cook,
lie thought the shirts were new
And, taking out his pock textbook,
lie muttered-" Will that do?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Edwin brood.

Mr.. Henry Morford, one of the au.
thors of "John Jasper's Secre'," the
sequel to Edwin Drood," publishes a
card in the London papers, in which he
explains how he and his assistants were
able to furnish the sequel to the myste
ry which Charles Dickens left unreveal
ell to the public. The material for then
book was gathered from conversations
each of the gentlemen had with Mr.
Dickens; and while they claim no espe.
cial literary merit for their work, they
want at least the credit of having writ
ten in good faith. Every incident in
the book is believed to be just as Mr..
Dickens intended to have them occur,
with the exception of bringing Edwin
brood to life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07

CHARLOTTE CUsHMAN, the famous TRACE,
dienne, has with her faithful colored
servant, named Sally, who has been in
her service over thirty years. The
closeness with which this woman fol-
lows the fortunes of her renowned mis-
tress is shown in the fact that she has
crossed the Atlantic with Miss eastman
no less than fourteen times. Miss Cush-
man now regards Sally more in the light
ofa true and confidential friend than in
that of hired servant.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Slaughter of the Buffalo,

Thousands upon thousands of buffalo
hides are being brought in here by
hunters. In some places whole acres of
ground are covered with hides, spread
out with the fleshy side up to dry. 1t
is estimated that there are. south of the
Arkansas and west of Wicnita, from one
to two thousand men shooting buffalo
for their hides alone. Is it any wonder
that the red man sometimes protests
against this wanton destruction of his
cattle p Wichita Eagle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
MOnarcIlS.

1t is estimated that since the begin
ming of authentic history there have
been 2,542 sovereigns reigning over "a
nations. OF these, 300 were dethroned,
"a abdicated, 20 ,mmitted suicide, Ii
went mad, los were slain in combat,
1913 made prisoners, 25 martyred, ISL
murdere ], 81 poisoned, and lOS con-
demned to death. France possessed SO
of these monarchs, of whom IL are
classed as idiots, only as "learned," 2
were dethroned, restored, and l abdi-
cated-Napoleon Ill.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07

ments are separated by wooden partitions
not more than two-thirds the height of
the ceiling, which thus afford desira.
bic s; ;cluson. Some men cannot write
unless in solitude. Bennett was not of
that c.ass, and hence he had his editorial
rooms thus arranged. Greeley, however,
can write as well in a crowd as alon Q,
and hence he had his place entirely
open. AT present the Tribune keeps its
editorial retreat closed after sunset, and
one can read the inscription over the
door, TF'rane editorial rooms ring
the bell. Cor. Rochester Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07
Kangaroo Hides for Leather.

Australia can defy the world to beat
it on one of its products, namely,
kangaroo leather. No other country
can boast of kangaroo-what the
naturalists call the marsupial race is
only found on that great insGlar CONT
nent. If the kangaroo ever existed
anywhere else he has either been ex-
tinguished in the struggle of the fittest.
according to the Darwinian theory, or
he has been transformed into man or
monkey. The Australians have the
kangaroo to themselves, and are at lib
erty to make the most of him. Recent
ly 1000 kangaroo hides were brought to
San Francisco and bought by different
tanners. The results are said to have
been entirely satisfactory. A delicate,
soft leather was manufactured, which
is said to have been less brittle and less
permeable to water than calfskin.-
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1872-12-07

The number of dead letters sent to
the department at Washington during
the past year was 4,l94, ,748, of which
3,973,075 were domestic, and 22l, ,673
foreign.