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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
A Bachelors Paradise.

There is only one Territory of any
size, and never has been but one, oc-
cupied by any considerable popula-
ton, from which woman is absolutely
excluded. Yet such place exists to-
AS far back as history reaches, to all
females it has been forbidden ground.
This bachelors Arcadia 10 situated on
a bold plateau between the old Pen
insula of Acte, in the Grecian Archi-
pelago, and the mainland. Here, in
the midst Of cultivated fields and ex.
| tensive woodlands dwell q mOnastiC
confederation of Greek Christians
| with twenty-three converts, and
numbering more than seven thousand
souls, and not one Of the monasteries
dates from q later time than the
twelfth century. A few soldiers
guard the borders Of this anti-female
land, and no woman is allowed t.
cross the frontier. Nor is this all
the rule is extended to every female
creature, and from time immemoria
no COW, mare, hen, duck or goose has
been permitted to make acquaintance
with hill or valley Of Mount Athos
Territory. A traveller was startled by
the abrupt question: "What sort O
human creatures are women?" Tht
very idea Of woman, whether as mo
ther, wife or sister, is almost lost. Tt
all woman-haters; to bachelors o.
over forty years standing; to all mer
who seek refuge from the wiles and
ways of the opposite sex, this region
can be safely recommended as ha
ven Of refuge.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
FOREIGN NEWS.

Gen. Sherman is in the Mediter-
ranean.
Smallpox is spreading in the Brit
ish Isles.
Prince Bismarck has recently been
very ill.
Duke de Persigny died on Friday
at Nice, aged 81 years.
A customs treaty has been made
by Germany and France.
Agramonte, Republican Cuban
general, has surrendered.
Another Cuban leader, Aug,lstin
Figuereds, surrendered Thursday.
The emperor of Brazil has returned
from tour through the naval arsen-
ais of North France.
There are seventy-eight railroads In
Germany, owning l9, l45 miles OF
road.
A genuine Becky Sharp has come
to the surface in Australia, and claims
S206, 900. --- .....-. I'D 81.
In Prussia the railway cars are to
be warmed with charcoal.
A commercial convention to protest
against the proposed import duties on
raw materials is to be held shortly in
Paris.
A large meeting, presided over by
Cardinal Cullen, was held in Dublin
Wednesday, and the present system
of secular education in Ireland was
denounced.
A deserted ship was discovered
near Calais on Thursday. 1t is pre-
sumed a mutiny took place, and the
crew, after numbering the officers,
forsook the ship.
There was a terrible explosion In a
coal mine in Wales, . few days ago.
A number of lives were lost, and the
extensive works and machinery en-
tirely destroyed.
There is only one daily paper In
Russia which circulates over ten
thousand copiestthe Moscow Gosette.
None of the st. Petersburg dAilies cir
culate over four thousand,
The committee on army reorganiza-
ton Of the French assembly are going
to recommend that soldiers unable tG
read and write at the expiration oI
their term of service shall not be dis.
charged until they shall have learned
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
Handwriting.

To write an ugly hand
may be called amisfortune, If you will;
but to write an illegible hand is a
crime against society. Every one who
chooses eau form each letter distinctly,
can make difference between an n
and u, between and C, can dot Ts
and cross t's. Therefore. NO educated
person who wishes for employment as
an amanuensis or copyist can be ex-
cused for writing badly. He ought to
be able to write letters and copy man.
uscripts clearly and legibly; if he can.
not, he has only himself to blame.
To those who feel their deficiency and
wish to improve, here are few hints.
Write two or three copies every day in
large hand. Look at your copy up
side down, when the turns of the let
ters should appear as well shaped as
they did when you looked at them
in the right way. Thus, let the letters
nu, when turned upside down, make
q good clear mi, only wanting the ad-
tion Of the dot to the i. Never leave
an to be dotted or tn be crossed
till you have finished the line or SEN
tence. Dot your is and cross your t's
when you finish the word, at latest.
Remember that the lines of legibility
in writing, as of beauty in nature, are
all curved. Angular writing is never
pretty, seldom legible. Never indulge
in making Over-lOng tails to g's, q's,
US or oven long heads to rs, t's, and
similar letters, running them into the
upper line. Indulge not in turns,
curls, or flourishes of any kind.
Study to make your whiting compact
without being cramped; free, without
struggling. 10 write rather upright
than otherwise contributes to the
union of compactness and freedom.
Never initiate another PERSONS writ
ing under the idea that it is prettier
than your own. Many q person has
spoiled good handwriting in this
way. Let your hand writing form it.
self from free, bold copy-writing, and
let it bethoroughly your own. Gull
tivate the power Of writing quickly,
because it will probably be necessary
to you-certainly an advantage. But
eschew hurry. Legibility must never
be sacrificed to speed. Victoria Nag
asi,ae.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

THE HoOSAC TUNNEL AGAIN.
Once more the HOosac Tunnel is to
receive the attention Ofthe Massachu-
sets Legislature, but in q new and
interesting shape. For three years
the subject has been kept out of the
General Court, while the work of ex-
cavatiOn has gone vigorously for
ward. Previous to 1868 the question
had been debated annually for some
years, whether the work should be
carried on; but the contract with
the Messrs. Shanly settled that ques-
tion finally in the affirmative. Still,
so immense was the undertaking,
that the seeptical waited for actual
demonstration that it could be COM
pleted before the fact was accepted.
The favorable progress of the work
under the Stanlys' contract, in exeeu-
ton of which there had been exca-
waited up to November last l 1887 ,664
cubic feet of rock, for which the con-
tractors have received 81 $50, 13l. 4S,
renders the completion of the tunnel
within the time specified in the con-
tract reasonably certain. The next
question to be settled is, therefore,
who shall own or control the tunnel
after it is opened, and hold the keys
of the new gateway to the commerce
Of the West.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
Ten Hard Dollars.

Those people who are interested i'm
hard money will perhaps be profted
by reading the following story from
the Christian Weekly, by DR.. Spauld-
ing:
my father was a poor man. A
large and growing family was de-
pendent ON him for its daily bread.
Coming home one wintry evening
from a weeks toll i'm a neighboring
town with ten hard-earned dollars in
his pocket, he lost them in q light
snow. Long and fruitless was the
search for them. After the snow was
gone, again and again was the search
renewed, with the same result. The
snow fell and melted again for a
whole generation, and still the story
of the lost dollars was fresh in our
family circle; for silver dollar to a
poor man in those days was larger
than full moon.
"AbOut a mile away lived another
father of a family in similar eircum-
stances. He, too, knew how much
dollar cost dug out of the heart of a
rocky farm. At least once or oftener
every week for forty years he had oc-
easiOn to pass our door, giving and
receiving the common neighbOrly
salutations, and every time with a
weight increasingly heavy on his
conscience. But all such pressure has
its limit; and when that is reached
the crash Is the greater for the sever
ity of the strain. In this instance it
was as when an old oak rends its
body and breaks its limbs in falling.
Zone day, completely broken down,
he came to my father in tears, con-
Tossing 81 found your dollars lost
in the snow forty years ago. They
have been hard dollars to me. and L
can carry them no longer. L am
come to return them, and ask your
forgiveness, and rs soon as L can L
will pay you the interest"
1.-The scene was like that when
Jacob and Esau met over the ford
Jabbok.
He did not live long enough 10
pay the interest, but quite long
enough to furnish a practical COM
ment on the text: The spirit of a
man will sustain his intirmity, but a
wounded spirit, who can bear" Who
will say that conscience, though
slumbering in this life, will never
awake to punish the offender in the
life to cOmew
II any man wants hard money, let
him get it dishonesty, and he will
find it the hardest money that he
ever saw-hard to keep, hard to think
of, and hard to answer for in the
Judgment day.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

A REMARKABLE SET.-Old Farmer
Grutf was one morning tuggipg
awav with all his might and main
at a barrel of apples, which he was
endeavoring to get up the cellar
stairs, and calling at the top of hii
voice for one of his boys to lend q
helping hand, but in vain.
When he had, after an infinite
amount Of sweating and putting, &C.
complished the task, and just when
they were not needed, of course the
bows made their appearance.
"Where have you been, and what
have you been about, I'd like to
know, thst you could not hear me
call ?" inquired the farmer, in an
angry tone, addressing the eldest.
"Out in the shop, settin' the saw,
replied the youth. .-
*And you, Dick"
"Out in the barn, settin' the hen,
"And you, sir z"
Cup in granny's room, settin' the
clock"
"And you, young man 2?
Sup in the garret, settin' the trap
"And, now, master Fred, where
were you, and what were you set
tin'w asked the old farmer of his
Youngest progeny, the asperity of his
temper being somewhat softened by
this amusing category of answers
"Come let us hear"
"Out on the doorstep, settin' still,
replied the youth hopeful.
IA remarkable set, l must con
fess,D added the amused sire, dis
persing the grinning group with {
wave of his hand.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
The Niagara Extortienists.

Ten hack-drivers at Niagara Falls
ave formed an association and pur'
chased the hacking privilege of the
Cataract House, paying therefor the
reported sum of $500 for the coming
season. 1t sounds like an unprofita
be investment to pay such an amoun
or the mere carriage monopoly of
any one hotel, and yet look into it
will afford convincing proof of the
shrewd judgment of the originators
of the combination. The company
pays 500 per month, which is about
81 35 per day for each hack-suppos-
ing the organization confined to ten
-.nd their charges are two dollars
per hour. AS there are no drivers to
paw, the commissions on the sale OF
fancy goods, which are usually re-
tanned BY them, will be turned into
the treasury, and will nearly if not
quite balance the loss sustained by
dull days and unfavorable weather
Then to this considerable income can
be added the bonuses paid by the Mu-
scum, Lundy's Lane, Whirlpool,
Rapids, ETC., and the extra receipts OF
many days when the specified num-
ber of carriages will be inadequate
for the demand. Three thousand
five hundred dollars for the carriage
monopoly is pretty good evidence OF
the business done by the Cataract
House.-Baltimore american.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

JOURNALISM OF THE FUTURE.-In
the January number of OJd and NetO,
Edward Everett Hale predicts that
five years hence the literary journal
for which and from which there is
most to be hoped, will be one not des-
tined for what please to call them
selves the literary classes, and that
the progress Of newspaper publication
in point of frequency, will by that
time bring US into the era of the hour
ly press. He says: at need surprise
nobody to see the next great typical
enterprising journalist establishing
q periodical whose successive issues
shall appear punctually every hour,
twenty-four times day, without any
intermission for nights, Sundays or
holidays. The first will fail, as the
first penny paper did; but the second
or third will make a great fortune
and q great reputation.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
Railroad Signals.

One whistle of the locomotive means
down brakes two whistles, of
brakes three whistles, back up;'
continued whistles, danger A con-
tinued succession of short whistles is
the cattle alarm. The conductor
signal, given by sweeping parting OF
the hands on a level with the eyes,
means go ahead A downward mo-
tion of the hand, Stop A beckoniae
motion, TO back A lantern raised
and lowered vertically signals starting;
swung at right angles or across the
track, to stop; swung in a circle, to
back. Aired flag waved on the track il
a signal of danger, hoisted at a station
is signal for stopping, stuck up by
the roadside is signal of danger OF
the track ahead, carried unfurled on ar
engine is a signal that another engine
or train is on its way.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
Re GAINED.
11nr xER1xErHrR.

A stately ship went sailing forth
Stauneh were her timbers, of modest wcrtn,
Heranchor was trust and truth;
Firmly bound By an iron viii.
Hope and courase her snowy SAT-.
Safely bear her, oh. fayoTing breezel
Outward bound over unknown seas. a,
Out on the rocks. but league from shore.
Standeth the syren bands.
Luring with glances false and falr,
Reckoning traitrous hands;
Priceless jewels of love and trust
Sink in the bil,ows of greed ami lust, -
Pale. sad memories hovero'er. -,
Z Weirdly chanting, they comeco more'
p FLYING before the laundering gale
Ofa mad ambitions dream,
Crashing timbers AMI tattered sail,
Daring the lightning's gleam;
Bold, defying tne storm gods hate,
Rushing biindly or rocks OF 1ate,
Swamping life-boat and shattered oar
STRANDED on Failures lonely shore.
Outward surging from Of the shore,
The vessel is onward borne,
Ma ,Iy swept by the rush and roar
Ofpassion's wild cyclone;
Syrsn voices around her sing;
Msddening fingers clutch and chne,
TIL the fostering corpses sink away
= In the 10 ,thsome seas of safety.
No more the JuDllAnt sOuuuius U SeLO;
Where the timbers rock and reel,
NJ more the spa-kl of foamlng seas
Thatfollow the rushing Keel,
No more the canvass sweeps across
Like giant, wbi,e-winged aloatross;
Idly waiting the freshening breeze
Lying becalmed in the mid way seas.
: of to the wiz dward gallant tarquo
Steadily onward DO unds,
Whitecapped billows her pathway marx.
Song from her deck resOunds;
. Love spd friendship walk hand In manu-,
heal and faithful, a stesdfast band
Sigh, nor sorrow, nor tear for Tree.
Lying becalmed on faithleSs sea.
Stately frigates are sweeping on
With their pennoDs floating free.
zWreaths of laurel and bay are won,
Peans of minstrelsy,
Onward and upward bear to fame;
Speeding forward-but leaving thee
Rocked on the tides Of rameless sea.
Fairy vessels go sailing by -F
Freightei with golden dreams.
Pas sion's pulses the winds supply
And thrills with his burning CLEANS;
Vinons with glowing hopes oeaight,
Lost in fruitign's wild delight
Hone, nor vision, nor dream for thee,
Lying pecalmed on pulseless sea.
Steadfa.t ships in their haven blest.
Bound by the chains Of love,
Firm on the - Rock of Ages" rest,
Christ did their compass prove;
Rock, nor anchor, nor cable thou,
Sail nor compass, nor guiding PROV;
Foes within thee. and spies without,
Lying becalmed in the midst of doubt.
Never again DER tho waves to ride
Ia the foaming, maddening glee.
Never in billowy trough to hide
From the rush OF the coming sea;
Never to breathe the freshening air.
Never the storm-king's wrath to dsTe-
Sadly, YEARLY, hopelessiy,
Lying becalmed on a shoreless sea.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

Smallpox in London carried off g.
600 of the inhabitants of the English
capital during the past year. The
ravages of the disease were at times
frightful, and always alarming. The
mortality records of the city show that
the yearly average of deaths from the
disease during thirty-one years before
was 600. The observance of sanitary
precautions is inculcated with much
force by the medical journals and sci
entists.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

The collection of modern paintings
formerly belonging to Mr.. Alexander
White, Of Chicago. and recently sold
in New York by George A Leavitt &
Co., netted a grand total Of $91, 900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09
JACOB HARRIS,
TENN

COLUMBIA, %. 80 80. TENN.
Cutting done inthe most fashionable manner,
and warranted to fit. i-@ -.
Cleaning and Repairing done in an accepta-
bic manner, on short n tice. -.f
B6- Ifyou want Sui handsomely made to
order, bring me the cloth.
SHoP-Two doors above the Nelson Ho use
May q, 1871. .... ly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-02-09

pavement, Wnen mamma came GOWN
also, looking pale and perturbed.
"Octavia, my daughter" she began,
chow could you"
"Hush, mammal I put my hands,
with little hysterical laugh, over
the soft, maternal lips. ..
"Here is papa's check do you sup
pose would take it?"
"But," persisted mamma, looking,
if possible, more bewildered than be-
fore, ~ thought you were intent on
going to New York ?" 81 -A
$50 ami"
"Then how
Mamma, I am going to have
forty dollars a month. 1 am going
as Cornelia's companion. Pshaw
why do mince matters? I am 60
ing to be her maid, neither more mol
less.n
"Forty dollars month" Mammals
| faded eyes frightened. "But Cor.
nelia Bydexter's maid! :" And hel
but smile. .--.--- ,- Dr..
at will be no such terrible matter
after all, mamma. On the contrary
it will be fun. Cornelia is Is good
natured as she can be, and you know
very well am an adept in hair-dress
| ing and lace-mending and frill-flui
ing, thanks to the best Of mammals
who knows every thing, and has
taught her daughters the same!"
"But what would your papa say?'
grasped mamma, hardly, as yet
realizing the conditions. I felt my.
self grow pale.
"Papa! But he must never know
We will keep our counsel, mamma
YOU and I and jeanette. All that he
need be told is that I am going te
New York with Cornelia Bydexter
and that is true enough"
And mamma took me lovingly into
her arms.
"Octavia, ought we to ask this sac
rifice from you?"
Nobody asks it, mamma; it is my
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19
UNITED STATES HAIL.
VERMONT.

I,-r OFFICE DEPAElMENl
Washington. Jan. =! i-.2
Proposals viii tv received at the Contract Ollie,
81 this department until > O'clock L. III. OF Alril
mails of the United States from July l. loI2 t.
June 30, lca3, the following routes iii The Stat.
Of Vermont. and Ivy the Schedules oil departure
and arrivals herein specified, viz:
u" ~ From Morgan, bv Holland to Derby Line
10 miles and back. twice week.
Leave Morgan Y Clnesdav and SATURDAY
al
.!rrive al Derby Line Icy Ham:
Leave Derby Line Wednesday and Sat.
urday A. l pm;
Arrive 1T Morgan By p
Il from South NcwbUry railroad station by
South Newbary and West Sewbury.
TO Newhury Centre. 1-l2 miles and
back. six times a week.
Leave South Newbury railroad station
daily except Sunday, at pm;
Arrive at Newbury Centre by pm;
Leave NewhUrv Centre d.ilv eyc,.i.t
sunday. ri a IN:
Al1!ve at South Sewbury by 10 III.
-ly from Lyndon by South Wheelock and
StaInard TO East Hariwick, IL miles
AMI back three times a week
Leave Lyndon Tuesday. Thursday and
Saturday at 4 m;
AIrire at East Hardwick by IL pm:
Leave East Hardwick Tuesday Thurs.
day, and saturday at IN;
Arrive at Lyndon by 4 II.
For forms Of proposal. guarantee, and certificate.
embraced in the contract, &c see advertisement OF
Nov. - loG- and Jan. 3. 1870. and Sept. 30 1870
inviting proposals for mail service in New England
TO be found at the principal post Offices.
BIDS should be sent in sealed envelopes. super
scribed, Mail Proposals State of Vermont, and
addressed 10 the Second Assistant Postmaster
General JNO \. 7. CRESWELL.
9--lVl Postmaster General.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19

crowded and popular church. the pas
tor. who riidcd himtclf on the quick
ness and clcvcrncsS of his little nnr$.
said. BOYS. when | heard Your hcauti-
ful song tonight. had ia work hard
to keep my feet still: now what d" YOU
think was the trouble with them :
..Chinb}ainth" shouted littl' chap Of
six YEAR.
Mutua! lirn,I- krr"svur AMI COY
uHcI>.
Jacob ~irrr>~r'nll, vatrrcd Latham
stock.
y Western settlement L." '"'te on
the dollar. sometimes.
lhc Pleasant Ringing IN bnc' = Ear-
That of the dimct-hc!l.
Rheumatism j. a joint affair YET There
: hnI single party !" it.
tn, Clar nov pcymit, The Sisters of
Mercy To practice medicine. and III view
al the fact that there are female phy>l-
rial.S. it j. /" In hoped that III" Sisters
of medicine viii practice mercy.
! FAST Life" Married life.
Fruit fn, Eallooni>', Cu1"nJ ia III"
lu.
V A:.s Kind "I lain go, g III, '-iarrn-
rl aIhrr ; Wut'-yG;a.
\ Poo; Place. for = il:m@ll liz The
lrnngh of the ~yA.
irony To ~, - hardware m"r hanl
the prize If ra>!~t"Cl soap.
some .'linlrii" man says that in the
present >tilc of dressing the ladic, hail
3 al; Ia ,...-,t,.l
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-19
IIARIIs BRocKwAY.S ESTATE

i L STATE OF VERMONT. CAI.I.puNIN bi~iE!' -.
In Probate Court. held II; the Ptnhair pii'' III
81. .IOhnsIury III said district. "u ii'' 2n't ""i e"
January. \. u. l-I2. go
Romeo l.. iIuckwHy, -N'"nt"r ri ii"' las MI
and testament "i Harris ErucnW"". late ii 81
,Iulir>burN. in said district deceased. presents h
administration account for examination and LlloM
anc'., and makes application Tor decree III disiil-
button and partition of thc cStat. 81 said deceased
WhereupOn, il il ordered hy said Court. that said
account and said application he referred Ia 4 So
sion of said Court To be held AT the Probate Office
i'll said ST Johnsbury the Goth day Of January
y. u. ls12, for hearing and decision threon And il
is further ordered that notice hereof be given To
all persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the CalcdOnian a new
paper Published At 81. JOhnsbury. previous 10 said
time appointed for hearing, that they may appear
al said time and place and show cause. If any they
may have. why said accom-; shnuld not ir allow ct
and such decree made.
EN the Court. Attest.
ASA J.. FRENCH Judge ni Probate.
! rIue copy of Record. Attest
g..,J ASA J.. FRENCH Judge uI PIul:,t..