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The Republican journal., 1872-11-21
Letter from Connecticut.
Correspondence of the Journal.

Correspondence of the Journal.
HARTFORD, Nov. 1G, 1872.
THE BOSTON FIRE
was heard OF by telegraph at an early
hour Saturday evening and many persons,
including insurance men, left for Boston
on the midnight train for the purpose of
Witnessing the tremendous spectacle.
All Sunday forenoon the bulletin boards
We're surrounded by IN anxious crowd
reading the painfully interesting tele-
grams. That afternoon the Times and
Courant issued extra papers in several
editions, giving remarkably full and cor
| rect accounts of the awful confederation.
Our great and most stable
INSURANCE COMPANIES
telt terribly anxious, for not until p. nj.
/ did news of any abatement come, and
doubts We're felt of the ability to stand up
| under another Chicago. But they will all
| come out OF the crucible with credit I'M
impaired, and they could not have a
grander advertisement. Now, although
they will increase their rates largely, vet
they will have an unprecedented rush of
business. The business has been great
ever since the Chicago disaster. 1t is said
that the premium receipts OF the 1Etna
office alone for the month of October.
will exceed seven hundred thousand dol
lars, OF fully one halt the amount of the
company's loss in Boston.
TIE JANUARY DIVIDENDS
which stockholders of the six Hartford
Companies will necessarily lose, amount
to S3OO,00O. The stock is largely held in
this community, and this is where the
shoe plnches," for many of our citizens
depend entirely on these dividends for
their incomes, and much hardship will
ensue. Every branch of city trade will
be affected, 1t is not strange that Hart
ford merchants wear iust now rather
elongated visages
ASININE DIVINEs
including Eliminating Fulton and many
others OF Boston, who imagine they can
penetrate the secrets OF the Almighty
Himself, declared when Chicago fell by
fire that it was Il blight put by God upon
that wicked city in Judgment for its sins.
1t IS to be hoped, now that revered and
puritanic old Boston has met with like
at1liction, we shall hear no me re VI such
monstrous doctrines and. sickening cant
We go not so much wonder at the 5raying
OF these clerical donkeys as we do at the
fact that there are really people in the
world who will 60 TO hear their drvel,
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21

The Michigan wild beasts are found with
swollen Threats dead of the "epzoot." In
other words, the woods are full Of it..
Those profane people who wished the horse
disemper 4" in Halifax" are gratitied; it's got
there
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21

As was the case last winter, the snow
storms are heaviest at the West The
Saturday night storm, which gave Maine
but lew scattering flakes, was very
severe along the lakes, two feet on a level
having fallen at Buffalo, the storm ex-
tending as far south as Richmond So
while we are having bare ground and de-
lightlul weather, they in the West are
knee deep in slush and mud
A new use for galvanism has been
found. At the Sabbath School Conven-
ton, in Augusta, according to the report
in the Kennebec Journal
The matter of Illu strative Teaching was
presented by Rev. o. M. Cousens of HalloWell.
Magnets were used to show the power of Christ
i'll saving sinners.
The particular method is not described,
but it might be by mixing iron filings and
sawdust. The magnet placed among the
mixture would unfailingly remove the
righteous in the shape of the iron parti-
Giles, while the sawdust sinners could be
swept up and thrown into the stove. All
of which shows how science may be
brought to the aid of religion
County CHANGES. A movement is
afoot to enlarge the County of Piscataquis
by taking from Penobscot the towns OF
Dexter, Garland, Charleston, Exeter
Corinna, Stetson, Newport and Plymouth
and from Somerset the towns of Har.
mony, Cambridge, Ripley, St. Adams
Palmyra and Detroit In case the change
is made, it is thought Dexter will become
the shire town.
Rev. Ike KallOck is radical candidate for u. S
Senator in Kansas Isaac has always got what ht
reached for. Belfast (Me.) Journal.
Except on une occasion, about forty year.
ago, when the embryo clergyman Preached for
our juvenile throat. Ike found it very painful
to sit down for some weeks after that and ther,
was one vacant chair in his class during tn,
balance of that academic term. Hudson, N. Y
RegisterI
Which reminds us that our irlent
Williams of the Register in his early year.
resided at Rockland. He appears to have
been present at the sacrifice of Isaac, wher
| there was no one to save him.
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21
A SHINE DININES
The Charles River Murder,


Since the arrest of Mr.. Alley for the
murder of Abijah Ellis in Boston, addition
al evidence has been gathered which
makes the chain of evidence against him
more complete "Wednesday morning
when Alley was leaving his stable with
his team in which there were four barrels,
his son and another man were present,
and his son noticed that the front of his
shirt was covered with blood, and asked
his father what was the matter. He re-
piled that it was nothing except that he
struck Il horse The other man GOT into
the wagon and in selecting II place to ride
moved one oiathe barrels which he found
empty, and took hold Of another to move
it and found it was heavy. Alley quickly
said to him: s'lIerc, il you are going to
ride with me get over on the seat, and
the man did so. 1t was shortly after this
that they met another to whom Alley paid
500, about which something has been said
Its significance consisted in the fact that
he had said he was short OF money the
previous day The axe with which the
body OF Mr., Ellis was cut up has not been
found, but it is known that Mr., Alley pur-
chased one at n hardware store on Wash
ington street on the 3lst Of October.
SAD ACCIDENT On Saturday last an
other OF those eVer-recurring fatal acci-
dents resulting from the careless handling
of firearms occurred ut Danlorth 1t ap-
pears that Cclesta, Il young daughter OF
Mr.. Henry w. Daggett, was about to
clean rifle belonging to her father, be-
ing unaware that ii was loaded. On
taking it down from the hooks ON which
it was hung she dragged it across the
floor the muzzle being in line with her
head. Unhappily the hammer caught on
the round of a chair and almost instantly
the gun was discharged, a bullet entering
her brain Just above the right eye. She
expired Immediately.
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21

Portland has recently been favored
with a lecturer whose voice, the Press
says, CELEBRATES between a howl and
whine" His subject was Why Men
Don't Marry" The whine comes before
matrimony and the howl afterwards, prob
ahlv
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21

A newly married pair in Winn are
troubled by ghost. She was widow,
and married the next man so quickly that
.the funeral baked meats did coldly fur
nish forth the marriage feast" Now the
late lamented comes around reproachlul-
ly at night 'Tisn't exactly fair on the
part OF the ghost. Perhaps he's chucklng
to think what a scrape his successor has
got into.
Professor Morse is delighting Bangor
audiences by his lectures on animal life.
The Republican journal., 1872-11-21

MIR. CoLLYER's LGCruEE. The lecture
course in this city WAS opened on Friday even
ing last by Rev. Robert Collyer, of Chicago
Subiect-"Our folks and other folks He said
he chose this title for his discourse, which might
seem odd, because it had a homelike flavor and
was full of pleasant memories. He gave q
sketch of the progress and prosperity of our
country, and the advantages possessed by our
folks over ''other folks" We have twelve mil
lions engaged in gainfu occupations, and by
ganfnl occupations the speaker did not mean
gambling bells or grog shops, or the Washing
ton lobby or the Credit Mobiier. The condition
of the working man in this country is far better
than that of even the skilled artizan of Europe
While the Englishman is content to earn his
daily bread, an American must have his bread
and butter. We a:e the only nation to which
England has ever apoogzed. Her usual course
is to wrong nation, and then TO strike it down
if it complains, then to make it pay the costs for
both sides. We have abolished Slavery. The
speaker had realizing sense of this fact when
he saw in Chicago an lrishman step from the
sidewalk into the mud and the snow of the
street to let a colored woman pass.
Mr.. Collyer then looked upon the reverse OF
the medal and pictured some of the evils of the
age to which ''our folks" are subjected. He
urged the necessity of starting children right
Good mothers are the mould in which are east
good men and good women. When Napoleon
remarked that the great want of France was
mothers, he saw in the distance the dark shad-
ows of Sedan and Metz. In certain large
factory in England when boy applles Tor a
situation they inquire into the character OF his
mother If that be good he is accepted, no
matter what his father may be-
BY and by Il time comes when the influence
of our father is felt, but it never equals mat OF
the mother. The speaker had sometimes al
most regretted that he could recall his own boy
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-29
now a,s,s NAY pr HEALTHY.

Let q girl during the years from twelve
TO eighteen spend but one hour daily In
mental labor, taking up but one study AT
| o time. walk another hour, work at some
agreeable employment three or four
hours, read an hour, sleep all she wants
during the night, but never take day time
maps, eat plain and nourishing food,
mostly bread and boiled beef, and every
day indulge in all the fun and frolic which
her youthful spirits can devise, and she
will become healthy, happy and intelli.
gent. Then from eighteen 10 twenty
one she may attend college, and will 6nd
herself better able TO carry off prizes than
the girls who have been always at school
But she will not have developed wiry.
muscular strength equal TO the young men
oil her own age, because nature has for
hidden. A girl q. provided from birth
with more adipcse tissue than boy, no,
us some suppose, to keep her warm, but
to render her muscles more juicy, soft and
yielding than his. Tho Investigations Of
some snstonistis have also proved that
her body contains much great number
OF nerves and that her arternsl system on
approaching womanhood becomes more
largely developed than his. /, therefore. |
cannot at all agree with the writer who
says, ave see no way out Of this difficulty
but TO commence with the cradle, and
educate girls as nearly like boys az posi- |
ble."
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-29
AVOID QUACKs

a A victim ef early 'ndtscres,op, causing nervous
debility, premature d<cas, ETC.. having tried l,
vain every adysrsissd r. NEEDY, hes dycoysp.
sinpis'vssahs u sslfIeorss Which he win ssss
hsatS AislsAiew- suasssrsI ). n. kssvss, No. =,
Nassau seyset. New YoTG. spSetwly
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-29
ELECTION NOTICE.

ELECTION NOTICE.
City Clerks Ofice.l
Public notice Is hereby given that . general
charter election will be held.
On TuxspAy, ThE 97rH DAY or FnsnrAly A. d.
1879. in the City OF Cairo IN the state Of Illinois,
for the purpose Of slecting
4 c asyS Clerk.
A City Treasurer,
ACity Marshal, .
Psics Magistrate to succeed p. Bross, ESQ.
and three nembsrs VI the Select Council, - fol.
lows: ~
One member from the First Ward. to succeed
p. q. Schulz.
One member nom the Second Ward, to succeed
One member from the City at Large, to succeed
d. Hurd.
Also
Biz members Of the Board Of Aldermen, as fol
Two members iron, The First Ward, to succeed
I. walder and Leo Kleb.
Two members from the Second Ward, to sue.
coed ". Buder and Henry Winter.
One menber from the Third Ward, to succeed
On. member from the Fourth Ward. to succeed
James Carroll.
Polls viii be opened In the different Wards A.
| follows. Ia the First Ward, at the first house en-
| the east side Of Washington avenue, bslor Fifth
street.
In the Second Ward, a, the Arab Engine house.
In the Thrd Ward. AZ the Hibei MAN Engine
house.
| In the Fourth Ward, Al the Court House.
Polls will be opened At 8 AM, and closed AZ Z
! o'clock. pm. by order Of the CITY council
isn2sdsod N. j. HOWLEY, City Clerk
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Weasel Sagacify.

The wOrkmen in the engine-house of
the New Haven Railroad were greatly
amused, a few days ago, by the move
ments of weasel that had killed a rat
nearly as large as himself i'll one of the
engine pits The side of the pit being
perpendicular, aud the rat too heavy
for the weazel to carry up in his teeth,
the question arose how should he get
him ont. 1t looked like a difficult task,
but the weasel was equal to the emer-
gency
After several unsuccessful attempts
to shoulder the rat and climb up the
side, he laid him down and went about
to the different corners of the pit on a
tour of inspection. Finally selecting
one in which sufficient dirt had accumu-
lated to make an elevation of several
inches, he went back, dragged the rat
to the corner, and stood him upon his
hind legs
He then clambered out of the pit, and
going to the corner where he had left
the rat, let himself down by his hind
feet from above, clasped the rat around
the neck with his fore paws, pulled
him up, and trotted of with hun to his
hole.
The weasel is one which has made
his appearance at the shops some time
ago, and which, by being unmolested,
has become quite tame.-Springtictd
ReDubRc0R
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

In an experiment detailed in Deitz' s
Farm Journal, where hogs were fed
on potatoes and oats, the excrement
showed by the iodine test that large
portion of starch was passing off undi-
gested. The addition of small
amount of peas to the feed caused all
the starch to be appropriated to the
animal economy. Experience has dem,
onstrated that variety of food is es-
sential to the perfect development of
animals. When hogs are fed for any
length of time on the same food they
become "glutted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Domestic Recipes.

A CHEAP HARVEST BEER, Mix two
ounces cream of tartar, three pounds
brown sugar, three quarts of yeast. To
be mixed, and allo Sed to work. This
makes ten gallons, and should be drank
as soon as worked.
SPICE CAKE. One cup butter, one OF
brown sugar, one and one-half of sour
milk, one pint molasses, one tablespoon
salaratus, three eggs, cinnamon, cloves,
allsplce, nutmegs, cit"on, currants,
ralsins. Stir stiff with flour, bake
slow and steady.
Snow CREAM-Put in a stew pan
four ounces of ground rice, two ounces
OF sugar, few drops of the essence of
almonds, or any other essence you
choose, with two ounces of butter
add a quart of milk, boil from fifteen
to twenty minutes, till it forms a
smooth substance, though not too
tho k; then pour into a mold previous
ly buttered, serve when cold and well
set If the mold be dipped in warm
water, the cream will turn out like Il
Jelly. If no mold, put either IN cups
or pie dish. The rice had better be
done little too much than under.
A FAMOUS ScoTcH DISH Cut M
fresh Goldfish in pieces four inche'
square lay them on the bottom of til,
pan, then a layer of cut potatoes, and
SO continue alternate layers, cooking
enough for the family. An ordinary
sized onion sliced, and lump OF fresh
butter, ought to be place between each
layer. Finish with a layer of butter
crackers, OF toasted stale bread cover
with water, and stew about 20minutes;
season with salt.
A Cold CEMENT FOR MENDING EARTH-
ESwARE, says recent English work,
reckoned a great secret among work
men, is made by grating pound Of
old cheese with bread grateA into a
quart Of milk, i'll which it must be left
for a period of fourteen hours. 1t
should be stirred quite often. A pound
of unslaked lime, finely pulverized in a
mortar. is then added, and the whole
is thoroughly mixed by beating. This
done, the whites of twenty five eggs are
incorporated with the rest, and the
whole is ready for use There il anoth-
or cement for the same purpose which
is used hot 1t is made of resin, bees
wax, brickdust and chalk, boiled
together The substances TO be ce-
mented must be heated, and when the
surfaces are coated with cement, they
must be rubbed hard upon each other,
as in making glue joint with wood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

Mltchell's plan is to take frame OF
brood from the centre OF eight strong
colonies, and to place them, with their
adherng bees, into an empty hive on
the stand where you wish it to remain.
The bees, finding SO many strangers,
will be perfectly confused, and not in
elined to fight, as one would suppose,
and i'll two or three days will go to
work rs though novhing had happened.
This may be continued ~ long ~ the
honey season lasts. An empty frame
Will have to be put in The place of the
frames taken ont OF the old hive, and
If there is an empty space IL the new
hive 1t should be filled with empty
frames, or what is preferable, frames
containing empty comb. Care should
be taken not to take out old queen with
any of the frames that are removed. 1t
will be much better f you have a queen
to put in with the now colony, as it will
save them great deal of time Vest
crn A9ricUJt2trjst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
salt and Ash fer Cows.

A wise and experienced stock-raiser
says: On turning my cows into pas
ture in the spring, | provide several
small tubs, and having fixed them firm
~ in the soil to prevent them being
overturned, put INTO each tub one quart
of salt and three quarts of sifted wood
ashes, previously well mixed by stir
ring. The COWS p.rtake freely of this
mixture. 1t prevents injury from the
sudden change from dry to green food,
and has, besides, most invigorating
effect upon the general system. Some
assert that salt should be given only as
often as once week, rs its more fire.
quent use would be injurious. But
when supplied in this way no appre-
hension need be entertained. -"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

have curious little neighbOr who
always wears q green coat and has some
droll ways.
The coat is not plain green, either
1t is relieved by vavy black stripes, and
gorgeous5y trimmed with three bands
OF gold color down the back Then he
has most'dainty vest of gray, green
pantaloons very tight,) and a pair OF
gold spectacles.
He is very dignifed person, and his
gold specs make him look as wise
as an owl.
said he was my neighbor, and he
Is for he lives in a pond no. far Oft
suppose if you see him sitting there
on the bank some morning, You would
call him a frog: but that isn't his
" Sunday-go.to-meetiug, . scientific
name You don't suppose the wise men
who give such hard names to all the in
nocent little creatures in the world
lnames that are always printed n ital-
les, and yon skip, , have neglected
our little green friend, do you!
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Just behind the shoulder

cumference Just behind the shoulder
blade, and measure the feet and inches
this is the girth Then measure
from the bone of the tail which plumbs
the line with the hinder part of the
bullock, and direct the string along
the back to the fore part of the should
erblade, and this will be the {eagth. -
Then, work the figures thus Suppose
girth of bullock 6 feet 4 inches, length
6 feet inches, which multiplied
together make % square superficial
feet, and these multiplied by 23-the
number of pounds allowed for each
superficial foot OF cattle measuring less
than seven and more than five feet in
girth-make 759 pounds. When the
animal measures less than and more
than seven feet in girth, 81 is the num-
Der of pounds to be estimated for each
superficial foot. And suppose small
animal to measure two feet in girth and
feet in length, these multiplied togeth-
er make four feet, which, multiplied by
1.-THE nun Der of pounds allowed for
each square foot when the cattle meas
ure less thai three feet in girth- make
Al pounds. Again, suppose calf or
sheep, etc. measure feet 6 inches
in girth, and feet s inches in length
that multiplied together makes l6
square feet, and these multiplied by
16-the number of pounds allowed for
cattle measuring less than and more
than feet in girth--make $50 pounds.
The dimensions IN girth and length of
the back of cattle, sheep, calves, and
hogs, taken this way, are as exact as is
at all necessary for common computa-
ton or valuation of stock, and will an.
swer to the four quarters of the ami
NAL, sinking the offal. A deduction
must be made for animals half fat, Of
one pound in twenty from those that
ar fat; and for COW that has had
calves, one pound must be allowed in
addition to the one for not beng fat,
upon every twenty.-Pcddier's Lama
MeoSUFCr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01

Young orchards on our rich soil here
in the West may be safely cultivated
for two or three years, then SOW down
IN clover, for if you continue to culti-
V tie your trees will continue to grow,
and you cannot get "A crop of fruit and
growth of tree the same year Don't
prune too much. Shape your trees,
and then cut them as little AS possible.
Keep your trees clean. Wash them
With strong soapsuds, scrspe off the
rough bark, and look out for the worms
and borers - Western Agrtcattorjst.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Feeding Poultry.

The influence of the food Of poultry
upon the quality and favor OF their
flesh and eggs has not generally been
taken into consideration; but it is now
well ascertained that great care should
be exercised in regard to this matter.
In some instances it has been attempt
ed to feed poultry on a large scale in
France on horse flesh, and although
they devour this substance very greedi
ly, it has been found to give them a
very unpleasant SAVIOR. The best fat
tening material for chickens is said to
be Indian corn meal and milk and
certain large poultry establishments in
France use this entirely, to the advsn-
tage both of the flesh and of the eggs.
-Scjcntifc American.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Silver IsIet--.COntinued Rich Yield.

This wonderful mine more than full
fills its early promise, and its last pro-
ducts are the richest. OF the ore sent
to Wyandotte in June, five barrels Sc
lected yielded 3. 800 ounces to the ton,
or 81, $40 gold value, or over $1,000
currency The last shipment of 33
barrels yielded an average Of l,400
ounces, or 81, $50 currency value, to
the ton, and seven and a h pounds
Of native silver selected from 1T yielded
IS per cent A piece of native SILVER
We Ching eight pounds has just been
sent to New York The shaft is now
AS ieet deep, and the ore, az shown
above, grows richer aud the native sill
yer more abundant.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-08-01
Extraordinary Bridge.

The railroad bridge which is to ex
tend across the harbor of San Fran
cisco from the main land to Goat Is
land, and to which the citizens have
been so strongly opposed, is to he
somewhat OF an architectural novelty.
It is to run through an immense tube
Of boiler IRON, which supports itself in
the water by its own buoyancy, and is
held some thirty feet below the surface
by a complicated system Of cables,
anchors, and buoys. The tube is
twenty feet ID diameter, and is strength
ened by an internal framework of iron
beams The principal problem with
the engineer was to have the buoyancy
of the lube equal the weight Of tram
OF cars, so As to require the minimum
Of anchorage or support Should the
bridge prove d success, suhmariuer il
road tubes may become quite common,
as they may be used where regular tun-
nels would be impracricable, or Ut least
very expensive.
Cashmere goats are a success II Or
egon.