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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19

COUGH IN PAxToN.-Joh7 B. Cough made
his annual visit to Paxton last Monday evening,
and delivered in the Congregational church his
celebrated lecture "Will it Pay?" TO a large and
appreeiatiye audience. Mr.. Cough retains in
remarkable degree that magnetic power which
has rendered him so popular with the people for
so many years. The lecture was one of his
happiest efforts, Astounding in apt illustrations
and vivid descriptions, and an impression for
good was left which will be lasting. Although
the evening was very stormy, the towns around
were well represented, and the church, which
was beautifully decorated for the occasion, was
crowded. The Leicester cornet band added
much to the evenings entertainment by the cx-
cellent mnsic which it furnished
Mr.. Cough will ever BE- held in grateful re-
membranes by the people of Paxton for the
kind interest manifested in their welfare While
declining every year hundreds Of invitations to
lecture from all parts of the country, for the
fourth time he has visited Paxton and very gen
erously given his services. Through his labOrs
the church has been newly fitted up, an
organ procured, and the town otherwise
greatly benefited. AT the close of the
lecture, an interesting exercise took place, in the
presentation of an elegant gold headed cane to
Mr.. Cough, by Mrs. Boynton, president of the
LADIES' social union, under whose auspices the
lectures have been delivered
Mrs. VIM. Alulligan, president of the evening"
then presented, in behalf of the union, a cane Of
the same description to Rev. Dr. Geo. II. Gould,
to whom we are indebted for Mr.. Coughs visits,
strong friendship having existed between them
for many years.
The audience then repaired to the vestry,
where collation. was served, and the evenings
entertainment closed to the satisfaction of all.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
PROTECTION TO SHADE TREEs.-The follow

Projection TO SHADE TREEs.-The follow
ing correspondence is very pertinent to the sea-
son, and will be read with interest:
To Edscard ". Lincoln: Dear Sir-Last year the
trees on Elm park were very badly grdled by horses
and cattle during the week of cattle show. Now
said park is not abundantly supplied with trees as
you are well aware and it takes so many years for
them to attain the size of those growing there,
mat do wish you would protect them this week.
! love the trees, and you love the trees, know.
Hear my prayer.
Respectfully yours, ELM PARK.
To the EdttOr Of the Spy: MI desperanduue!
Some people do care, it seems from the above note
You may have influence with the city marshall
ifso, and you approve of saving the shade trees
around Elm park, exercise it, if you please There
are many queer things in quiet municipality.
One, and perhaps not the least singular, of them is
that the public estate should be a subject of cease
less depreciation, without efectual hand lifted
in Intervention.
have asked for drainage-dOlcR hill, mind YOU
and also for very modest appropriation; and then
II Elm park does not come nearer TO the ideal of a
common and training field" will cheerfully re-
sign my place upon condition of being dHoUed 10 re-
tam the salary thereto dPpurtenGnt- E. W. L.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
The Weather.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 1s-s p. M.-Prob-
abilities: For New England, on Thursday,
southeasterly TO southwesterly winds, cloudy
weather and probably areas of rain.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
The Cholera in Persia.
One Thousand Persons Dying Daily.

LONDON, Sept, 1S.-A dispatch from Teheran
reports that the cholera is raging with great
violence in Bokhara. 1t is estimated that one
thousand persons are dying daily from the
scourpe,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
roycn por.ons Drovued.

LONDON, Sept. 1s.-A boat capsized yesterday
on Firth, oil Clyde Of the Isle Of Awar, aud
seSen persons were drowned.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19

COMPANY REUNIoN.-The fifth annual re.
union of Company +, of the old fifteenth regi-
ment, was held at G. A. r. hall in North Brook
field Tuesday afternoon and evening About 80
members of the association were present. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year
President, ARENAS D. Ward; vice president,
Alexander Oaks; secretary, D. NJ. Earle; treas
urer, Il. A. Slayton; directors, E. H. Newton,
w. W. Walker, Otis Hamilton. Sergeant A. H..
Foster, who has just returned from a southern
trip, made some very interesting remarks, as
did also other comrades. 1t was voted to hold
the next reunion at Brookfeld on the anniver-
sary of the battle of Antietam.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
General Political Intelligence.
MARYLAND.

MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, Sept 1S.-Hon. Thomas Swami
is nominated to congress by the democrats of
the fourth district. There was no opposition
CONNECTICUT.
HARTFORD, Conn, Sept. 1s.--Gov. Jewell has
ordered an election for congressman in this dis
trct, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Hon. Julius l.. Strong. The election is appoint
ed for Tuesday, Nov. 9th, on the day of the
presidential election.
PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 1S.-A large procession of
republicans of western Pennsylvania took place
to-day, to which the soldiers and sailors were
invited as guests. The procession was headed
by Gems. Burnside, Logan Hartranlt and others.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19

BERLIN, Sept. 1s.-The correspondence be-
tween Emperor William, Minister Bismarck and
the bishop of Ermeland on the subject of eX-
communication, is published. The bishop takes
decided ground against interference of secular
authority in matters Of religion. The tone of
the communications on both sides is sharp and
uncompromising.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
$50 per Horse Power.

The Essex Company New MIL at Lawrence-6O feet
by 22 t Is #, stories, well lighted and heated by
will be ready for occupancy next month.
rcr lease of Room and Power, apply at the Office of
the Company, in Lawrence, to
HIRAM F. MILLS,
August l6, 1872. Chief Engineer.
au19
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
Foreign News.

FRANCE.
PARIS, Sept. 17-1t is reported thatlEdmond
About will be tried by a German court martial
al Strasbourg on the 25th.
LOlive, Deschamps and Deniyille, three
communists condemned to death for muir
dering hostages and in whose cases commute
ton of sentence was refused, were shot this
morning at Satory.
The $50 communists condemned to transport
alton embarked at Brest to-day for New Gale
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-09-19
CLEVELAND'S WOODEN MACHINE
~ WORKS. WORCESTER MASS.
FOR e.

The shop TOOLS patterns and business OF the late
n c. Cleveland, of this city manufacturer Of Wooden
Machinery.
The business was commenced by Mr.. Cleveland in 1882
since which time he has constructed from patterns de-
signed by himself, Improved Carding Machines, Jacks
Twsters Ptckers Winders DTessers, Beamers, Fullng
Mills Hydraulic Presses, Drying Machines, Gigs, Brush
ing Machines Hydro EXtractOrs Improved Jack Attach
men &c. now in extensive throughout the country
The character OF Mr. Ceveland's machinery stands in
the estimation of many eminent manufacturers second
to none in the ountry.
The tools and patterns in excellent condition The
works are now in full operation receiving orders for
chnery usual and were complete equIp-
ment than at the present time.
This lucrative business with its great reputation is
now for sale. Address GEORGE CRoMPToN, Worces-
to- u6
, 1872-10-26
show case, while behind
were the other articles mentA the doo'e

show case, while behind
were the other articles ment. the door
Monday afternoon the clee0 s,
called away for moment, ano,srge sse
policeman asked him to guard the1ing to
til his return. Tho man Of brass \case VA
ing up to near the AwaAhs
turned his back to it, md lo<zcat at
the crowd passing by. When the clerk rel a.
aftel not over q two minutes absence, ne
the showcase door, which he had left iock !, :
slightly aiar In an instant he knew that the
case had been s'sneaked,' and, upon close e1'
animation, he found four diamond rings mlsslnS ne
Ono Of the rings is solitaire, valued at g ,oov
The other three are clusters. Ono Of them il
of nineteen small stones, another OF thret
large, and the third Of ten small diamond:
surrounding large sapphire. The foul
rings are valued at $4,000. Fortunate!
the large croes, an elegant affair OF eleven !arg
stones, and valued at S., 900, was not sent dorm
that morning by Barnum l. Co., who are conse.
quently just what amount wealthier than tney
would have been had it been in the case.
The robbery WAS undoubtedly committed ny
professionals, Of whom two or more were n tne
Job. a skeleton key was used to open the door;
which was also propped up by some bronzes and
q bog. Up to last evening no arrests haa oee1
made by the police.
, 1872-10-26

bag. aug. q, 1868, he opened this carpet -bagg,
and took out proclamation Of martial law. The
old desperadoes were met by cool. merciless or
ganization, and Dosth WAS faced by Death.
Authorized fraud, in the name OF fanaticiBm,
had come to rule where violence, without au-
thority, had ruled so long, In 1868, General
Grant was declared to have received 3,074 ma-
jority, in vote Of Il, ,250. GATH.
, 1872-10-26
Tota1. l22sg 19 121[ ,og2la, ,ns aoa7!16,e29

William E. Niblack, Liberal, William Hellnan,
Republican, 1872 Hendricks over Browne, 16H; Hen
bricks over Baker, 1,415.
, 1872-10-26

withit, carpet-bagging might have been avoided.
THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLERS RETURN.
A movement in grand strategy followed in the
spring Of 1864. Three Union columns moved
4 gunboat~aeet proceeded up the Red and
Washington Rivers, to clear the way Tor grand
advance from Vicksburg. The army Of General
Banks advanced up the Bayou Teche
and the River Red. Ihe 1b1ee;taxy,e 1;aay,
and thence fan-like sweep Of all Texas. Had
it been simultaneous and successful, it would
have rivalled the great march of Sherman, Meade,
and Schofeld, at later period It failed. The de-
feat Of Banks at Mansfield was known to Steele
in the heart Of the Washita country He retreat
ed to Little Rock, CALLED and MANNED at every
crossing. The Provisional Union Government
tottered, but Little Rock was never abandoned.
Sterling Price gathered up 9n army and marched pnha
age started up, like the furies of the old civil
cation. Fort Smith WAS only held by the be-
seeching implorations OF the Union people at
Washington. And, when the War closed out By
the victories in the East, Arkansas was still
overrun by rangers, and the crops had to be
planted and gathered in the shelter Of block
houseH.
NEW ARKANSAS.
April il, 1866, the Murphy Government abol-
ished Slavery, and disfranchised all WHO haa az
hered to the Rebel cause since APrn 70, 1oe1'
The Supreme Court pronounced against the Ar
kansas test-oath, and soon the secess1onlsts
carried the Murphy Legislature, and were about
to impeach the State Judge and remove 1aoe tne
Treasurer. Congress interfered, and II 4sbo
declared that 81 No legal State Governments no"
exists in Arkansas"
General Ord took command OF the state, aent
horse-thieves to the Dry Tortugas, ana lssuea
IN order against carrying concealed Weapens ns
At the same time, he court-martlaled an olncee
who had stopped newspaper. ...-.-.
Powell Clayton & Co. undertook the reorganl-
zation of the State. The polls we're kept open
, 1872-10-26
INDIANA.


We have tabularized the official vote in the
several counties Of Indiana, to show the result
BY Congressional Districts, as fol1owB:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
Annoyanccs Of Travel.

"There, Cecile, il q real American
steamboat! " looked-there it was, an
exact counterpart of the Hudson boats
that I have seen since my return to
America. Magnificent, indeed, it look
ed in contrast to the miserable steamer
to which we unfortunates were doomed
immense in size, a broad and spa
cious promenade deck, and deck sa-
loon containing every possible com.
fort. felt convinced. "What evil
fate consigned us to this wretched
boat2" I said, half aloud; ga proper
punishment for travelling on Sunday"
An English lady who had watched our
invald's pale face with some interest
during the journey, drew a little nearer
me, and said, "You are looking ut the
American steamer, I see." EYES," I
replied, "and very comfortable it
looks" "Oh, they are magnificent, I
am told" said my new acquaintance.
II wanted very much to make this
journey upon one, but I arrived too
late in Mayence. The American boat
sailed yesterday morning, 81 I had to
content myself with the ordinary Rhine
steamer" "You do not mean to tell
me-" said !, "that an American boat
left Mayence yesterday for Cologne 2"
Certainly" was the serene reply,
"and very sorry I was to miss it, 1
sunk back in my chair in quite weak
condition, I had remained all of one
extra day IN Mayence, and had started
not at all to my pleasure, on Sunday,
undergoing inconveniences and qual1ns
of conscience innumerable, only to learn
that was. after oil, upon the wrong
boat. I always had had strong doubt
as to men, and especially Germans,
being of any possible use to woman
kind, and this last experience confirm.
ed it. For the future I decided what.
ever information required I would oh.
tain myself, and trust to no masculine
mediation.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
Nicely In Astronomical Calculations.

Not every one il aware of the nicely
required in astronomical calculations,
nor can everybody appreciate the enor-
nous propagation of minute errors.
The rod used in measuring base line
ie commonly somewhere about ten feet
long, and the astronomer may truly be
said to apply that very rod to mete the
distance Of the stars. An error in
placing a fine dot which fixes thelength
of the rod, amounting to one FIVE
thousandth of an inch-the thickness
of single silken fibre-will amount to
n error of seventy feet in the earth's
diameter, of some 316 miles in the suns
distance, and to IS, ,2O0, 900 miles on
that of the nearest fixed star.
Nor is this oil. As the astronomer,
in his observatory, has nothing further
to do with ascertaining lengths as dis
tancee, except by calculation, his whole
skill and artifice are exhausted in the
measurement of angles, for it is by
these alone tt at spaces inaccessible can
be compared. Now, silkworm's fibre,
such as has been mentioned, subtends
an angle of a second, at three and one
half feet distance; and o cricket ball,
two and one half inches diameter,
must be removed in order to subtend
second, to forty-three thousand feet, or
about eight mles-where, of course, it
would be Utterly invisible to the sharp
est sight, aided even by telescope Of
some power.
Yet it Is on the measure of single
second that the ascertainment of q sen.
sible parallax in any fixed star depends;
and an error of one-thousandth part of
that amounts quantity still unmeas-
urable by the most perfect instruments
place the star too far or too
near 200, ,000, 000, 900 miles; q space
which light requires one hundred and
eighteen days to travel.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
Firelnen Of Old.
The Newburyport Herald says:

AA0 ANOwOU1y IOAV 4AGA0AU U0y6s
"Mr. Anthony Davenport has in his
possession a printed copy of the ar
ticles of the first fire society in New.
buryport, which appears to have been
formed III 1746, as that date was to be
inscribed on the buckets of the com.
pany. Mr.. Davenport will present the
copy to the public library. The COM
pany is limited to twenty-five members,
and the Offices did not seem to be much
sought for, as there were fines imposed
on those who were chosen, and did not
accept. Each member was to have two
strong leather buckets, and q strong
three-bushel leather bag. This was a
secret society, and had q watchword,
which each member must be able to
whisper to the moderator of the quar-
terly meeting under penalty of eight
pence.
The seventh article reads: upon
notice of fire (Which may God in his
mercy prevent, every member shall
Immediately repair, with his buckets
and bags, to the dwelling. house, ware
house or shop of any member of this
society most in danger, and use their
utmost endeavors to extinguish the fire
there, or by the owners directions, if
present, to remove and secure all his
goods and movables, under the penalty
of thirteen shillings and fourpence.
These articles are signed by twenty
seven persons, most of whom were
grandfathers or great grandfathers of
persons now living in the city,"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
4 Cynic's Tribute to American Poets.

ANynC>S lGISttc ~ american YOCtSs
The London Saturday Review lays
aside its lancet when 1t speaks thus of
American poets:
ut is noteworthy fact that while in
most other branches Of literature the
United States can boast of compare
lively few writer's either of the first or
second rank, and are mainly de endent
on England for all hut the lower and
moro ephemeral class of books, in
poetry, serious or humorous, they are
hardly less fertile, either in quality or
quantity, than the mother-country.
England has scarcely more than one or
two living poets whom the common
consent of cultivated men would rank
decidedly above Longfcllow, Bryant,
Lowell and Whittier; no living satirist
superior to the author of the 'Bigelow
papers, no master of the special hui
NOR which depends on an adroit nse of
dialectic pecullarities who can pretend
to snrpass Leland, or Bret Harte, or
Hay. OF minor poets, who will hardly
NAL ke their mark in so busy genera
t,on, and in IL field SD crowded, but who
nevertheless cnn write what is worth
reading, the name is Legion
THE iron horse now runs from Ea,
gry, Me-, to San Francisco, CAL, in
eight days and nights.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
The Use Of Storms.

The widest storms of winter do great
good by thoroughly removing any nox-
ious gases that may lurk about our great
cities, and carrying them out to the
deep, there to "suffer a sea change, -
and replacing them with purer air. Air
and oceans are two great physical puri-
6ers of the world. So, while we fasten
our garments more tightly around us,
and hurry along in the pelting shower
flung at us by boisterous wind, let us
think of the health-giving oxygen that
comes on the tempest; and while en-
joying the shelter of our roof, think of
the good work going on above us IN
the sky, alike whether we wake or
sleep. We love to think of the mighty
operation of the hand of God going on
for the good of man and
the mass of living, things on earth,
when we are passive and powerless !;
and this wind movement is one of
these.-Du6li,s Uaiversity Magazine
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
WOlllan,S Hair.

DR.. Benz. Godfrey has written book
on the "Diseases of the Hair" He
says that a woman's hair may grow to
the length of six feet. and that young
lady of Massachusetts refused thou.
sand dollars for her "cranial covering,
which was only one inch short of this
measurement" Four hundred hairs of
average thickness would cover an inch
of space. The blonde belle has about
one hundred and forty thousand fila
ments to comb and brush, while the
red haired beauty has to be satisfied
with eighty-eight thousand the brown
haired damsel may have one hundred
and nine thousand, the black haired
but one hundred and two thousand.
Few ladies consider that they carry
some forty or fifty miles of hair on
their head the fair-haired may even
have to dress seventy miles of threads
of gold every morning. A German ex.
perimentalist has proved that single
hair will suspend four ounces without
breaking, stretching under the process
and contracting again. But the hail
thus heavily weighed must be dark
brown, for the blonde breaks dow1
under two and half ounces.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
4 British Fleet to Visit American Waters.

It is reported that part of the North
American squadron of the British navy
IS about to visit our waters, first calling
at Annapolis. This special feet will
consist of three or four naval vessels,
the first of which. the Royal Alfred,
has already arrived. She is the second
British iron clad that has ever visited
an American port. The Royal Alfred,
flagship of Admiral Fanshawe, is a
steam-screw iron-clad, of 4, 4,O68 tons, 800
horsepower. mounting eighteen guns.
Her length is 273 feet, beam So feet.
Her armor plates range from n
inches to inches in thickness, with
q wood ship side 29} inches in thick
ness. Her armament consists of ten
12-ton $50 Founders, inside battery on
main deck; four 6a-ton 70 Founders,
outside battery, and four g. ton guns
on the upper deck. She is ship rigged,
with bowsprit and jib-boom, and has q
receding bow, and is a powerful vessel
uf war. 1t is probable that two, if moi
three, vessels of the North American
squadron will follow her to Annapolis,
and the following are the vessels most
likely to act as her tenders and escorts
The Dame, a screw vessel, of ], ,287 tons
and $50 horse. power; the Eclipse, .
steam screw sloop, of 1878 tons and
$50 horse power, mounting six guns
and the Niobe. also steam screw
sloop, Of l,0S3 tons and 800 horse pow
er, mounting four guns.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
Shocking Tragedy.

The Wiscasset (Me.) Oracle rc:ites
the particulars Ola shocking tragedy in
Boothbay. The wife OF Mr.. Alonzo
Chapman became excited under the
preacl,ing Of perfcctionist. Two or
three Sabbaths ago the preacher held
forth upon the faith Of Abraham Offer
ing up Isaac, and soon afterward Mrs.
Chapman when left by herself, "sacri-
feed" her own little child, three years
old, "for the sins of the world" The
poor woman was maniac, and was
sent to the insane hospital.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
(;Ood.Night.
BY HESTER 4. BENEDICT,

Goodnight, dear friend! say goodnight to thco
Across the moon- beams, trelnulous and white,
Bridging all space between us! 1t may be-
The fever.flllsh evanishcd from INV face.
heard them whisper softly, "'Tis His will:
Angels will 9ivC her happier resting place"
And 80, from sight Of tears that fell like rain,
And sound OF sobbing smothcrcd close and low,
turned my white face to tho winlow.pane,
To say goodnight to thee before 20.
Goodnight, good night! do not fear tho end,
TIE conflict with the billows dark and high;
And yet, ii could touch thy hand, my friend,
think It would bo easier to die.
II could feel, through all tho quiet waves
OF my deep hair, thy tender breath athrill,
could go downward to the place Of graves
With eyes ashine, and pale lips smiling sti,l.
Or it may be that II. through all tho strife
And pain Of parting, should hear thy call,
should come singing back to sweet, sweet life,
And know no mystery Of death at all.
It may not be. Goodnight dear fiend goodnight
And when you see tho violets aRain,
and hear; through bouRhs With swollen buds swhite
The gentle falling of the April rain,
Remember her whose young hfe held thy name
With all things holy, In its outward flight,
And turn sometimes from haNnts of Love and Fame
To hear again her low goodnight, goodnight!
Golden A0e
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-18
The Funeral of Mazzlni.

Mazzini's funeral obsequies at Genoa
were attended by an immense multi
tude, including Is, 900 visitors, and TAO
associations, with draped banners, q
funeral car and sarcophagus, with four
lamps at the corners and with q statue
of Italy weeping, and of History IN the
act of writing Mazzini's name. These
statues have been executed hastily, but
very beautifully, by two young sculp-
Macchiavelli, Columbus, Brescia, and
Rienzi. On the bier was pyramid of
crowns, those sent by Rome and the re-
publics of South America most promi-
nent. The procession marched under
an archway on which was the inscrip
tion, "To Giuseppe Mazzini; the last
honors of the Genoese."