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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-14
BUILDING LOTS, COTTAGE HOUSE,
E&c.,
AT AUCTION.
VIII be sold at Public Auction On FRIDAY. Oct 18th,
1872, at O'Clock P, NJ, at JANRsvILLE Worcester,
IA BUILDING LOTsl

with Cottage House and Barn, situated the road
proposed to be built from GAINESVILLE to stoneviile q
minutes WaE from James Mi and miautss from the
Ses Depot on The Boston & albany R. R. said Lots
In high state Of cultivation, and are situated to
require grading.
Thee IOtI mile from Webster Square, and 10 rods
east of James MILL
dtd lots 10 be sold to the hf0hest bidder tOioyt reserve
Sale commence at O'Clock. stones Omnibus will
the City Hall ~ O'Clock, carrying passengers to
and from the sale free Of charge.
Terms made known at time Of sale.
P. BUFFUM.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Down with the Side. Saddle.

We admit that woman looks graceful
IN the side-saddle, but it is plain that in
sitting sideways on horse she is placed
at great disadvantage. 1t is difficult
for her to control vicious animal, and
in hard run or bold leap, her seat
must be unsteady. The position is con-
strained and fatiguing, and in case of
losing her balance, she is in danger OF
being caught and dragged by the horse.
Her long skirt is always in the way,
and it often proves moose of death.
The side-saddle represents one Of the
oldest traditions of equestrianship, and
therefore it will not be surrendered
without stubborn fight. We can
scarcely expect woman to form SO beau
tiful picture with each foot in a stir
rup; but that if the change ever takes
place we will grow accustomed to it as
we have grown familiar with other in
novations. The panier and the water
fall detract from the fair proportions of
the female form; still, now that they
have come into general use, they no
longer seem odd to us. That to which
the majority sutscribes is not conspicu-
Gus. The thing may have been novel
at first, and possibly its introduction
created a sensation; but when expand
ed into custom, a sensation ends, and
then we marvel how it ever could have
seemed strange, and have excited ridi-
cule and opposition. Old and dear as
are the traditions of the side-saddle, we
can part with them, and in time will
learn not to stand and cape when a
woman sweeps past us mounted on a
horse and riding a straddle. Let the
innovation become custom, and then
if we wonder at all it will be at the
thought that the barbarous practice
should have lived through so many
centuries. To give up the side-saddle
is to blur certain lines of grace, and to
slightly mar beautiful picture, but we
can afford to sacrifice much on the
score of safety and comfort. The side
saddle, generally speaking, is an instru-
ment of torture to the horse; it is the
cause of many serious accidents, and
the fair rider carries her life in her
hand as it were. A sudden plunge, or
a stumble, and the woman, wrapped in
her long skirt, goes to earth. 1t is I'M
manly to insist that the fair partners of
our bosoms should always be kept at a
disadvantage. We men should not
compel them to constantly face dan
ger that we shrink from ourselves
Turf, Field and Farm.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Terrible History of the Mccormack
Family

Old Roger Mccormack, an eccentric
and notorious character, was lately
found dead on his farm, near New
brunswick, N. j., under extraordinary
circumstances. Fifteen years ago he
was prosperous shipping merchant in
Philadelphia, having his country seat
near New Brunswick, where he went
every week, and where his wife and
daughter Alice, a beautiful girl of II,
lived during the summer. In 1860
Mrs. Mccormack died suddenly and
mysteriously, and soon after Alice be.
came engaged to young and wealthy
merchant in Philadelphia. For some
inexplicable reason he broke the en-
gagement, and suddenly went to South
America. A few weeks after Alice was
found in her chamber with her throat
cut from ear to ear. The tragedy ere
ated the greatest sensation at the time,
and the house was visited by hundreds
of people from the surrounding dis
trlcts. Many openly said that the poor
girl had been murdered, and proposed
to have a more rigid examination as to
the cause Of her heath; but the excite
ment finally died away, and the occur
renee was forgotten. Mccormack
seemed bowed down with grief, but
came and went as usual for a year or
SO, and then almost entirely abandon
ed his usual residence, which was de-
clared to be haunted. Superstitious
parties declared they had seen again
and again the ghost of Alice, had heard
piercing screams and awful groans from
the unoccupied residence. About the
LIST of July Mccormack and masculine
companion returned to the house with
supply of provisions. A few weeks
since Mr.. McCormack's companion
went away, and Mccormack himself
was not seen again by any of the neigh
bors, who, wondering what had become
of him, broke into the house a day or
two ago and discovered to tn cir horror,
lying at full length on a cot, the body
of Mccormack partially decomposed,
while portions of the arms and limbs
were found frightfully mutilated by
rats and other vermin. The Coroner
held an inquest, and having found that
death had resulted from natural causes,
the last of the Mccormack family was
inferred on the farm.
The ~ontents of box found were ex-
amined, and letters were found signed
by Joseph Mallory, Alice's lover, dated
| Aspinwall, October Is, 1861, addressed
to Miss Alice Mccormack. His mar
riage engagement with her, upon the
confession of her own parent, who,
through remorse, had divulged that in
case he Mallory married his daughter
he would we'd fallen woman, and that
the cause Of misfortune was her own
father. The letter expressed the ut
most tenderness for Alice, and closed
by bidding Ter an eternal farewell, as
he never expected to see her or be
happy again.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Pat on LAWYERS.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES lawyer, beent
you? Reporter does not know what
is coming, and thinks he'll say yes at
venture
Reporter-Yes.
Emeralder-Well, did you liver hear
of lawyers pronounced like liar gettin'
to hiven? Come, now, spake the truth
and shame the divil.
Reperter-W ell, l don't know as /
ever did. Did you ever hear of an
Irishman getting there?
Emeralder-Yes, I heard of one
once.
Reporter (briskly)-How was that?
Emeralder-Why, there was fellow
once who lived in Ireland. He was as
noble, kind.hearted man as ever you
saw, and when he died everybody had
a good word to say for him, the praist
absolved him, and he went straight to
hiven, and
Reporter-How do you know he did I?
Emeralder (angcily Amt l tellin'
yees? l know by what happened after
he got there. When the people that
lives in heaven found that an Irishman
was there it raised fine rumpus, and
they determined to put him out. Jim
Rooanan, for that was his name,
wouldn't go, he said, unless he was put
out through due course of law. So
they went to work and searched all
over hiven to find lawyer, but there
wasn't none there. and Jim is there yet.
-NeV York Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Games for Children.

There is pile of inventive genius in
Connecticut. A gentleman from New
Haven showed me some of the sweet
est little games for children | ever saw.
| appreciate his efforts to please the
children. l believe innocent parlor
games nave tendency to make home
pleasant, and keep the children from
going to the circus. He showed me
his highly interesting, moral and enter
tanning game called "The fly leaf"
would advise every parent to get one.
1t Is done in this way: Take a sheet
of writing paper Kalsomine it on one
side with gum mucilage; then catch a
fly; turn the fly over on its back; stick
the back of the fly on to the paper :;
then catch another fly, and do likewise;
put the flies close together, heads ali
one way keep on doing this until YOU
get the sheet full; then turn the paper
over, and you'd swear that paper was
alive. 1t will run all around the room.
When you tire of this sport turn the
paper over, and admire the movements
of the flies legs. 1t will be a perfect
fac sinaile of grass swayed by zephyr.
This will be cheaper than taking the
children to the country to see it. Zeph-
yrs are an expensive luxury nowadays.
Another enchanting game for chill
rem that this highly pious man showed
me was this: Catch six cockroaches
(those that have never taken Paris green
preferred) pin these reaches to the
wall, legs out; then let your children
sit in front of them and see how many
chapters in the Bible they can commit
to memory before the last leg dies. This
is calculated to exalt the morals of the
young, and cause them to grow up good
citizens. The gentleman informed me
that the idea first struck him upon
hearing the following convei sation be-
tween two good little boys on their way
home from Sunday School:
"Johnny!"
What?"
"Come here.n
can't"
"Why not ?"
Cause I'm in hurry to get home.
Pa is going to drown litter of kittens
this afternoon, and | want to see the
blubbers. = Correspondence of the Neso
York Sun.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
The Increase Of Population in Europe.

DIR. E. Decaisne, in note communi-
Gated to the Paris Academy of Science,
shows that from the triple point of view
of the fecundity of marriages, of the
absolute number of births, and of the
excess of births over deaths, France &C.
cupies the lowest place of all the Euro
pean States. In Prussia 100 marriages
give $50 children; in France the same
number of marriages give only
300 children. In Prussia the num-
Der of births for each 100 of
the population, generally, is 3.9S
per annum; in France there are only
2.55. In Prussia the excess of births
over deaths in each million of the popu-
lation is $4,000 per annum, while in
France it only amounts to 2,400. "If
we may admit" says DR.. Decaisne, as
conclusion from the above figures,
that the doubling of the population of
France, despoiled of two of its finest
provinces, and by unheard of disasters,
will require 40 years to be effected,
while that of Prussia will require only
~ years, Great Britain 90, and Russia
66, some estimate may be made of the
amount of evil that has befallen this
country"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Half an Hour Before Supper.
RY BRET HARTE.


So she's here. your unknown Dulcinea.-the
lady you met on the train
Ana you really believe she would know you if
you were to meet her again?"
I" Of course" he replied. she would know me :;
there never was womankind yet
Forgot the effect she inspired. She excuses. but
does not forget"
{" Then you told her your love?" asked the elder :;
the younger looked up with smile.
= sat by her half an hour, what else was
doing the while!
what. sit by the side of woman as fair as the
And look somewhere else lest the dazzle fash
back to her eye?
" No. I hold that the speech of the tongue be as
frank and as bold as the look,
And held up herself to herself.-that was more
than she got from her book
Young blood!' laughed the elder. no doubt
you are voicing the mode of To-Day.
some chance for delay.
There's my wife-(you must know)-we first
met on the journey from Florence to Rome:
1t took me three weeks to discover who was she
and where was her home;
Three more to be duly presented; three more
ere | saw her again;
AID year, ere my romance began where yours
ended that day on the train"
20. that was the style of the stage-coach; we
travel to-day by express;
Forty, miles to the hour" he answered. went
admit of passion that's less"
But what if you make a mistake? ?" quoth the
elder. The younger half sighed,
What happens when signals are wrong or
switches misplaced?" he replied.
Very well, I must bow to your WISDOM the
elder returned, but admit
That your chances of winning this woman your
boldness has bettered no whit,
Why, you do rot. at best. know her name. And
what if I try your ideal
With something, if not quite so fair, at least
more en- regte and real?
Let me find you a partner. Nay come, I insist
you shall follow-this way.
My dear, will you not add your grace to entreat
Mr.. Rapid to stay?
My wife. Mr.. Rapid-Eh.. what Why. he's
gsne-yet he said he would Gomez;
How rudel / { ont wonder. my dear, you are
properly crimson and dumb !"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Ashes.

l plucked an apple from off tree.
Golden and rosy, and fair to see
IN Inc sunsnIne had ted it with warmth and light
Inc dews mad treshened it night by night,
And high on the topmost Dough it grew
Where the winds of heaven about it blew:
And while the mornings were soft and younp.
Inc wild birds circled. and scared and sung
There. In the storm. and calm and shine
Il ripened and frightened, this apple Of nina
I'LL the day plucked it from off the tree.
Golden and rosy, and fair to see.
How could guess. meath that daintiest rind
That the core of sweetness I hoped to 6nd-
The innermost. hidden heart of the bliss
" hich dews and winds and the sunshine's kiss
Had rendered and fostered by day and night
Was black with mildew and bittc with blight:
Golden and rosy and fair of skin,
Nothing but ashes and ruin within?
All never again with toll and pain
w VIII strive the tOpnlost bough to gain
though its windswung apples are fair to see,
On the lower branch is the fruit for me-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Origin of Yankee Doodle.

In 1755, simultaneous attacks were
made upon the French posts of Amer
ica. That against Fort Du Quesne 1.-THE
present site of Pittsburgh was conduct
ed by Gen. Braddock; and those against
Niagara and Frontenac, by Gov. Shir-
ley, of Massachusetts, and Gen. John
son, of New York. The army of Shir-
ley and johnson, during the summer
of 1855, lay on the eastern bank of the
Hudson, little south of the city of
Albany. In the early part of June the
troops Of the eastern provinces began
to pour in, company after company;
and such motley assembly of men
never before thronged together on such
an occasion, unless an example may be
found in the regiment of Sir John Fal-
staff. 1t would have relaxed the gravi
ty of an anchorite 10 have seen the de-
scendants of the Puritans marching
through the streets of that ancient city
ALBANY, and taking their station to
the left of the British army, some with
long coats, some with short coats, and
others with no coats at all, with colors
as varied as the rainbow; some with
their hair cropped like the army of
Cromwell. and others with wigs, the
locks of which foated with grace around
their soldiers. Their march, their &C
coutrements, and the whole arrange
ments of the troops furnished matter of
amusement to the rest of the British
army. The music played the airs of
two centuries ago; and the tout ensemble,
upon the whole, exhibited a sight to
the wandering strangers to which they
had been unaccustomed. Among the
club of wits that belonged to the Brit
ish army there was DR.. Shackburg, at
tached TO the staff, who combined with
the science of a surgeon The skill and
talents of musician. To please the
new corners he composed a tune, and
with much gravity recommended it to
the officers as one of the most celebrat-
ed airs of martial music.
The joke took, to the no small amuse-
ment of the British. Brother Jonathan
exclaimed it was nation fine, and in a
few days nothing was heard in the
provincial camp but the air of Yankee
Doodle. Little did the author, in his
composition, then suppose that an air
made for the purpose of levity and ridi-
cule should be marked for such high
destinies. In twenty years from that
time the national march inspired the
heroes of Bunker Hill, and, in less than
thirty, Lord CORVALLIS and his army
marched into the American lines to the
tune of Yankee Doodle.
This tune, however, was not original
with DIR. Shackburg. He made it from
an old song which can be traced back
to the reign of Charles /. 1t ran thus :
"Nankee Doodle came to town
Upon a little pony,
With feather in his hat,
Upon a maccaroni."
When the battles of Concord and
Lexington began the war, the English,
when advancing in triumph, played
along the road, "God save the King"
but when the Americans had made the
retreat so disastrous to the invaders,
these then struck up the secuted Yam
kee Doodle, as if to say: "See what
we simple Jonathans can dol
From that time the tune of intended
derision was assumed throughout all
the American colonies as the national
air of the sons of iberty.-CentraI Mag
aziae.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Scientific and Practical.

AN ounce and half of dynamite was
recently exploded in fifteen feet of water
in England, and brought up 200 fish.
Miss MAGGIE KNIGHT, of Holyol<e,
Mass, recently patented a square-bot-
toned bag for the use of grocers, and
has increased the value of her invention
by inventing a machine for folding
bags, by which two girls can make 10000
bags in single day.
A CITIZEN of Troy has a rare avis in
the shape of a strange bird which he
recently captured, with the eyes and
talons of an eagle and the beak and
comb of duck. 1t measures three
feet six and one-half inches from tip to
tip of its wings.
AN excellent disinf .ctant for applica-
ton to foul ulcers may be made by dis
solving one part of tnymic acid in 100
parts of glycerole of starch. The thy
mic acid resembles carbolic acid in its
proprities, but its odor is much more
agreeable.
THE varieties of wood produced in
different parts of the world are far more
numerous than most people are aware
of. At the Paris Exposition OF 1867
there were, from forty-fve different
countries, no less then 1863 different
kinds of wood exhibited, 395 coming
from Europe, 252 from Africa, 85S from
Asia, 966 from Oceanica, and l, 298 from
America.
ONE Of the largest chains ever manu-
featured in this country is to be made
at the Massachusetts, State Prison. 1t
will be made of iron two and quarter
inches in diameter, and there will be
three hundred links, each of which will
weigh about fifty pounds. The chain
will cost about $1,000, and will be tested
at North Bridgewater at 134 tons. The
chain is to be used ar the East Boston
Marine Railway.
A LADY has astonished the British
| Academy of Sciences with the informa-
| ton that she has at last found the prin-
| ciple which differentiates the finite from
the infinite. She demands that five
other academies shall join the Academy
of Sciences, and that together they shall
pay her modest sum of one million
sterling, for which she will yield up her
secret.
| SOME idea of the amount of labor in.
volved in astronomical observations may
be formed from statement of the
British Astronomer Royal, that, in re-
ducing the Greenwich observations of
the moon, no less than 81 900 forms, as
large as grave-stones, at 8 cost of $15,0 900
were filled with figures before the numer
ical value of an important coeficient
for eclipse calculations could be deter
mined.
A GOOD varnish for initiating ground
glass may be thus made: Dissolve &C
grains of sandarac and 20 grains of mas
tic in two ounces of washed methy
lated ether, free from spirit, and add
in small quantities, enough benzine tc
make it dry with suitable grain-toc
little making the varnish transparent
and excess making it ropy. The guam
tity of benzine, from half ounce tt
two ounces, depends on its quality; the
best results are got with medium
| OualitV
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Abels cap tightly clasped in the dead
mans hand,

Abel's cap tightly clasped in the dead
mans hand.
1 staggered against the engine, and
now the excitement was over, sobbed
like a child. The passengers in the
train we had left, the up mail, all were
forgotten, until l reverently placed the
body upon the engine. The silence was
terrible. persevered till covered the
remains of my poor mate as well as pos
sible; and as l sat down upon the en-
CINE rail fancied l heard a distinct
rattle of an approaching train. / rose
and listened attentively. After pause
whistle, long though very faint, broke
the stiffness. l stood ready to run if
occasion demanded it, when again the
whistle rose, this time loud and clear,
and after dying away in long, wailing
sound, suddenly ended in three sharp,
| quick notes. My heart leaped to my
throat-this was Abel Storer's signal.
With trembling fingers replied. In
few moments dark object doomed in
front, and Abel's "hallo" was ringing
in my ear. In two seconds more l was
beside him.
Don't wiring mans arm off, he
cried, I'm rather DONE"
GOOD heavens, how did you escape?"
l said.
aid toughish bout of it," Abel re-
piled, 60 but by gosh I've won.'
l fancied you were shot," said l..
" Look here;'' and taking him to his
own engine J showed him the body
which still lay there in all its CHASTITY
reality.
"Shot," he laughed, in no way affect
ed by the sight; no sir. That's the
coon 1 pipp'd in the skull; he grabbed
my cap, too; l may as well have it
agin, | guess" So saying, he relieved
the dusty head covering from his late
antagonists grasp, and calmly brushing
it, continued: "Yes, you see when the
engines closed leaped on the step, and
hear the shot?'
said l had heard noise, but fan
cied it was steam-pipe which had
given way.
No." said he, that was my first
fire. These Injuns had but one der
rick between them, and this fellow was
going to use it in my favor, but lucki.
ly stopped that. The other tried q
knife on my skin, but he was soon
plugged. Then I had to go to Lander
vile to give information, and was re
turning for you when l saw your head
lamp, and whistled accordingly-that':
all.''
"Is the other unfortunate man
dead ?" l asked.
"Not he," replied Abel; ~ only
shot him in the shoulder he'll
lose his arm, reckon. We'd better be
going, and see about the passenger:
now, think"
We then coupled the engines, and
leaving the dead undisturbed on one
mounted the other. On arriving al
Bunkum City we told our tale, the
mangled body of the 6libuster bore
grieyous testimony, and after a deten
ton of rather more than an hour the
passengers were dispatched on then
journey. Upon their return to head
quarters we were specially thanked
and otherwise more substantially re
warded. Abel was promoted to com
Portable permanent berth in New Yorl
city, while was made fan engine dri
yer, with the highest scale Of pay, in hi
| stead
What befell me in my new appointment
my readers may perhaps be informed
upon future opportunity.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Diet For Diarrhea.

Roast some rice as you would coffee;
then grind it in coffee mill; then dis
solve two ounces of gum arabic in one
pint of hot water; when dissolved put it
in teacup of rice, and let it boil TWEEN
ty minutes, or until it IS the consistency
Of mush. IF too thick, as you use it,
thin it with hot water. Desperate cases
have been cured by this remedy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

"A BR1DGEPoRT lady remained too long
on train to kiss a female friend, and
trying 70 get off after it had started,
was thrown violently on her face. "If
ever | kiss anybody again n said she,
as she arose, "any woman,
at leastl" she tnoughtfully added.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

PREMAruRE gray hairs denote intellect.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-11-07

Which is Is votes more than the 1S4
required to elect.
The other States may be put down
indifferently for Greeley and scatter
ing, with a reasonable chance that
Grant will carry several of them.
The election is in its details and con-
clusions one of the most decisive in
the history of American politics.
1t finishes Nj. Horace Greeley, the
prime mover of the rebellion in the
Republican party.
1t ends the public career Of Sumner,
Schnrz, Fenton, Upton and all their
intinitessimal followers.
1t puts the seal Of condemnation on
all the brood Of Catalines, and gives
an emphatic "well done thou good and
faithful servant to General Grant and
his administration.
1t ends what there was left Of the
Democratic party.
And this is glory enough for not on
~, one day, but for four years.