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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-04-20

mothers love, and she went to sleep with
blessings in her heart for her noble hus-
band.
The broken wheel, the treacherous
axle. whatsoever it was, executed its fearful
errand. There is a rumbling thud, cor
ner OF the car touches the earth it breaks
up and nils the way others, forced along
all piled on it, until at last both tracks are
numbered with a wreck. Frank Dee is
all alert. 1t is a place where accidents
have been in times past, and he looks
carefully out for the smallest signal of
danger, but all is well. white lights stream
through the mOonlit air, and on he goes
Suddenly, like red hot ball shot from
. lannon's mouth in time OF peace, comes
blood red glare upon the track. The
engineers hand flew to the lever: the
whistle sounded for the brakes. and a
voice cried out from the rear. ",Jump
Frank, jump y But something held the
engine driver to his post and no man
= knoweth. or dreameth, or imagineth. how
he passed into that angelhood of which
he thought but span OF time ago. Down
below the cold black waters, we know
that angel hands ministered to brave
Frank Dee, and caught his expiring
thoughts from the wreck of ruin. even as
ne, with his human hands, had caught the
iair haired child from the crush Of death
IN .ne little house up town there is
sucn sorrow as God alone can still. We
dare not 60 near it with word or thonoht.
Only this one thing we know for sor.
rows self taught the truth. that as he
days go on and the wife and children ,;vs
out their time, sweet and sweeter win
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06
AS lt Should Have Been.

Capt. Peabody was the VIC
tim of a very pleasant little
plot on Christmas. It came
about in this wise. The Cap
tain, as everybody knows, is
one of the most gentlemanly
and popular railroad officials
that ever ran a railroad, any
where, and the numerous en-
ployees of the M. & @. have
been laying up little grudges
against him for q long time.
By a happy coincidence Of SEN
timent, they concluded they
would get even with him on
Christmas. So they caught him
in this city, cernered him and
proceeded to s,rve him with a
service OF silver, and a very
handsome service 1t is. Mr..
John Waddle m ,de a very
elaborate and flowery address,
alluiing to the old fellows who
used to run railroads In Noah's
time, and touched gently on
railroaders from that time
down, and concluded with the
opinion that Billy was a better
fellow than any Of them, an all
of which we heartily concur.
The Captains modesty over.
came him, and We have no re.
port OF his response. The in
scription read, "Presenied TO
Major w. w. Peabody by his
Ftiends---Ohristmas 1877 -
QA;llicoth. -
- 1gsrttsef.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06
ADVERTISING TERMS.
Interesting Facts of the Cen..
sIIR In Ohio.

General Garfield has, at the
request ot the Secretary OF
State of Ohio, prepared a pa
per upon the result Of the CEN.
sus as far as they relate to thpt,
State which will be embodied
to the forthcoming report ofthe
Secretary. This paper has been
prepared with much labor, and
contains information of consid.
erable value. Among other
facts it is shown that the emf.
grafton from and Immigration
to Ohio have been very nearly
equal-that is the humber Of
persons who nave come to that
State from btates and from
foreign countries, has been bal.
anced by the number born
there who have gone TO other
States and from home.
In thirIy-seven counties
there has been AN increase Of
population in the last decade,
in thirty three there has been
decrease. The counties that
have gained are Of three class.
es; the seventeen agricultural,
counties of the North west,
which have been largely set.
tied since 1860, have increased
$1,000, in the nine iron manu>
featuring and iron and cosI
mining counties in the Mahon.
ing Valley and in the extreme
southern part Of the State there
has been an increase of SO, 500.
The remaining increase has
been in the eleven counties
containing cities which have
gained 170,5O0. In all the rest
of the State the gain has been
but 1880.
1t appeared from these fig
ures that il the cities are ,ex.
cluded, and those counties
which have been but newly
settled, and others where the
development of iron and coal
industries has caused a rapid
increase, tie population Of
Ohio has been almost statfep.
ary, the increase IN ten years
having been inconsiderable.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06
Mr.. FITz-HUMEs' EXPERIMENT.

MIR. Augustus Fiiz Humes
sat in his luxurious bachelor
establishment on B-street,
and pondered deeply. The
subject of his c0gitation was a
wife, or rather how to get one.
There were enough young Ia
dies who would be glad to bless
their lucky stars for the privil-
ege of becoming mistress OF
his home, as he we'll inew; but
he also ielt tolerably we'll. as
sured the home was all they
cared for. For the fortune
they would wed its owner.
"Deuce take the money!" he
reclaimed, 81 wish Id never
had cent, and then-but
botheralionl then l should
have been too poor TO marry,
any way. Why could | not
just have had wealth enough
Tor all nay wants, and nothing
mores I'll foil them, though,
the mean adventuresses2"
A furious pull of the bell
cord brought the housekeeper
10 the room in a hurry.
"Pack up your trash, Mrs.
Ashfeld," he exclaimed abrult
ly; "for | am going to close the
house."
1t was evident he had come
10 some conc lusion. ''..
"Shut up the house, Mr.. Fitz
Humes" calculated the house
keeper, almost believing she
had lost her reason. "Why,
such a thing has not occurred
since your lamented uncle
took possession tive aud lorty
years agop ~
"That makes no difference,
ma'am, Pm master here now
and | shall close it lor The pres
ent. Meanwhile your pay Can
still go on, and that of such do
meslics as you think lndispens
able. Have you no relatives
you wish to visils" he inquired
That settled it. The proffel
to continue pay removed Mrs
Ashield's scruples quite effect
ually. She then remembered
she had friends she had not
seen for years. U b.
Three days later, Mr.. Angus,
tus Fltz Humes was safely
domiciled in a quiet boarding
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06
A Grow Worth Having.

John Snyder, Of Virginia,
owns a crow which serves as a
substitute for dogs, cats, and
all other domestic sentinels -
He destroys every frog about
the well; allows a mouse no
chance for his life; drives away
hawks from the poultry, and
bids fair to act as the best;
squirrel dog In the country
He readily spies the squirt ell
either upon the fence or on the
trees, and with a natural al.
tipathy to the whole sqs irrel
tribe, his shrill, keen mo- te is
readily detected by his ow ner,
accompanied by rapid darts up
and down, and the owner is
thus led to the game. The
most remarkable feature about
the habits of the crow is, that
he invariably keeps five or six
days rations ahead of time
we'll concealed.-New Haven
Register. IN
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06
OVER THE HILL FROM
THEPOOR HOUSE.

Over the Hill at the poor-Iouse,
In the twilight so grim and gray,
A woman Is quietly lying i-
And breathing her lie way, d.
All alone In the sick warI,
With nobody nearer aid ~
And no one to care but Or Father,
Who heareth the prayetslIe said;
God bless thee nv heartlss children,
They can't help but feelremorse.
When they look at the Hhroud and
white windings.
Tha: cover my stiffenedcorpse.
They'll some on 'em cone to the fu-
neral
Ny Charley and his pretty wife
And they'll wish az thief cry by my
coffin.
That | could come backto life.
Farewell to my dearest shildren,
i dill Just the best could:
| know that l raised 'em al thrifty,
Tired hard to raise 'emgood.
"But children will neverlisten
To half what their motger says,
And may be 1 whipped'en too seldom
And gave 'em too readFpraise."
The last fond excuse wasspOken,
And still was the wintT air,
But the spirit had LETT tia poor body,
And only corpse waatheP.
The poor master sent the message
To each OF the children five,
Their mother had somehow, right
lately,
Been grumpy and didn't thrive,
"And so she had died that mornin'--
Would be buried the bllowin' eve
And any might come TO the funeral
Who could most conveniently leave"
But Charley and his vile were travel
ing.
While Thomas was Shame to go,
And said that he never could stand 1t
To be among folks SO low."
Rebecca and Ike were distant, .-
And Susan would 90 If she could,
But then they were Usim the horses
To haul in the winters wood"
Over the hill from the poor :house
A funeral winds its way,
And the mother Of five liuiag children
Is buried by strangers to-ddy.
The Marquis of Lorne has CON-
menced writing poetry. This is his
last.
stood upon the oceans briny shore
And with fragile reed i wrote
Upon the sand fr
"Agnes | love theep (oul
The mad waves rolled byand blotted
The fair impression. [sand
Frdh reed Cruel wave! TreaclerouS
Ill trust you TO more;
But with giant hand III pluck
FROM Norway's frozen shore
Her tallest pine aud dip its top
Into the crater of VesuVius, lheaveni
And upon the high and FURNISHED
LII write " .li 81 ti .
"Agnes, Hove theep
And I'wolld Ike to see any ola
Tanned wave wash that out.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06

A LAD named James HartI.
only seventeen yeas old, ID to
be hung at Beaver, Pa, for
killing Wardham ID. Grant on
the LIST of October last. S.nca
his last incarc GRAFTON In the
county prison, he has written
on the wall OF his cell: ssMy
mothers whisky brought me
here.n What terrible words
these must be to q parent, and
that parent a mother. On the
aoor of his cell with some sharp
instrument he has carved in
deep letters in the stone, these
words yames Harm, of n. B.
In for murder" Over his name
be has carved a hearse repre-
senhng himself as being taken
away from the gallows to the
burrying ground. Underneath
are carved a couple Of carri-
ages forming . funeral process
sion, t,.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06

JOu1 ", bO
longl' she said, "and l feared
you would never love me. You
were so jealous before You lost
your wealth that all women
were mere fdventuresses. I
was heartily glad when papa
said you had lost it and | ,
"YOu sent him to negotiate
with meP cried Augustus fin
lshlne the sentence intuitively,
and giving 1T labial emphasis.
II loved you so!7 she MUIR
mered, deprecatingly.
81 do not doubt it dearest ,
And Mr.. Augustus Fitz Humes
believed himself the happiest
of men.
They were married. The
wedding was very unpreten-
tious, as became the BRIDE
groom's Strengthened circum-
stances; and he was in con-
stant ectasy as he thought Of
her surprise when he should
tell her that his fortune still
remained. He sent for Mrs
shield to come and reopen
the house and put il in condi-
tion to receive It's mistriss.-
Meantime they tarrled at her
fathers.
Augustus" said his wife
one day, II have a favor to ask
of you-will you grant its"
81 will if it is in my power.
darline!" he exclaimed.
aWell, poor papa is rather
short of money-won't you
lend him ten or fifteen thou
sand9"
"Me! Why, you know
"Oh, 1 know what you have
been pretending,' was the
quick reply. "But then il
wasn't so-you never lost your
money!
Augustus Fitz Humes was
dumb with astonishmAnt ant
chagrin
How did you find that outg
he gasped.
81 knew it all the time.-
When | heard that you wer,
penniless, papa went directly
TO your banker and learned Il
the contrary. l think We man.
aged it shrewedly."
II think you did" cried hel
husband desperately; "but dc
you think I'll endure it?"
"How can you help YOURSELF
We are married now-Will you
apply for divorced"
"No, l won't"
"Then what will you do9"
Answer me one question:
Do you really love mes"
"Yes, l do"
"Well, if you love me we will
drop the subject"
II think we'd BETTER" she
said quietly.
We think So, too. ,,
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06

g A MAN in Yorkshire, wh,)e .
collection was being msde to
aid the heathen, pocketed all
the money an the plate. When
asked to explain his conduct,
he replied that he was the
greatest heather in that pa&
!. Of ths country.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1872-01-06


palmer clothes. a rumor that
his property was lost through
an unlucky speculation was
soon afoat. rea,- -l
He lost friends rapidly. By
twos and threes they ceased to
know him on the street. He
only laughed and snapped his
fingers at them behind their
backs. Had his adversely been
real he would not have felt like
laughing.
Then came the time when
the circle got narrowed down
to three, But three of all his
former friends still clung to
him, true in adversity. 1t is
no wonder that he grew mis-
anthropic. rq. .-f
Out upon the street one day,
he met a carriage. containing
some Of his former acquaint-
ances, who had been absent
from the city since he closed
his house. He thought they
would not notice him; but each
inmate of the carriage bowed
politely as of old, ,s..
"They have not heard the
news" he muttered cynicallv.
He was mistaken. That night
the owner of the carriage came
to see him.
"Rather close quarters, my
friend" he said as he took a
close survey of Augustus not
very pretentious surroundings.
Pretty close, that's a fact,''
said Mr.. Humes icilw "but
since | lost my property, which
| suppose you haven't heard, I
have become quite economi-
CAL" t-. u.
'But | have heard" cried his
auditor abruptly, "and that is
why | came. I knew you need.
ed friends now If, ever, and the
fact is-well-my daughter
sir-I mean l came to fer you
the position of head clerk in
my counting room. Will you
accept itl"
"Ahem! Well l will think OF
it. But it is a long way from
my boading house."
"You can board in my fami-
ly as a-well as a sort of a
guest, you know"
Augustus looked him over
closely. Reuben Stanley was
a wealthy man--very wealthy
he was called-and in his
face there was nothing to war;
rant the suspicion that he had
learned Augustus secret, and
wished to curry favor, aiding
him while under an apparent
cloud; so that idea was speedi.
ly dismissed. Of Course he
quickly thanked him and &C
cepted.
Once costly snueged in Stan.
ley's mansion, it was not long
before he wondered why he
had not noticed Nelly Stanley
before. She did not seem to
feel above him, notwithstand-
ing the wide difference in theil
positions, and treated him al
cordially-more cordially, he
thought - than before the
change in his fortunes. He
would not have been human
had he not learned to love her
The climax came when she
gave a grand party. Then, be
lore the elite of the city, she
| did not hesitate to receive at
tentloa from him, on which
one construction could be
placed. He thought her quite
a heorine, and asked no further
proof that she could love him
The next afternoon they me
in her fathers library, where
he had waited to see her.
Nellle," he said, as soon a.
the usual courtesies had beer
exchanged, Il come this
| = .l-L- :
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16

that hearty welcome was not given to the representative of the commits sion that, as I happen to know, he was most cordially received, and was officially invited by the Governor of Territory to confer with him and other citizens. But he said his busi- ness was with the Indians, not with the whites. He did not pursue such policy as was likely to conciliate the people whom 1t should have been, I think, his highest ambition to con- ciliate. The remarks of the gentle man from California, who is as highly esteemed among our people as any man can be anywhere, will, I think, go far to show them it was intended that the policy should be properly carried out, whether 1t was in fact or not.
 The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment of the gentleman from Arizona, MIR. MCCORMICK, l on which debate is exhausted.
 The amendment was adopted.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
FROM NEW HOLLAND.

Cities, Citizens and Other Things
 --American Faces with Dutch
 Voices for Pretzels.
 LANCASTER Pa.), Feb. 10, 1872
 There are about four points of in terest to the passenger coming over the Pennsylvania Central route, in this State-Pittsburg, the mountains, the old town of Lancaster and city of Philadelphia. Pittsburg differs from other well built cities of about 1OO,- 900 people, chiefly ill the smoky at mosphere enveloping it at all hours, and the little arts practiced by its citi- zens to keep from being as dirty at all hours as they look. They never sit down or touch anything, if they can help it, and their principal amusement is to see strangers dirty themselves and rub 1t in all at the same time. When the heathen Chinee fully real izes the situation, he will do we'll at the junction of the Monongahela and Alfeghany rivers - dirt and water enough to make washing an immense success. Coal is king of that neigh borhood, and growing more tyranni- cal every day.
 From those good old people in Ohio, l acquired at an early age great notions respecting the night and width of the Appalachee range of mountains. Compared with the Sierra or Salmon River ranges, these Key stone celebrities would make clever foot hills: There was a lively snow storm in operation the other day when came over, and the natives made sufficient ado about 1t. Yet there were no extra engines and no snow blows in sight. I had the pleasure of crossing the Sierras in the train that encountered the first big storm after the completion of the road across from the Truckee. Two passenger coaches, baggage car, five locomotives and snow blow constituted the outfit, and time before daylight. What with the backing and putting, the chorus of whistles, the mixture of falling snow and sparks, it was 8 scene worth re- membering. Alongside of which, this Pennsylvania tri p was stale, flat; etc. It somehow on 8 large scale, re- called the stories of those big old dogs of St. Bernard, tugging at the lost travellers in the Alps. The Union Pa cifc. passengers this Winter can still enlarge upon the picture. In my article on the overland road, etc., I forgot to mention the trifing character of the snow sheds, fences, etc., and the won- derful thoroughness on the other hand of the Central Pacific end in its pro- lection against snow. But their re- spective workings this Winter are am- pie comment. And now, to digress no further, the Blue Juniata of Bright | Alfreta memory. is quite 8 beautiful mountain stream, and altogether the human improvements adjacent and further down the Susquehanna, are we'll worth looking at. West of Har- cisburg, the capital of the State, the
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
Notice.

TyHE COLORADO STEAM NAVIGA-
 tion Company's
 Steamship Newborn Leaves San Francisco for mouth of Col orado river on first of every month, con meeting with river boats; Freight landed at Yuma in twelve (12) days from San Francisco. Agencies of the Company 6lo Front street, San Francisco, California; Yuma and Ehrenberg, A. T.
 J. POLHAMUS, JR., ,yzy-Iy General Superintendent.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16

THE Washington city journals cor rectly discredit the reports of the few special liars in Arizona in behalf or the savage thieves and murderers.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
Authorized Agents for The Citizen

p Fisher San Francisco Schneider Grierson & Co.,. Arizona City
 H. A. Bigelow will receive and receipt for money for THE CITIZEN at Prescott.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
E, N. FIS Fl & CO.,, MAIN ST, FLORENCE, A. T. w holes ale a n d R c CaII
 DEALERS IN
 General Merchandise.

"AVE constantly on hand large and H well selected stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, Provisions, Liquors, Cigars and Tobacco, Hardware, etc., which we will sell at the very lowest prices.
 We have, also, Hay and Grain, constant lyon hand tc supply the Public. 5-tf.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16

Plain death notices, free. Obituary re- marks in prose, S3 per square; Tn poetry, S3 50 per line.
Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
Professional Cards, Adv'ts, Etc.

T. G. HANDY, M D.,
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Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16
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Arizona citizen., 1872-03-16

e@B Business Advertisements ct hedtIced .Rates. Office ie northeast corner Q} Congress- Hull Block.
 JOHN WASSON, POprietor.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-07-12
A Wrecking Expeditions.

A wrecking expedition, fitted out at
San Francisco on the 4th of February, to
recover a quantity of silver coin, said to
amount to between s5,OO0,OO0 and &c..
100000, from the wreck of the Spanish
frigate Leocodia, is now at work, off
Santa Elena, on the coast of Ecuador.
They have constructed bridge through
the surf to within 200 feet of the sunken
wreck. The divers, while walking along
the wreck, picked up three Spanish dol
lars, which were thickly coated with
what appears to be chloride of silver,
mixed with fine sand; the coin however,
has lost very little in value in conse-
quence Of the presence Of the chloride.
The wreck is covered with mass of iron
rust, stone, and she'll, which is very hard
and uneven. Most of il will have to be
raised, as il contains rich deposits of
coin. The persons in charge of the ex-
petition speak very confidently of their
success, and managers at San Francisco
have confidence in their judgment.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-07-12
Why do Animals need AaliY

Prof james ii. johnson, of Scotland,
says that half the saline matter of the
blood (75 per cent consists of common
salt, and as this is partly dissolved every
day through the skin and kidneys. the
necessity of continued supplies of it to
the healthy body is sufficiently obvious.
The bile also contains soda Zone Of the
ingredients Of salt) as a special and in
dispensible constituent, and so do all III,
cartilagcs of the body. Stint the suppl,
Of salt, and neither will the bile be able
properly to assist digestlor nor the carti-
lagos to be built up again as fast as they
naturally waste. 1t is better TO place
the salt where the stock can have free ac
cess to it than to give it to them occa.
sionally in small quantities. They will
help themselves to what they need, II
allowed TO do so at pleasure, otherwise
when they become salt hungry, tlss .as
take more than is wholesome.
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-07-12
The fine Of Cutting Timber.

Formerly there was much difference
of opinion on this subject. Now it
seems to have been generally settled that
the best time to cut timber is in mid
summer, just after tht sap has ceased TO
flow upward, when the leaf Is fully
formed. Some contend that midwiuter
is equally as good, bat while eonccding
that timber cut in midwinter lasts well,
we may say from experiense, and ac-
'curdmgwrhcrm sakinctr
that the former time Is best. Again, by
cutting in midsummer, the bark can be
stripped of and saved, which, in many
localities, is a matter of great import.
ance. This is difficult thing to do in
winter, as then it cliDgs closely to the
wood. In clearing land where one does
not desire TO save the wood or the bark,
the tree should be girdled IN spring or
fall, while the sap is running up or downj
as then the tree will decay quickly.
With the great demand for timber and
slaves, as well as for quercitron, tanning.
and extracts of various woods, but few
localities are far enough from transporta-
tion to admit of any waste of trees
Only where they are plenty can the set
tier afford to burn them for the sake of
ashes.