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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13
BY THE LAKE.

Oh Summers day Oh, smiling lake!
Oh plash of wave Oh, pebbly beach.
The low sweet words that softly break
The thoughts, too full for common speech.
The round, soft hand that lay within,
The brown, broad palm, that burned and chung,
The heart that stroye heart to win,
While meadows waved and robbins sung.
The memories of golden day
OF fresh Spring fowers-of sun and lake
OF all she would, yet could not say
ORAL would, yet could not take
Are green this Autumn, though the trees
Have lost the bloom they wore and waved
Through many an ebb and flow of seas
The lakes white shores have left and layed.
The corn that peeped above the sod
In unripe beauty, fresh and cool
The cautious angler swung his rod
Above the purple-shaded pool.
To-day the harvest fields are bare;
The clover hues are gray and dead
The meadow grass, where lurked the hare
Is gathered to the farmers shed.
The sky is clear, the air Is pure,
And all is sweet as when before
The dreams, too golden to endure,
Were dreamed. beside the lakes fair shore.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

"Lame !" sighed Mrs. Partingtn. ''Here
7 have been sufferin' the bigamies of death
for three mortal weeks. First | was seized
with a bleedin' phrenology in tho hampshire
Of the brain, which was exceeded by the
stoppage Of the left ventilator Of the heart.
This gave me inflammation of the left borax,
and now I am sick with the chloroform morbus.
There is no bessin' like that of health, par
ticularly when you're i'll.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

A youth who was taking an airing m 'ne
country tried to amuse himself by quizzing an
old farmer about his bald head, but was ex-
tinguished by the old man, who solemniy re-
marked young man, when my head gets
as soft az YOURS | can raise hair to sell. /"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

At an auction of miscellaneous articles in
the open air it began to rain, when bystand-
err advised the auctioneer that the next thing
he had better put up was an umbrella.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

More than half the evils we endure are i'm
aginary. So with our pleasures most OF our
enjoyment consists in anticipation.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

Wise men never sit and wall their loss,
but cheerily seek how to redress their harm.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

In this world full often our joys are only
the tender shadows which our sorrows cast
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

hero Yet, who for the sake of a dead or liv-
ing friend would go and do likewise. Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-13

My facilities for buying Goods are unequaled by any
Dry Goods House Trenton my reasons Tor saying so
are thcse Messrs. Foster Bros, my buyers have one
store n York City, and four large stores in Indiana
and Michigan which enables them to buy large lots
So am enabled sell them at the SAME prices that other
m rclants have pay for them in New York at Whole
sale.
lust opening one of fhe best assorted stocks of
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
The Destruction Of Barnum's Museum.

THE alarm was sent out at $50, and the
location of the signal showed the fire to
be at Barnum's Circus, in Fourteenth
street. Ten minutes later, when a Com
mercSdl reporter arrived on the ground,
the interior of the newly-constructed
Hippotheatron was a mass of solid flames,
and the strong west wind which prevailed
carried the tongues of flame against the
great ivory warehouse of f. Grote & Co.,
on the west, and the brick walls of Grace
Chapel, on the east.
1t required no more than glance to
show that the circus building, with all its
valuable animals and other contents, was
doomed. The watchman, at great per-
sonal risk, rushed to the rear and succeed
ed in bringing out two OF the three ele-
plants IN safety. When an effort was
made to save more of the animals the
flames drove back the gallant fireulen and
handful of spectators and policemen
who had assembled, and the effort had to
be abandoned. The Commercial reporter
stood on the sidewalk near the western
entrance, when the last attempt was made
to save some of the more valuable of
| the animals. The roar of the tigers
and lions WAS fearful, while above the
crackle and din of the flames arose the
unearthly yell of the sea lions. The
chatter Of the monkeys could also De
plainly heard. AS the fire encircled the
| fire-proof corrugated frame, and advanced
toward the western side, where the more
valuable animals were Gagged. the lions
and tigers became frantic, and beat the
iron bars of their prisons with frantic
rage. The Commercial reporter, remem
bering with great vividness previous ex
perience on Just such an inclement night
in March, 1858, when a Bengal tigel
broke from his cage at the previous burn
ing of Barnums, and landed at the
scribe's feet in the middle OF Broadway
quickly made up his mind that discretion
in this case was much better to use thar
undue curiosity, and lost no time IN seek
ing the protecting recesses OF one OF the
Academy entrances, safe from further
harm than, descending torrent OF water
which froze the instant it touched the
clothing.
There was no occasion for fright, how
ever, for in a very few minutes the suffer
ings of the poor beasts were at an end
and soon after the "fre.proof" nor
structure fell, a crumOled-up mass o.
debris.
The fire originated from the boiler II
the basement of the circus building, anc
spread with such surprising rapidity tha
the watchman had only time sufficient tC
save two elephants.
The loss OF Mr.. Barnum, who at pres
ent is in New Orleans, is estimated to-day
by Mr.. s. b. Hurd, his treasurer, q
$500, 900. His insurance it is impossible
TO ascertain at this hour, as the safe, will
the policies, are in the ruins. OF thi
proportion about 100000 was expended
recently in reconstructing the building.
The natural history collection, 1t !
claimed, was the most valuable in thi
country. The glraffes burned cos
$50, 600, and were the only ones in thi
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
How to Pick a Game Rooster.

A youngster in Muskugum County,
Ohio, thought he would like a game
rooster, so he wrote to the editor OF the
Courier for information as to how to select
a pure blooded one. Here is what the
editor says about it:
"Joe s. writes from Blue Rock and
asks us to tell him how to pick good
game rooster We are not certain that
we are the most proper person in the
world to apply to for such information,
never having picked one. However, we
are no towards, so here goes. In the first
place catch the game rooster, either by
running him down yourself, or by hiring
a small boy 10 do it for you. Next, Cf
you have had no experience in wringlng
necks, and you don't seem to have had
any)-next, with the left hand take him
by the legs and carry him to the wood
pile, and after procuring an ak, gently
press his eraw against log, near the
top. This is a critical moment. The
rooster will begin to have confidence in
you by this time, If you have handled
him carefully, and will stretch out his
neck 10 know what 1t all means. Then's
your time. Let the ak fall, edge down,
so as to strike about two inches back OF
the comb, and at the same time letting go
your hold on your bird. He'll flop some,
but don't mind that. The next thing to
do is to heat couple of gallons Of water,
sealding hot, take IL to some convenient,
out of-the way place, get the rooster,
plunge him in head first time or two,
then take his legs in your lefthand so the
spurs will be above your thumb and fore
finger, elevate him on level with your
face, catch hold of the saturated plumage
with the right hand, the same as II you
we've going to peel elm bark and-then
pull. You'llpi pick him, you bet. At least
we have never seen one that could not be
! picked In that way"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
Those Brothers.

wonder if girls realize what an influ-
ence they might have over their brothers
by exercising little selfcontrol. saya
little, perhaps that is too moderate
word it would hardly be too strong to
say great deal, for know very well how
tormenting boys are oftentimes, and how
they put ones patience to the severest
proofs. But, after all, there is nothing
gained by finding fault with them, for the
next day after we have scolded and lee
tured them for prowling about the house
and helping themselves to whatever there
is to eat, they will go and do the same
thing again. grant that it is provoking
to have all the doors left open, and the
tracks of mud on the floor and carpet,
and that it is discouraging to have boy
swallow his food without chewing, show
all he has in his mouth while eating, drink
with his mouth full of meat and potatoes,
put in his food with his knife, or any
way to get it in; it is discouraging, es-
pecially if the boy is getting on in years,
and quite disgusting to his more refined
and delicate sister But it is not positive
ly wicked, and have known such boy,
a boy who did not half wash himself be-
sides, grow to be great and good man,
and behave as we'll among civilized peo-
pie as any gentleman of them ali. don't
know as there is any reason why boys
should net be as tractable and comfortable
as girls, but as class they are not
and we must accept the fact and
govern our department toward
them accordingly. They will be
out evenings without always account
ing for themselves, which their sisters
would not think of doing or be allowed
to do if they did think of it; and they
won't get up in the morning when they
ought to; like enough they are lazy, and
perhaps they smoke and won't study. 1t
| is an unpleasant state of things to say the
least of it, and ought not to be so. But l
don't know any other way for sisters to
help the matter than by uniform kind
ness and forbearance. If possible, never
find fault with them, and let the sisters
never miss a chance for commendatlon.
| 1t is surprising how little Judicious
praise will set a boy thinking OF his short
comings, and planning how he may de-
serve more. Don't look at them when
theg are eating. 1t is very comforting TO
remember that boys do learn to eat prop
erly when they have stopped grow e,
and all the fault.fDding in the world does
not hasten the matter. l don't believe
there is boy in the world whowould not
be susceptible to the refining influence Of
gentle, loving sister, who was ready to
help and encourage him. Sisters, do all
you can to make the home such cheer
full, delightful place, and yourselves so
good-natured and obliging, that many OF
the places where your brothers now seek
amusement will lose their attraction, and
a coarse, loud, fast girl become repulslVe'
Christian Union.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
Burned TO Death.

The details of the calamity at lie Roy,
Mower County, Mimi, whereby Hon. j.
T. Williams, member Of the last Legisla-
ture of that State, lost his life, are given
by the Austin Register in a very complete
manner. He lived over his store and
Post Office. His wife was unwell, and
Mrs. B. V. Lincoln was watching with
her. At half-past one o'clock in the
morning Mrs. Lincoln undertook to go
down stairs with lamp, but dropped the
lamp, and the Register says:
Hearing her screams, MIR, Williams
Jumped from his bed, went to the stairs,
and discovered her wrapped in the en-
brace of the fiery demon. She was at
this time about three steps up from the
bottom of the stairs. He attempted to
rescue her; he jumped down over her
and tried to open door leading out into
the yard, but before he could accomplish
it, she rolled down against the door. Mr..
williams was almost naked, having on
but one undergarment, and was in the
midst of the flames, literally burning up.
He broke out window, seized e pail,
went to the pump, and several times
poured water upon the burning body.
Evidently realizing the utter uselessness
of trying further to save the woman, he
rushed through the store to one OF the
front windows, breaking through into
the street, and called for help.
In few moments many brave-hearted
citizens were on the ground, ready to as
sist wherever their services were needed.
Dry goods boxes were piled one upon an
other to the windows of the second story,
Mr.. Williams, whose face, hands, legs,
and feet 1t this time were fairly roasted,
was the first man upon the boxes and
into the window for his wife and children.
With the aid Of friends they were all got
out in safety. Mr.. Williams then grab
bed his coat, which had in one OF the
pockets $73S, and valuable papers-some
$500 being money-order funds, and the
balance belonging to the town and school
district treasurers, which he was holding
in trust until such times as the officers
should call for it. Having got down from
the boxes, he darted into the Post-Otfice
and seized a package Of some 5000 worth
of postage stamps.
All this had been going on without the
citizens being aware that he was badly
burned, or even that Mrs. Lincoln had
perishel in the flames. He walked into
the drug store of F. w. Frisbie, sat dowr
in chair, and remarked TO Mr.. Frisbie
"Why, Mrs Lincoln is burnedu ~ Anc
| in the next moment he says; "Frishe,
am terribly burned; can't you do some
thing for me ?" At this, Mr.. Frisbie
resting a momont from the excitement o.
the occasion, looked up at him, and a
once discovered the truth of poor Mr.. W.
remark that he was terribly burned. HI
was assisted by Mr.. F. to the rooms owe
his store, and placed in abed. He was 81
badly burned that when pumping waite
from the we'll to put on the fire, he &C
tually left upon the frozen ice the bottom
of his feet / two pieces of tough skin
each the size and shape of his foot, dnC
the thickness of calfskin.
Mr.. Williams died in great agony OF
Thursday, and was buried on Sunday
The citizens of lie Roy raised purse o
$500 for his afflicted wife.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10

country. The sea-lions we're also the
only ones at present in the United States.
Mr.. Barnum gave employment to $50 per-
sons, 100 of whom were employed in the
arenic department None Of the horses
were burned, as they are stabbed in Thir-
teenth street. An elephant, belonging to
George F. Bailey's Circus, which was i'm
ported but last week, was also burned.
The wardrobes of the members of the
company were also burned.
The following is list of the animals
burned: giraffes, 2 white Polar bears, 2
monster sea lions, | horned horse, seals,
Alpine goat, ostrich, pelicans, 2 Abyssin-
ian lions, 2 Bengal tigers, Asiatic yak,
1 Gland, llama, leopards, serpents, apes,
gorillas, chacma, 6 camels, 2 dromedaries,
elephant, Happy Family, and other
minor animals, amounting to one hun
dred specimens.-M. 7. Commercial i'd
pertiser
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
''what in the world of numbers do you


"What in the world of numbers do you
mean?"
"May / never be divided" said the
king, ''if can understand your
No. began to explain what fraction
was, and suggested that Tommy should
be .,o,,,, -, ,,-,o a.,o, % ,ro.
pose this if 1t had not been that the
wretched boy had hitherto been number
less, and therefore half loaf would be
better than no bread"
The king, ever ready to encourage tai.
ent by his example, and to reward it Law
ishly with smiles, held out his hand to
No. I, who knelt and humbly kissed 1t.
"YOur ingenuity is-as virtue ever is
its own reward. You are no longer the
lowest in the kingdom; for Tommy Spratt
:" that young gentleman had been care
full, in the absence of any number to
which he could lay claim, to inform
them of his namel "for Tommy Spratt
takes his place as the slave Of slaves and
dlvisOr of 1.
Tommy was about to weep-he had ac-
tually gone so far as to lift his cuff for
the purpose of drying his eyes, when a
thought struck him.
"And where's II then9 He'd divide
me, and a, and 1.16, and 1.32, and 1.64"
he went on, taking spiteful delight in
seeing the grand blank of Incompetent
sion which overspread the features of
his listeners. "And dare say, il the truth
was known, you're some Of you fractions
yourselves"
Youth" said the king, in tone of the
utmost severity, "be silentW
"AndI have heard" continued Tommy,
whose hitherto despised ana hated arith-
l. l.. -. 1nNan
land have heard tell of decimals, and
| if you are innumerable, believe you're
neither more nor less than q circulating
decimal yourselfp
For one moment only the king we
stunned by Tommy's unexplained audaci-
ty; then his great mind rose to the oc-
casion.
"He is convicted by his own mouth of
treason" for though was ignorant of
| the meaning of the WORD, he guessed no
compliment was intended by the term.
"Take him and to the battlements, and
cast them into the most"
Once more Tommy found himself the
center of a crowd of numbers, who,
seizing on him and the hapless l, bound
them together hand and foot, and bore
them in triumph to the battlements.
| They only met with one slight interrup-
LlOn, WHICH u WIdlulul WIN q
cruel laugh, fastened to them the air ball,
the faithful companion of Toms perilous
voyage to that inhospitable world.
Thus they proceeded in procession to
the ramparts, where large crowd was as
sembled to witness their execution. With
many q taunt and jeer they tossed them
over, but, to the astonishment of the null
titude, after sinking slowly for some
| seconds, the air-ball began to take effect,
and, impelled by favoring breeze, they
arose out of reach of their tormenters.
Ere he could utter a word of thankful
ness or Joy at this unexpected deliver
ance, Tommy Spratt found himself lying
in the grass under the shady tree, the gin
gerbread crumbled to nothing in his hand,
and the air.ball floating serenely above
| him.
From that day Tommy Spratt became a
changed boy, remarkable especially for
two good qualities-his persevering at
tention to arithmetic, and his unremit-
ting and tender care of No. 1.-HoodS
London annual.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10

One of our citizens went to the cars
this morning to see his wife of, and hav'
ing two or three minutes before starting
time, "stepped round the corner an in
stant." He returned Just in time to see The
train moving off, and slapping his leg
emphatically, he regretfully enunciated,
~ oughtn't to have taken sugar. Dan
burn Neans
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10

On the afternoon of the 30th ult., fourteen
of the women held in Rochester, N. Y, for
Illegal voting at the election, gave bail to ap-
pear at the Albany Court. Susan B. An
thony refused to furnish bail, and was re-
msnded.
Governor Washburne was inaugurated as
Governor Of Massachusetts, on the I'd. His
address says that while the Boston disaster
caused commercial embarrassments, the
public finances are gratifying. The funded
debt has been reduced $4,000, 600 during the
year The total funded debt is now about
s27, ,000, ,00o He considers the labor question
as OF the first Importance.
At special election held on the ID, In the
Bradford District of Pennsylvania, TO hu
the vacancy in Congress caused by the res
ignation of Merrur, Mr.. Bonuell, Republi-
can, was elected by about 1000 majority
over Wet or z. Piollet.
Governor Perham, Maine, was inaugurated
on the Cd, and delivered his annual message,
which shows healthy condition OF the finan-
cial, agricultural and manufacturing inter-
ests of the State. The Legislature elected
the following State officers Geo. G. Stacy,
Secretary of State B. B. Murray, Adjutant-
General W.P. P. Burlcigh, Land Agent ;
Fl. NJ. Plaisted, Attorney General.
private letter from Arizona says that
the Lee family, circus performers, eight
persons, were all murdered by Apaches
while on their way to Mexico through
Arizona.
The coal miners strike in the neighbor-
hood of Springfield, ILL.,, has terminated,
the men resuming work at the old prices.
The free public library of Chicago was
formally opened on the lst.
The Lower House of the Missouri Legisla'
ture permanently organized on the I'd by the
election OF Mortimer McIlheney, Democrat,
for Speaker, and ]. I. Pratt, Democrat, Chief
Clerk.
By collision on the Cd between freight
and passenger train on the Macon & West
ern Railroad, in Georgia, eight negroes were
killed and ten or twelve others and three
whites were injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10

"A curious copper coin was recently
unearthed near Manchester, n. II. On
one side appears the date, 500, in Arabic
numerals, and small crown; upon the
other is the number six in Roman numer-
ais, aAd four small parallel pillars. The
coin is much corroded and worn, and no
one is able to decide what government is
sued il,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-10
Miscellaneous Reading.
A HOME PICTURE.

THE sun that brief December day,
Rose ehcetlese over hills OF gray,
And. dsrkly circled, gave atnoon
andder Hight than waning moon.
Slow travelling down the thickening eky
Us mute and ominous prophecy, r. O..
Itsenk from sight before u set
4 chl no coat, however stout -, an.
w homeBpun etuh. could quiso hhu' 0"'
b a hard, dnlL bitterness o. cold, dd,,,,,u, ro.a
That checked. mid VEIN the circnng race
: OF Mo.hiood in the sharpened iaee' '
The coming OF the snow.storm told
The wind blew east we heard the roar
OF ocean on his wlntry shore,
Aadfeitthe strong pulse throbbing there
Beatwlth bow rythm our inland air.
Meanwhile we dId our nightly chores
brought IN the wood from ont of doors, - o.
Uttered the stalls, and from the mows
Heard the horse whinnying for his corn
And, sharply clashing horn on horn,
impatient down the stanchion rows
The cattle shake their walnut bows;
Whe, peernR from his early perch,
Upon the scaffold's pole OF birch,
Tho cock his crested helmet bent,
And down his querulous challenge sent,
Unwarmed by any sunset light
The gray day darkened into night
A night made hoary with the swarm
And whirl-dance Of the binding storm,
As zigzg wavering TO and fro
Crossed and recrossed the winged snowi
And ere'the early bedtime came
The white drift piled the window frame,
And through the glass the clothes-line posts
Looked IN like tail and shoeted ghosts.
SO all night long the storm roared on;
The morning broke without a sun;
In tiny spherule traced with lines
OF Natures geometrc signs,
In starry fake and pellice.
All day the hoary meteor fell;
And when the second morning shone,
We looked upon world unknown,
Or nothing coud we call our own.
Around the plistening wonder bent
The blue walls OF the armament,
No cloud above. no earth below
A universe Of sly and snowi
The old familiar sights OF ours
Took marvellous shapes; strange domes and tow
!" Rose up where sty or corn-crib stood,
2 Or garden walt or belt Of wood;
4 A smooth white mound the brush plle-showsd,
fenceless drift that once road;
The bridiepostan old man sat
With loose hrng coat and high cooked hat;
The weil-curb had Chinese roof;
And even the long sweep, high alOof,
In Its Giant splendor seemed to tell
OF Psas leaning nraclei
From WhiHier's iSno1C- Bound.