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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-05
MRS. d. A. WlNSLOW'S
Millinery and Ladies'
Furnishing Store.

johnson, VT
Thankful for the extremely liberal patronage n,
the past season To hoi friends in johnson and vi.
entity that she has just returned from Boston with
THE LATEST STYLES
in Millinery and Furnishing goods. Also n Nax
and Extensive Assortmentof
HATS.
B0NNETs,
ribbons,
LACES,
vELvETs,
GLOVES,
Ere.
tastes Of her customers. slwt INV
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-11-05
On Girls.

II youwould have your Johns and Henrys keep
first rate company and keep their heads level send
them to
RANDALL'S GREAT MORAL RESTAURANT
and be happy in seeing the pride of your hearts
grow up as they should. Selah
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-19
For the Advertiser.
Railroad Matters.

Mr.. EDITOR Your paper of June
9TH, has another article on a Narrow
Gauge Wooden Railroad from Edge
field to the Pine House Depot by
Facts and Figures. His. previous
article, pafticularizing cost of grading
cross-ties, station houses, &c, l have
never seen. He is sustained. by an
other correspondent whose. enthusi-
asm has set him to making figures
even below the first estimate. l-have
been so struck with thenews set forth
as to be constrained to join issue
with these gentlemen, and schbble
you fey lines,
May I enquire whether these arlth-
meticians have ever built a Railroad,
or do they draw theirinspiratlon from
some young civil engineer or broken
down contractor 'Fis Il simple mat
ter to build Railroads on panar Fc'''
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VINO ma GiJi.,'i
man ,iii ~ .arl~. to,a
Franco ;ne c.i,,e, daY g.
town. She was dreseo~ .. .s -.if
for the first time in her life, and her
silks and ribbons anu the gay sights
almost turned her head. But what
most interested her was that hitherto
unknown being-the young man.
Every time she saw one she would
fix her eyes earnestly on him, and
she actually made several attemps to
get aw.y from the old man, that she
might cultivate tine acquaintance OF
these young gentlemen, so that he
finally caught her and led her by the
hand. After he got her on the boat
for Vallejo, on the hcmeward trip, he
felt pretty safe and concluded to take
drink. He took several, and III ms
absence the daughter made the ac-
quaintance of two sprightly joung
men on the boat, and she WAS so fas-
cinated with male society that she
made arrangements to forsake her
old father and go with them.
She successfully gave her father
the slip when they left the boat for
the cars, and the infatuated girl was
slowed between them in a smoking
car. But her father found her ard
wbirled her out Of that car III the
liveliest manner, and kept his hands
on her till they reached home. He
will not dare expose her to such peril
again, and the poor GIRLS destined to
close confinement out of the world oi
young men unless SHE runs away.
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Shake or False Pride, Young
Men,
From the Richmond Dispatcl,


Young men will greatly benefit
themselves and promote their own
good fortune by shaking off the false
pride that puts work down as degrad-
Ing. Poor and proud" in one sense
is good, but in another bad. The
poor man who is not too proud tc
work, but too proud to dishonor him.
self by mean action, is one OF Ma.
lures noblemen. The poor man who
is too proud to work, but will ratpel
idle his time in, dull and stupid leis-
ure, and be a charge to others rather
than soil his hands with the labor
that would make him independent
and. respected, is a miserable and
contemplate drone, who'd0es not de-
serve the assistance or respect Of hls
fellowmen--who, indeed, does not
deserve to live.
If, then, this false pride were sha.
ken oil, and young men weat earn
estly to work at.anything they were
capable Of dong, what q change
would be wrought in the feeling ano
condition OF society: There would
be large addition I'd the bulk of tine
production Of industry, a greater de.
gree of personal independence, ''ane
OF consequence an immense increase
Of social happiness. The bread o ,
idleness is full of bitterness, and at
fords no happine>sto him who eats 1T
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The Father at Home.

God. pity and soften the man whose
standing at home is not good whose
family shrinks away in fearful sae1se E
as bis foot crosses the threshold !;
whose children. shun- the room ne
darkens wild. his. presence; ,whese
wife meets MIN with p pale: esprit
less, crushed look, which tells how
small is her hope for cares, how scan,
ty have been the loving words and
looks which have frightened her hfe.
God help them love him, for it is a
penance to love such ainan.
And God bless the generous, cheer
full. lasrge-6earted man who always
brings sunshine with him, who, leaves
his cares and business tdown town,
and brings his own cheerful and
cheering self home to his family fo'
his face is never failing source o
gladness to, those who love him. ant
bis tenderness their highest pride ant
surest shield, after Gods, ass
! All if,your standingst home.iss'
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there is nothing so exquisltey beau
tiful as the form, the bust Of beau
tiful woman. And for this very rel-
son it should not be exposed to. the
wanton gaze OF vulgar eyes. No wo-
man who truly loves her husband ever
desires to exhibit her charms "sa
cred, sweet and precious to any eye
but his. And yet what do we see,
or rather what do we not see, in the
shape Of naked arms, shoulders, backs
and bosoms, at every evening gather
ing, among what is called the best
society" One,is continually remind
ed Of the sarcasm Of DR.. Franklin,
nearly one hundred years ago, who,
,hen present at one Of these gather
lngs y. undressed English women,
when asked if he had ever seen any
thing like it before, blusMngly re-
piled, mot since was weaned. But
we need not now dwell on the fact OF
the existence oil this fashionable sesn-
dal. Let us strike at the root.of the
immoral custom Of ".lew dressing!
TIE motive, as we llave said, was not
a good one; therefore, it must be p
bad one We have heard men who
consider themselves ccanotssemrs at
these exhibitions Of female Nudity,
declare that they like to see it, but
would not like Is see their own wives
half naked in public. ~ No man who
properly prizes his wife ever did, or
ever will, like to see his better half
exposing her naked bust in public. It
is cleal and conclusive, then, that
this low-necked fashion never was
designed or followed for the deIecta-
tion of husbands And even women
will always "pick to pieces. the most
audacious addressed belle Of the ball.
Why, then, do women. persist in this
immodest immoral and unhealthy
style Of dress? !. One is almost, afraid
to press the question to an honest,
logical solution. The true answer Is
derugatory to woman. She bares her
bust to excite something more than
envy in woman and. admiration IN !,
men. And this she knows fuli well
when she looks at her undraped form
in the mirror in the character OF a
statue riivantc. On the score OF health,
the .fashion cannot 5e too severely
denounced. How many fatal cases
of consumption have been caused oy
sudden exposure to the chill midnight
air, ON coming out Of steam!ng ball
rooms and operaahouses with the most
vital part Of the body entirely unpro.
tected. On the tombstone Of many
a beautiful woman might be truly IN
scribed, death from low-aecksd dresses.
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blossom like a rose, if we do our
whole duty with an eye single to
HOME IMPROVEMENT.

HOME lMfhO EMENl l..
P. Sit is very. cheering to see'
that two of your correspondents are
taking an interest in a foca! line to
connect-our Village with the Rail-
road at the Pine House Depot. This
route should be carefully surveyed
and graded, as if for a first class
Railway, and with view to an ex-
tension from each extremity. Any
expeaient short of this, it is feared
will only lead to disappointment.
Remember the Edge6eld Plank Road'
which swallowed. up peoples money,
and then disappeared like thief in
the night. A good Road Bed never
wears out,-give us that, and we
may put upon it temporary super
structure, such as our means and the
necessity Of the hour may dictate. As
to the motive power. do5let US haEe aye
a little steam. A steam wagon costs
about twenty-eight hundred dollars
it can run eight or ten miles an
hour. It seems to the writer that no
team of mules can make regular trips
at the rate of six or seven miles per
hour, even if attached to skeleton
buggy and driven BY boy ten years
old. Let US act promptly and to the
purpose, but let US proceed with eau
ton. How Is that for H. T.?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-19

A party Of soldiers were sitting
together talking Of their. adventures
during the war, and, as is generally
the case, some pretty hard yarns
were told. The conversation finally
turned on promotions; when a tall
Teutonic broke forth with Ill tell
you something about that, boys
When l joined the cavalry hadn't t
been long in this country, and didn't
understand much English. We were
sent up in the valley, and at the bat.
tie of Winchester we were ordered
to charge battery. Well, the cap,
tain gave the order to charge and
away we went in fine style. Phe
Johhnies opened on-us with grape ano
canister. Many a.horse tumbled over
and plenty of saddles were emptied
That didn't make any difference; We
went straight ahead. Suddenly th'
captain gave the order to retreat
The whole company turned and went
back except me. You see 7, didn'
understand the order, SO I Kept Oh
and charged right in among them
and, by Joe, I captured the whole
battery and brought it in myself
Now, I'll tell you how it turned out
The next day the captain was made
major, the first lieutenant was mad
j captain, and" Well, what did the.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-19

Kittie' going to join our Sabbath
School, sh"'s coming with me next
Sunday, amt you Klttie?"
"Oh l don't, know, I've never
been to Sabbath School-what do you
have to do p
why, get saved, of coirse-and
books and albums and"
"I mean, what DO you have to do
do you have to study anything?
"Ohi it isn't like that. Its like
church, you know. When you first
go in you have to put your head
down and pray"
But cant pray" says heathen
Kittie, 81 don't know how"
ooh we'll, do as I do: Shut youf
eyes and count fifty" b.gl's n''af -
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suppose it possibls5 operate a Road

suppose it possible operate Road
OF such aimsy supsFstructure with
such ponderous cargsnd freight2 In
all reason, how long will a little 4 K
6 scaatling stand the abrasion and
strain of such,weigHR Does he know
that the cars on georgia and the
South Carolina Railroads are marked
at about Is 900 pounds capacity? If
he will look at eauipment in roll
ing stock on the marrow gauge Roads
now in successful operation, wherever
tried, he will fHdsHheir length and
width in relative proportion to the
track.
Permit me, Mr.ditor, hurriedly
to say that, in ,mg poor judgment,
the enthusiasts whosare airing this
wooden. Road, are slying upon -erro-
neous. data. Wo0den .tram-ways,
running from some manufactory or saw
mill, where, the speed Of tortoise is
all that is required and the wear in
consequence inconaiae aerable, have been
used successfully But on passen-
ger Road, speed comfort and security
are Indispensable. Wooden Roads
in our climate hags been abandoned
or renewed with'Iron. Speed is a
requisite, or we may as'well stick to
our stage roads,
: The true plan, sappears to me, is
to build nare gauge iron Road
from Aiken to susshs, crossing the
Charlotte & Aagassy Road near the
Pine House, and thence via Edgedeld.
The line to AiEs you'd; be extreme:
ly light, and timber in great abun-
dance. Let tie people along the line
subscribe liberallS and with such
Legislation as weecan secure next
winter, prepare the Road'ready for
the iron. Fitystons per raile will
ion the Road at aeost say Of eighty
dollars. A first mortgage of FIVE
thousand dollatsper mile will secure
iron and rollingstock With such a
light bond d debtsand the certainty
of large and increasing business,
the interest can besmet and dividends
paid, Or sinkingfund created as the
stockholders deemsbest.
In looking ovsr the field of Rail
Road enterprises, really there seems
presented to the writer no line more
practicable andginviting, and now,
considering the eharacter of IL" 10Y,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-19
The Philosophy Of Living.

True Independence, sos far as one
can be independent, is accessible, ,both
to employers and employed. The
secret is to undertake no more than
can be managed, and to determine
that you will have hours of relaxa-
ton, when you can dismiss the cares
of business from your thoughts. AS
poor Richard has it; Drive your
business, and not Let your busi-
ness drive you" In eager compe-
tition men give themselves too little
rest, and undertake too much. Some
one asked an English statesman and
lurist how he could get through the
amount of labor which he.performed.
4" Asa thief gets through a horse pond"
was the answer; Il am dragged
through it, There is. too much. Of
this dragging. both among the
English and among ourselves. Some
times men make solid gains, ,apd Sc.
cure wealth when too much fatiguea
to enjoy it. Bat too often they make
shipwreck. ssHudson, the English
protector, whose popular designation
q few years ago was the railway
king, is. now 50 reduced in pocket
i, that his friends are raising a sabscrip-
tion to- purchase a small annuity for
him, that his life may not close in
absolute panury::e
The true philosophy is to regard
life as a thing to be pushed moderate
" and enjoyed as ii passes It should
never be treated, as too many do, as
great game of hazard. Nor should
we fancy that all in which we are
interested depends entirely upon
ourselves. Other people, it must be
conceded, can do something, The
best business results are obtained by.
finding out trustworthy people, and
confding in them. The experiment
Of entire direction on grand scale
has been tried by the Emperor Of the
French, certainly one Of the strongest
men the world has ever seen, but
even he was compelled to learn that
one man is not competent for every
thing; and he, we suspect, did envy
the contented laborer, who had only
to do his daily work and receive his
daily wages. There are thousands
like him. Their empires are mar
rover, but their experience is the
same-to.day, success; to-morre v
disappointment.- Philadelphia Led
ger.
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ople W

N'4 '''t'
by mortgage on q franchise and
Road bed furnished by the stock
holders. and no apprehension need
be felt but that a most satisfactory
arrangement can be effected. The
Road would always command large
and increasing local business--ju<t
what all Roads most court.
Let us abandon all temporary
wo- den Roads, and await until the
crop prospect is determined. In the
meantime communicate with the
Gcorgians who have built the North
and South Road from Columbus to-
ward Rome. Twenty miles OF three
feet narrow gauge has been jnst COM
pleted and in operation, and aperfect
success. All the data necessary fol
our guidance can be accurately OBJ
tanned. Call meetings and present
the estimates made by some practica'
and experienced engineer.
Anybody can figure up a Railroad
but ming times in ten they prove de. e,
lnc;vo Hence the words practical
and {" experienced are emphasized
1 intended to write only paragraph
We're. it necessary or desired l could
give particulars about narrow gauges
AS to cost; operating expenses, speed
and comfort-showing their admira-
Bile adaptability to the wants of Il
sparsely settled country and impoy-
erished people. L..
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A Brave orator,

We have told our readers (says the
Atlanta c0nstitution) how the decora.
tion of the Federal dead at Airing
ton was decreed by the Federal. au-
thorities to be conducted on the ba-
dis of exclusion of all honor to the
Confederate dead lying there The
matter has evokedsome stinging COM
ment and dissent from many and high
sources North and West. But the
most eloquent condemnation came
from the brave orator who delivered
the address at Arlington on the day
of the decoration. The address was
a magnificent one, and the speaker,
an eminent and well known divine,
of New York, Mr.. De Witt Talmage.
Speaking to the. Grand Army of
the Republic, that had declared the
mem ,rial ostracism of the Southern
dead, and speaking to the President
and officials that had indorsed the
said ostracism to the extent Of re-
striction, the day for Federal COM
memoration, the eloquent and cour-
ageous orator thus rebuked the ostta-
eism and its perpetrators:
Let nothing be done to stir up the
old feud between the North and South.
Surely there has been blood enough
shed and groans enough have been
uttered and families enough destroy
ed to satisfy the worst man on earth
and the worst demon in the pit; and
if, amidethe holocaust of the dead,
any hand, North or South, shall ever
be lifted to tear down a peace estab-
lished at so much sacrifice, may that
hand turn white with the snow of an
incurable leprosy. Instead Of flow
ers upon such a villain s. grave let the
whole nation come and fling a noun
tain of nettles and pightshade. 1
am told that after Southern woman
had decorated the grave Of South
ern soldier, a Northern man, wearing
uniform, took up the wreath and
tore it to pieces and threw it TO the
winds. He may have had on the
epau!ettes, but he wasnut worthy the
name of soldier. I would that all
the wreaths that have ever been laid
upon the graves Of the Northern and
Southern dead might be lifted and
linked together, each garland link,
and that, with that one long, bright,
pleasant chain,
A CHAIN OF ROSES AND LILIES,
this whole nation might be encircled
in everlasting unity and good feeling.
This is the only kind Of chain Amer.
leans will ever consent to wear, and
woe to the government that ever tries
to force another
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yBrevaies aHdE~iAes.

BE- An English lady, ate oysters all
through the month Of August, wher.she
could get them, snder. the supposnInn
); that there was an "r' IN that -m6nh.
Z" Orgu;t'i was the way she spelt it:
a@ a beautiful young girl wfo las
been travelling in the West as drsnmcr
for wholesale grocery house OF B1si1ii,
has just been discharged by her employer
because she induced the retail dealers to
order more goods than they were able to
dispose of or pay for.
~ "Kne COS Of .axcion, s,was the
written verdict Of a Monticello (Iowa)
| jury. 20
bay- Teetotalers who felicitate them
selves on. the progress of their Cause will
do well to digest the following; An old
stager was compelled by his worthy spouse
10 "join the cold water army which he
did promising never 10 touch drop OF.
anything else, except in sickness. So far
the story is excellent, But now for the
moral. The retormedinlividual has necer
been yell since.
"Wlfy, Ichabod, L thought YOU
got married morn a year ago% (. Well,
aunt Jerusha, twas talked OF, but l found
out that the girl an. all her folks were
opposed to it, and so je& give. .'e.G', ALL
tie mi'tc and let the thing DROP '-st,
Two Hibernians were passing a
stable which had a, rooster on it for q
weather vane, when one addressed the
other thus: Pat what's the Jeassn they;
didn't put hin up there instead Of a
rooster" AN sure" replied Pat, that's;
aisy enough; don't You See it would be
unconvaEplent to go for the eggs% So,
-ssse Asreporter for a Western paperf
| speaking. OF a certain fair creature, res.
| marked that tt>the profusion and color OF.
her hair would, lead one to look upon IL,
as Though it was spun by the nimble in..
gers 1.-THE easy, hanrs, as they ghded'
through the bright June days, whose
many sunny rays of light had been caught.
inqthe he.meshes, and were contented to go
no further" This is better Lhs1 saying
the girls hair was red. ="
g"I would advise. you to put your
head into dve-tub. it's rather red, said
joker to rather sandy haired girl '1
would advise you to put yours into an.
oven, it's rather soft" said Nancy. ~
IL A grown up NOPE of Savannah
bet another that be could drink aquart.
of whisky at gulp. He won the wager,
] Init 1T became necessary afterwards for a
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ton Is entirely conjectural:: 'Tis oi
the last Importance that first rate
engineer make the survey. His first
will be experimental, the second 4
located line, reqairing dilisent ex-
animation and calculation. Can this
be done in sen days, and with his as
sistants, for 1900? What first rate
man can you get at those figures, ami
such one is the true policy for any
company, saving as lie would thou:
sands in the location.
1t does seem the strangest idea
that a scheme of wooden Railroad
should be ever entertained. WHARF by
proper management an iron narrow
gauge is infinitely preferable and more
practicable.
In no instance, to my knowledge,
are stringcr Roads now being built.
The old stringer portions on the Geor-
gia Railroad, in the pine region, are
all being replaced by simple crossties
and iron. The life Of the super
Structure in the latter is. of much
greater duration and easier kept up.
The tendency of stringer Roads, with
"a strong rail spiked on, and gained
into the crosstie is to warp and spread
under trains; and to such extent is
this liable, patent has recently been
secured by a distinguished engineer
in Georgia, to insert benders across
the track. How is itpossible to make
a safe and permanent track with 4 x
6 scantling, expanded by rain and
contracted by the sun? IT'S custo-
mary to spike the rail on both; sides
on every cross-tie. The tie, on first
class Railroads should be never more
than two feet apart. At the South
where we have but few roads Of that
class, they are thirty inches. Ol
course there is no reference to stringer
Roads. as they are obsolete.
An iron narrow gauge Railroad can
be graded at very material differ
ence in cost compared with the one
proposed. Relying upon horses as a
motive power the Road must have
the very lightest grade and greatest
curvature, both of which viii increase
its cost materially. To overcome
grades at all with heavily freighted
cars is simply impracticable, except
by steam. TO obtain an almost Level
grade will increase the excavation
and embankment very materially. A
narrow gauge locomotive will readily
overcome grades fifty to zone hundred
per cent. greA,er than on any of oul
present Railroads. Moving earth il
necessarily expensive anywhere, nc
matter what the material Wafer
ways, cattle-guards, road-cr0ssings
clearing and grubbing will certainly
be an addition to the graduation, and
certainly increase the cost to- twice
the sum estimated. . Iiis an arhazinf
proposition to run cars of the usua
size as the Charlotte, Columbia 3
Augusta Road, on narrow gaug'
trucks, loading them with 10000 t.
$4,000 pounds, and this to he drawi
! up grade by mules: Is the writer a
all conversant with Railroad lreights
:, or has he ever seen narrow gaug
car of any kind ? :Aad does he reall,