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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-09-17

Hon. W. r. ROBERTSON, President.
Col. j. II. Ron, II. T.. ELLIOTT. ESQ =.
Capt. JAS. beatty Capt. 8. B. CLowNry
}. Is. McCAETs, Esq, G. ii. McMAsTEn.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-01
For the Register.
Our Moon.

Our moon is one of the satellites or
secondary bodies and although it appears
to Us at night to be infinitely larger than
the fixed stars and planets, it is little
body but 2,153 miles in diameter, or one
forty-ninth as large as the earth. The
apparent size of the moon must be due to
its nearness and astronomers have found
that to be the case its distance from u
being but $4,000 miles. A powerful
telescope that will magnify ! 600 times
enables astronomers to see it as it it were
but 800 miles off, and consequently they
have been able to study and map it with
considerable accuracy.
With the naked eye we see some parts
of the moon much brighter than others
which when viewed through telescope
are found to be plains, the bottom Of
oceans, and mountain ranges billy couu-
try &c., broken up in the most tremen-
dous manner by volcanoes of all sizes.
AS on the earth we have volcanoes so
had the moon, but the difference in size,
number and activity of the lunar volca-
noes is far beyond our Imagination.
Several Of the craters exceed fifty miles
miles in diameter and one of them even
measures la miles, beside which that of
Kilauea in the Sandwich Islands, the
largest terrestrial crater known, two and
one half miles in diameter, dwarfs into
insigni6cance.
AS far as the astronomers know the
volcanoes Of the moon are all extinct /;
the oceans have disappeared and no wat
er exists on its surface; the valleys are
no longer fertile, the very atmosphere
has apparently left it.
The way astronomers prove the ab.
sence Of atmosphere is, that clouds are
never seen there and when it gets be.
tween us and star the star disappears
at once and does not seem to linger on
the edge as it would ifthere were one.
The lunar days must have a singular
aspect. There being no atmosphere to
diffuse the solar light, the fiery disk of
the sun stands out sharp and distinct
against the back ground Of sky everywhere
else dark except where it is dotted with
stars there is no cloud, no wind, no
twilight, no sound, but everywhere a
silent and ifeless desert.
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THE MUTUAL
Life Insurance Company
or NEwEYoRK.
ORGANIZED IN 1912.
+. s WINSTON, PRESIDENT.
Assets, So ! Millions - Cash.
NO NOTES.,
THE OLDEST IN THE U. S.
LARGESTAND BEST In THE WORLD.
BEST INTHE WORLD.

Cheapest because expenses are far lower than
any other company, aud dividends, which arc
paid annually in cash, are much larger than any
other company. Experience is the best test In
sure your lives while in health in this grand old
company, tho largest and strongest monied cor
poraton in the United States.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New
York is the best possible kind of Savings Iustitu-
tion for those in health. If the insured die: soon
after paying few dollars in premiums, thousands
of dollars are at once secured. Ii no lives many
years. ii is good Investment in this Company.
such arc its large dividends, us will be seen by
the following illustration: Policy No. l4,47O for
IS, 900, dated April ~, ls5j on the lifo Of the
late HoS. HORACE GREELEY.
Eighteen annual premiums of S293.O4
were paid, making in all s5.27i 70
The dividend additions to this policy n
mount to c, ,l03 81
Which is 1888 65 more than all tho premiums paid.
The original amount insured $4,000 90
Has been increased by divid'ds G, l0S 81
Present amount of policy, Sl4 lOs 81
Which is SS, ,S33 G5 more than all premiums paid.
The premiums on this policy, at
por ent.compound interest,
amount to only 9,599 30
Leaving profit over and above
premiums and compound in
terest thereon, of 4,40S 33
Another dividend, from April II, 1872, to date OF
Mr.. Greeleys DEATH will be paid.
~ Office with Judge of Probate, in tho Brick
Block, near the Court House.
NJ. A. MUNRoE, Agent.
Mddebury, March l, 1873. 50;tf
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ACo.operative Community,

From the Missouri Republican we take
the following: There is an Iowa colo
nv that seems to come nearer the reaiza.
tion of mans long dream of peace and
bliss on earth ,han any other similar
community that ever existed. They ac-
tually believe they have solved the prob
lem of combination and cooperation.
They call themselves "Amaues," and are
Germans, dating back their organization
200 years or more. A colony Of them
came to this country about forty years
ago and settled upon an old Indian res
ervation of 5000 acres, near Buffalo, N
N. They found it too small for their
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the greatest depth would be less than two
inches at the entrance In the dcopcst
hollow of the Channel, between he nil
lock representing Start Point AMI that OF
the Sept.Iles, it would be less than two
and half inches A sparrow could hop
this miniature sea.
Considered as whole. tho North At
jantic is a depression whose sides descend
gradually toward a central h1 llw -ltuat.
ed between the coasts of the United
States, the Bermudls, aud tho Bank OF
Newt .foundland A fall Of the waters OF
less than 10 fathoms would reveal the
submarine groundwork upon which
France, Spain, and the British l'les rost.
This is indeed the true foundation Of the
European continent, for Immediately be-
yond this basement, which forms the OK
treme angle of the Ola World, the bed of
the soa, at an inclination OF about eight
degrees, descends gradually from 1l0
fathoms to 1910 and 2lS7 fa,homs below
the waves. A fall in It's level Of 1921
fathoms would diminish tho width Of the
Atlantic more than half, would leave the
Gulf Of Mexico completely dry.uud leave
only an elongated lake in the central
part of tho Carbon Sea. II the pres
ent level were lowered by 2lS7 fathoms,
continent separated from Europe and
America by two narrow channels, and
extending over a space OF from ABOUT
1850 to 1860 miles, would stretch into
the torrid zone; ; and, by il remarkable
coincidence, would affect that poninsnlar
conformation and southcrly direction pre-
sented by Greenland, Scandinavia, Spain,
Italy, Greece, ARABIA, India, and the
three great continents Of the South. y
lowering of 22S0 fathoms would com
pletely unite Newfoundland to ireland,
and consequently form bridge between
the Old and New Worlds. Even OF the
central Atlantic there would remain only
narrow "M Mediterrancan" sea in front OF
the Antilles and Guiana, Finally, let
the waters be lowered by 4375 iathoms'
and tho northern part OF the Atlantic
would be reduced TO n small triangulor
"Caspian," situated between the Azores.
the Bank of newfoundland, and the Bcr.
mudas.
Though the Pacific Oecan is scarcely
l51 miles in depth, it is known to be in
one part nearly nine miles deep, or 50
deep that two Of the highest mountains
an our globe might be piled one on TOP
of the other, aud suus i,i,n IT, and Jot
scarcely emerge above the surface The
depth of the Plcifc has not only been
ascertained by numerous soun3ings, but
Professor Franklin Bachc calculated
from the rapidity with which the great
tidal wave accompanying the earthquake
of 1854 in Japan crossed the ocean to
California, that the Pacific has, between
the shores of Japan and the United States
a mean depth ofabout 2342 fathom5.
The highest part Of the continents
raised above the surface Of the waters Is
of much less elevation than the depth OF
the sea and we can estimate the land
above the level OF the sea at only about
fortieth part of the mass Of waters. and
as much Of this land is unavailable by
mankind, we get here some notion OF the
very limited use which we are, az yet
able to make Of the planet VIC inhabit.
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Lord, before thy holy altar,
Now, thy blessing wo implore,
Grant we may not faint or falter
Till our glorious work is o'er
Savior, help us; we are trying
Souls immortal to reclaim;
Thro' inheritance they are dying,
Snatch them from its burning flamo.
Lo, tho tompter now assailing
IIoary ago and smiling youth!
Shall his cruel arts prevailing,
Stop the springs of hallowed TRUTH
Lord, forbid it, hear US pleading,-
Jesus, thou hast died to save;
Lot thy mercy interccding,
Keep them from drunkard's grave.
Der the hearts that pine with anguish.
Pour thy healing balm divine;
Der the wasted forms that languish.
Lot the beams Of comfort shine;
In thy strength, if still united,
We tho erring may restore,
Then intemp' rance, crushed and blighted
We will Danish from our shore.
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Killing n Cinnamon Benr.

The Trinity (Cal.) Journal of Feb. Is
relates the story of the killing of cit.
namon bear under peculiar circumstances.
1t says:
About two miles above Sturdivant's
place on Trinity River, and about half a
mile back from the river, there is blafF
rock about 100 feet high-almost perpeu-
dlcular in ascent and fronting upon a
small fat known as Hay-press Flat
There are number Of openings in the
rock, leading to caverns within. Orc
day last week John Day, while hunting,
tracked large bear into one OF th,,e
caves,but not being provided with torch
did not venture 10. A day or two after,
he and his uncle, James L. Day. havins
provided themselves with torches, under
took the perilous task Of boarding Brqin in
his den. The opening through which the
adventurous hunters made their entrance
was abont two and half feet high, and
and eighteen or twenty feet vide After
considerable hunting through several diff.
ereut caves and passages, their investigl-
tions disclosed the fact that there was =
crevice in the side the cavern in which
their object had bestowed himself so as to
be almost concealed. But his wherea-
bouts was ascertained and our hunters
had taken too many chances already 70
finch, and advanced Immediately upon
the enemy. j. L. held his rife ready
cooked, while John flashed his torch full
in the eyes Of the astonished animal
Realizing that all avenues of escape were
shut off, Bruin, with terrific growls, IN
dertook with offensive and rushing toward
the foe, with the instinct of his kind re-
ared on his hind legs within two feet Of
the hunters. At that momen. j. l. called
to his nephew to raise his torch so he
could see the sights of his gun. This was
done, and the light faripg full on Bruins
orbs, compelled him to turn his head to
one side. This was critical moment,an!
the senior Day improved it to discharge,
with unerring aim,t contents of his rife
just at the bett of Bruins ear and dis.
jointed his neck. The bear pitched for
in the agonies of death The hunters
were within his reach and unable to
escape. So closely were they that they
were caught in his claws and could not
help themselves Happily they were not
injured. The next thing that presented
itself to the Days was how to get him ont.
This they finally accomplished but not
through the way he went in. Among the
numerous crevices in the rock they found
one that led into a larger cave than the
one through which they had tracked the
bear, and so they got him out. On reach
: ing daylight they learned that their prize
i was a full-grown cinnamon bear Of 4OC
pounds weight. 1t is not generally known
that next to the genuine grizzly, the Gin
y namon bear is the most dangerous auC
vicious, either when pursuing or pursa'
9 ed.
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Mr.. Snyder, Of Washington. enjoyed a
genuinc surprise the other night. Tne
roof of his house, for some reason, had
become favoritc resort for all the cats
in his neigh6orhood; AMI they used to
congregate out there at night by thou
sands. and yoG aud ,creech. anal practice
their gymnastic exercises. uuil Snyder
and his wife and his mother-in-law would
90 almost crazy. Last week some snow
remained on the roof, and Snyder under
took to wash it off 10y sluiciug three or
four tubsful Of hot water over the shin
giles. The consequence was thit the en-
tire roof was as slippery as anything il
the world eau b.. That night, while
Snyder was sitting at his bedfoom win'
dow, gazing out into the moonlight he
saw cat suddenly dash downward
through tho air with a paw stretched TO-
ward each point Of the compass, its fui
elevated, and its lungs emitting terrii.
yell. 10 minute do"n came another
Then third suddenly went sorsing past
and before it reached the ground a fourts
came poltiDg down, anu 'hen u'''
doubled up aud clawing at tho other au
the moonlight for a hold and 50 on, un'
til about one hundred AMI fifty had d.
scended. Then Snyder thought it ab1n
time to inv estigate the pheuomenon. ~
asccnded to the garret aud looked throug'
the trap door There he saw "A rJco.sio
of six or seven hundred cats, reaching, il
single file from the yard up over the she
aud the back building TO the crown 9th
roof of the house. They were all moy
ing; and as the cat at the head ol tn
pocession reached the peak Of the roof,
would look around for q minute and woH
, der where its predecessors had goa
Then its feet would slip. 1t woult e'atc
and claw and grab at the lee but s.il
would 60 sailing down with ncrea-H
speed until i; reached the eder when
would shy out into space and i.-a (. 3,
ward the pavement Il wa- l.et i.ic
es,ing to Snyder to ohsc.ve '.. process
He never before realized '1' re.uty
the law Of nature which u,irse, bodies
, the earth. Those cats never climbed h
, roof again. Eighty-four died On the sp'
and it is believed that four hundred
6 them broke their legs aud abandoned Il
nocturnal serenading business permanen
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The Loss of the Norh1eet.*

c,,
Lies rocking on the deep,
While darkenng clouds in gloomy ranks,
Across the heavens sweep.
TIev wall the moon from sight,
And trail across tho oceans breast
The darkest robes of tight.
Against tho ships dark brow;
The nisht wind shrieks and howls in pain.
Or wbispors sad and low.
The strong. the brave, the fair;
within those souls the ioy of life,
Nh tboncbt of death was there
And sought the fated bark,
And struck with all its awful force
From out the shuddering dark.
Straight toward the ships dark form,
Aud crushes through its strong ribbed sidc'
That yielded not to wave or storm.
.,
80 Godl do give us aid,
Three hundred souls are lost tonight,
Unless you give us aid"
III;
It only hides its name,
And pushes backward from tho wrook,
But forward into shame.
g.. A.. .;,.;, shio
1t goes out into the gloom,
Into the dark With pityless hearts,
And leaves the wreck its doom.
Upon that wounded bark,
What prayers and shrieks of awful fear.
Thrill all the trembling dark.
In calm and steady tones,
And lower the boats" is Clearly heard
Above the shouts and groans.
Rush ON to save their lives,
But !" Back! Stand back. Tho womon first,
Your children and your wives
With words and pistol ball;
Tho boats are filled, and drift away,
Beyond the ships recall.
r., ,.
And in the darxness peers,
And through the sound of wind and wave
His brides last words he hears
neer shall see you more"
The wailing, sobbing wind repeats
No more. no moro. no more.
Amid the angry waves,
That iiot its form with lev tongues,
Wbila II their iuTy
Tho hold shin rools in bl;rdi,, main
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17OK SALE,

Three-fourths acres Of land, with two story
dwelling house aud barn thereon, "A good cellar
that would cost at least $500 never failing springs
of pure water, on High street. Also splendid
building lot with barn thereon, situate on South
street Also one silver breast plate harness, one
single buggy wagon with leather dashboard and
boot used but little The above property will
be sold cheap for cash, or part cash and balance
on mortgage. Also Brigham house, on Seymour
street, cheap.
Inquire Of Ira W. Clark or L. F. Knapp, Mid
jlebury, or Alm0u Clark, New Haven. 49in
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sALAnIss,-The New York World say

SALARIgs.-The New York World says
that the increased salary OF tho President
will not permit hin to lay up au amount
worth as much as an English Prime Min
ister's pension. As to the Judge of the
Supreme Court, the man with a family
to support who goes upon the bench even
low can make little or no provision
against disaster.
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A Staten Island young man was so
worked up, when he called to take his
girl to prayer-meetiug the other night, 70
find another fellow had played the early
bird trick on him, that he followed the
couple and hung around the sanctuary till
tho meeting was over, and when they
came out, drew his revolver and banged
away at the "other fellow" until the pi-
tol ran down. He hit everything except
what he fred at, and before he cou.d
wind up his weapon, he was in Jail.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-04-01

A man in Detroit was recently fopr1
in the street quite overcome by whi-kc,
and had to De carried home in a sleigh
A boy, who supposed the man W.
dead, ran on and informed his wife, wh
met the crowed at the gate,and, 10 bro
en- accents inquired o. one of the II u
"Do you think l ought to present his llI,
insurance policy to the agent this a'rr-
noon ?" She seemed quito disappoin. d
when she learned the truth.
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PAPER CURRrYcY IN SANTo DoMIYGo. -
From Monte CIisto Mr.. Ilaytien, dis
nnce Of about sixty miles. His first ox-
perienoe in the negro republic was any
thing but pleasant Starting in the cve-
ming, and expecting to reach port by day
break, there was not mouthfu Of food on
board Delayed by a calm tho schooner
did not come TO anchor until noon. The
cus'om-hou-o differs were at breakfast,
and K pit our hungry voyagar waiting two
hour, for permission TO land, and then
rb' as!rayatio- police authorities took
up all The rest OF ihe day in examining
his Papers, before he was allowed to graft
iy his raging appetite WHAT wil you
have?' askel the polite waiter, when.
worn out with hunger and vexation he
seated himself IT a cafe table. Every
thing, any thing beer, bread, fruit,
cheese --hrint /, al, at once" was The re.
spous.' AMI 'h' sater's prompt compli-
auce tended - .tly to soo;he the trayol.
ec's exlspe7Aied sensibilties.
The uext morning Mr. Hazard expert
oneel nvw sensation. lie suddenly
lolai himself a millionaire. His first
at on rising was to adapt himself to the
the custom ofihe country and asked for
a cocktail" 1t wa- well fabricated and
enjoyed with z,s' Then ensued the fol-
loving Dialogue;
+ "' How murA3 a>kol.
, Thirty doiI,r-. monsieur
) IL start back horror--trlek. Thirty
dollars for drink see it, am q
poor, miserable American, disowned by
: his government, in foreign land, and
these barbarisus know it, and now they
want to swinddle me. But the old sHiri
Of '76 comes rong upon me, and | gc'
. reckless | vow | will not pay it al !
drawing from my pocket silver coin Of
G the realm Of America, value ten cents,
5 | declared it is all the money | have.
I ITO my amazement the mild bar-keer i
o says, Il haven't the change, Sir
, "Ah! | begin to see it; and with {
= princelY air | say, Oh, keep the change
e Later in the day Mr.. Hazard was IN
= formed by the banker to whom he appli
C Ell 10 have draft for few hundred dol
d ars cashed that oae dollar in gold va
e worth 400 dollars in the paper eurrenc,
is of the cou1'ry, aud that ii he had hi
g draft cashed he would need half doze
It mule-carts to take away the bills ii
C left the draft at he bank, aud drew onl
e ew thousand for sneuding money.
\ tame deer at Reading, Pa, chew
- bacco aud drinks lager-beer.
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\ tame deer IA, Reading, Pa, chows
bacco aud drinks lager-beer.
That "S,hool Of Journalism" at Yale
College is success. An Iowa editor
has written to the President for a couple
Of graduates as soon as they arc turned
out, Ss,sry Sc week.
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The citizens Of a little Ohio town club.
bed together and brought sure-uosed
bloodhound TO assist in searching out the
authors of the numerous incendiary fires
with which the town was troubled, but
the moral effect Of the investment was 80
good that they had no opportunity to us
him until one Of the joint pvoprietors dis
covered. the other morning, that some
one had cut down and carried off a beau
tifu evergreen tree from his yard The
dog was put on the trail and he followed
it, straight as II line 10 the house of one
of the wealthiest citizens, aud putting hi'
feet upon the window sill, with bristling
fur and flashing iaugs he gowerod in al
the citizen, who was just trimming tho
tree for use at the birthday party Of one
his children. The dog had been elected
a vigilance committee Of Que.
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Thomas Los aud Hannah Short we're
married in Virginia few days ago. The
notice of the fact in the local paper has
appended, "No cards, 10 wii-key.' The
Intention evidently was that nobody
should get high on ihat occasion.
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Burr & Burton Seminary,

MANCHESTER, Vt.
A Day and Boarding School for ladies and gem
tlemen. Spring Term begins March 2G, 1873.
full board of able teachers, Excellent op-
portunities for painting and music, TwESrr-siN
LESSONS FOR TES DOLLARS. Send for catalogue
and circular. H. ii. SHAW, Principal.
Manchester, Vt, Feb. Is, 1873. i9;6w
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sNOR SALE.

A Farm IL half mile from Middlebury VII
lage, containing 73 acres Of tho very best land,
buildings newly repaired, choice fruit, and at II
price that any one wanting it can afford to buy.
Middlebury, VT 46 SAML. L. COOKE.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-08-13

The Hartford Courdnt has been figuring
up the chances Of being struck by lightning
and arrives at the following reassuring re-
suits;
Taking the figures Of the last census re-
port for our facts, we find that during the
year 1870 there were in the whole country
20a deaths from lightning stroke. Let woman
kind take notice that out Of these 14S deaths
were Of males, and only "a Of females. The
total number Of deaths from all causes was
nearly SOC, 900. There were 2,437 deaths from
other causes to one death from lightning, and
there were 100, 1888 persons living to every one
killed by this cause. 1t is somewhat singular
that the lightning was decidedly more de-
structive with both males and females be-
tween the ages Of ten and thirty years than
with any others. Between ten and fifteen
years Is the most fatal time, but even then the
number Is very small. Much comfort for
those still inclined to be timorous Is to be
found In going back further on the record.
The deaths by lightning In 1870 were only
eleven more than in 1850, while the popula-
ton had increased more than 7,0OO,O 600 and
the rate is declining, In spite OF the hasty
conclusions formed by reading the news OF o
day. IT. 1880 there were forty eight deaths
by ligb ining out OF every 200 deaths from
all causes; In 1870 the rate was only forty
two. But now, while only 2e2 persons died
from lightning-stroke in 1870, there were 397
deaths from sun-stroke, or nearly twice as
many. Yet the number Of persons who shud-
der when they see the sun rise would bear O
very small ratio to those who shudder at the
rising of the thunder-cloud. The rate OF
deaths by sun-strokc has declined during the
decade from ninety-one TO eighty-one In
100, 900 from oil causes; and with the increase
In care and information on the subject Ia
likely TO decrease still; but II will always