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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-28

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NEW CASTLE TRAINA
Leaye New Castle for WiEnlngIOn and PAlladal.
ct Z. 20 An. Leave Phila1olDh N ~ l2 Tsp RI a11
Wilmington At rs p. n. for New Castle,
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS
AddittonsIto to those Abovs leave Smyrna for CLAY
ton ll.SO .. Ne and 7.S p. n, Leave Cdaytan for
Smyrne LAO .. M aAd 400 ,. N, 70 make oo1nss-
ton With tFSinsto and frSn Dover, s1d stations
CONNECTIONS.
At TOWNSEND: with the ksat County and ouson
Ann1g Kent Rallroads
AtChAYION. with the Maryland aad Delaware
At AtnAhRINaTON. with the J unetiOu sud Break
At sEAFoRD with the DOrshostor and Delaware
Railroad,
At DkLMAR, with tho Eastern Shore RsilrOad d
and WicOmicO and Poos9Oks kellrOad.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-04-28
NEW GROCERY STORI

n. w. Cor. Fourth and Market St.,
WILMINGTON. DEL.
hS7A The underlined respectfully an-a3R
nounces to his old friends and thek3H5
rs public generally that he has cOmplet-
oed bis new store. and asOpened with u stock
OF hne new and fresh
GR0CERIES, SUGARS AND M0LASSES,
Loveringerushed, ,granulated and dpulverized Sugars
soft, white and coffee sugars,
Syrup, and all kinds of Molasses,
Old Government Java Coffee, Laguira, MaricaibO,
Rio. Green and Roasted Coffee; the finest Black and
Green Teas, White and Red Wheat Family Flour.
new BuekWheat, all kinds of pure Spices, Saranes,
all kinds of Canned Fruits, French and English
Mustard, Pure Olive Oil, Walnut, Mushroom and
Tomato Catsup. English and American Pickles, Jel-
lies, Cheese, Fresh Roll Butter, Bakers Cocoa and
Chocolate. Vermacelli, Maearoni, Washing Soap in
great variety. Toilet Soap, Silver Gloss Starch Cur
PANTS, Raisins, Citron, Atmores Mince Meat, Dried
Peaches and Apples, Cranberries, Brooms, Painted
Buckets. Brushes, Sperm, Adamantine and TalloW
Candles, and all articles usually kept in well as
sorted Grocery Store. Call and examine my stock.
8-lv JAMES CRIPPEN.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

A CONNECTICUT LOCAL ITEM.-A retired
clergyman sends us an account of a little
affair that happened in his place. 1t appears
that there was n young woman, a fine spir-
tied girl, engaged at wash tub, opposite
an open door. Just behind her was young
man, as is generally the case, and In the
yard was an old buck that was allowed the
freedom of the premises, which Is not al
ways the case, we are glad 10 say. Well,
this buck came up to the open door aud
looked in, and the young man going close
behind the young woman, pointed his I'm
ger straight at the buck, and the old fellow
recognizing at once the pressing character
of this mute invitation put down his head
and dashed forward, and the miserable
man stepped one side and fed, and the
young woman, all unconscious of the ar
rangement, received the awful shock with
out warning, and passed over the tub, and
the air for an instant appeared to be full of
slippers, and wet clothes, and soap and hot
water aud suds. And the next minute that
goat came flying out of that door at dread
fil speed, bald the whole length of his spine,
and with wild look in his eye. And for
an hour afterward he stood back of the
barn, scratching his chin, and trying TO re-
call all the circumstances in the unfortu-
nate affair.-Danbury Neios.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14
| Prudent HusRAN When III.

A PRUDENT HUsBAND.-When Hon.
member of congress from this State, he was
wont to be visited on his return from the
annual session Of congress, by a simple
minded neighbor, who would sit the en-
tire evening, and sometimes ill twelve
O'Clock, asking questions, until the patience
of Mr.. Bradley was thoroughly exhausted.
On one occasion Mr.. Bradley determined
to be rid of his unwelcome visitor without
doing any violence to his urbanity. When
the visit had been sufficiently protracted,
he said to his friend,
"Mr. A., when l was in Washington one
of the foreign ministers was kind enough
to give me a root, which, when tasted, has
the power of comforting immortality; at
least no one who has ever tasted it has
since died. When you go will give you
a small piece of it,
In few minutes Mr.. A. rose and said
he would go and should esteem it an ever
lasting favor to have small piece of that
root.
Mr.. b. retired and soon brought back a
piece of rhubarb root done up in paper and
gave to his visitor with injunctions to use
great care of it and keep it secret.
Mr.. A. left the room, but in a few mo-
ments returned, and sticking his head in
side of the door, exclaimed, "Mr. B. A
thousand times obliged to you for this root,
but will take it as a special favor if you
will not give any of it to my wife."-V.
Waterman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

AIR PowER.-The employment of pueu-
matte power for industrial purposes is con-
stantly increasing. BY its use the Mt. Cen
is Tunnel, through the Alps, seven miles
in length, was bored. The Hoosac tunnel,
in Massachusetts, five miles in length, and
now nearly finished, is now cut by
the same means. The st. Gothard tunnel,
in Switzerland, lately commenced, which
is TO be thirteen miles in length, will also
be cut by means of compressed air. The
Hell-Gate rocks under the East River in
this city, are in process of removal by the
same agency. In planning mills the pneu-
matte method is used to carry the shavings
from the planers to the furnaces OF the
steam boilers in grain and wool houses,
to convey the stock. At the iron furnaces
the pneumatic elevators are used to lin the
cars and their loads of ore from one point
to another. In London the pneumatic
method drives Ave iron freight cars in tubes
under ground; the post office department
of that city has now in use several miles of
pneumatic tubes laid under the streets, in
which letters are conveyed with great ra-
pidity. In this country the largest scale
on which the system has been applied is at
the works of the Pneumatic Transit Com
pany, on Broadway, where railway pas
senger car, running in nine foot tunnel
under the street is operated by compressed
air. For an underground railway this
pneumatic method is especially useful I;
cinders, gas, smoke, dust, noise and loco
motives, all are avoided the cars may be
driven amoothly along with great rapidity.
In England, some years ago, during the ex-
perimental trials of the pneumatic cars, the
trains were driven by this method at a ve-
locty of sixty miles per hour. The pneu-
matte car under Broadway has carried be-
tween two and three hundred thousand
passengers, but, owing to the. .shortness OF
the tunnel, so high speed cannot be reach
ed. As soon as the Legislature grants the
necessary authority, the works will be ex-
tended through the city from the Battery
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14
MONKEYS APINa THEIR MASTERS

MONKEYS APING THEIR MASTERS
Thomas Findley, importer of blooded
fowls and proprietor of saloon on Leides-
dorff street, recently augmented the stock
of curiosities in his saloon by the addition
of two large and intelligent monkeys. The
animals arrived on the last steamer from
the Orient. They were formally introd-
duced to the chief barkeeper, who rendered
them the freedom of the saloon. The Gus
toners watched the antics of the two stran-
gers with eager interest, dubbed them Jim
and Susie, and voted Jim fellow of infinite
jest. Susie went to bed at a reasonable
hour, and did not object to being locked in
her cage but Jim would not tolerate the
advances of any one when near his cage,
and was left roosting over door, when the
time for closing the saloon arrived. Next
morning when the barkeeper opened the
door he saw something flying through the
air, and lodged his head just in time to es-
cape a sound blow. He peeped into the
window and saw Jim perched on tail ale
cask, with pile of boxes around him, evil
IDENTIFY awaiting the temperance of the
barkeeper's head. The latter procured re-
inforcements and sought to overawe Jim.
The monkey, evidently determined not TO
yield without desperate struggle, gather
ed all the available soda bottles and boxes
and chunks of wood about his stronghold,
and upon the advance of the barkeeper and
his command, hurled his missiles toward
the enemy with great rapidity and pre-
cision, and as long as the ammunition held
out he could not be dislodged. Finally
Jim was brushed with a clu and persusd-
ed TO keep quiet. The strong smell of
liquor that permeated the air caused the
barkeeper TO look around with anxiety,
and well he might. Jim had empted whs-
key and brandy upon the floor, treated Su-
sic to whiskey until she succumbed to its
effects and was in beastly state of intoxi-
cation, and had filled all of the bottles with
sawdust, the damage amounting to $40.
Mr.. Findley no longer takes any interest
in monkeys, but will cheerfully give infor-
nation on the subject to persons of an
inquiring turn of mind, or direct them to
Robinson, "the tropical curiosity man." of
Washington street, with whom Susie and
Jim are residing.-ISdn francisco Bulletin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

But five states of tho Union elect their
governors annually, viz: Connecticut
Maine, Massachusetts,, New Hampshire
and Rhode Island, all New England states
No less than twenty-six States and Terri
tories have gubernatorlal terms of four
years, while twelve have them of two years;
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West yir-
ginia choose Governors for three years, and
in New York they are talking of extend
ing the term to three years. The salaries
ofthese officials di fer quite as widely, rang
ing from $4,000 In Louisiana and $1,000 in
California, to 81 500 In a great State like
Illinois, and $1,000 in Vermont, Rhode
Island aud some others. Biennial legisla-
tive sessions are now the rule In California,
Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri,
Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oregon, Tennes
see and Vermont, besides several Terri
tories. Maine and Pennsylvania are now
moving toward biennial sessions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

tion y in few months they would have
chuckled boldly over their fat dividends
as the one object Of their toll and sacrifice.
The remedy is simple. The government
must get out of the "protective" business,
and the Improvement" and "subsidy"
business, and the development" business.
IL must let trade, and commerce, and man
ufactures, and steamboats,, and railroads,
and telegrsphs alone. 1t cannot touch them
without breeding corruption. We care
nothing about the wonderful stories we
hear about what can be achieved in the
way Of "promoting industry" by all these
canal aud steamboat and railroad schemes.
Were the material prospects twice as tempt
ing, the state could not proftably NEEDLE
with them, because neither II nor any 9th
er government in the world can command
the virtue necessary to carry them on. This
Is not matter of speculation we know it
as a matter of experience. 1t is almost as
much as this government can do to main
tain order and administer justice. II may
one day be able to do a great deal more,
but not until great change has occurred
in the social condition of the country. We
have gone far enough, heaven knows, on
the road of "protection" and "promotion,"
and have found at every step that II leads
straight to the bottomless pit that for ev-
cry hundred dollars voted by these poor
men to whom we pay scanty wages for
passing bills in Washington, we lessen, and
perceptibly lessen, the stock of individual
honor, of self-respect, and OF public spirit,
of loyalty to ideals. to which, far more
than to any triumphs of material industry,
we must look for continued national great
ness. We are making money fast enough
in all conscience what needs fostering just
now is honesty. The Nation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14
Poetry.
wRIrrKN ron The VERMONT PHGsIx.
THR OLD HO.u RsTB.sD.
ny Mns. N. NJ MILLER.

We have visited to-day the old homestead again,
A visit so filled with both pleasure and psin,-
pleasure TO visit each place a. Of yore
But alas for the faces, shall see more.
There's the roomy old yard, so spacious and wide,
The grand old loeusts, our especial pride,
For each tree was planted by our fathers hand,
And all but q few as he left them still stand.
To those that gone few tears gave,
For their empty places seem like grave,
For even In childhood they were dear 10 our heart
And often Of our play made them part;
For when we played "tag" they were always our goal,
And the memory of the pleasure is still dear to soul
As the Brother and paymates that have gone before,
whom we hope to meet on the other shore
A. OF old oer the porch the convolvulus bas crept
To the window Of the whore childhood slept
And above 10 the attc-our "PasAdise Lostt
Earth holds such other know 10 cost
For our heart often aches for those old rainy days
When we met TO keep house in our childish ways,
And drove from their lair each spider and mouse
We converted each corner % q miniature house.
We visited the orchards and the old Bush hfll,
with the pond At its foot, so dark and stn,
The rocks, and knos, and the seat on the shore
Where we often read letters in days Of yore;
Aud the hill in the pasture where the view 80 grand
That you seem almost in His presence to stand;
And last but not least watched the sink to rest
From the brow Of the side hill, the view we love best
DummsTsfon, ~, Sept. 1872.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

THE SORROWS OF A SERENADINa LOVER,
"A few nights ago, a gentleman of this city
was going home at somewhat late hour,
when he heard in the distance sweet strains
OF music, or, at least what he supposed to
be music, but what proved to be principal
ly, "straining," of and other dismal sounds
that seemed to come from a bosom racked
with anguish or stomach overloaded with
green fruit. Softly he drew near, and at
last discovered whence the sounds proceed
ed. A youth whose upper lip the barber
could not have slipped the back of his ra-
zor-blade more than twice, stood leaning
over the gate post, with his eyes fixed upon
chamber window in the second story of
the house before him. In his hands he
held guitar, upon which he picked with
the air of one who is not certain he is on
the right string, while from his parted lips
came the following song:
have lo-hoved the-he Zula Zo-houg
Fo-hor th-hy life was all so-hong
Wa-wa has all a che-heer-ful smile,
ws-wa has su-hunshine all the while.
Here the young man paused to Spit and
fill up again with wind, and then struck
into the chorus:
oh, zu-hula, mouder-hing Zu-hula,
si-hilent is thy svea se-hong,
Oh Zu-hula, da-harling Zu-huls,
De-hear departed Zu-hua Zong-ong-ong.
The singer here took a rest of a few Sec
onds, looked anxiously down the street to
see that no policemen were in sight, then,
throwing peculiar plaintive sound in his
voice sang:
Whapt tha nn.bn Ia oht nd 4.
oh, the-hen III think Of ,hee-he-hee,
oh, the-hen, oh-h, the-he-hen III thi-hi-hi-ink Of
thee-ee-ee
Here the front door being suddenly open
ed, sepulchral voice said "Slck him,
Tiger and out bounced a dog about the
size of flour-barrel and with a good set of
natural teeth. The singer turned a back
somersault out of the gate and with the dog
nipping at his coat-tail at every jump, dis
appeared down toward the heart of the city.
Hereupon the gentleman who was a wit
ness TO this seriocomic drama, turned and
left the spot but not until he had seen a
middle-aged man in single garment with
an abbreviated narrative, rolling over in
hallway, convulsed with mirth, and say
ing, whenever he stopped laughing long e.
nough to say anything--"O the hen-Oh-
the-hen III think of theer' The gentle
man had walked several squares from
where the scene occurred, passing brok en-
guitar that lay in the edge of the gutter,
when he met dog returning, with an ex-
preston in his eye, and pair of suspend
ers and portion of a coat tail in his mouth.
N. Y. Era.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

1t is not that which we have or what
we have not which adds 10 or subtracts
from our felicity. 1t is the longing for
more than we have, the envying of those
who possess more, and the wish to appear
in the world of more consequence than we
really are which destroy our peace of mind
and eventually lead to ruin.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1873-02-14

to Harlem River. New York will then be
able to boast of having the safest, most a.
greeable and most rapid means of passen-
ger conveyance of any city in the world
Scientific american.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-02
The Fifth Avenue Hotel Horror.
NEW YORK, December II

NEW YORK, December H.
A fire broke out at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel last night, shortly after eleven
O'Clock, on the second floor. Tie stair
case upon which the fire started was one
at the back of the house, leading from
the laundry in the basement to the ser
wants rooms on the attic floor The
flames ran rapidly up the stairway, which
operated as chimney, there being no
opening from it except at the top and
bottom. 1t ate up the staircase an |
charred its surroundings, reaching the
open space into which the rooms of the
servants opened, where it burst into its
fullest strength.
The flames in their passage did little or
n damage until they reached the CORR.
dor at the top, the draught through the
narrow passage way carrying the flames
quickly and making them more destruc-
tive. AS they went on they spread over
the entire extent of the west wing. The
woodwork of the rooms where the SER
wants slept Immediately caught fire, and
soon the entire wing was a mass of lurid
flame. The flames spread so rapidly that
the servants asleep in the rooms at the top
of the staircase were overtaken before as
sistance could reach them, and they were
completely shut off from the main build
ing. The tiremen, who had in the mean
time arrived, were too late for their as
slstance, as by this time the apartments
OF the poor creatures were enveloped in
flames.
The alarm was given by one of the
female servants, who shrieked ''fire?"
through the Railways, awakening the
guests, of whom there were about 500 in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-02

lighted coal oil lamp, which was at once
broken, and in an instant the room was
filed with flames. Mrs. Greybill and five
of her children were all badly burned, the
youngest SO severely that It died the next
night, and it was feared that the next
youngest would also die.
"A few days since the general servant
of gentleman entered, like Niobe, all
tears" his wife's chamber, sobbing.. "Oh,
Madam! oh, Madam!" "What is the
matter, Francoises" MADAM, l have
stuck fork into my finger" ooh that's
nothing, FRANCHISE; you will not feel il
tomorrow" 81 should not be afraid,
Madam, if was sure the fork was silver. u
you may, then. be perfectly easy; the
fork is; all our forks are silver" "Oh'
then don't feel alarmed but Twas dread
fully frightened, for thought the FORK
was plated" The next day Francoise
disappeared, taking all the forks with
her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-02

the hotel. Many Of the guests went to
the office and enquired as to the excite
ment, but were Informed by the clerks
that sit was only little fire in the laun-
dry" This attempt to keep the fire quiet,
so as to avoid panic, helped to bring
about the terrible results mentioned.
When the guests became cOgnizant of
their danger, scenes of confusion ensued,
the people moving about in apparent dis
traction. Baggage filled the Railways,
the smoke was suffocating, and water
drenched the floors. 1t was nearly twelve
O'Clock before any one gave an alarm,
and passing policeman, then learning
of the fire inside, caused the fire engines
to come to the spot. The fire, by this
time had made considerable haedway.
The ladies were in a wild state of excite
ment. The carpets were still covered
found on the third floor, writing in the
agonies of pain, her body being fright
fully burned. The shrjeKs of the SER
wants in the upper stories were heart
rending as the firemen were making their
wav to rescue them.
Large crowds had in the meantime
gathered in the streets. The excitement
outside was kept up till about two
clock, when the fire was about extin
guished
Just before the alarm guest was as
signed a room, which, on reaching, he
discovered to be on fire. Returning to
the clerk he was informed that there was
no other room vacant. The fire was not
known at that time in the office.
Shortly after one o'clock, when it was
found that a number of persons were
missing, police officer and the Chief of
the Fire Department effected an entrance,
by means Of an iron ladder, to the room
where the servants were supposed to be.
They found the charred and burned
bodies of thirteen persons. Bedding and
furniture were strewn about the rooms,
confused with human remains. The
bodies lay at the different places from
which the poor people had tried to find
means of egress. Some HAD endeavor-
ed to escape through windows !;
others, in the endeavOr TO find air,
had fallen at the head of the staircase.
The bodies of two women were half con-
cealed under a bed in an outer room,
where they had evidently tried to shelter
themselves from the binding, sutfocat-
ing smoke and the scathing flames.
When the firemen and police got into
the wing the floors of this room were
sound, but the roof timbers were burned
and had fallen upon the floor in a con-
fused mass upon the bodies. The water
thrown from the hose was several inches
deep upon the floor, and was filtering
through to the ground. The heavy beams
of the roof had fallen upon the burned
bodies, severing their limbs and mutilat-
ing the remains horribly.
Some seventy or eighty servants, alto
gether, were awakened on the top floor,
and were hurried down stairs. Their
clothing was utterly ruined.