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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26
An Odd Expression Explained.

For many years school-boys inclined
to be "slangy" have referred to some
period of indefinite rcmoteness, AS
''eighteen hundred and starved to
death" The origin Of the expression
is explained by New Hampshire
journal in q paragraph about a year
without a summer. While every Que
was speaking Of the present season ~
being remarkable in its characteristics,
this newspaper gave some facts con-
corning the year 1916, known as ''thc
year without a summer" 1t was the
coolest ever known throughout Europe
or America. The winter was mild.
Frost and ice were common in every
month Of the year. Very little vegeta-
ton matured In the eastern aud middle
states. The average price of -four
during that wear was $lS per barrel,
and the average price Of wheat in Eng
land was Minety-eeven shillings per
quarter. Old New England farmers
referred to the year ~ eighteen hum
dred and starved to DEATH"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26

Few are aware Of the vast number
Of people that can be placed in a small
space. When we speak of millions OF
inen we are apt to picture TO ourselves
an almost boundless mass ofhumanity:
yet million Of people if standing to-
gether, each person occupying four
square feet, could be placed on = patch
Of ground a little more than third Of
mile SQUARE. A square mile would
accommodate e.965,60O. The whole
population of the United States would
hardly cover two miles and halt
square. and the population Of the EN-
tire world could easily he accommo-
dated on a tract twelve miles long and
twelve wide-less in extent than some
townships.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26
The Sister.

There is something lovely in the
name Of sister. and its utterance rarely
fails to call up the warm affections OF
the gentle heart. The thoughts that
circle round it are all quiet, beautiful
and pure. Passion has no place with
its associations. The hopes and fears
Of love, those strong emotions, power
full enough to shatter and oxtinguish
life itself, find no home there. The
bride is the star. the talisman of the
heart, the diamond above al price ;
the sister, the gem of milder light,
calm as the mellow moon, and set in
a cornet of pearls,
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26

An Ohio postmaster has received a
letter wherein the writer proffers =
curious request as follows: 'lfyou can
4 will ascertain the names Of Some
rich old maid or widow worth from 5
thousand, to $1,000 or more let me
know by return mail aad l will pitch
in aud il make it tic the Knot, il is a
hundred dollars in your pocket.
Keep this a profound secret between
Us two if il gets out all is spoiled am
poor but want TO marry rich
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26

Foreign-born citizens Of Rhode Is.
land not property-owners cannot vote.
But a naturalized citizen Of Massachu.
sets owning real estate in that state
has moved into and become . res
ident of Rhode Island. He insists on
his right TO vote. and has carried the
question into the courts. The case
excitcs deep feeling because its decis.
ion is supposed to decide the political
control of the state.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26

A letter from the Fejee Islands re-
ports the massacre by the mountain
savsges of a white family named Burns.
and some Polonesian laborers. making
in all sixteen persons. Some of the
bodies were horribly mutilated; others
were carried of for q canuibal feast
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-06-26

The farmers Of the west in their new
movement have called their aesocia-
fions oranges. Ii is . very express
i've word, but moro English than
American. 1t comes from granmm, .
grain, its primary significance is prob
ably that of granery. Its broader
meaning is farmhouse and its out
buildings.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
A Worlds Fair.

New York appears to be progressing
with its permanent Worlds Fair en-
terpriss and promises that it will in no
way interfere with the proposed "Cen-
tenninl " celebration in. Philadelphia,
although the people OF that city are in
clined to the opinion that it will. The
Industrial Exhibition Company of New
York, of which Gov. Dix is president,
is an organized corporation, under a
special act of the Legislature of that
State, and the first 100000 of the
stock is now offered at below par, and
the property of the company is exempted
from taxes and assessments for five
years, and generally all powers are
granted to it that will facilitate its OBJ
iects. 1t is proposed to locate the
necessary buildings for exhibition pur'
poses on land in the upper part of the
city, comprising in all eight blocks OF
ground, valued, at the time of the con.
tract, at $1,700,000, of which 100000
have been paid. The land purchased
for the object appears to be the only
tract of territory in one location owned
or controlled by individuals large enough
for q Worlds Fair" lying between
Ninety-eighth and One Hundred and
Second streets and Third and Fourth
avenues, thus being centrally located.
The estimated costsof q suitable build
ing is about S7,0O0,000. A proposition
has been made by an eminent New
England firm to construct dome over
the court, which dome shaA be the
largest and most magnificent in the
world. All this firm ask is that they be
granted perpetual lease OF the dome,
above the spring of the arch, subject to
reasonable conditions. The estimated
cost of this dome is $3,O00,000. Fl.
nancially, it is believed by those who
have become especially interested in
the Worlds Fair" enterprise, that il
will prove q profitable speculation, be-
sides showing the development of ma
terial progress since the year 1854,
when the New York Crystal Palace was
opened. d.-Erchangc
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
How he was Detected.

A murder was committed at Cold
water, Miss. DR.. Ritchie, citizen of
a neig ghboring town, n local paper says,
was on little spree, and the murder ut
Coldwatcr being fresh in his mind, he
accused every one he met, in a jocular
way, of being the man who had COM
mitted the murder. Finally he met a
stranger, and being just tipsy enough
not to care whom he accosted or what
he said, he addressed the stronger in
the same manner "Yes-you-you are
the man who murdered johnson at
Coldwater" A look of guilt overspread
the mans face, and simultaneously he
ran his hand in his bosom as if to draw
a weapon. DR.. Ritchie, observing the
movement, collared him with his left
hand, and with his right drew dirk
from his pocket, and holding it threat
eningly above him, told him if he at
tempted to draw n weapon he would
plunge that knife to his heart in n Sec
ond. He then commanded the man to
withdraw his hand from his bosom,
which command was speedily obeyed,
when, instead of q weapon, the man
drew out the sum of s1,1OO, which he
dropped on the ground at his feet, and
which had been taken from the body of
the murdered man. Meanwhile a crowd
had gathered around the doctor and his
prisoner, and the evidence Of the mans
guilt was by this time so palpnble that
he was declared to be under arrest and
securely tied.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
Milk In Texas.

The visitor Of Texas is astonished
when he finds many of the chief articles
in the sustenance of life lacking their
places Upon the table--articles which
should be more plentiful here than in
any other region Of the country on the
globe. And Just here is where the
quiet, sedate, formal Major D, of
Kansas City, MET with the most bitter
disappointment in his southern trip.
The Major is exceedingly fond Of milk.
Immediately upon entering Texas soil
at our first dinner, the Major looked
anxiously about the table for some evil
dence of the presence Of his love. His
reconnoitre was painful one. There
was no milk nor any evidence OF its
presence to be found.
Waiter, bring me glass Of milk"
1--WE have none, sir."
Whatw
In blank horror the waiter wilted be-
fore the thunder tones of that exclama-
tion.
"What!" again roared the Major.
"Can it be possible that you have no
milk?"
"I assure you, not drop, SIR"
"Then I'll find some in another
house." So saying, he grasped his hat
and hurried out of the room.
Before we had finished our dinner,
however, Major D returned, al
most out of breath, twinkle in his eye
and Joy beaming out boldly over his
broad face.
Eureka" eurekap and he placed on
the table by his plate pint of milkish
liquid. A good eye at once saw that it
was not pure milk, that thin white yel-
low substance. Major D--thought
he had the genuine article. The liquid
was drank, however, and then the Major
discovered that it was of an inferior
quality of condensed milk.
els it possible" he afterward re.
marked to Texan, els it possible that
with thousands of cattle grazing on
your hills you have no milk, and with
the most magnificent grass country IN
the world, and your prairies every
where covered with good cows, that you
make no butter ?"
~ Yet such is the fact. Nearly every
pound of butter consumed in Texas is
imported, and all the milk to be had
there comes in the form of condensed
article from the Northern States. With
all the facilities for products of the soil
necessary for hay raising, yet Texas
buys nine-tenths of her bacon, hams
and lard from her Northern sister
States. With a soil unsurpassed for
corn, oats and wheat, the greater part
of these products are imported. The
chief staple of Texas soil is cotton, and
to that product farmers devote their
time to the detriment of everything
else. Time and immigration however
will produce a great change in that re,
spect rs we'll as others. Keen energetic
farmers will discover that all the neces-
sites of life can be produced on their
plantations without neglecting their
great staple, cotton.
1t will be q glorious day for Texas
when such a state Of things is inaugur-
ated. For even rs it is now the exports
of the State for the year 1870 exceeded
its imports in the sum of 100000 gold.
-Ransas city Times.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

FALSE PR1DE.-No honest occupation
is SO disreputable rs habitual idleness.
Yet there are many young ladies who
choose to think so. There are very
many girls Of limited means, in large
cities, who would gladly employ their
leisure hours in some way that would
prove remunerative to them, if they
could do so without the fact of their be-
ing thus employed being known out
side their own family circles. Rather
than this, these fastidious girls will
submit to any privations, and pass hours
of each day in listless idleness that
ought and could be put to profitable
use. Another of the results of this
false pride is the fostering of a spirit
of idleness, which almost completely
units them for house duties, and more
especially those which devolve upon
them after marriage. Hence the many
unhappy marriages growing out of q
want of familiarity with household
duties, and a positive disinclination to
perform them.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
4 ROYAL Sleigh,

From description given in a German
cotemporary it appears that the new
sleigh of the King of Bavaria surpasses
in splendor all the sleighs in the world.
This sleigh is one mass of gildcd mytho-
logical 'and allegorical figures. The
body proper is supported by naiads, and
numerous cupids are seen gamboling in
the garlands of flowers which wind
around it zen relief" Blue velvet
cushions, ornamented with the richest
gold embroideries, cover the seats and
Steps, while the side and back panels
are decorated by paintings from the
master hand of Henry Won Pechman.
The pole is also gilded and trimmed
with costly velvet. The robes are OF
ermine. The harness for four horses is
covered with embroidered velvet, and
SO heavy are its gold ornamentations
that one headstal cannot be lifted with
a single hand, and still more costly are
the saddle covers. Sleigh and harness
cost the trifing sum of 200, 900 forins
or something over $50, 900 in gold.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

AN UNFORTUNATE REsULT.-It is in
teresting to know that the Chinese ar
bitter of the fate of millions the Emper-
or, who, at the age of fifteen has Just
been married, never saw either of his
brides before the day of marriage. He
fancied he saw one-and she was hump
backed-in dream. By some strange
chance q girl so afflicted-but otherwise
of transcendent loveliness-was among
the seven hundred girls from which his
Majesty's brides were selected. The
Empresses whose duty It was to make
the selection knew OF his Majesty's
dream, and fixed on this girl for one OF
his wives: but the poor creature was
killed by the Court surgeons who un-
dertook, by some heroic process, to cure
her deformity. 1t is said the young
man takes the sad Office most seriously
at heart.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
VOL. III. NO. 20.
A Possibility.

Ny little baby is buried to-day;
Gone-down in the depths Of the church
yard clay,
Up in the sky so dim and gray.
Who will take care of my little bsby'
Who viii kiss her ?-her waxen feet,
That have never walked, and her small hands
sweet,
Where left white lilly, as was meet -
Who, who will kiss my little baby?
Who will teach her ?-her wings to fly,
Her tiny limbs their new work to ply,
Her soft, dumb lips to sing gloriously-
oh, who will teach my little baby?
have mother, who long ago died;
We speak of her now with our tears all dried;
She may know my pretty one, come to her side
And be glad to see my little baby.
Christ, born of woman, hear, oh, hear
Thine angels are far off-she seems near.
Give thou my child to my mother dear,
And I'll weep no moro for my little baby.
Surely in heaven, Thy saints 30 blest
Keep mothers heart in mothers breast
Give her my lamb, and shall rest
II my mother takes care o. my little baby.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

Exc1TED--One may get some concep.
ton of the terrible panic that would
occur in q crowded theatre in case OF
fire, from the scene at q Cincinnati thea
tire lately. During the matinee per-
formance smoke was seen issuing from
the registers, and general rush was
made in all directions. Men jumped
from the gallery to the parquette, wo-
men screamed, and everybody was in
danger of being trodden down and
crushed to death, but had very little
chance of getting out. There proved
to be very little smoke and no fire OF
any consequence, and the audience was
brought to its senses,
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20
The Manufacture Of Pig.IrOn.

It is estimated that during the last
year .2,3O0,O0 tons Of pig.iron were
made in the United States. The pro-
duet of the year ended juno l, 1870,
was, according to the ninth census,
2,O46, 1913 tons, being l ,065, ,322 tons more
than that of the year 1S59-6O.
Of this amount Pennsylvania made
!, ,O33, ,272; New York 223, 726; Massa-
chusetts 16, ,416; and Ohio BOG, 1863.
According to list in the Report OF
the American Pig Iron Manufacturers
Association, there were, last August,
recently completed or building, So blast
furnaces, distributed as follows: Penn
sylvania, a; Indiana, 2; Illinois, 2;
Missouri, 2; Tennessee, 4; Ohio, 10;
Michigan and Lake Superior Region, 5.
Since that time steps have been taken
to build probably 80 other furnaces
SO that all the new enterprises afoat
may be regarded as leading to an addi-
ton to the annual productive capacity
of the country of 100000 tons Of pig
iron. resulting in an investment of from
about s35, 900, 900 to $40, 100000.
The annual production of the world
is about $4,000, 900 tons, and the pres
ent consumption is more than equal to
this supply. Continental Europe ex-
ports some iron (from Belgium and Swe-
DEM, but imports still more, 80 that,
practically, she is limited to meeting
the needs of her own markets. Great
Britain produced last year 6,627, IFS
tons.
The year opens with the price ranging
for No. 1 Foundery at from SIS to $50,
and contracts have been made at these
figures. 1t is probable that no great
reduction will take place during the
year. In England, no great fluctuations
which might seriously affect our mar
kets need be appreh0nded.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

Tip and Laura pick themselves up,
and are Immediately seized by fhs ,''ass
ter, who knocks their miscnieyous heads
together in lively fashion. They are
then sent snivelling to theirseats.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

Near Fort Ridgeley, Minn., six little
children started for home from school
during the storm. Ono of them was
found with his books under his arm;
the others, locked in death-embrace,
had little tears of ice in the eyes that
there were no kind hands to close when
they grew dim in the binding snow
drifts
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

Charles Thurlow, of Newburyport,
Mass, has suffered from defective sight
and hearing, but he fell into the hold OF
a vessel the other day, and now sees snd
hears as well ss anybody. The shock
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-02-20

Several steamers Of the Atlantic COM
pany have been seized for debt. This
was formerly wealthy company.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
EENo 0ossuMprIvEs.--

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hno se4 Penn St, WillIamsbnrgh. N Y,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
State News.

"A Library Association has recently
been formed in Cabot. They have al
ready large number Of books, with pros,
poets Of quite an addition soon to be made.
The town OF Versbire lies in tho
eastern part of Orange county. Its great
est enterprise is the extensive copper
mine, worked by the Vermont Copper
Mining Company" The mines chploy
about 800 men, and have gathered
around them various branches Of trade
and industry. A large store has been
completed the past summer by the compa-
ny. Mr.. Ely, the enterprising president
OF the company, has spared no expense
to render the little community happy, in
teligeut and prosperous. His name has
been given to the place and a post Office
established. There are two churches, a
Methodist and Catholic, and new
school house has been built. The miners
are mostly English and Irish, many Of
them are intelligent and educated, aud
worthy of any place in good society.
Lewis Douglass, of Barton, tried tc
skate on pond that was only partially
frozen over. Monday Of last week, ant
went through the ice, narrowly escaping
death.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
Farm for s ale.

NorICE.-The undersigned having purchased
~ the estate of the late A. p. Cleaveland here
by requests all persons who have an account
with said estate, to call and settle tho same liz; :
inediately. Sums due the estate can be settled
w note If desired, but a Sediment must be he'd.
p. g. CLEAVELAND.
ydc Park. Oct. 27th 1873. Soft
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
Stockholders Meeting +!

National Bank of Hyde Park for the election OF
Directors will he held at its Banking House In
Hyde Park on Tuesday, the 18th day Of January,
A, D 1874, at one O'Clock in the afternoon.
Per order of Dlrectors.
A. l.. MOVES, Cashier.
Hyde PARK Dec. 4th, 1879,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
IN FACT,
NEW ENGLAND's BEST PAPER
Tile Springfield (Mass.l Republican.
A FIRsT-D LASS QUARTo Journal or News, POLt
TICS. LITERATURE AND SOCIAL Lire.

THE REPUBLICAN has achieved first place In
American Journalism, BY the ndcpendt hce intel
igenco and integrity Of It's editorial discussions
the thOroughntss and impurtaty Of Is uCws sum
maries the variety and Excellence of It's cores
p0ndouce; the number and character Of it, special
features; thu attention that II pays to literary f.,
social and religious top'csi aud tho wide range
which II embraces in original and selected mater
II is peculiarly the New En- gland Newspaper not
onlj In its advanced thought on political and So
cial tOp'cs but In the care with which it presents
all New England News. IL claims to be the organ
Of the modern and enlightened and prUgrcssv We
Yankee; to max Q itself desired as his spOk esman
ut home, md his instructor and companion abroad;
and 70 be sought fer by all who would keep them.
selves informed Of the progress of ideas and the
movement of life in New England.
Theast year has added much to tho character
and capacity Of TIL REPUBLICAN; the new Will
witness its continued and interesting oxctllen
prunptand popular newspaper, and an iustruc-
tive and elevating Family Journal lis continued
trowth In the past is the earnest assurance e its
progress Improvement in the future. Ii is offered
to tho public at the lowest possible cash rates
wasting nothing of its substance in expensive
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Directly to its own hettcrment.
THE WEEKLY REPUBLICAN Is published on
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pay able always in advance An extra copy will
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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
BISHOP SOULE'S
L | " | NJ L, " T

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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
Oh Boys,

Before you go and see Sarah Jane next Saturdo y
night be sure to fill yourpocke cts with
RANDALL'S CHOICE CONFECT-
IONERI!
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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24
TO ADVERTISERS.

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err so large as row, Is greater than that If any
other provincial paper IN America, ard is only ex-
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Boston. Ii goes intimately through Wesein New
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and"lso extends largely amona the Eastern set
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Address,
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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-24

Frsn nu1uarusl's Muuthly.
ODE
TO Al opIeUs on uAEss.
NJ nIfs n. ooSoNr.
Poor thrice turuei garment With
Thy thrsadtAIs air.
Can I thy faded form
Again Fvpziri
Turn yet once more thy we'll
Worn narroW skirt,
Nov frinrci with specimens
OF city dirtl
Can thy rufios change
To pleAiing vide,
Aud cover up the stains 1890.
US 90 either side;
Give thy close sleeve
Grasefal. easy Gov,
Aud piece Il - that
Nobody win know
Thy shabby bodice can
Then restore,
Aud shape the trimming
A Il PcmpsdouI
Thy oyerskirt loop high
With careless grace,
Yet hide with cunning the
Oft-nended place!
Goddess Of Fashion, at whose
Shrine We bow,
Lend me thine aid, sally | -..., q
80 Ned Il nov; Glf
Inspire my hand with skill
To turn the stuff,
And make the scanty pattern
Seem enough.
And when wear il,
Howsoc'er feel,
Grant may look -...r.f-
Exceedingly gchteel.
Nav all bchollers think it
A new gown,
Aud me the hest dressed lady
In the town.