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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10

1t Is llJGTdlly True tlldJ OuI pOpuicll
merchant-tailor, A. d. Fletcher, is the
tBergh" of Chester, and no person in
town expends more money or labors
more diligently to promote the comfort
of the equine race than "Del." He has
recently erected fine stable in the rear
of his premises ON Main street, which,
for comfort and convenience, is a model.
1t has been our privilege to visit many
elegant buildings in different sections of
this country, which were erected for
stables, but it has not been our fortune
to examine one where all the details
were so perfect as in the one we are
about to describe We first enter the
room where the different horses, owned
| by ''Del," have their abiding place.
Stalls are arranged around the sides
and grouped in the centre, and near them
| the feeding boxes, over which are traps
| through which grain descends from the
upper floor; the stalls are also supplied
with cast-iron feeding boxes. Light and
| air enter this room IN front of the stalls
through windows that are protected by
blinds and wire screens. Leaving the
stable we pass to the carriage room,
which is fitted up with an eye to con-
| venience. We next visit the room as
signed for the storage of blankets, robes,
etc. This room is in the rear of the car
/ rage room and separated therefrom by
! folding doors. We next pass to the
s'offiee," which is at the right of the last
mentioned room, and is fitted out IN such
style that New York alderman would
not turn therefrom. From the office,
i there are three entrances to the harness
and whip room, which is fitted up in
! suitable manner. The doors to the har-
ness room contain heavy plate glass win
/ dows, of the. '.royal arch" style. The
i material used in the erection of this
building is of the very best quality, and
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10
POULTNEY.

Many of the farmers have COM
meuced cutting their grass, being actu-
ally compelled. in this early part of the
season, in order to save it. We never
had a winter and early spring more IA
vorable for a hay crop, or a June SEEM
ingly more unfavorable. A larger crop
will he obtained than the farmers pre-
tend to expect. Corn is looking quite
well. though backward.
George c. Newman, after an all
sence of four or five weeks in New Jer-
sey, has returned.
Col. Russell Hickok, formerly a
prominent business man in POultney,
but now residing at Fort Edward, was
in town last week. The Colonel is 70
years old, but looks hale and hearty.
A cheese factory in Hampton, pa
tronized in part by the Poultney farm
ers, is doing finely. The stock pays ten
per cent The dairying interests has
considerably increased in Poultney in
the last six years. OBSERVER.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10
CAYENDISH.

Robbins & White have made re-
markable change in the appearance Of
their stone by adding a coat Of paint.
Simon Ward is building very COM
modiOus dwelling near the Hogs Back.
E. II. Anterior IS putting up a new
house in Whitesville, which bids fair 10
be an ornament to the place.
The only celebration of the Fourth
here was the firing of the old cannon, so
long a custom in this village. For some
few days before the Fourth it had been
missing, and rumOrs were rife as to its
whereabouts. On the morning of the
Fourth its well-known peals were recog-
nized as coming from Proctorsyille, and
party Immediately started for the
place, demanded an unconditional sur
render, seized the gun Noaded as il was,
and brought it to its rightful own
ers. We understand no bones were
broken in the strife. The vanquished
were hardly able to appreciate the joke,
as it was here termed.
Most of the farmers in the vicinity
have commenced haying. Showers have
been numerous for the past few days.
Business matters continue about as
usual. W.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10

the workmanship first-class. The walls
are ''ceiled" and painted in various col
ors in the different rooms. The rooms
are ceiled overhead and painted in deli
cate shades of blue; pearl and green are
the prevailing tints, and the modifica-
lions thereof, in the different rooms, are
pleasant to the eye and afford good con-
trasts. In conclusion, permit me to say
that if any person desires to secure a
model plan for stable, let him visit the
building we have hastily attempted to
| describe.
South Chester is so Intimately allied
| to us in name, business and consanguin-
| ity, that we may rightfully claim an
| interest in her transactions and pros
poets. Hitherto we have regarded her
a quiet, restful ''burg"-adorned both
| by nature and grace, where the people
were largely and literally ancestral hus-
! bandmen where the roads, bridges,
buildings and Improvements were made
| in a previous century; where doctors,
| lawyers and sheriffs could not live with
| out resort tomanual labor where clergy
and deacons were settled for life, and
were tolerably sure of an extension of
the allotted time, and where the moral
| and mental pulses of the community
beat BEAUTIFULLY and with regular meas
ure. All this may have been true, but
now there comes an infusion of quicker
city life, the hum of manufacturing in
dustry is heard, and the Rip Van Win
kle spirits are temporarily disturbed and
bewildered. Suburban transitions are
often slow and tedious, but South Ches-
ter appears to have skipped the worst
stage, and has good prospects of becOm-
ing thrifty and prosperous rapidly and
easily.
The assessors valuation of real and
personal nronertv for the wear 1879 is as
| follows:
pooI ae+o+o ee5o ON
Po"aor So" oo;o+o 9e3 901
eiSoD"i estate '0s''Of
IT., aoo4 ~
Ao'"'' P'~i' / -
! No. of polls 600. assessed at 80, 1 ,012 90
N n ~
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-10

"A steam engine of thirty-four horse
power, went through here last week,
drawn by six oxen and six horses, en-
route for the g Ranger Steam Mills > in
the eastern part of our township. Mr..
Ranger is now provided with three steam
engines with which to work the ma
chinery of his mills Slaves and head
ings for nail and rivet casks, and long
timbers for building purposes, arc sent
ont in immense quantities from these
mills
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15
Pub blished by request.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,

AS there has been some iptim ation
that an effort would be made to re.
peal the law on this subject, we pub
llsh the following letter to Joseph A.
Dugdale, from Senator West:
SENATE CHAMBER,
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 81. '73
Friend Joseph A. Dugdale:
Yours of the 17th received. answer
briefly. know of no complaints in re-
gard to the working of the law abolishine
capital punishment in the Stale. Those
here who voted against the law are willing
10 give 1t fair trial. No effort, 1 think,
VIII De made at this session to repeal the
law. The vote in the Senate ON the necS.
ing of the law was: Yeas, 90: NAYS ~
In the House, yeas, "a; nays 81
congratulate you on the successful in.
auguration of national arbitration.
Inc present session OF the Legislature is
connned TO matters pertaining to the code.
NO questions not connected with the SUBJ
Ject matter OF the code can be considered
unless the rule is changed.
Your friend, JOHN P. WEST.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15
no" A mARRi ED MAN SEwS ON a
BUTTON.

,
] 1t IS bad enop Ugh to see bachelor
sew on a button, but he is the EN-.
co9iment OF gra ace along side mar.
rleo man. Necessity has compelled
experience in 4 be case of the form or
but the latter has depended mon
some one else for his service and
fortunately for the sake of society
1t is rarely he is obliged to resort to
the needle himself. Sometimes the
patient wife scalds her right hand.
or runs silver under the nail of the
index finger Of that hand, and it is
then the man clutches the needle
around the n eek, and forgetting to
put Knot In the thread, commences
TO put on the button. 1t is always
IN tne morning, and from five to
twenty-five m inutes after this he is
expected to be down street. He Laws
the button e1 actly on the site of it's
predecessor, and pushes the needle
through one 9 ye, and carefully draws
the thread after, leaving about three
lnches OF 1t sticking up for lee way.
tie says to hi mself: "Weu. if wo.
men don't ha We the easiest time /
eVer uid see. Then he comes back
tne otner way, and gets the needle
through the cloth easy enough. and
lays himself out to find the eve. but
In spite of q great deal of patient
Jabbing the needle point persists in
Ducking against the solid parts of
the button; finally, when he loses
patience, his fingers.catch the thread,
ana that three e inches he has left to
mold on the button, slips through
the eye In twinkling, and the but
ton rolls leis prely across the floor.
lie picks it up without single re.
mark, out OF respect for his children.
and makes an other attempt to fasten
it. This tim when coming back
with the needle he keeps both
the thread az d button from slipping
by covering them with his thumb
and 1t is out of regard for that part
OF him that he feels around for the
eye in very careful and iudicious
but eventually losing his
"o INC search becomes
more and more hopeless, he falls to
Jabbing about in a loose and savage
manner, and it is just then the needle
nnds the opening, and comes up
through the button and part wav
through his thumb with a celebrity
that no huma p ingenuity can guard
against. Then he lays down the
things, with few familiar Quota.
tlons, and pre resses the injured hand
between his knees, and then holds it
under the other arm, finally jams it
into his mouth and all the while he
pfances and calls upon heaven and
earth TO witness that there has never
been anything like it since the world
was created, and howls and whistles,
aad moans, and sobs. After a while
ne Gains do wn, and puts on his
pants and tastens them together
with stick, and goes to bis business
! changed man.-Dan6ury Neacs.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15
A TALE OF A SHIRT.

In Merced there dwells a married
man, who's e wife is a stylish and
thoughtful woman, ever on the alert
to fix up her darling chubby" SO
that he will outshine everybody
else's darling "hubby". Some time
since she conceived the idea of con.
structing for her liege lord an outfit
OF opened back shirts. How she
discovered that there were such
articles-opened reversely-and how
she got q pattern are matters of
speculation. Certain it is that she
constructed them upon the approved
model, "did them up" nicely, and
laid them in Johns special bureau
drawer, and revealed in the thought
of dear j ohn's pleasant surprise
His surprise was complete, and
reached its maximum when he at.
tempted to put the thing on. He
had dim notion that he must stand
on his head or stick his feet through
first, but his wife knew better. Her
womau's tact taught her that this
wasn't the way, 80 she helped him
put it on over his head. Then he
couldn't get his arms in the sleeve.
Next he pulled it off and put his
arms thro ugh first, then he couldn't
get it over his head. Finally bril-
liant idea seized them both, after a
half hour 's work on the wrong tack.
He bent himself over in the form of
an inverted letter U with his arms
outstretched, and after a short strug-
gle, assisted by Julia, the thing was
done, all but the buttoning, and of
course he couldn't do that unassisted.
That wee * John was as happy as a
nigger in Major Generals uniform.
he must take bath, SO he hied to
Riley's, walked into one of the un.
occupied bath rooms and disrobed-
that is, all but the shirt. He couldn't
unbutton it. This was q partial
victory, and he proceeded to strug-
gle with what was to come. He
wrestled in despair with the obdur-
ate garment, but come off it wouldn't.
He struggled frantically, savagely;
Dut tWash Ho use IL STUCK
tighter than mother .in-law. Fin
ally, in sheer desperation, he ripped
up one side seam, from the extremity
to the neckband, and he stood re-
lieved. Dressing himself-all but
the shirt, which he rolled up in a
newspaper-and buttoning his coat
tightly around. his breast, he repair
ed to bis home. And here he met
the partner of his joys as follows :
"See here, julie is there any law
making me wear this shirtp ?" "No,
John, dear,' was the meek answer.
us there any law" he continued,
compelling you to manufacture the
cussed things?" A shake of her
head answered this query. "Well," !"
said he, "I'm glad of it; and the
next time you make me one of those
darned things, I'm blessed if you
don't wear it yourself" His shirts
don't open in the back any more.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15
DR.. NATURE.
Sunshine and Air Running A.muck with
Pills and Boneset.
BY W. NJ. CARLETON.

BYw. NJ. CARLETON.
Good folks ever will have their way
Good folks ever for 1t must pay.
But, we, who are here and everywhere,
The burden of their faults must bear.
We must shoulder Others shame
Fight their fellies and share their blame;
Purge the body, and humor the mind;
Doctor the eyes when the soul is blind;
Build the column OF health erect
On the quic ksand of neglect;
Always shouldering others shame
Bearing their faults and taking the blame!
Deacon Rogers, he came to me,
''Wife is a-goin' to die" said he.
doctors great, an doctors small,
Haven't improved her any at all.
Physics and bliste rs, powders and pills,
And nothing sure but the doctors bills
"Twenty old women, with medicines new,
Bother my wife the whole day through;
''Sweet as honey, or bitter as gall
Poor old woman, she takes 'em all;
''Sour or sweet, whatever they choose
Poor old woman, she daren't refuse.
$50 che pleases who'er may call,
An Death is suited the best ofall.
''Physic and blister, powder and pill
Bound to conquer, an sure 10 kill"
Mrs. Rogers lay in her bed,
Bandaged and blistered from foot to head
Blistered and bandaged from head to toe,
Mrs. Rogers was very low.
Bottle and saucer, spoon and cup,
On the table stood bravely up:
Physics of high and low degree,
Calomel, Catnip and boneset tea;
Everything body could bear
" Excepting water and light and air.
~
opened the blinds the day was bright,
And God gave Mrs. Rogers some light.
Iopened the window the day was fair,
And God gave Mrs. Rogers some air.
Bottles and blisters, pow ders and pills,
Catnip, boneset, syrups and squills;
Drugs and medicines, high and low,
threw them as far as could throw.
'What are you doing 80 my patient cried;
Frightening death, cooly replied.
"You are crazy" visitor said,
flung bottle at her head.
Deacon Rogers, he came to me;
"Wife is a-comin' around, said he.
81 reilly think she will worry through:
She scolds me just as she used to do.
'All the people have poohed an slurred-
All the neighbors have had their word
"'Twas better to perish, some of 'em say,
Than be cured in such an irregular way
vi.
''Your wife," said l, ''had Gods good care,
And his remedies-light and water and air.
'All the doctors, beyond a doubt,
Couldn't have cured Mrs. Rogers without"
VII
The Deacon smiled and bowed his head;
Then your bill is nothing" he SAID
Goods be the glory, as you sayl
God bless you, Doctor good day good dayr'
VIII.
"If ever doctor that woman again,
I'll give her medicines made by men, -
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15
MISCELLANEOUS.
A Dia|ogue!

| Ben-Howdy, Jotnf Whar you gwinef
| John-IIn gwine to A. T. Young's lime kilI
after lime. Has he got any what's good
Ben.-You're monty right. He has the best
| lime you ever seed.
John-Can you tell individual how to get
thar:
Ben-I reckon as how l can. just go north
| from Oskaloosa, on the New Sharon road, three
and half milds, and you will be thar.
John-How does he sell his lime?
Ben-Why laws bless your soul He gives so
pounds for 80 cents, Weighs every last bit and
gives mouty big measure sure,
John Well, want 1000 bushels this year and
i will go right there after all of it.
Ben-It will pay you mouty big sartin sure.
John-Well, must be gNine MOrnin' Ben.
Ben-Mornin' John.
All orders left at d. Ogilvies store, will be
promptly filed. Delivered in Oskaloosa at 35 cts
per 50 pounds. Wheat, corn, oats taken at the
market price, delivered at my house or at Whit
more's mill. A. T. YOUNG.
April II, 1878 32m3
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15

"Before Abraham was, / am"
"Then the Jews took mp stones again
to stone Him" The human heart
has strong repugnance to the super
human nature of Christ. 1t requires
the submission of reason to faith
It is such an infinite privilege to
have such . Saviour and q friend as
Christ, the God man, must be, che
wonder is that all are not prejudiced
in favor of His deity.-Nehemiah
adams.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15

good. Come boys" he added, Chow
many of you will follow suit ?''
"Well, ther. is mine," said Jim
laying an X upon the pile, "ant
mine, and mine, and mine," said &
dozen voices, as each hand deposi
tea an equal amount, until they had
paid quite pile of bank bills.
There stranger take that, and
may God prosper you," said "Zeke''
rendering him the money.
mo, gentlemen" answered the
Quaker" l thank you for your lib.
crafty, but cannot take your money.
am no beggar /; all ask is that 1
may work and without being dis
turbed."
but you must take it," urged
Aeke" growing warm, eve owe it
TO you and you shall take it. We've
done you great wrong-we've
abused you-and we've no other
way of making amends. Besides if
you don't take it, it will be spent by
Monday morning, and l know that
for my part it will be much pleasan.
ter to commence the week with the
consciousness of having appropria.
ted my money in sensible way, than
with the foggy head, aching limbs,
and empty pockets, which always
follow the "tree and easy"
Still the stranger hesitated.
"Take it-take it for your sisters
sake" said two or three voices"
81 accept it gentlemen" said |
Quaker" "as you say for my sis
ter's sake, and l hope to be able to
return it principal and interest"
"Quaker" left for Paris shortly af.
ter, and in few months we had the
satisfaction of hearing that his Sis
ter was completely restored to sight,
and that they were on their way
home. l have heard from him sew
erai> times since. His "lines have
been drawn in pleasant Places" and
he ia now judicial functionary in q
nelghboring State, Kentucky.
The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-15

The holy Sabbath has not only an
external but deep spiritual mean.
ing. 1t symbolizes the rest of the
holy soul, in union with God. o,
that oil Christians might know the
coming Jesus Christ in the soul /
Might live in sGod,s and God in
them.-Madame Guyoa.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14

Schambra, Reister, Dunning. Roberts.
Stone, Blair, Shallcros5, Hall and
Cowen.
A message form the Second Branch
announced its inconvenience In the
amendment made in the resolution rela'
ting to the salary of the late Judge
Good. The First Branch adhered to
its amendeut, and Messrs. Stone, Will
con and Wallace were appointed q
committee OF Conference.
Report OF the Committee on Cemeter-
les was presented and recommitted with
instructions to report as to the proba-
bic cost of q new fence around the
Peninsula Cemetery.
Report OF Committee on Wharves
was presented and action of the Second
Branch concurred in.
Report OF Superintendent OF Water
Works was presented and action OF
Second Branch concurred in. The reso-
luton to pay an increased price for coal
furnished during the epizootic received
only majority vote and will come up
at the next meeting.
Reports Of Committee on Streets and
Alleys; on Health ; on Fire Depart
meut on Police DC. were presented
and the action of the second branch
was generally concurred in.
The committee on ordinance was
instructed to prepare 40 ordinance pro-
viding q summer uniform for the city
police.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
GIF IS,
100000.

On TUEsDAY,JULY sth. ls7S. the THIRD
GRAND GIFT CONCERT, under the manage
ment Of Ex-Governor Thos. E Brsmiefte-
nd authorized by special act OF the Legis-
lature, for the benefit offhe Public Library
of Kentucky, positively and uneQuivocal-
ly comes OF In Public Library halls Lou.
isville, KY, when 10000 Gifts, all cash
amounting to $4,000, Will be distributed
by lot among the ticket-holders. The
money to pay all these gifts In full Is al
ready in bank and set ABIDE for that pur.
pose, as the following certificate shows:
OFFICE OF FLRMERs'AND DRovKRs'BANx
LOUISVILLE, KY, April Z, 1873
This Ito certify that there Il in the Farm.
ers' and Drovers' Bank, TO the credit OF the
Third Grand Gift oncert for the benefit OF
the Public Library of KY, Five Hundref
Thousand Dollars, which has been set apart
nv the managers to pay the gifts In full, and
will be held by the Bank and pad out for
this purpose, and this purpose only.
SiSned- RS. VEECH, Cashier.
Only a few tickets remain unsold, and
they will be furnished to the first applicants
at the following prices: oletickets. 90;
halves, IS quarters, $3.50; II whole tickets
for slOO; Sc for $500 lib for $1,000, and SD
for 5000. For tickets and full Information,
appIy to .THoS. E. BRAMLETTE,
ans seb Louisville, KY.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14

"SHow YOUR PAss."-There was
quite a little skirmish on one of the
street cars yesterday morning near
Hsmilton's foundry. A passenger got
on at La Belle, and when the conductor
came to collect passengers fare pass
enger said Il have a pass" When
conductor desired to be shown the past
board passenger refused. After having
it explained to him that he must show
the pass or leave the car, he still re,
fused to show the pass. A right smart
little skirmish then ensued, the con-
ductor endeavoring to eject the psssen'
ger. The combatants during the struggle
both fell over the END of the car into
the road and were somewhat scratched.
The other passengers interfered to pre-
vent any damage being done, and the
car drove off leaving the stubborn
passenger standing on the street, still
swearing that he wouldn't show his
pass. And he didn't.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14

A HEALTHY MoTHER-Mrs. Olivia
Hanes, alias Mrs. Ferry No. 4, was
arrested last evening, charged with a
disturbance OF the peace in East Wheel
ing, 1t appears that the gentle Olivia
got her back up at her little daughter
and swore she would drown the child or
kill it otherwise. With this view she
got after the little one, who fled down
John street screaming and crying,
frightened almost out OF her life, the
infur:ated mother after her until the
latter was captured by the police and
lodged in the lookup, and the little
girl found shelter in the house of a
Good Samaritan. The hearing at the
police court will develop all about it
this morning.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14
AvE,pe,rr Pr.yo,-We were shown

+ An ELEGANT PrANo.-Wewere shown
yesterday an elegant stelnwsy PIANO,
purchased of the agents Messrs' Aasms
& Lucas, 100 Market street, py ffo''
Herman Ebeling. In doing TINS the
Professor has not only secured the very
best make of Pianos in the market
but has added one more worthlly De-
slowed testimonial to the long list OF
first class artists who recommend ana
prefer the Steinwsy to all other PIANOS
We congratulate Prot. Ebeling on his
choice of piano forte, and have no
doubt his example will be initiated oy
all who contemplate the purchase OF q
piano, and who can appreciate the die
ference between first, second and third
class Instruments.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-14

LOOK OUT.-City Sergeant Davis has
issued orders to his deputies to keep
loafers from the street corners, and we
warn all the boys that they will find it
the best to scatter a little. Eds orders
are like the Persians, they are I'M
changing and Interchangeable, and will
be vigorously enforced. In the language
OF one OF the deputies, more as
two is a crowd" so look out.