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Middletown transcript., 1873-08-09

4 saRniSE SroEf In one af the ci,j~s
of New Hampshire some yea since .
lnan named ll--,--y was elee,rd mayn,.
aod very important he though, his kr,sl.
tim During his term Of Office y fre
company sent word that they should v,.i,
the city and remain several la,.. The
mayor called a meeting Of the city coun.
ell to see what should be done toward,
entertaining the fireman lie wanted To
show the hospitality Of tho city in il.
most magnificent furm. aud proposed that
sollaiion should be given 10 ,hs s,rap.
gers,
And what" asked ons Of the alder.
man. do you propose to pu, On the ,abls
for the collation. 7"
We will give them" said his honor.
IN reply hot coffee and sardines."
tine Of the council thought that sar-
dimes and hot coffee wete hardly up 10 tho
mark for the hungry hremen.
Il know better" said the mayor 10 an
angry tone; "Sardines are hearty and
will be jus, what the men need"
"perhaps." said an alderman, .his
honor does no, know what ssrdipes are. :.
The mayor sprsog to bis feet. angry all
over
i know. he shouted, "wha. saadipes
arc as we'll as you do. or sny ether mse-
ber OF the board. I've eaten enoueh Of
them IN my lite. They sre sasity prcpar.
ed Jnss take two pieccs Of bread. .sni
put q piece Of ham beiseen them. and
then your sardines are made
| His honor sat down amid 4 roar of
laughter. He'd got thines. such % ar
dimes and 'audsiohes, kinder mixed sp
-
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The identifying of the front yard and
k eping il IN order depends much more
upon the girls than tia oo,s. aud rcncr.
aly they like 10 ila IL With little In.
genulty aud care. ani the hvlp 6f their
brothers. grra, many pretty nrnamen.
ial things chn be conirisrd ut y~ry smnil
expense hanging baskets eau be manu-.
iaetared of ihc wire Of old hoop skirts.
aud. lined with moss aud filled with ivy
ar riher trailing vines. can be made To d.
ienhle anty IN beaniifYing the grounds
and getting rid Of nuisance which m.
hply seems to know what 10 DO with
lirns. made hf hnaris nailed ,oerfhcr. six
or eight sided the ont side covered With
rnnsh bark the rnneher III. hs,,er--
either glued or tackled Oh. aud filled with
gay and blooming plants. are n
pretty a they are Inexpensive, and arc
within reach of everybody Another
beautiful otnnmen, can be made ty taking
a large, shallow di.h-an old ,en-irsy
answers tho purpose admirably filling
/, with woods earth making the surface
nto little hills and dales. and covering
tho whole with the pre,tes, moss that can
be found In thi. mass.hcd can be- Plant
ei Young ftrns. white and yellow vinlet,
star grass, painted cups and almost any,
thing else that like. shade and moisture
II kept gu, of the sun and given plenty
nj water. it is surprising how lnxuran,ly
these mimic land.cnnrs will grow. and
how beautiful they will be. .idranee.
Middletown transcript., 1873-08-09
An Asrcporx or Nr,soy i r.meu

An ASgcporg or NELSON Il rrmem.
Der having read somewhere an aneclhe
Of the hero Of Trafalgar. whicl, think. i.
a good illustration nf the difference be.
tween the naval customs of his day and
Of the present. On one occasion. when
engaged in an exciting stern chase Of
some Frenchman, he roared out to hi.
quarierma.trr. whn had the helm, Thrice
(pat the helm hard ur) Thrice /, is.
my Lord. be said. No. II i.n't.' snii
Nrlson-'' nothing of the sort :" Yes. il,
is. my Lerd" Then | snppnsc liz. =
said Nelson. Yes, you do my Lord +"
aaid the manner.of.fact man Now. it
il were possible that such n thing could
happen tn a post captain of the present
day. be- would have had the qnariermaster
ia irons NJ once MT So Nelson II.
held en until he had caught np with the
Frenchman. when hc savc him--as h~
always did every rn.m.--ihe mns, tire.
mendous beating tha, the mind can
conceive and. in tho rxcitemen. Of the
victory, forgot about the quar.ermas,er.
.-Oace Week.
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There is no necessity To give oil.cake
or any other erain-feei ihan corn to
poultry while tha, can b. procured.
With some meat-scrap.. pounded oyster.
shells or bones. n little chopped cshhsge
or other vegetables. and corn in mndera.
ton. poultry will do very we'll without
any additional feed
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Salt your s,nck once or t~ice a week.
or give that often to each animal table.
spoonful ofa mixture of equal parts Of
ashes. salt and lime
Middletown transcript., 1873-08-09

Say less than you think. rather than
think nnlv half ~hst ron say
Middletown transcript., 1873-08-09

Error will slip through q crack. while
ruth vili GET stuck in the doorway.
Middletown transcript., 1873-08-09

Hast. o!ssp trips ur lis avn hre!s.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
AID FOB THE WIDOW OF PREFER.
Generous Contributions Of Money Flow
ING I'm.

Generous Contributions Of Money Flow
ing In.
The following notes from readers of the HERALD
tell their own story of generous charity for the
poor, impoverished widow OF the murdered man,
Charles Pfeifer.
e, SHARP SUGGESTION AND FORTY DOLLARS.
NEW YORK. Jan. 26, 1878.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-
Herewith please to receive $40 for the benefit Of
Mrs. Pfefer.
AS depicted in one of the illustrated papers we
observe that ladies' of this glorious metropolis
cOndoling with and Offering presents TO the muir
derers now in the Tombsl Can you not instil into
the minds Of these good people that IL would be
much more appropriate to visit and stretch help
ing hand to the widows and orphans OF the muir
deredY Yours truly, H. w.
FIVE DOLLARS WORTH OF GROCERIES.
Another gentleman IA gr0cer writes as fol-
lows:-
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Please TO find enclosed the small amount of IS
in my order for groceries for the widow and four
children OF Charles Ii. Pfeifer, the truckman who
was shot In Chatham square, by that cOwardly
assassin. r. q, Il.
The following is the order referred to-
81 will deliver to Mrs. Pfeifer or Que of the
family, groceries to the amount of five dollars.
X. o. FROST, No. 373 Third avenue"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
Total profits IS cite.

This estimate is based upon figures rather under
those OF English towns where the matter oil work
ing up the waste OF cities had been demonstrated,
and az II will be seen that the population Is placed
lower than tue actual number OF Inhabitants, IL is
sale TO say that in the cities named above
TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS Is ANNUALLY LOST
Dy the failure OF means TO make the debris source
OF commercial value
The subject Of such utilization OF the waste OF
clues Is not only OF commercial and sanitary i'm
portance but, agrculturay considered IL II or in
Unite Importance. All chemists agree that IL
makes Iertiiizcr more valuable In the
RECLAMATION OF EXHAUSTED SOIL
than the best guano and as much OF our land Is
running out and the supply OF guano ID quite lin
lted, It's value to agriculture II incalculabe.
me above facts carefully, collected rom the most
reliable scientific and sanitary reports, are worthy
OF the earnest attention OF American GIVE author
tiles, and especially OF those OF this city which
suffers so much from the impure odors tha. escape
from house aud street sewers. Ii
EUROPEAN GENIUS COMBINED WITH LOCAL CAPITAL
can relieve the city OF these reeking sinks OF de-
cayed filth, and make IL beneficial 10 agriculture
the experiment should be tried; and Judging from
precedents on the other side of the Atlantic the
same success would attend the work here. While
our authorities should not consider the cost 10 pre-
vent epldcmics, Al they can realize good revenue
ut tine same time there liz greater incentive 10 an
earnest effort 10 rid the city OF the unhealthy gssce
that we're so fully explained In the HERALD a few
days zxO.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27

10 they again before the Congress and under very
suspicious circumstances have had addilonai appro
praon Of the above number OF And whereas the
parties no have settled on these lands mostly sol
diers who have suffered much 70 maintain the integrity
OF the nation therefore . -, =
Resolved, That legislation unjust to the men who
saved country to and who by their labor increase
the wealth OF the nation by settlement and developing
me fssopsces Of the land = in our estimate an h
doubt, bring about condition OF antagonism that WIZ
endanger our institutions. .
Resolved. That Your Excellency is most earnestly
requested To fnerp0se your veto to prevent this most
legalized."
me treasurer read his report showing the
finances OF the Council to be In healthy condition
several members OF trades unions who were pres
emit then asked questions relative to the workings
OF tne association after which being answered the
meeting adjourned.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
THE HEBREW ORDER OF BNM BIRTH.
Annual Session OF the Grand Lodge
Flourishtng Condition OF the Org an

Annual Session OF the Grand Lodge
FlOurishing Condition OF the Org an
fxatiOn.
The Grand Lodge or the Order Bnai Birth, or
"Sons of the Covenant" the grand body Of sub
ordinate lodges, numbering upwards of six thou
sand members OF the Hebrew persuasion, met in
annual convention yesterday morning at Irving
Hail. remaining in session during the entire day.
After initiating the new representatives an election
for grand officers for the ensuing year was held re-
sulting as follows:-
Mr.. Morris Goodheart, OF New York, G. N. A.
MI. s. Sulzberger, OF New York, g. A.
DR.. NJ. Schlesinger, of Albany, G. Y.
Mr.. George Marks OF New York, Grand Treasurer.
Mr. $. Hamburger, ofNew York, Grand secretary.
Mr. Joseph Levisohn OF New York, Grand War
den.
Mr. julius Ben, the President OF the General Or
der in the United States, installed the newly
elected officers with the usual ceremonies A
number OF amendments offered to the bylaws of
the Grand Lodge were acted upon One of these,
proposing to empower one OF the representatives
OF lodge to cast the vote OF all the delegates to
which said lodge IS entitled, instead the existing
mode OF procedure, where every representative en-
1ss ,ne c OF acting according TO n,s mature
pro ana con, the city lodges as general thing
oeng opposed while the adjacent bodies favored
the innovation. The amendment was rejected by
an overwhelming vote, as wen as others that were
proposed.
All l'nIncust aUiOuuI Ol business was trdnSactcu
bnt the Grand Lodge had not concluded, and adj
Journcd until this evening.
Tue retiring Grand Officer, Mr.. Joseph f. FAX,
read lengthy and highly interesting report, In
which ne gave some valuable statistics. In regard
To the progress OF the District Grand Lodge No. 1,
nc stated that since 1871 the order in this district,
comprising New England and the states Of
New YORK and New Jersey has increased by six
Teen lodges, representing 1,5s5 members and
$2s,6O4 ~ IN capital. District No. numbered,
December 81, 1871 fty-one lodges or S,aJ2 men,
6 e, possessing s15teoo Of; December 81, 1872,
hfty-sx lodges reported 6096 members with cor
responding increase OF capital.
During the past year there occurred fOrty-three
oeaths among the members of the order,
whlch rs an encouraging fact, as 1t is
not even thrce-f0urths or one per cent.
The Grand Lodge counts 2o6 representatives..
The eX-Grand Onlcer strongly recommended the
erection OF hall and asylum with the large fund
now I'D tue hands OF the Bnai Birth Benevolent So
clety outsdeol the city, the shelter Of the aged
apd Indigent OF the order. The report received
ana referred TO a select committee, who we're TO
report upon tue Recommended tons se,iotiyn
very interesting letter was received by Mr. julius
Blei, from the United states Consul Ben amin +.
PelNoto, dated Bucharest, Roumania, December
81, le'- thanking the order for the liberal and
timely donations to tue prosecuted sufferers OF that
country, amounting TO 81 800, and giving some in
terestlng particulars o. that noted locality.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
CHARLES II. PFEIFER.
DIED JANUARY II.
AGED 35 YEARS.


The casket was then borne out Of the church, the
widow following. AS 1t was being placed in the
tering their carriage the scene around was very
disorderly. The crowd made rush to catch
glimpse Of the lady, end the police had to use their
clubs in some instances to keep the people back.
1t was at late hour In the afternoon when the
funeral procession took up its line of march for the
Cemetery OF the Evergreens. The white horse
that Pleier was riding when he was so ruthessly
shot followed the hearse. He was caparisoned in
black. Next followed carriage containing the
man. and the tribes of the Order OF Red Men, OF
which he was member, fell into line as lOllows-
Mohawk Cherokee Montauk, Wyoming, Mendotah,
Metamora, Manhattan, Tecumseh, Tuscarora and
Oneida, OF New York; Hoboke, Mohawk and Wee
hawk, OF New Jersey Conspicuous among the
mourners were the following named officers OF the
Orderly. d. jenkins, Great Sachem; George
Nicely, G. s. s.; John Brown, G. /. S.; r. b. Titus
Great Chief of RECORDS, and William Twiddy, Great
Keeper Of Wampum, T,rs--s, ,.a-,--l-. -.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
A CRUEL CRIME.
A Poor Widow Outraged In Brooklyn
Arrest of the Accused.

4 Poor Widow Outraged In BrOokIyn-
Arrest of the Accused.
Mrs. Noise, poor widow, who occupies small
house at 50 Hamilton avenue, in order to get
thing towards her support, let furnished room to
young man named John McCandrew. At q late
hour on Saturday night McCandrew took Edward
Devine, companion Of his, to the house, and they
went TO the bedroom OF Mrs. Noise and, as alleged
committed an outrage her. Mrs. Noise az
tempted TO give an alarm, but one OF the accused,
she says, held her while the other out
ragged her. They made their escape and
slowed themselves In the engine room Of
a steamboat at the Atlantic Dock. Mrs. Noise
notified the police Of the Third precinct, and
Roundsman Rorke and Orlcer Reinhart, after q
diligent search, found them and locked them up
TO awali elADinato2.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
THE STATE PgNOIBLEs OF PHILADELPHIA.

The Hon. Simon Cameron Association OF New
York are tor entertain q company OF the State
Fencbles OF I'll. crack regiment OF Philadelphia on
monday evening AT kbe club rooms, Iao Eidr!dge
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
FIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG.

Al eight O'Clock yesterday morning fire broke
out In the glass cutters mills. Nos. ls4 and 1876
North Eighth street, causing Damage OF $1,000.
Nslfed ~ various iorcjgn companies iQT $4,000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED
PREFER.

An Immense Multitude i'm Attendance
Scenes In and Around the Church.
Simple but Impressive Ceremonies
The Sermon and the Last Rites.
The funeral OF Charles II. Prefer, the man whom
Nixon murdered, took place yesterday afternoon,
from the North Fifth street Methodist church,
Williamsburg, OF which church the murdered man
was member. The funeral had been announced
for two O'Clock, but at one O'Clock the church was
already densely crowded. and no more seats
could be obtained From one end Of the
block to the other, up and down Fifth
street, there was extreme difficuty in md
ing passage. AS for getting into the church,
that was not to be thought Of. At half
past one about one hundred and fifty men be-
longing to the order of Red Men, and some fifty be-
longing to the Truckmen's Association marched up
and were provided with seats at the expense OF
many who had taken such particular pains to re-
tain them beforehand.
Shortly after two the coffin was borne from the
house OF the dead man, in Eighth street, and con-
veyed IN the hearse to the church, accompanied
by the widow, the father and mother and four
little children prettily dressed In blue and ermne.
The little ones seemed to be quite happy and not
at all to realize the awful position in which they
were placed. They came jumping and smiling out
OF the carriage and entered the church. The widow
carried one young child in her arms and the black
veil thrown over both her head and that OF the
babe, so that her face could not be seen. The
coffin was placed beneath the pulpit and the
widow and family occupied the first pew nearest
the remains. The service was a protracted one.
hymn was first sung by the congregation, and
then the Rev. Mr.. Hollis offered up prayer, after
which Chaplain French made the funeral address,
which was extremely affecting. Mr. Hollis
then gave brief sketch OF Charles Pleiler's
life. He told how, when the country needed good
men, the dead had entered the navy and how after
ward he had twice enlisted in the army, each
occasion receiving an honorable discharge.
After the service all those in attendance passed
round the coffin and viewed the corpse. The
casket was of rosewood, with silver plate bearing
fha lingo inf
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27

Feseou> products Of the employed in ma uactre
en- sY% aSs s
%o d the ana
matter must de pend In some me
4. 81 q
p Se
sA sp %@ Inc sd Sa%y
T be ssGp sss. s
secna are introduced into the empty PIT as VIII
s~
,aion urine converts ali the dlGerent ms Of the
Ss
g ss a hs s Ssa
and loss to agriculture that in less than year has
se %
the works which should be erected at such distance
ee. though fset nuisance Of any Nature Is rem
s RAW the
n1Ts IN bags for the being conducted n herne
Into large re brick svaporating Chambers from thirty
Vide In ss ten Gr m feet
Grafton Of the e1cret1 dryness effected BY Of
that
90 he
the coal employed in the manufacture the manure
rotate with great velocity by OF engine
Keep all the gases and yspors under perfect
prevent them from coming IN contact with the Atmosphere
with intoA large iron receiving tank
the
air pass of by an ascension pipe on the top Of the re-
as may be- deemed the
from the coal consumed in all the operations OF the
are retained therein, and form with the water Of con-
weak solution O. commonly sa no
large cast iron STILL and converted in the ordinary
ne SPa a @
may be sold separately as an article Of commerce
From the above the intelligent reader will be
now going on in English towns TO utilize the waste
and solids OF cities. That
BE DONE WITHOUT OFFENCE
endangering the health of the inhabitants seems
to have been demonstrated. But the next ques-
tion and the moot important after the preservation
OF sanitary purity Is one OF expense. In this CITY,
nue., we pay $62 800 per year to the Lodi Manufac-
turing Company to remove 1t from the Island.
There is no reason why these solids should not be
A SOURCE OF REVENUE
instead OF an outlay. Estimates made by English
companies now engaged In working this plan show
profit to the stockholders over and above ex-
penses or from siXty-twO and half cents to
four dollars for each inlaDitant, according
to the population. The main expense is IN the
collection of the solids and hnds. In a
sparsely settled town tbis Is very great; but in
city like New York it would be small and the pro-
nts to the contractors would be probably So or -
for each inhabitant. or. with our present popula-
ton OF about Million the profits would be, per-
haps 900 or 600 600 per year, and there IL
no reason why the city should not receive reve-
nue. equal to 6ne-half the profits, or establish Q
bureau lOr this purpose, and, working up the stuf
realize the whole profit European chemists esti-
mate the amount OF solids at 1900 per person per
year, and with phosphates added the product Is
worth in England 500 per ton, or $40 more than
Peruvian guano, On tins basis the English CON-
panY
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27
Profits of 1000 900 inhabitants.

Profits of 1000 900 inhabitants 81, 90l 900
This shows the value to New York in u com.
merclal point OF view OF the deposits that now
removed at an expense OF $62,sOO per year, or de-
posted through defective sewers where the life or
every citizen is endangered, and where 1t must
forever remain tft
PERPETUAL BREEDER OF PLAQUES AND EpIpExIcs.
The only point upon which English engineers
and sanitary authorities have any doubts Is the
ability Of the machinery now employed III English
towns
TO EMPTY THE ALREADY CLOGGED SEWERS
In the cmptying OF water closets the success Is
complete. but the removal OF the decayed deposits
OF the sewers Is now attracting attention on the
other side OF the Atlantic, and the latest tAteil-
gence from there reports that this last difficulty is
about being overcome, and that an apparatus has
been devised which can be introduced into the
manholes. II this be = fact science has accom-
pshed great boon Tor mankind in a sanitary
sense. Persons familiar with our sewers estimate
the value Of the focal matter and other solids
poses, all the way from
FIVE TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS.
III means can be found to remove this and con-
vert 1t into fertilizers there Is no why In
tirely purged Of the accumulated filth and the CAPT
tallsts who attempt the work realize an immense
prent. Indeed the profits, based on the above
English estimates, would be fabulous, and the
working OF the sewers and closets Of the city
would be
MORE PROFITABLE THAN THE BEST GOLD NINE
ever discovered: The annual product OF night soil
In New York alone Is over thirty thousand tons,
and local company formed here could add that or
Brooklyn, Jersey City and adjacent towns and
annually utilize, in one central factory, over two
hundred thousand tons OF local matter that is now
dangerous source oil epidemic.
Estimates made In England OF the
PROFITS LIKELY TO ACCRUE
from inc manufacture OF the night soil and other
This does not include the present sewer de-
posits- -
Der westbote. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1872-1918, 1873-11-27

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se~Sabrganges bieier tntereiianten unb f90n IL
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@eneral>M 9entur, Simon unb Bruber bon
Sort Wapne, SSno.
Die SO. 2ieferuns bes 6=N m es
rifanif9en Concentrations ericon
lit uns ioeben 5usefommen. Dieielbe brin9t
einen einsebenben Nrtifel iiber SpirituaIisz
mus aus Der Sober zines Der berporrasenbs
fen INSTRUMENTATION Bertreter bieier
8ibtuns. Ser ebenfaus Don einefa ti6t!sen
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cine ebenlo intereIIante pie uolIitanbise nez
berIibt Der Sauptreiultate Der miRenfdaftlt=
den yori9ung fiber Die Yeriobe Der @ulturz
sel9idte, unb beridiidtist beionbers Die
amerifani11en 8erbdltniHe. Inter ben Tbs
riaen Mrtifeln ermdbnen mir nod bic iber bic
Stabte Springfield Tin Suinois, Mahaduz
fetts unb Obio) iiber Staatspapiere unb ben
&riess1efretar gbmin M. Stantor.
g. 3ideI's Deutfd=amerif. Samiz
lien Galenber fir 1874. Bon biez
fem, nit einem bibf6en colorirter 8tloe uno
uieIen SolSidnitten uer5ierten uno nit erbeiz
ternbem unb unterbaltenbem 2e1etofe nno
elmer aarte Der Ser. Staaten periebenen 8az
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bubble Iusltattuns serei6t Der ~bierldnSif6en
Ssnbuitrie CUR Gbre.
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fir 1874, ebenfaas 81 baben BET 6. 3ideL
10 Dap Str, Seem Sort. Neben pielen 2es
Ieitofe unb blbIden 9olsidnitten entbalt bers
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DieIe Galenber rperben gu IS Gents oes
Stid seliefert. Grober &abatt fir gSieoers
perfaufer.