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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30
OUR SLEEPING BABY.

Jun SltEfINd bhbI'
The silken fringe of his lashes
Droops over his sparkling eyes,
And the curling gold ON his forehead
In rich profusion lies.
His mouth, like the bow of Cupid,
Closed tight o'er his tiny teeth,
Just part, for moment to show me
The beautiful pearls beneath.
Extended full length, an Apollo,
With more than his beauty he seems,
While the varying play of his features
Is shaped By his innocent dreams.
He wales! No! moved anil disturbed him
And in woIder, the half-open eyes
Cast their sleepy reproaches upon me,
But are closed in moment with sighs.
Come, mamma, and look at your baby!
Such sight you'd not willingly miss;
Como quick, and with tender caresses
Awaken your boy with kiss!
He's n child now, and jcaleusly tended,
We watch every moment with care;
Hearts burning with love for our darling,
We think he is wondrously fair.
But days yet to come may be gloomy,
And the pathway Of life for his4ect
Be covered with tho, MS, while the roses
Some happier mortal may greet.
BE hushcd all my gloomy forebodings,
Nor borrow the trappings Of woe;
Enough for us all be the promise,
Through the valley with thee will go'
Let us train him to shun every evil
That, clothed with Christians might,
He may meet every vile Of tho tempter
With enc simple test-''Is it all right''
Thus, "strong in the Lord" may his dut.
r Be done til deaths night shall lie past,
When, arrayed in more heavenly beauty,
He shall cross the bright portals at last.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30


American Methodism dates its histo-
ry as an organized body from July l4th,
1773, when the first Conference met in
Philadelphia. In this same city has just
been held its centennial anniversary. Be-
ginning on the l4th inst, the celebration
was kept up three days with unabatod in.
terest and spirit, Methodists from all parts
of the country being present to enjoy the
services. Of course it was great occa-
sion. There were addresses, love.feasts,
jubilee gatherings, Sabbath.school meet.
ings, and various exercises in commemora-
tion ofthe event The main features were
the historical essays. in which the rise and
growth of Methodism in the United States
were traced with minute detail. From
these we learn that the American pioneer
Of this Church was Phillip Embur, born
In Limerick, Ireland, a carpenter by trade,
plain, pathetic preacher, and an unpre-
tentious, jealous man. Here he preached
with Captain Webb, an exofficer of tho
British army, and through their Influence
other Methodist preachers came over from
England, and Methodism in this country
was established. The regular "Method.
list Episcopal Church." however, was not
organized until eleven years after the
Philadelphia Conference in 1854, when
Methodism numbered eighty-four minis
ters and fifteen thousand laymen. Ashbury
became the first bishop Of the new Church
Since then the denomination has grown
apace, and leads all the others in the
country, having seventy-six Conferences,
ten thousand travelling preachers, and near
ly one million and half of members.
Among the speakers at this interesting
celebration were Rev DR.. Fowler, of Chi
cago. President Of the Northwestern Uni
versity, Drs. T. M. Eddy, j. B. Wakaly.
II. H. Pattison, G. H. Phebus and other
leaders in the Church. Bishop Simpson,
Fon account of illness, was unable to par
ticipate. 5o'gea 20 soduaa
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30
In q Dentists Chair.


IfSpivens is to be believed, there was
recently an extraordinary case Of dental
surgery in this city. He says that a
friend Of his wife visited dentist en-
street, fer the purpose of having tooth
extracted. TWAS an eye-iooth. Spivens
accompanied his friend for the purpose Of
favoring him with a little sympathy over
tho shoulder. 1t is so pleasant to witness
the agony of friend, and to advise him
to bear it like man.
The dentist seated his patient in a chair,
lanced his gums, applied his forceps, and
gave a vigorous pull. The tooth was
wrenchcd from its socket, and came out
easy enough, but the root hung fire. Eth.
er it was very long root, or it stretched
In fact, the dentist had exhausted his
reach, and the root was not yet entirely
out.
Spivens ventured to inquire if the root
was not unusually long; but that dentist
was not going to admit that anything could
happen that had not already occurred in
his experience:
"Nct at all, he replied. "I have oft.
en- pulled teeth whose roots reached down
to the hips"
He mounted a chair and took another
pull. He thus succeeded in getting away
with about yard of the tooth, but the
root continued to hang. At the same
time the patients leg, below the knee,
was violently jerkcd up.
Spivens ventured to say that this was
surely an unusual case.
ut is a little singular" replied the
dentist "but once pulled tooth whose
roots reached down to the mans knees"
Having thus cxtinguished his question
er, he tied his patient to the chair and
Strengthened out his leg by putting it III
splipts. Then he took the forceps over
his shoulder and walked away like deck
hand going up bank with bow line.
When he reached the parlor door, he
braced himself against the jsmb and lald
back for a final pull.
The tooth popped out this time. but the
dentist made the most noise when he
reached the floor.
spivens jumped forward and picked uT
the latter end of that tooth. Tho root
had two prongs, and on the end of cact
prong was oe.nail.
That's what hurt you 50" said Spiy
ems, consoling his friend, whose screams
had been somewhat annoying. "Neyel
mind it will be all the same hundred
years hence. Don't you think, doctor
that il is rather the most unusual cast
that ever happened in your practice ?"
II am inclined to think that it is thu
most singular case of its class" replied
that impcrturbable dentist "but l once
extracted q tooth for one of the Siamest
twins, the roots of which extended through
the bodies Of both, and at the end was Q
corresponding tooth frem the mouth Of the
other. 1t was good thing for Chang
fer ~he pulled pulled III TIC @ .ooth, but but bad fol
Eng, whose tooth happened to be sound.
Spivens' friend had such a high respect
for the dentist that he told him that he
might keep the tooth for his pay.
Some ineredulous people may accuse
tAis story Of being too thin but they are
nistaken--it is tooth out.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

: The Independent is independent
enough to say, ITO tell men there is a
chance for them in the next world is a
heresy, no doubt; but it is heresy of q
much less injurious description than to
tell them that there is nc chance for them
in this world.n q
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

"A theatricallmanager. who has nice
little place in the country, has put on his
garden fence, since the cherries ripened,
: signbeard, reading "Free list absolute
" suspended
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

thousand actually abstain from the use Of
spirits ? So. eleveh-iwelvihs Of the eler-
gmen Of the English Church oonses, 10
be dumb dogs on the temperance question!
How large the proportion Of wine-drink-
ing clergmen may be in this country We
10 not know, but VIC do know that vine
glass stops the msuih on tho Subject Of
temperance, whoever may hold IT, A
wine-drinking clergyman is soldier dis
armed. lie is not only not worth a straw
in the fight; he Is part Of the iRlpedi-
naenfs Of the temperance army. We
have good many such TO carry, who
ought to be ashamed of themselves. and
who very soon viii be. Temperance laws
are now being passed by tte various Leg
islstures, which they must sustain, or go
over, soul and body to the liquor interest
and influence Steps are being taken ON
behalf of the public health. morals, pros
pcrity, which they must approve by voice
and act, or they must consent to be left
behind, and left out. There can be no
concession nor compromise on the part of
temperance men and no quarter to the
foe. The great curse Of our country and
our race must be destroyed.
Meantime, the tramp, tramp, tramp
sounds on, and the tramp of sixty thou
sand yearly victims. Some are bcsottcd
and stupid, some are wild with hilarity
and dance along the dusty way, some reel
along in pitiful weakness, some wreak
their mad and murdcrous impulses on ono
another, or on the helpless women and
children whose destiny is united to theirs,
some stop in wayside dcbauchcrics and
iniamies for moment, some go bound in
chains from which they sock in vain to
wrench their bleeding wrists, and all are
poisoned in body and sool, and all are
doomed to death. Whereever they move
crime, paverty, shame, wretehedness and
despair hover in awful shadows. There
is no bright side to the picture. We for
got: there is just one. The men who
made this army get rich, Their children
are robcd in scarlet and fine linen, and
live upon dainties. Some of them are re-
garded as respectable members of society,
and they hold conventions to protect their
interests! Still the tramp tramp, tramp
goes on, and before this article can see
light, FIVE thousand more of our poisoned
army will have hidden their shame and
disgrace in the grave Dr.J. G. Holland;
Scribner'; for august.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30
Iamoille Newsdealer;
ADVERTISING RATES.

Ic,lupa, one year. 500, six months, SEQ, three
mouths. s1t one month. SIS.
t.s cnlunn, enc year. SEQ six months. s1i, three
months sta. one month, sie.
a. ceiuinn, onn year, 81 six months, SO, three
months, st2.sa one month, ts.
Is ealunn, one year, sl5, sir months, $40, three
months, s.; one month, 80.
nuisiEess cards on hrst page 81 per line, a year,
ne charge less than 81. M .-
Notices q LIherstions ard Estrayf. 81 % each.
Probate notices. s2.s0 each.
three Insertions
Obituary notices, eve cents per line.
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Bnsiness Card-.
Auernsys

Al m f.trfD Cambridge. VT,
W. STroRNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
Office at Boro' House.
Insurance placed in the beat Home Comranles;
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

DANIEL GILBERT,
Dealer iu Furniture, Collins and Caskets.
Morrisvlle, Vt.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30

DEPUTY SHERIFF and ACCTIONEER,
Hyde Park, Vermont
Faithful attention will be paid to all businoss
.G Ia atI.ra
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-07-30
Dentists.

Il. q. GILBERT, ,,,,,,,,..,r
Morrisvillo, Vermont.
Where as good work will be furnished at reason
able prices, as can be obtained any where in the
State And shall hereafter keep my office op
during the FIRST TEN DAYS OF EACH MONT (,
but shall be away from homo more or less oil tho
remainder of the time.
have ALL the Modern improvements, and war,
rant entire satisfaction in all cases. or no pay VIII
be required.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
Attacked By q shark.


James Green, q Baltimore. fisherman,
had q narrow escape from; death early
on ma MandayTmo Ening. HGwas assisting
ln,drawthg aseinesin Chester River sat
the time, and, when within thirty feet
OF the beach, jumped. overheard with
another, the more easily to drag the
net up. sit seemed filed will, large
fishes, and the water was comparatively
shallow; but as he, took hold at the
seine, his leg was seized by shark,
and he was dragged under, and terri.
Die struggle ensued between him and
the shark. His companions were so
frightened that they stood still and
gazed with horror at the scene. In q
few msmenta Green, oamextsr the.snr-
face, and Attere1 "a ory for help. This
reused BIS hiends, saAA~ they went to
his assistance, whea the shark re-
treated further into the depths of
tho seine. : Green was tai ZEN
into the boat, where he became
lnsensible, and remained so for some
time. The shark had caught the calf
Of his left leg, and completely stripped
the flesh from the bones from above
the knee down to the foot. He was
bleeding profusely from several Of The
larger arteries that had been severed.
His companions new enough about
surgery to bind q handkerchief TIGHT
around the limb to prevent his bleed
ing to death. It seems that fishing
party had surrounded 4 number Of
sharks, as there were more than one in
the net, They succeeded in killing two
OF then. the largest Of which was eleven,
feet in length. The injured man was
removed to Lombard Street Intirmary,
where tho torn limb was amputated at
the knee, the bone of the knee having
been badly shattered by the teeth OF
the shark. 1t was very singular I'D
venture and narrow escape.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
New Mexican normafds.

3Iu0 tho Las Cruces 80Tdoeer.
A delicate but self.satisfied youth of
great Gotham recently found himself
in one OF our New Mexican coaches.
In leaving our goodly town the shoddy
exquisite placed himself carefully upon
the back seat by the side of a miniature
rifle and fishing tackle, which he car.
RED as part of his baggage. As the
coach drove over the Acequia bridpe.
the youth saw q picture which caused
hls heart to dance with delight. In
tho shade of the tall cottonwood trees
which line the banks, eamboled =
groupe of young Mexican girls in the
limped waters of the Acequla.
"For Gods sake, Mr.. Driver wbat
are those beautiful animals p
"Them are mermaids,". answered
the stage man, suppressing a strong
twinkle in both eyes.
"Oh, hold on just one minute. !" and
out went exquisite with line and rod.
while he threw the hook toward the
laughing group with a GESTURE of be.
seeching agony.
The gay throng gradually closed in
on. the facinated fisherman rs he sat
upon the bank drinking in the raptu-
rous scene before him, but paying little
attention to his line or bait. Sudden
" q black-oyed Peri of about fifteen
caught the end of his pole, and, with
q dexterous movement, landed the fish-
norman into the middle of the Ace
quia. Every mermaid of the batch
Immediately took lively interest in
lrragating their captive, who only sue.
ceeded in crawling up the Aceouia
bank after q desperate struggle, anal
very much in the condition of NORWAY
rat.
The washerwoman at the next sta
ton declared she never saw 40 much
Rio Grande mud on one suit of clothes
in her life, and the. young man was
heard to mutter often to himself i'd.
hard fish to catch, those Mexican mer.
maids r.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
A $50, 900, 900 Land Dispute.

The excitement aroused few months
ago about the ownership of valuable
coal mines in Schuy]kill and Columbia
counties, Pennsylvania, has been re-
vived. and . correspondent writing
from Shamokin says: i" The Sheriff Of
Northumberland county has been busy
IN serving some eighteen writs of eject
ment, covering some 500 acres of coal
lands of immense value, being q part
OF 10, 300 acres lying partly in Sohuyl.
kill and Columbia counties, and sun.
posed to be worth &c, OOO, 900. The
suits are commenced by Hon. Francis
Jordon, of Harrisburg, who holds these
lands in trust for parties living in New
York, and is interested, also, as admin
lstrator of the estate of the late Gov.
Geary. The deeds were recorded
here in April last. The plaintiffs claim
to hold direct from tho Commons;
wealth, having paid for these lands. and
that the title has never been lost. to
them. The Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad Company claims these lands
ny tax title, and also by what is known
a. the Grant title, commencing over
twenty years after the Morris title. i
The plaintiffs allege that the tax title
Is 8ood 1ol nothing, and that the Su-
Preme Court has already declared the
Grant title to be a fraud. The railroad
company recorded a mortgage 70 tie.
Fidelity Insurance, Trust and Safe
Deposit Company of Philadelphia, I'M
trust for the benefit of British capital
l ists in IN tins country, July z, 1871, for
~, WO'OOO MIR. Jordan, with Judge
Shlpman, made survey of these
lands IN May last, and caused several
buildings to be erected md leased.
Inc railroad company sent a lnrge
oody OF men, who surrounded, upset,
and burned up the bouses, and took
lorelble possession, creating quite an
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
Medicinal Poison. ON In. ,v....

Medicinal P0tsOns ON the Wane:
The patEtarohs took no mercury, NO btsmuth. M
!odi4n 70 bromide ef p99tasapm, no strychorta, no
qninine., Happy old gentlemen they did not even
ihhohof ths i1iitoncs ol 1hess speeaca = and vet
they Ayed until y seemed ~ Death hid forgotten
them. Their medicines were herbs and roots. They
tave lett th tut On rseo1d Ind tho world seete to
be now taking note Of y spd returning % the first
principles Of medication. Hostetter's stomach Bit.
ters, the purest AID most efBcacious vegetable re-
storativs Of The day, Il slso the most popular.
Thousands Of persons who only few years ago be.
lieved implicitly in slf the poisons which figure in
tho phsrmac0pts, now pronounce this pslatable
tonic and Alternative IN Al-suhiciont remedy for
dyspepsia, nervous debility, constipation, bilious
comp3Intss heodaohe, Intermittent fevers, and al
tho ordinary disturbances Of the stomach, the liver,
the dtsehargtng organs and the brain. The time Ia
nos e1 oseeaut when most OF the powerful and ven-
omons drugs now no rccklessly administered by
Pfacshioners Of tho "heroic school in cascs that
might easily be controlled by mldcr treatment viii
% ues1y discarded BY al philosophical physicisns
AZ II n, the thinking public, who are generally
enead OF tho peo(essjOnals, have already put the
DANGEROUS proportions aside and adopted Hostel
teFS 6itters In their stead ~ sfe md excellent
household medicine, adapted to almost every all
mont except the organic and deadly contae dfs-
easss: For more than twenty years this famous
restorative and preventive has beon annually
seeniethening its hold upon tho public confidence,
and now takes tho lead Of every Advertised modi-
o'no man" |sceufed In this county.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
~1asyg AWAY. !.

Away. -~ss'ss.. e: ).
Weep no more strive NO more lot the dream
NO soft sumor showers mako plucked noah.
Tho fair vase 10 broken tho soft scont IL Loaf
Let the crushed fragments lie count not Tho
COST, :.
Tho bond that is severed no charm can mite
NO magic can make again mondays spont
Weep no moro; hopc no more pray not, nor
Oh fair was our idol; wo framed it O. dust.
IL . crumbIed before rs {; tho gay colors fed:
Iho radiance has vanished the glory il dead.
1e"r m. no moro; look no moro moarnful'y
Let tho long grasses wave oycr tho track.
Lot tue soft sunshine slcop quiet and calm:
Let tho low wind breathe its musical balm,
Till the pang il forgotten, forgotten tho
Till DER tho crushed leaflets fresh violcts
bloom.
What! they will not leave Fragrance cliko those
we have known?
Hush ! think no moro weep no moro Sum.
NOR is goncl
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14

POPULAR FAL1AcY AND DEcRpr1oNa.-
It is an infirmity of man to cling to the
teachings of pact generation. and TO
stubbornly resist the light of reform.
and 1'rogress. Health reform and
Temperance-growth are iealouslv
watched over by the Poison BittAra
oompounders. One great prevailing
deception of the present age, is q g
impression that every human biped of
either sex must be stimulated, and the
poisoned chalice is labeled g Aiedicat.,d
Bitters, " the better to palliate their use
and prolong the epidemic. One Of the
most jealous workers to cure this mai.
edy, Dr.. JosEPH WA1KRR, Inventor and
Proprietor Of the famed CA1uoaN1A
VINEGAR BlrrERs, believes in making
bltters that are "true medicine" and
advises the sick man to swallow 4
draught that will wash out the L6prosv
OF his disease. In this .tnitt he Is
steadfast, and his. VINEGAR BrrHss.
though contradiction to the eeneral
character of all other Bitters, are, as q
great s.tccess and Life HitaIise,:. eyi-
dence OF one popular fallacy and cor.
rected.-Com. !
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
A Fearful Fall.

Three young men went across from
Lerwick to the adjoining island oj
Bressay to enjoy themselves. ! After
rambling along the seashore around
the island, they went on the headland
OF Moss, and ascended to the top of a
Cliff which is $50 feet in height. At
this season of the year the sea fowl are
breeding on the cliffs in large numbers.
and one of the party, David Aftleck, q
years old, had gone to roll, d stone over
the top in order to raise the birds.
when he overbalanced himself aud
tumbled down the giddy height, His
companions, from tue spot where they
were, could render no assistance. bnt
descended to the bottom as speedily nj
possible. A boat was brought round.
Nothing, however, was to be found.
except . few loose tufts of grass oi,
tho rocks that had been d1slodped IN
the young man descended. he had
fallen to the sea, and his body, ct the
time the mail left, had not been recov-
cred. Some conception of the distance
may be arrived ct by recollectino that
the cliff presented a perpendicular Of
more than one-tenth OF mile.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-14
A Kiss In the Dark.

A young New York gentleman stop.
ping at one of the lower hotels request.
ed the proprietor to change his room,
as the next apartment to his was occu,
pied by that torment to bachelors. q
crying baby. When he arrived from
N. 7: he vent off to take a drive, and
on his return to the hotel he was shown
to his new apartment, with the
Information that the baggage of
the former occupant had not vet
been removed, but that it would be
taken away during the course of the
evening: It was growing dark, SO our
hero sat down by the window to in.
dulge in little twilight meditation,
and possibly q cigar. Suddenly the
door opened, the trou:f from of woman's
dress was heard, and q soft voice OK.
claimed, "Why, Jack, dear, when did
you come down3 I am so gladl" and
simultaneously with the exclamation
he found himself
Icnderly clasped in loving embrace.
face.~ A'1
$50 am l." was his very natural and
involuntary rejoinder, whereupon there
was shrek, rush, and slamminu of
doors, and my friend was left alone to
mediate at leisure upon the charms of
the twilight hours. LONG Branch
Cor. Philadelphia Ledger.