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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-12
RiSt0ri's Fading Laurels

Moncure ID. Conway writes from
England to the Cincinnati Commercial
that Madame Rlstori is just concluding
what one may safely consider will be
her last engagement in that country, If
indeed the end of her career as an
actress be not near. The engagement
has not been success. She has kin.
died some critics into enthusiasm, but
has not drawn the public About nine
years ago he saw her here, and although
even then she by no means welded the
fascination which those who saw her in
America must SO well remember, she
was still brilliant and powerful, and it
was not easy to get seat to witness
her performances. But the small
audiences which have been listening
to her at Drury Lane must have re-
minded her sadly that her day is nearly
at an end. Partly it may be the fault
OF the generation-if fault it be-which
has become stepped in Ofenbach and
the French drama generally. Ristori
is still great actress, and few even
ings ago, at her benefit, she performed
the part of Lady Macbeth in her sleep
less walk, trying to wipe out the
damned spot" with q novelty and
intensity most exciting. HcT deep,
hard breathings could be heard through
the house, and her eye ailated end
glittered with the old fire which made
her in earlier days the finest artist in
passionate scenes and passages of
tragic emotion which the modern world
has seen.
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ChiIdren's Evening Hymn.
BY NJ. nETHAM. Epw ARps.

The little birds now seek their rest
The baby sleeps on mothers breast;
Thou givest all Thy children rest,
God Of the weary.
The sailor prayCt til on the sea
The little ones at mothers knee;
Now comes the penitent to Thee,
God Of the weary.
The orphan puts away his fears
The troubled hopes for happier years
Thou drest all the mourner's tears,
God OF the weary.
Thou sendest rest to tired feet,
To little toilers slumbers sweet,
To aching hearts repose complete,
God of the weary.
In grief, perplexity, or pain,
None ever come to Thee in vain
Thou makest Life a joy again,
God of the weary.
We sleep that we may wake renewed,
TO serve Thee as Thy children should,
With love, and zeal, and gratitude,
God of tho weary.
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Que TeIegrarh n Great RLiInin.

Telegraphic communication seems to
have greatly increased in Great Britain
since the government took it under
control. Toward the close OF 1872 there
were in active operation IN the three
Kingdoms 5,l00 telegraph bureaus,
which forwarded no less than 1858, S
600 ordinary dispatches, or twenty five
per cent. more than were sent in 1871.
The newspaper press kilograms had
already increased thirty three per cent.
and contained 2S,000,000 OF words.
against 81, 900, 600 Of words Of the pre-
vious year. During one single inter.
csting night session OF Parliament
20, 900 words, or 100 Times columns.
were telegraphed from London TO the
provincial towns. The total lcugth
Of the telegraph lines is los, 900 miles,
OF which 1900 are leased to private
individuals. In the year 1871 the total
length was only $4,000 miles. During
the fall maueuyers no less than half 4
million Of words was sent to the papers.
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Strange spectre with the Roman nose
Great bugaboo OF form gigantic
Quaking at thy majestic pose,
The wild Bohemian is frantic.
Clouds darken his bewildered brain.
And break in showers of ink-lke rivers
While---drenched from Florida to Maine.-.
The great Republic sits and shiyers.
II,
Spirit OF '76 D0st see
This phantom from the yellow Tiber
Clutch with its fingers freedoms tree
Tear out the heart and rend the fibre
Il there no wrinkle on thy brow,
Nor any ghostly band 10 stay u.s.
Or must this full-orbd nation now
Rush backward into general chaos2
III.
Meanwhile, with hdeous jest and Joke,
This modern Caesar, most imperious,
Sits on his throne and takes his smoke
q. Washington Is not this serious
Wake. freedoms sircs The sceptre seize !
Forth from the tyrant's fingers tear it'll
II not, then throttle, if you please,
That wild Bohemian in his garrett
New JERSEY, Aug &c, 1873.
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THERE remains in the faces Of women
who are naturally serene and peaceful.
and Of those rendered So by religion.
an after spring, and later an after.
summer the reflex Of their most beauti.
ful bloom. = Richter.
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MlLroN had written his best miscel.
laneous poems al twenty.six.
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OvER 5000 hogs arrived in the city
yesterday Imagine how many, Of one
kind and another, there mnst be here
now
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-10-16
vermont and Canada Railroad.

A meeting of scyenty-tive stockhold-
ers of the Vermont and Canada railroad
was held in Boston Wednesday, prelim-
mary to the annual meeting. The presi-
dent, Mr.. Brooks, detailed the position
of the present board of directors, which
had unfortunately acted during the year
as a house divided against itself, and
that in part accounted for the little they
had done.
Mr.. Durant inquired If the directors
had made any investigation of the con-
dition of the company, especially as to
any debt owed by the Vermont and
Canada road to the trust. If he was not
misinformed, the directors had made no
examination of the books. They had
devoted their time to the lawsuit, the
expense of which he would like to have
stated to the meeting. 1t is stated that
the president of the road, at the time of
the last meeting, owned but two hun
dred shares, and now owned five hun
dred. The shares sold then for $75 and
now for $50 Mr.. Durant intimated
that the attack on Governor Smith, and
the other trustees was due to the i'm
proper influence of competing inter
est. He said that about two weeks be-
fore the IrdUeyler's attack on the credit
of the road, a prominent gentleman con-
nected with the Boston, Hartford and
Erie railroad told friend of his to get
rid of his Vermont Central stock, if he
had any, as there would something come
out soon which would make crash
He said that one of their present board
of directors was a director in the Hart
ford and Erie road, which he thought
ought not to be.
Mr.. Nichols, one of the directors, said
that there was great improperly in GER
tain gentlemen who were directors in
the Vermont Central road being directors
in the Vermont and Canada road. lie
was in favor of going into the United
States courts and assert their rights.
Mr. Griswold said that he had good
knowledge that Gov. Smith proposed to
depreciate the securities of the Vermont
and Canada and the Vermont Central
roads, with view to buy them up for
the consolidated Central Vermont line.
A motion that in the selection of di-
rectors no gentlemen interested in rival
roads should be chosen, was tabled.
|. Mr.. G. G. Coffin said that if he under
stood the report of the directors, they
had but one remedy to propose, that was
an appeal to the United States Court,
and cited several cases in support of his
opinion. His voice was for peace, if the
disputes could be amicably settled. He
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RUTLAND, VT. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IS,

almost infinite in their influence as we'll
as perplexities. In this. exercise of in
vestigation of some of the difficulties of
the work it appeared that seyenty-fYe
schools were represented, tWenty-nine
pastors, nineteen superintendent, and
thirty-three teachers were present. All
use International Lesson Series. And
all strongly commended this series ana
the lesson leaves as marked improve
ment on the old ''bible series,'' and as
greatly increasing the interest in bible
study throughout the land.
Much valuable information was gain
ed from this exercise. sB 7s....
Spirited songs interspersed with the
remarks, made the occasion more ami
mated.
At 11;30 o'clock this question was
considered by the convention ''How
shall we reach the nineteen-twentieths
of our population who are not connected
with our Sunday schools ?"
Various questions were given and
various means advised and yet the
question Is open how shall we do it?
More than the wisdom. of Solomon is
wanted to devise saceessfpl ways and
means for doing this work
The afternoon session was prcfaced
by a season of prayer and an experience
meeting at 2 p. NJ. Mr.. Bliss discussed
Sunday School musie. and led the con
vention in Sunday Schools songs. He
is n spirited singer, with clear and sweet
tones, and distinct enpnciation. he
shonld rank high among the brothers
and teachers In. song. Many regard this.
last exercise Us the most interesting Of
the convention, and all felt the conyen-
tion had been none too long, either for
pleasure or. profit. ..:s.-. ,...,.- II.
Chester village, ahont one mile west
of the railroad, Is mostly i long street
running nearly iil9G and south. adorned
with beautiful Shade tro,-s, and most
pleasant 10. look upon. The. people
seem hrarty IN tlrpir greeting and rp0st
hospitablr in. their generous cntertain-
ment The ladies' provided most hoHnti-
ful rctreshments in the Town Hall,
under ;he Baptist church, aud all were
fed without money and without price.
The Congregational church, where
the convention was held Wednesday and
Thursday, it being the largest, was filed
at each session. the galleries on three
sides being occupied in the evening.
We shall long remember the most
cordial hospitality of the Chester Chris
tians, and wish all the world always
showed the ciyility and Christian Gull
ture of these generous people. Long
may they have peace and prosperity.
In number of Sabbath School schol-
ars, Rutland ranks third, Burlington and
st. Johnshury having each, respectively.
1888 and 1856, while Rutland has
EOS, and Bennington, next in num-
| Der, has !, ,036 scholars.
The following recapitulotinD OF the
State statistics by counties is tudl of in
! formation to all interested in the work
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TIEE PLAGUE.

Woes cluster-they tread each others
heels" The truth of this old, familiar
saying is again illustrated by the preva-
leuce of the terrible yellow fever plague
n our Southern cities, simultaneously
with the existence of the lamentable
financial disasters throughout the coun-
try And yet, Notwithstanding the de
pressing effects of the monetary panic
upon our northern cities, a number of
the latter have generously responded to
the earnest calls for help from our
Southern brethren in the afflicted cities
and towns. These responses-in the
midst of the financial difficulties, result
ing in wrecked fortunes, and general
alarm in money circles-these responses
Illustrate the better side of humanity.
The cries that have come up, and are
coming, from the stricken cities of the
South, tell the fearful destruction it is
working and the need that most sorely
presses upon the people. And this need
Is just now the most difficult to supply.
Nurses and nourishment are indeed
scarce, but may be had for money. 1t
is money that is needed to supply the
wants of the distressed. And money is
The most difficult thing to furnish. Yet
we are sure that the charity which
proved itself so nobly and emphatically
after the great fires of Portland, Chi
cago and Boston, will not remain dor
mant in the present dire calamity that
has overwhelmed Memphis, Shreveport
and than other towns in the South.
The generosity of the American peo-
PIE, in times of misfortune and affiiction
upon any class or community, is well
Known. Hence we hope to see noble
response from all parts of the country to
'ae urgent appeals for help from the
yellow fever sufferers. What will Rut-
land do in the matter?
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gun. The money you need more than
anything else, so don't worry about
my disposing of it.
81 declare, exclaimed Howard, "this
seems like fairy's doingsl / hardly
wish for thing before it comes"
So on Annies finger was the prettiest
little pearl ring, and Mr.. LAWSON chuck
led to himself on the success of his wish
es. When, few days after, Smith was
paid for the light suit, and received an
order for another, he congratulated him
self on his good luck. Neither he nor
Mr. Lawson conld keep their secret, each
whispered it TO his friend and so it
reached the ear of a shrewd and we'll
known legal gentleman of W, who,
Immediately after Howard graduated
and won the prize for the best essay,
astonished him by coming and offering
him a partnership. Two months had
only passed when Howard found himself
Just where he hoped to be, in two years.
And better still, an old miser uncle, who
never before would help him, when he
heard Of his nephew s success, concluded
there was 9 something in the boy, and
sent him a nice little present in the
shape of a five thousand dollar bond.
A few days ago, Nellie's little friend
Kittie came in and whispered, 81 am
going to be bridesmaid tor Annie Law
son. She is going to be married early in
the fall. And then she added, laugh
ing merrily:
. truly believe this marriage will be
the work of my postal card. ! know,
only few days before, Mr. Lawson did
not treat Howard with common polite
ness. Just see how slight thing may
turn the current of our lives"
" We should be very cautious, then,
how we drop these pebbles in the stream,
Nellie But | am glad, if our little
piece of fun has done such good work.
And | am confident Howard Marcy is
worth all, and more than Mr. Lawson
believes he is. And we have only made
him anticipate what the future is sure TO
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rrF RUTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1878.
FRENCH POLITICS.

Recent news from III belle france,
1--WE. us % new phase of matters in that
..-alr afflicted country. In short, We
,,.told that a fusion has now taken
.ea. between the Republicans aud Bo-
,,nlrtists, as against the Royalists, in
ae French Assembly. Ever since the
.twar different factions, in France,
nave been struggling and contending for
,-a supremacy and control of govern
mental affairs. Last spring the three
,.sat opposition parties 1.-THE Bonapart-
ia. the Orleanists and the Legitimists-
we're united in their hostility to M.
Theirs, without, however, remaining
united after their desires had been ac-
nn7Iished by the overthrow of Thiers.
On the contrary, the fight began anew
among themselves, until it became APP
mrent that the Royalists were in the as
csadancy, when Immediately, from
force of circumstances, the present
strange alliance of Bonapartists and Re
a1bIicans resulted.
What will be the next move we know
not. Evidently things are approaching
acrsis in France. Everything is tend
ms toward a restoration of a Bourbon
dynasty, or else, possibly, tthe elevation
o+ the Napoleonic adherents to power,
with, in either event, the destruction
md demolition of the present farce of a
Republican government. Johnny era
mlu" is mercurial, impetuous and sus-
epdble. No accurate prediction can
be made as to what he is liable to do in
meof his insane moods. Any person
who has ever visited the Corps LegisZptif
viii remember with what surprise and
amazement he first beheld the tumult-
ols, vociferous, French Assembly, and
compared it with the more quite and
emitted department of the English Par
amentary Houses, and the Congressional
parliamentary practices Of the United
States. 1t requires but a slight affair TO
throw the whole Corps LegjSJGtJ into a
violent scene Of confusion, fermentation
and unhealthy, inexcusable excitement.
Il is with sorrow we are obliged to
state that the problem of a republican
form of government in France has thus
far proved a failure. Whether the
French people have yet been sufficiently
educated up to the point of Republican.
ism. or whether such a form of national
poIity is advisable and consonant with q
people whose temperament is historical.
'ya and naturally constituted for an ad
verse form of government, we know
1ot
From present appearances we are
forced to say that some strong, ruling
hand is necessary to reorganize and con
troll the sadly disorganized political ele
ments that are at present keeping France
10 a state of uncertainty and fermenta
ton. 1t needs but a spark to kindle the
fires Of another revolution in the Frencl
Republic.
We hope that no crisis will be pre-
ciDitated upon the French people by the
present state of affairs, and that the
wise and cool heads among the Leaders
of the different factions will steer thei
ship Of state clear of all breakers anC
distinctions into a safe harbor at last
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Oh . Good deal like the testimony of in

ed a good deal like the testimony of in
terested witnesses but here is some
thing from the editor of a prominent
Western newspaper that cannot be
credited to partisan hostility, for the
writer is speaking of his own party.
Writing to his paper concerning a re-
form convention which met in Illinois
recently, he says that it is generally be-
lieved the Democratic Liberal Conven-
tions that meet this fall, will listen to a
number of funeral orations, disband and
join with the reformers in trying to re-
animate the corpse. He trusts that the
reformers win bury ''bad smelling preju-
dice" SO deep that it will never come to
The Suriace again to offend the olfactories
of a sensitive community. May not the
lurid lights that flicker roaIad the corpse
of the defunct Democracy be mistaken
for the beacon light that leads to peace
and purity, the day star Of hope and
promise in American politics? s
4 DOC. is sometimes q great luxury,
he is frequently a great nuisance, and
quite often he is great comfort to his
owner or possess0r. However, we cam
not recommend that all dogs be pronis-
cuously slaughtered, yet we would pre-
sent to the earnest consideration OF all
owners the following illustration of the
possibility of its being to the advantage
of those who are about to shuttle off the
mortal coil, to first relentlessly massacre
their CANNES, without any. consideration.
whatever for the feelings of ths, latter.
1t appears that there was in New York
a gentleman who loved his dog to excess
which fact was known to his friends.
Upon the death of the gentleman in
question, his friend and administrator,
out of consideration for the dead mans
feelings, employed a person to take care
of the animal till some plan could be
found for the future permanent abode
of the canine. After short time the
administrator received, among other
bills, one from the man who had under
taken the care of the dead mans pet
dog. For this arduous duty he present
bill of So for dog tax, $25 for training
the dog and $240 for boarding the ami
NAL, making total of $270 expenses on
the dog. The case went to law, and the
taxpayer, trainer and boarder received
Judgment for $135. The chief lesson
seems to be that all persons about dying
should kill their pet dogs first And in
this connection it might be well to recol-
lect that we are all mortals, and that as
far as dogs are concerned, there is no
time like the present.
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REV. HENRY NJ. HOLMES,
REV. @. HIBBARD,
REV. L. b. DEMO,
REV, A, SCRIBNER.

The committee on place of next meet
ing of the association reported in favor
of Bradford. There being no invitation
from any other place, the report was
adopted without dissent.
The treasurer, in part, reported the
state of the finances of the convention !:
Received from former treasurer, $5.S
Received from convention at
Swanton, 151.00
Received from one hundred and
fifty-two schools reported, 200. "a
Total. 1851. "a
Paid on orders drawn, $685. 40
Balance saved, 57.S4
1t being found that this balance was
sufficient to defray all the unpaid ex-
penses of the association for the year
closing, and that therefore the hat
would not have to be passed for penny
contribution to pay deficiencies, the
convention thankfully sung, "Praise
God from whom all blessings fow."
Surely in these times of financial
panics it seemed cause for devout graft
tude that the benevolence of the associa-
tion was not tested by the presentation
of the hat of charity.
The state secretary asked each school
to contribute to the fund for expenses at
the rate of one cent per member. Of
the STA schools in the state 152 respond
ed, and gave $200.25. Of the schools
in Rutland, only one reported, and that
its full apportionment The assessment
asked is small but if all responded the
aggregate would add greaely to the eff
cheney of the association.
$ At 10 o'clock Prof. J. G. w. Coke, of
the Montpelier Seminary, conducted the
convention in a conversational exercise,
designed to bring out the wants and the
difficulties of the scholar; proper use of
question leaves, etc. Brief remarks,
questions, etc., solicited from all per-
sons present.
The questions, answers and discussion
this exercise elected were highly enter
tanning and instructive, but not exhaus-
tive
The themes are full of interest and
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didn't want any more stones thrown
until all amicable means had been ex-
hausted. MIR. Coffin said he appeared
simply as a stockholder, not as the
mouthpiece of any individual. The
meeting adjourned after appointing the
following gentlemen as committee to
report list of directors at the annual
meeting: Messrs. Leverett Saltonstall,
Jonathan Dwight, Samuel Wells, Geo.
d. Noyes and A. G. Stafford.
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Surely the Sunday school work is not
a cause of small import or interest in
our State All honor to those who are
engaged in this moral and religions
enterprise, and who are doing so much
for the moral education and elevation of
rising generations.
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We have often heard it announced
with good degree of certainty that
the Democratic party is dead, +" but the
announcement has generally come from
members OF other parties, and has sound
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NO. xxxII.

STATE BOARD OF EDUoATIoN.-At the
meeting of this board, recently held in
Burlington, Colonel Roswell Farnham
of Bradford, was elected a member of
the board in place of the late Judge
Steele, and Colonel Reuben G. Benton
of St. Albans was elected member in
place of the late F. c. Hathaway. The
present members of the board are:
His Excellency, Gov. Converse, er Of
fcio.
Benz. f. Bingham, Brattleboro.
Roswell Farnham, Bradford.
Geo. N. Webber, Middlebury.
Geo. w. Grandey, Vergennes.
nj. H. Buckham, Burlington.
r. G. Benton, st. Albans.
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Curious. On Monday, as the editor
of this paper was passing the house of a
friend he was called in to see a large
pickerel caught that day. Aswe were
looking at it, we observed something
move in its stomach. We called our
friends attention to.the fact, who took
out his pocket-knife and laid the fish open
when live bullfrog, five inches long,
jumped out on the floor. Whether the
fish had swallowed the bullfrog, or the
frog had jumped down its throat to get
in out of the wet, we are unable to say,
but we vouch for the truthfulness of the
story. Whitehall Times
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The owner of Judge Fullerton chal-
lenges every trotting horse in the world
for purse of $4,000, half to be for
feited if the race falls through.
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An Iowa man built himself a $40, ,00O
barn and sat down in it to have a smoke
and contemplate the structure He liked
it exceedingly well, and will at once
build another on the same site, having
obtained his insurance. @
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One woman and two men blacknailed
an old fool out of $40, 900 in New Bed
ford.