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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02

Come, be in hurry" impstiently ur-
ged the keeper.
At that moment heavy covered carry
all drove up 10 the door. FHH fW0
as this the house of Jacob Manfred ~
This question was asked by man who
entered from the carryall. He was kind
looking man, about forty years Of age.
That's my NAME" said Jacob. ~
"Then they told me truly" uttered the
new confer. care you from the aims
house ~ he continued, turning toward the
keeper. 20
Yes
And you are after these people?p "
"Then you may return. Jacob Manfred
goes to no poor house while / live"
The keeper gazed inquisitively into the
features OF the stranger, and left the
house.
Don't you remember me % exclaimed
the new conner, grasping the old man by
the hand. ..Il n
II can not call you TO my memory now"
'Do you remember Lucius Williams ?"
William ?" repeated Jacob, startling up
and gazing earnestly into the strangers
face.
Eyes, Jacob Manfred-Lucius Williams.
That little boy whom thirty years ago, you
saved from the house of correction that
poor boy whom you kindly took from the
bonds OF the law, and placed on board one
of your vessels"
"And are you .-. . Id. .- Cd. -- -- r
"Yes-yes. / am the man YOU made.
You found me rough stone from the
hands Of poverty and bad example. 1t was
you who brushed off the evil, and who first
led me to the sweet waters of moral life and
happiness. have profited by the lessons
you gave me in early youth, and the warm
spark which your kindness lighted up in
my bosom has grown brighter and brighter
ever since. With an affluence for life
have settled down to enjoy the remainder
of my days in peace and quietness. heard
of your losses and your bereavements.
Come, have home aud heart, and your
presence will make them both warmer
brighter and happier. Come, my more
than father-and you, my mother, come.
You made my youth all bright, and / will
not see your old age doomed to darkness"
Jacob Manfred tottered forward and
sank upon the bosom of his preserver. He
could not speak his thanks, for they were
too heavy for words. When he looked up
again he sought his wife.
Susan" he said, in a choking, trem-
bling tone, my bread has come back to
mem .....
Forgive me, Jacob" ......-...
mo, Susan. 1t is not who must for
give-God holds us in his hand"
"Ah," murmured the wife, as she raised
her streaming eyes to heaven, II will
doubt him again J"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
HOME CIRCLE.
A BABY INTERVIEWED.


ToA1ITrLE oSE, JUST WEEK OLD.
Only baby, thout any hair,
Cept Just little fuzz here and there.
Only baby, name you have none;
Barefooted and dimpled, sweet little one.
Only baby. teeth none at all;
What are you good for, only to squGll
Only baby, just week old;
What are you here for, you little scold?
BABY's REPLY,
Only baby what should be .t
Lots O. big folks has been little like me.
'Aint dot any hair es have too;
Spose'n ] haven't, dess it TODD grow.
Not any teeth-wouldn't have one;
Don't Diet my dinner by gnawing bone.
What am here for at pretty mean;
Who's dot n better right, t ever you seen?
What am / dood for? did you say,
Eber SO many dood things, every day,
Tours / squall sometimes, sometimes bawl
ley dassant spant me- cause pse SO small.
Only baby, 'es sir, a: so;
> N if you only could, you'd be one too
ATS all have TO say you're most too old,
Dess Diet into bed, toe S detten' cold
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
KILLED BY A FALLING PLANK.
AKn.xvilIiaa Killed in Nashville.

The Nashville Banner publishes the
account of the sudden killing
OF Mr. ID. G. Porter, formerly a clerk of
II. 3. Payne 4 Co., of this city:
A fatal accident occurred in front OF
Pigue, Manners, Hall 4 Co.'S. store in the
Publishing House Block, at half-past four
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, from plank
thrown from the cornice by ]. A Barthell,
and falling upon the head of and almost
instantly killing David G. Porter. . clerk
in the house of Dismukes & Woolwine.
The body of Porter was taken into the
house Of Pigue, Manner, Hall d Co., where
Coroner Everett held an inquest over 1t,
and the following facts were elected:
About fifteen minutes before the accident,
a plank was thrown from the cornice by
one of the workmen. Porter and two 9TH
er young men observing that 1t was about
to be thrown over, suggested the propriety
Of and did move away. During the in
terim Barthell picked up another plank,
that was to be thrown upon the Public
Square, and was about to throw IL over,
when he changed his mind saying, 81 will
not throw il now, for fear it might hurt
Somebody With this he laid IL down
and didn't take it up again until he felt
satisfied that he might threw it with safe
ty. Calling to a negress, who was gather
ing chips on the Square, q short distance
| from the sidewalk, he said, Here, auntie
| do YOU want plank ?" and, suiting the
action TO the word, he tossed it over. Al
that instant Porter, who evidently intend
ed to go back TO the house Of Dismukes q
Woolwine, passed off the pavement JUS
in time for the end of the plank to strike
him on top of the head, crushing in hi
skull and killing him almost instantly
Freeman, one of the workmen, here in
formed Barthell that he had struck man
when Barthell remarked in tone full o
anguish "My God, / have killed man
ran down TO the Public Square, and wa
proceeding across it to the police station 4
give himself up, when he Was taken i
charge by an officer. He remarked agar
that lie would rather have killed himsel
than have killed Porter. He was unspeak
ably distressed at the accident.
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A Quaker Answer.

Martha does thee love me?" asked
quaker youth of one at whose shrine his
hearts hottest feeling had been offered up.
"Why, Seth" answered she, ''we are
commanded to love one another, are we
not?" .... h..
"Ay, Martha but does thee. regard me
with that feeling the world calls love-"
"I hardly know what to tell thee, Seth.
/ have greatly feared that my heart was an
erring One-I have tried to bestow my love
on all; but may have sometimes thought,
perhaps, that thee was getting rather more
than thy share" $500
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A Kiss I'm the Dark.

Young ladies should be careful about
who they kiss-particularly in the dark.
A Vallejo young lady, about 10 20 Off in
the cars, stepped into the dark sitting-room
of the depot to kiss her friend Sarah good
by. Owing to the darkness she didn't see
Sarah, but caromed on a Chinaman, and
didn't find out the mistake until John be-
gan yelling:
"Whatee for you so chokee me! Hi
yah No squeeze so muchee :"
One yell, Topping of feminine gar
ments, slammed door, and the girl was
gone.
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The Tennessee Ml,rsiIlsuse.

Without doubt the most wonderful in
vention of modern times in the way of
guns is the recent invention of Mr.. J. p.
Taylor, of Elizabethton, Tenn, of q new
American Revolving Mitrailleuse. We at
tended trial Of this gun at the manufac-
tory of VIM. +. Holske, 279 Cherry street.
on Tuesday last. Several newspaper men
were present, and Zen. ]. Il. Wilder, of
Chattanooga. The gun performed much
better than the most sanguine expected,
firing with wonderful rapidity at the rate
of 400 balls per ninute.-The South.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
A SCANDAL.

"a whisper broke the air
A soft, light tone and low,
Yet barbed with shame and woe
Now might it perish only there,
Nor further go.
"Ah me, a quick and eager ear
Caught up the little meaning sound
Another voice had breathed it clear,
And so it wandered round
From ear to lip, from lip to ear,
Until it reached q gentle heart,
And that HdroIo.v
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
The Rise in Gold.

In New York to-day has been the oc-
casion of considerable comment among
Treasury officials. BY them it is attrbut-
ed to the extraordinary quantity of imports
for the present season and the consequent
heavy expectation of gold. 1t is claimed
that no action of the Department could
have led to the rise. In this connection
Judge Richardson announces it to he his
policy 10 reduce the outstanding legal-ten-
ders to the minimum amount as soon as
practicable Wash. Telegram, 26th.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02
LIVING WELL.

D what glory does this world pat on
For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth
Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks
On duties we'll performed and days we'll spent
For him the wind, ay and the yellow leaves,
Shall have voice, and give him eloquent tesch'
ings.
He shall so hear the solemn hymn that death
Has lifted up for all, that he shall go
To his long retiring place without q tear.
-LonGfcl0r
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02

A country minister of "limited capaci-
~" recently married for second wife
widow Of some property. Being an ar
dent servant of Mammon, former neigh
Dor asked him If he did not do we'll by the
second marriage? ooh yes, indeed,h he
expression of reverent awe stole into his
face, he added, land what Is very remark
able, the clothes ofmy wiie's first husband
lust fit me-
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-02

The Vienna exhibition will cost nearly
IS, 500, 600. To make it pay it will be ne
cessary for 20 coo, 600 of visitors TO patronize
the exhibition. This large. number is
confidently expected by the director
general, who il said TO be enthusiastic over
the prospect Of success.
, 1873-12-20


TIC Cincinnati correspondent Of tho Cloyo-
lan( Leader tol!s this story about the adven-
tur@ Of n stranger in tho Constitutional Cou-
yonton Of Ohio:
AIpruce, trim fellow onno into tho Conyen-
ton 2n Tuesday. boforo It bcga1l b,sinoss. IIe
Heonfd kind OF restlesH, lllso a cat III strange
gard, and hing around tho Carls'a desk in q
t!n,idnanner. waiting for Home ono to ask him
what 10 wanted, but no ono asked him, aud le
ilnallsmusterod up courage to inqu'o Of ono of
tho serotarieH for tho Cliiof Clerk, and Rhodes
was lqnted ont to him, and tho shadows OF s,ls-
ponso oft bis anxious face az ho approached Tho
solemn Secretary al,il said:
~ hlioye yol, aro the Clerk well, I want to
join tls Convention"
Dnd boxed at hin. inquiringly. and said.
"Wa,t to do wlat ~
~ wtt to join this Convention"
a loot pity and commEoraton came over
Duls tpuglltful face, AZ doubts OF tile follow'a
sanity bgan to aRwn upon Him, and lo said:
why my doar alr, don't understand you"
"Why1 a1n from indianapolis land ito grow
four inrhs tallcr]; I a!n aequnintei with Con.
sol. Moretsh and Coy. 1Ionlrioks [ho straight
onal ahoslAfour inches morel and want to
toin tbis oayentonl TAiu il the short-l Horned
"A short-lorucd Cattle Convention mot at
Mozart Hull the same day, and tho delegate
hom lndianaoas bad got things mixed.
, 1873-12-20

a married wonlas, whose will las been
proved ~ EnSlana gavo al! ; her 2 sstato to Nlr,
to no so!A to pay her funeral oxponaes and
nldea: lit 10 also my ealneat wish that my
darliug husband should marry ore long nice,
pretty girl, who ia good housewife. and, above
all to Ia oRgefu thAk RhA u At good ta1uar."
, 1873-12-20
OUR CHILDREN.


AR the fragrance Of the roscs,
Al It loata upon the brcezo;
An the voice Of feathered 1Ongster.
Al 1t warbcA from the treea:
As the singiug 0f tho brooklet,
Ar II nlnrinurs through the yAlos
Az the song Of birds at even,
With their Hoft aud penBiya wall;
Az tho glory Ut thu morning,
When The sun tlspels tho g1ooms,
Aa tho beauty Of tho la,stlseapc,
When it's clad in carly bloom;
Az the beauty OF tho diamond,
When 1t spark!es in the Light
Are the v0ices OF our children,
A. they sweetly roy, "aood.night /"
]. F, CLAHEt
, 1873-12-20

"sweoties in do shop has. Berry dood
sweetics."
"IIa, indeedf Aud Lulu would like some."
"m'sleur liavo soma too,"
Monsieur acccdeH, seeing it Is expected of
him, and together We descend to thu village.
Lulu pilots tho WY with surprising agility to
sa oaa Sf ts S coms oto
for my guide. sLs, however, Inns ITO idoa OF hav-
ing them made into moro parcel, but opaMs
first one tiny palm TO bo iillod and then another,
clasping hor short fingers firmly over thoir sticky
extra receptacle; but Lilu, looking ut the holes
therein, shakeB lor head 0ccisiye!y. Doubts OF
tho Eroprioty Of utilizing tho only remRtuing
garment occur to both Of LII. whom Lulu holvoB
Tho difficulty by uaddouly throwing back her
lwo rowB Of Wed white pearls. I till it obadent-
~, full-yery full. Lulu mods contoutcdly, unl
tlicn,, speech being Impossible, glvos me one
roland cheelt TO kiss, aud ~ truts away OH her
homewarl route.
Poor. litte fat legs, how wcnry they must
have grown before they roaeheu tho top OF tho
Ailll Standing on tln beach twenty minutes
lator, saw the woo wlito figure toillng paiu-
fully upward, mud stopping eyery hulf minute to
pick up ono Of tho hweetica which would eacapo
from hlnus or mouth.
ThH was my first meeting with Lulu; but
long before I lott Jersey we Aatl grown intimato
frioudB. Ny acquaintance with tho loHpitablo
mistress OF L. chatro, whose gardens. out ont Of
INC of:on to that pretty hay; and, Whether on
foot Or horseback, i PASSED tho cottage aud
called. "Whoro's pitt Lulu" out tlow tho dim
p!od owner Of that name, dancing far CLEO, and
hoIding up her chubby hands to bo taken BY ale
m'ayeur qui ma lonno les sweetos."
lulu llvol witt! her granlmothor--n hard
faced old dame, wearing the short asuH skirt,
elnmping shoes, aud broad-wtngod snowy cap Of
Dretagno-wllo worked in tho iolds aud her
pretty young aunt Manetto. Fatlor, grand
father, and uncle had all boen lost, drowned in
the aea, out fishing the night Lulu waa born
, 1873-12-20

ing the chief characteristics Of tho "two ksvna,"
tho shining mares of tho Velas, md showing
that I'll those motamorphoBes arc only variations
Of tho samo iaea.
The Hebrew metaphor Of tho pillar Of cloud by
day and Of fire By night. to express tho dea Of
divine leadership points to the Bame nptural
objects
CLOUDS AID FIRE
that to the oarlic1 Aryana woro symbols Of the
presence Of the Deity nnd tho whole idea might
Baem l. reproduction or elaboration Of that ex-
prosand In tho following verses Of tho Rig -Veda,
wrtten q Thousand yeara before:
Wherever the mighty Water-clouds went,
whore they placed tho aoed aild lit tho fire,
thence arose Ho who Ia the sole ilo or tho bright
gods Who ia the God to whom VIC shall oifor
our sacrifice ?
lit tug sacrifice 1lo who alono is God a6ovc I'LL
gods"
lilo fact tint nearly every manifestation OF
the presence Of tic Deity recorded III Hebrew ts-
tory down to tho time Ut tho building Of tho
1o.nple was III cloud, shows at loaHt rolnn,!t-
ab!a resemblance to the Aryau conceptions OF tho
utvtnn prosonca.
Tho further elaboration OF tho idea III symbol
izlng tho proAollce Of thu Deity by two pillars Of
wood or stone, mud particularly OF alo. presence
IN tue character ol loader through long wall
deringB to Il plGro Of permanent establishment,
MAJ NOT EXCLUSIVE WITT! THE Hebrews.
OtAor raceH with whom tho Hebrews could not
have come In contaet Ind precisoly tho annsu
symbol of two pillars OF wood or alono,.-a fact
whloh makf,s 1t reasonable presumption tint
tho two pl!larB, ono Of cloud QUO OF ilyo, whlot
were their prototype, wo'o not moro exclusively
4 liehrow noa,
III Hparta tho twin DloHcuri are said to haye
baon represented by two pillars Of stone, which
wcro sometimes Joined BY smaller horizontal
bar to represent their twinship. Frequently
, 1873-12-20

DOG Law,
that should encourage the keeping of Bmall
hocks Of sheep on tho small farms. Tho large
number OF worthless ours should no longor
monopolizo our live mutton. and prevent tho
full development OF slioep-hnsbandry. small
inclosure would do for dozen or 30 Of Cots.
wo!ds Or GoIthaowns, and, as tlseBs wot,ld be
accustomed to handling, they could be made use
. small profit in wool aud MANY good teasts Of
rich mutton. When boy, my father kept from
tVcnty-tlye to thirty sheep OF tho long-wool
breeds, and the increaso Of tho flock WAS used in
tho family, aud the result wag nm abundant sup
pyof mutton. Tho wetlors We're generally STALL
fed, and tho meat in part Ralted as We do boet
Now, our Illinois faraers nlifBt go 10 tito
butcher for their fresh meat or fatl back on tho
sppplies Of sdo.pork or bacon.
TIE CHANGERS At T0LoNo
havo not had the Rmootiieat sailing in the world,
but at last they l,aye como down to solid bottom.
In tho first place they tried to Rite little on
watered stock. following in Tho Footsteps Of tho
monopolists, whom thoy had been loud in con-
BIT ,60O, and money was to ba raised for tho
purpose Of running the institution. 10 provide
for thia, stock company was organized, with
capltnl OF $l00,0 In shares Of S25 each. In
and 1nado the firBt payment OIL tho warehouse,
and put 1t Ia running order. just tleu caElo
tho panic, and tho patrons who had promised to
tako stock baaktd ont on various pretoxtB, the
Alusk eaIluub u1 WHICH WAa ING management.
Thus things stood for many weeks. But
botter counae]s prevailed. Tho Btook-watering
WAS giyon up. md q new association waa formed,
with capitnl Of 20,000, aud Bharos 425, all Of
which WIS to be paid In fill in it.stuliments aud
10 per cont Of this has been paid ill., and now tho
institution is apparently in tho most promising
condition. Those who promised to albacrlbo
stock In the first instance, OIL the 6asiB OF paying
III only 20 per cent. becamo alarmed aud feared
that. IL tho ond, they would have to make up
tho full amount. when the watoring would bo
less apparent. No doubt they had boen reading
about tho Republican Fire anta Lamar Insurance
Companies, IL indeed, somo Of them has! not
takon stock in tho rich promises Of thoir orig
inators.: Be this az Il may, tho stock Of tho now
association was roadily talen. tho manaEor
ohanged, and to-day everything III regard to tho
plan wonrs an aspect OF buainess-llka sllceosH.
There aro two otl,er warehouses; III tho place.
and we may expect good. healthy competition
to grow out of thenaw arrangement Last week
the price Of corn waa, for new, s1 conts old,
A5, or within centa OF tue Chicago market,
This shows that
CHICAGO NIGHT GET THE CORN
from that point. pzoyl1ed thas the Illinois
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been with US only year. and during
this time has made many warm friends,
who will ever remember him as man in
every sense of the word.
10 WE'LL.
= There is to be social dance and oyster
supper at the hotel in Lowell. on Tues
day evening, November %. Music by
Paul's band.
J. Brown. we guess is the champion
starch manufacturer of this county He
has taken in. and ground at his factory
in Lowell. this fall. 10000 bushels of
potatoes, which. with what he has work
ed up at his factories at Barton Landing
and Elmore make about 200 bushels
that he has consumed in the three fac
tories.
At a regular meeting Of Mt. Norris
Lodge. Good Templars, held November
| 4 II
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week, he was attacked by cross heifer
and thrown several feet into the air
He came down striking upon his head
and shoulders. with one limb badly man.
= 4
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10

The St. Adams butter market last
Tuesday was dull Common to fair. 20
to %; medium to good, % to 80; choice
So: selections, 81.
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$500
GUARDIANS LICENSE.
STATE OF VERMONT orleans pi.,,le,, 5.


y Orleans District. IS
At probate court held at Irasburgh IN said district
on the 9th day of November. A. D. 1873
I'll. O. Whitcher guardian unto Prudence Martin, an
insane person of Barton. in said district makes app
cation to said for license to sell the following
described real estate of his sail ward in said Barton
to witt Being 81 of lot No ten (l6 III the TIN
range representing that such sale is necessary To raise
money for the support Of his sad ward and would be
beneficial thereunto for the purpose of putting the
interest investing it in stocks, in other real
estate.
Whereupon. it is ordered by said court that said
application be referred to session ther' OF
TO be held at the probate Officer IN SAID lras-
brrgh on the fth day of Dec, d 1873. for hearing
and decision thereon.
And it is further ordered that notice hereof be gwen
to all persons Interested by publication OF the same
three weeks successfully in the Orleans County Mon
itor newspaper published at Barton in sa district
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
MAY appear at said time and place. and show cause If
any they may have why said license should not be
granted.
BY the Conrt--Attest.
45-47 = f. A. STEWART. Judge
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.
1t is true. They have produced
MNTArpoz more cures of rheumatism, neural
gla lock,jaw, palsy, spra:ns, swengs caked breast
scalds burns, sat-rheum. earache &c, upon the hu-
man frame. and OF strains, SPAWN gals. &C., upon
animals in one year than have all other pretended
remidies since the world began They counter-ir-
ritant allhealng pain believers Crippes throw away
their crutches the lame walk poisonous bites are re
dered harmless and the wounded are healed without
scar. The recipe is published around each bottle
They sell article before sold, and they sell
because they do just what they pretend to do Those
who suffer from rheumatism, pain or swelling de-
serve suffer if they will not Centaur Lnmeut
white wrapper More than 1000 certificates Of remark
able cures. including frozen limbs chronic rheumatism
govt, running tumors, &c., have been received. We
will send circular containing certificates the recipe,
&C. gratis. to any requesting it. One bottle of the
yellow wrapper Centanr Lihiment is worth humid
red dollars for avined sweenied horses and mules
for screwworln in sheep Stock-owners-th lin
iments worthy your attention. No family should
be without them white wrapper for family use :"
Yellow wrapper for animals. Sold by all Druggists
so cents per bottle large bottles. 81. J. b. ROSE
Co.. So Broadway New York. 242
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10

Why ENDURE THAT Couch and endanger your life
when timely of Weeks Magic Compound will
relieve you. 1t always affords relief and will when
taken in season. cure more cases Of disease of the
throat and lungs than any remedy known Sold by all
druggists.
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For Sale Cheap! !,

Valuable farm stock and farming tools il
desired Terms easy For particulars inquire at the
I flee of CIRCUIT & BALDWIN, Barton. Vt.
&azUh 81 1873. IGN
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From the Vermont Farmer

The publishers of the Monitor give
new subscribers their paper the rest of
: the year gratis. This is an extraor-
binary liberal offer, by one of the best
local papers in the state.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-10

REMARKs-The market for butter is dull for all but
the finest quality. Common grades are n in demand
even at lower prices than have prevailed: cheese Is
dull and SLOW Of sale: eggs In fair demand: -four
is in unse tiled situation and seems to take
bid with mich force; pork. lard and hams are dull
and l~wer siric.s to come poultry is IN fair
demand beansare again qui-t hay is not active: oats
are dali: corn is quiet and in light demand potatoes
afe phapty end raSw Of e1a