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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11
Mrs. Parsons Victory,
BY F, DELAcr.

ssFVNHERE'S no use trying any longer
il to suit Isaac Parson," muttered
the forenamed individuals better half, as
she sat in corner of the farm kitchen,
rapidly divesting chicken of its feathers {;
"Ive worked and slaved myself to death
for his and his'n, and all the thanks I've
had for the last fifteen years has been short
words and general growlin', and fault find
ing, until now Pm just determined to stand
out and have my own way, or let things
take their own course, and he'll find, after
ALL Melissa Talcott has got some spirit in
her, that can't be crushed out with all his
abusin' and aggravation ~
"To think he should have the heart to
refuse new carpet after he has had such
good luck with his wheat crop, and just
shaved myself through harvesting and got
along with one girl"
"The more that man gets, the stingier
he grows, and there isn't a woman among
all my acquaintances that would stand
such treatment, and won't. I'll put my
foot down from this moment,'' setting
down most emphatlcally that solid member
of her comely person on the kitchen floor ;
"if Isaac Parson won't come TO terms,
PH gut hins--that's all p
1t was still, serene morning In the early
autumn. The kitchen windows were open,
and through them came, like golden wings,
the sunshine, to linger and laugh ON the
white kitchen floor, and fash along the
ceiling, and brighten everything into pic
turesque beauty in that old farmhouse
kitchen. The song of the birds in their
nests among the old bell pear trees, came
also through the windows in sweet eddiei
and jets of music, and so did all those ripe
fragrant, spicy scents which belong to au
tumn, and which have also always whis
per of the tropics, with their still, statel,
splendor, their groves Of balm, and forests
odorous with gums, and beautiful with al
strange and gorgeous blooms.
But better than all this, that autumn
morning was one to brim the heart will
gratitude to God, the giver of perfect beau
ty, to calm the soul into peace, and trust il
the wisdom and love which had ordaine,
that day high-priest to man, and its rob
was like the robe Of Aaron's ephod, all o
blue, and its bells were the merry wind
ringing to and fro in the still air, and OF
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11
THERE IS NO DEATH.

There is no death! The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
They shine fOrevermore.
There is no death The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
To golden grain or mellowed fruit,
Or rainbow-tinted flowers.
The granite rocks disorganise, Ir
And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest trees drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no deathl The leaves may fall
And flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wlntery hours
The coming of May day.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks DER the earth with silent tread;
And bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them dead" fH
He leaves our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers.
Transpanted into bliss, they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
And ever near us, though unseen,
The dear immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is llfe-theTe are no dead
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11
The Story Of Some Hot Water.

About two hundred years ago, a man,
bearing the title of the Marquis of Wor-
cester, was sitting on cold night, in a
small mean room, before blazing fire.
This was in Ireland, and the man was a
prisoner. A kettle of boiling water was on
the fire, and he sat watching the steam,
as it lifted the lid of the kettle and rushed
out of the nose tN
He thought of the power of the steam,
and wondered what would be the effect il
he were to fasten down the lid and stop up
the nose. He concluded that the effect
would be to burst the kettle. 'How much
power, them" thought he, "there must be
in steam I"
AS soon as he was let out of prison he
tried an experiment. 81 have taken," he
writes, ga cannon, and filled it three quart
ers full of water, stopping up firmly both
the touch hole and the mouth, and, having
made good fire under it, within twenty
four hours it burst and made great
crack" After this, the marquis contrived
rude machine, which, by the power of
steam, drove up water to the height Of forty
feet.
About one hundred years after this, a
little boy, whose name was James Watt,
and who lived in Scotland, sat one day look
ing at a kettle of boiling water, and hold
ing spoon before the steam that rushed
out of the nose.
His aunt thought he was idle, and said,
rs it not shame for you to waste your
time o?' But James was not idle he
was thinking of the power of the steam in
moving the spoon.
James grew to be good and great man,
and contrived those wonderful improve
ments in the steam-engne which have
made it so useful in our day.
What will not the steam-engine do! 1t
propels, it elevates, it lowers, it pumps, 1t
drains, it pulls, it drives, it blasts, it digs,
it cuts, it saws, it planes, it bores, it blows,
it forges, it hammers, it files, it polishes, it
rivets, it cards, tspins,it Winds it weaves,
it coins, it prints and it does more things
than can think of.
If it could speak it might say,
~ blow the bellows, / forge the steel;
manage the mill and the mint;
] hammer the ore, and turn the wheel,
And the news that you read print"
In the year 1907, Robert Fulton, an
American, put the first steamboat on the
Hudson River, and in 1929 locomotive
steam carriage went over a railroad in Eng
land.
And this is the story Of some hot water.
From SO small beginning as the steam of
tea kettle resulted the steam-engine, the
steamboat, and the locomotive engine, by
which the trains Of cars are moved with
such speed on our railroads
Learn what the power of thought will do.
How many men mad looked at kettles of
boiling water, but how few thought Of the
force of the steam, and the good uses to
which it might be turned
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11
A Disguised Landlord.

Once on q time their dwelt in the city of
Alton u worthy but rather irritable gentle
man, who was the host of famous hotel
there known as the Franklin House.
Numerous citizens daily drew their rations
from his literally furnished table, and not
few visitors from the rural districts pre-
ferped the substantial fare of the Franklin
House to the more pretentious board of the
Alton House. One day in addition TO all
the good things with which the dinner table
was loaded, there was at the lower end a
nice roast pig, that would have tickled the
palate of the gentle "Elia," who discours-
es so eloquently on that savory Wand.
At the conclusion of the meal this roast
pig remained intact, when along came
belated drover, who sat down beside it, and
deVoured the whole of it. The landlord
looked on amazed and was puzzled to see
where his profit was to come in after de-
ducting dollar-and-a-half pig from Hfty-
cent dinner ticket Giving vent to his dis
gust, he said very sarcastieally to the dro-
yer, "Isn't there something else you would
like to be helped tos'' Wal--yas,"
drawled out the drover; 81 don't care if !
take another of them little hogs This
was too much for the equanimity of the
landlord, and to keep himself flom ''spon-
taneously confusing like Dorothea, he
was compelled to rush ont in the open ali
where he could vent few unorthodox
expressions without being overheard by the
elect, Of which he was one.
rB-"Tmth Is ;smighty, and will prevail"
So goes the ancient saw. But 1t is mighty
! slow sometimes prevailing.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11

G7g- Doctrines are Of use only as they are
practioed. Men may go to perdition with
their heads full Of truth. To hold the
truth and fight for it is one thing to be
sancti6ed through it is another.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-02-11

EB-"Tuth ;smighty, and will prevail"
So goes the ancient saw. But 1t is mighty
slow sometimes prevailing.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13

Just taken his Bittcrs.---We heard n
seedy-loOking individual with nm alarm
ingly red nose remark to n brother soak.
ar that he had "iust had his bitters,
hut he did not mind taking another nip. I"
His remark suggested train Of rehec-
ion. How wns IL, we asked ourselves,
hat tho word "bitters " had grown to
ben SYNONYM for gin, whiskey, rum,
md other alcoholic stimulants, TO which
Il was applied Unfortunately. Bit
ars, we reasoned, suggested the idea Of
l healthfIl tonic. not Of poisonous
stimulant; something invigorating to
he system. not MI alcoholic irritant,
full Of fusel oil. producing present in.
toxication md ultimate insanity, idiocy,
or premature death. Moreover, our
idea of bitters was totally irrcconcila.
bic with "Rin cocktails" "rim pun
She's" and "brandy smashes," which,
wo are informed, are sweetened with
sugar and rendered doubly injurious
with essences cOlorcd by means OF min.
snl poison. This was bitter.swcet
with vengeance. We mentioned this
problem to friend. He solved II by
axclaiming; "Why, don't you know
tllat most Of these bitters advertised
IS remedies are only drains in disguise.
ropers know it, il you do not. Unjust
make ono exception, however," ho add.
VI, "nnd that's DIR. Walkers California
Vinegar Bitters; there isn't particle Of
llcoliol or fermented liquor in it, md il
is the best vegetable tenic and altera-
tive in America. Com.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
The snow.storms Of Tho po,t.

Among the great snow-storms of the
past few were more extended in their
range or moro disastrous to life and
property than that Of january II, 1867.
1t lasted nearly twenty-five hours, and
was accompanied by furious gale and
very cold weather. II extended MS far
west as the Plains and WINS bounded on
the south by the Ohio and Potomac,
although some Of It's effects reached to
Hampton Roads. Another severe storm
occurred on tho Goth. Wrecks were
piled up along the coast and scores Of
lives wero lost. Many persons were
bewildered in the snow and unite n
number were frozen to death, especially
in Now England. Among these WINS
Commodore G. s. Blake, who got be-
wildered in going to his home in the
suburbs OF Boston md took refuge in n
hut. He never recovered from the
shock Of the exposure.
From two to four feet OF snow fell
throughout the Middle States. Four
feet was the reported depth in Pitts.
burg, and MS IL was much drifted, the
consequence was the interruption Of
communication between the cities and
country for several days. Many people
were barricaded in their homes. Steam.
boats were kept in port, rnil.cars were
snow-bound, and mails were delayed in
n remarkable manner There was no
regular communication by rail between
New York and Boston for four days.
The records of the past contain nc.
counts Of many similar storms but the
most striking facts concerning them
were naturally observed in New Eng.
land.
The storm Of january 10, 1867, stop.
ped all the railroads Of New England.
The StoningtOn road WINS not opened
until January 81. Trains did not com.
mence running between Hartford and
Providence until the same dry. In
some parts Of Connecticut the thermom.
eter WIS 80 degrees below zero.
In tho storm Of December %, 1853,
the snow began falling at eleven o'clock
Wednesday morning and continued till
four o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
snow was drifted MS high as She tops OF
the cars. A train Of three locomotives
started from n Deighboring town toward
Boston and was embedded in drift ut
the end of the seventh mile. The next
day train Of three locomotives occu.
pied from morning till night in accom-.
plishing FIVE miles.
The great snow-storm OF january 10,
1881 was a stupendous one. The snow
was drifted in some places in the cities
to thoIepth Of fifteen feet. ThoChurchcs
were generally closed on the following
Sunday partly because tho snow was
piled so high against the doors that they
could not be opened.
In February, 1920, so heavy a snow fell
that many persons engaged in festivities
commemorative Of WAshington's birth.
day throughout the country were snow.
ed up in halls and had to remnin in them
for days.---M y Paper.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
Power Of Memory.

DR.. johnson, it is said, never forgot
ANYTHING he had seen, heard, or read.
B1rhe, Clarendon, Gibbon, Locke,
Tilotson, were all distinguished for
strength of memory. When abiding TO
this subject, Sir William Hamilton OBJ
serves For intellectual power Of the
highest order, none were distinguished
above Grotius and Pascal and Grotius
and Pascal forget nothing they had ever
read or thought. Leibnitz and Euler
were not less celebrated for their intelli-
gonce than for their memory; and both
could repent the whole Of the "Eneid. "
Donellus knew the CORPUS Juris" by
heart; and yet he was one OF the pro-
foundost and most original spectators
in Jurisprudence. Ben Jonson tehs us
TINT he could repeat all that he had ever
written, and whole books that he had
ever read. Themistocles could call by
their namos the twenty Thousand citi'
gems OF Athens. Cyrus is reported to
have known thu name Of every soldier
in his army. Hortensius (after Cicero,
tbu greatest crater of Romeo, after sit
ting IL whole day at n public sale, cor
rectly enumerated from memory all the
things sold, their prices, and the names
Of their purchasers. Niebuhr, the his:
torian, was no less distinguished for his
memory than for his Rcuteness. In his
youth he WIS employed in Denmark.
Part Of book Of ACCOUNTS having been
destroyed, he restored it by an effort OF
memory.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
Hatchlng Salmon.

Theinquiriesof Mr.. Livingston Stone,
made under the direction Of Professor
Baird, United States Commissioner OF
Fish and Fisheries, in relation to the
salmon OF California, have revealed n
very remarkable difference in the eggs
Of that species us compared with those
Of the true Saline saiar Of the Eastern
States, The most noticeable fact is
their relatively small number, the for.
mer having 700 to the pound instead Of
1000. The eggs nre, Of course, appre-
ciably larger than those of the Atlantic
coast, being almost equal in size to n
common whortleberry. Owing probably
to the higher temperature Of the water,
or to other causes, the development is
much more rapid, since the eye spots
IRE visible in the eggs within nineteen
days after impregnRtion, md they begin
to hatch in twenty-four days afterward,
milking a total OF only forty.thrco days
rs the period Of incubation.
The matching wateryuriel in tempera-
ture from 55e to go and even ZOE every
dry, so TINT it is ji1lcnlt to say what
is the averaget temperature for the hutch.
ing period; but Mr.. Stone estimates
this at 5S9 to COZ. Fourteen hours out
OF tho twenty-four--namGly, from sis
o'clock p. IN. to eight o'clock u. m.---thc
water averaged nearly 550.
The eggs after spawning were treated
according to the dry method Of i'm.
pregnation, and the experiments were
successful in nearly every instance.
Another curious fact noticed by Mr..
Stone was the entire absence of femnl,
grilse, all, of the great number observed
on the M'Cloud River, being males
aud indeed lie remarks that hellas nevel
seen female grilse elsewhere, although
persons assured him that they had Inc
different experience.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13

Among the Scotch Highlandcrs many
ceremonies arc observed which are con-
sidered to have lasting force throughout
the year. The weather for the year is
nugured from tho flight Of clouds or
New Years Dry. The house and it,
contents arc sprinkled with water and
fumignted with smoke Of burning juni-
per as a preventionof disease. Through
ont all Scotland, indeed, the day is more
marked than in England, probably he.
cause Christmas was decreCd MS Papal
lelusion by the stern old Calvanists and
the season Graves some festival. The
wnssail ceremonial was prevalent till .
very few years ngo, and n peculiar Gus.
tom called "first-footing' is widely oh
served to this day. Parties, generally
Of men only, supply themselves abhnd.
antly with whisky and visit tho houscs
Of their friends MS early us possible on
the first morning Of the year, offering
the compliments OF the season. He whc
first enters any house is called the first
foot. and tradition connects him with
pleasant prophecy with the Oldest mar.
riageablc daughter Of the household.
Much rivalry then there is among those
wlfo would each BIO for year foremost
in the Cruces Of some local belle.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
Collision Of Comet with the Earth.

The Illinois StdDts Zeitung thinks
that Prof. Plantamour was, after all,
right in his calculations about the
comet; he only erred in the time as
signed to the catastrophe, which hap.
pened about hundred days Inter than
predicted. According to the testimony
Of o number OF German astronomers the
anticipated collision took place on the
eth tilt., when they observed no less
than $1,000 meteors, all believed to he
tho ruins Of Bicla's comet. A comet
has actually come into contact with our
planet, or rather into its outer atmos.
phere, md the former got, Us it deserved,
decidedly the worst Of it.
Among all the high flyers in our solar
system, says the Inter. Ocean, there is,
perhaps, mono better known to our
celestial police then the so.called Biela's
comet. Revolving ut nearly the same
distance from the sim MS the earth IL
was long expected that the two might
some time collide, and n close watch
was consequently kept on the motions
OF tho comet. Finally in 1916, some
astronomical detectives were started to
discover that the comet had parted into
two pieces, which continued to circle
on in the same orbit, but 100000 miles
distant from one another.
In the year 1852 the piece was sighted
once more, but the distance between
them had extended to over million
and half miles, When again due, in
1869, the unfavorable position of our
earth prevented nm observation, md in
1866 all telescopes swept the skies for
them in vain. The result is, two as.
sumptions; First, that the comet has
entirely broken up, and its particles now
roam through space in demoralized
and reckless condition second, tina. the
great rhetorical shower observed on the
9Th ult,, in Europe, was caused by the
friction Of these particles when passing
through our outer atmosphere.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13
Another Year Gone.

Tho year 1872 is gone. The old cal.
endar is torn down and clean one set
up, which shall hang its few hundred
days and give way in turn to another
when We arc all a year older. The old
almanac finds it way, with other rubbish.
into the barrel in the attic, and it's old
Jokes come in between now covers. The
old diary hRs become history, the old
day.book curiosity, and the old man
IN older man. 1t il u new year, with
pleasant power Of change over our lives
and in our homes, too, with many Of
MS but in the homes Of the very poor,
which are no homes, tho now wear Is NOT
new, the same old story saddening in
repetition aud beginning in 1873 with
the suffering and want Of mn evil winter
Most meet md timely then is it that ont
Of his abundance the good citizen make
plentious offering in charity, and open
thus as far rs may be n credit side on
his yearly account with heaven. "'He
that giveth to tho poor" quoted the
reverend Dow, "tlendeth to the Lord. F"
Do not forget the ndage. and practice IL
tho present year. II will do good,