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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15
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'''' e''"N' tHe alleged poiS'ncroi LIS
vile and several Of his children ut Cam
bridge, y. Y, now lies in f,e Salem iai1
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LAaENrATIoS on THE DFAru OF CHARLIE
sHAw's FANLY.-coEPosrD JULY. 1873,
At SATIN.
Come all yoa tender bsartsd cbr;st;,,.
hope You will draw near il i If a ID
catastrophe | mean to let Won be,r. a,a
accused Of murder. all in lie frsr de,ree
.Or numbering my famir- a. nlainlv ,o,,
will see which own 10 God and .Indr-
ment. am Innocent Of the crime vbicb
leave me here imprisoned in the iaI +,
mourn and grieye for nv family who nevcr
shall return.
am trae hearted fellow my name i,
Charley Shaw, bore good character and
never broke the law. aud now I am
prisoner and in the Salem jail lay. await-
ing for my judgment all on my trial day.
| raised my family decently ami brought
them up with care; ] worked hard both
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15

\ MEDICAL Man MAKES AN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF THE
MosTs PoTULAR TEXAS BEVERAGES.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-08-15

- " "a 'ii' ''uiNoNef--tatlsl ih1ar h@tlthi-
Chas. shaw, the alleged poislner Of lis
vile and several Of his children at Cam
bridge, y. Y, now lies in tue Salem jail
The following ''Po,ae'' j. credited 20 him
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
NUMBER 6.
t" KEEP HEART
L virginia FRESoH

eep heart brave comrades True this way Of ours
Lies Ger the rugged hills and sleeps Life
Where We must not expect TO walk ON flowers,
But brace ourselves to meet its toll and strife
Then let us not too faithless be, aud fearful
Though treading with tired fest therny way
BUT, with courage hopeful still, and cheerful
Bear ON the cheat and burden Of the day.
Keep heart my brotheri Though the clouds may
heVer
Low ON our pathway like a sable pan,
Our Father is beyond the clouds.-moreovar
His loving kindness reigns above them 81.
storms but more deeply root the stately forest
And when rnistortuneAs stroke falls thick aud
The stoutest heart is often shaken sorest
To make it firm and stea dfast TO the last
Keep heart brave oomradesi Tho this night Of
sorrows
When aching eyes are allied with unshed tears
Oppressed with bitter thoughts Of sad to-norrows-
Worn with an agony Of doubts and fears
We grow so wesry Of these self-deniais,
Forgetful Of our hope aud faith sublime
Never remembering aercost trials
Are only born of Earth-and die with Time
Keep heart my brothersi In our human blindness
We oft mistake the blessing for the curse.
We oft forget our Fathers loving kndHess
Gan bring e'better" from the seeming s'worse.
How many's s castle we have seen 10 crumble!
All .'dust and ashesT-fslling 30 decay
Our plans are naught,-ffod keep truly humble,
Willing to wait His time-and pace,-and way
Keep heart brave comrades Thro' the stormiest
weather
Together ye have met both Wind aud tide.
As friends upon the waters dark together
Your boats have braved the danger,-side by eide.
Is this not somethingf Surely you can bear it,
For sorrow weuld have had q keener dart
None near TO whisper" Comrades keep up
hearth"
Keep hearts my brothersi Let us leave on trying
To win LifeAs golden summit at bound;
Becauge must begn-despite sighing
To climb the ladder slowly-round by round
Let life be full OF honest, strong sndeayor
Fearing not Fate's decree, or Fortunes frown-
Let principle be guiding-star forever,
And perseverance, win the victor's eroWni
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
"reminiscences of Old Kentucky
Times.

The skill of old Kentucky hunters is
a matter of history, and the pithy say
ings of these men have passed into
proverbs. The shotgun was unknown
in frontier life, or, if known, looked
upon with contempt. The bear, the
deer, and the wild turkey were the game
the old hunters went in quest of ; but,
when they could not be found, the rifle
was sighted at the squirrel. and the ball
sent whizzing through the head. To
hit the squirrel in any other place than
the head was the sign of a poor marks
man, and poor marksman was held at
a great discount by the hardy pioneers.
But times have greatly changed. The
old hunters are fast being gathered in
the fold of death, and a new race of
shooters have come upon the carpet
The larger game has disappeared before
the advanced tide of civilization, so
that a rife is of very little practical
value now. Birds, which cleave the
air on rapid wing, are the things that
excite the enthusiasm of the sports
man, and in order to cut them down in
sportsmanlike way the shotgun is
called into requisition. Notwithstand-
ing the times have altered so much, it
is pleasant to drift through the reminis-
eenees of pioneer life, and to recall the
glorious reign of the rifle.
One of the most celebrated shots OF
Kentucky is DIR. @. Graham. His aim
was next to infallible, and in his younger
days he killed as effectively at loup
range as at short range. The Louis
vile COaUieF-.JOur7ldl tells that he css.s1s
ring the bell or take the bulls aya 8
every shot distance of 200 yards
while turkey stood little CHARGE o
retaining life if he drew a bead on it 5
400 yards. For half a century the dee
tor used a favorite rifle of prinitiv.
make which he christened B1uelIer
The gun was always kept in the vers
best condition, and he loved it as fondi.
as he could have loved n child The
barrel was thirty-three inches long, ans
the bore nine sixteenths of an inch
carrying thirty-two balls to the pound
The doctor is now an old man, and h'
has bequeathed his rifle TO posterity
He has placed it in the museam a
Louisville, and it hangs side by sid,
with the rifle that proved such terror
to the Indians in the hands Of Danie
Boone. It is well to treasure up these
relics of frontier life, for they are {
part of the history of the State tha
once was looked upon by the civilized
world as ' the dark and bloody ground.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
THE DRINKERS APOLOGY.

By CARL HENSON.
Come nowi II I drink, where's the crime
Can you tell f.?
Look around us! All Nature is drinking as well /;
The earth drinks the dew, and the sun flowing
"a free
stoops to drinks of the wave from the cup of the
sea!
The tree he plunges the roots in the ground
Through numberless months drinks the torrent
profound.
All drink-but man only, that scion divine
While the others drink water knows how to drink
, wine;
And, measureless tppler, can boast he alone,
Having once drank enough, that ne still can
drink on.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
Captivity and Death Of Mary Queen Of
Scots.

For nineteen years Mary Stuart re-
mains prisoner under guard, wearing
the weary hours with Deedle-work,
with dogs, with turtle-dOyes, and Bar
barry fowls" She cools her feverish inn
patience to the last by n mad gallop in
fair weather after the hounds Ths
confinement is not severe, but the tor
ture is insupportable, for the hope Of
deliverance is never quenched. Eliza
beth never announces definite purpose
concerning her royal prisoner, probably
never had one. For nineteen years
both captive and captor are made mis-
erable by plots and counterplots and
whether Mary in prison or Mary ct large
is the more dangerous TO the security
of Protestant England is a question
50 hard to decide that Elizabeth never
fairly attempts 10 determine it.
At length a plot is uncovered more
deadly than any that has proceeded.
Half n score of assassins band them
selves together to attempt Elizabeth =
life, and to put Catholic Mary on the
vacant throne. The blessing of the
pope is pronounced upon the enterprise.
The Catholics powers Of Europe stand
ready to welcome its contamination.
Mary gives il her cordial appreciation.
"The hour of deiivernnce, - she writes
exultingly, is at hand.s But plots
breed counterplots. In all the dipio-
matte service Of Europe there is no 80
ingenious spy as Walsinghnn, Eliza
beth's Prime Minister. Every letter Of
Mary's Is opened and copied By his
agents before sent 70 its destination.
The conspiracy is allowed 70 ripeD.
Then, when all il ready for eonsumma-
ticn, the leaders are arrested, the plot
is brought to the light Of day.
Mary. with ali her faults, never knew
fear no craven heart was hers. The
more dangerous was she because 30
brave. She battles for her life with
n heroiam well worthy nobler nature
battles 10 the last though there be no
hone. She receives the sentence Of death
with the calnness Of true courage, not
Of despair. With all her treaehery,
never rccrears Of her faith-never but
once, when her infstuated love Of Both
well sweryed her from 4 for a few
abort weeks-she clinRs to her crucifix
| I'll the very honr Of death. Almost
her last words are words of ccurage 20
I her friends 4" Weep not. " she says
- have promised for you" Her very
last are pslam from her prayer-book-
In thee, o Lord. hsve / put my trust
/ And then she lays her head upon tae
/ block a. peacefully a. ever she laid i
upon her pillow. No - grizzled, VIM
| kled old woman, but in the full bloom
OF ripened y-flve, no
more-Mary Stuart pays on the seatold
It FotheriHgay the penalty Of hef
treaetery ST Edinburgh.
The spirit Of the stern cid Purltalis =
satisfied. ahd the prophecy Of the s;, Ssoe.d
Book receives 8 aeW and pregnant ~ as,
trat;on-ss Whose sitaddeth man 8 blood
by man shall his blood be she'd =
HarPer's.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
THE rrRsr SNOWFALL.

The snow had begun in the cleaning,
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With q siience deep and white.
Every pine, and FIR, and hemlock.
Wore ermine too dear for an Earl
And the poorest twing the elm tree
Was fringed inch deep with the pearl.
From sheds new-roofed with Carrara
Came Chanticleer's mufied crow,
The stiff rails were sOftened to swan s-dOWn,
And stin huttered down the snow.
I stood and watched by the window
The noiseless work Of the sky,
And the sudden hurries of snow birds.
Like brown leaves whirling by.
I thought of a mound in sweet Auburn,
Where little head-stOne stood
Where the flakes were folding it gently,
As did robins the babes in the woods.
Up spoke our little Mabel,
Saying, Father, who makes It snow -
And told her Of the good Ai-Father
Who cares for us below.
Again looked at the SNOW fau,
And thought of the leaden sky
That arched DER our first great sorrow
When the mound was heaped 60 high.
I remember the gradual patience
That fell from the cloud like snow,
Flake by fake healing and hiding
The scar Of that deep stabbed woe.
And again to the child I whispered,
81 The snow that husheth all,
Darling, tho Meroiful Father,
Alone make it fall"
Then with eyes that saw not, kissed her,
And she kissed back, but could not know
That my kiss was given to her sister
Folded close under deepening snow.
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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06

A SCIENTIFIC person of California has
discovered that earthquakes are merely
electric phenomena, and that they can
be prevented by proper use Of earth
quake conductors. The new theory
asserts that whenever the earth and
the atmoshere are in a certain peculiar
electrical condition, an earthquake is
the immediate result Having thus ac-
counted for the origin of earthquakes,
he proceeds to assert that railway
tracks act as conductors for the earth
quake fluid, and distributing it all along
the line Of the track greatly lessons the
force Of the convulsion. Inproofof which
he alleges that since the railway con
Meeting Sacramento City with San Fran
cisco was built, earthquakes have rarely
succeeded IN reaching the latter aity
with sufficient vitality remaining Ia them
10 make a really creditable catastrophe.
II should be noticed, however, that be
omits to say Why the railway should
eondnct earthquakes away fnon San
/ Francisco, and not toward that once
favorite haunt Of the vigorous and law
/ less shaker. His theory, Ike that 81 a
/ great many other Missionaries, Il simply
/ shocking.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
Is There a God 2

How eloquently does Chateaubriand
reply to this inquiry:
There is a God The herb of the
valley, the cedars of the mountains
bless Him; the insect sports in His
beams the elephant salutes Him with
the rising orb of day the bird sings
Him in the foliage the thunder pro-
claims Him in the heavens the ocean
declares His immensity; man alone has
said, "There is no God !" Unite IN
thought at the same instant the most
beautiful objects IN nature; suppose
that you see at once all the hours of the
day and all the seasons of the year a
morning of spring and morning of au-
tumn night bespangled with stars
and night covered with clouds
meadows enabled with flowers, and
forests heavy with snow fields gilded
by tints of autumn; then ialone
you. will have a just conception Of the
universe. While you are gazing on the
sun which is plunging ,under the vault
of the west. another observer admires
him emerging from the gilded gates of
the east. BY what inconceiyable magic
does that aged star, which is sinking
fatigued and burning in the shade Of
evening, reappear at the same instant,
fresh and humid with the rosy dews of
morning2 At every instant Of the day
the glorious orb is at once rising, re-
II 49, IL - - 81 ,.sfs..s- =,
the west or rather our senses deceive
US, and there is. properly speaking. no
east, west, north, or south in the world.
Everything reduces itself 70 a single
point, from whence the king oi day
sends forth at once n triple light in
one substance. The bright splendor Is
perhaps that which natlre can present
that is most beautiful: for while il
gives us an idea of the perpetual mag
nificence and resistiess power Of God,
IL exhibits at the same time q shining
image Of the glorious trinity
A NOVEL description of gunpowder.
possessing extraordinary proiectile
powers, - said TO have been recently
adopted by the Pruzsian artillery. Il il
composed Of a certain portion Of nitre
and sawdust, and in this state can be
kept in store without fear Of exposition.
Torenierthis composition explosive It Is
necessary to add sufficient quantity Of
suiphuricacid 10 make teohere. and whez
dried it is ready for use. This eoInpo-
sition has certainly the advantage o.
eheapness, combined with extreme sim
/ plieity in It's manufactnre. and is saii
to leave but little residue after being
ared.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
Most Of the applicants are from Florida and

Most Of the applicants are from Florida and
Georgia.
The projects Of the company who are
aiming to get possession Of San Domingo are
attracting much attention. 1t is not doubted
that there win soon bean attempt to establish
United States protectorate, and annexa-
ton, if the people will stand it. Some say
that it will be brought up this session.
Samuel Gibbs, eolored cadet from Florida,
where his father is Secretary of State, who
was admitted to West Point last June, failed to
pass the January examination, and has left the
academy for home. He is a full-booded Afri-
can, and proved an exceedingly dull scholar,
though not more so, perhaps than nineteen
white cadets, who failed under the same or
d cal, and viii also retire to private life.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-02-06
IN GENERAL.

1t is now ssid the Reading railroad COM
hination is controlled by English capitalists
largely interested in coal and iron mines in
England, and scheming % advance the price
OF these articles 20 that they would be
imported IN large quantities and a great profit
be reaped.
The directors OF the Colonization Society
have resolved TO urge the Government TO
establish a line OF steamers to Liberia Thre
thousand applicants now await passage
and three Hundred leave the first OF May.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-25

CAFE MAY IMPROVEMENTS The present
season at Cape May, which 10 just closed, has
been one of the most successful ever known at
this perhaps the most famous among American
watering places, and has naturally led to i'm
proyements Of every kind for the better and
more perfect accommodation Of the patrons Of
the resort, who comprise people from every
country on the known earth. The hotels have
been enlarged, improved and rendered more at
traciive. The spirit Of Improvement has also
gone farther, and in order u overcome one OF
the anuOyanc1s 10 travellers from this section, n
line Of steamers, 10 be- known as The indepen-
dent Line has been established, to make daily
trips to the Cape. A spacious wharf, located
near the site of the old steamboat wharf was
one of the initial steps, and this will be enlarg
ed and shedding and offices added before the
opening OF the Sc lson Of 1874. This will ena
BILE travellers TO so to the Cape by water over
our beautiful Bay, just as does New York traye
TO their fayorlte Long Branch. The steamers
for the line will be of the very best class, and
everything else in keeping to render the new
line the most attractive route To be taken. The
Company are operating with a pushing and
liberal spirit, and have pr, mise OF marked sue
cess. The management of the new enterprise
Is in the able hands ofC. W. Poulson, Esq, an
old and experienced railroad and steamboat
man, who, like Major Wellington de Boots, ID
'EyerybOdy's Friend.'-Phila. Avalanch.
Superintendent Van Horn, of the Western
UOion Telegraph. reports that the fever II
Shreveport is spreading in the suburbs and a.
| lacking accliinated persons aud blacks, who arr
generally exempt. Superintendent L'Hom
medieu also reports that "destitution is becom
] Ing nearly as alarming as the Pestilencs."
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-25

CONDITION OF BRITISH GRAIN CRoPs.-The
following from a special Mark Lane report to
the Manchester Examine is full of significance
and interest TO American farmers. Wheat 10
the staff Of life Of the whole civilized world,
and with proper attention TO the needs of our
soil and more scientific agriculture, America
may, for ages, supply the wants OF Europe with
the greatest facility.
The time has now arrived when fair opin-
| ion may be formed as to the probable result Of
the seasons agricultural operations, and we are
enabled TO lay before our readers the results OF
| numerous inquiries made throughout the coun-
/ try. These results are, on the whole, satisfac-
ry, though not uniformly so,and 1t Is fact that
from the wheat-growing districts proper the
reports received are less encouraging than was
anticipated.
| A feature with regard to the wheat and otheI
cereal crops this year Is the unusual shortnes.
of the straw, a matter of some consideration, az
IL is coincident with shortness in the hay crop
| This, however, has been attended with the ad
vantage that 1t has prevented much laying BY
rain, which would probably have occurred un
der ordinary circumstances during the recent
heavy storms.
Adyices from the Continent and Americs
have brought less favorable reports with regard
to the crops, and much has been made of the
| fact that the acreage placed under wheat In thl
| country Is presumably less than last wear, 81
| thal VIC shAii sum haso " uePehu largely ot
foreign sources for food supply. The fact |.
that In the future we shall look more and NOR,
| abroad for our supplies OF breadstuffs, and |
| will be rather by the character of foreign crop
| than by that Of our own that the market will b,
regulated here. 1t is impossible to meet the de
mands Of the home consumption out of tn
home growth ofwheat, and as the production a
home will probably become less remuneratiVe
AS our supplies from abroad increase, the grad
ual abandonment Of wheat cultivation in thj,
country is not improbable.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-25

The RESCUED PoLARIs PARTY.-Dr.
Emile Bessel, chief of the scientific corps of the
polarls expedition,b has telegraphed 10 DR.. Peter
man, Gotha, Germany announcing his safe ar
rival at Dundee. He states that the party ex.
perienced great hardslips and had harrow es-
capes from destruction before they were rescu-
en- by the Ravenscraig.
The rescued party report that after their sep
aration from Tyson and his companions the
Polaris was finally abandoned In a sinking con-
dition BY Captain Buddington and the remain
de1 of the EXPEDITION. The party wintered in
Lifa-boat Cove, where they built timber house
which they covered with sails. The winter
passed without event, except the breaking out
| OF the scurvy, which, however was unattended
by severe symptoms. Plentiful supplies Of wal
rus liver for food were obtained from lthe ma
tives, and TO this diet is attributed the mildnes:
of the disease.
In the spring two boats were built Of thiI
pine boards taken from the cabin of the Polar
is. In them the whole party embarked as soor
as the Ice opened, and sailed southwark. o.
the Sd OF June they sighted Cape York, and Oh
the 22nd they were picked up by the Raven
scraig
MIR. Chester, the first mate, is regarded as tn
one who did most to save the party and the res
cued men speak in the highest terms of his es
ertious. They also say that Captain Hall en-
joyed the confidence Of every one and his deaf
which was unexpected was deplored by the Ell
. tire crow.
A dispatch to the New York Tribune give
the statement in full,o the suffering cfthe ere
| OF the Polars, concluded as follows:
r "As TO the statement that the ship nigh
have aided the party On the ice,a agree it vi
n impossible, after the Polaris broke adrift,
learn even the whereabouts of those left b
=. hind. Every effort was made to find them ,bi
II it was ofno avail"
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-09-25

A YOUNG LApY's ExPERIENcE.-The Del
d,care County (Penn.) American gives the fol-
lowing account Of young lady success in
poultry raising:
"In Concord, farmers daughter, during the
| past year, had the care Of his poultry.yard. In
| the Spring she commenced with about sixty
| fowls, of the common breeds, including one
Dominique rooster and several hens of that
stock. She also had two ROSTERS of the Part
| ridge Cochin breed. From these she raised $50
| chickens. When young she fed on cracked
corn, but when fattenlng them, gave whole corn
and Indian meal. During the season she sold
eggs to the amount of 500, and from Sept. 20 to
Jan. IT, she got ready for market 15U pairs OF
chickens, which she sold for $3.50. She thinks
the Dominique much the best for market, but
they are not hardy when young. She has some
hens of the Partridge Cochin breed, which
weigh six, seven, and eight pounds each. II
will be seen from this statement what may be
done by proper attention TO poultry, The profit
being perhaps larger than any branch Of farm
J ing. 1t also shows that the business Is one II
which females may engage with success. TIL,
time occupied in caring for sixty to a hundret
hens dosen't average more than an hour or tw,
! day. The exercise Is light a1d pleasant, ant
the change from household duties rather agree
) able than otherwise. Indeed, we consider tn
poultry business, as an occupation, both proita
b lie and interesting. Gathering eggs, settin
e the hens, watching the Matching, and tendin
+ to the young has charm which, In connection
0 with the profit, is calculated 10 please ever
lover Of natures great working world"