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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
A BntcherS' Match.

The most extraordinary match of the
season was witnessed in Hoboken, n
J.. between Timothy O'keefe and Pat
rick Fitzgerald. The contestants were
butchers, and their relative merits foi
skill and expedition were to be decided
by the result of sheep killing match.
At 3:l4 P. NJ. the words one, two, three,
were given, Fitzgerald and O'Keefe
each seized a sheep, whose throat had
already been cut by the attendants, and
began their manipulations. First there
was some work on the floor, which the
butchers call Logging. because the cut
ting of the skin on the legs is the prin-
cipal feature. The floor work compile
ted, the sleeps hind legs are tied
together, and it is hung on a convenient
hook.
Fitzgerald hung up his fiftieth sheep
il two hours and twenty-seven minutes,
making an average of two minutes and
forty seconds for each sheep. His op-
ponent was eleven minutes behind, hav-
ing cut himself badly twice.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
In Deep, Cold Water.

We believe it is a well-established
fact, says the Gold Hill NeWs, that
the bodies of persons drowned in Lake
Tahoe have never been recovered, the
clear, cold waters of the lake absolutely
refusing to give up their dead. This
circumstance, which at first thoughts
appears strange, is accounted for upon
the hypothesis that the waters at the
bottom of the lake are so icy cold as
actually to arrest decomposition and
consequent expansion of a dead body,
one of the conditions under which
it would be exected to return to the
surface. Whether the victims who
repose at the bottom of the pei
lucid waters of this farfamed lake un-
dergo petrifaction, or are transformed
into mermen and mermaids, is secret
which will never be known until they
come to the surface at the summons of
Gabriel's trumpet. When the Sea Bird
was lost in Lake Michigan in three hun
dred feet of water two bodies out of one
hundred lost only were rescued. When
the Lady Elgin was lost in eighty-six
feet of water only few miles from the
first disaster, every body out of four
hundred and over was finally rescued.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Working on a Rancho.

A Young man who went West thus
reveals some of his unsatisfactory ex-
periences, in note to the editor of the
Denver (Col.) NeWs. Being out of
workout not loafing-I thought /
would try the rancho business, so l
walked four or five miles out on the
Platte, and found rancho where there
are employed from twenty to twenty
five hands at 81 per day. Now, Mr.
Editor, l shall tell you facts-nothing
more-so here it goes. You are obliged
to get up at 4 o'clock; get , 'eakfast.
However, during bug time-potato
bugs-you get up at 3 o'clock and
shake Paris green until breakfast-5
o'clock. You work until II o'clock and
get dinner-half hour incoming. Then
work until o'clock-supper-and, as
soon as you swallow your supper, work
until 8 or 10 O'Clock tieing up vegetables
for market. All this for 81 day. Sun
days one-fourth of a day is allowed you
-25 cents-to work from o'clock in
the afternoon to o'clock at night.
Now, is this not enough to sicken n
poor mans heart? The food is enough,
but poor-no milk or butter allowed on
the table, and you sleep like hogs, in
an old barn and stable, full of graybacks
and bedbugs. like to work, but was
obliged to give mp. l hope some good
and ind-hearted ranchman will give
me work and home where l will not
have to work sixteen out of the twenty
four hours for 81 per day"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
A Woman Stays q Panther.

The country papers just now abound
in accounts of encounters with wild
beasts. The Pittsburgh Commercial
supplies one, in correspondence from
Lock Haven, Penn, as follows con
Thursday last party of young women
went out from Queens Run to the
mountain just back of the settlement,
gathering huckleberries. One of them,
Jerusha Bryan, advanced little fur.
ther into the woods than the others,
when she was attacked by a huge pan
ther. Her companions, hearing the
brute scream, sought safety in flight,
but Miss Bryan, finding escape impos-
sible, determined to stand her ground,
and seizing n huge pine knot, gave her
enemy battle. The contest was close
one for few minutes, but human cour-
age, judgment, ana GOODNESS soon trl-
umphed over brute strength, and the
heroic woman soon had the satisfaction
of laying the blood-thirsty monster
dead at her feet. Her garments were
torn into shreds, and her face and arms
badly scratched, bui she walked hon e
with firm step and the light OF trump
in her eye. The dead panther was soon
afterward found by the people of
Queens Run, and proved on measure
ment to be six feet ten inches long. i"
The correspondent adds that Jerusha is
the lion of the place ; and well she may
be-if the story is true.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
The Eating House Man.

When the train draws up at Stamford
five minutes for refreshments, says the
Danbury Nelcs, it is easy to distinguish
the experienced traveller from the rest.
He has already got out on the platform,
and is either on the bottom step, OF
close enough to it. just as soon as the
speed of the train becomes less than he
can make, he springs off, and dashes
madly for the saloon door, through it,
and up to the counter, giving his order
for coffee while moving, and snatching
up the right article the first time. He
knows just how much time is required
to make five minutes. and when it is ex-
pred he is out on the platform picking
his teeth, and talking about real estate
Alas for the inexperienced traveller,
such is not his record. He is inside
the car when 1t stops, with twenty per
sons ahead of him. He jumps down on
the platform in time to see the mass
surging into the door, and then it sud
denly strikes him that he may be too
late, and under this inspiration he
throws himself into the struggling gang,
He doesn't reach the table. He and
the other ineXp rienced travellers form
the outside line, and shout their orders
through the openings, and ro> se what
IS handed them with thanki lluess and
what dexterity they can mus. er. Such
a man will perspre and choke, and paw,
AMI jaw during the entire five minutes,
and in that time may get down two
thirds of sandwich, one-third of
piece of custard pie, and more or less
Of coffee, and then get out of the door
Just in time to catch hold of the car
rail, and be pulled on by the brakeman.
And when he has reached his seat and
isScraping the rest of that pie from his
boot, and drawing cold air into his
throat to allay the pain of the scald, he
will think up things about the keeper of
that restaurant that would make the
hair on saw-horse stand straight on
end.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
Dead.heading,

The time has come, says an exchange
when the press of the country should
have done with dead-headism. The
Western editors should have paid for
their tickets, and if the jubilee was bad
and most iubilees are-they should
have said SO if it WIS good, their pa
pers should have informed the public of
the fact. But they should not have
praised it, if poor, because they entered
without paying neither should they
have condemned it, if good, because
they had to pay for their tickets like
Jones. the dry goods merchant, and
Fierifacias, the attorney. Let newspa-
per men pay for what they eat, drink,
wear, and see, foot their hotel bills and
railway expenses, and let their views
be uninAuenced by courtesies or ia
vOre.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
The CASE OF LIEUT.. GALLAGHER. =

The CASE OF LIEUT.. GALLAGHER. -
Second Lieut.. M. Frank Gallagher, of
the Second Infantry, who was recently
tried before general court-martial
Columbia, s. c., for killing John Nc
ALeely, a discharged soldier, in Spar
tanburg, s. c., on the I'd of May last,
has been dismissed the service, and the
sentence has been approved by the
President. The civil authorities will
take eogniz,nce of the murder, the
army trial being on the charge of oon-
duct unbeooming an officer and q gen.
tleman.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
TEST FOR PURE WArER.-An exchange

TEST FOR PURE WArER.-An exchange
recommends the following test for ascer-
tanning the purity or impurity of drink
ing water, viz: "If half a pint of the
water be placed in perfectly clean,
colorless, glass-stoppered bottle, few
grains of the best white sugar added,
and the bottle freely exposed to the
light in the window of warm room, the
solution should remain clear even after
ten days exposure, if the water is pure.
If the water become turbio, it is open
to grave suspicion of contamination
with sewage matter"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
LUCK VS.. vs.DnAPPoINTMEyr.-Undoubt

LUCK VS.. DrsAPPoINTMENr.-
edlv the man who drew the 500, 900
prize in the Louisville lottery thinks he
is a lucky man. In order that he might
get his 500, 900, 175, 900 people gave a
dollar for which they received nothing.
1t is onlyles honest and straightforward
than to have subscription taken up
for him among strangers. What is
more, 175, 900 people were disappointed
To make up his exultation.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-08-08
In Absence.

Though sunsets ravsh with their blue and gold
And. amber moons enchant the tropic zone,
Love grows a-weary, aud my heart a-cold,
Alone,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05

Delaware City horses are again afflicted
with epznoty.
Trade through the Delaware and Chesa-
peake canal is very brisk.
Benz. Tyson, of Newark, has rented
the Robinson hotel at Delaware City.
Subscriptions to the stock Of Doyer's
proposed hotel are still being received.
Mr.. McGee, the vessel builder at Mil
ton, will soon launch large schooner.
Postmaster. General Creswell will soon
order night mail from Dover 70 Milford.
Olive Logan, on April l1th, will tel
Doverians all about Successful People,
Rev. Geo. E. Jones will soon take
charge of the Lower Brandywine Presby
erian Church.
The National Hotel at Mlddletown, hal
been rented by Mr.. Morton Of the Arch
Street House, Philadelphia.
Draper D. Deweese, of Dover, has beer
appointed special mail agent between
Philadelphia and Wilmington.
Richard Ferguson has been appointeC
the additional Trustee Of the Poor 70
= this county. This office was created a
Il this session of the Legislature.
J. Lowery Il Co., Of Milford. sold, la
week to parties In Philadelphia aud Ne
= York, the following collection Of fl
y sklus 1860 muskrat, 1880 rabbi
, 2,s40 coon, 4S0 opossun, 20 wildcat,
d domestic cat, 42S mink, - otter, 81 II
fox, and 129 gray fox.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05
Birth of an Iceberg.

Il would be impossible, with mere
wordA alone. to convey any adequate idea
of the action of this newborn child OF the
Arctic frosts. Think of solid lump Of
ice. a third Of mile deep. and more than
half a mile in lateral diameter, hurled,
like mere toy, away into the water, and
set to rolling to and fro by the impetus Of
the act as II It were natures merest loot
ball now down one side, until the huge
bulk was nearly capsizedi then back
again then down the other side once
more with the same unresisting force
and so on, up and down, and down ana
up, swashing to and fro f1r hours before
il comes finally to rest. Picture this, and
you will have an image of power not 10
/ be seen by the action of any other force
upon the earth. The disturbance Of the
water was incouceivably 6ne. Waves Of
enormous magnitude were rolled up with
great violence against the glacier, cover
ing IL with spnay billows came tearing
down the ford, their progress marked by
the cracking and crumbllng ice, which
was everywhere in a state of the widest
agitation for the space Of several miles.
Over the smaller icebergs the water broke
completely, as IL a tempest was pillng up
the seas aud heaving them tercely against
the shore. Then, 10 add still further to
the commotion thus occasioned, the great
wallowing iceberg, which was the cause
Of II all, was dropping fragments from its
sides with each oscillation, the reports OF
the rupture reaching the ear above the
general din and clamor.
Other bergs were set in motion BY the
; waves, and these also dropped pleeel
from their sides; aud at last, as II I
: were the grand finale Of the piece-,th'
clash OF cymbals aud the big bass drum
Of natures grand orchestra "a monstrou
berg near the middle Of the hord split II
two and, above the sound OF breaking
waters and falling ice, this last disrup
( tlon flled the air with peal that ran
among the bergs and crags, and, eehoin
e from hill to hill, died away only in th
{ void beyond the mountain tops, while,
s the noisy tune, the icebergs of the hor
/ danced their wild, ungainly dance upo
L the waters. II was many hours betol
e this state Of wild unrest was succeeded B
= the calm which had preceded the con
s meneement of 1t and when, at lengtl
a the iceberg that had been born eau
Is quietly to rest, and the other icebergs hi
|, ceased their dance upon the troubled Sc
Is and the waves had ceased their lashin
d Il seemed to me that, In beholding th
sr birth of an iceberg, l bad beheld one
d the most sublime exhibitions Of the gre
II forces Of nature. II was, In truth,
10 CONFEDERATION DR.. Hays Land
Dfs0IaIi0h
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05

In reference to the statement, that by
the burial of murderer in Greenwood
Cemetery the charter is violated, ths New
York Express says that snch is not the
case. Thirty years ago 1t was designed to
bury iu Greenwood aud erect monument
over John Z. Colt, who was executed for
the murder of Adams, but the company,
considering that such an ostentatlous dis
play over the grave of murderer was not
only highly Improper, but would give
great offense to owners Of lots In the Gem
etery, refused to sell to the family, and II
all subsequent deeds a clause, prohibiting
the admission of criminals TO burial II
Greenwood, was Inserted. The father o
| Wm. Foster, who was executed on Friday
last, was one Of the original owners of 9
lot, therefore his deed does not con'ain THU
clause, and the company cannot interfere
nor does il desire to do so in any similai
case if the burial is quietly performed. II
is not the province Of the company to IN
yestigate the previous character of eyerl
one who may be buried in the cemetery
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05
THROUGH THE CLOUDS,
Donaldson's Ascension and Return to
Earth--A Startled School.

We have already given in some detail an
account Of the fool-bardy balloon ascen-
sion and aerial gymnastics of Donaldson
At Reading. He has appeared before q
large audience In Reading since his return
and given a full report OF his journey to
the clouds. He left Reading at 2.45 p. m.
and describes his passage through the air,
reaching an altitude of II, 200 feet, not
quite two miles, and never getting through
the clouds. He then describes his descent,
and we quote from his account as follows !;
4P.M. The earth was in sight-this
being the first | had seen Of It since left
Reading. About one half Of the earth
looked to be covered with snow. After
leaving the clouds the air was very cold.
By this time had all the little instruments
in my pocket for safety. Seeing that IL was
a clear country all around me let her de-
scend fast. When first left the clouds my
course was towards a small town west Of
me, but when about 1000 feet from the
earth my course changed TO northwest.
Not knowing where I was | concluded to
Ia near the first town I came to, so I
dropped nv anchor, which soon reached
the ground, relieving the balloon OF AZ
pounds, which caused It TO remain about
seventy five feet above the earth. | thought
that the anchor would catch fence, bat
ir place OF holding me It pulled the rails
apart, and went dancing over the frozen
ground. In passing over a school house
the anchor caught in the shingles, pulling
some of them loose, aud in less time than
Il takes to tell this the whole school was
out, hare-headed and frightened, including
the old school master with his long beard
and stick in hand.
The anchor was still travelling over the
fields at rapid rate, leaving the school
children yelling and halloOing in the dis
tance. | then noticed three men running
after me. ! hallooed to the nearest man
10 run faster and catch hold of the anchor.
After running a short distance he stopped,
Saying. q" / can't do It." No wonder, for
the anchor was travelling much faster
than he was. The anchor would catch O
little once in a while and would shake me
in a lively manner. It would also give
the balloon n jerk, and cause it to jnmr
mp in the air aoout ten fe 4. At last il
caught in the edge of some ice. Seeing an
old farmer near il I called tn him TO keef
IL buried, which he did by sitting on II
In less than ten minutes there were abou
thirty persons, including men, women ant
children, on hand who volunteered theil
services to help me empty the balloon.
4 80 D. m. Landed one mile from thu
town of Applebachville, Eve miles west o
Quakertown, Bucks county, making tn
trip in l hour and 35 minutes. When
was up in the air the town looked a.
though there vas no one In it, and one o
the boys said they were all asleep, 70
they 20 10 bed at o'clock. On my wa,
to the town I met the old schoolmaster
who said that all his scholars were fright
eued as well as himself when they hear
the timber crack in the roof, which shoe
the school house.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05
LOi THE SAVAGE.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

I have not been. shall not be, understood'
have not wit nor will. TO well eXpl ain.
But that which men call good, find not
The lands the savage held, shall hold
The gold the savage spurned in proud dis
For centuries; 90. take them all; build high
Your gilded templesi strive and strike and
And crowd and contrOvert and curse and
lie
In church and state, in town and citadel and
die. -
And who shall grow the nobler from II alls
The mute and unsung savage loved as
He fcit, as grateful Gods blessings felt,
About his lodge and tawnv babes as you
In temples Moslem, Christian monk or
....Ths sea, the great white, braided
bounding sea, -
Islaughing in your face the arching blue
Remains to God; the mountains still are
A refuge for the few remaining tribes and
me. .
Your cities from the first the hand Of God
Has been against them; sword and noou
The earthquakes march, and pestilence'
Have fr0d
To undiscerning dust the verv name
OF antique capitals; and still the same
Sad destiny hcsets the hattlehelds
OF Mammon and the harlots house oi
shame. - .
Lol msn with monuments and lifted
Against his city's fate. A flame his city
Yields.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05

"A. T. Stewart began life by prowling
around auction rooms for bargains.
"A deaf and dumb man is stumping Ken
lucky AS a candidate for the legislature.
New York proposes to preserve itseli
from extensive confagratlons by using SAL
water.
"A Western genius has discovered that
freshets make the mouths OF the rivers
water.
-zanesvllle, o., complains Of water.
works ring which has drawn 800, 700, bat
no water.
Wilmington, Del. has new and
commodious hotel.-Fa. Contributors Sat
urddy Wight.
Chicago sheds aflictlon as The duck
sheds water. Here she ls now with a new
base ball nine at salary Of $751; 900.
"A Cincinnati belle upon being asked
her fathers profession, said he "embalmet
pork, she believed" He was hog packer
"A little bird, killed by Falrchild
10, ,medico, had in It's crop 301 seeds of fox
tall grass, the farmers greatest plague ii
that region.
A Massachusetts, clergyman's littl
flock all brought him potatoes on recen
DONATION visit anu NC hao eos eAouSu
last him ten years.
The overseers of the poor in Vei
mont town set down In their annual n
port a charge of 90 for taking paupei
to the menagerie."
= The Shakers OF New Lebanon reeol
a nize the equal rights Of the fair sex [
!. changing the name Of their newspaps
! the ' Shaker" TO the Shaker al
4 shakeress.
# -Au Illinois Bridegroom in the ir
II flush of welded bliss, made maguitice
a gift to the Quincy Wing editor Of bot
n OF whisky and yard aud half
bologna sausage
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05
Making Men Fish.

A French inventor has patented an ap.
paratus for swimmers. For the hands he
has large membranous fin, which is
held in its place by loops passing over the
fingers and a strap around the waist.
The surface presented to the water by
these fms is so large as to add greatly to
the effectiveness of the strokes Of the arm,
but not so large as to exhaust the muscu-
lar power. Their effect Is TO reduce very
much the effort required to swim without
them. But the greatest ingenuity is dis
played In the form and fitness Of the fms
for the legs, which are attached TO the
ankles, aud are so formed that they act
upon the water, both in the movement Of
bringing the legs together and throwing
them back. They act so finely in "tread-
ing water" as swimmers call it, that one
can really walk, If not on the water, at
least in IL. The difference between SWIM
ming with this apparatus and without it,
Is very much like the difference between
rowing a boat with the handle and the
blade of the oar. The old swimmer has
no trouble in using the ius az first trial,
aud is surprised TO lind with what east
he can swim without exhaustion. II,
easily swims twice as fast with the ap
paralus as without il, and he can sustain
himself for hours upon the water or swim
Iniles with il,
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-04-05

On the 11th Of March, 1868, says the s.
Louis Democrat, the messenger of the
American Express Company was robbed
al Glendale, a short distance this side Of
Cincinnati, of si9,522, SO. Il was stated
at the time that the robber entered the eX-
press car knocked the messenger down.
aud seizing the money packages leaped
from the train and made his escape. Sub
sequent events led to the suspicion that n
notorious counterfeiter named Lew.
Dolman, alias Miller. committed the
robbery.
Delman came to this city several months
afterwards. and one night the detectives
laid in wait for him at house In the
suburbs. When the robber appeared, one
of the officers shot him through the head,
killing him on the spot. The trustees OF
the Express Company, finding that Dol
man left considerable property in this city
which was taken possession OF by tht
Public Administrator, instituted suii
against that officer for the recovery OF al
| least portion of their money. The sun
was tried before Judge krum, on Monday
/ last. The deposition of Jonathan Davis
a convicC in tue Kentucky Penitenuary
was read, the substance of which is tha
Davis, who lived in Coyington at the tint
Ol lut NuuDNlNs WAS q AbhAiAfAhN Nh' ~ -
Dolman that DOlman acquainted hin
with his intention of rohhing the Expires
messenger, who was his brother-in law
and named stephen b. Ilaymani tina
Hayman contrived the robbery himself
and after Il was committed. brusel
himself with pistol, to make 10 appea
that he had made a stout resistance
The robber gave Davis S40O of th
stolen money. DOlman soou aiterward
came TO st. Louis and stopped at th
Western House, and wrote to Davis
Join him, and he would give him the ha
of his share. Davis came, but Dolm0
was gone, and he saw him no NOR
Davis then frightened Hayman's moth'
into giving him 81, 200, by threatening
! have her son and Dolman arrested. Dav
i afterwards committed burglary, an
was arrested aud sent to the penitential
at Frankfort.
Upon this testimony the court gave Il
/. plaintiffs, Fargo and others, judgme
7 for over s24,00