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The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05
A singular Story.

More than twenty years ago, says q
ST. Louis paper, v. P. Coolidge, a young
physician OF excellent standing in tho
city Of Waterville, Maine, murdered
Edward Matthews, q rich cattle droVer,
by enticine him alone into his office to
take drink OF brandy which he had
mixed with prussic acid, and then TO
make sure work OF the man who had
befriended him on many occasions, no
beat him on tho head with . hatchet
until life was extinct. The body was
discovered, and Coolidge was arrested
on suspicion, and after II long and ex-
citing trial, and upon the direct evi-
dence of n young student Of his by the
name OF Flint, he was convicted and
sentenced to ono years solitary eonfne-
ment, and then to be hung. During
his confinement his sister, young and
beautiful girl, was permitted to visit
him; but his health gradually gave
way, and before the year expired his
death was announced, he was buried
and for the time forgotten. The war
den Of the prison resigned his position,
married the young lady above referred
TO, and moved to parts unknown. Not
long after the gold excitement opened
in California, gentleman who was con-
yersaut with the case and who had fol-
loved others to tho gold regions. sent
his deposition that he had seen and
conyersed with v. P. Coolidge. This
caused considerable excitement and tho
body supposed to be his was exhumod,
and his father testified that IL was not
his son. Officers wero at once put oil
his track by Matthews friend, but were
unsuccessful, and until few days since
nothing has ever been heard OF the
murderer. Recently party travelling
through this State mot q gentleman
who knew the carly history Of the mat.
ter. and was at the trial, and he stated
he had mat Coolidge frequently within
the last two years, travelling under ar
assumed name, that he recognized him
at sight, and charged him with being
the man that he at first denied II, but
finally acknowledged his identity and
informed him Of all the important fact
connected with the escape, as follows
He ate very sparingly, feigned sick
ness, aud finallya body was procured
from Portland and inferred as his re
mains, and he was furnished with money
and started for New Orleans, where h!
remained but q short time and LETT, art
since that time lias been travelling 81
most constantly, never stopping long II
Any one placo and tho gentleman re
ferred to as having met him IN th'
northern part Of tho State gave II as hiI
positiye belief that, from the descrip
| Hon OF The leader Of the Iowa train rob
bers. il was no other than the escaped
mnrdnrer. V. 2. Coolidge.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05
intelligent Farming,

At the annual festival Of the Eortork
Mass, Agricultural Society, this fall,
nresiiabk tilatk, during liis address.
made allusion to the profits Of farming
Us carried on by q few OF his acquaint-
ances. Senator Boutwell,, who is away
in Washington most Of the year, man.
ages n farm in Massachusetts, and
ciaiiha 10 have cleared 81, 800 Inst year
off his farm above expenses, Another
acquaintance, n graduate Of Harvard
College, is making butter that sells
readily at seventy. I've centsapouna. He
makes Tho butter, nkins his own milk,
and is proud Of making good living as
farming. Then he feeds the skinned
milk with corn.meal to hogs, and sells
the pork at twenty cents pound to
people who don't like to think Of eat
ing pork or lard tllRt is either raised or
cured al the West. The thought Of
"whule hog lard" Is not very appetiA-
ing to weak stomach. Another large
and intelligent farmer, near Worcester,
keeps cows thdt give rich milk, which
he sells pure to cHstomers who are glad
to pay nine cents quart in simmer
and ton cents in winter, because they
know It Is rich and pure. He makes n
good atticle, fixes q price that covers
cost, and leaves margin for profit, and
finds buyers for all he makes. The
average farmers are too careless about
the quality OF their production. 1t
costs really but n triAe more to raise
and propare for market n lIst-class
article than 1t does 10 produce second
or third rate one, and tho difference In
the price obtained il oftet very great.
A bushel OF large potatoes iistlally
costs less for labor than bushel OF
small ones while the large ones are
salable at profit, the small ones often
don't pay tho labor bills.
A iruit.tree overloaded with fruit will
not yield harvest that will sell for MS
much money as half Of 1t would II the
other half had been removed at The
proper time. A hundred pounds Of ap-
pies or pears are worth much moro in
100 than in 200 specimens. A thousand
pounds OF beef Is worth in one animal
from twenty-five to fifty per cont, more
than il in two animals. A pair of
plump well.dressed chickens will find q
market at n much higher figure than n
pair Of blue, lean, half-plucked ones
will, even II OF the same weight. Eggs
are now selling in Boston markets at
thirty cents per dozen for shipped,
while fresh country eggs, brought in by
farmers and sold direct TO the consum-
ers, readily bring forty cents. The
difference on u single dozen seems
rather insignificant, but on years
production from only fifty hens the
difference would pay tho subscription
on MI tho newspapers the farmers
family would care to take. Last year
/ the apple crop Of New England was i'm.
mense. Thousands Of bushels rottel
because they were not worth the cost Of
gathering and marketing. The trees
were overloaded, and Of course the
fruit was most Of it under size. At
harvest time n barrel Of Baldwins, OF
greenings, or russets, could be bought
In almost any orchard for n dollar. Al
the same time, large, fair Western mp
pies brought from three to five dollars.
In such year the sale would, OF course,
be limited, yet there were buyers fol
such apples in every city.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05
Not Very SensIhIe.

A little tale in q Detroit paper illus.
trates the noble ambition Of the IN.
icathered biped when he is animated
by q great purpose and inspired W
lofty determination.
Some time ago four men seated them.
selves around a table in n Larned street
saloon, 10 play a game Of cards for q
half.staryed turkey that none OF them
would have accepted rs n gift, paying
fifty cents each for the privilege, the
loser TO pay the drinks for six persons;
AT midnight each couple had owned
that turkey seven times, tho bartender
lad collected sl0.4O Of the qunrtCltc,
and tho turkey was so nearly dead TINT
ho couldn't say "quit"
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

The steamer Gipsy Queen has been
sunk on the River Tyne. Many lives
were lost.
There orc 10000 Catholics in the
diocese OF Buffalo, OF whom 81, 600 re-
side in the city.
A man ut Bay City, Mich., whipped
his horse In a stall, and was kicked to
death for his pains.
The late John P. Hale once remarked
that q Of all sorts Of essence, the devil
likes acquiesceuce the best"
The Governor Of Pennsylvania pro.
claims that the State paid 81, ,5Oi, ,672,7O
Of It's debt during the past year.
The mercantile marine OF Great
Britain numbers 1850, 472 tons Of steam
and sailing vessels; America has but
2,GsO, 1903.
A Montana man has been exiled from
the Territory under pain OF pitch and
plumage, for tho crime OF marrying q
China woman. ..f
A woman living near Altoona recent
" entered stable attached to the
liouse in which she lived, when horse
caught her by the nose and bit it oil.
The Rothschilds are worth about one
thousand millions Of dollars, US firm,
twelve Of them, including their indi-
vilual fortunes. They need not cry for
soup.
Five great church festivals occurred
luring the month Of December ~.
Thomas, 21st; Christmas, 25th; st.
stephen, Goth; and Holy lnnocents'
2Sth.
Tho London Timed estimates TINT
"a OOO. 900 bushels Of wheat will be re-
duired from this country to supply inc
markets OF Europe until the crop Oh
1874 is harvested.
A gentleman writing q letter conclud.
cd il as follows: "Givo Eyerybody's
love to Everybody, so that Nobody may
be aggrioved by Anybody being tor'
gotten by Somebody"
Says the Atchison Globe: "While
tho soldiers were digging up the dead
at old Fort Kearney, q few days SINCE.
one coffin was taken up that was liter
ally filled with snakes.
The report Of the committee on relief
To tbe homesteaders Of northwestern
Iowa saws that $50 families, embracing
about 1000 persons, arc suffering for
want Of food, fuel, and clothing, and
there are about 75,O0J acres OF land
under cultivation for Which, seed VIII
be required in the spring.
II Is said that the late Prof, AgassiE,
having authority to name his own sue.
cessor us President OF tho school ut
Penikese, selected his son, Alexander
Agassiz, Tor the position. II is also
announced that Mrs. Agassiz will pub
Ilish soon tho biography OF her late
husband, which shebegan several years
ago.
Recent startling discoveries in Wasli-
ing, Louisville, Baltimore, and other
cities make it evident that the crime OF
disinterring dead bodies and selling
them to physicians is much moro COM
mon than hos been generally supposed.
Unless the criminals when arrested are
severely dealt with, it will be difficult
to stop the practice.
We do not expect to dissuade people
from kindlinS their fires with the dam
nerous aid Of kerosene, though We hayo
probably printed accounts Of from 4O,-
900 to 10000 accidents, more or less
fatal, the result Of this incautious ex.
pedient. It may do no harm, however,
to mention that d woman in Fort Wayne,
Ind, who, a week or two ago, had pair
Of beautiful arms, is now totally want
inc in those useful limbs. Amputated,
both Of them and all because OF kind
ling with kerosene
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

THERE'S something domoralizingabo
New Years, says Dr.. Howard. Not at
oil that decentralization is the main out
come Of the institution but man
must be strong in the faith to Withstand
the effect upon his moral system Of the
knowledge that New Years brings, even
to the best OF us. For II is at this sea-
son Of tho year that man, so TO speak,
takes stock OF himself. lie takes his
good resolutions, his good deeds, his
bad impulses and actions, his mixed
motives-in fact, his whole moral be.
longings and accomplishments, down
from the shelves, ,dusts them, looks them
over, and enters them in his books.
There may be profit, growth, advance !;
but there is apt to be melancholy side
TO the fairest showing.
For suppose that, on tho Whole, We
have reason to be encouraged by the
condition OF affairs revealed-thcTe aro
few OF us who do not find with each
New Years an increased sense Of limi.
tation. For we arc creatures of inheri-
tance, and Of habit tho spirit may DO
willing, but o, how weak the flesh
It is not merely that We aro too apt
to fail in the spiritual, with all our
striving; but strange barriers loom
along the intellectual horizon. AS we
grow older, the very element OF Time,
which in our youth seems such u vague,
shadowy enemy-ii not friend OF in.
finite tdrgcss6-comes bearing down
upon us, mighty, resistless-Nn army
with banners.
There arc so many things that for. Sc
many years l have been hoping to do
before each succeeding New Years
Day. The contemplated crusados oi
boyhood even yet haunt me as things
destined to fortunate occurrence. Sure
ly the summer day is yet to como when
l shall take up my adventurous march
on the Crosswicks turnpike; the same
night pitch my rag.carpet tent in the
mysterious Pines; srsleep to the on.
trancing music Of the hyena and tie
iackal, and sally forth the next day tc
slay n white Polar bear with my ivory
paper. cutter.
Shall I confess how often, since lasI
New Years, I have stood looking ovel
the railing Of the ferryboat, and i'm
agined that ut last the Moment hat
come : the Child had fallen into tht
water; l had handed my coat to tht
benevolent gentleman with n Quake
hat and blue spectacles, my gold wntCt
10 q celebrated stock.gam6lcr-(who II
50 much impressed by tho generous
confidence, and the general Cublimit,
Of the scene, that he Is q reformed mai
from that moment land am only hest
tating whether to place my pockOt-bool
in the keeping Of tho pretty lactory.gir
with pink parasol, or ii that Of tht
clerical.looking gentleman, who ma.
turn out TO be pickpoeket in disguise
before taking the final, heroic plunge
-Scribner's.
When a man calls for two fresh egg
/ l.. N.s,ada 10 t,,aayu n 1a1Iap aN5 n hall
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

WHAT CONSTITUTES A MARRIAGE
In the suit OF Binninger agt. Binninger,
the question Of what constitutes q mar.
riage under the laws OF New York was
again before Justice Davis, says n city
paper. The action was for admeasnre-
inent of dover, the plaintiff claiming
to have been the wife OF A. N. Binnin.
ger, now dead, The proof was that FOR
eighteen years she lived with the de-
icndant under tho name OF Sauntleld,
being treated by him as his wife, re'
eeiyed by their acquaintanoes ms his
wife, and receiving letters from him
recognizing the marital connection.
Tho Court thought the proof sufficient
Of the marriage, and directed Judgment
for the plaintiff, I.r
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

What was intended to bc a mock
marriage at q Fond du Lao evening
party has been found to be legal ono,
and tho funny pair find themselves COM
pelled 10 make the best OF II,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

U. s. Commissioner Douglass an.
nounces that the Internal Revenue re-
ceipts during October and November
were reduced nearly 100000 by the
panic,
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05
AZ old Mans New Years Song.

Ivill not STIR abroad to-day,
but find at home what cheer 1 may.
Old mon like mo are out Of date
Who wants to sec grzslcd patio ?
If silver hairs were locks OF gold,
I might bo as 1 was OF old K,
For then my dead would ali bo hero,
And that would make a happy Year!
Tho old man now, tho young man thcn.--
Arc wo tho Same, or different mon
Ono sits at homo with slpporod feet
Tho other braves tllO driving sleCt;
Ills light heart suits itself with wine
1t will not warm this heart Of mines
Ono secs the bridal, ono tho bier,
And each, In his own way, tho Year.
Where arc the friends used to know
Ned, FrOd-not many years ago,
Whose glass cllnkcd mIne amid tho din
ot-0ld Year out and .Eec Year int
dead rhymes with Ned,r tho Mastcl
said
Himself among tho Masters dead.
Alack and drcar, and fear, and tear
lIothlnks allsad words rhyme with Year!
Some one, perhaps, will caro- for mo
When I no longer hear or see.
IhopO my little man Of ten,
When he shall take my place with mon,
viii think a'oout me in tic grave
Ifonly for the gifts gave
And say, "If father was but here,
lswoulI DO such happy YOar!"
poaGo, old man, popeol and cease thl
song,
Which does tho merry season wrong.
You have tho Sweetness Of regret
Tho friendships you remember yOt;
You have what time will not destroy
The love of your remembering boy:
These surely are enough to cheer
The morninsOi tho sadlcst Year.
N. II. sToDDARD.
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Gbe asnrruaerat.

RATES OF ADvBRT1s1NG:
Ono Square, ten llneB or loss, one insertion Sly
For each subsequent insertion. Sg Sg
Ono Square, u months. ~
One-fCurth Of column, 12months s......'zz99'ggo9 ~
0ne-half column II months, ........... .ae'V9 ~
Ono column, II months. hs.........,.....,.;fo'V ;fo'VV
Local notices 20 cents per line, which must
be paid In advance. Five dollaTa Wtll 20
charged for announcing candidates Tor
county. and ten dollar for State and U.
s. offices. Lengthy Obituary notices
must DO paid for. 65-All legal notices
arc charged to tho attorney presenting
sPeeiat ss' rae, TO parttc, dedrig moro han one
TSB RRINTTNG
Neatly and Promptly Executed ut thiD once
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-05

When man calls for two fresh eggs
in Nevada, II means dollar and half.
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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-18
MEXICO.
The Country and the PeOpIe-Wortls-
less and Unreliable Labor-PearI
Hunting, Etc.
From an occasional correspOndent.I

From an Occasional Correspondent
CORPUS CRIsTI, TEXAS, July 6.-I
cannot yet form positive idea Of Mex
leo, and stIll In much doubt; yet II there
could be money made, and, If made,
could be properly enjoyed, still doubt
if the play would pay for the candle.
did not regret my leaving the United
States. passed the time pleasantly
(you know do not want muchl in see
ing the new country Ito me), new faces
and costumes; but at the same time
felt strange and lonely. felt like Ihad
left something behind, and that "some-
thing" Is my habits, society, and feeling
of being at home. Man Is like a weed
or plant-can be transplanted only
when 1t is young, without injury. Well,
about the country: 1t Is luxurious and
beautiful. IT will grow anything in the
south, and, with irrigation, in the north;
but then, what can q man do with it
after it Is raised? You cannot ship it
yourself-monopoly; and it will take
money to beat that. Small industry
does not pay. Pearls-a nonsense; /
lost two weeks at 1t. In La Marina,
north of Tampico, on the coast, bought
a very large watermelon / paid quar-
tin (3sc), and they never were sold for
over bit (l2lc). You never have seen
TsmpicO in yellow-fever time. Mahog-
any and many other things could be got.
But do not see how you paid attention
to such an important question as labor
ers or help. have seen enough Of
them. On an average they are little
better than Charley, negro, who broke
the welI-pulley on Merriwether's place.
Press is the very best. Last winter,
when they were building railroads, they
paid double to foreigners-two dollars
and half day. A Mexican will never
work when he has 8 little money; be-
sides being thieves without exception.
You cannot trust them with anything.
For instance, there is man that works
in the same rancho with me; he is a
milkman; he has six COWS to take care
of; that is, to drive them into the pen in
the evening, with horse; milk them,
and let them out again in the morning.
That is all his work. If you don't
watch him, he won't milk more than
two cows. He has to have his horse
changed every month. He is too lazy
to feed and water him. Hevery seldom
uses a saddle-blanket. The horse, under
his care, starves, gets poor, and is
SCARED all over in two or three weeks.
When he gets few dollars, you won't
see him for a week. And that kind Of
help is not scarce at all. This young
gentleman gets ten dollars per month
and board. Here in Texas negroes get
from fifteen to twenty dollars; white
men from twenty to forty dollars.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-18

NEW YORK, July IA Havana let
ter saws it is obvious TO any one familiar
with Spanish character that there has
been quite an amount of Spanish intrigue
at work in the case Of F. II. DOckeray,
the American recently sentenced to
death. The Spanish official, after vainly
seeking for some specific accusation
against D0ckeray which would hold wa
ter before the military tribunal, took ref
uge ia the broad one Of intedeHcia, which
embraces all manner of ofenses, but tirst
chssging him with being chief of the
insurgents, then q newspaper CORE
spondent, then spy, aud finally conclud-
ed that he was q still more important
personage-secret emissaTy of the gov
eminent of the United States, sent 10 the
Island for information respecting the
war. The following is the substance of
the testimony which the Spanish au-
thorities are using to complicate the
case. A Cuban, named Nsrona, was
arrested at MaLzanillo recently, and
the declaration obtained from him by the
official is to the effect that he was pres
ent at the house of the United States
consular agent in MaBzanillO on the
evening DOckeray appeared there IN jan
uary last, and that he then learned that
DOckersy was sent to Cuba by the United
States government to obtain iniorma-
ton about the war, and he says Dock
cray had letters crediting him in such
capacity, although he did not see them.
Whether Varons's declaration is q de-
liberate invention il is impossible to say
at this time. He has been imprisoned
heretofore as SUSpect0, but in this case
he figures as q witness for the prOseeu-
flf,. ,fafr al O. cd
the statements Of NarOna and ordered
Iauten, the American consular agent,
to quit the island in twenty days, the
mandate styling him the vice-cOnsul OF
Germany, although he also represents
the consular interests of England and
the United States. He sailed short
time ago, aud il now in Jamaica.
The Cnbans have again shown them
selves in the neighboThOod Of Halquin,
and one or two uaimpOrtant encounters
followed. The Cubans captured the
garrison Of Gauyaoales, carrying off all
the portable property, as well as nearly
all the families Of the place. AT Trini-
dad the Cubans are in force, and have
captured and hold possession of the city
Of Trinidad. They are about to form
two regiments of gueTillas, paid 10y the
planters to protect their plantations. In
the environs of Puerto Principe the Gu
bans are in strong force. Last Friday
week sixty glIdrdid cfUii, and the best
soldiers the spanish have, and all pick
ed men, when returning from one OF the
small outposts, where they had gone to
escort a convoy, were attacked by body
of Cubans within sight of the forts sur
rounding the city, and were all put to
death by Machetes. TheSpaniards dare
not show themselves outside OF the cor
don of forts except in columns Of from
fifteen to twenty thousand.
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WASHINGTON CITY.
The New Board OF Peace Commission
ers-SiamPed EnysloPes-Treas-
nry Notes, Etc Etc.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE new
hoard Of peatea commissioners met at
the interior depsIr r,tment to-day. There
were present Sibley, Fish, Lang and
Smith; Butler and Turner were absent,
and there are three vacancies not filed.
An organization was effected by tie
election Of Fish as chairman, and Smith
as secretary. An executive committee
was chosen, consisting of Smith, Rob.
erts and Butler, aud purchasing COM
mittee, consisting OF Sibley, Butler,
Turner and Lang. The commissioners
made formal official call on the acting
secretary OF the interior and the csm-
missioner Of Indian affairs.
The effect OF the reduction Of the rates
on package envelopes from eighteen 10
eight cent? Is shown in the increased
sales during the last quarter Of the hscal
wear. There were |, DO, 600 issued. while
the number Issued for the entire year
ending June 80, 1873, was but 2 203' 200.
During the year ending June SO, is74.
there were 3,7S0, l70, 600 stamped epvel-
ONES sold by the pOstOfiiee department
/ through the postmasters, being an in
crease over the preceding year Of about
/ 500, 600
! The treasury OF the United States To-
/ day received ST04 SIS in national bank
notes for redemption, making q tOts
amount 10 cste OF S5,I65, ,203.
General Sheridan has forwarded
through General Sherman a request {,
use the sixth cavalry for offensive opera
tiops against the Indians, and sdyOcat
I ing generally AZ offensive policy q
more elective and economical than
defensive one,
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TELEGRAPHIC BREyITIES.

Hon. h. o. Pratt has been re-nomin-
ated for congress from the fourth Iowa
district. ..r-
An attempt was made Thursday TO
wreck and rob the pay-car on the New
York Central railway.
Thirty-five thousand gallons Of tooth
ache drops, known as ereosote, were de-
stToyed by fire in London Thursday.
Gladstone Withdrew his resolution
against the public worship regulation
bill in the British house of commons
Thursday night.
a Brussels dispatch says that Baron
Jomini, Russian representative in con-
gress on law, will probably
be chosen president.
A young lady named Ruth Vanetlan
fell ninety feet down a precipice at Wat
kins Glen, near Elmyra, New York,
Thursday, and was killed.
Al Rers, Kentucky, on last Monday,
a hoy named James Walkup shot and
/ fatally wounded Miss Margaret Pointer
! Cause for the murder not known.
John Bruner, twelve years old, hanged
himself at his fathers house IN Hardin
county, Kentucky, last Tuesday. hi
father bad refused 10 buy him ne.
saddle.
] All secret service officers ON duty il