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Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04
The Key OF Paradise.
BY Isle HUBER.


Patience is the Key of Paradise.-Tmtish Proverb.
This oriental metaphor, of mythical
key possessing power over celestial mys-
teries, is a fact fairer than fiction.
Perfect patience, says Wesley, "is
perfect Christianity" and in the Apostle l.
ic calendar Of virtues. patience holds es-
sential rank with other auxilares of faith
and practice. There may be instances in
which it cases to be virtue, but they are
exceptionally rare. Proverbs are cpit-
ONES of experimental wisdom, won by
sharp encounter with daily experience.
Patience is the worlds guardian genius,
and watches with Jealous eye her won
drous achievements years weary mechan-
ism wrought the iaporsaving inventions of
modern industry; science and art owe
their present state of development to the
patient researches of :ruth-seekers and
trnth-fnders; but oh ! the innocents abroad
that patiently-without working to win
wait the worlds recognition of their great
ness lair castle architects, lilies that toll
not--theirs is the patience that +" stitch
on monument" This key Of paradls @
opens wide the door of human sympathy /,
how John Howard Payne-hlmsele a
homeless wanderer---thriled the world
with the patient pathos Of " Home, sweet
home y
In whatever sphere of duty exercised,
patience brings its reward, it soothes the
nerves of tired child more etfectually
than pellets or paroSoric ii lends to the
soldier submission to the "powers that
be-; to the friends Of the inebriate pa.
tience for the enforcement of the anti
liquor laws to the politician time to bide
" free passes" to the confidence of op-
pressed Grangers
Learn to labor and 10 wait says the
poet, and many enjoy anticipation with
the zest of realization.
Foreigners speak Of Americans as au
impusive people; we eat hurriedly, think
hurrledly, act hurriedly; yet after all cur
early rising it dawns none the sooner.
Morse spent years Of patient study before
the voice of the wires could ask. "What
hath God wrought" The iron paths of
our inland commerce grew not like the
prophets gourd, but are the result of per-
severing labor. Patience is the reserve
force Of human energy. " Work and
wait. is what God says to us in Provi-
dence and IN Creation. We work, and
that is god-likc; we get impatient, aud
thore crops out our human weakness" "
By the front gate stands rose-bush.
Last spring its bare stalks whipped the
chill air as if welded by sultan school
master after awhile bits of green began
to play hide.and-seek with tho sunshnes
then pink arrows darted forth daintijy,
until this product of soil and sunshine.
dew and oxygen, became bush of beauty,
wondrous fair. This was patient pre-
cess but very perfect, as are all Of natures
miracles. Oh the charming possibilities
of maturity They are the mirage Of exis-
tcnce let them not lure US too hastily.
Better enjoy the present and let patience
do her perfect work,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

Other nations could live, it has been
said, CD what Americans waste. The
abundance Of our naturally resources, the
vast extent of our unoccppied lands, the
comparative ease of obtaining living ir
this country, are the occasion, no doubt
Of our reckless habits Of expense, and Of
the prevalent superfciality and Ignorance
of our mechanical and artistic workman
ship. To say that person is an Ameri
can is almost as much as to say that he
has mechanical ingenuity so little devel
opcd by science or SO slightly guided by
patient and thorough training? The loss
Of money and of life which We incur ev.
cry year from our neglect of practical
education can only be compared to the
havoc Of desolating war. Thus, in one Of
our principal cities are engines erected al
enormous expense for the spply of water
but through sheer ignorance in the build.
er these engines are so constructed as to
be worthless, and all the money they cos,
might as well been sunk in the sea. Mil.
lions on millions of money are lost every
year through the incompetence of oul
civil engineers, The seventy thousand
miles Of railways in this country have
been built at une cessary cost because we
had not the men who could place the lines
in right positions, make correct grades
and curves, and point out where. tunnels
needed not to be cut and bridges to be
built. Hardly a community" says a
recent authority on this subject, (which
has not the story to tell Of great losses
ontaled by bad engineering in other di.
rectious. Here it is the traffis of great
city interrupted for year because no
engineer can be tonnd able to make the
calculations for skew arch bridge, a
thing which any graduate ofa well-equir-
ped department of engineering can do ;
there is city subjected to enormous loss
by the failure of its water supply system
because the engineer employed made no
calculation for the friction of water in the
pipes. in another Instance it is a whole
district sickcned by miasma, because a
half-taught engineer wasintrusted in its
drainage" And if, according TO Mr..
Latham ard DR.. Beale, hundred thou.
sand lives are lost every year in England
through an ignorant and blundcrisg APP
plication of engineering to sewerage, how
many people are brought to their death
by the same cause in America, where ig-
norance and laundering in such matters
are not only greater than in England, but
are complicated with official rascality?
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04
Miscellany.
Extracts from Edward Kings ''The 6reat South
in Scribner's Monthly for March,.
Western North Carolina.
RESOURCES.

Western North Carolina Is not only
exceedingly fertile, but abounds in the
richer minerals, and needs but the magic
wand Of the capitalist waved over 1t to be-
come one Of the richest sections OF this
Union. Occuping one-third of the en-
tire area Of the State, and possessing more
than a quarter Of million of inhabitants,
its present prospects are by no means dis
agreeable but its prominent citizens, of
all walks of life. are anxious for imml-
grafton and developement- Of the rich
stores Of gold, iron, copper, mica, and
other minerals now buried in the hills.
Let no one fancy that this mountain re-
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

IKE buttertub mandatory Of Asa
Jackman. locatedin Lincoln, was destroyed
by fire Tuesday evening, consuming near
ly everything in the building. The orig
in Of the fire was accidental, and there
was no insurance. M
Miss Nina II. Gregory, daughter Of
Hon. John Gregory Of Northfeld, goes TO
Philadelphia in March, to make prepara.
tions to 90 upon the stage. She is to be
brought out by Prof. Mardoch. who pro-
nhcsies for her great success.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04
B u - inc - - ard - .
Attorneys.

n0NER G.. IRISH,
Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chanscry
rs, Dearborn ST., RoomI
.3 Chicago Ill.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04
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|> D. FIELD. Cambridge, VT,
ArrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
0lice in larker's Building.
I16urance placed in the best Home Companies.
30 If
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04
sGILBERT

II. esLANPHER, ,,,
DEPUTY SHERIFF and AUCTIONEER,
Hyde Park, Vermont.
Inithful attention will be paid to all business
Df tNI6 nature.
Y. nWfNNELL,
Deputy Sheriff, Auctioneer and Detective,
Hyde Park, Vermont.
Mtcalls promptly attended to.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

LDERT A. NILES,
Attorney at Law, and Master in Chancory,
.. MorrisvIle, VT.
Coflections and all business trusted to him will
|promptly attended to. Insurance of all kinds
Sood IN the best Stock and Mutual Companies.
XIl Office with Gov. lIendee.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

{. A. BINWHAM,
(, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW
Essex Junction, Vt.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

|ux8HAM & WATERMAN,
Attorneys at Law and Solicitors IN Chancery,
m HYDE Park, vt.
particular attention given to the co lection OF al
|nlus against the Observation-Disclosures, invalid
nd other pensions, bounties, back-pay, &c
rAIno BRIGHAM GEO. l.. WATERMAN.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-03-04

A grange has been formed at Shell
don with ~ mepbsrs,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

A poor clergyman, proud as he was
poor, was part owner of barren piece of
land, for which nObleman was in treaty.
The latter had agreed to pay the clergy
man small sum to relinquish his rights,
but, failing to keep an appointment to
settle the affair, Mr.. Hughes went away
in huff, and refused to have any further
communication with the unpunctual lord.
a rich vein OF copper afterward came to
light on the very property, and the clergy
man eventually drew more than 100000
a year from the land he had so nearly
given up.
Mr.. COutts was indebted to his success
as banker to it coming accidentally to
his ears, soon after he began bust,
ness, that certain London bank had re-
fused noble customer the loan of 10000.
Mr.. COutts Immediately wrote to the
nobleman, asking him to favor him with
call, and, when he called, offered to lend
him the desired sum. But l can give
you no security" said the peer. Your
Lordship's note of hand will suffice, " was
the response. The offer was closed with :;
and the borrower, departing with $4,000,
left the rest on deposit. The story soon
got about and brought great aristocratIc
customers. Then it reached the Kings
ears. His Majesty desired to see such a
liberal banker, and was so delighted with
his conversation that he ordered his &C
count to be transferred to Coutts' bank.
The royal example had plenty of imita
tors, and the foundation of the great
bankers fortune was laid.
Happy accidents have so often hap
pened that it would require volume to
do full justice to the Chambers
J0us7aL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

must confess that it seems to me
rather a tough story. | know a great
many goodish sort of people who, in such
strait, would have used a different word
from Diamond" and repented of il next
day.
There were enemies of Sir Isaac New
ton who said he had lost his mind bv rea-
son of this mishap; if he did lose it. he
found another, for he died with a good
solid one at over eighty.
1t Is true that he made no great discev-
cries IN the later years of his life; indeed,
he almost ceased to be known as phil
osOpher, and was for a long period a
quiet Office-holder under Government in
London. In our time, you know, office
holders are said not to favor discoveries:
but Sir Isaac had nothing to conceal. He
was attached to no rings but the rings of
Saturn.
AS I said, he was a bachelor; and liv
ing modestly, he grew rich. He was
kindly and charitable throughout his
life, and left his personal property to a
niece (the daughter Of halfsister), who
had been for long time the mistress of
his London home. His landed property,
which was inherited, and which included
the old stone farmhouse where the phil
OsOpher was born, fell into the hands Of
Robert Newton, eldest son of a cousin,
who was a worthless, dissolute fellow,
who squandered his inheritance, and who,
IN drunken fit, fell while smoking his
pipe, and was choked by portion of the
pipe-stem.
II you ever go to London, and into
Westminster Abbey, you will see an elab-
crate tomb, in honor of Sir Isaac Newton,
against the choir screen, to the north of
the entrance; but in the rooms of the
Royal Society you will find what is bet
ter worth seeing-that is, the first tele-
scope that Newton made, and also the old
dial which he constructed when a boy,
and which, in 1914, was brought away
from the walls of his early home in Lin
colnshlre; and, last of all, lock of his
silver hairs. Nicholas for June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
A Cast-IrOn Bite.

IN consequence of the recent flood
fishing for frogs is favorite pastime in
certain portions of the city. A young
man who is engaged in business on Mar
ket street, near Broad, has been very sue
cessful in this line. He hauled an old
bass singer to the surface few days ago
weighing couple Of pounds, and since
that time has been endeavoring to eaten
his mate.
One Of the young men in the office
where our fisherman is employed IS the
proud owner of an iron paper-welght OF
immense size, and made in the shape OF
frog, and last Saturday he had the porter
place this paper-weight on board anu
put it in the water during the fisherman :
absence. When the latter returned ne
was not long in discovering the castron
frog with his body about half way OUT OF
water. Taking his hook and line ne
moved quietly down to the shore, ana, SET
ting his feet firmly in the soft, steep bank,
threw his line with q skillful hand. Alter
a little maneuvering he caught the cast
iron frog under one leg. Pulling Dack
suddenly, in a culver of excitement, ms
feet slid from ander him, and down ne
sat III the Shiny mud. He hung on, how
ever, and safely landed his game, just as
all the boys in the Office gathered around
to see the finale. AS he held up the ia
miliar iron frog which had done such
noble service as paper-weight MS race
heightened, and with a few remarks OF a
very emphatic nature he dropped his
fishing tackle and fastened homeward to
change his wet and muddy clothing
Nashville Union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
Our Young Folks.
OUR TWINS.
BIZ Mrs. s. u. WALSH.

- u II.
They are dear little creatures who frolic and PLAY.
ana 90 rolling and tumbling about IN our way
NmIe we only pet them, and watch them with
pride
As they lie on their cushion asleep, side by side.
They are dressed just alike, all in velvet, you
With soft shaded stripes down to each dainty toe
SucA oeautlfuI garments you never could match
But II you should handle them roughly-they'll
scratchl
Together they drink from their saucer of milk.
silk;
While we fOndle and pet them, they scarcely will
But look in our faces. and nestle and purr.
You should see them play BALI though they
They know very well how 9 ball shouId he
caught
Or give them feather-that fun never fails,
ana II loJ Ilng else offers, they chase their own
And they play hide and SEEK one on each side
the door,
And they just roll together all over the floor:
ana they scramble and kick, and turn summer
Till the play gets too rough, and they both cry
When Ginger flies at them with fierce bark and
They never, will finch, but just stand their own
ground;
And he always retreats-though with MANY a
sniff.
Before our twin pussy-cats, Victor and Griffl
-CbfiStidfL Union
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
Another warming.

A YOUNG man hailing from Dakota
Territory was badly swindled in New
York the other day, and his experience
adds another to the numerous warnings
against the folly of placing confidence in
railway acquaintance. This young man,
whose name is Rousseau, came to New
York to buy goods, and of course had
considerable money with him. On the
train, when nearing the metropolis, he
made the acquaintance of a genteellOok-
ing fellow who gave his name as Charles
Warner, and represented himself as an
agent for a dry goods firm returning after
q tour. The fellow proved to be very
agreeable companion, and they travelled
together, becoming quite companionable
and confidential with each other. Arriv-
ing in the city, Warner invited Rousseau
to accompany him to the house of his
sister on Twenty-seventh street, which he
insisted should be his home while in
town. They went to the house together
and Warner introduced him to a Young
woman as his sister, and they subsequent
~ had supper and a smoke. That is the
last Rousseau remembers until he found
himself in the station-hous minus all
his outer clothing as well as his money
belt containing $4,000 or $4,000. The
police had picked himup in the street in
dazed and almost nude condition, and
it is evident that he had been drugged,
robbed Of all he had and then taken away
in carriage and dropped in a convenidt
locality. Cases similar TO this occur al
most daily and the supply of gudgeons
seems to be inexhaustible. It certainly
appears wonderful that any man possess
ing particle Of wit can allow himself 10
be taken in so egregiously in these VIDE
awake times.-Al5dng Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
About BeehiYes.

A TALL hive, when extremes are avoid
ed, usually gives the best results. The de-
mand for box honey has increased over
that for SWarms. We want hives to &C
commOdate US in that respect. The tall
hive that was best for swarms gave but
little. A hive with large top will take
on more boxes than the tall small one,
and the bees will often fill them as quick
ly as the smaller number. This encour-
aged US to try still larger surface for
boxes. This was done by placing them
at the side of the combs. The depth of
our boxes is 51s inches; one placed on
the other made eleven inches, Just the
height of our frames. Two courses can
be set on the side of the comb, and enough
can be put on both sides-when the
length Of ours-to hold eighty pounds,
besides those on the top.
Some bee-keepers put several tiers of
boxes on smaller hives. But experience
shows US that those farthest from the
body OF the hive are worked in very slow
ly. There IS great gain in having every
box as near as possible to the main hive.
| cannot think of another shape that will
admit so much room for boxes in close
connection with the hive. If the long
hive stood on the end, making it tall
hive, the same number of boxes might be
used, but they would have to be piled on
each other to q greater depth, making it
more trouble to take off boxes from the
lower ones when only those were full.
The main combs of the hive would often
become heavy and break loose and fall to
| the bottom. II a piece to support them
were put across, it would divide the comb
so that the queen would keep the brood
in the lower part. The space above
would be filed with honey and the boxes
on the top would be about the same as il
they were on tier or two of boxes below
them.-N. Quinbg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
The Cost of Sham.

By AND BY, perhaps, we shall get it
beaten into our heads that sham, cOnsid-
cred from purely business point of view,
doesn't pay; indeed, is the poorest of all
possible investments. 1t is high time we
did. If this Mill River homicide sets the
American public thinking on the subject,
the dead will not have died in vain. A
reservoir is built on the cheap and fiimsy
plan; it bursts, kills $50 people, and de-
vastates four villages. Isn't pretty plain
figuring that, in this case, sham hasn't
paid? Aside from the lives lost-and
human life in these days has money
value, measurable in dollars and cents, as
corporations are beginning to find out
good many hundred thousand dollars
worth of property, accumulated by the
labor and thrift of wears, has been wiped
out in very few minutes. Isn't the fail
ure of the reservoirs owners to see that it
was honestly and substantially built in
the first instance pretty plain case of
penny-wisdom and pOund-foolishness {?
And this is but one case out OF hundreds
and thousands. 1t is a lamentable and
alarming TACT that sham work of all
sorts las become very common with
US OF late years; so common as to be
accepted by too many OF US as a matter
of course. Every intelligent man sees
the fact; every thoughtful man deplores
Il. For sham is merely shorter word
Tor dishonesty. It is at once a lie and a
theft. But the children have got hold Of
a law OF the universe when they say in
their games that cheating never prOspers.
1t may seem to prosper for q while. Wit
ness jim Fisk; witness Tweed; witness
Cakes Ames; witness dozens and scores
OF men who have fourished Tor season
on the street. But the prosperity that is
built on fraud is built on the sand; one
day the food comes, there is crash, and
that is the end. The sham reservoir
gives way; the sham house tumbles in;
the sham fire-proof city shrivels to ashes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18
: IT rs DARKEST BEFORE DAY.''

JUST before the daylight cometh,
and before the early dawn,
The darkness Of the midnight deepens,
Heralding the morn,
And making days approaching splendor,
And her chariot Of light,
Take an added ray Of glory
BY contrasting shades of night.
So the adage hath descended
III a terse and common way.
BE not saddened nor discouraged,
1T Is darkest before day.
Steady up tie faltering footsteps,
Passing through the shades of night,
For beyond the depths Of darkness
Are the rays Of morning light.
Think, whenever trials meet you,
Other men have met the same;
And whatever hardships greet you,
Give them not too hard name;
Take life's s0rest ills encouraged,
Looking for brighter way,
For though clouds like nighttime deepen,
1t T. darkest before day"
chicago Inter ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

the sham values collapse; the sham bank
breaks; the sham craftsmanship, Christian
or otherwise, is found out. CARLYLE was
right: " Lying is not permitted in this
universe" The Almighty has set His
canon against it. 1t is as bad political
economy as it is bad morals. The worst
of it is tlIat part of the penalty always
and unavoidably falls upon the innocent /
Springfield tIass.) Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

The Louisville Courier says there are
hundreds of young men in that city fool
ing away their time in the practice oflaw,
medicine and journalism, and clerking in
stores and banks, when it is known that
a good baseball player can make $4,000 a
year by his art.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

"a YOUNG swell in New York lately
liQuidated a bill at his florists amounting
to $50. so, incurred between the first
days of January and May the current
year, being at the rate of over s 900 per
annum for flowers alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-06-18

There are 100000 people within
thirty-fve miles of Boston.