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The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

A BAoaAaE-SMAsHER's DhEAM.-A Ger.
tain baggage smashcr on the Wilmington
and Baltimore railroad, had fearful attack
Of nightmare the other night. lie dreamed
that sone man came along to his car with
splendid new trunk that had never been
touched. And the dreamer got hold Of that
trunk and soused it down upon the floor
three or four times, aud jumped upon it, and
smeared it with chalk marks. And then
lie dreamed that lie pitched it into the car;
and was about to explode keg of powder
under it, when the engine Of the down train
struck him, and he awoke. He found lis
wife standing over him, and rapping him on
the head with earuestness, In bis sleep be
had hold of the baby's crib. and had beer
waltzng around the room with it, ranming
it up against the wall, and pounding it with
the pitcher. and trying to heave it out Of
the window, while the infant, spilled upoif
the floor, yelled like brigade Of Shoshone
Indians. 1t was the conclusion Of the
chair, in the hands of an indignant mother;
that made him dream about the locomotive
striking him. When his friends now ask
him the meaning Of those Jumps upon his
forehead, he says nothing, but seizes the
nearest valise, and goes through all the ex-
crcises he dreamed about.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
NUMBER q
THE FASHIONS FOR 1874.

For the benefit Of many young ladies who
remain away from Saratoga, this beautiful
spot where
The weary cease from Troubling and The Wicked
are at rest, a -
l send the following account Of the latest
watering place fashions:
SHoEs-Are w6rn high in the neck, Aounc-
ed with poiht aquille lace, cut on the bias.
High heels are common IN Saratoga, especi-:
ally in the hoop room. Cotton hose, open
at the top, are very much worn, some Of
them having as mary as three holes in them.
Cotton pougLs are not worn.
CHILDREN-Chdren are made very for.
ward this year. but they are often dispensed
with entirely for quiet toilets. They are
to loud. 4 neat thing in babies can be
made Of drab sponge. gorcd and puck
to match the pannier. Little boys ruffled,
futed aud cut on the bias to match the un-
derskirt, are very much worn. Many are
worn all down to living skeletons by such
fashionable ladies as Miss Management,
Miss Usage, Miss Behavior. Miss Doing
and Miss Guidance sts..
BoNNETs-Are worn igh-none less than
$35. They are made high in the nstep and
cut "decolette," trimmed with the devils
knowswhat. Low neck bonnets with panief
are no longer worn. The front Of the bon
net is now invariably worn behind. q
LUvERs-Are once more in the fashion;
They are WORN Oh the left side for the alter
noon toilets; and directly in front for evening
ballroom costtime. A nice thing Of lovers
can be made of hair (parted in the middle),
a sickly mustache, bosom pin, cane, and
sleeve luttons depressed in check cloth.
Giant intellects are not fashionable in Sara
toga this season. The broad, massive, thick
skul is generally preferred. The old lover,
burdened with brains, character and fnielli-
gence, is no longer worn.
Dresses are not worn long-hone ovef
two days. They are trimmed with Wooster
street sauce, with monogram ou 'em. Shake
we'll and drink while hot. Enclose twenty
five cents for circular.
ELI DE Perkins, Modist:
Hotel des Etats Unis, Saratoga.
August. IA.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
THE SHIRT THAT OPENED BEHIND.

A man in Greenfield, whom we will call
William, got up the other morning and pro-
ceeded to put on shirt which his wife had
made for him after new pattern. As she
stood at the mirror curling her hair, she
heard a suppressed sound. half way between
groan and an oath, and turning around
said, laughing:
why, my dea,f
Shut upr he calculated ; you are q
born fool Never let a woman attempt to
Is shirt; she can't do it; it is one Of the
impossibilities.
But, William, deprecatingly.
Don't you talk-let me talk. DO you
think I'm going down town in this rig? A
pretty disposition you've got just because
| happened to find little fault last week with
your ironing, you must go and make me a
shirt without bosom Such malicious
conduct. madame, is objectionable. Shut
up, say, won't hear word.
'When starched front is the only fnery
that a man indulges in, is he not excusable
for being particular in regard to that, !
should like to know? And this thing sets
like the devil. Look how baggy it is here
in front, and it feels behind as j there was /:
board across me, walking up and looking in
the glass, htching up first one shoulder and
then the other, after the indescrbabe man
ner of men trying new garment.
His wife dare not speak, but bringing a
good d-sized mirror from the next room, she
held it up behind him for moment, and
perceiving by his chop fallen expression
that he saw the point, and the front, she
ran down stairs to settle the coffee and see
that Bridget had set the table geometrcally.
As William walked down to his office
that morning, be said to the first friend he
met.
Il tell you Tom, that little wife of mine is
born genius, Look at this shirt now; she
cut and made it all by herself; no confound-
ed button holes to bother fellow. just
send your wife up for the pattern.
And it was by the way of Toms wife that
Lizzie first knew that William was pleased
with his shirt.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17


TECHNICAL SCHOOLS Where our futura
skilled workman are to come from isa ques-
ton which is crowding for solution The
decline, or rather the total abrogatOn of the
apprentice system has deprived the youth OF
the opportunity of learning trades. The re-
suit is that there are few who are learning, so
that skilled labor is getting scarcer in every
department Of industry. 1t is therefore a
matter of urgent Importance that some
method should be devised to remedy this
difficulty. Of ali she plans discussed there
seems to be but one which promises success
that is. the establishment of technical schools.
The large degree Of success which has fol-
lowed the introduction of these schools in
some departments of our activities is strong
proof Of their utility in all branches. We
might refer to our various schools Of design
and art, to our medical schools, and schools
Of mining and engineering.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

Two CENTURIES HENCE. The following
fancy picture of what may be familiar enough
two centuries hence is no more improbable
on the face of it than our railways, electric
telegraphs and the like would have seemed
a century ago:
"Scene-Library in the house of an elder
lv gent, somewhere in Australia. Old gent
teegraphs to the kitchen, and waiter ascends
in balloon. Old Gent: John, fly over to
Calcutta, and tell Mr.. johnson that | shall
be very happy to have him sup with me.
Never mind your coat now, but 60. John
leaves, and at the end of five minutes re-
turns. John: Mr.. johnson says he will
come; he has got to 60 to St. Petersburg
for moment and then he will be here. Old
Gent: Very well, John. Now start the
machine for setting the table, and telegraph
to my wife's room, and tell her that Mr..
johnson is coming; then brush up my bal
loon, for have an engagement in London
at IL o'clock. John flies, and the old gen
tleman runs over to the West Indies to buy
. fresh orange.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

Max Adeler says that Mrs. Smith was
thus addressed by her new Chinese servant,
when lie wanted to know if he should bring
up pail Of water; "Would the beante-
GUS dove, who broods like an angel Of peace
over this fair heaven Of domestic felicity,
cooins soft to her affectionate mate, desire
me to conduct the wooden vessel from the
sublime subterrancan apartment, where it
is excluded from the glance Of her soft
eyes?"
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

MINE SwINDLEks CONFESSION. One G.
A. Robson has, during the past ten years,
at different points. raised companies, to 80
ard work rich quartz leads which he pre-
tended to have discovered. He would ex-
tract from each of his deluded companions a
hundred dollars or 80, and after leading them
on wild-goose chase, would evade them,
carrying off his illgoltcn gains, amounting in
each case to thousands of dollars. He has
played this game successfully half-a-dozen
times This year he has organized party
in Mansfield, Ohio, and took them to Sho-
shone county Idaho. He appears to have
been unable to escape from. them, and writes
"a confession dated, ''ln camp on Robeson's S
Ledges, Shoshone Ciy, Idaho, September
ID, 1874" in which be confesses his mis-
deeds under oath, and in the presence of
witnesses. 1t is published in full in the
Le,ciston Northerper, and is curious
document lie says that all the maps and
written directions given to find the ledges to
different parties differ from each other, and
were incorrect. He. admits this purposely,
and admits that all the statements in regard
to the lodges have been in each and every
instance a swindle. The confession reads as
if it were written under fears that he would
have been lynched, as he would have been
in some parts of the country. .-ScientFc
Press.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
HONOR TO OUR woRKMEN.

Whom shall we call our heroes,
To whom our peaises sing?
The pampered child Of fortune,
The titled lord or kingp
They live by othres' labor
Take ail and nothing give;
The noblest type of manhood
Are they who work to live.
Then honor to our workmen,
Our hardy sons of toll
The heroes of the workshop,
And menarchs OF the soil. r
Who spans the earth with iron,
And rears the palace dome?
Who creates for the rich man
Tbs comforts of homer
1t is the patient toiler-
All honor to him, then!
The true wealth of the nation
Is in her working men.
For many barren ages
Earth hid her treasures deep,
And all her giant forces
Seemed bound as in sleep;
Then labor's "anvil chorus
Broke on the startled air,
And 10! the earth in rapture
Laid all her riches bare.
IT'S toll that over nature
Gives man his sproud control,
And purifies and hallows
The temples of his soul.
1t scatters foul diseases,
With all the CHASTITY train;
Puts iron in the muscle,
And crystal in the brain!
The Grand, Almighty Builder,
Who fashioned out the earth,
Hath stamped His seal of honor
On Labor from her birth.
In every angel flower
That blossoms from the sod,
Behold the Master-touches,
The handi-work of God!
Then honor to our workmen,
Our hardy sons of toll
The heroes of the workshop,
And monarchs of the soil!
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

GIVE IT BACK.-A Detroit yonng woman
tried to be arstocratic and did rot look at
the money that she gave to the horse-car
conductor, but he meekly gave her back
the lozenge on which was written: '"ilt
never cease to love thee, and said that be
was an orphan with five little brothers TO
support. and must be excused.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

A man who stole kiss from a pretty
girl. was first fined by a magistrate, horse
whipped, and hurried into fever by his
wife. The clergyman also alluded to the
affair n sermon, the local editor took sides
with the clergyman, and reviewed the case
in print, and the caterpillars ate up every
blade of the malefactors wheat crop.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
A LOVE LETTER $50 YEARS OLD.

Presuming the majority of your readers
are not acquainted with the style in which
their ancestors used to write love letters two
hundred and fifty years ago, | send you the
following nice specimen Of artless but earnest
courtship of Mr.. Gabriel Bullock, great
grandfather of the illustrious William Bull
lock, who was comedi N of the highest
merit and talent, Aourishing in England in
lhe eighteenth century. What rare bit
of antiquity this epistle isl 1t should be
clipped and hung on the genealogical tree Of
The distinguished family of the same name:
To her very much respect, Mrs. Marg.
Clark Lovely, and oh that l could say
loving Mrs. Margaret Clark, pray you let
affection excuse presumption. Having been
so happy as to enjoy the sight Of your sweet
countenan;e and comey body sometimes
when bad occasion to buy treacle or H.
quorice powder at the apothecary's shop, l
am so enamored with you, that | can no
more keep close my flaming desire to be-
come your servant. And | am the more
bold now to write to your sweet self, because
| am now my own man, and may match
where / please; for my father is taken away;
and now am come to my living, which is
ten yard of land and house; and there is
never a yard of land (about 20 acres) Of ours
but is as well worth ten pounds year as u
thiefs worth a halter, and all my brothers
and sisters are provided for; besides, ! have
good household stuff, though | say it, both
brass and pewter, linens and woolens; and
though my house be matched, yet If you
IL I .....L - kill xr, bo~1 I,,t I ,vill Iav ~ a
one half OF it slated. If you shall think
well of this notion, will wait upon you as
soon as my new clothes are made, and hay
is in. | could, though say it, have good
matches in our town; but my mother,
Gods peace with her, charged me on
her death-bed to marry q gentlewoman
one who had been well trained up in the
sewing and cookery. l do not think but
that if you and | can marry and lay our
means together, l shall be made a grand
juryman ere two Or three years come about,
and that will be great credit to us. If !
would have got messenger for sixpense, |
would have sent one on purpose, and some
triAe or other for token Of my love; but !
hope there is nothing lost for that neither.
So, hoping you will answer it with what
care and speed you can, rest and remain
Yours. if my own.
Mr.. GABRIEL BULLOCK,
Sweepston, Leicestershire.
"When the coal carts come l will send
oitener; aud may in one Of them come my
self"
Gabriel and Margaret,were one day made
husband and wife, and wens home, probably
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

She felt go happy that she rolled the imp
up in his forty-nine bandagcs, shook him.
to straigbten his legs and take the kinks out
of his neck, and then carried him home un-
der her arm, while my wife made me 60
along with an umbrella. for fear the sun
should peel his little nose.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

well Johnny. how are you getting ocs
How do you like your new MASTER kS'u,
Miss. / dunno Hes a very e1eene":
man: YOU can't do too much tor h'm'
sAn' sure Miss. don't maue to-.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

A generous mind Identifies itself with all
around it; selfish one identifies all things
with itself. The generous man seeks hap
piuess in promoting that Of others. tue SELF
ish man reduces all things to bis own To-
terest.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17

Can you return my love, dearest Julia?'
Certainly, cir. don't want it, I'm sure.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
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A tender-hearted omnibus driver. in New
York, says he hates to run over Pe'soo'
he thinks it hurts the springs.
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
au2l-72my
ROBERT GORDON,

ROBERT GORDON,
Fvre-arO0f Brick Building,
N. W. CORNER OF MAIN AND CONNER
CIAL STREETS. AUBURN, CAL.
DEALER IN
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS,
Liquors, Syrups,
Spices, Oils,
Hardware, Fruits,
Quicksilver, Nails,
Vegetable, Flour,
Feed, COrdage,
Preserved Meats, &c.
GARDEN SEEDS FOR 1874,
WARRANTED FRESH
AND TRUE TO THEIR LABELS.
ATTENTION GIVEN TO OR
DERS FROM THE COUNTRY.
Goods delivered when required, FREE OF CHARGE.
t1yrIs Agent for J. +. Cutters and Miller's extra
Old Bourbon Whiskies, which he will sell at San
Francisco prices.&1
jan1-68
The Placer herald., 1874-10-17
ou'oS - S"
Mr.. GABRIEL BULLOCK,

Sweepston, Leicestershire.
"When the coal carts come l will send
oitener; and may in one Of them come my
self"
Gabriel and Margaret,were one day made
husband and wife, and wens home, probably
in coal cart. - =, ----
, 1874-12-31

1t aa mutual benefit, why should NO
not havo little moro reciprocity III tratlo
aha commerce? If tho Pennsylvania ,nr1,u-
loct1lfcr can now compete with ryal locatcd
null milo south Of tho Caualinn frontier
Why should llo shrink from a fair gtruro,o
with atotlter whose lnanufnctory ia n nilo
1artllers north? Canntla is an American
State separated III part by MI imaginary ljuo
md slightly different Government from
otlicr American States but copied closely
altor tho'n. Tho people of nit tho statos aro
tlo Halno III race, md religion, mud thought.
md literature, anl feeling. Ai'ttual inter.
course should be promoted in oyery poYsib,o
way It Is absurd to decline n reciprocity
OF tr"tlo with 4 community which goograph.
'cally nndsocfally, w1atovor it n,ay ho po1itic-
ni'y' is ono Of tho galaxy Of American stAtoa
icnnsylvania might as well asls to DO "nro.
toeted from New York and Ohio ns ngaiust
canada. Ono Of the conditions Of full reoi-
proc'ty is Our FREQ use of tho enlarged Cana-
dian canals and tho St. Lawrence River, r]1o
"eat necds tllis, and means to lavo it. We
gladly hail anything which promises moro
perfect union of tho kindred communities
atong tho Lakea md tic St. Lawrence, Rec
'proc'ty in postal affairs, by bringing us
hehrer together aud making lis better nc
:lnalntcd, will DO step towards reciprocity
III everything,
, 1874-12-31

enreer' There was no violation Of tho un;tics
Of lilo ttrana in thfy respect, but tho s1ono,,o.
| meht was not wholly complete. T1sK was
swept awny, and now tho inventory shows
that all tho natoral ros11lta Of Ills bal lifo nro
swept nway alao. Ills rotons lifo consumed
him md hin property Mt the same time, Noth.
anH IL lett, nnd tho catastrophe IL comcleto.
Iho lawyers who expected to gorgo /: hem.
nelVos ut !llo feast find nothing but l,,ncs.
Il'o wrotcl1ed mistress has obtained Ii; 'ttudo-
mcnts, and can preserve them for sce er 1nira.
Tor all TINT ho lind was squanlorod ,ye ,saye lor
and ller like when llo was alive 11'on
lilo moral Of auch Il drama ot, to ho
sufficiently plain, and it ought tq r,'rna @ will,
special forco to that largo class Of ,rna,s !,rn.
eplod young mon wllo aro ID; z,cfl hv, such
men rs FISK, ana whose idca @f ]ifo coonsists
III making money by cunning md oh;e,,ncrv
and spending it in lust nntl dissipation. rho
fato Of FISK should show tleln tho inevitable
result Of such false theory of lifo, aud tbnt it
ca1l only ond in ruin. It should tcach them
thnt real SUCCESS can be achieved only by con-
slant industry, nllicd to tic oll.faslioncd vi.
tue Of honesty in business and rectitudo in
l'1c' and TINT SUCCESS achieved in any other
way can novor boper1nauont.
, 1874-12-31

Another discovery of great importance was
| made IN tho Pacific Null investigation yestcr-
day. II WIS shown that Tho se75, 600.
which waa pnid to tho mysterious stranger
who accompanied tic Hon. "D111" K1ya in
Ills visit to the American Exchange Bnn],.
passed into the hands Of ]. 6. SCHUMACHER,
member Of Congress from tho Second District
Of Now York. This money was part
or IRVINE corruption fund. It Ind been
lracea,. before yesterday, to tho Brooklyn
Trust Company, and yesterday tho accountant
OF TINT Company testified TINT tho only
record OF 10 largo Oil amount on his books for
INC soth Of May was III tile way Of tl,rco
drafts for s500,000 cach, and a balance of
slso,oo0 to tho credit Of scnua1AKrn, These
credits tnaio up tho missing $275,oo0. souu-
aiAKEn is Democratic nomber Of the pres-
ent Congress, md is ro~elocted to tho Forty
fourth Congress. Thus n part of the corrup-
ton fund is traced to legislator, but not. as
tho promoters Of this investigation believed
would DO Tho cnso, to member of tho
Republican party. Tho Committee will, of
course, press on, mud search out tho bribc-
takers' whoever may DO hurt by thoir convic-
ton and punishment It will doubtless an
pear, before tho investigation is ended, that
neither soHuMAKEH's services or Krso's yoro
valued ut anything liho tho amounts Of
money they received, aud that they wo.o
merely disbu1sing agents appointed by Inv1y.
, 1874-12-31

Tho Terrc Hanto Journal publishes letter
from Mr. D. ". VoonnEEa on tho Senatorial
tight in 1ndiana. Tho opistlo is labeled "pri.
Vate," but VIVA evidently intended for pub1i-
cation. Tho stall Sycamore of tho Wo.
bash alas tho " Currency Wild. Gator, :" aaya
TINT ho shall abuse nobody, and that his cn,,-
dIlaoy for tho Senate is opposed only bv
"tho hard.lnoney rings" otc., oto, ITO an.
nounces his belief in tho " doliboratolv,i1o-
olared principles Of tho Democratic partv of
Indiana in'tl'o lato canvass," to.wit: iniln.
ton, 1lllotuation, depreciation, ending in ro.
pudiatlon. Ho "points with pride'' to tho
teet TINT on Fob. 10, 1879, lo introduced into
the House bill to pay the public debt
in " greenbaokH," or, III other words. to
broals filth with tho mon whose ioans
enabled the Government to put down
~ 1ns'lrrootlon Of Mr.. VoonurEs' Southern
allios, Tho "sycamoro" wisllcs to DO tlistiuotlv
undorstoolaa tho wildcat glconback cautlldoto
for tho sonate. II Ao gains tho coyotcd
honor, 1t will only be proof like that aiyon
by the sonato vote on BuERatANs spccle.pav.
mont bill, that tho Democratic party Ia com.
mittoa to tho ahinplaator policy. Ii sullces
, 1874-12-31

turcr into every town. Tho work wns lono
hnu na at ilrstnpparently hopeless. The London
1'mes t'l'lnderod against tho theory. Sud-
denly' 1t took up tho csNlge1s In its dofonso
ant! ! tho tlay was won. Io1 was finally un-
,ettofed' unhartlicappea, and triumphant.
hrlt'sli trade waa freed from its fcttcra. Tn.
gl'stl prosperity has scarcely been checked for
m instant since, mud tho nation now rolls in
wealth, and thousands Of English artisans
who como to America to ontoy " Protection"
after trying it for n tin,o aro returning home
sick aud disgustet1 thcrawitll.