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Letter from the Hon. Edward Bates.
Attorney General United States. to
IIOu. Gideon Wells, Secretary U. =.
Navy.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, oct. %, 1862.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Sec. Navy-Dear Sir:
The bearer, DIR. Forsha, is the person of
whom spoke to you yesterday, as n man of
wonderful powers, in the practical relief OF
pain and the cure of the worst of wounds
and diseases.
One of his successes has been in my own
house. My son IA cadet of West Point has
been cured by DIR. +. in less than week,
after having been without relief, in charge
of a physician whom know to be a good
| one, for more than eight weeks. l think
| that humanity and the public interest re-
auire, that the hard cases-i. e., badly
| wounded and obstinately sick-should have
| the opportunity, when they desire it. to
avail themselves of DIR. F.'s ability, and O:
| his medicine, which seems to have a won.
derful efficacy. Most respectfully,
EDWARD BATES,
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COPIES OF CLAIMS

Since 1886, will be furnished on the reception
Of u, the applicant giving the full name of
the patentee, nature Of the invention, day
of the patents, etc.
Washington City, Dec.:2l, 1872.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
If | HAD But A LITTLE SALT.

Once upon a time, a lady whom we knew
hnding a beegar at her door, gave him H
meal of coffee, meat, and bread and butter.
which he sat down in the area TO eat A
moment afterward, however, he raped be-
.eechingly at the door again, and on its be-
ing opened, remarked, with his hand upon
his heart;
eff | had but little salt should be per-
fectly happy"
OF course he got the salt. He was more
easily made happy than most people.
Human nature is always sitting down to
some bountiful meal or other with the same
remark. 1t wo I'D b, happy if it had but II
little salt, which, alas is not always forth
coming.
Youth would be glad 10 be youth if il
only had the salt of wealth Wealth would
rejoice could youth return to add SAVIOR to
it,
Love could go gloriousy into its earthly
paradise on so much a year. So much y
year would know what bliss means had il
but love.
The chdless mother looks from her great
plate-glass window, and envies the poor wo
man with baby wagon. The poor woman
wishes for the house with the plate-gass
windows, to keep her baby in.
The great, ruddy farmer pines because
he has won no fame or position. The ia
nous man longs for the lusty frame of the
unknown farmer.
The grain of salt is wanting everywhere
The salt of content, without which life's
banquet has no taste seems the hardest OF
hinge to come at. Even children do MOI
always have it. Even the baby that har
not yet learned to speak, leaves his rattle
and his ball, or even his mothers bosom,
and stretching out his hands toward nothing
expresses by his tiny wall the universal long
ing for little salt witt, which 10 SAVIOR his
brief existence. e.-Ma'y Kyle Dallas. IN the
~ Y Ledger
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
NUMBER 81
MORMON MAMA.

The following from the Sacramento Bee
is to the point. We say; why must out
siders meddle with The Mormons affairs, as
long as they behave themselves, and let
others do the same
cit seems to us that many people-out-
siders-are interfering altogether too much
in the affairs of the Mormons. Why Mt
they be left alonel They are bard working
and Industrious. and do not make war on
other communities. To be sure, their re-
lations on the wife question do not exactly
square with those hat are deemed orthodox
N large portion of Europe and America,
bit they are in accordance with the belief
and practice of a majority of the people of
that Territory, and they are only carrying
out, "squatter sovereignty" Then, again,
the man or men who polygamze suffer more
from the practice than do the communities
where the good people are intoleranr to such
practices. Experience and observation
teach that one wife is about as much of a
blessing or curse as II man can endure.
lie who gets two or more, and lives with
them, carries through life an adequate pun
shment for bis oflenses against modern or
thodoxy.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
FARMERS GIRLS.

Up in the early morning,
just at the peep OF day,
Straining the milk in the dairy,
Turning the cows away
Sweeping the floor in the kitchen,
Making the beds upstairs,
Washing the breakfast dishes,
busting the parlor chairs.
Brushing the crumbs from the pantry,
Hunting for eggs at the barn,
Roasting the meat for dinner,
Spinning the stocking yarn,
Spreading the snow-white linen
Down on the bushes below,
Ransacking every meadow
Where the red strawberries grow,
Starchng their cottons for Sunday
Churning the snowy cream,
Rinsing the pals and strainer,
Down in the running stream,
Feeding the geese and poultry,
Making the puddings and pies,
Jogging the little ones cradle,
Driving away the flies.
Grace in every motion,
Music in every tone,
Beauty of form and feature,
Thousands might covet to own.
Cheeks that rival the roses.
Teeth of whltest pearls;
One of the country maidens is worth
A score of your giddy girls.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

CAN WOMAN KEEP SECRET. The
Nineteenth Century, periodical published
N Charston, thus treats the much moote
point
Men say women cant keep secret. 1t 8
just the reverse-women can, men cant.
Women carry with them secrets that would
kill any man. Woman never tells; man
,lways does. Woman suffers and dies
man blabs and lives. What is sport to the
man is death to the woman. Adam was n
sneak; Eve would have kept the apple "
secret. Be ye faithful! Who ever heard II
woman talk of her lovers fascos? Every
body has heard man gossip. Men are
coarse in their club-room talk; women are
refined in their parlor conversation. Who
ever heard of woman telling of her lovers?
Who has not listened to the dissipation OF
men; men boast; women don't. Women
never tell tales out of school; men are al
ways blaobing. So down with another OLD
adage. Women can keep secret, and her
ability to do so is proved by the conduct OF
ST. John, New Brunswick girl, who din
not tell her lover she was worth four mil
lions in her own right until after her mar
riage.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

Not ANYBoDYs Fool after
noon sad-eyed boy with dirt on his hin
and II tear on his nose, called at one of the
police stations and asked the sergeant if lie
could be sent to the Reform School he be-
ing IA homeless waf As he had committed
no olense he was told he bad better go to
The work-house, but he replied that his
brother was at the Reform School, and he'd
rather go there. He didn't want to 20 out
aud steal anything, or smash some ones
pale-ghss window. and his anxiety to 90
touched the heart of gentleman who had
called on business. He consulted with the
sergeant and then said to the lad 81 guess
we can Fix it. I'm going to leave my wallet
Oh the desk, al the sergeant and | will 20
up stairs. If you take the wallet it will be
stealing, and you will be sent to the Reform
school. The wallet WAS left, The men
went up stairs for moment, and when they
came down the lad was nowhere in sight.
Neither was the wallet, containing s.; to be
brief about it, lad and money are still miss
ing.-Detrou Free Press.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

An Italian jury recently acquitted prs
oner on most ingenious plea. A tax col
lector of Naples absconded with public mon
ey amounting to two hundred thousand dol
lars. He WAS caught, brought back and
tried. but the jury acquitted him because
the money he had stolen was the peoples
money, and, as he was one of the people,
he was part owner Of that money, and of
course it would be monstrous to convict a
man of stealing what was his own.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
-S>>>

Here is a riddle lately propounded by a
clown in London circus. 1t is above the
average circus wit "What travels f,stest?"
No answer being given by the public the
clown replies: at is the young husband.
An hour before the ceremony he ia at the
Cape of Good Hope, and an hour after he is
in the United Stales.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
Thursday, 27tn day Of August,
a. D. 1874,

For the purpose of voting on the question of
L1QUoR LICENSE" or mo LIQUOR LICENSE, "
IN said Township.
And it is further ordered that the persons
whose names are hereto annexed to the name OF
each precinct of said Township, lie and they are
hereby appointed a Board of Election for such pre-
rinct and that such election be held at the house
place hereinafter designated, viz:
NEW CASTLE PRECINCT-C b. Conelly, In
spector; Daniel Hogins, and A. S Whittemore,
Judges Voting Place Mt Postoffice.
PENRYN PRENINCT j. II. Mitchell, In
spector; S. A. Wood, and G. Griffith, Judges.
Voting Place at Good Templar's Hall.
PINO PRECINCT-J. o. Loomis, Inspector;
G.. W. Rowland, and l.. b. Hyatt, Judges.
Voting Place at dwelling house of j o. Loomis,
ROCKLIN PRECINCT-Z. Bates, Inspector;
John Ciydesdale and L. G. Smith, Judges.
Voting Place at Postofiice.
BY order of the Board.
V. V, MANN, Chairman.
Attest, B. F. BURT, Clerk,
Auburn, july Is, 1874. au1-3w
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

IT we want to see what civ iIization has
done for US, in n nutshell, compare these old
men choosing as under the eye Of God their
~isest and most upright man as their ruler,
md solemnly invoking for him judgment
and honor, and "Od Cockeye" actin. as
clown for the House with untounded APP
plause and playing fantastic tricks in the
filth of his friends dsbonor. Only people
morally great as we, can afford to make a
jest of theft and vulger farce of our legis
iaton -Ne1o York Tribune.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
A Frenchman, on visiting Napoleon 8

A Frenchman, on visiting Napoleon's
grave wrote on the tomb:
Napoleon was "A statesman,
And soldier blave and true.
An Englshman, visiting the same spot
wrote below:
''But Wellington did lick him
On the field of Waterloo"
A Yankee, arriving after the other two,
and not being able to let ihe opportunity Of
vaunting his countrys fame slip, put his
hand under his coat-tail stroked his beard,
and after little cogitation, wrote:
"But better still and greater far,
And tougher than shoe leather,
Was our George Washington, the chap
Who could lick em both together"
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

man and his eIoped from Kearney City.
Nebraska, on the same night, n short time
ago, each leaving note for the other, say
ing they had gone for good. "Two souls
with but single thought, etc.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

A stout old woman got mad. Saturday.
because a photographer wouldn't let her fan
herself while she had her picture taken.-
Detroit Free Press.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

Lots wife wouldn't have looked back,
but woman with a new dress passed her.
md she wanted to see if the back breadth
was ruffled.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

A Chicago editor, who went out for a
days sport with the gun and rod, shot a
forty-fve dollar COW, and caught an old hat
with stone in it,
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

A St. Louis paper had two-column
account of hotel of that city. The bed
bugs, after reading it over carefully, held II
meeting and denounced the paper for not
mentioning them.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

A boy was seen in the streets of st. Paul
few days ago with his cap full of green ap-
pies. lie was followed half mile by three
doctors, before the first grpe seized him.
and then they all had plenty Of business for
the next hour trying to keep him undoubled.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08
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The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

Some people with guns are moving
through the streets to-day; there must be a
book agent in Danbury NeWs.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

The girls of an Illinois seminary amuse
themselves by splitting at mark.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

A square meal-A soda cracker.
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

Notice of peaI-A flash of lightning
The Placer herald., 1874-08-08

Gilbert Burt was never again seen in
Hammersham; and. to the surprise of all
but Tom Chester, John Oxley's neph,w is
now regarded as his unces heir, and the
future inl er'er of Swood. Irange.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01
The Veto.

1t is not often that we publish news
which gives SO general satisfaction as
did the brief announcement last week
of the veto of the finance bill by Pres
ident Grant. The thing was almost
unexpected. Most thought that the
leaders of this initiation project SO well
knew their chief that their game was
well assured. But happily for the
country, as we believe, President
Grants good sense did not desert him
in this trying time, and Il great national
disgrace is avcrted.
One thing is evident: The veto has
knocked Il good deal of wind out of the
GROWERS against the administration
Those who have been the loudcst in
their denunciation of the President. give
this his last act unqualified approval
1t will go fan towards keeping the Re
publican party together. though in no
sense party measure and will put of.
perhaps indefinitely. the formation Of
another party.
We publish elsewhere the opinions OF
the press on this matter. coverings wide
range of country.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01
Convention of Liquor Commissioners.

The county commissioners from eight
last week and discussed matters per
tanning to their office. and adopted the
following resolutions:
Resoired. That it is expedicnt to
adopt uniform rules and requirements
for the government of agents.
Two or three forms of commission
for liquor agents were offered for CON
SidcratiOn. After careful deliheration
the following requirements were adopt
ed, many of them being simply an eX-
position of statute law
LIST. That il definite bargain for
amount of salary he made between the
agent and the sclectnem.
2d. That no profits or per centagc
shall he Il part of such salary or he re-
ceived by the agent.
3D.. That no liquors shall lie sold
except at prices fixed by the srlectmen.
18th. That no liquors shall he sold by
the glass. or drank at the agency.
9TH. That an accurate account must
be kept by the agent. of the kind and
quantity of the liquor sold. the name
of the purchaser. his residence, if he
does not live within the town. The
books to he open ut all times to the
inspection of the Commissioners. the
Board of Civil Authority. and also that
the reasonable request of any citizen to
examine them should not he disregard
ed.
9th. The purpose for which any per
son obtains liquor must he ascertained.
and information of any fraud ill OBJ
tanning it conveyed to the proper officer
for prosecution.
9TH. That all agents must make quar-
terly reports to the Commissioner of
the amount and character of their sales.
1t was then voted to uniformly re-
quire bonds of the agents. us the law
allows. for IL faithful discharge of his
duty under the law. The amount of
these bonds is fixed at 5000.
Geo. o. Boyce WAS appointed Il com
mittce to procure the printing of the
necessary blanks. and X. Whittemore
to prepare form for quarterly report.
The convention adopted the follow
ing resolutions. and adjourned:
RcsoIred, That as Il rule, the appoint
mcnt of druggists as agents for the sale
of liquor under the law is expedient.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01
Another Horrible Murder.
A boy of Ii entices away a boy of four, al
hacks him to pieces.

A boy of Ii entices away a boy of four. and
hacks him to pieces.
y Boston policeman found IA little boy
about four and a-half Years of age. living
dead in the marshes near the Dorches-
ter line, Wednesday afternoon. The
little fellows body was horribly mutila-
ted. the head was nearly severed from
the body, and about thirty stabs were
found Ill different parts of the body. 1t
proved to he Il little son of cabinet
maker named Millln. The murder 7
was boy of II, named Pomeroy, who
has Il mania for cutting and mutilating
little boys. Something over IL year
ago, he was tried and sent to the State
Reform School for assaults on bows in
Chelsea and South Boston. on over
thirty of whom he had used his knife.
He WAS sentenced for his minority. but
was lately pardOned out and has since
cut several boys. ending. it seems. with
this shocking murder.
The deed of Wednesday and the his
tory of the perpetrator form renlarka-
BILE chapter i'll the criminal history of
the state. Young Mullins was found
first by il band of children at play. and
they were all frightened Off by the
CHASTITY sight of the body, except deaf
and dumb boy, who, by persistent sign
making, drew an officer to the spot
There were IL wounds on the bows
breast, any one of which would have
killed him, besides several in his hands.
and two or three in the neck. and all
seemed to have been made with IL little
instrument like pen-knife. Suspicion
Immediately fell upon the boy Pomeroy,
and he was arrested. Meanwhile the
ground where the crime was committed
was examined, plaster casts of tracks
there found were taken, aud they cor
responded exactly with the boots worn
by the two boys. Pomeroy at first
stOutly denied his guilt, but, next day.
he was taken-against his violent pro-
tests-to the undertaker's where the
body lay, and being forced to look at
it, he trembled all over. On being
asked if he ever saw the boy before, he
replied, Yes, but don't want to look
at him any more" Other questions
were put to him, and he finally con-
fessed, but said that, if he did the deed.
he wasn't aware of it. Some one hav-
ing asked him what should be done
with him for the crime, he said, ..Put
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01
Newspaper Comments.

The New York Evening Mail sees in
the veto message 1.-THE greatest docu-
mcnt since Lincoln'S emancipation proc
lamation."
y few months hence. California elects
four congressman. The san Francisco
Bulletin predicts that the independents
will make Il clean sweep.
Matt Carpenter is quoted as calling
the veto message IA very droll docu-
ment. and expressing IA fear that it
will ''result in DISASTER
While nine-tenths of the CHICAGO
businessmen like the veto. the Tribune
OF that city reports the real estate deal
elS and the workingmen generally
down Oh it.
The Trbune's statement that Mr..
Dawes is horS de combat is a Dir of
fancy which no republican in eastern
Massachusetts accepts as truth. The
republicans of Massachusetts will de-
feat Benlamin F. Butler. this year. in Il
more decided and emphatic manner
than ever.-BOston JOwmaI.
1t may he worth while to say to the
president that. as the executive of the
United States. it is not in good taste for
HIM to stamp the legal tender of this
country with the stale balderdash that
tits deemablr."-IndiandpoIisJo Jour
nal
In spite of your lcgal-tender laws.
IN spite OF your unconstitutional legis-
lation. i'll spite of your adverse balance
OF trade, which yOu say will forever for
bid us to come back to specie payments.
gold and silver are still the medium of
business i'll Texas, within day or two's
reach OF you. SO, too, California and
all the Pacific states have stubbornly
held to the gold standard from the be-
ginning. California has never been
debanched on this subject until you
began to authorize gold banks.-Gen.
Hauley.
The grangers must guard against
demagogues. They must guard against
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-05-01
The Fight for the Rutland Post Office.

The Burlington Free Press thus ven
tilates the Rutland post office war,
which has been waged so hard and
which has terminated by the appoint
ment of Albert II. futile, of the Rut-
land HerdId. vice j. B. kilburn, whose
term is about to expire.
The controversy in Rutland over this
matter has been one of the sharpest
ever known in Vermont. Capt. Kill
burn, the present incumbent, was first
i'll the field with papers for re-appoint
ment, to which something Orer a thou
sand names were attached, being more,
it is said, than there were Republicans
taking their mail ut the office. He had
also the support of the owners and
special friends of the Globe. Mr.. Tuttle
was the preference of Il majority of the
business men and most influential Re
publicanS and large number of those
who had signed Mr.. kilburn's petition
requested Mr.. Tuttle's APP
pointment, on the ground that they
signed the other paper i'll ignorance that
MIR. Tuttlc was to be Il candidate, and
that he was their deliberate choice.
Formidable delegations of Rutland men
went to Washington to lay the case be-
fore the Vermont Delegation, to whom
Willard had willingly re-
terred the decision of the case, his views
of civil service reform not permitting
him to recommend Il change in the office.
or to claim control of the appointment.
The decision is i'll accordance with the
principle, So long held in Vermont and
elsewhere. that i'll no WAY can the emol
of such an office he so truly re-
turned to the people, as when they are
made to contribute to the support OF a
sound and influential public Journal.
In all personal respects. the appoint
ment of Mr.. futile is an uncNccptional
one. and will give general satisfaction
to his many friends throughout the
state