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Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874.

USE OF S1LENCE.-A pity that so few
people understand the full effect of we'll
timed silence How eloquent it is in
reality Acquiesence, contradiction, diff
ference, disdain, embarrassment and awe
may all be expressed by saying nothing. 1t
may be necessary to illustrate this appa-
rent paradox by few examples. Do
you seek an assurance of your lady-love's
affection The fair one confirms her
lovers fondest hopes by compliant and
asserting silence. Should you hear an
assertion which you may deem false,
made by some one Of whose veracity po-
likeness may withhold you from openly
declaring your doubt, you denote differ
ence Of opinion by remaining silent
Are you receiving a reprimand from Il
superior You mark your respect by
attentive silence. Are you compelled to
listen to the frivolous conversation of a
fop? You signify your opinion of him
by treating his loquacity with contempt
N0"S oiOHSo' again. llOW uluCH uplneS-
tic strife might have been prevented, how
often might the quarrel which by mutual
aggravation has, perhaps, terminated in
bloodshed have been avoided, had it been
checked in the commencement by judi
cious silence. Those persons only who
have experienced them are aware of the
beneficial effects of that forbearance which
to the exasperating threat, the malicious
sneer, or the unjustly imputed culpablity,
shall never answer a word A soft an
swer turns away wrath but sometimes
erring humanity cannot give this soft
answer in moments of irritation in such
cases there stands the fortress of silence,
with doors wide open, as refuge for the
tired spirit until calmer moments come.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

ONE Of the finest things George ID.
Prentice ever wrote is this inimtable
passage:
at cannot be that earth is mans only
abiding place. 1t cannot be that our life
is a bubble cast by the ocean of eternity
to float for a moment upon its waves and
sink again into nothingness. Else why
is it that the high and glorious aspira-
tions which leap like angels from the
temple of our hearts, are forever unsatis-
fed2 Why is it that the rainbow and
cloud come over with beauty that is
not of earth, and then pass off to leave
to muse US on their loveliness? Why is
it that the stars which hold their festi-
walls around their midnight throne, are
set above our limited faculties, forever
mocking with their unapproachable glo-
ry? And finally, why is it that the
bright forms of beauty are presented To
our view and taken from us, leaving the
thousand streams of affection to flow
back in an Alpine torrent upon our hearts.
We are born for a higher destiny than OF
earth. There is a realm where the stars
will be spread out before us like islands
that slumber in the ocean and where
beautiful beings pass before us like shad-
ows will stay forever in our presence"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

How DRINKING CAUSES APoPLEXY.
1t is the essential nature Of all wines and
spirits to send an increased amount of
blood to the brain. The first effect of
taking glass Of wine or stronger form
Of alcohol is to send the blood there fast
er than common, hence the circulation
that gives the red face. 1t increases the
activity of the brain, and it works faster
and so does the tongue. But as the blood
goes to the brain faster than common, it
returns faster, and no special harm re-
suits. But suppose man keeps on drink
ing, the blood is sent to the brain 50 fast,
in such large quantities, that, in order to
make room for it, the arteries have to
enlarge themselves they increase in size,
and in doing so they press against the
more yielding faccid veins, which carry
the blood out of the brain and thus di-
minish the size of their pores, the result
being that the blood is not only carried
to the arteries of the brain faster than is
natural or heathful, but is prevented
from leaving it as fast as usual hence a
double set of causes of death are in op-
Grafton. Hence, one may drink enough
of brandy or other spirits in few hours
or even minutes to bring on fatal at
tack of apoplexy. This is literally true.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

SOUND PHILOSOPHICAL devOut POr-
tuguese farmer, greatly perplexed about
his COWS staying away all night, resolved
to give them in charge to his tutelary
saint when he turned them out to their
rambles every morning. To his great
joy he found that his trust and invocation
were rewarded by the punctual return of
the cows every evening Tho sooa man,
however, being about to leave home for a
few days, directed his daughters atten-
ton to the cows behavior, and explained
the cause thereof. "Now remember"
he said to the daughter, "every morning
while L am away, when you turn the
COWS out, give them particularly into the
into the care of ST. j." The girl prom
ised fairly, but the very first day she to-
tally forgot the name of the saint, though
she did the best she could under the cir
cumstances and committed them to the
care of every saint in the calendar
Night after night passed, but neither
night nor saints brought home the cows.
The father on his return inquired eagerly
about the cows. son, indeed, father,
they have never been homo since you
left" And did you give them into
charge of st, j" why / could not
recall the name of that saint of yours, so
gave them to the care of all the saints,
and as he was among them, l thought it
would be all right" "Oh, yes" said he,
That's always the way what's every
body's business is nobody's business.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
RELICS OF TYRANNY.

There is q room in Venice containing
curious and fearful collection. There
are the rack, the horse, the boot, the
wheel, the cord, the strangling chair, the
arm screws and thumb-screws, and ma
ny other contrivances for stretching and
COMPRISING, dislocating and crushing
the poor human body and its several
members. There are other more ingen-
ious, and almost more terrible because
more treacherous instruments boxes,
and vessels, and bottles, once full of
strange and subtle slow or rapid poisons
scent bottles. from which leaped knife
to cash the fair cheek or split the beautiful
nostril, or otherwise mutilate the lovely
face as it bent over to inhale the perfume;
jewel-cases from which long sharp nee
die would start, or pungent mixture or
decorating powder should be suddenly
cast, to extinguish the bright eye hasten
ing to inspect her wedding ornaments or
her lovers offering; necklaces which
should contract around the white neck;
bracelets which should run into the snowy
arm; helmets, bracelets, breast-plates,
gauntlets, secret pistols which should per-
form the same offices to the warriors of
the age instruments of dreadful ingen-
uity, which conjure ap dark scenes of
of horrible cruelty and subtle, remorse-
less vengeance, not to speak of other guilt
too often acted in that time and country.
Amidst these ingenious but abomina-
BILE treasures of tyranny, whether loyal,
oligarchical, or democratical, | doubt
whether Alphonso could have selected
more subtle and tremendous instrument
of torture and revenge than that which
he chose for the punishment of Tasso.-
He resolved to accuse him of madness, to
wiring from him first, if possible, an ac-
acknowledgement of his offence, and if that
failed, a confession of madness thus
saving his honor in all points, he would
have him at his mercy to deal with him
as he pleased. He appears, however,
first of all, to have done all he could to
really drive him out Of his senses.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
THE STORY OF LIFE.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

Say, what is life? 'Tis to be born,
A hopeless babe to greet the light
With sharp wall, as if the morn
Foretold cloudy noon and night;
To weep, to sleep, and weep again,
With sunny smiles between, and then?
And then apace the infant grows
To be laughing, sprishtly boy,
Happy despite his little woes,
We're he but conscious of his joy
To be, in short, from two to ten,
A merry, moody child, and then?
And then in coat and trowsers clad,
To learn to say tho Decalogue,
And break it, an unthinking lad,
With mirth and mischief all agog-
A truant oft by field and fen,
And capture butterflies, and thon?
And then, increased in strength and size,
To be anon youth full-grown;
A hero in his mothers eyes,
A young Apollo in his own;
To initiate the ways of men
In fashionable sin, and then?
And then. at last, to bo man,
To fall in love, to WOO and wed
With seething brain to scheme and plan
TO gather gold or toll for bread
To sue for fame with tongue and pen,
And gain or lose the prize, and them
And then in gray and wrinkled eld.
To mourn the speed of lite's decline,
To praise the scenes of youth behold,
And dwell in memory of Lang Syno,
To dream awhile with durkened ken,
Thcn drop into his grave, and then9
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

The FELLOW THAT Looks LIKE Me.
Max Adeler, who writes for a Philadel-
phia paper, has friend named Simmer,
who deserves pity. He was going up to
Reading the other day and when reaching
the depot he happened to look into the
ladies' room. A woman sat there with n
lot of baggage and three children when
she saw Simmer she rushed at him, and
before he could defend himself she flung
her arms about his neck, nestled her head
upon his breast and burst into tears
summer was amazed, indignant, con-
founded, and ere he could find utterance
for his feelings, she exclaimed
"Oh, Henry, dear Henry We are
united at last. Are you well ? Haven't
you longed to see your own Louisa I"
And she looked into SINNERS face and
smiled through her tears.
" Madame" said he, solemnly, "if |
am the person alluded to as Henry, per-
nit me to say that you have made n mis-
take. My name is Lemuel l have no
Aunt Martha, and l don't own solitary
Louisa. Oblige me by letting go my
coat, it exctes remark" Then she buried
her bonnet deeper into his waistcoat, and
began to cry harder than ever, and said :
"Oh, Henry, how, how can you treat
me so? How can you pretend you are
not my husband ?"
" Madame !" screamed Simmer, :" if
you do not cease sopping my shirt
and remove your umbrella from my corn
| shall be obliged to call the police. Let
me go / say"
And he tried to disengage himself from
her embrace-w all the brakemen and
the baggage-master and the ews-boys
stood around and said his conduct was
infamous. In the midst of the struggle
a stranger entered with carpet bag. lie
looked exactly like Slimmer-and when
he saw his wife in SINNERS arms he be-
came excited and foored Simmer with
that carpet bag, and smote his nose and
caromed on his head, and asked him what
he meant. Simmer was removed on a
stretcher, and the enemy went off with
his wife and family in cab. He called
next day to apologize. His wife had
made the mistake because Of SINNERS
likeness to him. And now Simmer
wishes he may soon be kicked in the face
by mule so that lie will resemble no
other human being on earth.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

Or THE MADDENING MECHANISM OF
THoUoHT.-Our brains are seventy-year
clocks. The Angel of Life winds them
up once for all, then closes the case and
gives the key into the hand Of the Angel
of Resurrection. Tie-tac tic-tac 20 tho
wheels of thought our will canno. stop
them they cannot stop themselves; sleep
cannot still them death alone can break
into the case, and seizing the ever-swing-
ing pendulum, which we call the heart,
and silence at last the clicking Of the tor
riblc escapement we have carried so long
beneath our wrinklcd forehead. If we
could only get at them, as we lie on our
pillows and count tho dead Of thought af-
ter thought, and image after image, jar
ring through the over-tired organ Will
nobody block those wheels, uncouple that
pnion, cut the string that holds these
weights. blow up the Internal machine
with gunpowderH What a passion comes
over US sometimes for silence and rest,
and this dreadful mechanism unwinding
the endless tapestry of time, embroidered
with spectral figures of life and death,
could have but one brief holiday. Who
can wonder that men swing themselves
off from beams ia hempen lassos that
they jump off from parapets into the
swift and gurgling waters beneath that
they take counsel OF the hend who has
but TO offer one peremptory monosyllable
and the restless machine is shivered as q
vase that is dashed upon q marble floor.
Under that building which We pass ever
day, there are strong dungeons where
neither hook, nor bar, nor bed cord, nor
drinking vessels from which sharp frag-
ment may be shattered, shall by any
chance bo seen. There Is nothing for it,
when the brain is on FIRE with the whirl-
ing OF its wheels, but TO spring against
the stone wall and silence them with one
crash. All, they remember that-the
kind city fathers-and the walls are nice
ly padded so one can take such exercise
as he likes without damaging himself
II anybody would really eontrive some
kind Of lover that one could thrust
among the works OF this horrid automs-
ton. and check them or alter the rate OF
going, what would the world give for the
discovery? Men are very apt to try to
get at the machine by some direct system
or other. They clap on the brakes by
means Of opium they change the mad
dening monotony of the rhythm by means
of fermented liquors. 1t is because the
brain is locked up and We cannot touch
its movements directly, that we thrust
these coarse tools in through any crevice
by which they may reach the interior.
alter its rates Of going for while, and at
last spoil the machine.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
NUMBER 35.

it," said he, with an arch glance at
Ursula.
Suddenly old DR.. Darling grew purple
in the face, and began to cough violently,
Everyone started up.
He's swallowed the spoon I" cried
Miss Bradbury.
"oi OF he has got the apoplexy n
screamed Mrs. Darling, hystericaly.
Uncle dearest uncle I" piped up
poor little Ursula, vaguely catching at =
glass Of water.
But DR.. Darling recovered without any
more disastrous symptoms.
" 1t isn't the spoon, and don't come
of an apoplectic family" said no "but,
upon my word, this is about the biggest
blackberry l ever came perlously near
swallowing !" and he held up his wife's
pearl brooch boiled up in the blackberries.
There was a nomentary silence around
the table; and then it was broken by
Mrs. Darlng-one Of those blessed old
ladies who never see an inch beyond their
noses.
my goodness gracious - said Mrs.
Darling "how could it ever have como
into the preserved blackborries don't
-see-n
" But l do |" said DR.. Darling, looking
provokingly knowing. "Yes, l see
good many things now that didn't SEQ
before"
And Harry, glancing across the table
at Ursula, was somewhat consoled to
perceive that her cheek was shade more
scarlet. if that were possible, than his
own.
He followed the Doctor into his Office
when the evening meal was concluded.
Ursula did not know how she ever would
have lived through il were it not for Mrs.
Darling's delightful obtusenoss and Sophy
3radbury's surface Wow Of the matter.
" Doctor" he began valiently but the
old gentleman interrupted him.
"There Is no need OF any explanation,
my boy" said no. ~ know now why
you didn't want to marry Miss Bradbury.
And don't say that blame you much.
only came near choking to death with
Ursula's blackberry jam"
And DIR. Darling laughed again until,
had his spouse been present, sho would
have thought second attack Of apoplexy
among tho inevitablos.
Little Ursula ~ he added, "who
would have thought it2 Well, you shall
have my blessing"
The pearls were all discolorod and the
gold of tho old-fashioned brooch tarnish-
cd with the alchemy of cooking, but Ur-
sula keeps that old ornament yet, more
treasured than all the modern knick-
hnaohs with which her young husband
loads her toilet-tabe. And every year,
when she preserves her blackbcrries, DIR.
Darling comes to tea and makes ponder
Gus wittcisms, pretending to search in
the crystal preserve dish for "boilcd
brooch ~
But then jolly old gentlemen will have
their jokes.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

"WmEN she gets tiltin' better beach
'er," is what they say in small boats.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
A. COCHELL,

OFFICE. At his Residence, corner
Court and Center Streets, Weaverville. l.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29

AS a general thing you can go just
about SO far in fooling woman, but af-
ter that lookout for head winds and snags.
A Texas man took. home a revolving
dice box to cheer his wife's dropping
spirits. After a game or two for fun
he proposed to throw who would cut the
wood next morning. He won. Then he
proposed to try her to see who should
bring up the coal and light the fires for
the ensuing week. He won again, and
then rendered chance for satisfaction"
on a throw who should 60 to market dur
ing the next month. Result-three skies
for husband, and the next minute he and
a fiat iron went rapidly out Of the front
door together.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
LINES OF TRAVEL AND EXPRESS

Canon City, Junction City and Wea'
veryiIIe Express and Passenger Line
J. r. DRIVER, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday morning
returns on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Hay Fork and wesyerviIIe Pass.
enger and Express Line. US. H0YT,
prietor. Weekly. Leaves Hay Fork on
Monday morning of each week: leaves Wea-
YER Tuesday morning of each week.
U. q. Mail and Express Line, from
WeaverviIIe to Arcata, JOHN CLIFF
FORD, Proprietor. Leaves Weaver every
Thursday morning. Leaves Arcata. every
Monday morning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1874-08-29
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMS :

COURT TERMS:
District COurt-Second Monday in April,
August and December
County COurt-First Monday in Janu-
ary, March. May, July, September and No
vember.
Probate COurt-(Same as County Court }
Board of SupervisOrs--Firs Monday
February, May, August and November
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-07-25
The Farmers and DrOvers

The Farmers and Drovers'
Bank of Louisville, KY, will, in a
few weeks, have 100000 belong
ing to the Fifth Gift Concert, in aid
of the Public Library, which takes
place July 31st. This immense sum
is a trust-fund, which can only be
used in paying to ticket-holders, on
the signature of the manager, Gov.
Thos. e. Bramlette. The man who
gets the big gift, $3.50, 900, will have
an exceedingly pleasant cheque on
that bank.
The next Concert, which is the
fifth and last, will occupy all of Fri
day, July 31st, and the gifts will be
paid to the lucky ones, commenc.
ing the next day, at the bank. 1t
takes nearly a week to cash the
gifts.
That some idea may be had of the
magnitude of this enterprise, and the
in terest taken ip it by the people,
we state that the receipt Of three
thousand letters per day is nothing
uncommon. Two.thirds of these
epistles contain money for tickets,
and the other third ask circulars in
explanation. And every letter 10
acknowledged before the Office is
closed for the night. There is no
harder worked man in Louisville,
than Gov. Bramlette.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Bears have begun their work
of killing sheep early. They have
killed several in Gorham, going al
most into the yard for them.
The Rev. P. w. Perry of Low
vile, N. Y, has received call from
the Free Baptist church in Great
Falls.
Rev. Samuel McKeown has re-
signed the passionate of the Man
chester Elm street Freewill Baptist
church.
Camp meeting at Epping does
not begin until August "a, yet PEG.
pie have already begun to occupy
the cottages on the camp ground.
The people in the vicinity of
Goose Pond, two miles from West
Canaan station, were thrown into a
state of much excitement on Satur.
day by the report that traces of muir
der had been discovered in the
woods near the pond. Human hair
and pieces of scalp we're found on
bloody rocks. Attempts to unravel
the mystery have as yet proved un-
availing.
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STATE NEWS

REV. j. y. w. Coke has retired
from the principalship Of the Yer.
mont Methodist Seminary at Mont.
pelier.
Justice B. w. Marshall Of But.
land has decided that rhubarb wine
Is not intoxicating within the mean.
ing of the statute.
st. JOhnsbury has abolished it's
High School, and will give scholars
three years ut the Academy in its
stead, the district paying the tuition
bills.
Burlington has secured tho bulk
OF the $500 it is raising to defray
the expenses of the annual soldiers
reunion. which is to take place
there this year, aud promises to be
success.
"A little son of Ed. Norris of AL.
burgh, about five years old, was
poisoned by swallowing q weed or
bug on some sOrrel which he had
eaten in the woods. He lived but
few hours.
-Twenty.One young men were
examined and admitted to the Uni.
versity of Vermont at last weeks
examinations, and it is believed that
the next class will number forty,
which is q great increase on the
average number,
j. A. Malavin of Bakersfield
lost $500 the other night by some
villain poisoning his horse and two
fine colts in their pasture.
Burlington complains that its
water, though drawn. from Lake
Champlain, is so bad that it an &C.
tive cause in producing many of the
maladies which prevail there in the
summer.
Justice B. W. Marshall of Rut.
land has decided that rhubarb wine
is not Intoxicating liquor within the
meaning of the stature.
The Dartmouth crew was re-
ceived at Rutland on it's return
from Saratoga and handsomely en-
tanned at the Bardwell House.
AT the convention of the Yer
mont Press Association at Montpe-
lier, on Saturday, Edward Fl. Clark
was chosen president. 1t was voted
to meet at Mortified in January.
The Rev. j. G. w. Coke has re-
tired from the principalship of the
Vermont Methodist seminary at
Montpelier.
MIR. George E. Eaton of the
Danville Star, in company with an.
other man, took Eve hundred and
sixty trout, weighing thirty five
pounds, out Of Peacham brook, one
day last week.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-07-25

Some young men when they
take their sweethearts to o ride
seem to be in constant fear of the
''little dears" falling from the wagon
and getting hurt. The other even
ing fellow riding through Main
street appeared to be filed with this
fear, for the girl held the reins,
while he had both arms around her,
and we could easily tell by the wild
look in his eye that he was deter
mined that she shouldn't fall out.
After marriage, however, this fear
seems to gradually subside and in a
few months you will see the same
couple riding along each leaning
against their respective sides of the
buggy, seemingly waiting for an in
PRODUCTION to each other.
Open air concert by the Band
Saturday evening.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-07-25

ACCIDENTS. Mr.. Brock Chase
t;.-ll from a stairway recently and
froot, rred a bone in his foot. The
injury is lutte severe, but we hope
70 600 Mr. Case on the street soon.
Mr.. Lewis r. Jenkins, who has
suffered severely fro.'u erSs'pelas'
the result of a slight injul.v, 10 inc
leg and a sudden cold folio "lng'
has so far recovered as to be able t.
be about the house. On the 21st
inst. some Of his many friends hap
pened to call at his house and in a
few hours his hay crop was secured,
for which friendly act he is truly
grateful. We are sorry to learn
that Mrs. Jenkins is very sick at
present.
On Monday last, Eddie, son of
Mr.. 81. O. Grown, of this place, met
with a severe accident at Piermont.
He was stopping with his aunt, Mrs.
Stearns, and while on an errand to
a neighbours, a heavy rolling stable
door fell upon and crushed him to
the ground, fracturing the thigh
bone-femer-at the lower third.
He was injured about the head and
chest, but not as much as was at
first feared.
On the 10th, Carl Stevens, son OF
Mr.. 81. B. Stevens, fell from the back
door Of Mr.. Browns carriage shop
and striking one foot against a bro
ken pane OF glass in a window, re-
sceived an ugly wound on the ankle
joint, severing a branch of one Of
the principal arteries Of the leg
The artery was secured and Carl is
doing well. 1t requires just Carl's
courage to 60 through injuries Of
this kind.