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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-29
How Ben Butler became Notorious.

reign of canine terror has been going
on in New York. The city council has
adopted an order that any canine found
parading the streets without being muz-
zled may be taken to a pound by any per-
son, who then and there shall receive the
sum of fifty cents. Hundreds of dogs
have been arrested by men and boys for
the sake OF the reward. Some years ago
the city council of Lowell issued similar
order, only it caused the owners of dogs
who refused to muzzle their CANNES to be
arrested and fined. B. +. Butler. then
practicng lawyer in the city, and but little
known 20 fame. owned a big burly headed
bu ii dog who followed his master to and
from office. The day following the pro-
muIsatlon of the order, Ben appeared up
on the streets just as the factories were let
out, with his dog muzzled, but instead of
being over the dogs head, was placed ov-
er his stump Of a tail. Of course such an
outrageous contempt of municipal author
lty could not be endured and Ben WAS ar
rested and brought into court, and in an-
swer, held that he had followed al! the re-
qulrements of the ordinance as it did not
state whether the muzzle should he placed
OH the dogs head or on his tail, and he
preferred that his dog should wear his
muzzle behind. Buffers local fame as a
lawyer was in the ascendant ever after,
and all attempts to muzzle him, either by
trends or enemies, have been a. unsuc-
cessful as the city of Lowell's to muzzle
his dog.
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son. am sure you have" responded
she brightly.
"AlasH' he exclaimed, signing, "a
fear have notl'
Indeed, you are mistaken, my good
Carl. If yon have not SO regarded Inc
heretofore, l promise you now that i
will always be your friend.n
Rosa's boyish face kindlcd with de.
light; he took her gloved hand, and with
chivalrous instinct lifted it to his lips.
"And," she added, with charming
ingenuity, 81 will be your wife also, if
you like"
"A fortnight later they were married
She had long been very fond o him, and
he OF her and she knew it. But he was so
sensitive and self-depreciating that she
felt that he would not reveal his affection
unless he were literally encouraged.
Few men or women have been better
partners, sentimentally or financially,
than Parepa aud Rosa. They gave En-
glish and Italian opera:.at the Academy
IN better style than it had ever been
given, and Notwithstanding the great ex-
pense to which they had gone, they
realized handsomely from the endeavor.
Rosa and his wife cleared here over
$500. 900.
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PAIN
She stopped him with a little finger
pressed upon his lips; and now she look
ed up, grown bolder in joy.
"Can you not see that am only happy 2
that | am crying for that very happiness :?
and she smiled lovingly through her tears
You love me then, darling?" he asked
az he drew her closer to him and bent
down to look within her eyes.
"Yes, yes! l have loved you so much
ever since
Ever since wheat he asked, as she
paused in sweet confusion, and her old
sbyness returned.
Ever since the day you fell out there
in the road and we brought you i'm
They said no more just then what need?
The silence is full OF words to lovers, and
they were more than content with this.
"Will | let you have her? OF course
will and glad of the chance TO give her
to so good Il husband" said Farmer Roy :
ston when Sidney asked him for his prize;
and the good wife spoke likewise.
And so the days rolled rapidly along to
the one appointed for wedding. And on
that very morning letter came from the
absent uncle. II was as follows:
DEAR SIDNEY: The speculations that
we thought had ruined you have turned
out splendid. l have in my possession
over one hundred and seventy-five thous-
and dollars. all yours. Come and take
possession at once.
Then followed his uncle's address and
signature.
Not until after they were married did he
show the letter to his bride She rejoiced
at his good tortune-for his sake-and said:
"You We're poor. Sidney. when marie d
you; so you see | loved you for yoursel
alone
His rich friends would have come back
to him. but they found no welcome. lie
had tried them, and they were found want
Ing.
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ARGrMENTs BY JOSH BILLINGs,-A biz
zy-body IL like a ritch chee1e- lulI ov lit
tie things.
The wu>t tyrant in the world IL the wife
ov henpekt husband,
1t IL az difficult to define sukcess az
it IL to ackount for the meazles.
All the philosophy in the world, wont
make hard trotting hos> ride easy.
Yuns man,yu better be honest than cum
ming, and it IL hard work to be both.
Frtew that kant whip Vice, in a fair
stand up fte, emmy time, ant worth hay
ing.
Most people repent ov their sins bi
thanking God they aint so wicked az their
nabors.
Thare IL nothing about a man that will
ou;last nickname, it will stick to him. ~
long AZ bob-tale will to dog
The man who kan set himself to work,
at emmy thing, on minnitts notiss, haz
got one OF the best trades kuo ov.
Coquets make better wives than Prudes
do, but thank the Lord, thare il better
ones in market, than either ov them.
Nobody really luvs to be cheated, but
1t duz seem AZ tho everyone, wuz anxious
to see how nearly they could come to it.
After trieing tor more than 30 years to
hav mi own way in all things, have fin
ally cum to the konku>huu TO split the
difference.
II / had - children Iwould be sure and
learn go ov them to allwus shut the door
after them when they went out, and |
wouldn't kare whether the other - ever
| learnt mutch or not.
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were colored pupils in every school in
New Orleans, and that there was no
trouble whatever from that source.
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Fate with Apple Parings.

Within the window. framed in white.
A maid is sitting, passing fair,
| White sunbcams dance across her face,
And plsy amid her golden hair.
Beside her on the high backed chair,
A dish OF ripe red apples stands:
But fast their ruby coats they lose
Before her busy. nimble hands.
The parings curl, and break, and fall,
A rosy pile upon the floor
Miss Mollie. blushiug, turns 10 see
Tall Jedediah ope the door.
"Why. JEDI" she says. show do you do:
And how re the folks at home to-day:
just take a seat; I'm busy now;
We all must work before we play"
And faster sill the dimpled hands
Are skimming DER the apples bright.
While wrinkled parings tumble down.
In rosy coils, to left and right.
But slowly now and carefully.
She moves the knife. that e'er break
Or blemish in the narrow stripe
Her haste or lack of care may make.
Uneasy in his chair close by
Tall jed is watching wariy;
And many a stolen glance from him
Did pretty Mollis chance 10 see.
But now She jumps up from her seat.
A. fby love of mischief led,
And holds aloil the twisting peel.
Then swings il quickly round her head.
Now once. twice. thrice. she sweeps II round,
While Jed and she with laughter roar,
Then throws ii down TO take its shape
In roseate coil, upon the floor.
"Now, jed. be still, and let Us learn
What happy fate's in store for me.
The name the letter heIe begins
VIII sure my future husband b.. -
SO, stopping down and looking close.
She spies the homely letter -;
And hastily. but biushing deep,
She turns her merry eyes away;
But not 10 quick for happy Jed
To read the secret in her face;
And stepping up he takes her hand,
And says with homely warmth and grace.
dear Molie, what the Faies decree,
You surely Will not dare deny.
so shall not we, who love so well,
With Fate's decree st once comply
IL have no palace for my home,
Ny name no empty glory gives;
But I've a heart IL true to You
A. any man on earth who lives
And. Mollic, will work for you,
And earnestly will strive each day
To bring new happiness and love
To shed their light upon your way"
And Mollie. bushing. hung her head
But then she did not tell him May.
And Jed. with heart brimfull OF Joy.
Homeward rejoicing went his way.
Red apples grew on Jed's good farm.
Which Mollie pared for many day;
But neer without the thought that Fate
Had wisely made that apple -
oliver Optics Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-29
A Scotch Hymn.

There are blossoms that hae budded, been
bichted i the cauld.
And lammies that hae perished because they
left the fOuld
But cover ye in aneath His wing wha died up
on the tree.
An gather, in His bosom helpless weAns like
You an me.
In the warl there's iribulation, in the warl
there j. wac;
II sac:
Then BRIGHTEN up Yer armor, an be happy as
ye gang.
Though yer sky be aflen clouded, it Wilma be
Tor larS.
t-Parlor Magazine.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-10-29

~ TEMPERANCE STORY, good because
1t was strictly true, was told us few
days ago. As the mayor of q CITY in a
neighboring State was walking ore dav
with highly respected friend, whose
habits were generally coUect but some
times a little too convivial, thev
were met by drunken man: when
this friend turned to the mayor, saving
III l thought should ever make such
a fool OF myself as that man does, [
would never taste a drop of liquor as
long as live" A curious expression on
the face OF the mayor caught his eve, and
awakened his curiosity, which his honor
at first refused to CRAFTY. But after be-
ing repeatedly urged and finally having
his promise not to be offended, the Nav
or said TO him: ''My good friend. Twas
thinking OF the time when after the par
ty al SIS some time ago, walked
home with You, and you, imagining |
was your sweetheart, insisted upon
continually hugging and kissing me in
The street," That gentleman has never
since tasted drop ofardent spirit, and
probably never will. Point the moral,
Young man.-Portsmouth Journal.
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Detective Field, who was said to be the
original oi Inspector Bucket, in BLEAK
House" died recently in London. He
was Dickens companion in many rambles
about the metropolis, the results OF which
are embalmed IL the nOvelist's works
He was for some years chief officer in
the detective department OF London, and
after his retirement from this position he
was at the head of private inquiry Office,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

athletic side Of boating. their sports would be.
Young men would no longer neglect society
and business 10 find an occupation on tho
water without at least paying the penalty Of
recognition n professional oarsmen. The
rndencss and vulgarity embodied in Godfrey
Delamayn would not continue to degrade
athletic sports. The river would not remain
forbidden highway 70 ladies and to gentle
men wanting in the ambition TO become Wards
and Bglins Amateur skill would be worth
something beyond the mere hardening of bone
and refining of muscle, for there would be .
new source Of pleasure in the open air. which
the amateur would delight in cultivatinQ and
developing. Now for ladies and children there
are only Broadway, the public squares and
Central Park. If delicious trip ON the
water, on a bright, moonlight evening, in
the company OF friends, old and young, could
be added to our other enjoyments, it would DO
an addition well worth the making. This ad-
dition our boat clubs can make by adding
social side 10 their sports. As matters are now
ladies never see the river except on race days,
and then they are crowded into greasy steam
tugs or as vigorously confined to the banks az
the women to their own side of the grounds at
camp meeting. And this state Of things
has no compensation even for the rowing men.
Though these 1.-the young fellows may think
themselves. as they glide by in their shells.
with barred backs and shoulders, the admin
ton of beauty and fashion, they cannot avoid
the reflection that Tom Bowling and True
Blue are equally admired at the regular meet
ings at Jerome Park. Such triumphs cannot
satisfy the true instincts of physical culture.
and the only thing that can lift aquatic sports
on the Harlem River from this unworthy con.
dition is for our boating men to cultivate the
social aspects Of boating.
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NEW HERALD MONDAY APRIL s74-IRlPLE SHEET

earliest possible provision for redemption of
the national pledge. and the only answer
OF Congress * 10 send him bill that scorn-
fully ignores the whole subject His message
Of objection to the bill might include the
simplest possible statement Of the facts of our
financial position. the recapitulation of his
own recommendation. and even the platform
upon which he became President; but in view
OF the silence of the bill on the great subject
Of resumption. and its abolition of the re-
serve. his signing il would be an act of incon-
sistency an Inconsistency 80 clear a. to
amount 10 retraction and denial of every
word he has ever spoken on the subject Of
the national finances.
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The Social Aspects of Boating.

In few days. or weeks at the utmost, the
athletes belonging to the boat clubs on the
Harlem River will be busy training for pro-
jected and unprotected races and regattas.
Before they seriously begin the work of the
season we wish TO commend them to the
study of the character of Godfrey Delamayn,
not as they may have seen it in the play, but
as it is elaborated in the novel 1t is not for
the sermon against entertaining that this por-
trayal is worthy the study of our boating men,
but because it suggests the brutalizing tenden-
cies OF turning manly sports into profess
sional occupations. Godfrey Delamayn was
rude fellow, not because he ran a footrace
but because he put his racing in the same
category with that of the winner OF the Derby.
The exclusion of every social element from
our boat clubs and the evident dis
position of some amateurs to become
professionals will make the same sort
Of people out of the young men
who compose them. Nothing could be more
undesirable; and yet ii our boat clubs 20 on as
they have been going for the last year or two.
such Is certain 10 be the result. Except in
few admirable instances ladies are never seen
about the Harlem River boat houses, which is
In itself an unhealthy sign. Even gentlemen
visitors find the conversation of the boat
houses highly spiced with the talk of the pool
rooms. There are no pleasant boating parties
on the water and no thoughts among boating
men except Of diet and exercise, races and
regattas. Indeed, it would be difficult to find
boat oil the way from Harlem Bridge to
MAcomb's dam that could be managed by any
one except the most expert oarsmen, and
pleasure barges are entirely banished for the
light shells Of athletic contests. We regard
all these as alarming signs, and If the social
aspects Of boating are neglected much longer
we may expect the professionals to absorb all
the amateurs or Danish them from the river.
On the other hand, II clubs like the Alta
iAnta, the Nautilus and the New York Rowing
Association cultivated the social as well as the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20
Ths w~ssera Floods sad Flood Warn

The dood tide In the Mississippi and its left
bank tributaries continues unabated At last
accounts the Cumberland had risen nearly
flty feet above low water mark. the Tennessee
Vas overlooking it, banks and the Lower Ohio
ire~he, saye at Paducah and Cairo was more
than iorty-two feet above the same mark. To
add TO the peril Of the situation, there were on
Friday general and very heavy rains in the
Lower Mississippi Valley, and the inundating
effects 81 these viii doubtless be cumulative
when they meet the descending freshet waves
south of Memphis. The Bed River and the
Lower Missouri are also known to b. rising,
and doubtless the White. the Arkansas,
the Black. the Yazoo, the Washita and
the scores o. bayous which discharge their
tnrbi torrents into the great Father Of
Waters" Worse than all Is the apprehension
of renewed and heavy rainfalls, which in the
flooded section often continue for several days
conSccutively.
The damage inflicted by these deluges ought
TO have been. and might easily have been,
provided against by proper action on the part
Of the State authorities. As early rs the Sd
inst they were specially warned by the
Weather Bureau Of impending danger from
floods. On the 9th inst. the Chief Signal
Officer at Washington again specially tele-
graphed TO New Orleans, Cairo, Memphis and
yicksburg that the danger was increasing.
Still more urgently no sent q third cautionary
telegram ON the 18th inst to Cairo, Memphis,
Lac he
minatory conditions These forewarnings,
some Of which were two weeks before the dis
astrous consequences, ought TO have aroused
the Louisiana and the other State authorities
to strengthening the levees and organizing
suitable forces Tor Watching and repairing
them the moment they began TO give way. 1t
is not at all unlikely that the local authorities
and many planters have utilized these wide
spread warnings, and thus prevented many
crevasses. But the State officials are respon-
sible for not making better use of them and Sc
curing TO the vast alluvial districts the whitened
harvests which had been planted. We have
shown that the protection of the food-exposed
lands is matter entirely within the power
and purse of the States interested Until
such protection is afforded every industry and
interest Of the States bordering the Mississippi
must langvlish.
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a sense of tho mistake it was comm ting
in allowing the representative academy of
the nation to sink in the estimation of the
people. Our warning had the effect Of waking
up artists who Rip Van Winkle-like, were
dreaming away their lives in the Sleepy Hol-
lows of studio buildings, while the Academy
grew musty in public estimation from want of
proper attention and support We are pleased
to see in the present exhibition most marked
improvement, not alone in the arrangement
but also in the quality Of the works.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

SAFETY OF THE AMERIoUE. despatch late
last night informs us that the Amerique had
been safely brought into the port Of Plymouth
by the British steamers Spray and F. T. Berry.
From the despatch published yesterday it
seemed doubtful if the Amerique had been
taken into port but the question is now set
tied. 1t is remarkable that steamship should
be abandoned with SO little damage to her
that she could be thus towed through the
ocean waves and saved. While it will prove
fortunate thing for the captains and crews
who took her to port, there will be, undoubt-
eddy, a searching inquiry into the conduct Of
those who abandoned her.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

PAPER MONEY .DEBAUcH. The Mobile
Register has an able article under this title, in
which it quotes the views OF great minds of
the wing party in opposition to paper cur
rency, and thus refers to the effect Of expan-
sion of the currency upon the South:
= The South must also suffer II we are to no
drowned In whskey sea OF deDased paper. Have
we charmed lie to protect us against dangers
that other men are liable to Shall we clamor for
clipped COMA felony by English law-because
others have been rash enough to require TWO
Except for the questionable pleasures and the not
questionable profits OF q financial dcbaucn, we 90
for more OF an already deDased currency-uniess
for this, indeed. that he considers u 80
and dangerous that he wishes TO put on all steam
and let II blow itself up In its own rOttenneSs ana
by the force Of its own nOxtOus gases.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

RKravuo THE HrcHwaYs- reform in
our system Of pavcmonts Is rapidly becom-
ing a necessity Of our metropolitan exist
ence. The Tammsny rulers have left mon
ument OF their government in our thorough
fares, especially in the uptown avenues which
we're decorated with patent pavements.
These patent pavemenis seem. with scarcely
an exception, 10 have been either . swindle in
their construction or in their conception. We
do not attempt 10 discuss the distinction. for a
discussion on patents would be interminable.
But the general result Is that with all Of our
experiments, We have not succeeded in making
. highway which is an improvement upon the
old Macadam pavement We have found
nothing better than stone. and. now that Wa
have these monumental ruins Of wood and
pitch, and gravel and asphalt, and twenty
other experiments. let Us come back TO the
good old-fashioned stone. Fifth avenue, which
" supposed 10 be our representative highway.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-20

The ENGLISH PRESS AND LIvINGsToEE.-We
must acknowledge the extreme courtesy the
HERALD has received from the English
press concerning DR.. Livingstone, and
more especially in reference to the recent
letters received from the explorer and
communicated to the English journals, to
be published simultaneously with their APP
pearance in the HERALD. This spirit of kind
ness and appreciation is among the finest
qualities Of English journalism and it might
well be initiated by many of our contempora-
ries in America