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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23


She Is q washerwoman, and she
lives In one of the northern cross
streets of New York, not far from the
Hudson river. You may have seen
her, sometime, hurrying along after
night-fall, carrying in her arms that
enormous bag oil clothes, and bent
under its weight. Week In, week
out, she tolls mt her tub, at that hard
est work that human backs are heir
to; every muscle strained and bent,
as she soaps and rubs and wrings.
Day in, day out, she stands ut the
irOning-table, lifting and passing to
and fro the eight pounds of solid iron,
seven times heated, lifting and push
ing it all day long. Standing, mark
you, at table or tub, "On her feet"
literally, sixteen hours out of the
twenty-fOur!
She supports by her hard work a
husband, now quite an old man, and
one child. She rents small, six
roOmed house, two rooms of which
she retains for herself, and the re-
manning four she rents out to labor
ing men and their families. With
the rent of these rooms and the profits
OF her own hard work, she has man.
aged to "get along" comfortably, and
to have a few dollars laid by for n
rainy day.
The rainy day came in the autumn.
Every man OF the four who rented
her rooms was turned out of work.
Good honest fellows, sober and in
dustriOus, with their little families
around them; facing the problem to
beg, or steal, or starve! Leaving
home early in the morning, with
basket and shovel, walking the streets
all day long in the vain quest for
work and returning at night hope.
less. Hopeless? Desperate! save fol-
one ray OF light in the darkness one
link that bound them to their kind.
81 forgive them the rent says
Ann the washer-woman, and it's
going on five months now. Sure an
they've had but one meal day the
winter long, and that q little Oat.
meal. If they make few pennies,
with shOveling snow now and then,
would it be that would take it, and
the children starving|'
Through all these five dark months
has Ann the waSher-wOman scrubbed
and soaped, and wrung; has toiled
over the hot irons, and carried home
the heavy piled-up basket, rejoicing
that it was heavy. Paying the rent
for those four families, keeping, who
knows from what extremity of crime
and reckless despair, those four hus
bands and fathers. In her magniii-
cent charity--fOr all greatness ia re.
lative, what proud name in New
York can rival hers! In what pro.
portion to our incomes, to our own
outlay for luxury in mind or body
does our giving stand to this woman's
mite? What man or mOman among
us, millionaire, banker or merchant,
or gay leader in fashionable charities
has given of his substance, his all
and added to the gift the hard-earned
wages of every day, as "this woman
hath done Christian Union.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Starting Sweet Potatoes.

"a South Jerseyman" is credited
with the following in a Western pa
per: For starting sweetpotatO sprouts
! have used the following plan, which
has the advantage of not needing Il
sash. 1 dig out trench two feet deep.
Into this l put foot of fresh, loose
manure in the month of April. Upon
the manure 1 spread six inches of
sand or light sandy loan, and plant
the potatoes in this sand. If the
weather is cold cover with marsh
hay or straw during the day, but al
ways at night; and If thercis an extra
cold snap with frost, 1 spread barn
sheet or blanket over the straw. AS
soon as / AN ready to plant, l furrow
out the ground three feet apart each
way, drop Il shovel full of manure at
each check, draw four hoefuls of earth
over the manure, makinga broad hill
and plant the sprout.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
AroErICAL oufIosITY.

[The following lines, copied from an ex
change, are susceptible of two meanings.
bachelor friend reads the first and third, ant
second ana fourth lines, and seems TO find nj
infinite satisfaction In reading them thus TO
some cause or other
The man must lead a happy life
Who IL directed by his wife;
Who's free from matrimonial chains,
assure to suffer for his pains.
Adam could find no peace,
Until he saw n woman's face;
When Eve was given for mate,
Adam was I'm happy state.
mall the female heart appear
Truth, darling of ~ heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride,
Neer known In woman To reside.
What tongue Is able TO unfold,
The worth in woman we behold"
The falsehood that In woman dwells
Is almost lmperceptible.
Fooled be the foolish man. say,
Who will not yled To woman's sway,
Who changes from his singleness,
ID sure OF perfect blessedneSs.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Fun In Animals.

1t Is well known that lambs hold
regular sports apart from their dams,
which only look OH composedly at a
little distance to watch, and perhaps
enjoy their proceedings. Monkeys
act in the same manner, and so dogs,
the friskiness of which resemble that
of children. Mr.. Leigh Hunt once
told DIR. Robert Chalmers that he bad
observed a young spider sporting
about its parents, running up to and
away from them in playful manner.
He has likewise watched kitten
amuse itself by running along past
Its mother, to whom she always gave
q little pat on the cheek as she passed.
The elder cat endured the pats tram
gully for a while, but at length, be-
coming irritated, she took an oppor-
tunity to hit her offspring % blow on
the side of the head, which sent the
little creature spinning to the other
side Of the room, where she looked
extremely puzzled at what had hap
pened. An irritated human bing
would have acted in precisely the
same manner.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

In viewing that tiny bit of steel
called q needle, it is hard to realize
that seventy pairs of hands are re-
quired to make 1t perfect. Seventy
pairs of hands to make needle! and
each pair necessary to make the
needle perfect. IL only one pair re-
fused to do their part, the whole
would be q failure-not a needle would
be right. 1t is painstaking in little
things and in small parts which leads
to excellence and success. We are
apt to slight bits Of work, thinking
it is no matter and of no account.
But IL is not so. The details of n
a plan must be faithfully carried out
in order to make the plan success.
If the parts of work are all well
done, the whole will be complete, and
only then.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

I remember says correspondent Of
the Medical and Surgical JOaTn0i,
that, when / was very young, they
used to raise blisters with boiled
hammers. Old DR.. Twitchell, of Keene
peace to his ashes--once want
ed TO blister some one i'm n farmhouse,
far from home. lie asked his wife to
find him q hammer. The article was
brought out, put in a tea-kettle over
the fire, and, after the water steamed
and bubbled well, he lifted it out and
gently touched it to his patient i'm u
half-dozen spots, over the seat of pain,
with very positive effect. Boiled
hammers, were, for many years, used
in that neighborhood for pleurisy;
and every old lady knew nothing was
equal to hammer; and there was q
long dispute whether it should be a
claw hammer or not. ! think the
yeas finally conquered.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
After Many Days.

More than twenty years ago Major
Waldo A. Blossom, who is now in
Jacksonville was resident of Wash
1ngtOn. While there chance cast in
his way young man, named Iari-
mer, In whom he became deeply in
terested. Larimer had been lei as
tray by the influence Of wicked asso-
Citations, and was utterly dissolute
and dissipated--to' all appearance a
moral and physical wreck. 1t is
more than probable that Major Bios
som discovered redeeming qualities
IN the young man, Notwithstanding
the depths to which dissipation had
lead him, for the "GOOd Samaritan"
rescued him from the gutter. gave
him pleasant home, assisted him by
counsel and the aid Of fine social in
huence to make himself a new man.
After his reformation was effected.
the young man returned to his parents
who resided In Colorado, and for n
number Of years his generous bene-
factor heard nothing from him.
In December Of last year Major
Blossoms attention was called to an
advertisement i'm Boston paper, over
the signature of "Larimer," inquir-
ing the address of w. A. Blossom.
He responded to the inquiry, and
soon received a letter from the parents
of his former protege, In CASTILLO
county, Colorado, informing him that
their son, In dying had willed this
property to him, in gratitude for the
Kind deeds of years agone. The
letter, which feelingly alluded to Ibis |
act; gave the sequel to the reformed |
mans life.
He applied himself vigorously to
business after his return to Colorado.
became an honorable and useful MEM
Der of society, and in few years
large fortune, all of which,
yalued at$1, 900, 900, will fall into the
possession OF Major Blossom next
Iune.- No act Of genuine charity is
yer lost. Somewhere In the con-
ervatory of good deeds the plant
vii put forth its blossoms and shed
q perfume, perhaps in the balm and
riiliance OF the eternal morning. ,
erhaps In the subdued light and !
lurky atmosphere of the mortal ,,
fe.--Jachsonviile (Fyoric,a) Paper.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Growing.

A Delaware correspondent says
"a novel amusement, which Is at
present INDUCED in to a great extent
In the upper part of this State, is
crow-shooting as substitute for pig
eon-matches. The rules and customs
are the same in either case. The sub
stitute was made out of a sort of
humanitarian notion among the
people, as well us to benefit pecuniar.
lily residents about Reedy Island in
the Delaware, from whence crows
are taken. 1 have been told that this
spot Is the favorite roostlng-ground
OF these birds, and that toward
nightfall they congregate there by
thousands. When darkness, over
spreads the Island the catchers enter
among the low trees with bags and
capture any desired number, simply
them from the limbs like
80 much fruit. The birds cannot fly
IN the darkness, and even shaken
rom their roosts they cling to the
irst object that comes within reach.
c Is said that a man standing be-
leath the tree from which the Birds
re shaken, with outstreched arms. |
will soon be covered with them.o
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Duties.

Duties are often vely difficult
things to apprehend rightly. AS
everything Is ultimately referred to
duty, and as II great many things in
this world are very dubious, it is
manifest that duties are often dubious
likewise. There are not only clear,
but dim and shadowy duties, If 1 may
SO express them, which are very per-
picking, and occupy much of a mans
time and thought. Often we find
what we supposed to be a duty, and
performed with earnest diligence, was
a great delusiOn. Under these cir
it does seem to me that
when we have before us an undoubted
duty, one of those things which come
under the axioms of morality, we can
hardly lay too much stress on the
performance of it.-Arth,1' Helps.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Correct Speaking.

We would advise all young people
to acquire, in early life, the habit OF
correct speaking and writing, and to
abandon, as early as possible, any use
OF slang phrases. The longer you
live, the more difficult the language
will be: and If the golden age of
youth, the proper season for acquisi-
ton of language, be passed in its
abuse, the unfortunate victim, il neg
lected, Is, very properly, doomed to
talk slang for life. Money is not nee es-
sary to procure this education. Every
man has it in his power. He has
merely to use the language which he
reads instead of the slang which he
hears; to form his taste from the best
of speakers and poets I'm the country;
to tresaure up choice phrases i'm his
memory, and habituate himself to
their use, avoiding at the same time
that pedantic precision and bombast
which shows the weakness of vain
rather than the polish of an
mind.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

THE milwaukee, Sentinel tells a
story at the expense of one of the
Wisconsin officials. Il Is to the effect
that this functionary called upon
photographer to enlist his aid I'm
handing his features down to poster
ity. A sitting was had, and the neg
alive produced. The artist pro-
nounced IL q triumphant success, but
IL did not seem to meet the approval
OF the sitter, who said that he would
call again in few days. When he
repeated his visit the photographer
noticed change in his appearance
which he found IL impossible, at first,
to account for, but while placing his
head In the rest and giving Ii the
right poise, he had a revelation-the
forehead had expanded upward, and
1t appeared that a razor had assisted
the development.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
What the Farmer Must Know.

lie should know his soil-that O,
each lot; not only the top, but the
subsoil.
He should also know what grain
and grass are adapted to each.
He should know when it Is the
best time to work them, whether thew
need summer following.
He should know the condition In
which the ground must be when
plOwed, so that it be not too wet nor
too dry.
He should know that some grain
requires earlier sowing than others,
and what these grains are.
He should know how to put them
In.
He should know that il will paw to
have machinery to help him as well
rs muscle.
He should know about stock and
manures, and the cultivation of trees
md small fruits, and many other
O word, he should know
what experienced, observing farmers
know, to be sure of success.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
How to DO Up Shirt BosOns.

Take two ounces of white Gum
arabic powder; put in a pitcher and
water, according to the degree of
strength you desire, and then, hav-
ing covered 1t, let it stand all night.
In the morning pour 1t from the
dregs into clean bottle, cork and
keep it for use. A tablespoonful OF
gum water stirred in a pint of starch
made in the usual manner, will give
to lawn, either white or printed,
look of newness when nothing else
can restore them after they have been
washed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23
Sweeds on Southern Plantations.


A Georgia paper reports that in
1871 about one hundred and fifty
Sweedes were taken to Jones county
in that State to replace colored labor
ers. Their passage to this country
was paid on condition that they
should work not less than one year
and refund the passage money at the
time of final settlement. They worked
faithfully for the time stipulated in
the contract, but then refused to work
on the plantations, and went off to
towns and cities in Northern Georgia
and States further north. OF all the
one hundred and fifty only one man
remains in Jones county; but the
showed that colored labor
Is not indispensable to the cultivation
of Southern plantations.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

THE Senate debate OH the repeal of
the salary-grab was enlivened by this
story, told by Western member:
Two boys were out hunting, and
came upon q wild boar. One ran off
and climbed % tree AMI the other, not
being able to reach tree, was over
taken by the boar, which ran between
his legs. The boy caught him by
both cars, and, after holding on for
some time, cried out to the one in the
tree, "John, come here" "What do
you want?" cried John. "Why, L
want you to help me let this hog go !'
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

SENATOR SUMNER never kept a
carriage during his long residence in
Washington, but generally walked ON
fhne days and patronized horse cars in
unfavorable weather. lie sometimes
expressed wish to be the possessor
of horses and a carriage, but would
add, 81 cannot afford &c. / either
must give up buying books and keep
carriage, or forego the carriage and
aeep myself posted in literature"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

AN. old curmudgeon has been de-
TERED from committing matrimony
In the following way: Thinking
over the subject, and particularly the
expense of maintaining a family, he
set the table In his lonely abode with
plates for himself and an imaginary
wife and five children. He then sat
down to dine, and as often as he
helped himself to food he put the
same quantity on the other plates, and
surveyed the prospect, at the same
time computing the cost. No wonder
he Is still an old bachelor.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

More than one-halfthc population
OF the city Of New York are living In
tenement houses, and this without
taking into account the houses that
are occupied by two families.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

The eight soup houses established
in New York by James Gordon Ben
nett feed about 5000 applicants q
day.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

California is discovering that che
Is the most extravagantly governed
community In the world.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

Any virtue any man really desires
may possess.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-23

Gen. Sheridan never had a cook
stove named after him until this year.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04
AMUsEMENTs.
URAND OPERA HOUSE
BLACK CRoOG

HRAND OPERA HOUSE, bLACk Ckoo0
VI . - e-., ~...
s.s To correspond with arrangements perfected win
ferry ard railroad for the transit OF suburban
visitors the ming performances Will be termnat1o
her n q o'clock.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04

Eth AVENUE THE.TRR,
- Twentv-eighth stieet and Broadway.
Begins al eight Carriages may be ordered for ten.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04
HENRy D. MINER, AUCTfONEER
IL Late Henry h. Leeds Miner, established l0tz.
THIS DAY FRIDAY), DECEMBER 4

at lols O'Clock. at the saiesr Dom,
No. los Duane street. near Broadway.
HOTEL FURNIl URE.
The entire Contents Of an out OF town Hotel removed
for convenienoe Of sale. oil OF which is in good
having been used but few months Using about 81
enamelled Cottage suits. tlacK walnut Bedste ads.
Bureaus and Washstands, pier and mantei Mirrors,
centre and side Tables, hair Mattresses. Lounges,
Rockers Daror and cooking stoves VARIETY Carpets
Ac office Desks and Railing also at l2 O'Clock gray
Horse, Harness and fru also. balance OF Goods nm.
called for from sale in sixty ninth street BY order
Bowery National Bank Mortgsgees
The New York herald., 1874-12-04

20 be produced with every scene new, new costumes
ana Ngnincant distribution OF characters.
BOX SHEET NOW OPEN.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04
ADJUSTMENTS.

D. Twentv-e eighth sueei and Broadway.
. Begins al eight Carriages may be ordered for ten
Proprietor and Manager. ........-.AE AUduslIS DAILY
THE HEART Las; 81 P'sst sslD.LornrAn. s
LAST MATINEE
rHs Hs4rSE1kf HE1kT 8 ~ A'isRsi. aIDISpaias. Sqf
SATURDAY NIGHT.
rlfsf psss%hs5 Niahr 4
play Sy Mr. gs HuGUsTiS VHs bxIy arranged and
spapsS stage. entitled. ''n' afA"A'S 'sh'aa0" o. 'As
yoaIcKl
to be produced with every scene new, new costumes
ana Boa Sl''PniGn sHHhT So% "a SfRs
RoorH's THEATRE CLARKE.
Marked aR isessS; SSas Il 'ss e. sEzssH sEsa Comedian
the qn%s
S Ssl.gnsd SSden nces the excellent bill now offered viii
EVERY NIGHT
AArIsEE snS sxTGhDx9 sslFfH s r. * O'CLOCK
Ear n Two M 4 II
and as MAJOR wELkNaToN khS EAff bE BOOTS in Stirling
o0yns'' capital c2Tmfay TaE WIpow Il shyse aSss sSS!ss
IT THIS entertainment will afford an evening of unm-
PLACES
Be- aS e. q S 0Gs sss Ss: r u
secured In advance.
ROOTH'S THEATRE MATINEE
- Mr. JOHN 8. CLARKE
RED 1Aff ssS TEEss5SF a p sSors
RooTR's THEATRE THE HERO or THE HOUR
JARRETT ! PALMER beg to announce that in consld-
oi me s IN the
and historical drama,
THE HERO OF THE HOUR,
written expressly for Booths Theatre by Nj Paul Feva
author Of the Dukes Motto" adapted to the Amer
lcan stage by Mr. George fawcet Rowe author of "rhe
Geneva Cross will positively be presented on
- MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER IA.
Ihe production will be distinguished for MAGNiFf
CENCE and perfection In all It's divisions Of cast
cry, music. costumes, mechanism, &c.
- DUE NOTICE. will be given OF the date Of the
nouncemcnt OF the sale of reserved seats.
vNALLACK'S.
w Proprietor and Manager Mr.. LESTER wALLACK
Mr. DION BOUCICAULT,
KvERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE,
In new and original Irish play entitled
. The SHAUGHKAUN.
HARRY BECKETT, MI EDWARD ARNOIT. MIR. J. b.
POLK. Mr. +. M. HOLLAND. Mr. LEONARD, Mr. Ed
WIN. Miss ADA DYAS. Miss JEFFREYS LEWIS, Nine.
PoNIsl Miss lone BURKE. Mrs SETON and Miss
BLAIsDELL also In the east
Carriages may be ordered at l0:fQ Seats secured
three weeks In advance.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04
EUGENE BIsSELL, ALCrIONEkR.
BY Bissell 4 Co., 81 Reade street
This day, December 4 at l0lS A. NJ,

NEUKGE j. SNITH, AUETIUNEER. OFFICE II
VI Chambers street. New YorK.-By virtue Of a fore
closure OF chatte mortgages Sterry Fry 10
the firm Of Null Banks Co will expose Tor sale pub
IL O'Clock In the forenoon, at and Twenty eighth
street. 20 CIarences 50 Horses Double Harness 20
close CoacheA IL open Coaches, stage Coach, s ton
Wagons also the Lease Of the stable and premises at
Nos and East Twenty eighth street, together with ali
other personal property belonging the mortgagor and
In at his stable at the place aforesaid and which
included In said NOR tgages or either OF them.
GEORGE }. SMITH,
Attorney for MorrQ aRee.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04
OVERWHELMING SUCCESS.
0i the

OVERWHELMING SCCCEsS.
IMPERIAL SPECTACLE.
THE BLACK CROOK.
OVER TWENTY THOUSAND DELIGHTED PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN 1T.
Every effect ENTIRELY nnw the ShsrmnT GhxnR xi
beauties The COSTUMES are superb, the Music De-
fcious SCENERY magn fcent and the varied features
gorgeous and attractive in the extreme
The New York herald., 1874-12-04

r. TRAvzR AUCTIoSRER
q. Marshas sale.fhis day, al 10Y O'clock ut 81 and
so Great Jones street. by virtue Of execution large
Locks Bolts Knobs Catches. &c. Ac. large lot Of
Pickles Catsu2s; also lot OF Dry and Fancy Goods
Blankets, Comiorters. shawls Hosiery kc xc
GEORGE W. FROST Marshal
N. B.-A large sale walnut and other Furnisnre on
Saturday.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04

DOVE 4 KILLER, AUCTIONEERS- MORTGAGE
ID sale this day, al y O'Clock, corner University
place and Eighth street consisting OF Parlor Suit black
walnuts bedste ads feather Pillows and Bostcrs
and straw Mattresses, Bureaus cane seate Chairs,
Centre Table. Extension Table Booksand Stoves Ac.
LOUIS LEUBUSCHER
Attorney for MorfChuAa.
The New York herald., 1874-12-04

yNILLIAM ABBOTT, AUCTIONEER-SALEsROoM
w 50 New Bowery-Bv virtue Of chattel mortgage
sell this day At 10 O'Clock the contents @ Of tn, the
English Ale Pump, walnut Counter. .ager Beer Ice
Box. Glassware, &c. WILLIAM ABBOTr. Jr.. Attorney
for Mortgagee