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The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-13

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, 1875-06-12
The Gamlns, Spelling Match.

The spelling-school fever affect
ed some of the gamins yester'
day. They talked it up around
the post-ofice, and a dozen or
more adjourned to an alley and
stood in a row while one Of their
number pronounced words out of
his head. "Dog, cat, boo, ,lemon,"
and some other words had been
got along with, when the word
morocco came into the teachers
mind. The first boy spelled it
more-rock-o, and all the rest fol-
lowed, and when the teacher fled
his demurrer they ran him over a
pile of barrels and hit him with
frozen potatoes, thus interrupting
the harmony and breaking up the
school. One of the boys was af-
terward heard saying: "What's
spelIin' good for, anyhow, unless
a feller wants to write poetry?"
, 1875-06-12
miscellaneous.
My Heavenly Home.

For the WEEKLY ARGUs.l
Let this earthly temple perish,
Let its crumbling walls decay,
All we love on earth, or cherish,
Like a dream shall pass away.
Let this earthly temple perish,
There is one, oh wOndrous fair!
God hath built it, tits eternal
High in yon bright world, it's there.
Here our weary footsteps loiter
On life's dark and troubled way;
We would rise but earth still llpressing
On our hearts, leads us astray.
Earthly garments worn and dusty,
Soiled by many sinful stain,
We shall lay aside foreveH
Life shall be retouched again.
There the soul, by Jesus ransomed,
Shall his praises ever hymn,
There wen find from storms a shelter,
Eyes with tears shall ne'er grow dim
Hearts with many a sorrow blighted
There shall taste the purest joys,
On that shore shall, reunited,
Be earth's many sweetest ties.
In that temple, pure and holy,
Sorrows tears shall never fall,
God shall be our light and glory,
Jesus shall be all in all. %
There, beside the living fountains,
Sparkling with celestial light,
Clothed in raiment white and spotless,
We shall serve Him day and night.
LnNIE.
, 1875-06-12
INSANITY OF MRS. LINCOLN.

The Chicago Tribune Of the
21st ult., contains the following in
relation to the condition OF Mrs.
Lincoln, relict of the lamented
ex-President; "Betwsen 2 and 8
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, Mrs.
Lincoln went into the drugstore
of Frank Squair, pharmacist, in
the Grand Pacific Hotel and want
ed him to give her some laudanum
and camphor, saying that she need
ed it for neuralgia in the arm.
Knowing her mental condition, he
pretended he had none ready, and
that it would take half an hour to
put it up. She said she would
call in again for it, and then walk
ed out into the street. Mr.. Squair,
supposing that she was going to
some other drugstore, put on his
hat and followed her. She went
directly across the street to anoth-
+er. Just as she was telling the
proprietor what she wanted, Mr..
Squair beckoned to him, and when
he came up told him who she was,
and that he must not give her any
laudanum. The proprietor then
told her he could not sell her any
without a doctors order, and she
left and went down the street to
Dale's, where she asked for lauda-
mum and camphor separately. Mr..
Squair got in ahead of her, and
was consequently able to prevent
her getting. anything there.
Then seeing that she was about
returning to the Pacific he hurried
back to his own place, and put up
a mixture of one drachm of liquid
burnt sugar and ten drops of tine
ture of camphor, in q Bounce bot
tie filed with water, and labeled
'Laudanum and campbor.' She
took it and went out doors, and
as she got on the sidewalk she
drank the contents. About ten
minutes afterward she returned
to the drugstore, saying that her
arm troubled her very much, and
she wanted some more laudanum
to add to the mixture. Mr.. Squair
asked her if she had used it, and
she said no, that she wanted it
stronger. She went behind the
counter and began watching him.
He told her the laudanum was
kept in the basement, so he went
down there and made up a mix
ture of an ounce of liquid burnt
sugar, labeled it Laudanum Poi
son, cautioned her to be careful,
and gave it to her. She took it
out and drank it. In the mean
time he had sent for her son, who
came aud took charge of her."
, 1875-06-12
WHOM AGE COULDN'T wITHER

History is full of the accounts Of
the fascinations of women who
were no longer young. Thus Helen
of Troy, was over forty when she
perpetrated the most famous elope-
ment on record, and, as the siege
of Troy lasted a decade, she could
not have been very juvenile VIII en-
the i'll fortune of Paris restored
her to her husband, who was re-
ported to have received her with
unquestioning love and gratitude.
Pericles welded the courtezan
Aspasia, when she was thirty-six,
and yet she afterward, for thirty
years or more, welded an undi-
minished reputation for beauty.
Cleopatra was past thirty when
Mark Antony fell under her spell,
which never lessened until her
death, nearly ten years after;
and Livia was thirty-three when
she won the heart of Augustus,
over whom she maintained her as
cendancy to the last. Turning to
more modern history, where it is
possible to verify dates more ac-
curately, we have the extraordina-
ry Diane de Poitiers, who was
thirty-six when Henry II. (then
Duke of Orleans, and Just half her
age), became attached to her; and
she was held as the first lady and
most beautiful woman at court up
10 the period of the monarch's
death and the accession to power
of Catharine de Medicis. Anne,
of Austria, was thirty-eight when
she was described as the handsom-
est queen of Europe, and when
Buckingham and Richelieu were
her jealous admirers. Ninon de
PEnclos, the most celebrated wit
and beauty of her day, was the
idol of three generations Of the
golden youth of France, and she
was seventy-two when the Able
de Berris fell in love with her.
Blanca Capello was thirty-eight
when the Grand Duke Francisco
of Florence fell captive to her
charms, and made her his wife,
though he was FIVE years her jun
ior. Louis XIV. welded Madame
dc Maintenon when she was forty
three years of age. Catharine H.,
of Russia, was thirty-thres when
seized the Empire of Russia, and
captivated the dashing young
Gen. Orloff. Up to the time of
her death lat sixty-ssven) she
seemed to have retained the same
bewitching powers, for the lamen-
tations were heartfelt among all
who had-ever known her person
ally. Mile. Mara, the celebrated
tragedienne, only attained the
zenith of her beauty and power
between forty and forty-five. At
that period the loveliness of her
hand and arms was celebrated all
over Europe.
, 1875-06-12

his fingers and poured the albu-
men into his throat. There was a
slight struggle, nothing more, and
the spectators were horri6ed at
the action.
Don't the child is dying, said
one.
Please, don't hurt the little
thing, sue can't live! the mother
pleaded, laying her hand upon his
arm.
Mary, be still, he answered
sternly, while his teeth were unre-
laxing, and his face as hard as if
he were entering a battle, and
don't any of you meddle with me,
keep off!
The by-standers involuntarily
obeyed. Another and another
egg was broken, and still there
was no sign of life. Then the
whole body of by-standers broke
out into loud murmur, and cries
of The brute! Let the child die
in peace! He is crazy, take the
child away from him! were heard
around him.
Fools, he Kissed, mind your OWE
business and leave me to mine
Take her away, will you? Try it
said he with a ferceness foreign
to his nature, and he went on emp.
tying egg after egg down the ap-
parently lifeless throat.
The mother could stand this nc
longer. Her frst-born was being
tortured to death before her eyes,
and she imploringly flung hersel.
on her knees before her husbands
father, who had at that nom EN-
arrived. o father, do stop him
she gasped; he will heed you; Dc
stop him. He is torturing tha
moor diving child.
The grandfather started forwart
a step to interfere, for he, too
thought the proceeding an out.
rageous one; bnt he stopped and
Lsaid:
Mary, let him alone. The child
will die if he does not go on. Ii
can do no more if he does. The
child is his and he is doing all he
can to save it.
There was a silence then. In a
moment more there was a quiver
OF the eyellds, convulsive move
ment of the chest, and the teeth
lost their tension. The father
seized the child, turned her face
downward, and the poison began
to flow from her mouth. Again
and again, as the retching ceased,
he repeated the experiment, the
life returning still more, apd the
face losing its black color every
instant. More than twenty times
albumen had been administered,
and more than half those times fol-
lowed by the expulsion of the poi
son; when the eyes opened, the
father desisted, the little sufferer
lay just alive in his arms, exhaust
ed, its little life terribly shattered
but savedl
Then, when the necessity for
exertion and determination was
oYer-when the doctor had been
summoned, and they knew that
darling little Blossom might live
after many weeks of struggle be-
tween life and death-when the
relived friends had acknowledged
that they had wronged him; when
the be autiful and sorrouful wife
had blessed him through her tears,
and all knew that, under God, only
such an almost fierce determine
ton could have saved the child,
| then the father sat down unnerved
and wept like a child.
Blossom is alive to-day, and her
brown eyes are opening upon wo-
manhood. But there is no hour in
my lifo that brings so thrilling a
recollection as that OF the young
fathers struggle for the life of his
child-that fight with poison which
l have only family indicated be-
cause beyond description.
, 1875-06-12
The Poor Red Nan !

Spotted Tail and his tillicums,
now at Washington, have agreed
upon treaty whereby they prom
Use to cede to the United States a
portion of their vast territory for
the munifcent sum of $4,000,
This treaty will open up the Black
Hills to settlement, and it is very
probable that good placer mines
will vet be discovered there.
, 1875-06-12

"Loss of a China packet ship!"
exclaimed a liberal minded old
lady as she laid down a newspa-
per, 81 should think so, when not
even iron ones are always safe"
, 1875-06-12

CONTEXT is the gift of heaven,
and not the certain effect of any
thing upon Garth.
, 1875-06-12
US. Marine, Hospital.


I01E lOW N1ANDs UaNe
INY SICK SAILOR WHO HAS PAID
"a Hospital dues for two months preced-
inr his application for admission, ,is entitled
toHoepith relief
Port Townsend Hospital.
The above Institution having been placed
on 4 narmhnent footing, as the United
States Hospital for Marine Patients on
Puget Sound. the proprietor takes pleasure
IN announcing that no pains or expense
will be spared In ministerlng TO the COM
fort and 'conVenicnce Of private patients,
This \ thl largest General Hospital north
Of san EI1utIaco, and by far the most com
nIelc IN q .|pment II has been thoroughly
|Io1tied z . ftIqrnlshed. Itsgeneral wards
|ho.n odalions for about one hun
-.ltI 11I'l1I1 Ind are peculiarly adapted
for c19o1 requiring the most earefnl treat
uIent and constant supervision at limited
expense. Those who desire them VIII be
furnished with private rooms, entirely
separate and distinct, at a slight additional
cost ltf Iaa
e. The attention Of Mn owners, and
those interested in shipping, IL called to
the fact that seamen suffering from conta-
gious diseases win be treated outside the
Hospital without expense to the vessel
THOMAS T. MINOR, MD,
SIT Managing Surgeon
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
| lCOMMuNICATRD.1
Mr.. Editor ::
MOUNT zion.

MOUNT ZION.
1t was formerly the pride of all
tho beEt men in South Carolina to
become members of Mt. Zion Society.
If any one will look ovor roll of
It's mcmbers between tho years of
l777 and 1910, he will find it diff
cult to metftion the name of n
prominent mali Of this State who
was not member, If this is so.
should not the men of Fairfield, and
still moro should not the men of
Winnsboro join this society and
manifest some interest in the educa-
ton Of their children, or the chi!-
dren of their neighbors Even the
purely selfish man should reflect that
he is injured by his neighbor's igno-
rance or is benefited by his intclli
gence. Why is Fairfield among tho
foremost counties in the State now
AZ regards education and refine
ment ? Many people probably have
not thought of it, but it is fact that
Mt. Zion College is the sole cause of
prominence, If Mt. Zion is not
soon built up, the population of this
town and cotihty will be compare
lively uneducatsd when the present
men o! middle age shall have grown
old. The School TOW opens under
new auspices and, if Winnsboro
does it's duty, will be as in former
days, the pride of the town and in
tender verse and more at1itnating to
many, will add There will be lots
OF money in it for the town"
.s. SAXON.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
The Polite ,ai Outlook.

The Union-Herald Of Wednesday
contained nm article on public senti-
ment from which VIC nuke the follow
ing extract.
Tho truth il that majority of tho peo.
plo In every state Of the union arc opposed
to ever again placing the nation .nntl or
tho control Of tho party which led it into
treason, rebellion and war. There may
be On overthrow Of tho present re-
publican organization. Power may pass
from tito an opposition party of which
tho mass will DO the former democratic
voters. but should such a success en-
boltcn tho uneasy spirits of the ante
bellum democracy to tho point of attempt.
ing to put in force renctionary measureIs,
tho masses from Maine to Texas, from tho
hikes to tho ocean, will again show their
determination to take 10 step backward in
the path to national unity, At the same
timo tho people are in no humor to submit
longer to extravngance. imbecility and
peoulntion at the hands Of my party, no
matter what it's record may have boon on
n,tional questions. The elections oflS73
proved that if republicans would not heed
tho signs of the times tho pouplo knew
how to provide n remedy. ThuugRtful
men in both parties are ready to ferog.
nize tho paramount demand Of tho hutif-.
reform In tho administration of national.
state and municipal governments. The
demand comes with equal power from tho
democratic md republican voters.
Tho first sentence embodies nm
open question which will
not be decided until the demo
cratic party shall have ceased
cd to nominate it's candidates. The
democratic party have accepted the
issues of tho war, and sensible
men from Maine to Texas arc con
vinced that the restoration of the
party to power will not result in any
attempt to revive reactionary
measures, or to dissolve the Union.
Such being the case it is just ay
probable that the sceptre will be
placed in the hands of the democra.
cy as that the republican party with
all it's usurpations, it's frauds and its
carpet bag governments, will retain
It's hold on the masses of tho people.
In 1864, the old democratic party
became defunct. In 1874, the rali
cal party as it had been administered
since it's advent to power breathed
its last. Juat as secession was
buried years ago, just 80 oppression
to tho South, despotism and venalitv
is now buried, and should the re
p lican party be successful next
year, 1t will be SO changed from its
old character thatits old leaders will
not recognize It. Whatever party
gains tho ascendant, we are assured
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03

original sThirteen" Sto+as which
ioined in tha decfaro+;o,,'st,f NJ
pendonce. South woro1;no ~ ~, ~
behind ths foremost IN liz as' ,,.sot
events of if78 Har r;abtinya eJ,,t1, eu
to ioin Ia orr hafjon,s oantan,;c, I uuSJ
celehrat;o,,, coa,,ot IL A., To'l'i
I'm to tba hrassnt 49, s, -
nothing has beeii dane n tb;s sS fs.otS
towards discHorS;n~ +La @ s,,MSo 49,
which this event ;mnoses s ""T1es TEss
causes Of this delnv nneI not NJ M
discussed. 10
No causes ats s,,f1ic;ent lon,,o,. ! .
excuse South Carolina fron5 t,,;o
duty. The Central Centonn;a1 r"m
mission at Philadelnbia hnvn ;,u;to1 %
tbe sevaral Stofea r. o,no;,t a','
boards or committees M thav n ,',or,
i1dye necessary for ia 49,, 80 MS &, =
of the Object of the . centenn;aI n,,in
brntion in the;r Iresneot;yo c+ot',s
In compliance with tb;s ;nv;tot;", +
have this day a,,tjoinfnI tha , fnlIn, =
inr citizens of this Sfata ne A. at,so
Roord of Centen,;;.i c,'nt,,',,..; poa.e
to have IN chnroo the ,srfact;no, 81 ~
isuch arronooments no tben ", -,
adopt for nromot;my an,I scc,,r;m: s >,
the proper renresentation uf Sh,jt1,
Caroline. her resources h;atrirv onj
industries, at the centennial cslal,ro. =.
ton on Julv 4tb. 1870. ~~~'' = N~'''
4 Col " +, Trenholm of cborio..
ton Capt. Jncob small Of Charles,
ton HIN J,,bn r. r,,o,,wn'' 'A 'o
Anderson Col D watt A;l.on of
Abbeyille Col Thos Tnvlor of
Columbia Hon Reuben Ton,,;n-
son. Of Charleaton ' I'll r. wv
Dudley. of Bennottsv;]le prot -
S. Holmes. Of Chnrlostnn Hon
d. r. Duncan, of Snortnnln,ro
This hoard vii, hoyo FIJI &c.,
mako such Organization of the State
no fl,ou r,ou IJoo,,, ,,,,,I >ar4: r
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
The dJGntCVnnlS5,

Gov Chamberlain has appointed n
state commission to tako in hand tho
work of having South Carolina rop-
resented at tho PHILADELPHIA Cen
tonnial. This il eminontly proper.
Eho selections made are worry judi,
cious and will represent tho truo in
terests Of tho State We lavo now
the medium through which to OK
hibit our resources to tho world, and
wo hopo our people will respond
Wo give in another column tho ad-
dress Of Governor Chamberlain and
commend it to tho attention Of our
readers.
Governor Chamberlain has it in
his power to do n great deal for our
State and ho is doing much. Hc
has recently visited tho Grecnvillo
and Anderson fairs where he was
warmly received. While we reserve
tho right to criticiso any act of the
governor Of which wo do not mp
prove, wo nro pleased to record our
commcndation of praiseworthy con-
duct on his part. Wo believe that
Of tho republican party, he is one
OF tho strongest upholders OF
reform
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
III J lSlilAtsi;S.

Married Oh the Goth Oct. at the RS
dence of the brides intLcr, by Rev. j. =.
Shutord. Taonias l.. hosborough. Esq, t.
Miss Lou Cloud, dunshtur Of J. H.
Cloud, EsI. al Of Fairfield.
NJ .nn1ED ~ he 9th of October, by Rev.
J. NJ. Boyd Mr. Clurlus Duu .lass to Miss
Mary Coos. ".".
AIS" by tho same on the cyst of,0ctobcr,
Ar. Thomas Blair to Miss Anna Leltner.
Also, by tho same on the 28th of Octo
per- Mr. William I. G. Smith to Miss
Mnttio Lylcs.
All of the above parties arc of Fairfield
County =. g.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
The Schools.

In another column will DO found
school notice, giving the na,nos of
trustees and requesting the clerks
OF tho several boards to meet in the
School Commissioners office on
tho 18th November to consult at 80
al Improvement in tho system.
The trustees have been carefully
selected by the board of examiners
and we believe will be found per
feotly competent. This is a great
advantage. Trustees have the
entire control of the appointment
and pay of teachers, and it is their
duty to supervise to eone. extent
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
lot Johnston aid Leo Generals Is : I


not Johnston aid Lee Generals 7
In tho beginning of our war
johnston was confronting Patt terson's q
army which was four-fold it's strength:
Beauregard at Manassas was steadily
holding his position in front Of Mo-
D6Well, who had ten fold his forco.
!, When Johnston perceived that
Patterson was mo. ing aronnd III
join Mcdowell he rapidly joined his
forces to Beauregard's and inflicted
the rout Of the first Manassas on
Mcdowell. Was not Johnston q
General thei? ~
Whom Stonowall Jackson, in tho
space of five days, defeated the three
Nrmics of Banks, Fremont and
Shields, each army outnumbering his
own, and marched ono hundred and
siA miles the while, sometimes III
retreat, was he not u General
We must search tho Italiun CAM
paign Of 1876 for Gcneralship like
that was. 81, - !
When Van Dorm, then commander
OF the army of mississippi, had boon
pushed back tA Grenada by Grants
army, which greatly outnumborod his,
turned tho command over to the next
General i'll rnnk, took al the cavalry
(aboiit 1000 horsemen) and lel them
I'M person to Holly Springs, sixty
miles in rear Of Grants army, and
burst with daylight upon tho ga,ri
son, eapturinsEthe whole forces Of the
place and des'k laying all the supplies
Of the invadin; ksrmy and defeating
ef9'5t,s c Gsssrs1' sf1mp"X wa" not Van Dorm
When Dick Rylor with 1000
men defeated the army Of Banks ut
Mansfld, marched noxt day 28 miles
to Pleasant Hill, where Bunks, 70
inforced by an army corps, had taken
his position, attacked Banks at 4 D.
M, and routod his army before dark,
was not General Taylor a General
thon p
When Bea,1regard captured Fort
Sumter in "a hours, held it against
the Federal armies and fleets during
bombardmcnt of four years, until
every brick mud stono in it
had been broke up by tho enemies
and under this incessnnt fire recon
structcd the fortress and made it alb
solutcly impregnable, did he not
give M illustration of the enpincer's
power unoquallod bp Totlebon7
The Southern people evinced extra
ordinary capacity of war. Wo had
many able Gonerals and the best
troops of modern times. General
Won Moltke never saw such m army
as tho army of Northern Virginia,
and no infantry in Europe, since
Charles MI. could have withstood
the Confederate infantry.
There were able Generals on tho
other side too, and good troops, but
l leave their vindication to those
who know more about them than +, G
and who are abicr to set forth claims
to gcncralship.--R --Richmona E'u-
0Mirer.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-11-03
The NOveM her Elections.

To-day the is tho day for tho gon
oral November elections. In Now
York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Virginia, Arkansas and
Mississippi arc tho most important
elections. In New York tho contest
ls for Secretary Of State botwecn
Frcd. Seward and John Bigolow.
Both are liberal republicans, but
Bigelow accepted tho democratic
nomination after having refused tho
samo position from tho republicans.
Tho democrats undor Tilden arc
pushing canal reform and diminished
taxation. The State ticket will be
doubtless elected though possibly
by reduced majority. In tho city
OF Now York, Tammany is defed by
republicans, independent democrats,
Germans and most of the newspaV
pors. John Morrissoy runs for Il Q
State Senate, against tho Tammany
nomination, for tho district embracing
Five Points and other notorious To-
caiities. The revolt is against tho
one man power represented by John
Kelly, tho boss of Tammany. The
result in tho city is very doubtful.
In Pennsylvania, Hartranft and
Pershing arc tho candidates for Gov
erncr Hartranft defeated Buckalow