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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17
CHOLERA MORBUS.

CRAMPS, PAINS, DIAR8HGA AND DfsENILkl,
are instantly relieved by II. IL Wal iehuer an
attack OF Cholera Morbus impossible, i taken "nen
the symptoms Of this dangerous complaint Hrsi
manifest themselves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17

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Tms.-2-3sl asst, 23s, 2Ss3, %, 2.a.
The trotting throu ghout the fair was very
good, much better t'lan Is often seen az any
i-ir. either state or county. The 2:4O and
open race were We ! contested. FIVE heats
beng necessary to decide the 2:4O race, and
1t rsqairea six to decide the open race.
FINS.
Daring ths.aee s,the articles on exhibition
we're removed, % Of TIE conclusion Of the
last hes, Floral iall presented b., . " beg.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17


Heury Miller. Buffalo y. Y q. nns.. D. g., John ST.
Forrest
{. v. Bailey, Montpelier. INNS. b.ul.. Kitty Cook.
d, >. A Williams Burlington, nlns. s. p, CHARLEY
,. A. williams burlington, INNS. :. II, Laura
Williams.
Z. 7. Smith, Providence. R. l., INNS. 2. =. Gray
BIZ.
Sill, Charlie Mac and Laura Williams
were drawn.
FIRST Heat.-On the back side Forrest
went to the front, Bill second. Kitty third.
On the home stretch Bill came under the
wire the winner by a neck in a.3sl Forrest
second. Kitty third.
Second Heaf-On the first turn Bill broke,
Forrest went to the front. Kitty second.
Bill came almost to a standstin and Forrest
kept the lead the entire heat. Kitty second.
Time 23sl
Third Heat-On the first turn Kitty went
to the front. Forrest second. BIZ broke and
fell clear behind. The horses came in in the
sane positions, Kitty first, Forrest second,
Bill third. Time 2.3s.
Fourth Heat-Kitty kept the front from
wire to wire, with Forrest second, Bill third.
Time 2.3sI.
fJh Heai-Forrest came out this time
with Predmore behind him. They got q good
send of and this proved the closest Tough
heat Of the race. Forrest and Kitty trotted
side by side throughout the heat, Kitty do
ins some running, Forrest never leaving his
feet. On the back side. in the last half, For
rest got ahead and came in the winner in
2.3s. Kitty second. Bill third.
Sirh HeG1 kitty went TO the front from
the send off and only once did Predmore
succeed in rallying the little horse to the
front. He could not keep the lead. and
nifty came in the winner, IN 242; Forrest
second, Bill third.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-09-17
VEGETINE

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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
The Indian Question.

The New York Tribune, in discussing
the report of the Indian commissions of
the United States, says: Five years ago
the condition of these very men, and the
enmity existing between them and white
settlers, was held to be so desperately
hopeless, that in the popular belief the
only chance of relief for them and us
was their wholesale extermination-a
creed still openly professed by large
body of respectable people. The In
dian was held to be a miserable incubus
on the body polite, and given over with
out conjunction to the robberies of
agents, or the murders of military COM
manders, such as those who one fine
morning disposed of the unnecessary
Piegan women and children. There has
been great and wholesome reaction of
feeling in this matter; religious bodies
have taken hold of the Indian problem
zealously, and the result is that large
bodies of the Indians have been brought
into q partial state of civilization by
these religious teachers, and that the
nation has been forced to see that it is
possible that they should be so brought.
But the development is recent. The In
dian in the best case is still in his non
age; he requires long and friendly en-
couragement before he take his new role
fairly upon him; it requires that he
should change his whole habit of mind
and body. For the Apache brave to
turn his back on the buffalo, to come
out of the solitude of his wigwam and
go to work and trading with other men,
is as much of a wrench to him physi-
cally and mentally, as it would be to our
respectable brokers and bankers were
Wall street emptied into the Colorado
desert, and they forced to earn their
livelihood by rod and gun. 1t is Just at
the crisis when the Dakota and Cherokee
is making this effort, with, it must be
acknowledged, an unhoped for energy
and persistence, that it is proposed to
withdraw from him all government aid,
and to leave him to stand alone. The
proposal to bring the wild tribes into a
condition of self-support by furnishing
them with means of work, either by If
rigating the land of the reservations or
as herders of cattle and sheep, it at once
more reasonable and just. The state
ment, however, that these Sioux are be-
coming victims of dyspepsia from idle
ness and the high living furnished them
by the government will amuse any one
familiar with the payment of rations. An
income of one hundred and sixty dollars
per annum is not certain to induce gout
in the feet of the recipient, especially
when but small portion can be expend-
ed on his stomach, and so large a por-
ton often sticks to the hands of the dis
b,1rsarS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Measurements of Ancient Cities,

Nineveh was fourteen miles long, eight
miles wide, and forty-six miles around,
with wall one hundred feet high, and
thick enough for three chariots abreast.
Babylon was fifty miles within the walls,
which were seventy-five feet thick and
one hundred feet high, with one hundred
brazen gates. The Temple of Diana, at
Ephesus, was four hundred and twenty
feet to the support of the roof; it was
one hundred years in building. The
largest of the Pyramids was four hun
dred and eighty-one feet in height and
eight hundred and fifty-threo feet on the
sides. The base covered eleven acres.
The stones are about sixty feet in length
and the layers are two hundred and
eight. 1t employed $50, ,000men in build
ing. The labyrinth of Egypt contains
three hundred chambers and twelve
halls. Thebes, in Egypt, presents ruins
twenty-seven miles around, and contained
$50, 900 citizens and 400, 900 slaves. The
Temple of Delphos was so rich in dona-
tions that it was plundered of $50, ,OOO,-
900, and the Emperor Nero carried away
from it two hundred statues. The walls
of Rome were thirteen miles around.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
The Wales Coal Miners Strike.

The coal miners strike in South Wales,
a correspondent writes, collapsed almost
as soon as it began. 1t was forced on
the men against their own better judg-
ment, by the trade union delegates, as
kind of assertion of the authority of the
union. But as soon as it was seen that
the masters were not to be frightened in
this way, the men lost heart and threw
over the delegates. The shopkeepers of
the district also applied strong in
fiuence against the strike, by refusing to
give credit. Between midsummer 1871
and the end of last year, colliers' wages
were increased by from fifty to sixty per
cent. The subsequent reductions have
been at the rate of about twenty-five per
cent, and have evidently not yetreached
their lowest point, though they will
doubtless not sink back quite to their
former rate. The price of coal has in
the course of the year fallen about thirty
per cent, and wages have in every dis
trict have reduced. The lowering of
wages has also extended to iron manu-
factures. The puddlers and ndiron-workers
have had to submit to three successive
reductions. These make total reduc-
ton of some twenty-six or twenty-seven
per cent. The production of iron in
England has fallen from 1888, 900 tons
and e35, 1896, 900 value in 1872, to 2,4S7,
600 e31, ,225, 900 value in 1874. There
can be doubt that the development o.
the American iron trade is, in large
degree, the cause of this decline il
English production
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Evergreens i'm Orchards.

A correspondent says that the theory
of planting evergreens among fruit trees,
for protection, is wrong. They impover-
ish the ground, occupy space, and shade
the fruit trees. Fr,lit from shaded trees
is always inferior IN quality. To pro-
duce fruit bud, the sun must thicken
the sap to glutinous liquid. Without
the rays of the sun, buds will form only
to produce leaves. The most perfect
fruit is found on the outside of tree /;
and therefore, to give light, the pomolo-
gist trims and thins out the branches.
This explains why wall trees produce
such uniformly large and excellent fruit.
A belt of evergreens around an orchard
may be beneficial, not because of the
heat that is supposed to emanate from
them, but because they break the winds
and still the air as, sweeping winds often
dry up the vital sap of both evergreen
and deciduous trees,
Alternate heating and freezing are de-
structive to vegetable as well as to ami
NAL life because the heat starts the sap,
and the frost freezes it. The freezing
swells the sap, and lifts the bark from
the wood, the channels of circulation are
strained and destroyed, and the part so
affected dies. Well matured wood is
not apt to suffer from cold. To save
tender trees, let them finish their seasons s
growth before cold weather and to has
ten maturity, give dry bottom and
light and air in abundance.
Some evergreens supposed to be ten
der (the rhododendron, for instance) will
survive the winter better on the north
side of building, unprotected, than on
the south of the same protected and shell
tered from the rays of the sun.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
A Silver Mine.

A newspaper correspondent asked
Senator Jones, of Nevada: How are we
to account for the fluctuations in the
shares of the Nevada mines Are they
honest The Senator said: 1t is easily
explained, and the quotations are per-
fectly honest. You can see. When we
dig into a mine we come to "face" of
silver bearing quartz. Now, it is proble-
matte whether that face is two feet thick
or fifty. 1, inside, take my chances, and
say 1 will give $1,000 a share for that
mine; but, upon digging in, it is dis
covered to be only a few inches deep,
whereupon 1 offer to sell my 81, 900
share for $500, pocketing the loss. This
naturally goes on until we reach another
face. The lead proves to be profitable
one, and my 81 900 may give me divi-
dend of $4,000; and so these enormous
fluctuations are really in great measure
due to the real risks and uncertainties of
the mining business.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Sunset and Sunrise.

The sun sets on some retired meadow,
where no house is visible, with all the
glory and splendor that it lavishes on the
cities, and perchance, as it has never set
before-where there is but solitary
marsh hawk to have its wings gilded by
it, or only a musquash to look out from
his cabin, and there is some little black
veined brook in the midst of the marsh,
Just beginning to meander, winding
slowly around decaying stump. We
walked in so pure and bright light,
gliding the withered grass and leaves, so
softly and serenely bright, l thought l
had never bathed in such golden flood,
without ripple or murmur to it. The
west side of every wood and rising
ground cleaned like the boundary of
Elysium, and the sun on our backs
cleaned like gentle herdsman driving
us home at evening. So We saunter to-
ward the holy land, till, one day, the
sun shall shine more brightly than he
has ever done pail perchance shine into
our minds and Dearts, and light up our
whole livss With great awakening light,
as warm Ind serene and golden as ON q
| bank side in autnmni
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Just rs God Leads.

Ju t as Gol lea Is me, would go;
l wo,ld not ask to choose my way
Content with what He will bestow,
Assured He will not let me stray,
50 AS He leads my path make
AMI step by step gladly take,
A child in Him confding.
just as God leads, / am content
To rest me calmly in His hands
That which He has decreed and sent -
That which His will for me commands
would that He should all fulfill,
That should do His gracious will
In living or in dying.
just as God leads, 1 will resign;
l trust me to my Fathers will
When reasons rays deceptive shine,
His counsel would I yet fulfill,
That which His love ordained as right,
Before He brought me to the light
My all to Him resigning.
Just as God leads me, abide,
In faith, in hope, in suffering true;
His strength is ever by my side
Can aught my hold on Him undo
hold me firm in patience, knowing
That God my life is still bestowing-
The best in kindness sending.
Just as God leads, onward go,
Out amid thorns and briars seen
God does not yet His guidance show
But in the end it shall be seen
How, by a loving Fathers will,
Faithful and true, He leads me still.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Probabilities on New Years Day.

A st. Louis girl describes the misery
she endured receiving New Years calls.
Among other things, she says: 81 think
the first one dropped in about nine
o'clock. Game early he said, because
he had to go out to the western part of
the town First he impaired the start
ling intelligence that the weather was
inauspicious for calls, but he didn't be-
ieve it would rain, though he confidently
looked for snow. Then he remarked
that there were but few callers on the
streets, but he supposed they would
come later in the day. Then he took a
glass of wine and plate on his two
knees, spreading his feet to bring his
knees together. Then he wished me
many happy returns, and then he left as
another entered. Over and over again
the self-same platitudes, and before night
1 felt like signal service bureau, and
was so stuffed with weather that was
sick"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
The Erie Railway Opera House.

The New York correspondent of the
Troy Times writes that it is question
what will become of the Grand Opera
House, and says: Perhaps it might be
turned to religious service, Just as the
old Chatham street chapel was formed
out of a disused theater. There is
hardly church in Eighth avenue-at
least within a mile of this spot-and
hence it might thus afford excellent SER
vice. 1t may be added in this connec-
ton that the railway company has now
possession of nearly all of Fisk's real
estate. 1t was conveyed in the nine
million surrender made by Jay Gould,
who had the control of it. This includes
the opera house and the row of cottages
which reached down almost to Josie
Mansield's former palace. 1t is very
fine property, but cannot be rented ex-
cept at a loss. Fisk's management of
the opera house was very adroit. In
making the purchase all that he paid
down was taken from the Erie company,
and then he let the building to the COM
pany at $4,000 a year, reserving the
opera house for himself. AS the latter
was estimated at $25, 1000, it made an
annual rental of 100000 The company
did not need this grand building. 1t
was simply plan of Fisk's to unite
business and pleasure. To increase his
glory he assumed command of the Ninth
regiment. All was going well till his
death. The company has resumed the
downtown offices which Fisk vacated,
and the grand establishment now stands
empty. 1t is offered to tenants in con-
venient divisions, and the financial
Office would make good bankingroom.
Fisk expended 100000 in. safes, and his
other alterations were at an expense of
about $3.50, ,000-all thrown away"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
The Centennial,

The people of Philadelphia, in their
practical way, are pushing the work
of the Centennial exhibition. A report
has been submitted to the President by
the director announcing that twenty-four
nations have already expressed desire
to take part in the exhibition. The
building of the industrial palace is going
on in Philadelphia with earnestness and
skill. One of the first acts of the new
Spanish king is the appointment of a
>nobleman to be chief of the Spanish
commission in place of CASTELAR,, who
ha,l been nominated by Serrano, but who
will have no place in the new govern
msnt.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11

Fifty-four generals widows draw pen
sions from the United States. A CORE
spondent of the Chicago Post says:
" When the pension paid the widows of
brigadier-generals, fifty dollars month,
was offered the widow of brave General
Meade, 1 am told she very emphatically
declined to receive it, because it was less
than that paid Mrs. President Lincoln.
OF all the women who served in the war
in various capacities only one was pen
stoned for physical disabilities, and lat
was Mrs. Isabella Fogg, of Maine, who
was seriously injured by a fall in Louis
died here last summer"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11

LENT.-Lent begins this year on the
10th of February, much earlier than it
has done since 1869. This will bring
the high festival of Easter this year on
the 26th of March, which is within six
days of the earliest period upon which it
can ever possibly occur. On some years
Easter falls as late as tho 25th of April.
Some years there as many as nine Sun
days between Epiphany and Ash We'd
nesday, but this year there will only be
five Sundays intervening between the
jubilee of Epiphany and the solemn fast
Of Lent,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11
Cupid Crying.

Why is Cupid crying 80?
Because his jealous mother beat him.
What for? For giving up his bow
To Celia, who contrived to cheat him.
The child could not have believed
He'd give his weapons to another.
He would not, but he was deceived;
She smiled he thought it was his mother.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11

The London Telegraph gives its
countrymen a very bad name when it
says: The most brutal, the most coward
ly, the most pitiless, the most barbarous
deeds done in the world are being perpe-
trated by the lower classes of the Eng
hsh people,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-02-11

81 said happy New Year to the
judge" says ruffian in Charivari.
And And did he give you nethinsa 2" "Yes
The daily gazette., 1875-01-23
Wounds of the Brain.

Another case of recovery from severe
wound of the brain is recorded by DIR
Baldwin, in the Richmond and Louis
VILE Medical Journal II appears tba,
lad sixteen years of age, was acci.
dentally wounded by she discharge OF
pistol in the hands Of q companion q
lew feet distant. Upon receiving the
shot, the boy fell with violence. but
did not lose consciousness. The bali
about the size or buckshot, entered
the right frontal bone an inch above
the centre of the eyebrow, and pa.s-
ing through the brain, lodged In the
occipital bone near the centre of the
occipital cross. A silver probe passed
by its own weight to the centre of the
brain, without touching the ball. AS
a precautionary measure he was bled
and EPSON salts were administered
The wound healed rapidly, without auy
constitutional disturbance, and In ten
days he returned to his home. He is still
living in-good health, and has never
suffered the slightest inconvenience
from the accident.
The daily gazette., 1875-01-23
NOTICE.

Allpersons having claims against the Es
tate oi IN deceased must present the same
duly attested 10 the Executor on or before
Nov. 26ih, 1870. or abide the Act of Assembly
IN such case made ana provided.
VIM. MGMENAMIE,
-, So. Executor.
Address Wilmington. Del. nov2s- cod
The daily gazette., 1875-01-23
The origin Of Indian Nan.es.

4 member of Major Powelrs expedi-
tion, which has been engaged in the
government survey of the territories,
furnishes the Tribune scme interesting
notes of the discoveries made In the
origin OF Indian names. II seems that
each tribe or primary organization OF
Indians, rarely including more than
two hundred souls, Is, In obedience to
the traditional laws Of these people,
attached to some well defined territory
or district, and the tribe takes the
name Of snch district. Thus the Uin-
tats. known 10 white men as o branch
Of the Utes, belonged to the Uintah
Valley. limp Is the name OF pine
too-meap. for land or country; u-im-
too-meap, pine land. but this has been
contTadicted TO U-in-tAh, and the tribe
inhabiting the velley were called U-in-
tats, -.+I
The origin Of the term Ute Is as fol-
lows: U Is the term signifying ar
row. U-too-meap, arrow-land. The
region OF country bordering en- Utah
Cake is called U-too-meap because of
the great number Of reeds growing
there, from which their arrow shafts
were made. The tribe formerly In
habiting Utah valley was called Utah
ats, which has been corrupted into the
name Ute by the white people of the
county. The same Utah ats belong
ed only to small tribe living in the
vicinity. Of the lake. but II has been ex-
tended so as to include the greater
part Of the Indians of Utah andC Colora-
do. Another general name used by
the white men is Piutes. A tribe Of
U-tah-ats being defeated and driven
away by stronger tribe, who occ upi-
ed the country and took their name.
were obliged TO take new name, cor
responding to the new home in which
they settled themselves But they also
called themselves Pa U-tah-ats. or
true U-tah-ats. The corrupt name
Piutes is now applied to theIndians of
a large section of country Several of
these tribes have numerous names and
in this way the number of individual
tribes has probably been much ovesti.
mated.-Seientfc Miscellany in the Gal
arg for February.
The daily gazette., 1875-01-23

CHESTER COUNTY SALEs-Goor
PIcEs.--At the public sale of the per.
sonia property of A. d. Sharpless. In
West Goshen township, on the 51st inst
the following prices were realized:
Horses. $67, $s5, s17O; co ws, $2s to s5o
bull, $S5; chickens, 81 .32 per pair
calves, $18: so to $24.50 sleighs, DO. &c
to $l2,00; harness, stage per set, ss1
farm wagon, sS7, corn SO to s6c. oats
6Oc. wheat, S1.15 to 81. 20.
AT the sale Mr.. John d. Davidheiser,
In North Coventry, Chester county
on IhuIsday the 18th inst, one horse
sold at $112; three cows, at 500. .25. sh4
and $66; heifer at $40, and one wear
ling bull at $24; two shoats soid al
over $31 for the pair; chickens 15 and
10 ceuts per pound live weight, Corr
sold as high as 81 per bushel, oats from
"a to 90 cts. per busbel, =
The daily gazette., 1875-01-23
MnTInE
REGIsTER,s ORDER.
REGIsrER,a 0rfIcr

New Castle County, Dec. llfh 1S74
Upon the application of JOHN OTTO
administrator OF GEORGE d. STIDHAM
late OF Wilmington Hundred, in said County
deceased, II Is ordered and directed bv Tie
Register that Administrator aforesaid. rive
notice OF the granting OF Letters Adminis:
trati0n upon the Estate of the deceased with
the date OF granting thereof, by causin eIad-
rertistments ts be posted within forty Jav.
lroui the date Of such Letters, in six,o Ia
most public places of the County al New
Castle, reauiTing all persons having demands
ngaihst the Estate. to present the same' or
abide by an A Act ofAssembly in such case ma ia i
anu bros.lsd. And also cause the same to be
inserted within the same period in the DaiIv
uazette, newspaper published in VIII
mlngton AND to be continued therein three
weefs, lE. y. ID } ll44.s.s Al,5l N'i'e
(0) Given under the hand and Seal of
LIS. Once q the Register. aforesaid. a
New Castle. in New Castle County
aioresaid,the day and year abOy written.
~ .,s - - y. BldaS. Register.
-f NOTICE. s-r 3ss..4
All persons having claims against the Es.
tate' the deceased must present the q me
auiy attssted to the Administrator. : on Ior
oeiore december llth. 1875, or abide the Act
OF Assembiy in such case made and provided.
JOHN OTTO,
Address Wilmington. Del. deci2 .eod,sv