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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-17
How Truflles Did ii,

l returned to Ashville after an absence
OF three years and found my friend Truf
lies grown fat and ,jovial, with a face the
very mirror OF peace and satisfaction.
Truilles was the village baker, and he WINS
not like this when I went away.
"Truflles," said |, show is itP You hive
improved" "'>
Improved How ?"
been doing9" '''
Just then little girl came in with tat
tered shawl and barefooted, to whom Truf.
lies gave loaf of bread "Oh, dear Mr..
Irutfies," the child said, with brimminp
eyes, as she took the loaf of bread; "mam.
ma is getting better, and she says she owes
SO much to you. She blesses you, indeed
she does"
"That's one of things Two been doing"
he said, after the child had gone.
, You are giving the suffering family
bread ?" Iqueried
eyes"
HaVe you any more cases like that 2"
Yes, three or four of them. Igivc them
loaf day, enough to feed them"
And you take no pay3'
'Not from them" ....
"Ah from the town 2"
mo; here" said Truflies, laying his
hand on his breast "Ill tell you" he
added, smiling. "Onc day. over year
ago, poor woman came to me and asked
for loaf of bread, for which she could not
pay--she wanted it for her poor suffering
children. At first hesitated, but finally
gave 1t to her, and as her blessings rang
IN my ears after she had gone, felt nv
heart grow warm. Times were hard, and
there was good deal of suffering, and
found myself wishing, by and by, that
could afford to give away more bread. At
length an idea struck me. I'd stop drink
ing, and give that amount away in bread.
adding one or two loaves on my own ac-
count. did it and it's been blessing to
me. My heart has grown bigger, and bet
ter every way. My sleep is sound and
sweet, and my dreams are pleasant. And
that's what you see, I supposedly. Y.
Observer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-17
REGISTRATION LIST
OF THE
First Election District
OF HARTFORD COUNTY.

THE Offer of Registration of the First
Il Election District of Hartford county,
having sat at his Office, in Abingdon, on
the 9th, 7th and 9Th days of September,
1875, in compliance with the provisions of
the Registration Act passed by the Gener-
al Assembly Of Maryland at its session for
the year 1874, hereby announces the fol-
lowing list comprising the names of those
registered persons which the said officer
has stricken from the list of qualified vo-
tiers and the books of registration, and
also the names of the persons which said
officer has registered at the registration
just made, and the names of those persons
Gf any, whom the Judge of Court to
which an appeal from the decision of said
officer of registration has been taken has
decided to be entitled to be registered as
required by the 18th section of said act.
G. VIM. HkNWAY,
Register.
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Po g tic al.
I'm PRISON.

The following beautiful verses were written b,
Madame Guon in the Rastile, where, and il
other prisons of France, she was confined fo
ten years.
little bird l am,
Shut from the fields of air;
And in my cage | sit and sing
10 Him who placed me there,
Well pleased q prisoner to be,
Because, my God, it pleaseth Thee.
Naught have l else to do
sing the whole day long;
And He whom l most like to please
Doth listen to my song.
lie caught and bound my wandering wing
But still lie bends to hear me sing.
Thou hast an ear to hear
A heart to love and bless;
And though my notes were Ger so rude,
Thou wouldst not hear the less,
Because, Thou ltnowest, as they fall,
That love, sweet love inspires them ALL
My cage confines me round
Abroad | cannot fly;
But though my wing is closely bound
My hearts at liberty.
MY prison walls cannot control
The flight, the freedom of my soul
o! it is good to soar,
These bolts and bars above,
10 Him whose purpose | adore
Whose providence | love;
And in His mighty will to find
The JOY, the freedom of my mind
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-17

~ PUGNAcIoUs GoAT.-His head was
the shape and size of u Bullitt County wa.
termelon, and he was so black that char
coal would make light a mark on him. The
goat was asleep, leaning against the side
OF the house. The darkey was smoking
decayed cigar. He espied the goat, look
ed at the lit end of the cigar, grinned, then
at the tail end Of the goat, "grinned loud.
En-" looked all around to see that nobody
was looking, and touched the lit end Of
that cigar to the tail end of that goat
The goat turned handspring, and the
negro opened his big mouth to laugh, but
the goat butted him so quick between the
chin and his breeches pockets that his
jaws came together, making noise louder
than the report of u gun. The negro's hat,
boots, and cigar lay in pile, ten feet off,
while his body was curled up like horse
shoe in the mouth of sewer-opening.
When he came to" he looked around at
each one in the crowd, and dispersed the
crowd by saying: "Will some one oh you
gemmen shoot me wild pistol A nigga
OATS as big fool as is amt got no bust
ness libin."-Louisuile Courier Journal.
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VOL. XIX---NO. 81.

client. I was deeply interested, and from
that evening we were friends. Last sum-
mer these New Hampshire friends were
my guests for week, in my new home on
the banks OF the Susquehanna. We rowed
together over the placid waters of the
otsego Lake, and ate our pic mic dinners
upon the shores, and lived over again those
summers at Concord.
Time, that had brought so many changes
to me and mine, had left them tho same
prosperous and happy. The young wife's
voice is as musical as ever, and though the
husband is not yet in Congress, when he
is there he will be the right man in the
right place.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1875-09-17
Sixth Election District
OF HARTFORD COUNTY.


THE Officer of Registration of the 9th
Il Election District of Hartford county,
having sat at his office, in Havre de Grace on
the 9th, 7th and 9Th days of September, 1875,
in compliance with the provisions of the
Registration Act passed by the General AS
sembly of Maryland at its session for the year
1874, hereby announces the following list
comprising the names of those registered per-
sons which the said officer has stricken from
the list of qualified voters and the books of
registration, and also the names of the per-
sons which said officer has registered at the
registration just made, and the names of those
persons Gfany) whom the Judge of Court
TO which an appeal from the decision of said
officer of registration has been taken, has de-
cded to be entitled to be registered as requir-
ed by the 18th section of said act
WIN. G.. BURKE,
Register.
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Send for a Circular ,
THE HOWE MACHINE CO.,
SO NORTH CHARLES STREET,
BALTIMORE, Md.

C5Y Machines of all kinds repaired, clean
cd or readjusted at the shortest notice. Adj
dress j. CLINTON, Jr.,
p. o. Box, 81, Havre de Grace, Nd
N. B.-Wanted good Agent, that can
furnish horse and harness. Address
"AGENT, Box 90, Havre de Grace" for
one month.
Oct1G
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THE EGIS & INTELLIGENCER;
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TermsS so a Year, in Advance,
Otherwise $500 VIII he charged.

TRANSIENT ADvERTiSEMENTs.--0ne Square, two inser.
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AS- Yearly advertisements at special rates.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-23
IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

In olden days, dining in England must
have been a distressingly sloppy process,
when the rude feaster grabbed the
choicest bits from dishes brimming with
thick gravy, and the incest feeder, after
taking a goblet of flesh, dipped it into
the sauce-bOwl before he carried the
dripping morsel over the table cloth TO
his lips. During the prevalence of such
manner the noble dame or demoiselle
was commended for exemplary breeding
who dipped only the tips of her fingers
i'll the saucc-dlsh, and cOntrived to eat
her dinner without letting fragments
of meat fall from her lips upon the
table-cloth. SO long us she did not
plunge her hand deep i'll the gravy the
poet (Chaucer) admitted her right to
thrust her sop into the pan, even though
she creased the tips of her fingers in
doing so. Although the spoon was the
only implement used III feeding the
mouth, entertainers were not required to
provide the guest with one. Whether
he came for a month or day, to a Sc
ries Of banquets OF a single repast,
every guest always brought his
spoon i'll his pocket. Never travelling
without the implement, which was as
universal a piece Of personal equipment
as a watch is at the present time, the
modish man of olden England no sooner
found himself seated at IL strange-board
than, taking his spOon-case from its
place of concealment, he exhibited the
spoon, which had usually been given
him by one of his saptismal sponsors.
1t was the same with women and chill
dren. When every one used a spoon,
and hosts seldom thought of providing
spoons, the spoon was a portable piece
Of property, that went wherever its
owner went.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-23
IN -fOTIYIT MN.

Among the most fertile freaks of the
imagination have been the fancies rela-
tive to the existence and appearance OF
mermaids, but here we have a serious
fact recorded, for it refers to the appear
ance of a norman and not to a maid,
and on that account bears much more
strongly the impress of reality. The fact
is narrated as follows:
In the month of JANUARY, various
persons went to fish in the lake not
very far from the settlement OF Santa
Marie.
Suddenly they saw rise from the water
a hairy animal, in human form, who
looked Mt them az if astonished.
The fishermen at the first moment took
hold of their guns, which they had at
their side, and were about to shoot the
animal. But the form and resemblance
it had to a man.. from whom it differed
only in being covered with Il line hair,
made them desist, and they did not fire.
The animal, diving, disappeared under
the water.
It IS said that three years ago, more "
less, i'll the same place, the same animal
had been seen by other individuals; and
now, as the fact was repeated, It's pub
~lication is requested.
The communication came through re-
spectacle channels, yet the paper which
first published the account appeared to
doubt. But this is an age Of skepticism.-
brazilian Nail.
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4 SPELLING TEST.

\ person who can write the following
sentences without missing a word is a
good speller The most skillful gauger
| ever knew Was Il maligned cObbler, who
drove a wagon, using a Eullein-stalk as
a weapon of coercion It %tyrannize over
a caterpillar shOd with calks. He was a
Galilean Sadducee, and he had a phthis-
icky catarrhal diphtheria, ard the bill
ious intermittent erysipelas. \ sibyl
with the sobriquet of 'Gipsv' went into
ecstasies of caclinnations at p~erceiving
him separate saccharine tomatoes from
ignitable queries without dyeing or SINCE
ing anything or charging a cent. \
hemorrhage nearly paraiyzed her as she
received, with unparalleled embaIrass-
ment, u halassing courtesy, accompanied
b. mystifying, ~ratifying, and Supplying
innuendoes bouquets Of lilies, mignon-
cite and fuchsias; a treatise on mnemOn-
les; copy of the apocrypha i'll hero
glyphics; daguerreotypesof Mendelssohn
and koscwsko; a Kaleidoscope; Il drachm
phial of i~pecacuanha, from which she
took a dram; a teaspoonful of naphtha;
. ~ferrule; some licorice; a surcingle of
symmetrical proportions, and a chro-
nOmeter with a movable balance. She
displayed some vacillation in ~evincing
her preference, and said it was referable
to an notwithstanding id~iosyncrasy,
and wofully uttered this ~apothegm
Life is checkered, but sclism, apostasy
and heresy shall be punished There is
notably an allegeable difference between
a comfortable ellipsis and trisyllabic
diaeresis. He replied apologizingly i'll
trochees, not impugning her suspi-
ciOnS."
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-23

IL the ordinary course Of business two
kilograms were recently sent from New
York to London, and received
to one in thirty, and to the other in thir-
ty-fve minutes actual time. Each mes
sage was transmitted 5000 miles, and
passed through the hands OF eighteen
persons. The message and reply in
each case passed through the hands OF
t~hirty-six persons, and travelled over
1000 miles in thirty-tive minutes.
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4 SCIENTISTS STRISGE DEATH.

4 SCIENTISTS STR1SGE DEATH.
The death of Prot. Walker, of Brooklyn,
who, with a different motive, drank like
Socrates a fatal draught of hemlock, has
already been mentioned by telegraph,
but it is n case so curious that it Will
bear amphfication. Suffering from
spasmodlc cOntOrtions of the muscles
of the face, Prof. Walker had sought the
art of many celebrated medical practi-
TONERS, but without relief. 4 scientist
himself he entered thoroughly into the
investigation of his own case, and final
ly, other remedies failing, determined to
try that Of Prof. John Harley, of St.
Thomas Hospital, London, the use Of
conium or fluid extract of hemlock.
Under the advice OF Il local physician he
procured a vial of this poison. His in
structions were to take fifty drops at a
dose. The immediate result of such a
dose was fully explained to him. Reach
ing home he took the medicine, and, for
the purpose of having a correct state
ment of his symptoms asked his wife to
note them as he detected them, she to
follow exactly his dictation. These
! memoranda were the result
AT ten minutes past 4 D. n. fifty ninlms
Squlbb's extract of cOnium. Twenty minutes
to 3 p. H., effect very decided-diZzines5 and
relaxation of the muscles and limbs fifty
minims more then taken. and Immediately diff
ticulty of walking and want of power to control
movements; forced to lie down., but no mitiga-
ton Of spasm limbs weak. unable to mold up
the head. speech thickenlng some. pain and
heaying in top and back of the lead. pulse
~fifty-six. Fifteen minutes past ) p. H., took
fifty drops some nausea, some tremOr at base
of clayicle and in muscles across the chest no
diminution of spasms about the eyes, more Of
~photophObia Dislike of light. Twenty-Five
minutes past , p. H.. drowsinesS inclined TO
sleep. Twenty minutes to s p. m, eyes diff
cult to open and speech difficult difficulty in
the throat. prostration nearly complete diplo-
pia. double siShtedness) vastly increased.
Ten minutes past s p. NJ. nausea, twitchings
on right side, unable TO articulate, eyes closed.
~fullness almost to suffocation in the throat,
pulse about sixty. III fact six-water! water,
water
On this frenzied appeal his wife hur-
riedly left him TO procure some coffee.
Returning in all haste she found him
dead from paralysis OF The spinal mar
row. Prof. Walker was about SIS
years, oldandhad led an eventful life. He
was a journalist at one time and the in
innate friend of ex-President Johnson.
He served in the Union army during the
war Of the rebellion, and in attempting
to capture a Confederate spy was stabbed
almost fatally in the abdomen. He was
poisoned at the National Hotel, Wash
ington, i'll 1857, and had yarious other
escapes by flood and field. His final
taking off was rs sad Us it vas curious
ChjcGgO Times.
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MODERN MEDICAL DIsCOyERY.-It is
claimed that disease, with a few excep-
tions, has been conquered by the research
and intellect of enlightened men =; and
yet Il noted professor of New York adj
mits that "of all sciences, medicine is.
the most uncertain" and that thousands
are annually slaughtered in the sick
room" Certain "schoOls" of medicine
are in existence, one OF which "makes
the patient H." III order 70 claim a cure
and another administers "sugar-coated
bread pills." relying upon nature to
effect her own cures. DE-. J. WALKER,
of California, al old and respected ply
stefan, tried both modes of treatment and
both failed. Hethen appealed to natures
curative-herbs and now enjoys rugged
health. He has given the benefit of his
discovery TO the world, in the shape of
VINEGAR BTrTERs, and since It's introduce
ton has sold Il quantity almost large
enough to make a small harbor, or to
float the "Great Eastern" It's curative
properties are attested by grateful thou
sands. 81
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81 am so sorry about Uncle James
There was real sorrow il Robert
FrankliA'S voice and eyes us ne spoke,
and the lady who listened drew her
merry, saucy face into dolorous Fuckers
to suit the occasion.
because, you see" continued Rob
ert, he fancies because YOU have twenty
thousand dollars that You are Il fine lady,
affected and useless, not the wife for a
poor farmer"
I'VE must show him his mistake"
WIS the reply. "But he will not see
you. He positively forbids your com
ing over to the farm"
"DCes-does he know We are mar
red"
81 have not dared to tel him. Cow
ardlv, is it not? But he is my only rela-
tive. and [ love him dearly. 1t is not
because he owns the farm and can leave
Il little money, Daisy -"
"Hush, love, [ know" Daisy an
sweged, putting a soft, white hand over
her husbands lips.
"ILaye hadno other ~-atiler, or mother
either, for that matter. in all my life"
continued Robert. land f the farm is
dreary. it is home"
And You DO not Ike y be banished.
We'll, if you viii keep your promise,
aud send Jane over to see me, Won shall
not b.. Now, talk of something else.
Oh, how can ] let YOU go for two long
months! :"
But Robert Franklin had undertaken
to GO i'll person to see about some West
ern lands m which his uncle had invest
ed. ana which threatened to involve him
in loss. Daisy could not well take the
long Journey, and besides Daisy had
other schemes in her wise little head.
Loving Robert well, she resolved to re-
move the only shadow from his ife-the
rcsoIutc opposition Of his uncle to a fine
lady wife.
Robert Franklin had been gone from
the farm three days when his uncle
James yielded reluctantly to the pangs
of his old enemy, chronic rheumatism,
and told Jane, his only servant, that he
must remain in his room. The old
woman answered promptly:
eff you are going to be laid up, Mr..
franklin, I must have some help. Tn
getting old, too, sir, and trsttlng up and
down stairs isn't 80 easy os it was twenty
years ago."
"But who Will come, Jane! Girls are
not plenty here, as rou know"
GIVE a niece, sir, would come to me,
though she's never lived out"
"Send for her, then, and-oh rub
my leg, will you?"
Ietr in the afternoon IA little hustle
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Spring FLOWERS.

On! dainty baby foresters,
That hide in silent hooks,
That linger by the c~ow-paths.
And peep into the brooks;
To me you are the warders
OF the realm OF Long Ago,
At whose soft beck unnunbered forms
Like shadows come and &C.
BY mossy rocks and nodding ferns
You lift your timid eyes,
And by the wounded maple-trees
In smiling groups arise.
No more the shrieking winter winds
Alright the naked woods,
But all the scented aiSlcs are gay
With Flora's dap.led hoods.
Though years have sped since first for NJ
You made the meadows bright.
And many a sunset-tinted iream
Has faded into night,
till do / hail with boy ish love
The violets' sweet pertum"-
Still JOY to see the crocus burst
Lake Lazarus from the tomb.
l thrill to see the buds agnn
Upon the apple-:rce,
Where every branch is eloquent
OF G~lories vet to be;
Where Oon the winged Argonau:s.
From lands beyond the main,
VIII sing their merry loye-songs.
And build their homes again.
| trace the tints of deathless Hope.
Sweet flowers, in all your beauty:
You come as meek Interpreters
OF mans exalted duty.
You whisper of a ~dawring heaven
Beneath us AZ above.
When earth shall melt with poetry.
And man be full OF love.
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NO" let me read the rest OF our ook
to you. have some new periodicals N
my trunk II you Will look at them.
Inc days flew by, cold weather
strengthening I'LL hopeft wrote he was
coming nome one emu january day.
hao peeh o"Sy lor a fortnight
nel'Ie Ill tiie lower part o. Tie mousse
D"' hi. iHilhIili "sN'' n' q"eS'iohS'
Ne A"0 oeeli very ILL., o"t WAS recovering
~ 'h"' ne % "elcoihe I'opert III
''' ''''ih6--'o1H. ilo" Ie Sill"ilh lrohi
It'oilii8 10 It's "f'aflheSS' I'LL" SeldihS
.harSale away ne loi' IL" one I'LL he
'ieio MS nephew = ilalh iaSt ciaSpe't i'll
M o"n'
'"l never zen So"' h''er'' ne
''N' 'icn' WIFI HIS oeeI "
me NO 'luSltef co'lo nave tenoeo
it' nioie p"llal1S aiio r'i'iioiF' AIT.
wien L '''tio listen "l'e it''' 10 ine' anu
'"iNeo "' ileaSihily "S IL L were " coll-
p'iiion 10 iief' instead % il grumpy oio
D"''leoi p'St Sixty:
am Slad you nave Deen wen cared
ior' hoDeft Sald' turning MS mead 70
hide merry twinkle III his eyes; "you
look very fine here
But when he carefully led the old man
to the sIttmg-room, both stood amazed.
Was the handsomely car1eted, cheerfully
fllr1nshe o the dreary old place III
winch obey had been so we'll contented !
While they wondered a new sound
greeted them-the tones OF a piano
pitched by skilled fingers, and a voice
sweetand clear singing a song OF wei
come.
throwing opeu a door to disclose a
beautifully furnished parlor, saw
also Il little inquire on the piano stool,
clad Ill a SHINING black SILK, With soft
Lace and pretty Jewelry to adorn 1t.
Margaret" Uncle James cried.
But hobert said softly:
Margaret franklin, tncie James.
DAISY, my VIE.
linen she came forward With SHINING
eyes;
'i''" ! Il S'" '' III 'n'
-'' g" 'n"' '''''1 VINCE ~
| ; '"N
An' iot Souf o""' /" "h'meieo'
III '"'''eie"' NY "'" 'i"ie
"'' .,i''' III 'ninS' 'oiii' tIoH
NY 0'' i."'I' h"'' are
HIM. "'' ~" VIII ie' 'i'!'l ''"f mere
WI ~" not il ""' ne" HoIn' Oil
""'''"' HnHh' "HpPino h0l H'no Hil'
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THEODORE THOMAS, of Thomas Or
chestra, than whom there is no higher
musical authority in the world, says there
are ne other cabinet or parlOr organs
equal. to those made by the Mason &
Hamlin Organ Co., and that musicians
agree with him in this opinion.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-04-23

AT a recent Paris auction, the auto
graph Of Byron brought 70f.; Calvin,
Off; Bacon, l06f.; Franklin, 80f.; Cali
leo, 1901. Sir Isaac Newton, 500f.; Mon
tesquieu, 209f. Mozart, 43Of.; Racine,
275f.; and Nine. DeSevigne, 3O5f.
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SOLID MEN OF ANTIQUITY.

There were the great scripture giants,
Goliath and Og. The former was six
cubits and a span Il. Samuel, xxi. Il,
variOusly estimated to be from nine feet
six to twelve feet. Og is supposed to
have been even taller, from the fact that
his bedstead is mentioned IN Deuterono-
my Ill. =, us being nine cub;ts long.
During the reign of Augustus Caesar we
read of two giants, IdustO and Secundil-
Ia, who were each ten feet high, and after
their death their bodies We're kept for Il
long time Us Il wonder. During the reign
OF Vitellius, lie sent Darius us a hos
tage to Rome with presents, and among
these was a jew by the name Of EIeazar,
who was ten feet two inches high. Ga
bara, the Arabian giant, was nine feet
nine inches high. The Emperor Max
linus was eight feet and six inches high.
JacObus DamiIn was eight feet. Walter
Parsons, seven feet four. William Evans,
seven feets six inches high.
RATs.-An innkeeper lately complain
ing to a gentleman that his house was
greatly infested with rats, and that he
would willingly give q considerable sum
to get rid of them, was on the following
morning thus accosted by a Frenchman,
after he had received his bill Il viii
assure you, sir, Ishall tell you vich vayyou
shall get rid of de rats" Il will be
much obliged to You, if you cam" re-
Piled the landlord. "Vell, den, only
charge dc rat az you charge me, and
TW be hanged il de rat erer comes TO
.yoUr hou&e again."