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The daily gazette., 1875-11-13

WYMAN. The Odd-Fellows' Hall was
again crowded, last evening, and again
Wyman gave one of his amusing per
formances. The usual presents were
distributed among the audience, A. w
Edwards, sos Lombard street, receiving
the watch, and Geo. w. McCarty, ovei
Eleventh street bridge, the cutlery.
The daily gazette., 1875-11-13

Concentrated FavOrinE Extracts
Of Vanilla, Lemon, Orange, Rose Bitter AL
mond, Ginger, Mace, Celery. etc ETC., made
and sold Wholesale and retan by
K. BRINGHURSr q CO.,
Corner Sixth anh Market streets
T0tIct MtrrOrs-
A full assortment Of all sizes. including
double magnitying. &c.
Corner of Sixth and Market street
Fine Nail Scissors
Curved and straight Nail Brushes, Hand
sale by K BRMGHURST CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market atreets.
oriRshe bath.
z Bath brushes, Bath Towers, Bath Sponges
and Bath Soaps in extensive variety. Also.
Fiesh Gloves, Straps, Brushes, etc. OF morse
hair. Dry Friction Gloves, and many other
ARTICLES oil the same class at
K BRINGHURST q CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market stree
The daily gazette., 1875-11-13

DEAL ESTATE.-The subscriber, with 20
~ years experience IN Real Estate dealing.
will take properties at Private sale, or for
Exchange, and will give prompt and earnest
work to all negotiations. j. T. HEALD.
The daily gazette., 1875-11-13

To SUFFERING LADIEs.-"Dr. nogerson's
Finale HydrastiR Potcders." for all female
Complaints. BY mail. 81. Address. Dr.
Rogerson p. o. Box. 256S n. Y. CITY
The daily gazette., 1875-11-13
COAL,.

JOSEPH F0UT has again opened Coal
- Yard at West street, opposite the II. II.
Co.'s works, which he intends n run in con-
nection with his other yard. Persons in want
of good Coal can get the EnterpriEe by order
ing at lest and Water streets or Orange and
Water streets. JOSEPH FoUT.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
An ANEEIC AN ENTEEFEI> IN GERM

AN AMEEIC AN ENTERPRISE IN GEI:NANl.
The daunlter> of Prof. John Morgan.
ID. d., of Obcrin College. have opened
the American German Academy. for voun~
Ladies', located at Munich. Bavaria. the
musical center of Germany for the winter.
The academy i Il novelty. and its general
plan c:lnnnt fail to attract All those inter-
t>t"d en- cducltionll problems. The past
summer WAS spent at Siamserm. Bavaria.
on the lake of the >lme name. Il place Sc
lrcted on account of liz natural beauties.
healthfulnc>S. and convenient location
Thc coming summer. or some part Of IL
will probably bee spent in Switzerland. No
general vacations are |INcn. bIt each stu
dent pnr~uc> her studies ar Ga pv> a V.t,-.,-
ton Is her health and best interests NAV
require while to each i afforded every
opportunity To travel. in the company of
one oftllr teachers, or with some orc of
their selection. In word, the design of
tie school i 10 afford a pleasant Christian
home for Young ladies during their STAY
abroad The ladies in charge are l,ecu-
i:arlv tit; l. by careful training. i i:irge
experience in teaching. and their residence
abroad. for their chosen vocation. and are
assisted I,v K,.v Mr. Wright ana hi wif'-.fu
mcrIV of Ililt,lcll hia: while instruction in
music. the mnieIn languages. and the fine
arts i furnished 10y probably the :,blr>t
instructors III" world affords. The NUM-
bcr of pupils i limited. of nec.-~>itv- Two
companies of students have already zone
ont. one with the Misses Morgan. and ONT
with Rev Mr.. and Mrs Wright. II is
IoNp.ctc.l tlint another parry Will ~lil next
/ April in the char-r "f Il Lady then going
alr,,;,l Those Interested Will be -rlrpri>
I'd 10 learn how light the rNp.n>es are.
ana may ":,f-in full information from Geo.
/ Il. Howe. No Bond street. Room No. /
! New York rk.-Chri>tiau 1dro-tt,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
War in Barnum'> Happy Family.

Two lions. two !r"pards and tame
black panther have for some months been
kcpt in one cIgc in BIrnum lIippoIromc
The Mon- are >rp W.ttrd from their COM
pauion~ through the night by IRON bars.
but in The day time The bars are WlihdrtWn
and the animals form 4 "happy family.
No sooner were III" bars t'k"n out ed
nc>lJy morning th1n tn" leopard made 4
spring fpr the ptn;hcr> thro1.. The pan
thor WI vuinE, b!t his nlV~clc> We're like
iron .lli his >Nn Il ;hick ~ sole leather.
and hr struck the leopard with one OF his
FIVE ptw> that laid him >pr:twlin- on the
tlo,r Of the Gaze. In an instant the leo
plrl u:,> Oh Iii, feet again and the animals
sol ''. ' fa,". -rr !.!lE minute
thcy -ltrcd and g.oWle.!. ana then, with 4
Shock TIM, nearly turned the ctEe on lis
-idr. ,iry NE, again. "IcIl trying 10 grasp
the other by the throat. he cmp.oy'S OF
the llippoIr0mc. attracted by The noise OF
th" conllirt. uirst with bars and spears, TO
-cparHt" the c"mhatantN, pnt WHhou,
avail. Seasoned spears We're snapped III
two lie >tr.,N>. and even the keeper "i
tn animals dared not approach the cage
The leopard With 'n "h' Nl"t'ed spring;
,iNcd hln>, II up n the panther back: ana
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

How TITMnLE> ARE MADE.--The man
uf,cturc of thn.blcs is very simple, but
sinrularlv interesting Coin silver i
mostly used and is obtained by purchas
ing coin dollars. The first operation Is
nothing clse than putting Il lot of bright
silver dollars. fresh from the mint, into
dirty crucibles, and melting them up into
solid inrots These are rolled ont into
the required thickness. and cut by stamp
into circular pieces of any required size,
A solid metal bar of the size of the inside
Of the intended thimble, moved by power
ful machinery up and down in the bottom
less mould of the outside of the same thim-
bic, bends the circular disks into the thin-
BILE shape rs fast as they can he placed un-
der the descending bur. Once i'll shape.
the work of Frightening, polishing and
decorating is done upon Il lathe. First.
the blank form is fitted with :, rapidly
revolving rol. \ single touch OF Il sharp
chi>el takes a thin shaving from the end,
another does the same on the side, and Il
third rounds of the ii i. y round steel
rod, dipped in oil and pressed upon the
surface, gives ii 4 lu~tr"us polish. Then
a little revolvin. steel wheel, whose edge
is Il raised ornament, held against the re-
volvln| blank. prints that ornament Jusl
outside the rim. \ second wheel prints a
different ornament around the center.
while Il third wheel with sharp points
makes the indcntion> on the lower half
and end OF the thimblc. The inside i
frightened and polished in Il similar way,
the thimble being held in a revolving
mold. All that remains to b. done is to
boil the completed thimblc> in soap su1s,
to remove the oil. brush them W. and
pack them for the trade.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

SALMON IN THE CONNECTICUT again
seems to be one of the near probabilities.
About 100000 Young Penob>c"t salmon
were placed in the tributaries of the river.
last wear. sc. 900 of them in the Wcsttield
river and the balance above Bellows Falls
This is larger number than has been
placed in anv water in the United States
ut one time. Previous to last year, ut va
rious periods. about 900 young salmon
bavc been planted in the tributaries of
the Connecticut, making nearly a million
in ali. This year, it is proposed to plant
another million and keep on repeating
yearly until the experiment of restocking =
is thoroughly tried The question of re-
stocking. bv ariici,lly Matching salmon.
and turning them into rivers where they
have been DESTROYED, OF stocking where
none existed, i, no longer doubtful one
the experiments of the last - Years in
Europ,. have mad, it as certain rs the SOW
inc Of anv crop. II is necessary that 4
clear. open passage up the small streams
be afforded the salmon, to enable them t.
pass up to their breedin" grounds. Scv-
nccticut, last wear. at different points
which were the survivors of the first plant
inc. and in three or four years the result
of the liberal outlay of last wear ought t,
show itself IN 4 multitu!inous appearance
of these fish The fish culturists may sue
ceeI in III king salmon AS plenty in TIN
Connecticut a IN the olden time. but the,
cannot compel lis To cat it more than twice
a week Is was then the law, unless W.
choose to.-Springfetd Republican.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

ST. JoIIN>BrRY.-A series of meetings
have been held ut this place. recently.
conducted by Me>>r>. IL. NJ. Moore. of
Bo~tcn, Il. X. Remington. of Fall River,
Mass. AMI George +. Davis, of Burling
ton. Vt. assisted by others. These meet
ings We're under the auspices of the Young
Mems Christian Associations. and have
been largely attended, somewhere near !,
thousand people ut each, and the number
of converts is said to he near 4 hundred,
and among them - the wickedest man in
town." one Bill Robinson. Robinson is a
somewhat notorious character. and was
tried ut the last term of the county court
for having participated in the disturbance
of the peace. and sentenced to fine and
Imprisonment in tie county Jail. and Is
now serving ont his sentence. He wished
to attend the meetings, and the jailer let
him 90 on his own rccognlZance. lie has
become converted and has made 4 public
confession of his great sinfulness in the
past and rcjoiced that he had been : born
again, and all good citizens are glad also
This conversion was the occasion of much
rejoicing by the workers in the cause
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

ELEvATING EFFECT> on BEAUTY.-All
our moral feelings are so interviewer with
our intellectual powers that we cannot
affect the one without in some degree ld-
dressing the other: and in all high ideas of
beauty it is more than probable that mu,
of the pleasure depends on delicate and un-
traceable perceptions of fitness, propriety
and relation, which are purely intellectual.
and through which we arrive at our no.
blest ideas ofwhat is commonly V AMI right
" called intellectual beauty Ideas of
beauty are among the noblr>t which can
be presented TO the mind. invariably cNalt-
ing and purifying it according 10 their de
gree. And it would appear that we are
intended by the Deity To he constantly
under their influence. because there i not
one single Object in nature which * not
capable of conveying them; and which to
the rightly perceiving mind does not pre-
sent an intellectually greater number of
beautiful than of dcforned parts.-Ruskim-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

to one, the bold effort was entirely sue
ces>ful. The British were driven from
their post: the battery completely demol-
i>hed; and McGlassen returned with only
three men of his command missing. For
this gallant exploit he received the public
thanks Of his general, and the rank of ma
jor from the president of the United States,
Tears aftcrward. when the old sears had
all been oblitcrated. and the animOsities
forgotten, Il gentleman Of Plattsburg. Wis
itinw Canada, chrnccd. ut an evening par
ty, to fall in with an elderly English Off
Ger of artillery. The officer, upon learning
that our friend was from Platts burg asked
him if he had lived there ut the time of
the battle.
50 Yes" said the gentleman. :" WAS
borne there, and have lived nowhere else. =
And do You kr~w the name of the off
Ger who led the party that stormed an
English battery on the night Of the tenth
of S"ptcmber?H
Il knew the man well, sir His name
was McGlaS>en'
Car yon tell me" pursued the officer,
" what number of men he had with him 81
Just sixty" replied the gentleman.
" Are YOU sure" asked the officer in Us
constituent.
"Ye>. >ir. wa, in General Macomb's 8
camp on the following morning. and saw
the tifty-scvcn that returned. Only three
were missing"
We'll. sir" said the British veteran,
: | was the officer in command of that bat
terry, and would give more to see Mr..
MctilasSen than any other man in the
world 1t WAS the most complete thing |
5,.h hn,rl .f ~, .t1x
resting at our position when the order, as
if Numbered from the upper air charge
IN front anil rtur r-brokc the dead still
ness Ny men ran rs though wild.
did my best in the midst of the confusion,
to bring them into order. At length
found Il body charging in fine style.
placed myself ut their head. and anxious
to rcpulsc the enemy, urged them forward
with III! the energy could summon. On
turning to see fthcy were going in firmly
| gained Il nearer view of my sudden com
mand and behold they We're 4 lot of Yam
KEGS. who had been charging up from tn,
rear Then was my time 20 run. Where
my own men had gone | knew not.
rl>lcd pcll-mull. into the woods. ovel
Ior-, through mud and water, astraddle OF
-tump>. humping against rocks and trees
sometimes up and sometimes down. ar
rived in camp about the worst bruised, Tho
worst scratched, the >orest and the mos
chol-fallcn individual You ever saw. /
vol ever. he continued, shaking the gen
tlrmln from Platt>hnrg hy the laud, an'
smiling. "mect Mr.. McGlasscn aga II
give him my cOmplim ynt>, and tell him i
was the most gallant thing | ever saw
achieved hv any man"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

\HpIr PEARLS s-The pearl is a bcauti
tul "A, we'll rs costly ornament. and Is as
mucI priced us any article OF Jewelry.
There have been several theories advanced
in regard to the formation OF the pearl.
but none are quite satisfactory. lhls Is
one Of the mysteries that nature has kept
hidIru from us. The ocean and the
mountains are her workshop. The latter,
men have eXcavated and tunneled until
they have discovered many things not be-
f nc thought of, but she rclgns securely In
the. deep blue SEA Many treasures are
stored :. far down in the green and CLASSY
brine" but few are venturesOmc enough
to ftthom the depths and bear away the
rich spoil 1t is very dangerous work, for
althourh we have now the diving bell,
making it possible for men to stay under
the water for some time, they suffer If
they 90 down very often or stay long
Bul some enterprises are attended with
Llnver and not all are rs profitable as the
pearl fishery.
The divers are provided with bags in
Witch to put the shells taken from the
bottom of the ocean These are then
bYokrn open. and the pearls drilled and
strung. Black people are generally en-
ploveI for this purpose, as they are very
cNp..it; but, although they are very care
fully watched. they sometimes succeed In
sccrrting a valuable pearl.
The best fishery in the East is near the
isle of Cevlon, where the season com
meme ; in February and lasts until April.
\ Gun is fired rs Il signal for the boats
All 90 out and come back together.
Twenty men 90 in each boat, ten o
whom are divers; the remainder row anc
assist their companions in reascendinS
They o, ont IL sunrise, remain buslly en-
~,r,el until noon, when they return, an,
.,rt relieved of their precious cargo, tn'
are ready for another trip. Thi, Is The
way that the pearls which people hlghl.
prize are obtained.
Pearls possess an advantage over pre-
c;ouS stones taken from rocks in that the.
are found with that appearance whlcl
. rive, them their value. They are per
iccllv polished and finished before they ar
taken from their ocean home, while stone
obtained from the different kinds OF rock
need cut ing and polishing before t!tey ar
liz for the use of the Jeweler. Natur
rive, them their rough form. and leave
. It to ;,r; to give it the finishing touche:
White pearls are most priced, althouS
, some persons prefer those dellcatel
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

BEACH CLANS AT NEWPoRT.-TLe lar-
vest of CLAIMS at the beach continues. though
the quantities are somewhat diminished
from what they Were Friday and Saturday.
The number Of The hivalveS cast ashore
nj Sachucst beach. are said To have been
greater than at East"n> beach At the
latter place more than Il thrrISl lnd bushels
have been gathered. most of which have
been used among the people. They were
selling III the streets as low az ten cents a
bll>hel. and out Of the shell al ten cents
quart. and We're 4 drug at that. Some
that were cartcd to Fall River found a
ready market at rcmuncratiNe prices.
Had it not been for the suspension OF nav
@atOn by the ice. the Providence AMI New
York markets would have received "A share
of them. The theory of their coming
ashore in such quantities i that they were
removed from their beds bv the heavy
surf on Thursday and Thursday night,
and. being chilled bv The extraordinary
cold that prevailed. were unable 10 work
their WAY again into tn" sand. and were
driven upon the beach by III waves. whrrc
they lay i'll winr"w>. They hare been
gathered in OK carts, wagons. wheclhar-
rowS baskets. ba@>. tin pals etc. and
people Were there Sunday II work secllr-
ing them, notwithstanding the d:iv. and the
thermometer low down among the teens
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
An Affair at PlattShurg.

Oar venerable friend Joshua Damn.
Esq, sends us the following, with this en-
dorsement: The above is true. | was
there j. Dunn. - Portland transcript.
During our last war with Great Britain.
us most of our rcacr will remember.
Gen. Macomb, with his volunteer militia.
met the enemy ut Platsburg. AMI wa-
driven from the village, and forced 4o cross
the river, having don, which he tore up
the bridge. and began t. throw up breast
works. The British. instead of storm ing
which their vastly superior force might
have enabled them to do successfully, went
at building batteries for the purpose Of
driving the Americans off ut long range
with their heavy ordnance. At length
word came to MacOmb. through vigilrnt
scouts, that the enemy were, under covcl
of night, building masked battery. at !;
point from which their blttering cannon
would give them incalculable annoyance
A consultation was held. and Capt
McGlassen, with a picket body of mn
volunteered to cross the river and destroy
the battery, if possible. The attack WA:
made at night, and though our gallan
band of volunteers was Outnumbered thu ct
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24
lie SIMMEK-STEGFON.-Such new

TIE ER-SUIGEoN.-Such news
The strangeSt little surgeon, But ynu
shall hear All about him. He always car
ries Il small case OF the qneerrst. shnrpe>t
instruments that were ever made. He is
the tincSt little fellow. and his wonderful
instruments can only hc seen when they
are placed under a .l:i-> called a micro-
scope. which mi~niiics them. or makes
them large cnou.h To be seen.
In the surgeon ca>e there are two cut
blades. or lanc"t>. two tiny SAWS. one
hollow tube. and one sharp pointed instru-
mcnt. which i also hollow. like i tube.
Now. when he thinks it worth while to
bleed any one h,. opens hi> li;tle cI>e. anI
first pierces the skin with the sharp blades;
then h,. cuts the flesh with th" two little
saws to make the blood flow fast and then
he pourS through on'. tube u fluid into the
wound To make the blood thin enough TO
flow easily. after which he draws mp the
blood through the other tube into the YES
sci prepared for it, until h. thinks thlt he
has bled the poor patient long enough
Now what do YOU suppose this surgeon :
name is? He is called Mr.. Gnat. and he is
none other than the troublesome little in
sect that StinT> one SO often in summer
He uses all these wonderful Instruments
lust To get a sip of blood from some tempt
inc boy or girl-the rascal.-T. Ntrit0'tLs-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

NIAGARA FALLS IN WINTER.-The ice
bridge is formed in all it~ perfection. more
50 than ii has been for the past twclv. or
fifteen years. The Ice columns re:lr their
head, in all their majesty below the Amer
lean and Horseshoe falls to the height of
over one hundred feet Those at the base
Of the American falls reach nearly Ia the
top OF the falls. AMI are ;,> clear a. crystal.
On visiting Table Rock. the visitor passes
between the ice columns and the fall. and
they present To the view of the bcloldcr a
magnificent spectacle The ice bridge.
above the falls extends at least a mile or
more up the river, and varies in thickness,
from two Inches To five OF six feet. Mon
day, a party OF seven Young gentlemen
starting from the head of the Thir, Sister
Island, went up the river opposite Grass
Island, (Which Is about Il mile from the
startin" point.) and stopped ut the old
>cnw which is anchored in the river above
the rapids. Returning. they went under
the Second Sister island bridge down to
McColloughs Rock. broke some of ih,.
rock OH :> 4 mrmcntO. went over to the
old scow below the Third Sister island and
returned home. The distance Travelled on
the Ice bridge was over five miles: and
tins, 1t Will be remembered, is located over
Il portion of the swiftcst rapids approach
in" tn" cataract. 1t is said the district
Travelled has not been frozen over in twelve
or fifteen years. In some places the Ice
seemed frozen to the rocks. leaving but
little room for the water To flow between
the Ice and the edge of the river. The Ice
gorge below the fall i> very rugged; it j.
supposed t. be in some places piled up To
the thickness oftwenty or thirty feet One
gentleman assured your correspondent tlla,
IN one locality it WAS forty feet thick; but
we took t!c story with a good deal of al
lowancc. The bridge below the falls i
very rough. making travelling tircsome in
the extreme 10 pedestrians. though thi-
does not deter people from crossing and
r"cros>ln~ the river to within Il stone
throw of the great cataract The scenery
from both the Park and Goat island, j.
magnliicently granl.-Eo h.>tey E.prcss
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-24

TRfLrS.-Ow lives. OF rather their
happiness or misery. are in n great meas
ure made up of triil>>. Just a> time is made
up of moments.
The discomfort Of having TO wait for 4
meal bevond its regular hour. Of finding
things iil-prrparcd or carclr~>ly done. or
meeting slovenlinc>S and discomfort when
a little thought and pains might hav" IN
troduced ease and even elegance. or OF
being brought up sharp ut every turn 10y
want of punctualitv and OF method-the>e
are ills more difficult than the unlnltlatcd
imagine.
Most houses might be comfortable and
clerant Yes elegant; for comfort con-
Si>ts in finding everything where and rs 1t
should be; elegance, in adding 70 what
should be there that which need not he
there but whose presence surprises. s.attract>
and gratities-
There is often neither comfort nor cle-
rance in the richer mansions. while both
are found in the laborers cottage. \ Jug
/ filled with flowers, 4 neat white curtain
a couple of flower pots. effect what the
expenditure of as many dollars has not
achieved. Let it not be said that these are
mere trifcs unworthy Of attention.
Distrust the prctcn~e of that sprituallt!
whose ewes are too lofty for the common
things of life. In the long catalogues OF
thinr to "think on" they rank ut any rate
amnnp the "what Sorver thing are lovely.
You say they are trtlc>; then all the more
they ourht not to be nrlectcd. But. tritle
though they br. To neglect them Is not :;
tritle: it is Il breach of plain duty