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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-18
TRINITY COLLEGE, N. E..

SESSION COMMENCES SEP. 2 1875
1I1ULL Faculty: elegant buildings !;
IL superior bonrd md accommodate iou.:
location near High Point on the N. &.
Railroad. very healthy. a receipt in full
FOR oil expenses, ex cepL books and cloth
ing for five months. wnl he given for 500.
Aid given to young men Of limited means,
Post Office 'rrinity College, n. e."
aug 3 EB. VEN, Pres,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
Vol. XXI. Whole No. l075. No.35.

calculate where you might strike, and it is
ten TO enc that she would turn and t-ample
you to death before you could get out Of
her reach"
had been looking down at the after op-
enng. specializing whether / could shin
Gown her tail or not, and so get away, but
drew in my head then and looked as if
had merely been casting a glance at the
weather. l had no ambition to be flattened
to wafer under her feet. wished | had
been at sea in bowl with the three wise
men of Gotham. The army officer looked
at his knife with a tender glance We had
oeen out so long now, we were getting
hungry. and it was aggravating to hear the
gentle animal we rode eating with such en-
Joyment, though that, like everything else,
was done in anger, and she kept stopping
to snort and scream.
Il suppose" said he, ''she is So nervous
II would not to cut steak of her hauncb."
and then we sank into silence. glaring
oiankiy at nothing because politeness for
bade us to quarrel with our host, and we
could not blame each other for the trouble
we were In. Suddenly saw Richards face
change entirely. Ii lost all look of hope
and cheer, and settled into utter despair.
There is her calf" he muttered. "wbat
iiend let 1t looseg' and then we understood
that our last anchor had gone. Sir Richard
had depended upon the strength and fideli-
" or maternal love to draw our animal
BACK to her stable. But alas there was
40 occasion now. The unwecome infant.
ABOUT four feet high, came numbering
through the cane brake, and was received
)y his mamma with vast gambols of ioy
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
A Visit to the Great Salt Lake.

we drove for nm hour along the south
ern bank of salt Lake, famed by
the breath OF its sea air, and looking
over It's waste of waters dotted with
mountain islands. II required but little
imagination 10 transport ourselves to
the shores of the Atlantic, for extending
as 1t does ninety miles to the north, no
land could be seen beyond the line o.
the clearly defined horison. Some wears
ago steamboat of three hundred tons
wac built for freight and passenger
trafhc, In connection with the Union and
Central Pacific roads; but her fair pros
poets were ruined by the construction
OF the Utah Central, and she now lies at
the wharf, her only value being her aid
IN making our imaginary ocean seen
more real. How this great basin of
salt water came to be deposited in the
interior of the continent has been a
study for geographers and naturalisls.
The water is so denselv saline that il is
impossible for a body to find the bot.
tom.
II IS capital place to acquire the art of
swimming with perfect safety. In FORM
or times three barrels of water left TO
e'aporate would produce one barrel of
salt; bnt the freshenng within the last
twenty years hos so weakened il IN ,t
now tour barrels OF il are required TO
OBTAIN that quantity. 1t has become
fresh, therefore, in proportion of soma.
what more than one per cent. YEARLY.
Hence it follows that in less than one
hundred wears the name of Great Salt
Lake should be changed; for by mi,
time it will, like Morm0nism. be cleared
Oh All It's liIlnIIFitlp. I
hotlced the regular water lines. called
benches, which are so distinctly defined
oy all The mountain ranges surrounding
these various valleys, and which afr,rJ
CT ia, tInvr NtfNIOSUCi IItlar,,s- 1,,..s,
The deep alkaline soil of the bottom has
led 10 the supposition that these seas
were OF salt water, and that all of them
this have been completely
ovat t'orated, Salt Lake being the sole sur
vivor, and that being destined to dwin-
die to II puddle and then dry up for ever.
But the last part of this theory is mega
uved by the evident intention of the
lake to assume somewhat of its original
whileit is becoming fresher,
1t Is growing larger. Within the twen-
ty-seven years that the country around
1t has been settled, it has encroached all
along its low banks nearly a mile upon
the lamb and deepened five feet Several
ilne farms are now permanently under
water, and the road on which we trav-
ellcd has been moved far inward to ac-
its aggressiveness. At the
same time that this change is going on,
causes for part of it are
apparent. The climate is becoming
more mild, although it is still excessive
ly dry. But each succeeding season
brings greater rainfall. This has
doubled within twelve years. - Through
Tknh > in The GnInru fol. ISenfe1nher.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
@@isftllantons. g
One View Of Thackeray.

IL is common to speak Of Thackeray as
the representative Of cynicism and malic.
ious satire; while Dickens is lauded as
redresser Of wrongs and promoter of in
nocent mirth.
There is an element OF truth in this
judgment, and yet 1t would be at least
equally just to charge Dickens with un-
discriminating ridicule AMI maudlin pathos
and to give Thackeray credit for noble
purposes and heart throbbing with the
most genial kindness. It Is not the aim OF
this paper to compare the two, nor to en-
large upon the merit uf either; but to Gull
a few passages from the pages Of Thacker-
ay: and this is done with no misgvings,
because those who love Thackeray,-that
Is, all who really know him, will be glad
TO listen; and to those who do not like him
we wish to show the reason why we do.
And the reason in brief, Is this; that he
had an honest, hearty, manly love OF the
good and true; and in just the same meas
ure, he hated the bad and despised the
false.
The first extract is from his paper on
Irving and Macaulay: Here are two men,
most differently gifted; each pursuing his
calling; each speaking his truth as God
bade him; each honest In his life u; just and
irreproachable in his dealings; dear to his
friends, honored by his county, beloved at
his freside. Ii has been the fortunate lot
OF both to give incalculable happiness and
delight TO the world. which thanks them in
return with an immense kindness, respect
and affection. 1t may not be our chance,
brother scribe, to be endowed with such
merit. or rewarded with such fame. We
may not win the baton or epaulettes; bu,
God give us strength to guard the honor
OF the nag!"
1t would be difficult to discern the cy nj.
cism In this, or In the following, from the
paper entitled, "A Peal of Bells"
''ro see hundred boys marshalled In {
chapel or old hall: to hear their swee
fresh voices when they chant, and look il
their brave calm faces; l say, does not tn,
sight and sound Of them smite you, some
how, with pang Of exquisite k!ndness ?
And this Is one Of his reflections abou
the author of"Jane Eyre :" 'As one think
ofthat life, so noble, SO lonely,-of tha
passion for truth.-of those nights an,
nights OF eager study, swarming fsnciea
invention, depression, elation and prayer
As one reads the necessarily incomplete
though most touching and admirable bis
tory OF the heart that throbbed In this on
little frame, Of this one among the myriad
Of souls that have lived and died on thi
great eaith-this great earths this littl
speck In the infinite universe OF God, wit
what wonder do We think Of to-day, wit
what ave await Tomorrow, when this
} which is now but darkly seen, shall b
clear!'
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
A Night aboard an Elephant
From the Christian Union.

Admiral Stockman has been in these
waters before, and is acquainted with lot
OF tippy bobs and nabobs on shore. As soon
as II was known that he was on board the
Columbia of came one of the directors of
the East India Company, puffy old Eng
lishman, tat and stiff, but extremely polite
and kind. There was hob -nobbing with
the admiral in the cabin, and then we
were both invited-I, being second in COM
mand. vas entitled TO some respect Ito 90
on tiger hunt the next day and to dinner
afterward. The admiral was greatly
delighted at the plan and so was l. The
next morning saw us ashore at an early
hour, each with rifle pistol and strong,
sharp knife. for one may expect to need
all sorts of weapons in tiger hunt. Sir
Richard Che was a baronet) met US in very
good spirits, and said that the natives liv-
ing outside of the eastern quarter of the
town had been very much scared the night
before by q big, old, man-eating tiger,
who had been seen prowling round-"and
when they have once had a outlet off ma
tive" said he, in cheerful tone, as if a
native were sheep, ''they always pre-
fer that kind of meat afterward. We will
see If we cannot put an end to his fun
We drove, in light dOg-cart, several
miles out Of the city, to spot where we
were to find our elephant and meet two
gentlemen who had also been invited
They seemed pleasant enough, and we
took glass Of beer together, while Sir
Richard stepped out to see after the ele-
phant. Pretty soon he came back. rub
bling his hands, ard remarked that our nag
seemed to be little out of sorts, but be
thought she would come round all right
l forgot to tell you in the right place
that they hunt tigers here with the ele'
phant. The latter hates them as his NOR
tai enemy, and always fights them furious
ly. The hunter sits in the howdah on the
back Of the elephant. and. while that faith
full animal amuses the tiger with a lively
play OF feet and tusks, he shoots the tigel
whenever he can get q good cha nee
This might seem y comparatively SAFE
way OF doing it; but often the tiger gets
dreadfully excited and climbs the ele
plants back, in which case he Is likely t,
claw the hunter very sharply.
| Our elephant was very large one. Sh
! was eleven feet high, and generally they
are not more than eight or nine She wa
IS large as some males. As soon as
caught sight of her. saw she was yer,
cross. Halfa-dozen natives clusters
round, held the ladder against her side
and the work Of mounting commenced.
was work. II q man missed his chance
was all up with him. had rather beac
boat In Q heavy sea than get over tn
high sides Of a hOwdah with q pIungin
elephant. The admiral, Is ranking onicel
went nrst. Being the first, there wa
nobody TO report exactly how be got II
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
poetrp.

Losses.
Upon the white sea-sand
There sat pilgrim ban,l,
| Telling the losses that their lives had known,
While evening waned away
From breezy clifi and bay
Ana the strong tides went out with weary
moan.
One spake with Quivering lip
OF a fair, freighte ship.
While all his heu sehold,to the deep gone down
But one had wilder woe,
For fair face, long ago,
Lost In the darker de pths OF grea, town.
There were some who mourned their youth
with most loving truth,
For Its brave hopes and memories ever green
And one upon the West
Turned an eve that would not rest
For fsr-of hills, whereon its joy had been.
Some talked Of vanished gold.
Some OF proud honors told
Some spake of friends that were their trust no
more;
And one of green grave
Beside foreign wave,
That made him sit so lonely on the shore
But whe their tales were done
There spake among them one,
A stranger, seeming from all sorrow free
sad losses have We met.
But mine j. heavier yet.
For believing heart hath gone from me-
:" these pilgrims said,
For the living and the dead,
For fortunes cruelty, for loves sure cross,
FOR the wrecks OF land and sea;
But, howe'er IL came TO thee,
Ihine, stranger, is LIES last and heaviest
loss"
Francis Bro,on, ia London Afhenaun.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
How not to Stop Paper, and How
to Stop One.

/. Do not take your paper to your
postmaster and tell him to send it back.
In nine cases out of ten YOU will fail to
stop it in this way. 2. Do not ettempt
to return it yourself, and write on the
wrapper to discontinue. This is against
the law, and lays you open to a fine.
). Before your subscription expires,
send to the publisher a postal-csrd, say
ing your subscription expires on such
date Please discontinue at that time.
Sign your name, also the town and State
where your paper is sent, in full. If the
paper has been sent two weeks or more
over the time for which it is paid, don't
send postal-card. 1t will do no good.
Rather write letter and inclose what
is due for arrearages, always allowing
that one number will be sent before the
letter reaches the publisher and his list
is corrected. By observing these simple
rules your requests will always be
promptly attended TO, you will have a
clear conscience and sleep we'll, and the
publisher will never be tempted "o take
the name of the Lord in vain"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
GOLDSMITH MAID BEATEN. Til

GOLDSMITH MAID BEATEN The
attendance at the Rochester, N. Y,
driving park, Saturday, IA inst. was es-
timated at from $4,000 to 10000 The
free-for-all race brought out Goldsmith
Maid, Lulu, Nettie and American Girl.
The betting was to on the Maid, and
with her barred, $50 to $40 ON American
Girl against the field, as Lulu droke up
badly on the scoring. The first heat was
won by Goldsmith Maid in 215 IL,
with American Girl, who had the lead
at the half, . good second, Lulu third
and Nettie fourth The second heat
was won by Lulu in PIG 1-2, beating
the Maid by half length, amid the
wildcat excitement. Neltie was third
and the Girl fourth. The third
heat was won bv Lulu in 2.15 l-2. She
crossed the wire length and half a.
head of the Maid. Nettie was third.
and the American Girl just saved her
distance Tie fourth heat and race WAS
won BY Lulu. in 2.l7. leading the Maid
by head only; American Girl third
and Nettie last. These are the best
four consecutive heats on record. and
Lulu has taken the place of Goldsmith h
Maid AS the queen of the trotting turf.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02

Pauper Notice.

i has contracted with the City Of ElIsvo4th for
the support Of the Poor during the ensuing yesr
and has made ample provision for their support.
He therefore forbids all persons from fuFniGhing
supplies to any pauper on his accoant, a. With.
ont his written order, be shall pay 10 bills %
furnished. NC. BGYNOLD6.
Ellsworth, Nay 10, 1875. NJ
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02

A New York census enumerator
stumbled upon family whose children
claim the allitefative names oil John,
Jonathan, Josiah, James, Job, Jane,
Julia, Jerusha, and Jedediah. Jeru-
saloml
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-09-02
AT a small church in England recent

AT u small churcn IN England recently {.
upon the reverend gentleman" announc-
ing his text, respectable attired female
entered the church, causing the hearers to
look round to see who the latest arrival
was, whereupon the reverend gentleman"
said: Nov, my friends, just look at me;
let me have your attention, for those who
come In late are not worth looking At"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
virtue In WhistIing.

An old farmer once said that he
would not have a hired man on his
farm who did not habitually whistle
He always hired whistlers Said he
never knew whistling laborer to find
fault with his food, his bed, or COM
plain of any little extra work he was
asked to perform. Such a man was
generally kind to children and to ami
mails in his care. He would whistle
a chilled lamb into warmth and life,
and would bring in his hatfull of eggs
from the barn without breaking one of
them. He found s9ch a man more
careful about closing gates, putting up
bars and seeing that the nuts on his
plow were all properly frightened be-
fore he took it into the field He new
er knew whistler hired man to kick
or beat a COW, nor drive her on run
into stable. He had noticed that the
sheep he fed in the yard and shed
gathered around him az he whistled
without fear. He never had employed
a whistler who was not thongtful and
economical.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20

The game of "pig," that has late
ly been introduced into our fun-loving
circles, is a very amusing pastime for
q few of the parties engaged in play
ing it, bat very expensive for the 9th
ers. tits very simple game, easily
learned, and when once learned, we
venture to assert, not easily forgot
ten, as some of our neighbors are
well able to testify, and they know
whereof they speak, for they have
paid their money and been initiated
into the mysteries of the innocent
game. It was by mere accidentthat
the play was introduced into our
midst. Had it not been for the big
show which visited us, and the sharp
and funny men which accom- panied it,
we would yet have been in ignorance.
It was at jamestown. Jut before the
show opened some of our good rural
neighbors we're standing around look
ing on, joyOusly anticipating the
amusement yet in store for them in
side the "hig tent" when they were
aceosted by man who run one of the
lesser machines, and invited inside
No, they wouldn't go: But, sswalk in,
gentlemen it shan't cost you any
thing" was too much for them, and in
they went. They were shown around
with all the attention possible They
wondered at the bigness of the big
woman, and at the littlenesss of the
little man. They looked and wonder
ed, wondered and looked again, and
decided in their own minds that the
fellow was trump" Finally they
were shown the "pet Pig that could
play "three card monte" count money
or do any thing else that it was posi-
BILE for any other mans hog to do
"Gentlemen, just lay some bills be-
fore the pig. l will call him to point
out any bill which you may designate,
and we will try his counting qualities.
There is no danger, gentlemen; as
soon as the game is played your
money will be refunded That was
enough for them, and they "an
tied"--oDe $40 note, one a $40
note, and two others So each, and the
game began. The bills were carefully
arranged before Mr.. Hog by ye show
man. There was not quite enough of
money; the pig could not play well
with so little, and some more bills
were asked for. But whether oui
friends were beginning to doubt, ol
whether they had given their all
our informant was not aware; any
how, they stated that it was money
enough for them. "Well, so it is fol
me-" the Snowman remarked, as he
gathered up the bills and slid from
their sight under the canvass. Thf!
must have been part of the game A
least, the money has no; been return.
ed, and that was to be the end of the
trick, It may be well to remark tha
the faith Of those persons is somewhat
shaken in showmen.-[ Xenia Torch
light.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
KIDNEY COMPLAINT!

l Probably there Is no complaint that afiicts the
human system, which is little understood at the
present time, as some Of the various forms of
Kidney Com plant
pain more alarming in Its results than when
the kidneys fail to secrete from the blood the
uric acid. and other poisonous substances. which
the blood accumulates in its circulation through
the system.
If from any cause the kidneys fail to perform
the functions devOlving upon them, the cumula-
tons are taken up by the absorbents and the
whole system thrown into a state of disease,
causing great pain and suffering, and very often
immediate death Hence the importance of
keeping the kidneys and blood in a healthy con-
dltion, through which all the impurities of the
] body must nasS
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
Newsnaners FaiIures.

RowelPs forthcom Newspaper
Directory shows the failure of over
one thousand newspers in this country
during the past year, the loss to pub
fishers, subscribers and advertisers
amounting to over eight million dol
lars, the Republic of New York, alone
losing half million. Among those
who. went into the newspaper business
and lost heavily thereby, were 275
merchants and advcnturers, 315 school
teachers, 81 lawyers. 4 blacksmiths,
33 plasterers, 10 farmers, 200 fanatics
of yarions classes, afflicted with literary
lesion,. 100 a. bilious but visionary
men who drew upon their fathers, and
thus suddenly exhausted large margins
Of the paternal capital, and 8 lottery
men.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
The DEN.
By JACOB PRICE

Past twelve O'Clock? Oh. no. bar keeper,
Can't be that I've lain here asleep
On this settee since noon to. days;
Don't. IN get up. Drunk did you say
IT'S not the first time. say Joe,
Give me drop before go,
Let's see, my coin! o. JOe,ju't think
What I've given you for drink
Wealth. health and strength-ehildren
and wife,
Au-alI man holds dear in life;
And must beg of you in vain
One drop to cas- my throbbing brain7
Don't push me that way; don't now, Joe,
Hands Of, sayi Before go
I must have rum. For Gods sake, man,
Spare ne this torture if you can;
This horrible thirst. this raging he'll
Within. rum, rum alone can quell
There see, I've fallen! ooh, so low
You didn't strike me. did you JoeG
You did, Well then were in fun;
Leave. or I'll get another one;
Another blow9 Joel Joel beware
What-what-is that-just over there!
Great God Almighty Let me gol
Help! keep him Oft o save me Joel
Oh. spare-he's gone-why Joe. I swear,
'Tis you. There's a snake coiled In
your hair,
And in your bosom there's onel
They're IN mine too! Great God, I'm gone.
Dead on the sidewalk! Lo. the end
ofhim who was genial friend,
A husband fond, father kind;
A man of culture, learned. refined;
A gentleman true hearted. brave
Alas! alasl drunkarPs grave.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20
Pronounced IncurabIe!
BosToN. AIaY aO. Is11

BOSTON, May 80, 1871.
H. R Stevens, Esq: Dear Sir-I have been
badly afflicted with Kidney Complaint for ten
years; have suffered great pain in my back, hips
and side with great difdeuity in passing urine
which was often and in small quantities. fire.
queHtly accom- panied with blood and eXcruciat-
ing pain. L have faithfully tried most of the
popular remedies recommended for my COM
plaint; I have been under the treatme Of some
of the most skiilful physicians in Boston, all Of
whom pronounced my case inCurable This was
my condition when was advised by friend to
try the VEGETINE, and could see the good ef
fects from the first dose took. and from that
moment kept on improving until was entirely
cured taking in all, I should think, about six
bottles. 1t Is indeed valuable medicine and if
l should be afflicted again in the same way, l
would give dollar dose, if 1 could not get it
without Respectfully. n. GLE,
2RI nhirf st = Rnstnn.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-05-20

The following most truthful utter
ance we take from the Washington
correspondence of the LaPorte Her
aid i: There are. people, not few,
and some public journals, who seem
to take delight in wholesale accusa-
tions of anybody and everybody in
discriminatory, without the slightest
regard for truth, facts or testimony /;
without the slightest manifestation of
delicacy, or honor, or conscience, plac-
ing the very best men OF community
upon the defensive, and then sneering
at their forced defense. This is the
cruelty of brutal license. How utterly
depraved must such men bethemselves
men who are so entirely incredulous
of the possible virtue or integrity of
another! They cannot comprehend the
possibility of differerant plan of life
from that which they inhabit, or con-
duct differing from their own, under
similar temptations and opportunities.
Not all preachers are adulterers. Not
all Office holders are thieves.