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Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
NUMBER 1.
PAY ON DEMAND.

Entering saloon on Larned street the
other day, a man laid an old, ispavined
fifty cent shinplaSter ON the bar, and
called for beer.
The bartender surveyed the old relic,
turned it over and replied:
"Dot ishn't SO goot as some prown ba-
per-"
"Do you go back on the government Of
the United States ?" demanded tie
stranger.
"Vhere ish dot government ?"
Right thore, sir. The Government Of
the great United States OF America is
sued that shinplaster aud agreed to re-
deem it,"
=" | neter heard about dot" replied the
bar-kceper, pushing the money away.
"Well, III make you hear of it mighty
quick, if you don't hand out the beer and
give mo my change"
"Iou means Something's. You start
row ?"
"Yes, mean something. I'll havo
the United States Supreme Court in this
bar-room in less'n half nm hour, and be-
fore noon III have you poking your nose
between iron bars"
"Nhot | does, oh ?"
" You refuse to take that money"
"But it ish no goot."
Then what did you issue it for ?"
81 didn't makes no mnnrv
Wasn't that money made by the gov
ernmont ?" demandedi the stranger
"Who is the government Why, tho
people, of course. | am u part of tho
government, you are another part, and
so on. | aided to issue that money and
so did you and we promised to redeem it,
Now, you rake in that promise TO pay
and give mo my change or III get up
the biggest lawsuit you ever heard Of"
"Who shall take him of mo ?" inquir-
the barkcopor, as he picked up the money.
"Any one you offer it too, or HON bo
liable to II suit for false prctences. Go
right up to the post office with it, demand
silver, and ii they won't exchange you
get lawyer to shut the shop up"
The man took it, handed out the beer
and the change, and MS the stranger ppss-
cd out ho called to his wife and asked
"Say, Katrina, what you thinks now ?"
"Some moro daXcs, Heinrich"
"No moro daxes, but | am somo OF
der government, and you are some Of der
government, and dor baby in der gmdlo
is II leedle bit Of der government, and
shall get some new gloze and vote for
myself to go to der common council. -
Detroit free Press.
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with idle officers who were always in the
way +; and how she had been so ashamed
and wretched, and so cut up at the deser-
tion of John Weare, that she had deter
mined to so back to Devonshire.
" But you won't now ~ he said as they
leaned over the stile leading to the Ell
than fields.
You'll get ready at once, and we'll
be married as soon AS possible, before the
fruit in tho garden is spoilt."
1t took long time to talk her into it
about three quarters Of an hour-but then
she was very happy Mt heart and chattered
like young magpie, and told John how
she had snubbed Captain McGee, and
had thrown all his flowers out of the
window.
"And it really was all through that
dear Bibbs that you way-laid me here to-
night ?" she asked.
Certainly"
L" Why, but for him might never have
seen you again"
" Perhaps not"
"pll give Bibbs regular hug when
get home," she thoeght. And she did !;
and the day before she was married she
bought him II rocking horse which he
delights in to this day.
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Well, he's just the biggest biackleg
in the service, Jennie and if you take
my advice you'll send him off sharp"
Il believe you are jealous, Mr. Weare,
and are telling stories about the captain
he is always very polite to me-" and she
smoothed her pretty hair and arranged
the trifleS on the counter.
"Oh, he's polite enough, no doubt"
And he's bringing me some flowers"
Now look here, Jennie, are you going
to take them ?"
"Of course, I am"
Well, then, good-by."
"Good-by," she laughed. OF course
she knew he wouldn't go.
Jennie, he'll be in directly and shall
be off, but you must choose between him
and me. If you are going to keep on
talking TO him l shall never come in the
place again so which is it to be ?"
The captain"
But am not joking. I'll never SEQ
you again"
4" No more am joking, so good by. ="
Good-by," and he went.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

LET US HAVE PEACE.-The other oye
ming Vicksburg boy, aged nine, was
walking down jackson street, when no
encountered another boy near his Size ard
age, and at once struck hostile attitude.
"What ! what's the matter, Tom p
inquired the second boy
"Oh. you'll catch it !" replied the first,
splitting on his hands
"What yer mad at me for ?"
"Rcason enough look out for me-"
"I hain't done anything, Tom"
"You hain't, eh ? Hain't you been
talking about the family ?"
"No, never said n word"
"Didn't you say my sister had bile 2"
"Never did, true as live an Breathe"
"Well, that's all right, then. | heard
you did, and | tell you, felt just as if |
could lick the whole Collins family
Want n bite of my apple p
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

A MAN on SangamOn street died re-
Gently, and his widow was sued by a
creditor for "A heavy BILL which she was
confident he had paid, but the receipt for
which she could not find. She read in
the Home Mdgazine an interesting story
of a pious woman who, finding herself
under similar circumstances, sought con-
ISOLATION in reading her Bible, and was
agreeably surprised to find the missing
receipt between its pages. The belief
fastened itself irresistably upon her mind
that if she resorted to like procedure
she would meet with the same success.
Accordingly she took down her husbands
Bible and turned it over anxlously and
reverentally. Her search had hardly
begun when it was rewarded by the dis
covery of a euchre-deck, with the jacks
and aces ed.-BrOOktyn Ar9uS.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

WHERE THE BoULDERs COME From.
All have seen the immense boulders, call
ed Z" lost rock" in some sections, scattered
over the Northern part OF the United
States, which have little or no resem-
blance to any mass of rock anywhere in
the vicinity, and have perhaps asked the
question, Where did they come from Z?
also the heaps of sand, gravel and cobbe-
stones of various sizes, which form many
of our ridges, knolls and hills, and which
are totally unlike any fixed rock near
them. All these phenomena are attri
buted to single cause, and that is the
great sheet of ice which nature stored up
ages ago without the necessity of protect
ing it in the ice e-house. According to
Agassiz the sheet of ice extended into this
country as far South as South Carolina or
Alabama, and was thick enough to cover
ali the mountains of the Eastern part of
North America with the exception of
Mount Washington. This peak projected
"A lone sentinel on that waste waste of
lCc-IWO VI tnItO GU lttb. III lDt
latitude of northern Massachusetts, he
conceives the ice to have been between
two and three miles thick. The boulders
were all torn off by the advancing ice
sheet, from the projecting rocks over
which it moved, and carried or pushed as
" bottom drift" scratching and blowing
the surface over which il passed. and be-
ing scratched and polished themselves in
return, till they were finally brought to
rest by the melting OF the ice. They
were not carried as far South as the ice
rheet extended, seldom beyond the para
llel of forty degrees North. The native
copper OF Lake Superior was drifted four
or five hundred miles South and the
pudding stones of South Roxbury, Mass
achusetts we're carried as far South as the
Island OF Penikese.- Scientific american.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
WHAT MAKES A WOMAN

Not costly dress nor queenly air,
Not jeweled hand, complexion fair
Not graceful form nor lofty tread
Nor paint, nor curls, nor splendid head
Not pearly teeth nor sparkling eyes;
Not voice that nightingale outvies
Not breath as sweet as eglantine
Not gaudy gems nor fabrics fine;
Not all the stIres of fashions mart,
Nor yet the Establishments of art
Not one nor all of these combined,
Can make one woman true, refined,
'Tis not the casket that we prize,
But that which in the casket lies
These outward charms that please the sigh
Are naught unless the heart is right
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
Weaverville, January 90, 1876.

HE SPEED OF RAILWAY TRAINs.-
Trains are now run at the rate of about
forty miles an hour-sometimes much
faster, and generally somewhat slower.
The fastest trains in England run at sixty
miles an hour. To run at this rate, the
piston or driving rod of the locomotive
must travel at the speed of eight hundred
feet per minute, or SO rapidly that it can
not be seen to move at all. George Ste
phenson, the first to claim that the loco
motive could run at twelve miles an hour,
was called insane until he proved it. 1t
was but few years after this that prom
nent engineers SAID that railway trains
could be regularly run at one hundred
miles an hour and Stephenson was again
miles an hour was as fast as trains could
be regularly and safely run. But is now
discovered that he was nearly right, and
locomotive makers are no longer building
engines to run faster than this rate. But
they are trying instead 20 save the time
lost in taking coal and water for supply
ing the engines. On some lines long
open trough, forty feet long, is laid be-
tween the rails. This is filled with water.
AS the locomotive passes at the speed of
fifty miles an hour, pipe or scoop is
lowered into this trough /; the water is
thus dipped up and placed in :he water
box for use by the engine. Another in
vention is a huge box placed above the
road and filed with coal. AS the locomo-
tive passes, it touches a spring, the box
turns instantly upside down and the coal
drops into the tender which runs behind
the locomotive. The time which is thus
saved will of course make the trips short
er, without calling for an increase of
speed. 1t may be that when the boys of
to-day are grown, railway trains will not
be run any faster than they are now but
in spite of what George Stephenson has
prophesied, | suspect some future Amer
lean engineer, who is now boy, will find
means OF running them twice as fast rs
they are now run, and | hope with greater
safety to the passe ngers.-,H. Nicholas.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

So CosY.-A Vicksburg wife informed
her husband that she was working her
self into the grave for the want OF hired
girl, and as he went out she leaned back
and foil to weeping. The children were
making a noise in the hall as he passed
out, and he called out: "You want to
stop this racket Your mother won't
live week, and when you get step
mother here next Spring she won't put up
with any such fooling." When he came
home TO dinner his wife met him with
smile, and said: "Isn't ours cosy
home, Richard, with only our own Il'tIe
family to look after ?''
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
TRINITY COUNTY.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY:
COURT TERMS 4:

District COurt-Second Monday in April
August and December
County COurt-First Monday in anu
airy, March, May, July, September and No
Fember.
Probate C0urt-(Same as County Court }
BOARD OF SupervisOps--First Monday
ebruary, May, August and November.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
FULLY QUALIFIEp.-When a man up

FULLY QUALIFIED.-When a man up
in Wisconsin, who was running for the
office OF Lieutenant Governor, was asked
by friend if he thought hs experience
was such as to qualify him to discharge
the duties of his office, he said he thought
it ought to be-hc had been Lieutenant
Governor in his own family ever since
he was married,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

A GENTLEMAN in Chicago noticed
pi geon entangled in some string on
tree so that it could rot oXirlcato itseIi'-"
A number of boys were throwing stones
at il. but the kind man rebuked them for
their cruelty and drove them away. lie
then got ladder and tenderly took the
frightened, auttering little creature in bis
hand, and the next day he observed that
it made one os the best pics he had ever
eaten.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

Beacon Lodge, No. 400, Il. o. u. r.,
NJ eets every Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock, at
Coon TEMPLAR HALL, Weayeryille. Mem
bers of other Lodges are cordially invited to
meet with US. -,
w. A. DODGE, w. c. T.
G. b. BASSIIAM, W. s. janl0.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

.tO,f tn Star Lodge, No. 61 4. O. q. r..
Holds its regular meetings at ODD Fellows
HALL, Weaverville, every Thursday evening,
at O'Clock. Members of the Order from
abroad are cordially invited to attend
JOHN SOWDEN, N. G.
G. W. CRAIG, X. S. jsnl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

THERE is man in Indiana who takes
thirty-two newspapers, aud you might as
we'll try to ride n whirwind on a sidesad-
die as to attempt to impose upon that
man,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

Trinity County German Hospital So
eiety, holds its REGULAR Quarterly Meetings at
the IlOsPIrAL BUn1ING, WeaVerville, on the
first Sunday of March, June, September and
December CHAS HARTMAN,
ianl Secretary.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

COma Lodge, No. 81, y. o. o. r.,
Holds its regular meetings, at ODD FELLOWS
HALL, Trinity Center, on Saturday evening
Of each week. Il. ID. DRAPER, n, Il.
S. IiUBBELL, r. S. janl.
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Sfeiis Rneampmsnf, .NO. 12, L. o. .. ~.
NJ cots ON the evenings of tho First and Third
Tuesdays of each month at 0Dp FELLOWS
HALL, Weaverville, at 7 o'clock. Patriarchs
from abroad are invited to visit us.
f. W. YOUNG, c. p.
C. W. CRAIG, Scribe. Janl
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Wssklg Trinity 9ournal.
OUR AGENTS :

THOS. Royce. Room No. 30. New
Merchants Exchange Building, San Fran
cisco, is our only authorized agent in that city
GEO. T.. ROwELL d CO., 40 Park
York City. '"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

Trinity Chapter, No. 10, 10. n. m,
Meets ON the Second and Fourth Tuesdays
of each month, at MASONIC HALL, Weaver
vile, at 7 O'Clock, p. NJ.
o. Q. CHRISTENSEN, II. p.
NJ. f. GRIFFIN, Secretary. janl.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22
SOCIETY NOTICES.

Trinity Lodge, INO. %7, H. ~. :M''
Hold their regular communications at Ma
SONIC HALL, Weayerville, ON the last Saturday
of each month. Hour of meeting, o'clock,
p. NJ. j. W. PIlILBKOOK, W. NJ.
M. L. GRIFFIN Secretary. ianl
Weekly Trinity journal., 1876-01-22

OFFICE. At his Residence, corner
Court and Center Streets, Weaverville. |.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

After retiring and consultation the com.
mittee reported the following list Of nomina.
tions for officers president, N. T. Sprague
Jr., Brandon vice presidents, S. s. Rock.
we'll, Cornwall, George Campbell, Westmin-
ster secretary, Albert Chapman, Middle
bury; treasurer, Charles ID. Lane! Conwall
directors, Il. N. Bissell, Shoreham, L. p
Clark, Addison, j. II. Mead, West Rutland,
A. Il. Perkins, Pomfret; committee on ped
igrees, W. Il. Remcle, Middlebury, j. r.
StcknOy, Shoreham, j. j. Crane, Bridport.
On motion the report Of the committee
was accepted and the several officers were
elected by the adoption Of the report. Vice
president S. S. Stockwell then took the chair.
On motion the chair appointed the follow.
ing committee of three to confer with the
committee appointed by the New York
Wool Growers Association Ito confer with
the Ohio and Vermont committees: Albert
Chapman, Middlebury; f. N. Bissell, East
Shoreham Frank Moore, Shoreham.
At the invitation of the treasurer and
secretary more than thirty gentlemen joined
the association by singing the constitution
and paying the fee required.
On motion the meeting adjourned, sub.
ject 10 the call Of the executive board
S. S. ROCKWELL, Vice President.
e. S. CUTTING, A. CHAPMAN, Secretaries.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
The Hamburgs as Layers.

John G. McKeen, writes to the Boston
Cutivator that in his experience no variety
of fowls equals the Hamburgs as layers.
They are hardy, small eaters and wonder
fully prolific; but, on account Of their small
size, are not recommended for their flesh /.
Nothing shows the breeders skill better than
a well marked Golden or Silver Spangled
Hamburg in good condition. 1t requires
much skill to breed them correct in marking,
more than almost any other breed. The
great objection to Leghorns is, that their
combs and wattles freeze badly, unless they
have very warm quarters. OF course the
Asiatics will endure cold weather the best
but Hamburgs are reasonably hardy in this
respect. All remember the old Bolton
Grays; they are about the same as the
Silver Penciled Hamburgs, only not bred to
such perfection of marking. Most farmers
will tell you they never had such layers as
the old Bolton Grays. 1t is not unusual
for hens Of this breed to lay 200 eggs each
in year. The eggs are rather small, pure
white, and usually very fertile. The hens
are good layers till they are 3 years old,
while most breeds are the best the first year.
OF course the Hamburgs are not the best
for all purposes, bat for eggs they stand at
the head. They are good foragers, and
somewhat inclined to ramble, but on farm
where they have room, this is no objection.
Many farmers have horror of the old
"settin' hsn," and do not want to raise many
chickens this breed is Just the thing for
such men. | think fancy runs too much
now to the large breeds.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

elapso without much progress. These obsti-
nate cases are sometimes benefited by
little fasting. AT first the milk is skinned
at twelve hours old but as the calf grows
older more cream is taken aud finally all
that will rise before souring, the intention
being to skim before ii reaches this condition.
This, however, is not always practicable in
the heat Of summer. The calf is tied in the
barn and fed three times a day with milk,
and as soon as old enough, with fine, early
cut hay. l believe this better way than
TO feed the same quantity twice day, We
humans eat three times day, and we feed
our cattle three times. Is the calf better
able to live and thrive upon two meals than
grown-up cuttle2 Certainly not so we'll.
The young Of every species need their food
often. Watch the young lambs, infants and
young birds and be convinced. Sometimes
when the flow of milk is checked, or there is
other demand for it, oatmeal Cruel is SUBJ
stituted, and answers a very good purpose to
make up the deficiency.
After haying when the grass has started
the calf is turned out and if his meals have
not been reduced to two this is now done
and continued until winter. Then he is fed
with milk once a day at noon, while it is to
be had, the longer the better if weaned before
turning out to grass. In order to receive
the most benefit, the milk is warmed to the
temperature ofmilk just drawn from the COW.
OF course water should be furnished as soon
as needed but while milk is abundant and
is fed three times day it is unnecessary.
There is no less Importance in good,
warm winter quarters than in feed. A cold
shed, through and under which the wind
whistles dirges and carries snsw, is not a
suitable place for calves, and it will defeat
the best care in feeding. They need a
warm stable and clean bed and in warm
sunny days chance to take the sun.
There may be better way than the one
here described. But calves treated in this
way will grow every day from the time they
are dropped, and at no time faster than in
the winter. When spring comes and they
are turned out they continue to grow
whereas the hide.bound, hair-reversed scala
wag that has stood in the tracks of a milk
ing stool all winter will not begin to thrive
until the season is considerably advanced
S. 4. G.
IItr,o;o1fo,,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14

to market in the winter, doing it our
selves, with our own teams, it will add quite
an item to our income. While we are draw
ing an income from our wood lots, we should
keep in mind that wood and timber will he
required in the future, aud that it is our
duty to preserve the forests for those who may
come after us. If VIC cut the mature trees,
we should plant others to grow up and take
their places. We should not reduce the
number of acres of forest upon our farms.
The per cent. Of forest to the cleared land in
Vermont is already less than in Germany,
and many Of the old divisions Of Europe.
There are very few farms in the more thick
ly settled portions of the state, whose value
would not be increased $1,000, if ten addi.
tional acres were in heavy timber. We can
raise forest trees more easily than fruit trees,
and probably neglect to do SO, only because
we see no immediate profit to ourselves. But
we all hope to leave something to our fami-
lies. What bettor can we leave them than a
thrifty wood lott
Our poor pastures, if fenced against cattle,
will grow up to wood in time, but we cannot
afford to wait for nature to do it ALL We
should plant seeds and set young trees oil
such valuable kinds as we wish to havO oc.
cupy the ground Silver or white maple
and elm, both rapidly growing trees ripen
their seeds from the first to the middle OF
June, if the seeds are planted as soon as
ripe, they will spring up and make growth
of from one to three feet the same season.
The sugar maple is easily raised from seeds,
or it may be transplanted from the forest
when from six to ten feet high If set out
one to the square rod, it will form the basis
of a sugar lot, which in twenty-five years
will be worth one hundred dollars per acre
Chestnut is very valuable timber, and is
easily propagated. If the nuts when gath
cred are mixed with sand or loan, and buried
in the ground below severe frost, they will
be in condition to plant as soon as the frost
is out of the ground in the spring, We may
easily cover our side hills, river banks, and
portions of our rocky, braky pastures with
forests, which will greatly increase the value
of our farms. A belt of ovOrgreOns planted
on the north side of our dwellings will afford
much needed shelter from our northern winds,
and trees planted by the road side and
around our yards will add much to make
our homes more comfortable, pleasant and
attractive.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-14
Cooking Grain for Cows. ROOts.

"lnquirer' at Warren, inquiries if cooking
grain fed to COWS will make it as good feed
for milk as roots? And are roots grown for
five to ten cents per bushel, as represented,
if so, how do you do it?
Cooking feed for cattle is regarded as
adding to its digestlbility. The most care.
ful experimentor upon the subject who
has given to the public the full result of his
experiments is Mr.. Stewart. lie is an en-
thusastic advocate of cooking food for cat.
tie where the number is sufficient to warrant
the outlay. Twenty head is the minimum /;
and the cost for fifty is but little more. lie
found that cooking damaged hay with a lit
tie meal mixed with it, made it palatable
and easily digestible.
The first question is so general that a
brief reply will not cover the ground. 1t
will be assumed for the present purpose, that
"IDquirer" means corn meal. la the first
place, the effect of corn meal is different
from that Of other grains and quite different
from roots 1t adds to the richness, as Il
sometimes said, or oil, in milk, and increases
the per centage of butter. Its digestibIlity
is increased by cooking, But the result va
ries with different COWS, The digestive ca
pacity of some cows is so great that they arr
able to assimllate substantially the whole o.
the available nutritive matter in raw meal
Others do not. Ii corn meal is fed il
small quantities the necessity of cooking i
less than when it is used literally. Th,