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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
BaShfulness.

EVERYBODY laughs at bashful man.
Nobody seems TO realize that bashful-
ness is misfortune, and no more to be
criticised than a bald head or bad
cough, or a squint eye.
A man cannot help being bashful.
Nothing will cure him OF it but time and
the constant friction of society, and in
some cases nothing will effect radical
cure.
A bashful man is forever in the way of
somebody. He cannot walk the street
without running against every fifth per-
son he meets. He will be so anxious to
get out of the way that he will dodge the
same way the other man is dodging, and
the result will be a collision.
He will tread on the dress of every lady
who ventures into his immediate vicinity;
and if he can manage to cross room
without turning up most of the rugs, and
tripping over an ottoman, or hassock,
he may consider himself fortunate.
The tides will leave the chair backs to
cling to has back, and then when some
body suppresses a giggle, he will feel as
hot as burnt potato, and regret that he
was ever born.
He has the unhappy faculty of sitting
down on pet kittens, reposlng in feline
placidity on chair cushions, and he steps
on dogs tails, and upsets card receivers,
and drops photograph albums, and breaks
Sevres knick- -knacks, and gets into mess
generally.
When some lady friend asks him TO but
ton her glove, or put her shawl over her
shoulders, he will flush to the roots of
his hair, and seize the glove in such fran
tic haste that the button-hole will tear out
and the button pull off, and the lady,
though she says it is not of the slightest
consequence" will be mad enough to box
his ears soundly.
And he will wish the earth would open
and swallow him up bodily.
AT dinner, though a man of the very
best intentions, he will invariably spill
the gravy, and deluge his potatoes with
pudding sauce, and drop his knife in some
lady's lap among her silk flounces; and
he is liable to pocket his napkin, and
produce it in the drawing-room in the
place of handkerchief.
Nothing so completely upsets him as to
be obliged to introduce somebody to
somebody else. lie will call the lady Miss
Capt. Brown, and the gentleman Miss
Maria Smith, and then discovering his
mistake, he will reverse the order of
things, and beg to be allowed to present
Miss Maria Brown to Mr.. Capt Smith.
The bashful man is at an utter loss to
know what to do with his hands and feet
They are continually in his way, and theil
proper disposal is a perpetual puzzle tc
him.
He will sit and compare his two thumbs,
! and put his two forefngers together-as il
not quite sure that they are mates; and
his feet are open to the same careful
! scrutiny.
He is laughed at, as we said, by every
body; and he knows it, and is miserable
But after all, in this age of cheek (pardon
the slang), it is refreshing to meet, occa
sional.y, bashful man.-Rate Thorn, IN
N. Y WeeklV.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
Ecru Oyer.Dresses, Etc.

ECRU and cream color have so long
seems difficult to give them up, hence
merchants have brought on a novelty for
these pale buff over-dresses that accompa
ny so many colors, and are becoming alike
to blondes and brunettes This novelty is
ecru Spanish lace in the pretty and mex
pensivc blonde figures that we have had
in black Spanish laces. Tho ample basque
or sacque and the long round over-skirt
are of ecru net in leaf or rose pattern,
trimmed with rows of insertion, and fully
gathered ruffles of the ecru lace in designs
matching the ground of the over-skirt
Bows of cream -colored silk drape the
skirt and ornament the basque. These
are to be worn over brown, black, blue,
or purple silk or velvet skirts. The fash
ion of using dark bows on these light
dresses is passee. There are cream and
white striped Algerienne stutfs for over
dresses to be worn at the seaside. The
basque has sleeves of cream -colored silk,
and the trimming IS three or four rutileS
of cream -colored lace. Polonaises are
made up very richly but plainly in these
deicate-tinted fabrics.
The Spanish mantilla, so graceful and
becoming, is imported in the creamy
Spanish laces. They drape the body like
amantle, and are drawn up in cap crown
that covers the top of the head, and is OF
namented by large Alsacian bow of
cream -colored silk. These are to be worn
during the summer at the watering places.
White Spanish lace is also used for these
mantillas, and ornamented with striped
blue and white bows.
Its said that dark green, blue, and brown
grenadine dresses will be tashionably
worn in the summer, though of course
not to the exclusion of the favorite black
grenadine. These come in lace like stripes
and blocks like those described for solid
black One French model is of myrtle
green striped grenadine, trimmed with
side pleating of the same, striped atinter-
walls with silver braid, and rutfied with
lace of the same dark myrtle shade. The
apron is in three diagonal draperies, has
much pleating on the sides, and bias puffs
behind. nd.-Harper's Bazar.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
INDUSTRIAL, STATISTICAL AND
TECHNICAL.

Mr.. DUFFIN, OF Toquerville, on the
Rio Virgen, Utah, has petrified logs on
his farm that are from three to five feet in
diameter, which assay $4,000 silver to
the ton.
THE sugar interest of Louisiana, which
was formerly the basis of prosperity of
that State, is giving promise of renewed
yigor. The crop this year is estimated at
about 100000 hogsheads, which is the
largest for the past thirteen years.
IRON says that it is proposed to " "crino-
line'' the British iron clads with net
work of iron wire, supported by booms
at distance of twenty two feet, and reach
ing to below the keel. The reason is not,
as the reader will be only too prompt to
remark, because of the sex attributed to
all ships; but because the authorities hope
thus to guard against the attacks of the
"fish torpedo" that can be propelled un-
der water against the side of ship with
fair accuracy from distance of a mile,
exploding when it strikes.
THE singular fact has been ascertained
by a F:ench electrician, that steel bar
may be magnetized to saturation by a
very powerful current, and the magnetic
fluid will penetrate to the very core OF
one of his halves, which he calls positive
This being obtained, the same bar Is ex-
posed to an inverse current, which, very
weak at the outset, gradually increases in
intensity, and determines boreal or neg
ative magnetization, merely superficial at
first, but going down deeper by degrees,
leaving, however, positive strata further
down. The outer surface is now carried
off by corrosion in an acid, so that the eX-
terror negative surface is removed, and
the subjacent positive strata are brought
to light.
AN article of original manufacture,
called cane-fiber felt, is now coming into
use, and is said to be the only felt made
from cane in the world. 1t is used as a
lining under tin, slate and shingle roofs,
and for deafening floors; it also forms a
cheap carpet lining, end is substitute
for plaster; in fact, serves any use for
which felt can be employed in buildings.
1t is said to be non conductor of heat
and cold, and impervIous 10 water or
moisture, and is plain or resin sized, the
latter as we'll as the former being inodor-
Gus. If, as is asserted of this article, it
be cheap and durable, and free from the
objections which characterize most of the
felts now in use, its extensive introduction
as substitute for the latter is quite proba-
ble.-N. Y. Sun.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
THE MARKETS..
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK.
LIVE SToCK.-Beef Cattle-S9.0tl1225 Hogs
Live, D.. Sheep-Live, S6O0@So0.
.-Flour-Good to choice, $3.50
a515: white wheat extra, S. S0G1.75. Wheat
No. 2 Chicago, S1.2.9l.25; No. Milwau-
kee SPRING S1.236J1s6. Rye-Western, s. 0s5c.
Barley-7l Gt15c. Corn-Mixed Western, 62G62hc
Oats-Mxed Western. 426t43c.
PRovIsIoNs.--Pork-Mess, S22 21512s.s7lh. Lard
Prime Steam, 13h@135sc. Cheese-C@l3c.
WooL.-Domestic Fleece, 42@65c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE STOCK Beeves - Choice, S5.00@.o.s0:
good 81 5OG14 so; medium, S4.D@i40; butchers
stock, S32a@iO0; stock cattle, S3.50@4.0o.
Hogs-Liye. S7.75@1S.75; Good to choice, S5.25GS
b2E.
PRovIsIONs.-Bu -Butter-Choice, 326136c. Eggs
Fresh, 13@t31ac. Pork-Mess, So. 0O@22.1 12h.
S13.25@t3.30.
BREADsTUFFs. s.-FIour-Whitc Winter Extra,
s4.75@7.5O; Spring Extra, S4.G@b5.2S Wheat
Spring, No. 2. S1ooH H@1.01A. Corn-No. ?, 43l4
@ilc. Oats--No. 2, 32B @33c. Rye-No. 2, $50
6ic. Barley--No. ?, 5s1. @Gooc.
LUMBER.-First and Second Clear, $4,000
AZ %; Common Boards, S1l.C0G12.00; Fencing,
S12C0113.0O; a. Shingles, S2.509300; Lath,
S175920). -
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE STOCK Beeves-Best, S60O06.25; me-
dunn, 5000 $50 Hogs-Yorke $515a $40;
Philadelphias, S9.25D9.5o. Sheep-Best, S6.25
Q6.75 medium, 81. 25G5.75.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

Without word, Tom gently pushed
his wife into the cottage, and closing the
door, he stood staring at the alterations
that had taken place in his home-his
home? Yes, it vas his home; and the
neat-looking young woman standing by
his side firmly resolved that the home
as far as she was able to keep it-should
never look less attractive than it did to-
night; and as her husband kissed her she
asked
"You won't go out again tonight
Tom? ?" And feeling of delight went
through her as she heard the answer
"No indeed, lass-nor any other night,
as long as home looks as cosy as this"
So Mrs. Parkins, by a near touch,
saved hel husband from gambling and a
public house; let us hope that the good
thus begun may continue.-British Work
aco,nsn
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

The best quality of mucilage in the
market is said to be made by dissolving
clear glue In equal volumes of water and
strong vinegar, and adding one-fourth OF
an equal volume of alcohol and small
quantity of solution of alum in water.
The action of the vinegar is due to the
acetic acid which it contains. This pre-
vents the gelatinizing by cooling; but the
same results may be accomplished by
adding a small quantity Of nitric acid.
Some of the preparations offered for sale
are mere boiled starch, or flour, with
nitric acid to prevent gelatinizing. These
preparations are very inferior in quality
to that made from glue.-Chicago Inter-
Dream
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

"A little school girl asked her teacher
what was meant by" Mrs. Grundy." The
teacher replied that it meant the world"
Some days afterward the teacher asked the
geography class to which this little "bud
of promise" belonged, "What is zone ?"
After some hesitation, this little girl
frightened up, and replied, "1know; it's
a belt around Mrs. Grundy's waist"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
THE total amount of capital employed

THE total amount of capital employed
in the banking houses of Canada at the
opening of the present year was as fol-
lows: Authorized, SOS, ,666; sub
scribed, $s4, ,s9O,321; and paid up, S6l,-
2T0,22O73. The aggregate amount of
notes in circulation was SEC, 1881 ,Oo9,
which were secured as above stated. The
total assets of the banks amounted in the
aggregate to $167, 155, ,606, of which $113,-
817 ,254 10 was notes and bills discounted
and current. The total liabilities of the
banks amounted in the aggregate to $780,
271 ,149.3S. OF this sum, besides the Gov
ernment deposits, there were $32, 1874 ,537.-
04 deposits payable on demand, and $22,
2S5, ,513. .46 payable after notice.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

THE eleven blast furnaces IN Alleghan
County, Pa, have capacity of 237 900
tons of pig iron per year, an average Of
q, ,5451s tons to each furnace. The fifty
furnaces of the Lehigh Valley have an an
nual capacity of 5s3, 900 tons, 10,672 to
each furnace.-A:nerica's Manufacturer.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

Mr.. Winslow says that all he wants is
to go home. 1t is tolerably certain that
he can't go anywhere else, anyhow; so
the horns of his dilemma are unpleasant
ly limited.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

The arrangements for then next session
of the National Educational Association,
which meets in Baltimore, in July, have
been placed in the hands of a commit
tee consisting of President Porter, Of
Yale; Prof. Venable, of the University Of
Virginia, and Prof. Shepherd, Superin-
tendent of Instruction in Baltimore.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

Don't stand still clogging the world,
and growing at the tight times, but re-
member that when everybody "moves on"
it makes plenty of room for all.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

The reason there IS so much assassin
alton in Spain is because the Spaniards
are such sassy nation.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

1t may be safely assumed that when
a young woman throws red pepper in a
young mans eyes the engagement is
broken off.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

The Vicks5urg boy can stand up with
any other boy in the world against an
accusation. The other day when Vicks
burg mother discovered sugar on the pan
try shelf, she called to her boy and said: !:
Some one has been stealing this sugar"
"Is it possiblen' he exclaimed, rolling up
his eyes in astonishment. Yes, it is pos
sible, and the thief is not far away,
eithern "Aint he? Do you suspect
father?" "No, l don't" Couldn't be
the cat, could it?" he inquired, glancing
under the table in search of the feline.
"Cats don't eat sugar, young man"
"They don't?" "No, sir; the thief is a
boy about your size" "He is, eh? I'd
just like to catch him in here just once!"
"If the sugar is disturbed again." she
said, as she covered the box, Il know of
a boy who will get his jacket busted"
That's bully! Iwish you would let me
stay out of school SO as to see you catch
and maui him" And he went out to de-
your the other lumps.- Ticbsburq Herald
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

There are four good mothers who
have four bad daughters: Truth hath
hatred; prosperity hath pride; security
hath peril, and familiarity hath contempt.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

Prof. Tyndall is married at last, and
science must take care of itself for few
weeks.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23
The Meat Shower in Kentucky.

IT was beef probably, that Hamlet had
in mind when he made that remark to
Horatio about the things in heaven and
losophy.
Not one of the Shakespearcan commen-
tators has suggested this, we believe, but
it occurs to us to say it, in view of the
news from Kentucky, where the good
people of Bath County are ready to make
affidavit to the fact that on Friday of last
week shower of flcsh-or, as some of
them more definitely term it, quivering
ticsh-tell in the neighborhood oil Mount
Sterling, covering two acres of ground.'
Specimens of this tlesh-whCther still
quivering or not we are not told, have
been carried to Louisville by Capt j. NJ.
Brent, and submitted to the inspection Of
Prof. Lawrence Smith, described in the
dispatches as Z" a well.know scientist"
and this well-known scientist, we are told,
unhcsitatingly declares that the flesh is
"animal flesh" point upon which we
are better prepared to accept his testi-
mony, for the reason that we never yet
heard of any other sort of flesh anywhere.
The story is vague only as regards the
expression covering two acres Of
ground" We are hot informed whether
the word covering" is to be taken liter
ally or with allowance, or if literally, to
what depth the covering occurred. 1t all
other respects the report is minute, def
mite and circumstantial, and we are even
promised careful examination of tn
specimens furnished to Smith, the scient-
ist, who will in due time pronounce more
precisely upon the nature of the animal
| flesh," telling us whether the shower was
of porter house steaks, or of mutton chops,
or of some other cuts.
We await this report with anxiety.
Times are tritle hard just now, and news
of new food supply of this sort is i'm
pOrtant to dwellers in cities. If meat
| storms are to become common we wish to
know something of the nature of the meat
and it will be necessary also for Old
| Probabilities" to give careful attention to
the laws governing food showers. If he
can secure no greater degree of accuracy
and precision in his reports on this sub
ject than he does sometimes with respect
TO rainfalls and SHOWS, we shall find the
system of supply inconvenient in the las
degree. Suppose, for instance, that WI
were to print in good faith, in to-day:
Ecentng Post a prediction of this sort;
For Neo England, the Middle States ant
Lo,cer Lake region, failing barometer iacreastn!
cloudiaesS with bef steaks changing to mutton
chops inthe northern part Of these regions durin!
the night.
Every reader of the Eoening Post would
go to bed tonight confident of finding
supply for tomorrow. Nothing woult
be ordered from the butchers, who's
shops would of course be closed on th'
morrow. If the predictions should fail
as the probabilities" predictions some
times dot is sad to think Of the distres
that must ensue,-N. Y. EUtntng Post
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-03-23

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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18
HIS EXPERIENCE.

No, sir, never regretted marrying
Mollie. She's been the making Of me.
was an idle dog when | met her and
thought of nothing but spending my
money at saloons just as fast as / earn
ed it. She was only poor seamstress,
that was industrious, honest and frugal
in habits, for she'd had hard row to
hoe. poor girl Well. for her sake. |
grew saving and careful. and soon had
little money In the bank. Finally we
were married. and after furnishing two
rooms had just hundred dollars left
Ii wasn't much. but il was our own.
That was fourteen months back Now
we have this little house. We have car
pets on the floors Of two rooms. nine pic
tures Oh the walls. and nearly fifty books
IN that case Of shelves up there which |
made. Our house Is small, but there Is
no envy, 10 fear Of the future. fault-fBd-
ing or selfshness 10 it. We have near.
" hundred dollars saved. beside these
things In the house Our rent Is paid
for the entire year till next Spring. We
90 70 church regularly. attend concerts
and lectures and amusements when the
price isn't too high. Sometimes the pri-
ces are 50 high we cannot afford to 70.
Then We stay at home. read 10 each 9th
er, have visitors. or 20 out little while
70 visit few friends close By. l have
not been into saloon since was mar
red. sir. and viii never enter one again.
had rather these books. pictures. car
pets and that organ should be il our
house than IN the house Of the man who
makes his saloon attractive 50 a. 20 en-
tiee men there % spend their earnings.
We find that this life i a. We make IL
We are helping each other. and thus my
wife il leading me 70 heaven. And from
the bottom Of ny heart | wizh that al
young men who are Bow travelling the
road / Travelled two years ago would fol-
low my example. for. sir. they'd never
regret it.-E1ch<Dlge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18
IF 1 SHOULD DIE TONIGHT.


II ! should DIE tonight,
Ny friends would look upon my quiet face.
Before they laid it In It's final resting place.
And deem that death had left IL almost fair;
And laying SNOW white flowers against my hair.
Would smooth II down with fearful tenderness
And fold my hands with lingering caress.
Poor hands so empty and so cold tonight
II I should die tonight
My friends would call to mind with loving thought,
Some kindly deed the icy hand had wrought:
Some gentle woni the frozen lips had said:
Rrrands on which the willing feet had sped;
The memory OF my selhshness and pride,
Ny hasty words, would be put aside
And so should be loved and moumed tonight.
II 1 should die tonight
Even hearts estranged would turn once more to me,
Recalling other days remorsefuIly;
The eyes that chill me with averted glance
Would lock upon me OF yore. perchanee.
And soften. In the old familiar way.
For who could war with dumb, unconscious elay9
SO l might rest. forgiven OF all tonight.
Oh friends, pray tonight
Keep not your kisses for my dead. cold brow
The way Is lonely, let me feel them now.
Think gently OF me; am travel worn:
My ALTERING feet are pierced with many thorn.
Forgive. OH hearts estranged; forgive, pleadi
When dreamless rest Is mine I shall not need
The tenderness for which long tonight.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18

cd. and many an ambitious aspirant is
girding on armor to contest our claim to
the position. The latest accession to
the list. is the California Dairymen's
Association. among the more active pro-
moters. Of which are several sons Of Vt.
It's secretary, formerly an esteemed cor
responding member Of our Association,
is among the most intelligent and zeal
Gus workers in the cause Of dairy progress
and that Association is destined to be-
come power in the land. Mother
England and her p O., dependency on
the north Of us. have each established a
new association this year, neither Of
which will lack for means and win to
do all in its power. Sweden, Denmark
and others Of the countries Of COntinen-
tai Europe. and indeed the people Of the
whole world are moving in the matter.
We have no time for delay for us
not to 60 forward, and with glgantc
strides, is to fall far behind in the race.
1t rests with the dairymen Of Vermont,
to decide the question for themselves.
They must if they desire to perpetuate
the Association. place it upon sound
basis. and take upon themselves larger
share Of the burden Of its support. 1t
should have 5000 members instead of
5000. There is not dairymen In
Vermont entitled to take rank as such.
who has not already received more ben
eft from the Association. than it costs to
become life member. We earnestly
hope, on its eighth birthday, to see it
rendered efficient for all the good work
required of it, by a mighty accession to
its membership, and by contributions
from others who have been and are be-
ing profted by its labors and investi-
cations.
o. S. BLISS, Sec-etary-Treasurer.
Georgia, Aug 80, 1876.