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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

An eminent French physioloyisf
holds that the numerical proportion Of
giants in each generation il the same,
and that taking hundred Of the tallest
men Of any generation they will present
just the same varieties Of stature rs the
hundred tallest men Of the preceding
one
A bill has been introduced into the
British House Of Common To- license
race-courSes. II il leyellcd ~ certain
third-class races held within easy reach
Of London. which draw large contin-
gent from the most Objectionable classes
Of the metropolis. and are an insuficra-
bic nuisance 10 all respectable persons
in the neighborhood Of the course, un-
less put under a siricter control than is
practicable in the present state Of the
law
Lord Lyons. AZ British ambassador
10 France, has a salary Of $4,000. The
British ambassadors TO Germany and to
Rome have each salary Of $50. OOO. and
the latter receives an allowance for rent
Of $4,000. The ambassador az Vienna
gets $4,000. and the one AT IT. Peters
burg $4,000. Sir Henry Elliot had al
tonstantinople $40. 900: and Sir Edward
Thornton entertainS pleasantly AT Wash
ington on salary of $50 200
Disagrecable news for agriculturists
and the public generally has been re-
cciyed BY the British Commissioners Of
Customs. The Colorado potato-beetlc
has been discovered in living state, at
Bremen. upon goods brought from New
York, and specimens Of the beetle have
been seen At other places in Germany
The Commissioners have issued circu-
lar 10 tn Collectors Of Customs at the
various pvrts in the United Kingdom.
directing that instructions already given
for detecting the beetle be At once ap-
piled 70 potatoes imported from Bremen
Or any other place in the German En-
pire.
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them i thought 70 inherit his fathers
humor and eloquencc They are both,
however, training for business.
"A certain deacon formed his sun
day-school Ia line and marched them
along the aislcs, himself in front, sing
ing, Hold The Fort The constcrna-
ton which seized all parties at the see
ond stanxa
See the mighty host advancing,
satan leading on.
can be bette. imagined than described
Dca. y. has objected to new methods
ever since.
The bold statement Il made that
sixteen people put on their oyercoais in
one Of the fashionable churches while
the doxology was being sung. Ii who
ever made il will count more carefully
he will discover six times sixteen, almost
any sunday, in any large church. The
time 81 singing a closing doxology j.
looked on as a pleasant intcrmission,
granted for the express purpose Of put
ting on oyercoats and other outer gar
ments. Such garments as are not drawn
on at this time are donned while the
bencdiction j. being pronounced. Then
most 81 the people run as il there was
an alarm of fire in the street.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

"A young man of IL was instantly
killed ri Bcloit, Wis. on the LIST. by the
accidental discharge Of gun which he
was drawing toward him muzzlc fore
most.
While two boys, named Ollie Dorncr
and Charles Scarce, were practicing with
q targct-gun AZ Newport. Ind. the
weapon was accidentally discharged, the
bullet entering Scarce's head, causing
instant death.
AT Point Pleasant. w. Va, on the
"a, in attempting to kindlc fire III a
stove with coal oil, Mrs. j. A. Perkins
was fatally burned. The oil can explod-
Cd, throwing the oil all over her
Nine vessels " the Long Island
fishing fleet. which left for the Banks
last November, are now 50 long overdue
that i Is believed they were lost In the
recent gales with all on board. number
INK nincty-fivc men, most Of whom leave
wives and children. The vessels were
valued n about 100000.
AT Xcnia, Ind, between y and |
O'Clock, on the morning Of the LIST, fire
u undoubtcd inccndiary origin started
IN the hotel of J. w. Coan, and, Il lively
wind prevailing at the time, rapidly
spread until 4 goodly portion Of the
village was destroyed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

The London Bible society haS s,nt
1900 Bibles - the Russian Army of
the South.
ne total additions to the Congrc-
ga'ional Churches thus far this season
are l.sol, o95 being ~ confession.
- chair for the study Of monomania,
~ All ~ various phases, has lust been
cine.
4, seventy thousand people in New
hampshire have signed the temperance
pledge since revival has been In pro-
grcss.
The tniycrsalist ministers Of the
west have formed "Western As-ocia-
uon. lis annual meetings will be held
~ chicago On the first Tuesday in Nav.
"a list Of clcrgymcn who have fallen
rom grace within year, in the United
states. i published III the JcmiM Times.
he number of convictions for crimes j.
given as forty.
MIR. See. who was condemned by the
ireshytcry ~ Newark. N. j., for intro
nucing women into his pulpit to preach,
has taken an appeal 70 the synod
ne American Convention Of New
Jerusalem Church Ministers (Swcdcn-
norglan) will be held in Cincinnati. June
n. conference will be held 1T Irbana.
aicw days IN advance Of the assembling
convention
\, Key. James Bccchcr, brother Of
Henry Ward, with his wife and two
adopted daughters, lives in the woods in
lister County. on the shores Of Thomas
Ionh llcoccupics several acres Of wild
land' and breaches IN the neighboring
school-hou~cs.
N, Recently the two sons Of the Rev.
'has n Sturgeon delivered addresses
~ thc metropolitan Tabernacle. One Of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

"A draw game dentists.
"A notorious easesdropper Rain.
This j. called "washcrwomcn' !
year" Il has 81 Mondays.
Ivy" My dear Doctor" said an Irish
man. sits no use Your giving me an
cmctic. tried il twice ia Dublin. and
i would not stay on my stomach five
minutes"
Josh Billings saws 1.-The mcwl i
larger bird than the gusc or turkey.
II has two legs 10 walk with. and two
more 10 kick with. and wears it, wings
on the side Of its he'd
An exchange remarks: "The only
jokes women like to read are those
which reflect ridiculc on men," Yes.
On taking up paper, a woman invaria-
bly, turns % the marriage column.
80 Remember whom you are talking
10, sir" said an indignant parent to Il
facctious boy; 81 am your father. Y
"Well. who's 10 blame for that Pr said
the young impertincnce; faint me. !"
A Rome. ~ r., mlkman put pane
Of blue glass IN the top Of his milk-can,
and when he went 10 deal out milk to
the first customer, found pond lilies and
couple Of three-pound pickcrel in the
can.
"A negro held cow while cross
eyed man was "a knock her on the head
with m AK. The darkv. observing the
mans eyes, in some alarm inquired.
f" You gwine 20 hit whar you look P"
" Yes" Den,' said Cufly, hold dis
COW yourself
"a Dublin Magistrate, recently cen
suring some boys for lettering in the
thoroughiarcs. asked, II every body
were 70 stand in the streets. how could
any body get byP" A whole division Of
police has been thinking the matter over.
but up 70 the present time has not found
an answcr.-,jndy.
An exchange says that the cham
pion scholar has turned up. Being ask
cd 70 sign his initials To document, he
wanted 10 know what "nishuls I" were.
\" Why, your name being George Gould,
You want two G's." ooh. | See" he
said; and he wrote 90 Gcczc.-
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-Four Winncbag0 Indians, hunting
on the island below Dakota City, gol
corraled on the 9Th by the high water
and We're drowned The heavy ice took
their canoes of, and the water rising
over the island TO the depth u five feet,
they could not escape.
Louis Danbough, an employee 81
the Cleveland (Ohio) Rolling Mill Com
pany, was killed M the Steel Works, in
the Eighteenth Ward, on the 9th, by the
falling Of pile u pic iron upon him.
lie leaves wife and three children.
Austin Sheldon, who has lived for
II years the life Of A hermit in cave IN
a lonely place ia the mountain nine
miles southeast Of Dingman's Ferry. Pa,
was recently found frozen 10 death in Il
deep snowdrift near the entrance Of his
cave. Ills only explanation Of his living
in the wilderness alone, was that he
wanted nothing 70 take his thoughts
from God.
"A man named John Kennedy work
ed for and boarded with the family of
David Robinson, near Belfast. Lee
County, Iowa. lie fell in love with his
employers wife, and mutual and pro-
nounccd attachment sprang up between
them. The husband finally consented
70 a separation, and Kennedy started
with the woman for Missouri. While
crossing the Dies Moines River in skiff,
the woman was seized with fiji Of in
sanity, has since been raving maniac.
and will be taken to the asylum. short
~ afterwards the lover became insane,
and, on being refused admttance to the
house where the woman was, took an
AK, walked oiia short distance, placed
his left hand on "A stump, and deliberate
~ chopped OFF four fingers close up To
the hand Neither one Of the loving
pair ever manifested any symptoms Of
insanity previously.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

The date line starts from the South
Pole. strikes almost directly north. then
inclincs east 81 New Zealand ever grad
ually more to the northwest, and runs
thus on the east side Of Australia by the
iebridcs and New Guinea into the Chi
nese or Yellow Sea: here. where il has
attained its greatest western projection,
II makes bending sweep 10 east and
north, and, leaving Cclebe~ and Borneo
70 the southwest, passes around the Phil
ippines, lying to the east Of il, then
takes a bend northcastward To the east
side of the japanese Islands. past these
10 Behring's Strait, from which, skirt
ing the coast of the continent Of Asia,
and again taking northcrly bend, il
ends In the North Pole. If 10 the east
Of this line il il sunday, the LIST Of Civ
en- month. then, at all points west Of il,
il is Monday, the "a Of the month. As
shown by the map this line lies almost
wholly in the sea- Ii vessel circum-
navigating the globe wishes to agree in
her reckoning Of time with that
of her port If departure, If the
voyage be eastward, il j. necessary 70
drop a day on the way. but II westward,
"a count day twice over. This should
Of right be done on passing the date
line. II Is, however, usual among nayi-
gators TO make this rectification on
crossing the lS0th meridian from Green
wich, tolerably near which the extreme
northern and southern probe, lions Of the
date-curye come. As our datc-line Is
identical with no one meridian, there
must be q point. at its extreme eastern
projection, which first receives the suns
rays. and where, consequently. the new
year begins. This point might be called
the New Years Point. The place which
corresponds 70 this point i Chatham
Island, east of New Zealand, and about
1s3 degrees east Of the maidian 81
Greenwich and in the 18th degree Of
southern latitude. In this regard the
Chatham Islanders are III advance ~ all
the rest of the world. This full and
specific answer 70 the question asked
some months ago by correspondent.
"Whcre does New Year begin?H i
found in (" Schedlcr's Manual for use
with Terrestrial Globes"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20

~ NtNpoll llorlst SENDS 1,uUO vlolcts
to New York weekly.
From $4,000 to 100000 horns we're
weekly used in Aberdeen for comb
making until the importation Of cattle
was prohibited. The stoppagc Of sup
ply has caused great stagnalion.
Gcorgia paid last year SO, 300. 600
for material 10 fcrtilizc her lands, and
the average product Of her cotton Der
acre is reported as a little less than 25O
per cent.
Large quantities Of marble are being
shipped from Knoxville, Tenn. to San
Francisco 20 build Stock Exchange
which. il il claimed. will be the finest
structure Of its kind in the United
States.
-Amcrican-made boots are making
inroad> upon Europe, aud the clamor at
he invasion j. heard from the shocmak-
err Of switzerland and other Continen-
tai countries. The Berlin Shocmak-ers'
Gaz,tfe says that American boots are
sold IN Switzerland at $3.50 per pair.
and this has suddenly put stop 10 the
expectation Of boots and shoes To Amer
ica, by opening competition on their
own ground.
The twenty-eighth annual report Of
the pork packing in the West by the editor
Of the Cincinnati Current Price, for the
winter and year ending March shows d
total number Of 5.U72. 33y hogs packed
during the past winter in the West. an
increase of l92.2u4 compared with a
year ago Average net weight. 2l5 9s-
100 pounds. decrease Of 1900
pounds. Lard. - 3-loo pounds per
head. decrease II 42-luo. Aggregate
lard. 539.i4s ticrccs 81 500 pounds each.
Average cost Of hogs. Sis per 100
pounds net, a decrease ~ 81 "a. Total
mess pork, 4ss, 169 barrels. an increase
Of 9l.ii5. Other kinds 81 pork. las, i9s
barrels. The increase in All kinds ~
pork j. 21.tj.. The total number of
hogs packed for twelve months was -
363,s55, an increase ~ l.22l,l7
The receipts Of grain At the six
principal Atlantic ports for the three
weeks ending March IL. amounted To
6.2s. $40 bushels, against -,l17. $50
bushels during the same time III 1876.
OF the whole amount Baltimore took
1926 $50 bushcla, against 2,l6i $50 III
1876; New York. l..g3. fsy bushels.
against 2,s25,4l2; Philadelphia. l.u21.-
100 bushels. against l,sl4.n25. and BoS-
ton. l.o10.431 bushels. against 53S. g24.
II will be seen that Baltimore and Bos-
ton gain. Notwithstanding the entire re-
ceipts fall Of. while New York and Phil
adclphia lose largely. The receipts al
all the ports for eleven weeks Of ls7.
amount % l9.43l POS bushels. against
~ .2is,.i2 bushels in 1876. With small
cr aggregate receipts hy 100000 bush
els. the loss - New York il i 200. 900.
and that " Philadelphia 100000.
while Baltimore only loses about l50,-
600 bushels, and the receipts at Boston
increase over l.3uu.OOo bushels. To
some extent. no doubt. the consumption
81 grain al Philadelphia was swcllcd last
year nv preparations for the Centennial.
but the loss in receipts seems too large
% bc wholly attributed 70 such cause.
on the other hand, closely
thus far the very remarkable
gains made last year. and the greatly
demand at Boston il supplied
mainly by decrease u receipts. $50 B1ifi- |
more Sun.
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The Giobe- Democrat 81 81. Louis,
claims that red glass window-pancs are
far superior % blue, because they match
50 many noses.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-04-20
REMARKS on SPRING.

His Honor removed his spectacles and
remarked that the sight Of a foot of mud
on the principal streets carried his mind
back 20 boyhood days. lie said he was
glad e. see April-fool Day only few
hours away. Spring was always close
behind II, and strawberries trod closely
on the heels 81 spring. lie charged his
hearers 70 20 home and tip over barrels
Of ashes, shovel out old potatoes, pick up
old boots. brooms and bottles and make
all proper preparations to receive the
Asiaiic cholera IN good shape, and then
he adjourned himselfto breakfast DO
troll Free Press.
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a funny old mana pcddler Of no
ions,-poPped out a. Bijah opened the
corridor door.
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the instruction given, was the two sermons
preached by Rev. Mr.. Holland, who few
weeks ago so delighted his audiences. Mr..
Holland had occasion to call here for day,
or two, and was invited, Immediately on 1t
being known that he could remain over
Sunday to preach in the Congregational
church In the morning. He took for his
text l Fps. Cor. is chapter 81 and 81
verses. The resurrection was presented In
new light, and the grandeur Of the descrip-
tion unfolded, as 1t did, many comparative
ly obscure passages of holy writ, must be
heard to be appreciated.
In the evening the reverend gentleman
occupied the Methodist pulpit and spoke
from Luke "a chapter, DC and AZ verses.
Upon the first part of the text, he demon
strated the necessity Of the atonement and
combated the doctrines of Unitarians, in q
manner which must have carried CONVEX
tion to any mind, ss to the divinity of the
sufferer, and to those who pray to images,
and believe In the power Of angels to inter-
cede for them they must have felt that
they had built upon sandy foundation.
The spread of christianity was, he said,
most surprisingly rapid, and the doctrine OF
the cross had already reached the whole of
the known world.
Here the preacher rose TO the greatness of
his theme and rivetted the attention of the
audience, with demonstrations expressed
with true oratory pulpit eloquence, such as
is seldom if ever heard, in this part of the
country. He leaves our town admired by
all, not only for his great abilities as a
preacher, but for his kind and gentlemanly
bearing towards all.with whom he comes in
contact.
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RatIrnads.
CENTRAL VERMONT RAILROAD

WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
on and after Monday, Jan. list, 1877. trAine
Wtllrun as f0lloWH, sundays excepted.
GOING SOUTH AND EAST
Leave Rutland for Bellows Falls, at SIS A. m.
and 1910 and $3.50 p. m. For Bennington, 2:so
MIxRD-Leaves Rutland at $50 for Man.
chester, Bennington and New York, via Troy
or Lebanon Springs and Chatham:
MIXED TRhIN-Leaves Rutland At INA N,
for Bellows Falls and Brattleboro.
hAIL.--Leaves Sc. Adams at 100 q. m, Burl-
ington at SEQ a. M Ticonderoga at 1850 a. m,
land 1910 p. M, for Boston, Springfield nav
London and New York. -''"
York via North bennington and Troy.
PASSENGER TRAlN-Leave Burlington 200
p. M, connecting with trains from Montreal,
ana 81; AiDans arriving in Rutland at s:ie pm.
for Bellows Falls and Brattleboro, '--''
| NIGHT EXPRESS--From ORdensburQ, Mem
treal, Sc: Adams and Burlington, leaves Rut-
land 9:5s p. m. for Row YORK via North Ben
ninRton and Troy.
Leaves Rutland at 500 and $40 am, ana a:io
KxPREss--MAIL-Fr New London. spr,ng-
neld, Boston, Bellows Falls, Troy and BenninR-
% s1n' inSve Rptana 5;io 2, M Ior Burlington,
| TyPRESS-Leaves New York at 500 a. m.
Eu land a.4s 2 M, for TicondcroEa, Burilng-
IGHT EXPRESs-Leaves New YORK at %
p. =, via Troy. and North Bennington; hut
lana 200 m, Tor burlington, st. Albans. Mon
tres' the west. Excepting saturda nights
h. ieavos New York at at $50 p. ni. and
~ 4 1850 a. M, for Burlington. St. Adams
MIyED TRAIN-Leaves Rutland ats.7 n.
for Burlington.
MIXED TPA1N.-LeAveB Bellows Falls 81 S 90
6. M, arriving In Rutland at $50 e. m. and at
S;45 p. ~, arriving In Rutland ct $50 D. m.
Trains leave Burlington going east, for Mont.
peler &C., at 1880 a. M, 1878 p. m. ana 1910 D. M
Trains leave Bellows Falls going north, toi
l1:50 am, and 500 and 11:20 p. m.
= sleeping cara are attached TO night trainf
between bt. Adams and New York.
j. W. HOBART, GEM Supt,
80. Adams, Vt, Jan. !, 1877.
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August Flower.

The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from dyspepsia and
liver complaint.
More than seventy-hve per cent of the
people in the United States are afflicted
with these two diseases and their effects
such as sour stomach, sick headache, ha-
bitual costiveness, pslpltation Of the heart,
heartburn, water brash, gnawing and burn
ing pains at the pit of the stomach, yellow
skin, coated tongue and disagreeable taste
in the mouth, coming up of food after
eating, low spirits, etc. Go to your drug
gist, Albert W. HigginJ also Rice q Co.,
Castleton, and L. KelIt gg, Fairhaven, and
get 70 cent bottle of AUGUST FLOWER or
a sample bottle for 10 cents. Try 1.-TWO
doses will relieve you. d&w
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Post ONCE

fobt Vmce.
MAILS CLOSE.
Harlem Extension way, 1c. is q. m.
Eastern way, 11.4o q. m.
Troy way, 2.46 p. m.
Troy, 10.46 q. n, 2,45 and $50 p. m
Albany, 1o.45 a. rn., 246 and $50 D. m.
Boston, II. as a. M, 245 and $50 p. N.
Canadas, 1.3o p. IN.
Northern way, LAS p. m.
Burlington, Las and 9. 80 D. m,
saratoga way, 2.4o an! $50 p. m.
New York, 1913 q. m, 2.46, and $50 p. n.
Connecticut River way, 1I.45 q. m.
Woodstock way, (Stage) /. 80 D. m,
Chittenden, 30 p. m.
Stockbridge (stage), 1880 p. m.
Remington, 1o45 a. m. and $50 p. m.
West Rutland, 500 a. M, and AS p. m.
MAILS ARRIVE.
Harlem Extension way, AS D. m.
Eastern way, 200 p. m.
Troy way, 1l.30 a. m.
Troy, 1l.so, 11.5o, and $50 a. m and 9Oo p. m.
Albany, 1l.30 3. m. and $50 o. IN.
Boston, 11:90 a. M, 200 p. Ii. and 4. a. m.
Canadas, 9.o5 p. m.
Northern way, LOO O. M, and e.tb D. N.
Burlington, s.55 p. m. and II. 90 q. M.
Saratoga way, 11.60 q. N.
New York, $50, 1190 o. m. and Las D. m,
Connecticut River way, 200 p. m.
Bennington, 448 p. m.
woodstock way, (stage) 49, m,
Chittenden, Il. 90 m.
stockbridge (stagel, 1900 m.
West Rutland, l1.3o a. m, and 90 p. m.
To Mails Will be promptly closed at the Bpocl.
ned hour all letters deposited in the street
Boxes will be collected at 1910 and II 10 a. M,
$50, 215, and last collection for all night mails
boxes, at $50 pm. All letters deposited in the
Letter Box at tho Depot will be collected by
Route Agents five minutes previous to the de-
parture OF each mail train
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DR.. Townsend's Ok
ygenated Air will
purify the blood In
ono-third tho time
Observation-Disclosures
remedy can. Why2
becauseto inhaleOx-
ygenated Airit goes
direct to tho Lungs
and passes through
I he tissues and
comes in direct con-
tact with the blood
as 1t is forced into
the Lungs by the &C
tion ofthe heart. All
theblood inourvelns
returns to tho heart
every four minutes
II the blood Is good,
and forced from the
heart to the lungs,
and the more Oxy-
gen you inhale into
the lungs the more
you purifythe blood.
when Oxygen comes
in contact with tho.
impurities in the
blood 1t carbonlzes
and burns, causing
the blood to be heat
ed so that 1t warns
every part of
the body, as 1t goes
on its revolutions
through the system.
II your blood Is pure
you cannot BIO sick.
We C.ive Mercury
and allotherimpuri-
ties ouJofthe blood.
We guaranteeto pu-
rifythe bloodin one
third the timeof any
otherknown remedy