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AHnkuEH EAf4 AZ %UAFAIAI3ks
!en>etai H,spntch IA NE CAfeaoa 7s,euas.
WAsnisa7on, u. C., Oct. M.-The Chicago
whisky men, especially those Of the first batch,
have renewed their Efforts to secure courro-
mise With the Government. To-day new Offers
Of compson,tse were submitted to tic Commis-
s!ooer Of Internal Revenue. Tho proposition is
made on behalf Of all vi the ilrst batch whose
attempts at compromise failed last spring, with
the single exception Of 1Iesing This Includes the
firms ol Dickinson. Abel T. Co., K.C. Mersercau,
Burrows, Ford, Oliver & Co.. Roellc, Junker d
Co., Rush d. Pallman, anil others comprising
the first batch. The propositions are uot con-
solidnted, but are Individual oilers varying In
amount from ECO 10 $4,000 in the different
caset. The tolal stun Uttered In compromise Is
ANOET 4tj,MU.
Tie total amount OF the fines, penalties. for
fciturcs, and taxes asscsscd anil adjudgetl
against the parties Is e591 ,8lt Tllis PROPOSE
tion differs from thu: made by Charles Reed
last spring 10 behalf Of these parties only In
the uu,oitnt of the nominal rutn offered. II
having been t1ctermlned. however, to attempt
to renpcM thcee caees before this Dcpartncnt. It
became necessary 10 make new and tomewhat
different olTer. Ih!s u,1cr is nude In or1cr tc
bring the compromise within the Jurisdiction oi
the Secretary uuder Sec. {, ,222o Of tho Kcrlsc1
Statutes.
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Texas Cummings and OltveF. of Iowa; and
Phillips, Of Kansas.
The following members introduced bilIa for
the repeal or mobilization OF tho Resumption
att: Kelley, Of rennsy1yansa; sout,anl
and Ewing, Of Ohio; Durham, Of Ken
tueky; Atkins and Bright, Of Tennessee:
Fuller, Of Indiana; Sparks, Harrison, Knapp,
and Cannon, Of Illinois; Franklin. Of M.tn,.ri;
and Cullersont na Tcxas. ut these, Hunter,
.: Indiana, ani Culbcrson, Of Texas, presented
ILLS authorizing
TIE REISSUE Or GhEEEBAcEs
retired already tIslLer the Resumption act.
The following gentlemen tntr'duvel hills for
tho nnrmsht of ,lnties in RfccnbacEs: Walter,
Of Virginia; RlL1e, Of 'rcnncsscc; eparks,
Springer. ant1 iIartzclI, Ut 11linuis.
1t will he teen that Illinois takes the leaf IN
these measures. four bills havtrg con,c from
her Representatives for restoring the silver
du!lar and making II unlimited legal l.tcntlcr, tAc
same numoer for the repeal uf tho Resumption
act, ard three for nayfng the duties In green.
s,acks. Ohio ranks next, having introduced
three bll.s for the silver dollar and two for r.
pealIng the Resumption act.
The Chairman Of tho Military Affairs Commit.
tee, Ecn. banning, Tatse 4 th)d more for !
change In artny matters hY presenting q bill r..
pcaling Ill laws which forbid the appointment
IN tho army and navy Ut those who served In the
lecbci army.
Davis, os North Carolina. INTRODUCED bill Of
hnrnilcss appearance to repent certain section
uf the Revised Statutes, Whtct, turns out 70 b.
proposition tn repeal tho law Which iorhids
the payment OF accounts Or claims ngafnst the
abandoned their allegiance and went Into rebctl-
tnt.
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Tho Presidents Civil.Service-R Refol II.
Policy Applauded to
the Echo.
Incidents Of the Campaign Now
Being Waged In Wis
consin.
A Few Speculations Regarding
the Ohio Senatorship..
Address Of the New York State Repub'
1ican Committee.
MASSACHUSETTS.
REPUBLICAN, ADpKESJ.

1ptaal Dts.sasch IN 7At t1lchs" 1Ftbaa:.
BosroH, Mass, Oct, M-The Republican
State Central Cotnmlttce will pub!iat, to-mor-
row stirring address 10 tue Republican voters
Of the State, Of wh!ch the following arc tho
most generally interesting portions, showing
that there Is no disposition to take other grounl
than that so boldly adyapccd In their platform:
The result Of the election next Tuesday .depcnds
Tie tepnb!iean party IN Msr,aehutctt; h. not Dc.
parted. either IN ptineIples os In candidates from
h m rseA S9s az es1
saes sssee i e'' h ''*s" NJ. .ars"sse sss seysaa
~. ''tt II Ill state beforc res,den, iayes bse.a,.
our leader. lie IL Republican OF the Aastachu-
sctu typt. The pollcis. he h.s y undertaken to
AGO committed. When in the l.l:t state con1rn::
ton ne sanctioned hit measures of:plcnration and
a". os
duty now il 10 confirm our pledsc. by
eoa eoarase .hs ene:. Chief Whe !.
rcdcem,ng IN good faith tho rron''se: he at..t W
snndc to The whole pcnple when toctlinE ta!elr
other and always doubtful Staica imPo.c upon
Massachusetts stronger obligation 10 be trr,e 10
H., sefsGe Ss nois s
ehoud rta,,a drn. md stand together, neaiatt TIC
onset n tte cnsmy faciion and a., esditlon; :hs M
cxaEsrtat!on Of uisreAronanie dacnntenta. the In
dntscnee Of per4onal xr!evancet. dcmoTaizcd
ss NsSsss'a ssia e. ut. t.. ' ss! ' Il. e. ssss
Il leo o1 !ets than att rem! md y. oo lsss ian
tn lR7s. Dnt Of this diminished vote III. QUO hal.
lots were diverted 10 local parties having relation,
10 The Ttcat parties similar 10 that Of the psunt.
t,un anA W0rktnxneu's part!rs Ia this State, In
der :hrsc circumstances. The Democratic Candidate
secured nut . ma,ut,ty but plurality Of apons
| 81, 700 0vcr tlls Republican candidate.
il does mt help Inc mailer to know that the dis
a.ace IL due Inlre 10 the folly N Republicans thai,
10 tAc power Of tho Democrncy. Al ti'c ttiu'nplia
are theirs. all ths shame II onrs. in.
holent With 80 inucA snceeHs. Tit
| en.ny boast that Ma.sachuscit-. nlways
lhu bnlwark .! isepnbllcanisnl. IL to be- cssr!cl
like Uhio. They rally here. as they did thcfc. Hoi
much nnon thelt own STRENGTH a. upnn nes1nrtt
| AMI divisions In nHs ranks .sEofnst either full
yote u sota vote they know they cannot prcrAti.
The Republican party of The nalon has right
to expect that In thls cskts exsEY Massachusetts
Kepnsllean vii do hia du:y: Every eonsIdctattor
Ut marty p:i1c aud ta!rfatc hone "atns u to iutrt
differences and s,nud toxr:!cs, usrry Man tn VI:
pIace III tho ranks Oh clcctoI day. =, lloln2 thi'.
we shall bo tntfnebie. ard tho Republican paftJ n
tho tAEon.ters.ns Ma*sachnsct.., ruceststnil,
brcasttnr the rsaction will rally to the standards
| which Nc have not suffered 10 tAll.
, 1877-10-31

ap<c,u n;,patca N Tas 11,r,.yo 7rih,.n-.
VAnti,soruH. DC. Urt. W.-Tl,o Wuys md
.,,an. c,,r,,,i',o. ,r,,c,es =, ron,nit, rtrc
sieanS epn!ms'tee Appe'a W ,,!, eon'an. n'ae
Rcscnue-far!a men mud tw" lrotectiontsts'
classified ~ follows: Mcssrs. Void. Tucker.
saylcr, Robbins, Harris, Gibson, rhclps, t3Ar-
NcM ond Hnncha.1f. nntl two rrutrcttonists.
Ia ~1as.r. K.,,nr MI n,n,.. ''''0'>'
MessFe he!!cJ an't na''Hs'
Thc Banking nt'd Currency Committee ts said
to b. composed uf four hart-inoley Aud scyrn
,slu, arp nat h,1lfu,llstr. A,notIw thu latter
wv. 49,. ,a-to,. .hu,tn. If .Wvor rtr,v ,,c,
tu,S wv .a.oas ''A,ass - "'.", ".y ats'
aW Efccnoack he' ase 3ep'cacase.l'
II ting distinction Ut hard nt,h SUIT
49,. ~ t,,,t,,au,,a. a,,I tha .ef,.o,
A'"es, @no 1"s.'t"oe,' ~" '"o so,.e'"o"es
men, Bl'c&nef, Ew1ng. I catcs' Aartzell' pahlofu'
al,li Phillips.
The raciE|e Railroad Committee Il larger than
N. t,ther. mn, I'm. thirteen n,rmhprx, II IL
tl'e ut"e'1 ""u '4a t''ss ,.e" .'o IT,
fnaue un ol se'ou opFoseu 10 suos"'ses III gen.
trell, Lal,Icrt, blair. Cascwell. ats,! !:ee; anl
tIx WHO arc credited will bcitg friendly 70 The
Texas. Fasltlc enterprise, namely: Mtssrs
1hrnskmoTton, House, Chalmers, Elan, o'Nci1'
Homes.
William fic,nphltl .1uncs, ri Pennsylvania, Las
bren appointed Clerk, vi The Nuye AMI
Means Committee. Ja1Ita for 1tiany years
held ycrr important position lu tho rrcasury
| Department., but dtlrfug the last campaign was
removed iron, otl]ec u1mn the charge tat N
the Rebellion lie srh,t,atlizcd with the South,
unll lad written ltltcss IL pcrsos high II, a,!-
| thoF1ly In The Confederate service. Eccutnnelh-
| in. t'erzoIls 70 ulIcc. ,}n.lcs N!wuyB 1uslstGl
tnat the ehaIGcs were not trtsc hut IN tho midst
Of the political excitement thcau wrrc SUM-
| ctcnt to secure llls re,nnvai. lie has alTaya
been M ci1lcdcut officer, ami is especially
we'll qualified tor the duties Of Ills new poatt!oN
THO Ways and Meats C!crkshtp Is M of!ec Ut
inl!rl. importance. Joues llas a1way1 been spe-
<ial friend Of Randall.
THE CURRENCY COMMITTEE,
The Ilo,lso Committee on Banking and Cur
rcncy met this afternoon. Judge l}llckucF.
Chairman. said he was willing the COMMITTEES
should have tho earliest opportunity to pass =
blll tu rrinuncttxe silver and repeal tho thlf,t
scetton Ut tic Resumption aet.
APPROPRIATIONS
The House Committee III Appropriations
held tllrre.l,hura' aessun to-day, wllrh, after
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WISCONSIN,.


S1xfal Etsp.tteA 10 7Ae Lxtc13o Tribune.
MADISON, Wts., Oct, AJ.-SercEal Dclnucrntlc
papers 1t, this State haye been making great
flourish about q transaction, Of johnson, Smith
l. CO., ri Milwaukee, with A. Il. ToIgcn, Of
Rio, Wisconsin. In ennie wheat speculation,
charging Mr.. Smith With nli tnauucr VI dark
transactions. Mr.. Smith, In a earl, showed that
hc had nothing whatever to do with tho rtn Of
JoIlneos,. Smith Il Co., but tfnt Ills son. ltn Il.
smith, MAS interested tn tsiat 'rni. NJ. ltublec,
Chairman Of tllc State Central Committee, to-
day reeciyest tic following dispatch frum tho
hon. 4. J. Turner:
rourAoE, Wis, Oct 20. "A. H.. Toncen. OF
1tso In card 10 tho SFafe t9iaffr relating to the
a ss,th, Il sy ssys IL r:sssd to wl,lisa +. smths
statement Ut t,cs, u to tho odttor OF the s*to".
.n ~ se.s ne s; statsa 'he M.a, 1h H. IN a. a.. a
no knowledge " The Transaction. aud IL In no "n1
10 h!ape In tic matter"
Thus has tho only charge that tue Democrats
have bccn, able to trump up against Mr. smith
hucu 1uuelchcI.
The lion. Harlow i. Orton, Democratic notn-
luce for thr Assembly for this District. pub
lst,cd n card an t!ls mornings 1staoeFaf X POSI-
ttyely declining the nosutnatton. Tho rsl'ise for
this deelnation Il il-htalth.
4 Joint discussion between Thomas II. ffchol.
Kansas, Republican. null ten. sam Cary. ot
Uhto, Grcenbaekcr, will take placa AZ Eau claire
Hu TAlAt 44kCtA4u1+t +$Nes ~A4s tS*AAVt Hti
speak for houcst cusrcItcy. consisting OF real
pIunuy Of convertible into real tnoncy. Gct,.
Cary will endeayoE u show that d prufnlse to
l,ay Is just u good az pay itsrtf.
moss kaTEs ON THE srUAr+
!gixc1uI Dift1&rA 10 tht EhtM1o 1TfbHnf.
GENEVA LAKE. Wis, Oct. AL-The Hun. E.
| ". keycs, Ut Madison, ralletl the bismarck oi
Wisconsin politics." gave TolsslnE Republican
epeec, last evening 1t Forl's Opera House 10 q
gutd audience. During his TWO hours talk l'u
exposed the weakness Ut the tiFccuavkcrs. ami
mule plain tho financial questions II thu day, tn
his dcsi'ietl and original lnao'1er. Considerable
to what courtu ST.. Kcycs would adopt
relative 10 President liayss' .plIcY: Thy
nuidnuncs wcrc quickly set at real
hy listening to tic immediate anI unqualified
tnaor.cn,cns Of tl.e Presidents pulley by "Thl
Of tle Wisrut.sn il,Iltuiira,, platform, and pah
| glowing tsloutc tn the rrcor.i ot tho llepnb
liran party, while pointing oul tllc danger whrl
| would v,lsliu 10 the MattuA under q ncmocrut!.
Administrator.
Slr. Keyca il making an extended canvass ui
the state, uud vii! spSak in Delevan this even
! Ing,
, 1877-10-31

tnG tho Centennial Exhibition, and again jast
May a. the opening Of the Permanent Exh!bI-
t!on. This delegation Vas must cordially re.
ccfTcd by the President, who conducted them
Into his private library, where. seated In
tho nntlst Of them for over one hour,
~ VI. .'us'on ns'
nc 1rankfy talked over thc situat'on, ana asKcsi
for and received their sicwa on his policy OF
Civil Service. the discussion leattlng 10 a free
Interchange nf o,tnton M tn win wo,,ts Ia
~. r,-rvsr prn.o.
.- THE Ftr1Esf P1aeon
70 serve tho Government ~ Minister 10 I'm"
gland. The name Df Waync MacVeaEh Was prom
t,,rcr n+h.r rar,icrnan INT ttc ro,nont that nf
,... .,. ssns'es"' ~ ~ ,,.."ts"..,s ~
.o"n "e'sa "as sosees.ea LUZ I'es'oen1s 'acc
oflehtehed up, md bF.hRinc bis hana do*n
with force upon fia knee, he exclaimed, "
have 1,od hja narnc In tny mini for so,ne
tImr na.t.,, In thc cnsu,op cnnvcrsatIon Tho
committee pteaseu upon .ae lses!aent loe re-
tho City OF Philadelphia and the State nf
anu 70 'e h s ma a
- eap,eitv ~ =. 'ct eit,.en, ~ rurthsr,nore, % i rus
pointed out that he was one OF the few men
who would be
Accrpramr 70 All c1Assx.
.. A.. 49,. 49,. ~ ~. -. .s.,t,is, .h..
ho was not g1ided by partisau motives; that TIC
WAS above reproach, with no Joint In hts afmur
which adrcrac criticism could reach, and
7, NJ IN h,d iii thc oh.l,v- n namca
AMI cnni,e,nnI sI , ta,t III hr .tcc n Mini.tc1
ri"nirnten,for,v ~ =, - rnuiontI mish 1icnttv anJ
i,m,mr' iri".encc ~ va. n,s,lc tn scnotnr rtamcT.
on. and liz Prcsilent declared that r1ot f,,r
sinrIc ,.,omcnt fnd he Entertained the ihourht
nf H. , svaSnn,ar inr thc ,,fi,.s snd
hc anm",,nc"d ii. ~ An ,1ctr1mi"nt tn nni,oint
o nnwru,,r n1 Tmrr rrsvnvsT -; .ss ~ ~.
fo- t<.it,ons ~ t.n.t H. n,,.s,,onr" ~ III n1on
~. r. ~nfn,,.att, " H. ris;i 1orrfca ' IL
Wrf.i, sr.s irrit n,1 ~ Wnshiurfnr nr.tsr
lac I. ,,"Sa. ,"aa y %n.a ti,a, 'sa.ro.
49, s,,asr,.., .1ls.sn'"l T.. " wnIst tE,t j.
,s,, 1i'ah i @ M H., @ ~ -, a.t. -. -
MI t,,.t ~ pn',tsSa tstro, ~ t,t" ,a., cvour
Ta-e eat ,"t,rno, i,t,,, s f.
rnhtuct .,G;cors c H., ,asv,t II. h.t,,1
naval a. Wtni.t,r rn ~ ~ rnurt nf n .Ismr.
"s ~ ""'A'os~' 80. ~ ~ ..s,. ~ ~ "
, 1877-10-31
: ICE FIVE CENTS

9ksn, ken ~. ~ ~ once chance did not carry:
! te tae n. nlne st:. an: and now NC stand facn d
tor: II fse sabjeet i eat etstetns ting Demoeratle
3 .is claimed that the sonti.erqn ro.tto.a.u
;nti1 s - rS desre - tns tns sseten Of
snd1eton. They saY that Pcnd1ctoiEe29see n.
UGH Of hts party; that he was mcffsesFcf
on2ress when 1t cost al man was worth @!
Radicaiism viii. an unwsves,ng faitt; that b =
Ia in fact deserving almost Of reverence
In that, With. The fanattcism Of Middle
Acc pilgrim, he c,aspel his cherished prtn-
Tf.ev say that be has, however, always been
pleading for the South, and In the present time
of goodwill IL is but right that he should b
On the other hand, It il claimed by The
Democrats who oppose him that he Is not 4
Democrat. They call him m artstocrat, rich
and pampered, man who was born ~ With gold
SPOON In h's m9ath s'a end nevc. did asys hon
against sucl. man being PLACED in tho Sonata
through the rutes Of ~orking1nen and true
Democrats.
political workers in his party enlisted In bis he
half. among whom may be mentioned e1-Spcak-
It Converse.
tie,,. Tom Ewing WAS thought to possess con-
siderable strength hut his prospects DO not pan
s!atnst him that be Is from tile same Congress
sonal District with Judge Thurman, who Is
already In the Senate, nnu that It would bc uu-
lust u the rest OF the State to tiayc the two
Senator's live 50 near together. In answer to
the claim. upon tile part Of The friends Of ficn.
Ewing that he IL the apostle OF soft money, and
tho result Of the election was triumph vi tho
ought 10 recognize Tic General On this ground,
It Is said TINT he Is already In tho House Of
Representatives, where he tan do as much good
to tho soft-moncs cause an In the scuatc, aud
, 1877-10-31
WHICH LOON VI FROM TIE FILE NOW UKFolB
TUE llQEf&.

6pr1al Dttpa&cA 10 1as tAicaoo Tribune.
WARRINGTON, D. e., Oct. 30.-The titles Of
tho bills introduced yesterday cover tweutS-
ulue pages Of the Record. There were sixteen
for fcuaonettxlaR tho silver dollar, submitted by
the following gents: Cox, OF New York; ban-
Mug, Of Ohio; Ewing aud Joues. OF Ohio;
Bright, OF Tcnnc.see; Hunter and Baker, oi
Iudtsna; Sparks, Harrison, Knapp, aud Fort. Of
IiltaoIss ulAud, Of Missouri; CuibeEsou, Of
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YELLOW FEVER SUFFERERS.

MYNPHls, Uct. I--Tho Cotton E1chApge haA
authorized the Mayor VI Fesaandina to draw
for $50 70 relieve the sick VI that citY.
Nav ORLkAss, tGs. NAk-Mayor PillsburY g.
day tetultteu ~ tho Mayor VI fcrnondlna u l,VQ
fvg tho rsllrf Ut The sufferers.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
Woman on the Farm.


This subject has been very interestingly
discussed in the Massachusetts Ploughmdn
recently. One woman says, in a late num-
Der, speaking of the "drudgery " of house
hold and dairy work al do not see how
work one is interested in and enjoys per-
forming, can be depressing; and it seems
to me that only those will talk or write
of the drudgory of women on the farm,
who are doing that work unwilingly In
terest in the work, and desire to do it in
the best possible manner, elevates it above
the term of drudgery, and the worker above
the position of drudge. Being farmers
daughter and farmers wife, think |
know something of the life of women on the
farm. Look at the different ways in which
farmers wives work over their butter
Some, as if determined to make the hardest
work of it possible, hold a lump of butter
upon the end of one paddle and pound the
buttermilk out with another; while Others
will press the butter against the sides of an
unsteady wooden bowl, serenely unconscious
that butter board would save nearly half
the labor, and the quality of the butter be
improved by being able to mould it with
less handling When people condemn farm
life because of its 'drudgery, wonderif they
ever count up the advantages of living on
farm. The fruit the vegetables, the fresh
eggs, poultry, milk and butter, to say moth
ing of the many rides the family enjoy
how many of these could be INDUCED in If
the family lived in town. and the same CAPT
tai was invested in business there, that it
takes to carry on the farm When about
to move on to our farm. an old lady gave
me this rather doubtful congratulation,
And so you are going to be tied down to a
farm = Yes said /, and to answer you in
words have heard my mother say many
times-I would rather be the wife of an in
teligent farmer than the wife of man fol.
lowing any other occupation you can men
ton Since the hard times I have felt
like repeating the same many times, with
interest"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
Dark Barns.

A writer in an exchange says upon this
been in different barns, that their owners
deeds, in them at least, must be evil, for
they seem to prefer darkness rather than
light. In this neighborhood there are -four
barns that thought / would go and meas
ure, and see how much glass there is il
them. In the smallest, there is none, and a.
the cracks are well covered no matter how
cold it is, they have to leave the doors open
to see, while doing chores. The others are
larger one forty by forty, with nine square
feet of glass; one sixty by forty, also with
uine square feet. The other is sixty by
thirty-four, and is lighted by the open door
and numerous wide cracks, some of them
measuring an inch and a quarter. When
my father built our barn, he put in over
sixty square feet, and year ago we put
ten and one-half feet more in the west end.
so the sun could come upon the sheep. We
are not troubled with an abundance of light,
and | don't think that the stock are, for |
notice that the sheep and lambs take partic-
uar pains to stand where the sunlight will
fall on them" This is a matter of vastly
more Importance than some farmers think.
Animals, no more than vegetables, can thrive
in the dark. Our long winters are sui.
tciently trying to the constitutions of our
farm stock under the best of circumstances
and an animal upon which the sun scarcely
shines at all for five or six months will come
out in the spring in bad state of health
even though the feed, and the ventilation
and the temperature have been all right
The sun is the great ife-giver.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
HoUsEKErPER's TRAGEDY.


NJ ~ 10 i'hNhN'
One day "a wandered, | heard a complaining,
And saw poor woman, the picture Of gloom
She gared at the mud her doorstep ftwas ranng).
And this was her wall as she welded her broom
"ohl life is a toll, and love Is a trouble
And beauty will fade and riches will flee,
And pleasures they dwndle and prices they double,
Aud nothing is what could wish it to be.
There's too much Of worriment goes to a bonnet;
There's too much Of ironing goes to a Shirt
There's nothing that pays for the time you waste on III
There's nothing that lasts but trouble and dirt
ain March II is mud IT'S slush in December;
The mid-s summer brcezes are loaded with DUST
In fall the leaves litter; in smuggy September,
The wallpaper rots and the candestcks rust.
There In the cherries, and sluga In the
And ants in the sugar, and mice In the pies;
The rubbish or spiders no mortal supposes,
And ravaging reaches and damaging flies.
"Tts sweeping at six and busting NJ seven;
It's victuals at eight and it's dishes at ninei
It's potting and panning from ten to eleven;
We scarce break our fast ere we plan how TO dine
with grease and with CRIME from corner to centre,
Forever at war and forever alert
No rest for a day lest the enemy enter
spend my whole life in a struggle with dirt.
" Last night in my DIRE m was stationed forever
on little bare isle In the midst of the sea-
My one chance Of life, with ceaseless endeavor,
To sweep off the ere they swept over me.
" Alas twas no dream-again behold i'll
yield; am helpless my fate to avertW
She rolled down her sleeves, her apron she folded
Then laid down and died, and was buried In dirt
Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-05-02
How to Learn to Swim.

Every boy should know how to swim, and
girls too, for that matter. How many trag-
edies would be avoided if youth would but
acquire the simple art Of learning how to
swim 1t has been well said that man is
the only animal that loses himself in the
water. As the season of swimming is at
hand, we append directions for acquiring
the art of swimming, as furnished by a cor
respondent of the american AgricuhuriS:
When was boy learned to swim by
means of a swiuming-board. This is the
safest method possible. If corlls are used
they may slip from around the breast down
beneath the body, throwing the head below
the surface, aud putting the wearer in dan
ger of drowning. Some country boys get
two bladders and then tie them together
with a short cord, and use these as supports.
They are the most dangerous things possible
for boy to have. The board is perfectly
safe, and one may learn TO swim in a very
short time by using one. 1t should be over
four feet long, over a foot wide, and two
inches thick, made of soft white pine or
cedar.
"To use it boy wade into the water up
to his shoulders, then taking hold of the end
of the board, he pushes it before him
towards the bank, and not into deeper water
springs forward with his feet and throws
himself flat upon the water. This move
ment carries him along few feet. lie then
draws up both his legs at the same time,
keeping the knees as far apart as possible,
and then strikes out with both feet, not
straight backward, but sideways, just as a
frog does The stroke is make slowly, and
is repeated again, drawing up the legs slowly
and steadily. The board keeps the head
above water. When the leg-stroke has been
learned, one hand his taken from the board
and the stroke learned, or the chin may be
rested on the board while the stroke is taken
with both hands. This is very good plan, as
it compels the swimmer to keep his hands
under the water, which he should always do.
By-and.by the board may be pushed ahead,
aud the young swimmer may swim after it,
always keeping it within reach. When a
number of boys go to swim, they should al
ways have two or three of these boards with
them for use in case of any accident.