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Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
A Romance In Real Life.

An extraordinary story has just come
to light at Bath, England. Some weeks
ago there was received ut the Bath post
Office letter, addressed to "The Prot
estnnt minister of the circuit of Bath"
The letter consequently reached the
hands of Canon Brooke, rector of Bath.
1t came from a lady at Bangalore, India,
and stated that in looking through the
papers of deceased son she found that
he had left two children in the neighbor-
hood of Bath, and she asked that they
might be sought for. The inquiries set
on foot revealed highly romantic little
history. The two children were found
one in the Bath Union, and the other
domestic servant, filling n situation to
which she had been sent by the authori-
ties Of the Dutton Union. They had
each been left with farmers in the imme-
diate neiehborhood of Bath by a person
named Morton, who. twelve years ago,
presented himself first at one house and
then at the other. In each instance he
claimed relationship, and, after pretty
lengthy visit, obtained permission to
leave child which he and woman by
whom he was accompanied, and who
passed rs his wife, represented rs their
only one. In introducing themselves
they stated that they had come from in
dia, and produced references to Anglo
Indian families of high position in Bath.
They represented when they left the
children that they were going to Scot
land to visit relatives and would be back
in few weeks, and in one instance they
promised to pay five shillings per week
for the maintenance of the child. They
were never afterward heard of, and the
two persons with whom the children had
been left, mutually learning some
months afterward of the manner in
which they had been duped, sent the
children to the workhouse belonging to
the respective district in Which they re-
sided, and there they remained for
twelve years. On learning of their dis
covery the lady, who had Mt first writ
ten, sent e70 to Canon Brooke with a re-
quest that the children should be sent
to India. The application was made
known to the guardians, who, after in
vestigation, consented. Till the inquiries
were set on foot each of the children
was in ignorance Of the existence of the
other, and they will not only now meet
their grandmother for the first time, but
a'brother younger than themselves.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
Killed by q Fallen Tree.

At Bellon, Ga, Mr.. Gardner,
worthy citizen, with his three children,
were all resting from work under the
shady bank of stream, when suddenly
a large dead tree near by commenced
falling, and came down upon them with
a crash. One little girl was killed in
stantly two other children were thrown
into the creek. The father himself had
a narrow escape, and his horse. attached
to the pillow, was killed.
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28

If stnng or bitten by an insect, snake
or animal, apply spirits of hartshorn very
freely with soft rag, because it is one
of the strongest alkalies, and is familiar
to most persons. The substance which
causes the so-called poison from bites or
stings is, as far as is ascertained, gener-
ally acid. Hence the hartshorn antagon-
ICES it in proportion to the promptitude
with VIII it is applied. If no harris
horn is at hand, pour a cup of hot water
on cup of cooking soda or saleratus, or
even the ashes of wood just from the
stove or fireplace, because all these are
strong alkalies, and hartshorn is only best
because it is the strongest,
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
AFTER thirteen YEARS.

I'm afraid, Sir, we cannot make q
satisfactory piece of work unless we teal
down the whole mantelpiece. You sec
it has been loose for years. There is Il
wide crack at the back that must have
been there long time"
Herbert Payne looked ruefully at his
table of papers, his large bookcase, his
pictures, busts aud gimcracks that made
his handsome library the one room in
the large house that seemed truly like
home to him.
Very well" he said, "only be sure
you put it up this time SO that there
will be no further annoyance"
Then Herbert Payne fed from the
confusion to come, and took trip of
two weeks, absolutely without end or
aim, excepting the escape from his dis
ordered library.
Mrs. Beach, his housekeeper, took
care that none of his treasures were in
jured, and when he returned there was
no trace of the invaders, save that the
falling mantlepiece was carefully and
firmly reset.
But upon this table lay sealed en-
velope, yellow with age, and directed in
pretty lady-like hand to "Mr. Herbert
Payne"
Every shade of color left the middle
aged bachelor as he saw this epistle.
His hand, stretched out to grasp it,
trembling SO violently he drew it back.
Mrs. Beach was within call, and he con-
trolled his emotion to ask:
How came this letter here"
"The men found it behind the mantle
piece, sir. 1t must have slipped down
the big crack"
He shut the door then and bolted it.
No careless, curious eyes should watch
him when he read the letter that had
been hidden thirteen years behind the
mantelpiece.
Before he touched it he unlocked
writing desk, evidently seldom used, and
took from it a miniature picture of
lovely girl of eighteen or nineteen, with
large, brown eyes and waving golden
hair.
A face full of sweetness looked out
from the cold ivory, and the eyes of the
strong man grew dim with tears as he
gazed upon it.
For he had loved her.
Not with the wild, unstable love of
youth, but when he was man past thirty.
who had faced trouble and temptation,
and conquered both.
He had met her first when she was
the comfort of an invalid father, and he
had been won first to love her by watch
ing her sweet patience with the irritable
old man, who kept her constantly busy
in his service.
Later, when they are friends, Herbert
learned that Mr.. Morrison, the fretful
sufferer, was very wealthy man, and
that Leda was his only child.
Being himself man of torture, Her
bert Payne needed but little the fact
that Lcda was probably an heiress, but
he found his whole heart going out to
her as they grew better friends.
Every day he loved her better, till he
was assured of her love in return, when
he sought her fathers consent to his
taking her to his heart and home, his
owed, honored wife.
And Mr.. Morrison's plea was this:
81 cannot spare her yet. When tell
you her story you may not care to marry
her, but if you still love her spare her to
me few months longer. 1 may not
cani 1t live over another spring, even in
this soft climate. but when I die Leila
Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-07-28
Which Shall II Da!

Married people will please read o.
written single persons can read the mrs
line and then the third and then thu
second and then finally the fourth il
each verse:
That mau must lead happy life
Who freed from matrimonial chains,
Who Is directed by his wife
IL sure to suffer for his pains.
Adam could find no solid peace,
When Eve was given for mate;
Until he saw q womans face
Adam was In happy state.
In all the female face appears
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride;
Truth, darling Of heart sincere,
Ne'er known in woman TO reside.
What tongue is able to unfold
The fAlsehoods that In woman dwell
The worth in woman we behold
Is almost imperceptible.
Cursed be the foolish man, say,
Who changes from his singleness;
Who will not yield to woman's sway,
Is sure of perfect blessedness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

self released from his pledge of preserv-
ing an inviolate silence by the expiration
of the eighteen months. There may,
moreover, be shortly expected further
explanations from one or more of the
other gentlemen who attended these
memorable conferences.
But this is by no means the end of the
matter. We cannot conclude our story
with the plausible assumption of the dis
appearance of the unknown without
leaving trace. There Is stall hope
that tie great secret may be knOloR, and it
is our most fervent desire that these pages
may contribute toward the realization of
this hope.
Embittered and disappointed by the
difficulties which he encountered in his
own country, it is surmised that the I'M
known concluded to turn his back upon
it, and to take his secret abroad
whether to England or the United States
must be uncertain-and to dispose of it
there. His fate overlook him, however,
on the way. Among the passengers who
lost their lives in the terrible explosion
of Thomas internal machine on board of
the Mosel, steamer of the North Ger
man Lloyd, Dec. II, 1875, in Bremen
haven, there appeared on the ships list
the name of Johann Wegele, South
communicated our discoverer.
No relatives have ever applied for the few
articles which are still waiting to be
claimed at Bremerhaven. His memoran-
DUN book contains, however, few ad-
dresses in England and America, few
letters signed "Warie," and Il document
of the following import:
AS | am about to undertake longer
journey, and something human may easily
happen to me, l have on this day dec.
0, 1879 deposited in the bank of -
sealed package, in which are fully de-
scribed the particulars of my great dis
covery, the suspension of the law of
gravitation. In the event of my death,
or if am not heard from within three
years, the officers OF the bank are author
lied to open the package-therefore, at
the farthest, on Dec. 9, 1S7S,-and to re-
veal the secret"
The name of the bank was left a blank,
perhaps to be filled out later. The sig
nature is also lacking, and it may be
doubted whether the name Johann
| Wegele, which stands on the passenger
list of the North German Lloyd, is the
! true one.
We are done. With so many witnesses
no doubt Can be entertained Of the truth
of the discovery, and it is only necessary
to await the 9th of December, 1878, when
the world is to be startled by the revela-
ton of the secret Translated from the
DaAeim for tile Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25
Fighting Joe Hooker.

SPEAKING Of gamblers, says the San
Francisco ArgonaMt, we call to mind,
out of many clever men and many honest
men, the names of Charley Burroughs
and Billy Chapman. For some of the
virtues of life, and for some of the man
lier traits, they would compare more
than favorably with many we have known
of higher pretensions. We call to mind
one incident: Chapman and Burroughs
kept the rooms at the corner of Merchant
and kearney streets. We had passed
through an exciting political campaign.
Burroughs and Chapman were both New
England men, both Republicans, both
loyal. 1t was before the trans-con
mental telegraph. The Pony Express
brought the news of the war. Organized
rebellion had fired upon the grand old
flag at Sumter; the fort had yielded,
and the stars and stripes had been
dragged from its flagstaff, and in its
place was raised the standard of re-
bellion, the flag of the Palmetto State.
Around their rooms hung an habitue, a
gambler and one who had lost fortune
IN wooing the tickle, wicked goddess; a
gentleman, a graduate of West Point,
but ruined and almost reckless man.
The news came in about nine o'clock in
the evening of the taking of Sumter.
There was no more card-playing that
night Then it was that from the sofa
where he had been Longing there up
rose handsome and manly form. The
helf-inebriated, reckless man was trans
formed, as if by magic, into the splendid
soldier. Now" said he, {" is my time!
Time to redeem myself and serve my
country. l have been educated for a
soldier" Chapman turned to the money
drawer of the faro-table, and, taking a
handful of gold, said: "Take this; go
and purchase what you want. I'll buy
your ticket; the steamer sails tomorrow
morning at nine o'clock" The steamer
sailed, and from the generosity and pa
triotism of William Chapman and Charles
Burroughs, the two professional gamblers
of San Francisco, the country received
the splendid and gallant services of
Fighting Joe Hooker, the hero of Look
out Mountain.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

substitution, laid one under each foot Of
the table. Zoe, the model of a young
lady in Greek costume (of more volumi-
nous character than would seem orthodox
to DR.. Schliemann) is fashioned in a sit
ting attitude, and if she could stand
up would be about four and half feet
in stature. She is carried round for any
person to test by her weight the fact
that she is certainly hollow doll fitted
with light mechanism, and cannot posi-
bly, be an outside shell holding a di-
minutive human being within. She is
placed sitting upon the stuffed top of the
little table with her back to the audience;
an easel, supported by bracket from
the table top, holds upright before her,
and at nearly arms length, drawing
board with a sheet of paper about
twenty-one inches long, eighteen inches
broad, and crayon is held between her
wax finger and thumb by means of a slid
ing-pencil arrangement with a small
weight, which, when the crayon is APP
piled to the paper, maintains an uniform
slight pressure sufficient for distinct
marking While Psyche is going through
his feats of calculation, Zoe records the
products and totals, writing figures about
a couple of inches long Though they may
be much smaller or much larger at pleas
ure) with celebrity, her facility being par
ticularly observable in the way she adds
the bottom stroke of figure 4, or
touches off the top stroke of a 5. While
Psyche is playing his hand at whist and
ncrfOrminU his inscrutable card tricks
Zoe executes various outline sketches,
two, on the occasion of our visit, being
original and excellent caricature repre-
sensations of Lord BeaConsfeld and Mr..
Gladstone. -L0nd0R Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

AMONG the close personal friends who
have accompanied the Car to the seat of
war is veteran with a historic name.
1t was his grandfather who headed the
forlorn hope that stormed Ismail in 1890,
raising the war cry: Brothers, no quar-
ter to-day, for our bread is scarcew and
who sent to the Empress Katherine the
dispatch: Mother, Ismail is at your
feet" The father of the veteran Suwa-
rolf was drowned in Wallachi& when
Kutosotl's army was returning from the
siege of Rustchuk, The veteran himself,
who is now too old for active service, al
belt his form is unbent and his mien SOL
dierly, has recently made pilgrimage
to his fathers grave.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

THE French Government is calling in
much of its silver coinage that has be.
come worn anG defaced. Two.frrnc, one
franc and half-franc pieces coined pre-
vious to the reign of Napoleon III. are no
longer legal tender, and are exchanged
at the mint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-08-25

THE rector of Grace Church, New
York, averages $500 for each wedding
fee.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

SEATTLE.
4 LIVELY CITY-RAILgoAD Pgos.
rECTs - COMMERCIAL CENTRE -
PRoDCCrs OF rs WATERS.

Correspondence Portland Bee
Eiit3r Bee Al of your readers M
not know that Seattle is one Of the
hveliest towns on this coast, her nu-
merical strength 5000. large per
cent. Of which is fine sample Of New
England type. but few foreigners and
fewer Cinnamon boasts Of her Ter
gitoral University. Il handsome build
ing overlooking the Sound four dis
trict schools seven churches many
elegant residences. which present a
fine appearance from the approach by
water, owing 10 the rapid elevation Of
the town site. The principal business
IS numbering and stone coal. There are
three mines III active operation. one Of
which averages about 400 tons per day.
The Renton and Talbot mines will
soon be tapped with new railroad fit
teen miles long. and so arranged ,ha,
the coal can be delivered from the car
into the vessel. This enterprise is owned
by Seattle capital. OF which she
may we'll be proud, and if foreign capi-
tai extends the same to Walla Walla.
predict the future prosperity of the
city At present is lying at her wharves
SIX ships, three ocean steamers, besides
twelve steamers that ply regularly
from other ports TO this place. The
largest size steamers can sail in any
part of the Sound. there being neither
shoals or rocks to fear. There is no en-
trance or harbor in the known world
equal to 1t. Salmon, herring, cod,
smelt, etc. are in abundance; the
markets are supplied with the choicest
meats; hotels below par, and but little
choice; whisky mills. say fifty-well
attended. To checkmate. it is claimed
that the Good Templars and Young
Mems Christian Association are work
ing nobly. May they finally conquer
and the right prevail. OBSERVER
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

Particular attention given
to the Survey of Lands in
King, Snohomish and What
com Counties. and the loca-
ton of the Corners of Lots
and Blocks in this city.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10
Extraordinary.

One of the strsngest events that ever
took possession of sensible men, was
:hat which created the impression that
silver would become . drug in The mar
ket. The widest idea. respecting the
productiveness of the mines Of Nevada
were spread broadcast. Men believed
these reports because DIR. Linderman Of
the mint was made to believe them.
What is the result now: 1t is no bet
ter understood to day than it was six
months ago. that silver was the more
useful metal Of the two, for. while the
whole World can ISss Sss slqqs He T.hapt ,s 81 c
Civilized nations must use silver in or
der to have substantial financial sys-
tenn. Its small coin must almost as .
necessity be liver. 1t would have to
be silver. or gold very greatly alloyed.
and the people prefer silver for small
coin to any other substance. As ridicu-
lous almost as has beenthe depreciation
in silver bullion, 10 that which contin-
ues with silver coin. Six or seven per
cent. is submitted to without murmur.
Yet silver bullion is every day advanc
ing f. Post
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-01-10

A CHIC AGO BUsISEss.-Some idea of
the magnitude Of Chicago's interest in
live stock may he gained from the
statement that during the year 1915
the value Of horses. cattle. hogs and
sheep received at the Union Stock Yards
for sale or trans-shipment was sl25,-
100000, These yards comprise some
400 acres Of land with roadways, rail.
roads. shelter-pens, barns and corn
cribs past counting. Nearly score Of
tifty-ton scales are kept in almost con-
slant operation weighing the animals.
A force OF 800 men is employed about
the place. which is the nucleus of a
town. all of whose Inhabitants have q
connection Of some sort with the bust
ness OF Texan cattle alone nearly
200, 900 head were received in 1873, al,
though this item of the business is Of
but recent growth. A few years ago
the Eastern States raised their own live
stock; now they are supplied by til
prairies of the West. and Chicago is the
point of concentration and distribute
tion
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-27

garded by the Democrats, favorably or
otherwise, Just in proportion as it effects
Democratic prospects,
In Cecil county this is noticeablv the
case The Democratic managers have
calculated closel y the probable proper
tionate loss to their own and the Repub-
lican party. Having its organization
lican vote largely predominates, they
take a purely polite view Of the situa-
ton, and encourage the movement so
far as its Republican participants are
concerned, but expect to hold within
their party lines their own votes favor
ably disposed towards it. 1t plainly,
then. becomes a simple question of eX-
pediency and common sense with Re-
publican voters whether the real, sub
stantial interests of the working men
of the county can be best served by
strengthening the Republican party, or
by Withdrawing their votes from their
Republican candidates, and thus assur-
ing the success of the Democratic ticket
1t is very simple proposition, that
every vote thrown for the candidate of
the Workingmen weakens proportion
atelv either one or other of the regular
party tickets. 1t is fact so far as
ascertained, that the Democratic mana
gers encourage the movement, simply
as means of dividing, so far as posi-
bic, the Republican vote in the Fifth
district. Their frantic appeals to their
party voters to stand firm and fast
The personal activity of their candi-
dates. The hesitating confidence of the
leaders themselves indicate the uneasi-
ness of the Democracy as to the posi-
Die loss of a part of their ticket We
put the question Their frankly and
squarely to the Republicans of the
Fifth district: Do you propose to be
hoodwinked into indirectly aiding in a
Democratic victory by Withholding your
votes from the nominees Of YOUR own
party, by voting the Workingmen's
ticket, which, how much you may pre-
fer to support it in an open issue be-
tween it and either of the other parties,
has now no possible prospect of sue
cess?
The Democratic boasts of the success
of their ticket are based largely upon
the anticipated and hoped-for loss of
Republican workingmen's votes for their
regular party nominees. If any con-
siderable number of Republican voters
in the Fifth district or elsewhere can
be imposed upon by any such palpable
Democratic dodge, they have less judy
ment and intelligence than we have al
ways given them credit for
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-10-27
A WORD TO THE REPUBLICAN WORK.
INGMEN.

The bitter denunciations of the Work
ingmen and their candidates through
out the State, by the Democratic press
generally, should certainly open the
eyes of the WOrkingmen in Cecil to the
real feelings of the Democratic leaders
towards them. "The Cecil Democrat y
in its last issue, re-echoes the cry of
the leading party organ, the Baltimore
Gazette" in charging them with open
and avowed communism, and their re-
cent candidate for the MoyaIty in the
city of Baltimore is denounced as the
representative of a party that teacAes com
munism in its worst form-" lfhOs6 platform
sand orators hqoe shocked tie common sense
sand common deceney Of the whoLe commun-
"ify, and ,ehose triumph would be the heaui
"est dloo that ecer fell upou Il peaceful and
"prosperous people," As a movement, it
is apparent to the meanest understand,
ing that the Workingmen's party is re-