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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-14

THE Ragged School Union, of London,
has 1862 school buildings, in which 49,,
600 tatterdemalion little Londoners are
taught the rudiments of learning. The
British child is attracted by such "a name;
but the American boy of the street, how
ever torn his trousers or sleeveless his
jacket, would go without an education
all his life rather than go in quest of it
to place over whose door was the sign
Ragged School"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-14

"A market gardener had a very fine
COW that was MIXED week after week by
two hired men. He observed that the
amount of butter he carried to market
weighed about pound more on each
alternate week. He watched the men
and tried the COW after they had finished
milking, but always found that there was
no milk left in the teats. He finally
asked the Scotch girl, who took care of
the milk, if she could account for the
difference. I" Why, yes" she says" when
jim milks he says to the old COW: so,
my pretty little muley so' but when
Sam milks he hits her on the hip with
the edge of the pail, and says: Hist, you
old brute r-iSdcrdmen Record.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-14

HOPE quickens the circulation of the
blood. Fear lowers the temperature of
the body.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-07-14

IT is said that for forty years Caleb
Cushing devoted from fourteen to six
teen hours day to study.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

THE STORY THAT WOULDN'T BE TOLD.
-" DO tell me one more story; Just one
more!" said the little boy.
1t certainly was getting late. The file
lighted the room, and shadows danced in
the corners. Down in the kitchen they
were hurrying with the dinner, and in 4
moment nurse would come in to take the
boy to bed. Bat all this made him want
to stay. He was very comfortable in NAM
mas lap, and he was in no haste to 90 up
stairs 10 Maggie and the nursery.
Then his mamma kissed him right on
the top Of his little nose, and she said:
" But you must 20 to bed sometime"
Please, mamma dear" he said, push
ing his curly head almost under her arm,
lust one little story"
"JnsL one! You can choose it, but mind,
little one."
You know what one want Of course
about the giant TnncHnkeroareous and
how he stole The slipper of the princess
for snutl-boX, and how the Prince Linn
berlocks climbed up acherry- tree into the
giants room. That is the story like"
And it must be the amen story to-
night. Welt: Once upon time the Prin-
cess Thistleblossom stood on one foot
while--n
No, no. interrupted The Story, 'you
need not tell mel Tell some other story.
am tired of being said over and over.
Every night, as soon rs your bedtime
comes, and you are so sleepy that you
don't want to 90 TO bed, you ask for me-
and | have to be told. | am sick of it,
and | want to rest"
But want YOU said the boy. IL
like you best of all my stories, | like that
part where the giant comes in and calls
out PoRrERn in such loud voice that
the gate shakes all the bolts loose
&c suppose you do like it, said the Sto-
ry, "anybody would am very good
Story, and very fit to be told last, although
| cannot see why that is any reason for
calling me the amen story That is fool
ish, think But at any rate, that is no
reason for telling me eUery night. Let
your mamma tell you Cock Robin, or Jack
the Giant-killer. They are plenty good
enough
Il don't want them" said the little
boy beginning to cry; L want y0a! |
won't 90 TO sleepall night if mamma don't
tell you"
II don't care" replied The Story "you
needn't cry for me-. I've made up nv
mind. You wont hear ME to night. That's
us sure US your name is Paul. -"
And it was just rs The Story said. There
was no use in the boy 5 crying, for of went
The Story, and it was not told that night j;
but it is my private opinion that the boy
did 60 sleep after all,-Loujso Stockton,
81. Nicholas for November.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

A SMALL Boy ON TOBACCO Tobacco
grows something like cabbage, but never
saw none boiled, al hough | have eaten
boiled cabbage and vinegar on it. and have
heard men say that cigars that was gwen
to them one day for nothing was cabbage
leaves, Tobacco stores are mostly kept
by wooden Iuiuns, who stand at the doors
and fool little boys by Offering them n
bunch of cigars, which is glued into the
lnjun's hands, and is made of wood also.
Hogs don't like tobacco, neither do |. |
tried to smoke Il cigar once, and it made
me feel like Epson salts. Tobacco was
invented by q aman named Walter Raleigh.
When the people first saw him smoking,
they thought he was steamboat, and they
were frightened My sister Nancy is Il
girl, | do not know whether she likes
tobacco or not. There is young man
named Leroy who comes to see her. He
was staining on the steps one night, and
he had Il cigar in his mouth, and he said
he didn't know as she would like it, and
she said, Leroy, the perfume is agree
able > But next morning, when my biz
brother Tom lighted his pipe, N rncy laid,
"Gct out of The house, you horrid creature,
the smell Of toblcco smoke makes me
sick " Snuff is lnjun meal made out of
tobacco. took Il little snuff once, and
then sneeZGd.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

EXPERIMENTS WITH WHEAT.--An eX-
pertinent was made on wheat at the EX-
prrmental Farm West Grove, Pa, with
the following result: -Four plols of land
were selected in 1876, were plowed August
10Th, fertilizers sown broadcas Sept. 18th
On the 9th Of July it was cut down, and
the yield was:
No. 1. With The Stockbridge wheat
formula; twcnty-siX bushels per acre
No. 2 Bone superphoSphato; thirty
three bushels per acre.
No 8. Rock superphosphatc; thirty
five bushels per acre
No. 4. No fertilizer; twenty-four BUSH
els per acre.
The Stockblidge wheat fertilizer, which
is expected to give an Increase of twenty
to twenty-five bushels ut an expense of
about Slj per acre, in this case apparently
produced only two bushels more wheat
per acre than the land on which no ma
nure was put. On each of the above plats
$50 worth Of fertilizers is said to have
been applied, except on No. 4, being an
expenditure of S45 for in increase of
twenty-five bushels. Herald
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

WEIGHING THE THANKSGIVING TUR.
KEY.-"Here, sir! Please take this bird
around TO Albro's, and see how much it
weighs.
The ideal What would the folks over
the way say, to SEE the professor" walk
ing out with IL big turkey under his arm?
That was the way he thing presented
itself To the good nntured college student
acting as private tutor in the family But
Mrs Simpson, the portly and practical
housewife, had NO such idea of the fitness
of things
1t WAS the day before Thanksgiving, and
the farmer who had agreed to supply her
with turkey had brought it, but had not
wei. he'd it, and Of course, they &C uld not
agree on its weight, all OF which ended in
the startling proposition with which we
began.
"Well if you aren't the LATEST man-!
Just us though it was going to hurt you
any TO take this bird to the corner and
blckm she went on, us she saw me look
ing, apparently, for II hole to crawl into,
but, in reality, for the broom, which,
when found, made use of for putting
into execution II plan l had formed for
weighing the turkey ut home.
| hung the broom handle TO the gas jet
by II wire loop, and slid it along in the
loop until it balanced By this time all
were curious to see what | was about.
then fixed II wire to the turkeys feet
and hooked it so that it would slide on the
broom handle. Next / got flat iron and
fixed it in the same way. When the
broom was nice.y balanced, hung the
turkey on the broom en- of the stick, two
inches. from the balancing loop. Then l
hung the flat, iron on the other side, and
showed it along until it balanced the tur-
key. Next | measured the distances of
The turkey and hat-iron from the balancing
loop, and found that the turkey hung two
inches and the flal-iron eight inches from
the balancing loop. That was all. had
found the weight of the turkey, and told
them: Twenty four pounds.
"Do you s'pose I'm going to believe all
that tomloolery? 1t doesn't weigh more
than twenty, l know Here. Maggie!
Take this out and ask Albro to weigh it
for you"
I'm blamed if he hasn't hit it about
llSHt, Salu ullG laIluer WHO lldu DTt uSnG
the turkey. "Ilow did you find out?'
"Well, you see, said l, 1.-THE fla iron
has Il figure 6 on it; that shows that it
weighs six pounds Now, if the turkey
had not weighed more than the htt iron
they would have balanced each other at
the same distance from The balancing loop;
but the turkey was the heavier, so had to
move the tlat-iron out further At the
same distance from the loop as the turkey
1.-TWO inches), the ilat-iron pulled six
pounds weight, and at every addition of
that distance it would pull six pounds
more. Thus; AT four inches 1t pulled
twelve pounds at six inches, eighteen
pounds; and at eight inches, twenty
pounds. At that distance it just bal
nnced the turkey, thus proving that it
"Well, Maggie, what does Albro say?"
"Twenty-four pound, num-" replied
Maggie, coming in.
"Wcll, | give up" said Mrs. Simpson;
and she did, and so do It'll next time
&. N. Shan, 81. Mcbolas for November.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

WINDOW CURTAINS A correspondent
says, Any lady who understands the use
of the needle can manufacture window
curtain which is certainly more desirable
than the costly sale ones, that require so
much care and skill in doing up nicely.
Take fine bleached cotton cloth, the width
and length that you wish; draw vine OF
some pretty design upon one side of it,
and work it in satin.stiteh embroidery
have Il netted fringe Of II fingers depth
upon the same side. FaSton the curtain
by cornirc or rod ut the top, and loop it
back at one side with Il curtain pin or hook.
The work and fringe have u beautiful ef-
feet festooned back and look equally well
upon the outside of the house OF the inside
of the room. They are the prettest ar
rangement for window that have seen
for long time, and will last for years, are
easily done up, and give II chance for the
display of much taste. The overshot EN-.
broidery is an art that ought to be kept up
for it has been the pastime of ladies fol
many generations, and is always beautiful
and available for many purposes it is the
same as satin stitch.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

that we are in the way of our duty and are
not neglecting the labor that lies nearest
our hand, although it is not delightful?
we do not doubt that drunkenness and
the crimes that grow out of it were what
brought destruction upon the Cities of the
Plain. We see its disastrous effects in our
own day. How eagerly all should strive
to destroy the destroyer. An obligation
rests upon citizens TO do so, for in this
free connIry its citizens make the laws by
which they are governed. With Chris
tlans in our Lords ministry on earth, how
different! They were subject to the RD-
man empire, the ordering of social sys-
tens was in other hands Is not Christ
church of to-day worthy His denunciation
seeing that it slumbCrs while the crime of
rum selling goes on2
1t is Il most debasing crime. If it were
not crime why should it be necessary to
obtain license in order to sell? If it is a
crime, why license it any more than other
offences against law and order? The farm
er need not get n license to sell the pro.
ducts of the soil the countcrfeter dnres
not apply for u license to circulate his
''''t'A N'iiN LIT INC lUlllSGllGI U;lIUS
and does obtain license. 0, shameful,
shameful and inconsistent
Let no one say that his or her help would
be of no account, for the humbtst soul
exerts in influence upon its fellows; and
this influence is certainly thrown into one
side of the balance or the other. We all
are marked, either us temperance helpers
or hinderers. 1t has been APPLY said that
we are all cogs Gu the wheel and when one
refuses to move the rest have to work
much harder TO overcome the resistance.
In conclusion, let me say to our valued
veterans in temperance work. fnin not.
Hold the fort. Look about you and take
courage. Pray, ask Gods help. Work,
ask Him not to do 1t all Effort in good
cause never is wasted. Though we obtain
not the object for which we strive, every
attempt helps to hasten on II brighter day.
Also our own hearts and lives are enrich
ed by each good thought and action, BY
every effort in u good cause.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

Don't DRINK.-The New York corres-
pondent Of tine Boston J0uruuJ gives the
following salutary advice:
The short run Of players, rilemen, bill
lard champions and men of sporting life
generally, is remarkable feature of New
York life. Drink is at the bottom of this
Men who indulge in the cup can't control
their nerves, and men who can't do this
60 to the wall The bad shooting of some
men, of whom so much was expected, re-
suited from their cup indulgence. One of
the best marksmen in the city said yester-
day that "in rifle shooting the variance of
II hairs breadth at the muzzle made the
difference of one foot in one hundred
yards and IL man must have absolute COM
mand of his nerves. A man who could
win must not stcam.' Dan Mace, when
he was in his prime on the road, drank
only lemonade. | heard him say: "a
single glass of whiskey affects my nerves.
Men wto drink on the road would not
trust their valuable teams to me if was
not in the driving season u teetotaler y
When the billiard congress was in session
the champion player said 1--WE can't drink
and do anything. We have to abstain to
tally from all stimulating beverages while
we play. We have season of prepara-
ton We have to be clear and cool, or
we fail. The reason 50 many eminent
players pass out of sight, is, they will
drink Then the nerves grow unsteady
and the eye fails, and all is up with the
player. The drinking grows deeper and
the playing worse"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31
TO WHOM SHALL WE GIVE THANKS,


a little boy had sought the pump,
From whence the sparkling water burst
And drank with eager joy the draught
That kindly qucnehcd his raging thirst +;
Then gracefully he touched his cap
81 thank you, Mr.. Pump" he said,
"For this nice drink you've given mel"
(For this little boy had been wel.brcd)
1hen SAID the Pump: "Aiy little man,
You are welcome 10 what have done;
But am not the one to thank
only help the water run"
80, them the little fellow said
(Polite he always meant to be,)
"Cold Water, please accept my thanks;
You have been very kind to me-"
"Ah," said Cold Water, don't hank me ;
Far up the hillside lives the spring,
That sends me forth with generous hand
To gladden. every living thing"
"l'l thank the Spring then, J." said the boy
And gracefully he bowed his head.
go, don't thank me, my little man."
ne srflng with slvery accents said:
"Oh don't Thank me--lor what am
Without the dew and summer rain?
Without their aid Ine'er couhl qucnch
Your thirst, my little boy, again"
"Oh, well, them" said the little boy,
"Pll gladly thank the ram and dew"
"Pray don't thank us--wlhOut the sun
We coullnot fill one cup for you"
"Ihen, Mr., Sun, ten thousand thanks
For all that you have done for me.o
"Stopl" said the sun with bl.hing face:
"My little fellow, don't tn INK me-
Twas from the oceans mighty stores
drew the drauIhLG gave to tnee"
so, Ocean, thanks!" then said the boy.
1t echoed back, "Not unto me
Not unto me, but unto Him
Who formed the depths in which lie;
Go, give thy thanks, my little boy,
To Him who " i'll thy wants supply"
The by took on his cap, and sad,
In tones 50 gentle and ,ubdued,
80 Col, thank Hhce lor:t ia gilt;
Thou art The givcr of all goodw
Ed,IV DPt
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

"And did you ever hear of him again?"
| asked of Mrs. Rutherford.
" Yes. The family went TO Viginia.
That State had been Mrs. Antoines home.
Gus joined The Confederate army under
Stonewall jackson; and shortly after the
close of the war | received Il letter from
his mother saying that he had been killed
at the battle of Antielam. l had been
married for several years then. but | be-
leve | cried heartily when | read it.
Wore the embroidery with the Acncon
stitch at my wedding. As we turned to
come down the aisle, after the ceremony,
the sea of headsTeminded me of the scene
in the courtroom long ago; and | seemed
TO see my first love hurrying forward
triumphant, the confession that completed
the vindicalon of my father in his hand. :"
-Galary
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

Neal Dow was called into the Portland
police station Saturday night to confront IL
tipsy book agent who insisted that they
drank brandy and water together on a
Sound boat together recently, When the
irate apostle Of temperance got there, the
fellow explained that he drank the brandy
and Dow the water
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

A conference of the Irish liquor trade
has been held in Dublin at which also dep
utations from London, from several pro-
vincal towns, and from Glasgow we're
present. A number of speeches were made
IN strong antagonism to the movement for
Sunday closing in Ireland, and resolutions
declaring the necessity Of organizing for
strenuous resistance to that movement
were carried.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31

A rather peculiar case was tried in Ayl-
mer, Canada. 1t appears that young
man was married by the priest of the vii
lage, but didn't pay him the fees. The
reverend gentleman brought action against
him to recover the fees amounting to lf-
teen dollars. Decision was adverse to the
plaintiff, on the ground that the young
man had received no approciable value.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31


THE "llARVEST " AND HUNTERS y
MOONS.-ln an article in dPplGtoH'S Jour-
nut for November, which treats well of
autumn, is this explanation OF something
apparently Il popular mystery: with oar
poor habits OF observation, expectation IS
essential to recognition. Many persons,
therefore, see nothing special in the au
tumnal moons, though if class of sky
gazers were regarded, we should conclude
that all the moons at tins season Wcr0
"haVcst moons" These moons are
among the things that have been sadly
jumbled with what are disconnected phe
nomena. One Of our IN st genial and
accomplished prose poets, IN an antnmnal
sketch, refers to "the soft advance OF Indian
summer, with its harvest moons round
and red" Bottom, the Weaver, however,
when preparing for the drama Of "Pyra-
mus and Thisby," did not attempt amy
such rash reorganization ot the celestial
scenery since, upon the mere suggestion
of Snug the Joiner he cried: "A calendar.
Look in the almanac and find out the
moonshine. For convenience sake, they
finally substituted an artificial moon,
which, nevertheless, was quite as roll II,
the most of the so-called "havcst moons. "
But the genuine illuminator us provided
by nature may be used without inconven,
irnce, and we may always know when and
where to look for it, if we are not above
the rustic appeal to the oId-fashioIed al
manac. What then, is the harvest moon
and what is its sign? Twice in the year.
when the sun is Virgo and Libra, the moon
being near her full in The opposite quarter
of the sky astronomers tell us that the
latter orb rises near sunset Tor humoer
of nights in succession. The first moon
appears about the time OF the equinox,
September 22l being called the harvest
moon, because at that time IN the moiher-
country, the crops are brought M an" tne
second, occurring about Ocloper Z'' Is
called the "hunter moon' lor .Ilc lG'son reason
that II indicates 'he oIt"'"a VI 'H1 0I''o ,i'",
Whoever may DC on tle "i'tc, "V 'll-90
times is likely TO witness Il DrllllahC spec
taCle nightly repeateu' anu oic oy "INn
the thOughtleSs person is sometlileS sur
prised, almost fancying for the moment
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-10-31
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The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-07-06


There will be an old fashioned barbe.
cue given near the residence OF G. Fl.
Jumbest at Cumbest Bluff. on Satur-
day, July Al, to which all are invited.
We are informed by one of the com.
mittee on arrangements that ample pro.
vision will be made for all who attend.
Money sufficient to pay all expenses Of
the dinner has been raised and placed
in the hands OF a committee, of which
Squire johnson is chairman, and he in.
forms us no pains will be spared to
make the occasion as agreeable as pos
sible. The county nominating conven-
ton will assemble at the bluff on the
above day, and OF course all the differ
ent candidates in the county are ex.
pected TO be on hand. and we anticipate
a social time generally. Let all attend
who can. 1t is expected that a boat
will be chartered to take those who NAV
wish to go from this place. --.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-07-06
0prnihg of eur New Customhou.e

On last Saturday Mr.. W. Fl. Gillespie,
our Efficient and accommodating collec-
tor of customs for this port. moved into
and took possession of that meet and
handsome little office Just recently
erected and completed by Mr.. Chan
teraut on She Sc ,shore for the use of
the United States customs department.
at this section. The office is located in
the most desirable and convenient spot
along our Seashoie front, and in our
opinion is certainly an additional i'm
provement to these parts. Efforts have
already been made to remove the Gus
tomhouse from Shieldsborough to this
point, but as yet have availed nothing.
We trust the department will yet see
their error and realize the unmistakable
folly accruing to the unnecessary ex.
istence Of these expensive sinecures,
and finally establish the eustoihhouse at
PascagUula. where, in Cur Judgment, il
properly belongs and should be.
The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-07-06

The commencem mt exercises oil Live
Oak Academy were held Thursday night
of last week. To say that the scholars
acquitted themselves we'll, hardly does
them justice. The house was crowded
with visitors and that all were pleased
was shown by the applause tLGt followed
the successful performance of each
piece. The music, songs and Duets,
by the young ladies we're very good in
deed, and the charade, "Mrs. Willis's
Will," showed what could be done even
by children iu the hands of careful
trainer. Whore all did so well it hardly
seems right to mention any single in
stance OF excellence, but the pleasure
which little Maude Colsen gave the au-
dience deserves special notice. She not
only knew her part well, but rendered
It perfectly. to the great delight OF all
who heard her. The principals of the
school. Mr.. Forster and Mrs. Vaughan,
have good cause to congratulate them
selves upon the success of their hrst
exhibition, and no doubt the people OF
u,.s Point hope that this will become
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