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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

Have you ever hunted them yourself?
asked Willie.
| once, when quite young man, joined
10 hunting expedition with number
of others, some of whom were Indians
and experienced trappers, answered his
uncle.
Tell us all about it, Uncle, said both
boys in the same breath, 1t must have
been famous sport.
For us 1t certainly was, said Uncle
George, laughing; bnt, whether the bea-
vers enjoyed it as well, leave you to i'm
agine. We started out armed with
spears and other necessary instruments,
and having arrived at collection OF their
houses, we proceeded first to stake the
river all the way across, to prevent them
from passing. This done, the more ex.
perienced Of the number walked along
the edge of the banks, knocking repeated
ly against the ice with a chisel attached
to staff four or five feet long, with
which each was provided. Those accus-
toned to ii can tell at once by the sound
when they strike opposite any ofthe holes
which form the beavers retreats, and an
opening was made in the ice, large enough
to admit an old beaver. In this way they
proceeded until all, or at least, as many
as possible OF the holes had been discoy.
cred. While this was being done by the
principal men, the others, including my
self, were busy breaking open the houses,
and | assure you we found il no easy,
work, for some were five on six feet thick,
and one no less than eight feet thick on
the crown. We could easily tell when
the beavers retreaied TO their holes in the
bank for shelter, by attending to the mo.
tion of the water. This being seen, the
entrance was blocked up with stakes Of
wood, after which the animal was de-
spatched with spear, and drawn up by
hand il be could be reached if moi, by
means of hook fastened 10 the end of a
stick intcnde for that purpose. Some.
times, however, they are caught in nets,
aud in summer very frequently in traps.
Fred, who was very ioud OF animals
aud possessed pets Of all kinds, now
wished 10 know If they were ever tanned.
Yes, said Uncle George, had one Civ
en- TO me, which had been trapped, when
| was youth. At first confined IL in a
wire cage, but afterwards II became 50
tame that it would answer 10 its name and
follow me like a dog. If were absent
il evidently missed me, and, upon my re-
turn, always showed unmistakable signs
Of pleasure. We were often amused by
the fellows antics, and, one day, on re.
turning, found that be had woven tho
branches given him 10 nibbe upon
| through the bars Of bis cage, forming o
dam; having filed up the holes by pieces
Of carrots and other vegetables, given as
food, bitten into the required size aud
shape Before this be sat with satisfied
air, as though be had performed as neces'
sary task as the sane would have been
had IL been erected in lake or river
This feat was afterwards repeated segera
times in our sitting-room, where ] kept
him during the winter; the dam being
made up Of such articles as be could con
trive TO Jay hold of, thus showing that
the beaver, ingenious and clever as be
most assuredly is, must be guided entire
ly by instinct, and not by reason.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

son asked biz next ncighbot the name Of
the officiating clergyman, aud whon iAl-
teringly answered. with gsu,lc simplicity
remarked lie seemed a vcry oonseicn.
iious, plain-spokcn maa, aud weut ca bic
peaceful way.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

Mr.. Ralph Waldo Emerson addressed,
twenty years ago, literary society, dur
log Commencement st Middlebury, VT,
aud when be ended, The resident called
upon s clergyman 10 conclude The ser
vice with prayer. Then arose q Msssa-
ehnset,s minister, who stepped Into the
pulpit Mr. Emerson lad Just left, and Ut
tered q remarkable prayer, Of which lbis
was one sentence: We beseeeh Thee, o
Lord, to deliver a. from ever headng any
more saeh trsnsoendenial nonsense a. We
have Just listened to from this sacred
desk. After the benediciioB, MF. Emer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

II il claimed ibst there Il not lawy er
At tie Androseoggin county Me- bar NJ.
dicled TO strong drink. Aud II i not
surprising. II Maine lawyer was 10
get intoxicated, I would take him nearly
two days 10 pronounce one ofthe medium.
si1sd names Of tbs towns Ia his State.
Fancy an inebrialed lawyer trying to pro.
nouuce Androscoggin
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

OBe 81 The Norwleh steamers had
struck, and while the passengers were
hurfiedly making preparations for their
safety, fat old Dalchman sliced life.
preseryer snd trying L on began 10 fil Il,
blowing II ull he was red 10 tbs face
with his efforts. Halo, ssid bystander,
you can't hll that hing there's big
hole in Il. A blank look came over the
DaicAmau's face. Mein Got, Is Dat sol
den better keep my Wind 10 me
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

jane, Il is eleven O'Clock tell that
young man 70 sAul The lront door from
lhe outside.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01
SELLING .
INFALLIABLE FIRE KINDLER

rays beitef than digging Tor 0oid.
ny sgents have sosusilEass E1ade ~ high ~ so
IL day. Tfsry tsmiiF Ia soEs tBssfs tosus,
sFfh. have toBgbt oDo--1 1aousfndf 81 Iesi3nso-
81 years u sss. ulta inetsasing and overs heifa-
iEg ekies Agsuts waited taF every rnpeeuFsee
GgNn ana GaUn&y IA fAs states and L4u&aas- r.
CiruHiNfs Rir3nF fai! particulars sent &c eAAl.-
A A3ua - seal % any Qnh aarkinF ~ heegnse 80
Filgsy FREE.
A84fsss i. p SMITH,
hFAwsf y, besat Msss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

a liule urchin 10 one Of our schools
beIpe asked, What Il Rbode lslsnd cele.
braied forf replied, II i the only one 81
tie New EDglsnd States which il tic
smallest.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

Members Of Congress are allowed mil.
age igr TWO sessions only ID each Con-
gress, aBd it cannot be paid 70 them be-
fore tie arst day Of the regular session.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-11-01

subsenbe for tie JouRSGI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The War and It's ASnectS.
[From the Chicago Tribune.l

What end shall we forecast for this re-
newal of the old, inevitable struggle be-
tween the past and the present, between
Asia and Europe? IF not the last en-
counter of the two, it will have much of
the character of a final one. It may not
reverse the history OF more than four
centuries ago, and present to us Sultan
Hamid falling, like Constantine Palace
LOCUS, before the shattered walls of Con-
stantinople; but it will at least decide
the tenure of Moslem rule in Europe.
The Turks themselves feel this, with the
true instinct of an imaginative race the
common soldier knows it as well as the
Pasha who commands his division. Rus
STA will find on the Danube wall of IA
naticism, no less than of fire and steel.
The recent successes in Servia, and the
recollectlOns of 1853 and "a, will con-
tribute still further to inspire the Turk
ish armies; they will fight fercely and
stubbornly, and it will require equal
courage and very skillful generalship to
break their line of defense.
war, briefly stated, is this: that, after a
desperate resistance, Turkey will be
forced to succumb; that Russia will con-
tent herself with slice of Armenia, a
new harbor on the southern shore of the
Black sea, and her former European
boundary, including one mouth of the
Danube; that she will lay no hand on
Constantinople, stop short of any pro-
ceeding which might provoke the armed
intervention of other powers, and leave
Turkey a phantom existence in Europe
for few years longer. But the infu-
ences which the war will set in motion
are incalculable, and it is possible that
the end may be very different from that
which we have prognosticated. -Nea0
York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The Rush to the Black Hills.

The number of new buildings in pro-
cess of erection at Sidney is something
surprising. Some of them are substan-
tial and of fine architectural beauty
Business is very brisk and rents high.
The travel to the Black Hills from this
point will average about 100 persons per
day. They go in teams, on foot and by
stage. There seems to be a great
scarcity Of transportation, and those
having teams bound for the Hills find
no difficulty in securing passengers and
freight. They charge from $12 to SIS
or passage, carrying from fifty to 100
pounds Of baggage, the passengers
walking most of the distance. The most
of the people going to the gold beds are
sensible and, apparently, Woodworking
men. Of course, the town is filed with
gamblers and thieves, and, Judging by the
signs on the places Of business, whisky is
the principal article of traffic.
Early in the morning, if you are OBJ
servant, you will see coming down from
the hills, out Of barnyards, box cars and
from every conceivable place where a
man could sleep, hordes OF tramps, who
are entirely destitute of money or pro-
visions, all animated by an ambition to
go to the Black Hills, and it is probable
that most of them will succeed in get
ting there.-S3d5aey (Neb.) Letter to the
Omaha Bee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
A Country Bride.

A few days since there arrived at the
Sherman House, Chicago, newly mar
ried couple. It was apparent at first
sight that they were unused to city
ways, but the bride was so radiant with
the fresh bloom that country life and air
alone can give that the groom was en-
We'd by all the young men who make
that hotel their abiding place. The
morning after their arrival the chamber
maid visited the young couples room, at
the Internationally early hour of
o'clock. A "come in" answered her
knock, and on entering the room she
found the bed made up and the room
III the neatest kind of order. The cham
bermaid was astonished to find all her
work anticipated, and proposed to sweep
the room while the young couple were
III the dining-room. "Why," was her
answer, eve had breakfast two hours
ago." During the stay of the couple,
the chambermaid had no work to do in
their room. The revelation to the SER
want that woman in hotel could do
something for herself, was a strange one,
and was duly reported. The young men
took a deeper interest in the little lady
who knew how and was not afraid to edo
up" her own room, and the example be-
coming contagious infected the other
ladies in the hotel, much to the satisfac-
ton of the chambermaids.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The COnSumDtiOn of Cotton.

The supply of cotton goods to the
world is mainly furnished by Great
Britain and the United States The
consumption Of cotton goods in this
country is equal to twelve pounds per
head OF the population, while in Europe
it is only equal to five pounds per head.
The cotton manufacture in Great Britain
retained for home consumption is about
six pounds per head, and on the CONT
nent OF Europe not over four and half
pounds. The exports from Great
Britain to countries other than Europe
and the United States is 100000, 600
pounds, while 100000 pounds are
sent from the United States. The ex-
port of cotton fabrics to Asia, Africa,
South and Central America, Mexico, and
Australia is less than one pound of cot
ton per head to the population. It fol-
lows, then, that only one-fifth of the
population of these countries is supplied
by machine-made cotton. There re-
main, therefore, outside of the United
States and Europe, 800, 900, 900 of people
whose clothing consists mainly of cotton
cloth, who are yet supplied by hand
spun and woven cloth. To supply those
people with machine-made cotton at
the rate Of five pounds per head will
require 100000 additional bales Of
cotton a year and 100000 additional
sDind1as
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
One Thousand Millions of Municipal
Indebtedness.

The Public, of New York has, prepared
a summary of the debts of cities in this
country as far as they can be ascertained.
and makes the total to be 81, 0O4, 600, 900.
In 1870 the reported debts of the munic-
ipalities recorded in the census amounted
to s269, OBS, 551. Since that time there
has been an increase to $774, 069, 1O4, or
176 per cent. The debt of other munich
palitles was $59, 2O8, 979 in 1870, and this.
with the interest that has naturally &C
crued, carries the total up to 1907, 3d.
1856. Adding to this an estimated in
crease for the past year, we have the
present municipal indebtedness of the
country at 81, O04, 100000. Commenting
on these facts, the Public says
"It seems safe to say that the interest
on municipal debts, though not fully
paid, involves tax of about $50, OOO,-
900 yearly. This large sum must be
paid in addition to the cost of municipal
government, which was over $114,O0O.-
900 in 1870, and has largely increased
since that time. It is probably much
within the truth to say that the munich
pal governments and debts cost us $780,
OOO,OO yearly, and in addition we pay
about $145, 100000 for State and county
purposes, while the revenue of the
United States Government is 1924, OOO,-
900. About 1929, 100000 yearly we pay
in taxes, besides about $30,000,OOO for
postal service, and unknown sums in fees
to various Federal, State, and local off
Gals. And, after paying more than SIS
per capita for government of various
sorts, besides untold millions in fees,
we still find municipal debts increasing
at the rate of more than So per capita
yearly. In 1870 the assessed valuation of
property in the country was about $14,-
0OO,OOO,OO0. Taxation for various forms
Of government exceeds At per cent.
yearly of that valuation, and, moreover,
the increase Of municipal debt is about
Z per cent. yearly. We either pay in
taxes, or run into debt, at the rate of 81
per cent. yearly on the assessed value
of all property, and still we wonder that
we do not prosper"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
A COttOn-Picking Machine,

The cotton gin created revolution in
the cost and production of this import
ant fleece. Recently another invention
has been perfected which may produce
almost as marked an effect as the cotton
gin. It is the picker. It is a wagon-like
machine which is driven through the
ripened fields and picks clean every
scrap of cotton lint, and nothing except
cotton, and saves the labor of 100 hands.
Where the price of the staple may go to
with this invention in general use it is
impossible to fathom. The machine is a
North Carolina affair, and is said to do
good work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
A Woman EntOmOlOgist.

DR.. Thomas, the State Entomologist
of Illinois, has appointed lady as his
first assistant. While he is in Omaha
studying grasshoppers as one of the
Government Commissioners, Miss Emma
Smith will perform his official work in
Illinois, being practically State Ento-
mologist. Besides this, she will take ex-
cursions independently into the insect
kingdom, making special observations
and collections of bugs in Northern
Illinois.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
Turkish BarbaritieS.

The students of a military school at
Constantinople sent a petition to the
Porte denouncing Midhat's Punishment
as unconstitutional and soliciting his re-
call. The boys were marshaled into the
school-yard and ordered to reveal the
name OF the author of the petition. One
of them, promising youth Of %,
stepped forward and avowed himself as
the author. He was condemned to re-
ceive 200 blows ON the soles of his feet,
and died after los blows had been adj
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

ministered. For denouncing the Grand
Vizier's exile as unconstitutional, Said
Effendi, a writer in the Mussorak, is
kept prisoner, with chain
around his body and letters on his feet.
These Incidents, which are telegraphed
from Pera to the London Times, show
that the abolition of inhuman modes of
punishment, which has been decreed in
hundred imperial frmans, is hollow
farce.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The Proper Temperature.

DR.. Richardson, Of England, who is
now recognized as high authority on
matters OF domestic hygiene, says that
So deg. Fahrenheit is the right degree of
temperature for health, and that those
engaged in literary or artistic work cam
not possibly be too careful on this point.
IF their labor be prolonged or severe,
the temperature may be allowed to run
up to 65 deg. or even 70 deg. The same
rule applies to all sedentary persons and
children studying. Our rooms here are
apt to be ct least 10 degrees too hot for
healthy persons
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

changed drivers, and have changed
sledges and horses also, on the way. I
even got out Of my sledge, because an
impudent individual, whom we met on
the road, wanted to ride in it."
"And you let him have it p asked his
wife, in amazement.
" Yes" said the General, ct thought
it well to give it up to him. And now
let us go in, and I will tell you the
story. ST Nicholas for Man.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The Longest Railway.

It is claimed that the most extensive
line of railway in the world is that of
the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean
Company. At the close Of 1876 the line
in operation comprised 1886 miles, and
1,2284 miles more are being built, or
concessions therefor have been obtained.
Thus, when complete, the system will
embrace 1925 miles, and the directors
are contemplating a still further extern
sion,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

HE Austin Gazette estimates the in
crease of Texas population since August
last at 100000 The Lone Star State
will be power soon. People hardly
realize that in area Texas is larger than
all the other Gulf States put together.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

NEwBURYPoRT has 1900 more women
than men. It is small place, and a
wedding there creates almost as much
sadness as a funeral.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Red Riding-Hood.


On the wide lawn the snow Law deep.
Ridged DER with many drifted heap;
The wind that through the pine-trees sung
The naked elm boughs tossed and swung;
While, through the window, frosty-starred,
Against the sunset purple barred,
We saw the somber crow flap by,
The hawks gray feck along the sky,
The crested blue-jay fitting swift,
The squirrel posing on the drift,
Erect, alert, his thick gray tail
Set to the north wind like sail.
1t came to pass, our little lass,
With 1attened face against the glass,
And eyes in which the tender dew
VI pity shone, stood gazing through
The narrow space her rosy lips
Had melted from the frost's eclipse:
son, see, she cried, " the poor blue-jays
What is it that the black crow says?
The squirrel lifts his little legs
Because he has no hands, and begs;
He's asking for my nuts, know;
May not feed them ON the snoW?"
Half lost within her boots. her head
Warm-sheltered in her hood Of red,
Her plaid skirt close about her drawn,
She tloundered down the wintry lawn;
Now struggling through the misty veil
Blown round her by the shrieking gale;
Now sinking in drift SO low
Her scarlet hood could scarcely show
Its dash of color on the snow.
She dropped for bird and beast forlorn
Her little store of nuts and corn,
And thus her timid guests bespoke:
"Come squirrel, from your hollow oak
Come, black old crow-come, poor blue-jay,
Before your supper's blown away!
Don't be afraid we all are good;
And I'm mammals Red Riding-Hood
0 Thou, whose care is over all,
Who heedest cen the sparrow's fall
Keep il the little maiden's breast
The pity which is now it's guest!
Let not her cultured years make less
The childhood charm of tenderness,
But let her feel as well as know,
Nor harder with her polish grow!
Unmoyed by sentimental grief
That walls along some printed leaf,
But, prompt with kindly word and deed
TO own the claims of all who need,
Let the grown woman's self make good
The promise of Red Riding-Hood
IN q. Whittier.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

Not what the chemists say they be-
Are pearls-they never grew;
They come not from the hollow sea,
They come from heaven in devil
Down in the Indian sea it slips
Through green and briny whirls,
Where great shells catch it in their lips
And kiss it into pearls
If dew can be so beauteous made,
Oh, why not tears my girl?
Why not your tears? Be not afraid
do but kiss pearl!
R II. 'Stoddard, IN Scrfbner for Nag.
MORE than 125 mountains in North
Carolina were measured by Prof. Guyot.
Of this number the lowest is some $500
feet, and the highest is 6,707 feet.
There are fifty-four mountains over 5000
feet in height forty-fve mountains over
5000 feet in height, but not as much as
5000, and fifteen mountains over 1000
feet, but not as much as 5000 feet.
Black mountain is the highest, being
6,7O7 feet.
Two BODIES, tightly fastened together
with a strong cord, were taken from the
Seine at Rouen, three weeks ago. A
young man whose father was rich had
been so injudicious as to fall in love with
a work-girl, pretty, simple and low
DOIus n 1OllIlll LII HOChCt vi
the young mans coat told the tragic
story in single sentence, "Our parents
would not allow us to marry, and we re-
solved to perish together in order that
we might not be separated in paradise. %
BARONESS MEYER RorHscH11D, who
recently died at Nice, had singular
fancy that she could only breathe freely
at sea. She ordered yacht of 800 tons
to be built for her. AS it was not ready
to convey her to the Mediterranean, she
hired CUnard steamer and steamed to
Nice. On landing she wished to be again
on board, and hired French steamer,
which she caused to be stationed at Nice.
Before her death her yacht had arrived.
and she died on board of it. The Bar
oness leaves one daughter, who is the
richest heiress in the world.
The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-05-10
A New Era in Telegraphy.

Professor Loomis, of Washington,
who has given to electricity and its uses
much study and thought, says the time
is not far distant when telegraphing will
be carried on by means of aerial cur
rents, without the aid of wire Or poles.
He has already, he says, communicated
with his assistant, who was twelve miles
away, by means of an aerial current.
The current was reached by flying kites
a certain height at each point, the string
used being a copper wire. When both
of the kites would be at the same alti-
tude and in the same current, he says he
has, by means of an instrument attached
to the ground end of the wire, sent to
and received messages from his assist
ant, twelve miles away, there being
nothing but an aerial connection be-
tween them. Professor Peters, in an al
ticle on the telephone, written after he
had witnessed its first performance,
says: "The telephone of to-day prob
ably bears to the telephone of the future
about the same relation that Fulton's lit
tie steamboat bore to the magnificent
floating palaces that now ply on our
lakes and rivers, or to those nobler en-
bodiments of human skill which have re-
duced the formidable Atlantic voyage of
our grandparents to an average ten day S
triD ~