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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

Fish AND GAME.-Sportsmen will be interested
in learning that the State Association for the
Preservation Of Fish and Game have stocked dur
my the year several rivers and ponds with black
AS and other fish, and receive reports of large
increase in fish and game since the operation of
the game law Five deer were turned out un the
Green mountains by the Manchester club last
spring, and they have bred and are doing we'll
rhe one hundred and ninety-seven migratory
quail imported by Judge Evarts of Rutland in
June at cost of thirty-five dollars, have reared
some five hundred young, and have started South,
and they showed such greed for grisshomers
that the association suggests TO Senator Edmunds
the adyisability Of Congress largely importing
them into the grlsshopper-scourged sections OF the
West NJ. S Colburn, of Manchester is made
president in place Of Dr, NJ Goldsmith, OF Rut-
land, declined and senator Edmunds is first vice
president
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

\ SOUTHERN VTEw.-Speakiug of Robert
E. Lee, the Augusta Georgia. Chronicle
says: d" His countymen have emerged from
the meshes of their enemies and wrung
from them power which they never dreamed
of possessing in 1866" Making voters of
the negroes has largely increased the repre-
sentation of the South in Congress, and that
section now controls the party which has
good working majority in the popular branch
of the national legislature and is practically
certain to have a majority in the next SEN
ate. Its boast of power is therefore a just
one. In 1850 there will be new census,
and the North will gain from twenty to
thirty members over the present ratio and
in case there is sectional division of par
ties, this fact may easily give the Repub
licans control of the popular branch of Con-
gress, that is if the present parties do not dis
integrate before that time on other issues.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

WHAT WoNDER.-The Raleigh, n. c.,
Observer says +" The fact is, the negro thinks
his race the chosen one, both of God and the
government. Emancipation they thought
was but the door to lives of ease, idleness
md sensual pleasure. That citizens, free
citizens of free country, should be under
the necessity of honestly earning their daily
bread by their daily labor is something they
cannot understand. And not understand
ing it they think themselves defrauded by
somebody in being compelled to work, and
cruelty and despitefully used when punished
for preferring stealing to work. And it will
take another generation to get right ideas
Into their heads" There is no doubt some
truth in this, and what wonder Z The
negro was educated in bad school-the
,chool of slavery-where the only specimens
Of free citizens of free country" that he
saw, instead of " honestly earning their daily
bread by daily labor" were living on the
profits of the unpaid toll OF others, and
spending their time in genteel idleness
What more natural than that he should
think this the privilege of men.who are free
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

EXPERIMENTS in driving by electricity have
been made in France. An eeetro-maguot is
placed under the coaehman' seat, from which one
wire is carried along the rens to the horses bit and
another to the crupper, so that the whole length
of the spine forms part of an electric current A
sudden shock which the driver eau administer at
discretion will it is said arrest the most furious
runaway.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

Hon. Dan Voorhees,, the successor of the late
Senator Morton, is expected to arrive here on
Monday to assume his new Senatorial duties.
The democracy consider they have Il valuable ac-
QUESTION to their party in the Senate in this ac-
cesson to their ranks The Republican majority
will now be four.
Colonel Bob Ingersol, of Illinois, who so eectri-
fed the country with his brilliant speeches during
the last Presidential campaign, has been offered
the mission to Germany, and is now on his way
to Washington to see about it.
Superintendent Mcpherson is saving fifty thou
sand dollars monthly in his management of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing Sol.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-11-14

Parker Pillsbury, William Lloyd Garrison,
and Wendell Phillips, in the recently pub
lished words of the first named, " are the last
of the old abolitionsts" Garrison and
and Phillips oppose the President, aud Pills
bury supports him. The President there
fore is sustained by onethird of the aboli,
tionists. He is sustained by at least
two-thirds of all other citizens. Adding the
one-third to the two-thirds, we have three
thirds-which is near enough to unanimity
for all practical purposes. At all events the
President is supported by large majority"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

WE were born to look upward and
onward. Were aspirations crushed
within US, we would remain as sterile
as the clods of the valley, shut away
from the heavenly influences of the
morning dew ard the midday sun.
shine
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

a pound of energy with an ounce OF
talent will achieve greater results than
pound of talent with an ounce OF
energy.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04
ANTONIO FERRARIS,
PRACTICAL BOOTMAKER
First Door Above Monaeo's Photograph
Gallery.

DooTS MADE OF THE BEST A.
ID French Calfskin and fitted to
I. Cork-soled Boots made a specially
for winter.
| have a complete assortment OF Custom-
made Boots.
LADIES' Shoes made to order in neat
maDuer.
Repairing neatly done and on short no.
tice.
French dressing for ladies' and children's
shoes.
NJne but practical workmen employed,
MA ANTONIO FERRARIS.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04
VOL. XII.
THF FAR.OFF HIGHT

Oft in fancy have builded
Airy castles to the sky,
And as oft I've seen them crumble
To the dust-where now they lie.
have longed to climb the mountain
That is called the Mount of Fame,
And upon its lofty summit
There to write an honored name.
But to-day l view the ruins
OF so many shattered dreams,
And the far. off Hight of Glory
Gray within the distance seems;
Yet the ceaseless, quenchless longing
Grows with appointment-pain,
And it may not fill my spirits
With its whispering in vain.
1t may bid the shapeless marble
Rise in beauty, grand and real,
And each sorrow prove chisel
That may shape the fine ideal;
Or, perchance, the inmost feeling
In pathetic verse may flow,
That would ne'er have had being
Had the soul not tasted woe;
Or, perhaps. should language fail me,
Grief in broken strains would sob,
And the pulse which beats in music
With some weary life might throb.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04
S. FRIEDMAN,
DEALER IN
FAMILY GROCERIES, GROCERY AND
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

CONSTANTLY ON HAND, A CHOICE
y lot of Family Groceries and Country
Produce.
Ladies, if you want your husbands to love
you, go to Friedman's for your groceries, as
TIE following will show:
oht say noI loso yoH, oeeaos9 'ne inoiaSses s
and clear;
The syrup, the sugar. the jelly in glasses,
The crackers, the maok'rel / know were not
dear.
But when YOU came to me with Friednlan's
smoked salmon,
And showed me his samples Of Limberger
cheese,
felt that his claim to bo cheap was not gam
mon,
/ loved you, and said so. dear Jane, on my
knees. ta2Stt
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

IT is better to love man you cannot
marry than to marry man you can
never love.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

THE love OF Heaven and the love of
Earth are like the scales of a balance
when one rises the other falls.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

JUDGE man not by what he has on
him, but by what he has in him.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

NINEyEH was fourteen miles long,
eight miles wide, and forty-six miles
around, with wall one hundred feet
high and thick enough to allow three
chariots abreast. Babylon was fifty
miles within the walls, which were
seventy. i've feet thick and one hun
dred high, with one hundred brazen
gates. The Temple of Diana, at Ephe
sus, was four hundred and twenty feet
to the support of the roof, and it was
one hundred years in building. The
largest of the pyramids was four hun
dred and eighty-one feet in height and
eight hundred and fifty-three feet on
the sides. The base covered eleven
acres. The stones are about sixty feet
in length aud the layers are two hun
dred and eight. 1t employed three
hundred and fifty thousand men in its
building. The Labyrinth of Egypt
contains three hundred chambers and
twelve halls. Thebes, in Egypt, pre-.
sents ruins twenty-seven miles around.
1t contained three hundred and fifty
thousand citizens and four hundred
thousand slaves. The Temple of Del
phos was so rich in donations that it
was plundered of fifty millions of dol
lars, and the Emperor Nero carried
away from it two hundred statues.
The walls of Rome were thirteen miles
around.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-04

THE sun is spheroid $4,000 miles
across, and so vast that IL would re-
quire million and quarter OF such
earths as ours To make up its volume.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
Small Means.

We think that the power of money is, on
the whole, overestimated. The greatest things
which were done for the world have not been
accomplished by rich men, or by subscription
lists, but by men generally of small pecrniary
means. The greatest thinkers, discoverers'
inventors and artists have been men OF moder-
ate wealth, many of them little raised above
the condition of manual laborers in point OF
worldly circumstances. And it will always
be So Riches are oftener an impeachment than
a stimulus to action and in many cases they
are quite as much misfortune as a blessing.
The youth who inherits wealth is apt to have
life mode too easy for him, and SO grows
stated with it, because he has nothing left to
desire. Having no special object to struggle
for, he finds time too heavy on his hands
remains mentally and morally asleep; and
his position in society is often no higher than
that Of polypus over which the tide floats.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
a'aDtaiN EadS' New Enterprise.

The mechanical sensation of the day is
projected bridge across the Bosphorus, con-
necting Constantinople with the Asiatlc shore.
The design is the joint work OF Capt. James
3. Eads and Mr.. A. 0. Lambert, who has
been associated with many of the great engi-
neerng projects throughout the world. The
bridge will be 5000 teet long-more than
mile--1O0 feet wide, and, with the exception
of the piers, is to be made entirely OF iron.
The height of the structure above the water
is fixed at 100 feet, thus atfording ample room
for all classes of vessels to pass below. The
plan of the bridge is a series of fifteen arches,
the central span to 750 feet in extent, making
the longest span in the world. The great
mechanical triumph of the structure, how
ever, is the vast and elaborate system OF re-
enforce braces, by means of which any
weight superimposed will be distributed
throughout the whole support, and not strain
anv one part more than another. The estl-
mated cost of the whole bridge is $25, 600, 600.
and the time required to complete it is fixed
at six years. 1t is not yet known how far
the negotiations have progressed, but. as the
French and Turkish governments directed the
survey of the bed of the Bosphorous, pre-
liminary to the completion of the plans OF
Messrs. Eads and Lambert, it is fair to as
sumo that there is q strong probability OF the
contract being awarded, provided there is any
Turkish government left in that vicinity after
the close or the war.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27

Sid Macomber said he had everything in
his store, ''from jack-knife to pulpit, and
from a cambria needle to a clap O thunder"
But even Sid would have had TO acknowl-
edge himself lust out of the article" it Il
needy customer had called on him to furnish
a uite Here is an instance where q London
merchant outdid the Yankee tradesman
An officer of the army, who was going out
to India to join his regiment, recently made
all his purchases at a famed West End estab-
lishment where the boast is that everything
can be had there cheap and of the best The
customer was such u large buyer that the
proprietor, contrary to usage, stepped for
ward to thank him, and to express hope
that the officer was perfectly satisfied, and
had been able to find everything he required.
The Captain thanked the proprietor, and
answered.:
'Ncarly all"
"Not all" was the quick query of the
proprietor; mot all p? hoped, sir, We could
find you everything"
'.Why, it is little out of your line!'
"Out of our line? Not at all, Sir.
''Oh, you are quite sure of that, are you!
''Quite certain, sir"
"Well, then," continued the Captain
laughingly. Il want wife.
''Step this way, sir anu tne ao'uni'nou
military man followed. He went through
strange labyrinths, and up and down stairs
innumerabie. En route the proprietor COM
municated these facts About three or four
months prior, beautiful, highly-educated
girl, of good family, who had lost her parents
and with them all resources, applied to him
for employment. He had, after listening to
her story, though she was novice to business,
been touched by her friendless situation, and
gave her employment, and he had found her
worthy and exemplary girl. The Captain
saw and admired. He bought OF her ana
introduced himself. He came often, bought
more, and upon inquiry found all particulars
to have been truthfully stated. His man.
ners and appearance pleased the girl, and
when he told her the story of how his las:
want had been mentioned to the proprietor OF
the establishment, it ended in hearty laugh
on both sides-but after the laugh they were
married within three days, and she is now ON
her way to India.-London Miscellany.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
Thrilling Red Tape Description.
from the New York Tribune

[From the New York Tribune.1
There is nothing like red tape. During the
engagement between the British ships Ame-
thyst and Shah and the Peruvian lronclad
Huascar, shell struck turret of the rebe!
ram. wherein the commander OF the vessel
and his first officer were standing. In his re-
port to his superior officer, the Lieutenant
reminds him of what was probably fresh in
his memory: "A shell falling on the second
angle from the bow, port side, about four
inches above the bridge, and smashing part
of the woodwork which connects it with the
latter, tore away part of the balustrade, and
starting the compass glass, some splinters of
which, with others of wood, entered the tur-
ret, caused your Excellency to be slightly
wounded in the left hand, and fragment OF
this shell, after losing its force through strik-
ing something else previously, fell upon the
undersigned's left cheek, but with little in
iury.''
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27

Joy Brlngers.

Some men move through life as band OF
music moves down the street, t1inglng out
pleasure on every side through the air to
every one, far and near, who can llsten
Some men fill the air with their presence and
sweetness, AS orchards IN October days NIL
the air with the perfume of ripe fruit; Some
women cling to their own houses, like the
honeysuckle over the door, yet, likeit sweeten
all the region with the subtle fragrance OF
their goodness. There are trees of righte-
business. which are ever dropping precious
fruit around them. There are lives that
shine like star-beams, or charm the heart like
songs sung upon holy day.
How great bounty and blessing it is to
hold the royal gifts of the soul, so that they
shall be music to some, and fragrance to
others. and life to all. It would be no un-
worthy thing to live for, to make the power
which we have within US the breath OF other
mems Joy; to scatter sunshine where only
clouds and shadows reign; to fill the atm0s-
phere where earth's weary toilers must stand,
with brightness which they cannot create
for themselves, and which they long for, en-
Joy and appreciate.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27

Who was it picked up all the chips.
And strewed the floor with strings and whips,
And in the washtub sailed his ships?
My Brother.
Who was it ate the currant-jell.
And threw my kitten in the well.
And made me promise not to tell
My Brother.
Who was it taught me how to skate,
And sat me on the ice to wait,
While he went home with cousin Kate p?
My Brother.
Who was 1t, when he older grew,
TO tops and marbles bade adieu,
And tried but could not learn to chew?
My Brother.
Who does tiny mustache wear,
And oils and cOlOrs it with care
And in the middle parts his hair?
My Brother.
Who is it tumblcs up my curls,
And buys me bracelets, rings, and pearls,
And flirts with all the pretty girls?
My Brother.
And talks to me about his clothes,
And all my little secrets knows,
And leases me about my beaux?
My Brother.
Who is it that love the best
Of all the boys in East or West;
Although he is perfect pest?
My Brother.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
SISTERS.

The day had gone as fades a dream,
The night had come and the rain fell fast:
While DER the bleak and sluggish stream
Cold blew the wailing blast
In pensive mood idly raised
The curtain from the rain-splashcd glass,
And as into the street l gazcd
saw two women pass.
One, shivering with the bitter cold.
her garments heavy with the rain.
Anped by with features wan and old,
Deep-furrowed with sharp pain.
Ghlld In torn, child in years;
,rt nut from her piteous, pallid face
ine wearlness OF life with tears
Hao washed all childlike grace.
And as she passed me, faint and weak.
MI neaIu ner slowly say, as though
WIN throDDlng heart about to break.
move on: Move on! Where shall g0!"
The other who on furs reclined
In brOugham was driven to the n,ov.
No thought within her vacant mind
VI those in rags that day.
With unmoved heart and idle stare.
Passed by the beegar in the street
Who lifted up her hands in prayer
Some charity to meet.
Both vanished in the murky night
The Outcast on step to die;
The lady to scene OF light,
Where Joy alone did sigh.
But angels saw amid her hair
What was by human eye unseen;
The grass that grows on graves was there,
With leaves of ghastly green.
And though her diamond flashed the light
Upon the fiafterers gathered near,
The outcast's brow had gem more bright
An angels plying tear.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
Breaki In: the News Gently.

A miner, named Hughes, fell down winze
in one of the COmstOck mines several years
ago. and was killed. His companions picked
up his remains, and putting them in an ex-
press wagon, started for his home. Another
miner, fine, good hearted fellow. was sent
on ahead to bear the sad news tothe bereaved
family. All the way long he was discussing
with himself as to how he should tell the ter
rible story so as not to crush the unfortunate
household; but he reached the house before
having settled definitely upon his plan. Meet
ing Mrs. Hughes at the door he, accOsted her in
the usual manner of an acquaintance and
then said:
'sWhere's George, to-day, Mrs. Hughes 2"
ssHes at WORK in the mine as usual, thank
YOU, SIR" said the woman.
Flows he feeling to-day?' p was the next
question. The neWsbearer was becoming
desperate He was brave man who would
not have feared caving drift or delayed
blast, whose heart was so tender that he did
not know how to tell a woman of her hus-
bands death.
With some show of surprise Mrs. Hughes
answered the last question. about as we'll
as he generally does, believe"
The man was desperate, and not knowing
what to say, hc blurted out: ell bet $40
he's dead, and here comes the body IN
wagon"
He swallowed big lump in his throat, and
wiped his left eye with his shirt sleeve. Al
terwa~d in talking over the matter to bis
comraues, he said it was the greatest trial he
had ever experienced, and that hereafter
when man was killed they might call on
somebody else to tell the news.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27
FOR PEACE.
w. A. CROFFUT.

Thou man of God, who thus implOre
Thy brothers sacred blood to pour
In hateful tides of turbid gore
From Dardanelles to Danubes shore,
Be still-be still!
Blaspheme no more!
God help the babes! God bless the wives
Shame On the priests that whet the knives!
Shame ON the church whose altar thrives
BY wrecking peaceful PEASANTS lives!
Be still-be still!
Tis Hell that drives!
How long, O Lord. before thy shrine
Shall men pray. "Vengeance, God, is thine,'
Then worship Moloch as divine.
And drink the battles bloody wine!
Be stiil-be still
o, heart OF mine!
Come Holy feace! May Muscovite.
And Moslem end their wretched fight;
Women with songs shall hail the light,
And children flock with flags of white
Be still-be still
o, sacred sight! 4
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27


Lady, with vivacity-''Am I to consider
that as proposal?'
Scene laid at theatrical agency:
Agent-''Your line of biz?'
Actor-''Low comedy"
Agent-"You've played in-?'
Actor The Stranger 'Ihe Two Or
phans, 'The--'"
Agent-''Those amt comedies"
Actor-''That don't know, but whenever
have played in them | have been received
with roars of laughter
Three young swells are seated on bench
in the Tuileries Garden with young woman,
and one of them dances on his knee child
of three, beautiful as an angel.
A lady passing, struck with the chllds
beauty, pauses, and says to the yourg man !:
''Your child, sir?"
The three young swels arise, bow deeply,
and answer in chorus, eyes m.
About to take country seat:
Possible tenant-"There isn't much OF
view."
Landord-''Not much of view? Why,
from the front windows you look right out
on the railroad station"
P. TT know !; but that is not part1cu-
larly pleasant prospect"
L.-"Isnt it? Why, you see all the people
running to catch the cars and missing them.
Not pleasant, indeed!"
A Sergeant of the One Hundred and Tenth
meets peasant woman on the train;
She-s'What regiment do you belong to =
He-''The Hundred and Tenth"
She-''How lucky! My son is in the hun,
d1ed and Eleventh, right next to you. Will
you take him this ham?''
He-.'With pleasure" (Takes it,
She-"Well, wasn't I in luck! (Eceun'
ama6o. They have ham at the Sergeant
mess of the One Hundred and Tenth tor DIN
ner next day.
Rossinis weakness was passion for re-
commencing his proteges to his trlends-lt
cost him little and made him popular. One
day he sent q young tenor to Auoer with I,
letter so warm that it might be said to stand
212 degrees in the shade. The young tenor
sang SO diabolically that Auber had, gently
but firmly. to turn him out. Meeting kossln1
shortly after, he expressed, in the most cour-
teously sarcastic manner, his surprise and re:
gret that Rossini should have recommended
| to him man so utterly devoid OF talent.
MY friend" replied Rossini, pleasantly
| if he had had any talent he wouldn't have
| needed any recommendation to you"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27

A WOMAN is either worth good deal or
nothing. If good for nothing she is not
worth getting jealous for; if she is true
woman she Will give no cause for jealousy:
A man is brute to be jealous of good
woman-a fool to be jealous of worthless
one; but is double fool to cut his throat
for either of them.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1877-09-27

A traveller says Russian babies are never
washed during their first year. In America
the boy babies are washed regularly by their
parents until they are about z years old.
From that time until they are IL they may
oct their feet wet once in a while by some
vntoward accident, but their faces are rigidly
treated on the Russian system UntruthfuI
ErchGnge.