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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
FROM TIE MINING RecIoEs.
Editor Lamojlie Ne,rs:

Editor LQmOdie NeSrS:
1t may interest some of your read
crs to hear a little about the farming
interests of this region of Molly Ma
guires.
In the coal section proper, the sur
face has been so much disturbed by
undermining for the coal that the soil
generally stir and shelly is unfit for
cultivation. Surrounding the coal
fields we have the red Sb0le lands, in
which there are no minerals and form
ing the only soil fit for profitable cul-
tivation. These led shale lands are
worth from twenty-five TO one hundred
and fifty dollars per acre according to
Improvements. Under proper cult
walton the yield Of crops from them is
much below your Lamoille county
lands. Yet the immense market open
ed for all farm products kccpsup prices
here much above those at the city of
Reading, thirty miles distant, so that
the farmers all make good profits. As
consequence they are either wealthy
or independent. At present this is
not strictly true as the terrible depres-
sion in the coal trade and its depend
encies makes q cash sale almost i'm
possible, forcing the miners to work
little patches of ground, poor as it is,
in order to obtain any vegetables at all,
so that our farmers are compelled to
sell at unusually low figures, or keep
their produce on hand at a loss. If
cheap freights could be obtained be-
tween Vermont aud Schuylkill county,
your various products Of butter, cheese,
hops, oats, potatoes, &C., &C., would
find desirable market, provided the
hard times pass away. But as the
times now are nothing in quantity
could be sold here for money. Con-
sidering the immense wealth Of this
region, and the numbers of those who
count themselves worth many thous-
ands this at first would appear incor-
rect. Yet it il positive fact the very
wealthiest of our citizens have so much
lockedup in unproductiye Investments,
that they are less able to raise money
than some Of our poorer folks. The
manufacturers long ago shut up with
hundreds of thousands Of dollars tied
up in iron mills, furnaces, and ma
chine shops, upon which they can
hardly pay the taxes. Thus our farm
ing interests so dependent on the coal
region, are, if not losing making little
money. Labor can be obtained from
seventy-fve cents per day to seven
dollars per week scjthout board, and
hundreds who cannot get any work
at all envying those that do Hoping
that this condition Of affairs
Van uOycI IUaUu L,lrnV1no UUuntJ, s,ll,l
that good times will soon return here.
l remain very respectfully, yours &C.,
B. N. HYDE.
Pottsville, Pa, Aug. 10, 1877.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
RELIGIOUS,
THE BLESSED HOPE.

Hope is expectation mingled with
earnest desire. "When hope faileth,
the whole heart grows sick" Hope
acts as a buoy to keep the soul out of
the depths Of dependency and gloom.
All, at times, have n hope that extends
beyond this life. The wording hopes
that God will not, in the Judgment,
deal harshly with him. The infdel
hopes that death is an eternal sleep.
The heather hopes that his idols will
deliver him in that hour. These hopes
are delusive, and have no foundation
in the word of God.
The Christian has a hope which sis
an anchor to the soul, sure and stead
fast" This hope looks through the
"yalley of the shadow Of death into
ImmanuePs land, and paints scenes of
glory such as mortal eye never looked
upon. In times of aiIliction, it COM
forts the heart. In days of darkness,
it shines brighter than the sun. In
seasons Of anguish, it whispers OF
peace and joy. In moments of weari-
ness, it points to the land of rest. In
the hour Of death, it sings of the resur-
rection morn.
Glory to God for the blessed hope
The fires Of persecution cannot con-
sumo it. All the ills which flesh is
heir to cannot destroy it; and even
Satan himself cannot put an end to
it.
Brethren and Sisters, we may well
rejoice. Hope sets before us a glo-
rious prospect, and sings in our ears
of land fairer than any fairy bower
ever described by mortal tongue, and
whispers Of an inheritance richer than
all the diamonds in the mines.
The visions and dreams ofloveliness
painted by hope are not feeting and
delusiye like the mirage Of the desert
but they are shadows Of q glad sub
stance yet to be revealed, and fore
tastes Of joy, the fullness Of which is
known only to the King eternal
ReUjeW.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
REFORMING A DRuNKARD.

A young wife in Michigan had just
got settled in her new home. All
seemed fair and promising, for she did
not know that her husband was q
drunkard. But one night he came
home at very late hour, and very
much the worse for liquor, When he
staggered into the house, the wife, who
was greatly shocked, told him he was
sick, and to lie down at once in a mo-
mont or two, lao was comfortably set
tied on the sofa in a drunken sleep.
His face was reddish purple his breath
ing was heavy, and altogether he was
pitiable looking object. The doctor
was sent for post haste, and mustard
applied to his feet and hands. When
the doctor came, he felt his pulse, and
examined him, and finding that he
was only drunk he said:
"He will be all right in the morn
ing"
But the wife insisted that he was
very sick, and that severe remedies
must be used.
"You must shave his head and ap-
ply bIsters," she urged, COR ! will
send for some one who will"
The husbands head was accordingly
shaved closely and blisters applied.
The patient lay all night in drunken
sleep, and, Notwithstanding the blisters
were eating into the flesh, it was not
till near morning that he began to
beat about disturbed by pain.
About daylight he walked up to a
most uncomfortable consciousness o1
blistering agonies.
"What does this mean," he said,
putting his hands to the bandaged
head.
"Lie still-you mustn't STIR" said
the wife, "you have been taken very
sick"
"I'm not sick"
"Oh, yes, you are; you have the
brain fever. We have worked with
you all night"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

The case of the Widow Gras, who
was tried, the other day, in Paris fol
getting one Gaudry, lover Of hers,
to throw vitrol into the face of Rene
de la Roche, another lover, illustrates
anew the danger and folly Of having
anything to do with the strange woman.
The widow had been on terms of Grim.
inal intimacy with several men, from
one Of whom she is said to have OBJ
tanned over $4,000 francs, on his mar
riage, by threats Of exposure. She
became the mistress Of De la Roche
in 1873. He was very young man
in affluent circumstances. She was
about 40 years of age, and losing hel
charms, and her admirers seem to have
been falling away. She was fearful
of losing De la Roche and the revenue
derived from his purse. Gaudry was
a working foundryman infatuated with
her and she induced him to make the
attack which disfgured and blinded
her other lover. Her object is sup.
posed to have been to devote herself
to the young man in his affection, and
obtain her support from him in re-
turn for her care, and to secure his
property if he died. Her conduct led
to suspicion. Gaudry made full con.
fession, and the widow was sentenced
to fifteen years in prison.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
the FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.

On Aug. 8, 1929, 48 years ago, the
first locomotive that ever turned a driv-
ing-wheel on a railroad track in Amer
ica was run at Honesdale, Penn, on
the newly finished road that connected
the Lackawanna coal fields with tide
water on the Hudson, by way of the
Delaware & Hudson Canal. The road
in question was the first Of any gen.
eral commercial Importance ever built
in this country, and inaugurated the
economical system of inclined planes
since adopted by engineers wherever
practicable. Up to the 8th of Aug,
1929, there were only twelve miles of
railroad in operation in America
three miles Of a tive-foot gauge road
running from the Quincy granite quar-,
ries to the Neponset River in Massa-
chusetts and the novel "mule road"
nine miles in length, connecting the
Os'.-.-A4iC IIill wi -, LII q rss'uUrN
Chunk, with the Lehigh River.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

COURAGE TO LIVE, We need not
preach the courage to die-that is
common enough-but the courage to
live; to be true though all is dark
except where God shines in; to be
faithful though the heavens fall and
hearts break and friendships turn to
gall. Yes, we must teach men to be
popular, to be misapprehended, to be
ahead Of the times, to follow the voice
of God, though it leads into the will
deness; to tell the devil to his face
that he lies and also to give himhi dues
an act which requires the supremest
courage at times. l wouldn't give a
farthing for the triumphant faith of
the death hour, unless it comes from
the triumphant faith that makes life our
full Of noblest daring, that is ready to
fling aside honor, wealth, the praise
offriends, rather than impair for mo-
ment the souls integrity. O, for such
a courage, the courage to think, to
act, to tell the harsh truths, to over
throw splendid fasehoods, to disown
sweet lies and to Danish tender asso-
Citations rather than check in the least
the free movement Of the sovereign
soul. l a
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
AoUEER PRoMIsoRY NOTE.

A curious case has been decided by
the supreme court of Illinois. The
defendant, Myers, made, signed and
delivered his promisory note in these
words:
"For value received, one day after
/, at any time, become intoxicated or
drunk, or mistreat or abuse Minnie
Myers, | promise to pay L. NJ. Phil
lips the sum of 5000, for the use of
Minnie Myers, with ten per centum
interest from maturity until paid"
The maker Of the note soon after
did "become intoxicated or drunk"
according TO his custom and was sued
by Phillips.
1.-THE complaint set forth that sew
eral Of the acts upon the doing of
which the instrument, by its terms,
became palpable, had been done. De-
fendant pleaded, among other things,
that the instrument was without con-
sideration, being given for a promise
on the part of his wife, Minnie Myers,
named therein, that she would 1.-Two
with him. A replication to the plea
stated that the defendant had been
guilty Of habitual drunkenness and of
cruelty to his wife, and suit by her
against him for divorce on this ac-
count was pending at the time the in
strument was made, and the consider
alton for it was that the wife should
dismiss the suit, condone the causes
of divorce and return and live with
him, all Of which she did. To this
replication the defendant demhffeds
The court below sustained the demur-
rer, but the supreme court reversed
the decision, holding that the consid-
Grafton was sufficient"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

1t was not long ago that Mr.. Tom
Placide, the actor, left the curtain and
footlights, and with his own hand
rushed unbidden into the presence OF
his Maker. And . Mr.. Nandyke
Brown celebrates his friends death in
verse which ends in this wise:
Mcthinlss that somewhere in the wide Hereafter,
Where mercy flows according To mans need,
There'Il be corner under heavens blue raiter
For noble.hearted, lucklcss Tom Placidel
After all, this is only specimen OF
much of the verse that finds its way
in the press but it's all maudlin and
all false. Not in any "widc Hereaf-
ter" where it is not needed, but in the
living, tangible a010 and here does
"mercy flow according to mans need. ="
But if men will have none Of it here
what reason is there to believe they
will take it hereafter? One chance is
enough, the one trial offered by this
earthly life is all-sufiicient. ~ tell
you they will not believe if one rose
from the dead" Not in the neither
world of which we know 50 little is
mercy offered, but here amid the trou-
Die and trials ana sinnings of earth,
where it is so much needed. Plant q
living faith in the lives now living on
earth and there will be few suicides
and fewer verses about "mercy' in the
"wide Hereafter" and "corner un-
der heavens blue rafter" for suicides.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

The Woonsocket police found a.
young girl on the street recently, well
dressed and decent looking, who said,
she wanted some place to stay for the
night. She told some story about her
working in a mill and losing her place
and not being able to find another:
and the police, not wishing to take her
to the lookup, took her to the Woon-
socket Hotel. There they met man
who said he was her father, and that
he had been looking for her. He said
she had run away from her home in
Pawtucket. He took her in charge,
presumably to place her once more
under the paternal roof. There is %
little mystery about the affair.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

Gossips of both genders giveup the
shameful trade of tale bearing; don't
be the devils bellows any longer to
blow up the fire Of strife. Leave of
setting people by the ears. If you do
not cut a bit Off your tongues, ~ least
season them with the. salt Of grace.
Praise God more and blame neighbors
less. Any goose can cackle, any fly
can find a sore place, any empty bar
rel can give forth sound, any brier
can tear q mans flesh. No flies will
60 down your throat if you keep your
mouth shut, and no evil speaking will
come up. Think much, but say little ;
be quick at work and slow at talk ;
and, above all, ask the great Lord to
set watch over yourhps. -Spurgeon.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
MORAL RIGHT OF aoAaDIac.

AS, before the tribunal Of physical
law, no man has any business to stuff
and glut and gorge his body until it
weighs five hundred, so in the court
of conscience no man hasNthe moral
right TO become, and foreman, "worth
his millions" There is a plain com
mand "Freely ye have received, free
ly give" And there is another, as
plain: "Charge them that are rich in
this world, that they do good, that
they be rich in good works, ready to
distribute, willing to communicate. "
1t is simply impossible that a mer-
chant, or a business man of any sort,
who begins, and carries forward and
controls his life by the principles OF
the Word Of God (Which simply enun-
ciate what, as matter Of fact, is
most for his happiness anGS3}PEerity
here and hereafter, ana Hi0sIF i5r the
good of the world, and Che glory OF
God, through him), shall grow to be
worth many millions. He may have
large property-and neither God
nor good men can object to that. But
so long as there is-according to the
Divine intent-an outletcouespondent
in size to the indowing, there will be
no glut or gorge, but by as much more
copious as may be the spring pouring
into his treasury its abundant tribute,
by to much more broad, and deep,
and sweet, and salubrious, will be the
river Of his beneicence flowing fa1
and wide, to make men bless him be-
cause he blesses them.-The Congre-
gationalist.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

Sin is terrible blot on the worlds
page, but perhaps it is blot, and moi
the page. For me, / am amazed al
the amount of quiet, answering good
ness that does not know itself fol
good, but thinks it is simply support
ing the family, or paying the taxes
or training the children, or doing the
fall sowing, or electing the candidate,
or minding it's own business generally,
goodness that rates itself too low to
imagine that the Deity could take any
cognizance Of it, but which | imagine
to be an offering Of sweet SAVIOR unto
the Lord "a goodness which wears no
phylacteries, and Haunts no banners
nor even thinks itself meet to enter
into the outer court Of the sanctuary,
but, before which, / fancy, the inner
doors will one day part, on golden
hinges turning.-Gail Hamilton.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

A match at collar-and-elbow wrestl-
ing has been made up between Charles
Murphy of New York and James
Owens of Fairfield, Vt, champion of
America, for $3.50 a side. The match
will occur about Oct. 1st, in Boston.
The forfeit money, 500 a side, has
already been deposited. The match
is bona .fde one, and well worth wit
Messing. Owens has never been de-
feated, and has thrown Colonel Nc.
Laughlin, Charles Murphy and J. II.
Martin. In a match between Murphy
and Owens at Gilmore's Garden,
March s, the former broke his collar
bone. Murphy's weight is IT'S pounds;
age, 25; height, 5 feet inches
breast, 40 inches; forearm, II l-2 !,
arm, ii 12; thigh, 22 calf, 16. He:
is a blacksmith by trade. He has
thrown Homer Lane, Spaulding, Matt.
Grace and many others, while he has
been thrown by Colonel Mclaughlin
and Owens. The Troy Times says it
is positively announced that Owens
and Matt. Grace of New York, will.
contest for a purse of 5000 at the
Emmett picnic at Rensselaer, park, Au-
gust 13.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
o nav soul, impressed with Die i

o my soul, impressed with the i'm,
age of God, redeemed with the blood
of Christ, betrothed by faith, dowried
with the Spirit, adorned with virtues,
reckoned with the angels Love him
by whom thou hast been SO greatly
loved. Wait upon him who hath wait
ed on thee. Seek him who seeketh
thee. Love thy lover, whose love
hath anticipated thee, whose love is
the cause of thine. He is the merit
the reward, the fruit, the use, the end
Augustine,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

A HUSBANDS UNEXPECTED RETURN.
AT an early hour on the morning of
the 9th inst, most brutal and afro
cious murder and suicide occurred at
Monmouth, Ill. Howard Reynolds, a
contractor and builder, returning un-
expectedly that morning from Spring
field, ILL.,, discovered his wife and
Charles Kirk, a grain dealer, in the
bedroom together. Kirk made good
his escape, but left a good portion of
his clothing behind. Reynolds went
to the stand drawer and got a revolver
shooting his wife and killing her in
stantly. The noise of the weapon at
tracted the attention Of a milkman who
was in the back part of the house, who,
on hearing the report Of the revolver,
went into the room where Reynolds
was, when the latter turned and fired
at the milkman, and at almost the
same time shot himself through the
temple, producing death instantly.
When the coroner was summoned all
three were in their blood. Reynolds
was a wealthy man, and had for some
time past entertained suspicious that
his wife and Kirk had been guilty Of
illicit intercourse.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

A babbling brook, or little foun-
tain throwing its jet into the air, at
tracts more attention than the hidden
forces of nature, which drew millions
of tons of water from the earth beneath,
and spread it out in herbage and foli-
age, clothing the fields with beauty,
crowning the forests with green, and
difusing fertility and life through all
the land.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

Probably the youngest railroad di-
rectors in the United States are James
Blair Preston, aged IL, and VIM. H..
Blair, 10 years, who are directors of
the Paulinskill Valley Railroad Com
pany. They are, we believe, grand.
sons of Mr.. John I. Blair, who owns
the road.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

The alacrity with which certain gov
ernors are now calling on the Presi-
pent for troops, to suppress disorder
in several states, is somewhat in con-
trast with quite recent expressions Of
some of them on the subject of ''local
government. Exchange.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

DR.. j. G. Aver is to be removed
from the asylum for the insane to q
country house in Massachusetts. Phys
ically his health is excellent. but men
tally, it is understood, he shows little
improvement.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

The Royalton Center Congregation
al church is to celebrate its centennial,
as well as the 40th anniversary Of Rev.
DR.. brakes settlement over it, Octo-
ber 10,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

HANS BIscUIT.--1 IL cups thick
sour milk, IL cup sour cream, heap
ing teaspoonful salcratus, nearly a
teaspoonful salt, 10 cups flour
makes sixteen biscuit. Good and no
fail.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

One soul converted to God is better
than thousands merely moralized, and
still sleeping in their sins.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22
More Satt1eI

Nue to try to save few dollars by buying
" Cows and Young Working Cattle on
terms as heretofore; and with due feel
lankiulness / say to those who have
Il long. with their patronage that | hope
continuation Of the same; and ] say TO
" may wish TO buy or sell the kind of
Iooye named, that am willing to work
II refer them to my old customers for
4 3I9sl93IfmIation A in regard to my way and
4 doing business.
r. S. PAGE.
NAfK April l7th, 1877
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-08-22

Be kind and courteous.
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-08-11

and ash box. The next per-
son to suffer was Jimmy Evans
a fifteen year old boy: de
had hold Of the truck rope
when he fell. The wheels OF
the carriage broke his leg
midway between the knee and
thigh, and severely bruised
his head. Johnny Annis. an
| other boy aged fifteen, son OF
the editor Of the Advocate,
started in the race on the rope
of the engine. He let 60. was
run against by another person
and knocked down, and pc
fore he could roll clear OF the
engine the wheels ran over
his right thigh just below the
groin, raging diagonally across
!. the limb and crushing the
bone from below the groin
8 nearly down to the knee. 1t
is believed the injury " will
d cripple him for life. Mr.. Nick
e Vitzhum, a member of Wash
i ington Company, aeld on to
n the rope for dear life, and was
: dragged helplessly until the
. horse could be stopped, when
t he was picked up in a faintine
'e condition, uninjured save by q
D. few bruises. The Advocate
J. is pardonably severe upo11
al those to be blamed for suci
ia reckless driving and those VIII
a should prevent boys from run
nd ming with the fire mach'nes'-
OF IN. .. Picayune,
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-08-11
A WARNING.
Rrcx,Ess RACING OF FlREMEN In
BATON ROUGE.

From the Advocate it ap-
pears that the burning out OF
= chimney of the house OF
Col. A, S. Heron, at Baton
Rouge, on Saturday afternoon
was the occasion of a hre
alarm. which turned out the
steam fire engine. Washington
No. /, and the Pelican HOOK %
and Ladder Company of that
c;tv. The services of the fire,
men were not needed, and
the engine and truck proceed
ed to return to their rooms
When returning q young man
l riding a horse attached to tns e
, hook and ladder truck started
4 at a brisktrotting gait for the
n purpos, of passing the engine
e ahead. Seeing this, a number
% of persons on the street shout
q 81 ed for the driver of the Wash
J. ington engine to keep ahead
As Which he endeavored to do by
m m Whipping up his horse an' .
g, g, then came a race extending
few squares, which res'ti5e' f"ti3 {
L seriously. Mr.. Louis hatll,
in in member Of Washington Com
oe os pany, fell first, and 1.-The the eng1a n
if nas:ed over his body: d
ID ID had the presence Of : mind t t
nd nd throw himself lengthWlse s
py ey that the wheels would ne
n =; strike, him and escaped wit
trs the breaking Of a collar oo1
an on and some severe bruises e
TO- contact with the boiler botto
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-08-11
RE ATTY'S
4RLOR O r G ii w .,

ssss Beautiful new Centennlal s'1 Ao'
now ready. ~ :s+r,ments possess
~ ,n.ac,ties for musical effects and expires
capaT,c cap newer before attained, adapted tor
yl Ameteur and Professional, and 9;tT an ernat a.
ment in any paAor, Exec! IN sIaaanf gaan1f de-. e.
tone, thorough woskmanship, p,,s S,eg1ar nnr;ety sH
signs and finish, and wonael,ui 1ens Address
Oh 'n0A' DANIEL F. BEATTY,
Washington, New Jersey
West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-08-11
Martinez,

MARTINEZ,
Sun Street, Bayou Sara, La,
DEALER IN
brv Goods, Groceries, CONNECTIONS, 10
eo, Wines and Liquors.
gS '76.-:}M.