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A Hundred Years Ago i'm Kentucky.

One hundred years ago prior to De-
cember 81, 1776, Kentucky was a por-
tion of the County of Fincastle, in the
State of Virginia and embraced all that
part which lies to the south of line
beginning on the Ohio River, at the
mouth of the Great Sandy Creek, and
running up the main northwesterly part
thereof TO the Great Laurel ridge, or
Cumberland Mountains, then along said
mountains to the line of North Caro-.
lima.
One hundred years ago, General Geo
Rodger Clark came to Kentucky, and
was placed in command of the TROOPS
One hundred years ago, the first fe
male captiyes by Indians in Kentucky
were three young daughters of Colonels
Daniel Boone and Richard Galloway
from canoe near Boonesborough.
One hundred years ago the first mar
riage in Kentucky took place in the for
at Boonesborough, the parties were
Samuel Henderson and Elizabeth Gallo
way.
One hundred years ago, William
Pongue cleared ground and raised corr
at the Cave spring, near Harrodsbug.
One hundred years ago, in fall of 1776
the first wheat sown in Kentucky was
field of four acres, west of the fort a
Harrodsburg.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

The Emperor of Brazil, who is at
present travelling in Egypt, met with
disagreeabls adventure the other day in
Cairo. His Majesty is very fond of
donkey riding, and one morning, hav-
ing descend.d into the street in a jacket
and small cap, with light switch under
his arm, mounted one of these little ami
mails and trotted off on an expedition
through labyrinth of back streets. On
returning from his ride, not wishing to
alight from the dondey in front of his
hotel, he pulled it up a few hundred
yards from the building, and not having
any "small change" in his pocket, gave
the donkey driver guinea instead of a
piastre. The donkey driver, however,
had never before seen a coin of this ma
ture, and looking first at the guinea and
then at the Emperor, came to the con-
clusion that the guinea was merely a
worthless counter, and that an attempt
was being made to "chisel" him. The
row he made was terrific; rushing after
the Emperor, who had walked off at a
| rapid pace toward the hotel where his
suite were anxiously awaiting him, the
donkey driver assailed his Majesty with
all the most horrible oaths in the Arat
vocabulary. The Emperor, who does
not understand single word of Arabic
but saw that the man was laboring un
der misapprehension, endeavored il
vain to explain to him that the coin wal
gold and not copper. In the mean tim'
other donkey drivers hurried to tn,
spot, and taking the part of their mate
followed the Emperor with storm o
imprecations. Thus surrounded by
mob of donkeys and their drivers, tn
hapless Dom Pedro at last reached hi
hotel, where the whole affair was ex
planned, and the donkey drivers, discov
ering the true state of the case, miracu
, lously disappeared in the twinkling c
an eye.
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Many years ago, before the time of
railways, the Oxford coach was full of
undergraduates returning~,to their re-
spective colleges. The day was cold,
wet, and miserable, when well-appoint-
ed carriage drove up to the White
Horse Cellar, Piccadilly. "Have you
room for one inside to Oxford?" asked
as pretty girl as one would wish to see
on summer day. "What beautyw
exclaimed one. "Quite lovelyp aaid
another. "Perfectw lisped third
"Quite full, MISS" replied the coach
man, "inside and out" "Surely you
could make room for one," persevered
the fair applicant. "Quite impossible,
miss, without the gentlemen's consent"
"Lots of room," cried the insiders. ave
are not very large; we can manage to
take one more" eff the young gentle
men consent" said the driver, who was
one of !the best-tempered fellows on
earth, and as honest as Aristides, 81
have no objection" "We agree" said
the insiders. "All right" responded
the driver. The fare was paid, and the
guard proceeded to open the door and let
down the steps. snow, miss, if you
please-we are behind our time."-
"Come along, grandfather" cried the
damsel, addressing most respectable.
looking portly, elderly gentleman; "the
money is paid-get in, and be sure to
thank the gentlemen" at the same time
suiting the action to the word, and with
a wicked smile assisting her respected
grandfather into the coach. Here's
some mistake; you'll sqeeze US to deathp
cried the astonished under graduates
But at that moment albright" "Sit
fast" was heard, and away ratified the
coach at its best pace, drowning the
voices os the crestfallen Oxonians.
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Oldest Ohio Cities.

Following are the dates of the laying
out, and names of the nineteen oldest
cities in the State, as taken from the re-
port of the Secretary of State:
Marietta was laid out in 17SS, Column
bia in 1888, Cincinnati in 1889, CALI
polls in 1871, Manchester in 1871, Ham
ilton in 1894, Franklin in 1875, Chilli
cothe in 1896, Cleveland in 1896, Frank
linton in 1897, Steubenville in 1898,
Williamsburg in 1899, GAINESVILLE in
1899, New Lancaster in 1900, Warren in
1901, St. Clairsville in 1901, Springfield
in 1901, and Newark in 1902.
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VOLUME 4.

versation. Every one seemed to be un-
der the feeling which impressed US re-
garding her, and the general wish was to
avoid making her and her mysterious
condition the subject Of conversation.
The years went by, and every summer
found us at grandiather's. And summer
after summer found Cousin Leonore very
much the same as she was when we knew
her first She grew old after certain
fashion. The brown hair got streaked
with gray, and the mouth which had
sometime been sweet with youth lost its
curve, and the cheeks their rose-tints.-
But for all we saw these indications OF
growing old, Cousin Leonore remained
the same mystery she had been at first.
In that sense she could never be old.
As we gained years. and better
knowledge Of the world and the men and
women in it, we gradually accepted the
opinion of our elders that Leonore was
daft" and gave up trying to under
stand her. Her life was one Of those
human problems which we could not
solve, and there was no use in trying to
do it.
But one summer brought an end to
our visits to grandfather's, and in sud
den and unlocked for way. We woke
up in the night with sense of suffoca-
ton. The room was full of smoke, l
got up and ran to the door. The hall
was full Of great billows of fame in the
front part of the house. There was no
escape in that direction. ! could hear
men shouting hoarsely below, and !
knew they were trying to rouse US. For
a moment thought we must die. Then
I remembered that there was stout
trellis running all over the back part Of
the house, npon which grapevine had
been trained. We could reach this trellis
from the window in the rear end of the
hall. / hurried Willie and Robbie on
before me, for they were so frightened
that the only way to do anything with
them was to drive them like sheep. !
dashed out the window, and told them
they must Chamber down. Hardly COM
pretending what they were doing, but
acting more from force of instinct than
anything else, | suppose. they obeyed
me.
don't know what prompted me to dc
il, but when saw that Robbie was safe
on the ground, and Willie was almost
down, / turned and back 10 Cousin
Leonore's room, opened the door, and
looked in. She sat there, motionless and
still, with the lurid glare of the flames
lighting up her face, her eyes looking
! away into infnity with dumb patienc'
. in them that made me think Of tn,
Sphinx.
, "Cousin Leonore!" cried. "The hous'
) is all on fire. You'll be burnt up, if yol
= don't come with me-"
; But she never stirred, never spoke
3 possibly she did not hear me.
/, There was crash of falling timberf
, Vast waves of fire whirled down the hall
{ and warned me that was risking life b.
e delaying second.
{ gave one last look at Cousin Leonore
: Calm as the dead can be, she sat there
e staring before her. Then l turned an
ran to the window, choked and blinded
by the smoke. swung myself over tn
| sill, caught the trellis bars, and clambe,
ed down, just as the roof fell in with
It mighty crash, sending up grand mas
a. of flame and smoke into the still blu
Z. arch of night. We had paid our la'
If visit to grandfather's house.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

One of the crying evils of the times is
the tendency and disposition of girls to
get through girlhood hurriedly and get
into womanhood, or rather into young
ladyhood without waiting to enjoy the
beautiful season of girlhood. Speak
ing on this point, Bishop Morris says:
"Wait patiently, my children, through
the whole limit of your girlhhood. Go
not after womanhood; let it come to you.
Keep out Of public view. Cultivate re-
tirement and modesty. The cares and
responsibilities of life will come soon
enough. When they come you will
meet them, trust, as true women
should. But oh! be not SO unwise as to
throw away your girlhood. Rob not
| yourself of this beautiful season, which,
wisely spent, will brighten all your fu'
ture life."
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CHAPTER II.

zone of the strangest cases, +" the keep
er of the asylum said to me, as we stop
ped in the doorway. He pointed as he
spoke, TO tall, white-haired man whose
years might have been fifty five or sixty,
who was standing by a window which
had been slightly raised. He had an air
of expectancy about him, and seemed to
be listening intently for something out
side the window. His face was singu-
lar one. There was nothing in it, that l
could see, that seemed to indicate insan-
ity. The old look about the mouth and
eyes seemed to come not SO much from
years as from trouble. He looked like
man who has suffered much. There was
a strange look in his eyes; kind Of
haunted look, thought it, but it was
not the CLEAN of insanity. It lacked that
fine, and fitful restlessness which char
acterizes the insane.
He turned and saw US standing there,
and at sight of me his whole face chang
ed. He came toward me, with his eyes
studing my features keenly.
"You have the Brookefeld face" he
said, slowly. "Am 1 right?"
"My mother was Brookeield," an
swered, wonderingly.
"I thought as much" he SAID, with
long, low sigh, but whether of relief or
regret could not tell. 81 thought as
much. Will you sit down? j want to
talk with you"
"I will stay here till you come back" ="
I said to my friend, and the keeper, and
took the chair he offered me, while they
went on and left US there alone togeth-
er.
He drew another chair close to mine,
and sat down.
"You think / am insane. I suppose?'
he said. "They have told you SO, and il
were not. you probably wonder why ]
, am here. l want to tell you my story
, Perhaps when you have heard it, you
/ will think more than eyer that / am
crazy, but swear to you that it lie true
and that am as sane as you are. Do
. LOOK like an insane person?"
s He looked steadily into my eyes
r There was kind of dignity about thu
s man which commanded my respect. HI
certainly did not look insane, and tolt
d him SO.
i "And ! am not" he replied. 81 hav
o never been, but I wonder why ! hav
II not. 1t is part of my punishment,
1t suppose. Listenp-turning suddenl.
d toward the window. while the frighten
a ed look came into his eyes,-"did 20,
% hear anything?"
1t / had not, and after moments sil
e, ence he turned to me again.
Is at is strange, improbable story tha
Ie am going to tell you," he said, putin
: his hand upon my knee, and lookin
,e steadily into my face, to hold my after
10 ton to his narrative. "But sometime
l. when men understand things better. the
will know that it is true. Did you eve
y hear Of wandering soul?"
id 9" never did" answered.
r. "There are such things" he said. in
n low, awed way. at was one OF the
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

Mansfield Island, in Lake Erie. has
been bought by man who intends to
stock it with black cats, and kill their
progeny for their fur. He will feed
them at first on fish caught off the shore
by men who will live on the island; but
after the enterprise is well started he
will utilize the meat of the slaughtered
cats as food for the living cats. We al
SO read that Georgian is making an
extensive business of raising dogs tan
ming their hides, and selling the leather
for glove making aad other purposes.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

New WAY OF PLANTING WHEAT
D. o. Bissell of Modoc county, bet 500
that he could raise forty bushels of wheat
to the acre. He planted one-eighth of
an acre with wheat in hills, just like In.
dian corn. Result, ten bushels of wheat,
or at the rate Of eighty bushels to the
acre--twice the amount required by his
wager. Perhaps farmers may find this
mode OF planting better than sowing
seed broadcast. Bissell will plant forty
acres that way this year.-[Sacramento
Union Record.
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The Ohio Fish Hatchery.

Under the able and skillful superin-
tendence Of Judge Potter the Ohio Fish
Hatchery, located in this city, assumed
something like completion for the pur-
poses for which it was intended. Last
year two and a half millions of infant
white fish and sixty thousand salmon
were consigned to the streams tributary
to Lake Erie. Ten thousand dollars
have been appropriated, and six thous-
and dollars are asked from the Legisla-
ture this year to aid the enterprise.
The building is 80 by 100 feet, and
contains 2,400 Matching boxes, each
capable of holding 1000 white fish eggs,
enabling us to hatch over 21,000,O00 of
fish.
Owing to the scarcity of fish on our
lake coast last fall, only about 100000
Of eggs we're secured. OF these Z 7,O00, 900
are now in the hatchery in process OF
incubation, and will be hatched about
the 1st of April, and ready for planting
in Lake Erie. In addition to the white
fish, there are now in the establishment
over $4,000 young California salmon
[salma quimatl, which will soon be ready
for distribution. This hatchery has been
constructed under the superintendent
of Mr.. Potter, and is one of the mos
complete in its structure and equipments
of any hatchery in the United States
1t is supplied from the Toledo Water
Works, near to which it is situated. l
is Mr.. Potter's intention in another
year to fill the hatchery to its utmos
extent with white fish and salmon tn,
staple food fishes of the lakes Toledo
Democrat.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

New Century; "How can a woman
make home more attractive to her hus.
band?" Around here the surest way is
believed to be to hire pretty chamber
maid.-G Norwich Bulletin.
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Dentists are effective men on the
stump.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-01-26

Not miss-A rich, handsome widow.
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l could have sworn that / heard
low, mournful voice wall through the
room, like the faintest, saddest minor
notes of wind-harp, and it said, "Oh
Allyn! I am so weary! go weary!" 1t
might have been the wind, but / think
not. believe that Leonore's soul was
there with us.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30
The Medical ..Purveyor. y

Even the physicians at Washington
haven't been free from the. feyerish
scheming for political preferment the
last few years, according to recent rev.
Citations, and there is a lively row
among the medical fraternity over I'M
derhand practices on the part of some
of its members. 1t is charged that DIR.
j. H. Baxter, medical purveyOr of the
army, has been in the habit of offering
medical attendance to influential con-
gressmen free of charge, and thereby
getting himself legislated into impor-
tant position in the government medi-
cal service. Investigation also shows
that many other physicians in the army
and navy have been indulging in the
same kind of chicanery, furnishing med
icines and liquors to their patients from
the army dispensary gratis. Grant
himself, it is said, used to get medical
advice from the same inexpensive
source. To be sure, the committee OF
the medical society to which DR.. Bax-
ter's peccadilloes were referred report
ed the charges not proven, but it was
noticed that the majority of them i'm
mediately obtained, through DR., Bax-
ter's influence, positions on the advise
ry board of the Columbia lying-in-hos-
pital, where the salaries are large, and
the duties comprised in partaking of a
weekly banquet. The association hasn't
acted on the committees report yet,
though, and, as the prosecutors seem
in earnest, the fluttering is brisk among
the medical gentry.-Sprimqtield ReDu5-
icdn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30
The Republicans Betrayed.

By the voting in the Senate on Mon
day, it is evident, as intimated in an
other place, that both senators Patter-
son of South Carolina and ConOver of
Florida, have gone over to the Demo-
Gratis, to stay. 1t is equally apparent,
that by the aid of their votes, all three
of the contested seats in the Senate will
be filled by Democrats, to wit: Ham
burg Massacre Butler, SpofOrd and
Eustis-but this cannot be done until
next session. With sixty-seven men
from the rebel army now in Congress
making laws for the country they tried
so hard to destroy, and the almost GER
tainty that Butler will be added next
session, there must be sincere regrets
that Butcher Forrest and Gen. Lee died
so soon.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30

The Washington correspondence OF
the N. Y. Tribune gives this interesting
history of the way it was done.
Senator Patterson gave to the Repub-
licau caucus an explanation of his con-
duct, which is believed to be substan-
italy identical with that which he has
made in private to-day, of which the
following is the substance. He says
that he called upon the President soon
after his Inauguration, and explained to
him the situation of affairs in South
Carolina, and earnestly recommended
certain appointments which if made,
would have had the effect of protecting
the Republicans in that State from the
vindictive spirit of the old rebel ele-
ment, after the troops were withdrawn
from the support of Chamberlain. He
says nothing was done as he suggested,
so that what he then feared has now
come to pass, that Northup, the District
Attorney appointed at the instance of
Wade Hampton, as he must believe to
cover up the facts of the Hamburg
massacre, has of late been using the
whole power of the Government for the
wholesale and unjust persecution of the
IlcpuUliCstuS Ill COubu OdTOiiud WHO Udu
anything to do with public affairs. In
this list he was included. If the Presi-
dent had appointed Mr.. Carpenter OF
any other good man this condition of
things would not have existed. He
says that in the conviction of Cardozo,
whose sentence will be announced on
Monday, two of the jury (colored men)
afterward swOre that they voted guilty
because the white men on the jury
threatened that they would kill them il
they did not do so. Senator Patterson
says that if the President had appointed
District Attorney who was not in
league with the authorities now in
power, he would have been able to &C
before an United States Court and show
that he could not obtain justice in the
State courts, which would have enabled
him to have the accusations against him
tried where he could get justice. In
this dilemma he now finds himself com
PEELED to vote for the Hampton appli,
cant, or go to the penitentiary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30

TWO NOTABLE WANDER
Bits DAUGHTER-AN EXTRAoRDI-
NARY ELoPEMENT-A CENTENNIAL
CONGRATULATIONS CHEEKY THIEVES
THE CUBAN EXPEDITION-A HEART
LESS MURDER.
NEW YORK, Nov. %, 1877.
To the Editor of the CaledOnian:
We have had two notable weddings
here this week, one of which came off
with immense eclat and under the most
Joyous auspices, while the other was
surrounded with some extremely painful
circumstances. On Wednesday night,
Miss Adele Vanderbilt, third daughter
of the richest man in America, was
married amid the blaze of gas-light, the
perfume of flowers, the boom of the
organ and the congratulations of distin-
guished friends, to a young and wealthy
gentleman of Boston. The ceremony
was performed at one of the fashionable
uptown churches, which despite the
precautionary measures which had been
taken, was crowded to suffOcation with
curious throng, while outside surged
a multitude which could only be num-
bered by thousands. The display of
Jewels and rich attire both here and at
the subsequent reception were what
might be expected from the wealth and
position of the parties. Mr.. Wander
bits bridal present to his daughter con-
sisted, in part at least, of half a million
dollars and an elegant house on the
avenue. The trousseau was said to be
one of the richest ever brought into this
country. The bridal dress was on ex-
hibition for some time previous to the
wedding and was the admiration and
the envy of the whole feminine COM
munity.
The other and less fortunate marriage
to which have referred is not even
generally known to have occurred, and
this in spite of the fact that the young
lady involved is the daughter of one OF
the oldest, richest and best known dry
goods merchants of this country. She
is headstrong, pretty and seventeen
and having become the victim of an I'M
accountable infatuation for a floor
walker in her fathers establishment
was induced to consent to clandestine
union of which the indignant parents
only learned as the i'll assorted pail
were about starting for Europe. The
bridegroom in this case is represented
as an unintelligent and unprepossessine
man forty years the senior of his aristo-
cratic bride, and the intelligence of this
u deplorable mesaIliance was terrible
blow to the family of the latter. Such
is the influence of her father that nc
mention of the affair has crept into the
papers and the facts in the case are on
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30

900 short of paying the interest, leaving
balance due the Passumpsic. These
arrests are only the beginning of the
proceedings by which the Passumpsic
company seek to vindicate what they
regard as their rights, and the case will
go into the courts at once.
NEWPORT, VT, November 26.-An
Injunction will be served tomorrow
morning upon the Directors and Presi-
dent of the Southeastern Railway, upon
A. B. Foster, Manager, granted by H.
II. Powers of Morrisville, one of the
Supreme Judges of the State of Yer
mont. The substance of the injunction
is this: The Directors, President and
Manager are enjoined and strictly for
hidden from running, operating or using
the Southeastern or Missisquoi and
Clyde Rivers Railroad, from injuring OF
destroying them or their property, from
placing any engine or cars upon said
roads, or doing anything that shall i'm
pede the use of those roads by the Con-
necticut and Passumpsic Railroad. The
defendants are summoned to appear be-
fore Chancellor Powers at st. Johnsbury
December 3, then and there to make
answer to the Injunction. 1t is reported
here tonight that warrants are issued
for the arrest of all Passumpsic en-
ployes who have run trains between
here and North Troy since October 20
Those arrested Saturday night were
bound up to the next term of the Or
leans county court in the sum of $500
each. Bail was furnished by w. G.. and
o. Elkins of Troy. Superintendent
Dodsworth of the Southeastern was ar
rested to-day and placed under the
same bonds.