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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22
VOL. III. :, NO. 6.
Items Of Interest.

A switch in time saves nine.
Be sure you're ahead-then 60 right.
Movements on foot-the march ofRn
army.
The truth must come out t-and be hit
over the head.
There were 4, 500 900 registered letters
in this country last year.
Why is the sun like a good loaf Be
cause it's light when it rises.
The travellers berth right is to get the
best bunk in the sleeping car.
Sixty years ago the fastest horses only
made a mile in three minutes.
Men who like to have their work bro
ken up are said to be the GLACIERS.
Some twenty odd thousand Indians
are to be removed from Colorado to New
Mexico.
Thepopulation of Manitoba is increas-
ing at the rate of about one thousand
per week.
When the day breaks where do the
pieces go? Why they go into morning,
of course.
Fond mother: "What would you do
without mother, Tom?" "Do as 1
liked, ma."
She" What age do you think I am ?'
He, gallantly-" don't know, but you
don't look it.
1t is not necessarily true that a
woman is thief because she hooks her
sisters dress behind her back.
The accident is the name of a new
Chicago paper. We've known it to hap'
pen in newspaper Office before.
A writer in the Won,an'S Journal re-
marks "The poorest girls in the world
are those who have never been taught to
work."
1t has been remarked that the driver
of oxen is the man who most assiduously
cultivates the sciences of haW-ticulture
and geeology.
These are hard times, but there seems
to be no poverty of invention. Look at
the telephone, phonograph, and news
paper whoppers. York Mail.
He belonged to the tribe of Ashantee,
And he dwet with his aunt in shanty.
Whenever he ate
He passed her his plate,
And said, GA little of that hash aunty.
The mean height of an American In
l:o-> 30 ct a9A inches. of the American
white man, 67.672; Scotch, 67.O66; Eng
lish, 66.575; Russian 66393; French,
&C. 277; Mexican, 6.110.
The inventory of the real and personal
property of the Erie Railway, compiled
after two years labor, fills twenty
volumes, and cost over $780, 1000, the
binding alone costing $12 volume.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22
A Trout Fishers Yarns.

Having fshed the lakes and streams
of New England for thirty years, says
writer in Forest and Stream, I have had
some curious incidents occur, and
thought the following might interest
your readers: While fishing on noun
tain stream, in swift water, 1 had rapid
bite, and thought I had hooked large
fish. On pulling out l had two trout on
one line, one strung on the gut, the
hook passing through his mouth and
out his gill and hooked firmly into the
side of the other. Fish No. 2 was ten
inches long, and, pulling sideways
against the stream, seemed much
larger fish. Second: While fishing in
what we call dead water on o stream in
New Hampshire, saw large fish go
up stream. / waited with fishermau's
patience for an hour or two, then I crept
up to the stream, and threw at venture
under an overhanging bough, and at the
first throw had the trout fast. | saw
that he was large one, and thought l
would play him. I then saw he was
pulling sideways. I shortened my tackle
and landed my prize, and then found
that had not hooked him, but in my
throw had cast the hook and line around
him, making a slip-noose. On my way
home, passing locksmith's shop. Laid
him on the old gents square, and he
stretched sixteen inches-not a large
fish, but large one for that place.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22
A Powerful Voice.

Just before the thunder storm on
Saturday evening last, Whitehall man
stepped into the telegraph office at this
place, and requested the privilege of
talking through the telephone with his
wife, who was visiting friends at Troy.
Mr.. John W. Eddy, the gentlemanly
assistant manager, granted the request,
and the Whitehaller began operations.
de couldn't be prevailed upon to believe
That it was really his wife who was talk
ing to him, and she SO many miles away.
de finally asked her to say or do some
thing known to themselves only, that he
might be convinced that it was her. Just
then rambling streak Of lightning
came in on the wires, keeling the hus-
band over on his head, when he jumped
TO his feet and exclaimed:
"That's the ole woman, sartin' only
she's erode l-e-e-etle more powerful
since she left hum. p Whitehall Times.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22
Cradle Song OF the Poor.

sN peh6 VI tuC OoAs
Hush, cannot bear to see thee
Stretch thy liny hands in vain;
Dear, 1 have no bread to give thee,
Nothing, child, to ease thy pain
When God sent thee first to bless me,
Proud and thankful, too, wasI
Now, my darling, I, thy mother,
Almost long to see thee die.
Sleep, my darling, thou art weary
God is good, but life is dreary.
I have watched thy beauty fading,
And thy strength sink day by day,
Soon, I know, will want and fever
Take thy little life away.
Famine makes thy father reckless,
Hope has left both him and me;
We could suffer all, my baby,
Had we but crust for thee.
Better thou should perish early,
Starve so soon, my darling one,
Than in hopeless sin and sorrow
Vsinly live as have done.
Better that thy angel spirit
With my joy, my peace, were flown,
Than thy heart grow cold and careless,
Reckless, hopeless, like my own.
1 am wasted, dear, with hunger,
And my brain is all opprest;
I have scarcely strength to press thee,
Wan and feeble to my breast.
Patience, baby, God will help us,
Death will come to thee and me,
He will take US to His heaven,
Where no want or pain can be.
Such the plant that, late and early,
Did we listen we might hear
Close beside us-but the thunder
Ola city dulls our ear.
Every heart, as Gods bright angel
Can bid one such sorrow cease;
God has glory when His children
Bring His poor ones joy and peace.
Adelaide Proctor
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22

1t happened in this wise: They were
coming off the steamer across the plank
together. She was afraid the plank
would tip and she should fall. He said,
"Never fear. In that case we shall
die together" She looked into his face
and said, :If it's all the same to Provi-
dence, I should much prefer to live to-
gether." And the next week the knot
was tied.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22
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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-05-22

It seems hard, says tho Cincinnati
Breakfast Table, to discover great
man who has not at some time worked
in printing Office.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28
CHIIIICOTHE LIVINGSTON Nc, THURSDAY, FEB 28

succession 10 the papacy. The bystanders
cheered most enthusiastically and large
crowd soon assembled, densely throngng
the open space In front of the Vatican and
approaches thereto. At 430 the newly
elected Pope, surrounded by all the cardi-
nails, appeared in the inner gallery Of the
Basilica. The crowd shouted, long live the
Pope! The Holy Father Mt length made Il
signal for silence, then intoned the Bcnc-
dicitc and pronounced bcnedction. After
this the cheering was renewed, and contln-
ued until the people withrew. The circum-
stances of the election are us follows: At
this forcnoon's ballot Cardinal Pccci re-
ceivcd SO votes, which was ) short Of the
requisite two-thrds majority. When tho
voting was finished and the papers werc
burned, Cardinal Franchi, and those hold
ing the same views with him, advanced and
knelt before Cardinal Pccci. This example
being followed by others. Cardinal Pcccis
election was accomplished by the method
known as "by alteration"
Count Tegur informed the Pope that he
proposed to present him with one million
francs as the first donation of Peters pence
from the French Episcopals. As soon as
the result of the election became known,
bells in all the churches Of Rome were rung
and diplomats went to the Vatican to con-
gratulate the new Pope. Perfect order pre-
walls everywhere.
Pecci has n fine head, high forehead mar
row at the temples, long face and straight
features. He has a large mouth, large chin,
cheerful, open countenance, large and
wcll-shapod ears. He reminds one of Con-
sulvi, the renowned minister Of Plus VII.
He has fine, sonorous voice; great digni-
ty, even austerity OF manners in public life,
but privately is alIectionate, unassumng
and witty Camerlingo. He has been the
head OF that party which, without formally
renouncing the rights of the holy see, ack-
nowledges the wisdom of submitting to the
decrees OF providence, excepting what
seems irrevocably accomplished facts. The
general opinion is that for learning, tact,
energy, dignity, amicability, real moral
worth and sincere piety the Sacred College
could not find a more deserving Pope than
Cardinal Pecci. His private life at all peri
ods is above rcproach. He has considcra-
BILE literary talent and has written poetry
He has never had intercourse with func-
tionares Of tho present italian government
but is esteemed by them all, and those with
whom the necessary round Of his duty
brings him into contact are perfectly
charmed.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28
An Aneedote of Lincoln.

From the March Scrbncr.
While the ceremonies of tho second
Inauguration were in progress, just as
Lincoln stepped forward to take the
oath of office, the sun, which had been
obscured by rain.clouds, burst forth in
splendor. In conversation, next day,
the President asked, did you notice
that sunburst? 1t made my heart
Jump" Later in the month, Miss An
ma Dickinson, in lecture delivered in
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives, eloquently alluded to the sunburst
as a happy omen. The President sat
directly in front OF the speaker, and
from the reporters gallery, behind her,
I had caught his eye, soon after he sat
down. When Miss Dickinson referred
to the sunbeam, he looked up to me,
involuntarily, and I thought his eyes
were suffused with moisture. Perhaps
they were, but next day, he said, Il
wonder Il Miss Dickinson saw me wink
at youf"
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28
The Foot and the POund-The .Antiuui-
" OF These Units.

The foot and the pound are found in
every country, and have evidently been
derived directly from the Romans. But
they can claim higher antiquity, for
Mr. Chisholm traces their origin to the
Babylonians OF Chaldnans, who, as
units of length, used both the cubit and
The foot. These were subsequently
adopted by the Egyptians, who intro
duced considerable variety, so that there
is no little confusion between the differ
erent kind of cubit and foot. The
natural cubit, of about eighteen inches,
and the foot, which was two-thirds of
this length, were transferred to Greece,
and, the cubit having fallen into disuse,
the foot became the ordinary standard
of the Romans. At the same time the
double cubit, which was equivalent to
three feet, would appear to have surviy-
ed in the form of the ell of medieval
Europe, and in that of our own yard.
AS all these measures were originally
derived from the proportions of the
human Lody, some caution is necessary
in referring their origin to remote anti
quity rather than directly to the length
of the forearm or of the foot. 1t must
be admitted, however, that tho coincid-
ence of length among all civilized ma
tions is very striking. The derivation
of the pound weight is more complcat-
cd. The earlier Tower pound appears
to have been of Roman origin, being
presumably identical with the Greek
Asiatic nina, while the hundred-weight
corresponds to the talent or weight
of a cubit foot of water. Subsequently
the Troy pound was substituted, and,
for commercial transactions, the old
pound avoirdupois, from the French
pound of sixteen ounces. 1t is evident,
however, that our weights and measures
in the dark ages were in an unsettled
state, and subject to arbitrary altpra-
tions Of the will Of the monarch,
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

To do up old shawls,-Scrape one
pound of soap, boil it down in sufficient
water. When cooling, beat it with the
hand; it will be sort Of jelly. Add
three tablespoonfuls of spirits of tur-
pentine and one of spirits of hartshorn.
Wash the articles thoroughly in it, then
rinse in cold water until all the soap is
taken of, then in salt and water. Fold
between two sheets, taking care not to
allow two folds of the article washed to
lie together. Mangle, and iron with a
very cool iron. Shawls done in this
way look like new. Only use the salt
Where there ore delicate colors that may
strike,
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28
GENERAL. NEWS.
Six Men Rob u Traiu In Texas

A railroad train robbery in Texas is
the latest The south bound train on the
Central was boarded at Allen station by six
mon on the Oath, who robbed the express
car OF $500. The train had hardly drawn
up at tho station when a man jumped into
the engineers cab, covering him and ths
fireman with revolver. Five other men
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28
THE NEW POPE.

Leo XIIIth, the Title oftho New Pontin.
On Wednesday, the Goth, at II 80
p. M, Cardinal Cateroni appeared in the
grand gallery Of the Vatican Basillca and an
nounced In customary form Cardinal Peoels
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

The State prohibition convention of
Ohio nominated the following ticket: For
secretary of State, ]. N. Robinson; Judge
of tho supreme court, Wm. f. Ross; board
Of public works, D. Lock.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

The "Western Review of Science and
Industry" published at Kansas City,
has completed its first volume. Col.
Theo. S. Case, editor and publisher,
made a bold venture in attempting to
establish journal of this character so
far west of the centers of wealth and
culture, but in science as well as indus
try the West will soon be abreast of the
East, and We will no longer look to
New York and Boston for the sole
means of education. There is no rea-
son why thought upon subjects both
scientific and industrial should not be
as vigorous in the active West as in the
sedentary East. That such is the case
this magazine has already demonstrated,
and the vigor displayed i'll its pages
las been acknowledged and compliment
ed by the best scientific journals in the
land,
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

J. P, Wall, of New York, has been
sentenced to fifteen years imprison-
ment for kicking his wife to death.
Hanging would appear better thing
for brute with so much murder in his
soul. Then the question comes up
again, if hell is not necessity?
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

There is a prevailing apprehension of
trouble in London and the stock mar
ket is correspondingly dull and flat.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

Notwithstanding the immense grain
trade of Odessa, Revel, and st. Peters
burg, there is not an elevator at either
of those centres. But an American
firm has ust made n contract to build
one at st. Petersburg as soon as peace
is declared
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

The debating society of the district
school in the most obscure corner of
Clark county, Ky, after an exhaustive
discussion, have definitely decided that
there is hell. The society is soon to
settle the question of the nature of cter-
nal punishment.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

1t is said that Senator Jones, of Ne
vada, has lost the greater part of his
immense fortune by bad investments.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

According to the Moffet register, the
people of Richmond, Va, average about
4,OOO,O0O drinks a year. The popula-
tion of Richmond is about $4,000.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

As a father jumped from buggy il.
Dallas, Tex, his pair of high-mettlel !
horses dashed away with his little ten
year old daughter. None but a Texas
paper would venture to tell how she
gathered the rcins, and stood 'em up on
the ends of their tQils.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

MemphisS has fined man $50 for
putting on the petticoats. They are
afraid to tackle the woman who wears
the brecches.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

About one-half of California is flood
ed with water from a twenty-four hours
rain. 1t never "rains but it pours in
California"
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

The reconciliation of silver will not
revolutionizc trade-it will not, as the
Graphic says, bring about good times
at once; but it will serve as brake on
the trainof disasters; it will probably stop
any further shrinkagc, substitute hope
for despair, revive credit and turn us
from the darkness toward better time.
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

The duke of Wellington didn't know
everything, but this is what he said fifty
years ago: "There is no doubt it
would have been more fortunate and
better for the world if the treaty of Adj
rianoplo had not been signed, and if
the Russians had entered Constantine
pie, and if the Turkish Empire had
been dissolyed.'
The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-02-28

Dispatches received from every lum-
boring point in Michigan show no snow,
and log hauling dragging slowly. Not
to exceed 20 per cent of the expected
product has been banked in the state at
large. OF the 6OO,OOO,OOO feet expected
in the Saginaw district, only l2O,OOO,OOO
has been banked, while the cost of lum-
boring has been increased fully 81 per
thousand. Fully rs per cent of the cut
is still on the skids.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-10-19
Special Notices.

The balance of the reason y given by Mr.. Ruby
why Democrats should not vote for Mr.. Milligan
is that che was not Democrat before and during
the war;" and even after the war che was never
seen at our (DemOcratic) primary meetings and
but rarely at the election, and if he cast vote it
was likely of the bushwhacking order" Now we
see no reason in any of this nonsense. But its
use proves the terrible straight of Mr. Ruby to
find material for sensible, sound objection.
Because Mr.. MiLtidgdn Union man is no
reason for voting against him any more than be-
cause Mr.. Talbot toas IN the Confederate ARM is
a reason for voting for him. And to reverse it.
Mr.. Milligan's record as a Union man is no sufi-
cient reason in itself for sending him to Congress-
nor is Mr.. Talbott's Confederate service alone
justification for defeating him. But if their mer-
its consist alone in the Union record of the one
and Confederate service of the other-and this is
the force of the distinction drawn by Mr.. Ruby
the constituency of the district would not lose
much by leaving them both at home.
1t is to be regretted for graver reasons than Mr..
TalbOtts success or defeat that the organ of the
Democratic party in the county should be so hard
pressed for an argument in his behalf in this age
Of cOncilatiOn an era of the cultivation of good
feeling, that it objects to his opponent alone upon
the ground that he was Union man fifteen years
ago. A universal amnesty is mOckery so long
as Mr.. Ruby considers it an objectionable offense
to have been Union man in 1868.
The fact of Mr.. Milligan having been Union
man is no reason for or against his election to
Congress at this time. He is an intelligent cour-
teous, honest, upright gentleman, capable of rep
resenting our district in Congress with credit to
himself and the people. He is the only candidate
before the people whose position on the financial
issues of the day really represents the truest and
highest interests of all classes of the community
"a sound, solid, staple money, fixed upon a GOLD
basis, giving safety to capital stability to values
remuneration to the labOrer, protection to ALL
| He commands the confidence and respect Of al
| classes Of the community-notwithstan tn
fact that Mr. Ruby has set up the scare-crow tina
| he ioas a Union man. INDEPENDENT
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-10-19
REPUBLICAN FOR CONGRESS.

MESSRS. EDITORS Il am glad to know that
we have good Republican candidate running for
Congress, "a. P. McCombs, ESQ., in this district.
Mr.. McCombs is well known in Hartford county,
and no doubt will receive the Republican vote
there. Let the Republicans Of the whole district
support him and he may have a chance of being
elected. 1t is true that he has been nominated by
the Greenbackers, but he has always been a con-
sistant Republican and always worked hard for
Republican success, while the gentleman who an
nounces himself as an independent Democratic
candidate has done all he could to defeat us for
the last fifteen years at least, and now tells us
that if elected he will &c to Congress a Democrat.
When Mr.. Talbot and Mr.. Miigan were the only
candidates, both Democrats, the Republicans were
obliged to choose between the two, if they voted
at all, but now they not obliged to choose be-
tween Democrats but have Republican to vote
for, and if elected he would make a good repre-
sentative. A REPUBLICAN.
IT
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-10-19

WHAT BALTIMORE SHOULD Do.-Referrinp 10
the Baltimore american says:
"The people of the rural districts have shown
great persistency and a very fair degree of hber-
atty and public spirit in bringing this enterprise
up to It's present point of development. The reg
ular canvass was commenced on the 10th day of
April, 1877, or about eighteen months ago, since
which time the projectors of the enterprise have
contributed freely of their time and money for the
promotion of the work. 1t would be a very great
mistake on the part of the people of Baltimore
city to let this enterprise fail now or even Ian
guish for time for want of such limited aid as
would insure its success. The american has re-
peatedly called attention to the projected road and
to the resources of the country traversed by and
its feeder, the York and Delta Narrow Gauge
These roads will bring to Baltimore a profitable
trade, which naturally belongs here, but which
now contributes to the development and wealth of
nelghbOring commercial centres, mainly York and
Philadelphia. Baltimore has not been slow to aid
similar enterprises. Money has been freely sent
10 the west to aid in the construction railroads.
and our citizens have contributed literally to the
building of railroads in other sections of the State
which now carry the trade of that section almost
exclusively to Wilmington and Philadelphia. But
here is road to terminate in this city, whose
length, with its adjunct, will be about equal to
That OF the Western Maryland, which is estimated
to cost, when equipped only $12,5OO per mile, and
which will secure to Baltimore large trade that
now goes elsewhere; a road to which the people
living along its line have very generally and freely
contributed; road that there is every reason to
believe, if built at all, will be built with clean
hands and without peculation.
1.-The agents are still in Baltimore soliciting
subscriptions to the stock. 1t is to be hoped,
therefore, our people will give it such prompt and
substantial encouragement, and that upon the
meeting OF the Board the directors will feel justi-
ned in advertising for bids for the work and in
taking the other necessary steps looking to the
early building of the road .