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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-24
wooDFoRD.

Although prematu5ely, spring birds
have gladdened the hearts of people this
week.
Owing to the fashion this winter,
ladies' skate on one foot and hold the
other up, like hen in wet weather,
Frank Towne, wishing TO recreats q
little, has gone to Rutland TO spend a
short season with parents aud friends
Very happily and pleasing 10 all,
Jesse Bngbee's fever took sudden turn
and he was confined only three days.
lle is now ont again.
Geo. Bowes has moved over from
Bennington 10 assist in the superinten-
dency of the numbering business OF Chas.
Bowles Il Co.
Frank Cntler says be has "haltered
bis mind aud will not take an appreU
liceship in the tin business at Cheshire
until spring opens. We guess there will
be some doubt about it then.
MIR Elihu Cutler, an aged and re-
spected citizen of this place, died, Mon
day noon. Ills funeral was attended
from the Union church, Wednesday at.
ternoon, the Rev. Mr.. Grant OF Benning-
ton officiating. There have been two
funerals in Woodford the past week.
BERLIN, n. 7.
III the coasting down the chill" had
continued good it would have been nee
essary TO have established hospital for
the wounded.
Mrs, Maria Hull, widow of the late
DIR. e. Hull, died the 10Th inst, aged six
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-24

The church aud people Of this place
held $ donation aud oyster supper at the
bail for The benefit Of their pastor, last
Wednesday evening. The evening be-
ing favorable a large number we're pres.
enl aud all seemed to have good time,
the young aud old participating ia the
equipments Of the hour. Tue proceeds
amounted to my dollars, for which the
pas or acknowledges his gratitude
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-24

Over two hundred dollars were paid
nlo the town treasury from HE dog tax
81 ycar
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-01-24

AAkAMhaEfA uGtuFs
-Byfoa 1sHesou, wbo hss betH quiie
Dick j. recovering
We see notice Ct tbe ssle q good
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
A Falnons Ratter

That was famous ratter that a St
Clair street man purchased last week. He
couldn't remember, he said to his wife,
just how many rats that dog had slaugn
tered at one inning, butt was something
marvellous. There was no doubt about
it, for lie learned it from the 1oan of
whom he bought the dog, and surely he
ought to know. The dog was industri-
ously polishing bone while his owne,
was showing and holding forth on his
good points, when rat was observed to
come out from under the house, and go
shifting about, after the manner of its
race, on the hunt for something to eat,
and gradually drew near the famous
ratter.
"Now watch him !' whispered the own
er, while his eyes lighted up with the
excitement of anticipated sport! gut
keep your eye on him!''
"Why, the dog doesn't seem to see him
does he?" said the lady of the house.
That's all right, he is laying for him.
You'll see some fun directly. There, he
sees linn now"
Eyes, but what makes him stick his
tail between his legs that way, and bris-
Il up so2"
20 that's all right. I guess he does
that because he's mad. Don't say a
word!''
The rat approached nearer and nearer
to his doom the dog tremb.ed with ex-
citement and anxiety to get at his game
at least that's what his owner said
hen the cheeky rodent, after getting
within about a foot of the bone, skipped
up and seized it, and shot back into his
hole as though he had forgotten some
thing, while the famous ratter let out a
shrill chorus Of yelps, and nearly tripped
his dlsgusted owner up in shooting
around and between his legs to escape
legions Of imaginary rats.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
Why 1t Pays To Read.

Ones physical frame-his body--his
hands--is only a machine. I. is the
mind, controlling and directing that
machine that gives it power and et1icien-
cy. The successful use of the body de-
pends wholly upon the mind-upon its
ability to direct we'll. If one ties his
arm in sling it becomes weak and final
ly powerless. Keep it in active exer-
else, and it acquires vigor and strength,
and is disciplined to use this strength as
desired. just so ones mind; by active
exercise in thinking, planning, studying,
observing, acquires vigor, strength, pow
er of concentration and direction Plain
ly then, the man who exercises his mind
in reading and thinking, gives it increas-
ed power and efficiency, and greater abili-
ty to direct the efforts of his physical frame
his work-to better results, than he
can who merely uses his muscles. If a
man reads book or paper, even one he
knows to be erroneous. it helps him by
the effort to combat the errors. Of all
men, the farmer. the cultivator, needs to
read more and think more-to strength
en- his resoning powers, so that they may
help out and make more effective, more
prof table, his hard toll. There canIbe
no doubt that the farmer who supplies
himself with the reading the most of
other mems thoughts and experiences,
will in the end, if not at once, be the
most successful.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17

the Grand Trunk completely in his power,
and that road cannot be anything but local
road. having no Western outlet whatever.
Jay Gould is. undoubtedly aie ing Vanderbilt,
in consideration of not being interfered with
n his scheme to control all the connections
and rivals of the Union Pacific. Mr.. Van
derbilt has been interviewed regarding his
schemes, but his answers are evasive, and
indicate nothing. Yet he does not conceal
his hatred towards the Crank Trunk, and
says he will crush 1t if it does not maintain
the ratesthat is, if it does not abide by his
dictation. The officers elected to-day are as
follows: President, w. II. Vanderbilt;
treasurer, Cornelius Vanderbilt; secretary,
B. D. Worcester; executive committee, w.
h. Vanderbilt, Augustus Schell, Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Samuel r. Barger. No action
was taken respecting the working officials OF
the road, that subject being left for future
consideration. Vanderbilt and party leave
here to morrow morning, and will be in
Chicago in the evening, to go back by the
Lake Shore.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17

Then the rain means relaxation; the
tension in nature and in all the creatures
lis lessened. The trees drop their 1ipened
fruit. The tree itself will fall in sill,
damp day, when but yesterday it with
stood a gale Of wind. a moist south
wind penetrates even the mind and
makes Its grasp less tenacious. 1t ought
70 take less to kill man on a rainy day
than on clear. The direct support Of
the sun Withdrawn; life is under a cloud; J;
a masculine mood gives place to some
ting like a feminine. In this sense, rain
is the grief, the weeping Of nature, the
relliefof burdencd or agonized heart.
But tears from natures eyelids are ALWAYS
remedial and prepare the way for bright
er, purer skies. John BurroqAs, IN Scrub
1aer forJstly.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
amount Of my sentences reaches sixty three

amount of my sentences reaches sixtythree
years.
H,ldebrand states that the finest piece of
work ever executed in the United States (of
course he was not engaged in it) was the rob
berry of the Falls City bank in Louisville.
The burglars gained an entrance Saturday
night, into an insurance Office Immediately
above the vault, took up the carpet, sawed
out the floor, took up the bricks until they
reached the vault; then, from o'clock Sun
day morning until l o'clock Monday morn
ing, they succeeded, but not without the
hardest kind of hard work, in drilling 1874
holes through the chilled steel top, three
quarters of an inch thick, and lifted the plate
out. Then they had nothing to encounter
except plaster-of-paris cement and soft
iron. The haul realized them $325,OO in
currency, bonds and diamonds.
Hildebrand further states that in the cases
of county treasury robberies, where combi-
nations have been opened, treasurers are
often unjustly accused of completely. Men
can be found, and without much difficulty,
who will disclose combinations for certain
percentage of the .sswag." In the case Of
the recent Clermont county, O., robbery, at
Batavia, the combination was given to the
thieves by an outsider, well known to Hide
brand.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
Rain.

The first water, r,-how much 1T means!
Seven tenths of man himself is water.
Seventeenth 70 the human race rained down
but yesterday! It is much more pro-
bable that Caesar will flow out of bung-
hoe that any part of his remains will
ever stop one. Our life is indeed a vapor,
a breath, a little moisture condensed up
on the pane. We carry ourselves as IN a
phial. Cleave the flesh, and how quick
sly we spill out! Man begins as fish.
and he swims in sea of vital fluids as
long as his life lasts. His first food is
milk; SO is his last and all between. He
can taste and assimilate and absorb moth
ing but liquids. The same is true
throughout all organic nature. IT'S
water power that makes every wheel
move. Without this great solvent, there
is no life I admire immensely this line
Of Walt Whitman:
&C The slumbering and liquid trees.
The tree and its fruit are like a sponge
which the rains have filed. Through
them and through all living bodies there
goes on the commerce Of vital growth,
tiny vessels. fleets and succession Of fleets
laden with material bound for distant
shores to build up, and repair, restore
the waste of the physical frame.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
Origin of Great Britain's EmDlems.

The intestine wars which 80 long de-
vastated England were carried on under
the symbols of the Red and White Rose
The adherents of the House Of Lancaster
chose the red rose as their mark of dis
tinction, whilst those of York chose the
white. This frarcidal war continued un-
til the union of the roses by the marriage
of Henry VII. With Princess Elizabeth,
daughter of Edward w, in 1886, since
which time the rose has continued to be
the emblem of England.
When st. Patrick landed in Ireland to
convert the Irish, in 432, the pagan in
haDitants were ready to stone him. He
requested to be heard, and endeavored 70
explain God to them as the Trinity of
Unity but they did not understand him
until he plucked trefoil, or shamrock
from the ground, and said, rs it not as
possible for the Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost to be one, as for the three leaves to
grow upon single stake" eThen," SAYS
Brand, '.the Irish were convinced, and
became converts to Christianity; and in
memory of that event thev haye ever since
worn the shamrock as badge of honor !
When the Danes invaded Scotland, on
one occasion, they resolved to adopt a
stratcgem, and in order to prevent the
Scots from detecting them they marched
barefoot. The Danes thought they should
reach the camp in few minutes: when
on sudden, man who went forward
was wounded by stout Scotch thistle, SO
that he could not help crying out loudly
with pain. This noise reused the camp,
the Scots flew to arms, and the Danes
were yanquished. This thistle was after
ward adopted as the insignia of Scotland
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
A HorseWoman's Narrow Escape:

The Denver (Col. Tribune describes an
accident which recently happened to Mrs.
b. ]. Mallett, of Canon City. Mrs
Mallett is an excellent horsewoman, and
having great confidence in her riding
skill, started out with her husband and
other friends on horseback, to visit the
canon. OF all the wonderful canons in
Colorado, the Grand Canon of the Ar
kansas is the most awe-inspiring. The
walls are 1900 feet high at places,and al
most perpendicular. Before operations
we're begun within them by the railroad
men, no one ever attempted to pass
through the gorge, except during the
winter, and t en- on ice. The laborers
have, however, made paths in the very
sides Of the immense preclpices, and it
was along one OF these that Mrs Mallett
and her friends were travelling. She rode
trusty horse, and was as composed as
any other party. They had proceeded
to point beyond the horse trail and
we're descending a steep hill.
The path was narrow one, the walls
of the canon shooting far up toward the
blue, clear sky, and down for hundreds
Of feet until they dipped into the dis
turbed waters of the rapid rolling Ar
kansas. It was at this dangerous spot
that Mrs. Mallett's horse stumbled and
fell. There was no room for the least
falter. This was, therefore, q fatal step.
Mrs. Mallett, with almost incredible
presence Of mind, disentangled herself
from her horse Below her ten feet,
was shelving rock, about fifteen inches
wide. This she struck and caught with
her hands. With nerve that would have
made the sterner sex proud Of manhood
the lady held on the end of the rock
dangling in the air, gripping it with des-
peration. Had she let go. her lodgment
would have been on another shelf fifty
leet below. To hold on was her only re-
sort. With all the dispatch possible,
Mallet and Others came to her rescue, and
succeeded in taking her from her peri
ous situation almost uninjured, but OF
course very much exhausted from fright
Now comes the strangest part of the
story. The horse fell also, and lodged
on the same shelf to which his mistress
was clinging. In falling he had tuned
completely around, but there he stooa
on the narrow ledge Of stone, hugging
the wall, and evidently realizing his
position, if horse ever realized any
thing. He did not stir muscle, hardly
breathed for an hour or more, until
ropes strong eaough to take him out
was sent for and obtained at a camp
mile distant. By the time these arrived,
fifty men or more, who we're sen gagged 1n
the canon, had gathered along the trail,
and as many as could make themselves
useful, assisted in lifting the animal up
He seemed to realize fully that steps
were being taken for his relief, and did
not move to make resistance until he was
placed upon sure footing in the path.
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
Good Night.

Good night!
Now the weary rest by right,
And the busy fingers bending a
Over work that seems unending,
Toll no more till morning light
Good night!
Go forest!
Close the eyes with slumber prest;
In the streets the silence growing.
Wakes but to the watch horn blowing,
Night makes only one request
Go to rest!
Slumber sweet!
Blessed dreams each dreamer great;
He whom love has kept from sleeping
In sweet dreams now DER him creeping
May he his beloved meet
Slumbcr sweet!
Good night!
Slumber till the morning light,
Slumber till the new tomorrow
Comes and brings its own new sorrow.
We are in the Fathers sight
Good night!
From The German Of Theodore Ko7aer:
New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17
An Obtuse Man.

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New Ulm weekly review., 1878-07-17

On a certain occasion King Cadwalls
met a Saxon army. In order to ois-
tinguish his men from the Saxons he
placed a leek in each of their hats; and
having gained adhesive victory over their
enemies, the leek became ever after the
badge Of the Welsh. s s,}5 81. 53s.
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
A STAMPEDE TO WAsHINGTONl

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, June %, 1873
The appropriation by Congress during ITS
late session OF large sums Of money for pnbc buildings
IN this city has caused great commotion among work
inemen IN other parts the country and already large
pumbers of that class sgncd their intention OF
coming here to obtain employment The workingmeh
resident n the District strongly opposed TO any I'M
migration OF this kind. They say that there aro
already more idle men here ANXIOUS for WORK
than can possibly be employed upon tho
huudings and other public improvements which nave
been ordered rhe officers OF the District GOYerhmen'
n is understood will give preference ~ employing hDVt
80 nr work under their control 10 those VINO lehldc ~
Woebtn0on and 10 is probable that those IN charge OF
hntidn9s for the General Government VIII follow the
same course. It will not be wise for WOrhnglneh III
other parts Of the country TO come to washington on
Deeting 20 obtain employment unless they nave MAUI
their contracts IN advance.
THE QUESTION OF INDIAN MANAGEMENT
The Special Commission on the Transfer OF
the Indian Bureau has perfected organization by tho
selection Of Senator Saunders Chairman and Major
Charles L. Flanagan, q journalist, as Secretary
Of the Commission The Secretaries OF War ana
the Interior have received number OF lot
ters from the Commission asking for data, Statistics
and all general information the subject LETT 70 the
Commission TO decide number OF clerks are at WORK
nrenaring tho answers for the commission All persons
who desire send data TO the OF "ho @
apy information 10 convey on the supec can 90 20 D
fransmitting their communications 70 MAJOR fla1Akn,
secretary OF the Joint Commission Uneu sta'es 0es
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
TYsoNs EXPEDITION TO RETURN
HowGATE's WHOLE PLAN POSTPONED YEAR on
ACCOUNT or THE NEGLECT or CONGREss.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRBuNEl


WASHINGTON June 2j.-Tbe bill appropratng
$4,000 in furtherance of Captain Howgate's Po.
lar colonization scheme, which was introduced
early in the last session Of Congress- aud favOrably
reported by the Naval Committee failed on the last
day of the session not only TO get the twO-thirds
vote necessary 60 carry it through under suspen-
sion of the rules, but TO get a majority in its
favor. Notwithstanding this dlscSuragng fact
Captain Howgate, who seems TO have put his whole
life into the work of Polar discovery, has not lost
heart He believes the bill to be in favorable po-
sition on the calendar to receive early attention
when Congress reassembes in the Fall.
Whenever the bill is considered its merits, and
is not antagOnized with measures which have po-
litical significance, Captain Howgate feels conf
dent that the friends Of his project will be found to
form a majority Of both branches of Congress. Some
Of the members who voted against the bill have
since called upon him and explained their opposi-
ton which, they said, was not based upon enmity
to the project itself but was made necessary by
Of the circumstances under which it was brought
forward at the very end Of the session.
The failure Of Congress to make this appropria-
ton will delay the expedition for another year. and
will compel the return OF the preliminary expedi-
ton under Captain Tyson, which was sent out last
season. Such an event has been provided for how
ever as instructions were given to return II the
main expedition should not reach Disco by the lat
Ter part of August. The Esquimaux whom Captain
Tyson was instructed TO engage and prepare for
vice with the colonsts who it was hoped would
be sent out this season, and the dogs which he was
~ nTocure and train during the last Winter, Will be
iofp bebind Such of tho stores which Captain
Tvson took out with him as are not OF pershable
StnTe will also be deposited and left for use next
wear in case tho project meets with the success
which Captain Howgate anticipates; lie considers
he failure Of his plans during the last session
esecially unfortunate as tho season is thought 10
he exceptionally favorable for Polar travel
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
LILLE ARnSrRONG MCRDKR.
THE ACCUSED AGAIN oN THE sTAND-A DRAMATIC
SCENE IN COURT.

THE ACCUSED AGAIN OS THE sTAND-A DRAMATIC
SCENE IN COURT.
CAMDEN, n. j.. June 25.-Iunter was again
upou tho witness stand today His manner was quiotcr
than Il was yesterday, but otherwise there was
no change observable A dramatic scene occurred
when Mr.. Jenkins the public prosecutor asked
the prisoner II he on the Sunday before the murder
did not visit the house OF one George spronle' TO
inouire for Graham. He replied that he did not Mr.
Jenkins then directed Sproule II he was IN the room TO
stand up when a in the audience Immediately
arose Hunter Immediately jumped TO his feet and cried
with great yehcmence; i don't know that man.
never saw him before. You are llar sir ITO spsouie
n Won say visited your house. That man Is trying TO
the Courn TO swear my life away" The Court objected
and Hunter apologized. At the request OF hunters
connsel Sprnule was removed from the room
The cross-examina tOn then directed tOWhra lne
life Insurance policies. 10 appeared that the Wness
had gwen one Of the l0OOO policies on te ne OF ARM
strong into the hands OF LAWYER Tor eoleeu9n Ihree
da fer the yictis death. witness admitted such 20
he he ease and offered EXPLAIN but was not
In redirect examination however, he explained hat tne
I.vyer IN question was man 1Or whom no hau
great regard He wrote 10 Hunter 10 come ana sec nun
shout the matter and Hunter went ana lelt tne poe
with him and urged him not TO be In any nuffy aDOut
The matter The remainder Of his testimony 10 direct
and crossexaminatOn mainly deyotou 10 tsthDlsh
ing an abi and did not differ materially nOm ns state
nen already made Of his Whereabouts on the pRht OF
q
New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
EXERCISES YESTERDAY.

the CLASS POEM AND oRATIoN-READING OF THE
HISTORIES on THE CANiPUs--PLANTING THE IVY
THE SENIOR PRoMENADE-sHEFFIELD SCiEN-
TIFIC SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY.
IFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIhuSE'l
NEw-HAvEN, June 25.-To the members OF
the class this has been day OF no 'e interest
whatever "a done on other days is directed by the
faculty but this IA emphacaly the students day and
everything that takes place s directed and controlled oy
them The weather has been all that could be desired
,oir cool with constant and refreshing breeEes
shortly before IL o'clock the Wheeler q
wilson Band OF Bridgeport began play
ing on tho campus and in few minutes the class as
ssnbIed and began their march to Battel Chapel Hero
largo audience Of the friends Of the graduating class
had assembed and here the poem and oraton we're 70