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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26
VOLUME XVIII.
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A good story has been told Of llsplng
oiioctss having been sloiimirsd by
brother ofioer who WAS neied zoe hla
cool deliberAiion and s,roog nerves Aad
Of his getting square with him Ia lhs fol
lowing manner. The cool joker, Csptain
hlAkeney, wss always qnlsalng the lisp.
iug oflieeT, lieutenant, for bis nervous.
ness, and said ono day At mess, why, pef-
vousness Is All nonsense; tell yon, ne
brave man il ever nervous Well, in.
quircd his lisping friend. how would you
act lhpolhiuE thell with on 10th futhee
tAould drop iuhelf Ia a walled anglo ia
Ia which you had taken Ihelier from
company Of thsrp,hoo,orlb, aud here !,
wath ihcr,slu II you put out your no,he
you'd get Il pCpperedg How, said the
captain, why, take Il coolY, aud spit on
the lusee The party broke up, aud all
retired.
The next morning = number Of soldiers
were assembled on parade; when along
came The lisping lieutenant Lsrily open
ing bis eyes, he remarked TO q cluster OF
officers, want to Try an eklhperlment
thilh morning, and sec bow ekthcedingly
cool Tom BlaokeneY can be. Saying this
be walked deliberately Into the captains
quarters, where fire was burning on
the hearth, and placed In lie hottest part
a powder canister, and instantly retreat
ed There was but one door Of egresa
from the quarters, aud that opened upon
the parade ground the occupant gave one
look at the canister, eomprehended the
situation, and 10 moment made for the
door, but IL was fastened on the outside.
Charley, let me out, II you love mel
shouted the captain. Tbpit on the canth-
ter shouted be In return. NotA moment
was TO be lost; the captain bad ut hrst
snatched up blanket TO cover himself
with; but soon dropping II, he raised the
window, aud out be bounded, sans every
thing but very short nndergarmeat,
and thus, with hair Almost on end, ho
dashed on TO a inll parade ground. The
shouts which hailed him brought out the
who'll OF the occupants Of the barracks TO
see what WAS the matter, and The digni.
fed captain pulled sergeant 10 front OF
him to hide himself. Why didn't you
thpit on III inquired the lieutenant. Re-
cause there was no sharpshooters Ia front
TO stop retreat, answered the captain.
All I've got to thay, then, ith, said the
lieutenant, that you might safely have
done Il; for IN thwsre there wsthn't
thingle grain Of powder ln Il,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26
Do,'r nr rur bows.

Don't be pat aside, said Henry Ward
Beccher, IN sermon. There are 0nly
two people who have right TO put YOU
aside your doclof aud your sexton No
one else IL is ighomini0u. 10 zee nen
setting down Ia Incidence simply because
they ale growing old; don't seek easy
ways; easy ways lead 10 rust; don't talk
about yourselves, don't talk about your
age aud at all events for dccency's sake
don't talk about your diseases. II you
know you have the rhumatism that's
enough. Don't be prematurely old
don't be older 10 your feelings than You
are IN fact; don't withdraw from your
interest In life, read what Is going on Ia
the world; don't leave to younger meu
the tasks Of life aud get out Of their way
Don't get out OF anybody's way, and
above all don't get 10 your own way.
Mingle with the young; enjoy their pleas
ures. David sought out some one Of bis
own posterity, doubtless, TO lie 10 bis
bosom and keep him warm, aud IL Is well
for you TO be warmed by the sympathy
aud companioDship Of the young. Keep
young to the last. Blessed be the man
that goes TO Heaven ike boy.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

salurals pala aud tabs with glyeshns
and they viii not shrink.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26


A young man who used 10 be engaged
10 business 10 ihe oil country, during the
pAlmy days, after recent visit, writes
The following While roaming through
the oil country, our interest wAs excited
BY having certain localities pointed out to
us the place where once stood : small
city Perhaps no part Of the oil region
shows ibis as much as that situated be.
tween OH City aad Tilnsville, and no
place 30 much as Petroleum Center. We
stand amazed, and almost doubt the truth
OF our Informant, when We arc told that
this is ihe Petroleum Center we saw 10
years ago. AT that time, as the name i'm.
plies, il wss the center Of The land Of
grease. Surrounded as Il was by the best
oil producing country, II could not be
otherwise. Vast numbers OF houses,
stores, machine shops, etc, were erected
10 short time, aud Ia 1868 Il was a city
OF 5000 or 900 inhabitants. Everybody
In oildom knew the Petroleum Center.
The city had banks, immense hotels,
large business houses, and could boast of
three or four fine churches. The whole
country around the place was a city. At
night il was almost impossible TO get
throught the great crowds Of people col
leeted for all kinds of pleasurs. What a
change. Nothing can be compared TO It
except the destruction of war. Instead
of fine residences, the ground is now used
for potato patches; road marks the place
where The principal street was; the
churches still stand, but nobody remains
10 attend them. Perhaps there are 100
Inhabitants in the town now. North OF
Petroleum Center we were shown the
place where in '66 and.'67 was the famous
Benniugboff Run. There remains not
the sign of anything ever having been
there. As many will remember, this was
one of the hest oil territories IN the conn
try at that time. On the northern part OF
this farm was a small town by the name
of Dublin. 1t had 200 inhabitants, and
was the terminus of the Benninghoif Run
railroad Not single house remains. IN
fact, one would think, not knowing any
better, that it had never been cleared.
Many towns like this have gone the same
way. But perhaps the next in impor-
tance Pithole. Like Petroleum Center,
IL is nearly gone. When @. b. Duncan,
who died In Glasgow some years ago,
made hIs will, he left to church of Pit
hole $685. 900. During the legislation
which followed, committee was sent to
find the church. They returned and
stated that no such building existed, nor
could they find asy one who ever knew
oft. The facts are, when Mr.. Duncan
was in Pithole the church existed in q
fonrishing condition. But II had disap-
feared long before the committee went
there. On account OF this, more than any
thing else, Mr.. ID. was thought to have
been crazy when be made his will
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26
RAVAGEs OF YELLOW FEVER IN
NORTHERN CITIES.

From volume compiled by order Of
the New York Health Board several years
ago, the following facts relating TO the
history of yellow fever in Northern cities
are gathered:
The first visit of this scourge 10 New
York city was in 1898, when out of pop
nlation of 10000 persons, from 2, 400 to
$500 died of the disease, which was
brought on vessels from infected districts.
In 1908, OF 1859 cases, 600proved fatal.
In 1904 there were 70S deaths from yell
low fever, the population being then
about the same as in 1898. Sporadic
cases broke out at the Wallabout also.
In 1905, of 600 cases reported, 275
proved fatal.
In 1929 yellow fever agsin visited New
York, causing widespread alarm from
the large proportion OF fatal cases IN The
total number. Every one who was able
to do so fled from the city, and the infect
ed district was cut off from the remaining
portion. The disease first showed itself
al the foot OF Rector street, and confined
itself TO the neighboring narrow streets,
such as Albany street, Carlisle, Thames
street aud Liberty street, and n few
blocks OF houses further mp town, which
Ia character we're not unlike those il the
lower districts Ony six cases appeared
above Fulton street. The district where
the disease fret appeared was enclosed
by high board fence, all communication
with this enclosed district was forbidden,
The attack listed from July TO October
The Disease again broke out in 1924.
Perth Amboy, N. j., was visited in
1911, aud Middleton, Conn, In 1919.
These cases, and those in New York In
1924, were all traced to vessels recently
arrived from warm climates.
Philadelphia has been visited several
times by the yellow fever. In 1898 there
were 732 deaths from this cause. In 1875
there were 1872 deaths, aud in 1898 there
were 1906. Ia 1905, Of l25 cases 50
proved fatal In 1920 there was vista
tiou, and 10 1853, the summer being very
hot, the disease appeared in July aud
August, and lasted nearly three months.
OF 10 cases, l2S proved fatal.
In 1855 this disease nearly ldepopuated
Portsmouth, Va, and vicinity. OF q
population OF coo, 900 died, being 300
out Of The 1000 whites, and only 100 out
Of the 1900 blacks.
The disease Is not recorded ss ever
extending north Of Boston, that city en-
joying immunity from its visitation on &C.
count Of its peculiar climate, although it
has 4 quarantine. The only cases die.
covered on the records al hand occurred
in 1919. The ship Ten Brothers arrived
from southern port August /, and q
number OF persons visited her while she
was dischArging her cargo; OF these, y
persons, living in different paris OF the
city, were seized With the fever, and
nearly all died. The sickness was not
communicated to any Of those who visited
+ The sick.
/ 10 the History OF yellow Fever Epidem-
lcs, BY GreenYille Dowell. N. D., Of Gal
weston, Texas, il i stated that up 10 Jolly
/ /, 1917, The disease bad visited ~ cities
aud tosns. 10 Is States, al times, and
cansed G., ,9ll deaths.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

When went home and saw
handsome boquet reposing IN one OF Tue
psrior chairs be mentally observed lAai II
was 3 shame 20 let such beautiful flowers
lie there to wilher; 20 be took them up
tendcfly, procured basin of water aad
placed them carefully therein--And the
.sme instant bis wife gave piercing
shfiek and tainted dead away. But IL
was too late. Mfs. s. new spring
bonnet Wa. utterly ruined.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26
SELLING 80.
ISFALLIABLE FIRE KINDLER

Pays better than digging for Gold.
NJ age als have s0mslifpes maas a. high as $50
In DAY. EssFy fAmfiy la sons entire texns,
ewes, have 6SaEEt oAs-- AoUsHnds o. Teetans0-
xihsa ana DiFiSEss frnm AL paris q the Iai0n
NJ PEARS 81 Ast, WITH shersAssng AEd cssfs slt1-
gag sales Agents waited for every upoeespied
Tews and Isanig h. The AlAtSs aaa CAnAaas-~
Clreslsss gssing fail particulars ssnt % c8li.-
4 Aandiff s41t ta Hns one ulsAing - bsocE8s ~
fliefg ifse.
Address n kMITH,
Drawer n. bAin1i, VIA
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

Just beeanse clergyman in = town
west OF here said 81 3 funeral, 10 bis
words OF consolation TO the mourners,
that in that better land there are no tears,
$40 deaths, no undsnAkers--just for bis
saying this. the undertaken refused to
pay his pew rent, took bis children out Of
Sunday school, and hss stopped going to
church altogether.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

An honest man will pay biz debts,
bankruptcy law or no bankruptcy Law.
All The laws ever yet enacted 20 mstter
how stringent they we're, couldn't pre-
vent some men iron nescing hIs efsdi.
tors
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

tbs CANS, HEATERS
sap Baekets. Russia and dAlvaniEed Iren Pans
Al SO
Tin Wars. I4sih and stamped, sheet Iron and
Copper Ware. Goal Hoda, Stove Pipe, Corrosni
ed Elbovs.
LSO
Fave sPents, Tin hooAag. Pumps, Lead and
iron Pipe, CAst fTon Rouse Slnfs, Plain and
Galvanized, ocoda farnlAhed 90 order.
Joht promptly attended 10 and work done in =
sGtsfActory zGnEer Frees q. lov "a Any party
ear AaoFd fer The sane quality and style Of
goods. orders BY mali wilireeeivs immediate
sttsntioh.
p. II. cooLED0K.
AriingtsH. VI, Jan ~. 1875.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1878-09-26

Have you ever been in prisons asked Il
lawyer Of witness, when be was dis-
posed 10 badger and bully, as the proies.
sion are apt 10 DO.
Yes, sir.
Whenl
10 1868.
Wberel
At ABdersonyllel
There was momentary pause for
breath, and then 8 roapd Of sppiAuEe that
stock the court room That lawyer felt,
all the rest Of the day, as II 90 Zach and
half inch bose attached toz stree! hydraBs
WAS playing TO the tune Of the Rogue's
March up and down biz spinal column.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-19
How an EngraVer Made His
Mark.

E. Kingsley, the engraver, who has
achieved success In New York, some of
his best work appearing in Scribner's
Monthly, says dispatch from North
ampton, Mass, was formerly compos'
itor In local newspaper office. He
lived on Hatfield farm, and came
over the river daily to his work,
bringing his dinner In pail and re:
turning at night. In those days he
appeared to the village folks like a
shiftless ne'er do well, but he always
claimed that some time he would
make his mark, though at that time he
probably did not think it would be
with an .engraver's tools. Later he
drifted to New York, and became an
engraver and photographer. Then he
returned to this place and gained a
precarious living by designing fantas-
tic cigar box labels and engraving il.
lustrations OF local manufactures. He
afterward took to painting Indians.
who generally appeared more gaudy
than natural 10 the war paint he be.
slowed upon them, being his favorite
subjects, but his scenes. were always
spirited if not artistic. When Prof.
ChampDey, the artist, came to North.
amptOn, Mr.. Kingsley took drawing
lessons of him, and then visited New
York again to study anatomy. His
success in short time became so
marked that be returned to his work
as an engraver, became one of the
competitors for engraving illustrations
in Scribner's Monthly, and be is now
doing some of the best work of the
kind on that magazine,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-19
Where Ii Never Rains,
From the San Francisco Bulletin

Iu Peru, South America, rain is un.
known. The coast of Peru is within
the region of perpetual southeast trade
winds,an though the Peruvian shores
are on the verge OF the great southeast
boiler, yet it never reigns there. The
reason is plain. The southeast trade
winds in the Atlantic Ocean first strike
the water on the coast of Africa. Trav
cling to the northwest they blow
Obliquely across the ocean until they
reach the coast of Brazil. By this they
are laden with vapor, which they
continue to bear across the continent.
depoSiting' it as they go, and supplying
with ii the sources of the Rio de la
Plata and the Southern tributaries of
the Amazon. Finally they reach the
snow capped Andes; here is wrung
from them the last particle OF moisture
that very low temperature can at
tract. Reaching the summit of that
range, they tumble down as cool and
dry winds on the Pacific slope beyond.
Meeting with no evaporating surface
and no temperature colder than that
to which they were subjected on the
mountain tops, they reach the ocean,
Thus we see how the tops of the Andes
become the reservoir from which are
supplied the rivers Of Chilli and Peru.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-19
The Writers of the Bible.

Moses wrote Genesis, Exodus, Le-
viticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
Joshua, Phinehas or EleaZar wrote
the book OF Joshua, but il is not cer-
tain which OF them.
Samuel is the penman of the hooks
of Judges and Ruth. He also wrote
the the first acts of David, anu pr0ba-
bly, Nathan and Cad wrote his last
acts; and the whole was formed into
two books, which were named after
Samuel, as the most eminent person,
called the first and second books OF
Samuel.
jeremiah most probably compiled
the two books of the Kings.
Ezra compiled the two books of the
Chronicles. He is also author of the
book bearing his name.
Nehemiah wrote Nehemiah.
1he author of the book OF Esther is
unknown.
EIihU was most probably the pen
man of the book of Job. Moses may
have written the first two chapters
and the last. Some think Job wrote il
himself.
David wrote most of the book oi
Psalms. Asaph penned few of them.
Solomon wrote Proverbs. Ecclesias-
ties, and the songs of Solomon.
Isaiah is the author of the prophecy
of Isaiah.
jeremiah wrote the book bearing his
name, and the Lamentations of Jere-
miab.
Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos
Obadiah, probably Jonah, Micah, Ma.
hum, Hebakkuk, Zaphaniah, Haggis
Zechariah, wrote thr books OF prophe-
cies bearing III namrs.
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
wrote the Gospels named after them.
Luke wrote the Acts Of the Apostles
Paul is the author of the Epistle tC
the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians
Ephesians, PHILIPPIANS, Colossians, Thes,
saloniaDs, Timothy, Titus, Philemon
and Hebrews.
james, the son of Alpheus, who va
cousin german 10 Christ, and one of the
Apostles, wrote the Epistle Of James.
Peter wrote the epistle bearing hi,
name.
The Apostle John wrote the thret
Epistles of John.
Jude, the Apostle, the brother o
James, called also Lebbeus, whose sur,
name was Thsddeus, near relative Il
our Lord, wrote the Epistle of Jude.
st. John, the Divine, wrote Revela.
tiOr.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-19
The Flood at Wheeling
Intelligencer, 18th.

4cbll.
The river at noon yesterday reached
the highest stage known for several
years, the marks indicating thirty five
ieet. The rise was steady for about
thirty'siX hours, so that our people
were not caught una wares, and conse.
quently little or no damage was sus.
tanned. The flood covered the extreme
lower end OF the Island, backing over
from the west branch and reaching
within a few feet of the eastern branch
just north OF Caroline street, opposite
the mouth of Fourteenth street. At
this point the banks were level full,
leaving, however, a pathway, over
which the residents of Stonetown pass.
ed dry shod. That isolated village was
dry, while points north of it were
wrapped in the clamnIy embrace of
the encr0aching waters. Higher up
still, and on the west side, cellars were
filled and first floors dampened, while
on the east side and above the Suspen.
sion Bridge all the lots to the second
bank were several feet under water
On the South Side, in the neighborhood
of CaldW ell's Run, several parties left
their houses, and in Richietown the
houses along the river had their cellars
flooded to the first floor. There was
the trouble and Inconvenience of NOV
ing stocks of winter supplies to higher
ard dryer quarters, but beyond this we
heard of nothing worth recording.
Along the wharf the boats and barges
were a lutte short of tying places, on
account of the proximity of the railroad
over which they could not carry their
lines. The delivery of coal from barges
and the shipping of the ponderous
engines on to Captain Lists new boat
were greatly facilitated by the high
water, thus proving the truth of the
old adage, that it's an ill wind that
blows no one anV good.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-12-19

The War was done, and men began to live
in peaceful ways,
For thirteen years Of hopes and fears, dark
nights aud joyful days.
If wealth would slip, if wit would trip, and
neither would avail,
ssLo, the seed-time and the harvest" saith
the Lord, "shall never fail"
And to all change of ups and downs, to
every hope and fear,
To mems amaze came round the days OF the
Great Harvest Year,
When Gods command bade all the land JOIN
heart and soul and mind,
And health and wealth, and hand and land,
for feeding half mankind.
So hot the moons of ripe July, that men
took day for sleep,
And when the night shone clear and bright,
they took their time to reap;
Nor can the men cut all the grain when hun
CRY worlds are fed,
So the ready Ruths and Orphs are cleaning IL
their stead
All through the heated summer day The
Kansas maidens slept,
ALTHOUGH the night, with laughter light
their moonlight vigil kept;
From set of sun the kindly moon until The
break of day,
Watched DER their lightsome harvest work
and cheered them on their way.
They drove their handsome horses down, theI
drove them up again,
While click, click, click, the rattling kniye
cut off the heavy grain;
Before it falls, around the straw the waiting
wires wind,
And the well ordered sheaves are left in still
array behind.
So laughing girls the harvest reap, all chatter
ing the while,
While ''click, click, click" the shears keel
their chorus, mile by mile;
And lazy Morning bushes when she sees tn
harvest stands
In ordered files, those miles on miles, to fee
the hungry lands,
Far in the South from day to day livin
tide swept forth,
AS. wave. on wave, the herds of kline f1owe
slowly to the North:
Great bread, horned oxen, tender-eyed, an
such as Juno loved, - H.e
In troops no man could number, across tn
prairie moved;
Behind, along their wavy line, the brow
rancheros rode,
From east to west, from west to east, as Mort
the column flowed,
To keep the host compact and close fror
morn to setting sun,
Nor on the way leave one estray, as the grea
tide poured on.
A fair haired Saxon boy beside commando,
the array,
And as it flowed along the road, Iheard tn
slripling say,
ssTis Gods command these beeves shall stan
upon the Cheviot Hills, fEEf4tEE
The land to feed where ripping Tweed tn
lowland dews distills, tLsEstl
So the great herd flows Northward, as tn
Alf-Father wills.
Extract from poem by EDwARS EyEE
RTT HALE, in Harper's Magazine for Jan
uary-