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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
A PernIeYnd Ali;i.

The artist at Brighton Beach who
cuts profile likenesses out of black paper
with a pair of scissors, in the style of
fifty years ago, was busy all the after
noon. His work was constant diversion
for a crowd of spectators, but the sub
ject, ifmodest, suffered deeply from the
close and critical scrutiny. If not
modest, but possessed of a good opinion
of his own appearance, he held his head
high, struck an attitude of proud disdain,
softened the general effect by a slightly
patronizing smile, and probably was
sorry when the portrait was finished.
Mirth was excited when a diflident man
was forced into the ordeal by his
stronger minded wife, who posed him
with disconcerting yanks and pushes,
ran her fingers through his hair, tied
his cravat anew, Strengthened the ends of
his mustache, and gave him n final
chuck under the chin to make him hold
his head up. He felt a temperature of
$50 degrees, judging by the way in which
perspiration fell from the end of his
nose, trickled over his chin and FLASHED
on his shirt bosom.
"But he amt so comic as George
Ketchum was,n said bystander.
you've seen Ketchum, the actor,
haven't you? He is what stage folks
call mugger'-that is, he comforts his
face into all sorts of odd expressions,
like Valentine Vox used to, only worse.
One instant he can show the visage of a
parson, and the next instant of a typi-
cal convict. Oh, its wonderful Well,
Ketchum was down here, a few days
ago, and the party he was with put him
up to having his profile cut. He stood
up, first off, as stiff as a major, with his
features rigidly dignifed. The artist
stuck the scissors into the paper and cut
little; then looked up at Ketchum,
who had quickly dropped his chin and
raised his eyebrows, so that he looked
for all the world like an idiot. The
profile was completely altered. Well,
the artist was little startled, but l
guess he thought he'd got the last pre-.
vious face into his mind; so he got a
fresh piece of paper, took good square
lnoh at Kctchum, and began again.
After clip or two with the scissors, he
raised his eyes to the subject again; but
Ketchum had raised up his mouth, drawn
down his brows, and pulled lock OF
hair over his forehead, and wasn't bit
the same man that he was either time
before. 1t was clear that the artist
thought his own mind was giving way,
for he looked kind of dazed and per-
! picked; but just then the laughter
Sthat had been gathering in the Gro wd
exploded, and he comprehended what
was what. n-NeU York Sun.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
A Little heroine.

Deeds of heroism may be performed in
various spheres of life. Conditions and
circumstances try the human heart, and
spur the soul to noble achievements.
We are prone to look too exclusively to
the incidents of wars fer examples of
truly heroic action, but while more OPP
portunities occur upon the field of battle
to develop real bravery it must not be
forgotten that under many other circum-
stances in life human nature is subjected
to equally as fair tests. 1t is our pleas
ure to relate to our readers an incident
in which the noblest courage was mani
fested-the heroine being little Maggie
Geddes, daughter of d. j. Geddes, of this
city, aged but eight years. Mr.. Geddes
is well known from his connection with
the Alamo mill, located near the river
in the northern suburbs. Last Saturday
evening little Maggie and several play
mates were amusing themselves in the
back yard of their parents residence,
which is situated very near the mill.
Passing just to the rear of the residence
is the race way, along which briskly
courses the water that propels the large
wheel and whirls the mill stones. The
water, as intimated, flows very rapidly
along this channel at depth of about
five feet and the banks on either side are
of a perpendicular height of from ten to
twelve feet. While the children, as re-
marked, were playing in the back yard
of Mr.. Geddes' residence, one of them
happened to look over the high bank
into the raceway and observe something
floating along which was taken to be q
chicken. The discovery was at one an
nounced by the discoverer, and among
the first to reach the brink to see the
supposed chicken was little Maggie
Geddes. But the floating object did not
appear like chicken to the searching
eyes Of the little girl, who recognized it
at once to be the body of neighbours
child, and seeing that it still lived, in
stantly and without word of warning,
over the steep bank she went and down
with splash into the deep, rushing cur
rent. Having been taught to swim,
little Maggie exhibited the most perfect
GOODNESS, and SO selling the drowning
child by one of its hands she swan witt
it to the shore and held fast until ait
to enable her to reach terra firma ar
rived. Had little Maggie delayed to re
move her clothing, or even gave al
alarm, the floating child would hav
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13

passed under the great wheel that ope-
rated the mill. where il would have been
crushed and mangled and consigned to
a watery tomb in the deep river but
few feet farther on. While little Maggie
seemed very proud over her successful
rescue ofthe child, she did not boast of
only limited that she had done
what was right. She proved herself a
heroine, indeed.-Sdn antonio (Ter.) Er-
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
On Their Legs Aqain.

"What news today" said one of our
city merchants to his friend.
"What newsp" responded the other
nothing, only things grow better. Our
people are getting on their legs again y
"On their legs" said the first; Il
don't see how you make that out"
why, yes" replied the other; folks
thatused to ride are obliged to walk now
Is not that getting on their legs again p
philadelphia Transcript.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
Transfers of The Plains.

A correspondent who writes from
Deadwood in the Black Hills says: An
interesting class of men, many of whom
are to be seen on the road between the
railroad and the Black Hills, are the
" bull-whackers " or transfers. Freight
ofevery kind destined for the settlements
here has to be brought from $50 to 300
miles in wagons, and this gives employ
ment to a great number of men and
teams. A wagon generally consists of
five or six teams of from eight to twelve
yoke of oxen each and drawing two i'm
mense wagons, one attached behind the
other. There is one man to drive the
team and wagon-master who accom-
panies each train, on horseback, and has
general supervision of it. The skill
with which the "bull- whackers man
age these great teams is wonderful.
Each one carries a whip, the handle of
which is about six feet long with twice
that length of lash, and two inches
thick in the largest part Taking this
whip in both hands and standing off five
or six feet on one side, they will bring
the lash down upon the back of an OK
which is not doing his share of the work
with crack that sounds like the report
of a pistol. Besides using the whip, the
drivers curse their teams with pecul-
lar kind of oath, without which it was
said, the animals could not be made to
understand. The constant use of tins
oath reminds me of Il good story told Ivy
q Minnesota bishop about a young thco-
logical student whom he had assisting
him at one of his frontier missionary
stations. The young man had gone up
into the Indian country late in the au-
tumn, and was overtaken by the SHOWS
so that he had to return, several day s
journey, with a dog team. The half
breeds who were his companions spoke
sort of mongrel French, and in driving
their dog-teams cursed them incessant-
y. The young missionary at first had
great trouble with his team, but finally
caught the expressions ofthe half-breeds,
without knowing their meaning, and got
along as well as any one of the party.
The good bishop describes as very funny
the effect upon the people at the mission
airy station when this young theologian
drove up cracking his whip and cursing
his team as glibly as a native.
The bull-teams make the journey
from Sidney to Deadwood in from twelve
to fifteen days. At night a camping
place near some stream is selected, the
wagons are drawn up in semi-circle
and the oxen turned out to Craze. The
men cook their suppers over a little fire
and then rolling themselves up in thei
blankets, sleep in the open air.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
Eastern and Middle States.

The Rev. John Graham, ID. D., Of Brighton
England, lost his life while bathing in the sun
al Cape May, n. j., having ventured out too
far. The body was recovered through the
brave efforts OF DIR. Gaham's neice, Miss Bes-
sic Graham, who secured the drowning man,
and chung 10 the pier until aid reached her,
when the doctor was found 10 be dead. The
cause OF his death is said to have been conges-
ton OF the heart resulting from fright.
Rev. w. II. II. Murray, better known as
Adirondack Murray, because of his travels
in the Adirondack regions and the stories he
has published about them. is financially en-
barmssed, and property on his farm NJ Gull
ford, Conn, has been attached to satisfy the
demands OF his creditors. Some time ago Mr..
Murray organized the "Boston Blackboard
Company" Tor the purpose of manufacturing
a wagon invented and patented by him, and
located the factory in New Haven; but the
900 OF stock which he held in it has passed
out OF his possession.
Charles Prene, a New York photographer,
aged twenty three, visited his betrothed at
Long Branch, and while bathing in her pres
ence he suddenly disappeared from view in
the water and was drowned.
Seventeen business and dwelling houses in
Houlton, Me, have been destroyed y IRE,
causing total loss OF twenty-five thousand
dollars.
Captain Paul Boyton has just swum from
Long Branch to Coney Island in his rubber
suit. The distance made was thirty-five miles,
in twenty eight hours.
Charles Fechter, the well-known actor, died
a few days ago on his iann at Rchland Centre,
Pa, aged fifty-four years.
vast scheme for counterieiting notes on
the Empire OF Brazil has been thwarted in
New York by the capture there of the five
men engaged in the nefarious operation. The
genuine notes had been closely initiated, ther
traced on stone and reproduced on paper, Civ.
ing an exact representation of the original
and one of the counterieiters was in the act o
| packing his trunk with rolls of counterieits
preparatory to sailing for Rio Janeiro, wher
| he was arrested. Two more confederate,
were captured on the dock waiting to see thet
CHIEF off, and the printer OF the notes was sub
sequently arrested, and the stones, nine il
number, used in lithographing the counterfeits
were found and taken to the central police
| stntion
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13

A physician having dnel on his
hands requests two of his friends to ar
range with his adversary the hour Of the
meeting. "Make it tomorrow" he
says, "but not in the forenoon, because
l must visit four patients before going
to the ground" 81 see," murmurs one
of the seconds, che wants to get his
hand in"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13

A company of capitalists have pur-
chased a large tract Of land at Rock
away, near New York, to which they
will add some adjacent property, and
propose to lay out the whole as a park
and to erect upon it large and handsome
hotels. Railroads will connect it with
New York by routes SO direct that it can
be reached in little more than half an
hour. 1t is proposed to establish one of
the most attractive seaside resorts in the
world.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
From Washington.


The following is a statement OF the appro-
priations made during the third session OF the
Forty fifth Congress and the first session OF
the Forty-sixth, for the fiscal year ending
June 80, $780, and for deficiencies for former
years, as prepared by the warrant division OF
| the Treasury Department:
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13

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The kidneys and bladder, sotneunes --.'
torpid and weak from unascertAinAoie causes
When this occurs, their discharging Luncheon
Is OF necessity very imPeneotly pefiorn'eo,
and certain debris, which Is the result o.
natural bodily waste and decay, does nov e.
cape as il should, but remains 70 oorruP' uns
blood and develop poisonous humors and
dangerous as well as painful diseases. II Is
oneS of the benencent effects OF Hostetters
stomach Bitters 10 gently stimulate the I'M
nary organs, and prevent them from lasping
into state OF inactivity, always provocative
of their inilammatory degeneration ana de-
cay. How much better, then, il II To adopt
this mild diuretic as means OF melting thein
to action, than to ircur the danger OF this de-
struction. To expel from the system waste
matter through the bowels and kidneys, and
10 regulate and arouse the stomach and liver,
are among the chief uses of this valuable
remedy.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
a., .,,.,, aud .;T.1y Fat

This ancient bit OF advice Is well enough Iur
.'spare people, but how about those that are
already too iatl What is to become oil them
Sit still. and III tell you. Alter MANY expert
ments, extending through months OF patent
investigation and toll, the celebrated anaIyu,
cal chemist. j. c. Allan, has perfected and
piven 10 the world Allan's Anti-Fat. Thus
far, in several hundred cases, this great REM
edy has never failed to reduce a corpulent
person from three to six pounds per week.
IL is perfectly harmless and positively efficient.
Sold by druggists.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13

Clusters battlefield on the Little Big Horn
river, Montana, is to be incorporated into a
national cemetery. Orders from the War De-
partment, just issued, direct that survey of
the site be made at once, and that the COM
manding general, Department OF Dakota, an
nounce the miles and bounds in orders.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
FOREIGN News.

A1ire at Hamilton, Ontario, destroyed Nc
lines block and q number Of prominent bust
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
Sold BY druggists

Everybody knows that SO long as thefe Il
proud flesh in a sore or wound II will not heal.
The obstacle is speedily removed and the flesh
reunited by Henry's Carbolic Salve, the finest
embodiment in existence of that supreme puri-
fer, carbolic acid. Its emollient ingredients
modify its pungent acid basis, so that It never
cauterizes, stings or scarihes the diseased
part. Sores and eruptions OF all kinds are
cured By it. All druggists sell it.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1879-08-13
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THROAT AFFECTIONS AND HoARsENEss.-
All suffering from irritation of the throat and
hoarseness will be agreeably surprised at the
almost immediate reliet afforded by the use OF
"Browns Bronchial Troches." rs cts. box.
1t is impossible to sell the best article of any
kind us low rs hepoorest can be afforded. But
the prices of Mason 4 Hamlin Cabinet Organs
are not much more than those of veIy interior
organs; while the difference in quality, and
especially in durability, is very great.
Housekeepers prefer C. Gilbert's Starches
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
, 1879-12-25
More Floods in Hungary.
PACIFIC CJASF


SAN Francisco, Dec. AT the sand lots
this afternoon, kearney announced his in.
tention of starting next Sunday for the east
for the purpose of attending the conference
of the GreeRback Congressman end labor Or
CARNATIONS, to be held at Washington Janu.
ary Sth. He proclaimed the Republican
party as q common enemy which he intended
to fight In the next presidential campaign.
de also announced that the friends of the
people would contrive at the assembling of
the Legislature to organize the House in op-
position to the Republicans. This is in har-
mony with the report telegraphed some time
ago to the effect that bargain was part of
the programme between the workingmen
and the Democracy with view to control
ing the organization.
California; Vote ON Chinese.
A Sacramento dispatch says Gov. Irwin
has sent to the President and Congress the
vote on the Chinese question, accompanying
it with memorial required by the act calling
for the vote. A copy has also been sent to
each cabinet officer and every governor in
the United States, and to every U. S. Senator
and Representative.
California.
SAN FRANc1sco, Dec. S.-Negotiations are
on foot for the purchase of all the Texas Pa.
cific Railroad Company's land in Texas by
the Anglo american land Association-a
financially powerful organization, controlled
principally in Edinburgh. The proposition
is to contract to pay for the whole body of
lands at n minimum price of fifty cents per
acre, within 10 years, as fast as this associa-
tiou colonies them, and to make immediate
cash payment Of say $1,000, 600 in advance
of colonization,
la Bonanza.
VIRGINIA, Dec. S.-A drift 10 degrees south
of the east 2, 2,400foot level of the Union has
reached east clay. 1t shows over 80 feet of
good ore in The east wall, and stands just
about the same as it did near the Sierra Me-
vada station il cline-nearly perpendicular,
but pitching slightly to the east. The mine
has been visited by several experts and
mining men-Havwara among others-and
all pronounce it as showing better than was
expected.
Gins Explosion and Great Damage.
SAN Francisco, Dee. 10.-Last evening
the Oaklanders living on Jefferson, between
Second and Ninth streets, were troubled
with an almost suffocating smell OF gas, and
about o clock in the evening boy named
John Leach, living on Second street, be.
tween Grove and Jefferson, was severely
burned by the explosion of gas, which oc-
cured ON his entering water closet with a
lighted candle. Nothing further occurred
until shortly before midnight, when q vivid
fash, accompanied by heavy report, lit up
the street for several blocks, and the explo-
sion shook the ground aud buildings. The
residence of w. H. Patrick, No. Jefferson
street, at which the greatest force of the ex'
plosion was felt, was almost completely
wrecked, the inmates escaping unharmed
by what seemed almost miracle. Other
houses for several blocks were bleckened,
scerched and the plastering blown off, hut
no injury done 20 the occupants, The
cause was ascertained to he leak in q
saWar
, 1879-12-25

Pound introduced a joint resolution FRO.
posing an amendment TO the constitution.
providing that after the 4th OF March, 1885,
the president and vice president shall hold
Office for six years, and shall be ineligible
for morb than one term consecutively and
that members of Congress shall he elected
for three years; referred.
A number of bills were introduced and
Frost offered the following:
Resolved, ETC., That Congress views with
most earnest and heartfelt sympathy the ef-
forts no" being made by patriotic Irishmun
to ameliorHte the condition OF their beloved
country, aud extends to the Irish people its
sincerest wish for their success in their en-
deavoIs to obtain for themselves and their
posterIty the inestimable boon OF equal
rights Of self government.
By Gilet of Iowa.
Resolved by the Senate and House Of
eprtsentatives-Fir that We cordially
sympathize with the people OF Ireland in
their present alarming condition from
threatened famine aud in their efforts 10 OBJ
tain relief from the oppressive landlord sy'-
TEN.
second, that we request the President Of
the United States to communicate to Her
Majesty's government our hope that some
just arrangement may be early made by
which the Irish peasants may become own
ers Ct the soil they cultivate.
, 1879-12-25

with the present Senate employees and that
deserving disabled Union soldiers should be
e,aiu,d irrespective Of politics. 1t was also
decided 10 appoint three additional messen-
gers under the strgeant-at arms for the COM
mittecs controlled by the Republicans. This
will allow three Republican Chairmen to re-
tain in their service three old Republican
messengers. The idea Of the caucus was
that Democrats should be fully as liberal
toward Republicans in the matter Of pat
ronage as Republicans had been toward
them.
Railroad News.
NEw YORK, Dec. l0.-It is officially an.
nounced this afternoon that the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company have pur-
chased steel rails locomotives and equip
ment for 200 miles of standard gauge rail
road, to be constructed in Eastern Oregon
and Washington Territory during the year
1880. Fifteen hundred tons of rails are
now on board the ship Orient, soon to sail
from Cardiff for Portland. One hundred
miles will be built from The Dalles up the
Columbia river to connect with the existing
Walla Walla railroad; SO miles more will be
an extension of the latter to Snake river,
and the remainder will connect Texas Ferry,
on Snake river, with the heart of Palouse
country. 1t is stated that these extensions
aud new constructions are made for the
purpose of opening up, in conjunction with
the Northern Pacific, the great grain pro-
ducing district of Eastern Washington Ter
ritory.
NOMINATIONS and Combinations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-The president has
cent "a the Senate the nomination of Alex |
snder Ramsey, of Minnesota, as secretary of
war.
The Senate confirmed the nomination of
Albert johnson as surveyor general of Col |
orado.
The Senate, without debate or discussion,
this afternoon confirmed the nomination of
Secretary McCrary to be U. S. judge of the
eighth circuit.