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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
Peg Wellington.

The mother of Margaret Wellington
was an Irish washer-women, her father a
hrlckIaycr, who died when Peg was a few
years old. During the days of her great
success she frequently numbered among
her auditors persons who distinctly re-
membered hen when, perfect little Ven.
us OF child, she used to run about the
streets of Dublin barefuotcd and with a
small dish Of salad in one hand crying
out. "All this fine vOnng salad for half.
penny; all for a halfpenny here Her
lovely dark eyes, her eXqusitely pen
cllled eyebrows, but particularly her
| faultless figure, attracted the attention OF
a French rope daEcer, who lost no time
in getting the child aprentiCec to Ter not
for rope-dancine, but to take parts in
small operate pieces, in which Peggy,
at zclve years of age, won the most fiat
tcring. She soon passed on to the boards
of the Dublin Theatre Royal and re-
manned there great tavorte until the
age of twenty-tso, whe2, coming 10
London, she was at once engaged at so
week by Rich, the lessee ot Covent gar.
den, and known IN the annals of the
London stage as "the father of panto-
mime Having Oeen the originator Of
that annual form Of dramatic jollity hieh
which roigns supreme At Christmas time
to our own day.
Peg Wellington was fine actress both
in tragedy ana .omeuy Her voice, how
ever, was very unsuited 10 tragedy, and
therefore her comedy presentations were
her greatcst triumph. The lart with
W icb her name is inseparabiy connected
is that Of the dashin@ man o. fashion, Sir
Harry Wildair, in which her voice. man
.ner, bearing, gesture, and even fgnre,
were 50 exactly those OF d young blade
that an unmarried lady, Of large wealth
and high position, who came up from the
country and saw her play Sir Harry, be
lieved she vi as man, fell in love, and &C
tually wrote to her proposing marriage.
Reading the criticisms Of Pegs reckless
air If youthful profigacy her sparkling
eyes, her bubbling spirits her side
splitting devlltry, her marvellous dash in
the part OF Sir Harry, the contemplation
Of her ovely placid face will be a surprise
Peg provided literally for her mother
and sister in the days Of her prosperity
The tx -washerwoman used 10 parade the
streets Of Dublin in her long velvet cloak,
a fine diamond ring upon her finger, aud
an agate snuff-box in her hand, forever
about the amazing greatness
and goodness OF her Peggy. The sister
was educated in France at Peg expense
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FOLDED AWAY.
BIZ FIDELIA

Day by day, we fold away
Some treasures that our hearts hold dear
Some cherished thing 10 which we cling
And bless with many kiss and tear
A shred Of lace may hold place
That jewels could never win;
With love untold ribbon old
Is laid our dearest shrine within
A little tress We fondly press
Unto heart that aches with Eain;
Tn n with sigh for days gone BY,
We fold 1t from our sight again
Ard is there not hallowed spot,
IL memory's casket lying low
Where DAY by day we fold away
Our heart-thoughts lest the world shout,
know!
MANY one. now lost and gone,
In sweet day dreaming we behold,
Who, in our sleeps come back to keep
With us their vigils as of old
And yet, alas such dreams must pass;
LIES sterner duties must be met.
Quickly we turn and strive to learn
That cruel lesson-to forget
When from the CLEAN of loves sweet dream
Our hearts awake in sad surprise,
How dimly burn, wher'er we turn,
The lesser hts that meet our eyesi
When DER the dead our tears are shed,
Viii c on the silent lips we press
| The last fond kiss-oh, is not this
The summit of life's loneliness.
| And yet We know, thongh all lie low
Whom we have ever loved or known,
Still we must live and learn to give
| To earth the claims it calls It's own.
| o grief untold with hearts grown old,
| Like flowers blighted in day.
| How fondly them from sight of men
| We fold our dear dead loves away.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
Getting Over Yellow Fever.

L., an army doctor, noted for his vora-
ci0us appetite, was quartcred N King
ston, Jamaica. and there got yellow fever.
Bleeding, calomel, blisters and the other
stereOtyped remedies of the day, failed
to k II him, as they were killing scores
around; he pulled through. physicians
Notwithstanding. One morning, during
early convalescence, the highest medicO-
military authority OF the island came to
see him. aim awfully hungry says
the sick man. Il like a first-rate din
ner to-day-some pepper-pot, mountain
mullet, ducks and green peas, black
crab or two, and jOrum Of sangaTee."
The Inspector General is dun bstruck at
the nature and extent OF his subordlnate's
menu. He shakes his head. "Gad, sir.
it would kill you, certainly kill you.
Take some chicken broth, little panada,
and one glass no mOre-of Madeira.
Ducks and green peas! Black crabs
Black death, sirl' and ne goes his way.
But L. sends for lis cook; and al
though that functionary cannot get all
the delicaces his master orders, does
manage to secure the birds and the vego-
tables, which L. eats to the last fragment
WASHES uOWn WITH Iult dliONdUCb Ol
sangaree, sleeps, and wakes in the morn
ing like giant refreshed. Then comes
the chief for his customary VISIT, feels
his patients pulse, makes the usual pro
fessional inquiries, and is quite satisfied
with his condition. 'Ah!' he says, "be'-
ter, decidedly better in all respects
cool, quiet, normal. Now, my dear fell
low, if you had eaten those things you
wanted, and more especially ducks and
green peas, we would have been, as
told you, measuring your coffin this morn
ing, and playing the Dead March in
Saul at your funeral at shutdown this
evening. Good-day; you'll be at your
duty SOON" And he vas. But, having
told the story and raised the laugh the P.
VI. o. (Principle Medical Officer, that adj
ministratOr sent him t. vegetate at one of
the most remote and out-of-the way sta
lions In the command, where even ordi-
nary beef and yams we're scanty and
ducks and green peas impossible.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
A Clergyman Who Ought to be En-,
c0uraged.

Not long since clergyman within
foul thousand miles of the Connecticut
river resigned his charge. He was a
preacher of more than average ability, a
strong, original thinSer, a good writer,
and q man of unblemished character.
Soon afterwards a leading member of
his church, deacon, was met by well
known Hartford divine, and something
like the following conversation ensued:
~ was sorry to hear that Brother Blank
had resigned. have always liked him
He is regarded as very able man isn't
her"
"W-e-l-l, ye-es, (hesitatingly). O,
wees he's an able man."
"But he is a first-rate preacher, ism I her
''W-e-l-l, ye-es; he's very good preach
err
"And he's man of the highest Chris
tian character so we have always thought
here,
we'll, ye-es; o, ye-os, he's a good
Christian
"But there must be something the mat
ter, deaconl Why do you hesitate so
and say Well, ye-esl' Has Brother
Blank been guilty of any thing wrong2
know of church that | think he is
Just the man for, and mean 10 recon-
mend him very highly. Have you any
reason to suppose that he would not give
satisfaction
well, doctor, Mr.. Blank is all you
say about him, but I'm afraid he's not
calculated 10 make 3 successful pastor in
the country
.sWhy not. deacon2 You surprise me
very much
'''Well, / will tell you one reason. Mr..
Blank lived next 10 a neighbor whose
hens and chickens troubled him very
much by digging up his garden. He
spoke about it several times, but II did
10 good; those fowls kept in his garden
all the time And what do you think
he did? Instead of shooting some OF
them or building high fence around his
garden. he came to Hartford and bought
the best game. cock he could find, and
took him home and turned him loose in
the garden. The next day that neighbor
heard great commotion among the
poultrv. and when he looked over the
fence there were all his hens and chick
ems living Ia windroes, and the game-cock
walking over the bodies and Growing.
Now. YOU can't say that that was I'M
christian conduct, but 1t was certainly
calculated to destroy Mr.. Blanks useful
ness in that section
And when the Hartford divine heard
the full extent of Brother Blanks offense,
he rnared with Misunderstanding laughter
y hich might have been heard at Talcoit
tower. and said that any clergyman who |
could devise 50 etfectual a method Of dis
posing Of his neighbor' chickens deserved |
an additional diploma, and he wondered |
what the proper letters should be, and |
whether il should he on sheep-skin or
chicken parchment.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
BALLAD OF THE PRESS.

From poem by John w. Overall read at
the house-warming celebration of the New
York Press Club
In other days With fiery hands,
The troubadour OF story
Ger the Tyres wild throbbing bosom
Poured heroic strains OF glory;
They tell US how the knights OF old
brayed TEMPEST, sea and breaker,
And met the seoffing Saracen
At Ascalon and Acre.
We sing song Of modern days
OF something far diviner,
The ballad of the giant Press
Creator and refineri
Obedient 10 the viii of thought
II moves Its steel phalanges,
And nations bend TO catch It's breath
From Golden Gate to Gapges
Room for the conqueror OF the world
The steel clad ALEXANDER
Room for the pen, the sword OF mind
Which swee 6 from grand 10 granderl
Room for the teachers of their kind
Who scorn the wrongs defiance,
And proudly bear upon their crest
The motto: "Selfreliancem
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
Pulyerizing the Soil.

Long experience has shown that the
practice of frequent stirring of the sol
among hoed crops, has rendered to coun
teract the retald ng influence of drouth
lu the first place, the operation increases
the growth OF tn. plants, and sends theil
roots deeper into moist soil below. In
some experiment., cuItivating the corn
crop; once week or oftener, he added
twenty bushels per acre to the product
More commonly the gain, although de-
clded, has not been quite so great, the
results varying with the fertility Of the
soil, and with the wetness of the season.
Examination OF the soil some inches be.
low the surface in dry time, shows much
more moisture under mellow surface
than at the same depth in hard baked
soil. 1T is probable that in some IN
stances the finely pulverized earth would
dry less rapidly if pressed or rolled than
If left quite loose and porous. But hard
ened by baking, after being soaked with
aater, the reverse would be unquestiona-
bly, true.
In many parts of the country, crops
are now suffering frem droulh, and the
course of treatment here indicated would
tend to lessen its injurious effects. For
corn it is generally admitted; but for po-
tatOes it is less understood 1t IS true
that the potato crop has been seriously
injured by hoeing, when the earth was
hot and dry, the soil being heaped about
tue plants. Killing potatoes is always
mere or less hurtful, as different expert
ments have shown.
We have never found an instance
where potatoes, after being planted four
or i've inches deep, in a good bed of
mellow earth, did not give a heavier
yield when cultivated fiat, than when
side by side the earth was thrown up
ag ,insU them. Farmers who fear the eff.
fccts of drouth, may lessen them by
keeping mellow surface by the frequent
passage of the cultivator, and by keeping
the surface fiat They may boone easily
satisfied on this point by treating alter
nate strips of land in both ways, and
measuring the crops.-Country Gentle
man.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
An Amended Proposition.
From the Fureis New Seminal.

From the EureEs (NeV.1 SsntinaI
It occurred in Bodie, that city of wills
XIV, wealth and wick edness. A case was
on tnal In the justices court and during
recess one of the interested parties APP
preached juror and said
'.Say, boss. If that ar suit goes sgIn me
I'm nigh on s., 900 loser in mineral prop
erty. Now. I'll give you an even $500
to hang that jury"
The incorruptible scion Of American
liberty reflected moment and replied:
sIt'd be cussed onsartin job for one
man to take rope and stTangle that hull
gang an I'm afraid afore got through
| mout dance jig under il myself; but
if it's all the same to you pard, ! mout
wade in thar with six-shoater an wipe
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
Like ships at sea, St. Gothard's SUBMITS stIaio,
And toward Tells chapel all the stori$d

Like ships at sea, St Gothards submits suaio,
And toward Tells chapel all the stofi$d
scene
Is dashed with slanted streaks Of misty rain
There's not spot of color or Of sheen
In the dull lands ape save that lonely Rose
Lesden the sky. and gray the very shows
With ali of bushes and sll fragrance rife,
Loves fragile banner 10 the gale unfurled
Bloom brayely on Yes, live thy little life,
o Rose! would not pluck thee for the word
'Twere sentimental folly that would shed
Thy sentien leaves 10 strew Won sOdden bed,
Il am the type OF the true poets thought,
| am the type of the true lovers heart,
These words. in melody Of perfumes wrought
Like notes of music did the flower impArt-
In gray haired aye my youth is fresh; blocn
Up TO the ice and blacbncss Of the tomb.
Thou In flesh, and in my petals l,
Are shadows; but a Soul Is thine and rnine
am Vision, and a Prophecy
And that which makes the poets though
divine,
And love a subtler revelation still,
Is far more real than yon rock-ribbed hill.
"A few short days. or hours, and | am gone
But, lingering here, last OF happy race,
Into my bosom all thou lookest on
gather up--but clothed in summers grAc
And shall hang forever in thy mind
| A mystic Rose, Immortality refined.
Yea, these my perfumes shed shall hit tbs
sense
With spiritual power when am dust,
Perchance the last survivor, icons hence,
OF men shall be q Poet and bis trust
| The perfect flower Of Manhood, shall resigns,
! As the perfect Rose 10 Love divine"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

REMEDY FOR INSECT BITRs.-The best
remedy for the sting of insects are those
which instantly mountaineering poison de
posite in the skin. These are either
ammonia or borax. The alkellne reac-
ton of borax is scarcely yet sufficiently
appreciated. Its good qualities VIII be
known and more universally valued than
ammonia The solution Of b0rax for in
sect bites is made thus: Dissolve one
ounce of borax in one pint of water that
has been boiled and allowed to cool. In
stead Of plain water, distilled rose water
or orange flower water is more pleasant
The bites are to be dabbed with the solu-
ton so long as there is any irritation.
For bees or wasps' stings the borax So
luton may be made twice the above
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

The new Charles Dickens letters which
Miss Hogarth and Miss Dickens are pre-
pairing tor the press it was first intended
to publish IA. April or May, but delay
has ensued which ill not admit Of pub
LEGATION until some time in Autumn, GER
tafnlv before Christmas.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

A Port Jervis romance concerns q con-
scientious Young woman who broke of
an engagement four years ago becsuse
her lover was skeptic. The lover was
converted last Nihfcr and renewed his
suit. but now be has had to give the
ycung woman up, though she processes
love for HIM, because she has become CON
verted BY his former skept'cai arguments
and Is a 1oubter herself.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

NJ GREvY is as silent a President as
General Grant. AS President of the
Chamber of Deputies he rarely die more
than ring the bell, and as the Chief Execu
tive OF France he never opens his mouth
He has recently made tour in the south
but would NOT consent to deliver suy adj
dresses
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

THAT Venus. SAID a critic, severely,
ais pretty poor piece of work" at rs
verv easy for you to cay so, said TREND
of the artist: still man has got to have
some acquaintance with art before he can
sculp a statue like that. 20, bosh as
NJ. Ruskin says. Sculpture, per Sc, is the
simplest thing in the world. All yon
have got to do is to take big block OF
marble and hammer and chisel. make
up your mind what you are about to Gre
ate, and chip Oh all the marble you don t
want
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

GARIRALDIs daughter, a girl Of twelve
years Of age, was taking sea oath the
other day at Civita Vecchia, when
young man who could not swim got out
OF his depth, and at his cry for help the
girl swan toward him, caught hlm as he
was sinking, and brought him safe to
land
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
CURREN TOPICS.

sIRHESRY BEssEMER conveyed good
idea of 100000 900 y hen he stated that
1000, O0O,00 sheets of the London Times.
packed closely one on the other, would
reach an altitude of $4,000 miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

out the crowd. Thet'd he more to my
hand than hangin' and the job could be
done quicker. If that's satisfactory pro
duce the COIN and II get to work.
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NEWS SUMMARY
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS

The purser of the steamer Crescent
City and 5000 are missing from New York
city
John H. Calling, brother of the invent
or, was found murdered near his homestead
at Murfreesboro,N North Carolina, Sept 3D.. VIM.
"ann, a neighbor, was arrested.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

is 81. There are also brown canvas belts
with black leather buckles, pale blue
striped With white, solid blue, plain gray.
and black canvas scts.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

A YOUNG sTUEENT who was recently ar
rested in Moscow after Re had fred fouI
shots at his captors was asked his name
He answered boldly, Russian revolution
airy Alexander Nicoaevitch Pletncn, az
twenty-tour. When asked why he fired
the shots, he replied that by the laws o;
tie society to which he belonged he was
hound 10 take somebody's lite before re-
signing bis own.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

SAVANNAH is to honor the memory ol
Sergeant Jasper, who lost his life hun
bred years ago in battle with the British
forces. This was the patriot who rcplac-
ed the flag which had been shot away
from Fort Moultrie and who captured Il
British guard of ten men and released
twelve American prisoners. The corner
stone Of the monument will be laiu on
October 9.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11
A Child's Letter.

The Noooja Vremj tells the following
touching story about most extraordinary
letter which recently was delivered or
about to be delivered into the st. Peters
burg mail An imperial officer, at the
lower end of the IL r, died suddenly,
and left his wife : three children en-
tirely unprovided After the lapse of
a couple of mon all the furniture and
clothes of the had gone to the
pawnbroker's sh nothing was left
but cold, starvat and unpaid rent bill.
In tins mlser ldest child, boy OF
years, sat dow and wrote in secrecy
the following letter
MY SWEET D:-Mother and nv
two little sisters have nothing to eat, and
are very hungry Won't you please send
me kopeks, that may buy bread for
them, and ! shall pay back the money
when grow bigger. Yours truly,
With this letter, which was addressed
to God IN the Hugh Heavens" the boy
ran to the nearest station, but being un-
able to reach the box and sip down the
letter, be asked gentleman who stood
beside him to help him. The gentle
man. who happened to be the parson Of
the parish, caught sight of the address.
and opened the letter and read it. He
then accompanied the boy h.me, provid
ed for the immea late wants of the family.
and next Sunday. having told the story
in the church, he made handsome col
lection of 500 rubles among the congre-
CATION for the widow and her children.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

QUEEN VICTORIA, with all her pride OF
national conquest, is apparently anxious
+ heal the wounds of war 1t is related
that some one lately passing in Windsor
Great Park the Culloden monument rails
cd by the Duke of Cumberland wa,
greatly struck by The splendid growth OF
ivy round the base If the column. A re-
mark upon ITS beauty called out the reply
"Yes, that Is by the Queens orders, in
order that tt= IVY may hide the inscrip
ton recording the defeat of the High
landers.'
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

The furnisling-houses are spending the
summer me nths in masking up silk and
wool suits Tor early Autum. The designs
are French.
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strength. In every farm house this so.
luton should be kept household RENE
dy.-.S. Psesse.
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THE LAST ROSE OF SUMNER.

On The romantic shore Of Lake Lucerne,
Beneath my window are some garden walks,
where now the autumnal frosts the foliag.
burn,
And hardy dahlias blscken on their stalks;
But many-le wed and fresh and fragrant, blows
One solitary hower-a perfect Rose.
This, full OF crimson life, as II II had
No thought Of death, I've watched, day after
day,
While deep In SHOWS the Rigi.Kulm was clad
And deep the SHOWS In clefts Of PLATE lay
Grim mount above the clouds whose SHAPE
drawn peaks
Have long presaged the storm and now Il
breaks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

For girl-babies the little round French
peasant cap is the most fashionable
for male infants there il no departure
from the turban. Neat, simple and taste
full little caps arc Of soft mali muslin,
with head-piece il which, very delicate
cords are stitched, or the head-piece is
tucked and SCI u round crown that IS
sometimes enriched by French medal
lion, needle wrought OF applied. he
border Is double or triple-futed frill 81
muslin.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

Tue goddess whose face Is stamped on
the silver dollar, has been unveiled Big
the Philadelphia Record. Her name l.
Anna She teaches school and lives with
her mother and her aunt The designer
who was sent to this country from tn,
royal mint of England, thought it would
be better to represent living American
eirI than to MAJ a fancifui head. This
lady was selected because she had pro-
nounced Grecian nose. The posing was
done IN house in Mount Vernon street,
where the lady was initiated into the
difficulties and mysteries # art.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

While stylish summer dresses are made
up OF contrasting colors, IT IS Is rule Of
the season that the accessories must cor
respond in hue Thus the par2sol, fan,
sash and stockings are chosen all Of the
same prevailing tint, with reference 10
that IT the dress trimming When there
are panicrs brocaded in two colors, instead
of sash. both Of these appear in the A.
ticles just mentioned The simplest
gingbam dress has is japanese fan OF
the gay hues Of tho piald, and the
Isle thread stock .ngs are lloeked or
striped IN similar tints