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1878, WINTER ARRANGEMENT. 1875
0n aud after Dee, 1873, Passenger Train
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Meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling
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rThcse trains connect No Concord with
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York, Lowell, and Boston.
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Concord, y. H., Dec. ]. 1878.
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A New WAY TO Treat DIpHrHERrA.
Quite a discovery in the treatment
OF diphtheria has been made here.
A young man, whose arm had been
amputated, was attacked by diphtheria
before healing took place, and instead
of the matter incident to that disease
being deposited in the throat. the
greater portion appeared on the wound
ed arm, and the diphtheria was very
light and easily managed. Dr. Davis
of Mankato, profited by this, and in his
next case Of the diphtheris blistered
his patients chest, on this blistered
part the chief deposits appeared,
This was also an easy case of the
disease. The theory of DR.. Davis is
that diphthera usually appears in the
throat because of the thinness of the
lining of the throat. Hence, when
the blister breaks the skin upon any
part OF the body, the disease appears
there.-[Minn. letter to the Salem,
Mass, Gazette.
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The NUDE IN ARr.--Says the Vlr-
ginia City New Chronicle a few
nights ago Conductor Verril', OF the
Virginia express train, was going
through mis- car when he noticed a
lady asleep in her seat. Her head was
resting on the window-sill and her
feet extended to the aisle. Her dress
was so badly dsarranged that her
ankle and a godly portion of an ex-
quisitely-fashioned cali were plainly
visible, and number Of men few
seats further down were smilingly
contemplating the scene. MIR. Verrill,
who always keeps things pretty
straight on his train, noticed this, and
tapping the woman on the shoulder
awoke her, "Madam, excuse me for
disturbing you, but your dress is SO
disarrapged that your ankle is ex-
posed sob, that makes no differ
euce, sir" replied the lady, smiling
sweetly, SITS nothing but cork
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ESrERrRisE IN LrApvILLE,- Among
the first ~ I.eadyille there happened
to be u merchant who once handled u
wholesale business Of three millions u
year ms u grocer IN New York City
Failing there, he came 10 Leadvllle
penniless. But his sagacily seized
upon this opportunity, and getting
together sufficient funds, he built Il
vast shed of slabs and filled II with
rows OF hunks, two tiers high, capa-
bic Of accommodating 500 slecpcIs
nightly. His mattresses were thick
aud soft, his sheets clean, his cover
ings warm, the place well ventilated
through the thousand cracks that
gaped between the unseasoned boards
The proprietor was II man of large
size and severe mieu, He furnished
bed tor fifty cents, and posted his
rules No talking or laughing, or
singing, or drinking. If a man cared
TO sleep himself and let Others sleep,
he was sure Of good nights rest ; if
he made noise he was soon elected
md without redress. OF course the
Mammoth Sleeping Palace made mon.
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A little Toronto girl said to her mother
81 don't think the people who make
dolls are pious enough" VIXEN her
mother asked why, she said, "because
you never can make the dolls
kneel down. have ~ lay mine on
her stomach TO make her say her pray.
ers."
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Retrv
HOW PARSoN WILLIAMS BROKE
THE SABBATH.

HOW PARSoN WILLIAMS BRoK
THE SABBATH.
BY II. II.
On the grave Of Parson Williams
The grass is brown and bleached;
1t is more than fifty winters
Since he lived and laughed and preached.
Rut his memory in New England
No winter SHOWS can kill;
OF his goodness and his drollness
Countless legends linger still.
Among those treasured legends
I hold this one as boon.
How he got in Deacon Crosby's hay
On Sunday afternoon.
He WAS midway in sermon,
Most Orthodox, on grace,
When sound of distant thunder
Broke tho quiet Of the place.
Now the meadow Of the Crosbys
Lay full within his sight,
As he glanced from out the window
Which stood open on his right,
And the green and fragrant haycocks
BY acres there did stand
Not meadow like the deacons
Far or near in all the land.
Quick and loud the claps Of thunder
Went rolling through the skies
And the Parson saw his Deacon
Looking out with anxious eyes.
"Now my BRETHREN" called the Parson,
And he called with might and main,
"we must get in Brother Crosby's hay
IT is our duty new most plain r.
And he shut the great red Bible,
And tossed his sermon down;
Not man could turn moro swiftly
Than the Parson in that town.
And he ran forth to the meadow
With all his strength and speed;
And the congregation followed
All bewildered in his lead.
With will they worked and shouted
And cleared the fields apaco;
And the Parson led the singing.
While the sweat rolled down his face,
And it Numbered, Gercer, louder
And dark grew east and west;
But the hay was under cover.
And the Parson had worked best.
And again in pew and pulpit
Their places took composed;
And the Psrson preached his sermon
To Fifteenth" where 1t closed.
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The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
The Men and Women of the World

Summarizing from the census of 1870. the Journal of Commerce answers g question of the relative numbers of the sexes thus: Of the 38, 558, ,31 persons in the United States, according to the last national census (this was in 1870; there are over 43, ,O0O,000 now), 19, 493, ,565 were males and 19, ,0e4. 806 were females, or 983 women to 1000 men. No census of the world has been taken, but we have the proportion of women to men in all countries where an enumeration has been made. The highest in Europe is in Scotland, which has 1.096 women to 1,0O0 men; Ireland has 1,050; England and Wales, 1,O54; France has LOOT; old Prussia, 1 1000. The lowest in Europe is in Greece, which has but $40 women to 1000 men. The total of all Europe is ,O21 women to LOGO men; the total of America, 980 women to 1000 men, the total of Africa, as far as known, 975 women to 1,0O0 men; of Asia (including only Hong Kong, in China). $40 women to 1, ,0OO men; Australasia, 985 women to ], ,0OO men.
The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
A Slow Train.

The Hon. G. T. tells good story of Q slow railroad in the northern part of the State. He says he went there gunning, and came to short line of road on which was run single car, the forward end of which was partitioned off for luggage. He took his dog in the car with him and put him under the seat. Presently the conductor came along and insisted that the dog should go into the baggage-room, which, after some altercation, was done; but here the the baggage-master demanded fee of fifty cents, which was denounced as a "swindle," "put-up job between the conductor and the baggage-master, and that sooner than pay it he would tie the dog to the train and let him work his passage. The conductor as- sented, and the dog was hitched to the rear of the train. The dog, so T. says, kept along easily with the train, but the conductor began to get uneasy, making frequent trips to the engineer, urging him to increase the speed of the train, and back again to watch the effect upon the dog. The latter began to show signs of fatigue, but after a while caught his "second wind" and was keeping along as before. The con- ductor now ordered the engineer to heave all the coal into the furnace and stir up the fire, which being done, the speed was perceptibly increased. The conduct or again went to the rear of the car to observe the effect, but the dog had dis appeared, whereupon he triumphantly called T-'s attention to the fact. The latter. after taking glance at the situ ation, quietly pointed to crack in the floor of the car, "and there" said he, twas the dog, comfortably trotting along under the car, and licking the grease from ono of the axle boxes r'-- Harper's Ma0asiae.
The Newtown bee., 1879-03-11
The Plague not New to Russia.

The plague now ravaging parts of Russia is not new to that country, and the epidemic of this year recalls to the people the horrors from which Russia suffered century ago Q770). These were days of trial for Russia; from the south were pressing the formidable masses of Cossacks and peasants under Pugatcheff. who shook the czardom and terrified the serf.. holders; while inside the empire was an enemy even more formidable, the plague. The people became reckless and cared for nothing but their lives; they fled from the cities and villages, hid them selves in the woods, and there died from starvation as well as from the epidemic. Moscow, the heart of Russia, was in 8 state of anarchy, and there seemed to be no ruler but the plague. The victims died by hundreds in tber houses, and the streets were strewn with dead bodies. There were not enough undertakers, and money could not procure the needed service, and it was at last necessary to employ prisoners, who were promised pardon. The criminals went to work and put the dead into wagons, which they drove to the places of interment; but they often seized the dying, who uttered their pitiful cries in vain, and many persons were buried alive. In those days children were afraid of their parents and parents of their children; everybody suspected everybody else, and many perished from neglect and starvation These are the experiences of the last century, now recalled in Rus cia