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Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01
THE BUTCHER AND LAWYER.


A butcher, in provincial town, called
the other day upon his friend, the lawyer,
% consult him upon the following points:
A lady had just been in his shop buying
choice bit Of beef for her worthy husbands
dinner. Her pet dog which accompanied
her forgetting his good manners in the
shop, had, either in snuffing at or tasting
nice roast, tumhled it among the saw
dust wherewith the floor was strewn, and
soiIeG it. His question to the lawyer
was :
''Is this lady bound to pay me for and
receive the said roast and if SO, how
may payment be enforced ?"
The lawyer inquired if the lady was
good customer and being answered in
the affirmative. he said
my advice to you, as friend, would
be not to enforce payment Of the 81 75
(for that was the fall value Of the roast,
because, il you do, you will most likely
lose the family's custom, and that ofsone
of their friends. But, when the lady's
/
] husband looks in, you may take an OPP
portunity of mentioning the circumstance
to i'm, in MS gentle end polite way as
you can and very probably he will pay it
once"
II dare say you're right I'll just fol-
low your advice. and take the liberty Of
telling you the lady was your own wife,"
The lawyer gave good naturtd laugh,
put his hand in his pocket and paid. the
81 IS. The butcher went away in great
glee for he was proud in his shrewdness
in doing" the lawyer. In his exultation
he hurried to his neighbors. the confec-
timer, the grocer and the apothecary, to
tell them Of the capita joke and great
was the chuckling of these cronies over it.
The butchers dreams that night were
pleasant, and on the morrow his temper
was placid and serene he mused Of
spending the half crowns in treating the
grocer, confectioner, and apothecsry.
While in this delighted mood, the post
man handed him a note. 1t was from his
friend the lawyer, and contained an ac-
count.
"a. debtor to D-To consultation,
IS 25."-Phit. Times.
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A HARD MAN TO CAroH.-They ha,

A HARD MAN TO CATCH. They had
q dime supper in the neighborhood Of
Pawtucket, conceived and carried out
by the ladies. The conditions of this
novel supper were these: For every
word spoken by the gentlemen at the
table forfeit of ten cents YVES imposed
but, on the other hand, (as duties are
always compensated with rights and re-
strictions with privatstions,) it YVES
agreed that whoever could weather the
whole supper, submitted to all queries.
surprises and ingenious questions with
out replying should be entitled to it
gratuitously, Many and frequent were
the artifces and sublerfuges resorted to
by the lad les in attendance to entrap
the Unguarded, and one after another
stout and discreet man went down before
the constant volley of artfui nterroga,
tions. At last all fell out and paid the
dime penalty save one individual-a queer
chap-whom nobody seemed to know.
He attended strictly to business and pass
ed unheeded these jokes, jibes and cbal-
lenges. They quizzed him, but all in
vain. He wrestled with the turkey and
grappled with the goose. He bailed out
the Grant berry sauce with unswerving
hand, and he ate celery as the scrlptural
vegetarian ate grass, and finally, when he
had finished his tth piece OF pie he whip
ped out n pocket>sate, wiped it with his
napkin, and wrote on it, in large and
legitle hand: II IN deal and dumb?"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

Missouri SCHooLs.-A St. Louis
drummer makes affidavit that the follow
ing is literal copy of rules posted in a
school house in the interior of the State /:
Each pupel is required to make a bow
on entering The School, House of morn
ing also leaving of Evening the Scool
Room.
there shall bee no profane language used
in School or on the play ground nor there
shal be no pin stickin, punchin, scratchin,
or taggin, nor no ftin, nor no unesery
whispering in scool.
No pupil shall leave the school House
without the permisson oft Teacher.
No unesery moving fIom seat to seat.
No filing on the road from or to scool,
nor no nick naming.
Every Pupil over eight years is subject
to those rules aad the teacher is to make
the allowance for all Pupils under eight
years, and enforce the rules according.
ifany scholar brakes these rules tha shal
be punished by switchin. ."-St. Louis
Tim meS Journal.
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HOW he SERVED A WRIT.

Buffalo Bill in his autobiography tells
the following story Of his official career in
the far West:
lone morning a man came -ushing up
to my house and said he wanted writ
of replevin to recover possession of n
horse which stranger was taking out Of
the country. ! had no blank forms, and
had not yet received the statutes of Ne
braska TO copy from, so / asked The
man:
"Where is the man who has got your
horse?"
''He is going up the road and is about
two miles away" he replied.
Every well, said L, Il will get the writ
ready in minute or two"
II saddled up my horse, and taking up
my old reliable rife. Lucretia, said to
the man: 'Thar's the best writ of reple-
win that can think of; come along, and
Wen get that horse or know the reason
Why"
We soon overlook the stranger, who
was driving a herd Of horses, and as we
came up to him l said:
'Halio. sir; am an officer and have
an attachment for that hUrse," and at the
same time pointed out the animal.
"Well, sir, what are you going to do
about it?" he inquired.
II propose to take you and the horse
back to post" said l.
You can take the horse, bGt haven Y
the time to return with you"
"You will have to take time, or pay
costs here and now," said /.
"How much are the costs?"
"Twenty dollars"
"Here's the money" said he, as he
handed me the green backs.
l then gave b i'm little friendly advice
and tod him that he was released from
custody. He went on his way, a wiser
and poorer man. while the owner of the
horse and myself returned TO the fort. l
pocketed the twenty dollars, of course,
Some peopIe1night think it was not a
square way of doing business, but 1
didn't know any better just then. l had
several little cases of this kind, and / be-
came better posted on Jaw in the course
of time.
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A LEGAL OPINION.

An honest farmer once called upon the
late Roger NJ. Sherman, the celebrated
lawyer, and told him he wanted an 'opin-
ion." He had heard great deal above
the value of Mr.. Sherman's opinions,
and how a great many people went to
bim to get an opinion; and, though he
never had. nor was likely to have, a law
suit or other difficulty of the kind, he
thought he would have an opinion too.
"Well, John, what can / do for you?"
said Mr.. Sherman, when John in his
turn was shown into his room.
"Why, lawyer" replied John, 81 hap
pened TO be in town, and having nothing
to do, thought / would come and get
your opinion"
"State your case, John. What's the
matter2"
"Oh, nothing ! amt got no lawsuit;
only wanted your opinion; they say
they're very valuable"
"But, John-about what?"
"Oh anything, sir: take your pick and
choose"
Mr.. Sherman, seeing the notions Of his
client on the matter in hand, took his
pen, and writing few words, folded
them up and handed them to john, who
carefully placed the paper in his pocket.
"What is the pay, sir?"
"Four-and- -sixpence Yankee money,
seventy>fve cents"
When John returned home the next
morning, he found his wife, who had
pretty much the lead in his business mat
tiers, anxiously discussing with his chief
farm servants the propriety of getting in
large quantity of oats on that day,
which had been cut the one previous, or
of undertaking some other labor.
John was appealed to settle the ques
tion, but he could not decide. At length
said he: "I'll tel! you what, Polly. Ive
been to lawyer, and got an opinion that
cost me four-dnd-six pence. There it is
read her out; it's n lawyers writing, and
/ cant make head nor tail of it?"
John, by the way could not read the
plainest print; but Polly, who was some-
thing ofa scholar, opened the paper and
read as follows:
"Never pat off till to- morrow what can
be done to-day"
Enough said !" cried John; "them
oats must be got ~ and the same n ight
such storm came on rs otherw ise wou Id
have ruined them entirely.
John often afterwards consulted this
opinion and acted upon il; and to this
day he entertains high estimate of law
yers' opinions generally, and Of the la
tnented Mr.. Sherman's in PARTICULAR
Httddetphia Despatch.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

WHAT THE MICROSCOPE REVEALS
Lewinhock tells oi an insect seen with a
microscope, of which q 900, 900 would
only equal a mite. Insects of various
kinds may be seen in the cav tiles of a
gain of sand Mold is a forest of beauti-
ful trees, with brf inches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are
hollow tubes. The surface Of our bodies
is covered with scales like fish; a single
grain of sand would cover $50 of these
scales, and yet each scale would cover
500 pores. Through the narrow openings
the perspiraticn forces itself like water
through sieve. The mites take 500
steps second. Each drop of stagnant
water contains world of animnted beings
swimming with as much liberty as whales
in the sea. Each leaf has a colony of in f..
sects grazing on it like cows in meadow.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

BURN KEROSENE THE RIGHT Way
A correspondent of the New York S,t,t
calls attention to all consumers OF kero
sene oil to the pernicious and unhealthy
practice of using lamps filed with that
article with the wicks turned down. The
gas which should be consumed by the
flames is by this means left heavily in
the air, while the cost Of the oil thus
saved at present prices would scarce be
one dollar year for the lamps OF II house
hold. His attention was called particu
larly to this custom by boarding in the
country where kerosene was the only
available light. A large family of chill
dren living in the same house were taken
i'll one night, and on going to the nurse-
ry. the mother found the room nearly
sutfocating, with amp turned down
whereupon the physician forbade the use
of lamp at night, unless turned at full
head. He says he could quote many
cases, one of a young girl subject to fits of
faintness, which if not induced, were
greatly increased by sleeping in a room
with the lamps almost turned out. Be
sides the damage of health, it spoils the
paper and curtains, soils the mirrors ard
windows, and gives the whole house an
untidy air ar IN unwhoesome odor.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

AT meeting at Paris the other night
M. Victor Hugo delivered some remarks
upon the distinctive features of each Of
the last four centuries and of the coming
one. "The sixteenth" said he. twas the
age of pa lnters, tho seventeenth Of great
writer's. the eighteenth of philosophers.
and the present is the century OF apos-
ties and prophets. Next century war
will cease to prevail; the scaffold will
disappear; hatrei. royalty. frontiers, dog
mas, all will be dead and gone. Man
will stil! survive, and there shall be seen
above and superior 10 all else, one great
country, the earth, and one great hope
Heaven"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

A PAINTER of celebrity in Paris, when
his first wife-he has now married another
was sick unto death, was informed by
her OF her great fear of being buried
alive, and thereupon promised to make an
incision in her neck when he thought her
dead. He. however, failed torecolect it.
friend and paying court to the lady he
wished to make successor to the deceased
one. Out OF brown study, he suddenly
exclaimed by Jove, l forgot to cut
my wite's throat" 1t needed long ex-
plantations before the other took him -
Cincinnati Gazette.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

THREE romantic Kentucky girls recent
~ hit npon better device for securing
husbands than by advertising. They liv-
ed on the banks of the Ohio river, and
agreed to set bottle afoat continuing
paper on which was written their names
md n. promise to marry whomsoever
should find the bottles. One of the g'ls
ha married recently the man who found
her bottle far down the river the second is
engaged to him who found hers at Natchez
or Grand Gulf, and the third is in cores
pondence with the finder of hers. who lives
alta great distance from the point where
the bottles were first launched.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

THE wealthiest man in Kalamazoo,
Mich, was approached in the street by
an excited little boy who said: "Mister,
nv sister is in the hume over there: If
you'll get her out I'll give Jon dollar" "
The man rescued the imperilled child.
A few days afterward the boy entered
his office and put on his desk dollar in
small coin. having broken open toy bank
and sold hobby horse to raise the money.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

ABOUT midnight on September 10Th,
persons residing near one of the public
school-houses in Deadwood, Dakota, were
startled by the loud ana distinct tolling of
the school bell in the tower. Many ran to
the place to find everything dark, the doors
locked, the shutters barred, and no mortal
within. The scene shifts to the Overland
Hotel, where Mrs. Clara b. Helms, the
teacher at the school house in question:
lay dying. Persons by The bedside aver
that they heard her mutter, Ring the
bell," just at midnight. She died before
morning.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

MISS CAL1xo goes for the first time to
view the sea at Deppe. AT her depart
ure from home her sister recommends
her to carry back some sea water IN a
bottle. She goes down to the shore and
fills her vial with water. better NOT
R;l it up like that, missy" said sailor
"bekase, it being low water now, when
tha tide rises it'll burst your bottle" +"
Miss Calino, quite convinced, pours out
half the water and departs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

A LIVE frog was found in the center Of
a solid stone, quarried out at the State
prison last week in Carson. He was in
a little round cavity inches in diameter.
He was II good sized frog and was little
lighter than the natural color. When
his cell was broken into he blnked and
shut his eyes, lying fiat on his belly as if
stunned. Afterwards he reused up and
jumped about little but died in few
minutes. This is the truth, as can be
substsntiated by reliable witnesses. Reno
Gazette.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

AT Hamburg, in Germany, the longest
day has seventeen hours and the shortest
seven. AL Stockholm the longest has
eighteen and "a half hours and the shortest
five and half. AT st. Peters burg the
longest has nineteen and the shortest f. We
hours. Al Finland the longest has TWEEN,
ty-one and half fhours. At Wondorbus,
in Norway, the day lasts from the 2lst of
May to the I'd of July, the sun not get
ing below the horizon during the whole
time, but skimming along very close to
it in the north. At Spitzbergen the long.
est day lasts three months and half,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

A DOUBLE HEADED steel rail was re-.
Gently exhibited by the Western Rail
way Company of France which is certR,
cd to have been in use for eighteen years,
during which time 256, 900 trains have
passed over il. 1t has been used only on
one siie, and is not halt worn away. The
average age of life of an iron ra il is given
as about seven years, and as prominent
railroad manager said recently, there
are now lew railroads which can afford to
use them,
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

FATHER at Jacksonville, Fla, has
purchased a lover. alarm clock that
works liko a charm. At ten o'cleck 1t
strikes loudly, two little doors open, and
man with a dressing gown and cap on
gIides out, holding in his hand card in
scribed Good night" As lie bows and
smilingly retires back into the clock, the
young man takes the hint, says Good
night" to the fair daughter, and departs.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

RANKIN, the scout. left Capt. Payne's
camp, which was surrounded by the IN
disns, and rode to Rawlins-a distance
of 100 miles-in twenty four hours, to
carry It'd ings of the disaster and secure
help for the imperiled troops. Part OF
the way he had to pass through conn-
try swarming with hostile Utes, and ex-
tremely rough withal This may be set
down as perhaps the most extraordinary
feat OF the kind on record.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

WEsTFIELD, n. j., has sensation
After dispute between Mr.. Cassidy and
Mr.. Bendermecker, the latter, finding
the goat of the former in his yard sawed
off the animals horns and striped him
with paint. The next day the ssdys
whltewashed Bendermecker's jacksss.
When the lime began to work the ass
became friskv, dashed into glass con-
servstory and finally jumped down well
and broke bis neck. The lawyers will be
chiefly benefited by the feud.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

THE Prince OF Wales has been picnick-
ing in Devonshire, England, and making
himself agreeable to humble people. On
one occasion, while picnicking with aris>
tocratic hosts, it was found that the cream
was left behind. The Prince, seeing in
the distance another picnicking party,
rushed of and explained to the ladies the
melancholy condition of his party. The
ladies gave him plenty of cream, not
knowing to whom they we're giving it,
and soon the Prince was seen waikiki q
along bearing ljug full of cream without
spilling it. Onemust be prince to make
such a n act remarkable.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

The ORIGINAL BROTHER JONATHAN.
Jonathan Trumbull, OF Connecticut, the
Colonial Governor noted for common
sense and integrity, was the original
brother Jonathan, the popular represents
ative of the people of the United States.
lie was native Of Lebanon, graduate
OF Harvard, a merchant, and for many
years a member of the Connecticut AS
semLly. He was chosen Lieutenant
Governor, and having refused 1768) to
take the oath of office enjoined by parlia-
ment, he was elected Governor the year
following, and re elected for fourteen
years. He did everything in his power to
secure the independence of the colonies,
and was implicitly trusted and consulted
by Washington in emergencies. When
the general was sadly in need Of ammn-
milton. be called a council of officers,
none OF whom could offer any practical
suggestion. 1--WE must refer the matter
to brother Jonathan" said Washington,
alluding to Trumbull, who proposed a
way of remedying the difficulty, From
that day TrumOul was known as Broth
er Jonathan, and in due time the name
was applied to the whole nation. The
governor looked a good deal like the
fymbolic caricature now familiar to the
whole world. He was tall, gaunt, sharp,
featured. and for full dress wore swal-
low-tail homespun coat, made in his own
household. from wool of his own sheep,
and colored with maple bark procured
from his own wood>pile. HIS tight trow-
sers, six inches above his ankles, were OF
striped linsey -wolsey, spun and made by
his own family. He died at seventy five,
universally regretted.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

"MAY have your ear for moment ?"
said an anxious cand idate to rural dee>
gate. (Which ear ?" jocuously respond
ed the rural agent. "Your election -eer,
of course" replied the candidate, ard
then they smiled.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

A SENIOR one morning rather forcbly
exclaimed Con found it - His chum
coolly asked. "Who lost it =" The SEN
ior does not use that little expression any
more.-- ya,e Courdnt.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

Trinity Chapter, Nc. 10, R. II. IN,
Meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesday,
of each month, at MASONIC HALL, Weaver
vile, at O'Clock, P. NJ.
W. j. TINNIN, II. p.
NJ. L. GRIFFIN. Secretary. jan2
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SOCIETY NOTICES.

Trinity Lodgs, No. S7, n. n II. .M.,
Hold their regular communications at Ma
SONIC HALL, Weaverville, on the last Saturday
of each month. Hour of meeting, Z o'clock
Pm JAS. HARVEY, W. NJ.
NJ. +. GRIFFIN Secretary. jan2.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

We, ia Star Lodge, .N'O. Oh, \. o. % +,
Holds its regular meetings at OnD FELLOWS
HALL, Weayervile, every Thursday evening
at o'clock Members of the order lrOIN
abroad are cordially invited to attend.
ID. HANSEN, N. @.
C. w. CRAIG. r. s. ian2,
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SfsiiI Emcampmsnf, No. IL, y. %. q. r.
Meets on the evenings of the First and Third
Tuesdays of each month at ODn FELLOWS
from abroad are invited to visit ms.
-lLAS RULE, C. ?.
C. W. CRAIG, Scribe. Jsn2
Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-11-01

Comet Lodge, .N-0. s4. \. o. o. f.,
Holds its regular meetings, at 0bD FFLIows'
HALL, Trinity Center. on SATURDAY. evening
of each week. II. II. D0U9HERTY, n. q.
Lou is GIRARD, Il. $. JAM.
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THE EYES THE EYES
DIR. E. III. PARDEE
OcuIist and Aurist.
A FrER A PROTRACTED snfyD

a FTER a PROTRACTED BLIND
IA ness of more than five years, DR.. parder
has made himself thoroughly and soientical.
ly acquainted with all Diseases of tho Eye
and is now practicing with success not sur
passed in the United States
All operations performed, such as Strabise
mus, or cross-eye, Cataract by linear extraof
tiOn, Depression or A bsorption, Pterygium, c.
ieshy membrane growing over the eye, liedue.
ton of Staphyloma, or bulging out Of the eys
Artificial Pupil, Fistula, Lechrymalis, or clio
ing OF the tear p'>ssage, and all deformities OF
Artificial Ely inserteo without the leas,
pain, and posse sing all the movements and
brilliancy Of the real eye. 4 large assortment
constantly on hand and for sale at reasonable
prices. The Doctors Eye Bath for the treat
ment and cure of all nervous diseases is useG
all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who have sent
him cases for operation, he hopes that his uni
Vefsal success will warrant u continuation OF
their confidence. His celebrity as an operator
is co-extensive with his success as Datients
are presenting themselves, for treatment and
operations, from New ork and Boston, almost
monthly. Many patients can be seen at the
Doctors office daily, in different stages of re-
covery
0PfIcE-62I Clay street. lover the CLAW
Street Savings Bank. San Francisco
TAKE NOTICE" Ltar Ia nor
De bsifscsd though hs sp. ais fhs fr nth
Reports are in circulation through the upper
country that | have retired from business, that
have gone to the Atlantic States, that | am
in Europe. 40, &c. To those interested | will
say that the report has been gotten in circula-
tion for the fdrtherance of other parties, who
are trying to obtain, illegitimately, an eye
practice. The reJ ort has been started by an
itnerant mountebank, and without the least
truth, as am at my Office daily, and attending
TO about sixty daily patients.
4. III. PARDEE, OcuIist,
62l Clay Street,
my25-lY. SAN FRANCISCO.
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a..i.I.u Caun. o<.n

Trinity County German HOspafaI So-
ciety, holds its REGULAR Quarterly Meetings at
the HOSPITAL BUnING, Weaverville, on the
first Sunday of March, June, September and
December d. HANhnN,
jan Secretary.
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sseekly grinity gournal.

&c The .sJOUR.N:sL" has no agents
the PsbIishsr prsftrrfHg to do business
scffh .Edrerfissrs direct. -SdosrffsfHs
Rafsa rarnfshsd ON application.