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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
A Haunted Clock Store.

On Friday afternoon Mclaughlin,
the jeweler, went to Virginia City.
He did not return on the evening train,
and in the meantime his clerk, a mis-
chievous lad, conceived q fiendish plot
to ruin him. He fell to work on the
clocks-l48 of them-and set the
alarms in such way that they would
begin TO agitate the atmosphere about
midnight and maintain q desultory fire
until about three o'clock in the morn
ing. The clocks are made BY an in
gcnious Yankee in Meriden, Conn.,,
and are warranted to raise a neighbour
hood and keep up the noise seven min
utes. In the day time the reaching
power of an alarm clock is 265 yards,
but in the solemn stiffness of the night
its inner harmonies will reso1nd
through ward whose superficial area
is four square miles. At midnight, Of
ficer Stern, who was passing the place,
sprang high in air under the suddenly
acquired Impression that the building
was falling down. In few minutes a
crowd from Gilhooley's reached the
spot and paused to hear the alarm go
of. just, however, as clock No. was
weakening on its well-sustained efforts,
the brazen snort of clock No. 2 blend
ed so nicely with it that the transition
of sound was not detected by the au-
dience.
"She's q stayer," said the officer.
Inside of half an hour about hum
dred persons had gathered, while the
clocks wheeled into line with so much
precision that no one doubted that the
same old clock was keeping up its lick,
with an occasional change of key. At
the end of the first hour the working
force was augmented by two clocks be-
ing in the same shift.
"Gettin' its second wind" said the
thoughtful peeler.
Occasionally six or seven clocks
would break loose at once; and for the
last half hour chorus of clocks woke
sleepers from their beds and reused the
town for blocks around. When the
crashing finale came the street was de-
serted, and the Associated Press re-
porter telegraphed long account of q
haunted clock factory to the Atlantic
seaboard. Mclaughlin is still looking
for the boy who tempered with the ma
chinery, but, for some unexplained rea-
son, the precocious youngster has so
far escaped the scrutiny Of the police.
Carson (NeU.) Appeal.
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FACTS AND FIGURES.

"A Louisiana planter says that he
considers twenty geese in q cotton-field
equal to one hoe-hand.
1t is proposed to build steam COT
ton mill at Charleston, 8. c., with
capacity OF from $4,000 to $1,000 spin
The lrish-moss business at Scitu-
ate, Mass, amounted to about 1926. 900
the past year, 1856 barrels having been
gathered and cured.
According to the recent censua
Switzerland possesses q population of
$500, 000-that is, 12O. 900 more than in
1877, when the last census was taken.
The Swiss colony in North Carolina
10 said to have discovered that the
mulberry tree grows with as much lux
uriance as the cherry, and that the
soil and climate favor the production of
silk.
1t is said that .'there are II, 1926, 900
cattle killed in the United States annu-
ally, the meats from which amount to
4.OS8, SOC, 900 pounds, and their total
value when killed for food is $685.
| More than 600 boys in all parts of
Maine competed for the prizes, amount
ing to $500, offered by Stillman B.
Allen, of Boston, for the most Indian
corn raised by boy under eighteen on
one eighth of an acre. F. E. Small, of
Stockton, received the first prize of
$500. raising 1886 pounds, and Frank
L. Jordan. of Brunswick. the second of
$50, with 1885 pounds.
| The size attained by icebergs is
sometimes prodigious. From measure
ment made upon one, DIR. Hayes esti-
mated it to contain twenty-seven mil
lion feet, while its weight must have
been not less than one billion tons. 1t
was grounded in water nearly half a
mile in depth. What, then, must have
been the thickness and size of the
glacier from which the mass had be-
come detached?
Lewiston, Me-. has about 800, 900
spindles, or about 1876 of the spindles
in the United States. Within ten years
Lewiston will probably increase her
spindles to 400, 600. There are in Maine
GIG, 685 spindles, nearly half of which
are in Lewiston. Maine uses 112, 1861
bales OF cotton per year, and employs
1l.3l8 persons in the manufacture of
cotton goods. Cotton is coming into
Lewiston at the rate of forty cars day.
| Edward c. Dennison, of Odessa,
Del, has been awarded a premium of
800 for raising beets producing 1926
per cent. of sugar, which were the best
furnished to the Delaware beet-sugar
factory. Other premiums of $50, $40,
S55, $40, $25 and SIS were awarded to
other beet-growers in Delaware. &C
cording to the percentage of sugar.
Seven other producers, also, were re-
warded for lots of less than sixteen tons.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

Our frontier must be more closely
guarded. There has been something
too much of Canadian weather smug-
gled over the border this winter.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Young Mr.. Ecru has very sallow
complexion. He says he isn't proud
and he doesn't care at all about his
looks, but what bothers him is that his
complexion is naturally so yellow that
he can't tell when he is bilious.-Bur-
lington Ha,0keye.
food manners at the table are an
indication of common sense and re-
fined associates. We used to sit near q
lady who always drew the fruit dish
near her, fingered the peaches or
pears to get the softest, and never
failed to take the largest orange. And
she was q fine Latin and French schol-
arr Congregationalist.
during the cold weather how long
can the ink standp- Keokuk Constita-
ton. Dunno. But how long can the
pen holder?-Haaokeye. Tell us how long
can the pencil sharpener and wen an
swcr that.-Onsaha Republican. They
are all right as long as the weather re-
mains stationary.-LnaGhG Daily Bee.
Your puns are enveloped in obscurity.
That's no wafer to get off jokes.-
Graphic.
| fam I truly thine!' said she,
leaning lovingly on his strong and man
| ly arm. II should relax my features
to bet dollar" was the reply. Then,
oh, then knowest thou that there is q
sleigh party going to Branford--r' And
ere vet the setting sun had sunk behind
the western snow banks those two hearts
were separated for ever and for aye.
He couldn't get livery stable in town
to trust him.-Nev Haven Register.
1.-THE baby has got new tooth, but
the old lady is laid up with cold in her
head, and Johnny is down with the
measles" remarked q Galveston gentle
man to defeated candidate. ''What
in the thunder do 1 care!' was the re-
ply of the defeated candidate, scowling
furiously. "Well," said the gentle
man, slowly, "before the election you
used to take me aside every time you
met me, and ask me how my family was
coming on, so thought you would like
to know. As 1 was saying, Johnny is
all broken out with the measles, and
the baby "Go to Halifaxm reared
the exasperated ex.candidate. produc-
ing a police whistle, all of which goes
to show that the defeated candidate is
quite as independent as the one who ID
Observation-Disclosures Nescs.
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Mrs. Hayes has accepted the Pres
idency Of the Women's Home Mission
ary Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Canon Liddon and DR.. Magee, an
Irishman, are said to be the foremost
orators of the Church of England at the
present time.
The Congregationalists of the Unit
ed States maintain sixty-six colleges
and seminaries in heather and Moham-
medan lands.
The Buddhist priests in Japan have
taken the Bible in their course of study,
SO that they can the better oppose the
missionaries. +" .~'
Five hundred thousand copies of
the revised New Testament are now
being printed in England. It is stated
that it will be reprinted in this country
and sold at ten cents.
There are over $50 students in the
Baptist Theological Seminary at Rama
patan, India, who are training for the
Christian ministry. Some of the stu
dents are married, and their wives are
obliged to spend q part of their time in
study, and some of them keep up with
their husbands in the full course.
According to recent statistics, there
are in the United States 23O, 257 He
brews, of whom IL, SAG are connected
with 278 religious societies or congrega-
tons. In Philadelphia there are eighty
congregations, with membership Of
| l, 458. and in addition there are eighteen
benevolent organizations, embracing q
membership Of 1856.
The Methodist ministers of Cincin-
natl have unanimously adopted reso-
luton strongly denunciatory of the &C
ton of the Trustees of the College Of
Music in attempting to establish an
operate department in that institution.
The ministers object to turning what
was intended to be q school for the
study of music into ''feeder of operas
and theaters.'
"A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature of Connecticut directing
the Governor to appoint Commission
of three to prepare small book for
use in the public schools, showing such
facts as science and experience have
verified with regard to the effect of al
! coholic liquors on the body and brain,
and the relation of alcoholic drinks to
personal estate and public well-being.
The total number of Methodist
communicates in the United States is
8, 485, $50. Total in the world. $685.
$50. The grand total of itinerant min
listers IS S1,731, of whom 24,3O4 are in
this country. The Church for the first
half of 1880 gained about %, 900 COM
municants and l62 itinerant ministers.
The deaths among lay members for the
year ending July, 1880, numbered 81,
$50.
Bishop Haven, in writing of the
Methodist work in Texas, said: ut is
excellent in quality, too small in guam
tlty. 1t has q few admirable centers
in some large towns; but, for some
reason, the people who need US, and
are prepared fully to welcome us, wait
to be invited and sought out. We
lack a corps of local preachers, who,
as sort of scouts. should go out and
prepare the way for the establishment
of permanent appointments. We want
native ministry, or ministry spring
ing up from the population as it comes
into the State, to meet the demand.
This, want, we trust, will soon call
forth supply"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

The Chinese, as well as being the
traders of Java, are the swells; they
keep the finest carriages and horses
and give the grandest fetes, one Of
which took place during my visit in
honor of the marriage of q not particu.
larly beautiful Chinese young lady.
The giver of the fete is sugar factor
in a large way of business, and has his
drying ground behind his bungalow.
This was laid out for the occasion as a
garden, broad gravel walks around
grass lawns and flower beds. Neither
the grass nor flowers were in very
ulIshing vynditivn, but ehat didn's
matter much as they were only seen by
the light of the full moon, which shone
in a cloudless sky, assisted by thou
sands of small colored cocoanut oil
lamps. hung all round the grounds. On
the grass were placed dozens of small
tables with few chairs to each. A
spacious card saloon was built for the
occasion, well lit and replete with all
gambling requirements. The dancing
took place on the tiled floor of the
bungalow, to the strains of very fair
brass band; not understanding Dutch ]
did not indulge in the Eight fantastic
and so saved q good deal in shoe
leather, expect; this is the one soil
tary amusement that the Dutch 90 in
for thoroughly. They will dance any
length of time and do it with vigor
At the back Of the grounds, somewhat
away from the brass band, was q shed
built, as it appeared to me, on the top
q of wall. in which natives displayed
their musical talent the whole night on
their harmonious but very monotonous
bells, which are a great improvement
on the awful Singhalese tomton. Al
twelve o'clock an expensive display Of
fireworks took place, after which sup
per was served on the tables in the gar.
den, and when that was over dancing was
resumed and kept up by many till near
ly five a. m. on the Sunday l believe.
But that is small affair, Sunday being
the day for walking in the gardens to
hear the band play and any other
special festivities. There were about
900 Europeans present at the fete,
which was said to cost f10.00O. Since
then the father of the happy man Of
that occasion gave another fete. at
which hear an equal number of peo-
pie were present and like amount
spent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

An IacIdent Of the Flood at ToIedo,

NRs. CAsNER, who has lived in the Bethel
for the past Ave years, ON Friday night retired
about 1880 and was awakened shortly after
by the noise Of splashing waters. Her son
Charles, aged about twenty-five, was also
aroused by the noises, and took in the situa-
ton. He went to the front door, at the same
time calling upon his mother to hurry. Mrs.
Casner, DESTROYS OF saving at least portion
Of her clothing, was gathering what she could
in a moment of time. "Mother, NO time;
hurryl" called her son, but before she could
gain the outside door the rushing waters cut
OF her escape. Her son, strong In body and
love for his lame mother, shouldered the pre-.
cious burden and carried her through the Hood
to the building occupied by Superintendent
Curtiss and Kline. The family lose all they
had.-TOled0 (O.) Telegram.
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charge. knowing his honesty and his
truthfulness, did what probably no 9th
or bailiff ever did, before or since. The
bailiff was busy. Arne told him that
there was no necessity of his going with
him or sending any guards, but that he
himself would walk and report to the
bailiff in the next bailiwick, and such
confidence had the bailiff in his integri-
ty. that he unhesitatingly sent him alone
without any guard or watch, and Arne
promptly reported as agreed.-Madiso''
(Wis. State journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
How a shrswd chicagoan Was Tricked


PoL1CE.circles are convulsed over the neat
and complete manner in which one of the
smart men Of Chicago has been taken in by an
old process. James B. Storey keeps private
loan and realestate Office in the Union Build
ing, corner Of LaSalle and Washington streets.
He has always had the reputation of being
somewhat shrewd, and was the last person in
the world who would be SUSPECTED Of being
soft enough to allow himself to be "played for
. sucker" A short time since Mr.. Storey had
occasion to 60 to the Hot Springs Of Arkansas,
that balmy locality where Rheumatism is sup
posed to give up the ghost. He took with
him q large amount Of hard cash and q
considerable sum in greenbacks, and left
reserve in case Of emergency. Now 1t hap.
pened that some of the crack crooks Of the
country learned Of the presence Of Mr.. Storey
ut the Hot Springs with "a barrel of money
They Immediately decided to ''work him for
al he was worth" In this undertaking they
were eminently successful. They tried the
brass brick racket" They informed Mr.. Stor-
ey that the brick in their possession was very
valuable one. all gold, and the mysterious
manner In which they are said to have con.
Quoted the negotiations led MI. Storey to be-
lieve all that they said. To make q long story
.hort. the gentleman is alleged to have parted
with $l,o00 in cool cash, and to have become
the unhappy pOssessOr of . fine brass brick,
thus losing the entire sum invested. It il said
that Mr.. Storey 10 making every effort to re-
cover the lost money, but thus far he has not
met with any success. -ChtcaNo Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
what a Little Girl Did.

AWAY back in the widest part Of this
county, among the mountains and forests Of
the sparsely settled town of Hardenburg, q
place it takes a week to communicate with,
not far from the little hamlet of Inverwood,
and near the place where Rev. ]. @. Beecher,
. brother Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
breaches, lives little Nellie Osborn, child Of
six years. Her father and mother were both
suddenly stricken with fever, being unable
to leave their beds. Living in an isolated
place, far from nei9hbors, and being
scantily supplied with the necessaries of
life at this severe and Indictment season,
with snow lying three or four feet deep
everywhere, the situation may be imagined.
Little Nellie did all she could to alleviate
the sutferings of her parents in every way. It
was bitter cold, their rude little house offered
poor resistance to the winds, the bed-covering
was not abundant, and the supply of fire-wood
finally gave out. The little girl took her
wooden playthings and tried to keep the frc
going with them. Then she kneeled by the
couch of her sick mother and prayed: f" Please,
dear Lord, send a big, good man to help US. -
Help came in the person Of James McGavitt,
q lumberman Of the mountains, who found
the family in the condition stated, and afforded
prompt relief. Little Nellie became sick with
the fever afterward. Assistance has now
been offered by charitable lady Of Irvington.
whose sympathy was excited by the child 8
sacrifice Of her toys.--Ki'Nston IN. ~ Letter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
Romance Late In Life.

KINGSTON, N. Y, February Is
LATE advices from the adjoining mountain
region contain the particulars Of a somewhat
romantic elopement, which, IL not in high life,
seems to have been at least in advanced life.
Away back in the mountains, at the little ham,
let of Broadhead, the existence of which few
people have any idea Of, two elderly people,
becoming impressed with the charms and at
fractions of each other, and being opposed in
their plans by an undutiful son of the pros
pective bride, suddenly took 1t into their
heads to run away and get married, despite
all opposition. Nash Bush, an old, stalwart
mountain farmer Of seventy-nve years. spent
in single blessedness, thus takes unto himself
q wife in the person of Mrs. Lockwood, q
blooming widow Of sixty-ive. He is a man Of
rugged build, Weighing over two hundred
pounds; she petite blonde of less than q
hundred-weiRht. The opposing son, with
whom the bride and mother lived, finding the
nuptials ccnsecrated in spite Of his wishes,
becomes gracefully reconciled, and takes the
happy couple in.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24
Foreign Intelligence.

OK the 18th an anti Coercion meeting was
held in London at which addresses were de-
livered from three stands by Home Rule
leaders. At the close Of the speaking the
crowd m'rched past the chief cub-houses
cheering for Davitt and grooming for Forster.
THIRTEEN Socialists recently underwent
trial at Vienna. One was convicted of high
treason and sentenced to four years' impris.
onment, another to six mon.hs' confinement
and eleven were acquitted. 81
IT was reported on the l4ths that the new
Spanish Ministry would push negotiations
with the United States for treaty Of. com
merce. &&& eAAf*
The race between Edward Hanlan, the
Canadian oarsman, and X C. Laycock over
the Thames Championship course for the
championship Of England, the Spovssssax'a
challenge cup and 81, 400, came OF on the
l4th, and was won easily py Han an BY about
four lengths. The time was twenty-lve min
utes and forty-ons seconds
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

The New York obelisk weighs 2193
tons. The obelisk set up in London
weighs 1856 tons. The New York needle
i s. feet 2 inches high-that Of London
Is teet inches. i5
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

lit has been well said that the best
~ay to get out of . lowly position is 10
% conspicuously effective in it-Bosjoa
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

The total amount of sales under the
Encountered Estates act in Ireland ex-
ceeds $3.50, 900, 900. Tho act came into
operation 81 years ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

THERMOMETERS reform late In life:
they never become temperate" until
aeaFly sixty.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-24

A house of glass shall come to pass
In England; but alas!
War will follow, with the work
And State and State in fierce strife
Will seek each others life:
But when the North shall divide the SOut
An Eagle shall build in the Lions mouth.
Carriages without horses shall 60.
Primrose Hill, in London shall be,
And in its center Bishops see:
Around the world thoughts shall Nv
In the twinkling of an eye.
Water shall yet more wonders do,
Now strange, yet shall be true;
The world upside down shall be,
And gold found at the root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse or ass be by bis side:
Under water men shall walk,
Shall ride. shall creep. shall talk;
In the air men shall be seen,
In white, in black, in green.
Iron in the water shall float
As easy as wooden boat:
Gold shall be found mid stone
In land that's now not known:
Fire and water shall wonders do:
England shall at last admit Jew;
The Jew that was held in scOrn
Shall of q Christian be borne and born.
Three times three shall lovely France
Be led to dance bloody dance
Before her people shall be free;
Three tyrant rulers shall she see:
Three times the people rule alone;
Three times the peoples hope Is gone;
Three rulers in succession see,
Each spring from different dynasty,
Then shall the wOrser fight be done,
England and France shall be as one.
All Engiand's sons that pillow the land
Shall be seen book in hand,
Learning shall so ebb and How,
The poor shall most wisdom know.
The world to an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
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Mother Shipton's Prophecy.

The New York Journal Of Commerce
says:
We have many times exposed the
hoax of Mother Symptoms prophecy.
There was real Mother Shipton, and a
chap-book containing the vague dream
ings of her Imagination, of no possible
account to anybody, whether they
"came to pass or not, was actually
published nearly three centuries ago,
and is in the British Museum. A prin-
ter named Charles Hindley, in 1862,
pretended to republish this chap-book,
and in doing SO interpolated ten proph-
ecies of his own composition, which de-
scribed the railroad, steamship, tele.
graph. ETC., and predicted the end Of
the world in 1881. This would have
been quite startling if Mother Shipton
had uttered it in her day, but all ex.
cept the last item was history and not
prophecy, being written after the dis
covery and invention of the things de-
scribed. We sent an agent to examine
the original in the British Museum and
exposed the deceit. The printer con.
fessed it in the spring of 1873. but the
so-called prophecy is still going the
rounds of the press. The following are
the interpolated prophecies referred to: