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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
What the Microscope Sa VS..
rErom Dr. Foote'S Health Monthly

from Dr. Foote'S Health Monthly.]
Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities of grain OF sand.
Mould is forest of beautiful trees,
with the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like fish; single grain of
sand would cover $50 OF these scales,
and vet a scale covers 500 pores.
Through these narrow openings the
Precipitation forces itself like water
through sieve.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
a world of living creatures swimming
with as much liberty as whales in the
sea.
Each leaf has a colony of insects
Grazing on it like COWS in meadow.
Yes, even the uglest plant that grows
shows some remarkable property when
closely examined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
A Severe Arctic Winter

1t is hard to understand last winters
vagarles. They say it was an extra
ordinary mild winter in the Arctic re-
gions, and yet it was the most severe
that has visited Iceland since 1890. The
great bay, IN which floating ice is rarely
seen, was frozen up so that people walk
ed out to the islands four or five miles
distant. Altogether" writes a CORE
spondent on the Alliance. which touched
at the islands, " the season of 1880 81
was the most extraordinary ever known
In these parts, and the summer promises
to be OF piece with it, for the thermom-
eter which, in July, owing to the COM
bined influence of the sun and the gulf
stream, should be between seventy and
eighty degrees, has thus far failed to
register higher than fifty degrees"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
I. The Commercial Traveller,

Go where you will in the United
States you meet him. On railroad
trains, on steamboats,, in stage coaches.
In ferries, across obscure streams, in the
nontalns and on the plains, on ocean
and on land, in all seasons and in all
sorts OF weather, you meet the CONNER
cial traveller, and you commonly find him
wide-awake, alert, genial, entertaining,
and with an eye to business. He be-
comes rare Judge of men, and accom-
modates himself to all classes. He will
know more about town in a few DAYS
after he has invaded it than people who
have lived In it for years. He is ever
welcome at the hotels, and wherever he
goes he seems to carry along with him
promise OF stir, life and progress. The
commercial traveller who has long been
connected with a leading house is re-
garded as one of it's most valuable mem
bers. He has built up trade by per-
sonal address and popularity, and any
business man worthy of the name appre-
ciates his services and deals with him &C
cordlngly. He is well paid, is allowed
vacations, and his salary runs on during
sickness. It is both amusing and inter-
esting to hear a group of commercial
travellers comparing notes, RECALLING each
other with stories, and dividing up some
new empire between themselves. The
insensibility to fatigue, the unfailing
good humor and the ready wit of these
men always attract the attention of an
observer, and they seem to typify many
of the traits of the American character
which have made, this country as great
and prosperous as it is.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
From Harper's Weekly.l
AN OLD NUISANCE

Mind, I quote those three words.
They are none of mine Only, thinking
over three or four equally appropriate
oldest; AMI [ always had fancy for odd
things. And now for my story.
On what my aunt (by marriage) and
her family founded their claims to aris-
tocracy [ never could discover My
uncle had been a merchant, it was true,
and one OF considerable prominence in
his day, [ have been told, and so had
been his father before him, and his
fathers father before that. That his
business in its most prosperous time was
intimately connected with China is i'm
pressed upon my mind q became an In
mate of his house when [ was about six
years of age, III consequence of the death
of both my parents within week of
each other, leaving me with no means of
support, and no other relatively by the
fact that every 1st of June saw bright
new mattings laid on our floors, to re-
main there until cold weather came again,
and that our mantels and what-nots were
decorated with many pretty, dainty little
porcelain cups, thin as egg-shells-rari-
ties In those DAYS, but IN these plenty
and cheap enough.
Now, according to all I have learned
on the SUBJECT, real simon pure -aristo-
Gratis look down upon trade even on the
grandest scale, and never have anything
to do with it further than once in a
while marrying one Of it's sons or daugh-
ters who have come into possession of
millions enough to offset the honor.
However, our family q venture to in
clude myself, none of my cousins being
within hearing) assumed all the airs of
the :" blue bloods of the old country.
Eleanor. our second, wore look of
deep Indignation for several days after a
manly, clever, good-looking fellow, the
brother of one of her old schoolmates,
with a comfortable income, but who was
junior partner of firm keeping a retail
store on Sixth avenue. proposed for her
hand
''The presumption of the man !'' she
exclaimed, raising her arched eyebrows
in establishment, and curling her full red
upper lip In scorn; "to imagine for a
moment that because [ honored him
with my company to the opera two or
three times, / would marry him !! IF his
business had been wholesale, it would
have been bad enough, but fancy per-
son who sells pins and needles by the
paper and lace by the yard Never [
would die first p
Minerva, our fourth, was equally hor-
ror-stricken at the effrontery of young
book-keeper whom her brother Lau-
renee had introduced into the family
circle-a rare thing for one of her
brothers TO do, for, like all other men,
as far as my limited experience goes,
they scarcely ever thought their com
panions to be good enough to be the
companions of their. sisters-when he
yentured to express his admiration for
her. The young man soon after sue
ceeded TO very handsome property, and
became great swell-"a perfect
too-to, as [ believe the fashionable way
of expressing it now is-a kind of being
after Minervas own heart; but she never
was invited to ride behind his fast
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1881.
ENGIAND'S HEROES.

BY OSCAR WILDE.
Set in this stormy northern sea,
Queen of these restless fields of tide,
England What shall men say of thee
Before whose feet the worlds divide?
For southern wind and east wind meet
Where, girt and crowned by sword and fire,
England with bare and bloody feet
Climbs the steep road to wide empire.
o lonely Himalayan height,
Gray pillar OF the Indian sky,
Where saw'st thou last in changing fight
Our winged dogs of victory?
The almond groves of Samarcand,
Bokara, where red lilies blow,
And Oxus, by whose yellow sand
The grave white turbaned merchants go:
And on from thence to Ispahan,
The giIded garden of the sun,
Whence the long dusty caravan
Brings cedar and vermlllon.
Here have our wild war eagles flown,
And tapped wide wings in fiery fight;
But the sad dove that sits alone
In England-she hath no delight.
In vain the laughing girl will lean
To greet her love with lovelit eyes,
Down in some tredcherous black ravine,
Clutching his flag, the dead boy lies.
And many moon and sun Will see
The lingering wistful children wait
To climb upon their fathers knee;
And in each house made desolate
Pale women who have lost their lord
viii kiss the relics of the slain
Some furnished epauette-some sword
Poor toys to soothe such anguished pain.
For not in quiet English fields
Are these, our brothers. laid to rest,
Where we might deck their broken shields
With all the flowers the dead love best.
For some are by the Delhi walls,
And many in the Afghan land,
And many where the GangeS falls
Through seven mouths OF shifting sand.
And some in Russian waters lie,
And others in the seas which
The portals to the East, or by
The wind-swept heights of Trafalgar.
O wandering graves! o restless seepl
o silence of the sunless day!
Q still ravine! stormy deep!
Give up your prey! Give UP your preyi
And thou whose wounds are never healed,
Whose weary race is never won,
Cronlwelfs England! must thou yield
For every inch of ground a son?
Go crown with thorns that gold-crowned head,
Change thy glad song to song of pain;
Wind aud wild wave have got thy dead
And viii not yield them back again.
Wave, and wild wind, and foreign shore
Possess the flower of English land:
Lips chat thy lips shall kiss no more,
Hands that shall never clasp thy hand.
Where are the brave, the strong, the fleet?
Where is our English chivalry?
Wild grasses are their burial sheet,
And sobbing waves their threnody.
loved ones lying far away,
What word Of love dead lips send
wasted dust! o senseless clay
Is this the end? Is this the end?
Peace, peace we wrong the noble dead
To vex their solemn slumber so
Though childless, and with thorn-crowned head,
Up the steep road must England go;
Yet when this fiery web is spun,
Her watchmen shall descry from far
The young republic like a sun
Rise from these crimson seas Of war.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10
NIGHT.
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.

Blue night. threw the lattice open wide
Drinking the odorous air; and from my height
/ saw the watch-fires of the town, and heard
The gradual dying of the murmurous day,
Then, as the twilight deepened, on her limbs
The silver lances of the stars and moon 81.
We're shattered, and the shining fragments fell
Like jewels at her feet. The Cyprian star
Quivered to liquid emerald where it hung
On the ribbd Lodges of the darkening hills,
Gazing upon her.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

Set in this stormy northern sea,
Queen of these restless fields of tide,
England | What shall men say of thee
Before whose feet the worlds divide?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-08-10

BY OSCAR WILDE.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
PArSnnAI.

President Watrous and Vice President Reed of the Consolidated road were in Meri- den Saturday looking over the new depot and the progress of the railroad bridge oyer Har- bor Brook.
 MT. W. A. Bronson, well known as for merly at Whittlesey's, and for six years past at Merriman's, has become the proprietor of the Tyler drug store, corner of State and Bradley streets. MT. Tyler is going West. MT. Bronson's many friends will be glad to know of his success and wish him all pros- perity.
 John J. Tierney, the artist, spends this week in Hartford, where he has on exhibi- tiop some beautiful samples of his artistic work. He has already made crayon portraits of some of the leading citizens of our sister city, and expects before returning to leave many evidences of his ability in the line. Those who avail themselves of his services will be well repaid by the excellence of his work.
 Mir. F. c. Cannon, one of the largest con- tractors at the establishment of c. Cowles & Co.,, gave his hands, about forty in number, day off recently, and entertained them with fine clambake at his new shore residence, Merwin's Point. The party enjoyed them selves in sailing, fishing and various sports, and the whole party returned with thanks and their best wishes for their days pleasure to their esteemed employer and his estimable wife. FIG. Cannon is the son of William T. Cannon, the State street stove dealer, who was also present and took part in the happy scene.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
ROUTINE, BIGELow, EIANTIc CONN.,
 H-I0
West Haven.

There was quite an excitement on the cor ner of Elm street and First avenue last even ing over an upset of carriage containing five adults and three children. It appears MT. J. H. Jones, of this city, residing at No. 615 State street, had been out to the ceme- tery in West Haven, visiting the grave of his daughter who is buried there. He had with him some of his friends, beside his own fam fly. On turning the corner of First avenue Cthe horses were going rather fast) the car- riage commenced tipping and finally upset in Widow Mallory's door-yard, breaking the Mr. Jones struck on his head and was stunned, and the rest of the party were bruised and well shaken up. Dr. Shepard was called and restored Mir. Jones to con- sciousness. Msssrs. H. c. Nettleton and William Rhodes were passing by and caught the horses, but the carriage was well broken up. The team belonged to Barker & Ran, som, the livery men. After a short stay at Mrs. Mallory's the party took hack for their homes in this city.
 Mr. Edwin Lewis killed 8 water snake last week in W. M. Wards ice pond. in Campbell avenue, measuring over nine feet in length and three inches in diameter.
 Mrs. Henry Richards, residing on Main street, has an amarillo with ninety-five buds and blossoms on it. The flowers are of very large size and of very brilliant hue. If attracts great deal of attention.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
The Groton Celebration.

The following appeared in the Hartford correspondence of the Register yesterday: The Foot Guard feel as if they had not been treated in fair manner by the State authorities in the Groton business. They were led to expect an order from Governor Bipelow to escort him. The order was not given, and the fact was not discovered by the officers of the company until too late to make satisfactory arrangements. The fail ure to receive the order is laid at the doors of the assistant adjutant general, who has shown himself for years persistent worker against the interests of the Hartford com. pany. A prominent officer said 8 few days ago Ca Republican in politics) that he would vote for a Democrat for Governor at the next election if he was sure of a change in the ad- iutant generals office. He was tired of this tsrinp'' business, and he is not alone in these opinions.
 The facts are that there is no just reason for the above statement. The Groton cele- bration is purely an invitation affair, and all organizations military or otherwise, appear there by invitation of the Groton authori- ties. Neither the Governor, his adjutant general nor the assistant adjutant general had any authority to invite or order the First or Second company of the Governors Foot Guards to take part in the celebration, or any other company or organization in the State.
 The excursion of the Grand Army of the Republic by the steamer Elm City will be fine affair Mayor Robertson in letter te the committee accepts their invitation to ac-
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
The Question of Water.

The special committee on water and the citizens committee held meeting in the Mayors office on Saturday evening and il was voted to recommend to the Court o1 Common Council that 8. GOO copies of the re- port of the citizens committee be printed and circulated to call meeting of the committee for Monday, September 5. at 12 o'clock in room IA, City Hall, to consider the question of submitting the questions of law to the Superior Court, to recommend that the election to vote on purchasing the rights and franchises of the New Haven Water company be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November next. The following order was drawn up by Simeon E. Baldwin to be recommended to the Com mon Council:
 OrdereI, That the Corporation Counsel be au- thorized and instructed to apply to the September term of the Superior Court for the determination, possible of the amount to be paid by the city to the New Haven Water company in of the pur- chase by the city works franchises assets of said company and of all questions touching such purchase and sale which may arise which pre- sented by the report of the special Investigating committee appointed under the act of April f. 1881 said application to be made forthwith in behalf of the city as provided in such act
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
The Fist Reunion in Sixteen Years

The officers of the 1O9th colored regiment met for the first time in sixteen years recent. ly at the Forest City House, Cleveland, O. The pleasant character of the meeting may be imagined, especially as strong spirit of harmony and friendship existed between the officers. The regiment was one of the best commands of colored troops in the field. New Haven was represented by Capt. Charles E. Hart, of Frisbie & Hart, the noted market proprietors. Capt. Hart enlisted in the old 18th c. ", and was promoted to the 1o9th. The call for the reunion originated from a conference held last year at Canton, Ohio, at the residence of Capt. Kleplinger, at which Capt. Hart, of this city, and Lieut.. c. w. Smith, of Indianapolis, were present. The reunion was full of pleasant incidents and occurrences of the old days
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
the intimacy bet ween Jennie and James of important bearing upon that point.

podE1uR uPOA 1Ao11 PoAn'.
 THE JuRY's DELIBERATIONS.
 The jury had many points to discuss in that long session of nigh to four hours. They were alone and with the utmost care and de- liberation weighed many a nice question. The jury had facts of some importance be- fore them that have not yet been printed. MT. BolIman was out until near the close of their labors, when he was summoned in and consulted on some legal points. One of the jury drew vivid picture of his supposition as to the manner of the death of the unfor- tunate girl, practically Illustrating some points and holding that deceased was rav- ished and then poisoned and then forcibly held down and sufocated. The theory of ravishing was discussed and the evidence on that point.
 It has often been found extremely difficult to get together sufficient corps of singers for the Sunday singing at the jail. This diff fculty no longer exists since the Malleys and Blanche Douglass have become inmates of the institution. Yesterday there was so great rush that many applications had to be re- fused. At least D applications were filed. Thus an increased interest in music has been developed.
 Michael w. Malley arrived home Saturday evening from Saratoga much benefited by
 his trip.
 Edward Cramer, brother of Jennie, as soon as the jury had finished their verdict asked for it, and hearing it expressed satisfaction ] that the jury had done their duty. In Dr. Prudden's autopsy report he says
 ''The stomach was healthy and contained a
 small quantity of partially digested food.' ! The question is asked why signs of infam-
 nation did not appear as is the case when ] arsenical poisoning occurs Diligent enquiry was made by MT. Bollman { in hopes of ascertaining where mushrooms | had been served up with meat during that | fatal week, as mushrooms and meat were ! found in Jennie Cramer's stomach, but the
 search has not been successful James Malley, jr., has two pointer pups I which are kept in the barn lear the resi- l dence of his father. One of these dogs was
 barking, it is claimed, when James, as stated
 in the alibi testimony, rose up and in the ! night shouted to them to prevent their an.
 moving sick neighbor. The pupsere year ! old
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
Off for Ntantte-Camp B1pe,o,x

The Second, Third and Fourth regiments will go to Mantle to-day for 8 weeks en campnent. A special train will leave this city this morning at S:3O o'clock. The fol- lowing dispatch was received by General Harmon yesterday from General s. R. Smith:
 NIANT1o, Sept. 4. General George II. Harmon.
 Tents all pitched in splendid shape. Camp looks handsomer than ever before. Colonel Morgan and assistants are deserving of great credit. The companies ready at 1-2 this morning will march to the depot headed by the American band.
 The following is the daily routine at Camp Bigelow:
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
.sWatt a Little Longer.

So we are told sometimes. Things will come out all right, people say, if we will wait while. That don't do with disease. The longer you wait the worse it is. It's no use to plant corn in November. Do you ''feel little bad?'' Strike the trouble right away. Dr. David Kennedy's ''Favorite Rem edy'' is what you want. It will ct once re- ieve the bowels, stimulate the liver and cool the skin. Take One Dollar in your hand and stop at your druggists, or write to the Doc tor at Rondout, N. Y. ug26-12d2w-2dp
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

company the Grand Army. Distinguished members of the Grand army of the Republic will also make their headquarters on the Elm City as she lays in the stream between New London and Groton tomorrow.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

Ladies' Lucca ties, cut the style of a Freuch pump, made of soft kid, hand sewed and fancy trimmed, only 9S cents, is another great bargain in our September sale.
 w. B. FENN & Go.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
THE QUANTITY.

Physicians say that eight-tenths of grain of arsenic is a small dose, but sufficient to cause death where the party is not addicted to the use of the substance; but arsenic en- ters into most of the soft tissues by absorp- ton. The lungs and liver absorb consider able quantities. It is evident enough that if three quarters of a grain was found, suf6- cient quantities of arsenic were taken into the stomach to prove fatal. I believe that the minimum dose that has proved fatal is two grains. If two grains had been taken, three-quarters of grain is probably all that would have been found. Post-Anortem ap- pearances and pathological conditions of the stomach are not uniform. Arsenic is a very peculiar agent, and there are great differ ences on record of its effect In some cases very large doses are taken with no effect the stomach readily throwing of the poison. In other cases very small doses prove fatal. A physician who attended Jennie Cramer says her complexion had been of that peculiar tint ever since he knew her, and that in all his treatment he never once entertained the suspicion that she ate arsenic. In the Massa- chusetts Hayden trial, which took place about the same time as our own, series of cases of arsenic eating and specific doses were instanced Arsenic is readily removed. by the urine, bile and skin. There are instances recorded where the presence of arsenic has been traced in the urine sixteen days after it was taken into the stomach. The Styrian peasants are said to be great arsenic eaters; it is so admitted by scientific persons, be- lieve. Arsenic has tendency to cleanse the skin and is largely employed in skin dis eases
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

Misses pebble goat, low button shoes, make good school shoes for the next two months We have good stock on hand at $1. 10 per pair. w. B. FENN & Go.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

Boys calf button and lace shoes make the best shoes for school We have shoe made for us with special reference to durability, but not clumsy or hard to the feet.
 au31 Ct w. B. FENN IS Go.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
AFTER THE OPERA,

Tomorrow and Wednesday evenings, with matinee on Wednesday afternoon, MT. A. O. Gunter's great comedy, ''After the Opera, will be presented at Carl1s Grand Opera House. This play comes direct from Park Theatre, Boston, where it has had a great runsm The play will be presented under the personal supervision of MT. Gunter, the author, by distinguished artists. Reserved seats are on sale at Loomis'.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

Ladies' fine kid opera slippers with satin bows at 98 cents. This shoe would be cheap
 at $1 50, and has never been sold less than that price until this sale.
 w B FENN & Go.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05

The utmost interest was felt in the city to learn the verdict, and the arsenic question has excited considerable discussion, but the question is raised if Jennie Cram CT was not an arsenic eater. This is discredited by some, by others thought quite probable.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
HOME AGAIN.

After temporary removal in conseq uence of fire, have returned to my old store 36 Center street which has been retitted and refurnished have also added stock of fine goods, which shall be pleased to furnish my customers.
 iy3O stf A THILI.