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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
Squire McCleIlan,s Wood.sled.

1rODaDly the largest WoOQ-sleu ever Dulll
in--county was one devised by Squire
John McClellan-a great uncle of Gen, Geo,
B. Mcclellan
For number ofyears it was one of the
local curiosites fthe town of Woodstock,
Conn.,, the early home of the Mcclellan
family. The narrators father, who saw it
frequently when boy, says it was well
nigh thirty-two feet in length by three in
breadth. The beams were of squared eight
inch timber with studs to match and the
"shoes," or runners, were over foot in width.
For drawing it, there were two "tongues,"
or poles, in the forward end.
1t was never used save ON one special oc-
casion, when the team consisted of fifteen
yoke ofoXen.
The story of its origin is as follows:
In the parish where Squire Mcclellan
resided it was the custom, every winter, for
such of the men who had wood-lots to give
the parson n cord of hickory wood, each, and
thus make up to him winters supply of
fuel. The squire, in particular, was always
punctual in December with his cord of nicely
prepared hickory.
In that parish there was man who had
the reputation of being snug" niggardly,
and apt to shrink his due share of the burden
ofpaying the minister Indeed his remis-
ness in this matter had been standing
grievance in the place for many years
One autumn, there was a revival of religi-
Gus interest in the place, and many members
OF the church were stimulated to earnest
labor, and to live more strictly. Among
these was the penurious man above alluded
to, whom we may conveniently designate as
Brother z. ,-....
Not a little to the establishment ofhis neigh
bors who had ample experience of his miser-
ly dealing, he arose in prayer meeting one
night, and exhorted to liberal giving, not
only to the parson, but to all benevolent OBJ
jects. Waxing exceedingly earnest in Ian
guage and tone, he declared among other
things, that he would that winter give the
minister load ofwood "Yea, brethren" he
exclaimed, "the Lord has opened my heart
will give him load of wood, and big one.
will give him the biggest load you can
draw from my woods to his yard +"
This unexpected outburst from so drou-
thy a source was the parish wonder for q
week, Many thought Brother Z-must be
near his end.
Truly" said Squire McClellan,-at the
deacons meeting,-"the Lord must have
opened Brother Is heart; but" he added
with Characteristic Scotch shrewdness, "itm may
close soon, and it may never open again. 1t
behooves us in the parsons interest, to avail
ourselves OF IL. Let uS build sled that will
carry ten cords and do If Mt once
So thought the others The monster sled
was privately hit exneditiouslv framed in n
back ward and early one snow morning in
December Brother was amazed TO see
drive to his door annarentlv nil The ox.teams
in town. drawing The titanic sled accom-.
panied by n shouting throng of teamstcrs md
all the small boys in the parish.
The squire was riding on the sled "We'ye
come for the narsnn's Load If wood Rrotbe,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
VARIETIES.

There is every indication that the Capt.
toll at Albanywill tumble down soon, and there
is great uneasincss in the State of New York
for fear it will fall when the Legislature is
not in session, and thus be total waste
Detroit Free Press.
If newspaper should contain all things
that all its readers want it to print, it would
have to be bigger than a bedspread. If it
should leave out all that each of its readers
docs not wish to read, it would be blank
paper-BostOn Transcript.
Little Jimmy is laid up with measles
and suffers a good deal, but when he was
asked how he liked the measles, he bright
ened up and exclaimed 1.-THE doctor says
/ can't go to school for week or two-
That's how | like it."-Galreston NeacS.
"A young lady and her father were look
ing at druggist, who was very nicely bal
ancing the delicate little scales on which the
prescription was being weighed. "How
precise how fine! how little |" said the girl.
Eyes" said the father, "but he will not do
so with the BILL"
Mr.. Lincoln used to tell story about a big
Hooser who came to Washington during the
war, and called on street Arab for shine.
Looking Mt the tremendous boots before him
he called out to n brother sinner across the
SohS ofSi tht iiNip, w
an army contract"
Its little wonder that man isn't encour-
aged to use his energies toward crowdng the
opposite sex ahead mentally, and socially,
when he occasionally sees one of her at
tempts to throw stone at hen in the
garden, resulting in the breaking of pane
of plate glass in house across the way.
When Col Scion gets to arguing with a
person, you can no more convince him he
is wrong than you can your wife that fry
ng-pan is more becoming than n seal skin
sacque. Yesterday he came into the office and
said "Well, I'm tired. I've just made
the sircumfence ofthe town" "The circum-
ference of the town, you mean, Colonel" we
mildly suggested. didn't l say sircum-
fence?' "You did, Colonel" "Then meant
sircumfence" "But you didn't pronounce
the word properly, Colonel" "Who says
didn't p yelled the Colonel "Why, Webster's
dictionary says So" "And | say sircumfence
is right Doggone it, amt | old enough to
know?" Certainly, but Webster disagrees
with you as to its pronunciation" Sand, sir"
said the Colonel rapping his cane on the floor,
land want you to understand, sir, that
disagree with Webster, by gum F-Oa City
Derrick.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21

COUNTY NEwsPAPERs.-The following is
what the Cincinnati 1rude List thinks of
those characters who complain oftheir cOun-
ty papers, and thus help to sustain them:
"a gentleman writes to us that his county
paper is so poor that he has stopped il; there.
fore sends us three dollars for the Trade List
We repeat that we don't want subscribers on
these terms, A mans county paper is worth
the world, or if it is not it is his fault If
the county paper is properly encouraged it
may be replied upon for information of more
value to the people in whose interests it is
issued, than can be found in all the city pa
pers in the United States No man can afford
to be without the paper that furnishes the
official advertisements OF his county, the pub
lie sales, markets, court news and other local
intelligence. If the paper is poor the people
are more at fault than the publishers, for not
giving it liberal patronage. However poor
the county paper may be, it is always worth
more than 1t costs to those interested in the
affairs of the county"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21

| have always made it point to agree
with my wife. discovered in the first open
mutiny that it saved queensware, and pre-
vented the abnormal development of my
chronological protuberances, and when Mrs.
Adams signified that we ought to have a
COW, | said YES" and wondered why had
so long neglected 10 provide COW.
"You see, dear" said Mrs. A., at costs us
90 cents day now for the milk we use, and
it's not always of the best quality, either
Twenty cents n day-thats $73 year
enough to buy two or three COWS, such as
would do our family. And then l would so
enjoy getting up early these mornings, and
going out to the pen and milking the cow
contemplation oft"
1--WE will have cow" / said, and remem-
bered that my neighbor Hudspeth had men
toned to me only last week that he had a
COW to sell-a blooded long horn he called
her-and, taking the hired man with me, af-
ter breakfast | went to Hudspeth, to nego-
tiate for n COW. Knowing human weakness
when it grappes with the yielding capacity
of COW, would save Hudspeth from hope
less perjury, and | said:
"Hudspeth, let us be men in this business
Now, don't want a four gallon cow, nor
twelve quart COW, nor even one gallon cow
If you will guarantee your COW to furnish my
family with three quarts of milk day"
"Three quarts Why man she'll give"
"Hudspeth" said frigidly ~ did not ex-
pect this fyou. / want three quart cow
will buy your COW rs three quart COW !;
and if she gives five quarts, or is able to run
u cheese factory by herself, all right; will
build the cheescry, and we will divide the
profits. But if your COW should fail to sup
ply my modest demand"
Fail Well, if she don't give"
There, that will do, Hudspeth," said
ard, instructing him to deliver the COW and
calf to the hired man, went down town to
the office.
When | returned at noon | found Mrs
Adams experimenting the erection of cow
shed with rail enclosure. The hired man
would bring the COW home in the evening
At dinner my wife was enthusiastic over the
COW. She even got so far as to hint about
opening dairy for the purpose of supplying
few of the more intimate neighbors with
pure milk.
THAT is a good idea" | said land will
consult with the various hotels, restaurants
and confectioneries to furnish the milk for
ice cream and so forth" and went down
town.
When | got home in the evening the COW
was there, and the pen was surrounded by q
number of my wiie's female friends, with
more or less children, who were critically in
speeding the cow.
"She is a little nervous" said my wife, land
| will not milk her until morning. She will
be used to the place by that time"
"a little absinthe will quiet her." / said,
"Perhaps you had better give her some"
My suggestion was oyerruled by my wife's
friends.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
Farm Notes.

Calves in winter need good feed, better
than yearlings.
In purchasing bulbs buy mixed ur;e-
ties.
Never breed from vicious sire; temper
is hereditary in animals rs well as in man.
The presence of the red spider in hot
house is an indication that the air is too dry.
1t is said that 90 100000 bushels of the
present years wheat crop will be exported
in the form of flour.
"A correspondent of the Raral Messenger
has had good results from the application Of
lime, wood ashes and old iron put around the
roots of fruit trees that were not doing well,
thus restoring the trees to healthy condi-
ton and improving the quality of the fruit
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21

-"Oh, Ami" cried gentle Kitty Clyde, "if
any man should foller. and ask me to become
his bride, | Think know I'd hobart"
"A tutor of college, lecturing young
man on the irregularities ofhis conduct, add
ed with great pathos:
"The report of your vices will bring your
fathers gray hairs in sorrow to the grave"
81 beg your pardon, sir" replied the
pupil "my father wears wig"
"A Philadelphia miser, wanting dog to
guard his property, selected bob-tailed one,
his theory being that the cxertion of wag-
cling long tail would increase the dogs APP
petite PHILADELPHIA News.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-01-21
Earmers' Column.
Speed the PIOaU.o

We would be pleased to have, every week, for
this column, articles of practical nature from
the farmers of the county.1
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02
Challenge Accepted.

The Bodie Free Press says that James
Pascoe, the famous Cornish wrestler, has
accepted the challenge of Red McInnis to
wrestle him, Cornish style, two best in
three, for $500 a side, the match to come
off within two months from the signing OF
the agreement, as the challenge reads. Nc
Innis has nearly recovered from the in
jury to his shoulder, received in the last
bout with Pascoe, and will probably be
strong enough to renew the contest within
a few weeks. The parties will probably
meet within a few days, arrange the time
and details, put up the usual forfeit, and
the match will undoubtedly be one OF the
most exciting ever witnessed in Bodie, as
both parties are determined to win, and
the respective friends Of each feel certain
that their man will get away with the
stakes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

The Lyon County Times says the Carson
and Colorado Railroad is still pushed to-
ward Hawthorne-its present objective
point-at the rate of a mile and a quarter
per day. The end of the track is now
about ffty-ive miles from the Mound
House, and fifty from Dayton.
The Reno Gazette states that the local
contractor is making good progress in
grading the first three miles of the Nevada
and Oregon Railroad north of Reno. He
has thirty-five men now at work on the
second mile. His contract does not call
for the completion Of the work until April
10th. Grading is easy, as there is no frost
in the ground, nor ice on the surface.
The Reno Journal is authority for the
statement that " there is a project on foot
for the construction of a railroad from
Oakland to Bridgeport, and thence through
Nevada to connect with the Nevada South
ern, which runs south from Austin. Mr..
Carsedo, an engineer late in the employ Of
the Nevada and Oregon, writes to o friend
in Reno that he has been engaged to con-
duct the preliminary survey.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02
Drinking to XIII.

The quantity of alcoholic liquor that
is sufficient to kill, if taken at a single
draught, is being determined satisfactorily
by actual experiment. The other day an
aged colored man in Texas drank three
pints Of whisky and fell dead. A German
paper now tells Of a who has made
a similar experiment in tavern in the vii
lage Of Wirritz near Breslau, where she
and her husband, being engaged jointly as
travelling vendors Of lampblack-a bust
ness that is a recognized specially in Ger
~many-had put up for the night. The feat
was occasioned by a boast made by her in
the course Of conversation with a number
of tavern ~loungers that she could drink a
pint of brandy at a single draught il any
of her hearers had the ability to pay for
it. The offer was taken up and she slowed
the brandy away as proposed without
winking. Then, however, she sat down
and covered her face with her hands, and
when, after some time, her husband. be-
coming alarmed, tried to arouse her, it
was discovered that she was dead.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

GENERAL H%ILLHoUsE, Assistant Treas
urer at New York, gives notice that re.
Gently many United States notes, mostly
os, have been rejected at his office for the
reason that such notes have not been
complete, but have been composed of
parts OF separate notes pasted together.
These notes have been tempered with for
fraudulent purposes; are shorter than the
genuine. and when composed of pieces of
less size than a full half-note, are worth.
less, as the department declines to- re.
deem less than a half-note, unless it can
be shown by satisfactory affidavit that
the missing portion has been completely
destroyed.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

Parties from Candelaria, says the Vir-
ginia Chronicle, report that on Wednes-
day last q serious shooting affray occurred
at Belleville between ex-Justice of the
Peace Archie Turner and Ramon Monte
negro, in which the latter was shot through
the arm and received a bullet wound in
the groin that will probably prove fatal.
This is about all the information received,
and it is not known how the difficulty
arose nor whether the wounded man fired
a shot or not. Montenegro is a sport and
saloon keeper in Belleville, and is we'll
known in Bodie, where he formerly re-
sided. He killed a man in Candelaria
about two years ago, and has for a long
time enjoyed q reputation as a gun-fghter.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02
PACIFIC COAST ADvIcES.
CALIFORNIA
y. Adep.aorfer Aeeidentally
Drowned Death Of JONI" w.
DwineIie, Esq.


Especial to the SENTINEL
SAN Francisco, Feb. 1. zachariah
Adelsdorfer, Of the firm OF A~deisdorier
Bros, is supposed to have been drowned
at the Neptune Baths, North Beach, yes
terday. His clothing and jewelry were
found in the bathhouse, but his body has
not yet been found. A strong current
runs near the shore, and the body is quite
likely carried away.
A Benicia dispatch reports that John W.
Dwinelle, a prominent lawyer OF this city
was drowned at Port Costa last Friday.
From all the information obtainable it ap-
pears that Mr.. Dwinelle was last seen
walking near the edge Of the wharf by the
captain of the ferry steamer Solano, who
a moment afterwards missed him from the
position he had been in, but did not see
him fall, and did not know at the time
who he was. His friends in the city ex-
press the belief that the report is true, and
explain that as he was subject to attacks
of vertigo he probably fell into the water
from that cause. Deceased had been Mayor
Of Oakland, was Regent Of the State Uni
versity, and drew the charter for that in
stitution while a member of the Legislature.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

THE Harrisburg correspondent of the
New York Herald represents a politician
as saying: "Where are the great men
Of Pennsylvania, you ask? Well, there
are none, and there never were any. l
do not know how to account for it, but
that big State never had a great man I'M
less she borrowed him. A good many
years ago at a public dinner in Philadel-
phia, I think it was, Mr.. George Tichnor
Curtis, or some other man Of a sharp
tongue, late in the evening gave as a toast:
The three great statesmen Of Pennsyl-
vania-Benjamin Franklin of Massachu-
sets, Albert Gallatin Of Switzerland,
and Gouverneur Morris of New York.
and it is unpleasant to me, as a Pennsyl-
~vanian, to confess that we have not got
any further than that yet"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02
congressman Borrowing Money.

There is q class Of Congressman and Off
cials who are always on the borrow, and
who as q rule sell their pay a month or two
before they earn 1t. The business of buy
ing this class Of orders has grown so large
that at least a half dozen bankers are
openly engaged in it. Each of them has a
life insurance agency attached, and when
they advance large sums they require the
borrower to get his life insured for the
benefit Of the lender, as security, besides
giving. an order on his salary. The pawn
brokers formerly did this business; and
feeling that it is going away from them,
they are making efforts to secure the pass
age Of a law requiring that bankers en-
gagged in such business to take out the
same pawnbroker's license that they are
forced to pay. One broker loans out on
orders Of this kind on an average Of S10.-
600 per month. Several Of the note
shayers who operate among department
clerks in small amounts loan out from
$4,000 to 81, 700 per month. The interest
on all sums under 800 is ten per cent per
month, and on all sums over that, except
when a special contract is made, it is five
per cent per month.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

Mr.. BURDETTE in a lecture at Hart.
ford, Connecticut, said: "This is Hart.
ford-you can get insured here in any
way and for anything you wish-mutual,
endowment, tontine, accident, intention
al, nomadic, d~ifferential, protoplasmic,
Baptist, Old School Presbyterian, Con-
gregational, Bob Ingersoll, Renaissance,
Gothic, Byzantine, Greenback, compos.
lite, Corinthian, Scotch, cheviot. gossa.
mer, seamless, new Wheeler & Wilson.
barbed wire, liver pad and hard finish.
1t is the central and distributing point
for the entire insurance business of
America. No insurance company is gem
uine unless Hartford is blown upon the
bottle"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

THEY had a bribery case at Plymouth.
England. The elected M. P. was proved
to have bribed with money, and also to
have given s'coals and other gifts with a
political object" The judge was OF
Roman type. The prosecution before him
outraged his dearest emotions, but he
unseated the successful politician who got
his seat by giving bride; but he also read
a lecture to the inhuman and unreason-
able people who had brought the matter
to his notice. He said "The petition
ers, actuated, as / think and believe, by
party spirit, have succeeded in depriving
not only the poor and needy of all creeds
and denominations, religious and politi-
cal, in Plymouth, but also the inhabitants
at large, of a good friend and generous
benefactor. and the majority of the con-
s~tituency Of a representative whom they
had elected, and of whom they had good
reason to be proud" Should like to have
that Judge sit at a trial of some Ameri.
can Congressman.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

EASTERN INTELLIGENCE.
THE GRAND INAUGURAL BALL
The Most Elaborate Occasion In the
History Of the Country.
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO Be DECORATED.
A GRAND MILITARY DISPLAY.
GEN HANCOCK TO BE IN AT
TENDANCE.


Especial to the Sc STrNEL.I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Inaugural
ball promises to be a grand success. and
every endeavor is being made to make 1t
tba most elaborate occasion of the kind in
the history Of the country. In view OF the
expenses attending the preparations no
complimentary tickets will be issued ex-
cept to President elect Garfield and family.
Work on the decoration of Pennsylvania
Avenue will be commenced at once. Ihe
escort of the President elect will consist OF
90. 900 militia and IA companies OF regular
troops and marines. Previous to the ball
a reception will be held in the Museum
building by General and Mrs. Garheid,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, and General and MRS.
Grant: General Hancock has also been IN
yited to take part in the reception, n IL
is thought from assurances received by the
committee that he will accept. General
Sherman will be Grand Marshal of the pa
rade, and will make a presentation at the
reception.
How Infants ire Buried i'm new
1OHhs
New YoRK, Feb. 1.-The Herald says !:
The story would be incredible, but for its
being officially authenticated, that in this
CITY there is a class Of men calling them
selves undertakes who make a business OF
obtaining certain sums of money from i'm
poverished and bereaved parents to bury
their infant offspring. After the funeral
they deposit the nude body of the babe in
an old cast-off box in the yard of the Com
m~issioners of Charities and Correction for
transfer in the dead wagon to the morgue.
What becomes of the tiny remains after
that is a matter for speculation, but the
Herald strongly intimates that they go to
the dissecting table.
Senator Jones' Arrival at Washing
o n
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-Senator Jones ar
rived here to-day from Nevada, via New
York City. where he spent yesterday. His
temperance in the Senate was hailed with
pleasure by his numerous friends on both
sides of the Chamber. He arrived in good
time to participate in the discussion of the
Chinese treaties, and in the proceedings
of the Finance Committee on the Funding
bill.
A Negro Lynched.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 1.-Abe Twiggs, colored,
was lynched in Burke county ON Thursday
night. He testified against his brothers,
Nose and Frank, in their recent trial for
murder, and it is supposed that he was
lynched by negroes.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-02

Dan de guile says mournfully sour
people still continue to take a melancholy
interest in stocks. By twos and tbrees
they are to be seen scanning the bulletin
boards, gloomily and in silence. They
have learned to respect each others feel
ings. If anything is said at such times IL
is in keeping with the occasion-is nothing
to harrow up old recollections or hurt the
feelings. A man so unfeeling as to attempt
Q joke would have his head knocked of IN
half & minute"