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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27
VARIETIES.

Shades of night-window curtains.
Sheet music-children crying in bed
"A moose paper-a marriage certificate.
The cause of woman suffragc-scarcity
ofhusbands.
There is something in store for us all,
but it takes money to persuade the clerk to
hand it out.
What should you do if you split your
sides with laughter? Run till you get
stitch in them.
Take care Ofthc pennies, and your wife
will take care of the dollars every time she
wants n new bonnet.
~ am afraid" said lady to her husband,
"that | am going to have Il stiff neck" Not
at all improbable, my DEAR" replied her
spouse; 81 have seen strong symptoms of it
ever since we were marriedp
After supper ut n ball He-"Without
joking, Elise, do adore you. When look
at you, there is such commotion in my
breast !" She-"And in mine, too, Henri it
must be the lobster salad p
When the Derrick man put on his last
years white vest he found roll of bills in
one of the pockets, amounting to about $3.50,
which he had forgotten. p. S,-None of
them were receipted.--OR city De'7fch
The man said he couldn't hire the appl-
cant Said the young man: 81 can prove
that I'm perfectly honest" "Yes, know"
said the other. "That's the trouble; you see
I'm in the ice business. "-Boston Post
Boomerang: II wish to heaven had
gentleman opposite me" said an irritable
old fellow at dinner party "Why should
you wish such thing ~ was the retort you
cannot be more opposite to gentleman that
you are at present, "-BOSt0B transcript
Years ago when Constables were COM
PEELED not only to serve writs but to bring
the prisoner with them a CERTAIN dignitary of
Queen Anne's was ordered to serve n summons
on a debtor. The debtor seeing the Consta.
bic approaching sought to evade the sum-
mons by taking to his heels. The Constable
however, was not to be thus bafiled, and
struck out after him. The debtor ran across
the field until he came to q ditch, when, see
ing plank, he quickly spanned the ditch
with it and over this impromptu bridge he
fled and on into marsh. The Constable
could not follow and of course the writ had
to be returned. He returned it with this re-
markable endorsement: Ditchum plaRkum,
marShum, nOH-cOmG-dt.dJb This lisa yarn
told by the st. Michael's Comet.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27

The spirit of mortalmay not be very proud,
but we notice it wakes overly profane in
some cases where rheumatism is the moving
cause. We use st. Jacobs Oil for ours and
are happy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27

WHAT CAUSES THE RoT.-Betwcen sleeps
hoofs small aperture may be seen, called
the bi1ex canal, whose office it is to secrete
an oily fluid for the purpose of lubrcating
the skin between the hoofs, it being called
into action every step the sheep takes in
procuring food. Therefore when perpetual
ly wet or constantly dirty the parts swell,
ana the secretion spoken of is stopped or re-
tarded, and hence not only is the skin depriv-
ed OF the oily secretion, but the secretion
itself becomes an irritant of the glands which
secretcd it. Inflammation of the parts is the
consequent result, hence foot rot, which, UNI
less retarded and remedicd, very soon de-
stroys not only the hooGs but the glands, and
perhaps the coronary border which secretes
the hoofs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27
1872 NORTH GAY STREET.
Samuel s. Ely

I'VE have had dealings with Mr.. Ely for a num-
Der of years and have found him reliable in every
respect. -EDIToRl octl9
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27

They tell it on one of our citizens who was
ambling towards his place of business, that
he was approached by a lady acquaintance
of the family, who said; "Mr.---, hear
you are suffering from rheumatism, is it so ~
"Rumor it's nm" said our citizen of few
words as he proceeded on his way. Over in
Chicopee our neighbors and friends have
been having quite time with rheumatism
but according to reports received by our rep
resentative the furry is over, as the sure anti
dote has been used and thus commented upon
Mr.. G. N Manchester, Cutler street, says re-
lative to his experience: have used st,
Jacobs Oil, and esteem it the best remedy for
rheumatism / have ever tried. 1t acts like
magic, and | cannot over estimate its value,
when l pronounce it the greatest rheumatic
remedy of the age.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27
POPPLEIN
SiIiCated Phosphate Co.,

OIIlce lSS w. Baltimore St.,
Under Americdn Farmer, Baltimore.
BooTHBY HILL, HARFoRD Co.. Md.
GenHemea: Ihave used your Slicated Phosphate
lori Ior me last four years upon my Egyptian Sweet
Corn, trophy Tomatoes, Lima Beans and Pota-
toes and can truly say | have never found any
other Phosphate to equal it..
II produces the largest crops, makes flrmer fruit
ana OF better flavor, than any other kind
On account of its fine mechanical condition, abb
sence OF moisture and odor, it is easily distributed
and pleasant to handle.
| used twenty tons upon nv Sweet Corn
the past season, and never had larger or finer
yield. Yours, truly,
S.N HYDE.
PoRr DEPOSIT, MD, January 4, 1881.
MIR. JOHN +, MARSHALI:
Dear Str-This is to certify that have used the
Popplein Silicated Phosphate bought of YOU for
the results have been highly satisfactorv If is
decidedly the best fertilizer | ever used. and /
nave used several standard brands have tested
md where used the Popplein my crops mature
better and the vines especially tomatoes bear
much longer, and the fruit is of superior quail
w.. Where used 1t on cabbage they were twice
as large as where there was none put Another
good thing can say in favor of this fertilizer is
mat mat can put my plants or seed in the same hill
Wlth the phosphate without any injury to the
plant or seed: This have tried to perfection.
very truly JOSEPH STEBBING.
DELAWARE COLLEGE EXPERIMENTAL FARM,
p,, e,,,,, M Newark. Del, April 8, 1881.
I0lpfetn SAtcdted Phosphate COnlpdny
Gentlemen have used your Fertilizer for four
years past on the entire range of field and garden
crops, and always with the most satisfactory re-
suits.
have found it especially adapted to the growth
of potatoes and Sugar Beets and my crop last sea-
son of over twelve hundred bushels of these roots
was grown with this fertilizer, and their quality
may be inferred from the fact that, in a strong
competition, received six first premiums at the
last fair of the Peninsula Agricultural and Po-
moogical Association for the largest and best dis
play or root crops. The splendid mechanical con-
dition in which your Fertilizer is furnished, and
Its uniform quality, as determined by annual
analysis IN the State Laboratory of Delaware
CollelEe, render it most valuable to our farmers
and fruit-growers. Yours, respectfully,
EDWARD ID. PORTER
Professor of Agriculture
Dealers in FERTIILZING MATERIALS generally
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1netical.
For The 1EgiS and httiligencer.
ASTEROS: OR BITTER LOVE.
[tmtiHued.l
CANTILENA II.
A LOST STAR.

Radiant in beauty, thou contest again;
But not as the star Of my hope and my love;
The FateS have restored thee, but only in vain
Aye, vain as my constancy also must prove!
On the brow of another thy radiance hath shone,
And thy light though it shineth, shines only for
him;
With him wilt thou traverse life's heavens, alone,
Where thine orbit, for me, must forever be dim !!
II.
Well-since it's so ordered, although ] have
dreamed,
Throughout the long years, that the Star would
return;
Yet. always, dreamed that the Star when it
cleaned,
For me, and me only, would faithfully burnt
I've watched for il sleepess, through day and
through night,
As waiting planet whose orbit is true;
But, while believed twas returning still bright,
1t shonc not on me, but on hemispheres new.
My vigils are ended-my watchings are DER,
And, down from the tower, reluctant, GO;
My heavens are clouded, from ocean to shore,
And the light of my planet | never shall know.
In the keep of my tower, secluded, I'll stay,
And con all the charts of my former delight;
And there, in the darkness, I'll fondly portray
The pictures of Memory, to brighten my night.
ALTON.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27

Phenomenal clock A gentleman, call
ing on farmer, observed; mr.. Jones, your
clock is not quite right, is it?" "Well, you
see, sir" said Mr.. Jones, nobody don't under
stand much about that clock but me. When
the hands of that clock stands at twelve, then
it strikes two, and then l know it's twenty
minutes to seven."-Detroa Free Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-05-27

Greedy grocer Ito farmers wife who is sup
plying him with butter "This pun O. but
ter is over LIGHT, gudewife." Gudewife
BLAINE yersep, then, I weighed it wi the
pun O. sugar gat frae We yestreen."
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29
The Comet.

The sensation of the week is neither so
cial nor political, but astronomical. Wholly
unannounced, one of those heavenly visi
tants which have always enkindled peculiar
emotions in the human mind has suddenly
flung out its luminous banner in the northern
heavens. The gaze of humanity has been
more steadfastly fixed on heaven during the
past week than since 1858, when the mag
nifcent comet Of that year blazed in the
evening skies, inspiring unfamiliar feelings
of awe in human breasts. The comet now
visible will strongly revive the recollections
of that brilliant celestial visitor. Astrono-
mers the world over are in furry over this
grand surprise and are busily engaged in
examining the credentials of the stranger,
which they have not yet been able to make
out. 1t first appeared to the naked eye in
the northwestern skies on the evening OF
the oath, displaying a train about five de-
grees broad and twenty in length when seer
under favorable conditions of darkness. As
the descent of the comet is in the north
west, its temperance is in the northeast
ern horizon where it may be seen after one
o'clock in the morning. 1t is a silent, beau
tiful visitor, and being harmless one, in
volving no disagreeable sderial dead-locks,
like the political discords that afllict this
mundane sphere, it is exceedingly welcome.
Its mortal admirers will bid it reluctant
goodbye and wish it happy voyage among
the viewless spheres of infinite space.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29
Going Into the Country.

Mr. Editor 1t has become common practice,
especially among those living in cities, Of going
into the country to spend portion OF the hot
days Of summer among their friends and. as the
saying is, have good time generally. That is
all well enough unless 1t is carried too far by
staying so long and causing so much work to wait
upon them as to make those whom they visit
twice glad. But surely no one that is human will
object to seeing his friends and will try to make
1t pleasant for them for reasonable length of time
say for one week or 30; but on the other hand
let those who 60 for a visit be human also and
remember that 1t is the busiest part OF the year
with the farmer, and those doing work in the
house have enough to do without being overbur-
dened with visitors. as il often the case, on ac-
count OF some old acquaintance, or cousin or
uncle or aunt For surely one week is enough
for any one to stay in place, and then, to see
one or more arrive with monumental trunk
large enough for a tenement packed full OF cloth
ing, one may as well make up his mind that he
has summers job on his hands II he is able to
live through it. We have often seen hints OF this
kind thrown out in the papers, but many seem to
think 1t was not intended for them; and surely it
is not, for only those who intend going to stay
long enough to wear out those who have the job
OF waiting upon them, and when they come to
leave will say, "Well Aunty, we have had a
good time and hope to come again another sum-
mer and have another just as good" Now what
we have to say is. 60 and stay long enough to
make good visit and then go home or some
where else, so that your friends will not think
you will never come again, as the prospect is you
will never leave. COUNTRY.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29
That Divorce Case.

In the case OF Pond Us. Pond to which allusion
was made last week, Judge Field refused to grant
the petition for divorce, remarking that even IL
the testimony OF Mrs. Pond were entirely ex-
cluded the libelant had failed properly to sub
stantiate his charges. In respect to the defend
ants adventures after leaving Montpelier the Judge
could see no reason why at that time Mrs Pond
should falsify In regard to her health II she was
sick. ~ the physician testifes, 1t was extremely
improbable that she was guilty of any crime, and
her short acquaintance with Mr.. Ely-Goddard
rendered the allegation still more improbable.
Her "ill health and brief acquaintance with
Mr.. Ey-Goddard seem 10 have been the strong
points in Mrs. Ponds defence, so far as the Grim
inal connection charged with that individual h
concerned. These facts being deemed sufficient
legally to establish Mrs. Ponds innocence, Is 1t
impertinent to ask why this gilded gentleman
who so CALAMITY and generously, it Is claimed,
came to her aid when she was friendless and pen
niless, did not appear in her defence when she
was charged In a court of law with an Infamous
crime In which he was alleged to be guilty ac-
compiler II innocent he Of all men in the world
could prove 1t by appearing in court and frankly
telling the whole story under oath. "Dldn'i
want to get mixed up In the AFFAIR."" But the
lady, through his oiilcious charity, got badly
linked up" In charge Of most serious breach
OF the laws OF God and man, and he then aban
doned her In her hour of greatest need and peri
to save his own respectability." Could Their,
be stronger ciIcumstantial proof than by such
iiimsy pretext to seek to cover the cowardicI
born OF conscious guilty The true history O
that November nights doings apparently remain
10 be told.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29
Jeff Davis New Book.

This long deferred publication is receiv
ing liberal criticism even by some of the of
fcers who held high stations in the confed
crate service. The burden of their uncom
plimentary comment is that such and such
| a statement is "not true" is false" and
the like. But who could reasonably expect
him to write an impartial history of the
great rebellion He is really monomaniac
on the subject Of the lost cause" so that
he is utterly incapable either of apprehend-
ing or of writing its true history. No one
should get excited over his book any more
than over the rawlings of any other maniac.
The story of his final capture as given in
his book is as follows:
MY horse and those Of my party proper were
saddled preparatory to start, when one Of my
staff, who had ridden into a neghboring village
returned and told me that he had heard that
marauding party intended to attack the camp that
night. This decided me to wait long enough to
see whether there was any truth in the rumor
which supposed would be ascertained in few
hours. My horse remained saddled and my pis-
tolls in the holsters, and lay down. fully dressed
to rest. Nothing occurred to arouse me until lust
before dawn, when my coachman. q free colored
Hhdn VINO laltnIully chung 10 our fortunes, came
and told me there was firing over the branch, Just
behind our encampment. | stepped out of my
wifes tent and saw some horsemen, whom i'm
mediately recognized as cavalry, deploying around
the encampment turned back and told my wife
these were not the expected marauders but regu-
lar troopers. She implored me to leave her at
once. hestated from unwiingness to do SO,
and lost few precious moments before Welding
to her importantly. My horse and arms were
near the road on which | expected to leave and
down which the cavalry approached. 1t was
therefore impractcable to reach them. | was
compelled to start In an opposite direction As it
was quite dark in the tent, picked up what was
supposed to be my raglan "a waterproof light
overcoat without sleeves. 1t was subsequently
found to be my wife's, so very like my own as to
be mistaken for it, As started my wife thought
fully threw over my head and shoulders shawl
had gone perhaps fifteen or twenty yards when
a trooper galloped up and ordered me to halt and
surrender, to which gave defiant answer and
dropping the shawl and raglan from my shoulders
toward him. He leveed his carbne at
me, but expected If he fired he would miss me,
and my intention was in that event to put my
hand under his foot, and tumble him off on the
other side, spring into his saddle and attempt to
escape My wife who had been watching, when
she saw the soldier aim his carbine at me ran for
ward and threw her arms around me- Success
depended upon instantaneous action, and recog-
,izing that the opportunity had been lost turned
back, and the morning being damp and chilly,
'assed on to fire beyond the tent"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29
Items OF Interest,


ne oN,s'''io" run oweoen tnis year 1t Is ex-
''N''
HH."o'h"No" DiN'LEi OF Maine was nomin-
"'eu ''' 'o"s'e'' ''s' "eeA " succeed Mr. Frye.
The Rev Dr. Crosby has resigned the chancel-
'orshp OF the New York city university; the posi-
'''n VIII oe ''nuefeu 70 'ne new pr' 'ohn HAIL
BY the falling oil a railroad bridge in Mexico
last FRIDAY night over two hundred were killed.
ou' Oh the sixty persons saved alive, forty-one
were injured.
ihh largest tow OF iumoer frQm Michigan that
ever passed through the lakes arrived at Buffalo,
Monday, consisting OF 3,25O,OOO feet. 1t was car
ried by four barges and steamer.
IT is stated that the citizens purse of a quarter
million Of dollars to General Grant will not be
paid him until the return OF Mr.. George Jones OF
the New York Times from Europe in September
ENGLAND has well ON to a million of nrofes
sional paupers. At the commencement of mi.
wear thew averaged one To every twantv A Va nar-
sons. which il A terrible showing for the ,ichas,
country in tho world
AMONG the one hundred and eight nupls in ,bs
yerv successful school for Girls es,ahi,shad at
Mortified nv Mr. Moody are ffteen Indians who
are seeking an education in order IN become
teachers of their own race
o.. . ,
c.. r iAue". ~ oounS
"e..nN' "as oe.n "'los'eo 'o' senu,ns
Co.,, ,.s.,s.' r', $50, 80 -. ps u n's
- y. s 80 w. ''' ''-' eAe''o
MONEY Is oeihg Subscribed AT New York Tor the
construction OF an immense air-ship to determine
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29

The first postage stamp ever used in this
country is believed to have been brought
out in New Haven in 1876 by Z. A. Mitchell,
who was then the postmaster there. Mr..
Mitchell, in response to many complaints of
Inconvenience in paying postage at the de-
livery windows, as the office was sometimes
closed, and it took time at best, finally got a
stamp engraved and printed. These stamps
were sold at postage rates, and proved very
convenient. Mr.. A. L. Lines, an engraver
of New Haven, has found the original de.
sign. He had engraved it in 1916, and saved
it. The stamping tool was made for use as
cancellng stamp, is used now, and the let.
ters were engraved on brass. Recently Mr..
Lines showed his old design to Postmaster
Sperry of New Haven, who told him he had
been offered $500 for one of the impress
siops,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29

REV. Misunderstanding at a rancho on
the San Antonio river in Texas, a CORE
spondent of the Chicago Tribune saw the
handsomest hogs and horses he had come
across in that region. "The proprietor" he
says, "came out dressed in baggy, brown
pantaloons, bed ticking suspenders, and a
Yankee chip hat turned up behind like
Joshua Whitcomb's. He was very hand
some man-tall, muscular, with a manly
brow features fit for model, and rich,
full voice, which spoke pure English. !
thought at once what handsome man
How did you come down here on rancho?
My two men are sick and Pm working like
a slave myself he said. Yesterday dug
out that irrigating ditch, and I've drawn one
hundred seventy-one loads of manure this
spring myself, and spread it on the land
too" This agriculturist was the Rev. Ad
irondack Murray, formerly of Boston.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29

|
ner Inc essay, "Unwritten Music" by Ida X
Forrest OF Waterbury. was pleasing production
J ". ~ Doister Oh bellows fails appeared viii
| Inc fortitude OF our Ancestors" The orator
| had good degree of patriotism which will MI
| WAYS be anpreciated hv lovol boar,s d.,,,o.o, 4,
| nioosa,, s,-,. m -. a., 80, -. =,
| -, ''i'' o e''"s W "'ss Onrio W
| Sa'A VI montpeher, Inc ministry OF the Hand.
Inc subject was an odd selection, but the essay
| .'"e'' 'i"''', pi"no so'o, VASE bfii'
iian'e, -LysDerg,-by MT fiadley. The subject
| was given In Mr.. Hadleys own faultless STYLE His
appearance upon the alta ge il Of too occ,r
| renne IN mad oo,o,no,,, t~o,., a., - "a,
| = -, -. ~ P''oo' We WIN
| ~ 'V".'o'' 'na' 'no 'hs"'u''on may well De
PROUD OF MN. Inc Grafton, Progress OF Man, "
| = a., , s"'o ~" "'oou"'
VI 'e sraouai improvement OF the human race.
| lconoclasm," an essay by Miss Adde NJ Carl
| ton OF Waterbury Center was one Of decided In
terest and was stened IN with mn II, od ottan,io,
rar. p.,.,,.,,.- :, ,,,.-..... ,.,,
| oi u "oi'oe'o' uohNereu the next
| oraoon, fublic opinion. His subject was well
en' anu "o'i ue'''eu' ruohc opinion IL the
,Na'. po"er ~ every community mus Its
.onoo 70 e'e'y "nere 'e'' IL III the power be-
"i"u uio t"rohe' wherever we go we feel Its
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29

UNSOLICITED INTEREsT.-There lies in
the treasury department to-day fourteen
hundred thousand dollars of unclaimed in
terest on government bonds. This sum is
getting larger every day. This seems strange,
but it is true. This vast sum of money or
much of it can be drawn by simply asking,
by whoever is entitled to it and has the reg
istered bond on which the interest is due
and not paid. There are thousands of per.
sons who have bought bonds and not know
ing how to get the interest on them, prefer
to lose the same rather than to expose the
fact that they have the bonds. Others have
interest due on them and actually forget the
fact, and it lies in the treasury vaults wait
ing for them to apply for it. Should one OF
the clerks of the bond division inform a
person to whom interest is due of the fact
and the same should be discovered, he would
be instantly discharged.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-06-29

YORKTOWN, Governor Farnham held a consul
tation at Burlington last week with Quartermas-
ter-General Kingsley, Adjutant- General Peck and
Colonel George Y, Chids, chief OF staff, relative
to Vermonts representation at the Yorktown
celebration and the visitation of President Gar
field to Vermont The governor announces his
selection OF an escort for Yorktown to be the Ran
som Guards, Captain Stranahan Of st. Adams,
and the Estey Guards, Captain Estey OF Bratte-
boro. The detachment will probably be accom-
panied by band, although the state apprOpria-
ton, 81, 200, is too small 10 cover the expense,
large and fine side wheel cnasting steamer, the
Francis has been secured IA convey Vermonts
representatives from New London Ia Yorktown
and return The steamer has sulte-room accom-
modations for one hundred and twenty eight per-
sons, with additional births for nearly two hum
dred Civilians TO the number of two hundred
will be carried from New London and entertained
ON the boat at an expense not exceeding forty
dollars each.