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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

General Weaver addressed a large
audience in Philadelphia, April
I'D. The Greenbackers of the city
gave him a grand reception, with a
torchlight procession.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

The famous magnolia tree plan
ted by Washington at Mount Yer
non, in the last year of his life, 1899,
after fourishing for eighty-two
years, was killed by the bitter frosts
of the late unparalleled winter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
WEST VIRGINIA. FREEMAN
NEWS CULLINCS.

The health officer of Ironton, O.,
reported ten cases of smallpox in
that city last week.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

The wave of moral reform that is
sweeping over the country is
making prohibition an assured
fact. God speed the day.-SignaI,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18

It's wine makes swine of men,,
often times.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-05-18
RELIGIOUS.

Mrs. J Mitchell, wife of the pas
tor of Dickinson chapel, is lying
very i'll at her observation-disclosures
tom Leader.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
Ar Ancient anl yeuorable Tilo.

The most shocking bad hat seen in
America since Rip Van Wiui>ie awoke
from his long sleep i'll the Catskills was
exhibited at the american Office yester-
day by Mr.. D. L. Brown, of McMinn-
vile. Mr.. Brown has sold good many
rantrailroad tickets to immigrants
to the West from Tennessee, and one of
his queerest customers was an old citi-
zen of White County named VIM. L.
Lewis, aged "a years, the possessor OF
the venerable tile above referred to. Mr..
Brown was struck with its antiquated ap-
pearance, and asked the old man how
long he had worn it. The ancient i'm
migrant replied: "I've worn that ar
hat now forty-five years." Mr.. Brown
desired to obtain it, and the old gentle
man readily consented to give it up If
Mr.. Brown would show him where to
get q new one, which was done, and the
old citizen, with new hat and ticket
for "the Arkansas has journeyed
toward the setting sun. Mr.. Brown
has placed the old hat on exhibition at
the Exposition, where it will no doubt
attract curious and interested investiga-
ton. 1t is the most dilapidated speci-
men of old hat that has been seen for
many day. During the period of near
half century that it sheltered his
weather-beaten features the wearer had
never seen railroad or locomotive
until he came to McMinnYille the other
day.-NdShUilLe American.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
A Practical Temperance Lecture.

One of the most practical and COM
nonsense temperance lectures that we
have seen is contained in circulars
issued by Dr. F. J. Bancroft, surgeon of
the Denver and Rio Grande Road. 1t
is worth considering by everybody. The
circular says: "The continued or the
excessive periodical use of malt or alco-
holic liquors should be abstained from
by every one engaged in operating the
road, not only on account of the great
risks to life and property incurred by
intrusting them to the oversight of those
whose intellects may be dulled at times
when most care is needed, but also, and
essentially, because habitual drinking
has a very bad effect upon the constitu-
ton, which is serious matter to men so
liable to injury as railroad employees
always are. 1t so lessons the recupera-
tive powers of the body that simple
wounds are followed by the most serious
and dangerous complications. Fractures
unite slowly, if at all, and wounds of a
grave nature, such as those requiring
the loss of a limb, are almost sure to end
fatally. No employee can afford to take
such risks, and the railroad company
can not assume such responsibilities"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21

Intemperance sweeps away its thou
sands of lives and fills thousands of
hearts and homes with woe and mis-
cry. 1t causes more. than three-quarters
of all the poverty and crime of the
nation, while great moneyed corpora
tlons band together in brewers conven-
tions and liquor dealers associations,
reaching out their arms to every cross
roads in the land, to extend and deepen
that destructive vice out of which they
enrich themselves. And where is the
remedy? Where is the union of good
men? Where is the wise counsel and the
patient execution even of such laws as
we have for the protection of the I'M
fortunate? 1t looks as it did in the case
of slavery, as though the whole effort
for temperance were left in the hands of
the excitable, the fanatical and the ILL
judging, the great mass of Christian
people standing almost wholly aloof in
Indifference and encouragement. But
God is still over all, if we keep our sense
of it, and at some time he will appear to
his servants saying" Ihave seen, L have
seen the affiiction of my people, and 1
have heard their groanings and am
come down to deliver them. President
Cutler
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
A Fiery Cat.

They had a bilin' old time at the
West End recently. Mr.. Monkeys boy
took the family cat and rubbed phos-
phorus all over him. 1t was about night
fall when he completed the job and let
the cat go. The hoodoo began right
away. The cat got into barrel and
commenced to yowl, and that attracted
the attention of a bulldog, and he came
along and danced about and barked,
and got terribly excited. 1t was case
of s' dog in the light, cat in the shadder,
dog full of fight, cat growing madder."
Pretty soon the dog upset the barrel and
went in after the cat. But it was q sur
prise party for him. The phosphorus
glowed in the darkness and he beheld a
cat of fire. He came out of that barrel
and went off bowling as though a po-
iceman had stepped on him. Then the
cat went up on the roofs, where other
cats do congregate, and tried to chum
round with 'em. But it was no go.
They fled from him asif he were boot
jack. He didn't understand it and gave
chase, and there were about forty cats
on the roofs, and they were all scared
and fed from him, howling dismally !;
the noise was something fearful, so that
folks in the vicinity who heard it, were
scared and had cold sweats. The cats
continued to tear about and yell so that
it couldn't be endured. Mr.. Monkey
and others got up and went upon the
roofs with club. And ut first the sight
of fiery cat frigh-ened them, and one
lady who saw it screamed and fell
through a skylight aad nearly killed a
man sleeping beneath it, aud made him
think Mother Shipton was right. Final
ly, Mr.. Monkey and his friends made a
desperate charge on the fiery cat, and
the poor cat took a flying leap to
the street. He hit on /. policeman, saw
ing his life, but nearly soaring the Off
Ger out of his, rs he thought he was
struck by lightning. The cat jumped to
the ground and an astronomer came
along and took hiIs for an aerclite and
tried to pick him up. TO his amaze
ment the aerolite ran. Then he was
scared, too. Finally the cat got into q
haymow and somebody thought the
barn was afire, and they called out
the engines and got seven streams turned
on him. He fought well, but they fixed
him. And then Investigations showed
no fire, but only dead cat. And they
told the stableman he was q cross-eyed
fool to mistake a cats eyes for fire,
and so they left him. And all the West
End is talking of the mysterious fiery
cat, and only young Monkey under
stands the myStery.-B1SG03 Post.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
A Flunkey and . Sovereign.

Mr.. Lawrence jerome has just de-
parted for New York after somewhat
extended sojourn on this side OF the
water. Everybody knows of the jolly
Larry" and win therefore be able to
appreciate the following anecdote Of an
experience in London inimitably told by
himself. His niece, Leonard Jerome's
daughter, is the wife of Lord Randolph
Churchill, who also needs no introduc.
ton to American readers, and behold,
therefore, our friend Larry ct the por-
tails of their town house, accosting .
stately footman: p
"Is Mr.. Churchill ut homer"
CThe footman shivers.)
"Me Lud is in Ireland"
"Humph! What's he doing In LIS
landpn Et
CThe footman Is silent with horror.) J
Is Mrs. Churchill IMP"
(The footman quivers with indigna-
tion.) !;
"Me Lady, sir, is not down stairs
yet." /
"Not upl Humphl A pretty time
of day to Be in bedf Well, you Just tell
Mrs. Churchill
(The footman pales and Is about 10
summon assistance to eject the audaci-
Gus intruder when-a silvery laugh and
a voice floats down from over the banis-
ters, "I hear you, Uncle Larry! Coms
right ini''f
The footman, bowing low. /" Oh, sir,
me Lud! pardon me. II you please, M
Lud, this way. London Cor. Phsladst
pkjd Press.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
ALMA, Col, June "a, 1881.
To the Editor of the EsrKRPRrsK.

To the Editor Of the ENTERPRISE.
On my return to Alma / find wonder
full changes have taken place in the
months ago could have been bought for
few hundred dollars, and that are
now worth their thousands.
The Dolly Warden group was sold to
New York company for 100000 in
cash in the month of March, and there
are number. of other sales for large
amounts.
1t may be of some interest to your
readers to have n brief history of Park
County and its mining, which will try
to give.
Park County's history embraces a
period of twenty-five years, and covers
an important epoch in the mining his
tory of Colorado. Almost every pioneer
Of the Centennial State has been iden-
titled with its development at one time
or another. The '59-ers that trod the
sod of the beautiful South Park smile
with satisfaction and pleasure in remem-
brance of the days of auld lang syne.
From TarSyall to Graball, Fairplay to
Buckskin Joe, Old Mosquito to the banks
of Montgomery, are the old landmarks
of the old times, and the stories of the
pioneers would make folio after folio
for the history of both county and
State. Dating from the palmy days OF
the Phillips, Orphan Boy, War Eagle
| and other noted mines, Promenance has
been firmly established as a mineral
region of inexhaustable resources.
Some of her people have been enriched
without the investment OF a dollar, and
side investors have been benefited as
we'll.
1t is notable fact that in the region
where the greatest production of gold
occurred in the years from '59 to "a,
silver mines have since been discovered.
But ores now, however, are largely
associated with gold. The fact is proven
by the records of Gilpen, Clear Creek.
Summit, Lake, and all other counties,
or, to bring the matter down to local
illustration, the Mosquito and Buck
skin districts of Park County, made
wealthy and independent by the i'm
provement over the Mexican araster
used in treatment of ore, in which some
passed with a loss of fifty per cent of
mineral. We have the Improvement OF
amalgamatioR, which treats the ore at a
loss of only ten to twenty per cent,
which brings into market lower grade
ores with profit to the producer.
On Mt. Bross, and lying next to the
celebrated Moose and Dolly Warden
mines, is the Silver. King group of ten
claims, belonging to the Vanderbilt
consolidation. The group is attracting
a great deal of attent ion in mining cir
cles, as it is expected that one of the
two tunnels now being driven into the
mountain will tap the mother vein OF
wealth of the Dolly Warden and Moose
The Silver King group shows greater
surface indications, of mineral wealth
than any property in this section.
/ Truly, not one-half of the possibilities
of Park County re known. The com.
ing season must unquestionably go fal
in heralding to the world additional ant
fascinating facts relative to its vast re-
sources. B. Fl. CoLvER.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21

An experiment is being tried by one
of our farmers which may prove of great
value in the future to the farming COM
munity. This farmer sent his boy to
Hudson, where two barrels of (what
was said to be) phosphate were pur-
chased and planted with the corn. While
planting the boy remarked that the per-
fume which is usually associated with
phosphate was lacking, but the old gen.
tleman prided himself on being the
''boss farmer and ''believed boy should
be seen and not heard" Not having
quite enough phosphate to finish, an
other barrel was sent for. This seemed
to be the boys idea of phosphate, and
the old man himself could occasionally
catch onto a smell that seemed more
like business, and the difference seemed
so great that the old gent thought he
had better investigate. a careful anal
ysis proved the first two water lime.
The result of the experiment will de-
pend almost entirely upon the weather.
A dry season without rain enough to
set the lime, it is thought, will be most
beneficial. Win give the result at the
close of the season.-COr. Chagrin Falls
Exponent.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
The Fuegians.

The inhabitants of Terra del Fuego
are described by writer who recently
visited that extreme part of South
America as q remarkable race-remark-
able in so far as they move in the lowest
grades of civilization. The men are
ugly, the women uglier than the mens
and both are copper-colored, have mat
ted black hair, and huge shark1ike
mouths. Indeed, their mouths must be
larger than those of any other known
race. Considering the struggles they
have for existence and the humidity of
the atmosphere they live in, they are
more fully feshed than was anticipated; !;
but, like the trees of their forests, they
do not appear long lived, no old individ-
uals being seen among them. For some
time the manner of disposing of their
dead remained a mystery, but woman
was found buried in q split in a rock,
from which it is inferred that the dead
are placed in splits or cayerns in rocks
and covered with stones. Efforts were
made to ascertain where they made
their canoes, but they were unsuccess-
full. Portages made of trees were found,
however, r,overwhichitw twas evident canoes
had been carried, and il was supposed
that the canoes were made in tie interior
and carried to the seashore. Those who
followed the ship did so in bark canoes,
and as each successive port was reached
went ashore, where they erected for
themselves huts of boughs with skins
laid roughly over them. The huts were
too low for q person to stand upright in,
and, like those occupied by Esquimaux,
were semi-globular.
In spite of the coldness of the climate,
the natives remained almost nude, even
during the winter months, though occa-
sionally some threw sealskins over their
shoulders. They relied upon coatings
of dirt for warmth apart from that they
obtained by crouching over fires, but
were always shivering with cold outside
their wigwams. So long as they were
supplied from the ship with provisions
and these frequently disagreed with
them-they would not fish, neither
would they work, being in this respect
closely akin to their congeners, the Aus
tralian aboriginals. Though they have
fires, they seem too indolent to cook
much, and frequently eat their seal
flesh au nat,tyeL, even when it is decom-
posed. Those on board the vessel were
mild-mannered, but given to annexing
articles belonging to the sailors, and on
this account close watch was kept
upon them. Generally the race are sus-
picious of strangers, and until their con-
fidence in them is thoroughly established
the women are always sent inland.
When their suspicious are dispelled they
mingle with Europeans freely enough.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21

To the Editor OF the ENTERPRISE.
BRIDGEPoRT, Conn, July 8, 1881.
This finds me safely at the Bronze
Monumental Works. About seven years
ago the first experiments were made in
producing the Monuments, and other
cemetery ornaments from the material
known as the White Bronze. We were
shown one of the very first that was
made, standing near the Sand Blast,
where various kinds of work producing
dust and smoke were being done, which
looks as just erected, and were also
shown a cap from a post that has stood
exposed for over forty-five years, with
no change IN color or otherwise. These
works cover nearly an acre of ground,
and employ about eighty men. They
have nearly two hundred monuments
in the works most of the time,
and are one hundred and fifty behind
their orders. Several orders came in
to-day, ranging from $4,000 to $780, 90 in
price. We were shown through the art
ists' room. There stood bunch ofclay
seven feet high, which was being formed
into a soldier with gun, at parade rest.
The expression showed determined
will that he should fight it out on
that line IL it took all summer. We
were next shown a photograph of a
young lady, now deceased, and just be-
low it was alump of clay being formed
to look like the picture; the expression,
curly hair, and features were very ex-
act indeed. We had no idea, before see
ing the works, OF the business that is
done in the line of Monuments, Statu-
airy, Boquet holders, and Cemetery orna-
ments made of White Bronze at this
place. An ornament, called the last voy-
age, should be seen to be appreciated
We cannot express the thought that the
ornament intends to convey; have a
photograph of it, but the picture don'tdo
justice to the real thought the ornament
contains. 1 only wish that every one
could see these works, for the only argu-
ment that could be used would be that
these monuments are made of metal in
stead of stone. R. n. GOODWIN.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21

The estimated clip Of wool in Lorain
County this year is 100000 pounds. Of
this about 270, 900 have been sold, leav-
ing 10000 pounds in the growers
hands. Course Ills have brought
from 80 to SO cents; No. ], medium, and
fine, from 81 to 40 cents. Growers who
have not sold want current prices of ten
days ago, and buyers are mostly out of
the market, but are Offering from two
to four cents a pound less than current
rates eight or ten days ago.-Elyria Re-
publican.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
PITH AND POINT.

A Pittsburgh plumber stole 800
from house in which he was working
the other day. It was great streak Of
luck for the house-owner, as the plum
Der didn't dare to come back for his pay.
Boston Post.
=" Here's fly in my soup, waiter"
t'Yes, sir, very sorry, sir, but you can
throw away the fly and eat the soup,
can't youP'' .sOf course can; you
didn't expect me to throw away the
soup and eat the fly, did youP"-Anstiss
Siftings. ..-s,-..s,...,,.!
Fair book agent to venerable mer-
chant-"I've q work here 10 which I
wish to call your attention." ssMadam,
l blush to tell you that my education was
neglected in early life; and am only
Just learning to read words of one sylla-
BILE. If you had q primer, now
Puck.
"You wouldn't believe it." remarked
Bliffers, who had just returned from
ss Yurrup," "but I tell you it's fact.
There are plenty of little shavers In
Paris, not more than three or four years
old, who can speak Frenchi" And
Bliffers wondered why we manifested 50
little surprise at the remark.-YG,cco6
Strauss.
The Legislatures of Michigan and
Wisconsin both debated bill entitled:
ss Any person who shall, after the pass
age of this act, knowingly falsify as to
the number and size of fish taken
at any time shall be guilty of mis-
demeanor, and be punished by thirty
days in the county prison, without re-
lief. Detroit Free Press.
I'm certain aristocratic Galveston
family there is . young lady. and she
has beau, and the presumption il he
is not particularly bashful when he and
the apple of his affection are alone, or
think they are. What strengthens this
view of the case Is the fact that the
young lady has a small brother named
Tommy, and the other night there was
a tea-party at the family mansion. and
the supper table was very much crowd
ed, so much so that Tommy's younger
sister was crowded UP very close TO
him, whereupon he made the remark
out loud: IS Mamma, sis trowds me %
close I can't breeve. / amt her beau,
am IP" If Tommy should become uR-
well that beau would not be the proper
man to send for the doctor in . hurry
Galveston NeUs.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-07-21
NUMBER IA.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A tricycle., propelled by steam, has
been made in Geneva, Switzerland. Il
accomplishes about twenty-five miles an
hour.
M. Shvedoff endeavors to maintain
in the Journal of the Russian Physical
and Chemical Society that hail is Of cos
mic origin, and is q variety OF meteor
ties.
"A French veterinary surgeon has dis
covered "a remedy, by inoculation, for
the disease called I" charbon," which
kills millions of francs worth Of sheep
yearly.
The american Architect says that
many architects, in constructing houses
this spring, are providing them with IN
sulated wires laid under the plastering,
ready for the introduction Of electric
light. s gtsl 10
The wool clip Of the world has In
creased five times since 1880, when u
was about $40, 600, 900 pounds In weight.
In 1878, the latest year for which there
are complete figures, the total was l..
586, ,000, 900 pounds.
The beet-root sugar business In New
England is reported to be . failure,
mainly for lack of cheap labor and other
factors necessary to produce q large sup
ply of beets at small cost. There Is no
trouble, however, in getting good sugar
from the beets that New England pro-
duces. q yfzv - @
The Boston Journal of Gbemistry.
ventilates the delusion that pitcher OF
water will ventilate close room by alb
sorbing all its noxious gases, and denies
that even a large tub of water would
serve instead Of an open window for
purifying the air OF q sleeping apart
ment.
Prof. Bouchardat attributes to the
vine powerful sanitary properties. He
asserts that wherever it Is cultivated to
any considerable extent there Is .
very sensible diminution of fintermittents-
The virtue is attributed to the action OF
the vine on the effiuvia which cause
fevers.
The Minneapolis Tribune boasts
that since the adoption of the 'snew pro-
cess" of making flour in 1871 that city
leads the market. From $4,000 barrels
in 1860 and 5S5, 900 in 1873, the produc-
ton of 1880 reached 2,051, ,841 barrels
The capacity of the Minneapolis mills IL
now %, ,255 barrels day.
To Outer, of Greifswald, Is attrib-
uted the first visible demonstration OF
the circulation of blood In the human
body. In this operation, the patients
head being fixed in q frame having .
contrivance for supporting microscope
and lamp, his lower lip is drawn out
and fixed on the stage of the micro
scope by means of clips, the inner sur
face being uppermost, and having .
strong Light thrown upon it by con-
denser. This arrangement being COM
plete, all the observer has to do 10 to
bring the microscope to bear on the
surface of the lip, using Q low power
objective, and focusing a small super
| fetal vessel; at once he sees the end1ess
and wonderful procession Of the blood
corpuseles through the minute capilla-
ries, the colorless ones appearing ike
white specks dotting the red stream. !: