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Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16
THE OLD FIDDLER.

The old fiddler What has become
of him? The dear old-fashioned fid-
dler of our boyhood, who occupied the
one chair in the kitchen, and beat such
hearty time to his music on the bare
oak floor ? All what a whole-soled
thing his foot was No dainty and
inaudible pulsation of the toe, but
genuine fat-footed " "stomp," whose
boisterous palpitations, heard high
above the rhythmic patter of the
dancers feet, Jared and jingled the
little eight-by-ten window panes at his
back, and thrilled the very china on
the 6 cubbard" shelves. There were
no affectatinns about the old fiddler.
His instrument was just fiddle he
fiddler, and for this homely reason
alone, perhaps, it was the youthful
listener felt the vibrant current of the
tune in every vein, with such ecstatic
spurts of inward mirthfulness at times
he felt his very breath sucked up in
swirls OF the intoxication, as one may
feel it lost and caught up, swooping
down the breezy atmosphere in long
pendulating grapevine swing. And
what quaint old tunes he played Gull
deroy was the name of one of them,
The Gray Eagle was another, and The
Forked Deer, and Old Fat Gal-all
favorites. Telling the names over
again, in fancy they come whisking
back-the bottom of the present is
knocked out, and peering through a
long, m@lstromic vista,
We see the fiddler through the dusk
Twanging the Ghost of Money Musk;
we see the dancers skurrying to their
places-we feel once more encased in
our g best" clothes-and all mechan-
ically our hand goes up again to stroke
the bear creased roach upon out fore
head ere we salute our blushing pard-
ner," who, for all her shining face and
chaste and rustling toilet, has still an
odor of dishwater clinging to the mel
low hands we love to clasp no less.
We pause impatiently as the fiddler
slowly "rosins up' again; we hear
the long premonitory rasping of the
bow we see the old man cross his legs
with the old time abandon, and with a
bewildering flourish of wrist and elbow
the frolicsOme old tune comes canter-
ing over the strings like a gamesome
colt down corduroy road, and then,
Salute your paIdners Corners (! All
hands round p and away we go, too
happy, happy, happy, to recall the half
of the long-vanished delight from this
old, hopeless and baIdheaded stand
point of to-day, and the magician-the
maestro-the old fiddler whose deft
touches either lulled or fired our blood
in those old days-ah where is he ?
We wander wearily in quest of him.
We do not find him at the banquet,
the crowded concert hall, the theatre.
They do not want him in the opera.
The orchestra would blush to have him
there. In all the wide, wide world he
had not where to lay his head, and so
the old musician journeyed on, simply
because
His instrument, perhaps, was made
Afar from classic Italy.
And yet we sadly, sadly fear
Such tunes we nevermore may hear;
Some were so sad and some so gay
The tunes Dan Harrison used to play
From the Indianapolis Journal
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16
ONLY A SMILE.

Only smile that was given me
On the crowded street one day
But it pierced the gloom of my saddeneu hear'
Like sudden sunbeam's ray.
The shadow of doubt hung over me,
And the burden of pain bore.
And the voice of Hope / could not near
Though listened DER and DER.
But there came a rift in the crowd about,
And a face that / knew passed by,
And the smile caught was brighter 10 me
Than the blue of a summer sky.
For it gave me back the sunshine,
And scattered each sombre thought,
Andmy heart rejoiced in the kindling warmth
Which that kindly smile had wrought.
Only a smile from a friendly face
On the busy street that day!
Forgotten as soon as given, perhaps,
AS the donor went her way.
But straight to my heart it went speeding
To gild the clouds that were there,
And found that of sunshine and lifeis blue
skies
also might take my share,
- Hdrper's Weekly.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

HENRY,s cARBoLIo sALvE.-The best salve in
the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores. Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains Corns and all kinds of Skin Erupt1ons,
Freckies and Pimples. The salve is guaran-
teed to give perfect satisfaction III every case
or money refunded. Be sure you get Henry's
Carbolic Salve as all others are but im1ta-
tions and counterfeits. Price % cents.
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THE GARDEN HOSE.

The garden hose has risen within the
past few years from comparative OBJ
scurity to where it commands the re-
spect and attention of civilized world.
In the hands of woman who is talking
with someone in the house, it becomes
an instrument of great potency and I'M
certainty.
By being on your guard at all times,
you may dodge the primeval COW, or
the deadly Wheelbarrow, but the gar
den squirt is inevitable and unavoid-
able.
Death itself may be delayed some
times by surgical skill and constant
care, but the wild, weird moisture of
the garden hose is ever lurking near
and looking for its victim. 1t follows
a man like the transcript of an old
judgement in the district court.
We once knew a man who was sue
cessful in business and surrounded by
everything that goes to make life de-
sirable.
He didn't owe anybody and nobody
owed him. He owned handsome
residence with velvet lawns and cast
iron bulldogs on each side of the steps.
He had horses and carriages with his
monogram on the harness, and large
chattel mortgage on the whole thing,
and there was nothing that money
would buy that he did not have.
But there was a Nemesis camped on
his trail. 1t was in the form Of sad
eyed, bilious woman, who lived next
door, and who was armed with a gar
den hose.
She had one glass eye that she
couldn't most always rely on, and she
wore large sun-bonnet, that had a
droop to it like the Chicago cattle mar
ket.
This man would catch the direction
of the glass eye, and make calculations
accordingly, but he generally got
bathed in cold water and astonish-
ment. When he wasn't misled by the
glass eye, he got fooled by the timber
sun-bonnet, till finally he got desper-
ate. He gradually became despondent
and cynical. When his wife made hui
morous remarks to him he would not
laugh, as he was wont to do. AT first
she thought he had boil OF something
OF that kind gnawing at his vitals, but
he would not tell her the cause of his
woe.
He bore it in silence till the close of
the summer, and when the naples
were crimsoned with the splendor of
the autumn, one day they brought him
home on cellar door, and laid him
out in the off bed room with his store
clothes on.
Toward the close of a sunny day in
autumn the somber funeral line slowly
filed away from the elegant mansion,
and as it moved past, there was loud
hiss through the silent air, and tor
rent of cold water that drenched the
entire procession.
1t was the garden hose with its last
sad quirt.-BiH Nye.
A new fraud has been discovered in
food, and biscuits, rusk, bread and
other staffs of life are now said to be
shortened with cotton seed oil. A
biscuit composed of flour adulterated
with soapstone, hghtened with alum
baking powder and shortened with
cotton seed oil, ought to do terrible ex-
eeution. However, there is one re-
deeming feature-it is said they will
not explode -Peck's Sun.
A facetious young man calls a GER
tain female institute a g Vennor wealth
or prediction because it contains so
many Misses.-Nd vistoacn Herald.
A barber shop "a, Mich, has
p.,,.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

A TOUCHING APPEAL.-The mayor
and several citizens of Port Huron,
Michigan, have issued joint appeal to
the charity of the people of the United
States in behalf of the surviving suffer-
ers from the terrible fires that have
laid waste the counties of Huron and
Sanilac in that State. In their appeal
they say:
g We have tonight returned from the
burnt district of Huron and Sanilac
counties. We have seen the burnt,
disfgured and writhing bodies of men,
women and children. Rough board
coffins contained the dead, followed to
the grave by few blinded, despairing
relatives; crowds of half-starved peo-
pie at some Of the stations asking bread
for their families and neighbors. We
hear of more than two hundred victims
already buried, and more charred and
bloated bodies are daily discovered.
Already more than fifteen hundred fam
lilies are found to be utterly destitute
and houseless. They huddle in barns,
in school houses, and in their neigh
bors' houses, scorched, blinded and
hopeless. Some still wander, half
crazed, around the ruins of their habi-
tations, vainly seeking their dead;
some in speechless agony wringing their
hands and refusing to be comforted.
More than 10000 people, who only
week ago occupied happy, comfortable
homes, are to-day houseless and home
less sufferers. They are hungry and
almost naked when found, and in such
numbers and SO widely scattered that
our best efforts and greatest resources
fail to supply their immediate wants
INFORMATION has reached the
treasury department that within
few months the manufacture of gold
tokens, in similitude of United States
coins, has grown to enormous proper
tions. They are of two sizes, and
principally hexagonal in form, stamped
respectively with the words "iuarter
dollar,,' g half dollar )" on the reverse
side the head of the Goddess of Liberty.
The coinage of quarter dollars and
half dollars in gold has never been leg
allied by the government. Persons
manufacturing or selling such tokens
are violating the law and rendering
themselves liable to fine and imprison-
ment. 1t is a fact that persons believ-
ing these tokens to have been coined in
the United States mints, and by au-
thority of the general government, and
anxious to obtain advanced specimens,
are paying double their nominal value.
1t is also understood that brass imita-
tions of pretended golden tokens are
numerous. Under Instructions of the
law, officers Of the government, manu-
facturers and dealers in these articles
are being notified by secret serziean
agents to discontinue their uni
1 4ssr =
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

DIR. GREENS Oxygenated Bitters is the old
est and best remedy for Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Malaria Indigestion, all disorders Of
the stomach and all diseases indicating an
impure condition of the Blood, Kidneys,
Liver. Skin. etc.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

How TO SECURE HEALTH.-It seems strange
that any one will suffer from the many de-
rangements brought on by an impure condi-
tion Of the blood, when Scovills Sarsaparilla
and Stillingia or Blood and Liver Syrup will
restore perfect health to the physical organi-
Zation 1t is indeed a Strengthening syrup,
pleasant to take. and has proven itself to be
the Best Blood Purifier ever discovered, ef-
fectuaIly curing ScrOfula, Syphilitio disorders
Weakness Of the Kidneys, Erysipilas, Malaria:
all Nervous disorders and Debility, Bilious
complaints and all Diseases indicating an
impure Condition of the Blood, Liver, Kid
news. Skin. etc. 1t correets Indigestion. A
single bottle will prove to you its merits as q
health renewer, for it acts like a charm, es-
pecially when the complaints of an exhaus-
natural vigor Of the brain and nervous
system.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

RESCUED FROM DEATH.-The following state
ment of William =. Coughlin, of Somerville;
Mass. is SO remarkable that we beg to ask for
it the attention of our readers. He says: I'm
the fall of 1876 | was taken with q violent
bleeding of the lungs followed by severe
cough l soon began to lose my appetite and
flesh. was so weak at one time that could
not leave my bed. In the summer 1877 was
admitted TO the City Hospital. While there
the doctor said had hole in my left lung as
big as half dollar, | expended over hun
dred dollars in doctors and medicines. was
so far gone at one time report went around
that was dead. I gave up hope, buta friend
told me of DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
Lungs. ] laughed atmy friend, thin king that
my case was incurable; but got bottle to
satisfy him, when to my surprise and gratih-
cation, / commenced to feel better. My hope,
once dead, began to revive, and to-day feel
in better spirits than | have the past three
years.
Il write this hoping you will publish it, SO
that every one afflicted with Diseased Lungs
will be induced to take DR.. VIM Halls Balsam
for the Lungs and be convinced that Con
sumption can be Cured. / have taken two
bottles and can positively say that it has done
more good than all the other medicines /
have taken since my sickness My cough has
almost entirely disappeared and shall soon
be able to go to work. Sold by druggists.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

DIR. ROGERS Vegetable Worm Syrup instant
ly destroys worms and removes the Secre-
tions which cause them.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

BAKERS PAIN PANAcEA cures pain in Man
ana Beast. For use externally and internally.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

DURNo's cATARRH SNUFF cures Catarrh ant
all affections of the mucous membrane.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

DIR. Morrs Liver Pills are the best Cathar
tic Regulators,
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

A facetioua young man calls a GER
tain female institute g vennor wealth
'er prediction n'-because it contains SO
many Misses.-Nd -ristopon Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1881-09-16

A barber shop q. Mich, has
four aisl or
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
Cost " EIeetIng Q Passenger.

BAN JOSH, CAL, February 28.-The
case OF j. @. Bland W. the Southern Pa
siac Railroad Company terminated with
o verdict for the plaintiff In the sum Of
$500. The cast has occupied in Its
trial nearly two weeks. having oom.
menced on Tuesday, February 10.
Bland sued the railroad company for
so, 900 damages. alleged to have been
sustained on August 2. 1877, in the
forcibls expulsion from o train OF
defendant by reason Of the refusal to
pay the 10 per cent. extra fare de-
msnded ss the train rate. Bland was on
his way to San Francisco ct the time.
He claimed to have rendered tho add
tional fare before the train wal stopped,
and that the % which he paid was not
returned until after the conductor had
stopped the train. Hs 10 . man with
one Log, using an artificial limb. and was
Obliged 10 walk to Santa Clara, Q dis
lance Of O mile and o bali, by which,
and by reason OF the rough handling
by the conductor, be claims 10 have
suffered conclusion Of tho spine.
The case has been bitterly fought
by McKissick i Lsine for defendant
and Dslmas for plaintiff. The testimo.
ny wal very exhaustive. the defense be.
ing tha. Bland Was properly expelled
from the train; that he suffered no In
Jury, physical or otherwise. and thrt the
spinal and other troubles. which he al
leges to have suffered, were the result Of
the a~mputa,ion Of the limb and Of scci-
dents preceding the time Of ths difficulty
ON the railroad. The jury was out but
Atty minutes. and the verdict was unani-
NINA
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01

A company was recently formed ct
Dayton, Sutro and on the Constock for
operation, in the Black Range country
New Mexico. and an agent at c sent
ON to secure property and prospect the
situation. In this connection the fol.
lowing from the Rocky Mountain Reuis'o
will DO OF interest to many In these
parts "Rsports which stsgser the
s.nses. descriptive Of rich discoveries OF
siivsr-bearing lodes 10 the vicinity Of the
Black Range, below Soeorro. New MEG.
leo, continue to reach Us. The most re-
cent discoveries Of this character are
said to have been made some ten miles
from Aleman station, which 10 eighty
miles below Socorro. on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fs railroad. A party
Of seven prospestors made their way
over the Cibolla range to the eastern
slope into Q steep gorge known -
Cioolla Canyon. and In one afternoon
discovered fifteen leads, ranging from
twelve to thirty feet In width. and u
half mile to one and . halt miles long.
with immense bodies Of mineral denuded
in their covering throughout their en-.
tire length. The surface ore IL said to
have yielded from thirty-six to hity
ounces OF silver and twsnty.eight per
cent OF lead"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01

8 Of the Superior Court, this morning,
for partial distribution Of tho estate.
The application was purely formal. No
opposition appeared. Both executors
we're present and Judge Finn took the
case under advisement.
In the Kalloch murder case the testi.
msny for. the prosecution Was concluded.
The defense will open tomorrow. Some
evidence was taken today a. to Kallooh's
actions Just before the shooting. tending
to show that he was lying IN wait for Do
Young.
DR.. Silva, who recently arrived at Vic
toria, B. c.. in charge Of Chinese from
Hongkong. received . telegram last night
from Glib. Livingstone Il Co. the agents
OF the Panama Canal 20. at H~ongkong.
It directs him to proceed BY the outgoing
China steamer City Of Toxic. and upon
his arrival there he will be appointed
surgeon ON board the telegraph steamer
Fsraday, which weasel will convey 1000
coolies to Panama direct, and return 10
Hongkong for another load.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
The sprarue scandal.

CnIcAoo, March LA special to tho
Times from Providsncs, 3. l.. says:
Counsel for Governor sprasus gave no
tios TO the legal advisers Of Mrs. Kate
sprssue yesterday that the divorce case
was In readiness for trial on Friday next.
20 far o. that aide was concerned. BE
was promptly informed that Mrs.
sprague's counsel would be prepared to
open the case at that time. II the Court
was In readiness to hear IL. Inssmuoh
% the State does not permit the testi.
mony Of the wife against her husband IN
divorce cases, and for other good and
sufficient reasons, Mrs. Sprasus will not
appear at the trial, but, In oil probability,
Governor Sprsgus will attend the hear
ing aud take an active part In the pro.
csedipgs, although restricted from sp..
psaring % 0 witness. 1t 10 estimated
that there will DO q score Of Witnesses
examined ON each side, and II cannot DO
doubted that the dsvslopmsnts will par
take Of q sensational and startling char.
acter. It 10 believed that the trial will
consume an entire week. and possibly q
fortnight.
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total Wreck-All Lost.

ST.. JOHNS. N. B., February 2s.-Tbs
brieatins Isabel has been wrecked Of
Gull Island and oil hands lost. She was
one Of the finest ships engaged In the
Brazilian trade. Sailing from New
foundlsnd during the snow storm on
Tuesday last, accompanied BY Q violent
gale Of wind, the Isabel ran ashore high
and dry smong jagged reefs. and not .
moment was allowed the unfortunate
officers and crew to make Q single effort
Save themselves. The wreck and de-
bris Of the vessel are washed up 10 the
ravines, crevicss and frownipR cliffs. but
no symptom or indication that . single
one Of her crew escaped destruction has
been presented.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
HALL, VEGETABLE s1c1L1AN

hair Renswer II . scieniiac combustion Of
some OF the most powerful restorative agents
In the vegetable Kingdom It restores gray
hair 10 It's original color. It makes the scalp
white and clean. II cures dandrun and humors.
and falling out Of the hair. II furnishes the
nutritive principle By which the HAIR u hour.
ished and supported. It makes the hair moist,
soft and glossy. and 10 unsurpassed - . hair
dressing. It 10 the most economical prepara.
ton ever onersd to the public. - it, effects
remain . long time making only an occasional
application necessary. II 10 recommended and
used By eminent medical men. and ofnclally
indorstd By the state Assayer Of Massachusetts,.
The popularity Of Halls Rsnswsr has incrsssed
with tho test Of many year.. both In this q
try and In foreign lands. and II 10 now known
and. used in all the civilized countries Of the
world.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-01
roorrsspond.nceps tn. Gold Hill Daily Ssvs.I

WASHINGTON. February 10. 1881.
After the freeze came the food. and
Washington was for twsnty-iour hours.
without preparation bat not without
warning, converted into an Amsterdam
or q Venice. with street cars for canal
boats and ~sondolas. skiffs and other petty
craft. piled about on Pennsylvania ave-
nue.. and rescued shopkeepers from their
inundated homes. through the windows
OF which could be seen dinips.room and
kitchen furniture floating nsar the cell.
ing Of the lower rooms. strsst-car pas
sensers climbed up into the rigging TO
escape water. which. In some places,
rose 90 high a. tho sests. and In one in-
stance. . frightened driver detached his
horse and rode to dry land. leaving . sol.
itary passenger to bis fate In the car.
The novel spectacle vas enjoyed by
thousands Of transient visitors, snd BY
some residents Of Washington, bat, for
those who lived 10 or owned property In
the flooded district. the ~inundation wasa
very serious calamity. I. was caused by
the floating Ice from the upper Potomac
lodging against the stationery loo below
Washington. and thus forming, with the
assistance OF the long. low. railway
bridge, Q dam that backed the Hood
through ths city and within . stones
throw Of the Capitol. This bridge, oon-
sistipg 10 great part OF . solid pier or
osuseway extending far Into the river. 10
the bete noir OF Warrington, and II -
Justly regarded with fear aud horror ~
was the shsplsss monster, msnscing the
city and dsvouripg its inhabitants. sung
by Sophocl,s In Antigoue. WASHINGTON
has long been on her knees before Con.
Rress praying for the removal Of this
bridge and the death dealing swamps 1t
has planted at tho feet OF the city. But
Washington 10 not Q constituency. Con-
Rress does not inhals the miasma from
the swamps. National legislators come
only in winter. whom the insidious ma.
lsris 10 locked 10 ice. and are away DIR.
lug the MONDAY oil summer. when oil
who are not able to leave the city inhals
circumsmbient poison.
The organization Of the Senate 10 as
definitely settled as It can DO before the
fact, and probabilities are strongly In
favor Of 9 Democratic organization.
Senator David Davis has expressed his
intention to vote with the Democrats,
and 1t 10 not ct oil probable that Malone
will do otherwise. Republicans pretty
generally conosds the organization. but
the parties are 80 evenly balanced that
Garfield will have far less trouble In 20.
curing the confirmation OF his sppointees
than the present Executive has had.
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Hnyiopa Johnny Bull.'

LONDON, March There 10 much
gruubling over the census report OF the
United States in English journals. The
Standard says: Europe 10 being depleted
Of it, manhood and wealth TO help the
marvellous progress Of the Great Rspub.
lilo. Europe made . present last year Of
eco, 900, 900 to the United States. Il u
the same % II Europe had taken upon
itself the whole burden Of federal Of.
penditurss for twelve months. II 10 .
pity the stream Of emigration cannot DO
diverted 70 our colonies, where British
born people would still fnd the shelter
OF home Gags. Vast tracts OF land,
awaiting reclamation and cultivation In
Manitoba, can b had BY qualified set.
tiers on advantageous terms. We may
need our bone and siusw yet. but the
..bold psssantry'' 10 going. ard . bold
p~essantry, when oncs destroyed, can
never be supplied.
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Charlie Ross.

The father OF Charlie Ross, writing to
the latest discoverers Of the lost boy In
Canada, says that the last spark OF hope
has gone out, and he mourns the lost
one a. dead. After giving reasons Why
the Canada boy cannot possibly b Char
lie, he adds: ~ have always believed
that my Charlie. although only 4 years
and 2 months old st the time be was 10.
ken, would remember bis brother Walter.
Who was taken away with him, and
had also thought that hs would even
have Q distinct recollection Of the feeling
of loneliness that he must have expert.
enced when he found he wal 10 the
hands Of strangers and separated from
his parents" On another recent occa-
sion, Mr.. Ross said: 1.-THE only tidings
I have svsr received Of Charlie since hs
was stolen was the demand for o ransom
Of $40, 900. III had paid that, ! would
have had him long before this. A. 1t 10,
I have spent $e0, 900, and have not got
him."