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The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05
Lost in the Sky.

NTHEN Mr.. John Wise was lost in
w his balloon, called THE Pathfind-
err" several months ago, the newspapers
printed many accounts of trips made in
to the air, some by brave men and some
by foolish ones
A lady who lives in the town of Cen
tralia, in the State of Illinois, said moth
lug until all the rest were through talk
ing. Then she told the editor of the
st. Louis Republican to look into the
number of his paper that was printed
on the twenty-first day of September,
1858. The editor looked, and found an
account of how two little children took
trip in a balloon all by themselves. On
that day an aeronaut, or sailor of the
air, named Brooks, filled his 'air-ship
with gas on the farm of q Mr.. Harvey,
who lived near Centralia. He expected
to sail in the afternoon. About noon
time Mr.. Harvey put his two children
into the balloon, just to please them,
and not thinking for moment of any
danger. The balloon was tied to tree
by ropes. All at once gust of wind
broke the ropes, and the balloon shot up
into the sky with nobody but the two
children in the basket. Mr.. Harvey
was wild with grief, and shouted aloud
"They're lost they're lost 10 All the
neighbors ran to the spot, only to see
the balloon drifting off to the north, and
more than q mile high
One of the children was girl, Nettie,
eight years old, and the other was her
little brother, Willie, four years old.
Both cried when they found themselves
leaving the ground and going on very,
very strange journey indeed. Nettie
looked over the edge of the basket and
saw her father wrlnging his hands away
below. Soon the people looked to her
smaller than babies, and the houses like
toy houses. She and Willie were going
up, up, up, all the time. ~ expect we
are going to heaven, Willie," said Net
tie. Willie thought it would be very
cold in heaven, then, for the higher
they went the colder it grew. Nettie
wrapped Willie In her apron, and held
his head in her lap until he cried himself
fast asleep. Then Nettie folded her
hands and waited. She said I" think
we must be near the gate now" She
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05
Marrying an Editor.

IVES, Pm Mrs. Snow, an editors
i wife. 1 well remember the day
when Mr.. Snow asked me to become
his wife. / confess liked Mr.. Snow,
and, thinking it would be fine thing
to be the wife of an editor, said "yes"
as pretty as 1 knew how, and i became
Mrs. Snow. have seen ten years of
married life, and find my husband to be
an amiable, good.natured man. He al
ways spends his evenings at home, and
is in that respect a model man; but he
always brings pile of exchanges which
is only limited by the length of his arms
and reads while 1 patch the knees and
elbows of his pantaloons and coat
After we had Quaker meeting of an
hours length, broke the stiffness by
asking:
"Mr. Snow, did you order that coal /
spoke to you about 7"
"What did you say my dear ?" he
asked after minutes silence"
Did you order that coal / spoke to
you about 20
Indeed, my dear, 1 am sorry, but 1
forgot all about it. 1t shall come to-
morrow"
Another hours silence, which is re-
lieved by the baby's crying, and rather
liking noise of that sort, / made no
effort to quiet him.
My DEAR" says Mr.. Snow, after he
has cried minute or so, 'you had bet
ter give the baby some catnip tea to
quiet him he troubles me-"
The baby is still. Another hour pass
es without breath of noise. Becoming
tired, take lamp and retire for the
night, leaving Mr.. Snow, so engaged
with his papers that he does not see me
leave the room. Toward midnight he
comes to bed, and just as he has fallen
asleep the baby takes notion to cry
again. rise as quietly as possible and
try to still him. Then another baby be-
gins to scream at the top of his lungs
There is no other course hut to awake
Mr.. Snow, so I say:
Mr.. Snow Mr.. Snow!"
The third time he starts up and cries.
What, Tom, more copy?"
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05

meant the gate of heaven, that she had
heard about in Sunday school. But
Nettie fell aleep too.
When she awoke, she found that some
strange man was lifting her from the
basket. The strange man was a farmer
in northern Illinois, who had seen the
balloon drifting low across his field.
The rope was dragging, and so he caught
1t, and landed the children safely. The
balloon had floated all night. Nettie
and Willie's father soon learned that
they had been found, and took them
home two days afterward. Nettie is
now woman, the very same who told
the Republican to look back in its files
for the story.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05

them in bringing in verdict of guilty.
Under this instruction the jury ac-
quilted Weekes.
Public opinion, however, was strong
against him, and he left New York.
Stories of all kinds prevailed as to
E Ina and her condition at the time,
some saying that she was always cheer
ful-others that she was prey to
melancholy. A thrilling incident on
the trial was often repeated, although
there seems little foundation for it,
Burr is said to have moved two can
delabra suddenly, so as to throw the
light on the face of witness, also a
boarder at the house, so as to give him
from where the jury sat u ghastly and
livid look.
His testimony is said to have weighed
against Weekes, but from Hamiton's
full notes of the trial, still preserved, it
was evidently immaterial. But the
story is that as he made the movement,
Burr exclaimed, Gentlemen, there is
the murderer" and that his guilty start
saved the prisoners life.
How Gul:elma Sands came to her
death was then mystery, and though
the saying goes that murder will out,
we are nearing the end of the century
with no light thrown on the case.
Had her shawl and shoes been found,
the belief might be held that Elma ex-
pected Weekes to marry her that night,
that he refused, and in her desperation
she strolled Off and put an end to her
existence.
But they were not, and the supposi-
ton of death by criminal violence
remains good.
Levi Weekes was q lucky man.
Whether he killed his sweetheart or not
no man can say. But men have gone
to the gallows planks on less damnatory
circumstances than those whose evil
dence he managed to escape.-Police
Gazette.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05
A Japanese Bill of Fare.

IN the last number of the Revue Bri-
L tdnniqae is published an interesting ac-
count of a modern japanese dinner par
ty, from which we extract the following
extraordinary menu, recommending it to
the attention of those who may desire to
introduce some startling novelties into
the art of dining, as practiced in those
islands: Boiled ducks, chopped pigeons,
birds nest SOUP roast mutton and bam-
boo buds, mussels and crabs, tea and
cakes, turtle soup, minced dog, braised
rats, macaroni soup, black rats roasted
with sweet sauce, salt fish, roast pork
with rice patties, preserved melon seeds,
stuffed sea frogs, walnuts stewed with
betel leaves, ices and fruits. Various
wines were served during this amazing
entertainment. The centre of the table
was occupied by a huge covered bowl,
containing good store of sea-fleas, set
swimming in Burgundy just before the
guests sat down to dinner. BY the time
the meal was over these vivacious in
sects had become sufficiently inebriated
10 eAllOlD an abnormal anu eccentric
activity, so that, when the cover re-
straining their saltatory exercises was
removed at dessert, they afforded ex-
cellent sport to the japanese gentlemen
present, who displayed remarkable
smartness in catching them with ivory
chop-sticks, and in subsequently eating
them alive. To British apprehensions
this may appear somewhat revolving
repast but remembering that many
dishes which they and the Chinese
enjoy have ugly names, that misrepre-
sent their real character, we should
suspend our judgment until we hear
what the delicacies mentioned actually
are. Birds nest soup, for instance, is
very different thing from what people
who have never been in China suppose
it to be, and it is quite possible that even
the black rat may be species of ground
game unknown in this country, but not
the less edible for all that. We confess,
however, that the sea-frogs and sea-feas
require good deal of explanation.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05
Row Russian ExlIes Live.

ON his arrival the prisoner is driven
" straight to the police ward, where
he is inspected by police officer who is
absolute lord and master of the district.
This representative of the Government
requires of him to answer the following
questions His nameY How old 7 Mar
ried or singley Where fromY Address
of parents, or relations, or friends 7
Answers to all, which are entered in the
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05
The Manhattan Well Mystery.

IN the year 1899 New York was not the
sprawling monster of brick and NOR
tar that it is today. There is many a
country town in the land to day which
can make better showing for itself in
homes and people to live in them than
the great metropolis of the Western
Continent could at the end of the last
century.
The thickly. clustered houses lay all
below Canal street, through which ran
the stream by which the water of the
Collect, large pond over whose filled
up bed the Tombs now rises its grim
walls, reached the North River. Beyond
mems country seats, dairy and kitchen
farms, and Broadway and the Bowery
were country roads.
At that time the Manhattan Company,
now bank, had the task of supplying
New York City with pure and whole
some water, and some may be astonish-
ed to learn that it still has large tank
full of water in Centre street to supply
any citizen who may prefer it to Croton,
and will pay his yearly water rent.
Among the wells sunk by this COM
pany was one on Laurens street, or
South Fifth avenue as it is to-day, near
Spring, now enclosed within the walls
of house.
AT the time we speak of, this Manhat-
tan well stood in an open field, and
parties out driving frequently stopped
there to water their horses or take a
cooling draught themselves from the
bucket.
Among the well-known residents of
a Quaker, well-to-do business man,
who lived with his family in comfort
able mansion which was not torn down
until few years ago, at the corner of
Franklin and Greenwich streets.
The family of Elias Ring consisted of
his wife, daughter and orphaned niece.
The name of this latter was Gulielma
Elmore Sands. She was beautiful and
intelligent young girl, vivacious in tenn
perament and of an amiable and lovable
nature. Lovely as she was and con-
scious of her loveliness, she was very
little of the coquette and in person and
manner a model of propriety.
Still she had sweetheart.
This person was yo6ng man named
Levi Weekes who boarded at her uncle's
house. He was handsome young fell
low, who seemed to reciprocate Guliel-
mas affection for him They were
much together and were popularity look
ed upon as acknowledged lovers.
Consequently, when Gulielma, on
Sunday, December 80, she informed her
aunt and cousin that she was to be
privately married that evening to Levi
Weekes, they were not particularly
astonished. They approved of the
match, the more especially as Levi was
a young man of some means and more
expectations, and his fdnce poor girl,
dependant on them for her support.
So she set out, if her words are TO be
believed, to be married.
Or rather she set out first to a neigh
Dor to borrow muff. She was to be
driven to the minister's, she said, in
sleigh Levi had borrowed from his
brother. While she was gone for the
muff her lover remained in the entry of
her uncle's house. She returned and
the last seen of them together, Elma, as
she was called for brief, and her sweet
heart were standing in the hallway,
criticising the muff she had succeeded
in borrowing.
Kith nor kin of hers ever set eyes on
her again, alive.
There are people who swore, long
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05

BEThe captain of a Greenland whaler
put piece of meat in a rope moose,
spread upon the snow, and waited for a
bear. Bruin saw the bait, approached
and seized it in his mouth, but at the
same time got his foot entangled in the
rope. He quietly pushed it off with his
paw and retired, and sat down at
distance to dine. After finishing his
meal he returned where another bait
and the moose had been replaced. He
pushed the rope aside, seized the beef,
and again retired. A third moose was
laid, but excited to more caution by the
evident observation of the bear, the
sailors buried the rope beneath the snow
and laid the meat in deep hole in the
centre. Once more the bear approached
and the sailors were hopeful of their
success; but bruin, more sagacious than
they expected, after snuffing about the
place for few moments, scraped the
snow away with his paw, threw the
rope aside and again escaped with his
prize.
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05

Eg- A tramp called upon us yesterday
to state that he was prepared to sacrifice
himselfin the interest of science. He
had heard that there was great deal of
difference of opinion in regard to the
question: "Does cider intoxicate ?"
For the purpose of restoring harmony
to the scientific world he was willing
that the thing should be tested upon
him. Here's self sacrifice for you
The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-07-05

g8-We follow the world in approving
others but we go before it in approving
ourselves.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07
concluded from first page

last while Mary and Thomas were
saying over and over To themselves,
"No person will hinder me now from
going to school when | want to go.'
He saw another form bowed near: it
was his long absent daughter, and
through her heart were wandering the
words "Thank God, can come home
again"
1t was terrible. He tried to speak,
to tell them that he was not dead, that
he loved them more than they ever
knew it was in vain, and he saw him
self carried away and buried but he
thought he could see them still-was
with them all the while-with them.
yet UNNECESSARILY separated from them,
through days and weeks, months and
years he followed them, all the while
suffering a remOrseful anguish that
would have been insupportable but
that he could not speak or weep. He
thought it had been ten years since he
died, and that he had long been for
gotten by all but his family; his wife
now looked restful, happy and content
ed and his children all occupied plac-
es of usefulness and honor in the world,
and he dreamed often and often that
their inmost thoughts were, 1--WE were
never happy, while father lived, and
we would never have been happy had
he not died"
He tried to speak, to tell them he
loved them, that he had been with
them all these years, but ne could make
no sound and they turned away but
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07
Advancing Backwards.

Early in the late civil war, John
Dennis, "A full negro, believing him
self fired with patriotic zeal and able
to serve his country, besought his mas
ter, Georgian, and obtained permits
sion to accompany "A regiment from
that state, which was soon placed I'M
der the command of General Floyd.
The history of that campaign is well
known. On the retreat John became
homesick, and was allowed to depart
He had become well known to General
Floyd and all his command. On
his departure he went to take leave OF
the general, when the following dia-
logue was had
General Floyd -"WelI, John, you
are going to leave us, eh ?"
JOhn-"Yes, Mars Floyd it pears
like ! could do more good at home now
dan bein' here, so | thought I'd e
home and courage up our people t.
hold ON
General F.-"That's right, John
But are you a going to tell 'em that
you left us when running from the
Yankees ?"
John -"No, sir; no, Mars Floyd
dat amt. You may pend upon my
not tellin' nothin' to 'moralize den
people"
General F. -''But how will you gel
around telling them, John 7"
John-"Easy enough, Mars Floyd
1t won't do to 'moralize dem people
Pm going to tell 'em dis-dat when
left de army it was in iirst-rate sper
rits, and dat, OWN to de situation %
de country and de way de land lay, 40
aCdS d-adUdRciR' bdck'GrdS and de Yam
KEGS UdS d-retredtin' on 10 u.s. Edi-
tors Drawer, Harper's Magazine.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07
Squibs.

The mosquito is IL much abused in
sect-most everybody has slap at
him.
What they want in Ireland is land
lords who won't take any rent, and
spend their money freely.
ooh, grandma, there's Il live dande-
lion in the back yard" Grandma
"Oh, gracious, how careless those circus
people are. What shall we do 7"
The sweetest thing in life is to dream
that you have nothing in the world to
do except to do nothing, but the hard
est work in life is to do it well and
gracefully.
Summer resort landlords have agreed
to charge Il dollar square foot for
their rooms. This will bring rooms
that have rented for Sl5 night down
to Sl7 and be great benefit to the
poor New Haven Register.
Professor in psychology we
conceive of anything as being out OF
time and still occupying space 7" Mu-
steal student, thOughtfully-''Yes, sir ;
poor singer in chorus"
Patrick on the Zebra-"P kind OF
a haste is that-the mule wild his ribs
on the outside of his shkin entirely "
worthy deacon, in a town not far
away, gave notice at a prayer-meeting
the other night of a church meeting
that was to be held Immediately after,
and uncOnsciOusly added "There is
no objection to the female brethren
remaining W
care you going to the ba-ThOusand
islands this summer ?" said Mr.. 5. to
Miss Unsophisticated. "My goodness,
no :" said she '.we wouldn't think OF
going to so many. Ma says if we get
to Long Branch, Newport and Matte
wan we'll he doing well."-[ Boston
Transcript.
Brakeman-"The train is now about
to enter the State of Missouri. Gen
tlemen who have not provided them
selves with carbines will pass forward
to the locomotive and crawl into the
tender, Louisville Courier Journal
The ground about Niagara Falls is
to be turned into great national park.
If the Government will take possession
of the hacks and continue the present
prices, the national debt can be paid
off in year. Chicago Times.
The man who was about to marry
for the sixth time, and who replied
"We've usually sot," when asked by
the minister to stand up, has been
heard from again. He recently led
No. to the altar, and when asked for
the ring, replied, ''ParSon, I've hooked
onto six of 'em without ring, and
reckon we kin git along this time. III
try and remember it in future, though"
- Detroit Free Press.
A while back the darkies had big
revival at Crawford and one of the
mOurners near the altar got pretty de
monstrative. At this interval Tom
Pope, who was sitting at the rear end
of the church, felt the spirit working
ON him and springing up, three bounds
carried him to the pulpit, where he lii
astraddle an old sisters back, and he
rode the irate old dame nearly around
the room before he could be pulled of,
The revival came near breaking up in
tirst-class row. Tom explained ''dat
he jes wanted to show dem unconver-
ted niggers how to 'preciate religion
-tOglethorpe (Ga.l Echo.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07
Knowing.

One summer day. to young child said
Write to thy mother, boy" With earnest face
And labOring fingers all unused 10 trace
The mystic characters he bent his head
Chat should have danced amid the flowers instead
Over the blurred page for halfbOurs space;
Then with a sigh that burdened all the place
Cried. Mamma knowsi" and out to sunshine sped
o soul Of mine when tasks are hard and long.
And life crowds thee with its stress and strair
That thou, half fainting, art too tired to pray,
Drink thou this wine Of blessing and be strong!
God knowsi What though the lips be dumb will
pain,
Or the pen dropsi He knows what thou wOulds
say.
Julia G. X DOrr.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07

''SaltokOff Skupschirofsky," said the
car to the captain of the guard, ''have
the guards been doubled at the palace
gate ~ "They have, my liege," re-
sponded S. S., "and the man with the
telescope sweeps the horizon, so that
not even IL solitary horseman can APP
proach thy imperial dwelling" "And
the lightning man ~ "He sleeps
beneath the Neva, so please your maj
esty." "The man for subscriptions to
the life of Sergeant Bates ?" "He
speedeth to Siberia on special train"
"And the ladder and tree-protector
man ?" "Ask of the vipers in the pal
ace dungeons" ''The man who con
tinues at this late day to say What,
never p" "Thy imperial headsman
wears his watch chain" "'T'is well.
Telegraph to Europe that another con-
spiracy has been baffied, keep the gum
drop and corn-ball boys, who spread
seditiOn on the railroad trains, under
thy vigilant eye, and may st. Isaac of
Knownow bless thee" And the ear,
putting on his castiron night shirt, re-
tired to his princely couch.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-10-07
HONORABLE DEALING.

All parties who wish to purchase wood and pre-
fer to deal with those who do legitimate business
under their name in place of one who skulks
behind the name of a brother the sgner
of the following agreement does after having sold
out his business to us, shall be pleased to sup
ply.
''St. JOhnsbury, VT, June T. 1880
In consideration that Messrs. VIM. Savage and
NJ. G. BlOdgett have bought out my wood business
in st. JOhnsbuTy, hereby bind myself in the sum
of one hundred dollars not TO sell in any way
traffic in wood in st. Johnsbury until the said Saw
age g. BlOdgett shall 20 out of the business except
ing what shall want for nv own use
(Signedl Il. +. DREW"
We are both doing business under our own names
individually, and do not expect patronage only as
we sell wood in every way equally favoraby
others
NJ. G. BLODGETT
VIM. SAVAGE.
st. Johnsbury June, 1891. tOctl3sI
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