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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-11
POETRY.
Knitting the sto,k,.


Knitting the stocking which houry grows,
grand-dame sits In her easy chair
Her gossip talk serenely flows
And soft on her neck lies her snow-white hair.
She speaks OF customs that now are not,
/ OF the pride and fashion that strut and swell;
Nothing that happened has been forgot,
And strange are the tales that she loves to tell.
at was not the way in the days Of old
To dress In silks and laces rare,n
She said, " for we had no surplus gold,
And life was full Of toll and care.
" The homely duties that day by day
Came steadily round without miss,
Kept idle follies far away,
And taught us that work was the surest bliss
"To plow, and SOW. and reap, and run
ON various errands, employed the men;
While the women, whose work was never done
Would bake, and wash, and scrub-and then
"when all the heavier tasks were Ger,
Would still have something to prepare,
II only TO darn, or sweep the floor,
Or sew or knit In some ancient chair
"we would spin and weave in the old-tlme days
And evenings after dark and tea
Our beaux would come to the flreside blaze
And this was the way John courtec me.
~ tell you It isn't dress and show
That make the world seem bright and fair,n
The grand-dame said--and saying so
She fell asleep in her easy chairi
Hta Joel Benton, IN God Cher.
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ooLoRapo MINERS.
Comforts aud vlsi..ituds. Of Their Iif..

Their cabins are very comfortable things
Built of solid pine logs the seams well
daubed, and little sheet iron stove within,
no one could be snugger than the miner.
The snow may be piled above his cabin,
but he is only the warmer the wind may
howl and perhaps he may hear the rushing
thunder Of snow slide near by, but if he
has been reckless in the choice of site he
may not live to regret 1t. Last winter five
men went up Conundrum Gulch to do some
work, establishing themselves in cabin on
q large flat or park" as they call it here,
on either side of which the hills rise sheer
some FIVE thousand feet. Ono night in
March, during fierce snowstorm, a terri
BILE slide came down, bearing with ii tens Of
thousands of cords of timber, reaping the
hill like a scythe, and buried the cabin with
oil in it. An old miner says the awfullest
sound he ever heard in his life was the
cracking away of the snow one night as he
was wading along o steep hillside toward
his cabin. Before he could seize bush or
anything to check his descent, he lost his
feet, and down he went, over and over,
pitching, rolling and driving, he could not
guess how far. Fortunately, he was only in
the edge, aud managed to crawl out With
nothing worse than an arm and two ribf
broken.
These Western States act most benevo.
lent part to the East. The constant drift
westward of large share of the hasty, reok-
less spirits, of the adventurous bloods and
a pretty fair proportion of the criminal
classes has oil the purging effect of healthy
cathartic. With these come, of course,
many broken business men and others
to open fresh avenues for trade, 80 that the
equilibrium of law and justice is sufficiently
well maintained. The former, however,
impart the tone to Western life and give q
crisp, sharpened and rough aspect to man.
ners, langunge--everything is, per-
haps, helped to its distinctness by the dry,
rariaed air of these Rocky Mountains. In
the great lack of the society of refined ladies
it is very easy for men to forget the niceties
and certainties of ball room or dinner
table, and to fall into free and easy self.
assertive way. Nevertheless many truly
cultured people are to be found here, and
there is small but select few who would
rank in any society. More than one piano,
with facile player, and moro than one we'll
assorted library can be found in no better
quarters than tent or lean-to of boards.
The other day q young man in the rough
dress of o miner was seen reading Homer'a
Odyssey in the original Greek. But discom-
forts are nothing with the glittering of gold
ut the end. Here as elsewhere money rules
the nest. The lucky few make wonderful
prizes, but for most there is more money in
the East.
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Howl. end TheIr In,erpresa.lon.

or all sounds the howl of dog is the
most dismal. Dogs, although frolicsome
by nature, are subject to fits of melan-
choly. At such times they are acquainted
with grief, and regardless Of good appetite
and superb digestion, q hound will leave 4
choice selection Of dead horse, stand on 0
knoll where mconbeams fall upon him and
howl until person unacquainted with his
habits would think he was pouring out the
last wailings of mashed soul. When q
brindle dog howls 1t is sign that tall
man with dark hair and ebon sediment un-
der the fingernails is going to die disa-
greeable and unsolicited death; but il q
yellow dog, opens in high note vocalization,
the fat man, with perceptible impeachment
In his locomotion, is in danger. Just be-
fore the late war IL was observed that the
unemployed dogs of the country did great
deal Of bowling, and IL was afterward OBJ
served that quite number Of men had
died. If there be an animal that deserves
unconditional determination IL is the howl.
ing dog.--Ark. Traveller.
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woolNo WITH 4 oLun.
How the Australian Lover Waits in tia
Bushes Until His Dulciuen appears.

Marriage by capture was fayorite method
Of getting wife in the old days when wives
we're valuable for the work they did as
slaves, and there are some reasons for be-
lieving that, at some time or other, it has
been practised by nearly oil nations. The
Romans undoubtedly used this method of
providing themselves with help.meets in
that little affair with the Sabines, and his.
torical evidences exist to show that the
Greeks were equally unscupulous. In Aus.
tralia, among the natives, the gallant lover
provides himself with good, stout club
and waits in the bushes near the home OF
his Dulcinea till she is unprotected, when
he knocks her down with the club and car.
ries her off on his shoulders before she re.
covers enough to make resistance. This is
taken as matter of course, and so we'll
established is the custom among these saw.
ages that it is played as game among the
children. AS tribes of sayages either became
more numerous or more civilized, so that
there was no longer any need for the forci.
BILE capture of wife, the ceremony of cap.
ture remained, as such things do, long afte,
the significance had departed In his boob
ON Central Asia Campbell says that, " On
one occasion heard loud cries from vii.
lage close at hand, and fearing some quar-.
rel, rode to the spot, and there saw man and
leaning on his back something covered with
large scarlet cloth he was surrounded by
twenty or thirty young fellows, and by them
protected from the desperate attacks made
by large number of young women. On
seeking an explanation of this novel scene.
was told that the man had Just been mar
ried, and his burden was his bride. whom
he was conveying to his own village. Her
friends, as is the custom, were seeking 90
regain possession of her, and hurled sticks
and stones at the head of the devoted groom
till he reached the confines of his own vii.
la3e." Throughout nearly all Central Asia
some relics of this custom are found, some.
times the bride being mounted on horse.
back, and the would-be groom forced to
| ride after her, sometimes the suit being
pressed by means of foot-raoe, and some
times the custom taking the form of recu-
lar scufiie between the parties to the con.
tract. Among the Tartars the marriage il
always celebrated by sham-fght between
the groom's friends and the friends of thf
BRIDE
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Dorothy's lip srembled.

Dorothys lip trembled.
!" But vented to surprise you, !" said she
81 wanted to be your little housekeeper
Normy"
" You have surprised me, Dot" said he.
"Apd next spring, when the lease runs out,
I'll give Blake and Brooks notice to
quis, and you shall come to live with me.
He walked around with her, little later,
10 Miss Gin.
Miss Cliff received them with smiling
welcome.
"0h, I'll take the very best care of her,
said she. I'm 80 glad to have you for q
roommate, Miss Diver. And perhaps ]
can get you place in the store where I try
ON
Try on y" repeated Dorothy, in some
bewilderment.
Jerseys and mantles, you know" ex.
planned Kitty Cliff. "For the customers to
Judge the effect. know they want another
girl at the ready-made linen counter, and
THINK that my recommendation would be
worth something"
1t was quiet, home-hke house, kept by
respectable widow, and Dorothy grew
quite cheerful sitting by Kitty Cliffs fire, in
spite of the disappointment she had thai
night sustained.
The rafting of milkmen's carts over the
stones awoke her betimes in the morning,
and she went with Kitty down to the break
tast-table, only the earliest boarders had as
yet made their appearance. And the frs.
she knew, she was courtsying to the very
hack-driver of last night, while Kitty was
saying
Miss Diver, this is Mr.. Kingston. Mr..
Kingston, let me present you to my friend,
Miss Diver, from Schoharie County"
"why," cried Dotty, cts the hack
mani"
It's the young lady for Seventy eight
Pickett Place !" said Mr.. Kingston. "But
am not hickman ~
Neither do live at Seventy weight Pick
EFT Place |" said Dorothy, laughing.
And then ensued mutual explanation,
in the course of which Charlie and Dorothy
became excellent friends.
Our little heroine succeeded in obtaining
. huo fhChhs bituhtiOu u LILO hlOEc WucIo Aitby
Cliff tried on" and, contrary to MIR.
Kingston's prediction; her roses bloomed as
brightly as ever at the expiration of three
months. For Dotty was happy, and there
is no tonic like happiness.
Well, puss," said Norman to her, as the
winter wore itself away, ST gave the fellows
notice to clear out to-day. shall be all
ready for you to come and keep house for
me on the first of May"
Dorothy blnshed wildly.
"Oh, Norman!" cried she, "rm SC
sorry, but"
But what ~ said Norman. &c You're
not going back to the country?"
No, not exactly" said Dorothy. Blu,
I'm going to keep house for some one else
I'm engaged to Charlie Kingston"
Hello ~ said Norman Diver. "Ther
the fellows may as well stay where they
are ?"
"If you don't mind,p whispered Doro-
thy.
Well, you'll have good husband,
said Norman /" And now that his rnoIe Il
dead, he'll have nice little property of his
own. After all, puss, it was q clever idea
of yours TO come to the city"
But never dreamed how things were
going to turn out I" said Dorothy.
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vAMDERBrLTs PLUcKY DAUGHTER


William Seward Webb, son of Gen
James Watson Webb, the journalist, mar
ried Leila Osgood Vanderbilt, tho last re.
naming unmarried daughter of William H
Vanderbilt, the richest man in America. It
was love match, too, and the young pair
are as happy as turtle doves in each others
society. Webb was young sprig and Van
derbilt did not like him. Figuratiyely
speaking, he kicked him out Of the house
several times, but. in this instance love
laughed at kicks, and eoubtless would have
taken cuffs at the mme time with perfect
romposure. The fact is, Mr. Vanderbilt
forbade him In the house, but the young
girl was in love with young Webb, and
when girl is in love there is one of two
things-she will either get over it or 90
through with it. Miss Leila had set her
heart on the young doctor, and il the stern
father had surrounded his domicile with q
fence bristling with spikes, scattered broken
bottles at oil the approaches and populated
the inclosure with hungry bulldogs the
Romeo of my story would have brayed all
the dangers, with the additional one of the
Vanderbilt boot, to bask in the light of his
lady-loye's eyes. The old gentleman waa
unrelenting, and verify believed there
would have been IN elopement bat for the
interference Of Mrs. Vanderbilt. She wal
the daughter of a clergyman, you know.
She is good-hearted and sensible, and with
woman's foresight saw how things wefe
going and told her husband that he must
not try to prevent the match. He respects
his wife, who is all that q helpmeet implies
to him, and bowed to her will. They were
married with good deal of pomp. Mr..
Vanderbilt made the young man junior
partner In firm Of brokers, to give him q
Wall street education, and then set him ur
IN business for himself. --Syracuse Journal
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GREAT DETECTIVES FARM.
The Home of the Late Allan Pinlxert0n, OF
Worldwide Fame.

Eighty-iye miles south of Chicago, Just at
the outskirts of the village of Onarga, lies
one of the most beautiful farms in the State
of Illinois. 1t comprises about three hun
dred acres and was purchased by the late
Allan Pinkerton eighteen or twenty years
ago. At that time the greater part of it was
swamp land, but Mr.. Pinkerton had il thor.
oughly drained and instituted o series OF
Improvements which were kept up until il
became the pride of that part of the State.
AS soon as the soil was in suitable condition
several hundred thousand English larches
puana- planted, .~e.lsi-es fvr~-t - tsssse
beautiful trees, and from these the farm de-
rives its name. A number of evergreen and
deciduous trees were also planted AT great
expense smooth, solid driveways were con-
structed, running through the farm in diff
ferent directions. Mr.. Pinkerton took par
ticular pride in these. They are now beauti-
fully shaded avenues, and here and there
are blooming shrubs and fanciful urns con-
tanning vines and flowers. A large summer
cottage, surrounded on all sides by wide
veranda over which climb honeysuckles and
roses of many varieties, stands in the midst
of IN extensive lawn. Through this lawn
wind clean gravel walks boarded at intervals
with exquisite flowers. Almost everywhere
flowers rare and beautiful greet the eye.
An artificial lake with its rustic bridge
and little sailboat further adorn the place
No expense had been spared to render this
one of the most beautiful of summer homes
neither did the great detective stint himself
in the indulgence of his eccentricities. HI
certainly must have had an eye to the ridicu.
lous when he stationed on each side of the
two entrances to his farm the statues of In
dian warriors with uplifted tomahawks.
They never inspired fear, for the gates we're
almost always open, and the drives, walks
and seats under the trees free to any who
chose to enter.
Mr.. Pinkerton delighted In animals of all
kinds. He had large number of horses,
from the clumsy Norman down to the little
Mexican pony, dogs, cats, chickens, geese,
ducks and pigeons. One of the curiosities
of the place is small cemetery where rest
the bones Of favorite animals Their gravei
are marked by headstones on which are in
scribed their names and time Of death.
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A Bsrbaroas landlord.

Y.
Ishould exceedingly, says London Truth,
like to know the name of the landowner
who is responsible for the following imam.
GUS peice of barbarity which took place 81
Everleigh, England, few days ago: "a
poor old woman, over eighty years Of age.
who lost her husband few months ago, was
forcibly evicted from her cottage, which she
had occupied for thirty-6ve years. Her
furniture and bedding were deposited in the
road, fully exposed to heavy downpour Of
rain and snow. The unfortunate old wo-
man, who is a cripple, was carried out Of
the cottage, weeping bitterly, by two stall.
wart policemen, who left her, with her
goods, by the side of the road, exposed To
the storm. She was ultimately removed to
Pewsey Workhouse."
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A New Boardsr Learn. Something.

New Boarder--" beg your pardon, mad.
am, and hope you won't be angry, but l
can't stay here. did not know your
daughter had craze for art or would not
have como. I left the last place because I
was driven almost insane by their esthetic
trumperies." Mrs. Slimdiet--" Really, sir,
you surprise me. My daughter has no craze
for art" "Then how does IL happen that
she has been doing repousee work for the
last hour 2" Repousee work ?" YES
hammering brass. The noise is fearful"
"0hl calm yourself, sir. That's only the
cook with the beefsteak. "-Phiaa. CaN.
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ponulnr DeIuaIens.

Science destroys some Of the most cher.
ished popular delusions. Catgut is derived
from sheep German silver was not invent.
ed in Germany, and it contains no silver;
Cleopatra's needle was not erected by her
nor in her honor Pompey's Pillar had no.
historical connection with that parsonage |;
sealing wax does not contain a particle Of
wax the tuberose is not rose, but a
polyanth the strawberry is not berry j;
Turkish baths did not orig mate in Turkey,
and are not baths at all whalebone is not
bone, and contains not any Of its proper
ties.
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The Ger slsmnn,y ra.as % Do.

ibid you ask Mr.. Simpson to como to
Zine with US on Sunday" inquired Mrs.
Wilson Of her husband. Yes, my dear.'
" What did you do that for? Didn't you
know we have no girla" "Yes, my dear,
but thought he would be gentleman
enough to decline the invitation"
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Try Groman's Dry Catawba Wine,
contains no alcohol. OF great benefit in
dyspepsia and indigestion. Put up in
bottles, rs cts. 2t
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GnfaNSC COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, for
OOOA y young ladies. Advantages un-
surpassed. GEORGE W. Cook, Phi. D. Principal,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ~. 1s.-3m.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-24
A IIaknown eenIul Imosg %.


In reading the sallna Herald for
several weeks past, have been sur
pFised ct the wonderful genius pre-
siding over Il, and fear that the public
do not fully appreciate its greatness
it has struck them 30 suddenly that
they stand dazed before lt with the
feeling one has In looking for the first
time upon the great Niagara
A stranger from the enlightened
state Of Missouri comes among Us,
and without the slightest manifesto
ton Of doubt IN his sbllity % the
suPerhuman task, undertakes the
,lOuble aud widely divergent OccuPa-
tiOaa Of running q Democratic pOlit
ical paper, simon pure, mOss-back
and AL, and an I'd Sanoed Theological
seminary for the beneat Of ministers
who have been in the pastOnate any
where from ten 20 twenty years.
What dazes the public is-0Ot that
the nIan should undertake q double
occupation, for that may be done
where there is some slnillsFity be-
tween them-but that be should un-
dsFtake 20 manage two such disslml-
Lar occupations that have no tie con-
Meeting them.
A horrible discovery Wa made ~
Gently in Chinatown, San Francisco.
Information Was given the eorOnOr
that q frightful stencil was emeuatlug
from q cellar on Pacific street. He
went, fOreed his way aud found the
floor covered with human skulls and
bones partially covered with flesh, In
the last stage Of green putFifaetiOn.
Among the deeayed mass worms were
crawling. while the floor Was wet and
Shiny with liquid exudntiO1 from the
remains. Ia the inner room the corO-
neF found q number Of Chinese en-
gaged In boiling down the remains Of
other bodies, while other Chinese
were engaged IN seraping the boiled
bones and packing them Ia boxes for
shipment 10 China, that the bones OF
their dead comrades might slumbeF
ln celestial soil. It Is estimated that
| the cellar contained over 800 dead
bOdies, which bad been taken secret
ly from the various cemeteries
throughout the State.
As an instance OF Chinese Ingenuity
it Is stated that those In charge Of the
operations, fearing that the stencil
from the boiling pots would lie %
great ~ 10 attract attention outside
secured tw0 big skunks 50 that the
OdoF Of the latter might overcome the
| former.
Now transport yourself from thls
revolving SCENE TO the most beautiful
aud tidy picture gallery Of Europe,
surrounded with paintings from the
great masters, with The purest seenes
OF earth and sky, angel forms and
Heavens IOvellness, and golden sun
sets-and what q cOutFast from the
Chinese cellar in San Francisco to the
picture gallery OF Europe But thes'
scenes are no wider apart than are thl
two occupations which our strange
from Missouri undertakes to manage
Aud that be should undertake it q
he does without the slightest hesita'
liOn or doubt Of his versatility Of tai.
ent equal to the demand, Is where
the sublime mOdesty Of the mar
comes 10. Truly great genius hai
come among us. N.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-09-24
Wsddina Anniversary.


At tthe Instance Of Miss NettIe Lam
hAnl-asslsted by her friend Miss
Emma Post, q very pleasant sur
prise party. was gotten up Tuesday
evening, Sept. Is. In honor OF the 18th,
wedding anniversary Of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. q. LAnham. About
thirty Of their friends gathered at
their residence on West branch, and
were most cordially received and en-
tertsined for the evening. A good
social time was enjoyed by all present.
An excellent repast was served, TO
which all did ample justice. Some
fine vocal aud instrumental music by
Miss Nsttie LAnham, Mrs. J. w.
Adams, T. ID. w. Manchester, and
Mr. Clark, were an enjoyable feature
OF the evenings entertainment. Miss
Eettie seemed complete mistress OF
the sweetest tones drawn from q
handsome upright piano. Her rem
dering OF the Whlp-pOOr- will" song
was loudly applauded and fully ap-
preeiated, ~ were the sOft, sweet
strains Of lone viOlinlst from q som
bre corner Of tue dining room, which
were not only appreciated by the
walters, but tended 10 liv0n their
steps a. they passed 10 and fro with
their ladened trays for the guests.
At an early hour the guests departed
for their homes with = score Of pleas
ant memories added 10 the past. aud
leaving their amiable host and hostess
10 enjoy their happy, hOnOred life-Oi
the past-as well as for the future.
Hoping they may live 10 celebrate the
choicest Of all-the Diamond wed
ding, With ell the blessings that come
betWeen-ls the wish Of A GUEST