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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
A POETIC GEM.-NIAGARA.

Dash on! dash on, and SWELL forever swell
The chorus of thy wild and gushing song,
That billowy anthem seems with joy to tell
Of Him who made thy wondrous voice so
strong.
Mans boasted eloquence but feebly vies
With the loud music of thy ceaseless hymn,
And shining clouds from thy rough affairs rise,
Which make the light of edIthlp offerings dim.
oh who would dare. while gazing upon thee,
To doubt the power that made thee what thou
art?
There let the scotfer bend his stubborn knee
And speak the prayer that trembles in his
heart.
would not ask holier spot to breathe
My hottest thoughts, or bow me down to pray,
Than where the laughing sunshine comes to
wreathe
strove to tell the thoughts which thick and
fast,
When first l saw thee. through my bosom
swept,
longed to speak but could not and at last
Bowed low my head in silent awe. and wept,
Down, down, for countless eentur es as now,
That emerald torrent DER the rock has poured,
And countless rainbows on thy misty brow,
Have written, Holiness unto the Lord
And when stern Winter clasps the cloudy veil
That floats around thee with his icy hand
Making thy wondrous beauty sad and pale,
As from thy forehead drops the glittering
band.
Lo does the white foam surging at thy feet
Build up to God a mighty monument,
frozen altar to his praise as meet
+},a hor
I'd love to see the angry tempest-king
Do battle with thee in thy strength and pride,
And watch the whrlwind dip his rutfied wing
With wasted strength in thy resstess tide
To see the dark ranks Of the storm advance
And hurl their thunders at thy bristling crest.
To watch the lightnings fiery javelin glance
From the white shield upon thy heaving
breast.
His swarming teets-he trreStleS with the sea;
But in the zenith of his boasted power
He never yet has dared to cope with thee.
Thou needest not the aid of wind and storm
To make thee terrible-yet dost thou blend
Thy smiles and fury in one strange. wild form
So wonderful, We scarce can comprehend.
Grand, beautiful. invisible thou art.
But, ah. how vaguely human words can tell
OF thee (as thou art sweeping thro my heart;
One atom of thy shining spray as well
Could paint those mighty torrents as they pour,
Forever changing, while thou art the same,
Summer and Winter, now and evermore,
As when from God thy foaming waters came.
CANTON PLACE, La, May 20. Rosa.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

GOSSIP. is absolutely no re-
deeming feature in gossip. Even if
true, we do not desire to know dis
agreeable facts about any of our neigh
bors. Nothing is more demoralizing to
a man than to lose faith in his fellows.
The man of faith and honor is not apt
to be suspicious of others, and does not
willingly believe evil The lover of
scandal and the believer in it are alike
deficient in honor and morality, and
are the bane of well-organized society.
If all gossips could be quietly killed
some morning, the next generation of
men and women would be happier. A
case of hydrophobia now and then
starts a cry of ''Muzzle the dogs"
Death on the highways" etc. There
is death and misery in the highways
and byways and in the home, from the
poisoned tongue of the gossips Let
the voice go up, 'Muzzle the gossips. -
Teach the children that gossiping is
dishonorable, and that faith in the
honor and virtue of mankind will build
up society, and add to the sum of hu-
man happiness.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

had its counterpart among the lads in
the coal breaker, and instances could
be mentioned of this child heroism of
the screen-room. When the little fell
lows first go to work at slate picking
they find the task severe and painful.
Sitting in a STOPPING position amid
clouds of coal dust is painful, and tiny
fingers are cruelty cut and bled by con-
tact with the pieces of coal that are as
sharp as bits of broken glass. In time
the hands become hardened and so do
the boys, so that what was at first re-
garded as a slavery seems compara-
lively easy.
In the coal breakers especially many
hundreds of children are employed un-
der the age of 10 years. There are in
stances of boys being sent to pick slate
even at years of age and any number
may be found in the screen-room be-
tween 6and 8. Some of these are prob
ably the sole support of a mother
and younger children, the father of the
family having been suddenly killed at
his work in the mine. 1t seems cruel
to send such boys to work, but it seems
equally cruel to prevent them from
earning the needed crust for the strck-
en- families to which they belong. The
question has consumed much attention
for several years throughout the coal
fields, and at the last session of the Leg
islature of Pennsylvania a section was
embodied in the general mine law pro-
hibiting child labor in and about the
mines
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
SMILES WHEN SHE SPEAKS,

The power of unconscious influence
was illustrated recently by little in,
cident that occurred in Eastern Massa-
chusetts.
\ lady called at the house of a
neighbor on an errand; but, as the
family was away, she asked the hired
man to tell his employer that she
would call again. Being in hurry,
and not thinking but that the man
knew who she was, she did not leave
her name. The lady of the house re-
turned before the rest of the family.
and the man told her that a lady had
been there and said she'd call again.
who was it?' inquired Mrs. H.
"Oh, l don't know her name," re-
piled the man.
But you should have asked her"
said Mrs. H., 80 we should know who
had been here. Can't you tell me any
thing by which l can tell who came?
Where does she live?'
Il don't know" said the man, ssbut
she's the one that always smiles when
she speaks
The pleasant look and the courteous
manner in which the lady had spoken
to the servant had been noticed and
remembered, leaving a sunbeam in
that mans heart.
Let US each remember that religion
is recommended by the way in which
we treat even the servants. The com
mand, BE courteous" reaches to all
with whom we have to do-The Con-
gregatiOndlist
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
GRANTS COURTESY.

A near neighbor of General Grants
in New York saw him for the first time
in a Fourth Avenue car. 1t was a
rainy day and the car was crowded, so
when an old Irish woman, in faded
shawl, with a handkerchief tied over
her head and a huge market basket on
her arm, boarded it, there was not a
seat vacant. Well-dressed clerks and
spruce young men in eyeglasses gazed
out of the window as if the drooping
stoops and wet pavement had sudden
ly developed new interest for them.
and middle-aged man with cigar in
his mouth, who might have been a
tradesman or mechanic from his dress,
arose and gave his seat to the old mar
ket woman with few words of simple
courtesy. A man sitting next to Gen.
Grants neighbor said:
THAT is General Grant"
Nothing could illustrate more plainly
than this incident the sterling quail
ties that made General Grant a great
man. He carried the courtesy of
princes into the democratic precincts
of street car, actuated by the same
spirit of magnanimity that bade him
return the vanquished sword to Gen
eral Lee
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Suppose man pays fifteen dollars
for a trio of White Leghorns, which
will produce an average of $50 eggs to
each hen in year and raises therefrom
laying stock of fifty pullets for the
next season, while his neighbor con-
tents himself with common fowls and
starts with a trio costing one dollar
and fifty cents, from which he also
raises laying stock of fifty pullets for
the next year, which will lay an aver
age of one hundred eggs each. Sup
pose that the Leghorns have cost ex-
actly as much to rear as the mongrels.
The difference of investment will be at
the beginning of the second year. talk
ing the highest figures, $13. so, to which
add one years interest, 81 cents, MAX
ing a total of $1431. The fifty Leg
horns will lay $500 eggs, while the
mongrels will lay 5000 eggs, a differ
ence in favor of the Leghorns of $500
eggs, or over 20s dozens. Suppose
these eggs to sell for twenty cents a
dozen, which will give profit of Sal. 60
in favor of the Leghorns. Subtract
from this the increased outlay of the
original investment of $1431, and there
is a difference in favor of the Leghorns
of $2729, besides leaving their owners
we'll stocked with thorough bred fowls
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
A GALLANT THRUSH

A young Highlander, having set a
horse-hair moose in the woods, was de-
lighted one morning to find a female
song-thrush entangled therein. He
carried home his prize, put it into a
roomy, open-braided basket, secured
the lid with much string and many
knots, and chen hung the extemporized
cage upon nail near the open window.
In the afternoon the parish minister
was called in by the boy's>mother, who
wished him to persuade her son to set
the captive free. While the clergyman
was examining the bird through the
basket, his attention was called to an
other thrush perched on a branch op-
posite the window.
''4es!" exclaimed the boy, "and it
followed me home all the way from the
woods"
1t was the captive's mate, which,
having faithfully followed his partner
to her prison, had perched himself
where he might see her, and she hear
the sad, broken notes that chirped his
grief
The clergyman hung the basket
against the cave of the cottage. and
then the two retired to watch what
might happen. In few minutes the
captive whispered a chirp to her mates
complaint. His joy was unbounded.
Springing to the topmost spray of the
tree, he trilled out two or three ex-
ultant notes, and then alighted on the
basket-lid, through the hole in which
the captive had thrust her head and
neck. Then followed a touching scene.
The male bird, after billing and cooling
with the captive, dressing her feathers
and stroklng her neck, all the while
tiuttering his wings, and grooming an
undersong of encouragement, suddenly
assumed another attitute. Gathering
up his wings, he erected himself and
began to peck and pull away at the
edges of the hole in the basket-lid.
The birds ardent affection and his eff
fort to release his mate, touched cler
gyman, mother and boy.
'l'll let the bird go,n said he, in a
sympathetic voice, as he saw his moth
er wiping her eyes with her apron.
The basket was then carried to the
spot where the bird had been shared.
The cock thrush followed, sweeping
occasionally close past the boy carry
ing the basket, and chirping abrupt
notes, as if assuring his mate that he
was still near her On arriving at the
snare the clergyman began untving the
many intricate knots which secured
the lid, while the cock bird, perched
on hazel bough not six feet away,
watched silently and motionless the
process of liberation AS soon as the
basket-lid was raised the female thrush
dashed out with scream of terror and
JOY, while the male followed like an
arrow shot from bow. and both dis
appeared behind clump of birch
trees. 1t was an excellent lesson for
the boy-one which he never forgot
Youths Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
GRIMY COLLIERY BOYS.

Those who have at any time visited
any of the mines or coal breakers of the
anthracite regions of Pennsylvania
could not fail to be forcibly impressed
by the large number of boys, many of
them of a very tender age, employed
in the colleries as drivers of mules and
door tenders, and in the screen rooms
as slate pickers. Many of those little
men, who with their grimy faces and
hardened hands look like a strange
race of human beings, are under the
age of 10 years, but they perform a
most important task in the great work
of preparing the dusky anthracite for
the market. In the mines as mule
drivers these hardy lads are invaluable.
They sing and whistle and laugh and
play amid their gloomy surroundings,
and they manage the erratic mule bet
ter than most men. They drive the
loaded cars from the working chamber
to the foot of the shaft up which the
coal is hoisted to the tower of the
breaker, and they take the 'empties''
back to the men who blast down the
coal from the 'breast"
As a general thing the boys employed
as mule drivers are older and stronger
than those who work in the screen
rooms of the breakers. The duties of
the latter consist in sorting the slate
from the broken coal which flows in
black streams down a number of chutes
from the ponderous machinery in
which the the cleaning anthracite
boulders are broken into the requisite
sizes. The slate pickers sit in rows
astride these chutes, their eyes fixed
steadily upon the broken coal that
brushes past them down the steep in
cline, and their fingers nimbly at work
picking out the black, dull pieces of
slate that are mixed with the glisten-
ing anthracite. During this flow of
coal down the chutes no shirking is
tolerated. The boys must keep their
eyes constantly on the chutes and see
to it that all the bits of slate are taken
out.
In order to insure strict attention on
the part of these little workers super
intendent stands on guard, with his
eyes on the boys This individual,
who by the nature of his occupation
is usually disliked by the slate pickers,
is known as the Cracker boss the
breaker being sometimes called a coal
cracker. The cracker boss'' must be
strict, therefore he is considered severe.
sometimes he is the victim of various
mischievous pranks. His whip is hid
den, his chewing tobacco is lost. his
hat is mislaid, or some other accident
OF an embarrassing sort occurs when
ever the opportunity presents itself.
If by any chance the cracker boss is
absent for a few minutes the screen
room undergoes a transformation. and
the rows of little fellows who usually
sit at their work with bowed heads
give forcibe illustration of the maxim
that boys will be boys
Some of the saddest accidents con-
nected with coal mining have occurred
in the breakers among the children
who pick slate. Little fellows have
been ground to death in the massive
machinery, and many of their COM
rades have lost their lives in the effort
to save them. The unselfsh heroism
of the men who work in the mines has
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Sam Wednesday, an impecunious
citizen of Austin, was supposed to be
crazy, and his relatives brought him
before the county court to have a
lunatico de inquirendo pass on his mental
condition, his delusion being that he
was very rich. A lawyer proceeded to
ask the crazy man questions to test his
sanity.
II hear that you are going to build
a $50, 1000 residence"
st is going to cost 100000"
you don't say son
Yes; and | am going to start daily
paper with $25O,OOO capital. That's a
mere trifle for man of my means.n
'You seem to have so much money.
perhaps you would not object to lend
ing me thousand dollars"
I'D like to do it, Judge, but that
would be such risky investment,
everybody would suspect me of being
crazy"
The refusual of the supposed lunatic
to seriously entertain the idea of lend
ing money to an Austin lawyer caused
the jury to decide that Sam was in full
possession of his reasoning faculties
1eras SJtings.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
RELICS OF LINcoLN'S DEATH
BED.

This anxiety to get relics connected
with General Grant reminds me of a
circumstance which came to my notice
in Washington city many years ago."
remarked an old resident of the Ma
tional Capital to a reporter recently
81 occupied a room in 1866, a rear par
lor, on the first floor of the Tenth st.
House, opposite Ford's theatre, in
which Lincoln died. Secretary Stan
ton, | was informed, occupied the same
room while the martyred President
was in his dying agony. The Presi-
dent died in smaller room, which was
in the rear, opening from the passage
way. Afamily named Peterson owned,
or leased, the house, forget which
In 1872 | called on the family and was
informed by Mrs. Peterson, whose hus-
band had died, that she intended
breaking up housekeeping and selling
her furniture. She had stored away in
closet since Lincoln's death the bed
clothes, mattress, etc, on which the
President lay. The sheet and pillow
case We're stained with his blood. Mrs.
Peterson said that she did not like 60
sell them at atpublic auction, and thought
that the government or some friend of
Lincoln would like to preserve them.
L called the attention of the city editor
of the Washington Chronicle to the mat
ter and he published brief article re
lating the circumstance, and the next
day some patriotic citizen called on the
widow and paid her good round sum
for the relics. Where they now are |
know not. thought at the time that
it was strange that the articles should
have been allowed to remain where
they were so long time.
THE Peterson's were an unlucky
family. There was father, wife, son
and two daughters. They never pros
pered after Lincoln's death. The
father committed suicide and his family
became comparatively poor
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Madame Gin search of country board
"You have plenty of fresh eggs?n
Farmer: millions of 'em, lady; mil
lions of 'em.'
Madame: 'And fresh butter?n
Farmer: 'Tons of it, lady; tons of
it."
Madame: "And pure milk?"
Farmer: oceans of it, lady; oceans
of it,"
Madame: 'And mosquitoes?"
Farmer: Billions of 'em, lady; bill
lions of-er-what did you say?"
Madame: Mosquitoes"
Farmer: ''There amt a skeeter on
the farm
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Two little orphans, brother and sis
ter, with tags around their necks di-
recting that they be sent to Michigan,
arrived at Castle Garden last week, af-
ter having travelled from Germany. An
other little brother, who was also to
make the journey, was drowned Just
before the sailing of the vessel.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Uncle Jumbo was caught with a
stolen chicken in his hat, when asked
how it came there, he replied: Fore
de Lord, boss, that fowl must have
crawled up my breeches leg"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

More hearts pine away in secret au-
guish for the want of kindness from
those who should be their comforters
than for any other calamity in life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

The world deals good naturedly with
good natured people, and we never
knew sulky misanthropist who quar-
relied with it, but it was he and not it,
that was in the wrong.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

Have purpose in life, and having
it, throw into your work such strength
of mind and muscle as God has given
you.-Cdrlyle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24

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Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-09-24
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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1885-03-12

ANOTHER PRoTEsT.-Last week IS
communication of "John Plowman" of
Miles township, on the New Court
House Question" is followed up this
week by the decisive preamble and res
olution of the Progress Grange of Cen
ire Hall, published below showing that
Potter township joins in the opposition
to such an untimely and expensive un.
dertaking:
at meeting of Progress Grange,
Centre Hall, Pa, Feb. 25th, 1885, the
following preamble and resolution was
passed by an unanimods vote ::
WHEREAS. at the last session Of
Court of Common Pleas of CentIe
county, the Court declared in favor of
the erection CT ileU Court House, and
WHEREAS, it is comparatively only Il
few years since it was rebuilt and re-
model d and is still in good condition
and ample for all the necessities OF the
Court, therefore be it
ResOlued, by the members of Progress
Grange and citizens of Potter township,
that we enter our protest against the
assumption of so unWarrantable an &C
tion on the part of the Court at time
when every department of trade and in
dustry is Frustrated and under the cir
cumstances, an outrage upon the labor
and industries of the county which we
call upon all good citizens of the county
to protest against.
JAMES B. NEEF,
CARRIE e. OsMAN, Master.
Secretary.