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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-03-05

|nENTAL NOTICE. will DO It Thayer's Hotel
- Factory Point. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday OF each week. for the present. fiom 3
:. m. till p. M, prepared to do all kinds Of
dental work.
Il. L. DUNNING.
Factory Point w., Dec. 30th, 1884. 303m
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-03-05
8 Per Cent. Investments.

wsstern Farn Mortgages. Interest Semi an.
nual. security three TO u times amount IL loan /.
Interest and priscipal collected free 81 charge,
Guaranteed. Also : few Eastern Mortgages and
Railroad Bonds, Call II you have money 10 let
81 o. y, Thompson h Sous Insurance ONCE, on
Thursdays. at Granville. N. r, or sddrsss
SMITH billiard.
East Rupert, VI.
References gwen upon application. s0sm
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-03-05
SUNDERLAND

Prof. Crsry was with the Farmers Band
Of this place last week. Will be here four
nights next week.
Moderator, s H Cram.
Town Clerk, u 3 Burt.
Selectmsn. L G Bacon, s II Crum, A Il
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

waited by the breeze to the attentive ears of her
admirer. He was very long and a very tall
camel, and In an instant he commenced to rear
My position became both ludicrous and precari-
ous-ludicrous to every one but myself, who was
interested IN the matter more than anyone ex-
cept Romeo-and found that was, as it were,
slipping down the steep roof of a house, with
nothing to hold on by but little peg about four
inches long, which projected from the front part
of the saddle.
1t was an awful moment, but he did not keep
me long In suspense; and performing an extra
ordinary movement he suddenly swung himself
round on his hind legs, and ran as fast as ever
he could in the direction Of the fair enticer. A
camels gait is peculiar one; they 60 something
like pig with the fore, and like cow with the
hind legs. The motion is decidedly rough. and
at this moment my steed was seized with a
strange and convusive twitching which
threatened to capSiZe the saddle. My po-
sltlon became each second more ridiculous
ana appalling. l was shuttlecock; Romeo's
back was the battle-door. At every moment
was hurled into the air, the fear Of missing the
saddle and falling in the groun dbeing continual
ly on my mind. The little projecting knob,
which seemed an instrument of torture, like the
impaling sticks used to punish the unfaithful in
China, was also source of CONSERVATION, and
do not mink had ever felt a more thorough
sensation of relief than when. on arriving at our
encampment Romeo halted by the side of Ju
liet.
Inc eplSoue with Romeo mad been an alarming
one but it was nothing to being driven by this
amorous young Russian as charioteer; and at
last, after having been deposited with all my
luggage for the third time in the snow, / re-
solved to appeal to his feelings by sharp appli-
cation of my boot why do you do that!" he
said, pulling up short, 'you hurt; you break my
ribs"
II only do to you what you do to me, was my
reply; you hurt, you break my ribs, and prop
erty besides"
'Oh, one of noble BIRTH" calculated the fell
low, lit is not my fault 1t is thou, o moody
one!'-to his off side horse, accompanied by a
cherished onel--to his other meager and half
starved quadruped (Whack) "Oh, petted and
.caressed sons of animals" (whack, whack,
whack9 will teach you to upset the gentle
men,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
Marie Theresa.

.sThe Queen told me one day." writes Nine
Campan Of Marie Antoinette. ''that her mother
Marie Theresa) was left widow at an age
when her beauty was yet striking; that she was
secretly informed OF plot laid by her three
principal ministers to make themselves agree
able to her; of a compact made between them
that the losers should not feel any jealousy to-
ward him who should be fortunate enough to
gain his sovereign's heart The Empress being
assured of this scheme, one day after the break
ing up of the council, over which she had pre-
sided, turned the conversation upon the subject
Of female sovercigns and the duties of their
sex and rank; and then applying her general re
iections to herself IN particular, told them that
she hoped to guard herself all her life against
weaknesses Of the heart but that if ever an ire
sistible feeling should make her alter her resolu-
ton, it should be only in favor of man proof
against ambition, not engaged in state affairs
but attached only to a private life and its calm
eujoyinents. In word, il her heart should be-
tray her so far rs TO lead her to love man in
vested with any important office, from the mo-
mont he should discover her sentiments he
would forfeit his place and bis influence with
the public This was sufficient The three
ministers, more ambitious than ainorous, gave
up their projects forever
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
The Returned Nile yoyageurs.

MontreaE WItnesS.
MIR. James Martin, of vinton, Upper LEIGH
field, Quebec, liked it very well for while, but
Arabs for their indecency in having no clothes
on. He had been present at funeral and
noticed strange custom When the body was
put into the grave sheep was laid beside it to
prevent hunger in the next world. and ten cents
placed in the mouth Of the corpse to pay its
passage over the river of death. The navigation
of the river was much more difficult than here
The water was very deceptive for sometimes it
would appear as smooth as glass, and when en-
tered on perfect whirlpool. He had con.
veyed the Black Watch up to Dongola, and never
met in ali his experience such q fine body OF men
They looked like men who could do anything or
so anywhere. The country, he considered, was
a miserable one, consisting only Of dates and
sand not 6t for Christian to live in.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
How lie Came to Wear a Star.
st. Louis Republican.


A peculiar case was reported to the police yes
terday By Mrs. Eliza Urtel of BIG Prairie av-
enue. She was married about year ago to Mr..
Urtel who represented that he was quite d
wealthy man. He claimed to have money in
bank in Michigan and also to own large farm.
She says that he spent several hundred dollars
of her money and three weeks ago decided TO go
going he tod his wife that he
felt queer ard had presentment that he
wond be killed on the railroad She SAID thas
perhaps il he was mangled he could not be identi-
fed and she would thus lose the money and
farm That he might be identified in case any
accident happened, she made him put on an un.
dershirt of peculiar make. He then put on two
pairs of pants The seat was cut out of the in-
side pair and large patch shaped like star
substituted. He then left and she has not seen
him since, and believes that some accident befel
him. She wrote 70 the town where his property
WAS alleged TO be, aud learned that he was not
known there and had no property. The police
think it liz q case of desertion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
FACES THAT SEEMED TO CHANGE.

Dead Woman's Features Shining Out
Through Those of Dying Child.
I'll. E." Newark lady. writes to the New
York Sun as follows:
MANY people are deceived by optical illu-
sions On recent morning l looked into my
brothers room, and him standing at his
dressing case Then | remembered that l had
heard him go down stairs and l said to myself
this is an optical illusion Knowing that it
was SUCH, looked at the figure until it slowly
bodily health, cheerful, and, believe, sound in
mind. A friend, who died lately, said in her
last hours, when apparently she was rational,
that she saw her dead parents and brother in
her room. She exclaimed, addressing the
friends who stood at her bedside There
they are, right there. Can't you see themp
repeat that, as far as anyone could judge, she
was thoroughly conscious. But we will pass
over her case, for it is not exceptional, and
while we cannot say she was delirious, neither
can we affirm positively that she had her senses.
"But here, think, is an unusual form of OPP
teal Illusion if it was an illusion at all. A few
days ago q well-knOwn business man Of New
York passed away. His widow is clearmnded
and educated lady, without any morbid or SUI
perstltlous faint IN her nature, any belief in
spiritualism. While bending over her husband
shortly before his death. she observed that the
expression of his face was changing, and the
next moment she Saw there, instead, the face of
her dead brother The two men were entirely
unlike in appearance, one being light and hav
ing blonde beard, and the other
very dark. Shortly afterward the lady saw on
her husbands face the expression of another de-
ceased friend, and, little later, that of third
Her morbid and overweight fancy deceived her.
someone says. Could two persons be deceived
at the same time and in the same wayl / ask
this because three years ago this lady and her
sister watched beside tho dying child Of the lat
ter. The little girls face suddenly changed. One
of the ladies saw that the other observed this
and said:
Emily, who was it?'
" Adelaide was the answer.
9 Yes, Adelaide
1.-THE two ladies' have told me that they saw
unnlis takably the face of their dead cousin, a
woman, shining out through the face of this dy.
ing child ! offer no explanation of these phe-
nomena, and present them only because to me
they seem very interesting
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
"EMERGENcYs LECTURES.
How tlie Boston Girls Are Taught to Fake
Care of Themselves.
Boston letter in Kansas t'Ity Times.


Boston letter in Kansas t'Ity Times
Feminine Boston is attending This winter
emergency lectures" These are, no doubt of
great value. Ii girl slip down and sprain her
ankle. instead Of being obliged to wait till some
man picks her up and sends he. nome in e cab,
she quietly takes off her sioe and stocking,
tucks her skirts to one side. and performs the
necessary surgical operation on the spot If she
feels faint at ball, instead of looking around
for a man to whom she has been introduced, and
into whose arms she can without immodcsty fall,
she quietly sits down on the nearest chair, sends
her escort for a few simple remedies, and ap-
plies them herself. Suppose, during these
beautiful snowy days, she is run away with
runaway with by horse, | mean. While
the horse is tearing along looking for con-
venient lamp post to use in breaking the Sleigh
this Boston girl, with the GOODNESS Of Galen and
the quiet dignity OF Hippocrates selects from
her bag some linimcnt, or two splints aud a
number of stripssof linen, and when at last she
is thrown across the horses back against the
side of house, instead of screaming or fant;ng,
she applies the liniment ready in her hand. BAN
dages up the fractures and walks quietly home
70 send one of the grooms for her horse. be-
ieve later III the season some OF the lectures are
to be purely practical, and we shall be told how
to smile upon Inoqaito so that he will refuse TO
modest u.s. or how to frown upon wasp so that
the wasp will drop dead with fright, or how to
convince oneself at n moments notice that u
mouse is more timid than l60-pound GIRL and
quite unable to scale dress, either on the in
side or out unless helped by a ladder You SEQ
there is TO nonsense about these lectures; the
girls are honestly benefited by them, and they
are becoming more and more popular.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15
A Camel in Love.

Colonel Burnaby's Ride to Khiva.''
Some distance further on the road I observed
strong Discrimination evinced by the man whose
business it was to drive me to the next hating
place. He was a fresh-looking sturdy fellow,
and | could not understand the evident dislike
he had for his fare, the more particularly as !
had made a point of tipping the respective
drivers in order to get on as fast as possible.
What is it," inquired of the station master
is he ill?" NO" was the reply: 'she
was married yesterday, that is all" 1t
seemed somewhat cruel to tear away the
poor fellow from the conjugal bliss that
awaited him in the next room, but there was no
help for it. No other driver could be procured,
and the duty must be performed, while, if had
not before remarked that there was something
amiss with the fellow, / should very soon have
found it out by the extraordinary motions his
horse impaired to the sleigh.
He dashed the animals, which kicked and
jumped, performing antics which slightly resem.
bled the convulsive twitchiness of an individual
suffering from st. Vitus. | was thrown in the
air and caught again by the rebound, upset,
righted and upset again, without having had
time to realize the first disaster; cartridge cases
guns, saddle bags and self all flying the air at
the same instant; the enamored driver forgetting
everything, in the absorbing influence of his
passion, save the desire to return to the side of
his adored Dulcinea
once rode a camel in love. This was in the
Great Korosko Desert. He was known by the
name of Magnoon, or the Mad Camel; but
whether on account of his susceptible heart or
not caunot say. shall never forget on one
occasion, when the amorous quadruped had
accidentally become separated from the Juliet of
his affection. a sweet creature that carried the
shiek of our party. She was very old, but this
was no deterrent in the eyes of her ardent ad-
mirer, who was miserable when not at her side.
had ridden on a little ahead of the party, when
the voice of Juliet, who was being saddled in the
desert, and who vented her woes in weird
s0ueals end sounds appropriate TO her race, was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

ar" but when he seed his NANNY he sot into
cryin' ar, and thought she was a comm after her
gourd ar. Oh, brethering, none of you know,
unless you've got little son so high, what it is
to have him wander off and git lost ar I'll close
now ar, and leave you all to your own reflections
arr
so loud you couldn't hear nothn, the preacher
said and the babies got ashamed Of theyseves
and drapt off to sleep, and jined Brother Madison
IN his nap, and never walked up tel they sot into
slngin' for ineetin to break.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

Paul Before Agrippa. Acts XVI, lis.
GOLDEN TExT.-AndI said, Who art thou Lords
And he said, am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.
Acts XVI IT,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-15

side OF Rohersons clearing ar, and it tuck old
Miss Davis aud old Miss Higgins. and old Miss
Milestone all three to hold her ar.
All Of student hushed crying, for sump'n
seemed to tell me to go to the lme-sink ar whar
he was in the inhabitants Of playin' along of his
little traps and things ar, trying TO kill birds ar
but brethering if ne ever kotch bird [ mover
hearn tell of it ar.
tell you beloved brethering and sstering too
ar hope begun TO rise in my heart. started to-
wards the lime-snk, and told EN- all to keep up
if they could ar. / seed a wee speck in the dis
lance ar, then hope riz in mo heart agin ar. and
as gotnigher and higher to that wee speck
seed it move ar, (clapping his hands, and hope
got bigger and bigger ar in my heart ar and as
got coster and closter to it, it got bigger and
bigger, and hope got bigger and bigger III me
heart ar, and as got higher to it, it begun TO
sumo the shape Of a human form ar, then breth-
ering knowed it must be him ar, and as / got
up to him, shore enough it was him ar; and thar
he sot with his feet doubled up under him liken
unto tailor cutting out garment ar; he
never seed me he was so busy a playing longer
his little things ar Bretherng its a tetchn sar-
cumstance ar, and alters fetches the water to
eyes to relate it ar Thar sot my little son
Isaac ar, and in his hands ar he had old gourd
ar it was his mammy's soap gourd ar, that she
had bumpuzzled her brain and ramshackled the
whole place a lookin' for ar. and across that
gourd brethering lie had stretched some of the
hars outn that little mule colts tail ar and
brethering he called that his fiddle ar, and
brethering she had corn stalk ar, and
across that corn stalk ar, he had some
of them same hars out'n that same little mule
colts tail ar, and lie called that his bow
ar. And thar he sot saving away on his
gourl fiddle with his corn stalk bow ar, singin
and o playn of q little tune ar (Eere he made
gestures like playing on q fiddle, and hummed
tune" DUN te-duIn, dunn DUN, tweedle dee,
tweedle-dec, etc."j But. brethering, he was
happy ar, and ign'ant of the trouble he had give
US all ar. / grabbed him to me arms ar. and
Rugged him AZ. oh says ], the lost is found
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23
80, L.r'Eit i'm Again.,

In the early dayroi Me.hodism in
Scotland certain congregation, where
there was bat one rich man, desired TO
build o new chapel. A church meet
ing was held. This rich Old Scotchman
ross and said: brethren. We dinna
need q new chapel; Phi give 10 for re-
pairs"
Just then bit of plaster falling from
the ceiling hit him on the head.
Looking up and seeing how had it
was no said: "Brethren, It's worse
thon | thnucht; pll make it 50 pun"
COB, Lord" exclaimed DEVOTED
brother On back seat, chit i'm
againH
There are many humau tabernac!es
which are in soro mood CT radical bulld.
lug over, but we potter and in@" ana
repair in spots without satisfactory
rosults. 1t is only when we are person
ally alarmed st the real danger that
right thing, Then it 10 that we most
kesnly regret because wo did not
sooner use our judgment, follow the
advice born Of the experience OF others
and lump away from our peril9.
Thousands OF pers Gus who Will reau
TIL. pp-sgreDh are in sheet misery TO-
dav wheii~ey nigh As. salts
factory condition. ih~nH a5Sfe weak,
lifeless. full OF odd achos%'h9 pains,
and every year they know >they are
getting worse, even though the best
doctors are patching them in spots.
The origin Of these aches aud psins IL
the kidneys aud liver, and II they
would build these all over new with
Warmers safe cure ss millions have
done, and cease investing their money
in miserable unsuccessful patchwork,
thew Would be we'll and happy and
| would bless the day when the LORD
chit 'em" and indicated the common
sense course for them 10 pufeue'-
| London Press.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23

sspafslsly aud soied nton condition.
siig. Th0f1 ~ good authority inf che
NJ iiemoni That ~ this Place
in0sl fashion The conference
has actually concluded a nvoyesf
pooling arrangement, nui ihOy pnsi
lively refuse tu make uuh-
no any conclusions arrived NJ
until nll tho tofns auu rules ara acted
upon collectively aul ihp pool con
animated. they WsY conclude this
work tomorrow, or AZ the iurthesi
hv Friday night, Tho question
uf pool O0mmlasiOnOra was
Informally discussed no tho morning
session, and the choice i0ll upon Mr.. j,
Waldo, the General Manager al tho
Houston n Texas Central Raft
way, acting Ia such capacity
~ agent for tho recelypr- This sClec
lion like all other Cuur u-Iuus u the
awaits formal and ilnal
Mr.. Waldo has
bGru connected with tHt Houston &
Texas Central Railway Tor period
OF 10 years, Catering the service "a
n freight CLERK, NO rogO 20 he vice.
presIdsut ana traffic manage, which
nosition no allied when tho Tond pass
ed into thu hands OF The receivers las
Februgry. lla IL regarded ~ a. UN-
Rbla railroad manager.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23
Alleged Barbarity.

H.C. billiard, formerly employed by
the county as guard oyer the con-
victs working the public thorough
fares, is responsible for the statement
that several days ago superintendent
Forester handcuffed prisoner by
the name of Simpson, and, pinioning
his uplifted arms to the upper portion
of the cell, kept him in that po'
sition for IL hours. Inc
unfortunate man Yves NOT
allowed to. eat, drink or attend to ma
lures desires, according to the state
ment of billiard. When released from
his painful position, Simpson was
livid in color, exhausted in strength
ant states facts, the punishment was
brutal and inhuman. The offense COM
united by Simpson was the abusing OF
billiard, which tho latter says ne dld
not mind. The matter should DO in
vastigated by the county authorities
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23

WEALTH on DALLAS COUNTY
what ii,r Uraln ana toitsn Yields fisid
fhis Neat rrupo sltious Tor the
WAtor works Management 10
Consider Othsr itsms
m. v..l,h ~ naIiss County.

Few persons realize tho extent Ut
tHn growth aud productions Of Dallas
County, and TO that class NJ Conserya.
two croskers Who HI0 unhappy unless
hard times are sv0r with Va, low
carefully guarded figures may mot be
uninttreslins, This county contains
"A superficial area Of t7O,rJl acres OF
land, IL Is well known that grass
lands ara scarce and Ia pressing do
m,rd in this county, 30 much Of the
country having been Put In cultlVa-
tiuu. We may estimate, therefore,
that twO.thirds OF Tins area Is In cul-
ovation, which would give 3Sl,OC1
acres IN crops. or this area One.iOurth
may 100 said % bO planted I'm whsat,or
SO 900 acres, and from this % 900 acres
"e have produced this year
10000 bushels OF wheat
averaging 20 bushels TO-
JhG pcre, whoat ~ worth % cents, ana
Ia consequence the wheat crop alone
brings 20 Dallas County this year
3l,d-i 400,
we may estimate that out Of tho
80 eco acres Ia cultivation one fourth
or 3d. 900 acres arc In oats. An average
II 90 bushels per acre OF lina oats has
been harvested, making o,I0OCtl
bushels which, ~ - ccnts, brings To
Dallas County Sl,IiO coo. Placing the
area in corn at $4,000 Ecr0s and
estimating 10 bushe.s 10 tho acre (Gnd
Jpis Is very conservative estime,e)
we have 3,Si0,OC) bushels of corn which
At 10 ccnts per hushal, brings N,lJ2,OOO
E6iimating $500 acres To be in cot
ton aud II probable yield OF three
fnurths OF o bale TO The acre, or Oi,CGO
bales, we have at $ij per bale return
from cotton of S2,sS0,CGO.
No have lett 10, 900 acres upon which
Craze cattle, horses, mules, sheep and
hogs, from which Dallas County
should realize an increase annually OF
not less than S5oe,O0O.
Then, 10 sum up our income we
Eave:
From oaiN.....,. ....'--.'...,'.'' y,ilSltcmV1
From corn. .....,. ..-..,.,,.,.. ~ ,s,lVO
FIom cotton 100000. ......r...,,,.., SUI :
from cattle, etc..............,,...... 1Ja0VJ
Grand total .. .....................S7,559iOl
When 40 ada 10 this total the value
If new buildings, fences, and the in
ufcase in ell kinds OF property which
has been slow, but marked ami steady,
certainly we OF Dallas County have no
reason TO complain OF The land IN
which or fortunes hsvo he"n
east or OF tho bounty OF hi IA "whO
lus koth the clouds his chariot and rid
9th upon tho wings OF the wind"
! When We ado 30 the productions OF
Dallas County those Of the rich and
,uulous black iEnd counties tribu-
~ 10 Dallas, such as Ellis, Hunt,
/ Collin, johnson, kaufman, Denton
aud GroyBon and lay their great
woa.th OF grain, cotton and csJtio by
the sldo OF ours, we have an income
from that mparGtivelY small area
| jmma distely surrounding Dallas
County of nearly or fully $3O,OOO,OOO.
! Wo OF North Texas have no reason to
growl vt such showing Gs this.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-23
Galveston

GALVESTON, July 22.-[Special. !
The conference Of Texas railroad man.
ayers held two sessions to-day; also
q night session. While members
of the conference persistently decl are
that nothing has yet been finally
agreed upon, there are evidences that
the meeting IS rapidly drawing to a
close. 1t is admitted that the con-
ference 10 striving to resch q pooling
arrangement. with the gross earnings
for the year 1888 as basis to work on.
The several rules regulating the oper..
alton of the pool have been considered