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Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

An odd old character recently died in
Cavendish, VT His name was David
Ordway, and he and his ancestors ran an
ancient grist mill on the "2O-mile
stream David had a costly coffin
made and fitted to himself years before
his death, and Kept it in his front par
lor to cheer his guests. He paid a Uni
versalist minister 500 to have his
funeral sermon preached some years ago,
and was borne with dirges dire and in
sad array down the aisle of the crowded
church, laid out in his coffin. It was
the sensation of the year where he lived.
One of his millstones now forms the base
of a simple monument that tells in
quaint, illiterate phrase that, ''tho / am
dead yet speaketh, for here is rest upon
this milestone top set this noble block
to let the world no what l have done.
One of the things that he did was to fix
upon certain day when he was to har-
vest a big piece of grain. When the
day came he saw that it was going to
rain, and, seizing frebrand. he rushed
into the field and burned up his harvest
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
HoM 70 Preserre the EyegIght.

Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness.
Never begin to read, write, or sew
for several minutes after coming from
darkness to bright light:
Never read by twilight or moonlight
or on dark, cloudy days.
When reading, it is best to let the
light fall from above obliqueIy over
the left shoulder.
Do NOT use the eyesight by light 50
scant that it requires an effort to dis
criminate.
The moment you are instinctiveiy
prompted to rub your eyes, that mo
ment stop using them.
If the eyes are glued together on
waking up, do not forcibly open them,
but apply saliva with the finger. It is
the speediest dilutant IN the world;
then wash your eyes and face IN warm
water
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
Widows Sue SaIOon.Keepers.

Much interest is felt among liquor
dealers Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y, over a
suit for $40, 900 instituted against Sa-
lOon-Keeper Philip Lanfred and Philip
Klady, owner of the building. The com
plainant is Margaret DAILY, whose hus-
band died from injuries received Oh
election day. Patrick Fitzpatrick is
held at present on the charge of murder
IN the first degree. It has been charged
that DAILY drank in Lanfred's saloon.
The widow is left with eight children.
Early last fall Milo Bird, while intoxi-
Gated, was run over by train on the
Harlem Railroad at Armenia. His widow
has commenced one suit against the
proprietor of the Armenia House and one
against the Pratt House, Armenia, for
So, 600 each, for selling her husband
liquor, which she alleges led to his
death.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

Danger Of Large poses OF QuInine.
At late meeting of the New York
Clinical Society, two papers were read
in which it was shown that large doses
Of quinine have a deleterious effect Cd
the heart, through the nervous system.
This, it appears, is especially the case
in typhoid fever, where, through long
continued pyrexia, the heart becomes
weak or degenerated.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

believe the promises of God enough
to venture an eternity upon them
Watts.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
$1.OO PER YEAR.
Nho,n RnYl

My neighbor wears a cotton dress:-
She comes with marigoll and cress
All dripping, coiled together.
The willow basket in her hand
Is bright with water and with sand
This happy. happy weather.
"Who1l buyi" Who would not buyl
They grew beside an April stream,
Beneath an April sky
Again met her, flushed and brown,
With braid and bonnet slipping down;
She looks upon me gaily.
She knows the grassy upland farm
Where berries ripen high and warm,
And redden deeper daily
"Who'll buyl" Who would not buyi
She found them in the summer fields.
Beneath a summer sky.
Today she enters at my gates
She steps inside the sill 10 wait;
And so once more / find her.
Alack the whirling leaves are brown
And he who shook the ohesnuts down
Is standing there behind her.
"Who'n buy?" Who would not buyi
They found them in the autumn woods,
Beneath a frosty sky.
- Dora Read CSO0dafe.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
nR. G. W. SIPPLE,
DEN TIST.

Full upper and under Sets of Teeth (eitler
Justs or $. $. Whites, which are the best in
the worid) frCm IS to $40. all other work in
proportion.
Preserving Natural Teeth specially. Ex-
traeting Teeth 25 cents.
Oficc 134 LookCrman ST., near Governors
Avenue. Dover, Del
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

largest hogshead. A dozen serponts
still surrounded it, rattling away in
great excitement, and at the sound of
my feet on the rocky path they turned
upon me so menacingly that beat a
hasty retreat-Ner York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
JACKS MISTAKE.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.

"We must try to keep Thanksgiving
Day after a fashion," sighed Mrs,
Spikenard to her daughter Florella;
though, to be sure, two poor chickens
and bought pie won't be much of a
dinner.
allow different it used to be in the
country, where we used to kill the
fattost gobbler in the flock for Thanks
giving dinner, and made pumpkin
pies with scuds of fresh eggs and rich
milk in 'em An fur vegetables, we
had sweet potatoes, an squash, an
picked cabbage, an But, law it's
different in the city-that is, if you
amt made of money The markets
are lined with turkeys an fowls of all
kinds, an vegetables by the wagon
load but it takes forchin to get EN-
almost l give thirty-fve cents fur them
two pore-lookin' chickens, an ten
fur that little measure of turnips. l
did want to git a few cramberries fur
sass, but Jack had sot his heart on
havin' pie, so got one"
Mrs. Spikenard shook her head as
she turned over the contents of the
little worn market-b basket on the
kitchen table.
"Oh, we can make quiet a nice din
ner of these" said Florella, lifting up
the chickens; "and L have a nickel
left, We can buy a dish of jelly with
it. Iwalkel home tonight, and saved
it on purpose"
"But it won't seem quite like
Thanksgiving dinner unless we have
some one to help us eat it," persisted
Mrs. Spikenard. "'ve allus been used
to havi1' the house full on Thanks
giving Day, an it don't seem jest right
TO set down an eat what we've got all
by ourselves"
"There's old Mr.. Barber. that lives
up in the third story" suggested Flor
ella. "He's as poor as we are, if not
poorer. Suppose we ask him to eat
dinner with u.s."
"Why, to-be-sure," said heg mother,
Frightening up "Tll send Jack up
to ask him as soon as he comes in"
The Spikenards occupied two tiny |
rooms in the back part of a respectable
three story house in Cote Brillante.
The rooms were small and not very
to-be-sure, but they were |
decent and cheap, and poor as they
we're It took about all Florella could
earn as "saleslady," in a commercial |
house down town, to pay the rent and !
buy food, fuel and clothing for herself,
her mother, and eight-year-old Jack,
who went to school, and wore out
more jackets and trowsers than he
was worth, so his mother declared.
Jack soon came in from the bakery,
where he had been sent for a loaf of
bread, and was at once dispatched to
invite old Mr.. Barber to the Thanks
giving dinner the next day.
Mrs. Spikenard was setting the ta-
,le for supper. and Florella was cut
ing the loaf Of bread, when he came
unning back.
can right, mother Mr.. Barclay
ays he'll come
''Mr. BarclayP cried Florella.
"Mr Barclay p shrieked the widow.
Oh. JACK, you never asked himF
"Yes, I did" declared Jack, boldly.
Why, you told me to ask him -
"I said Mr.. Barber, you dreadful
oyI And now, what are we going to
oY
FlorelIa began to cry.
1.-TWO little chickens as big as par !
ridges, and few miserable turnips !
nd pie Oh, Jack, Jackl what I
iade you do such a thing?"
"Well, shall go back and tell him
Of to eome~ asked the boy, prac- t
cally-
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
ThanksriyIng Day.

When Che orchards with blossoms are blbshins
The willows unrolling their leaves,
And the fields the tender wheat flushing,
That soon would be waving with sheayes,
Not then went the toiler to labor,
The task Of subduing the earth,
With tho sound OF the pipe and the tabor,
With anthems of joyancc and mirth.
Nor yet when professional flowers
Passed on through the light or the gloom,
When the vivid and picturesque hours
Laughed out in a splendor Of bloom.
When the oriole, royal and golden,
Flashes forth like iem in the sun,
Still man by stern duty was holden,
Not yet was the victory won.
When the vines on the trellis was burdencd
With clusters all purple and sweet,
When the hand of the worker was guordoned
With bounty Of harvests complete
When wide over mountain and valley
The banners Of autumn, unlurlcd
IN vast and magnificent rally,
Shed lustre and pomp o'er the world -
Then, pausing to think Of the story
Of promise, fulGllment and cheer.
The hope and the faith and the glory,
The crown Of the beautiful year,
From the stress OF our care-weightod living,
The strain Of our hurying days,
We break and uplilt thanksgiving
To God, who is worthy of praise.
And what il the storms lie before us,
The days that arc weary and cold
Since the we that is vigilant DER us
Guards ever the young and the old,
Still answers the earnest endeavor
With more than measured reward,
And suffers onr weariness never
To slip from the grasp Of the Lord.
So, silvered-haired father and mother,
So, middle-aged sturdy and strong,
So, dear little sister and brother
Join voices and hearts in the song
To the sound Of the pipe and the tabor
Weave chorals of gladness and mirth,
For the toiler may rest from his labor,
And plenty hath lowered the earth.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
HUMOROUS.
Dora Read G0OdaIs.

He stands at the head-'he phre-
nologist.
Down in the world-The bottom Of
an artesian well.
An exchange asks, "Why do people
have poor teeth2" Probably because
they can't afford to buy good ones.
Glow can that Mrs. Jones wear
such loud cOlors2" "Why, don't you
knowP She's as deaf as a post"
One striking difference between an
old topper and an old COW is that two
horns last the old COW a lifetime.
A country boy. who had read ofsail-
Ors heaving up anchors. wanted to
know if it was seasickness that made
them do it.
Names potato crop is said to be
worth $8,OOO,OOO this year. What
heaps of back-ache there must be in
that crop.
"YOu never saw my hands as dirty
as yours" said a mother to her little
girl "No, but your ma did" was the
prompt reply.
An exchange thinks that when a
young lady goes to church to exhibit
her new sealskin she may be called
sack-religious.
There's nothing like having a good
wife around-when man has no
mind of his own, his wife is apt to
give him apiece of hers.
The bee, after all, only works three
hours a day. He is a great deal like
many other buzzers. There is a deal Of
cell about his labor.
30 Tommy, that was abominable in
you to eat your sisters share Of the
cake" "Why," said Tommy, didn't
you always tell me, ma, that 1 am to
take her part?"
An authority says that staying out
late at night is sure to make a man
lose his hair We have always heard
that men who stay out late at night
have difficulty in finding the lock.
The young lady artist from the city
went into the country to sketch a
COW. She selected one with a ring in
her (his) nose. They picked her up
on the other side Of a seYen-raiI fence.
There were q 100000 buttons made
in this country last year. And when
a man is waiting for his wife, prepar-
atory to her going out with him, he
she's secured at least 20000,-
600 of them on her gloves.
A new proverb says, "a restless
mind like rolling stone gathers no
moss" That's all right. Moss is not
what a restless mind is after. It
gathers fame and shekels,
which are generally worth much more
than moss.
At lecture on 1.-THE Decline OF
Literature" the eloquent orator shout
ell "Where are the Chaucers and
and Millions and Spen-
3ers and Macaulays9 Where are they,
[ say2" And a voice answered, sadly,
from the gallery, "AU dead"
my love-" said wife fondly, "am
lot to have that beautiful dress pat
ern l spoke OFF" Be patient, my
lear" he replied; 81 will only say
here is a surprise in store for you"
In store for mel" she snapped; "that's
where it will stay. A real surprise
would be something for me at home"
STRONG REASON.
A tear was in her eye;
Was it for days gone by,
'r for the years that on her filst were stealingl
All, welled it from her soul?
Oh, no, it was the toll
objected by the onion she was pealing,
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

A FRIaATE BIRD may move through
the air on motionless soaring" wings
at the rate Of 100 miles an hour, or he
may loiter at only two miles, The velo-
city seems to depend upon win rather
than limitations of power. So says a
recent student Of the phenomena Of
flight
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
a closet Tor nIedIclnss.

Keep if you can, closet for the sole
use Of medicines, and appliances for
sickness or accidents. A narrow, high
chimney-side closet answers the pur-
pose admirably with shelves half way
down and deep drawers to ill the re-
naming space. Bundles of old, soft
cotton and linen pieces, a roll of cot
ton batting and flannel, the rubber
water bag, medicine dropper, bed
pan, and feeding cup and every
thing needed in an emergency or long
sickness. Have every vial plainly
labeled, those marked poison place al
ways on the upper shelf. Keep the
whole under lock and key, the key
beyond the reach of children, but
easily accessible to older members of
the family.-GO0d Housekeeping.
Dangerous Medicines FOR Children.
The British Medical Journal says:
It is well known that in every house
hold a great deal of useless and un-
necessary medication is carried on by
parents among the youthful members
of the family. As a rule, resort is
had to medicines that are practically
safe, and which experience has shown
to be innocuous; but there is also, we
fear, tendency to employ drugs
which should only be administered
by the family physician, without call
ing in medical aid. An instance of
this was furnished by a trial which
took place at Hamilton, where a father
was placed in the dock, on the charge
Of eulpable homicide, for administer
ing four drops of laudanun to a child
five weeks old, with the result that it |
became unconscious and died within |
the next few hours. There was no |
evidence that the medicine had been |
given with any criminal intent, and
the jury very properly acquitted the
parent, whose mental suffering must
have been sufficient punishment for
the indiscretion of which he had been
guilty; but the facts brought out in
connection with the case cannot be
too widely known. They may serve
to impress more forcibly on the public
what is well known and universally
that there is extreme sus-
on the part of children,
within the first few weeks
Of life, TO the influence of opium in
any form, and that it should never be
given except under medical guidance
and sanction. The evidence Of some
Df the witnesses at the trial showed
-he hazy notions that exist as to the
of laudanum to chill
lren, some holding that drop of
audanum for each week of the age
was perfectly safe, while others were
lot prepared to go such lengths.
Where the issues involved are those
If life or death, it would be well to
ollow the rule we have given above;
or, where child is ill enough to re-
Iuire an opiate, the sooner medical
IdVice is procured the better.
Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27

In the absence OF any instruction, we will
make as above. In ordering give full descrip-
ton Of what you want leave nothing to Be
dessed at
Parties unknown to us, ordering goods, will
be required to remit us one-third the value
before we ship them, the balance to be paid on
delivery.
Send for price list
BALTIMORE TwINE AND NET Co.
VIM. j. Hooper. 81 Son,
S. CALVERT ST., BALTIMORE, MD.
(Mention this paper.)
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-03-19
Attempting the Histrionic.
BY STANLEY HUNTLEY,

any DEAR" said Mrs. Spoopendyke,
contemplating herself in the glass as she
removed her hat and gloves, "My dear,
wasn't the theatre just too sweet for any,
thing! Do you know. l think would
like to go on the stage?"
Like to drive, perhaps" suggested Mr..
Spoopendyke.
II mean act" replied his wife. "Ithink
/ could do it as we'll as any of those wo-
men tonight. Do you know much about
theatres? Is it hsrd?"
"No," grunted Mr.. Spoopendyke, tug
ging al his boots. "Itwould be veryeasy
for you. All you have to do ia to stand
around and talk, and you won't want any
rehearsals for that"
''But l would have 10 practice twist
ing around so as to fall in that mans
arms like she did," unused Mrs. Spoopen-
dyke. Il don't think l could do it as
gracefully as she did without trying sew
eral times"
THAT'S the part you want to play, is
IT." erowled Mr.. spoopendyke, with a
shade of green in his eye. You let me
that, and you'll find no trouble IN getting
twisted around few times. What's your
idea in going on the stage? Have you
got stomach full of devotion to art like
the rest ofthe dod gasted women of this
generation? Got q sort of notion that
you can go on the boards and show the
old stagers how it's done, haven't We?
Feel the fires of histronic genius climb
ing up your spine. don't We? Well, you
don't It's nothing but your measley
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-03-19
AFFECTING RAILROADS.

LEGISLATION AFFECTING RAILROADS.
Topeka Commonwealth.
There will no doubt be much anxiety
to know what was done during the re-
cent session touching railroad questions.
A law was enacted requiring the COM
panies to fence their tracks when rum
ming through enclosed fields, and to pro-
vide crossings and gates for stock. Also
law requiring prompt settlement O
damages occasioned by fire.
After the subject Of maximum rate
laws had been Very fully discussed in
both branches of the Legislature, it be-
came apparent that nearly all elements
were convinced that it was impractical
BILE to 90 into the question of re-classify-
ing freight and of passing fxedl avs as to
rates, as this method of dealing with the
subject had been abandoned wherever
it had been attempted in other States. 1t
was also found on fuller examination
that the work already done by the Board
of Commissioners had been Of vastly
more consequence to the State than has
been generally supposed.
The result was that each house pre-
pared and passed bill to enlarge the
powers of the Commissioners.
These bills were very much alike in
principle, but as neither house adopted
the bill Of the other, a conference COM
mittee was called for by the Senate on
the day before the adjournment. This
committee consisted of five from the
House and three from the Senate, and
after several hours work the committee
reported bill, which passed the
Senate without any opposition, al
though it did not in all
its details conform to the views of every
Senator. This bill received very large
majority of the votes of the House, but
failed to obtain the necessary constitu-
tional majority of sixty-three votes.
Many of the members had become worn
out, after being up nearly all of two
nights, and were not present.
All who were present voted for it ex-
cept twenty-four, and thus the confer
ence bill was finally defeated.
Of the eight members composing the
conference committee, six voted for the
bill and signed the report in favor of it.
If the bill was an improvement upon
the present law and in the right direc-
ton, as seems to be generally conceded,
it should have received the necessary
votes, and the responsibility for its de-
feat does not rest upon those who ia
vOred it.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-03-19
KANSAS FARMING.
Notes and Incidents Among the Farmers OF
The State.

Notes and Incidents Among the Farmers OF
The State.
A farmer living near Beulah, Crawford
county, sheltered tramp over night,
and in the morning before the family
were up, the tramp skipped out, taking
with him che farmers overcoat, dress
coat, two pairs of gloves, two silk hand
kerchiefs and hat.
Manhattan Republic: B. Youngkamp,
of Blue township, the first year he
farmed here, sold his fat hogs at $1.75
and corn at Is cents. He does not think
there is any reason for grumbling now at
"hard times" He is satisfied with his
results in stock raising the past year.
Winfield Courier: Last Tuesday far
mer near town took his spade and went
out to see if the ground was fit to pillow.
He dug down fourteen inches, and after
the first eight found the ground full of
frost and hard as brick. He will bet
on the ground hog in the future.
Now that the snow is gone and the
prairies are drying up, farmers and stock
men cannot be too careful about prairie
fires and their fire guards. Vegetation
was very rank last year, and in many
places the grass is very high and thick.
The winds are always strong in the
spring and fires will sweep with fearful
rapidity, so don't leave your fire guards
until the flames are at your door.
Manhattan Industrialist: Severe as the
Winter has been, but little damage has
been done to Winter wheat upon the
College Farm, and generally, we think,
in this section. 1t exposed situations, a
good many wheat plants have been in
jured and some destroyed, but the amount
OF damage is slight. Generally, the
wheat shows up excellently, and with a
favorable Spring-the season that decides
the fate of the crop-should give large
yield.
Mcpherson Freeman: A large number
of farmers have been Smelling their corn
this Winter, and making use of the cobs
for fuel. This is no doubt q wise plan.
and especially during the past Winter,
as no work could be done out doors, and
a man could very conveniently spend
several hours each day Smelling corn,
thus saving laying out cash for coal, and
in short time make the price of several
ordinary corn shelters, in the way of
fuel.
Manhattan Republic: 1t sometimes
pays to borrow money. John Martin,
who lives near Vinton, in this county,
borrowed $3.50 for five years and pur-
chased some cattle. Last Thursday the
five wears were up and he came in to paw
off the mortgage. During this time he
sold 81 200 worth of cattle, slaughtered
FIVE, and furnished his family with milk
and butter. He still has 40 head left,
and is very sure he made good thing by
going ahead on borrowed money.
Mcpherson Freeman: Spring work
promises to come with q rush. Little
blowing was done during the Winter, and
consequently most of it will have to be
done before Spring planting commences
A large quantity Of last years corn crop
is yet in the fields, and it looks asif three
months work would have to be crowded
into one. But, luckily, Kansas farmers