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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-16
Dog Teams i'm Holland.

Passing along, We met multitude Of
carts, to most of which were harnessed three
dogs abreast-sleek, happy looking dogs,
trotting along On the perfect macadamized
level at the rate of six or seven miles an
hour, and carrying pretty good loads, too,
Of buxom Flemish woman, such as you see
in the pictures of Rubens. The dog freight
wagons, as they may be called, proceed at a
slower pace, seldom faster than a walk. We
stopped at a wayside inn just as one Of the
passenger turnouts drove up to bait" as
we should say at home, where it means as IL
meant here, entertainment for man and
beast" In the cart were two market-women
and baby. Their united weight would
not be far from 400 pounds. We made
this estimate of them in a sitting posture,
for neither of the ladies thought IL necessary
to descend An immense schooner. no,
galliot--of beer was brought out for them
to wash down the bread AMI cheese with
which they we're already provided. The
'ostler was in this case the dogster, who
came from the stable or kennel and slipped
the harness from the dogs, who forthwith
trotsed to the tub and drank freely. Then
the dogster brought them perhaps two
pounds each Of meat and vegetables, evil
IDENTIFY kept in readiness for such equipages.
Finishing their meal sooner than their mis-
tresses, they took short siesta on the
grass, and rs our luncheon was being pre-
pared, we waited to see tho end OF the
performance. After rest Of about o
quarter Of an hour the dogster, at the re-
quest of the ladies' still seated in the cart,
called the dogs by peculiar grunt which
served for his signal. They submitted to
be quietly put to, and of they trotted, g re-
frcshed and b ALT mp" as we say after q
good sermon or o good dinner.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-16

You had better put them down IN a
piece Of paper" said Mrs. s. ON giving her
Arst order. "Oh, no." said Mr.. s., my
memory Is good" Well, then, spool of
Ccate's go black thread" +" Yes" "A yard
Of not too light or not too dark Calico"
Yea" A small hammer, can of
peaches Of the Passadena brand, dozen
small pearl buttons, two yards of cardinal
ribbon. silk ON one side, satin ON the other
"Yss,n sail Mr.. g., thoughtfully. "A
pair Of slippers for baby, dozen lemons, q
good tooth brush, pineapple, two ounces
Of sky-blue German yarn, an ounce vial Of
homeopathic nux vomica pellets, 49,"
= Wait second, !" said Mr.. s., counting on
hia hngers. ''And bottle Of vanilla ex-
tract and yard Of triple box-plated crepe
lisas ruching and three yards Of small
checked nainsook and" But Mr.. 8.
hsd seissd his hat and was running for the
station. What the poor man brought home
VA ) yard Of bedticking, three yards Of
black crepe, bottle Of vinegar, eight
yards Of nankssn. scrub bruah. pound
Of green yarn, sixty spools of coat thread, q
yard Of very black calico ard . pint bottle
Of homeopathic pills. There my DEAR"
throwing down his package triumphantly,
~ don't think you'll find thing missing.
Who says man can't do shopping2"
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French ma,r,mon,al Agencies.

There are over one hundred matrimonial
agencies in Paris alone. The first establish
ment of the kind was set up shortly after the
Revolution of 1893. Some are public, some
private. The latter are rather suspicious,
and even the public ones are occasionally
caught making dupes. One agent was sem
fenced to two years. imprisonment for
swindling clients. Over forty keepers Of
these offices are women, who seem to make
good living out of them. One agency eff.
fected 202 matches during the last eight
months. The customers are enriched cooks,
elderly maids and so forth, pensioned sol
diers, functionaries who have lost theiI
places through the change of government
and desire TO be supported, Government
employees and others of the lower classes.
There are no statistics as to the happiness
resulting from these mi rsiages.
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SENSATIONS OF HANGING.
A New Mexico Mans Experience at
the Hands of n Mob.


Theodore Baker, q New Mexico man who
was recently hanged by mob, but was res
cued and cut down before life was extinct,
gives this account of his experience to a
newspaper correspondent
g little further ON we came to tele-
graph pole. From the crossbar swung a
new rope. On ore end was big slip moose.
They led me under the rope. I tried to
stoop down and pull my boots of, as had
promised my folks would not die with my
boots on, but before could do ii the moose
was thrown over my head and WIS jerked
of my. feet. My senses left me moment
md then walked up In what seemed TO he
another world As recollect now the sen.
sation was that everything about me had
multiplied great many times. II seemed
that my five executioners had grown until
there were thousands of them. saw what
seemed to be multitude OF animals of all
shapes and sizes. Then things changed and
| was in great pain. l became conscious
that was hanging by the neck and the knot
of the rope had slipped around under my
chin. My hands were loosely tied and /
jerked them loose and tried to catch the
rope nbove me. Somebody caught me by
the feet just then and gave jerk. II SEEM
oil like n bright flash of lightning passed In
front of my eyes. II was followed by ter
riblo pain up and down and across my back
and could feel my legs jerk and draw up.
Then there was blank and know nothing
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-16
! THE orD aoY ANn rrfn NEW.
Their Various Points of difference
Compared.

There is a vast difference between the
boys of to-day and those of fifty years ago,
more especially as regards the things which
minister to comfort and pleasure. The new
boy, even if his parents are only moderately
blessed with this worlds goods. has ward
robe which would have astonished the old
boy. Instead of the unlined cowhide boots
-oftener shoes rough wooden or roueher
fur cap, coarse cotton shirt, coat and panta-
looms cut down from the cast-off paternal
garments, rarely an overcoat and still more
rarely any underwear, except the aforesaid
shirt and homemade socks--the new boy
has his button shoes, rubber boots, hand
some cap of sealskin or cloth, neat linen,
substantial underclothing, knickerbockers,
coat and vest of fashionable cut, with over
coat to match, all bought for him at first
hands, and frequently a watch and chain.
Think of an old boy with watch and
chain He would have been greater curl
osity among his companions than trick
elephant From tho time the new hoy is
| out of his cradle he has full assortment of
store toys" and as he gets older money
provides him with marbles, tops, kites,
balls, bats, knives, wagons, sleds, skntes,
bicycles and nearly everything else in the
shape of playthings that con be imagined
The old boy, in his infancy, was lucky if
he got silver dollar to cut his teeth on, an
improvised rattle and rag baby. Toys of
larger growth he manufactured himself,
% axyapne1 y for rof uo,nabfxp t.v hf<,lr ~
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\. un-h,,, N,arnra Current.

In making the survey Of the proposed
Whirlpool Railway at Niagara Falls, which
will run along the bank at the edge of the
river from the inclined railway to the whirl-
pool, the engineers have run across some
facts which will surprise scientists. When
the survey was made in 1861 for the Sus-
pension Bridge Of the Great Western Rail-
way, IL was claimed from the survey that
the river was higher at the Suspension
Bridge than at the foot Of the falls, and this
theory was accepted, 1t being claimed that
" the immense pressure from the falls car
ried the water up hill"
The present survey, which gives the first
levels ever taken through the water line,
explodes the uphill theory, and shows that,
from the foot Of the inclined railway to the
Cantileyer Bridge, two miles, the incline Is
Q feet, and from the Cantilever Bridge to
the whirlpool, little less than a mile, it Is
545 feet, thus giving the water the terrible
force it attains in going through the whirl.
pool.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-16

When the Rev. S. L. b. Chase was pas
tor in Rockland he one day essayed to treat
the Sunday school to blackboard EXPOSE
ion of the lesson. SO for starter, and in
the way Of graphically illuminating his re-
marks, he took bit of chalk and slowly
and somewhat painfully sketched on the
blackboard representation of two human
hearts joined together. Now, then," he
said, turning to the school, s'who will tell
me what have drawn 81 know" called
very little boy on the front seat. (" Well, !"
the pastor kindly said, what is itY" And
the very little boy on the front seat shrieked
out "A termater !"- Roskiand Gazette.
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MAVERICK.
Origin of the Term That ID BEING
Used by StOcIkmen.

Origin of the Term That Id BEING
Used by StocLmen.
Among the peculiar technical terms that
are used by stockmen is the word Nave
rick. II has come into general use all
over the West and Southwest. The word
has even served rs the name of humorous
paper in California. Various and sundry
| explanations are given as To how this word
came to be used in connection with cattle.
The st. Louis Republican of recent date
contains the following on the subject
In the gnzing States and Territories every
cowman- TINT is, cattle owner-has his own
brand, which is duly registered with an
official chosen for the purpose, and rs great
care is taken TO have these various brands
recorded or registered ms the care taken by
raiser in fancy stocks to have his thor
| oughbreds recorded in the herd book or
stud book, no man whose brand 10 properly
recorded need have any fear of an infringe
mcnt by any other cowman because no
other cowman whose brand is recorded will
duplicate his neighbor's; and second, any
brand which is not properly registered or
recorded, and which might be taken for the
recorded brand, can be claimed by the cow
man whose brand ii resembles. II will be
seen, therefore, how careful all regular cat
| tlemen are to have their brands distinct,
understood and properly certified to by the
recognized authorities In country where
the herds are by the thousands such system
il absolutely necessary for mutual pro-
lection. Every year there are many cattle
that are branded for the first time. When
an animal that has been branded Is sold II
Is branded again, or given the counter
brand. In this way the record is kept. But
there are always many animals that are I'M
branded. Such an unbranded animal Is
called maverick" The term originated
from man named Maverick, Texan cattle
owner This Maverick turned loose, It is
related, lot Of unbranded cattle In Texas
and then he began branding about every
thing on hoofs that had no brand on. It,
therefore, has come into common use to say
! that q maverick " Is an unbranded animal
not following its COW.
! Mr.. s. A. Maverick was one of the pio-
neers Of Texas independence, and by the
merest accident, being ordered elsewhere
| Just before the Mexicans besieged the
Alamo, escaped being one of the Texans
who were slaughtered in TINT historic battle.
| He was, however, one Of the Texans who
were subsequently captured at San Antonio,
marched ON foot to the castle CT Perole in
the interior of Mexico, and there imprison-
| ed. He died in San Antonio, where he liv-
ed most Of his life, about twelve or fourteen
years ago, one Of the wealthiest and most
respected citizens Of the Lone Star State.
Hon. s. A. Maverick came VI Texas from
South Carolina There is, however, another
family of the same name, which Is promi-
ncnt in the history Of Boston. One Of the
first four victims Of the Revolution was a
Samuel Maverick, who was shot by the
soldiers Of the infamous Colol el Pitcairn in
| the Boston massacre, SO 1t s. ems that the
unbranded calf Of the Texas rairies has no
occasion to blush.
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POETRY
The Housekeeper,s Song.

- -
It is sweep, sweep, sweep,
Though you've done It an hour before:
And It's scrub. scrub, scrub,
Table and chair and floor.
And you needn't be weary bit
To fnd your labor in vain;
Do It as well as you can to-day
You can do It tomorrow again.
1t Is cook, cook, cook,
There's meat and there's bread TO bake;
1t is cook, cook, cook,
There's pudding and pie to make.
The buttons are always dropping,
The stockings are ever 70 mend,
The men in the field to look after,
The children to wash and 70 tend
1t is night, nght fight,
For man In the tug Of life;
And It's fight, light, fight
For clean and tidy wife.
man can plant an acre OF land,
And gather the golden wheat,
And get the price In his open hand,
And the price OF labor is sweet
But work, work, work,
Is ever q woman's lot;
1t is work, work, work,
~ If the weather be cold or hot
And this is the worst OF the trouble,
She hasn't a shilling OF gain,
And, though she may scrub and clean 10 lay
She must do 1t tomorrow again
Oh, WIFE, wife, wifel
Don't worry and fret and pout;
Oh, wife, wife, wife
You are cross TO day, no doubt;
For you know very. well your Labor
Isn't done for shilling or two
Just think how happy you make US
or the love we give to you
on. wife, wife, wife
II you could not cook and clean,
Oh, wife, wife, wife'
What sorrow 1t all would mean.
To toll for love Is better than gold,
Aud the way we differ Is clear;
the work you do Is donc by the day,
And mine is done by the year.
--Ytz1s SU1fnOa
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-16

A dry goods house is spoken Of in thu
Shoe and Leather Reporter, which pur.
chased certain grade Of shoes at $3.50 q
pair, and sold them at $l.49. II was an
effective advertisement, but the proprietors
took pains to limit the sale Of them as much
as they could they gave gratuity Of five
cents to the clerk who succeeded in per-
suading shopper to take something instead
that paid profit.
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Englishmen are just now seized with .
passion for wearing a posy in the button
hole, and even in Parliament the blossoms
are seen and bloom in the coats Of grave,
prosaic lawmakers. The Liberals have not
found flower yet, the Sweet William being
little irreverent and nothing else suggest
Ing itself.
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The Boundary Line.

Rhode Island and Connecticut, having
lived two or three centuries with an indeter-
inmate boundary line, have now fallen into
dispute over the matter and Commission
has been appointed to settle it. The whole
boundary in question is under the waters Of
the Sound, and oystermen are the only
ones urgent about it.
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There is Oh awful lot Of sympathy wasted.
In the world and great deal Of ..:.-...sjudg-
ment helps to make life miserable. "I
am sorry for Hattie" said a lady the other
day "and I'm going up to see her."
What's the matter?D why, she's just
lost the man she was engaged to-" " Run
away?" No, poor follow, he died in Mex
leo, and she was so fond of him. II must
have broken her heart" And she goes up
to condole with Hattie, and finds her rather
confused and blushing, while the man she
is engaged to is sitting on sofa, trying to
look as If he had been talking about the
weather. II wasn't the same man that died
IN Mexico, and the consoling visitor has
been suffering acute sorrow for twenty -four
hours.
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The safe recently used in .he Post
Office-large and of extra make-is for
sale. Apply to CLARK PIERsoN.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-26

wound and extracted about three inches
of decayed bone, around which a new
bone had begun to form, which made
the operation all the more difficult. The
result is most satisfactory, and the young
man will be on his feet again IN a few
weeks.
Mayor Harris residence was the scene
last evening Of q most enjoyable gather
ing in the shape of a card party, given
by MIR. and Mrs. Harris to a number Of
their friends. Some forty of the ladies
and gentleman of Yankton assembled ut
their spacious residence on Douglas
avenue at an early hour, and until mid
night cards and social ~interchanges we're
the attractions. An elegant repast was
also the subject OF hearty discussion.
The mayor and his wife did the host and
hostess admirably and the occasion was
throughout n of rare entertainment.
1t takes its place among the many hap
py social gatherings of the winter, which
have kept Yankton on terms of init
macy with itself, and it was not the least
in the pleasant array. The lateness of
the good nights given by the departing
guests testified to the interest the eve
ning's indulgencies wrought.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Chandler gave a
progressive euchre party to the young
folk last night, which was q most enjoy
able affair. The game itself was a new
departure in progression, and was de-
cidedly an improvement on the old
method. The host and hostess with
their customary urban'ty performed the
role of entertainers, and the entertained
fully appreciated their efforts. Miss
Kate Chandler the only and Oldest
daughter of the family, had reached with
the rising of yesterdays sun, the last
day Of fifteen months of sweet existence,
and the littls lady proved quite an at
traction for the young gentlemen. She
joined the merry group during the even
ing, and turned the festivities into q
birthday party In her WI behalf. An
elegant lunch was served at an appropri-
ate hour, and the awarding of prizes
came at about midnight, and were thus
distributed: Miss Nellie Burns, lady's
high prize ut first prize table Arthur W.
Hand, gents high prize at same table
Miss Clara Miner, lady's high prize at
second prize table; Lonis Sharp, gents
high prize at same table; Miss Nellie
Sharp, lady's low prize; Harold Ward
gents low prize.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-26
EoCAA oNs
E. Fl. THOMPSON,
Serg't Signal Corps. u. s. /
LOCAL LACGsICs.

a<USAA< G[AS SSe .Ee
Gold, cheerless n March like to-day.
Episcopal sociable at Mrs. George FL.
Hands this evening.
The freight tra,n over the Milwaukee
road to-day was three hours behind time.
Mrs. General Free is inspecting the
Ladies' Relief corps at G. A. r. hall late
this afternoon.
Hogs are lower to-day than they
have been for several weeks past, 1925
beng the ruling price.
The county board of health met at DIR.
Ross office at four O'Clock this afternoon
in regular monthly session.
The Ice in this river is no longer safe
for teams and the mail carrier is forced
to use a skif part of the way in making
trips.
The office counter at the Morrison
house has been covered with a tasty
brussels carpet, which much improves
the appearance thereof.
All of the adjasters for the various in
surance companies interested in the
Duffack fire have not yet arrived and
work has not been begun.
The Young Peoples Mission band will
hold their sale of goods, consisting prin-
cipslly of aprons, at Cox Odiorne g. Co.'s
store tomorrow afternoon.
The 1910 train over the Northwestern
last night was several hours late, being
detained at Hawarden by the non-arri.
val of the train from the east.
An extra passenger coach came uE
with last nights train over the Mil
yankee. All the depot men know about
it is that it is held here subject tc
orders.
The SCHENECTADY silence of the police
court is broken only by the Judge as he
out OF pure habit, remarks to the vacan.
chairs, eight dollars and tan cents
please"
A Minneapolis travelling man in tow
last night said if the st. Paul ice palac,
were situated just half way between ST
Paul and Minneapolis it would last oil
summer, because of the GOODNESS tina
exists between those cities.
: The last shipment of meats of TIL
season, from the Yankton pork packing
house will be made tonight and will COR
slst of a carload Of sides. There ia sti.
a large amount of lard on hand, who
will probably not last long, as Yankton.
grease ID in demand in the east.
Two car loads of hogs were hitched /
the rear of the regular passenger trail
over the Milwaukee this morning. The,
(the hogs) go towards making up a larg
stock train which will be organized b
: eween this city and Elk Point, and wi
start for Chicago this afternoon.
DIR. Cravens, superintendent of The II
sane asylum, is gaining q reputation
. q bouncer eff attendants who do q
treat the patients IN d humane maune
. Recently he caught one of his employe
in the act of choking a patient, and u
on asking the other patients about t
A matter they seemed at first afraid to {
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-26
PERSONAL.

2. Richey returned from Scotland
last night.
Mrs. Gen. Free arrived last plight from
Sioux Falls.
Geo. Fisher returned from Tyndall
last evening.
@. Frederlckson left this afternoon
for Tyndall.
f. X. Jones, Of st. James, Nebraska, is
in the city to day.
! A. Adler reached home yesterday from
a business trip north.
l.. s. Hazsn, of B~ridgewater, is regis.
tered at the Morrison.
M. I. Woolley made the round trip to
Centreyille yesterday.
Col. j. P. Wagner returned from
Wakonda last evening.
M. N. Gillett, Of Sioux Falls, is do
ing business in Ysnkton.
Mrs. NJ. r. DeCamp ls slowly re-
covering from her late illness.
M. j. Dolan and family returned last
evening from a visit to Scotland.
Mrs. A. Kasson, departed this after
noon for Scotland for O short visit.
Fl. b. Chaffee, editor of the Vermillion
Republican, spent last night in YaDkton.
S. G. Fargo, of Gayvlile, proprietor of
Yankton's Fargo block, is in town to.
day.
e. f. Potter, of the Northwestern
force OF officials, took dinner in Ysnkton
o.day.
Capt. J. B. Flagg. assistant general
passenger agent for the Milwaukee road.
is a guest at the Merchants.
i. s. Lcube, of st. Joe, representing
q wholesale grocery house, is disposing
of sugar to his Fountain City customers
to-day.
r. L. Hoyt, ir, is once more in his old
place in Max's boot and shoe store, hav-
ing returned yesterday from q visit to
Scotland.
W. Warrington, one of the outside
representatives of the Yankton insur-
ance company, came in last evening
from q trip north,
@. A. Dodge returned last evening
from st. Paul, where he visited the ice
palace and slid on a toboggan. He re.
ports O fine time.
Sydney 81. Gale, of Sioux Falls, whc
has attended Yankton college, is i'll with
\ diphtheria at his room at ID. N, Gross
residence, in this city.
j. Ell. @. Young left this morning fol
st. Paul, where he will meet Marsha
Marrata and together they will go tt
Bismarck, to close the business of tn,
last term of court.
Jno. H. Adams, ~adiuster for th'
American Central insurance company o
New York reached the CITY this after
noon, and is adjusting the loss on thu
building occupied by Duffnck.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-02-26

numberless ANAL pains and aches. In the
presence of vigorous. exubsrant vitality they
seem mere pigmies. Such persons are usually
fond of frequently dosing themselves. swal-
lowing in the course of the year enough drugs
to stock any apothecarry's shop of average di-
mensions. This, of course, defeats instead of
furthering the end in view, viz, the recovery
an unfalling source of vitality, Hostettef's
Stomach Bitters. how different would be their
case. Then vigor would return to their debili-
cheeks, their trembling uncertain gait would
grow firm and elastic, appetite, that grandest
ofall sauces. would give q relish for the daily
food were it so coarse, and refreshing sleep
would crown the tasks of the day.