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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25

dances, too, highly pleased with himself
aid his subjects.
Now. the children are sent to bed. The
grown darkies line themselves about the
walls, Uncle Ebenezer with his fiddle,
and Jim with his Danjo, take their places
and tune up. Matt Bean must open the
dance with a breakdown. The music
strikes up Chicken in the Bread-tray -
and Matt shakes one foot and then the
other, apparently to see that the hinges
are in good order. Now he is off.
Bach-step and double shuttle! cut de
pigeon wing! rock de cradle, and tipety-
toei
ssJls as easy! Git erlong dar niggerl''
'sChicken in de bread tray peck, peck,
peck
Lady in de parlor, step, step, STEP
Umphu, chilun, glm me room!"
The white folks clap their hands, sit
ting IN chairs around the stove. The
darkies pat time, slapping their knees
and rolling their eyes up to the rafters.
The music grows faster and wilder; Matt
reels and rocks and keeps up chanting
undertone of words to the tune.
Matt carries the day.
The sweat rolls off his ebon face, and
the chant comes only in broken pants.
ssTime's up,' cries someone an the
music stops.
Then up jumps ole massa.
ssGive us Dixie, 'Nezer" he cries,
tand all clear the hoor!'
He seizes ole miss round the waist, and
commands the boys to choose their part
ners. Ole miss resists with all the laugh
ing might of her 1856 pounds, but to no
purpose. She is lugged to her place and
the young couples ill up the cotilllon.
'sS'lute yo' partners. an balance ALI
cries ole massa (thev have had an egg
nog and a cherry bounce since the boys
came from town that afternoon), Tapping
his coat-tails early over his shoulders and
singing with the fiddle:
Oh. away down yander in de land of cotton,
Cinnsmon see an sandy bottom,
Look away. away, away in Dtxie
''Fust four forard an back aginl'' he
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
CHRISTMAS ANGEL.
The Peculiar Beginning of a Successful
ScuIptor's Career.
Larkin G. Mead of the Life school,
FIorence-The Famous American
sculptor's Beautiful and
Patriotic Creations.
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FLORENCE, Italy, Dec. 12.-One of the
most popular professors in the famous
Florentine Life school, where the name OF
nearly every great modern wielder of
brush and chisel has at some time been
enrolled, is Larkin G. Mead.
Larkin G. Mead was born in the pretty
New Hampshire town of Chesterfield,
twenty-five years before the civil war.
His parents were earnest, unassuming
people, descended from the patriots who
fought at Lexington and the women who
stood helpfully by their side. 1t was in
Lexington that Larkin G. Mead, the
elder, was born, and instructed and began
his work, and it was from Lexington that
he removed to Chesterfield as the husband
of Jane Noyes. adopting the profession OF
the law. Mr.. Mead gained considerable
local renown even before his removal to
Brattleboro, when his little namesake
was years of age.
It was, therefore, in this beautiful, old
green mountain town that at Is years of
| af age the boy obtained a position as
clerk in the hardware store of the country
town, selling and ''doing up" and carrv-
ing thence nails and bars and scythes and
axes and latches and ''hasps" to the
townsmen for miles around, as blithely
and as courteously as he had done all else.
These people uever once thought OF the
beautiful forms and groups and pictures
that would crowd so thickly into his
mind, and which he longed with his
whole heart to fashion into realities, until
the Christmas night when the ''Snow
Angelo came into their midst, nor even
then. until accident revealed the secret OF
its creator.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25

notified escort Of children and dogs, and
followed By the sound of god-speedlng
voices as far as the pasture gate then,
on alone. over the marsby prairies and
wind-svept winding road to town.
Now comes an interregnum on the plan
tation Servants and children hold nigh
carnival. Work drags; midday dinner
is late: allotted tasks are forgotten. The
children race through the house, leaving
doors open. banging on the old square
piano in the daTkened parlor; Aunt Milly
sings louder than ever as she passes from
the outdoor kitchen to the dining room,
and Harriet. the house maid, scolds ana
threatens in vain.
Aunt Milly strains her eyes from the
kitchen door, coffee pot in hand, as she
adds an extra handful of berries to the
grinding, and sings:
King Jesus rides niIk-white boss,
See de bleedin' lambl
He rides HIM up an down de cross,
See de bleedin lamb.
Oh, pore Danyul, who's on de Lords sideg
Oh. pore Danynl, who's on de Lords SIDE:
Coney heaps armful after arnful of fire.
wood on the back porch, and Harriet
makes way for a huge backlog which ne
heaves behind the and-irons, piling in
front of them green logs and light wood
till the room IS a blaze OF warmth and
glory-for ole Miss will be cold when she
gets nome. AT ldsoO IL COulSS- 1dl111A1e1I
old carriage, creeping like a beetle over
the brow OF the big hill. Away flies the
escort OF children and dogs, screaming
and running over the rutted road, across
the pasture.
Harriet stands, broom in hand, bowling
to them from the porch, and
the fire light shining back OF
her through the open doorway
Aunt Mile sings on, putting IN the
biscuits to bake, and 2 living the coffee a
final turn through the dripper.
Creal1i goes the heavy pasture gate,
pushed. scraping the ground, by slim.
brown arms and sturdy yellow legs. In
comes the carriage and stops. Then,
such clamoring over wheels: such a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25

cuddline on seatS-three ana Jour deep
The "baby'' in mothers lap and the
l5lcaninuies on the floor under the bu11aio
robe, and hanging on behind Then on
they come, the tires rafting, the horses
smoking, the curtains Tapping the chill
dren laughing, The dogs barking and Gle
Miss and AIassa smiling.
Home sweet homei
The carriage is unloaded. Aunt Milly
claims the groceries with as much per
sonaI pride as a king would claim his
tithes. Harriet takes charge OF the
mysterious packages, and the children
are diverted with a bag of nuts and candy.
Then comes supper-great tkin shoes OF
pink fried ham, with its red gravy heaped
on cones of white boiled rice, Wathes and
butter: and coffee-ssas is coffee"
Then comes sleep.
And now, hurrah for Christmas!
The cakes are baked, row upon row,
iced and candy-decked, they sit upon the
oantrV shelves. The pudding is made
and mince pies, by The dozens. Turkeys
are roasted. stuffed with bread crumbs,
sage and onions; q barbecued shoat hes
brown crisp and whole, with red apple
in its mouth: and 'poSsum and taterS
simmer in oily deliciousness.
Company is coming from town, and the
darkies are going to have dance in the
barn after the children have had their
CnrlSbmaS Tree. -
Miss Matte has baen at work all day
with her girl friends who are visiting her,
and Young Mars Willie has climbed to'the
top of the barn, getting his new clothes
dusty and his black curls full OF cobwebs,
fixing the tree and hanging the presents
for the ''little niggers.
The candles on the brackets around the
wall are lighted, and an old three legged.
sheet-iron stove III the corner gets red-hot
and tries to go up its own hue. warming
the room.
Still the doors must be guarded to keep
out inquisitive anticipative eyes. The
carriages and buggies have come from
town, emptying their loads OF merry
makers on the hospitable porches. The
girls are dressing and chattering up
stairs; the young men drinking toddy IN
Mars Willie room; and the city horses
munching sweet hay and good Red River
corn, in the stables. Some boys and girls
have come over from the neighboring
plantations on horseback, and the dogs
are barking az the unusual stir and ex-
element. Now the barn doors are thrown
open.
IN rush the children and their scarcely
less eager mothers, obsequious, and free
handed, familiar with each name and its
corresponding face. Mars Willie is mis-
sing, but who notices that? Is not Ole
Santa-eUerybodg
All are remembered, from granny Liza,
who is 101, TO the littlest, nameless plea
minnie on the plantation. Black eyes
dance, white teeth grin. Ole Santa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
Its creator.

Young Larkin had been busy-very
busy-all that day; the snow had fallen
long and in the early winter evening,
radiant as holiday evenings could be, it
lay in great sparkling stretches on village
street and village square. The closing
evening hours were to be passed with a
company OF merry friends about a glitter
ing Christmas tree and a table heaped
| high with Christmas dainties; but the
snow, deep and sparkling, was all so al
| Turing that, hastily excusing himself, he
left and went out into the frosty night,
inviting another lad, close companion.
to accompany him, and taking with him
a common wooden shovel to aid in the
creation or accomplishment of-he knew
not what.
The two walked on until they reached
the open space near the high school door.
Here there was grand drift OF solidly-
packed snow. Into this the young clerk
plunged, shoyelling, cutting, molding
Scarcely stopping to warm his fingers, he
piled one block upon another; welding it
| in place with water, he directed his friend
to pour. Now standing back a moment
to look critically at the growing figure,
| his very soul seemed fashioning, and then
returning with fresh enthusiasm, he
worked far into the night until before
| him stood his work completed.
That night inspiration was the Christ
mas Snow Angela pure colossal figure
of startling beauty, fair, symmetrical and
fawless as if carved in marble. It's beauti-
full wings were soft, crossed in front al
the hem of its sweeping robe. In one
hand rested q feathered pen and in the
other there was an open book, in which
it seemed the angel waited to write while
asking counsel from the heaven, toward
which her exquisite face, with its aureole
| of WaVy hair, was turned.
sEWhen the Christmas bells rang 'sgood
! nightl' to the people of Brattleboro, the
High School square had been for aught
they knew, deserted. When they rose
the next morning, therefore, was it 8
wonder that they looked with almost awe
on a creation such as they had never seen
! place?
To add to its perfection, a beautiful
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
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The highest praise has been won by
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
An Easy Winner.

The solid vestibule trains of the Chi
cage, Union Pacific & Northwestern line
distance all competitions with ease. 1t
has the shortest line, fastest time, union
depots and no change or delay at the Mis-
souri, river.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
The Deseret SAYINGS Bank.

a1,,, ~ sccon1,ts l. called to the Daearat
Savings bank, which allows interest on
deposits at the rate of per cent. per an
nun, compounded quarterly. Money to
loan on approved real estate security. Its
officers are as follows:
JAMES L. LITTLE, President,
MOSES THATCHER, Vice President.
f. A. SMITH Cashier
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
DIRECTORS.
This Beats Them All.

Only % hours % minutes to Denver "a
hours to Omaha, AZ hours 80 minutes to
Chicago. The above time is made from
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est. The best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25
Delicious cold Beverages.

The decoctions sold to the thirsty and
warm at the Occidental are delicious, pure
and superior. First-class wines, liquors,
beers, aies and cigars. Family supplies a
speciality. AUER & MURPHY,
ProDrietorS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-12-25

Doctors disagree. They
have to. There are differ
ences of opinion among the
best; there will be so long
as knowledge is incomplete.
But there is one subject
on which all physicians are
completely in accord, and
that is the value of cod-liver
oil in consumption and scro-
fula, and many other condi-
tons in which the loss of fat
is involved. And cod-liver
oil has its greatest usefulness
in SCOTS Emulsion.
There is an interesting
book on the subject; sent free.
Scorr& BOVINE, Chemists, 1872 South thAvenue.
New York.
Yo.r druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion OF cod-Ivel
oil--all druggists everywhere Go. 81.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
LAKEvILLE.

Last week Thursday very large union Sunday school picnic party from Highland across the Hudson river came here and enjoyed themselves hugely at Hollywood grove. They numbered over 600 and filled IA cars.
 Rev D. Phillips exchanged pulpits with Rev T. s. Bond, of Canaan, last Sunday. Mir Bond preached an excel lent sermon to large and appreciative audience in the morning here and also officiated at the evening services.
 Mrs J. M. Miller arrived home Sat urday from her visit to relatives in Mia nesota, Nebraska and Illinois.
 The Forester Lodge picnic at the Hollywood grove Monday was we'll at- tended and was 8 grand success, finan- cially and socially. Dancing to the music of Dr Knights orchestra was kept up till midnight.
 MT and Mrs Van Vranken, of Schen- ectady, N. r., were the guests of J. M Miller the past week.
 O. G. Bradley had shock Monday in Millerton where he was on business. An idea can be formed of the amount of freight that has come to Lakeville every month through this summer from the statement which we heard made re. gently, that 100 car loads per month is the average.
 The goyerness of Geo D. Harrison was giving MT Harrison's two children a ride with their pony cart up through Bellgoe Monday when the pony became frightened at two horseback riders, who passed them, and ran away and upset the cart. In the fall from it the qoyer. ness sustained compound fracture oi one of her arms; the children were moi seriously hurt.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
Setting Type with Both HaBd..

A foreman of a composing room has conceived the idea of using both hands in picking up and setting the types fin the stick. Ever since the composing stick was known the left hand has held the stick while the thumb pressed each successive type into place against the pieces already in line. A one armed oompositor came to the foreman's room. and with a single hand set almost as much type as his fellow laborers did with two.
 After thinking this over the foreman worked out two inventions, by which he proposes to use both hands at once. The first is little mechanical device for talk ing the place of the thumb, and the sec ond is an attachment by which the stick can be put in n convenient position for receiving the type without being in the way of any subsequent operations.
 Having got so far, the foreman found that his next step was to train the left hand. This was by no means easy, but after patience and practice a consider able degree of proficiency was attained, and he added 60 per cent. to his former capacity. He believes a still further advance is practicable, but is confident that any compositor by the use of his inventions will be able to add at least 30 per cent to his speed.-Pittsburg Dis natrh
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
GREAT HARRINGTON.

George w. Turner, aged IF, son of Frank s. Turner, who was learning the printers trade at the office of the Berk- shire Courier, was drowned while bath ing in the Housatonic river last Thurs day afternoon. After leaving the office at noon he went to his home, and after eating dinner went, in company with George Adams, (who was younger,) to the river in the rear of Lawyer Wright's farm house on the Stockbridge road. The river is shallow for 8 few feet then grows deeper with strong current. Turner waded in the shallow water then ventured in deeper. when suddenly he threw up his arms and sank to his death. Young Adams ran for help which came at once, but it was an hour and half before the body could be re- covered in 90 feet of water. The fun eral of young Turner occurred Saturday asternon, Rev F. R. Marvin officiating.
 Judge Justin Dewey, of Springfield, Mass, who, with his family is spending the season in this village, has purchased 8 building lot near Castle Hill. He will soon erect house for summer residence.
 The receipts at the Episcopal fair last week were $85O.
 Judge Shores and Clerk Coleman, oi the District court, went to Afford Fri day and made an apprisal of the estate of the late Charles Bassett.
 Frank M. Camps cottage at Long lake was opened with 8 dance Friday night.
 Mrs Plunkett, of Pittsfeld, will read a paper before the woman's literary club this morning on "Hints on Household Sanitation"
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
A Pet Crow.

A well known up town family has a pet crow which is given the liberty of the whole household. It is as precise and particular about its appearance as prudish young maiden, and frequently it is allowed place in the dining room when the family meal is eaten. When night comes it stations itself at one of the fence corners and keeps looking out for intruders until the early dawn, setting up loud cawing at the sight of any stranger approaching. A valuable diamond earring belonging to one of the daughters was missed from the dress ing case the other day while the crow was perched on the window sill. Search was made everywhere for the missing piece of jewelry without success, and the finding of it was given up as one of the impossibilties.
 A few days since the crow was fol- lowed into corner of the yard filled with empty boxes, and in one of them, hidden away from sight, was found 6 perfect bric-a-brac shop, number of bright silver and copper coins, a fligree comb, several lustrous tortoise hair or naments, lot of bits of broken col ored glass, and a stock of shining but tons of endless variety, and the dis mond earring. The character of the crow has been considerably lowered in the estimation of the family since the discovery.-Philadel Press.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
CORNWALL BRIDGE.

The Sunday School picnic was well attended Wednesday last and the adults and children had nlce variety of eata bles and good time generally.
 Mrs Horace Wells and her son Alton, of New Haven, are visiting at A. o. Wa terbury's.
 Dr Bradstreet, wife and two children, of Meriden, visited at the Beers broth ers' last week.
 Mrs F. Gillette and daughter Lizzie, of Avon, Mrs George Payne, of Union. vile, Mrs Charles Chapin and daughte, Edna, of Greenbush, N. Y., who have been visiting Edward D. Bierce and family have returned home.
 MT Charles Fabrique, of New Haven, visited l.. A. Robinson and family over Sunday.
 Miss Georgie Baldwin, of New Haven, is visiting at Hollister brothers. Miss Edith w. Wadhams is taking an outing with friends in York state. Miss Olive B. Williams, the telegraph operator here. is away on a vacation in Hillsdale, N. r., and other places. Miss Eva M. Prayer supplies this office du ring her absence.
 Mrs Sarah B. St John and daughter Edith spent Sunday with friends ir Kent.
 Mrs William Ely, of New Haven, i. boarding at M. I. Miilard's. | Miss Lewey Frink is visiting he brother Rollin and family at Bethel.
 Mrs Charles Hall returned Sunday from visit to Charles Marsh and family Miss Susie l.. Sturges and her broth CT Edmund, of Bridgeport, Miss Nelli' M. Brown and her brother Ernest, o Athens, Ga., also Edward I. Hubbard of Brooklyn, N. r., were recently tn, guests of W. P. Sturges and family. EE | Mrs David K. Bierce, Mrs Emm Decker and son and Mrs Rogers o Sharon visited friends here Saturda, last.
 Farmers have nearly finished hayinl and oats are mostly gathered. The SC were showers have done no damage il this vicinity, only the washing of tn highways. Ludwig Liner raised fine horse bar Saturday last A number from this vii lage were in attendance and reported fine time.
 Tobacco cutting has been commence by some of our farmers and the crol looks favorable for fair prices.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
HUNTSVILLE.

Geo Hayes, 8 ne1ghbor and friend of H. B. Wetherell in Bridgeport, visited him at his farm last week.
 Bridgeport, are visiting Mrs Bristols mother, Mrs B. B. Yale.
 Walter Zimmer, of Gloversville, NY, IS the guest of his uncle, D. A. Scoville.
 Birdsey Decker, brother of Mrs Shel- don Dean, was the guest of his sister for little time last week. The visit was very much of surprise as Mrs Dean had not seen her brother for 23 years and supposed that he was not living.
 Mrs F. E. Kingsley, son and daughter are at w. H. Blodgett's where they will remain for a short time.
 Mrs Lucy Tyrrell, sister of Mrs Wells Yale,i quite ill. She came to visit hel sister some weeks since and was taken sick there.
 Last Wednesday afternoon while Mil ton Emmons, Clifford Hillyer and Louis Alexander were coming down Canaan mountain near John Warner's house, 6 rattlesnake made it's way leisurely across the road directly in front of Louis who was walking and driving some cattle, the others following behind in 8 wagon The snake crawled into hedge but Nh Emmons thought best not to leave him there, so he was searched out and killed by one or two we'll directed blows or the head from small stick. His snake ship boasted of rattles and was there fore about 10 years old, we are told.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-18
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An Odd Place ,o store Plundsr.

Much annoyance is frequently oce stoned by persons getting keys for the purpose of viewing unoccupied houses and failing to return them. In this con- nection may mention an incident that happened n year or two ago. A well dressed gentleman called at our office for the key of a house to look over it He neglected to return the key, however, and the house was subsequently let to another party.
 About twelve months afterward, while repairing a drain, the floor of one of the rooms had to be removed, when a quantity of watches, rings and other Jewellery was found concealed under the joists. These were proved to be the pro ceeds of burglary at jewellers prom ises. The man who had got the key of the house was known to the police as a notorious burglar, and at the time hacl been suspected of the robbery, but was allowed to escape from want of sufficient evidence to convict him. As he was kept shadowed by the police he had con- sidered it impolitic to attempt to remove the stolen property. .... Shortly after this he was arrested in the north of England for a similar of penal servitude. His sentence has not yet expired, and he probably remains in | ignorance of the fresh charge that will await him on his release. Tt Rita