Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-01-21
LOOKING BACKWARD.
A Glance at 1850. It's Happenings Of
Military. Social. General Interest.

copy Of The Dollar Newspaper. published
in PHILADELPHIA under date Of Sept. 10.
1860, has found its way to later ssdoIIar
newspaper, (" the Herald and News, and re-
calls the matters that occupied the public
attention nearly 30 years ago.
H0aribaldi," says the news column,
sshas $50 men, selected for being good
shots, armed with Colts revolver rifles,
which we're delivered II Sicily ct 106
francs each and are described BY an Eng
lishman, who has used one Of them. as
the very best weapon be ever fred. 1.-THE
first street rniIway in Great Britain had
Just been put In operation at Birkenhead
by q Boston man, named Train. who
agreed to lay the rails and maintain the
road at his own cost, and TO remove 1t
whenever il should be declared a nuiqhnce.
The Notre Dame cathedral had recently
been robbed Of $3.50, 900 il jewels stripped
from ecclesiastical furniture, which the
thieves threw into the river. Napoleon
was assuring Nj. Farini OF his sincere de-
sire to see Italy independent, and also
promising that should Austria prove
victorious over Victor Emmanuel, France
would not allow Austria to abuse her
victory. Garibaldi, in the meantime, had
reached Salerno with his forces and was
expected at Naples
In our own country, George Bancroft,
the historian, in dedicating the monu-
ment to Commodore Perry at Cleveland,
'took occasion to let by q paragraph or
two at the aggressions Of England in ref
erence to the Northwest Boundary ques-
ton" which The Dollar Newspaper con-
sidered in az bad taste as the pbilIippics
against the United States in the London
papers on the same subject. In Philadel-
pbia, a riot occurred at Bell aud Everett
meeting, at which time some Republican
Invincibles raraded the streets followed
by an immense crowd. AS the procession
was moving BY, cheers were given for
Lincoln and Hamlin on one side, and
Bell and Everett on the other. In q few
minutes stones were thrown from the
gathering multitude, and the rock-sling-
ing was kept up until the Bell and Ever
EFT men rallied in sufficient force TO
drive their political opponents back.
CRoosevelt and Tillman scraps of present
times are less bloodless Affairs; for hard
words break no heads and create g mfider
form OF excitement than stones). An
item of interest IL the fact that ex-Presi.
dent Pierce was thrown from q buggy IN
Concord, n. H.. and facially bruised, AZ
y eli a. 1tluuEl - lHE AIH1At u us u0k9<
taking fright at load Of barrels.
vermont's poet, John q. SAKE, contrib
uted 10 the Philadelphia journal, stanzal
on ssThe Secret OF success,r which de
mands to win the stake OF wealth Of
glory, the cards-genius, patience, perse
verance. pluck. The real secret, however
Mr.. Sake learned from the story OF q gam
ing sinner, whose frank confession b
here relates:--
''In this ,ere business, as in any other
BY which chap an honest livinx earns,
You don't getan the science from your mothel
But as you foller IL, you lives andlearns.
@And I, from being much behind the curtain,
ana geStl5n ing often sery 51.ay stuck;
As trusting cards and everything 70 luck
$50 now, you see-whieh naturally enhances
The faith In fortune that used 70 feel
take good care 70 regulate the chances,
And always has finger in the deair
Il Mr.. Willis philosophically narrates
nights experiences and observations in
sleeping car on Western railroad, sal
car being evidently OF less comfortabl
construction than those now in use. II
wrote as follows:-"A very stylish famil
on 6heir way North occupied the pew an
hammock Immediately forward Of on
own, and their embellishments wer
probably as instructive as any that coul
BE- selected for description.
'The arrangements for the night weE
already made when they entered-a fash
ionabIe young mama with three spoile
} children, and the grandmama, = belle j
fossil Of perhaps 40 years Of age, aUcou
panied by the colored nurse-and this on
pew and its hammock were all that r
manned unoccupied. The tired childre
we're easily disposed Of, and so were Il
] bonnets for the nape OF the neck, and Il
e several instruments of false hair. II
/ sleepy negro collapsed into a corner I
the car like a carpet bag; but how Il
: smisuses' were to attain and maintal
9 their respective horizontals with hoops
8 skirts was the dificultyl That this artic
4 OF feminine hipocracy should not be VOL
' as part of travelling costume is the iii
provement' of this my present discours
). Anything more needlessly inconveniel
: than that mama's tuInbling over in to Il
1 pew among her children, trying to
e down with her umbrella-on-edge cou
9 not easily be contrived.
; Ladders should be provided in the
e sleeping cars as an article of indispens
g BILE furniture. The still handsome gran
mama OF our Southern party was 10 sic
d in the hammock overhead-and how v
q she to get theref An active boy, in
I, most willing pair OF weekday pant
=. looms, would have considered it quite
II climb; for 1t was six or seven feet fro
ls the floor and there was nothing to ct
upon but the backs Of the seats. New
1t theless, crinoline to the contrary NJ
y withstanding, the ascent was made.
N "We were to reach CINCINNATI for
b. rather late breakfast and, Of course, tn.
IL were several unwashed hours in Q
he sleeping car, its beds being remetaml
q phosed into seats, and the prone pass
y gers restored to their uprightness 50
ID after sunrise. Really, one gets star
lie ing appreciation in this way Of the val
ID Ito ladies especially-of combs. looki
glasses, towels and water. To see
be dear angels sit up 'unministered' to
J., the betraying daylight, hour after no
y is lamentable unillusionizing Of on
le ideal"
1. Another interesting old paper. beloI
ing to Mrs. Heber 7. Holman, Is q &C