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Year: 1868

The Hot Springs of Middle Park are
both a curiosity and a virtue. They are
a considerable resort already by CoIora-
dams at this season, and wher convent
ent roads are made over into the Park.
there viii be n great flow of visitors to
them. We found twenty or thirtvsyisit.
ors here, scattered about in the neighbor-
mood, while parties were coming and ro>
ing every day. The springs for bathing.
and the rivers for fishing, are the two
gredJ attractions On the hillside. 50 feet
above the Grand River, and dozen rods
away, these hot sui phurous waters bubble
up at three or four different places within
few feet, and coming together int the
stream, flow over an abrupt bank. say a
dozen feet high, into little circular pool
or basin below. Thence the waters scat
ter OFT into the river But the pool and
the fall unite to make a charming natural
bathing house. You are provided with q
hot sitz bath and douche together. The
stream that pours over the precipice into
the basin is about as large as would pour
out OF full water pail overturned. max
ing stream three or five inches in diam
eter The water is so hot that YOU cam
not at first bear your hand in it. being | %
degrees Fahrenheit in temperature. and
the flow of the falling water and its al
most, t,scalding heat send the hathar shrek
lng out on his first trial of them. but
with light experiments, first an arm. then
a lee, and next a shoulder, he Gets eradu
ally accustomed to both heat and fall. and
can stand directly under the stream with
out tllnchlng, and then he has such bath
as he can find nowhere else in the world
The lnvlgoratInC effects are wonderful;
there Is no lassitude, no chill from it, as
Is usually experienced after an ordinary
hot bath taken elsewhere: though the
water be 10 degrees warm and the air 30
to 40 degrees cold, the shock cf thn fa II i
such tonic, and the atmosphere itself is
so dry and inspiring, that no reaction. no
unta'orable effects, are felt even by fee
bic persons on coming from one into the
other j he first thing in the mornino.
the last thing at night, did we renew our
trial OF this hot douche bath during our
brief stay in the neightorhood the old
grew young and the young Joyous and
rampant from the experience. Wonderful
cures are related as having been effected
by these springs; the Indians RESORT 30
them a good deal, and put their sick
horses into them, and are 10th to WELD
control OF them to the whites. and in view
Of their probable future failure. there has
been a struggle for their ownership
They are now in the hands of Mr.. Ryers
OF the Rocky Mountain Nelrs at Denver
under a title that viii probably dcrv a /
dlsputants. The waters look and taste
precisely like those of t,e Sharon SuIphar
springs in New York The difference is
that these are hot, those cold. They have
deposited sulphur iron and soda in guam
tity all about their path and these are
probably their chief ngredients.-Cos.
SpriHg1i III Republicans
Year: 1868

1oUNG GIRLS BENT on DEsTRUcrIoN-
The Troy (N.G.) Times tclls these stories:


Within "a short time the police haze
been acquainted with the facts connected
with the abandonment by three young
girls Of their homes In one instance the
father, an Albanian came to this city, and
finding his daughter. prevailed upon her
to accompany him home. She remained
there. however, but "a short time, when she
again deserted her family


! second ease was that Of a v0unr Girl.
also an Albanian, who came TO this city
and was admitted into a house Of impru~
per character only after she brought from
her mother a written document stating
that she had abandoned her and had no
objection to her leading a life Of shame
The paper was probably a forgery Last
NIGHT in cell of one of the station
houses Of the city, n very beautiful giri
only seventeen years of ace, was COZ Gund
for having deserted her mother, and vol
UNFAIRLY entered pom career Of crime
and dissipation. .he mother had been I'm
search Of her for some weeks, and ye-ter~
day succeeded in finding her in a fashions
able lace Of resort ON sixth street The
interview between the mother and dau-h-
ter AT the station was OF singular char
acter The daughter charged her fall
upon the mother, saying that she had
been driven to desperation by the unkind
treatment Of the parent, and declaring
that she would never 90 hcme again to be
subjected to persecution and outrage at
her hands. 1t was evident. however, that
"a taste for dreSS-a desire to wear better
clothes than her means could sccure-had
b en- the cause of her downfall. and subs
sequeutly she confessed as much The
young -irl stated that the woman a whose
house she was discovered, and the babjtues
of the place, had all urged her to 90 home
and lead Il pure life, and had pointed out
to her the inevitable and certain end of
the career upon which she was embark.
ing; but that she had thought the matter
all over and had fu " determined to con-
tiHue on her course. \ night passed in
the cells of the station house. however,
gave the foolish Girl time for further re
Election. and this morning she consented
to return home with her mother"
Year: 1868

THE finances of Spain are in
wretched condition. The deficit Of
this year VIII be two hundred and fifty
million dollars. The revolution does
not seem to have been sufficiently
revolution to cancel so much of the
public debt as may be held by the
supporters Of the old dynasty. The
new government IS trying to effect a
loan Of 20O,0OO,000 Of crowns, about
S2I2,oo0,0oO. The new government
viii have its hands full in reorganiz-
ing the finances of the state, aud the
greatest danger it has to aPprehend
Is from that source.
Year: 1868

An exchange. speaking Of the battle of
the Bulls and " Bears Of Wall street.
calls il a ease Of " diamond cut diamond
We should rather say 1t was case Of
dog eat dog" If it should prove a repe-
ton Of the Kilkenny cat fight, it would
he a capital thing for the country Cams
bling. whether in stocks. grain, OF faro
chips. is a great evil and the former Is
ahe worst Of all Chicago Journal;
Year: 1868

The statute as distinctly and specif-
cally requires that "good manners" be
taught in the public school, as that geog-
raphy, grammar or arithmetic should be
there taught. The acquisition of knowl-
edge should be accompanied by the for
nation of habits of order, industry, in
tegrity, punctuality, neatness, and man.
ly and courteous behavior. None of the
many individuals who never pass school
house without feeling of dread, lest he
be pelted, from some sly corner, with a
stone or snow ball from the hand of a
vicious boy, will need argument to con-
vince them that in the matter of good
behavior the children of this generation
do not compare favorably with those of
preceding generations.


If neglected at home, as is too often
the case, the common school is the only
place where good behavior and good man
ners can be taught the child. If taught
at home the teacher is the very person
who has it in his power, to any consider
able extent, to remedy the evil. Perhaps
a majority of the children of Vermont
receive something of culture in the mat
ter of manners at home but minority,
not insignificant, can expect no culture
/
here. save in the school-room. The quiet,
vet positive influence of the teachers de-
pertinent, is not insignificant. Still we
need the more decided influence of direct
instruction from the teacher. 1t cannot
be doubted but that the tendency OF our
free institutions is not favorable to the
best social culture. Children early i'm
bibe the heresy that freedom consists IN
having ones own will, and confound ii
with license. Foreign ignorance and SUI
perstition can only be overcome, in Its
infancy, at the public school.


"While the decay of reverence in thc
young is loudly complained OF, whil'
;, bad books are doing in angel dresses wha
Satan did in Paradise, while profanenes
and obscenity are heard in the streets
while licentiousess is firing the blood
and intemperance is maddening the brail
of virtuous youth, while criminal court
send out statements of youthful corrup
ton that stagger belief, should not some
thing extra be done to protect our risini
generation from these pestiferous exam
ples?"


If, as Cicero in his De Senerttite says


that the respect paid to age, forms an II
fallible criterion by which to determin


the moral advancement of a people, ou
q case is not hopeful one.
Year: 1868

Indians, after taking what they could
find elsewhere, came aboat Mrs, Stone
and the children, apparently suspecting
that she had something concealed about
her. One stood with a iomahawk over
her head, and another thrust his hands
into her bosom, on which she struck him
with her card in his face, and obliged
him to desist. On this an old Indian
burst into laugh at his companions,
and cried out, "good squaw, goodsquaw!"


So great was the fear Of the Indians,
that the hooting of hunters often gave
alarm, and in some instances the mistake
was not discovered till the panic had ex-
tended to several towns, and the people
had fled considerable distance. The
following story will illustrate this: In
1880 two men were at work in remote
part of Athens, in Windham county, and
heard, as they supposed tbe yells of saw
ages. They quit their work and spread
the alarm as fast as possible. The peo-
pie, affrighted almost out of their senses,
hurried away with their women and chill
dren in as much haste as possible. One
family left their oven heating and oxen
chained to tree. The report was spread
around that the town was destroyed by
savages. In other towns the people rush
ed to arms. Some were busy all night
in preparing their guns and ammunition.
The fear of the merciless foe drove sleep
from all. But it all proceeded from the
shouting of hunter. The mistake was
corrected, and the people returned to
their habitation.


The following was one of the devices
for safety from the attack of savage In
dians. Widow Story and children, of
Salisbury, who had retreated several
times to Rutland for safety, contrived at
length to make hole in the bank of OF
ter Creek, for the purpose of security
against the savages. The passage would
admit the entrance of but one person at
time, and led to a room made large
enough for lodging To this room they
went in the dusk Of the evening, by the
aid of canoe, and left'it in the twilight
of the morning. Here, many night
they passed in security, which otherwise
would have been spent in sleepless anxi-
etv
Year: 1868

u |


Several years ago young lady in
Tazewell county was wooed bya young
man. He obtained her consent and the
consent Of the old folks, but three days
before the wedding she took freak into
her head and went off and married an
other man. The young man was heart
broken and packed up his effects and
went to New York city. There he hid
his grief, buried himself in business, and
engaged in speculation, was successful
and became wealthy. A younger sister
of the girl that had rejected him, moved
by sympathy, commenced a correspon-
dencc with him to endeavor to mitigate
his sorrow. The correspondence became
interesting. The young girl grew up.
and as years rolled on, ripened into
great beauty. The sight Of her photo
graph awakened in the young mans bo-
som the love that he had supposed
crushed forever, and he proposed to her
and was accepted. Her father was q
widower and was anxious to get married
himself as soon as his daughter was out
of the way, so he urged the match for
ward.


The means of the lover now admitted
a brilliant wedding, and preparations
were made for it. They were to be mar
led last Wednesday in style, and depart
Immediately for New Yok city. A few
days ago the expectant bride received a
letter from her betrothed stating that he
had entered into a speculation that would
keep him in the city SO that he could not
possibly be with her at the time appoint
ed, and asking her to delay the ceremony
for day or two. He also referred othe
time when he had expected to be united
to her sister. Provoked to think that he
still remembered his former love, the
young lady wrote him IN passion, and
sitting down at the same time wrote to a
cousin of hers, a farmer in Iowa. who had
long loved her, telling him that she had
piohSh fiSA ShSnSShnSup, ASiuehS bAiC SAA-
cumstances to him and ended by saying
that she was all ready to be married, and
if he would come and be there at the
time set for her wedding she would mar
ry him.


He complied. Her betrothed in New
York, astonished to receive her letter,
closed up his business as best he could
gnd came to Tazewell county by the next
train. He reached the little village
where she lived and was Fastening up to
the house to fulfill his engagement, when
he was met by some of his friends and
told that his bride had just been mar
ried to another man. He tainted away
on the spot and was taken up to the ho-
tel. When the bride was told of it she
was overwhelmed with remorse, but it
was then too late. She was then legally
married to her cousin. The New York
er, twice heart-broken, left for his home
without seeing her, and she passed thro'
this city yesterday, on her way to an
Iowa farm. looking very detected and
like anything but a bride. --Peoria III.
Transcript.
Year: 1868

assistance. When the crisis was passed
and it was known that the soldier would
live, she questioned him concerning her
husband, and ascertained that he was in
Pennsylvania regiment, having enlist
ed from Pittsburg two years before. She
at once addressed Leffingwell letter,
stating in full her efforts to find him, and
detailing at length her disappointment
and troubles. a PAX an


With the usual perversity of the ar
my mails, that letter never reached its
destination. Mrs. Leffingwell waited
and watched, but still no answer came,
and at length when the war was over,
she set out once moreein search of her
husband. A visit to Pittsburgh reveal
ed the fact that her husbands term of
enlistment had expired long before and
his identity was once more lost She in
serted advertisements in number of
the Pennsylvania papers, calling for in
formation of his whereabouts, and then
set herself again to watch and watt
Time crept slowly OH and still no tidings
of her absent one.


A week ago, when she had given up
all hope of ever seeing her husband
again, she very unexpectedly received
direct information of his place of abode
from one who came across the adver-
| tisement of three years before. The pa
per containing it had, very providential-
ly, escaped the destruction which usual
ly comes upon the dailies of the different
cities, and now was the means of uniting
two persons who for twenty-eight years
had been separated by cruel fate. Our
heroine at once made preparations to go
to her husband, who lives in OF near Gin
cinnati, and who had been apprised of
her coming, She accordingly left Pitts
burgh on Friday morning, and arrived
in Cleveland on the afternoon of the same
day. What was her surprise and pleas
ure on alighting at the Union depot to
procure some refreshments, to be con-
fronted by her husband. For a moment
they stared at each other, and then with
a simultaneous impulse they rushed into
each others arms, all Unconscious of the
gaping crowd, who, with their usual GU
riosity, had paused in their hurry to wit
ness the scene. The years that had sep
arated them, though they had silvered
the heads of each and left lines of care
upon their brows, had not eradicated the
love they bore one another, or torn from
their hearts the memory of the olden
time, before relentless fate had so cruelty
thrust them asunder. The trials of the
past were forgotten in the present joy,
and they took the train for home in
each others company. 1t was while they
were at supper in the evening, happy
only in each other, waiting the departure
of the Cincinnati train, and through the
kind offices of one of the G. and P. r.
r. officials, to whom Mrs. Leffingwell
had revealed part of her history, that
the above was obtained. Though as we
said at the beginning of this article, the
story has the imprint of the romantic
and unreal, we give it as it was given to
us, believing in its tru.hfulness.
Year: 1868

DEATH BED CONFESSION OF A GREAT
CRME.-The New Orleans Picayune re-
lates that some years ago a respectable
young man, the only support of wild
dowed mother and sister, was clerk in a
dry goods store in that city. He fire.
quently assisted the cashier, and one day
a forged note ON the firm for $400, in
in the handwriting of the young man,
was presented at the bank by an un-
known person, and paid. The young
man admitted drawing the check, but
had no recollection of the circumstances,
and could give no explanation. He was
arrested, tried and convicted. His moth
er and sister alone believed in his inno-
cence. Bowed down with shame and
unable to vindicate his honor, he died
shortly after. In less than a year the
bereaved mother died also, and the sis
ter was left to struggle alone for living,
which she obtained by becoming seam
stress. A few days ago lawyer was
called to write the will of man at point
of death In this will he bequeathed his
property to the sister, and embodied in
the instrument a full confession of the
forgery committed eight years ago. He
was the cashier of the firm, now grown
rich. 1t was by his direction the draft
was prepared. Now after the lapse of
eight years atardy reparation is attempt
ed to be made. But it will not restore
life to the dead, or extract the bitter
sting of sorrow and grief SO long en-
dured. 1t is one of the strange events
which make up the story of a life.
Year: 1868

The correspondent of this city who furnishes
the New York Tribune with such purely hctl-
tious picture of the social interchanges OF Gen
Hancock with our citizens, and especially with
prominent ex-Rebels, will doubtless find a new
object for his pen in an incident which occurred
during the holidays. We ask no thanks for sup
plying this very veracious writer with the facts
of this incident. They are as follows:


A few days ago General James Longstreet
called at the residence of Gen. Hancock and sent
in his card Gen. Hancock was then engaged
with some friends, ladies and gentlemen. He
Immediately left them to receive his old army
friend, more recently his foe, but now again his
friend, and after warm greeting, insisted upon
conducting General Longstreet into the parlor
and introducing him to the company there as
sembled. The style of the introduction was SO
peculiar that we reproduce it for the special ben
eft of the malignant Radicals, full justifca-
ton for Their suspicious of General Hancock s
loyalty.


Ladies and gentlemen said General Hancock,
'allow me to introduce to you gallant gentleman,
to whom | am indebted for an ungrateful limp,
and whom | had the misfortune to win In the
same combat


We must add that, although the company was
composed exclusively of ladies and gentlemen
whose sympathies were on the Union side OF the
late war, the incident excited profound and
| most pleasurable sensation, and the two distin
| guished soldiers were regarded with increased
admiration and respect.-N o. Times.
Year: 1868

T,co Young Ladies Burned to Death.


We learn that shocking accident occurred in
Chattanooga, late ON Saturday night, by which
two young and accomplished ladies lost their
lives. 1t appears that Miss Maria Daily had
been spending the afternoon and evening with
Miss Kate Harrington, at the residence Of the
latter About II o'clock, the young ladies re-
turned to Miss Daily's residence, intending to
sleep there. 1t being cold Miss Daily attempted
to start fire in the stove, but the fire not burn
ing briskly enough she procured gallon can Of
coal oil and poured some of the oil into the stove,
In an instant the oil exploded. In another Inc
slant the young ladies, and everything in the
room were in a blaze Miss Daily threw herself
on bed in an adjoining room, but only succeed
ing in setting fire to the bed clothes. She was
soon rescued by the negro attached to the house.
who, alarmed by the screaming rushed in and
bore her out; Miss Harrington rushed out into
the streets, and was Immediately rescued from
the flames by several gentlemen, who had ar
rived on the scene. Both ladies were 30 severe
ly burned that they died on Sunday morning


The bodies of the two unfortunate young la
dies presented revolving appearance. The vic
Tins were highly esteemed in Chattanooga, and
their melancholy fate calls forth universal regret
and sympathy hy.-KnortWe (7enn) Press. and
Hcy1M
Year: 1868

A lady who had two children sick With
measles wrote to friend for the best remedy.
The friend had just received a note from another
lady, inquiring the way to pickle cucumbers In
the confusion the lady who inquired about the
pickles received the remedy for the measles, and
the anxious mother Of the sick children with
horror read the following: "Scald them three
or four times in hot vinegar, and sprinkle them
with salt and in very few days they will be
cured
Year: 1868

An English woman has invented dodge
which would do credit to a professional: She
fastens silk thread to small coin, and when
the person by her side in the omnibus opens her
purse to pay fare she presents the coin with the
remark that it has just dropped. When the
victim receives it and places the purse in her
pocket, the silk string is firmly attached and by
that the thief quietly draws the whole affair cut
Year: 1868

A young widow who had married an old man
was forever speaking of 'my first husband.


The second husband at first gently demonstrated.
IL guess" said the wife pouting, @you.h want
me to remember you when you're dead and gone"
Year: 1868

Some of the new cars for the Canal and
Claiborne streets railroad have arrived here,
and will commence running on the first
section of that road about the 22d instant.
More rails have been received lately, aud
the work on that part of the road below
Canal street will be pushed forward with
about six weeks. There is q double track
on Claiborne street, but only. single track
will be laid on the Claiborne street bridge
that spans the old basin. All these rail
road enterprises afford employment for
laborers during their construction, and ac-
commodation to the people afterward.