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Year: 1869

A New HAMPSHIRE paper tells these
stories:


"Last year Mr.. Charles Edgerly, of
Meredith, owned a cat which was a regu-
lar hunter. He would often go off and
bring in rabbits If any of the family
went berrying Tommy would go too and
devote his energies to wild game. If he
became separated from the party, he
would climb tree and ascertain the di-
rection to head himself to find them. He
could catch birds on trees, and the boys of
the family, knowing the propensity of
squirrels to take to fences and stone walls
when in danger, would put him on wall
and alarm the game. One afternoon
Tommy caught fifteen squirrels in, this
manner. He would wait any length of
time when put down in place and told
to stay there. T


zone day he brought rat and laid it
at the feet of Mr. Edgerly, who took out
his knife and skinned it. Pussy surveyed
the operation with intense interest, and
seemed highly pleased at it, Mr.. Edgerly
said, go get another and the cat went off
and returned at intervals during the day
with three more, which were duly
skinned, under feline superintendent.
Mr.. Edgerly told the cat that he
would skin all the rats he could
catch; and henceforth pussy made it his
sole occupation to catch the rodents and
see their hides removed. The skins of
the rats were fastened on the barn at the
distance of a few feet from the ground.
Thirty-seven trophies were in time dis
played on the barn. One day this feline
Nimrod brought in rat and laid it at
Mr.. Edgerly's feet. He was busy at the
time and could not crafty the animal
with the usual skinning operation. The
cat laid it at his feet three successive
times, and was finally repulsed in such a
manner that Tommy went off with his
back and tail up in the peculiar stiff gait
which enraged animals have From that
day not a rat would he catch, though
other small game continued to suffer as of
old.


But now comes the wonderful part of
the tale On the night of the day on
which he became so mortally offended,
Tommy went out to the barn and tore
down the hides of the thirty-seyen vic
Tins, to show his resentment of the insult.
Such case rarely is heard of, and so we
record it for our readers, young and old.
Though he would keep all his old habits,
such as skating, (for he would slide in the
best manner he was able ON the ice, when
ever the boys wentD he never again was
known to catch rat to the day of his
death, which happened some few months
after by being caught in fox trap"
Year: 1869

Two SAN FRANCISCO policemen tried to
sary to leave him a moment. and so hand
cuffed him with his arms each side Of a
lamp-post When they returned their
prisoner was gone-he had climed up the
pest and sFgng his arms over the top,
Year: 1869

LIFE IN WHITE PINE.-The Hamilton In-
land Empire of September oath says:


A lady of about forty-two summers, who has


long been the victim of fantasy that she
would some day win and wear husband, in-
weighed u young gentleman of literary procvi-
ties, in this city, into the belief that she was q
mine of extraordinary richness. The man of
letters loved chlol ide, and was willing to take
an interest in that claim, even if the ore con-
tanned a little base meal. But q change came
over the spirit of his dream when he found
that the venerable lady had no change worth
speaking of. He recanted his plighted troth,
and when pushed to the wall by his ancient
Dulcinea to redeem it, incOhtinently insuted
the marriageable female by intimating that she
was an "old blk" Broomsticks suddenly
came into vogue, and the lterateur hastily
skedadded. The antique dame declares she
will pursue her faithless lover for breach Of
promise; but We fear it will be of no avail,
for We understand that the prosecuted youth
has secured passage for Elko by one of to-day's
coaches.
Year: 1869

ADMIRAL PORTER was riding int street car
in Washington, the other day, in which were
two or three drunken national sailors. They
became so obstreperous that the Admiral ex-
postulated with them, and, finally, telling them
who he was he asked one Of them what ship
he belonged to- With q twinkle Of the eye
and u staggering air, sailor hiccoughed out
Admiral you have changed the name of the
ship 50 often that don't really know what
ship we do belong to-"
Year: 1869

SOME people don't believe in advertising.
because they say" nobody reads the papers"
But let them get into scrape, and you will
find them flying around to the newspaper OTIS
ces with the request, Please don't mention
my name published all over the country"
Year: 1869

AsHLEY.-We have seen it stated in several
papers lately that Impeacher Ashley, the pres
rnt Governor of Montana, made n speech at
BoZeman City, in that Territory, recently and
astonShed the audience by declaring that he
was in favor OF making Montana "white
mans government" If such is the case it Is
very easily accounted for. Ashley got himself
appointed Governor of Montana against the
protest of nearly every respectable man in
that country Republicans as we'll as Demo
Gratis, and finding himself in bad odor with the
Radicals, he probably hopes that by turning his
coat in time he might better his chances for
the United States Senate from Montana when
that Territory should be admitted; and the
Democratic majority of 1000 at the last eec-
ton in that Territory was undoubtedly strong
argument with Ashley, causing him to flop"
over quickly. The Democratic party do not
desire any such acctssions. Ashley aud his


nfamy are in their element when in the Radi-
cal ranks.
Year: 1869

We object to the objections against Gen'
Longstreet's confirmation (as stated In our dis
patches), because they proceed upon the theory
that the use of Southern offices is to provide
"forD Southern loyalists. OF course these VIII
get any way, and rightly get, nineteen twentieths
if not ninety-nine One-hundredths of those
Offices But they will get them because of
the belief, first, that they are fit for them, and,
second. that their appointment will have a
good effect upon the country-not be-
cause they have to be provided
"for." We urge Gen. Longstreets connr-
nation on precisely the same grounds. we
are sure he is fit for the place to when ne Is
nominated; and we are sure that the recognl-
ton by the Government Of his manly and hon
Orable course since the surrender would nave
the best possible effect upon the country.
Gen. Longstreet is not 0ne OF the
patriots who want to be provided for" ana
we doubt whether he at all desires the Office
to which he was so unexpectedly appointed; ;
but he is the most conspicuous OF the late
Rebel officers frankly to accept the
situation and throw his whole great
influence in favor of loyalty, quiet,
and Peace. We want to show that
such course is appreciated Having in war
been enemies, we want in peace to be friends,
and we believe that one such act in honor OF
conspicuous Rebel who has for years
led the way in manifesting thoroughly
loyal and patriotic disposition, would be
worth more in inspiring returning
sense of loyalty to the Government among the
Rebel population at the South than fifty places
bestowed solely on the theory of furnishing
subsistence to people who must be provided
{" for.n and for whom their friends fear there
are not offices enough.
Year: 1869

Another important step has been taken in
the Colenso case. The Metropolitan of the
Anglican doceses in South Africa, after ex-
communicating Colenso and deposing him from
Office, has now consecrated another bishop for
Colenso's diocese. This is probably the first
instance of bishop of the Church of England
within the British dominions having been ap-
pointed by tho ecclesiastical instead Of the Sec
ular authority 1t is clearly q serious blow to
the principle of State churchism. Many high
and low churchmen though strenuously opposed
to the theological views of DR.. ColensO, have
therefore taken tho alarm and petitioned the
home Government against the recognition of
the new Bishop. The controversy, in its present
shape, is likely to give new interest and strength
TO the movement which is now going on in the
United Kingdom in favor of separating Church
and State.
Year: 1869

We trust the House will not be in hurry
to pass the Senate bill in reference to the
naval service. This bill is understood TO DC
the work of Admiral Porter, and Is SIMPLY the
expression of his desire to make invldlous dis-
tnctions between officers of the line ana
officers of the staff. 1t is an old question
in the Navy. and it is not wise for the
Department to force it upon the country. The
duties of the staff and the line are dissimilar;
but there is certainly nothing in the education
of Midshipman, Commander, or even an
Admiral, to justify Congress in making
invidious distinctions between him ana sur
geon and Engineer We regard this oil just
as we regard tho recent orders OF the Navy
Department, merely an ottempt to create naval
grades Of aristOcracy. 1t is Annapolis clamor-
ing to have the same recognition IN the
Navy that we give to West Point
in the Army. There has been too much OF TINS
both in the Army and the Navy. Let the
House consider this bill carefully, and not oe
merely dragged at the heels of the Navy De-
partment as a mere register of the experments
! or the prejudices of ViceAdmiral Porter
Year: 1869

The Senate Report, printed elsewhere, sheds
little light on the Albany practices. and that
little has been seen before. Those who
choose may believe that shrewd business men
in all other pursuits in life keen
sighted enough in detecting humbugs, and
quite capable, when they spend their money
of getting their moneys worth-loso their wits
when they go to Albany, and waste hundreds
of thousands of dollars on arrant impos-
tors, who pretend to bribe legislators
with it and really put it in their own pockets.
The idea presumes extraordinary verdancy on
tho exact point on which all do know that
these men are not verdant and the recon-
mendation to abolish the punishment
for persons offering bribes, in order to get at
the evidence against those accepting bribes, is
opinion on the subject does not greatly differ
from our own.
Year: 1869

President Grant yesterday affixed his sigma
ture to the bill "To Strengthen the Public
Credit" pledging the faith of the United
States to the payment, in coin or its equiva-
lent. of the National Debt This is well: though
we fail to perceive the wisdom of interpolating
into that excellent act this utterly irrelevant
provisO:


"Rut none OF the said nerestbeartng obligations not
already dine shall be redeemed paid before maturity


unless at such times as United States notes sal 90 CON
vertb info coin the option OF the holder or ~
sch time bonds Of the United States, bearing blower
rate of interest than the bonds TO be redeemed can DO
sold Rt par IN coin"


-Why9 Is it the object of this proviso to
perpetuate the present blunder of boarding One
Hundred Millions of gold, whereof Sixty Mil
lions are fairly disposableH Or does it merely
mean to restrict the Secretary of the Treasury,
in the use of that gold to the purchase OF
Five e-Twenties on which the right of redemp-
ton has already maturedf In either or in any
case, we hold this prOvisO blunder. The
Treasury ought to use its gold so fast as may
be in the extinction of Public Debt; and the
Secretary should be free to buy whatever
bonds he may be able to obtain on the best
terms for the Government. In any case, this
provisO strikes us as an unmitigated nuisance
Year: 1869

It is refreshing to contemplate Mr.. Hitchman
struggling to be Clerk to the Board of Educa-
ton, although we know that great men gen.
orally want small places. But the object for
which hc and his friends are struggling is too
important to escape comment If the parish
schools of the Catholic Church are to be sup
ported out of the public treasury, why should not
similar schools in every Protestant denomination
have the same rightsf II it is not the duty of the
State to educate its children, what is to become
of those whose parents are not in communion
with any church in country without State
churchH These inquiries are suggested by the
conspiracy TO overthrow the Public School
System, detailed in another page, and are the
text of "a long aud serious argument
Year: 1869

One half the extravagant cost OF living in
New-York depends upon the price of beef. We
have here two millions Ofpeople paying twenty
five cents a pound for it. In Texas they have
millions of cattle worth on the prairies from one
70 five cents pound. If the scheme, detailed in
another column and about to be put on
trial, prove success, We have, III
effect, the vast herds of Texas cattle made
MS accessible for the supply of our butcher
shops as the drove-yards at Communipaw.
Whoever solves the problem of transporting
fresh meat for long distances, reduces largely
the cost of living in cities, utilities the
grazing lands of the West, and achieves
fortune for himself We doubt whether this
plan of using chemical means to maintain an
artificial temperature sufficiently cold to pre-
serve the meat is the satisfactory solution OF
the problem, but we certainly wish it success.
Year: 1869

Fifty passengers from the Pacific coast, over
the Union Pacific Railway, unite in a card,
saying they were suffered to purchase tickets
aud start without information Of the fact that
Che mountain parts of the line had been inn
passable for ten to twenty days; that unneces-
,Eary cruelty was practiced upon them, and
ahat the Division Superntendents were abso-
1utely unfit and incapable. Then the cheerful
dispatch goes on that, inasmuch as the
! blockade Is ended, the cause Of complaint
"of these passengers is removedn We ven
ture to suggest that the cause would be more
nearly removed by removal of those Division
Superintendents and swindling ticket agents.
We make bold also to say that such removal


sgould be a very proper thing for the Com
pany TO be in hurry about. We also think
Year: 1869

while Mr.. johnson is about to tell
the people of Lynchburg how glad he
is that he is no longer President; and
how profoundly he means to feel (untll the next
nomination in Tennessee occurs) that the post
of honor is the private station. But though
their bodies are thus separated, we know their
minds are working in harmonious unison on
the plan agreed upon at their conference In
Baltimore-two spirits with common thought
two souls that beat as one. ~
Year: 1869

The aspiration of TIE TRIBUNE expressed
a week or more ago. has been realized. The
first bill signed by our new President was
the one renewing the pledge of the
Government to the world that our
debt should be honestly paid as it
was fairly contracted. 1t is an auspicious be-
ginning for the Administration. Long before
Gen. Grants term of Office shall expire, we
look to see the National finances on so
sound basis that men will wonder
how a question about the payment
of orr debt could ever have been raised.
Meantime, let us remember the cheering fact
Grants first signature to bill of Congress is
TO the one to strengthen tho Public Credit.
Year: 1869

Any pretended Endorsement of any lottery or
gift enterprise" by The TRIBUNE is an i'm
pudent forgery. We neUer indorsed anything
of the sort. Let this suffice, and ask no more
questions. We have neither time nor patience
to expose each "little game" of rascality con-
cocted in our City. III you send money to any
of these gift" swindlers. you will lose it, as
you viii have richly deserved to do. If you
imagine that any one can or will give you $40
worth of goods for 81, you cannot know enough
to GO In when it rains, and ought to be pro-
Yided with guardian.
Year: 1869

All Ireland is signing petitions for or against
the disestablishment of the Irish Church. The
mass of the people demand immediate discs
tablishment; the nobility violently protest
against it. The latter very naturally expect
that the disestablishment of the Church must
soon lead to the disestablishment of other
abuses which will concern them more directly
than the Church
Year: 1869

AS TO HUsBANDs.-Young ladies are
generally supposed to be more or less on
the lookout for husbands. Nice dresses
and pretty bonnets, music and dancing,
and the polite accomplishments, in the So
cieties where these are cultivated, and
very much of what is called society, are
supposed to have this object in view. But
the supply of good husbands is not equal
to the demand. We see thousands of
men around us whose married state is
constant marvel to US. We cannot con-
celve how they ever induced any woman
to have them. The standard of hus
bandly virtues requires to be raised, and
the market better supplied. Marries,
which develops all that is lovely in wo-
man, sometimes brings out the worst quail
tiles in men. Many woman at forty ex-
ceeds the promise of her grlhood but
how few are the men who do not fall short
OF the hopes of youth. s7~'g I
Year: 1869

To MAKE Cows GIVE MILK.-A writer
who says his COW gives all the milk that
is wanted in family of eight persons, and
from which was made two Hundred aud
sixty pounds of butter last year, gives the
following as his treatment. He says:-
"if you desire to get a large yield of rich
milk, give your COW, three tSmes day.
water slightly warm, ahghtly salted, In
which bran has been stirred at the rate of
one quart to two gallons af water, You
will find, it you have not tried this daily
practice. that your COW will give TWENTY
hive per cent more Immediately under the
effect of it, and she will become SO attach,
ed to the diet as to refuse to drink clear
water. unless very thirsty but this mess
she will drink ALMOST any time, and .>ask
for more" The amount Of this drink ne
cessary is an ordinary water pail full each
time, morning, noon and night. Four
hundred pounds of butter are often obtain
ed from good stock, and instances are men.
toned where the yield is often at higher
figure"
Year: 1869

Every one who has q garden should


grow few strawberries. It is a very


simple matter to- grow moderate crop |.


but to produce it in abundance and Of


the best quality requires considerable skill


and constant care


The best and largest crop of strawber-


rles that L have ever raised was produced


IN the following manner. A bed, twenty-


i've feet wide and two hundred feet long,


was prepared by spreading upon it twelve


cartloads of old, well-rotted COW manure


the ground was then ploughed deep and


narrowed down smooth and level. About


the middle of April the plants were set
out in rows, two feet apart, with space
of eighteen inches between them.


No weeds were allowed to grow among.
the plants, and the surface of the soil was
stirred at least once week during the en-
tire summer Two or three runners were
allowed to grow from each plant, and
these were placed so that they would take
root between the old plants in the rows.


In the autumn, when the ground began
to freeze quite hard at night, the entire
bed and plants were covered with coarse
grass to the depth of two inches, after it
had partially settled. 70 prevent tho.
mulching being blown off, few poles
were laid around the outer edge of the
bed. In the spring, after the severe cold
weather was past, a man passed along,
each row, and with a stick parted tho
mulching just over the center of each row
OF plants, so as to allow the air aud light
to reach the crowns and permit the leaves
and frult-stalks to grow up without hind
rance. None of the mulching was res
moved from the beds consequently the
soil was kept moist and the fruit clean,
This bed yielded little over twelve BUSH
els of fruit the second season after plant.
ing, which was the first crop; after the
fruit was gathered all the mulchipg was
and the soil between the rows
was forked over, but no more manure of
any kind applied. The runners were not
allowed to grow or take root except in,
places where there was vacant space in
the rows, and the next fall the mulching
was applied the same as before. This.
treatment was continued for four years,
and then the plants were ploughed under.


have tried many different systems of
culture for the strawberry, but none that
has given SO much satisfaction as this one
and, although it may be too expensive for
extended culture, yet for the amateur who
loes not grow more than a half acre or
lcre, and desires to produce the largest
AMOUNT possible on a given space, | can
recommend the above as be-
ng system that will not only give an
'bundant crop, but the greatest amount of
pleasure and profit Many of the more
lelicate but large foreign varieties will
ucceed when treated in this maRner, all
hough they often fail when grown with
vt mnlching or winter protection.
iearth and Home. '-=--a
Year: 1869

An exchange says, we overheard a con-


versatlon yesterday, between two little ur-


chins, which for intelligence we consider


good. One of the boys, it appears, had


been engaged in mortal combat with COM


panion, and was relating how the thing oc-
Cured. Said he, ''I'll tell you how she
was. You see Bill and me went down to
Turner's tobacco factory to fish off that old


boat, but we didn't catch any. l got one


bite, and Bill told me to scratch, but
didn't. Well, I felt in my pocket and
found my knife and it was gone; and
sud, Bill, you stole'my knife and he said
L was another; said, go there yourself;
and he said it was no such thing; and |
said he was liar, and could whip him if
| was bigger'n him; and he said / never
had the measels and said for him to fork
over that knife; he said he couldn't see the
fork; and said I'd fix him for tomb
stone at Volk's; and he said my grand
mother was no gentleman and l said he
deresent take it up; but he did, you bet;
you never-well you never did then l
got up again, and said he was too much
afraid to do it again and he tried to, but
he didn't; and l grabbed him and throwed
him down on me like several bricks and
L tell you it beat all-and so did he; and
my little dog got behind Bill and bit him;
and Bill kicked at the dog, and the dog
ran, and | ran after the dog to fetch him
back, and didn't catch him till l got
home; and I'll whip him more yet. Is |
my eye very black p
Year: 1869

Some lady has been dreaming, and here
is the result Il saw model husband in
dream, where things are not exactly
what they seem moral man, to skep-
ties be it known; the wife he loved and
cherished was-his own; and for the test
i saw the husband wait with horse and
chaise five minutes at the gate, while
Jane put on her things; nor spake one
sour Or bitter word, though waiting half
an hour for dinner; and, like Patience on
throne, he didn't swear to find button
gone.
Year: 1869

TIE EFrEcT.-An exchange says a
neighbor who had repeatedly been urged
by some female acquaintance to accom-
pany them to a skating pond, at last yiel-
ded, no longer able to resist the bland
lshments of his bewitching tormentors.
He went. He said he put on pair of
skates and struck boldly out, and the
next thing he knew was himself in bed,
the minister sitting beside him singing
psalm, the doctor courting his wife, and
the undertaken measuring him for wal
nut coffin.
Year: 1869

ACCIDENT AT TRINITY CENrER.-We regret to
learn that on Monday of last week Mr.. Mcintosh,
of Trinity Center, while raising a tub of dirt
from shaft, lost his hold of the windlass and
was struck by the crank with considerable force,
knocking him down and inficting serious injuries.
His shoulder was badly hurt and blow on the
mouth knocked out several of his teeth.
Year: 1869

RAIN-There is considerable snow on "Old
Baly," from the late storms, but we have not
had the quantity of rain usual by this time. The
mining claims in Weaverville Basin were never
before in as good working condition as they are
this winter, and there is plenty of time for the
usual seasons s work.
Year: 1869

HARrER's New MONTHLY MAsAzIsE.-The i'm
mense circulation of this standard magazine de-
monstrates the fact that it suits the popular
taste. The vast wealth of the Harper Brothers
enables them to employ the very best talent in
its production, and it combines pleasing and
instructive variety for the reading public.