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Year: 1877

First, Q sufficient number of houses, to accommodate those who come here for the purpose of dcipg business. A ew small houses, bui for the aecammo- lation of one family, would not want or occupants. Our experience in this ips, in the past week, demonstrates hut our citizens have neglected one important branch of town improve aent, and are slow to comprehend the i.aatiop. Nevtown offers induce nents to outsiders to visit the town, md the popularity of the place is on the increase. This popularity helps to draw more business men to the place, bat when they come here and find that there is no place with conyeniences for <Aeir families, the prospect of settling, and becoming citizens of the town, are decidedly discouraging. We hear with egret that there are owners of houses, with room enough, that will not spend me dollar to make their houses tenant lble. This seems to be very unwise ,olicy, and if men of neaps will not ,rovids for the improvement of the own by building homes for tenants the interests of the town must suffer. Will ot some of the capitalists give this latter serious thought, and we venture say that they will find it a good in estment for their money.

 One other thing the town should ave, and that is good supply of wa 1T. No enc can realize what an item lis would be in developing the town ga place for business, and as means fdefence in case of fire, what a valua- 'le aid it would prove. The saving on insurance will help to pay the cost of applying this town with good whole ome water from Taunton Pond, and ye hope the day is not far distant when t will be done.
Year: 1877

A gentleman went clamming one day last week, and as he loves good joke, he, while laughing, accidentally and unfortunately dropped out of his mouth g fine set of teeth, and though he has sought diligently for them" he failed to find them. We hope that when the ''sea shall deliver up its dead" he will no. have any occasion to use them, nor yet feel the need of them, in the land that flows with milk and honey.
Year: 1877

Can be had on Newtown street, by mak- ing application to the Haywards whoever they are. Parties owning cattle, who have not time to hunt up the HAYwARDs can turn their cattle out, and be assured of protection. Six head of cattle were out on Saturday last, and still there is plenty of room.
Year: 1877

We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement, in this weeks issue, of the excursion, under the management of the popular Wheeler $ Wilson Band, which promises to be the best of the sea- son. This band needs no commendation from us. The public know them and will encourage them.
Year: 1877

Brigham Young had great aversion to
Mormons loafing, and traveller recalls an
interview with him years since on the sub
ject of keeping idle men employed. The
talk was suggested by the ruins fan adobe
wall, which was built about Salt Lake City
in the early days of it's settlement. "Well,
the chief purpose of this WALL explained
Brigham, "was to keep three hundred or
four hundred immigrants from being idle.
You see, we had large immigration one
year, three hundred or four hundred able
bodied men. They arrived i'll August-too
late to do anything on their farms. Now,
an idle man, is always bad man. Still,
we had nothing for them to do. How can
I employ them? asked myself. Then
thought of this wall. To make it seem ne
cessary we had to pretend that we were
threatened by the Indians around us. This
was easily done, for several parties OF In
dians had been lowering around the town.
In few days we worked up the enthusiasm
for protection, and put these hundreds OF
idle men to work. The wages were small,
but they all worked steadily, during the
whole fall and winter" "And no Indians
ever troubled the town?'' s'No, never
thought they would. But four hundred idle
men would have troubled it. We were in
more danger from idle men than from In
dians. And this has always been my idea;
whenever found and idle Mormon I have
set him to work-kept him busy with his
hands and brain, and then he is always sure
to be good citizen"
Year: 1877

New York, Oct. s.-The World has a
long article going to show that in almost
every department Of the wholesale trade Of
New York, business during September has
been more satisfactory than for five years
past. There is great encouragement among
merchants and unusual preparations made
for controlling business from regions which
hitherto had only limited relations with
New York. Competition is keen and the
nrofits are consequently small. The only
real exception to the rule appears to be in
hardware and straw goods. The most
striking feature Of the revival is the flee
demand for luxuries. The sales Of jewelry
and diamonds lately exceed the most san
euine anticipations Of merchants. There
Is 4 total absence of speculation and the
tendency seems to be to supply legitimate
wants.
Year: 1877


Better to live in golden lands than join in strikes bach


east;
Better to nse sefrising flour than have to buy youl


yeast
Better to g batch" and use tin plates, that answer


just as well,
Than eat off dainty china, and blk the poor hotel
Better smoke your briar-root pipe, tobacco by the


pound
Better let cigars alone until the pay streas found.
Better rise at early dawn and look for prospects


bright;
Better to go bed at nine than roam and brawl all


night;
Better work out by the day, and toll for wages fair
Better a cabin in the guch than castles in the air;
Better keep the ills you have and work your claim or


lead;
Better stay at home by half than join the new stam


pede,
Better watch your course through life, its guiding


star will then
Better things point out to you till all are better men.
Year: 1877

Brigham Young claimed that mines were
susceptible Of transportation from place te
place. In sermon he said


"But do you know how to find such q
mine? No, you do not. These treasures
that are IN the earth are carefully watched,
they can be removed from place to place
according to the good pleasure of Him who
made them and owns them. He has his
messengers at His service and it IS just as
easy fol an angel to remove the minerals
from any part Of one Of these mountains to
another; as it is for you and me to walk up
and down this hall. This, however, is not
understood by the Christian world, nor by
us as people.


| presume there are some present who
have heard me narrate circumstance with
regard TO the discovery of gold mine in
Little Cottonwood Canon, and will here
| say that the specimens taken from it, which
have in my possession to-day, are as fine
specimens Of gold as ever were found on
this continent. A man, whom some of you
well know, brought to me a most beautiful
nugget. told him to let the mine alone,


"When General Connor came here, he
| did considerable prospecting and in hunt
ing through the Cottonwoods he had an
inkling that there was gold there. Porter,
as we generally call him, came to me one
day, saying


"sThey have struck within four inches
of my lode-what shall do?' He was
carried away with the idea that he must do
something. therefore told him to go with
the other brethren interested and make his
claim. When he got through talking said
to him. Porter. you ought to know better;
you have seen and heard things which |
have not. and are man of long experience
in this Church. ! want to tell you one
thing, they might strike within four inches
Of that lode as many times as they have
mind to, and they will not find it They
hunted ard hunted, hundreds of them did
and had the pleasure of laughing at him
(Porter RockelD little, for when he went
there again, he could not find it himself.
Laughter by the congregation


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81 will tell you story which will be mar
velous to most of you. 1t was told me by
Porter, whom would believes just a quick
ly as any man that lives. When he tells
thing he understands, he will tell it just as
he knows it; he is a man that does not tell
lie. He said that on this night, when
they were engaged i'll hunting for this old
treasure, they dug around the end of a chest
for some twenty inches. The chest was
about three feet square. One man, who
was determined to have the contents Of the
chest, took his pick and struck a hole into
1t, and split through into the chest. The
blow took off piece of the lid, which cer-
tain lady kept in her possession until she
died. That chest Of money went into the
bank. Porter described it so [making
rumbling sound]; he says this is just as
true as the heavens are Mines, Metals
and Arts.
Year: 1877

Two shall he born the whce wide world apart.
And speak in different tongues, and baYe no though
Each of the others being and no heed


And these DER unknown seas to unknown lands
Shall cross, escaping wreck, defying death;
And all unconsclously shape every act
And bend each wandering step to this one end
That one day, out of darkness, they shall meet
And read iifes meaning in each others eyes,
And two shall walk some narrow way of life
So nearly side by side that shoald one turn
Ever so little space to left or right,
They needs must acknowledge, face to face,
And yet with wIstful eyes that never meet
With cropping hands that never clasp, and lips
Calling in vain to ears that never hear,
They seek each other all their weary days,
And die unsatIsfed--and this is FAte.
Year: 1877

CANTON, Oct. 9Th, 1877.
ED. ADVOCATE: In reading your paper
we have been pleased with its editorials,
as they have been of interest to the farm
er; and "Grnmbler" will conclude he IS
not wanted here, as we have every reason
to be thankful It is true it would be
gratifying to get $l,00 per bushel fnr- our
wheat; it would seem as though we de.
served it as we had small crop last year.
But as contented mind is continual
feast let us be content with the present
price of grain and feast on the plenty of
the land, and If raising wheat does not
pay, let us turn our attention to cattle,
hogs and sheep. We know cheese max
ing will pay Ihad the pleasure of con-
versing with DR., Tremaine, who has q
cheese factory at Portlandv lille; he is
highly pleased and pronounces ita success.
His building is 20x30 feet, three stories
high; the upper part is used for drying
room, the lower for manufacturing; his
heater is sufficient for four hundred cows,
the bolt and presses for two hundred
The cost of the bolt, heater and presses
is $500. One man does all the work, also
attends to the curing of the cheese. The
Doctor pays the far mers rs cents per
cwt. for milk, and says they are we'll
pleased so there is no place for Grun,bzer.


It does seem to me that Lincoln county
should have cheese factories. If we had
several factories in our county, would it
not help the finance of our county, and
induce emigration? Then, as the hopper
question Gas well as the hopper is dead,
let us consider the propriety of building
cheese factories, make our plans during
winter, and when summer comes we may
know what we want. I think if we agi-
tate this question, that some Of our enter
prlsing citizens will supply this great
need.


AS we have a good crop of wheat this
year some will think and act On the prin-
ciple that wheat raising is the ouly way
we can be remunerated for our labors
here in Dakota We must raise diversi-
ty of crops and keep stock enough to eat
our coarse grain and straw, and abandon
the idea of exclusive wheat raising. |
am glad that so many of our farmers are
raising all kinds Of gain and are increas-
ing their stock as fast as possible. This
is move in the right direction. Let us
ever persevere and success shall be ours.


Yours Respectfully,


r. r. MAY. :
Year: 1877

making the net earnings little over 3
per cent, Of the invested capital. The
bonded indebtedness Of those roads is
$160,O00,O00 which bears 6 per cent, in
terest or more, so that the net earnings
will not pay the interest on the bonded
debt, leaving nothing for the millions that
the 1900 stockholders have invested
Ohio is the leading State il agricultural
products, "wlth growing manufacturing
enterprises and coal and iron in abun-
dance"


Now with the above record which is
the result of careful and statistical re-
search, can it reasonably be supposed that
eastern men are liable to invest in Sioux
City & Pembina stock, which at best
would be hazardous experiment, consid-
ering the shortness of the route, newness
of the country and a serious liability of
failure Of crops, an abundance of which
is the only assurance of furnishing bust
ness for the road The Sioux City Jsxr-
nal, as seen in another column, has init
mated however, that possibly II miles
may be built by New Years, but with one
statement at Yankton and another at Sioux
City within few days, and at such vari-
ance, which is to be credited.


But aside from this matter, trade is in
creasing and prospects are Frightening in
every direction. Chicago has had the
most successful trade in the past three
weeks she ever experienced. New fields
seem to be centering there. South, south
west, and even into Ohio and Pennsylva-
mia; New York also has felt the sunshine,
but peculiar as it may seem the bright
rays that have penetrated the financial
gloom came from the West The money
that its capitalists bave been investing
in our western roads has not only built up
and developed this great grain country Of
the world, but is sending to the London
of America the enoromous surplus that
gives 50 strong guarantee Of better times.
The prosperous condition Of this great
West is sending its tidal wave of healing
influence over the entire land. We are
all benefited and should be thankful at
the sure and visible approach of the good
times that time is bring ing with steady
and healthy step.
Year: 1877

only 20 cents per bushel. His wife came
with him, bringing the honey taken
from two hives Of bees. Said the farmer,
I had worked mighty hard to raise the
corn, but 1 never know when my wife
took an hour for her bees, but the honey
brought more than the corn"


We think we shall be able to show here
after how much may be gained by ityest-
ing in this business. At present we can
only say again to every one, T.


5.-s KEEP BEES"
Year: 1877

The SUBCOMMITTEE of the House commit
tee on military affairs, who have the subject of
cur Mexican troubles under consideration, had
a conference with Secretary Evarts at the
State Department this morning
Year: 1877

The weather of yesterday was fine; the


forenoon was improved by the regiment in


battalion drill, In which the officers and


men showed remarkable proficiency in view


of the fact that they meet as a regiment but


once year for that purpose. The Fuller


Light Battery also took advantage Of tine


day for drill, and made, to our eye, very


tine appearance, the presence Of some 80 vet
Grams in the organization of 80 men making
itself felt in the prOmPtness and accuracy


with which the various movements were
performed. The event Of the day was the
parade Of the regiment and battery before
Governor Fairbanks aud staff at Pm. The
Governor arriving about $50 p. NJ, was sa-
luted by Fuller's Battery. and was at once
condneted to the tent of Col T. s. Peck,
wheFp he vas called upon by the officers Of
the command, and spent q pleasant hour in
the Interchange Of the social cOurtesies OF
the occasion. At $50 P. N. the regiment
marched iu column Of companies into the
main field, where the line, fronting south,
was formed by Adjutaht Tenney. After the
parade was formed, Col Peck put the regi-
ment through the manual, in which "the
boys" are wen, up for the most part. and
then calling bis officers to the front and CEN
ter he marched to where the Governor and
staff were stationed, saluted, and then dis
missed his command. This parade Of the
regiment and the battery was admirably ex-
ecuted in all it's details, and was a very fine
spectacle witnessed by very large number
OF visitors OF both sexes, who were warm in
their expressions of delight The regiment
Of militia, as will be seen by our list else
where, contains large number of veterans,
and the old soldiers show in peace that they
have not forgotten the training of the old
war days. Among the orders read on parade
was ono reducing corporal to the ranks for
drunkenness, and we learn that on applica-
ton Of selectman Huling and Sheriff
Robinson that Col Peck yesterday afternoon
sent a Provost guard OF 20 men under Lieut..
Taplin to close up and keep closed liquor
saloon that had given much trouble. To-
night the regiment will escort the visiting
troops from New Hampshire to the tents now
ready for them on the grounds.


On Wednesday afternoon the regiment will
esOOrt the President to his quarters. and 1t is
expected that they will also have the plea
sure, on that occasion. Of the attendance Of
their military neighbors, the newly arrived
troops from New Hampshire.
Year: 1877

LAST April a pair Of young horses ran
away in Green. Rhode Island. with the
neck yoke hanging between them. No
one could find them. The other day
their skeletons were found in n wood
seven miles from where they started.
The bones. harness aud neck yoke
showed that they were caught fast in
the brush. aud had starved after eating
everything within THAR reach.
Year: 1877

GsoHas EIIor says that the peculisr
waving Of the feeders OF the common
cockroach arc not indicative Of derison
or contempt. but are the expression OF
an earnest soul vainly striving to grasp
a vanishing ideal.
Year: 1877

A BEAUTIFUL THoUGHT.-Wben the
summer of youth is slowly wasting away
on the nightfall of age, and the shadow
of the path becomes deeper, and life
wears to its close, it is pleasant to look
through the vista of time upon the sorrows
and facilities of our earlier years. If
we have had home 10 shelter and hearts
to rejoice with us, and friends have been
gathered around our freside, the rough
places of the wayfaring will have been
worn and smoothed away in the twilight
of life, and many dark spots We have
passed through will grow brighter and
more beautiful. Happy indeed are those
whose intercourse with the world has not
changed the tone Of their earlier feeling,
or broken those musical chords of the
heart whose vibrations are so melodious,
so tender, so touching, in the evening Of
their lives.
Year: 1877

1t may comfort some of our readers,
troubled with an excess of modesty, to
know that great men have been diflidont
in company, and have broken down in
attempting to speak.


The eloquent Robert Hall made an
utter failure the first time he attempted
to preac


The great Pitt was exceedingly shy
in his private intercourse with men. Lord
Camden was on terms of the greatest
intimacy with him, and one day remark
ed, as Pitt was at his house


my children have heard so much
about you that they are very anxious to
have a glimpse of the great man. They
are now at dinner. viii you obligc me
by going in with me moment 2"


"Oh, pray, don'tl" said the orator
in great alarm. "What on earth would
| say to them p


"Give them at least the pleasure of
seeing you" said his lordship, laughing,
as he half led, half pushed him into the
ROOM


The Prime Minister of England ap-
preached the little group, There he
stood, looking alternately at the father
and the children, and twirling his hat
for few minutes, without being able to
utter a sentence


Very different was the habit of Fox (.


What man Fox is" said Walpolo.
after his long and exhausting speech
on Hastings trial he was seen handing
ladies into their coaches with all tho
gaiety and prattle of an idle gallant"


When Daniel Webster was a school :
boy. he tells us, "Many piece did |
commit to memory and rehearse it over
and over again in my room but when
the day came, when the school collected
when my name was called, and saw
all eyes turned upon my seat, | could
not raise myself from it"


Cowper's friends procured him place
as clerk in the House of Lords, where
his duties only required him to stand ur
and read parliamentary notices and doc.
uments. The thought of standing W
before such an audience was so terrible
to him that as the time drew on he wa,
in an agony of apprehension, and tried
to hang himself.
Year: 1877

The word great when applied to per-
sons is apt to be associated with the per-
formance Of great deeds, such as con-
quering battles, being skillful in diplo-
macy, pursuing literary fame, making
wonderful discoveries or amassing golden
treasures There is another sense in
which the term great may be more strict
ly applied A man to be truly great
must lead pure and holy life. He must
be able to govern himself and not be the
slave Of any vice.


Greatness may shine forth in the home
circle, and in the daily routine of social
duties and exert more potent influence
than when displayed on the great thor
oughfares of life amidst the applause of
the mighty throng. None but great
men can bear with mecknes6 the many
ills which assai the mortal state.


True greatness cannot be subdued by
the stern frowns of fallen fortune neither
can it be dazzled by a1 elevation from
some lowly path to the highest pinnacles
of wealth or power.


A great mind is generous in its hear
ing towards others. Alexander the
Great won that title from his prowess
in military achievements, but the greatest
act of his life was his generosity to
Porus, the captive king. We may
search annals ancient and modern sacred
or profane, and find that they are only
great who obey the Divine law and who
do unto others as they would have others
do unto them


ROCKVILLE, MD. G.
Year: 1877

The other day a groceryman gave u


large party, at which tho daughter of
the carriage painter who lived next door
created decided sensation. II was not
that she was more handsomely attired
than the other ladies present, but when
she gyrated in the dance Of death, !" she
was observed to display the ouly pair of
pink silk stockings in the room. She
left the house for few moments at the
expiration Of the dance, and in the next
waltz exhibited pair Of light blue
dittos. An hour later her crnshed and
exasperaied female friends bcbeld these
suppleme nted by further hose OF delicate
chocolate shade And SO it went on un-
til her miserable rivals determined TO
follow her the next time she disappeared.
They tr, ccd her to her fathers paint
shop IN tho back yard, where she was
discovered brush in hand, and about
ornamenting her neither cxtremiiics with
IA final artistic coat Of light salmon. The
exulting spies rushed back with tho
damaging news, but it was 700 late.--
The men were too tight to understand,
the music had gone home, and the lights
were being put out. Thus il is that
fraud aud duplicity triumph, while honest
simplicity walks around with darn on
its calf and a hole at its heel.


Always bound TO follow suit-Your
tailor's bill.


A metaphysical connndrum--what is
that which increases the effect by rcduc-
ing the cause A pair Of snuifers.


If you put two persons in the same
bedroom, one with the toothache and the
other in love, the ono with the toothache
will go to sleep first.


A young man in Jamaica Plain woke
up the other night aud saw ghost IN
his room. Selling bis six shooter and
be approached it aud found it was his
collar standing on the floor. Ho calls it
a case Of collar in phantom.


A woman quarreling with her hus-
baud told him che believed If she was
to die he would marry the DEVILS eldest
daughter. "The law does not allow man
to marry two sisters" replied the hus-
band


Father" said a boy who got kicked
in the face by mule that he was annoy
ing, "sball ever be as good looking
as VAST "No, my boy, you will
never be as good looking, but then
you will bo far wiser" answered the
parent.