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Year: 1879

THE FIRST DEGREE


BRpoEPoRT, Conn.,. March co. 1879.


The trial of Edwin Hoyt the Sherman parricide.
resumed this morning ct haifpast nine o'clock.
The arguments were finished yesterday afternoon and
soon after the opening this morning Judge Sanford
began his charge to the jury. Tho court
room was flied, and among the spectators
were q number Of ladies. Hoyt sat during
the charge TO the jury with his eyes
IDENTIFY having the utmost confidence in the manner
In which his counsel had defended his case. thinking
possibly @ be would be acquitted He would At time:
look at the judge when some particular portion OF
tho evidence was referred TO- Judge Sanford in his
address TO the jury instructed them to their duty,
reviewed the evidence and the claims of the defence
and the prosecution


Tho jury at fifteen minutes past ten retired Ia
their room, and after absence Of nifty minutes
returned to their box. The prisoner, who had been
during their absence gazing about the court room
apparently unconcerncd as to the verdict which was
to come. suddenly turned toward them. his
face considerably flushed. and looked each OF tho
urymen In the face their names werc called pro-
paratory to giving in their verdict.


THE VERDICT. s,o


what say you" eaid the clerk, 'is the prisoner
guilty Of the crime for which he stands chargedy'
.duiity," said the foreman. What desrecY asked
the clerk. First degree" said the foreman. Hoyt
stood facing the foreman during this time, his
eyes on the noor ard received the verdict calmly.
exhibiting not tho siightest emotion save IN the
the words 'hrst degree had fallen from the
lips of the foremSn Hoyt dropped into his
seat and then directed his attention toward his
counsel who was asking tho Court for the privilege
OF Ming motion for . new trial. In this he seemed
deeply Interested The Court said that II would hear
the counsel on . motion for new trial q week
from Saturday. The States attorney then
moved for sentence to be passed upon tho pris-
oner In accordance with the verdict. The Court.
after short consultation together. said that they
would pass sentence upon the prisoner tomorrow
afternoon Tho jury took but ballot. they being
unanimously for murder in the first degree Hoyt
was taken back to jail. He will be brought into
Court tomorrow afternoon TO receive his sentence.
One of the counsel for the prisoner said that the
Judges charge the most brutal charge thai no
heard and felt rather grcvcd to think that he
did not refer 20 moral mania ut all.


Hoyts VITO has not been near him during his trial.
His counsel IL is said communicated with her 20 see
II she would not appear in the court room bowed
down with fegned grief for the purpose of elicitng
sympathy. Mrs. Hoyt refused to do this. not wish
ing to play any such role but the contrary, said
that sho thought that no ought suffer the extreme
penalty of tho law. The letters which wore offered
IN evidence that were writton TO her by Hoyt she
received and turned them the state Attorney
upon his application for them.
Year: 1879

Cremation or the method of burn. ing our bodies after death created some little stir in this country but met with very little favor. To place our child our mother or father into { hot oven after death and to stand and gaze at it's rapid crisping burning and conversion into a few ounces of ashes is in our estimation cruel and sinful, Now ladies you who are suif- ering from some female complaint who have become irregular or have pains and aches, mysteries, nervous ness and general prostration we ad- wise youto use English Female Bit ters at once and claim a uew lease upon your lives. It is a wonderful female regulator and also quick and and powerful tonic curing chronic eases in an incredibly short time.
Year: 1879

Yang Lingsays My head achee my bowel bind fastee ! can eatee nothinug and no longer iron shirtee l no sleepee and makes no monee. The medicine man the docter they callee him he come and say open mouthee poke out tonguee he feele my arm he write on piece of paper and send it to the medicine shopee. He then chargee me three dollar ever so much too much. take em all little round fellows they painee me and 1 no sleepee. My head still achee and my bowel bind and no git well. I send to the medicine shopee one half dollar and get me one bottle Bailee's Saline Apaient. take Q little when it piles up Sand my head dent achee no more and my bowel no bindee any more, and l go about my shirtee and make monee again. Too Emuchee docter man in this cOuntree.
Year: 1879

Camel coal always occurs in dish-shap-
ed patches thinning away to nothing on
all sides; it frequently merges insensibly
into highly carbonaceous black shale; and
it contains occasionally the remains Of
fish. The presence of fossil fish in camel
shows that it must have been formed un-
der water, and it probably consists of veg
etable matter which was drifted down in
to ponds or lakes, and lay soaking till it
became reduced to a pulp. The deposit
was of course limited in extent by the
banks of the sheet of water inwhich it was
formed, and hence the lenticular shape
which beds of camel exhibit. A certain
amount of mud would of course be brought
into the water along with the drifted
plants, but, being heavier than they, it
would fall down, first carrying with it
enough decomposing vegetable matter to
stain it black; in a certain distance all the
mud came to the bottom, and the vegeta-
Bile residue, floating on, sank slowly and
became spread out over the bed of the
lake further on. Thus, near the mouth Of
the river, deposits Of laminated carbona-
ccous mud were laid down, and these
gradually contained less mud and more
vegetable matter till they merged into a
pulp. The maceration it has undergone
has. to large extent, affected all traces Of
vegetable structure in camel coal, but
spores Gun now and then DO still detected
In IL,
Year: 1879

A novel libel case was before one Of
the Chicago courts last week, in which
one German sued another for calling him
a "Spitzbude. The jury was composed
of Americans, who did not know what the
word meant, and some Germans, who were
frank enough to admit that the meaning
of the word depended on its connection
and the occasion of using it. Before the
experts who were called to establish the
meaning of the word were through, the
jury knew SC little as to the merits of the
pathological controversy that they could
not decide whether the plaintiff or the de.
ftndant was the "Spitzbude," and so ac-
quilted the latter. The Tribune explains
that the word "spitz" meant point, v
and the word "bude' rascal, knave or
cunning fellow" Used together, their
significance in English would be the
"head rascal" The meaning of the
term, however lies in its application. 1t
may mean nothing, a very little or o
great deal. 1t may be used as a term Of
endearment, as when a father calls his
son cunning little rascal or as an ex-
treme term of reproach.
Year: 1879

VINO wonders that society iS becoming
alarmingly dcmoraiaed, when tramping
in such of work to earn money is made a
felony in some states, and men are thmst
into prison in others for not possessing it?
Year: 1879

The circuit court court of Chippewa
county sat last Monday. One of the
first cases on the calender was the libel
suit of Covell against Messrs. Chandler
and Spalding for libel. The case as was
expected by those conversant with the
facts, fell to the ground of its own
weight, as soon as it made its appear
ance i'm court. Defective papers being
the cause, the eminent attorney who
commenced the proceedings can still
have his share of the $1,000 damages,
claimed, in prospective by commencing
the proceedings over again, that is of
course by paying the costs of the present
suit. We presume however that the
principal in the case will feel his char
acter sufficiently vindicated and the at
torney that he has achieved sufficient
legal distinction by the case thus far,
SO will not proceed fryther.


The Monogram is the finest cigar in the
market, .ai ..e.a9 2augtf
Year: 1879


+ Major HarwOOd recommends that a
revenue be collected from crafts passing
thrOught the st. Clair Flats canal. In
his annual report he says:


s This is work built by the United
States government, and it seems wrong
that such thOroughfare, used only by a
portion of its citizens, should be support
ed by the entire nation. The canal
should have fixed revenue, and this
revenue should from those who alone
are benefited by its use. 3yI agT IEfoU
"a In 1873 27 900 trips of vessels of all kinds
were made through the, canal during
the season of navigation. Since that
time commerce has declined about one
third, and we assume that during the
present year about $4,000 trips will be
made. through the canal. OF these about
1900 should be over 500 tons burden
and 4,5OO under that tonnage. ton
mage tax of 80 cents on each clearance
for vessel of over 500 tons burden, and
20 cents for those under, would, on the
basis of the above figures, yield a
revenue of about 5000 per annum, or
enough to take care of the canal. If
the tax at the close of the year were
found to be unnecessarily great it could
be reduced pro rata; if too small it
could be increased to meet the necessi-
ties of the canal. Daily passenger
steamers could be charged certain
amount, about 80 cents on each trip.
Major HarwOOd urges early legislation,
as suggested in the foregoing. Aiti
"a The same applies equally to the Sault
canal. and yet it is well known that the
subject of turning the canal over to the
general government, and making it free
to all, has been discussed and has many
advocates HHm at a- r.iI III


We think the marine interests of the
country are taxed too much now, and
instead Of trying to find new sources for
further taxation we think it would be
better to reduce or abolish many that
are now in force, and hence we do not
think it would be wise to make the
change suggested by Major HarwoOd in
regard to the Flats canal. The same
reason for taxing the vessel interests
would be applicable to almost every pub
lie improvement undertaken by the
government upon the great lakes, and
yet we do not think any person would
think for moment of applying it and
asking tax from vessels seeking refuge
in the different harbOrs of refuge which
are being constructed by the general
government. l|siF l3.lGl ei ti
Year: 1879

The 4th thls year is not as big 3 dAy in Globe as in some other places. Cur citizens have not enthuzed or laid in a stock of fire crackers to be exploded after the reading of the declaration which declares mankind free and equal. 4 ball however. is to be given tonight at McNelly's hall which IS about as much as our people are willing 10 stand while the thermometer is over 3 hundred.
Year: 1879

TO call at friends house about dinner
time, and find him absent is sign you will
be disappointed,


To drop hot sealing-wax on your fingers
is sign you will be angry.


To receive advice OF your mother-in.law s
projected visit is a sign you are going to
leave home for time.


To meet a boiling horse on the pavemen!
implies that you are going to run.


To dream of being run over by fre-engines
is often sign that you have hvd pork chops
for supper.


To pick up money is lucky.


If man says, ~ hardly like to ask you
old man, but" it's a sign he wants to Dor,
row money,
To collide with three consecutive lamp
posts and fall over an apple-stsll is sigr
you are not Good Templar.


To lose money or jewelry is unlucky.
Year: 1879

Miss Dods' lectures are full of little bits
of information that might properly be call
ed culinary proverbs. Here are few OF
I them:


/ There is a greenness in onions and pota-
| toes that renders them hard to digest, For
health's sake, put them in warm water for
an hour before cooking.
The only kind of stove with which you
can preserve uniform heat is gas stove
with it you cal simmer pot for an hour,
or boil it at the same rate for twenty min
| utes.


| Good -four is not tested by its color.
White flour may not be the best The test
ofgood flour is by the amount of water it
| absorbs.


In cooking fowl, to ascertain when it
is done, put skewer into the breast and
if the breast is tender the fowl is done.
A few dried or preserved cherries, with
stones out, are the very best thing possible
to garnish sweet dishes.
Single cream is cream that has stood on
the milk twelve hours. 1t is best for tea
and coffee. Double cream stands on its
milk twenty -four hours. Cream that is to
be whipped should not be butter cream, lest
in whipping it change to butter.
To beat the white of eggs quickly, put
in a pinch of salt. The cooler the eggs the
quicker they will froth. Salt cools and al
so freshens them.


In boiling eggs hard put them in boiling
water. 1t will prevent the yolk from color.
ing black.
You must never attempt to boil the dress
ing of clear soup in he stock, for it will
always discolor the soup.


In making any sauce put the butter and
-four in together, and your sauce will never
be lumpy.
| Whenever you see your sauce boil from
the sides of the pan you may know youi
flour or corn starch is done.


Boiled fowl with sauce over which CRATE
the yok of eggs, is a magnificent dish fol
luncheon.


Tepid water is produced by combining
two-thirds cold and one third boiling wa.
| ter.


To make macaroni tender, put it in colo
water and bring it to boil. 1t will be much
more tender than ifput into hot water oil
stewed in milk.


The yolks of eggs binds the crust much
better than the whites. Apply it to the ed
ges with brush.
| Old potatoes may be freshened up by
plunging them into cold water before cook
ing them.


Never put pudding that is to be steam
ed into anything else than dry mould.


Never wash raisins that are to be used il
sweet dishes. 1t will FAKE the puddin,
heavy. To clean them, wipe in dry tow
ell.


To brown sugar for sauce or for puddings
put the sugar in a perfectly-dry saucepan
If the pan is the least bit wet, the sugar vii
burn, and you will spoil your saucepan.


Outlets and steaks may be fried as wei
as boiled, but they must be pat into hot but
ter or lard. The grease is hot enough whei
it throws off BLUSH smoke.


The water used in mixing bread must b
tepid hot. III is too hot, the loaf will b
full of great holes.


To boil potatoes successfully When tn
skin breaks, pour off the water and let then
finish cooking in their own steam,


In making crust of any kind do no
melt lard in the -four. Melting will injur
the crust.


In boiling dumplings of any kind pu
them in the water one at a time. If the
are put in together, they will mix with eac
other.
Year: 1879

Roll up piece of paper, a pamphlet,
to make tube about nine to twelve
ihches long and an inch or So across:
Put this tube TO Eopr right eye, and look
through at some object, attentively keep
ing both eyes open. Now hold up your
left hand, with its back towards YOU,
and bring it near the lower end of the
tube, looking at your hand with the lett
while yotr fight eye Is fixed Oh sorie:
thing through the tube. II you bit the
tipg tie edge OF the Hand against, not
bver, the lower end OF the tube, yoti will
be surprised to see very clearly the things
beyond. 1t is very easy, but most
Surprising little experiment, and will
please old as we'll "a voting pe0pls;
You will, of course, wish to know why
this is so, why there seems to be hole
where there is none. The scientific
journals are talking about this, but their
explanations would hardly suit young
sters. We usually look at the same
thing with two eyes, and the two images
make one in the mind. Here
we separate the two eyes In an UNUSUAL
manner, and the mind brings together
the circle fiiade by the tube for one eye
and the hand seen by the other; and
makes one of them. You can vary this
in~several ways. If, when looking
through the hole in the hand, you
stretch out the left thumb, so that it will
be seen by the right eye through the
tube, the thumb will appear to be di-
rectly across the hole in your hand.
Instead of looking at your hand, use a
card; make q black spot on the card as
big as half-dime, and look at it as be:
fore; the black spot will appear to be
floating in the center of the hole, with
nothing to hold it there. Another va
riatfon is 10 make round hole in the
card of the size of the half-dime; look
at this hole with the left eye, SO that
the real hole will be within the imag-
mary hole; the hole will appear ex-
ceedingly bright, and surrounded by a
ring Of shadow.-Anlerican Young
| Folks.
Year: 1879

Miss Julia Lamar, young lady living
at No. 1928 Chestnut Street, is anxious
ly awaiting the return of certain fe.
male fortune teller who called upon her
a few days ago and told her fortune.
The woman charged dollar for reveal
ing the hidden future, but as Miss La
mar hadn't the ready cash, she was In.
duced to give the fortune teller an al
paca dress, two pairs of gold earrings,
breastpin and gold buckle as secu-
rity until the money could be paid, the
fortune teller promising to return and
exchange the articles for the money.
The fortune teller gave Miss Lamar a
red bag and told her to put it in the left
side of her trunk and not to remove it
until after she. was married, then to
throw it into the fire and burn it up.
This would destroy all chances of mari
tai misery. The woman said she lived
at the corner of Twenty-first and Day
ton Streets, but investigation has proven
the statement to lie false.-St. Louis
Times Journal.
Year: 1879

A story comes from st. Petersburg
which is pretty enough to bear repeat
ing. Not long since a Government
functionary died in utter destitution,
leaving without friends'or relatives two
small children, one of whom was boy
about seven years old. Alone, money
less, foodless, with his little sister cry
ing for bread, he wrote on piece of
paper as last resort the petition !:
" Please, God, send me three copacks to
buy my little sister roll" This he
carried to the nearest church to drop it
into an alms-box and start it on its way
to heaven. A passing priest seeing him
trying to put the paper in the box took
it and read it, whereupon he carried the
children to his house, fed them and
clothed them. The next Sunday he
preached a sermon on charity in which
he alluded to the incident. The collec-
ton that followed amounted TO nearly
81 1,000.-LouiSUiH Courier-,JournaI.
Year: 1879

Wooden BoUls.-In buying new
wooden bowl, it is well to remember
that if you grease it we'll on the inside,
and stand it near the fire, where it will
soak in, it will save it from cracking.
Year: 1879

Two friends lived close to each
other, one of whom was in a state of
constant impecuniosity. The latter got
up in the middle of the night and
rushed breathless into the house and
bedroom of his more fortunate neigh
Dor. al have had an awful dream, {"
he said. ''I fancied you were ruined
and reduced to the last degree of want.
1 rose from bed under the impression of
this nightmare, and ran to my desk
to get some money to take to you. "
Show good of you'll" said the friend.
"Yes," said the dreamer, sand you can
imagine my annoyance on finding that
had not sou in my drawer. 1t was
completely empty. By the by, do you
happen to have so louis in the house P''


Mrs. John Winke, of Detroit,
Mich, ran out to call upon neighbor,
leaving her 5-year-old son alone al
home. The little fellow, while irving
10 entertain himself, got his fathers
pipe and went TO the stove to light il
with handful of shavings. A spark
fell on his calico waist and in an instant
he was ablaze. Agonizing scream:
were heard by his mother, who rar
home and found hiR a mass of bis
tered flesh, writhing and shrieking will
agony that could not be alleviated. A


physician was called, but the little suf


ferer died in less than half an hour.
Year: 1879

that two recent epistles were little
exacting. One lady, who had incurred
a debt of $1,000 without her husband S
knowledge, requested him to pay it for
her, as being a bachelor, he had no fam
lily claims and no wife's bills to pay.
Another impecunious female wrote for
$75, but in the postscript added kindly
that she would take $50. A new poem
from him will appear soon, written on
the occasion of a boat launch at Bear
Camp River, IN which Mrs. Houston
West has received a rare tribute:


Then singer rich and gifted.


Her charmed voice uplifted;


And the meadow lark and sparrow


Listened dumb with envious paln
Year: 1879

Broken, and crushed. and sad,


Father comes home at night;
Rogues have stript him of all that he had,
And his hair is thin and white;
bravery re tos All Ine Gay,


And thinks that we do not see
His heart in his mouth, when he looks the way
ofmother and Winnie and me.
Work with the hand OF the head,


With needle or broom or quill;
Daily work for my daily bread


Work must have, and will
have youth, and health, and brains.


They said was clever at school;
Others are earning their honest gains.


And why should sit here and pule
know that he does not care


For the coat that is no more new,
Or the dingy house, or the scanty fare,


lfhe could but pay atl men their due;
But it pains him to think that we


May not lounge in easy-chairs,
With music and novel and afternoon tea,


And gossip of others affairs
Oh. if he only just knew


How weary was of all thatl
How longed for a life that was earnest and true,
And some useful work to be at!
heed not what people may say;


All the bondage of fashion scorn.
To bring girls up in that idiot way


1t were better they never were born.
But what can do? could teach;


But scores will be eager to try,
With their music, and German. and French; and eac
Far better to do than l.
l had nice nmble fingers Of old


For trimming bonnet or gown;
But now folks will find better use for their gold
Than to 1aunt in gay dress about town.
l know l could tidy room


And give it ladylike look;
And I'm almost sure 1 could handle broom,
And iron little and cook
ButI must be at home every night


To kiss him and plague him while,
And comb the old hair that is thin now, and white,
And send HIM to bed with smile.
Work oh dear, what can do?


hurt my soft hand and it bled;
And wish it were roughened. and blistered too,
lfit would only win me my bread;
Yet shrink from the girls at the mill;
watched them last night in the dark
Coming out, and it smote my weak heart with chill
But could be a telegraph clerk.
Sickl l am weary and SICK


Ever fretting for something to do;
M, .,x~..lI.ss. -..rS-
Father and mother, for you?
Ye are dearer than ever TO me,


So meek, and gentle, and brave;
But your shadows grow long. and seem to see
Them creeping out close to grave.
Work with hand or with head,


With broom needle or quill;
Daily work for my daily bread


Any true work that you will
Oh just for week to have toiled,


And to give him my wages and kiss,
Saying, father dear father my hands may be soiled,
But my heart is purer for this.
Waller Smith. in Edinburg Scotsman.