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Year: 1877

A HEN was recently found in the mid
die of hay-mow in barn in Tennes-
see, which had been there six months,
without water or anything TO eat except
what the hay afforded. Being covered
up when the hay was put in the barn,
the hen could not get out. Her toe
nails and beak had grown half an inch
during the time, and her size was greatly
reduced. When taken out and placed
in the open air the hen tumbled over,
with every syptom of "a fit, but she shortly
recovered and is now doing well.
Year: 1877

columbia Is. Co. Cor. New York Tribune


Leaving the State-house and strolling
down the broad, sunny, lonesome main
street, l was directed to the second floor
of a small two-story brick building for
the offices of the Hampton government
On the lower floor was bank. Mount
ing a narrow wooden staircase l came to
a landing on which two doors fronted.
A printed sign of white card board nailed
on the panels of one read, Lieutenant
Governor, Controller General, Attorney
General" and on the other a like mex
pensive tablet had this inscription, at
once instructive aud hospitable to all
who might be seeking the head of the
State, "Governor-Walki in" This door
led into sort of ante-room, furnished
with few ifty-cent chairs and rude
table on which stood bucket of water
and tin dipper. Beyond was smaller
room with a table at which clerk was
writing, a store counter, supporting q
case of pigeon holes and a dilapitated
plush lined sofa, suggestive of a boarding
house auction. Still further on was a
smaller room, scarce six by nine in size
where the Governor works. An un.
painted pine table, a desk made by Pen
itentiary convicts, and four or five
chairs, were its outfit. Walls and floors
in all these rooms were bare, and they
looked like the quarters of some poor
country lawyer waiting for practice
The whole stock of furniture would not
fetch $25 at auction.
Year: 1877

A KANSAS farmer purchased a re-
volver for his wife, and insisted on target
practice, so that sho could defend her
house in case of his absence. After the
bullet had been dug out of her leg and
the COW buried, he said he geussed that
she'd better shoot with an AK.
Year: 1877

You are a man of business, and have
no time to show attention to You wife
few opportunities to converse with her;
at least, you make few. She submits to
this unsocial state of things because she
must; but is she happy? Probably not; I;
no woman likes to be considered n ci.
pher. Your wife ought to be your best
adviser. She ought to be your most
confidential counsellor. The self-con-
ceit of men amounts to a genius. There
are many husbands who would as soon
think of taking advice of their children
as of their wives. But it is only the
fool who is too wise to seek counsel.
Awoman, you say, knows very little about
business; nevertheless her intuition is
often wiser than q mans Judgment.
Your wife is your partner. You have
earned the money, but she has saved
and sacrificed and pinched and worried
and worked to help accumulate it. She
has done her fair share toward making
your property what it Is. She has
right to be consulted how it shall be
used. A double right has she to have
her judgments weighed and measured
in all questions relating to the disposi-
tion of the family, and the training and
culture of the children. Talk to your
wife on all occasions. When you come
home at night, tired with the cares of
the day, to find her equally fatigued,
bring to her the news of the day; bring
the latest, freshest thought. In buying
your evening paper, or subscribing for
your monthly magazine, or renewing
your religious weakly, get what suits
her needs and meets her tastes. There
is more in that patient, quiet, silent
wife of yours than you think; do not
freeze her very individuality by your
practical contempt of women.
Year: 1877

Loud laughed the river as it sped,
With fairy fountains at its head,


The bread sea at its feet
But sullenly 1t dashed and swept
Passed the rough rock, whose shadow erept


Across the waters feet.
A little rock, unshaped and bare
No moss, no grasses clustered there


But yet q sturdy boy
launched there his boat, and loved the spot,
And built thereon a mimic cot


work Of pride and joy.
"Poor rock. the tides will buffet thee
And time will bleach thine head said he.


And so the years went by,
The boy had heightened to man,
But past the rock the river ran,


And laughed against the sky.
And now the man was worn and old,
But still the river, bright and bold,


Dashed downward to the sea
But now the little rock was fair,
For earth and moss found lodgment there,


And rustling greenery.
So the man passed, and noted we'll
That smiling spot amidst the swell


OF waters broad and high
And unused thereon Ave stand and wait,
while times and tides shape out our fate,


Beneath friendly sky"
Patience and hope the tides are strong,
But bear they not Gods gifts along


Upon their currents widel
And in the end when time is dead,
And Gods good work is perfected,


We shall be satisfied.
Year: 1877

A CURIOUS CALcULAr1oN.-A rapid
penman can write thirty words in
minute. To do this he must draw his
quill through the space Of rod-six-
teen feet and half. In forty minutes
his pen travels furlong, and in five
hours and third, mile. We make,on
an average, sixteen curves or turns Of
the pen in writing each word. Writ
ing thirty words in o minute, we must
make four hundred and eighty-eight
TO each second; in an hour twenty
eight thousand eight hundred; in
day of only FIVE hours, one hundred
and forty-four thousand; and in year
of three hundred days, forty-three
million two hundred thousand. The
man who made Q million strokes with .
pen in q month was not at all remark
able. Many men make four million.
Here We have, in the aggregate, marx
three hundred miles long, 10 be traced
on paper by each writer in year. In
making each letter Of the ordinary al
phabet, we must make from three 70
seven strokes Of the pen-on an average
three and . half 10 four.
Year: 1877

The TINE TO ADvERTIsE.-Wh is the
proper season for advertising is an i'm
portant question for advertisers. There
are various opinions on this subject, but
the opinion Of the most successful and
systematic advertisers is, that persistent
advertising altoays pays, and that much
is Lost, both in reputation and profit, by
a cessation of advertising at any par
ticular season.


The primary object of advertising is,
to enlighten the public on the merits Of
the articles or business advertised, and
q suspension of advertising is apt to ap-
pear to the public in the light of vfr-
tual surrender Of the battle and relin
quishment of competition with rivals


By being judicious in his advertising
and his choice OF mediums for advertis-
ing, man can so arrange his expendf
ture as to enable him to maintain Q
respectable amount of advertising
throughout the year and the results viii
be satisfactory in all cases where dis
cretion and experience are combined
Careless advertising cannot prove val
liable, but careful advertising tsiH Let
q man exercise the same amount Of dis
cretion and caution in advertising that
he would in any other branch Of his
business, and he will have no reason TO
complain of the results.-Apleriean
Journalist
Year: 1877

THE remains of balloon have just
been found on the coast of Iceland. In
the car were some human bones forming
an incomplete skeleton, and q leather
travelling bag, in . very bad condition,
containing papers SO deteriorated py
wet that the writing could not be deci-.
phered. A conjecture is formed that
this is the balloon in which Price as
cended during the siege OF Paris, being
the only one that was not accounted for.
No doubt the balloon has been in the
clouds ever since.
Year: 1877

DoN'r HURRY, GIRLs.-One of the cry
ing evils of these times is the tendency
and disposition of girls to get through
girlhood hurridly and to get into wo-
manhood, or rather into young lady
hood without waiting to enjoy the beau
tiful season Of girlhood. Speaking on
this point, Bishop Morris says: "Wait
patiently, my children, through the
whole limit Of your girlhood. Go not
after womanhood; let it come to you.
Keep out of the public view. Cultivate
retirement and modesty. The cares and
responsibilities of life will come soon
enough. When they come you will
meet them, I trust, as true women
should. But oh, be not so unwise as to
throw away your girlhood. Rob not
yourselves Of this beautiful season,
which, wisely spent, will brighten all
your future life"
Year: 1877

In Germany they manage this little
pastime in a very pleasant way. When
a couple meet after having eaten philo-
pena together, no advantage is taken of
the other until one of them pronounces
the word "philopena." This is the
warning that now the sport is to begin.
Let us suppose that gentleman calls
upon lady; she invites him to walk in
and at the same time speaks the tails
manic word. If he accepts the offer to
walk in he is lost, unless she removes
the ban by telling him to go away. If
she asks him to take off his hat, hemust
resolutely keep it on; if to be seated, he
must stand; or if at the table she should
hand him any article which he accepts,
she wins the forfeit. During all this
time he endeavors to take her by sur
prise, for the first acceptance of any
offer from the other wins the game.
Both are constantly exercising their
wits to prevent being caught, and the
sport goes on all the evening. Perhaps
the gentleman brings little present,
and says, Knowing that l shall lose
my philopena, have brought it along
here it is" If she is caught off her
guard by the smooth speech, she loses,
for he Immediately claims forfeit. If
neither wins at the first meeting, the
sport is continued to the second, and it
may happen that half-a-dozen parties
meet at the same time, all anxious to
win of their philopena partners, so that
the scene often becomes ludicrously
amusing. 1t is diamond cut diamond"
in very truth.
Year: 1877




MONTREAL, July II.


Last night the Orangemen met in their
hall and made arrangements for the fun
eral of the unfortunate man Hackett-


The corpse will lie in State in this al
ternoon from 5 to & o'clock. and on sun
day afternoon from until o'clock. The
funeral will start at O'Clock headed by a
brass band, and fife and drum band for
the Cathedral. where the services will be
read by Rev. Canon BAdsy.


A large number OF kilograms have been
received from all parts of the country ex-
pressive of the destation of the murder.
and sympathy with the brethern of the
city, many of them announced that the
western lodge would be largely represent
cd n the obseQuieS.
Year: 1877

MRS. HEATH has recently moved to
lNl this place for the purpose Of meeting
a want which the ladies Of the town and
county have for long time known, that
of having q dressmaker of experience
among them. / am prepared TO make all
kinds of dresses in the latest styles, and
guarantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid
ing and embroidery done in the best man
nor, with the newest patterns. All ask
Is tair trial. Residence on Elm Street,
in the Acomb Building. If.
Year: 1877

Yesterday G oroner Rose held aninquest
over the body of Louisa Demby, who
was found dead yesterday morning.
From the evidence adduced at the inquest
it appears that she had lived near Odessa,
and some time ago she came to this city
and married a man by the name of John
Evans. After marriage they resided in
Elizabeth street, but her husband prov
ing to be worthless being, they were
soon sold out by the constable for rent.
After they were sold out she endured a
great many hardships until she became
very i'll. She then went to live with a
friend named Richard Wye, living on
Tatnall street above Eighth, but being
too poor to procure medical aid she suf-
fered until death relieved her. About
10 O'Clock yesterday morning she went
out INTO the yard, and, after being alb
sent about an hour some of the family
went out and searched for her, and found
her sitting in a shed, dead. The jury
rendered averdict of death from apo
plexy, caused by an affection of the
heart.
Year: 1877

A report was current this morning that
the wife of George Donovan, policeman
of the second district, had attempted to
commit suicide, but upon diligent inqui-
.ries of reporter of this paper the rumor
as the attempt was found to be incorrect.


The circumstances of tine case, as near
as it was possible to ascertain them, were
about as follows: 1t appears that during
the afternoon family quarrel occurred,
(Which is nothing new,) aud after he had
left home to go on duty. his wife left the
house and went down to one of the slui-
ces, it is supposed by several, for the pur-
pose of committing the rash deed. One
or two ladies who were acquainted with
her, thinking she was in earnest, started
after her, and after reaching her, she went
and sat down under willow tree for
sometime, after which she returned home.


The report of suicide was believed by
a great many, but happily it did not take
place,
Year: 1877

DETERMINED.-It appears upon good
authority that Calvin E. Tuition, who
committed suicide last Monday in the
Christiana by jumping off of Market
street bridge had contemplated the rash
deed for some time. Previous to coming
to this city, he worked at Seaford, and
when he left there, he told several of his
ac1uaintances that he was going to take
his life, which he successfully carried
ont
Year: 1877

ANOTHER TRTP.-The new steamer
"Carolna" which went out on trip last
Thursday for the purpose of adjusting
her machinery, will make another trip to
morrow, for the purpose of testing her
speed. Several members of the company
for whom she is built, as well as num-
ber of invited guests will accompany
them.
Year: 1877

SLIGHT ACCIDENT--As the six O'Clock
train from Philadelphia was leaving
Chester, last evening, the tender coupl-
ing broke, and the engine sped away
several hundred yards from the train
The mishap was remedied without any
further accident.
Year: 1877

VYSubscribers finding x marked on the
n margin of their paper will know that


there time has expired, or is just
about to expire and ifthey wish the pa
per continued will have to remit at once
or their names will be dropped from the
lief
Year: 1877

feelings and sober expressions of the ex-
cursionists, of the absence Of the pleasant
smile of the morning and the lively con-


versationalist you then met on every
hand. True, some Of them are yet in
spired with sufficient zeal for the dance,


now being kept up on deck, but the


greater number have found their way
into quiet hooks or lounge in the cabin,


or gone aft to smoke, talk, read, or in


dulge In reveries, as the case may be.
Watching the smooth waters over the
railing, | see we have this moment made
the first buoy, are in the river channel,
| and will soon be home. Looking back


ward, see the long golden line from the


sun. just setting in the waters of the


lake, which tells me the day is ended.
But yesterday and we were in the


midst of the elaInOr and wild enthusiasm
of the Centennial Fourth; to-day-now
as L write-the one hundred and first is
sealed in the book which knows 10
opening.
Year: 1877

Wednesday evening there arrived in
our village, viG the inland route, large
party of ladies and gentlemen on an ex-
cursion from Grand Rapids to Mackinaw.


1t was their intention to have taken sup
per at the Spencer House and to have
proceeded on their way to the Island the
same evening, but, owing to- delay,
caused by the breaking OF some of the ma
chinery Oh the Valley Queen, they did


not arrive in the village until about 10
o'clock P. NJ, and they decided to remain
over night. rhe different hotels did all
they could to accommodate the party,
but from the fact that it was under
stood they were only to stop long
enough i'll the village for supper, no
preparation had been made for keeping
item over night, and the late hour of
their arrival made it difficult to procure
tor them such accommodation as was de-
sirable. but the best was done that could
be done under the circumstances. If our
citizens had been aware that the party
were to have remained over night their
entertainment would have been such as
to have given them a different impres.
sion OF the hospitality of Cheboygan
than, we fear, they now entertain. The
Prindiville had been chartered to take
the party from here to Mackinaw, and
was ready, with her lighter, at the usual
hour of arrival of the Minnie Sutton, to
proceed with them. Thursday morning


about o'clock, she left with the party
| for the Island. 1t is very unfortunate
for the reputation of the inland route
that any accident should have occurred
t, ca Use delay in bringing through the
first large party of the season, but acci-
dents are liable to happen on all routes


and it may be a long time before any
such thing might occur again. Al


S. emed to be pleased with the route a.
far as they came by water, with
the exception OF being delayed
We heard some complaint il
| ~ ~ t.lS ictt~i g ltStt bil
railroad TO the boat landing, which Wa


probably owing to the road being new
and not yet in ii very good condition
which will undoubtedly be reInedied il
time. We understand that only
portion of the party came by the inlant


route. the larger number taking passage
on the Van Raalte from Petoskey. W.
should judge that they got prett.


we'll shook up in making the passage, a
quite breeze was blowing from tn


northwest, which would create quite


sea, and we doubt if that portion of tn


party had any more pleasant eXperienc


than those who passed through cur vii


lage, Notwithstanding their being delay
ed by the accident to the Valley Queen
Year: 1877

In accordance with resolution adopt
ed at previous. meeting, last Tuesday
night Village Attorney Bell presented
to the Council thetplans for building de-
signed for town hall, fire engine room,
Council chamber, &C., which plan was
adopted. According to the plan, it is to
be a building 40 by 20 feet, two stories
high, with 81 fee. psts, the lower story
to be IL feet high in the clear, and is to
be diyided into rooms for various village
uses. The upper story is to be finished
as hall, the full size ofthe building, and
iii to be IL feet high in the clear. and to
have gallery. The building is design
ed to be frame building, built on a
stone foundation and located OH the viii
lage lot OH Huron Street and is to con-
tain the present lookup which will
occupy portion of the lower story. 1t
is estimated that the building can be con-
strueted and finished complete for about
$4,000. A special meeting of Council
was held last evening to decide upon the
manner of letting the contract for the
building of the hall. A motion that it
be let by contract to the lowest respon-
sible bidder was voted down. After
considerable informal talk it was decided
to take no definite action upon the mat
ter until Il full board should be present.
We are decidedly of the opinion that the
interests Of the village would be best sub
served by the letting of the wol k by con.
tract. There would be this advantage in
this it would be known definitely just
what the building would cost when
completed, whereas, if built by
the day, the cost would be q
matter of uncertainty until the work
was finished. In regard to the plan, we
think it would present a better appear
ance if the building was greater in.height
perhaps for comfort in cold wealth Ell
it would be,better 10 have it constructed
as designed, it being claimed that
the heating of a hall OF the size contem
plated would be difficult if the ceiling
s.too high. The village is II great neet


of a hall, and we trust the Council vii
proceed to build the one proposed. w
do not think there ever will lie a tins
when building can be completed a
cheap Us it cln at the present time labo


and material are abundant and wOulC


cost less now than, probably, at an!
other period,
Year: 1877




Last Saturday evening party of fif-
teen or twenty ladies' and gentlemen pas
sed through Cheboygan on their way to
Mackinaw, coming Uid the inland route.
In the party were some of the officials of
the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw railroad,
who were up in this section in reference
to summer travel. over the railroads. 1t
was the first time they had visited Che
boygan, and were very much surprised
to find it place of so much Importance,
and were free TO express to our citizens
the favorable opinion they had formed of
the situation, and stated that they would
use all their influence to have the Jack
son, Lansing & Saginaw railroad pushed
through to Indian river to connect with
the inland route, with which they were
very favorably Impressed. 1t is evident
that if the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw
road desire to derive any benefit from
the immense amount Of summer travel
each season to Mackinaw and this section
the great resort for pleasure seekers
the road must be built to some point
where connection can be made with some
route whereby passengers cln reach these
points, and there is no more feasible
point for the road TO strike than the in
land navigation route. 1t is directly on
the contemplated line of the road to the
straits and will have to be constructed al
sometime, and by doing it now the road
can add largely to its traffic and reach &
terminus which will let it out of the
woods.
Year: 1877

Being part of the property now called Friend
ship, comprising lot IS, and described as follows
Beginning for the same on the northeast side OF
Mount street at the distance of 2O feet sOutherly
Year: 1877

RarA gentleman from the country
invited young man from the city to go
out on his farm and shoot birds on the
halves. The young man accepted, went
out, shot what birds he wanted and left
the farmers half for him to shoot when
ever he feels so disposed. ~
Year: 1877

And described as follows: Beginning for the
same on the line of the south side of Huntingdon
avenue, and running thence easterly bounding on
the south side of Huntingdon avenue 76 feet and
Year: 1877

Edit0rs Of tie Union In turning
over a lot of papers this morning | met
with slip which 1 had laid by some
years ago, and as it meets a case that
has come SO forcibly to my attention
recently, and has been the experience
of SO many others, have thought that
a caution extended in this way to off
cials might tend 70 some extent to bring
about reform in ':Oficial Manners.
Year: 1877

General Grant was no doubt sincere
when he told the representatives Of the
workingmen of England, who waited upon
him with an address of welcome Yesterday.
that he was prouder of that demonstration
than of any Of which he had been the object
since his arrival in Europe. Indeed. our
ex-President spoke SO well in the little he
said to the delegation as to make 1t evident
that his words came from the heart. He
recognized in the people he was then adj
dressing men who might hereafter be citi-
zens Of the United States. The attentions
paid to him by royalty and the courtesies
Of the aristocracy have been welcome and
gratifying, the more so since they empha-
size the respect which the New World has
won from the Old, and bear the character of
u national as we'll as of an individual COM
pliment. But they are only the passing
civilities of foreign friends, who admire the
American soldier and respect the American
government as represented in the person
of its ex-President. The demonstration
the trades Of England made yesterday was