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Year: 1867

There is shrcwd good sense in the bencyO-
lence which proposes to help the friendlcss
young women of large city. The woman
who does not enjoy any of the comforts of Il
home must be q sufferer by nature yet how
many thousands of such women are helpless
and innocent victims of the city's great evil Of
OvercrOwdng. They are condemned to the
sickliest and diricst of our cheap phaan-
steres, for no fault of theirs live out day by
day the jail-life of the mean bOardmg-house !;
and are, in fine, the most pitiable of all the
cases which manage to grow III the city
greatest school of mortality and immortality,
the Tenement System. The millionaire who
offered to give so much money TO build cheap
houses for honest mechanics might surpass his
philanthrOpic intention by stretching ont TO
poor young women as open Il hand with as
large purse in it. The chances are that all
wcll-dIcctcd efforts to procure for this
neglected class suitable homes will be saving
of lives and souls-it may be from nameless
ways of social crime and wrong.


We cordially like the benevolent enterprise
of tie Ladies' Christian Union 1t has been in
Operation since 1853, aiming to provide poor
young women with decent homes and places.
A feeble but venturous effort was made at
first in the opening of a clearinghouse in
Amity-st but the Union has been enabled to
establish young womtn's home in East Four
tecnthst more commodious in every way.
Sixty five Young women are inmates Of the
Home at such reasonable rates of board as
when paid do not leave them penniless. No
denominational distinctions are made, and the
direction and conduct Of the house
hold appear to bo in every way
Year: 1867

The Southern people, or at least consider
able part of them, are approaching the Recon
struction offered by Congress in a spirit of ac-
quicsccnce They appreciate the inevitable
but they also begin TO see what is just; and no
small portion of them enthusiastically adopt
the free platform of the North. Perhaps
nothing more absurd could he imagined than
Connecticut marching in the rear of Alabama
and surendemng itself arms, eQuipage, and
principle, to a rebellion that has given up the
ghost, and to a Democracy that never had any
worth mentioning north of Mason and Dixon's
line. The voters of Connecticut can only de-
liver their State TO barbarism 10y neglecting
their duty at the polls on Monday.
Year: 1867

Vote! See that your neighhor votes see
that no Illegal vote is cast. These are the
three duties of every Connecticut Republican
on Monday. We need every vote we have TO
win against money and fraud
Year: 1867

The new game law, passed by our, legis-
lature will be found on the fourth page of
our paper. All previous laws for the pres
ervation of game are repealed by this act,
and this is the only law now in force in
this state fer the preservation Of game.
This new elaw is much more stringent in
it's provisions than the old laws, and severe
penalties for its violation are prescribed
and offenders can be easily convicted.
Among other provisions it will be seen
that It is unlawful to shoot prairie chick
ems before the goth Of August-eight days
later than formerly. This will be likely
to produce some sqririning, but he who
goes contrary to it takes upon himsefgravc
consequences. Let all who wish to keep
posted on the subject, cut out the law and


preserve it.
Year: 1867

tw The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
records the suicide of q young man named
Eugene R. Brown, about eighteen years
old, who had been at work some time in
the Touring mill Of Bostford and Moore.
He first took large dose of laudanum, but
because it was of poor quality or for some
other reason, it old not have fatal effect.
A letter was found in the young mans
pocket showing that he meant to kill HIM
self, but giving no reason except that tia; y ne
was tired of lifs. His employer tried to
cheer him up, and tried to get the young
man to 20 down to his house TO breakfast,
Brown went out and purchased revolver,
went back to his room, locked the door,
and from the. position in which the cd
was found, it is thought that he must have
seated himself on the he'd, and placed the
revolver close to one of his temples before
he fired. When young Botsford returned
from breakfast, he found the door locked
On the inside, and on forcing it open be-
held the lifeless body of Brown lying on
the bed. The bullet had evidently done
its work Of death instantaneously, as it
entered the head at one Of the temples. and
could not have escaped thesbrain. He lett
another letter giving directions as to the
disposition of his effects, and signing him
self very appropriately "a wretched fool
Year: 1867

fALwA Us GET THE BEST. Especially in


getting Saleratus--as the best costs but
trife for years supply, and that the good
costs but a triAe more that the poor. The
best goes farther than the poor. and much


more, healthy. I'VE can recommend the
hest chemical Saleratus to be the best aoi
Year: 1867

ew-The Green Bay Adoocats says the
indications are that more buildings will be
constructed in Green. Bay this year than
ever before in any Eve years together:
A surveying party, is still at work on the
projected Green Bay and Lake Pepin rail-
road... The Bay remained, closed on the


18th, though the warm weather Of the past
week had so destroyed the ice that strong
wind may break it up at any moment, and
even without wind it was likely to break
up within few days...... Thirteen families
of Belgians arrived at Green Bay on Mon
day night last, and next day went to the
northeastern part Of the county, where they
have friends in .he Belgian settlement. =
They report an anxiety among their neigh
bors in the old country to find homes IN
this region, on account of the conscription
and unsettled state of things there....:.A
two horse team, attached to awagon, broke
away in Fort Howard and ran down the


river bank and into the river. The team


was drowned, and nothing but the wagon


box has yet been recovered. The owner
had recently paid $3.50 for the team. asf
Year: 1867

whether chickens are well fed or COWS get
enough Of open air exercise, he would send .
committee to Albany and urge the Legislature
to have good pavements laid in the streets he
would be doing large amount of good, both
to four-legged and two-legged animals at the
same time. The present pavements cause
more cruelty to horses than their drivers, and
the nth which they accumulate is productive
OF more diseases which af1ict human animals
than perhaps any other cause. If we had good
pavements there would be less dirt and con-
sequently less disease in the city. If Mr.. Bergh
would attend to this the public would be
thankful and the horses would have no reason
70 be dissatisfied.
Year: 1867

very appreciative audience present at the New
York Theatre last evening 70 witness the drama of
Jeanie Deans adaptation by Bouccault from Walter
Scots story Of the Heart Of Midlothian The principal
character Jeanie, assumed by Miss Rose Eytinge
and that Of Eaae Deans by Mrs Gomersa. The acting
not fail to give every satisfaction the critical audi
tory who manifested their appreciation Of it by frequent
bursts Of applause The character Of David Deans
Of the broken-hearted father truthful and very
Affecting delneaton The stage properties pertaining TO
she play excellent and the placing Of scenery
and appointments especially in the trial scene evnced
she ntenon Of the managers 70 produce the dramatic
representation OF Sc0tts beautiful novel u unexcop
eionable manner
Year: 1867

My lord, who, if he did not know very
much about horticulture, was good judge of
dismissed the man Of learning;
and, with many apologies for seeking to rob
his neighbor of such treasures asked the
squire to transfer To his service the man OF
genius. The squire, who thought that now
the charcoal had been once discovered,
any new gardener could apply it as we'll as
the old one. was too happy to obllge my
lord, and advance the fortunes of an hon.
est fellow born in his village. His lord
ship knew very we'll that man who makes
good use of the ideas received through
chance, will make Il still better use OF the
ideas received through study He took
some kind. but not altogether unselhsh,
pains with the training and education of
the man of genius whom he had gained to
his service. The man is now my lords
head foster and bailifi The woods thrive
under him, the farm pays largely. he and
my lord are both the richer for the con-
nection between them. He is not the less
practically painstaking, though he no longer
saws bent and ''his'n; nor the less fe-
licitously theoretical, though he no longer
ascribes successful experiment to chance.
Sir f. B. Luton IN e" BlacklcoOd." d.
Year: 1867

sheet-whether it was the fault OF the
paper-maker, the feeder, or the press.
The very rags with which the machinery
is wiped are counted, and those who use
them cannot receive clean ones until they
return the dirty ones. The latter are then
washed by washing machine in the office,
and it is said that this small operation saves
yearly one hundred and fifty pounds


Boston Journal
Year: 1867

CHEAP FREIGHTs.-Some idea of the cheap
ness of steamboat and railway transit may be
formed from the factthat Dutch butter is now
sent from Rotterdam to Harwich by steamer,
and from the latter place to the south of Eng
land by rail, and the cost of carriage all the
way is less than one farthing per pound; and
Normandy butter is sent from st. Malo to
southampton by steamboat, and thence to
London by rail, and the cost of carriage
amounts to only one half-farthing per pound.
Year: 1867

Such are the sickenine details OF the murder
which startled the city late yesterday after
noon, by following In such quick succession
upon the terrible tragedy enacted in the very
presence Of court OF justice on the previous
day.


In this last case there is no pretense of pal
liation, the whole affair being the result of that
to the civllizationo the country and the age.
It is high time that the decent and order-loving
citizens Of Philadelphia had made some deter
mined effort 90 counteract it, and thereby pre-
vent it's terrible but legitimate fruits.
Year: 1867

HENRY WARD BEECHER ON FOPs.-But
what shall l say of those miserable, despisable
sprigs of humanity that live to adOrn their
ocket-handkerchiefs and their collar ?-men
that walk thro' society with the thought that
the chief end of their life is to engage in the
frivilous amusements of the passing hour, and
to spend their time between those frivolous
amusements and their mirror thinking OF moth
ing, and wanting to do nothing; men million
of whom might live in the air and We be no
more conscious of their existence than OF the
existence of insects around us; men million
of whom might die and all be put i'll one grave
If you only buried their souls; men that put
ON airs of gentility and niceness, and look upon
the rude clown, as they call the working man.
with supreme contempt and pity him; men
that have no respect for those that are obliged
to get up early and sweep out the store men
that are just as certain to die knaves, if they
do not die fools, as there is a law in nature
| cannot express my adherence for these strip
plings OF folly. And [ declare that, iq our
time of the world, with our illumination, with
duties pressing from every side, and with all
the inculcations and examples that have been
handed down to us, of disciples of Christiani-
ty, man who finds nothing to do and has no
disposition to do anything, is fractional man


He is not even a bright shining frag gment. Ana
of all men that are lawful prey of contempt anu
the curling of the lip, these whittli ngs OF gen.


tility are the most eminent.
Year: 1867

out Protestant Christendom be, as many say
it is, toward unity, In this case 1t ought 10
show its power. The resistance to be over
come is less than it would be in any other de-
nomination. The unities are fundamental
The diversities are superficial. There Is a COM
mon parentage, common history, common
share in great traditions, and in the renown OF
great men. Spirit and aims are essentially the
same. The work to be done is the same; the
instrumentalities for doing it are the same :
The Articles of Belief are unassaied; the
Greed is one for all, the catechism, the ordl-
nance, the symbol. Both parties use the same
weapons to keep at bay or defeat the same
foe Both have at heart the same interests
intellectual, spiritual, social There is no po-
litical breach for both profess the ancient 10y
atty to republican government, and to the cause
Of personal liberty. The grounds OF difference
were never veey deep, never touched the sphere
of vital religion. The occasions OF dispute have
passed by, and the questions in dispute have,
some of them, probably become obsolete. At
all events, the Committee, in their report, say
they have.


We shall watch, therefore, with more than
usual interest this new negotiation. The re-
suits of it show, better than anything el>e can,
how much truth there is in the belief that the
prevailing disposition among Protestant sects
is toward unity We shall see to what extent
vital considerations prevail over incidental ones
how much stronger faith is than feeling
principle than passion, the law Of attraction,
which draws men and communities together to
a common center for a common purpose, than
the law of repulsion, which multiplies the
sects. Should the attempt succeed, it will
hardly predict success to other attempts made
at greater disadvantage. Should it fail, it will
demonstrate the fact that individualism has
not done its work by greas deal, but must
run itself out much further before its recOll
comes-N. Y Tribune.
Year: 1867

INDIA AND PAISLEY SHAwLs-These two
kinds of shaws are always fashionable; Away
indicative of the social position and good taste
of the wearer. Pure Cashmere shawlS yearly
become more scarce and difficult to obtain-the
production being limited and the demand CON
stantly increasing. The prices advances with
great rapidity, SO fast that lady recently OBJ
tanned for her India shawl, which had been
worn six years, two hundred dollars more than
she had paid for it.


1t is not generally known what an immense
business is done in the purchase and sale of
secondhand India shawls Three -fOurths Of
those which come to this country have been
worn in India, England, or France, and here
again they are bought and Frequently sold back
again to the dealer at triAle less, or as In the
instance cited above, trifle more than they
cost.


Much depends ON some trick of form or col
oring which happens to affect the fashion
Sometimes black, sometimes red, and some
times white centres or lines OF colorlng are the
rage, and if the shawl to b. sold thhlls that
particular condition, and is also fine and in
rood order, it will bring nearly new price.
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Year: 1867

How TO DRESS WELL-In an old number
of AU the Year Round, we find the following
" AS you look from your window in Paris, OBJ
serve the first women who pass; forty have
noses depressed in the middle, a small quanti-
ty of dark hair, and a swarthy complexion; but
then, what a toilet Not only suitable for the
season, but to the age and complexion OF the
wearer. How neat the feet and hands How
we'll the clothes are put on, and more than all,
how we'll they suit each other !"


We have often said the same thing In other
words. Before our English women can dress
perfectly, they must have the taste Otthe French
especially in color. One reason why we see
colors ill-arranged in this country is, that the
different articles are purchased each for its own
imagined virtues, and without any thought of
what it is to be worn with. Women, while
shopping, buy what pleases the eye on the cOun-
ter, forgetting what they have got at home
That parasol is pretty, but it will kill by its
color one dress in the buyer wardrobe, and be
unsuitable for all others. To be magnlhcently
dressed certainly costs money but to be dress
ed with taste is not expensive. 1t requires
good sense, knowledge, refinement. Never
buy an article unless it is suitable to your age,
habits, style, and to the rest Ofyour wardrobe.
Nothing is more vulgar than to wear costly la
ces with a common delaine, or cheap laces with
expensive brocades.


What colors, we may be asked, go best to-
gether? Green with violet; gold with dark
crimson or lilac pale blue with scarlet; pink
with black or white and gray with scarlet OF
pink. A gold color generally requires warm
tint to give to it. Gray and pale blue, tor IN,
stance, do not combine well, both being cold
colors White and black are safe wear, but
the latter is not favorable to dark or pale com
plexions. Pink is, to some skins, the most be
coming; not, however, If there is much colo
in the cheek and lips and if there be even
suspicion of red in either hair or complexion
Peach-color is perhaps one Of the most elegan
colors worn. Maize is very becoming, particu
larly to persons with dark hair and eyes. Bu
whatever the color or material of the entir
dress, the details are all in all; the lace rount
the bosom and sleeves; the flowers; in fact
all that furnishes the dress. The ornament
in the head must harmonize with the dress. =
| If trimmed with black lace, some of the SAM
should be worn in the head, and the flower
that are worn in the hair should decorate th'
dress.
Year: 1867

LACK OF EMPLoYMENT.-lt is reported that
Now York merchant, engaged in but small
business. advertised few weeks ago for a
clerk, application to be. made by letter By
noon of the day on which the advertisement
appeared he had received eighty applicants for
the situation, and before the next day had
nassed the next number had reached one han
dred and nineteen The salary was small, the
inducements were few, and the wor required
close attention, and yet the anxiety Of tho
place was so great as to be but poorly shown
by the number of applications. Many Of the
applicants could speak two or three languages.
and claimed to be possessed of various valua.
bic accomplishments. The New York Times
considers this great rush after so unpromising
a place to be "but one Of the many proofs Of
the widespread stagnation Of business, and the
redundancy OF labor in many departments Of
activity"
Year: 1867

able. This will be bad news for tHe n''Se'Vu,
aries Of the party intending TO rake ncA'
Summer q tour for the benefit Of its hcai'3l )
but it is q solemn fact that Brown does n''
want 10 900 them in Georgia, and it Is ex-
tremely doubtful whether anybody will want
20 see them anywhere.


If only all the Brownsof the South were like this
Brown, how bright or future would be J But
10 man holding such OpiniOns under such cir
cumstances can long remain alone The thou
sands who think az he does, needing only n
spokesman and q leader, will gladly give IN
their adherence to a policy which means peace
and prosperity. They want bread. and not re-
venge peace and not another desperate revolt;
status in tho Union, and not an eternal abiding
out in the cold. Brown speaks their mind now /;
but, give them a chance, and we shall hear them
speaking it for themselves.
Year: 1867

The great Reform Meeting in Hyde Park,
London, of which we present on another page
full account is an event in the political history
Of England full of significance and of promise
for the future. The triumph of the people over
the anti Liberal Government could not have
been more complete. Before the meeting the
Government had assumed the most arrogant
air. They had issued illegal procamations,
bOasted of their determination 10 butcher the
people rather than admit them To the Park,
concentrated troops, massed an army OF police,
alarmed all London by calling upon loyal
persons to come forward to defend the
cause of order, and thus, by bully
ing and menacing, had endeavOred
to drive the people from ihe assertion OF their
rights. Such had been tbe assurance of the
Government that even most ef the Liberal
members of Parliament, among them Mr.. Glad
stone, advised the League not to defy the Gov
eminent, and to desist from holding the meet
ing Too much praise cannot he afforded TO the
1irmness of Mr. Beales and the Reform League,
who did not falter when the support of most
of their friends in Parliament failed them.
They insisted on their right to hold the
meeting, and the intimidated Government did
not dare to take up the gauntlet thrown down
to them. The meeting took place at the
appointed time, and according to the newsDapers.
Year: 1867

There is an official murmur in Washington
against the size of our debt Our astute Treas
urer shakes his head over the inadequacy of
men and means to cancel it, But what it is to
be born n diplomatst! See Mr.. Seward, for
instance, rubbing his hands, and counting out
S7,20O,O00 to such usurer rs Count Gortseha-
koff This is round cool sum to pay for an
iceberg, and the more so because our national
debt is about as large and productive as Rus
sian America We can only propose to Count
Gortaohakoff apotbeg and similar bargain How


- IN ho ,;re us for our debt
Year: 1867

1t was fortunate that the Atlantic Telegraph
Company, after successfully laying the cable OF
1856, Immediately repaired that of 1865 The
cable of 1906 has just been broken 10y an ice
berg, and our only line of communication with
the Old World is at present the cable of 1869
The Company expects to repair the damage
Mithnmt delay.
Year: 1867

WILD ANIMALs.-The country appears
to abound in wild animals. at the present
time. The bears in this vicinity have
been seen several times. but have man.
aged to elude hunting parties. We learn
that horse was found on Wolf River,
which had been Filled BY some animal,
supposed to be panther. In Jackson
County. there is panther excitement ;
and q number of colts and cslves have
been killed by the beast.
Year: 1867

DEC IL


The first account was probably founded on
the first report at the telegraph office in North
field. and was in every respect incorrect, giving
no adequate idea OF the horrible slaughter that ac-
tually occurred From Adna Voodry, Of Mont
peer, who was on the train, we learn that it con-
sisted OF passenger ear, tender aud engine, un-
der the charge Of engineer Abbott, the car filed
with men who were returning from dinner to re-
sume work on the bridge. Instead Of shutting IF
steam and stopping the train in time, the engineer
backed the passenger car of the abuiment, the
car falling sixty feet and making summersault,
when the tender followed, crashing through the
passenger upon the mass Of men buried in the
wreck Fifteen dead bodies were taken from the
wreck and several were dangerously wounded.


There were about 90 persons on the train. and
few if any beside those the platforms and tender
jumped OIL so the wonder is that many Of the
men in the car escaped death. We learn that Mr..
Tenney. Superintendent Of bridges, was on the
engine, that the fireman warned the engineer IN
time to shut off steam, and that The engineer him
self can now give no satisfactory reason why he
did not. The track at the spot is on an up grade,
and for that reason it would seem to be easy to
stop the train il properly run Probably the real
reason is that through the frost on the track aud
wheels, the train slipped beyond the point where
the engineer supposed it would rest.


We are indebted mainly TO Col. H. d Hopkins
Of Montpelier, for the following list If casualties.
he having personally visited the scene, aud also
having received list from DR.. George Nichols OF
Northfeld.
Year: 1867

FoR THE FAMmY.-rhe New York Evening
Post, weekly, and the Riverside Magazine for
Young People, will be furnished from the office of
the Post for 50 year, or the Riverside and semi
weekly Post for 81.