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Year: 1877

Mystic, August 24.-The annual
grove meeting Of the Connecticut Peace
Society was attended by 5000 persons
to-day. The resolutions call on the
President to negotiate an international
arbitration treaty; they ascribe the
panic and business depression to the
war debt and taxation; they attribute
the Indian troubles to bad faith on the
part of the government, and demand
congressional investigation into the
misdeeds Of the army toward the lndi-
ans and insist on sincere peace policy;
also the abolition Of the army; they in
sist that the difficulties between Mexi-
CO and Canada be settled by arbitra-
tion treaty; to the peaceful settlement
of the presidential question they assign
the growth of the peace movement, and
claim that peace principles on both
sides would have prevented the late
strikes.
Year: 1877

| C0ru VI tuo OOD.


An Englishman lately landed pro
pounds to US the following question:


"Will you please inform me as to the


correct rule in etiquette Of eating corr
from of the cob, and whether we should


crunch two or three rows of kernel:
at timep''


If our British friend purchases hot
corn from one of the negro damsels who
sit upon the doorsteps, and in mourn
full chant offer that delicious and nutri-
tious edible to travellers passing up the
Bowery at midnight, he may greedily
yaffie the corn off the cob and crunch
as many rows of kernels at mouthful
as the capacity of his jaws will allow.
If he goes out on coon hunt and builds
fire and roasts in its embers the corn
and potatoes which he has previously
''lifted" from neighboring farmer, and
sits down on the grass to that feast of
the gods with the summer moon hang
ing over him and the neighboring woods
and corn6eld rustling in the gentle
wind, then it will also be good for
him to eat from the cob, with the sim
gle purpose of getting all the satisfac-
tion he can out of the operation. At
family dinner-table, too, where people
have more regard to comfort than style,
no harm will be thought of him if he
takes firm grasp Of the golden ear and
bites as If he meant it, even as one of
Swinburn's heroes would bite the dam
ask cheek of his lady love. On state
occasions even, when 1t Is good to put
on company manners, we should say to
our newly landed visitor, Eat your
corn from the cob, for so firmly fxed
in the heart of every American Is the
conviction that only thus can the es-
sence, the sweetness, the true inward
ness of that glorious and truly free and
independent vegetable be got at, that
no one worth thinking about will pre-
sumo to criticise his action. If he
wears a moustache and likes to keep
his face clean, and is particular about
his hands, it may be better, however,
to forget the pleasure Of the palate and
take his corn cut from the cob and
served in the aboriginal form of succo-
tash. This can hardly be called eating
corn, however, and is a mere makeshift.
As to the proper size of the bites to be
taken in eating corn from the cob, our
correspondent will find that a kind
heaven has regulated that matter
apart from the size Of your mouth-by
the diameter of the ear of corn. A
small ear compels small bites, a large
one compels large ones. In few cases
it is possible to take single row of
kernels. and that should be assumed as
the minimum; in striving after maxi
mum we have only one advice to give
lately arrived foreigners, that is that
they beware of lockjaw. It is of record
that one aspiring scion Of a noble
British house perished miserably years
ago in the far west because he rashly
undertook to eat his first ear Of corn by
biting through the diameter of the cob
instead of following its natural meridian
Of longitude. IN. Y. World. f
Year: 1877

THERE is large pond thirty or forty
feet deep in Chicago, adjacent to the
Halsted street viaduct, where the
strikers and the police had their battles
during the labor troubles. This pond
used to be a favorite fishing and bath
ing resort for the inhabitants living
around it, but there Is no fishing or
bathing there now; a dismal stencil
arises from 1t, and there are mysterious
stories afloat that the pond was made
the burial ground for an untold number
Of strikers slain in the Halsted, street
engagements.
Year: 1877

New Haven, August 24.-At the
meeting of the greenback men tonight
resolutions were passed, calling for the
unconditional repeal of the resumption
act; the full monetization of silver; the
passage of an act making greenbacks
full legal tender and interchangeable
with bonds; opposition to subsidies;
and condeming Secretary Sherman and
calling for his removal.
Year: 1877

Washington, August 24.-The solic-
itor of the treasury to-day decided that
the Secretary of the Treasury is justi-
fed in setting aside a fraudulent claim
against against the Government, al
though the claim has been allowed by
the Southern Claims Commission and
the money for its payment appropriated
by congress.
Year: 1877

PRESIDENT HAYES reception in Ver-
mont and New Hampshire has been
very warm and enthusiastic,as it should
be. The politicians will find out by and
by that his policy Of conciliation and
reform and the restoration of prosperity
Is much more popular with the masses
than they suspect.
Year: 1877

IF the Nez Perces will kindly spare
General Howard, it is probable arrange
ments will be made to promote him to
the position of Associated Press Agent.
He has such a cheerful way of trans
hitting dreary intelligence that his
services in such capacity would be
Invaluable
Year: 1877

SAN FRANCEsco, April 27.-The Board
OF Supervisors to-day adopted a resolu.
ton directing the city and county attor.
ney to bring suit against the Spring Val.
ley Water Company to quit title to
I.obes Creek and Mountain Lake and ad.
iacent lakes, to take measures to bring
the matter before Congess Tor appli.
cation for grants under the rights
OF the United States to apy
part Of the property in question.
Meantime the water company have fore.
stalled the. city in equity in the
Fifth District Court against the citv, in.
volving the title to said property.


A lively discussion occurred a, the
Board OF Health meeting regarding the
disposition, OF the passengers BY the re-
Gently arrived Pacific mail steamer Alas.
ka from China and Japan with the small.
pox on board. The quarantine officer
and some other members Of the Board
very strongly objected to the prompt
ness with which the cabin passengers
were allowed TO land and either take nm
their residence in the city or pursue their
journey East before sufficient precaution
had been taken to prevent dissemination
OF the disease. An effort will be made
to obtain from the Government 4 suitable
hulk for quarantine purposes aud the
Establishment Of quarantine station on
Angel Island, and the management Of the
case OF the Alaska has occasioned much
uniavoFab!e comment in public and pri-
Year: 1877

A little better class of the trampS,
but thorough tramps nevertheless, ha-
bitually haunt The reading-room at the
Cooper Institute and Astor library.
They strive to wear some semblance
of shabby gentility, shave themselves
with razors which they carry carefully
in their pockets all the time, wash
their faces and hands occasionally, and
are seldom seen without paper collars,
even if their coats are pinned tightly
over their breasts TO hide the absenc
of shirts, and their pantaloons are held
together by hundreds OF pins. They
do not frequent those places to read,
but have in the open books before
them excuses to sit in a warm place
1t is really wonderful how well Z
soundly, sleeping hummer will simu
late waketuluess y lot of them used
to frequent Mat Good2rson's in ole
times, and SIT about the stoveto snooze
which annoyed the proprietor to suct
an extent that he took the chairs
away. Then they would lean NJ
against the wall, and sleep standing
Determined to put stop to thel
slumbers, he made u regulation tha
everyone of them should hold a papel
up before him. as If he were reading
whether he could read or not, and j
one went to sleep and dropped hi
paper he should be expelled. They
speedily adapted themselves to circum
stances, and learned to sleep standing
holding the paper up mechanically al
the time. Then he required that the!
should keep one foot moving constant
", to show that they were awake
Even that did not trouble them. The,


would stand W, hold the paper, wae
one foot steadily and still sleep sound
", and some of them, it is averred
acquired such practice in the art of de
ception that they could even do al


this and sleep-with their eyes wild


open. IN. Y. Times.
Year: 1877

"A plan for disposing Of the dead
and at the same time utilizing them
has been suggested and put into oper-
alton on limited scale by Elder
Evans. the local leader OF the Shakers
at New Lebanon, n. Y. 1t Is q plan
that would hardly have originated
with one who did not make the care
full lillage Of the soil 4 part OF his
religion. Elder Evans holds that as
every man during his life draws his
sustenance from the elements and
productions of the earth, he should be
willing in his death to contribute to
the support Of those who come after
him. He proposes therefore to bury
the dead twenty feet apart and plant
4 tree over each, so that the cemeteries
of the future will develop into beau
,itul groves or profitable pieces OF
woodland. This plan has already
been tested at New Lebanon, and
quite thrifty array of overgreens ls
rising ABOVE the remains OF deceased
Shakers. There might be consider
abe discrimination exercised it this
plan became generally popular.-
Above the strong man set the germ
of stalwart oak, and over the grave
of beauty the elm or the willow might
droop. The soft sap maple would
fifty sym6olize youthful poets, over
borne by the weight of genius and
carried away by the flood tide of
sentiment. Nature has monuments
for all, and it would be much more 10
the credit of dead people to help raise
their own than to bankrupt their
relatives in raising monuments tor
them
Year: 1877

Packard in retiring from the contest in
Louisiana wrote a letter bitterly review
ing the course pursued by the general
government and concluding as follows: {:
Had the General Assembly continued in
session in the State House I should have
deemed it my duty to have asserted and
defended the government to the last, not
withstanding the withdrawal of the troops,
but with the Legislature disintegrated and
no prospect of present success, cannot
task your tried fidelity by asking you to
longer continue to aid me in the struggle
l have thus far maintained. therefore
announce to you that am compelled to
abstain for the present from all active as
scrtion of my government. waive none
of my legal rights but yield only to SUI
perior forces. I am discouraged by the
fact that one by one the Republican State
governments of the South have been
forced to succumb to force or fraud or
policy.


Louisiana, the first State rcllabilitatcd
after the war is the last State whose gov
crnment thus falls and believe it will
be among the first to uprisc itselfagain to
the place of equal and honest, representa-
ton. advise that you maintain your
party organization and continue to battle
for the rights of citizenship and free gov
ernmcnt. We strive for these and not for
man or men. 1t grieves me beyond cx-
preston that the heroic efforts you have
made and the cruel sufferings you have
undergone to maintain Republican prin-
ciplcs in Louisiana have had this bitter
Al T. H.
stood by me in the long contest we have
passed through tender my heartfelt
thanks and to all cousel peace, patience,
fortitudc and firm trust that eventually
right and justice will prevail.
Year: 1877

The reports which arc published in tie
Ecening Post to-day with respect to tic
condition and management Of the Equita-
bic Life Assurance Society scarcely need
extended comment. 1t is manifest that
il. these reports VIC have an exact and full
setting forth of all tho facts which can
possibly concern the public; that there has
been no disposition on the part OF the So
cicty's officers to shum examination or to
make conccalmcnt; and that the voluntary
committee. from which one of the reports
comes, have not hcsitatcd to criticisc tree
ly whatever they have found in the man
a.cmcnt deserving of Censure. In
word, the reports arc what they ought to
be. and they will have the fullest weight
with the public.


The conclusion to be drawn from them
is that the company is entirely sound, and
that it has never been otherwise. They
serve, even at time Of much uncertainty
and suspicion, to restore full confidence in
the society, whose management is thus
cxllipitcd to the public: and the manage
ment we must confess seems to have been
characterized by great enterprise and en-
crgy coupled with much skill. Even the
large expenditure on the buildings Of the
company in New York and Boston is
found to yield combined return of 5.12
per centum net. Prcsuming that every
body has read the reports it is not ncccs-
sary to quote from them here. but they
must be very gratifying reading to the
policy holders. who thus find their trust
has not hccn misulaccd
Year: 1877

John b. Cough related the following
pathetic episode in lecture at St. Louis
recently:


A story was told of a street boy in
London who had had both legs broken
by dray passing over them. He was
laid away in one of the beds of hospital
to die, and another little creature of the
same class was laid near by, picked up
with famine fever. The latter was al
lowed to lie down by the side of the lit
tie crushed boy. He crept up to him and
said:


"Bobby, did you never hear about
Jesus2'


mo, I never heard of him."


"Bobby, I went to mission school once,
and they told us that Jesus would take
you to heaven when you died, and you'd
never have hunger any more, and no more
pain, if you axcd him."


II couldn't ask such a great big gen
tleman as he is to do anything for me.
He wouldn't stop to speak to boy like
me-"


"But he'll do all that if you Ak him."


"How can l Ak him if I don't know
where he lives, and how could get there
when both my legs are broke?"


Bobby, they told me at mission school
as how Jesus passes by. Teacher says he
goes around. How do you know but
what he might come around to this hos.
pital this very night? You'd know him
if you was to see him."


But I can't keep my eyes open. My
legs feel so awful bad. Doctor says III
die"


Bobby, hold up your hand, and he'll
know what you want when he passes BY


They got the hand up. It dropped
Tried again. It slowly fell back. Three
times he got up the little hand, only to
letit fall. Bursting into tears, he said:
Year: 1877

Never give up decaying rosebud till
you have tried watering it two or three
times a week with SCOT tea. Make the tea
with boiling water, from SCOT taken from
the chimney or stove in which wood is
burned. When cold, water the bush wi b
it. When it is up, pour boiling water on
the SCOT second time. Rosc-buds treated
in this way will often send out Thirty
shoots, the leaves will become light and
thick, the blossomc will greatly improve
in size and be more richly tinted than be-
fore.
Year: 1877

give It up"


Bobby lend me your hand; put yer
elbow on my piller:1 can do without it. }"


So one hand was propped up. And
when they came in the morning the boy
lay dead, his hand still propped up for
Jesus. You may search tho world and
you cannot find . grander illustration of
simple trust than that Of the little hoy
who had been to mission school but once.
Year: 1877

A thrilling scene occurred at Fishkill
Landing depot Wednesday morning. The
upward bound passenger train, due here
at ten q. m, had just arrived at the sta
ton, and forty or fifty passengers had
started to get on and off when the st. Louis
Express, bound south, and which does not
stop at Fishkill Landing, came thunder
ing around the curve just north Of the
station. No alarm of the approach of the
train had been given. 1t was behind
time, and running at the rate of forty
miles an hour. Its track in front of the
station was filed with men and women.
The men who saw the tain coming ran
shouting in every direction, women
screamed and cried for help, and bystand-
ers turned their heads, fearing to see at
least dozen persons cut to pieces. One
or two women grasped the iron railing at
tached to the platforms of the up train,
and tainted as the men crowded them as
close to the train as they could. Onelady,
Mrs. Frank Brown, of Newburg, was
crossing the track to get on the up train,
but when she reached the centre of the
down track the express was close upon
her. With great presence of mind she
turned and run back as the train thun-
dered by, the. pilot of the engine justmiss-
ing her dress. Men on the west side of
the swiftly-speeding train were thrilled
with horror, as they expected that the
people who were clinging to the railing
of the upward bound train had been drawn
by the frigbtful suction under the wheels
of the passing express. Luckily, however,
no one was hurt. 1t was a terrible scene,
and by those who so miraculously escaped
will be remembered till they die.-Pough-
.keensie IN z EaQle.
Year: 1877

AN ACT to amend section 16, of chapter 130 of


the general laws of 1868, entitled An act to


provide for the assessment of property for tax-


alton and the levy of taxes thereon"


The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-


sented N senate and assembly, do enact as fol-


lows:


Section J.. Section sixteen of chapter one hun
dred and thirty of the general laws of 1868, is
hereby amended by inserting after the word
" view. in the second line the following: :. In
towns containing one hundred and eight square
miles or less: but in towns that contain more
than one hundred and eight square miles, real
property shall be assessed either from actual view
or the best information that the assessor can
practically obtain, except improved lands,
which shall be assessed from actual view"
so that said section, when amended, shall
read as follows: Section 16 Real property
shall be valued by the assessor from actual view,
IN towns containing hundred and eight
square miles or less; but in towns containing
more than one hundred and eight square miles.
real property shall be assessed either from
actual view or the best Information that the
assessor can practically obtain except i'm
proved lands. which shall be assessed from
actual view, at the full value which could
ordinarily be obtained therefor at private sale
and which the assessor shall believe the owner
if he desires to sell, would accept in full pay
ment In determining the value the assessor
shall consider, as to each piece, It's advantage OF
disadvantage of location. quality of SOIL guam
tty and quality Of standing timber, water priv
Year: 1877

To begin with the lady. Her locks
were strained upward over an immense
cushion that sat like an incubus on her
head, and plastered over with pomatum,
and then sprinkled over with a show of
white powder. The height of this tower
white rosebud lay on top. like an eagle
on hay stack. Over her neck and bosom
was folded a lace handkerchief, fastened
in front with bosom pin containing her
grandfather's miniature set in virgin gold.


Her airy form was braced Up Ia q satin
Year: 1877

AN ACT to require service of notice of appGca-


hon for tax deeds in certain cases.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-


sented n senate and assembly, do enact aa


follows:


Section l. In all actions brought in any
court for the foreclosure of mortgage on real
property, if due notice of the tendency of such
action shall be filed in the office of the register
of deeds of the proper county, and the plaintiff
or his attorney in such action shall file notice
of the pendency of such action with the county
clerk of such county; and the said county clerk
shall note upon the books of tax sales in his
office, opposite all tax certificates upon such real
property the fact of such fling, and thereafter
no person shall receive any tax deed upon any
tax certificate upon the land described in such
notice of pendency of action, without giving
notice in writing to the plaintiff his attorney
of application for such deed, at least thirty days
before receiving such deed, and any deed issued
in violation of this act shall be void.


Section g This act shall take effect from and
after its passage and publication.


Approved March z, 1877. Is COPY.
Year: 1877

A warning is sent to all cities to
clean out their sewers, bv Sacramento,
CAL, which was shaken from center to
circumference, few nights ago, by
tremendous explosion. The carbonic
acid gas il a sewer had blown up street
for more than half mile, shaking the
houses in the neighborhood. killing one
man and injuring several
Year: 1877

CHAPTER I65.


AN ACT to amend section 80 of chapter 130 Of
the general laws of 1868, entitled An act to
provide for the assessment of property for
taxation and the levy of taxes thereon"
The people of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
sented III senate and assembly, do enact az
follows:


Section l. Section thirty-two (32) of chapter
one hundred and thirty (13O) of the general laws
of 1868, entitled "An act to provide for the as
sessment of property for taxation and the levy
of taxes thereon" is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows: Section 80. The treasurer Of
each town, incorporated village or city, shall
execute and deliver to the county treasurer of
his county, a bond, with sureties to be approved
as hereinafter provided, in the penal sum of
double the amount of state and county taxes
apportioned in his town, incorporated village or
city, conditioned for the faithful performance
of the duties of his office, and that he will ac-
count for and pay over according to law all
state and county taxes which shall come into his
hands. The said bond and sureties thereof of
the town treasurer shall be approved by the
chairman of the board of supervisors of the
town. and the said bond and suretes thereof of
any incorporated village or city treasurer shall
be approved by the county treasurer of his
county. The county treasurer shall give to said
town, village or city treasurer receipt for said
bond 80 approved, and file and safely keep said
bond in his Office.


Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.


Approved March z, 1877. sB COPY.
Year: 1877

been graZed of,annually. and this eXhausts
the soil quite as readily a+ the production of
cereal crops. Bhe same holds true OF other
sections Of the country where the yield OF
wheat is decreasing. Proper fertilization of
the land is not resorted to in order to COM
pensate in some measure foy Systematically
drawing off the phosphates in successive
crops. Wheat is exactly what it was thirty
years ago, but the lane. Is not.


AS long, therefore, as the wheat belt is not
shifting from atmospheric causes, there is no
reason for drawing dark pictures of the f,l-
ture. The difficulty is one which time and
phosphates will remedy. We say that time
IS necessary before wheat growing can again
become profitable in some parts of the coun-
try, because many localities are too near the
recently settled portions to compete by
means of careful cultivation with the enol-
nous crops which reward the scant tillage
of their neighbors. That the wheat belt is
shifting, all acknowledge, and that it is
shifting from the cause just mentioned is
demonstrated by the fact that more wheat is
now raised than formerly, and greater
number of bushels per capita. The theory
that atmospheric changes are diminishing
the extent Of our wheat area, is absurd.
Wheat has wider range than almost any
other plant, and time will show that with
careful cultivation our wheat fields are mex
haustible. Our Malthusian friends should
hunt up some other more promising subject
on which to base thei" prophecies.
cav Miller ttf
Year: 1877

ulaflons' But it will not do to attempt il
and only do the work by half; only the best
breeds OF hogs will pay. The farmer who
leeos common razor back" or "hazel
splltter,' is throwing his produce away. or
at least taking it to an Improbable market.


we should be pleased to hear from some of
our farmer friends upon this subject. for in
Our opinion there is no slrer or more lucra-
tive business for a farmer of limited means.