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Year: 1877

at least one can holu ones tongue.

 --One of the most important duties devolving upon the Town Council is to look after the condition of the streets and sidewalks of our town. But if we were to judge from the miserable con- dition of some parts of our streets (for instance the sidewalk from Fowler's store east to the corner of that block of lots) we might be led to believe that we have no Town Council. Why not pass an ordinance requiring lot owners on our principal streets to lay down sub stantial pavements? Our town is old enough and large enough to justify the passage of such an ordinance, and we trust we will some day get council with backbone enough to take hold of this matter in earnest. There would be growing of course, but what of that Men who wish to hold town property ought to be forced to keep it in such condition as to be some credit to the town, and if they don't want to do this let them sell out and move to some cross-road blacksmith shop, or some other locality where their indolence and slovenly ways will not retard the growth of the town. The natives of our town should demand of our town council some more decisive action in regard to the improvement of the streets and sidewalks. It may be too far ad- yanced into the winter season to att tempt any work just now but the thing should be agitated and active work commenced as soon as Spring opens.
Year: 1877

Elder Evans, the leader Of the
Shakers, is urging a plan for util-
izing Ne dead" by burying them
about 20 feet apart and planting a
tree over each one, so that the bu-
rying ground will in a few years be-
come beautiful grove or profitable
piece Of woodland, instead of a col
lection of stone memorials Of doubt
full artistic merit. He has a plea OF
justice at the foundation of his
scheme, that, as every man during
his life and ancestors before him
have had their sustenance from the
elements and productions of this
earth, he should be willing in his
death to contribute to the support OF
those who come after him. The plan
has already been carried out on a
small scale at New Lebanon, N. Y,
where burial ground that had be.
come crowded was graded off and
planted with evergreens, all marks
Of the sub-soil occupants of the lor
being obliterated. 8
Year: 1877

Here in Bulgaria, writes correspon.
dent of the Boston Journal, the Russian
horses appear to stand the privations
and hard work better than do their fel.
lows from Roumsnia and Bulgaria. ]
know number of correspondents who
have lost numerous Roumanian horses
just by bit of hard riding necessary to
get a piece OF news to the frontier.
Forbes has killed several horses. But a
good Russian steed hangs ON to life
bravely. These little, sinewy horses are
faithful beyond description ; but they
have terrible tempers. They yell like
demons they watch good chance to
bite the strangers knee as he passes by
on horseback. and when they succeed in
doing it they snort with malicious satis-
faction. A good Russian wagon horse
would not sleep we'll unless he had a
kicking and biting match with some
neighbor quadruped at least two or three
times daily. His temper carries him up
all the steep hills triumphantly he
gnashes his teeth with rage, and bounds
along as if he would exterminate the
hill while the Roumanian horse stops
short, and with discouraged and broken
hearted air will accept all the poundings
showered upon him, but will not move
a step until another animal is hitched in
to help him.
Year: 1877

Christian Heinecker was born at Lu-
beck on the 9th of February, 1921.
When only ten months old he could re-
peat every word that was said to him
at twelve months he knew the principal
events in the Pentateuch by heart; at
two years he learned the historical parts
of the Old and New Testaments; in his
third year he could reply to most ques-
tions on universal history and geography,
and in the same year he learned to speak
Latin and French in his fourth year he
employed himself in the study of religion
and the history of the church, and he
was able not only to repeat what he had
read, but also to reason upon it, and ex-
press his own judgment. The King of
Denmark wished to see this wonderful
child, SO he was taken to Copenhagen,
there examined before the court, and
proclaimed to be wonder. On his re-
turn home he learned to write, but his
constitution being weak he shortly
afterward fell Ill. He died on the 9th
Of June, 1725.
Year: 1877

10 u good mat Wo 40, lot ~ 40 u,


Giving soul and our strength TO the deed
Lot - pisees the hard rock and pass through Il.
And compass the thing that We need.
Docs Yats, - dark cloud. hang over.


And cover our heads from the light2
Dsss hate mark tho heart Of the lovcr2


Must wrong be the victor Of rightg
Yet In Fate there IL freedom for each ono


To make or TO mar a. he will;
And The bolts OF III fortune that reach one


May main, but they never shall kill.
Ever onward aud upward pursuing


The aim that 10 thine for the day,
Adding strength to thy strength by thy doing,
Thou shalt gain II, nor faint by the way.
And though thou art busiest with small things,
Though meniai thy lbsr may be,
DO thy utmost In that and In all things,


Thou still shalt be noble and free.
Dost thou iovo2 lot 1t be with full measure;
Nor mingle with ooldness or hate
or Others tho Joy Of thy pleasure,


The passion that crowns thy estate.
BE to every man just and to woman


De gentle, and tender and true;
For thine own do thy best but for no man
Do less than brother should do.
So living thy days full to number,


In peace thou shalt pass to the grave;
Thou shalt he down and rest thee, and slumber,
Aia'ovsd by the good and the bravo.
Year: 1877

A correspondent gives this reminis-


cence of Senator Morton in the Cincin-


natl Commercial One of the pleasant.


est occasions of that visit to California,


when your correspondent had the honor
of accompanying Senator Morton and


family, was q trip to Virginia City.


Among other places OF interest we


visited was the Consolidated Virginia
mine. Very agreeable arrangements


were made to convey the Senator down


the shaft into the mine. The platform
was covered with canvas and seats were
provided for the party. At the last he
declined going on account of his wife
not being quite strong enough, but he
came and seated himself by the side of
the shaft to witness the descent of other
members of the party. When add
that the ladies were obliged to don a
complete suit of male attire, some idea
will be formed of the undertaking. The
ladies were three in number, two lovely
young girls, the daughter and niece of
Senator Cooper, and an elderly lady,
Mr.. Mackey and another gentleman
comprised the party. The costume of
the ladies was dreadnaught overcoat
worn over blue flannel shirt and cloth
pantaloons. Heavy shoes and slouch
felt hat completed the outfit. On &C.
count of the intense heat of the mine,
the overcoat was worn only in descend
ing and ascending the shaft, and in the
absence of suspenders the pantaloons
we're tied with a tow string tightly
around the waist. The costume of the
gentlemen was not less striking, and no
one enjoyed its ludicrous aspect like
Senator Morton. He laughed immod-
erately, and had the patience to remain
seated until we returned, flushed with
heat and dripping with perspiration.
There was not the suspicion Of curl
left in the locks Of the young ladies,
and they looked as fresh and pretty as a
child Just out Of the bath. Senator
who relished the exit even more
than the departure, said they reminded
him of the old song of the rose just
washed by the rain.
Year: 1877

James CrichtOn was human prodigy.
Before reaching his twentieth year, he
had run through the whole circle of the
sciences, and was b master Of ten Ian
guages, which, from his vast memory,
were as familiar to him as his mother
tongue. Nor was his fame confined
merely to literary excellence +; heseemed
to combine the most discordant qualities,
and was without rival in all corporeal
exercises. It is reported of him, that in
fencing, he could spring at one bound
the length of twenty feet on his antago-
mist, and could use tho sword in both
hands with equal dexterity. He had also
fine voice, and great skill in playing on
musical instruments. His person and
countenance were alike eminently beau
tiful, which served to set off his accom-
plishments; for even virtue never fails to
be still more acceptable in q graceful
form. For the victory he gained on the
4th of February, 1879, over the learned
men Of the University of Paris, he had
conferred upon him the title of cad
mirable." The very next day he attended
fitting match at the Louvre, where, in
the presence of the Court of France, he
bore away the ring fifteen times sue
cessively. The last adventure in which
he was engaged, displayed his extraor-
d'nary spirit and skill in feats of arms.
Rowing about the streets of Mantua one
night during the carnival, and playing
on the guitar, he was attacked by six
men in masks. His courage did not de-
sert him on this critical occasion F; he op-
posed them SO stoutly that they were
glad to fly z; and their leader being dis
armed, threw off his mask, and begged
for his life. How must it have wounded
the sensibility of Crichton to discover in
the suppliant vincentio di Gonzaga, the
son of the Duke of Mantua, whose pre-
ceptor he had been chosen. Instead of
merely granting the forfeited life, which
was all that ought to have been required,
he fell on his knees, apologized for his
mistake, and presenting his sword to the
prince, told him that his highness Was
always master Of his poor existence, and
needed not to have sought his death by
treachery. The brutal prince, either
irritated by the affront which he had re-
ceived, or stung with jealousy, grasped
the profered instrument of destruction
and plunged it into his tutors heart.
Year: 1877

The other night, says the Santa Barbara
(Cal.) Press, a house near the beach was
entered by burglar, long after the in
mates had gone to sleep. The only
occupants were a woman and two
little girls. The man obtained an en-
trance through the window of the room
in which the children slept, and in get
ting in woke one of the girls, who called
out to her mother that a man was in the
room. The mother soon realized the
fact that something was wrong, and
called out to her little girl that she
would get pistol and come in. She
accordingly came in with small bottle
in her hand (she not owning pistol,
and was Just in time to see man crawl
from under the bed and make hurried
exit through the window. The woman
displayed an amount.of presence of mind
and courage not often exhibited in an
emergency like that, even among the
sterner sex.
Year: 1877

| WoCbDeos


RAxRpMAcARoNI.-Use about half a


pound Of macaroni, break UP in pieces,


put it in boiling water and stew gently


for twenty minutes; salt it little; drain


we'll; have ready buttered pudding
dish; place alayer Of the macaroni in
the bottom, then cover with grated
cheese and few Jumps Of butter; then
another layer Of macaroni and more
cheese aid butter until oil is used rpj
add wineglass of cream or milk; bake
covered for half an hour ; then re-
move the cover and brown nicely; servo
it in the bake.dish.


To BOIL TuRKEY.-A delicate hen
turkey should always be selected for
boiling. Pick and draw il, taking great
care not to break the gall-bladder; when
it is singed, cut through the skin round
the first joint of the legs, and draw
them out by fastening the feet to a
strong hook and then pulling the bird
away from it; take of the head and
neck, wash it clean, and wipe it dry; fill
the breast with veal stuffing; in trussing
1t, draw the legs with the body, break
the breastbone, and give the turkey DIS
plump an appearance as you can; put
it into plenty Of hot water and boil it
very gently for about two hours; served
either with celery sauce or good white
sauce.


DRIED APPLE CAKE.-Soak three cup
fuls dried apples over night, then draw
off the water through sieve; chop the
apples slightly, then simmer them in
three cupfu1s Of molasses for two hours;
after that add two eggs, one cupful
sugar, one cupful sweet milk Or water,
three-quarters cupful butter or lard, one
teaspoonful baking powder, flour enough
to make pretty stiff batter; add cinna-
mon, cloves to taste.


GRAHAM BREAD.-Three pints Of gra-
ham -four, one and half pints of white
-four, one-half pint of n1olasses, little
salt, one cupful yeast; mix rather wet
with spoon.


Indications of Good Butter Cow.


It is said that the color of the inside
of the cows ear affords an infallible
guide to the selection of good butter
COW. If the skin on the inside of the
ear is Of rich yellow or orange color
and the lining of the ear is covered with
IN oily secretion, the CON will be sure to
give good quality of milk, rich in
butter.


Cows that produce high-colored but
ter have large amount of the secretion,
the inside of the ear being of an orange
tint. On the other hand, Gght-colored
butter makers present a scanty, thin,
pale yellow secretion, in some cases
found only at the bottom Of the ear,
while the inside lining is Of CORE
spondingly pale, underlined color.
Every male of the bovine family has the
power Of secreting certain amount Of
this oily matter. If the quantity be
large, secretion will take place
freely in the mammary glands, the ear
and the skin. As the test is simple and
costs nothing, it cannot fail to prove
q useful auxiliary to the aairyman and
farmer in their selection of rich mixers.
Indiana Farmer.
Year: 1877

A newspaper is a window through
which men look ont on what is going on
in the world. Without a newspaper q
man is shut up in small room, and
knows little or nothing of what is hap
pening outside of himself. In our day,
the newspaper keeps pace with history
and records it. A newspaper will keep
a sensible man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. 1t is an en-
folding encyclopedia and unbound book,
forever issuing and never finished. Al
ways bear this in mind, and never fail
to take, and, more particularly, pay for
your home paper.-FOgelsvitle pa.
MESSENGER.
Year: 1877

Edging around in front of the animal
the reporter saw that sure enough tube
had been inserted in the windpipe mid
way between the head and shoulders,
through the opening of which the horse
was inhaling and exhaling oxygen with
all the force and capacity Of black
smith bellows. A little inquiry elected
the facts from Mr.. Woodin. The horse
"a fine large black had formerly been
used as a bus horse for the Bellows
House in Rock Island. Some two
months ago the animal had violent at
tack of epizootic-so severe, indeed,
that the larynx, or opening of the wind
pipe, had been swollen shut, and the
horse seemed likely to die of suffocation.
He was then taken to Matt. Fishers
stables, in Davenport, where veterinary
surgeon cut the windpipe as described
and inserted a siphon-shaped silver tube
about six inches in length, through
which the animal obtained his allowance
of air. The tube has thin facing, to
which the straps are attached which
keep it in place. The horse does not
suffer the least inconvenience from the
arrangement. and is as full of life as
ever. 1t will be seen that by this mode
of treatment all strain is removed from
the obstructed larynx, leaving it in the
best possible shape for doctoring. As
soon as the swelling subsidies and the
natural passage is again open, the tube
will be removed, the hole sewed up and
the horse is himself again. As we have
said the horse was used at the Bellows
House before his sickness, but when
Mr.. Jarvis, the present proprietor, took
charge, he shipped the animal down to
his Island Farm, in exchange for one
that was sound, which accounts for the
presence of the horse on our streets, and
consequently for this item.-Muscatine
IoWa) Tribune.
Year: 1877

We all complain of the shortness Of
time and yet have much more than we
know what to do with. Our lives are
spent either in doing nothing at all, OF
in doing nothing to the purpose, or in
doing nothing that We ought to do. We
are always complaining our days are
few, and acting as though there would
be no end of them.
Year: 1877

Humility makes all other grAces amia
bic.


It is easy finding reasons why other
folks should be patient.


Happiness In in taste, and not in
things; and it is by having what We love
that we are happy, not by having what
others find agreeable.


The bird Of wisdom flies low, and
seeks his food under hedges; the eagle
himself would be starved If he always
scared aloft and against the sun.


Pride dries the tears Of anger and
vexation; humility those Of grief. The
one is indignant that We should suffer;
the other claims us by the reminder that
we deserve nothing else.


We cannot be held to what is beyond
our strength and means, for at times the
accomplishment and execution may not
be in our power; and, indeed, there is
nothing really in our power, except the
will; on this are necessarily based and
founded all the principles that regulate
the duty Of man.


A good character is in all cases the
fruit of personal exertion. 1t is not
created by external advantages; it is no
necessary appendage to birth, wealth.
talents or station; but it is the result of
ones own endeavors, the fruit and re.
ward of good principles manifested in
course of virtuous and honorable &C.
tions.


Manners are the happy ways of doing
things; each one stroke Of genius or OF
love, now repeated and hardened into
usage, they form at last rich varnish,
with the routine of life washed, and its
details adorned. If they are superficial,
so are the dew-drops which give such
depth to the morning meadows.
Year: 1877

noSAeslei W. Al SuioA


One day last week 4 young man
living in Geneseo eloped with the
daughter of a wealthy and respected
citizen, the parties for some time pre-
yions having manifested decided
affection for each other. The young
couple went to Mount Morris, where
they took upon themselves the SOL
emn obligation of marriage, but their
present whereabouts are, we believe,
unknown. The young lady's father
was in Albany at the time, on bus
mess, and somebody wrote him that
he had better come home and look
after his daughter. He returned i'm
mediately. On Sunday last he at
tended church The congregation
had just concluded the singing of
the first hymn, when he arose in his
pew, took out his watch, and, ad-
dressing the clergyman, exclaimed:
"There Is a devil in this church, and
l give her just five minutes to leave!"
At the same time he drew revolver
and pointed 1t at a lady seated in a
pew in front of him. That lady was
the mother of the young man who
had eloped with and married the
others daughter. The woman, act.
ing under an impulse Of discretion,
lett the church and things settled
down again to quiet state OF affairs.
Nothing further has been done about
the matter, though the whole com.
munity have made it a subject of
constant talk. 1t seems that the
man who feels SO deeply aggrcived
at what had previously taken place
suppo> es that the elopement was in
stiyated by the young mans moth
err
Year: 1877

Sister Rosanns Morgan, Sister of Charity OF
st. Vincent, died at Nstehsz, Miss, Sunday
morning, May 9th, 1877.


She was born in st. Mary's county, Mary
land, being of one of the old Catholic families
of that State, and she was nearly eighty ears
of age.


The last twenty-five years of her life she
spent at st. Mary's Orphan Asylum, NatcheE
She rendered very great service there by
teaching the larger orphans fne sewing. by
which, in better times, they earned much Of
the support of the Asylum, besides fitting
themselves to make their own livelihood after
they left.


Her death was in some respects SAD ana TO
one less prepared, it might seem terrible but
to o Sister of Charity, and one as faithful and
as humble as che always was, nothing could
be terrible nor unwelcome. that pleased her
Divine Lord and Heavenly Spouse.


On Friday afternoon, the 25th, she fell down
q long flight of steps, on to q brick pavement.
cutting her head severely and breaking her
right wrist. She was taken up insensible
She recovered her consciousness for few
minutes, while she was receiving Extreme
Unction. Another time she asked for the
Holy Viaticum, but before she could receive it
she relspsed into her unconscious state. She
had, however, received Holy Communion that
same morning, and she had received tie holy
Sacrament of Penance but few minutes be-
fore the accident. Indeed, it was for the pnr-
pose of making her confession that she had
gone to the chapel, frem which she was return
ing when sbs/ fell. She had stopped few
minutes with the Superior ard some of the
other Ssters, talking with them very gaily,
and remarkin8 that she felt happy now since
she had got to confession again. The week
before she had been too feeble to 60 to church
on the usual day of confessions.


Her last act was an exercise of watchfulness
as good Sister of Charity.


A little child playing on the gallery was in
some danger of hurting herself, and Sister
Rosanna turned to caution her, just at the
moment that she was herself putting her foot
npon the step. Apparently this turning of hel
head caused her to miss her footing, and
brought about the catastrophe.
Aud SO this last little act of charity filled up
the measure of her services to God and hel
peighbor. The well-ripened fruit fell, and
was garnered into the Treasury of God.
Write: Blessed are the dead irho die in the
Lord, that they may rest from their la6ors. For
their ,rorks follo,o them"


| May she rest in peace.
Year: 1877

An incident which merits q prominent
place among the items of daily occurrence
says the st. Louis WatChmGn, "took place
during the stay of Bishop Ryan at Kansas
City lately. The rector of the Episcopal
church in that city having learned that the
Bishop was to lecture on the popular errors of
PrOtestants concerning the Catholic Church,
decided to attend. He opened the services at
the usual hour in his own church, but dismiss
ed his audience with an invitation to ao-
company him to the hall in which Bishop
Ryan was to lecture. The entrance of the
clergyman with all his congregation caused
quite sensation, and was much relished by
the Catholics of the town. The gentleman
referred to was formerly rector Of an Episcopal
church in st Lonis.e
Year: 1877

An interesting report of the Concert given
in Grunewald Hall on the night of the 29th Of
May, by the musical class under the tuition Of
Miss Ada Hoskins, handed us by . friend. has
been crowded out Of this issue of the STAR.
Year: 1877

two sledge hammer fists and long
arms ready for business, took the
hint to depart, and his companions
went with him. Mr.. Clark was
considerably interested in the epi-
sode, and before he left New York
learned that the fellow he had
talked with was Louis Napoleon,
who was then leading a fast and
reckless life in the metropolis.
When he saw the man again it was
in 1857, but under different circum.
stances. 1t was in Paris, and the
youth had become emperor of the
French, and Mr.. Clark did not
think it advisable to introduce
himself as the person who twenty
odd years before showed fight in
New York.
Year: 1877




Inter-0cean.l


In looking over one Of your mum.
bers | saw where it makes mention
Of Professor Donaldson being lost
in the pineries of Michigan. / was
on the south branch of the Big
Manistee river, some forty miles
east Of the lake, soon after he made
the ascension that this paper speaks
Of, looking for trapping grounds.
| found piece Of white ash about
Eve feet long, five feet of line at
tached to it, with canvas ropes on
to it, the same as a ships sails, and
made fast to the ropes, aud some
other kind of goods made fast to
that, | don't know what it was. A
short way from that | found a
corpse lying face down, no coat or
boots; undershirt, l think, was
silk, and had been torn open from
the shoulder down to the waist
bands of pants. He was so badly
swollen that did not touch him.
i supposed he had been murdered
by the Indians. There was near by
an envelope mailed at Detroit,
Mich, to some one at Chicago
could not make out name-with
some figures on it, suns altitude,
and turn and direction of the wind.
If this is worth anything to his
friends they are welcome to it, aud