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Year: 1874

THE liens which bind relations together
are close and strong; hence the prudence
exercised by parents in the choice of
husband for their daughter, or wife for
their son. The man who marries the
daughter also marries her family, to the
cousin-german. The parents look at
possible husband for their daughter with
view to close and constant association
and they exercise vigilant watch lest her
affections should become engaged in a
quarter not approved by them. The
parental authority is admitted to such an
extent that if the young man were to pro-
pose marriage to their daughter with
out consulting them he would be held as
dishonorable man the proposition is
made to them, and they give the answer,
in some instances without the daughters
knowledge. This brings about solidarity
in the family, composed of members pre-.
disposed to kindliness and sympathy,
and it also gives rise to uneasiness when
new element is presented for admission,
lest it should disturb harmony. Through
Intimacy and sympathy they have accom-
modated themselves to each others hab-
its and caprices, and have succeeded in
living IN the same groove. The French
are much attached to their habits, the
proof of which is, that they can never en-
tlrely accommodate themselves to those of
other lands, but after season of nostalgia
return to those Of their native country.
This tenacity to habit sometimes assumes
form that is ludicrous. Matrimonial
propositions have been refused because
the candidate disliked the game of be-
zique or the novels of Dumas. A possible
marriage connection with foreigner of
different religion and race is regarded
with distavor, and the daughter is kept
away from such temptation by general
holding aloof from foreign intercourse.


There is much going to and fro be-
tween family connections in France, in
the way of dinners, breakfasts, and quiet
parties Of pleasure. Besides the social
intercourse, there are close relations In
practical affairs. If member of the
family entertains a proposition in mat
ter of business, it is submitted to his wife,
and probably to all his immediate con-
nections, before it is decided upon. This
is in striking contrast to the American,
who often concludes affairs involving the
half of his fortune without his wife's
knowledge. 1t is carried to an extent that
is wearisome in France.-Azbert Rhodes,
IN GALAXY for Nay.
Year: 1874

IT would save good deal of trouble if
men who marry clapdestinely would lea We
some clew by which those who survive
them could ascertain to whom their
property belonged. Col. Phillips, of
Pittsburgh, by neglecting that precaution,
has LETT peck Of trouble for his relatives
He died recently and left considerable
property, and his brother and sister were
about to take possession OF it when two
young men stepped up and claimed to be
the legitimate issue Of Col. Phillips, he
having been married secretly to their
mother many years ago. As Col
Phillips has Away been supposed to be
a bachelor this revelation has produced q
profound sensation.-Chicago Times.
Year: 1874

your pony, jack" followed soon after by
another with "Give me a pipeful of
tobacco. and similar requests put period


to his efforts. It was not until the next
day that the injured youth was able to
convince his relative that he had been
made the victim Of practical joke
Year: 1874

The Cincinnati Enquirer offers to bet
five hundred dollars that no fashionable
lady ever goes to bed without first look
ing in her glass, and rival is willing to
risk the same sum that no Cincinnati ed
itor ever goes to bed without drinking
out of his.
Year: 1874

A RUTLAND (Vt.) farmer who had col
for sale the other day let q couple o
young men drive off little distan ce to
try him, they leaving 800 and a
"gold'' watch for security, but they have
not returned, while the watch turns out to
be oroide and the money "queer."
Year: 1874

As with al really safe investment securities, great
strength is lent to our Government bonds as money
accumulates and confidence all inferior securities
diminishes Efforts 10 loan money at high rates OF
interest and get 1t back again when wanted have
failed so generally OF late thar attention is now d-
rected 10 the best things and Of course Our Govern
ment bonds stand at the very head Of these. Should
the gold premium remain where IL Is or fall
still lower, it is Thought that all investors
who honestly pay their taxes Will give
a preference 10 the new five per cents, as producing
a larger net income than any other absolutely safe
security JUST as mar stand now they are really
more desirable 20 Americans than foreigners, TOR
although the latter have their capital III gold and
our countrymen have convert their currency into
coin AT discount the rate OF taxation IN cities,
rs high as per cent In many cases. makes an untaX
able bond that pays per cent equa! TO mortgage
on rca. estate of per cent, TO say nothing OF the
ready convertibihty of the former. The Secretary
Of the Treasury ought 70 have no difficulty IN
marketing all the new Fves without the AID Of syn
d.cates or Intermediates of any klud and the more
generally they are taken by our own people the
better IL viii be for them collectively and indiyid-
ually Within the last two years almost uncounted
millions have been lost in investments that are
worth, on the average less than jO per cent OF
their cost. The following Is Secretary BnstOw's
circular 20 bankers and capitalists, inviting pro-
pOsals for the remaining Sl79,0cOOO0, or any part
thereof. Of the new five per cent bonds
Year: 1874

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph (thus) mean that your sub
serption is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure IN extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons,
but cash alone VIII pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to strict cash
rule. We hope you VIII comprehend
and appreciate the necessity OF e1cH
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor.


T We enter no nsW names on OR
books without the uonsY IN advance.
Year: 1874

Our true humorist is yet to come.
Laughter is apt to make us doubly Sc
rious afterward We do not care to
have our humorist always turning mp,
ike a prize-fghter after each rounds
still smiling bat the coming man viii
not find his welcome less warm for US.
he will know that the nation which
laughs so easily has still a capacity for
deep feeling. Bret Harte.
Year: 1874

1t is really the only illustrated
chronicler Of fashion in the country.
Its supplements alone are worth the sub
scription price of the paper. While
fully maintaining its position as q mir
ror OF fashion, it also contains stories,
poems, brilliant essays, besides general
ana personal gossip Boston Saturday
Evening Gazette.


There never was' any paper published
that so delighted the heart of woman.
Never mind if it does cost you new
bonnet; it will save you ten times the
price in the household economy it teach
os.-[ Providence Journal.
Year: 1874

The Western lumbermen propose to call
a convention for the purpose of seeing what
measures can be taken for the protection
and preservation OF the lumber forests Of
the Northwest. An authority in the mat
ter gives the total pine resources of North
America as 24s, ,44O, 900, 900 feet, and states,
furthermore, that the pine crop % st of the
Rocky Mountains will be used up in five
years. This estimate-the latter part of it
at least-is unquestionably exaggerated, but
then there is no doubt that unless some
measures are taken for the renewal of our
forests, or their preservation, we shall have
lumber famine in the country in less than
a score of years. The lumDermen are not
looking after the matter any too soon. In
Iowa, the railroads have offered to carry
trees for transplanting free OF cost, and
some other State corporations have been
nearly as generous. There is now bill
before Congress providing that any person
who shall plant, protect and keep in good
condition for eight years forty acres of tim
ber on any quarter section of public land
shall he entitled TO a patent of them Mt the
| end of that time.
Year: 1874

THE SEA MoUsE.-The sea mouse is one
of the prettiest creatures that lives under
the waters. 1t sparkles like diamond and
is radiant with all the colors OF the rain
bow, although it lives in the mud at the
bottom of the ocean. 1t should not have
been called a mouse, for it is larger than
big rat. 1t is covered with scales that move
up and down as it breathes, and glitters like
gold shining through flocky down, from
which fine silky bristles wave that con-
stantly change from one brilliant tint into
another, so that, as Cuvier, the great natur
alist, says. the plumage of the humming
bird is not more beautiful. Sea mice are
sometimes thrown up on the beach by
storms.-Hedrth and Home.
Year: 1874

forced Let them feel that they confer a
favor in living with you, that you are
equals, aud the fact Of a few dollars week
does not build up a wall between two wo-
men who need each other.


Dear ladies, don't say this is sentimental
or impossible, but try it in all good faith,
and take the word of one who has known
both sides of the mistress and maid ques-
tion, that ifyou do your part faithfully you
need never again have your substance
wasted, your peace destroyed and your
homo invaded by foreign incapablos.-Iht
IlnSkOn YrnnScrin,
Year: 1874

PENALTY OF GALLASTRY.-A story is
told of a prominent politician which now
for the first time finds its way into type.
Some years ago this gentleman and Senator
Nj were in New York, and about TO em-
bark for Albany on the Drew. An old
German emigrant woman, loaded down
with baggage, happened TO reach the gang
plank at the same time. The noise and
confusion of the scene, as the boat was
about 10 start, bewildered her. Our politi-
cal friend, a gallant man, taking in the state
of affairs at a glance, Immediately relieved
her of the load, and requested Senator
NJ to give her his arm. The upper deck
was crowded with gay people many of
whom recognized the gentleman in question.
Mr.. P then marched them the whole
length of the boat, gracefully waving his
hand, and sxclaiming, "Clear the way!
Make room for the bridal party! y!"-Hdr-
per'S Magazine for January.
Year: 1874

.TEMPER.-A single person of sour,
sullen temper-what dreadful thing it is
to have such an one in a housel There is
not myrrh and aloes and chloride of lime
enough in the world to dsinfect single
home of such nuisance as that; no rich
es, no elegance of mien, no beauty of face,
can ever screen such persons from utter
vulgarity. There is one thing which rising
persons hate tho reputation of more than


all other, and that is vulgarlty but trust
me, ill-temper is the vulgarest thing that
the lowest born and illest bred can ever
bring to his home. 1t is one OF the worst
forms of impiety. Peevishness In home is
not only sin against the Holy Ghost, but
Year: 1874

LET the winds and waves of adversely
blow and dash around you, If they will
but keep on the path of rectitude, and you
will be as firm as a rock. Plant yourself
upou principle, and bid defiance to mis-
fortune. If gossip, with her poisoned
tongue, NEEDLES with your good name,
heed her not. Carry youi self erect let
your course be straightforward, and by
the serenity of your countenance and the
purity of your life, give the lie to all who
would underrate and belittle you"
Year: 1874

CONVENIENT REGULATIoNs.-Tho re-
markable efficacy of red tape is well rep
resented in the case of lady in Halifax,
N. s., who desired the removal OF her dead
cat, and was informed that she must go to
the senior alderman of the ward he would
then tell the mayor, the mayor would tell
the health inspector, tho health inspector
would tell the police, the police would tell
the dead-cat man, and he would tell her
when she could bury the cat herself.
Year: 1874

DIR. %. X. POST would inform his
friends and the public that he is prepared to perform
all operations upon the TEETH in careful and
thorough manner; Contour Filings executed in Gold
and warranted to give satisfaction. Every New Dis
ooyery or Improvement that is Of real value will be
offered to his Patients soon as it is made known to
the Profession. He has the exclusive right to use
Fulsom's Patent IL Brattleboro, which ia the best
thing yet discovered TO retain the plate firmly in the
mouth.


GAS, ETHFR and NARCOTIC SPRAY are used for
extracting Teeth without pain.


Refers to more than two thousand persons that are
wearing teeth made by him.


OFFICE aud RESIDENCE at the Junction OF High
and Green Streets, Bratteboro


Can extract at house


Brattebo:o, oct. Q, 1873. tai
Year: 1874

Information was brought to this city last
evening of horrible death that occurred
near Delta yesterday morning. A colored
man, whose name we were unable to learn,
started to drive team loaded with pro-
visions from his home near Delta to the in
terror of the parish. He had been gone
about fifteen minutes when the team came
dashing back to the house without the
driver. Suspecting something wrong, the
inmates Of the house started to find what
had become of the missing man. They
walked nearly a mile, when they came up
on a scene that almost took their senses
away. The body Of the man was lying in
the road, and huge panther was standing
over it, eating one of the shoulders. The
people raA back to their houses for fire.
arms, and returned to kill the animal.
When they got back the panther was still
engaged eating its victim. They fired, but
did not succeed in killing it. and it ran
away in the woods. They then vert to
the body, and found that the panther had
eaten part Of the head, ono shoulder and
ono foot of. Tho body WAS taken to its
home and inferred Vscks6wy zsmcs, Lay
Is.
Year: 1874

This association of amateurs came strong
ly to the front last night at the Varieties
Theatre, when and where its first compi
mentary performance of the season was
given. To cay the house was rull. but
family describes the eize of the audience
present. 1t was jam, and the filled aisles
and doorways of the auditorium told that
too many tickets had been issued for the
complete comfort of guests. This over
doing of the house will all be remedied in
good time, when the amateurs. this and
other associations, learn that next to an
invitation to be present, guests appreciate
the favor of seat Instead Of q scramble
for places at a private entertainment.
ladies and gentlenen'should feel it possible
for them to come at any hour, and be sure
of welcome and sitting room.


The play chosen and performed was the
semi-historical and romantic drama Of
The Three Guardsmen," arranged in four
acts, and founded on the Dumas novel of
that name 1t was acted with the follow
inD cast:
Year: 1874

Professor Van Benedrn states i'm a for
eign periodical that there are some animals
which. without being parasites. vet cannot
live without aid. and who claim from their
relations sometimes a resting-p!ace by
their side. where they may divide a meal
with their host. Although. for example.
a COpepod Crustacean Is installed i'm the
body of an Ascidian and inrercepts the
passage TO its mouth Of some good titbits,
yet we cannot regard il az parasite.
Should an animal kindly render service to
his neighbor. whether keeping his teeth
in order (as species OF plover. which en-
ters the mouth of the crocodile and re-
moves the debris that the animal from its
immobile tongue cannot get rid of, thus
serving as living toothpick) or, rs the
Opalinas of the rectum Of frogs, in remov-
ing the delictus which encumbers certain
organs. we cannot say that il i parasite.


Ii Is no more a parasite than he who
squats by the side of vigilant and clever
neighbor and quietly takes his siesta, a
does the screech owl in Mexico and the
West, which places itself under the care of
a small subterranean rodent, excessively
alert and vigilant, the Spermophile. Ii is
no more parasite. in pleasant vein, than
he who. like the Remosa. lazily anchors
himself to good swimmer and fishes by
his side, without fatigue to his fins.


There are also mutual service, rendered
among several species, and for this mode
of life Van Beneden proposes the term
mutualism, term which should claim a
place 10y the side of parasitism. In this
category he places those animals, like the
plover mentioned above, which act as n
dentist TO the crocodile. and like the male
frog, which acts as an accoucheur To his
wife in using his fingers as forceps to
bring forth the eggs into the world. The
beef-eater performs surgical operation
each time that IL opens with its beak the
tumor on the back of the buffalo which
contains larva. sit Is an operator who
pays for his keeping. Nearer at home we
see the Startling render in our fields the
same service as the beet-eater In Africa
and can we not say that there Is among
these animals more than a specially In the
art Of healing? We need not forget that
the undertaken Is common parsonage In
nature. and that IL is never without some
profit TO himself or his offspring that this
somber workman (the burying bectle)
turies Lead bodies. There are even some
animals not without some analogy with
the shoeblack or the scourer. and which
perform. with certain sort of coquetry,
the toilet of their neighbors." Such are
the Caligus and Argulus among Crus-
Year: 1874

As my wife at the window one beauti-
fnl day stood watching man with mon
key. cart car.e along with broth OF a
boy. who was driving stout little donkey.
To my wife then spoke, by way Of joke,
There's a relation of yours in the car
riage." To which she replied. when the
donkey she spied, "Ah yes relation BY
MARRIAGE
Year: 1874

We learn that the railroad bridge at the
mouth OF Pearl river, which was swept
away by the recent freshet, has been so far
repaired that the trains on the Mobile road
commenced running over it yesterday. 1t
is expected that the bridge at Pascagoula
will be fully repaired by Sunday, when all
trains on the Mobile road will run regu-
larly as before.
Year: 1874

A new bill has been introduced in the
British Parliament which proposes to es-
tablish courts of registry. in which any one
showing title without flaw may have it
registered as absolutely good, SO that in
subsequent transfers inquiry beyond this
record will be needless, and the tedioua
work of examining separately every link
in a long chain Of title may be dispensed
with. wa 4. sss .a5s
Year: 1874

VERDICT; STARVED" - Deficient
health does not commonly consist in any
special functional arrangement, and still
less in any special organic arrangement,
but is simply this-want of sufficient nour-
ishment. There is, it may be, abundance
of food but then the complicated apparat-
us which ought to convert this blood into
nutritious blood, is not working Alright
and, in this way, multitudnous myriads are
actually starved, slowly and miserably
starved, in the very presence of plenty, and
find their only asylum from wretched
life, in premature grave But it is the
property of certain substances, when re
ceived into the system, to repair this com
plicated apparatus-to urge forward, thai
is, the work Of nutrition. Under the name
of DR.. Gottlieb Fisch's Bitters, we have
preparation which thus urges forward
and that permanently tool A wine glass
full, taken before or after eating, gives botl
increased general appetite, and increased
opacity to digest the food received. Ex
pertinent will verify this.


This subject will be contiued next weel
under The Importance of Health" "
Year: 1874

JERSEY CRY, January 5.-The an
nual report Of the Commissioner Of the
fisheries Of the State OF New Jersey
show that the past fishing season in
the tidal portions Of the Delaware
river was a failure, and that the shore
fisheries generally were uuremunera-
tive
Year: 1874

This delicious and valuable plant can ba.
planted, and ought to be, from now until
the first Of August. But May is good
time for the early crop and. July for tho
late crop. 1t can be raised with not much
trouble, unless the season be very dry aud
much watering is required. Dig trenches
four feet apart, one foot deep and spade
wide, the bottom Of the trench dig up and
cover an inch or two with well-rotted
stable manure or barn yard manure
sprinkle with salt and chop it and inter-
mix well with the soil in the bottom Of
the trench, and let it remain week be-
fore setting the plants. After rain,
draw your plants, trim the roots and bro
ken and decayed leaves, cut the tops off
nearly half the length of the stem and
plant in trenches six inches between the
plants, water freely, cover the trenches
with bushes for few days from the sun;
water every evening until they start to
grow. Keep the earth loose about the
roots and shave in the sides of the
trenches as the plants grow, taking care
not to fill in as high as the top of the
crown of the plant. Never let it suffer
for moisture. Sometimes use liquid n,aA
nure in the trenches, not on the plsnts,
the same also with water made brackish
with salt. 1t is plant native to sea
coasts. An acre in good celery is worth
usually 81 900.


This plant should be grown by every
body more extensively, because everybody
likes it and it sells high, and it is very
valuable for its medical curative qualities.
Those who habituatly use it, fully appre-
ciate its virtues, one of whom, who is re-
liable, thus speaks of its great value as a
recuperator of health:


" have known many men, and wo-
men too, who from various causes had
become so much affected by nervousness
that when they stretched out their hands
they shook like aspen leaves on windy
days, and by moderate daily use of the
blanched footstalk of celery as u salad
they became as strong and steady in lin'b'
as other people"
Year: 1874

Make your preparation in time. Have
your implements in order and on the spot
Risk having too large rather than too
small force as something is almost GER
tain to arise to weaken yaur numbers as
the work progresses. Yeur individual
attention to the preparations, will do much
to insure successful working when the real
labors begin Do not neglect the provd-'
ing of ample harrest stores. This is q
matter not to be slightcd good fare, plen-
ty of it, and time to enjoy it, has great
deal to do with securing satisfaction and
contentmcnt among your hands. Men
working in the heat of the harvest field
need ample provision for their physical
refreshment, and good lunches and cooling
drinks will be found conducive to increase
ed capacity for labor, as well as lead to
health and good spirits in your force
We give receipt, published heretofore,
for cheap but pleasant and refreshing
beverage for hands in the field: A half
gallon of moasses and / pound of pulver-
lied ginger to five gallons Of water stirred
together.