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Year: 1877

1HE RAIN PRosPECTs.-There is no


subject in this county at the present tina


OF so great interest as the probabilities
OF the mining season. 1t has been usn.


ally held here that unless Bally - sbows


a good bed of snow before New Year


the season will not amount to much for


mining. Such may be the case for the


heavy claims in Weaver Basin and other
places, each Of Which requires large


body of water to work it, while the snow


beds OF the higher mountains make the
water supply hold out until late in the
Summer. The depth of snow will of
course depend upon the character of tbe
storms that occur during the first months
OF winter. II the rains be warm snow
will not form, while if they are cold it
Will. Mr. George L. Noonan informs
Us that when the thermometer stands at
460 or less in the basin while storm is
in progress, snow is falling on the mount
ans, the lower the temperature the lower
the snow line will be, and at 400 and un-
der it will snow in Weaverville.


We subjoin an ana lysis of the rain rec
ord kept at San Francisco from 1919 up
to the close Of the season last wear. The
extract is taken from the Bulletin's
babies. To those who think the rainfall
OF season is governed by the amount
that falls before the close of the year this
table will be interesting. There appears
to be no rule by which the atmospheric
phenomena is governed which extends
through the whole winter. There are
seasons when heavy rainfall has pre-
ceded the 1st Of January and been fol-
lowed by light storms for the remainder
OF that year. Other sea sons, again, show
light amount Of rainfall prior to the lst
of january and heavy storms after that
time, while some show uniformity before
and after. We should say to judge by
the figures here presented, that there is
no reason to be alarmed at the present
outlook. 1t must be borne in mind that
we get much heavier amount of rain
than falls in the latitude of San Francis
co. The rain gauge of Mr.. Noonan
shows that for the time a rain record has
been kept at this place, that the rainfall
of this county is always more than dou-
BILE that which falls at the Bay. The
Bulletin table will be interesting to pre-
serve for future reference. The first col
umn shows the season the second the
amount Of rainfall from July 1st to Jan
ua'y lst; the third from January lst to
the July succeeding, and the fourth the
total rainfall for the year. No rain rec
ord was kept in this State prior to 1919.
Year: 1877

The END.-With the present number
closes the Twenty-Second Year and
Volume of the TRINITY JOURNAL. There
are many residents Of the county whose
names do not appear upon our Subscrip-
ton Book, but should be there, and to
these we would suggest that as the New
ear commences with next week, it will
be most appropriate time to subscribe.
Send in your names.
Year: 1877

GOOD SToRM.-A genuine old fashion
ed storm set in Saturday. and before it
finally held up SO inches Of rain fell
Snow formed quite low down on the foot
hills and a few flakes fell in the BASIN
One or two more such storms would save
the season.
Year: 1877

BY way Of comparison the following
figures taken from the record keptby Mr..
N'oaan will show something of the differ
crcnce in the storms here and at San
Francisco. No regular record WAS kept
here previous to 1872
Year: 1877

CHRISTMAS DANCE.-The dance ut the
Theater on Christmas night was entered
into with good spirit and kept up until
between three and four in the morning.
Between forty and fifty couples were
present, including number from June
ton and Douglas City.
Year: 1877

AT HoME.-Hon. j. G.. Montague and
wife returned Monday from the Capital
City. The Doctor availcd himself of the
holiday recess to make his constituents a
visit. He will return in season to resume
his legislative labors on the re assemL-
ling OF the Legislature next week.
Year: 1877

PAY UP.-One week from Monday
State and County Taxes become delin-
quent and five per cent, will be added
Poll Taxes that arc unpaid have yet an
other dollar added to them. Those yet
delinquent will see the stern necessity ex-
isting for settlement TO be made at once
Year: 1877

We cannot too strongly urge the ne
eessity of proper care of farm imple-
ments. This care especially consists
in housing, painting aud repairing, in
return for which we have tools that
are better, that will wear longer, and
that will be less liable to break, as
well as vastly more convenient to use,
the total result of which is "econo-
N.Y."


Every farmer should make it rule
to keep his tools under cover when not
in use, There are always corners
enough in the barn, where hoes, shov-
els, ploughs and harrows can be stored
away at any time without being in the
way. At trifing expense shed can
be built, in which may be kept the
wagons, carts, moving machine, etc. !;
it will take no longer to run them un-
der the building than to leave them in
the field.


Furthermore, every farmer should
see that his tools are kept in good or
der. When any part Of an implement
gets out of place, or is broken, the ad-
joining parts sustain greater wear, and
in a short time are beyond repairing.
Nuts, bolts and screws become loose,
admitting dust, and gravel, and caus-
ing unnecessary friction, which is more
wearing than actual work. AS soon
as any part becomes weak it should be
repaired at once. We once knew a
thrifty farmer who made it a rule to
repair everything before it was broken,
and we presume he was saved many
vexatious delays. Another important
matter not to be overlooked is the use
of paint; a good coat of brown paint,
that costs but little, will exclude the
moisture to considerable extent, and
prevent decay.


Proper care and q neat look will in
sure better tools and better handling,
since every one prefers to use an i'm
plement that is bright and polished to
one that is rusty and weather-beaten,
and in the matter of service the one
will last until literally worn out, while
the other is liable to give out when
least expected.


1t has been stated that implements
are not made of SO good material as
formerly, and that many of them are
too light for hard service, but we be.
lieve these, especially the former, tc
be mistaken ideas. The material is o1
small consequence compared with the
treatment the tool receives. 1t is true
that good steel and good wood work
are better than poor; but rust and de-
cay will soon destroy either. Many
Of the best and toughest varieties o,
timber if exposed to the weather, will
decay quite as soon as the poorest.


Economy is term which we have
seen used in almost every journal thai
we have read for the past three years
and doubtless every shiftless farmer il
New England thinks he is really eco
nOmical, but when we pass their hous
es, and see expensive implements an(
wagons standing out in the hot SUI
and the soaking rain, we are prone tt
remark that with such, ct least, econ
omy is g tdrce.-American Cultivator
Year: 1877

rates between your soul and Christ is
sin, at least to you. The door of the
closet must be shut on it. That closed
door ought to shut out Incidence.
"Believe me-" said Samuel TAYLOR
Coleridge, "to pray with all your
heart and strength; with the reason
and the will; to believe wildly that
God will listen to your voice through
Christ, and verify do the thing he pas
seth thereupon-that is the last, the
greatest achievement Of the Christian
warfare on earth" Ard Coleridge
agrees with Scripture. What we read
as TO the "effectual, fervent prayer"
ought to be rendered the energetic,
aoorking prayer. We must pray as
though prayer we're real; only thus
can it be real. That closed door ought
to shut out hurry. 1t is the patient,
silent quiet Of the closet that we need.
l think of these words of James Mar
tineau-"There it is-in such patient
silence-that We accumulate the in
ward power which we distribute and
spend in action that the soul acquires
greater and more vigorous being,
and gathers up its collective sources
to bear down upon the piece-meal diff
ficulties of life and scatter them to
dust there alone can we enter into
that spirit of self-abandonment by
which we take up the cross of duty,
howeverhe heavy, with feet however worn
and bleeding" To such high and in
vigorating silence, hurry is quick
death. Often we must leave hurry
outside that closed closet door. But
what is that closed closet door to shut
in7 God-God and our own souls.
Robert Burns lamented that he could
not ''pour out his inmost soul, with
out reserve, TO any human being, with
out danger Of one day repenting his
confidence" But there Is q secret
oracle where the soul may utterly tell
forth itself. Shut thy door on your
self and God. Tell him of your beset-
ting sins and temptations, troubles,
infelicities, perplexities--the greatest,
the least; let him speak to you, breathe
upon you, quiet you, strengthen you.
And though none but God and your
own soul shall know what goes on in
side that shut door, all shall know
that something mighty and beneficent
has gone on inside Of it; you shall
come forth so calm, so shining and SO
strong. The symbol of strong life
is the shut door.-Methodist.
Year: 1877

A writer in the Philadelphia Times
says it is not to be wondered at that
the average dairyman of our state is
puzzled to know what to do for the
best. Prof. Wilkinson tells him plain
ly that nothing but shallow
pans and subearth ducts will do;
while Prof. Hardin is equally certain
that deep pans (20 inches) sunk to
the rim in water, at a temperature of
so degrees, alone insure the largest
yield Of the best quality Of butter I;
and now both of these are overtopped
by the new Cooley system, which pro-
poses to inclose the milk in a deep,
narrow can, with water-tight lid and
sink it under water, which is carefully
kept at low temperature by the use
of ice.


Our own experiments satisfy us that
both extremes are right, provided GER
tain rules, as unalterable as those Of
the Medes and Persians, are observed.
At a temperature above 600, deep
cans will not do; the milk will usually
sour before all the cream reaches the
surface. When this temperature is
unavoidable, shallow and broad pans
will give the best results. When cold
water is abundant and the means of
keeping it at SOC or lower are at hand,
it will be found that cans, 20 inches
deep and eight or nine in diameter, will
save much labor, and at the same time
make quite as much and better butter.
Those dairymen whose situation is
covered by the first case, should be
cautious in the use of deep cans. 1t
is no doubt for the want of proper OBJ
servance Of these simple rules that we
now have conflict of sentiment as to
the comparative merits of deep and
shallow sitting.


In this connection, Philip Hazard in
''Butter and Butter Making" says -
'1t is mooted question as to the
depth the pans shall be filed for set
ting the cream, and the arguments are
strong for both deep and shallow pans,
those who argue the matter generally
remaining firm that their own way is
the best. Those in favor of deep pans,
which should hold about the twelve
quarts, or rather deep setting of the
milk, argue that the cream will rise to
the top under all circumstances, and
Year: 1877

therefore there is less exposure to the
air to become contaminated or cheesy
and form into a skin, as it will do if
exposed too long. Now this objection
is obviated if the milk is SKINNED reg
ularly every day, as it should be. We
favor the shallow setting of the milk,
say from three to four inches, as we
believe there will be more surface to
receive the cream, and the whole of it
will rise, and less will be retained in
the milk from any effort to rise. If
the air of the milk-house is kept pure,
and so that the winds will not blow
over the surface of the pans, the cream
will come out right; if disturbed while
the cream is rising, it becomes agita-
ted too much for the perfect separa-
ton of the two.
Year: 1877

RED PEPPER AND PoULTRY.-A cor
respondent of the Poultry Bulletin
says: l do not know whether other per-
sons who raise poultry and pet birds
are as much dependent as | am on red
pepper; but l have found so much
benefit from its use in my poultry
yards and cages that it may not be
amiss to call the attention Of others to
its good qualities. do not speak of
the article that is sold in drug stores
(and sometimes not remarkably fresh) =,
but Of the capsicam that grows in our
gardens. l have tried all the different
varieties and find that the most pung-
ent and efflcscious is the small kind
usually known by the name of "bird's
pepper" The plant in itself is beau
tiful object it grows about two feet
high, and in autumn its bright little
scarlet berries look like coral beads
peeping from under the dark, green
foliage, Indeed, one plant in a pot
seems very pretty ornament for a
flower stand, The seed possesses a
stimulating and reviving property, and
| find that two or three given to newly
hatched chickens, if they are weakly,
have most happy effect. II hen
looks feeble after moulting, six of these
berries or pods, given daily, in some
corn meal and sweet milk improves
her wonderfully. Last summer two of
my finest canaries began to droop.
Every day l gave them each one seed
of the "bird pepper" and in less than
week they were quite well. The
same remedy is invaluable for mock
ing birds.
Year: 1877

The secret of preserving eggs is in
excluding the air, sealing the pores
of the shell. This may be done by
dipping the eggs in melted tallow and
afterwards packing them in bran, layer
upon layer, covering the uppermost
well with bran, or salt may be used
instead of bran, or water saturated
with lime and salt is also good. An
English lady, an experienced poultry
breeder, has preserved eggs in this So
luton, keeping them for several years
without a single failure. -Fanciers
Journal.
Year: 1877

A Derry correspondent of the News
Letter writes as follows: "Don't kill
the crows, even though they raise a
little corn on their own hook. A farm
er in our town shot one last week, and
found his crop literally packed with
potato beetles. There are meaner BIZ
peds than crows" We are informed
that a Londonderry farmer is this year
successfully fighting the bugs with a
little army of guinea hens, and there
are some who claim that ducks will
earn an honest living destroying the
bugs
Year: 1877

AT the bar, or in debate, Webster was
more like an earthquake; but Choate
was a whirlwind. A late number of the
american Laa0 Reviea0 gives this picture
of the latter while making a plea:


When greatly excited, he appeared to
be almost in convulsions. every fiber in
his body quivering with emotion, his
face ashy pale, his eyes flashing, his
gestures most violent; and he would
shout, and even scream, with all the
force of his lungs. He did not, Sin the
torrent, tempest, and, as 1 may say,
whirlwind of his passion, beget tenn
perance that gave it smoothness." Like
a highmettled steed, he was off at ire
mendous rate from the word COOP and
he kept up or increased the pace to the
end of the course. When l have seen
Choate employ two extraordinary instru-
ments of expression-his nose and his
heels-drawing in the full volume of his
breath through large nose with noise
heard all over the room. and then, to
double the force of the expression, clos
ing his sentence by coming down on his
heels with a muscular effort which
shook the whole courtroom; when
heard of his tearing his coat from top tt
bottom by the violence of his gestures
1 was pleased at reading that a gentle
man in England told Choate that he haC
frequently seen Erskine, in addressing :
jury, jump up and knock his fee
together before he touched the foo
again.
Year: 1877

cidents quite unscathed and unmarried be-
fore. l knew that few women would choose
to marry very hideous man, consequently
1 concocted a disguise which fancied would
make me repugnant to the least particular Of
the fair sex.


Allow me to lay at your feet my crutches,
which 1 never needed, thank Heaven; my
hump, which was a feather pillow; the skull.
cap, which did not hide bald pate, and all
my bandages and patches. The vermilion
which adorned my nose 1 have removed
with little water and though 1 obtained
my invitation to dinner under false pre-
tences beg to be allowed to pay my respects
to you in proper person, and to apologize
for my trick, which, after all, dear madam,
was only tit for tat.


At first Elsie was unreasonably angry,
but her anger did not last long.


They met at dinner, and before they
parted it was quite concluded that they
should carry out the wishes of their
parents by agreeing to dine together al
WAYS,
Year: 1877

Ayoung man on Calumet Avenue has
for some time past been trifing with the
affections of a young woman. They were
to have been married last October, but
the ceremony has been postponed sew
eral times, and couple of weeks ago
the young man proposed that they should
still further postpone it till after the
4th of March, when business had revived,
and the vexed question of the presidency
was finally settled. A few days ago he
observed with some curiosity that when
ever he called on her she was reading a
book that didn't look like a novel or
family Bible, which she invariably con-
cealed with singular ostentation when
he entered. One day he saw from its
binding that it was legal book, and as
she was carryingit away, piece of paper
fluttered out of it and fell upon the floor.
He picked it up unnoticed, thrust it into
his bosom, and when he got home
opened it. What was his surprise and
qualification on opening it to find that
it was an abstract of law of breach of
promise, with all the celebrated cases,
showing to mathematical nicely how
many squeezes of the hand, packages of
gum drops, sleigh rides, conterminous
and coordinate joint occupation of one
rocking chair, taking to theaters, etc.


were in the eye of the law equivalent to
an engagement of marriage; also, what
damage could be obtained, and probable
cost of an action, ETC., etc. There was
also an opinion by a prominent criminal
lawyer to the effect that where the de-
fendant was dry-goods clerk on linn
tied salary it would hardly pay to sue
him, except to force him into marriage,
since all that could be received from him
would infallibly be consumed in legal
expenses. "If however" continued the
lawyer, "you should shoot defendant,
l have not the slightest doubt but that
l can secure your acquittal at the hands
of an intelligent and disinterested jury
in fact, l am willing to stake my pro-
fessional reputation upon it, and lend
you a revolver. If the tragedy is con-
Quoted in dramatic fashion, and we
have good, lively trial, the chances are
that their notoriety will bring you sew
eral advantageous offers, while your sue
cess in the lecture field will inevitably
be assured. The young mans hair stood
on end when he read this thenhe wrote
to the girl that he had only suggested
these many postponements to try her
faith to the utmost; that it had come
forth like gold from the crucible seven
times hotter than it could be heated and
altogether lovely, and that if she would
only name the happy day which he
painted for as the hart for the water
brooks, he would be there every time.
When the girl received this. her heart
overfowed with emotion, and softly
whispering to oherself: My grandmother
| ducks |" she wrote to him that Tuesday
next would do for her. No cards.
Year: 1877

The French papers tell us of a Won
derful invention, which will enable the
feeblest among us to witch the world
with noble workmanship. The horse Of
the future is not to be driven by ordi-
nary reins, but by electricity combined
with them. The coachman is to have
under his seat an electromagnetic appa-
ratus, which he works by little handle.
One wire is carried through the rein to
the bit, and another to the crupper, so
that current once set up goes the en-
tire length of the animal along the spine.
A sudden shock will, we are gravely as
sured, stop the most violent runaway or
the most obstinate jibber. The creature,
however strong and however vicious, is
at once transformed into a sort of inof-
fensive horse of wood, with the feet
firmly nailed to the ground. Curiously
enough, the opposite effect may be pro,
duced by succession of small shocks,
Under the influence of these the veriest
screw can be suddenly endowed with a
vigor and fire indescribable, and ever
tine Rosinante of Don Quixote would
gallop like Derby winner.
Year: 1877

Tune: 'Lochaber No More"
Farewell to bonnie Scotland and banks Of the Tay,
To her lochs and her mountains and deep sounding


bay;


Farewell to Glen Syon, its birk woods so green,
Where oft in life's morning how happy I've been.
The bark rides at anchor far out in the bay,
Her sails are unfurled, no longer will stay,
To bear me and mine to far distant shore,
Maybe to return to Glen Syon no more.
o, dark was the morning, and deep was the woe
When the home Of the clansman was sold TO the


foe;


When the sword and the spear were left idle to rust
And the pride of the chieftain lay low in the DUST
Weep, weep for Culloden and mourn for the brave
Who fell in the battle their country to save;
But honor the clansman, the faithful and true,
Arrayed in his tartan and bonnet Of blue.
o, deep is the anguish and pain of my heart,
From friends and from country forever to part;
The home of my fathers no more will see,
Nor the old heaththatched cottage dear unto me.
But time rolls along, like swift mountain stream
And the past flies away, like night-hitting dream,
And the hopes Of my youth time can never restore,
For I'll never return to Glen Syon once more.


-Lndianapolis People.
Year: 1877

THE mildness of the weather must
be a subject for execration to buyers
Of dead hogs, but it is like an in
stal!ment of summer to those weary
of the confinement induced by win
tpr's frost and storms.
Year: 1877

as and Charing Cross were made in
fifty-six and a half minutes. A
halt at Charing Cross for four min
utes for water, and then on again
with the same overpowering veloc-
lty. But go as fast as it might the
Canada Southern train could not
overtake the sun; it sank, and
nightfall came on. Then could be
seen the work of the fireman. Ey-
cry time he opened the furnace a
volume Of sparks shot out, and the
trailing fire came down upon the
track like the pyrotechnic8 of an
aerial mine.


Finally a sharp twist that sent
the standing passengers over to the
right, and then another that sent
them in the other direction, and the
yard of Amherstburg station was
reached.


Hurrahl One hundred and eleven
miles in one hundred and nine
minutes! The fastest time in
Misunderstanding by three minutes
the run Of Vanderbilt's special
train.
Year: 1877

Albert Rhodes, IN the GalaXy.l


Our girls are the boldest of all
part being the boldness of inno-
cence, and part the boldness Of
imprudicity; but from whatever it
comes, it does not sit well on a
young woman. She is often under
the impression that her fast ways,
her slang and her freedom with
man is what he admires; and this
is her mistake, for even the rake
feels the charms of a modest woman,
and when he selects his life partner
she is his choice; in a word, the
man passes his time with the fast
person for his amusement, but when
it comes to the serious business of
life, such as marriage, c'est und
autre paire de manches.


The "Be what you seem, or seem
what you be" " of the foreigner, adj
dressed to the forward miss by way
of explanation for a natural mis-
take which he made in regard to
her moral status, ought to be taken
as a lesson by all young women like
her.


For the mother to remain in an
upper room, yawning and talking
with other chaperons, while her
daughter, with a laisser-aller man
ner of three or four o'clock in the
Boston with a young man heated
with wine, can hardly be called
serious chaperoning, for if there is
any time at which the mother
should be with her daughter, it is
at that time-it is then at that
time she assuredly needs her. Or
dinarily the mother who chaper-
ones, as she calls it, separates from