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Year: 1874

Ill TEMPER.-A single person of sour,
sullen temper-what dreadful thing it
is to have such one in a housel There
is not myrrh and aloes and chloride Of
lime enough in the world to disinfect a
single home of such nuisance as that
no riches, no elegance of mien, no beau
ty of face can ever screen such persons
from utter vulgarity. There is one thing
which rising persons hate the reputation
of more than all others, and that is vul-
garity but trust me, i'll 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 sin against
the Holy Ghost in the very temple Of
Theodore Parker.
Year: 1874

For the Bellows Falls Times.
Respectfully Inscribed TO the Rockingham
Temperance Union, by their Author.
Hail, Sons Of Temperament Your praise l would
Till from hill top and valley the echo should rings
Till from upland to meadow, Ger wild forest gen'
The notes Of your gladness brings JOY unto men
All hail to 10 the season when startled from sleep,
You met the dread monster and oade MN retreat,
Unfurled your broad banner; bid hence his despair
Though the foul fend intemperance was reused from


his lair.


But FIRE is now lighted tits beacon 70 all.
And the clarion is sounding from Temperance
The standard is planted. fast, firm in the soil,
Hearts are rallied around that VIII never recoh'
Let Truth rear the altar Which right shall maintain,
Where mercy stands pleading and faith will sustain,
Be reason the balance. and hope the bright star
Which points to the erring the haven aiar.
You have heard the low moaning borne on the night
From the wife Of the drunkard.-'twss her wall of
From her full cup of sorrow she was draining the
Her one hope remaining was the temperance pledge
But star has arisen from temperance hall.
Her eye caught its gleaming her ear heard the call
She knew twas the beacon to guide him back nome
Yes; the sons of King Alchy will to you repair;
N-NA@
The Tyre that has sumbered so long in their breast
By your touch. as by magic awakens from rest
By your help to the fountain they now will repair,
For the waters are troubled, the angel is there,
With words that are soothing bind up the sad heart
When from halls Of the past dark remembranees


start


Then let the sweet carol float out on the air,
We die or we conquer. we shall never despair;
And the hope of redemption still brighter shall


glow,


While the clad stream temperance still onward doth


dow.


Keep your eye on the guerdeon. and you never will


heed


The frown of the scofer or slacken your speed.
Till one sound of triumph alone cleaves the air
Tfs the music which bursts from the heart Of des-


pair.
Then hail. Sons of Temperance your praise We will


sing,


Till from hill top and valley the echo shall ring
Till from upland and meadow, Ger wild forest glen
The notes of your gladness brings JOY unto men


RHEA.
saxtons River Sept. 2sth 1874
Year: 1874

shown last year between the lodging house system OF
London and European cities and the lack OF similar
noes here The grand scale upon which many
NewYork charitable institutions conducted makes
the this branch all the more notice
able There IA no ciylzer among secular meas
ures to offer the depraved and greater comfort TO
give the honorable poor than good bed on Winters
..,.vlf
Year: 1874

coils in the cradle, and as the tail of
the snake glided over the side, every
thing around me seemed to swim, and I
tried to catch at the wall Of the hut to
save myself from falling.


But that soon went of, and gazing in
at the window I tried to make out the
whereabouts Of my enemy, as I recapped
and tapped the gun. so that the powder
might run up the nipple.


The snake was nowhere to be seen,
and darting in I seized the child, and
carried it out to its mother, when, now
feeling relieved Of one horrible calami-
ty, l obtained my shot-pouch from the
kitchen, rammcd down charge upon
the bullet: and cautiously went in search
OF the reptile.


| knew he must still be in the part
OF the hut we used for sleeping place,
and after cautiously peering about, I
came upon the hole where it had taken
retuge-an opening between the rough
ly sawn planks laid loosely down to form
floor, while. unless there was an outlet
beneath the woodwork, [ felt that the
beast must be there; and to make it
more probable, there was our ca5, that
we had bought kitten in Sydney, gaz-
ln1 with staring eyes down at the hole.


just then heard ii soft rustling b.
meath my feet, and as I looked down I
could see between the two boards the
scaly body gliding along. The next
moment there came the loud report of
the gun, the place was full OF smoke,
there was a loud scutfling noise, and as
looked down between the boards
where the charge had forced d passa ge
through, there was no sign Of the snake.


Harry. Harry shrieked my wife
just then. and on rushing out, there was
the beast writhiny about in the path,
evidently badly wounded, while some
crushed down flowers BY the hut wall
showed plainly the hole of communica-
ton. never saw snake writhe and
twist as that did, but I was too excited
then to feel afraid and a few blows
from the butt end Of ny gun laid it 50
that there was only little movement
left in its body, which did not stop for
an hour Or two after I had cut off its
head with an az.


should have liked to skin the beast,
but [ could not master my horror. I
measured it, though fourteen feet three
inches long it was. and as thick as NV
arm while as to its weight, I saw the
cradle rock to and fro heavily as it Gid
ed over the side.


Snakes are scarce now in these parts;
tor there isn't a man in Queensland that
does not wage War against them and
where there was one settler then, there
are scores now,
Year: 1874

CASTLE Rock, MIMI, May %. 1874.


Deer Editor Of the Grange Aduonce:


As you have l,eer so kind as to devote 4
corner Of your nice paper for the improve
ment Of your you"s correspondents, I
thought l would send you few lines to see
how my name would look in print. live
at Castle Rock. l am thirteen years of
age, and AIN going to school every day.
like my teacher, Miss Hodgson, very
much. We do not have any school in our
district this Summer. 50 have to walk
about one and one-!lalt miles morning and
evening. We nave singing every noon
which makes it quite pleasant for those
that are fond Of music: we also have a
a;ce swing in two large trees just across
the street. live about is miles from Red
Wing have two cousins living there and
l should very much like to 60 and visit
them aud 60 and see your printing Office.
l am very glad that there is a day coming,
and hope it is not very far distant, when
farmers will no longer be called "clod
hoppers," or, in other words, "potato
bugs,' and when the gentlemen that call
them those names will see how much they
are indebted to the farmers for their bread
and butter. Please tell the farmers to
take more pride in their homes. Make
them beautiful by planting trees and flow
Year: 1874

NTWe have devoted this column to our
young IN order to interest and improve
them, and we hope that the boys and girls
who write for THE GRANGE ADVANCE will
try to see how nicely they can write, and
how much better they can write each time.
remember that the boys and girls of to-
day will soon be the men anu women Of our
country, and in their hands will be the
farms, the homes, the schools, the interests
anu welfare OF the State and Nation.
Year: 1874

Many OF our citizens, and particularly our local
politicians, will learn with regret Of the demise OF
ex-Alderman John Mack, q gentleman who at no
very remote period was somewhat prominent as a
politician in the lower wards of the city. Mr..
Mack represented the Second district in the Board
OF Aldermen IN 1858, and earned for himself quite
q reputation for his manly and straightforward
course while in that body. At ono time Mr. Mack
was connected with the old Fire Department, and
at the time OF hts death was prominent member
OF the Exempt Firemen's Association. Alderman
Mack, at the time OF his death, was In the nifty
fourth year OF his age.
Year: 1874

These periodicals constitute wonderful mis- cellany of modern thought, research, and criti- cisn. The cream of all European books worth reviewing is found here, and they treat Of the leading events of the world in masterly articles written by men who have special knowledge of the matters treated. The American Publishers urge upon all intelligent readers in this country a liberal support of the Reprints which they have so long and so cheaply furnished, feeling sure that no expenditure for literary matters will yield so rich return as that required for sub scription to these tho

 leading Periodicals of Great Britain.
Year: 1874

Did you ever hear that rivers made
presents to the world?


never heard it until to-day. But il
seems that they 40. The land Of Egypr
was gilt Of the river Nile. Il was in
this way: Once this country, now Sc
fertile, was nothing but a barren desert
like that of the Great Sahara, which lies
near it, The river Nile had to flow thro
this desoate country to get TO the sea-
and every year brought down from the
rich land Of Abyssinia as much fertile
soil as he could carry, aud oveI1owina
his banks, spread it all over tbG sandy
desert as tar as he could reach. BY doing
this year after year, he turned the dcser0
into fruitful land. Sometimes he would
bring down so much rich soil that hr
would have more than he could spread
on the sandy plain. This be would tak,
down and drop into the sea, until al last
in the course of ages, he has built up
here a triangular piece Of very lortil
land, called the Delta Of the Nile. The
whole has formed a very rich present 10
the world
Year: 1874

In the District Court of the Fourteenth Judicial
the Col nty of Placer.


Charity A. Given VS.. Isaac p. Given.
The People of the State of California send greet
ing to lsaac p. Given, Defendant.


NOU are hereby required to appear in an nc
i ton brought against you by the above
name Plaintiff IN the District Court of the Four
teenth Judicial District of the State of California
in and for the County of Placer and to answer
the complaint filed therein Ga copy of which ac
companies this summons), within ten days (eX
elusive of the day of seryice) after the service on
YOU of this summons If served within this
'ounty; or if served ont of this county but within
this judicial District within twenty days; or, if
served out of said District, then within forty days
or judgment by default will be taken against
you, according to the prayer Of said complaint
The SAID action is brought to obtain decree of
this court, dissolving the bonds of matrmony
existing between you and plaintiff, all of which
is more fully set forth i'll plaintitf's complaint on
ie, herein to which special reference is hereby
made.


And you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer said complaint above re-
lured the said Plaintiff will apply TO the court
or the relief demanded in the complaint
- Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Dis
SEAL trct of the State of California, in and
N00L for the County of Placer, this ninth
day of June, in the year OF our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-fonr.


b. F. BURT, Clerk,


ie13-2m BY +. ID. ADAMS, Deputy
Year: 1874

SUBSTITUTE FOR PEA BRUsH-In cas-
es where pea-brush is not plentiful, or
where something more ornamental and
compact is desired, ii may be worth while
TO adopt the method described by The Lon
don Field. \ few ugh stakes are driven
into the ground on both sides Of the row
about twelve 'ect apart. Tie strong cord
or tar twine to the end stake and pass it
along :he line, making turn on each stake
within a inches of the ground, and as
growth progresses, raise the next turn a
little, advancing in succession until the
plants attain their full height. These lines
being run on at the right time, the tendrls
clasp firmly round them and are sufficient
ly supported. 1t is thought that this way
of training has The advantage of giving
better circulation Of air, and Of permitting
the pods to be gathered with more ease and
with less tearing of the hauln than when
he brush is used.
Year: 1874

Few people rise so suddenly from abject
poverty to utiluence as certain widow
now living in New Bedford. She has been
in such straitened circumstances, the past
winter, with a sick boy on her hands who
required all her attention, that she has lived
only by the help of her neghbors; hut not
long ago, an estate left by man whom she
alerSard found TO be her grandfather was
advertised in the N. y. papers. She went
on and learned that the property amounted
to about seven million dollars and that her
share would be at least 100000. Ono ele-
meDt OF romance in the story is the fact
that she was poor because she had married
a poor man againit the wishes of her rela-
tives who all deserted her, and even when
she became widowed and destitute left her
TO her fate,
Year: 1874

How TO CURE BAD HABITs.-I once
heard minister say: Suppose, some cold
morning, you should so into ncghbor's
house and find him busy at work on his
Notwithstanding away,-and should
ask what he was up to, and lie should re-
ply, "Why, l am trying to remove the
frost; but as fast as l get it off one square
it comes on another;" would you not say /:
'Why man, let your windows alone and
kindlo fire, and the frost will soon come
oti?" And have you not seen people who
try 10 brerk Off their bad habits one after
another, without avail? We'll, they are
like the man who tried TO scratch the frost
from his windows. Let the fire of love TO
God and man, kindled at the altar of pray
er, burn in their hearts, and the bad habits
will soon melt away.-Erchange.
Year: 1874

CALIFORNIA AQUARIUM CAR.-The Cali
fornia aquarium car which is TO make the
overland trip this season with load Of liv-
ing fish will be furnished by the Michigan
Central Railroad Company. 1t is bag
gage car forty feet long, with broad tread,
air brake and Miller platform, which quail
iiy 1t for travelling with the fastest passen-
ger trains. 1t will be fitted up as an aqua
leave that point for the Pacific coast about
the first of June.
Year: 1874

A good story is told of young lady whose taste and invention were much greater than her means. Invited to one of the villa parties, where she knew point lace would be at discount, and diamonds at a running scale of magniti cence, she set her wits to work to make herself presentable in such gorgeous company. She had neither point lace nor diamonds, and what is more to the point, she had no money to buy much more than calico gown. What was to be done? She did as Cinderella did transformed what to the less brilliant mind was untransformable, by the aid of her fairy godmother-mother wit. Hanging up in her closet was an old white silk-yellowed, wrinkled, tat tered. Its next allotted use was to fig ure in patchwork quilt but in her dilemma this ghost of a gown, this phantom from a score or more parties confronted her, and with it sudden inspiration. She ~took the phantom from it's peg, and opened her paint box for she is an artist of no mean ability opened her paint box, and presently over the faded surface sprang delicate tracery of field flowers. And the end of her labor was the result that not only Solomon in all his glory was eclipsed, but all the other women in their dia- monds and lace.
Year: 1874

The finest camel's hair for winter garments, says fashion journal, will be that brought from Russia. Though used in that cold climate for it's great warmth, it is neither very thick nor very heavy, but is light, soft, and loosely woven, with no rough, shaggy fleece, but with that indescribable oily feeling that makes this pure fabric so pleasant to the touch. It is only made in the natural gray brown shades, and will cost at retail $10 8 d-fortunate- ly it is yard and a-half wide.

 Lower priced camel's- hair comes striped this year in inch wide stripes of two shades of gray or brown. Another novelty is the mottled camel's-hair showing two shades giving pretty and peculiar effects from odd mixtures of the shades in the warp. There are also zigzag and inverted twills in the new goods, and what is called herring bone twill is seen in this soft fabric. The plain diagonals of last year have given way to wider diagonals with tiny rays or straight lines between each bias line only slight change apparently, but it's effect is very good. Natural ecru browns, gray, and nut brown comprise the fashionable range of colors fo1 these fine goods, to the exclusion of the half-and-half mongrel hues of last year.
Year: 1874

During the Crimean war there occur red an incident, illustrating the sever itv of the courier service. The Rus sian General, Prince Menschikoff, who defended Sebastopol, had occasion, during the seize of that city, to send an important message to the Czar at St. Petersburg; and ordered faithful off cer to be his messenger, giving him dl- rections not to halt or delay until he stood before the Czar, and above all, not to lose sight of the precious mes sage which he bore. Away went the Czar's couriers. At the end of each twenty miles, he found fresh horses awaiting him these were quickly har- messed to his sleigh, In place ot the weary animals, and the servants and stable-men would cry out:

 "Your Excellency, the horses are ready"

 Away then P the officer would say to the driver and off he would go again, at the most rapid pace of which the horses were capable. Riding in this way for several days and nights, suffering with cold, and pursued by wolves in the forest, the officer, weary with watching his dispatches night and day, at length reached the palace of the Czar, and was immediately ushered into his presence. He had no sooner hand ed the Emperor the letter of the gen. eral, than the messenger sank into a chair, and fell fast asleep in the royal presence, an offense which, in some ages, would have been punishable with instant death. When he had finished reading the dispatch, the Czar wished to ask the officer question, but found he could not awaken him. The attend ants called to him, touched and shook him, all in vain and at last one de- clared the poor fellow dead. The Czar was mnch grieved thereat, and went to the officer and examined his pulse, put his ear down to his side, and declared he could hear his heart humping. He was only asleep. But he soon found that the officer could not be reused by the usual means. At length the Czar, stepping down, cried in his ear:

 "Your Excellency, the horses are ready"

 At the sound of these words, which he had heard every twenty miles of his journey, and the only ones which he had listened to for days, the faithful officer sprang to his feet and cried

 "Away then r

 Instead of driver and horses, he found the Czar before him, laughing heartily at his confusion and dismay.

 You may be sure his ofense was for gotten; instead of being punished for sleeping when his work was done, the faithful officer was rewarded for his faithfulness.
Year: 1874

The Syracuse Courier relates the fol- lowing strange story Some time since gentleman in this city had cat which had been pet in the household for a number of years. This cat had become stupid of late, in fact had lost it's use- falness. The madam of the house sug-. gested one day to her liege lord that pussy had better be put out of the way. the suggestion. So taking up e the cat cat he had often petted, he started with her towards the out-buildings, batting her as he went along, but just before ar irving at the place where he expected to take the life of the poor puss, she all at once caught him by the hand with her teeth, with her claws inflicted ter rible wounds, and it was with the great est difficulty that he shook her off. He succeeded in killing her finally. Some time afterwards he was taken sick and died in consequence of the wounds he had received from the cat.
Year: 1874

In relating adispute which happened between Queen Ann and the Archbishop of Canterbury, concerning a vacant mitre which the Queen was about to bestow on an unworthy person, the re- later made both Queen and Archbishop swear three or four humping oaths in every sentence of the discussion. A gentleman present, who was surprised by the recital, asked, "But did the Queen and Archbishop really swear soP" "Oh, no" was the self possessed answer " that is only my way of tell. ing the story" s
Year: 1874

The popularity of the Elmwood Col lar is we'll established. Not word of con- plaint has ever been made against them. If they have not got them at your furnishers tell them to buy some for you.-Com.
Year: 1874

The prospect is that there will
be one Congressman from Mass
achusetts whom Butler can't
shoulder at will. Gen. n. r.
Banks has been nominated, and
says that for love of country only
could he be induced to follow
Beast Butler and Billy Ayers to
the White House.
Year: 1874

As the heated term is now upon US, we
give the following specific for sunstroke,
which may save from illness or death
many whose occupation cOmpels them TO
be in the field or on the street:


About year since 1 saw in newspa-
per an account of a case Of sunstrOke,
written by the party himself. After suf-
fering a long time from the attack. and
having to a considerable degree recovered,
he experienced suffering even from the
rays of the moon. This led him to reilec-
ton that it was not altogether the heat OF
the sun that produced prostration. After
much research, he discovered that the IN
Jury came from the chemical ray. and not
from the heat ray. He was guided 70 this
by observing the fact that a photograph
could not be taken through hollow glass.
Accordingly he lined his hat with two
linings-one of orange yellow to arrest
the chemical ray, and one Of green to ar
rest the heat ray. Thus prepared, he
went where the rays OF the sun were most
intense with perfect impunity. IL is well
known that the negro is seldom sunStruck.
The color OF his skin over the skull being
Of the orange yellow, may assist in ac-
counting for the fact. lined my hat with
green and orange yellow paper and mad
confidence enough in the truth OF the the-
| Ory TO neglect my umbrella, which had


never done before. l mentioned II 10
many, who tried ii also, and in many cases


that came under my observation they uni
/ fOrmly asserted that the oppressive heat
! of the sun upon the head was much re-


lieved. .''-SyTaeuse N. T. Journal.
Year: 1874

Creswell, Robson, Casey, or Shepherd
himself would now do we'll to initiate, the
President selected rs Governor the man
whose little finger had been thicker than
his predecessors loins. OF the disgusting
scandals which have resulted from this
most scandalous selection. the country
needs no more information. If other
proof is needed to legally convict Gov.
Shepherd of willful participation in frauds,
no other is needed to convince all intelligent
readers that he diSgraces his position. and
would instantly be removed by any Pres
ident who had respect for public opinion.
Yet. instead of removing him, the PreSi-
dent actually insults Congress by remov-
ing the only member Of the Board of Pub
lie Works WHO had been honest enough
to testify against him.


The truth is that President Grant has no
respect for public opinion. He has ont
ragged it repeatedly ever since his first elec-
ton, and the people Themselves have
taught him to believe that he can do so
with absolute impunity. They have per-
suaded him that he may trample upon the
law, as he has done so often in taking mon
ey from the Treasury without appropria-
ton by Congress; that he may defy the
COnStitution-as he did in the San Do
mingO business; that he may trample
upon the rights of StateS-aS he did in the
Louisiana business that he may openly
league with the most notorious SwindlcrS
in political life-as with Butler. Cameron,
Murphy, and Kellogg that he may sur
round himself with a dense atmosphere of
corruption and fraud; and that he will
nevertheless have power to control con-
ventions and elections.-ChicGgo Tribune.