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Year: 1878

to break in the east, il will not infre-
quently be at fifty. You are tired
perhaps, and sleep comes by the mere
force of fatigue. But never from your
walked mind goes the consciousness of
cold. You lie with tightly-folded arms
and up-9athered knees and shiver be-
meath all your coverings, until forced
to rise and seek safety by the fire. If
you are novice and have no fire, then
count your heads and say your prayers,
for your sleep will be long.


This low temperature, however, is
vastly preferable and more enjoyable
than the shifting climate of the lake
regions. One always knows just what
to expect and prepares accordingly
the air is crisp and entirely free from
moisture, and there is an utter absence
of that penetrating, Iharrow-chilling
quality which makes winter life further
south burden. No sudden changes to
pile cold upon cold, and keep ones
lungs in n continual congestion. The
climate, while cold, is equable. From
November till April, one knows he can
go out without abundant wrappings.
Just what constitutes an abundance
varies considerably in amount. The
native attires himself in pair of cordu-
roy trousers, retaining about as much
heat as pine board, a calico shirt, an
unlined coat, very much open at the
breast to show the figured shirt, a fur
cap, mOccasins, and a pair of dutfle
socks without legs. Thus apparelled
he is ready to face all day the toughest
weather of the winter. But then he is
continually in motion, and possessed of
an unimpaired circulation. The for
eigner, not to go into the minutie of his
wardrobe, simply puts on all the cloth
ing he can conveniently walk in, then
closely watches the end of his nose. As
for the aboriginal occupants of the
country, little Indians may be seen
any day running about in the snow be-
fore the lodge doors, with the thermom-
eter at thirty degrees below zero, clad
only in their own tawny integuments.
Year: 1878

/ Last night about ten o'clock an alarm Of
nrs was sounded. caused by small fre in
the gents furnishing goods store, vt No
121 Market street, kept by Messrs. Simmons
& Jones. A number of tho dre engines ran
out and one of them extinguished the fire.
as they thought, with plug stream. A
quarter of an hour afterward, as HERALD
reporter was passing the place, he observed
smoke issuing from the door, and looking
through q crack In the window shutter he
saw the fire burning again considerably.
The Fame Hose Company at once ran out
and deluged the place with water which
extinguished the fire, and Of course caused
some dam age, but nothing In comparison
with what might have been had not the
HERALD man noticed the blaze and gave
the alarm.
Year: 1878

Yesterday the body Of a"man was found
on the fats near the river shore just below
Edgemoor. 1t was dressed In yellsw oil
cloth suit, and was much decomposed. The
body 10 supposed to he that Of the man who
was lost from the oyster boat j. Deyer, with
the captain, during the late storm Coro-
ner Rose will hold an inquest this morning.
Year: 1878

remember hearing a prayer offered
in Republican State Convention In
Iowa several years sgo-in the presi-
Dental campaign in that year. A
clergyman of the city Of Des Moines
had been invited to open the proceed
ings, but he failed TO meet the ap-
pointment, and Baptist clergyman,
who was also a member of the con-
ventiOn, was called upon. He recOg-
nized the importance OF the occasion
as well as the value OF time, and his
succinct, but comprehensive prayer
was


Thou King OF Hosts, God OF the
Freeman, God OF Liberty, God OF
Grace, descend upon US at this time
with Thy divine blessing. Govern
this assembly with Thy omnipotent
will, fill our hearts with Thy rich
grace, and ssnctify the proceedings OF
this day with Thy sacred presence.
Grant us wisdom TO nominate q good
ticket give US our usual 10000 ma
jOrity, and double it il In Thy infinite
wisdom it shall seem fit and proper. b"
Washington Correspondence.
Year: 1878

A Minneapolis boy was sent by his
teacher, woman, to the superinten-
deRt to be whipped. The lad sus-
pected the contents OF the note, and


hired boy he met on the street to
deliver it, giving him ten cents. The
superintendent didn't discover till az.
ter the csstigation was over that the
boy he had flOgged had not seen the
inside Of q school house for a month.
Year: 1878

Thinking perhaps l might add a
mite that would be OF benefit to some
of the many readers Of this depart
ment, and wishing for q recipe which
would be OF great help to me, have
for the first time taken up my pen to
tell you what l know. To those that
are troubled with bed-bugs: Remove
all your furniture from the room,
after cleaning it OF all bugs and nits ;
then place pan OF Goals in the room,
and pour q good supply of birthstone
on 1t {; then close tue room tight, and
let it smoke do not open it until all
the smoke has all gone out through
the erevices then take a wet cloth
and wipe of the woodwork, and, be.
fore placing your furniture back, an
Oint all the cracks with unguentum
l have tried this way twice and have
been very successful. Also a good
way to get rid OF those little
rid ants, that are so trouble
some to some Watch them and
when you find out where they
travel to, Just turn kerosene oil into
their nests, and do not be afraid to
use it. think you will soon be rid OF
them. 1 got rid OF them in that way
in house that could not keep any
thing out of their reach, up stairs or
down they never troubled me after
ward.


RAW CABBAGE.


A very nice way to prepare cabbage
for the table: Take enough cabbage
for one meal, chop fine, then take a
cup Of sour cream and beat it to q
froth, then sweeten 1t quite sweet
with white sugar and pour over, and
1 think you will say you have g very
nice dish. h.-Nr8. 4. JL, IL Inter-
Occ0n.
Year: 1878

1t is q mOurnful fact that a man
never knows when to quit cutting 8
corn. He .endures untold physical
discomfort getting himself into the
right position, and then he never lets
up until the massacre Is complete.
There is always the temptation,
never resisted, to take off Just one
more slice, and when at last the final
nervous movement digs out a piece
of the sensitive flesh as big as q per-
ter-hOuse steak, the man hOWls and
tells his wife she'll cripple him for
life some of these days with her in
fernal fOolishness, and goes growing
to bed, leaving his poor wife to Won
der what under the sun che had to do
with it. What single man does for
somebody to blame, nobody knows.


We guess they never cut their eOrns


A deserted house near HaYerhill,
Mass, has q singular history.
Twelve years ago an energetic young
mechanic was engaged to marry 3
young woman OF that city, and work
ed hard To lay up money enough to
buy home to which TO take his bride.
One mOning he invited her to drive,
and halted at last In front OF hand
some brick house in the suburbs. He
invited her in, showed her that IL was
nicely furnished, and at last told her
that he was the owner. To her in
quiry a. to how he obtained il, he at
last admitted that he had been fOrtu-
nate enough to buy r lottery ticket
which had drawn q prize OF S3D,oJJi
with which he had bought and fur
uished the house. She was 3 girl Of
strict principles, aud declared she
would never marry him until lie gave
back the money, and. On his refusing,
left him forever, and the house still
stands tenantless.
Year: 1878

An English officer sent on special mission
by the War Office included in his accounts an
sart him q formidable letter by return of poet
to in form him that the Government did not pay
for his beer. He explained that the shilling
was for the man who carried his luggage, and
then received another note advising him that
be should have charged for porterage." When
be next made mp his accounts the official
charged 1 shilling pence for Cabbage" con.
sidering that tlaJ WAS the proper way to set
down q charge for cab hire, but he promptly
received another wgging for making unau'
thorized Investments in vegetables.
Year: 1878

ICE SToRM.-We had considerable more ice last week than you had on Litchfeld hill, and it stayed on until Saturday, when nearly all fell from the trees. Some of the elms at the center are broken, but the trees are not injured nearly as much as they were few years ago.

 MR. OvIATT.-He was hurt much more than l supposed, last week, but understand he is improving. HIN,
Year: 1878

An American clergyman, who is in
the habit of preaching in different parts
of the county, was not long since, at
country hotel where he observed a
householder trying to take in a simple
gentleman, by imposing upon him
wind-broken horse for sound one. The
parson knew the bad character of the
dealer, and, taking the gentleman aside,
told him to be cautious of the person he
was dealing with. The gentleman de-
clined the purchase, and the dealer quite
nettled, observed:


Parson, had much rather hear you
preach than see you privately interfere
between man and man in this way.'


Well" replied the parson, "if you
had been where you ought to have been
last Sunday, you might have heard me
preach.


Where was that?' inquired the
dealer.


SIN State Prison. returned the cler-
gyman.
Year: 1878

1t costs less than half cent day to
take weekly paper; less than dill
gent hen would earn in a month at the
market price of eggs less than cigar
a fortnight, ,anda very cheap one at that
less than the barber would charge by the
year to keep ones hair trimmed; less
than good sized Christmas turkey;
less than an energetic kitchen girl will
waste in week. A penny day can be
saved in many better way than stop
ping your paper.
Year: 1878

A UGUSTUS BLINKERMAN was a
IA gentleman whose devotion to the
pursuits of business had so impaired his
health that he resolved to leave the
charge of his affairs in the hands of his
head clerk while he went about for a
year or two to recruit his exhausted en-
ergies, and get knowledge of the
famous places of the world besides.


He did go abroad, and was absent for
nearly two years, during which period
he enjoyed healthy and intellectual
good time. He opened his eyes, and
stared with all his might at all the won
ders of the European world, and even
gazed with great zeal upon portion of
western Asia, and took blink at Egypt
and the Red Sea; and when he reflected
upon the manner in which he had passed
the two years, during his return voyage.
he fiattered himself that he acted like a
true Christian as well as philosopher,
having acquired both strength and
knowledge; but alas there was one sad
drawback.


He had grown near-sighted from some
cause. 1t might be that he had stared
too much at astonishing scenery or
works of art. 1t might have been that
he had been kept awake of nights too
much in his travels, and had winked his
Year: 1878

ljsrestownCN. - Democrat.1


Every one acquainted with the Dun
kirk, Warren and Pittsburg Railroad
knows how rapid is the descent from
LaOna into FTedonia. Last Saturday
evening, about eleven O'Clock, an acci-
dent happened Mt that place. The night
was intensely cold, and when the regular
freight train pulled out Of Cassadaga all
the brakemen but one were in the ca
boose, warming up, preparatory 70
standing guard over the long train Of
twenty-nine cars when the heavy grade
should be reached. Just after leaving
the station the train broke in two, the
last five cars being left behind, the
others, with only one brakeman, going
on, unaware Of the accident. The top
of the hill WAS reached and the descent
begun. The engineer, finding himself
impelled along at n terrible rate, re-
versed his engine, though he says he ex-
pected 10 zee the cylinder-heads blown
out and his locomotive a wreck, and
whistled for brakes. The cars were
covered with ice and snow and the sOli-
tary brakeman took his life in his hand
when, in the darkness, and with the
train laundering along at the rate Of
about mile a minute down a grade
that increased the speed every second
nc sprang from one car 20 another and
ret every brake on the whole twenty
three cars. The run from the top Of the
hill 10 FrcdOnia was made in an ia.
credibly short space Of time, and 10 the
bravery Of the brakeman, tho quick dis
cevery Of the impending danger by the
engineer, and the good work of the
locomotive and every brake, is due the
fact that the train was kept from =
plunge into the Dunkirk Depot and
total annihilatiOn.
Year: 1878

WHAT Beecher said in recent ser
mon 1t is the spirit Of Christ in mems
hearts that holds the church from cor
ruptiOn. There have been more quar-
rels and wars on account of religion than
there ever were from any other cause
If the church had been left i'm the
hands Of the priesthood, it would have
gone 70 the devil long ago They have
no sympathy with anything that com
bats their ideas II is in the house
hold, by the freside and in loving
mothers hearts, that the Gopsel has
been sustained"
Year: 1878

EDITOR SOUTHERN CULTIvAToR.-In
your editorial for the April number of the
Cultivntor, you use the very strong language
with reference to the sweet potato, that it
should be the "great crop of the South !"
Now the above assertion by one of your ex.
perionce and position, should put the cot
ton worshippers to thinking. What The
sweet potato the great crop of the South
treason to king cotton So says the Editor
of the Cultivator, and so say 1, and, of
course, the matter is settled beyond all
controversy. ....


But in nothing is the proverb, that "there
Is more ID SAVING than in making" moro
idFSibly illustrated than inssasa & Be- ,nosa,
|taesE aesesase Selmest as pzany plsss, ,saai
g6stsd as thereare remedies for hog Cholera,
and all do we'll when the potatoes don't rot.
In order to succeed in keeping them, it is
best to dig in dry time, and not before the
potatoes are ripe. But these two conditions
secured, viz: dry weather and ripe pota-
toes, there is no need of waiting for frost.


All farmers who read the Cultivator
know what kind of land suits the potato
The phosphates, or cotton seed and ashes, or
stable manure and ashes, with thorough
preparation and the proper cultivation, will
bring the potatoes.


Now for the keeping. Put them in
perfectly dry house, with ground floor
little raised, to protect them from rising
moisture. A meat house, where salt has
been kept, will not dot is too damp. A
few small cracks for air to pass,through are
~ the better Have your house ready. BY
Sstnfnfer, and ia the driest time you can ret,
haul enough sand to cover we'll all the po-
tatoes you hope to make. Place two or
three inches of sand Cor ioor Then put
down basket of potatoes and enough sand
on them to cover them-then potatoes and
sand enough to fill the cracks, until the po-
tatoes are all Gov red. Then, lastly, put on
sand, until the v ..ole hill is covered two or
three inches with sand. Be sure to have
enough dry sand-it will not do to put on
that which is damp. Now turn your hogs
in to root your patch. When we'll rooted,
put on few cotton seed and mako your
best ,oheat where the potatoes grew. Then
cut wheat, break we'll, plant in potatoes,
on al HJituna. knew Of lady ,sho kept
potatoes in a hogshead in dry sand for two
years. Sand is the home of the potato.


OCCASIONAL.


1t was not our intention to say that the
sweet potato should be "tho great crop of
the South" but instead the "grcat root
CROP" &c. There is no doubt, however,
that its cultivation might be pushed very
much farther to very great advantage
Cows. hogs, sheep and poultry, might be
largely and pro6tably fed upon potatoes,
and vinegar of excellent quality could
doubtless be made from them.-Ed. SO.
Cultivator.
Year: 1878

WASTE AND WANT.-Either man must
be content with poverty all his life, or else
deny himself some luxuries and save to lay
the base of independence in the future. But
IT man defies the future, and spends all
he earns (whether his earnings be one or
ten dollars day. let him look for lean and
want at some future tinle-for it will surely
come, no matter what he thinks. To save
is absolutely the only way to get solid
fortune; there is no other certain mode
Those who shut their eyes and ears to these
certain facts will be forever poor, and in
their obstinate rejection of truth mayhap
will die in rags and filth. Let them so die,
and thank themselves. But, no They
take sort of recompense in cursing for
tune. Great waste Of breath. They might
as we'll curse the mountains or the eternal
hills. For can tell them fortune does not
give away good and substantial goods. She
sells it to the highest bidder, to the hardest
and wisest worker for the boon. Men nev.
or make so fatal mistake as when they
think themselves creatures of fate; it's the
surest folly in the world. Every man may
make or mar himself, whichever he may
choose. Fortune for those who by diligence
honesty and frugality place themselves in
position to grasp hold Of fortune when it
appears in view. The best evidence of
frugality is the five dollars or more stand.
ing in your name at the savings bank
The best evidence of honesty consists in
diligence and frugality.
Year: 1878

We are glad to note the increased inter
est manifested all over the South upon this
subject. 1t is beginning to be seriously
considered and earnestly discussed among
those even who have heretofore bcen con.
tent with the runts and scrubs which. only
by the most elastic courtesy, could be de.
signated by the name of stock.


The South can and should be great
stock raising country. Climate, range and
nearness to markets are all in our favor
A little less cotton and little more stock
should be the programme of every farmer.
The true road to success lies in this direc-
tion and the man who takee no interest in
this matter will find himself far in the
back ground.


Improved stock, of all kinds, can now be
obtained at comparatively reasonable prices
IL pure blood animals cannot be procured
at once, it will be economy to grade up the
common stock, thus adding several hundred
per cent. to their value each year.


Cattle, horses, sheep, hogs and poultry
are the results Of Intelligent management
Of farm affairs. They possess tangible
value which does not attach. to acres Of
cotton or cane or any other precarious crop
Besides this, they form certain basis upon
which to estimate future profits, and it is
fair to state that any reasonable estimates
in this direction are fully realized. ~


Good stock anda plenty of it gives its
owner standing in society which 10 truly
enviable. 1t is better than government
bonds, and the interest is payable with an.
failing regularity. In one case a coupons
detached, which represents say five pei
cent. per nunum, lessening the total value
Of the bond by just the amount detached
ln the other case, a coupon of one hundred
per cent. is added TO the original value and
so, year after year, in like proportion.
Year: 1878

A COOP Cow.-A writer who says that
one good COW gives all the milk that was
needed in family of eight persons, and
from which cow was made 26O pounds of
butter last year, gives the following as his
treatment: IF you desire to get q large
yield of rich milk, give your COW, every
day water slightly warm ana slightly salted,
in which bran has been stirred al the rate
of one quart to two gallons of water. You
will find, if you have not tried this daily
practice, that yoIr COW will give 25 per
cont. more Immediately under the effects of
it, and she will become so attached TO it
that she will refuse to drink clear water un.
less very thirsty; but this mess she will
drink most any time, and ask for more.-
The amount Of the drink necessary is an
ordinary water poll full each time, morning,
noon and night Vermont Journal
Year: 1878

There used to be man-gone west row,
poor fellow-in the United States railroad
mail service, raa east of Burlington, whose
eyes were so crooked he could carom with
them. He could hold postal card out at
arms length before him, read the address
with one eye and look around the end and
read the message ON the other side with tho
other, and watch man trying to climb in
at the car door behind him, all at the same
time. He left the service because he al
ways had to 60 to the door on tho other
aide Of the car to sec the station.
Year: 1878

Iris said that IL electrical wires are
wrapped around q common tin can
telephone IL produced capable OF trans
mittine musical sounds through many
miles Of wire. We cannot vouch Tor
the truth Of this. but We know that u a
common tin can is wrapped around
dogs tail with a piece Of rope, the
sound emitted. IL not musical. can be
heard through as many streets as the
can chase- the dog.
Year: 1878

USpKH the ruling OF tho Ohio courts.
no parents have the right to enter the
room in which their daughter Is spark
ing without asking AMI obtaining her
consent. The parent can. however.
put his or her mouth to the keyhole OF
the door. and say "I'l give that
chap two minutes in which TO git up
and cit %
Year: 1878

DASBuHY boy was taken to task by
his mother for striking companion.
She told him he must ask the forgive
ness OF the wronged one. lie went up
to him and whispered through his
clinchsd teeth "l've got to ask you to
forgive me for hitting you. aud you'd
better speak right up at once that you
do. OF I'll give you something to -'msm-
bsr." The victim spoke up.
Year: 1878

MH. DuRASp commiserates himself
that he Ia obliged to pay ZOO francs TO
procure substitute in the army for his
sou. and explains in tho simplicity oi
his grief: How unfortunate that he
Is not the SOU Of widow
Year: 1878

AN artist in this city has only to seat
himself with his feet elevated ON the
win,iow-sill. to create an impression
on passers-by that his Office has been
provided with inside blinds.
Year: 1878

Few of the persons who handle Bank
of England notes ever think of the
amount Of labor and ingenuity that is
expended on their production. These
notes are made from pure white linen
cuttings, never from rags that have been
worn. They have been manufactured for
nearly two hundred years by the same
family the Portals, Protestant refugees
So carefully is the paper prepared that
even the number of the dips into the pulp
made by each workman is registered on
a dial by machinery and the sheets are
carefully counted and booked to each
person through whose hands they pass.
The printing is done by most curious
process in Mr.. Goes department in the
bank building. There is an elaborate
arrangement for securing that no note
shall be like any other in existence.
Consequently there never was duplicate
of Bank of England note, except by
forgery american.
Year: 1878

81 At tie Meade Memorial Cherch.-At his
first litany services and lecture Rev. }. ii
Stringfellow should be greeted by large
congregation. This younsyet distinguished
divine has, after thoughtfai and prayerfu
consideration, determined to forego pros
poets more brilliant and remnneratiyc and
to cast his lot IN our midst. In the work OF
the Master, to whom he has devoted his life
and talent, he should have the aid OF every
member OF his parish and the best wishes
OF every honest heart in the community.
His hands should be upheld. and his motto,
"Go forward kept in mind. Only by
these means can the church hope to place
itself upon the rock OF safety from which
there will be 10 retreat.
Year: 1878

Courthouse Square.-The east side OF
Courthouse Square has long presented .
camei-like appearance, very ungainly and
unsightly lump being there lodged, which
greatly marred the beauty OF the prospect,
and was in striking contrast to the other
portion, which is level and plain.lik Yes
terday workmen were engaged in remedy
ing this natural defect, and in few days
the city park, instead Of being rugged ano
uneven, will stretch out in beauty like one
vast extended plain.
Year: 1878

EXCURSION TO THE WHITE 'SULPHUR.-To-
morrow morning at 1920 o'clock the eXcur-
sion under the management OF the ladies Of
Centenary church will leave for the White
SULPHUR Springs There is a committee OF
ladies appointed to take charge Of those
ladies who may wish to go and have no
escorts, and all other arrangements for the
comfort OF the eXcursionists have been
made with great care. The, opportunity is
good one, and those who cam go will do
we'll TO avail themselves Of it.