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Year: 1877

.'These are the times that try mems
souls. Tho summer soldier and sun
shine patriot will sink beneath this cri-
sis. but he who stands it now, deserves
the thanks OF both m IN and woman"
These glorious words were spoken one
hundred years ago. when, after ravag-
ing the Jerseys, the British troops had
compelled Washington to winter his
worn. poverty stricken soldiers at VAL
ley Forge, and whom the darkest days
of liberty were coming. anon. To-day
an adaptation can be made from Thom-
as Paine,-that these are the times that
try mems minds. the sickly states
man and puny politician will sink be-
meath this crisis. but he v ho rises now
above his partisanship, deserves the
thanks of all mankind.


To-day the citizen must judge whether
the adventurous politician with his ig-
norant cohorts, has ruled the South TO
the benefit of the nation. To-day, the
citizen must judge whether the rancor
of a civil war has so sIbsided as to
warrant the belief. that he of South
ern coil, is worthy Of the trust reposed
in patriotism. To-day, the dark
cunulus of war stands banked in the
windward political horizon, and threat
ems to spread the appalling cumuli. of
o'er-reaching internecine war. And
war-what is its meaning ? 1t means
that the sanctity of home shall
be held OF nsught; that the idyls of the
freside shall have been sung in vain; !;
that communism shall hold high its
sllmy head; that mans energy and
woman's virtue snail not be taken as an
emula'ive example by our youth; that
ignorance shall hold high carnival in
the land; that grim want shall lead the
legions of poverty over the eminent dos
main of thrift and frugality. All these
are the corrolary OF such wal of which
We speak: And why


The South. as has been oftentimes
declared by her leading spokesmen, was
too Impoverished by the late war to
wish another similar scene. The North.
groaning under the status of CONNER
cial inertia, with its attendant evils,
will neither submit to the curtailment of
national rights which TIN eaten us now, or
to the decision Of any one faction. What
then is our recourse ? Bat the rene
dy prescribed in patriotic tones. by Sc
nator Booth. Let the august tribunal
of the Supreme Court OF the United
States settle the case by equity and law.
And if perchance, the people of the
country are not satisfied at leaving the
question to those trained to legal rea-
soning, let Booth of California and
Seeiye of Massachusetts on one side,
and Seymour of New York and Charles
Francis Adams of the Bay State on the
other, be added to the tribunal, that
the track of judicial decision shall not
run on too conservative course.


With their decision the country
would be satisfied, and internecine strife
averted, and the threatening clouds Of
war Of which we have spoken, would
soon pass away. National men stand
at the bar of popular judgment.
Year: 1877

At last the kilograms in the election
cases are to be given up. Orton might
as well submit Fl st as last, or postal
telegraph till would materially affect
the value of his watered telegraph
stocks.
Year: 1877

A perfectly beautiful woman's foot
should he in length little less than
one-seventh of her height. 1t should
be arched on the top so that the line
is one-half of Cupids bow, and under
meath so that il it is wet and set upon
the floor, it will leave the middle only
slender water mark. Ii should be
broadest across the ball, and the rosy
toes; of which the second should be
the longest, should spread fiat upon
the ground at every step. The heel,
which should also be rosy, should de-
scend almost in straight line from
behind the ankle, and should be deli
cately rounded. 1t should be as white
us ivory, and marked upon the soft
and cushion-like instep with aint in.
dications OF blue veins. 1t is remark.
able that there seems TO be some very
fascinating idea connected with wo-
mans foot, aud particularly with its
length; for to "know the length of a
woman's foot" has long been. accord.
ing to an old adage, to enjoy the high
est degree Of her favor.
Year: 1877

VIM. Patterson killed a man with a
brick a few nights ago in Brooklyn.
IL Is we'll known that Patterson was
struck soMe time back in the Middle
Ages. and il is supposed that he has,
since then, roamed about. like the
wandering jew, seeking for vengeance.
The story Of his wrongs had become
q byword, and his very existence a
myth; but il appears that he has al
last taken ample satisfaction for what
be suffered. For the sake Of poetical


Justice, il Is to be hoped that he hit the
right man with the brickbat; prosaic
Justice will hardly stop to inquire
whether he made a mistake or not,
II is to be hoped that We have nov
seen the last Of this terrible vendetta,
Year: 1877

AN AFFABLE MANNER. Much of
the happiness of lie depends upon our
outward demeanor. We have all ex-
perienced the charm Of gentle and
courteous conduct; we have all been
drawn irresistably 10 those who are
obliging, afable and sympathetic in
their demeanor. The friendly grasp
the warm welcome, the cheery tone,
the encouraging word, the respectful
manner. bear no small share in crea-
ting the joy of life; while the austere
tone, the stern rebuke, the sharp and
acrid remark, the cold and Indifferent
manner. the curt and disrespectful air.
the supercilious and scornful bearing
are responsible for more of human dis
tress, despair and Soe. than their
transient nature might spsm 10 war
rant.
Year: 1877

Visitors to the Centennial will doubt


less renenb*r that one Of the sewing
machine exhibitors in Machinery Hall
whose display occupied a very promi
nent position on principal aisle, kept
posted, during the continuance Of the
Exposition, large sign. inviting all
corners, and especially those who own
ed sewing machines, to inscribc their
names in a handsome register. The
inducement offered was, that after the
close Of the Exhibition an elegant sew.
ing machine would be presented to
some one Of the signer-. and all


would have equal chances in draw


ing for the prize. OF course the
effect Of this was TO attract hundreds
of people towards this particular ex.
hibitors display; and thus his goods
were brought into especial prominence
But that was mer ely a secondary OBJ
ject. A very large percentage of those
who stopped to read the sign wrote
their names, and told the kind Of sew.
ing machine they were using. Then
a neat certificate w.s presented in re-
turn. which established the signcr's
claim to one share in the drawing. In
this way thousands-.perhaps tens of
thousands-of names of machine users
were obtasned. We always found a
crowd about the book, often large
enough to partially block the posssge.
Year: 1877

Since our issue of last week, we un- derstand that several gentlemen have talked the matter over, and it is pro posed to employ Mir. Hull, a practical engineer, of Bridgeport, and ascertain the best means to procure water for the town. The names of three gentlemen have been mentioned to us, and we hope that this move will continue to receive the attention of our citizens and business men, and lead to good results Messrs. Marcus c. Hawley, Wm J. Dick and Edward Clark have siguiiied their willingness to put the ball in mo- tion. To these names might be added others, and we trust that it will not be long before we can have authority to add such as we know are willing to join in any effort that will give to Newtown g good supply of water.
Year: 1877

A drunken tramp raised a rumpus in town Saturday, and was taken to the lookup, but there was no key to the door so the fellow was kept in durance until he sobered up, and snesked off A plu- rality of keys would not be amiss
Year: 1877

and west of HilIsboro the road will
be built, has not yet been decided,
but the decision rests with the cor
porators, who have been selected
from among the leading business
men of our town, and in whose dis
cretion and sound judgment the peO-
pie have entire confidence. It will
soon be seen on which of the several
proposed routes the money required
to build the road can be raised in
the shortest time, and the friends of
each route will no dou5t be up and
doing.


Meantime our citizens should weigh
well and carefully the important
question, how much stock they can
afford to subscribe, rather than let
HjHs5Oro lose the road, and be ready
when the books are opened to put
down such figures as will show both
their ability and ,oWingnesS to do
their full share towards pushing for
ward the enterprise.
Year: 1877

O. S. Journal:-'The Millennium
in ten minutes" is the way the New
York Tribune briefly describes the
expectations of those who think the
President should settle the Southern
question before his Cabinet Minis
ters have fairly had time to become
acquainted with each other.
Year: 1877

He was sitting silently by her side
one chilly evening last Autumn,
thinking of something to say. Final
ly he remarked:


'How sad it is; the frost has
come, and will kill everything green. ..
Thereupon the young lady extended
her hand and said in a sympathetic
tone "GOOd-bye.
Year: 1877

"Sunset7 Cox called with two or
three gentlemen to see Hayes to-
day. He is an old time personal
friend of the President, and for some
unexplained reason was considerably
pleased with the result of his inter
view. After passing out of the room
in which the President received the
party, he remarked to one Of bis
companions after all, I had rath-
er see Hayes in the Presidential
chair than the other man, nOdding
and casting his head toward New
York State. He is the safest Of the
two for the place
Year: 1877




Senator Ben Hill, in converse
ton with a Georgia newspaper re-
porter last week, said:


q think no man ever came into the
Presidential office with more patriotic
intentions than Mr.. Hayes. With
out individualizing exceptions, but
taking it as a whole, I think, too,
that no President ever commenced
his administration with better Cab
met. Whether the President and
his advisers shall be able to do what
they desire to do-carry their patri.
otto intentions into Effects the
great question now to be settled.
They will certainly encounter very
serious difficulties in this work. The
ultra leaders and press of the Presi-
dents party are using all their ef-
forts, both persuasive and threaten.
ing, to drive him from his liberal
policy altogether. I fear too many
of our Southern people and presses
are ready to denounce the President
as treacherous and false because he
does not execute his policy as rapid,
" as our natural imPatience de-
mands. It is the old battle of q
cross-fre from extremes, and it viii
require a rare combination Of cour.
age, wisdom and frmness to defy
and defying, to conquer them. L
the President shall fail, his failure
vii be caused by too great a desire
to please too many men who cannot
be pleased with anything wise, mod
crate or constitutional !"
Year: 1877

From the Coal.T-ade jonrnAll


Great was the amazement Of all Eng
land when. at the close Of the last
century. William Murdoch discovered
the use Of cembustible air or coal gas
SO little was the invention understood
and believed in by those who had not
seen II in use that even great and wise
mel laughed At the idea. "How could
there be light without wick Z" said q
member of Parliament. when the sub
ject was brought before the House
Even Sir Humphrey Davy ridiculed the
idea Of lighting towns by gas. aud asked
one OF the proprietors if they meant to
take the dome Of st. Psufs for a gas
meter Sir Wslter Scott. too. made
himself merry over the idea Of illum.
mating London by smoke. though he
was glad enough. not SO long after. to
make his own house at Abbotsford
light and cheerful on winter nights by
the use Of that very smoke. When the
House Of Commons was lighted by gas
the architect Imagined that the gas ran
on fire through the pipes. and he there
fore insisted on their being placed sew
eral inches from the wall. for fear of
the building taking FIRE; and members
might be observed carefully touching
the pipes with their gloved hands, and
wondering they did not feel warm.
The first shop lighted in London by the
new method was Mr. Ackermann's, in
the Strand. 1910; and one lady Of rank
WAS so delighted with the brilliancy of
the gas lamp on the counter that she
asked to be allowed to take it home in
hrr carriage. Mr. Mnrdock was, how
ever. too busy with other pursuits to
continue to study the use Of gas, and
though he was undoubtedly the first to
apply it TO practical purposes, many
others laid claim to the honor, aud
other people quickly reaped the benefit
ot' his cleTcrness and ingenuity. In
this he saared the general fate Of in
ventOrs.
Year: 1877

When Illinois was young. and her
towns were few and sparsely settled,
with a population not remarka for
general culture. a certain Justice Of the
Peace presided in the examining trial of
u man accused of murder. No lawyer
had yet settled in that particular town.
and the squire had it all his own way.
After the testimony was all in. he
gravely called the prisoner to the bar.
sentenced him to bc hanged on the fol-
lowing day. and duly attended himself
to see the sentence properly executed


\ few months afterward there was
another murder in the town, and the
suspected murderer was brought before
the squire for examination. In the
meantime. however, the lawyer from a
distant town had been engaged by the
accused. and appeared in the courtroom
for the defense. The old justice was
proceeding as calmly with the second
case As with the first, when he was in
'errupted by the learned counsel.


IF the Court please" he ssid, ''you
cannot try this man. All that you can
DO is to hear the evidence. and. if you
believe him guilty. hold him over to
stand his trial in the Circuit Court"


Cant try him :" shouted his Honor
Can. try him" That's all you know
about it. l tried . man and had him
hung only three months ago. and l can
dn it again Mr. Constable. bring out
the prisoner, and I'll show this young
man ,hst l can try his client, and hang
him. too"


And he did
Year: 1877

A correspondent Of the San Francisco
CaroH'eie gives the following graphic
description of the great scene yieos de
resixtsnce on the c. P. r. r.:


This. one of the most wonderful fea-
lures which nature has given our coun-
try, does not answer to the geograph-
ical definition of cape in the least.
but Is an il md mountain of the Sierra
Nevada range in eastern California
Probably there are many people in our
country who would never have known
Of this magnificent scenery if the great
Pacific railroad had not been laid. You
know there is only this road connecting
the Pacific coast with the East, and this
line in crossing the Sierra Nevada range
climbs the point called Cape Horn.
This mountain is three thousand i've
hundred feet Highland almost perpen-
dicular rocky declivity from summit to
bass The track does not pass over the
entire hight of the mountains-that is.
passing up one side to the summit and
down the other; bat is cut in the side
OF the mountain. so that, in passing
over it, you have part of the hight
above you and part below. To blast q
rock and level width sufficient tor the
track. men had to be let down from
the summit with ropes. Our train was
westward hound. Up We move, slowly.
very slowly. for the train is long and
heavy, and the grade about ninety feet
to the mile. The puffs from the two
engines saead tell US that all the steam
hat dare to be used is on. On our right
a great perpendicular wall, so near that
we can almost touch it with the tips of
our fingers from the car window, and
On our left, down, down 3 perpendicu.
lar descent, and growing deeper as we
ascend. Slowly We rise. until the train
ceases to move. 1t has stopped that the
passengers may have more time to see
the grand sight. We have reached the
highest point of the road. We step
from the car and cautiously approach
the edge of the precipi ce. for one dare
not move carelessly on snch a brink.
that we may have one 10 X down the
seemingly fathomless depth. We look
down $500 feet TO the base of the noun.
tain and then we turn and look up q
solid rock wall 1000 feet to its summit.
Here we are standing in this narrow
track of a dozen feet or 50 in width
this hight on one hand. this depth on
the other o! who would not travel
over many miles of dreary desert for
one look at this grand spectacle. and to
witness this wonderful achievement
the building of this portion Of the
road. "All aboard" is sounded, and
with regrets that our time is 90 limited.
we step upon the platform-not inside.
for We must keep in view this amaz.
ing scene as long as possible. Gradu-
ally. carefully we descend the grade.
and in short time are in the beautiful
valley Of the Sacramento.
Year: 1877

sure that it must prove detrimental to the
railroad companies toput down the wages
of these men if such policy fails to
draw to the positions the best Of men, as
it certainly will. There is no mistake
about the fact that railroads require the
most careful managehent.A No man
about them should be allowed to drink
liquor to excess. No, not even when of
duty for if he does so then he might do
so when on duty sometime, and accident
be the result. Every man about a rail.
road should be careful, trusty hand
Accidents are terrible things and they
may occur from so many and such va
riety Of causes, that the meanest laborer
engaged on roads may cause or he may
prevent serious damage. Good wages
will draw to the roads good hands-trusty
men-and none others should be enga-
ged. The safety of life demands liberal
policy on the part of the railroad compa,
nies and rather than pursue a NEAR
and nlggardly one, and thus endanger the
lives and limbs of the people, they should
charge higher fare and pay less salaries Il
their high officials.
Year: 1877

Glow WAGBs."-No one should des-
Use low wages in time like the pres
ent. On the contrary, those who have
employment should be careful to hold on
to it, although the remuneration may be
small. 1t is far better to be employed at
Glow wages" than to be idle. Idleness
is injurious in many respects. 1t is ex-
pensive, since man indulges more free
ly in useless luxuries, He goes on more
excursions; smokes more segars; drinks
oftener of beer, and wears more rapidly
his best coats, hats, boots, SC. These
are small matters, but they count very
rapidly when man has no income, and
but small amount "laid up for rainy
day" "Low wages do not benefit com.
munities, but they are better than no
wages at all. They do not help to build
up rapidly they do not guarantee full
rents; they do not leave much to expend
with the merchants; or to pay for small
jobs of mechanism; or buy furniture,
But they do help to feed, clothe and edu-
cate the little ones; to keep up the hum
BILE home and the loved ones together.
Therefore they should not be despised or
rejected.


We might attempt to illustrate but we
hardly think it necessary in a communi,
" of mechanics AS intelligent as ours
But any one can readily see how il
would be better for the laborers that a
hundred houses should be built in one
year, employing five hundred men al
Glow wages" than that none should be
built and no men employed. In the one
case the town is extended, property
made better and perhaps rents reduced
and houses made ready for the market al
smuch lower rate that may be bought up
by the careful laborer who has saved in
the "good times" something to help ge,
him "a home" Now set against thi.
town another where rather than worl
for Glow wages" there are no house.
built. Every one will see that the place
and the people must suffer immensel,
compared with the town where usefu
labor is performed. The men are KEEP
at their homes in the one case, makinl
something, and in the other they ar,
compelled to go away, decrease the pop
ulation and ten chances to one spend al
they do make and at last return will
empty pockets. There is no mistake
about it, ''good wages" are better fol
the people for the cities and towns
but it is just as true that Glow wages
ara better than none as it is that "half
loaf is better than no bread" and no mel
committed greater folly than those VIII,
strike for high wages in such times a
these.
Year: 1877

THE RAILROAD EMPLOYEES AND THE
GOVERNMENT EMPLoYEEs.-We cannot
for the life OF us see why government
employee should receive so much more
pay than the employee on the railroads.
The work done for the first is far more
easy than that for the latter, and surely
much more safe. A dozen brakemen on
the trains are killed to one engaged as
mail agent, letter-carrier or post-office
clerk, and intelligent men are required
IN both positions. The brakeman haz-
yards his life nearly every day and it is
doubtful whether he can perform his duty
faithfully for twenty years consecutively
without being manned or losing his life.
He is much of his time away from his
family and his home, and has to leave his
children too frequently without proper
and careful restraint. He should receive
''good wages" but what the sum should
De we cannot say. Certainly it should
be better for the railroads to increase the
rate of travel sufficient to enable them to
pay their hands 'good wages )" to enable
them to keep competent and careful men,
men who are trained to their work, than
keep about their roads incompetent men.
The lives of the passengers entrusted to
their care demand this much. We are
utterly opposed to the strikers, and be-
lieve the men who have run trains off the
track with passengers aboard should be
tried, and if guilty of "murder" accord
ing to law, should be hung. Nor do we
believe in succumbing,,to the outrageous
course pursuedby the strikers-they form
dangerous monopoly-with money
hoarded to put down, conquer or stop a
useful and necessary corporation, without
whose service all trade must cease, and
1t Will never do to let such an unautbor.
lied body hold the reins over all otbe,
people, of every trade and calling The
brotherhood" has grown or been CHANG
ed into dangerous body. Since its OK.
lstence the men who belong 10 it have
not been any better paid than they were
before-it is now intended to keep then
above the effects of the times to max,
them privileged class, and can neye
succeed.


But these men ought not to be expect
ed to do their work for GLOW wages
The engineer, the fireman and the brake
man all ought to be well paid-indee,
their wages ought to be "high wages


and they ought to be intelligent. trus
ty, careful men; none others sbonld h


employed in these position, the genera
safety requires that they should bav,
"high wages" to induce good men to as.
pire to these places and to help them +,
maintain fair dignity of life. We ar,
Year: 1877

THIERs' funeral was identified with
the places Of his life. He was buried
from the place St. George, a narrow
space at the convergence of streets on
the slope Of Montmartre, which he has
made famous by his residence for many
years; it was there that his house was
pulled down by the commune and rebuilt
by the republic, after lying many months
in ruins. The little church Of Notre
Dame de LOrette is close by, and alto.
gether Montmartre must have had a
crowded day Of it. 1t would have been
Grander pageant from the Madeline,
under the shadow OF that vendome col.
umn which Thiers twice erected to the
glory Of the great emperor, but the
Madeline is quite too much associated
with Imperialism, and the great Republi.
can was buried with certain fitness
from the parish in which he resided.
Year: 1877

THE Reading Eagle, a radical Demo.
cratic paper, has created quite sensa-
ton in Pennsylvania by declaring that
the Republican platform in that State is
much superior to that Of its own party.
This feeling is very general among the
Democrats, and will no doubt insure the
success Of the Republican ticket.
Year: 1877

THE Chicago Tribune understands that
all the Western and Southwestern roads
have fixed their east'bOund freight rates
on the new basis, SO that there is no
longer any danger Of having TO go back
to the old rates. ....