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Year: 1877

1t has been for long while the fashion of certain
Journals in Boston, and elsewhere in New-England,
to claim for that city monopoly of interest in
American Literature and in the appreciation of our
best authors. We are therefore all the more sur
prised TO learn from The Boston Globe of Monday


that up to that day steps had been taken to COM
memorate, in any manner, the SEVENTEEN birthday
of Mr. Longfellow, on Tuesday. No doubt an int
promptu dinner, which that journal suggested,
would have been very agreeable to the poet and his
nearer friends, but All entertainment which should
be the voice of the city, bearing its tribute of honor
to the world, would require more than ~ hours of
preparation. Not thus have the two birthdays of
Mr. Bryant been commemoratod here: not thus did
the earnest admirers OF Mr.. LOngfellow in this city,


nearly year in advance of the day, plan to offer n
testimonial which-could the poet have accepted it
might have made amends for the neglect of Boston.
The Globe hopes that the proper and graceful
thing will be done; which, it informs us, Is that
Mr.. Longfellows publishers should take the intia-
tive and call together some of the wel-known
literary men who are within easy reach v! But the
permanent honor conferred by such q commcmora-
Year: 1877

panied by 80 substantial an earnest OF good
faith. Mr.. Schuz has been one OF the most
faithful censors of the evil courses which
brought the Republican party to the verge Oh
ruin, and in the public Judgment deserves
thanks rather than prescription for it now.
Year: 1877

The main trouble will be with Messrs Key
and Schurz-with the one for being too much
of Democrat and Rebel, with the other for
being too little of Republican. Senators may
be sure that the Country will not sustain them
in such opposition. Mr.. Keys fitness
for his place remains to be tested,
but the public will be glad to see the
effort at reconciliation with the South accom-
Year: 1877

BY narrow majority the appropriation for
the Commission to revise the Statutes was
saved yesterday in the Assembly. Still an
inch of miss makes as sure of an appropria-
ton as of anything else, and the Bar Associa-
ton may have the pleasure of knowing that
its recent refusal TO demand the repeal OF the
law has not been without effect. In the
Senate, however, the opponents of the revision
are likely to renew their assault.
Year: 1877

As to the Cabinet, we apprehend no serious
trouble. A new President may fairly claim to
make up his own Cabinet. He has made an
exceedingly good one. He has right to have
it promptly confirmed, and 10 wise Senator
will long stand in the way.
Year: 1877

An interesting law question was raised in
the courts yesterday in the case of one OF the
Northampton Bank robbers. Mr.. Seward took
the ground that Interstate extradition is a
matter of Federal ard not of Staie law, and
the Governor, to this extent, was Federal
official On this reasoning, while the identity
OF prisoner might be passed upon by State
court, the Governors action could not be re-
viewed by any but United States court.
Year: 1877




You rightly conjcctured that l am
the friend of the public school system
of Virginia. AID my matured convic-
ton is that 1t should be clectually
nurtured. The experience of other
communities combines with the pecu-
liarly appealing condition Oi certain
elements of our population to cons
vince me that wisdom and humanity
require that free education should be
a leading and favored feature Of our
domestic policy. The children Of
those who gave their lives, and Of
those who sacrificed their fortunes,
to the defence Of the Commonwealth
have rightful claim upon popular
guardianship. and there is no condi>
ton of affairs which could Justify a
denial of evasion of that obligation.
Again | consider that the best inter
est of the State demand that large
class of persons recently admitted to
the privilege OF citizenship should
receive careful aud ample instruction
in every branch Of learning that may
ft them Tor proper discharge Of IL
Year: 1877

Account for it in whatever way they


may, and make for it whatever exeu


ses they please, the fact cannoi


be denied, that the result Of the Ohio


election is a verdict of disapprOYal by


the people of that State of the manner


in which president Hayes became


such. The fault is not 50 much with


Mr.. Hayes himself He, as an individ-


ual, is all well enough in his way, and


may make pretty good chief magis-


trate. But the trouble is be holds an


Office to which he was not elected. The


people of the United States preferred


another man to him for the Office Of
their chief executive at the last cleo
ton, and so expressed their preference
at the polls. This will Of the people
was ignored. and although their YER
dict by a majority Of over a quarter Of
million of the popular vote was
against Gen. Hayes, he was, through
the Vaccinations Of designing politi-
clans, inducted into the Office to which
Gov. Tilden had been fairly elected.
Now though. the people might not
have any individual preference for
Mr., Tilden over Mr.. Hayes, and one
might make as good a President as
the other, yet the independent portion
Of them are not prepared to tamely
submit to a fraud Of the magnitude to
a theft Of the Presidency without
murmur, and then sanction it by vot-
ing with the party that committed it.
The Workingmen's movement had
something to do with it, and dislike of
the Southern policy" may have eff
fected it some, but the main cause of
the Republican rout was the unwill- |
ingness Of the people to even seem to /
the Electoral Commits
sion fraud. Rather than do that they
stayed away from the poles preferring
% forego the exercise Of the privilege
If the election franchise, rather than
lrray themselves on the side Of dis
honesty and fraud in elections. That
vas what was the matter, and, unless
We are vastly mistaken in our opinion
# the honesty of the masses of the
American people, that is what will be
he matter at the next general cleo
ion.
Year: 1877

THE Republican journals console
themselves over their Ohio defeat and
soothe their wounded spirits with the
declaration that this is an "Off year.
in politics. We rather think it was
very much so in Ohio for that State
like to heaye Sof'' from them and into
the hands Of the Democracy, alto
gether.
Year: 1877

The PREMIUM LIST Of which we
publish the major part in this issue
has taken up 50 much of our space
that it has crowded out a,large part Of
our usual amount Of reading matter.
1t was SO much longer than usual that
we have been unable to get it all in
this week, and are forced to delay
part until our next issue.
Year: 1877

A HUNGARIAN officer recently expert
mented at Pesth with an apparatus de-
signed to enable horse to cross river
without sinking. The officer mounted
his steed on the Buda eide of the Danube,
and actually accomplished the feat of
swimming the river on horseback at its
broadest part, with rapid current running
He kept the horses head up splendidly
while crossing, which occupied about
twenty minutes. The military men pres
ent were pleased with the invention.
Year: 1877

Do Nor FACE THE LIGHT WhEN AT
WoRK.--Statistics kept by oculists en-
ployed in ihfirmaries for eye diseases have
shown that the habit of some persons in
facing window from which the light
falls directly in the eyes as we'll as on
the work, injure their eyes in the end.
The best way is to work with side light,
or if the work needs strong illumination,
so that it is necessary to have the work.
ing table before the window, the lower
portion of the latter should be covered
with screen, so as to have top light
alone, which does not shine in the eyes
when the head is slightly bent over and
downward toward the work.


In the schools in Germany this matter
has already been attended to and the
rule adopted to have all the seats and
tables so arranged that the pupils never
face the windows, but only have the side
lights from the left and as light sim
ultaneously thrown from two sides give
an interference of shadows, it has been
strictly forbidden to build school-rooms
with windows on both sides, such illumi-
nation having also proved injurious to
the eyes of the pupils. ..,


We may add to this the advice not to
place the lamp in front of you when at
work in the evening, but little on one
side; and never to neglect the use of a
shade, so as to prevent the strong light
shining in the eyes. This is especially
to be considered at the present time,
when kerosene lamps, with their intensely
luminous flames, become more and more
common.-Aedical J0nrlaI.


r...s,,f ..s' V4BaFL i
Year: 1877

HA


Birdie BLINDs.-We never could see
what vice or deformity lay in horses
eye that should make IL necessary to
cover it up and shut out its owner from
at least two. thirds of his rightful field of
vision. The poets say that old age looks
backward, but we never heard OF such an
idiosyncrasy charged upon horses. The
theory that d horse il less apt to be
frightened when shut ont from every
thing behind him we suspect to be a fal-
lacy, else saddle-horses and warehouses
would be duly blinded. Every horse is
as familiar with his own carriage as with
his own tail, and as far as his personal"
fortitude is concerned is no more dis
turbed at being pursued by one than
another. AS for other scarecrows that
come behind, they are mostly familiar to
the animal, and the more fully the horse
can perceive them the more quietly does
he submit to their approach. Then it is
such pity to cover up one OF the most
brilliant features Of this most brilliant
creature The horse has borne such a
hand in the civilization of this rough
and-tumble world that it seems not so
much cruelty as a discourtesy, as well
as disgrace to hide his form with en-
barrassing toggery. No wonder we esti-
mate the force in the world as horse
power; no wonder the Romans and Ger
mans, each in their own language, desig-
mated their aristocracy as riders; no
wonder their descendants made chivalry
a synonym for their highest virtues. Let
the horse be given his due, and unblind-
ed.-English Journal.
Year: 1877

Redfeld in the Cincinnati Commercial.


Mr.. Garfield has it
in his own power, if he lives, to re-
main in Congress more terms than
any man ever has. Should he live
to be as old as old Cameron-Si-
mon, | mean, he of the white locks
and breach of promise suit-should
Garfield live an equal number of
years, and cultivate sweet content
with his position In Congress, he
has it in his power to be Congress
man more terms and more years
than any man living or who has
lived. At the end of the coming
term, he will be forty-seven. Simon
is seventy eight. Therefore, should
Garfield live to be as old as Simon,
and retain his seat in the House, he
will have served twenty-three terms,
or forty-six years. That is more than
any other man ever did. And in
1907 the people of the Nineteenth
District can say that since the for
nation of that part of the country
into district they have been repre-
sented by only three men. And
that will be more than the people of
any other district can say.


Under these fattering conditions
l would rather remain in the House
than be elected to the Senate, and
probably defeated at the next round
by a Democrat. For the Ohio Legis-
lature is liable to become Democrat
ic at any tlme-that is, it is possible
but there is no prospect that MIR.
Garfeld's district will become Dem
ocratic. Ingersoll may cease to
swear, the Ohio river run up hill,
Ben. Butler become decent man,
and the average carpet-bagger refuse
an office, but the Nineteenth Ohio
District will remain Republican.
Up there, when an ambitious young
man comes of age, and looks for
ward to a seat in the Legislature
OF some other exalted station, he
either turns Republican or moves
out of tine district.
Year: 1877

The other night, about 10 o'clock,
a policeman passing along Larned
street east came upon a boy who was
walking up and down in front of a
house, and, when the lad was asked
if he lived there, and why he did
not go in, he replied:


'Dad's waiting for me with a
whip"


"Going to dust your jacket, is hep


"That's the programme" sighed
the boy, sunless l can think up
something to unfasten his mind from
the subject. If l could rush in and
tell him that big fire was raging
down town, or that the mayor was
dead, or some such thing, he'd be
taken by surprise and forget all
about dressing me down"


"And you can't think of anything
eIse?'


'Not a thing. Iwish the old gent
was in the habit of stealing his wood,
getting into the house of correction,
or dong something that would give
me hold on him, but he's straighter
than an alderman's elbow"


Detroit Free Press.
Year: 1877

Up-country papers are poking fun
at the clergyman who recently held
seryisces at the State Reformatory,
and prefaced his remarks to the
prisoners by saying that he was glad
to see so large a number present.


Washington Nation: Counterfeit
ers respect the press. In the whole
history of this country we never
heard of 81, 900 counterfeit bill be-
ing passed on an editor.


Vermont personal: If the young
man who sat in a char where lady
had left dish of maple sugar to oool
at the festival the other evening,
will return the saucer, be will save
himself further interruption.


The proud boast of Kentucky
that her youths are the bravest and
most gallant on earth, would seem
to be verified in the recent marriage
of young Blue Glass hero of six
teen to a widow with Eve children.


Japan is becoming civilized so rap
idly that it has been obliged to
adopt a coin worth one-eighth OF q
cent in order to meet the demand OF
those who attend church and want
to put something in the contribution
box.


American made boots are making
inroads in Europe, and the Swiss
sboemakers have sounded an alarm.
A Berlin paper says that American
boots are sold in Switzerland at two
dollars and ninety cents per pair.


"White velvet dresses give round
ness to the figure" So do baked
beans.


An Alabama editor winds up an
editorial on the corn crop with the
remark: "We have on exhibition in
our sanotum pair of magnificent
ears"


New York Commercial Adgertis-
er; "Mr. I-Jams was recently regis
tered at the Hotel Bates in lndian-
apolis. His brother Jim is very well
known in this CITY,"
Year: 1877

shore OF the Lake.


During the latter part of last weel.
a man named Chauney Waters
while walking along the shore of the
lake, between Nottingham station
and Wickliffe, came upon a dead
body, which there is some reason for
believing to be that of Mr.. P. P.
Bliss, the lamented author and mu-
siclan, who was killed in the disaster
at Ashtabula. The remains are those
OF medium sized man, of dark
complexion, and wearing full, long
beard. The head is in good preser-
walton, and the features are clear and
recognizable. The back bears evil
dences of having been frigbtfnIlv
burned. One leg is broken, and the
other badly gashed, the wound look
ing as though it may have been
made by cake of ice OF an edged
piece of timber. When the BODY
was found there was no clothing uD.
on it except the boots and socks. The
person who made the discovery re-
ported to the township trustees of
Nottingham, and as the loWor por-
tiOn of the body was badly decom-
posed it was buried at once, the
grave being made on the beach be-
tween Nottingham and Wickliffe.


There is little doubt, from the Pc
culiar condition of the remains, that
they are another sad relic of the dis
aster at Ashtabula, the main evi-
dence of this, of course, being their
charred and burned condition. It
was suggested at the time of the ac-
cident that some of the bodies of
the dead passengers would be car
ried under the ice to the lake and
ultimately thrown upon the beach,
as this has been. From the appear
anee of the body Just discovered, it
is supposed the head was frozen sol
idly in the ice until the warm wealth
er loosened it. This would account
for the remarkable preservation of
the features.


The grounds for believing the
body to be that of Mr.. Bliss are
based on the striking resemblance of
the face TO the photographs of the
lamented musician. None of the
persons who saw the body mad ever
seen Mr.. Bliss, but they were quite
familiar with his features from the
many photographs which have been
in circulation since the accident, and
they were at once struck with the ere-
semblance. The matter is certainly
worth investigating and whatever
steps are taken should be taken at
once. The body will, without doubt,
rapidly deeompose and soon be past
recognition.
Year: 1877

1t is a fact that is not generally
known, says the Cincinnati Eaqttir-
er, that large number of CONNER
cial travellers make a practice of car
rying portable fire escapes with them
during their travels as part of their
regular baggage. The most i'm
proved form is in the shape of fexi-
ble ladders, made of fine steel chains,
armed with sharp hooks at one end
and furnished with rungs or cross
pieces of thick steel wire. In case
of fire the hooks are fastened inside
the window-siIl, the ladder is allow
ed to unroll outside the window, and
IL is then ready for use. These lad
ders can be rolled up into a very
small compass, and one sixty feet
long does not weigh more than ff-
teen or twenty pounds. Some drum
mers carry, in leu of this, knotted
rope about an inch thick, with q
hook on the end, which is operated
in the same manner as the ladder
How many lives could have been
saved at the Southern if the ooeu-
pants of its upper floors had had a
few of these inventions
Year: 1877

A newspaper correspondent writes
that two United States flags. stand
alone in a corner of the great hall
of the Propaganda at Rome. The
story is that in one of the Italian re-
bellions the leader of the insurgents
planted his cannon before the Prop
uganda, intending to destroy it.
The frightened Papal authorities
begged Minister Cass to save the
building by the power of the Amer
loan flag; neither the flag of En-
gland, France or Austria would be
respected, but the American tag
would. After much hesitation Mr.
Cass publicly removed his consulate
to the Propaganda and raised the
flag of our Union over its root'
The chief of the insurgents swore he
would not fire on the flag, made his
cannon ready and moved away
The Propaganda was saved, and the
flags have this honor for the good
they did in the time of peril.
Year: 1877

WATERING PoULTRY.-It is the be- lief of the writer that many of the dis eases incident to poultry are due to neglect in providing them with pure water particularly do I believe such to be the case, in the majority of in- stances, where chicken cholera pre- valis. The omission to furnish fowls with suitable drinking water is one of the worst features of cruelty to ami mals. It is neglect that is decided " aaYerse to success, hence tends to diminish individual fancy for fowls ana works detriment to poultry in. eerests. Those whom we occasionally near say that "there is no profit in pouitry are not qualified to have the management of the same. and in tbair attentions may be classed with tba thriftless and negligent parties who Keep fowls that get drink when it rains. s.-Fanciers' Journal.
Year: 1877

THE STORY THE SHERIFF ToLD.-A wom an arrived in town onThursdayof lastweek. which is not an unusual thing to happen, but in the case of this enternrising female her entrance, stay, and departure were mark ed with unusual occurrences. She was 8 l woman of about thirty. far to look upon, and intelligent. She went to one of the hotels, loitered in the parlor, made herself agreeable to chance acquaintances, and be- fore evening had won one gentleman friend who escorted her out for short walk, and who accompanied her to the depot when the D. m. train arrived, on which tram she said she was expecting friend" The friend did not come, and she returned to the hotel, where her escort bade her good evening, and left her to her fate. She did not spend the evening in lonesomeness however. A young married man of high social standing in the town where he lives, happened to be at the hotel where she was stopping, and he, as we'll as the lady being from the south part of Berkshire county, they fell to chatting together and spent the evening very pleasantly until the hour for retiring. About midnight the lady's hus- band arrived at the hotel, and of course sought the wife's room, and when, after some hesitation the door was opened. he found the young married man from South Berkshire in state of confusion and dis may ,equalled only by the terror and shame manifested by the lady. A storm ragged at once high and strong, and for time go " scene was imminent. Then counsel was sought, the young married man came down with $500 and all parties agreed to call it square and say nothing about it.

 This is the story as told us by Lee sheriff who was puzzling oyer the question what to do about it. He believed the whole affair was ''put up job" by the woman and her husband, and he felt he ought to make them feel the law against back-mail ing. On the other hand the young man who had paid so dearly for silence, would not fancy the publicity which would ensue if prosecution should be commenced. He knew the facts in the case as we have re- lated them, but his duty was not quite so nlain to PSttsfeld Eagle.
Year: 1877

w We are informed by postmasters the fol- lowing named subscribers have left the places where they have been regularly receiving THE NEWS, and az they did not notify us of their change of post-ofice. and are in arrears to the amounts placed parallel with their names, we pub fish their only address known to us and If any of our readers know of the whereabouts of any ot Is 1t exactly HONEST treatmenc. to receive 6 news

 paper till several dollars are due, and then leave he postmaster to inform us the paper Is not re- wheres The following have done this: Does
Year: 1877

the tub struck, which only grazed his legs slightly. He went to work again, but hls wife, fearing he might get hurt, came out to warn him to be careful, and while be was looking up and telling her there was no danger, stone dropped from the side of the bank and struck hlm on the fore head, cutting a severe gash that bled pro- fusely and probably would have terminated fatally had not Dr. T. been soon on hand and stopped the flow of blood which was fast ebbing away. And then to add to the poor mans misfortune. the rain, which came about the same time, and which everybody was longing for, caved in his cellar wall and caused him another severe loss; but John, the poor fellow, is around agaln, probably to meet with something more serious still. Somehow John seems to manage unWiselY. It is hoped that he will learn something by his late experience

 Perhaps Coughs lecture on "Blunders'' will have a tendency to lessen these mis- takes, as understand that thlrtY-two per sons from here and Lakeville went to hear him at Winsted last week Wednesday even- ing. Another item of interest is the clos ing-out sale of the Moore Jewell estate, which is occupying the attention of most of those who are ''up and dressed" for good bargains. as are offered by Auctioneer Cleaveland of Sharon, very clever auc- tioneer.....We hear some moving changes are to be made this Spring. The times of course will be improving now under the new administration. and we all probably sball have plenty of work and some pros pect of an active livelihood. You, MT. Editor, must "keep your eye peeled" and get the news or the times will leave you in the rear, without one item of comfort. thlnk this will suffice for the first; don't your M.