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Year: 1874

3 A very remarkable case Of mistaken
identity recently occurred in London,
A few weeks ago an old man sat down
in the doorstep of coffee shop and
suddenly died. Some of the passers by
recognized him as man who had been
in the employment of the gas company,
and nine or ten of the men in that SER
vice identified the body as that of their
fellow-workman. A deputation Of their
number was appointed to wait on his
wife, who, after listening to them for
a short time, told them her husband
was up stairs in bed. This turned out
to be the fact. The body was removed
to the workhouse mortuary, where il
was identified by about fourteen of the
officers as that of a pauper who had
been in the workhouse from twelve to
fifteen months and intelligence of the
death was sent to his daughters in Man
chester. One of the sons-in-law came
up and identified the body as that OF





his father-in-law, and expressed deep
sorrow at the death. An inquest was
held, at which the daughters attended
and swore that the deceased was their
father, and, after cutting off lock Of
his hair, directed an undertaken to con-
duct the funeral, at which they atten-
ded as mourners. On their return home
they related the circumstances con-
necte5 with the death to some friends
in Devonshire, who replied in the course
of a fortnight that the old man was
living there and in good health. The
son-in-law wrote to the undertaker's
saying he did not wish to incur ex-
pense in burying stranger. The clerk
suggested that reply should be sent
expressing regret at the mistake, and
hoping that it would not occur again.
Some of the officers still refused to be.
lieve that the old man was alive, and
one of them was in correspondence
with him to prove that he was mis-
taken.
Year: 1874

Never burn kindiy-written letters; it
is so pleasant to read them over when
the ink is brown, the paper is yellow
with age, and the hands that traced the
friendly words are folded over the
hearts that prompted them, under the
green sod. Above all, never burn love
letters. To read them in after years is
like a resurrection to ones youth. The
elderly spinster finds, in the impassion-
ed offer she foolishly rejected twenty
years ago, a fountain Of juvenescence.
Glancing over it, she realizes that she
was once belle and beauty, and be-
holds her former self in mirror much
more congenial to her taste than the
one that confronts her in her dressing
room. The "widow indeed" derives a
sweet and solemn consolation from the
letters of the beloved one who has
journeyed before her to the far-off land
from which there comes no message,
and where she hopes one day to join
him. No photographs can so vividly
recall to the memory Of the mother the
tenderness and devotion of the chill
dren who have left at the call of Heav-
en-, as the epistolary eutpouring of their
love. The letter of true son or daugh-
ter to true mother is something bet
ter than an image of the features-it is
a reflex of the writer's soul. Keep all


loving letters; burn only the harsh


ones, and in burning them, forgive and
forget them. s.. ....r. a.
Year: 1874

While acknowledging that new jail is needed. the New Milford Ray urges the old plea for change of county seat as an objection to the building of jail in Litchfeld. We are aware that motion for two shire towns is always in order from New Milford, but is it seriously proposed to build t,co jails in as small county as this? It is easy enough extemporizing a court house, but jail cannot be provided in any such way. It must be a substan- tial and expensive construction. If they have one, we imagine New Milford people must be enough in earnest to build it themselves. The people of the county can hardly be expected to build one for them, and then to build another in some other corner town of the county. t..--s.t -

 Moreover, the erection of two jails would be less serious charge on the in- habitants of the county than their main tenance afterwards. All the state contrib utes towards the support of the various county jails is s, a week, for the board of each prisoner confined in them. We are not to suppose that crime will be increas- ed by the increase of jail facilities so that the support of the additional prison will be thrown upon the citizens of the coun- ty in the shape of direct taxation.

 There is another serious practical ob- jection to the New Milford plan. One of the chief needs of every good prison sys- tenn is the employment of prisoners at some regular labor. The greater the number of prisoners, the more profitable their labor can be made. As much ex- pense for appliances and supervision is necessary to furnish adequate employ ment for an average of ten, as for an av- craze of twenty prisoners, while the pro- ceeds of such labor will of course be doubled with the doubled number of la- borors. In short the best hope for reform of our present most objectionable prison system would be killed by division of the prisoners into two squads. so small in number that their probable employment at steady labor would be out of the ques ton.

 No one imagines that the representa- tives who are to meet here, week after next, will vote to build two jails instead of one. Nor can we believe that they will post pone action On any reasonable expectation that two iails will eventually be required. Why then should they not meet the &C., knowledged necessities of the case, without regard to sectional interests and preiu- dioac0
Year: 1874

Tomorrow 81. Patrick's picnic will
be given at James's park, and it will be
one of the most delightful of the many
our citizens have enjoyed this season.
The objects of this entertainment COM
mend it to the patronage OF the public,
and we trust that there will be very
large attendance. Dancing, music,
games and other means Of amusement
will constitute the days programme.
The best Of order will be preserved, and
a day of uninterrupted enjoyment is in
store for all VINO attend.
Year: 1874

THE ladies in charge of st. Peter's
table for the benefit of the orphans,
would respectfully suggest to the ladies
of the parish the necessity of contribu-
ting, and also the assistance it would
render if they would send all articles in
tended for the table to Mrs. M. A. Rice,
230 Main street, Friday, the third in
Year: 1874

A fine brass and string band will be
IN attendance at the ball room of the
Grand Hotel during the day and night,
the lovers Of the light fantastic will have
a fine opportunity of enjoying them
selves. Special trains will be run day
and night, See advertisement.
Year: 1874

y


meet tomorrow in convention at Nash
VILE, for the purpose Of nominating q
candidate for the high Office of governor
Of the State, to succeed John c. Brown.
In the discharge of this important duty,
We trust the delegates viii bear in mind
that the responsible position is the gift
Of the people, and is not likelyt to be con-
fered on any but one who not only is a
fair representative of the party and q
generous defender fits principles, but q
citizen Of unblemished repute, of un-
questioned fitness, ami possessed
OF all the requisites of intelli-
genee anG experience for it. The
white people of the State, for
the first time in her history, are almost 3
unit uader the Democratic name against
Rsdicalism, and having recently ae-
compIished telling victories over the
common enemy ia their local elections,
look to the convention Of tomorrow
with no little anxiety, as TO the body
whom they expect shall open g
way by which they can cul-
inmate their labor of months in one
sweeping, overwhelming victory that
shall carry with it a completely Demo-
cratic legislature and every representa-
tive to congress. To do this, the con-
vention, besides giving us q name that
will Of itself be a guarantee of Demo
cr.tic success, must also make platform
broad, liberal and strong enough to up
hold all the elements that have at last
so mostly come up to the assistance of our
party. The past should be carefully and
pointe5ly retrospected, and the future
prepared for with an eye single to the
welfare Of the commonwealth, now hap
pny entirely wrested from Radical
ism. All possible occasion for squSb-
bling or clashing should be avoided, and
the utmost harmony be preserved.
Counties and districts have their candi-
dates, and ali Of them, whose names
have been made public, are good and
true men, any one of whom would be
acceptable to the Democracy, and make
an excellent executive. But all cannot
be nominated. Some one must be sue
csssful and many disappointed. Bearing
this in mind, We trust the labors OF
the friends Of the several candidates viii
be characterized by a generous contest,
that will leave no scars and make no
breaches. The interest Of the party Is
ALWAYS paramount to that Of the
individual, and disappointments
must give way to the ef-
fec,ual and fervent work Of every DEM
osrat for the success Of the ticket. We
look. then, for an unexceptional candi-
date for governor, a man whose name
will be a reinspiration of the party, and
for a platform OF principles that shall
fully, fairly and candidly express to our
fellow Democrats Of the other States Of
tb Union our nnfaltering devotion to
the principles Of the party, now the
only refuge Of the white men Of the
country from Radical tyranny, usurpa-
ton aud robbery.
Year: 1874

bishops, surrounded by candles, and
a cloud of incense, bore it slowly to
its last resting place.


1t is said TO have been the wish of
the late Emperor that he should be
laid in French soil even though he
might be buried in England, and in
obedience to this desire the earth had
been brought from the garden of
Tuilleries and placed in a bed at the
bottom Of the sarcophagus. Into this
the coffin was lowered. The Bishop,
duly attired in "Mitre Rochet." and
pail advanced and scattered upon it
it little French soil incensed the
tomb, sprinkled it with holy water
and pronounced the absolution. The


Prince Imperial


who had remained spectator of the
ceremony from the placc he first oc-
cupied, here almost broke down un-
der the. emotions which crowded in
upon him. and it vas nearly minute
ere he could be called upon to ap-
proach the tomb of his father. Mean
while Father Goddard had advanced
to the vestry, and now appeared on
the altar steps supporting tie widowed
Empress, who was bitterly weeping.
The Bishop, attended by priests.
came forward at this moment, and
placing the hand of Her Majesty in
that of her son conducted her to the
little, chapel where she took last
long look at the coffin, sprinkled it with
holy water and then retired, followed
by the e,prience and his suite. Here
upon the congregation moved gradu-
ally forward. passing one by one
through the chapelle ardente. each in
turn taking advantage OF the privilege
accorded Of throwing little conse>
Grated water upon the coffin. and so
quitting the edifice by small sized
door which opens into the church
yard. The Emperial household had,
however. another duty to Perform, to
which only few of the friends to the
late Emperor were admitted as wit
ness. Fundly hoping that the day
may vet come When the remains of
Napoleon III ike those Of his great
uncle. will rest bereath tic dome Of
the Invaiides, They deem it, tfelr
duty 10 ensure that the coffin should
not be surreptitionsly removed. and
thus it was that in their presence the
state Slab which forms the inner lin
ino to the cover of the sarca phagrls
was fastened iu its place with cement.
the four cor, ers being futher secured
with black wax stamped with the
Emperial seal. Nothing now remain
-, d but 10 place the top of the tomb
in its place. which was done, and the
members Of household who had wit
messed this last ceremony, left the
church and returned to the Camden
House.


The only inscription which it bears
is that of "NapOl. on Third Il |. P.'
Legend there is none, nor is there any
list of titles, mentioned Of coultry, or
date Of death. Even the Imperial
arms are not displayed, the name and
the prayer which the letters represent,
alone bearing witness TO the fact that
one Of the Napoieon's IS inferred i'll
the Catholic Church Of St. Mary's,
of ChiSelhurst.
Year: 1874

Probably the oldest timber in the
world which has b, en- subjected to the
use of man Is that which is found III
the ancirnt temllrs of Egypt. 1t is
which is known to Ice at least four
hundred years did. This wood, and
the only wood used in the construct, n
of the temple, is in the form Of ifes
holding The end OF one stone TO anOth-
er in is upper surface. When two
blocks weIe Laid i'm place, then 1t ap-
pears that an excavation of about an


inch deep was made in each block, in
to Which an ho1r-glass shaped tie was
driven. It is, therefore, very difficult
to.GTce any Stone from its, position.
The ties appear to have been, the ta-


marisk or shittim wood Of which the
Year: 1874

ark was constructed. a sacred tree IN
ancient Egypt, aud now very rarely
found in the Valley of the Nile. Those
dovetailed ties are just as sound now
as on the day of their insertion. Al
though fuel is extremely scarce in that
country, those bits of wood are not
large enough to make it an
object with the Arabs TO heave of
layer after l. yer of heavy stone for SO
small u prize. Had they been OF
bronze, half the old temples would
have been destroyed years ago, so prec-
iOus would they have been for various
purposes.
Year: 1874




sARY.


TO the Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR | desire to say few words through the
columns OF THE TRIBUNE upon that much agated Ques
ton at this characterization or burning the dead TIE
advocacy Of that method Of disposng OF the dead las
taken the people of this country by surprise. few
ago thought of this practice OF dsposnF OF
the dead except as "a bagbarous custom, unworthy this
any other age the idea has been made familiar
TO the people OF this country and considerable portion
OF tho American people give IL ready approval Does
this show conousvey that European nations and the
people of this country the rctrOgadeS think
not Unless 1t can be shown that progress depends
upon the abandonment OF all ancient practices and
ideas. the proposition cannot be sustained But it
purpose this communication approve defend
the practice OF burning the dead On the contrary de-
sire 10 say that in opinion the time has not vet come
10 adopt that practice III TINS country, and principally
for the following reason At a little distance from
an our large cities there Is land TO be found
iu abundance where, away nom the busy crowds
OF men, the dead may be buried with entire eaiey to
tie living far sanitary considerations relate 10
this Ques On-and believe those CONSIDERATIONS
mount TO ANYTHING eee in connection with this matter
tbey eau be observed in manner TO insure the most
perfect safety the living II cemeteries are selected
cities ana other places where the living eoDgregate
do not believe the people OF this country Will be IN
hurry this matter. Ii j. question that VIII bear
study; and when the time arrives 10 take or adopt
some method, based higher sanitary consider
atiOns than now prevail among US people, tuht
method will be discovered and adopted. In densey
populated country like India, aud where the climate ls
excessively hot, there be Yad reasons, with
which we not familiar, in favor OF cremation. STILL


very glad ths question Is being considered ana dis
cussed people OF this country at this time. IL
will result III good, and believe progress VIII D. made
in the right direction. ". y. sPLhsEA.


Ldkep0rt ". T., April 2s 1874.
Year: 1874

We gain more esteem by what We hear
than by what We say. Perhaps the high
ct art in conversation is to make others
talk The man who hears you may be
bored the man who talks to you never is


He may be dissatisfied with your views !;
he is is sure to be pleased with his own
Year: 1874

The FLOODS IN LOUIsIANA.-Oh-
cial kilograms received from New Or
leans state that the whole country from
Monroe to the mouth Of the Red
River is under water, and that 10000
people in that district will soon he on
the verge of starvation. Large num-
bers OF negroes from the the overflow
ed district are flocking to New Orleans.
Gov. Kellogg has issued proclamation
to officials and citizens of the overflow
ed district, assuring them that the
State government has done and is do
ing all that its resources allow to al
leviate the sufferings of those who have
been reduced to destitution by the
disastrous crevasses aud floods conse-
quent upon the recent heavy rain
storms He states that application
has been made to the general govern
ment for aid, and which he has reason
to believe will be promptly responded
to; that the Mayor Of New Orleans,
President OF the Chamber of Commerce
and committees of distinguished citi-
zens are doing all that can be done to
send immediate relief to those most in
need; and ti.at appeals have been
made to the great cities of the North,
East and West, which will doubtless,
in due time, bring generous responses.
He states that food, clothing and
money will be forwarded without delay
advices against sending the distressed
population to the city, already over
crowded with unemployed reople re-
commends the organization of Parish
committees for the distribution of sup
Plies, and that the lahorers of the in
undated districts be assisted in making
them TO those parishes which are not
under water, and where their services
are still needed. In conclusion, the
Governor says it may be that even out
Of this dire calamity, some good may
come, through the attention Of the
nation at large being so fearfuIly con-
centrated on the question OF making
the building and maintenance Of the
levees the Mississippi, as also the pre-
seryation Of the proper outlet fos the
river, national work.
Year: 1874

TwEED's PRISON WoRK.-Tweed
is compelled to perform hospital work
sufficiently hard, dangerous and dis
agreeable TO suit the demands of Judge
Davis himself AS an evidence of this
and as an illustration of one kind of
labor the ex-Boss performs, [ can tell
something which is evident none of the
reporters here have heard. A few
days ago doctor known to me was
passing through the prison hospital in
the morning when be saw and met
Tweed, moving heavily along the pas
sage, bearing on his shoulders wood
en- yoke, from which two buckets were
hung, filled with the filth Of the de-
ceased prisons for the previous night
which he was carrying out. 1t is pos
sible that such work should be done | y
Tweed as we'll as by anybody else, but
the fact that he does it shows that he
is not leading the life Of prince in
prison.
Year: 1874

RArrDITY or THoueHT IN DREAM
lNa There i grest rapidity Of thought IN
dreaming. A scientific writer says thats
very remarkable circumstance. and an inn
portant point 10 analogy. is to be found in
the extreme rapidity with which the men-
tai operations are performed. or rather
with which the material changes ON which
the ideas depend. are excited IL the brain.
Il would appear as if the whole series Of
acts that would really occupy long lapse
Of time. pass Ideally through the mind in
one instant. We have IN dresnss no true
perception of the lapse Of iime--a STANCE
property Of mind II such be also is
property when entered into the eternal
dissmbodisd state tune win appear TO Us
eternity.
Year: 1874

taken to recover it? Why should moi
the entire proceedings Of a session of
the Board Of County Commissioners,
be published word for word so that the
people might know what their servants
are doing and keep themselves posted in
county affairs? Is it Necessary for county
that is making no public improvements
with delinquent tax, Of about S10,.
600 which is being paid up rapidly
with an assessessed valuation of prop
erty of about 81, 100000 with an ac-
tual annual expense of about $4,000 to
rails a nine mill county tax? Is it
necessary to give the county printing
to the St. Paul Press, when it can be
done at home at the same prices express
added?


There is mutch more that might be
said but I have spun out this effusion
Of an idle hour to greatly. If you think
it worthy Of publication, will be thank
full. IF not I will console myself
with the thought. "rhe bladder may
be dipped but never drowned" Yours
in peace.
Year: 1874

Messrs. Breen & Young, the con.
tractors, are are progressing finely with
their work on the north wing Of the
Hospital for Insane. They have about
sixty men at work on the building and
in the quarry. The walls of the first
story Of the building are now about
completed, and the whole building will
undoubtedly be enclosed within the
contract time, which, we believe is in
December.-St. Peter Tribune.
Year: 1874

The GAZETTE being the only paper
in this County, we intend that all our
Citizens shall have an unrestricted
hearing, as far as our space will per-
nit, on all topics of general interest,
where the communications are respect
ful and respectable in tone and style.
During the next few months it is prob
able that articles will appear which
We could not endorse. This seems to
be necessity in paper situated as
the GAZETTE is. to which the general
interests of the county are paramount
to personal or party interests. We
have special reference to political mat
tiers. When We deem it expedient
or desirable to express our sentiments
or urge our views, (aud We intend to
take hand } we will do SO editorially,
and We do not wish to be accredited
with sentiments appearing in any other
shape.
Year: 1874

A man drew note promising to
paw one hundred dollars. lie used
the printed form and did not close up
the blank devoted to dollars, and at
ter passing it as negotiable paper some
one inserted land fifty" after the word
dollar. The note, thus altered,
got into the hands Of az innocent par
ty, who presented it to the drawer,
and the Supreme Court decided that
the maker of the note was liable Tor
it's face. because, through negligence,
he did not draw line between the
written word and dollars. Any testi-
mouv that the drawer might offer to
esta blish the fact that he gave the note
TOR one hundred dollars must go Tor
nothing. as "there was nothing on the
face Of the note to show that it had been
altered" Evidence of an alteration
on the face of the note would have
changed the case Let this be les
sou 10 all drawers of promissory notes
No one can be too careful in sucf
matters -Baltinlore Nelcs.
Year: 1874

SIGNALING between the earth and
the planet Venus is a suggestion made
in all good faith by French astrono
mer, NJ Charles Cros. who considers
the coming transit of Venus to be a
good opportunity for ascertaining
whether there are inhabitants on that
planet, and, if so, entering into relations
with them. He says: 1T is possible
that Venus is inhabited that the latter
judge the passage of their planet across
the solar disc to be an object to excite
our curiosity finally, it is possible
that the sovants will strive in some
way to make singals to US at the precise
moment when they might suppose
that many telescopes will be leTelsd at
their planet"
Year: 1874

THE New York Tribune says that
the author of Sweet Hour of PRAYER. -
Looking Unto Jesus. Safe in. the
arms of Jesus" etc, who is blind is
in destitute condition in that city. and
the husband who has composed many OF
the tunes to which the verses of his vile
are sung, is also totally blind We think
that fact need only be brough; to the
attention of Sund1y-school children TO
induce them TO take immediate steps to
relieve the suffers.
Year: 1874

A movement is said to be on foot in
Washington for the purchase OF Me
ridian Hill, so as to build thereon a
new Executive Mansion and surround
it with park. Forty or fifty speeula
tors have bought up the Stone farm, ="
which includes the height referred to.
and their plan is to sell it to Congress
1t cost about 100000, and the price
asked is half million of dollars.
Year: 1874

On the whole globe, at least ninety
millions speak the English language


about seventy five millions the Ger
man, fifty five millions the Spanish.
and only forty FIVE millions the French.
These matters of fact may serve to re
move erroneous opinions.