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Year: 1877

A correspondent of the London Daily
News at Penzance, speaking of the ar
rival at that place of Captain Crapo and
his wife, who left New Bedford on May
% in small boat, says: 'The voyage
was commenced on May %, when the
vessel left New Bedford, but by stress
of weather she had to put into Chat
ham, Mass, where she stayed until the
I'd of June, when the sails were again
hoisted, and the little pygmy left on
her perilous voyage with fair wind.
All went well for three days, the wind
being southwest and the sea calm. The
wind then changed to southeast, and 1t
came on foggy for four days, and con-
tinued foggy up to the time when they
reached the Grand Banks, seventeen
DAYS out. Here most fortunate thing
happened for the navagitors. The
drogue which they had brought with
them was found to be of little use,
because it was too light. While off the
banks they saw keg floating, which
luckily they were able to secure. Cap
tain Grape knocked off the iron hoops,
and with some new canvas made new
drogue which answered admirably.
When it is considered that at one part
of the voyage they were obliged to lie
10 IOT lltdTly GuIcc udyS III d SlCdO SoalC
of wind, it will need no effort to ina
gine what fortunate acquisition the
new drogue was. After leaving the
banks, where they lay in a gale for fifteen
hours, the weather improved, and they
sailed on till the 21st Of June, when an


other gale was encountered. While ly-
ing to, the New Bedford spoke the
steamer Batavia, from which assistance
was offered, and the offer was made to
take them on board, which was plucki-
ly declined. After this incident they
encountered succession of gales, the
only wonder being that they survived to
| tell the story. During the voyage,


which occupied forty-nine days, the
rudder broke, but happily there was a
spare oar on board, which was used
until the first could be repaired. The
seas were running mountains high, and
during that time, even when lying
down to rest, they had to lie on wet
clothes. On one occasion the Captain
Year: 1877

This place is firmly moving forward
on the road OF improvement. A new
feature, which supplies need long felt.
has lately been added here, by +. III.
Marsh, in n splendid stock OF general
merchandise in the stOrc-room connected
with the new warehouse built by the
Oak Harbor Grange.


The Fourth OF July will be celebrated
at this place by IA horse race got up by
the Oak Harbor Jockey Club, and pic.
mic by the people Of the settlement gen
orally, aud Il dance by the young people
in the evening at the Grange Hall.


All we now lack to place us in free
and easy communication with the rest of
the world, is regular steamboat and mail
connections, which will shortly be ef-
trctcd. About 5000 pounds of wool
have already been shipped from this point
this season, probably not less than u
thousand tons of hay will be produced
in this settlement this season; besides
considerable quantities of butter, vrgeta-
blcs fruits, sc. NJ.


June 1G 1877.
Year: 1877

Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston has failed
to carry water in his orthodox seive.
He has set himself up as the exponent Of
orthodox faith and tried to reconcile it
with science. The result is he has only
succeeded in stirring up the whole or.
thodoX hornets nest and "a in fair way
OF being stung to death by the happy
family of which lie is member.
Year: 1877

allow themselves to be brought to lite
and come full handed to The fair OF
course the society will be glnd to see II
hig turn nuD; hut those who come n'
contributors will be douhly and thr.hly
welcome. We hope every citizen OF this
county viii look upon it as duty to
contribute toward making our next and
the Olympia fair II GRAND SUCCESS.
Year: 1877




DEAR SIR In your issue of June 2d,
your associate has an excellent article on
education, he speaks OF the power ofasso-
citation in our public schools, as well as
in other matters, that united action would
succeed where singly it would fail. 1t
has seemed to me that in this part of the
country we have lacked united action
where our public schools are concerned
The teachers have not met together for
the purpose OF discussing school matters.
The Superintendents have not visited
the schools to see whether the teachers
were complying with the law or not,
earning their wages honestly, or wasting
their time and the scholars to. Conse-
quently anything that promised to rectify
all these things and give US good school
besides, should be hailed with delight
by all friends of education. The call
for a Territorial Teachers Institute, WAS
supposed to cover the groupd, it was to
meet on Wednesday, but in order to be
there 1t was necessary to start from this
place on Saturday, the teachers were
urged to close school and attend, some
did So, but instead of being rewarded,
by having refreshing time, some one
postponed it until the middle of July.


have heard of two reasons lor the
postponement, one was that the com-
mittee to draft school law had not had
time to finish it, as they have had only
one short year to work in probably that
is so, the other was, that if the Seattle
teachers slapped their schools to attend,
the scholars would become demoralized
and the teachers loose control, of course
it is OF no consequence at all, that teach
ers out side of Seattle lost a week, and
thsir expenses of travelling and then
found themselves April fooled in June.
Making the next call for the middle Of
July is very appropriate. Many Super
intendents are farmers and that You
know is the time of year that there is
work to be done on the farm, and then
July is cool month, no hot sun to
weaken the brain, or make it necessary
to strengthen the body with stimulants,
the roads and streets are free from dust,
and travelinga luxury, or was i: warm
spell they were looking for, hopeing it
to have such an enervatipg effect on the
children, that they would not demoralize
themselves or any one else, but let these
conjuctures be right or wrong hope the
meeting will come, ard have good at
tendance, and give us in return a good
school law, but l can very near guess
that some that tried it before will wait
a while.


Ircmain yours truly,


| Oak HnrhOr Junp 10
Year: 1877

was . job toxet the Lieutenant out Tor some
nefarious purpose, as in the capacity Of
.paymsster he had . large amount OF money
about his person, declined to have him
called. When the answer was returned to
the. girl she entered the hack and was
driven to tho hotel. She appealed to the
clerk, and upon little explanation Oeing
given De Kalands was aroused from MS
slumbers. His astonishment upon behold
ing the poor girl in the sad plight she was
In, and the evidence of her heroic DEVOTION
was very great, but in order not to compfo-
mise her he took her to the house of re-
spectacle family In the northern part OF the
city, and arranged that she should stay
there until the 20th inst, when she would
be Of age and free to bestow her hand
upoon the man of her choice without pa
rental interference. z.-- ~
Year: 1877

A San Francisco paper of March % says
This morning, shortly before O'Clock, the
quiet neighborhood of South San Francisco,
near Hunters point, was startled by the
report of gun and considerable shooting
aud scampering Of horses and human feet.
An investigation showed that the cause Of
the shooting was genuine elopement. 1t
appears that shortly after the Russian fleet
appeared in the bay, one of the Lieutenants
became enamored with the daughter of an
engineer living at South San Francisco. He
proposed marriage, but the father declined
the honor. The pair then proceeded to ex-
treme measures, and at 12 o'clock last night
the lover appeared with team, and his
Juliet climbed out of the window. The
unusual noise attracted the attention of the
father, who jumped up and grabbed his
shot gun loaded with buckshot. He enter
ed his daughters room and found that the
bird had flown. He ran to the door, and
discerning buggy short distance off,
blazed away.


The next days papers say that the officer
concerned was Lieutenant George de Ka-
lands, of the Russian frigate vsadmick,
and the full details of the affair, with its
unhappy denouement, are given as follows
in the POST


The Lieutenant was seated in buggy
about two rods from the house, lighting
matches-the signal previously agreed upon
in their correspondence to notify the girl Of
his presence in the vicinage. But Burdick
pere was impre ssed with the idea that bis
daughter had already reached the carriage,
and at once opened a brisk fire upon the
vehicle. The young Lieutenant was COM
PEELED to get out of the range of fire, which
he lost no time in doing, presuming that
his dulctnea was still held captive in the
house. Hatless, shoeless, and faint at
heart, the young girl crouched as she heard
the shots from her fathers pistol, under 9
10.foot fence surrounding the Burdich
cottage, until her parent returned to tht
house, when she fled like painting fawr
down the road in search of De Kalands
By the time she reached the long bridg'
her feet were bruised and bleeding from
contact with the jagged stones of the road
way. Here new difficulty presented itself
Unaware that her father believed that D.
Kalands had eloped with her, she was afrai'
that lie might be at the bridge waiting t.
intercept her. In this extremity happ
thought struck her. She had littl'
money and went to the boat house at tn
end of the bridge, reused the keeper, an
engaged him to row her to the city front
which he did without any consideration
scruples whatever. From the city front sh
was driven in hack to hotel, and fror
this place sent messenger to the hote
where De Kalapds, was stopping. Th
messenger was rough, unceuth individua
and the clerk of the hotel, assuming frol
his appearance and the late hour that
Year: 1877

PREsIDENT.-Next Monday a new Presi
dent of the United States is to be Inaugural
ted in Washington, and it is pretty well
settled now that Gov. Hayes, of Ohio, will
be the man. AS to whether he was fairly
elected or not is not the point. 1t was the
point month or so ago, the Democrats in
sisting that he was not, while the Republi-
cans insisted that he was, if anybody was.
To settle the question it was decided by
Congress to organize an electoral Com-
mission," composed of five Senators, FIVE
Representatives and five of the United
States Associate Judges, to act as umpire as
between the Republicans and Democrats in
Congress when the electoral vote should be
counted. This Commission is a new thing
in American politics, and majority of the
Republicans opposed it, but the Democrats
had large majority in its favor and carried
their point. Thus the decision was taken
from Congress and given to this Electoral
Commission, and the Commission has
decided that Hayes and Wheeler, the Re-
publican candidates, were legally elected.
The Democrats are angry, of course. las the
Republicans would have been if Tilden and
Hendricks had been counted in) but as
their own umpire has decided the matter,
even contrary to their expectations, all the
fair-minded members of the party are
willing to abide by the result.


This is the long and short Of the whole
matter, and here we propose to leave it.
At the start, when the contest waxed SO
hot and there was such dispute as to who
was elected, we tried to keep up with the
current of events from week to week, but
the job became so huge and tiresome that
we stopped. Our readers, many of them,
said they were tired Of so much politics
even those who sided with US in wanting
Hayes for President said So All the
papers, daily, weekly, secular, religious,
and every other kind, seemed to be SC
absorbed in the discussion that we con
cluded to give it up to them and lei
national politics 60, and stick to that which
our readers cared more about-domestic
and State news. We have reason to know
that our subscribers are generally satisfied
with the plan.


We are more and more convinced that
the continual harpjng on politics, in the
old partisan style, by local papers, ha:
become bore to readers, and there is
constant desire for let up. That there
are occasions that call for such discussions
freely and fully, we are well aware, bu
Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof
Politics is not pleasant theme for family
reading and we. for one, do not propose tC
continually have political text to discuss
As local paper it's out Of our sphere.
Year: 1877

The way in which independence of action
is tolerated in the Republican party is well
illustrated by the comments of the press
upon the course Of Messrs. Seelye and Pierce
in the Louisiana case. Imagine a Demo
cratic paper speaking in this way of two
members of that party who had voted
against it on an important question: awe
have profound respect for the two Repre-
sentatives from Massachusetts who had the
courage to vote according to convictions,
even at the risk of having themselves mis-
represented by those who welcomed them
as deserters from the Republican ranks.
Such independence in political action does
credit to American statesmenship." The
above is from the Baltimore american a Re
publican journal. Democratic journals
will have an opportunity to match its spirit
if some member of that party has the
courage to vote according to his convictions
in the Oregon case.
Year: 1877

DOVER, DEL, February 9th, 1877.


The Legislature has adhered strictly to
its resolution not to receive any new bust.
ness after the Goth inst, which was on
Monday last, but the members took adj
vantage of the last opportunity and on that
day they mustered in notices of nearly one
hundred new bills. They do not any of
them amount to q great deal, so l take it
for granted that the better part of the bust
ness of the session has already been trans
acted. The Legislature does not seem to
be any nearer settling the Local Option
question now than at the first of the session.
A bill has been reported which suggests a
liberal license law similar to that which is
now in existence in Michigan, but the
House, where it has originated, seems very
much divided upon it. 1t seems to be the
general impression though that if a law is
adopted upon this subject it will not be
one for local option, but one which will give
all power to take out. licenses, and the
traffic 60 into the hands of those who can
give security for good behavior, and pay
license of not less than one hundred dol
lars.


MORE ABOUT THE BANKS.


Itseems now that the Bank investigation is
to go on, but l do not believe that it will
extend further than the Farmers Bank
and its branches. 1t was intended that it
should go into some of the smaller banks,
but there are two sides to the fight and |
believe that they have effected COM
promise. Whileupon the subject of Finances
it seems that it would be proper to state
what the Legislature intend doing toward
reducing taxation. The Committee on
Ways and Means are now considering bill
to make reduction in the county taxation
from ten to five cents, while Mr.. Brown is
in favor of reducing the taxes on railroads
to 25 cents. He contends that this would
ultimately benefit the people, as it would
reduce the rate of freights. Mr.. Holcomb
has introduced a resolution directing the
State Treasurer to issue 100000 in State
bonds at par payable in ten years and bear
ing five per centum interest. 1t is stated
thai this too will greatly help in the reduc-
ton of taxation. 1t is also stated by the
members that they cannot tell what they
will do until they have had an opportunity
to look over the assessments in the different
counties.


VISITING.


Tonight the members visited the Metho-
dist Church here to listen to lecture from
Rev. Pennell Coombe on the subject of
Local Option; the influences of the same l
shall venture no assertion of. Tomorrow
they go to Wilmington to visit the Public
Schools at the request of the Board of Edu-
cation of that city.


NOTARY PUBLIC FOR SMYRNA.


The bill of Mr.. Denney's for an additional
Notary Public to reside in Smyrna has
passed the Senate, and also his bill regard
ing mill dams which have given the text
of before.


MARRYING AT HOME.


This afternoon Mr.. Messick brought his
bill to encourage marriages at home before
the House. Amendments were offered to
it to naturalize all children not born in the
State, but they were not adopted, and upon
the passage of the bill there was tie vote,
and it was of course lost to the infinite sor-
row of the author of the bill.
Year: 1877

A friend of ours hands us the following:


One of the beaux of Rock Island 4. e.
the Rock Island cotton mills book keeper,
has appeared before the public in new
light. l. e.. as deacon 10 the Presbyterian
church. He was requested by one of our
prominent bankers to pass around the col
lection box yesterday morning, and did it
very creditably until he came to the fair
daughters of Rock Island, when he was
seen to smile, but he seemed ashamed
of himself at this outbreak of feeling, and
during the rest of his collecting there was
not graver face in the church than our
friend the book keeper possessed. He has
bought white neck tie and expects next
Sunday to be asked to lead in prayer or at
least to sing ID the choir. as his friend tthe
young lawyerl did,
Year: 1877

AvoTDs PRoNlscUoUs AssEMBLAGEs.-
Speaker Randall is being taken TO task
because he does not give expensive Of
fcial receptions. Aside from the heavy
outlay, for very stupid purpose, prob
ably Speaker Randall is rather pariieu-
lar as TO what kind of company he in
vites or consents to receive in his
house. If he were TO give receptions
or dispense hospitality on account OF
his official position, of course, he would
have TO entertain the members Of both
Houses and the Cabinet. This would
be disagTeeable and embarrassing. fer
few people would Ike to receive such
visitors as Chandler, Cameron, Nor
ton, Sargent or their particular chums,
the carpet bag Senators and Congress
men. Il is bad enough to have To en-
dure coming in contact with such peo-
ple for the purpose of conducting Of
fetal or legislative business, but the
line must be drawn somewhere, and
that somewhere should be located so
as to protect ones home from such
undesirable intrusion.
Year: 1877

How TO PEsyESr CArcuiYG CoLD.-
The mistake Is otjeG made Of taking
care to put on extra wraps and coats
when preparing for out door exercise
This is not at all necessary in robust
persons. Sufficient heat to prevent all
risk OF chill is generated in the body
b. exercise. The care should be
taken TO retain sufficient clothing after
exercise, and when at rest, to prevent
the heat passing out of the body. In
deed, persons very often catch chills
from throwing off extra clothing after
exercise, or from sitting about in gar
men,s, the material Of which is not
adapted to prevent the radiation OF
heat from the body. Linen ani cot
ten under clothing. when moisteDed
by perspiration, parts with heat very
rapidly, whereas flannel ard silk,
being non-conductors, prevent the
rapid loss Of heat.
Year: 1877

CoNyERsATioY IT TABLE.-A man
cannot be hungry and amiable at the
same time, aud the sooner woman
learns this fact the better for her hap~
piness. Just before dinner Is 'he
worst possible time 10 bother a bus-
band with questions or complaints, or
even with efforts 10 be aggrefSIre!y
agreeable. That is the time above
all others when social silence should
grace the home, and make it seem TO
the tired man the most delightful and
restful place on earth. Half an hour
of quiet just then is the best possible
preparatioa for the social enjoyment
of the coming meal, for then the uer-
yous tension and mental strain Of bus
mess care and anxiety can be be grad
ualIy relaxed, and The entire system


brought into conditions for enjoying
food and the amenities of social lite.
Yet how frequently does the wife
choose that particular time 10 speak
of her own trials and troubles, The
misconduct of servants or children,
the petty requirements of the house
hold, or other things trivial or disa-


greeable, and then marvel that her
husbands temper is not go sweet as 1t


ought 10 be, The oll'ense is worse
even than the introduction Of such


toujcs at meal time. That wife Is
wise who strives TO render the dinner
hour an agreeable one 20 her husband.
Year: 1877

Sailing Cows.-My practice, says
an old dairyman, is TO give my cows
all the salt hay they will eat, three
times n week, during the summer sea
son. The amount of milk returned by
the cows is from quarter to third
more than when sailed but once &
week. 1t many be that some soils are
deficient in salt, and that stock may
require it in large quantities to equal
ize the system. If so they viii eat
less ; they are the best judges. The
effect Of salt is to increase the desire
for food and drink. Hence the mate
rials for milk. More salt is conSum
ed by my stock when fed on a clean
grass patch, where they can mix salt
and grass. than if in a shed. A strong
solution of salt water, irTegularly ap
piled on hay for cattle produces scOur
ing.
Year: 1877

Bill CLARK, pillar, fell and broke
his neck while climbing into broth>
er's henroost in the night time. The
pastor had some difficulty in doing
the funera! business without damag
ing The character of the deceased pill,
lar. He fixed il up finally after this
manner: There are circumstances
connected with his death that are
perplexing. II, after he fell and be-
fore he strack the ground, he repent
ed of MS sins, there can be no doubt
but that he Is now in glory but there
was mighty short time to think about
n
Year: 1877

yellow BUTTER.-A practical far
mer living on the Eastern Shore Of
MARYLAND is of opinion tina: 10 color
ing matter is required to give butter
the yellow tinge 50 much desired. He
saws; "The bes: coIoring for butter
is a good mess Of corn chopped with
hay. Ny butter Is Ola rich yellow col
or the year round from this feed, and
i have 10 Alderney or any other fancy
stock, but the ordinary Eastern Shore
cattle, which give an abundant supply
OF milk and butter; good feed is the
secret. Ifia. mers feed on dry fodder
and straw, and expect yellow butter
their expectations will be disappoiut-
ed" Whenever it is found necessary
to color butter. in imitation Of the
golden hue which nature gives II, a
small quantity Of annatto will do the
business. Dissolve it in little warm
cream, add a few grains of super. car


Donate of soda, which develops the
peculiar principle Of ,he pigment. An
ounce Of apnatto, treated as above
will color several hundred pounds of
butter, but the Eastern Shore farmers
plan is ;he better of the two.
Year: 1877

CELERY as 4 CURATIVE AGENT.-A
medical writer in the JOtauot Of
Chemistry, who appears TO be familiar
with the virtures of celery, says: -
have known many men and women
who, from various causes, he'd been so
much affected by nervousness that
when they stretched out their hands
they shook like aspen leaves on windy
day, and by a moderate daily use Of
the bIacked footstalks of celery, eaten
as a salad, they became as strong End
steady in limb as other people. l
have known others so nervous that
the least annoyance put them IN a
state of agitation, and they were IN a
constant pe.plexity and fear, who were
also effectualIy cured by moderate
use of celery at meal times. | have
known others to be cured Of palpita-
ticn Of the heart, Everybody engage
ed in any labor weakening TO The
nerves shoul4 use celery daily in the
season, and onions in its stead when
not in season"
Year: 1877

IT was a gen,lemsuly young man who re
marked, wonderingly. how young lady
could make herself ridiculous by yielding TO
the absurd vagarics OF fashion. Then the
wind caught him by the new style of shirt
collar on which his bat rested, and he was
Obliged to clasp both arms around n telegraph
pole in order 70 keep from being waited over
a neighboring roof.