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Year: 1877

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We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used,
Year: 1877

The Aldermen havo requested the Commissioners or
tho sinking Fund TO report TO them what stops they
have taken To increase the OF the city BY DIS
posing OF tho large quantity Of land reclaimed from
tho waters OF the North River by the Dock Depart
ment In tho erection OF bulkheads and extension
piers


The Comptroller yesterday paid 10 tho Founding
Asylum the OF $l9,2l4 10 Tor tho maintenance of
TINT Institution Tor the month OF September.
Year: 1877

To THE EDIroR or TIE HRRALD:-


The roads on each side OF Harlem Bridge lead directly


to the river instead OF the BRIDGE and since there NO
lamp to show the way and gate railing 70 protect
gersi on night, the lives oil those passing
are Ia danger This SHOULD be attended to at once
MIDNIGHT PEDESTRIAN
Year: 1877

has shown itself in India


bong the leaves of coffee


s not actually destroy the
skcns it, and thus imperils
is causing great anxiety.


bration was one Of the mort
demonstrations of modern


ignorant and coarse, and
IIoses that he is a Tichborne
hadtw of a right to the property
sl 1}ut a hundred thousand
sion for his release from Jail,
de tie streets to emphasize their
aba overawe parliament. 1t is
Van expression of democratic
| aainst aristocracy.
Year: 1877

OPPOSED TO FARMING.-Redfel
letter in the Cincinnati Commercial
says:


The anthracite miners are notorious
for their. disinclination to do anything
but mine anthracite coal. 1t is rare
that one quits the business to engage in
anything else, and particularly in agri-
culture. Instances have been brought
to my attention where miners quit the
business when the first large drop"
in wages was felt, bought small
farms with their savings, and have
since been making their support in that
way. But they do not like it, and the
wemen are particularly rebellious over
the labors and cares of q farmers life.-
1t is very different from a miners life !;
more work, more care, more response
bility and the necessity of getting up
earlier in the morning, and perhaps go
ing to bed later at night. There is a
fascination about the life of a miner
which he breads to give up for the hum
drum existence of farmer. And the
females in a miners family have a very
easy time compared to what is required
of them on farm. If every miner in
the anthracite region was offered few
acres of ground-sufficient to support
himself and family-free, and to be his
as long as he lived on it and cultivated
it, 1 doubt if one-half, even in the pres
ent distressed condition of things,
weuld accept the offer.
Year: 1877

pro- lrse taken
that body, that nOlZ4ew was obtained
by fraud, yet it was load-stone around
his neck, and had he received the nomi>
nation, I assert it without fear of con-
tradiction, any respectable independent
candidate would have defeated him in a
fair canvass. The people have not for
gotten the inexcusable outrage practiced
upon them by Bradley Johnson, Under
wood, FAINT & Co., when, crushed by
the war in basket and in store, they saw
these men, like vultures, seize the pro-
ceeds of the banks at the pitiful sum of
three to five cents In the dollar, and
through the sham of carrying them to
Baltimore, so that UnderwoOd's Court
could be made the mill through which
the life blood. the seed corn so to speak,
the little that was left US, should be
ground out for their benefit and that of
their accomplices. With remembrance
of these facts burned into their memo
ries, it is pertinent now, in this the most
important Legislative canvass since the
war, to enquire how far any of those
seeking our suffrages participated with
johnson & Co., in the division of the
spoils, or sympathized with them.


We desire to enquire of Gen. Echols,
what share he had with this company
in the disposition of the effects of the
Central and Valley Banks, and if it is
true that in settling some of these claims
he required them to be adjusted at one
dollar and forty cents and charged the
unfortunates ta0elve per cent. interest in
the bank, of which he was the head,
when they could not pay. In short,
we demand full expose of his partic-
ipation in this matter.


We will add that Col. Holiday, who
has been named as having been mixed
up in this matter, took the precaution
to obtain the certificates Of all his eli
ents, that they were permitted to pay
their Indebtedness in United treasury
notes, dollar for dollar. and he only
charged them q reasonable fee as law
yer. Here, if the parties could not pay
the forty per cent, their notes were tax
en- including it, and they were loaned
the money by this Valley Bank at
twelve per cent.


MANY VICTIMS.
Year: 1877

We heard of an amusing incident
which occurred to friend from Fau-
quier county some time ago. Major B.
was travelling from Lynchburg to War
rentOn, and as the train pulled out from
the former place the Major noticed a
handsome bride and groom Immediately
on the seat in front of him. He was
very much pleased with their refined
behavior. AS it was night train they
soon became sleepy, and the groom
leaned his head against the side of the
car, while she reclined her head tender
ly upon his shoulder in peaceful repose.
The train thundered on, and after awhile
the young bride quietly got up without
disturbing her Iege lord and went to
get some water.


On her return she made a mistake
and took the seat Immediately behind
the one she intended, and, of course, oc-
cupied the same position with our friend
Major B., with her head resting on his
SHOULDER. Very soon the husband missed
his bride, and, raising up, he looked
back and saw his wife leaning on the
shoulder of another man. He laughed
heartily and called the attention of his
sweet and sleepy little bride to the mis-
take she had made, WhereupOn she
blushed painfully and begged the Ma
jor's pardon. The Major informed her
that no apology was necessary he
rather liked it. The groom enjoyed his
wife's embarrassment very much. The
parties are OF the best families, the groom
being brother of distinguished Con-
federate general, and the bride one of
the elite of Lynchburg. : Culpeper
Times, 18th.
Year: 1877

much disappointed at the result OF their mission.
They elected executive committee the
first day Of the STRIKE and before they TO this
city asceraned by sending men different parts OF the
county that the miners were determined TO work
the old rates. Many OF the had nothin to live
on and with hard winter approaching the prospects
very sombrc. These considerations induced
thom 10 try and effect compromise. Their antcipa-
lions OF arranging matters had been strengthened by
The fact that the miners at Pittston, who sent
coal on the Lchigh Valley road and had struck for
more wages, had received The ten per cent advance
they demanded. The committee undertook their mis-
solely their responsibility for the good OF
their suffering brethren. They thought that II the
men could be brought more closely in contact with
The heads OF the road through their action tho matter
would bc speedily settled. The MINERS according 10
their accounts, seem determined 70 hold out saying
they might peter starvc idle IN the streets than
starvc working IN the mines. Their wages were
reduced ten cent in January, 1875, ton per cent III
September, 1876, ana fifteen pcr cent last March, Be-
fore tho miners reduced however, all the officers
Of tho company. including the President reduced
81 SIS day, and the same for engineer; the rcmen
work. The luborers get 81 A for ten hours work.
But The men not able to work full time; IN the
best OF times they only made twenty-five days. time in
the month, aud that on rare occasions. Now they say
that they average fourteen days IN the month
and tho not always full days They have 10 pay
for their tools and for the and tear incident 10
their One difficulty tho delegates said was that
the labor market Is overstocked thcre being many
more men engaged IN mining than all the mines could
comfortably support II they were all worked 10 their
utmost capacity.
Year: 1877

HOW THEIR MOTHERS TRIED TO DISPOSE OF


THEM AND THE WAY THEY DID IT.


There two infants, twin girls, now at Randall's
Island. and couple OF others at St. Francis Found
ling Asylum, that have somewhat peculiar history,
and the maternal parents oil these tiny creatures
have, during the last week. Afforded u number OF
people q subject to puzzle their brains about.
The twins were found on Tuesday morning, neatly
wrapped up In paper bag upon bench OF the New
Haven Railroad Depot The other two children were
admitted, with their mothers. to the asylum the day
before. These women had come there in company
with a third, who was the mother OF the twins and
who stated that she was married. and had other chill
dren She told that the institution was Intended
for succorng only the children OF shame. She went
away then, and the discovery made in the New Haven
Railroad Depot was the first inking mad OF what dis
position she had mado Of the little ones.


From what mas been learned these three women
have had strange meeting ana each has seemingly
like woman presented herself at the County House n
Rochester. Her condition apparent and shc was
admitted without any questioning only 10 be de-
livered in short time OF twin ch ldrep, both
girls While she was still in the institution
there was admitted as a temporary inmate Scotch
woman oil about twenty-eight, ana later sii young
and blooming English woman VINO had hardly out
grown eirhood. Both women had children bora to
tucnl, anu Wbllc return OF hcdItu tuey Dc
came intimate and exchanged condolences.


IN THE SAME BOAT.


Thcir stories were identical They had left New
York city and gone quest Of some out-ofthc way
corner OF tho State where they might conceal their
shame The mother of tho twins was inmate OF
tho ward they and sho IN time became familiar
with them, admitting that she, too, had come to tho
Rochester County House IRON a far-oi home
in order that her maternity might he hid
den. All three women confessed that tho
first thing they proposed to do on leaving the place
was TO rid themselves Of their children, maternal
instincts MADE them shrink from abandoning tho in
fants where they were not likely to be well treated
In this dilemma they agreed to leave the Institution
and seek IN company some refuge for their little
charges They were emDodencd to take step by tho
promise OF the mother OF the twins 10 pro-
vide for them all. Shc had plenty of money,
she said and they she had jewels and wore clc-
CANT attire. She conldcd to them too, before leaving
that her name was Mrs. Andrews, and that she came
from Indianapolis, Ind.


on NEW YORK.


ON sunday morning tho proprietor OF the Briggs
House, at Fortysocond street, was thrown into state
of complete bewildermeBt by the appearance thrcc
women, who marched by him In Indian lIe and drcw
up before the cashiers desk. The FIRST carried baby
Year: 1877

The dwelling house with two lots, corner 9Th
and Mulberry streets, will be sold at reasonable
figures and on favorable terms. The house is
provided with good cellar and fine well Of
water. Apply to


j. PARKER HAYWARD.
Year: 1877

green, and gained corresponding
amount of confidence in the bugs.


The farmer is independent. He
can stay on his farm from one years
end to the other and raise all he needs
to sustain life and be under Obligations
to no one. He can have the pleasure
of feeling that on the fruits of his toll
depend the nations strength and pros
perity. He truly earns his bread by
the sweat OF his brow, and unless he
is bald d-headed, he seldom has brow in
proportion to the sweat.


Nearly all our great men were rails
ed on farm, and it is their especial
delight in all their speeches TO men
ton the fact, and remention it, and
afterwards allude to it, and tell how
happy they were, and how they love
the old place with its old farm house,
and how they look back on their boy
hood days and wish they had never
left the farm, and long now to return
to it and pass the remainder Of their
days, and resign $4,000 office and
settle down and be happy again


have listened to these speeches
and read them, aud have spent two
large fortunes in trying to find a soil
tary case where one of these men ever
left u farm and got rich, either by
stealing Or III any other honest way,
and then went back on the dear Old
farm to live and up to the first day
OF July | have been unable to find
one.


Inow have two OF the smarlest de-
tectives in the country looking aftel
such a man, and in my humble opinion
they will find Charlie Ross several
times before they find my man.


want to be an angel


And with the angels stand;


But wouldn't be a farmer
For all my native land


-GEo. A. QUIMBY, in the Boston


Weekly Globe.
Year: 1877

Nothing | have ever seen in Nature
can equal the perfect finish of the
Causeway. Itis difficult to believe
that the hand of man has not fashion
ed it. Pillar on pillar, smooth, per-
feet hexagons, climb up and down
where you will upon it, aud the same
perfection of shape meets your eyes.
One group of pillars has been called
the Fan, since it has assumed that
shape. The columns as rule are
about four feet in length, and rise one
above another so regularly that the
tops on some form seats, and those
form backs to them, and so on from
the lowest to the highest. 1t is al
most impossible to describe the beauty
of the place you have to stand first
where We stood to believe it.


Stand on the heAagons with the
Year: 1877

AS near as | can crawl up to the
facts in the case, Adam was the first
farmer | have given this subject a
large pile Of thought, but l cannot
find any reliable person, who wants to
give bonds that he can name a man
who tried to earn dollarby farming
before Adam struck in.


| consider that Adam, | forgot his
other name, started in on his career
under very favorable auspices. Adam
had his garden all planted and the
things up before he rented it. All he
had to do was to just 60 right in and
occupy.


He had no competition. He could
put any price he pleased on his gar
den truck, and not lie awake nights
and worry because somebody might
undelsel him. He could charge
twent, five cents box for strawber.
ries, and if his customers didn't like it
he could tip his hat over his ear and
intimate that If they didn't like his
berries at that price they could refresh
their stomachs on dried apple.


He had to take no ones advice as
to how he should plant his stuff, or
when he should hoe it. If he wanted
to plant his dried pumpkins in the
same Lii with his baked beans he did
not have to read through an agrlcult,
ural paper, to see what some editor
who never saw farm had to say
about it. His Post Office box was
not filled with circulars, advertising
fertilizers and patent dressings, fol
raising salad and mixed pickles.


All Adam, if you were here now,
and had to take all the advice that the
farmer OF to day does, you would wish
yourself back in the garden of Eden
putting in your winter rye.


Then Adam had splendid wife.
1t is not Every man that can gel
such a woman. | know there is 9
good deal of fault found with Eve, but
she certainly was the best woman ir
the world when Adam married her
and shall stand up for her as long
as l have legs. Eve didn't have any
great amount of clothes. She didn't
worry herself what she should weal
to church, or have to run and fix her
selfup when she had callers.


take it that the Eden farm wa.
rLn on the military plan. At an.
rate, Adam had a commissary con
nected with the farm, for we read tina
the serpent was sutler than any beas
Of the field, and the account shows
that ne got Il mortgage on the farm
and torecosed on Adam before he ha(
taken off his first crop. Suffers have
changed but little since the creation.
! But the farmers of to-day are differ
ent ere ,,ures. They are really th'
only useful class Of people we have
Were it not for the farmer, you and
would go to bed hungry before Satur
day night, but If l were put under
hydraulic cotton press and all TIT
farming qualities squeezed out of me
there would not be enough to rais'
one grain Of mustard seed. l woul'
sooner be cut up into railroad spike
and driven into oak ties, than fam ii
so little do l love the pursuit. 1t
were left to me to earn my living b.
fm ming, don't think l could rails
Year: 1877

"A man living at hotel is like
grape vine in a flower pot-movable,
carried round from place to place,
docked at the root and short at the
top. Nowhere can a man get real
root-room, and spread out his branches
till they touch the morning and the
evening, but in his own house
Year: 1877

From the Philadelphia Times lind


There would be an eminent fitness in call
ing Grant to represent our government at the
court of the mother country, and his accept
ance of it would be entirely consistent with
the dignity due to the eminent positions he
has held. The man who has reached the
highest rank ever reached in the army by his
own achievements, and has been twice chosen
to the highest civil trust of the government,
should not be sent into retirement. President
Hayes would honor his administration and
honor the country by promptly rendering the
mission to Grant. He would be honored
abroad as has been no American Minister in
the past, and the homage paid to him would
be reflected upon the country and its lrstifu-
lions
Year: 1877

In letter to The Cincinnati Com
meIcial, Mr.. II. v. Redfield makes a
number of extracts from letters receiv'
ed by Postmaster General Key from
leading citizens of the South. They
are perhaps the best index of popular
sentiments in that section, and they
universally express satisfaction with
the new policy and the Cabinet. The
following letter was enclosed to Judge
Key for the President:


"I did not vote for you, but, upon
the contrary, voted against you. But
I hope am not blinded to right, al d
therefore drop you this to say to you
that have read with, great pride and
satisfaction your inaugural address, ,ano
find nothing, either in tone or manner.
to complain of. did hope ana trus'
that you would take the course you
have taken, and show that there was
ons man, at least, who had nerve
enough to do right without regard 70
party, and rise high enough 10 Of
President of the whole Union. SIM
ply ask of you that you carry out the
doctrines of your address, and l know
that ali will be well with you and tins
whole land. 1t would be presumFtu
Gus for me to offer any advice to one 81
wise as you have shown yourself to De
and therefore shall only bid you Goe
speed in your glorious work OF resto
ring our country to peace and harmO
nv. / should like to write more, pu
r will opIv saw that YOUR course so ia
meets my unqualified approval.
Year: 1877

OuT of pure consideration for the feelings
of the Democrats, our Republican friends re
Trained from any public demonstration over
the election of Hayes. Would the Demo
Gratis have been as considerate for the feelings
OF Republicans?
Year: 1877




When Governor Gerry managed Mas.
sachusetts, country deacon happened to
catch fine salmon and knowing that the
governor had particular liking for that
sort Of fish, he determined TO present II
to him. 50 the salmon was carefully
packed, and the deacon, in the absence OF
railroads, started ia bis wagon for Boston.
On the journey be stopped 70 dine and
telling At the table Of bis errand in regard
to the fish, practical joker present could
not resist the temptation Of slipping out
TO The wagon and changing the salmon
for a poor goldfish. The unconscious
deacon went on TO the governors house,
aud after announcing bis gift, the two
worthies opened the box and discovered
The flayorous Goldfish. Mortified, the
poor deacon started for home with bis
Goldfish, and stopping for lanch al bis
dining place, the wag secretly removed
the Goldfish aud replaced the salmon.
When lie reached home, the deacon
montnfnlly told the story to an incfedu-
lous wife, who had herself packed the
salmon; they opeDed the box together.
Tho deacon stared. We.l, you are
pretty good salmon when you are IN the
country, said lie; but when you are in
Boston you are a miserable Goldfish.
Year: 1877

The Secretary of State will make haste
slowly. He will avoid the removal oi
competent and efficient officers, but will
strive to weed out those untitled for the
positions they hold. Three important
principles have already been determined
upon by the Secretary of State to govern
him in a reformation of the consular SER
vice. They are as follows: First, it will
be his aim to fill all the important com
mercial consulates by the appointment Of
men of commercial experience; second,
in selecting consuls for Oriental ports,
where Judicial duties have to be per-
formed, none except educated lawyers
will be appointed; third, one of the essen
tial qualifications required of all consuls
viii be that they shall be able to speak
the language of the country in which they
are stationed. If the reform in the con-
sular service went no further than to
bring its personnel strictly under these
three rules, its efficiency would be very
greatly increased; but in addition to this
the Secretary Of State will strive to apply
those general principles Of civil service
reform which are to be recognized in all
departments of the government. -Neao
York Tribune.
Year: 1877

From the Opelousas Journal, May 10:


letter dated the sixteenth instant.
from Bayou Chicot, states that the day
before the body of dead white man was
found behind a log about forty yards
from the old Jackson road, six miles north
of that place. Il seems the murdered
man was foot traveller, and had camped
by the roadside. Signs indicated that he
had been dragged teet foremost from his
camp by the road to where the body was
concealed Two bullet holes were through
the skull. The buzzards had torn off all
of the scalp, nearly all the flesh from his
left arm, and eaten out his lungs It is
supposed he had been dead several days.
He had very dark hair, was about Eve and
half feet high, and had on dark pants
with very small stripes, pair of drawers
and oVershirt and vest combined, the
shirt part being brown and vest gray.
His hat and other clothes. carpet sack,
etc, had been burned. The pockets of
his pants were turned wrong side out. A
knife, cravat two new clay pipes, a pen
Gil, some buttons and tin cup with cof-
fee grounds in it were found on the
ground. 1t is supposed he was killed
while asleep. This is all that is known
of the matter, just learned as we go to
press.
Year: 1877

you see woman with rose in her hand,
hold out yours. You will know me-"


l smiled at the romantic fervor Of this
reply, and faint desire arose that my wife
and the writer Of the letter should know
each other, and then / went on with my
supplying avocations.


As went home, confess looked about
for a woman with a rose in her hand, but,as
might naturally be supposed, neither in cafs
nor omnibuses did such an apparition mani
fest itself


As I entered my own door I gave an
impatient shrug at the idea of having been
the subject of foolish jest. But whom did
l see standing within the threshold of ny
home Ny darling, with her fair, child-lile
face and bright hair; love, and joy, and
youth crowning her with a triple crown,
and in her hand was a rose


Dear husband" she said,as kissed her,
think loved you from the moment
had your kind indulgent, thoughtful note.
had written that absurd little story for
sadly wanted a little money to pay for
Gerald's return home at Christmas, to be
with papa and mamma, and had foolish
notion could write"


"And you were disappointed, my pet.
What a savage must have seemed p


"No I felt how foolish had been, and
| cried heartily, but thought you good and
kind all the same. And Gerald got home,
too, and we had a happy Christmas after
ALL"


! kissed her.


" But are you never going to write a story
for my magazine again 2"


al do not know" she said, archly.
Meanwhile, you can write ours, if you
like"