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Year: 1874

A Worcester boy was engaged in noe, turnal cherry stealing & short time ago and was observed by tae owner of the fruit, who, unnoticed by tine young rob Der, placed large stuffed dog at the foot of the tree, and retired to watch tie re. suit of his strategy. The boy descending observed the dog, and then the fun com menced; he whistied, coaxed, threatened unavailingly, the animal never moving, and finally the youth, accepting the in. evitable, settled down to passing the night in the tree. Alter some hours had passed wearily enough to the lad, morn ing dawned, and the proprietor of the tree coming from tho house asked him how he came to be in the tree, to which the boy answered that "he took to it to save himself from the dog, who had chased him quite a distance" It isn't healthy for smaller boy to say stuffed dog" to that youth now.
Year: 1874

Sheffield.

 We are pleased this week to make 6ote of the purchase by Manley Wickwire, Esq.,, of the cottage formerly the residence of Judge Bradford, in this village. For several years this pretty little house has been closed, and it will be pleasant sight to see it alive once more. We think Mir. Wickwire will find cordial welcome to the neighbolhood awaiting him and his pleasant family. We have yet too many vacant houses here and would be glad of more additions to the village population. 1.-The house of the late Mrs. Butts is for sale and we learn that an auction sale of household goods will be made there soon, but being uncertain as to the date of said sale, it is not right to give the time......It IS said that the furniture of the late Mrs. A Cande will be sold at auction the 18th inst ......The old cemetery in South Main street is an object of attention at the present time. A few weeks since some ladies de- cided that it should be cared for, and by the agency of Mrs. Barnard bee was made,

 

 trees trimmed, and we find it quite re- spectacle burying ground now that we can see the head stones once more.....Dr. Dewey and some others are now having a new fence built in front of this yard, and we are sure they will feel fully compen- sated for their generosity in the improve ment made. There is cemetery in West ern Sheffield which needs like attention. Cannot some of those thrifty farmers out there attend to it that it may do honor to their nicely kept farms. It would be a good plan for the Agricultural Societies to offer premium for the best kept grave yard, then we would soon see strife to cut down weeds and briars and repair fences.....T Friendly Union opens for it's fourth session next Friday evening in French's hall. As this society is produc- tive of good here it is hoped the interest may not abate but that the attendance may be large. Last week the population of the town was increased by the addition of pair of twins born to Mrs. Massey, who resides near the depot. We trust this mo- tice will be appreciated especially by the teachers of the Center school. L.
Year: 1874

the line Of the rOaQ rom fOughkeepSle to the East.

 A passenger will be able to step into a drawing room car or sleeping coach of the Pennsylvania railroad at Boston and get out at Washington or Pittsburgh, saving many miles in distance over present lines, and the delay annoyance and expense of transfers through New York. The loss of time and expense of getting from the Grand Central depot to the depot iu Jersey City is now equal to about one hundred miles ol extra travel. and nothing like the annoy ance, especially for ladies travelling alone is experienced on the American continent

 ooNcLUsIoN.

 IL will establish the shortest. and thence quickest and cheapest throug gh railroad line between two sections of country that shiI more freights from one to the other thar any other sections in America.

 To put the entire line in operation re quires but the construction of eighteen miles of new road, which can be completed in six months and at an expenditure o five hundred thousand dollars; and this 1s miles of new road, connecting as it does with five trunk lines on the west, the Hud son river on the east, and connecting road to the east, will be the best paying IS mile of road ever constructed in the state. The floats to cross the river until tn, bridge is finished are lying idle and can b, purchased or leased. The course of tn, river at this crossing is such that there i no formation of ice during the winter t, prevent the running of these floats the en tire winter, with little or DO delays. 1 If the project here presented is favorabl. received, we request that some acton ma. be taken at once by those interested in Bos ton and the east, for it's further investiga tion. If found to be of the importance w l believe it is, in the solution of the trans portation problem. we ask that New Eng land unite with the people of the Centra Hudson and Pennsylvania, in the openin of this new line for traffic within the nex six months.

 Yours respectfully,

 H. G. EASTMAN.
Year: 1874

W. d. 4&. II. NJ. Co.-Last Thursday
we visited the works of the 'Weaverville
and Hydraulic Mining Company, on the
Oregon Gulch and West Weaver Divide,
and found everything progressing favor
ably. Two hundred and fifty men are en-
ployed on the ditch, which will probably
be completed in two weeks from the date
of this paper. OF the three and three
ruarters miles of ditch, two miles and q
half are now finished, and perhaps more
than half the work on the remaining mile
and quarter is done. One mile and a
half of the ditch, on the upper end, is al
most entirely in rock, but of favorable
character-blas;ing easily, and working
as well as rock ever does. Not foot of
flume is required on the line of the ditch
and only one tunne l-about so feet thro'
point of rock.


In the claim, fumes and undercurrents
are 'being made and placed in position,
and everything there will be in running or
der by the time water can be got through
the entire length of the ditch. The
reservoir, cut and tunnel have been
completed and as soon as water can be
had q hole will be sluiced out for the res
ervoir. The iron pipe is nearly ali made
and has only to be put in position. 1t
will no doubt require several days, after
the ditch is completed, to get the water
through and on the whole we are of the
opinion that work will not be commenced
in the mine until about the 18th day of
June. Although this is somewhat later
than many interested parties confidently
expected, it is in reality early, when we
consider the extent and character of the
work which had to be done. The weather
has also been very misunderstanding
much of the time, so that the Cinnamon
employed would not work. Many per-
sons from other and older and more ad
vanced mining counties have visited this
ditch and unanimously speak of it as the
best and prettest piece Of ditch in the
State. And when work in the claim
commences, it will prove to be the richest
mine in the State.
Year: 1874

INSTINCT OF THE Fox. Books are fill
ed with anecdotes Illustrative of the in
stinct Of the Fox, and we beg to add our
contribution. Last Saturday we saw an
old "black" Fox and young fox,
mounted upon horse which was plod-
ding leiSurely along the road. If the Fox
has not been tanned, he has evidently no
fear of the human race, as he did not offer
to take to cover" as We approached.
Year: 1874

VISITING Us.-Mr. Ryan, of the Ante
lope Mills, and Brit. De Shields, for the
past seven years County Clerk of Tehama
county, have been paying our town a visit
Mr.. Ryan on business and De Shields
in pursuit of health. Brit had to be lifted
into the buggy when he left Red Bluff,
but few days of our bracing climate and
good water have worked wonders with
him and he can do some tall travelling
now
Year: 1874

A NEEDLE IN CHILD's SHOULDER.


One day this week Mrs. Felix Kilgore,
while dressing her little boy, babe OF IL
OF II months, noticed strange swelling
near the shoulder which made her fear
that it was out of place. DR.. Lord was
called in and upon examination proceeded
to cut in and discovered the end of a nee
die which he extracted. The needle was
of large size, more than one and one-half
inches long and was blaekened from end
to end showing it had been there some
time. When or how the needle got bur
led in the child's body, is mystery
which none OF the family can account for.
Year: 1874

SINGULAR AcCIDENT.-Dr. G. W.
GARDINER informs us that one of the men
employed in repairing the telegraph line
above the Tower House, was severely in =
jured on Monday last. He had elm bed
up one of the poles and affixed the wire,
and was hauling it taut when the top of
the pole broke off, striking him in the
face and dashing him senseless to the
ground. Our informant did not learn
the mans name.
Year: 1874

HIGH WATER very warm days
of last week and week before brought the
snow down off the lower mountains with
q rush. Trinity River reached fully as
high stage as at any time last Winter,
and reports from other parts of the eoun-
ty give the same accounts.
Year: 1874

Don't MENTION IT. A claim at
Douglas City, in this county, recently
cleaned up the respectable sum of s., 100
for run of thirty days, but the owners
seem to be ashamed of the result as they
do not wish it mentioned in the local col
umns OF the JOURNAL. Gentlemen, this
thing OF making large clean-ups and not
saying anything about them is, to use a
common expression, played out. -
Trinity is the richest mining county in
the State, and there is no better way Of
making it known than by giving actual
results. Such we have done heretofore,
and such we intend to do hereafter. Ii
you take out more gold than you think
you are entitled to, better throw some OF
it away, because if we hear Of your max
ing a big thing, we are bound to tell it.
Year: 1874

OUR DANCE.-The ladies turned out
in force at the party last Friday night,
there being nearly thirty present. Gen
tlemen were not as plenty as this mum Der
of ladies would indicate, but the height
of the mining season is now on and "bus
iness before pleasure" is the miners mot
to. The dance was very enjoyable al
fair, however, if we are to take the testi-
mony OF all who were present.
Year: 1874

THE FRUIT CRoP.-From present APP
pearances the fruit crop of this county
will be one Of the largest ever grown.
Peaches and pears are well set and give
promise Of an abundant yield. If no
heavy frosts set in to destroy the prospect,
there will be a heavy crop Of all kinds Of
Year: 1874

WALLAcE's TRoUPE.-The ihimitable
Jake Wallace and his troupe gave enter
tainnlents here on Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, at Junction City on
Friday, and will play here for the last
time this (Saturdas evening. The troupe
is better one of its class than generally
visits us, and is particularly to be COM
msnded for the absence of any of the vuI-
garisms which negro minstres are some
times in the habit Of thinking will pass
for wit. The singing Of Miss Louise Ir-
wing is most attractive feature of the
bill. This is bad time of the year for
"shows" of any description, the miners
being all busy, but we think no one who
goes tonight will regret it. After the
entertainment here, music for dancing
will be furnished. The troupe will play
in Lewiston on Monday night.
Year: 1874

partial investigation Of his conduct and JUS
tice properly meted out 90 him, according TO
the forms of law.


1t is obvious that in this case the forms of
law have been disregarded, and the relator IL
legally removed. The writ OF nldndomus Will
therefore be made peremptory.


No opinion is at present expressed in rela-
ion TO the action in the nature of quo iror-
Tdnt0.
Year: 1874

In regard to the future of the iron
business in this country, a writer
very hopefully remarks:


''There seems to be no limit to the
demand for iron. Mandatory af-
ter mandatory is established, and
still the cry is for more. That this
will extend far into the future there
is no doubt. The multiplying uses
to which iron in its various forms
can be put, insures a demand for
it in this country, which will continue
to grow as our population increases
and new ways for utilizing it are dis
covered. In a large degree it now
takes the place of brick and stone in
building. 1t is substituted for tim
Der in bridges, in ships, in the man
ufacture of vehicles of all descrip-
tions, and even in the lighter and
more graceful ornamental work re-
quired by our advancing tastes. The
demand for it is rapidly growing,
and will continue to grow. AS tim
Der becomes scarcer we do not doubt
that iron will take the place of wood
in the country as it has in town, and
be put to thousand uses which are
now unthought Of )"
Year: 1874

"A OEACA ACRApEEAuCC ACCtuE IS


The Duke of Orleans, the eldest
son of King Louis Philippe, was the
inheritor of whatever rights his faith
er could transmit He was a noble
young man-physically noble His
generous qualities had rendered him
universally popular. One morning
he invited few companions to break
fast, as he was about to take his de-
parture from Paris to join his regi-
ment. In the conviviailty of the
hour he drank little too much wine
He did not become intoxicated-he
was not in any respect dissipated
man-his character was lofty and no
ble-but in that joyous hour he
drank one glass too much. In tax
ing the parting glass, he slightly lost
the balance of his body and of his
mind. Bidding adieu to his compan-
ions, he entered his carriage; but for
that one extra glass of wine he would
have kept his seat. He leaped from
the carriage; but for that one glass of
wine he would have alighted On his
feet. His head struck the pavement.
Senseless and bleeding, he was taken
into beer shop near by, and died
That extra glass of wine overthrew
the Orleans dynasty, confscated
their property of one hundred mil
lions of dollars, and sent the whole
family into exile.
Year: 1874

foolish little maiden bought foolish little bon
net,
With ribbon and a feather and bit of lace upon


It;
And that the other maidens of the little town might


know it,
She thought she'd 60 to meeting the next Sunday


just to show it.


dime,
The getting of it settled proved to be the work Of


time;
So when twas fairly tied, all the bells had stopped


their ringing,
And when she came to meeting, sure enough the


folks were singing.
So this foolish little maiden stood and waited at the


door,
And she shook her ruffles out behind and smoothed


them down before
"Haelujah Halelujah !" sang the choir above her


head
'IIardly knew you Hardly knew you" were the
words she thought they said.
This made the little maiden feel SO very very cross,
That she gave her little mouth q twist her little


head a toss;
For she thought the very hymn they sung was all


about her bonnet,
With the ribbon and the feather and the bit of lace


upon it.
And she wonld not wait to listen to the sermon or


the prayer,
But pattered down the silent street and hurried up


the stair,
Til she reached her little bureau, and in bandbox


on 1t
Had hidden safe from critics eye her foolish little


bonnet.
Which proves, my little maidens, that each of you


viii ind
In every Sabbath service but echo of your mind
And that the little head that's filed with silly little


airs,
viii never get blessing from sermons from


prayers.
Year: 1874

"Before states were used people multiplied
on the face of the earth" BOggs, who takes
a joke about as hard as he would blow in
the face, read this to his school class to show
what wretched perversions of fact newspaper
people are led to publish, and then went into
q computation to show that the use of states
cannot have sensibly affected the increase of
the worlds population, because, first, states
are only used as covering for human habi-
tations in a very small fraction of the earth's
surface; secondly, because in those countries
where states are used but small fraction Of
the population use them, the use of thatch,
tiles, shingles, tar and asphalt also prevail
ing; and thirdly, because the ratio Of the
number of persons injured by the falling Of
states in the most populous parts of the most
slate-covered cities to the whole population
of such localities is said to be expressed BY
the decimal .OO7O390OO72.
Year: 1874

object the fitting of our young mer
for scientific and practical farmers.


"ReSoyced, That it is of the utmost
Importance that the sentiments O.
farmers be awakened to the subject
of home, adornments; that if we
would have our children remain on
the farm, we must make the farm
house something more than a mere
stopping place, and the farm some
thing more than place where mon
ey is to be wrung from the soil by
the sweat and toll of the farmer, and
that money judiciously expended in
adorning and beautifying the home
of childhood is better than money at
interest.


"ResoEced, That we demand of our
State Legislature the reduction Of
taxation to the lowest possible limit,
and emphatically declare againstlocal
taxation, claiming that we are entire
ly competent to decide all such ques-
tons for ourselves at the ballot box,
without the Intervention of the Leg
islatrlre in passing special bills au-
thorizing our County Commissioners
to levy heavy taxes upon US, regard
less of the pressure which may be
brought to bear to secure such legis-
lation."


THE woMAN's TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.


The following resolutions were
passed unanimously:


Whereas, There has been, and is
almost an entire failure by laws and
municipal enactments to diminish the
curse of intemperance; and


"Whereas, We, as Patrons and
Masters of five hundred and fifty five
subordinate Oranges of Ohio, who have
families liable at all times to danger
from theinsidious wiles of those whose
moral standing and capacity do not
elevate them to q higher calling than
the sale of intoxicating liquors, there
by endangering the future character
and usefulness of the rising genera
ton; therefore


"Resoloed, That inasmuch as law
and ordinances have almost signally
failed to accomplish the desired end,
that We, the State Grange Of Ohio,
heartily endorse the movement inau-
gurated by the noble women of Ohio
for the suppression of intemperance
in our State, and that we extend to
them our sympathy and moral sup
port in their noble and Christian
work.


"Resogoed, That we, the wives of
Patrons here assembled, do pledge
our prayers and efforts to support the
ladies of Xenia, and that when we
return to our homes in the different
parts of the State they will not be
forgotten by us; and


"Resoloed, That we request our
Worthy Master, S. Fl. Ellis, to pre-
sent copy of these resolutions to the
Ladies' Temperance League of Xenia,
Ohio.
Year: 1874

founded o OCmpIainis-TheOry


and Practice.


Though we have had the honor of
or ofbeing q member of the Boardof
Examiners, yet having been engaged
in teaching more or less for many
years, we have thought it a very re-
sponsible position, and one in which
a person is liable to receive much
censure, let him be never SO honest
and impartial in his intentions.


Since we first took any interest in
this matter, we have heard many
different charges made eagainst the Ex-
aminers. When they received fee
for each applicant, the charge was, it
was SO much in their pockets. Now
we hear that it adds to the Institute
funds, and they get that much more
for their labor during the Institute
We have more confidence in our fel-
low-teachers, (for the Examiners have
generally been teachers) than to &c
cuse them of violating their oath of
Office for the sake of favoritism or a
half-dollar.


1t has been about eighteen years
since we received our first certificate
in this county. Sometimes we have
thought our grade should have been
higher, at other times we have been
agreeably disappointed to find it
above our expectations. We have
always thought justice has been
aimed at Sometimes we think our
work correct, when if we could review
it ourselves the next day, we would
be surprised at some of the answers.
We remember once handing in our
work in Arithmetic, thinking it all
right; when Mr.. -, glancing over
it, pointed out an error in q very sim
pie problem, saying he did so in Or
der that we might not think he had
dealt unjustly. The last time we
were examined, we answered one of
the easiest questions in Geography
incorrectly, and did not notice the
mistake until too late.


There are a few questions that
may not seem practical, but enough
practical ones are given, which, if an
swered correctly, will insure certif-
cate.


But the examination in "Theory
and Practice has been the subject of
some criticism lately. Of this firm
Theory seems to be the principal
partner. A person should never
undertake to teach, or engage in any
profession, without a theoretical
knowledge of it. Medical students
must study Theory as well as Prac-
tice.


It certainly would not be expected
of an applicant who had never taught
school to answer any questions re-
lating entirely to experience But
such questions as: Define education;
Is it of any advantage for pupil to
pursue any studies, that he would
never use in after life7 or, Which
would you teach first, process or
demonstration? might be answered
without any experience in teaching.
The would-be teacher is expected to
have some theory and some plans, by
which he is to govern and be gov
erned


One teacher says he received the
same grade after teaching two months
as before, and asks if we are to sup
pose he had learned nothing of teach
ing in that time. We might expect
little gain in practice, but if he had
properly studied the subject before
he was recommended, we wouldnot ex-
pect his Theory to be percepibly i'm
proved in so short time.
Year: 1874

RECIPE FOR CLEANING CoAT COLLARS
Take a piece ofammonia stone (car-
Donate of ammonia) the size of a wal
nut, and put in a cup of warm water
When dissolved, take piece of clean
flannel and dip it into the solution
and rub the collar two or three times
with it. 1t will also remove the
glossy appearance along the seams
and upon the elbows.
Year: 1874

When does water resemble gymnast? When it
makes spring.


Why is the word eyes" like mountain? Because
it is an assent.


Why is beefsteak like locomotive? Because it
is not of much account without its tender.


Why is selfish friend like the letter P? Because,
though he is the first in pity he is the last in help
What is that which no one wishes to have and no
one wishes to lose? A bald head.


Why is a solar eclipse like woman whipping her
boy? Because it's hiding of the sun.


What is the difference between tube and fool
ish Dutchman? One is hollow cylinder and the
other is a silly Hollander.


If u Bedouin should lose his teeth, would he talk
gum Arabic?


Why is a retired carpenter like a lecturer? Be.
cause he is an ex-planer.