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Year: 1877

THOMAS CoRDREY, of Farmington,met
with quite serious accident on the 23d
ult. While hanging up quarter of beef,
the bench upon which he was standing
gave way and he fell, the iron hook upon
which he was trying 10 hang the meat
hung him just under the jaw and ripped
its iron way through the jaw and cheek
up through the side Of the head to the top
making dreadful lacerated wound, which
will in all probability dsfigure him for
life.
Year: 1877

Passing blacksmith's shop, this mcrn-
ing, we were greeted with strong suffo-
eating smell of burning bone and looking
in saw the man at his diabolical work, a
broad iron instrument just heated on a
blazing forge was pressed on the sensitive
hoof and kept there by force until it was
burnt enough to suit the blacksmith's
taste; the horses feeling were not consult
ed-such an act is fnable oflense.


Il. w.
Year: 1877

FROM IaflS LCtter.


The " eel-skin" dress is now the
great rage both in London and Paris.
In the widest days of the tie-back
or pin-back manic there was never
kuch n tightness in the manner of
skirt us now prevails. Whatever the
paucity of folds in the pin-back, in
its frontier part, in the enormous
exuberance of the pannier or hnstle
the balance was struck. But now
not Only is the hustle q thing of
horror, but even the necessary I'M
der-clothing is considered de trop.
To lengthen the waist far beyond its
natural proportions, stiff webbing
of elastic is fastened to the stays
to the depth of half foot, and to
this, at first, narrow skirts were
buttoned. But even this is now
abandoned for another scheme to
acquire slenderness. Mrs. Swiss
helms much-ridiculed chemiloon is
in demand, and garments made in
this way are sold ut the furnishing
shops, and patterns of it pass from
hand to hand among lady friends.
Some ladies have had regular stage
tights made in thick webbing, and
over these they wear nothing but
the outer-dress, under-skirts being
simulated by pleated ruffles of white
muslin, sewn to the edge of the
dress, which is then tied back till
the woman within is shackled al
most like a convict in a chain gang.
No more uncomfortable fashion ever
was devised, for not only are the
limbs confined with the binding
dress, but the wearer must con-
stantly concern herself about the
condition of the bodice, that portion
being in incessant danger of turning
itself up behind, wrong side out,
- 1hke an umbrella in a windstorm.
The desired effect of youthful slen-
derness is generally obtained by the
eel-skin," but at a good deal of
sacrifice of personal ease.
Year: 1877

WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-Ina conver-
sation to-day, Mr.. Ewing expressed a
decided determination to push the repeal
bill to vote. BE wanted to cali the
previous question, but later in the days
session he agreed to let it go until Mon
day. He said. too, what is more to the
purpose, that he should fight every mo
tion to adjourn the extra session until
the repeal bill was disposed of. The Par
is Exposition bill cannot be reached be.
fore Tuesday, and the debate on that bill
is not possible until Wednesday-this,
without reckoning delays in the repeal
bill and the fight over the Army Appro-
priation bill. Taking these into account
and the large number of amendments to
the repeal bill upon which a roll call can
be required, it is extremely doubtful
whether the business Of the House can
be disposed of. The sentimen. in favor
of an adjournment is steadily growing,
however, and is likely to carry the day,
Year: 1877

II it be trus that certain Democratic
Senators intend to resist all attempts to
limit by law Hayes's use of the army, they
will be guilty Of a superhuous exhibition
of obsequiousness, inasmuch as the
Fraudulent President himself, in his
message last month, expressly admitted
the constitutional right Of Congress to
determine the employment OF the FEEDER
al troops.
Year: 1877

LEANING TREEs.-Often in a fine or
chard we find one or more trees leaning
over so far as to destroy the beauty of the
whole orchard. 1t is also much more diff
ticult to cultivate around a leaning tree.
This may easily be remedied, while the
trees are young, by partially digging up
and replanting the trees. The roots will
usually be found smallest on the side from
which the tree leans. and therefore these
roots should be loosened from the earth.
the trees set in perpendicular position
and carefully fastened by stakes and guys
and the earth replaced around the roots.
1t would be well to add some rich COM
post to promote their growth. If, as is
very probable, the top of the tree has be-
come one-sided it should he pruned SO as
to restore the balance. In this way we
have "righted up" pear trees six inches
through the stem; but the best way is to
look after the young trees and not permit
them to depart from the way of upright
ness.
Year: 1877

The poetry of motion may be seen in
two ways at one and the same time. Just
watch bald-headed man in church. To
look at him you would think his whole
being was absorbed in wrestling with
those great questions of theology that the
preacher is rolling upon him like flood.
but it is not so look closely, and you will
see the set teeth, the cooked eye. and ven
geance standing ont upon his brow. He
knows that fly has been shining for the
last five minutes back and forth and all
over his head. but can find no resting
place for the sole of his foot Suddenly
as the lightnirg's fl 81 his hand is describ-
ing circle in the air, and the fly is grace
fully making a straight line to further con-
quests in the other isle.-Yonkers Ga
<ette.
Year: 1877

\ fair head meekly bowed
A shy glance coming after,
Voices not over loud,
And a low, sweet laughter;
SO is the story told
Up in the cottage old,
Under the smoky rafter.
A fair maid flushing red
With an unknown feeling,
But shamed to bow her head
For all her lovers kneeling:
SO is the story told
Down mid the white and gold,
Under the painted ceiling.


Bldckino0d,
Year: 1877

Flatulency, Sluggish Digestion want OF Tone and
Activity in the stomach and Bowels, Oppression
after Eating, are sure to be relieved by single
dose taken after each meal A great want exists
for
Year: 1877

whether produced by indigestion, improper food,
change of water or diet, too free indulgence in ice
water, exposure to sudden changes OF temperature
are Immediately relieved by it. one ounce added
to a gallon of
Year: 1877

Misunderstanding bill which originated in the
House and was sent to him last week. 1t
well illustrates Democratic sincerity in regard
to paying war claims. 1t was bill authoriz-
ing claimant named Waring, of Savannah,
who had not fled his claim within the time
prescribed by law to put his case before the
court. The bill came from the Democratic
side, and the report accompanying it was not
OF character to make its bearin gs very clear
and it passed both Houses. On reaching the
President he had the matter examined, when
it soon appeared that it would be precedent
for sending claims to the amount Of twenty
five or thirty Million dollars before the court
of claims.
Year: 1877

A VETERAN Arctic explorer, James La
mont, writes to the London Times on the
subject of an open Polar sea. He ridicules
the idea of avast, illimitable open ocean reach
ing to the Pole, and says: snow, surely, it is
time that all this nonsense about an open
Polar sea was knocked on the head. I have
been deceived twenty times myself by what
looked like an open sea when in reality it was
only pond of water a few miles broad. We
are all liable to be deluded in like manner,
because, in our eagerness to see what we
wish to see, we are apt to lose sight of three
very simple facts: First, that ice lies very
low in the water; secondly, that it is only a
very small horizon that one sees from the
masthead of a vessel; and thirdly, that only
half mile beyond our horizon may lie not "a
vast, illimitable ocean, but vast illimitable
ice-field reaching to the Pole"
Year: 1877

THE newly-discovered science of telephony
or talking by telegraph which has created so
much interest among scientists and practical
electricians has made rapid strides within the
last few weeks in the hands of the inventor.
Professor A. Graham Bell, and his assistant,
Mr.. I. A. Watson. The latest improve
ments enable them to dispense with batteries
altogether and use permanent magnets, the
electric wave used in transmitting the sounds
being generated by the voice itself. The i'm
portance of this advance is evident to any
one with even slight knowledge of tele


graphy, as the trouble and expense of keeping
batteries in order has been the great draw
back to the employment of the wire for pri-
vate purposes. By the latest discovery only
the first cost of constructing the line and put
ting in the instrument is necessary, and once
established the apparatus is virtually per-
manency. In recent series of experiments
with this invention an artificial resistance
much greater than an equivalent of the length
OF the transatlantic cable was introduced and
the articulation of every word was perfectly
transmitted, so that the inventors hope to
soon be able to actually talk through the ca
BILE. The Boston Globe says that at the ex-
perimental rooms in that city, Isaiva and
Mori, a couple of Japanese students, recently
conversed with each other over the wire in
their native tongue, to the great enjoyment
of the experimenters and themselves.
Year: 1877

President Grants special messages, accom-
panying vetoes or approvals, have been docu-
ments which have commanded the approval
of thinking men. They have all been pro-
voked by some act of Congress, judicious or
iDiudcious; and in commenting upon the
act the President has invariably reflected the
best judgment of the country. His veto of
the imitation bill saved US from financial ruin,
and on several other occasions he has cor
rected hasty legislation. When the action of
Congress called for it he has been warm in
commendation. The message of approval of
the electoral bill is now to be added to the
excellent State papers which distinguish his
administration. He occupies the same ground
which he took at the beginning of the contest
that no man can afford to accept the Presi.
dency under clouded title, and that it is oil
the highest Importance that the right of the
successful candidate shall be recognized and
cheerfully agreed in by all the people of the
republic. Those who applauded his words in
November cannot consistently object to them
now. Nor is it probable that they will so
stultify themselves. The general disposition
will be to join in the Presidents expression
of satisfaction at the adoption of measure
that affords an orderly means of decision of a
gravely exciting question.


There will be general commentator too OF
the Presidents suggestion that the electoral
bill while calculated to meet the present con-
dition of the question and of the country is
not the best applicable to all future occasions,
and that the fact that such controversies can
arise demonstrates the necessity of perma-
nent general legislation to meet the cases of a
disputed succession, the decision of which
has not been contemplated in the constitu-
tion and laws of the country. That such leg
islation should be speedy is the well-nigh
unanimous opinion of the country, and Con-
gress can in no other way so rroftsbly spend
its time after the present grave controversy
comes to settlement, as in framing and
submitting to the States a constitutional
amendment which shall put beyond all doubt
the powers and nature of the tribunal to
which all cases of a disputed Presidential
succession shall be referred.


The opinion held of the action of the Presi-
dent By the opponents of the bill will be
awaited with interest. 1t will be curious
if, following the line of former denun-
citation. they talk of "bull-dozing" Pres
ident Grant, and of "the dark shadow of
intimidation which hangs over the' White
House.
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return CT reserve eommu-
uications that are not used.
Year: 1877

An exchange combats with con-
siderable vigor the argument that
the city papers are cheaper and bet
ter than county papers, because they
give more columns of reading for
the money. Do the city papers, it
asks, ever give you any home news ?
Never. Do they say anything in re-
gard to your own county, Nothing.
Do they contain notices of your
churches, schools, colleges, improve
ments, and hundreds of other local
matters of interest which your local
paper publishes without pay? Do
they say word calculated to draw
attention to your county and its nu-
merous thriving towns, and aid in
their progress and enter prise? Not
a word. And yet there are men who
take such contracted views of this
matter that unless they are getting
as many square inches of reading
matter in their own paper as they do
in city paper they think they are
not getting the worth of their money.
Year: 1877

The WaverIy Republican, March
1, says:


president Emmitt informs us thai
five miles of iron are now laid this
side of Jackson, and he made such
q favorable rate for the balance re-
quired to finish the route between
here and Jackson that $4,000 will be
saved beyond what it would have
cost last autumn. He also says that
the work will go forward with
increased activity and the cars will
be running between here and Jack
son early in April.


''The bridge at this place is compile
ted, and in less than six weeks our
town will be blessed by the practical
evidence that hereafter we can get
out and develop the resources of this
productive region


"Rucker & Son are pushing the
work toward Bainbridge to the west
of the town, and from Springfield to
Washington G. H. and from Green
field to Bainbridge the road bed is
finished, ready for ties, making in all
IS miles upon which the track will
soon be laid"
Year: 1877

| Professor McAfee, OF the lows
Agricultural College, advises the plan
ting of early varieties off potat oes
only, in order to cut of the supply Of
food for the potatoes to beetles late
in summer. There are, at least, two
broods of this insect in a season, and
in some favorable localities three.
Now if none but the earliest varie-
ties of potatoes are planted, the tops
will be ripe by the time the first
brood of beetles have come to matu-
rity. The second brood, not finding
its favorite food in abundance, q
large portion must parish, for from
the lst of August until the following
spring is rather to long time for
the mature insect to live, especially
if short of food. It is generally the
second or last brood of the season
which hybernates, passing through
the winter in safety; but, by cutting
off the supply of food, we may at
least lessen the number which are
to psss over to the following season.
1t is worth trying.
Year: 1877

The policy declared by President Hayes
in his inaugural, and his tender of the olive
branch to the South by appointing South
ern man to place in bis Cabinet, have re-
ceived an enthusiastic and almost unani-
nous response from the people of all par
ties and all sections of the Uuion. The
little furry of excitement caused by Sena-
tor Blaine's indiscreet remarks in regard to
the admission of Kellogg as Senator from
Louisiana, and his premature denunciation
of policy which he only suspected to be
intended by the new administration toward
Cows Packard and Chamberlain, has sub
sided, the new cabinet has been confirmed
without opposition, and has entered upon
its duties, and the new administration is
at length fairly launched, and starts out
with favoring gales, and attended with the
prayers and best wishes of the great mass
of the people, for its success.


On our second page we copy an article
from the indianapolis Journal, on the new
administration, which we commend to the
attention of every Republican, as sound in
sentiment and doctrine. Read it carefully.
1t will repay thoughtful perusal.
Year: 1877

DRA1Ns-There is no better time
than the present to dig drains. The
January thaw, which was very gen
eral, has filled the low ground with
water, and flowing water is the best
possible leveling instrument. The
narrower the drain is made, so that
q man can work easilyin it, the cheap
er the work may be done. When
water is flowing in the drain, lay the
tile from the head downwards.
There is no danger then of obstruc-
tions entering them.


The cost of Draining can hardly
ever be less than it now is. Labor
is very low, and those who have i'm
provements to make, and have the
money, or see their way clearly to
repay it, if borrowed, could have no
better opportunity than at present.
Year: 1877

The News has nearly double the eircula-
ton of any other paper in Highland county,
and goes among the best class of readers,
being sent (by maiD only to strictly dd-
Uancs paying subscribers. 1t is therefore
by far the best Advertising medium in the
county. jsn25tf
Year: 1877

| There is nothing that renders an in
dividual 50 disagreeable as egotism.
We very often come in contact with
persons whose whole thought and


study are of themselves, and who are


of the bigoted opinion that their ac-


tions should not only be sanctioned,


but be considered worthyof imitation.


There are persons whose entire con-


versation is of themselves; they speak


Of their personal abilities with much


emphasis, and in a manner that goes


to show they are we'll pleased with


their own qualifications and very anx-


ious to impress their auditors with


their superiority. Such people hum


BILE, instead of exalt, themselves in the


estimation of the community. W hat


can be more repulsive to our natures


than all arrogant and egotistical crea-


ture that looks on all human beings as


though they were inferior to him in
knowledge and goodness. When we
are so perfect in our own eyes we
never are appreciated by others As
general thing, we are blind to our
own infrmities and too ready to see
and ridicule the shortcomings of 9th.
ers, whose advantages perhaps have
been very limited in comparison with
our own. Selfcommendation greatly
lessons us in the estimation of our
fellow beings. If we are fortunate
enough to possess talent or other en-
viable qualities, we should be very
careful not to refer to them as though
we were proud of their possession.
1t is evident good qualifications will
speak louder for themselves than we
can speak for them. Many persons
think an autobiography which mar
rates the wonders they have performed
is exceedingly interesting to all, but
such is not the case Giving credit to 1
whom credit is due will never humble
US in the opinion of good and estima-
BILE people, but, on the contrary, will
increase their respect for us. Those
who are continually sounding their
own praises never win the esteem or
friendship of their hearers. q. L.
Year: 1877

PEOPLES LANTERN.
Each style being the best of its class in the market
Catalogues Of Lanterns and Slides, with direc-
tons for using sent on application.


Any enterprising man can make money with q
Magic Lantern.


R5~ Visitors to the Centennial Exposition will do
wisely to defer purchasing goods in our line until
they come 10 our stores in New York, where they
will find greater variety and more moderate prices
and can select more at their leisure. But we have
concession to sell styles of goods in the
building OF the Department OF Public Comfort, and
those not coming to New York invited to call on
our representation there.


E5- A full stock of Views Of the Exposition Build
ing and their contents.


June 20, '76-m6
Year: 1877

1t is now settled beyond doubt that
the first shad taken thisseason from the
Delaware was caught by MI. Upperman,
an old fisherman, in Salem Cove, opposite
Fort Delaware. Last season, in the early
part of March, many hundreds, were net
ted in the lower Delaware and brought
to this city. This fish, however, is the
most sensitive that swim, and will not
ascend the river until the water is in a
proper condition. It has great dislike
to the water produced by the melting
snow on the mountains along the upper
Delaware and fishermen say that during
the migration upward, if the water is
much impregnated with that of the melt
ed snow, the schools will return to the
Bay until the Objectionable water has
passed away. When ascending the river


the fish is said to be very rapid in its
movements, and it is asserted that large
school on one occasion passed from the
Delaware breakwater to the vicinity of
Trenton, distance ofone hundred and
twenty-five miles, in twelve hours.-Sa-


lem Standard, 1875
Year: 1877

The railroad accident briefly noticed
in yesterdays GAZETTE as having occur
red on the Kent county railroad, should
have been on the Queen Anne's railroad.


The accident occurred to the passenger
train north, on Wednesday afternoon,
and was caused by the engine striking a
horse on the bridge just north of Centre
vile, instantly killing it, and throwing
the locomotive from the track into the
ditch below, which contained about eight
feet of water.


A wreck train left the city yesterday
for the purpose of getting the engine up,
but after laboring all day the train return
ed tolthis city and starteddown again this
morning.


No one was hurt with the exception OF
the engineer, who had his right hand
slightly scalded.


ACCIDENT THIS MORNING.


The Delaware freight train south,
leaving this city at o'clock, A. NJ, met
with an accident just north of Delaware
Junction, by which the train was delayed
six hours.


The accident was caused by two cars
jumping the track and falling down the
embankment. The cause of the cars
leaving the track is not known, but it is
thought it was caused by the breaking OF
an axle. No one was hurt
Year: 1877

BED BUGS IN THE COUNCIL CHAM
BER.-In the City Council chamber, last


evening, while the reporters were sharpen
ing their pencils, preparatory to cemmen-
cling work, a wandering bed bug was OBJ
served sedately crawling across one ofthe
desks. The beast was promptly decapi-
tated by well directed blow from pen
knife, but during the entire session the
press representatives Writhed in horrible
dread of further visits from the disgusting
vermin. The bed-bugs, and also lice,
found their way into the Council cham
ber from the lodger's room below, and re.
Gently they became so numerous that it
was found necessary to cleanse and COM
pletely renovate the chamber. But eve
ry one knows how hard is the work OF
determination, and it will probably be
some time before our City Fathers can
hold their weekly deliberations without
receiving occasional visits from struggling
vermin.