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Year: 1874

its disinterested patriotism, integrity and
wisdom would have Femedied our state in:
juries, and defended US from harm by the
national administration.


We are confident these prominent lead
ers, in the iervor ofinconsiderate erthusi-
asm, have done wrong. They cannot lay
the foundations Of useful political party
on the single idea of correcting single
local abuse, particularly on subject which
more properly belongs to the courts of law
than the popular forum. On the question
Of railroad extortions, the people have al
ready spoken boldly and plainly, and
through their legislature have applied
such corrections as at the time seemed most
judicious. Perhaps, when, on the first
Of August, the commissioners make their
report to the governor, it may happily be
found that the causes of complaint have
been swept away by just and reasonable
compromise, and that henceforth the people
on one side and the road on the other Y i'll
go along satisfactorily and peacefully for
the future, in which event the anti-monop.
oily party: as distinct party would be out
Of fuel to light up their camp fires. Opposi-
tion to monopolies requires such careful dis
elimination to avoid doing more evil than
good, that our people have preferred to
transfer such questions to the legislatures
and courts rather than to deal with them
~ party questions. While the commits
sioners are busy in some sections Of the
state regulating the working Of roads al
ready constructed, other sections are clam
oring for roads under almost any condi-
tions. Moderation and justice to all parties
is the only true policy.
Year: 1874

Once while riding on the cars we
noticed on either side of the track
for some distance a tract of almost
barren sand, the only vegetation
seen being now and then a sickly
white birch and a little sorry look
ing sorrel. Two gentlemen, evident
ly farmers, were talking of manures,
when one said:


"Do you know what would clothe
those lands with a good crop of clo-
ver2"


The other gentleman was ineredu-
lous, and shook his head.


''Well," /" continued his interroga-
tor," "plaster and ashes Rill do it,
for l have tried it on just such land,
and at the end of the third year
there was q heavy sword on it."


We did not forget the CONVERSE
tion, but went home and soWed q
barren knoll over with plaster and
ashes, and to our astonishment 8
good crop of clover came in, though
we did not put on a grain of seed
We tried the experiment on our pas
ture lands, with marked success, SO
much so taat we recommended it to
our neighbors whose pastures were
thin, and in three years the pasture
land in that section would feed near
ly double the stock that fed on them
before. Ashes in the neighboring
villages rose in price, and the farm
ers to-day buy all they can get at &C
and IS cents per barrel, and find il
pays well at that.
Year: 1874


They say-Ahl well, suppose they do
But can they prove the story true3
Suspicion may arise from naught
But malice, envy, want of thought,
Whycount yourself among the"they"
To whisper what they dare not sayP
They say-but why the tale rehearse,
And help to make the matter worseS
No good can possibly accrue


From telling what may be untrue;
And is it not noble plan


To speak of all the best you can.
They say-wel, if it should be SO.
Why need you tell the tale of woeR
viii it the bitter wrong redress,
Or make one pang Of sorroy less7
viii it the erriDg one restore,
Heneeforth to ego and sin no morep"
They say-ob! pause and look withinl
See how thine heart inclines to sinI
Watch, lest in dark temptations hour
Thou, too, should sink beneath its power.
Pity the frail; weep Ger their fall.
But speak of good or not at all.
Year: 1874

In an article in the New York
Times, Alexander Hyde, says: THE
horse is a noble animal, and is an in
.dispensible adjunct of the farm; but
q trotting horse, one of the 2:4O
kind, in no sense belongs to the farm.
No farmer can afford to either tend
or use trotting horses, and when it
is pretended that the race course fa-
vors the breeding of superior ami


mails, it is all fudge. What the farm
er wants, and what fairs should give
good premiums for, is a good car


riage or farm horse, worth 5000 OF
$500; one that can draw q ploW all


day and eat and sleep well at night;
that can move on the road at the
rate of FIVE or six miles an hour for
four or five consecutive hours with
out excessive fatigue. Speed is not
the great criterion of q good horse,
as the large premiums offered would
seem to indicate. Neither the owner
nor the spectator gains anything by
this forced $40 speed. It's a mere
momentary spurb and for its pro-
duction an amount of training is re-
quired which no farmer can afford
Year: 1874

AS a cure for the most umpleas-
ant disease, rheumatism-two cor
respondents Of an exchange gives
the following remedies


Writer No. l, says: 81 can tell you
what gave me relief, and if l had ia
ken IL before I got down l think 1
should have been a stout and hear
ty man. I was a soldier in the late
war, and l have suffered ever since


Take one quart of good and pure
brandy, and little more saltpeter
than will dissolve. For dose use one
times a day"


Writer No. 2 proelaimeth: @I had
the rheumatism for nineteen yesrs
A portion of the time I had To keen
my bed, and was unable to helm NV.
self in or out of bed. Very often
/ had to cripple along with the help
of two canes. I am now sixty wears
old and as sound as dollar. When
l was young man my weight was
nearly l55 pounds. I was reduced
to 40 pounds while afflicted, and
now my weight is 1S5 to 100 pounds.
It has been seventeen years since ]
got well. This is what cured me:
One quart of rye whisky, one ounce
of wild cherry bark (root), one
ounce prickly ash root, one ounce
yellow dock root one ounce gum
myrrh. If one bottle don't cure you
try another. Take it three times a
day. Two bottles cured me Before
resorting to the above / tried every.
thirg that I could hear of that was
said to be good, besides trying
many doctors, and all did me no
good.
Year: 1874

A little boy cut West undertook
to come the G. Washington an his
mother, this way:


He cut of the cats head with the
traditional hatchet and then hid the
defunct feline in the meat barrel.
When the lady went for the meat to
make the "hoecake" for the frugal
morning repast she discovered that
and interviewed her son. He said 4:


81 did it, mother with, my little
hatchet, but I'll be sWizzled if / can
tell the whole treth about this little
affair.""


Now most mothers would have
kissed the brave, truthful boy on his
noble brow, and kept right on using
the meat out of that barrel just the
same; but this one didn't. Sho said /:


"COme across my lap, mp son;
come across my lad"


He came, and for a while there
rose a cloud of dust from the seat of
his troWsers that efectually hid the
son from view, and the old woman
now sports goggles and is lavish in
the use of Petit's eye-salve. The
good little boy had peppered the
seat Of his pants.
Year: 1874

Use common salt to remove egg
stains from silver spoons.


A French scientist claims to have
discovered an insect which makes its
home in the middle of cigars. That
insect is morally certain Of being
smoked out.


If potatoes have proved Watery,
pu: piece Of lime into the pot the
size of a hens egg, and when the
water is poured of they viii be dry
Immediately.


The prospect of placing the tele-
graph lines of the country in the
hands of the general government re-
eeiyes a serious blow from across
the water, by the statement that gov
ernmental telegraphy in Great Bri-
tain last year yielded the magnificent
profit of one per cent. on the capital
invested.


The word penny" as applied to
nails, is suppose to be a corruption
for the word "pound." An eight
penny nail was 3 nail OF such size
that j, 900 of them would weigh eight
pounds, a tenpenny Of such a size
that 1000 would weigh ten pounds,
and so on. 1t is not known Whoori-
ginated the method Of description.


1t is ali most impossible to get a
horse shod without having the frog
cut away. All veterinary surgeons,
all horsemen, and all the leading
blacksmiths agree that the frog
should not be pared one particle,
not even trimmed-no matter how
pliable and soft the frog is, cut it
away smooth on all sides, and in two
days it will be as dry and hard as
chip. You might as well cut all the
leaves. off and expect them to four
ish as to pare away the frog and
have q healthy foot. The rough,
spongy part of the frog is to the foot
what the leaves are to the tree, the
lungs. Never have rcd hot shoes
put upon the foot, to burn it level.
If you can find a blacksmith that is
mechanic enough to level the foot
without red hot iron, employ him.
If you do not think so, try the red
hot poker on your finger nail, and
see how It viii eject the growth OF
that. There are many other impor-
tant points in shoeing horses, but
these two in particular, are Of more
Importance than all the rest, and the
most disregarded. sNo fog,no foot;
no loot no horss."
Year: 1874

Horses that are kept in the stable
during summer, should be given
daily the luxury of q roll on the
earth. Rolling is the means given
by nature for the animal to rid itself
of Vermin and skin diseases, and it
tends to make the animal healthy.
Some owners object to allowing a
horse to roll on the bare earth be-
cause it gets dirt into the hair and
makes extra work to keep the ami
NAL clean, but the extra work pays
ifrightly understood. We allow our
horse to roll in the dirt when be is
not moist with Precipitation, and then
stand an hour or two with his coat
full of dust before being cleaned up.
Year: 1874

A young lady in San Jose, Cal,
about a month ago secretly married
the man of her choice, and then
went right along attending to her
business a though nothing had hap
pened. But the other day the couple
decided to publish their marriage in
the paper, and the old nan saw it.
Showing the notice to his daughter,
he sternly demanded


@What does this mean? Is it a
joke, Maria Jane or is it a reality? u


The daughter raised her head, her
face sufused with bushes, and an
sWered-


ayes, father, lisa joke-it's a joke
on you'll"


The old man subsidized.
Year: 1874

The time of the year has now
come when fires are to be re-kindled.
Old cracked stoves will be brought
out suddenly and put up the first
cold snap. Unsafe and soot-filled
chimneys are crowded with two or
three stove pipes. The consequen-
ces to some budy will be disastrous.
The house, store or shop will take
fire some day and burn up before
you are aware of it. And then
some one will find when too late,
they had no Insurance. Be wise be-
fore the fire. Look to your stoves,
know they are whole. Examine
your stove pipes, clean your chin
ney. See that all cracks and holes
therein are securely plastered up
Put up your stoyes well, and the1
come to


l. III. KEELER,


and get an Insurance Policy OF
your building and all its contents
1 have a splendid line of Companies
There are none better. Many rep
resented in this city will not stanC
the test. Look at the following:
Year: 1874

FordOs has recently directed atten-
tion to the dangers OF lead poisoning
where shot are used for cleaning bottles
that are to be used for wine and other
beverages. When shot are placed in q
glass Of water, carbonate OF lead Is ut
once formed, q portion OF it being no.
tieed As precipitats In the water,
while another portion Of it attaches
itself rs q thin film TO the sides OF the
vessel. This film adheres so closely to
the glass that it cannot be removed by
rinsing with water alone, an acid be-
ing required to remove it. When shot
are used for cleaning bottles, which
are afterwards well riused out, the car
Donate of lead suspended In the water
will be removed, but that portion
which Is attached to the sides Of the
bottle remains, and ls afterwards dis
solved by the liquid placed in the bot
tie, II it possesses q sufficient solvent
power. II the shot are only shaken
up with water for q short time, it Is
scarcely possible for the carbonate OF
lead 10 become attached to the sides
Of the bottles, but Oftentimes the shot
are left in the bottle with the water
for some time. Besides the Iinsing Is
not always done so carefully as il
should be, and the carbonate Of lead
removed. Fordos took four half-pinG
medicine glasses that had been clean
ed with shot, and In one he placed
white wine, Ia another red wine, in
the third quinine wine, and in the
fourth vinegar. After standing two
days each was found to contain y con-
siderable quantity Of lead.


Another danger might also arise
from shot getting lodged>in the mar
row creases at the bottom Of certain
bottles, when the action Of an acid
upon it would dissolve not only the
lead, but also the arsenic, which Is al
ways present in shot in sufficient
quantity to render the liquids poison
Ous
Year: 1874

For US to be able to see objects clear
ly and distictly, it Is necessary thai
the eye should be kept clean. FoT
this purpose it Is furnished with q lit.
tie gland, from which flows q watery
fluid (tears), which Is spread over the
eye by the lid, and iC Is afterward
swept OFF by 1t, and runs through q
hole in the bone to the under surface
Of the nose, while the warm air, pass
ing over It while breathing, evapOr-
ates it. 1t Is remarkable that no such
gland can be found In the eyes Of fish,
as the element in which they live an
swers the same purpose. IL the eye
had not been furnished with q liquid
to wash Il, and 8 lid to sweep It OF,
things would appear as they do when
you look through 3 dusty glass Along
the edges Of eyelids there are q great
number Of little tubes or glands, from
which flows an oily substance which
spreads over the surface Of the skin,
and thus prevents the edges from being
sore or irritated, and also helps to keep
tears within the lid. There are also
six little muscles attached TO the eye
which enable US TO move IL in every
direction and when we consider the
different motions they are capable Of
giving 10 the eye, we cannot but ad-
mire the goodness OF Him who formed
them. and thus saved as the trouble Of
turning our heads every time We wish
to view an object.
Year: 1874

The wedding cake OF couple recently mar
red weighed forty pounds and was in the
1orm OF tbree-story house, with sugar bride
aud bridegroom coming out Of the trout door,
and like the real couple, too sweet to last
Year: 1874

count Of the desperate effort that Is being
made By the ring masters. The contest
for the House oi Delegates 10 the absorb
Ing topic In this county nothing scarcely
is said about members Of Congress, and
inasmuch as the election is drawing nigh
and you will want 70 post your books we
venture 10 makea prediction as to tho
result. The Independents have no doubt
about this county casting her vote for the
Independent Democratic candidates for
the Legislature. Some prominent ring
men concede this county to the Indepen-
dents, the majority cannot be definitely
determined atIhis time. AS to Congress
we cannot make any prediction, the result,
however Is In doubt, DHTTA,
Year: 1874

Vice President Wilson, who arrived
here last evening, leaves for home this
evening. He says he has so much i'm
proved in health that if Congress were to
assemble tomorrow he would be pre-
pared to resume his position us presiding
officer of the Senate.
Year: 1874

A ludicrous case of mistaken iden-
tity occurred in Montreal, recently,
through the unfortunate resemblance
of two young gentlemen. One Of
them was recently married, and the
other is still bachelor. The mar
ried person went to a dinner-party,
while the unmarried one went to q
convivial entertainment, and, owing
to mis- calculation of his capacity fo1
wine, he spoiled his nights amuse.
ment. While glimmer of reason
remained he endeavored to get home.
By the time the young man reached
cab stand, his mind had become SC
confused that he was unable to re-
member his own name or the street
on which he lived. As lie was
gesticulating to the cab-driver, o
friend of the married gentleman no
ticed his plight, and, confounding his
identity, pushed him into cab.
whispered to the driver, and con.
tinued on his way. The result o.
this act was the conveyance of the
unmarried man to the home of the
married man, where his condition
created anything but pleasant sur


prise. The wife was ofcourse morti


fed. Subsequently the father-in-laN
entered the room to remonstrate witt
him. After wasting much good ad
vice, the father-in-law discovered the
mistake, and was in the act of trying
to persuade his daughter, probabl!
much against her will, that tn
young man was not her husband
when the real husband put an enc
to the dispute by letting himself il


at the hall door with q latch key.
Year: 1874

Perhaps there is no period so pleas
ant among all the pleasant periods Of
love making as that in which the in
timaey between the lovers is so as
sured and the coming event SO near,
as to procure and endure converse
ton about the ordinary little matters
of life; what can be done with the
limited means at their disposal; how
that life shall be begun which they
shall lead together; what idea each
has of the others duties; what each
can do for the other. There was q
true sense of delight of intimacy in
the girl who declared that she had
never loved her lover so well as when
she had told him how many pair Of
stockings she possessed. 1t is very
sweet to gaze at the stars together


and it is sweet to sit out among the
haycocks. The reading of poetry out
of the same book, with brows al


close, and arms all mingled, is very
sweet; the pouring out of the whole
heart in written words, which the
writer knows would be ridiculous to
any one but the deaf one to whom
they are sent, is very sweet; but fol
the girl who has made q shirt for tn,
man she loves there has come a mo


ment III the last stitch of it, sweetel
than any of the stars ever produced.
Year: 1874

Charges for the impeachment OF
Judge Busteed have been presented
to Congress by citizen of Alabama.
He is declared to have willfully neg
lected to hold Court at the times and
places prescribed by law, and to have
thus often kept htigants, witnesses.
Jurors and counsel dancing attend
ance on his caprice, at great expense
to the people and the Government
The final accusation is, that he paid
court money to one Reynolds tc
hush up libel suit brought by the
latter against him.
Year: 1874

When I was boy, 1 heard ser
mon in which the clergyman said
''Never cross a bridge before you
come to it. Do not think it is weal
or dangerous, nor worry yourself
lest it shall break down under you
Wait until you get to it. 1t may be
as firm as iron and stone can make
it." That is all 1 remember of the
sermon, but whenever I have felt dis
tressed or anxious about the future
1 have thought of it.
Year: 1874

A quarrelsome couple were discus
sing the subject of epitaphs and tomb
stones, and the husband said:


"My dear, what kind Of a stone do
you Suppose they will give me when
I die?" birthstone, my love" was
the affectionate reply.
Year: 1874

A noted horse jockey down east
was awakened one night by violent
thunder storm. Being somewhat
timid, he awoke his wife with "Wife!
wifel do you suppose the day OF
Judgment has comet" "Shut up, you
fool" was the affectionate reply; show
can the day of judgement come IN
the night?"
Year: 1874




About four years ago a young and
stalwart German, named Fritz
Schoonman, left his native land to
seek his fortune in the new world.
Upon reaching New York, he came to
Milwaukee. Being of an industrious
disposition and but little inclined to
squander his earnings, he soon put
by snug little sum, entirely sufi-
cient to warrant him in entering the
matrimonial market; and accordingly
his friends advised him to do so.


But to all suggestions Fritz gave
an rlnheeding ear, until at length it
was suggested that he had left some
blooming damsel, away across the
water, into whose watchful keeping
he had entrusted his heart. When
Fritz was accused of such q deed he
blushingly acknowledged it, and
stated that he was working in Or
der that he might .-.,.r
Year: 1874

There is disposition in some cases to criti-
else some of the best features of the school
system, which happen to be novel. In re-
viewing some aspects of taxation in Gibson
county, which have bad look, the Prince
ton Democrat takes occasion to arraign the
County Board for allowing teachers their
wages when attending the monthly town
ship institutes. 1t calculates on 10S teachers
in the county, attending six institutes in the
school year, allowing them two dollars
per day each. The aggregate sum paid
to teachers while in attendance on
institutes would be s1,296. The Democrat
assumes that this money should not be so
expended to aid in qualifyingthe teachers for
good work, advancing the somewhat plausi-
BILE argument that if the teachers are not
qualified, they should not be employed. 1t
is a very narrow and one sided view. The
money paid in thisTay is, without doubt, the
best investment possible. Teachers are
never so advanced in their profession that
they cannot improve by drawing upon the
knowledge and experience of others. No
teacher becomes so well qualified that at
tendance upon a good institute will not


make him worth 81 90 more intrinsically
to his employers than he was before. 1t is
not altogether in the addition to knowledge
that the value of these meetings of teachers
consists. The quickening of ambition and
zeal, the waking up of vigor by contact with


the profession is worth twice the cost, even


if little really new is learned. This for the
well qualified teacher. But it is a fact that a
full supply of that kind cannot be
had. They are scarce. The schools
must be taught, and teachers have to
be accepted, who, though qualified in a
certain sense, and to degree, may be made


a great deal better by an occasional day
spent in consultation with other teachers.
This is the case with young teachers, for be-
ginners in the business must be employed.
To assume, therefore, that those should or
could be found who are masters of this most
difficult work, is an error. Everything
which can be done to improve the teachers
efficiency is saving of money which
is wasted in proportion as he falls short
of the best work. Institutes are an exceed
ingly economical way of giving new i'm
pulse to all the schools of a county, OF arous-


ing enthusiasm and infusing vitality. The


State has deemed 1t wise to build and sup