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Year: 1870

to the public house, and sit and drink
until he was much the worse for his
! liquor--which was q thing easy enough to
do with him, worse luck. Then he got
limiting TO one and the other how they
could make mp for their disappointment,
and no one would ever be the wiser, or
make any inquiry after Arrowley, if he
was missed; but though Simmons had
had most TO drink of any of thcm, he
wouldn't hear of it, so at last he and Nor
rak had a dreadful fight, and that was
how Stevo's face was so bruised and cut
abouL


"The landlord wouldn't have them in
the house again, so they went to a stable,
where Simmons fell fast asleep; and If
the others hadn't stuck out against i'll
using q chum, he would have been killed
as we'll as Arrowley but they wouldn't
have It, Wen, as we heard afterwards at
the trial, from one as turned kings evi.
| dence, they quietly dragged Arrowley
out / dare say Steve had given him
something to stupefy him-he was up to
all such games, l heard-and as Il was
| pitch dark they carried him 10 pond
without any one seeing them. Well, there
the courage of the other two failed them,
and they wouldn't go any further; but
] Morrak would have killed his brother, |
do believe, for half the grudge he owed
this poor insensible fellow, and so he held
his head in the water until he was dead,
and swore horribly at the others for their
cowardice Then they took the body into
the stable, and all laid down and went to
sleep; but Simmons woke pretty early,
and suspected something was wrong. SO
he reused the men he was most friendly
with, and found out pretty nearly how
! matters stood, and then set OF and
walked right into London. The others
thought he had only gone away in the
sulks, but he had made up his mind what
to do; he went straight to the officers,
and took them to the regular place where
he knew we should meet, and, as l have
just told you, there we were all caught.


"Of course, we were taken off to Bow
street, and ] own l was terribly fright
ened at first; but the magistrate who
heard the case let me off on my own bail
and, in fact, | was called as a witness at
the Old Bailey. Morrak was hung for
the murder, as every one thought he
would be, for they used to hang men in
those days for good deal less than mur.
der. One of the party was sent to the
hulks which was some kind of ships they
used to keep somewhere, and the party
what turned kings evidence got off very
easy"


"And what about Simmons ?" l said, as
he finished his narrative; che really
seems to have been decent sort of fel
low"


"Wcll, yes, he was" said the barge.
man; "he got a reward, and was going
over to Swan River believe; but, un-
lucky for him, having so much money, he
took to drink took to drink most fright.
full, and he killed hisself in month.
He died in Saint Bartlemy's; | went to
see him, but he didn't know me. l dare
say he was sold to the doctors, the same
as he had sold good many before; or
perhaps they got him for nothing, as he
died there, which would have aggravated
him good deal if he oould have known
it. Well, gentlemen, that's how came
to know anything about the body snatch
ers, and how l came to leave them.-
CasSerS Magazine.
Year: 1870

MANY a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing in their
pockets are rich. A man born with a
good heart and good limbs, and a pretty
good head piece, is rich. Good bones are
better than gold, tough muscles than sill.
yer, and nerves that fash fire and carry
energy to every function are better than
houses and lands. II is better than landed
estate to have had the right kind of father
and mother. Good breeds and bad breeds
exist among men as really as among herds
and horses. Education may do much TO
check the evil tendencies, or TO develop
good ones, but 1t is good thing to inherit
the right proportion Of faculties to start
with.
Year: 1870

Two workers in one field


Toiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay;
With the same blue sky above,
The same green grass below,
One soul w0s full OF love,


The other fun Of woe.
One leaped up with the light,
with the soaring OF the lark:
One felt II ever night,


For his soul wee ever dark;
One heart was hard as stone,


One heart was ever gay;
One worked with'fnany 4 groan,
One whistled all the day.
One had a fiower.clad cot


Beside merry mill.
Wife and children near the spot
Made II sweeter, fairer still;
One a wrctchcd hovel had,


Full Of discOrd, dirt and din,
No wonder he seemed mad.
Wife and children starved within.
Still they worked IN the same hold,
Toiled on from day to day,
Both had the same hard labor,
Both had the same small pay;
But they worked not with ono will,
The reason let me tell
Lol the one drank at the still,
The other at the well.
Year: 1870




Hannah Dudley, sister to ''Uncle Dudley,
wants more lightss


5DEARJouRNAL For one of the many who
have had cause to complain in regards to the
absence of light from our street lamps, am
glad you have taken an interest in the matter.
Any person who has to be out of an evening
ats O'Clock only, can bear witness that the
streets are darker at that hour than NOvem-
Der cloudy night, in consequence Of so much
foliage on the trees. One excuse given for
not lightning the lamps is, that the boys break
the glass in the lamps. l don't think our
worthy City Marshal will admit it. At any
rate let us have "more light on the subject,
or from the lamps, which is preferable.


HANNAH DUDLEY.


We are glad to notice that the lamps are
now promptly lighted.
Year: 1870

Benjamin Nathan, brother-in-law of Judge
Cardoza, was murdered at about midnight
last night in his rooms on West 23d st. His
body was discovered this morning with the
head beaten to jelly. The instrument used
was an iron tool known as a dog. The room
was covered with blood, and safe in the
apartment was blown open and a quantity of
jewelrv stolen. A servant slept in a room
adjoining, and two sons in another over him,
but heard no noise. The deceased was ma
tive of the United States.
Year: 1870

The children of men are not altogether un-
grateful, for even people who are not chris
tians were thoughtful to divine Providence
yesterday for the generous rain which He
then sent to water the thirsty earth. The in
Vulnerable blessings which they daily receive,
should make them grateful to God every day
of their lives.
Year: 1870

ent time. Good men and material are in de-
mand as will be seen by reference to adver-
tisement in our paper. That the Messrs.
Sprague mean business is evident, as any
one can see by a visit to the DAM
Year: 1870

We have seen in one or two Of our exchanges
that Gen. Tilton of the Military Asylum is
shortly to resign. There is no foundation IN
truth for the report whatever. The recent
endorsement of the generals management BY
the board of managers was fattering COM
pliment, which he well deserves and which
we trust he will continue to deserve for years
to come as the head of the institution.
Year: 1870

So much having been said in regard to the
rebuilding of the Kennebec dam in this city,
and SO many erroneous reports having been
circulated, il may be interesting to our readers
to have little information as to what is really
being done. From the present indications we
can say that our citizens can no longer feel
that the Mes.rs. 4. e. w. Sprague have not
acted in good faith in all their transactions
here. The work on the dam is progressing
finely, under the immediate charge of Mr.


Richardson of Clinton. On the western end
of the break, where the foundation was not
entirely carried away, the work is out of wa
ter, and few days will show with what ener-
gy it is being pushed. A section of some 70
feet in width is in progress of construction,
designed to be placed in the gap where the old
foundation is gone. The entire gap will be
filled by three or four such sections. Fifty
or sixty men are employed on this part of the
work at the present time. The small donkey
engine of the Messrs. Sprague perforus an
important part in this work, hauling logs in
position with the greatest ease, thereby saving
the labor OF at least dozen men; driving
piling for guy lines and booms, and fishing up
the heavy cap-stones of the old dam. We
understand. that another engine will soon be
placed upon the work. >, Work on, the bulk
head is progressing rapidly. The heavy
masses Of granite are assuming the proper
shape for piers, under the superintendence Of
Mr.. Stevens of Lewiston, and under the
immediate direction Of Mr. Pierce the mas
ter mason. Around the bulkhead and dam
at least l25men are employed Theledge from
which the granite comes, situated on the Sid
ney road, is one of the finest in the country.
Here large gang Of men finds constant en-
ploymens in qnarrying, under the dirsctiou of
Mr.. Stone. The work on the new mill is not
in progress, for the simple reason that the
men and material must be employed on the
more important work of rebuilding the dam.
In all, some 2SOm are employed at the pres
Year: 1870

The Farmer understands that an earnest
movement is being made by the members of the
Unitarian Society in this city, having for its
object the renovation and remodeling of their
church, corner of State street and Montgomery
Place. 1t is contemplated to remove the
building from its present foundation to face
the south, raise it and place under it brick
basement, and to finish the interior in an at
tractive modern style to compare with the best
of the church edfces of the city. The esti-
mated cost of these improvements is about
$4,000. fthe contemplated improvements
are made, all our city churches will then be
in good condition.
Year: 1870

- During the trial of q case ~ Louisville,
a witness persisted in testyfying o." what his
wife told him. To this the attorney objected
and it was ruled out by the Judge He would
proceed to tell '.shoost how it wash" when the
attorney would cry out:


How do you know that?"


my wife told me-" was the reply.


This was repeated several times. The
Judge unable to contain himself. interrupted


Suppose your wife were to tell you the
heavens had fallen. what would you think p


"Vell, think dey wash down"
Year: 1870

New SILVER PIECEs-The United States
mint at Philadelphia has struck of three
specimens each of the new silver ten. twenty
five and fifty cent coins. and submitted them
to the Treasury Department for. APPROVAL
The standard value of these coins has been
reduced to correspond in actual value with a
view to immediate use instead of script.
Year: 1870

-"See here. Grips, understand you
have superior way of curing hams. should
like to learn it."


Well yes; I know very well how to cure
them but the trouble with me just now is
TO find out how to pro cure theu.2
Year: 1870

HOW OFTEN Is THE HOUSEHOLD
ILL loaf buried with the household head, snd
families that might have been comfortably
provided for, LETT destitute by the want of
proper foresight in its deceased protector?
Year: 1870

GooD.--Soon after Chief Justice Chase
assumed the gubernatorial chair in Ohio
he issued his proclamation appointing a
Thanksgiving Day. To mako sure OF
being orthodox, the Governor composed


his proclamation almost exclusively of
passages fl ON the Bible, which he did
not designate as quotations, presuming
that every one would recognize them,
and admire the fitness of the words, as
well as his taste in their selection. The
proclamation meeting the eyes of DEM
ocrstic editor, he pounced at once upon
it, declared that he had read it before,
couldn't exactly say where, but would
take his oath that it was downright
plagiarism, from beginning to end i
That would have been pretty fair joke,
but the next day the Republican editor
came out valiantly in defence of the Go
vernon, pronounced the charge false and


libelous, and challenged any man living
toproduce one single line of tho procla


nation that had ever appeared in print
before.
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Southern Ftans-


er, at Benlomond, Arkansas, writes as
follows:


Construct house after the following
plan: Build a double wall, with the
space of ten inches between the walls
and daub closely inside and out; then
fill up tho space between the walls with
dry dirt. AT tho proper height place a
loft of logs closely laid and daubed. leav-
ing square hole two by three feet to adj
nit air Immediately over the door. The
potatoes should be dug as soon rs ripe,
which may be known by breaking and
laying up for a few hours; if ripe, they
will turn white where broken; if not,
they will become dark Whom ripe, dig
and leave them in the path two or three
days, exposed to the sun; if cold, throw
vines over them, TO protect from frost.-
They should remain in the sun suffi-
cient time TO wilt, after which they may
be housed. Potatoes should be sorted
before being put up. Place in piles of
thirty bushels, and sift on dry sand un-
til all the crcvices are filed. When the
weather is warm leave the door open, to
admit free circulation of air. The hole in
the loft should never be closed. This sys-
tenn will save swe- tpotatoes.
Year: 1870

Up in Chester county, Pa, a clock
peddler was tramping along, hot and
dusty and tired, when he came to a
meeting house, wherein sundry Friends
were engaged in silent devotion. The
peripatetic tradesman thought he would
walk in and rest himself. He took a
seat upon bench, doffed his hat, and
placed his clocks upon the floor. There
was painful stiffness in the meeting
house, which was broken by one of the
clocks, which commenced striking furi-
ously. The peddler was in agony, bue
he hoped every minute the clock would
stop. Instead of that, it struck just four
hundred and thirty times, by the actual
count of every Friend in the meeting;
for even the best disciplined of them
could not help numbering the strokes
Then up rose one of the elder Friends at
the end of the four hundred and thirtieth
stroke, and said -


"Frierd, MS 1t is so very late, perhaps
thee had better proceed on thy journey,
or thee will not reach thy destination,
unless thee is as energetic as thy vehe
ment timepiece.
Year: 1870

BULwER says that poverty is on
ly an idea, nine cases out Of ten.
Some men with ten thousand dol
lars a year suffer more for the
want of means than others with
three thousand dollars. The rea-
son is, the richer man has artif-
cial wants. His income is ten
thousand dollars and he suffers
enough from being dunned for
unpaid debts to kill a sensitive
man. A man who earns a dollar
a day and does not run in debt is
the happier of the two. Very few
people who have never been rich
will believe this; but it is true.
There are thousands and thou
sands with princely incomes who
never know a moments peace, be-
cause they live above their means.
There is really more happiness in
the world among the working peo-
pie than there are among those
who are called rich.
Year: 1870




From the independence Beige, Sept 10


The account which the Patrie
has published of the last incidents
of the battle of Sedan, and which
it said it received from an officer
attached to the staff of General
WimptRen, has put the conduct OF
the ex-emperOr Of the French in
so uniavorable a light that one
could only expect some denial of
the account on the part or in the
name Of the prisoner of Wilhelm
shoche. Subjoined is document
which has been communicated to
us, its object being the refutation
OF the account in the Patrie. We
publish it in a spirit Of impartial
ity, and because there are some
discussions from which informa-
ton may always be derived. As
TO its value and the degree ofcon
tidence it merits, we will content
ourselves with remarking that it
emanates irou the aides. de-camp
who accompanied the fallen sove-
reign at Wilhelmshoehe, and who
bear testimony, in some degree
for themselves, while they think,
no doubt, that they are only bear
ing testimony in favor of their ac-
cused leader.


The letter which appeared in
the Patrie of the l1th of Septem-
ber, and which is attributed to an
officer of the staff of General
Wimpffen, duplicates in so grave
and so unjust u manner the respon-
sibility of the Emperor in the CO.
tastropho of Sedan, that the Of
ficers who had the honor to remain
with his Majesty cannot allow such
assertions to be made without stat
ing the true facts Of the case. When
the different commanders Of army
corps came to warn the Emperor
that their troops were repulsed,
dispersed, and in part driven back
into the town, the Emperor sent
them to the Commander-in- Chiei
in order that he might ascertain
from them the actual situation. Al
the same time the Commander-in
Chief sent to the Emperor two off
GERS of his staff with a letter in
which he proposed to his Majesty
not to save the army, but to save
his person, by placing him in the
midst of a strong column, with
which he said an attempt might
be made to reach Carignau. The
Emperor refused to sacrifice .
large number of soldiers ia order
to save himself: "besides,'' said
be. 'sCariunan is occupied by thf
Pruanians; but if the General
Year: 1870

The New York Mail shows how
King William is a right royal hus-
band: In all the battles through
which he has passed, he has never
omitted to send, either by tele-
graph or post, full accounts of all
his operations to Queen Augusta
in Berlin. The picture Of the
gray headed King sitting down
amid debris of the battle field,
with tumult and death all around
him, to write with the thoughtful
ness Of q lover to his wife at home,
is not the least suggestive of the
many wonderful sDectacles of the
war.
Year: 1870

CAMELs IN NEvADA.-On a
rancho on the Carson river, eight
miles below the mouth of Six
mile Canyon, and about seventeen
miles east of the city, is to be seen
a herd of twenty.six camels, all
but two of which we're born and
raised in this State. But two OF
the older herd Of nine or ten
brought here some years ago are
now living. 1t would seem that
the original lot fell into the hands
of the Mexicans, who treated them
very badly, overlooking them and
abusing them. The men who now
have them are Frenchmen, and
men it seems, who had formerly
some experience with camcls in
Europe. They find no difficulty
in rearing them, and can now show
twenty-four fine healthy animals
Of Washoc growth. The camel
may now be said to be thoroughly
acclimated in this State. The
owners of the herd find it no more
difficult to breed and rear them
than would be experienced with
the same number Of goats or don
keys. The rancho upon which
they are kept is sandy and sterile
in the extreme, yet the animals
feast and grow fat on such prickly
shrubs and bitter weeds as no 9TH
er animal would touch. When left
to themselves their great delight,
after filling themselves with the
coarse herbage of the desert, is to
lie and roll in the hot sand.
They are used in packing salt to
the mills on the river from the
marshes lying in the uesserts some
sixty miles to the eastward. They
have animals that easily pack HOO
pounds.-[Virginia City Enter
prise.
Year: 1870

A NORMAN by the name of San
born, applied to Chief Justice
Mexican, of the United States Dis
trict Court, at Salt Lake City, to
be naturalized. In reply to the
question Of the Judge, Sanborn
said that he had but one wife, but
that he believed it right and &C.
cording to the laws of God 10
marry another while his present
wife is living, and although the
land forbid, he thought it his duty
to obey the laws of God rather
than the laws of man. Entertain
ing different views of the laws and


American citizenship, the Chief
Justice refused to naturalize him.
Year: 1870

BosToN has a new brick making
machine. The only limit to its
working capacity is the power of
the attendants to pour in the clay
and take away the pressed brick.
With clay enough at hand and in
dustrious workmen the ordinary
producing power is from sixty to
seventy bricks per minute.
Year: 1870

The Albany Journal thinks that
the fifty thousand dollar gold brick
now on exhibition at Denver,
which is twelve and a half
inches long, six and a half wide
and four and half thick, is the
largest solid mass of gold in the
world; but it isn't. We have cas-
ties in Spain built of gold bricks
three times as large.
Year: 1870

BUTTER contains nothing that is
essential to the human body
it is not a necessity but a luxury.
Besides, it mars the complexion,
and Is q great promoter Of bilious
affections. The economy Of the
American household would be r.
tionally improved By . more spar
ing use Of this article, which a
one Of the most costly khInoa 81
pIaee mon our tables
Year: 1870

The following touching scene recently occur.
ed at Partisan court of justice:


a poor pale, wan seamStress was arraigned
tor theft She appeared at the bar with a boy
eleven or twelve months old in her arms, her
chlid. She went to get some work one day,
and stole three coins of lot each. The money
was missed soon after she left her employer,
and servant was sent to her rooms to claim
it. The servant found her about to quit her
rooms with the three gold coins in her hand.
She SAID to the servant " was going to carry
them back to you" Nevertheless she was
carried to the Commissioner Of Police, and be
ordered her to be sent before the Police,
for trial. She was too poor to engage a law
yer, and when asked by the judge what she
had to say for herself, she answered: "The
day went to my employers carried my child
with me. 1t was in my arms as it is now. /
was not paying attention 20 it. There was
several other gold coins on the mantlepiece,
and unknown to me, it stretched out its little
hands and seZed the three pieces, which did
not observe until | got home. | at once put
on my bonnet, and was going back to my en-
nOyer to return them when | was arrested.
This Is the solemn truth, as | hope for heavens
| mercy.


The court could not believe this story. They
upbraided the mother for her impudence in
endeavOring to palm off such a manifest lie for
the truth. They besought her for her own sake
to retract so absurd story, for it could
be of 20 effect, but oblige the court to sem
t, nee her to a much severer punishment than
they were disposed to infict upon one SO young
and evidently stepped so dep in poverty.
These appeals had no effect except to strength
en- the poor mothers perlinacious adherence
to her original story. AS this frmness was
sustained by that look of innocence which the


most adrOt criminal can never counterfeit, the


court were at some loss to discover what decis-


ion justice demanded To relieve their en-


barrassment one of the judges proposed to re-
new the scene described by the mother The


gold coins were placed on the clerks table
The mother was requested to assume the posi-
tion in which she said she stood at her employ
' er's house. There was then a breathing pause
in the court The baby soon discovered the
bright coin, eyed it for a moment smiled snd
t then stretched forth its tiny hands and clutch
ed them in its fingers wi h nliSers eagerness
] The mother was acquitted.
Year: 1870

RoUGE-In an old and rare book mention
is made of the first use Of rouge, which by this
account, seems to have been somewhat per-
verted from its original purpose. 1t was
worn by the Roman generals in their tri-
umphs that they might seem to blush at their
own praises" This is almost as bad us the
progressive age.