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Year: 1871

A gentleman from the neighbor-
hood OF Grimes county, some FIVE
miles from Neyesota, where the sad
dest occurrence which we believe we
have ever recorded. took place last
Saturday night, has given us some
particulars additional to those already
published. Werefer to the accidental
killing Of his wife, by Mr.. Briggs
Goodrich, q kind husband, as we
learn, and respected citizen.


There were. it seems, several rob-
bers in the house, and Mrs. Goodrich
hearing them, had aroused her hns.
band, and he not being able to find
his pistol had taken his bowie knife
and was in pursuit of the thieves
He had struck at one Of them, and
another had passed him inside of the
house, and he seems to have fastened
outside, and around to the window of
his own bedroom, which he knew to
hoisted, with the expectation of inter
cepting the escape of some of the
burglars.


It is said that chloroform had been
used by the thieves, but not sufficient
ly to produce stupefaction. Yet it is
likely that the feeling of faintness
caused by the inhalation of cboloroform
induced Mrs. Goodrich to arise from
the bed where she had been left by
her husband and TO go to the window
for air. There she was found by her
husband, and as the night was so dark
that he could discern only the out
lines of her figure, he naturally imag-
ined that he saw one of the robbers
about to pass ont through the win
dow. Then came blows bearing all
that the human mind can conceive of
the terrible-blows by which hus-
band took the life of his own wife
with the knife. We learn that he is
distracted, and can not be trusted
alone but is guarded constantly to
prevent the commission of suicide
Mrs. Goodrich is represented as very
accomplished lady, and it is said that
she died with words of sympathy for
her husband upon her lips. In the
utter CONSERVATION and desolation
which followed the terrible tragedy,
we are informed that the only child
of the marriage, which is still almost
an infant was seen with its head pill
lowed upon the slain mothers breast,
begging her TO awaken and grant it
an evidence of recognition.-Housfon
Union.
Year: 1871

due to that Convention of trioksters
who adopted the last Radical platform
upon which they achieved success in
this State and which disposed of such
questions as it could not dodge or lie
out of by the asinine declaration that
Loyal men may honestly differ
The fruition of that convention was n
dedauche, hypocrite and scoundrel
for Governor, and we'll dressed thief
for Secretary Of State; the minor Off
GERS were, as a general thing, filled by
creatures possessing qualifications be-
tween those two extremes and il is
believed that the State and the people
are losers of about forty or fifty thou.
sand dollars, about which those
"Loyal men" have so "honestly differ,
ed" What q commentary upon the
avowed loyalty Of that convention -
1t was worthy of being heralded in
their party platform.


| am opposed to indirectiness of
frauds, whether pious or otherwise,
and see no room or reason for Dem
ocrats to crafty our enemies by quarl-
ing about this question of new de-
parture. If my conceptions of it are
correct, it means but very little, and
to that little ! attach no particular
consequence. While | acquiesce in,
and under the compulsion, submit to
all of the Radical villainy which has
been perpeirated within the last de-
cade, let no man ask me TO adot or
endorse any of it.


RALEIGH.
Year: 1871

As celery is one of the most palatable
and wholesome vegetables, it should be
found in every garden. Another advan-
tage it possesses is, that it may be kept
perfectly fresh throughout the winter.
July is the best month for planting
celery; it may be planted at any time
from the middle of June to the middle
of August, but, after all, July is the
best suited for setting out the main
crop. The ground for this crop should
be deeply titled and well pulverized, and
if not exceedingly rich, should have an
abundance of well-rotted barn yard ma
nure placed in trenches one foot wide
and eight or ten inches deep, so that
when the manure and soil are In the
trench. the surface will be a little below
the ground-level. BY this means mols-
ture will be retained about the roots,
and a greater length of the stalk can be
blanched than if the plants stood on the
ground-level. The rows should be at
least three feet asunder, the wider the
better, and the plants six inches apart
in the rows. The leaves and roots
should be shortened considerably at the
time of planting, and shaded and wa
tered until they had become well rooted.
The plants may be grown on the level
surface in rows one foot asunder, plants
six inches apart, and when they have
arrived at full growth they may be
blanched by standing them close to-
gether in deep trenches and covered
with soil and stable manure. The latter
plan is now adopted by gardeners. The
former is perhaps best for private gar
deOs
Year: 1871

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formation for the people-the mystery of nature ex
Information on %ar the y9ndss' of
year This Journal will be sent FREE for one year to
any one purchasing Craig Microscope at the regular


For sample copy and our beautifully illustrated and
descriptive circulars and eight of OF
Craig MICROSCOPE, send three cents for postage to
Year: 1871

protector and education, she accepted
another husband.


The new family have been moderately
prosperous. Although not possessing a
large amount of this worlds goods, they
had enough to make life pleasant. The
son and daughter were educated at the
best schools, and if the wife thought Of
her lost husband at times, she was not
unhappy with her new one. On Monday
an arrival of more than passing impor-
tance to this family was announced in
the village, and soon the former husband
and father presented himself to his as
tonished wife. He made no recrimina-
tons, took all the blame on himself, and
made known his determination to not
interfere with the present domestic ar
rangements and to Immediately leave,
but before doing so he wished to mack
proper acknowledgment, which he did
by making over to his son and daughter
a large amount of property. 1t appears
that on his first arrival in California, he
had been unfortunate in all his under
takings, and not wishing to write dis
couragingly, he concluded not to write
at all. Later he was successful beyond
his fondest hopes, but delayed his depar-
ture from time to time until shame for
bade his return. He has since left, and
the tenor of life in that quiet household
now flows on as before.
Year: 1871

hue, perfectly visible to the naked eye,
but of an indescribable nature. The
elements seemed to be pouring through
n funnel upon the earth. The volume
gathered in force and velocity as it con-
tinued to move in southeastern di-
rection. Rails were sent whirling
through the air with terrible force,
branches were torn from the trees, and
houses unroofed on its march. Its final
destination has not been ascertained.
Its fury was probably spent in O short
course. The amount Of damage done
is small in comparison with the terror
inspired At one time a river of fire
seemed to be pouring into its vortex,
filling the observers with CONSERVATION,
and making the superstitious believe the
day Of final judgment at hand. 1t at
one time covered surface space exceed
ing one hundred feet in diameter. One
man, Mr.. James Danforth, who stood
awed by its grandeur, was caught within
its folds, and only secured himself from
being traslated, like Elijah, by throwing
himself prone on the earth and holding
fast to the shrubs around him.


All who witnessed it agree that it was
the most terribly grand spectacle they
had ever beheld.
Year: 1871

A Lexington correspondent of the 22d
says:


Hundreds of people visited on yester-
day the tomb of Lee, which is in the
basement of Lee Chapel. The neat
marble slab which covers the vault, the
simple inscription ("Robert Edward
Lee Born Jan. IS, lS07-Died October
II, 1870, the railing of black walnut
(the posts capped with marble) and the
decoration of flowers, evergreens and
immortelles, impressed every one with
the exceeding good taste with which
everything has been arranged. But we
had opportunity on yesterday of judging
what the tomb will be when the design
of the Memorial Association is carried
out Valentine. the gifted young sculp-
tor, had placed near the tomb his model
in plaster of the sarcophagus which the
Lee Memorial Association propose to
place over the grave. 1t represents
General Lee as asleep in the nightly
bivouac, beneath the stars, and his mill
tary cloak around him, and one hand
resting lightly upon the sword that lies
at his side. The face is copied from the
hurst which Valentine made just few
months before General Lees death, and
which has been pronounced, by family
and friends, speaking likeness. The
posture is easy and graceful, Gust the
position in which the old hero used to
sleep,) the couch on which it rests is in
scribed with the coat of arms of Vir-
rinia aud other appropriate devices.


In a word. the model is a grand tri-
umph of art, and has elected the most
unbounded expressions of enthusiastic
approval When the plaster shall have
given place to the pure marble, and the
plans of the association for remodeling
the room shall have been carried out, it
viii be q memorial worthy Of the great
ehieftain, entitlsd TO take rank with the
finest similar works iu the world, and
will place the name of Edward Valen-
tine alongside Of the great masters.
The executive committee of the Memo
rial Association have adopted the model
and directed It's execution.
Year: 1871

Ihe doves are at the ewaterlng-places,


and flirtations will be the order of the
day and night for sometime to come


This, according to pleasant writer, is
about the programme:


The lightness and ilightiness the ad.
vancing and retreating; the fight and
pursuit; the halfaverted glances that 90
the swifter to their mark; the coquettish
ways with dress and smile and look and
speech; the tantalization on the one side
and the desperation on the other; the
skillful Intervening of moonbeams and
music into the campaign; the delicious
torments and the lovely cruelty; the af-
fectation Of Indifference where all is
passion, and of preference where there
is nothing bat the cold mockery of pride
and pique; how will not these various as
poets of hirtations present themselves to
the quiet observers this season, in the
deep parlors, in the retired places on the
lawn, on the benches that face the SER
pentine paths, on the moonlit-verandahs
and everywhere, where opportunity
opens to those who know how to put it
to prompt service Nobody firts on the
sand. If the wave and the burning
sand we're not the sure death of even an
affected sentiment, that harlequinade of
flannel, and barefoot at that, would help
the solitude to choke it completely down.
But at the hotels the flirting is positively
desperate. Missher in bathing suit little
realizes how much of her power she
owes to the fingers that have fashioned
her wardrobe and distributed it over her
lovely person. And poor, bewildered,
bedeviled Benedick will tremble with the
emotion some little dancing witch has
kindled within him for her own amuse-
ment, and will run up his motto at once,
Death or double life" They will fly
from Saratoga to Newport, and from
Newport to Long Branch, as birds hop
from spray to spray, she calling him on
with her little low whistle that has such
magic for mischief in its compass, They
tell us that actual marriages sometimes
grow out Of these Irritation campaigns;
we should as soon look for fruit where
the thistledown went dancing from the
stem, instead of the prickly spines which
we know to be there still. Yet grapes
made by some miracle can be gathered
there. The landlords care not, so that the
fun continues fast and furious enough to
swell their charges and make bank ac-
counts fat and substantial. No more
do we, except as, for want of all other
occupation in term of almost dissolv-
ing heat. these little q6dires de c@ur
come in with picturesque sort of appe-
tite to enliven hours that would other
wise be claimed for slumber and dreams,
perhaps more idle than even these unre-
alities.
Year: 1871

Prom the New York Standard. June 26.l


Twenty-seyen years ago young and
interesting couple were married in one
of the principal villages Of Queens
county. The bride had been the belle Of
the village, and the groom, one and all
said, wonld yet hold a commanding po-
sition in his county. Time passed, but
for some unknown cause the young mar
ried people did not prosper. At length
the California fever broke out. Our
young friend, imbued with the idea that
his fortune could be made in the new
country, left his young wife and his two
children for the then unknown Eldorado.
a few letters, and then the wife lost
track Of her husband For four years
she waited and mourned, and then for
the sake Of her children, who needed a
Year: 1871


The eastern sky is darkly plumed


In shadows of the night beneath;
Ere while the west has now assumed
!. Tho rose pluck'd from Aurora's wreath.
And now the darkness thick'ning round
O'er hill and dale proclaims the hour
When warbling birds their rest have found
And hush'd their songs in leafy bower.
'Tis twilight; nature seems to bow


And gently rest in Vesper's arms;
And all is still except just now


The mocking-b bird the dark grove charms.
But she does not this lone night seem


In her accustomed mood to sing,
But now she seems, as in a dream,


To mem'ry troubles past TO bring.
Birdie now cease, you cannot add


One drop to my deep sea of wOel
You cannot make my heart moro sad,
RI For deeper wound no heart can know
But now, perhaps, in your sad note,


Sweet pity and compassion dwell
Go sing to hearts that lightly dote-


To me you sing fun'ral knell
Or sing to me your happiest lay;


Perhaps twill teach me to forget
oh cease! you sing as if to clay;


All mem'ry still will linger yet
IT'S hush'd; but now the whip-poor-will-
(Her lOud-toned voice echoing where
The shril grasshopper's tongue grows still
At sound of softly-leaping harel

AS if inspired by sorrow, leaves


Her nest to sing at set of sun.
Thus It's with man-his bosom heaves
With sorrow most when day is done.
OLIVE BRANCH. w. IL. NJ.
Year: 1871

1t is asserted to be fact that a man in
Delaware kept negro girl in slavery up
to week before last, when, she being too
sick to be of use to him, he gave her her
freedom and ten cents to take her to New
after her arrival
Year: 1871

"Solidified beer'' is the latest thing. 1t
is lager concentrated the way they. do it to
milk, So that the amount you can hold on
the point of knife will make you drunk
clean through. A man can carry enough
of it in his vest pocket to ruin a temper
ance society.
Year: 1871

At recent term of our Courts,
a case came up in the Sessions.
"The State Va" one of
Fifteenth Amendment" citizens,
the charge, assault and Battery,
with intent to kill" Witnesses
were examined, counsel argued
the case pro and con, the Judge
charged, and the jury, all of the
same dusky hue with the prisoner
at the bar, were with all due so.
lemnity, escorted to the jury.room
by brother descendant of Ham.
After mature deliberation, the
aforesaid jury returned to the
courtroom and announced the fol-
lowing astounding verdict: awe,
the jury, find the State of South
Carolina guilty! ]" 1t was some
moments before the Judge suff-
GENTLY recovered his presence of
mind to make any comment on
this unprecedented verdict. When
be did so, he remarked that ''he
had very little doubt but that the
whole State would be benefited


by short term in the Penitentiary,
but that, unfortunately, he had
not the power to pronounce such a
sentence" He then proceeded to
instruct chem as to the proper
form, when they. retired and re-
turned a verdict as directed. His
Honor made trial of this brilliant
Jury on one other case; but find
ing them wholly impracticable,


was forced to dismiss them, In or
der that the business of the court
might proceed with reasonable dis
patch. The above is an unvar-
nished statement of tact, land is an
evidence of the great blessing
conferred upon our hitherto ''be-
nighted" section by the operation
of the fifteenth Amendment"
Year: 1871

| It is in contemplation TO,
mount mitrailleuses on the backs.


of canels, and work them in


that novel position. 1t is al


most needless to say THAI the


experiment has been tried IN


England, for what experiment


have we not tried? But calnels


are not readily obtainable, and


the Ordnance Committee there
fore selected one of those ia
Ided old asses which form so
common feature in the land


scape at Erith and WOolwich.


The animal quietly permitted
Itself to be used IN the services


of science till the critical mo-


ment. The weapon on its back


had been loaded and pointed at
the butts, when it suddenly oe-
Cured to one of the committee
that the pulling of the lanyard
might disturb the aim. 1t was
therefore suggested that the
discharge should be effected
with lighted fuse. But theun-
pleasant fizz of the latter appli-
ance was too much even for the
patience of a donkey. The
creature no sooner heard the un-
usual sound than he sent out
his heels, and, turning complete
ly round, pointed the mitrail-~
leuse towards the members of
the committee. The panic
which followed can be better
than described, but
fortunately everybody got out
of harms way and when the
discharge took place the wretch
ed ass turned a complete somer-
sault. After such a contretemps
we shall surely hear no more
about a battalion of camel mi
Year: 1871

Besides the fact that ice is'
lighter than water, there is anoth-
er curious thing about it which
persons do not know perhaps,
namely, its purity. A lump of
ice melted will always become


purely distilled water. When
the early navigators of the Arctic
seas got out of water, they mel
ted fragments of those vast noun
tains of ice called icebergs, and
were astonished to find yielded
only fresh water. They, thought
that they were frozen salt water,
not knowing that they were
formed on the land and> in
some way launched into the sea.
But if. they had been right, the
result would have been all the
same. The fact is, the water In
freezing turns out of it all that is
not water, salt, air, coloring mat.
ter, and all impurities. Frozen
salt water makes fresh water ice
IF you freeze a basin of indigo wa
ter, it will make it as pure as that
made of pure rain water. When
the cold is very sudden these
foreign matters have no time to es- p
cape, eitLer by rising or sinking,
and are entangled with the ice,
but do not form any part OF it.
Year: 1871

Often in writing, a simple word
is required, of the photography of
which the writer is not sure. The
dictionary may be referred to-
but is not always convenient. An
easy mode is to write the word on
a bit of waste paper, in the two or
three ways of which you are in
doubt. Nine times in ten the
mode which locks right is right.
Spelling, particularly English spell
ing, is SO completely a work of
the eye, that the eye alone should
be trusted. There is no reason
why receive and "believe"
should be spelled differently, get
sounded alike, in their second syl-
liable. Yet write them "recieve"
and "beleive," and the eye shows
you the mistake at once. The
best way for young people, and
indeed people of any age, to learn
to spell, is to practice writing.
Cobbett, the famous English radi,
cal, taught his children grammar
by requiring that they should
copy their lessons two or three
times. These lessons he himself
gave them in the form of letters
and his French and English gram


mars are two of the most amusing


books in the English language


Of course "learning to spell" came


in incidentally.
Year: 1871

was done them. They got thirty


years free board. As for Ned, the
express folks were vexed at first,


but as l had suffered so much and


pleaded so hard for both him and
we kept our old places and
still do. New years day | spent
in bed and also a few days after
terwards getting well, but they
brought my wife and family to
me and we didn't fare so badly af-
ter all. F. L. L.
Year: 1871

Too POOR.-BrOther Moore
Of the Rural New Yorker, was
sitting in his office one after
noon some years ago, when a
farmer friend came in and said,
"Friend Moore, like your pa
per, but times are so hard l can
not pay for it."


'Is that so, friend Jones? I'm
very sorry to hear that you are
so poor; and if you are SO hard
run l will give you my paper"


90 no! 1 can't take it as a
gift y =


NWell then let's see how we
can fix it. You raise chickens,
/ believe"


eyes, a few, but they don't
bring anything hardly"


"Don't, they? Neither does
my paper bring anything har-
dly. Now | have a proposition
to make you; I will continue
your paper, and when you go
home you may select from your
lot one hen, and call her mine.
Take good care of her and bring
me the proceeds, whether in
eggs or chickens, and we will
call it square"


"All right, brother Moore;'
and the old fellow chuckled at
what he thought at capital bar
gain. He kept the contract
strictly, and at the end of the
year found that he had paid foul
prices for his paper. He often
tells the joke on himself and
says be never had the face tC
say he was too poor to take a
paper since that day,
Year: 1871

INCORPORATION OR VIGILANcE.-The
experience of the past few weeks has i'm
pressed upon minds of many of our citizens
the necessity of taking some steps to Sc
cure life and property in the town Of Chico.
In the day time, the streets have been
literally crowded with men who have no
visible means of support stopping up the
avenues to the passage of male citizens,
and by their rude language insulting our
wives and daughters as they pass the streets,
while at night no yard can be left unbarred
or barn unlocked but it must be visited
with drunken strollers; many of them using
pipes, threatening the confagration of our
premises each moment Within the past
two weeks the boldness and effrontery of
these vagabonds is without parallel they
have walked unanounced into the houses
of several of our citizens, and of defenceless
women demanded the best the house could
afford, frightening the whole household -
This condition of things is becoming past
bearing, and something must be done to
protect ourselves and our families, or we
may yet be thrown out of house and home.
It has become necessary to incorporate, or
resolve ourselves into Vigilance Commit
tee, FOR the better security of our lives and
property.-Chico Enterprise.
Year: 1871




Editor Dispatch: \ visit to HOLLYWOOD ;s
always amongst the most pleasant recolcc-
tlons OF stranger who has spent a few
days in Richmond. To native of this
beautiful city Hollywood is q pride and
even on other than memorial days stroll
through its picturesque paths is special
pleasure enjoyed not unlrequently. But to
one born and raised in Richmond, whose
lot in manhood life is in far distant sceres,
who at long intervals returns to greet dear
relatives and old friends, some of whom
have left the home fireside for The long rest
at Hollywood, u visit to that place is mex
pressl5ly touching. causing feelings the
purest and most sacred that can move til.
human heart. AS one of the last-namcd
class of visitors beg leave to call your at.
tention to the present neglected aspect OF
he pu0lic part Of the grounds. The pub
lie roads and paths, to speak plainly, need
the Immediate supervision of the worthy
gentlemen whose duty it is to see that the
superintendent of the grounds shall keep
them at least clean aud pa>sable Tor those
Oh foot. ViEGIN1AE.
Year: 1871

prising operator jams his hat over his eyes
and rushes wildly into the street.)
The Journal hangs out danger signal
IN good time TO warn people from these
mines, of which there has been so much
talk and no evidence that there is anything
valuable TO back it up.
Year: 1871

It.rDAY TO PAY STATE TAyEs.--To day
IS the last day allowed tor payment of State
take. to the sheriff Of the city. Sheriff
Wright and his deputies may be found at
Their office during the whol day. prepared
to receive taxes from all who may call. All
who are still indebted to the State may save
themselves trouble and expense by paying