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Year: 1870

the six, so that portion of the left side OF
each was uncovered.


"They were within a range, one aim
would cover all. Quick as thought |
aimed and fired AS the smoke cleared
away, could hardly credit what my senses
showed me as the result of my shot. The
fifteen slugs with which | had loaded the
musket had done their work WELL five OF
the six Indians lay dead upon the ground,
and the sixth had disappeared.


Although no enemy was now In sight,
| did not venture forth until morning
There lay the bodies of the five Indians
undisturbed, together with the rifle of the
other. Securing the arms and ammunition
of the fallen Indians, | followed up the
trail of the missing one until it reached
the river, beyond which point could dis
cover no trace whatever From the
amount of blood which marked his trail, |,
together with the unmistakable evidence
that he had picked his way with difficulty
| was led to believe that he was mortally
wounded, and in order to prevent his body
falling into the hands of the white foe, he
had CROPPED his way to the river, and thrown
himself into the current which had borne
it away.


"The Indians had killed my COW, and
that, you may be assured, was no trifling
loss, yet in my gratitude for my escape
from the merciless savages, / would have
been entirely willing to have made greater
sacrifices. was well provided by means
of arms and ammunition taken from the
six Indians, in case of second attack; but
this, fortunately, proved to be my last ad-
venture with the savages.


"Not one of the band had escaped to
tell the tale, and incite his brethren to re-
venge the death of his comrades


"Ah!' exclaimed the old man, while the
tears gushed from his eyes at the memory
of that eventful night, "that was a glori-
Gus shot-the best ever NADER


The hero of thi, adventure lived to see
the rude wilderness where he had pitched
his lonely cabin transformed into smiling
fields, and peopled with hardy and enter
prising pale faces, among whom his last
days were passed in peace and plenty, un-
disturbed by his old foes; but he don't tell
us whether his wife ever came down from
out the chimney or how he disposed of
the five dead Indians Exchange.
Year: 1870

Boston will not have longto boast
of her jubilee and her great panjan-
drum, Gilmore, Slowly but surely
the preparations for the celebration Of
the hundredth anniversary of the
birth of the greatest musician that
ever lived, are progressing in New
York city. The management is in eY-
cellent hands, and there is every rea-
son to,hope that the jubilee will eclipse
that of the Hub, The programme
will of course be made up principally
or perhaps exclusively of the works of
Beethoven, and with such a nucleus
for an orchestra as that of the Philhar-
monic Society, the instrumental part
of the festival is in good hands. The
chorus, of course, fist class, Altogether,
New York has determined to outstrip
Boston. "May we be there to seei,
Year: 1870

The Petersburg Inder criticises in differ
ent spirit what we said, and makes impnta-
tions which are unfoundcd. It's innendoes
admit of construction which would make
them personally offensive. But, rs we have
often said, we put no such construction on
words that do not plainly convey it. We
have no reason to regard the writer in the


Iylder as one who would hesitate to say in
terms what he would be willing to insinuate
by allusion. To any charge made or insinua-
ted, however. that we sought to induce Or
did induce that committee to adopt what
they did not understand, We oppose the
direct declaration that the charge was false.
The committee WAS al intelligent one, act
ing with the advice observation-disclosures
Marye, who did add To ono rcso luton
paragraph about the appointment OF county
superintendents, adopted by the committee
Oh our suggestion, and drawn by Mr.. Maryc
while we were engaged in the draught OF
the resolution itself.


1t is sheer folly to suppose that such a
committee could, under such circumstances,
adopt resolution which they did not un-


derstand. 1t is gross calumny to charge that
we endeayorcd to make them adopt what
they did not understand. The words are
plain, and there was no mistake about them.
Year: 1870

HARD Dn1sKINd.-A hard drinking match
came off on Friday afternoon on Clay street.
Four boys tried to sec who could drink the
most cold water. One of them succeeded
in concealing two quarts and a half about
his person. The others drank two quarts
apiece. This is pretty hard drinking, and
the rashness OF the attempt has been the
snnrce OF considerable comment. "Why,"
saws a young friend on our right, ~ would
not try to drink that much whiskey ut
once, let alone water"
Year: 1870

The Conservative members of the Legis-
lature did right in re6rganizing the party
lust rs it is, without changing its name or
policy, and in not recommending conven-
ton. We want rest from political agitation.
We long for an era of good feeling among
all classes and MI parties. When the time
comes we will vote for the proper men, but
LET MS not waste too much time in talking
politics, which was always fault with our
people.- -DdnDiIe Times. -ry .s.1
Year: 1870

WHAT is KNOWN ABOUT HYDRoPHoBIA
DR. John p Garrish lately delivered a
lecture at New York upon" hydrophobia,
lie history, symptoms and treatment" in
which he said hydrophobia occurs more
frequently in northern than IN southern
attitudes. The susceptibility of conta
gion from rabies is confined mostly 10 a
period of seven weeks after the bite of
the rabid animal. As the largest number
of cases of hydrophobia are reported in
the months Of September, November and
December, it may therefore be assumed
that the majority Of victims are bitten
during the dog days The bite of dog
that is merely angry and not rabid does
not, in DIR. Garrish's opinion, engender
hydrophobia. The poison is rarely cont
municated to the system where the ami
NAL bites through the clothes. In order
that the malady shall be developed, it is
necessary that the saliva Of the dog must
come in actual contact with wounded
or abraded surface. When one has been
bitten by dog, the animal should not be
killed on suspicion Of rabidness but kept
confined in order that the physician may
construe subsequent symptoms Of the pa
tient. Fits are conclusive evidence that
a dog Is not mad The rabd dog does
not shun the water. He will stand and
lap it, but he cannot take large swallows
by reason Of the invariable paralysis OF
the muscles about the jaws and throat, a
sign by which madness can always be de-
tected. Hydrophobia fully developed in
the human system is incurable. But il
treated before the period of" incubation,
as it is called, has passed by (which va.
res from three to seven weeks, )the pois
on may be eliminated from the system.
One OF the physicians in attendance at
the lecture, DR.. Alexander Steri, men
toned that the celebrated DR.. Youatt
whose works on the domestic animals
are well known, was bitten thirteen times
by rabid animals, once on the lip by q
rabid cat and that he had himself been
bitten by mad dog only two years ago
In these cases the cure had been effected
by immediate eycislon Of the parts and
cauterization DR.. Garrish inclined to
regard the vapor bath as the most efii-
cient remedy for hydrophobia, and con
demne the use of stimulants in all cases
Of vcnomous bites. in the opening part
Of his lecture Dr. Garrish referred to the
cause Of hydrophoba AS mystery,
wholly unknown for many years, and still
imperiecty understood. There can be
little doubt that in many cases it is the
result of the artificial life which dogs
lead as human companions in n state Of
the highest civilization, In South Ameri-
"a, where the dog lives in state Of ma
ture, the malady is unknown. Shut out
from the society Of his kind, in the house
or upon the lawn of his master, the poor
dog is driven into the rabd condition by
mans ignorantly cruel inattention to his
wants. Muzzles and canine solitude pro
duce more cases Of rabies than the sum
mer heat.
Year: 1870

"a WEE BIT OF THE OULD SOP" An


incident came under our observation q
few days ago, which illustrated the love
which the Celts have for the land Of ftheil
birth. While watching the debarkatior
Of a load Of immigrants from Castle
Garden, we observed a woman about
sixty years OF age, poorly clad and ap
parently enfeebled by privation and dis
ease, slowly toiling up the gang plank
toward the emigrant depot She had nc
one to assist her-for then all of her fel-
low voyagers had as much es they could
do to care for themselves-and she
trudged along the passage, Juggling Will
difficulty small box, which she guarded
with the utmost care. AS she reached
the entrance to the Garden she halted
turned, and cast wstful glance toward
the vessel, then lying in the stream
which had borne her from the land of hel
birth, and then proceeded onward into
the depot to await the time when she
should be called upon TO register hel
name, preparatory to departing for hel
destination. The box she sheltered il
her lap, and sat with her arms protecting
it while she rocked her body to and fro
and muttercd to herself, paying no atten
ton to the busy scene which was passing
around her.


Beckoning to us, one of the officials
he approached the old woman and com.
menced a conversation. Awakening from
h r reverie, and clulching the box nerv
ously, the old woman replied to his in
quiries as to what she had in the casket
" Its a nice bit of the ould sod, sir,takeI
from the spot where my poor brains art
buried I've brought it with me to keel
as long as live, and when l die I'll ge,
me boy to plant it on my grave and, may
be, when he thinks of his mither he'll
think o. the ould sod that covers her. y
She said in answer to further inquiries
that she was going to Iowa where she
had son who was married and sent fol
her, that she was provided with tickets
for her passage and would be cared foI
on her way by some kind neighbors who
had come over in the same vessel, and
were going to place very near that in
which her son dwelt. She was happy
and contented wishing for nothing and
felt that she could well endure the fatigue
of her journey. Her only fear was that
she would lose the bit Of ould sod How
that bit of turf will be priced by the old
woman relatives when it shall be trans
planted into American soil .-NeW Yorh
paper.
Year: 1870

uel supply the remedy; and since on
this earth there are bad angels, let you
be the good ones. If you resolve to do
so, and commence, in short time you
will have considerable quantity OF lint.
We shall then make two equal parts, AND
shall send one to France and the other
to Prussia
Year: 1870

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT In DAILY S
great play " Under the Gaslight," Laura
Courtland utters these beautiful senti
ments:


LET the woman you look upon be
wise or vain, beautiful or homely, rich OF
poor, she has but one thing she can real
ly give or refuse--her heart Her beau.
ty, her wit, her accomplishments she
may sell to you, but her love is a treasure
without money and without price. She
only asks in return that when you look
upon her your eyes shall speak a mute
devotion; that when you address her
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind that you shall not dcspise her be-
cause she cannot understand, all at once,
your vigorous thoughts and ambitious
plans, for when misfortune and evil have
defeated your greatest purposes, her love
remains to console you You look upor.
the trees for strength and grandeur; do
not despise the flowers because their fra.
GRANGE is all they have to give. Remem-
Der love is all that woman can give
but it is the only earthly thing which
God permits us to carry beyond the
grave"
Year: 1870

gentlemen" said she, "give it to the
poor" She was always just so charitable.
She gave my boys permission to 60 bare
footed all winter, and insisted upon ii so
much in her kind way, that they couldn't
refuse.


She fairly dotcs on my children, and |
have seen her many time go 10 their
trousers pocket and take out their pennies
after they'd gone to sleep, and put them
iu her bureau drawer Tor fear they might
lose them.


/ started to tell you about my wile's
bridal tour, but the fact is, never could
find out much about it myself. l believe
she had good time. She came back i'm
proved in health, and found out before
she'd been in the house twenty-four hours
that she'd gained in strength also. l do
not say how found it out. simply say
l found it out.


In conclusion, l would say to all young
men Marry your second wife first, and
keep out OF debt by all means. even if you
have to borrow money to do it.
Year: 1870

the pressure, would save us. Without
that we must 60 by the board-.the result
was inevitable. l went out upon the
street. and among my friends, but in
vain.


Two whole days l strove, and begged.
and then returned to the counting house
in despair. l sat at my desk, expecting
every moment to hear our junior sound
ing the terrible words. ''our paper is pro-
tested !"-when gentleman entered my
department unannounced. / could not
locate him, nor call him to mind anyway.


"Mr Winslow,r he said. taking seat
at the end OF my desk, 81 hear you are in
need of money"


The very face Of tho man inspired me
with confidence, and told him how !
was situated


MAKE your individual note, for one
year. without interest. for twenty thousand
dollars. and l will give you n check,
payable in gold for that amount"


While sat gazing upon him in speech
less astonishment. he continued.


"You don't remember me; but re.
member you. remember when you
were member of the experimenting
School Committee OF Bradford. was n
boy in the village school. My fathe,
was dead my mother was poor; and
was but shabbily clad child. though
clean. When our class came out on ex.
animation day. you asked the questions
fsncied you would praise and pet the
children of rich and fortupate parents
andpass me by.


But it was not as l thought. In the
end you passed by all the others. ant
came to me. You laid your hand on my
head, and told ME did very well; ant
then you told me could do better still il
would try. You told me the way te
honor and renown were open 10 all alike
no one had free pass. All had to dc
was to be resolved and push on. That. sir
was the turning point of my life. From
thathour my soul has aspircd. and have
never reached great good without bless
ing you in my heart. | have prosperee
and am wealthy; and now l offer you &
poor return for the soul wealth you gave
me in that by-gon time.


II took the check" said Winslow. "ant
drew tho gold and our house was saved
And where at the end of the year." h'
added. "do you suppose | found 10y
note ?"


"In possession" he said, with stream
ing eyes, "of my little orphaned grand
daughter! Oh. hearts like that man:
are what bring earth and heaven nearer
together ~
Year: 1870

Two children wandering hand in hand
by the sea. singing songs Of praise. Tho
wind blowing fresh In their faces, and the
beautiful green waves dancing in the
light Of the morning sun. No sound
came from the rude world. not even the
song birds note WAS hear d-onIy the
voices Of the noble youth and the pure
truthful maiden. At their feet were
white and lovely shells which they gather
ell and tossed into the sea. Yet no shells
winter than the souls of tho youth and
maiden, and no water was purer than
their words to each other. When the
song of praise ended the youth said,
Little maiden, shall tell you the old,
old story P" and the maiden looking in
TO his deep honest eyes. replied. "Tcll
me tho story" In n voice low and musi-
cal he repeated to her the old, old story.
She bent low to catch the words, and at
the sound her voice died away and she
heard his voice alone and her own heart
beating.-but the little waves listened and
caught the words intended for the maid
ems ear. and they ran down to the large
waves and said, 1--WE heard the old. old
storym-and the large waves said, Tell
us and we will take it TO every shore.
The winds, also that played in the hair
OF the maiden heard and said, 1--WE too
will carry this story on the wings Of air
to all the world" And the sunbeams.
said, I'VE will travel faster than wind,
and waves, and flash this truth into the
hearts of all mankind" And the waves,
wind and sunbeams danced in glee as il
new life had possessed them.-But above
all the hearts of the youth and maiden
sang song so full of praise and JOY
that the spirits of the air caught it, and
more swiftly than wind, waves or light,
they flew with it to the angels and cried
1--WE have brought you an old, old
story"-and the angels smiling said
ave already know it. 1t is old, yet new
forey ermore. - The 1dudncc.
Year: 1870

Many a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing in their
pockets are rich. A man born with good
sound sense. good stomach, good heart
piece. is rich. Good bones are better then
gold, tough muscles than silver, and nerv'
es that fash fire. and carry energy to
every function, are better than houses
and land. 1t is better than landed estate
TO have the right kind of mother or father.
Good breed and bad dees exist among
men, as herds and horses. Education may
do much to check evil tendencies or to
develope good ones. but it is agreat thing
to inherit the right proportion OF faculties
to begin with.


The man is rich who has good dispo-
sitiou, who is kind, patient, cheerful, hope
full. and who has flavor of wit and fun
in his composition. The hardest thing to
get along with in this world. is mans
Year: 1870

we say, too much is expected Of women.
That they have 30 largely and generally
como up to this ideal, might induce their
tradrccrs to think less harshly of them.


On the other hand, too little is expect
I'd of them. They are assumed to have
no aim or ambition beyond that Of being
married, though at the same time they
are blamed for this; and the most natural
act on girls part is set down by Ger.
tain style OF people (only certain style)
to wish to attract men. The desire.
common to both sexes, Of appearing
pleasing to the eycs Of the other, is stig.
maiized in her as unworthy. though it is
in reality an inherent part of human ma
tnre y
Year: 1870

1t has been the prevailing opinion
among most of our citizens that the
City Council would order an election
for Mayor to fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the death Of William Fl.
Walker, on Tuesday, the 1lth of
October, the same day on which the
State and County elections take
place. Our city charter, however, pro
vides that days notice of such elec
ton must be given TO make it
valid, and inasmuch IS said legal
notice cannot be given, it is evi-
dent that the Council does rot design
orderiDg an election on that day.
The neglect or refusal Of the Council
to order an election is most asiound
ing. 1t really looks as though Mr.
Van Ripper had deliberately made up
his mind TO usurp the office of Mayor
and exercise its prerogatives in gross
violation of the plain provisions Of
the fundamental law of the city.
The question has alresdybeen mooted
in our courts. that be has no legal
right to assume tha duties and funo-
tions of Mayor, and that every bond
or order be signs as Mayor pro tenn or
acting Mayor, will be decided to be
void and worthless. This is truly an
alarming condition of affairs. Can it
be possible that Mr.. Van Riper has
the bolduess to attempt Eapoleonic
coup d'etat and usurp the position of
Mayor, without giving the people an
opportunity of voting on the question
at all? The failure to order an election
certainly gives rise 10 grave suspicious.
Mayor Walker died September Oh.
nearly four weeks ago. The charter
expressly declares that the Council
shalt order an election to fill vacan-
cy, and the spirit Of the provision is
that the election shall be ordered
promptly.


For our past, We have supposed all
along that it was the intention of the
Council to order an election on the
11th inst. AS that has not been done,
we must confess it now looks very
much as though Mr.. Van Riper did
not intend baving an election at all.
It remains to be seen whether the
people will tamely lubmit TO this at
tempted usurpation.
Year: 1870

On Monday evening daughter of the
land ruled by Napoleon, imbibed too much
spirits, and on complaint of one Of her
neighbors, was arrested for disturbing the
peace Aftey spending one night in Jail,
she was brought before Justice Downer for
examination The evidence on behalf of
the people was to the effect that the French
woman had been drunk, threatened to put
head on people, and was liable to set fire
to her domicil and thereby bring about the
obstruction of adjoining property. On be
ing sworn and asked what she had TO say
for herself, Frenchy put in an emphatic
denial Of each and every allegation made
against her, and wound up by the following
pathetic appeal to the Court :


"Oh, Mestaire Chugc. Yuer hon
arie please let me 90, and no put me in
de prisong. Yuer honaire put me in de
Prisong, then my poor parrotee, kitten, and
poodle-dogee will die Wis de hunsair"


Unheeding this appeal, and apparently
regardless of the fate of the poor parrot,
kitten and poodle, the Court ordered the
defendent to Jail for ten days in default of
$50 bonds to keep the peace.


P. S. The required bonds have since
been fled
Year: 1870

Observation-Disclosures is solicited to the
Advertisement of the Phoenix and Home
Insurance Companies in this issue These
companies stand at the head of the Insur-
ance business in the United States, and
in all instances of loss of property by fire,
where the property destroyed was insured
by them, the insurance money has been
promptly and eheerfully paid. Insure with
the Phoenix and Home, OF Hartford and
New York, by all means. Samuel Cooper
is local Agent and is always promptly on
hand to attend to business.
Year: 1870

ACCIDENTAL the slaughterhouse, on
Saturday last, the son of Mr Ruht was
amusing himself by climbing on the rack
into which large iron hooks have been
driven for the purpose of hanging meat
upon. By an unfortunate slip he fell upon
one Of these sharp projecting hooks, which
entered his side and inflicted quite a severe
wound.
Year: 1870

TIE FoUKTH.-The Committee appoint
ed to perfect arrangements for the Fourth
OF July Celebration are exhibiting the
right spirit of enterprise, and preparations
are already being made for the grand oc-
casion. Members of the band are also
practicing over favorite pieces, and the
Choir have met several times to practice
the songs selected for the day. Appear
ances Indicate that the Celebration will be
attended by a large eoncourse of people
and we should lend every effort to render
the affair creditable to our town and cit
izens
Year: 1870

CooLrEs-Four hundred Cinnamon
have been employed to work in one of the
calico manufactures Of Lawrence, Mass,
at one third less than the price now paid
to white laborers. One hundred and sew
enty-fve Cinnamon have also found en-
ployment at one of the extensive shoenak-
ing establishments of Lynn, Mass. If the
Yankee laborers are smart they will place
torpedoes under the factories where these
Cinnamon are employed and blow them to
kingdom come.
Year: 1870

VIEwERs.-The Citizen Railroad Com.
mittee which left here Tuesday, on tour
of observation and exploration up the west
side OF the Sacrament returned home on
Friday, highly pleased with their descov-
cries and fully convinced of the feasibility
of running railroad on this side of the
river
Year: 1870

u The circulation of the "SPEcTAToR"
is about as great as the combined circula-
tion of both the other papers published in
this place, and has as many subscribers in
this county alone as are contained in the
whole list of either of the other papers.