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Year: 1873

THE plan of erecting printers statue
of Horace Greeley, to be cast in type
metal from printing offices in various
parts of the country, seems sure OF sue
cess, and the committee invite proposals
for the model Somebody makes the sem
sible suggestion that the statue represent
Mr.. Greeley as a journeyman printer
working at the case, which would certain
ly be a great deal better than perchlng
him up in some attitude which would
make him look as If he never did thing
in the world.
Year: 1873

AMONG the curiosities of Paris pawn
shop is an umbrella which has been in
pledge for forty-seven years, the original
mortgagor or his descendants having
regularly paid the interest On the loan
during that time
Year: 1873

Girls talk and laugh about marriage as
though it was jubilee, a gladsome
thing, a rose without thorn. And so it
is il ii is all right they 60 about 1t ms
rational beings instead of merry making
children. It's serious thing to marry.
II is n life business. and that OF heart and
happiness. Therefore never do 1t in
haste; never run away to get married;
never steal marriage never marry for
wealth, or standing, or fine person. or
manners, but only for character, io'
worth, for the qualities OF mind and
heart which make an honorable man.
Take time, think long and well before
YOU accept any proposal consult your
parents, then .ome judicious friend. then
YOUR own judgment. Learn all that it Is
possible for you 20 learn oi your prOpo'


ed husband; when all dosbts have been
removed, and not till then, accept him
Year: 1873

Notwithstanding the increase in the price of
assumed its present noble proportions, and
representative character, the edition was more
than doubled during the past year proving
that the American public appreciate and will
support a sincere effort in the cause of Art
The publishers. anxious to Justify the ready
confidence thus demonstrated have exerted
themselves to the utmost to develop and inn
prove the work !; and the plans for the coming
year, as unfolded by the monthly issues, will
astonish and delight even the most sanguine
friends Of THE ALDINE.


The publishers are authorized to announce
des igns from many Of the most eminent artists
of America.


The popular feature of a copiously illus
trated Christmas number of THE ALDINE
will be continued
Year: 1873

SAYS New Orleans paper, "a girl
of this city ate box of CASTLE soap to
get rid of freckeles. The mourners re-
marked very peaceful expression about
the mouth at the funeral, though the
frcckles were as numerous as ever"
Year: 1873

A DAUGHTER is almost always right
when she endeavors to initiate her mother;
but it is doubtful whether the mother is
equally right when, at certain period Of
life, she tries all she can to initiate her
daughter.
Year: 1873

now the world demands for il more re-
spectacle position. We desire, accord
ing to the business vocabulary, to make
it pay-pay commercially and scientific
ally. If we fail to do one or the other,
or both, we shall retire with the consola-
ton that we have tried to do both, and
in that event we shall still claim the same
consideration as do the men who have
sought an open polar sen and the north
pole. Creation in its infinite wisdom
has imbued us with that noble attribute
of progress that impels us continually to
seek new and unexplored poles Of know
ledge, and if we but succeed in opening
the way to erial travel, the world should
not denounce us as vain and visionary.
We have an honorable ambition in the
matter, and in that we hope to accom-
plish the thing that nature and art has
taught us in the speciality Of our profes-
sion.


We hope the readers of To-Day will
bear and forbear with US in the event Of
failure to do the work successfully, al
though we feel that we have made all
necessary provision. and are ready to go
ahead. But


"The best laid schemes Of mice and men


Gang aft s-gley,"


and should we not meet with all the sue
cess we expect for the undertaking, we
will up and try it again, under the ad-
monition of the experience we shall gain
in the first trial.
Year: 1873

WHEN man goes to Colorado, no
matter what his social standing may have
been, he rests on what the miners call
the "hard pam He goes to the bottom
and works up, by brain and muscle. A
graduate of Harvard Is a butcher out
there; and one Of Yale a printer; a
rancheman u the son Of a General in the
British army four other ranehemen are
brothers, and the sons Of former Gov
ernoF Of Bengal; two are the sons Of a
London banker. and an Alumnus Of one
Of the English Universities is manager
of dairy. Such is society in Colorado
very much mixed, and every man
proving what isin him. and asking no
MyOrs.
Year: 1873

The avaricious man is often the victim of
his own greed. APeoria boy had two bunch
es of fire-crackers given him on the Fourth.
which he crammed into his pocket, but motto
ing another lying idle on the sidewalk be
crammed that in with the rest. 1t chanced
that the vital spark was present in the soul of
that idle cracker, and suddenly that boy be-
came the busiest youth in all that town.
There were about 23o distinct explosions in
that pocket, and at each one he turned
two double summenaults and shrieked with
terror. When quiet was at length restored
he clapped his hands upon the scorched and
lacerated ruins Of a once healthy abdomen,
and groaned his disapprobation of the Pilgrim
fathers for ever establishing free country.
Year: 1873

Vigilance committees and lynch law are
generally regardedas the peculiar institutions
of new countries on the borders Of civilization,
but in the last five or six years there have
been nineteen cases of lynching in the judicial
district of Indiana in which the town of New
Albany is located. Why it is called judicial
district it is hard to see.
Year: 1873

Hooks street fun was irrepressible. We
read of his walking up to pompous person
in the strand, and saying to him, beg your
pardon sir, but may 1 ask: Are you any
body in particular? but he did not wait for the
answer of the magnifico.
Year: 1873

"Ify you don't want the SCOT, don't go up
the chimney" was the reply of an editor to
respectable parties who requested him not
to mention the fact that they had been ar
raigned in the police courts.
Year: 1873

From the Boston Trnveler.l


Brown. young insurance friend OF
ours who lives in Cambridge, had the
fifth anniversary Of his wedding to oc-
cur about a week ago and his friends
determined to celebrate his wooden
wedding by surprise party. Brown
came in yesterday and told us how
they succeeded. They commenced by
sending u servant around with team to
take Brown and his wife out TO ride at
about seven. They then began TO come
with presents and materials for supper
There was a little party Of five came
first, all laden-hands full. They all
got nicely inside the garden gate, which
shuts with spring, when Browns big
mastif, who is always left unclaimed in
his masters absence, came around the
corner and surprised them. One woman
stepped on her dress, and her fall so de-
moralized fragile black walnut book.
case she carried that it was afterwards
done up in bundle and presented as
kindling wood. Another fellow got safely
out of the yard, all but part OF his pants.
while old Smithers, who weighs two
hundred and twenty pounds, plunged
wildly with the eight gallon pail of ice
cream he carried, through Browns glass
hot-house, in the corner of the yard, and
surprised some thirty dollars worth Of
exotics. Finally they fixed things up
and got into the house, and as it was
about time for Browns return they com
menced laying the upper table. They
got down tea-set Of rare china that a
friend of Browns in tke trade had
loaned him a week before and broke two
pieces, so that Brown has since been
obliged to mortgage his hen-house and
buy the set; and the comments of Mrs,
Brown when she saw the condition Of the
carpet were sarcastic in the extreme.
Finally, as a crowning touch, they tried
to hang out Chinese lanterns with the
word Welcome" on them, on the perch
over the front door. They succeeded in
hanging two lanterns, and when they
had saved the house from the fiery fiend,
there was not enough of the porch left
to pay for the trouble of trying TO hang
out any more. We draw veil over the
scone that followed their return. Some
scenes are too joyous to be described in
cold, cold words.
Year: 1873

From the advance sheets OF Rev. W
II Murray new book on THE Horse,
we extract the following:


Be sure that the horse you purchase
has symmetry, viz: is well proportional
throughout. Never purchase horse be-
cause he has splendid development Of
one part of his organization, if he is lack.
ing in any other. Above all, keep well
in mind what you are buying for, and
buy the horse best adapted to the work
you will require Of him; and when such
an animal is yours be content. Never
Jockey. An occasional exchange may
be allowable; but this daily swapping
of horses advertises a mans incompe-
tency for anything higher. Another eau
ton is this: Never purchase a horse
until you have seen him move, and under
the same conditions to which he will be
exposed in the service you will expecto
him. If for Q draft, see him draw, back
and turn round in both directions; II
for the road see how he handles himself,
not merely on level ground, but going up
shsrp declivities, and, above all, in de-
scending them. In this way you will
ascertain the faults or excellenoies OF
both his temper and structure.


IL these exercises drive him yourself.
The reins in a skilllul hand, aided by the
whip or mouth can be made to conceal
grave defects. Let him move with a
loose rein, so that he may take his nstu-
raj gait, and not his artifciali for, by so
doing, you will detect any mistake of
Judgment you may have made when
looking him over in a state of inactivity.
Many time unsoundness will appear in
motion, which no inspection of the eye
and finger, however close, can ascertain.
When yeu have walked him and logged
him, if be is to serve in any other than
mere draft pnrpossS, put him to his
speed, and keep him at it for sufficient
distance to test his breathing capacity;
then pull him up jump from the wagon,
ana lsok at his Aanks; inspect his NOS
trils, and put yoET ear close to the side
of his chest, in order to ascertain i the
action of the heart is normal. If this
exercise has caused him to perspire free
Iy, ali the better; for you can then see,
when you take him back to the stable,
whether he "dries Of quickly, ss all
horses do in perfect health,
Year: 1873

From the Danbury News


Croquet is not designed for the devel-
opment of muscle, merely for the enjoy
ment of recreation When man puts
the preponderance of bis strength in the
blow he fails to progress IN the game,
and not only that, but he loses so much
of the enjoyment, and merely expends
strength that may be required to take
him off the premises. An accurate eye
for measuring distances is about all the
capital required in safe and hourishing
game of croquet. Considering what an
excellent citizen he is in all respects,
we are led to regret that Mr.. Hem
messy did not possess these facts
previous to last Monday evening On
that occasion he played his first game.
There was nice party of them on Mr..
u-'-rf0rd's lawn, and several elderly la
a. ~ members of the Khidghluv Mission
Sno;o,v we're seated on the stoop, hav-
% inc had q very enjoyable tea. Mr.. Hen
messy waiteL' eexpoetant!!y for his turn at
the game, at the same time swinging his
r;cbf I arm and sla ,rping his chest to warm
un his muscle. When his turn did come
he determined he would surprise the
Congregation. And lie did. He looked
at the other players patrchizIngIy' and
at the elderly ladies affectionately, then
he raised the mallet, and carefully meas
ured the distance, and took In all the
hearings between him and the ball
Then he swung it around his head
once or twice, and the next IN
slant it cut through the air IKE
flash of lightning, and descending
SQUARE and accurately to the aim, lifted
that ball into the air, and drove 1t full
against the shin of the amiable Presl-
dent of the Khidghluv Mission who i'm
mediately rolled off the stoop and went
kicking and screaming into Michigan
rose bash. The awful eoncussion OF the
blow broke the head short or from the
handle of the mallet, and that dis
tressing article contributed SEINE new
and startling phases to the disaster;
After making several Rpsuccessiui
lunges at the players, whose nim6leness
alone saved them. it skipped across Mr..
Warfords nose, taking off some two
dollars worth of skin, and Tying upward
came down with unexpended force upon
the crown of the Vice-President OF the
Khidghluvs. who was making herself
hoarse in behalf of her unfortunate supe-
rior, and brought her jaws together with
such force as to nearly deprive her OF
one-third OF her tongue. The unlortu'
nate Mr.. Hennessy appeared to be the
only one to retain his presence of mind.
He buttoned the mallet handle under his
coat, and threw his hat into the street,
aud then watching his opportunity,
dashed in and caught one ef the Presl
dents struggling legs, and immediately
uulled her out of the rosebush and on
the walk. Then he put three Of the
balls In his pockets, slang bis watch on
the pear tree, and Sent home s@illng,in
he most imbeeile manner indescripa11e
Year: 1873

you can be vaccinated for next TO moth.
ing. OF the religious ceremony, think
the less said the better. We went to
the Madeleine. where another very snuiy
gentleman, backed up by a small boy in
a dirty surplice--suggesting the painful
idea that the clean clothes were given
out only on Sundays-was kind enough
TO whisper the ceremony; and while he
was blessing the bride, the little beadle
came and drew Of the groom his fee
Social Life in France.
Year: 1873




In my checkered life l have been q
private colder, and between lS49 and
1850 was in the county Cork, stationed
at Bsllanchoiy. Those Of you who are
frishmen will wait no description of
that beautiful valley of the Lee which
winds between the hills from Cork, and
IN summer seems like very paradise,
green grass growing TO the waters side.
and FURNISHED with gold in the morn
ning, and ruddy to very crimson in the
evening sunset. / wen, there on a
November day. was one OF troop
to protect the law officers, who had
come with the agent from Dublin to
make an eviction few miles from In
niscarra, where the river Bride Joins the
Lee. 1t was q miserable day-rain freez-
ing into sleet as il fell-and the men beat
down wretched dwelling after wretched
dwelling, some thirty or forty perhaps.
They did not take much beating down !;
there was no flooring to take up the
walls were more mud than aught else,
and there was but little trouble in the
the leveling of them to the ground. We
had got our work abOut three parts done
when out of one of them woman ran
and flung herself on the ground. wet as
It was, before the captain of the troop,
and she asked that her house might be
spared, not for long, but for little
while. She said her husband had been
born in it, he was III of the fever, but
could not live long. and she asked that
he might be permitted to die in it in
peace. Our captain had no power; the
law agent from Dublin wanted to get
back To Dublin, is time was of i'm
pOrtance, and he would not wait, and
that man was carried out while We We're
there, III front Of rs, while tnc sleet was
comming down-carried ont OH n
wretched thing. you cOuld not call il
a bed-and he died there while we We e
there, anG three nights afterward. while
was sentry on the front gate at Ballan-
choly barracks, we heard q cry, and
when the guard was turned out VIC found
this poor woman there raving maniac,
with one dead babe in one arm, and
another in the other, clinging to the cold
nipple of her lifeless breast. And if
you had bee brothers TO such woman,
sons of such q woman, fathers Of such a
! woman, would not rebellion have
seemed the holiest gospel you conld
hear preached? Two hundred and fifty
thousand evictions took place in the
twenty years preceding 1866. Two
hundred ant Atty thousand Can yor
multiply the mi-ery of that $50, 900
Brother separated from sister, husband
from wife, the Union work.house taking
one. and the other going out trying to
| find lie if he can. This system has
grne on until it has made a misery So
vast tha: it will require not one act OF
parliament in favor OF wisdom, not one
statute in faver of iustice, not one declara.
ton in favor of humanity, but genera.
tions and generations Of generous and
kindly treatment, not to bnild mp but
in some degree to efface the bloody stain
of iniquity we have made on the page OF
that history.
Year: 1873

We have been told much Of the folly
Of strikes, which in many cases have
been the result of trades-upions. am
one of those who believe strike to be
the most suicidal policy in which my
man can indulge. But capitalist who
employs the labor has a right to close
his factory and turn hundreds Of men
out Of employment. So the man who
owns the labor has q right to refuse it.
What / say is, if you must strike, strike
as the great companies have shown You
how to strlke-strike by putting to-
gether your funds, build cooperative
factories, and do the work yourselves.
That is what many men in Lancashire
and Yorkshire are doing now; 80 in
many of the large towns in Rosendale.


There you Will see chimney after chin
ney, factory after factory. "To whom
does that belong?" ITO the co-eps." !"
"Who are the co-Ops2" "Men who
earn thirty five or thirty. y.eight shillings
a week, and the best class two pounds
per week, and who club their money to-
getber, and who, as in the case at HOl-
den, have built a mill that cost G57, 900,
and who have put in it over $4,000 Of
machinery, and every farthing of this
expense is paid, and the property be-
longs to them" Do you know what
these men are doing with it? You will
find there the best meeting-room in the
town belongs to the cooperative So
ciety; if you look over their balance
sheet you will find portion of their
profits set aside for educational pur-
poses you will notice that they go
home at night with firm and steady
step, and their temperance cause needs
no other advocate than the fact that
their homes are more kindly, and warm
er to the mans heart to live in, and that
they are growing better every day.
Year: 1873

The Junior Bar Association of San
Francisco is reported to have recently
discussed the Cain-Abel case of alleged
homicide in the light of modern crimi-
nal jurisprudence. After much debate as
to whether any implement used by
Cain could come within the legal befini-
tion Of deadly weapon" or whether
the evidence showed sufficient time for
premeditation to make it murder in the
first degree, or whether Abel didn't real
ly die for want of proper surgical attend
ance, or whether most of the testimony
should not be excluded on technical
grounds, it was finally determined that
any competent counsel of the present
day could easily have secured a disa-
greement of the jury ON the composite
plea of self-defense and emotional in
sanity.
Year: 1873

Marble Works The monumental works of Mir. $. w. Pine of Winsted are well worth visit, to gratify desire to see some of the finest wrought marble work in the country, if for no other purpose. - Messrs. Pine & Son are very successful in their business, and are getting large amount of work from all parts of the state The elegant monument of Mir. A. J. Spur, in the cemetery In this village. as well as work done for Samuel Bacon of Egremont, and F. o. Andreus of Sheffield, attest their superior skill. We are informed tha, they are now at work on very fine monument for Mrs. Henry Clark of this village.

 4 DOnotton.-Lsst Monday large box l of good things was left in our office during our absence of an hour or two, and as our name was legibly written on it, we dashed the cover off and pitched in" of course, enjoying season of luxury fully apprecia ted by poor and hungry editor; 5u, who is the donor of SD much charity? We have not yet been able to ferret out the perpe- trator of this bold act, and can only say that as the neighbors had neglected to briur in any thing for some time, this donation was not ouly acceptable hut readily accept ed, with many thanks to our generous friend. whoever he or she may be.

 Congregational Debt.-E lilor of THE NEWS: Can you give any information to the public, or to those interested, with re- gard to the subscription started some eight zen months since to raise funds to liouidat the Congregational parsonage debt in Sails bury or part of it? Is that subscription still binding? Shall that debt remain, with interest annually increasing the amount of il? Or shall more efficient measures be ! adopted to relieve the society of the incu- hus7 It cannot be long period befor, more money will be required. either to build | new church, or to remodel externally a, least, the present building to correspond somewhat with the new city at the rear, and with it's other surroundings. p.B.o.

 Htghpeys and Bridges We shall not SHJ AAOCn huOuI utSu"AyA DeCauSe the Eng fish language is not strong enough to do justice to our highways at this season ef the year, neither do we propose to discuss ai length the condition of more than one oi our bridges. That one is at Lnkevile and spans the stream near the BDstwick place It is besutiful structure. The L.kevilains need not go abroad to view picturesque ruins, while they have one across the stream in the main street of tbeir village. The piers are caving in, the string pieces are rotten, the flooring ia played out. and the sides are unsafe. The brook spanned by thls remarkable structure has been damned frequently by snow and ice, but not nearly as often as the bridge has been by those who pass over it, or view it's rotten desola- tion from afar. We might pursue these remarks much farther, but we will a-bridge them. If any one has authority to act in this matter, let them act. Remove this dilapidatiou and make a stone bridge. X stone srched bridge once built is built for ever. Go at it!
Year: 1873

most necessary requisites to promote ccnnubial
happiness Indeed, without those tho journey
through life becomes a weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkons to tho Wow, tho mind
becomes sh,.dowud with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness Of
another is blighted with our own
Year: 1873




To n reflective mind there is 4 ludi-
crous anomaly in the advertisements
of undertakers. Take up almost any
local paper in the States and it is hard
to avoid seeing some such notice as
this. "A fine job lot of fancy coffins
on hand. or "orders filled at an hour 3
notice.. There is something gravely
significant in this "filling of ORDERS"
and the idea Of purchasing even
a fancy coffin is not Il pleasant one.
Another announcement informs the
gay and thoughtless that an elegant
assortment offancy coffin trimmings
and silver plates may he seen at his
establishment, whilst third remarks
that "Orders from the country will re-
ceive his particular attention. Pass
ing from grave to gay is not Il difficult
thing for any one, but such curious
fusion of the two elements As this is
seldom met with,
Year: 1873

Some days since letter appeared
In the HERALD on the subject of the
proposed exchange duly signed and
apparently authentic, which seems
since to have been written with an
oninus that was not discernible on
its first perusal. The name appended
to the letter is unknown to the editors
Of this journal, who, while they de-
sire always to keep inviolate the
names of their correspondents, would
yet be glad to communicate personally
with tho author of the article. 1t fs
feared that the name attached to the
letter il not genuine one,
Year: 1873

All orders promptly attended tO, and infOT-
nation given CHEAPLY and with dispatch.


We are fully convinced that the time Is at
hand when old things are 10 he done away,
and nearly all things are To become new. Con-
sequently, many changes will become neccs-
sary, and To facilitate this object Is our pur-
pose in our present business capacity. From
our extensive acquaintance with the people OF
the Eastern States, rs well as our knowledge
Of this country and its peOple-which We have
worked diligently and hard 10 learn--and the
large amount of