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Year: 1872

They live longest as class, who lead
calm and even lives, mentally and ply
sically, who are most exempt from the
turmoils and shocks and strains that are
incident to human existence, and who are
assured of to morrow's bread. There is
no one thing which has such direct in.
Auence in promoting longevity as an as
surance. felt to be well grounded, of a
comfortable provision for life, for all the
ordinary wants of our station. Not long
ago man died in a poor house in Eng
land, where he had been taken care OF for
ninety-two years he had no anxiety for
to. morrow's bread be had 10 quarters
day to provide against, 10 default of which
wife and children would be turned into
the street from the doors of the elegant
brown mansion. He bad no notes to meet
in the bank, which if not paid by day
or an hour would involve protest and
financial ruin. All, this load OF debt
how 1t eriuds ones manhood to powder,
how it aconizes the sensitive heart, how
it shames mans honor, how it has driven
to desperation, to drunkenness, to suicide,
to murder How the anguish OF it takes
the energy out of a man, aud makes him
pine and languish for weary days and
weeks on bed of thorps, that pierce
through the. body into soul !!


So one good way to avoid sickness and
premature death is to aviod debt as you
would the evil one.
Year: 1872

As the season for new milch cows has
come, and there is more or less trouble
in regard to their having caked bags, it
may be we'll enough to try the following
remedy, which has been in use for many
years and never known to fail, in single
instance, of produing the desired effect
1t is simply common soft soap applied to
the parts affected, and thoroughly rubbed
in with the hand. One application is,
generally, suficien, to accomplish the
purpose.
Year: 1872

In little village in Virginia, there
lived family named Ransom. They
were not pious people, rather on the re


probate order, in fact, and they never
went to church. Once, however. during
a revival the family were prevailed upon
to attend preaching. When they made
their reluctant aud tardy appearance the
services had begun, aud they had scarcely
taken their seats when the preacher gave
out the first hymn, reading it somewhat
thus: "Return, ye ransom sinners home.
"All right y cried the head of the
Ransoms, getting up in rage, and clap
ping his nat upon his head "Come
along, old woman and gals. well go home
fast enough, and everybody in the old
church knows We didn't want to come."
Year: 1872

practical man visited penitentary to see
if be could gather facts to use in temperance
lecture which he was preparing. My friend,
said he to the first prisoner whom he address
ed, did whiskey or ardent spirits of any kind
have anything to do with bringing you here?
You bet they did, old hoss. How so? Why,
the judge and jury that tried me were all
drunk
Year: 1872

ADVERTISERS naturally seek the means of
reaching the largest number of readers, and
those OF the best quality. The Daily PRESS
fills the bill in both particulars better than any
other daily journal in Maine
Year: 1872

A middle-aged woman appeared before a
Buffalo police court the other day, and COM
planned of herself for being drunk and,
though she had money, preferred to expiate
her offense by imprisonment instead OF a fine.
Year: 1872

THE SUN.-A correspondent of the
Oneida CfFcHiar says that Prof Young,
Of Dartmouth, in II recent lecture at New
Haven upon thegrcat luminary, impaired
much information. The theory which
he most seemed to favor respecting the
suns constitution he illustrated very sim
ply thus : Put pail Of water in n room,
the temperature Of which is below the
freezing point; the temperature Of the
water settles slowly till it reaches 32 deg.
and there remains till every drop is frozen.
The sun may be quantity Of merely
gaseous matter, which is gradually liquo-
tying, and accordingly will not change its
temperature until this process is entirely
accomplished ; then the temperature will
fall, perhaps thousands of degrees, till
solidficaton begins, when it will again
remain stationary. One authority be-
lioyes the sun to be surrounded with n
liquid coat already, and the sun spots are
places where the surrounding metallic
clouds have opened, and we sec the liquid
surface below it. The theory that the
suns heat is kept up by matter constantly
falling into it, he doubts,--arguing that
if such masses Of matter existed outside
of the sun, they would exert some slight
influence on the surrounding planets, no
evidence Of which is discernibc.


Speaking Of iron, no said That If the
word were written in great letters across
the suns face, the proof Of its existence
there would not be 80 satisfactory as that
afforded by the spectrum. He pointed
out lines in the spectrum mndo by metals
which exist in the sun, though entirely
unknown to us.


lie gave several Illustrations of the
heat of the sun. fla pillar Of ice cover
ing nine square miles extended from the
earth to the sun, and all the heat Of the
htter should be directed upon it, the
whole mass would be melted in exactly
one second. If an icicle forty-iivc miles
in diameter were to be thrust in the sun
with the velocity Of light, say twelve
million miles II minute, it could never
touch the sun it would melt as fast as IL
came. StiIl physicists are as yet unable
to determine the exact temperature, one
placing il at $1,000 deg. Fahr., another
at 20, 600, ,000-some difference.
Year: 1872

Over and over again,


No matter which way l turn,
always find in the Book of Life
Some lessons have to learn.
must take my turn at the mill,
l must grind out the golden grain,
l must work at my task with resolutC


will


Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need
OF even the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow of the golden sand
That runs through single hour,
But the morning dew must fall
And the sun and the Summer rain
Must do their part and perform it all
Over and over again.
Over and over again
The brook through the meadow flows
And over again and over again
The pondorous mill wheel goes;
Once doing will not suffice,
Though doing be not in vain;
And blessing, failing us once or twice
May come if we try again.
The path that has once been trod
Is never so rough to our feet;
And lesson we once have learned,
Is never 50 hard to repeat.
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
And the heart to It's depth be rivcn
With storms and tempest, we need then


all


To render us meet for heaven.


The household.
Year: 1872

n French writer about Italy says that


he once met a poor family of peasants
driven by the malaria to seek at Rome


gratuitous death in the hospital. The
husband walked first, his head buried in
his cloak; he had struggled to the last
moment against his invisible assailant,
but implacable nature had conquered.
The young wife followed him, faded by
suffering, dying, and carrying upon her
bosom dying child she went on me-
chanically, needless of the way, to deposit
her burden in grave and rest beside it.
Man still persists to wiring out harvests
from tracts in this fatal soil. During tho
first Autumnal rains peasant army de-
sconds the SABINE mountains, under the
guidance of the piflorari. The farmers
enroll these moving columns and send
them in battalions to their districts; these
battalions sometimes attach a hundred
plows in order to turn up the earth moro
rapidly. The day ended, they sleep on
the ground, and the next morning regain
the frontier Nine months after they
come back to the harvest,tbut this time
it is to n veritable field of battle, the corn
is reapcd more hastily than it was sowr,
and when they have tied the sheaves, the
laborers receive their salary and return
home. But all do not return there are
some who, in the first hours of their la
Dor, totter and drop, turn towards their
mountains last look, and wrap their
faces in their mantes aud a few DAYS
afterwards the pious brothcrhoods pass
over the plains to bury the dead fallen in
the harvest field Of battle London Ec.
0Nillry.
Year: 1872

WHILE the valuation Of PROPERTY has
been trebled throughout the State under
the new assessment law, there has been
no set effort made to secure general
reduction of assessments outside OF San
Franciso. The wealthy men Of that city
are very earnest in their efforts to avoid
the payment Of their just amount of
taxes.
Year: 1872

If the dispatches which we publish in
another column are to be relied upon,
Pennsylvania has gone for the radicals by
small majority. The $4,000 majority
claimed in Philadelphia cannot be an
honest one. The same course of out
rageous procedure which pardoned pen
itentiary convict for the aid he could lend
the tickets, has contributed largely to this
result. But in the country, where fraud
was less at home. the Democrats have
made in some instances splendid gains.
Lancaster County alone gains almost ten
thousand for Buckalew, over Grants vote
of 1868.


In Ohio, the dispatches claim the state
for the radicals by 10000. There is rea-
son to believe that it has given something
less than that figure, but it has taken that
direction


Indiana looks more hopeful The re-
turns are meagre, but the indications
point to the election of Hendricks
OF course this result is not what we
had hoped for 1t is, however, one which
has been achieved by desperate men,
through desperate means. What their
ultimate designs may be we cannot say.
but it may well be feared that the encour-
agement which they will receive from
this success OF open and scandalous bribery.
is full of trouble to the country in the com
ing years. 1T the men in office can rob the
people with impunity. and then with a
tithe of the proceeds buy their way again
to power, why may not the process be
continued indefinitely? The time may
have come of which Shakspere wrote,
when


"Ofences gilded hand may shove by justice;


And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prise itseif


Buys out the ldtr.'


How far this process may be carried,
or how long it will continue, are OF course
conjectural. We should like, for the safe
ty of our form of government, and the
good of the people, to believe il will end
here


With the meagre returns at hand, We
by no means give up the contest i'll the
country at large. Ii it shall prove that
we have carried two out of the three
large states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
Indiana, the chance is still good for Il ma
tional triumph. With the exception OF
South Carolina, the whole Southern elec-
toral vote will be added TO our northern
strength, and by a fair estimate of the
latter, give us the country. This cannot
be determined until the smoke clear,
aWay
Year: 1872

The Free Press says the fair OF the Knox
County Agricultural and Horticultural
Society held in Roclsland, was all and
expected under the circumstances. From
the opening on Thursday, the weather
was bad in the extreme. The fact that
under such circumstances there was actu-
ally q very excellent show Of fruit yege-
tables, farm products, butter, cheese, etc
the solid things from the farm, as well as
good quantity of household manutac-
lures and elegant works Of art at the hall,
while entries Of live stock for exhibition
at the park were also numerous, proving
beyond a doubt that, had the weather
been propitiouS, the Society would have
reoiced i'll perhaps the most successful
exhibition ever held by Them
Year: 1872

WOMEN WHO WERE NOT FRIGHTENED
BY BURGLARS. A few days ago there
was exhibited in Worcester i case of dar-
ing and courage which put to the blush
many OF the sterner sex. The wife of a
Shore Line Railroad conductor was visit
ing in that city, and in the afternoon went
to ride with lady friend returning to the
house Of the latter about 10 o'clock in the
evening. While the visitor was remov-
ing her hat and shawl she heard her friend
commanding some one to leave, and upon
going down to ascertai n the cause, found
her friend confronting a big burly fellow
| In his stocking feet, and trying to get him
out into the street, and he declared he
| would not 90 unless he was given a pair
OF boots. The husband of the lady of the
house being absent, no man being within
call, and the house being situated at some
distance from any neighbor's, things began
to assume serious aspect. Our heroine
very calmly told the intruder that he must
and should leave the house at once, but if
he wanted a pair of boots she would get
them for him, and hastily leaving the
room she IAN up stairs with the evident
intention Of carrying her promise into ei-
iect. She soon returned, but in place of
the boots she held in her hand Il revolver,


which she quickly presented to the
scoundre's head, with the threat that if
he did not leave his life should then and
there be taken. The miscreaut, seeing
he was in bad predicament began to
beg for his life, which was promised him
if he would at once leave the premises,
which he did without waiting for boots OF
anything else. Our heroine then procured
a light and proceeded to reconnotre. She
first went to the barn and released the
dog; then returning to the house she
raised the window and rang large din
ner bell, which soon called ncighbor to
the scene, who, on being informed OF the
facts, made Il thorough search of the
premises, but without finding that any


thing had been stolen
Year: 1872

First--To think the more man cats
the fattcr and stronger he will become.


Sccond-To believe the moro hours
children study Mt school the faster they
learn.


Third-To conclude that if exercise is
healthful, the more violent or oXhausting
it is, the more good is done.


Fourth-To imagine that every hour
taken from sleep is an hour gained.
Finh-To act ON the presumption that
the smallest room in tho house is large
enough to sleep in.
SiXth-To argue that whatcvers rome
dy causes one to feel Immediately better
is good for" the system without regard
to nero ulteror effects. The soothing
syrup" for example, does not stop the
cough of children, arrests diarrhea, only
to cause little later, alarming convul-
sions, or moro fatal Inflammation on the
brain or water ON the brain or, at least
always protract the disease.


Seventh-To commit an act which is
felt in itself to be prejudicial, hoping that
it may be done in your case with impu-
nifty.


Eighth-To advise another to take Il
remedy which you have tried ON your
self without making special inquiry rs to
whether all the conditions are alike.


Ninth-To eat without an appetite, or
to continue to eat after it has been salts
fed, merely to crafty the taste.


Tenth-To eat hearty supper for the
pleasure experienced during the brief
timo it is passing down the throat, at the
expense of a whole night of disturbed
sleep, ana 4 weary waking in the morn
ing.


E}cycnth-To remove a portion of the
covering Immediately yuttercXcrcisc, when
the most stupid drayman in New York
know that if he does not put n cover on
his horse the moment he ceases work in
the Winter, he will lose him in few
days by pneumonia.


Twcl'th-To contend that because the
drticst children in the street, or high
way, are hearty and healthy, therefore
it is healthy to be dirty; forgetting that
continuous daily exposure to the pure
out door mir in Joyous, unre trained ne
tivtics is such II powerful agency for
health that those who live thus are well,
in spite of rags and filth.


Thirtccnth-To presume to repeat later
in life, without injury, the indiscrctions,
exposures and intcmpomncc which in the
flush Of youth were practiccd, with impu-
nifty.


Fourtcenth-To believe that warm air
is necessarily impure, or That pure, cold
air is necessarily more healthy than the
confined air Of n crowded vehicle; the lat
ter at most can only cause faiMing and
nausea, while entering conveyance af-
ter walking briskly, lowering window
thus while still exposed to the draft will
give n cold iniallibly, or an attack of
plcursy or pneumonia, which will cause
weeks and months Of suffering, if not act
ual death within four days.


Fiftccnth--TO remember the Sabbath
day" by working harder and later on
Saturday than any other day in the week,
with n view Of sleeping late next morn
ing, and staying at home all day TO rest
conscience being quoted by the plea Of
not feeling well.-UoH.
Year: 1872

THE combination Of sentiment and
matter Of fact which pcrvadcs the West
crn heart shows itself in the following
passage in the first chapter Of new nov
Ell: "All Of n sudden the girl continued
to sit on the sand gazing on the briny
deep, on whose hcaving bosom the tall
ships went merrily by frcightcd -ah
who can tell with how much Of JOY and
sorrow, and pine and lumber, and cmi-
grants, and hopes and salt fish,"
Year: 1872

Sprinkle your stable frequently and plenti.
fully with carbolic acid and with gum cam
phor dissolved in alcohol. Use chloride of
lime very freely: Put double the usual
There IS no danger Of rubbing their limbs
and loins too much. Every drop Of water
they drink should be pure and fresh. They
cannot have too much air, provided they are
not exposed to draught


Let your horses rest II you can.


In regard to the use OF turpentine so con-
fidently recommended by Gen. Roberts in his
letter to Mr.. Bonner, We have to say that per-
hape all the benefits Of turpentine, with much
greater safety to the horse might be obtained
BY sprinkllng 1t so that the horse would in.
hale It instead Of rubbing it OH him.


Turpentine Is very powerful substance -
1t will Timber the joints and make them like
withes, and it should be used cautiously.


we rather think Mr.. Bonner was nearer
right to treat his horses without such vio-
lent applications. Still 1t may do them NJ
harm, and may do them good to sprinkle tur-
pentine 50 that they will breathe It in.


As to rubbing it on We should want Il
think twice before dong it, although 1t may
be good.-N Y San
Year: 1872

At or about ten minutes to nine o'clock
last evening a freight train, consisting
of fifty cars, arrived at the East Wal
lingford station from Bellows Falls and,
although the mixed train due here at
$50 D. m., was over due, they stopped
to wood up, the rear cars extending on
and over the new bridge just south Of
the station.


Before the taking on of wood was
completed, the mixed train, made up OF
a caboosc, a number of freight cars and
passenger coach, drawn by the loco
motive 'Otter Creek" Martin Ross, en-
ginecr, with Josiah BOuteile as cOnduc-
tor, came from the east, as an eye wit
ness expresses it, ''at a pretty good rate
of speed" and ran into the rear end of
the freight train.


1t would seem that the engineer only
became aware Of his danger in time to
reverse his engine and give one signal
for brakes, when the collision occurred.
The fireman, whose name we have not
asccrtained, jumped from the engine
lust as the whistle sounded, but the CHI
gineer, Martin Ross, nobly and heroic
ally stood at his post and remained
with his locomotive and with it after
and as the result of the collision went
over and to the bottom Of the embank-
ment, distance of some fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet.


We have been unable to CLEAN further
full particulars, but learn that the ca
boose was demolished and several cars
thrown from the rails.


The telegraph poles and wires, in the
immediate vicinity of the accident were
torn down and telcgraphic communica-
ton with Boston, except via Burlington
and White River Junction, or Albany.
interrupted.


The first report stated that no one
was injured, but a later report says
mo one injured to any account. What
/ the result may prove is matter of con-
/ lecture, but there is no reason to be
! Gcvc any one was seriously injured.


We are pleased to record the fact
that the engineer escaped with only
slight injuries, if any.


How this accident should have hap
pened is a question that should be an
swered, and answered satisfactorily.
Why proper signals were not displayed
/ at the rear of the freight or, if displayed,
why they were not seen, who is to blame
in the matter and why accidents are be
coming so alarmingly prevalent are ques-
tions the public will and do ask and
which they are entitled to have answered.
Year: 1872

DESTRUCTIVE. "A democratic sheet,
in view of the return Of Governor Pal
mer to the Democratic slough, says,
The prospect is that the Liberals will
sweep Illinois like tornado" There is
not the least doubt that SO far as they
sweep anything, it will be like torna-
do with the ''bcsom of destruction
Year: 1872

TIE DANGER tariff debate will
probably begin on Monday, in the House.
If the Senate pass the bill, placing tea
and coffee on the free list, the almost
certain effect will be large notifications
and sweeping reductions in the duties on
wool and cotton. This wiIlproye disas-
trous to one Of FermOnt's great inter
Year: 1872

Mr.. Elisha w. Cook, of Factory
Point, advertises in the Manchester
Journal, refusing to be responsible for
any further debts of his wife's contract
ing, inasmuch as she had left his bed
and board; whereto Mrs. Cook replies
through the columns of the same paper
in the following spicy advertisement:


''Whereas my husband Elisha w.
Cook has advertised that | have left his
bed and board without justitiable cause
and that he will pay no bills of my con-
traction etc In the same public man,
ner | give notice that on the 29th day of
February last, my liege, after knocking
me almost senscless, ordered me out of
his house, and made good effort to eX-
pedite my exit with the toe of his boot,
as though | were a mere dog, an appli-
ance of his ministration to which | am
not wholly accustomed. He then de-
clared lie had lived with me the last day,
forbid nay ever returning and locked the
door against me. In this hurried and
summary expulsion, | did lea0e the
feather bed my mother gave me. This
is the cause and manner of my leaving
and this is the bed | have left. Wheth-
or the cause was justifable or not, the
public may judge and the next term OF the
Court will decide"
Year: 1872

On Tuesday evening the Juniors" or
graduating class of 1878, gave their Gus
tomary literary entertainment, at the
Academy Hall, in Middlebury, and the
occasion was one of pleasure and success
in every respect Where there was so
much to commend in the oratorical dis
play. and so little to condemn or regret
in the uttered sentiments of the various
speakers. it would be difficult task to
select any from the number as mark
for criticism or undue laudation. We
therefore give the literary exercises with
ont comment.
Year: 1872

SMART AND FUNNY.-The New York
Erentng MaH evidently thinks itself
smart and funny in saying the follow
ing:


Look out for pure Vermont maple
SUGAR They have been boiling a man
in it at Fairfield. This man was boiling
sap in a forty gallon kettle, hanging on
a pole. when he struck his head against
the pole and fell into the kettle. From
what we learn of the character of these
Vermont farmers, we have not the least
idea that they will throw away that
much sap, simply because it had a
man in it. 1t will appear on the tables
in the form of syrup, and if anybody
finds buttons in theirs, they will please
return to Joseph Minor, Fairfield, Vt.
Year: 1872

4 MYsTERY.-PeterL Little, Canadian
about 25 years of age, living at Milton
Falls, disappeared on Sunday last in a
mysterious manner. He, together with
a boy about ten years of age, went down
to the "eddy" at the foot of the fall,
fishing. While fishing he took off his
hat and laid it on the bank of the river /;
after remaining a short time he told the
boy he was going up the hill TO fish in
the repids, telling him to stay by his hat
till he came back; at the same time he
took from his pocket a small cord, say
ing he was going to hang himself. The
course he took was up the river towards
the village The boy waited about an
hour. when he went in search of him,
but not finding him, went home and told
his story. Search was at once made,
but no trace of him has been found. He
was an industrious, steady young man,
had been married but few months, and
no one can imagine why he should
drown himself, or disappear in this un-
accountable way.