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Year: 1873

| -lFremtiss New.Yerk TribunesI2 -
IIIiavs read the Foster petitions. The
lawyers opinions do not rdisturb me,
because Iknow that those same gen
| tlepen could make as able an aHpstl-
nlelit IN favor of Judas Iscafibt, which
is a great deal forme' to say, for1 sneveI
can think of Judas IscariOt without
losing nfy temper. Tony mind Judas
| IseaFiot was nothing but low, mean,
| premature Congressman. Thelattitude
of the Jury does not unsettle a body, |
E1ust admit; and it seems plain that
they would have modified their verdict
| to murder in the second degree if the
judges charge had permitted it. But
when l come TO the petitions of Fos-
ter's friends and find out Fosters true
character, the generous tears will flow
cannot help it.


How easy it is to get wrong impress
ion of man. 1 perceive that from
childhood up this one has been a sweet,
docile thing, full of pretty ways and
gentle impulses, the charm of the
fireside, the admiration of society, the
idol of the Sunday school. L recognize
in him the divinest nature that has
ever glorified any mere human being.
/ perceive that the sentiment with
which he regarded temperance was a
thing that amounted to frantic adora-
on.


| freely confess that it was the
most natural thing in the world for
such an organism as this to get drunk
and insult a stranger, and then beat
his brains out with a car hook because
he did not seem to admire it. Such
is Foster. Aud to think we came so
near losing him How do we know
but that he is the Second Advent?
And yet, after all, if the jury had not
been hampered in their choice of a
verdict | think | could consent to lose
him.


The humorist who invented trial by
jury played colossal, practical joke
upon the world, but since we have
the system. we ought to try to respect
it. A thing which is not thoroughly
easy to DO. when we reflect that by
command of the law. a criminal juror
must be an intellectual vacuum at
tached to melting heart, and peril
fectly macaronian bowels Of COM
passion.


have had no experience in max
ing laws or amending them, but still
| cannot understand why, when it
takes twelve men to inAict the death
penalty upon person, it should take
any less than twelve more to undo
their work. If l were a Legislature,
and had just been elected, and had
not time to sell out, / would put the
pardoning and committing power into
the hands of twelve able men instead
of dumping so huge burden upon
the shoulders Of one poor petition
prosecuted individual.


MARX TWAIN.
Year: 1873

JUDGE HoUK mikes metaphor.
The British LION may be MISTRESS
of the SEAS" but if he is she ought
to place one foot on the highest
wave of the Atlantic and the other
fin in the lowest trough of the sea
of Knox and Anderson and rear in
a gentle whisper to the heathen Of
the Tennessee ocean that the begin
ming of things has heen swallowed up
in the end of eternity.
Year: 1873

We have heard of the test being ap-
piled to servant girls, but John Stark
ley WAS the man who applied it to the
selection of a wife, The Starkleys and
the Belknaps had been friends through
several generations. In the present
generation there was III the StarkIey
family one son, and in the family of
Beiknaps, five daughters and il had
been arranged between the parents
that the heir of the Starkleys should
take him a wife from among the daugh-
teTs of Belknap. John, the heir afOre-
said, at the age Of five and twenty,
had returned from his travels. when
his father babe him select from the
daughters of the friendly house the
one he would have for a wife. John
was a dutifal son. and his heart was
whole, and as the maidens were all
fair to look upon, he accepted the sit
uati0n, determined to master it if pos
sible.


John spent several evenings in the
conTany of the young ladies, and it
was difficult to decide which was the
most charming. though his fancy res
ted most lingeringly upon the young
est-not that she was the handsomest
but she appeared the most sensible.


One day John was invited 20 din
ner, and in advance of the family he
made his way into the hall and threw
broom upon the floor directly across
the passage to the dining-roOm. BY
and by the summons sounded for the
meal, and John watched for the result
The eldest daughter stepped over the
broom loftily. The second went around
its The third gave it a kick from her
path. The fourth gave it an extra
kick. The fifth-the youugest-
ed picked the broom up aud took il to
the far corner of the hall, and set il
carefully out of the way.


And John selected the meek-eyed,
fair-haired maiden who had thus stood
the test. and he never had occasion to
regret his choice. She proved 20 Ue a
wife who looked well to the ways Of
her household. and heart had no lack
of faith and love.
Year: 1873

am ready to negotiate on very
favorable terms, the sale of the most
valuable water power within the VI
cinity of Bristol. IL Is within one
mile Of Main Street and furnishes a
fall Of IL feet with room above that
point for more than one Factory with
fIll Of Twelve or more feet. The
property IS peculiarly valuable and
can be had at price low enough to
entice manufactures to our locality.


/. G. FOWLER.
Year: 1873

A peaceful disposition is not absolute
protection against the turlnoiIs Of life
What more peaceful than CLAMP And
yet ten to one il ends its life in a broi.
And then how peaceful an oyster Is. And
yet how frequently il gets mixed Up in a
sfpR
Year: 1873

An exchange says "Thsy are telling the story
of an uneasy little boy, whose mother tried to
quiet him ON Boston and Maine train the other
day by telling him the conductor sometimes swal-
lowed naughty boys The boy astonishsd her a
few moments after as the portly form of Conduc-
tor Potter appeared at the door, by creeping be-
hind her and exclaiming in a whisper, ma, l
guess he has swallowed one already"
Year: 1873

AT Philadelphia wedding u few days ago tho
bride was attended by eight young lady brides
maids, SAID fairly to represent the grace and beauty
of the Quaker City belles These young ladies
we're uniformly attired in white embroidered mus
lin, made with long tTaius and high waists. Each
were a different eOlored sash OF Watered silk rib
bon, with 0igretts in the halr OF u correspond
Ing color.
Year: 1873

Special Dispatch to Chicago Tribune.l


DETROIT, July 6.-Mail reports give
some interesting details of the fatal ac-
/ cident to the aeronaut La Mountain, at
lonia, last Friday. His balloon was what
is known as hot-air one, and was SIM
ply filled with rarified air, and not gas.
The canvas had somewhat OF a worn APP
pearance, as if the worse for being
filled with heated air too often. At the
summit, where the canvas was sewn to-
gether, a block some ten or twelve
inches in diameter was fastened, and
through a hole in this six guy ropes
were secured, hanging down over the
sides of the balloon, being at the bottom
some seventeen feet apart, and these
were tied to the basket by the Professor
himself. There were no ropes running
around the balloon horizontally to keep
the guy ropes from SLIPPING, or to pre-
vent the whole thing from sliding out be.
tween the ropes with gust Of wind. At
three fifty-five pm. the Professor
stepped into the basket, and the
balloon took shoot up almost per-
pendicularly, with the Professor
swinging his hat to the crowd, all appar-
emily enjoying the sight. In few mo-
ments more, however, the mouth of the
balloon was observed to wave about two
or three times, then to pass between the
ropes, careening over on the side, when
the ropes broke out from their fastening
at the top, and the fall commenced. La
Mountain was noticed to be apparently
making some effort to get the basket
above him, and, if possible, to break the
fall, but after the first struggle he fell so
rapidly that nothing could be distin-
guished but the falling body, his hat
coming after him, about 100 feet or more
behind, tie old canvas, nearly collapsed,
falling down gradually. The body struck
the ground half dozen feet from the
northwest corner of the Jail building
1t struck with such terrible thud that it
Jared the ground for fifty rods around,
and made an indention in the solid
ground eight inches in depth. There
was scarcely bone in the whole body
not broken into fragments. 1t was as
limp as a rag. There were very few
fractures of the skin, except the right
foot, the bone of the right leg being
driven through the bottom of the foot.


The body was laid out on couch, a
circle formed and a procession of all
who wished to view the remains passed
around. The professor is brother of
the celebrated aeronaut who died two or
three years ago. This ones name was
Edward LaMountain. He was jewel
Ter by trade, and lived at Brooklyn, in
this State. He had said just before he
went up that he wished to take the train
for home as soon as possible after com
ing down, as his wife was very sick. He
himself had not had his clothes off for
ten days.


There were from 10000 to $4,000 peo-
pie who witnessed this horrible tragedy
He was seen by people four miles from
the city at an angle of thirty-fve de-
grees The best estimates makes the
night from which he fell from 1000 to
1900 feet. Those who we're on the hill
back of the town said the strangest
sight was to witness the people swaying |
back and forward like field of wheat
moved by the wind.
Year: 1873

From the st. Louis Republican.


An incident worth recording happened
in a restaurant on Fifth street, between
Market and Chestnut, day or two ago
Connected with the press of this city is
young man who spent the years oi
1867, 1868 and part of 1869 along the
line Of the Union Pacific railroad, then
in process of construction. On the
morning in question the newspaper at.
tache went into the restaurant and sat
down at table. Vis-a-vis TO him sat
another young man, who looked like he
might have seen vicissitudes. Presently
he accosted the newspaper man:


" Mister, it strikes me I've seen you
before.


"Quite likely" was the response.


" Weren't you at Cheyenne in the
spring Of esp


Yes"


didn't you and Chance H help
a fellow down off barrel that was set
up on end under a tree, one nightG


This was the introduction. 1t re-
newed an acquaintance that began by
the saving of life, when its owner was
pinioned, rope about his neck, with
the other end tied to the limb of tree,
while a savage and unrelenting Com
mittee Of Safety stood around, waiting
for the barrel on which the poor wretch
stood 20 be kicked out from under him.
The doomed man was a gambler, but be
was a quiet. peaceable fellow, who
harmed no one. One night he had won
a sum of money from q man who be-
longed to the Committee Of Safety, and
the latter attempted to make him give It
back. In the affair which ensued a va
caucy was made in the committee.
This is what had brought Sam A.
into the presence Of death there under
the tree. The two men before referred
TO had gone amdng the mob, aud by en-
treaty aud expostulation had succeeded
in getting the poor fellows sudden sent
euce "commuted." on condition that be
should leave town in thirty minutes.
They took him down OF the barrel, un-
tied the rope from his neck, and Chey-
enne saw him no more. After Eve years
be and one Of the preservers Of his life
met thus BY odd chance. Il is well
enough 10 add that the life vas saved 10
some purpose. for the man who stood
upon the barrel is nov the trusted
agent Of mining company operating
10 Montana, and Is in an respects a use /
ful citizen. Il Vas q close shave.
Year: 1873

A paper in johnson, Pa, contains a
description of a ball, FROM which we
learn that Miss Kate Smith was the
esprit du corps of the evening. The
writer hardly does Miss Smith justice.
He might very truly have added that her
dancing was characterized by an ex-
quisite sine qua non, and that she at
tackled the supper with a resistless
"suave qui pent which made every
other lady in the room seem en- pas
SAINT" Few women in society, we are
sure, have that air Of de gusbitus non
est disputandum," which is Miss Smith s
chief charm; and that man would be
wholly lost to a sense Of the de trop
who can observe the mise en- scene
of her manner without a glow Of admir-
alton rarely felt in this day Of NAL de
teste civilization.
Year: 1873

The day Mr.. Ruby across the way was to
be buried Mrs. Moriarty told ber daughter
Clarinta that she guessed she would attend.
as she wasn't feeling very we'll, and q rido
would DO her good. She knew there would
be several covered carriages furnished ut tho
expense of the family. and she was equally
confident it could be SO managed that she
would occupy portion of one of them. She
was among the first at the house, and occu-
pied prominent position. AZ the other
friends arrived she took occasion 10 recall re.
miniscences of the late Ruby that brought
tears to their eyes, and when the services
were over as the first coach drove up for its
load the distress Of Mrs. Morisrty at the death
of Mr. Ruby wss SO marked az to excite the
liveliest sympathy. Then the second coach
came up. Mrs. Moriarty had got down to tho
gate by this time, and Us the door Of tho
second coach was opened, and call made for
the occupants, it seemed extremely doubtful
If she could hold up another instant She
leaned against the post, and stared into tho
coach, and over its rich upholstering, aud eais
the late Ruby seemed more like q son to her
than ueigbbot. Whereupon the usher look
ed appropriately sad. and called up the third
and last coach. This had yellow cushions and
pink straps, and Mrs. Moriarty didn't hesitate
to protest that in the death Of Mr. Ruby the
community had met a loss which It was not
possible to recover from, and that she would
follow him to his last resting place If she had
to do it on her knees, and would feel grateful
for the opportunity. Then the third and last
coach filed and drove of to take its place in
the line, and Mrs. Morisrty dried her tears,
choked back the sorrow of her heart with one
mighty gulp and strobe into her own house:
shutting the front door without the aid of tho
knob. She told Clarinda that IL was tho
scaliest affair she ever went To, and had it NOT
been for the body there would have been no
funeral at all.


a PAT RECONSIDER Oxford. some
twenty years ago. tutor Of one of the coli
leges limped in his walk. Stopping one day
last summer at a railway station. he was sc>
costed by welL known politician, who re-
cognized him, aud asked him if he was not
the chaplain of - College at such time.
naming the year. The doctor replied that
he was.


81 was there" said the ipterrogator, "spd
knew you by your limp


Well" said the doctor. sit seems my
imping made deeper impression than my
preaching"


aAh, doctor" was the reply. with ready
wit, sit is the highest compliment We can
pay minister to say that he is known by his
walk rather than by his conversation"


The Editor of Nebraska paper gives
notice that heresfter he cannot be.bribed with
fve-ceut cigar to write. a fye>dollat puff.


Mrs. Por.ington thinks that merchants.
ought to engage masterto teach them tho
scales correctly
Year: 1873

Salt River Valley people are thinking seri ously, of organizing a farmers grange, for the purpose of influencing government con tractors to bId for contracts at living rates. We advised move of this kind several months ago, and hope that, if carried out, it will be beneficial to the Territory. Living in mining and grazing section of the Terri. tory, It would seem to be to our interest to advocate the sale of farm products at very low prices, but we do not see it in this light, well Knowing that workers, everywhere, ought to be fairly enumerated for their la bor and outlay. But, public opinion, rather than secret resolves, ought to be brought to bear on an evil of this kind that is now crip- bling the farmers of our large valleys.
Year: 1873

The Los Angeles Express of October 2d, learns from gentleman who took ride out to the front on the lat inst, that the iron is laid on the San Fernando rosd for twelve miles. Tue work is progressing very rapiGly, and the track layers can lay the rails faster than the construction train can bring out ma terial. The grading is finished about five miles in advance of the track layers; and the road is progressing at the rate of about . mile . day. After the train arrives, the men, each of whom knows his exact business and the part he has to do, besiege the cars con- taining the material, and in . very shor, time have it "snsked off," and laid alongside the track ready for the constructors. As soon as the ties and iron were in place along. side the grade for some distance ahead, the constructors start in to lay and fasten the rails. This they do with such dispatch, that q spectator requires to continue .. . mode. rate walk in order to keep up with tho con- struction gang. This rate of laying could be kept up all day, if the supply of material were equal at all times to the capacity of the vorkmen. The busy scene is one of the most interesting that could be witnessed, and the paper says many of its people have gone out to the end of the road merely to behold the great rapidity with which railroads are built on graded ways by the aid of the per. feet system now pursued. That portion oi the road which is bsllasted rides q train very easily, but the unsettled and newest portion is little too uneven for comfort.
Year: 1873

The proprietors of the Pioche Record must have a brevet-inule in their editorial stable If not this, one of their ink -slingers--the one who recently threw dirty fling at ns- cannot be other than disguised boor, who knows more about low sinks of iniquity than he does about high-toned journalism, good taste, or any other attribute of civilza- tion
Year: 1873

A Coon SToRY.-The Sacramento Union
is responsible for the following: A few days
ago young man who has a fondness for
hunting concluded that he would take out a
dog which belongs at Gregory's produce store
and see how he would work retrieving game.
Accordingly he drove out on the turnpike
road, toward the Tule House, and after he
had traversed seveal miles, finally got shot
at crane and killed it. Unfortunately, it
fell in the tule, where there was q depth of
two or three feet of water. The dog didn't
show hunting qualities worth a cent, and the
shootist had either to retrieve the bird him
self or 60 on without. He took off his coat,
pants and shoes, laid them by the side of the
wagon and stepped into the water. After he
had traversed aconsiderable distance, he hap
pened to look back toward the turnpike, and
behold his horse was travelling for town!
A second glance showed him something a
hundred fold worse. That failure Of dog,
who wouldn't go after the crane, had picked
up the shootisrs pants, and was travelling
along joyfully after the wagon, head an tail
up, and evidently feeling that he was doing a
big thing! The hunter went ashore, put on
his hat, coat and boots, and fastened after
his faithful dog. He had to travel over raile
before he overlook the wagon, and, to his
modification, he was met while pursuing 1t
bya man on horseback, who, struck with
the singular deficiency of his Wardrobe, re-
quested to be informed "where in - he
was going, looking like thatr' Ifhe had not
met the man he probably never would have
told the story. --'a ~ '-''"
Year: 1873

Apparently reliable information is to the
effect that the PEOPLE of Wisconsin threaten
to expel the proprietor of the Milwaukee
Christian Statesman, unless he changes the
name of his paper. And yet, just as likely as
not, this noble move rent will turn out to be
fictitious 3.ss4 sa
Year: 1873

An italian musician has invented big fid-
die, with metallic strings going all around it,
which is said to make four times as much
noise as the instruments now in use, in bass
violation of all the rules of harmony.
Year: 1873

And each of the several classes of coal produced at
the above named collieries will be kept strict
f ly separate from the others. All sa' es


viii be made uner the follow


ing designations:- IS
Year: 1873

When Murphy first bought his farm in
Lancaster county, he was not aware that
all the water on the premises was strongly
impregnated with iron. But when he
drank that chalybeate water for five or six
months his system was 50 thoroughly
charged with iron that. wen he would
wake up in the morning he Would find that
the bedstead had gradually shifted around
during the night until the head pointed
north. And the children's beds all per-
formed the same maneuyer. Without
taking warning by this occurrence, the
family continued to drink the water until,
one fatal evening, Mrs. Murphy had been
horfse-cleaning, and that night she and
Murphy and the children lay down in the
same room. No sooner were they in a
horizontal position than all their heads
swung around suddenly to the northern
end of the chamber where the stove stood,
and the next instant the whole five OF
them were drawn violently against the hot
stove, and held there by magnetic attrac-
ton. Murphy suffered worse because he
was bald, but Mrs. Murphy and the chill
dren lost every hair ON their heads, and
when the family sold out and moved away,
every member of it was balder than all the
other Murphys that ever wore scalp
MaG Adeler.
Year: 1873

This pretended sorceress and real
fiend then told Col York, private. that
if he would come the next night, Friday
when best che worked her SPELLS
and bring only one man with him, she
would take him to the grave OF his
murdered brother. Had the Colonel
heen 90 foolish as to believe the myste-
rious power Of the creature there is no
doubt she would have proved her pro
mise good. The whole band then leit


the house. They visited the houses OF
Roach and Smith snd Harness, q!
Ladore, and made many threats, Du!
accomplished nothing. Their Intent
was good, but they lacked an exper-
fenced detective for Q leader. SO strong
was their conviction. however. Of the
Year: 1873

The free and easy style OF European
morals is illustrated as follows by Rev.
NJ. D. Conway, in a recent letter from
Ostend; l was sitting one day taking
a little luncheon in one OF the restaur-
ants overlooking the beach, when some
sensation WAS caused by a beautiful
woman performing the rok OF Phryne
in the bath, with such strict regard
for her classic model that finally the
inspector OF the beech iuterfered. 1t
was done very delicstely. Some one
was sent out into the water apparently
to take a bath, but really to whisper TO
Phryne's male companion tnat his
companion rust re-enter her bathing
machine. The girl was apparently
none the wiser Of it. 1t was rather q
wonder that there was any interference
at all, as every day score OF ladies
disport themselves in the waters with
almost equal disregard OF convention
sllties OF costume. When this psrticu.
lar sensation was over fine looking
gentleman, who had exhibited consider.
able interest in the incident, came and
sat at the same table with myself. he
had with him a beautiful boy With
whom he conversed in whisper. The
gentleman and the boy got up and
went down to the beach. They enter
ed q bathing machine together; but
when they came out Of it into the sea
the boy had expanded to young
woman who dar.ed through the surf
like a silver fish.