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Year: 1875

WHAT l HAVE SEEN-An old man Of
much experience says:-I have seen a
young man sell good farm, turn mer-
chant, and die in IN insane asylum. 1
have seen a farmer travel about so much
that there was nothing at home worth
looking at. | have seen a man spend


more money in folly than would support
his family in comfort and independence.


| have seen young girl marry a young


man of -dissolute habits, and repent Of it
as long as she lived. l have seen man


depart from truth where candor and We
racity would have served him to much


better purpose. | have seen the extrava-
gance and folly Of children bring their
parents to poverty and want, and them
selves to disgrace l have seen prudent
and industrious wife retrieve ne fortunes
Of family when the husband pulled at
the other end Of the rope. have seen
a young man who despised the councils Of
the wise and advice of the good, and his
career end in poverty and wretchedness.
Year: 1875

sob printing!" exclaimed an old lady,
the other day as she peeped over her
spectacles, at the advertising page of a
country paper "Poor Job they've kept
him printing, week after week, ever since
I learnt to read; and if he wasn't the pa
tientest man that ever was, he never could
have stood it so long, no how r.
Year: 1875

If there is anything that viii cause the
belated night-wanderer to hasten home
and take his scolding like man, il is TO
pass beer saloon and catch the soul-har-
rowing strains, Darling, am Growing
Old.p
Year: 1875

An upper mill and lower mill
Fell out about their water,
To war they went, tina, Is TO law,


Resolved TO give no quarter
A lawyer was By each engaged,
And hoily they eontended;
When funds grew scant, the war they waged


They Judged were better ended.
The heavy costs remaining still
Were settled without bother;
one lawyer took the upper mill,


The lower mill the other.
Year: 1875

The tumbling rods and knuckles of
threshing machines are required by
law to be boxed. The penalty is a
fine of from ten to fifty dollars for
each day they arc run without being
boxed. At the last session of the
Legislature the old law upon the sub
ject made it an offense also for any
person to permit his own grain or
any grain in his possession or under
his control to be threshed by a ma
chine not protected as required, and
the punishment is the same for the
owner of the grain as for the owner
Of the thresher.
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Commercial closes a
review on Ohio politics for two years
past, as follows: "We come, there
fore, to the conclusion that Repub-
lican victory in Ohio this time is a
certainty, and that the majority for
Hayes will be handsome and emphatic
larger than he received ON former
occasions, and sufficient to pronounce
the doom in the nation forever of the
sort of Democracy that is now assert
ing itself i'm this State"
Year: 1875

The Liberal Republican party of
New York was buried by its leaders
few days since, but some, believing
their names to be of the few immor-
tai ones not born to dic," are making
preparations to put ticket in the
field. It is probable that they get
their inspiration from Tammany.
Year: 1875

Prof. Swing is likely to again come
before the people by being mentioned
in the press, generally This time
about one Fourth, it is said-of the
members of the fourth Church pro-
pose to bring before the Synod Of IL.
linois, the question as to why that
church retains Swing as its pastor af-
ter his name has been stricken from
the rolls. To use homely phrase,
we say ego it," for is it not very
Christian like.
Year: 1875

The Democratic papers are coming
tardily to the scratch on Shep Leffiers
$1,000 license business. They evade
the issue by saying that the opinion
of LETTER is nothing, as the Legisla-
ture will regulate the amount.
Year: 1875

The question Of farm fences is be-
coming serious question in other
States as well as Iowa. In Maine,
where nearly one half the State il
covered by pine forest, they are fig
uring up the annual cost of fences, and
inquiring if there is not better way.
Mr.. Prince estimates that there are
G3,956 farms in that State, which
average 500 rods of fence on each
farm, the repairs of which average ten
cents per rod per year, or "a, 1897 600.
And this is constantly increasing with
the advance in the price Of wood and
timber, and they contend that soon it
will become too burdensome to bear.


Other States are also looking SER
iously to this question, and it is evil
dent the day is not distant when .
man will not have to do with his farm
As they did with their residences in
feudal times, make every house .
castle. The world is. advancing, and
and the law compelling man to
fence against his neighbor's stock viii
soon be classed with the law sending
a man to prison for the reason that
he was unable to pay his debts.


In Iowa we believe no county, after
trying the herd law, has gone back
on their first decision adopting it. In
Grundy county after having the law
legally in force two years, ut the last
election they voted to retain it by a
vote Of only eleven votes against it
out of eight hundred. The sudden
change Of the law finds many unpre-
pared for it, and in those counties
where it was adopted last fall for the
first time many who live along the
rivers and have never dreamed Of
having pastures for their stock will
find it hardship. No harder, how
ever, than the poor man on the prai-
rie who owns his eighty or one hun
dred and sixty acres and could not
improve it, owing to the great cost of
fencing. Soon the people Of those
coun les ust entering upon the new
way Of living will have pastures
their stock will be easily found, their
time can be spent at profitable indus
try instead OF ranging after cows,and
their neighbors crops will be safe. Il
would be well for all farmers this
winter to be preparing fences for pas.
lures, whether in herd-law county
or not. And in those counties where
the law is in force, those who are able
will find it convenient and comfort.
able to have their farms fenced in
suitable lots. Some are arranging
for movable fence SO that adyan
tage can be taken of pastures for hog,
and cattle, as the crops on the farm
change. Shere are several kinds o.
movable fence which can be manu-
facturcd in winter, and miles of it pu
out in the spring in few days.
State Register.
Year: 1875

including clothing provided for than
use,at the rate Of i've dollars per week,
100000; aud that he also request
the administrators OF said estate to Gle
an application Ut the next term Of the
Circuit Court for an order to sell the
realty Of said estate in order to meet
this claim.


Ordered that the Auditor be auth.
orized to draw orders upon the Treas
urer in payment for wood for the jail
and corn purchased for the poor farm.
Resotred, That the present jailor
be allowed tl2.50 per month for ser.
vices at the Jail.


Ordered that the proposition OF
Scott & Vest, Of Upton, to furnish
goods and supplies for the poor farm
be accepted, and that Mr.. Burroughs
be directed to obtain them from that
firm.


The following resolution was offer
ed:


Resolced, That the Clerk Of the
District and Circuit Courts Of this
county be authorized and directed to
continue and keep full and complete
records of all the probate business
fled in his Office, with copies and alb
stracts of all papers connected there
with, upon books kept for that pur-
pose, in the same manner and form
as now being kept by him; and for
such services additional to those now
required by law, he shall be paid an
amount equal to the fees charged for
such additional services.


On Motion it was laid over until
next session.


Ordered that the Auditor be auth.
orized to draw warrants upon the
Treasurer for the per diem and mile
age of the members of the Board Of
Supervisors, as follows:
Year: 1875

Voting Governmelst Employees.


New York Herald Of Yesterday.


Government employees in Washington who


from time immemorial, have been allowed


to vote in this city without hindrance, seem


to have unusual difficulty in the present


campaign in exercising here the right ol


suffrage. Several cases bringing up the


question of the right of such employees to


vote here have already been before the
courts. In Supreme Court, Chambers, be-


fore Judge Lawrence, yesterday, Michael


Frees, who is employed in the Government
printing establishment in Washington and
who has been in the habit Of coming ON
here every year to register and vote under
the law that man BY entering the govern
mente mploy neither gains or loses resi-
dence, stated, or rather his counsel did for
him, that he had been refused registration,
and mandamus was applied for against the
Registers to compel them to register his
name. 1t was contended in his behalf that
even on general principles man does not
lose his residence here if he went into pri-
vate employment in Washington, not intend
ing to remain there permanently. On behalf
of the Registers i. was urged that their re-
tusal to register was founded on the pro-
visions of the new law, requiring residence
for thirty days previous to the election in
the district to entitle him to register there
To this law, they insist, there is no excep-
ton, and that being subsequent enactment
to the one cited in favor Of the applicant for
registration the old law is necessarily abro-
gated. Judge Lawrence took the papers
saying that he would give an earlyly ision.
Year: 1875

There Is lady living in Richmond
Ind, who was married when twelve wears
of age. When fifteen years old she was
the mother Of two chileren, and when
thirty her children numbered ten. Eigh.
Of her children are now living.


Verify it would seem that Phsladc'phi,
journalism had wholly sacrificed her inae-
pendence, and that its outcry hereafter
against Rings" and public wrong doers,
will suggest the inquiry as to whe,herthe
alleged Offenders have or have not offered
to reward the silence of himsv sheets.


Another Of tie Popc's neat little jokes
is reported. A young American girl, six
feet high, had just received the Pope's


lessing at reception, and as she rose from
her knees, Pope Plus began to smile at her
height and bade her kneel again. "Miss,'
he said, Il shall have to give YOU blcs-
sing and half' And he went on, smiling
at lis joke.


Jugsernant is in bad way, owing to the
fall of a stone from lis pagoda at Pooree.
The fall of stone is a severe matter. as
there is prophecy that when the first
stone is unfastened the temple shall not
stand. The temple was built in the middle
of the 10Th century, and during the last
seven hundred years not trowel has been
laid UPON it in the way of repairs.


A wire clothes line agent called on we'll
to-do farmer at Meridian, Cayuga county,
and tried to sell him wire clothes line
The farmer declined, ard the stranger made
him an offer to give him line if he (the
farmer would give him his name as ref
erence to use in the vicinity. He gave his
name on slip Of paper presented by the
stranger, and which was apparently care
lessly folded, and about two weeks from
that time received an invoice for wire
amounting to 500 as per order. The
carelessly-folded paper proved to be an or
der made to third party, and the best he
could do in settlement was to pay S37 to
be released from the order, or take the wire
and pay the bill.


A Vermont man has invented law
mans churn. 1t is adjusted to a wagon.
and, and all man has to do is to put his
churn into the wagon box, pick up his
reins, drive half mile and return, take
out his churn, and he will find bis cream
turned to butter. I....
Year: 1875

The announcement has been public
ly made that the Government will not
sell gold during the coming month,
and that it will resume the practice
only when it is necessary to replenish
the currency supply. Many reasons
are urged why the Secretary should
have adopted different, course, and
some of them are not without a weight.
The weakest of these reasons is that
more than once urged by the New
York Bulletin, and now repeated by ii
that if the Government boards coin
"the market will he absolutely drain.
ed Of gold. and will be constantly al
the utter mercy of speculation. A
sufficient answer TO this Is that it is q
part of the business of the Governmen,
to protect the gold market or to inter.
fere with it at all. The market has
been IN the habit of relying upon the
Secretary to come to its aid, but il is
very evident that in the preparation
for resumption the Treasury must n oil
be embarrassed by the assumption O,
any such duty. The market cad look
out for it,elf.-Ledger.
Year: 1875

A Young Girl Fatally Frozen.


HARRisBCRG, Dec. Last evening
Victoria Carl, young girl of hand


some appearance, only eighteen years
of age, was brought 10 her parents, In
this city, with her legs so badly frozen
that they will have to be amputated
unless death should render the opera
tion unnecessary. She was also severely
frost bitten in other portions of the
body. She took drive with a married
man residing in this city, and both had
been drinking before they set out on
their journey. A few miles below
Harrisburg the horse sprang or backed
into the canal and was drowned. The
water was about six feet deep, and the


man and woman narInwly y escaped the
fate of the animal. They reached the
shore and after the most determined
excrtions. Miss Carl was in very ex.
hsusted condition and found it Impos-


sible to walk any considerable distance
| Her companion was less affected by


the liquor he had taken and by his
bath, and walked TO a farm house in
neighborhood for protection from
the cold leaving the woman'exposed to
the biting cold all night. He informed
no one of her situation, and yesterday
morning she was found, almost frozen
to death. The victim of the mans
brutality is woman of the town. The
prospects are that she will die from her
injuries.
Year: 1875

Boots and Shoes made to order In the best
and latest style. of superior material. and
W warranted as good fit as ever vas made and
at prices to SUIT the present hard times.


Particular attention paid to fitting up lasts
to SUIT ali customers.


Repairing neatly done at short notice, and
at reasonable prices.


The public are respectfully invited to give
me a call.


nov30-3m
Year: 1875

ticulated until We were tired, without any
effect, when one Of the squaWs came ont
and told us to let them have it out or they
might do some damage. This was the last
night we gave a performance without a re-
hearsal, for the Indians tod US they thought
they we're to do just as they had done
Then he gave us an imitation Of the war
dance and accompanying weird chant, and
it was done to such perfection thai our
flesh crept and we almost imagined him a
warrior in dlsguise.n
Year: 1875

THE Memphis Ledger Of Friday
evening says: Although the rise Of the
river has been elaborately discussed In
the newspapers and on the streets for
over a week, yet no two men have been
found to agree as to the probable re-
suits.
Year: 1875

she reached the place a strange sight
met her eyes.


Carl Connor was standing beside
the PROSTATE form Of her father; far
down the road she saw horse and
phaeton going at fearful speed,
certes running away. Lila grew pale
as the dead. She took a step nearer
Carl, and this was but to confirm the
fear that suddenly smote her-her
father was dead! Yes, dead! and the
moonlight streaming about him
showed a fatal wound in his breast,
from which the blood was oozing in
a crimson stream.


When she saw Rhodcrick's cloak
lying near him--even then she rec
ognized it-her mind grasped the
truth. Carl had mistaken her father
for Rhoderick Orvis, and shot him
dead. And it was so-thc Did fisher
man rode straight to his doom.


Slowly the horriiied girl turned to
Carl. His face looked, in the weird
ly glimmering moonlight, the color of
death itself; a tremor shook him from
head to foot; he seemed paralyzcd
with horror. He moved toward her;
but she waved him off.


go" she said slowly, so!cmnly,
sternly. ''Go, and never let me look
upon your face again. Go, and may
the orphans curse forever follow
you"


Without a word, without daring to
cast a glance at the rigid form Of his
miserable victim, the guilty, terrified
villain skunk away, never to RETURN
Then Lila Wynde's senses reeled,
and, pale and ghastly, she sank to
the ground beside the dead body Of
her father.


And thus Rioderick Orvis found
her a few moments later.


1t was a year before Lila recovered
from the effects OF the dreadful shock
she received that night, or ceased to
think Of her fathers terrible fate.
And when she beanie Rhoderick's
wife, even the limitless love he law
ished upon her did not suffice to ban
ish it entirely from her mind.
Year: 1875

Tho FIRST week In January has come TO be very gen
orally observed by tho evangelical churches as season
o. special prayer The appointment s likely 70 be more
generally noticed tho coming season than heretofore
The widely dnused desire and expectation Or special
work OF grace viii have the effect to lead to moro d


gent use q the means q grace both common and spo
ciaL The Evangelical Alliance have sent out their an
nua suggestion d topics for prayer during the nrst
week Of 1870 l. may be edfyiDg to some Christians
Year: 1875

The Police Commissioners resolved yesterday
that two sergeans and roundsan shall be detailed
10 each Inspector assist In Office and inspection duty
These officers be nominated by the Inspectors aud
confirmed by the Board The superintendent Is to aIi
nounce 70 the captains that the time 10 be allowed for alb
sence from the police stations for each neal shall, IN
future be one hour At the expiration OF that time the
rolls shall he called all abkenees noted Tie Board
voted that steam boiler be put into The seneca, al
a rost Of 81 900 Officers BOhaD and Tobln of the
Twenty second Precinct Police, dismissed from the
force for fighting In the street, on Sunday afternoon
officer Huxent Of the Sixteenth Precinct Police waA dis
missel from the Department for into t0DcatOn-
Year: 1875

The got we'll away al the tap OF the drum Dead
head and Dtyolo being the first the first hurdle,
which Risk knocked down. Dmyoo and Deadhead took
the hurdle together, and jumped spcnddly at the
thIi Trouble made the running on the Last turn, and
was the first the fourth hurdle, Dc;dhead ana
Divoo hard after nnic Nc last. Dlayolo made IA
squirt for Tie sixth hurdle and Tapped on Trouble who
was first over. Risk and Minnie Me- by this time were
virtually out OF the The three leading horses made


fine brush around the last turn and down the home
stretch taking the last hurdle AT full speed ana IN gallant
style The crowd cheered loudly DayOlo went undo
the wire length and half ahead Trouble second, and
Deadead third. Time, 3j32 Mutual pool tickets paid
- % ON DiayOlO
Year: 1875

A CERTAIN divine says he would
not give a 'filip" OF the penny for
both papers in Mineral Point, be-
cause they suppress articles that are
false, and which would disturb the
peace, yet the sermon in the Mount
says, BLESSED are the peace makers,
for they shall be called the children
of God" Amt we pretty near right,
or has there come a second--
wiser than the first? The Tribune
will publish the article referred to,
il the author is not too cescsrdzy to
have his name appear at the bottom
of it.
Year: 1875

BARRy's theatre troupe gave the
city a call last week, and enlivened
our people by two entertainments


They were well patronized and gave
excellent satisfaction. The greatest
dissatisfaction seemed to be that
they did not remain longer with us.
Should they return again, they will
doubtless receive liberal patronage,
Year: 1875

The cool way in which the destinies Of
nations are discussed from the stand
point of matrimonial alliances among
their tolerated rulers must seem ridicu-
loas to American free men. The ques-
ton of the union of the young NAPOLEON
with the remaining Danish Princess is
mooted with gravity absolutely farci-
cal. It is urged that TO wed him to this
charming young lady is to secure him
the French throne at once, as he would
then be allied to the Imperial family Of
Russia, and own for brother-in law the
heirs apparent of the Russian and British
thrones. By simple marriage contract
therefore, are the millions of subjects of
the three nations to be bound. Oceans
of blood and the destines of Europe are
to depend upon this little arrangement
Republicanism in Europe cannot have
made mucn advance when the Will Of
n1idgets like these is made the viii Of
hundreds of millions.
Year: 1875

The Senate having passed the House
Civl-Rights Bill without amendment,
it now only requires the signature of
the President to became a law. There
is no question but it will receive this.
The only vital objection to it as a law,
now that it has passed both Houses, is
its doubtful constitutionality, and this
is matter for the Supreme Court and
not for the President to pass upon. It
is subject for general congratulation,
however, that 1t becomes q law at time
and in a shape when it is calculated to
occasion but little excitement. Had 1t
been passed when it was before Con
gress year ago, and with all the pro-
visions it contained at that time, it is
not unlikely that it would have caused
serious disturbance at the South. At
present its effect will be mainly political.
It viii be used on the one side to retain
the hold of the Republican party upon
the negro of the South; on the other,
to excite new opposition to the Repub-
hcan party among the whites.


After the provision for enforced mix
ed schools had been eliminated from the
bill, it became comparatively 1ns1gn-
iticant measure, even IN the minds OF
Southern people, not likely to do much
good or much harm. The only reason
that could be cited for its adoption was
that given by Judge Hoar in the House,
that it was a sort OF Declaration Of In
dependence, affirming and promulgat-
ing nights that had already been secured
to the black race by the Constitution,
and of which they may avail themselves
as soon as their social and intellectual
progress shall have caught up with the
, sudden change and amelioration Of their
condition. The strongest reason why it
should not have passed is because it
should BE the policy Of the Republican
party to conciliate the white people Of
the South rather that fight them or keep
alive their old resentments, SO long as
this can be done without sacrificing any
of the fundamental principles for which
the War was waged. AS it is, we do not
apprehend that the passage Of the bill
viii have any appreciabie result one way
or the other.


The question of the constitutionality
Of the law is now the most interesting
and Important point in the controversy.
Senator Carpenter, who spoke and voted
against the bill, predicated that the
Supreme Court will hold the law to be
unconstitutional; and, when question
of constitutionaity is involved, Senator
Car aenter is certainly high authority
eask. likely to be right. It would not be
surprising if the first test-csse on this
question should come from the North !;
for, while the number of people in the
North who now deny any of the political
rights of the negro is very small, the
number of those who entertain social
prejud1ces is still very large. The
practice Of excluding negroes from the
public dining rooms Of first-class hotels
and the choice seats in frst-class theatres
and operas is as general in the North as
in the South, and a test-case is as likely
to go to the Supreme Court on one of
these points from Chicago, Boston, OF
New York, as it is from New Orleans,
Louisville, or Richmond. At all events,
the issue is fortunately disposed of until
the Supreme Court shall take it UP for
review,
Year: 1875

A WASHINGTON dispatch says: cit
is proposed to provide a small sum IN
the sundry civil appropriation bill for
an Arctic expedition The Secretary of
the Navy favors it, also a number of
Senators and members. The Navy De-
partment will be authorized in the bill
to provide and to fit a proper ship and
to man it with officers and men already
under pay and awaiting sea duty. The
extra expenses will not be over 800, ,0OO
but it is proposed to make the action by
the government contingent on private
subscriptions to the amount of twenty
five thousand dollars. The President
of the Geographical Society says it will
heartily cooperate with any expedition,
whether undertaken by the 6 )vernment
or private enterprise.