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Year: 1873




If a fash of light could have
been shot over Danbury just as the
rain commenced to descend, Sunday
night, it would have revealed the
most astonishing sight ever wit
messed here. 1t is estimated that
500 bare legged men and boys, and
about 200 inadequately clothed
women, were at one time struggling
across wet stOops and through i'm
penetrable darkness with a most
astonishing variety of tubs, boilers,
pals, and barrels to catch the
rain water. Every thing that
could be employed for that purpose
was brought out, and as there had
been no rain in six weeks, and the
stoops were slippery, and there
was no time to lose, the natural
confusion of legs, language and
utensils was something remarkable.
One man on Franklin street, who
was dashing out doors with two
tubs and boiler, lost his foothold,
and, sliding across the stoop, went
on into an open hatchway, down a
stairway, and half way across his
cellar, the tubs and boilers arriv-
ing about the same time. It was
some twenty minutes before he
could converse. A deshy gentle
man, named Hayes, lost his balance
while on q chair to FIX the conduc-
tor, and fell into a tub that he
didn't know was there, and the
neighbers were obliged to carry
both himself and tub into the house
to get them apart-a job that was
considerably aggravated by the
promiscuOus profanity and abuse
which he Ievelsd at everybody
during the opereration. A boy
on Stevens street ran into a portico
post with such force As to render
him unconcious, and the moment
he came 70 he conceived the idea
Year: 1873

that his father had kicked him. As
he didn run backward against the
post the impression appears all the
more remarkable. There Nvel
other accidents the same night: bu.
what renders the affair peculiarly
painfnl is the fact that not one wo-
man was in any way injured Ne
don't understand that.
Year: 1873

unable to pay four or five times


that amount, but because it con-
siders that 4 fair compensation for


one service and one sermon q day,
and supposes that the minister, by
sOno Bohemian method OF other,
ekes out enough meney TO keep
flesh and spirit in conjunction. And
we know Of another congregation
in London, numbering some men
of great wealth among its members,
which pays its minister so poorly
that circulars have to be sent all
over the kingdom soliciting sub
scriptions toward his support. /.
Year: 1873

To an article setting forth the above
facts the following recommendation
is appended, andit is cordially agreed
IN by many others of the profession:


We cordially recommend the above
article as perfectly adapted to the oh
iects named at the head of these re-
Year: 1873

In view of the prevalence OF dis
ease of the bowels at this time, and
the general fear of the possibility Of
the appearance of epidemic cholera
among US, Messrs Saudek & Colston
called upon a number of the lead
ing physicians of the city during
the week to aid them in the prepa-
ration Of prescription that may be
taken with safety, and at the same
time with a certainty of relief when
relief is possible. They have taken
great pains and trouble to secure
the cooperation of the physicians
in this respect, and thus insure q
remedy which will prove effective,
and which all can indorse. They
have at length succeeded IN prcpar-
ing satisfactory formula, which is
rot offered as a spcifc for the dis
ease called cholera, but with q mod
csty that is becoming in apotheea-
ries respecting a disease that has
baffied the ablest and most emf
neut physicians of every region il
has visited; they only claim that the
medicine can be relied upon for ei-
fcacy in all ordinary dIarrhps, wltb
painful ndisturbanee of the stomach
and bowels. Also while effective
In relief, it is free from everything
of an injurious tendency. The foi
Year: 1873

The .tipgs of boes we're given them
for the protection of their stores.
They are not disposed to sting when
not in danger, and every beo which
does sting dies. Away from their
own hive they rarely make an attack.
the natural dread of stings deter
many from keeping bees who would
be CAD to do so. In the use of
modern hives the danger of being
atung is lcssened, as these give you
facilities for subduing them. A bee
with its honey. sack full never stings.
When you alarm colony of boos,
they all instinctivsly at once FIJI their
sacks with honey, and after time has
been allowed them to do this, their
hive can bo opened and examined
with no danger from their anger.
Mrs. Taper.
Year: 1873

The following is the Inaugural Ad-
dress of the President


FelloW C'iizens t: Under Providence,
! havo been called second time to
act as Executive over this great ma.
tion. 1t has been my endeavor in
the past to maintain all the laws and
so far as lay in my power to act for
tho best interests of the whole people.
My best efforts will be given in the
same direction in the future, aided l
trust by my four years experience in
tho office. When my first term of
Office Of Chief Executive began, tho
country had not recovered from the
effects of great internal revolution,
and three of the former States Of the
Union had not been restored to their
federal relations. 1t seemed to ME
that no new questions should be rails.
ed so long as that condition of affairs
existed; therefore, the past four
years, 80 far as l could control events,
have been oonsu med in tho effort to
restore harmony, the public credit,
commerce, and all the arts of peace
and progress.


1t is my firm conviction that the
civilized world is tending towards
Republicanism, and government by
the people, through their chosen. rep
resentatives, and that our own great
republic is destined to be thoiguiding
star to all others. Under our repub-
]io we support an army less than that
of any European power Of any stand
ing, and navy less thaY'that Of 9th.
or of at least five Of Them. There
could be no extension Of territory on
this continent which would call for an
increase of this fop6e, but rather
might suoh extshsion enable us to
diminish it. Tie theory of govern"
mont changes with the general pro.
gress. Now tRat the telegraph is
made availsBle for communicating
theught-tokether with rapid transit
by steau,-~sal parts of continent are
made contiguous for all purposes Of
government, and Communication be.
tween the extreme limits Of tho coun.
try made easier than it was through
out the old thirteen States at the be-.
ginning Of our national existence.


The effocts Of the late civil strife
Year: 1873

There are several bills before the Legislature il


which our city is directly interested but there is


so much diversity Of opinion about them that We
are entirely unable to say what will be done with
reference thereto. The bill to empower the Nay
or to appoint police the bill to create watCT
Commission, empowering the majority OF City
Council to appoint one man, the minority TO ap-
point another and the Mayor TO appoint third
and the bill to enable the city to fund the floating
debt The latter has many opponents because As
they say the Council will thereby be enabled 10
continue their extravagant course and create an
other debt. The Mayor is held responsible for the
peace and good order of the city and certainly
shoald have the selection Of the police, The mode
OF appointing Water Commissioners named in the
bill secures the city from pArtiznn body and the
bill relieves the Council OF the heavy responsibility
which attaches to the expenditure OF so much
money. The ehairmen of the various committees
have too much work now imposed upon them for
ele compensation.


From appearances the legislature will not
adjourn until some time in April. There is quite
a contest over the bill to incorporate the Delaware
and Maryland Ship Canal Company. We cannot
understand why the charter for this work should
find opponents in this State, and presume the leg
slature will not listen to those out of the State
who are supposed to oppose the bill in the interest
of some of the great railroad companies that are
fearful Of tAe competition Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Road, which is credited with being the NOV
ing party in the Canal.


The Baltimore Gazette, of Tuesday contained |
another leading editorial urging the construction
OF this canal the completion of great chain of
inland aud travel. BY which that city would gain |
two hundred miles IN q voyage to Europe and
avoid the dangers of coast navigation in passing
Cape Hattress.
Year: 1873

The GRAM TRADE.-There seems to be no
question that the surplus stocks of grain and
breadstuffs generally at the West arc unusually
large. and that the opening of the spring trans
portation should bring them to the seaboard in
immense quantaties. Neither does there seem to
be any doubt that the European supply Is light
that England, France Italy, &C. must stand in
much need OF this 'stsff of life," and that the
supply from the Black Sea and other European
granaries is to be light and inadequate.
Year: 1873

The largest number Of dismlssals ever made bv
any President at one time will be on the Goth Of
nay next when sixteen hundred Assessors and
Assistant Assessors Of Internal Revenue will be
discharged
Year: 1873

Long engagements of marriage are
not desirable, though an honest love
may come out all golden and glorious
from such test We hear now Of per-
haps the very shortest engagement on
record. In Dubuque young man met
a strange girl on a street car. he was
struck with her appearance, and his first
act of loving devotion was to pay her
fare. This noble proof of disinterested
affection so touched the susceptible heart
Of the damsel that three hours after
wards these new acquaintances were
husband and wife.
Year: 1873

From the ~. Louis dlObo.l


More than two thousand people have
visited Pettes a Leathes fine art rooms
since Bierstadts great painting was
placed on exhibition. A reporter OF the
Globe has mixed with the crowd occa
sionally, and gained so much knowledge
in regard 10 good breeding and the
proper way to look at a fine picture in q
small room that he ventures TO embody
his newly-acquired social wisdom in a
set OF rules for the benefit Of future vis-
itors.


First general rule)-If the room is
full, all stand about confusedly, change
position often, talk loudly and take es-
pecial care to finish up all the colloquies
which we're begun in the street just be-
fore entering.


Second-lf you come in when some
are sitting, take your places directly in
front Of them; and, il you are lady,
give your skirts an ingenious expression
sideways, so as to intercept as much as
possible OF the view.


Third-If you are a pretty young
lady, sweep once around the lroom, CIV
ing scornful glance at each small pic
ture and bit Of statuary in it, then take
your place directly in front OF the pic
ture and about four feet from it. Don {
for a moment allow yourself to forget
that you are the object which everyone
has come to see.


'Fourth-If you are two yeung ladies',
one OF whom has pug nose, and both
of whom wear feathers taller than the
plumes OF hearse, stand in front OF
everybody, that the modest gentleman
in the background, who admires art for
its own sake, may have an opportunity
of observing the latest style of paunier
and the newest fashion of dressing the
back hair.


Fifth-If you are an ancient maiden
lady, stand by yourself in the most
prominent position attainable, and run
up the gamut of admiration until you
end triumphantly on G sharp above the
lines. II is not necessary that your
voice should be loud but it is absolutely
esse ntial that it should be penetrating.


Sixth-If you are the gentleman from
the country you cannot possibly get toe
near the painting to see it to advantage
Use your umbrella freely in pointing
out it's beauties. If you puncture the
canvas no matter.


Seventh-Ifyou are two young men. .siA
footers, and very broad of shoulder, follow
the rules given for two young ladies
as nearly as your sex will permit. If yor
provoke profanity in others, it will be o.
the mental kind, aud by secret curses
no one is disturbed, not even the record
Jag angel.


Eighth-Never think of the conve
uience of others; it distracts the atten
tion.


Ninth-(General rule, but trivial, ant
not to be observed). Form semi-circl
at distance from the picture; remem
ber that others wish to see it is as wei
as yourself; 60 away quietly when yol
are done.
Year: 1873

Some young ladies in Detroit have
established dry nursery for the care
and feeding Of young children whose
mothers are compelled to WORK away
from home. The society is called The
Helping Hand
Year: 1873

TIE PuILosoPm OF FALLING OVER 4
WHkELBoRrow If you have occasion to
use whselbarrow, leave it, when you
are through with it, in front Of thc house
with the handles toward the door a
wheelbarrow is the most complicstcd
thing TO fall over on the face Oft earth
a man will fall over one when he would
never think Of falling over anything elss
He never knows when he has gotthrougli
falling over it, either; for it will tangle
his legs and arms, turn over with him.
and rear up in front Of him, and just as
he pauses in his profanity to congra,u
late himself il takes a new turn, and
scoops more skin OFT him, and he com
mences to evelate anew and bump him
self on fresh places A man never coas.
e. to fail over wheelbsrrow until I
turns completely on its back, or brings
up against something it can not upset 1t
10 the most inoifcnsiyc object there is,
but it is more dangerous than = locomo
tive, and no man is secure With ons un
less he has a tight hold Of its handles,
and is sitting down on something, A
wheelbarrow has its uses. without doubt,
but in its leisure moments it is a great
Olithng curse on true dignity
Year: 1873

LET Us HAVE LloHr The American
Builder SAYS: "Do not arrange your
house go as to violate Gods first com
mand. Give it many windows, and then,
o housewife, keep your blinds open dur
ing the day, and your curtains drawn
aside Iryou let the sun in freely it may
- fade your carpets. but il you do not
it will be sure to cause i'll health to the
mothers and children.


The sun is good physician Tic has
never had due credit for his curative quail
ities--for the bright eyes and rosy checks
that come from his healing bath, Do
You know how puny is the growth OF The
potato vine along the darkened cellar
wall? Such is the health OF human be-
inzs living where the sun ia intercepted
by the windows drapery. So dark wall
paper is not only gloomy, but it isphys-
ically unwholesome Let in the sun. for
with it comes cheeriulncss and streng
A dark room is All enemy ofgood health,
good temper and good morals, "
Year: 1873

IIIsl PorAroEs. Tho Irish people arc
the greatest potato eaters in the world
and know all about cooking that fine es
culcnt We copy their mode Of cooking
potatoes from an Irish paper; :" Put the
potatoes in pot or kettle without lid
or cover, and with water just suiiicien,
to cover them, After the water comes
nearly to boil pour it Oft, aud replace
it with cold water, into which throw a
good portion of salt The cold water
throws the heat from the surface to the
heart, and makes the potato msay, Az
ter they are boiled and the water poured
of, let them stand on tie fire fifteen min
utes to dry. T"
Year: 1873

G.F One Of the most touching in
stances OF gratitude with which We are
familiar, occurred al Clyde the other
day little boy, the child Of wealthy
mother tumbled into the river He was
rescued hy n working man and restored
to his parent The woman gave the res
cuer three cent postage stamp, and said
she would be glad to haye him come up
to her house and sit in tbs entry and
hear her play on the piano, He went
away with tears in his eyes. He said As
wasn't used to such overwhelming kind
ness.
Year: 1873

EF A sensible mother says that motf.
ers make great mistake when they hast
en- to fscd All infant every time it cries
and begs leave to suppose a case Sup
pose grown mp fellow wakes up in tn,
night aud has tho Oh, my" SO hard
that he is obliged to roar with pain
just as an infant does What is to b,
done2 Why, rouse up Sally and Jane
and all the kitchen help, and cook him
some oysters. or a sirloin steak and fried
potatoes, and make him eat! The alb
surdity is plain enough And il absurd
in the treatment OF adults, why 10 il any
less so in that of infants?
Year: 1873

EEr The ruin OF most men dates from
some vacant hour Occupation is the
armor OF the soul There is = satircal
poem in which the devil is represented AZ
fishing Tor man, aud fitting hi. bait to
the taste and business Of his prey but
the idior gave him no trouble, as he bit
the naked hook.
Year: 1873

warranted not to cut in the cye-not a head-
ache in q hhds. of tit is no sooner in your
belly than lis on your back in pound Of beet
and it carries bead like necklace; for
sale by


GEORGE AUSTIN.
Year: 1873

II slender sunply OF useful Information But the
trip through the West Of which tins gathering was a
mere incident, Will prove OF great benefit MenDerS
viii return from 10 with conceptions OF the greatness,
tha needs and the OF that section when they
had before, and which all the fine rhetoric OF St
Louis could not have gwen them.
Year: 1873

| A paragraph n'the Bucks County, Pa,
Agricultural Society's report ON the above
subject, is suggestive:


"A short essay by Miss Kate Craven, OF
Newtown, was read, in response to the
question, "Can butter be packed to ad-
vantage in June or July for winter?" Miss
Craven was decidedly in favor of packing
butter in early summer, when the price is
usually SO low as to be improbable. If
properly put up then it can not be sur
passed. It must be fresh and good, or it
will not keep well. Her receipt is: for
twenty pounds of butter, take one and a
fourth pounds of salt, one ounce pulverized
saltpeter, and a small quantity of white
sugar, which should be worked into the
butter, and left over night. Next day work
again, make into Jumps, put into stone
vessel and cover with brine strong enough
to bear an egg. Lay bag filed with salt
in the vessel, and replenish when empty.
Do not remove the butter long before it is
needed. rtiE.t.ti - d
Year: 1873

COMING HoME.-ln our school days we
used to come home for our holiday; in
ripper years We come home when they arc
over. Yet it is, after all, u question
whether We do not enjoy the return to
the domestic roof as much in the later
case as we did in the former A great
part of the pleasure Of going away un.
doubtedly lies in the anticipation of get.
ting back again to our old haunts and
habits. We take our holidays as kind
of annual sherry and bitters, to give us
appetites for our ordinary modes of life !;
and perhaps there is no morning during
our absence so thoroughly welcome to US
as that Of the day on which we set out
for town once more. Everything at home
has acquired some fresh charm during our
absence The servants, though they do
not belong to particularly grateful race
and are glad to see US back again. The
old rooms that we were so heartily tired
Of before we left. have now charming
freshness about them and the little sane.
tum with its books, papers, and pipes,
seems paradise otter hotel coffee-rooms
and seaside libraries.
Year: 1873

The mistakes of my life are many,
Tho sins Of my life are more;
And / scarce can see for weeping


But l knock at the open door
am lowest Of those who love Him.
am weakest of those who pray;
But come as He has hidden,


And lie will not say me, Nay
My mistakes His love will cover


My sins lie will wash away,
And the feet that shrink and falter,
Shall walk through the gates of day.
If | turn not from His whisper,


If let not go His hand,
| shall see Him in His beauty
The King in the far-of land
The mistakes of my life are many,
And my soul is sick with sin;
And scarce can see for weeping.
But the Lord will let me in.
Year: 1873

A FEMININE ESTIMATE OF PRocEssIoNs
Sophia Sparkle, in one of her Sa: atooa lot
tiers to the New York Mail thus expresses her
womanly estimate of the street PROFESSIONS
of the ''lords of creation:


Long PROFESSIONS of valorous knights. of
soldier thirstiDg for cOnquests, though not
of the martial kind, bearing silken faes. and
preceded by the inevitable "brass band'' 90
up and down the street and strut their little
hour of grandeur, while wives and sweet
hearts look on admiringly.


To wear uniform or a commonplace suit
of everyday clothes deco ated with a strip OF
scarlet or blue cloth. with an intermingling of
gold and silver tinsel. and to parade before
the eyes of an assembled multitude appear to
give an infinite delight to the average mascu-
line.


Talk about womanly vanity or womanly
pride in feathers and fOunces.


AT least we poor deluded creatures of the
feminine persuasion never turn cut in pro-
cesslons arrayed in shabby finery, aud going
through the streets with a fiddle and "a drum
to summon the world to look OIL and applaud


And what pleasure these Superior minds'
of men can find in this incessant trampng
and marching alter, goodness knows what,
dressed up in silk aprons and wooden scarfs,
and with cock feathers in their hats, alto
gether passes our weak comprehension.


And il, in our encroaching march upon
mans peculiar sphere, we ever do fall into
the folly of going about the streets in process
sions, we will be sure to display some taste at
least in the matters of toilet. and not be
done up in an indiscri innate mixture of red,
white and blue, and orange and purple. ire
spective OF either taste or symbOlical mean
ing.
Year: 1873

A Rock Island physician has had his por
trait painted, and a local art critic declares
that ''you can feel saws and things rasping
over your bones, and taste calomel, blue mass
and quinine as you look at it,
Year: 1873

One of the branches of industry developed
In Baltimore, that demands no capital and no
special endowments. is the mat trade. The
way stock is obtained is to walk up to the
front door of dwelling, tcke mat, go home
and wash it, and then go back and sell it to
the former owner. The only unpleasantuess
In the way is that the police are so inquisi-
tive.
Year: 1873

MEMPHIs, Tenu., Oct. Is 1873


Near goydsvilie, Weakly county, Tennessee last
week eight or ten armed men went TO q citizen's
house and took negro girl out into the woods and
each outraged her. They did not attempt to dis
ruise themselves and carried their victim but Q
short distance from the house. The couple with
whom the ptr lived we're powerless to prevent
tha outrage and were compelled to listen to tho
sgonizng shrieks OF the helpless creature. Her
body was found soon after the degraded beasts
had left, most horribly mangled and life extinct.
t is stated that the facts were never reported to
the authorities, and the body was buried without
any legal examination. Efforts were made to hush
up the matter because OF the alleged respectabity
OF some OF the participants In the outrage.
Year: 1873

The resolution adopted recently by the
cotton factors, to sell for currency only was
not rigidly observed yesterday. The bust
ness of the week opened, therefore, on the
old basis. certified checks being taken in
payment. Currency ruled, however, at
about one and one-half premium, which
shows marked improvement over last week
Enough cotton. rice and gar are now COM
ing forward to amply relieve the market,
and we know of no good reason why there
should long be any material difference be-
tween bank checks and currency.


A down town tax collector was boasting
the other day that he had collected some
small amounts in silver for taxes, where
upon an up town confrere of his came on
Change yesterday brandishing bright gold
piece, as an evidence of the superior liberal
ity of his constituents. Both gentlemen are
reasonably calm under the exeiting circum-
ctap
Year: 1873

The suit commenced by Mr.. John Cock.
rem in the United States Court is one of the
most important that the commercial inter
ests of this city have yet had to do with.
1t will bring forward many points which as
yet are in doubt, and will be watched with
interest by both the commercial and legal
fraternity.


The Third District Court, or rather the
clerks office of that court, has obtained an
acquisition. The ever agreeable Baquie,
who is always on hand and always obliging,
has found that he attempted too much. To
relieve himself of overwork he has ap-
pointed Colonel r. B. Baquie his deputy,
and he will hereafter be found in the Office
and always up to the mark.