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Year: 1875

fExtract from another editorial in same


King is q clear case of mysterious
disappearance" His friends are ap-
prehensive Of foul play" and mean
while are making sad work Of explain
ing how he came by that sll5.0OO.
There is little hope, therefore, that dis
grace or contrition will induce King
and Schumaker to tel, what they did
with all the money intrusted to them
hut no sane man will believe thut such
enormous sums were paid to these per-
sons simply for their individual exer-
tions.
Year: 1875

Give boy market basket of groceries to carry home and he will swing 1t across his spine. bend half way to the ground and groaD with agony, but give him that weight of base ball bats and he will skip along as merry as a pOtatOe bug in ten acre lot.
Year: 1875

An Act for the Protection of Fish. Be it enacted by the Senate ana House of Representa-

 tives in General Assembly convened:

 Every person who shah draw or be concerned in drawing any seine net for the purpose of taking fish in Bantam lake, or Mt. Tom pond, or in any ot the lakes ponds of the town of Easburyor in Long Meadow pond in the town of Bethlehem in Litchfied county. in the waters of Cherry pond in the towns of Avon and Canton, in Hartford county, who shall take fish from any of the above mentioned lakes ponds waters in any other manner than by hook and hne shall forfeit and pay for each and every such offence fine of not less than three than fifty dol ars oneha to the treasury of the town in which offence is committed and one-haf to the person who shall prosecute the same to effect; or by mprison. ment the county jail for term not exceeding thir ty days. or by such fine and imprisonment boh at the discretion of the court having eognizanoe of tas o fence.
Year: 1875



 An Act relating to the Consolidation of School Dis

 tricts.

 Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representa

 tyes in General Assembly convened:

 SEC l. No town shall vote to abolish all the school districts and parts of school districts within it's fits and assume and maintain control of the public schools therein, except said vote be taken by baot and at the annual town meeting of said town, upon notice thereof given in the warning of said meeting.

 SEC. 2. Whenever such vote shall be taken in any town the selectmen shall provide ballot box for that purpose, marked Generalization of DistrictsD and those favOrng such consolidation shall deposit in said box ballot with the word s'Xes" written or printed thereon, and those opposing such consolidation shall deposit therein ballot with the word NO" written or printed thereon. And in towns divided into wards or voting districts for annual town meetngr such bal- tot box shall be provided at each such wards or vo- ing districts and the ballots shall be examined ed counted and declared in the manner provided by existing laws.

 SEC. 5. Whenever . school district is formed from parts of two towns either of such towns shall have power to divide such dstr1ct by anrexng that part of such district lying in said town to any othsr adjoining district therein pTOuidd that the remain der of said district divided shall not contain less than forty persons between four and sixteen years ef
Year: 1875

ONE Christmas Eve, few years ago, lit- tie girl wandered from store to store trying to sell a picture, and on the sale of that pic ture depended her mothers and her own dinner. But people were busy closing up their affairs for the evening and had DO time to observe the lean, imploring face of the poor child, who timidly aud implorinSly en- deavored to draw attention to the painting, which was of such vast interest to her. At last footsore and desparing, before giving up her venture as lost, she passed ilto the Bank of California. Mir. Ralston saw her, kindly asked her errand, inquired about her sick mother, and then put his hand in his pocket and gave her sum ample enough not only for food and fire, but also to defray many ot the obligations that pressed upon the family: Nor did his charity end here. He procured them employment and that family is now in comfortable circumstances, but never will forget the saving hand that was extended to them on that Christmas Eve. How many we'll authenticated anecdotes of benevolence of that most charitable of men are in the mouths of those who never felt his worth until he was lost to them forever.-lOakland Tribune.
Year: 1875

You may sing of your dog, your bottom dog Or of any dog that you please; I 20 for the dog, lhe nice old dog,

 That knowingly takes bis ease, And wacging his tail outside the ring,

 Keeujng al ways HIS bone in sight, Cares not apin in his sound old head,

 For either dog in the nght, Not his is the bone they are fighting for,

 And why should my dog sail Tn, With nothing 10 gain but certain chance To lose his own precious skin. There may be a few perhaps who iaii

 To see it quite in this light; But when the fur flies had rather DC

 The outside dog in the tSht- know there are dogs-iDjudicious doSs- That think it is quite the thlDS To take the part of one of the dogs,

 And go yelping into the ring. But care not pin what all may say

 In regard to the wrong or the nght' Nv money goes, as we'll as my song,

 For the dog that keeps out of the nSh'.
Year: 1875

THE NEW ORpIHAECE CONCERNING THE r IRE


DBpARTAgST.-TDe Committee on the Flfe


De partment met yesterday afternoon, ana


resolved 10 call up from the table at the


meeting of the Council on Monday afternoon


the proposed ordinance making some impor-


taut changes in the Fire Department. 1t


will be rememb bered that the ordinance has


been printed and discussed in the Council,


and was laid on the table before the summer


res ess Tor future consideration.


The first section provides that all the


dntes and powers imposed upon the depart


ment or any officer shall be under the super


vision of the Committee on the Fire Depart


ment. The engines, englne-houseS. appa-


ratus, and other property connected with


the department shall also be under tne


supervision and control Of the Committee


on the Fire Department.


Section OF the ordinances provides that


the department. shall consist of chief en-.


rineer and two assistant chief engineers one
commander and eight fremen to each COM
pany, one englne.man, one helper, and one
bostler 10 each steam tire-engine, and one
hosrler and one tiller. man TO each bookand-
ladder truck. The Chief engineer shall be
appointed by the City Council biennialIy in
the month OF July. This section reduces
the number Of men, provides for the ap-
pointment Of two assistants TO the chief en-
gineer. who will consult and advise with
him when necessary. One of these officers
Will reside in one end of the city and the
other in the other end. By the reduction
three men Will be kept in the engine-house
all the time and relieved regularly.


The committee is empowered by the third
section of the ordinance to appoint two as


s,stant chief engineers and one commander
for each company.
In the sixth section it is provided that the
chief engineer, under the control OF the
committee, shall assign commander and
eight men to each company, and assign each
company TO duty at one OF the engine-houses
provided by the Council. He shall supply
each company with the necessary engine,
hose, aud apparatus. and see that they are
kept in proper repair, prescribe uniform
for officers and men, and make Gll needtu
rules and regulations for the government OF
the department, and establish system OF
fire alarms to be observed by all members
of the police corps.


Souc steps will probably be taken on
Monday afternoon looking to the equipment


of the new company.
Year: 1875

Mir. Henry A. Lucas, whose death took place May 18th, was one whose loss will be deeply felt, not only by the large circle of relatives and friends, but by the entire community. For the past six or eight years, when sleeping, he has been compel led to lie on his right side only, ting to some difficulty in the left which he could not account for. For little more than two years he had been troubled with a darting pain in his left side, immediately followed by dizziness or faintness but he had not consulted physician until nearly the middle of January-when he went to see Dr. North, who at first styled his dis ease enlargement of the heart. Since that time he has been gradually failing, as none knew better than himself. Ever with cheerful, happy disposition, with a clear mind and looking on the bright side. he continued to the last. Scarcely day passed that he did not allude to some thing that would need to be done during the summer or fall, always prefacing 1t with, ''If am here" Although he could get around with difficulty, he went out of doors nearly every day, as he felt better when 1n the air and sunshine. His chief pleasure was in caring for the sick, and his own time seemed to him of no conse- quence if he could in any way minister to their wants.

 May his widow, while recalling h1s re- peated efforts to comfort her, be able to turn her thoughts to Him who has prom ised to be the widows God, and find com fort. A.
Year: 1875

One of the most important bills before our legislature was reported by the judi ciary committee last week. It provides that ''money loaned on interest with an agreement that the borrower shall pay the taxes thereon and secured by mortgage of real estate in this state, to an amount equal to the assessed value of the land m )rtgaged as valued and set in the assess ment list of the town where it is situated, shall be exempt from taxation; and the excess of any such loan over such valua- tion shall be assessed and taxed in the town where the lender resides in the same manner as other money on interest. and all taxes levied on the land SO mortgaged shall be and remain lien on said land until paid and shall have priority of the lien created by said mortgage"

 The object of this law is no doubt to correct irregularities of existing practice, and may be well enough, although it would be rather troublesome in its prac. tical. workings, we judge. The last feature. however, does not strike us favorably and might occasion great hardship to mort gagees. In the first place it would prefer a subsequent lien for taxes, to a prior one on ordinary loan. Moreover. it would vary the usual rule which very properly throws the burden of taxes on the person in possession. The mortgagor might of ten, also, allow taxes to accumulate, with out the knowledge of the mortgagee. and, as they draw 12 per cent. interest, such a lien might very seriously lessen the secu. rity.
Year: 1875

FAIRBANKS ScALEs.-It is some satis- faction to know that notwithstanding the depression of business throughout the country, the principal industry in this place keeps up. Forty eight fulI car loads of scales were shipped from the factory in the month of May. The production of scales for the first five months of the pres ent year was over 300 more than for the corresponding time in 1874-St. .7ohns- bury CaledoniGn.
Year: 1875

The British Arctic Expedition is under way for the Pole. It is admirably equip ped and will no doubt escape many of the hardships which the want of proper outfit accustomed Kane, Hall. and other Ameri- can explorers.
Year: 1875

We should imagine that the terrible
death of Douglas and Moshcr at Bay
Ridge, Long Island, and the grisly sight
of their bodies lying i'll the Brooklyn
Morgue, would have u depressing effect
upon the gentlemen who belong to the
burglarious profession. Most undoubted-
ly i'll east-side saloons, and especially in
the bucket shops along the river front,
the circumstance has been discussed, ana
bar-rooms held entranced by the recital
of the dead heroes daring deed But
sudden stoppage of n career of crime as
theirs was stopped, is apt to rub the
tinsel off the idea, if it ever existed. And
there is no doubt that tawdry fascna-
ton Is excited over certain class of
people by the stories of felony written
with such rose-colored ink by Mr.. Aims
worth and others of his ilk. Only the
other day the police of Philadelphia
made descent upon cellar in which
were dozen or fifteen lads, constituting
Juvenile gang of thieves, each of whom
had been originally led astray by the III
huence OF the yellow covered romances
of crime. Perhaps Mosher and Douglas
began i'll this manner. However they
began, and however they have lived, it is
certain that they have given i'll their
death the most terrible emphasis to that
rather trite heading for a copy book,


I" Honesty is the best policy"
Year: 1875

The famous letter of the late Geo. d.
Prentice on dueling, and written in re-
sponse to q challenge he had received, is
how republished. In his letter the vet
eran editor said


Presuming that your notes are writ
ten to me with view to duel, may as
well say here that have not the least
thought of accepting a challenge from
you. 1 consider my structures upon your
writings entirely legitimate, and, at any
rate, the disclaimer that I have made
ought to satisfy you.


81 came here from distant State be-
cause many believed 1 could do some
thing to promote great and important
enterprise and as have reason to think
that my labors are not altogether in vain,
do not intend to let myself be diverted
from them. There are some persons, and
many, to whom my life is valuable and
however little or much value I may at
tach to it on my own account, do not
see tit ut present to put it up voluntarily
against yours.


"You may, for aught know, be man
of reputable standing, and disclaim any
refusal to meet you on the ground of
your not being gentleman but you are
not of the order of men whom 1 should
choose to fight, if fought at all. If you
were to kill me, you would kill a man
who is the support and stay of his family,
and who is extensively regarded as one
of the stays and supports of his party,
and as the possessor of some influence In
the affairs of the country ; but presume
that it is of no great consequence to any,
except your Immediate personal friends,
whether you die or live.


"I am no believer iIrthe dueling code.
1 would not call man to the field unless
he had done me such deadly wrong
that desired to kill him and I would
not obey his call to the field unless I had
done him 80 mortal an injury as to entitle
him, i'll my opinion, to demand an OPP
portunity OF taking my life. have not
the least desire to kill you or to harm
hair of your head, and I am not conscious
of having done anything to entitle you
to kill me. 1 do not want your blood
upon my hands, and do not want my
own upon anybody's. I might yield
much to the demands of a strong public
sentiment but there is NO public senti-
ment that either requires me to meet you
or would justify me in doing 80.


81 look upon the miserable code that
Is said to require two men to go out and
shoot at each other forswhat one of them
may consider violation of etiquette or
punctillio in the use of language with
scorn equal to that which is getting to be
felt by the whole civilized world of man.
kind. I am not afraid to express such
views in the enlightened capital of Ar
kansas or anywhere else. I am not SO
cowardly as to stand in dread of any i'm
putation ON my courage. have always
had courage enough to defend my honor
and myself, and presume always shall
have. Yours most, ETC.,


GEORGE ID. PRENTICE"
Year: 1875

An uncle of Michael Hogan, of West
Troy, n. Y, died recently in Pennsvl-
vania, leaving coal lands valuedat So, ,000,-
900, to portion of which Michael is
heir. Forty years ngo Michael Hogan,
then twenty-one years of age, and an
uncle, the only survivors of a once nu-
merous family, come to this country and
adopted it as their own. Michael, a
hard working, industrious young man,
finally took up his residence in West
Troy. The uncle went to Pottsville,
Pennsylvania, or that vicinity, and after
laboring number of years, purchased
with his earnings large tract of land
Michael also saved money, and in the
course OF time laid by enough to start
himself in the grocery business, in which
it can be truthfully said he has prosperetl.
The venture of his uncle turned out to
be n most profitable one. The lands
purchased by him were found to contain
abundance of coal !; and by judicious
management he gradually increased his
earthly store until at the time of his
death, which occurred short time ago,
he was worth about $5,00O,000. Michael
received information from m attorney
that his uncle, with whom he had not
communicated for sixteen years, had
died, and that he was his only surviving
heir. Michael was not Mt all elated Mt
this announcement, and appeared rather
sorry in fact that such good fortune had
come to him, says the Troy Times. He
was getting old, he said, and would not
want so much money; besides he had
enough for himself, wife and daughter,
and the possession of the immense
amount mentioned above would only
bring trouble anu disgrace upon his
family eventually, as young people nova
days did not know how to spend money
AS we have stated, Michael is sober,
industrious man, and is every way worthy
of his fortune, which he intends to claim
Immediately. If he is sorry about this
little matter, he can turn it over to us
and we'll cheerfully bear the burden for
him
Year: 1875

The old story of room with a number
OF windows, one of which disappeared
every day, and the room gradually con-
tracted until it crushed its occupant to
to death, evidently haunted the brain of
despairing Partisan jeweler who re-
Gently committed suicide. The unlucky
Frenchman, inconsolable for the loss of
his better-half, became subject to spe-
cies of somnambulism. He was accus-
toned to wear gold necklet, one of his
late wife's favorite ornaments, and he
used to say to his friends that the neck
let daily grew smaller, and that his wife
was thus painlessly killing him, much to
his Joy. The fact was that the somnam-
bulist rose every night and went in his
sleep down to his instruments, knocked
off the link of a necklet, and put on the
fastening again. Next morning he found
the collar smaller, and, having no recol-
lection of what he had done, attribut I'd
the event to supernatural influence.
This continued for some time, when the
necklet grew so small that, in fastening
it on, the hapless widower literally gar
roted himself to death.
Year: 1875

ENGLISH SCHOOL LAVA compulsory
education law, similar to that which is
now in operation in New York State, is
enforced in England. There is now a
novel difficulty in London in the way of
exacting compliance with its provisions
The holiday pantomimes and spectacles of
theaters employ hundreds of children,
and the pay is six shillings a week. As
the fine for parents who do not send
their children to school is usually but n
shilling, they pay it when brought into
court, as they are about once week, and
keep on breaking the law. Higher penal
ties are proposed.
Year: 1875

Tho love that will soonest decay,
The love that is surest to die,
The love that will soon fly away,


IL the love
That is told by sigh.
The love that is srrest to last,
The love that a woman's heart needs,
The love that will be kept last,


Is the love
That liz spoken in deeds.
Year: 1875

York, March l3, 1875.


DEAR ApvERTIsER-Either your
devil OF | have been slightly mud
died, at least one would think so
from nay last letter; or probably he is
like The old darkey, when the railroad
proposition was talked of, exclsimed
in dismay-"why, bless your soul, It
would cost morn = thousand dollar
to make that road through this coun-
ty.' Our bonds are ninety-four thou
sand dollars; our election came of
the 21th February, Gnstead of major
ity). Our majority for bonds was
about two hundred and fifty. The
contract for grading is already let;
the road to be finished by the first Of
July--running from Seward to York.
Our b. & NJ. land agent told me he
had sold more town lots in York in
one week after the bonds were voted
than he had sold the whole year be-
fore, and building is going on rapidly.
ArborvIlle is also going ahead with
few new buildings. VIII Fairchild
is to have his store-room enlarged,
his building is too small for the rush
ing business he is doing. Captain
Pound is with US at present, and
thinks he will have to pull his coat
and 60 to farming,as he has four hun
dred and eighty acres Of breaking,
10 be put into wheat, oats, barley,
flax and corn. If the Captain don't
draw his coat aud farm it himself l
fear some of it will lie idle, as there
are hundreds OF acres will have to 60
unculrivatcd for the want Of seed.


The capital question is dropped for
the present, and Lincoln can rest
easy for another year. We have had
week of very fine weather, which
brightens up our long faces and our
blue spirits. Some of our farmers
have already commenced to SOW. and
with such weather as we now have
everybody will be at work putting in
their crops: but work will go slow,
teams are all poor and weak-some
of our horses necks are as long as the
moral law.


We had quite an exciting time in
York few DAYS ago; one of Uncle
Sans Lieutenants came into York
and sent word through the county
that all that wanted seed wheat must
be in town the next day, everybody
went, great and small -men would
walk up to the bar that already had
two to three hundred bushels Of
wheat, and put in for more, and say
this is Uncle Sans and ] have as
good right as any one. 1t would
have taken more wheat to have sup
piled York county with seed, the
way every man put in for it, than
the whole State will get ; or more
bushels of wheat than there was
grasshoppers to eat it up last fall
The officer stayed three days and had
a crowded house all the time. Ex-
psct the amount of seed to the man
will be about half bushel.


Since writing the above the wind
has turned itself around the corner
and is giving us hard old northwes-
ter, mixed up with little snow and
Il good deal of freeze.


Yours Truly,


l,uS I PIT
Year: 1875

He left load of anthracite
In front OF poor woman's door,
When The deep snow, frozen and white
Wrapped street and square, mountain
and moor.


That was his deed;


He did it well;


"What was his creeds"


cannot tell.
Blessed Gin his basket and his store"
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.
He took the lead


In each good task.


"What was his creedr


did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft, white and silent in its fall;
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shivering trees the leaves; a pal
For flowers and weed,


Dropping below.


what was his crcedg'


The poor may know.
He had great faith In loaves Of broad
For hungry people young and old,
And hope inspired, kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the cold;
For We must feed


Az we'll as pray.


"What was his crced"


Icannot say.
In words he did not put his trust,
His faith in words he never writ;
He loved to share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed II.
In time of need


A friend was he.


"What was his creeds"


He told not me.
He put his trust in heaven, ard he
Worked well with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Let us take heed,


For life Is brief.


What was his creedg'


What his belefs"