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Year: 1873

\ ROMANCE oY CANADA.--JuSt thirty
years ago this summer little child, three
years old, was playing on the stoop of its
fathers house in Quebec. The house was
in Richardson street, and in what are
known as st. R0ch suburbs. For some
reason the child's nurse was out of the way
for time, and no one kept watch on its
movements. When the family came to look
for the little one-a great iavoritc with all
it was gone Inquiries were instantly
made in every direction. but in vain.
Weeks, months, and years rolled away, and
the child was unheard Of At last the
family mourned their treasure as dead. One
morning last May gentleman went from
Quebec to Montreal, and being in the lat
ter city, stepped into a shop 10 buy hat,
This gentleman was friend of the family
who had lost the child, and whose name was
Richard. lie observed, on entering the shop,
that the keepers name was Richmond. This
trihing and partial coincidence would
have made no impression had he not direct
" after noticed surprising resemblance
between Richmond, the halter, and the
Richard family Of Quebec. Going home to
his lodgings, he wrote the adventure to his
mother, who lives in that town, and, after
posting the letter, felt strongly to return
and crOss-question Richmond touching his
origin. This was done, and to some sur
prise, for Richmond declared that he had
been reared from infancy by an Indian
woman, whom he had been taught to re-
gard as his mother She had always been
kind to him, but never until lying on her
death-bed, confessed the fact that she had
stolen him from his parents door when an
infant, had brought him into the forest
among her own red brethren, and raised
him for her own. His family name she
said she had forgotten, but gave that ol
Richmond as something likei it. After the
squaw 5 death the young man went to Quebec
and tried to find his people. But the
change of name, his own ignorance anC
simplicity, and the probable absence, at th'
time, OF his parents prevented his success
Aftsrward he made his way to Montreal
and got into the trade he was following
when discovered. The story was quickl,
conveyed to the Richard family, and tn
mother came to Montreal, where by Ger
tain birth marks, known to herself, she wa
able to corroborate the identity of her long
lost child. The process, being the opposit
of that employed with an equally mystic
sterious halter in 50 Box and Cox" is pro
nounced entirely satisfactory by the Cana
dian tpress, which is consequently in tn
enjoyment of sensation OF strictly HON
manufacture, combined with the rare meri
of strict veracity. If halter, with any
thing like lyric propriety, can be trans
formed into a tenor, we have hero tn
structure of an opera at least as good a
that of the " Bohemian Girl" and enter
prising native composers should hasten I
make use of 50 promising an indigcnOu
growth.
Year: 1873

Webster gives the following definition
of the word Mennonite: "One of a
small denomination Of Christians 80
called from Simon Memo, their founder
in Germany. They believe that the
New Testament is the only rule faith ;
that the terms Person and Trinity ought
not to be applied to Father Son and
Holy Spirit; that there is no original
sin; that infants should not be bap-
tized; and that Christians ought not to
take oath, hold office, or use physical
force"


A large number Of these people are
likely to settle in Dakota. Two weeks
ago they were for the second time ex-
ploring the country along the Sbeyenne
with a better prospect than before OF
settling. They had just returned from
Manitoba, and indicate their preference
for Dakota.
Year: 1873

A Scranton man who went home the other
evening, and found his house locked up, after
Infinite trouble managed to gain an entrance
through back window, and then discovered
ON the parlor table a note from his wife, read
ing: Il bave gone out; you win find the door
key on one side of the door STEP
Year: 1873

The most conscientious conductor Of whom
we have heard is employed upon the Cata-
wissa Railroad. The other day woman gave
birth to twins while upon the train, and the
conductor after doing all that he could to
make things comfortable for the parties, tried
to collect TIVE half-fares from the father of the
twins for the little passengers.
Year: 1873

The following letter from the Duke of Aosta to his father, the King of Italy, dated January, 1869, and now published in the Radical Ey Ioeparcial of Madrid, throws much light on the views enter tained by Don Amadeo, from first to last, during his sovereignty

 "Your Majesty: It was with extreme surprise that, for the first time and without any previous communication to me on the subject, heard from your Majesty that it was seriously in contem- plation to confer on me the crown of Spain. On my return to Genoa I have spoken of this to my wife. She is ready to follow me, wherever I may go; to share my lot, whatever it may be. To tell your Majesty how much love my country, and how much am willing to do for her, is needless; any sacrifice, even that of life itself, would seem light to me for her sake. But what is it that I am now asked to undertake? It is to rule the destinies of a country which is divided and torn to pieces bYa thousand would be arduous to any one would be had no experience in the difficult art of governing. The consequence would be that I should in fact not govern, but should have to submit to the dictates oi those who had called me to the throne. These reasons are strong enough to in. duce me, this very day, to place in the hands of your Majesty my formal re. fusal of the crown of Spain, begging your Majesty to transmit my decision to those whom it may concern.

 "Your Majesty's affectionate son,

 "AMADEo,"
Year: 1873

A youth named Verzeni was, lately sentenced by the Court of Assizes at Bergamo, Italy, to hard labor for life, for having strangled two women and attempted to strangle several more. He always strenuously denied having had any hand in these crimes. Some days ago, however, man employed to catch dogs straying about the town called on M. Dona, the President of the Court, and told him that young conntryman had come to him at one time, begging to be taught the knack of throwing the running moose over the dogs heads. At the end of two or three lessons this young man became so expert in the art that he never missed his aim. As the dog-catcher declared that he should recognize his former pupil if he had an opportunity of seeing him, the Presi- dent ordered the convict to be brought forward, with some of his companions

 The man instantly pointed out Verzeni as the young peasant who had learned to moose dogs so cleverly. This cor roboration of the evidence against a notorious criminal has produced great excitement in the town, but the culpri

 declares that the dog catcher dream

 he whole thing. a.-l1 a'
Year: 1873

actually locked into the house with ourselves!

 Imagining, it was supposed, that Ar thur would not return, and knowing that we had good deal of plate in the house, he had arranged to begin opera tions after all was quiet, and the first scream that had heard had been elic- tied from the unfortunate servants, at whose bedside he suddenly made his appearance.

 The miscreant had struck down the cook, while she attempted to escape, which, happily for herself, the other servant was too paralyzed to do. The scream had heard as I left the house must have been the last dying one of the poor cook, whom the murderer had pur- sued and overtaken before she could gain my door, which was, no doubt, the point 10 which she was flying for succor. Not moment too soon had I gone. An accomplice had been admitted by the front door, which was found wide open, my bedroom door shattered, but noth- ing touched, my flight having, doubt less, scared them. The tracks of their pursuing footsteps were discerned easily when the blessed morning light of Christmas Day shone. They had evi- dently gone in pursuit of me, but prob ably my safety was due greatly to the whiteness of my garments, which must have rendered my flying figure almost invisible against the snowy ground. The police were soon in quest, and ere many hours elapsed the retreat of the assassins was discovered.

 A desperate struggle ensued, and rec ognizing in one man an escaped and notorious convict, and in the conflict, feeling his own life was in danger, the constable fired on him, and the miser- able corpse was conveyed to the police station, where our servant identified it as the murderer of the cook and the as- sailant of herself. The wretched man had, with his companion and accom- plice, escaped only two days beforefrom prison, to which the latter was safely escorted back by a couple of policemen. The funeral of our poor servant took place few days afterwards, and the Bungalow was finally deserted by us. The other servantrecovered completely, and the policeman, who had been wounded by the convict rather severely, was reported convalescent before our departure.

 never saw the Bungalow again and very joyfully did I enter the steamer which conveyed us to dear old England. London Society.
Year: 1873

A girl of 12 years and boy of IA are about to be married in Galveston. The bridegroom must go to school one year yet, and the bride three years, under the Compulsory Education law of Texas.
Year: 1873

1t is curious to note by what slender
ties we sometimes bind our attachments,
and what comparatively small. matters
will endear home to us. And there
are but few rural homes destitute of the
means whereby such attractions may be
created. The meadow, now disfgured
by mud-hole where the shallow creek
widens and the cows repair in fly time
to cool their feet and dash the muddy
water over their fanks, might, by q
little labor, be ornamented with a pond +;
dam, built at the cost of few days.
work, might be made to overflow the
shallow spot, and pool. bordered with
fresh green turf and shady willows, would
add beauty and utility to the field and the
farm, and next summer there would be
ice In the dairy, and ice.creams for the
children, things almost unknown to farm
houses now, where, if anywhere they
should be indigenous or the great rock on
the hillside, now bare and devoid of every
thing but ugliness, if planted around by a
few chestnut trees and furnished with
rustic benches, would be chosen resort
for children. 1t is such simple things
as these that make home, not merely
the place where we work, and eat,
and sleep, but where the happiest
moments of our lives are spent, and
where our inner hearts live and find their
growth. II is around such things our as
sociations gather and the memories of them
are held sacred. An untutored spring,
wandering dark and dank through bed Of
tangled, noisome weeds, is the opposite of
lovely; but gathered into channel and
made to trickle musically from one moss
clad rock to another, and to give life to a
bed of forget-me-nots, or a few nests of
sweet violets, and coolness to a shaded re-
treat covered with vines or honeysuckles,
where an hour of rest may be passed in
pleasant musings, is spot to be
loved and remembered. A home so
furnished will not willingly be aban-
doned, and will be left--when
the inevitable time for parting comes
with regret, and with unquenchable de-
sire to return and renew old and pleasing
associations. And where such love of
the beautiful prevails it is likely to pervade
all the business of the farm. Fepce-rows
will be cleared of noxious weeds, dead
trees or leafess branches will not cumber
the orchard, barn-yards will not reek with
filth, barns and sheds will not exhibit great
gaps through which the wintry wind, with
keen tooth, may bite the shrinking, shiver-
ing stock !; but the general love of order will
show itself in thrift and comfort, and on
such a farm at least there will be no ques-
tion but that farming pays.-Ne,o York
Tribune.
Year: 1873

MIR. DENEALE did sweep Rockingham for the
legislature two years ago, but he did 1t on the
reputation platform, platform which we
hardly suppose a Republican convention will
endorse, when it is remembered that a consider
able portion of the debt proposed to be repuda.
ted ,oas contracted during the nafsgorernnent Q,
tie state By the military and radical ddnltniStrd
tions-Lynchburg Republican. .s.


The Lynchburg Republican has several
chronic infrmities, but that of implicitly
telling the truth is not one of them.
The statement that any "consider-
able portion of the debt" of Virginia, or
any portion of it whatever, was contracted
by the Republican party, either during its
military or civil government in the state, is
one made out of whole cloth, and extreme
ly "shoddy" at that. We would like to
see the first figure in the schedule. and
challenge The Republican to point it out.
1t is an item we have not
heard of before, and doubt if any
other financial genius in the state has de-
tected it.


As to The Republicans filings about the
" Old Rockingham Senator" we have
nothing to say, only we would like to see
how "Old Georgen would skin him alive,
if he was to make one of his rousers"
in or about Lynchburg.
Year: 1873

-Ex-Governor Jewell is being feasted
and farewelled in a way that must be ex-
tremely dangerous to his digestion. 1t all
comes from having great many friends.
A day or two ago he was allured up into
New Hampshire. to be dined by the people
of his native town Friday he went through
the same in New Haven next week his
former staff take him in hand and what
else remains in store for him has not yet
been publicly told. ra.
Year: 1873

FELONIOUs AssAULT.-James r.
Rider, charged with feloniously assaulting
and cutting Morris Landers with an ice
pick on the Fourth, was brought before
Police Justice White this morning. Owing
to the absence of the wounded man, the
case was continued until Monday. Bail
was allowed the accused in the sum of
81 000
Year: 1873

Henry Ward Beecher's paper, the
Christian Union, has manly article on
the duty, no less than the right, to
"bolt." 1t shows that bolt was the
foundation of every reform the world
has known. Nothing save organization
is SO venerable or respectable as bolt.
ing. History, both sacred and profane,
teens with the recital of it. Noah was
bolter from the unanimous beliefs OF
his time. Much faith and courage he
needed, too, to Withstand official scorn,
popular ridicule, the sneer of good So
ciety, and the cold shoulder of the
fashionable world. which thought his
airs of superior virtue the merest con-
ceit. The majority in Sodom wholly
disagreed with Lot. More than once
Moses was in a minority of one, the
whole people being united in the opinion
that he was stiff necked fellow who
might better 60 with the party. Every
one of the early Christians was bolter.
The Christian Church itself, not to speak
it profanely, was bolt from the Judaic
synagogue. That of Constantine was a
bolt from the Pagan established faith.
The Reformation bolted the Romish
platform and candidates. The Puritan
revival bolted the regular organization
of the English Church. The Declara-
ton of Independence was the most dar-
ing and apparently hopeless bolt of
modern times. Washington, Franklin,
and all their fellow-rebels simply as
serted the right of private judgment in
politics as opposed to an inherited ira
dition of loyalty to sacred majesty.
Garrison and Phillips asserted the right
of private judgment as opposed to an
inherited tradition of loyalty to sacred
Constitution. The feeble bolt of dozen
eccentrics forty years ago is become the
enormous Republican organization of
to-day. In the nature of things, a sue
cessful party becomes in time corrupt
party. For every soldier of fortune is
bound to train under the victorious
banner, while honest men will not use
that vigilance which alone can keep these
bummers from electing themselves Off
GERS, that they may divide the spoils.
There comes q day, therefore, when
those same honest men, having refused
to bolt nomination or scratch ticket,
are sorrowfully forced to bolt the party
instead. But when that day has really
dawned is a question which must be
referred to private Judgment.
Year: 1873

WHY is ladder like prize-fght?
Because it is made up of rounds.


AN Ohio editor publishes marriages
under the head of Attachment No
tices."


THAT the coming winter will be one of
severe cold is indicated by the thinness
of hair on new blacking brushes.


WHILE witnessing game of base ball
out West boy was struck on the back
of his head, the bawl coming out of his
mouth.


THERE was room with eight corners.
In each corner sat a cat; before each cat
sat seven other cats !; and on each cats
tail sat cat How many cats in all I?


THE man who has nothing to boast
of but his illustrious ancestry is like a
potato-the only good belonging to him
is underground. Sir Thomas OUerbu1y.
A MERCHANT who has Sunday school
class asked, "What is solitude ?' and
was visibly disturbed when miserable
boy answered, "The store that don't
advertise"


A MAN out West brags that all tho
furniture and flooring of his house is
made of live oak, but his wife who does
the hard work of the house, says it's
nothing but scrub oak.


THE fall" season begins when til
sidewalks are covered with ice. 1t has
been known to set in, however, in orange
and banana time. The "spring" season
comes when the streets are sloppy and
muddy.


A DANBuRY boy bought and took
home n copy of story paper. His
father took it from him and burned it.
He said that the contents were nothing
but lies, and that the influence of such
journal was extremely pernicious.
Then he put his hands in his pockets
where were potato and horse chest
nut, preventatives of rheumatism, and
went down street. Danb,try Ncacs.
Ii you are told to do thing,
| And mean to do it really,
Never let it be by halves,


Do it fully. freely
Do not make poor excuse
| Waiting, weak, unsteady;
All obedience worth the name
Must be prompt and ready.
When father calls, though pleasant be
The play you pursuing
| Do not say, "Ill come when
| Have finished what Pm doing"
Year: 1873

Lone Pine is a town in California. 1t
can't be much of a town, but appears to
be too big to be run by one man.
George Watson had to leave it months
ago on account of some numbering he
had done there. He made tour of the
mines under another name and came
back to Lone Pine with a reinforced
opinion of his ability to stay there,
and some money in his pockets-the
fruit of his wandering and thieving
operations among the miners. He was
in the habit of killing Or robbing man
whenever he took fancy to such
amusement, and, having been quite sue
cessful in these enterprises, he came
back to Lone Pine with his arms and
ammunition, and announced his inten-
ton to "run" the town. His first act
of government was to beat and nearly
kill an inofiensivc English-speaking In
dian, because he was an Indian. The
same evening, pistol in hand. he turned
all the occupants out of saloon, and,
standing in the door, announced that he
was able to whip any man in the crowd,
and that if some one did not take him
up and fight him instantly, he would be
under the necessity of shooting some
body. Just then he got gun-shot
through the heart, and the Coroner was
unable to find out who did it. That
is the way George Watson run" Lone
Year: 1873

Old Ginguzzle was the terror of the
junior bar. Any of us would as lief
have faced the master we believed him
to serve, as encounter cold Gin, as
we called him, in the trial of a case.


There wasn't quibble he wasn't up
to, nor a trick he wouldn't stoop to.
Then his manner of treating youthful
opponent-supercilious is no name for
tit was like administering a spanking
in open court. 1t was no use appealing
to the Judge. Old Gin bullied him as
much as he did the lest of us. 1t was
only the jury he took pains to be polite
to, and how he did bamboozle them


Old Gin rode the circuit; and the
deuce of it was, you could never tell
when he would be rung in on you.
Your case might be called for trial !; you
might rise to open, counting on square
fight with one for whom you felt your
self fully a match, when, at the last
moment, Old Gin, just retained on the
other side, would haul up his chair,
and begin to stare you out of counte-
nance.


had pet case-it was suit for
slander-and Pope Fallowbrain. not a
legal giant, but the youthful author of
much unpublished poetry, was en-
ployed to conduct the defense. l was
confident of brilliant victory--if only
Old Gin kept his fingers ont of the pie.
thought htonce ofsecuring him on my side
but 1 knew he would take all the credit
to himself, and 1 had no wish to be
shorn of my laurels.


When my case was reached, much to
my relief, Old Gin was not on hand. it
was early in the term, and residing in
another county, he had not made his APP
pearance yet.


1 announced myself ready but, much
to my disgust, Mr.. Fallowbrain asked
for days postponement. His client
he said, had lately employed Mr.. Gin
guzzle, who was expected that evening
and the defense would be ready to go OF
tomorrow.


Iprotested against the delay, and in
sisted that the unexplained absence o
one counsel, when another was presen
especially one as competent as N,
learned friend--was no ground for al
journing trial. -. he


The judge knew L was Ei"{iin to say



was too much afrai'a rumpus the old
so. lie km raise when he came, if the
fe4'was forced on in his absence. The
trial, accordingly, was set down for the
following day, then to go on peremp-
torily.


L left the courtroom much chagrined.
l think l. could have heard with COM
posure of an accident to the train Old
Gin was coming on, il nothing worse
had happened than breaking the old
sinners neck.


Tt was in this frame of mind that !
met my friend Sam. Pokefun, the best
fellow at the bar, only a little too much
inclined to practically joke.


Iexplained the situation to Sam.


III Old Gin could be put out of the
way for day, it would be all right,
would it 2" he asked.


"Of course it would" I answered.
"Thejudge knows the case should have
gone on to-day, and has ordered it to
proceed tomorrow peremptorily."


81 have an idea," said Sam and he
Year: 1873

We have already called attention to
the fact that the supply of grain fur
nished by Russia and the United States
is no more than is sufficient for the ne
cessities of home consumption and to
meet the demand of the English and
European markets. 1t is now known
that the Russian grain crop has this
year been an almost total failure. Iu-
deed, it is asserted that, SO far from
being ableto export grain, Russia ill =
this year find it necessary to import it
in large quantities. The civilized world
will, therefore, be dependent for its ce-
reals almost entirely upon this country.
Year: 1873

A DANBURY man who heard that
Minnesota man had become insane from
the use of tobacco, swore off from the
practice, but on learning that several
thousand people were insane who had
not used the weed, returned to the habit
with alacrity. Dan6ury Ne,0s.
Year: 1873

Many fatal case of dysentery is
caused by the want of woolen under
shirt, or an extra blanket at night. The
sudden changes of temperature which
occur at this season of the year arc very
trying to the constitution. People with
weak lungs quickly feel the effects of
them. Frequently the thermometer falls
many degrees within few hours. Not
only the feeble, but robust and strong
persons. suffer from such great variations
of temperature. When the weather
grows cold rapidly, the pores of the skin
are esuddenly closed, and the result is fire.
quently bad cold, which may hold on
all winter and terminate in consumption
OF fatal attack of dysentery, or that
dreadful disease, typhoid fever.


There are many ready-made coffins at
the cabinet shops and undertakers-
little, short, tiny coffins-which are
going to be filled up soon by children
some of them as sweet and beautiful as
anybody's, as your own; and just think
of it, these children might be left in
their bright homes if only warm shoes
and stockings which keep little feet dry,
and warm clothes and woolen blankets
were more plenty.