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Year: 1873

The chase after happiness, or the
pleasure which we dignity by calling it
happiness, is generally supposed to be
the common occupation of all the world.
But this is by no means the case. There
are people too apathetic to care about
happiness at all. Some there are who
pursue it in an inverted form, they find
pleasure in being unhappy, and happi-
ness in making themselves and all
around them miserable; while others do
really prefer tragedy to comedy, and, if
they can get it in 40 other way, they
will create tragedy or the illusion of it
in private life. There are few actors,
either good or bad, who have not at
some time believed that their role was
tragedy; and it is thus with these every
day actors on the worlds broad stage.
There is a certain dignity in the claim.
The tragedies of Euripides rank higher
than the comfortable sayings of Horace.
81 also have suffered, " they proudly say.
''In sorrow only I seek for consolation. ,"
Clearly, there are as many ways of be-
ing or doing the one thing as there are
of being or doing the other. To culti-
vate habits of ready forgiveness, of
earnest and persistent cheerfulness
about small things, of looking on the
bright side, carries man long way in
one direction. To such, however, as
choose the oppisite path we volunteer
some welI-intentioned advice. Those
who find their pleasure, or, if that be
too strong a word, their satisfac-
ton, in developing unhappiness in
and for themselves and others must
bring their task as much care and
concentration of purpose as if the OBJ
ject were not only good and wise in it
self, but in the nature of things abso-
Iutely necessary and the means to this
end should be the subject of serious
reflection. A well-sustained arti-
fetal physiognOmy or demeanOr of any
kind often turns counterfeit into reality.
If a man fixes his face for good temper,
he almost compeIs himself to be good
tempered whereas by assuming Perpet-
ually a peevish expression, a peevish
temper is engendered. But this is a
work of time. OF course, the better
and more thorough method is to Gre
ate in your own breast the sentiment
you desire to manifest. And this with
practice becomes n matter of the utmost
facility, laying down a line beforehand,
so that in representing un appiness you
may not appear in the character of des-
pair.-PaU AIaU Gazette.
Year: 1873

The pencil marks you see around this
paragraph Cthus) mean that your sub
scriptior is out or unpaid, and that
you are requested to pay up at once.
We would take great pleasure in extend
ing credit to our friends and patrons.
but cash alone viii pay expenses, and
we are forced to adhere to a strict cash
rule. We hope you viii comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such a
course, and renew your subscription
without delay. We solicit your favor


e We enter no new names on our
books without the money in advarce.
Year: 1873

The Cimmaron (New Mexicoy News
records the following remarkable in
stance Of vitality a bit Of scientific
revolver practice took place at a fandango
at Elizabethtown the night Of the 4th,
Of which the following are the particu-
lars in brief Theodore Brown got into
q quarrel with a Ute creek miner, and
read him two chapters from Colt, with
out effect, however, the Z. c. man not
being in a receptive condition, or Brown
not being pointed enough in hls remarks.
During the discussion the banjO-playcr
at the fandango interf red, and threw
Theodore across the hall. Shortly after
this Brown marched up to the banjo
picker, who, we believe, was talking with
another man, and blazed away at hlm
with navy revolver, at a distance Of "a
few inches, the powder burning the face
of the banjo man (whose name we could
not Iearn.) and the ball entering the
middle of his forehead, Just above the
bridge Of the nose, passing within the
sb1U The man retained his conscious
ness and did not seem 10 suffer much
main. The next day he was visited by
DIR. LongwilI, who Probed the wound to
the depth of about three inches, but
couId not find the bullet. The patient
is still doing well, and two or three days
ago he got up and walked down street
and bought him n new hat. It is Ger
tainly an extraordinary case, for the
wound is one which would prove instant
ly fatal in ninety-nine cases out OF a
hundred.
Year: 1873

He wrote to his good doctor in about
fOrtnight's time, to tell him that he
had taken both his prescriptions, and
was married man aud intended to
bring his bride home about Christmas.
Year: 1873

Theoretically we eagerly subscribe to
the belief that "there's no place like
home ;" practicaIlywe often stultify our
selves by making home so far from agree
able that the beautiful song is true to
our experience in an opposite way from
the one the poet meant. The great trou-
BILE in three homes out of five is that
they are inelastic: there is no room left
in their economy forindividual freedom.


The same unbending rule is made to ap-
whom are precisely alike, and who may
be so differently constituted that what
to one is no trouble is to another a ty-
ranny. For instance, in a fit of virtue
such as comes to most morals now and


then, the heads of a house Ordain that


breakfast shall be an hour earlier than
usual. Ali right, if they would consent
to take it themselves and leave the rest
to do as they please. But early rising,


with all due respect to it, is of the Phar-
isees, PharisaicaI, and its votaries sell
dom fail to sound a trumpet before them,
which not only proclaims their ownmer-
its but effectualIy puts an end to sleep
on the part of others. There IS no earthly
reason patent to the unprejudiced mind
why table must needs be kept stand
ing with the debris of meal upon it, a
mute but eloquent reminder to the last
conner that he is late; or why a coffee


pot may not be set conveniently back
upon a range, a saucepan left boiling for
the egg that is cooked just in three lit
tie minutes, and toast or mullins kept


warm at an expenditure of time'and pa
tienee quite infnitesimal. Could one,


disinclined to rise at the breakfast hour,
feeling the need of ga little more sleep,
a little more slumber," be perfectly sure
that he was not keeping the dining-rOOm
in confusion, that the work was going
on. and that pleasant smiles would vel
oome him by and by to a cozy little side
table, howmuch more comfortable would
be that last hour of rePose There are
sanity beings who darken blinds and
steal round softly in the morning that
tired people may enjoy just this sort of
rest but they are, alas rare. 1t IS on
trifes, after all, that the Joy of home
| living depends. At bottom family may


be entirely devoted to each others in
terests, the husband may toll and the


wife may save with unfaltering zeal and
/ fidelity, and both may love their chill


dren and be willing to lay down their


lives for them. Yet they may make


each other wretchcd, and render their
! children's lives a burden, by failure in
little courtesies, by lack of little recog-


nitions, by caring more for things that
perish than for the essence that IS i'm


mortal. Hearth and Home.
Year: 1873

o for a single hour
To have life's knot Of evil and self-blams
All Strengthened, al UndOueL
As III the time when fancy had the power
The weariest and forloTnest day to bless,
At sight Of any little common flower,
That warmed her pallid finger IN the sun,
Aud had no garment but her loveliness.


Alice Cam.
Year: 1873

Brigham Young is reported to have
expressed himself as follows in one of
his recent g sermons in Salt Lake
City q wish my women to under
stand that what am going to say is for
them as well as others, and want those
who are here to tell their sisters, yes,
all the women IN the community. l am
going to give you from this time to the
9th of October next for reflection, that
you may determine whether you wish
to stay with your husbands or not, and
then I am going to set every woman at
liberty, and say to them, " now, go your
way" And my wives have got to do
one of two things, either round up their
shoulders to endure the Affections Of
this world, and live their religion, that
Is, polygamy, or they must leave for l
Will not have them about me. will
90 into heaven alone rather than to have
scratching and fighting about me. /
will set all at liberty. What, first wife,
too? Yes, Hberate you all. want TO
90 somewhere or do something to get
rid of the winners. I do not want them
to receive part Of the truth and spurn
the rest out of doors. Let every man
thus treat his wives keeping raiment
enough to cover his body, and say TO
your wives, take all that [ have and be
set at liberty; but, if you stay with me,
you shall comply with the law of God
in every respect, and that, too, without
any murmuring or whining. You must
fulfill the law Of God in every respect,
and round up your shoulders to walk
up to the mark without any grunting. "


PUECH has a pathetic picture Of a
young married couple on a calling trip.
AS they wait at the door where they
have rung the bell, Augustus is thus
cautioned Augustus, love, let me beg
of you Do not give way 10 any insane
demonstrations of delight before the
servant if she says they're not at home.


THoUGHTs seem occasionally to have
/ a life of their own, a life independent,


sometimes they are even stronger than
| the thinkers, and draw them rclentlessly
along. They seize hold of outward cir
/ cumstances with their strong gIip.


How strangely dominant thought
/ sometimes runs through IL whole epoch
/ of ife.-Niss Thackery.
Year: 1873

4 STRONG alum water Is a sure death
to bugs of any description. Take two
pounds of pulverized alum and dissolve
in three quarts Of boiling water, allow
it TO remain over the fire until thor
oughIy dissolved. Apply while hot,
with a brush, or what Is better, use a
syringe to force the liquid in the cracks
of the walls and bedsteads. Scatter
also the powdered alum freely IN these
places, and you will soon be rid of these
insect nuisences which FIJI one with dis
gust.
Year: 1873

The Finding of the Body of Josiah r.


Sheppard ON the Brooklyn Side.


Last Wednesday evening the body OF an unknown
man nOated in on the tide side OF the pier at the
foot Of King street. Red Hook Point. South Brook
Iyn where it attracted the attention Of some boys
who were at play in the vicinity, and they in
formed an officer OF the Eleventh precinct OF the
discovery. The remains were removed to the
Morgue During the afternoon the Police
Headquarter officials, through the medium
OF the press, became cognizant or the fact
that Mr.. Josiah +. Sheppard, whose family re-
side at No. 240 East Twenty-siXth street,
New York, had been missing since half past eight
O'Clock on saturday evening last, when he left the
Hob0ken IN. J.J wharf In row boat. intending to
pull across the river to the foot OF West Twenty
third street. He was never seen after that hour
alive. The boat was found anoat, bottom upper
most, on sunday. and every possible EFFORT was
made TO find the body OF deceased, whose death
was believed to have been encompassed by foul
play. Mr.. Sheppard was the agent for the New
York West Shore and Chicago Railroad Com.
pany, and had charge of the business Of that cor
poration on the Hoboken dock. on Saturday
evening he is believed to have had In his possession
when he left the dock between two and three hun
dred dollars and a voucher, to the ORDER OF the
company or himself, as agent, drawn by the Della
10th inst, for 500. He had also small galvanized
watch with gutta percha chan ana jet and gold
studs He was about thirty years OF age The
Brooklyn police telegraphed the fact OF the finding
of the body TO the relatives in New York, and the
friends will be over to identify and claim the re.
body small galvanized silver watch, black chain,
and several papers, but no money. The papers


found related to railroad affairs. There be but


little doubt that the body Is that OF Mr.. Sheppard.
Year: 1873

an education In the shoe business that would give
him a practical knowledge Of the manufacture OF
such he nqe pequrss
convict VINO had no thieviAg propensities TO take
charge Of stock in the otioe. In that once Frank
WaWortn ls placed, hidden away from all visitors.
much to their disgust. When Frank comes out at
the END OF ten years he viii be in no better position
He viii fal back upon the gentlemanly and
crowded occupation OF cerkship, and his ten
years OF servitude win be to him punishment but
not pront IL w0uld occur to most people VINO
are practical that when a number OF men were
together In one establishment for life, or at least
could be utilized SO as to send them out OF the
prison self-reliant men.


THE LIFE WOMEN.


In the female prison there are eight women whose
sentences are lie Imprisonment Miss Johnson,
the MatrOn, bears the same testimony to the good
behavior Of these women as class that the War
den gives Tor the men. There is however at pres
ent an exception to this and II Is some what re,


exception me vegH eieSs sr
peculiar temper and the general impression that
she Is insane have caused the onlcals under past
admlnistrat tiOns to grant her few privileges One
OF these is the liberty to take her rations to her
cell and eat them there, and not to join the other
conv1cts at the general table. Inspector Graves IL
OF an opinion that this practice Is detrimental to
the proper discipline OF the prisoner, and ne has,
therefore ordered that the "vened Murderess"
ance at the table. The result Of tins rs
that this prisoner refuses to obey Ii tnls
where she has been since the commencement OF
July. Miss Johnson the matron: states that there
this prisoner had been prejudicial to discipline,
and she believed it was necessary to enforce IT.
Miss Johnson also stated that the "veiled Murder.
ess' lad been offered her liberty on condition That
she first revealed who her friends were. This ofIer
had been made her BY Governor Holman, and In
spector Graves had also promised to use his inhu-
ence for the same result This O1er was met by
her with steady refusal to give up the name OF
her friends She says that she Is respectfully con-
prevalent impression Is that she has no friends;
also that the refusal TO go is prompted more by the
fact that she believes she Is more comfortable IN
the prison than she MOuld be outside Of It.
Year: 1873

The body OF the man found dead at the Frankfort
House under circumstances which Indicated that
he had committed suicide was yesterday identi-
fed at the Morgue by friends as that OF James
Toole. recently living IN Tenth street. near First
avenue. Toole had long suffered from rheumatism
ana heart disease the relief OF which he was in
the habit OF freely using chloroiorm. The friends
OF deceased scorn the idea OF his taking his own
HE and attribute his death to heart disease. That
matter, however, will be determined by post
mortem examination to be made by Deputy Coroner
Leo. MIR. Toole was an excellent upholsterer and
had been In the employ of Messrs A. T. stewart
T.
Year: 1873

The Views Of Warden Hubbell and the Matron
Of Sing Sing State Prison-Effsct Upon the
convicts Of the Present System of Contract
Work-In Inability to Teach Them q
Trade-Remarkable Action Of the
Yelled Murderess-Her Nmcem-


pliance with the Discipline of


the Prison = Her Refusal


to Accept Pardon.
Year: 1873

GEORGE C. HARDING editor of the Sun.
day Herald of indianapolis, stands a
pretty good show Of being made mar
tyr to the cause OF journalistic freedom.
Last week be was chased from one end
Of the town to the other by the irate
proprietress Of house of ill-iame, upon
whose fair name he had cast foul as
persion, and on Monday he was fired at
by an actor who had bee criticised.
Meantime, Harding fails to scare worth
a cent, and and it is probable that his
pen will continue to scorch evil-doers.
until some rival in the field of personal
journalism pops him over. Then he
will go where libel suits cease from
troubling, and weary newspaper philan-
thropists are ut rest.
Year: 1873

An instance of rare honesty, and show
ing how dog may desire to pay his
board bill, recently occurred in Fitch
burg, Massachusetts,. A lady saw dog
frequently about her house picking up
odd bits which had been thrown out and
one day she called him in and fed him.
The next day he came back, and as she
opened the door he walked in and placed
an egg on the floor, when he was again
fed. The following day he brought an
other egg for his dinner; and on the
fourth he brought the old hen herself,
who. it seems, had failed to furnish the
required egg.
Year: 1873

JEFFEhsoN's advice to his daughters
was to avoid breaking with disagreeable
people as long as they could with honor.
nacrihees and suppressions Of feeling
lor such an object, he thought, cost
iE"eh T less pain than open separation.
me enort oi seli.control was soon for
cotton but an open breach haunts the
peace of every day.
Year: 1873

\ list of decisions has lately been pub
lished by paper devoted to railroad sub
Jects, which may he of interest to those
who travel by rail,


The legal definition of a passenger is II
person who undertakes with the consent of
the carrier, to travel in the conveyance
provided 10y the latter, otherwise in the
service OF the carrier as such"


Railway companies are bound to carry all
who offer themselves unless they are of
fensiye in person or conduct or the cars are
already full.


Good for this day only" printed upon Il
ticket, has been decided by the court to be
of no effect. The passenger has paid his
money and is entitled to transportation.


1t has also been decided by Il New York
court that ticket between any two points
is good either way, but the decision is
doubtful one,


Any injury to the person of the passen-
ger through the negligence of the agents
of the railway, subjects the latter to dam
ages, and any loss of baggage-it must be
only such as is necessary to the comfort of
a traveller-can be recovered by civil pro-
cess and the contents of trunk can be
proved by the oath of the bailitl
Year: 1873

the handling. The Worlds informant rep
resents the New York Central as having
its depot crowded with produce from the
west to such an extent that hundreds and
thousands of cars stand on switches and
side tracks all the way from New York to
Chicago. because there is not room to han
die it after its arrival in New York.


This line may be overcrowded in conse-
quencc of competition with the Erie rail-
road between New York and Chicago and
resultant low rates of freight. If all the
railroads in Illinois concentrating at Chi
cago are similarly overburdened, the rem
edy of the oranges in that state would
rather seem to be in building canals or rail-
roads than in forcing roads by law to accept
lower rates when at present prices they
have more pressed on them than they can
carry President Grants idea of internal
Improvements with government aid may
prove to he what we really want. though
he was scofred nc good deal for making
the suggestionin his last inaugural address.
There would he noalobbl Of his correctness
if the government could ever get anything
done honestly.
Year: 1873

The season is advancing to that period
when attention should be given to the pub
lie health. The heated term will soon be
upon us, and malarial diseases prevail
Rutland has been extraordinarily fortunate
in escaping the epidemics which have pre-
vailed in other sections. Our condition of
health has not been the result of any pro-
tective regulations against disease. 1t may
be fated to this community to be scourgcd
during the present summer. Our village is
growing Older and the causes which oper-
ate to bring on sickness are more rapidly
collecting and becoming more poisonous.
A health officer has perhaps not been nee
essary, as the board of trustees have already
promptly abated all nuisances that have been
presented to their attention,an the pres
ent board would do so in every case when
complaint was made. But there are stag
nant ccss-pools, deposits of decaying and
noxious material, garbage, and other matter
which is unwholesome, and if not removed
with the increasing heat of summer will
occasion sickness to persons residing in the
vicinity of these poisonous elements. a
system of sewerage has been inaugruated,
and when fully carried out will relieve
many of the causes which now concur to
create epidemics. 1t is a. duty to pro-
tect the health of the people and take all
necessary measures to prevent the occur
renee of malarial fevers. 1t is suggest ed
whether it would not be advisable for reas-
enable security that n health officer or n
board of several of our physicians should
make examination of the village and report
to the board of trustees such places as in
their judgment need attention, and are
liable to be injurious to the public health.
The trustees cannot be expected to observe
every point that may be in an unwholesomc
condition, but they could act promptly
and intelligently upon report of a board
of physicians or a health officer This is
a subject worthy of the consideration OF
our people, and the examination would
cost but trille. The care of the public
health is an obligation incumbent upon Il
well ordered community.
Year: 1873

The New York World has interviewed a
produce dealer and learns that there are
fiowt probably stored in New York City
about POO, 600 barrels of flour, 100000 BUSH
els of corn, and 1900 bushels of wheat
Corn is 10 centsper bushel lower than last
year, and choice flours some so cents lower
per barrel.


The same authority estimates the corn
crop aioat between New York and Chicago
at from three million to four million bush
els, and of wheat, mainly spring wheat, two
million bushels, The corn crop of 1879 is
better, and the wheat crop not so good as
in previous years.


The capacity of the railroads, it seems,
is not sufficient to handle the vast amount
of produce seeking market in New York
for home consumption and to meet foreign
demand The main want of facilities is in
Year: 1873

Senator Window is hard at work at
work ON his report ON Inland Transporta-
tion.


Ii. S. Sandford, formerly Minister to
Belgium. but now resident of Florida, is
in Washington to consult with the Presi-
dent about the appointment of District
Attorney in that State,


The President stated that although he
would take great pleasure in visiting New
Hampshire, and hopes to do so this sum-
mer he cannot now fix time, nor is he
certain that he will be able to go at all.
Year: 1873

SOMETHING FOR PmLosOPuERs VINO
STUDY THE MIND. Conductor Bradley, of
this city, who was killed, with others, by
a railroad accident ON the Hartford and
Waterbury road last Friday, was on Ca
boose ;" car at the time the train reached
the broken rail. The instant he felt the
shock, he knew the car was off the track,
and sprang for brake. 1t was his last act.
In the same instant he was killed by the
crash, and his skull broken. When picked
up, part of the brain was visible. oozing
out; but the true and faithful conductor
was able to speak. And these were the
words he uttered-the last he ever spoke


:" Put ont the signals for he other train ,"
The lightning suddenncss of the crash.
though it deprived him of all consciousness
OF everything happening subsequent to the
instant when he jumped TO seize the brake,
did not blot out his vivid memory of the
sensation he had at that moment of fate.
There was the sense Of impending danger,
and of the necessity of instant action to
avert it, That consciousness remained.
during the ensuing few minutes in which
the crash had come, and the faithful con
ductor had met his fate, -HarV6rd Times.
Year: 1873

The season is very late here as elsewhere.
summer delaying her coming so long,
though the Common is carpeted with en-
erald velvet and the trees are pushing out
their tardy leaves, winter clothing for much
OF the time is not uncomfortable, especi-
ally when shiverlng Bostonians are favor
ed Cd as is the case nearly every day, with
an east wind But let us not complain.
DO we not remember how we groaned in
Year: 1873

The Nergenncs TeymoHtcr makes the
sensible suggestion that those republicans
who find fault with any of the present of
ficials elected by the republican party,
would do well to attend the primaries
in future and see that honest, capable men
are chosen for all the party work, from the
ground up. The origin of whatever trouble
of the kind there may be is in the prima-
RIGS.