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Year: 1875

Another argument in favor of the
sheep interest is found in the generally
acknowledged fact that sheep surpass all
other domestic animals in sustaining the
fertility of the farm. The mode or style
in which they distribute their excretions
so equally and thoroughly, is unequsled
by all other domestics. An experienced
western farmer says: my reasons for
prefering sheep are these because of the
rapidity with which they restore the fer
tility to an impoverished SOIL" 1t has
been aptly said that "their tracks we're
golden" Mr.. Yost, successful farmer
in Michigan, recently said "I would as
soon think Of farming without horses, as
without Sheep" claiming he could raise
more grain from a four hundred acre
farm with 400 or 500 sboep upon it than
he could without them, besides selling
from his flock from $500 to $4,000
worth Of wool and mutton annually. This
source Of gain is a matter of national ad-
vantage


NOT TO BE UNDERvALUED.


Another additional reason for the in.
crease of wool growing in the United
States, is that it helps sustain the large
manufacturing interests which could not
survive year without it. This business
cuts no inconsiderable figure in the list
of our industries. The cheapening Of
clothing, which it secures, is a blessing
which is shared by all classes of society,
even by those who are apparently indif-
ferent to the increase Of wool growing and
sheep breeding among US.


Farmers of Vermont, aud especially of
Addison county, we entreat you by all
that is noble and praiseworthy, to resolve
individually and collectively, that you
will nover allow our State and county to
lose their prestige for fine sheep. Nay,
by all means resolve to increase it till
they stand unparalleled 10 glorious repu-
taton throughout the world. 1t will pay
to do it. Let it be done For every
fact, argument and statistical record feel.
ipgly cxhorts you to engage with renew
ed zeal in this noble pursuit


Middlebury, May, 1875.
Year: 1875

TUE LITTLE HEADsToNE THAT AN AGED


MOTHER SOUGHT IN VAIN.


If you have ever passed the old, desert.
ed graveyard on Russell street, near the
House Of Correction, you know that there
is not a more lonely spot in Detroit 1t
is score Of years since any one was
buried there The fences lean in or out;
the few trees are ragged in limb and
tins Thy 81 saea 49S% hsadstoass
The rich and poor who sleep under the
ragged sod have been dust for years, and
if any OF them left friends behind they
are scatterod now and are not here to fill
up the supken graves and plant flower
to take the gloom away.


The other day people saw an old wo-
man wandering through the graveyard,
brushing the moss from some Of the head
stones to look at the letters, and study
ing long over the quaint characters carved
into others. By and by she crossed the
street and sat down on the steps of
cottage, and when people saw how old and
feeble she was, and that her eyes were
full Of tears, they pitied her. She could
not answer at first, but 10y and by she
told them that she had come hundreds OF
miles to take last look at grave which
she knew must be in the yard, but which
she could not find. Half century ago
she buried child there, and all through
the long, long years, though moving here
and there, her mothers heart had not
feeble and her locks gray, and feeling
that she had but little longer to remain
on earth, she had come clear across the
state alone to have a last look at the
little grave,


Years had gone by, hut she thought
she could walk right to the spot, and
there was half hope in her heart that
strangers hands might have kept the
headstone white and the grave as when
>he last saw it. She found the old yard
cut up by streets, the city all around and
beyond and of the hundreds of mounds
aud headstones which she once saw but
score or so were left. She sought among
the leaning headstones, and she stood
under the dying willows and searched the
uelu lOr tuc slnall stOuo WulCu uOiO tuS
words "Our Willie" Fifty years since
the little body was lowered into its grave
Half a century since the headstone was
placed to mark the spot And yet her
mothers heart brought her back in her
old age, with the hope that her tears
might fall upon the little grave,oblitersted
and passed from sight forever.
1t was sad enough to see tears falling
down her wrlnkled cheeks, and to know
that her old heart was aching with
disappointment, and men spoke kind
words to her, and women wiped their
eyes in sympathy. Looking through her
tears at the bleak and lonely field, its
loneliness relieved and yet made more
: lonely by the time worn headstones and
the clumps of briars, no wonder that the
! poor old woman felt it in her heart, aud
: had to sob out


"I'm afraid can't find him in Heaven
5 Heavens so large
Year: 1875

a journey if they would heed the maxim
to first "be sure you're right, then go
ahead" What pity st, Paul instead
Of Davy Crockett had not uttered that
bit of wisdom, for then it would have
been in the Bible, and no doubt would
have saved thousands of men and women
from going astray.) But | am depressing.
In my next l will give some account of
the politics, amusements and other char.
acteristics Of the place as they present
themselves to my mind


Yours truly,


SALTPETRE.
Year: 1875

ANN Brigham Young refuses
to come down with that $500 month
alimony, whereupon Ann Eliza asks the
court to apply the Judicial thumb-screws.
The court declines. Briefly the judge
tells Ann Eliza she has not as yet pro-
duced any proof either that she is Brig
hams Lawful! wife, or that she ignorantly
entered into unlawful relation with him,
supposing, at the time, that she was a
party to legal marriage. If she eou-
tracted polygamous and void marriage
with her eyes open, the fact that she Is
now sick of it is not sufficient reason for
giving her money to which she is not en-
titled either in law or morals.
Year: 1875

The box office at the Academy is today
open for the sale of seats for tomorrow
night, which will be the opening night of
the season. The stage department of the
theatre has been greatly improved by car.
penter and painter during the vacation, and
prosperous season can be looked for by
the manager. The sketch called "The
Mimiques" will introduce the variety com
bnation headed by Sheridan and Mack,
who are not strangers here. The entertain
ment they give is light ana pleasing, full of
fun and music, after the style of the Vokes
Family, and will be an agreeable foretaste
of the more solid amuselaents to come later
on in the season.
Year: 1875

1t is estimated that according to the new
arrangements inaugurated by Postmaster
General Jewell, the fast mail train, which is
to leave New York every morning at half
past four o'clock will arrive at New Orleans
at seven O'Clock on the evening OF the third
day thereafter, being sixty.two and half
hours en- route. This system went into
effect on Monday last, but up to this time
circum stances have prevented our receiving
any advantage by it; but in few days,
doubtless, we shall be in close connection
with the metropolis, and with news a day
fresher than heretofore
Year: 1875

The Shanghai Courier, which ought
to know something about it, says the
population Of China is Sphynx
like riddle. The population is said
to be immense, and that word seems
to be the limit of what can be said
about it. All the figures about mil
lions are evasive, and nobody knows
anything about it, even the oldest in
habitant hesitating to express an
opinion upon the subject. The intel
ligent natives know nothing about it,
and if there be death rate there is
no record of it. Even in small towns
the numbers of families are unknown,
and whatever figures are given,
whether they be in the hundred
thousands or millions, they must be
qualified with the words s'more or
Less
Year: 1875

Our in Indiana, recently, a chick
en- thief left the heel of his boot in
the coop, evidently having been
frightened and gone off in a hurry.
The chicken owner straightway re-
paired, not to the police station, but
to cobbler's, wisely inferring that
the man who lost the heel was not
going to wear that boot again until II
was mended. Presently man came
in to have little cobbling done, and,
to his great surprise, found out that
the shoemaker kept ready made heels
that fitted exactly.
Year: 1875

THE incoming Legislature of Wyo-
ming will beasked to repeal the dis
graceful gambling and lottery license
laws of that Territory and already
sports of Cheyenne and Laramie are
raising corporation fund of $4,000
to defeat the movement.
Year: 1875

AT an auction sale of Chinese wo-
men at San Francisco, only China
men being allowed to purchase, the
most desirable damsel brought but
$S, and one beauty whose nose was a
little out of plumb fetched only the
ridiculous sum of 6j cents.
Year: 1875

Among home aniusem cnts the
best is the good old habit OF CONVEX
sation, the talking over the events of
the day, the bright and qnick play
of wit and fancy, the story which
brings the laugh, and the speaking
the good and Kind "u'l tsUu r'siHss,
which all have in their hearts. 1t
is not so much by dwelling upon
what members of the family have in
common, as by bringing each to the
other something interesting and a.
muslng, that home life is to be made
cheerful and joyous. Each one
must do his part to make c0nversa-
ton genial and happy. We are too
ready to converse with newspapers
and books, to seek some companion
at the store, hotel, or clubroom, and
TO forget that home is anything
more than a place to sleep and eat
in. The revival of conversation, the
entertainment of one another, as a
roomful of people will entertain
themselves, is one secret of a happy
home. Wherever it is wanting, dis
ease has struck into the root of the
tree; there is d want which is felt
with increasing force as time goes on.
Conversation in many cases prevents
ffiany people from relapsing into
utter selfshness at their firesides.
This conversation should not simply
occupy husband and wife, and other
older members of the family, but
extend itself to the children. Par
ents should be careful to talk with
then, to enter into their life, to share
their trihes, TO assist in their studies,
to meet them in the thoughts and
feelings Of their childhood. 1t is a
great step in education, when around
the evening lamp arc gathered the
different members of a large family,
sharing their occupations with one
another, the older assisting the
younger, each one contributing to
the entertainment of the other, and
all feeling that the evening has pass
ed only too rapidly away. This is
the truest and hest amusement. 1t
is the health-education of great and
noble characters. There is the free
dom, the breadth, the joyousness Of
natural life. The time spent thus
by parents, in the higher entertain
ment of their children, hears har-
vest of enternal blessings.-Chuuch-
man.
Year: 1875

ICOgsWeiIS battery ana HcnshaWs S DatlcIy.
I4ih III, cavalry, and the flag of the Union Kan


Chocktaw


I The cannon FROM which 40 shots were fired


during the morning Of the procession was an lSlo


brass piece from Amboy.


The entire rc.uuion, from the date OF its con-
lception up u, .he setting sun of Tuesday even
I'M 9, seems to have been planned and executed as
NEARLY TO perfection rs came within the ability
of the good people OF La Sale to accomplish
Thcre was music ih abundance, eatables in pro-
fusion, means of going to and coming from the
/ grounds ample, and best of ALL the people OF
La Sale by word and look manifested that they
Iwere really glad to see everybody and did all in
their power TO make the day pleasant one.
! In the evening the Governor received callers
at the residence Of Capt Laning, who had bril-.
antly illuminated the grounds surrounding his
residence with locomotive head lights.
In the evening, also, a ball was given by tie
'La Sale light Guards which was largely atten-
dcd, concluded the days festivities and all return
cd feeling that it pleasant and jolly for them
| 10 have been there.


During the entire day and night there was no
lighting or carousing, but for once La Sale was
upon her good behavior, and with her numerous
guests spent the day in a social and truly happy
reunion. But one accident occurred, and that
to old Mr.. Harrington Of this city. The long,
hot, dusty march was more than he could stand,
and he was compelled to succumb to sun-stroke,
Prompt and efficient medical aid was at cnce
Iprocured, and we are glad to announce that he
The has fully recovered (His card will be found
lelsewhere.1


The soldiers are justly proud Of the magnih-
cent success of their second annual reunion,
and arei more strongly determined than
ever that with the coming Of every autumn they
will gather from near and far to rivet anew the
bonds Of friendship formed in camp and on the
battle field.


We trust that every future reunion may be at
tended with the same pleasant results as the one
Just closed and that the "boys in blue" may live
to see many happy returns of the day.
Year: 1875

retained by interested parties calls for
further legislation The committee, In con-
Guiding their report. deem 1t necessary for
the protection OF congress against future
transactions as discreditable as those
they haye now brought under review
that law should be passed
requiring every person appearing and ad-
vocating measures for private interest, TO
appear in his own capacity as railroad at
torney or agent. They present congress
and the public interests in this respect.
The facts of this case, also, they say, dis
close that sums have been paid TO influence
action, or in reward of the two employees
of this House, and of persons
entitled to privilege of the reporters
gallery. Such practices, they say, rtcsived
the condemnation of the House. They also
present in the bill measure to prohibit the
in fiux of this class of persons from using
their positions corruptly and for pay to de-
fer or procure che passage of any measure
pending before congress. The committee
do not recommend further action on the
case of the two employees of this House,
who, after the passage of the act, received re-
wards as shown in their evidence, as they
are informed that both of them have re-
signed.
Year: 1875

There is no death The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in heavens jeweled crown
Ihey shine forevermoro.
There is no death The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers
The golden grain, or mellow fruit,
Or rainbow-tintsd flowers.
e The granite rocks diserganizc,


And feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest trees drink daily life


From out the yiewlccs air.
There is no death The leaves may fall,
And flowers may fade and pass away;
They only wait through wintry hours
The coming of May day.
There is no death An angel form
walks DER the earth with silent tread
And bears our best loved things away,
And then we call them :" dead
lie leaves our hearts all desolate,


lie plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers;
Transplanted into bliss. they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird like voice. whose joyous tones
Make glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Now sings an everlasting song


Around the tree of life.
Where'er be sees smile too bright.
or heart too pure for taint and vice,
lie bears IL to that world of light
To dwell in Paradise.
Born unto that undying life,


They leave US but to come again
With JOY We welcome them the same,
Except their sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen,
:, The dear, immortal spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe


Is life-there are no dcddl
Year: 1875

I will forthwith appoint your successor
In conclusion, / would add, that for
myself I will never abandon the post
to which the people of Louisiana have
called me. 50 long as have life and
strength / will continue to battle to the
utmost Tor the inalienable right Of self
government. Before the PROSTATE form
Of my stricken State I sha1l still hold
the @gis OF tho, Constitution, and no
allen nor domestic hand shall strike at
her liberties unresisted by me.


!, With a still unfaltering confidence In
the Justice and good faith OF the Fede-
ral congress and the people Of the whole
United States. shall never cease to ap.
peal to that justice and that faith until
shall have secured to Louisiana the
right which alone Is denied to her, and
which she will never surrender, Of liv-
Ing under the rule Of the lawfully elect
ed officers Of hcr own sovereign choice
i have the honor to remain. very
respectfully, your obedlent servant,


JOHN MCENERy,


Governor OF Louisiana.
Year: 1875

An EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDg.-Tho body
OF q young man named Saunders was
picked up in the Thames river last
week. In the pockets Of his coat was
found some money, a number Of papers,
and the following letter: Should my
body be found, which / devoutly hope II
may not, think 1t as we'll TO give some
explanation Of what will be called a
rash act. Having written to the editor
OF the Family Herald, and received such
an answer as 70 lead me to suppose my
self mad, have made up my mind to
kill myself might, for aught l know,
60 ravlng atany moment, and do some
one else mischief, The only thing that
has hitherto restrained me from suicide.
has been the fear Of causing sorrow to
my parents. but that may DO soon got
over, whereas If l we're to live lunatic,
they would be always In trouble about
me, and by doing this, |. G., killing my
self, l end their trouble and my own:
I have not written this with the hope OF
getting my body buried in consecrated
ground, that being an affair OF little
moment to me. but simply In order that
the cause Of my death should be
known. ."-Londo', Graphic.
Year: 1875

ESTABLISHING THEIR INNoCENCE.-A
traveller writ,s the following; While al


Mittun kote, seeing crowd congregated
around the well, walked to the spot aud
was witness to trial by orIot, which


we may term "tho water and the bow
and arrow" The water in the we'll was
eighteen feet deep, and in the center wal
al upright pole. Two criminals were tc


be tried for theft, one Of whom was al


ready in the we'll, clinging to the pole


with only his head above water. A little
on one side with his back to the criminal
stood an archer with bent bow and an
arrow on the string. On Il given signal
the arrow was shot away, and the cuIprit
descended below the surface of the water.
No sooner had the arrow reached the
ground than II young man, swift Of foot,
left the bowman's side and made toward
it on reaching the spot where it fell, an
other runner equally fleet, snatched up
the arrow and set off for the well. As he
neared us at q winning pace, all eyes
looked over the parapet into the well for
the criminals temperance. His friends
breathed short, while hope and fear were
depicted on every countenance. At last
the runner reached the goal and the head
of the suspected person emerged from the
water. A shout proclaimed his innocence
and the crowds satisfaction. The other
criminal, an old man, now prepared to
descend into the well but before doing
so a lock was shorn from his thin gray
hairs, and fastened to the arrow rs u
charm to impede its fight. He was the
reverse of confident and his looks were
certainly not in his favor. Prayers were
offered and many fingers pointed to the
heavens while voices exclaimed cal
lah will clear the innocent" The trial
was gone through with, and with the
same happy results as before. The injured
men were now placed on the backs of
two bystanders, and so mounted, we're
led through the crowd TO receive its noisy
congratulations. This, over, their female
relatives came forward, and contented
themselves with imprinting silent kiss
upon the cheeks of the once suspected
men who had thus established their in
nocence in the opinion OF their country
men and the sound state Of their lungs in
ours,
Year: 1875

CURIOUS VENGEANCE.-A certain Pa
sha had wife, only one, to whom he had
always been an indulgent and loving
husband. They had no child, but still
he kept faithful to his promise to never
take another wife. One day while he was
out one ofhis servants came and told him
to go home and enter the house by pri-
vate way open only to the servants. He
did so and went to his chamber to find it
locked. With one blow it was open and
his dishonor was only too apparent. He
was armed, but made no use of his sabre
or pistols. He simply addressed the man
who was one of his intimate friends, and
told him he could not leave the room till
he was paid. The man stared in hopeless
astonishment and fear when the Pasha
demanded five francs. The man paid it
and gladly left. The Pasha addressed
no word of reproach to his wife, but left
the room and commanded Il banquet to
be served that night, but only for himself
and wife. He remained alone till then.
His wife had always eaten with him, and
been his companion instead of playthng.
He had always honored her above all the
women in the world, and she was treated
by him i'll every respect not only as his
equal, but superior being. The banquet
was spread, He went and gave his arm
to his wife, conducted her to the table
placed her as usual and took his seat OPP
posite. He smiled on her aud talked as
usual but before he had eaten anything
he had taken the five franc piece and laid
it before her and between them. For six
months he ate every meal with her, and
slept by her side, but always with that
iivetranc piece between them. Where
he bought her one elegant dress before he
now gave her three. Where he had been
kind before he was ten fold kinder in
manner, and he allowed her perfect liber-
ty of action. Yet every day and night
like an accusing angel, was that piece Of
money laid between them. She could
not eat though pressed most affectionate-
ly, with that silent accuser there /; she
could not sleep, though the best physicians
tried their skill, with that spectre beside
her and so when six months were passed
the wasted skeleton body of the woman
was one day found dead on the divan.--
Atta.
Year: 1875

A WONDERFUL CLoCK.-A strange
clock is said to have once belonged TO "a
Hindoo prince. In front of the clock S
disk was gong swung upon poles, und
near it was pile Of artificial limbs. The
pile was made up Of the full number of
parts necessary to constitute twelve per-
feet bodies ; but all lay heaped together
in apparent confusion. When the hands
of the clock indicated the hour Of one, out
from the pile crawleG just the number of
parts needed to form the frame Of one
man, part coming to part with a quick
click, and when completed, the figure
sprang up, seized mallet, and, walking
up to the gong, struck one blow. THIS
done, he returned to the pile and fell to
pieces again. When two O'Clock came,
two men arose and did likewise at The
hour Of noon and midnight the entire lot
sprang up, and marching to the gong,
struck, one after the other, his blow,
making twelve in all then returning,
fell to pieces as before.
Year: 1875

CATCHING TURTLEs.-A South Amer
lean traveller tells how the Conibos cap.
ture turtles, which are an important arti-
Gle of diet with them. In the night the
turtles come out of the river in large
mum bcrs to lay their eggs. The Conbos
squatting or kneelng under their leafy
sheds, and keeping a profound silence,
await the moment for action. Tho tur-
ties, which separate into two detachments
on leaving the river, dig with their feet a
trench often two hundred feet long and
always four feet broad by two deep
They apply themselves to the work with
such zeal that the sand flies about them
and envelopes them MS in fog. AS soon
as they are satisfied that their trench is
large enough, they deposit in it their soft
sheled eggs to the number Of from forty
to seventy, and with their hind feet quick
ly fill the trench. In this contest Of pad
ding feet more than one turtle, tumbled
over by his companions, is buried alive.
Half an hour is enough for the accom-
pishment of this task. The turtles then
make "A disorderly rush for the water.
Now the moment has arrived for which
the Conibos have anxiously waited. AT
given signal they all suddenly rise from
their lurking places and dash off in pur-
suit OF the amphibia, not to cut off their
retreat-for they would themselves be
trampled under foot by the resistless
squadrons-but to rush upon their Aanks,
seize them by their tails and throw them
over upon their backs. Before the tur-
ties have disappeared, a thousand prison
ers often remain in the hands of the
assailants.