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Year: 1870

Report Of the Minority Of the Assembly Conn


mittce Public Education.


TO THE ASSEMBLY,


The undersigned members Of the Committee on
Pubic Education, TO which committee was referred
the Assembly bill entitled "An act TO repeal section
ten OF chapter s7s OF the laws Of lSs9n respectfully
report against the passage OF said bill; and as the
bill has been made tue subject Of much comment by
certain parties who have either misunderstood tho
provision Of the law IL proposes to repeal or have
Sor some OBJECT msrepresented It, we desire briefly
80 give our reasons for making this report.


There has been an impression created upon the
minds Of many MEMBERS and many other citizens
whose attention has been directed TO the matter,
shat the law whose repeal Ia asked for has some
reference to the common scno0 fund OF the State
and that the moneys appropriated are drawn either
from the common school fund or the literature fund.-
This impression IL entirely erroneous. and members
should distinctly understand that the bill In ques.
ton has no reference in any way near or remote to
Stne common school fund. Article nine Of the con.


sECrroN i. the capital OF the common school
fund.- capital OF the literature fund and the capt.
tai OF the United states deposit fund snail be respect
fvely preserved inyfo!ate. me revenue OF tie
said common school fund shall be applied TO the
sppport VI common schools; the revenue Of Tie
Year: 1870

A visitor who paid his respects to Mount
Washington rather earlier than Is custom
ary, writes to a western paper:


lone of the most signal adventures OF
life full of them has been the ascent OF
Mount Washington In the early part OF
May, before the winter fences and water
ways across the carriage road nave been
taken down, when there are snow drifts
twenty feet deep to be shovelled through
by the workmen repairing the road, and
when the Summit House is just emerging
from its wintry coverlet of snow.


"The Tip-Top House is entirely free and
clear of snow, but ON every hand the i'm
macu,ate element is still found in large
quantities, and the Summit House is halt
buried up.


THE views to be obtained from the
grand old mountain tops are now far
ahead of any to be had in summer. The
sombre monotony of the panorama of the
mountains stretched out on every hand is
relieved by the tops of loftiest mountains
having caps of snow, while the lesser ones
are as fresh looking as in the summer
time. Then in every gorge and wave OF
the hills, one sees the charming little cas-
cades 80 busy in taking away the SHOWS of
the past winter, which, as they leap care
lessly from rock to rock. send up their hny
line of spray to make the clouds which
cover the mountains at even tide.


1.-THE roads are in o horrid condition
now, but sixty men are at work on the
mountain road. and large gangs on the
other lines, SO that all will be ready for the
opening of the season on June l."
Year: 1870

AT vADUz, in the petty principality Of
Lichtenstein there was hung the other day
q young fellow who had murdered his own
mother. The gallows was pole with a
large iron hook: The criminal. who had a
moose around his neck, was hung on this
hook by the executioner, who then turned
him around by his legs until his tongue
protruded, and he was black IN the face.
The execution lasted exactly nine minutes
No doctor was present, and the culprit
lived at least for seven minutes after he had
been hung on the hook.
Year: 1870

WHETHER you are to hive long, or to die
soon, 1t is wise to insure your life in the
Washington; for if you are to live long q
policy OF insurance is equal to money at
compound interest; and ifyou are to die soon
the investment results IN a financial gain to
your estate, proportionally larger.
Year: 1870

picket fence is, first Of all in its straight line, q
crooked, warping leaning picket fence is far from
beautiful. Its upright, downright, straightfor
WardncsS, Is a characteristic peculiarly its own.
1t Is not very often this fence is seen away from
buildings or gardens. It has not taken its place
fully as field fence yet, though for sheep perhaps
no fence can excel it, for other kinds of stock


Wire fence may be regarded as experimental as
YET lis Use will be better known in n few years.
1t has merits and ftilngs; which is the greatest
will soon be made known. For poultry yards,
iornt Yards gardens, and the like it is of great
utility, but lied fence Its merits remain to be
found. bitches on low grounds may serve the
tWo-fold purpose of drainage and fence if properly
constructed. Sod fence is employed in some local
itieS to some extent. Its greatest enemy is the
frost.


No matter what the fence may be, itmust be well
made, and of good material, to be of the highest use
and greatest economy. Each farmer must decide the
kind of fence that is best suited to his locality and
surroundings, and ever remember that "a good
fence makes good ncighbors. y.
Year: 1870

If 'twixt mine eyes and the printed page


Thy pleading face will come
If, all unbidden, thy we-lovcd name


My careless pen will form;
If never moment heart or brain


From the bondage sweet are free,
Yet prize as priceless thing the chain


That binds them slaves to thee
If to smoothe with tcnderer touch my hair
Because thou hast caressed it,
If to find my cheek grown wondrouS fair


Because thy lips have pressed it
If to breathe thy name as | sink to rest


In prayer to heaven above me.
That the great All-Fathet will make thee blest--
II this be loYe-I love thee!
Year: 1870

BoILING Potatoes. There are many WAYS o
boiling potatoes but only one best way. and this i,
the formula: Let each mess be Of equal size. Let
the water boil before putting the potatoes in. Whel
done, pour of the water and scatter in three ol
four teaSpOonsiut of salt; cover the pot with
coarse cloth, and return ii to the fire for shor
time. In five minutes take them out and serve
Watery potatoes are made mcay by this process
Year: 1870

I" RELIEVE ASTHMA. We find the following
recommended Soak some blotting-paper in a
strong solution OF Satpcter; dry it: take piece
about The SIZE OF your hand, and on going to bed
light It, and lay ii on plate in your bed room. BY
SO doing persons afflicted with the asthma will find
that they can sleep almost wen "a, when in
health y
Year: 1870

COLLISION. As the iron steamer Alliance
of the Merchants line, was coming up river
Friday night on her last trip from Boston,
she met II loaded scow, gong down, peal'
this city. The steamers course was changed
to avoid collision until she touched bottom,
but the scow did not alter her course and her
bowsprt struck the Alliance with great torce,
breaking through the side and running into
the forccastle, where one Of the crew named
Thomas Cassidy was sitting on bucket near
his berth, struck him in the right side, break
ing two of his ribs and iniurng his ling
Cassidy was taken to the residence of his
brother on Broad St, where he now lies in Il
prccarious condition. Last night he was
more comfortable, but quite tevrrish. Ban
mor Whin
Year: 1870

re- A celebrated divine, who was
remarkable in the first period of his
ministry for a boisterous mode of
preaching, suddenly changed his whole
manner in the pulpit, and adopted a
mild and dispassionate mode of de-
livery. One of his brethren observing
it, inquired of him what had induced
him to make the change. "When I
was young, thought it was the thun-
der that killed the people; but when 1
grew wiser, 1 discovered that it was
the lightning. so 1 determined in the
future to thunder less and lightning
more"
Year: 1870

~ A Boston minister says he once
preached on "The Recognition OF
Friends in the Future" and was told
by a hearer after service, that it would
be more to the point to preach about
the recognition of friends here, as he
had been in the church twenty years
and didn't know any.
Year: 1870

Al minstrel show III New Orleans, one
Talbot performs William Tell by shooting
with pistol al apple from the head of his
wife, the ball lodging in the board sgAins,
which she stands
Year: 1870




Lieutenant Doyle, who was some time
ago degraded from the position of re.
porter for Louisville newspaper to the
rank Of lieutenant in the army, ia new
having some funny experiences among
the Comanche Indians. The last story
we get from him-and as he was a news
paper reporter it must be true-is of an
old Comanche who brought his young
wife, of whom be was very jealous, to
have her dsguerreotype taken. The ar
tist got the fquaw in position, and
stepped into his dark tent for some pur-
pose. The old Comanche thought he'd
take q look into that funny box the artist
had his head in and see how it was done.
He inserted his head under the cloth and
looked, and, oh, horror there was his
sausw standing on her head. He jerked
out with savage look ct her, and wanted
to know what cspers she was cutting
before all the soldiers. She denied doing
ANYTHING, at which be told her she lied,
that be had seen her. He resumed his
investigation, stuck his head under the
cloth again, and there was the wretched
squaw standing on her head again. he
gave yell, aud, rushing at her, gave her
a whack on the head, and told her not to
try that on again with him, but she stoutly
denied doing anything. And now to
catch her at il. he kept an eye on her,
and raised the cloth slowly, and tried to
look at her with one eye and through the
camera with the other. he could not do
IT, so he moved his head down slowly;
aud as she disappeared from the eye be
had on her, there she was standing on Der
head as seen through the camera He
jerked bis head up quickly, aud there she
was, standing plscldly before him. he
ierked down and she was on her head
again. BE then walked of in a brown
study, and as be philosophical, he con-
cluded that machine was exceedingly bad
medicine that could stand asqusv on her
head 10 half 9 second so be wrapped
his blanket around him aud walked 81;
bat nothing could ever induce him TO
have anything TO do with daguerrsiyping
again.
Year: 1870

The most of the quartz in that country
has to be sent to Swansea, in Wales, 10
extract the base metals.


A great deal of gold will be taken out
next summer with arsstrss, as they save
more gold than mill, and most any per-
son can have one. Ga Rock Creek last
suiamer, one arastra, run by one man,
took out $4,000 worth of gold-a good
summers work--which will be done in
many instances next summer. What
the people want here is this If people
wish to invest ia quartz, they should
come to this place, go among the miners,
down into the shafts, and pick up the
gold themselves. Let their own eyes be
their own judges, and not trust to lot of
gold spectators who care for nothing
but their pockets. The greatness of Wy
oming and her mines of gold and coal is
fully established.
Year: 1870

OPEN CoNFEssIoN.-Open confession, we are
told good would be good for the whole human Frame
also all who acknowledge their lack OF taste
by purchasing Of Ksor SPRING STILLS broadway corner Fulton
r How man he deaf the appeals Of taste to wear an IN
fdor article neomprehnab let such confess their folly at once
and visit KNOX, tLl Halter.
Year: 1870

If this should meet the eye OF any one SUI
ferng from Bronchitis Consumption Asthma any Pulmonary hee'
ton, we would refer them which WILL in
all cases afford speedy relief effect speedy For sale
BY al pngElsts.
Year: 1870

reason for supposing that it IS not entirely
practicable, it may be expected that the
prices of many articles OF food in this city,
will be SO reduced as to make very mate
rial difference in the cost Of living,


We have given in this article the i'm
pressions arising from observation, and
from such information as we obtained on
board the ship and elsewhere. Without
attempting to pronounce an e1 cdttedrd de-
cision upon tie subject, it is not too much
to say that the importance, to all classes, OF
improved quality Of food at reduced cost.
is such as to entitle every attempt IN that
direction to candid examination and full,
fair and thorough trial.
Year: 1870

The railway track along Mckinney street,
designed to connect the Galveston and Cen.
tral Roads, by short and less objectiona.
bic route through the southern instead OF
the northern portion Of the city, is now
completed to the bayou bank. Forty hands
are engaged on the dump which is to over.
look the bayou to which the construction
train made trip this morning with lumber.
There are to be about one hundred and fifty
yarus u VII hs ;nisbad nir IN az weefs Or
The connection with the Central will be
made hslf-mile beyond the bridge. This
is the road that was built in night, and it
is certainly being pushed forward with the
same enterprising spirit with which it was
begun. This is the spirit that builds up
cities.
Year: 1870

The weather yesterday and last evening
was uncomfortably hot. Early il the even
ing the air was perfectly still, but refresh
ing breeze sprang up about eleven O'Clock,
that made it positively delightful.
Year: 1870

In grasping at the shadow, let us
see to it that we lose not tho substance
onow us party without heart. md
we VIII show you party doomed to
o'saster. Start movement that has
no soul, and in vain will you try to
galVan'ze it into life and carry it to
uccess.-Phem;r.
Year: 1870

Josh Billings says: "Many peo-
pie spend their time trying to find


the hole where sin got into the world


If Two men break through the ice


into mill-pond, they had better


hunt a good hole to get out, rather
than to get into a long argument
about the hole they fell in"
Year: 1870

Last year desired the nomination and
election of the Hon. JULIUS CONVERSE,
of Woodstock, for Governor of this State
/ voted for him without nomination,
knowing that he had been defeated by q
clique of pretensious snobs and political
wire-pullers, and shall do the same this
year il he is not nominated, and so will
others.


hope the freemen of this State will
assume and maintain their own just rights
and not allow them to be frittered away
by set of political coxoombs who assume
to create public opinion and control it,
and by lowering around conventions to
direct the elections and "run the ma
chine" ...


hope the freemen will attend to these
matters themselves, and not permit pre-
tensions newcomers of doubtful ability
and fitness to override and cast into the
shade our old citizens of undoubted ability
and well-tried fidelity.


The question of locality is too prepos.
ferrous and absolutely silly to engage the
attention of any man of common sense for
single moment. There are several quite
reputable towns in the State which have
never had governor, and never will
have while / live, if l die younger than
Methuselah did. EAST SIDE.
Year: 1870

THE ACCIDENT OF WEDNESDAY
MoRNING. We learn the following addi-
tional particulars in reference to the death
of Timothy Sheridan, an account of which
appeared in the HERALD yesterday morn
ing. II seems that he had been attending
the wedding of relative some miles out
of Castleton, and had obtained team at
livery stable in the village of Castleton
for the purpose of going and returning.
After the wedding he had returned to the
village and left the team at the livery
stable, and started on his return home,
taking the railroad track to save time and
distance. In walking down the track he
had passed some fifteen. or twenty rods
beyond his place of residence, when he
was seen to step one side of the track and
then again to return to the track. It is
supposed that he must then have sat down
on the track or ties and have almost i'm
mediately fell asleep, as he was found
nearly at the exact spot where he was
seen to re-enter upon the track, and it
will be remembered that he was lying
down when first seen by the engineer.
Year: 1870

sympathy, and common desire to show
Vermont the superior intelligence and
skiil of New York in matters of Educa-
tion.


Well, the world moves; no doubt of
that, and truth is being revealed. The
Green Mountain Boys in the days of
Ethan Allen were wrong,.and their des-
oendants are beginning to see that the
claim of jurisdiction over US on the part
of New York was right, and in the mag
nanimity of their souls are ready to ac-
knowledge the claim. Let the men of
New York direct and guide, at least in
the matter of our Schools. We have no
State pride in that matter, certainly, and
even if we had, poor Vermont is not able
to provide for the proper training of her
sons and daughters, without foreign aid,
and how thankful we ought to bo that
New York can so easily supply our wants.
Again, we have heretofore thought it a
reproach and shame that so many of the
young men of Vermont should turn their
backs upon our own College halls and
seek culture in the Granite State, but the
old claims of New Hampshire are not yet
relinquished, and we say now most heart
lily, let our young men continue to go in
large numbers, in days to come as in days
past, to the halls of Dartmouth. They
may possibly gain culture there that will
give them positions of influence at home
in the future. They cannot gain it here
it seems. 1t is known that at least two
of the graduates of our own University,
both men of acknowledged ability, and
another who has received honors at her
hands, as well as from Middlebury, and
who is now at the head of one of our Nor
NAL Schools, were candidates for the office
Vermont has reason to be proud of each
of these, as scholars, teachers and men, but
in the minds of the Board they were
weighed and found wanting. We say,
therefore, il Vermont can not properly
train her sons for positions of honor and
trust, let other States train them. In ey-
cry point of view we consider the selec-
tion of the new Secretary as an exceed
ingly happy affair. How the Board hon
ored the State in their action-how the
teachers of Vermont will rejoice in the
unexpected honor conferred upon them in
tho appointment of son of New York to
teach and guide them


And how the heart of every lover of his
State must swell with pride at thought of
the fact that light in matters of education
is henceforth to come from abroad!


We trust the people of Vermont will
all duly appreciate the action of the Board
in making Mr.. John L. French, LII d., of
Albany, N. Y, their Secretary
Year: 1870

Editor Rutland Herald IL slor;ors
things are not already spoken Of Vermont
it is certain glorious thing has been
done for her in the recent election of q
new Secretary of the Vermont Board OF
Education. Let the teachers of Vermont
rel oice and the public schools be glad, for
though in all our State there is not to be
found man fit to be Secretary of the
Board, there is yet such an one in the
State of New York, and the Board sought
and found.


To complete the work SO gloriously be-
gun, upon the assembling of the Legisla-
ture, the Governor will, of course, nomi-
nate, and the Senate appoint, new Board
OF Education from the State of New York
In that case there will be reason to expect
harmony OF action because of fraternal
Year: 1870

RICH AND Poor BOUND TOGETHER.
You remember the touching story of
the daughter of Sir Robert Peel. Her
father gave her, as birthday present,
gorgeous riding habit, and went out with
her on the same day fSr an airing in the
park, his heart swelling with parental
pride as he rode by her side. Shortly af-
forwards she sickened and died of typhus
fever of the most malignant type; and
when inquiry was made as to how she had
caught the infection, it was discovered
that the habit, bought from one of the
London West End tradesmen, had been
made in q miserable attic, where the hus-
band of the seamstress was lying i'll of
fever, and that it had been used by her to
cover him in his shivering fits. Thus,
whether we will believe it or not, the
safety of the highest is bound up with
the condition of the lowest; and if we
neglect their material, moral md spiritual
interests, there will come dreadful Ne
mesis to mark the divine displeasure in
our conduct, and we may perceive our
guilt all too late, when the vast temple of
our liberties is shapeless mass of wreck
and rubbish-W ~ Taylor.
Year: 1870

The Alleged Seduction OF q German Maiden


by Maiden Lane Merchant-DIsa greemcns


and Discharge Of the Jnry-Intcrestinz Re-


marks by Judge Bedford.


The readers OF the proceedings Of the Court OF
General Sessions VIII remember that Henre Feesig,
ayouthful merchant doing business In Maiden lane,
was tried on Tuesday upon charge OF seducing mis-
COUSIN, Miss Ida Schwab q prcpossessing German
young lady. In view OF the fact Of the foreman
stating In open court on Tuesday night that the
jury were agreed that the defendant had had i'm.
proper intimacy with Miss schwab, the Judge felt
II to be his duty to keep them together during the
night. They were befoRged upon question OF
law, and 1t was hoped that by the dawning Of the
day the mist would be dispeled from their minds
as soon ~ his Honor tosk bis seat upon the bench
the Clerk proceeded to call the Jury, and asked
them II they agreed upon verdict TO which the
foreman responded, ''No agreement


Judge Bedford then madc the following interest
Ing and suggestive observations:--


GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY-The case now in your
hands regard as one OF very great importance to
hour In the evening ielt cOn1dent that sfter but
dence. csnscientiousiy 20 render '' yerdicI The
statute under which the prisoner Ia indicted s the
OF the law book for It's aim and object are to guard
ana protect the honor and purity Of woman l re.
gret exceedingly that In your opinion the testimony
In this case has failed to be OF sufficiently convinc-
Ing character SO as TO- enable you to agree. II there
could be one legitimate conviction under this statute
followed by prompt and speedy pun tshment, it ID
Ing and starting effect upon that class Of men who
think nothing OF winning the afrectiens Of young
girl, and under sacred promise OF marriage In an
unguarded moment accomplish her ruin. by rob.
btng her OF her virtue-woman's brightest and
hollest gen-thus making her the heart-br0ken VIC
tim Of treachery and deception and all this merely
because she belieyed toe much and was too confd.
Ing In her faith. Gentlemen, you discharged
from the further consideration Of this case.