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Year: 1871

A CONSTITUTIONAL CoNvENT1oN,-The

 committee on Constitutional Amendment.

 heard arguments. last week, upon the question of calling Constitutional Con

 vention. We trust that such a convention will be called. It is, true that the Repub

 lican party reaps temporary advantage

 from our present 'trotten borough" system,

 but no such temporary advantage is worth

 the stigma of injustice it places upon us. Moreover, the example of New Hampshire,

 much stronger Republican State than Connecticut, ought to teach us how great the chances are of Democratic victory here at some unlucky election. With such a victory would come an apportionment under Democratic auspices whereas an apportionment made by convention call under the bill introduced by Mir. Seymour, would probably be under Republican con- trol, since it would be elected on the basis of our present representation in the House. The usual result of such proceedings in other States indicates that the party con- trolling the apportionment would probably gain sufficient advantage to secure them the legislature for several years afterwards, and an apportionment, once made, could not be changed till after the nsusof 1880. We cannot help thinking, therefore, that Connecticut Republicans would not only do what would be right, but what would be for their ultimate party advantage, if they were to take the initiative in calling Constitutional Contention.

 There are many changes of subordinate importance in our present constitution which, we think, are generally desired we need g single capital; some system of mil nority representation biennial elections in the fall, with winter sessions. of the Leg islature the abolition of our absurd sys. tenn of Electors, which makes every error or injustice of partizan boards irremedia- ble restoration of the life tenure of office to judges. Many of these changes have already been proposed from time to time, but the requirement of a two-thirds vote of the legislature before they can be submitted to the people has hitherto ren- dered their adoption impracticable.
Year: 1871

Those who desire good article to restore gray hair to it's youthful color. we would recommend to purchase Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover. a most excellent and valuable preparation by all Druggists.
Year: 1871

them might benefit the town too suddenly,
and injure things. If subscriptions of land
are asked for do not give them. Some
body else would own them then, and there's
nothing like owning land and waiting for
somebody else to improve it free of cost.
If bonds are called for, vote them down al
ways. You have Jess taxes to pay and
cheaper valuation pay them on. Econ
omy is everything. If you have a high
opinion of the future of the town you need
not do anything to realize it. A town with
future can build itself Split up into little
cliques. Get up all kinds of impracticable
conditions. Find fault with everybody but
yourself. Resolve to hold on to these no
tions and ways till somebody builds you
railroad and makes you present of it.
Perhaps they will do it.
Year: 1871

At the request of subscriber we pub
lish a recipe that lately appeared in a Cal
ifornia paper, and deserves to be widely
known. 1t is said to have been put forth
originally by the School Of Medicine at
Paris, and claims TO have cured hundreds
of the worst and most hopeless cases of
scarlet fever, and small pox, each in twelve
hours time. 1t is harmless to those in
health, and is a sure cure of the terrible
diseases named. Take Sulphate of Zinc,
one grain; Foxglove (digitalis) one grain


Half teaspoonfal of sugar; Mix with two
tablespoonfuls of water. When thoroughly
mixed, add four ounces of water. Take a
spoonful every hour. For child smaller
doses according to age
Year: 1871

Expect other people to feel more interest
in the welfare of the town than its citizens
DO. If any of the citizens begin to work
for the public welfare choke him off. He
is only trying to grind an a.. After keep
ing the inhabitants perfectly quiet for suf-
icient time, if an outsider should take any
interest in matters, take it for granted that
he is trying to sell out the town. IF he
wants to bay property ask him three prices.
Il he offers to help the place OH conditions
reject the conditions at once. To accept
Year: 1871

Why is the dredging at the mouth Of
the Duluth canal like a lunch cheese? Be
cause its cut and come again.


Why is the Duluth of the future like the
vitreous humor? Because it's all IN your
eye.


Why are northeasters like nursery maids?
Because they rock the cribs.


When will the dead water of Duluth
bay be like fountain? When its an mic e
flow Gce foe)
Year: 1871

I.
The development of Wisconsin by the
completion of the western railway system,
although late, promises to be very effectual.
A glance at the map shows us that all the
immense empire Of the great Northwest
must lay its highways through Wisconsin
to reach the Atlantic coast. Through this
state must pass the two eastern lines Of the
Northern Pacific, and the great majority of
their branches will make their connections
in the same domain.


Central Wisconsin is alive with railroad
building, surveying, bond voting, and COM
petition. In very short time indeed, this
concentrated activity will be transferred to
Northern Wisconsin. From Green Bay to
the Mississippi the railways are pushing
steadily northward. A line drawn from
the Falls OF the St. Croix to the mouth of
the Me:1ominec river represents the advance
posts of effort for the present season; but
this is well up in the state, and next season
the line being crossed. there will be no OBJ
ject in making pause in the dense wilder
ness, till the iron is laid through to Lake
Superior.


The fall and winter ofls72 will probably
see three lines Of railway touching Lake
Superior i'll Northern Wisconsin. These
for time will virtually be trunk lines, hay-
ing each their branches and feeders thrown
out to the towns and villages Of Central
Wisconsin. And this beginning of al
through north and south system will Won
derfully stimulate immigration, farming and
town building in the portions of Wisconsin
hitherto neglected.


Our present civilization is so conditioned
on railroads that no region can be settled
without them, whereas with them no region
will be left unsettled Five years after
bnilding railroads through the Wilderness
belt between here and the older portions
Of The state, the region south and east of
us will be widely opened TO civilization, and
there promises to be as great a rush in
these latter days for the northern half Of
the state, as there was two or three decades
ago for the southern half, when the word
Wisconsin was one OF magic to the imag
ination of the emi Migrant, meaning all and
more than is now meant by the great West,
Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and Iowa.
Year: 1871

And there were the peddlers.


bought out the popcorn boy to get
rid of him, because l Was trying tC
compose q poem for a young ladyis
album, and did not want to be dis.
turbed. But he came right back with
stock of peanuts. 1 took few and
hurried him away, and he returned
with some ice cream candy I don't
like ice cream candy and peanuts
together, but / invested ut once, be-
cause an inspired rhyme had been
borne to me, and 1 waited to see il
down before it slipped my mind
Then the scOundrel came back to me
with tobacco and cigars, and after
wards with oranges, imitation ivory
baby-whistles, figpaste, and apples
then he went away and was gone
some time, and was encouraged to
hope the train had run over him. He
was only keeping his most malignant
outrage to the last. He was getting
his literature ready.


And from that time forward that
degraded youth did nothing but march
from one car to another, and afflict
the passengers with the vilest blood
and-thundcr romances on EARTH
THE PeGurer's Doom" and 1.-THE
ResperadO's Revenge" were some of
his milder works, and on their backs
were pictures of stabbing affrays and
duels. and people showing other peo-
pie over preeipiees, and wretched
wOOd-cuts of women being rescued
from terrible perils of all kinds; and
they are always women who are so
hOmely that any right
minded man would take a placid
satisfaction in seeing them suffer sud-
den and violent death. But that ped
dler boy peddled those atrocious books
right along for hours together, and I
gave up my poem at last, and devoted
all my energies to driving him away,
and trying to say things that would
make him uRhappy,-AGrk TtOain.
Year: 1871

In his address before the Minnesota
I State horticultural Society, at the


meeting last winter, J. s. Harris, the
retiring President, spoke as follows
l notice the practice of Warranting
trees to I've is becoming very preva-
lent among nurserymen. think this
/ practice Is very unwise and a disad-


vantage to the honest purchaser. It
gives the tree peddler who halls from
unknown parts and never expects to
sell in the same locality q second time,
an advantage over the honest nursery
man who is striving to build up and
maintain his reputation by selling
only hardy and perfect stock, because
this peddler's trash can be furnished
for less than half the cost Of raising
and marketing such trees as are want
ed in this State, consequently the
nurseryman is compelled 70 raise
cheaper stock and the purchaser is
tempted to neglect giving the proper
care in planting and cultivation, be-
cause he expects 20 get new tree for
every one that dies.


/ know Of one man that has his
row of dead trees, keeping them as
carefully as Others DO the living, and
Will not purchase any more because
he expects the agent to come around
and give him some live ones. I think
those dry branches will bud. blossom
and bring forth fruit long before that
agent comes back and makes the war
rant good. Also If the nurseryman is
compelled to make good the losses OF
the careless planter, he must make
up for the loss by charging a higher
price to the careful, which, to say the
least, is unjust. I do not know that
we can take any direct action upon
this but it is worthy of our notice.
Year: 1871

and shone brightly over the little


world of departed glory. We again
explored some Of the main points of
interest, and in the night, quite too


late for comfortable and undisturbed


rest, we sought repose on our narrow


camp-beds.


The next morning, we broke camp


early, and were soon OH the way down


the valley. The only object of inter-


est OH the way was the sticking of
some of our horses and mules in the


mire, produced by the melting SHOWS,
and the passing Of the alleged tomb
of NOah-which, by the way, is two
hundred and ten feet long. 1t is
nothing in the world but an old aque-
duct. The following day we ascend
ed Lebanon, and crossed the range
without having TO penetrate a single
snOw-bank, so advanced was the sea-
son; but there was snow here and
there on either hand. On gaining the
top, we saw the blue Mediterranean
once more, after a months absence
a most welcome sight-with Beirut
lying at our feet, yet still four hours
off. As we descended from our horses
before the Bellevue Hotel, n sense of
relief came over Us all. We Lad gone
our last mile on horseback in Pales-
tine and Syria, and were ready for the
first sound of the steamers bell, to be
borne westward and homeward.-Let-
ter from DR.. Huysf to ". Y. Methodist.
Year: 1871

A Chicago youth fell in love with q
Colombo maid, whose father was so
opposed to the proceedings that he
drove the young man from his house
with wrath and a revolver. Upon
this the earnest youth had the stern
parent arrested for threatening his
life; and when the old gentleman
was safely locked up, by the judicious
use of q ten dollar bill, he induced
the same justice Of the peaae who had
imprisoned the father, to marry him
to the daughter. This done, the old
man was brought up for trial. when
he concluded to swap forgivness with
his enterprising son-in-law, who
thereupon magananimously WITH
drew his complaint. H
Year: 1871




1. In the first place the price OF
wool has been exceedingly low for
several years past, so that it has not
been profitable in this country to
produce it. Hence our farmers have
to large extent, sold Off their sheen
and raised hogs instead. = The result
has been that in 1869 the wool clip
was twenty per cent. less than in
1888, and in 1870 twenty per cent less
again than in 1859. This alone might
not have materially effected the price.
but other things just now came in to
assist it. q


2. The recent war in Europe created
an extraordinary demand for soldiers
clothing. and a rapid consumption of
it by wear; while at the same time the
withdrawal of so many men from
labor diminished the production Of
wool, the sheep being slaughtered for
food instead of being kept to shear.


). The yellow fever in Buencs
Ayres has also stopped the shipment
Tor the present from that port of the
immense wool clip of Brazil. This
VIII soon cease to operate, but for the
moment it Is as If Brazil were shut
oct Of the market altogether.


4. Another element at work is the
abundant supply OF water this seas
on, enabling many mills TO run con-
stantly, which last year, owing to the
drouth, were stopped for long time.
This practically doubles the demand
for raw wool.


5. The great ease of the money
market cO-Operates with the previous
causes, and assists the rise by furnish
ing not only the regular dealers, but
outside spectators, with means to
buy and hold a large stock of wool
and keep it out of the market. If
money were tight and nobody bought
but the manufacturers, and they only
from hand to mouth to keep their
mills going, the scarcity Of the sup
ply would probably only cause a
slight advance in prices. As it Is,
there is a feverish desire to buy for
further rise, and this very desire,
while it lasts, brings about its own
apparent qualification.
Year: 1871

Henry Ward Beecher has written
this II never saw anybody do any
thing that did not watch him and
see how he did it, for there is no tel


ling but that some time I might have
to do it myself. was going across
the prairie once; my horse began to
limp. Luckily, I came across a black
smiths shop, but the smith was not
at home. asked the woman of the
house if she would allow me to start a
fire, and make the shoe. She said
might if knew how; so I started a
fire, and heated the shoe red hot, and
turned it to fit my horses FOOT, and
pared the hoof, and turned the points
ofthe nails out cunningly, as 1 had
seen the blacksmith do, so that in
driving into the hoOf they should not
so into the quick, and shOd the horse.
At the next place 1 went TO. I went
straight to a smith and told him to
put the shoe on properly. He looked
at the horses foot, and paid me the
greatest compliment ! ever received
in my life. He told me If put that
ON that shoe had better follow black
smithing all my life. Now I should
never know how to dothis if I had not
looked on and seen others do it,
Year: 1871

A BOY, Is years old, would like to get situation


~ to tend store; take care OF horse or work about
tnc house; would like the privilege of attending
school three hours in the day is good honest bow
Please address c. HI. j., Press Office audit
Year: 1871

A straw will make IN impression
on the virgin snow; let it remain
there but . short time, and . horses
hoof can scarcely penetrate it. So
it is with the youthful mind. A tri-
fling word may make an impression i
on it; but after few years the most
powerful appeals cease to influence.
Think Of this. yo who have the traia-
ing of the infant mind. and leave
such impressions thereon as will be1
safe for it to carry amid the folliea
and tempt ations Of the world. !,
Year: 1871

When father takes up ; child to
show him pictures. ten to ono no
holds the book at such an angle as
suits his own vision, and not that of
the little one. Yet the little ones
sight is the cne to be favored. How
true it is that the preachers and
teachers of religious truth too often
hold that up where they can best see
it, and not where those Of whom they
have charge can best see it.
Year: 1871

Dr. John BTlk-Dear Sir: have recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and ind it wonderfully eficacious. II has
not failed in a single instance to have the
wished for effect. / am doing a pretty
large country practice, and have daily use
for some article of the kini / am free 20
confess that | know of no remedy S~secsF- eeH
trary they are uncertain in the extreme
Ny object in writing you is to find out upon
what terms ! can get the medicine directly
from you If can get it on easy terms, /
shall use a great deal Ofit- l am aware that
the use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice of great majority
of the regular line of N. D.'s, butt see no
just cause good sense in discarding rem
edy which we know TO be efficient simply
because we may be ignorant of its combina-
tion. For my part, shall make it rule
to use all and any means to alleviate suffer
ing humanity which may be able to COM
nand-not hesitating because some one more
ingenious than myself have learned its eff
fects 6rst and secured the sole right TO se-
cure that knowledge. However, l am by no
means an advocate or supporter of the thous-
ands of worthless nostrums that food the
country, that purport to cure all manner of
diseases to which human flesh is heir. Please
reply soon and inform me of your best
terms.


am, sir, most respectfully.


JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. d.
Year: 1871

IT is stated that the agricultural stats


tics of the census returns will be ready
for publication at an early day, and will
show many interestieg facts now not gen
orally known. They viii prove that
there has been considerable decrease in
the amount of live stock raised in New
England since 1860, while the business
of market gardening, in the vicinity of
the cities and villages, has grown very
rapidly. One consequence of this is a
marked improvement in the style of liv-
ing afforded by the middle classes, as
shown in the greater variety found on
the tables of mechanics and improved
modes of cooking. It is thought that
this will result in a noticeable improve
ment in the health of the people. The
mortality statistics will be very much
more complete than those of any previ-
GUS census, and though the death rate of
1870 may appear greater than that of
1869, which was reported as ! in 30, it is
supposed that this will show rather a
more faithful record than an increase OF
mortality. The bane of all vital statis-
tics is the unknown" column, and this
Gen. Walker expects to reduce from so
to 60 per cent below that of 1860.
Year: 1871

From the Lexington Press, FEB.


On Sunday last as the venerable Chief
Justice Robertson, stricken by the hand
Of death, lay almost insensible 20 the
world, which he seemed fast leaving for
ever, while the gigantic brain, which. for
so many years, had throbbed grandly 70
the Inspirations Of his genius, barely
futtered with the consciousness of life,
he expressed desire 10 hear Miss Cary
sing the ballad of 'sOld Folks at Home"
as if the strains of his favorite melody
would have power to call back HE soul
from the portals Of the grave which he
was so fast nearing. This wish was at
once communicated to Miss Cary, who
willingly consented to do any thing in
herspower to rouse the ebbing current of
life in one who, as statesman or iDrist,
has known but few rivals during the
course OF long and eventful iiie On
reaching the residence Of Judge Robert
son, Miss Cary was at once ushered into
the chamber where 80 much of intellect
and learning was fast hickering out into
the darkness of the unknown hereafter.
and without accompaniment Of any kind
raised her rich coutrslto voice in the
touching words, "Wsy down upon the
Sewanee River" but before she had sang
three lines, broke down in the intensity
Of her emotion. Calming herself she
agained essayed the ballad, aud, while
the venerable and stricken man lay drink
ing her glorious melody poured cut her
whole soul in the simple utterancss
which gave SO much pleasure 10 one
whose giant intellect had 10 days agone
fascinated the most talented of the land.
When she had ceased Judge Robertson
could scarcely express his sTatifeatiou
by signs, yet signi6ed desire that Miss
Cary should sing for him Home, Sweet
Home" Twice did the gifted artistic
attempt to comply with the request, but
her emotion was too great, and, choked
with feeling she was compelled to leave
the room. The whole incident was one
of the most touching and affecting epi-
sodes that ever marked the death. bed OF
departing greatness IH
Year: 1871

A MAN in Kentucky, who lately found
lock of hair imbeded in tree, has re-
ceived solution of the mystery in the
following communication:


In olden times when wizard cures for
diseases were more in vogue than at the
present day, cure phthisic was prescrib-
ed as follows: Take lock of hair from
the head of a patient, especially child,
and bore hole in tree, place the hair
in the hole, and then plug the hole up.
The Simultaneous growth of the child and
the tree takes the malady from the child
and is supposed to be transmitted to the
fraaS
Year: 1871

THE disadvantages Of living in Green
land, so far as the receipt of news is con
cerned, is shown in the fact that, al
though knowing that war was imminent
last summer between France and Prussia,
the people of that frigid land will know
nothing of the actual fact of the war
until next summer-that is, unless by
accident ship should chance to land at
its inhospitable shores before that time,
On the 18th of September last. news OF
the probable outbreak of the war was
carried to Greenland by an American
shin which touched there on that date.
Rnf since then the islanders have no
news of current events.
Year: 1871

To TELL How THE WIND BLOWS
Farmers often want to know the dIrec-
ton of the wind. When very gentle It
lis sometimes difficult to determine The
following simple method will indicate the
d;rection with unerring certainty: Wet
finger and elevate in the air. The side
Of the finger experiencing cool sensa,
ton will tell "from whence 1t comes ana
whittier it goeth."
Year: 1871

Mr.. REvELs, the dusky Senator from


Mississippi, made a speech in the Senate
on Thursday, which has the merit of be-
ing more sensible and practical than the
outgivings of many pompous white Sena-
tors of the same political faith. The
speech was in opposition to proposition
of Mr.. Patterson looking to mixed schools,
where white and colored children could
be educated together. The gentleman
from Mississippi opposed the proposition
because he twas satisfied that the passage
by Congress of such law would increase
the prejudice of the white man against
the black, which prejudice, he was sor-
~ to say. seemed to be on the increase"
Year: 1871

THE San Diego Daily Union and also the Weekly have heartily and consistently advocated all Arizona in- terests, and rarely failed to utter the most correct views in vigorous style. If the editor were a resident of the Territory, he could not more uniformly

 and correctly write up the Apache question. As specimen sentiment of The Union, we give the following :

 The moment you stop to temporize with an Apache, that moment you lead him to believe you fear hlm, and YOU make the consequence to yourself that much the greater. The only way to secure permanent peace is to drop all this Quaker nonsense, and give the Apaches good sound drubbing when ever they deserve it. Let them see that the Government is able, and is determined to punish them for wrong

 doing, and then you secure lasting peace, and not till then. c