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Year: 1875

In olden times it was the fashion for q
suitor to 60 down on his knees to a lady
when he asked her to become his wife
which. with very stout gentlemen, was an
uncomfortable proceeding. The way in
which Daniel Webster proposed to Miss
Fletcher was more modern, being at the
same time neat and poetic. Like many
other lovers, he was caught holding 1
skein of thread or wool which the lady
had been unravelling. "Gracie," said he
'' we have been untyng knots Let US see
if we cannot tie one which will not unite
in lifetime" With a piece of tape he
fashioned half a true lovers knot, Miss
Fletcher perfected it, and a kiss put the
seal to the symbolical bargain.


Most men when they pop by writing
are more straightforward and matter of
fact. Richard Steele wrote to the lady OF
his heart -'Dear Mrs. Scurlock, (there
were no misses in those days,) am tired
OF calling you by that name; therefore,
say day when you will take that Of
madame our devoted, humble suitor,
Richard Steele She fixed the day ac-
cordingly and Steeled her name instead
OF her heart to the suitor..


The celebrated preacher, Whiteiield.
proposed marriage to a young lady in 4
very cool manner-as though Whitetield
meant field of ice He addressed let
ter to her parents without consulting the
maiden, in which he said that they need
not be at all afraid of offending him by
refusal, as he thanked God he was quite
free from the passion called love. Of
field, however white was the field for her


VA
William Grimes, were exceedingly attach
ed to each other, and had no desire to be
married But it was thought proper by
their friends that one of them should be
come husband, and Jacob being the eld-
er, it was agreed that he should be the one
to enter the bonds of matrimony. A suit
able lady was found, but Jacob declined
to do the courting, requesting William to
act as his agent William consented but
soon found he was in love, and wanted
the lady himself He could not think,
however, of depriving his brother Of such
treasure, and knew not how to act An
aunt kindly delivered him of his difficulty
by telling Jacob, who willingly resigned
the damsel to his brother, and went out of
the way, until she had been made Mrs
William Grimes.


A Scotch beadle was the one who pop
ped the question in the grimmest manner.
He took his sweetheart into the graveyard
and showing her dark corner, said,-
MARY, my folks lie there, Would you
like to lie there, Mary ?" Mary was
sensible lassie, and expressed her willing
ness to obtain the right to be buried near
the beadle's relations by uniting herself
to him in wedlock.


A similar unromantic view of the sub
iect was taken by another maiden. Upon
her lover remarking, /" think I'll marry
thee, JEAN" she replied, " Man Jock, |
would be muckle obleeged to ye if ye
would"
Year: 1875

Within the last year or two, we can


number 4 half dozen OF our farmer ac-
Quaintances who have been Iured to Imam
cial destruction by the glamour of specu-


lation. And going back ten years, and


carefully looking up the history of the men


we know. who have left the farm to en-
gage in trade, we find that not one in ten
has succeeded. A recent case has come to
our knowledge that is full of instruction
to those who are tempted to leave the farm.
BY his own exertions alone this farmer
had accumulated a handsome competence,
and at the age OF fifty could look with
pride over his broad acres of rich land.
his fine herds and fiocks, and comtorta-
BILE buildings lie was out of debt. and
had handsome surplus in the bank Two
years ago, IN an evil hour, he was in
dnced TO invest in dry goods store Last
fall his farm and stock We're sold for debt,
and he is reduced to the necessity Of day
labor to support his large and Vet depend
ent family. All the accumulations of over
thirty years OF hard toil-many of them
Years of privation, hardshps, and the clos
est economy-swept away in a few months
by this demon, speculation. And this is
not a solitary case, Every reader can
count similar ones in his own list of ac-
quaintances. They al: teach one great
lesson-stick to your legitimate business,
the business in which you have succeeded
"Let well enough alone man who
has lived all his life on farm stands but
little chance to compete successfully with
the men who have been educated and
trained for speculative pursuits The two
occupations are eXtremes-hOneSt toll at
one end, and the tricks Of trade at the
other. II you have good farm, keep it,
improve it, adorn it, be proud OF it, and
when You are done with it, hand it down
to your children the best Inheritance, with
q good name and education, that YOU
could leave them TOhio Farmer
Year: 1875

No Exemption FROM DEATH AND SOR-
ROW. Not hearthstone shall you find on
which some shadow has not fallen, or is
about to fall. Further than this, you viii
probably find that there are few house
holds which do not cherish some sorrow
not known to the world: who have not
some trial which is their peculiar messen-
ger, and which they do not talk about,
except among themselves; some hope
that has been blasted; some expectation
dashed down; some wrong, real or sup
posed, which some member of the house,
hold has suffered; trembling anxieties
lest that other member will not succeed !;
trials from the peculiar temperament of
somebody in the house, Or some environ
ment that touches 1t sharply from with
out; some thorn in the flesh; some ply
sical disability that cripples our energies
when we want to use them the most !;
some spot in the house where Death has
left his track, or painful listenings to hear
his stealthy footsteps coming on. DR.
Sears
Year: 1875

There is no remedy and assistant SO
easily and cheaply obtained, so harmless
to the fowls, nor satisfactory in its results,
as sulphur. 1t being in the system OF ami
mails to small degree, there is greater
affinity for it than there otherwise would
be. 1t can be administered to the fowls
by having il in small box, SO that they
can help themselves, or by mixing it with
their TODD once week, as often as there
are indications of vermin. Penetrating, as
1t does, to every part of the system, all
parasites are quickly and surely destroyed
Also gapes are said 10 be prevented in
| chickens. Fowls need it more than the
most animals, their feathers containing be-
tween four and five per cent of sulphur.
Their eggs also have a small quantity,
which is noticed by the dscooring of a
silver spoon when it comes in contact with
boiled egg. Applied externally to the
fowls when on the nest, to the nest itself,
OF mixed with the soil in the dusting box,
it is equally efficacicus in destroying ver-
min


To be used as fumigator of buildings, it
is necessary to remove the fowls, close the
room or house. mix little saltpetre with
the sulphur III an iron vessel, and apply a
match to the mixture This should be
done in the morning, and the doors and
windows opened in the afternoon for q
through ventilation Lard mixed with
sulphur in proper proportions and applied
as often as necessary, to the feathers on
the neck and back Of young and old
turkeys, is very good safeguard against
the ravages of foxes.


For our own profit, and the comfort OF
the fowls, let us use sulphur or remedies
Of lii.e natnre- [Poultrv Wnr'A


A New GRASS After General Sherman
made his march to the sea, all in the wide
track OF waste and desolation that he made
with the tramp of his tootmen and the
IRON feet OF his cavalry, there sprung up
a new and unknown grass from the soil,
which the farmers called Sherman clover"
1t would grow up in the most unexpected
places, and it is said would root out Ber-
muda grass and, as a strange similarity,
we now hear that after the ranco-Prussian
war of 1901, in many districts Of France
a new vegetation sprang up, evidently the
result of the invasion. 1t was believed
that this vegetation would become accli-
matized, but very few of the species in
troduced in this way appear likely to CON
tinue to flourish. In the Departments OF
Lor and Loir- Cher, of one hundred and
siNty-three German species, at least one
half have already disappeared, and the
surviving species diminish in vigor each
year Scarcely five or six species appear
to manifest any tendency to become ac-
climatiZed. Can any Of our naturalists
account for it? Savannah Advertiser.


The grasshopper plague at the west is
believed by naturalsts to have been caused
by the determination of the grouse, wild
turkey and other small game, which lived
largely upon the grasshoppers and their
eggs.
Year: 1875

The grasshopper plague at the west is
believed by naturalists to have been caused
by the determination of the grouse, wild


turkey and other small game, which lived
largely upon the grasshoppers and their
Year: 1875

Every journalist must have felt
what the New York Herald expresses
in this paragraph:


"The truth is that there is scarcely
newspaper published from one end
of the year to the other that will not,
if critically considered, give oflense
to somebody in the community. The
politician objects to the way his speech
is reported.


"The buyers of one set of shares is
offended because the money column
reports another set as going up or
going down. Gentlemen who find
themselves in the hands of the police
are grieved at the license OF the press
which reports their arraignment and
trial among the police proceedings.
The sympathizer with France is
offended at letters from Berlin, and
the believer in German unity mourns
over dispatches from Paris.


"The newspaper thus olfends some
one, just as the weather-rainy to-day
and sunshiny to-morrow-is sure to
annoy somebody. The common-sense
view is that the newspaper is the
history of yesterday written to-day
that it is tho mirror of the time, and
that those who conduct it care nothing
for individuals, except to do them
Justice"
Year: 1875

\ plain farmer saws; 1T is now
over twenty years since | learned
that sweet oil would cure the bite of
a raitlc,nake, not knowing that it
would cure other kinds Of poison.
Practice, observation and experience
have taught ne that it will cure poi
son Of any kind, both on man and
beast, think no farmer should be
without Il bottle of it in the house
The patient must take a spoonful of it
internally, and bathc the wound for a
cure. TO cure Il horse it requires
eight times that for 4 man. Here let
me say Of one Of the most extreme
cases of snakc-hiIe in this ncighbor-
hood. The ease had thirty DAYS
standing, and the patient had been
given up by bis physicians. heard
of it, carried the oil. and gave him
one spoonful, which effected Il cure
1t is an antidote for arsenic and
strychnine 1t will cure bloat in cat
IL, by eating too freely of fresh clover;
it will cure the sting of bees, spiders,
and other insects; and will cure
persons who have been poisoned by
a low running vine growing in the
meadows"
Year: 1875

A mutual friend of ours and General Nc
count of a perilous adventure of the general 5:


In 1885, when this entire region was new,
wild and infested with bands of robbers and
murdererS, many of whom apparently be-
iCved in total del ravity, and certainly lived
up 10 II, had occasion to take a journey on
horseback where roads were very poor and
some times only Indian trails. lost my way
and about nine p. NJ. was glad TO see the light
of cabin.


Tying my horse no, far off, found only a
woman in the cabin, and asked the privilege
of staying all night. She advised me not to
stay because her husband and his brother
would be at home before long, and would
surely kill me. But my case was desperate,
not knowing where 10 90, and ! told her |
must stay and take the chances; 80 she got
me some supper, and laid down with my
clothes on. and got some rest but not much
sleep. The woman kept awake, and when
she heard the men coming she woke me and
said "Flsc for your life There was a board
roof over The front door, and being young aud
active, | mounted this roof aud kept quiet


Til, men questioned the woman savagely
who was there, and she replied that poor
traveller had been there to stay all night, but
that she advised him not to stay, "ior you
would surely kill him."


They had seen my horse tied to the tree,
and were not to he pu, OFT in this way. They
declared somebody was there, and began to
look fol me. They soon found and ordered
me down, and discussed among themselves
the best way to kill me, while the woman
urged them 10 spare my life. After consider
able talk among them. it was decided to put
me in a barrel and head it up, leaving only the
bung hole for air, and roll me down long hill
They argued that in giving me this chance
for life they would not be responsible in case
| shoull get killed


Then they took me up a long hill and, hav-
ing an old whisky barrel with wooden hoops,
they ordered me into it, and putting in the
head, was soon rGade ready for my perilous
journey.


They started me down the other side of the
| long hill and of all the long tides and bumps
! had ever heard of that was the longest.
| But all journeys have an end, and when |
landed st the foot of the hill the wolves came
bowling around me, and smelling in the
bung hole, evidently wishing slice of human
steak. Accidently one of them put his tail in
the hole and caught hcl Of IT, 0, Merciful
Father! of all the frightened creatures that
wolf beat them all; and Of all travellers
through this world of woe, l reckon my way
was different from any other, and the speed
of my carriage over hill and dale was at leas,
equal TO any. The bump and bound shall
never forget 1t seemed to me long time
before the hoops were so worn that the barrel
was ready to fall to pieces, and then was as
willing to release the wolf as he was TO be
released The last saw or heard of him he
was running for dear life, and for aught
know he is running now!
Year: 1875

That this is true almost every editor can
vouch for. 1t is related by the editor of the
81 Charles (Mo) Cosmo, who says: There
is certain class of men who are continually
running TO us, and saying "Why don't you
give-h-lt If was running news
paper, Id do it, Our invarabe reply has
been, if they feel anxious to excoriate any
person, they can do so at the moderate price
OF fifteen cents line. This invariably quers
them. Theyare willing enough for us to get
into trouble, but when we offer 10 let them
fight their own battles, they Suddenly discover
that ii is not their business, aud then 90 OIL
and oall us afraid Of our own shadow for
refusing 10 90 what they were afraid TO do.
Year: 1875

1HE MARRIAGE LAW OF THE NOLAN
MEDANs.-Ar incident occurred in the Police
Court Calcutta, the other day, which ought
to convince Legislators of the necessity OF
Interference III regard to the marriage law OF
the Nohammedans. Mohammedan being
summoned TO appear before the magistrate by
his wife, on the ground that he had refused
to maintain her, on being arraigned, with
great presence of mind Immediately proceed
ed to divorce his wife, by repeating thrice the
word "Tulak." The result was that tie wife
was heneetorth divorced, and that all she was
entitled to claim from her husband, if child
less, was maintenance for three months, al
the end of which time she would cease TO be
his wife
Year: 1875

love would be universal and we would follow IN
quality though perhaps not in degree His examples OF
patience and unselish devotedness But, after All, we
are Improbable servants and II Is on HIS account
alone that promised hyor nj the throne Oh ou
However high we rank other duties, be these ABOVE
them ALL This regard for His precepts must, IN the
second place be uninterrupted. Submission and obe-
dience must we give through every moment OF our


lives While the story Of the battles and victories OF
the worlds great conquerors are often talked or the
story OF the worlds greatest cOnqueror of spirits Is
Stunned for fear Of rdicule The avoidance Of this
subject produces evil consequences. IL teaches
the young to look upon religion first with indifference
and then with contempt Where we to look for the
culture OF opinion and sentiment but in the households
The reverend gentleman now made a few remarks rel
ative to his vacation Of the pulpit and bade the
gregation goodby, saying he went !" in
than angeTn
Year: 1875

THE REV. DIR. WILLIAM II. ALGER ON THE LAW


OF VICTORY IN THE CONTESTS OF MEN.


very scant congregation assembled in the Church
OF the Messiah at the OF Thirty fourth street
and Fourth avenue, yesterday morning, 70 listen 70
Dr. Algers discourse on 1.-THE Law OF Victory in the
Contests Of Men,


The speaker began BY stating the desrability OF
every human BEINGS having some particular aim and
object in life. The words Of the text werc-'The race
is not always 10 the swift the battle to the strong
And this too often quoted the Doctor thought by
dlsconsolate, morbid creatures who persist in saying
that no matter how well their plans are
laid or how perseveringly they strive TO accomplish
their darling object something Is sure to initiate
against them and prevent their achieving what they
had set out to accomplish 1t was true that a foolish
specuator often succeeded where sharp FAR seeing
failed, and that


THE SOLDIER


sometimes Slips and loses everything when a fool bv
what some term dumb luck, wins. But these were
only exceptions The sv Of victory wIll as rule,
favor that man who by patient earnest toll clings
firmly TO his object and lags not by the way. Who
gained the victory in those days when the people OF
Greece were wont TO assemble and either engage
IN or stand by as witnesses TO those games
and feats OF strength and endurance the like
OF which the world has never seen sincel Was II the
laggardf Was u the tmd, weak and cowardly, was
II those men who by constant toll aud training made
their muscles and sinews to resemble bands OF ron
and who knew not the word fearY True il Is that II a
swift man lag by the way his slower competitor Will
win the race; but RECORDER HACKErT sAYs:-"IP
THERE EXISTS AN OFFICE WHICH MORE OTHER
ONE SHOULD BE uTl .RLY DIVORCED POLITICAL
CONSIDERATIONS III rs THAT A DEPUTY
CLERK OF A CRIMINAL COURT If he persevere and
strive solely for the race he WILL by the law Of victory
gain the prize


Napoleon was one OF the brightest examples Of this
theory that the world has ever seen. poor Corscan,
without position influence, stranger by birth, with
friend but his sword he carved Tor himself niche
in the column Of fame second to that o men, His
final downfall and overthrow the result OF the
that he bad become evil to humanity and rerbutior
therefore overlook him and buried him beneath heI
| Illuminating mantle


The Doctor went on to show how, by earnest vel
directed endeavor in any good cause, superior ability
will in the end win. Mediocry had often been sue
cessful and will be again, simply because Il frequently
strives energetcally and untrngly gwen direction
but were learning and genuine worth pited against
H. and properly and udicously utilized, they must
OF necessity win the Take the great men Of an
times, in either literature, theology, ethics the
floor OF the senate, and that they have been
divduas Of indomitable will energy and ability, and
that their success has been due solely 10 intrns c
worth and not to what we may call chance or luck.
Year: 1875

few days ago Special Treasury Agent Colonel
F. E. Howe received cable despatch IRON Havana
TO the effect that the Columbus to bring a
largo quantity or cigars which not on the
manifest, all TO be smugged ashore arrival in
this port Colonel Howe accordingly sent down to
Quarantine two OF his detectives capture the cigars
The officers selected for this duty were SPECIAL
Treasury Agents Russell and Bibbens Upon the ar
rival Of the vessel at Quarantine the officers question
boarded captured upward Of 600 Of the very


finest Havana cigars and about 900 packages cigar
cites. Upon the mooring Of the vessel at pier 10
North River Special Treasury Agent Fdean assisted
the two officers in further searching the vessel but
found nothing The seized property will be ap
praised and subsequently sold al public auction for the
benefit OF the government
Year: 1875

A hardship which befals us every four years
is the necessity Of printing a long message from
the Governor who goes out, and long address
from the Governor who comes in-both in about
fortnight. Usually. the sentiments and ideas
of the two are distresslngly similar in spite of
our best efforts to secure a new Governor who
would sing new tune, we are condemned still
to hear the same worn and threadbare story.


However, we will try to endure it, and we
commend to our readers the address OF Govern
or Cochran, which we give ill full elsewhere.
The ideas in it cover a wide variety of subjects,
financial, legal, political, industrial, social and
90 on the Transit OF Venus appears to be omit
ted, and no allusion is made to the Beecher
Trial but except these, all current topics have
probably received attention. The repeal of the
Wages Attachment law is recommended OF
course, this being the tub which !. has been
agreed. on all hands, shall be thrown to
the Reform whale. Increased representation
for New Castle county is also urged, though
Constitutional amendment is recommended as
the proper way to get at it, which is going the
farthest way around the measure, instead Of
reaching it by direct road. The Governor
squints strongly in favor OF the project of divd-
ing this county which is not surprising, as that
is essentially and peculiarly Middletown enter
prise, though one not united in, we believe, by
all the people even of that town.


The remarks upon the industrial and financial
situation are OF varied degrees Of soundness.
We are told, in substance, that owing to bad
rule, the South cannot buy aud has nothing to
sell. This, as the statistics show, is an error.
The Southern market, until the Panic, was good,
and the crops raised in the South, cotton includ-
cd are steadily growing greater. The desire to
return to the use of State bank notes, which did
not float ofr-because nobody at distance would
take them-is one certainly not generally shared
by the business community
Year: 1875

Mr.. Bayards friends and satellites must not
complain II his assault Sheridan is the sub
ject OF indignant remark The manner and
form OF it were both discreditable. That lie
had, either as a Senator or az citizen perfect
right to criticse General Sheridan's acts or
words, nobody will deny. That lie should ex-
press his dsapproyal to tile utmost limit of re.
verify, if he considered the cause sufficient,
would neither be improper nor justly offensive.
But he assumed to declare General Sheridan,
whose services to the country had been so much
greater than his own, unfit to live here Having
done nothing himself to save the Unon lie
sets out, now, to prescribe who shall he its citi-
zenz Sheridan having helped to maintain the
Republic, Bayard who gave no help at all,
mounts the Judgment seat to order him hanged
or banshed


This is new method of criticism. 1t is a
very bad one. We hope it is not to be the code
OF manners and ethics which the Democracy
propose TO introduce into Congress. 1t will he
discouraging to patriotic ardor if it should
prove that after the wars are over. and the
nation successfully defended those who imperil
their lives are to be summarily decided not fit
to breathe " in it, and this by judges who gave





side. Fernando Word erecting gallows for
Dix Jerry Black directing the execution of
Hancock or Hartranft Mr., Bayard ordering
Sheridan out of the country these are scarcely
the rewards which we expected to confer upon
the men whose skill and courage subdued the
flames Of civil war and restored the imperiled
Onion. The ingratitude of republics may be
great but hardly, we trust, 30 black az that.


MIR. Bayard should apologize humbly to the
country and to General Sheridan. If he il lust
man he will do 80. lie will reflect that his ex-
preston was not only harsh and dscourteour,
personally, but from public standpoint gross
ly unfit and improper He will remember that
his own claim to the Republic gratitude has vet
to be created, and that the genius of our free
government has received slight service at his
hands. He will feel that when he, with lis OWL
insignificant pnblc record, presumed to order
the death or exile Of one of the most dstin-
guished American heroes, the act was gross
assumption, incapable Of defence or excuse.