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Year: 1871

THE silly clap-trap stuff with which
Democratic editors see fit to fill their col
umns with reference to President Grants
absence from Washington and as conse-
quence, his inattention to business, is sim
ply contemptible.0 n The reports from the
Treasury Department show that 1t is well
managed-that the public debt is being
steadily reduced, while the general pros
perity of the country gives the lie to such
charge. There is no reason why the
President Of the United States should not
occasionally take little recreation rs well
as other men, provided he, in so doing,
sacrifices no public interest. President
Grant cannot be charged with this.
Year: 1871

In Great Britain and Ireland the wealth
lest and most independent of farmers are
those who occupy large farms of good grass
land, and who fatten and sell annually
large numbers of cattle. This class of
farmers are called graziers. They keep
very little of the land in tillage, do not
winter large numbers of cattle, but buy
two or three year old heifers and steers in
the spring, keep them ON choice pasture
during the summer and autumn, and sell
them before the animals begin to lose flesh
late in the fall. The vast herds of Texan cat-
tie are sometimes managed in similar
way, being purchased when in low condi-
tion, and driven on the rancho and succu-
lent prarie grass until they have become
nearly fat. Farmers who have good grass
land should devote at least portion of it
to fattening stock |; good two or three year.
old heifers and steers, kept on rich pasture
for six months, would probably pay better
than inferior tillage. The money would
Jail come together, and the cost of trans
|portation, compared with that of cereals,
would be trif1ing. Every farmer should
fatten all his young stock that are not re-
|quired for the dairy or yoke. Selling stock
of any kind before they are properly made
|up for the market is very bad management
and great deal of money is lost by farm
ers every year in this way. HGRw .F r.
Year: 1871

FEEDING HoGs.-Begin early to feed
hogs for pork. We are apt to delay too
cred, and throw this important business
too far into the cold weather, when it takes
much larger quantity of food to make
the same quantity of flesh and fat. When
the atmosphere becomes cold, the carbon
Of food, which should make fat, is burned
out to keep the animal comfortable, and
an extra consumption is required to serve
both purposes. Hence the necessity, also,
Of comfortable houses and bedding in cold
weather. Hogs that have had the run of
q good pasture without other food will not
fatten well in less than five weeks, and if
not in very good condition when brought
to the pen, six weeks will berequired. Let
them, if practicable, be shut up and fed
regularly by the middle of the month.
Year: 1871

\ ,WoMAN'S PRIv1LEGEs.-A woman says
what she chooses without being abused for
1t. she can take a nap after dinner while


her husband goes to work. She can go
into the street withoutbeing asked to stand
treat at every saloon. She can stay at
nome ia ume OF war, and get married
again if her husband gets killed. She can
wear corsets if too thick and other fixtures
if too thin. She can get divorce from
her husband if she sees one She likes bet-
ter She can get her husband in debt all
over, until he warns the public not to trust
her on his account. But all these adyan-
tages are balanced by the great facts that
she cannot sing bass, wear a beard. 90
sparkling or climb a tree. sire 80 p
Year: 1871

NEw-YoRK. Friday, Aug. 20 fs7i.


The market was extremely dull to-day at
the Exchange and public transactions were reported.
There is good inquiry for eligible property at private
sale, and holders anticipate active market during the
Autumn. large amount OF money is seeking invest
ment In real estate and persons who have held off dur
ing the past year in anticipation OF sharp decline in
prices are now inclined 10 purchase as there 10
syIuPtohss vi nuahse' nut on tho contrary an actlNe
demand for strictly rstclass property at An advance
over last years prices The renting demand for houses
In quite active. There special demand FOR furnished
houses and desirable dwellings ara readily leased at
good prices tor the coming week number Of sales
announced both OF city and suburban property


All who have real estate for sale or to let,
and those desiring to purchase rent such property
will ind 1t to their interest TO advertise in TIE TRIBUNE.


Its aggregate circulation exceeds that OF any other
paper, and In addition to this advantage THE TRIBUNE
will be found not only In NewYork and all its cities and
villages. but in every State Territory throughout
Union The advertisement should be as brief as will
allow OF the advantages claimed being made clear to tho
reader We would especially dwell on the fact that the
subscribers for the three editions Of THE tribune Daily
SemWeekly, and Weekly, comprise individuals in every
business professions consequently each
are read by all classes THE TRIBUNE devotes especial
attention to reports OF sales Of estate both in city
and country thus adding greatly to the value of ts col
umns as an advertising medium The charges for adver
Using are as follows; DAILY TRIBUNE, 80 cents per line
for each insertion. WEEKLY TRIBUNE s. per line
WEEKLY TRIBUNE Is cents per line About ten words Of
our wide columns average line Terms cash in advance
Year: 1871

ITO Statesmen ABOUT TO TRAVEL EAST WEST OR


SouthSsmples viii be furnished BY the advertiser dight
and compnct Of saa BILE specially dealt in by the
tail dry goods and fancy goods houses upon which good
commission will be paid Address for one week o. B., box
6O2 Office, New York.
Year: 1871

1t is said by good medical authority that
there is not the remotest corner OF little in
let of the minute blood vessels of the human


body that does not feel some wavelet from
the convulsion occasiened by good hearty
laughter, and also that the central MANI


or life principle is shaken TO its innermost
depths- sending new tides of life and


strength to the surface, thus materially ten
ding to insure good health to the persons


who indulge therin. The blood moves
more rapidly-probably caused by some
chemical or electric modification occasioned
by the convulsiou-and conveys different
impression to all the organs of the body as
it visits them on that particular mystic
journey, when the man is laughing, from
what it does at other times. For this reason
every good hearty laugh in which a person
indulges tends to lengthen his life, convey
ing as it does, new and distinct stimulus to
the vital forces. We doubt not the time
will come when physicians conceding more
Importance than they now do to the influ-
ence of the mind upon the vital forces of
the body, prescribe to the torpid and mel
ancholy patient certain number of hearty
peals of laughter, to be undergone at stated
periods, and believe that they WILL in so do
ing, find the best and most effective method
of producing the required effect upon the
patient Our advice to all is, indulge in
good hearty, soulful laughter, when the op-
portunity offers, and if you do not derive
material benefit therefrom charge us with
uttering false principles of nsaterta n,edsca.
Year: 1871

This short Saxon word is the name of the
state that large number of housekeepers
will live in during the months of April and


May. House cleaning, moving, spring sew
ing, flower garden, vegetable garden, chick
ems, calves, milk, butter-all these come in
crowd, each clammoring to be attended
to. LII the poor woman who has to attend
to all this to look after is physically weak
she will as the Israelites did at the Red Sea
mountains on either side, the sea in front.
and the Egyptians behind. And what they
were exhorted to do the very best thing that
can be done under the circumstances-to
stand still till way is provided out of the
difficulty. Some rod will be stretched out
over the sea and path opened through it,
for whatever difficulties press upon us on
every side we do keep on sailing down the
stream of time through them all. More
flesh is worried off peoples bones than is
worked off, and with no possible return for
flesh invested in that kind of stock is ALWAYS
total loss, ard continued investments of
that kind will soon bankrupt auybvty.
When so many things press, the more i'm
portant should be attended to first, and the
rest allowed to wait in quiet their turn.
Any woman of good common sense can do
more for the accomplishment of these vari-
Gus tasks by judicious use of her brains
than by the most strenuous and continued
exertion of her muscles. Worrying upsets
the balance of the thinking faculties and
puts wedge into the oarlocks so that the
household craft cannot move but with great
strain and friction. But how is one to keep
cool patience spanked on her perturbed
spirits? Use philosophy, common sense,
laughter, merriment The inevitable must
master us, why then should we quarrel
with it. What we can let us do; remember
ing that it is impossible to work more than
twenty four hours in day, and when we
have acted according to our best judgement
and gone to the limits of our capabilities,
we have no reason to reproach ourselves
Opportunities are always galloping past us
which we cannot mount, scaling ladders in
viting ascent, up which we cannot climb
cart is long and time is fleeting," ''Life's toi
and endeaver is endless" II is we'll some
times to recount what has been accomplish
ed that we may be encouraged to go for
ward.
Year: 1871

Many man is rich without money
Thousands of men with nothing in thier
pockets are rich. A man born with good
sound constitution, good stomach, good
heart, good limbs, and pretty good head
piece, is rich. Good bones are better than
gold; tough muscles than silver; and nerves
that flash fire and carry energy to every
function are better than house and land
1t is better than landed estate to have had
the right kind Of father and mother. Good
and bad broods exist among men as really
as among herds and horses. Education
may do much to check evil tendencies or
to develop good ones, but it is good thing
to inherit the right proportion of faculties
to start with. That man is right who has
flavor of wit and fun in his composition.
The hardest thing to get along with in this
life is mans own self, A cross, selfieh
fellow, a desponding and complaining fellow
a timid care-burdened man-these are all
born deformed inside. Their feet may not
limp, but their thoughts do.


A man of fortune, on the brink of the
grave, would gladly part with every dollar
to obtain q longer lease of life.
Year: 1871

carving of timber to work in all manner OF
workmanship" Here we have the earliest
and fullest record of the mechanic arts,
and of that higher artistry of genius and
taste that ministers to our perceptions and
enjoyment Of beauty. Here they are all put
on the same footing of divinity i'll their in
spiration. The mechanics or artists had to
be 'filled with the spirit of God'' before
they could design and execute these fine
works in gold, silver, and brass, and wood.
The MANUFACTURER AND BUILDER, nor
any other magazine devoted to the useful or
fine arts, ever described a work to such mi
mute detail of design and material as Moses
gives us in the construction of the taberna-
Gle. Nothing can be more evident than the
fact, that this work in the wilderness did
not only include all the progress in these
arts made by the human race up to that
time, but that it was a long step in advance
Of that progress; that it far exceeded, in
every conception and execution of beauty,
any work accomplished in Egypt Or Assyria





1t is fact which all thoughtful mechan-
les and artists should notice with special
interest, that the Bible Is the only book. of
ancient date, that does any justice to the
professions, occupations, and genius which
they represent. 1t is full of minute and
scientific descriptions of architecture and
works of art, taste, and genius. Indeed,
there is hardly human life, from Genesis
to Revelation, given us in such clear con-
secutive, and full biography as even the
construction of the little tabernacle and ark
OF the testimony made under the supervi-
sion of Moses. 1t is doubtful if all the lit
erature that Greece devoted to science and
art would furnish us with such a list of ma
terials as were wrought into these works by
Bezaleel and Aholiab, who were s.flled
with the spirit of God,'' in producing from
them such master-p piece as no Grecian ar
tist eyer accomplished in the day of Peri
cles. While doing honor to all the other
arts and occupations, architecture seems to
be speciality of human attainments to the
Bible. From beginning to end it dwells up
on its achievements and progress and shows
that God not only admits but claims both
as the direct work of his own inspiration.
The making of the first suit of clothes for
man; the building Of the ark under Noah:
of the tabernacle under Mosec; of the tenn
pie under Solomon-all these progressive
steps in the arts, he teaches men to take.
guiding his feet holding his hand, and Civ
ing it skill of touch. No Greciau or Roman
poets ever sung ofarchitecture in such lofty
strains, or drew from it such sublime fig
ures of their rhetoric, as Job and John of
Patmos, and other old Hebrew seers and
saints. 1t the artists, mechanics, and build
ers OF this country and age would like to
see the fullest history Of their several arts
and trades in the first forty centuries: or if
they would know when and by whom these
arts and sciences were most highly honored
they must go to the Bible, where they will
find more on both branches of the subject
than in any other volume i'll the world To
those disposed to look further into it's re-
cords for this object, shall be happy to be
a companion next month.
Year: 1871

About a year since the wife and three
children of Elijah Munsell, of the western
part of Monson, Maine, died of smallpox
and were buried in pasture near his house.
Mr. Munsell himself had the disease, but
recovered, and has since lived alone in the
home where his family died.


He could not bear the idea of having his
loved ones buried in a pasture, and finding
it impossible to obtain any one to assist in
removing them to the common burial ground,
he undertook the task alone. On ono of the
moonlight nights of the past winter he open
ed the graves of his family, and by means
of ropes and levers raised the four coffins
and loaded them into wagon.


He carried them to the burying ground,
where he had previously dug graves for
their reception, and buried them. This sad
and lonely act occupied nearly all night.
Few men would have had the courage to
perform such an act, but the husband and
father who had tended his family in their
fatal sickness and had dressed them all for
the grave, shrunk not in the performance
of this last token of affection.
Year: 1871

PoIsoN.-If person swallows poison,
instead of breaking out into multitudinous
and incoherent exclamation, dispatch some
one for doctor; meanwhile run to the
kitchen, get half glass of water in any
thing that is handy, put into it teaspoon
full of salt, and as much ground mustard.
stir it an instant, catch firm hold of the
persons nose, the mouth will soon fly open,
then down with the mixture, and in a Sec
ond or two up win come the poison. This
will answer in larger number of cases than
any other. If, by this time, the physian has
not arrived, make the patient swallow the
white of an egg, followed by a cup of strong
coffee because these nulify larger number
of poisons than any other accessible arti-
cles), as antidotes for any remaining in the
stomach.
Year: 1871

OMER PAsHA.-The death of Omer Pasha
is reported by cable. He was probably the
most widely known Turk in the world at
the present time next to the Sultan. Born
in Croatia in 1906, he was educated as
mathematician and merchant. In 1884 he
adopted the faith of Mahomet, and, drop.
ping his original name of Lattus, took that
of Omer. He obtained position as profess
sor of penmanship in a military school in
Constantinople, and, attracting the atten-
tion of his superiors in rank, gradually rose
in position till in 1858, after twenty years
service in the Turkish Army, he was made
generalissimo of the Turkish forces. He
was prominent in the Crimean war, and
was afterwards made Governor of Bagdad.
Of late years he has been commander-in-
chief of the Turkish Army. He was a
we'll educated man, and looked and dressed
like a Western European.


A MIsTAKE.-That editors are delighted
to get anything to ''till up," the paper.


That they have plenty of time to correct

bad manuscript.


That they should .puif'' everybody for
nothing.


That they must have no opinion Of their
own,


That they should know every thing
whether informed of it or not.


That they have plenty of money.


IL.
show that travels.


That they should have news, whether
there is any or not.


That they should print every mans name
who attends a dog fight or horse race.


That they have time to talk an hour with
every one of the hundreds who come into
the Office every day.
Year: 1871

For their accommodation and conven- fence, in paying us on the receipt of their first paper, we have placed in each, print ed letter from them to us, enclosed in an addressed envelope. They will find by persuing the letter that all remains for them to do is, to place their signature in the prop CT place; also the name of the Post Office and date; enclose it with the amount of their subscription in the envelope and mail it. Be careful not to omit the name of the Post Office, to which you have ordered your paper sent, that we shall make no mistake in giving the proper credit.

 All have manifested much interest in the success of this enterprise, and are probably aware of the fact, that our snccess in a great measure will depend upon the prompt ness with which we are paid. For each, the amount to pay is small; but to us the aggregate is of vital importance We shall work hard to give every subscriber the full Ualue of what he pays us.
Year: 1871

Ore HilI.

 The grading of the Railroad between this village and State Line has been commenced preparatory to the laying of the rails. which are expected in few days. The people of this section are quite anxious 10 see the cars in operation, in order to have better wagon roads for the travelling public, as there are great quantities of iron ore and iron carted over them continually, which tends to keep them in very bad condition. The general remark in regard to the benefit derived from the Railroad is, we may have better roads in future. eco. Large quantities of iron ore are being raised in the mines here this sea- son, larger than for a number of years past. There is very little demand for it at present, as the furnace men claim to have full stock, but many anticipate they are waiting to have it delivered on the Railroad, which will make it far better, as we'll as of less expense to them. It seems very odd to the diggers to be required to dump their ore in heaps until there is demand for it, some thing that has not occurred for number of years. In the past, the call for it has been so great that teams would wait from day light until dark for their turn for load, and then very often be obliged to return without it, and often the case that the drivers would dig their own loads to avoid waiting so long. A TELLER.
Year: 1871

RESULT OF CENTURIES OF CULTURE. The successive editions of WRBsTER's UaGbridg- ed are as perennial in interest ss in value.

 Each successive reprint finds the work of our great photographer still unrivaled among English dictionaries. In each republication we likewise find mirror of the scientific

 progress of the age, sleepless vigilance which nothing escapes, to catch every new shade of verbal significance, and to retain for our unspproached standard of language, that freshness which preserves it from ever becoming old. In the 1,S40 pages before us there are compressed the results of cen tstries of culture, and the sum of the intel lectual contributions of some of the greatest minds of the race. Whether regarded as 8 whole, or in detail, the book is equally marvellous. Its illustrations are copious, appropriate and carefully executed. The matter in the appendix is of character indispensable for reference to all who read, and to all who write with serious purpose. The book is, in short, one which neither school nor study, library or office. ought to be without.
Year: 1871

FRANoE.-Twenty-fve hundred women have been sentenced to transportation to panal colony on an Island in the Southern ocean for setting fire to buildings in Paris during the late rebellion. The Island con tains population of about eo,0oo of the most savage and barbarous cannibals to be found on the globe. They eat one another whenever there is scarcity of food, and the fate of these wretched women Is too horrible to contemplate. All christian and civilized governments should remonstrate against 1t in the name of humanity and civilization.
Year: 1871

West COrmW01As

 MR. EDITOR :-The most important item just now is, when will the "NEws" make it's first appearance? what Is our friend Pease about? Is he going to start the paper that shall represent Western Connec- ticut, and how soon? These inquiries will be all answered very soon, if we can read the signs of the times right. As you, Mr. Editor, have requested me to furnish items for the NEWS, suppose l may consider myself as the ''wide awake correspondent belonging to the swide awake" place of West Cornwall, but for fear that your read CTS may think that you have hoaxed them, and instead of ''wide awake" correspond ent you have only very dull one will try not to trespass on their good nature or yours by too many items at once, and yet hope to be able to give them little idea of what our people are doing that is of public interest. The fire we had some time since has been chronicled in all our other papers, and it is not necessary for me to speak qf that, except perhaps that the scenery whichit furnished us for few days is being chang ed very rapidly by the new buildings that are being erected on the sites of the old ones, and at some future time will give you a full description of them. ...... The Fourth passed off in the usual way, with picnics and out door parties, back in the groves that adorn our hills. Fire crackers, torpedoes, bell ringing, &c., &c., in the yil- lages. On the Plains we witnessed very fine fire works in the evening. They were fur nished by MT. J. c. Calhoun of New York. who has country residence there. We also had the pleasure of listening to some music from our excellent Cornet Band. In our village were two balloon ascensions, one in the afternoon and the other in tue evening. They were paper balloons of large size, the largest being nearly thirty feet in diameter. They made very fine display, being of various colors, and could be seen for fifteen or twenty minutes before going out of sight. We had rather more than usual of the effects of stimulus in the shape of fight, ending with 8 number of bloody noses and bruised heads. Several arrests were made and resulted in the usual fines and costs, to pay for disturbing the peace. When shall we ever be free from that curse, intemperance which blasts and blights everything it touches? The very odor of its breathing is sickening.
Year: 1871

Help Us.-Our time for canvassing for subscribers was so limited that we could not go all over our territory, and in many vil- lages, where we ought to have be thorough with the work, we could only make a nasty visit. We ask our friends who have aided us with their subscription, and whom we know feel interested in the success of our Home Newspaper, to aid us in any way that may seem to them best in increasing our subscription list. Ask your neighbors to patronize us. WStA yoatr aid we shall Snccapd