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Year: 1872

EXPERT T TESTIMONY. was fresh example of the worthlessness of expert testimony during recent trial for for gery at Taunton. A couple of experts disposed of the prisoner at the bar very summarily. When MT. Henry D. Hyde, of Boston, his counsel, handed the smart est expert four old envelopes and asked him if he could tell whose handwriting was on them, the witness, after taking time to examine them, said that "the superscriptions on the envelopes were all in the same handwriting, and all written by the man who forged the check" MT. Hyde at once took the stand, and taking the envelopes, said, "This one was writ ten by the clerk of the Boston Water Power Company, this one by friend of mine in New York, the third is my own handwriting, and the fourth is the pris- oner's,'' substantiating his statement by producing the letters received in some of the envelopes.-,SpringfeM Republican
Year: 1872

THE SENSATION. arc many stories told of the discomfort felt when any portion of an amputated limb is cramped. A man Tn Springfield, H., had his hand injured 8 few days ago so that it had to be cut off. At first he was not aware that the useful member was gone, and even when he had received that interesting information, insisted that the thumb was pressed down in the palm of the hand in very uncomfort. able position. On examination it was found that the discovered limb was cramp- ed in just the way complained of. There is little doubt of the reality of this sen- sation curious as it appears.
Year: 1872

SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERAr1oN.- The San Francisco CaA gives this |: During the progress of trial in the Municipal Criminal Court, physician was placed upon the stand to explain the nature of a wound inflicted by the de- fendant upon the complainant. In giv- ing his testimony he described Q novel mode of extracting bullets. He said j: "The bullet entered the right side, a little above the hip, and in probing the wound I discovered where the bullet lay. was compelled to enlarge the orifce of the wound in order to introduce the forceps, and had just got that instrument on the bullet, when the wounded man, who was considerably under the in

 fuence of liquor, struck me powerful blow on the side of the head, which caused me to fall to the floor. He then ran away and when I recovered myself found my forceps, in one cor ner of the room, and near the instru- ment was the bullet, which had been extracted by the force of the blow" The doctor also stated that as surgical operation it was complete success but he did not wish to perform one in the manner described every day in the week.
Year: 1872

We were standing in the doorway Ny little wife and T. The golden sun upon her hair

 Fell down so silently; A small, white hand upon my arm, What could ask for more, Than the kindly glance of loving eyes, AS she kissed me at the door2 T,know she loves with all her heart The one who stands beside, And the years have been so joyous Since first called her bride; ' We've had so much of happiness Since we met in years before, But the happiest tiiue of all was When she kissed me at the door. At times it seems that all the world, With all it's wealth of gold, Is very small and poor indeed,

 Compared with what hold! And when the clouds hang grim and dark, only think the more Of one" who waits the coming step To kiss me at the door. ..- If she lives till age shall scatter The frost upon her head, I know she'll love me just the same As, the morning we were wed; + But if the angels call her, And she goes to heaven before, shall know her when meet her, For she'll kiss me at the door.
Year: 1872

A SINGULAR CAsE.-In Philadelphia a singular trial took place That of one William Oskins for the murder of his wife. Osklns was acquitted on the ground of insanity, this insanity being proved to have resulted only and wholly from excessive use of alcoholic stimu- lants, and to be in nowise permanent, hereditary or constitutional. His coun- sel now comes into Court with an appli- cation for writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that the petitioner was ar rested for the murder of his wife that he was tried and acquitted on the ground of insanity that since said acquittal he has recovered his reason, and is now of sound mind, and is detained in custody without just cause.
Year: 1872

The first blockade on the Union Pa ci6c Railroad during the present season occurred Oct. 12 near Rawlins Since that time with brief intervals there has been Q succession of snow and wind storms of great violence. The greatest depth of falliug snow on the line of the rond across the mountains is fifty-four inches. But the detention of trains has been caused by drifting and not by fall ing snow. In November the second serious blockade occurred, the fences having been found insufficient to arrest made to open the road and keep it open by the use of snow-plows, of which the Company had thirteen that had proved to be efficient during the past two Win ters with three heavy wagons coupled behind each blow, and as the result of this attempt twenty locomotives were disabled within one week by being thrown from the track and materially injured. Seven snow-trains were fitted out with accommodations on each for sleeping and feeding seventy five labor CTS, and with two weeks supplies of pro- visions this force was set at work, in ad- dition to the ordinary number of em- | ployes and in. this way trains have been sent over the road. Ranchmen resident there for the last twenty-five years say that the present Winter has been the most severe in twenty-five years It is thought that the road can, during the next season, be prepared to pass trains promptly during any future Winter of even greater severity than the Yresnnt
Year: 1872

How changing is the lot of man

 From bad to worse is natures plan; Some pleasures in our youth we share, But ere our prime is marked by care; In age worn out, we pant for breath, And fear eternity in death.
Year: 1872

The sadening sound of the cold adieu


Has fallen like lead on my ear;
The light Of thy presence has vanished from view,
wake and l find thee not here,
So vanished the dreams that were dear to my heart
More dear that knew they must end.
And pilgrim Of fate, must witness depart,
The hopes thy appearance did lend.
Once more in the worlds dizzy din Of delight
The gayest in all the guy tlr0ng,
ThOn'lt come to remember the friends of tonight
Who'll weep at the thought that thou art gone -
Aye, weep, as we weep when an ungel has passed
In radiant l0veliness clad
And mourn over pleasures too t0youo to Inst
Or last to make us more sud,
Go. 90, in the light of thy bright sunny years
Be blessed with an uncheckered lot;
But think Of the loving who give thee their tears
In token thoult never be forgUt.


BEN.
Year: 1872

'teen years ago an Indianian
Ady love for the land of gold.


all these years the faithful
We each written and received
efs every week till a week or
When the swain returned to
's onde' They have a pile Of
we letters to begin house
B with.
Year: 1872

Every person, without regard to
race, sex, or condition, who is found
in the streets of the cities and towns
in Russia in q state of intoxication
is compelled to work at sweeping the
streets during the whole Of the next
day.
Year: 1872

porous condition of things as in
any State in this nation. You will
fnd that that State, which was up
heaved almost by volcanic action, as
it were, and left with the edges Of
society ragged, jagged and sharp,
and cutting against each other-you
will find it as smooth and pleasant
as in any other State in the Union
you will find in the politics Of Mis-.
souri, that there are not now existing
any animosities that grew out of the
war. Its people are all in harmony
and accord, and aro engaged in in
dustrial pursuits. We have forgot
ten ani,nosities Of the past, and no
longer even think of them. You will
find, furthermore, if you want to
protect the colored race in its free,
dom, it's franchise is an illustration
of the manner of doing it. You will
find that their principles are not only
imbeded in the constitution Of the
State, but arc granted by Democrats
by q unanimous vote of the whole
State, which has hundred and
some odd thousand. I believe, and
few thousand opposition. You will
find that there is no feeling in all
that land to disturb the present con-
dition Of affairs. You will find no
white man there with prejudices and
animosities against the colored race.
You will find them there taken by
the hand, that their feelings and
their rights are respected. You will
find they have all through that State
established their schools and church..
es, and are rebuilding themselves to
be worthy members Of society. You
will find that they have their nor
NAL schools, that they have their
State university, SO to speak, aud
that that State university or normal
school has received its endowment at
the hands Of q Democratic Legisla-
ture. I call that proof Of the results
of the Liberal policy. I appeal to
you to judge Of this work on one
hand as against the policy, and the
administration on the other, and
when you make your calculations as
to what is best for the nation, do it
honestly, do it conscientiously. and
do it with a full knowledge Of what
you are doing. Fellow citizens, I
would gladly, if I were able, to go
on with a line Of these remarks, and
undertake to show you that the pol
icy Of the administration, SO far as
the elements Of society which are at
work at the South are concerned,
has been a failure, and why has it
been failure I? I could show you
that it could not by any possibility
have been anything other than a
failure. I would like to show you,
furthermore, that as far as the safety
of the colored race, in their fran
chises and in their freedom, is con-
cerned, it can never be comparable
with war against the white race
I say that whatever it is SO antagon-
istic, it has been made so by the
power of the administration. It is
the administration which has pro-
duced this animosity and hostility
This indirect antagonism will be ia
tai to the black men, even if they
should not touch their liberties them
selves. But I have not time to-day
to 60 into the argument of these
questions.


The speaker then closed by saying
that he hoped to again speak to the
people Of Ohio during the cam
paign.


The Scientific Press of San Fran
cisco is severe upon the reports of
Year: 1872

From the lightest muslins to the heaviest
cloths. They work equally well upon Silk,
Linen, Wooden or Cotton goods, with Silk,
Linen or Cotton thread Scanning, Quilting,
Gathering, Hemming, Telling, Cording, Tuck
ing, Braiding, EmbrOdering and making But
ton Holes with the greatest facility.


If it be inconvenient for the purchaser to
visit the salesroom, the order may be forward
ed to the office, and it will be as faithfully
filled as if the selection had been made per-
sonally.


Full instructions, recently compiled and
giving full information upon every point in
detail, accompany each Machine, and enable
difficulty.


Our interest in tho successful working of the
Machines is not second to that of the purchas-
err and we esteem it IA privilege to aid, by cor
respondence or otherwise, any person who may
require it.
Year: 1872

OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!


OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOTRNALI
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
OF THE TRINITY JOURNAL!
Year: 1872

We call the special attention of the Public
to the fact that these Companies do FIRE
Insurance business exclusively hence
their Assets are pledged Solely to their
Patrons as security against Loss by Fire,
and are not weakened and diminished by Ma
rine, Inland and Life Liabilities, as is the
case with Companies combining the several
branches. Those desiring


RELIABLE FIRE INSURANCE
at fair rates. are invited to apply at the offices
of the above Companies.
Year: 1872

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. "a.
AT two O'Clock this morning. freight train on
the junction Railroad, on its way to the city,
passed over the iron bridge which is built over
the Reading Railroad, about half mile from
the Broad street intersection When more than
half the train had passed over safely. the bridge
broke and four freight cars, laden with coal OIL
went down amid the debris of the falling bridge
on to the Reading road.


Just as they crossed, coal train on the latter
road rushed up and collided with the freight
cars, making complete smash up.


The coal cars, twenty or thirty in number,
were piled upon the bank. The engine was
completely demolished.


What makes matters worse was that the coal
oil cars took tlre, and general conaagration en-
sued, the locomotive and many cars being de-
stroyed.


No one was hurt.


The Railroad accident has caused the loss Of
quarter of million of dollars, from the burn
ing of the cars and freight, and the destruction
of the bridge
Year: 1872

d"s Village.

 The lime kiln of Maltb;a & Holcomb is once more in full blast,

 Lyman Munson,s residence is being enlarged bythat either genius or ingenious Kellogg, who always does straight job and M has To jeesting about it.

 4s- Camp Meeting has been the great centre of attraction thepast week: Owing to the unsettled weather the average at tendance has not been particularly large, yet the meeting has been g success.

 = Sunday brought with it pleasant weather and large congregation who lis tened to impressive sermons by Rev. MT. King of New York in the morning, and Rev. B. H. Burch of Pine. Plains in the afternoon. The good order that has pre- vailed throughout the week has been a noticeable and all agreeable item and the laborers have seen some of the good eff fectss of their efforts, goodly. number having been brought to repentance. The new cottages are found to be about the thing. Many more arc expected to be erected the coming year. The Camp Meeting Association (a joint stock com panyl have devised plan for the inn provement of the grounds. That the de- mands for building lots may be supplied, 1t IS decided to have them two deep; both rows forming arcs of circle, and the outer row to face on an avenue which shall surround it. Also the fine avenue leading from the center of the first is to extend through the center of the grounds to the preachers desk. The fine slope of the ground, which gives the remotest part of the audience plain view of the speaker, it's easy accesss, and the good supplies of water, are items which go far towards making this permanent and popular re- sort for camp meetings.

 a - Our farmers are rather late with their work, but they are doing their double best that they may be prepared to bid dull care good bye whilst they attend the fair and horse show to be held here on the 10th, 11th and 18th insts. The ground has been renovated and is now in good condition, and 8 general good time is ex- pected. In view of the horse show on the 12th inst, the track has been thoroughly repaired, and the sharp corner above the home stretch remedied, making the course in better shape and condition than ever before. In consideration of this fact and of the increase in premiums above other years for speed, we feel safe in saying that the good name which this horse fair has attained will be preserved and nothing short of foul weather will prevent ''The Union Park Horse Association" giving the best and and most interesting exhibition of fast horses ever displayed on their grounds It is expected that an excursion train will be run from Hartford, and pos- sibly one from Bridgeport on that day, to accommodate those who wish to attend.

 Aruvrc
Year: 1872

ufesleys orgar is below par in this place, The postmaster very kindly got up club for the Tribune. gupposing i' a paper that would advocate Republican principles. These papers are now for sale TOT the balance of the year at from two to

 twelve cents. His present supporters do not seem anxious to take them of our hands even at that price ''a-s'zss-ss-ss'-
Year: 1872

If a cold settles on the outer covering
Of the lungs it becomes pneumonia, in
fammation of the lungs, or lung fever,
which in many cases carries the strong
est man to his grave within q week. If
cold falls upon the inner covering of
the lungs it is pleurisy, with its knife
like pains and its slow, very slow recov-
cries. If a cold settles in the joints,
there is rheumatism, with its agonies of
pain, and rheumatism of the heart,
which in an instant sometimes snaps
the cords of life with no friendly warn
ing. 1t is of the utmost practical i'm
portance, then, in the wintry weather,
to know not so much how to cure cold
as to avoid it. Colds always come from
one cause, some part of the whole of
the body being colder than natural for
time. If man will keep his feet
warm always, and never allow himself
to be chilled, he will never take cold in
a lifetime, and this can only be accom-
plished by due care in warm clothing,
and the avoidance of drafts and undue
exposure. While multitudes of colds
come from cold feet, perhaps the ma
.jority arise from persons cooling off too
quickly after becoming little warmer
than is natural from exercise or work, or
from confinement to warm apartment.
- Woods Household 4Hdga=ine
Year: 1872

Forever giving off caloric, yet its
temperature never diminishing. This
is problem that has exercised the in.
genuity of philosophers who hold to
the Old theory that the sun is glowing
mass of fire. According to that CON
ception..of its physical constitution. the
amount of radiating heat into unmeas-
ured space would have reduced the size
of the center of the solar system ere
this, since, unless a provision exists for
accumulating ratio exactly equal to
the waste. fearful arrangement of the
universe must have inevitably ensued
soon after the morning stars sang
together in concert.


TO meet that necessary contingency,
another theory has been announced,
viz: That the suns heat is kept up to
the required status for sustaining all
worlds within its nebular jurisdiction by
the destruction of millions of inetcors.
perpetually falling within its burning
embrace.


Thus, then, otherwise sensible schol.
ars have reduced the mechanism of the
sidereal heavens to level of bakers
shop, who keeps his oven hot by regu.
larly stuffing it with pitch pine
Year: 1872

The Faculty of Amherst Agricultural
College have caught wild Indian, and
are trying to teach him the peaceful art
of husbandry. The red brother, teach
able in the main, is subject to violent
fits of passion. When his chum, a
white man, asked him to be quiet, he
playtully poked him with bayonet,
which was lying handy, an chewed up
three of his fingers in a rapid and dex-
trous manner. He was finally seized
and tied. At last accounts he was foam
ing at the mouth, raving, threatening,
and yelling like the wild auimal which
he really is. The Faculty are disposed
to give up trying to tame him, and
think of shipping him to the West.
His fellow students are strongly in favor
of the nolicy of denomination.
Year: 1872

Who will forget the convivial Joy
with which we celebrated the happy
Treaty of Washington How fortunate
that our joy took time by the forelock !!
The present scene recalls the lrishman's S
experience Seeing bull in the field,
tearing up the ground with his horns,
the notion struck him of jumping nim-
bly, over. the fence and .iamming the
bulls nose in the dirt. The idea was
so comical that he laughed till he could
not stand. On recovering a little, he
proceeded to put his plan into practice
but somehow found himself going
through the air over the fence again
Picking himself up slowly, and family
brushing at the dirt upon his clothes, he
sighed: And wasn't it lucky that |
had me laugh before | went over
beyant ?"-He,uy Ward Beecher.
Year: 1872

One of our young citizens who went
into the country last week to work on a
farm for few weeks and seek "health
instead of dissipation" returned the
other day a little out of sorts, but
healthy. He had blstered his hands
hoeing corn, torn the seat out of a
pair OF twenty dollar lavender pants at
a picnic, one eye was blaeked from
attempting to draw water with All "old
oaken bucket" and crank, his forehead
was fIescoed with musquito bites, a
stone bruise gave him the Alexandria
limp, he was freckled like the leopard,
and had been sun-struck four times.
With these few exceptions he had ex-
perienced an elegant time and is going
next summer-to Jail in preference to
the country.-C2eveland Leader.
Year: 1872

The flower spoken of in the Bible as
the lily is supposed to be the same as
the single Narcissus. 1t springs up in
January and February along the damp
borders of the streams, in shady places,
near the overhanging rocks. 1t is said
that in ancient times this flower grew
in such profusion on the plains of ofSharon,
east of Joppa, that it was customary to
use the dried stalks of the plants to
heat the ovens wherein bread was
baked. Though not now plentiful
enough for that use, the flowers are still
very abundant, and in their season their
yellow and white blossoms make the
plains near Jericho look as if covered
with silver and gold.
Year: 1872

A white man in a Southern city
was overseeing number of colored
men engaged in loading a car.
They did not move quite fast enough
to suit his brutal lordship. The
days of slavery had gone by, or he
would have cracked the whip a.
round their heads. But he lashed
them with his tongue, and used pro-
family in lieu of the lash. At last
he roared out, "By G>dl when
Greeley. is elected we'll give you d-d
niggers HILL" He is but one of
tens of thousands throughout the
South who see in the election of
Horace Greeley the opportunity
long wished for to"give them id
niggers hill"
Year: 1872

Every youth who is learning to
sip and soak at the grog-shops is
being fashioned to the uses of sham
Democracy. His virtuous parents
may be ignorant of his haunts and
his habits; but if he is learning to
love liquor and loose company he is
being fashioned to the ends of his
adversary. Hence the Democratic
managers and oracles almost uni
formly hate and revile the temper
ance reform, even when personally
temperate. They knew that its tri-
umph is their damage, and probable
defeat. There is not State in the
Union whereof the democratic is
not conspicuously hostile to what
ever legislation tends to diminish
the number or the power of the grog>
shops Horace Greeley.
Year: 1872

To obtain an effectual homemade
disinfectant, dissolve bushel of salt in
water, slack barrel of lime, which
should be wet enough to form kind of
paste. For the purpose of disinfectant
this homemade chloride of lime is near
ly as good as that purchased at the
shops and drug stores. Use it freely
about sinks, cellars, cutters, and out
houses, and in this way prevent sick
ness, suffering and expense.
Year: 1872

"When we look around US in this
country, what do we see ?" says
Governor Brown in his Columbus
speech. Well, if we look in the
direction of New Haven, we see
candidate for the Vice Presidency
as tight as a brick Missouri Dem-
ocrat.
Year: 1872

The New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser, one of the best informed
papers in regard to political affairs
in the country, says that for one
Republican who will vote for Gree
ley in Pennsylvania there will be
ten Democrats who will vote for
Grant, to say nothing of the num-
Der who will stay away from the
polls on election day. Pennsylvania
is lust as sure for Grant as old Yer
mont. "The star that never SETS"
Year: 1872

A great deal of sneering and turn
ing up Of noses has been done by
Democrats whenever a colored man
represented his race in Republican
convention. They have always, as
a party, held that a colored man
had no rights that Democrat was
bound to respect; and this accounts
for the fact that at the recent Balti-
more Democratic Convention that
nominated Mr.. Greeley for Presi-
dent, there were no colored dele
gates allowed to represent that
class of voters. in the convention.
This was not the case at the Phila-
delphia Convention; col0red dele
gates were admitted to seats in the
convention that nominated General
Grant.