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Year: 1873

A"BLAcK SHEEP."-One who happened to get
out on the Editorial excursion, ungenerously
stigmatizes those who did not 60, as "black
sheep who staid at home;" but thinks "the char
acter of the Association will not be damaged by
these instances Of moral depravity." We are
forced to admit that we were so deeply sunk in
moral depravity that We could not find time to
go. People have no mercy on us-they riH keep
us at work, no matter how many sprees and blow
outs mp for the public edification. Now, If
We were SO fortunate as some, that two hands
could be spared out of our Office for half q week
each, to splurge around, and the remaining one
conld cock up his legs and himself two-thirds
of the time, and work not crowd them at that,
we might have some pleasure now and then; but
as long as people keep crowding their work upon
us, our moral depravity is such that we shall be
very apt to stay at home and attend to our bus
iuess.
Year: 1873

SNIFFLE AND WHINE.-It is our desire to be
law abiding, and we are sorry if We occasionally
violate the statutes through ignorance. We did
not know that there was a law prohibiting men
from removing to Troy to engage in business, nor
that the Republican had pre-emption right to
this location for publishing newspaper. But
such must be the case. For weeks past, the Re
publican has kept up whine about our removing
to Troy, as if it were crime that should subject
us to summary punishment. Its indignation at
our course in this respect, is eqnaled only by its
grief that we are losing money all the time. OF
course, its hope that We are losing, has nothing
to do with its idea that snch is the state of Affairs
But let them snifflc and whine; let them shin
around and borrow money to pay their hands
hand, We mean; let their friends chip in once a
month and furnish them the money to buy them
a bundle of paper for their issues during that
month; and let them cover up their financial
standing by vigorously croaking about our losing
money. If we will rersist in going to ruin, they
have relieved themselves from blame in the mat
ter. Go ON with your shifting and whining, and
don't forget to keep post-office" before the pub
lie. Sucking calves should not forget to hold
fast to the teat that gives them sustenance.
Year: 1873

II good deal of Indignation is expended mp
Oh agents Of city papers, who so into the eonntry
and canvass for job work at prices that country
printers cannot live upon; but this grnmblins
comes with an i'll grace from men who, when they
get Job to do nicer than a common horse-bill,
send it off to those SAME city offices, and get it
done at starvation prices, then tax their custom
er an enormous per centage for preft.
Year: 1873

Mortimer NJ. Leggett. a son of Com
missioner Leggett of the United States
Pension Office. at Washington. met with
a fearful death in Ithica N. Y, last
week. Young Leggett was student
in Cornell University. in that city, and
it appears that the secret society of the
College known as the Kappa Alpha
Fraternity, induced young Leggett to
make application to join them, and had
assembled to witness the fun of putting
him through. The members of the So
ciety gathered on the banks of creek
little outside of the village. and Leg
gett, the candidate for initiation, was
blindfolded and subjected to the usual
ceremonies, which appear to have been
rough and cruel While they were in
progress, Leggett and the two young
men who had him in charge fell over
the brink of the precipice into a gorge,
fifty feet below. There they were found
by their companions-.Leggett with his
skull fractured. and the other two seri-
ously and possibly fatally injured. leg
gett lived about half an hour after the
fall
Year: 1873

Young men and boys, who think they
are too old or too smart to attend Sun


day school. should consider one or two
points worthy of their attention. How
do the the young men and boys of their
acquaintance, who loaf about the streets
and 90 off on pleasure excursions on the
Sabbath. compare with those who are
faithful in their attendance at Sunday
school; for general intelligence. good
character and trustworthiness Who
turn out to be the best students, clerks,
and apprentices; those who refuse the
privileges and advantages of the Sunday
school, or those who are as true to their
several classes as the dial is to the sun ?
Who can command the best recommend
atiops when they need work those who
prefer wandering about the streets. or in
the woods, on the Sabbath, or those who
prefer to do their walking when it will
not interfere with their Sunday school
duties? Who are the most trustworthy
men in the community; those who hon.
or the Sabbath, or those who dishonor
it, by hunting, fishing, sailing and
lounging about on the day of rest and
worship? Vast numbers of silly young
men and boys imagine that the restraint
of the Sunday school does not comport
with true freedom and manliness. They
think it is, we'll enough for small boys
and for girls, even for young ladies. to
attend sotool regularly eye,y sabbath'
Year: 1873

CANADIAN WILD GERsE.-It has been
stated on reliable authority, and we
know it to be correct. that the Canadian
wild goose has frequently been domes-
ticated. It's interesting to note with
what persistency it retains many of its
original characteristics. even under the
influence of domestication. The color,
for instance. is unchanged, even when
bred for many generations in confined
state. A prominent characteristic Of the
Canadian wild goose which has been re-
tanned under the longest term of domes-
tication to which it has been subjected,
is that it will not breed until it is three
years old, although it attains its full
size in about three months.


Pairing generally takes place in the
autumn of the second year. five or six
months before the laying season, and
we have heard of cases where the site
for the nest was selected by the young
couple many months in advance of the
time when it was actually-appropriated-
The male is monogamist-at least he
chooses but one mate at time. and the
union is seldom voluntarily dissolved.
The female lays from four to seven eggs
in season-one brood only being rear
ed. Every egg is almost certain to be
hatched and every gosling to be reared.
Year: 1873

THE REWARD OF A GENEROUS ACT-
Forty years ago an old man now living
in Gambia, N. H., then young man
living in Chester, working at his trade,
"a COOPER, saw young woman sitting
on stone by the wayside weeping Bit
terly. He kindly inquired her trouble,
and she told him she was trying to get
from Boston to her home somewhere in
New Hampshire. She had walked the
distance thus far, was tired, hungry and
moneyless. The young man took her to
his boarding place, had her taken care
of for the night, fed and rested, and the
next day gave her money to pursue her
journey. Years rolled away, bringing
with them care. labor and eventually
old age to the man. while the girl pros
pered. married and became wealthy.
Recently she died in New York, leaying
fortune of $4,000 to be divided be-
tween four individuals, this same man
who befriended her so long ago being
one of the fortunate parties.
Year: 1873

4 A STRANGE CAsE.-The following are
the facts relating to case which has
excited much attention not only among
the medical profession of Bennington,
but also in other parts of the county
and in New York: Some ten weeks ago
Sylvester Cutler, young man of this
place, "a years of age, while driving
into barn on loaded wagon, his head
came in contact with beam over the
door. in consequence of which he receiv-
ed slight cut on the top of the head.
The injury was so trifing that for
week he paid no attention to it; but
then his face beginning to break out, he
consulted DIR. E. N. S. Morgan. who
pronounced it erysipelas, and prescribed
the usual remedies. From the face it
spread to the side of the neck, from
there to the left breast. and then to the
left arm. destroying entirely the cellular
tissue of tie arm, so that by taking hold
of the skin it could be completely turn
ed round, and an injection put in at the
wrist could be seen running to the shoul-
der. DR.. Middleton Goldsmith, of Rut-
land, was called, who pronounced it a
case of cellular gangrene. a disease that
is very seldom met with. Drs. SWIM
burne of Albany. and Bowling, of New
York. also visited him. and everything
that science or skill could do was done
to save his life, but to no effect. The
drain on the system was so great. and
such an amount of decomposed matter
had worked itself through the whole
body, that nothing could save him. and
Friday of last week he died. This is
the first case of the kind that has ever
come under the notice of physicians in
this section, and its effects have been
very closely watched by them.-Rntla'ad
Globe.
Year: 1873

air and crashed through the golden lead
of the devoted wife. A stream of blood
gushed from the white temple and pour
ed down upon the bosom where it drop
ped never to lift itself again.-never,
never more. Only with quivering
shudder of pain she felt for the face of
the man who had sworn to love and
cherish her. and had broken that VOW SO
utterly while hers had been SO truly
kept.


'.Good-bye, Edward she whispered.
Il can't see you now-kiss me. Oh, be
good to baby Be good to baby p and
no word more.


The crowd was hushed to silence The
culprits skunk away in terror. A sobered
man bent over the dead WOMAN. whuse
hands had dropped away from his breast,
and the love and truth and tenderness
of her heart were all manifest to him in
that terrible moment-manifest in vain,
for repentance could not restore her to
life. nor blot out the love which had
crushed her heart through all those
weary days of her sad married life.


"What is the matter here % cried a
voice, as a portly man forced his way
through the crowd. "A woman hurt 2"
"a woman killed." said policeman,
land that brute is the cause of all, and
the gentleman bent forward and started
back with cry Of anguish.


4.It is Ruth !" he said "My Ruth I"
and fell back into the policeman's arms
in deathlike swoon. Forgiveness and
repentance had come alike too late for
poor Ruth Holly. Her father could
give her nothing but grave
The child born amidst want and pen
urv, nourished by half-starved mother,
pined away and died in the luxurious
home to which Its grandfather bore it /;
and now as the old man sits alone in
his splendid home. he sometimes hears
strange. wild cry in the street outside.
through which drunken creature reels
and staggers, bowling ever and anon.
ruth! Ruth !"





1t is Edward Holly. who ever in his
drunken madness, searches for his mur.
dered wife. 1t is the pitiful. horrible,
heart breaking wreck of the once splen-
didly beautiful man of talent. who had
only one fault.
Year: 1873

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.-The
Emperor of Germany seems to have got
over his recent indisposition very well,
writes correspondent Yet at one time
it was very serious, all the more so as it
was to a great extent mental, and he
seemed likely to follow the example of
his late brother. During the Shah's
visit to Berlin. the Emperor was for one
day completely Frustrated. and fell down
suddenly in fainting fit as he was
walking across room, and he did not
recover consciousness for an hour. 1t
was, no doubt, greatly due to his bodily
weakness that he became so mentally de-
pressed. He was particularly nervous
about Jesuit conspiracies, and expressed
his belief that he would fall victim to
them. This is not the first time he has
seen visions of martyrdom. Before the
war of 1866, when his mind was over
wrought by the long struggle between his
Minister and the Parliament and when
he was being urged on by Bismarck into
that dangerous conflict with Austria, he
believed that he would fall victim to
the resentment of his people. One day,
taking friend into his study, he point
ed to the court of the University oppo-
site, and said: "There is the place where
the Liberals Of Prussia will erect my
scaffold." The fate of Louis XVI. was
ever present to him, as that of Charles
I. had been to LOUIS. But he seems to
have overcome all these forebodings. and
it is now thought probable that he will
pay a visit to Rome. If so he will prob.
ably fall i'll again, as he did after his
journey to St. Petersburg. But he is
very self.willed, and though his physi.
clans prescribe rest he never will obey
their instructions. He believes that oc
cupatlon is the best medicine.
Year: 1873

The value of advertising was never
better shown than in recent case at
Montreal, where, while compositor on
the Fitness was setting up an advertise
ment for lost canary, the bird few in
at the Office window.
Year: 1873

Among the banks the feeling in the morning was
very good. They cleared in the regular way, ex-
ceptng that they paid into the Clearing House the
new loan certificates instead OF money But all
went on well, and not the slightest misunderstand-
ing existed between any OF the banks and the Clear
ing House. Several OF the bank presidents whom the
reporter saw expressed themselves as being quite
confident Tor themselves In one case 1t was stated
that one brokerage firm had refused to accept the
certified checks OF another upon the Mechanics
Banking Association. The reason for this was not
given and there seemed to be none for the action,
because this bank Is generally accredited with
being one of the most solid in the street.
Onicers of banks as rule state that If the STOCK
Exchange re0pens they will be Obliged to call in
their loans from brokers, who, II they do not re-
spond, will have their securities sold under the
hammer. This Will pe enough OF itself to keep the
Stock Exchange closed 1t is said as, If such action
as this took place, universal suspension would be
the only alternative.


FOURTH NATIONAL BANK.


Il was at one time stated late In the afternoon
that the Fourth National Bank had suspended. A
reporter of the HERALD called at the establish
ment and saw the Cashier. Mr.. Lane, who stated
that there was not the slightest truth in the rumor.
and at the time he pointed the reporter to a
crowd of men and boys putting in their deposits.
The look OF them was very healthy. The reporter
interviewed the Cashier about the statements that
the Fourth National had thrown out the checks OF
Henry Clews Co., and asked the reason. The
Cashier sad:-


"The statements or our having done this are
quite true We have been clearing for Henry
Clews & Co. on Friday last MIR. Cews overdrew
his account here sle5,Ooo, against which he, OF
course, had securities with u.s. This morning
checks to the amount of s1s5, 900 came through the
Clearing House upon us from Henry Clews Co.,
and, feeling wc could not compromise ourselves
any further, we threw them out. Mr.. Clews then
came here and begged us to let him have 100000
cash on certain securities offered US, but we re-
fused the transactionr


REPORTER-Were these securities goodY


CAsHIER-Wel, don't think they were. At all
events they didn't please us and we were obliged
to refuse the accommodation. or course when
these checks were returned dlshonored TO his
house he could not have continued any longer
The report as TO our failure probably arose from
some mention OF this. We hold ample securities
OF the firm to make good whatever they owe US,
and offered to lend him some upon which he might
realize. But We suppose he couldn't Money Is
hard to get just now.


BANK OF TIE COMMONWEALTH.


AT this suapended bAnk Mr.. Isaac v. Bailey. the
Year: 1873

The report at the Clearing House yesterday
morning was that all the banks had cleared all
right, and that there was trouble with any Of
them. AT all the downtown banks affairs were in
good condition. Mr.. Camp, the manager OF the
Clearing House, says that there were no weak
banks On the list He thought 1t would have been
safe to transact business in the Stock Exchange,
but 1t might possibly have caused trouble Tor
others. or the Sl0,000,0 600 OF loan certificates
S3,50O00O have been taken by the banks.


1t was stated on the street that owing to the
difficulty of obtaining small notes Tor the past few
days several proprietors OF large manufactures in
this city had been unable to pay their workmen
more than one third OF their wages. The employers
have large amounts OF notes OF large denOmlna-
tlons, but it appears 1t Is impossible to change
them for small bills.
Year: 1873

The excitement over the financial panic in Tren-
ton, N. j., was much abated yesterday There was
no hustle on the streets and the people seemed to
be impressed with the opinion that the storm has
blown over, and that there no serious cause for
alarm. The Trenton banks are believed TO be all
solvent and in a condition to meet their ordinary
demands. An offlcial Of the Mechanics National
Bank stated that he was In receipt OF a commune
cation from the Receiver OF the Bank OF Com
monwealth in New York, intimatin0 that the funds
the latter were ready for payment at any time
The firm OF Whitaker Skirm, which was stated
as having been temporarily suspended In yester-
resume business to-day.
Year: 1873

The Conservatives have ever cODtended that
the caovass in the local elections of Virginia
was wholly State matter. involving no nation
al questions. The people of Virginia are stim-
uaed by every consideration of morality, poll
tics, and physical interests to use all the power
they possess to save their Government from the
indescribably horrible results of a Government
elected by voters utterly incompetent to elect
the makers and administrators of law. Could
the people of the North see and know the per-
sons the negroes elect to the Legislature, the
people of Virginia would be completely justif
ed in their estimation. They are men without
capability, without character, and without hon.
or.


Why should the negroes do this wrong to the
State in which they live, and to the people who
give them employment and their very means of
subsistence, besides providing for the education
of their children? Why should they?


The truth is their minds are poisoned by the
interlopers who have come amongst them and
made them believe that their late masters, who
are their best friends, are indeed their worst en-
emes. They will vote for anybody else, even
Maddox aud "seven negroes and q ncke," and
Annable and Leaby, and Morrissey and Swan,
and so on through chap er of fscapegraces such
as never before invaded the peace and security
of civilized people.


Will the negroes never learn wisdom? Will
they never understand that it is their best in
terest that intelligent, educated white men
should govern the State and that it is their best
interest to vote with the men who give them
employment and support, and who educate their
children? They certainly have had time to
learn this wisdom. If they will not profit by
experience, why let them go on. Their is the
folly and their s be the consequences. es.-Rich.
DisDdtch
Year: 1873

WHAT CAUSES HARD TINES. Too many
spend money, and too few earn it.


Too much money is spent wastefully and
needlessly. and too little saved and made pro-
ductive and accumulaiive.


We are too speculative and unsorupulous in
our eff 'rts to make money.


Too many of us prefer idleness to industry
and too few of Us know how to work and derive
pleasure aud profit from our labor.


We talk too much and act too little.


We roll about too much like stones that gath
er no moss.


To short, We are too much what we ought not.
and not enough what we ought to be.
Year: 1873

A PITY, But IT IS TRUE.-John B. Cough
delivered lecture, entitled "Now and Then,"
in New York few nights ago, in which he
said


THE purse-bearing scoundrel was often hon.
ored, but the moneyless scoundrel was always
despised. In some of our cities it was scarcely
possible to convict man with money of crime.
He did not believe in hanging a man, but he
asked did they ever hear of poor man who
had three trials for murder? The question was
not one of right or wrong, guilt or Innocence
but of wealth or poverty. They could point
out men whose lives were gross, with no re-
deeming qualities of education, personal beauty
or refinement, who were judges. magistrates,
members of Congress, and who were admitted
into society into which the poor man dared
not almost look Men who were often Judged
by the money they possessed; ministers of the
Gospel prostrated themselves before it; the
churches were fishing to catch the moneyed
man, while the poor man was allowed to 60 by
with indifference e-sometimes even worse"
Year: 1873

How TO MAKE TINES EAsY-The way to
make easy times is as clear as daylight.


Let every man or woman who owes money
pay it at once. if it is possible


Be willing to make sacrifice in order to meet
promptly all your engagements.


Stop grumbling at the faults or mistakes of
Others and attend faithfully to your own affairs


Deal fairly, leDiently, and cheerfully with all
persons who owe you or are in pecuniary trou-
BILE.


IF you are out of debt, thank the Lord and
then go round among your friends and enemies
too, if you have them, and render them all the
assistance in your power.


Don't hoard your money; out loan it or use
it to relieve the needy, on the same principl e
as you would give bread TO the needy in day
of famine.


Do what you can in every way to relieve pc
cuniary distress, to check the current of fnan-
cial embarrassments and restore public conf
dence.


If you are bank officer or director don't be
cross minute. Smile as Christian duty.
from morning ill night Give an encouraging
word, if possible. to all. aud by all means strain
every nerve TO help all who need il.
Year: 1873

The seventh annual and sixth union regatta OF
the Bayonne Yacht Club was sailed yesterday
from OF the "ldie Hour,n Greenvllle, N. j., and
was a pleasant success. There was hardly wind
enough to bring the full sailing qualities OF all
the yachts, yet, Notwithstanding this, there was
much speed developed and general satisfaction
expressed on every hand. In the early morning
Tie prospect was a gloomy one. as the SKY was
overcast and the indications were that 1t would
rain before the yachts could be started. But IN
good time the clouds broke and the genial sun
gave promise OF delightful day for the
aquatic event. The Club In choosing Greenville to
hold the regatta made capital selection, as 1t is
spot OF unsurpassing loveliness In the variety Of
surrounding scenery. An excellent band of music
was stationed on the hillside in the SHADE of large
trees. and, while the Regatta Committee went on
with their preparations, good music was plentl-
fully supplied to the ladies and gentlemen in wait
ing. The sloop yacht Meta-Mr. George A. Beling-
was kindly placed at the disposal OF the judges as
n stakeboat and, richly dressed from truck to rail
in yacht flags and signals, she presented pretty
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