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Year: 1871

FISK AGArN-The case of Fisk, Jr.,
against the Union Pacific Railroad Company
is seemingly not destined to drop out of public
sight. 1t was before Judge Blatchford yester-
day, in the United States Circuit Court. upon
the rendering of decision on certain points
of technical nature previously argued. The
main point to be decided was the legality Of
taking from the files of the court the plaintiffs
bill in equity, on the ground that it included
the name of debtor which did not appear in
the title of the original suit, nor on the papers
as they were officially filed, until after the re-
moval of the suit from the State to the United
States Court. AS in all those cases the result
is expense and delay-the old game of the
boys and the frogs: what is play to one is
death to the other. Erie has, however, pro-
life spawn, and it seems that no amount Of
stoning will bring them from the field.
Year: 1871

THE SENATE YESTERDAY slipped entirely
away from the question of Ku Klux and dis
cussed the Deficiency Appropriation bill. The
only portion Of 1t disposed of was an amend
ment providing tor distribution of money
and clothing to the poor of the District of
Columbia. While Senators seem reluctant to.
take any very stringent measures for the re-
lief of the darkies down South from the terrOrs
of the Ku Klux, they are very ready to take
care of those darkies Of the District, who,
according to Messrs. Logan and Thurman,
sport umbrellas in rainy weather and gold
spectacles on fine days.
Year: 1871

THE CITY PosT OFFICE. The mail business
of this city, which is the great entrepot and
universal distributor of mail matter to the,
whole country, is vastly increasing every day.
The figures show that three thousand bags Of
letters, papers and pamphlets. weighing in
the aggregate hundred and fifty tons, pass
through the New York Post Office during
every twenty -four hours. To receive and de-
liver this immense amount of matter requires
the services Of five hundred clerks and three
hundred carriers. How they can work and
Year: 1871

THE VALUE OF \ SCRAP. .BooK-ANw who
take newspaper which they in the least
degree appreciate, will often regret to sec
any one number thrown aside for waste
paper which contains some interesting and
important articles. .*. @'" ...


A good way to preserve these Is by the
use Of scrap. book. One who has never
been accustomed thus to preserve short
articles. can hardly estimate the pleasure Il
affords to sit down and turn over the pleas.
ant familiar pages. Here choice piece Ut
poetry meets the eye, which you remember
you were so glad 10 see in the paper, but
which you would long since have lost had
it lot been for your scrap. p.book. There Is .
witty anecdote-it does you good to laugh
over it yet, though for the twentieth time.


Next valuable recipe you had almost
forgotten, and which you have found just
in time to save much perplexity. There il
q sweet little story. the memory of which
has cheered and encouraged you many .
time when almost ready to despair under
lifc's cares and trials. Indeed you can
hardly take up single paper without pcrus-
ing It. Just glance over the sheet before
you, and sec how many valuable items 1t
contains that would be Of service to you .
hundred times life. A choice thought 10
tar more precious than bit of glittering
gold. Hoard with care the precious gems,
and sec At the end Of the year what q rich
treasure you have accumulated.
Year: 1871

The following novel production appears q .
communication in the New York World:


That the negro was formed for the climate
OF Africa the whole structure of his BODY
unites to pOve. First, as 4 protection 70 the
brain against the direct rays Of the SUI, the
halr Is made TO grOT short aud curly, and he
Is furnished with skull of enormous thick-
ness. In no other being do We see the Wis.
Dom OF the Creator more clearly exhibited
than In the construction of the African, The
soIes OF his tee' are Overlayed with thick layer
Of fat-a non conductor of heaI-Ibereby
enabling lin To walk at his ease OSer the burn.
lug sandS and forming for him \ far better
protection than any cOutrivaucs the art of man
could devise, Aud now you may ask what
made the African blackI / answer in order
that he may be HblO to keep cool in the torid
climate. y black surface will radiate or mar
with the heat much more rapidly than white
Que. an experiment any one may Iry. Take
Two vessels that are IA every respect the same
two teaPOtS for instance let one Of them be
covered OECr with lampback, then fII them
ooth with boiling water, and you will fud the
black one wall be cold much sooner than the
bright one l believe all scientific men agree
that since the creation Of man a large tract of
land stretching nuI from Africa to New Hol-
laud has been submerged, aud is now covered
by the Indian Ocean. This would readily
account Tor the negro being an inhabitaat Of
that country and such change must have
very much modified the climate of Australia.
have no doubt that in past ages the differ
ent races ot men must have been far more
numerous than at the present. Those great
revolutions that raised the Alps FROM the bed
OF the ocean, which submerged Whelc cont.
nents while they brought others into existence.
h,1,


while others were los; sight of, like the ten
tribes OF Israel, through smalEamatiOu. I
think It Is plain tha; the African vas q dis.
tinct race from the beginning, and that the
only reason for forming him as he is was
simply that all the earth might bo inhabited.
Year: 1871

AFFECTING LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
The act of tie General Assembly Of Virginia
recently passed, amending the code Of Vir-
ginia, 1850, 10 regard to the trial Of unlawful
detaIners, has gone into effect. Il provides
that the landlord, may. after the expiration Of
the tenants term, or for failure to pay his
rent upon giving fve days notice. proceed
before justice of the peace to try the cause,
and IN case Of judgment in his favor. to order
a constable to turn him out. If the tenant
feels himself agsrieVed BY the judgment he
may appeal to the higher court upon giving
security for more than one years rent
Year: 1871

there is reason to trust the future has in store
for yon. Situated as you are here on one Of
the main arteries between the west and east,
between the great industries of the plough
and the spindle you must aid in their exchang-
es and thrive with them. Soon these chan
nels will be opened wide and pouring through
your precincts streams of men and merchan-
disc that will need your furtherance and
must contribute to your growth.


Located here in the centre of New England
to what dearer spot can you turn that men in
habit? Beginning life rich with the honors of
your mother town whose influence through
her schools and her scholars is of itself an In
heritanee, with such examples as Lawrence,
Boutwell,, Hoar, what@nay you not hope for Of
usefulness in the councils of the state and
nation? @@+@


Contrast our condition with that European
nation, alternately torn and imoverished with
wars, credit it as you may to the better edu-
cation of the people, and you will realize the
value Of the example old mother Groton has
set you, SO worthy of your ambition to fol-
low. Build schools for your children and
find talent to teach them, then intelligence
and integrity in prosperous and happy homes
will be your sure reward.


Associated as you have made me with your
veal and wo, wish might be allowed to con-
tribute from my means such as they are, some
thing toward this first foundation of the pub
lie good.


Gentlemen, have detained you too long.
Oppressed with the fear, that do not de-
serve the distinction you bestow, pray God
to make me worthier, and to smile upon you
with His perpetual blessings.
Year: 1871

HUMANITY TO IIoRsEs-FRosTY BITG. .--As the
cold weather approaches, the absolute cruelty
of putting frosted metal into the months of
horses is so frequently brought 10 mind that any
suggestions MS to better course are at this sea-
son timely as well as merciful.


No one who has had 10 do with horses when
the mercury Is considerably below the freezing
point, but has witnessed their sometimes almost
frantic efforts to escape the pain that comes
Of pulling on the bride. Misunderstanding IL
many times, the coarse and brutal hostler adds
blows to the other brutality, and forces the ami
NAL to take between its jaws a piece Of iron that
freezes its tongue and sections of its mouth the
moment IT touches them, causing not only pres
ent pain, but often liberation and almost always
sores.


The remedy Is leathern bit, instead of an
iron one. Ifa bit Of this sort is not easily pro-
cured common iron one can be covered
which will be at least partial remedy.


To do this, cover the bits with strips of com
mon bride leather, and AS much of the cheek
piece AS will be likely TO touch the flesh, wind
ing them around the iron while wet, and then
carefully sewing the edges so as to make the
surface AS smooth as possible.


A real mOuth-piece con be made by any har-
ness-maker At small cost and would be alto
gether preferable 10 the covered one and it can
be taken from the hesd-stall and check-rein,
and be replaced by the iron when the cold
weather is past, and be kept in readiness for an
other winter.-HedrM and Home.
Year: 1871

SAN DoMISGo.-A commercial house in New
York writes to prominent Senator: awe are
advised by our agents, as well as by our Domin-
lean correspondents that everything is peaceful
and quiet, and that tfe entire community with
whom they are brought in contact, are unani-
annexation to the United States"
Year: 1871

BLAST Of thirty tons of powder was recently
successfully exploded in the Blue Point Gravel
Mine at Sucker Flat, 1t is said to have thrown
the earth, covering 200 feet of ground rs feet
deep, 20 feet into the air and that the result was
all that could be desired.
Year: 1871

A MAN in San Jose, the other night, thought
he heard some one trying to get into his house
He got up aud found that his suspicious were
correct. Not having any firearms he pointed
his finger at tho would-be burglar and told him
to leave. The burglar, undoubtedly supposng
pistol was pointed at him. Immediately left.
Year: 1871

The many stars were beaming with wondrous spendor,
But sad thoughts to the miner did they engender:
lie loved the azure space and lonely emerald peak
For in colors gorgeous bright does nature always speak:
Beautiful days or nights would add to his store
without storm, in vain he'd seek the golden ore
The fitful rivulet again almost dry


But not one little CLEAN of hope was in the sky
Now he thought Of his julia in long years most forgot
And in despair he almost cursed his wretched lot;
Well he now remembered the beautiful brown hair
And how glance at her sweet face banshed all his care
How lovely she bushed does peach with pleasure
When so sweety kissed by fair lips beyond measure;
If he could but find one single diamond bright
He would rush to fair Jua's arms this very night
Even now the wind from the South is truly blowing
God grant that on the morrow it may be showing
The clouds above the horizon now arising
(This most sudden change is indeed quite surprisingly
Soon the moon will be by circle surrounded
In this world are hopes and fears often confounded
All that can now be done is to hope for the best
Like a maiden when by her lover caressed
MINERsyILLE, January 1871. VITO.
Year: 1871

New VoLUME.-The Sacramento Bee entered
upon its twenty-ninth volume with the New
Year The Twice AWeek, which is made up
from the Daily Bee, is an excellent paper and
one of our most welcome exchanges,
Year: 1871

DoG-FENNEL BEND, Trinity River,


January 9th, 1871.
DEAR JOURNAL The mania just at this time
Tor writing poetry is truly alarming. always
had an idea that was a poet but the fear of
Stockton invariably blew my tamping out about
the time | commenced writing. 1t runs in the
family to write poetry, however That senior
" good old maj" " was poet of the first water
Who does not remember


lie used to an old blue coat


All buttOned down before'
That's more duds than his son will be able to
sport the coming Spring it does not rain soon
but here goes for small solution by the way of
trial


On SEEING PossuM UP A GUM TREE.
Year: 1871

CARE OF HoRsEs' LEGs.-Few men
who handle horses give proper attention
to the feet and legs. Especially Is this the
case on farms. Much time Is spent OF a
morning rubbing, brushing, and smooth
ing the hair on the sides and hips, but at
no time are the feet examined and proper
lv cared for. Now let II be known, that
In this six thousand year old world ofours
The feet Of horse need more care than
The body; they need ten times rs much,
ior in one respect they are almost
The entire horse. All the groom.
Ing that can be done won't avail
ANYTHING, II the horse iS forced to stand
where hIs feet will be filthy. In this case
the feet will become disordered4 and then
the legs will be badly out Of fix, and with
bad feet and bad legs there Is not much
else of the horse iit for anything. Stable
prisons generally are terribly severe on
the ieet and legs Of horses, and unless
these buildings can afford dry ROOM
where horse can walk around, lie down
or roll over, they are not halt 30 healthy
and comfortable rs the pasture, and
should be avoided by all good hostlers in
the country.
Year: 1871

THE Second Branch of Council will
meet this evening. Two propositions will
be in Order-one to send committee to
the Harrisville Railroad Meeting on the
25th; another to make provision for pest
house. 1t Is presumed, however, that the
usual flow OF gas will have the preference.
Oratory first and business afterward.
Year: 1871

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has
Just decided case in which 1t lays down
the principle that even the majority OF n
congregation which withdraws itself from
the denomination with which 1t stood con-
nected cannot lay clam TO any part Of the
church property rs against tho minority
that remains under the authority of the
church
Year: 1871

About year ago. was SO badly affected with
Kidney Disease and general debility, that could
scarcely attend to my business. took few bottles
OF University Medicine, and have been well up to
the present time. CHAS E. DUITON


Store 312 Congress ST. Portland
Year: 1871

4 Massachusetts, census officer
ambitious to have his State properly
understood. reports that if the Low
ell girls were laid out endways they
would reach nineteen miles. Which
is sweetness long drawn out with a
vengeance.
Year: 1871

RIA Democratic representative in
Congress. w;s;ily proposes that select
committee be raised to inquire into the
best mode of restoring General Grants
faith in human nature" which has again
been shaken by the result Of the election
in Georgia.
Year: 1871

fE- The Spectator says the French ar
mics are now real armies. commanded by
real soldiers, who know how to act when
they are worsted-are armies which fight
at least as we'll as Bazaine's ut Grave
lo,te. and sometimes even bettcr-
Under the discouragement of recent de-
feat and the most depressing weather they
hold their own in the face of quito equal
enemy. Their morale is no longer de-
pendent on NEE good spirits. They fight
like men who trust their general, and who
mean to fgh: in bad fortune as well as in
good.
Year: 1871

kS The following are valuable re-
ceipts:


To make man drunkari. give him
wife who will scold him every time he
comes home.


To make woman scold. give her 4
husband who comes home drunk.
Year: 1871

Mr.. ED1ToR;-I have selected this
subject as the basis Of few remarks
not that l have anything very near OF
striking to say in relation to it, but
because, in my opinion, it is quite as
important, and much less objection
able on the score of triteness, thar
some other topics which Of late have
claimed a large share of tho public
attention.


Men, who have been all their lives
accustomed to rise early are sometimes
unable to account for the prevalence
of the opposite habit, Aware, from
experience, Of the advantages and en-
joyments growing out Of early rising,
they regard those who voluntarily
seuander the most valuable portion OF
their time. and endanger and impair
Their health by gross indulgence, how.
ever reasonable they may be in all
other respects, as having in this one
particular at least, their faculties
warped, and their thoughts turned
away from the proper current. 10
such men it seems impossible that
beings gifted with capacity to perceive
and appreciate The rest superiority
Year: 1871

Mr.. ED1ron Nov that a Build
ing Association has been organized
permit me to call the attention Of
those who have not given the subject
any thought to the benefits arising
from it, in order that the stock may
soon be increased to its maximum
limit, viz: 400 shares.


The holder of each share Of stock
will pay on the first Saturday night
Of every month, 81 per share on each
share SO held. This will bring into
the hands Of the treasurer $500 per
month. This four hundred dollars
will be Immediately loaned out to
such stockholders as will pay the
highest premium, at the rate Of two
hundred dollars for every share bought
out, less the premium which be offers.
The money which lie thus borrows
will be returned by monthly install.
ments as above stated.


Therefore to the individual who
contemplates purchasing home with
but a small proportion Of the money
in hand, here is an opportunity Of
borrowing what he may need and
paying the cash for his home with
from seven to eight years to pay back
what he has borrowed.


To the man who does not desire to
purchase property, but can spare from
his earnings a few dollars per month,
it offers safe place for investment,
with interest compounded every
month; and if not drawn out before
the stock is all redeemed, for every
dollar paid in he will receive at least
one dollar and fifty cents.


TO the man of wealth, who has
money to loan permanently, it also
offers an induccment. Here his money
is compounded monthly, and his in
tercst collected and re-invested with
out any trouble TO himself but to send
in his monthly payment.


In short, this enterprise must COM
mend itself to every person who feels
an interest IN his own prosperity, as
we'll as the general prosperity and i'm
prOvement Of Mechanicstown and ad-
joining villages. Let us therefore
Rgs Sys srangds 'sI aSr ~he are aa' daHs snS3%T
our village to join us in building it
up. As long as we hesitate and ex-
hibit o condition of weakness and
want Of confidence in ourselves and
the future prosperity Of our place, we
cannot expect strangers to invest their
money in erecting our hotels, build
ing our houses and opening our streets.
Any information wanted concerning
the above enterprise, can he cli~led
OF Mr.; John Landers the Scr:-..ary,
or any Of the Directors.


Pho Bono puBLIco.
Year: 1871

As this lady is one of the most
voluminous and beautiful native born
female authors, in prose and poetry,
that Frederick county has ever pro
ducel a short sketch Of her history
and writings, as we gather them from
a friend, may prove interesting to her
numerous admirers and acquaintances
in this section of country.


NELLIE EYsTER (use Blessing), }, was
born on the TN Of December 1880, in
that little quaint looking onestorled
house on Market street, Frederick
city, nearly opposite Mr.. II Roteler' :
Coach Repository and when two
months old removed with her father
TO her home in the lovely village OF
Jefferson, where she is we'll remem-
bered to this day, and whore her
childish ganbols were spent. At
nine years Of age she was sent to
Barleywocd Female Seminary, where
she experienced variety of school
girl experiences, which one day, if she
lives and God willing, as we are in
formed from a reliable source, Kill be
truthfully and pleasantly related in
a book to be called LADY GAY, and
now in process Of preparation At Is
years Of ago she left Barleywocd, and
was placed under the care of 6 private
tutor. Her father died a year Tre-
vious to this PERIOD and for one briet
year of her girlhood, she resided with
her mother in Frederick. At that
time her mind WAS more mature than
her body. She possessed rae mental
requirements for one SO young, was
gay, vivacous and sparkling in her
Conversation; and attracted the notice
of many literary friends, who per-
ceived her original and sprightly turn
of mind, and urged her to cultivate
her passion and talents for literary
compositions. She met at that period
many young men Of Frederick who
were then just budding into manhood,
and under their gentle persuasion and
kind admiration her girlish fancies
ripened rapidly, and she soon began
to think herselfa woman. Those were
halycon days her imagination took
the butterfly hue as it gazed upon the
garden of roses and rare flowers en-
veloped even now in golden haze as
suggestive and inspiring as any June
morning that ever dawned, She was
indeed the delight Of the social circle
and her company was counted by the
intellectual votarios who then congre-
gated in and about Frederick city


At II years Of age she became a
wife, married and happy; at Is years
of age she became a mother a child
mother as it were, for she could not
throw oft the girhSh fancies and words
which excited her earlier days, and
Year: 1871

which he who rises early, or in season.
able time, possesses over him who
lies long and late in bed, should, Of
their own volitioh, prefer the latter
evil to the former good; and therefore
they believe that those who do thus
indulge in that which inevitably tends
to t. ba injury, must be impelled by
som cause not entirely within the
reach of their control.


But such is not the case. Late
risers have no available plea to make !;
they are the conscious and wilful
agents Of their own guilt; they sin,
with their eyes wide open, against
light and knowledge, and there is no
ground of defence on which they can
rest. Idleness, the worst and most
beneful of all evils, because the fruit
full parent of a thousand others,-rahk
and disgusting idleness, is at once the
cause and consequence of this PERM
cious habit-a habit which, with those
who are in full health and the free
use of their limbs, nothing can palliate
or excuse, and which is only less re-
voting than intemperance because it
is less exposed to the public eye.


Men do not become late risers sud
denly; they are initiated, as in all
other VICES, by degrees first a slight
Indulgence in this way, then q little
more, and SO forward until the habit
beco.n mes irremovably fixed How i'm
portant then to shun its approaches
how necessary to avoid everything
which may lead to it. We may be
told that every man has right tc
distribute his time as he pleases, and
if one chooses to spend half his days
in bed, no other ought to object. Nc
such right belongs TO any man; he is
Il member Of q social compact and is
bound by every principle Of society
to assist in rromotlng the common
intcrcat. lie is, moreover, amenablc
| to higher tribunal than any in this
world fer the waste OF time and talent
which this habit necessarily involves
Has he family, what must be the
evil effect Of his example, and how
can he justify himself to his children.


In concluding these brief remarks,
which ! have hastily thrown together,
would urge it upon all who desire
to preserve the lnestinablc blessing
Of health, or who wish to "ttoin The
glIls OF fortune ana lNc esteem OF Their
fellow men, to rise carly and 90 to bed
betimes. J. S. &.


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