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Year: 1872

a good story is told Of DIR. Caldwell,
formerly of the University of North Car
olina.


The doctor was small man, and lean,
but as hard and angular as the most ir-
regular of pine knots.


He lookedas though he might be tough,
but he did not seem to be strong. New
ertheless he was, among the knowing
ones, reputed TO be agile "as a cat and
in addition was by no means deficient in
a knowledge of the "nianly art" Well,
in the freshman class of a certain year
was burly beef mountaineer Of eighteen
or nineteen. This genius conceived
great contempt for old Bolus' physical
dimensions, and his soul was Mortified
that one SO deficient in muscle should be
SO potential in bis rule.


Poor Jones, that is what well call him,
had no idea of moral force. At any rate,
he was not inclined to knock under and
be controlled despotically by a man he
imagined he could tieor whip. Atlength
he determined TO give the old gentleman
a gcntecl private thrashing, some night,
in the College Campus. pretending TO
mistake him for some fellow student.


Shortly after, on dark and rainy
night, Jones met the Doctor crossing the
Campus. Walking up to him. sbrxtly.


"Hello, Smith! you rascal, is this
youg"


And with that he struck the old gen
tleman blow on the side Of the face that
nearly felled him to the ground.


Old Bolus said nothing, hut squared
himself, and at it they went. Jones
youth, weight, and muscle made him an
"ugly customer" but after round or
two the Doctors science began to tell,
and in n short time he had knocked his
antagonist down, was straddle of his
chest, with one hand on his throat and
the other dealing vigorous cuffs on the
side of the head.


"Ah stop; beg pardon, Doctor,
Doctor CALDWELL mistake-for Heav-
ems sake, Doctor?" he groaned. Il
really though it was Smith"


The Doctor replied with word and a
blow alternately.


at makes no difference For all pres
ent purposes, consider me Smith"


And it is said that old Bolus gave
Jones such pounding that he never
made another mistake as to personal
idedentitv.
Year: 1872

else s"d certainly notoiy else was ever
like Charles bamb. Il was he. of couse


(who else could it have Secps) who re.
piled to the complaint Of his superior In
the Indian Home, th.s he- came 10 his
desk later in the morning than any other
Of the writers, by saying, "Yes; but you
see make it up by going away earlier
in the evening" His good things were
always so essentially and wholly his own,
that there i no possibility of mistaking
their origin. No other man could have
thought his thoughts or anything like
them. Nobody else would have ever
thought of pitying our forefathers who
lived before the times of candlelight, be-
cause when they cracked joke after
dark they had to feel about for a smile,


Al handle their neighbor's checks to be


scrsthat they understood it.
Year: 1872

At the request of our ola subscribers
we republish the followinguseful recipe :


The skin of an animal, whether COW,
calf, colt, or horse, that DIES on the farm
is worth more at home nnn at the tan
ner's. Cut it into narrow stips and
shave off the hair with sharp knife be-
fore the kitchen fire, r in your work
shop on stormy days ard evenings. You
may make them soft by rubbing a
rawhide halter strap, an inch wide, will
hold horse better and longer than an
inch rope. 1t is stronger than hoop iron
and more durable, and may be used tc
hoop dry casks and boxes, and for max
ing hinges. Try iton broken thill, OF
on any woodwork that has been split
Put il ON wet and nail it fast. A raw
hide rope is good substitute for chain
-Rurdi.
Year: 1872

There are thousands who know moth
ing Of the blessed influences Of u comfort
able home, merely from the want of
thrift or from dissipated habits, Youth
was spent in frivolous amusements and
domoralizing associations, leaving them
at middle age, when the intellectual and
the physical man should be in its greatest
yigor, enerya;ed and without one laudi-
bic ambition. Friends long since lost,
confidence gone and nothing to look to in
old age but mere toleration in the COM
munity where they should be ornaments,
No home to fly to when wearied with the
struggles incident 10 life no wife to cheer
them in their dependency; no children
10 amuse them, and no yirtuous hosehold
to give zest to the joys of life. All Is
blank, and there i no hope or saccor ex-
cept that which is given out by the hands
of public or private charities. When the
family of an industrious and sober citi-
zen gather around cheerful fire Of a
wintry day, the homeless man is seeking
shelter ia the siation-house, or begging
for a nights rest in the out-bulding OF
one who startol in life at the same time.
with 10 greater advantages ; but honesty
and industry built up that house. while
dissipation destroyed the other.
Year: 1872

bic counterpoise to the Mormons, toI


they have all and more than all the
good qualities OF the Saints" and
none Of their bad ones. What the


Mennonites asked in their petitions to
the American and British governments
was whether they could obtain land
free or at low prices for their whole
colony; whether they could have ex-
cmption for themselves and their de-
scendants from military service Of
every kind and whether the govern
ment would advance them any money
to defray their travelling expenses.
Though the colony is prosperous and
some of the members rich, vet there
are there, as everywhere else. some
poor who either have no land, being
mere dav-laborers, or have 50 little
property that the forced sale which
they would have to make on quitting
their homes would leave them almost
destitute With the numerous emil
grant aid societies which exist in
America, it would seem that the path
might be tmoothcti 70 the MennO-
mites, and everything well arranged
to satisfy them
Year: 1872

Our Bobby was pinching the kitten,


And kicking his primer about,
And pulling beetle TO pieces,


His face all awry in a pout;
His mamma, who silent and patient,


Had heard all HIS fretting and noise,
Now reached for the whip on the mantel--
The terror of four.year old boys.
But grandma, with snow white 'kerchief
Pinned over her warm, loving breast
Where ten little heads had been pillowed
And rocked into childhood's sweet rest,
Looked up from her little wool stocking,
Just finished and laid on her knee,
And said: ''Dear, you'll ruin his temper.
You had better far let the child be-
Don't whip him his father before him
Was fiogged and shut up In the dark,
And stood On one foot in the corner,


And disciplined up to the mark;
We gave him no credit for honor,


But watched him like spiders watch flies !;
And what did It teach him. why mainly
To practice deceit and tell lies.
1--WE called II affection and duty


God knows we were fond Of the boy
But guess his remembrance Of childhood
Is not quite well-spring Of joy.
So put up that yellow whip, daughter,
And try little Bob once more;
You see he's forgotten HIS passion,


And lies half asleep on the fioor-
Then grandmother lifted her darling,
And patted his head on her breast,
And sang an old favorite dltty,


Till ali Bobby's woes were Mt rest
And so the wee whip, bright and yellow,
Was laid on the mantle again; ...
And that is the way these grandmas
Spoil nine little boys out Of ten
Year: 1872

1t gives me pleasure to state that
the union between the deacon and
the widow proved very happy one,
although to the end of his life, he
could never quite make up his mind
about "The Pot of Gold"
Year: 1872

Second PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.-The
Second Presbyterian Church improve
nents are being rapidly pushed for
ward. and hut few weeks will elapse
until it will be ready for Divine service.
We we're looking through it yesterday
ani were much pleased with the inter-
nal arrangement. Worklnen were en-
gagged in putting up the new organ,
while We were there. 1t is to be a
very beautiful one, and is from the
msnu'actory OF Johnson Il Co., West
f-lA, Mass. where the Fourth street NJ.
E Church organ was built. 1t is to be
run by hydraulic power, the engine for
which will be placed in the lower story.
This will be new thing in this city
but will avoid the trouble and annoy
ance now experienced in obtaining a
man to blow the organ both on days
for practicing and for Sunday. By this
arrangement the organ can turn on
the water and the work is done.
Year: 1872

fire was grand beyond description, as it leaped from building to building licking up everything in its course. In some of the streets there was complete arch of fire from side to side. The loss will be i'm mense Over one thousand buildings have been destroyed. covering an area of about seventy five acres. There cannot as yet be very accurate estimate given in dollars. but it will not probably exceed seventy to seventy.tiYe millions. The "Common" was put to new use. Vast piles of goods were deposited there, which were vigilent- ly watched to prevent the theives from ex- ercising their profession.

 Among the many misfortunes is that of many thousands of women and girls being thrown out of employment, who sadly wit messed the destruction of the places of their small earnings, which now must be closed for long time. Everything that can be done for these women and girls is already under way, and there is no doubt that all their wants will be promptly attended to. The fire Is still burning but now seems to be fully under control. The business of the city has received terrible blow which will paralize trade for several months. send you this short letter that your readers may in small degree realize the dreadful calamity which has fallen on our prosper ous city. B.
Year: 1872

$3.50 per ton delivered There is also. very extensive stone quarries here, within one mile of the place. This stone is of very peculiar formation; being sandy. and very soft at first working as easily as wood, but hardening upon exposure, becoming as firm and solid us granite. pn ba n1
Year: 1872

Good Iempsars. Fifiy,six Good Tem- plars from Winsted paid their brethren in Norfolk visit last Wednesday evening, and after enjoying their hospitality an hour or two returned on Conductor Hinsdale's train. Watches and Jeacelry.-C. K. Hubbard, of Hartford, is one of the most successful

 jewellers ID Connecticut. His store is not as large as some, but he manages to sell a great many watches and stacks of jewelry.

 The people of this region are we'll acquaint

 e6 with MT. Hubbard, (and while we are about it, we might as we'll say he is broth

 CT of the illustrious Hubbard who so re gently has been getting married and they know him to be honorable and just in all his dealings, and this fact alone secures for him an extensive patronage. People from this way are glad to go into his store, even if | they do not care to purchase his goods, as the sight of his genial countenance and a friendly grip from his hand always pays the trouble of call, and then too the children are so thoroughly amused at the bird and music clock, which. while it plays its tunes, 1 crystal stream of water will pour over the fall and bird near the bottom will dip its bill and drink with the regularity of a professional, while another birG in the branches above will chipper and sing, dodg- ing among the leaves and twigs in a man ner very characteristic of the bird race, and when they tire of this, they are sure tc split with laughter when they discover the sedate looking monkey Tn the corner, with looking glass in one hand and razor ir the other, now scraping his face with the razor and then inspecting his ample chops in the glass. As we said above, peopl. from hereabouts always enjoy visit there

 4 I1Tp to Springfield. Last Friday wt went to Springfield, Massachusetts. Con ductor Eggleston had us in charge, proper l ly way-billed and checked. About haf-an

 hour after arriving in Hartford, we were loaded on to the regular accommodation train of the New Haven, Hartford ant Springfield road, and soon were flying through the air at the rate of nearly a hun dred miles in hundred consecutive hours
Year: 1872

Constitutional Principle Involved In the


Crisis.


Ten years have passed away since an attempt
to alter the existing feuda system in the six prov
inces OF Prussia was made by the liberal Ministry
Of Count Schwerin. The progress Of the scheme
was interrupted by the constitutional struggles
provoked by the demand for funds for the army,
and was then further delayed by the wars OF 1854
and 1866. In 1869 a new project was introduced by
Count Eulenburg but the war Of 1870 again inter-
vened to stop progress, and 1t was not till the Au-
tumn OF 1871 that the second bill was brought
In. Lengthy discussions took place In the Lower
Chamber; two sessions were necessary to bring
about an agreement on the subject between the
government and the House OF Representatives.
The compromise which was the result during the
last session was carried by 256 to 81 votes 1t was
sent up to the Peers and 1t hoped that at last
they too would agree to a measure which, though
introducing the principle OF selfg0vernment in the
provinces, nevertheless made no rude break with
the system OF administration In actual existence.
1t abolished the hereditary magistracy and allowed
the urban communes to elect their scisuLze or may
owners OF the control they had been accustomed to
exercise over the police, and established q new ad
minlstration appointed by the governor Of the
county assembly appointed by the King OF Prus-
sia was retained; but side by side with it was
established committee Of SIX members to
hold office for six years, through the man.
ner OF whose appointment the element Of
self-government was introduced, and upon whom
and projects to be voted upon by the Provincial
Assembly. Considerable notifications were intro
duced into the composition Of the Provincial AS
sembly itself. Hitherto 1t has been wholly under
the influence OF the local proprietors, but by the
new arrangement the other classes OF the popula-
tion would be admitted to an appreciable share in
its constitution in proportion to population and
taxation. Thus the bill passed by the Lower
House with the approval Of the government, and
which was just lately rejected by the Upper
Chamber, was compromise IL which the conserya-
tive feelings and prejudices OF party were defer
red to upon many points. All the same, however,
it was heavy blow dealt at the powers and
privileges OF the landed proprietors and squrear-
chyv or Prussia, and the members OF that class
IN Prussia will be vastly agitated by the present
action of the German crown.
Year: 1872

the WonUpOly.


The application OF the Philadelphia 4 Reading
Railroad for an mi notion to restrain the Berks
County line from laying down it's track through
the city Of Reading was to have been argued, at
once, before Judge Read, in Philadelphia, but the
Argument has now been postponed to December
This suits the monopoly line exactly-what they
want is to gain tune and tire out the Ber ks
County people with expensive litigation.
Year: 1872

The following is what the Cincin-
natl Trade List thinks of those
characters who complain of their
county paper, and instead of help
ing to support it, send off for large
city papers and thus help to sustain
them:


"a gentleman writes to us that
his county paper is so poor he has
stopped taking it, therefore sends
three dollars for the Trade List
We repeat that we don't want sub
scribers ON those terms. A mans
county paper is worth more to him
than any other paper in the world,
or if it is not, il is his own fault If
the county paper is properly en-
couraged, it may be relied upon for
information of more value to the
people in whose interest il is issued,
than can be found in all the city pa
pers in the United States. No man
can afford TO stop the paper that
publishes the official advertisements
of his county, the public sales, mar
ket, court news and other local in
teliigence. If the paper is poor the
people are more at fault than the
publishers, for liberal patronage
will always make a good paper.
However poor the county paper may
be it is always worth more than it
costs to those interested in the af-
fairs of its locality"
Year: 1872

A horse is never vicious or intrac-
table without a direct cause. If a
horse is restiye or timorous, you
may be sure that these faults arise
from defect in his education. He has
been treated either awkwardly or
brutally. Commence the education
of a horse at his birth; accustom
him to the presence, voice and sight
of msn; speak and act gently; caress
him, and do not startle him. AL
chastisement or cruelty cOnfuses the
animal and makes him wild. They
are good men who make good
horses.
Year: 1872

What can place in a clearer point
of view at once the value of reE-
gion, and the pOrtentous and shock
ing combinations Of folly and pre-
sumption exhibited in the character
and conduct of those who count that
unworthy of occupying the chief, or
indeed any place their minds and
pursuits, which has been one grand
object in the divine counsel and op-
erations, from the beginning ages of
eternity to the preset hour.
Year: 1872

A little crib beside the bed,
A little face above the spread,
A little frock behind the door,
n little shoe upon the floor
A little lad with dark brown hair,
A little blue eyed face ana fair,
A little lane that leads TO school,
a little pencil, slate and rule
A little blithesome, winsome maid,
A little hand within his iaia;
A little cottage, acres four,
a little old-tima fashioned store.
A little family gathering round;
A little eturfheRped, tear-dewed mound
A little added TO his soil,
a little rest from hardest toll.
i little silver in his hair;


4 little stool, ard easy chair,
= little night Of earth-lit gloom;
4 little cortege to the tomb.
Year: 1872

No MAN-unless he is q man mill
ner-can comprehend the niceties Of
a bonnet, although he may talk es-
thetic nonsense about it by the hour.
He sees in it only something to be
paid for. In conYersing with a lady,
it is the face, and not the bonnet
that he regards. The face he may
treasure up In his memory-if it is
a pretty one-but of the bonnet.
whether it is pretty or not, he does
not carry away the remotest idea
The lady may meet him with three
new bonnets on the same day, and
he not know them apart. But no
new bonnet ever comes before a Ia
dY's eyes unchaIlenged and uncriti-
ciSed. When ladies converse with
esch other it is not the face that
each studies, bat the bonnet. Her
glance sweeps over the cunning
work of flowers, feathers, lace and
ribbons, which rise in q graceful
arch above the head of her friend.
Nothing escapes this survey, at top
or bottom, back or front. She has
resolved the bonnet into its original
elements. Her memory retains eV-
cry item, even the minutest, of
which it is composed. At any
subsequent period of her life she
could draw upon her recollection,
and have perfect duplicate of her
friend's bonnet made if she desired
it. This feat, which is incompre-
hsnsible to a man, is a natural gift
to the bonneted sex.
Year: 1872




Whitfield and a pious companion
were much annoyed one night at a
public house by set OF gamblers in
the room adjoing where they slept.
Their noisy ciamor and horrid BIAS
phemy so excited WAitfeld's alb
hOrrence and pious sympathy that
he could not rest.


81 viii 90 to them and reprove
their wickedness," he said. His
companion demonstrated in vain.
He went. His words of reproof fell
apparently harmless upon them
Returning, he laid down to sleep.
His companion asked him rather
sharply:


"What did you gain by it?'


" A soft pillow" he said patiently
and soon sell asleep.


Yes, q soft pillow is the reward of
fidelity, the companion of a clear
conscience.


1t is a sufficient remuneration for
doing right in the absence of all
other reward. And none know
more truly the value of a soft pill
low than those parents whose ankle
ty for WayWard childrenis enhanced
y q AOA41NA0nsA4E1a VI nGEAENA-
Those who faithfully rebuke and
properly restrain them by their
christian department and religious
counsels can sleep quietly in the day
of trial.


Parents, do your duty now, in the
fear of God, and when old age comes
on, you may lie down on a soft pill
low. "Train up a child in the way
he should go, and when he is old he
will not depart from it. t."-E1chGnge.
Year: 1872

A MOTHERS INFLUENCE ON THE
CHILD.-The sehoolmaster sees the
mothers face daguerreotyped in the
conduct and character of each little
boy and girl. Nay, chance visitor,
with quick eye, sees very plainly
which child is daily baptized in the
tranquil waters of a blessed home,
and which is Graded in violence, and
suckled at the bosom of a storm.
Did you ever look at little pond
in a sour, dark day in March? How
sullen the swampy water looked !
The shore pouted at the pond, and
the pond made mouths at the land /;
and how the scraggy trees, cold, and
bare-armed, scOwled over the edge !!
But look at it on a bright day in
June, when great rounding clouds,
all golden with sunlight, checker
the heavens, and seem like 8 great
flock of sheep which the good God
is tending in that upland pasture of
the sky, and then how different looks
the pond-the shores all green, the
heavens all gay, and the pond laughs
right out and blesscs God. AS the
heavens over the water, so a mother
broods over the family, March or
June, just as she will.-TheodOre
Parker.
Year: 1872

OURESING IT IN SoCIETY.-A W ash
ington correspondent says Of the Kansas
City woman who is now ''queening it !"
in Washington society Madam W,
well known in Kansas City as the pro-
prietress of one of the most fashionable
of the houses of doubtful name, is here
under an assumed name, and queening
it in society with a grace and elegance
that would reflect credit upon the most
accomplished ladies Of the French court.
She is the chosen one Of Appointment
VI. c., by whom she is introduced into
society as his cousin, whom he has
brought to Washington city to get
glimpse of lite at the capital, and to do
the honors as mistress of the elegant
mansion he has rented during the ses-
sion. She was at party the other
night, and newspaper reporter was so
smitten by the charms of her person and
manner, that in his next mornings pa
per he gushed forth in quarter column
of rhapsody upon the charming cousin
of the honorable gentleman.
Year: 1872

1t was SO cold in Chicago a short
time ago that cooking stove belong
ing to the editor of the Chicago Jour
nal, froze up and he had to bathe its feet
in warm water before it would draw.
Year: 1872

SNAKE DANCE ~ TIE BLACK CROOK.
What do YOU think Of young lady
dancing with snake-a great six-toot
snake, wound around her neck They
do it at Niblos. And it is real snake
1t hasn't eaten auythingin three months.
1t only eats twice a year. Then 1t
gorges itself enough to last When it
does eat, they say it moves like light
ming and devours anything within its
reach. a beautiful girl-Sassi is her
name-ltts the reptile from the urn
and coils it around her neck. yes, lays it
against her naked bosom Now she
dances with it in the air, while the
snake darts out its tongue between two
eyes which seem TO spit fire. The au-
dience is transfXed with horror, and
they feel relieved when Sassi finally
goes through the patomime as if she
were charmed and then bitten by the
snake. Falling on the floor the audi
ence shudder for fear the shake has re-
ally bitten her, and the snake is left in a
coil upon the stage They say this beau
tiful girl is curiously affected by the
snake She goes off the stage uncon-
eerned but she breathes as il she had
gone through trying ordsal-just cs-
Gaping death. She breathes fast, hec-
tic flush is upon her cheek, and cold
drops of sweat stand upon her forehead
BY and by, after vigorous tanning, the
beautiful Coryphee is restored, the snake
is coiled up in a box, and the glory Of
the "Black Crook goes on.-Ne~ York
Commercial.
Year: 1872

Gardens about town are needing
rain. We hear of some complaint also
among the sandy land farmers.


We take it all back. Since we wrote
the above the rains have descended,
the floods have come, and yet-and
yet we are not happy.
Year: 1872

Next Monday Is the day on which
the Railroad election is to be held.
We can but think it is to the interest
of every one to vote "for subscription" :"
II will not increase the taxation.