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Year: 1872

The burden of the farmcr-too much
land.


a farmers life goes often against the
grain.


There must be instructive neatness in a
housewife, or there will be dirt in the
corners.


The day is coming when the farmer viii
be the educated man.


The warfare Of the farmer must lie O.
tcrnal against the weeds. 49,


Nothing istso extremely ridiculous as
to see a man go into his field, all nicely
prepared, and deliberately cast foul seed
into it. QIow many Of us can plead in
noccnce here? y


The former is constantly surrounded
by miracle of bis own '.raising'-con-
verting foul manure into grain.


The farmers land has area but his
ownership also extends downward--down
to the fires; iu the centre Of the globe
meet all our deeds.
Year: 1872

For this reason, when grating is done
late. no moro of tho stock should be cut
away than is necessary for tho insertion OF
the graft. If the gratis have been kept
in good condition, without the starting Of
the bud, they will do well; bat il a
young stock in full leaf is cut off to insert
the graft, it viii meet with severe check
and the new tree will be feeble. Small
trees should not be grated late, for this
reason; but large ones. when most Of tho
head is allowed to remain, will saeisr liz !.
tic or no detriment.
Year: 1872

The SCHOOL HoUsE.-Work upon the
new school house is progressing rapidly
and the trustees think that by a week from
next Monday, the building will be ready
for school to commence A new floor has
been laid in the upper building, in the
lower one the present floor it is thought
will last yet for number of years in good
condition. The building will be we'll
lighted, large windows having been cut in
the sides. 1t will, when completed, be
one of the best buildings for the purpose,
in this part of the State.
Year: 1872

profitable to continue the cry year after
year. 1t was his constant hankerine to
be with the strong side which doubtless
induced him to pander to the prejudice of
the community in which he was for the
time being, aud recommend mob law and
nullificatlon as remedy for grievances.
Is such man fit to represent the Third
Congressional District in Congress. We
say no, and we say further that it will
take more influential championship than
that of the Sacramento Union to send him
there.
Year: 1872

See. %. Every person who aids or abets in the
commission of any of the ofenses mentioned in the
four preceding sections, or who, being present at
or cognizant of the commission of either of such
ofenses does not give information thereof as soon
practicable to the District Attorney 6rand
JLry Of the proper county, or to some Justice of
the Peace of such county, is punishable by i'm
prsonment in the County Jail for the period of six
months, or in the State Prison not exceeding two
wears.
Year: 1872

In 1000.-Statistican state that in 1900
there will be seventy-fve millions of
people in the United States. This implies
the settlement of the entire South and
West by as dense population as that of
Massachusetts the reclamation of the
arid wastes of the great plains by irriga-
ton the development of States as strong
as Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, along the
Rocky Mountains the settlement of u tab
Basin by four or five millions ofagricult-
ural and pastoral people the develop
ment of n tier of agricultural States along
our northern border from Lake Superior
to the Pacific, as populous and prosperous
as Missouri and Minnesota the growth
of the Pacific States into commonwealths
rs rich and populous as that of New York
and Pennsylvania. 1t means that New
York shall cover the whole of Manhattan
Island with population of at least two
millions, to say nothing of the outlying
suburbs in New Jersey and across the
East River that Chicago and st. Louis
will each become, in all probability, at
least double its present size, especially
the former, and that San Francisco will
have half million of inhabitants. Lana
OlOneT.
Year: 1872

SPRING CHIcKENs.--To have carly
chickens it is important to have suitable
coops in which TO rear them. When
hens are set in January and February,
they should not be given more than eight
or nine eggs; and when the young are
hatched they should have warm, dry
quarters, where they will be protected
from SHOWS and rains and chilling winds.
A large coop, with an eastern and south
ern exposure, a portion of which should
be of glass, to admit the rays of the sun,
is the best place for young chicks. If fed
and watered regularly, and given their
liberty short time every day when the
sun is bright and the ground dry, they
will thrive rapidly. The coop should be
kept very clean at all times, and its To-
cation changed at least every week. To
guard against vermin, use sulphur freely,
and see that the hen has bed of ashes to
wallow in.
Year: 1872

A lady in Louisville (says the Ledger OF
that city), paid seventy-five dollars, we are
told, for having her face enameled for the
ball given at the Gait House to the Grand
Duke Alexis. The enamel was warranted
to last three days, and so it did. The lady
was taken i'll upon her return home from the
ball, her face became greatly swollen, the
the employment of the best medical skill that
her life was saved. This statement we have
from an undoubted source.


But the case of this lady is not so bad as
that of another Louisville lady who became
enamored OF the odious fashion of enameling
the face. She visited another city far to the
Eastward some five months ago, for the sole
purpose of having her face enameled accord
ing to the latest Partisan mode. She had
heard that noted Partisan was engaged in
the enameling business at the city in ques-
ton, and to him she went upon her arrival
For the sum of five hundred dollars he agreed
to enamelh her face so scientifically that the
enamel would remain undamaged for three
years, and year or two longer if extra care
was taken in washing the face according to
his prescribed method. The devotee of fash
ion concluded the bargain and paid $500 of
the sum named, the balance to be paid in
yearly instalments divided into three years.
The lady received the enamel and returned to
her hone in this city. Since her return she
has disappeared from society There was so.
much poison in the enamel that its effects
were almost Immediately developed in the al
most total paralysis of the facial nerves, and
what was once truly beautiful face is to-day
a distorted, disfgured and ulcerous one. The
lady's beauty has disappeared forever, and if
the physicians succeed in saving her life,
they will have accomplished more than they
had a right to hope for. Her eyes are terri
bly, infamed and disfgured, and the sight of
them fast failing.
Year: 1872

cry on cvcryside We advise all who wish to please
their lady friends present them with, set of furs


p. WErssGER q Co. win sell them to you. They
have magnificent assortment Of every grade for Ia
Year: 1872

CHRISTMAS GooDs.-We have examined the
large and beautiful stock Of goods suitable for
Christmas presents at the DOLLAR STORE, corner
OF Ninth and Main streets, and must say that 1t
comprises the very best collection of useful and
fancy articles we have ever for the money. 1t
would be to your advantage to go there before max
Ing your purchases elsewhere.
Year: 1872

ACCIDENT NEAR CHESTER On Sunday
morning. as General Logan and Colonel Am
bers were coming from Glover Hill on Il
hand-cur to meet the II NJ. train at Chester,
one Of the colored hands was thrown for
ward on the track, and stopped the car so
suddenly that it threw Colonel Amhers for
ward on bis face and cut it badly. The Gene
raj jumped off in time and escaped uninjured.
The negro was not much hurt.
Year: 1872

The RICHMOND CITY GuARD.-This new
company has not yet entirely perfected its
organization, bat is in 4 fair way to succeed.
There will be meeting of the members this
evening at the armory of the Guard of the
Commonwealth, and it is probable that hll
the preiminaries will be then settled and ar
raugcmeuts made by which the members
will at an early day be uniformed, armed,


and eQuipDeil. rFsz
Year: 1872

USEFUL PREsESTs.-If you want to give useful
present, and one that will be appreciated by your
friend, leave your order at T.. B. SPENCE & SONS
for one of their fine dress suits overcoat, or
n dressing-gown, or any one or moro OF the useful
articles kept by them for gentlemens wear.
Year: 1872

IN TIE GOLDEN AGE OF GIRLHooD preserve tile
beauty OF the teeth with SozoDoNT, and then, when
the hair Is silycred and the eyes dimmed with tears
the mouth will still reveal two glittering rows Of
unsullcd ivory.
Year: 1872

The interest centering in the paper trade
has found expression In newspaper known as Ihe
Paper Trade Journal published in this city every fort
night IL will conne itself wholly with paper trade
ana It's connections, and will give space " all improved
methods in the production VI paper:
Year: 1872

PLENTY OF WATER.-There is no
scarcity of water this Winter, and the
ground is wetter already than it has been
at any time for the past three years.
Dawson has not turned any into his ditch
yet, but the boys along the line of it who
were ready, have commenced work, the
ditch being supplied by steepage water
from the hills.
Year: 1872




TO the EditOr Of The Tribune.


SIR: favor the denomination of Grant be-
cause he administration, with all that may be said
against II, has evnced cOmmendable honesty of pur-
pose because OF all the candidates spoken OF there Is no
one who is likely to be elected in whom have
fdence as honest and impartial discharge of tho
obligations of the Office add, however that there
lists strong feeling adverse TO him. that influential per
sons oppose him earnestly and honestly. believe that
much OF the opposition UNJUST in there is
probably some Justification.


Among the colOred people OF the South the impression
prevails that he has Disseminated against them in the
distribution Of patronage, and that it has not been
strictly the ground of merit The feeling has pre-.
vailed that they and their friends cupaby left to
fate and the mercilcss sympathy of the numbering
Ku-Klux organizations very much longer than they
would have been had they all been white.


The Presidents unfortunate reply to the colored dele
CATION which lately waited him will not tend TO aay
that feeling He found time TO examine the Constitution
and the laws in the interest OF Rebels he admits that he
has not done the interest OF the loyal cOOred cit
zen he has doubts a. to tho right to fully protect him
by action Congress his civil rights in the right to
he entertained like any other traveller In pubic lnn
He would leave the poor coored man with no prestige
with but limited influence TO contend against fearful
odds, wealthy corporations, long existing prejudice
without the Just sympathy and assistance proposed for
instance, Mr. Summer Supplementary Civil Rightsbill


II the President hopes have the vote OF the cOored
people, who desire TO give 1t to him, and the influence
and vote of powerful controlling, aggressive, Radical
element that is unyieding for the right he must not
ike Webster and Seward, lose his opportunity by heed
ing the voice OF a conservative hatng spirit.


Considering the valuable services the President has
rendered the OF justice the more than common re-
gard the principle Of equality before the law for all
men-which is true Of him. beyond that eNnced by any
preeccssOr-your correspondent is Is every other
colored man. heartily anxious TO have him for another
tcrI Chief Magistrate; but he must consider he Is In
progres sive times. hope he may bo up to them and
hold our affection.


The late Convention Of the cOlored people of the South
with wise discretion refused to commit itself To Prest
dental candidate II Republican Congress were TO
pass the Amnesty BILL and refuse to pass the supplement
tary Civil Rights BILL the party could not calculate On
the cOored vote for that there will unduestOn
ably bc "A political combination more acceptable TO
| the coored man than the Republican party
have read this paper TO number OF influential col
ored persOns, and the unanimous remark has been
that the time has come for an onsloken expression
An ESFRANCHsED REPUBLICAN.
Ta,hip1gou. ID, c., Jan. H. 1879.
Year: 1872

A facetions Individual, not
many miles from Danbury, sought
to draw his wife out" by pretend
ing to be found dead with an emp
ty laudanum vial by his side.
And that lady was a good deal
shocked at first, but having read
that needle introduced into the
human flesh would indicate on It's
surface whether that flesh was
dead, and being a woman of emi.
nent practicability, she at once
armed herself with polished in.
strument of nearly two inches
growth, AID, with throbbing heart
and bated breath, introduced a
good share of its length into the
deceased. What the surface OF


the needle really indicated was
not learned, as be took it with
him as he passed through the
sash. .
Year: 1872

Why Mr.. COLLINS DOES NOT
KEEP a WATCH DOG.-It is report
ed that Mr. Collins, of Hartford,
regards with disapprobation the
practice ofkeeping watch-dogs, be-
cause he purchased one the Ut. er
day and paid the man s. extra
because he was warranted "vigi-
liant and certain to hold on when
he once got grip"


He placed the dog in the front
yard that night and came bone
late. About quarter past one
o'clock Mrs Collins was surprised
to perceive her husband ascending
the stairs in haste, and bringing
the vigilant watchdog with him.


There was only about a pound
and a half CT Mr. Collins in the
dogs mouth, but still Mr.. Collins
said it was paiuful--exceedingly
painiul--and he would be glad if
Mrs. Collins would take a monkey
wrench or something, and pry
that watchdog right of, OF blast
him away with nitro glycerine and
such things.


The faithful animal was at last
killed, and his head chopped of /;
but even after sixteen teeth had
been extracted from Mr.. Collins,
he always explained when com.
pany came that he preferred to
stand on account of inhamn atory
rheumatism in his leg. He says
now that the next time he wants
a dog to bay him deep-mouthed
welcome home, be will purchase
one Of those cast iron dogs which
lie sill when a man climbs over
the fence.
Year: 1872

from tne OrSss Aiey lSai.l Cnion'


Meadow Lake City, which was
once called Summit City, boasted
in days gone by of a population
of 5000 or 1000 souls. In Its
day of prosperity it had fine stores,
good hotels, theaters, saloons in
number, and an exchange at
which mining stocks were sold.


In 1855, some persons found gold
bearing rock in some ledges around
Meadow Lake, and these being as
sayed and the assays being talked
about, the city of Summit or Mead
ow Lake was born. 1t sprung up,
like Jonah's gourd, in a night.
But the ledges failed to yield up
their treasures in paying quanti-
ties and the city is now complete
ly deserted. A few days ago a
friend of our visited Meadow
Lake City, He went up on snow
shoes and took look at the de-
serted and snow-covered place.
The houses which were only one
story in height were covered to
their roofs with snow. The two
story houses were surrounded with
snow to the height of the second
story. Not living being was
seen by our friend. He was mon-
arch of that snowy desolation.
Signs swung in the cold wind,
and just grazed in their swinging
the surface of the snow. ProIni.
nent among the signs was that Of
a brokers' office, just opposite the
cid hall Of the board of brokers.
The large hotel there was yet fur
nished, and the beds and bedding
still remained. Our friend stand.
ing in his snow shoes gazed into
the hotel while he 8 ood on the
snow surface, level with the sec,
ond story, and saw clean linen on
the deserted beds. He wanted to
take rest IN the comfortable
quarters, but there was no fuel or
food in sight, and he had to go
down lower, to a ditch-tender' J
cabin to get fire and appease his
hunger Many of the houses have
this winter been broken down by
the weight OF snow on their roofs,
but many more remain just as
they were when their owners left.
The property deserted is safe, as
cold and snow have locked all
against the depreciation of burg
lars. Meadow Lake is u winter
residence no more.
Year: 1872

They have a room in the In
sane Asylum of Maine with SIX
beds, in which those patients are
placed who have an inclination 70
commit suicide. 1t is said they
never attempt to kill themselves
except when alone, and, by CIV
ing them company all the time,
this propensity is continually
counteraeted.
Year: 1872

If your mother-in-law should
take strychnine, don't give her
opium Immediately afterwards, or
else the two drugs will unite,
forming an anomalous and harm
less compound, and her life will
be prolonged.-Chiodgo Post.
Year: 1872

I


living man, yet from the deck of


the Congress, while lying in Dis


CO harbor counted one hundred
icebergs, floating in majesty 10
warmer seas. Some of them
were mile long, and two hun
dred feet high. 1t is q law of
iceberss, that the proportion a.
b)ve the water to the proportion
below the water is as one to seven


that is, were tie Gase cf berg
one hundred feet high on the sur
face of the sea, its height would
be seven hundred feet. 1t has


been ascertained by measurement
! that some have stranded in water
half mile in depth. Some have
been seen having an area of six
suuar. miles, with an altitude Of
six hundred feet. Sir John Ross
saw several aground in Baffin's
Bay, in two hundred and sixty
fathoms Of water, and he compu-
ted one to weigh l,259. 397,673
tons. Such berg as that would
be a speculation to one OF our ice.
merchants. Each of the one
hundred icebergs which | saw at
Disco had some picturesque form.
There was one the base of which
was not unlike the stern Of an i'm
mense ship. A hundred feet
high, it had at either end Il peak,
and between the two a valley, the
color of indigo. 1t marched rap.
idly to the south. To our left
there were three in a line, the
middle one reminded me of the
Sphinx of Egypt. To our right
were three others, forming the
arch of circle, the central one of
pearly whiteness. Beyond was
another covering many acres ;
from its centre arose q peak like
the cone of Vesuvius, its sides
covered with f,agn ents OF ice re-
sembIing a confused mass OF lava.
One day a magnificent berg
stranded in the mouth OF the
harbor. 1t was a perpendicular
wall of ice, hundred feet high
at either end, with a depression
in the centre. 1t was less than
nine hundred feet from the ship.
Loading a sixty pound Parrott
with a conical shot the captain
fred al the icy target. Tie frst
shot fell short; the second entered
the berg we'll up leaving a WELL
defined circular hole, without pro-
ducing any other effect; the third
shot was a shell which struck,
scattered the ice but did not en-
ter; the fourth was another shell,
which left a circular mark, but
did not explode. This expert
ment proved the solidity of an
iceberg and what a formidable
obstacle it must be to encounter! !
The next day the captain and
myself took a small boat to as


certain, by a closer view, what
effect our shot had had. We


could see where the shot had


made an impression, but there
TODD the berg in al its icy gram
deur and solemn defiance. One
ball had entered SO far as to force
the ice out on the opposite side,
where it remained in huge mass.


1t required ten minutes for our
hardy sailors to pull around its


immense base.


We approached its very base,


and looked up its lofty and beau


tiful sides; but we had scarcely


returned to the ship when with
the loud booming of a thousand
cannon, the berg split in the cen.


ire and one OF its lofty peaks rolled
over Just where we had been,
causing the white foam to rise


fifty feet, and sending wave alter


wave tar up on the distant shore


Had we remained there few


minutes longer, our grave would


have been in the "deep blue sea.
DR.. Ne,cmap IN, the Methodist.
Year: 1872

The PUMP-HoUsE.-The Council Com
mlttee on Water Works will make an
official visit to the pump-house this after
noon. The reporters of the city are in
vited to accompany the committee. and
from their well-known partiality for water
we may expect to see the press fully re-
presented.
Year: 1872

The struggle over civil service reform between the president and Congress bids fair t0 occupy much time this session. Those Congressmen who think that the saecesz of the Republican party depends upon the public spOiIs it can divide are 1stsr1iRed to repeal all existing Civil Service Reform legislation.
Year: 1872

Daniel O'Laughhn, laborer on the New London Northern railroad, in at tempting to take box from the door of a car which was entering the car house at East New London, last Saturday evening, was caught between the box and the door post and fatally injured.
Year: 1872

Fire Yesterday afternoon, the roof of Lob
dell's lower factory at Fourth and Lombard
streets took fire while the workmen were pour
ing molten metal into the moulds. The fire was
promptly extinguiahed, with slight damage to
the roof.


The alarm of ERE sounded. last evening, was
a false one.
Year: 1872

LOAN MEETING meeting of the Mechanics
Loan Association will be held on Monday eve
ming, 18th inst when the report Of the operation
of the Association for the past five years and
eight months will be submitted.
Year: 1872

A little boy In Morgan county In
this State was lisping his prayers with
his twin brother at bis mothers knee.
When he came to "Give US this day
our daily bread" he was Astonished
to hear o fraternal whisper, "Ask for
cake, Johny, ask for cake"
Year: 1872

Special Dispatch to the Register


CHARLESTON, December. Is.
The bill for temporary removal oi
the State Capital to Wheeling was
brought up in the Senate to-day on it's
first reading and was reported to the
Judiciary Committee.


An effort was made in the House OF
Delegates to day to take from Wheel
ing the session of the Supreme Court OF
Appeals now required by law to be held
there once in each year, and transfer
the same to Charlestown, in Jefferson
county, whose representatives have
been foremost among the opponents of
the removal Of the State Capital. This
petty piece of spite-work failed of suc.
cess, there being thirty votes for it and
thirty against. The tie in the vote was
fatal to the success OF the scheme.


W. H. T.
Year: 1872

This gentleman died at his residence
in the Levels" OF Pocahontas county
on Sunday, the Sth inst. Had he lived
until the 10th OF June next be wou d
have been seventy years OF age In
the death Of Colonel McNeel his fam.
lily sustains an irreparabe loss bis
county loses one OF its best citizens and
his State q safe and wise counsellor
He was remarkable for bis energy and
integrity; his strong common sense and
sound judgment, united With bis kind
ness of heart and Christian virtues,
made him man OF great influence in
his county. If we mistake not, the de.
ceased was born in Pocahopias county.
He started in life poor and had but a
limited education, yet but few men
with far greater advantages) have held
more enviable position in the estima-
ton OF their acquaintances.


He was for many years Sheriff, JUS
tice OF the Peace, and was a member OF
the State Convention OF 1861. The
duties Of these positions he discharged
with credit to himself, and satisfaction
to The people. He was man OF great
beneyolence OF heart, and more than
one poor boy OF his native county, is
indebted to him for liberal academic
and collegiate education.


Colonel McNeel married Miss See, OF
Randol oh county, and had by her six
children, all OF whom are living and
grown. His married lite was a happy
one, and his success as a man, is due in
some degree at least, to the many ex-
celIencies Of his wife. He was an Elder
OF the Presbyterian Church, Of which
she is a member. We sympsthize with
his afflicted family in their deep be
reavement, and are gratified to learn
that our departed friend died as he bad
lived, christian.


Thus, one 10y one, our oldest and best
men are gathered to their graves.
Who will fill their places 2-Greenbrier
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