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Year: 1872

new HAstys


The Cincinnati papers of Friday
contained call for meeting to be
held on Saturday "for the purpose of
taking initiatory steps for the forma
ton of a new Liberal party The
invitation was extended "to all who
we're in favor or the Missouri call. by
which the blank which the Cincinnati
platform leaves as to the tariff question
is to be supplemented. Special in
gitations, We are told, "were extended
to such Liberal Republicans as seeded
from the organization after the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley"


The presentwo would seem to be rather
unpropitiOus time for the formation of
a new Liberal party; but there is no
telling what the Cincinnati folks may
do
Year: 1872

In regard to the number of times pc,


day hogs should be fed when put up for


fatteuiDg. my experience in the matter is


this When hogs are as old as they


should be, after putting them in the pen


and feeding them somewhat plentifully


for six or eight days, they will then bear


full feeding, aud they should have all
that they can eat-and care not whether
it is given in one feed or in FIVE But
about one day in each week like to feed
little spariugly, so as to let them get
little hungry. Turning hogs into corn
field, consider a wasteful way of feed
ing. Still, | think l have never seen
hogs fatten faster than when they were
feeding themselves in this manner / do
not think it best to give full feed TO hogs
at as early an age as some do. Putting
them to pasture. and giving them some
grain TO keep them thrifty, regard as
the best plan until they are twelve to
sixteen months old. BY this time they
have age and constitution to bear being
put up and full fed. In this way they
will take on flesh and fat very fast
When hogs are penned up to be fatted
they frequently fail. think, to get water
enough 1t is according to my expert
ence that We have to salt and water our
stock fat, as we'll as to feed them fat
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.
Year: 1872

During the war Northern papers pub
lished the following excellent and char.
acteristic private letter from General
Lee to his son Gusts, the original Of
which was found among the papers which
were purloined from Arlington House. 1t
Is interesting, and, although written many
years ago, will well repay perusal


ARLINGTON HOUSE, Apr 5, 1852.


Ny DEAR Son II just am in the &C.
of leaving home for New Mexico. Ny
fine old regiment has been ordered to
that distant region, and I must hasten
to see that they are properly taken care
of. l have but little to add in reply to
your letters of March &c, %, aud 29


Your letters breathe spirit of frank Dess.
They have given myself and your moth
er great pleasure. You must study to
be frank with the world frankness is
the child of honesty aud courage. Say
what you mean TO do on every occasion
and take it for granted you mean to do
fright. If friend esks favor you should
grant il If it is reasonable; If not, tell
him plainly why you cannot; you will
wrong him and you will wrong yourself
by equivocation of any kind. Never do
a wrong thing to make friend or to
keep one the man who requires you TO
do go is dearly purchased at sacrifice.
Deal kindly but firmly with your class


mates you will find it the policy that
wears best. Above all, do not appear
to others what you are not If you have
any fault to find with any one tell him,
not others, of what you complsin there
is no more dangerous experiment than
that OF undertaking TO he one thing be
fore mans face and another behind his
back. We should live, act and say moth
ing to the injury of any one. 1t is not
only best as a matter Of principle, but is
the path TO peace and honor. In regard
to duty, let me, in conclusion Of this has
ty letter, inform you that nearly one
hundred years ago there was day of re-
markable gloom and darkness, still
known as the dark days. day when the
light of the sun wac slowly extinguished
as f by an eclipse. The Legislature of
Connecticut was in session, and, as its
members saw the unexpected aud unoc-
EQUITABLE darkness coming on, they
shared 10 the general awe aud terror. II
was supposed by many that the last day
the day of judgment-had come.
Some one, in the CONSERVATION of the
hour, moved an adjournment. Then
there arose nn old Puritan legislator,
Davenport Stanford. who said that if the
last day had come he desired to be found
at his place doing his duty, aud there
fore moved that candles be brought so
that the House could proceed with its
duty. There was quielness in that man ;
mind-the quietuess of heavenly wisdom
an infexible willingness to obey pres
ent duty. Duty, then, is the sublimest
work in our language Do your duty IN
/ all things like the old Puritan. You
can not do more; you should never wish
to do less. Never let me and your moth


er wear one gray hair for any lack of du
lty on-your part. Your affectionati
! father, r. K. LEE.


To G. w. Gusts Lee.
Year: 1872

>A Ing boston Times


Are we on the eve of another great
reVoiu.ion Not civil war, but such
revolution as resulted from the inven
tion OF the locomotive and electric tele-
graPn. Only thirty years ago Prof
Morse was struggling to get aid of Con
gress to make a trial of his wonderful
Invention. And now another inventor
has gained permission of the Govern
ment to make another experiment, which
may jet become as interesting an event
IN history as the trial of the famous
electric wile between Baltimore and
washington. The coming man is AL
bert Brisbane, for time a resident of
Irsinston, and his invention is kind of
pneumatic tube, by means of which time
ana space are to be aDnihilatcd, His
upremltting efforts last winter succeeded
10 esa.ing from Congress an appropriation
oil sIo,O0O, for the purpose of laying a
tube between the Capitol at Washington
ana the Government Printing Office-a
dis s-ef . ,lsalf miie-aEd If this ex-
pertinent proves satisfactory, another ap
preparation will be granted for the CON
structioI Of the tube between Washing.
ton and Baltimore-the ground of the
first teltgraphic triumph


The method of transit will be by hol.
low spheres propelled through the tube
by compressed air, and some idea of the
velocity with which they can be driven
may b, got from Mr. Brisbane's prophe-
cy that the New York papers will be
sent to Chicago and ST. Louis 10 time
for their eight o'clock breakfast tables
The general establishment of this mode
of transportation would be sad blow to
the railroad system of the country. An
immediate loss of all freight traffic would
eusue % the railroads, and they, with
steam boats that ply our rivers, would be
consigned to the insigni6cance of mere
pleasure excursion party conveyances.
Although Mr. Bris banes invention has
been achieved upon the basis of an old
theory he will deserve none the less
credit IN case of success, for the man
who NEST deserves the worlds gratitude
is he By whose effort The world derives
practical benefit. The inventors con-
hdence in the result, and the generally
acknowledged feasibility of a practical
application of the pneumatic theory.
seem to promise success, and it Is to be
hoped that the coming experiment may
De satisfactory one.
Year: 1872

The mind of man utterly fails to re
alize the immensity of space. and no one
uuaccustomed to the use of the telescope
can have any adequate idea of the differ.
ence presented by the heavens when
viewed by the naked eye, even upon a
clear night. aud the scene which is dis.
closed to the eye and mind of the as
tronomer. How difficult it is to realize
that each star in the solemn depths of
the universe is sun like our sun, but
separated one from each other and our
own by distances almost beyond the
power of man to compute.


Only about three thousand stars can
be seen and coauted by the naked eye,
while an ordinary telescope reveals the
presence of something like $50, 600.
Herechel's great Is inch instrument, it
is estimated,s shows 10000, 900, while
the great telescope, by it's vast peuetra
ting power, is supposed to open up to
our vision not less than 200, 200, 900 !
And yet when the whole heavens is swept
by this telescope, we have only penetra-
ted distance into space from our stand
point on this globe, which, when COM
pared to the immensity beyond, is no
more than the space occupied by the
room where we write or read is to the
immeusity of depth penetrated by the
last mentioned instrument!
Year: 1872

A QUESTION OF Law FOR DEBATING
SOCIETIES "A young student received les
sons in law. it being agreed that certain
fee should be paid if the pupil were sue
cessful 10 the FIRST cause he pleaded
The pupil, however, neglected to under


take any cause. and the master. in order
to obtain any fee. was compelled to sue
him. The pupil defended himself in the
court, and it was consequently the young
mans FIRST suit. The master argued
thus: elf I be successful in the cause,
the pupil will be compelled to pay by
Year: 1872

A friend of ours hands as the follow
ing arithmetical question, and asks US to
"work it" for him. AS We are not fond
of displaying our mathematical attain
ments, we present the question to our
readers to amuse themselves with


"a Chinaman dying left eleven sheep
aud three sons, and making q will, left
one half of his estate TO the oldest boy,
Que fourth to the next. and one sixth to
the third son. They wished to divide
without killing a sheep. but could not
see how to do it; aud so they sent for a
wise man, WHO showed it was easy enough.
Sending to his own fold for a sheep, he
put it with the eleven. Now take your
half, said he to the eldest, and he did
so-6; the second, take your one fourth
3; the third, take your one sixth aud
begone-2; and they all did so, when
the wise man drove his own sheep home
Was the division according to the will 2"
Year: 1872

The Fourth Annual Fair of the Glib
son County A. &. NJ. Association will
commence on the 8th of October and
continue FIVE days. We have received q
copy of the premium list and compli'
meutary ticket, for which we return oul
thanks
Year: 1872

virtue of the sentence, and should ( be
even unsuccessful, he will have to pay
me in ful6llment of the original con
tract" To this the apt pupil replied
If be successful shall be free aud
even if be unsuccessful shall be free
by virtue of the contract" Which is
the right view Of the case, ye debating
societies?
Year: 1872

The Memphis Agpeat says it should be
remembered that reasons for adhesion to
the ene-term principle as applicable TO the
Presidency and to powers incident to it do
not pertain to the Office sought by Gems.
Brown and Cheatham. Executive patron
age is limited in the State as it is unlimited
and dangerous in Federal politics. Gov.
Brown can do nothing during his first term,
save by the conduct of wise administra-
ton, TO protract his authority, and however
dangerous the right of succession may be
deemed, when the President is invested
with it, we do not see that parallelism Of
fact obtains, or that identity Of results can
occur in case of the reelection of Govern
or, All that the people
want is an honest, sensible, upright Gov
ernor, who cannot be upset by the wind
from the cOat-tail Of a passing railroad
king, and knowing how to conduct himself
with decency before the world, makes his
State honorable, whether he appears in per-
son or in a state paper before an admiring
world. Tennessee was not fortunate when
Brownlow stood at the helm, and, with pro-
truding eyebalIs and hair on end, bowling
and cursing, steered the ship of state down
TO perdition. Let us have no more Of that
sort of Chief Magistrates, and Tennessee
will be surely blest.
Year: 1872

SALT LAKE, April 14.-Porter Rockwell,
chief of the old Mormon Danites, who dis
appeared some time ago in fear or arrest
for high crimes, turned up last night, and
for hours made the saloons and streets re-
sound with exultant yells and vile express
sions. A citizen who remarked that if a
Gentle was in the place Of Rockwell be
would at once be dragged to prison,
and was OutrageOusly abused by a party Of
Mormon. policemen, one of whom threat
ened to cut his heart out. General excite
ment ensued. Many Gentiles hurried and
armed themselves and for while a serious
collision was imminent. The first blow,
however, was not struck and at late hour
quiet was restored.


1t is thought now that no further effort
will be made to release Brigham Young and
the other prisoners until an official copy Of
the Supreme Court decision arrives.
Year: 1872

BOSTON, April 19.-Last evening a man
named VIM. Maines, left his wife in COM
pan with his brother James, who has re-
Gently come to Boston from New York
and on his return shortly after, his brother
informed him that he was happy man,
asserting that his wife was dead. William
alarmed the household and in company
with his landlady entered the room and
found his wife dead on the bed with her
head resting in a pan of water on the floor.
1t is supposed that he attempted to outrage
her and in the scuffle, to save exposure,
strangled her.


LATER-DevelOpmen before the COro-
ner's jury show that the deceased was
grossly intoxicated yesterday and that she
was habitually Incorporate. The indica-
ton are that she died in drunken fit.
Year: 1872

Tom Green Davidson, of Louisiana,
who used to represent a backWOods
district in that State in congress, and
was wont to boast that he detested de-
cency in society and government and
wss accustomed to say that a vote
bought with whisky was as good as
that of any gentleman, is now of War
moths gang. He is chairman Of a
committee organized to impeacb
Judge Abel. The Shreveport Times
says Of Davidson that he never was
accused of honesty, but no one imag-
ined that he was sufficiently de-
praved to become the tool of
vile adventures now reigning in
New Orleans. No more pite-
Gus spectacle could be presented
than that of this grsy-haired
old scoundrel grown hOary in sin and
political turpitude, now standing up
on the verge Of the grave and barter
ing away the interest of the public in
the service OF usurpeT, rObber and
perurer, and seeking at the dietatiOn
OF his master to hurl from the bench
of Louisiana, one Of the very few hon
est and capable men the Radical ad.
ministratiOn has left there Good old
King Lear might justly rail at the
winds that beat upon his bare head,
and curse the ingrstes who had ex-
posed him to their fury. But when
the reign of knavery shall end in Lou
isisna, and the fierce wrath Of a long
suffering people is heard as mighty
tempest, who will venture to say that
this hosry-headed traitor and super
Annuated rascal deserves a shelter
from its violence or should escape its
fury9
Year: 1872

The track Of the Memphis and Little


Rock railroad from Hopeheld to Mad
ison, on the st. Francis river, is known


to have been located originally from
one to twelve feet below the highest
floods of the Mississippi river. Con-
sequently the road has been flooded
and trains on it stopped for two to


three months every year. When


Messrs. Tate and Greenlsw took


charge of the road, less than year
ago, they saw that this condition Of
things would prove fatal to the success
OF the road, and wisely determined to
raise the road-bed above high water,
and went vigorously to work last
July, still continuing, while this pro-
cess was going on, to run trains.
The public should make many al
Iowsnces for the rough condition
of that portion of the road while
this work is in progress. A
large force, from one thousand to
one LuOusduu ANC nuhOLOu AduAS
have been constantly engaged in this
task for the past six months, and we
are happy to state the whole will be
completed in thirty days, and the
dangers Of floods finally obviated. 1t
is one of the most stupendous jobs
ever undertaken by railway
builders in this country, and our
townsmsn, VIM. B. Greenlaw, de-
serves the lasting gratitude OF every
man in this community, for his bold
ness, energy and nerve in undertak-
ing it and so persistently pushing it
to a successful completion. The mem
bers of the Southern Security COM
psny who visited Little Rock stated |
that the builders OF the Little Rock |
road deserved greater honOrs for the
of the task than had
ever been awarded TO any practical
benefactor of the South. In another
place this subject is discussed.
Year: 1872

CINCINNATI, February 7.-Yester-
day morning the body Of dead man,
name unknown, was found in the
basement Of the Forest City hall, at
the foot OF the opening through which
the elevator passes. He probably
met his death by falling down the
hatohveV.
Year: 1872

One OF the first literary men in the
United States SAID to The writer, after
speaking on the subject Of temperance:
There is one thing which, as you visit
different places, l wish you to do every
whore, that is, to entreat every mother
never to give drop of strong drink to
a child. / have had to fight as for my
life and all my days to keep from dying
a drunkard, because l was fed with spir-
its when child. l acquired taste for
it. Ny brother, poor fellow died drunk
ard. Iwould not have child of mine
take drop of it for anything. Warn
every mother, wherever you 80, nevel
to give drop to child.
Year: 1872

One of the antiGreely Democratic


journals are reading the signs of the times.
and falling in wi h the Liberal current
before it overwhelmns them. The Bal
Iimore Gazette, one of the most Jealous
advocates of straight ticket, lameuttng
lhe folly of its headstrong brethren, thus
comes out of its delusion: "But the past
IS past. The vital question now is, how
to pluck from the nettle danger the hOw-
er safety! If this can be done only By a
coalition with the Liberal Republicans
bitter as the alternative will be to many
so be it. 1t must be acknowledged that
tho drift of popular sentiment favors q
combination of all the elements Of oppo-
sitiOn to put down Grantism. We say,
therefore, that if, by force of circumstan.
ces, straight-out Democratic nomination
shall be held bv our National Convent on
to bc mpracticahe, and a coalition de-
cared to be the only means now left to
meet the impending peril to free institu-
tions, The Gazette will not only bow to
its decision, but will frankly and cordially
support, with all the ability and all the
power it can command, any combination
Of opposing forces that will offer a reason.
able prospect of beating Grant"
Year: 1872

said the Squire, and in less than a min
ute Mss Fanny was a Madame, TO the
great joy Of al present. That game of
seven up, which was so summarily in
tcruptcd by George, was not finished,
as after fcwadditions to her toilet, the
bride and groom started ON their bridal
tour TO the Luhncr House.
Year: 1872

Eight hours may be ordinarily enough
for labor, but when any set of men as
sumo that not only they but all the bal
ance of the laboring fraternity must
work just eight hours and no more, they
become the meanest of tyrants Labor
can but stand the usurpations of capital,
but if our labor unions tolerate the die
tation Of those New York loafers they
will earn the contempt OF reasonable
men everywhere. r-.
Year: 1872

A sportive hunter of Detroit, who kept
a flask of whisky with him on a shooting
trip, struck race course in the suburbs
on his return, and walked around al!night
wondering why he didn't get to town.
Year: 1872

HydrophObin and It's Prevention.


Now that the warm season is upon us,
mad-dog p0nics may lie expected. Yigi-
liant policemen viii slay every canine Of
suspicious aspect, timid people will be
in a state of constant trepiaation, and
fearful rumors Of bitten victims will fly
thick and fast.


Dogs do not become mad in day or
two, OF three days even, and the symp-
toms with which hydrophobia manifest,
itself can be easily detected by dog
owners. When the disease begins, the
animal loses his accustomed cheerful
ness, andappearsmelancho ahd sullen,
frequently refusing food, and always
shuns water and becomes stupid and
suIlen. Although all Of these symptoms
may not manifest themselves in every
case of hydrophobia, some one or more
Of them, especially the animals aversion
to water will most likely do so in SO
marked n degree rs to icave no doubt as
to the nature Of his complaint.


\ correspondent OF the Country Cen
tleman gives the following as cure for
hydrophobia;


[ can give some facts which may be of
use to somebody, thereby saving life.
The time between tbs biting Of au ami
nal by II mad dog and showing signs of
hydrophobia IS not less than nine days,
bnt may be nine months. After the ami
NAL has become rabid, bite OF scratch
with his tooth upon person, or slabber
coming in contact with sore or raw
place, would produce hydropho5ia Just
us soon as though he had been bitten by
mad deg. Hydrophobia con be pre-
vented, and l will give what is well
known to be an inmllible remedy, if pro-
perly administered, for man or beast. A
dose for a horse or COW should be about
four times as great MS for person. 1t
is not too late to give the medicine any
time before the spasms come on.
The first dose for 4 person is one and
n half ounces Of clecampane root, bruis-
ed; put IN It pint Of new milk, reduced
to one half by boiling; then take all at
once III the morning, fasting uutil after
noon, or Mt least very light diet after
several hours have elapsed. The second
dose the same NJ first, except take two
ounces Of the root; third dose same MS
last, TO be taken every other day. Three
doses are all tLat is needed, and there
need be no fear. This ] know from my
own experience, and know Of number
Of other cases where it has been entirely
'ucccssful This is no guess work These
persons allude to wcrc bitten by their
own dogs, that had been bitten by lnbid
dogs, and We're pcnncd up to see if they
would go mad. They did 20 mad and
did bite the persons,


This remedy bus been used in ard
about Philadelphia for forty years and
longer with great success, and is known
as the Goodman remedy. / am ac-
quainted with physician who told me
! he knew of its use for more than thirty
years, and never knew case that failed
where it was properly administered.
Among other cases he mentioned was
one where u number of cows had been
bitten by Il mad dog. To half of the
number they administered this remedy,
TO the other half not. The latter all
died with the hydrophobia, while those
that took the elecampane and milk show
ed no signs of that disease.
Year: 1872

and affection. That night about the
witching hour of twelve the happy bride
groom returned only to find the door of
his wife's room securely locked. A fow
gentle raps with an ale bottle, which he
was carrying to his home, and the door
opened.
Year: 1872




Be Provided Out Of His Estate.


Mr., G. Edwards Lester, friend of Mr.. Forrest
being requested by that great actor on the morn
ing of the day when he read "0thelle to call upon
him, had occasion to know that Mr.. Forrest had
made final disposition OF his estate and effects in
the following manner:-Mr. Forrest, this gentle
man AYERS, then stated that he had left all he
was possessed OF in the world, to his library
and his wardrobe for an actors home as lyceum
of art, which should be sustained in Philadelphia
as perpetual theatre; that he had made over TO
the Corporation OF Philadelphia sixty acres OF
ground within the limits OF that city the bene-
lit OF decayed and disabled actors and ac-
tresses that this perpetual school OF art
should be maintained for the education
of the American people in elOcutIon,
and that the ground in question was
Tree from all claims, debts and mortgages Mr.
Forrest showed Mr.. Lester the WILL explained the
conditions oil it, and stated that there should be
few millions Of dollars set apart for the support Of
the institution which he intended to endow. Mr..
Forrest further declared that he had been thinking
OF this project for long time, and had been making
provision Tor 1t 1or more tnan thirty-1ve years;
that he had chosen proper trustees for the eXecu
ton OF the will that the idea was not new thing
with him, but an old love OF his life; that there
should be in America home Tor those who had
retired from the stage after having honored the
profession. Mr.. Forests desire was that the in
could be no question before the Courts about the
title, nor by anybody IN reference to the motive
that prompted this lifelong feeling OF our great