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Year: 1871

BADLY HUKr.-Yesterday morning a
negro porter from Ford's Hotel, in attempt
ing to drive under the packet-sheds on
Eighth street, was caught between the
omnibus and sheds and severely injured
about the breast.
Year: 1871

Divorce In our grandfathers' days" is
thus described by the Fairfax Ne,cs; There
is an old man in this neighborhood who has
passed his Z" three score and ten" who tells Of
divorce case that occurred in this town when
he was young man. He says man and
wife came into the village and applied to a
lawyer to procure them divorce, stating that
they had tired Of each others Society and de-
sired to separate. After some prelimiparics,
during which time fee Of ten dollars was paid
to the lawyer, the three walked into the road,
when the lawyer commanded the unhappy
couple to place themselves back TO back
Then stating 10 them that In consideration Of
ten dollars paid to him in hand he authorized
them to separate, with instructions that each
should continue to walk in opposite directions
and never return. The old man says he saw
the transaction himself, but forgcts the law
yers name.
Year: 1871

A SIMPLE CURE FOR SORE THRoAT.-A
well-informed friend sends US the following:-
Take the whites Of two eggs apd beat them in
with two spoonsful Of white sugar, crate in
a little nutmeg, and then add pint Of luke
warm water. Stir well and drink often. Our
friend thinks it viii cure the most obstinate
case Of hoarseness in q short time.
Year: 1871

Reflect that d sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connuDlal
hanniness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes d weary pilgrimage the
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shudowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness oi
anotb. is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1871

The symptoms Of Liver


Complaint are uneaslness
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costlve,, some
times alternating with lax
with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss
of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation OF hay
ing left undone something
which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
spirits Sometimes many or
Year: 1871

The result of our experiments
last year with Soiling Corn, indi-
Gates that what is known in the
New Y ork trade as ''Western mixed"


a small grained corn of mixed
color J, is the best Sweet corn We
found hard to buy, and the variety
we used had a very small growth of
stalks. Probably the ''Dexter" and
the ''Stowell'' would have done bet
ter, but We could not buy these for
less than SIS per bushel. Southern
White" which produces an enor
nous growth of stalk and leaf,
seems-at least when grown at the
North-to be deficient in sugar and
other nutritive matter. The "West-
ern mixed grew to a very good
size, about 7 or s feet high, and the
rows, which were feet apart, inter
laced thickly at the top. In quail
ity we could not perceive Judging
from the condition of the stock and
the produce of the dairy that it
was inferior to sweet corn. How
much allowance is to be made for
the very dry and hot weather OF last
summer we cannot say, but while
we shall experiment again this year
with the Southern variety (sweet is
out of the question on account of
the difficulty of getting seed we
shall plant nearly our whole crsp
with the Western, using . bushels
of seed per acre, in 3 foot drills.
Year: 1871

Have you secured a sufficient
wood pile to last you through the
summer? If not lose no time in in
creasing it. Take advantage OF
any snowfall. and work industri-
ously while it lasts. There is money
in pile of well seasoned woodland
comfort to the feminine portion of
the familr. If you have no wood
shed and cannot make one, stack
your wood, after splitting, in round
stacks about eight feet across, by
piling it up nicely around the out
side, inclining outward, and then
throwing the wood loosely into the
middle, and finally shingling the top
nicely with the split wood so as to
shed rain. Leave no logs to lie
over the summer without splitting
and piling so that it may dry.
Logs of wood will lose one-quarter
of their value by lying for twelve
months without seasoning, and vet
more than one half of the farmers
are in the habit of doing this.
Year: 1871

There is no Disgusting the fact


that viciousness is innate with some


horses. 1t Is no doubt sometimes


hereditary, and follows some of the


best strains of blood we have.


That viciousness should accompany


a highly nervous organization is


not to be wondered at. Hence it
causes no surprise when we find


such dispositions among the finely
organized thorough-breds-animals
of a most sensitive and nervous
organization-from which the ccm-
mon expression ''thinskinned," as
applied to a too sensitive man, is
obviously derived. The treatment
horses receive, and the moral atmos-
phere in which they are thrown,
have much greater influence than
most horsemen are generally in
clined to admit. The pinching tick
ling, boisterous stable boy, who an
noys spirited horse for the sake
of enjoying his futile, though almost
frantic kicks and leers, is affecting
the disposition of the horse and his
descendants for generations to come,
besides putting in jeopardy the lives
and limbs of those who are brought
in contact with the horse so tam
pered with A horse is surely in
fuenced by the psychological char
acter of the men with whom he as
sociates; A passionate man will
have a baulky horse; slow, plod-
ding brother, one of his own style;
and so the nervous, quick, busy
mans horse will show the same
qualities. So noticeable is this, that
we have often remarked that the
family horses of our neighbors, as
they are changed one after another,
very soon fall into the very gait and
style of their predecessors in the
same stable.
Year: 1871

Goodbye, Martha. God help
you. shall be back in three days
at the farthest.''


The hardy White Mountain pio,
neer, Mark Warren, kissed his young
wife, held his two-year- r-old boy to
his breast for n moment, and then
shouldering the sack of corn which
was to be converted into meal in the
rude mill forty miles away, trugded
off through the wilderness.


Martha Warren stood at the door
Of the log-cottage, gazing out after
the retreating form of her husband.
An angle of the dense shrubbery hid
him from view, but still she did not
return to the solitary kitchen. 1t
looked so dark and lonesome there
she shrank from entering; or per-
haps the grand sublimity of the
view spread out before her, held her
attention and thrilled her soul with
that nameless, unexplained some
thing, that we all feel when standing
thus face to face with the works of
His fingers. .


The finest and most satisfactory
view of the White Mountains is that
which presents itself from what is
now the town of Bethlehem, on the
road to Littleton and Franconia.
Mount Washington, the king
among princes, is there seen in his
proper place-the center Of the
''rock-ribbed" range, towering, bald,
blue and unapproachable.


Far up in the wild clearing, close
by the turbid waters of the Am
onoosue, was the cottage situated
a place wild and eyric enough for
the nest of an eagle, but dear to the
heart of Martha Warren as the home
where she had spent the happy days
of her young wifehood. When she
had turned from many a partrician
suitor, in the fair old town of Ports
mouth, to join her fortunes with
those Of the young settler, it was
with a full and perfect understand
ing of the trials that lay before her.
She would walk in no paths of roses
for years to come; much of life
must be spent in eternal solitudes,
where silence was broken only by
the wild winds of the forest, the
shrek of the river over the sharp
rocks, or the dismal howl of the red
mouthed wolf in the forest.


The necessary absences of her
husband she dreaded most. 1t was
so gloomy to close up her doors at
night and sit down by the lonely
fireside, with the consciousness that
there was no human being nearer to
her than the settlement of Lords
Hill, ten miles away through the
painless woods. There was but lit
tie to fear from any of the Indians,
although q number of scattered
tribes yet roamed over these prime.
val hunting grounds. They were
mostly disposed to be friendly, and
Mrs. Warren's kind heart promoted
her to many acts Of kindness toward
them, and an Indian never forgets q
benefit.


The purple mist cleared away from
the scared forehead Of the dominant
old mountain, the yellow sun peeped
over the rocky wall, and Martha
turned away to the performance of
her simple domestic duties. The
day was a long one, and the gloam,
ing comes sooner in these solitudes
than in other places. The sunlight
faded out of the unglazed windows,
J though it would illumine the dis
Year: 1871

The Titusville Herald, describing
new oil well near that city, says
that for nine hours il flowed a
stream of beautiful amber and rose
tinted oil, of sixteen degrees gravity,
as large rs stove.pipe, at the rate of
437 barrels per hour. The oil IL so
heavy that 1t formed a perpendicular
column of six inches in diameter
that would push its way up several
hundred feet into the air, when be-
coming partially melted by the suns
rays and overcome by its weight, il
would break off near the ground and
fall over like an immense tallow
candle struck with club. A cloud
of gas hovered over the derrick
larger than Butler county barn,
and the ground was so slippery for
half mile around that the works
men were Obliged to crawl around on
their hands and knees to collect the
oil, while the noise of escaping gas
could be heard by the short interest
in Pittsburgh. The owners of this
new well are very calm, and instead
of getting drunk, went right off last
evening and procured several corn
cutters and stationed themselves
near the mouth of the well, and a.
fast as the oil forced itself up, cut IL
off In three-foot lengths in sizes,
suitable for stovo~wood.n
Year: 1871

SOME ladies in Texas Were desirous
of doing honor to the editor Of a local
paper. So they presented their hero
with an embroidered shirt, which
contained splendid history of Tex
as, and also pictures of the fruits
and cereals OF the State, all worked
In red worsted. Now this particular
editor had never worn shirt and
supposed the brilliant specimen
before him to be q banner for an
approaching temperance procession.
In his speech of thanks he puzzled
bis lady donors by declaring that be
would "fiing lit out forever TO the
breezes Of heaven, that they might
kiss Its folds, and till Ills hand pal
sled ii should never be trailed In the
DUST" The ladies blushed aud re-
gretted having made Ii too long. Be-
ing informed Of the purpose of the
gift, thu editor wore it over his coat,
TO the great edification of the boys in
the town, who followed him In regis
ments studying the history of the
fine arts and of Texas behind his
back.
Year: 1871

prived Of so valuable an assistant,
Joseph was duly received into the
firm of Richard Fairbrothers & Co..
Prosperity attended Joseph n his
new undertaking, and never suffer
Ing a penny difference to appear in
his transactions, he so con pletely


won the confidence of his partner
that he left him the whole of his


business, o. he expressed IL In his
will, ''even to the very last penny
Year: 1871

: The New York Times is author
lied to say that Gov. Hoffman will
recommend to the next legislature
to so amend the laws as 70 prevent
imprisonment Tor debt. H0Nkiil,also
recommend that legislative action be
taken regarding the undue detention
of witnesses.
Year: 1871

SOLD HIMSELF. A farmer resid-
ing in this county sold load of corn
In town a few days ago. at twenty
Smiths lumber, yard and weighed
his load, getting off himself-while
1t was weighed. After unloading he
came back and had his wagon
weighed, but noticing that another
man was doing the weighing, he
staid on, saying that he was on the
load when II wds weighed before, -
So he sold himself at 20 cents BUSH
ell, counting corn at ~ pounds to the
bushel he came to about 40 cents |!


Cheap enough. He bad better re-


fund the price Of himself to the man


he sold the corn TO, or he may hear
more about IL. Hampton Free Press.
Year: 1871

-Oue remarkable exhibition OF
charity among the many that Chi
cago's calamity brought forth was
that of the convicts of the Massa.
chusetts penitentiary, who sent 5000
to the general relief fund.
Year: 1871

Mary's little lamb has become burden 70
the Worcester Gazette, and that paper die
poses of the animal in this way
"MAry had little lamb.


We've heard it Ger and Ger
Until that little lambs become


perfect little bore


So propose there shall be dug


grave both deep and wide,
In which that lamb and all its bards


Be buried side by side.
Year: 1871

BACKED OUT.-Democracy must be
ashamed of itself, if we are permitted to
Judge from the unwillingness of its cham
plons to meet the Republican canvassers in
public discussion. a HG ~N
selves
Year: 1871

The diversity of condition in the
human race and the various relations
in sotial life may be attributed to a di-
vine purpose for a special end,


When Patrick first tried peaches
he said he liked the flavor but tho
seeds lay hard on his stomach,
Year: 1871

The,lending Democrats Of this and othel


States have at last thrown up the sponge


in the effort to wheedle Germans in thil


country into support Of their tricky party


Hasi1 worn threadbaTe and in vain theil


nlsome praise Of that portion of our for
3-sign fslI3w- citizens, aud feeling at last thai
the Germans are TOO sensible, patriotic, to
affiliate with their foul organization, they
now Join in wholesale denunciatiou and
abuse of them, as witnessed in the follow
ing article from the San Francisco Exam.
iner the. leading Democratic paper Of the
State, in alluding to recent German
procession at the Bay:


It is passing strange sight to witness
that Of q procession in a. free country, in
glorf6cstion of the triumphs of imperial
despetissh lover republicanism. Prussia
next to Russia. is the most despotic nation
in Europe. The will Of the Emperor is
omniPcteuts He has just succeeded in
crushing & republic which contributed
most fnaterially,, in men and money, to
build upy upeu these shores political insti-
tutions founded UPON the grand idea Of the
right and capacity Of the people to govern
thepseEes x.WA have Just passed through
Bloody civifwaf with the ayowed pur-
pose of re-asserting, that great idea, and
preserving the institutions thus established
in all their integrity. And yet, in the face
of these things, the atmosphere is to be
made resousnt with jubilant shouts Of
triumph over the fall Of . sister republic
What d the meaning Of this? Are these
men sick of free government? Do they
wish to see these States absorbed in one
great military despotism, with an imperial
Kaiser at. its head. A Teutonic speaker
the pslier night, in his enthusiasm, ex-
claimed that, "Germany is the mistress of
the world.p = Is this procession over the
fall Of republican France a movement for
imperialism here? is this insult to free
institutions designed to place the United
States in political accord with the new
German Empire?


We did not, therefore ex-
pect to see the time come quite so soon
when an open demonstration would be made
in our. streets in favor Of imperial govern
ment, and in derision of down. trodden,
murdered republic. But these are fast
times, and we must make up our mind not
to be surprised at anything"


TheHriter of the above is chief engi-
neer Of the Haight train and speaks the
real sentiments Of the mass of his party
No German can associate politically with
a crowd holding such sentiments without
incurring the contempt and seorn of all
spirited and self-respecting people. But
Of course no German who is worthy of
claiming the Fatherland as his birth place,
will aid. those who slur the cause of his
native land. -=.s..
Year: 1871

The last meeting of the Board of Ex-
animation in this county was attended by a
gaspipe, who gave ont that he was grad
Sate Ola German university. He pre-
sented himself before the Board in state
of semi-intexication, but drew out after a
few hours application. On examining
his papers the Board found him to be no
scholar at all, and were of the opinion
that he had never graduated at district
school, much less German university.
After drawing out Of the examination, he
went to three different persons in town and
borrowed. money from them on promise to
repay II. t.ir a few days, but we are informed
that he spent the money for whisky and
left town with his head as hot as heating
stove. We are also informed that he has
since abseonded@ from the county,
leaving his creditors minus. We should
not-allude to this matter, were it not for
the fact that some meddlesome parties in
this place severely criticised and misrepre-
sented the Board of Examination for refus-
ing to grant County certificate to what
they termed Graduate Of first class
German university 1t is due to our
German residents to state that this criticism
of the Board did not come from them.


The Board certainly deserves credit for
preventing incompetent and improper per-
sons from having, anything to do with the
control Of our schools. Surely parents do
not desire their innocent children placed in
charge, Of incompetent or immoral persons,
and for this reason, they should universally
stand by and defend the action of the
Board against the misrepresentation Of
misunderstanding outsiders who have no
opportunity to judge of the facts elected
in the course of the Examinations.
Year: 1871

We formerly looked into the Examiner
and Reporter to see how the task of de-
flaming and incorporating the Adminis-
tration and the Republican majority in
the Senate progressed, but Of late the Sac
ramento Union fully supplies the place Of
our Democratic cotemporarys. We
sympathise with the Union in its anti-
subsidy fight, but its malignant hostility to
the President, and his supporters, under
pretense of vindisating Sumner, throws
the Democratic press into the shade, and
receives the condemnation of Republicans
in this locality. The idea of accusing
Grant of sluring Revenue Reform in his
last Message is supremely absurd
Year: 1871

Mr.. B. Conroy has sold out his Horse
town establishment and eontsmplates mov1'
ing to some other locality Barney is an
old resident of the county, and a good
citizen, and we hope he may engage in
something which will retain him in old
Shasta.
Year: 1871

A large number Of pardons may be ex-
pected during the next few months, as the
Governor will need all the friends he can
possibly scare up on the day Of the prima-
,ries.-Downieville Democrat
Year: 1871

ing its red, swaling, booming light Ions
way up the track. In fifteen minutes il
would begin TO wane, and she could moi
revive it with green, wet wood. The
thunder Of the train grew louder. IL was
within FIVE miles Of the fire. Would they
see it in timer They might not put on
the brakes soon enough. Awful thought
She tore her red flannel gown from her
in a moment and, tying it to the end OF
a stick, ran up the track, waving it in
both hands, while her daughter swung
round her head blazing chair post a
little before.


The lives of hundred unconscious
passengers hung on the issue Of the next
minute. The ground trembled at the
old woman's feet. The great red eye Of
the engine burst upon her as it came
round curve. Like huge, sharp
sighted lion coming suddenly upon fire,
| it sent forth thrilling roar, that filed
all the wild heights and ravines around
The train was at full speed; but brake
men wrestled at their leverage with
all the strength of desperation. The
wheels ground along on the heated rails
oiOWCl anu uulll Jit tuSiHt
stopped at the decaying fire. 1t still
blazed enough to show them the beetling
edge of the black abyss into which the
train and all its passengers would have
plunged and into death and destruc-
ton too horrible to think Of, had it not
been for the old womans signal. They
did not stop to thank her first for the
deliverance, The conductor knelt down
by the side of the engine; the engine
driver and the brakemen came and knelt
down by him; all the passengers came
and knelt down by them, and there, in
the expiring light of the burnt out pile,
in the rain and the wind, they thanked
God for the salvation of their lives. All
in line the kneelers and prayers sent
up into the dark heavens such a mid
night voice of thanksgiving as seldom,
if ever, ascended from the earth to Him
who seeth in darkness as well as in secret.


Kindness is the music of good will to
men; and on this harp the smallest
figures may play Heavens sweetest tunes
on earth,
Year: 1871

afflicted with asthma, which was greatly
relieved by the tobacco smoke, and no
bad effects from the child's smoking
have ever been observed, except in the
irst trial as mentioned above, and he
has smoked almost daily ever since. He
usually uses pipe filled with common
smoking tobacco, but will puff away at
a cigar equal to any older inyeterate
smoker. Residents of Bristol who have
often seen the youthful smoker " blowing
a quiet cloud, vouch for the truth Of
this singular story. Our Western co
temporaries frequently print astonishing
narratives Of precocious children, but
we doubt their ability to trot out any
thing that will "lay over this scion Of
antiquated Bristol If they can we
shall be pleased to hear of it.
Year: 1871

ROYAL ETIoUETTE.-A curious instance of
the demands of royal etiquette occurr ed at the
opening of the Royal Albert Hall, in London,
few days since. The Queen and royal house,
bold honored the occasion with their presence
among whom was the Princess Louise, Mar.
chioness OF Lorne, accompanied not by her
young husband, but by her brother, while her
husband, under the merciless rules of royal
pageant, stood apart from her on the dais, and
did not sit in the same box with her. The
young Marquis evidently accepted the situa-
ton as matter of course, and gazed upon his
wife from a distance with calm resignation.
Year: 1871

A special telegram from Quebec gives par
ticulars of the accident to the mail train going
west from that city, on Monday evening. The
accident was caused by the expansion of a rail.
The passenger cars, which were crowded with
gentlemen and ladies going to Montreal to at
tend the Bachelors Ball, ran off the track
fortunately in the direction of bluff-other-
wis, the whole would have been precipitated
into the river, and serious loss of life would
have ensued. The entire trucks of the wreck
ed cars were swept from under them, and pitch
ed fifty yards away. The sleepers we're cut
through, and the passengers thrown around in
every direction. while the shrieking of the fe-
males lent additional horror to the afflir. No
one was seriously injured. After a delay Of
about three hours, during which the passen-
gers had to remain out in the cold, the wreck
was cleared away, and new cars procured to
convey them on.
Year: 1871

The ADELPHIANs.-Thi light comedy and
burlesque company that appeared here few
weeks ago and called forth the praises Of both
the press and public, and have since been win
ming golden opinions in the different cities Of
the State, will appear for one night only at
Portland Music Hall tonight The bill offered
will be very attractive and the house will no
doubt be crowded. Our citizens who really
euioy good acting must be sure and attend.
Year: 1871

How BRIDGET MENDED THE STOCK
INGs.-Ne were amused the other
day at a lady friends account Of the
manner in which her Irish servant
girl mended her stockings. When a
hole appeared in the toe. Bridget
tied string around the stocking be-
low the aperture and cut off the pro-
jccting portion. This operation was
repeated as often as necessary. each
time pulling the stocking down a
little, until at last it was nearly all
cut away, when Bridget sewed on
new legs, and thus kept her stock
ings always in repair Portland
Transcript.
Year: 1871

An Idianapolis man has got a nose
which he can put out of joint and
swing it around on the side of his
face like a gate. He don't do any
thing for a living but fall down on
Gilapidated sidewalks and sue the
city for breaking his nose. and when
he gets his money he straightens his
nose up and sets it for another To-
caIity. Some say he is fraud